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misrepresenting their stock.

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the shipper and indirectly to the
grower,” says Mr. Hartman.
the shipper knows that only good. at
certain quality are‘ being oﬁered to
him he does not hesitate to pay the
top' price for that grade: But when

,poor stuff is included along with the.

high quality products the grower re—
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Growers Want Grades

The petition for the promulgation
of potato grades was signed by the
Michigan Potato Growers" Exchange,
the Michigan Shippers’ Association,
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widened. The new territory becomes V ‘

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Asks loi- Representation 0n Basis of Citizenship

Mrs. Dora 'Stockman of State Board of Agriculture Say-s People Want Educational Qualiﬁcaﬁons
I for Voters of Michigan

EPBESENTATION in state at—
!mins on the basis of citizenship
ratiiathamenthehasisoi more

nanniesch population is .an idea
that is winning support from unex-
pected sources and in unlocked for
volume. according to Mrs. Dora
Shockman, member 01 the state board
of agriculture.

“Now It is evident that people are
so strongly for the idea of citizenship
representation let us go a step fur-
ther sndrnnre closely and painstak-
ingly deﬁne What citizenship shall
be,” said Mrs. Stockman, Monday,
when asked wither concerning her
ideas for mee'ling the re-apport‘ion-
meet issue. 

Asks Educational Test.

‘Let us have representation in our
legislative councils on the basis of
citizenship, and let us see to it that
the citizenship which is to be room;
sented is an intelligent citizenship—.-
toput the matter bluntly it is high
time that we had an educational
qualiﬁcation for citizenship in this
state

Where  not only good reason
for this View. but there is ample
precedent. Nearly a third of the
state now have educational qualiﬁ—
cations and the tendency in that «di-
rection has been increasing in recent
years. The increase has come in the
south and the west. It may be ob-
jected that the limitation of sut-
fra-ge in the south, through aneduca-
tional qualiﬁcation, was not quite
bonaﬁde and done in a spirit of ex-
treme partisanship, but than does not
by any means discount the whole
tendency. Massachusetts and Oonnec—
tlcut have long flied educational re-
quirements for voters and those laws
have wor‘lced well. They were passed
early in the “£03, More the civil
war, and experience has shown no
reason to letdown one has. We ed-
ucational qualiﬁcations worked so
well for the states mentioned that
Maine copied the law. and both 'Wy-
am: and Wnﬂdngton have fallen
in line.

“Wasﬂngtm requires that a voter
shall both speak and read the Eng-

Valuable Hints on

Y adopting more careful methods
at beneath: and aiming the
panic mg. Hiahkan growers

on me the“ at imbue amen-
ally.
'm keeping quality at potatoes
maths smashes which they ppm-
ena when tinned on the meant is
determined m’bsggely by the cane
med iln Meeting and storing them.
' .Mtnes should he dug when they
are well untamed no that the skin in
not sally broken intend-ling. Jin—
momve Wes are easily bruised
and Skinned. Such stock takes on .a.
dark solar which senders them um—
deeirable m the market. Further-
more immature potatoes are apt to
not in storage and the shrinkage loss
is heavy.

lit possible the digging should be
done :on brig-ht .0001 days and when
the soil is comparatively dry. When
harvested under those conditions the
potatoes will maintain .a brighter
color and will keep better in storage
than when dug _.in warm rainy weath-

or.

One of the main criticisms "on the
markets against Michigan mmm
is that many lots show too

high
_ a. percentage of mechanical inﬁrm.

Growers are urged to use more mire
When dissing with a

lislh language. This is a requirement
which writes pretty closely home to
what many earnest-minded citizens
are thinking these days. Another
state with an intelligent electorate in
Castrwnia, Delaware and New Hamp-
shire“ also requine literacy. The
southern slates requiring an educa-

State to Continue to

ANUFACTURE'A“ binder twine
is to continue at the Jackson

community from [and ng being emphat-
[(23317 40111811 h! M “I 
State Prison.

the Mn State Prison Commis-
sion, and Warden Harry L. Hurlburt
vigorously  Lansing dispatches
stating the mun-actors of 
twineistooeaseatthelocalpenal
institution. m 1mm as issued
by Chairman Barney, o! the prison
commission, is as inﬂows:

“We not-e by dispatches 1mm Lans-
ing in  moo papers article‘s to
the sellout that Jackson prison is to
dimﬂnne the mnutacture  bind-
er 

“Epeaking as chairman of the
Michigan State Prison Commission I
wish to say that the commission has
never  my such move. nor
do they contemplates any such action.
I can not understand where this
rumor originated.

“The binder twine industry at
J aaclcson has always been the big
money marker of all the industries in
our  The sale has always been
proﬁtable and freight rates have
nothing whatever to do with our in-
ability to meet competition in west-
ern markets, due to the fact this is
equalized.

“Our sales for the year 1923
amounted to $1,606,615.22, showing
a pmﬁt to the slate of $161,397.59.
All raw materials are purchased and
on hand for the 1924 harvest and
12,000,000 pounds will be made.

tional qualiﬁcation are Alabama,
Ariwna, New Mexico, Georgia, Louie-
iana, Mississippi” North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, andOkla-
homa. Arizona and ‘Neng‘exico are
more western and are doubtless ani-
mated by progressive rather than
racial teenage in the matter of re-

Make Binder Twine

“This is one of the industries that
has been‘ of great beneﬁt to the farm-
ers of the state, keeping down the
price of hinder twine to the con--
summer, for which they would pay a.
great deal more were it not for their
own industry at Jackson. The farm-
ers of this state have purchased near-
ly 6,000,000 pounds this year.”

The Warden also declared that the
state  monuments-he the highest
grade of twine and sell it at a much
lower price to the farmer, but that

‘ it is necessary to turn it out in large
quantities and dispose of the surplus
in other states in order to do that.
The Warden said:

“Our twine is up to the highest
grade of any goods on the market
-——there is none better. To make
proﬁts, production must be had. It
is not practical to run a binder twine
plant of just suﬂicient size to ﬁll
Michigan’s requirements. This is

_ the reason we sell in other states.
This is done by every prison that
makes binder twine and our tonnage
last year «of fourteen millions enabl-
ed us to sell at a price that saved
the farmers money. We not only sell
to the jobber, but :to the dealer and
to the consumer.

“With our binder twine plant
closed it would only cause other
prisons to sell into our state and
leave the ﬁeld open for the big man-
ufacturers to hold the price sky high
and I am conscious in saying that
this industry should be kept moving
at all times. I also insist that the
governor has never at any time ad-

(Continued on Page 22)

stricting the privilege of voting.

“It seems to me that we 818 am
pretty well agreed that democracy,
if it means anything, means an im
telllgent participation in goveran
We are so ﬁrmly of this view as a
people that we spend millions of do]—
lars annually, in educating our
young people. Why does the state
spend so much on education?——.le
this state expenditure a gift 1:0 the
individual? Essentially it is not-—
the state makes these large educa-
tional appropriations to the end
an intelligent citizenship. Since,
then, we require so much of our:
selves, Why throw the point 01 our
large expenditures to the wind, and
discretion as well, and give the bah
lot to new comers almost without
question?

“Extension of the right of suffrage
has gone forward in the last century.
particularly in the last part of it, in
an unprecedented way. On the
whole this has been right and whole-
some so far as it has tended to bring
intelligence to the affairs of the na-
tion, in the widest way;‘ but, since
we have been so prodigal in this ex—
tension, is it not high time that we
begin to trim the raw edges that
have resulted from this wide inclu-
sion of voters?

“In limiting the vote to those who
can read and write or otherwise man-
ifest a fair degree of intelligence,
there cannot be any possible thought
of building up an oligarch-y of edu-
cation, for the reason that, on every
hand, we provide means of overco-..n-
ing the handicap of illiteracy. Any
new comer who cares enough about
our government and our ways to
learn to read and write. surely will
be welcome as a, citizen, and, fur-—
thermore, the second generation of
the illiterate ought certainly to :be
able to read and write if they are
to be accounted desirable citizens.

“Democracy in America is coming
to its real testing in the years that
are immediately ahead—let us trust
to real intelligence and not to mere
numbers when we come in one on—
ﬁculties.”

Harvesting and Storingof Michigan’s Seed Potato Crop

By H. C.

MOORE

Extension specialist, Michigan Agricultural College

the potatoes but every fork pricked
potato when placed in storage is apt
to serve as a host 'mr vzarious molds
and potato rotting organisms which
spread though the bin and 08.1188
great losses. The use of the me-
chanical diggers is becomlng more
general throughout the state. When
properly operated these machines
dig the crop with .a 
amount of injury. The shovel point
should be adjusted deep enough to
amid cutting the tubers. In very
light dry soil it may be necessary to
place the shovel point quite deep so
that suiiieient soil can :be run over
the elevator chain to prevent serious
injury to the potatoes. In most
cases three or four horSes are re-
quired to draw a digging machine.
It is very important that the ma-
chine be driven at a slow uniform
pace. Fast driving will greatly in-
crease the amount of injury to the
potatoes.

Amer .the potatoes have been dug
leave. them on .the‘ ground for an
11% or so to dry and toughen their
3 . ~

Stone‘s
.Botatees should be stored in a
duhﬂMproafoeﬂaersmn
ventilated, and where 3 Wm

temperature of 34 to 40 degrees F.
can be maintained. Before placing
potatoes in storage they should be
canduﬂy graded and all out, fork
punctured and ill—shaped stock
should be discarded.

The mechanical graders of the
continuous belt type are very effect—
ive in grading for size, but it will be
necessary for the operator to throw
out by hand all undesirable potatoes.
The grader should be operated at a
moderate speed so that eﬂectlve sort—
ing can he done and serious injury
to the potatoes be prevented.

The potatoes should :be dumped
carefully on the grader and burlap
sacks or other suitable material
from the grader to the bin or con-
tainer. The potato is a perishable
product and should be handled as
such.

Potatoes that have been exposed
to frost should not be placed in per-
manent storage since they are likely
to rot during the storage period.

‘ Every year considerable loss is
sustained by growers who store their
potatoes early in the fall when the
weather is warm. Much o: the early
stored stack is immature and when
placed in large piles in poorly vent—

 

ilated houses is very apt to heat ml
spoil.

During mild weather in the tall
the Windows and doors of {the stor-
age cellar should be left open night!
so that the temperature of the isms—-
age «seller can be lowered quickly.
During the first few weeks of zeta!—
age potatoes go through .a 
process giving out large amounts of
moisture. This moisture with the
heated air must be taken out of one
storage by means of ventilatons in
the top of the storage.  not place
potatoes in large piles without pro-
viding adequate ventilation for the
pile. Potatoes must have free we
eess to air or they will develop black
heart, button rot and other types of
break down, and will be spoiled (for
eating and seed purposes.

When ﬁlling large bins with potab-
toes, place at intervals of .6 or 8
feet false partitions or ventilating
frames that reach from the ﬂoor to
the top of the bin. These frames
can be made from 2—in. x 6—in. up—
rights with 1-in. x 4—i-n. strips nailed
on either edge. A one inch space
should be left between each strip.

Harvesting and storing are two
factors that must be giwen more con-
sideration by growers, warehouse-
,men and others before the but re-
sults can be secured. Mailed in:
formation on these subjects can be
procured tram the Michigan WP
cultural Collage. East Issuing,- Mich.

 
  

   

  


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Walked 45 Miles in Nine Years Plowing Around a Stamp. Another Blew Cut (1, Stamp
At Cost of 75 Cents and Raised $1.50 Worth of Potatoes on Spot Same Year 5 -

 »One Man

the farming community in which
he lived and conducted his busi-
ness, Banker Abbot occupied
uch‘ the same place in that com—
unity as the good doctor who prac—
ced there. Which means simply,
. at Banker Abbot made regular and
requent trips about the district min—
tering to the ﬁnancial needs of the
Here and encouraging them to
reater effort in the reduction of
air “paper.”
V It was Farmer Bill Smith’s turn
0!]. the routine lecture. 60 it was
that ’Banker Abbot and Farmer

ii at the rear of the eighty, sizing

"up the season’s crop and speculat-

ng on the possible ﬁnancial return.

'I They had just about ﬁgured out how

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,“N0 Bill—not that kind.”
,ed out across the ﬁcld before them.

' Bill
' been. looking at ’em just thataway
a :fer nigh onto ten years now.”

quite
Abbot

that year when,
warning, Ban'ker
said:

, “Bill, I see you are troubled a lot
with tramps out here,” and he turn-
ed to Farmer Smith inquiringly.

’ “Tramps?”——Bill looked up sur—
lprised, shifted his chew, and re-
“Why no, Mr. Abbot, we
don’t have no tramps around here to
amount to much. ’Casionally they
drift in, but I give ’em one look at
the wood pile and they’re gone again
thout ez much as a word of thanks,”
and he chuckled heartily at his own

joke.

shook his head.
He point—

Banker Abbot

“Bill, do you see those old white and
Norway "pine stumps out there on
those plowed ﬁelds?”
looked up.

“Reckon so—

“Correct you are,” and Banker
Abbot brought his ﬁst down with a
resounding whack on the fence rail.

“,‘and those are the ‘tramps’ I’m tal‘k—
ing about.

They’re worse than the
other kind, Bill. You don’t think
you’re feeding them, because you

can’t see them eat, but you ARE——

and if you would be honest with me
you would lay out a good healthy
bill of expense, directly chargeable
Abbot,”

“Lookee here, Mr. and

Farmer Bill took on a much abused.

By A. J. McADAMS

Land Clcaring Division, hIichigan Agricultural College

air, “you’re a sittin’ down there in
your ofﬁce every day, and I’m out
here a plowin’ my ﬁelds fer the sow—
in.’ Now I ain’t a tryin’ to tell you
how to run your bank, ’11 ’f I know
it, you ain’t a goin’ to tell me how
to run my farm. I’ll pay them
notes—I’ll clear that mortgage—I’ll
—I’ll——” and Bill suddenly _ran Out
of things he’d do.

Banker Abbot expected it. He
reached in his pocket for his pad
and pencil—the same pad 011 which
but a moment before they had ﬁgur—
ed how to lift the mortgage from
Bill’s farm—rested it on a fence
post, and said: “Here; Bill, let me
show you, on paper.

“First of all, you have, say, eight
stumps on an acre—that’s a fair av-
erage, isn’t it?”

Farmer Smith allowed as how it
was.

“Surely you realize that the
ground occupied by these stumps
represents, in itself, a considerable
cro-p‘area. That's just the ﬁrst point,
and THAT’S true—how about it,
Bill?” 1

Bill shifted uneasily; he couldn’t
deny it, so he rather reluctantly
“guessed it was.”

Abbot grabbed his chance, and
went right on. “Now you not only
lose the ground occupied _by the
stumps, but there is always a' cer‘
tain area around each stump that is
lost because you can’t get your plow
close to that stump. Figure THAT
up at the rate of eight stumps to
the acre, and that amounts to some—
thing, doesn’t it?”

Once more the argument was
faultless, and Bill “um-m—med” his
rather hesitant approval; Bill was
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“Surely you realize that the ground occupied by these stumps represents in itself,

considerable

a. crop
about it, Bill?"

ill‘t‘ﬂ.

That’s just the ﬁrst point,

and THAT’S true—how

case battered down so "thoroughly—
and quickly.  '

“Very well,” Banker Abbot steam-
ed ahead—“Year after year, that
represents a considerable area. and
a more considerable loss of crop.
Bill, I know a farmer who had just
one white pine stump on his farm.
He left it there, year after year-—
until he ﬁnally got to ﬁguring just
what it was costing him. He doped
it out that it. not only meant a loss
in crops of several hundred dollars
over that period, but that, 'ﬁguring
in the breakage of material, loss of
his own time, and the time of his
team, that stump was a positive
draw—back, and he blew it out.

“It cost that farmer seventy-ﬁve
cents to blast that one stump. He
planted that exact area in potatoes,
and realized $1.50 on‘ their sale that
year. He made ﬁfty percent on his
investment for explosives. Not a
bad percentage of proﬁt, was it,
Bill?”

Bill was clearly stumped—and in-
terested to boot. Furthermore, there
was a perceptable distance between
his upper and lower lips, denoting
surprise, and the expression didn’t
escape Ban‘ker Abbot’s notice. He
tightened his hold with another il—
lustration:

“Why, Bill, I can take you to an-
other farmer who has worked the
same ﬁeld for nine years. During
that nine year period he has walked
forty—ﬁve miles around one stump.
Just ONE stump, Bill, and here you
have a whole ﬁeld of them. Think
of that extra effort. Think of the
extra time—and all of it unneces—
sary, and the money, Bill———it’s prec—
ious time and energy you’re losing
here, and it all costs money.”

Bill’s eyes were popping just a bit
——that forty—ﬁve-mile—walk had hit
home.

“I’ll wager,” went on Banker Ab-
bot, cinching his argument like a
seasoned salesman, “that you have
broken several sickle bars, rake
teeth, cultivator shoes and plow
points—to say nothing of harnesses
and whiffle trees, just working
around those stumps. How about
the time involved in making those
repairs? How about the money lost

(Continued on page 22)

Farming Emerging From Serious Depression and Is Very Much on Mend

By JOHN H. KRAFFT

VERY farmer, as well as every
other business man, is always
interested in the ﬁnancing of

his business. Unfortunately, there
8 not much thought given to the
roper ﬁnancing of agriculture dur—
ing prosperous years as there should
but invariably when business
.slackens and agriculture becomes
less proﬁtable, this matter is given a
reat deal of thought, and there is
Vinv’ariably a great deal said and
Written, and recommendations made
for legislators, and often by men
who are not thoroughly qualiﬁed, or
by those who are not primarily in—
terested in the welfare of the farmer
and agriculture generally, but in
their own individual welfare.

Often this is the case with legisla—
tors who are primarily interested in
.mobilizing Votes by promising im-
possible things. Legislation of the
right type is very important to any
business. However, legislation in
itself will never improve economic
conditions, and further legislation
f-Which is agitated will, not beneﬁt
farming one iota.

There already have been establish—
jed, by Acts of Congress, instrument-
alities or agencies for the extension
of credit to the farming industry,
" hich offer the American farmer

etter facilities and better credit

*5 an is true in any other country in

e world. 'Some of these agencies

{‘ re Comaratively new and,_ due to

'fact‘that they haVe not béen put
.the use they should have been

hg _to-a lack of understanding of»
farmers, and often the bankers, '

s ,i not shown their real worth.
is truethat up until recent years
.tfacilities available to the farmer,
“ﬁnancing his business, were many

 

 

IN this article, which is the ﬁrst of a. series of four, the writer
discusses the clumch that have taken place in agriculture
the last fcw years and what is being done to help the farmer

ﬁnance his business.

This article will be followed. with three

others discussing the three distinct classes of ﬁnancing agricul-

tnrc: 1.

Short Time Loans through the farmer’s local banker,

and the additional facilitics oﬂ’crcd through the Federal Reserve

Bank; 2.

Intcrmcdiatc (“i-edit Loans to ﬁnance the production

and marketing of crops and live stock, either through local bank

or cooperative markcting organization; 3.

Long Time Loans for

the purchase of land. through the banks operating under the Fed-

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“’atch for it.

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years behind facilities offered other
types of business. This fact'was
thoroughly realized by our Govern-
ment, with the result that this fact
has been changed. This was not
only brought about by the farmers’
interest in this matter, but on ac-
count of the public's interest. The
business of feeding the world un—
doubtedly was our 'ﬁrst business, and
at the present time is the biggest
and most important business in the
world. An adequate food supply is
the ﬁrst and greatest concern of
every nation. Our Government is
looking into the future with the idea
of providing for, and insuring, the
continued production, of .food in
abundance, and to make the produc—
tion of this food as proﬁtable as is
possible and consistent with econom-
ical conditions.

Farming, like .all industries, has

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its periods of prosperity and depres-
sion. During the period of war, and
the hectic time which followed im—
mediately after the war, agriculture
ﬂourished. 'During the period of
depression agriculture, in commOn
with other industries, sufferedsev-
erely.

Study History of Agriculture

Every farmer can proﬁt very ma—
terially by studying the history of
agriculture and the history of, ﬁn-
ancing. Perhaps the farmer had
need for additional credit facililties
from the beginning of time, but in
this, as in all matters of progress,
the need had to be sharply felt be-
fore it could be deﬁned andbefore a
remedy could suggest itself. For
twenty years American agriculture
had been undergoing a basic change.

The tremendous growth of the Unit— '

ed States to its present position of
wealth and power was due, to a
great extent, to the economical and
political policies which made pos—
sible and encouraged the rapid and
continued extension and develop-
ment of new agricultural areas.

When our country was opened to
settlers there was a great area of
very fertile land available, and this
invited men of ambition and indus-
try. These free lands meant to the
settler, who had brought his tract
under cultivation, an ample reward
for his labor and hardship, by the
fact that he owned the land. As
these free lands disappeared a brief
area of cheap lands followed, which
with the rapid increase in population
was soon followed by a rise in' land
values. With the free lands entire;
ly gone and with no cheap lands left,
eXCepting those which cannot be cul-
tivated, and those that require the
investment of large capital for
drainage or irrigation, or large ex—
penditure for fertilization, the Gov—
ernment found that the development
of farming could no longer be left to
chance, but called for both money
and organizing genius.

As long as there was undeveloped
frontier it was possible to grant free
land to settlers. The farming front-
ier was rapidly 'pushed from the At—
lantiC'Coast to the Allegheny Moun-
tains, and through the Ohio into the
great Northwestern terr _itory,
through Kentucky and Tennessee,
across the Mississippi to the Rockies,
over the Great Divide and across the
Great American Desert to the Paciﬁc
Coast. The limit has been reached.
The frontier «has gone and there is
no more free land, The greatest

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"You’ll earn it, just being here—more
business." asserted his wife ﬁrmly. “Any-
how. wdve (lust got to be here, Jim! We
owe it to ourselves and our family.
Look at Fred to—nlght!"

“Oh, you. Where is ‘ll‘redf‘ queried mg.
on.

“He's over'to Gussie Pennock‘s, playing
tennis,” interposed Bessie, with a pout.
“The mean old thing wouldn’t ask me!“

“But you ain't old enough. my dear,”
soothed her aunt. “Wait; your turn will
come by and 

“Yes, that’s exactly it.” triumphed the
mother. "Her turn will come—if we live
here; Do you suppose Fred would have
got an Invitation to Gueeie Pennock’s if
weld still been living on the East Side?
Not much he would! Why. Mr. Pen-
noelt's worth fifty thousand, if he’s worth
a dollar! They are some of our very
ﬁrst people.”

“But. Hattie. money isn‘t everything.
dear,” muonth her husband gently.
"We had friends. and good blends, be-
fore."

“Yes; but youwaitand seewhat kind
of friends we have now i” -
’“Butweesn'tksepupwithsudhpeople.
deer, on our income; snd—-—"

“Ma. here’s a man. i guess he wants

~"somebody." It was a husky whisper
from Bunny.
James Blaisdell stopped abruptly. Bes-
sie Blaisdell and the little dressmaker
cocked their heads lnterestedly. Mrs.
Blalsdell rose to her feet and advanced
towards the steps to meet the man com-
ing up the walk.

He was a tall. rather slender man.
with a close cropped. sandy beard. and
an air or diﬂidenoe and apology. As he
took 01! his hat and cum nearer. it
was seen that his eyes were blue and
friendly. and that his hair was reddish-
brown. and rather scanty on top of his
head.

“I am looking (or Mr. Blaisdell—Mr.
James Blalsdell.” he munuured hesitat-
ingiy.

Something in the strans‘ea’s detth
manner- sent a warm glow of importance
to the woman's heart. Mrs. Blaisdeli
was suddenly reminded that she was
gnu. James D. Blalsdell or the West

Ma

“I am Mrs. Blaisdell." she replied a
bit. oornpously. “What can we do for
you, my good man?” she swelled again.
half unconsdously. the had new called
a person “my man“ ,hsdore. She
rather liked the experience

The man on the steps coughed slightly
behind his hand—o sudden mmodio
little cough Then very gravely he
reached Into his pocket and produced a
letter.

"me Mr. Robert Chalmers—e note
to your husband.“ he bowed presenting

the letter.

A look or grandsons-prise came into
the woman’s taco.

“Mr. Robert Chalmers. of the First
National? Jim!" She turned to her hus-
band Joyously. "Here’s a note from Mr
Chalmera Quick—read it!” , -

Her husband. already on “his test.
whisked the sheet of paper from the nu.
sealed envelope, and adjusted his m
A moment later he held out a comm
hand to the stranger. '

“Ah.Mr.&niﬂi.l‘mgladtosee_yeu.
I'm‘ glad to see no? friend of Bob Chal-
mers‘. Come up and sit down. - uy-wjts
and children; and my sister. Miss Blab-

-dell‘. Ur. with. lather—Mr. John Smith."

