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vet. You can soak these shoes
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their long wear. They usually

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an address before a point meeting
of tumors and business men at Pin-
conning in the afternoon, and a
similar meeting at Standish. “It is
seldom that I am ﬂattered such a
large and attentive audience.”

A great deal has been said about
the remarkable results which have
been obtained in Arenac, County in
one year thru the co-operation of
business men and farmers, but it is
only when one who attended the

’ ﬁrst meeting last year attends one

this year that the vastness of the
change really sinks in. ,. Now tarm-
ers and business men sit side by
side drinking the codes, which is
served after every meeting,
ping stories and talking business
and farming. Last year, a group of
business men congregated in one
corner and farmers in another.

by means ;of glances of suspicion
and distrust. Then the lunch hour
was mostly a quiet and gloomy af—
fair—now it is noisy and jovial. A

'genuine community spirit has taken

the place of suspicion and depres—
sion. All this in addition to the ma—
terial beneﬁts. Mr. Tom Weaver,
the hardware merchant said, “Had
it not been for this movement I do
not know where we would have
been now. Our farmers had $900 a
day more to spend in August 1923
than they had in 1922 and I be—
lieve that stood between us and
bankruptcy.” Mr. W. H. Gillett,
Manager of the Standish Creamery,
reports that the average daily yield
of his patron’s cows increased from
”6% to 10 lbs. in one year—over
50 per cent increase. His total vol-
ume doubled in one year and it was
that factor alone which prevented
the abandonment of his plant this
following

Pinconning folks are

‘cloeely upon the heels of their

neighbors. Every two weeks they
hold a rally at which some promin-
ent man gives an address on better
dairylng and farming. Among the
speakers have been Prof. O E.
Reed J. F. Cox and E. C. Foreman,
all of M. A C. At no meeting in
spite of the impossible roads, has
the attendance dropped below 150
folks. Every business place, includ—
ing garages and pool-rooms, were
closed when Prof. E. C. Foreman
spoke Friday afternoon. The Pin-
conning' Boosters’ Club claims 100%
membership and is back of the
movement heart and soul. “Agri-
culture is the leading industry of
this town,” said Mr. J. R. Fotber-
ingham, the local banker; "and. we
want to treat it as such, especially
because our material beneﬁt de-
pends upon it. A plan of ﬁnancing
the purchase of grade and purebred
cattle has been developed by the

' Club and farmers are taking advant-

age of it. A cow—test association is
being planned and a carload of soda—
tol is being handled. A series of
chicken culling demonstrations are
being planned ﬁrr the summer. All
these things are being accomplished
thru the enthusiasm

But, most important of all, a com-
munity spirit is being developed
which will make life just a little
more worth while in Pinconning
and vicinity—E. J. Leanbouts.

WGY WILL BROADCAST FARM
TALKS MAME 31

ADIO broadcasting station WGY,

ady, N. Y., will broadcast two
talks the evening of March Slut that
will be of great interest to our read-

emstandardﬂme,llr.- EB. Bab-
-eock. of the N. Y. State Farm Bur—
eau Federation. will give a 10 rain—
utc talk on, “The Essentials in the
(nonnative Ila‘rketiu Invention
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Iona, N. Y. state millage of Agri-
culture. who will address the invite
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" EN a’gneat'iyital issue which

R l » involves a fundamental prin-

’ comes a political football, there is

’ciple of taxation. justice be-

longs!!- that it may not be settled
entirely on its merits and according

- , to the desires of a majority of our
j‘citizenship.

’Buch has been Michigan’s history

- :wlth the state two cent gasoline tax.
[Demanded by an overWhelming ma-

Jority of the voters ofvnearly every
county in the state, it was passed

’ by the Michigan House of Repre-
> sentatives last ~spring by a vote of

80 to 18 and later, despite persistent

and unprincipled lobbying and polit— .

ical wire pulling it also

7 passed the
Senate 19 to 11. ‘

The Governor’s veto which killed ‘

thekblll aroused such a wave of pop-
.plar resentment that Michigan’s

\chief executive has relented some-

what and. has come out with a con-
ditional statement in favor of gas
tax, but he has as yet failed to
make his actions correspond with
his words, for he has steadfastly re-
fused toallow the State Legislature
any opportunity to enact legislation
of this type. .
Sentiment Solid for Gas Tax'

‘There is no question but.what, if
given a chance, the Michigan Legis-
lature would pass a gas tax without
delay. After the ﬁrst week of the

recent extra session of the Legisla-
. lure the sentiment among Michi-
‘» gan’s law-makers was so apparent

on this issue that the Detroit Free
Press on December-11th said, ‘(E -
actment of a gasoline tax is a fore-
gone conclusion. Since .. Governor
Groesbeck withdrew his opposition
his entire following became super-
conscious of its conspicious position
out on the end of a limb and march-
ed into camp." But apparently the
Free Press spoke too soon. Perhaps
the Opposition of the Governor had
not been entirely withdrawn!

’-It is a unique situation to ﬁnd
people. uniting in favor of any new
form of taxation. When they vir-
tually demand it and threaten to in—
itiate it 'by petition, we may be sure
that it has considerable of merit to
recommend it. ,.

Every Michigan farm organiza-
tion“ has passed resolutions favor-s
ing a gas tax, for Michigan farmers
are convinced that the gas tax is
right and sound in principle, that it
is a measure for justice and that it

is a step in the direction of a policy

of speciﬁc taxation which will give
- much—needed relief to sadly over-

burdened real estate.

Nor do the farmers stand alone
in this position. .Everywhere one
goes in Michigan today he discovers
people enthusiastically in favor of a

two cent gasoline tax and ﬁnds that ,

they are ready with plenty ofargu-
manta to tell why "we should have

one smaller to those already in ef- -

' feet in 36 other states in the union.

Why the Gas Tax Is Favored
_, Briefly summarized, the argu-
ments most commonly advanced are
these: The gas tax is the only prac-
tical method of getting highway re-

venue from visiting tourists, it auto-«

matically' takes into account both
the weight on the car and they-dis-
tance drjven, it puts the burden onto

' the people who get the beneﬁt from

'7 ﬁfths
lower the tax on real estate, lessen-v

improved highways, it would

dog” the burden of the 981199} prop—

“ arty . tax. \

'xf‘f‘i'llhése popular arguments 13er
men They cannot be dismissed
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"'5 AHWhOOwnand Qrive Automobiles or Trucks in Michigan Would Pay Their Share for Building and

_ , Maintaining Our Highways
gsy STANLEY M. POWELL

(Lansing Correspondent ”of The Business/Farmer.)

 

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N trying to analyze the popular sentiment in favor of a gasoline tax
for. Michigan, Mr. Powell says, “The gas tax is the only practical
method of. getting highway revenue from visiting tourists, it auto-

matically takes into account both the weight of the car and the dis-
,‘tance driven, it puts the burden- onto the people who get the beneﬁt

from the improved highways, it would lower the tax on real estate.

lessening the burden of the general property tax.”

‘ \ Evidence is presented to show that gas taxes now being employed

in 86 states are working satisfactorily and they are easily and cheaply

collected.

Neighboring states either have gasoline taxes ‘or are in the pro-

cess of getting them.

pay for their roads, and fairly so.

Michigan autoists touring in those states help

Should not the tourists who are

yearly Coming to Michigan resorts in increasing nmnbers, causing
great highway depreciation, make some contributiOn to our highway
expense account? A gasoline tax is the only solution to this growing
problem, according to Mr. Powell. Do you agree with him?

 

 

now amounts to about $38,000,000
and the refund of the $5,000,000
due from the State to the several
counties. ’

People ,- everywhere are interested
in good roads. Speedy and com-
fortable transportation by auto from
place to place appeals to our inde-
pendent and liberty—loving natures.
Then. too, the motor truck is fast
becoming an indispemsible part of
our modern life and is used largely
by farmers and commercial enter-
prises of every description.

We must have roads, and better
roads, and roads cost money. In
commenting .on this situation, the
Governor himself admitted in the
veto message, "Pavements ill adapt-
ed to withstand modern traiiic con-
ditions have been laid-«poor engin-
eering methods have prevailed and
adequate safeguards‘have not been
provided for the protection of the
traveling public.”

Every state needs good roads, but
we in Michigan have a peculiar rea-
son for being interested in the ex-
tent and condition of our highway
system, for in recent years we have
been developing a tremendous asset
in the form of the tourist business.

_The Michigan Farm Bureau News,
the spokesman and ofﬁcial mouth of
a large group of organized Michigan
farmers who have been leading in
the ﬁght for a state gas tax, in dis-
cussing the tourist problem, de-
clares: .

"The summer tourist business has
grown so rapidly that it is impossible
to fully appreciate pr accurately de-
termine its present magnitude. How—
ever, reliable and competent men
estimate, that there are fully 200,000
.visitors here in Michigan each day

throughout the'summer for a period
of ten weeks.

"A questionnaire conducted among '

scores of visiting tourists by the
Grand Rapids Herald has revealed
that one of the most common com-
plaints of these visitors is with ref-
erence to the condition, or lack of
condition, of our highways. Many
stated that they would not have ob-
jected to a gasoline tax, because they
were accustomed to paying one at
home- It is interesting to remember
that motorists in 36 states pay gas
taxes at home, but can tear up
Michigan highways without making
even a slight return.

“If Michigan is to retain, develop
and promote its 'precious asset of
tourist patronage it must maintain
and improve its highways. It would
be a short-sighted policy for us to
‘kill the geese that laid the golden
egg’ by falling behind in our road
buiding program. The burning
question is, ‘How shall this be
ﬁnanced?’ Shall it be done as at

present through confiscatory taxes

on adjoining property, through gen-
eral township and county levies and
through the pyramidng up of a stag-

'gering burden of public debt by con-

tinuing to mortgage the future
through the issuance of millions of
dollars worth of highway bonds?
Seemingly no satisfactory provision
has been made for retirement of such
outstanding highway bonds in Mich-
igan.

“Shall highway ﬁnancing be
achieved through a system which is
grossly unfair to the present gener-
ation and ﬂagrantly unjust to gen-
erations yet unborn? Or shall' we
follow the beaten path, already taken
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Union and adopt the gasoline tax
idea? I»

“We don't ‘expect the owners of
adjoining property or the public in
general to pay for the construction
and maintenance of our railways or
interurban lines. That is taken care
of by those who use these facilities,
in proportion to the amount of use.

“Since 95% of our modern trafﬁc
is furnished by gasoline driven ve—
hicles, it is apparent that a gas tax
would automatically distribute a
large portion of the burden of high-
way expense among the users of the
roads in proportion to the benefits
derived.”

Popular opinion and editorial com—
ment therefore agree in favor of a.
gas tax as the most logical solution
of our present problems.

The gas tax might not have been
a fair means of raising highway
revenue a few years ago when autos
were scarce and most of the traﬁic
was by horse—drawn vehicles. But
today this situation is entirely dif-
ferent. In 1912 Michigan had but

,39,579 registered motor vehicles. By

1922, ten years later, this number
had increased nearly 15 times, reach—
ing the total of. 584,291. 1923
showed an added increase of 27%,
bringing the total of registered Mich—
igan cars up to 737,388. Today
there are enough cars in Michigan
so that our entire population might
take a ride at the same time.

It is a fact beyond dispute that
the great volume of gasoline con-
sumed in Michigan is used for auto—
mobile and truck transportation on
the public highways. The automo-
bile has caused the insistent demand
for a greatly enlarged program of
highway development. To meet this
demand the Legislature has author~
ized the issuance of $50,000,000 of
state highway bonds, $38,000,000 of
which has already been issued. No
adequate provision has been made
for the retirement of these outstand—
ing,bonds. VVe’ll have to pay them.
Our real estate will foot the bill un—
less we get help from those who use
the roads. The automobile has also
brought us a tremendous increased
road repair and maintenance cost.
Therefore, it is just that the auto-
mobile should contribute accordingly
to defray highway expenses.

An Automatic Toll Gate

It‘is reasonable that the amount
of such contribution should be in
proportion to the use of the highway
by each automobile. This situation
might be met by the establishment
of a network of old-fashioned toil
gates on our public highways. This
would prove highly inefﬁcient and
bunglesome. It is unnecessary.
There is a simpler way to accomplish
the same process. The gas tax is
an automatic toll gate. It automat-
ically takes care of both the mileage
driven and the weight cf the car, the
two factors contributing to wear and
tear of highway by automobiles. The
gas tax would exact a substantial in-
crease in revenue from trucks and.
busses that enjoy the proﬁts accru-
ing from their operation over.the
improved highways.

It is logical, too, that the man who
drives his car 15,000 miles per year
should pay three times as much into
the highway fund as his neighbor
who drives his car only 5,000 miles.
The present license fee system or any
plan of weight tax would charge each
alike for the same car.

Certain opponents of a gas tax
advocate an increased auto license
fee to provide additional revenue for »
highway purposes. It is hard to un-
derstand how such a proposal would. , ;;
Operate with any great degree of. .
fairness to those who drive then» '
cars but a little.
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the fundamental crop

    

More Clover Can Be Crawn in Michigan Without Da'
A-sSurance of Proﬁtable Retums

 

HE clovers have always been and
are today the chief leguminous
. cropsan Michigan. Red clover,
. Mammoth clover and Alsike clover
, are unusually well adapted to Mich-
igan soils and climatic conditions,
--and to the common short rotations
:in use in the state. Red clover is
in Michigan
rotations, and successful stands are
almost invariably followed by more
proﬁtable crops of corn, potatoes,
beets and beans. Alfalfa, sweet
clover, 'and soybeans have recently
gained an important place on Mich—
igan farms; nevertheless, the clov—
ersstill occupy the greatest acre-
age, and dairying and live stook in-
dustries of the state are dependent
upon the production of an abund-
ance of clover hay for proﬁtable pro-
duction. As Dean R. S. Shaw of M.
A. C. says, “the development and
maintenance of a permanent agri—
culture in the state is dependent on
leguminous plants. The clovers
are more widely distributed, and
far—reaching in their inﬂuence, than
any of the others.”
Michigan has long been 'knowu as
a region particularly adapted to
clovers, and to clover seed produc-
tion. The fact that the clover acre—
age has decreased rapidly in the past
few years and that many are failing
to get dependable catches, particu—
larly of red clover, is a matter of
great concern.
“’hen Clover Fails

When clover fails in communities
where it once succeeded, agriculture
is on the down—grade, “run—down”
farms are frequent, less live stock

 

is fed, crop yields are lower, and
farms change hands rapidly. In
regions where clover and alfalfa

thrive, farmers are generally pros-
perous, crop yields are high, dairy-
ing and live stock raising are suc—
cessful, and farm ownership is more
stable, and land values are higher.
Without doubt, the two leading
causes of red clover failures are the
planting of unadapted seed and the
decrease in the content of organic
matter and lime in the soils of many
farms, which have long been under
cultivation. .
Michigan Grown Seed Best
During the past four years, Pro—
fessor C. R. Megee of the Michigan
Agricultural College, has given his
attention to the testing out of red
clover seed from practically all com-
mercial sources. These tests show
conclusively that Michigan grown
seed is best for Michigan. Seed
from other northern states and Can—
ada is also well adapted. Of the

HE reports coming in to the

, Farm ‘Crops Department from
various sections of the state in—
dicate that a large number of farm-
ers are going to be surprised and
disappointed in their seed corn for
planting the corn crop this spring,
and unless a germination test is run
by the Rag Doll or some similar
method, the seed corn to be planted
will result in a very poor stand this
year.

There are several factors which
are responsible for the present con-
ditiOn of seed corn generaLy

lst.——Failure.to mature corn at
harvest time.

2nd.—F‘ailure to mature
with a high moisture content.

3rd ——-Lack of proper storage aft~
er harvesting.

4th. ———Failure to look for or rec-
ognize the apparent evidence of
frozen or moldy kernels in the ears
since harvesting.

The results from my variety plat
at the Michigan Agricultural Experi—
ment Station show a moisture con-
tent ranging from 39. 5 for an early
variety corn to 53 per cent for a late

corn

ich we normally c‘a-ll adapted to
-territc~ry for grain.
cult to estimate the approximate
are in. grain but a great many
ers know that corn to keep in

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variety in the group of varieties,‘

It is Quite, .

By J. F. COX

Professor of Farm Crops, Michigan Agricultural College

imported s'eed, the Italian 'is practic-

ally worthless and French seed
gives only fair results. Seed from
Northern European regions is good,
but under present conditions, much
Italian seed is being sent to north-
ern ports and reshipped to the Unit—
ed States.
of Michigan grown clover seed in
the state.
companies and the Farm Bureau
1Seed Department are carrying good
stocks of Michigan grown red, mam-
moth, and alsike clover seed. There
is not enough seed, however, to sup-
ply the entire state demand with
Michigan grown clover seed, because
a considerable amount has
moved to out—of—state seed compan—
ies. Michigan farmers should buy
their seed from dependable sources.
Native growu red clover seed is sell-
ing at a considerably higher price

than imported seed, hence cheap
seed is especially dangerous this
season.

