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“ T someeting of more than three
‘hundred Michigan bean grow-
“ ﬂiers. held in the armory at
:.,Owo”sso on ‘January 18,-‘it was voted
fto appoint, a committee'of ten men
1: if to formulate-1a plan for the cooper-
. {tasting marketing of beans in this
i . , A.“ B. Cook, of Owosso, who called

5—: '1 the meeting. acted as chairman of
the meetings, and will work with
. _~ '. the committee ‘Which he appoints to
rag"... 3; .,formulate a deﬁnite plan of action.
3 xx , ‘R. L.’ Churchill, manager of the
’ if ’ California Lima Bean Growers As-
4‘ sociation, gave the principal ad-
dress of the afternoon session. He
' ,.~‘asserted that cooperative marketing

..was the only remedy to prevent the

dumping of the bean crop on the

market, pointing out that eighty per

. 1 ‘ cent of, the state crop was put on

_ 4.; the market immediately after the

" crop was harvested. . .

. , Mr. Churchill said that the objec

. j of the cooperative marketing assoc-

j', iations was not to increase the price

- of the commodity, but to produce

. an orderly system of marketing. the

.< _. product. When successful the co-

-'operative system does not increase

, rathe price to the" consumer, but oh-

, tains a larger share of the consum—

er's dollar for the farmer, he de-

' clared. He said that at the present

.. time the Michigan bean grower is

9;,“ gettingforty—two per cent of the

consumer’s dollar, while in Califor-

nia the members of the growers as-

_‘ sociations are receiving sixty per
,5. cent. .

Churchill declared that the co-

, operative marketing plan had been

endorsed by bankers, economists,

and business men of the nation as

fundamentally sound, and asserted

that the. methods of the farmers in

, marketing their products in the

‘ past had been in direct violation of

,the fundamental principles of/busi—

mess. He also pointed out that when

the farmer buys anything he must
pay the price set by the man who
sells the product, while in selling
he must accept the price "set by the
buyer. -
- The speaker declared that the
_ . ‘CalifOrnia Lima Bean Growers As-
sociation, over a period of seven
years; has returned to the growers
. and average price of $8.10 per
hundredweight for their beans,
while the independent bean growers
have received considerably less.
In ﬁnancing Churchill said that
the California association advances
,to. the growers within a month after
they had'delivered the beans, be-
tween ﬁfty and sixty per cent of
their value, paying the balance
later. The beans are stored in
. public warehouses and are supplied
to themarket in an even and order-
ly "manner. The association itself
is able to obtain large loans with
the warehouse receipts as collateral,
as 'the title to the‘produce passes to
the association upon delivery of the
beans.

Churchill declared that his anal-
.ysis of the bean situation in Michi—
gan showed him that:
~ The market now lacks a stabiliz—
ingd‘n-ﬂuence; there are too many
-‘suriill elevators, both privately and
farmer OWned, each bidding against

«*the‘other; there .are too many farm—
ersfsjse‘lling their bean crops individ-
ually. and as a result selling on a
...buyers’:: market at the buyers'
risen-r ~ ’ .
also declared that there is too
“*Imargin between what the
sets and what the consume
citing asan example a case
lcsrs of beans" were
id .Yenteen‘ times.
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- ' F arm Marketing Organization
By R. c. GROESBECK

(M. A. C. Correspondent of The. Business Farmer)

the organization because it would
stabilize the market and protect
them. The wholesalers would then
know when they bought beans in

the fall that the price was not go- ‘

ing to ﬂuctuate greatly later result-
ing in heavy losses to them.

In closing his address, Churchill
urged that the Michigan bean grow-
ers follow the example of the Cali—
fornia growers and market their
beans through a cooperative assoc-
iation, and stated that the Califor-
nia association would be glad to aid
them in any ways possible.

Christian Breise, of Lansing,

former president of the Michigan

Bean Jobbers Association, told, the
growers of» the efforts made by him-
self and others to stabilize the bean
market, but said that all the at-
tempts had met with failure.

James N. McBride, of Burton,
former state market director, de-
clared that the time had come when
the farmers must adopt the same
tactics that large business concerns
used and set the prices for which
their products would sell.

He said that he was opposed
to government price ﬁxing, but de—
clared that he believed the farmers
could ﬁx the price of beans by co-
operative marketing. He said that
there were all the favorable ele-
ments in the state to make bean
raising ‘ proﬁtable, and that the
problem of the‘Michigan growers
was to coordinate these elements in-
to the best plan for orderly market-
ing.

J. A. Rose, a representative of the
Federal Reserve Intermediate Bank
of St. Paul, told the farmers of the
purposes of the bank and how co-
operative associations such as the
California Lima Bean Growers As-
sociation were able to obtain large

loans on crops to ﬁnance their mar-

keting of the products.
Mr. Cook’s Address

In opening the meeting Mr.
Cook gave the following address:
"‘It affords me pleasure to call
this very important representative
body of men to order. We are here
today representing one industry
unique in the agricultural annals of
the state.

“Beans are the only staple agri—
cultural crop in the production of
which Michigan holds a command-

ing position and her right to the
position is no longer challenged.

“This condition arises from the
fact of the peculiar adaptation, both
of soil’ and climate, of about a score
of counties here in the central and
eastern part of the lower peninsula.
of Michigan.

“There has been no propaganda
by those interested in merchandis-
ing this crop or by the manufacur-
ers of machinery used in the pro-
duction or distribution or consump-
tion or by any other outside agency
to encourage the production of
beans. Comparatively speaking
beans have looked good to the farm—
er or possibly it would be a more
correct statement to say that other
crops had looked worse. Beans have
been fortunate in being exempted
from any form of artiﬁcial stimula-
tion. The—best and only, stimulation
needed in agriculture or anywhere
is a proﬁtable price. Boosting the
production of commodities already
underpriced is an economic fallacy.
Practically every agricultural pro-
duct is underpriced today. The
vital burning question in agricul-
ture in America is remunerative
prices. My next door neighbor and
his boy drive 28 miles to Flint and
back every day; they help manufac—
ture Buicks. They are farmers
born and bred. On every hand the
bright and progressive are being
driven in the same direction. What
are we going to do about it? As
patriotic Americans who believe
that high standards as to personal
and general conditions of our agri-
cultural classes are one of the safe—
guards of our free institutions,
what is it our duty to do?

Credit Is Adequate

“While we do not want to dictate
the work of this conference, We do
feel that the millions of bushels of
beans we are growing indicate that
we do not need to discuss the prac-
tical side of the growing of beans.
Further, we believe the govern-
ment has done all it can in justice
to all by extending credit facilities
to producers secured by their prod-
uct during the ‘from farm to con-
sumer' period and in removing the
legal barriers to collective bargain-
ing by the producers. We do not
believe any of our time need be con-
sumed by appeals to the govern-

 

 

lNVITATION TO ATTEND FARMERS’ WEEK

IN behalf of State Board of Agriculture the Faculty and

the.Student Body of the Michigan Agricultural College

I extend to every Michigan Farmer and Housewife and to

all others interested in agriculture, a cordial invitation to

attend our Annual Farmers’ Week and Housewives’ Con-

*gress from February Fourth to Eighth. Our new Home
Economics Building just completed will be open to the

public at this time.

The daily meetings of the Housewives’

Congress and the Extensive Home Economics Exhibit are

to be staged in his building.

Speakers of state and na-

tional reputation have been secured to appear on the group
and general program. All visitors will have excellent op-
portunities to gain inspiration and information from the
comprehensive exhibit and ' carefully planned speaking
program. We invite you to visit us during this week in
order also that we may all become better acquainted, that
you may visit and see this ﬁne state institution, its herds
and ﬂocks and its splendid equipment for educational serv-

.ice’ to the state. --.

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9 chigan ' Bean Growers Plan to Market Crop

_-Associaﬁon of» Bean Growers Authorize A. B. Cook to Name Committee of Ten to

ment for further aid. The use the
cotton and tobacco growers and oth-
er producers have made of the cred—
it facilities afforded by the govern-
ment is Conclusive proof that ways
are at hand so that the grower who
needs a substantial payment on his
beans can be taken care of, dump-
ing avoided, orderly marketing es-
tablished. It is little short of a
crime the way our bean market
year after year is over loaded the
ﬁrst three or four months of the
marketing season. It is doubtful if
complete recovery ever takes place.
“We do not believe it is necessary
to establish new agencies for mar-
keting. We should have a super—
organization controlled by the
growers, to regulate supply in ac—
cordance with demand. By a prop—
er co-ordination of this with the
agencies which we now have we be-
lieve the desired results can be ac-
c0mp1ished. We are here today to
investigate and see if some very val-
ua‘ble agencies and opportunities are
not being overlooked by us.
Need Orderly Plan
“Would it be unreasonable for us
to ask that splendid able body of
men in our extension and county
agricultural agent forces to assist
in organizing us in a way that we
may utilize the governmental agen-
cies intended to assist in orderly
and remunerative marketing as well
as to assist us in increasing produc-
tion? Increased production should
be accompanied by more effective
and orderly distribution, or disaster
is probable. Any agency assisting
in one should in both.
Competition Blamed
“Co—operative marketing has not
functioned as a market stabilizer or
strengthener. This was needed and
expected. It has given us “another
competitor, in many cases a salu-
tary one, for the business of carry‘
ing our products from the producer
to the consumer. In the absence of
any systematic and comprehensive
machinery for orderly marketing,

‘the farmer who feels he must have

cash dumps his beans on the co—op-
erative elevator regardless of mar-
ket conditions. The co—operative
elevator does not feel justiﬁed in
speculating on the future price und-
er the chaotic conditions that exist,
its funds and facilities are limited
and it in turn pushes the beans onto
the elevator exchange or the private
jobbing house, when they in turn
are placed in a difficult position as
the market becomes confused and
uncertainty prevails. Day by day
the market is put lower in an ef-
fort to do business in the face of
such unsatisfactory market condi-
tions. Co-operative is underbidding
co-operative, private jobber, under-
bidding private jobber, each against
the other, a little lower day by day
and week by week, and everyone
stands by and wonders where it
will all end. Usually it ends when
about 80 per cent of the beans are
out of ﬁrst hands.

“So well is the condition recog-
nized year by year that a lot of
beans are contracted when they are
in blossom at a much lower price
than the one prevailing at the time
the contract is made. A sold short
interest is a burden on the market.
This condition is unnecessary and
the responsibility for it is on the
grower. '

Two Dollars Average

“Some injustice has resulted in
the public mind, we believe, from
the change from the bushel stand—
ard of measure to
weight. The hundred weight is the
right way and should be adopted
for all products. The public hears
$4.50 as the price of beans and

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F armer-Owned Creamery at Ravenna Made :A boat 400,000 Pounds of ButterLast‘Year and f:-
Over Half of Output Was Marketed by Parcel Post ’
By CARL H. KNOPF

‘ (Special Correspondent of The Business Farmer.) »

Secretary-Manager Harvey Averill,
who, stockholders say, deserves much
credit for the success of the Ravenna
Incorporated Butter Company.

INE years is a comparatively old
age, as cooperative organiza-
tions go in Michigan, but such

is the length of time that the Ra—
venna Incorporated Butter Co., has
been working on a cooperative basis.
This creamery, located at Ravenna,
Muskegon county, is a striking ex—
ample of the way in which quality
and cooperation can be combined to
form a decidedly successful enter-
prise.

But there are many other remark-
able things about the Ravenna
creamery besides its age. For in-
stance, it markets over 60 per cent
of its total output by parcel post
which means that, each year, tons of
the Ravenna butter go to the con-
sumers via Uncle Sam’s mail bags——
but that is another part of our story.

The Ravenna creamery ﬁrst start-
ed operation away back about 1911.
Some 200 farmers formed a co—part-
nership to ﬁnance the venture and
for three years everything moved
along quite well. Then thelcream-
ery burned and, for some reason or
other there was no insurance. This,
as you may suppose, was a body
blow, right to the heart,‘but the
farmers Were not disheartened. In-
stead, they immediately started
plans for a bigger and better con-
cern to be organized as a stock
company. Each of the 200 mem—
bers advanced $36 to meet the obli-
gations of the old company and, in
return, each received 2 shares of
stock in the new organization.

In September, 1914, the Ravenna
Butter Company was incorporated
as a stock company with a total cap-
italization of $6,000. This was is—
sued in the form $10 shares, make—
ing a total of 600 shares. One share
was set as the limit which any one
stockholder could own. 'The orig-
ional members disposed of their ex-
tra shares of stock and so, at the
present time there are about 587
stockholders, the few additional
shares being held by the company
itself to be sold as new patrons
make application.

These 587 owners of the cream-
ery meet once per year and elect
the ofﬁcers and directorswho are
made responsible for the business
during the following twelve months.
The present ofﬁcers and directors
are as follows:

President, S. D. McNitt, Ravenna;
Sec’y.-Manager, H. S. Averill, Re-
vanna; Directors: J. Roy Davidson,
‘Nunica; Roy Haas, Coopersville;
Carl Kober, Conklin.

Acorn From Which Grew Oak

Back in 1914 an employe from
the Detroit post ofﬁce came to Ra-
venna for a visit. There was noth-
ing unusual abdut such an occur-
ence but there was something unus-
ual about Ravenna butter. We may
conclude that the ﬂavor “lasted” be-

cause on his return to Detroit he,

- decided that he must have more of
that Ravenna butter. Accordingly
he wrote to Manager Averill asking
that a coupleof pounds be sent him
by parcel post. He even sent an
empty rﬁber container for the ship-
ment, the same ‘ kind «of package
which the creamery now uses at the
rate o'f‘tour carloads per year.

MFrofn ‘this‘ one shipment has been ‘
‘ --. a parcel post business.
{1511's past year, has handled-

built ,
. aboutsiomooo lbs; ot butter. And
_ 490,000 pounds is 200 tons so, the

reader can appreciate that this is
“some” butter to be sold direct from
creamery to customer. The total

sales of butter from the Ravenna‘

creamery in 1922 were 648,018
pounds so the parcel post shipments
represent approximately 62 per cent
of the total business.

To ship this butter requires over
100,000 of the ﬁber containers, or
four full carloads as mentioned
above.

As the reader can well imagine,
the parcel post business from this
creamery alone amounts to more
than the total business done in a
year by many postofﬁces. Some-
thing over 17,000 shipments are
made each year and the bill for post—
age amounts to $5,000.00 annually.
In fact the business from the cream-
ery promises to boost the local post-
ofﬁce into the second class group.

The origional list of one custom-
er has grown now to 2,000 custom-
ers scattered all over the United
States. Butter has been shipped as

 

Containers in which butter is shipped.

Left to right: containers

for a ﬁxed amount to be shipped at

.. regular intervals.

A Business Built On Quality

And now you are wondering, as
did the writer, just what kind of a
costly and extensive system of ad-
vertising was used to build up such
an excellent business by mail. When
the question was put up to Mr.’Av-
erill he answered, “We have had
practically no advertising except the
word—of-mouth' kind. ,When a fam—
ily uses our butter, they like it and
tell their neighbors about it. Then
the neighbors order. That’s the
way our business has been built up.
Oh, we send out calendar pads each
year, but these go just to our pres—
ent customers! And occasionally
we send a shipment of butter to be
used at a church supper or a lodge
banquet with our compliments. This
is good advertising because when
the diner has had a taste of our
butter he wants it for use on his
own table.” There you have in a
nut shell the reason for the remark-

holding 2 pounds,

containers holding 5 pounds and packages made up for shipment, one containing two
5-pound containers and one holding four 5-pound containers.

far west as San Francisco, as far
east as New Jersey, and as far south
as Florida. Averill relates with
pride how, a few years ago, a ship-
ment of butter was made, via parcel
post, to Germany. It was reported
as being in excellent condition on its
arrival.

While the thus

customers are

--scatte1‘ed yet the bulk of the butter

is used in Michigan. Detroit gets
95 per cent of the parcel post ship—
ments and it is safe to say that the
post office force of that city, follow-
ing the example set by the postal
clerk mentioned' above, now eat
nothing but Ravenna butter.

Butter for parcel post shipment is
packed in waxed ﬁber containers.
There are two sizes, one holding 2
lbs. and the other holding 5 lbs.
The smallest amount which the
creamery will ship is 4 lbs., made up
of two 2 lb. containers. Mr. Averill
states that the 5 1b. container is the
more popular size and the most com—
mon shipment is a 20-lb. box con-
taining four of the 5 lb. packages.

Each week many orders are re-
ceived ranging from 150 lbs. to 400
lbs. each. These- orders are mainly
Club orders, ie., orders for a num-
ber of persons which are grouped
together by some individual who
charges a small amount to pay for
his time. A Club order must be
for at least 80 pounds.

Club orders as large as 1,000 lbs.
and 2,000 lbs. each are not uncom-
mon. J. P. Bacon, employed in the
wholesale stamp department of the
Detroit post ofﬁce, sends in more
large Club orders than any other
person. His orders range from 2,-
500 lbs. to 3,100 lbs. each, and prac-
tically all of this is used by the em-
ployes in the post ofﬁce.

When asked as to the practicabil-
ity of making long distance ship—
ments Mr. Averill answered that he
does not consider it advisable to
ship further than the second zone of
the parcel post. He has two reass-

ons for this, one is that the butter.

is not certain to arrive in the best
condition, and the, second, that it is
not possible to insure shipments got
butter sent farther than the second
zone.

_. About one-ﬁfth of the parcel .post ‘ ~

shipments are made on standing

orders, ’a st'anding'“'ordeiiz"'bein’s‘ one‘

/.

able increase in the business of sell-
ing Ravenna butter by mail—Quali-
ty! Quality which the consumer
recognizes with the ﬁrst taste and
quality which continues through
the weeks, months, and years—~that
is the secret of Ravenna’s success.

Many farmers will argue against
attempting to sell quality in farm
products, saying that “people Won’t
pay extra for it.” This argument
seems disproven by the experience
of the Ravenna creamery. The
price of parcel post butter ranges
from 8 cents to 11 cents per pound
above the average price for cream—
ery butter and the consumer pays,
in addition, the postage and insur-
ance charges.

On the day the writer visited the
creamery the price of Standards (90
score) butter in Chicago was 48%
cents. The parcel post price on
that same day 'was 60 cents per
pound which enabled the creamery
to pay its patrons 63 cents per
pound for the butterfat delivered on
that day.

Fresh Butter that is “Fresh"

The customers of the Ravenna
creamery can well afford to pay_a
premium for their butter. The
churning is done in the morning and
the butter churned in the forenoon
is packed into containers thatafter-
noon. It leaves Ravenna on‘the
late afternoon train and, in the case
of Detroit customers, is delivered
to their .doors sometime the next

day. Butter delivered to your door-'7
in iron; 24 to 48 hours after churn-"
ing.
route followed in the distribution of '
butter from creamery to wholesaler.
to; jobber to retailer. to customer.“

'The Ravenna method notonly cuts

out the many middlemen and their
proﬁts, all to the advantage of the.
farmer, but it also delivers fresh
and wholesome butter direct to the
consumer at a reasonable price and
without the weeks of delay"which
are usually interspersed between,
creamery and consumer. . 5

With each, shipment of butter is.
included an invoice giving the cost‘
of butter and also the amount of
postage and insurance charges. The
customer is to remit on receipt 00
the invoice. One might suppose that,
such a method would cause the.
losses from non-payment to run-
quite high. ‘However, according to:
Manager Averill, the percentage of
loss is surprisingly low. On a para:
el post business in 1922 amounting.
to, over $160,000 only $613 was-
charged oﬁ for. bad accounts and not
all of this came from butter sales.
The largest losses, according to
Manager Averill, were caused by the
bankruptcy of grocery stores which
Were distributing the butter. 1

“Before shipping to a néw custom-
er we require some reference,” said
Mr. Averill. “Sometimes writing in
on the stationery of the ﬁrm is suf-
ﬁcient but, as a usual thing, our
new customers come to us with the
recommendation of some one of our
old customers.”

011 ‘a Strictly Cooperative Basis

The business of the _Ravenna
creamery is conducted on ’a strictly
cooperative basis. All patrons in the
territory within reasonable distance
of the creamery are required to be
stockholders. However, the cream
routes extend out for long distances,
and cream is purchased from pro-’9
ducers outside of the area. No dis'-’
crimination is made between stock-'
holders and nonstockholders in the
matter of price or returns.

No interest is paid on the shares
of stock and no dividends are de—
clared. Any beneﬁt which a stock—
holder derives must come from the'
cream which he supplies to the
creamery. In other words, patron-
age is the basis of beneﬁts.

Where then, you ask, is the ad-
vantage in being a stockholder?
Simply as being one of the group of
cooperators who are putting across
a successful business, and of having
a voice in the affairs of the organiz-
ation. And these advantages are
sufﬁcient to cause a demand for all
the shares of stock available.

The creamery buildings alone are
inventoried at approximately $6,000
which represents the amount which
the stpckholders have invested in
the business. This, together with
the land, machinery, trucks, and
equipment, makes a' total invest-
ment upwards of $20,000. -

Checks in payment for the cream
are issued every two weeks. Pay?
ment for cream delivered during
one month is paid for on the follow.”
ing month. This gives the creamf
ery about 30 days to manufacturv
the cream into butter, sell the bu 4
ter, collect the amounts due», an'
divide the proceeds among this
dairymen. .

The cream receipts are pooled'for

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imitating the functioning of the human stomach he can England, declares that the best looking gether and turned the money over to him. The tide
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1TH its well- lighted Armory
W ﬁlled nearly to capacity, Mus-

kegon entertained the aristo-
crats and the workers of Michigan's
World during the third week in Jan-
uary. it was a thousand-bird Show,
and then some. There were 662
birds entered in the standard classes
and 284 birds in the utility division.
This makes a total of 946 birds. Add
to this a number of turkeys, ducks,
geese. pigeons, and nearly 100 rab-
bits. and you have one of the larg-
est Shows in the state. For quali-
ty. as well as number of exhibits,
Muskegon ranks with Grand Rap-
ids and Detroit as one of the three
leading Poultry Shows in Michigan
for the 1923—24 season.

There were 112 exhibitors at the
Muskegon Show. The support giv-
en by those' outside of Muskegon
county is indicated by the fact that
63 of the exhibitors were from oth-
er counties. Ottawa, Kent, Neway-
go, Oceana, Mason Wexford, Kala—
mazoo. Calhoun, St. Joseph, Allegan,
Shiawassee and Ionia were among
the counties represented by exhibits.

It was essentially a Show made
up of small exhibits, the average
being less than nine birds per exhib-
itor. As 18 was the highest number
of birds shown by any one exhibitor
in the same variety class this in-
dicates that the exhibitors were con-
cerned with quality rather than
quantity.

Gold and Silver Medals Awarded

A total of more than $200 was
actually distributed in cash prizes to
the winners at Muskegon. This in
addition to 800 ribbons and more
than 100 special prizes, most of the
latter being donations from the mer-
chants of the city. The total prizes
actually won and distributed
amounted to over $500.

The most coveted awards, how-
ever, were the medals offered by the
American Poultry Association under
the direction of its president. Thos.
F. Riggs, who designated the Mus-
kegon exhibit as the ofﬁcial “Gold
Medal” A. P. A. Show of Michigan
for the year. In addition to the
splendid championship gold medal
which gives the name to the Show,
there were 23 silver medals distri-
buted by the American Poultry As-
sociation as championship awards in
other classes.

A goodly share of the highest
honors of the Muskegon Show were
won by E. C. Zoeller of Albion who
exhibited a wonderful string of

Cash Prizes Totaling Over $200, 800 Ribbons and More Than 100 Special Prizes

Distributed at Big Show at Muskegon
By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTK .-

White Rocks. The much—coveted
Grand Championship Gold Medal, of-
fered by the A. P. A. for the best
cockerel in the show; was won by
Zoeller on a White-Rock cockerel.
This same cockerel also won the As-
sociation trophy awarded fer the
best bird in the Show. This Assoc-
iation trophy is a massive silver
cup, which has been battledfor ever
since 1912. During the 12' years of
competition this cup has been won
by 9 different exhibitors. By re-
peating his wins of 1918 and 1922,
Mr. Zoeller becomes the first three-
time winner and now is the perma-
nent, and proud, possessor of the
Association cup.

A second silver cup, awarded for
the best cock, hen, cockerel,- pullet,
and pen of any one variety was also
won by Mr. Zoeller, making his sec-
ond winning of this particular tro-
phy.

The special prizes for the best
cock, best hen, best cockerel, best
pnllet, the best young pen, in the
Show were won by Mr. Zoeller who.
as the reader may imagine, had a
good week of it.