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R. arm (4. rooms, an”: old bachelor and possessor
of twenty million dollars, calls on his lawyer all?“ they dis-

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may ignoring the interruption. con-
thrued area-km;

“I am gathering material for a book
on the Blunder! family."

“the Bialsdell family!" repeated Mr.
James Blaindell. with cordial interest.

“Yes,” bowed the other. "It is my
purpose to main some time in your
town. I am told there are valuable
records hem, and an old burying—mmd
of particular interest in this connection.
The neighboring towns, too, have much
Blaisdell data, I understand. As I said,
I am intending to make this place my
headquarters, and I am looking for an
attractive boarding-plane. Mr. Chalmers
was good enough to refer me to you."

"re us-—«fer a boarding-place!" There
was on mimistakable frown on Mrs.
James D. Blaisdell's countenance as she
said the words. “Well. I'm sure I don't
see why he should. We don’t keep
boarders!”

"But. Hattie. we could.” interposed
her husband eagerly. “There’s that his
front room that we don’t need a bit.
And it would help a lot if—" At the
wrathful warning in his wife's eyes he
fell back silenced.

"I said that we didn’t keep boarders,"
reiterated the lady distinctly. "Further-
more, we do need the room ourselves."

“Yes, yes. of course; I understand."
broke in Mr. Smith, as if in hasty con-
ciliation. “I think Mr. Chalmers meant
that perhaps one of you"—glanced un-
oertainly at the anxious-eyed little wo-

three—that

stoodtromMr.Chstersmatﬂiarem
but ﬂares Badsdells, two brothers, and
one sister-dyed, yourselz.”
“0h, poor Maggie ain‘t a Blaisden,’
explained the little dresmker, with a
smile. “She’s Just Maggie Duff. father
Duff's Counter by his ﬁrst wife, you
know. He married our mother years ago,
whenmchﬂdrenwereutﬂesowewem
brought up with Maggie. and always
called her sister: mough, of course. she
really ain’t any relation to us at all.”

“0h,lees,tohesure.01
course!“ Mr. Smith oddly
thoughtful. He appeared to be settling

something in his-mind. “She isn’t a Blain-

dell, then.”

"No, but she's so near like one and
she's a splendid cook. and—"

"Well,. 1 shan’t send him to. Magus,”
cut in Mrs. James D. Blaisdeli with emc-
phasis. "Poor Maggie’s got quite enough
on her hands, as it is, with that father
of hers. Besides, she isn’t a Blaisdell
at all.”

"And she couldn’t come and cook and
take care of us near so much. either,
could She,” plunged in Benny, “if she took
this man ter feed?"

“That will do, Benny,” admonished his
mother, with nettled dignity. “You for-
get that children should be seen and not
heard.”

"Yee’m. But, please. can't I be heard
just a mlfmte for this? Why don’t yo
send the man ter Uncle Frank an’ Aunt
Jane? Maybe they’d take him."

“The very thing!" cried Miss Flora
Blaisdell. “I wouldn’t wonder a mite it
they did."

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As a reader of “Oh, Money! Money!” you will be inter-
ested in the letters published on the opposite page- In
‘ these letters several readers of The Business Farmer tell
what they would do with $100,000 if they were to suddenly

fall heir to it.

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man at his left—“might——-er—-aocommo
date me. Perhaps you, now—" He
turned his eyes fell upon Miss Flora.
Blaisdell, and waited.

The little ~dressmaker blushed painfully.

“Me? Oh. mercy. no! Why. 1 live all
alme—-—that is. I mean, i couldn't. you
know," she stammered ooni'usedly. "I
ares-make, and i don’t get any sort of
msaiHotdttoramamlmean. Just
Men's things—tea. toast. and rte bis-
cuit. I’m so loud of ris bisemt! But.
of cones. 100—" She came to an ex-

pressive pause.

"'Oh. I cwld stand the biscuit so long
as they're not health biscuit.“ Med
Mr. Smith socially. "You see. I've-been
WmMandhotwaterqultelm
enough as It is."

“Oh. ain‘t your health good. sir?" Tho
little dreeemaker's face wore the deep-
est mm.
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.m Ithinkl"esnprcsniselobsa
sued boarder, all right.” '

"Why don't you go to a hotel?" Mrs.
James D. Blaisdeil still spoke with s
dislith lir-

Mr. emith‘iifted e deprecatory hand.

“Oh, hideed. that would not do at all-—
for my " he murmured. “I wish
tube 701" quiet. I fear I should find
it gulte disturbing—the noise and con-
fusion ot'a public place like that. He-
sides, for my work. it scanned uninently

' - ﬁtting. as well as remarkably convenient,

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“as , Ear-riot. how funny We never

we! .-‘Why not send him" there?”
moor Messier ‘ltwasthe mild voice

a

with s suffer: exclamation the little.

He‘s just the one retro“.

her sister-ln~la.w. “And they‘re always
glad of a little help,——especially Jane.”

“Anybody should be," observed Mr.
James] Blaisdell quietly.

Only the heightened color in his wife's
cheeks showed that she had heard—and
understood.

"Here, Benny,” she directed. “go and
allow the gentleman where Uncle Frank

ves.”

“Alright l” With a spring the boy
leaped to the lawn and praneed to the
sidewalk. dancing there on his toes. “I'll
show ye, Mr. Smith."

t The gentleman addressed rose to his
set.

“I thank you, Mr. Blaisdeii." he said.
“and you. ladies. I shall hope to see
youagainsoomlamsureyoucan
help me. if you will. in my work. I shall
want to ask—me questions.”

“Ce: t. 'nly. sir, certainly! We shall be
glad to see you.” promised his best.
"C no any time, and ask all the ques-
tions you want to."

“And we shall be so interested." nut-
tered Miss More. “I‘ve always wanted
to know about fathers folks. And are
you a Blaisdell. too?" .

There was the briefest of pauses. Mr.
 coughed again twice behind his

“En—eh—oh. yes. i may say that I
am. Through my mother I am descended
from the original immigrant. Ebenezer
Blaisdell." - I

“Immigrant!” exclaimed Miss Flora.

"An immigrant!” Mrs. James Blalsdell
spoke'the word as it her tongue wet-ea
pair of tours that had picked up a hex:

“Yes- ‘biu not new: w'wemznmonly‘
retard the term nowadays.“ sinned’ur.
Smith.  Ebenezer Blaisdell was a
man of means and distinction. He was

He came over in 1847.”

 the founder‘s: as. family in this. country!
"Ky, how interesting i” mummed as

little dressmaker, as the visitor descended
the-two.

“Good-night—gnod-night! And thunk
you again,” bowed Mr. John Smith to the
assembled group on the veranda. “And
new, young man, I‘m at your service.”
he smiled, as he Joined Benny, still prance
ing on the sidewalk.

“Now he's what I call a real nice
pleasant-spoken gentleman,” avowed m.
Flora, when she thought speech was sale.
"I do hope Jane’ll take him.”

"Oh, yes, he’s well enough,” conde-
sceudcd Hrs. Hattie Blaisdell, with a.
yawn.

“Hattie. why wouldn‘t you take him in?"
rem-cached her husband. “Just think how
the pay would help! And it wouldn’t
be a hit oi work. hardly. tor you. Ger-
tainly it would be a lot easier man the
way we are doing.“

The woman frowned impatiently:

"Jim. (isn‘t please! Do you suppose
I got over here on the West Side to open
a boarding house? I guess not—act!”

“But what shall we do?”

“Oh, we'll get along somehow. Du't
worry!"

"Form if you’d won'y a little men,
Iwouldn’twoxrysomuoh,’ sig‘hedi‘hs
man deeply.

“Well, mere-y me, I must be going,‘
interposed the little Walter, M
to her feet with a nervous glance at her
broﬂier sndhiswli‘e. “I'm forgetting”
ain’tsonearasitusedtobe. Good-
night!”

“Good—night, good-night! come again,"
called the three on the veranda. 111m
the door dosed behind them, as they
entered the house.

Meanwhile, walking across the comes.
Benny was mtertatntng Mr.

“Yep, they’ll take ye, I bet ye-—Aunt
June an' Uncle Frank will?"

"Well, that’s good. I‘m sure.”

“Yep. An’ it’ll be easy too. 'W‘hy.
Aunt Jane'll just tumble over herself tor
get ye, if ye just mention ﬁrst what you'll
pay. She'll begin ter reckon up right
away then what she'll save. An’ in a.
minute she'll say, "Yes. I'll take ye.’ "

The uncertainty in Mr. Smith’s voice
was palpable even to eight-year—old
Benny.

"Oh, you don‘t need ter worry,” he
hastened to explain: "She won’t starve
ye; only she won’t let ye waste anythln’.
You'll have ter eat all the crusts to yer
pie, and ﬁnish ’taters before you can get
any puddin', an’ all that, ye know. Ye
see, she's great on savin’—Aunt Jane is.
She says waste is a. sinful extravagance
before the Lord.”

“Indeed!” Mr. Smith laughed out-
right this time. “But are you sure. my
boy, that you ought to talk—Just like
this, about your aunt?”

Benny's eyes widened.

“Why, that’s all right. Mr. Smith.
Ev'rybody in town knows Aunt Jane.
Why, Ma says folks say she’d save ter-
day for ter—morrer, if she could. But
she couldn’t do that, could she? So that’s
just silly talk. But you wait till you see
Aunt Jane."

“All right. I'll wait. Benny.”

"Well, ye‘won’t have ter wait long,
Mr. Smith, ’cause here's her house. She
lives over the groc'ry store, ter save
rent, ye know. It‘s Uncle Frank’s store.
An’ here we are," he ﬁnished. banging
open a. door and leading the way up a.
ﬂight of ill-lighted stairs.

CHAPTER III
The Small Boy at the Keyhole

At the tOp of the stairs Benny tried
to open the door, but as it did not give
at his pressure, he knocked lustily, and
called "Aunt Jane, Aunt Jane !"

“Isn’t this the bell?" hazarded Mr.
Smith. his ﬁnger almost on a small push-
button near him.

“Yep. but it don’t go now. Uncle
Frank wanted it fixed, but Aunt Jane
said no; knockin' was just as good. an'
't was lots cheaper, ‘muse 't would save
mendin’, and didn’t use any 'leciricity.
But Uncle Frank says-"

The door opened abruptly. and Benny
lnterruptmii himself to give eager crest—

“Rullo, Aunt Janel 1’“ brought you
somebody. He’s Mr. hith. An' you'll
be glad. You see if yer ain‘t!"

In the dim hallway Mr. Smith saw a
tall. angular woman with graying dark
hair and high cheek bones. Her eyes
were keen and just now somewhat stern-
lyuinquiring, as they were bent upon him-
se .
Perceiving that Benny considered his
mission as master of ceremonies at an
end, Mr. Smith hastened to explain.

“I came from your husband's brother,
madam. He-—en-—eent me. He thought
perhaps you had a room that I could
have."

“A room?" Her eyes grew still more
coldly disapproving.

“Yes. and board. He thoughtr—that is.
they thought that perhaps-'2- you would be
so kind.”

"Oh, a. boarder! You mean for pay.
of course?”

“Most certainly!”

“Oh!” She stiftened visibly, and step- '
pedback. “Well, I don‘t know. I never
haw—but that isn't saying I 'eouldn't,‘
ofcourse; Cbmein. Wecentsikit
over. That doesn‘t  anything. Come
in; this way, please": ‘ As she'ﬁnis'hed

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, a yellow pug.

,» from the tropiCs, J. 'P. Bridger,

United States consul on the island

wassail and jubilee and saw the Flatiron
building, and missedseeing the Bronx-
less menagerie by about a couple of
nights, And then, at the ebb tide, we
were walking up a street that parallels
and parodies Broadway. .

A woman with a comely and mundane
countenance 'paSSed us, holding in leash
a wheezing, vicious, ,waddling, brute of
The dog entangled him-
self with Bridger’s legs and mumbled
his ankles in a snarling, peevish, sulky
bite. Bridger, with a happy smile, kicked
the breath out of the brute; the woman
showered us with a quick rain of well—
conceived adjectives that left us in no
doubt as to our place in her opinion,
and we passed on. Ten yards farther
an old woman with disordered white hair
and her bankbook tucked well hidden be—
‘neath her tattered shawl begged. Bridger
stepped and disinterred for her a quarter
from his holiday waistcoat.

.On the next corner a quarter of a ton
-of .well—clothed man with a rice-pow-
dered, fat, white jowl, stood holding the
chain of a devil-born bulldog whose fore-
legs were strangers by the length of a
dachshund. A little woman in a last—
season’s hat confronted him and wept,
which was plainly all she could do,
while he cursed her in low. sweet, pract—
iced tones.

Bridger smiled again—strictly to him«
self—and this time he took out a little
memorandum book an'l made note of
it. This he had ,no right to do without
due explanation, and I said so. '

“It’s a new theory,” said Bridger, that
I picked up down in Baton/t. Ive been
gathering support for it as I knock about.
The world isn’t ripe for it yet, but—~well
I’ll tell you; and then you run your
mind back along the people you've known
and see what you make 1' it."

And so I cornered Bridger in a place
Where they have artiﬁcial palms and
wine; and he told me the story which is
here in my words and on his responsibil-
ity.

One afternoon at three o'clock, on the
island of Ratona, a boy raced along the
beach screaming, “l’ajaro ahoy!”

Thus he made known the keencss of
his hearing and the justice of his dis-
crimination in pitch.

He who ﬁrst heard and made oral
proclamation concerning the toot of an
approaching steamer’s whistle, and cor-
rectly named the steamer, was a small
hero in Ratona—until the next steamer
came. Wherefore, there was rivalry
among the barefoot youth of Ratona, and
many fell the victims to the softly blown
conch shells of sloops which. as they en-
ter the harbor, sound surprisingly like a
distant steamer’s signal. And some could
name you the vessel when its call, in your
duller ears, sounded no louder than the
sigh of the wind through the branches of
the cocoanut palms.

But today he who proclaimed the Paj‘
aro gained his honors. Ratona bent its
ear to listen; and soon the deep-tongucd
blast grew louder and nwrer, and at
length Ratona saw above the line of palms
on the low “point” the two black funnels
of the fruiter slowly creeping toward the
mouth of the harbor.

You must know that Ratona is an
island twenty miles off the south of a
South American republic. It is a port of
that republic; and it sleeps sweetly in a
smiling sea, toiling not nor spinning; fed
by the abundant tropics wrnre all things
"ripen, cease and fall townwi the grave."

Eight hundred people dreamhfc away
in a green-ernbowered village that follows
the horseshoe curve of its bijou harbor,
They are mostly Spanish and Indian mest-
izos, with a shading of San Domingo
Negroes, a lightening of pure—blood Span-
ish officials and a slight leavening of the
froth of three or four pioneering white
races. No steamers touch at Rotano save
the fruit steamers which take on their
banana inspectors there on their way to
the coast. They leave Sunday newspapers,
ice, quinine, bacon, watcrmelons and vac-
cine matter at the island and that is
about all the touch Ratona gets with the
world.

The Pajaro paused at the. moutn of lhe
harborLrolling heavily in the swell that
sent the whitecaps racing beyond the
smooth water inside. Already two durin
from the village—one conveying fruit in—
spectors, the other going for what it
could gob—were halfway out to the
steamer.

The inspectors’ dory was taken on
board with them, and the Pajaro steamed
away for the mainland for its load of
fruit

The other boat returned to Ratona
bearing a contribution from the Pajaro's
store of ice, the usual roll of newspapers
and one passenger—Taylor Plunkett,
sheriff of Chatham County, Kentucky.

Bridg'cr, the United States consul at
Ratona, Vfib’d cleaning his riﬂe in the
ofﬁcial shanty under a breadfruit tree
twenty yards from the water of the bar-
bor. The consul occupied a place some-
what near the tail of his political party's
procession. The music of the band wagon
sounded very faintly to him in the {dist-
mice. The plums of ofﬁce went to others.
Bridger's share of the spells—tho con-
sulship at Ratonar—was little more than
a. prune from the boarding-house depart-

ment of the public crib. But $900 yearly

was opulence in Ratona. Besides, Bridg-
er fhad. contracted a passion for shooting

_a.lligator_s in the lagoons near his con-
.ﬁulate, and he was'not unhappy.'

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of his riﬂe lock and saw a broad man
ﬁlling his doorway. A broad, noiseless,
slow—moving man, sunburned almost to
the brown of Vandyke. A man of forty-
ﬁve, neatly clothed in homespun, with
scanty light hair, a close-clipped brown—
and-gray beard and simplicity.

“You are Bridger, the consul,” said the
broad man. “They directed me here. Can
you tell me what those big bunches of
things like gourds are in those trees that
look like feather dusters along the edge
of the water?”

“Take that chair,” said the consul, re-
oiling his cleaning rag. “No, the other
one—~that bamboo thing won’t hold you.
Why, they’re cocoanuts——green cocoanuts.
The shell of’em is always a light green
before they’re ripe.”

“Much obliged,” said the other man,
sitting down carefully. “I don’t quite
like to tell the folks at home they wore
olives unless I was sure about it. My
name is Plunkett. I’m sheriff of Chatham
County, Kentucky. I’ve got extradition
papers in my pocket authorizing the ar-
rest of a man on this island. They’ve
been signed by the President of this
county, and they’re in correct shape. The
man’s name is Wade Williams. He’s in
the cocoanut raising business. What he’s
wanted for is the murder of his wife two
years ago. Where can I ﬁnd him?"

The consul squinted an eye and looked
through his riﬂe barrel.

“There’s nobody on the island who
calls himself ‘Williams,’ ” he remarked.

“Didn’t suppose there was," said Plunk—
ett mildly. “He’ll do by any other name.”
. “Besides myself," said Bridger, "there
are only two Americans on Ratona—Bob
Reeves and Henry Morgan.”

“The man I want Sells cocoanuts, ’ sug-
gested Plunkett.

'You see that cocoanut walk extending
up to the point?” said the consul, waving
his hand toward the open door. "Phat
belongs to Bob Reeves. Henry Morgan
owns half the trees to loonrd on the
island."

"One month ago,” said the sheriff,
“Wade Williams wrote a conﬁdential let-
ter to a man in Chatham county, telling
him where he was and how he was getting
along. The letter was lost; and the per-
son that found it gave it away. They
sent me after him, and I’ve got the
papers. I reckon he’s one of your cocoa-
nut men for certain.”

“You’ve got his picture, of course,"
said Bridger. “It might be Reeves or
Morgan, but I’d hate to think it. They’re
both as ﬁne fellows as you’d meet in any
all—day auto ride.”

"No," doubtfully answered Plunkett:
“there wasn’t any picture of Williams to
be had. And I never saw him myself.
I’ve been sheriff only a year. But I’ve
got a pretty accurate description of him.
About 5 feet 11; dark hair and eyes;
nose inclined to be Roman; heavy about
the shoulders, strong, white teeth, with

none missing; laughs at good deal, talka-~

tive; drinks considerably but never to
int xication; looks you square in the eye
when talking; age thirty-ﬁve. Which one
of your men does that description ﬁt?"

The consul groaned broadly.

"I’ll tell you what you do," he said,
laying down his rifle and slipping on his
dingy black alpaca coat. “You come
along, Mr. Plunkett, and I’ll take you up
to see the boys. If you can tell which
one of ’em your description ﬁts better
than it does the other you have the ad-
vantage of me.”

Bridger conducted the sheriff out and
along the hard beach close to which the
tiny houses of the village were distributed.
Inunediately back of the town rose sud-
den, small, thickly wooded hills. Up one
of these, by means of steps out in the
hard clay, the consul led Plunkett. On
perched a two-room wooden cottage with
a thatched roof. A Carib woman was
washing clothes outside. The consul
ushered the sheriff to the door of the
room that OV«:I‘lOOked the harbor.

Two men were in the room, about to
sit down, in' their shirt sleeves, to a
table spread for dinner. They bore little
resemblance one to the other in detail;
but the general description given by
Plunkett could have been justly applied
to either. In height, color of hair, shape
of nose, build and manners each of them
tallied with it. They were fair types of
jovial, rcady-witted, broad-gauged Ameri-
cans who had gravitated together for
companionship in an alien land.

“Hello, Bridger!” they called in unison
at sight of the consul. “Come and have
dinner with us!" And then they noticed
Plunkett at his heels, and came forward
with hospitable curiosity.

“Gentlemen,” said the consul, his voice
taking on unaccustomed formality. “this
is Mr. Plunkett—Mr. Reeves and Mr.
Morgan.”

The cocoanut barons greeted the new-
comer‘joycusly. Reeves seemed about an
inch- taller' than Morgan, but his laugh
was not quite as loud. Morgan's eyes
were deep brown; Reeves’s were black.
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the Carib woman for supplemental table
ware. It was explained that Morgan
lived in a bamboo shack to “loo’ard,” but
that every day or two friends dined to—
gether. Plunkett stood still during the
preparations, looking about mildly with
his pale—blue eyes. Bridger looked apolo-
getic and uneasy.

At length two other covers were laid
and the company was assigned to places.
Reeves and Morgan stood side by site
across the table from the visitors. ReeVes
nodded genially as a signal for all to
seat themselves. And then suddenly
Plunkett raised his hand with 'a gesture
of authority. He was looking straight
between Reeves and Morgan.

“Wade Williams,” he said quietly, “you
are under arrest for murder.”

Reeves and Morgan instantly ex-
changed a quick, bright glance, the qual-
ity of which was interrogation, with a
Seasoning of surprise. Then, simultan—
eousiy they turned to the speaker with a
puzzled and frank deprecation in their
gaze.

“Can’t say that we understand you,
Mr. Plunkett,” said Morgan, cheerfully.
“Did you say Williams’?”

“What’s the joke, Bridgy?” asked
Reeves, turning to the consul with a smile.

Before Bridger could answer Plunkett
spoke again.

“I’ll explain,” he said, quietly. “One
of you don’t need any explanation, but
this is for the other one. One of you
is Wade Williams of Chatham County,
Kentucky. You murdered your wife on
May 5, two years ago, after ill—treating
and abusing her continually for ﬁve years.
I have the papers in my pocket for taking
you back with me, and you are going.
We will return on the fruit steamer that
comes back by this island tomorrow to
leave its inspectors. I acknowledge, gen-
tlemen, that ’Im not quite sure which
one of you is Williams. But Wade Wil-

*liamsu goes back to Chatham County to-

morrow. I want you to understand that.”

A great sound of merry laughter from
Morgan and Reeves went out over the
still harbor. Two or three ﬁshermen in

the fleet of sloops anchored there looked ~-

up at the house of the diablos Ameri-
canos on the hill and wondered.

“My dear Mr. Plunkett,” cried Morgan,
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ting cold. Let us sit down and eat. I
am anxious to get my spoon into that
sharkﬁn soup. Business afterward."

“Sit down, gentlemen, if you please,"
added Reeves, pleasantly. “I am sure
Mr. Plunkett will not object. Perhaps
a little time may be of advantage to him
in identifying—the gentleman he wishes
to arrest."

“No objections, I’m sure,” said Plunkett,
dropping into his chair heavily. “I’m
hungry myself.
the hospitality of you folks without giving
you notice; that’s all.”

Reeves set bottles and glasses on the
table.

“There’s cognac,” he said, “and an-
isada, and Scotch ‘smoke,’ and rye. Take
your choice.”

Bridger chose rye, Reeves poured three
fingers of Scotch for himself, Morgan
took the same. The sheriff, against much
protestation, ﬁlled his glass form the
water bottle.

“Here's to the appitite," said Reeves,
raising his glass, “of Mr. Williams!”
Morgan’s laugh and his drink encounter-
ing sent him into a choking-splinter.
All began to pay attention to the dinner.
which was well cooked and palatable.

"Williams!" called Plunkett, suddenly
and sharply.

All looked wonderingly. Reeves found
the sheriﬂ’s mild eye resting upon him.
He ﬂushed a little. .

“Se here," he said, with some asperity,
"my name’s Reeves, and I don‘t want you
to—" But the comedy of the thing came
to his rescue, and he ended with a laugh.

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-“Thanks for the salt," said the sheriff.
“Oh, I’ll take somebody back. It’ll be
one of you two gentlemen. Yes, I know
I’d get stuck for damages if I make a.
mistake. But I’m going to try to get
the right man.” ,

“I’ll tell you what you do,” said M6r-
gan, leaning forward with a jolly twinkle
in his eyes. “You take me. I’ll go with-
out any trouble. The ,cocoanut business
hasn’t panned out well this year, and I’d
like to make some extra money out of
your bondsmen.”

“That’s not fair,” chimed in Reeves.
"1 got only $16 a thousand for my last
shipment. Take me, Mr. Plunkett."

"I'll take Wade Williams,” said the
sheriff patiently, “or I’ll come pretty
close to it.’

“It’s like dining with a ghost," re-
marked Morgan, with a pretended shiver.
“The ghost of a murderer, too! Will
somebody pass the toothpicks to the
shade of the naughty Mr. Williams?”