Alsike seed is comparatively

cheap and is available for those who
cannot get Michigan grown red clov-
er. Without doubt, alsike will be
more largely used in mixing with
red clover than previously. Much
less alsike-seed is needed per acre
and it often gives good stands on
soils were red clover fails to catch
well, and during adverse seasons.

There is a good supply,

Michigan’s leading seed,

been'

Rather than grow imported clov-
er seed of deubtful origin, Michigan

farmers will ﬁnd Aalfalfa much more

valuable. There is a large supply

get northern grown alfalfa seed at

prices about the same or somewhat
less than native. growu red clover.

While Grimm costs more, it is hard- ‘

er under Michigan conditions and is
available at cheaper prices than

. formerly.

Early Plantings Usually Best
As a general rule, plantings made

in early spring, from the time the .
ground is ina honey-comb condition'_

to early“ May, give best results in
Michigan. Of red clover and mam-
moth, ten to twelve pounds per acre
is the usual seeding; of alsike,
alone, six or eight pounds; of red
and alsike mixed, six pounds of red
and three pounds of alsike. When
seeded with timothy, from four to
six pounds per acre of timothy is‘us-

ually added to these plantings. Clov--

er starts best when planted on a
ﬁrmly rolled seed bed with oats or
barley, 'or with wheat or rye, in
which case the ground is in a ﬁrm
condition.

The use of commercial fertilizers
and manure with the grain crops,
with which clover is usually plant—
ed, greatly beneﬁts clover ‘seedings.
Lime and manure are frequently es-
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Michigan is particularly adapted to clovers,nnd clover seed production.

And clover

hay is in strong demand.

If You Have Not'Tested Your Seed Cern Yet This Year Do So Now

By J. R. DUNCAN

Department of Farm Crops,

Michigan Agricultural College

 

OOD seed corn, according to Mr. Duncan, is a mighty
scarce article in Michigan right now, and if farmers do
not test their seed by Rag Doll or some other method they
are going to be greatly disappointed with the stand this

year.

In this article he discusses the seed corn situation,

what to look for in making a test, and describes the Rag
Doll tester for the beneﬁt .of those who do not understand
it. It will mean a little extra Work to test your seed but it

is better to be safe than sorry.

 

 

in that condition would carry ap-
proximately 22 per cent 'moisture,
so this year corn was evidently car-
rying an average excess of 2.3 per
cent moisture, which of course is a
dangerous condition to start With
andd perhaps was not fully appreci-
ate

time, contained from 55 to 71 per
cent moisture. _

With such conditions existing
there .fis only one safe course to put.-

cane and that is: Hang seed cement): -- .. With the facilities at/hand yundgi
so~'bne' 'ear 'cannot touch another, in ~ .

a well ventilated room or building,

, , one good sized lot (40 bu, “of,”
‘ seed (him was inspected March it,

was in ’a pile about two feet

 

Silage corn, harvested at the same '

   

on the floor. The corn could have

been spread out to. less than half:
the depth. The windows were closed
A stove
.could easily have been operated. i
The result of
this improper handling is :total loss:
The sample of this;
corn, br'ought {unto the Farm Crops,

allowing no ventilation.
This was net done.
of seed; c0111.:

Laboratory March 10th, showed a
moisture content of 25. 4 per cent

   

and the germination test indicates "

zero.

 

nger 3f Over-Production and With

the clovers, red and mammoth clay.
Soils which are“

er particularly.
acid should be limed, using from

- one to two tabs of ﬁnely gro 11d- .,

limestone or three or four. cu ic
yards of marl per acre or more on
very acid soils. Manure greatly
aids in increasing the moisture hold-
ing capacity of soils,,and hence tides
new seedings over dry spells of the

‘ ﬁrst summer.

Michigan Seed In Great Demand

In tests at many other stations,
Michigan grown‘ seed ranks very
high, hence seed producers can ex-
pect a strong demand. Under present
conditions, the seed crop ranks as
a very proﬁtable one. It would
pay farmers to use fertilizers with
grain crops, particularly phosphate.
in order to beneﬁt the clover hay
and seed crop {ceded with the small
grain. »

In removing the ﬁrst crop of red-

clover for hay, it should be cut when
in full bloom before the heads begin
to turn brown, in order to reduce
the almost certain loss from the
clever seed midge. Professor R. H.
Pettit of the Department of Entom—
ology, M. A. 0., states that cutting

when in bloom rather than after a.

number of heads have turned brown
will reduce clover seed midge injury
to a minimum. Attention to this
one thing will greatly increase clov-
er seed production on'the majority
of Michigan seed producing farms.
It will also pay to clean up weedy
ﬁelds by cutting Weedy patches for
hay and by pulling out or hoeing
out such weeds as stick-cockle and
dock in alsike and decks, thistles.
and other weeds in red clover.

The average yield of Clover in the
state is a bushel and a quarter per
acre but good growers, giving prop-
er attention to the seed crop, can
expect, 'under favorable seasonal
conditions, to receive from two and
one-halfto four bushels of red clov—
er, and from three to six bushels of
mammoth or of alsike per acre. The
straw after threshing is a useful
roughage, particularly for sheep.

A Safe Crop to Increase

The average yield of clever in the
grown for hay and seed, and the use
of clovers in hay and pasture mix-
tures, can be safely increased with—
out danger of over- production and

_with assurance of proﬁtable re—
turns. Cl'over hay is in strong de-
mand in Michigan. Michigan pas-

tures are markedly improved by us-
ing red alsike, and white clover

. with the original grass seedings, or

reseeding with these legumes. Soils
are greatly beneﬁted by’the success-
ful growing of leguminous crops.

’ ciation Registered Seed isselling at

$6.50 per bushel, and certiﬁed seed
is $4.50..

“Another large lot of well sorted
seed corn, if properly handled in the
early part of the winter, could have
practically all been sold for seed,
but on account of improper handl-
ing will have to be resorted to get
45 per cent of the pile to germinate.
91.4 per cent. The balance, 55 per
cent, germinated 69.4 per cent with
a great many weak sprouts, which
means less than 50 percent germin-
ation if planted in the ﬁeld. .

A great many samples of seed
corn have been tested for moisture
and germination. .Tfor farmers of
Michigan this winter in the Farm
Crops Laboratory, and only the corn
that was placed on racks or hang-
ers is showing satisfactory results.
A great many samples runvfrom 0
to 80 per cent germination," when no
one ought to be satisﬁed with seed
which does not test 90 per cent or

better.
Our _ High sciuﬁl Armature

vTeach'er reports that the seed corn

brought in by boys from farms,

vci'y' urns additional expense, 1111151. , _

entire lot of earn (40 bushels)
couril

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amazed the most critical with her psychic dem- at the House, on February 27th. All of the nation’s highest of— radio fan. The coils of the set are wound
onstrations. 'She performs wonders without ﬂcials attended. Mrs. Harding, widow of the late President, in the leaves of the fun and “tuning in” is

going into a trance. She thinks a moment and sat in the balcony. The favorite hymns of Mr. Harding were done by opening or closing the fan to get; ‘
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m the mo- lser I had in

Florida. I added that It was-

n‘t safe to travel with a show

or make the fair circuits. because I

had already learned that a fellow

was in danger it he was seen is
public too much.

Money was getting scarce, and it
looked as if I was going to have to
get a job and do real labor it I in-
tuded to eat. I landed in South.
Dakota before my money ran out,
anditwasthorsthst thenenhest
schemelngnredouteameteme.h
.tellowcamearoundthejohonsm
canvassing us boys no that we

' He would take our measure, take a

suit in a couple of weeks. That
gave me an idea. The job I had
was kind oi tough, and summer was
coming on, so I wanted to get out
in the air.

A couple or weeks later found me
in a. little town about forty miles
- away, with a bunch of cloth samples
that I had taken out. of a’ tailor shop
vwhen the boss wasn’t looking. I
also had on my new suit which the
. teller! had sold me, and I” was ann-
ed with a pad of order blanks, a re-
ceipt book and a tape-line.

The suit I was wearing cost me
twenty-ﬁve dollars. which in those
days was a lot of money. For my
purpose, I announced that a suit
like mine could be had for ﬁfteen
dollars. Pick over the samples and
choose the style. A. the back do-
-pooitwas sill asked. Ielsimedto
- represent the New England Woolen
- Mills, and I had prepared some let-
ters telling who I was.

The ﬁrst day I took orders for
three suits. 0n the strength at
, that, I got ﬁve more next day, and
' the third day I had nine customers
- that handed over the live spot and
gtook my receipt. That allowed me
. enough proﬁt after I had paid my
bills to get a pretty good start. I

. jumped two hundred miles into an-

other state, worked the small towns

1 till I had about a. hundred dollars,

and then moved again. That sum-
me: was the beginning at my his
'money time, and alike I was: a
couple years short of twenty-one, I
cleaned up nearly two thousand dolc
lars in about four months. I nev-
er did hit any of these towns again,
but I’ll bet the fellows who are walt-
ing for me to deliver those clothes
are getting. pretty mad. They sure
were easy. The way they tell for
that cheap suit idea and handed me
ﬁve spots was just like taking candy
from a kid.

I had an aunt in New York, so I
visited her that winter. She was
glad to see me, and when she found
I was a money-maker she kept me
around until spring. She tried to

' out of the question for me. Cash.
wascomlngtooeasyformeinmr
line.

worth. of tea, he gave her a lot of
cosponsrsnd; if m saved

 

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Wm owns-Ib-

svould all order tailor-made suits. ,

get me to go to school, but that was -

melwanstoprplngwﬁkherht

Well, I began to hunt around for
a cheap other set. I read all the
catalogs and ﬁnally iouncl a ﬁrm
that offered a knock-out for $11. 80.

. and our m
announcing that with every ten
new of “Colonial Moe” par!-

ofer,thetieketsstated,wsstoin—
trodnooanewcoﬁeosndhettates
tothe public. Isurewesprond of
theiob that tel-low did

I ﬁned up my outﬁt, and assure
bushes getter I bought a few
pounds of the coins that u out
was using—and it was good stun.
too—and a week later I bid the
folks good-bye, telling them I was

goingtoCMeago tolook upsbusi-v‘

ness. connection. I had never work-

ed Illinois and Iowa very much, so

I took my outﬁt and started about
Chicago»

horse and buggy. The game I was
working was that the codes would
be delivered at once and the silver
set was to come from the rectory.
Alllhadtodowsstoexhihltthe
silver and the order sue some
quick. -At the close of each; day, I
would get some cheap notes in a
town. take it to my room and re.—

  
  
 
 
  
   
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 

   
    
   

  
 
  

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way than woman gobbled up up
ones was something ﬁles. I ran
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my tﬂngs and went, too: I gave
mysﬁvasettoahkeoldlady ts

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boarding house was the best on the

road, and she was the tickeldeq: '

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deals.

I had taken up with a bunch of
fellows while I was in California,
were selling gold—mining

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things from those boys;
tho they gave me a job which paid
pretty good, they eventually got all
of my cash back, as I tell for their.
line and took shares whenever I
could spare the price of a meal tb-
One. day when *I went to work,

wrong. Ihind of stepped up easy
like and Iinqnired of the cop what
was the matter a murder?

“Raw, " said the cop; “the chief
just got wise to the game that these
m is working and they are raid-

ing the place and taking the books.”

Right then and there I quit work—

. in to! that gang, and about all,I

had when I left town was s consid-

enhlehunchotapedoneesndalot‘

of Rock.’

But the experience sore eame in
handystewyeersmwhenlwent
into business myself. Kayne those
telhwshinththntthelrspirit
wont marehtn’ on, for. I sure went

there sheep better, as I never got

caught.

Well, the only time I ever had to ‘

bum a ride on a freight train was
when I left California alter the
mine went bad. I had a' couple of
dollars, but I had to eat, too, and I
hated to think about those cops
lookin’ for me, so I climbed on ‘9.
train and after a week's travel, in.
which I got. kicked o! otter: enough
so that I didn‘t miss any meals, I
found myselt down in Texas.
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EESILVERJNG MIRROR *-"
5 Some time ago you published di-
rections on how to resilver a mirr r
sand I intended to save that copyo

. ‘ the paper but I mislaid it and now.
cannot locate it.

Will you be kind
enough to. publish the directions
again?-——B. 0., Washington, Mich.

. —First, clean the glass very clean.
Lay it on a ﬂat surface with the
.back up. Pour some quicksilver on
it at the center, lay a sheet of
smooth tinfoil cult, and work the
quicksilver out from under the foil
witha rubber squeege roller such
as photographers use for mounting
pictures. Care must be taken to
keep out wrinkles and air bubbles.
’ After it is worked doWn ﬂat, the foil

shOuld be painted or shellaced t0’

prevent injury.—-Managing Editor.

ONE HEIR CANNOT HOLD
“ UP SALE

A man dies leaving widow, and
three children, all of age, and an
estate consisting of a farm and per-
sonal property but no will. Prop—
erty has been in probate and all
claims paid and administrator is
trying to sell property. One heir
says he will not sign off but wants
farm divided. What proceeding is
necessary in this case? Can the
farm be sold without all the heirs
signing on? Can one heir call for a
division of farm? How long lead-
ministrator allowed to settle estate?
How long can widow hold possession
of farm home? Does she have to
pay rent after a length of time?—
Reader,‘ Flint, Mich.

—-Upon the authority of a majority
of the heirs the probate court may
order the farm sold and the pro-
ceeds divided among the heirs- One
of the heirs cannot compel the ad-
ministrator to divide the farm
against the will of the majority. As
soon as the debts have been paid
and the share of each heir determin—
ed, the probate judge may order the
estate settled immediately by the
administrator. A widow may hold
possession of the, homestead without
paying rent until her share of the
estate has been assigned to her.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

MUST BUILD FENCE

Will you please answer the £01-.

lowing question through your pap-
er? A and B each buy 5 acres of
land joining; it was a ten acre farm.
A gets house and rents his half, aft-
er three years B builds and goes to
live on' his half. There is no di-
viding fence. A’ s tenant has chick-
ens and B wishes to raise garden.
Now does A's tenant have to shut
chickens up or does A and B have to
‘ build dividing fence?—-F. E. W.,
, Plymouth, Mich.

—A and B would be required to
build a dividing fence, each party
building and maintaining his share
of the fence—Asst. Legal Editor.

SHOULD NOT HOLD BOTH
OFFICES -

Please let me know if a man can
be township clerk and school direct-
or in the township or is there a law
that says he can not?—-W. J., Gay-
lord, Mich.

-—As a general rule a person may
hold two ofﬁces at, the same time
unless it is prohibited by statute or

unless the ofﬁces are incompatible. ~-

It is our opinion that the ofﬁces
mentioned by you are incompatible.
The township clerk has numerous
duties to perform relating to school
matters. We would call your at-
tention to Section 5758 of the Com-
piled Laws of 1915 which provides
that:

“Any township clerk who shall
neglect or refuse to certify to the

supervisor any school district taxes
that have been reported to him as
required by this act " ‘ ' shall be
- liable to any district for any damage

occasioned thereby, to be recovered
‘ by the treasurer in the name of the
district in an action of debt or on
the case.”

Under this {provision of the sta-

’ ., ate, the clerk. might bosons liable

A to the distrietin indam seat? n;
W60 60m ll 7
“-Iwould be“ inconsistent for
, members! attire school

board which authorized or directed

the treasurer to bring an action

against him for damages.

He would be in a position where
he could use his inﬂuence to prohib-
it the district from bringing a legal
action against him for damages—-
Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney Gen-
era .

START SUIT AGAINST GARAGE

, I had a good tire, 35x5, slightly
damaged. I sent it to the garage
by'a neighbor to have it repaired.
It was sometime before I sent for it.
I sent by another neighbor, they
said it was brought there but the
man took it away with him. Then
the man who took the tire there
goes for it and they say they took
it to the vulcanizing shop and they
go there for it but can’t ﬁnd it. Then
I go for it and they say it was so

an I
It’s value is $20. It has been over
a year.-—V. G. Mattawan, Mich.
_——You have a right of action against
the garage for the value of your
tire. The proper procedure would
be to start suit before the local
justice of the peace—Asst. Legal

_ Editor.