There were, however, other win-

Bassett of Muskegon won a total of
499 points in the White Wyandotte
division and was awarded the silver
cup trophy given to the exhibitor
winning the highest number of
points at the Show on any variety.
This is the second win for Mr. Bas-
sett on this particular cup.

The cup awarded for the best pen
in the Show was also won by Mr.
Bassett with his White Wyandottes.

Roy Strevel of Muskegon witha
pen of Buff Wyandottes, won the
cup awarded for the best solid—color
penin the show.

The best pen of parti-colored
birds were 8. C. Rhode Island' Reds,
owned by A. M. Wood ., of Grand
Rapids. This trophy is also a silv-
er cup and during its seven years of
competition has been won by six
different exhibitors.

The Buff Orpingtons owned by H.
O. Rieger of Grand Rapids won, for
the third time. the cup awarded for
the best pen of Orpingtons so Mr.
Rieger becomes the permanent own-
er of that trophy.

L. D. Hyde of Muskegon won, for.
the second time, with his Himalayan

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permanent possession.

The best rabbit in the show was I!
Chinchilla, owned by Wilkinson and
McGee of Grand Rapids, who there-

  

by won a special silver trophy. A*

second cup was won by this same
ﬁrm with a Chinchilla buck Which

was designated the best junior bucks A

in the show.
Awards In Utility Classes
Best Pen, Francis Kent, of Mus-

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kegon, on S. C. White Leghorns.U

Best Old Pen,’ Francis Kent, on S. C»
White Leghorns'. _, Best Young Pen,
James DeGroOt, of No. Muskegon.
on S. C. Mottled Anconas. sag;
Cock, K. T. Murphy of Muskegon.
with a White Wyandotte. Best
Cockerel, Peter M. Hansen, of Mus-

kegon, with an S. C. White Leghorn. ,
Maurice Vanderwater, «_
of Muskegon. with an S. C. R. I. R.

Best Pullet,

Best Hen, Francis Kent. With an S.
C White Leghorn.

The pen of_ S. C. White Leghorn:
which won both best pen and best
old pen in theutility division. were.
raised and exhibited by Francis
Kent of Muskegon. The judges gave
Mr. Kent much commendation on
this pen, both for type and uniform-
ity. , As expressed by one judge,
“The four halls are as like as four
peas. "

Two additional awards won in the
standard classes were as follows:

A. M. Wood of Grand Rapids, best
old pen in Show, with S. C. R. I.
Reds.

Jas. DeKoster of Holland, second
best pen in show, with Buff Rocks.

The competition was keen
throughout the show. In the utility
class of Single Comb White Leghorn

pullets, 23 were entered for compet- "

ition. This class held the attention
of the judge for a long time with
awards ﬁnally made as follows:

First, Royal Bratton of Montague;
Second, Bert Denman of Muskegon;
Third, Francis Kent. of Muskegon: ' '

Fourth, Peter M. Hansen of Mus-
kegon; Fifth, Francis Kent.

In addition to the silver medals
awarded by the A. P. A. for the best
cockerel in each of 17 diﬂerent
breeds, the followin sweepstakes
silver medals were see A. P. A.
awards: ‘

Best Turkey,
Muskegon;

(Continued on Pageli'i)

L. O.“ Dawson. of ‘

  

  
   
  

  
  
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

    
   
    
   
 
 

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Good Care of Brood Sow this Winter Means Strong Litters Next Spring; ~

By w. s. .i. EDWARDS

Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry. Michigan Agricultural College

N order that brood sows farrow
strong, thrifty litters next spring,
several factors must be given

careful consideration this winter.
Occasionally sows wintered in a hap-
hazzard manner produce good litters

of thrifty pigs. but this is the rare

exception.

Several points are of vital import-
ance. The brood sow should be
forced to take sufﬁcient exercise;
clean. dry, well ventilated quarters
should be provided; and the proper
food constituents should be given.

Sufﬁcient exercise is very essen—
tial in the production of a strong
litter of pigs. By no means should
the sow be cramped in a small pen
where she does not have the run of

a lot. If she is so conﬁned, she is
very liable to become soft and ﬂabby
and usually has considerable diﬂi-
culty in delivering her young. Under
such conditions the pigs usually
lack vitality, a larger number of
them are liable to die at birth, and
those remaining will not get the
strong start they need. Sows get-
ting insufﬁcient exercise usually be-
come indolent and often kill several
of their pigs by lying on them,
whereas sows that have had the run
of a reasonable sized lot have much
more vitality and heed the cries of
their young, getting up when they
happen to pinch a little fellow in
lying down.

‘ some brood sows have to be forc-
-ed to take the exercise they need.
This can be accomplished by having
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this brings up the question of win-
ter quarters.

No doubt the use of the portable
cot is the most satisfactory method
of housing brood sows during the
winter and in fact during the en—
tire year except at farrowing time.
when a community house is usually
preferred. There are many styles
of portable cots, the size to be rec-
ommended being six by eight feet.
The cot does not need to be warmly
built, one thickness of lumber being
quite suﬂicient. In fact, it is not
necessary to put on a, door. It
should be ﬂoored, however, and
placed in a 'dry place and by all
means should be kept dry and well
bedded.

In planning the hog lots it is ad-
visable that theybe made long and
narrow, rather than square. They
can then be plowed without difﬁculty
and by placing the cat at one end
and the feeding trough at the other.
the sows are forced to take a fair
amount of exercise.

*A large number of different food
constituents are necessary in the
production of a healthy litter. Not
only must the demands of the sow
be met. but the ultimate develop-
ment of the litter depends to a large
extent upon their being properly
nourished before parturition. A
strong frame with good ~.»

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part.

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these growth producing constituents.
in the ration. Bone cannot be built
without mineral matter and muscle
cannot be developed without pro-
tein. It is, therefore, of paramount
importance that there be no lack of
these constituents in the feed given.

Most of our home grown grains
are deficient in growth producing
qualities although oats and rye are
fairly well balanced in this respect.
Oats as a sole ration are not recom-
mened, as they do not contain the
variety of proteins necessary, while
rye should be fed in limited amounts

»as it often contains ergot which may

cause abortion. Good. second growth

'alfalfa hay is rich in substances

which produce growth and if sows
can be induced to consume consider-
able quantitles, home grown grains
such as oats and barley with a small
amount of corn makes a satisfactory
ration. Sufﬁcient alfalfa is seldom
eaten, however unless it is ground
and mixed with these grains to the
extent of about twenty-five percent
of the ration.

A few well balanced rations which
meet the needs of the pregnant sow
are: ,

1. Corn. 1: parts by weight; _
Tankage. 1 part by weight. .
2. Barley. 18 parts; Tamas, 1

,. 11. Ground Oats. 1%
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,be used to good advantage.

Midulings,
parts.

Good second growth alfalfa hay
should be available with each of the
above rations.

Even when alfalfa is fed, addi-
tional minerals should be fed to in-
sure proper bone development. Many
mineral mixtures are now on the
market. Home made mixtures may
Hard
wood ashes and soft coal are very
good. Considering cost and results
obtained equal parts of acid phos-
phate, ﬁnely ground limestone, and
common salt is recommended This
mixture should be placed in a self;-
feeder and the sows allowed to take
all they wish, or it may be ruined
with the feed, using about two
pounds of the mixture to every one-
hundred pounds of the ration. . .. .

Goiter or. hairlessness has been
the cause of very heavy

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the past two or three years. ‘

  

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. Will you please state how to make
‘p'e’ment from marl?—-—P. 0., Ithaca.

 
  

‘--’i‘he marl is ﬁrst excavated us-
jelly by means of steam shovels and
1' pumped er conveyed by barges to
its plant where it is stored in large
"ﬁnks‘. It is then mixed with clay
; . ‘iid the other ingredients mcessm
to produce the proper chemical com-
mound and thoroughly mixed, atter

  

 
 
  
  

drama which revolve and are heat-
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. .. 11 m clinker-s.

'- » -’- die-e clinker-s are then ground in
' . ._ : large revolving drums. It then goes
' V through the process of soaking tor
.;- l ‘ m and shipment.

‘ ‘ ' these processes in a general way.—

H. H. Museelman, Prot. Agricultural
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ISOIRLISYEARSOLDOWN
BOSS '

Has a girl at the age of 18 her
I . right to leave home and work for
‘ herself or can her parents take her
“back home? Is she at that age her
own boss? Can they draw her pay?
Thanking you, I remain.-——B. R.,
Bay City. Mich.
-—-Until a child. has reached the age
_of 81 years, the parents have the
custody and control over it, so long
V as they properly discharge their
vduty as parents, unless such child
has been emancipated by the par-
ents. '

The parents are under legal duty
to support and care for the child.
and in return they have the right to
collect her wages—Legal Editor.

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/‘ TAX EXEMPTION LAW

‘ Please inform us if in Michigan
there exists a so—called‘ exemption
law. If 'so, to what amount, man
during family to support can claim
exemption? Also please name the

5 law or article, it such exists—A. K.,
Dundee, Mich.

homestead exemption of the value
of $1500.00. See Section 12888——
12896 of the Compiled Laws of
1916.

Exemption from levy and sale
under any execution, or upon any
other ﬁnal prowss of a Court of the
following property via:

1. All sewing machines, not ex-
seeding one such machine for each
ﬁfamily all spinning wheels, weaving
looms with the apparatus and
. stoves put up and kept for use in
1 - any dwelling house:

. 2. A seat,'pew or slip, occupied
by such person or. family, in any
house or place oi public worship:

3. All cemeteries, tombs and
rights oi burial, while in use as re-
‘; , ”Tastes of the deed.

All arms and acceutrementa
required by law to be kept by any
per-cam all wearing apparel of every
person or family.

5. The library and school books
at every individual and family. not
(acceding one hundred and ﬂtty del-
hrs, and all homily pictures:

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,tion exempted from execution, and

«which it is passed through enormous ' Ems:
sonal labor at a householder hauling

‘ if“ the marl ia calcined or roasted .

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cal-swim attention maven to ,
Whom»

the several subdivisions of this sec-

any chattel mortgage, bill of sale,
or other lien created on any part of
property above described, except
such as is mentioned in the eighth
subdivision of this section, shall be
void. unless such mortgage, bill of
sale or lien be signed by the wife
(it he have any) at the party mak-
ing such mortgage or lien.
See ﬁction 12853-12872, Compil-
ed Laws of .1915.
tion of wages tor the per-

—The

a iamilyiaﬂpercent etﬁthe‘

icase an than $30 00 be ex-_
empt and in all cases shall less than
beexempt'. See Section 14, -
365 of the Compiled Laws of 1915.
“—Clere Retan, Deputy
General of Michigan.

MUST HEIRS SIGN OFF?

If a man dies and leaves a will to
have all the heirs got to sign off be-
fore they can give a clear deed to a
tarml—Mrs. J. 6., Wheeler, Mich.
answer to your question
would depend upon what interest
the heirs have in the property,

which in turn would depend upon
the terms of the will.

When- a person dies leaving a will,
each. legatee or devises receives
whatever property or share of prop-
ertyisbeqneatherordevised tohim.

Title to the farm would vest in tlrb
persons to whom it was devised, and
before it could be conveyed all the
devisees would have to sign the con-
veyance. Any person has the right
to name what disposition shall be
made of his own property at his
death, and if he desires to do so and
the heirs would receive no interest,
and consequently would not have
“sign off." Moreover, he may _,-..,
provide in his will that one heir-
shall receive all his property and f-
the other heirs nothing, and these
disinherlted would have no remedy, _
except to attack the validity of the
will in court. If one heir has per-
formed services for the testator, he
could not establish a claim for such
services unless there was an agno-
ment whereby he was to receive
compensation for such services.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

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dollar buys the necessities of life; in others it
buys physical comforts; in still others it buys

IN some of the stores of any town the farmer's
pleasures. In tinfonn equipment ram t/uﬁzrmer‘: dollhr

buy: Ill: mean: to male many more dollars. It buys the
equipment which, like the land itself, is responsible
for his progress and prosperity. When the farmer
invests in modern farm machines, he is really buying
clothing and education, electric lights, automobiles,
radio outﬁts, etc., because these things are purchased
with the money made by farm machines.

Of all the stores in town, t/ufann‘ equipment m" 1':
M: an: wﬁere Me ﬁrmer get: ti: pram! ”turn ﬁr dis
money. This is [me not only on the basis of the fore-
zo'mg but it is found true also by comparing the prices
paid by the farmer for different articles made of simi-
lar materials.

An interesting comparison has been made by the
Research Department of the National Association of
Farm Equipment Manufacturers. They took, First,
a group of eleven basic farm machines: Sulky plow,
peg tooth barrow, disk barrow, grain drill, corn
cultivator, com planter, corn shellcr, grain binder,
mower, hay rake, and farm wagon—and, Second, a
list of common articles used on the farm but not classed
as farm equipment. Then they obtained the pound
prices of these articles by dividing the retail prices by
the weights. The pound—price basis is the only prac—
tical way to compare these articles and it is entirely
fair since the materials go through the same machine
shop and factory processes and are handled by the
sameclassof hbor. Freigbttotbcdulcr'ssmre was
not included, since it applies to all articles the farmer
buysandvaricswitb the distance irompointoi
manufacture.

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The chart below shows the

prices per pound of the basic

. farm machines and other ar-
ticles the farmer buys.

Ignore for a minute the
law ﬁgmr in the big circle
«- . and study the pound prices of the

miscellaneous articles. You will see
that they range 011%: way ﬁrm 14 ant: up

w 39,60an 81 cmtsperpmud. thtbcse
are not high-priced goods; they are ordinary,
everyday articles made of the same materials that
go into farm machines, and the prices are
accepted as fair by all buyers. The articles are of
a standard line sold practically everywhere.

Now note the low average. retail price per pound
of farm machines. The average pound price of these
basic machines and implements, needed by every
grain-growing farmer, is less than the lowest in the
other group. Some of these farm machines have com-

     
    
      
      
   
       
      
     
     
   
    
      
      
  
    
        
      
 
    
      
      
     
    
     
      
    
      
     
       
     
     
     
       
 
      
     
   

 

 
    
   

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Maggie was speaking very gravely

.._ now.
‘ never say 'It don’t matter’ to war,‘ or
death, or sin, or evil. But there are
other things—"

"But the other things matter, too,"
interrupted the man irritably. "Right
here and now it matters that you don’t
share in the money; it matters that you
slave half your time for a father who
anywhere near appreciate you; it mat-
ters that you slave the rest of the time
for every Tom and Dick and Harry and

.Jane and Mehitable in Hillerton that
phas run a sliver under a thumb, either
literally or metaphorically. It matters
that—" '

But Miss Maggie was laughing merrily,
"0h, Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith} you don’t
know what you are saying !"

“I do, too. It’s you who don’t know
what you are saying!"

"But, pray, what would you have me
say?" she smiled.

“I’d have you say it does matter, and
I’d have you insist on having your rights,
every time.”

“And what if I had?" she retaliated
sharply. “My rights, indeed!”

The man fell back, so sudden and so
astounding was the change that had come
to the woman opposite him. She was
leaning forward in her chair, her lips
trembling, her eyes a smouldering flame.

"What if I had insisted on my rights.
all the way up?" she quivered. “Would
I have come home that ﬁrst time from
college? Would I have stepped into
Mother Blaisdell’s shoes and kept the
house? Would I have swept and baked
and washed and ironed, day in and day
out, to make a home for father and for
Jim and Frank and Flora? Would I
have come back again and again, when
my beloved books were calling, calling,
always calling? Would I have seen other
girls love and marry and go to homes
of their own, while I—Oh, what am I
saying?" she choked, covering her eyes
with the back of her hand, and turning
her face away. "Please, if you can, for-
get what I said. Indeed, I never—broke
out like that--before. I am so--ashamed!"

“Ashamed! Well, you needn’t be."
Mr. Smith, on his feet, was trying to
work off his agitation by tramping up
and down the small room.

"But I am ashamed," moaned Miss
Maggie, her face still averted. “And I
can't think why I should have been so
—60 wild. It was just something that
you said—about my rights, I think. You
see—all my life I've just had to learn
to say fIt: doesn't matter,’ when there
were so many things I wanted to do,
and couldn't. And—don’t you see?—I
found out, after a while, that it didn't
really matter, half so much—college and
my own little wants and wishes— as that
I should do—what I had to do. willingly
and pleasantly at home."

“But, good Heavens, how could you
keep from tearing 'round and throwing
things?"

"I couldn't—all the time. 1—1 smashed
a bowl once, and two cups." She laughed
shamefacedly, and met his eyes now.
"But I soon found—that it didn't make
me or anybody else—any happier, and
that it didn't help things at all. So I
tried—to do the other way. And now,
please, please say you’ll forget all thlm—
what I've been saying. Indeed, Mr.
Smith, I am very much ashamed."

"Forget it i" Mr. Smith turned on his
heel and marched up and down the room
again. "Confound that man!"

"What man?"

“Mr. Stanley G. Fulton, if you must
know, for not giving you any of that
money."

“Money, money, money i" Miss Maggie
threw out both her hands with a gesture
of repulsion. “If I've heard that word
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never hear it again."

“You don't want to be deaf, do you?
Well, you'd have to be. to escape hear-
ing that word."

"I suppose so. Butr-—" again she threw
out her hands. , ‘
» “You don’t mean—" Mr. Smith was

, regarding her with curious interest.
'“Don’t you want—money, really?"

She hesitated; then she sighed.

“Oh, yes, of course. We all want
money; We have to have money, too;
but I don't think it's—everything in the
world, by, any means.”

“You don"t think it brings happiness,
then?" ‘

"Sometimes. Sometimes not.”

' st of—-er—-us would be willing to

the risk."

“Most of us would.”

“Now, in the case of the Blaisdell's
here—~don’t you think this money is going
to bring happiness to them?”

There was no answer. Miss Maggie
seemed to be thinking.

“Miss Maggie,” exclaimed Mr. Smith,
with a concern all out of proportion to
his supposed interest in the matter, “you
don't mean to say you don’t think this
money is going to bring them happiness !"

Miss Maggie laughed a little.

"on, no! This money’ll bring them
happiness all right, of course,—-—partic-
ularly to some of them. But I was. just
wondering; if you don’t know how to
spend ﬁve dollars so as to get the most
out of it, how will you spend ﬁve inm-
dre‘d. or five hundred thousand—and get
ethic most out of that?" . _

" :3!“ Miss Maggie shook her head.

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.THE STORY TO DATE

STANLEY G. FULTON,

50-year old bachelor and possessor of!

R.
M twenty million dollars, calls on his lawyer and they discuss the dis-

position of this large' fortune after its owner's death.

The lawyer

is in favor of giving the money 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.

To find out who is the

worthy one he, through his lawyer, gives, each cousin 5100.000 to use as
they will. Before giving them the money grows a beard and, using the
name of Mr. John Smith, goes to the town where they live‘to ﬁnd out what

kind of people they are.

Upon arriving in town he visits James Blaisdell,

one of the cousins, where he tries to hire "board and lodging. ‘Whilc there
he meets Miss Flora Blaisdell, another cousin who is a dressmaker. They
decide they cannot rent a room to him and supply him board and refer him

to Frank Blaisdell’s, the third cousin.

He gets a room there and, passlns‘

as a writer gathering material for a book on the Blaisdell family in this

country, he starts out.

He calls on all of the Blaisdells and as they all' talk

of a relative by the name of Miss Maggie Dull he decides to call on the lady.
He finds her living with her father, an old man who seems to have soured
on the world. He secures what information he can from her and her father.
He then writes a letter to his lawyer discussing the various relatives he has met.
The members of the Blaisdell family that each cousin of Stanley G. Fulton
has fallen heir to $100,000 and there is much excitement.

 

“Nothing. I was just thinking,” she
said. _
CHAPTER XI
Santa Claus Arrives

It was not long after this that Mr.
Smith found a tall, gray-haired man,
with keen gray eyes, talking with Mrs.
Jane Blaisdell and Mellicent in the front
room over the grocery store.

"Well———” began Mr. Smith, a joyful
light of recognition in his eyes. Then
suddenly he stopped and picked up some-
thing from the door. When he came up-
right his face was very red. He did not
look at the tall gray—haired man again
as he advanced into the room.

Mellicent turned to him eagerly.

“Oh, Mr. Smith, it's the lawyen—he’s
come. And it's true. It is true!"

“This is Mr. Smith, Mr. Norton," mur-
mured Mrs. Jane Blaisdell to the keen-
eyed man, also, for no apparent reason,
had grown very red. “Mr. Smith’s a
Blaisdell. too,—distant, you know. He’s
doing a Blaisdell book."

“Indeed! How interesting! How are
you, Mr.—Smith?" The lawyer smiled
and held out his hand, but there was an
odd constraint in his manner. "So you're
a. Blaisdell, too, are you?"

"Er—yes." Mr. Smith, smiling straight
into the lawyer’s eyes.

“But not near enough to come in on
the money, of course," explained Mrs.
Jane. "He isn’t a Hillerton BlaiSdell.
He's just boarding here. while he writes
his book."

“Oh, I see. So he isn’t near enough
to come in—on the money." This time
it was the lawyer who ~was smiling
straight into Mr. Smith's eyes.

But he did not smile for long. A sud-
den question from Mellicent seemed to
freeze the smile on his lips.

“Mr. Norton, please, what was Mr.
Stanley G. Fulton like?" she begged.

"Why—en—you must have seen his
pictures in the papers," stammered the
lawyer.

“Yes, what was he like? Do tell us,”
urged Mr. Smith with a bland smile, as
he seated himself.

"Why—er—” The lawyer came to a
still more unhappy pause.

"Of course, we’ve seen his pictures,"
broke in Mellicent, "but those don't tell
us anything. And you knew him. So
won’t you tell us what he was like, please,
while we’re waiting for father to come
up? Was he nice and jolly, or was he
stiff and haughty? What Was he like?"

“Yes, what was he like?” coaxed Mr.
Smith again. Mr. Smith for some reason,
seemed to be highly amused.

The lawyer lifted his head suddenly.
An odd ﬂash came to his eyes. ,

“Like? Oh, just an ordinary man,
you know,—somewhat conceited, of
course." (A queer little half gasp came
from Mr. Smith, but the lawyer was not
looking at Mr. Smith.) "Eccentric—
you've heard that, probably. And he has
done ’crazy things, and no mistake. Of
course, with his money and position. we
won’t exactly say he had bats in his
belfry—is’nt that what they call it?—
mt—QI

Mr. Smith gave a real gasp this time,
and Mrs. Jane Blaisdell ejaculated:—

“There, I told you so! I knew some-
thing was wrong. And now he'll come
back and claim the money. You see if
he don’ti, And if we've gone and spent

any of it—-‘" A gesture of despair fin-
ished her sentence,-

“lee yourself no uneasiness on that
score. madam," the lawyer assured her
gravely. "I think I can safely guarantee
he will not do the. "

“Then you think he’s dead?"

"I did not say that, madam. I said
I was very sure he would not come back
and claim this money that is to be paid
over to your husband and his brother
and sister. Dead or alive, he has no
further, power over that money now.”

“Oh-h!” breathed Mellicent. “Then it
ie-—ours!” .

“It is yours," bowed the lawyer.

"But Mr. Smith says we’ve probably
got to pay a tax on it." thrust in Mrs.
Jane, in a worried voice. “Do you know
how much we’ll havewto pay? And isn’t
there any way we can save doing that?"

Before Mr. Norton could answer, a
heavy step down the hall heralded Mr.
Wank Blaisdell’s advance, and in the
ensuing confusion of his arrival, Mr.
Smith slipped away. As he passed the
lawyer, however, Mellicent thought she
heard him mutter, "You rascal!” But
afterwards she concluded she must have
been mistaken, for the two men appeared
to become the best of friends. Mr. Nor-
ton remained in town several days, and
frequently she saw him and Mr. Smith
chatting pleasantly together, or starting
of! apparently for a walk. Mellicent was
very sure, therefore, that she must have
been mistaken in thinking she had heard
Mr. Smith utter so remarkable an ex—
amination as he left the room that ﬁrst
day.

During the stay of Mr. Norton in Hill-
erton, and fer some days afterwards, the
Blaisdells were too absorbed in the more
details of acqttiring and temporarily in-
vesting their wealth to pay attention to
anything else. Under the guidance of
Mr. Norton, Mr. Robert Chalmers, and
the heads of two other Hillerton banks,
the three legatees set themselves to the
task of “ﬁnding a place to put it,’ as
Miss Flora .breathlessly termed it.

