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SIS! M. A. C. PRESIDENT

R KENYON L. BUTTERFIELD,

new president of the Michigan

Agricultural College, will have
for his assistant at man, who, like
himself, was born and raised in

Michigan and resigned from the
Massachusetts Agricultural College
to accept a position at our own col-
lege at East Lansing. Dr. Butter-
ﬁeld’s assistant will be Prof. John
Phelan, who has directed the short
courses at the Massachusetts college
and is known as one of the foremost
authorities in the country on rural
sociology.

, Prof. Phelan was born in Homer,
Calhoun county, Mich. He graduat—
ed from the Western State Normal
at Kalamazoo in 1908 and received
his master degree from the Univers-
ity of Michigan in 1910. Previous
to going to Massachusetts he taught
mathematics at the Western State
Normal school, served as assistant
in the department of economics at
the University of Michigan, was sec-
retary to Dean John 0. Reed of the
College of Liberal Arts of the Uni—
versity of Michigan and to the late
Prof. Henry C. Adams, then statisti-
cian of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.

In 1910 he was appointed acting

education at the department of rur-

al education at the Western State

Normal school, Kalamaioo, and sub-
sequently served at the State Norm-
al school at Stevens Point, Wis., in
charge of the rural education do-
partment. I
pioneer work in the development of
the movement for training teachers
for rural schools. There he built up
a strong department of rural educa-
tion and took an active part in all
measures for the improvement of
rural schools, was a prominent insti-
tute teacher, and a speaker on
country life and rural and agricul-
tural education in Wisconsin and
the northwestern states.

Another one of Michigan’s sons
comes back home!

JUNE 18’]!!! 1.1mm Fm-
ERS’ DAY AT M. A. C.
DNESDAY, June 18th, has
been designated as Livestock
Feeders’ Day at Michigan Ag.

ricultural College. At this time sev-
eral experiments which have been
under way for the past six months
to a year will be concluded, the re-
sults given out, and the animals on
exhibit. The forenoon will be de—
voted to a trip of inspection about
the barns where the animals are on

In this position he did.

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Work, three mot Texasv'calves m-
chxsed lax Nave r, weighing £80

pounds  now 'j ,ghing over 950
pounds? will be ‘on display. One lot
of these calves host‘hadv Continuous
access to a self-feeder in. which at
ﬁrst corn and oats Were offered and
later corn alone. In addition, they
have received silage and oil meal in
the feed bunk, and alfalfa hay. Lot
2 have been fed the same feeds as
Lot 1, except that all feeds were
hand fed and the amount of grain
limited somewhat during the early
part of the feeding period.‘ Lot” 3
has been hand fed entirely upon
farm raised feed, consisting of corn,
oats, silage .and alfalfa hay. The
three lots have all dime well. There
is, however, considerable difference
in the ﬁnish and a marked differ-
ence in the cost per hundredweight
of grains in the three lots. ;

The cattle will be valued by ex-
pert market men the week proceed-
ing June 18th and complete figures
on cost of production and grains on
each lot will be given out.

Eight lots of hen have also been
on experimental feed for several
months, being fed as follows: Lot
I, corn and tankage, free choice in
separate compartments of a self—
feeder; Lot II. corn and tankage,
mixed and fed in the self-feeder;
Lot III, two parts rye, one part
corn, and tankage, mixed and fed in
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of the eapest hog feeds available
in Michigan and an dort has been
made to dotermine how it could be
fed to the best advantage. ‘ 3'

Lot VI, VII, and VIII ‘of the ex-
perimental hogs have been trough-
fed. Lot VI rt :eiving corn and tank-
ago mixed and fermented with
yeast for thirty-six hours baton
feeding. Lot VII has received
corn and tankage, mixed, with
yeast added just before feeding:
Lot VIII. corn and tankage och,
mixed and trough-fed.

The results with these different
lots furnish much valuable informa-
tion on the cost of pork production
and methods which should be fol-
lowed.

In experimental horse feeding,
two lots of nine horses each doing
ordinary farm work have been fed
rations consisting of ear corn and
alfalfa 1181. against our corn, oats
and timothy. This work has been
going on since November 1923. The
results have been somewhat in fav-
or of the alfalfa fed horses. This
work has been particularly valuable
because of the question so often
raised by Michigan farmers with re-
spect to alfalfa as a safe and satis-
factory feed for work horses.

The horses may be seen at the
College stables on June 18th with
the results of the experiment posted
and a. man on hand to explain the
details of the work. In addition to
this feature, the horses to be exhib-
ited by the College at the fairs for
the coming season may be seen. A
special eﬂort will be made to have
these animals accessable and in
presentable condition.

It is hoped that horse breeders
will make a special eﬂort to be on
hand and for the dinner hour as-
semble in a separate group for a
basket picnic dinner. Two speak-
ers of national reputation have al-
ready promised to attend.

MICHIGAN GENERAL PROPERTY
TAX 001'
0V. GROESBECK has had ﬁnan-
cial statements compiled which
show. that the state tax levy
for the ﬁscal year beginning July 1
next will be $15,000,000 or $1,000,-
000 less than the tax for the pres-
ent ﬁscal year.

Michigan will have the smallest
general property tax since 1918,
when the state levy was but $9,-
108,219. '

With a $15,000,000 levy for the
coming year, the rate for $1,000 of
assessed valuation will be around
$2, which is also the smallest rate
in nearly 10 years. It will also
mean a reduction of more than $5,-
000,000 in the last four years.

Gov. .Groesbeck brought up the
question of the-state tax before the

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Administrative Board and the mat— ‘

ter was referred to the budget com-
mittee. A report will be mud..- Min-
in the next two or three weeks.

In announcing the reduction of
$1,000,000 over the
present year, Gov. Groesbeck said:

levy of the‘

“The ﬁnancial condition of the state '

is the best it has been in many
years and the property owner
should be given the beneﬁt of our
healthy condition. This reduction
will in no way hamper the mainte-
nance of our various state institu-

tions. They will have all the money
they need."
The highway building program

will not suifer in any way through ‘

the reduction, the Governor declar-
ed. He expects the next Legislature

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to enact a sound ﬁnancial program »

for ‘the highway department.

And‘

if one does not materialize there -
will be a sizable amount available ‘

for highway construction.

The State will go into the new
.ﬂscal year, July 1, with upwards of
$10,000,000 in the treasury, which

is something new for the State at i

this time of the year.
The $16,000,000 tax will be

equalized in June and will be col— ,

looted next December. Under the
presentsystem the state must oper-
ate, during the ﬁrst six months of

each ﬁscal year. before the tax mon— g ,__
for the period is forthcoming. '»
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Allowing Forestry Through Suitable Taxation

Present High General Property Tax Discourages Reforestation in ‘Michigan

IME was when Michigan was a
leading timber producing state.
Now the annual freight bill on

lumber shipped into Michigan ex-
ceeds $15,000,000. A large amount
of our former timber wealth was re-
moved ruthlessly, leaving vast areas
of cut-over land regarding which no
provision was made for reforesta-

tion. 0f the state’s 36,787,200 acres

the best estimates are, that to-day
more than 12,000,000 acres are idle
and unproductive. The proper utili-
zation of this land constitutes one of
confronting
Michigan to-day.

The question presents itself as to
whether we should attempt to farm
all of this land or whether it should
be redevoted to its original task of
timber production and made attrac-
tive for recreation purposes. Cer—
tainly, we shall all “agree that it
should not longer remain idle. In
the face of a surplus of most farm
products and an alarming shortage
of timber we may well conclude that
an intelligent program of reforesta-
tion should very properly be an im-
portant part of any program for the
proper development and eﬁicient
utilization of northern Michigan.

As Dr. Richard T. Ely, the great
economist says, “We are slowly get—
ting over the idea that farms must
follow forests. Much of the cut—over
land is not suited to agriculture and
it is a question whether we need

' more farms at the present time. On

the other hand,'every consumer of
forest products is feeling the con—
sequences of the past ravages of our
forests. The idle land must be put
to work to grow trees”.

This thought is carried a step
farther by Col. Henry S. Graves who
recently said, “We have reached a
turning point in American forestry.
Then next year or two will determine
Whether we will inaugurate a nation-
al policy of forestry commensurate
with the vast economic and indus-
trial interests involved, or will con-
tinue ~to lose ground in our eﬂorts
to check forest destruction and to
produce new forests as the old timber
is cut and used.”