ASSESSING FOR DRAIN

Can the ofﬁcers of a district on
one side of township, having
put in a drain for the beneﬁt of
their farms, not the'road, spread a
tax for the same over the whole
township? People in this vicinity
will derive no possible beneﬁt what-
ever from the drain because the
river runs between and said drain
goes to the river. It seems to me
the people beneﬂtted by this drain
should pay for it. Any advice you
can give me will be appreciated.—
B. B., Harrisville, Mich.

—I presume that the drain in ques-
tion is a drain being constructed

theiim ‘ iut so! Iiﬁtlge
They don’t find-
get damages and how? .

the provisions ' , .
Public Acts of 1988:.- , u as
no6 state whether nursinage dis-1.5,
'tri'c't has been established or jwhothw‘
er the proposed drain is a eighty or
an intercounty drain. think
that you should consult some local

' attorney Who will be able to ascer-

tain the facts necessary to give you ,
preper advice. —Clare Retan, De-
puty Attorney General.

SHEISNOT’ANHEIR

If my father, a widower with two
adult children, should die without
making a will, what share of his
estate would my deceased brother’s
widow receive? A lawyer has told
me that she is still an heir.——O. Y...
Belding, Mich. .

—-She would not inherit anything.
-——Asst. Legal Editor.

We all like The Business Farmer. The
Home Department and the Pattern De-
partment are ﬁne and the stories are
rmuch enjoyed, while the rest of the read~
ing is very intertsting and good sound
sensible reading. Yours for success,—
Mrs. H. M. Shreeves, Oakland County,
Michigan.

 

 

 

 

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Cured Fertilizer Has Increased Farmers'
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rRoyster discovered that by aging or curing fertilizer for
four to six months he could increase its value as a plant-food.
He found that this curing brought about a certain chemical action
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. Naturally it requires vast uantities of materiii’in order to

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read your answer to ma criti-
clsing of your paper also
farming in general. I think
you hit the nail on the head
when you spoke of that key
they call ,hard work. I know
Henery Ford bellevesin it too,-
and he also wants every man
that \works for him to believe
‘ in it (I know, I been there
nearly 8 years). ~
It the city looks so good to
Mr. Jordan why doesn't he go
there and live. He talks of
unemployment in the cities}
lived there 15 years 'and al-
ways saw men idle. But they
are the kind, as a rule, that
M, are looking for the soft Jobs.-
There is no need for me‘ to
take‘ up any more space as I
think you fully answer all of
his criticism. Hope he comes
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PAY MORE A'I'I'ENTION TO SIDE
' ROADS

EAR. Editor: I was just reading
the. 1924 rmd program‘ in your
issue of January 19th. It says

everyone interested in good roads in
Michigan will praise the present
plans. Very true, but did you ever
stop to think that there are hundreds
of groups of farmers that do” not

live on those trunk lines and can-

not get to their market in the fall
of the year with one ton of potatoes
or sugar beets, or anything else,
without over—drawing their team,
and their taxes are so high that they
dare not raise t0wnship road funds
to gravel those roads.

Do you think the State Highway
Department is giving the farmers a
square deal to put so many millions
in concrete roads for joy riding and
to let the farmer get his produce to
market the best way he can? I
have often wondered if it was more
necessary for the sports and travel-
ers to» have a ﬁne concrete road to.
drive on than it was for the farmers
to have a gravel road to get the' real
necessaries of life to market, so'the
consumer could have them at a rea-
sonable price, and the farmer could
live and use his teams as dumb ani-
mals should be used. I do not believe
there could be anything done to cut
down the high cost of living more
than that every farmer in the state
of Michigan have a gravel read from
his market as near to his farm as
possible.

Do you not think the [State High-
way Department would be doing a
little more fair to the majority of
taxpayers to make a fairly good
gravel road of their great tourist
routes and see that they stopped
suc-h‘ speeding as they are doing on
those roads, and put in a. little more
money on roads leading from the
farm to their market? ‘

I love to read the M. B. F. and -I
read nearly everything in It when .I
can spare the time, but I would like
it much better if I could read a piece
in each issue explaining the great
mistake of our state and county
highway departments are making in
spending so much money for sport

roads instead of making roads that .

would beneﬁt the tax. payers—Ben
Richards, Wextord County.

, CHICKEN Tnmvns

DITOR THE BusmEs’s Famous—I
would like your assistance and

~ V that of your paper in a. matter
that is causing a great deal of
trouble to the farmers (and farmer’s
wives) in this neighborhood. As I

am afraid/1!»- something is not done \
soon it will be the ruination of tlie

business. and so shorten by
the supply of ready

M11 mire
'blé‘tor the tuners with. ~ county gin
' chi} , and the ﬁsts we

> carrying the chickens. .. f i

. assistant Legal Editor
there is a state law except in cities .

 

with
of them to some fellow ,
runs a. truck or car, and to

Two years ago I had 11
good luck, hatching over thréef‘
red early chickens bestdos hall.
many more, later ones. 01 m
intended to sell the cockerels lath
early fall and keep the pallets “to:
myself. But in August the
all taken that were big enoug to wejbe
called broilers which meant all o:
my early chickens and only the
late ones were left. We managed

 

to keep them by locking one doors.

and nailing the other doors and
windows fast and keeping wire on

  
   

  
 
 

 
 
  
   
  
 
  
  
 
 
      
  

the inside 0! the windows although - ~

an attempt Was made to steal my
later ones,
al of my nearest neighbors
their chickens. Last year I raised
only about ﬁfty, most of them late,

but ﬁve or six or my neighbors Who
were fortunate enough to raise a. ‘-
-_-larger number, had them all. stolen. .7

One- friend who had spent
a. large .part of the summer
caring for eight hIIndred chickens,
had three hundred carried off _ln

one night, while- she was visiting a .. .:

daughter at some distance from
home. A near neighbor, who pur-
chased from two other neighbors.
two batches of chickens, numbering
twenty or twenty-ﬁve each, to add
to his small ﬂock of Anconas, had
both batches of heavy chickens
stolen inside of two weeks, and in
place of his small chickens, they
crossed the road and took ﬁfty of
his nearest neighbors.

I could go on with like illustra-
tions for some time, but would only
waste time and ink. Still some!

At the same time actor-'-
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thing must be done to save a few ‘ ‘

hens for the farmer's hen-roasts or
there will be no further use of

lug chickens. Many of the suffer-w '

ers here declare they will not raise
chickens again for others to sell.

The horse thieves out west were
hung, but a man who would steal a
horse from a man, and ride it away,
is still a man compared with a
sneak who comes
steals some farm woman’schickens,
the sale 'of which would bring
money for her children’ 5 shoes,
stockings and winter wear.
can help in any way or by the hell)
of other subscribers suggest some
way of curbing this evil, I would
greatly appreciate—L. C. 8;, Breck-
enridge, Mich.

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DOES NOT APPROVE or‘poo TAX »

EAR Editor—In a recent issue
of year paper there 'was an
article “Must pay odog tax."
Not wanting to criticise, but your
says that

where there is an ordinance provid-

ing for such tax. The law reads: '

”A state law, excepting cities of
over 2 5 0,0 00 inhabitants”~—-—that

‘ means Detroit, which includes all

Wayne county. They have the right
to make their own dog law. A state
laws with exceptions that does not
look reasonable or constitutional.

and ﬁne or lock a person up it be ’

does not pay $3. 00 or $6. 00 as the
case may be, is outrageous.
not? The Auditor General’ a repOrt
on the affair is $54, 000 paid out for
damages done by dogs in the state.
and’ $310, 000 collected to pay the
ﬁfty-tour thousand dollars. Where
does the rest of that money go ac.
cording to the constitution? Other

cities and counties should have the

same rights, as Detroit, and Wayne
county, and any county or township

oﬁlclal that tries and does entorce “
that dirty outrage In doing an ma ,
justice to the people they represent. ..

I contend that it is no more ‘01: a.
criminal onense to keep a dog
a cow orw horse Wagnehacounty ex
empt. a6 coun 3 Male
that stand rtheir‘ rights and m
themwtarm that. that

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”wsolut’ely necessary. This con-
tier-ant manners. the easiest and slum;
.. .;liest ones- for the average person to
use will be described in a way that
“will enable you to have as good a
1 “g’roun " as necessary for receiving.
The need of a ground is twofold
‘ ﬁrst, to act as an earth return for
‘ the wireless wave that your aerial
-. picks up and passes thru your set,
second as a protection for your set
;. against lightning damage during the
summer when thunderstorms are
{quite frequent:
" “ If you have a house that has run—
, hing water in it, piped from a spring
. or well you are fortunate as this
will make a very good ground. Und-
‘ ‘ 5 er these circumstance we would sug-
gest that you plan to have your re-
ceiving set in a room near toone of
. the water pipes. The pipe may be
in the cellar or in the next room
or even outside,

~The shorter the wire from- your
set to the ground connection, the
pipe, the better your results. If you
have to go much over 15 feet to
reach a water pipe you may find that
it will be necessary to shorten your
aerial a little. Every foot of wire
used in the aerial, the leadin, the
‘ ground’ connection all act as part of
your receiving system, and should
the wire be too long the natural
wave length of your antenna system
including ground leads will be high—
er than the low wave length of some

V- of thebroadcasting stations that you
may wish to hear. Hence the neces-
sity oil/having short leads to the act-
ual ground connection.

Those of you who do not have a
water system in the house, but have
a windmill tower and driven well
very near the house, can run a wire
on short posts or under ground to
your pump and make a connection
there. In this case you may have to
so as far as ﬁfty to seventy-live feet
and yet you will get good results.
If you have to go as far as ﬁfty feet
shorten your .aerial to not exceed
75 feet (if 30 feet high) in fact 50
feet long would in some instances
be better.

And for those that do not have a
pump near at hand or water pipes in
the house a connection to the cistern
pump as long as it is partly immers-
ed in water will give a satisfactory
ground. Sometimes this gives a bet-
ter ground than the piping in the

’house, but cannot be relied upon to

" do so. It will give good results.

Lastly we have to consider those
who have no pump near or any pip-
ing. To them we will say it will be
necessary to get an iron pipe or rod
and drive it into the earth 6 to 10
feet, or until it is in permanently
moist ground, and make their con-
nection to that rod. A pieceof half

' inch pipe is large enough, and in
very dry weather one can pour a
bucket or two of water in the pipe to
keep the earth damp so that a better
ground will result. Using a rod or
pipe as just described placed near
the house will be better than running
awire 60 feet to a pump that is away
from the house.

Now to connect to the pipe, pump
or red. First, with a ﬁle or sand

, paper clean oil! a spot on the pipe or
~ la? rod, all the way around it, and about
2 inches long so that all the rust is
Completely oi'f. Around this clean—
ed spot wrap six or eight turns of
your ground wire, close together and
as tight as possible, twisting it
tight with pliers. This will make a
good connection, but must be wrap-
ped with adhesive or electricians
tape to keep out the dirt and mOSt-
ure So that the connection will re-
main clean and free from rust.

The better connection is to buy
what is called a “ground clamp"

(about 100) and fasten your wire

to this and then clamp the ground
clamp to the cleaned place on the

' pipe. If you can solder your con-

' nection to the pipe or rod it will be

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B. STAN“! ‘G. FULTON“. 50-year old bachelor and possessor» of
twenty million dollars, calls on his lawyer and they discuss the .dllr
position of this large fortune after its owner’s death. The lawyer

i is in favor of ving the money to colleges or charities while ' Fulton
l opposed to these i one. he remembers that he has some distant cousins
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‘ . name of Mr. John Smith, goes to the town where they live to ﬁnd out what

. ‘kind of people they are. Upon arrivin in town he visits 'Iames Blaisdell.
Bigger Beet Yields

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(Continued from March 16th issue.) ‘

used ter like when he was a little

boy like me,” announced Benny.
"Hain'the got a lot of ’em?-—-books I
mean."

“He certainly has."

Mr. James Blaisdell stirred a little in
his chair.

"I suppose you have crowded them a
little," he admitted. "But, you see. there
were so many I'd always wanted. and
when the chance oomph—well, I just
just bought them; that’s all.” .

"And you have the time now to res.
them."

“I have, thank— Well, I suppose I
should say, thanks to Mr. Stanley G.
Fulton,” he laughed, with some embar-
rassment. “I wish Mr. Fulton could
know how much I do thank him," he
ﬁnished soberly, his eyes caressing the
rows of volumes on the shelves. "You
see, when you've wanted something all
your life—” He stopped with an ex-
pressive gesture.

“You don’t care much for that, then,
I take it," inferred Mr. Smith, with a
wave of his hand toward the distant
violins.

“Dad says there’s only one thing worse
than a party, and that's two parties,"
perped up Benny from his seat on the rug.

Mr. Smith laughed heartily, but the
other looked still more discomfitted.

“I’m afraid. Benny is——is telling tales
out of school,” he murmured.

“Well, ’tis out of school, ain't it?"
maintained Benny. “Say, Mr. Smith, did
you have ter go ter a. private school
when you were a. little boy? Ma says
everybody does who is anybody. But
if it’s Cousin Stanley’s money that's made
us somebody, I wished he'd kept it at
home—- 'fore I had ter go ter that old
school.” .

"Oh, come, come, my boy," remonstrat-
ed the father, drawing his son into the

DAD’S been showln' me the books he

,/-

I wanted to do—and couldn't. And-—-"

"Jim. Jim !'_' It'wus Mrs. Hattie in the
doorway. ."There, I might have known
where Pd ﬁnd you. Come, the guests
are going, and are looking for you to
say good-night. Jim. you'll have tocomb!
Why, what’ll people say? They'll think
we don’t know anything—410w to behave,
and all that. Mr. Smith, you'll excuse
him, I know."

"Most certainly," declared Mr. Smith.
“I must be going myself. for that matter.”
he ﬁnished, as he followed his hostess
through the doorway.

Five minutes later he had found Miss
Maggie, and was making his adieus.

Miss Maggie. on her way home, was
strangely silent. .

“Well, that was some party." began
Mr. Smith, after waiting for her to speak.

"It was indeed." .

"Quite a. house 2”

llYes.lr

"How pretty Miss Mellicent looked!"

"Verylpretty."

“I’m glad at last to see that poor'
child enjoying herself."

liYes.'!

Mr. Smith frowned and stole a. side-
wise glance at his companion. Was it
possible? Could Miss Maggie be showing
at least a tinge of envy and jealousy?
It was so unlike her! And. yet—

“Even Miss Flora seemed to be having
a good time, in spite of that "funeral
black." he hazarded again. ’ '

“Yes."

“And I’m sure Mrs. James Blalsdell
and Miss Bessie were very radiant and
shining.”

"Oh, yes, they—shone."

Mr. Smith bit his lip, and stole another
sidewise glance. -

”Er—how did you enjoy it? Did you
have a good time?"

“Oh, yes, very."

There was a. brief silence. Mr. Smith
drew a long breath and began again.

"I had no idea Mr. James Blaisdell

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what are you talking about. Come, sup-
pose we show Mr. Smith some of the
new books."

From case to case, then, they went, the
host eagerly displaying and explaining,
the guest almost as eagerly watching and
listening. And in the kindling eye and
reverent fingers of the man handling the
volumes, Mr. Smith caught some inkling
of what those books meant to Jim Blais-
dell.

"You must be fond of books, Mr. Blais-
dell," he said somewhat awkwardly, after
a time.
“Ma says dad'd rather read than eat,"
giggled Benny; ”but pa says readin’ is
catin’. But I'd rather have a cookie,
wouldn’t you Mr. Smith?" ,

“You wait till you ﬁnd what there is
in these books. my son," smiled his.
father. "You'll love them as well as I
do, some day. And your brother—” He-
paused, a swift shadow on his face. He
turned to Mr. Ehnlth. "My boy, Fred.
loves boom, too. He helped me a lot in 5
my buying. He was in hero—a little»
while ago. But he couldn’t stay, . of
course. He said he had to go and dance
with the girls—his mother expected it."

“He says Fred—" .

“Did you see that Gaylord girl?" Miss
Maggie was galvanized into sudden life.
"He's perfectly bewitched with her.
And she—that ridiculous dress—and for
a young girl! Oh, I wish Hattie would
let those-people alone!"

"on, well.ghe’ll be off to college next
week,” soothed Mr. Smith.

'ers, but whom with? Her brother !—
and he’s worse than she is, 'if anything.
Why, he was drunk to-nlght, actually
drunk. when he came! I don’t want
Fred with any of them.” '

“No, I don’t like their looks very well.
but—I fancy young Blsisdell has a pretty
level head on him. His father says—"

"His father warships him," interrupted
Miss Maggie. "He worshlps all those
children. , But into Fred—Ante Fred he's
pouring his whole lost youth. You don't
know. You 4 don’t understand, of course.
Mr. Smith. You haven’t known him all
theway', as I have."-Ml'ss 'Maggie’s voice
shook with suppressed .feeling.- “Jim was
always the dreamer. He fairly lived in
his "books. Theywere food and drink to
him, He planned for college. of course.