Mrs. Hattie said that. for her part, she
should like to leave their share all in
the bank: then she'd have it to spend
whenever she wanted it. She yielded to
the shocked-protestations of the others,
however, and finally consented that her
husband shouldinvest a large part of it
in the bonds he so wanted, leaving a
generous sum in the ubank in her own
name, She was assured that the bonds
were just as good as money, anyway, as
they were the kind that were readily
convertible into cash.»

Mrs. Jane, when she understood the
matter, was for investing every cent of
theirs where it would draw the largest
interest possible. Mrs. Jane had never
before known very much about interest,
and she was fascinated with its delightful
possibilities. She spent whole days joy-
fully ﬁguring percentages, and was
awakened from her happy absorption only
by the unpleasant realization that her
husband was not in sympathy with her
ideas at all.- He said that the money
was his, nethers, and that, for once in
his life,» he was going to have his way.
"st way? in thiscase proved to be the
prompt buying out of the competing gro-

ceyy on the other corner, and the ‘estab- f
iishment of a good-sized bank account. ‘

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She- was not-pleased later, .
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to. her husband and she was obliged'1to
content herself with a. paltry five or"six
per cent, when” there were such lovely-
mining stocks and oil wells everywhere.
that would pay much more. ‘

She .told Flora that she thought she
ought to thank her stars that she had
the money in her own name, to do. jilst
as she pleased with, without any old-
fogy men bossing her. ,

But Flora only shivered and Said
"Merc me !" and that, for her part, she
wished she didn't have to say what to
do with it. She was scared of her life:
of it, anyway, and she was just sure
she would lose it. whatever she did with
it; and she most wished she didn't have
it, only it’Would be nice, of course, to
buy things with it—and she supposed

'she would buy things with it, after I.

while, when she got used to it, and was
not afraid to spendit.

Miss Flora was, indeed quite breathless
most of the time, these days. She tried
very hard 'to give the kind gentlemen
who Were helping her no trouble, and she
showed herself eager always to take) their
But she wished they would not
ask her opinion; she 'was“ always afraid
to give it, and she didn’t have one. any-
way; only she did worry, of course, and
she had to ask them sometimes if they
were real sure the places they had put
her money were perfectly safe, and just
couldn’t blow up. It was so comforting
always to see them smile, and hear them .
say: "Perfectly, my dear Miss Flora,
perfectly! ~ Give yourself no uneasinem."
To be sure, one day, the big fat man,
not Mr. Chalmers, did snap out: "No,_
madam; only the Lord Almighty can
guarantee a government bond—the whole
country may be blown to atoms by a
volcano to-morrow morning !"

She was startled, terribly startled: but
she saw at once. of course. that it must
be justhis way of joking, for of course
there wasn’t any volcano big enough to
blow up the whole United States: and.»

,anyway, she did not'think it was nice
, of him, and it was almost like swearing,

to say “the Lord Almighty" in that tone
of voice. She never liked that fat man
again. After that she always talked to
Mr. Chalmers, or to the other man with

. a wart on his nose. '

Miss Flora had never had- a check-
book before, but she tried ,very hard to
learn how to use it. and to show herself
not too stupid. She was glad there were
such a lot of checks in the beck. but she
didn't believe she’d ever spend them all—
such a lot of money! She had had a
savingsabank book, to be sure, but she
had not been able to put anything in the

. bank for a long time,‘and she had been

worrying a good deal lately for fear she
would have to draw some out, business
had been so dull. But she would not
have to do that now,‘of course, with all
this money that had come to her.

They told her that she could have all
the money she wanted by just'ﬂlling out
one of the little slips in her check—book
the way they had 'told her to‘do it. and
taking it to Mr.‘ Chalmer's bank—that
there were a good many thousand dollars
there waiting for her to spend, just as
she- liked; and, that, when they were _-
gone, Mr. Chalmers would tell her how‘
to sell some of her bonds and get more.
It seemed very wonderful;

There were otherthings, too, tint they

: had told her——t'oo ,many for her in re-

member—something about interest, and
things called coupons that must be out
off the bonds at certain times. She tried
to remember it all; but Mr. Channel!
had been very kind and had told her not
to fret. He would help her when the
time came. Meanwhile, he had rented her
a nice tin box (that pulled out like a
drawer) in the safety—deposit vault under
the bank. where she could keep her bonds
and all the other papers—such a. lot of
them !—~that Mr. Chalmers told her that
she must keep very carefully.

But it was all so new and compile-nod,
and everybody was always talking at
once, so!

No 'wonder, indeed, that Miss Flore
was quite breathless with it all.

By the time the Blaisdells found them-
selves able to pay attention to Hillerton.
or to anything outside their own astound-
ing personal affairs. they became sud-
denly-aware of the attention Hillel-ton
was'paylng to them. : .

The whole town waslagog. The gno-
cery“ store, the residence of Frank Blais-
dell,‘ and Miss Flora’s humble cattle.
might be found at nearly any daylight
hour with from one to a dozen
eyed gazers on the sidewalk before them.
The:town paper had contained an elabs
crate account of thebequest and the re-
markable circumstances attending it; and

'Hillerton became the Mecca of wander-

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metropolitan dailies got wind of the af-
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stop the. waste of Christmas
trees let the State Board of
Conservation prepare a bill that
can be made a state law, and. this
law .would be that no person could
sell or place on the market any
trees without possessing aud‘show-
ing a certiﬁcate to show his owner-
ship of the trees, whether they were
produced on his own land or he pur-
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Such blank certiﬁcates'would' be ob-
tainable at the country treasurer's
office and tilled out by the owner of
such land where trees were cut
naming township and county and
giving a description of the land.
This would stop the timber thieves.
They could not soil or show how
they obtained possession of the
bees.

This lawless type of men broke
all records last December. I own a
tract of 200 acres. enclosed with I.
Where the fence
was in their way they tore it down
and took what trees they, wanted.
They even took some of the trees I
had out ready to load and ship. I
caught six in one day and there were
some I did not get. I supposed they
wished me a merry Christmas in not
getting caught.——C. H. Auschulz,
10800 County, Mich.

MAKE CLEAN COW BARNS MAT-
TER OF LAW
EAR EDITOItz—Might I have
the use of a little space in
these columns in behalf of the
dairy industry?

First let us deal brieﬂy with the
tubercular testing that is going on in
our state. We hear among farmers
that there are threats of what they
will do when the tester drives in
their yard, others tell you that if
any of their cattle are tested out
they wont get ridof them and will
use the milk of condemed cows and .
so on.

Having been a loser of some of
my best cows in the T. B. test all I
have to say for these men is that if

Few Farmers Attend

HE third annual meeting of the
men interested in the sugar-
beet industry in Michigan call-

ed and handled by the Michigan
Agricultural College during the
week of January 21 to and includ-
ing January 26 was well attended
by representatives of factories in-
cluding men from Canada, Ohio and
Indiana. Most factories brought
their entire staff of ﬁeld men and
total number present ran
around 400. The total number
present last year was 260.

It is a lamentable fact that the
men that pay much of the taxes in
the support of the M. A. (1; those
that need the information furnish-
ed, the dirt farmer, was not in at-
tendance and on this account the
M. A. C. lost a great chance to give
to Michigan the real worth of its
efforts, which were given through-
out the past year. If the farmers
and their organizations had partici-
pated in this meeting great beneﬁts
besides actual knowledge of heat
culture could have been gained.
One in particular that I have in
mind is that the farmers could have
met with the iactory men and I am
sure that had they done so both
would crime to the conclusion that
the other was not after all such a.
freak of nature.

The ﬁrst two days, the let and
22nd, were given over to meetings
of the experts of the U. 8. Govern-
mont and the several states attend-
ing.

Wednesday, January 23, saw in
attendance a big representation of
factory men and their ﬁeld men,
nearly tilled room 402 of the agri—
cwnral Building. Prof. J. F. Cox.
Wan. called the meeting to
order presenting Mr. E. 3.13m. M.
A. 0., who gave the address of wel-

come. The prozra- was carried out
a time and an handled bytho
melons me having the carton ts.-
ics .in chuge.

just use all the rest or us do. .
Second, Mr. Editor, and M. B. 1".
readers let us turn omr attention to

the sanitary conditions of the barns

and surroundings of the milk

ducing herds of our state of Mich? ;

igan.

sums milk from wagons?

What on earth is the matter with H
our law makers they enact a law'
that costs the state and farmers a ‘

mint of money to clean up the T. B.
and in so doing clean up the milk

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But will it over dawn upon the

minds of our law makers and upon

the minds of the consuming public i -
that there is a necemity of cleaning

up the milk after it is drawn from
. the cow?

must wear rubber boots, iilth in a

deplorable condition—he sets the :_

can behind the cows, milks and
pours, not strains, the milk in the
can, lets it set all night, milks the
same way in "the morning and takes
the can to the road for the milk
truck. ' This herd passed the T. B.
inspection. Another case close by:
here when the cows step around on
the plank ﬂoor the liquid manure
will shoot up between the plank.

'Thls man sells milk and his herd

passed the T. B. inspection.
Now in my own born I have al-

ways taken pride in its cleanliness:
In winter I clean my barn two and-J.
The manure '

three times a day.
goes in the spreader and direct to

the ﬁeld; in fact I would rather eat. ‘ I
and sleep in my cow barn than in v

. certain houses. The result is that
(Continued on Page 31)

Sugar Beet Meeting

to me. First, it appears
Michigan beets are not infested with
curly top a plant disease caused by
the legf hopper which causes great
damage to beets in the west, the dis-
ease not having been seen east of
the Mississippi ’River.
only serious disease that Michigan
beets are infected with is blight or

leaf spot which is a fungi or mold '

growth which is favored in its grow-
th by damp weather condition. This

is also true of the diSease known as ~

“Black root" which is spread large-
ly thru the seed from year to year.
Good culture, .good drainage, and
early planting securing an early vig-
orous growing plant is about the

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only practical solution of these (113- .-

88.888.

It was shown by Dr. Carson that .
in the west vast sections had become

so infested with curly top and Vom-

atode, a parasite or‘ worm that'

works in the small beet roots, that

the culture of sugar beets had to be...
The Vematods condition!
being the worst where beets have

given up,

followed beets for a period of 10
years or more and the control of
which consisted in crop rotation.
Very interesting
shown showing the effect of these
diseases.

From all experiences in using fer—

tilizers in various quantities, sown ‘

in various ways and at various

times not much beneﬁt could be.

seen on the 'average of the sugar
content nor of the purity, Experi-

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sown various ways "in venous

amounts from 150 pounds to 1000.},
and taken as a:
whole these tests show that the best

pounds per acre,

results were so by sowing
from 150 to 200 pouch of need 161--
tiliaer with the seed. as good or. t-
ter lameness

 
   

  

Where are our laws on sanitary:

inspection of our dairy businessivl“
Have we any laws protecting any ,
herds outside of a few special herds". -_ ,
close to the city and town that con— ~.

Let me cite one case I

know a man that takes his can and ._
pail out to the cow barn in the even- ,
lug—a barn that to be safe in you ;

that

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Lright" down to carpet tacks an’ talk

0' course I know the good res'iu-
tions wuz made‘in good faith, ’aint
no doubt, about it. an’ so's the prom-
ises of our congressmen—both made

forever would soon put every toy-
maker in the world out o’ buz'ness.
They break, more has to be made,
an' more is bought. vAn' so the
world goes on. If every goo’d_res-
'lution made on New Year’s wuz
kept we wouldn’t have to die to get
to heaven, an' it there wuz no break—
in’ of the laws there’rd be no use
for prisons or jails.

Its ﬁne an’ nice to think of all
these things after we’ve made our
res’lutions, promises an’ everything.
’Course, we’ve seen ’em busted up—
broken an’ smashed all to ﬂinders
an’ yit we kind’a cherish 'em ’cause
we made ’em. An’ folks’es we made
’em all in good faith. didn’t we now?

_Here's some of ’em: no smoke, no
.drink, no gittin' mad, no steppin'
aside from the marriage vows. no
gossip (this applies to one sect only
—maybe to the insect—no matter).
We know there wuz a quite a few
things we could of swore ofl.‘ of an’
made us no worse. Well, now for
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gress an' the special session of our
own legislatur’-—neither has ever
cut much ﬁgger. An’ then a moth-
er—in-law, she could be elim’nated if
we didn’t git married. Personally
now—its jest me you know—some
times I think the mother-in-law is
the real thing. Mebbe better'n the
oﬁspring—'member I sed mebbe.

Oh well, folks, here's a. hard thing
to write ’bout an’ I’m sweatin’ aw-
ful as I tackle it 'cause its an awful
smart man I'm goin’ against—Mr.
Martin, (It you know who I mean)
President of the Common Scoundels
——-mebbe they call ’emselves Council
—no matter, ’sall the same to me.

Any ways an' always Mr. Martin,
of Detroit, president of the what
every, they are, sez, the dry law is
plungin’ the country into a wave of
crime. I agree with him absolutely.
If there weren’t any laws there
wouldn’t be any crime. Crime is
the breakin’ of the laWS———always.

Mr. Martin sez, “Either amend or
repeal the law." I agree with Mr.
Martin, who ever he is. Repeal it
sez I—repeal ’em all! There’s a
law agin murder, broken a dozen
times a day. There’s a law agin
bigamy, agin adultry, agin gamblin’.
Oh, there’s lots of laws! A law
agin robbery, a white slave law, a
hold—up law—~more laws 'an we
know what to do with—all broken
a hundred times a day. Let’s amend
'em or let’s repeal 'em. All of these
laws are broken—yes day after day.
But the prohibition law, poor little
thing—broken, yes, sure its broken.
But why Jump onto this little law
an’ call for a repeal or an amend-
ment an’ let all the bigger laws go
on jest as they are?

I wuz out to Amos Spriggins’ a
few days ago an’ we got talkin'——
Uncle Amos likes a little swig you,
-know——an’ I sez, sez I, “Uncle Amos,
what is your candid Opinion ’bout
the Volstead law an' how do you
like lt?",“Well,” he sez, “I tell you,
Rube. I think 01’ Volstead wuz jest
gittin’ over a drunk when he gdt
that law through but he’s made a
dry man of me alright."

And then I asked him how he
would ﬁx things up, an’ be said,
“Waal, I'll tell you, I’d repeal all
the laws, make whiskey free, set it
out in barrels with tin cups onto 'em
an’ cards invitin' everybody to drink
all they wanted.” With a little Wink
in his eye, an’ pullin’ a few grass-
hoppers out of his whiskers he sez
“Don’t you see, Rube, ’at ’uld make
dry men of 'em in jest no time at

An’ folks ain't it so? More
drunkness they tell us then when
whiskey ﬂowed everywhere. An’ yet
it must be in cellars or some place.
»We don't see it on-the street. Let
the heart "control sez the preachers
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liquor out an’ let your appetite take
you home—Oh—what a task—~what
a, gall a man must have to preach
such stun—By making it plentiful
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TEXT:«“Have this mind in you,
which was also in Christ
iJesus.” Philippians 2:5.

“ HIS mind in you" is our clue.
In the context (Phil. 2:1-11),
is stressed, MIND; a loving,

compassionate, unselﬁsh mind. This

teaching has to do with the inward
man. This is primary and creative.

Jesus insists on the inworked life.’

“The Kindgom of heaven is within
you, ” says he. “Be ye transform-
ed by the renewing— of your mind,”
says Paul to the Romans. This is the
only rational way to the unselﬁsh
life. But the church would be loath
to admit what a large ﬁeld she is
tilling in selﬁsh interests. So would
individual Christians. Our civiliza-
tion has made rid of the open saloon
and other of the large evils; but not
yet this corporation getting of gain
out of the blood and oppression of
our fellow men. All this is cruel and
colossal selﬁshness. But this unre-
newed mind breaks out in our local
business competition, and in the
home and community life, where it
is most offensive of all. Bad odors
in close and intimate quarters be~
come nauseating. And how possible
even, to ﬁnd a selﬁsh love of one’s
acts in the kindnesses performed
along the dusty ways of life!
Having to do with this innate evil,
the apostle sets as the corrective,
the person and life of Christ. Un—
like the proud Herods and Capern-
aums of his day, Jesus Christ chose
to humble himself as a servant, tho
it meant death. \So did Ghandi of
our own day, and now he languishes
in an English prison. Verily, what
a price we sometimes must pay,
when there is a bold, reasoned pur-

pose of mind to keep to the royal

way, “taking the form of a servant!”
Yet, the world has forged so far
ahead in Christian democracy, that
to be loved by the people, is to make
oneself their servant: to empty one—
self for their sake.

“Have this mind in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus." “Christ
shall be manifest in my body.” This
was the apostle’s ideal of faith and
service. Now, the Philippian church
had faith. It believed in Christ;
but it was a factional belief. Cf
Phil. 1115—17. Paul would expel
this spirit of discord by emphasizing
“one accord,” and lowliness of
mind,” which is the mind of Christ.
-Yes, and the American church be—
lieves in Christ. But, shame, what
factions! And note all this unholy
squabble by the so-called Funda-
mentalists and Modernists over mat—
ters upon which Jesus was silent.
How unloving and humiliating! And
how foreboding, seeing we need the
defense of a united church to hold
back the chariots of war which we
hear rumbling in the distance! The
faith of our churches needs yet to
be made perfect thru a united serv—
ice, and this service made perfect
thru a “lowliness of mind.”

But, you say, we are doctrinally
strong. We have an orthodox be-
lief. Yes, but there is no more dan-
gerous unbelief than that which ac-
cepts without question, the Chris-
tian doctrines, and yet, the life IS
slack and idle. A foreign m1ssxon—
ary recently reported these words
from a “well-educated, Hindu gen—
tlemanz” “You (Christians) not
only do not practise the principles of
Jesus Christ, but have actually for-
gotten them, while we India people
are proud that we are the real
Christiansof today." And, says the

missionary, “Are we too hide—bound ‘

on'the one hand, and too cowardly
on the other, to win these leaders to
Christ?” But, I am sure we are
too slothful and selﬁsh. We want
a system of belief and discipline that
requires little that and no change,
and that carries us along easily to
the Paradise of God. This is the
tragedy of the church today. Her
leaders would have God drive oh the
Canaanites and all the other “ites,”
while they battle over cemeteries of
dead traditions. And, “Like priest,
like people.”

1 Take ., note, that Paul’s point. of
appeal is, . to , (have the . mind of
Christ, I which, according .tg Enverse
three, is “doing nothing thru, faction

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light in contest or; combativene'ss in
order to gratify pride. But would
you humiliate an opponent?
don’t antagonize. Work into your
life the mind of Christ. This mind
would pour on “coals of fire.” Why,
don’t you know that heat softens na;
tive ores so that the good runs to~

gether into one’and the slag into its ' V

0Wn place? Visit the foundry at Once
and then ﬁre up the furnace of love.
andp behold, a miracle has been
worked in your “earthen vessels.”
“Or vainglory.”‘
great an emphasis upon yourself.
This does well enough for world‘-
lings but not for Christians. Christ-
lanlty depends for its progress and
harmony, upon the carrying out of
this principle. ’Even your oppon-
ent has some unseen and unmeasur-
ed. good. At least it is a precarious
thing to get into the habit of judg—
lngother folks. Why not wait for
a higher judgment? It was the ar-
rogance and high-mindedness in the
.falrgarments of religion that was
making trouble at Philippi. ‘ And at
times today, these things run riot
among God’s people. It is a terrible
thing to thus dissipate the sacred
prlvileges of our holy religion.
. Now, the mind of Christ emphas-
izes unity, “one accord,” “one
mind.” Work these in. But, may
we have no honest differences of
opinions? Certainly, we have such.
Because of differences in tempera-
ment and training, differences in
opinion are inevitable. And yet,‘
how nearly 'we might agree were we
Sincere and loving enough. And this
unity is to be brough about by the
inworked mind of the Master. The
author of our text preserved this
ideal for himself even to the last re-
sort of separation. And what Were
they to do about it? They parted
peaceably and understandingly, each

to carry out, his own plans. They
did not break the “right hand of
fellowship.” See Gal. 2:9. Now;

this arrangement was, emphatically,
a less offense against Christian char—
ity, than to persist in keeping up
bitterness and strife. These men
had the mind of Christ inworked.

Whenever and wherever, Christ-
ian leaders {quarrel over matters of
externals, and even to the point of
acrimony; then and there, truth is
sacriﬁced, love cools, life dies out,
and the world gleefully remarks,
“How these Christians hate one an-
other.” Instead of spending our
energies on useless disputes, let us
spend them in behalf of the unsaved
masses, who have not yet come into
the glories of the Christian day.
While sick people are dying all
around us, let not the physicians by
the bedside, quarrel over the merits
of different medical schools.

When the spirit of unity comes in.
to a soul or church, it is inworked.
It comes from above. Discord comes
from below. The more carnal a
Christian is, the more contentious
and divisive he is. But the more
spiritual he is, the more loving, for‘
hearing, and self—renouncing. Of
course, the same is true of a church.
When religion is lowest, what hap-
pens? Go down to the Atlantic
coast'when the tide is out. There
you will see many little ﬁshes, all
snug and content in their little, sep-
arate puddles. And so it is when
the religious tide is out. There are
many sects and divisions—now
about two hundred—each counting
their communion for themselves as
the nearest to the mind of Christ.
But the ocean of God’s redeeming
love is coming in. The tide is ﬂow-
ing. Spiritual unrest is general, and.
every ripple of inﬂuence, and every
wave of social progress, is telling us
that the great, boundless sea of
Christianity is com‘ in to engulf.
all the little religious pools,.and
then all the saints will be at home
in the glad waters of eternity.
“Where Jesus it, ’tis heaven,” says
the hymnist. Happy the Christians
that are being baptized in th’etide
of a new love and a. new inworklng'
of the mind of Christ. ‘ ‘ .

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the Manchu soybeans very satisfac—
tory either for hay or seed purposes.
In growing for, hay, they may be
planted at the rate of from two to
three bushels per acre with an ord-
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is free of weeds, Pigeon grass, or
Quack grass. Usually soybeans can
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beans. On ground Which is inclin—
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' inyour locality. The early plant-
ings in that range usually give best
i results.

«Soys should be cut for hay when
the pods .have formed and are be-
ginning to ﬁll. Soybean hay is cur-
ed in much the same way as alfalfa
1 , hay is cured. The crop should be
allowed to wilt in the swath for from
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good weather curing can be accomp-
lished in windrows with one or two
turnings. During threatening weath-
er, it is advisable to throw into
small catks, which can be opened
for drying, if wet by rain, and re-
built.

Soybean hay makes an excellent
feed for Cattle and sheep and can be
fed with success to horses. It is
not as good as alfalfa or clover hay
for horses, owing to its more stem-
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twenty—eight inches apart, giving
clean cultivation in much the same
3 manner as corn is cultivated. The
x crop is cut for seed, when ripe, with
" mower equipped with buncher 'at—
. tachment. Care should be taken to
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shattering stage. The common grain
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i with proper adjustments. Usually
every other concave is removed

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If a soybean crop is pastured off
or turned under, the soil is marked-
' 1y beneﬁted. The value of turning
under a crop of soybeans, which
Would produce a ton and one-half
\ 3 or two tons of dry hay, is practically
equivalent to the value of turning

under a good crop of red clover.
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igan grown soybeans of the Manchu
and Ito San varieties, since growers
are learning the necessity of getting
adapted seeds Yields of from four—
teen to twenty-six bushels can be
(expected, according to the season
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feed, particularly when hogging off
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THE TEMPEST IN A TEAaPOT

UST now the newspapers are blazing forth in
J giant headlines the ﬂagrant abuse of high
office. even perhaps the betrayal of our gov-
ernment in the leasing of Tea—Pot Dome and
other oil reserves to private corporations. From
the facts already disclosed it is apparent that
the interests of the government which had lent
Secretary Fall high responsibility and trust,
Were made subservient to his personal interests.
Coming as this does at a time when President
Coolidge wasbuilding by conservative and mod-
est efforts a respect for Washington which it
has not occupied in the public mind for many,
many years is most unfortunate. That the dis-
closures will have a. marked effect on the forth-
coming election must be apparent.

In time of war, if a soldier on sentry duty
guarding only a few hundred dollars worth of
government property, were to be found asleep,
he would, be subject to court-martial and per-
haps death. Tired and exhausted the he might
be from the day’s march, young and unmindful
of his responsibility as he might be, none of
these things would protect him from 'the penalty
of his neglect of duty. There are soldiers who
fought in the trenches in Flanders who have
spent long years in our own government prisons
for such petty crimes where the effect was no
more actually than the possibility of what
might have happened to the property they were
responsible for.

How then can we bespeak leniency for the
man in high-ofﬁce who betrays his trust to the
government in matters that concern millions of
dollars?