The President’s Ideas

President Coolidge in his message
to Congress last December declared
that “Reforestation has an import-
ance far above the attention it us-
ually receives." In a recent state-
ment to the American people, the
President says. “American character
and American customs are largely
the result of the inﬂuence which our
forest background has exerted upon
the nation’s history. Our civiliza-

tion is largely dependent upon the‘

unrestricted use of wood. But
America’s magniﬁcent timber supply
now needs replenishing. About 81,-
000,000 acres of idle forest land
should be growing timber crops”.
The inﬂuence of growing timber
extends further than we ordinarily
realize. It profoundly affects such
factors as climate, rainfall and drain-
age and we must remember that the
ﬂow of streams and rivers, the pre-
servation of birds and other wild
life are of great importance—especi-
ally the abundance of birds to keep
down insect pests. Perhaps of al-
most equal importance to us in Mich-
igan is the signiﬁcant part which our
forests and their direct and indirect

inﬂuences have to play in attracting ..

thousands of tourists to Michigan
every season. ~Mr. P. J. Hoffmaster,
Superintendent of State, Parks, is
authority for-tho statement that the
ofﬁcial count ﬁgures show that more
than 550,000 individuals visited 22
of Michigan's State parks last ' sea.-

son. \ ‘
.  devoted to growing trees be-

By STANLEY M. POWELL

(Musing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.)

comes more and more valuable from
a fertility standpoint year by year.
If our population over becomes so
dense that this land is required for
intensiVe agriculture it will be found
far better than had it been allowed
to remain idle’and unproductive in
the meantime.
Michigan’s Great Problem

Are the days of Michigan’s leader-
ship in lumber production a thing of
the past? Must we relinquish our
preeminence in tourist attraction?
Are our burnt over and cut over
lands to be left idle and unproduc-
tive while the general property tax
becomes conﬁscatory and causes the
owners to allow their land to revert
to the state?

The problem is present. It is
acute. Over 700,000 acres have re-
verted to the state for non—payment
of taxes. The rate of such reversion
is constantly increasing.

We have heard a lot of talk about
the depletion of timber reserves and
the scarcity of forest products. We
cannot help but feel that land which
once produced timber will do it
again, provided, of course, that ﬁre
is kept out. All sorts of reforesta—
tion schemes have been advocated by
various men who are giving a
thought to the future. Among the
big problems to be solved are the de-
termination of the best methods of
natural and artiﬁcial forestation and
control of the ﬁre menace.

But from a practical standpoint,
there isn’t much use of discussing
ways and means of forestation for
Michigan until the general property
tax is no longer applied to farm and
commercial woodlots. As P. S. Love-

joy says, writing in a recent issue
of the Country Gentleman:

“The general property tax threat-
ens the existence of the woodlot. In
one way or another this has long
been recognised and various states
have passed laws intended to correct
the difﬁculty. More woodlot and
timberland tax legislation is coming
up this winter.

Property Tax Not Adapted

“The trouble lies in that the gen-
eral tax was built for short-time
crops—and the woodlot has a long-
time crop. As Col. William B.
Greeley, Chief of the United States
Forest Service puts it. 'The general
property tax, applied to growing tim~
her, is as unjust and as unreasonable
as it would be to tax a ﬁeld of wheat
every few days during its whole
growing season’ ”.

Michigan tax ofﬁcials have agreed
with the ideas expressed by Mr. Lode-
joy and Col. Greeley. For instance,
Mr. O. F. Barnes of the State Tax
Commission, testifying at a forestry
conference called by the State Con-
servation Commission June 27, 1922,
declared:

“The economic effect of increased

taxation upon forest property, such
as necessarily results from ad val—
orem taxation, is far diﬁerent from
the effect of increased taxation upon
other forms of real estate. It forces
destruction, not development. All
taxation must eventually be paid
from income. If taxation is increased
7 on non—income city property the own—
er can improve the same and thus
'obtain income to meet the increased
tax, and in so doing he beneﬁts both
himself and the community. If tax—

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~ﬁkctoh map of the Southern Peninsula of Michigan showing, in the shaded portion,

the region where the establishment of extensive reserves and reforestation projects are

likely to be more feasible on the basis of the'charaoter of soils

Bodies of both clay

lands and sandy lands well suited for agriculture, however, are to be found in thq

shaded area.

It is regrettable that this map does not show the conditions in the]

Upper Peninsula. Of course, there are outcroppings of thin, rough or wornout land.
and poorly drained areas in Southern Michigan which are but adopted to timber!
. . ‘ - production. .

ation is increased upon non-income
producing farm lands the owner can
put the same under crop and obtain
income to meet the increased tax.
ation, again beneﬁting both himself
and the community. The owner of
forest property, however, when tax-
ation increases can only obtain in-
come from the property to meet such
charges by destroying the property;
and the destruction he is thus forced
to make is of a character that re’
quires years to replace.
Mr. Barnes’ Four Points

“I suggest as basic principles of

forest taxation:

“First: That forest property must

not, through ignorance of its char—
acter and of the effect of ad valorem
taxation upon it be overtaxed.
“Second: That taxation be so
framed as to enable the investor in
forest land to calculate with reason-

able certainty his future tax burden p

until such time as he can realize in-
come from his investment.
“Third: That the payment of taXes

as far as possible be arranged for a. .

time when income may be expected
with which to pay the tax.

“Fourth: That the interests of the
owners of other classes of property
and the interests of the political units
where forests are located be given
proper consideration.”

Sentiment to “make the tax ﬁt
the crop” was crystallized in the last

session of the Michigan State Legis- 4

lature. Several measures were con—
sidered. The Meggison-Sargent Bill
which provided for a deferred tax on
forest growth passed both branches
of the Legislature by generous ma-
jorities and was regarded by many as
one of the most constructive achieve-
ments of the past legislative session.
However, this law was vetoed by
Gov. Groesbeck who declared that it
was poorly drafted and that the title
of the act did not agree with the
body of the measure.
Provisions of Vetoed Act

Under the terms of this enactment
the owner of any timber lands, or
lands chiefly valuable for the growth
of timber within the state, might
apply to the commissioner of agri—
culture to have such property set
apart for the growth of timber. If,
after investigation, the applications
were approved by the commissioner
of agriculture, the land would there-
after be taxed at the rate of ﬁve
cents per acre annually.

After a twenty-ﬁve year period the v

timber would be subject to cutting,
under general control of the commis—
sioner of agriculture, who would

guard against wasteful methods. At ,
this time, the owner of the timber ‘

would be assessed a tax equal to
twenty-ﬁve per cent of the stumpage
value of the timber cut, to be paid
into the state treasury.

There was a provision in the act
which would prevent it from work-
ing a hardship on any local taxing
unit. Section Six of the act pro—
vided that, “The state administrative
board may, in its discretion, advance
to ,the townships in which any forest
reserve lands lie, such sums each
year out of the general fund of the

state as will compensate them for.
the amount of taxes which would be -

collected from such forest reserve
lands had they not been registered”.

It is certainly not the purpose of
this article to go into the details of
any speciﬁc measures, but merely to
discuss the general principles which".
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Hardigan Variety, Bred by M. A. C., Is Better Hay Producer for

' farmers of Michigan are be-
ginning to,rea1ize the value of
the alfalfa crop. The seed they

Farmers need to know that there
are alfalfas that grow all winter in
heirnative climates and always die
t they must stop growing during
the winter. These are valuable

crops where they belong but are

Then there

 Michigan only in mild winters. We
 cannot depend upon such seed and

therefore must avoid it.
Alfalfa is not a native American

- plant, but has been introduced from

Europe, and usually from southern

Europe, where the climate is not
 severe. These types of alfalfa were
introduced into Mexico and have
,f drifted into Southwestern United
 States. We want none of these a1-

2 r falfas for

Michigan conditions.

‘ These are the common alfalfas.

However in northern Europe

‘ there are some alfalfas that origin-

5 ate from crosses,

between common
or southern types, and an extremely

‘ hardy yellow ﬂowered but poor hay

producing type from Siberia. Out
of these crosses have originated by
selection some good hay producers
that have retained the hardiness of
the Siberian parent to a greater or
less degree, but need further selec—
tion. A man by the name of Grimm
brought some of that alfalfa with
him when he moved into Minnesota.
No doubt there were several such
men who settled in the Northwest.
As they Were pioneers, they were
unable to ﬁnd alfalfa seed on the
market and must produce their own
seed, from such plants as survived
their conditions. Each time that a
new crop was produced nature had
therefore selected plants that were
more and more hardy. Thus, for
example, the Grimm alfalfa became
selected year by year until it has be—
come a success for Minnesota clim—
ate and conditions. The alfalfas of
this class are known as variegated
alfalfas, because the ﬂowers contain
some yellows, greens, and blues,
showing that they come from

‘ crosses between the common purple

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ﬂowered types and the yellow ﬂow-
ered Siberian alfalfa. These are

occurs to us that a survey by
ITyour paper to ascertain direct
from growers the quantity of
beans held by farmers in storage

I. with elevators might disclose One of

the reasons for the present condi-
tion of Michigan bean market

prices. _
One shipper in the state 111 a gen-

 eral letter to their brokers in early

 March stated,

“That many single
elevators are carrying from eight to

Las high as twenty cars for the ac-
! count of the farmer and they would

? they state,

judge that easily 70 per cent of the
beans left in Michigan are owned by
the grOWers. In another paragraph
“They would make no

’ attempt at that time to estimate the

quantity of beans left in Michigan,

' no quesion but what there is ample

stock to take care of the demand
between now and new crop."
Would you consider that informa—

.tion broadcasted to the markets of
"the country favorable to the grower
‘ of beans if 70 per cent of the beans

. owned
' to the grower.