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“ FAST of forty days beginning
with Ash Wednesday and con-
, tinuing until Easter." .Thisis
what the dictionary says about
Lent. And just now many Christ-
ians are observing this period as one
of self-denial in commemoration of
the life of our Savidr. And. yet, I
take it, that our Savior meant that
we should practice self-denial three
hundred sixty~ ﬁve days in every
year.' Do you think so? Is that
what our text means?
Self-denial is, essentially, a part
of religious character. There is no

greater rogue in the ﬁeld of Christ-2

ian endeavor than Self. He must
be denied his coveted place in our
lives. To heed him may win us a
reputation, but to deny him will win
us a character. ‘Always, there are
many men and women in the lime-
light of the world. . But it would be

ya surprising revelation ’to others

and a burning condemnation of
themselves to know the degree of
self in the motives.

Self-denial includes a conquest
over the demands of the body and a
bringing under of the selﬁsh ambi—
tions ,of one’s intellect and spirit.
Perhaps just a simple study in the
self-denial attitudes and teaching
of Jesus might be helpful‘ for the
Benton season.

In early times, the denying of the
lower or carnal self was engaged in
in a spirit and thru methods void of
reason. We hear it called asceti-
cism. It grew out of the exclusive-
ness and formalism of Judaism, as
well as a misconception of Christ-
ianity by the heathen convert. It
was a. deliberate attempt to uproot
the desires of the ﬂesh and the in-
stincts of nature. It‘ was wholly a
religion of negation and a self-excile
Did“ Jesus teach
and practice this? No. Jno. 17:15.
But he taught and practiced reason-
able self-denial and self-discipline.

Let us begin with fasting. This
was practised by our Lord. Mt. 4:1f.
It was made a logical and conse-
quent part of religious life. Mt. 6:-
161 and 9:15f. ‘
formal setting apart of a particular
seaSon or the parade of piety before
the world. It was the outward
evidence of a soul in its personal
and sacriﬁcial relation to God. And
for its expression, it did not await

' a Lenton season of forty days, since

it depended wholly upon a peculiar
state of. mind. And it seems, ac-
cording to some such understanding

as this, it was practiced by the
early church. Acts 10:9, 13:3,
14:23.

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But it was not the

- refusal of luxury.

, , ,2. Well, celibacy,.§0r_...the non-
marrie'd state waswcourltenaheed and
practiced by Jesus, but he did'not
generallyrecommend it» for others.
Mt. 19:12, Luke 14:26. But he did
demand a 'pure and wholesome famm
ily life. So, the marriage relation
is not debasing during. Lent or any
othertime unless it be placed above
the interests of the Kingdom of God.
We read‘ of some horrible crimes in
church history because some .reli-
gious leaders have '. denied them-
selves marital rights. And many
communities and» homes are suffer-
ing under low—toned morals, because
married people are not denying car-
nal lust.

-Now, to what extent ought alms-
giving to ‘be featured in our life?
Our Lord, the poor, practiced this
grace. Jno. 13:29. Indeed, it was
a highpoint in his teaching. Mt. 6:—
If and Luke 12.33. “Sell that
which thou hast and give alms.” We
are urged to a determination not to
be selﬁsh in our abundance. Jesus’
warnings on this are vigorous.
Hence, to the man who is in danger
of falling under the tyrany of
moneyy he says, “Go and sell what
thou hast and give to the poor.”
The love of money is a root of all
kinds of evil. Why? Because it
is not held subordinate to social de-
mands. You have spent it in self-
pleasure, and now, in your declining
years you are losing your life. You
have not been faithful in the un—
righteous ma'mmon, and therefore,
you can not be trusted with the true
riches. What fools we mortals are!

I think it was John Wesley who
said; make all you can, save all you
can, but give all you can. And when
he preached that sermon you know
where he placed the emphasis. To
give wisely and unselﬁshly is to
have discovered one of the [ﬁne arts.
Few folks have learned the art of
putting their dollars into the busi-
ness of circulating good will. And
in this economic world there are
some spiritual things only money
can_ do. When you give your dol-
lars to Kingdom advancement you
give so much of concentrated time
and energy that God has given you.
Consecrated money in the hands of
a consecrated person is resistless in
its power for good. “Whosoever
that forsaketh not all that he hath
can not be my disciple.”

But again, we are urged to the
Well,‘ say in per—
sonal desires, in the household ar:
rangements, and in the general sur-
roundings of life. “Foxes have
holes and the birds of the air have
nests, but the son of man hath not
where to lay his head,” says the
self-denying Jesus. And note the
helpful hints in, "Behold, they that
wear soft raiment are in king‘s
houses;” and in the parable of a. cer-
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THE GASOLINE TAX AGAm

0U who. have been following Mr. Stanley
Powell‘s articles on taxation will not fail
to read the one in the current issue on the
popular gasoline tax, which has been a political
foot ball in Michigan now for two or three years.
You will hardly fail to get the idea that Mr.
Powell is an exponent of this method of collect-
ing the necessary revenue to care for road build-
ing and improvements and we are inclined to be-
lieve that there are a great many of our readers
who will agree with him.

One thing is certain, this gasoline tax proposi-
tion is going to come up again at the next gen-
eral election and we want our readers to have
all the facts. If there are any questions which
Mr. Powell has not answered to your satisfaction
in this or any of his previous articles on tax-
ation I hope you will write to us, because there
_ is no subject of more importance to the farmer
today than that of increasing taxation and we
shall be glad to open our columns to a full dis-
cussion of the proposition as it has been out-
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WALLACE ON COOPERATION

ECRETARY WALLACE made some pertinent
remarks regarding farmers cooperation that
that are well worth repeating, principally in

view of our experience with cooperation in Mich-
igan during the past few years.

It would not be fair to say that the farmers
of Michigan are discouraged with cooperative
marketing schemes. There is not a thinking
business farmer who does not realize that this is
the only way out, and it is interesting to note
that Secretary Wallace agrees with us fully in
that ”cooperative associations will succeed or
fail as they are efﬁcient!"

“During the past three years," he continues,
“farmers have turned to cooperation for the
solution of their marketing difﬁculties in ever-
increasing numbers. In a period of rapid ex-
pansion it is only natural that the essential prin-
ciples and limits of cooperation at times should
be overlooked.‘ The department believes that
its most helpful activity in this field consists in
collecting and’compiling the essential facts with
regard to the cooperative movement and em-
ploying these data as the basis of careful studies
of the older and more successful cooperative or-
ganizations. In this way. an understanding of
the general movement may be gained, and the
principles which have guided well established or-
ganizations made available to- newcommers in
the field.

, "It is important to remember that there have
been previous periods of expansion-and decline
in cooperative activity in the United States. Co-
operative sentiment is always stimulated by" ag-
ricultural depression. The ﬁrst great cooperat-
ive movement in agriculture reached it apex
about 187 4 but lasted for only a few years
'. thereafter. Local work went forward in the lat-

"er years of the nineteenth century. but it was

' I. 7 not until after 1900 that the present period of‘
expansion began. It increased gradually for a.

of years, gaining momentum about 1914,
via-dinnotmdavatite maximum. -

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head expenses. Some associations purchased.

largely on credit, buildings and equipment at .

war prices, and the subsequent decline in the

value of such property, coupled with the decline ‘

in the price of agricultural products. was large-
ly responsible (Or their failure. ‘ '

“Business failures in cities are as natural

economic phenomenon which we record statistlc- .

ally from day to day. It is a barometer of busi-
ness activity. It is taken as a matter of course,
but when a cooperative enterprise composed of
farmers fails it ﬂashes across the metropolitan
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THE WORM HA8 TURNED

E have it on the authority’ of Verne H.
\ Church, federal crop statistician located at
trict, that the movement of young people from
farm to city factory districts has largely lost its
pulling power during the past few months.

Mr. Church says, in a recent report, “there
is some movement from country to cities, but
many are remaining on the farm because of
more encouraging aspects. There will be an ad-
justment of crops to obtain a more proﬁtable
acre return. With the. expected improvement
in other factors, the farming situation is expect-
ed to show a step upward toward a more normal
condition this year."

We are willing to give space on this page any.
time to an encouraging report, and we would

point out to many a young man or woman who
is discouraged with farm conditions of the past
few years that pastures on the other side of the
fence are always the greenest and that there are
many objections to the congested and harrassed
life in our modern cities which is not apparent
to one who views it from the perspective of the
country.

These may be trying times but it must‘be ap-
parent to all that the conditions which toss them
about are changing, that the decrease in farm
acreage and population can only increase the re-
turns of those who stick and surely even the
hardships that have been undergone cannot com-
pare with thou of the pioneer forefathers who
wrestled from the forest the fertile acres which
we are now asked only .to plant, cultivate and
harvest.

We predict that thé‘ ﬁrst slacking up of city
employment, will send labor back to the farm
a-scurrying. Many a man has given up a good
farm and moved to the city who is going to wish
he had it back .within the next year or two.
Paste this in‘your hat and see how near we
come to hitting the mark!

LESS WHEAT—MORE CORN IN PROSPECT

STATEMENT just issued by the Bureau of

Agricultural Economics of the U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture, based on reports re-
ceived from 43,000 farmers, shows that the farm-
ers in every section of the country are begin-
ning to apply business methods to their farming
operations.

This report shows that on March ﬁrst, farmers
were planning to increase the corn acreage about
3 per cent over the country generally, but in
Minnesota, South Dakota, and Kansas they

are planning an increase of 10 per cent due to ,-

their disastrous season with wheat.

In almost the same territory wheat shows a
prospective decrease of 14 per cent in acreage,
while oats and barley show an increase of 7 .to
9 per cent respectively.

The rye crop, according to this report. will ,,

only be 79 per cent of last year's production,
and this too is inﬂuenced largely by‘ the price
change during the current marketing season.
Flax shows the greatest increase as farmers
report they are planning to grew 54 per cent
more thanlast year. an‘will receive 4 per cent
larger acreage and potatoes a 2 percent decrease.
These ﬁgures, it they are based on facts, prove
that farmers on working as much with their

heads as with their hands these days. and we j
predictthatthdrpredﬂwﬂlheﬂadiustedw'
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man who ﬁnds those who must give notes in pays,
ment the easiest to approach and 3011.. . , ,

It would seem that after the experiences with
which each rural community in Michigan is font-
mar there would be little opportunity for the ’ .
glib stock salesman and yet every once in a while], ~
we run into a condition where, by painting a,
rosy picture and getting one or two inﬂuential

' farmers into the scheme, a veritable clean-up is ‘.
, made. The old adage that "One is born every

minute" is evidently proven by actual experience '
in the constant supply of fresh money which
these parasites ﬁnd for their schemes. .

There are so many good bonds on the market
at this time and they are issued in such small I;
denominations that there is no excuse for the i
farmer who has additional funds to be specnint- ‘-
ing unless he is an out-and—out gamblers is .5
willing and can afford to take the loss “ well “
as the gain. Federal Land Bank Bonds odor a‘
tax-exempt security which are attracting a grow- '
ing number of farmer investors. First reel 'es- A
tats mortgage bonds pay a. considerably higher:
rate of interest and ”are tax exempt, and when
purchased from a trustworthy company with
years of reputation behind them are probably as
safe on investment as one can hope to secure. '
There are also forms of railroad and industrial
bonds, all of which pay a higher rate of interest
than the government bonds, and it wisely chosen
may be as secure. ..

The point is that there is no excuse whatever
for a farmer with funds to invest to experiment
with unknown quantities and for the one satis-
fied purchaser of industrial oil or mining stock
it is easy to find a hundred who have never re~ ' 9
ceived a penny from the amount they invested
in such schemes.

The moral should be apparent.

 

PLANTING Tum ,
HERE are two articles in ‘this issue which
ought to be read by every farmer who is
completing his plans on crops for the pres-
ent season.

The first is by Prof. J. F. Cox, of Farm Crops.
Department of the College, in which he'points
out the desirability 'of increasing the clover acre-
age in Michigan. Prof. Cox is too well known
to our readers to need any sort of introduction
and when'he has a message he usually delivers
it because he believes it is needed. We hope .
every busines farmer will read this and proﬁt' by I

.. the suggestions given.

Another article by J. R. Duncan, of Ptof. Cox' s

department, takes up the matter of testing seed’
corn and gives his reason why it is especially
necessary this year. We have appended to this
article a method of making “rag dolls" or corn
testers, which ought to be in use on every farm
in Michigan this season.
_ “A stitch in time saves nine” and a bushel of
seed tested now may save nine bushels wasted "
to say nothing of the countless hours of worth-
less cultivation and planting.

“FOB“ YEARS OF FAKHVG”
ETE DEXTER, we and, is likely to get him- '

self into a new batch of trouble. Pete, as . A

our readers will recall, is the villfan or the
hero, according to how you look at it, of ‘the
story, “Forty Years of'll‘aking,” that is now run-=-
nlng in Ta: Business Fauna. In that story

every name of a commodity, a person or a cor-

poration. is entirely ﬁctitious. Unfortunately;
however, there are Just~so many names available» ‘

' in the world, and it is hard to put a label on a...

rogue that some honest may does not believe he
has maimed. '
We have been asked if Hunter was aviation
expose (one particular individual «WM 2
tlcnlar company or corporation, His
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1 your advice on the . in
work
went to know about the schools that
are best. ‘3. 3,--

i i is another young man who" .
_ has been attracted by tie glam-

our of the "Be a singer Print

” clrctiara. It the number who

use inquired throught this depart-

Input is any indication of'the num-

who probably “bite” on this

scheme, there will be more ﬁnger-

print experts someday. than there
are lingers!

’ it seems as though it is easiest to
mt people to a profession of
which they know absolutely noth-

, ing. Even becoming an "'empert
* electrical engineer” or a "chiroprac-
tor” by mail, carries with it the sag.
motion that there may be some
work connected with the job, but
when you suggest so elusive an oc-

' 'cupation as making anger-prints,
the iish bite like hungry wolves. .

For the beneﬁt of those who read
this column we will give a simple‘
lesson in making ﬂnger«prints: Rub
your thumb with lamp—black, press
it ﬁrmly on sheet oi white paper.
lift it up, and Lo! you have left the
imprint of your linger which is dif-
iorent, (so we. are told) from that
of any other ﬁnger in the world. To
prove it compare the imprints of
other members of your family. This
system is used by every police de—
partmant in the world, the army
and navy and others for a positive
mark of identification.

There you have it—-the ﬁrst les—
son—ten dollars please!

FTI‘TING SPECIAOLES BY MAIL
, “Dear Friend: -—Let me send you
Free On Trial a pair of my very
ﬁnest Shell Rim Spectacles! No
matter where you live I promise to
send you a pair that will enable you
to see perfectly and satisfy you in
every respect or. you will owe me
nothing. I positively guarantee a

perfect ﬁt or there will be no charge ’

whatever. They will protect your
eyes, preventing eye strain and
headaches; and enable you to read
the smallest print, thread the ﬁnest
noodle, See For or Near!"

7 any of .our readers have not re-
ceived a letter of which the
above is the opening paragraph

they can feel slighted. Here is a
company so liberal and possessed of
such occult powers, that without
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.TOO MUCH BUNK
“I got an idea," says Farmer
Brown,
“Theres too much buncombe
ﬂoating around,
.You can’t go here and you
can’t go there,
And you can ’t go travelin’
anywhere,
.But what some teller is on
your trail, ,
With a sure investment that
cannot fail,
He tells you how you can get
rich quick, *
‘ And his method, it sounds
pretty doggon slick,
He tells you how to make dol-
lars grow
Until you will jes"
in dough.
'He’ll sell you mine stock for .
g a song
That's going to be double tore
very long,
.And he puts up such a. win-
ning spell
You feel yourself ownin’ an
‘ automobile,
‘A place in the county and one
' in town,
And a private yacht-910.1,. a
dollar down.
' _, But hang unto your dough for
' a rainy day.
your money in the
good old way, _
“so up your dollars as wise

be rollin’.

 

 

Hittite has
I would like this -work and.

‘ , —-—Mrs.

_ . the Miss
hover ﬁtting

~« it thisststonrent were not is 151th
he on the taco o! it

and colleges to insist on a man giv-
ing from two to four years of study

before giving him a diploma to prac- _

tics as an opticlanl
Any sane man or woman ought to

A new that their priceless possession

is sight, beside it the wealth of 8.
Henry Ford or Rockefeller are as
nothing. They know too,t that the
improper glasses might in a few
months entirely ruin their sight and
yet e'nough of them succomb to the
magic words of such iakirs, so that
they remain in business and prob-
ably prosper on their deception.