Plunkett seemed as unconcerned as if
he were dining at his own table in Chat-
ham County. He was a gallant trench-
erman, and'the strange tropic viands
tickled his palate. Heavy, commonplace,
almost slothful in his movements, be ap-

peared to be devoid of all the cunning'

and watchfulness of the sleuth. He even
ceased to observe, with any sharpness or
attempted discrimination, the two men,
one of whom he had undertaken with sur-
prising self—conﬁdence, to drag away up-
on the serious charge of wife—murder.
Here. indeed, was a problem set before
him that if wrongly solved would have
amounted to his serious discomﬁture, yet
there he sat puzzling his soul (to all ap—
pearances) over the novel ﬂavor of a
broiled iguana outlet.

The consul felt a decided discomfort.
Reeves and Morgan were his friends and
pals; yet the sheriff from Kentucky had
a certain right to his ofﬁcial aid and
moral support. So Bridger sat the silent-
est around the board and tried to esti-
mate the peculiar situation. His conclu-
sion was that both Reeves and Morgan,
quickwitted, as he knew them to be, had
conceived at the moment of Plunkett’s
disclosure of his mission—and in the
brief space of a lightning ﬂash—the idea
that the other might be the guilty Wil-
liams; and that each of them had decided
in that moment loyally to protect his
comrade against the doom that threatened
him. This was the consul’s theory and
if he had been a bookmaker at a race of
wits for life and liberty he would have
offered heavy odds against the plodding
sheriff from Chatham County, Kentucky.

When the meal was concluded the
Carib woman came and removed the
dishes and cloth. Reeves strewed the
table with excellent cigars and Plunkett.
with the others, lighted one of these with
evident gratiﬁcation.

“I may be dull," said Morgan, with a.
grin and a wink at Bridger, with want
to know if I am. Now, I say this is all
a joke of Mr. Plunkett’s concocted to
freightcn two babes-in—the-woods. Is this
Williamson to be taken seriously or not?"

“ ‘VVillia'ns,’ " corrected Plunkett
gravely. “I never got off any jokes in
my life. I know I wouldn’t travel 2,000
miles to get off a poor one as this would

' be if I didn’t take VVade Williams back

with me. Gentlemen l” continued the
sheriff, now letting his mild eyes travel
impartially from one of the company to
another, “see if you can ﬁnd any joke in
this case. Wade Williams is listening

to the words I utter now; but out of,

politeness I will speak of him as a. third
person. For ﬁve years he made his wife
lead the life of a dog—N0; I'll take that
back. No dog in Kentucky was ever
treated as she was. He spent the money
that she brought him—spent it at the
races, at the card table and on horses
and hunting. He was a good fellow to
his friends, but a cold, sullen demon at
home. He wound up the ﬁve years of
negltct by striking her with his closed
hand—a hand as hard as a stonc——when
she was ill and weak from suffering.
She died the next day; and he skipped.
That’s all there is to it. It’s enough. I
never saw Williams; but I knew his wife.
I’m not a man to tell half. She and I
were keeping company when she met him.
She went to Louisville on a visit and saw
him there. I’ll admit that he spoilt my
chances in no time. I lived then on the
edge of the Cumberland mountains. I
was elected sheriff of Chatham County a
year after Williams killed his wife. My
ofﬁcial duty sends me out here after him;
but I’ll admit that there’s personal feel-
ing too. And he’s going back with me.
Mr.——er———Reeves, will you, pass me a.
match?”

“Awfully imprudent of Williams," said
Morgan, putting his feet up against the
wall, “to strike a Kentucky lady. seems
to me I’ve heard they were scrappers.“

“Bad, bad Williams," said Reeves,
pouring out more “Scotch.” ‘

The two men spoke lightly. but the
consul saw and felt the tension and the
carefulness in their actions and words.
“Good old fellows," he said to himself;
“they're both all right. Each of ’em in
standing by the other like a. little brick

‘ church."

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. where they sat—ea, black-and-ten- hound.

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entirely sold on the ideas and ideals

. of better dairylnx, and pledged to

the methods and practices which
they had witnessed during the ten

day inspection tour through the.

dairy region of northern mﬁonsln.
The trip was arranged under e dir-
ection of the extension department
of the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege, and the Upper Peninsula Devel-
opment Bureau of Michigan, being
ﬁnanced entirely by the latter organ-
ization.

Chieﬂy important because it rep-
resented an intensive short course of
practical dairy training for each of
the boys and the leaders who accom-
panied them, the tour stands out as
one of the most distinctive features
of the better-dairying campaign now
in progress throughout the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan. ‘

Space here will not permit u‘de-
tailed account of the trip. Here,
however, are a tow terse facts which
will sufﬁce to impress upon the
minds of even the moat skeptical the
fact that the calf club tour presented
to these thirtyesix boys a rare oppor-
tunity and a training which, it rec-
koned in dollars, would huVe meant
a considerable investment to any one
of the fortunate young farmers.

The tour won the ﬁrst of its kind
ever attempted in the history of
boys’ club work throughout the
United States, according to R. A.
Turner, state club leader for Michi-
gun.

The trip covered 1409 miles, and
ten cars made up the canvan.

The personnel included thirty—
slx boys from twelve counties.

About ﬁfty dairy farms—the
largest and most thoroughly devel-
oped thnt could be found along the
route—4mm visited and a careful
inspection made of each.

At the close of each day’s work,

charge. and the lessons of
the day were .ﬂrinly ﬁxed in the
minds or each or the boys.

Each boy was requested to keep a
note-book, in which he jotted down
everything of interest occurring
along the route.

Among the outstanding establish-

'ments visited enroute were:

The Ferndell Guernsey Farm,
Oneida, Wisconsin;220 head of
pure-bred Guerndbys and owners of
one of the largest bulls of the breed.
Supplies milk to the William Larsen
Canning Company.

F. E. Fox, Guernsey Farm, Wau-
kesha, Wisconsin—«he most ideal
and practical dairy farm seen on the
tour. Producers of high—quality
dairy products and pure-bred live-
stock. Now selling 400 quarts of
milk and 901,5 pints of cream daily
to loot! market. ~ ‘

Anon Farms, Waukenhn. One of
the leading Shorthorn farms in the
United States. Farm has held nine-
teen livestock salee and ﬂeraged

$810 a head tor the nineteen sales”

one animal alone from the herd
brought $2,600 at last fall’s sale.

Adorn Salts d: Son. Ayreshlre
Farm, Waukeshs. Declared the best
Ayreshire farm in the world. Has
herd of 130 animals.

Pabst Farms. Waukeshs. Some or
the werld’s greatest Holsteins seen
on the farms of the wealthy Pabst
brothers. .

Hoard’s Dairy Farm, Fort Atkin-
son, Wisconsin. Declared to be the
finest model dairy farm in the
country.
here to study some at the most
“typey” of. dairy animals. ‘

And these are only a few of the
outstanding establishment! to which
the boys were directed On their trip.

The Michigan Calf Club Boys’
Tour was, without question, an

epoch in the dairy industry of the ‘

Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Three U. P. Club Boys Make Unusual Record

HREE oi term-count 'emm-three
or ’elli. There's Grant, James
and Richard, and they‘re “The

Three Musketeers” of iron county,
Upper Michknn. as 131' to boys‘
club work is concerned.

The three (Swim, energetic sons
of Mr. and Mrs. once Gdllup, of
Gssstra, Iron county. upper Michi-
gan, are setting a mighty rapid pace
for other club members throughout
the peninsula. In fact. the three
Gallups are typically representative
of the energy and spirit which has
placed club work in “pm Michigan
on par with any similar eilort
throughout the country.

Here’s the dope on the Gallups:

Grant Gallup has {or the past
three been a member of the
poultry club in ,Gdastra, Iron county,
and has been one of the outstanding
boys in poultry club work in Mich-
igan. In 1921. he was declared

Michigan State Poultry Club Champ- .

ion in the ﬁrst year project. In
1922, he was then second place for
State Honors in second year poultry
work. In 1922 also he received
high individual honors for poultry
culling in the contest held at the
Upper Peninsula Club Camp at
Chsthsm, Michigan. At this en-
campment he was also a member of
the ﬁrst prize culling team, which
was given a free trip to the State
Fair at Detroit, where they conduct-
ed 8. demonstration in culling.

In 1923, at Chatham, ’Grant was
awarded the some honor and'repres-
ented the upper peninsula. on the
ﬁrst prize culling team at the State
Fair contest. The valuation of
poultry owned by Grant is $488.91;
cost of operations, $26933; yielding
a net proﬁt of $219.28 for the period
of one year. .

James Gallup joined the Clover-
land calf club in 1922 and has been
a diligent worker for the success of
that organization. This was evi-
denced by the fact that at the organi-
zation meeting in 1928 he was elect-
ed president. He has cenducted
the exam of the club in. a commend-
able manner. At the Club camp at
Chatham he Was placed on the dairy
judging team to represent Iro
county Which was s free trip to the
State Fair at. t

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judge a ring or Holsteins, Gum-nun,
Ayrshires and Jerseys, James Gal~
Iup won second highest indivldu
honors in the auto, notwithstanding
the foot that he had to compete
against ‘boys who had practiced on
all classes of animals. The only
breeds James had Worked on in his
home county were Guernseys and
Hoistelns. Because of the position
that he obtained through his work at
the state fair, he, with six other
boys, will be given n thorough
course in dairy judging work at the
Michigan Agricultural 0011050, dur—
in-g the last week in September.
From there the six boys will journey
to Syracuse. New York, to represent
the state of Michigan in the dairy
judging contest at the National
Dairy Show.

Richard Gallup, a younger brother
of his brother James, joined the calf
club this year. He has devoted all
his spare moments toward rocking
this work a success, but did not fare
quite as well as his older brothers at
the centest at Chathsm. However,
because of th experience which he
had at these p aces, it proved a great

beneﬁt to him at the judging con— ‘

tests at the county fair. Richard
was the boy who topped the list and
was one of the three boys given a
free trip to the International Live-
stock Show at Chicago, during the
ﬁrst week of December next.

And there you are—not bad for
one family, is it?

VETERAN NOT DISOOURAGED
OVER Loss OF ARM
EING handicapped otter having
A lost an arm while serving at
the Argonne Forest with the
132ml Infantry did not stand in the
way of the success of Eugene J.
Iberg, of Highland, 111., who before
the war was a farmer having only a.
seventh grade education and who,
since his discharge, has ste, pedinto
euei‘al managersz 6! "e High-
and Farms Dairy company. Upon
his discharge the outset looked bed
for Iberg who was . to rest a
his pro-war occupation. But,

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R ADIO pgggagMENT

IBINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT
RADIO
the past year I have learned
quite a few things about making
radio sets that might be helpful
to other plans if printed in The
Business Farmer. ‘

In the ﬁrst few weeks, I had to
buy three new tubes. One tube
didn’t last over ten days. .What was
the trouble? $15.00 paid out before
I learned. Instead of turning your
light or rheostat on slowly, it should
be dashed on quickly. Just the same
as the lights on a car or your elec-
tric lights. I used to turn the rheo-
stat on a little, then leave it for a
while. so the ﬁlament would heat up;
then turn it.on slowly until I could
hear the music. etc. This should
not be done (except when using set
for the ‘ﬁrst time, to see where to
run it) as it makes the ﬁlament
brittle and a little is? will break it.

Place a common knife switch be—
tween the A battery and ﬁlament.
Do not burn the ﬁlament any bright—
er than is needed forte get the
signals as loud as possible without
squeals. Underheating is just as
bad as overheating. A tube will
last a year if need right. When a
freshly charged battery is put in, the
rheoetat should be turned back a
little because it has to be turned on
more as the battery runs down. In
wiring up a set, use ﬂexible wire.
such as light wire or Ford coil wire,
(that's What I use) the size doesn’t
seem to make muchndiiterenge; I

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A farmer in Northern Illinois,
is located on a. dirt road which is
impassable during the winter if a
frost comes when the road in in a.
rough condition. Last fall when
the road was at its worst he got
a. radio warning of an immediate
and heavy frost. Calling in his
neighbors by telephone, they all got
out and rolled the read. When the
freeze saute, it proved to be per-
manent, and the radio owner and
his neighbors had a boulevard to
town all winter. _ .

Illllllillll Willlu’mmm

used stiif No. 14 wire at ﬁrst. Every
time anybody would step a little
heavy, it would jar it out of tune
and I would have to tune in again,

.so I got some secondary wires from

a iiivver and rewired the set and
everything was 0. K. I placed the
tube socket on a bracket made of
spring brass and that made it Jar-
proof. About tuber—don’t let any-
one tell you that you can hear just
as far with a dry cell tube as you
They are
not quite as sensative and they lack
distance. But they save the cost of
a storage battery and for winter use
they are quite satisfactory. I tried
the W. D. 12, but to get good ro-
suits, I use the U. Y. 200 Radiotron.
and storage battery. Buy "the best
materials you can aﬂoat—4:. C. 0..
Harvard, Mich.

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1913 1922
Taxes $127,725,809 $301,003,227
Dividends $322,300,406 $271,576,000

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RAISE MORE SUGAR BEETS
HE world productioncf sugar

which before the war reached-

20,000,000 tons of 2,000 lbs.

and during the war dropped off
several million tons, again is up to
20,000,000 of which 2,200,000 of
11% was produced in the United
States and its possessions.

The U. S. consumption of sugar
which before the war amounted to
4,000,000 tons, reached 4,600,000
in 1921 and in 1922 jumped to
5,700,000, an increase of 25 per
cent in one year. The United States
now consumes 28 per cent of all the
sugar produced in the world.

Prio to the war our maximum per
capita consumption of sugar was 84
lbs. In 1922 it jumped to 103 lbs.
Only Australia and New Zealand now
exceed us in this respect. Mean-
while, due to and because of the
war, the per capita consumption in
the United Kingdom has fallen from
90 to 70 lbs.; Germany from 75 to
54; and Russia from 29 to 5 lbs.

Excepting Norway and Portugal
all the countries of continental Eur«
ope produce sugar from beets and be—
fore the war they annually exported
a surplus of some 3,000,000 tons.

The European production of beet
sugar which before the war exceel—
ed 9,000,000 tons and in 1919-20
had fallen to 2,900,000, lastyear
reached 5,200,000 tons. Neverthe-
less, in 1922 Germany, normally
Europe’s larger producer and ex-
porter of sugar imported 180,000
tons against exports of only 17,000
tons.

Altlhough possessing a sufﬁcient
sugar beet area from which to pro-
duce the. sugar of the World,. the
United States continues to be the
world’s greatest importer of sugar.
Our imports for consumption in
1922 amounted to 3,300,000 tons.
During the 5-year period 1917—1921
our total imports of sugar amounted
to 16,000,000 tons, for which we
paid foreign nations $2,545,000,000
or an average of $509,000,000 an—
nually, a sum sufﬁcient to erect 330
one-thousand ton beet sugar factor—
ies which Mould supply us annually
with 3,300,000 tons of beet sugar
from beets grown by American labor
on American farms—Truman G.
Palmer, Sugar Statistician, VVashing-
ton. D. C.

DOESN’T LIKE LAW ON LINE
FENCE
DITORz—I protest against one
bad and unjust law in Michigan
which I believe farmers ought
to resist at the polls with the ballot.
It is the law on line fences. Mich—
igan law does not require me to
build a fence on the public highway
if I have no stock. My woods, or-
chards and meadows are protected
by the requirements of the law to
conﬁne stock within one’s own ter—
ritory. But this general law has a
special feature that requires me to
build half my neighbor’s line fence
to keep my grass or trees from get-
ting on his premises.

It must be a stock fence but I
have no stock and the stock fence
which the legislature calls upon me
to help build does not keep out the
chickens, turkeys, guineas and pi-
geons which my neighbor keeps by
thousands.

On the public highways all kinds
of stock may be driven with the pres-

ence of a master to keep and care
for the same on the public right.

Why should I be forced to support.

a fence between some other’s place
and the highway? Unless I have
stock why should I be required to
help another to conﬁne his stock?
If he is required to fence against
poultry the stock fence will serve no
purpose and even a poultry fence
is not protection against a pigeon
farm.

Here is a situation. The east and
west sides of my orchard lie open to
the public highway. On the north
is the division line without a fence
because the O‘Wner raises only grain
and has no need of fence and the
owner on the south is all meadow
and needs no fence. But one of
these changes and begins raising
stock and orders me to build half of
the fence he needs and the other
changes and goes to raising poultry
and orders me to build one half of
our division line. Depreciation of my
farm follows. We need a better law
on line fences—J. S. H., Michigan,

ONE MAN ’8 OPINION
EAR EDITORz—You want to
'know what some of us farmers
think about that College-Farm
Bureau-Governor trouble at Lansing.
For myself, will say that I hope the
Governor kicks the Farm Bureau
clean out of Michigan. I don’t un-
derstand that he cares to take over
any authority over the college funds,
but does insist they cut out the
Farm Bureau; I hope he makes it
go. I wish he could also cut out a.
lot of those useless demonstrators
that are making an easy living hold—
ing meetings, that but very few at-
tend or want.—-—Clare D. Scott, Mast-

er Riverside Grange No. 741.

“BIG BUSINESS” IN TIIE SADDLE

NCLOSED ﬁnd ‘check to extend
the subscription to my wife’s
M. B. F. for two years. I think
it is the best farm paper that I see.
I enjoy the editorials and “What the
Neighbors Say"—hugely. Also the
markets and in fact the whole tenor
of the paper is for the common folks.
I would like to see an editorial on
what is the «cause of universal unrest
everywhere. It seems to me that.
“Big Business” is in the saddle and
intends to hold the seat, by playing
politics to the detriment of those
less fortunate than themselves. Is
thiS' so?—F. H. Carpenter, Allegan
County, Mich.

FARMER AND LABORER TO
SUFFE’R

EAR EDITOR—As I have not
D said anything in a long time, I

though it was about time for me '

to open up, so here goes. Big land
holders in Germany have agreed to
meet the big industrialist and put up
$200,000,000 for reparation pay-
ments. This means that the farm—
ers, who farm the farms and the
workers who work the workshnot
only in Germany, but thruout the
world, will be sweating harder than
ever, will have to give up more of
their life-blood than ever before, to
pay—'whom? 'Not they, the toilers,
will get what is. taken from them
but the parasites who always and
alone proﬁt by the “glories” of war
and empire. Let the farmer and
worker think—S. H. Slagle, Wex-
for County, Mich.

 

   

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N L _ RUBE‘sPIMciisAvs
'11“ Is To LAUGH, Somme

of the farmers of this state.
And not only of this state but of
all our states. Now I know just
what you’re goin’ to say—its jest
’bout this-“Laugh you 01’ fool—-
laugh all you want to—it don’t cost
you nothin’ to laugh but it cost us
a lot to do. business for nothin’.”
Yes, dear farmer friends, I_ know
somethin’ of your problems, your
worries, and all you would say to
me. I’ve been through a good deal
of it—was a farmer fer many years
—-—more than 40 an" that’s tellin’
more about my age ’an I’ve ever;
told before. But friends, in 40
years a man, if he keeps his eyes
open, learns consid’able. I learned
my little lesson years ago—that
would insinuate I w-az gettin’ old,
now would’nt it? Well I’m not so
old—I’m jest growin’ up now—but
I have a chance to see things that
you don’t see. New f’r instance, you
know what you git fer wheat? Do
you know, ’at gen’raly, bread is the
same as it waz when wheat brought
you a fair return fer your labor an’
cost of production? Take hogs, cat-
tle, anything you raise, you know
whut you git fer ’em, ’bout 7 cents
fer good hogs, not any more if so
much fer cattle, an’ yet we are payin’
up to 30 cents fer either kind a
meat. Oh yes some of it at 24 cents,
glesan’ neck—why then is it to
laugh?

Well, I’m jest goin’ to tell you—-
it’s jest cause you want to go it
alone—want to sell your own stuff
as you see ﬁt. You don’t want to
join any society—any org’nization
that wants to help you, somethin’
like the co—ops or the Farm Bureau
—an’ by the way the Farm Bureau
is doin’ good work. We have a
branch—and ofﬁce—more ’an an
ofﬁce here in Battle Creek. I say
more ’an an ofﬁce ’cause they had
an ofﬁce an’ a large warehouse on
South McCamby Street an’ have had
to change locations ’cause their bus-
iness outgrew the place they had)
an’ I know the man that runs the
place an’ I knew he helps the farm-
ers that belong to the org~nization.
He is straight as they ever make
them an’, does a wonderful business
fer the farmers that employ him.

An’ so I laugh when I think of
the thousands of farmers what don’t
believe in any such thing. Yes, I
have to laugh—40mg and loud, ’cause
I know they are jest beatin’ them-
selves an’ blamin’ it onto somebody
else. Now, se here, 01’ farmer
friends, you can’t do business alone
as well as you can collectively. Why
do labor unions hold out for col-
lective bargainin’ if it ain’t a good
thing? _Now let me tell you some-
thin’, don’t git the idea ’at you know
all there is to know, don’t think that
every man ’at tries to help you is a
thief. Mebbe you don’t like the men
at the head of the farmers’ orgniza-
tion in your community no matter
about that—if he is doin’ the right
kind of business, likes or dislikes
don’t cut any ﬁgger. You jest git
into the game, try collective bargain-
in’ fer a while, buy an’ sell through
your orgn—zation and then in 6
months write to me through M. B. F.
an' let me know if I shall stop the
laugh. But honestly, folks, right
now I have to laugh a little an’ you
don’t really blame me, do you?
Cordially yours, UNCLE RUBE.

 

KNO‘V YOUR STATE

0 you know that the state of
D Michigan ranks ﬁrst in the fol-

lowing agricultural products:
cucumbers, mint, chicory, white
beans, and small fruit? That it ranks
second in all beans and sugar beats?
That it ranks third in rye, celery,
commercial apples, raspberries, and
silage crops? ——fourth in total ap-
ples, buckwheat, potatoes, green
peas, strawberries, and butter sold?
——ﬁfth in clover seed, pears, black-
berries, maple syrup, and butter fat

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ems and Published by
THE RURAL MW!“ OOMPANY. Inn.
GEORGE I. BLOOM. President
llt. Clemens. lichlgan‘

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POLITICAL BUNKUM

f PEER]! is an old joke that has become almost
a national fable. It concerns the worthy
gentleman who for some infraction of the

law is rudely bustled into a patrol wagon, taken
to jail and thrown into a cell. He begs for an
opportunity to call his lawyer, and is ﬁnally given
permission to use the telephone. He tells the
lawyer his predicament. The lawyer says, “They
can't put you in jail for that! "

The man in jail felt just about as the farmer
feels now when he hears the typical political
spell-hinder inform him that he cannot be put
in the position in which he has found himself the
past two years.

Fortunately, the farming situation is clearing
up and the day will come as surely as you are
reading this page, when farming and labor will
again stand on an equal footing in the matter
of the price paid for their products in the market.
As it is today labor is getting twice as much as
the farmer is for the same amount of work, and
yet labor is ﬂirting with the farmer to organize
a political party so they can get more.

 

 

ARE WE GUILTY?

farmers in Michigan, or those farmers who

grow sugar beets have a skeleton in their
closet which must be brought to light or
else they must submit their closet to the closest
scrutiny, because in the eyes of the public they
are being given a place alongside of the child-
slavery cotton mill operators of the South. '
Only last week at the meeting of the Michigan
Tuberculosis Association at Flint, Mr. Owen R.
Lovejoy, Secretary of the National Child Labor
Committee, made the following statement: “It is
time the people of Michigan know what the re-
port claims to show. It shows that we found
1,358 children at work; that 970 of these in the
pulling season were 13 years old or less; that 11
of them were 5 years old and 52 were 6; that our
agents actually covered over 10,600 acres, or
about one-seventh of the area of beets last year:
that children under 16 years were able to work
from four to seven acres apiece; that the terms
under which these contract laborers work are
such that many men feel they cannot make a
decent living without the labor of their children.
The hours of work for these children are often
excessive, being from 8 to 12 hours a day during
the harvest and from 12 to 15 in blocking, thin-
ning and weeding. The housing provided for
these families often is indecent. These children
are deprived of schooling. Contract labor child-
ren lost 63 per cent of their total school time
while children of owners and tenants lost 29 per
cent. The instructions from the state depart-
ment of education expressly emits a census of
these migrant children so that school ofﬁcials
have no means of knowing how many children of
trancient families are in their country. The
work of these little children is work, not play.
Many of the processes required a physical post-
ure. which. according to an expert of the United
States Children’s Bureau, is a direct and serious
menace to health. All this is contained in our
report. Accidents are not unknown, though our

 report emphasises that the monotony, exhaustion,

long hours. exposure and insanitary living con-
ditions are far more serious." '

There wgs a legislative investigation made last
winter to determine whether or not the state-
ﬂelds a! Michigan were true or false. No on.
seen. u have been satisﬁed by the hurried series

‘25.