; some what of a repetition
year.
if we are correctly

in Michigan then belonged
The bean situation this spring is
of last
[Some Michigan dealers, who
informed have

been more interested in bearing the

market than in real salesmenship
to get a decent price for beans. We
can see where short selling of large
uantities of farmer—stored beans
uld be a strong temptation to the
on seller to pound prices doWn.
We know that during the excell-
t sleighing in February prices at
t time were not satisfactory to

e; majority; of the farmers and a
t manytpea’ns were hauled ‘to
ers. and placed in storage with

Any Other, Variety of Alfalfa Seed
By, FRANK A. SPRAGG

Assistant Professor of Farm Crops, M. A. C.

 

This is a. piece of hardy variegated alfalfa that was sown at the rate of ﬁve pounds

of seed to the acre in 1908 at M. A. C.

This piece continued to produce hay from

that time until it was plowed up in the fall of 1915, at an aVerage of 5.5 tons of hay
per acre per year.

the alfalfas to which we must look,
and upon which the Michigan alfal—
fa industry must depend.

When America came to be better
settled and our railroads connected
us with the world trade, a new prob—
lem arose. Alfalfa seed came to be
on a world market, and seedsmen
could obtain larger quantities of
seed from southern climates, than
they could from northern climates.
In fact our Northwest needed its
seeds and sold but little to the gen-
eral trade. As the experiment sta—
tions had not told them differently,
it was only natural that seedsmen
should throw alfalfa seed from all
sources together in large bins before
recleaning. Then when the seeds
were largely removed, the alfalfa
seed was well mixed.

This is the kind of alfalfa seed
that has discouraged so many Mich—
igan farmers. They have planted a
mixture of alfalfa seed from various
sources and although they had a
good stand of alfalfa the ﬁrst year,
the ﬁrst winter killed most of it and

only a thin stand remained. This
was because only a small portion of
that seed came from northern clim-
ates, and this small portion produc—
ed plants that stood the winter in
Michigan. If the seed had come
entirely from warm climates the
chances are that no alfalfa would
have been left in the spring.

About twenty years ago, M. A. C.
began to realize the existence of
Grimm alfalfa and when, much
more recently, reliable sources of
Grimm seed came to be drawn upon,
the alfalfa crop began to ﬁnd a real
place in Michigan agriculture. Prev—
ious to that time M. A. C. as well as
farmers in general had tried the ex—
isting commercial sorts and reported
that"‘alfalfa” was not to be depend-
ed upon in our climate. Let us note
that the present success of alfalfa
under our conditions depends upon
somebody’s selection of hardy sorts
that will succeed under these condi—
tions. We cannot continue to ac—
cept common commercial seed, and
those who force it upon us, rob us

By ART GOULET

 

 

HIS is the article we referred to on the ﬁrst market page of our

May 24th issue.

In this article Mr. Goulet points out. the evil of

farmers storing their beans at the elevators for future sale, and
places a good share of the blame for the present low price upon the
Shoulders of the farmers who stored their beans with the dealers. We
would like to know the amount of beans stored at Michigan elevators
at present by farmers for future sale and would appreciate it very
lnuch if you would clip, ﬁll out and mail to us the coupon below.

Your name will be kept conﬁdential.

 

the thought that the market would
be better with the approaching
planting time, when the farmer
would be too busy planting his crop
to haul beans to take advantage of
a better market and by having
beans on storage in the elevators
all that it would be necessary for
the farmer to do would be to phone
the elevator to send him a check for
the beans when the prices met with
his approval.

We are sure that you can see that
the elevator who sold short stored

beans would not be interested in an
advancing market, and a survey
through the columns of your paper
with a coupon attached asking the
farmer to report to you the amount
of beans stored at the elevator at
the present time remaining unsold
might be compared with the fall
state crop report also the Michigan
bean jobbers association report of
inspected shipments and disclose
quite accurately whether stored
beans are still in elevators or ship—
ped out.

 

PLEASE CLIP, FILL OUT

Michigan Business Farmer,
Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

AND EMAIL THIS COUPON

I have .......... .. bushels of beans stored with .............................. .. of ............................ ..
My 1923 acreage was .................. .. acres. My 1924 acreage is. .................. .. acres.
NAME , .................................................................... .. P. O ................................................... ..

 

 

 

Michigan than

of ourchances for success. Alfalfa
will become a Michigan crop when
we plant seed that has been grown
in Michigan from plants that have
stood our climateand our condi-

tions. Until then we must depend
upon getting seed from northern
sources.

The introduction of reliable

sources of Grimm in quantities was
started by 'the Michigan Crop Im-
provement Association, and has
since been taken over by the Seed
Department of the Michigan State
Farm Bureau.

However, Michigan is producing

seed. Some forty years ago, a
Frenchman settled in M o n r 0 6
county, Michigan. He like Grimm

was a pioneer, and after he had
sown the seed he brought with him,
he had to produce seed if he contin—
ued planting alfalfa. He succeeded
in planting seed and his friends and
neighbors have succeeded until in
1922 seventeen car loads of alfalfa
seed were known to have come from
Monroe county. The past year
(1923) was a poor seed year and
they have produced little more than
they needed at home. This may be
the largest source of Michigan
grown seed, but one does not need
to look far to ﬁnd stray alfalfa
plants in farmers lawns, that we are
told have been there for twenty or
twenty—ﬁve years, and in the heavi-
est of June grass sods. Tell me that
June grass cuts out alfalfa, and I
will tell you, you are talking about
alfalfas that are not suited to Mich-
igan conditions. If an alfalfa plant
has been frozen out, or has suc-
cumbed to disease and died, we need
not to blame June grass if it takes
the alfalfa’s 'place.

One usually ﬁnds, that the stray
alfalfas to be found in June grass
sods produce seed. It is such a1—
falfas as these that need to be in-
creased because these are the sorts
that can be depended upon to pro-
duce desirable offspring. It ap-
pears that alfalfa, as ‘well as corn,
needs to have a thin stand if it is
to be relied upon to produce seed.
The sun and air must get through
the branches, and the conditions
should be somewhat dry, at least at
blooming time. Some farmers have
succeeded in producing a crop of

(Continued on page 21)

For Future Sale

We appreciate that you do not
reach every bean grower in the
state but the very large number

that you do reach would give you,

valuable information for an article
to be used later to show the farmers
when they store beans with the
dealer who sells short that the
farmer is placing himself in a posi-
tion to be double-crossed.

'The short seller to protect his
own interest must of necessity ﬁnd
all of the bear market factors that
he can muster together and dissem-
inate that information over as wide
a territory as possible to become ef-
fective in best serving his own in—
terests. In the dissemination of
that bear information to buyers who
are only ordinary human beings like
the rest of us and like to receive in-
formation that we can buy at low
prices and that prices will be lower
if we wait, with the result that buy-
ers hold off and their very act in
holding off helps depress the mar—
ket and the properly trained buyer
reasons that if the large shippers
feel weak on the market situation
shopping around will ﬁnd someone
who will be willing to lower the
price possibly 50 under the bear
quotations that have been received.
It is surprising how fast that in—
formation will travel in all .of the
larger markets. Let one buyer get
a car of beans at a reduced price
and immediately every broker in
that market knows about it and
wires his shipper to meet it or bet—
ter it with the result that the short
seller is accomplishing his purpose

in lowering prices ﬁguring the ps3“ »

chological sheet will discourage the
further holding attitude Dig, the
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VAgriculture of California, about the foot and mouth many. It is over 400 years old, being
disease situation in that state. Dr. Houck hasicharge of made in the 16th Century, and stands
‘the_forces tryingto wipe out the disease;

U. S. TAKES CHARGE OF (‘ATTLE EPIDEMIC.——
Dr. U. G. Houck (left) of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,

‘is conferring with Geo. H. Ilecke, director of Dept. of found at the University of Rostoek, Ger—

  

GERDIANY HAS LARGEST BOOK.—

‘taller than the average height man.

Is THIS THE LARGEST (‘AT IN THE
The largest book in the world can be lbs. Nellie Harrington, of Goffstown, New Hampshire,

 

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declares her pet is the largest cat in the world, and we
are willing to acknowledge that no doubt she is right.
It is a maltose and white, weighs sixty pounds and is
just three feet in circumference.