The day will come when Uncle
Sam will scrutinize the advertising
matter which he delivers into the
home as carefully as does the re—

‘ sponsible publisher, and laws will

be enacted preventing such schemes
being perpetrated on the public, but
until that day arrives all we can do
is to try to bring them to light in
our humble way, through the med-
ium or this column.

RAISING AIREDALES
READER writes to ask if we
know it the scheme of raising
Airedales for the Oorang Ken-

nels, LaRue, Ohio; is a proﬁtable
and successful side-line in which a
farmers wile can engage.

The company which operates und-
er the name of the "Oorang Sports-
man’s Association” states that one
“can make from $1000 to $10,000
net proﬁt yearly, with but little ex-
pence. ” No wonder our reader is in-
terested!

We are wondering if any of the
friends of this column are success-
fully raising puppies for this con-
cern or. if you hays had any exper-
ience with them, it so, without men-
tioning your name we would be glad
to pass the information along.

WROTE POSTAL AUTHORITIES
ABOUT “'ART WORK” COMPANY

"Dear Sirz—On'e of the subscrib-
ers to your paper sent me the en-
closed article cut from your paper
(Feb. 16, 1924 edition) asking me
to write to you as l have had exper-
ience with the Underwood Art Goods
Co. I was worse on than she for I
completed One dozen handkmhiefs
for which labor I received no' pay.
Just one year from the time I sent
in my last‘installment of 3 handker-
chiefs to them, this company had the
nerve to advertise in my home paper
(I had answered their advertisement
in the Detroit Free Press). I went
out and go council on the case and
the postmaster said it was a clear
case of using the mails to defraud.
I wrote to the chief inspector of the
postal laws in Washington, D. C.,
and he took up the case. Three
months after my complaint to him,
I received part pay from the com-
pany and they tried to cheat me out
of the rest by saying they did not re-
ceive all of’the dozen completed. I
wrote back to them that their con-
tract read“‘paid by the dozen” and
that I had sent the whole dozen
back, also that-I wanted my money
and an answer immediately or I

“would take further steps to collect

it. In 2 weeks I received the rest
of my money but the $1 I never re-
ceived. I am going to write the in-
specter of this $1 proposition soon.
It would be a good plan for all

complaints- to go to the chief in-

spector and by so doing it may dis-
solve this company’s business en-
tirely. I feel sure they are a fraud—
ulent company, and is a case for the
U. 8. authorities at present seeing
one complaint has already gone in. ”
W., Oakland County.

RECEIVED CHECK
I wish to thank you for helping
moi regain my money. I could hard~
ly bellevo my eyes when I received
Iliad lost all hopes of

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. eeloth of red.” 7
And the silvered hair ,of Grandma
Who was busy f‘settin' bread!" .

‘ “As I 'drowsed there in the kitchen, .

Though I should have been in bed,
’ I enjoyed the home-like picture
Of my Grandma “settin’ bread."

Bright the kitchen ﬁre was burning,
She revived the embers dead, ,

~And the kitten drowsed beside it,
Warmed by Grandma’s “settin’ bread."

As I watched her dear hands hover
O'er the mixing bowl, she said,

“You must run to bed, my darling,
While your Grandma’s “settin’ bread.”

Oh, I wish I could revive them
Happy evenings that have ﬂed——
All the simple ways of living,
Like the rite of “settin’ bread !"
(Copyright, 1923.)

\

METHODS FOR MAKING BREAD

HERE are two general methods
for making bread, one known
as the “straight-dough” process

and the other as the “sponge” pro-
cess.

Straight-dough process—In the
“straight-dough” process all the in-
gredients are mixed at one time and
the dough is made of the proper
consistency before rising. Either
compressed or liquid yeast may be
used for this, but not dry yeast.

Sponge process.—:-In the “sponge”
process only half the total amount
of ﬂour is used at ﬁrst,‘ with all or
nearly all of the liquid, the yeast,
and frequently the salt and the sug-
ar. Compressed, dry, or liquid yeast
may be used for this. This mixture
is similar to a soft batter, and after
the ﬁrst rising the remainder of the
ﬂour, the shortening, and any other

Edited by MRS.

‘ need.” ’

ways be answered direct.

always use my own discre-
tion about publishing the
names of our readers and I
never abuse the fact that
these names are with me.

 

 

I want you to know that if the name and town is not given me
when you write, I cannot answer you.
full of the more general news and interest and personal letters can a'i-

g1???” Var.

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

for-tit _ .,
,. EAR FOLKS:—-Bread is one of the most iniport‘a’n‘t foods that we
have, and in this issue I have tried to give you a small idea 01'
how to make good bread for the family.

wrong and just as easy to have it turn out alright.
Thanks for the many. letters received to help on a “subscriber in

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desired ingredients are added. It
is thenkneeded until of the proper
consistency and smoothness.

The sqonge process usually re-
quires less yeast than the straight-
'dough method, because of the softer
consistency of the mixture which
facilitates the growth of the yeast.
However, by using larger or smaller
amounts of yeast one may shorten
or lengthen the time required for
rising. In a similar way the straight-
dough process may be shortened or
lengthened by increasing or decreas-
ing the amount of yeast used. Hence
recipes for the different variations
of time are given and the housewife
may select that which suits her eon—
venience as to time and the kind of
yeast she has on hand, or‘which
seems to her most economical. Great
care should be taken when using a

sponge or dough which
stands a long time—as, for
example, the “overnight
straight dough” or the “ov—
ernight sponge”—to keep it
much cooler than when the
quicker methods are used,
since the former have a
greater chance of becoming
sour.

rFlours In Quick Breads

The hard winter wheat
ﬂour is the best ﬂour for
the making of yeast breads
while the soft ﬂours are
considered the best for the
quick breads. The former
contains more of the elastic
material known as gluten
and the latter more starch.

The gluten must be pres-
ent in the yeast breads to
allow for the expansion of
the dough necessary to
make a good bread. The
gluten can be easily sepa-
rated out by making a stiff
smooth dough_ ball, placing
it in a cloth and washing
out the starch under the
faucet or in a pail of water.
If the sticky mass is then
.placed in a hot oven it will
be found to stretch to at
least twice its size. When
baked it is hollow,.hard
and greyish tan in color.
This action takes place
when the bread is baked
but then the gluten parti-
cles are distributed in the
starch and consequently
small holes are made
throughout the whole mass.

The soft wheat ﬂours,
that is, the pastry ﬂours,
will yield very little gluten.
While the two kinds of
ﬂour are on the market as
bread and pastry ﬂour, the
tendency is to use one ﬂour
for most of the baking. The
millers know this and as a
result there are brands
which are the result of the
blending. of two kinds of
flour in the mill. These
ﬂours are not so high in
gluten or starch content
but that they will make
both excellent quick breads
‘ and yeast breads.

When barley, rye or corn
meali ﬂours are used in
quick breads it is often nec-
essary to modify a plain ref
cipe because- these, ﬂours
contain cellulose 'material
and the quality otzthe glue

ten is not as good for” bread; ~*.
_ ,The . moisture .
; caesium sweetest-2

purposes;

I

tate a slight change in the amount
of liquid used in_a recipe. Always
sift white ﬂour for quick breads.
Recipes

Four loaves straight dough:'——Four
cups (1 qt.) lukewarm liquid; 4 tea-
spoons salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 or
2 cakes compressed yeast, or 1A, to .1
cup liquid. yeast; 3 to 4 quarts sifted
ﬂour.
Parkerhouse Rolls (Quick MethOd)

1 cupful milk; 2 tablespoonfuls
sugar; ‘2 tablespoonfuls butter; 1
teaspoonful salt; 14 to 1/3 cake com-
pressed yeast or 2 to 4 tablespoon-
fuls potato yeast; 3 to 4 cupfuls
sifted ﬂour. Add the sugar, salt

and butter to the scalded milk..

When lukewarm, add the compress-
ed yeast, which has been soaked in
14 cupful of lukewarm water or the
potato yeast. Add ﬂour until no
more can be worked in *with' a
spoon. Cover tightly and let rise
until three times its bulk. Turn on
a ﬂoured board, kneed lightly and
roll %—inch thick. Out with an oval
or round ﬂoured cutter. Crease in
the middle with a ﬂoured knife
handle, rub one half inch melted
butter and fold over. Place the
rolls one inch apart in an oiled tin
and let rise until light. Bake in a
hot oven 20 minutes.

THE MONTH OF EASTER. BRIDES

T0 complete the loveliness of
spring, some time ago, some-

where far distant there was the
ﬁrst Easter bride. So this year, in
the beauty of mid-April, there will
be many formal weddings and many
charming brides. From a purely
feminine .standpoint, at least, the
most interesting feature of a wed-
ding is the bride’s gown.‘ “What did
the bride wear?” as the age-old
question after every marriage cere-
mony and as time passes by the
bride of today will always grow a
bit reminiScent about her wedding
attire, eager to describe howlovely
it was.

This year’s bride may choose her
gown from an unusually attractive
array of beautiful fashions.

The fabric,'too, is a very import-
ant consideration in a bridal gown,
and this season offers a wonderful
silken selection in rich brocades and
plain weaves of heavy quality. Satin,
silk crepe, moire, crepe satin, char-
me‘use, satin brocade,

Helpful Hints—If year have tough liver, ,
run it through your ,fm. chopper With
some saltpork, beat,.up an egg, add “a ,, 1
little ﬂour, and stir' in. Then dip out ' "
by spoonfuls and fry. ‘ , '

A long steel fork, such as you can buy

for 5 or 10'cents is dandy to turn fried ‘

cakes and to take them out of kettle, as
grease will all drip out . between the
tines—M. H. “I , 3

How One Reader Made Attractive Cur-
tains—Japanese table cloth and 12 nop-
kins were given to me. 1A5 my Itable.was
round I could not use the cloth. The
square Japanese table cloths, and nap-
kins can be used for window curtains.
The ‘table cloth could be out in half and
hemmed on raw edge, and one hung on
each side of large window or double
window, in a dining room. Use a strip
of scrimm one-half yard .wide or more,
to goacross top of window frame, hem-
ming it so it will hang‘full. Have 9. cas-
ing at top to run on pele; hem lower
edge, then sew one side ‘of napkins to
the scrim,” leaving the rest of edges loose.
This/will'form a balance. clear across
top. One must sew napkins on sovthat
they will all hang right. VMine were
white and printed in bluebird: and bas-
kets to, match tablecloth. They are very.
cute made up in this way.——M.

Some Useful Hints by a, Reader-.40
run curtain rods through curtains"when
starched or otherwise, is hard on the
curtains, but will be easier to accomplish
and easier on the -curtains if there is a.
sewing thimble or waxed pauper wound on
the end of the curtain rods. Then the
edges will slide without catching on the
delicate mesh. I use wax (paper or silk
over the ends of the square rods, and
my‘ thimlble on the round rods. ,

If making ﬂour into gravy it tiresome
to get smooth. and takes top great a time,
try my methods. Sift well a quart of
ﬂour with a heaping teaspoon of good
baking powder, and store away in a dry
glass jar, and use this prepared flour
for gravy. It will be a smooth gravy, and
all trace of powder will be gone—Louise
Lindley. \

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Menu for 'March 29th

 

 

 

 

Cream of Barley Soup
English Chicken Pie Stewed Tomatoes
Vegetable Gelatine Sala'd
Biscuits Cheese
Coffee

English Chicken Pia—One chicken, one-
half pound of veal ﬁllet, four ounces
bacon, three hard boiled eggs, one-fourth
pound mushrooms, two tablespoons fat,
pepper and salt to taste, chopped parsley,
puff—pastry, stock, and one egg.

Cut fowl into small jOints, season
these with salt and pepper. Slice veal‘
thinly, line bottom of ﬁreproof dish with
this, place on top a layer of chicken.
Chop mushrooms finely, saute them in
fat in small stew pan;'sprinkle half of
this over pieces of chicken, then layer of
hard—boiled eggs, over that thin slices of
bacon, and chopped parsley. Continue
in this way until all ingredients‘a’re used
up and the ﬁreproof dish is 11111.me
dish three parts full with stock. Put'a
strip of pastry round the edge of. dish,
wet this slightly with water, cover'the’
pie with puff-pastry rolled out to the
proper size and thickness, press down
the paste on to the wet edge of, paste
trim r‘ound. Brush over .pie with beaten
egg, make a slit in center of _the lid,
put pie in moderate oven and bake one
and one—half hours. Pour in a little
stock before serving.

 

crepe de Chine, Geor-
gette, lace over satin
and chiffon are some
of the most desirable
silks for this special
occasion, and an ivory
tint which is more be-
coming to most com-
plexions than white is
much in vogué for wed-
ding—dresses.

The veil is a matter
near and dear to the
heart of the' bride. ’The
cap style caught with
orange-blossoms appeals
to many; others prefer
the veil held in place
at the back of the head
by a band-eau of some
more novel arrange-
ment. Thus is every
bride just a bit differ‘
ent. .

-- Anniversaries «

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be used under the font. and ﬂowers can
be used to decorate the table- on which the
font stands. An improvised font should
always be a bowl of some kind.

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Inexpensive Cake.—-One cup of sugar.
one-half cup ‘cocoa. Then add one-fourth
cup of butter in one-halt cup hot water,
and stir, add three fourths teaspoon of
soda in one-fourth cup sour milk, one
cup ﬂour, add last one egg,. the white
to be beaten very stiﬂ. Flavor with
vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Bake in
moderate oven.

I always make white frosting, most
always White Mountain.

One cup sugar, five tablespoons of
water or milk, and boil until it forms
a ball in cold water, and have the white
of one egg beaten very stiff. Set dish
of syrup in basin of cold water and beat
until it starts to sugar around edge of
dish. Then beat white of egg in and
ﬂavor with vanilla.

Molasses Cookies.—One cup of brown
sugar, one cup of molasses,- one cup of
shortening, two or three eggs, four table-
spoons of vinegar, one teaspoon Ginger,
three teaspoons of soda, ﬂour to roll out.
I only use three eggs when I double the
recipe.—Mrs. O. M. R, Sparta, Mich.

 

 

The Runner’s Bible

(Copyright by Houshton Miiiiin Co.)

 

 

Awake thou that sleepest and arise
from the dead, and Christ shall shine
upon thee.—Eph. 5:14. >

Imagine what this awakening means; to
learn that all has been but a. dream; all
of' one's mistakes, sins, illnesses, misfor-
tunes, all the woe of the whole world a.
hideous nightmare, unreal and to be for-
gotten! Picture the reality: oneseif at rest
in a kingdom of love, wholly under the care
of the Creator; perfect health, Peace and
Happiness one's own; the light of truth
(Christ) always shining, always a glor-
ions now. This is the Gospel of Good
Tidings which Jesus Christ brought to
earth, and which he commanded to be
preached throughout the world, and is
the message which you and I must do-
liver to those about us in one peculiar
wayL—the Truth which must be expressed
and proved in our daily lives, that the
children of men (Rom. 9: 8) shall know
themselves as the children of God, with-
out blot or blemish.

The cuts on bread making appearing
on the opposite page are used through
the courtesy of Dairymen' s League News.

HOUSEHOLD HELPS

To prevent plaster from cracking
when puting a tack or nail into the
wall, ﬁrst stick the point of the tack
in soap. ,

When cut-glass jugs and vases be-
come cloudy and ordinary washing
docs not remove the ﬁlm, till the
glass piece with wet potato peelings,
and let stand twenty-four hours or
longer. When washed it will sparkle
like new.

It you wash your phonograph re-
cords with soap and water and rims
well with clear water, then dry well
they Will sound clearer.

Thrust rusty knives through on-

- ions and let stand for a day. Re-
move, polish with sandasoap, and.

Wash.
, When cups have lost their handles
or china is broken, try mending with
You will iind that the
more. it comes in contact with water

a. or it will become.
‘ d at wearing gloves when
. glue is six-finch strip ff
, ‘lt or anyothbr soft mate

. or? your broom
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Citizens Mutual

Protective Insurance?

If you are the driver or. owner 'of a motor car or
truck can you really feel SAFE and SECURE without
automobile insurance?

Suppose TOMORROW you should be held liable for
damage to another vehicle, a pedestrian, or the occupant
of your own or another car? The steady increase in
production of automobiles means a greater risk every
day you drive. Even though you were innocent, cir-
cumetancee might point to YOU as the GUILTY one.
What WOULD you DO? What COULD you DO except
“Face the Music.”