And are not those who tempt the public of-
ﬁcial into such a position making themselves
equally liable to punishment?

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GIVING THE FARMER REAL HELP

F‘ some of the would-be spokesmen in congress
would turn their attention to the actual
needs of the farmer today and analyze them

they would ﬁnd, we think, that in the real agri-‘
cultural heart of the United States, which in—
cludes the great central section largely east of

the Mississippi river, the real need is in labor ,

for the farm, rather than extended credits.

For some weeks bath, on this page, we have
been pointing “out that the present system of
restricted immigration has worked a hardship
on the farmers of this country which can hardly
be measured, it has been so far-reaching.

With industry issuing the siren—call of high
wages, and the available supply of farm labor in
states like Michigan, is so negligible that the
average farmer hogs almost given up in despair
trying to get efﬁcient help at a fair wage to help
him in the arduous work of his farm.

It ought to be apparent that the farmer can-
not compete with the factory which offers more
money and shorter hours. nor can he attract to
the farm men or boys ‘who have been educated

from the “‘ on oral sections
pressed by present economic
are begging for admittance to oiir shores. The
type we refer to would not. mortuary to what
some would have us believe, settle only In the
cities and thus compete only with the laborer in
industry. The Department of Agriculture could.
it seems to us, work out a plan of distribution
of these immigrants which would move them
directly from Ellis Island to the farms where
they are needed.

Quite recently Philip W. Henry, in an address
in New York, pointed out the fact that the Unit-
ed States has actually lost more laborers, who
have returned to their native lands, than have
entered. “In view of the loss," said Mr. Henry,
“that our country has sustained during the last
10 years in the emigration of laborers and of the
dislnclination of our native population, includ-
ing children of immigrants, to enter this ﬁeld,
it is evident that the present law should be liber-
alized.

“It is not generally known how much our 1111-»

migration has fallen off from pre-war days,
when it averaged over a million gross and under
a million net per year. For the ﬁscal year 1922
the net immigration was only 110.844, of whom
76,106 were people of no occupation, including
women and children. For the ﬁscal year 1923
the ﬁgures were 441,469 and 166,345. respect—
ively. ‘

These ﬁgures ought to prove what has been
happening to farm labor, in addition to the other
attractions which industry has offered to steal
the help needed by the farmer. -

The fact is also, that the type of peasant who
goes to work on the farm has one ambition and
that is to own land in America. He adopts
quickly the living conditions which his environ-
ment, in daily contact with the American farm
family, give him in contrast to the segregation
among those of his own kind who form their
communities in industrial centers.

His children, growing up in the healthy Amer-
ican environment of the rural school, become
the citizens of whom we are proud and never
know the call back to the country from whence
they came. The peasant who comes to us from
the agricultural centers of Europe is the best
class of immigrant we can attract to our shores
and that some recognition of this fact is not
made by our representatives at Washington is
the worst crime against the farmer of which
they are to—day guilty.

COUNTRY FAIRS PROMISE TO CLEAN-UP

OLLOWING in the-footsteps of their illustri-
ous leader, the Michigan State Fair, the
county fair managers in their recent meet-

ing at Lansing went on record, as promising a
clean-up of the mid-way which will mean the
complete elimination, of the “snake-eater," the
"Egyptian dance" and 'the gambling devices
which have long attracted the undesirable at-
tendants and been an eye-sore and a contamina-
tion to the better element of every community.

THE Busmnss FABM- led last year in a con-
certed effort along this line sponsored by George
W. Dickinson, manager of the state fair at De—
troit and with the full approval of the board of
fair managers. The gratifying results were
shown at the 1923 fair and the predicted loss of
revenue to the fair was far surpassed by the re-
ceipts from more worthy sources.

There were fairs conducted in Michigan last
year which were hardly more than traveling car—
nivals of vice and that they should have been
supported in any way by the funds set aside by
the state for the promotion of agriculture was
a shame and a disgrace.

The fair managers themselves are the ones to

insist on a. clean—up this year and they alone can
make it possible. Their complaint of a digres-
sion from the self-adopted rules which they have
laid down for the conduct of all fairs in Mich-
igan during 1924 should result in the immediate
cutting~off of the odending fair association from
the funds provided by'the state.
' The manner of handling and awarding prem-
iums was also discussed and some of the more
flagrant abuses will be abolished this year. The
fairs are an institution of which the community
should be as proud as of its schools and when
they cease to be such, they are not worthy of
the nails they bear.

 

21 noun NATURAL ALLIANCE

have continually predicted that because
Wmof their divergence of interests the so-call-
ed Fumes-bulim- alliance could never be
made a success. Union labor has only one ob-
ject. which solhshly worthy as it may be, has
nothing in common with what the farmer must

  

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in raw material and sell it at: a proﬁt as
cost of manufacture for the market. -

These facts were given signiﬁcance by th,.
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have accomplished all that its promoters would
have had it, still laid the foundation for 30m
constructive work which has never before been
possible.
In European countries, where the farmer is a
peasant. who tills the soil for the beneﬁt of ﬂe-
land- -owning aristocracy, there may be some rea-
son for a union between the men who thus are
laborers and the laborers who are- employed in
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In America, thank God, we have today, no I

such conditions and with a continuation of

American ideal and the proper cooperation of

American Institutions we shall never have.
That the farmer and the manufacturer found

~’many points of kindred Interest is proven by the

resolutions
ample.
“We approve of cooperative marketing or farm
products as offering the most practicable means
of stabilizing agriculture on a proﬁtable basis.
We urge American universities and colleges,
public schools, and especially our state agricult-

adopted at this meeting, for ex-

ural colleges and agricultural high schools, to es- “ ,‘

tablish regular and special courses in marketing-
and that courses. in farm cost accounting be
stressed."

With respect to immigration the convention
went on record in favor of at “admission of appll- L
cants, limited not by numbers, but by quality
and in accordance with our economic needs. If
a system of national quotas be retained by the
present Congress, we favor such ﬂexibility of
administration that in time of agricultural and
industrial expansion enough may comeJn, and
in time of depression not too many. Selection
should be made at the point of origin."

Other resolutions opposed government ﬁxing
of prices of agricultural or other commodities;
commended the United States Departments of
Agriculture and Commerce for the work they
“are doing in the foreign marketing ﬁeld; advo-
cated that in the development of power at Muscle
Shoals the production 0f fertilizer be the primary,
but not the sole object; favored reforestation;
urged general reduction of taxes by all govern-
ment units; advocated modiﬁcation of our laws -
affecting navigation to enable the American
merchant marine to operate successfully in com-
petition with the vessels of other nations; fav-
ored the development of the St. Lawrence and
Lakes-to~Gulf waterways; opposed g0vernment
ownership or operation of railroads, mines, pub- '
lic utilities, farms or factories; denounced 193-,
islative projects designed to impair property"
rights; opposed curtailment of the power of the
Supreme Court and condemned “the proposal to
require more than a. majority vote of the court
to void any act of Congress, which would give
the minority a. controlling voice. "

 

' GOWDY NEW MEMBER OF BOARD

ARTICULARLY will Berrien county farmers ,
be pleased with the recent appointment 01'
Herbert _.W Gowdy of Union Pier, to the;

state board of agriculture to succeed Jason

Woodman of Paw Paw, who was not a candi- ,

date to succeed himself.

Representative Gowdy made a. good record in
the farmers’ interests for himself when be ﬁlled
that ofﬁce in the state legislature and there is
every reason to expect a. continuation of this
same ﬁdelity .to purpose Which guided him in
then, in this new opportunity which has been
awarded him.

The board today faces grave responsibilities
and the infusion of new blood will not be amiss.
although we do not wish by this statement to'
cast the slightest reﬂection on the unblemished
record of Jason Woodman, whose life-long serv—
ice to the farming business in his home state will
not be forgotten by this or coming generations.
The fact is, impersonally, that boards, like in-
dividuals may become ensnared in a mesh of
their own making and where the way out may
appear simple to the one from the outside, they
who are in cannot see it.

We believe the appointment of Representative

service which the board can render to osmium
during the coming year of rapidly changing '
dltions and Tn BUSINESS Fun: on beha‘
its readers, wishes him all success and
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is! a Fraud Order issued by the

Post Oiiice Department on January
1924. This action is the out-

The representatives of these com-

ponies have been advertising ex—
tensively in farm papers oﬂerlng
lined tires at fabulously low prices

which. when delivered. were found
to be in such a state of decay as to
be absolutely unfit for further use.
"When complaint was made the pur-
chaser was advised that he could
avail himself of the privilege accru—
ing from the companies' guarantee

to sell a second tire at half the

tinprice if the ﬁrst tire was unsatisfac-

Many publicgtions have already
been warned regarding the activi-
ties of these people but the adver-
tising was continued by a number
of rural paper with the result that
many persons in rural
have been mulcted of small sums.

OORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN
SCENARIO ..WR.lTll\'G
VERY few days ,we receive a let-
ter from some reader who is
taking a correspondence course
in 'writing scenarios. They have
found that ”all is not gold that glit-
that they are not making
money like they were told they
would. They come to us for help.
They want to get their money back,
as a rule, and some times we can

help while other times it is beyond
f our power to do anything.
who are contemplating taking up

Others

one of these courses come to us for
Many of the letters_ are
published in these'columns and you
readers know how we advise them.

The Authors League of America,
an organization composed of the
well knowu authors of this country,
has started a ﬁght against “movie
schools" and selling agencies,
charging that they are worthless.
and that they cannot furnish proof
that they or any of their “pupils"
have ever had a scenario accepted
by a motion picture producer. In
on article in a recent issue of their
oﬂcial organ of the League it was
pointed out that of 42. 020 plots in
scenarios sent to producers last
year. all but four were gturned to
the senders as unusuable. Of these
her no records are available that
they have ever been produced.

As a large percentage of the 42.-
016 useless scenarios had been sub-
mitted by “pupils” of movie corres-
pondence schools or by selling agon-
eios they contend that the schools
and agencies therefore were merely

, money-making schemes of the worst

According to the article. the art
of writing scenarios is not the work
of an idle moment. nor does it come
of attending a 'so-called “movie
where it is charged that
none of the interaction dispensed

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fol tooepiringllm writers. Pro-

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United Fihanclng ' Syndicate.

The Low Price Tire Company and
The Mail Order Tire company. all

districts ,

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tits for here on our local market?

   

V [a‘nd‘ others 1 dominate the writing

pend-1 of , the dim held so competely
that it ‘is almost impossible for. an
amateur to have his efforts accept-
ed. or even considered. The fact
only one scenario in 10. 000 was ac-
cepted by screen companies proved
this. the article held.

“The maiden lady in straitened
circumstances and a small town
environment " the article read.
“who attempts to compete success-
fully with snch experienced writers
as Peter B. Kyne, Rex Beach, Rup-
_ert Hughes and many other well-
known authors. stands as much
chance as the village blacksmith
has of defeating Jack Dempsey aft-

' or a correspondence course in box-

1 .

While all writing requires talent.
the article continued, scenario writ-
ing requires- “an intimate knowl-
edge of all literary forms" by rea-
son of the fact it is a highly tech-
nical branch of expression. Movie
schools. despite the fact that they
promise to give in a few weeks the
training of several years. are defici-
ent even In providing their "pupils"
with the most elementary rules of
the business. and in no way what-
every It them to write scenarios
which will be found acceptable by
film companies. Most companies
now do not even read the scenarios
sent in to them by amateurs or sell—
ing agencies; unless they reﬂect im-
mediately the specially trained pen.

Thus in a $25,000 prize contest
recently conducted by the Goldwyn
Pictures Corp. in conjunction with a
Chicago newspaper. not a single one
of 27.000~ scenarios submitted by
unknown writers was taken at a
$500 premium, as offered by the
firm for all scenarios worth produc-
tion although not winners. Of 15.-
000 submitted in the course of the
year to the Goldwyn company. only
one story by an unknown writer
Was ,accepted. Famous Players-
Lasky accepted none out of 4,000,
and the Fox Film Co. was equally
restrained in considering the 13.000
scenarios submitted to it Of 1.100
stories sent to the Al Christie 00..
4.800 to the Universal Film 00.,
4.120 to smaller producers. one
stnrv was accepted by each of the
groups. '

The published article is in the
form of a report and signed by
Grant Carpenter, staff writer with
Warner Brothers; Bernard McCon-
ville. free. lance scenario writer:
Eve Unsell, scenario editor of Pre-
ferred Pictures; Walter Woods. sup-
ervisor of production with Fam-
ous Players-Lasky and Arthur Stat-

ter. formerly with Universal and
now a free-lance writer Besides
condemning "movie schools. " the

writers strongly recommended that
unless amateurs wish to lay them-
selves open to unending disappoint-
ment. they had better keep out of
the scenario held. or else get the
essential training with a movie con-
,cern.

ONE mars EXPERIENCE

“0n the 17th of November I ship-
ped 7 coons, 97 rats. and l mink to
J. it Plough F‘ur Corp-, Meriden.
Conn. According to their price list
they sent me. this fur should have
brought $215. They sent me $19.-
06 for it and called it all summer
caught. which i can prove different.
They advertised to pay 5 per cent
more for anything ever 50 skins.
This they did not do. Two days aft-
er date of their invoice 1 received
their check and returned it to them.
requesting the fur be returned.
Five days later it came back stat-
ing 1 had not ordered this fur hold
separate. that it was mixed with
other fur and sold. and they could
do nothing. Our postmaster saw
me tie a letter with the tag on this
bag of furs and i saw him put these
fore in a mail pouch and bill it to
Mei-idea. Conn. Also insured it. On
their price list was a printed con-
tract. if these furs were to be held
separate ﬁll it out. and mail to them
with the shipment. That is what
waeintholottorﬂedtotbehagof
fare. I sorted out of this bunch of
furs eleven rat hides. calls kits and
ether-who “mud. Io as to male

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HE American railroads in 1923:hauled the largest ton-
nage inztheir history—and with an eﬁiciency of operation
never before paralleled. To this achievement the New York
Central Lines contributed a notable measure of public service.

The very heavy program in rehabilitation inaugurated by
' the New York Central Lines immediately following the ter-
mination of Federal control—involving the expenditure of
many millions of dollars for new equipment and larger facil-
ities—placed this railroad system in a position to meet the
growing trafﬁc demands of the great territory it serves.

While car loadings throughout the country for 1923 showed
an increase of 26.7% over 1921, and 15.3% over 1922, the
New York Central Lines gained 42.7% over 1921, and 16.8%

over 1922.

The New York Central program of expansion—in anticipation
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WE WILL HELP YOU

THERE are many of you who would like to build your own sets, yet
will hesitate because you are afraid that you will not buy the

correct parts to assemble into a complete set.
possibility if , you should go to a certain class of dealers who think
because you are a farnier they can sell you anything. Also {some of
you who assemble sets may have a little difﬁculty in making the set

In fact that is a

To avoid all this, The Radio Department will purchase for you
any or all of the parts necessary to build a set.
us what you want, enclosing the amount necessary and a few cents
postage to cover the mailing charge and we will buy the article
‘ In this way you will know that the part
you buy will work in your receiving set.

We will test out any set that you may build or have bought and
make what adjustment is necessary to make it work and return it to
you Without any expense to you except the postage or expressage for

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HOW TO BUILD EFFICIENT AND
CHEAP RECEIVING SET

OW that winter is here at last.

and we are conﬁned to the
house a little more than we are in
good weather, our thoughts have
time to turn to the more entertain—
ing and instructive subjects of
world happenings. ,,

Radio will bring the voice of the
President of the United States to
you, music from the best musicians,
dance music for those who like it,
and many interesting talks from
well known people. You can get the
market reports and weather fore-
casts as well. **

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who has enough spare money to buy
one of the expensive receiving sets.
Sometimes such sets have been
bought and because the one who was
operating it did not understand it
the results have not been satisfac—
tory or the set did not work at all.

The following described part if
bought and assembled will enable
any one with a screwdriver, solder—
ing iron and a piece or two of wood
to build a receiving set that will
bring in clearly and loud many of
the broadcasting stations within 500
miles night after night, and under
favorable weather conditions bring
in stations from greater distances.

The apparatus listed can be
bought from any radio dealer or
from the large mailorder houses,
and the price given after each ar—
ticle is the price of a cheap but serv-
iceable article that will give years
of satisfactory service. More ex-
pensive parts can be bought if de-
sired and the set can be mounted in
a fancy or plain cabinet or on a
plain board as desired. Remember
that looks are not what make a re-
ceiving set operate. The simpler the
assembly the better the results.

In assembling this receiving set

DOA/203

follow the diagram given herewith
carefully, and be sure that connec-
tions are made to t parts just as
marked.

If you have not already put up
an aerial, a single wire aerial about
100 to 150 feet long, and about 30
feet high will do.

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150 feet No. 12 or 14 bare copper wire....$1.00
2 strain msulators.........: ...................... .20
1 8_-1nch_ by inch porcelean tube ......... .06
1 ll htmng arrestor (inside) ........ . 1.25
l arm—coupler .............................. 3.00
l 23_ plate Variable condenser ........... . 2.50
1 switc lever such 10 contact points. . .50
1 and condenser and leak ................. . .25
1 socket for WI)-11 or WD-12 bulb.. . .75
1 - or WD-12 bulb......._ ....... . 6.50
1 set 2000 ohm telephone receivers. . 4.00
6 bindlng posts ................................. .60
1 22% vol B battery ..................... . 1.50
1 No. 6 dry battery .................................... .50

$22.50

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10-in.x6-in.
_ I Piece of board 1,4-in.x10-in.r.6-
1n.
Soak both pieces of wood in hot
parraffn till they will absorb no
more, let cool then smooth down
with ﬁne sand paper. These are for
the base and panel; If the wood is
thoroughly dry two or three coats of
shellac well sanded will do as well.

The condenser, the vario-coupler,
the switch and 10 contact points
and the grid leak and 6 binding
posts are mounted on the thin piece
of wood as shown in Fig. 1. After
mounting these parts screw this
panel to the thick piece so that it is
vertical, Fig.

Now study Fig. 2 carefully, and
connect the wires as shown by the
heavy lines, be sure that the Wires
from the outside of the vario-coupl-
er are conrmcted in turn to the con-
tact points. , From the switch lever
connect a wire to one side of the
small grid condenser, and from the
other side of the grid condenser to
the binding post on the socket
marked “grid” or “G.” Now from
one side of the grid condenser run
a short wire to one side of the grid
leak, (which is mounted on the pan-
el) also a wire from the other side
of the grid condenser to the other
side of the grid leak.

Now connect one side of the vari-
able condenser to contact No. 1, the
other side of the condenser to bind-
ing post on the panel marked “A”
(for aerial) Now connect on the
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February " 11—“Balancing .Uncle
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February 18-—.“Financing Ang—
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which in turn is connected to the

binding post on the socket marked,

“F.” Also connect binding post “C”
to contact No. 10 or the last wire
from the, outside winding of the
vario—coupler. Connect the other
binding post on the socket marked
“F” to binding post “D.” You will
ﬁnd 2 wires that come from the
rotor (moving part) of the vario-
coupler, these wires are connected,
one to the binding post on the sock-
et markgd “P,”, the other to the
binding post marked “M.’_’

Having put up your aerial, bring
in one end into the house thru the
porcelean tube and connect to bind-
ing post “A,” also connect the aerial
to one of the binding posts on the
lightning arrestor, the other post of
the lightning arrestor is connected
to a wire which «in turn is connected
to a water pipe 'or‘ well, now connect
a wire to your water‘ pipe or well
casing and connect- that to post
marked “G.” . -

Connect the single dry battery
(No. 6) to posts marked “C" and
“D," be sure that you connect the
positive or carbon to the post mark-
ed “D.” Then connect your nega-
tive ‘(-) side of the “B" battery

(221/2 volt) to post “D” and the pos—.

itive side to post “E,” connect your
telephones to posts “E" and “M,”
You are now ready to tune in, but
try it at night after 7 p. m. the ﬁrst
time. . ~

To tune, set‘switch lever on con-
tact 3 and with one hand turn the
condenser back and fourth slowly,
with the other hand turn the rotor
of the vario-coupler slowly back and
fourth. Listen for a slight whistl—
ing, when you hear the whistling
sound make your turning move—
ments of the condenser very slowly,
and you will hear the music or talk—

> New York Girl Wins Grange Essay Contest

'HE winner of the Grange High-
way Safety Essay Contest, Miss
Mildred 'Soper, the 14-year old

daughter of E. G. Soper, Lecturer of
Seneca Castle Grange, near Seneca
Falls, N. Y., was presented to Presi—
dent Coolidge at the White House
on January 16, accompanied by Na-
tional Master Louis J. Tabor of Col—
umbus, Ohio, and a number of the
Masters of,State lGranges who were
in Washington at the same time on
other business. President Coolidge
presented a certiﬁcate of this award
to Miss Soper in the presence of sev—
eral Senators and Congressmen, of-
ﬁcials of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, the Highway
Education Board and the National
Grange.

The essay contest was conducted
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BLIGHT PROOF “SPUDS” LATEST
WO years ago, when his potato
crop was almost a‘ complete fail—

ure, W. R. Smith, soldier settler,
of Byron, Ontario, Canada, discover-
ed a hill of potatoes which had not
died down from blight. The bal—

ance of the crop was as brown as a

berry, and the one hill, which stood

green among the desolate looking

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late blight.

Believing that he could raise seed
from this potato which would be ini-
mune from blight, Smith saved the
potatoes from this hill, and next
spring cut them up into small sets
and planted them apart from his
other potatoes. Last fall he had
over two bags of the seed, and by
cutting these into small setsv'was
able to plant a considerable plot.

The potatoes in this ﬁeld have re-
produced exactly the same “blight-
resistant” qualities that he found in
the lone hill two years ago. Smith
now feels he is on his way to the
realization of a dream he has enter—
tained for two years, that of being
able to produce blight-proof pota-
toes.

Government ﬁeld crop experts
have visited the ﬁeld of potatoes at
Rayburn farm and declare them to
be bypical Dooleys, and furthermore,
say that it is the healthiest crop'of
potatoes which they have every seen.
In the whole ﬁeld not one leaf shows
any signs of blight, or any other dis-
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when held at full length, measure
over 38 inches, and are of a dark
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In the feeding of pigs an acre of
clover or 'alfalfa pasture will save
1,149 pounds corn and 468 pounds
of tankage as compared with dry-lot
feeding, research in the Animal Hus—
mandry Division of the United
States Department of Agriculture
shows.

the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce and the Highway Edu-
cation Board on the subject of in-
creasing the safety of highway traf-
ﬁc and preventing the loss of lives.

This is one of three contests con—
ducted annually, one for children of
the Granges, one for all children of
elementary school age, and one for
teachers. Children of the Granges
are also eligible for the elementary
school contest. There are local and
state prizes and a national prize
which includes a trip to Washington
for the ﬁrst prize winners.

Anybody interested in this contest
can get further details by writing
the Master of the National Grange,
L. J. Tabor, 910 College Ave., Col—
umbus, Ohio, or the National Auto—
mobile Chamber of Commerce, New
York City.

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Dear Uncle Net—May I Join or
merry circle? We take the M. B_. F.
enjoy It very much. I am in the 8th grade
at school. Now I will describe myself.
I am 5% feet tall and have blue eyes,
and brown bobbed hair. and am 11 years
eld. I live only 83 miles from In. Clem-
ens. lliveonthemalnroadfromDe-
troit to Port Huron. Ihavebeen innit.
Clemens and think it is a pretty place.
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see my letter in print. that is. if It does
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of Michigan. I have no sisters or broth-
ers and my mother died when I was 10
years old. Uncle Ned. please excuse me
for using so much of your space for this
letter. I remain. your niece—dime Wag-
ner. Memphis. Michigan.

Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle? My father takes the M. B.
F and likes it very much. I read the
Children's Hour and enjoy it. This is
the first time l have written and I hope
to see this In print. We live one farm
of fourteen acres. one mile from Caro,
and we have 2 horses. 3 cows. and a dog
named Trixie. The river runs past our
place and in the summer we go boat
riding and bathing. I am going to de-
scribe myself I have blue eyes. blondo
hair. and a light complexion, and am
four feet three inches tall. I am ten
years old. My birthday is the sixteenth
day of August. My name is Edna but
my father calls me Pete I guess I will
close. hoping some of the boys and girls
will write to me. From your loving
niece.—Edna Rickwalt. R. i. Caro. Mich.