 

FROBI POORIIOUSE T0 PLENTY.—Mrs. Peter
Fenster, aged 72, living for the past year at Cam-
bridge, Mass. Almshouse, has been notified that she
is one of the heirs to an $8,000,000 fortune left by
distant relatives. Mrs. Fenster will return to Eng-
land, the land of her birth, to live the rest of her
life in ease.

 

TO OPEN “JAZZLESS” UNIVERSITY.—John E.
Brown, known throughout the U. S. as an evan-
gelist, with over 200,000 converts to his credit, has
practically purchased the entire town of Sulphur
Springs, Ark. where he will build his own univers—
ity which is to be “jazzless”. He will interest
students in the great out of doors.

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NE‘V INVENTION 0F INSOMNIA )lASK.—-—This
is the latest in inventions, an insomnia mask, the
work of Niels Aason, known as the “ ‘Idison of Nor-
way” who is now in this country. The warm breath
of the mouth goes to the eyes and in a very short
time the wearer is asleep. Now what we want to
know is how you ever wake up.

 

LOOKING FOR A IIUSBAND.—Miss Alyce
McCormick, of Nebraska, is in New York with of Love” it is necessary to have, a robe of gold.

A RATHER COSTLY COSTU)IE.—In the stage play “Flame
A robe was

FINDS (‘I'RE FOR I‘YORRIIEA.-——Dr. Har-
old Leith Box, DDS, young (‘anadian dental

her father, a. battalion-head in the Volunteers made of 22 Kt. gold, overlaid with silk. In between per- scientist of the Royal (‘ollege of Dental, Sur-
Of America, looking for a husband. She says formunces the robe is taken by armed guards in an armored gcous, Toronto I’lliversity. declares he has
he must be a Mason, pass a. test of ps cholo- truck to a New York bank where it is placed in a. deposit found a method for curing that dreaded disease

gists, and ﬁnally, get her consent.

4;. a.

\Vhen the USS Constellation was built in Baltimore

MODEL OF ANIERICA'S OLDEST FIGHTING SHIP.—

vault until needed for the next show.

  

. CHINESE BALL PLAY—
, MIL, 127 ER.——Kai Kee plays second
years ago. she was considered a. wonder with her 20 guns base for the 'Yale Varsity
which went through the wars of 1812 with distinction. This nine. and holds down his
model belongs to former British Admiral William Owen.

of the teeth, l’yorrhea.

 

HERE’S A NE‘V IDEA FOR BOOTLEGGERS.—Thls boot-
legger's automobile was captured in “'ashington, l). 0., and
when examined was found to have apparatus which would
throw out a. heavy smoke screen it a pursuing car of the pro—
position in big league style. hibition department got too close.

(Copyright, Keystone View Co.)

 

 

  


 

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’ NE day I picked up aﬂpaperq-in

which. it told about culling

 chickens. The idea struckme

at once that here was a good one. I

packed up and pulled out for Iowa,
my old stamping ground.

I had been in such good health
that there wasn’t very much danger
of anyone recognizing me, so I went
into a section I had worked many
years before. Most of the people
Were new anyway, as all of the old-
timers had gone west. I bargained
1or an old Ford and bought a chick-
en coop, started out and announced
that I was a culling expert. I
would look over the flock for half a
cent a bird and take out those hens
that were non-producers.

Every one had the "bug," I
found, so I had no trouble in work-
ing my scheme. Instead of picking
out the poor chickens as the non-
layers, I managed to select some of
the best birds in the ﬂock, and after
my work was done I would bargain
for the poultry. Business went
good for several“ weeks till a county
agent got wise to my deal and it was
all off. I drove over to Illinois and
the scheme worked a while, but I
wasn’t what I used to be.

‘One day, a fellow who saw me
with a ﬂat tire on my auto asked me
if I would be interested in a tire
selling deal. I was pretty blue that
day, but he did me more good than
medicine. After I had dinner with
him, we got down to business and
soon we were all set. Here was our
latest game, and a good one, too:
My new partner, Mr. Henry Young,
had been working in a tire factory
in Ohio. He had found out that the
big tire companies put out a lot of
“seconds” that could be got pretty
cheap. He had a small amount of
capital and I had an equal amount,
so we went into business. Our game
was to sell these tires as bargains.
So we picked a small city in Illinois
and opened up the Damon City Tire
Company.

We managed to sell a few good
cord tires to the leading business

men of the city at prices which cost
us money to put them out. We put
extra good tires on about ten of the
best cars in town, and frequently
Young, who worked the city, would
walk up to a doctor or lawyer who
was using our tires, examine a tire
on the car and remark that the tire
seemed to be wearing out pretty
fast. 01'. course the man thought
the tire was all right, but Young
would send the fellow down to the
Shop and replace the tire free of
charge. As a result, it wasn't long
before we had the reputation in
that town of being the best tire
dealers in existence, and that saved
us when we ﬁnally did get in bad,
thanks to Young.

We started a big mail campaign
offering tires at unusual prices. We
got a lot of suckers who bit pretty
hard. We offered a free tire with
every three the money was sent in
advance for, and the way those
checks came in was a fright. We
sent out the cheap tires made by
the same companies that made the
best tires, and of course some of the
gang kicked. We did refund some
money, but we were not called on
many times, and we got by, by
keeping as many people quiet as we
had to.

That year we sure coined the
money. I felt like my old self again,
and made plans to salt down some
of my earnings so I could retire.
After the second year was nearly
over, one of our customers started a
big row. He claimed that we had
been defrauding the public, and got
a farm paper behind him. Then two
other farm papers started the troub—
le all over again, and we just could-
n’t quiet that fellow down. Young
took him down some good tires, but
the old fellow was on his ear and
wouldn’t shut up. We had just
started a big advertising campaign
for the summer’s business, and his
holler sure hurt. He got the farm
papers to looking over our stuff and
they soon found out that we were
gassing off the cheap second grade

res for which we were supposedly
taking money for good ones.

One of the papers over in Iowa
got us investigated by the postoﬂlce
oﬁlcials, and I sure was scared.
Young. he was clever, tho. When
our trial came 'up, he hauls into
court as witnessess all the doctors
and lawyers in our town, and they
'cinehed our case. Young admitted

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that he made a few mistakes, but
he claimed that it was the fault of
our big business, and when our at-
torney brought all these men of im-
portance on the witness stand to tell
the jury how square we had treated
them with our “cheap” tires, that
other gang didn’t have a chance. The
judge was so sure we were honest,
he took the case away from the fury
and ordered an acquittal.

We eventually closed out, but be-
fore we did, we ran a big sale. We
announced t h a t
with every ten-

stuff, and there wasn’thalf the risk.
With a big deal, every one plays
safe and looks before he leaps, but
with the small stuff, they bite and
look later.

A little later I was up in Canada
and a fellow pulled a good joke on
me. He handed me a jug one day
and says: “Friend, here’s a gallon
of Old Rye for you." I opened the
jug, and sure enough he was right.
Some of the nicest seed rye poured
cut. That set me thinking. A lot
of fellows dough
inthe states were

 

 

dollar order re-
ceived by the ﬁrst
of the month, we
would put .in a

set of chains free F'Mnt"

I am an enthusiastic render of
the M. B. F. with its diﬂerent de-
partments and “Forty Years of
included which gives 3
good example of what is transpir-

thirsty as long as
prohibition w a s
in effect. 41's“
down that night
and wrote a let-
t e r . It stated
that four quarts

be had from Gen-
ada for $10 if the

 

Eggs nviith_  in; every day of which I have been
d y a victim a couple of times, but will

or er we would watch my steps closer in the fut-

give a set of tools amp—3, w,, pm, men,

and the chains.

Well, that free

 

stuff b r o u g h t
them. We sent out tires and sent a
note saying the order for the tools
and chains was being sent to a fac-
tory for delivery, and the old game
worked and we disposed of our
tires, got our money, pulled out and
let the gang worry about the chains
and tools. ‘

I was felling line, and felt as if I
I came
to the conclusion that it was easier
to sting the public on small deals
than it was to swing the promotion

coupon was used.
I explained as it
was Canadian mail it yes not sub-
ject to inspection. I then wrote to
Kansas City for a mailing list and
soon had a long list of prospects.
The addressing of the letters took
some time, but I enjoyed the work
and soon the money and checks and
orders came back. That’s once I act-
ually delivered what I claimed I
would. and I sent each one his rye
nicely packed. The papers spoiled
my game a few weeks later, telling
how some smart guy cleaned out a

 

 

 

 

 

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Young would send the fellow down to the shop and replace the
tire freeof charge. .

 

 

     

‘ agreed to send ten pounds of sugar»

. I ﬁlled about ﬁll! those

of real rye could.

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. ‘ u) '
with;g’roce'ries....lw ' f
om: “0'  ed grocer!
free with every order. I arranged
with a , ' company to till the
orders, but dn't tell them about
the sugar. Out of 8,000 cards mail-
ed I got replies from user 3,000.

but

didn't send the sugar. lttook about
$1,000 to get the orders ﬁlled and I
had the foresight to send another
$1,000 to my bank account back in
New York for safe beeping.