'  Nowéthe farmers'i‘nth slate. "of  gen who’

  

 
 
   

raise sugar beets know what the facts are. There
is no need for and we resent, as does every. man
or woman interested in Michigan agriculture, the

‘ shadow which this kind of propaganda is casting

all over the United States.
Michigan is being pointed to as a state where

child slavery is practiced as it has been in’ the ,

cotton mills of the south. Michigan has laws
which prevent such conditions as exist in south-
ern states, and it is high time those vested with
the authority in our state take the necessary
steps to correct this criminal condition if it does
exist.

This is not a matter for the state legislature.
It is a matter for the state police to handle, and
if they are doing their duty they will see to it
that the beet section of Michigan is properly
patrolled to prevent any semblance of a condi-
tion which. is claimed to exist.

We would be glad to publish letters from our
readers in the heart of the beet country who
know the facts, and we will use no names, if so
requested. The important thing is to raise the
stench before it has permeated too far.

WELL, THAT’S THAT!
E got all hot up this week as you probably
did when you read that they were going to
close the twine plant at Jackson State Pris-
on because of the high freight rate which made
it impossible for them to compete with large
manufacturers.

We jumped at the conclusion, as you undoubt-
edly did. that the prison was going to sell out to
the beneﬁt of the independent manufacturers of
binder twine and that they would, once the plant
was closed at Jickson, make a football of binder
twine prices in this state.

We publish on page 3 of this issue, a statement
from Charles A. Blaney, Chairman of the Mich-
igan State Prison Commission, and also a state—
ment by Warden Harry L. Hulburt, which would
seem to indicate that the press reports were with-
out foundation, and that the farmers of our state
need not worry, at least on this one score.

If there is any other prison, or other industry,
conducted by the state of Michigan which pro-
duces a proﬁt of over $150,000 annually, we do
not know of it, and if this proﬁt can be made and
at the same time, sell the farmers of Michigan a
superior product at less cost than they can buy
elsewhere, there would be some rumpus before

the doors of the prison twine plant could be clos-_

ed and the machinery sold on’the auction bloc-k.
_ So we have cooled off!

WORTH READING

OHN H. KRAFFT, an authority on ﬁnancing

J agriculture, begins in this issue an exclusive

series of articles in which he attempts to ex-
plain the various forms of ﬁnance as they apply
to the farmer.

He will cover in this series, the farmer’s rela-
tion to the bank, the farmer’s relation to the local
banker, and the many forms of government aid
which have been effected, supposedly to make the
farmer’s ﬁnancial problem easier. We hope
every reader who makes a business of taming
will read this series through. because it has been
our opinion for some time that there was no sub-
ject in which the former was actually less ae-
quainted or sure of his footing than that of the
present day ﬁnance.

Mr. Kraift has offered to answer any questions
that occur to our readers while they pursue this
series, and we hope you will take advantage of
the opportunity of clearing the mists away from
the present problem of agricultural ﬁnance. We
confess that we will read this series with equal
interest because there have been so many plans
proposed and so many laws enacted that we feel.
as you probably do, like “Babes-in—the—Wood"
when we approach the subject.

THE AIR IS ALIVE ._

HOW many of the readers of this page heard
the police band from Mexico City when it
played at Arcadia Hall. Detroit, last Thurs-

day evening! If you didn't hear it, it was your
own fault. The entire program from ﬁrst to
last, encores and applause, were all broadcasted
by the Detroit radio station, WCX, and a receiv-
ing set would have brought you saucer this
famous band as a seat in the hall itself would
have given you. -

How can we impress upon our readers what
radio will mean to you and your ﬂatly this
winter! It feat Mountabuiidasumm
parts which mbe sound at comparatively low
cut. and the new bulb sets need no longer be

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around $5. ‘With this outﬁt you can any

-‘concert from Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pitts-

burgh or Schenectady, or. you” can listen to the
reports during the day and the market advice
broadcasted each evening. '

We wish that every home into which The A

Business Farmer goes might have a radio set
this winter. Perhaps if_ you would pool all of
your Christmas money that you naturally would
spend in your family you would haVe a sufﬁcient
amount to purchase a set, as we.know of no
greater boon which has come to the farmer in our
present generation, and particularly the farmers
in Michigan are fortunate in being within easy
range ofall of the principal sending stations.

There is something doing in the air every
minute, and the very room in which you read this
now is charged with music, entertainment and
information. a

You don't believe it? Hook up a radio re-
ceiving set and 

0, MONEY! MONEY!

0U might have imagined that some of our

readers thought we were trying to pick a

lively prospect for a check for $100,000. Our
new serial story by Mrs. Porter, which we believe
our readers will ﬁnd to be one of the best we have
ever run, is a story of a man who gives $100,000
to some of his relatives and then watches the re-
sult. To introduce the story we asked for letters
from our readers on what they would do with
$100,000 and the best of these letters appear‘in
the issue. rWe are sure you will find them very
interesting as we did.

A reading of these letters left one outstanding
impression in our minds, we are surprised to ﬁnd
that the old world is getting better all of the
time, and if these letters indicate the trend of
thought it is a pity that some of the poorer folks
of this world cannot be blessed with the money
with which to do the good that they would like
to do.

We all get $100,000 in the mail every morn-
ing. That is, those of us who have two eyes,
two hands, two legs, and a good appetite. If you
could ask a blind man, a cripple or'a bed-ridden
patient which they would rather have, a day of
twenty-four hours of good health, or to remain in
their present condition and have $100,000, I will
venture» that most of them would spam the money
or what it would bring them in the future, for
one day of health.

You, then, receive $100,000 every day, in their
valuation of happiness and' that is all you could
expect to buy with the money if you had it.

Are you making as good use of the new day
as if it were a check for $100,000?

l

BERT GRo'WEns LUCKY
. B. COOK, of Owoeso, Master of the State
Grange and a leader in the beet growers’ as-

sociation, is authority for the statement that

if ‘the price of raw sugar stays where it is now
the farmers who raise beets under the flat rate
contract will get $9.25 for their beets, while
those who raise them under the so-called 50-50
contract will get $10.31 for them.

We hope the price of sugar remains at its pres-
ent level long enough to demonstrate that the 50-
50 contract, as originally proposed by Mr. Cook,
is a sound proposition and one which the beet
growers of this state can well afford to stand
solidly behind. If Mr. Cook’s figures are correct
this will not the beet grower who raised beets
under the cooperative plan $1.06 per too more
than those who raised them on the ﬂat rate con-
tract.

Luckily, the price of raw sugar has held up
well into the fall, and we see no reason why the
beet outlook in Michigan is not brighter than it
has been for many years. We will keep our
ﬁngers crossed, Mr. Cook!

 

MAKES WORK WORTH WHILE

is not drudgery to work with a good piece of

- machinery or with good tools. Neither is it
drudgery to work with high class live stock.
You can hardly blame a boy for leaving a farm
if he has to get along with a scrubby team or a
gallon-a—day cow. But enable him to take pride
in what he has and what he works with and he
will takepride in the accomplishments for which
he strives. , .

 

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Lansing. odd. “Inmyisdgemenathere isno‘per- '

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A—N AUTO KNITIER FOR SALE
CHEAP '
EAR MR. SLOCUM—wNoticing in
the past of your help to farmer
folks in solving their problems,
I» wish to ask you if you could sell
my auto hosiery knitter for me.

I purchased it last fall» late, but
found my eyes would not allow me to
do the work well as I have tar sight
and my glasses glance on the needles
so I cannot get the stitch easily, or
. quick enough. It is positively new,
never sent out one pair of socks,
, although we made some for home.
,It is perfect in every respect. Triplex
$72.00 with yarn. Could you sell
it and retain commission or let me
get some of your names? Although
you will have the best luck with the
money, get a reasonable price and
retain 810.90. ’

all any of my readers are in the
market for an auto knitter after
reading the fabulous claims in their
advertising, here is a chance to get
one cheap. 1 will be willing to throw
oil the commission she has offered
me and will be glad to forward it to
this unfortunate woman. ‘

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HIS is the open season for all
kinds of schemes. and because
there is a little more money in

the country than there Was a year
ago. the mail boxes are being ﬂoode
ed with all kinds oi catchepenny
schemes, and i want to issue a warn-
ing to my readers to think twice be‘
fore they leap into something that
is going to cause them trouble in the
future.

The safest rule to keep in mind is
“Look twice before you leap." Don't
go into some sort of a scheme when
you do not know the Company or the
men behind it.

Usually the company which daes
not adirertise in legitimate publicaa
tions, and by legitimate I mean the
class or publications which will not
accept cheap medical and other
kinds of advertising, secure large
lists of farmers names or rural route
names and use these with penny
postage circular matter. They are a
pretty safe class to keep away from,
and I say this partly trem‘ selﬁsh
motives because we get so many of
these claims in our Collection box
and they are just about the Only kind
that we cannot make a settlement
with.

They are crafty boys. these tel- ~

lows who hide in the mailbox and
pounce out with a piece of lead pipe
to knock down a dollar here and
there. I
SOME OLD muss EXPOSED
EAR EDITOR—As my subscrip-
D tion has expired, here is $1 for
my renewal. I think the M. B.
F. is the best paper printed for the
good of the farmers. As you wish
us subscribers to help expose some
. of these take advertisers I will tell
you of some of my experience with
what I have written to.

I wrote to the Auto Knitter Flush
iery Company for information con-
cerning their machines. and what
prices they would pay for goods that
were knit (or them. Their cheapest
knittinx machines are $50.00 each.
You buy your own yarn to knit with
at whatever price they choose to
charge for it and they only pay
$1.75 for every dozen pairs of No.‘ 1
socks that you knit. Is that a square
deal? I also wrote to the American

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tect our subset-thou from fraudulent dealings
or unfer hymns erection-nod
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In every one we will do our best to mate
I am settlement or tor-es some. n»-
Mthoi-ouroonlouvlllwho'
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1.--'|'ho claim is made by a palm sub-

to The Business former.

Phi: claim is not smiths 0 mos. old.
claim I: not local or between neo-

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bound as “nice .Nim bond and not

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Music Publshing Company, Nile Art

Company, and the Tapestry Paint

Company, at LaGrange, Indiana,

whose work was painting pillow
tops. I was to buy the cloth at so
much per square, and buy my own
paints at 26c per vial, and the price
they paid for the work was so small
it would not pay for reﬁlling my
paint bottles.

Two years ago we wished to sell
our farm so we wrote to Leslie
Jones, of Olney, Illinois. He asked
us for $4.50 and we sent it but we
still have the farm, so then we wrote
to Warren McRae and he also asked
for $4.50 but we did not’send it to
him. A number of people got
“stung” by those twa gentlemen so
the more they are exposed the quick-
er they will quit business. These
kind of people are living on the
cream at everything just because the
farming class of people are in such
bad ﬁnancial circumstances they are
compelled to try some way of earn-
ing honest money outside of the
farm to meet the increasing ex-
penses. Hoping to‘see this in print,
I remain, C. W. L. Maple City.

. V PMABE TELL us
URPRISING as it may seem, a
good many of our friends who
send on claims do not notify us
when they receive a settlement from
the company with whom we are cor—
responding. When you stop to
think that the BUSINESS FARMER
offers this collection box service with
out any charge, although each let-‘
lot we write costs , not less than
twentyJVe to ﬁfty cents in postage
and labor. This may sound high.
but it has been ﬁgured in many big
ofﬁces that the cost of overhead, act-
ual typewriting labor. postage, eta
tionerv_ and so forth. figures from
tweniv-ﬂve to ﬁfty cents on a letter.
and yet on some claims for our read-

 

or! um have written as many as a

half a hundred letters and followed it
up innumerable times. and yet some—
times a reader will receive a settle-
ment or voluntarily settle with thr-
concern and never notify us of Hi
fact so that our efforts are bein
wasted ,

The whole idea back of the BUST?
NESS F‘ARMER is service. Vi’
mslo“ on horse to any paid up sub—
scribm‘ For any service that we can
rend"? no matter how expensive it
i~- l” ‘9" but we do 'i‘te to know that
this service is appreciated and espec-
ially do we feel that in the case of
the (‘N'lcction Box that we are only
aid-tin" the right thing when we ask
you  riv'ltify us when the claim is
settled, .

 

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M ‘vvo boys read the advertise-
mm: M’ the Metal Products Com-
pmsv Weston Road, New York City,

vowel“: and were much interested.
The company sells casting forms for
thee."  end premises to buy all

you «we. The boys thought that
they “fli'hf make some pocket money
lhzt'   What do you think of it?
i 5. Iinwell. Mich.
[RE all “work at home schemes"
L their proposition reads very
nice and you are led to think
that you can soon become wealthy it
you ‘ust listen to them. It it desir-
ed the toys to sell to the public the
company could. make them much
cheaper than to have individuals all
over the country make them. Leave
it alone.

 

WRITING SONGS

EAR MR. SLOCUM—Am sending

you some papers sent me by The

New York Melody Corporation.
Sent them the song poem while liv-
ing in Lansing. Are they just after
my money or would there be any
money in it for me? They have
made me several offers before. Re-
spectfully, Mrs. W. 0., Kent Co.
'——-If you ham 3. lyric of suilicient
value, I do not believe it will be nec-
essary for you to pay to have it set
to music. I would suggest that you
write one of the standard music pub-

lishing companies, such as: Jerome—_

Remich ' Company, Detroit, Mich,
they will tell you whether or not the

' lyric you have is of sonicient value

to set it" to music. it is pretty safe

,to assume that if you had something
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skinsareconverted
into shoe leather
by a process called
tanning. Thewear
in your shoes de-
pends upon it. By
tanning their own
leather Fr] know
the wearing quala
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On their feet

all day long——

what is the secret of their
shoe wear and comfort?

Pound, pound. pound—millions of steps a year
How do feet and shoes ever stand the strain?

The answer is E-J shoes. Men who are con-
smntly on their feet have found that for Wear,
Comfort and Price, no other shoes can equal them.
They know that the name Endicott-Johnson on
a shoe means the most skillful workmanship of
expert, happy workers. They know that Endicott—
Johnson, (the world's greatest tanners), make
their own leather. And they have discovered that
by eliminating all extra costs, Endicott—Johnson

 S sell shoes at lower prices.

\ These same qualities are in every pair of E—]

\ Shoes whether shoes for work or a snappy pair
\ of oxfords for dress up. It’s the same in styles
for men, women and children. Dealers every-
where. Insist that you get

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THE ‘Mo RAL cH-ALLRN‘GEoFTH Honk

A SERMON ‘BY REV. DAVID F. WARNER

TEXT: “Avenge not yourselves,
beloved, but give place unto the
wrath of God; for it is written,
Vengeance belongeth unto me,
I will recompense, saith the
Lord. But if thine enemy
hunger, feed him; if he thirst
give him drink; for in so doing
thou shelt heap coals of ﬁre
.upon his head. Be not over—
come of evil, but overcome evil
with good.”————Romans 12:19—21.

T is human to hate. It is divine
to love. It is human to seek
vengeance. It is divine to let
God do this. It is human to love
those who.1ove you. It is divine to
love those who do not love you. The
other day a dog wagged his tail
when I would pet him; but he gnash—
ed at me when I would strike at him.
Some humans have the instinct of a
dog. '

Today’s challenge to Christian
men and nations, stated negatively,
is “Avenge not yourselves.” In civ-
ic life have you been wronged in
body or property? Have you suffer-
ed under personal resentment? Then,
God says we shall not take the law
into our own hands, for he has a civ-
il minister for this work. “He is an
avenger for wrath to him that doeth
evil." To violate this principle is to
bring on civil disorder, as anarchism
and mob violence. This is anti—soc-

.ial and certainly opposed to what

Jesus did do, and would do today.

Here we are warned against the
unbrotherly methods of intolerance
and cruelty. But this idealism does
not live among us yet in any large
way. If it did our children would
not glorify the bloody tale of suc-
cessful battle with its terrible physic-
al strain and suffering. They would
not stand in such respectful awe be—
fore the martial achievements of
war. If it did we would not have
such group outbreakings of men as
the Klu Klux Klan. It is regretable
that we are having a, revival of this
organization, with its anti-Christian
policies. But we may be sure that
the violent eruptions of the social
order in various sections of the
country, the masked secrecy under
which it is generating, will in time
scatter it in dishoner.‘ Are we to
hold it to be Christian, or even
American, for any mob or class to
arrogate to itself the right to punish
crime or enforce law? Even under
the days of the cruel Nero, the apos—
tle Paul, under inspiration, writes,
“The powers that be are ordained of
God." “Let every soul be in sub-
jection to the higher powers.” “For
he (the emperor) is a minister of
God to thee for good.” And “he is an
avenger for wrath to him that doeth
evil.” This teaching glorifies the
authority of the state and must be
adhered to to preserve social order.
As I write these words, Oklahoma is
under martial law, struggling with
the Klan. Shall we have law en-
forcement by masked mobs or by the
constitutional authority of the state?
There is but one sane answer.

But the teaching of our text pro-

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er,” says Jesus. Therefore, because
of Jerusalem's persistant formalism.
her moral tyranny, and her refusal
of the bondage-breaking Christ, God
sent the Roman eagles down upon
her in judgement under Titus. If
nations will not come under the rule
of love and brotherhood, they must
submit to the law of political force.
This is why God is said to have an-
nointed worldly rulers to punish his
0Wn people. I

But we, who have espoused the
cause of the New Kingdom of peace
and good-will among men as an-
nounced by the angels and proclaim—
ed by Jesus, would not choose this
way. Yet, ours is the greatest chad-
lenge in world history. What is it?
It is perfectly clear. We can not be
mistaken or neutral. This: WE
MUST ABSTAIN FROM VENGE-
ANCE. But, WE MUST DO SOME-
THING. We must soften and melt
with coals of ﬁre. We are to “over-
come evil with good.” We have the
opportunity thru private and person-
al ways, and thru the church, the Y.
M. C. A. and the Red Cross, and thru
various constructive lines offered by
the state. The Christian must feed
and promote the Golden Rule life in
friend and foe; and urgently so, in
this day of frantic need.

We are challenged to lend our-
selves to the suppression of the li-
quor trafﬁc and industrial oppression
thru constituted and orderly means.

We are challenged to bequeath to
the world a next following genera—
tion that will be a practical guardian
of the human soul, of its rights and
liberties. Such a Christianity is
democratic at its core. It will know
not the present day alignments of
religion and race.

We are challenged to guard the
foundations of faith in God. The
writer does believe that men are
coming to themselves; and we must
hold them there by a Christianity
that is not merely mystical and cere-
monial, but that is also ethical and
practical; that works, loves, and suf-
fers. A Christianity that has lost
its racial and religious bitterness,
and is bent on fanning the smoking
ﬂax and tenderly caring for the
bruised reeds.

We are challenged to establish the
law of fraternity and peace and not
a reign of disciplined violence and
cruelty. We must do this or pre-
pare for a reign of cultured pagan-
ism and militarism.

What can bring India, China, and
Africa into the light? Christianity.
What can cleanse England, France,
America? The Christianity of Christ.
The establishment of a world consci-
ousness of the need of Christ, out-
ranks all other needs of the hour.
Then here is our challenge.

BIBLE THOUGHTS

GOD’S PROMISES KEPT—There
hath not failed one word of all his
good promises.———I Kings 8:56.

SURE DELIVERANCE: — Surely
he shall deliver thee from the snare
of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence—Psalm 9 1:3.

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hibits not only external acts of vio- .
 lence, .but the desire, even, to do DEPENDENCE3w‘Thme, O Lord»
. them. It deals with our thoughts is the greatness, and the power, and
I - and feelings. It says, “Owe no man the. glory, and the victory, and the
-, anything save to love one another.” majesty; for all that is in the heaven
‘7 And, uRender to no man evil for and in the earth is thine; thine is
the kingdom, O Lord, and thou are
 exalted as head above all.—-—I Chron—
. icles 29:11.
 TIME NO OBJECT2—But, belov—
" ed, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a
thousand years, and a thousand
. years as one day.~—II Peter 3:8.
PRAYER IN THE MORNING:—
My voice shalt thou hear in the
morning, 0 Lord; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee,
and will look nix—Psalms 5:3.

farmer’s welfare as a good plow.
Royal Fence is a positive invest-
ment that pays you dividends in
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evil.” It prescribes that feeling
. which says, “I’d like to pay him off
in his owu coin." Whatever ye
would that men should do to you—”
well, you know the rest. You see,
don’t you, that Christianity is the
life of a. new and brotherly desire.
And in this day of bitter social and
religious factionalism, we need so
much the calming inﬂuence of
Christian ministries. I
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state. Not that God hates or is
after passionate resentment. God is
love. Yet, love recoils against stud-
ied sin and inﬁdelity. And correc-
tion and chastisement seem to be a
part of God’s soverignity and govern-
ment. He has his agencies and ways
to punish those who do evil. His

'moral laws are irrevocable and in

some way retribution falls upon the
transgressor. Only God knows when.
evil has run its course and is past
changing. When it has the laws of

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THY WILL, NOT MINEz—Teach
me to do thy will; for thou art my
God; thy spirit is good; lead me into
the land of uprightness.——-—Psalm
143:10.

A WISE THOUGHT:—Let, us
search and try our ways, and turn ‘
again to the Lord—Lamentations
3:40.

HUMILITY OF CHRISTz—Let
this mind he in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus. Let nothing be
done through strife or vain glory:
but in lowliness of mind let each as-
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STATE DOES NOT PENSION
' WIDOWS ,

I would like to know thru your
paper if there is any law in Michigan
allowing a widow’s pension to an
elderly woman who has been a moth-
»er but now whose husband and child—
ren are all dead. Or is there any
way provided for the support of such
persons, except town or county sup-
port? The woman in question is 63
years old and is a cripple, can
scarcely walk with a crutch. I would
be very grateful for any information
that might help her.—Mrs. S. E. H,,
Onaway, Mich,

-—There is no law in Michigan pro-
viding for the pensioning of a widow
by the state 'If her husband was a
war veteran, she may be entitled to
at military pension.—Asst. Legal Ed-
’1 or.

NONE OF SCHOOL BOARD TAX-
PAYERS
Can a school board, none of them
taxpayers, use the district’s money
as they see ﬁt when they are already
burdened with high taxes? — Sub—
scriber, ‘Gobles, Mich.

——A school board whose members
.are not taxpayers would not be a
legal school board and the law .pro-
vides that in such case the ofﬁce he—
comes vacant immediately and if
more than twenty days have elapsed
from the time that the vacancy oc—
curred by virture of the statute the
township board [ﬁlls the vacancy un-
til the next annual meeting—W. L.
Coffey, Dept. of Public Instruction,
Lansing.

WIFE COULD NOT BE FINE!)

My wife took both our children,
said she was going to my sister on a
visit and I can not ﬁnd them now.
Can she be fined for doing a thing
like that?—lM. M. B., Blanchard,
Mich.

-——'This would not be regarded as a
crime, and would- not be pun-
ishable by :ﬁne or otherwise. Your
only recourse would be in an action
for divorce, in which you could ask
for the custody of the children.———
Asst. Legal Editor,

NO RIGHT TO CUT TREE
Could you give me any informa-
tion on the following? I have found
.a bee tree on another person’s prop-
erty. Have I the right to cut the

\tree and take the honey or have I

not? Will you please tell me 'what
right I have if any?——F. 0., Midland,
Mich.

-—-Y0u would not have the right to
cut the tree and take the honey
without the permission of the owner
of the land on which the tree grows.
—Asst. Legal Editor. -

TAX TO OPERATE THEATRE

I have a moving picture machine

and desire to show pictures to the
public with it. Will there be a war
tax to be paid? If so, how much?
Admission will he 250. Will I have
to have a license to show the pic-
tures? To whom will the war tax
have to be Sent if one is collected?
—A. P., Weidman, Mich.
—-‘Section 800 of the Revenue Act of
1921 imposes a tax on all admissions
of more than ten cents. On an ad—
mission of 250 the tax would be 30.
The tax must be collected from
those paying for admission and paid
over to the Government by the oper—
ator of the theatre. If the theatre
is located in the First District of
Michigan (Weidman, Mich, is) the
tax must be received in this ofﬁce
accompanied with form 729 properly
executed not later than the last day
of the month following that during
which the tax was collected, which in
the case of September, 1923, tax
would be October 31st, 1923.

Registration on form 752 would
be necessary within ten days after
commencement of business, other—
wise a penalty is incurred.

The law also im'p0ses on theatres
including ,motion picture houses a
.Special Tax based on the seating ca-
pacity of the place and the popula-
tion of the town: _ ~

Seating; capacity not more than
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not more than 800, tax $150 per
year; over 800, tax would be $200
per year.

If the population of a town is not
more than 5,000, the Special tax will
be one-half the amount above stated.

Regulations 43 and 59, also forms
11, 729 and 752 will be furnished by
this ofﬁce upon request.—Fred L.
Woolworth, Collector Internal Rev-
enue.