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Dear Uncle Ned:—-Well, now don't
taint, because I've made another attemt.
Iwrotetoyouafewmonthslambut
guess Mr. Waste Basket was somewhat
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Pete-key, Mackinaw City. Huber Spring:
and my other very pretty places. I
m Ellie L. Mahler‘s letter and she
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acacia-y mundfhere. I got my hair
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ﬁne. For along while I couldn't decide
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I did. and am not sorry. I once wrote
to a girl whose name was Wilma Olm-
stead, of Sherwood. but tor some III-
known reason we drifted apart one never
wrote again. I also correspond with a
boy right along. Well I will close now
with a few tongue twister-s: Doria doc
daddy's daily dinner dishes daintlly.
Fred fried fresh fancy tat ﬁsh for Fan.
Bob bought Brother Bill's bicycle by
Benson's. Selma stopped sewing silk
stockings Saturday. Must atop now and
leave room for the rest. I hope Mr.
Waste Basket won't get this letter. Will
try to answer all letters I reociva if the
cousins will write to me.
best wishes to alL—Mlss Ruby R Fletch-
er. R. 1. Pollston. Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:—Here is another
far-merette who wants to join your merry
circle. May I come in? How are all
the cousins? Well. I hope. I better de-
scribe myself before I go any further.
I am about ﬁve feet two inches,. weigh
98 pounds. Have light brown hair
(which of course is bobbed) light blue
eyes' and in the eighth grade at school.
I am not going to tell my age but the.
one that guesses it will receive a long
letter from me. My age is between 11
and 16. I think the answer to Helen 8.
Janetski’s riddle is: ’Lt’e time to get a
new pair. Have you ever been up north
to Rosoommon? If you haven’t you cer-
tainly ought to go. It is a nice drive.
Will all the boys and girls write and I
will answer all letters received. Imite

I Miss Louise Ferguson. R. 1. Birds
Run, Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am very much in—
terested in the M. B. F. and would like
to join your merry circle. I am a team;-
er’e girl and am thirteen years old. and
am a blond. I like the country life very
much I have always lived on a farm.
We have a large woods. in the spring I
love to go ﬂowering. I love to write
stories. I would enjoy it very much it
We could have a story contest sometime.
Uncle Nedandlameurethatsomeet
the other merry eirolers would too. Well
my letter is gettmg long so I will close
fwthisﬂmawiiharlddle: Whatia
round at both-ends an” hivb iv “in.
middle? Will some oi the other boys
and girls write to me" -
all lanai-r I receive. Goodbye. tmm a
friend—«Leone Culwallader, it. 4. cole-
man. Michigan.

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‘ hogan Well as beautiful in appearance.
. Club Boys Win Many Prizes Utility of fancy, Which? To this
' ‘ Five boys, all members of 3 Boys .question Muskegon’s answer is.
Poultry Club. exhibited in the var- “BOTH.” In other words the senti-

ment is towards a combination of
both the present standards, fancy
and utility. in the same bird. ‘

Additional Show Features

ious classes and were consistent
winners throughout. ‘Older exhib-
itors, who had been accustomed to
seeing the ju‘niors exhibit in special
learned to have a whole-

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classes. Special pdultry meetings were
some "9-393“ f" the boys when they held afternoons and evenings in con-
came in direct competition With the nection with the show. Prof. Fore-
» boys and saw thgm W111 a large Share man SDOkB On “Culling” and on

of the awards.

Judges of the Muskegon Show
were. Henry C. Dipple. of Indian-
apolis; ProL E. C. Foreman, of East
Lansing: D. Mieras. of Grand Rap-
ids.

"Type in Relation to Production."
Dr. H. J. Stafseth, also of M. A. C..
discussed “Poultry Diseases."

At these meetings, and also at
the evening show. some special
poultry motion picture ﬁlms from
the-U. S. Dept. of Agriculture were
shown by the County Agricultural
Agent, Carl Knopf..

"A poulty show can be successful
only as it has the support of a live
organization. The Muskegon and
East Shore Poultry and Rabbit F‘an—
ciers Ass’n, with as much poultry
pep and enthusiasm as its name is
long, is the reason for the succeSs of
the Muskegon shows.
. This Association has 94 members
all of them interested in poultry and
all of them willing to boost both
standard and utility poultry al—
though most of them are fanciers
and “back lotters."

The oﬁcers of the Association
are:

Pres. 'l‘hos. Erickson:

lst. Vice Pres, J. F). Marvin;

2nd. Vice Pres, Daniel Wurtz;

Sec’y., H. S. Nobel;

Trees, Lambert Hoeker.

The Secretary, H. S. Nobel, has
had much experience with‘poultrv
exhibitions and it is through his ef-
forts that the Muskegon Show runs
very satisfactorily and smoothly. A
special system of records. entry tags.
and shipping tags, has been develop—
ed by Mr. Nobel. A new feature
this year, which received the en—
dorsement of all. was. the use of
white tags to designate the “stand—
ard” entries and of pink tags for
the "utility” birds.

So. while Muskegon's 14th. An—
nual Poultry Show was the largest
and best which the Association has
every held. plans are already being
made to insure an even better show
for next year.

A "very interesting thing occured
toward the close of the show. , Prof.
.. Foreman of the M. A. C. Poultry
r .DepL, who had been placing the;

‘. awards in the utility classes, was
called back to East Lansing for a
special meeting. He was unable to
return on the following day and so
, -the management of the show was
r obliged to secure Prof. O. L. San-
[ ford of the Ferris White Leghorn
i -Farms. Grand Rapids, to place the
f sweepstakes awards on the utility
birds. After Prof. Sanford had
completed his awards and the win-
ners had been announced, a letter
was received from Prof. Foreman
directing the placing of the sweep-
. stakes awards» To the surprise and
, delight of the show' officials, these
awards, made entirely separately by
the two judges, , corresponded
throughout. As one oﬂicial remark-
ed; “It shows that they- are both
darned good men and know their
business.” It is indeed seldom that
< such a check has been given on
poultry show awards and with such
, satisfactory results. .
5 , The Annual Banquet
’ Always one of the features of the
Huskegon Show, the Annual Ban-
quet this year was attended by more
than 200' people making it one of
the largest gatherings pf its kind ev-
er held in the state. Poultry people
representing many sections of west-
; on Michigan were present to meet
with the Muskegon folks and enjoy
their hospitality.

In addition to local speakers the
preddenta of the Holland and Grand
. Haven Associations, on behalf of
i ' their organizations, responded to
( toasts.

1‘“ The guest of honor was Thos. F.
~. Riggs, president of the American
Poultry Association. Pres. Riggs
.s . - complimented the Muskegon people’
i on their excellent exhibit saying that
it was one of the best he had ever
visited and much better than he had
expected to find. Mr. Riggs describ-
ed the aims and purposes of the
American Poultry Association and
defended vigorously the standard
types of fowls as described in the
_ omcial Standard of Perfection.
“We need fanciers in the poultry
game to develop the poultry breeds
to the highest degree possible,” as-'
.oerted'Pres. Riggs. ' “The Jersey
cow and the Holstein cow were de-
veloped by the fancier and not by
the milkman. m Shorthorns and
’ ‘ the Herefords are products of the
‘ cattle fanciars and not of the butch-
, ' on. So the poultry varieties need
’ , molars also.” -

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valentines we used to get—they‘d
silver hearts upon them,
, And gold 'n arrows, ruby-tipped.
and yar s of paper lace;
And softly tinted envelopes with
little verses on them,

[And in the center of .it all, a cupid'l

chubby face.

You sent me one, my ﬁrst one,
7 When I was only nine—
The postman left a. letter;
They told me it was mine—
And I, with cheeks a-tingle,
And rounded eyes a—glow
Baid—"Why’ who could’ve sent it?"
And some one said—“You know i”

It seemed all scrolls and ﬂowers,
And little birds with wings,
And slender, smiling angels
And other pretty things.
And, 'way inside was printing
And blue forget-me-nots,
And written in, with pencil,
"I love you lots—and lots!"

They laughed at me, the grownoupa
They did not understand-—
I stood before them, silent,
The letter in my hand—
But oh, my heart was pounding
For "Be My Valentine—"
Was written straight across it.
And I was only nine!

The Valentines we used to get—they'd
silver hearts upon them,

And golder’r arrows, ruby-tipped, and
yards of paper lace;

And softly tinted envelopes with little
verses on them,

And, in the center of it all a cupids
chubby face! .

“Christian Herald.

A VALENTINE SHO‘VER
F any member in your community
is being married during the
month of February or if your
social center, church or meeting
place needs some kitchen furnish—
ings, a good idea is to have a com—
bination valentine party and kitchen
shower.

The invitations made on heart-
shaped cards could be worded as fol-
lows:

“Instead of your heart bring a
frying pan,

A dish or a plate or some kind of
a can,

A towel or tablecloth, either will
do,

To furnish our kitchen so empty

and new.”

To provide entertainment you
could number each parcel as it came
in and pile all the packages on or
around a large table before un-
wrapping. Guessing what each par-
cel contains proves great fun. Music
andrecitations would be lovely for
the church or music, cards or sewing
something special for the bride-to-
be, will pass a very pleasant after-
noon. Heart—shape, Sandwiches and
cakes with coffee for refreshments.

A ClmiDREN'S VALENTINE
PARTY

HE Invitation—For a children’s

party use a candy kiss. Write

the invitation on a long narrow
strip of white paper, with a red
border. Wrap it around the kiss,
which already has a waxed paper
wrapping and cover with a wrapper
of red tissue. Wrap and twist in
appropriate kiss style. As it prob-
ably will not stay twisted without
being tied, tie with colored baby
ribbon at each end. To one of these
ribbons tie a wee card, with the
child’s name. ‘

The Invitations

“Come to my Valentine Party do!
All sorts of sweet things will be

waiting for you,

To admit you, the price is a kiss;
But that must be given to Cupid, my
dear, _

This isn’t the ticket—the one you
, see here,

And so you, of course, may eat this."

This may be delivered by the
child who gives the party.

All invitations for young people
can be written out on a piece of pap-
er cut the shape of a spoon with the
following words written on it.

5 “Soon, oh soon, -
By the light of the moon,
Come to my balcony

, And spoon.”

,For untold, folks’ party, use the
old fashioned lace valentine, if you
can get the,m.. Insert an extra leaf.
l'qn‘i‘v’ghich write the invitation. _ .
7 or. times sake this comes to you.
‘ and.:-playf.~--realheart-r. .

sin gill-11. manages: 1’“

“(pills to my Xslentine Forty."
saris?» ' is! "

    

 

if you cannot see your way
clear to go. This issue is
really our Valentine numb-
er and I hope my efforts will
help you plan “a good time
for all.”

 

 

ﬁa== Edited by BIBS. ANNE TAYLOR ‘ww
EAR FOLKS:—It does not seem possible that a whole year has
gone by and ‘Farmers’ Week is here with us again. I almost
feel like saying “All who are going, please raise up your hand."
I cannot tell how many of M. B. F. readers are raising their hands,
but I do want. to feel that the women of Michigan's rural homes will
be in Lansing strongthis coming week. '

There has been a great deal of preparation and hard work
done Just to serve you and mo and every day will be a proﬁtable one
for those of us who make this effort.

Our January 19th issue printed the program for the week. See

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Addm. lamp" up; Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer, Mt. clement. Mlchlgen.

 

 

 

 

 

Or a. heart would make a pretty
invitation.
"We’re getting old,
Or so I’m told,
But I’m not down in the dumps.
There’s a party due
For me and you,
And the watchword is ‘Heart's are
trumps.’ ”

The Decorations

Every ten cent store carry the col-
ored paper suitable for Valentine
parties. The color scheme thruout
should be in deep pink and white
and red. Hearts cut out and either
pasted or pinned is the chief decora-
tions. Hang little cupids around on
the curtains and stuck in the pict-
ures.

A plate of red hearts numbered
should be given the boys and a plate
of white hearts numbered should be
given the girls. There should be two
alike 3. red and a white heart to
match couples up for the ﬁrst game.
This idea is pretty and appropriate
for any of the parties suggested.

For the table, do not use too
many kinds of decorations. If it is
a heart party, have festoons of vary-
ing sized hearts, in pink, around
edge of table. The place cards if
used should be of hearts. Candies
should be of hearts.

Sandwitches, cookies, and tarts
should all be heart shaped. You
can buy the heart-shaped cookie cut-
ters in any hardware store. Arrows
may be used in connection with
some of. the hearts. These should
be white, gold or silver.

For the Spoon Party, use pretty
souvenir spoons, in connection With
any one of the motifs suggested.
Every thing on the table must be
”spoon vituals," to be eaten with a
spoon. This will cause much merri-
ment.

Games

As each is given his souvenir or
red heart, he must kiss the giver’s
hand, and bow allegiance. After
taking off wraps, they ﬁnd partners
by the numbers written on the
hearts. Each pair is given a candy
kiss on a long string, one end of
which is to be taken between the
teeth. Each then draws in the
string and the pair disposing of their
kiss ﬁrst Wins. The hands must not
touch it. .

Another game is to have quota-
tions written on hearts that have
been broken or cut and then mixed
up. Pass these out and each ﬁnds
his partner by matching halves.

Then in couples, they pin darts on
a large red heart, after the style of
"Failing the Donkey.” These should
be a. prize, for everything, especial—
1y for a child’s party,'all of little
value.

“Who Kissed Me?" is an amusing
stunt. Several, in the secret, go in-
to another room. A girl is brought
in, blindfolded, turned around, then
led to a chair. When seated, some
one kisses her. She is asked, “What

boy kissed you?" And on guessing

wrong, she is told she is a captive
and iskept, the blind being remov-
ed. Then a boy is called in,_ to' go
thru the same proceedings, and fail

   
    
  

 
  

to guess cOrrectly, when asked
“What girl kissed you?" They al-
ways fail to guess correctly, since it
is always a girl who kisses a girl,
and a boy who kisses a boy.
CORRINJT CLOTHING FOR
WINTER
EXT to overheating our houses,
our principal Winter sin of
commission is wearing clothes
that are too heavy or too tight, or
both. Most buildings are maintain-
ed at a Summer temperature
throughout the year, and it is ob—
viously absurd for any one who is
going to occupy such buildings to
pile on clothing heavy enough for a
polar expedition. The safe way to
do is to wear clothing of light—or,
at most, moderate—weight which
in the winter and then to put on a
heavy coat or wrap when going out-
doors. The skin must breathe as
Well as the lungs, and for this reas—
on clothing should be such as will
permit free circulation of air. Und-
erclothing and suits or dresses
should be made of material sufﬁc-
iently porous to admit the air freely
to the body. Thick, heavy woolens,
suits lined with an impervious ma-

 

terial and outer clothing made with,

a very tight weave should be avoid—
ed. It is perfectly possible to keep
warm without packing the body in
wrappings such as a mummy might
wear. In fact, because of the
healthier skin condition that will re-
sult from lighter and more porous
clothing, you will ﬁnd that you do
not suffer with the cold nearly so
much as when you bundle up. Gar-

ments that are too heavy not only '

induce perspiration but hold it and
force you to go about all day in a.
clammy state that is both uncom-
fortable and unhealthy.

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

Grandma's Idea of Modern Clothes.—
VVe elderly ladies like pretty fussy
dresses, but oh, those narrow skirts. Buy
one that has the ﬂying panels and set
in skirt to make them wider. It can be
done if skirt and waist are joined at the
waistline, with three-fourth length sleeves
or longer, and a V-neckline, ﬁlled in with
lace. We can have a comfortable dress.
One has to use their own judgment in
buying, or get on accommodating clerk
interested to please we elderly heavy
weight matrons. E‘en small, elderly
women like wider skirts. Why don’t the
manufacturers of ladies hats and dresses
cater to us? We grandma's like to feel
dressed up and cox‘nfortable.—Grandma.

Little lIelps.——-When you have broken
isinglass in your auto curtains, save
pieces for your stove and cut to ﬁt, out
rubber bands out of your inner tubes
and use in place of strings on packages
and boxes. Use .the velvet from old hats
to polish your shoes, also to line your
man’s mittens—Subscriber

Oat Sprouter.—I made one out of 3
old colander-s; the ﬂat ones like a milk
pan, or one can use old pans and punch
holes with. a. nail all over bottom. The
main object ' is to let the water drain
out after sprinkling. I wet about a peck
of oats with hike-warm water and let
stand 24 hours in a pail. Then.put in
colanders. Set one pan on pail then put

on. Mt; , ,. P1
the sprinkle each day.

Then when sprouts have mm

or so. feed the chickens and see new
they will enjoy the oats andlprohts til
the cold nowy weather,‘ One contend.
the ﬂat ﬂour sieves o‘r oldwindow screens

'—-Mrs. M.

 

Who Has One of These Attachmen
—I am a Business Farmer reader '
like it real well. I would like to hear
from some of the women who are also
readers, if they know any sewing machine
company, who makes and sells hem-
stitchers that ﬁt any machine. I saw

,the advertisement in our home paper,

but mislaid it. and now I am out of luck.
The price was 82. if not satisﬁed return
and they would refund the money. I
would like to hear from them. in the
next paper.-—A Reader.

Knitting Socks.—Could any of the busi- .

ness Farmer readers send directions for
knitting socks. Am sending a cookie
recipe. Itis as good as Christmas candy.

'Four cups brown sugar, four eggs, well
beaten, one cup shortening, one table-
spoon (scant) soda, one tablespoon cream
tartar, one teaspoon salt. eight cups ﬂour.
Seasoning of any kind. Mix and form
into a loaf. Leave over night, and then
slice of medium thickness, and bakes-n
Mrs. A. D. M., Olivet, Mich.

What I Think of Birth (Johnnie—De"
Mrs. Taylor: Would you please tell me
through your personal column, where I
could get literature on Birth 0011131)).
What is your opinion on the subject?

Your paper is wonderful, I can hardly,

wait for the next issue. Thank you,—
Mrs. J. S.

-——This is a very hard question to answa
because of its personal character. but I
will brave the wrath or good will of
my readers.

I feel that it is every' woman's duty to
produce at least two children to help
propagate the race if she is mentally and
physically strong enough to produce
healthy children, ‘and if not, try all
means possible to bring this about.

If a woman is sickly and Week and
it makes her home a hospital most of the
time, I feel it is only right that she
should use her head and try and see that
her husband sees it in the same light.

I do not feel it is right for one woman
to bear all" the sickness and struggle
and poverty that go with having large
families. Sometimes it is better to have
fewer children and bring that few up
in a clean wholesome wtmosphe're with
good, wholesome food and clothing.
These conditions only make for unhappi-
ness and ill health and should be avoided.

If a family with moderate means and
good strong bodies want a large family.
I would praise them for their love and
courage in the glorious of all states.
MOTHERHOOD.

We are trying right now to get a

Mother’s pension through so every woman

who ”will ask for it can have an allow-
ance for every child born to her. I
heartily advocate this.

Our communities should have a special
trained nurse to help show us how to
properly take care of our children.

After all, Birth Control is a personal

problem that should be given a great

deal of thought and good clear thinking.
It rests with each individual and should
be considered a matter for both husband
and wife to decide. .

 

—if you are well bred!

 

Children are men and women in the
making, and a. child’s acceptance as a
member of human society at large begins
withits christening, when it is received in
the religious community as an individual.
Hense, tho the child does not, in practise.
begin to learn the rudiments of manner:
from association w h the adult members
of the family unti , perhaps, the age of
four or five, its christening does not
mark the beginning of its social life.

The Birth Announcement—Cards en-
graved are the proper form, but for‘those
of us rwho cannot afford this luxury a
simple note announcing the birth with
the word “Son" or "Daughter"? and the
name. Many stationers have stock cards
that are very pretty and Very good.

 

 

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Menu for February lat

 

Prune Cocktail
Brown Fricassee of Chicken

Boiled Rice Baking Powder Biscuits
Apple and Celery Salad
Mince Pie
Coffee

Brown Fricassee of Chicken.—Draw,
singe and joint chicken. Put fourktable-
spoons of fat in saucepan; when brown.
put in chicken. Stir until every piece is
nicely browned, then add two tablespoons
ﬂour, stir again, add one pint of boiling
water or' stock, stir until it’ boils;. add
one teaspoon salt, Cover and let simmer
gently until tender‘then add one teaspoén

onion juice,‘and little black'pepper, rut _

neck piece. heart liver. 'gf'lagagd, .nn

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the line , will completely dissolved and
mingled and then gently boiled to the

soft bell stage. If you want your sugar
lumps to be red, throw into the partly
cooked sirup two tablespoons of the little
red cinnamon candles, the smaller the
size the better. ,
cooking so should not be put in at the
start. Take a large ﬂat pan and lay
sticks upon it in regular line. Pull the
candy just enough so that it can be
dropped upon these sticks and it is sur-
prising how well you can shape it into
hearts.

 

Eggless Miikless Fruit cake.——'l‘wo cups
white sugar, one cup butter .and lard,

. two cups hot water, one teaspoon cin-

namon, one teaspoon cloves, one pound
raisins. Cook all together three minutes
and cool half cup chopped citron, one
teaspoon soda, sifted with ﬂour, ﬁve or
six cups ﬂour. Bake in a square pan
one hour in a slow oven.

Spanish Macaroni.—1 cup cooked mac-
aroni, 1‘ cup grated cheese, 2 onions, '25
cup butter, 1 qt. tomatoes, 2 red peppers.

,Mskea sauce by frying onions chopped
fine in’one-half cup of butter. Add a
quart of tomatoes and the pulp of 2 red
peppers. Simmer until reduced ‘to half.
Butters. baking dish. put in a layer of
the sauce, then a layer of macaroni and
grated cheese, and so on until the dish is
ﬁlled. Bake over one—half hour.

Scalloped Chicken.——TWO cups ﬁnely
minced chicken, one onion, one—half cup
rice, one quart chicken stock, three sweet
peppers, one tablespoon butter, salt and
pepper. one cup white or cream'sauce.

Wash the rice well, and cook until ten-

corn sir-up or giuolose.‘_

Such colors fade with,

e minced parsley it

peppers or pimenmes into the

the minced onion in the butter
until 'a light brown and add. Arrange
rice and chicken in alternate layers in a
bake dish, covering the top with a few
buttered bread-crumbs. Bake for twenty
minutes in moderate oven. Chicken is
very nice scalloped with bread or cracker
crumbs. In this case use more sauce,
making it with part of the chicken stock
and cream. Mushrooms are minced, celery
may be used to season, or a few oysters
may be added to the sauce.

    
 
  

 

One-Egg Chocolate Cake—Sift together

one and one—half cups ﬂour, one cup of

sugar, one teaspoon of baking powder
and three tablespoons of cocoa, beat one
egg very light, add three tablespoons of
melted butter and one-half cup of milk
and add to the dry mixture and beat
well. Flavor with one teaspoon vanilla
extract. This is quickly made and good.
—A1ma B., Augusta, Michigan.

 

 

The Runner’s Bible

( Copyrizht by Houghton Midiin Co.)

 

Forgive and ye shall be forgiven.
Take heed unto yourself: if thy brother
sin, rebuke him; and if he repent,
forgive him. And if he sin against thee
seven times in the day, and seven times
turn again to thee, saying, I repent,
thou shalt forgive him. (Lu,kel7-3~4.)

All evil must be forgotten, whether it
be in you or your brother. To hold per-
petually in remembrance your brother’s
faults and sins is to create an imperfect,
a distorted pattern from which you will
be fashioned.

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

BE SURE AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE

4828-441 8.

A Styllsh Suit—Broadcloth or velvet would be attractive and sensonahle for this
model. It is also suitable for the new mohair suitings.

The coat. has the fronts in double breasted

style, i:ndd with a collar that may be. rolled low to form revere, or turned high in chocker style. The

‘s‘wrsﬁW model.
Women.
81, 3381185 and 37 inches waist measure for

The (‘oat Pattern, 4626, is cut in 3 Sizes: 16, 18
The Skirt Pattern 4-418, is cut in 7 Sizes 1
dies. The width at theL footie

and 20 years for
18 and 20 years, and
2% yards. To make

thins uit for a medium size will require 5% yards of 40 inch meter
4611. A Good “Cover All" Apron .—'l'his attractive model may be finished to close at the

centre back. or on the shoulders.

or sateen

gingham The Pattern- is cut
(2—44; Extra Large, 46- 48 inches bust measure.
material

4603. A Quaint and Youthful Model.-—-—For is.

waist and f
Pattern 8is cut
teriaL

than that of the ﬁtted
for wool or silk crepe. The
as 4% yards of 36 indh- ma

in ears An 1
The mwidth of the skirt8 at the footyism 2% yards.

