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ANOTHER moment WINNER
AT INTERNATIONAL

have just learned that we
omitted the name of one of
Michigan’s prize winners from

the list of winners at the. Interna-
tionala Livestock 'Exposition, Chi-
cago, published in the last two is-
sues oi the Tar.“ Business FARMEB.
This winner is Mr. George D. Stuck,
of Overlook Farm, Otsego, breeder
of thoroughbred Aberdeen-Angus

cattle. 'Mr. Struck is the proud'

possessor of two prize ribbons and a
cash award of $26. And this gentle-
man has been breeding purebred
Angus cattle for only three years.

OCEANA COUNTY GROWERS RE-
, NEW ORCHARDS
HE orchards of Oceans county,
one of the richest fruit-grow-
ingsectionsofthestate,arebe-
lug restocked. A larger fall setting
of fruit trees is reported than ever
before. This has been due partly
to the mild weather which has made
late planting possible, and also be-
cause of the increased proﬁts from
orchards.

One feature has been the large
renewal of peach orchards. For
years Oceans county was one of the
big centers for peaches. During the
last few years, however, there was a
decline in the acreage of peaches in
favor of cherries and apples. The
old peach orchards now are being
replanted. ’

 

M. A. C. PURCHASES CHAMPION
\ BELGIAN STALLION ,
ANGE LINE PHOENIX, a two

year old Belgian stallion, has
been purchased to head the
purebred Belgians owned by the

Michigan Agricultural College, ac—

cording to R. S. Hudson, who has

charge of the college horses.
At the International Livestock ex—

position in Chicago this year, this.

colt was Junior and Reserve Grand
champion, besides placing ﬁrst in
his class. He was also Junior
champion and ﬁrst ribbon winner in
his class at the Ohio State Fair.

J upiter, the well known Belgian
stallion that has been exhibited by
the college at the International, the
Michigan and Ohio state fairs, and
numerous other showings through-
out the country, where he took
many ﬁrst honors, has been sold to
Bell Brothers, of Wooster, Ohio, 31>-
cording to Mr. Hudson.

The Breeders Gazette, in a re-

—_,

cent report of the Chicago show,
makes the following comment on
Range Line Phoenix: “The three
year old and two year old stallion
classes were the .‘high spots’ of the
Belgian show. Each class furnish-
ed a champion. Louis de Master
and Range Line Phoenix, winners
of premier championship honors this
year, were two of the most popular
choices for such distinction in, the
history of the show. George Potts
showed them in line bloom.

“Range Line Pheonix, a growthy
roan, won handily from the other
two year olds. He has a great set
of bottoms, long pasterns, clean
ankles, and hard, lean hooks. He is
a real stock horse prospect. The
Michigan Agricultural College is to
be congratulated on the purchase of
such a horse to head its hand of
Belgian mares."-—R. C._ Groesbeck.

 

STATE HOISTEIN MEN DINE
FEBRUARY 4r

Annual Banquet of the Mich-
igan State Holstein Association
will be held at Lansing on the
night of Monday, February 4th.
The Annual Meeting will be held the
following day, Tuesday, ngruary
5th, ,at the Michigan Agricultural
College, East .Lansing. William
Moscrip, of Minnesota, probably the
best known dairy cattle judge of
the U. S. A., will be present to dem-
onstrate Dairy Type and to hold a
judging “school." It isplanned to
hold a High Class Sale of Selected
Holsteins at the College the after-
noon of February 4th.—J. G. Hays,
Extension Specialist, Michigan Hol-

stein Association. '

 

PLAN 00-OPERATIVE FARM ,-
MARKETIN

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FFORTS to formulate a policy
for "orderly marketing and co-
operative ,production” by the
farmer _as represented by the Na—
tional Grange are to be made in
Washington, Jan. 15-19 by a mar-
keting committee of that organiza—
tion.__ National Master L. L. Taber

announced Friday, December 21.
. Members of the committee who
were appointed by Mr. Taber are A.
W. Goes, Seattle, Robert McMullen,
Hutchinson, Kan.; John McSparren,
Furniss, Pa.; Robert P. Robinson,
Wilmington, Del. ; O. L. Martin,
Montpelier, ‘VL; Albert Manning,
preside Pottsville, Pa.; and David
Agans, Three Bridges, N. J. Taber

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with the 5050 contract for the next mason, 1924. The contracts
agreed upon were in the ﬁeld, Monday, December Slat, and are a
45-55 proposition with the farmer on the short end as usual. This
arrangement puts the tamer back to where he was years ago only
heis takingmore chances oflosingonthisnew contractthanevor,
and gives the factories a monopoly of bk beet workers, the wages
of which the farmer pays. Will the Michigan sugar beet growers
placetheirneckswithinthisnoowandselltheirlmbeetcropli
months before it is time to plant it, and 10 months before harvest
time, or will they not sign one single one of these contracts and
lookaroundandg'ettheirbearings? Ammhereinllﬂchigan
where we formulated the 50-50 contract, going to take anything
less when our brother growers throughout the west are now get;-
ting 50-50 contracts which we carried to them by 'onr_ President
John C. Ketchem who was elected by them president of the Nation-
al Beet Growers Association. Haven't we any pride? Will we
swallowthesopthrowntonsbythismchigan SugarBeetManu-

giantswhogivethefarmerwhattheywanttoandgougethepub-

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Electricity For All + Farm Homes in Michigan
Special Committee Working Under the Direction of State Public Utilities Commission Is Trying

to Solve Light and Power Problem
By R. C. GROESBECK

(Special Correspondent of The Michigan Business Farmer.)

‘AN the network of high tension
pOWer lines that cover almost
the entire state of Michigan be

used to furnish electricity to the
farms? This is a question which a
special committee, working under
the direction of the state Public
Utilities Commission, is trying to
solve.

The special committee which has
been appointed to carry on an ex—
tensive investigation consists of‘
George W. Bissell, dean of engin-
eering at the Michigan Agricultural
College; L. Whitney Watkins, head
of the 'state department of agricul-
ture; Roy T. Duncan, of the Detroit
Edison Company; Alfred Fisher, of
Ann Arbor, director of the commit-
tee on public utilities information;
and A. B. Cook, of Owosso, master
of the Michigan State Grange.

It is thought by the committee
that the rural power lines of the
state can be used for the double
purpose of furnishing electricity to
the farms and lighting the rural
highways. Electrical power is not
available for farms at the present
time because the voltage is too high,
but, according to Dean George W.
Bissell, chairman of the special com—
mittee, the problem of stepping
dowu the voltage is ﬁnancial rather
than mechanical. The cost of con-
structing the necessary transform-
ers, and how to meet this expense is
the big problem.

,The cost of constructing these
transformers would be a ﬁxed
charge, and would have to be met
from funds received from the serv-
ice. How this cost is to be distrib-
uted, particularly in communities
where the number using the service
would be continually changing, con—
stitutes a problem all in itself, he
said.

. Peter Fagan, secretary of the
Michigan Public Utilities Commis-

California Bean Man“ Urges Co-operative Marketing

E have noticed the editorial

paragraph under the heading

“Scalping Beans" in your is-
sue of November 24th.

It has seemed strange to us for
several years Past, that a group of
the largest bean growers in Michi-
gan did not take active steps to or-
ganize for the cooperative market-
ing of the major portion of Michi-
gan's production of pea beans. This
has been more puzzling in recent
years because of the very rapid de-
velopment in the cooperative mar—
keting on a large scale of such pro—
ducts as cotton and tobacco, which
have been and are being supported
by many thousands of growers, both
large and small, scattered over a
number of states. According to re-
liable governmental reports, the co—
operative marketing ofvcotton, to—
bacco, rice and peanuts, has within
the past two or three years, trans-
formed the South from a condition
of ﬁnancial distress to one of the
most prosperous sections of the
United States.

We have written a number of
letters during recent years to Mr.
A. B. Cook, of Owosso, Mich, sug-
gesting that some active steps be
taken to organize the Michigan bean
growers, not only for 'the beneﬁt of
your growers, but also because of
the detriment to the bean business
of the entire country «used by tho

_ erratic ﬂuctuation of prices on Mich-
1m beans,
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which tends to create a
of conﬁdence in the minds of
Whining trade with respect

to a certain extent ad-
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.sion, declared that it is important

that no false steps be taken in the
movement to make power available
for farms in this state.

In Illinois and Wisconsin, he said,
the power companies extended their
lines to the rural districts, and, for
a time, supplied power to the rural
communities at a loss. After the
lines had been established, the com-
panies suddenly demanded that
their rates be increased to cover the
cost of the service, with a result
that the farmers became greatly dis-
satisﬁed with the system. The State
Public Utilities Commission, accord-
ing to Mr. Fagan, hopes to make
sure that Michigan gets started on
the right road in this work.

The men working on.the project
believe that farmers of the state

would be glad to obtain power from
these transmission lines because of
the greater convenience in compar-
ison with the home generating
plants now in use on many farms.
Electricity, they believe, can be us-
ed to advantage in many farm op-
erations, such as cutting wood, run-
ning milking machine, and chopping
feed. It would also make possible
the use of many conveniences about
the farm home that cannot now be
used.

The committee will also make ev-
ery effort to devise a means of us—
ing the rural power lines to furnish
electricity for lighting the rural
highways as well as furnishing pow-
er and light on the farms. It is be-
coming more and more necessary
that some means be found to make

 

 

A MEETING OF MICHIGAN BEAN INTERESTS

MEETING of bean growers and others in Michigan in—
terested in orderly marketing, advertising, and in other
waysmaking the bean crop a more proﬁtable one, will be
held at the Owosso Armory, Owosso, beginning 10:30 A.

M. Friday, January 18th.

The meeting is being called by

A. B. Cook, president of the Michigan Bean Growers As-
sociation, and will be held under the auspices of the As-

sociation, R. L. Churchill,

secretary and manager of the

California Lima Bean Growers Association, will be present
and Michigan men representing all phases of the industry

will be on the program.

grower in Michigan that he attend this meeting.

Without fail.

It is to the interest of every bean

Be there,

 

 

 

 

ofthcboan

THE plan to put on a nation-Wide advertising campaign

to increase consumption of pea beans created much
interest in all parts of the country and the news of Mich-
igan’ s failure to raise her share of the money was received

with much regret.

We recently received a letter from R.

L. Churchill, secretary and manager of the California Lima
Bean Growers Association, Oxnard, Calif” commenting on
it. He did not write the letter for publication but it con-
tained so much of interest to all growers that we urged we

be permitted to print it.
publishing it herewith.

He. ﬁnally consented and we are

 

 

With reference to advertising of
beans, our Association has expend-
ed as much as $45,000 annually in
advertising lima and baby lima
beans, although marketing only
about half the California produc-
tion of these two varieties, and not

rbeing engaged in marketing any

other varieties. It is accordingly
almost humorous to us _that Michi—
gan fell down on raising $16,000
for National advertising of Michigan

beans from all those interested.
However, it is undoubtedly true
that growers much more than elo-
vator men should be the ones to
contribute towards the advertising
of Michigan beans, particularly if
growers will place themselves in
position to really beneﬁt by orderly
and intelligent marketing, with re-
sultant stabilization of the market.
As we understand the situation
now arising hula!“ , there is
so muc man!p n and specula-
tion existing. that th
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egrowors.most,

bins and distributing trade, are all
suifering from the uncertain and
chaotic conditions obtaining. Un-
doubtedly many of the elevator men
would welcome a strong growers or-
ganization, and there is no particu—-
lar need or reason why growers
should build new elevators or pur-
chase any of those new operating, as
they could undoubtedly arrange to
continue to use cleaning and stor-
age facilities now provided, and con-
ﬁne the activities of the growers co-
operative marketing association to
the marketing of their beans under
grades and regulations established
by their own organization. The
present National and State laws fav-
orable to such associations, and the
ﬁa’cilities oifered by receQnt revisions
of Eederal Reserve Bank laws and
the continued services of the War
Finance Corporation, permit coop-
erative marketing associations to
very easily nuance liberal advance
payments to grower members and
to carry out a sane and reasonable

the highways safe for night travel.
During the past two years an ex:
periment in this work has been con-
ducted on the road between Lansing
and East Lansing through the co-
operation of the Consumers Power

Company, the Lansing Automobile
Association, and the township au—
thorities. Over a stretch of about

two miles, lights are mounted on
poles 30 feet high. The light from
these makes the use of bright auto—
mobile headlights unnecessary. The
lighting thus far has been very sat—
isfactory, but of course, the project
has been used only as an experi-
ment.

In speaking of the work done by
the special committee, which will re-
port back to the Public Utilities
Commission February 15, Dean Bis—
sell said, “In our report we are to
give a precise statement of the prob-
lem, and recommend principles to be
followed in its solution. We shall
obtain information about the proc—
tices follchd in other states, as-
certain the attitude of the producing
companies, discover how much in—
terest is manifested by the rural-
population in obtaining electrical
service. and ﬁnd out to what extent

the manufacturers of farm Inachilh
ery are prepared to furnish power-
driven appliances suitable for use
on the farm.

“I believe that nitcr the present

agricultural dt‘pl‘wssion has passed.
all progressivc ia‘rmcrs will be glad

to make use of electrical current it
it can be had at, reasonable rates. 0!
course tho rules will differ in differ-
ent parts of the slatc. Farmers in
Wayne county will be able to get

cheaper than those in
outlying sections. But we hopo that
the rates can be made low enough
to make electricity practical for all
parts of the state."

the service

of Michigan’s Crop

marketing policy and price level in
connection with distributing the
sale and movement of the products
over a period of eight or ten months,
if desired.

In your editorial, you expressed
the hope that someone will step for-
ward ready to take on the task of
organizing Michigan bean growers
and handling ’ their products, but
you make a better suggestion when
you urge some of the large growers
to call a meeting to talk matters
over and see if something cannot be
started. Undoubtedly you real!"
that the interest taken by President
Coolidge and Secretaries [loom
and Wallace in the problem of farm-
ers, and recommending cooperative
marketing, as one of the post prac-
tical means of securing assistance
and relief, indicates more than a
friendly attitude on the part of the
Federal government, and we are
conﬁdent that merely the asking
would bring experts from the Unit-
ed States Bureau ot Markets to as-
sist in organizing your Michigan
bean growers, as soon as sufﬁcient
interest was manifested.

Undoubtedly trained and expor-
ienced men connected with existing
COOperative marketing associations
of various farm products, including
beans, could also be secured to aa-
sist your growers, to organize.

We have not written you this lot-
ter for publication, and are inclined
to believe that it has not been prop-
erly written for publicity purposes:
but wears much interested from
the standpoint of the bean Industry
in the entire United States in seeing
Michigan bean growers form a

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.J'w‘lw' -—4 x.

Thrifty Michigan People are
receivmg a safe, permanent,
tax free Income

6.6%

Backed by a Great and Growing Electric
Light and Power or Gas Service to 154
Tghriving Michigan Cities and Towns
day and night

Consumers Power

Preferred Shares

Tax Free in Michigan— The Company Pays the Taxes

 

 

It will proﬁt you to investigate. Get our Picture
Circular with the facts. Ask our employees or write

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY

Securities Department JACKSON, MlCH

 

 

The Greatest
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ANOTHER MICHIGAN WINNER
AT INTERNATIONAL

have just learned that we
omitted the name of one of
Michigan’s prize winners from
the list of winners at the. Interna-
tional» Livestock Exposition, Chi-
cago, published in the last two is-
sues of the Tns Busmnss FARMER-
This winner is Mr. George D. Stuck,
of Overlook Farm, Otsego, breeder
of thoroughbred Aberdeen-Angus
cattle. "Mr.
possessor of two prize ribbons and a
cash award of $25. And this gentle-
man has been breeding purebred
Angus cattle for only three years.

OCEANA COUNTY GROWERS RE-
" NEW ORCHARDG
HE orchards of Oceans county,
one of the richest fruit-grow-
ingsectionsotthestate,arebe-
ing restocked. A larger tall setting
of fruit twee is reported than ever
before. This has been due partly
to the mild weather which has made
late planting possible, and also be-
cause of the increased proﬁts from
orchards.

One feature has been the large
renewal of peach orchards. For
years Oceans. county was one of the
big centers for peaches. During the
last few years, however, there was a
decline in the acreage of peaches in
favor of cherries and apples. The
old peach orchards now are being
replanted

M. A. C. PURCHASES CHAIIPION
\ BELGIAN STALLION
ANGE LINE PHOENIX, a two

R year old Belgian stallion, has

been purchased to head the
purebred Belgians owned by the

Michigan Agricultural College, ac-

cording to R. S. Hudson, who has

charge of the college horses.
At the International Livestock ex-

position in Chicago this year. this.

colt was Junior and Reserve Grand
champion, besides placing ﬁrst in
his class. He was also Junior
champion and ﬁrst ribbon winner in
his class at the Ohio State Fair.
Jupiter, the well known Belgian
stallion that has been exhibited by
the college at the International, the
Michigan and Ohio state fairs, and
numerous other showings through-
out the country, where he took
many first honors, has been sold to
Bell Brothers. of Wooster, Ohio. ac-
cording to Mr. Hudson.
The Breeders Gazette, in a re-

Struck is the proud'

cent report of the Chicago show,

makes the following comment on
Range Line Phoenix: "The three
year old and two year old stallion
classes were the ,‘high spots’ of the?

Belgian show. Each class furnish-

ed a champion. Louis de Master
and Range Line Phoenix, winners
of premier championship honors this
year, Were two of the most popular

choices for such distinction in the. "

history of the show. George Potts
showed them in ﬁne bloom. .
"Range Line Phoenix, a growthy
roan, won handily from the other
two year olds. He has a great set
of bottoms, long pasterns, clean
ankles. and hard, lean hooks. He is
a real stock horse prospect. The
Michigan Agricultural College is to
be congratulated on the purchase of
such a horse to head its hand of
Belgian mares.”--—R. 0.. Groesbeck.

sum HOLBTFJN MEN DINE
manner 4

Annual Banquet of the Mich— ‘

igan State Holstein Association

will be held at Lansing on the
night of Monday, February 4th.
The Annual Meeting will be held the
following day, Tuesday, ngruary
5th, at the Michigan Agricultural
College, East .Lansing. William
Moscrip, of Minnesota, probably the
best known dairy cattle judge of
the U. S. A., will be present to dem-

onstrate Dairy Type and to hold a,

judging “school.” It isplanned to
hold a High Class Sale of Selected
Holsteins at the College the after-
noon of February 4th. —-—J. G. Hays,

Extension Specialist, Michigan Hol-

stein Association.

PLAN CO~0PERATIEE FARM
MARKETIN
FFORTS to formulate a policy
for "orderly marketing and co-
operative .production” by the
farmer was represented by the Na—
tional Grange are to be made in
Washington, Jan. 15-19 by a mar-
keting committee of that organiza-
tion, National Master L. L. Taber
announced Friday, December 21.
Members of the committee who
were appointed by Mr. Taber are A.
W. Goes, Seattle, Robert McMullen,
Hutchinson, Kan. ; John McSparren,
Furniss, Pa.; Robert P. Robinson,
Wilmington, Del.; 0. L. Martin,
Montpelier, VL; Albert Manning,
preside Pottsville, Pa.; and David
Agans. Three Bridges, N. J. Taber
(Continued on Page 22) 4

 

 

DON’T SIGN THAT SUGAR BEET CONTRACT

HAVE just received reliable information tint. The Owosso Sugar ,
Company has rejoined the Wre’ Association and ‘
agreed to join with the other Michigan factmies in doing away

 

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with the 5060 contract for the next season, 1924. The contracts
agreed upon were in the ﬁeld, Monday, December 3lst, and are a
45-55 proposition with the farmer on the short end as usual. This
arrangement puts the farmer back to where he was years ago only
hols takingmore chancesoi’lomgon thisnew contractthan ever,
and gives the factories a monopoly of his beet workers, the wages
of which the farmer pays. Will the Michigan sugar beet growers
plaoetheirneckswithinthisnooneandselltheirlmbeetcmpii
months before it is time to plant it, and 10 months before harvest
time, or will they not sign one single one of these contracts and
lookaroundandgettheirbearings? AmmhereinMichigan
where we formulated the 50-50 contract, going to take anything
less when our brother growers throughout the west are now get/-
ting 59—50 contracts which we carried to them by'our, President
John C. Ken-hem who was elected by them president of the Nation-
al Beet Growers Association. Haven’t we any pride? Will we
swallowthesopthrowntoushythismchigan SngarBeetMann-
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' move, shown the Michigan growers their hand. Are we going to
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. California Bean Man Urges Co-operative Marketing

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Electricity For All Farm Homes in Michigan

Special Committee Working Under the Direction of State Public Utilities Commission Is Trying
to Solve Light and Power Problem

By R. C. GROESBECK

(Special Correspondent of The Michigan Business Farmer.)

,AN the network of high tension
power lines that cover almost
the entire state of Michigan be

used to furnish electricity to the
tarms? This is a question which a
speCial committee, working under
the direction of the state Public
Utilities Commission, is trying to
solve.

The special committee which has
been appointed to carry on an ex-
tensive investigation
George W. Bissell, dean of engin-
eering at the Michigan Agricultural
College; L. Whitney Watkins, head
of the 'state department of agricul-
ture; Roy T. Duncan, of. the Detroit
Edison Company; Alfred Fisher, of
Ann Arbor, director of the commit—
tee on public utilities information;
and A. B. Cook, of Owosso, master
of the Michigan State Grange.

It is thought by the committee
that the rural power lines of the
state can be used for the double
purpose of furnishing electricity to
the farms and lighting the rural
highways. Electrical power is not
available for farms at the present
time because the voltage is too high,
but, according to Dean George W.
Bissell, chairman of the special com-
mittee, the problem of stepping
down the voltage is ﬁnancial rather
than mechanical. The cost of con-
structing the necessary transform—
ers, and how to meet this expense is
the big problem. '

.The cost of constructing these
transformers would be a ﬁxed
charge, and would have to be met
from funds received from the serv-
ice. How this cost is to be distrib—
uted, particularly in communities
where the number using the service
would be continually changing, con—
stitutes a problem all in itself, he
said.

- Peter Fagan, secretary of the
Michigan Public Utilities Commis—

paragraph under the heading
“Scalping Beans” in your is—
sue of November 24th.

It has seemed strange to us for
several years past, that a group of
the largest bean growers in Michi-
gan did not take active steps to or-
ganize for the cooperative market-
ing of the major portion of Michi-
gan’s production of pea beans. This
has been more puzzling in recent
years because of the very rapid de—
velopment in the cooperative mar—
keting on a large scale of such pro-
ducts as cotton and tobacco, which
have been and are being supported
by many thousands of growers, both
large and small, scattered over a
number of states. According to re-
liable governmental reports, the co-
operative marketing of cotton, to-
bacco, rice and peanuts, has within
the past two or three years, trans-
formed the South from a condition
of ﬁnancial distress to one of the
most prosperous sections of the
United States.

We have written a number oi!
letters during recent years to Mr.
A. B. Cook, of Owosso, Mich, sug-
gesting that some active steps be
taken to organize the Michigan bean
growers, not only for 'the beneﬁt of
your growers, but also because of
the detriment to the . bean businem

o! the entire country caused by the

erratic ﬂuctuation of prices on Mich-
gun beansgwhich tends to create a
,o't‘conndenee in the minds of
distributing W with respect

consists of

.sion, declared that it is important

that no false steps be taken in the
movement to make power available
for farms in this state.

In Illinois and Wisconsin, he said,
the power companies extended their
linesto the rural districts, and, for
a time, supplied power to the rural
communities at a loss. After the
lines had been established, the com-
panies suddenly demanded that
their rates be increased to cover the
cost of the service, with a result
that the farmers became greatly dis—
satisﬁed with the system. The State
Public Utilities Commission, accord-
ing to Mr. Fagan, hopes to make
sure that Michigan gets started on
the right road in this work.

The men working on.the project
believe that farmers of the state

would be glad to obtain power from
these transmission lines because of
the greater convenience in compar—
ison with the home generating
plants now in use on many farms.
Electricity, they believe, can be us-
ed to advantage in many farm op-
erations, such as cutting wood, run-
ning milking machine, and chopping
feed. It would also make possible
the use of many conveniences about
the farm home that cannot now be
used.

The committee will also make ev-
ery effort to devise a means of us—
ing the rural power lines to furnish
electricity for lighting the rural
highways as well as furnishing pow-
er and light on the farms. It is be—
coming more and more necessary
that some means be found to make

 

 

A MEETING OF MICHIGAN BEAN

INTERESTS

MEETING of bean growers and others in Michigan in-
terested in orderly marketing, advertising, and in other
waysmaking the bean crop a more proﬁtable one, Will be
held at the Owosso Armory, Owosso, beginning 10:30 A.

M. Friday, January 18th.

The meeting is being called by

A. B. Cook, president of the Michigan Bean Growers As-
sociation, and will be held under the auspices of the As—
sociation, R. L. Churchill, secretary and manager of the
California Lima Bean Growers Association, will be present
and Michigan men representing all phases of the industry

will be on the program.

grower in Michigan that he attend this meeting.

Without fail.

It is to the interest of every bean

Be there,

 

 

 

 

“11;“. m o craters

THE plan to put on a nation-wide advertising campaign
to increase consumption of pea beans created much
interest in all parts of the country and the news of Mich-
igan’s failure to raise her share of the money was received

with much regret.

We recently received a letter from R.,

L. Churchill, secretary and manager of the California Lima
Bean Growers Association, Oxnard, Calif., commenting on
it. He did not write the letter for publication but it con-
tained so much of interest to all growers that we urged we

be permitted to print it.
publishing it herewith.

He. ﬁnally consented and we are

 

 

With reference to advertising of
beans, our Association has expend-
ed as much as $45,000 annually in
advertising lima and baby lima
beans, although marketing only
about half the California produc-
tion of these two varieties, and not

~ being engaged in marketing any

other varieties. It is accordingly
almost humerousto us _that Michi-
gan fell dowu on raising $16,000
for National advertising of Michigan
beans from all those interested.
However, it is undoubtedly true
that growers much more than ele—
vator men should be the ones to
contribute towards the advertising
of Michigan beans, particularly .it
growers will place themselves in
position to really beneﬁt. by orderly
and . intelligent marketing, with re-
sultant stabilisation of the market.
As we undfnrstﬁind the situatio;
now existing , 91113311.. there
so much manipulation and speculas
uon means. that the mm. mm
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bing and distributing trade, are all
suffering from the uncertain and
chaotic conditions obtaining. Un—
doubtedly many of the elevator men
would welcome a strong growers or—
ganization; and there is no particu—
lar need or reason why growers
should build new elevators or pur-
chase any of those new operating, as
they could undoubtedly arrange to
continue to use cleaning and stor—
age facilities now provided, and con-
ﬁne the activities of the growers co—
operative marketing association to
the marketing of their beans under
grades and regulations established
by their own organization. The
present National and State laws fav-
orable to such associations, and the
meilities offered by recent revisions
of liederal Reserve Bank laws and
the continued services of the War
Finance Corporation, permit coop—
erative marketing associations to
v'ery easily ﬁnance, liberal advance
payments to grower members and
to carry out a sane sud reasonable

the highways safe for night travel.
During the past two years an ex:
periment in this work has been con-
ducted on the road between Lansing
and East Lansing through the co-
operation of the Consumers Power

Company, the Lansing Automobile
Association, and the township au-
thorities. Over a stretch of about

two miles, lights are mounted on
poles 30 feet high. The light from
these makes the use of bright auto—
mobile headlights unnecessary. The
lighting thus far has been very sat-
istactory, but 01' course, the project
has been used only as an experi-
ment.

In speaking of the work done by
the special committee, which will re—
port back to the Public Utilities
Commission February 15, Dean Bis—
sell said, “In our report we are to
give a precise statement of the prob-
lem, and recommend principles to be
followed in its solution. We shall
obtain information about the prec-
tices followed in other states, as-
certain the attitude of the producing
companies, discover how much in-
terest 'is manifested by the rural—
population in obtaining electrical
service, and ﬁnd out to what extent
the manufacturers of farm machin-
ery are prepared to furnish power-
driven appliances suitable for use

on the farm.

“I believe that after the present
agricultural depression has passed,
all progressive farmers will be glad
to make use of electrical current if.
it can be had at reasonable rates. Of
course the rates will differ in differ-
ent parts of the state. Farmers in
Wayne county will be able to get
the service cheaper than those in
outlying sections. But we hope that
the rates can be made low enough
to make electricity practical for all
parts of the state."

of Michigan’s Crop

marketing policy and price level in
connection with distributing the
sale and movement of the products
over a period of eight or ten months,
if desired.

In your editorial, you expressed
the hope that someone will step for
ward ready to take on the task of
organizing Michigan bean growers
and handling their products, but
you make a better suggestion when
you urge some of the large growers
to call a meeting to talk matters
over and see if something cannot be
started. Undoubtedly you realize
that the interest taken by President
Coolidge and Secretaries Hoover
and Wallace in the problem of farm-
ers, and recommending cooperative
marketing, as one of the post prac-
tical means of securing assistance
and relief, indicates more than a
friendly attitude on the part of the
Federal government, and we are
conﬁdent that merely the asking
would bring experts from the Unit-
ed States Bureau of Markets to as-
sist in organizing your Michigan
bean groWers, as soon as sufficient
interest was manifested.

Undoubtedly trained and exper-
ienced men connected with existing
cooperative marketing associations
of various farm products, including
beans, could also be secured to as—
sist your growers, to organize.