FENCE NOT ON LINE

A line fence runs about 1% rods
out of line, according to the original
survey, across 40 acres. A rail
fence has been maintained in this
irregular manner for a number of
years, probably, 20 or more. While to
my knowledge, there has been no
direct demand to have this fence
straightened, it has been talked off
and on, and I understand that about
12 years ago the neighbors affected
had a survey taken and then did
not abide by it from the fact that
some did not like the idea of giving
up a small strip. of ground. The
quarter line original stake we under—
stand cannot be found. We would
like to know if there is any way that
this fence can be straightened.—M.
A. 8., Vassar, iMich. '

——If the line, according to the orig-
inal survey, cannot be found, I
would suggest that a majority of the
adjoining land owners get together
and have the county surveyor survey
and re-establish the correct line. Ten
days notice would have to be given
all land owners concerned, and the
expense would be shared among
them.—Asst. Legal Editor.

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WHO BUILDS‘ CULVERT?

I live on a public road the ground

in front of my driveway is high, to
the north side of it a low spot that
holds the water when there is a
heavy rain and then dries up when
the weather is dry. The highway
overseer graded this piece of road in
front of my house this summer and
dug a ditch through my drive way
which changed the water course.
Now the [question is who has to‘furn—
ish the cuIVert do I have to furnish
it or does the township furnish it?
———H. G., Croswell, Mich.
———Your question can not be satis-
factorily answered without complete
knowledge of the lay of the land.
Ordinarily the highway commission-
er is repuired to construct such cul—
verts as are necessary to carry the
water from one side of the highway
to the other side and if any culverts
are needed or desired by an adjoin—
ing land owned for the purpose of
draining his land, he must build
them himself.—State Highway De-
ipartment.

MUST BE NOTIFIED

A gives his note for thirty days.
B signs the note with A. Can the
note be collected from B after thirty
days provided B is not notiﬁed that
A has not paid the note within the
thirty days? For instance, the hold-
er of A’s note notiﬁed B some three
months after 30 days note was given
that A had not paid. If A does not
pay can they still hold B or is he
liable only for the 30 days?—-—H.
H., Cadillac, Mich.
——iB .as indorser of the note would
not be liable to pay it unless he was
given notice within 24 hours that
the' maker failed. to pay it, provided
notice was not waived—Asst. Legal
Editor.

REFUSE FROM LIGHTING PLANT
AS FERTILIZER
Can you tell me if the refuse from
carbide lighting plant has any value
as a fertilizer? Would it take the
place of lime?—~L. E. C., Howell,
Mich.

—The refuse from a carbide light—
ing plant is largely calcium carbon—
ate which can be used for sweeten-
ing sour soils. Before this refuse is
used for agricultural purposes it
should be allowed to lie out in the
open for some time until the entrap-
ped gas escapes. If applied to the
soil as soon as taken from the reser-
voir the entrapped gas might be in-
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EAR girls and boys: Our draw-
ing contest closed September
29th and I know you are anx-

ions to know who the lucky ones are.
They are LaVendee Adolph. Union
City; Alice Erickson. Lake City; and
Margaret Jackowiak, Sherwood.
Michigan. I intend to publish the
drawings in our next issue. There
aneseveral other drawings that I re-
celved that I want to publish aho.
Thisoontestwaasopopalarthatl
think we will hold another soon.
Shall we?

How many of you wrote to Helen
H. Bland. Holland, Michigan! Well,
you got your letter hack nnopeaell.
didn't you!
Helen lives on R6, at Howell. Mich.
igan, instead of Holland. It was
through an error that her address
appeared wrong so change the ad-
dress on your letter and send it
again as Helen is anxious to hear
from the “Cousins."—UNCLE NED.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Uncle Ned :-—'I‘ap. tap, may I come
in and join your merry circle? I have
never written to you before. I think
before I am ready with my letter it will
land in the wastebesket. I am twelve
years old and will be thirteen the 20th
of February. I have blue eyes and bob-
bedghair. Have I a twin? We take the
M. B. F'. Oh. I like to read it, especially
the Children's Hour. My father is dead.
he was killed in a gravel pit. We havo
rented the place where we are now. My
uncle is working the other farm. We
have four children going to school. It
is very much trouble to get the lunch
ﬁxed in the morning. It is raining all
these days. I will close with a riddle,
the one who guesses it right will receive
a letter. What side of the house does
it rain the most?—-Your niece. Lillian
Rademacher, RF. D. 3, Fowler. Mich. ,
-—-I get the letter! It rains most on the
outside.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:— May I join your
merry circle? I will be 15 years old the
26th of Jan. Have I a twin? I have writ-
ten to you before and saw my letter in
print. We take the M. B. F. and like
it very much. I am 5 feet 2 inches
tall and have light brown bobbed hair.
1 passed the 8th grade examination last
spring and graduated June 26th. I am
taking music lessons and like It just
ﬁne. I am nearly through the ﬁrst grade.
We are having rainy weather these days.
It rained almost every day this week.
As my letter is getting quite long I will
close with two riddles. Vs'hy do girls
like to look at the moon? What always
eats and never gets enough? The one
who knows them correctly will receive
a letter rom me. Sending my best re-
garu‘s to Uncle Ned and cousins. I am,
Your niece—Mary Arens. RED. 3,
F‘nwlvr Mich.

-: r Uncle Nedz—How are all of the
co-rslns? May I Join the merry circle? I
wrote. once before but did not see my let-
ter in print i think Sheldon Fowler’s
place is just beautiful by the way he has
described it. i Just love the lake. We
live 30 miles from the lake. but go very
often. We have some neighbors that
come from 'h-averse City. Uncle Ned.
don't you think when we have the draw-
ing contest that we draw a picture and
write a good long story about it? I just
love to make up stories and draw pictures.
i nave been reading the cousins letters
for quite a. long time. I am 14 years
old. My birthday is the 27th day of
August. Is there any one of the cousins
that have or have not written whose
birthday is the same as mine. We have
a new house and barn. We live on a
farm of 80 acres. We have some woods
on‘thebackotourtarm. In thesum-
mer time in the afternoons we go back
to the woods and play ln‘dian and make
wig-warns. I have 3 brothers and no sis-
ters. I had to work out in the ﬁeld
this summer and got tanned-quite a lot.
I am 5 feet 8 inches tall.) In our school
we have‘eleven subjects to study in the
8th gmde. I wrote last year but did not
pass. 1 passed the 7th and have only
5 subjects :this year. Quite « a change,
isn't It? Every one or the cousins please
write to_ me. I get lonesome for letters
and someone to,write-to. Your want-to-
be_ niece. . Caister. Decker. Mich.

Dear Uncle Neda—Well ~s. girl friend
and‘I have inst-been down town. We
went to two ice cream parlors and_then
brought home an extra‘ pint. »We feel
as though we might (I 

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most any time. We then settled 
.to read a stack of letters which my Mend

received from various members. of the
Children’s Hour which were very moonst-
lug. thereupon I decided to write bo—
eauselwnnttoaetsomeletmsoo. '1
don’twnntyontothinkmeatwoyear
old or anything. like that because I'm a
digniﬁedi?) junior. ﬁfteen years of age.
have sparkling blue eyes, long dark eye
lashes, dark brown, straight bobbed hair.
andsnlnmhhﬂepoaitlon. Kynalnels
really Anne Justine although tor short
I get "Enemy" and “Shorty”, I not rather
lonesome over here in thh wonderful
(large) city of Boyne’and although I am
intowanonldlikstoget‘somelsttera
to cheer me up. Your Mesa—Anne Jar-
dlne, 519 8. Lake St, Boyne City. m.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:-’1‘hls Is any that lat-
ter to you. w I have been reading
mm‘snourtoraloagtbne. I
liveonaramsndsotoaootmtry
sohoolwlthmytwobrothers. leaves.
little sister who will be two years old
in November. I harried her Wanda Louise.
Howdoyoulikehernnma? .Iamvery
tbnd of riddles. I believe the answer to
Blanche Ward's riddle is a sponge be-
cause it holds water and has holes in it.
Will some of the cousins write me and
wudmsMeriddlea Iwillcloeewith
a couple of riddles. First. it in a green
house then it is a white house. and next
it is a red house with lots of little nlggers
lnlt. ﬂitmoktwoyemforahenu
lay a golden act. how long would it take
a rooster to lay a door knob? The/ones
that guess these riddles will receive a let-
ter.—«Evelyn Howley. North Star. Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Nedt—I wrote once before
and saw my letter in print, so I thought
I would write again and see it you would
print this also.- When I asked the chil-
dren to write to me 'I had no idea how
many would write and I kept getting let-
ters for easily two weeks. Sometimes
two a day, and it took me about two
weeks to answer them all. but it seemed
I got more letters from Gladys Han-is.
Just think cousins and Uncle Ned, I got
a letter from my own cousin. one I never
knew about before. Her name is Ethel
Eagly. I go to high school this year.
School started September 3rd, and I go
to Bear Lake high school. so if you chil-
dren want to write me, my address is
Bear Lake, Michigan, in care of Mrs.
Will Richmond. Must close as my letter
is getting long, and will take up quite
a bit of space on the Children's Page.
My cousin guessed my age correctly. I
am 13 years old. Kate Prowant have you
read the book of “What Katie Did”? I’ve
enjoyed my visit as well as Luella Nel-
son. Good-bye to you alt—Phyllis Gib-
son. Bear Lake, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned:-——How are all or your
cousins? My father and mother take the
M. B. I". I always read the Children’s
Hour the first thing. I am a farmer
girl. My birthday is on the 9th day at
November. I will be 14 years old. What
have you been doing this rainy weather?
I have been looking at the Sears-R
utalog. Have you ever been ﬁshing?
I have. I have three brothers and two
sisters. My mother is in Illinois now.
visiting her brothers and sisters. My
youngest sister and brother are with her.
It is mining here today. My two oldest
brothers are going hunting. You ought
to be here and eat squirrel with me.
One morning they got 8. They are 15
and 16 years old. We have seven cows.
Uncle Ned. you will have to come in and
help me milk awhile. Our school begins
on the 17th of this month. I am in the
8th grade this winter. I will put in two
riddles. Over doors, wall. I heard an old
man squall. his board was ﬂesh. his nose
was born. I'venever heard the old man
squall since I’ve been born. What runs
around over the pasture all day. and sets
on the shelf at night? With Iove,--Miss
Edna McCauley, Elizabeth. Ind.. R. I.

 

THE RED ANTS AND MERCHANT-
INSEOI

HE Red Ants of Africa are very
small, but very strong. Also,
they can bite very hard.

It happened that the Merchant—In-

sect was going to market. and his

bags were heavy. So he asked the-

Red Ants to help him carry his bags
and promised to pay them when he
came back. But, on his return. when
he saw how small the Ants were. he
would not pay them. . .

Now the Merchant-Insect tell sick
of a lever and lay under a tree. At
once thousands of Red Ants came.
and with their strong jaws, they
soon killed him. . .

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farming: must "be made 4mm .the
products of the farm, and in order to
make farming more proﬁtable it has
been necessary toggive the farming
Industry as favorable ﬁnancing as

V have other businesses, and this has
been done. Too many farmers have
been led to believe, through ill~ad-
vised and unsound speech and writ-
ten matter. that the farmer himself
is the only one who has an interest
in seeing that agriculture is placod
on the soundest possible footing.
When we consider the fact that
farming represents a very large per-
centage of our total wealth, and that
the buying power of the farmer is
larger than that of any other class,
it would be unreasonable to assume
that others would not be interested
in the prosperity of agriculture, even
though it were only from a selﬁsh
stand point.

Three Classes of Financing .

Th e ﬁnancing of agriculture
comes into three distinct classes:

1. Short Time Loans for operat-
Ming capital, which are made by the
local banker,_and which the banker
can re—disconnt with the Federal
Reserve Bank.

2. Intermediate Credit Loans to
finance the preduction and market-
ing of crops and live stock. These
loans can be made either by the loc-
al bank or by a farmers’ cooperative
marketing organization. and re-dis-
counted through the intermediate
credit banks.

3. Long Time Loans for the pur-
chase of land, which can be made
through the Joint Stock Land Banks
and Federal Land Banks, operating
under the Federal Farm Loan Act.

By the use of these facilities, and
proper cooperation of the farmer in
the marketing of his own products,
farming is being placed in the proper
condition. Within the last few years
it has been brought home to the
farmer, the banker, and the public
at large that it. is absolutely neces—
sary that there be improvement in
the marketing of farm products.

The proper marketing of farm
products will go a long way towards
increasing the proﬁts of farming. It
will always be true that the products
from 'the farms will always be sold
on a world market, and this means
that the feed stuﬂs produced by the
American farmer will always be
placed on the market in competition
with the same products produced by
other nations, whose farming popu—
lation is working under and living on
an entirely different standard than
is the American farmer.

This country has proved, however,
that it can maintain a higher stand-
ard of wages and better living condi—
tions in certain other industries
which come into direct competition
with othegpountries. This has been
due to superior organisation, meth-
ods of production and method~ “
marketing. There is a great deal
of room for similar work in farming.
Agricultural schools have done much
to show the large returns that are to
be had from proper soil cultivation.
These demonstrations have already
brought great “proﬁts to farmers.
Even our best tanning sections can
be made to yield greater proﬁts
gmugh better knowledge of handl-

g.
Most 00 ’ [es Have Agents

Most of our aunties, at the pres-
ent time, have County Farm Agents,
who are instrumental in helping the
farmer and his family item the old
habits into the more satisfactory
methods of the present day. The
good results from this work can
hardly be over - estimated. County
Agents have often been instrumental w
in interesting capital tor mutually
proﬁtable investment. Often the
farmer realizes that he should be us-
ing more improved methods in oper-
ating his fans and raising his crops.
Yeryoften the bankisreadyto con-
sider granting a loan when the
County Agent approves the plan.

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his position is essentially individ-
ualistic and he undoubtedly is the
bulwark for individual libérties and.
representative Government as
against the socialistiC‘ tendency of
throngs of people who live in modern
cities. trancient and tied to no one
place as their home, with no real
stake in the country. _

This frame of mind on the part
of the farmer has been brought
about by the conditions under which
he is living, and has its very satisfy-
ing phases. However, the farmer
must consider that he cannot remain
an individualist in a period of Organ-
ized civilization and that he is com-
pelled to associate himself with oth-
er farmers in order to live in a coun-
try in which labor and other busi-
nesses are thoroughly organized. An
organization can either be condemn-‘
ed or lauded by what it has accomp-
lished. If it is an organization which
is improving the conditions. of its
membership and not doing any harm
to others, it is very beneﬁcial. If.
however, it is only promoting the in-
terests of its membership, to the dot-
riment of everybody else, it can be

 
 
 

. justly condemned.

This is particularly true of some
of the labor organizations at the
present time. The object of some
of these organizations seems to be to
get all they can irrespective as to
what they are delivering or the just-
ice of their demands. This attitude
on the part of labor organizations is,
without question, by far the largest
factor in determining the purchas-
ing power of the farmers’ dollar. As

 
 

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conServative ’

ya serious depression,

      

 

upon  we
cider this position a temporary one,
and that every re-action will be a de-
cided. factor in increasing the pur-
chasing power of the isrmers’ dollar.
Need Not Fear About Farmer
We, however, need not fear about
the farmer taking the attitude which
some branches of organized labor
have taken. The city laborers, as
a class,‘have only one interest and
that is their wage. With them there
is no business investment, with the
result that they can only see one
side of an issue. However,
farmer is not only interested in the,
price of his labor, but also has a

» very substantial business investment,

which gives him the same view of
both sides of the situation.

We have periods of prosperity
and depression in the farming bus-
ness the same as we have in any
other line of business. At the pres-
ent time farming is emerging from
and is very
much on the mend. Conditions this
year are very much better than they
were last, and last year very much
better than they were in 1921. Farm-
ers generally have reasons for op-
timism in this respect. The farmers’
purchasing power is gradually meet-
ing the price of the commodities
which he sells. After these two
points have met, any further move-
ment will undoubtedly be in favor
of the farmer, and then we will
have a tendency on the part~oi the
city dweller to go back onto the
farm, as against the tendency of the
farmer to move into the city.

To the average man the farm is
a better place to be than in the city.
The average savings of the farming
population over a period of years is
far in encess of the average savings

. -m‘«md
a degree of certainty. con-~

‘the 4

  
 
 
  

1.

of the city population. and attenhll if

,thexamount a-man is able to save" _‘
determines, in a degree, his success.
Periods such as we have had in the
last few years invariably eliminate
a lot of farmers, but usually not' the g
best type." The time to stick by a "a
thing is when the other fellow is .
quitting. Invariany the man who
sticks at a period of this kind comes
out on top. Our farming popula-
tion, as a whole has shown this
quality of stick-to—it—ive—ness in a
surprisingly large degree, and this
fact cannot help but worlr to their
interest.

With this condition prevailing, and
With the improved general condi—
tions and facilities which the farm-
er has not had before, his business is
coming back into its own.

WHAT OUR READERS WOULD DO
' WITH $100,000
(Continued from page 7.)
her and mama. take a trip a long way oi!
for about three years. I think the dif-
ferent climate would cure her from the
dreadful disease that she has. I would
get us all insured for a thousand dollars
at least. Also as I love horses and cunt“,
I would buy two or three of each. I
would put the money that remained in
the bank. I would always take the M.
B. F. for I think it is the best paper I
ever read in my life—Miss M. 11:. 8.,

Reed City, Michigan.

 

Fix Church Flrst.——-Now this is what
I would do if I received a check for
one hundred thousand dollars. I would
ﬁx up my home church with all the mod-
ern conveniences. Then I woulu go to
the county poor house and make the
people happy, also help the poor little
orphan children. I would put up a li-
brary so that they would have city privi-
leges. Also send some for charity mn-
poses. I would visit diﬂerent parts of
the United States and give where it is
needed. Then I would return to dear old
Michigan, and visit at Detroit, Mt. Clem-
ens andother cities—E. P., Palms. Mich.

 

 

 

 

Moving Your Coal

The 24 steam railroads operating in Michigan are already well
advanced in their yearly task of bringing in the coal that will keep
Michigan warm and working through the winter.

We are better prepared for this job than ever before.

Our repair shops contain only current work; there is no accumu—
lation of crippled rolling stock. Our construction operations have
been purposely pushed to release all equipment for this emergency.
For four months we have been accumulating our own coal sup-
. plies until they are now at their highest point in history—79% of
our entire storage requirements ﬁlled.

Best of all, we are swinging into use the record—brealdng addition
of 175 new locomotives, and 21,344 new freight cars, all bought
during 1923. More improvements and additions are planned if
you will back us by giving your support.

From the gateways, and the junction‘points, where we receive your
coal, we are promptly carrying it on to you. Unload promptly and
release our car for us to use in serving your neighbor’s needs.

Are we doing this job as you want it done? We ask your criticism

or approval.

 

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THE INVITATION

Come and bob for apples,

'1‘ will be the greatest fun!

'- The witch will tell your fortune

When the bobbing is all done.

Perhaps to be the President,

Dr rich, will be your fate

You’d better ask‘ your mamma

If you can stay up late. p , , a 

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THE HALLOWEEN PARTY
URELY everybody likes to go to
a Hallowe’en party. * There, we
have the kind of fun, no other
day allows. It is an evening of
laughter and mystery. A cooperat-
ive party can be very successful if
the plans are laid right and each one
does her part.

The suggestions I give can be used
for either a home party or carried
out with a large one. Maybe the
Grange or Gleaner organization in
‘yourcommunity has a small build-
ing that would make a splendid
place for a Hallowe’en.

Decorations

. In decorating for this occasion,
one should bear in mind that it is on
autumn festival, and arrange to em?
phasize the idea as much as possible.
The berries and leaves are effective,
fastened to the curtains and drap-
eries in one’s home. Your whole
color scheme should be in brown,
black and orange. The crepe paper
found in the ten—cent store can be
made into all sorts of cats, owls and
witches.

The lights should always be
candles, if possible, especially at the
table. Use apples, turnips, carrots,
and any of the vegetables, cut in
grotesque faces for candlesticks.

If lamps or electric lights are us-
ed, make special shades of brown
or yellow crepe paper or use stiff
brown paper and cut into faces like
Jack—o’-lanterns. The effect is very
wierd and “spooky.”

If there is a fence, place a row of
Jack—o’—lanterns along the top. On
the gate post seat two pumpkins
with faces cut into them and candles
lit inside.

Black cats, owls, bats, and spiders
may be cut from paper and pinned
on' different walls. If practical, cut
holes for eyes and place a candle be-
hind.

The hostess—or those in charge of
the evening could either have some
member or themselves greet the
guests upon arrival in a 'darkened
entrance with a sheet over their
heads, and with wet gloves on shake
hands. Take your guest’s hand
and put it down in a pail of cooked
cold noodles. This has a very slim
feeling as you all know. .

\Use pumpkins for the center of
table and decorate with either fall
leaves still left on the twig or
Chrysanthemums.

Refreshments—The menu should
be foodstuffs in season. Sandwiches
made of meat, cheese, and nuts,
doughnuts, pumpkin pie and sweet
cider.

The Hallowe’en Cake has held the
place of honor since the beginning
here in America. It should be a
white cake with white frosting and
can be improved with chocolate
frosting lettering on‘ top. The cake
should contain the ring, key, thim-
ble, penny, and button baked inside
to foretell, respectively, speedy mar-
riage, a journey, spinsterhood,
wealth, and bachelorhood.

Games For Hallowc'cn

Although a few new and untried
games may be interspersed on
Hallowe’en, the old ones that
have been handed down are the very
life of the celebration and must
never be omitted.

Sailing Walnut Boats-—The boats
are empty half
shells of English
walnuts. In each is
fastened a short
piece of bright-col-
ored Christmas can-
, . die, namedforsome
member of the party, lighted, and
set aﬂoat .with others, in this tub of
water. The...scti'on of these little
craft reveals, the destiny of their

 

 

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and girls.

, and give all the readers

‘ the beneﬁt of your ex-
periences. Start the sew-
[l ing club. Christmas will

‘ be with us before we realize
it.

 

 

     

I w .Allepamnent for the women 
Edited by DIES. ANNIE TAYLOR ‘

DEAR FOLKS—How about the hot lunches for our growing boys
This year a great deal has been accomplished by our

M. A. C. with the Home Demonstration and they are still working

out this big problem for you and me.
easy and short cuts in making up the lunches let us have them

. f k ’

Ahdress letters: Mrs. Annle Taylor, care The Buslness Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

   

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owners, sometimes gliding smoothly
along their way together, sometimes
drifting apart. To be a bachelor or
maid will be the fate of the one
whose candle goes out ﬁrst.

The Three Lugies—Three dishes

7: » are placed in a row.

  , The players are
‘  ' blindfolded then al-
lowed to dip a ﬁng-
er in one of the
dishes. Clear water
', in the ﬁrst denotes
_ Gala long and happy
" ’ married life; milky
water in the second, early separa-
tion; the third, alas—is empty.

An Owl and Pussy-Cat Party—This
will furnish a
very novel and
amusing evening.
When the guests
arrive, present
the boys with No.
22 Owl Hats and
the girls with No.
23 Cat Caps. Give
each boy a wal-
nut shell boat
painted p e a -
green and boasting a paper sail. He
is to write the name of a lady on a
slip of paper, fold it and place it
in his boat. The boat must blow
across the water of a tub. If it
reaches harbor, well and good; if
not, he can expect only trouble on
the sea of matrimony.

As the clock nears the hour of
twelve, each girl is handed a paper
cat tail. Guests sit on
the ﬂoor in a circle, girls
and boys alternating,
then in order the tails
are opened and read
aloud. The hostess may
prepare these or each
girl may be asked to
bring her own.

Pass out pencils and
paper and ask guests to
write down all the super—
stitious signs, good v
and bad, that they know. For in-
stance, breaking a mirror means
seven years’ bad luck; counting the
cars of a freight train has its ill
effects; a wish made after seeing a
load of empty barrels comes true,
etc. At least two other people must
have heard of the sign to make it
count.

A prize should be given to the one
who can remember the greatest num-
ber.

The witch takes a piece of paper
about 8 inches square and tears it
into eight pieces 4x2. She then gives
out the papers, four to each side of
the room. She asks one side to
write the names of living people on
their paper and the other to write
the names of four who are dead.
Papers are folded and collected in
a hat, then the witch takes them out
one at a time and tells whether the
paper she holds has the name of a
living person or dead.

The trick lies in the fact that she
gives out the papers with three
rough edges to one side, and papers
with two rough and two smooth
edges to the other side.

All she has to remember is that
the names of the living are written
on papers with two smooth edges.
These edges she can feel as she holds
the paper and thinks.

   

 

 

 
 

 

Blowing Out the Candles—Blind-
folded players, ,
in turn, blow )
out a lighted ,
candle. T h e
n u m b e r o f
blows i n d i -
cates the num-
of years before the wedding day. A
row of candles may be used instead,
with one blow; the number left light-
ed will tell the same story.