It is times like this that you really feel the need of.
ASSISTANCE. With our STATE-WIDE ORGANIZA-
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the last issue.
I did because

reed-mirklétwi‘.
(didn’t you? :~.~
Well. I know save

‘1 am receiving some .“ot the nicest ’

stories, poems and drawings. ' 13am
having a great time going through
my mail; every letter, it seems. cone
tains something of special interest.
I always did love to go through my
mail every day, because the letters
were all so interesting -but with all
the stories. poems and drawings
coming in it is particularly interest-
ing now. . ,
Some of the cousins are very

much in favor of the “correspond- .

ence Scramble" idea. and many of

them have already sent in’ letters.

to be forwarded to unknown friends.
I have sent many of them out, and
as soon as a few of them come in I
mix them up and send them out.

There seems to be some misunder- ,

standing about the “Correspondence
Scramble.” Some believe that I in-
tended they were to send in their
letters at s’ome deﬁnite time, to be
named later, while others thought
they were to. send in their letters
Whenever they wished and I would
send them‘out. The latter idea is
correct. Send in your tletters any
time and I will see tha some un-
known friend receives it.-—-UNCLE

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OUR 6.1an AND BOYS

Hello Uncle Ned :——I suppose this letter
will reach at. Waste Basket. I do not
see very many letters from Brown City.
Well I just got through reading the Chil-
dren’s Hour.
riding? I do and I hate to see the snow
go away, but it must some time. A
snowy winter is my favorite season. I
am thirteen years old the 30th of May.
Have I a twin? I have brown- hair.
(Bobbed of course), weigh about 120
pounds. I am in the 8th grade at school
and like all my subjects except two and
they are civics and history. Did you
like them when you went to school, Uncle
Well I must ring of! and hope Mr.
Waste Basket will write me a. letter. Ha!
Ha! You will get lots more letters be-
sides me. Your want-to-be-nlece—Laura
Klaus. R. 6, Brown City, Mich. ‘
—-When I went to school the subject I did
not like very well was arithmetic.

 

Dear ,Uncle Near—My last letter was
not in 'the paper and so I thought I
would try once again. I am thirteen
years or age and in the seventh grade.
I am ﬁve feet one. inch tall and have
dark brown hair, which will be bobbed
before another year rolls around. - Do
you like bobbed hair, Uncle Ned? I mean
have you anything against it? I have
nice heavy, curly hair and would like
some advice on ‘whether to bob it or not.
I am only thirteen and am not old enough
to do my hair up and it spoils_it to let
it ﬂy. Would you bob it it you were
me? Well I think the answer to Beatrice
Campbell’s riddle is: The boys name was
Andrew. Wasn't it, Bee? Well as my
letter is getting long and I don't want
to have Mr. Waste Basket get my letter
I better hang up. From your would—be
niece—«Thelma Crosby, ' Box 77, Eden-
ville, Michigan. .
—If your mother and father do not ob—
ject I suggest you have your hair bobbed.
I think girls of your age- or a. little older
look very nice with bobbed hair. And
it is much easier to comb.

Dear Uncle Ned:~——This is the ﬁrst
time I have ever written to the M. F. B.

though I read it every week and I think .

it is the most interesting paper we take.
We live on a forty-acre farm and have
one cow and about thirty chickens and
I also have a pet moster and he is Just
as tame as he can be though he is three
years old. I had a pet rabbit but he died
last fall. I have two sisters and one
brother. I have lots of fun sliding down
hill and I just love to. We have some
nice hills to slide down. Did you ever
skii or slide down bill? I went to a
coasting party two weeks ago. One of
our sleighs we call Pete. It is the best
sleigh we have. I am eleven years old
and have dark hair and eyes, am in the

ﬁfth grade and am tour feet ope inchg

my letter, is getting long
must ring off. Please will some of the
boys and girls write to me. Your niece,
——Graco K. Gibes, Pellston, Michigan.
-—You just bet I used to slide down hill,
and what fun it was!

tall. As

mount rear- aeo I used...»
Iva: ’ “

' and we all like it ﬁne.

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any of my cousins will write

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risinly. Wrong-pope: 1
it isworth the wharf m ,;

the Children's Hm.‘ mol, 1“
is seven stories high and cost”
I am in the tenth gradrs‘nd am is
old. Be sure and write more”. ~

this letter does not have a. night town ‘
the waste basket—Leo Buck, 24” 5th
Detroit, Michigan. ' ’ .,.

  

cousins have to say:
hear that and I know they will
terested in your letter. '

 

Dear Uncle Nedt—May I join your
merry circle too? We ml: the II. B. F. -
am a maria! ‘
the Children’s Hour and like It at: well.
I will describemyself. .1 am (out tut'
and ten-inches tall, weighs!) pound-M ‘

have blonde hair, blue" 9713! ma tan- oous-' . ‘ ’ l

plexion. My birthday is Bomber mum ,
seventhand am thirteen years out"!

think that B. Durfee’s name "is Saarinen
Am I right? 'As my letter is getting king

, I will close. Hoping some 0! the boy's - ‘

and girls will write to me. Your mt-
to-be~niece.—~Miss Eva. Baleom, Route 5,
Hesperia. Mich.

/
Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a busy
reader 0: the M. B. F. for many months
since my brother gets the paper and now,‘
I decided to join your merry Gisele. I «if
joy reading the letters from all the boys
and girls from many different places and.
as I ham’t seen any from Bruce Croes-
ing I would like to see this letter in
I have been attending a country
sdxool until this term. I am sixteen
years old. I am ﬁve feet and ﬁve indies
tall. My hair is dark brewn, and I
haven't had a. notion to bob it as yet
My greatest delight is living on a farm.
We have thirteen cows. eleven calves,
forty-six chickens. ten hogs. and a. home.
MypetsareacatandtWo dogs. I
have two sisters older than I am. aid
six brothers. and only two of my brothers -
continue going to school. I would like
to have some of the girls and boys write
to me and I will surely answer all letters. '- .
Your niece—Miss Minnie Syrria, Box 23. '»
Bruce's Crossing, Michigan. ' , ‘
-—Haven’t bobbed your hair yet, eh? I7
suppose you will take a notion to get it
cut one of these ﬁne days and off to the
barber you yvlll run.

 

Dear Uncle Nedsz have read the
lovely letters that you receive from many
children. May I enter in your happy
circle? ,I live in Dearbom, Michigan, ~~
and walk three miles each day to go to
school. I am in the ﬁrst year high, and
love it very much. Perhaps you would
like very much to know whit I look like.

»Weli, I am five feet three inches tall,
_weigh one hundred and three pounds, ,,
have light brown hair and light complex— '

ion, with a pug nose. (but not too m),
am 16 years old. was born the nineteenth
of July, .1907. have s. twin sister.» I,
wonder if I have a twin brother.
have I would like very much to has: tam: ‘
him. Sincerely yamsc—F'letcher B. 00!.
R4, Box 139. Dearborn, Michigan.

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hole in the ice, and has decided to -
go home tor bled-hing tackle. -« How
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his two favorite kinds of ﬁshginztho‘”
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paying a proﬁt on the operation.
The cow testing association is a
means by which a man can check
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that are paying out and the ‘ones
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man will take with his cows it he is , All outsof-doors is ﬁlled with the. bleat of

in an association with a group of the lamb, the bowl of the calf, the grunt of
his neighbors. the pig, and the whinny of the colt.

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ciations operating in Ingham county ‘ Youth . itseifheverywherel
at present. One is located around ,' , Keeptheirbodiesheat y,andstomachsfull.
Lansing and extends up into Clinton _. ’ .~ You can then count on good growth—quick
county. It has just ﬁnished a suc- ' development—and begin to cash in on them
‘ cessiul year and has started anoth- . before the summer-end.
er. The second association is around
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p e t r assoc ation s
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7 We Bred Holstein “Gift" _ , The dairy cow is an exceptionally hardy

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on I W NEW DEGREES OP‘ mt those which attack the digestive and

‘Id ad I ERATIONS 0N HOGS genital organs. These particular organs,
$500, ”Far ”6mm m ASTRATION oi hogs under var_ being the milk-making function, are often
Hera arm, hca, Mich. C ions conditions is descrlb d in overworked and unable to throw of! such
W. as TARK, Manager. (1 i ’ e diseases as Barrcnneu, Abortion, Retained
etail n a new Farmers Bulle- A1terbirth.Sccurs, Bunches, Milk Fever,

tin, No. 1357, by S. 8. Buckley, just Lost Appetite-

F 0 R; S A L E issued by the United States Depart-
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are for ridgelings, for spaying sows, M" Ind zenitll 0mm. A proper funo- a cent a day' per cow.
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A number of illustrations help to the cause of disease. d flow-K339 dis sold by] general stsores, feed
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Here are some pin the things to.

look out for when deciding whether
corn is ﬁt for seed or not:

1st. —Good mature seed corn ker—
nels have a bright glistening appear-
ance when held up to the light.

2nd.———The hull or seed cdat~ is
drawn tight around the kernel and
over the germ. It is not wrinkled.

. 3rd. —-—If you cut a kernel cross—
wise one-third the way from the
tip, the hard starch should be of an
amber color, hard and brittle in
texture. '

4th.——The germ should be creamy
in color and the embrayo in the
center yellowish green. The germ
should be ﬁrm and cheesey in tex-
ture.

Poor seed corn will have kernels
showing one 'or more of the follow—
ing symptoms:

lst ——-Dullness of color.

2nd. —Starchiness or
transparency.

3rd. —-—The tip portion of the ker—
nel may have a dark brown appear-
ance. Do not confuse the brown
membrane, which surrounds the
germ, with the germ itself.

4th.—The hull or seed coat may
be blistered over the germ, on the
edges or sides of the kernel. This
indicates a frozen kernel and is not
worth anything for seed, particular—
ly if the germ has turned dark
brown. Fine lines or cracks, run-
Ining through the hard starch, also
indicates freezing.

5th.—-Do not use kernels showing
cracked seed coats. Discard 'the
whole ear if you ﬁnd any such
grains.

6th.-——Mold around the kernels is
indicated by a white cobweby mass
of _. ﬁlaments sometimes showing
black. specks or spores. It very
severe, tips of kernels next to cob
will be very dark brown or black.

7th.—If some kernels have turn-
ed brown or pink and the hard
starch has become chalky and
mealy, discard the whole ear. It
may be badly diseased. If the ear
has some kernels which show a gray
canker, which is surrounded with
.pink ring, discard the whole car.

It indicates fusarium. If the cob
has a shreddedappearance, where
it broke from the shank, or if it has
a pink appearance around "the out-
side of the pith, discard the whole
car. It indicates fusarium.

, 8th.——When the kernel is cut
crosswise, if the hard starch is
chalky and mealy and the germ has
turned a dark brown and is either
watery or dry and brittle, discard
the ear. It won’t pay to test it.

9th.———Discard all rough, starchy
ears on general principles. They are
immature and will give a weakened,
lower per cent germination to say

the least. ,

10th. ——Run an individual ear test
on all your seed corn this ‘year if

lack . of

you expect to get a good stand.

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not t6 displace: kernels and tie roll 1'
' around center with string,
each roll as ﬁnished in bucket, cover -

With lukewarm water for several
hours. Drain, and cover top with
damp cloth or newspaper. Place in
warm room. After several days
moisten with warm water. On seVa
enth day test is usually ready to
read.

To read test unroll cloth carefully
on table and study kernels in each
square. Discard all ears correspond-.-
ing to squares showing dead kernels
which produced weak or mouldy
sprouts. Save for planting ears
with kernels showing strong, clean,
stem and root sprouts.

(Editor’s Note: Further information

r/can be found by reading Bulletin No. 289,

"Corn Growing in Michigan.” erte the
Bulletin Ofﬁce, Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege,. East Lansing, Michigan, for this
bulletin.)

LENT AND SELF-DENIAL
(Continued from Page 11)

tain rich man who fared sumptously
day by day but forgot his poor
neighbor. Yes, we do ﬁnd our Lord
vigorously condemning every satis-
faction of our lower natures which
disengages us from (Christian love
and service. The Kingdom of God
is our highest good and it, there-
fore, claims our exclusive devotion.
All selﬁsh hindrances must be re-
nounced.

But we are called upon also,
to recognize the vanity in much of
our intellectual or higher self.
Freedom of thought and a broad
culture are much to be desired, yet
‘here We see a selﬁsh and anti-spirit-
ual trend. We have a great itching
to be great, and to many this is to
detach oneself from manual work,
cultivate intellectual attainments,
and keep oneself before a constantly
admiring world. To win a name we
will pay any price. But what is in
a name when daily the unholy de-

Imands of self are robbing life of

strength and sapping it of charaét-
er?

The ideal of Jesus Christ was
quite different. He was ‘narrow.
That is, he set boundaries for him-
self. H'e- shut himself up within
safe limitations. He chose a nar—
row ﬁeld of service. He lived, work—
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earth that was. as ~insigniﬁcant to
the cultured and great of the world
as it was small. He could have been
a world-wide ﬁgure, but he chose to
spend his strength with saw and
hammer in the home carpenter shop
and in helping those of his own
land.

He chose to do but one thing. He
could have done many others. The
spirit of the times wanted him to
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The majority of the farmers of
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Finally, Jesus’ self— denial and the
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thirst, hunger, lust, and war. And
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I been workin' on a bulletin of my
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much information on the life history
and‘habits of the vittymine and my
honest conclusions, after long and
painful study‘of the subject is, that
the people that recommends all them
various kinds of vittymine infested
foods is correct; that they do inhabit
asparagus,
cabbage, orange, apple (I bit-into
one onct in a apple, so I know)
also, they are found in beef, pork,
and mutton; also in milk which is
fairly lousy with 'em accordin' to our

food experts. - My scientiﬁc conclu-'

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fur the beneﬁt of humanity, is that
the true vittymine is related to the
California ﬂea: that it hops about
from plant to plant, from fruit to
vegetable, from cow to goat, from pig
to pnllet, leavin’ life givin' energy
with all it comes in contact with.———
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ONE week's course in blasting
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Males head ”may” carefull
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W H l T E WYANDOTTES. REGAL STRIAN. W;
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F. W. ROBERTS, Salem, Mlchlgln. *L

 

PURE BRED W. WANDOTI'E MATCHING

Eggs Fislrml' s heavyé (”layingfo strain. $7. 00 per 100;
01' ....

Mrs. Tracy Rush 104 Grover Ave., Alma, Mich.

WHITE WYANDOTTES. MARTIN STRAIN.
Eggs for hatclung $1. 25 or 15, $6 .00 per 100. .~
MR 8. R. GRAY, Mlllnnton, Mlchluan. .:

   

 

         
          
      

 

   

 

   
   

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Our Leghorns are long. deep-bodied. wedge-

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tails, big lopped combs and alert e es. 1rds

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Our Baby Chicks "

Dan's be best. because the are hatched from
. i's leading pedigreed ocks, called by genu-
me poultry experts, for .higher egg production and
oeeeuse we hatch only in tested mammoth mach-
nes. Rocks. Reds _ ghorns. Anconas
Buff 0?ingtons. Large instructive catalog tell
all abou them. Prices 9c up.

MICHIGAN HATOHERY and POULTRYFARM
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“HIGKS WHITE LEGHORNS $12 PER 100.
$6.25 for 50, and $3.25 for 25.
Barred Rocks and Beds 818
50, and #425 for 25. to
Rocks 81 per 100. $8.75 for 4.50
. But! Or? as :18 , 9.25

and $4. 5 for 2 . on each 100

with order will_ book your order. Balance
two weeks before dehver . live delivery
guaranteed. Reference: ank of t. orris.
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Mic lgan 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 t e
euhator made. 1002 live delivery to your door. Illus-
trated catalog sent FREE.

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BabyChi-cks

From Best Egg Laying
Stralna In the World
Tapered, pedigree-sired
and Toni arron. S. C.-
White Leghorns. S. C. 8: R.
C. R. I. Reds. Parks' Barred

Pl mouth Rocks. .
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ELGIN cuioks .
Barron Strain Selected English White

Leghorn Chicks. We ship all over the
states the (food win r layers
Prices are right. rade AA. best stock.
e A, good lagers. Prices: Grade
‘f. bride-“5035136? 5‘3‘ 51°doi7'2‘l50180'
rade chicks 2s, :3 so; to $6358}

100, $12.00; 500. $51.50; 10'00. siio.oo.
ELGIN unrcnanv. Box 811-A, Iceland, Mloh.

CHICKS 8m”- Healthy-

From Hes Layers.
S. 0. Tom Barron Eng. White Yeghoms,
12.00 100. Barred Rocks and S.
i. R. . Reds $15.00. White Wyan-
dottes $16.00. Assorted chicks $10.00.
Order direct from this ad. Reference
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BLISSFIELD HATCHERV, Bllssﬁeld.

 

 

Mlchlgan.