We have not written you this lat-
ter for publication, and are inclined
to believe that it has not been prop-
erly written for publicity purposes;

but we are much interested from '

the standpoint of the bean industry

in the entire United States in seeing '

Michigan bean growers form a.
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HEN the 15th of February,

1924, rolls around the beet

growers of Michigan will have
received full settlement with the 17
sugar factories of Michigan and then
we will know 110w the beet deal
came out. Since this year sees 3
different contracts, the 45—55 labor
aid contract and the famous 50—50
contract, the ﬁnal outcome of these
contracts and the higher price of
sugar with also an extraction thus
\far that is above the average, the
proposition is more interesting than
usual. On account of very little
having been written about the Mich-
igan sugar beet industry by the
growers, I am induced to give a gen—
eral review of the industry from the
growers’ standpoint for the past
three seasons. During the latte1
part of the year 1920 the suga1 in—
dustry came into its after the war
readjustment. The three outstand—
ing conditions of facts at that time
were as follows: 1st, there were
around one and a half million tons
of unmarketable surplus sugar. 21111,
the refund market for sugar was
$4.60 per 1100 pounds New York,
and 3rd, the Federal Reserve Banks
had curtailed all sugar loans. This
indeed did make a gloomy outlook
for the industry. Starting the New
year, January 1st, 1921, the sugar
factories came out with contracts
offering $5.50 per ton for beets and
went through the year getting a
little better than 50 per cent of an
acreage in the United States and
around 80,000 acres in Michigan.
At the end of the year the factories
came out with ﬁnancial statements
showing losses of over $11,000.—
000.00. One Michigan factory even
Went so far as to get their ﬁnancial
statement showing over $1,000,000
loss printed in the congressional
record.

The grower not being able as 11s—
ual to furnish ﬁgures showing his
loss in dollars and cents. simply
Went broke and ﬁnally continued in
the business as usual (a character-
istic which applies to the farming
business only). Although the after
effects of this and other calamities
the farmer has gone through at the
same time is now being heard of
down in Washington from political
men with something to offer to help
the farmer.

The beginning of the year 1922
saw a little improvement. Farmers
got $7.12 for their beets and the
average price of sugar was around
6 cents per pound.

The factories could not make any
money this year on account of the
high coal, limestone and material
costs and mainly on account of the

Authority Believes That Farmers Who Grew Sugar Beets the Past Season Will Make a Good

Profit on Their Crop. Discusses Contract for 1924
By C. E. ACKERMAN '

(Written Exclusively for The Business Farmer.)

 

ABOVE. '

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remodeled into a. beet plow.

fact that they could not. run a full
season of 100 days owing to the fact
that the growers would not grow the
beets on account of the high costs
and the low price of beets and sugar
and also on account of an unsettled
dispute between the Michigan Sugar
Beet Growers’ Association and the
factories. At the beginning of the
year 1923, the industry seemed to be
in a deplorable condition. Many
large growers of beets had decided
not to grow another beet. Sugar
factories stock went down over two
thirds 011 the market and it looked
as if many factories would close up
indeﬁnitely, and to some it looked
like losing their capital stock, they
having depleated their large sur—
pluses built up during the war. In
fact, the business never did look
darker for the factory and the farm-
er than at this time. Most growers
had long since given up hopes of
ever coming to any understanding

Ackclmnn is shown here

The home of C. F. Ackcrman, Durand, lWichigan, l\Ir. Ackcrman’s farm
(0111111115 310 acres and I“ had 40 news of sugm heels in 1923.

using tractor and plow which has been

Three contract beet workers are shown with Mr. Ackerman.

with the factories in regards to a
better participating contract asked
by the growers’ organization, and
the factmy men Were also a dis-
couraged lot of fellows, although
their training enabled them to not
show it in their faces so plainly like
the farmer does. In due time, the
forepart of 1923, all the Michigan
factories came out with their c011—
tracts which were along the old
style and offering $6.00 per ton for
beets. Little headway was being
made getting contracts and many
farmers had dismissed the idea of
ever growing beets again. Finally
the Owosso Sugar Company broke
away from the sugar manufacturing
Association and came out with the
long sought 50—50 ‘contract, which
gave the grower one-half of the av—
erage extraction of sugar per ton of
beets, for the seasons run at the av—
erage New York price for the
months of October, Novermber, De—

  

cember and January, ahd also a 45¢l
55 contract where the factory turn-E
ishes labor assistance. Shortly aftd':
er this the association factories?
came out with a new contract offer-
ing $7.00 per ton for_beets and a.
little better sliding scale on the
lower priced sugars. Then the
Owosso company also came out With
the $7. 00 contract making three
contracts for them in the rﬁeld at the
same time. This seemed to stimuv
late the industry together with the
fact that sugar began advancing in
price: Farmers called meetings of
their organizations advising growers
to try out the new contracts with
the result that .the Owosso company
secured a full acreage harvesting
enough beets to run their two fact-
orie's to capacity for a full run not-
withstanding the fact that this sum-
mer was a very bad one on account
of draught in many sections prevent-
ing the germination of the, seed, “
many acres being lost thereby. .

This year 109,400 acres were
planted to sugar beets an increase of
28,000 acres over last year, and all
factories sliced beets with the ex-
ception of one at Marine City. In
the United States the acreage was
increased over 120,000 acres and 89
of the 99 factories in the country
sliced beets this year, and will‘turn
out approximately 900,000 tons of
sugar which is about one—ﬁfth of
what we consume. It might be
stated here that in Michigan we
produce less than one—sixth of one
per cent of the sugar used in the
world and less than enough to sup-
ply Michigan itself. Thus it can be
seen that there is little danger of
over production of sugar in the
United States for some time to
come.

It also will be of interest to the
sugar beet grower to know that the
present rise in prices is world wide
and is not conﬁned only to the Unit-
ed States as some would have us be-
lieve, and that the most casual ex-
amination of trade statistics will
show the world supplies are less in
1923 than in- 1922 by over 1,000,-
000 of tons and that the decrease is
entirely in the weste1n hemisphere
or in those places from vhe nce the
United States and the United King-
dom get their sugar. I would like
to pass a word to the Michigan farm
housewife that it would not be a bad
idea to lay in 4 or 5 hundred pounds
of sugar for next summer and fall.
It may go lower, but the writer
doubts it, as to its going higher.
time will tell. It however is evid-
ent that we are coming near and

nearer to a sugar shortage which

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Baby Beef Plan Insures Good Cash Market For Michigan Herefords

HEN Hereford cattle men of
vc the United States dig into the

records to ﬁnd the oldest
Hereford breeding establishment
they immediately turn up in Michi-
gan, for here it is where they ﬁnd
one of Michigan’s leading farms in
the breeding of Herefords. the re-
sult of sixty—three years of consist-
ent breeding. It is the herd estab—
lished by Governor H. H. Crapo, of
Swartz Creek, Michigan. and now
under the able supervision of young
W. W. Crapo, of Detroit. The first

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SO much interest has been shown in the baby beef mar‘
keting plan devised by T. F. B. Sotham, of Michigan
Hereford cattle fame, that we secured this article, based on

an interview with Mr. Sotham.

There is much of interest

to you in this article whether you are a breeder of Here-

fords or not.

 

 

cows of this herd were purchased
through William H. Sotham, father
of T. F. B. Sotham, of St. Clair
Michigan.

Looking back into Hereford his—
tory, we ﬁnd that in various parts of
Michigan were located some of the
noted herds of the seventies and
eighties. There was Tom Foster,
of Fostoria: F'airfield, of Bay‘ City;
Phelps, of Pontiac; Sotham, of
Bloomﬁeld Hills; Crapo, of Flint;
and many others. The elapse into
the nineties saw the breed migrate
into the West where they have rul-
ed on the plains ever since.

The call of the cheap pasture
lands of the West and the rapid in—
crease in value of eastern lands

.made the West appeal to the cattle

men of the eighties and the market
for beef cattle was transferred to
the West, withthe result that the
drain on eastern Herefords at very
satisfactory prices ended with a
thorough thinning out of Herefords,

 

. land investment.

in Michigan there is a) good- do

in Michigan. Then the growth of
the now great population centers
adjacent to Michigan led to a great
increase in the production of dairy
products and helped cause a decline
in beef—cattle demand in Michigan.

And now that the cheap pasture
of the West has reached prices that
make eastern lands compare favor~
ably when beef cattle production is
concerned, it is only ﬁtting that
Michigan lands should present the
best opportunities for beef produc«
tion. It is the contention of T. F.
B. Sotham that two acres of $100
Michigan land will keep a cow; in
the West in the great ranching sec—
tions it takes Afrom ﬁve to twenty
acres and sometimes more to keep
a cow. Such land ranges from $5
to $20 an acre. Thus you have the
same amount of interest to pay on
Land in the West
that takes less than this to keep a
cow is equally higher in price, while

 

land that two acres will keep a cow
at a much lower ﬁgure than the
above $100 per acre. Then again
it is the contention of Mr. Sotham
that Michigan, with hei spacious
barns thus comfortably housing her
cattle in the winter eliminates the
terriﬁc mortality loss as a result of
cattle being outdoors all winter.

As a result of Mr. Sotham’s ex-
perience with Hereford cattle on the
ranges in this country as well as in
Argentina, South America, on the

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RUTH ENJOYS FARM LIFE.—Here are "Babe” ARTISTS SAY SHE IS NIOS'I BEAUTIFUL UNITE!) IN BRILLIANT R 0 VAT. (‘16!th-
and Mrs. Ruth, with one of their Guernsey cows and ENGLISH\\'()le\N.—I\li's. I“. A. Baldwin is the MONY. The Crown Prince of Sweden and Lady
her calf, on their farm ‘at Sudbnry, Mass. “Babe” wife of Squadron Leader F. A. Baldwin, of Louise Mountbatten, just after their marriage in
says he is “as ﬁt as a ﬁddle" and intends to continue London, England. This is the. latest pieture of London. They are the future rulers of Sweden.
to break home run records during the coming season. the London beauty to reach this country. Their marriage unites that eountry with England.

      

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

‘ THE WORLD’S STRONGEST STATE PRIZE WINNERS IN HODIE ECONONIICS.—-Each of the above, girls A BITLL'S EYE EVERY SllO'l‘.-— ’
“STRONG MAN”.—John Suh‘u- proved herself to be the best in home economies in bins and girls elnl) work dur— Mrs. (ins Knight of i'p'and, (‘alifor—
tore, 22 months old, of St. Paul, ing‘ 1923 and represented her state at the International (‘ongress of Boys and nia. who has won the the ot' eham—

\ ‘ Minnesota, can chin himself 15 Girls Clubs, held at Chicago. The girls Visited Montgomery “'ard and (‘rompany pion woman trap shooter ot' the Pa—
times. He spends a, half hour where this pieture was taken. Michigan's champion, Miss Ilda Meitzner, thiea, eitie eoast. She hits the eiay pigeons
eoeh day in gym work and is said is shown in the insert in the lower, left-hand corner of the picture. She also uith :Ilarliling‘ regularity and few
to have never een sick one day. ampears in the group, second row from the rear.

men care to compete

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GRAND CHAMPION OF 1923 INTERNATIONAL.—- BRILLIANT STUDENTS AT U. S. “”IIAT’S A COUPLE OF FORDS T0 ANGELO.—
Broadns “Wilt“ 50‘1“: senior yearling Aberdeen—Angus, ()0 LLEGI‘L—Left to right: Margaret; Angelo Ta'amasehi. Italian wrestler, demonstrating he—
{ was declared the king of cattledom by Judge \Villialn llsieh and Grace, Li, both students at fore a large erowd in Boston. Mass, how he, ran hold
‘ Read, 01’ L‘meYl. England. The judge is standing in “'ellesley college. Miss Li is the daugh— two ears pulling in opposite direetions. Many were
the hat-kground. This. ﬁne animal was purchased by ter of a former president of (‘hina and afraid that there would be two Angelos where only
the Sears-Roebuck Agrlcultural Foundation to whom We Miss llsieh is a famous ehinese writer, one bloomed before, but; he showed up the Lizzies at;

, are indebted for “115 DhOtO- who is well known despite her youth. the (lemon.trution.

   
  
  

 

 

 

       
                
    

    

   

A‘DICTATOR FOR A- DAY.—Here ls Adolf Hitler, FAMOUS SCULPTOR MODELS LLOYD GEORGE. STIRS PARIS WITH 2 I l — ’1
vonqﬁtime leader of the Bavarian Royallst army, Who -—-P. Bryant‘ Baker, well known English sculptor, Pietro Maz-zlni. ﬁve and one-13119.81! 3.513212% £123:
become dictator of Germany for one 1185'. Photo with the bust; -of Lloyd George he modeled. The mastery of‘the piano has made him the géngatiqn
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' VOTING

‘ HIGHWAYS - .

I have been a devout reader of
the M. B. F. for a good many years.
’ It’s good. Every citizen of Michigan

ought to read it. Your Service Bu-
reau is especially valuable. Please
answer through this department this
simple question. “Has an elector of
a township in this state, who resides
in one road district and has also
taxable property in the other road
district of the same township, a right
to vote for an overseer of highways
in each road district where he has
taxable property, or can he only
vote for the one overseer in the
district where the elector resides,
regardless of how much taxable prop-
erty he may own in the other road
districts of the same townships?—
W. F. B., Hillman, Michigan.
V—In deﬁning the eligibility of elec-
tors to vote for highway overseer in
any road district, the statute pro-
vides that he must be a resident of
road district, or an elector of the
township, having taxable property in
such road district. It does not re-
quire that he be both, but that he
be either one or the other. If you
own taxable property in one road
district you may vote there for over—
seer, altho you may live in another.
You may also vote in the one in
which you are a resident, provided,
however, that in both cases, that you
are a qualiﬁed elector in the town-
ship. The statute does not limit
the number of road districts in which
any one person may vote, so you
would be eligible to vote in each
district in which you have taxable
property.

This statute justly gives to those,
whose property helps bear the burden
of maintaining the highways, a voice
in choosing the person who shall
have charge of their maintenance.
-——Asst. Legal Editor.

LIABLE FOR ALL DEBTS

If a man signs notes and bonds
with a person and the man he signs
with goes to the wall could the signer
ﬁx his property so his creditors could
not get it Could he give or deed
it to his wife or mother, or could a
person mortgage for all he is worth?
Will a joint deed hold good? Can
an unmarried man hold the same
amount of property as a married
man with family? Will a joint deed
held between mother and son he the
same as man and wife? Is there any
law against a man trying to defraud
his creditors—Mr. M., Carson, Mich.

——An individual's interest in property
held under a joint deed is subject to
levy on execution for the payment of
his debts. Any transfer of property
by a debtor for the purpose of de-
frauding his creditors is unlawful,
and such a transfer could be set
aside.
the payment of debts in most cases.
—Asst. Legal Editor.

DISTANCE TO THE SUN

Dear Editorz—Will you be so kind
38' to answer through the columns
of your esteemed paper the distance
in miles of our earth from our sun;
also the distance between our earth
and moon; also the relative distance
between the sun and moon at new
moon and full moon.—C. C., T.,
Sand Lake, Michigan.

——The revolution of the earth around
the sun once a year is not in an ex-
act circle but ratheran ellipse and
the sun is to one side of the center
of this ellipse. The earth reached
its farthest point from the sun on
this irregular orbit last July 5th
when it was about ninety—four and
a half million miles distant; the
earth’s nearest approach to the sun
will be next New Year’s day———about
ninety-one and a half million miles
distant. From an astronomical
standpoint this three million miles
difference between the nearest and

farthest point to the sun is very»

small and astronomers roughly call
the distance ninety-three million

miles, which is the average distance ‘

of the two extremes.

The average distance of the moon
from the earth is given as 238,840
miles but as the orbit of our satelite
is also in the form of an ellipse with
the earth at one side of the exact
center, the distance varies from 221,-
617 miles, as it will be on December
6th, to 252,973 miles, as it will be
on December 19th.

.The relative distance, between the
sun and moon at new and full moon
varies with [the season. ~ By using

6 , - . 0"]?

A homestead is exempt from\

' (A Oleeﬂns eépMnm r "
m complaints or room

~you. All lnqulrletmuu be accompanied by full II am

the difference in miles to be a little
short of a half million. That‘ is,
the moon is a half million miles
nearer the sun at new moon than at
full moon; a mere triﬂe, so to
speak, since this ﬁgure is only about
the 180th part of the whole distance
between the sun and earth. The
least possible distance between the
sun and moon is about ninety—one
million six hundred thousand miles.
——Pritchard’s Weather Forecast.

RECOVER DAMAGES

Will you please advise me what

would be the proper thing for me to
do in this case. I bought a Jersey
bull calf, age 18 months. The hull
was sold to me as a sire to be all
right in every way. Hmseems to be
perfectly healthy but is not a sire as
I have had to take my cows to a
sire ever since I have owned this
bull, which has been better than six
months. I went to the man I bought
him from, stated the facts to him
as they are and asked for an ad-
justment, either a bull that is a sire
or my money refunded as this calf
is no good to me as he is now. He
said he could not understand it and
up to date has made no effort to
make the matter right. Now as I
feel that I am entitled to an adjust—
ment I would like your advice before
I go to him again. Since my deal
I have learned that this calf is not
the ﬁrst one sold here in the neigh-
borhood by this breeder that has
proved out this same way.—W. H. L.,
Belding, Michigan.
-—-If the seller sold you the calf as a
sire, when in fact it was not a sire,
you could recover from him such
damages as you have suffered in an
action on an implied warranty.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

ASSESSING FOR COUNTY DRAIN

Please advise me in regards to
County Drain. About ten years ago
the county drain was dug. Several
farms surface water drained into
this ditch at about the middle.
Though this ditch does not come
within a half a mile we were assess-
ed several hundred dollars special

ermﬁ' mic
hr. information addressed to

I
. , «mm' w. a

and eddgeu. Name 'notpused If I. M

drain tax. We understand they as-
sessed us a certain per cent of the
entire cost of the ditch. Can they
assess (us for the entire.cost of the
ditch'or'for just that portion where
our surface water enters their drain
to the outlet?—G. D. 8., Fremont,
Michigan-

—-In reply you are advised that
property beneﬁtted by the construc—
tion of the drain should be assessed
a certain percentage of the entire
cost‘ of construction.-—-——H. Victor‘
Spike, Assistant Attorney General.

FAILED To NOTIFY mnonsnn
OF NOTE

Will you kindly advise, me on this
matter? A gives note to B, it being
endorsed .by C. A does not pay.
Note was due three months ago, but
B did not notify C. Now must 0
pay the note? Thanking you in ad-
vance—F. G., Charlevoix, Mich.
-—-—B’s failure to notify C, the in-
dorser, of A’s non-payment would
discharge C, unless notice of non-
payment was waived.—Asst: Legal
Editor.

HOW TO PLANT RAMBLER

ROSE BUSH

How should a rambler rose bush

be planted, with rich manure around
it or none at all? Should it be kept
dry or moist?—Mrs. A. 0., Carson-
ville, Michigan.
——While the ground cannot be too
rich, the roses should not be planted
in manure alone. The best land for
growing Crimson Rambler roses is
good wheat land. The plants should
be thoroughly watered after plant-
ing, especially if it is in a dry time.
—Thos. Gunson, Professor of Horti-
culture, M. A. C. .

PAY TAXES UNDER PROTEST

What proceeding will have to be
taken after the board of review of
the township have refused to comply
with the lawot the state governing
exemption from taxes of 80 acres
of stump land? Applicant has com.-
plied With the law, but the board re-
fused to act on it, claiming it would
make other peoples’ ' taxes higher,

RADIO DEPAUMENT

WHAT CAUSES FADING
ANY of us have experienced a
feeling of great disgust when
listening to a good concert
from a broadcasting station to have
the music gradually die out. This
usually happens at the most inter-
esting part, for instance, when a
distant station is just about to sign
off. Frequently the regularity with
which the signals die out at the
crucial point leads one to think that
something has control of this phen-
nomomen and is using this“ control
with diabolical intent.

The periodical dying out of radio
signals is known as fading. There
have been many attempts to make
measurements on radio transmisn
sions to determine the exact cause of
fading but few of these measure—
ments have produced any worthwhile
data. The best explanation of fad-
ing seems to be a theoretical one. It

‘is believed that at a height of thirty

or forty miles above the surface of
the earth that the air becomes so
rareﬁed that it becomes a. conductor
of electricity. As such it acts like
a reﬂector of 'the electromagnetic
waves by which radio communica-
tion is effected. The result is that
the waves reach the receiving anten—
na not by one deﬁnite path but by
a number of paths of different
length. To make this clear I think
we had best have a diagram. ‘

. “A" represents a radio transmit-
ting station sending out electromag-
netic waves which radiate in all di-
rections. Some of them go directly
to the receiving station “B" while
others go by an indirect route up to
the conducting layer and then down
again. If the difference in length
of these two paths is right, that is,
a mutiple \of the wave length, the
waves will add and the effect pro-
duced will be greater than by direct
transmission alone. But the “dif-
ference in'length may also be such
that the waves do not add and thus
the effect may be less than it would
be by direct transmission. The re-
ﬂecting layer is constantly shifting
so thafthe reﬂection varies moment-
arily between the limits described
resulting in varying intensity of the
siginal received. This the fading.
This simple explanation of fading
leads to several interesting things.
The reﬂecting layer is ver? deﬁnite
during the day. Hence there is less
fading during the day and this
seems to be. the case. On account
of the lack of reﬂection, the range

.of a station is much less during the

day than at night and this we all
know to_be the case. It would also
appear that it is impossible to send
raido signals away from the earth.

. ._-By Roger H.” Bryant, Radio Eng-

ineer, Westinghouse Electric & Man-
ufacturing Co.

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. advice—*0.- ~. '
Ashley, Michigan.‘ 3 , .. / ...
——The party aggrieved hy~the ”d9?
cision of the board of review—zany;
apply to the Michigan State: Tax
Commission at Lansing. asking that
body to review the action of; th
board of review. The owner a;
land illegally assessed may pay the
taxes under protest and bring action
against the township for the rem,-
ery of taxes so protested—Asst. ';
Legal Editor}, ‘ ,

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ONE PHONE ms mo Gm
GENERATOR THAN arms ~

We ”3'9 a telephone line here at; 1‘? A

Brahman. Get service through the .'
Michigan Telephone Company at.» _
White Cloud. I would like to know;

for the beneﬁt of the community
here if a telephone is put on the line
that has a stronger,generator,than

the rest of the phones, will that havo

any effect on the other phones to
prevent them from getting central?
0. R., Brohman, Michigan.
—Ordinari1y the subscriber ,On a]
rural line installs a telephone with
higher resistance ﬁngers than the“
contained in the other sets on the
line, penalizes himself more than
the others on the line because the '
other telephones having lower re-
sistance ringer coils will consume
most of the ringing current sent out
from headquarters, and he will have
difﬁculty getting his signals. This
is true whether the telephones are

bridged on a metallic line or bridged i

on a ground line to earth.

There should be no difﬁculty ex-
perienced by the other parties on the
line for getting Central, if some one
party had installed a high resistance
set, unless there should have been
trouble on the set so that the gen-
erator remains bridged across the
line at'all times. Such a condition
would be almost the equivalent of a
The condition you de-
scribed in your question would more
often happen on the case of a new
set being installed that had extreme-
ly low resistance ringer coils, which
likewise would have the effect of a
short circuit on the line.—-—A. R. -
Sawyer, Prof. of Electrical Engineer- ‘
ing. M. A. C. ‘

MIX-UP IN ACCOUNT .
May I call for your help, as I’m
in trouble with out local lumber-
man? I let an account run with
him when building, and have since
settled with him by paying off as
much as possible "at different times,
I received a' receipt each time and
kept them but he always refused to“,
give me a statement, stating he was
too busy to make one out. and he

never puts the price of each article ‘-

on the slips, only the total. I set;
tled with him in full last year. and

dealt with him again several months ,:.'

ago, and now when I asked tosettle '
with him a month ago he asked for”
Over $70.00 more than he had com-
ing. I then showed him my re-
ceipts and found he was mistaken,
in fact, no mistake but swindle. I

had lost one receipt of $22.40 50 he

still thinks he has this coming, at.
least. Can you please tell me wheth-I
er I owe him this when he refuses
to state the price of each article on
his slips, and also refuses to make” ~
out statements?———E. L., Pt. Hope.-

Mich. ,
—If you have settled the old 3'09. ‘
count with the lumberman. he could
not include in the new account.
items of the old one. I would in-
sist on having an itemized state- ~
ment of the account before paying. *
iL—Asst. Legal Editor.

MUST FIGHT man ,.
_ Can a state ﬁre warden compels}
man to fight ﬁre? Last spring a tire
warden ordered me and some of m:
neighbors out to ﬁght nm. We put:
in a whole day, and never got 9 ,,
my. I don'tceref‘so much-19"
that time of the 'yeer.——-G...T.. ,So I
am New» , .

 


SUBSCRIPTION ORDER NO.

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BUSINESS FARMER

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, 1m Federal Farm Loan Act was;

.14 not emergency legislation. Con-
gress proceeded with great
care, after a most careful and ther-
;;. ougb study of the entire fields of
a rurallcredits. No legislationin the
history of this country received
more cat-eful consideration.
‘ the ﬁrst successful \eifort in the
'-‘ Halted States to organize farm cred-
it and to provide financial machin-
ery, ‘-and instruments of credit by
_ "which agriculture may 80 into the
" money markets of the world and ob-
tain adequate fundsat rates of in-
‘teree‘t it can aircrd to pay and upon
terms adapted to the peculiar char-

Itwas

‘ _ actor of «farming operations.

« The Federal Farm Loan Act, esp
tablishing the Federal Farm Loan
System under which both Federal
Land Banks and Joint Stock Land
' _ ’ operate, is a system of fin-
ance borrowed from Europe. This
system has been adapted to Ameri-
' .can conditions. It was developed
in Europe through more than one
hundred and fifty years of exper-
ience. There were several Commis-
- sions sent to Europe by the United
States to study "agricultural financ-
ing in the various European coun-
tries. These Commissions came back
,with a report to Congress and rec-
"om'mendations upon which the Fed-
eral Farm Loan Act was based.

The Act provided for a dual sys-
tem of banking consisting of Feder-
al Land Bands and Joint Stock and
ma Banks. It created a Federal
Farm Loan Bureau, part of the Un-
ited States Treasury Department,
and made provision for the appoint-
ment of a Federal Farm Lean
Board. which has supervision over
the banks operating under this Sys-
tem. It divided the United States
- into twelve Federal Land Bank Dis-
' trtcts and established in each one of

these Districts a Federal Land Bank,
. and also provided for the chartering
' by the Federal Farm Loan Board of
Joint Stock Land Banks. These
banks can operate in not more than
two states. .
Under this Act the tamer is per-
mitted to choose between two differ-
' ent types of banks authorized by the
United States Government to make
;long term amortized loans. To borb
' row from a Federal Land Bank the
borrower joins a local National
Farm Loan Association. These Na-
tional Farm Luau Associations are
. the agencies through which the Fed-
eral Land Bank Loans its funds. The
borrower from a Federal Land Bank
takes 5 per cent of his loan in cap-
ital stock in the local Association
and has a double liability, on this
stock. The local Association in
.‘ turn owns this amount of stock in
the Federal Land Bank. The Fed-
eral Land Bank holds this stock as
collateral against the loans of all of
the borrowers in the association.

A borrower from a Joint Stock
~Land Bank makes his application
_directly to the Joint— Stock Land
“ Bank or through a local bank rep-
resenting the Joint Stock Land
Bank. He does not make and stock
investment in the bank.

Both Joint Stock Lank Banks and
Federal Land Banks are limited by
lawtoaninterestratenottoex-
used 6 per cent. Both are limited
to a, t of l per cent—the differ-
ence tween the interest rate and
thebond rate. Outofthisnarsin
. of iper cent the bank must pay all
operating expenses. salaries, rent.
. heat, light and other incidentals.
Joint Stock Land Banks are limited
itemakeloansnottoexceediifteen
times their capital,

~~‘fpe_r'cent. Federal Land Banks‘ are
removed to loan Twenty times their
' ' pital, which gives them a maxim-
, ,gross of 20 per cent. Out of
these "routs, of course, comes the
“o management. These banks

ot, charge any commissions for
loans. The Federal Land
permitted“) make a charge

‘pondents

 

7 coat oi." gppralsing the land

, an s i eraiedUndertthe \Farm " Loan Act

Farmers Who 'Wish'to Purchase Land Can Secure Long Time Loans From These" Banks

By JOHN H. KRAFFT ,2

 

1 THIS. is the fourth and concluding article of the series

prepared by Mr. Kraﬁ't,

that has been appearing in

THE BUSINESS ‘FABMER. Mr. Kraﬁt here discusses the Fed-
eral Farm Loan Act and how it makes it possible for a
farmer to secure a long time loan.

 

 

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pay the salary of the Secretary of
the Association. A Joint Stock
Land Bank is only allowed to make
a charge for the actual cost of ex-
amining the land by the Federal ail-
praiser and the cost of examining
the Abstract by its Attorneys. They

‘ are not allowed to charge any com-

missions, neither are their corres-
aliowed to charge any
commissions.

Both Joint Stock Land Banks and
Federal Land Banks are subject to
semi—annual expminations by the
Federal Farm Loan Board. Bor-
rowers in both Joint Stock Land
Banks and Federal Land Banks en-
joy the same protection. Both types
of banks are limited to loans not to
exceed 50 per cent of the value of
the land alone, pus 20 per cent of
the amount insurable buildings add
to the land” to make the total value
of the farm. The funds must be
used for agricultural purposes or to
take up an existing encumbrance or—
iginal'y created for such purposes.
Federal Land Banks are limited to
loans not to exceed $25,000 to one
individual and to borrowers who ac—
tually live on and operate the farm.
Joint Stock Land Banks are limited
to loans not to exceed ﬁfteen per
cent of their capital and in no case
to exceed $50,000, but are not re-
stricted to borrowers who actually
live on the land just so the funds
are used for agricultural purposes.