The Cellar Stairs Test—This test
is for a girl and con—
sists of backing down-
stairs with a mirror in
her hand, trying mean-
while to see within
it the face of her -
future mate.

The Apple Faring
Charm—The a p p l e
must be pared with the
paring in one long , .
piece. It must then be ‘ .-
thrown over the left
shoulder, whereupon
it will fall 'into the
form of the initial of the favored one.

A Party of Departed Spirits—Ask
each guest to come as the ghost of
some famous character. When all
guests are assembled announce that
the ﬁrst game will be guessing the
ghosts. Number each one, then furn-
ish paper and pencil for the contest.

Miscellaneous Progressive Party—
The same idea as in progressive card
games. Instead of cards, various
contests are arranged for each table.
Some of them as follows:

1. Flipping cards in—
to a hat from a certain
distance.

2. Tiddlywinks.

3. Fish pond.

4. Jack straws.

5. Spearing peanuts.

6. Lifting beans with
a lead pencil.

7. Making words out
of one long word.

This list can be added
to indeﬁnitely, for any child’s game
can be made one of the events.

If there is music and folks to
dance, this to my mind, is always a
sure way of entertaining.

Again, I want to say the evening
of October 3lst is one of fun and
mystery and so much can be done to
make a happy evening in your neigh-
borhood.

 

   

 

 

Mothers Problems

 

THE FOOD THEY EAT

N incident of my early mother-

hood bears repeating, I think,

for the beneﬁt of other young
mothers. I was all alone with my
baby, relatives and friends being on
the opposite coast from me, and I
had prided myself on raising my
baby strictly according to Holt; His
feeding, the ﬁrst year, was simple:
in his Second year I encountered
difﬁculties. There was a certain
cereal “the book” said he should
have. I myself hated that particul-
ar cereal, could hardly get it down,
in fact, butII was determined my
baby should eat it, "because it was
good for him." It took nearly a
whole morning for me to get him to
consume his small dishful. It was

 

    
   
   

 
  

obnoxious to him: each mouthful
fairly made him gag.

Eventually I won out—but it was
the last time I ever forced a child to

eat food that was obnoxious to them.

I have grown older since them; 1 ‘

have raised more babies. I have
come to realize that I have certain
food prejudices myself, that there
are certain things I cannot swallow
easily. And some of my food pre-
judices I now have I attribute whol—
ly to the fact that, as a child, I was
forced to eat and scolded into eating
foods that were naturally distaste-
ful to me. Many other foods which

I didn’t like as a child, but which ‘

iwere not forced into me, I now rel-
sh.

Of course, there are sometimes
whims which must be overcome, but
even they should not be overcome by
“forced feeding.” Use patience and
ingenuity. A pretty, odd—shapped
dish will sometimes coaxe food into
a whimsical child. A new presenta-
tion of it—prettily garnished, pretti-
1y moulded—may likewise induce
that ﬁrst taste which will tare down
the prejudice.

Food that is enjoyed does a per.
son a tremendous amount more of
good than food that is detested. The
sensative nerves of the stomach are
easily affected by the mental atti-
tude of the partaker of food. In
stead of poisoning the mind, and to
an extent, the stomach, by insisting
on certain foods being eaten, choose
agreeable ones which can be happily
eaten and therefore easily digested.

 

 

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Personal Column

 

 

Girl of Eighteen in Trouble—Dear Mrs.
Taylor: Will you please print the ans-
wers to the following questions in the
personal column of the Michigan Business
Farmer at as early 8. date as possible?

(1.) How old must a girl be before
she can marry without her parents’ con-
sent?

(2.) If a girl leaves her home when
she is 18 years of age can her folks bring
her back?

(3.) If a boy friend promises a girl
a ring, is it right to remind him of that
promise? If a girl receives a ring can
her parents force her to return it? ,

(4.) If a. girl’s parents do not like a
young man is that any reason why a girl
should not continue to care for him?

I hope the answers as soon as possible.

Thanking you in advance for your in-
formation, I romain, “A Reader".
-—A decision made recently by one of
our judges was: “The common law
which holds that a child is responsible
to the father until the age of 21. The
law holds the father responsible for the
maintenance of his children until they
are 21 and also is liable for the debts
contracted by them. The court interprets
the law that in return the children are
responsible to the parents for their be-
havior until 21. The exception to this
rule is that a girl can marry at 18. with-
out her parents’ consent, which emanci-
pates her from further legal responsibility
to her parents for her behavior and
future.

' Modesty prevents a girl from remind-
ing. a young man to keep his promise of
givmg a ring. Either he cannot aﬂord
it just now, or else he has other inten-
tions, and maybe he is not sure of his
feelings and wants more time.

Sometimes our parents knowledge and
experience tells them a great many things
that we do not see because of our in-
fatuation for a certain person. I say,
sometimes, they know best and then again
sometimes, love will make up for a lot
of shortcomings.

I would suggest that you listen to pour
parents and also the young man and
let your heart and head work out your
problem.

 

Calling on the Sick—We have been

told to visit the sick, but just what does "

that word “visit” mean? Sometime ago-
I called on an old gentleman who had
been in bed quite a while with a. broken
limb and he said he was feeling worse

that week, because he got so tired the ,,

Sunday before on account of so many
visitors. He said they kept coming in
carloads all day and he could not sleep
that night, and he felt worse ever since. ..
I once heard a man very harshly arm-
cised because he would not let Borne
neighbor ,women in to see his wife and
young babe. He said he wished to keep
herquie't a week or We and the- women
said there was no use of that, they had
company when their babes were one day-
old. And on the other? hand I have heard

7 invalids complain because no, one, came to

see (item. I think we need some anthem.

   
  
  
 

 

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' ' .. corn rules to ,
some trained._nurse»-mho;f , _
ml page. would be‘ogladz’to tell ‘us some,-
thing. . This to me. at ] least. is a; very
important subject, as it generally falls
to the lot of the hard ‘working wife and
mother on the farm. to care for the sick
in the home, and as they seldom have any
training along this line, in fact not many
of 'us seem to understand much about
the how, when, and why of visiting the
sick, and as farmers in most cases can-
not afford trained help, I am sure some
talk along this line would be helpful.
Should the one who cares for the sick
be taken into account? I wonder if the
daughter of the man spoken of above
was tired that night; and, by the way.
the company in that case was mostly
from the city. Now we all wish to do
what is right so let us hear from several,
both from the country and city.-——-From
one who wishes to learn

—To express one’s sympathy with a call
upon the sick does not necessarily mean
seeing the patient. It all depends upon
the nature of the illness and also on the
patient’s feelings. It is a very delicate
situation and one has to use their own
judgement in matters of this kind. If
they need help you may extend your
services or else bring some tempting dish
for the patient.

 

“Blrth-control"—Can you tell me where
I can obtain a copy of Margaret Sangers
book on Birth Control, also the price?
I enjoy the Business Farmer very much
and think the woman's page alone worth
the price of the paper..——-A reader.
-—"Women’s Morality and Birth Control"
is twenty cents and can be purchased
thru the New York Women's Publishing
Company, 104 5th Avenue, New York.‘

 

Has Any Bender Saved this Recipe?—
The one which I write for is a recipe
for preparing the tomatoes, 9. half bushel
I believe, with salt, pepper, onion and
other ingredients in the right proportion
and the canned product is all ready to
add to stock or milk for soup. It is just
what I wanted but had ﬁnished my can-
ning when it came in the paper and I
gave the paper to someone, forgetting
about the recipe. I do so much want
to get it. I am quite sure it came in
October, 1922, possibly the last number in
September or the ﬁrst one in November.
If you cannot ﬁnd it on ﬁle would you
please send a call for it through the
'paper?—-Mrs. Dan Cronin, Lapeer, Mich.

, __

Has Any Reader this Poem?—I am

writing to ask if you lmow the name of
the author of an old poem called “The
Country Schoolhouse.” Our teacher says
it was by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but we
cannot ﬁnd it in our library—Helen E.
McKay.
-—-I have looked all thru Hawthorne’s
works and cannot ﬁnd a poem by this
name. Mr. Hawthorne wrote prose and
not poetry. I cannot ﬁnd a poem en-
titled "The Country Schoolhouse”. May-
be the title is incorrect.

Books Can Be Bought—Can you Obtain
‘for me the following books of poems?
“I’m Glad I Met You." and “When'All Is
Sun Within.” These books used to be
published by the Saalﬁeld Publishing

Company, of somewhere in Ohio. Also'

I would like to get one called “Heart
Throbs”. Thanking you ,in advance, I
retnain,——-W. C. M.

-—The Saalﬂeld Publishing Company is
located in Akron, Ohio. I would advise
you writ'mg them for these books.
“Heart Throbs” can be purchased thru
the Cha-pple Publishing Company, Boston,
Mass.

Good for Golda—Take one teaspoonful
‘hoazrhound to one-fourth teaspoonful of
lobelia and make into a weak tea. This
is an old-fashioned remedy and a sure
cure—A reader.

 

 

 

—if you are well bred!

 

 

A church should be entered with a
most reverent feeling. The object of at-
tending divine service is to improve the
spiritual nature, and hence business and
everything of a secular character should
be left behind when you enter the church
portals.

If a stranger, you will wait in the vest!-
bule, until the arrival of the usher, whn
will conduct you to a seat.

 

 

 

 

RECIPES

Green Tomato Mince Meat.—One gallon
Itomatoes, chopped, one gallon apples,
chopped, two packages of raisins, two
and one-half pounds of brown sugar, one
cup of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls cloves,
two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon and two
tablespoonfuls of salt. Will- make two-
gallon jaw—«Mrs. Lucius Fuller, Fife Lake,
Michigan.

Chicago Mullins—Mix together one and
one-half pints ﬂour, half pint corn meal,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one
tablespoon sugar, one teaspoonful salt.
Work in one tablespoonful butter, beat
“d'add three eggs and one pint of milk
and  the whole quickly to a firm
batter. Have the _ griddle hot and well
» ’ (Continued on page 22.)

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All the nutriment and ﬂavor of the
natural grain is possessed by LILY

WHITE FLOUR,

“The Flour the Best

Cooks Use,’ ’ which also has the additional
advantage of being given the extra touches

of delicacy made possible by forty years’

successful milling experience.

VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY - GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

_ 4519. .A St llsh Frock—Here is a I outhful

girhsh desnrn, t at .will lend itself readiy to a
development in satin, taﬂeta, cre e or kasha.
The panel may be omitted. The attern is cut
in 3 Sizes: 16 18 and 20 years. An 18 year
sme requires 4% yards of 40 inch material.
The Width at the foot is 2 1/4. yards.

. 452574541. A Po ular StyIa—This attrac-
tive suit com rises louse 4525, and Bodice
Skirt 4541., W111. broadcloth or satin could be
used for this style. One could have the blouse
of ﬁgured or bralded material. The Blouse Pat-
tern 15 cut in 7 S1zes: 34, 36, 38, 40. 42, 44
and 46 inches bust measure. The skirt is cut
in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Inrgc,
42-44; Extra Large, 46—48 inches bust measure.
To make the. suit for a Medium size requires 8
yards of 36 inch material.

4537. A Jaunty Top Garment for the Grow-
lng Girl.—Velours, bohva, chinchilla, plush and
other pile fabrics are attractlve for this model.
The fronts ma be closed in double breasted style,
or in rovers e ect as illustrated. Braid trimming
and fur form a smart ﬁnish for this desirable
model. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: . .
12 and 14 years. A 10 year size requires 2%
yards of 54 inch material.

4525. One of the Season's Popular Styles.—
The grace and comfort of this model has mode
It one of the “best sellers." It is a style that
is good for ﬂannel, velveteen, satin, silk and wash
fabrics. In satin With_ loops in self or contrast-
ing color it l3 smart _w1th an accompanying sports
skirt. The Pattern in cut in 7 Sues: 34, 36,
38, , 42._44 and 46 inches bust measure.
A 38. m _ ards of 40 inch
material. .To trim as illnstm Wltll contrasting
material W111 req‘mre % yard 32 inches wide.

3748. A Comfortable Set—Ohlld’s Coat and
(loaf—Pattern 3743 is here illustrated. It is
cut in 4 Sines: (i months, 1 year, 2 and 4 years.
A 2 year size wﬂl require 2% yards of 27 inch
material for the coat and 54. yard for the cap.
V_e1vet, corduroy, serge, Bedford cord, silk gabar-

e and broad cloth are appropriate for the coat
and the same material may be used for the cap
which is also nice for lawn, crepe, batiste. chiffon.
fallle and taﬂeta.

4511. A New and Pleasing Apron style.—
Tlns model may be made wthout. the faciugs. It

‘is suitable for all apron material. Linens and

permle are here featured. One could have chintz
and sateen or crepe in two colors, or, damask
and_organd . The Pattern is cut in one size—

edium. 9 make as illustrated requires 1%
yard .of plain, and the same amount of ﬁgured
material

4544. A Group of attractive Head Gear for
Festlvo Occaslonxr—The styles here portrayed are
readily developed in crepe paper. muslin, tarlatan,
silk or an as e 'ocassion may re uire. The
Pattern ls cut 111.3 Sizes: 22, 23, an 24 inches
head slze. It Will require '9‘ yard for No. ,

yard for No. 2, and '56 yard for No. 3 in

32 inch mntcrial for any size. .To make crown
of No. l of contrasting material requires 55
yard of 18 Inches Wide or Wider.

4543. A Practical Corset substitute—Here
is a splendid style for the growmg girl and the
young women of slender ﬁgure. It may he made
of drill, jean, muslin, cambnc, sateen or satin.
Its lines are comfortable and adnnt of freedom
in breathing and movement. he Pattern is out
in 4 Sizes: 12, l4, 16 and 18 years. A .16
'ear size requires 1% yards of 36 inch matcrlaL
li‘or gussets of elastic or webblng $4 yard 9 inches
wide or wider is required.

4532. A Practical Undergarment. .lainbric.
nainsook, sateen, crepe and silk are suitable for
this style. The Pattern provides for .round neck
outline or camisole top. Lace and insertion or
embroidery will be suitable for decoration. The
Pattern is cut in 5 Sizes: 6, 8. IO, 12 and 14
ears. A 12 your size requires 2% yards of 36
inch materiaL

 

4531. A Smart “Carnival or Masquerade
Costume" This ma) be inexpensively developed
in crcpc paper, which may be purchased already
printed with various designs. The model would
be nice in tarlatan, sateen, taffeta, or unﬁnished
cambric. A decoration of gold or silvcr stars on
tarlatan would be effective. The Pattern is cut
in 5 Sizes: (S, 8, ll), 12 and 14 years. '12
car size requires 4% yards of 36 inch umtenaL
If upper llounce is omitted_ 1,42 yard less is re;
quired. The hat alone requires iﬁ yard.

4515. A Popular Apron Model. Checked
Dt’I‘Cille and lincne are here combined. lrcpe in
two colors or gingham. and cliambray together
would be pleasing. This is also a good model
for sateen and Chintz .in combination _or ’alone.
If made of one. material, piping. or binding of
ﬁgured or materlal in a contrastlng Icolor would
be attractive. The .Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes:
Small. 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44;
Extra Large, 46—48 inches bust measure. A
Incdium‘ sine requires 4% yards of 36 inch ma-
terial. 'For waist portions, )oc_keln and belt of
contrasting materlal 1% ya is required.

4524. A Very Attractive Costume for Mas-
querade. Fancy Dress Affairs, Eta—This Could
be developed as “Mother Witch.” “Mother Goose”
or similar characters. It is also des1rable us a
Colonial Costume. Cre 8 paper would be the
most inexpensive materia ; crepe and sllk or cotton.
cretonne or chintz andgmtcen, brocade-and plain
material, all are desirable combinations. The
sleeve may be short and_ﬁnished with a deep
ruffle of lace or contrasting materml; or they
may be in peasant style, With gathersnnd head—
ing at the wrist. The Hat may be in contrast
to the costume or of self material. This Pattern
is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34—46; Medllllll, 3840‘
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mensurc. A Medium size rcquircs .ll ’4; yards
."Hi inches wide. For drnncm and flcllu of_con-
trastinz material 4% yards 36 ches WlLIO_ is re-

duned. llut ulone rernnrcs ‘75; yard. Without

long sleeves % yard less is required.

ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH—3 FOR 30c POST-PAID

Order from the above or former lssues of The Business Farmer, giving number and slgn your

name and address plainly.

ADD 100 FOR FALL AND WINTER FASHION BOOK
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vised me of any change to be made
nor any reduction in output and
neither hes the prison commission
lied any thought in their mind or
closing this plant. ,

“I wish to etete also that in the
manufacture or twine for the 1924
harvest the raw materials are pur-
chased in the months of May, June.
July. August and September of 1923
as these are the buying months on
raw underlain. Our raw materials
are purchased and practically deliv-

‘ cred end a large tonnage is already

made for the 1924 harvest, so there
is certainly no closing of the binder
twine plant this year.

} “It is only propaganda that is be-
‘ ing spread by our competitors in the
manufacture or hinder twine and this
should be stopped. It is spread over
the entire United States and if not
stopped the state will suffer a big
loss in the next year to come.”

HOW MANY STUMPS ARE YOU
PLOWING AROUND?

‘(Continued from page 1)

in buying new parts and equipment?
How about the time and money lost
while theteam is laid up?”

“Not only that Bill—but do you
kno’w you’re running a personal
risk in addition to all this? loan
take you to men who have ribs and
jaw: broken; teeth knocked out:'
shins cracked and who have‘enitored
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,oeed to know much about 1m
ﬂammtmumrm't
I’m not talking farming; 1‘!!! mm:
MONEY, cold, hard, American dol-
lars, and it you tell me I'm wrong I'll
tell you which one or us is hinting.”

B!!! shifted Mathew: looked out
serous the ﬁeld; them: long and
haw—then turned to Bantu Abbot
and said:

“Ir. About. I ain‘tjho kind that
gives up easy, but darn me and ﬂora

, you loo—4113?: the ﬂatten kinda

talk l've heard fer a long time.“
Banker Abbot climbed into his

“ﬁrm? and was heading up the

lane when Bill called after him:
“By the way. Mr. Abbot—«get me
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(Continued tram page 8.)

at the animal, which halted, conﬁdently,
wiﬂrin o. few feet of his chair.

Suddenly the menu, with a. deep—
[noumed oath, left his seat and bestowed
uponthedognviciousend mum,
with his ponderovus shoe.

The hound, heart—broken, astonished,
with ﬂapping ears and incurved tail, ut-
tored a piercing yelp of pain and surprise.

Reeves and the consul mined in
thdr chairs. saying nothing, but Im-
ished at the unexpected show-it intoler-
ance from the easy—going man from (Tint-
-ham County.

But Morgan, with a, suddenly purpltng
faw,bea.pedtohinfeetandraiseda
threatening arm above the guest.

“You—brute!” ire-shouted, passionately;
“Why did you do that?

Quickly the amenities returned. Piunk-
ett muttered some indistinct apology and
regained effort controlled his indignation
and also returned‘to his chair.

And then ’Piunkett with the wring of
a. tiger, leaped around the corner of the
table and snapped handsome on the par-
aiyned Morgan’s waists.

“Hound—lover and woman-ld‘lleri" he
cried; "get ready to meet your God.’

When Bridger hex! We I asked him:

"Did he get the right man?”

"He did." said the Consul.

“And how did!» how?” he hquinl.
bob: in a. kind of builders-t. '

“'Wh-I he put Uorg'an In the Gory."
answered W. “the next day to at.
him aboard the Pusan. this nu: Punks“:

to shake hands with me and I
asked him the same question.

“NBBridwﬁl-Mhaﬂ‘mnl.’
hidden. and I’ve seen a nut deal :1
bothmenandanlmsls. Antiwar!“
sardinean wuovorﬂondothorm
and dogs but what was cruel to women! "

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WASHINGTON. Patents have been
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Johnson, on a new lamp for burning,
ordinary kerosene oil. This lamp
produces a vapor from the oil which A
makes a blue ﬂame that incandoseee ‘
a mantel, and thus creates .a very
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.f r I m, manna me ‘mlor
at mun. The» woman he-
“ to tea at her Ina-oi strings;
hope‘you'll “excuse my gingham
apron“, ML—eHnﬂ‘m. Wasn’t that the
name?“ .. , .
"You." 110mm bowed with a smile.
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W611, as I was saying} home». you’ll. ex-
mo tints apron." Hi: We were tumb-
nng with the knotht the back.
it of, mostly, when the bell rrngs, even-
m or afternoons: but I heard y,
and I aim arm-om "t was anybody but
Mm. M, that": better? With a, jerk
In: Mel-ad on the dark blue apron.
in; it over be: 2.113,. and. smoothed down
the spotless white apron which had been
beneath the blue. The next instant she
harried sitar Benny with a Warnnrg cry.
“Careful... child, metal?! 09., Benny,
‘m‘bv always #1 M a hurry?
‘Buny, with a cheery "Com
' ﬁend: Md open. the door betas-e
him, and“: reaching tor the gas burner.
Annulment later the feeble spatk abo‘ve
had become a ﬂaring sputter of Rama.
"new, child, what did I tom 
With 1 from m Blame“ reduced the
ﬁring Heaths a. We ﬂames. and
mtlalted 111'. Smith to in chin. We
Ibo nested herself, however, she went

      

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every day of the year since and is still
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has been less than ten dollars. We would
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have ever seen or heard of.”

Over 350.000 men have M he “Z”
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~ Over 5,000 dealers carry these engines in stock
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1% H. P. “2'” (Magneto Equip!) 74.00
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he had new no educated—4t was because
that now-here could. he. see. an object that
was not wholly or partially covet-oi with
some other object, or that was not serv-
ing as a. cover itself.

The mow bow mimnemm minim rugs,
one hcfm mil  and: doom and the
ﬂame. The: «mam themselves and the
nuts... were covered. with. gray linen silos.
which. in. turn, wane protected by num‘
em squares of lace and worsted oil
generous size. The green silk spread on:
the piano was. mly hidden beneath a
he: met; and «be some allowed 9:
mm at lam at. silk. wasted and
linen. topped by crocheted mtm, on which
rested: several books wim paperhcnveloned
covers. The chandelier, mirror, and pi‘c-
tum ﬂame gleamed‘ daily- from imbibe}

the m at 11ml: mosquito netting. Eben:

through the doorway into» the hall might

be m the long; rcd‘lnmdcud white Linen 

pith. that carried protection to the carpet
beneath.

“I don't like gm. mysal‘t." (With a start a

the man pulled himself together to llsten
to when the woman was» saying.) “I:

think in": a. room exit-ammo. When '
Rename in nu- good and so cheap; but ,

my husband Wﬂll. have it. and Illlicent

too, in. spite oi anythhg I. say—Millicent?! *

my damghter‘. I tell ’em if we were rich.
it would be mm or course. But {his
is neither here nor there, mr' what you
come to ‘tazllt aboutl! Now Not what is
i't that m mt, sir?"

‘fI want to board hue-re, it I may?

“How long?" ‘

“A year——two years, perhaps, if we are
mutuany satisﬁed.”

“What do you do for a' living‘."

Smith coughed suddenly. Before he
could catch his breath to answer; Benny
had jumped into the breadm.

“He sounds something like as Congra-
gationalist only he ain’t that. Aunt Jane,
and he ain't after money for missionaries,
either." _

Jane Bialsdell sailed at Benny indiu-
m» Then an, sighed and shook her

8 .

“You know, Benny, very well, that
nothing would. suit Aunt. J one better than
to give money to all the missionaries. in
the world. it she only had It to give !”
She sighed again as she turned to Mr.
Smith. "You're working for mine church,
than, I take it.” _

M). Smith pm n. quick gesture of
dissent.

"I am a genealogist. madam, in a. small
way. I am collecting data for a. book
on the Branden family."

"0b!" Mrs. Dialed-ell frowned slightly.
the: lock or cold disapproval came back
to her eyes. “But who pays you? We
couldn’t take the book. I’m sure». We
couldn’t afford it.” I

"That would not be necessary. madam,
I assure you," murmured Mr.- Smith

‘ gravely.

"But how do you get money to the on?
Imean,~howamltoknawthat I'll get
my pay?” she persintnd. “Excuse me, but
that kind of business doesn't sound very
good-paying; and you see, I‘ don’t‘ know
you.» And in these days—1' An expres-
sive pain ﬁnished her mum

Hr. Smith nailed.

“Quite right, madam. You are wise
to be cautious. I had a letter of intro-
duction to your brother from Mr. ,Robert
Channel's. I think he will vouch for me.
Will that do?"

“Oh, that’s all right, than. But that
isn’t saying m much you'll pay. Now,
I. thinks—2'

(Continued in October 27th issue.)

“MICHIGAN CROPS

CUTTING ALFALFA

We have a ﬁeld of alfalfa one
year old. We have made two cut-l
tings this year and the third growth
is about ten inches high and would
like to know how late it would be
advisable to make this cutting?
Would it be proper to pasture this
off? It is a very good stand of
Grimm alfalfa.—-—G. H. R., Bay City,
Mich.