- One day a fellow with e police-
men in tow steps into my olce. He
immediately asks for his sugar, and
I tried to tell him it would be com-
ing in 0. short time. “Bey!” he
shouts, “I'm wise to the game, you
ain't got no sugar."

Then he tells the cop to take me
to the station. He had a John Doe
warrant for me on a fraud deal, and
I was scared. But a tell of bills.
ﬁxed things. Took most of it to get
my release on a cash bond, but when
I got out- it didn't take «me long to
jump town and head for Chicago.

I was all in and ﬁnally landed in
a hospital and stayed there for a
long time. I couldn't stand shocks
like that any more, and I Was set-
ting so afraid I hated to walk down
the street for fear someone would
grab me. Nerves are bad things
when they start to perform. I need-
ed a rest, and had about encugh
money left to get back to New York
state where my aunt was still living.
That town had the idea that I was
a capitalist “out wes " some place.
Aunt was glad to‘see me, and as she
needed someone to look after things,
I decided to stick around and rest
up for a while. (Another cemplete
chapter in June 21st issue.)

aMICHIGAN CROPS:

GET INOOUIJATION FROM
M. A. C.

I would like to know if I can get
inoculation from the M. A. C. and .
if so how much does it cost and is
there a diﬂerent inoculation for
each variety of clever? Is it ad-
visable to inoculate ﬁeld beans and
if so do they have inoculation for
beans at the college?—A. S. V.,
Pigeon, Mich.

HE Bacteriological Laboratory at

M. A. C. furnishes at cost inocu-

lation for the various legumes.
There are various kinds .of legume
bacteria, and, consequently, we have
to know the crop being planted in
order to furnish the right kind of in—
oculation. There is one strain of
organism that inoculates alfalfa and
sweet clover, and another strain in-
oculates the common clovers such

 

as red, alsike, mammoth, and
white. There are also special
strains for beans, peas, cowpeas,

and soy beans.

We feel it is desirable to inocu-
late field beans and all legumes in
fact unless the farmer is conﬁdent
that the ﬁeld to be planted already
contains the proper organism. If
the ﬁeld has produced a crop of the
same legume within the past four
years with a good nodule produc-
tion, he may be fairly sure that the
ﬁeld still contains the bacteria in
question. But if there is any doubt,
it is desirable to inoculate.

One culture costs twenty-ﬁve
cents and treats a. bushel of seed.
Orders and inquiries should be ad—
dressed to the Bacteriological Lab-
oratory, Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege, East Lansing, Michigan—R.
M. Snyder, Res. Assoc. in Bacteri-
ology, M. A. C.

APPLY non) PHOSPHATE

I have a piece of ground which I
wish to seed to alfalfa or clover.
The soil is a good gravel sand loam
but has been croped several times.
It is good clover land as I have an
eight acre lot in alfalfa, same kind
of soil.——-W. B., Biteley, Mich.

F you have grown good crops of
clever and alfalfa on this land it
is my judgement you could not

increase your yield, by use of lime.
The use of acid phosphate at the

rate of approximately». 250 pounds

per acre would probably be, the most

economical fertiliser ,you could use.

—-G. M. Grantham,ynese_arch 
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NEED NOT GET STATE LICENSE

Do I need a license to take orders
and sell binder twine and ﬁre ex-
tinguishers? If so where do I get
it and what does it cost?—-—C. W.,
Sand Lake, Michigan. ’

N reply will adivse you that a per--
I son does not need a state license
to take orders and sell binder
twine and ﬁre extinguishers. If a per-
son intends to sell villages and c1t1es
he may begrequired to secure a local
license. That would depend on the
ordinances in the various cities and
villages in which he might work.—
Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral.

PROCEED AGAINST ENDORSEBS

I am a reader of the M. B. F. and
ﬁnd it one of my best papers. I am
pleased with the questions and an-
swers to same. It is a great help
to its readers. I have a question
which I do not understand. A had
an auction three years ago, B pur-
chased team and tools to the
amount of $400.” B has paid no in-
terest. B has 40 acres which is in
his wife’s name but B signed his
name to note and how can this note
be collected?—C. M., Grand Ledge,
Mich.

0U could proceed against the

indorsers to B’s note and try
‘ to collect from them, or you
could bring suit against B on the
note and levy on any property which
he has in his owu name, or garn—
ishee his wages if he is working.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

MAIHNG CIDER VINEGAR

Is there any law against a farmer
making sweet cider for home use?
Can he make vinegar for home use?
Would he have to have a permit if
he operated a cider press and did
custom work? Thanking you for
your help, I am, An Interested
Reader, Mason, Mich.

EDERAL Regulations No. 60, re—
vised March, 1924, Section
610, provide that any person

may manufacture non-intoxicating
cider exclusively for home use, eith-
er at home or at a custom mill,
without permit. The same section
provides that vinegar for exclusive
home use may be manufactured
from cider and other fruit juices,
without permit. Also the juice
made for home use which has fer-
mented a is not required for home

,vinegar may be sold to a vinegar

manufacturer, who has a permit.

Section 618 provides that neither
permit nor bond is required for op-
erating a custom cider mill if cider
is removed immediately after press-
ing; that cider taken as toll may be
sold for immediate removal or may
be removed to the home of the pro-
prietor of the mill.

Sections 630 and 631 provide that
pasteurized sweet cider in closed
sterile containers, and preserved
cider and cider vinegar may be man-
ufactured in a commercial way and
placed on the market for sale, by
obtaining a permit.

CANNOT RAFFLE OFF AUTO-
MOBILE
Is a person allowed to raffle off
a car or any other implements; also
is a person allowed to sell ice cream
and lemonade along a country road
without a license; if not, how much
are the licenses and where can you
get them?—E. G., Hale, Mich.
is undoubtedly a technical viola-
tion of the statute prohibiting
games of chance to raﬁle off an
automobile or other property. Any

game whereby a person has an op-‘

portunity of securing more than the
value of his money or where there
is an opportunity to get no return
for the oney paid falls within the
deﬁnitio of a game of chance and

‘is prohibited by statute.

We are not sure from your sec-
ond question whether or not you
have in mind the person peddling
ice cream and lemonade along the
country road or whether you mean
the person is selling ice—cream and
lemonade from a stand permanfentlly
I t e

ice-cream, he would undoubtedly
fall -within the provisions of the
Hawkers and Peddlers Act and
would be required to, seture a lic-
ense from the state treasurer. The
license fee provided for hawkers
and peddlers is ﬁve dollars if‘person
intends to travel on foot; if he trav-
els with one horse, twenty dollars;
if traveling with more than one
horse, forty dollars. This is an old
Act and no provision is made in it
for traveling by motor vehicle. No
license is required for maintaining a
stand to sell lemonade and ice-
cream along a public highway. A
person would be prohibited, how-
ever, from maintaining one on a
trunk line highway, except on priv—
ate land.—-Clare Retan, Deputy At-_
torney General.

IS BANK ACCOUNT HELD
JOINTLY?

Would you please answer these
questions in your paper?
dies, leaving no will, what share will
his wife get", if she has two small
children? We have a farm and a
little money also, would all the per-
sonal property go to the wife? If
you have money in the bank in the
name of Mr. or Mrs. would the money
all go to the wife at death of hus-
band? If the wife only gets one-
third of property, what is she allowed
to care for the children? Or does
she have to care for them until of
age out of her share? I want my
husband to make some kind of a
will but he says if he died all of the
personal property and the money
what we have in the bank and one—
third of the farm would go to me,
and I could keep the farm until the
children were of age to support them.
Is this true? Our farm was willed
to my husband by his father, he hav-

 

 

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ence.”

Fisk Cords are the best tires
that one of the oldest and
largest manufacturers can
produce. Their finer quality
gives them the strength and
toughness that makes pos-
sible this extra long, reliable
service. It really costs less
to use Fisk Cords.

   

If a man'

I success
depends
entirely upon
the tires I sell
and l recom-
m e n d F i s k
Cor ds wi th
the confidence
t h a t c o m e s
from expe ri-

ing to pay out his brothers’ and
sisters share at'his mother’s death,
and he still has the old deed what
his father had. Is this deed good
or should he have a new one made
in his name? Would his brothers
have any claim on farm if he didn’t
have a new one made? He has paid
them their share. These are quite
a few questions but I sure will be
very thankful if you will answer
them. Don’t use my name when you
put this in paper.——Reader, Romeo,
Michigan.

F the money is properly deposited
in the bank as a joint account of
the husband and wife, the sur—

vivor would be entitled to the entire
amount upon the death of the other.

After certain allowances to the
widow, of furniture, wearing apparel,
etc., and for her support during the
settlement of the estate, she would
be entitled to one-third of the real
personal estate and the children
would be entitled to the other two-
thirds.