The belt is slipped under the tab devtensions on the k ts.
Percale in 1aawuneat pattern, or unblemhed muslin mav he used for this poc e

also good for

design. It
in 1 gigs. Small 34- 36; Medium, 38- 40; Large.

um also requires 3% yards of 36 inch

outhful 11 e there is no is more ha
isgyis a splendi model for taffeta "gm other Silks-11111125
Sizes. 16 . and 20 year size

4832. A Dainty ‘Party'f or Dance Frock .—-—Voile in a pretty shade of apple green with a pattern

of embroidery to match,
the head or to close to centre back.

is here shown. Georgette crepe or ecreghd
with the tucks hematitched would also be ple'ii‘iing for e

cune in orchid or white
dress may be ﬁnished to slip
on thlBthe 1sleeves may be omitted. Th e Pattern

cut in 4 Sizes: 6. 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10 your size requires 3’16 yards of 32 inch material
4622. A Dainty)“l Frock for Mother's Girl.—Voile or
as

mm .1231“

sleeve ma) be a short puff,
10 years. A 4 year

batiste.
or the popular bishop style.
size requires 2% yards of 32 inch

China silk, or taffeta could be used
‘ This Pattern is cut
material.

4621. A Simple Frock—Collar and cuﬂs of

this neat model are

gmgham, the frock and
good style for challie, poplin,
be of batiste with collar

poplin. This is a
or linen. It could also
141ml .cuﬂs of embroidery.

in contrasting ma
will be required.

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model for or

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an years.
yards of 27 inch material. For col«
contrasting material 95

4630. A Bell. of Pretty Dark-Scrum of lace,
silk, satin or similar materia
these gritty houdoir accessories.

With e crown of satin or soft silk 1shirred to

trimmed with tiny

and which forms a facing
with lace orE-nmay d

of 27 inch materiaL For
tedal it

4628. A New and Stylish Mouser—Bends

green satin I ould for this mien.

‘he buttons could be 0 crystal or covered with
of the blouse.

printed silks. eprh‘crepe vest. calla-:1) and culls could be
40 42_ and 44 lacing:

8
yards of 82 inch material. For collar
material I yard of 40

ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH—
3 FOR 30c POSTPAID
Order from this or former
Farmer, giving number and sign
name and address plainly.
.mD 100 FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
L924 FASHION BOO]; '
Address all orders for pattern 1.
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that everyone enjoys and children shout over!
JellO is prepared in a few minutes and set
away several hours before it is time to set the the raspberries and
table. Ask for a Jeler Recipe Book, and try

some of the novel Jell O salads and desserts.

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tablespoonfulsofsugar. ,
Dissolve a package 0 ' ~;'
Raspberry Jell—O in
three—fourths pint of
boiling water; when
cold and still liquid,
whip. Then fold in

juice. Set in a cold
place to harden. Serve
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You can share in this money—-—it is

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A total of 648,018 lbs. of butter
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brought an additional $2,200. It is
interesting to note that the quality
of the buttermilk is such that the
greater part of it is sold for table
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packing and wrapping of parcel post
shipments, this represents a remark-
ably low cost.

The Ravenna. creamery is not
making a mistake which is made by
so many cooperative concerns,
namely that of paying out all of the
proceeds leaving no reserve for fin-
ancial backing and strength. The
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shows a. surplus of over $21,000.

Twice per week the cream, is
gathered on 17 cream routes which
extend out into all parts of Muskeg—
on county and even into the adjoin-
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required for these routes, two of the
trucks being owned by the cream-
ery and the other two are hired.

400 Per Cent Increase In Number
of Patrons .

A splendid growth has been en—
joyed by the creamery ever since its
reorganization. From a total of 150
patrons in 1918 the number increas-
ed to approximately 600 patrons in
1922. This means an increase of
400 per cent in 8 years, all of which
goes to show that the Ravenna
creamery is a growing concern as
well as a going concern.

The sales of Butter in that period
likewise increased from 237,000 lbs.
to 648,000 lbs. and the amount paid
to the farmers jumped from $97,000
to $219,000. .

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ever since the reorganization. He
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he expects to go back to the farm
when his period of usefullness tor
the creamery is at an end.

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bill. _

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clerks in the ofﬁce and by a butter-
maker and three assistants who
handle the manufacturing end.
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86 Hercfords 550 lbs. 48 Herefords 5001b;

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service Manager Averill has worked JSIlOFTlIPPIERm“-
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Mr. A. hasrthis hunch is the tend—
ency of farmers to avoid separating

' the milk and the dislike of the

tarmers’ wives to wash the separat-
ors. They want to sell whole milk
and the creamery must meet the sit-
nation.

come into style they will not only
reduce the labor on the farm but
they will effect a great improvement
in the quality of the cream and of
the resulting butter.

Every day in every way it is get-

Averill’s opinion of the dairy busi-
ness. As proof he displays the
average price paid for buttertat dur—
ing the ﬁrst six months at 1923 by
the Ravenna creamery. 55. 7c per
pound is the ﬁgure tor the six
months and the average for the en-
tire year will undoubtedly be high-
er.

Notice the average buttertat
prices for the proceeding ﬁve years
which plainly show the rise during
the war and the subsequent depres-
sion: 1918, 55.3c; ’19. 66c; ’20, 67.-
20; '21, 47.7c; '22, 45.3e—and now
up ' again—55.7c.

These ﬁgures support Mr. Av—
erill’s argument that dairying has
been one of the most proﬁtable lines
for the farmer. Dairy prices never
dropped as low as did other farm
products and they are among the
ﬁrst to recover. It will be pleasing
news to Michigan's dairymen to
learu‘that dairy product prices have
reached the bottom of the depres-
sion and are again on the upgrade.

Demand Exceeds the Supply

And so, as we have attempted to
outline, quality is the basis for the
success of Revenue. butter and sell—
ing direct by mail is the reason for
the success of Ravenna creamery.
During the last few months the de-
mand for Ravenna butter. both loc—
ally and from mail orders, has
greatly exceeded the supply.

On several evenings Mr. Averill
has reported as follows, “There is-
n't enough butter left in the cream-
ery tonight to spread a single slice
of bread." All of which goes to
prove that people know good butter
when they taste it and that they will
Lbuy it it they can get it.

That there are real cash rewards
in cooperation is shown by the Ra-
venna creamery. The manager es-
timates that the average price paid
for butterfat during the year is from
BC to 110 per pound above ordinary
buttertat prices.

Take, for example, the day which
was mentioned before in this article
when Standards were quoted in Chi-
cago at 48%c. The usual practice
is to pay for buttertat 1c per pound
under Standard quotations, or 47%c
per pound on thahparticular day.
Compare this with the Ravenna re-
turns 01 60c for butter and approx-
imately 63¢ per pound for buttertat.

Can It ,Be Possible?

No story is at its best which does
not carry a moral. In addition to
emphasizing quality and coopera-
tion, this account closes with a
warning against treason. It is
treasonable to “aid .or abet the
enemy." What then shall we say
of the dairy farmer who gives assis-
tance to oleo, that arch enemy of
the dairy business?

It is stated on good authority that
75 per cent of the patrons of the
Ravenna creamery use oleomargar-
ine on their tables. We can well
hope that this ﬁgure is placed much
too high, but it shows a danger
which exists in all parts of Michigan
aswell as at Ravenna

The farmer who uses also in pref—
erence to butter may save a few
cents per week on expenses but in
other ways he loses tearfully. He
loses in the strength and vigor of
hi! Smwing children who have been
deprived of the vitamines so neces-
sary to their development. He loses
in the health of the adults of his
tamilywho havebeengivenanin—
terier tood product. And, further-
more; he is a trater to his own busi-
ness.

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DECLINE IN HOG PRODUCTION
HE pig survey taken by rural
mail carriers throughout the
United States on December ,1
shows some very interesting compar-
isons between different sections of
the country, says V. H. Church, Ag-
ricultural Statistician for Michigan.
The report indicates that there was
an increase of 4.7 per cent in the
number of sows farrowing in the fall
of 1923 as compared with the pre-
vious fall, and a' decrease of 10.6
per cent as compared with last
spring. Wisconsin and North Da—
kota were the only other corn belt
states reporting an increase compar-
ed with one year ago. For the corn
belt as a whole the number is 6.1
per cent less than one year ago and
43.6 per cent less than last spring.
The number of pigs saved in the fall
got 1923 in Michigan is 5.8 greater
than in the previous fall and 9.8 per
cent less than last spring. For the
corn belt, the number saved is 3.8
per cent less than one year ago and
43.1 per cent less than last spring.
A decrease of 2.0 per cent in num-
bers of sows bred or intended to be
bred for spring farrowing in 1924 in
the State, and 5.4 per cent in the
corn belt is also shown. .~ The aver-
age number of pigs saved per litter
last fall in the state was 6,0.as com—
pared with 5.8 last spring and 5.9
the previous fall. The correspond-
ing ﬁgures for the entire corn belt
were 5.02, 4.93, and 4.90 per cent.
Experience with previous surveys
has shown that actual farrowings
have fallen considerably short of ex—
pressed intentions.
The decline in production and
tendency for a further decrease is
due to the lower prices that have
lprevailed for some time, and the rel-
atively better price of corn. Re-
ceipts of hogs at stock yards during
the last few months have been the
heaviest in many years.

 

 

 

DON’T MIX THEM UP
SHORT time ago I heard a. story‘
about a friend of mine who had
a little experience in introduc-

ing animals of another breed into a
herd of purebred cattle. I want you
to enjoy the story so will tell it as I
heard it.

This particular man had a. herd
of purebred Holsteins which he had
been breeding for about twenty—ﬁve
years. They were very good pro-
ducers and probably averaged be-
tween 8000 and 10,000 pounds of
milk for the year. However, every—
one was talking percentage of fat. on
the milk check from,the milk sta-
tion and it did seem'to him that he
might be getting a little more mon-
ey if he could increase the fat per—
centage. Therefore, he purchased
a. grade Guernsey cow to put in with
his herd of about twenty Holsteins.
He turned her out in the pasture
with the other cattle and his neigh-
bors noticed her as they passed by
on their way to the milk station.
There was considerable comment at
the milk station and the proprietor
remarked that this man had purch-
ased a Guernsey cow to raise his fat
content.

A month went by and one morn-
ing a neighbor asked how he was
coming with the Guernsey cow. He
replied, “Very well indeed so far.
My fat test went up 1 per cent this
month and she hasn’t even freshen-
ed yet. I do not know what it will
do when she does.”

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nonnative no W of

ﬁrst questiOn I ' asked Was—dust
how much can one Guernsey cow in
a herd of twenty Holsteins affect the
milk? I sat down and ﬁgured a
little. , '

If the Holsteins average 40 lbs to
the cow and the Guernsey 30 lbs.,
there would be produced 800 lbs of
Holstein milk and 30 lbs., of Guern-
sey milk per day. If the Holstein
milk tested 3.3 there would be 26.40
lbs. of fat produced by the Holstein
and if the Guernsey milk tested 4.4
there would be 1.32 pounds of ,fat
produced by the Guernsey, a. total of
27.72 lbs of fat. Now dividing the
total pounds of fat by the total
pounds of milk, we ﬁnd the average
percent of fat 3.34 and this would
be called 3.3 percent on the milk
sheet unless'the dealer was gener-
ous. »

This gives a. pretty gnod indication
of the affect that one cow can have
in a herd of twenty cows. ‘ You see
quite readily that the 'affect is al-
most negligible. This, however, is“
not the gravest error andI believe
that many of our farmers are short-
sighted in mixing breeds for this
reasonz—that they are sure not to
keep a purebred bull of the breed
from which they introduce one or
two cows to increase the fat content.
This means that they will-be using a
purebred Holstein bull on a Guern-
sey or_ Jersey cow andrthat in the
ﬁrst generation they will have a
half-blood or hybrid. This carries
us back to the time we started with
native cows with no particular de—
scription ﬁfteen‘to twenty years ago
or longer and which we have elimin-
ated by persistent effort through
use of purebred bulls. One attempt-
ing to use this system argues that he
does not raise the calves and conse-
quently there is no disasterous af—
fect. However some are pretty sure
to sell a heifer calf from this mating
if the dam is a. good producer, to a
neighbor and this neighbor will car-
ry 'on the work of crossing and
breeding to his own dissappointment
and loss.

Disasterous results have been ob-
tained through many years by this
system of breeding, and breeding
policies and methods are just as im-
portant as the careful selection of
producers and‘therefore we should
keep either one breed or another,
building up gradually from good
grades to purebreds, for the greatest
producers come with the purest
blood. We should analyze our busi-
ness very carefully before making a
change. We have sensational and
fashionable things in farming as
well as in ladies’ clothes and many
farmers must look carefully into
these things before spending much
money.

Choose your breed. Work toward
your ideal through careful grading
up. Eliminate the blood of all oth—
er breeds so far as possible and
work steadily into a purebred herd
being sure to practice as careful
selection with purebreds. as you
should with grades. At any rate,
“Don’t mix them up.”—M. C. Bond.

A LITTLE FEED, A LITTLE LAB-
UR, RETURN ,GOOD PROFITS

“ HERE is a horse that I would

give $200.00 for,” said a well

known dealer who is shipping
to the eastern markets, “if he were
in good flesh and short haired. As
it is, I dare not pay more than
$140.00 for him, and even at that I
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and make to your order from
Cattle Horse and all kinds of £12;
and rs, Men’s Eur Coats Robes,
Caps, Gloves and Mittens, La ies’ Fur
Coats and Fur Sets. Remodeling and
Repairing latest styles. Ship us your
work and save one-half. New Gallo-
way Coats, Robes, Gloves and Mittens
for sale. We are the oldest Galloway
Tanners: 36 years continuous busi-
ness. Free style Catalogue, prices and
snmples. Don t 81111) your hides and
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garage, barns, warehouses,
corn cribs, hog, milk and
poultry houses, MAT FACE,
homes, churches, etc.
Glazed tile. wood or cement
stays silos. Early buyers
discount. Write for-agency

    
  
 

    
  
   
    
 
  
 

    
 

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.1011 some time until
they get tier condition, and the
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in better ﬂesh, makes a horse of
that kind- less desirable to me at
$140. 00 than the same horse Would
be at $200. 00, if he were in ﬁt con-
dition.’,’ . _
Other dealers corroborated his
statement and added that while it
Was unproﬁtable to put feed into a
$50. 00 horse, it would certainly pay
to put 30 days’ feed and some
grooming on horses weighing 1500
pounds or. over.
oats per day,.plus plenty of good
forage and a little oil meal, (say one
half teacupful at each feeding time
With the cats), Will put horses in a
much improved condition for sale in
30 days’ time, if they are kept in
clean stalls, well bedded, and given
a thoroughgrooming every day.
Fifteen dollars Worth of feed per
horse, plus some work, will, make
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TEE COW

RE is virtue in the cow;

she is full of goodness; a.
wholesome odor exhales
from her; the whole landscape
looks out of her soft eyes; the
quality and the aroma of miles
of meadow and pasture lands
are in her presence and prod-
ucts. I had rather have the
care of cattle than be the keep-
er of the great seal of the na-
tion. Where the cow is there
is Arcadia; so far as her in-
ﬂuence- prevails there are con-
tentment, humility and sweet,
homely life—John Burroughs.

 

 

selling price in any good horses that
are to be sold this spring; and while
horses are a by—product of the farm,
it is worth while having such by-
products iu lit condition to bring a
top pric‘e.

SHEEP RAISING PREFE-RABLE
TO GOAT RAISING

I have about 340 acres, about 50
acres cleared. At present 15 acres
is' in hay. River ﬂows along one
side. Would you think it advisable
to try raising Angora goats, so they
would help clear the brush and at
the same time bring in some proﬁt,
or would you advise raising sheep?
Would the 'wool be heavier per sheep
in this northern country? I have a
good barn where I could store hay
and house sheep or goats. Expect
to rotate crops from hay to small
grain, then back to hay for ‘feed,
small grain like oats, rye, wheat and
barley. Is there a very good mar-
ket for Angora wool? How do
prices compare with that received
for sheep wool?—C. F., Cathro,
'Mich. .
—I‘wou1d advise you to engage 1n
the sheep business rather than in
that of raising Angora goats. In
the ﬁrst place, the young lamb is a
great deal hardier and easier to
raise than is the Angora kid. The
lamb grows much faster and will
weigh a great deal more than gthe
kid at marketing time in the fall
and will bring about double What
the kids will.

The sheep will also shear a heavi-
er ﬂeece of wool than the goat will
of mohair. Where one specializes
in the production of mohair, gives
his goats especially good care and
produces a high quality of mohair,
it will bring more per' pound than
will wool, but under ordinary farm
conditions the clip of wool from a
sheep will bring more than the 'clip
of mohair from a goat.

If you desired only to clear this
land and then'engage in some other
form of livestock production, it
would be alright to purchase a suf-
ﬁcient number of goats on some of
the markets and take them out to
the, farm and keep them until the
brush was destroyed, but as a busi—
ness on the farm, to be continued

 

is undoubtedly preferable to the
raising of goats. ———Geo. A. Brown,
Prof. of Animal Husbandry, M. A. C.

Practices on~ do Sent
"Amity. ,what do you do when your

children practice deceit on you?”

1? “What you all cell dis here dey prac-

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Twelve quarts of,

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. Better
f De Laval
For Fewer

Pounds of
‘ Butter

Greater Value. Present-day purchasers of De Laval
Cream Separators are getting more value than was
ever before possible. In l9l3 it took 23l pounds
of butter to pay for a popular-sized Dc Laval. Now
it requires only about '88 pounds (average prices
for years l9l3 and I923) to pay for the same
machine—43 pounds or l8% less butter. in ad-
dition. the present-day De Laval is at least 20%
better, having I0% more capacity, a bell speed—
indicator. self-centering bowl, and many other im-
provements and reﬁnements.

Self-Centering Bowl. The De Laval Bowl is so de-
signed as to center and balance itself when it at-
tains separating speed, which causes it to
run smoothly, without vibration. and adds
to the efﬁciency and life of the machine.
It also gives the least possible resistance
in being revolved, which together with
the automatic oiling system and superior
design and construction of the driving
mechanism. causes the De Laval Bowl
to require the least power (per pound
of capacity) to drive.

All-Around Superiority. A

combination of the for?

   
  
  
 

Milker. . . -
Dealer ror A
if you milk ten or more

cows, 8. De Laval Milker

sides saving a great deal of time
and drudgery, it produces cleaner
milk and by its pleasing, uniform ac-
More than l5,000 users will tell you so.

Send coupon for complete information.

 

   
  

Ask Your De Laval

Demonsrratlon

the Rest in
Easy Monthly

Payments

going features. together with superiority of De‘
Laval design, workmanship and materials. enables
a De Laval to separate more thoroughly under all
conditions of use. deliver a smoother cream capable
of making better butter. to separate a richer cream
with less loss of butter-fat, and to separate with
greater efﬁciency at lower temperatures.

Remarkable Record. Not only was the De Laval
the ﬁrst continuous centrifugal cream separator ever
made. but ever since it has been ﬁrst in popularity.
in numbers in use, in efﬁciency and length of service.
All of the thousands of De Laval Separators entered
in the "Oldest Users Contest" held last year. aver-
aged over 20 years of use. Any De Laval
is capable of giving equal service.

Pays for Itself. There are many worn-
out and inferior cream separators in use
today, wasting enough cream to pay for
a new De Laval in less than a year.

terms that you can use it while it is
paying for itself.

Mail this Coupon to dig
'For Free Catalog 971
8

Delaval
Separator
Company
New York. I65 Bway
Chicago. 29 E. Madison St.

Send Separator D MilkerD
catalog (check which).

Dept. 538

  

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American Fence is made of full
gauge wire, full weight and full
length rolls. Use American Fence
for economy—long life service and
‘more dependable stock and crop
protection.

.Ask your dealer for Arrow Tee
Steel Fence Posts—built like a
Railroad Rail——-with larger anchor
plates which lock the post into
the ground as driven. Frequent
notches provide means for attach-
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0| lcls. 75 LAST SPRING PIGS. PAIRS
I I not akin. From 3 good strong sires.
Also .fsll pigs. Recorded free. '15 mile west

of dam
orr’o SCHULZE .1. sons. Nashville. llllch.
DUIKNB

RAISE A TOPMAST SENSATION

LITTER
and ralse the best.
We team offlering bred sows] and gilts. Let us

you rices on real boar pig sired by
TOOPMAST ISENSATION. Write us your wants.

LOEB FARMS

Virgil Davls, Superintendent Swine.
Charlevolx, Mlchlgan.

AT THE STATE FAIR WE SHOWED ONE
of thela rgcst boars. He won 3rd in his working
clothes (no ﬁtting). He is back home and we
want you to havviv ai 1:gilt or sow bred to this ﬁne
Colonial Boar.

SOHAFFER BR018.,R.4. Oxford. Mlchlgan.
DISPERSION SALE! MIGHIGANA FARM MUST
sell all Durcso We are oﬂering bred sows and
gilts, also fall npigs. either sex at bargain priep.
Writel our wn

HI GANnA FARM. Pavilion. Mlohlgsn..
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organs.

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em. 81

Hortense Kow-Km

Our free book, "The Home
Cow Doctor.” tells how to
use low-Ken in treating
variance. dieeeeea. It also
tells of its use as a disease-

s end stimulant to
(teeter milk—ﬂow.

The usual method is to feed
we W twice a
day one week out of each
month. Costs only a cent a
day per cow.

 
 
 
 

9“ can dong C

The net proﬁt from'your cows
can be M by increasing
your total milk production
only 10%| Eminent dairy ea.
pens are authority for the core
mdtﬂswwlﬁngiaca ‘

107.: More Milk-

Doaml it seem possible ? '

yourproﬁtlastmonthfromyour

«unwashed. If bye little more intensive methods
you can get even 10% more milk tl'dsmonth, your
net proﬁt would be at least $200! -

Surelysuchereeult is worth trying for. It is
the poor milkersin the herd that setup theproﬁt
made by the good producers. Usually they are
poor ﬂora because of some impaired condi-
tion of the genital functions-the milk producing

The targets-l proportion of Row-Km abet just these
no.

stimulating ectiea is quickly apper-

eh cows have Inbreved eopetitee and assimi-
lation and better milk ﬂow is sure to follow.
In the treatment or prevent

tion. Retained Afterblrth. Scouts. Bunches, Milk Fever.
Lost Appetite. K
successful use fer over twenty-ﬁve years. Yen. too. can
ransom e judici-
ous use of Row-Kare. Try it.

Row-Kare, lam onstage. 81.25 3 medium sire.
(late. if dealer is lied will

your , not on" . we
send peetpald on receipt of remittance.

DAIRY ASSOCIATION C0. IncJJudonvilleNt.
linkers of leg Balm. Grange “.0 had}.

ion of lerrenness. Abor-
G has I reputation founded on
proﬁts hem dairyin. through th

dealers. general stereo and drug-

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A supreme offering of Big Type

Poland Chinas and Aberdeen Angus
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1924
This is superior to any sale we ha've held in the past.

HEAD -

The sows are bred to a son of Liberator out of a Peter the Great sow.
hnooth checker-a and Domino a grandson of Peter Jones. He will sell as an
one the test daughters of Ambition ever sold in the

This state wil be full of attractions Write for catalrgne.

40

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' 7'Poland 1 " breeders

the purpose of organizing a State],
Association of" SPOtted Poland
Breeders. This meeting will be held
in Room 110 of the Agricultural
Building, Hichigan Agricultural Gol-
lege, East Lansing, and will begin
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

__ All of the swine breeding associa-
tions are meeting on Ionday and all
join together at 3 o'clock in a meet—
ing of the Swine Breeders’ Associa-
tion in Room 403, Agricultural
Building. -

SDOtted Poland breeders through-
out Ilehlgan should make it their
duty to attend this meeting. so
also. to help in getting an the breed.
ers in their county or, Immediate
community interested in attending.
and help boost the ”Association.

OULL BEANS GOOD mo non
DAIRY cows '

I wish to know if there is any
danger in feeding cooked cull beans
to cows giving milk or those soon
to freshen—W. 0., Morley, Mich.