The purpose of this dual system
of banking was to give the farmer
the choice of joining a cooperative
institution and making a loan
through the National Farm Loan
Association from the Federal Land
Bank and purchasing 5 per cent of
his borrowings in stock in the Local
Farm Loan Association, or of mak—
ing his loan directly through a
Joint Stock Land Bank without this
stock investment. No loans are
made either by Federal Land Banks
or Joint Stock Land Banks to spec—
ulators or on questionable security
or to borrowers of questionable pers—
onal standing. It is necessary in
each case that the borrower has a
reputation of meeting his obliga-
tions promptly and that he owns

a

good
The rates of interest in any type of
a loan is based very much upon the
type of security offered, therefore,
Congress found it necessary to place
restrictions in order to obtain ade-
quate funds for the farmers through
these banks.

After the loans hava been made
by these banks they are sent to
Washington for ﬁnal approval by
.the Federal Farm Loan Board.
When approved by the Board, they
are used as collateral with the Reg-
isterar of the District and bonds is-
sued against these loans. These
bonds are sold, on the open market
and the sale of the bonds is very
much dependent upon sound judg-
ment in selecting the security guar-
anteeing the bonds—in other words
—by inspiring confidence into the
bond buyer. The Government makes
a guarantee to eaery bond buyer of
’either Federal Land Bank or Joint
Stock Land Bank bonds that the
security on these bonds consists of
farm mortgages where the funds
have been used for agricultural pur-
poses and that no loan exceeds 50
per cent of the actual value of the
land, plus 20 per cent of the amount
insurable buildings added to the
land to make the total value of the
farm. In crder to make good on
this guarantee to bond buyer, the
Federal Farm Loan Board appoints
Government Land Appraisers. These
appraisers are assigned to the var-
ious banks and must make an in-
spection of all loans and approve the
loans before the bank can pay out
the funds. It has been argued by
some people that the amount these
banks are allowed to loan under the
Act should be increased. If. these
banks were allowed to make larger
loans the result would be that the
interest rate would be increased pro-
portionately and While this would
help a small percentage of. the
farmers, the 1fact remains that the
limitations as they stand give most
of the farmers the opportunity of
making their loan through this Sys-
tem and of enjoying the beneﬁts of
the System. The restrictions, as
they stand, operate to the decided

Piconning Farmers are on the Right Track

EADERS of the agricultural
press have read much during
the past year about the wonder-

ful dairy development which has
taken place in Arenac county. If
the folks in northern Bay county
have their way, they will also be in-
cluded in those accounts. because
they are preparing to follow the lead
of their neighbor county to the
north, and go much further.

Learning by close association and

observation what active co-operation
between farmer and business man
has done in Arenac county toward
greater prosperity by developing the
dairy business, the Board of Com-
merce and the Grange at Pincouning
are planning a similar project in
their community. This desire has
been accentuated by the advent of a
new up—to-date milk-plant at Pin-

,» conning, owned by Mr. Tom Haipin

whohashadagreatdealofexper—
ience with the manufacture of dairy
products. This assures the pro-
ducer of an excellent market for
his milk and cream.

Various agencies, including the
Michigan Agricultural College, the
N. E. Michigan Development Bureau.
and the Agricultural Departurent of
the 1. (LR. R... are being enlisted
in this work.“ A series. of educa-

  

ue. ma aux-gs: _

One of the ﬁrst steps taken was on
arrangement with the Agricultural
Department of the M. C. R. R. for
the leasing without charge of three
purebred Holstein sires to three
' ups of Farmers. These animals

ve been delivered to their care-
takers. Not only does this impress
the farmers with the worth of a
purebred sire but it also provides
high-class breeding for about 30
farmers. Since all three of these
animals are out of dams that made-
over 24 pounds of butters in seven
days, and two of them are out of
sires whose dams produced over 81
pounds of butter in seven days, it is
very reasonable to suppose that
these sires will be of great beneﬁt in
raising the standard of the live-
stock in the neighborhood of Pin-
conning. The fact that several pure-
breds have been purchased since by
the neighbors 'would indicate that
tlae object—lesson is not being miss-
6 .

Northern Bay county is ideally
adapted dairying according to Mr.
Haipin, owner of the new creamery.
He says that he looked around for
four months for a suitable location
and that he thinks he has found it
in Pinconning. He feels that wond-
erful developments will take place
in dairying in that community in the
V g few yearaand that all will
i m .3 u tt— . , n- J‘». mn-

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advantage of the desirable borrow-
er with good security.

In order to obtain a loan from the
Federal Land Bank, the apo‘icaut
makes application to the Secretary
of National Farm Loan Association

' and to obtain a loan from a Joint

Stock Land Bank, makes his appli-
cation direct to a Joint Stock Land
Bank or through a local bank repre-
senting the Joint Stock Lind Bank.
The applicant fills out an applica-
tion form and swears to it before a
Notary Public. Within a short
time the land is appraised by the
local committee in case the applica-
tion is made to a Federal Land
Bank and if approved by the local
committee the application is sent to
the Federal Land Bank and a Gov-
ernment appraiser re-inspects the
security. In a loan from a Joint
Stock Land Bank the appraisal
is made only by the Federal apprais-
er. unless the Bank has an appraisal
made by their local correspondent
which Joint Stock Land Banks
always do. If the loan is approved
by the appraiser and also by the
Bank the applicant is asked to de-
liver 3 completed Abstract brought
down to date which must show a
fee simple title in the name of the
borrower. The procedure then nec-
essary is the same as in any other
farm loan, other than the fact that
the loan must be made on the amor-
tization plan and the farm must be
inspected by a Government inspector
and the title approved by an Attorn-
ey appointed by the Government. ~

By “amortization" is meant a
contract under which a small pay-
ment per thousand of the loan in ad-
dition to the interest is paid off ev—
ery year, and the loan matures in a
given number of years. The banks
operating’under the Federal Farm
Loan System are allowed to make
loans running from ﬁve to forty
years, however, most of these banks
are making loans for a period of
thirty—three years. The borrower,
however, has the option of paying
off after ﬁve years. This gives him
a loan which runs at his option for
from ﬁve to thirty-three years. As-
suming that the interest rate on a
loan is 6 per cent and a borrower
obtains a loan from one of these
banks for $10,000, a payment of
$350.00 semi—annually will pay in-
terest and entire principal in a little
less than thirty-three years, as loan
never fails due at any one time. You
may ask how you can pay off this
loan in thirty—three years by paying
1 per cent of the principal annually.
It you should deposit $50.00 semi-
annually at 6 per cent compound in-
terest, it would amount to $10,000
in a little less than thirty-three
years. The depositor would have
paid in only $3,300, but the com-
pound interest would, in that time,
amount to $6,700. That is the plan
on which these loans are made and
paid, except that instead of making
a deposit of $50.00 the borrower
pays .the same on the principal in
his note. If the note is paid before
maturity he only pays the unpaid
balance. The borrower does not
get something for nothing, he pays
at the rate of $70.00 per annum on
$1,000 borrowed from which is de-
ducted interest at the rate of 6 per
cent on the unpaid principal and the
balance applied on the debt, but he
never has any renewals with inci-
dental expense. No one can disturb
him in the possession of his land,
nor demand further payments than
that. The loan, in fact, never falls
due in a lump sum but is gradually
amortized or paid off by the regular
semi-annual installments. The bor-
rower has the privilege of paying
$100 or any multiple thereof on the
principal on any interest paying
date after ﬁve years. The contract
which the borrower signs runs for
a period of from live to thirty-three
years at his option. It has been the
policy of Land Banks to allow pay-
ment of the loan before ﬁve years if

  

this, however, when this privilege is
igu'anted there is a charge made \for
t. ,

Land Banks do not make loans on
undivided interests or anythingi‘eu
than an absolute fee simple title.

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Does Your Son want to Become a Veterinarian9

Promising Future For Young Farmer Boys Who Study Veterinary Science to Fit Themselves to Guard
‘ the Health of Our Farm Animals
By WARD GlLTNER

Dean of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan Agricultural College
(Written Exclusively for The Business Farmer)

YtSTEMS of agriculture differ in
different lands. In America it
rests substantially upon animal

industry, and American agriculture
with all its defects and unsatisfying
features, is, all things considered,
the greatest, the most efﬁcient and
the most satisfying system of agri-
culture that the world has known.
It is a fairly safe assumption that
the relationship. of animal industry
to the success of American agricul—
ture is one of cause and effect. A
weakening of animal industry in
America means a serious weaken—
ing of agriculture; a change in the
system of agriculture involving the.
reduction of animal industry to a
lesser role means a less satisfying
system.

The maintenance of a successful
animal industry does not depend on
following a simple formula. I do
not know that we are interested at
the present time in a program of in—
creased live stock production but it
seems to me that the same method
for achieving such an end might be
used to bring about a more proﬁt-
able animal industry. After review-
ing all the possible ways whereby
there might be an increase in our
available meat food supply former
Secretary of Agriculture _Houston
said: “But an easier and more def~
inite program for a large increase
in the meat supply involves the
eradication of the cattle tick, of
tuberculosis and of hog cholera, and
the prompt suppression of: such dis-
eases'as the foot and mouth dis-
ease.”

Is it not a fact that the mainten-
ance of the health of live stock is
the most logical and the more cer—
tain way both to increase and eco—
nomically to foster animal industry?
Human experience has developed a
method and means to accomplish
this desirable end and that is
through veterinary science. Science
applied to the sloution of the prob—
lems of animal industry has made
possible the proud position of Amer—
ican agriculture. The veterinarian
in American is called upon to pro-
tect the horses and mules of the
Army through the medium of a well
organized and competently manned
veterinary corps. A veterinarian
heads the Bureau of Animal Indus-
try of the U. S. Department of Agri—
culture and is aided by the largest
well trained body of veterinarians
(about 1500) in the world. It is
the service of these men that pro—
tects the country against entrance
of foreign animal plagues, such as

,_ cattle plague and foot and mouth

disease, or eradicates the disease be-
fore it makes headway if it gains
entrance into the country. Accurate
knowledge backed by good judg-
ment is required in such work. In-
vestigations into the nature of dlS-
ease must be in progress constantly.
The veterinarians of the Bureau are
also required to assist the various
state veterinary boards and commls—
sions to eradicate or suppress such
diseases as Texas fever of cattle,
dourine of horses, tuberculosis of
cattle and swine, hog chorera, scab
of sheep, cattle and horses and
many other diseases constantly
menacing the health of domesticat—
ed animals. It is the function of
these men also to inspect the meat
that is slaughtered in establish~
ments that engage in export or in—
terstate trade, thus protecting the

health of the people.

The various states must main-
tain an adequate corps of trained
veterinarians whose honor and in—
tegrity are unquestioned and whose
professional training is on a par
with that required by the learned
professions. Municipalities demand
the services of veterinarians in the

. capacity of meat and milk inspect—

ors and to protect the health of an—
imals in the various city depart—
ments. Many large private estab-
lishments employ veterinarians to
attend their valuable live stock
possessions. The great English race
horse, Papyrus, was attended by a
veterinarianw on his recent visit to
this side of the Atlantic.

Big Field Is Private Practice

Of course the great ﬁeld for the
veterinarian is private practice. The
farmer must expect more from well
trained, high principled veterinary
practitioners than from any other
source in his efforts to ward off dis—
ease from his horses, cattle, swine.
sheep and poultry. To this list of
animals must be added pets, such

imals.

service.

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students in veterinary colleges in
America. There were 2'2 of these
schools, 12 privates and 10 state.
Today there are 12 state schools and
one private school which has no
freshmen class, an indication of
early cessation of activities. These
schools have less than 600 students
enrolled. It is estimated that over
500 veterinarians leave the profes-
sion every year because of death,
disability or from other causes. In
other words nearly as many are lost
each year as are now enrolled in
all the schools, and the schools re—

lease by graduation less than one-

fourth of their total number of reg—
istrants each year. In 1914 the
average attendance in our veterin—

“ MERIOAN agriculture depends on an-
imal husbandry, the success of which
depends upon the health of farm an-

The health of farm animals can be
maintained only by

adequate veterinary

The number of students in veterin-
ary colleges has fallen from about 3,000 to-
about 500. About half the schools have clos-
ed; one
another has no freshmen and will probably
close, soon.
schools is concerned it seems a fortunate cir-
cumstanee that they are all private enter-
Vcterinary educatiOn is a matter of
public concern and must be Supported by the

school closed in November;

So far as the closing. of these

public, and it is a serious matter that there

WARD GILTNER

are only about one-sixth as many students .

preparing themselves to become (are-takers

of America’s animal husbandry as there were before the war.

The

disasterous effects of this situation will not be felt for four or ﬁve
years, but. it is certain that within a few years we will suffer from the
lack of properly trained young men to look after veterinary practice,
meat and milk inspection, animal disease eradication and other as-
pects of veterinary service.”—Prof. Ward Giltner, Dean of Veterinary

Medicine, M. A. C.

as dogs, cats and others, in which
the city dweller has an equal inter-
est. and fur bearing animals, espec—
ially the fox, now demanding ex-
pert veterinary service because of
the effects of domestication on their
health.

A lessening in the number and
value of farm animals is neither
permissible nor possible if we are
4 to maintain our standards of living,
except in case of the horse which
may be partly, and only partly, re-
placed by the tractor, truck and
automobile. . Space and time will
not permit of a discussion in this
article of the relative merits of
draft animals and the internal com-
bustion engine as farm power, nor
of the possibility of substitutes for
the domesticated animals
which we depend for food, clothing
and other useful things. For those
who are alarmed by false predic—

mtions of an animal-less age 'we sub-

mit some cold statistical facts.
Comparing the ﬁgures of 1910 with
those of 1920 for numbers and val-
ues of live stock we ﬁnd no cause
for alarm.

Now what about the statistics side
so far as the veterinarian is concern-
ed. In 1910 there were 199,000,--
000 animals on the American farms
with a value of,$5,274,000,000 or
17,000 valued at $413,000 for each
veterinary practitioner. In 1920
there were 215,000,000 farm anim—
als worth $8,556,000,000, that is
24,634 having a value of $912,000
for each practitioner. This is the
way Dean Moore of Cornell ﬁgures
it out. These ﬁgures do not include
poultry or pets. ‘

In 1916 there were about 3,000

upon‘

ary colleges was 120, now it is 52
(ranging from 16 to 90).

There is far less interest in vet-
erinary education in America than
there is in European countries.
France is training more men to
combat animal disease than is the
United States while our animal in—
dustry is valued at an 'incom'parably
higher ﬁgure than is the French.
Compare the following ﬁgures for
France and the United States for
1921:

France: 13,343,000 cattle; 5,166,-
000 swine; 9,600,000 sheep; 2,892,-

000 horses and mules. United
States: 41,923,000 cattle; 63,000,—
000 swine; 37,209,000 sheep; 18,-

853,000 horses and mules.

We have three times as many
cattle, twelve times as many swine,
four times as many sheep and near—
ly seven times as many draft anim-
als as has France. Our Federal

government is not spending a dol—.

lar on veterinary education while
some of the smallest European
countries, no more important than
some of our states, are spending
about as much as all our states com—
bined.

An explanation of the situation is
not so easy. In the ﬁrst place the
veterinarian in America has not oc-
cupied the lofty position in the
public eye ﬁlled by the European
veterinarian. This is largely a.
matter of circumstance. Ours is a.
new country, hewn out of the wild—
erneSs onlyrecently. Our agricul-
ture has owed more to our natural
resources and to the sturdy charac-
ter and indomitable will of the
pioneer\ than to a reﬁnement of
skill, and traditional practice or

speciﬁc education.
ian was as rough and ready as the
pioneer farmer. The designation

“herse doctor" was more or less ac- . ~

curate in its descriptive quality.
Veterinary education, like all tech-
nical and professional education in
America was pitched on no- higher
plane than conditions demanded.
With the development of agricul-
ture and agricultural education and
their consequent problems, veter-
inary practice and education have
developed—it is no vain boast to
say that they have kept apace and
it is with pride that both the agri-
culturist and veterinarian can just-
ly boast of the rapidity of the pace.
Students of Better Class

Today the veterinarian is educat-
ed largely at the expense of the
state in well—not too well or well
enough — equipped and properly
manned colleges usually associated
w1th agricultural colleges. The

training of the veterinarian is thor‘ I

ough, intensive and extensive. The
methods are scientiﬁc and effective.
The personnel of the profession is
becoming high class—consisting of
'men of character, personality, high
1deals.and marked ability. Modern
veterinary practice demands that ,its
votaries keep abreast of the times in
respect of their ability to turn the
most recent discoveries in medical
solence to the advantage of their
varied patients. But they have so
much to live down! And yet so
much achievement to glory in!
There is a great need for the gen-
eral public, and especially parents
of available young men, to become
acquainted with the nature, the pur-
pose and the vital importance of a
profession that is charged with the
responsibility of maintaining the in-
tegrity of a great essential industry.
The, profession is not over crowded,
the work is fascinating and honor-
able, its members occupy the high
est positions of honor, trust and re-
sponsibility in their respective com-
munities. .

But agriculture is in the dumps
which fact reacts unfavorably upon
veterinary science and practice. Per—
haps it is fortunate that many poor-
ly qualiﬁed men—men who were
never well prepared for their train-
ing and consequently never well
trained, men who have neglected
their opportunities to keep them-
selves informed of the advances in

their science and practice, men who ,

may be naturally ill adapted to the
peculiar requirements of the pro-
fession—it may be fortunate that
some such men are leaving the pro-

fession to go into business. Agricul- ‘

ture will speedily, or in due time,
recover, there will be renewed in-
terest in the pleasure horse and in
pet animals and then who' will look
after them in sickness and advise
their owners in order that sickness
be avoided? Our veterinary col-
leges are graduating less than three
qualiﬁed men annually for each
state in the Union. In some states
more than that ‘many new positions
are being created each year. Young
men entering college now are pre-
paring themselves for service four
years from now. What will be the
Situation then? Certainly not bet-
ter in so far as the number of avail-
able men is concerned.

There may be some thought-less
persons or some disgruntled clients
who rejoice or at most see no cause
for alarm in the veterinary situa-
tion. They would admit our prem-
1ses but not our suggested conclus-
ions. Is there not some other way
whereby the livestock industry may
be protected? Yes, undoubtedly;
but it would be nothing but veter-
inary science and practice under an-
other name or guise.

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farm life, the life to which he was born,
fall behind the industries of the city, he
patiently tested, built and rebuilt in
search of a dependable farm power.

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pelled to sell the things he produced by
slow and laborious methods and to buy
clothes, house furnishings farm machin-
cry, and other material produced more
economically with the aid of power.

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WISH to advise you that we re-
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us for the best home-made bean
picker ’plan. We hereby wish to ex-
press our sincere thanks for the
same, to Mr. Gerks we also wish to
extend thanks. We feel we drew a
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you, I am,——John Boa, Marion. R3,
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SOLDIER FAVORS BONUS
EAR Editor: Just a. few lines
in regard to your editorial
“Mellon urges tax cut.”

Sounds to me very much like the
propaganda of a certain well know
Chamber of Commerce. Maybe it
is? However, this same Mr. Mellon
piled up millions upon millions of
dollars for himself and associates at
the expense of the taxpayers of this

country, and, as it often looks, at‘

the expense of the men who fought.
Yes it is every American’s duty to
ﬁght for and uphold our country in
time of need, but ﬁt is not saying
advantage should be taken of their
patriotism to beat them out of what
they so justly earned, while those in
snug jobs at home Were making’
from eight to ﬁfteen dollars a day
and those who are ﬁghting the hon-
us so hard now, were making mil-
lions and grafting right and left.

I am telling you right now when
you say you have not talked to a
soldier who was very strong for a
bonus, that you have talked to a.
darn few soldiers. Iyam personally
acquainted with about three hund-
red service men, and I have never
heard one say he was anything but
in favor of it, and at the 32nd Div,
Reunion at Grand, Rapids last sum-
mer, I heard about three thousand
voice their approval. ..

I also notice that in almost the
same breath that you denounce the
bonus, you approve a bill to give
Germany $70,000,000. WHY? Be—
cause it might bring up the price of
beans a few cents. It is the wish of
a large majority of the people that
a bonus be passed and you know it,
and if it were not, how do you ﬁg-
ure our representatives would be
building political fences by passing
it. I will close, hoping you will be
a man fair enough to show the sol-
dier's side of this question as well
as the interests that are wishing its
downfall—H. Calkins, Highwood,
Mich.

ABSTRACT COMPANY REPLIES
TO “E. K."
EAR EDITORz—In your issue
of September 29, there appear-
ed an article from one of your
subscribers signed “E. K." from
Cass City, regarding abstracting and
particularly regarding a certain ab—
stract which he claims to. have
purchased from us. He particularly
claimed that the charges for work
done on this abstract were exhorbi—
taut, and complained of both charges
and lack of guarantee as to accur-
acy. Will you kindly print for us in
your valuable paper, the following
reply:

His ﬁrst suggestion is that ab-
stracts should be made by county
ofﬁcials, and implies that such work
would be more reliable and would
cost less. The county oilicial elected
by the people for a period of two
years, enters his oﬂlce with no ex-

perience in the work. but must gain

this experience by doing the work.
During the busy season of the year
when transfers of property are fre-
quent, ho is kept busy with ‘this
work of his 011106, and this is just
the time when abstracts are most
needed.

A competent abstractor could. not, ,

gointothoomceofthellogistoro!
and make a complete abstract
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ofﬁce. But thus records consists
of approximately 120,000 deeds and
100,000 mortgages, assignnmnts and
discharges recorded verbatum in a
chronological order, the ﬁrst records
in our, county being made in 1851,
and following one another as receiv-
ed for record with no distinction as
to land therein ducﬂhed. _

To compile an abstract from these
records, one may luck in the Tract
Book and ﬁnd the name of the per-
son locating that parcel of, land.
Then we must follow the index of
name until a conveyance of that par-
cel is made by the ﬁrst owner, then
take the graatce's name and fol-

 

take the guarantoe’s mane and fol-'

low in the same manner, through
sixteen books of lndicos of deeds and
twelve books of tuition of mort-
gages. But it often happen that
the title does not run smoothly, an
owner having perhaps abandoned
the land, or perhaps a grantee does
not place his deed on record, and
then we are lost. But perhaps we
know the name of the present owner
and can tract back in the some way.
beginning with the latest index book
and going backwards to the begin-
ning, or until we again become lost
because of the dropping out of the
party for whom we are looking. 'And
we can go through each mortgage
index following the name of those
whom we have found to be the own—
er at one time of the parcel we are
interested in, thus getting as nearly
as possible, a good chain of title.
But on lands in Tuscola County. par-
ticularly, there are numerous mis—
cellaneous transfers not to be found

' in any way except by a careful per-

usal of each of the 200,000 trans-
fers, and this is a task which it is
suppbsed that a clerk could do in
loss than half a day and that a
county oﬂicial should be expected to
do. An abstract compiled in such
a manner, even approximately cor-
rect, would not be ready when re-
quired, and the cost would certain-
ly be worth talking about if paid for
by the time required to do such
work.

“E. ,K." further states that his
land abstracted consisted of about
eight acres located partly in the Vil-
logo of Cass City, that the charge
of Fifty Dollars was outrageous, and
that what he has as an abstract
isn't worth much, and further"states
that he. thinks it could have been
made in much less than half a day.
He also asks some interested person,
even a practical abstractor, to ans—
wer. So let us see just how this
particular abstract was made.

First, an abstract oilice is made up
of vaults in which are kept copies of
all the records from the oﬂice of
Register of Deeds. These have been
compiled from the beginning of the
records, when time, labor and ma-
terial were inexpensive, having been
carefully guarded in vaults from loss
by ﬁre or other destructive agency.
These records have been transferred
to another complete set of books,
one book for each township, each
divided into 36 parts, into each of
which are put all the transfers at-
fecting that section of the particular
township. There are also books for
the villages and each village book is
also divided into parts, so that each
block of the village has a section of
its own, and the various transfers
affecting these separate blocks are
placed therein, a transfer affecting
several different parcels being placed
under each division affected.

These books form a basis for
the abstract work and represent
much time and thought, and their
value must form a part of the cost
of an abstract. An abstract around
any willage represents many hours
close study before any attempt at
writing the document is made. The
descriptions must be studied, so
that all parcels which in any way
cover the parcel concerned, are in-
cluded and all others rejected. These
must then be arranged so that a
complete history of the parcel ,of
land is shown. . Sometimes tw0 or
three day-are occupied in studying

upon one description, before ever-y:

  

the son of Mr. and hits. I". A. La!"

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is also entered looking for” the tax
record. - -

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sent out, being always examined» ' by '
onowhohaahadyoarsofexpeﬂenoe "
before being mailed. and thh work, ,1
and the experience, and the Wine-

lc value of the recordsallentuintb'
thecostofthednishedam _

“E.K”isrlghtinthlnlingthat
an abstract made from the

little value. The only encounter the '

existence or an abstract is that it,
shows a complete history of the title,

andthatmusteometromthoumo

oflocationofthopropertyefltl
valuois

ahistoryotthctitlomadotu-the
purpose of dialects;
exist. and cannot change nts
to make corrections. . , ‘
The statement that “E. K.” would
not object to paying well for a” real
service seems to have been answer-
ed. If an abstract showing a com-

plete history of the title is of valbuoa

we consider our work (loud

above, to be a real service. If not.
we are wasting not only our time
but much mental labor which should
be used in a good cause... But we
believe that it is only lack of under-

standing of the real service given by ,

the complete compilation of an ab-
stract that has led to this discussion.

As for some different system,
there is no other way by which ones
title to property‘may be determined.
A state may not decree a good title
in a person who is holding posses-
alon of a piece or land without sat-
istactory evidence that no one else
has a good claim to such land. For
this purpose, there must ﬁrst be so-
cured a complete shutout of title
and a clear title must be shown. oft-
entimes expensive court proceedings
being required to clear old clouds
upon title. and than Title Oct-titl-
catc may be issued by the state in
which such a system has been adopt-
ed. As for the reduced cost. a recent
visitor to our once, commenting on
the reasonableness of our charges.
spoke of the cost of abstracts se-
cured in a state in which this system
is used, and aid that his ﬁrm often
had to pay $200 or $300 for one ab-

street. As for the value of this

system, the fact that many decline
to deal with titles so registered, does
not give as full» conﬁdence in its use.
—-Ealy a 00., Abstractors. Tuscola
County, Michigan.

 

EAR Editor:-—-I have seen by,

the papers that the Michigan

farmers were not buying as
much prison twine as they should.
Ouereasouislthinkthattheperh
sons who order it cannot take the
time to canvass their townships
see about what they can sell.
ordered one-halt ton and it I could
have had two too I could have sold
it by doing a little advertising, I
believe. If one person in each town- ‘
ship could order what they could
sell/and give good bonds or security
for the amount, and settle with the

prison every two weeks and not sell >

any of it, except for cash, the sale
of twine could be 111ch double.
I know it couldmore than double in
my township. I believe the farm-
ers ought to support this to the
limit. I would like to hear from
someone else who has a better plan.
—-—V§7Lm. R. Symons, Arem County.
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spring than last spring. .

The big question in the growers’
minds at the present time is what
will we get for our beets? It can—
not be answered for certain until
after February the 1st, 1924. And
anyone that has stated any price, is
simply talking for effect, as the
average extraction cannot be known
until after the factories close which
will not be known until February
lst, 1924. However, I am warrant-
ed in stating that my opinion is that
it will be good in both extraction
and price. One factory manager
has told me that up to date the ex—
traction has been above the average,
which is about 250 pounds per ton
of beets, and the average New York
price of sugar since October lst is
around $8.80 for cane. '

Another question which is aggita—
ting the growers mind is what kind
of contract will the 1924 contract
be? This question is no doubt in
the minds of the personnel of the
factories. Some say there will still
be the three contracts for next year,
some say the factories will get to-
gether and come out with one cm-
boding the good points of all three.
I believe this can be done. Further
I believe it should be done. Let
me suggest a contract embodding a
participating contract on a 50-50
basis, charging a certain sum per
acre, whore labor assistance is turn—
ished and a safe minimum substant—
ial ﬁrst payment of say $6.00 per
ton which would relieve the minds
of our growers that are doing busi—
ness entirely on borrowed capital. I
may say frankly that I cannot ﬁnd a
year where the grower actually did
gain anything ﬁnancially by having
a guaranteed minimum price in his
contract, but if it makes us feel bet-
ter, why let’s have it.

In closing, there is one other
question that is bothering the minds
of the growers and that is the ac-
cusation that they are employing
child labor in the beet ﬁelds. My
opinion is that these that are bring—
ing the charges are not familiar
with the facts of the case. It was
charged by Mr. Owen R. Lovejoy,
Secretary of the National Child Lab—
or Committee that the beet workers
children lost 63 per cent of their
school time. This if true is not on
account of beet work, as schools are
closed for the summer, and the har-
vest does not begin until about
October 15th and is done about Do—
cember 10th and very few children
under 16 years can do much topping
beets. The writer sends a picture of
some of his beet workers that rep—
resent the kind that really pay to
have in the beet ﬁeld. Mr. Lovejoy
charges that work in the beet ﬁelds
is detrimental to the health of child—
ren, not being a doctor I cannot say.
However the writer has labored at
most all kinds of farm work since
he was six years old, at such work
that he could do and has acquired
thereby a practical knowledge of his
business that is worth a great deal
of money. Besides has formed hab-
its of industriousness that lots of
children nowdays are not getting.
As far as I have observed, the best
workers children are not overwork-
ed, neither are they under-fed, as

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stated by Mr. Lovejoy and I have

been in ever beet rowin '
in Michigan.y . g ., g section
According to Dr. Carl E. Buck,
epidemiologist of the Department of
Health, there are not so 'many und—
er—nourished children in the poor.
sections of the cities as there are
among the wealthier class of people,
as the food the poorer class of child-
ren get is plain, but nourishing,
whereas, the children of the rich be-
come dainty in their eating habits.
and therefore form abnormal appe-
tites not to their good. It this is a
fact then moving these children out

of the crowded city into the open‘

country in the summer time certain-
ly cannot be detrimental to their
health. EsDecially when their work
and play is in the open air. As far
as, housing conditions are concerned,
it should be made clear that the
sugar companies are renting houses

that are occupied by farmers them-g

selves a couple of years ago, having
SlllCe moved into the cities. There'
are a few of the “beet shanties” be-
ing used, but they compare very
favorably with the usual summer re-
sorter’s cottage that he lives in
when he takes his vacation.