 

BABY CHICKS AND HATOHING EGGS, S. 0..
White Leghorns, Barron Strain, America’s greatest
layers from our own breeding ens, chicks $15,

$5.59 or hundred. Barr Rocks R. L
eds. Chic . eggs $6.50 per
100% live arrival guaranteed, prepaid.
down balance 10 days before shipment.

o. W. BOVEE, North Star, Mlchlgan.

 

BABY CHICKS From Best Produclng Free Range

ﬂocks, Highest utility quality, best for general
purposes Sent ’post paid 10 % live delivery
guaranteed. Write for catalo

HOMER HATCHERY. Hofner, Mlchlgan.

 

nd Rhode Island Reds $14.50 er 100.
liVyisi‘;idottes and Biiﬂ’ orpingtons x$18 00 Whit.

Punsenso BABY omens, ssnnso "0‘:st
ossru AMSTER. Paw Paw, lVllclilaan.

 

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But! Leg 0 . First hatch March 3rd.
. w. WEBSTER. path. ﬂlchloan.

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and Barron improved English
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Strain of A
horns and
egg yield due to 11 years careful

Br.
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200 Ens Strain s. 0. English White Leghorns

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Our pen of White Leghorns
W. Leghorn pen in the show)
in the largest. utility show in
at Zeeland. Michigan, Dec. 28.

M A c judging. 12 years

successful hatchery
grow into money
Write

100%, live dellvory guaranteed.
catalog and prices.

ROYAL HATOHERV a FARM
8. P. Wiersma. Zeeland. Mlchloan. man. 2.

Chicks With Pep

Try our lively and vigorous chicks
from bred-today and exhibition
hens. They wil niake_you money
for they have the quality and egg
laying _hab1t bred into them.‘
trial will _conv1nce you. All lead-
ing varieties. Safe dehver . Pre-
paid. Prices right. Ban

Big illustrated catalog free.

refer-

. ence.
Helgete Chick Hatchery, Dept. B, Helgate, Ohio.

 

FREE CHICKS

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In Contact
Many Breeds

Every One a Wlnner
Pure Breed Practical Poultry

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American type Leghorns, also Eng-
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cords our customers. report.
Bend for our descriptive matter and price list.

STATE FA RMB ASSOCIATION

Masonlo Temple,

Kalamazoo, Mlch.

(Member International Baby Chick Association)

 

   

    

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Strong,

Healthy Chicks

Hatched in the latest improved
Mammoth Incubator. English 8.
C. W. Leghorns. S. C. Anconas,
Barred Rocks, R. 1. Beds from
heavy laying free range organised
ﬂocks. 100% alive. Parcel Post
paid. Send for catalog. Reference.

Tlmmers Hatchery. RS. Box M. Holland. Mich.

 

Baby chicks dying

How to stop it in 48 hours

White diarrhea kills half of all the
chicks hatched, yet this loss is easily
prevented, easily stopped. For years,

thousands of

poultry raisers have

stamped out the trouble almost entirely, by

ﬂitting Avicol in the drinking water.

With-

48 hours, the sick ones are lively as

crickets.

GII
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Avicol c
urged to

Mrs. Wm. May, Bego,
a losing 15 chicks ,a day before I re-

Ind., says;

the Avicol.‘ I haven’t lost one stpeell

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ing to Prof. "Ernest , C. Eorema'n.
head or the "department. ' . ’

It is planned. according to college
ofﬁcials, to develop several men
qualiﬁed to cull ﬂocks .on ~a com:
mercial basis. Certiﬁcates will be
issued to students who satisfactor-
ily complete the course as an assur-
ance cf their reliability. If the men
are fast cullers they will be able tQ
earn adequate pay atr2 or 3 cents a
head.

A rapidly increasing demand for
instruction in this specialized ﬁeld
is said to have developed, and with
the launching in July of the certi-
ﬁcation service in which the M. A.
C. poultry department and the
Michigan Baby Chick Association
will cooperate, the services of com-
petent and reliable cullers are ex-
pected to be in considerable de-
mand. . ;

Plans of, the M. A. C. poultry ex-
tension division also. include 10-day
culling campaigns, between July 1
and Oct. 1, in four counties and two
days each in all other counties de-
siring help. '

 
   

KENS MAY HAVE TUBERCULOSIS

I have Rhode Island Red hens
which seem to be in healthiest kind
of condition and occasionally there
will be one that will start to droop
around and refuse to leave their
perch to eat and then later‘seem to
be lame in one leg and keep that
way for a long time before they die;
Please inform me What it is ails-
them and what to do for them.—J.
H. D., Dighton, Mich.

-——The clinical symptoms described
would indicate' that Tuberculosis
may be present in this particular
ﬂock. Associated with the leg weak—
ness which you intimated is present,
one usually ﬁnds that the hens be-
come greatly. emaciated and more-
over they become dull and anaemic,
and are inclined. to mope around.
Their appetite, however, remains
good, and in addition the hens will
be found to drink considerable
quantities of water.

It may be advisable to forward
one or more specimens to Doctor
Stafseth of the Bacteriology Depart-
ment, East Lansing, for' post mor—
tem examination in order to deﬁn-
itely determine the ailment or dis-
ease now prevalent in your ﬂock.

Intestinal worms would also in-
duce a form of leg weakness and
may cause such a condition .known
as "going light.” A post mortem
examination in the case of Tuber-
culosis, would reveal nodules on the
liver and in most cases, bunches on
the long intestinal tract. These are
creamy white in color. In the case
of intestinal worms, the entire in—
testional tract, including the ceca
would reveal various species of par-

asites including cecum worms,
round worms, and possibly tape
werms. In treating for intestinal

worms, we would recommend using
one teaspoonful of oil of American
Worm Seed and one of turpentine to
each twelve fowls. This can be giv-
en in a moistened mash after the
birds have been starved for twelve ‘
hours, and Should be followed with
Epsom salts at the rate of one
pound per. hundred birds, in the
drinking water. Lime should be
liberally used on the masts and
dropping boards following this
treatment.

If Tuberculosis is present. the
poultry house should be well lighted
and ventilated, dropping boards in;-
corporated, and all factors eliminat-
ed that tend to create unsanitary
conditions. The young stock should
be raised on new ground away from
the parent ﬂock. The old stock
should be tested by a veterinarian;
and the reactivesv eliminated, or if
the ﬂock is but an ordinary one, it
maybe advisable to dispose of them
after the heavy spring laying sea-

house and yards.-—~—E. C. Foreman.
Professor of Poultry Husbandry,_.,M§
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Given by One
Had It.

was attacked by Mus-
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Rheumatism. I suffered
as onl those who are
thus a flicted know, for
over three fyea’rs. I-tried-
remedy a ter remedp,
but such rellef as 10 -
tamedwas only tempor-
ary. Finally, I found 1a
treatment : that Ncured‘
me . completely, a n d.
I such a pitiful condition
has never returned. I
have given It to a num-

 

afflicted, even bedri
den, some of them sev-
enty to eighty years
old, and .the results
were the same as in my
oWn case-

from any form of‘mus-
cular and sub - acute

rheumatsim, to try the
great value of my im-
proved “I-Iome Treat-
! ment” for Its remarka-
ble healing power. Do
notsend a cent; simply
mail your name and ad-
dress and I Wlll send' it
free to try: After you
have used it and it has
proven Itself to be that
long-looked1for means
of getting rid of such
forms of rheumatism,
yog may send the price
of it, one dollar, but un-
derstand, I do not Want
your money unless, on
are perfectly sati‘s ied
to send it. Isn’t that
fair? Why .sufferaany
longer when relief . is
thus offered you free?
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day.

 

 

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HOLLAND HATOHERY & POULTRY FARM. R. 7.

000 CHICKS w

BIG, STRONG, FLUleY
hes vyleying hens insuring 200d growth

Moi? “perigwin pl" reducinf abnd lesmgipplngk
ossu must? free
price on best quality 0_ bcks bets 0 placing

Holland. Mich.

CHICKS hatched from well-bred and well kept.
and P OFI'I‘S.

  
  

.Getrchicks {1:001 real one took, the long deep-bodied type that are built
. for laying. Our stock has n bred for years for high as: productionmlllosely
- trap-nested so as to weed out everything but those that come up to the high
Cloverleaf standard. ~" Cloverleaf” brings you extra value without the extra
cost. 100% live delivery, by prepaid parcel post. Send for catalog.

CLOVERLEAF POULTRY YARDS

R. R. No. 2.3 ZEELAND. MICHIGAN

SUNBEAM HATCHERY

Chicks are produced under mv personal superyision.

     

 

 

 

    
 
 

 

 

 

  

 
 
 

    
 

  
   
  
 

 
 

 
  

 
  

  
  

 

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7ask.

‘ cockerels 0d i
blood dings by Dr exugrllslf
Each ii gerwsonallye l_sufervised.
Pure 111900 and
up. .8 havee a ll ited
number 0 lsuperior grade chicks
liescrlp ‘51:: and dmatings.“ Write 1gor ‘
_ gsnvery. net. slum sale (ﬁnal: «9:
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5.11.1111 RATOIIIRY. Box 5. Milan. Michigan.

glare-bred ﬂocks owned and developedtad by u. go.

 

 

LARGE, HUSKY CHICKS

Purebzedlm ,high quality chicks from certiﬁed, tested 1%ogks on5 free range.
Pr! 50
8. 0. White Iand Brown Leghorn: °$3. 3.5g $0.15 $13 00 $02. 50 3120:9018

'Anoonas
erred Roc ks,
Assorted Ohio ks

 

 

 

    
  
    

CHICKS

HOLLYWOOD MATED
$15 per 100

Sired b Hollywood males
whose sms had egg re.—
cords o 0 to
Stock certiﬁed by Michi-
gan Baby Chi cLAss
Rurl strain 13
BMW“ ”home 8 4-813
Anconas. Barred Books.
Large. illustrated
cstalogF BEE
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carefully culled sn
by experts and many"
for high elgogroduellon.
rom 250 to see
Mtrsins and from hens that
11de esdlnn pen in Michi n' s Inter-
ns ion 51 Laying contest ,head our ocks. Eggs
from these lemons slrslne hat ched with scrupulous
care in our Modern Mammoth Incubators i.uce
stress. husky. peppy ehlelts that are easy-
snd Insrveleue syere. Chicks “61 shipped

Doetps! ery
our bl. he Illustrated session.
Sliver Ward Hatchery. Box 80 leelsndJaleh

  

 

 

 

 

Our chicks are the kind
that make ood. Eve ery
ﬂock is care ully culled and
mated. We have been in
business seven years and
have been building care-
fully and consistently to a.
lace where we can offer
chicks more t an worth the money we
SINGLE CODIB, ENGLISH STE \IN,
WHITE LEGHORNS. BARRED ROCKS,
ANOONAS. 100% live delivery guaran-
teed. Investigate our pr osition before
buying. A postal will b ng full infor-

maonti
STAB nHA'I‘C-HERY, Box 23, Holland. Mich.

Early Maturing Baby Chicks

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5* s. 0. 11111011311 White
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years. Leghorn males {rem tropnestsd 2
hens. has catalog. Write for prices. 80 m

Reliable Hatchery and F arms
R501. 3 Holland Mich.

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Extra Select Stock 2.00 r 100 h .
Each order carefully§ pac cke‘lieu nrde hdg or
live delivery.

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8. 50
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10. 00 50.00

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.. rong sturdy northern grown
on free vrarlig‘ees insure strength in
are

Barred Rooks

Hatched under best conditi 11
delivery guaranteed. Refed'enEce State
special matings.

Newton incubators.
( ommercial

 

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Leghorns (S. G. White and Brown) $1.00 $1130.00 .00 $38. 00 $920: §8

 
 
 

AT NORTHERN HATCHE

BABION’ S QUALITY BCHICKS

 

Varieties Postpaid Prices On: 25 100 500 1000

English Wh., Br.. BI. and Bull L horns ....... $13.00 $02.00 $120. 00
Barred Rock 3. s. O. and R. o. s, Ancones 5 15.00 1.200

Wh. and 8011‘ Raocks. Wh. Wyandots. Mlnorcas. . 11.00 82.00 130. 00
8M. Wyan Bull and Wh. Orpl ngtons, -------- -- - 19.00 92.00 180 00
Black Lanshangs. Light Brahmas. ........................................... 5.00 . 19.00 92.00 180. 00
Pricresq quoted are for Chicks hatched from OUR GOOD UTILITY FLOCKS. Chicks from OUR
X BA SELECTED FCLO KS will 3.00 per 100 higher and Chicks from our Fancy Stock of
BLUE RIBBON PENS willmle be (1.35 00e§8r3100 higher. Also eight week pullets $1.25 up. Postpaid
100% li\e delivery Ban references. You cannot go wrong 01d d9) from this A.d

am
Thousands satisﬁed. 'Fllirty- four varieties. Ten 0115’ experience. Our slogan: The best chicks are
cheapest, not the cheapest chicks best. Bablon’ 5 Fruit and Poultry Farms. Lock Box 354- A. Flint. Mich.

Pure Bred Selected F locks

100 Per Cent Live Delivery

hi.cks Selected, ure bred stock. Healthy ﬂocks
every 1813]“ from this Ad 000
es on 501110 Tra nested direct from
$120.0 P
0.0 wor d champion layers;
9.50 18. 00 53. .0100 85. .010? 313333 thei fﬁrrlilous Tom Barron
.................................... per an
EveryB Cliick 1carefully nixspectedi 10 (if/23 11v: Whiteonglfd’lggtraC)?%gl€
Savm an 18 Cl y I‘l t6 or pr C 0 '
liv, mi 50, Iceland, Michigan. these chicks from Dedi-
greed stock now at bar-

 

  
 

from Best 8100
Developed and Culled by Expo

a little more for your money.

Brown Leghorns and Sheppard' s Anconas.

QUEEN I'IATCHERY 81'. POULTRY FARM ::

gain prices! Hatched' 1n the larg-
est and ﬁnest hatchery 1n Michi-
gan at the rate of 150, 000 eggs to
a setting. Also get our prices on
Barred Rocks and other popular
breeds Satisfaction guaranteed
or money back. Write! or FREE
illustrated catalog and special
DISCOUNT PR1 CS-——E ay.

SUPERIOR POULM FARMS

Box 201 Iceland. Mich.

MEADOW BROOK

 

(1 Line Free Range Flocks.

ns---Barron Strain English White Leghorns.
Sturdy, Healthy Chicks. Just
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ZEELAND. MICH.

 

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21 Years in Business

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BY w. w. [porn

Promising Farm Outlook
HE general agricultural outlook
I for this year is promising for
' farmers who are out of debt
and cultivate not too large tracts of

land, while diversifying their pro-_

ducts and exercising care in intens-
ifying the yield of every acre.
Where farm machinery is needed, it
should bebought, even if time is re-
quired to make payment, and all
manure piles should be spread care-
fully over the soil. It is pointed
out by the Department of Agricul-

ture in a bulletin just out that farm- _

ers are undertaking a normal pro-
duction of products, while they are
still confronted by difﬁculty of se-
curing helpers, even at high wages
and the general disparity between
prices of farm and city products.
Business interests are extremely
prosperous, and the consumption of
food is the largest ever known, yet
the situation is not such as to war-
rant any expansion in production.

Farmers are feeding plenty of cat-‘

tle, while the hog industry is des-
cribed by the agricultural depart—
ment as going through a period of
liquidation and discouragement; but
this may be expected to right itself
ultimately by curtailment of the
number of sows bred. In this mat-
ter conservation is advised, and it
should not be forgotten that in
former such times heavy production
and low prices brought about such
reduction of breeding as to result in
a hog shortage. The sheep indus-
try is neglected by so many farmers
that there is a shortage and unusu-
ally high prices, although Michigan
makes a good record of ﬂocks.
Poultry production is expanding all
the time, but no faster than the de-
mand, and good prices are paid for
poultry and eggs. 'As regards the
dairy industry, the Department of
Agriculture says: “The dairy indus-
try has expanded to the point where
gross domestic production, in terms
of milk, slightly exceeds gross d0-
mestic consumption. Although 18,.
000,000 pounds net of butter and
64,000,000 pounds of cheese were
imported during 1923, stocks of
condensed milk and other products,
more than equivalent to these im—
ports, were piled up within the
country. Judging from the number
of cows on farms, there will be a
further increase in domestic produc-

Feorn's MARKET mm" d

MARKETSUMMnnf-

Wheat easy after small decline. Corn unchanged. _~_ Oats and rye '.
dull. Steady “demand for beans and prices am. Bntt'er and egg in ‘

demand.