——Your stand of alfalfa will be great-
ly beneﬁted by not attempting to
take a. third cutting this year. A
substantial top growth will aid in
protecting the ﬁeld during the Winter
and next year’s crop should beneﬁt to
a more greater extent than the third
cutting that could be secured this
season. »

After the third year alfalfa may
be pastured to a considerable degree
if judgment is used in not allowing
stock to pasture too closely. Past-
uring a stand of alfalfa in its second

, year is likely to do considerable

damageF-J. F'. Com,
Farm Crops, M. A. C.

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BLASTING OUT STUMIPS

TH the possible exception of

blasting ditches, more dyna-
_ mite is used for clearing land
of stumps than for any other agri-
cultural use. In the Paciﬁc North-
west and in the Northern Middle
West, where valuable timber land
has been cut over leaving a fer-
tile soil, dynamite by the carload'
is used by farmers and professional
blasters for blowing out the stumps
so that the land can be tilled and
put to valuable uses. ’

In some of the Southern states
dynamite is used by the carload for
stumps for another
purpose; viz.: to recover the tur-
pentine that is in these stumps, the
land on which the stumps are
growing being very sandy and it is
not of great value from a. farming
standpoint. So, from the blasting
angle there are two' ways of blow-
ing stumps—~for the sake of the
land and for the sake of the wood
in the stump. This article should
be considered as applying only to
the ﬁrst named, as stumping for
turpentine is done by large and
well ﬁnanced companies with a full
equipment for doing the work in a.
most economical manner.“

Outside of the cut—over timber
lands, there are moderate sized go-
ing farms all over the country that
have a number of stumps which are
crying to be removed, so fhe sub-
ject of blasting stumps is one which
should interest a large number of
farm owners.

Paste this in your hat: Every
stump is a problem in itself. It
is almost impossible to lay down
any rule for blasting which applies
to the same stumps on the same
farm, much less all stumps in all
parts of the country. ,

The age of the stump, that is,
the number of years since it Was
cut, the kind of the stump, whether
oak, pine, maple or whatever; the
kind of soil in which it is rooted,
the ground conditions at the time
of blasting, i. e., whether the soil
is wet or dry, the topography of the
ground, the roots’ system and the
equipment the farmer has; all must
be taken into consideration when
devising the best and most econom-
ical method of removing stumps.

The most favorable conditions
are when the stump is old and rot-
ten, the soil resistant, fairly wet,
where there are no tap roots, on
level land and Where heavy tractors
are available for helping in the
operation. '

Most unfavorable from a blast-
ing standpoint are those stumps
which have only recently been cut
from deeply rooted trees in light,
dry sandy soil on rolling ground
and- where no power equipment is
available for helping the dynamite.

For this reason, it is impossible to
get up any table which would be of
sufﬁcient accuracy to be a real help
to stump blasters to show the charge
of dynamite per foot diameter of
stump. *

For instance, a two foot, twenty
year old maple stump in a heavy
loam soil on level ground might
easily be blasted out with one
pound of 20 per cent low freezing
Amonia dynamite, whereas a two
foot, side hill hemlock, such as are
found in the state of Washington,
recently cut, might easily require
sixty times as much. I grant that
this is an extreme case but it illust-
rates the point.

The following table gives a fair
idea for the beginner. It is based
on old but solid stumps in fairly
heavy soil on level land:

No. of cart-

stump 1n ridges of

inches Dynamite
12 .................................  .......... ..3
18 .............................................. ..4
24 .............  ..........  ................. ..6
30 .................................  .......... ..7
36 ....................  .... ..8
42 ..................  ......  ........... ..12
48.....- ....................  ................ ..15

There are two general systems of
blasting stumps, ,one in which the
least possible quantity of dynamite
is used for loosening up the soil,
cracking the stump, [but without at—
tempting to blow it and its roots
all out of the ground. This neces-
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the blast, for pulling cut the loos-
ened pieces \of stump either with
or without the aid of a stump pull-‘
er. Where teams or tractors or a
stump puller are available and
where labor is not expensive, and
where the farmer himself 'has
plenty of time, this method is prob-
ably the cheaper.
of dynamite is placed high up, as
close under the stump as possible;
the effect of the charge being to
'blow perhaps the center part of the
stump out, leaving the outside with
the roots attached to, but loosened
somewhat from, the soil: _

The other method is to place the
dynamite well below the bottom of
the stump in such a way that the
entire stump, roots and all are
blown out at once. The only lab-
or required in this, outside of put-
ting down the hole and ﬁring the
charge, is to ﬁll up the hole and
pile up the fragments of roots
where they can be dried and sub-
sequently burned. This is the
cheapest method where‘ power. in
the shape of team or tractor is not
available, but requires much larger
charges of dynamite.

The relative advantages of these '

methods must be carefully consid—
ered by the farmer when he starts
out to blast out his stumps, as the
method which is most expensive for
one, would be cheaper for another.

A wealthy farmer with all kinds
of machinery and help would prob-
ably select the cracking method as
it is called, .while one not so fortun-
ately equipped'would ﬁnd it much
cheaper to let the dynamite do the
work than to invest in stump pul-

lers, tractors and teams—Arthur
La Motte, E. I. du Pont de Nemours
& Company.

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DAY’S LABOR
HE old idea that a bushel of
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An accurate estimate of the labor
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and threshing wheat about the year
1830 indicates that about three
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per bushel of grain produced. To-
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only about 30 minutes per bushel
are required under average condi-
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handled with gang pIOWS, tractors
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labor represented by a bushel of
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minutes.

At present a bushel of wheat will
buy only two or three hours of com-
mon or only about one hour of
skilled labor. Is it not possible
that the very efﬁciency with which
wheat is now produced may account
in large measure for its present low
purchasing power? Land is a much
greater factor in production today
than it was in 1830, otherwise the
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Will you tell the best way to
handle peach pits for growing
young trees? Also time of bud-
ding, and what kind of buds used?
——F. 7H. M., Michigan. . '

—In the propagation of peach trees
the ﬁrst step is the securing of the

seeds and their storage in the man-.

nor that will give the best germin-
ation. Nurserymen obtain their
pits either from canning factories
or from regions in which peaches
grow wild, such as the mountain
sections of North Carolina. Sal-
way and Morris White are two var-
ieties the seeds of which are espec-
ially esteemed for planting. .

Regardless of from where the
pits come, they should be treated in
the same way. A safe rule to fol-
low is to approximate nature’s
method of handling as closely as
possible. Consequently the pits
should be 'kept moist and put in a
place 'where they will be kept at a
low temperature. Just why this is
so is not yet deﬁnitely determined
but it appears that the seeds of the
peach, unlike those .of corn and
wheat, must go though a rest per:
iod, or after-ripening process, be-
fore they will germinate. These
processes go on best under the con—
ditions speciﬁed, although it is still
held by some that pits need be froz-
en to crack them.

No matter what the explanation
of the result, the seeds are handled
in one of two ways, either planted
out of doors in the fall or “strati—
ﬁed.” If they are planted, they
are covered to a depth of 4 to 6 in.
If they are stratiiﬁed, they are best
placed in a box in alternate layers
of soil and pits, covering the pits an
inch or two, hence the word “strati-
fy” or “stratification.” Leaves or
damp moss may be used instead of
soil, and t e whole should be plac-
ed out of oors, or better, buried
shallowly.

In the spring of the'year before
the seeds have germinated they are
removed from their place of strati-
ﬁcation and planted. Most of the
pits will have cracked; in case they
have not they may be cracked care-
fully by hand. By the ﬁrst of July
the peach seedlings that ' have
grown up from the seed will be big
enough to bud, probably 24 in. or
more in heighth.’ The exact time
is not overly important, for the
peach can he budded over a number
of weeks. The expert budder in
the nursery begins his work so that
he can complete the block of seed—
lings before they have set their
bark; the longer the job, the earlier
he begins and the later he works. If
the bark will not slip, it is almost
impossible to set the bud. A safe
rule is to watch the growth of the
seedlings; as long as they are grow-
ing the bark will Slip. On the other
hand, they must not be budded too
early or the ﬂow of sap will “ﬂood”
the bud and “drown” it. Most
’ budding is done some time in Aug-
ust or early September.

Buds are taken from the current
season’s growth. Now it must be
remembered that the peach has two
kinds of buds —— ﬂower buds and

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Edited by FRANK  WELLS

 

_ ally as much as 6 ft.—H. B. T.

chances with fall planting.

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leaf buds. On a fruiting tree the
buds are normally in threes, a cen-
tral leaf bud ﬂanked on either side
by a fruit bud. It blossoms, and
that is the end. A leaf bud pro-
duces a shoot, which is ,what we
want for our new tree.

In the nursery there is little
trouble from this point, because
the bud wood is taken from the one
and two-year—old trees in the nurs-
ery row where practically all the
buds are leaf buds. But in propa-
gating from a fruiting tree expert
nurserymen pass buds that are in
threes and select rather the single
buds from water sprouts or from
other vigorous growing shoots.
These are for the most part leaf
buds. '

Usually_there will be 10 or a
dozen buds on a “bud stick.” The
leaves are removed, leaving a bit of
the leaf petiole by which to handle
th bud. The two or three buds at
the base of the stick are not used,
for they are apt to lie dormant.
Budding is accomplished by mak-
ing a light “T” shape cut in the
bark an inch or two above the
crown and slipping a bud under it,
on the north side of the tree if
possible. The bud is then tied in
place with rafﬁa or coarse twine
until it has set, which will be in 10
days or two weeks, when the string
is cut. The new bud will lie dor-
mant the remainder of the season.
but the next year the seedling top
is cut away and the bud will make a
strong, vigorous growth—occasion-

NOTES AND CODIBIENTS

Red raspberry plants may be set in the
fall if they can be moved with soil cov—
ering the roots. Some growers prefer
this time to the spring.

It was formerly the practice to plant
a strawberry bed in the fall. This may
do if there is moisture enough. However,
most growers prefer the spring to taking

If the raspberries are cleared of old
bearing wood many insects will be de—
stroyed and diseases kept in check. But
then the 01d canes catch leaVes and hold
snow about the plants, so helping to pro—
tect them. In some cases this is worth
while, but hardly advisable now, with
Leaf Curl, Blue Stem, and other diseases
threatening the berries.

It has not been many years since the

Himalaya ’berry was iiiiroduced with
great claims for merit. It was said to be
thrifty, hardy, and of excellent quality
and a heavy yielder. A. year or two

proved that it 'was tender, a shy bearer,
though abundant enough for the quality
which was poor. It was, however, thrifty,
as the poor fellow who planted it found
to his sorrow, tender it might be at the
top, ’but tough enough at the root to
make it a nuisance, for it was lwondcr-
fully luxuriant. I has gone its way,
like many another of its kind and is
now well nigh forgotten.

The J. H. Hale peach
largest grown, as well as one of the
ﬂrinest and best shippers. In ﬂavor it
is second rate, but better than the El—
berta, which is not much to its credit,
but it has one weakness alongside. of
the large fruit it produces some of the
littlest, scrawniest pits, covered with
scarcely more than fuzz and ripening
the last of October, utterly worthless.
The older the tree gets the worse it be-
haves, otherwise than this the J. ll. Hale
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milk, then kicks 'the bucket to—
,nri the other side of the hem.
is a nuisance; hat. the is no more
detrimental to. proﬁt: than the cow
that consumes a mu retina, and re-
ji’uses to pay for he: keep. This is
‘ why dairymen are industriome
weeding boarder cows from their
herds. It is also; true that man!
flatworm keepoewsaeatille
glinei are chewing: renewed ht”
éin impairing their herds. This in
5 a favorable Mention at better City
prom: in the intern lack boarder
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in next we Dairying. like other
‘Inajer undertakings. I: been“ a
specialised imam. . which menu
that httormisemmnmth
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seen.

A cow is no longer just a cell»L
She is either a beef, dairy or dual
purpose type, or merely a scrub» And
where Gaining is the issue, real
dairy cows are essential to success.
This is especially true during the
autumn and winter months when em»
pensive feeds make up the Mien.
Exhaustive experiments have been
conducted in order to» determine
whether scrub cows will pay for their
teed, and leave absolutely nothing
in the form oi proﬁt to pay tor the
labor or feeding and caring for then.

This is why (lair-peace and general:
farmers are anxious to eliminate
boarder cows from their herds. The
only way to proceed with any as-
surance of success is to test the.
cows systematically (keeping a rec»
0rd of each cow's production), then
move the boarders to the stockers‘
corral, or to market. Some cows
don’t give a. proﬁtable ﬂow of milk
because the nourishment from their
ration goes into; beet. Other cows.
will eat greedsil'y, give little milk,
and still“ refuse to fatten. Where the
nourishment goes is a mystery. But
there Is no mystery connected with
the fate of such a cow when she is
owned by a man who is putting his
dairy business on. a proﬁtable basis.

Get Rid of “Boat-dew"

When cows are running on past-l
tire, and getting their ﬁll of cheap,
succulent lead, the presence of
boarders isn't so serious a menace to
proﬁts; but when the winter (ceding
season approaches. every boarder
tn the herd should be remeved 8a
speedily as possible. lgst winter a.
tanner was milking t eat I cows,
}and stated that he wasn't making-
-nny money. Later on his attention
was: directed to ﬁve boarder cows
in the herd. He marketed these an--
trials, and found- his expense for
v feeding the herd showed a. substan-
thl reduction, while his not proﬁt
showed a proportionate increase. To—
' day he is testing his cows regularly.

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ﬂculty of keeping up the milk ﬂow,
without massive outlay for unem-
ive feed. Silage is: not only an‘ eco—
nomical teed; but also is unsurpass»
ed for milk production.

Providing mouldy or spoiled allege
is kept from the cows, there. is nu
danger of indigestion. They may
not eat silage freely at ﬁrst: but
will» soon acquire.- a taste tor it.
will he silage. enthusiasts West
the winter. .

“The ﬁrst year I ind silage to
dairy can I we the mistake of

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an abundance at reign teed.
My! “on”.  n5, mu
roughness tor  sews. v
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Giving a variety of rough toads.
especially mental); where: silage-
nct included in the ration.

"I grind corn. nature mm s the
grain rotation 1m- cowe. I used tn
teed whole grain; but too much of
it. was wasted. and the cows didnfl.‘
thrive as they do on a rating; at
ground grain. It’s. much easier in
feed a.“ balanced ration when the
grain is. ground. Bran and linseed
meal are excellent. tor balancing the
grain ration Linseed meal is one
of the best conditioners I have used,
It is also. a valuable aid for increas-
ing and maintaining the milk new;

“Reduce. feeding costs by prev-id-
ing adequate shelter for my cows. A
dry, well bedded stall assists 8 cew
to. produce a proﬁtable, milk ﬂow.
When cows stand out in a cold ram.
and lack a. dry place to sleep. the
best ration obtainable won’t counter-
act the detrimental effects at expen-
m.”-—Farm and Ranch. '

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EATON DAIRY FARMERS MAKE
PROGRESS

AIRY progress. is on a. ﬁrm.

foundation. in Baton county.

The. county will soon have three
cow testing escoclatiens, which will
weed out the. slackers and spot the
high producers. The North. Eaton
association. is to be, divided into two
organth One of. these will.
reaction. around Millikan, Vet-monies
ville and. Bellevﬂle. while the other
will operate; in the. townships o1
Oneida.” Delta or Windsor. ‘

In addition to, the cow testing as:
sedation. the bevtne tuberculosm
campaign now being launched will
eliminate the maimed cattle. With.
the low. producers. and diseased cat.-
tle eliminated. Eaton county will be
e long way on the road toward bet:-
ten dairying.

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getting the. genuine Bayer product
prescribed by physicians over twenty-
two years and proved safe by mil- _
lions for

Golds . Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Earache Rheumatism
Neurolgtn Pain, Pain

Accept “Bayer Tablets 0! Aspirin”
only. Each unbroken pwchage con—
tains proper directions. Handy boxes
at twelve tablets cost few cents.
Drugglst also sell bottles at 24 and
100. Aspirin is the trade mark of,
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hr the prevention of dis-
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Kreso Dip No. 1

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No. 157-41.! m. Tellshowhrlﬂtho
do. of ﬁnes and to help prevent

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No. 185—4!” mums. Givesoompleto (li-

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ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF

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 ounces; and uowd'ered Juniper";
berries, {our ounces. Mix the above

and give one .ounce of the mixture
three times ﬂatly—John .P. Hutton,
Associate Prof... Dept. 8m. and
Ned... M. A. C. .

GROW NEW ROOF ON HORSE

 

Will you kindly give me a remedy '
to grow a new hoot on o. horse. He ‘

had o stone bruise a year ago and it
stopped the growth of the hoot in
one place. Now he cannot be sliced
until a. new hoof on be grown-C.
V. D.., Auburn, Mich.

-—-Ropidlty oi the growth of the
hoof wall varies, amounting in a
month to from one—sixth to one-half
of an inch. The average monthly
growth in both shoal and unshod
horses of buth‘hems, is about one-
third of an inch.

The three principal things necesp‘

sary to stimulate the growth of horn
are moisture, cleanliness and exor—
cise. I Would suggest that' you
clean out the boot once daily and
sponge it with cold water. It the

hoof ts sponged once daily it will ab- ,

sorb enough moisture to keep it
elastic. The hoot should also be
dressed about every tour weeks to
keep it level. It requires from nine
months to one year for complete
hoot renewal in the horse. No hoot
ointment has any direct inﬂuence up-
on the growth at ..nom.-—Jonn P.
Hutton. Associate Prob, Med. and
Surge H. A. C.

 

 

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drbt: to this department are fubllshbd here

and answered by on. our mi who are
, mute. o! the {cheat or Herd noun end
who ave their diplomas from the coil 9 of
Ex. m If m M't ﬁll! our
advice or am lemurs advice. but lust Na
‘ewrydny business homersw advice, tend In
your questlon here. w. wm “Mb. one
each week. I! you can answer the other
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CURE FOR COW THAT WES
MILK

N your issue of August 18th I saw
where Mrs. L. K.. Bad Axe, had
trouble with cow losing her milk.

Would say if they would milk the
cow three times a day and get a box
of Kow Kare at the drug store, price
650, and give according to directions
it is the best thing to do that I
know of. We have tried it and it
will most always elTect a cure, any-
how it is worth trying out, if it is a
good cow and they most always are

 

when they lose their milk—C. N.‘

I... Avoca, Mich.

WOULD STOP LOSS OF MILK

I Would say to Mrs. L. K., of Bad
Axe, it she would sunk the cow‘s
tests after milking in strong alum
water I think it would be a great
beneﬁt. If she wants to learn more

about it write me a private letter ‘
'and I will give our experience—bus. I

H. T. H., Remus, Mich.

GOING RABBIT HUNTING?

N October 15 the rabbit, the

Snow-shoe rabbit, and the fox

squirrel hunting Season will
open. Ardent hunters might well
persue the regulations of the State
Department of Consomtion regard-
ing the hunting of these animals:
“It is unlawful to use ferrets or oth—
er rodents in hunting. (Farmers and
fruit growers may use ferrets to
hunt rabbits on their own lands on
permit issued by the Director of
Conservation). It is unlawful to
Sell snow-shoe rabbits—commonly
called jack rabbits. It is unlawful
for residents to ship game animals
to any part thereof out of the state.

 

A (lower, an architect and a bolshevik were
discussing 3.5- to the priority of their Deﬁnitions.

The doctor said:

"When Admi‘a side was opened and a rib re-
moved to make n ma. ' was I. surzioiﬂ
Won-We m the can: trade.”

The «cutout aid:

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mm,mmtmm:vroom\hemot
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t can can.”

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Keep them healthy—
Free from worms——

Their bowels actiVe—a

Fit for thrift.
Feed

DR. HESS STD‘IBK TONIC
Caediﬁmr—Worm Emelin-
It contains Tombs—That give a ho: a
healthy appetite—keeps his digestion good.
Vormifugeeu'l‘o drive out the worms.
Laxatives—To regulnte the bowels.
Diuretics—To help the kidneys throw oi!

the poisonous waste material.

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No clogging of the system under the pres-
sure of heavy feeding, where Dr. Hess Stock

Tonic is fed.

Little chance for disease—every reason for

thrift!

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Tell your dealer how mny hogs you have.
He has a package to suit. GUARANTEED.

loo-lb. Drum, $8.00
Except in the for West. south and Ccmado.
Honest goods—honest price—why pay more?

» . DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio ..
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Dem dam of Belle Mlssaukee
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‘ Write your Wants.

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WEST MARION 0X FORDS. 23 YEARS

Breeding. The best stock for sale. Both sex.
WM. VAN SICKLE, Decker-ville. lithium!

FDR SALE—Reg. oxfng Rams and Ewes.
faction guaranteed. Write your wants to

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Adams, Michigan. F. H. CONLE a 80“. Maple Rapids. Michigan.
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Read my FREE offer on

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I want every poultry raiser
to know the pleasure and
proﬁt of gathering big num—
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I want you to hear the proud
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That’s why I make you this
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not simply a rem— rem-sued-

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It W171 help your hens out
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the cold weather conditions.
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blood; improves
digestion; sharp-
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store about my Poultry
Course without cost to
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(In Surgeon“ Boll]
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BABY CHICKS

Tom kins Strain $15.00 per hundred. Last
hate August 22nd. Quality breeder of Rhode
Island Reds.

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DEVELOPING ' ‘POULTRY INDUS-
DUSTRY ALONG SAFE LINES
ROGRESS in poultry breeding

has suﬁered somewhat from the

tendency on the part of utility

and standardbred breeders to devel-
op their stocks along somewhat dif-
ferent lines. Many utility breeders,
in their efforts to develop heavy-lay-
ing strains, have overlooked' stand-
uardbred qualities and frequently
their stocks have suffered through
deterioration in constitutional vigor.
The standardbred breeder, on the
other hand, sometimes has laid un-
due emphasis on standard points of
minor importance irrespective of the
development of the egg—laying pro-
clivities of his stock.

The danger to the poultry industry
because of the inclination toward
two extremes is noted by Dr. Morley
A.‘ Jull, a new man in charge of
poultry investigations \of the United
States Department of Agriculture. So
far as the great majority of stand-
ardbred and utility breders are con-
cerned, Dr. Jull is of the opinion
that everyone should agree that the
maintenance of standardbred qual-
ities is fundamentally important.
One might really say that the poultry
industry of -the United States is
founded on ,the standardbred in-
dustry. Not only should practically
every poultry raiser keep purebred
poultry, but his stock should signify
something more. It should signify
standard quality to a fairly high de-
gree, and should be free from the
more important disqualiﬁcations. It
is desirable above all else,rfor the
best development of the industry, to
maintain the more signiﬁcant stand—
ard qualities of the breeds , even
where egg production is the princi-
pal object in View.

Extreme Care IS Necessary

It is obvious, as Dr. Juli points
out, that when one is breeding for
standard points and egg production
at the same time progress must be
relatively slower than where only a
single objective is sought. That per-
haps is the crux of the whole breed—
wont to develop one line to the total
exclusion of the other. In this con—
nection, two important things must
always be kept in mind. First, since
seperate breeds and varieties long
since have received ofﬁcial recogni—
tion, all poultry breeders should ex—
ercise reasonable eﬁorts to maintain
breed and variety characteristics.
Second, since the continued expan—
sion of the poultry industry depends
in a very large measure upon the
productive capacity of the birds kept,
standardbred breeders naturally
should be expected to give some con—
sideration to economic qualities.

The chief difference between the
practice of some standardbred breed—
ers and utility breeders is largely a
matter of degree. The object in View
should determine the method of pro-
cedure in breeding operations. If
the breeder wishes to develop Silkies,
Frizzles, or certain ' varieties of
Games, for instance, to the highest
possible state of perfection in respect
to body type and feathering charact-v
(aristics, he is certainly justiﬁed in
adopting as standard points what—
ever may please his fancy. In fact,
breeding for fancy points has done
much to stimulate interest in the
science and art of breeding. On the
other hand, if the strictly commercial
poultryman is interested exclusively
in egg production he may be justi—
fied in running his plant more or less
on the factory plan. The keeping of
birds that are just “chickens” in ord-
er to make a living is justiﬁable, as
long as a. living can be made. These
two phases of the breeding industry,
however, are incidental to the princi-
pal point which Dr. 'Jull discusses in
this article.