One point more, Mr. Lovejoy
charges that his agents actually cov-
ered 10,500 acres of the beet ﬁelds
and found 1358 children at work
there if he had covered the whole
beet acreage in Michigan then he
would have found 14,938 children
at work since he states that these
children done around 7 acres of
beets apiece, there would be only
4,034 acres left for the 10,900 adult
laborers the 17 sugar factories hired
to work. If Mr. Lovejoy’s conten-
tions are true then it is not a ques—
tion of child labor, but a. question .of
the childishncss of labOr. The facts
are that beet workers do not Shirk
like so many city workers nowdays,
because they are working not by the
day but by the acre. Therefore the
efﬁciency of the beet worker and his
family for which the Michigan sug-
ar beet growers paid $2,507,000.00
in cash and about $620,000.00 in
extra bonuses, house rents, gardens,
fuel, andtransportation from and-
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dressed to this department are published here
and answered by ou, our readers. who are
graduates of the. chool of Hard Knocks and
who have their diplomas from the College of
Experience. if you don’t want our editor’s
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everyday business farmers' advice. send‘ in
your question here. We will publish one
each week. If you can answer the other
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i Spirit saith to the churches.”——-

Rev. 3:6.

E jubilantly salute the New

Year. We hail it for its rev-

olutionary newness. It brings
to us glad tidings of universal un—
rest; of the giving of industrial ty-
ranny and the forced abdication of
political autocrats. But more sig—
niﬁcant still, ecclesiastical authority
is yielding to a more sympathetic
and representative leadership. The
legalistic John gave way to the lead-
ership of the Christ. Yet, how hum-
bly and graciously! It is not given

- totoo many men to retire, willingly,

when a better man appears to as-
aume the role of leadership. This
Jesus, for a time, became the vis-
ible, personal leader of His church.
But isn’t He our personal leader,
yet? The Revelator sees Him'walk-
ing among the churches in the wis—
dom and power of God. Hugh Black
saw him on the battle ﬁelds of
France as the “Comradein White.”
And even yet, when we meet in His
Name, He promises to be in our
midst; and when we go out to our
tasks, he says, “Lo, I am with you
always.”

But one day, He and His disciples
took a farewell walk up the gentle
slopes of Olivet. “And it came to
pass, while He blessed them there
He was carried up into heaven.” Yet
not until he had given them the im—
perative order to “Tarry” until
they were clothed. Clothed with
what? With more accessions to
their number? With more means?
With symbol or sacrament? No.
But clothed with power. The Greek

word translated “power,” is the
word for dynamite. That is signif-
icant, isn’t it? Well, the disciples

tarried for this spiritual dynamite.
Church folks speak of it as the
blessing of Pentecost. And here is
Where the Holy Spirit assumes the
leadership of God’s people to con—
vict of sin and impart life and pow-
er. “He that hathan ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith to the
churches.” And so, while a visible
leader seems to be a psychological
necessity, the invisible leadership of
the Spirit is fundamental. The one
'gives vision, the other gives power.
‘And the church in Sardis needed
most of all to recognize the leader-
‘ship of “the seven spirits of God,”
which is to say, the Holy Spirit.
(Read the Revelation of St. John,
331—6).

Sardis was a popular church,
widely known and advertised. And
while “thou hast a name that thou
livest,” evidently it was due to a
selﬁsh directed publicity. You can
see its publicity departments putting
out in great, red letters, “The Peo—
ple’s Church,” or “The Glad Hand
Church.” “To—night the President’s
message will be radioed. Be on
time and hear the great choir.” “0
Sardis, thou hast a name, but thou
art dead.” “Thou hast depended

' for thy life and power upon mach-

inery and men, when, only the
church that is in constant corres—
pondence with Him who hath ‘the
seven spirits of God,’ hath life; not

‘ a semblance of life.”

In some animals, even after death
has taken place, you will notice a
spasmodic twitching and movement
of the muscles. How many churches
and individuals try so hard to hold
the respect of the community and
friends thru a show of Christian life
when their spiritual .heart has ceas-
ed to beat! And can't we see how
possible it is (tho how fatal) to be
connected with a church thru a
formal adherence, but not thru a
vital conviction! “zSartis, thouart
dead.” But is my church dead?
Haven’t we been much alive during
the past year? Just see our ﬁne
training center and take note of all
our equipment! And how we have
prophesied in the name of Christ

and have laid our gifts at our Lord’s

feet! Why, we don’t feel any sting
of death. But paralysis is not pain-
ful. And it is the business of the
world to chloroform the church in-

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f ’ iAysEnMON BY REV. Davin F. WARNER

perform his usual feats, and wist
not that ‘his strength was gone.
Sardis was sleeping in the lap of the
world not knowing that her life
blood was ebbing away. And your
church may have plenty of organiz-
ation activity, but a growing dead-
ness at life’s center. Yet, withal,
there always stand out in bold spir-
itual relief, “a few names that have
not deﬁled their garments.” “They
shall walk with me in white for they
are worthy.” May this new year
ﬁnd more churches coming out of
the denominational blundering pro-
moted by an ecclesiatical hierarchy;
away from selﬁsh connection with
,Christ, their Head. Does it not
seem, sometimes, ethat Christ, the
“chief corner stone” would yet be
rejected by the builders? And does
it not appear that in our zeal to
have the biggest church, the best
choir, and the most popular stand—
in with the community, that we are
in danger of betraying and repud~
iating the spirit and devotion of the
“apostles and prophets" who consti—
tute the ﬁrst 'course in the building?

Now, God, thru His spirit, is the .

self—appointed leader of the church.
In the Jewish wilderness assembly,
the ark went before them and the
cloud was over them; but Kadesh
Barnes witnessed their defeat be—
cause they preferred man’s counsel.
In choosing, their king, Israel turned
frdm the counsel of God, and Jvhile
a man—led kingdom was dying out, it
became clearer and clearer to the
wide-visioned prophets that God
must send a leader to earth to vin—
dicate His name and save His peo«
ple. This Leader came; He served:
He died; He ascended; yet, he still
walks among us in the “seven spirits
of God.” And when the heavenly
dove made its peaceful descent upon
our Savior, God gave of his spirit
in overwhelming measure. When
Christ ascended He did so that He
might ﬁll our “earthen vessels”
without measure, with the same
spirit and so to impart quickening
life and power. May the New Year
bring this conscious conviction to
all, that it is not in man or the
things of man to impart spiritual
life; but the holy ways of grace and
power are learned from Him, who
hath the spirit that was sent by di-
rect course to heal our deadness.

But what is the practical meaning
of all this? It is this: “Judgement
must begin'with the house of God.”
Your church and mine must get
right with God. Sardis, .“I have
found no works of thine perfected
before God.” “Be thou watchful and
establish the things that remain.”
Life had not entirely gone out.
There was smoldering embers lying
about, and the Seer is pleading that
she yield to the leadership of Him
who does not quench smoldering
ﬂax, but fans it into a new ﬁre. This
means that until churches yield
precedence to Christ, above love of
denomination, sacrament, or ritual,
or prestige, they can not keep their
garment from deﬁlement.

Now, we would not minimize the
need of an efﬁcient church for this
new era. Modern equippment and
organization are important. But
all”this is but as cold, lifeless ma-
chinery‘ without spiritual ﬁtness.
The coal is shoveled into the engine
but no power is generated. Why?
There is no ﬁre. But it takes ﬁre
to create ﬁre. Just this is the mean—
ing of Pentecost.~ Moses came down
from the mountain one day with the
Ten Commandments, and read them
impressively, expecting that his peo—
ple would learn and obey them be—
fore reaching Canaan. But they
have not done so to this day. Why?
Jesus came down from the new San—
ai in a later day and submitted the
rules for Christian efficiency in a
new age (the Sermon on the
Mount), but we treat them as im—
practical and visionary, and some-
thing to be achieved in the long aft—
erwhile. Why? Did you ever try to
think it out and feel it out? In the
days of river trafﬁc, passengers were
want to wait for days for their boat.
In the interim they would idle away
their time whittling and swaping
stories. But when, up the river, the
deep scream of the boat’s whistle
was heard, no matter whether day
ornight, th‘e-whole-town awoke in-

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,1931 '

 

Edited and Published by
THE “all. PUBLISHING ”IPA". Ins.
GEORGE I. BLOOUI. PW
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ﬁrm who we do not believe to be thoroughly honest an reliable.
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vertiser in these columns. the publisher would appreciate an im-
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l 9 2 4
UR very able Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.
Wallace, has in his usual clear and concise
manner set forward a program, which is at
the same time a prediction, of the better things
which are in store for American agriculture dur-
ing 1924.

There can be little question now, but what the
farming business on the whole, is convalescing
from a period of depreSsion such as has not been
experienced since the period immediately fol‘ w—
ing the Civil War.

We who have been closely identiﬁed with the
agricultural business have felt as though we were
passing through a period the like of which had
never been seen before, but history in its usual
manner has only repeated its lf and we are now
emerging into the silver lining, the turn in which
was felt in most divisions of the farming and
stock growing business early in 1923.

The migration from the farms to the cities
has only decreased the number of producers and
increased the number of consumers. We have
pointed out consistently through these columns
that this could only work to the beneﬁt of those
who would remain on the farm.

It is the real farmers who have stuck by their
farms, at least in that territory north of the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, which is aftcr all
the real prosperous agricultural and dairy heart
of America.

We look forward with real optimism for the
farmers
and those who were smiled at as their neighbors
drove toward the city with their household ef-
fects are going to have a. chance to smile, if our
prediction proves correct, before the end-of this
very year.

As old Bill Nye once said, “Things might have
been wuss, but I don’t see how!"

FARMERS IN SUGAR FACTORIES

ROM Owosso comes a report that most of the
F labor employed in the sugar beet plant op-

erated there has been recruited this year
from the farming district immediately adjacent
to this plant.

It may be that this is a. solution to the employ-
ment of the surplus of farm labor which is
created with the locking up of Nature’s store-
house, in the early winter, hero in Michigan.

Perhaps the conditions which have forced the

present situation at Owosso. which is doubtless,

reﬂected in other sections of the state, is a. move
in the right direction. Would it not be possible
for the factories to begin slicing later in the
season after the farmers and farm labor were re-
leased from their ﬁelds? This may offer a sug-
gestion for a happy solution to one of the pres-
ent day taming problems.

CHRISTMAS TREE WASTE

one who has in his heart a love for conser-
i q vation could go about the streets of Detroit
or any other large city in Michigan Christ-
mas Day ﬁlled with the true Christmas spirit.
He was too embittered by the sight of thousands
of unused Christmas trees lying in every vacant
lot because the supply had far exceeded the de-
mand, great as that must have been.
Even the city newspapers are up in arms

arlnthonorthernpartotourstate.
youngtreoswh‘lchamdestroyedwill
of patient eﬂort and the surprising
stotthenwerecatdenbya
vandalswlmdmlwem

in Michigan particularly during 1924,‘

It would be impossible for the state jpoﬂue 1:5 ’
they were numberadﬂln the thousands to protect ‘

these trees which are scattered over so large an
area and in so many countries, but it should not
be hard to check from the selling end, where the
trees came from, and if they were legitimately
purchased.

No one would want to deprive a single child of
the sight of the Christmas tree but there must be
a way to discourage this wholesale destruction
and the needless Waste which it involves, and no
larger subjnt can attract the attention of the
State Board of Conservation. They should have
the support of the legislature in any law they
want enacted to curb this practice.

 

THE SUGAR BEET SITUATION

HERE is no man in Michigan who enjoys a

better reputation among the beet growers

themselves than C. E. Ackerman of Durand,
who on page 4 of this issue discusses the sugar
beet situation in Michigan, the probable price to
be paid and the outlook for the future.

Mr. Ackerman has been a. leading ﬁgure in
many of the bitter ﬁghts which have been staged
in Michigan and he is one of the men who has
been given considerable credit for the progress
which has been made to beneﬁt the growers
during the past few years.

The fact that he is optimistic over the future
of sugar beet growing in Michigan is a signal for
congratulations on the part of beet growers in
our state and for the sugar beet industry gener-
ally.

We hope every reader in the sugar beet coun-
try will not only read thlg article but pass it
along to his friends and neighbors who grow
beets and we want you to know that the col—
umns of THE Bosuvsss FARMER are always open
to a discussion of any of the points which-Mr.
Ackerman or any other writer brings up so that
you may feel perfectly free to State your facts
and they will be published with your name or

 

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OPTI-
MISTIC OVER FARMING IN 1923-1924

HE industry, courage and faith evi-
denced by the farmers of the Nation
during the past three years are slowly

bringing their reward. Improvement In
agricultural conditions continues—not as
rapidly as desired or needed, nor as rapidly
as deserved, but nevertheless it continues.
The promise of the year has been fulﬁlled.

So we come to the end of the third year
of post-war depression with a feeling of
greater conﬁdence born of better times al-
ready realized and with justiﬁed hope of
still further improvement in 1924.

In general, the crops of 1923 were good.
Some sections in the cotton belt and in the.
wheat belt suffered from the ravages of
weather and insect pests, but the aggregate
crop production was equal to the average of
the ﬁve preceding years.

Considering money return we ﬁnd that
the values of most crops are greater than in ‘
1922. The total value of all crops is 12 per
cent greater. The values of the wheat. rye,
rice, clover seed, cranberry, peach and'pear
crops are below 1922; in the case of wheat
11 per cent below. The values of all other
important crops are greater.

It is difﬁcult to measure the productive
value of livestock during the year, depend-
ent as it is upon crops marketed in that
form. In general, it has been a prosperous
year for sheep growers, fairly good for dairy-
men, less satisfactory for producers of hogs,
and discouraging for growers. of range
cattle. Cattle feeders, however, have done
very well on the whole.

Experience gained during these years of
depression. however, together with progress
”already made.) warrant a hopeful attitude
for the coming year. Gradually crop acreage

' is being boner adjusted. The domestic mar-
ket continues strong. The children keep
coming, and that means a steadily increas-
ing number of mouths to be fed. Those who .
stay by the farm and do good farming can
look forward to better times as a reward for
their years of toll and hardship. Those bus-
inesses depend directly upon farm purchases
can and decided encouragement in the grow-
ing gross income of the farmer, for he will
buy as his income expands.

The year 1924 comes with the promise of
continued improvement in the” material pros-
perity of the farmer, and the terms:- con-

‘tlnuestobathamaterman‘dsplrltual back-
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more than $29, 000 to call an extra session o, .
the legislature and to ﬁnd out who actually is ,

“boss" at Lansing»

After meeting for nearly two weeks the logis-
lature was adjourned without passing one sing“
bill or performing one single act of beneﬁt toitllo '
state unless it be reasoned that their refusal %
enact the rcapportionment bill until 9. constth-
tlonal amendment is voted upon would be worth “
the astounding amount which this cost. ,

Of course the voters and taxpayers of Mich]- 7,: . “5
gan know that the legislature’ a refusal to consM- ": '1 "
er the reapportlonment act was largely a thrud‘ . , ”
at Governor Groesbeck who, rightly or wrongly
as you may think, is accused of being a supreme
“boss” on his job and neither his pleading not ‘_ , »
his threats could change the majority of the legis- . _, .
lature in anything that he sponsored. _ I '

There is much to be said on the matter of re-
apportionmeut in this state. It is not a simple >
problem and is one that will require considerable" ~
discussion it the people of Michigan are to vote
intelligently on an amendment to the constltli—
tion regarding it, which now seems necessary if
any is made.

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MORE VETERINARIANS NEEDED ‘
F you have thought that the auto repair men 2
. had the veterinarian by the throat and that j'
with the apparent "passing of the horse“
there was to be no more need for the old familiar
“horse doctor”, prepare to change your views. ' ~
Professor Ward Giltner, head of the Veterin-
ary Department of M. A. 0., leads a very timely
discussion on this subject in a special article in
this issue, in which he encourages farmer boys to
take up this lucrative employment in their
neighborhood as a veterinarian and points out
that the number of horses, cows, mules and swine
have largely increased not only in Michigan but
in the entire United States during the past ten
years in spite of its phenomenal development in ,
automotive power. ._
There are any number of. communities even in
our own state where there is no good veterinarian
within easy access, and yet the number of animals "1'
on the farms is constantly increasing and their
needs for medical attention must be as carefully , ‘
guarded as are those of their human owners. -
There is many a boy going into some other
profession from the farms today Who could make
a greater success as a veterinarian not only bo-
cause cf the opportunities it presents but because .
of his natural aptitude for handling animals and* '
his real and perfectly natural joy in working with
them.‘
Fortunately Michigan has an excellent veter-
inary department at its agricultural college and,
the man in charge of it is acknowledged as tho
foremost teacher-of his profession in the United -.;
States today. If you are interested or if you have ~‘
a boy who is interested we suggest you write“
Professor Giltner. You will ﬁnd him only too
anxious to help you make the right start.‘ .

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THE GOVERNOR SHELLS “PORK" . ' ,
ERHAPSIGovernor Groesbeck is right when . '~
he points out the possible danger of a.’
“Pork—Barrel" in Michigan which willvbe-
come as popular with a certain type of polltlo-
ians as is that larger and more famous river and
harbor bill in the national congress.

It now appears, according to the Governor, ,
that certain members of the Legislature who
make demands for state road improvements in
their own districts, olIer to trade votes on lmi
portant measures with the simple assurance that
their demands for road improvement be grant-
ed.

As it now stands, the construction and 1m- '
provement of roads in Michigan, is entirely und-
er the governor and his state board of adminis-
tration, and it is likely that this one has given
rise to the popular conception that the present _
governor is using czar-like methods in the ad?“ "
ministration of'hls ofﬁce. It is obvious that the
matter of road building must be considered in
the light ofthsueetowhlch allsectlonsottbb
state will give these main highways.

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A SONG WRITING SWINDLE
’ LLURING statements regarding
the easy money supposed to be
made in song-writing are pub-
lished from time to time and serve
as a bait to the ignorant and unwary
who then become easy victims for
the “songsharks.” '
‘ Without advertising these concerns
could not secure fresh victims. Here
are a few typical advertisementsr
WHY DON’T YOU WRITE THE
WORDS FOR A SONG. We’ll help you
along by composing the music Free and
publishing some. Send poems today.
meﬂlm THE WORDS FDR A SONG.
. e compose music, seem-e copyri h
and print. Submit poems on any fubt:

1W3 MONEY NEEDED FOR PUBLI-
CATION—Poems set to music and pub-
lished on commission.
THE WORDS FOR A SONG.
We revise Poems, write music and guar-
antee to secure publication. Submit
poems as any subject.-
‘ WRITE A SONG POEM—lave. Mother,

some AND POEMS WANTED. We
comes music. publish, sell and pay you
iiye cents royalty on every copy sold.

The fake publisher and song-
shark secures his victims through ad-
- verthments “in the cheaper grade
magasines of wide circulation. To
those who respond he sends alluring
circulars and booklets to show how
easy it is to turn out song—poems
that may bring "fame and fortune.”
With the tales bait contracts are sent
out forms victim .to sign, together
with “Certiﬁcates of Guarantee” and
“Money Refund Certiﬁcates." In
order to induce the signing of these
contracts the advertisers, whether
“Music Company,” “Corporation,”
“Student," “Bureau” w by the name
of an individual. ﬂatter the prospect-
ive victim by praising his song-text,
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bait, signs the contracts, sends his
, money and is hooked.

Any hack musician of experience

can grind out commonplace music

by the yard. With song—texts set
before him on the piano—rack and
plenty of music paper he’ll wearily
work all day on one or two formulas
till sick of them, then use another,
always basing his scheme on the pop-
ular music of the hour.

While the government has closed
many of these concerns for obtaining
money under false. pretense others
still ﬂourish and by carefully worded
documents that seek to keep within
the law they somehow escape the
clutches of the authorities.

_,._______
SONG SWINDLER 0318 YEAR
AND $2000 FINE

YEAR and a day in prison was

the sentence’ imposed in U. s.
‘ ‘Court by Federal Judge Lindley
on ‘W. L. Needham, manager of the
Musician Self-Maker Company, in
whose 31111 the government sub-
mitted 8220‘ exhibits of verses which
ambitious novice poets and writers
sent him in the belief they would
be set to music. Needham was con-
victed of using the mails to defraud.
He also was ﬁned $2000.

Many of the writers of lyrics came
from their homes in distant states to
testify of how they had sent Need-
ham fees from $2 or $3 to $35.

“You were.a petty parasite on the
community, getting money from
trusting people—a high school boy,
a woman with a baby in her arms,
and a woman 63 years old," said the
Judge in passing sentence.

Chicago Sharks Wiped Out

The Needham case represents the
type of fraud known as the song
swindle or fake publishing for the
exposure of which the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Com‘ .erce has un-
dertaken a campaign on behalf of
the Music Publishers' Association-of
the U. 8. and other legitimate music
trade interests. An active, systematic
drive to warn amateur song writers
and get them to report their com-
plaints to the post ofﬁce authorities,
has resulted in saving many victims
and checkmating' the song sharks.

MADE THEM (XJME TO TIME
BANKS to you! The
Seed Co. has sent us a check

for the amount that I sent them.
I know that we have you to thank
for ever getting it back even if they
did write a soft letter saying how
very sorry they were that the order
had not received better attention.
They had plenty of time to reply to
the letters I sent them before it was
placed in your hands. It has cen-
tainly been a boost for your paper
as a good many of my neighbors
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were interested in the e and many
doubted if I would e get my
money back. So thanking you again
and wishing you a most successful
New Year, I am, Fred R. Smith,
Wexford County. Mich.

. LIKES M. B. F.‘

0U folks certainly publish the
; best farm paper in Michigan,
’ and I came to you with my
trouble. Now please accept my
thanks for so promptly taking up
my claim with the ————-——
Company. ‘ This letter 3 to tell you
that on the 23nd, part of the goods
came and on the 24th the rest came
so you see that lets you out without
any further trouble. Please again
accept my thanks, and here is to
Mendthebestfampaperinnich-
igan, with best regards.—-A. F.
Bchmidtlre, Mason County, Mich.

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B. STANLEY G. FULTON, 50-year old bachelor and possessor of

twenty
sition of this large

million dollars, calls on his lawyer and they discuss the dis-
fortune after its owner's death.

The lawyer

in favor of giving the may to colleges or charities while Fulton

is opposed to these ideas.

He remembers that he has some distant cousins

and decides to leave the money to one of them, but first he determines to

learn which one will use it to the best advantage.

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worthy one he, through his lawyer, gives, each cousin 8100.000 to use as

they will. on them
name of Mr. John

kind of people they are.

ving the

decide they cannot rent a room to

money grows a beard
mlth, goes to the town where they live to ﬁnd out'what
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one of the cousins, where he tries to
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as a writer gathering material for a hook on the Blaisdell family in
He calls on all of the Blaisdells and as they‘nll talk

country, he starts out.

this

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on the world. He secures what information he can from her and her father. '
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really extravagant, unless, perhaps, it’s

Mrs. James—“Hattie." She is amlbit-
ions and is inclined to live on a scale a.
little beyond her means. I judge. But that
will be alright, of course, when she has
the money to gratify her tastes. Jim—
poor fellow, I shall be glad to see him
take it easy, for once. He reminds me
of the old horse I saw the other day
running one of those infernal treadmill
threshing machines—always going, but
never getting there. He works, and
works hard, and then he gets a job
nights and works harder; but he never
catches up with his bills, I fancy. What
a world of solid comfort he’ll take with
that hundred thousand! I can hear him
draw the long breath now—for once
every bill paid!

Of course, the Frank Blalsdells are
the most thrifty of the bunch—~at least,
Mrs. Frank, “Jane,” is—and I dare say
they would be the most conservative
handlers of my millions. But time will
tell. Anyhow, I shall be glad to see
them enjoy themselves meanwhile with
the hundred thousand. Maybe Mrs. Jane
will be constrained to clear my room of
a. few of the mats and covers and tidies!
I have hopes. At least, I shall surely
have a vacation from her everlasting
"We can’t afford it,” and her equally
everlasting “Of course, if I had the money
I’d do it.” Praise be for that l—and it’ll
be worth a hundred thousand to me,
believe me, Ned.

As for the husband—I’m not sure how
he will take it. It isn’t corn or peas or
ﬂou or sugar, you see, and I’m not
post d as to his opinion of much of any-
thing else. He’ll spend some of it,
though,>—I’m sure of that. I don’t think
he always thoroughly appreciates his
wife’s thrifty ideas of economy. I have
not forgotten the night I came home
once, to ﬁnd Mrs. Jane out calling, and
Mr. Frank rampaging around the house
with every gas jet at full blast. It
seems he was packing his bag to go on
a hurried business trip. He laughed a.
little sheepishly—I suppose he saw my
glinking amazement at the illumination—
and said nothing about being tired of
always feeling his way through pitch-
dark rooms. So, as I say, I’m not quite
sure of Mr. Frank when he comes into
possession of the hundred thousand. He’s
been (moped up in the dark so long he
may want to blow in the whole hundred
thousand in one grand blare of light.
However, I reckon I needn't worry—
he’ll still have Mrs. Jane—to turn some
of the gas jets down!

As for the younger generation—4hey’re
ﬁne, every one of them; and just think
what this money will mean to them in
education and advantages! Jim’s son,
Fred, eighteen, is a fine, manly boy. He’s
got his mother’s ambitions, and he's keen
for college—even talks of working his
way (much to his‘mother‘s horror) if
his father can't ﬁnd the money to send
him. Of course, that part will be all
right now—4n a. month.

The daughter, Bessie (almost seven-
teen), is an exceedingly pretty girl. She,
too, is ambitious—olmost too much so,
perhaps, for her happiness, in the present
state of their pocketbook. But of course
that. too, will be alright, after next
month. Benny, the nine-year-old, will be
concerned as little as any one over that
hundred thousand dollars, I imagine.
The real value of the gift he will not
appreciate. of course; in fact, I doubt if
he even approves of it—lest his privi-
liges as to meals and manners be still
further curtailed. Poor Benny! Now,
Mellicentr—

Perhaps in no one do I expect to so
thoroughly rejoice as I do in poor little
pleasure-starved Melllcent. I realize, of
course, music—culture, and travel; but I
must confess that in my dearest vision,
this child is reveling in one grand whirl
of pink dresses and chocolate bonbonS.
Bless her dear heart! I gave her one
ﬁve-pound box of candy, but I never re-
peated the mistake. Besides enduring
the manifestly suspicious approval of her
mother because-I haid~rnade the gift. I

I CAN’T see that any, of the family are

box of: solutes ,dolodv'out; ..

like a. little trump,

travelled the added torment of seeing the

They aren't gone yet, but I’ll warrant
they’re as hard as bullets—those
wretched bonbons. I picked the box up
yesterday. You should have heard it
rattle.

' But there is yet another phase of the
money business in connection with Melli-

cent that pleases me mightily. A cer-'

tain youth by the name of Carl Pen-
nock has been beauing her around a good
deal,_since I came. The Pennocks have
some money—fifty thousand, or so, I
believe—«and is reported that Mrs. Pen-
nock has put her foot down on the build-
ing romance—because the Blaisdells have
not got money enough! (Begin to ‘See
where my chuckles come in?) However
true this report may be, the fact re-
mains that the youth has not been near
the house for a month past, nor taken
Mellicent anywhere. Of course, it shows
him and his family up—for just what
they are; but it has been mortifying for
poor Mellicent. She's showing her pluck
however, and goes
serenely on her way with her: head
just enough in the air—but not too much.

I don’t think Mellicent’s real heart is
affected in the leash—she's only eighteen,
remember—but her pride is. And her
mother—! Mrs. Jane is thoroughly angry
as well as mortiﬁed. She says Mellicent
is every/ whit as good as those Pennocks,
and that the woman who would let a.
paltry thing like money stand in the
way of her son’s affections is a. pretty
small specimen. For her part, she never
did have any use for rich folks, anyway,
and she is proud and glad that she’s
poor! I‘m afraid Mrs. Jane was very
angry when she said that. However, so
much for her—and she may change her
opinion one of these days.

My privatel suspicion is that young
Pennock is already repentant, and is
pulling hard at his mother’s lead—
ing-strings; I was with Mellloent the
other day when we met the lad face to
face on the street. Mellicent smiled and
nodded casually, but Pennock—he turned
all colors of the rainbow, with terror,
pleading, apology, and assumed indiffer-
ence all chasing each other across his

face. Dear, dear, but he was a sight!
There is, too, another feature in the
case. It seems that a. new family by the

name of Gaylord have come to town and
opened up the Gaylord mansion. Gay-
lord is a. son of old Peter Gaylord, and
is a millionaire. They are making quite
a splurge in the way of balls and liver-
ied servants, and motor cars, and the
town is agog with it all. There are
young people in the family, and especially
there is a girl, Miss Pearl, Whom, reports
says, the Pennock’s have selected as being
a. suitable mate for Carl. At all- events
the Pennock’s and the Gaylords have
struck up a furious friendship, and the
young people of both families are in the
forefront of innumerable social affairs—
in most of which Mellicent is left out.