Your husband would have good
title to the land willed to him by
his father, provided the will has
been properly probated. You should
consult your probate judge about
this matter.—Asst. Legal Editor.

NO WRITTEN CONTRACT
NEEDED

Has the clerk of a township any
right to pay any money out of road
funds on road jobs where no con-
tract has been drawn and signed
and what is the penalty for so do-
ing?——-C. T., Lake, Michigan.

T is not necessary to enter into
written contracts for road im-
provements, unless the amount

involved is more than $500.00. See
Section 4473 of the Compiled Laws
of 1915.—H. Victor Spike, Assist—
ant Attorney General.

HOME NOT EXEMPT FROM
TAXATION
Is the home of a Widow of a civil
war veteran exempt from taxes? My

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
    
     

ﬁrst husband was a civil war voter-P
an and after his death I married
again and my second husband died.’
I have been told my home is exempt
from taxation. Please tell me if that”
Pleasant. '

N reply thereto, will say that in
I accordance with the former rul-

is so.—Mrs. L. D., Mt.

ings of this Department,

  
   
     
     

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question should be answered in the, 

torney General.

ALWAYS HAVE ABSTRACTS
EXAMINED
Enclosed please ﬁnd check for my
renewal of your valuable paper; also
self addressed envelope and would

like to know what the laws govprn- '

ing abstract ofﬁces are if any. Won-
der why they are not kept in court
house with other records and not by
individuals to take advantage of.—P.
K., Hastings, Michigan.

OMPANIES are authorized to
make abstracts of title, and keep
them up to date. Abstracts

should always be examined by a
lawyer or other competent person
before relying on them.—Asst. Legal
Editor.

OPERATE GROCERY STORE
WITHOUT LICENSE

 

Could you tell me what it costs '

to secure a grocer’s license for a
small store?—Mrs. R., Leslie, Mich.

HERE is no state license requir-

ed to operate a grocery store

unless the owner should be
What is known as a transient mer-
chant under the provisions of Sec-
tion 7001 of the Compiled Laws of
1915. That Section deﬁnes a tran-
sient merchant as a person Who is
engaged in a temporary business at
wholesale or retail in any township,
city or village and who is using or
occupying any building or room
temporarily for the exhibition and
sale of such merchandise. The fee
for license under this act is stated
in Section 7002.~Clare Retan, Dep—
uty Attorney General.

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FAILS 'ro AGREE Wrrn
MR. LITTLE

O the Editorz—I read with con-
T siderable interest the bean art-
icle in last week’s issue of your
paper, by E. A. Little. My interpre-
tation of that article is that it comes
from a dealer who sold short beans
rather than a survey of a magazine
publisher who has carfully analyzed
conditions.
It you will permit the suggestion,
I would inquire of Mr. Little, by
whom a part of that article was writ-
ten, from what sources he obtains
his information.

The encouragement given in that~

article for the planting of a large
acreage again this year, and if the
farmer accepted those recommenda-
tions and a large acreage was
planted, it would furnish just the
right kind of ammunition for pres-
cut short sellers to tell the buyer
that there Will be plenty of old beans
all summer at cheap prices, or until
the new crop is harvested. They
could also point to the acreage plant-
ed this year as being enormous, in
support of their low price conten-
tions, with the result that short sell-
ers would repeat this year’s opera-
tions.

A continuation of present low
prices will discourage the farmer
holder of beans and he will sell out
shortly after planting time at prices
probably lower than the present,
playing directly into the hands of the
short sellers of storage beans.

If there is a large acreage of beans
planted again this year, and the
farmer stores any beans with eleva—
tors who sell short, he is going to
get stung again. The stored beans
were responsible for heavy losses to
many farmers the last two years.
Why should he take another chance?

Here is another angle to the stor-
age situation and a plausible reason
for an elevator owner to encourage
and even solicit storage beans, free
of storage, free of insurance, and free
of shrinkage—~particu1arly the eleva-
tor owner who was ﬁnanciallv weak
and he had borrowed his limit from
the bank. By getting farmers to
store beans and selling them short,
he is supplying his business with ad-
ditional capital, without interest,
that he could not otherwise obtain.

Everything goes well provided the
market stays down or goes lower,
and in the meantime he ﬁgures he
has it all over his competitors—he
can pay more and sell cheaper. But,
suppose that some elevator (always
keeping in mind he is ﬁnancially
weak) ﬁnds that for some reason
beyond his control, the market ad-
vances, suppose a dollar a hundred-
weight, and he had ten cars sold
short, and 3. $4,000.00 loss looking
him square in the eyes!

How would the stored bean farmer
come out? Who would eventually
swallow the 10ss?-—Art Goulet, Mid-
land, Mich.

RETROSPECTION

AVE $16,000.00 and lose $3,200,-
000.00. Any school boy who
has the ﬁrst lesson of arithmetic

mastered can prove it for you if you
will give him the example—briefly
the proposition is this.

Had Michigan come through on the
Advertising Campaign our market
would have been sustained at levels
prevailing at the November basis,
namely, $5.50 to $5.75, which 15 1c
a pound over the present level, or
$400.00 car lower price than pre-
vailed when the Advertising Cam-
paign was kicked over. No one dis-
putes that Michigan will ship 8000
cars beans on this crop—so 400
times 8000 gives the sum of 3,200,-
000.

Viewing the problem from another
angle—Michigan's share at $16,000
would have been $2.00 a. car, making
a total of $32,000.00. Had it been
decided to go no further than the
minimum of $16,000.00—there
would remain in the Michigan Trees-
nry a balarme of $10,000.00 to be
used later—an under the St.
Louis conference the assessment was
to be about $4.00 car based on 400
bags to a car, or a total of $32,000.

In. analysing the of the
spokesman for the opponents, when
the plan alts having been adopted
was again up tor enumeration, we

 

   

    
   
 

word “Willing'to pay ﬁve cents a.
bag for the beans We buy to be used
in advertising ,Mlchigan beans.”
The rest of the country said “well
fellows If you want to play a lone
hand, go to it."

Now at So a bag a fund of $160,-
000 would have been raised to adver-
tlse Michigan’s Beans alone—and, of
course, every section in the country
would have beneﬁted even though
Michigan pald the entire bill alone.
However, the opponents did nothing
to go through with what they termed
a sound policy—es against the St.
Louis committee’s plan, which they
called unsound. .

‘Today we all know what a lifeless,
stagnant, unproﬁtable season the
bean men endured with a steady de-
clinlng market—and nothing has
been done by the opponents to rem-
edy this condition, which is clearly
their responsibility.

I recommend that those interested
should read from pages 35 to 51 of
the report of the Michigan Bean
Jobber’s Association meeting at De-
troit in September 1923. A careful
study of this report will help you
recognize quickly in the future the
stalled automobiles in the road,
which look perfectly good from the
rear but are experiencing engine
trouble. Don’t wait in line in the
future for them to start but pull out
and around them with the progres-
sive, constructive crowd and let the
obstructors stay where they are——
they will soon follow.

I believe that the opponents should
be classiﬁed as all those who failed
to sign their pledge card and send
it in to headquarters when the Sub-
scriptions were being solicited for
the Advertising Campaign Fund.
Cordially yours,——Benjamin Gerks,
Secretary of the St. Louis Committee.

NOT MUCH CHANCE ,ON THE
FARM

EAR Editorz—Being an interest-
D ed reader of your paper, also

having done quite a little tarm-
lng I can’t help but notice the inter-
esting articles that appear in this
widely circulated paper. I am not
farming, at present, because there
is so little in it, except for the farm-
er who is well—heeled.

You state you have not sold out
to big or little business, and conﬁ-
dentially, with the continued support
of the better class of business farm-
ers in Michigan, will never have to.
Now, why not include all farmers, in-
stead of the so-called better class?
It appears to me, that you could sup—
port all likewise!

As for the weak—kneed, jelly—spin-
ed, and yellow—backed farmer, leav—
ing the farm, I quite disagree with
you, as I am from \a Michigan farm,
and while I am not ﬂattering myself,
understand, I say that it is the class-
conscious, ambitious, broad—minded
thinker, with wide-awake ideas of
life, and what it should holdfor him,
who is determined not to slave 14
to 16 hours per day for 3 to 4 hours
pay.

It is true we have a sturdy lot of
business men, Who are sticking to
their plows and barrows, not be-
cause they have millions of dollars
invested, but because they, at their,
age, have no other trade but farm-
ing, and dare not venture from it,
for fear they cannot turn the sod.
There is no form or labor, skilled or
otherwise, that is not. shamefully un-
derpaid. Why? Because the labor
market is controlled by big-moneyed
interests, the same as the farmer is,
has been, and always will be, so
long as we, as a nation of supposed-
to-be sturdy, educated people allow
the present and past administration‘s
to rule and control the land.