—Cull beans. apparently, are good
feed for dairy cows, if not fed in
too large amounts. At the present
time we have very little information
relative to the amount of beans
which can be fed successfully. Cull
beans are a good protein feed and
should be fed as such in the dairy
cow's ration. I would recommend
about three pounds per day of raw

 

., . Michigan,
are Planning to hold: a;meeting, for- ,

H om e Treatment
Given by One Who
Had It. _ '

 

In the year of 1893 I
was attacked b .
cular and Su -a-cute
Rheumatlsm. I suffered
,as onl those who are
thus a fllcted know. for
l over three cars. I tried
remedy tor r’emed ,
but such relief as I o -
tainedwas only tempor-
ary. Finally, I found a
treatment that cured

 

beans or their cooked equivalent. to

milk cows. 1 would not advise feed- I me completely,

lug beans to cows about to freshen.

and

Cull beans can be fed either ground , 311011 a Diﬁfﬂl condition

or cooked. In feeding raw cull
beans I would recommend that they
be fed with a mixture of other
grains so that the beans do not
make over 25 per cent of the ration
and that the other grains he palat-
able to the cow, as one of the dim-
cultles in feeding beans is that the
cows do not care very much for
them. Cooked beans differ from
raw beans in that the protein is not
quite as available in the cooked
form.———J. E. Burnett. Associate
Professor of Dairy Husbandry. Mich.
Agricultural College.

 

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' RING BONE
Can a ring bone on the hind foot
of a flve-year-old mare be killed?
What is the process of treatment?
The growth may be plainly seen but
the horse is lame only after a long
drin—J-‘teader, North Branch, Mich.

has neyer returned. I
have you it to a num-
ber_W 0 were tembliy
affhcted, even bedri ,-
den, some of them sev-
enty to elghty years
old, and
were‘the same as in my
own case.

I want every sufferer
from any form of mus-
cular— .and sub -_ acute
( swelhng. at the Joints)
rheumatsxm, to 'try the
great value of my. im-
proved “IIome Treat-
ment” for Its remarka-

 

-—A great many ring bones can be
cured if properly treated. The
swelling can never be removed but
the lameness can be gotten rid of in
some cases. Where there is no lame-
nus it is best to let them alone.
Where lameness is present point dr-
lng no doubt is about the best treat-
ment that can be applied. This
should not be attempted, however.
by no one except a qualiﬁed veterin-
arian. If the lamene- doee net dis-

lueurahle. These cases where the
bony comesnsuchawsy
thatit mum
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nakeanenuhationefyowmre
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mail your name and a -
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free totry: r on
have used it and it has
proven Itself to be that
long-looked-‘for means
of go nd of such
forms 0 rheumatism,
1 you may send the price
of 1t, one dollar, but un-
, derstand, I do not Want
your money, unlem on
t are perfe sa ' ed
to_ send 11:. Isn’t that
fair? h grafany
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Don’t delay.
day.

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PIILLETS. HE'S MED GOEKEIIELS

Inuwmummudsumdmonm

mum Entrants room before cold weather.

About may“? lay.
'LAPHAM FIRMS. Plnoknoyn Mich.
“an-wanna Cooker-oi: For Sale—Anti
Wyend ottes, Barred Roe ks

o. W. RIImbooh. Big Rapids.
It. 8. Wiwlm.

Fun 8‘ ALE—3 JERSEY ILAOK GIANT
Roosters $5. 00 each.
MRS. BESSIE JACOBS. Linden. mob" R. 2.

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LEGHORN S

E] 0. But! Leghorn Hens, Pulls“ and Cookerels.
Ins and pullein $2. 50 each; cockerels $3.00h
85. 00 eachp .wSho birds I matter of correspond-
Int'o. LAPHIM FARMS. Pinata". Mich.

TANORED ROLLYWOOD AND WVOKOFP
head in carefull selected breedin pens.
8?.“ 602 stock

.00 per 15.
of“ the very bestn to 1110.
F. RTHUR MARTIN, Indian Riv-5 Michigan.
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RHODE. ISLAB'D_ REDS

RHODE ISDAND REDS —TOMPKINS STRAIN
room for you stack.

 

 

 

 

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odor“ ofF Rhoda Island Bags. 3 year
ROHM, New Baltimore. Mich" R. 1.

Pin Cd“ kR. hi 5. lIJIEDS 3 ”1.8009" B'g'llllg.
e r 1r s.r1r-e
ALFRED DEICKIAN g egfrﬂioho, 3'

c. R. I. RED _COCKERELS. PURE ‘BRED
rk and even ooior. $3 and 5 each. -
LOUIS MORRIS, Mt. Morris, Mich" R. 1.

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BUFF onpmmu ”“5533532 5““

A. J. BREWBAKER. Elsie, Michigan.

 

 

 

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White Wyandotte Cockerels, $3 each

Waan Chiplnnn. R. R. 2. Wuhington. Mich.

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BARRED ROCKS

 

BARRED ROCK COOKERELS AND PULLET8
from America’s best prise-winning laying strains.
Winners of 18 ﬁrst prim at Detroit and M. A. G.
the last two seasons. w prices.

TOLLES BROS" R. 10. St. Johns. Iich.

 

 

 

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

COOKERELS. TROMPSDN STRAIN BIBRED

Rocks. dark matings, 3Agril Hatched. weight 7

from good IID 2!. or more $3.00 each.
MR8. FR LEMP. LCIWIIs. Michigan.

BARR ERD ROCK OOOKERELS BRED FROM
oitermans Pedigreed Aristocrain direct. Both
lit and Dark. Price :4. 00 two for 87. 00.
N. AYERS a SON. Ellwood. Michigan.

BRABIWAS

A FEW l-‘moe uonr BRAHUIA cocueneu
{pr sale $5.00 seyth
1011.5. a. semi, v. 08., Pottersvilio, Mich.

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TURKEYS

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. GET STARTED
right and have success. We Indie been ship ppm;
from this one farm for 88 earn and have de-
veloped a large hardy strain 1; stands the test.
Address stain ed envelope for quick rep 1).in
LDEII W ITOOMB, Byron Center, M11: loan.

GIANT MAMMOTH BRONZE T4 U R K E Y 8.
Very lar e2 birds Their sire weighs %0 lbs. Toms.
1000- 2.-00 $151.0ch1 $7.0 0-93 ..00

RS. walLL DILL'MAII. eass’opous, mm, a. s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan’s Best Giiant Bronze Turkeys.
ca ’3 best strains vigorous breeders both utility
and fuﬁcy.E Extra good vs s1eh es in mm: toms.

Evelyn mRamsdoil. Ionic, Mchigan.

PURE BRED GIANT sgsnﬁlm Bounsou

MR8. RENA MEEK. Belmont, 1113111111111.

 

 

BoUBBOH RED TOMS. SPLENDID PUREr

brads $10. Orrh r direct from this ad.
MAURICE A. HECTOR, Rockford, Mich" R.‘ 8.

LARGE VIGOROUS BOURBON RED sroﬁ
. Turkeys. Ax’tell Strain.
Msnv BEAGOM. R4. Mariano. Michigan.

Pure Br‘d Mammoth Bronze Toms One 2 Year
old hard beautiful well markedb n-ds. Write for
prices. rs. F. GPIM,RIV8P081IO. Michigan.

OII‘NT BRONZE TURKEYS FROM PRIZE
Winning birds. large, healthy- unrelated
furnished. In. LIV m Browne", Boimnt. Mich.

MlMMOT" BRONZE TURKEYB. LARGE

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(or prices. In. Pony “Mom. Mich.
CHEST PRIOE PAID FOR LIVE AND

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Md If no, explain In which way
they should be red for best results.

‘~-—-J. A. Y., Burr Oak. Mich.

   
 
 
  

-—~Soy beans are an excellent pro-
tein supplement for feeding hogs. In
other words, they play the same part
in the ration that would digester
tankag'e, skimmed milk. or oil meal.
Experiments have shown, however,
that soybeans do not contain the
mineral matter such as is found in
the skimmed milk or tankage and
for satisfactory results, hogs ted soy
beans as- ‘a protein supplement
should have access to mineral mat—
ter continually. The'lollowlng min-

eral mixture Is satistactory: Pul-
verized limestone, ‘ lO-lbs.; 16 per
cent acid phosphate. 10-lbs.; Salt.

1—lb.

The soy beans may be ground and
'fed in a self-feeder, or they may be
ground and mixed up with the ration
where the same is being fed in a
slop.

Where the soy beans are ground
and mixed with a grain “ration con-
sisting largely ofcorn, In the neigh—
borhood of one-sixth to one-ﬁfth of
the ration should consist of the
ground soybeans.—Geo. A. Brown.

Prof. ol.’ Animal Husbandry, M. A. C ‘

MICHIGAN BEAN GROWERS PLAN
TO MARKET CROP

(Continued from Page 3)

thinks this means a bushel and be-
ing unfamiliar with the averagn
shrinkage resulting from the pick»
ing process believes the price is :1
high one. The fact that the aver

‘ age bean grower of this state has

received less than $2 per bushel for
his beans, machine measure, thin
year, indicates the measure of mis—
understanding liable to occur in the
minds of the uninformed public.
Advertising Advisable

“A wonderful. ﬁeld almost entire
1y unworked is the advertis‘ing o‘.‘
the pea bean as a food. We believe
that the consumption of beans
could be increased 26 per cent at a
cost entirely insigniﬁcant by efﬁc
lent advertising. Foreign Inferior
beans should not be permitted to
[compete on even terms. There is .'
tremendous amount of work in the
interests of this crop, the promotion
of which would be the best invest—
ment the Michigan bean grower
makes.

“There is no reason why a high
quality of white pea beans should
at any time be a glut on the market.
The means are all at our hands to
prevent it. Beans of this character
should never sell at a price which
will not repay us for our invest-
ment in them and a proﬁt. Our
present tariff is high enough to
make this possible without encour-
aging importation. We believe
beans are the only agricultural pro-

‘duct of which this could be said of

Michigan. working independently.
Vast ﬁelds open when we consider
co- -operation along this line among
the states. A certain farmer or-
ganization has a committee of sev-
en at work now in Washington on a
proposition of. this kind.

“We will make no suggestions,
but hope and expect that much light
will be thrown on these subjects of
orderly marketing, adequate price,
advertising and protecting the repu-
tation of our incomparable or at
least unexcelled, Michigan’pea bean.

“In common with many others,
we have felt that a meeting of this
kind should beheld. Mr. Church-
ill, oﬂ’ering to come on this date,
brought things to a‘focus. It is
late~ to be effective to any degree for
this year’s crop, is certainly some—
what belated. but 'a start must be
made same time, somewhere. Is
this the time, is this the place? We
expect this conference to be friendly
and effective and constructive.

"We believe every' one here is
honest in his desire to serve and is
measurable unselﬁsh. We ask your

co-operation in making this meeting ‘

a. Pleasing and proﬁtable one from
start to ﬁnish. Many angles are to
be presented and we ask courtesy
and consideration for all. If, after
or careful consideration, the conclu-

sion Is reached that it is possible in .

{aims to all and in the interests

ammonia smcl'sncy to take steps

promise to put the Michigan

‘ m been on a more satisfactory and
my 1 1 , basis

tothe

  
  
  
 

Fertilizer must be “cured”,

Great bins of Royster Fertilizer "cure”
or ""age for months so that your
results from its use will swell (III
earnings from your land.

    
 
    
 
 
 

 

  

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ERHAPS you didn't know that fertilizer should
be Hcured.H Such “details" as this represent the

difference between Royster's Fertilizer and less

carefully prepared foods—and the difference between
proﬁtable crops and crops that are not so proﬁtable.

To keep vast quantities of fertilizer for months
represents an enormous supply and a tremendous
capital. Therefore. only a large company like
Roystcrs can offer this more effective ""cured
fertilizer. _

Rid yourself of the idea that all fertilizer 13 alike.
This is no more true than that all land 13 alike. The
truth of this can be proven—not alone by the enthu-
elastic praise of successful farmers who have used
Royster s, but by your own experience.

Crow better and larger crops by using fertilizer
that has been u<:ured"-—that is free from lumps—
that has been proven chemically correct—and that
has established a record for good works over a long
period of years. Look for the name "'ROYSTER

. on the bags.

F. S. ROYSTER GUANO 00.1
'i‘olcdo, Ohio

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10,000 miles guaranteed
and yet you save 1/3

“MB CORD mTireS

Riverside Oversize Cord Tires are guaranteed for 10,000
miles and in actual performance give up to 18, 000 miles.
Can any other tire do more?

So why not save one-third and use Riverside Cords?
What more will any other tire do? Then why pay more?

And this 10, 000 miles service is backed by a guarantee
that has stood for ﬁfty-one years. Docs In)! other tire
carry a better guarantee?

Quality is built into Riverside Cords

This guaranteed mileage is built into .1 h
Ward's Riverside Cords. High treads, side 'I‘aﬁ’lf‘g
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This exceptional quality of Ward’s Idljustment.
tires alone has made us the largest 115- d r " _
tailors of tires in the country. The "°{?§‘.dh'¥.'.".’u‘3.
tires themselves have convinced thou- inning, 1‘31"!"
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Walter II Sch
Nelson City, Wire?
Before you buy any tircs send for River-

Iidcs. Inspect them. Compare them with tires Idling for $5.00
or $15. 00 more.

Send them back if you do not ﬁnd them the equal of any
ﬁrst—quality oversize cord made. We will refund your money.

Thacpriccsbuy 10.0001110123de more. ‘
CATALOGUE No. 464M00—Bc sure to give size.

SIR PRICE POSTAGE 5113 PRICE mm

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Get More Egg

'he DETROIT-ALLIANCE

is a Proven

BIG HATCHER

THE Detroit is not an untried incu-

bator. For years it has been turning
out bigger hatches of ﬁne husky chicks
for poultry raisers all over the country.
That’s why I can so unconditi
guarantee it to out-hatch and
any other incubator made,

  
  
  
 
  
 

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critical ﬁve weeks following

easy to clean.
chanical ingenuity.

in the Detroit-Alliance. Doub
for keeping out the cold and h . special
thermometer holder that keeps thermometer in plain view‘z‘om out-
side yet up where chicks can’t break it while hatching, automatic
heat regulator, copper leak-proof hot water tank with rounded elbows
for even distribution of heat in hatching chamber—in short every-
at insures large batches of strong, vigorous, fast growing

chicks, is built into the wonder Detroit-Alliance Hatcher.

Carries 140 chicks throu

All the features of machines costing twice asmuch you will ﬁnd
le walls. with dead air spaces between
olding in the heat, big nurse

   

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etch-

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durably constructed yet light and
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east of the
Rockies and
allowed I: 0
points beyond.

. Combination Offer

By buying both machines at one time you get
not only the best, most complete proﬁt hatching
outﬁt on the market but you get it at tremendous
savings—so big, in fact that if you tried to get the
same value anywhere else just the incubator alone
without a brooder you’d have to pay more than
what I am asking for both machines. Write now
*get my catalogue and sensational combination
oﬁ’er. Study Detroit-Alliance features and com-
pare, both in quality and price, with any other
incubator or brooder ever built. Write today!

WILLIAM CAMPBELL, President

Detroit-Alliance Incubator Company, Dept. 10 . Alliance, Ohio

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liyery guaranteed. . ,
givnig- absolute satisfaction to
ditch»; and price

l’ure Bred Tom Barron English and American White I
Rhode Island
tested llogzmlzed Free-range stock that make wonderful Winter layers.

Chicks sent by Insured Parcel Post prepaid to your door.
Sixteen years of experie

Rocks and

list.

'1" QUALITY CERTIFIED BABY CHICKS

Michigan’s Old Reliable Hatchery,

Reds. Strong, \Vell—luitched Chicks

100 % live

thousands. \Vrite for valuable illustrated

HOLLAND HATCHERV & POULTRY FARM, R. 7, Holland. Mich.

FR
the best equipped and most modern Hatchery

.eghorns, Anconas, Ba rred

from

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100 Per Cent Live Delivery
Selected.
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)ure bred stock. AdHecJtliy ﬂocks

Prices ° 100 113080 $330000 $052080 siggooo
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tested ﬂocks,most proﬁtable leading varie-
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Only one grade the best. Low prlees. 97% live delivery
nteed. Postpaid. Catalog Free. Write today.
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Missouri Poultry Farms.

Chicks 8. Eggs

“000 PURE BRED BREEDERS. 15 varieties.
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ECZEMA

- CAN BE cuRED
FreeProof To You

t ' r name and address so I can send you a free trial

A“ I wan lslyv‘ililrit you just to try this treatment—that’s all—inst

M It. That’s my only argument. .

I’ve been in the Retail Drug Business for 20 years. I served four ears as a member of the Indiana

State Board of Pharmacy and ﬁve years gskPreSideig) o: the Esggssful treatment.
in

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‘ Please send‘wlthout cost or obligation to me your Free Proof Treatment. ,

“ thousand Men. Women and Children outside of Fort Wa

 

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'BROODING PRACTICES

vance of their arrival.

and easily ventilated.

ially for summer ventilation.

61‘.

should be dry, warm and free from
draughts.

plies grit material.
3. The brooder stove should be

to the arrival of the chicks. The
automatic heat regulator should
commence to check the ram'pers
when the thermometers register 90
degrees F. directly below the outer
edge of the canopy or deﬂector. This
will provide sufﬁcient heat and al—
low the chicks to select the temper-
ature required for their comfort.

4. A wire cloth screen should be
placed around the Brooder at a dis-
tance of 15 inches from the outer
margin of the heat deﬂector. This
conﬁnes the chicks, preVenting them
from straying too far from the
source of heat before they are edu—'
cated to return when uncomfortable.
The screen may be removed after
the third day or gradually widened
out giving more ﬂoor space.

5. Avoid overcrowding—this ap—
plies both to brooder and house ca-
pacity. Many chicks are killed or
ruined when the capacity of either
is over-rated. A colony house 10x
10 will accomodate 300 to 500
chicks quite satisfactorily. Larger
units may produce excellent results
but require more experience in this
special phase of work. '
6. Chicks have a tendency to
withdraw from the brooder as they
get older and frequently crowd to-
~wards certain corners. Huddling
may result due to a sudden drop of
temperature, should the ﬁre get low.
If this occurs a high mortality us-
ually results and a weakened condi-
tion is apparent in those that do
survive. Keep the corners of the
house screened off.

7. The chicks should be coaxed
outside during the ﬁrst and second
week. Leg weakness can usually be
avoided if the chicks cultivate the
habit of running outside almost con-
tinuously. They appear thriftier and
do not develop the hot-house appear-
ance of closely conﬁned chicks.

8. Low ﬂat roosts should be
placed in the colony house after the
second week thereby educating the
chicks to roost early. 0 ce\ the
Chicks have taken to roos ing the
danger point is past. ,

9. Reduce the temperature as
the chicks get older but don’t be -too
hasty in taking away the heat, be-
cause sudden showers may oceur in
which case a little heat will provide
greater comfort and may save the
lives of many chicks should they get
chilled.

10. Segregate the broilers and
cull pullets and 'draw the colony
house to a well shaded range, where
plenty of green food is available.
Economic gains can then be made
by hopper feeding and labor is re-
duced to a minimum.

 

KEEP SHELL BEFORE
BREEDERS

ANY people assume that ifzthey
have supplied the hens with
grit that they can get along

without oyster-shell. - .They fall‘in‘to

the'.err0r.vof thinking...that all the
shellmis, 130:? is to act,“ a form; of,

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ideal conditions and in addition sup—

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used should be tightly constructed
Adjustable
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of the colony house, directly below
the roof, should be provided espec-
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permits good air circulation and re-
leases the warm air which tends to
accumulate near the roof. The grow-
ing chicks have all the open air
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talus uniform best night and day. Canopy spreads
best evenly over chicks; elves pure sir.
ampleroom. 500 and LOOOchick
sizes. Guaranteed. Lowest prices.
Express prepaid B. of Rockies. .
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140 Egg Incubator and Breeder . $17.75
180 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 15.75
180 Egg Incubator and Breeder - 22.00
250 Egg Incubator Alone - - -
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Made of California Redwood. Positively the best value
on the market. Order direct from this ad. 30 days trial
——money back if not pleased. If not ready to order now,
don't buy until you get our 1924 catalog whichgshowe

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S. c. Barred Rocks
8.0. White Rocks Strong, sturdy, heavy
amok va'll. I. Reds laying strains from
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s. c. Levi-6,3320 ling hens raised on
s. 0 Eng. White our farms, and culled
s. c. Aﬁ'gg by expert poultrymen,
s. c. Mmorcas to our high quallty
Certiﬁed Utility
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Extra Selected Flocks and
Blue Ribbon Pens. .

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Baby Chicks
From Best Egg Layln

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Tancred, pedigree-sired
and Tom Bari-0n, S. C.
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g] R. 1. thli Pirks’ Barred
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range. closely culled. inspected and approved by
Michigan Baby Chick Association. Every bird is
healthy. has size, type and color.

Hatched in World’s Best Incubator

Our chicks are strong, sturdy and healthy. They
live and grow because they are hatched m the best in-
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Ea'rly Maturing Baby Chicks

'l‘hese chicks are from ﬂecks headed
by cockerels of high
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producing if“ .
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MILAN HATCHERY. Box 5, Milan, Mfchlgan.

HOGAN TESTED GUARANTEED
Our Chicks are from ﬂocks on free
range. They will live

make a groﬂt. EN(
LEGHOR S and BROW
HORNS. Heavlyé laying Extra Good
BARRED ROG _S. Postpaid to your
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teed. Our ﬂocks are carefully su er-
Vised and Hogan tested. .LBa‘n-k ef-
_ _ . sirloin? furnished. “Write. for prices
- escrm ive ma er. ,
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from bred—today an exhibition
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trial will convince you. All
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year-sci service. Hurdle
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is at the same time put-
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end Hollywood strains
8. C. White Leghorne.
Sheppard's Femeue
8. C. Mottled Anconas
and Park's Bred to
Ley Barred Rocks. All
Fee 9 range ﬂocks
carefully culled end eertllled
by experts and bred many ears
.\ for high egg reduction. edi-
greed males rom 260 to 280
eg an strains and from hens that
produced Iendlng pen in Michigan’ 3 Inter-
national Laying contest. head our ﬂocks. Eggs
from theeelemoue strains hatched with scrupulous
care in our Modern Mammoth Incubators produce
strong, husky. peppy chick. that are easy to raise
and become merveloue inyere. Chicks are shipped
postpaid.100§ lived elivery guaranteed. Write for
our big lree Illustrated eeteleg.

Silver Were Hatchery. Box 3° 'Zeelend. Mich

Pure Bred Chicks {11321151132

 

 

Broiler BChix ............ 12 .W. Wyandottes -...180
W. or Leghorns..1ae White Rocks ......180
B. Rock: or Reds. 17 0 But? Orp notons -. .18c
Sheppards Anconas~160 Black Minor-can ...... So

Ext so at: standard bred chicks 4.0 per
100mmore. Add 351: if tha 10 03 ordered.
G’ood bank reference. Circular free.

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lovinbroiler chicks 120.
erredTI'tocmmh or I)Reds 17 c lack Min—
615$. White or Brownmm horns Orplinﬁo‘

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30111 17540. Extra. selec

rorn contest winners. 4c per chick more.

than 100 wanted. Hatching eggs.

ot.l.1_1lofBeckm11nn Hatchery.
MEF. Grand Rapids. Mich.

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28 Lyon Si...

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and strength. Reasonable prices. ~ Legh orns, An-
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.3 enter function- Is to furnish
use which is necessary in the; for-
motion of shell for the eggs which
the hens are expected to day.
is in more available form for this

purpose in oyster-shell than In any

other form in which it can be fed.
Some people attempt to supply it
through lime added to the drinking
water, but this has not proved satis-
factory. Water dissolves but a very
small amount of lime.

Where a ﬁne egg is desired either
for market or hatching purposes,
oyster-shell in sufﬁcient quantities
must be before the hens all the time.
Hens that have plenty of oyster-
shell are going to lay better eggs,
and more uniform eggs than those
that are denied it. Rough shells on
eggs are sometimes a hereditary
but
more often are due to a deﬁciency of
lime In the ration than to anything

else.
We have demonstrated in our
own experience that oyster-shell

plays a very important part in the
ration for both layers and breeders.
The hens eat greedily of it, if de-
prived of it for a time, and one must
be alert to keep the shell hopper full
at all times. If the shell runs out
for a While, the egg yield is certain
to reﬂect this fact, unless the hens
have adcess to lime In some other
form.

OH, MONEY! MONEY!

(Continued from page 8.)

none of them seemed to have any really
solid foundation. Interviews with the
great law ﬁrm having the handling of
Mr. Fulton’s affairs were printed but
even here little could be learned save
the mere fact of the letter of instructions,
upon which they had acted according to
directions, and the other fact that there
still remained one more packet—under—
stood to be the last will and testament—
to be opened in two years’ time if Mr.