So now you have it—the Whole story.
And next month comes to Mellicent's
father one hundred thousand dollars. Do
you wonder I say the plot thickens?

As for myself—you should see me! I
eat whatever I like. (The man who says
health biscuit to me now gets knocked
down—Lend I’ve got the strength to do it.
too!) I can walk miles and not know it.
I’ve gained twenty pounds, and I’m hav-
ing the time of my life. I’m even en-
joying being a genealogist—a little. I've
about exhausted the resources of Hiller—
ton, and have begun to make trips in the
afternoon xto an old cemetery copying
dates from moss-grown gravestones, and
not entirely lose my appetite for dinner—
I mean supper. I was even congratulat-
mg myself that I was really quite a.
genealogist when, the other day, I met
the real thing. Heavens, Ned, that man
had fourteen thousand four hundred and
seventy-two dates at his tongue's end
and he said them all over to me. He
knows the name of every Blake (he was
9. Blake) back to the year one, How
many children they had (and they had
some families then, let me tell you !'
and when they all died, and why. ‘ I
met him this morning in the cemetery.
I was hunting for a certain stone and I
asked him a} duestion. ‘Heavens! It was
like . setting a. match . at, ,one.;.or. th
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Ages very appropriately, waiting in an
open tomb for a thunderstorm to pass.
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invited him to come to see father Duff. '

I thought I’d like to have. them meet.
He knows a lot shunt the Duffs—e. Blake
married one, 'way back somewhere. I‘d
like to hear him and father Dui! talk——
or, rather, I'd like to hear him try to
talk to Father Duff. Did I ever write
you Father Duﬂ’s opinion of genealogists?
I believe I did.

I’m not weing so much of Father but

these days. Now that it’s grown a little -'

cooler he spends most of his time in his
favorite chair before the cookstove in
the kitchen.

Jove, what a. letter this is! It should
be shipped by freight and read in Beer
tions. But I wanted you to knowhow
things are here. You can appreciate it
the more—when you come.

You’re not forgetting, of course, that
it’s on the ﬁrst day of November that
Mr. Stanley G. Fulton’s envelope of in-
structions is to be opened.

‘ As ever yours,

John Smith.

CHAPTER IX
“Dear Cousin Stanley”
It was very early in November that

Mr. Smith, coming home one afternoon. ,

became aware that something very ex»
traordinary had happened. I

In the living-room were gathered Mr.
Frank Blalsdell, his wife, Jane, and that
daughter, Mellicent. Mellicent’s cheeks
Were pink, and her eyes more starlike
than ever. Mrs. Jane’s cheeks, too, were
pink. Her eyes were excited, but in-
credulous. Mr. Frank was still in his
white work—coat, which he wore behind
the counter, but which he never wore up-
stairs ln his home. He held an open
letter in his hand.

It was an ecstatic cry from Mellicem
that came ﬁrst to Mr. Smith’s ears.

“Oh, Mr; Smith, you can't guess what's

happened! You couldn’t. gum in n mil-
lion years!” -
“No? Something nice, I hope.” Mr.

Smith was looking almost as happily ex-
cited as Mellicent herself.

“Nice—-nice!” Mellicent clasped her
hands before her. “Why, Mr. Smith. we
are going to have a hundred thousand
dollars—J

“Mellicent, I wouldn’t talk of its—yet,”
interfered henmother sharply.

“But mother, it's no secret. It can’t
be kept secret!"

“Of course not—if it’s true. But it isn't
true," retorted the woman, with excited
emphasis. “No man in his senses would
do such a thing."

“Er-—ah——w—What?” stammered Mr.
Smith, looking suddenly a little less
happy.

"Leave a hundred thousand dollars
apiece to three distant relatives he never
saw.”

“But he was our cousin--you said he
was our cousin," interposed Mellicent,
“and when he died—"

“The letter did not say he had died.”
corrected her mother. “He just hasn’t
been heard from. But he will be heard~
from—and then where will our hundred
thousand dollars be?"

"But the lawyer's coming to give it to
us," maintained Mr. Frank stoutly. Then
abruptly he turned to Mr. Smith. “Here.
read this, please, and tell us if we have
lost our senses—~or if somebody else has."

Mr. Smith took the letter. A close
observer might have noticed that his
hand shock a little. The letterhead
carried the name of a Chicago law firm.
but Mr. Smith did not glance at that.
He plunged at once into the text of the
letter.

“Aloud, please, Mr. Smith. I want to
hear it again,” pleaded Mellicent.

Dear Sir (read Mr. Smith then, after

clearing his throat),—I understand that ‘

you are a. distant kinsman of Mr. Stanley
G. Fulton, the Chicago millionaire.

Some six months ago Mr. Fulton left
this city on what was reported to be a.
somewhat extended exploring tour of
South America. Before his departure he
transferred to me as trustee, certain se-
curities worth about $300,000. He left
with me a. sealed envelope, entitled “Terms
of Trust,"
such envelope in six months from the,
date written thereon-if he had not re:
turned—and thereupon to dispose of the
securities according to the terms of the
trust. I will add that he also left with
me a. second sealed envelope entitled
"Last Will and Testament," but instruct-
ed ms not to open such envelope until
two years from the date written thereon.

and instructed me to open > ..

The period of six months has now ax- ~

pired. I have opened the envelope an-
titled “Terms of Trust,” and ﬁnd that!.
am directed to convert the securities into
cash with all convenient speed, and forth—l
with to pay over one third of the net
proceeds to his kinsman, Frank G. Blnis‘}
dell; one third to his kinsman' , James A.

Blalsdell: and one third to his kinswor“

man, Flora. B. Blaisdell, all of Hillerton.

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Ihall ask you at that time to be so good
as to sign“ a. receipt for your share.
Meanwhile this letter is to apprise you of
your good fortune and to offer you my
congratulations.
Very truly yours.
Edward D. Norton.

“Oh-h. "' breathed Mellicent. "

“Well, what do you think of it? de-
manded Mr. Frank Blaisdell, his arms
akimibo.

"Why, it’s ﬁne, of course. I congrat-
ulate you,” cried Mr. Smith, handinz
back the letter. "

“Then it’s all straight, you think?

"Most assuredly!”

“Je-hos- a-phat!" exploded the man.

“But he’ll come back—you see if he
doesn't!” Mrs. James voice was still

ive.
pogiWhat if he does? You’ll still have
your hundred thousand," smiled Mr.
Smith.

“He won’t take it back?"

"Of course not! I doubt if he could,
if he wanted to."

“And we’re really going to have a
whole hundred thousand dollars?” breath-
ed Mellioent. .

“I reckon you are—less the inher1tance
tax perhaps.”

"What’s that? What do you mean?"
demanded Mrs. Jane. “Do you mean
we’ve got to pay because we’ve got that
money?"

'Why,y-yes. I suppose so. Isn’t there
an inheritance tax in this State?" '

"How much does it cost?" Mrs. Jane’s
lips were at their most economical pucker.
“Do we have to pay a great deal? Isn’t
there any way to save doing that?”

“No, there isn’t," out in her husband
crisply. "And I guess we can pay the
inheritance tax—with a hundred thou-
Iand to pay it out of. We’re going to
mend some of this money, Jane.”

The telephone bell in the hall jangled
its peremptory summons, and Mr. Frank
answered it. In a minute he returned,
I new excitement on his face.

“It's Hattie. She’s crazy, of course.
They‘re coming right over."

“Oh, yes! And they’Ve got it, too,
haven’t they?” remembered Mellicent.
“And Aunt Flora, and—” She stopped
suddenly, a growing dismay in her eyes.
“Why, he didn’t—he didn’t leave a cent
to Aunt Maggie!” she cried.

"Gosh! that’s so. Say, now, that’s
too bad !" There was genuine concern
In Frank Blaisdell's voice.

"But why?" almost wept Mellicent.

Her mother sighed sympathetically.

"Poor Maggie! How she is left out—
always!"

"But we can give her some of ours,
mother,——-we can give her some of ours,"
urged the girl.

"It isn’t'ours to give—yet,” remarked
her mother, a bit coldly.

“But, mother, you will do it." impor-
tuned Mellicent. "You’ve always said
you would, if you had it to give.”

“And I say it again, Mellicent. I shall
never see, her suffer, you may be sure,—
II I have the money to relieve her. But
—” She stopped abruptly at the sound
If an excited voice down the hall. Miss
Flora, evidently coming through the
kitchen, was hurrying toward them.

Jane-—Mellicent———where are you? Isn’t
anybody here? Mercy me !” she panted,
Is she reached the room and sank into
I chair. Did you ever hear anything
like it in all your life? You had one,
too, didn’t you?” she cried, her eyes fall-
mg on the letter in her brother’s hand.
"But 'taint/ true, of course "’ »

Miss Flora wore no head-covering. She
wore one glove (wrong side out), and
was carrying the other one. Her dress,
evidently donned hastily for the street,
was unevenly fastened, showing the top-
most button without a buttonhole.

“‘Mr. Smith says it’s true," triumphed
Kellicent.

“How does he know? Who told him
'lwas true?" demanded Miss Flora.

80 almost accusing was the look in her
eyes that Mr. Smith actually blinked a
little He grew ‘ si-bly confused.

"Why—er—ah—the letter speaks for
Itself, Miss Flora," he stammered.

“But it can’t be true," reiterated Miss
._ Flora. “The idea...of a man I never saw
= giving me a hundred thousand dollars
like thatl—and Frank and Jim, too!"

”But he’s your cousin—you said its
was your cousin,” Mr. Smith reminded
her. “And you have his picture in your
album. You showed it to me.”

“I know it. But, my sakes! I didn’t
know he knew I was his cousin. I don’t
s’pose he’s got my picture in his album!
But how did he know about us? It’s
some other Flora Blaisdell, I tell you."

"There, I never thought of that," cried
Jane. "It probably is some other Blais-
dolls. Well, anyhow, if it is, we won’t
have to pay the inheritance tax. We
can save that much."

“Save! Well, what do we lose?” de-
manded her husband apaplectically.

At this moment the rattling of the
cont-door knob and in imperative knock.
his brought Mrs. Jane to her‘ feet.

“There's Hattie, now, and that door's
‘ licked," she cried. hurrying into the hall.
When she returned. a moment later
' Harriet Blaisdell and Bessie were with
' her

There was about Mrs. Harriet Blais-
dell I. new, indescribable air of command-
” importance. To Mr. Smith we ap-
md to have grown inches taller.
Well. I do hope, Jane, now you’ll live
in I decent‘plae’e,” she was saying, as
0 room. ”and not oblige
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.cery store a few more days, Hattie"
observed Frank Blaisdell dryly. "How
long do you s’pose we’d live—any of us
—-if ’twa"n t for the grocery store to feed
us? Where's Jim?”
"Isn’t he here? I told him I was com-
ing here, and to come right over himself
at once, that the very first thing we must
have was a family conclave, just our-
selves, you know, so as to plan what
to give out to the public.”
“Er—aah——" Mr. Smith was on his feet,
looking somewhat embarrased; “perhaps.
then’ you would rather I were not pres-
ent at the—er—family conclave."
“Nonsense!" scouted Frank Blaisdell.
“Why, you are one of the family, 'seems
so," cried‘Mellicent.
“No, indeed, Mr. Smith, don't go,"
smiled Mrs. Hattie pleasantly. "Besides,
you are interested in what concerns us,
I know—for the book; so, of course,
you’ll be interested in this legacy of dear
Cousin Stanley’s."
Mr. Smith collapsed suddenly behind
his handkerchief, with one of the chok-
ing coughs to which he appeared to be
somewhat addicted.
“Ain’t you getting a little familiar
‘dear Cousin Stanley,’ Hattie-" drawled
Frank Blaisdell.
Miss Flora leaned forward earnestly.
“But, Hattie, we were just sayin’, ’fore
you came it couldn’t be true; that it must
mean some other Blaisdells somewhere."
"Absurd!” scoffed Harriet. “There
couldn't be any other Frank and Jim
and Flora Blaisdell, in a Hillerton, too.
Besides, Jim said over the telephone that
that was one of the best law firms in
Chicago. Don't you suppose they know
what they’ re talking about? I'm sure, I
think it’s quite the expected thing that
he should leave his money to his own
people. Come, don’t let’s waste any
more time over that. What we' ve got to
decide is what to do. First, of course,
we must order expensive mourning all
around."

“Mourning!" ejaculated an amazed
chorus.

“Oh, great Scott "' spluttered Mr.
Smith, growing suddenly very red “I
never thought—" He stopped abruptly,

his face almost purple.

But nobody noticing Mr. Smith. Bes-
sie Blaisdell had the ﬂoor.

"Why, mother, I look perfectly horrid
in black, you know I do” she was wail-
ing. "And there’s the Gaylord’s dance
Just next week ;and if I’m in mourning I
can’t go there, nor anywhere. What’s
the use in having all that money if we’ ve
got to shut ourselves up like that, and
wear horrid stuffy black, and everything?”

(Continued in January 19th issue.)

 

M. A. C. DISTRIBUTES SPECIAL
SOIL TESTING OUTFIT
SPECIAL soil testing outﬁt,
which makes it possible for

farmer to know just where lime is

acidity, and thus determine the line
requirements of their lands, is being

assembled and distributed 011 a

“cost” basis by the Michigan Agri—
cultural College department of soils,
according to the announcement of

Dr. M. M. McCool, head of the de—

partment.

The outﬁt, going under the name
of Soiltex, is being furnished to
farmers of the state on request. Di-
rections for applying the test and
enough material for two hundred in-
dividual tests are included in the
outﬁt.

The Soiltex method presents a
Very simple way to determine the
acidity of the soil. A few drops of
liquid from a small can are poured
over a small quantity of soil which
has been placed on a piece of special
paper, and the color of the liquid as
it runs off determines the degree of
acidity in the soil tested.

This method was perfected by a
member of the soils stall at the
Michigan Agricultural College some
months ago, and has proven to be
so eﬂective that the college has de-
termined to distribute the outﬁts at
cost to the farmers of the state.

The use of this testing method
will make possible the efﬁcient ap-
plication of lime on a large scale in
Michigan. Many soils need lime or
marl applications to overcome acid-
ity, while others need no lime or
only a relatively small amount. Only
by careful and accurate test can the
afrmer know just where lime is
needed. The Soiltex method of test-
ing is expected to take the guess out
of the work and to result in great-
er eﬂiciency and economy in the ap-
plication of lime. -~R. C. Groesbeck.
M. A. C. Correspondent.

 

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A thorough knowledge of the farmers’ problems
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to work for the common good of these two inter-
dependent interests.

To improve soil conditions the Agricultural Re-
lations Department has established 525 limestone
, demonstrations in cooperation with county farm
bureaus and experts from various colleges of
agriculture.

The department has materially assisted in estab-
lishing a Better Sire Campaign for the introduc-
tion and breeding up of dairy cattle.

It is the task of the department to foster co-
Operation between agriculture and transportation
and to bring an ever-better service to the farmers
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.5913. I a pretty ﬂower,

. not waste e'en one hour.

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[d no make sure the joy ahead.

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”Written by omne n. Trueblood, Po-
_ . Michigan, for the Children's Hour.

 

EAR Girls and Bow: How do

you like the poem printed

above? It was composed b
Orville Trueblood, a member of th:
,Children's Hour for some time past,
fund I think it beautiful. There
seems to be many poets among the
readers of this page, as I have re-
ceived several requests to have
ga. poetry contest to see who could
{write the best poem. I am planning
.«on holding such a contest in the
near future so sharpen your pencil,
nget some paper ready, put your
\ king-cap on. and see what kind
"’of a poem you can compose.

Have you read our story, "Martha
Curlylocks' Party" appearing on our
me. this issue? I want to print
. one in each issue, when space per-
_- mite. this winter. If you do not
' like the kind of stories printed just
write and tell me and I will try

some different ones. This is your

department and I want to print‘only
« things that are of interest to you.
.g::,-—UNCLE NED.

THE SUN AND THE BAT-WOMAN
' NOE Sun, wanting to go to bed
behind the mountains, got lost
:j‘ in the cliffs. It was getting
;;;.;_late. Bat—woman was already out,
and Sun begged her to show him the
way.

"Very well,” said the Bat-woman,
,§,,“but I want a reward. I have no
iifﬂeathers on my wings and the birds

 

vig‘élaugh at me. Give me some of the
1%; bright-colored feathers from your
' sunset sky.”

"I will do that," said Sun, “but do
not go too near my Earth-brother,
., Sunﬂower, while he is open. He is
; . jealous."
" So Bat-woman took the colored
:} feathers from the sky and made her—
, self beautiful. But she got vain
and flew over the Earth while Sun-
ﬂower grew angry.
- “Feathers are not for you," he
‘ Bald, and he made a Magic.
; At once all the feathers dropped
; off Bat—woman's wings and ﬂew
away as little birds. We call them
5? Orioles, and that is why they are
"colored like the sunset.
Those who are vain will lose what
.. has made them vain.

   
 

OUR BOYS AND GIRIB

, Dear Uncle Nedz—Wonder if you would
mind if I asked for permission to join
"your merry circle? I thought maybe if
’ I irate on Christmas day, my letter might
have a better chance of escaping the
- W basket What do you think
m it? I certainly hope everyone has
.had use of the merriest Christmases.
5 his day always makes me think of the
'Gn'ld child in the manger, and the
Lance!- words, “Glory to God in the
"WOnearthpeaceandgoodwill
I," in man." There has been speeches of
’ wonderful, and eloquent ser-

in... but. I do not think. in all the world,
has ever been any words more

  

by belonging. There are my readers
of our page who belong and will write
you all about than. Come again, Iota.

Dear Uncle Nedz—Oh, no, I am not a
new one- I have written before. but it
hubeentwoorthreeyearssince. Ilove
to read the Children's Hour and say.
Uncle Ned. you have a lot of interesting
Canine, haven't you? I like to read
about these trips some of the cousins take
andsmsorrylhaven'tonetodeecrlbe.
rwould like to know what the cousins
areplannlngtodowhentheygrowup.
Iwould liketobetheGovernessof-nall
chﬂdrenorelseplayinsomeorchedra
in a theatre. Uncle Ned, I'd like your
Job too. I unjust sweet sixteen, (i)
going on seventeen. Oh. yes, the answer
to Lloyd Laubaugh's riddles are: 1.
A watch. 2. Wet Am I right Lloyd?
Well Uncle, my letter is going to take
up too much room if I don’t stop soon
so will say ”So-long" 'till next time;—
A Girl from Greenville, Michigan.

 

 

Dear Uncle Nah—My father has taken
the M. B. F. for about three years now,
and this is the ﬁrst time I have attempted
to write, so please don't discourage me
the first time. I niece I had better
describe myself, but don't anyone get
scared! I tm—well I guess I won't tell
my age. I'll let you guess that. but I
am between the age of 12 and 20 years.
I am about five feet three inches tall,
and I am a blonde, but I haven't bobbed
hair. although I have nothing against it.
Anyone guessing my correct ago will re-
ceive a letter from me. I am attending
high school and I am in the tenth grade.
I like typewriting and shorthand the best
of all subjects. I went through Mt.
Clemens this summer when I was going
to Canada. We drove through to Canada
with an automtbile and we also drove up
in the northern part of Michigan, but
I don‘t want to take the space to tell
you about it. I have a brother in Hono-
lulu. He is in the U. S. Army. He sent
us some pictures from there and they
sure are some lovely scenes. Well if I
don't stop there won’t be any room for
anyone to write, that is, if this letter is
printed, which I hope it is. Will some
of the boys and girls write to me? I
will try and answer all letters received.
From your niece—Sadie London, 66 Han-
over St, Battle Creek, Michigan.

again Sadie, and do tell us about
your trip. The cousins will be interested
I am sure.

 

Dear Uncle Ned :—-—I have been think-
ing about joining your merry circle for
a long time, but have never found time
to write, for i love books. as I see lots
of the cousins do, and most of my spare
time is spent in reading. My favorite
authors are Zane Gray and Mary J.
Holmes. and lots of others of which I
could not tell which I like best. I would.
like "to hear from Josephine Dannon
very much. and would answer her
letters if she would care to write, and
the others too. Perhaps I had better
tell you how I look Well, I am about
5 ft. 11 in. tall. weigh about 82 poundl.

 

have brown bobbed hair, brown eyes,
and fair completion.
for my age, for I have a sister who is

exactlyuullaslamand she is only'

1'1 whilelwu 14 the 18th day of May.
Havelatwin? IfIhaveteIl 1116,81“!
Iwillwrftetohimorher. Itnowthe
answer to Wee Lodrwell's riddle, it is
a threshing machine. I am glad you
saidwemightputinpoetryﬂneleNed,
forllikeft. lellputinlomeriddles.
andtheonewhogueeeesthemoetwin
meivealettu. Whylsaschoolmistresa
liketheletter“0'YWhyisapolice-
manlihearainbow? Whatisthe dif‘
ferencebdwoen stabbing a man and kill.
lngaplgf lunlnthellthgrade,and
liveahalfamilehomsehoolinthe
countryonaIOG-acrefarm. Ihavothree
bmther-sandtwosistersalfveand one
dead. Hes-namewasCoraMay. I-think
it was quite pretty, don't you. Uncle
Ned? Hopingbohearfromuneofthe
cousins eoon.Iwill close. YoarIovfng
niece—Bernice Brockwa'y, R. 8, Jackson.
Michigan.

 

Dear Undo Ned:—-I have Just finished
reading the Children's Hour and decided
towriteafewlinee. IrcadHelaLim-
user's letter and she said her birthday
wasthe3lstefhfay.}usttwodayslater
thanmine. Ithinkitisverynieein
wttingapunlehmnpartotthepaper
every issue. As I have written before
I will not have to deem-lbs myself. I’m
a freshman this year, but I do not like
school. It is raining here tonight. and
as I was lonesome, thought I would write.
Hope this escapes the waste paper basket.
I must close, hoping to hear from the boys
andgirls. Iwillanswersiltheletters
I can. Your niece,—~Lena M. Ables, R. 3.
Box 33, Montgomery, Michigan. .

Dear Undo Ned:——-May I join
merry circle? I live on a ninety-eight
acre farm. As other children describe
themselves, I will also. I weigh sixty
four pounds and am four feet nine inches
tall. I have brown bobbed hair, blue
eyes. I will be eleven the lat day of
February. Have I a twin? I wish you
all would write to me as I am glad to
receive letters. I have not read the
Children's Hour very long, but found all
the old papers I could. I hope this will
miss the waste paper basket. I will give
a riddle. If a cord of wood comes to $10,
how much will a ton of coal come to?
This is getting pretty long for the ﬁrst
time. Your loving niece—Reva Covert.
B. 5, Ionia, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned :—-I have been reading
theM.B. Rforquiteayhile. Iarn13
years of age and weigh 135 pounds. and
my height is five feet ten inches, and
have dark brown bobbed hair, and. my
eyes are gray. I am in the seventh
grade. My birthday is October 18th. I
hope my letter escapes the waste paper
basket. I have written once before but
it wasn't in print For pets we have
six pigeons, six (min, and one dog. We
are getting ready to have a Christmas
program. I will clan—Mae 1 Jury.
St. Johns, Michigan.

 

 

 

Martha Curlylocks’ Party“

By Helen Gregg Green

IT'I'LE Dorothy Thomas owned

the lovliest families of dolls.

They were the Kewpie family,

the Curlylocks family, the Pody-

Wodies and a family who looked so

much like real people, Dot called
them the Smith family.

In the erwpie family were Mr.
and Mrs. Kewpie and four small
Kewpies. The Curlylocks family
consisted of Mother and Father
Curlylocks and one beautiful daugh-
ter, Martha, who had long golden
curls and big blue eyes; the Pody-
Wodies were funny little dolls made
out of clothes pins. There were Mr.
and Mrs. Pody—Wodie and ﬁve Pody-
Wodie children. Mrs. Smith, who
was a widow, had two sons and a
daughter, who wore clothes that
looked very much like those of Dot
and her small brother Tommy. In

. fact Dorothy often made the clothes

of the Smith family from scraps left
by the seamstress.

Dorothy enjoyed playing with her
families of dolls; but on the day I
am going to tell you about. my dears,
she was a very tired and sleepy little
girl. So she had not played long
till she fell fast asleep.

And while she slept, all the dolls
decided to have a birthday pm for
Martha Curlylocks who was that day
two years old. So invitations were
sent out by Father and Mother Curly-
locks to all the other dolls. The
party was to be a dinner party, so
the dolls were very eager to go.
Because Mrs. . Curlylocks was noted
for having a good cook, whme name
was Mamie Stocking Face, because
she was made cut of an old'hlack

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Bally, who served Mrs. Carlylocks'
line dinners.

Promptly at six o'clock the guests
started to come. For the dolls all
knew it was very hnpolite to be late
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Mr. and Mrs. Curlylocks and Mar-
tha greeted the guests after Sally
Stocking Face had met them at hto
door and sent them to Martha's
pretty blue and white room to lay
aside their wraps and hats.

Mr. and Mrs. Podie—Wodie brought
a friend of theirs, Mr. Teddy Bear
from Bearville. Mr. Teddy Bear was
introduced to Martha Curlylocks.
He had met the otherguests at a
party given by Mrs. Podie-Wodie in
his honor. Martha had been ill and
could not go.

“Mr. Teddy Bear”, said Mrs. Cur-
lylocks, “I want you to meet my
daughter, Martha". Mr. Teddy Bear
and Martha cordially shook hands,
and Mr. Teddy Bear told Martha how
glad he was to know her. To which
Martha replied, “And I am happy to
meet you. Mr.‘Teddy Bear.” And
began asking him about Bearville,
for she knew to make a stranger
feel at home, you shouldtalk to him
of the, things and places he knows
about. -

Soon the dinner bell rang and all
arose to go to the table... The gentle-
men dolls stood back and the lady
dolls went ﬁrst. At the table the
gentlemen dolls seated the lady dolls.

First Sally Stocking Face brought
in a cup of bouillon for each guest.
The guests all waited for the host
and hostess to start eating“ When
they began, the guests took up their
bouillon spoons and put the side of
the spoon farther away into the cup

and sipped the good bouillon Mamie ,

Stocking Face had made, always
from the side of their spoon. For,
my dear children, they were very
polite dolls, I assure you.

The next course was very good
and the dolls ate heartily. They all
kept their knives on the edge of their
plates, except Timmy Podie-Wodie.
who was a very impolite doll. He
even put his knife in his month,
which made his poor mother nearly
in with shame. .

The dolls held their. knives and
forks correctly when cutting the
good meat, by placing the first lin-
gers on the knife and fork and keep-
ing the prongs of the fork down.
The thumbs and the three other lin-
gers remained at the side of the
knife and fork. And the elbows
were kept close to the dolls‘ aids.
Mr. Teddy Bear's paws could not
hold as well-Ins the fingers of the
dolls.

Only one piece of meat was cut
statimebythedolisandllr.'i‘eddy
Bear, and only one bite of bread
was spread with butter at one time.
But 'nnmy Podie-Wodie out all his
meat at once, and children, would
you believe it-hesprread awhole
slice of bread and even made a tub
rible noise when he ate. But you
could not hear the other dolls eat
their dinner, they ate so quietly.

When they wanted anything at
the table, they said. "Please pass the
celery", or whatever they wanted.
And when it was passed, they said
”man you". very politely-r '

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eaterect and did not handle their
knives and spoons or drum on the
table, or fidget, until served.

80 Mr. Teddy complimented the
dolls, and when told by the mothers
at the dolls, they ate just as nicely
at home, he said, “That is-right. I
read once, ‘Eat at your own table

~ as you would eat at the table of a
king’. and that is the way I have
taught my little bear’children to do."

After the meat course was served,
a pretty big salad was passed. All
the dolls knew tense the salad fork
for this but Timmy Podie Wodie
who used his spoon. And who did
not know to eat with his mouth shut
as much as possible.

Next the most wonderful pink and
white ice cream and cake was
brought in by Sally Stocking Face.

   

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bowls. The dolls dipped their line
gets into the bowl and dried them on
their napkins. Poor Mr. Teddy Bear
got his paws quite damp and» had a
hard time getting them dry.

After dinner the dolls played
games and Martha Curlylocks sang
a beautiful song, “I Love to be a
; Doll". Mibbsie Smith played the
piano and the small children were
quiet and good, for they knew to
talk while any of the dolls was play-
ing or singing would be very im-
polite.

At ten o'clock the guests left, af-
ter thanking Mr. and Mrs. Curlylocks
for the pleasant; evening. As the
dolls were going out the door, Dot
awoke, and rubbed her eyes and
looked about her. She expected to
see the dolls walking out, talking and
laughing. Instead, they were just
as she had left them and not dressed

,All the dolls liked this course, iheln party clothes at all!
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FRUIT AND OR CHAR

Edited by FRANK D. WELLS

FALL BEARING STRAWBERRIES
FOR THE HOME GARDEN
HILE the ordinary summer va-
; rieties-of strawberries must be

cared for over a year before a
crop has been harvested; the so-call-
ed overbearing or fall-bearing vari-
eties can be fruited within four
months after the plants are set, and
will remain in bearing for two or
three months and sometimes afford

a strawberry shortcake for Thanks-

giving even in Michigan. The same

plants will produce a crop of fruit

the following June, and with a little

care will bear the second fall.
Although the variety known as

“Progressive" seems to be best
adapted for general cultivation, the
“Superb," “Francis," and other

sorts do well under favorable con-
ditions.