In regard to your answer to Mr.
Jordan’s letter, I must agree with
him, as there are hundreds of people
in cities and towns. who are unem-
ployed, thousands who are working
part time, and they are honest, hard-
working. men of clean mind and
character. The present prosperity
of the so-called “hunties” was at-
tamed thru living like cattle; would
we, ‘of this advanced age (16 thus to
attain some apparent t prosperity?
Needless to say. red barns and tall
silos are not always tangible evl-r
deuce of the farmer's, prosperity, as

   

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ﬁnd these” signiﬁcant" and hopetul



clothes, 1, shelter,~ recreation, educa-
tional advantages, etc... in the cities.
I should term it an insult to the
farmer to call the necessities of life,
luxuries. Most city workers 'have‘
bath-rooms, pianos, “llzzies”, etc,
and apparently demand a higher llv-

‘lng standard than the farmer. I

repeat, these are more easily and
quickly obtained in city than thru
the drudgery of the farm.

The farmer has caused most of
the present condition, by not recog-
nizing his kinship with labor. 0p-
tlvmlsm is ﬁne, but truth is ‘truth,
and there isn't much chance for an
ambitious, broad-minded young per-
son on the farm today. I would like
to see other readers opinions on this
subject, which is one of the most
vital topics of the day—Thomas T.
Amen, Toledo, Ohio.

 

BACK TO THE FARM

0 the Editorz—I’ve been to the
city, I’ve been to work in the
shop. But on account at my

farm work I was compelled to stop.

. I'll go back to the farm now and

drive old Jack and Kate. I’ll be
compelled to get up early and work
until it’s late. It will seem a little
queer at ﬁrst but will appeal to me.
The shops are alright boys but on
the farm you are free. You say there
is no money in farming, that farming
does not pay. But I put the farm
up against the shop any day.

I'll get up the wood for summer.
I'll plow and harrow and sow. Then
we can sit in the evening and watch
our crops as they grow. The cows
need milking, the pigs will have to
be fed. I’ll turn the horses out to
pasture before I go to bed. I’ll be
up in the morning before the break
of day. You remember the saying
of our grandfathers about the mak-
ing of hay.

I’ll have a ﬁne» garden, I’ll keep
it very clean. I’ve always been fond
of a garden with everything fresh
and green. I’ll keep a ﬂock of poul- ’
try of some good standard breed, and
sit out the best plants that I can get
and sow the best of seed. After the
corn is planted and potatoes are in
the ground, I’ll have time to go ﬁsh-
ing and do a little running around.
Before I begin my haying and put—
ting the wheat in the stack. No
doubt I Will often think of the fac—
tory but be glad I am not back. I
buy me a binder and mower to cut
my wheat and hay. I’ll use them
with care in harvesting then store
them carefully away.

I have ﬁnished my story will send
it to the M. B. Farmer. They may
put it in print or possibly sent it
where it is warmer.—-—J. I.

OUR BOOK REVIEW

k
B ks reviewed under this headlns may
ée‘zoecured thr‘oﬁghbo'rhs Michigan Basins}:
rm r, and promp .Jhlpped
partcefpast on receipt of plignhers price
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The Cooperative Marketing of Farm
Products.——-BY O. B. Jesnees, B. 8. A.,
Chief, Section of Markets, and Professor
of Markets, College of Agriculture, Uni-
versity of Kentucky. Former Specialist
In Charge of Organization Work, Bureau
of Markets, U. S. Imparment of Agri-
culture. Thls book is the latest one of
the series “Lipplncotfs Farm Manuals.”
Published by J. B. Lippincott Co. Price
$2.50. 

Good Health, How To Get It and How
To Keep ltr—By Alva): H. Doty, M. D.,
author of “The Preventatlon of Infectious
Diseases,"_ “The Mosquito,” etc. This is
a very good medical book dealing with
a. great many ailmentsbefore the doctor
is necessary. Published by D. Appleton
and Co.

The Story of the Bible—By Hendrik
Van Loon. author or “The Story 0! Man-
kind." The title of this book. expresses
very nicely what it is all about and it is
very Interesting for children. Most chil-
dren cannot become interested in the
Bible-and it was with this In view that
Mr. Van Inca wrote this book. There
are over one hundred and ﬁfty black and
white line illustrations and stxteen tall
page plates in color and in etching street,
done by the author. Published by Boat
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,, SPEAKER

I have built a single circuit re-
generative set with two stages of
audio. frequency amplification. It
Works fine when useing the phones
but as soon as I use the lpud speak-
er I must put my ﬁngers over the
holes in the detecter jack and the
ﬁrst stage jack in order to get any
»sound and as soon as removed all
sound stops. This set runs on WD-
11 tubes. On the plate of the de-
tecter 22% volts and 90 on the am-
pliﬁer. Would you please write me
how I could get this set to work
with‘loud speaker.——R. W., Grand
Rapids, Mich.

THINK that the trouble that you
I are having is due to the fact

that possibly you are not using
a condenser across your phone ter-
minals which in some sets is neces-
sary. Place a small capacity con-
denser of about .0005 mid. across
the primary terminals of the ﬁrst
amplifying transformer or if you
haVe a variable condenser try this
in place of a ﬁxed condenser as it
will enable you to use just the right
capacity.

Try connecting your loud speaker
and tune with it connected some—
times the difference in the capacity
of the phone and speaker cords will
make a great difference in a set.

If the above does not help you,
let use know and we will try to help
you, but be sure to send diagram of
your hookup with your letter.

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CBACKLING AND SHORT WAVE
RECEPTION

Will you please advise me as to
What is the matter with my radio
set? I use a Freshmen Variable
grid leak and Rico Variable .0005
mfg. condenser in aerial circuit and
wonder if trouble would be in these.
I use two moulded variometers. At
ﬁrst I used ﬁxed condensers and then
changed to variable condensers. For

a while I used a variable grid leak:

and ﬁxed .0005 condenser in aerial
and I ﬁxed condenser over putting
some paraﬁne on it and found it
would not work only when working
with a midget .005 condenser and
an .00025 condenser in aerial out-
side of set. It also cut waves in
half. I received a variable .0005
condenser Rico condenser a couple
of days'ago and connected it up and
I could not get any higher waves
than formerly. The variometers are
supposed to receive waves from 200-
600 but I only receive up to 400. I
also have some crackling in recep-
i tion occasionally 'and can not clear
’ it up with grid leak.-——C. B., Way-
1 land, Mich.
l
' ROM your letter I am not sure
, exactly as to what your trouble
1 is, but suppose that the crackling
' and short Wave reception is what
; you wish to clear up.

The crackling, if not atmospheric
. or static, is caused by either dirt be~
T tween the plates of your condenser,
‘ a very poor joint, but most likely
! a loose connection in the variometer
( ,nr other part of circuit. This last
; look for carefully as it is hard to
:V ﬁnd at times. There may be an-
4

‘ other cause of the noise and that is
- old or defective B batteries.
To increase your wave length try
some of the following—place your
' variable condenser in mutiple with
your aerial and ground instead of
in series. This, will increase the
wave length of the aerial and ﬁrst

by varying the condenser capacity.
Or place a small condenser across
either one or- both of the variomet-
ers, in multiple and not series, using
a condenser of about the capacity of
.00025. This will increase the wave
length of one or both variometers.
In some case you may have to use
condensers of greater value. Try
different ones.

 

SET PROPERLY GROUNDED

In the anmnss FABMEB we saw
where you said to ground a radio
wire to attach it to a water pipe or
well. My grandson has made a radio
and he fastened the ground wire to
the pipe of the pump in cellar. Now
we have a ﬂowing well in cellar, it
ﬂows into two tiles. This pipe goes
into the water but not into the
ground. It is not driven nito the
ground nor does not touch the
ground. The wire is fastened to
pipe with a clip, not soldered. Will
you please tell me if this is safe and
all right? If not please tell how to
ground it. I thank you in advance.
He has his aerial wire attached to
peak of barn, but not very far from
the lightning rod—Mrs. F. A. 0.,
Mason, Mich.

0U do not need to worry about

the ground connection, the
main thing is to get the Wire
“grounded” to the earth water lay-
er, and a pipe that reaches into this
water is much better than a piece
of pipe driven into the ground that
does not touch water. He has a
very good ground, especially if the
pipe reaches into the water for a
foot or two.

The connection at the barn should
be made by a piece of rope and not
covered wire.

It is advisable at all times to use
a lightning arrester connected to
the aerial and ground wires at all
times. This will save damage to
the set from lightning and also pre-
vent lightning damage to the house.
We have shown in our previous is-‘
sues how this should be connected.

 

 

RADIO PROGRAMS

 

 

June 10———“What Federal Meat
Inspection Means to the American
Public,” by Dr. W. N. Neil, Bureau
of Animal Industry, U. S. Depart~
ment of Agriculture.
ing in Illinois,” by H. C. Butcher.
Director of Information, Illinois Ag—
ricultural Association.