Standard Qualities Important

The poultry industry of the United
States, which has stained a magni-
tude of such great value, has been

deVeloped for the most part through

the extensive breeding of Brahmas,
Anconas, Leghorns, Orplngtons,
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island, Wy-
andottes, and other breeds. It is in
connection with the breding of these
breeds particularly that there must
eventually be more or less common

  

ideals as between the utility and
standard breeds. The safe line of
development in the breeding industry
would seem to be to preserve the
beautiful while developing the use-
ful. Those who admit that we must
have pure breeds must also admit, to
be logical, that we must try to main-
tain certain standard qualities of
those pure breeds. Those who insist
upon maintaining all standard qual-
ities as nearly perfect as possible
must surely admit that the economics
of the poultry industry demand that
the great majority of the stock of
the country must lay enough eggs to
make keeping proﬁtable. “

The very keen demand for heavy
laying strainshas sometimes led to
injudicious practices and has fre—
quently produced harmful results.
In many cases breed type and other
characteristics have been neglected
and censtitutional vigor has been
lowered. Sometimes, also, the size
of the birds is below standard and

there has been evidence of decreased .

egg size. The value of high indi-
vidual egg records from a breeding
standpoint has often been overem-
phasized. In this connection the
fact should not be overlooked that
ﬂock averages are much more in-
signiﬁcant than individual records.

There have been certain features
in the management of many ﬂocks
which seem open to question. There
has been very extensive use of pul-
lets as breeders when it is becoming
more apparent that yearling birds
lay larger eggs, which produce larg-
er and stronger chicks. Constitu-
tional vigor is certainly inherited,
but the extremely poor hatches of
the past season would indicate that
breeders in general are not paying
enough attention to this important
problem. Then again, many breed-
ers feed rather heavy rations to their
layers to force production and then
use the eggs for incubation purposes,
and this practice may be a major
cause of poor results.

Room for Better Results

On the other hand, Dr. Juli be—
lieves that breeders can adopt a
system in the management of the
breeding stock that will give much
better results. The breeding stock
on the investigational plant at Belts-
ville, Md., over which Dr. Juli has
charge, is not fed a forcing ration.
Electric lights are not used and the
breeders are given as much free
range as possible. In fact, the plant
is being so arranged that certain
parts will be allowed to lie idle once
every three or four years. Moreov-
er, every effort is being made, to
maintain high standard quality
While developing laying abilities.
this having been the custom for the
past several years. ‘

If breeders were more moderate in
their demands in respect to increas-
ed egg production, Dr. Jull contends
that it would be possible to maintain '
standard qualities and to conserve
constitutional vigor to a greater ex-
tent than is now being done in so.
many cases. The poultry industry
of the United States should be de-
veloped along stable lines. Breeders
should endeavor to build on a solid
foundation of combined standard
and utility qualities. Such seems to
be the safe line of development of
the poultry industry.

 

JERSEY BLACK GIANTS

I would like all the information I
can get on Jersey Black Giants. I
would like to hear from some who
had experience with them. Are
there any characteristics peculiar to
the breed that make them hard to
raise? Are the prices asked for
eggs and stock in keeping with the
value of mature birds?-——H. E. 0.,
Washington, Mich.

—We have endeavored to get some
information on the history of this
breed but very little is known as to
its origin. A majority of breeders
seem to think that they are closely
related to the Black Java and Others
seem to think there Is Orpington
blood infused in this breed because K
quite a high' percentage of certain
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matured males. From the stand-
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been developed suﬂiciently to offer
very keen competition with other
general purpose breeds such as the
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Y'yandotte. The fact that the typ—
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THE YEAR-LY CROP You DON’T
HAVE TO PLANT

ONG ahead you have planned to
plant crops that will make your
farm pay every dollar that is in

it. Otherwise, you would go broke.
You make the pigs, chickens and
cows raise their crops right on
through winter, when the ground is
not producing. You have to, these
days.

most of every crop that the place
grows?

The fur crop, for instance—for it
is a crop, and is so handled and re-
garded. Perhaps you have thought
that this is a kid’s crop, but as far
as that goes, you have undoubtedly
heard men say that “butter and eggs
are the wife’s little side line" when
your experience will show that this
contemptable little side line has
meant to may farmers the difference
between a square meal and a mighty
lean one.

Now winter time is coming along.
The fur crop has been growing on
your farm all summer. With the
harvest time right in front of you.
you may not be giving it a thought.
That is simply wasteful.

We all know the pestiferous
skunk——like the poor he is ever with
us. Take a little journey along the
creek; maybe the mink family is
neighboring with you, too. And
Br’er ’possum—easy picking. Also

Likewise Mr. Muskrat.
valuable to you.

Does it keep you scratching your
head to ﬁnd work to chink in the
hours for that hired man you’ve
simply got to keep through the win—
ter? Well, it would not be surpris-
ing if he likes to trap. So you have
at hand the elements for making a
tidy bit of money that is either go-
ing to waste, or being paid to some—
one else.

And there’s no fun in that!

Why not send to one of the big
fur houses for full information
about trapping and prices? The re—
liable ones will be more than glad to
steer you right. Study the matter.
Learn the simple methods of setting
traps for the different animals, and
——this is important—the proper
ways to handle and prepare the pelts
you will get. Get ready now. Order
your baits and the sizes of traps
suited to the kind of animals that
live near you.

If you don’t think that anybody is
picking up money at this business,
observe the thousand and one ways
that fur is now being used in the
,making of women’s apparel. A
'world of money is being spent that
way!

The crop grows, of itself. You
only have to harvest it and ship it.

They all are

Mrs. Sylvester’s sister was visiting at
lthe farm one day. At dinner young Billy
Sylvester started cutting up.

“If that were my boy I wouldn’t stand
his nonsense at meal times,” said the
sister. “I’d give him a good spanking."

“But you can’t spank a child on a.
full stomachs; remonstrated Mrs. Syl-
vester. ‘

“You don’t have to. Simply turn him
over.”

The way some fellows save for a rainy
day, you’d think they expected to wear

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HE fall months between harvest-time and
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BY W. W. FOOTE

The Farmer’s Outlook
ARMERS who diversify their
crops are in much better shape
ﬁnancially than the single crop
farmers, and many of our Michigan
wheat farmers have been hard hit
by the fall in prices for that grain.

   

Farmers who grow corn extensively.

expect to obtain good prices for the
new crop, and undoubtedly there
will be very large numbers of cattle,
hogs and sheep prepared for the fu-
ture market, for the great bulk of
the crop is always used mostly in the
farms where grown. “The direct
consequences of abundant crops is
the immediate increase in the pur-
chasing power of the farmer,” Arm-
our & Company say in their monthly
review. The packing industry had a
good month during September. The
demand for meats is active. The
outstanding feature of the present
price situation is a narrowing of the
spread between general commodity
prices and prices of farm products,
according to the monthly letter of
the National Association of credit
men. “A year ago in August gener-
al commodity prices were 18 per
cent above the prices for farm prod-
ucts," the letter states. “In Aug-
ust, this year, general commodity
prices were only 8 per cent above
the prices for farm products. The
position of the farmer as a whole has
improved vastly over a year ago.
Credit men look for better business
for the remainder of the year, as
com-pared with 1922.”
Wheat Prices Rally

More hopeful conditions surround-
ing the wheat market explain the re-
cent advance in prices, and it has
been Suggested that wheat farmers
can help matters by being in no
hurry to get their holdings market-
ed, while feeding some wheat on the
farms Will lower the available sup-
ply to some extent. Statistically,
the situation shows no particular
changes, and it is universally admit-
ted that American farmers have rais-
ed entirely too much wheat, forget-
ting that war crops are no longer
needed and that a return to pro-war
crops is the only proper course.
Wheat prices have moved up to
above those of a year ago, but they
are much lower than two years ago
and are decidedly too low to afford a
living return to our farmers. Our
wheat exports are falling far below
those of a year ago, while the visable
supply in’ the United states is up to
64,000,000 bushels, comparing with
32,360,000 bushels a year ago. Late
week advances in the Chicago mark-
et put December wheat up to $1.-
09“, comparing with 81.06% a
year ago, holders feeling much en-
couraged. Cash lots of No. 2 hard
sold for $1.16.

The Wheat Outlook

An encouraging feature of the
wheat market is the recent forma-
tion of co—operative organizations to
export wheat from this country, these
to be promoted by the directors of
the war finance corporation, with the
approval of the administration. The
plan does not contemplate any new
legislation.‘ The director of the carp-
oration has left Washington for the
west to canvass the possibilities of
inducing ﬁnancial and agricultural
interests to join in organizing asso-
ciations or corporations such as'pro-
posed. It is suggested that one or
more corporations be formed under
the state laws in states where mark-
eting of wheat at satisfactory prices
is a serious problem. Such corpor-
ations would be able to obtain loans
either from the war ﬁnance corpor-
ation, from ordinary banks, or from
the new intermediate credit banks.

Corn, Oats and Rye -.

The visible corn supply in this
country is down to insigniﬁcant pro-
portions, and prices are much higher
than a year ago with meagre ex-
ports. Much of the corn of the new
crop is soft, but it will be largely
utilized for stock feeding purposes.
It is recalled that in 1917, when
early frosts worked incalculable
injury to corn, cain lots advanced

 

MARKET SUMHABY

Wheat and corn active.
steady. Butter and eggs quiet.

Other grains unchanged. Beans

Poultry weak and unsatisfactory.

Supply large. Vegetable ~market quiet and inclined to be easy.

Apples in good snpplyand steady.
Trading in sheep steady to strong with prices higher.

Slowly.
Hogs steady to lower.

Goodcattleaadveothersmove

 

(Note: The above summarized Information
Rot page was set In type. It oontalns last mlnuu
some to press —Edltor.)_

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to $2.89 in November. breaking to
$1.85 at the month’s close. O'ats
have been fed lavishly on the farms
owing to relatively low prices, and
much Was wasted. The oats visible
supply is placed at 16,514,000
bushels, comparing with 35,968,000
bushels a year ago; that of rye at
15,188,000 bushels, comparing with
8,180,000 bushels last year. Ex-
ports of oats and rye are much small-
er than last year. Cash sales of No.
2 yellow corn are reported on the
Chicago Board of Trade at $1.03,
while December corn sells at 76
cents, comparing with 60% cents a
year ago. December oats sell at 4%
cents, comparing with 38% cents
a year ago; and December rye at
72% cents, comparing with 70%
cents last year.
Cattle Feeding Popular

On the whole, the year has been
a prosperous one for the cattle feed-
ing industry when conducted right,
but prices obviously cannot stand up
under such enormous supplies as
were received during recent weeks
in Chicago and other markets, and
big breaks took place from the pre-
vious high values. There has been
a very wide spread in prices, as was
natural under such an inﬂux of or—
dinary grassy oﬁerings, but even
the better class shared in the fall.
Unusually large numbers of western
range grass cattle arrived in the
Chicago market, and these added
greatly to the depression, coming
into competition with the farm-fed
cattle of similar grading. Quite re-
cently there was a marked falling
oﬁ in the cattle receipts, due to the
fall in prices, and this caused quite
a rise. Following the sensational de-
clines in prices in the Chicago mar-
ket caused enormous receipts in re—
cents weeks, the receipts for the
ﬁrst week of October fell off to
61,800 head, comparing with 79,681
a week earlier, and prices movad
up 50 cents to 31. Beef steers sold
at $7 to 89 for the cheaper lots and
up to 811.75 to $12.75 for the better
class, several sales being made at
the top price. There was not much
trading below 89 nor above $12.75.
Butcher cows and heifers sold large-
ly around $3.75 to 88.10, the best
heifers bringing $11.25. Cannes
cows sold as low as 82.25 to 83, and
stockers and feeders sold fairly at
$4.50 to $8.25, few selling as high
as 87.50. Calves sold at $6 to
$12.75.

The Hog Industry

As happens every year, hog mar-
keting during the autumn period has
been on a big scale, and prices have
had the usual declines. Prices have
widened out of late, with choice
heavy butcher hogs topping the mar-
ket because of their gowing scarci-
ty, the receipts running very largely
to the lighter weights of undesirable
grading. The best heavy and light
butchers sold at the same prices, be—
ing considerably above the best light
bacon hogs, and inferior lots of light
hogs showed especial weakness. The
late receipts of hogs in the Chicago
market averaged in weight 243
pounds, being eight pounds less than
a year ago, and it is evident that
scarcity of old corn and its dearness
have caused farmers to curtail the
hogs' daily rations. Meanwhile the
domestic and foreign consumption
of American hogs is unusually large,
lard selling higher than a year ago
and cured meats lower. Combined
receipts in twenty markets, for the
year to late date amount to 81.407.-
000 head. comparing with only 24.-
529.000 to: the Wilding than

was resolved AFTER the balance of the mar-
ine-nation uo to Me mm m of

' last year. 'There is a little improve«

ment in the Chicago market due to
somewhat smaller receipts, hogs
selling at 36.85 to $8.40, comparing
with $6.90 to $10 a year ago; 36 to
88.50 two years ago; $7.85 to $8.90
eight years ago: and $4.35 to
85.27% eighteen years ago.
Stocks of Provisions

Ofﬁcial ﬁgures make the aggregate
stocks of pork in Chicago and other
western packing points on the first
of October amount to 32,094 barrels,
comparing with 37,795 barrels a
month earlier and 31,348 barrels
year ago. Combined lard holdings
amounted to 48,902,000 pounds,
comparing with 79,433,000 pounds
a month earlier and 47,904,000
pounds a year ago. Stocks of cured
hog meats aggregated 251,486,000
pounds, comparing with 314,231,000

pounds a month earlier and 207,—

817,000 pounds a year ago.-
Farmers Buy Feeding Lambs
During recent weeks range lambs

have been received in Chicago and

other western markets in extremely

large numbers, and great numbers

were taken by feeders at about as
high prices as those paid for the best
killers, while breeding ewes had a
large sale, many farmers taking up
the sheep industry. Late Chicago
sales were made of mutton lambs at
$9 to $13.75, feeder lambs going at
$12.50 to $13, breeding ewes at $6.-
25 to $12.50 and bucks at $2 to $2.-
75. Wethers sold at $5 to $9, ewes
at $2 to $6.75 and yearlings at $8
to $10.85. No ’ Michigan farmer
should remain out of the sheep in-
dustry at this time.

 

WHEAT

Farmers who are holding their
1923 crop of wheat have gleaned
considerable comfort out of the fact
that the wheat market at Detroit
has been on the upper trend during
the past fortnight, the price advanc-
ing from 81.09 to $1.14 for No. 2
white. During most of the period
the wheat market was quiet and had
a steady tone. The country is full
of dealers who are inclined to be
bears. believing in lower prices in
the immediate future, but in spite
of these the market continues to ad-
vance. The strong feeling was due
to the talk of government help and
also to the strength of the corn mar-
ket. Country onerings to arrive
continue small as farmers are not
inclined to sell believing that prices
will go higher, and mills all over
Michigan are reported to be in need
of wheat. Feed and ﬂour are some
stronger and prices higher. The
foreigners at present are apparently
not interested in our wheat. Chi-
cago reports receipts for last week
amounted to 677,000 bushels and
shipments were 316,000. According
to market students, on the face of
the wheat situation the world over
it looks like a weak market. There‘
is an abundance of wheat and buying
is moderate. American wheat being
higher in price than Canadian, u-
rope has given us very little business
the past few weeks, making most of
her purchases from our northern
neighbor.

Prices

. Detroit—Cash No. 1 red, 31.14%;
No. 2, 31.13%; No. 3, 81.10%:
No. 2 white, 81.14%; No. 2 mixed,
81.13%.

Chicago—Cash No. 2 red, $1.-
12%; No. 2 hard, $1.11%@1.14%.

New York—Cash No. 2 red, '81.-
26%; No. 2 hard winter, 51.23%.
. Prices one year ago—«Detroit,
Gash No. 2 red. 31.16; No. 2 white
and No. 2 mixed. 81.14. »

~ Corn followed the trend of
during the past few: weeks and as a
result the price at Detroit is now
well above a dollar and this‘gain is

streng in tone on all markets. The '15-" v

gain at Detroit last week amounted
to nine cents. Advances in price

Were noted on all markets, and at?
Chicago cash cornreached a high

peak for the past three years.
Dealers at Chicago also report deal-
ing in future deliveries was very
active, stimulated by a shortage of
old corn and the delay in getting
thenew crop in condition to be marl-
keted. Rainy weather has caused
the farmers considerable trouble in
harvesting their crops and it is said
there is much soft corn.
Prices

Detroit—Cash No. 2 yellow, 81.-

09; No 3, $1.08; '

Chicago—Cash No. 2 mixed, $1.04“

90$51.04%; N0. 2 yellow, $1.046

New York—Cash No. 2 yellow and.

No. 2 white, 31.24%; No. 2 mixed,
$1.23%.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 yellow, 73c; No. 3, 72c;
No. 4, 700.

 

OATS
Oats have also shared in the
strength shown by the wheat market
and prices at Detroit are nine cents
higher than two weeks ago. How-
ever, dealers are not expecting oats
to continue to hold their present
level. Receipts are large while the
country offerings to arrive remain
small. Receipts at Chicago last week
were larger than those one year ago.

Prices

Detroit—Cash No. 2 White, 50c;
No. ‘3, 47 %c.
Chicago—Cash No. 2 White, 43%,

‘@460; No. 3, 43@44%c.

New York—Cash N0. 2 white, 54
@54%c.

Prices one year ago~Detroit,
Cash No. 2 white, 47c; No. 3,
45 %c; No. 4, 430. '

RYE

Active milling has caused rye to
come to the front during tthe past
week and heavy sales of rye ﬂour
have been reported. The trade cong-
siders rye the cheapest grain on the
list, and foreigners feel that rye
ﬂour is the best buy. Gains at De-
troit last week amounted to two
cents for cash No. 2. Other large
markets showed about the same gain.

Prices

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 7 8c.

Chicago—Cash No. 2. 72¢.

Prices one ago—Detroit.
Cash No. 2, 77c.

 

BEANS

The tone is ﬁrm on pea beans at
most markets but prospects of higher ,
prices in the near future are not-
considered very good. Trade last
week was as good as sellers antici-
pated and it was an easy matter to
sustain prices. According to reports,
the 1923 crop has been damaged
quite severely by rain, and the farm-
ers in many sections report their
beans will be heavy pickers. *It is
said that the rains during September
and the early part of this month
cut the bean crop down several hun-
dred thousand bushels in Michigan.
The Michigan crop is expected to rep-
resent at least 65 per cent of all
of the white beans grown in United
States this year.

Prices « ‘

‘ Detroit—~C. H. P.. $5.75 per cwt.

Chicago—C. H. P., $6@6.30 per
cwt.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
C. H. P., $5.50 per cwt. '

POTATOES

The research department of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
has made a careful study of the. po-
tato market outlook and we are
quoting their conclusions below:

“The total commercial movement
of potatoes thus far this year has.

 

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 . ' 1"0n azper capita basis, the estimat-
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' in the last twenty years has been 3.6

bushels, while last year it was 4.1

bushels. In the past, a yield of less

than 3.6 bushels per capita has usu-
ally resulted in an advance in prices
tron: the heavy marketing season in
the fall to the following winter while
"the reverse trend has generally char-
, ecterized years when the per Capita
' output was above that ﬁgure.
"Since there is no opportunity to
carry a. potato surplus over from one
year to the next and export demand
is negligible, potato prices tend to
rise with small yields and decline
with large ones with more regularity
than is true of most other crops.

Last year the white potato yield was
the, largest on record and about 60
million bushels above average con-
sumption. The sweet potato yield
also was a record breaker. Prices
were extremely low throughout the
fall and winter so that some pota-
toes were left undug, many were fed
to live stock and others got out o!
marketable condition while in stor-
age. The total carlot movement from
producing sections .was only 6 per
cent larger than in the preceding
year when prices were much higher.

“Because of the disastrous returns
on the 1922 crop, the acreage plant-
ed this year was reduced ten per
cent. The latest forecast of a yield

oi! 390 million bushels is fourteen.

percentlessthansyearsgoand
practically the same as the 1917-1921
average. Frosts are reported to have
done considerable damage to late-
planted potatoes in Minnesota. Wis-
consin, and Michigan since the gov-
ernment's estimate was compiled.
. “Compared with last year, the crop
is larger in the intermediate states
such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri, Kansas and Kentucky. New
Jersey and Virginia, however, show
decided reductions. The late states,
such as New York, Michi n, Wis-
consin, Minnesota, North Dakota,
Nebraska, Colorado and Idaho have
crops from 10 to 33 per cent less
than last year. Maine is an excep—
tion with an increase of _ 27 per cent.
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 / ' Week of October 14
8 week begins with fair, cool
weather but about Monday temp-
eratures will begin moderating
considerably in Michigan and by

Tuesday, the latest, unsettled and

threatening weather is expected.

Showery weather, some high winds
and in sections some very heavy
down pours of rain are to be ex-
pected during the middle part of
week, especially Wednesday and
Thursday. '

Fair weather will begin in this
stats about Friday and during Sat-
urday the temperatures will be on
the increase, this latter condition,
continuing until the middle of next
week.

'Week of- October 21

Temperatures will be rising during
the ﬁrst part of this week, the weath-
er hecoming quite warm for the sea-
son about Monday. This condition

' will be partially due to the storm

‘period that will drop considerable

rain or snow fall in its journey

across the United States and will af-
fect Michigan the ﬁrst three days of
this week.

A. rapid change to cooler is ex-
pected in this state about Tuesday
with a further drop Wednesday and
during the middle part of the week

.the weather will be fair and cool.
Thursday and Friday will be rainy
and stormy in this state but as the
barometer is expected to be rising
"again on this latter day, we look for
a rapid clearing up and settled, clear
weather for the end or the week.

._ For the balance of October we look
 tor fair, settled weather in the state
 during early' part "of November
‘a‘mOderatelx strong; wind storm may
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die Ji-bute'..it through the season, the
carlot movement from producing sec-
tions- rises to a decided peak in 
ber. Many of the potatoesso shipped
go into storage elsewhere so that un-
loads at the leading consuming cen-
ters do not increase commensurate
with the gain in loadings at‘ country
points. On January 1, 1923,‘there
were reported to be 125 million
bushels of merchantable potatoes in
storage in the United States. of which
15 per cent were held by dealers and
85 per cent by growers.

"With prospects of a smaller com-
mercial movement. and maintenance
of urban purchasing power, the pre-
vailing price level should remain
considerably higher than last fall and
winter. Export demand cuts but lit-
tle ﬁgure. In the year ending June
30, 1923, 3 million bushels were ex-
ported, or about the usual “amount.
In the same twelve months, 613,016
bushels were imported. This is less
than the average due to unattractive
prices here and to tar-ii! restrictions.”

It is said that considerable quanti-
ties of good quality potatoes from
Minnesota and North Dakota are
coming into the state and hurting
the market for Michigan producers
by forcing the price down in certain
Michigan cities as well as in the ter-
ritory outside .the state in which
Michigan producers have to sell.
Them northern potatoes have put
the price down to a level that term-
ers of this state declare they cannot
dispose of their crop now without
taking a loss and they are witholding
shipment. Jobbers claim that the
crop in this state will run short of
that ot_ a year ago by about twenty
per cent.

Prices

Detroit—Michigan, $1.33 a 1.66
per cwt. -

Chicago—Northern whites, $1.15
01.35; Red River Ohios. $101.20
per cwt. If ‘

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Michigan, 81.30 per' cwt. I

 

HAY

Light receipts during the past
couple of weeks have caused the hay
market to remain ﬁrm. , The demand
continues good for the best grades
_of all kinds of hay, while the low
grades and damaged hay is not want-
ed. Farmers are too busy with fall
work to' haul hay to market, and
.m'ost of the hay that is being sold
is of the poorer grade.

Prices

Detroit—No. 1 timothy, $21.50@
22; standard and light mixed, $20.50
@21; No. 2 timothy, $19@20; No.
1 clover mixed, $18@19; No. 1 clov-
er, $18@19 per ton. .

Chicago—No. 1 timothy, $27@28;
timothy and clover mixed, $24@26;
No. 2 timothy, $24@26; No. 1 clov—
er, $22@24; No. 2 clover, $18©20
per ton.

Prices one year agoé—Detroit,
Standard timothy and light clover,
$15.50@16; No. 1 clover, $14@14.-
50 per ton.

 

APPLE MARKET OUTLOOK

Prospects for marketing the 1923
commerical apple crop are about the
same as for last year's crop. The
yield is not enough larger than in
1922 to indicate an overloaded mar-
ket, the percentage of late varieties
which usually sell best appears to be
greater, wage and employment con-
ditions point to an excellent domest-
ic demand and Europe is said to
have a poor crop so that export sales
should run large.

Domestic demand should be as
good or better than last year. Wage
and employment conditions in the
towns and cities where most of the
commercial crop is consumed are ex-
cellent. In addition, there is a nor-
malv annual increase of one or two
per cent in'total population and even
more in urban population which 011-
sets part of the- increase in this
year’s commercial crop.

Export demand should be better
than last year. Great Britain, the
chief foreign buyer has a small crop
of inferior quality and much the
same is true on the Continent. The
South American market is quite
promising. In the year ending June
30, 1923, 3,491,244 boxes and 592,-
581. barrels of apples were exported
plus 12,827,250 pounds of dried
apples, making a total equivalent to
around 7 per cent of the commercial

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