A fairly heavy and moderately
rich sandy loam seems best adapted
for everbearing varieties. If too
rich, the plants will run to vines, in-
stead of fruit; while if too light and
poor, a weak growth will be made.
A soil that is naturally moist should

be chosen, or arrangements made
for watering the plants in dry
weather.

The plants may be set two by four
feet, if to be Worked with a horse;
or as close as one by two or three
feet in a small garden. In very
close culture, they may be set so
that there will be three rows with
the plants one foot each way, with
a wak two feet wide between the
plants.

The plants should be given fre-
quent cultivating and hoeing, tak-
ing pains to stir the soil after every
rain. As the blossoms appear, they
should be pinched off, and this
should be kept up until the plants
have made a strong growth. This
may be as soon as the middle of
July with early set plants; or as
late as August 15th when they are
planted late. In three to four
Weeks after the picking of the blos-
soms has stopped, the berries will
begin to’ ripen, and can be picked
two or three times each week until
November ist, or even later in some
seasons.

The following spring they will
need cultivation and ’hoeing, cutting
out some of the plants, if toothlck.
and they will produce a very satis-
factory crop in June. They will
again fruit during the fall months,
but it is more satisfactory to start
a new plantation each spring for the
hi] crop.

While it is desirable to set out the
plants as early in the spring as the
ground can be worked, the plants
will do well if put‘out any time be-
fore June ﬁrst—L. R. Taft, State

Inspector of Orchards. .
FLYPAPER AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOB GRAPI‘ING WAX

I have been advised that tangle-

‘toot ﬂypaper is a satisfactory sub-

‘etitute for grafting wax."—-—V. C. 8..
W Paw, Mich.

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clay such as was used by the old
timers is also helpful.

In the case of tanglefoot, how-
ever, I have seen serious injury to
bark from the use of this material.
It is my recollection that the manu-
facturers advise that the trees be
wrapped with paper before the tang—
lefoot is applied. Consequently, I
should expect unfortunate results
were any of the tanglefoot material
to come in contact with cut surfaces
and any graft to which it were to be
applied should have a preliminary
Wrapping of some other material.
Consequently I can see no reason
for using tree tanglefoot either with
or without the paper as a wax for
grafting. Undoubtedly, there have
been cases where it has been used
and the grafts have lived. I have
also seen grafts live without any
wax or any protection. However.
that is not a sign that they should
be treated that way—F. C. Brad—
ford, Department of Horticulture,
M. A. C.

 

NOTES AND COMMENTS

A cranberry bog is proﬁtable, but ex»
pensive to make. The turf must be re-
moved and the ground covered deep with
sand. Besides, there must be some
means of ﬂooding. Now is the time for
some wizard to envolve a plant that will
grow without these conditions. Then
this fruit may be brought within the
reach of all.

Interest in the huckleberry seems to
be on the increase. Suitable localities
are limited. ‘so at present there is no
liability of an over supply of cultivated
product. At the same time the marshes
are disappearing. The future for this
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A nursery man some years ago ran
short of blackberry stock. so dug up a
quantity of wild plants and ﬁlled his
orders. In due time he began to re—
ceive. letters from his customers, all
pleased with the size, quantiw and qual-
ity of the fruit best they had ever seen.
It is a matter of cornmon opinion that
the blackberry has not been beneﬂtted
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In day-s of old. not so very ancient
neither, the owner of a Duties apple
orchard was Keeping a harvest. Now he
is lucky to give the fruit am. here
are two reasons for this. One in oven
production. Too many trees have been
planted. no other reason is discrimin-
ation. The fruit is not of higlpquallty
and better varieties are taking in place.
The public is learning.

The Wildgoose is the name of a family
of plums native to America, comprising
many varieties. It is also the name of
one variety in this group, which is un-
fortunate. since it has resulted in much
confusion.‘ The Wildgoose is hardy in
Southern Michigan. The fruit is early
and highly colomd. but than are insuf-
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the Later, but really good varieties.

 

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‘ Y'MOther-in-law came..to live with us
Upon one cold winter day.

‘5 We told her she need not work
, fro wear herself away. .

 

But Mother with a willing hand
Would work to “beat the band,"
And soon we both forgot ourselves.
As young folks oft—times do,
And we just kept mother busy
Working from morning until two.

She carried in' the water,
And she carried in the wood,
So we just kept Mother busy
.Doing everything she could.

Until Mother grew old and feeble
And her hair has turned to gray,
And upon her death bed,
We saw her pass away.

80 upon the following years,

As they passed day by day,

We never knew what Mother did—-

Until she had passed away.

—Written for The Business Farmer by
rChas. Hewlett.

 

THE NE‘V YEAR
ACH of us is sentenced to death.
The time and the place is the
only mystery.

Recently there were two men
prominent in public life who receiv-
ed their doom and a deﬁnite time
limit.

One of these was a distinguished
surgeon who served in the war and
then gave his best to scientiﬁc labor-
atory experimentation. The day
came when he knew that he had
probably three months longer to
live. Through the X—ray he was re-
lieved of suffering, and this is what
he did with all that was left to him
of life:

He sent a note to his friends say—
ing: “My wife and I are retiring. Do
not come to us unless We send for
you."

They measured the value of every
hour. They lived not as one dying,
but in the resolution to make each
day count for all that it could hold.
Favorite operas and concerts were
attended—good plays they both
would enjoy. They read together
the verse and essays which both of
them had loved. Occasionally they
entertained the friends who really
counted, and they visited the homes
of those who were dear to them.

A lifetime was enjoyed in those
weeks. It was a little less than
three months, but every day had
been used to its utmost.

It takes a high soul and a strong
character to face the end of the road
this way. It is a lesson for each of
us who is tempted to waste priceless
time.

The other man who knew that his
days were numbered accepted his
fate as a good soldier, but without
the philosophy which triumphed ov—
er death. He couldn’t tell his wife;
he was afraid to hurt her. He kept
it a secret from his associates. Only
his physicians and two friends who
met him in the weak hour of his
ﬁrst shock knew the limit of his life.

This man plunged into his work
with renewed effort, resenting any
suggestion of illness. He projected
plans for his corporation and work-
ed intensely on programs which
would not come to light until long
after he had passed out of life.

In his work he lived as one whom
death could not touch. His one de-
sire was that no one should treat
him as a dying man, but that he
should live with the living on an
equal footing. When death came
his business affairs were in order.
Life had been a day’s work well
done.

With the surgeon life had been a
day’s work—and then a happy even—
ing before night came On.

What would you do if you knew
how long you had to live?

The New Year is at hand. Jan-
uary ﬁrst is almost any other Win—
ter day—except that it is a begin—
ning. It is a reminder that we too
may begin.

What will we do with this New
Year: live it every day and every
_ hour, or work it, or loaf it along?
Have you though what a wonder-
..tul place the world might be if we
all lived each day as if it were our
last chance to make memories for
those we meet and those we love?

  
   

 

name FOR HEALTH—WINTER
' VEGETABLES
NTHUBIASM for vegetables, in.
' though well cultivated and
,. highly developed during the
Wanner months, may wane with the
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world to live in.

you. What I do not know
I can ﬁnd out. Hoping to
hear from you often and
wishing you all the happi-
est and most prosperon 8
year, I am,

Address letters:

 

Far .
lemmnént for the Women
Edited by Mns ANNIE TAYLOR

DEAR FOLKS:—Here we are at the beginning of a New Year.
What are you going to do as the woman of the household? Are
you going to make the home life more cheerful and full of love
and help solve the ﬁnancial problem with John and for all concerned?
It has always been said that woman’s intuition is uncanny.
feel you possess any of this virtue, assert it this coming year.
in every way by schemeing and planning the future for you and yours
This is a woman’s job after all.
essary to remind you of the wonderful value companionship and part-
nership means to every married couple and their home.
on the farm are close to their husbands in work, more so than in any
other work in life. and I can hardly say more, but if there is any
chance for improvement, let us resolve this year to make it a better
Any problem that you feel I could help you with or
answer, do not hesitate to write me.

Mrs. Annie Taylor. care The ~Business Farmer. Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

 
 
  

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the garden and market supply of
fresh lettuce, chard, tomatoes and
other vegetable favorites. Lest this

happen, one may well adopt the
truck-growers’ highly educational
slogan, “Eat vegetables for vita-

mins," as a motto for the Winter‘s
diet.

A safe rule to follow is to serve
two vegetables other than potatoes
daily. In laying the foundation
menus for a month, canned tomatoes
may he slipped in at least as often
as twice a Week without fear of
wearying the family appetite.

Fortunately the supply of leafy
vegetables does not stop with the
passing of Summer. Such leafy
vegetables as cabbage and celery
and onions keep well in storage and
afford valuable minerals as well as
Vitamins.

In order to preserve as much as
possible of their valuable food ele-
ments, these vegetables should be
cooked only enough to make them
tender. Cabbage, for instance, re—
quires only twelve to twenty min-
utes of cooking in uncovered salted
water. Vegetables of any kind
possess most value when eaten raw.
Cabbage shredded or shaved is an
excellent salad vegetable and may
be eaten as cole—slaw or combined
with other foods in salad mixtures.
It adds bulk and crispness as well as
minerals and vitimines to the diet,
and a cabbage salad of some kind
might well occupy a place on the
menu as often as twice a week.

Carrots, beets, turnips and squash
are other Winter vegetables, with
carrots probably in the lead as far
as food value goes. These vegeta-
bles may be used to ﬁll in the odd
days in the menu. Carrots are par-
ticularly healthful if eaten raw.
They are easily digested if grated
or ﬁnely ground and may be used in
salad in combination with other
vegetables or with pineapple, or
grated cheddar or American Cheese
or cottage—\cheese.

One excellent way of serving Win-
ter vegetables without great loss of
value in cooking is to grind or chop
ﬁnely the raw vegetables such as
carrot, onion, cabbage or turnips
and add them to a clear soup made
of chicken or beef stock. When
ﬁnely ground, the vegetables need
only a few minutes’ cooking, ten or
ﬁfteen being sufﬁcient.

The knowledge 'of successful meth-

 

ods of food preservation has made a
variety of commercial or home can—
ned vegetables available for food
throughout the year. It is especially
important that the use of canned veg-
etables as “greens" be included in
the diet.

All vegetables contain many of the
tonic and laxative properties includ-
ed in that dosage that in former years
was a harbinger of spring. As a
sign of the times and a better knowl—
edge of nutrition and right eating
for health, it is interesting to note
that “You need a spring tonic for

that tired feeling” has changed to‘

“Eat vegetables for vitamins.”

 

FOOD CALENDAR FOR JANUARY

This is a good month to—-

Use citrus fruits and cranberries
plentifully.

Begin making or using whole-
Wheat bread.

Use canned vegetables to alter-
nate with those from winter storage.

Serve canned tomatoes twice a
week.

Have stewed dried fruits often.

Use ﬁreless cooker for hot break-
fast cereals.

Add a few chopped dates to the
porridge just before serving.

Think of all the hot desserts you
know—rice pudding, bread pudding,
apple betty, warm gingerbread, fresh
pies—and get some fruit into them if
possible.

Make puddings or mufﬁns of left-
over breakfast cereal, adding a feW
nuts, raisins or currants.

Keep up the salad habit. There
are dozens of cabbage, carrot, celery,
apple and other winter salads.

Remember a hot dish for the
children’s school lunch.

Take time to measure ingredients
accurately, follow directions careful-
ly and improve the standard of the
home-made products.

FOR THE HOME-SEWER
HEN making buttonholes in
very soft or thin material, rub
a little library paste on the
wrong side of the goods and let it
dry before cutting the buttonholes.
This gives a ﬁrm surface to work on,
and the paste will not discolor the
most delicate fabrics.
In working an eyelet leave the end
of the thread long enough to go
around the eyelet hole and work over

 

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E: OUR PRAYER FOR 1924" g
2 Keep us, of God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought. in word, g
E in deed. ~ , ~ 5—
% Let us be done with fault-ﬁnding and leave of! self-seeking. g
5 May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to faCe— a
g without self-pity and without prejudice. g
S: May we never be hasty in judgement and always generous.

5 Let us take time for all things; make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.

5 Teach us to put into action out better impulses, straightforward, and

g“- unafraid. a
3 Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create diﬂerences;

 
   
 
  
   
  

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that in the big things of life we are at one. ,
And may we strive to touch and to know the great, common women s
heart of us all. and. oh, Lord God, let us forget not to be kind!

 

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even «eyelet, ‘* “ ,..
When you wish to _
on aluncheon-cloth' or a large cent.-
erpiece, try rolling" your lace, begin:-

he! s

 

'ning at one end and rolling very

tight. Now tie‘ with a clean cord in
three or feur places,‘wet thoroughly
one inch at bottom. When this dries.
you will ﬁnd your lace will fall in a
graceful circle ready to be sewed on
your centerpiece. , ‘

Long narrow belts are easily turn-
ed by a small safety-pin stuck in one
end and run through to the other
end. ’

If the inside belting of your skirt
has lost its stiffness, try dipping it
in cold starch and press with a hot
iron. It will renew it. .

To iron a round centerpiece so
that it will not pucker in the center,
always iron from the center to the
outside edge. '

At the extreme right end of the
ironing-board fasten a tiny writing.
pad, a pencil and a paper of pins. As
an article is ironed, record missing
buttons and tears on a slip and pin
to the upper side of the garment
when it is ﬁnally folded. No need to
uni \ld any article to see if it needs
mending.

THE RURAL LIBRARY IN WINTER

OW is the time for the teacher
tomake the very best use of
the rural school library. It is

useless to expect much reading in
rural communities during the active
farming months but in the long even-
ings of winter there are two or three
hours after supper that country folks
have for leisure. Parents‘and child-
ren will welcome good books and
magazines. The many ﬁne books of
animal stories are especially inter
esting and appropriate now. The
hunting seasons are on and through
the natural interest roused in wild
life, there is an opportunity to teach
the boys and girls about the animals
of their own and other countries.
kindness to all folk of forest and
ﬁled, and a better way of treating
our wild friends than killing them.
The holiday seasons bring with
them special and charming editions
of old books that will tempt children
to read when they otherwise would
not, as well as large numbers of new
and worthwhile books and stories.
In the ‘winter, too, the Congress is
usually in session and people’s minds
are more easily turned toward quee-
tions of national and State-wide in-
terest. There is better opportunity
to teach good citizenship, patriotism,
and loyalty through well—selected
timely articles on current thought
and movements. Moreover, in rural
sections such local governmental ac-
tivties as grand jury and town meet-
ings, sessions of county courts, and
meetings of tax-levying bodies are
usually held in the winter months
when the farmers are not so busy.
and the rural library may be well
used to give help and information
along these lines of civic duty.

 

 

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Playing Checkers.—Wlll you please
publish or send me directions for playing
checkers, as some people say when you
put a checker in the king row, you have
the privilege of jumping right out again
before the other person moves, and I
would like to know if that is right or
not. Thanking you in advance—A sub-
scriber. '

——-I have played checkers a great deal
and never knew that any player could
move more than once at any play of the
game.

The Duty of Casting on Intelligent Bul-
lot.—Every country citizen should aid in
the arousing of men and women to I
full sense of their duty as good citizens.
in casting the ballot, and in such manner
and unity as shall result in securing good
and efﬁcient government, such that state-
men will rightly interpret and politicians
will not regard.

One of the leading questions, at thil
present time, is that of temperance and
prompt and efﬁcient expressing of pub-
lic sentiment, regarding this important
matter is essential if temperance is to be
made to continue eﬂectivo. ,

Woman has been given the franchise
and with it is ‘coupled the duty for in
proper use but it is much to be regretted
that so ~large a portion of American
womanhood fails to recognize their'dnu
in the matter of casting the helpful ballot
whenever theopportunity is presented.

History tells us that the neglect or
wrongful usagofthe ballot-box has re-
sulted in recourse to'the terrible care-
ridge-box but-no such ”if condition will
be ours if :ycu'snd 1., ‘ 111'er m

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a people, we are too much “wrapped-up"
in securing ﬁnancial possessions and Well

fa- us, will be, if we give more thought

and heed to our duty, as good citizens
of our state and nation.

The present troubled condition in
Europe should cause every American, who
has true love of country, to most care-
fully \consider the obligations which ac—
company citizenship and then loyally de—
cide to perform those obligations—J. T.
Daniells, Ex.-Pres. of MichiganState As-
sociation of Farmers’ Clubs and 83 years
old on this pleasant "Christmas Day.”

Superﬂuous Flesh.——In the women’s de-
partment of the‘Business Farmer I saw
Where Mrs. F. is asking for some inform-

ation regarding the reduction of super- '

ﬂous ﬂesh. I have been dreadfully af-
ﬂicted too and could ﬁnd no relief until
a couple of months ago and now I am
losing steadily, and feel line. Please
either send me Mrs. F’s. address or pub—
lish this in the woman’s department.

Everyone knows that ,milk is a perfect
food so will not be afraid to try this
remedy. One day eat anything you wish
and as much as the appetite desires. It
is best, however, to avoid sweets and
starches though not positively necessary.
Do not lunch betWeen meals. The next
day take three meals (positively without
lunching between meals) but make those
three meals entirely of skimmed milk.
Take all one wishes but be sure that all
cream is removed. In doing this every,
dtemate day, eating one day and the
next day using skimmed milk, a gradual
reduction will take place. The milk
furnishes all the body needs except fat
and what is needed of that must be used
from the surplus of the body. I am los-
ing from one—half to one pound a week.
This is better than a rapid reduction as
the waste is more easily removed and
one will feel better during the period
of reduction than with a more rapid loss.
-—.An Interested Reader.

Burned 0ut.——I have several old quilts
that are worn quite badly, and as I have
not pieces enough to make tops to cover
them. I thought perhaps you could help

4585.

able for a nurse

48 inches bust measure.
the foot is 2 yards.
4583.
silk, a1 sea,
,for was materials.
tions are combined.

measure. A 38 inch
40 inch mate'

4589.
Velvet or satin would
model.

is cut in 7 Sizes:

and fscmgs of

4598.

ears. A12
Vb .

of checked material.

in this
in s htly draped a
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:follow oithens‘l‘ The fact is, patient as

. A Good House or Morning Dress,—Tiiis
model is comfortable and practical. It is suit

5 uniform, or for a. house dress.

A 38 inch size requires
4% yards of 36 inch materiaL The Width at

. . A Popular Style with New Features.—

This is a veﬁ pretty modeL
.nnel and jerse cloth, as well as

ngigh‘iigﬁglfng sieﬁvei'pord o‘r pcrciile With a contrasting color for bindin

Sizes: 34, 36. 38. 4o. 42 and 44 inches bust "”16

' size reqmres 2% yards of

_ It is finished in s .
ortions sﬂ'ord becoming fulness at the sides. The
acing and collar are new features.
36, 38, 40. 42, 44, 46 end
48 inches bust measur A 38"
quires 5% yards of 40 inch material. For collar 4 6. 8 and

may be ﬁnished with crswithqut uﬂ This Pat—

0 trim as illustrated requires
94 yard of contrasting material.

A Pleasing Model. for school or “Al-
ternoon" Ween—This dress is 111.81} on style. it 4302_
has lines that are becoming and"¢ll’ll8
stiou of cloth and velve
serge would be very desire

bio for this stlye. The
Pattern is cut in 4 lines

make as
requires 1 5‘ yard of plain material and 1% yard

4591. A Smart Frock for the Growing Girl.
—Nevv futures and becomin med
pretty one—{deco model The h front

the side

cl ' . e sleeve
wrist or elbow humor! crepe.
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requires
ch mi. i. To make collar. band yguﬂl and a
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ness Farmers-Iain a reader” of it. .I

have not' been able to get what quilts’

I need since I burned out, so wish the
readers of the paper could send me any-
thing that will make a patch for a top.
I can use old worn out wool dress skirts
or waists by cuttingout the best of it.
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training of our day but, as a rule, the
table is not the place for it. The child
cannot expect to share with table—talk
of its elders as an equal. Hence it
should. as a rule. speak only when
spoken to. A careful mother, of course,
who keeps an eye on her little ones dur-
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Thou shalt have no other gods before
me. Ex. 20:3.

For all the gods of the peoples are
things of nought. Ps. 96; l, e. R. V.

We never fear a person, or thing until
after we have ascribed power to it,
which is to make of it “a god". Where
you ﬁnd yourself in fear turn with deep
gratitude to the truth that all power
comes from the one true God. (Rom.
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I'iately some of you ladies have been sending for patterns without giving size.
This means expense and delay for both of us.
of sending in your size when asking for patterns.

4581 .

Linen, repl). drill, percale, gingham and ﬂannoletie hrnid.
may be. used to develop the dress. The Pattern kaslm mid iwil.
is cut in 7 Sizes: 40. 42. 44, 46 and 2, 4, and 6 years. A

4584.
It is mutable for

Putteru is cut

48 inches bust measure.

A Splendid Style for Mature Flgures.—_
very attractive for this
hp on style.

4604.
The plait
for this model.

inch size re-
. . 10 years.
3 material % yard 2% yards of 40

Wi .

4601.

attractive mode One mm or jerse

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Of one material the ““7 ﬁtted mod

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measure. The vvi
tended is 2

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0 also a cod style
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one kind. If made as

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4595.

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A Jaunty Coat for a Tiny Ton—Brown
veiours was used for this model.
culls are of chiffon velvet trimmed with soutiicho
'I‘liis st [9 is good also for velvet, velours.
’l‘lie Pattern is out in 3 Sizes:

yards of 40 inch material
cuffs of contrasting material will require 1A yard.

A Pretty. Apron.—Oomfort and dainti-
ness are expressed in this model.
unbleached muslin and trim it with bias bending

of crctonne or gingham, or, one could use satin

in
Medium, 38—40; Large, 42-44' Extra Large. 46-
A Medium size requiru
4% yards of 27 inch material.

‘ . A Popular and Seasonabie st le.—Bol—
ma cloth. duvetyn or broad cloth coul
_ The fronts la in double breasted
This Pattern style. The collar is conve ible, and
turned up high. or .rolled low with the fronts of
the coat open. This Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes:

A
contrastin . inch materia
is required. The Width at the foot is 3% yards. mfi cloth or pile fabrics requires 54 yard 54 inchu
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4598. A Pretty Frock for_“Part " or “post
Wear."-_—’F‘igured silk with facings o cre a in a A Simple, Stylish Frockr—French serm
weaves are good_ for this model
It has gracefu lines. and becoming piait fulness
at the left side of the front. The sleeve features
do This Pattern is out in 7
, 36. 38, 4 . 42, 44 and 4.6 inches bust

dth the foot With
. yards. For a medium size
of 64 inch material will be required.

for a School Dress.—
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fectively combined or. one could us .
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for valve

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. Celery and Cheese Bake.—Six stalks
celery, one-fourth cup grated cheese, but-
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one-half cup white sauce, buttered bread
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Clean the celery, cut into inch lengths,
and cook in enough slightly salted water
to cover. When tender remove and drain,
add the white sauce and the grated cheese
and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place buttered crumbs in bottom of bake-
dish, add some of the celery mixture,
more crumbs, the remainder of celery,
and top with the crumbs. Bake about
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one orange, two cups sugar, one-half cup
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teaspoon vanilla.

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of the sugar, add the egg-yolks, and beat
up until light, add the milk, and the ﬂour
to which the baking powder has been
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whip. To make this grate the large,
tart apple. Whip until stiff the whites of
the eggs, fold gradually the sugar and
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Given by One Who
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January 4—“What of 1924?” by
O. E. Bradiute, President American
Farm Bureau Federation.

“County Farm Bureau Tax Work,"
by John C. Watson, General Statis-
tician. Illinois Agricultural Associa-

on.

January 8—“A Day on South
Water Street,” by W. H. Hall, De-
partment oi.’ Agriculture, Bureau 0!
Markets.

“Financing the Farmer " by Bur-
ton M. Smith, Chairman, Agricul-
tural Commission of the American
Bankers Association.

Station ‘1’. R. 0., the Wice of the
capital, \Vashington, D. 0., 8:00 P.
Wave
length 469 meters.

January 7—-“The Northern Migrar
tion of Negroes,” by E. V. Wilcox.

PLAN (JO-OPERATIVE FARM
MARKETING
(Continued. on Page 2)
will be chairman ex-oﬁicio of the

committee.

The program and policy sought to
be established for the Grange, Mr.
Taber said probably will include
both legislative and administrative
activities. “Some legislation may be
necessary," he said, “but what the
farmer needs is more team work,
not more legislation."

Mr. Tabor said indications are
that plans may be worked out along
lines of the federal farm loan sys-
tem and that the out-standing pur-
pose of any program will be to “im-
prove the economic condition ot the
farmer.”

TWO COUNTIES JOIN FOR CO-OP
CHERRY CANNE tY
HE cherry growers of Oceana
and Mason counties plan a co—
operative cannery and already $20,—
000 of the necessary $60,000 has
been subscribed. The movement
was launched at a meeting of grow-
ers of the two countries held at Hart
last week and resulted in" the nam-
ing of a committee to proceed with
the organization. The subscrip-
tions already obtained were volun-
teered.

The proposed plant probably will
co—operate with the Grand Traverse
Packing 00., another co—operative
concern, which has been successful
during the three years of its opera-
tion.

The movement for a co—operative
plant is the result of the strike of

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barrels of 50 gallons capacity are.
frozen daily during the canning
season. In the storage plant— 6, -
000 barrels can be stored at zero
temperature.

The Grand Improvement Associa-
tion has donated a site for the plant.

OVER 5,000 FARMERS EXPECTEL
DURING FARMERS’ WEEK
RMERS’ Week at the Michigan .
Agricultural College, which has
grown to be the biggestconter—

ence of farmers of the state' held
during the year, will be staged Feb-
ruary 4-8 this winter, according to}
the announcement of A. M. Berridge,
chairman of. the Farmer‘s’ Week
committee at the college.

More than a dozen of the leading
agricultural organizations of the
state will hold their annual meetings
at M. A. C. during this week. A
program including some of the lead-
ing men and women in the agricult-
ural and business life of the nation
is being prepared. Special agricult-
ural exhibits on various phases of
farming and rural life will feature
the week.

Last year more than 5,000 farm-
ers and their families attended the
gatherings, and the committee is
making plans to care for an even
greater number this year.—R. C.
Groesbeck, M. A. C. Correspondent.

CALIFORNIA MAN ADVOCATES
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
(Continued from Page 3)
strong and truly cooperative bean
marketing association. We believe
such an organization would be of
material beneﬁt, not only to the
Michigan bean farmers, but to many
of the Michigan bean elevators, to
the bean growers and dealers in oth- .
er states; to the bean jobbers and
the whole grocery trade handling
various varieties of beans, and to
the consumers who eat these beans.
—R. L. Churchill, Secretary and
Manager, California Lima Bean
Growers Association, Oxnard, Calif.

Base Ingrate

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Jed: "Oh! purty good." ‘

Zeke: “What? Purty good. after me
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.HEN it is desired to preserve
the skins of wild animals
which have been shot or trap-

ped, these may' be tanned either,

with the hair on or .011. as'desired.

Hair can be removed from hides by

soaking them in tepid water made

alkaline by lye or lime. The fol-

lowing recipe for a tanning liquor

is furnished by the Biological Sur-

vey of the United States Department
of Agriculture: To each gallon of
water add one \q-uart of salt and one—
half ounce of sulphuric acid. This
mixture should not be kept in- a
metal container. Thin skins are
tanned by this liquor in one day;
heavy skins must remain in it long-
er. They may remain in it indeﬁn-
itely without harm.

When remand from this liquor,
the skins. are washed several times
in soapy water, wrung as dry as
possible, and rubbed on the ﬂesh
side with a cake of hard soap. They
are then folded in the middle, hung
‘lengthwise over a line, hair side out.
and left to dry. When both sur-
faces are barely dry, and the inter-
ior is still moist, they are laid over
a smooth, rounded board and scrap-
ed on the flesh side with the edge of
a worn ﬂat ﬁle, or a similar blunt-
edged tool. In this way an inner
layer is removed and the skins be-
come nearly white in color. They
are them stretched, rubbed, and
twisted until quite dry. If parts of
a skin are still hard and stiff, the
soaping, drying, and stretching pro-
cess is repeated until the entire skin
is soft. Fresh butter. or other an-
imal fat, worked into skins while
they are warm, and then worked out
again in dry hardwood sawdust, or
extracted by a hasty bath in. gaso—
line, increases their softness.

RAGCOON RAISING

I wish to know in what way it is
possible to raise raccoon and what
1 should feed theml—A Reader,
Buttons Bay,» Mich.
—-They should be kept in an en-
closure say 10 by 20 feet for each
raccoon. Thus if you had a dozen
animals the enclosure should be
about 50 by 50 feet. There is a
wire manufactured for fur taming
purposes and for coon about 14
gauge is right size with a 2 inch
mesh. Such wire can be had of B.
F. Tarman, Quincy, Pa., I think.
Coon are very fond of sweet milk
and bread: they also eat table
scraps. meat, etc. The raising of
raccoon will soon become much
more of a business than now altho
there are numerous ones now rais-
ing.——-A. R. Harding.

WIDEN ROAD BETWEEN DE-
TROIT AND PONTIAC
r I1EE ‘most dangerous" improved
road in the country will soon be
the safest. Work was started
early this winter which, when com-
pleted, will form a 200 foot right of
way between Detroit and Pontiac.
Mich. This stretch of highway is

reputed to be the most traveled strip ,

of road in the world.

The history of this highway graph-
ically illustrates the growth of auto-
mobile travel and the rapidity with
which road conditions change. Only
six years ago the last strip of con-
crete connecting these two cities was
laid. At that time it was looked up-
on as an achievement, and it was
predicted that here was a good read
for a generation at least. Today it
is less adequate for the demands put
upon it than was the dirt road it
succeeded. .