Fulton remained unheard from. The
lawyers were bland and courteous, but
they really had nothing to say, they

declared, beyond the already published
facts.

ln‘ Hillerton the Blaisdells accepted
this notoriety with characteristic varia-
tion. Miss Flora, after cordially wel-
coming one “nice young man,” and telling
him all about how strange and wonder-
ful it was, and how frightened she felt,
was so shocked and distressed to ﬁnd
all that she had said (and a great deal
that she did not say!) staring at her
from the ﬁrst page of a big newspaper,
that she forthwith barred her doors, and
refused to open them until she satisﬁed
herself, by, surreptitious peeps through
the blinds, that it was only a. neighbor
who was knocking for admittance. An
offer of marriage from a. Western ranch-
man and another from 3 Vermont farmer"
(both entire strangers) did not tend to
lessen her preturbatlon of mind.

Frank, at the grocery store, rather
welcomed questionerHo long as there
was a hope of turning them into custom-
ers; but his wife and Mellioent showed
almost as much terror of them as did
Miss Flora herself.

James Blaisdell and Fred stolcally en-
dured such as refused to be silenced by
their brusque non-committalism. Benny,
at ﬁrst welcoming everything with the
enthusiasm he would accord to a. circus,
soon sniffed his disdain as at a. show
that had gone stale.

Of them all, perhaps Mrs. Hattie was
the only one that found in it any real
joy and comfort. Even Bessie, excited
and interested as she was, failed to re-
spond with quite the enthusiasm that her
mother showed. Mrs Hattie saw every
reporter, talked freely of “dear Cousin
Stanley" and his wonderful generosity,
and explained that she would go into
mourning, of course, if she knew he was

really dead. She sat for two new porn

traits for newspaper use, besides grac-
iously posing for staff photographers
whenever requested to do so; and she
treasured carefully every scrap of the
printed interviews or references to the af—
fair that she could find. She talked with
the townspeople, also and told Mr. Smith
how fine it was that he could have some-
thing neally worth While for his book.

, (Continued In February 16th Issue.)

 

Mr, Gassarn—"Yes, I suppose I can
claim to be a ﬁnancial success, and just
think, I started business with a shoe-
string.”

Miss Green—"Mercy! Jt's genius! A
man who could get anybody to buy one
shoestring couldn’t help but succeed."—
Boston Transcript.

 

A ROPP'S CALCULATOR FREE
We cannot help' but call the attention
of Business FARM]!!! readers to the offer
made by the Keystone Steel & Wire Com—
ny, to send a. Ropp's New Calculator,
at book that ﬁgures instantly interest
rates, capacity of bins. cribs. silos and
hundreds of other farm questions, abso-
lutely free. Thousands of copies have

been sold eta 60¢ each and; yet tin order
to intro use their Galvanedled fen

they 1 send Ropp’s Calculator wi
the r 11an

to :nly reader of our mmmaga-
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Blue Hen Incubn tors.

 

  
  
   

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From Stock—Thai is Bred With the Laying Habit

 

 

  

   
   
  

 

  

Careful breeding,
Quality

     
   
   
    
   
     
   
   

t petsstln and trapnestin
Egylng Hen-"A Utility

tails. big lopped combs and alert

    

pay for common sto
WE WANT TO PROVE THIS TO YOU.
wonderful breeding establishment, it tells

   
  

   
     
 

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Hollywood & Barron English Strain Mahngs Single Comb White Leghorn:
250-300 Egg-Bred Line
1rd ith Standard Requirements

Our Leghoms are long. deep-bodiedé’ wedge-shah ed birds, with wide backs and low I rad
Birds that la those large white eggs the 315::

theh high prices onto the New York liarket. Our Baby hicks cost no more than you
SEND son FREE CATALOG it describes our

what and bow to feed
will show 0you how you, too, can double your poultry proﬁts.

Quality Stock Without The Fancy Prices

 

has reduced our world-famous Ksrrten's

roﬂt It
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our chickens for
RITE TODAY

——-ZEELAND, MICHIGAN

 

     
  
  
  
 
  

prices 1

Baby chicks from strains internationally famous for egg
laying and prize winning records now offered at bargain
Pure bred from trap-nested pedigreed Tom
Barron and Hollywood imported White Leghorns.

   
  
    

Not just a few 300 egg

birds but a high flock average egg production—that’ s where you make your

proﬁt.

Hatched in the largest and ﬁnest hatchery in Mich-
igan at the rate of 150,000 eggs to a setting.

Send for Big 14-Page Catalog Today
This handsomely illustrated book sent free for the asking—
contains valuable information on chick raising and full
description of all chicks hatched by us—Tom Barron and Hollywood
White Leghoms—Barrcd Rocks and other popular breeds. Send for this
catalog and prices today. Live deliveries and complete satisfaction
guaranteed or your money back. Write today.

Superior Poultry Farms, Box 20!, Iceland, Mich. U. S. A.

 

 

Reference:
HUN DE RMAN BROS..

400,0

£10, STRONG, F 1. HF F Y

HUNDERMAN’S

“'9 are heavy producers of ﬁrst-class Chicks.

9.001.700
....... $10.00 per 1001 straight

Zcelnnd State Bank. Order today. You take no chances. Catalog Fret
POULTRY FARM, Box 30,

Mixed Chicks .........

eavy laying hens insuring good growth and PRO

FIRST-CLASS CHICKS

$10 and UP
Flocks on free range. Culled by expert.

 
 

100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Order today fiom this Ad and got qChicks when ya!
Want them. Prices on 50100 500

English S. C. White Leghorns ................. $6. 50 $12 00 SSE. 000 $57. 60
Barred Rocks . .. 8. 50 6.00 77 50
Single Comb R. I. Reds. 50.00 82. 50

Zeeland, Michigan.

00 CHICK-S

CHICKS hauhed froml'r:ell— bred and well kep‘

Prices on 501001000
$6,210 $1120.00

 

White. Brown and Buff Leghorns ............ $7 .00 $13.00
Barred and Whit:d Rectum S SC. and
s ................... 8.00 15.00 72.50 40.

White Wyandottess, Buff 0rpingtons. 8.50 16.00 7 . 1. ..... 2°
Silver W ando tte .................................... 9. 50 8.00 87.50 170.03
Mlgted $02. 90 per1t11urf1dred,t;straigi(11t. Ilz’osttpzﬁd. k £1007” Live Arrival Guar-
an em. l‘( 81' 111,11 1'0!” 115 11 85 Ill 9 C ‘ . Y
chance. F-Dree (E‘s talog. Member I. B. C A. 1and ()hiorﬁigstii. on take 1”

M0 ERN HATCHERY, Box 62, Mt. Blanchard, Ohio.

 

 

glutamdall Bardeties, $1 h
08 al . or rem t 15
W amoe- Member I C

H. B. TIPPIN,

per 100 straight. 100

SUNBEAM HATCHERY

Chicks are produced under my personal supervision. lint-lied from
pure bred, heavy laying hens, well kept to insure vigorous Cliicks. select.
arieties Prices 0 50
White, Brown and Buff Leghorns, ............................ n$7 7.00 $133100 $652ng
Barr-ed Rooks, R. nd Reds, Anconas ................ 8.00 5.00 72.50
White agld Euerlor Rocks, White Wyandottes,
ac inor .-... 8. 50 16.00
White and Buff Orpisn tons, "Silver Wyandottes ....... 9.00 18.00 77.33

0/ Live Deliver Guarante
Ad. Bonk References”. There is 1151’) 1 Fred.

8011 E, Findlay, Ohio.

 

MEADOW BROOK

One of the Founders of the Chick Industry
21 Years in Business
An old reliable hatchery which has been
putting out guaranteed chicks for years.
Our ﬂocks are the result of careful breed-
ing and culling over a long period When
seen, our chicks recommend themselves
WHITE LEGIIORNS. Headed by males
of 275- 303 elg'g record breeding. BARRED
ROCKS, B. BEDS and WHITE \VY YAN-
DOTTEs. IEach breed carefully
d e v e 1 o D e d. BBO‘VN LEGHOBNS,
Netherland Strain. RUFF LEG-
HORNS, extra. special breeding
Beasley’s egg- -ba.sket strain.
Write for illustrated catalog.

 
 
  
 
   

 

We have been carefully develop-
ing our flocks for eight years.
Every chick pure bred and
from stock carefully culled for
t and production. ur

cicks give satisfaction. Order
today and get chicks when you
want them.

 

Prices on
W. Leghorns .................. 5.700 $183000 562°. 00
B. Rocks, R. l. Reds ...... 58.00
W. Wyandottes. w. Rooks

8.50 16.00 77. 00
Postpaid. 100 live delivery. You take no
chances Ref. oFarmers & M hanics B k,t.h1s'
city. No Catalog. Order freelil this ad“)
WASHTENAW HATCHERY
Geddes Rd. Ann Arbor, Mich.

BEST CHICKS

at Low Prices

Send for free catalog describ-

ing beet bred chicks in the

gradual.“ Tom Barron and Tan-
Leghorn, Michigan's

IA incI Berred

Plymouth mitoch- nnd 5..8.6 ”Red

No bette

 

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DUNDEE CHICKS

PURE BRED CULLED FLOCKS

Our chicks are from pure bred ﬂ ch
culled b experts Anconas are diregt {mgrghun’
All‘t:(1_z)‘l)10rn ﬂocks lauded by maleszggogioghx‘
liege. R00 are tom 11
spttilgaine Egds are Iiiidtdicoiig's best. Write for 01%
a 11. price 3 will save mum. mon
Re erence. Dundee State Savinzs Bank. 1113:

Dundee Hatchery, Box B, Dundee, Mich

 

    
 
  

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Send now for descriptive matter and price list of our
PURE BR RED PRACTICAL POULTRY
EAD 1N0 VAR IETI
Some ﬂne breghding this year in improved
quality stock; customers' egg records from s

COCHEELs—A few unsold in Each
31th Wyondottes, and R. 0. Beds. l1.33.00 e

ST ATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Masonic Temple, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

 

 

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pecans”J all 2heinﬁbceeds eedsnMi international con-
n'o greatest yous an color
strain. Write for price hst toda

Mr. and!“ .W. H. Chiison, R1, lirandvllle, Mich.

 

BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE GET OUR
rices on White and Brown Leghorns and
Books. Prepaid Parcelpost. Satisfaction Guam

De Kostor's Hatchery, Box B, Iceland. Mich.

 

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BY W. W. FOOTE
Aid for Northwest

, SIDENT COOLIDGE has sent '

a special message to Congress
on the acute situation in the
northwest wheat growing sections,
and reference is made to the numer-
ous bank failures, the many fore-

closures of farm mortgages, and the

inability of the farmers of the wheat
growing districts to ﬁnance the nec—
essary purchases of live and other
stock which will enable them to di-
versify their products. “Bills have
been introduced,” to quote the pres-
idential message, “providing for the
lending by the federal government
of moneys directly to the farmers
for purposes of assisting them in
conversion of their farms on the
basis of diversiﬁed farming." One
such, introduced by Senator ,Norbeck
and known as the Coulter bill, would
allow a farmer to borrow not to ex-
ceed $1,000 at reasonable rates of
interest, for the purpose of live
stock. poultry and similar necessities
on the well-balanced farm. In cer-
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strengthen the capital resources of
the country banks, and to create
“new ﬁnancing institutions such as
have been organized with great suc-
cess in the live stock territory." It
is evident, however, that the inse-
cure collateral of the wheat districts
stands in the way of new ﬁnancial
institutions such as the live stock
pools.
Mixed Farming Conditions

Despite the many gloomy reports
coming from agricultural districts,
numerous reliable reports are re-
ceived every day of fair proﬁts de-
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MARKET SUMMARY .
Wheat, corn-and oats steady after advance in price on open- ,

ing day of week.
for butter and eggs.

Rye and beans ﬁrm. There is a good demand
Apples ﬁrm.

Potatoes steady. Cattle

steady but dull. Hogs steady. Sheep active to higher.

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(Note: The above summarized Inform-tied

let pm m set In type. It contains last minute

lolng to pres; -—Edltor.)

was received AFTER the balance of the men-
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made the best of their opportunities,
and have not purchased tracts of
land at war-time inﬂated prices.
These lands as a rule are mortgaged
at high rates of interest, and in most
instances they could not be sold for
anywhere near the cost price. The
average farmer who owns his own
farm and owes no man money is the
fortunate one, and he can face the
future courageously, the essentials
being well diversiﬁed .crops, plenty
of manure for his acres, ﬁrst-class
seeds and raising so far as possible
such things as his family consume.
Michigan farmers have learned the
importance of abandoning the dang-
erous one crop system, and many are
taking up dairying and sheep rais-
ing, both of which are highly proﬁt-
able. Michigan farmers are also
greatly skilled in growing fruits,
grapes, berries, etc., and these ﬁnd»
a market in Chicago and other near-
by cities. Our domestic trade is on
a large scale for January, and the
railroads are doing an enormous
freight carrying business, their in-
creased operations calling for vast
sums to be expended for new equip-
ment. They are paying much higher
wages than a decade ago and claim
that at existing cost of operation
considerable reductions in carrying
charges are impossible. The foreign
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prove because of abnormal business
and ﬁnancial conditions, and it seems
hardly probable that any marked
change. will take place this year, al-
though our exp‘brts of provisions are
extremely heavy, due to low prices.
For the same reason the consump-
tion of fresh and cured hog products
in the United States is the largest
ever. known.
Light Trading in Wheat

Trading in wheat on the Chicago
Board of Trade recently was the ,
smallest in a year, while there was
good speculative, trading in corn. It
is encouraging to note that prices
for wheat seem to have touched bot-
tom, but it‘does not look as though
any marked improvement,will take
place in the near future, with rival
exporting countries still undersell-
ing us. Only a short time ago
when Liverpool was selling wheat
about 20 cents lower than a year
ago, Chicago wheat was selling only
ten cents lower than at that time.
The visible wheat supply in the
United States is decreasing at the
rate of more than 2,000,000 bushels
a week, but it aggregated 70,496,—
000 bushels, comparing with 48,
829,000 bushels a year ago. Brad~
street’s reports 209,000,000 bushels
of wheat in the United States and
Canada, in addition to large sup-
plies owned by the mills. M'uch
wheat has been sold in the north-
west by farmers who could not
obtain credit, but much remains.
May delivery wheat sells in Chicago
close to $1.10, comparing with
$1.17% a year ago.

Corn and oats have advanced to
the highest prices of the season, and
corn sentiment is still quite bullish
despite sales above 80 cents a bush-
el. Cold weather has greatly in-
creased the consumption of corn on
farms, and this is naturally a bull-
ish factor, with the supply in mar—
kets unusually low. Rye prices are
very low, yet the export demand
lags. A great deal of trade is trans-
acted in corn, and it is recalled that
a little more than two years ago it
sold at 52 cents. May corn sells on
the Chicago Board of Trade around
81 cents, comparing with 72 at. cents
a year ago: May oats at 48% cents,
comparing with 44% cents last
year; and May rye at 74 cents, com-
paring with 87% cents a year ago.

The Bean Market

The news service of the Bean &
Pea Journal says: “Michigan beans
can be laid down in a territory ex-
tending from New York to Kansas
City at a lower ﬁgure than perhaps
any other bean other than the Cali-
fornia pinks. Foreign beans are not
causing any great concern ‘among
domestic shippers as yet, though
they are coming in‘ right along. New
York state, as usual, controls her
own conditions. Idaho reports a
growing popularity for Great North-
erns.”

Hogs Plentifnl and Active

The hog market of late was quite .

a remarkable one, with receipts in
Chicago close to the largest on rec-
ord, while the wonderfully large 10—
cal and shipping demand kept
price’s steady day after day. Eastern
shippers were usually liberal buy-
ers, taking the choicest hogs, and
this outside buying proved of great
help to sellers. Because of the
enormous marketing of hogs, prices
are far lower than in recent years,
with prime butcher hogs selling» the
highest and 15 cents over the best
light bacon hogs. Receipts are
gaining in weight, late Chicago re-
ceipts averaging 233 pounds. Late
sales were made at hogs [at a range -
of $6.50 to $7.35. the top being 15
than a week earlier.
Host ‘meri. appeal-Jo be revere»

sold at $4.75 to $9.
cline in beef cattle was from 25 to

  
 
 
 

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ably disposed to feeding?
number of cattle, despite: the ad—

vance in the price of corn, and this

seems to be, sensible. A successful

Indiana cattle feeder remarked re-' .

cently that he never made any man-
ey feeding cattle when corn was
cheap, and doubtless many. other
stock feeders have had similar ex-
perience. When corn is selling at

low prices there is apt to be g'
,scramble to buy cattle to fatten,

and the business is likely to be ov-
erdone. ‘
ers are apt to stay out of cattle
feeding, and in the end cattle go
higher. At the present time cattle
feeding is normal, and fat cattle are
expected to make fair profits for.
owners. The recent severely cold
snaps resulted in large‘ marketing of
half fat cattle, lots which had been
fed from '60 to,120 days, and selling

in the Chicago market for $8 to $9.?

75 per 100 pounds. _ fat‘ light
weight yearlings are the best sell-
ers, with heavy long fed steers sell-
ing at a discount. Recent. sales of
beef steers were Largely at $8 to
$10.25, the very best steers going
at $10.25 to $11.25 and the best
yearlings at $10.75 to $11.75. The
common steers sold at $6.50 to
$7.75, aside from inferior little can-
ner and other cheap lots at $4.50 to
$6.40. Most butcher stock ‘had a

good sale at $3.50 to $8.50 for cows .

and heifers, and stockers and feed-
ers have a fair sale‘ at $5.25 to $7.-
25, while calves bring $4 to $13.
It is interesting to know that be-
fore the war, in 1912, beef steers
The late de-

7 5 cents.

Premium For Lambs
John Clay, the new president of
the International Live Stock Exposi-
tion, announces that to encourage
competition in the car loads *of
lambs to be exhibited this year in

the big show he will donate $250 to .

be presented to the owner of the
champion load. He suggests that
farmers prepare a car load of prime
lambs and help themselves and also
the International. Many sheepmen
are in the habit of marketing prime
fattened lambs, but it is surprising
how many half fat ﬂocks are ship-
ped to market and sold far below
the ﬁnished lots. Heavy lambs are
still discriminated against by the
packers, and the demand is mainly
for fat handyweights, objections be-
ing raised against ﬂocks averaging
over 80 pounds. Not many feeding
lambs are being offered on the Chi-
cago market, recent sales having

been made at. $12 to $13.25 per 100

pounds, while killers paid from $11
to $14. Not'many breeders are of-
fere , and a short time ago a single-
deck of choice yearling ewes, bred
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WHEAT
A steady demand for Michigan
soft winter wheat caused a ﬁrm

tone to prevail in the Detroit mar--

ket during last week. Receipts were
not large and buyers were on hand
for everything that was offered.

Millers reported an increased de-

mand for ﬂour. Reports come in
that a fairly large quantity of
wheat is being fed on the farms.

CORN

In spite of fact that corn weak-
ened on many of the large markets
of the country it held ﬁrm at De-
troit. An increase in receipts caus-
ed other markets to decline bande-
mand at Detroit took care of all
that came to hand.
leading market observers
that there is a bullish outlook to
the future of this grain.

OATS

0n nearly all of the larger mar-
kets oats followed \the trend of

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perieucing. an improved ‘ demand
and the price is some higher than it
was two weeks ago. Eastern mar-
kets are quiet and receiptsllzht- An
increase in demand is anticipated
in eastern dealers.‘ _ .

‘ POTATOES
The potato -market is easy at
most, pgints and ‘, trading slow.

, Prices show some decline ‘

BAY

Continued large receipts in prac-
tically all markets Weakened hay
prices somewhat last week. The de-
mand has been quite good but was
'not equalto the m and values
in muons show an easier tend:
easy. Western markets show a
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Wheat
- Dctroit—CashNo.1red, 81.14%;
No. 2, 31.13%: No. 3 white.
8111314155; No. 2 mixed, 31.18%. ’

h No. 2 red, 81.12%;' '

No. 2 hard. $1.08@1.13.

.Prlces one year ago—Detroit,
Gash .No. ‘ red, $1.35; No. 2 white,
$1.33. _ ‘

Corn .

Detroit—Cash No. 8 yellow, 84c;
No. 4, 82¢.

Chicago—Cash No. 2 yellow, 80c;
No. 2 mixed, 78%c.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cgsh No. 2 yellow, 7635c; No. 3,
7 c.

Oats
Detroit—Cash No. 2 white, 52c;
No. 3, 51¢. "
Chicago—Cash No. 2 white, 48@
49c; No. 3, 47%@48%c.
Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 white, 49c; No. 3, ”ﬁe.

. Rye
Detroit—Cash No. 2.,74c. .
Chicago—Cash No. a, 7255c. ‘
Prices one year age—Detroit.
Cash No. 2. 90¢. ‘

Beam _ ‘

Detroit—C. H. P., $5.00 per cwt.

Prices one” year ago—Detroit.
C. H. P., $7.70 per cwt.

Potatoes
Chicago—31.3501.“ per cwt. ‘
Prices one year ago—Detroit,

$1@1.10 per mile

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Detroit—No. 1 timothy, $24500

25; No. 8, $22©23; No. 1 clover,
‘ $21.50@23: No. 1 clover mixed,
$21.50@8V2.50 per ton.

Chicago—Ne. 1 timothy, $266
28: No. 2, $24®25: No. 1vclover,
$25@26; light timothy & clover
mixed-$25626 per ton.

Prices one . year ago—Detroit.
No. 1 timothy, $16.50@17; No. 2,
$17@18; No. 1 clover, $14@16;
No. 1 clover nixed, $14®14.50 per
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MAKE OIELN 00W BARNS MAT-
TER OF LAW

(Continued from Page 10)

I had two reactors, therefore I can
not believe that T. B. comes from
ﬁlth. .

Some will say '1‘. B. is bred from
one generation to another. I can
not believe that. I had a ﬁne, well-
bred heifer react and her sire. grand
sire, dam and grand dam, all regis-
tered stock, were '1‘. B. tested with
never a reactor.

If_Mr. B. J. Kiilham, chief veter-
inarian, or some other authority
would through the M. B. F.""give the
cause 0! 'i‘. B. in cattle I am sure
the readers would be grateful for it.

Mr. Editor, I don’t want to take
any more ace but let-me ask one
question. - s milk from T.'B. cows
any more injurious to the human
race than milk drawn from ﬁlthy
cows with ﬁlthy surroundings? New
M. B. F. reader,rlets get our heads

—— together and clean house in our cow
barns and pull for a law thst'will
force every cow barn in Michigan to
be cleaned as. Other states do it.
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Do you appreciate the foresight, determination and fortitude

which, year in

sound a reliance. The Railroads will be pleased and helped
to know that you do.

Michigan Railroad Association
in mm M 33‘. Detroit. lion.

7 7 f .Bailroadin
in Winter

Especially in Michigan, Railroad transportation is subject to
of extreme cold and heavy ‘snow. Such weather
lowers the efﬁciency of steam-driven machinery, imposes severe
hardships on mas, and makes necessary abnormal expenditures

forﬁiehwagcsandspecialequipment.

' To vanquish these obstacles—to accept and deliver freight and
passengers in the teeth of a midwinter blizzard, when necessary
—is an annual. battle forced: of Michigan’s- 24 steam Railroads.

Even in a compam’vdy open winter, the Railroads must always
be equipped and redy. On certain northern runs, a snow plow
precedes every train throughout the winter, regardless of weather.

Winter railroading in] Michigan is seldom possible at a proﬁt.
Often it can be accomplished only by large ﬁnancial loss. Yet,
despite the handicaps of climate, the cars move, and Mchigan

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Detroit Beef Company

offers its services to the Farmers of
Michigan as a high class, reliable
mmmission house for the sale of
Dressed Calves and live poultry.
Write us forinfonnstion how to dress
and ship calves to market. $250,000
capital and surplus. 34 years in bus.
loose in the same place and same
management.

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HENRY T. FRASER
Western Market, Benoit, Mich.
Ship us your poultry. veal or
farm produce of all kinds.

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By Michigan Shorthom Breeders’ Association, at
Michigan, Agr’l College, East Lansing, Mich.
Friday, February 8, 1924
48 Females, l4 Bulls—Show 9 a. m., Sale 11 a. 111.

Every animal guaranteed, tuberculin tested and sold subject to 60 days
The BEST BREEDERS IN MICHIGAN are offering many from their
8H0 HERDS. A few were shown at the 1923 INTERNATIONAL.
This is an exceptional opportunity to get show animals of best blood lines.
Write for Catalogue
W. E. JUDSON EDWARDS.
East Lansing, Michigan.

Auctioneers:
CAREY M. JONES,
DR. J. P. BUTTON

SAWMILL FOR SALE

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32'; and one Atkins 60" inserted tooth saw.
more use for same. First check for $500.00 takes it.
costs $200.00 today.wholcsale.

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