Potatoes ﬁrm. Good supply «poultry. Dressed calveswin

demand. Trade in cattle, hogs and sheep fairly active. "

 

. (Note: The above summarized information was received AFTER the Miami of the mar-
ket page was set in type. Ii. contains last minute information 'up to within one-half hour of

going to pm; -—Edltor.) ~

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tion in 1924. Foreign surplus pro?-

duction is likewise steadily increase
ing. This. competition, coupled with
the already heavy production in this
country, and the possibility that
consumer demand may not be defi-
nitely maintained at levels predict-
ed upon great industrial prosperity,
suggest ~the necessity for conserva-
tism as to further expansion in dairy
production.”

Decrease ' in Wheat Area

Michigan wheat farmers are na-
turally deeply interested in the
wheat acreage of the United States,
as they have suffered extremely fin-
ancially from the greatly excessive
crop of wheat harvested last year,
and judging from all that can be
learned, the future of prices is go-

. ing to be fixed mainly by the size of

the crops of winter and spring
wheat to be grown this year. With
European conditions so abnormal
and no prospect of any substantial
early betterment, the American
farmers must learn to depend main—i
1y on the domestic consumption, and
this, of course, means much smaller
crops than those recently grown, for
war time crops obviously imply sales
at losses. The recent report issued
by the Department of Agriculture is
an extremely important one to every
farmer interested in wheat, and un-
less the spring wheat
change their minds, there is a prom-
ise of a marked reduction in the
acreage. Reports were received
from 43,000 farmers as to what
crops they plan to put in, and while
the answers show that the spring
wheat area promises to be 14 per
cent less than in 1923, there is an
indicated increase of 3.2 per cent in
corn, 7 per cent in oats, 9 per cent in
barley and 54 per cent in ﬂax seed,
the latter being due mainly to the
unsatisfactory price for wheat in the
northwest. In the corn' belt states
there is an indicated gain of 3.5 per
cent in corn acreage. The total

farmers ~

 

are discouraged

V ---You
with bean growing or
---the market does not

get the proﬁts.

Michigan.

 

suit you the

JUDSON JR. BEAN SORTER

will make you an enthusiastic bean grower, because you

Mail us samples of your beans, we will tell you the
possible gain awaiting you. ,

Many Michigan farmers have made from $300 to
$1000 in the last three months picking their own beans.

Ask address of your nearest J_udson Jr. dealer.

Demonstration Branch and Sales Warehouse, Durand,

JUDSON MICHIGBEAN co.
Factory and Main Office, 407-9 Fort St. 15., Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

“The World's Standard”
Cen tor-shear cut means bet-
ter cnsrlagc, smoother running,
. less power, no cloggi ng of blower.
One lever starts, stops and re-
vcrsee. Big capactllly. Per. ‘
fectly balanced. Ma cable, un- .
breakable knife wheel insures abso- ‘ ‘
lute safety and makes fut cutting
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corn acreage promises to be the
greatest on record, with the single
exception of 1917, when 116,730,-
000 acres were hamsted.- The
spring wheat acreage as indicated
brings the total under that grain to
the lowest in over twenty years,
and, taken in connection with the
40,190,000 acres seeded to winter

wheat, suggests of 66,347,000 acres, '

the smallest since 1917, when the
harvested area was 45,089,000
acres. Still, the total is about 10,-
000,000 acres above the pre-war av-
erage. The spring wheat acreage is

placed at 16,166,000 acres, compare

ing with 18,786,000 last year.

The Grain Markets

It has been found impossible to
boost prices of wheat permanently
under existing conditions abroad,
and there has been a marked de-
cline since the time, a number of
weeks ago when wheat was selling
in the Chicago market for future de-
livery around $1.13 a bushel. Our
market is all the time above norm-
al export standpoint, with exporting
countries underselling us, and prices
are on a domestic consumption
basis. Not withstanding the large
decline in prices, wheat -is selling
away higher than Canadian wheat,
when exchange is ﬁgured, prices be-
ing much lower than in March last
year, and it is startling to look back
and recall that a little more than
two years ago May wheat sold on
the Chicago Board of Trade close to
$1.40. European countries have
been getting plenty of wheat from
Argentina, and other exporting
countries, and the wheat exports
from the United States from the‘ ﬁrst
of last July to the ﬁrst of March
were reduced to 120,000,000 bush-
els, or 48,000,000 bushels less than

'a year earlier, leaving a superabun-

dance for home consumption. The
visiblewwheat supply in this country
was reported a short time ago as
61,656,000 bushels, comparing with
46,470,000 bushels a year ago. The
most important recent event was the
increase in the duty on imported
wheat to 42 cents a bushel. In
answer to inquiries as what to do
with wheat on farms, it may be
answered that numerous. farmers
are waiting for further information
regarding spring wheat acreage. Of
course, it is impossible to know
what futurepriceswill be. A short
time ago May wheat sold at $1.041/4,,
comparing with $1.22 a year ago.
Corn prices have weakened re-
cently on unincreased marketings,
the visible supply in this country
having risen to above 26,000,000
bushels, while exports from our
shores continued much less than a
year ago. Rye is still sold at'far
lower prices than last year, and ex-
ports have been surprisingly small.
The rye visible in this country is up
to 21,641,000 bushels, which com-
pares with 17,518,000 bushels a year
ago. Oats exports are not very large,

, although prices are low, but they

 

look high if compared with two years

ago when they sold down to 37 cents.

About the samehtime May corn sold
below 59 cents. It is reported that
farmers of McLean county, Illinois,

are planning to hold their surplus-v

corn for $1 a bushel. Sales for May
delivery were made in Chicago .of
corn at 77 cents, comparing, .with
74% centsa year ago; cats at 47%

cents, comparing with 45’ cents (last--

year; and rye‘at’67 cents, comparing

" with 8434fcents ayear a340,; _ , .
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were at $8 to $10.75, .
class of heavy steers bringing $x
$12 and yearlings going at $1 .
to $11.50 No very ,deésirable ~.
went below $9.25, and common:
sold for $6.85 to $8 and .inferi
lots at $4.50 and. over. . ‘
and heifers sold at’$6.50 to”.

 

 
  

but only a few sold as high as $8.60.},
A year ago the best steers were soils

ing at $10.35. Canner and cutter

COWS 80 at $2.50 to $3.75, whila’ ~
demand exists for stockers and . feed-"--"€

calves bring, $6 to, $12.25.

are at $4.6‘0-to' $8.76, the puissant:

7 The cattle;
industry is proﬁtable So-fa’r its-Well
ﬁnished kinds are concerned, but ‘
Thus " ’

ing at $6.25 to $7.50.

common lots are poor sellers.
far this year fewer cattle have gone

’ to market than a year ago.

Good 'Deinand for Hogs ; _
Considering the huge, marketings

most of the time, hogs are'selling »

better than might be expected, the

local and eastern shipping demand

being on a large scale, as low prices

stimulate the censumption of’ fresh _

and cured pork products and lard.
Hogs in the Chicago market sell
largely with a range of 50 cents;
with prime heavy butchers going the
highest and the best light bacon
hogs nearly as high. Recent receipts
of hogs have averaged 230 pounds,
being nine pounds less than a year
ago, Combined receipts in twenty
markets for the year to late date ag-
gregate 11,400,000 hogs, comparing-
with 10,326,000 a year ago and 7,-
983,000.two years ago. , Hogs are
higher in Chicago, with sales recent-
ly at $6.60 to $7.65, comparing with
$7.10 to $8.40 a year ago and
to $6.90 nine y‘ears'ago. .
’ High Prices for Lambs
Despite reactions now and then,

prices are extremely high in the Chi-

cago market, where wooled lambs

have brought from $16.76 to $16.75, . '

with culls selling at $13 and over

and shearing and feeding lambs at

$14.25 to $16. .A year ago prime
lambs sold at $15.60 and eight years
ago at $11.90. Yearlings have been
selling. at $12.75 to $16, wethers at,
$10.26 to $13.26, ewes at $5 torg$11
and bucks at $6.75 to $8.25. Shorn
lots sell $1.60 to $2 lower than un—

shorn lambs and are preferred to 3
These are great times for

wooled.
the sheep industry. »

 

BEANS 4' '~

Bean prices at Detroit declined
during the fortnight ending Sat‘ur-
day, March 22nd, but advances took
place bringing prices back to about
what they were two weeks ago. The
market is firm at Detroit. The east~

ern markets report an unsettled mar- ,

ket with supplies good. Many close
students of the bean market are of
the opinion that we will 'not see
higher prices the remainder of the
season, Many eastern dealers are
putting pea beans up in cartons and
disposing of them readily with a good
proﬁt for their trouble.“ With the ..
price per pound two or three cents
higher the stock in packages ﬁnds a

better market than bulk‘ beans-of?

the same quality.

‘ POTATOES

~A ﬁrm tone prevails in the market

for old potatoes at Detroit. Eastern

points are notproving a very good , A;

market for old potatoes, and trade is

dun witK'irri'gular. prices: GOvern—"
"ment’ estimates
”acreage for this year show a _dB-_i

On the

crease of 2 per cent'under a year

ago for the entire "U. S. Michigan's“

acreage is expected to- be tram 38 ,to’

10 per cent under that .of last year. .J
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also: March, {Lao f . ,
«BBATURE-S ‘ at beginning .

gunman Michigan will be . 3,;
ove‘the seasonal normalise-w _ year .
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4 . storm earlier that is} W
be..;over thelstai ' 7E1 _

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ﬂatulence of the \vveet from
_ at“ ITuesday will In generally tair
‘ 1th the probable exception of about
Friday when ' some threatening
weather is “ The days will

bewarm and was while the,

night will be one! to cell.
'0 »" . Week oiAprilo ' .
Little or no storminess
* ”is" character” is expected in
f‘, 'fmigan this week. 7.Most oi the
7': - ' will. be- sunshiny days and
T stir light nights exCept for the per.
2514 around Thursday and Friday.
On these last named days moderate
skewers and wind storms arolto be
expected. , -
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~ . “The month of.‘ April will prove

‘ ’ ﬁaclward to most farmers of the.
.. -st’até’ with temperatures below the

usual standard and rainfall more
_ than the seasonal amount._

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 1. APPROXI-

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Prices , . one .

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Detroit—Cash No. 2, 66¢.
Chicago—Cash No. 2, 66%c.
Prices one year ago—Detroit,

' Beans _
‘ Detroit—~20. H. P., $4.70 a 4:75
per cwt. . .
Prices one year ago—Detroit.
C. H .P., 57.40 per ‘cwt. ,

Potatoes .
Detroit—$1.50.@ 1.66 per c'wt.
Chicago—$1.25@1.40 per cwt.
Prices . one year ago—~—Detroit.

$2.00@1.50 per cwt.

Hay .

Detroit—No. 2 timothy, $21@22;
No. 1 clover. ‘320.50@21; standard
klight mixed, $22.50@23, per ton.

Chicago—eNo. 2 timothy, $21@
24; yo. 1 clover, $20@‘22; light
timothy &. clover, $24@26, per ton.

’Prices one year ago—Detroit.
No. 2 timothy, $14@15; No. 1 clov-
er, $13@14; standard & light mix—
ed, $15.50@16, per ton.

STATE GASOLINE TAX is AN
INVISIBLE TOLL GATE

(Continued from Page 3)

But no matter how attractive a
proposition, such as the gas tax, may ‘

appear in theory and principle, it
is only the part of common sense to
see if that system has ever proved
successful in practice. We naturally
wonder about the matter of colleca
tions, are they complete and cheap
or incomplete and expensive? Sena-
tor William M. Connolly of Spring
Lake, champion of the gas tax in the
recent session of the Legislature has
made aparticular study of this phase
As a result of this
research he writes: ,

"A tax on gasoline is easily and
cheaply collected. It has been stated
by the opposition that the collection
at a gasoline tax would create an
army of soft job holders in the em-
ploy of the state and could only be
collected at an enormous cost. This
is the old game of the obstructionist,-
to' base a poisonous argument on a
dishonest hypothesis. The tax on
gasoline would be remitted under
sworn statements by the distributors.
who would collect the tax from the

'retailers. The Secretary of State

will handle the collections with prob-
ably two additional employees. The
State of Indiana is collecting its gas
tax at a cost of $7,000 per year. Is
Michigan less competent or efﬁcient
than her neighbor? ,No.’j Senator
Connolly goes on to give the ﬁgures
for a long list of states, showing
what each raises and the cost of col-
lection in each case. ,

By, doubling the length of this
article it would be possible to‘ give
in full 8. list of 21 reasons for a

gas tax which Senator Connolly has ,

compiled, ‘but lack of space prevents
that. Let us merely hint at a few
of themz—a workable rebate pro-
vision has beenwritten into the pro-
posed bill to exempt gasoline used
other than in motor vehicles. The
revenue would take care of the in-
terest and sinking tund of our $50,-
000,000 highway bonds and leave a
balance sufﬁcient for trunk
maintenance and amortization of the
large sum of reward money due the
counties. The tax on gasoli e is a
comparatively painless method of
procuring highway ﬁnances. It is
spread over the year on an easy in—

- stallment plan, it does not hit‘ like a

tax; payable the ﬁrst of the year when
then-coal, bill, Christmas presents,
general property'taxes, etc.,,have re-
duced the payer to the brink of bank-
‘ Thirty-sir‘diﬂorent states have a
' '_ “it is a success,

not; give it a try here in

1,5 c :3

vcry Month!

The SeedeDollars you invest in this great Electric
and Gas Public Service are working for you day
and mght, every day in the year, earning you a
safe, tax-free cash income. '
Over 16,000 thrifty Michigan people are proﬁting
through 'share owning partnership,

Invest In

Consumers Power Company
Preferred Shares

_Tax-Frcc in Michigan
(The Company pays the taxes)

, 6.6% ‘

and Safety
Complete information and facts gladly given.
Write Securities Department—Jackson, Mich.
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Prices Now Ready On

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We are ﬁrst to announce Binder Twine prices for 1924 season. The
prices are very low considering condition of Yucatan sisal situation
which is serious. Prices will be higher. Don’t wait. See Ithe secre-
tary or proper ofﬁcial of your farm organization today. They have
the prices. Do it today! Tomorrow prices may be higher. Prices
direct on request. Write to '

HARRY L. HULBERT, Warden,
MICHIGAN STATE PRISON, JACKSON, MICH.

Twine

MAIL THIS COUPON FOR FREE SAMPLE.

and Prices on Michigan Standard Binder Twine

Harry L. Hulbort.
Director State Industries,,
Jackson. Mich.

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It makes no difference what kind of roofs you have-
SAVEALL ROOFING, will stop the leaks—stOp the damages—stop
the repair bills and save you the cost of buying a new roof.

We will show you how to SAVE and RENEW every one: Of your old,
Worn-out, leaky roofs with SAVEALL L1qu1d Asbestos Rooﬁng, for just
about one-ﬁfth the cost of a new roof-and we Will do iii—prove it 4

months before you pay. ,

SAVEALL ROOFING comes in iquid form ready to spread. It is composed of genuine
rock ﬁbre asbestos combined wit gilsonites, minerals and pure asphaltum gums, made
under our own special process. A rooﬁng brush is all you need to apply it and when
spread on your roof it‘ penetrates and covers every crack, crevice.‘jo_i'nt or seam. nail hole.

or rust spot and makes your old roof just as good as new. . a .
4 Mon HIS Trial Before You Pay;

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You take no risk when you put SAVEALL on your old roofs. We will ship you all the SAVE- »
With ev ALL you need without a penny of pay in advance. You put it on and then after four months’
FREE
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trial you pay only if pleased. If not satisﬁed—you say so—we will cancel all charges and you
advertisement. we will also include ‘

won’t owe us a cent. ' , _.. . . . . ,

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for applying Saveall Rgpﬁn and a ~ , ;
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. Steel Barrels or Steel Half Barrels. One gallon Will cover about 70 square feet of roof sur-
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of Paints, Varnishes and Enamels.
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The Franklin Paint co., on: Franklin Ave., Cleveland, enrol

Now is the lime 'to make your old roof as good as new '
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‘ ”m1. Liquid nearing
, East .of .Mississippi River and
north of Ohio River including
New England States, Ky.,Va.,
' West Va., Mo., Minn., Iowa,
and North Carolina. _

.159 per gal. in Barrels ~
'17” per 33“. in 1/5 Barron

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Send no money. Just ﬁll out coupon for as much SAVEALL
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. . . . . . . .Steel Half Barrels Saoeall Roofing (40 gals.)

   

I . the small freight charges on it 'when it arrives and at; the end
. . . ..... Steel Barrels Saveall Roofing (65 gals.) , . . - . . ." a .

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kite Patching Cement. I agree to use Saveall in accordance with directions and will clagms, deductmg the freight :charges you aye. Pa" .- no j

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