About 10 years ago a short strip
of concrete was laid on the road in
what is new Detroit. The next im-
provement started in 1915 whenan-
other section of the Pontiac and was
concreted. Additional strips were
laid in the two following years, the
final piece of concrete being com-
pleted late in 1917.

The completed road averaged 16
feet in width. There was one section
18 feet wide and another 15 feet.’
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at the extreme right and left. These
will be for the use. of slow-moving
vehicles and for parking purposes.
Next. will come two concrete road-
ways, each 40 feet-in width, auto-
mobiles, These will'be separated in
the center by a 44—foot space for
the interurban tracks from the auto—
mobile highway.

SPECIAL WINTER COURSES AT
M. A. C. OPEN JANUARY 7
NUMBER of special winter
courses in various phases of ag—
riculture, including dairy,
poultry, horticulture, and farm me—
chanics, as well as “general agricult-
ure." willopen at the Michigan Agri—
cultural College on January 7, ac-
cording te the announcement of A.
hi. Berridge, director of winter
courses.
The work in all the courses is de-
Signed to be of the greatest value
to the practical farmer who has not
the time for the regular four year
courses. It is limited to practical
material of value to the man actual-
ly engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Every citizen of the state over
sixteen years of age is eligible for
admission, there being no educa-
tional requirements placed on the
courses, although a good grade
school education is advised for those
who would gain the greatest advant-
age from the special classes.

The list of courses which open
January 7 include: general agricult-
ure, eight Weeks for each of two
years; dairy production, twelve
Weeks; dairy manufactures. eight
weeks; horticulture, eight weeks;
poultry. four weeks; farm engineer-
ing. eight weeks.

The first of three special four
week courses in trucks and tractors
opened December 31.——R. C. Groes-
beck, M. A. C. Correspondent.

NEW LEADERSEP FOR THE
NEW YEAR

(Continued from Page 13)

boat had gone, and then it went to
sleep again. Many churches are
metamorphosed into mausoleums
and have Written over their doors,
“Death sleeps here." Why? Not
thru lack of men, money, or machin-
ery; but thru a need of a warm and
vital connection with the great Ante-
cedent Life, Christ. Sadis, “Thou
has a name that thou livist but—1’
“He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith to he
churches" in his year that is Just
now new. ‘

BIBLE THOUGH'IE
TASTE AND SEEz—O taste and
see that the Lord is good—Psalms
34:8.

SECRET OF‘ PROSPERITYz—As
long as he sought the Lord, God
rznsadse him to prosper.—-2 Chronicles

CURSING or BLESSINGT—Curs-
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and maketh ﬂesh his arm, and
whose heart departeth from the
Lord.

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keep my commandmenta.——John 14:
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shew me the path of life: in thy
presence is fulness of joy; at they
right hand there are pleasures for
everymorer—Psalm 1:11.

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0th us with beneﬁts, even the God of
our salvation—Psalm 68:19.

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DETAILS COUNT IN DAIRYING

-N our eagerness to make every

dollar possible we often overlook
some of the smaller and seemingly
lesser important things in the dairy,
and by doing so are often unknow-
ingly the losers. There are innum—
erable little things which cost prac~
tically nothing but which make a de—
cided increase in the butterfat yield
and consequently in the ﬁnancial
yield. ’ *

They are such simple things as
regularity in time of milking, hav—
ing the same person milk the same
cows, quietness and gentleness while
working around the cows, seeing to
it that the cows are thoroughly
milked clean and making it a prac—
tice to brush or ‘clean the cows at
intervals. These are some of the
things that every cow keeper knows.
Some may admit that they are all

right for the man who has an extra’

large dairy or who gets a large price
for his milk, but they think that
they have no time to pay attention
to all of those details.

Now the very fact that one is not
getting the highest price for his pro—
duce or does not have a large dairy,
should make him all the more anx—
ious to get all the proﬁt out of his
cows possible under the existing
conditions without the expenditure
of too much extra capital. It is im-
portant to milk the coWs regularly,
or, in other words, as nearly .at the
same time as possible.
order to obtain the best results they
should not be milked hurriedly one
time and then quite slowly at an—
other. Neither should milking be
stopped every few minutes. After
the cow is started the milking
should be steady until ﬁnished.

It is also essential that the same
person milk the same cows, as a
cow will never yield as much nor
will she be as consistent if milked
by different persons. Being noisy
and rough around the cows is ex-
pensive. These things Will probab-
ly not affect the yield as much as
the test. I know this by actual ob—
servation in a herd that had been
chased by a dog during the day.
After testing the cows in the even-
ing the average test was found to be
just a triﬂe over 2.30 per cent, while
ordinarily the average test of these
cows was about 4.10 per cent. But
the number of pounds of milk given
was about the same. It is a well—
known fact that cows when nervous
or frightened will not yield the fat
even though the quantity may not
change materially.

There is a loss in two ways in not
milking clean. Not only does the
owned lose the milk, but the cow
will soon have a swollen udder,
which may result in the loss of a
quarter or ruin the whole cow as
far as milking is concerned. And
besides, if a cow testing 4 per cent
butterfat be milked and the ﬁrst
fourth of the milk be tested it will
probably only test about 2 per cent
and it even may be a little lower.
The second fourth will test between
8 and 4 per cent and keep on in-
creasing, and the very last milk or
strippings sometimes tests as high
as 12 and even 15 per cent. Hence
the importance of getting the strip-
pings. -

On the majority of farms now the
cows are kept in a fairly sanitary
condition, but unfortunately there
are some who are careless about the
sanitary condition of the animals. In
some cow stables the brush and
curry comb are unknown articles.
This is certainly not because the ex-
pense is too great. Keeping the cows
clean is important and stables can
be built in which the cows will keep
quite clean with practically no ex-
pense.

Where a gutter is kept in back of
the cows the error is so often made
in giving the cows too much room
between the feeding trough and the
litter gutter. The littler will not
drop in the gutter and consequently
the cows are dirty. Where stanch-
ions are used from 4% to 5 feet is
ample room between the stanchion
and the gutter, varying of course
with the size of cows. An ordinary
sized Jersey or Guernsey will easily
stand on 4% feet. If, however, the
cows are tied to a‘ high trough they
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Every dairyman should have a
Babcock tester ‘of his own, or at
least himself and a neighbor or two
own one between them. There are,
however, some who haven’t got I,
tester nor have their cows been
tested by someone else. ' By the fol-
lowing simple method they may M
their cows so as to get a compass
ative idea of their value.

Get as many small~necked bottles
as there are cows in thy herd and
after milking each cow perfectly dry
weigh her milk to get the number
of pounds. Then stir or pour it
from one vessel to another until it is
thoroughly mixed, and from the
milk of each cow ﬁll one of the bot-
tles full and set away in a. cool place
until the cream has risen. The
amount showing in the neck of the
bottles will show at once which cows
give the richest milk. The bottle.
should all be of the same size and
make. Bottles in which catsup has
been packed for sale in stores will
make good test bottles for this pur-
pose; A label should be pasted on
each bottle on which is written the
name or color of the cow from
which the milk came. You know
how many pounds each cow gives
and which one gives the richest
milk. Keep the milk from the best
cow and that from the poorest one
and take it to a creamery and have
it tested, being sure to mix the milk
well from each cow before takin!
samples for testing.

If a dairyman closer than the
creamery has a tester the sample!
can be taken to him. The Babcock
tester will show exactly what each
cow is doing and from observing the
difference in the various test bottles
a very close estimate can be made
of what any cow in the herd is do-
ing. The man who takes the
trouble to make a careful test of his
cows often meets with a. surprise in
ﬁnding that some 'of his cows are
getting their“ board without having
to pay anything for it. When this
is found to be true no time should
be lost in getting rid of them and
putting better ones in their place.—
H. C. Warren.

CLINTON CO-OPERATIVE CREAM-
ERY GREAT SUCCESS

IGHT years ago a group of one
hundred sixty-”ﬁve men in and
about Westphalia, a small town

in Clinton county, elected to form a
small co-operative creamery by each
purchasing a ten dollar share there-
by raising $1,650.00. With this
money a small plant and equipment
was secured.

Had anyone prophesied the re-
turns which this small investment
would mean to those men over 3
period of eight years, it is doubtful
if the phrophecy would have re-
ceived very much consideration.

However, during the eight years
just passed $14,673.64 in patronage
dividends has been declared besides
purchasing a house and lot valued
at $2,000.00 an paying for cream
on the same basis with other cream-
eries and cream buying stations.

The fact that during the last year
their total business of $34,035.00
shows an increase of approximately
$7,000.00 demonstrates that there is
a considerable element of satisfac-
tion in its management which during

the past year decreased expenses
$600.00. ,
Mr. Theodore Bengel, who has

been secretary for a number of years
prepares each year a. detailed state,-
ment assembled on a. sheet of paper,
which this year was nearly fourteen
feet long and two feet wide, showing
each patrons name, each check sent
out, a total at the bottom of this
column and also his patronage divi-
dend ﬁgured out. This gives neigh-
bor an opportunity to see just how
they stand and also an opportunity
to review their years work with the
creamery.

Mr. Bengel also states that ithlso
gives a very graphic record of the
stability of patrons; that is, it is
easy to note the blank column and
weeks in which no check were sent
to certain patrons Showing that some
were shopping around, which of
course, tended to decrease the pat-
ronage dividend and this in, some
cases amounted to as much/as $40.00
which makes a. . Splendid ”Christmas

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BREEDS OF DAIRY CATTLE
. N 0. 5-—AYRSH]RE

HE Ayrshire breed originated in
the county of Ayr, in south—
western Scotland. In that

region, which borders on the Irish
Sea, the surface is rolling and has
much. rough woodland. Pastures
therefore, are somewhat sparse and
it is necessary for animals to graze
large areas in order to obtain suf-
ﬁcient feed.

It is only within the last hundred
years that Ayrshires have had a type
well enough established to be entitl—
ed to the designation of breed. No
exact account of. the different infus-
ions of blood of other breeds into
the native Scotch cattle to form the
Ayrshire breed is at hand. It is
probable, however, that the Channel
Islands, Dutch, and English cattle
were all represented.

Importations and Distribution

The ﬁrst importantion of Ayr—
shires to this country was made in
1822, since which time there have
been frequent importations into
both the United States and Canada.
New England, New York and Penn—
sylvania probably contair the larg-
est number of representatives of
the breed. There is a small distri-
bution in the other Atlantic States
and the Paciﬁc Northwest. In
Canada Ayrshires have had great
popularity and the breed seems well
able to withstand the rigors of the
Canadian climate. The merits of
the breed have not been advertised
widely; consequently it is not well
known in many sections of the Unit—
ed States.

, Characteristics
*~ The colors of Ayrshires may vary
from medium red to a very dark
mahogany browu and white, with
either color predominating. Of
late years among breeders there has
been a decided tendency toward
white with red markings. A black
muzzle and a white switch are de—
sired, but are not necessary for reg-
istration. Perhaps the most pictur—
esque ’feature of animals of the
breed is their long horns, which
turn outward, then forward and up-
ward. Another point of which breed-
ers of the Ayrshire are Very proud
is the uniform, square, level udder
with long body attachment which is
common among the cows.

Quick, brisk actions are charac-
teristic of the animals, which seem
always to have an abundant store of
energy and to be exceptionally alert.
Ayrshires have a highly nervous dis-
position, which is useful for both
production and self-support. Prob-
ably none of the other dairy breeds
can compare with the Ayrshires in
ability to obtain a livelihood on
scant pastures. Their ability as

“rustlers” has made them very use-'

ful. in sections where there is much
rough land in pasture. ‘

In weight the cows may vary
from 900 to 1,300 pounds (average
about 1,000 pounds); bulls weigh
between 1,400 and 2,000 pounds
(average about 1,600 pounds). The
animals are noticeably compact in
body. with a tendency to smoothness
over all parts. Formerly they were
criticized for their short teats, but
that fault has been removed largely
by careful breeding. As a breed

. Ayrshires are generally very hardy

and show great constitutional vigor.
At birth the calves weigh from 55
to 80 pounds, are very vigorous,
easy to raise, and, make rapid gains.
Heifers reach maturity of frame at
an age between the Holstein and the
Jersey.
Production
Milk from Ayrshire cows contains
comparatively little color and has
the fat in uniformly small globules
which average smaller in size than
in any other breed. For these rea-
sons the milk sometimes fails to
show a distinct cream line, by
which the consumer often judges
the quality of the milk. Ayrshire
milk, because of the small fat glob-
ules, stands shipping well without
churning. and in other respects it is
well adapted to the market-milk
trade. The percentage of the but-
terfat in the‘milk is medium, and
consequently there is no diﬂiculty in
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,enn;susra§

recent origin of the breed few fam- ‘

ilies have been developed. The.more‘
prominent in the United States are
the Brownie, Auchenbrain, Finlays-
ton, White Cloud, Jean Armour, and
Robin Hood.

MICHIGAN JERSEY QUAIJFIES
FOR SILVER MEDAL

ABIELLA’S Creampot 538801.
by producing 8,214 lbs. of
milk and 507.05 lbs. of fat in

365 days, at 2 years, 2 months, be-
comes a Silver Medal cow in the
herd of Mr. H. F. Probert of Jack~
son, Michigan. This ﬁne cow is out
of Champion’s Creampot 377815
and by Variell-a’s Flying Fox 168-
679 having two Register of Merit
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BREAKING AND TRAINING
COLTS

F a horse is to reach the stage of
full value and usefulness pos-
sible for an animal of his type

and class, he must be carefully brok—
en and well trained when young,
results which frequently are not ac-
complished by many horsemen. The
best methods and practices for mak—
ing a good work horse out of a good
colt prospect are described in Farm—
ers’ Bulletin 1368, Breaking and

 

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Training Colts, a revision of a form-
er bulletin, which has just been pre-
pared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

Since horses do things largely
through habit, it is essential, says
the bulletin, to establish good habits

‘and to prevent colts from doing

things which might develop into bad
habits. It is of primary importance
here that the colt should never be

\permitted to have his own way. If

he can not do the one thing asked
of him, the trainer immediately
should make him do something else
which he can do. In this way the
colt is soon impressed with the fact
that man is his master. Once this
impression is ﬁrmly ﬁxed in the
colt’s mind he is well on his way to-
ward becoming a good, safe work
horse.

The bulletin takes up in separate
chapters such subjects as the age to
break, gentling the colt, breaking to
lead, handling and trimming the
colt’s feet, breaking to drive, stop—
ping, backing, driving double, driv-
ing single, sights and sounds, break-
ing to ride, correcting bad habits,
throwing a horse, harness, and the
importance of a good mouth.

Copies of the bulletin may be had
free as long as the supply lasts by
addressing the Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C.

  

   

 

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USING CULL BEANS IN BALANW
RATION ‘.

I have corn silage with a .very
little corn in it though. I ﬁgure to
feed it twice a day with hay, corn
stalks, or bean pods for roughage.
Then for grain I buy cull beans and
boil them, feed each cow about two
quarts twice a day with a tin cupful
of cotton seed meal. Is this any-
where near a balanced ration or not?
If not, What would you advise me to
add?—L. R. Whittemore, Mich.
—It is very difﬁcult to say whether
you are feeding a balanced ration or
not from the measures that you use
for feeding your cattle, that is. a tin
cup might hold anywhere from a
quart to two pounds of cottonseed
meal.

Since you wish to feed cull beans.
I would suggest this ration: 40 lbs.
ground corn, 40 lbs. ground onto.
20 lbs. ground cull beans, 10 lbs. oil
meal, 10 lbs. cottonseed meal.

If you feed alfalfa hay at the
rate of 12 to 15 pounds per day in-
stead of corn stalks, the ration would
be satisfactory if the cottonseed
meal were left out. However, you
undoubtedly wish to utilize the
feeds at hand and I would suggest
for roughage that you feed 30 to 40
pounds of silage and 12 to 15 pounds
of hay, which I assume contains 8

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in 1913 it took 231 lbs. of butter (average price
for the year) to pay {or a popular size Dc Laval
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ﬁrst ten months) a De Laval of the same size can
be purchased for 206 lbs. of butter, 25 lbs. or 1l%
less than in 1913. In addition , the De Laval oftoday
is a very much better machine, having 10% more
capacity , a Bell Speed-Indicator, selfccntcring bowl.
a bowl holding device, and other improvements and

Having a New De Laval

With high-priced butter-fat, you lose money by
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in use today wasting the price of a new Dc Laval in 2
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—if you look well to. her ration, her health,
her appetite and her digestion. '

Balance the ration. Feed bran, oats and
corn, or their equivalent, cottonseed or linseed
meal. clover hay. alfalfa, silage—pasture in
season.

Remember, the better the appetite the

greater the food consumption, the greater the
milk production.

DR. HESS STOCK TOME

Keeps Cows Healthy Makes Cows Hungry

It conditions cows to turn their ration of
grain, hay and fodder into pails of milk.

It contains Nu: Vomica, greatest of all
nerve tonia. Onassis produces appetite, aids
digestion. Salts of Iron keeps the blood rich.
There are Laxatives for the bowels, Diuretics
for the kidneys, to help throw oil’ the waste
materials which so often clog the cow’s system.

Excellent for cows at calving. Feed it be-
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Tell your dealer how many cows you have.
He has a package to suit. GUARANTEED.

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stalks and _
to pick over. The grain mixture
should be fed at the rate of one
pound of grain for each three and
one-half pounds of milk produced.—
J. E. Burnett, Assoc. Prof. of Dairy
Husbandry. M. A. C.

  

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MARE NEEDS GOOD mun AND
CARE

My brood sows will -root one an-
other in the side and then suck till
they take the hair off.| My young
pigs are doing the same thing. I
have put rings in their nose, but it
isn't long until the rings are out.
They don’t root as long as the rings
hold. I have them in clover past-
ure and feed corn and separator
milk, fresh from the separator.

I have a young mare 6 years old
that has been worked hard and half
fed this last year or two. When I
ﬁrst got her about 6 weeks ago she
was poor, had no life, and sure was
hard looking. She is fattening up
now though and looks loti' better.
but when I was plowing with her
lately she would go along with her
head down and if you spoke to her
to go any faster, she seemed to pay
no mere attention than if she had
not heard «me. If you stop her when
she is working, she drops her head
and seems to go to sleep. If I hit
her with the line she seems to have
all kinds of life, but soon forgets.
—L. R.. Whittemors, Mich.

-—-I do not know what is the matter
with the brood sows. I would not
like to make any suggestions with-
out ﬁrst having an opportunity to
make a physical examination of the
sows. .

The six—year-old mare in all prob—
ability needs plenty of good feed and
care more than anything else. Put
her on a full feed of oats, corn and
bran making the ration about one-
half oats and the other half equal
parts of corn and bran. A small
handful of oil meal added to the ra-
tion night and morning would also
be very good. Clover hay would be
better than timothy. The addition
of one teaspoonful of artiﬁcial
carlsbad salts to the feed night and
morning and continued for about
one month would do very well. It
may take all winter for your mare
to get in good condition—John P.
Hutton, Division of Veterinary Med-
icine, M. A. C.

DHLK THICK AND STRINGY

Would like to know what to do
for my cow. Her milk is thick and
stringy. She calved August 7th.
Was not so bad when she came fresh
as she is now. Her udder swells and
she only gives half the milk. Last
winter she tried to jump the fence
and was hung on the fence. We
think she might have gotten hurt.—
A. P., Onaway, Mich.

—This cow is entering from one of
the forms of mastitis and I would
suggest that you consult your local
veterinarian relative to treatment
and put the case in his charge. I
would be glad to prescribe treatment
but is very unsatisfactory to pre—
scribe treatment for a case of this
kind without ﬁrst having an oppor-
tunity to make a physical examinar
tion of the patient. If you do not
have a veterinarian in your commun-
ity and will write me a letter giving
asbestasyoucanailthesymptoms
of the case I will be very glad to
prescribe as best I cane—John P.
Hutton. Assoc. Prof. Surgery and
Medicine, M. A. C.

» REMOVE BOTH HORNE WEEK
DEHORNING CLIPPERS

I have a cow that lost part of one
horn hat fall,1ust the inside is left.
She did not seem to mind it at the
time, but I don't think she looks as
weliasshedidlastyear. Doyou
think losing the horn would have
any eﬂeet on her health? She has
hadthesamecarethisyearaslast
year. It is one of my best cows,
and I would like to keep her well.
She t freshened in October.
Wonl it be necessary to cover the
born with something? And what?
I should also like to know why sync
cows like-so well to lick a persons
clothes..,and if there is anything to
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cow to have both horns removed us-
ing the dehorning clippers. . It is a
habit that many healthy cows have
to want to lick a persons cloth’es.—‘-
Prof. John P. Hutton,‘ Division of
Veterinary Medicine, M. A. C.

COW SWEATS ‘ _

I have a three year old cow that
sweats. Will be standing in the
barn and be all wet with sweat.
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fair condition, and is to freshen in '

March. She still seems to have her
old hair, doesn't look as the she
had shed as she should. I have only
owned‘her about six weeks.—A. 8..
Fremont. Michigan.

——I think that the sweating is due
to the heavy coat of hair that the
cow has. Groom the cow good
twice daily. put her on a good bal-
anced ration. The addition of_ a
heaping tablespoonful of Glanbert
salts to her teed night and morning
would be very beneﬁcial.—Iohn_P.
Hutton, Asso. Prof. Surgery and
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Dons YOUR SON WANT TO BE-
COME A VEH‘ERINARIAN?

(Continued from Page 8)

veterinary science 'is nothing more
nor less than science applied to the
solution of the problems of disease
prevention and cure in the lower
animals. and veterinary practice is
only the legally sanctioned and pro-
tected method of effecting this appli-
cation in every-day life. There may
be some better way—we doubt it—-
of applying the science of the voter-

'inarian but there is certainly no

substitute for the science itself. It
is not a problem that is vital alone
to the veterinarian—he can ﬁnd oth-
er work to do. A well educated
veterinarian is a well educated man
and as such he can look after him-
self. But without veterinary serv-
ice our animal industry would be
ruined. The effect on agriculture
and consequently upon the general
welfare is obvious. We beseech a
thoughtful consideration of the vet-
erinary problem on the part of your
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'I‘wo farmers met after church and had
this conversation:

"I hear you've sold your pig?"

“Yes, sold him last Thursday.”

‘TWhat d’ye get?"

“Eight dollars."

"What did it cost ye to raise it?”

“Paid three dollars for the ﬂute, and
five more for the feed."

"Didn't make much, did ye?" _

“No, but I had the use of the pig all
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Why Not a Butcher Shop

Party on the phone—Have you any
nice round steak?

Dispr Zachry—No, madam.

Party on phony—Have you any nice
loin steak?

Dispr Zachry—No, madam.

Party on phone (much exasperated)—
Well. for goodness sake, why haven't
you?

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ofﬁce and our trains have not killed any
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any situation." said a clerk in the man]
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HEN’S egg factory is depart-

mentized. The egg she lays is

made by piece Work in three
. departments—dust like Henry- Ford
makes an automobile, according to
L. J. Brosemer of the Sears-Roe-
buck Agricultural Foundation, who
shows that inside a hen is a plant
that works with the system and reg-
ulation of an» up-to-date automobile
factory.

“There are three departments in
the egg making plant,” said the
Foundation’s expert. “The yolk is
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this department it moves through a
passageway into the next department
where the yolk is coated with white.
When the coating job is completed
in department No. 2. it is moved in-
to department No. 3, where the egg
is encased with a layer of the purest
form of carbonate of lime, forming
the egg shell. Then the egg is pass-
ed on to a hungry world—fresh,
sanitary and sealed. These three
departments of the egg making plant
might be compared with an automo-
bile factory. First, the engine is
made, like the hen makes its yolk.
— then' the chassis, as the chicken en-
cases its yolk in white, ﬁnally, the
auto body covering the whole, just
as the hen putsaa covering of lime
over its product in the form of a
shell. .

Sometimes the egg plant fails to
work. That is not due to laziness
or labor unrest or strikes, but be-
cause the egg making material furn-
ished the hen is not of the proper
sort. The average American hen
lays 72 eggs a' year. She should
manufacture twice that number. The
reason she makes so few is because,
as an honest manufacturer she re-
fuses to manufacture anything but
a Whole and. complete egg. Farmers
and other poultry keepers are to
blame, because they unknowingly do
not provide the food material the
hen requires to keep all three egg
making departments working full
time. When a hen is fed the right
foods in the proper amounts so as to
secure the greatest efﬁciency in her
plant she has to make eggs or she‘ll
burst.

“Hens must be given a balanced
ration. If they are fed a mixture
that produces 100 yolks for every
50 whites, then the egg making plant
can only turn out 50 normal eggs.
The same situation in an automobile
factory would cut down the output,
for what could be done with 100 en-
gines if the auto maker had only
enough material to manufacture 50
chassis? He is up against it the
same as the hen’s egg plant.”

After working over gizzards and
test tubes for years expert poultry-
men are agreed that each particular
kind of poultry feed contains a def-
Inite amount of yolk and white mak-
Ing material. A balanced ration
that contains exactly the right pro-
portions that . will enable the 088
making plant‘to turn out an equal
number of yolks and whites and
keep the heu’s factory working full

time is given below: ~
Kind of Food Yolk. Whltee Shane

12 lbs beef scrap................ 13 138 O
50 lbs. (necked com ..........128 67 0
50 lbs. wheat......................123 91 0
25 lbs. bran......................... 3! ' 51 :
25 lbl. lhorts..m.................- 51 53
so lbs. corn meal...” 78 40 0
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CHICKEN FRIENDS
NY chicken that varies enough
from its mates to be remem-
bered as an individual may well
be called a chicken friend? _

The ﬁrst chicken we remember
was an exceptional layer. Her egg
had pinkish spots entirely different
from any other hen’s egg. Also she
was a’pepper and salt type of plum-
age a hen grown by one of the
children from a chick, and distinc-
tive in appearance so she was never
mistaken for another hen. We put
a leg band .on her to give her a
number. One day in September we
saw she was beginning to molt; then
we lost sight of her until one night
while looking over the chickens pre-
paratory to choosing some for ex-
hibition, we found a snowy white
hen with the legband of “Speckles."
It didn’t seem possible that she had
molted pure white, but she had’; it
was Speckles all right as she proved
by her eggs with the pinkish spots.

There was a Silver Laced Wyan-
dotte pullet which showed from the
time she was hatched a disposition
to be friendly. She would follow us
to the house and up on the porch if
allowed. The coal chute was under
the dining room window. One day
Silver hopped up and looked thru
the window. Not long after on a
lovely October day, the screens were
taken down, and Silver ﬂew thru the
window. No one noticed her coming
in; when discovered she was making
a nest of the corner of the couch,
which she didn’t leave until she had
laid her ﬁrst egg; then how she did
cackle! . The doings of the live stock
the coming of the calves and pigs
and chickens make iip much of the
excitement of the farm; the family
were all curious as to where Silver
would lay her next egg. When we
saw her picking her way daintily
towards the house, we opened the
window. In she ﬂew and laid an-
other egg. In time the novelty wore
off and we shut her up, but Silver
was persistent so long as she was on
range. She would ﬂy up against the
window until she was let lay in her
ﬁrst nest. As everyone knows, hens
have favorite nests. Sometimes there
is a regular line-up waiting to lay
in one nest.

Beauty was another chicken friend.
She was the prettiest White Wyan—
dotte we ever saw. In her second
year she took sweepstakes as the
best bird in the show of 1,500. She
was good tempered and prepotent as
Well as beautiful; her grand daugh—
ter took sweepstakes pullet in the
American class at the state fair.

Beauty liked to pose; she would
stay put in any position she was
placed, but she would not go into a
coop head ﬁrst. (Put her in back—
wards, and she was still: but let her
see the coop before her body was in,
and there was trouble.

We had two splendid cockerels
one year, full brothers. We wished
to use them alternately in the pen,
and to separate them from the pul-
lets gave them a yard to themselves.
Sometimes they were peaceable; and
again they would ﬁght. Finally we
took to tying them together at the
ﬁrst sign of trouble. With a wide
strip of ﬂannel we tied one leg of
each about two feet apart. After
an hour of being tied, they wouldn’t
look at one another. This is a good
remedy for ﬁghting males of all
ages.

Strangers to chickens may say that
they have no intelligence, that they
are not temperamental, but anyone
who has worked with chickens will
tell a different story. Some chickens
are sweet tempered, some are cross,
some are jealous, some are cranky.
One good breeder finds it well to
humor his hens.

HATCBING DUCK EGGS

I wish to hatch my duck eggs in
an incubator, and do not know how
to go about it. Is it the same way
as chicken eggs? Would you advise
hatching‘duck eggs in an incubator?
——The large commercial duck farms
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There is no other farm engine
like it. Simple in construction
and easy to operate. It is only
one engine. yet it takes the
place of six engines. It will give
from 1% to 6 H. P., yet it isso
light that two men can carry it
easily. Set it anywhere and
put it to work.

Change Power
as Needed

It is a 6 H. P. when you need
6. or I )4 H. P. when you need
only 1%, or any power in be-
tween. Fuel consumption in
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remarkably low at all times.
Adjustment from one power to
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Burns Kerosene

Operates with kerosene or gaso-
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About ready to lay.

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White Leghorn-s. C.
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For Sale-Pearl Guineas at $2.00 per Pair; Also
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‘. . Buff Leghorn liens, Pullets and Cockereln

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ready in September. Improve your ﬂock with
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INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4. Lawrence. Mich.

RHODE ISLAND REDS TOMPKIHS STRAIN
to make room for young stock. I will sell after
November 1, 1923. 50 2 year old hens at $2.00
.' 25 1 years old hens at $3.00 each: cock-
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COOKERELS. THOMPSON STRAIN BARRED
Rooks. dark matings, A nl Hatched, weight 8 lbs
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Barred Rock Cockerels. Husky. Vigorous Birds
bred from. great layers. Sons of Detroit and
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secured frohis'the; domestic, hen. '
a. rule the hot water type of machine
is preferred. Most varieties of ducks
require about twenty eight days of
incubation, but the Muscovy variety
requires a period of about ﬁve weeks.
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eggswith warm water by means of a
whisk broom several times during
the hatching period. About the 26th
day it is also advisable to moisten
a ﬂannel cloth and lay it over the
top of the eggs for a few hours.
This of course is practiced primarily
to provide additional moisture at the
time of hatching. If you have a.
limited number of eggs to hatch it
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I would like to know a cure for
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D., Prescott, Mich.

.—There is no cure for bacillary
white diarrhea in adults or baby
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correspond with the ”Veterinary De—
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As to stimulants to feed hens'for
winter eggs, I would say that this is
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best means by which to obtain high
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——H. ' J. :Stafseth, Res. Assoc. in
Bacteriology, M. A. C.

BABY BEEF PLAN INSURES
GOOD CASH MARKET
(Continued from Page 4)

small farm or the large one, he is
positive in his assertion that Michi-
gan can produce Herefords more
economically and more proﬁtably
than any other location in the
world, while Michigan beef raising
eliminates western mortality losses,
compares favorably in land invest—
ment; the proximity to the popula-
tion centers and the great markets
eliminate loss from shrinkage in
transportation and cut freight costs.
Nor does Michigan fear terrible
drouths when the proﬁts of a season
are wiped out, or losses from anim-
al pests. Many are the advantages
of Michigan over the so—called cat—
tle country.

Mr. Sotliam who has maintained a
breeding herd, winning at the great—
er shows of the country, has wit—
nessed the rise and fall of Herefords
three different times. The present

period is the low level. Confident
of their ultimate rise to higher
prices he has devised his Hereford

baby beef plan to insure a briSk and
proﬁtable cash market for Here—
fords in Michigan. Briefly, 3. mar—
ket for Hereford baby beef has been
established in Detroit that insures
top prices, according to the Chicago
market for Hereford baby beeves,
according to quality and dressing
per cent. This per cent is based

and flvficbfgan . . 15 doses

' have had, ,littlé' difficulty~ in making

it. Some have even dressed more,

,demanding a premium, while others
that do not make the base per cent

receive a lesser sum for each one
per cent less dress.

Purebred Hereford'cattle are us-
ed because at present they can be
purchased very reasonably, because
they are more thrifty and make big-
ger gains, thus arriving at the de-
sired weight more quickly, so much
so that it more than offsets the dif-
ference in interest on investment.
And then purebreds have two mar-
keter—breeding and beef; [while the
grade has one—beef. Not, all the
produce of these purebred Here-
ford breeding cattle are used for
beef. The outstanding individuals
are raised the same way but are
kept for breeding purposes. They
are disposed of privately or by auc-
tion sale. As the breeder is sure
of his baby beef price he knows that
a purchaser in the sale must pay
more than he is worth for beef. As
a result eight successful purebred
Hereford sales have been held in
Michigan during the last eighteen
months, the breeders realizing a.
substantial proﬁt over and above
baby beef prices. .

The production of these beeves
requires the least possible amount
of labor necessary to-any method of
stock feeding. Cows are preferably
run loose with their calves in the
winter, a creep being built in one
end of the barn that enables the
calf to get in but keeps the cow out.
In this creep is built a self—feeder,
allowing the calf to have what grain
he wants when he desires it. Good
silage with either clover or alfalfa
hay will keep the cow in a. good
condition throughout the winter.
Oat straw in addition is an econom—
ical change. In the summer a creep
built in the ﬁeld where the calf
comes for water or salt lets the calf
have what grain he wants while on
grass. In other words, the calf is
pushed from date of birth until
ready for market. Full beneﬁt of
his growth is taken. He is castrat-
ed while from two to three months
of age, lessening the grief caused
when older. Thus at from ten to
fourteen months of age a mature
baby beef is produced and realizes
extreme top prices.

Whole oats and whole cornmeal
are used in feeder for calves that
are just beginning to eat grain. This
is kept up until incomplete diges-
tion requires grinding, unless hogs
run with cattle. Corn, oats, and
bran are the standbys, with barley
a good substitute for corn. Oil
meal, pea size, is very beneﬁcial on
the ﬁnish. While pr0viding proﬁt—
able to the producer, the consumer
in turn receives real value for his
money.

To the interesting of Michigan
farmers in the production of Here—
ford baby beef have Mr. Sotham and
his son, W. H. .Sotham, also of St.

Clair, and Earl C. McCarty, Bad.
- Axe, Michigan, spend all of their
time, with the result that over a

thousand purebred Herefords have
been imported into Michigan and
found new homes within her bord-
ers. A good indication of the suc-
cess of the plan is the increased out-
put of baby beeves from producers
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They are not hypercritical as to
title, but Abstracts must show at
‘east 8. good title in the name of the
borrower. There is nothing in
these loans which hinders the bor-
rower from selling his farm. As a
matter of fact, a farm which has a
mortgage of this type on it will sell
for a better price than if the pur-
chaser had to pay the entire sales
price in cash or to obtain a loan for
himself. The fact that the land is
permanently ﬁnanced is always an
inducement to the purchaser. In
case of a sale, of course, the bank
must be notiﬁed that the sale has
taken place and must give its san-

' ction as to the loan being assumed

by the new owner.

The cost of making a loan from
one of these banks is small but
varies somewhat on account of the
different manner in which the Fed—
eral Land Banks and the Joint Stock
Land Banks transact their business.
These banks are limited to loans
not to exceed $100 an acre and only
take into consideration the agricul—
tural value of the security. They
do, of course, ‘take into considera-
tion the location value insofar as it
adds to the agricultural value in the
way of marketing farm products,
school facilities, etc. However, loans
are not made on the basis of suburb-
an valuation.

This System of ﬁnancing has
made available money at low rates
of interest and on convenient time,
and any system which has done this
can help the farmer who Wishes to
ﬁnance himself, and this is what the
Federal Farm Loan System was in—
tended for and is doing. The men,
who undertook to develop this Sys-
tem of ﬁnancing the farmer proper—
ly and in a manner adapted to the!
needs of agriculture, began by ac—
cepting the ﬁrst principles in order
to eradicate the abuses and difﬁcul—
ties surrounding the business of- sup—
plying capital for agriculture.

The ﬁrst step in properly ﬁnanc-
ing agriculture was to arrange for
securing capital investments in land
on convenient terms—terms which
would give the farmer an opportun-
ity to make the farm help pay for
itself over a period of years out of
the money earned in actual opera-
tion. Land Banks give the man
who heretofore has been renewing
his mortgage every ﬁve years, dab—
bling along and paying the highest
rate of interest, or at least a good
stiff one, and paying a commission
every time he renewed a loan, a
chance to get on his feet by giving
him thirty—three years in which to
pay the loan and at a rate of inter-
est not to exceed 6 per cent. While
there is no such thing as an easy
way of paying a debt, the fact re-
mains that the type of loan made by
these banks is a very easy loan for
the farmer compared with the one
he used to have to carry.

There are no more than enough
funds in the average country com-
munity to take care of the season-
able demands for loans from farm—
ers who Wish to use the funds for
operating capital. Naturally, the
country banker is interested in an
outlet or a connection which will
furnish him adequate funds to prop—
erly ﬁnance land purchases or to

‘ reﬁnance existing mortgages, and in

doing this, with the farmer, is inter-
ested in several matters. One is
the type of contract, another one is
the rate of interest.

The farmer who is permanently
ﬁnanced on a. lean such as these
banks make is head and shoulders
above the man who is temporarily
ﬁnanced, and who has signed a large
obligation for a short term know-
ing that he cannot meet it at its

,maturity. This, in itself, is unsound

business and when this man goes to
a local bank to borrow money for a
short time for buying cattle, equip-
ment, fertilizer or any improve-
ments on the farm the banker must
take into consideration the fact that
he has a large obligation maturing
within a short time which he knows
that he cannot meet at its maturity,
and about which there may be un-
certainty ot cost of renewal. The
banker, as a good credit man, must
take this into consideration in ex—
tending credit. On the other hand,
the man who is permanently financ-
ed on a centract such. as these banks
otter can go into the local bank to

borrowtu‘nds forgoperating purposes

(Continued from Page 7)

. silent majority. ”

or for improvements and be taken
care of, if his general reputation en-
titles him to credit.

The interest rate of these banks
is about the same as charged by
loan companies on desirable loans,
but the borrower saves the commis-
sions charged by the agents of these
companies and also gets permanent
ﬁnancing.
Bank Loan is much less than in oth-
er loans on good security.

The agencies have been provided
by the United States Government to
properly take care of the farmers
needs for capital for the purchase of
land for reﬁnancing existing farm
loans and for other long time farm
investments and every farmer who
needs and entited to this service
should for his own interests famil—
iarize himself with this service.

JAPAN INDEPENDENT OF OTHER

NATIONS FOR SUGAR SUPPLY

HE last country to build up a'

home sugar industry of sufﬁci—

ent size to render it independ-
ent of the world for its sugar supply
is far away Japan, the dream of
whose statesmen long has been to
make the Empire as nearly self-sup—
porting as possible.

For two centuries small quantities
of crude sugar have been produced
in primitive bull—power mills in Jap—
an, but until recently the bulk of
her sugar requirements was import-
ed from other countries.

' After acquiring the island of For-
mosa, the Japanese government set
to work vigorously to develop sugar
production wherever sugar could be
produced in the Empire. It levied
a protective duty on sugar; estab—
lished a sugar bureau; sent students
to Germany, Hawaii, Lousiana, Java
and other countries to study and re-
port on their sugar industry; im—
ported beet seed and new varieties
of cane; established experiment sta-
tions; set aside large tracts of land
for new sugar companies; granted
an annual subsidy of 6 per cent for
5 years 011 the capital invested; pur—
chased and loaned sugar machinery
to new companies; furnished man—
ure gratuitously for 5 years and in
various other ways stimulated the
development of the industry. The
early modern mills were entirely
equipped with.American,' German or
British machinery, all of which was
copied and reproduced until now,
only the rolls are imported.

As a result, a hundred of the
primitive mills in old Japan have
been modernized, 52 new cane mills
have been built in old Japan and
Formosa 4 beet sugar factories have
been erected in old Japan, Manchur—
ia and Korea and 13 reﬁneries have
been constructed in old Japan.
Several of her mills grind a thous-
and or more tons of cane per day,
While the largest has a capacity of
3,000 tons, one of the largest mills
in the world.

The sugar industry of Japan now
proﬁtably employs $250,000,000 of
private capital and produces four to
ﬁve hundred thousand tons of sugar
annually, about as much sugar as
the Japanese people consume. In
the event of war Japan Will not be
made to submit to the rapacity of
foreign sugar producers, as were the
United States and Great Britain dur-
ing and after the world wan—Tru—
man G. Palmer, Sugar Statistician,
Washington, D. C.

THE CORN’S IN THE SILO
‘HE corn is in the silo
And the wheat is in the bin
And the frogs way down the meadow
Are losing 01'. their vim.

The air is keen and snappy
And the eaves are falling down
And where the wood once was green
Now 'tis a. russet brown.

Now every one’s preparin’
For the winter’s coming on

The frost has glazed the pumpkin
But it cannot touch the corn.

FOR

The corn's packed in the silo
And the wheat is in the bin
It took a year in making
Thank God we’ ve got it in
Mr. T. O. Kraenel,
Park Avenue Hotel,
New York City.

 

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“Poor Browne! He’ 3 gone over to the

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Company is a Michigan cor—
poration, organized in Michi—
gan for the purpose of fur-
nishing Michigan people with
Universal Telephone Service.

Change in name was made in
order to identify this Com—-
pany in name with the Bell
System, of which it is a part.
Through the Company’s asso-
ciation in the Bell System, tel—
ephone users in Michigan are
assured the highest standard
of service—Bell Service.

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Foors's MARKET LETTER

BY ‘V. W. FOOTE

Increase in Business

HAT American farmers are re-
% gaining in part at least their

old time purchasing power is
an undeniable fact, and perhaps the
most striking index of improvement
in the agricultural situation is the
renewed business reported by the
mail—order houses. The year’s com-
bined sales of the two large Chi-
cago mail order ﬁrms for the year
just closed aggregated around

$350,000,000, an increase of about-

$83,000,000 over 1922. Farmers
because of over production have
been forced to sell their wheat and
hogs at such reduced prices as to
make big inroads in their proﬁts,
but lambs have been highly proﬁt-
able, as have well fattened cattle.
Dairy interests have been extremely
prosperous, and farmers have made
good money on their eggs, poultry,
milk, etc. Wages paid to farm
hands are far higher than before the
war, and so are railroad freight
rates, and the entire scale of living
has had the biggest kind of a boom,
workmen’s wages having soared to
ﬁgures never deemed possible ten
vears ago. In the prediction of
wheat the enormous farms of the
Canadian western provinces stand a
good show of coming out ahead over
the little farms of the United
States, with their enormously pow—
erful sowing and harvesting imple—
ments, and this is bound to become
even greater in the future. Legisla-
tion to solve the problem of our van-
ishing forests is expected to be en—
acted in the near future, and “keep
the ﬁres out and the taxes down" is

~ one of the popular ways of express-

ing the sentiments of owners of for—
ests. For nearly a year a commit-
tee appointed by the United States
Senate has been traveling all over
the country studying the forestry
and lumber question. The foreign
commerce of this country has been
large in volume, and enormous ex—
ports of lard and cured hog meats
have been brought about through
much reduced prices.
Advice to Farmers

Strange to say, after all the pain-
ful experience of wheat farmers dur-
ing the past year in ﬁnding an un—
satisfactory market for their crop
on account of enormous overproduc—
tion in exporting countries, there
looms up what looks very much like
danger of. a repetition of the same
thing, the decrease in the winter
wheat acreage as reported by the
Department of Agriculture being
much less than it should be. It re-
mains for the spring wheat farmer
to take a hand in the game and de-
vote less acreage to that grain than
they did last year. Wheat is an
easy crop to raise, and farmers are
apt to let the other fellow do the
reduced area line and fail to do so
themselves. As has been pointed
out many times, farmers have made
a serious mistake by keeping up the
wheat acreage to the huge require-
ments of war times, and now it
looks like a continuance of low
prices indeﬁnitely or until much less
land is sown to wheat. The world’s
wheat crop for 1923 amounted to 3.-
461,000,000 bushels, or 500,000,-
000 bushels in excess of the pre—war
era, exclusive of Russia, and that
country furnished in“ the past only
164,000,000 bushels to importing
countries. As estimated by the De-
partment of Agriculture, the reduc-
tion. in the winter wheat acreage
amounts to less than 13 per cent,
which is much less than it should be
to bring about a sufﬁcient rise in
prices to allow fair proﬁts to farm-
ers. Talk of outside help in advanc-
ing prices had died down, the
crops is much needed, and it has
future appears to lie in the hands of
wheat growers. Diversiﬁcation of
been suggested that in some dist-
ricts raising ﬂax seed might be a
good substitute
wheat acreage.
g The Grain Markets

Within a short time cash wheat
has declined on the Chicago Board
of Trade to $1 a bushel, comparing
with $1.26 a year ago, with a poor

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MARKET SUMMARY‘

Wheat steady.

of beans small and demand slack.
Butter ﬁrm. Large supply of eggs.

for poultry greater than supply.
average higher.

Corn and oats show some activity.

Receipts
Hay easy with large supply.

Potatoes steady. Demand
Cattle active and higher. Hogs

Sheep trade strong.

 

(Note: The above summarized Information Ivu received AFTER the balance of tho mm.
in page was set In type. It contains last mlnuu Information up to within one-half hour of

going to press ——Edltor.)

 

 

 

domestic demand for consumption,
although recent exports attained
very good proportions. Speculators
in wheat evidently lack faith in its
higher value, and the visible supply
is much larger than ayear ago. Corn
in sight, on the contrary is far less
than is usual at the. beginning of a
year, the crop of 1922 having been
pretty closely used up when the
1923 crop began to move to market,
and very little is being exported.
Corn prices have fallen below those
of a year ago, with late sales on the
Chicago market around 70 cents a
bushel, but it looks high when it is
recalled that a little more than two
years ago it, sold dowu to 47 cents.
Much corn Was saved for marketing
by the -unusually mild weather ex—
tending into the winter period, giv-
ing live stock a chance to remain in
pastures. Rough feed is abundant,
and farmers have plenty of corn.
Oats have sold around 411/; cents,
being slightly lower than a year
ago; while May rye sold as low as
731/; cents, comparing with 901/2
cents a year ago. With rye so cheap,
it seems strange that exporters do
not buy more liberally.

The Chicago Live Stock Exchange
announces that, effective Jan. 1, the
Union Stock Yard and Transit Com-
pany will reduce the price of corn
fed live stock on this market from
$1.35 per bushel to $1.25 per bush-
e1.

This saving to the shippers to this
market of 100 per bushel on corn is
the result of the agreement between
the stock yard company and the
committee of the exchange.

An Object Lesson

To improve the standard of the
live stock in Colorado the Burling—
ton Railroad has traded evenly ﬁfty—
eight purebred bulls and boars for
the same number of scrubs. All of
the scrubs were killed immediately.
The total value of the pedigreed an—
imals was $10,000, while the scrubs
Were valued at about $500, or an
average of $250 for the good stock
and $17 for the poor ones.

The Cattle Industry

Most of the time there is an ex-
cellent demand for well fattened
beef cattle, the times being good and
labor well employed throughout the
country at extremely high wages.
The demand was curtailed tempor—
arily during the holidays, however,
when poultry was largely substitut-
ed for beef, pork and mutto , and
despite much smaller receipts of cat-
tle in the Chicago market than us-
ual, prices suffered sharp reductions.
Even the better class of cattle shar-
ed in the declines, and killers dis-
criminated to a marked degree
against heavy long-fed steers. Oc—
casionally there are upward spurts
in prices for weighty steers, but
most of the time the local packers
and eastern shippers buy them much
less freely than the choice light
weight yearling steers and heifers.
Fancy fat cattle were pretty closely
marketed several weeks ago, and
few or none are arriving on the
market now. Many of the offerings
grade rather poorly, and only a
small percentage sell near the top
ﬁgures. There is a moderate de-
mand for stockers and feeders, with
low prices for the poorer lots and
not many of the choicer kinds on
the market. Plenty of cattle are be—
ing fed in the corn belt states, and
there is no danger of a beef scarcity.
The supply of cattle offered in Chi-
cago for Christmas week was so un-
usually small that desirable light
cattle,
higher, but heavy steers were neg-
lected and lower.- The bulk of the
beef steers offered brought $8 to
$10.75, the choicer yearlings going

especially yearlings, ‘ sold ._

 

 

 

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at $10.75 to $11.75 and the best
heavy steers at $10.to $11, with no
heavy lots going later above $10.75.
Common steers sold down to $6.25
to $7.25, and inferior little steers
brought $4 to $6. Butchering cows
and heifers sold at $3.25 to $7.50
mostly, and limited numbers of
stockers and feeders sold at $4 to
$7.50, not many going above $6.50.
Calves were scarce and higher at $5
to $13.50.
The Hog Problem.

In answer to farmers who ask
What course to follow in breeding
sows and maturing pigs until suit-
able for marketing, it may be said
that this is a big country, and it is
not easy to predict the future. Even
the Bureau of Agriculture some-
times makes blunders in its esti—
mates. However, late reliable ad-
vices indicate a considerable lower-

ing of the number of sows that were

bred for spring farrowing, and this
would naturally have a marked ef-
fect on‘future markets. A well in—
formed authority estimates a reduc-
tion of 25 per cent in the number
of sows bred, but this seems an over
estimate. At the same time, wheth-
er, correct or otherwise, it is never
wise for farmers to stay out alto-
gether of hog breeding, while at
times it is advisable to lower or in—
crease operations. The rush to get
hogs marketed is likely to be kept
up for several weeks more, and then
there will be, probably, a let up and
advance in prices. Low prices
greatly stimulate the consumption
of hog products, and the exports of
lard and cured hog meats for the
past year mounted up to nearly two
billion pounds, being much larger
than for the previous year and about
twice as much as before the war.
Chicago received unusually small
supplies of hogs during Christmas
week, and the best lots advanced 20
cents. Late sales were at $6.30 to
$7.25,. with heavy butchers at the
top and bringing 20 cents more than
the best bacon hogs. A year ago
hogs sold at $7.40 to $8.45 and
eight years ago at $6.70 to $7.25.
Combined receipts in twenty mar-
kets for 1923 to late date amount
to 31,124,000 hogs comparing with
33,053,000 a year ago.
Good Prices For Lambs

Recent receipts of lambs in the
Chicago market were unusually
small, and prices had a sharp up-
ward movement, especially for the
choicer offerings of fat handy
weights, those weighting 90 pounds
and over being descriminated again-
st by the packers. Colorado is mar-
keting lambs more freely thanis us-
ual so early in the year, and the
other day a sale was made of 1,000
lambs which tipped the scales at 77
pounds and brought $13.50 per 100
pounds. Lambs comprise nearly all
the receipts, as is usual at this seas-
on. Michigan farmers have mar-
keted large numbers of corn-fed
lambs. ,

WHEAT .

Wheat had a' holiday week last
week and made little change in‘any
direction. They are figuring that
American wheat must decline part
of the ,Way to meet Canadian wheat,
it being admitted that the two must
come closer together before the end
of the crop year. The belief now
is that a great deal of Canadian
Wheat will be needed on this side of
the line in order to ﬁll the needs of
bakers who use spring wheat ﬂour.
It is said that the spring wheat pro-
duction here has been too small to

‘meet the needs of consumers and~

the Canadian grain will be used as
a bland to bring up both the quality

ot‘the ﬂourvand the quantity. rI210

  

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line of statistics oints in a declin-
ing direction.“ V3
appears easy and ready to slump
some buying power comes into the
market and the offerings are ab?-
sorbed. This has happened so often
that bears are afraid to follow a de-
cline with more selling and it be-
comes an easy matter to stop the de-
cline and give the market an upturn.
The buying is always credited to
eastern dealers who are the chief
owners of the American visible sup-
ply and willing to continue accum-
ulating supplies in order that whéat
may not decline. The holiday week
developed nothing of importance in
the deal. Stocks continue, heavy and
there is still no sign of activity in
foreign buying. Domestic demand
is slow, which is usually the case at
this time of year.

 

_ OATS -
Oats were, active last week and
prices advanced slightly although
buyers were scarce.

 

Rye ‘ .
Rye advanced slightly last week
in sympathy with other grains.
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BEANS
Demand for beans was slow at De-

troit and the market was called,

steady at the close of last week.
There was a dull tone to the market
in general as there always is during
the holiday period. At this time of
the year, a great many. dealers cut
down .orders .on account of their
practice to take inventories and na-
turally want as little stock "possible.
It is observed, however, that dealers
are not anxious to sell when conces-
sions are demanded.

 

POTATOES

Potatoes are strong to quiet; At '

western points they are strong While
in the east there are some markets
that report trading dull. Eastern
dealers stocked up rather heavy pre-
vious to Christmas expecting a
heavy demand during the holiday
period and they ﬁnd they purchased
more than they needed so they are
not going to buy any more until
they get rid of their present stocks.

 

HAY

HolidaLdullness continued in all.
markets last week. Reciepts are
not heavy at present but the demand
is limited. There is a good demand
for the best grades of all sorts, but
low grades are very slow. Bad
weather in the west is restricting the
movement of hay and this is keep-

ing those markets from becoming'

overstocked under the light demand.

 

' CORN

Trade in the corn market was a.
little more active at Chicago last
Week. Commission houses were
buying on a. larger scale, and report
demand showed some improvement.
An active feeding demand in the
west is reported. V
large “and bulls feel very conﬁdent
about future_prices. The Detroit
market closed ﬁrm last week.

 

MARKET QUOTATIONS
W heat

Detroit—Cash N6. 1 red, $1.12;

No. 2 red, $1.11; No. 2 white, $1.-
12; No. 2 mixed, $1.11.
Chicago—dNo. 2 hard, $1.14%.
Prices .one year ago—Detroit,
Cash: No. 2, 1.36%; No. 2 white and
No. 2 mixed, $1.34%.
Corn
Detroit—Cash No. 3
77%c; No. 4, 73%0.
Chicago—Cash No. 2 yellow, 720
72%c; No. 3, 6'9%@71c.
Prices one year
Cash No. 2 yellow, 79c; No. 3, 78¢.

Oats .
Detroit—Cash No. 2 white, 47%0:
No. 3, 451,“. ‘ , ' ‘
Chicag ,
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CashNa. 2w to.
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Week of January 6

probable in Michigan during
ﬁrst part of the week of Janu-
ary 6 but before the middle of the
week there will be sunshiny days
and clear skies. Following the mid—
dle part of the week we look for re-
newed storminess with an addition
of gales and some sleet. At the
close of the week temperatures will
be somewhat colder.

Week of January is

Clear, cold weather is expected
for the early part of the week‘of
January 13 but by the middle of the
week there will be a decided mod-
eration in the temperature. There
will be thawing conditions in some
parts of this state and Winter rains
but the change to lower tempera-
tures during end of this week will
change the rain to snow yﬂurries.

1924 to Average Warm

The year 1924 as a Whole will
average warmer than normal with
the summer and early fall months
producing rainfall above the aver—
age. These statements, while cor-
rect from a statistical standpoint,
should be taken advisedly by the
average farmer whose use of such a
forecast is naturally limited to his
own fence line. We mean by this
there will be many extremes and
that each locality will have its own
modifying effect. These changes will
be considered from week to week in
this column.

We forsee a mild winter but with
numerous temperature extremes
during January and a cold spell
from about two weeks before to two
weeks after the solar eclipse in
March. We look for quite a little
snow and cold close to the eclipse
date.

'Fal] Forecast Veriﬁed

Our forecast of a mild, dry fall
as written last June has been veri-
ﬁed. This weather not only hind—
ered the holiday trade and probably
made hundreds of dollars of differ—
ence in the northern states but also
upset the wool garment trade and
many other commercial enterprises
depending upon cold and snow. On
the other hand. the weather added
hundreds of dollars to the farmer’s
next year’s proﬁts because he was
able to get a lot of next springs
work done {me last fall.

Our prediction of a “White
Christmas" was also veriﬁed in most
counties of the state.

.Some Trip
Motorist: “Say, buddy, how far is it
to Bingviile?’
Schoolboy: “Well. mister, the way you
are headed now it is just 24,996 miles;
butklf you turn around it is only four
milieu—Mange.

 

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a booklet which gives interesting
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Detroit Beef Company

offers its services to the Farmers of
Michigan as a high clsss, reliable
commission house for the sale of
Dressed Calves and live poultry.
Write us forinformation how to dress
and ship wives to market. $250, 000
capital and surplus. 34 years in bus—
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management.

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you put this Olde-Tan metal-to-metal harness on your

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harness before you pay a cent. After the harness reaches
you, make the ﬁrst payment. The balance may be paid at
the rate of a few dollars each month.

Metal-to-metal construction is not a new thing. We just
put in practice the time-old knowledge that nothing can wear
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quality metal shaped and ﬁtted so that rounded steel parts take
away all corner strains and pulls. First there is the ﬁnest
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The superior quality of the leather in Olde-Tan Harness
is recognized throughout America. 70-year-old tanning skill
is behind it. It is tanned by a tanner-manufacturer and then
made into Olde-Tan Harness. The tanner-manufacturer care-

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19th Street & Marshall Blvd., Dept. 33-01 Chicago

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When you buy Olde-Tan Harness you don’t have to worry
about the quality of the leather. You are sure of the best.
The high grade leather and ‘metal-to-metal construction in.
sures at the very least double harness wear. ‘

Did your last harness last 30 years? There are hundreds of Olde-Tan
Harness“ in use today that old and older. What is more, they have re-
quired almost no patchin — no mending during all those years. There
are posmvely no places or Olde-Tan Harness to wear out. We give a
guarantee which protects you during the entire life of the harness.

. Besides the un ualled wearing qualities, Olde-Tan Harness has every
adjustabte feature. . hile Olde-Tan is practically a buckleless harness we
have placed buckles m a very few places to give greater convenience in
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But no Iplace on Olde-Tan where there is excessive strain will you
ﬁnd a buck ebecause buckles cut down the strength of a strap 30%. So
it is from beginning to end—every item having received such practical and
common;sense conSideration that you instant] appreciate its all around
superiority. Our free book tel 3 you all a out these many Special

features of Olde-Tan Harness. Be sure that you don't make a mistake on
your next harness. Write for and read this harness book before you buy.

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It tells you just wh you should replace your bid worn out harness with Olde-Tan

long wearingmeta -to-metal harness.
eu erior quality.

.arn ow the leather is tan d t ' '
Learn all about our liberal $7.50 down and easy motifthlyopgy‘geig

0 er. Send for the book at once.

BABSON BROS. mfgz‘mfﬁm 5M, Chicago, Ill.

These lines are offered
represents only the ac-

We are making this
offer to _
of Olde- an leather in
your hands.
you to see and feel this
real old fashioned white oak [bark tanned leather the
Very same leather used in Clue-Tan harness. This
offer “Minot appear again except as an advertismg
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20 Feet Lbul
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Metal - to - metal construction.
Metal brushing. Leather held
tight Without play or friction.
Note speCial riveted metal ex-
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Never this in metal-to-metal
construction. All pull strain
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