“What’s Do— ‘

June 13—“Making Future Dairy~ ‘

men,” by Earl J. COOper, Holstein—
Friesian Association of America.
“Among Our Neighbors.” a regular
weekly feature furnished by the
Orange Judd Illinois Farmer—W.
E. D. Rummel, Community Service
Department, on “How Illinois Farm-
ers and Business Men Co-operate.”

June 16-17 —- American Farm
Bureau Federation Executive Com—
mittee.

June 20—“Queens of the Farm
Home," by A. D. Folker, Montgom-
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“ S near as I can judge, young Gay-
lord is Bessie’s devoted slave—until
Mellicent arrives; then he has eyes

only for her. which piques Bessie and her

mother not a. little. They were together
more or less all summer, and I think

Hattie thought the match was as good as .

made. Now, once in Hillerton, back he
ﬂies to Mellicent."

“And—«Mellicent?

Miss Maggie’s eyes became gravely
troubled.

“I don’t understand Mellicent. I think

——-no; I know she cares for young Gray;
but—well, I might as well admit it, she
is ready any time to ﬂirt outrageously
with Hibbard Gaylord, or—or with any—
body else for that matter. I saw her
ﬂirting with you at the party last Christ-
mas!" Miss Maggie’s face showed a sud—
den pink blush.

Mr. Smith gave a hearty laugh.

“Don’t you worry, Miss Maggie. If
she’ll ﬂirt with young Gaylord and others,
it's all right. There‘s safety in numbers,
you know.”

“But I don’t like to have her ﬂirt at
all Mr. Smith."

“It isn‘t the flirting. It‘s just her
bottled-up childhood and youth bubbling

over. She can’t help bubbling she’s been
repressed so long. She’ll come out all
right, and she Won’t come out hand in

hand with Hibbard Gaylord. You see if
she does.”

Miss Maggie shook her head and sighed.

“You don’t know Jane. Jane will never
give '/up. She'll be quiet, but she’ll be
ﬁrm. With one hand she’ll ‘keep Gray
away, and with the other she'll push
Gaylord forward. Even .Mellicent herself
won't know how it’s done. But it’ll be
don,e and I tremble for the consequences.”

“Hm-m!” Mr. Smith’s eyes had lost
their twinkle now. To himself he mut—
tered: “I wonder if mayfbe—I hadn’t bet—
ter take a hand in this thing myself."

“You said—I didn’t understand what
you said,” murmured Miss Maggie doubt-
fully.

“Nothing—nothing, Miss Maggie.” re-
plied the man. Then, with business—like
alertness, he lifted his chin. “How long
do you say this has been going on?”

“Why, especially since they all came
home two weeks ago. Jane knew noth-
ing of Donald Gray till that time."

“Where does Carl Pennock come in?"

Miss Maggie gave a gesture of despair.

“Oh, he comes in anywhere ,that he can
ﬁnd a, chance; though. to do her justice.
Mellicent doesn't give him—many
chances."

“What does her father say to all this?
How does he like young Gray?"

Miss Maggie gave another gesture of
despair.

“He says nothing—or, rather, he laughs,
and says; ‘Oh, well, it will come out all
right in time. Young folks will be young
folks!’ "

“But does he
him, of course.”

“Oh, yes, he likes him. He's taken
him to ride in his car once, to my know-
ledge.”

“His car!
has——a. car?”

“Oh, yes, he’s just been learning to
run it. Jane says he’s crazy over it, and
that he’s teasing her to go all the time.

She says he wants to be on the move
somewhere every minute. He’s taken up
golf, too. Did you know that?”

“Well, no, I—(lidn'tﬂ’

“Oh, yes, he’s joined

like Gray? He knows

Then Mr. Frank Blaisdell

the Hillerton

Country Club, and he goes up to the links
every morning for practice.”

“I can’t imagine it—Fran‘k Blaisdeil

spending his mornings playing golf !"
’ “You ferget,” smiled Miss Maggie.
"Frank Blaisdell is a retired business
man. He has begun to take some pleas-
ure in life now."

“Humph!” muttered Mr. Smith, as he
turned to go into his own room.

Mr. Smith called on the Frank Blais-
dells that evening. Mr. Blaisdell took
him out to the garage (very lately a
barn), and showed him the shining new
car. He also showed him his lavish sup-.
ply of golf clubs, and told him what a
“bully time” he was having these days.
He told him, too, all about his Western
trip, and said there was nothing like
travel to broaden a man’s outlook. He
said a great deal about how glad he was
to get out of the old grind behind the
counter—abut in the next ’breath he asked
Mr. Smith if he had ever seen a store
run down as his had done since he left
it. Donovan didn’t know any more than
a cat how such a store should be run,
he Said.

When they came back from the garage
they found callers in the living-room.
Carl Pennock and Hibbard Gaylord were
chatting with Mellicent. Almost at once
the doorbell rang, too, and Donald Gray
came in with his violin and a roll of
music. Mellicent's mother came in also.
She greeted all the young men pleasantly,
and asked Carl Pennock to tell Mr.
Smith all about his ﬁshing trip. Then
she sat down by young Gray and asked
him many questions about his music. She
was so interested in violins, she said.

Gray waxed eloquent, and seemed won-
derfully pleased—for'about ﬁve minutes;
then Mr. Smith saw that his glance was
shifting more and more frequently and
more and more unhappily to Mellicent and
Hibbard Gaylord, talking tennis across
the room.

Mr. Smith apparently lost interest in
young Pennock’s ﬂsh story then. At all
events, another minute found him eagerly
echoing Mrs. Blaisdell’s interest in vio-
lins-«but with‘this difference: violins in
the abstract with her became a violin in
the concrete with him; and he must hear
it at once.

Mrs. Jane herself could not have told
how it was done, but she knew that two
minutes later young Gray and Mellicent
Were at the piano, he, shining-eyed and
happy, drawing a tentative bow across
the strings: she, no less. shining—eyed and
happy, giving him “a” on the piano.

Mr. Smith enjoyed the music very much
——so much that he begged for another
selection and yet another. Mr. Smith did
not appear to realize that Messrs. Pen—
nock and Gaylord were passing through
sham interest and frank boredom to dis—
gusted silence. Equally oblivious was he
of Mrs. Jane’s efforts to substitute some
other form of entertainment for the violin-
playing. He Shook hands very heartily,
however, with Pennock and Gaylord when
they took their somewhat haughty de-
parture, a little later, and, strange to
say, his interest in the music seemed to
go with their going; for at once then he
turned to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blaisdeli
with a very animated account of some
Blaisdell data he had found only the week
before. '

He did not appear to notice that the
music of the piano had become nothing
but soft ﬁtful snatches with a great deal
of low talk and laughter between. He

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Text: “But I fear lest by any
means, as the serpent beguiled
Eve in his crafti‘ness, your pure
minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity and the
purity that is toward Christ.”
2 Cor. 11:3.

ERPENT-LIIKE, our crafty enemy
S steals upon us or lies concealed
along our pathway. With his
sinuous folds he presses in upon us
from every side. He climbs lifty
trees, swims widest rivers, and leaps

from rocks over our head. And this
subtle, writhing thing sometimes
crawls into the hearts of meek-

garbed Christians or hides itself on
the lips of some feigned friend to
fang us. How always present and
vital is temptation! And how only
can the habit of obedience to the
simplicity and purity that is toward
Christ save us!

But, for the purposes of this ser-
mon, impurity is this hidden foe.
So much for the growing purity of
the nation’s soul! But since the
days ‘of the ﬁrst recorded sin, an
'under-current of impurity has been
ﬂowing in human life. Often, it
has broken out into violent erup-
tions. Yes, I know, you are con—
cerned little about it until some cess-
pool of vice breaks out in your com-
munity, or the snaky thing gets
some unfortunate victim of your
family. The doctors use to tell us
it was the impure blood stream that
caused the eruptions on the skin.

I wonder if spiritual society has
a greater foe today? But it has
‘gone on so long vitiating the bodies,
minds, and morals of our young
people; demoralizing society; and
menacing the church; that some re-
gard it as an impregnable foe, as
baffling resistance, as being here to
stay, as a necessary evil.

“Vice is a monster of so frightful \
a mien,
That to he hated needs but to be
seen.
But seen too oft, familiar with her
face,
We ﬁrst endure, then pity, then
embrace.”

But, on a “So—help-me—God” basis,
there is no evil that is necessary.
There is a remedy for this condition.
‘And not to "consider this remedy,
with its unique power, is to cry
out, “Woe is me. Who shall de-
liver me?”

But, ﬁrst, what are some of the
contributing causes to this subter—
raneaon current of ﬁlth and indec—
ency? Subjectively, of course, it is
due to a heart lusting. “Everyone
that looketh to lust,” says Jesus,
“committeth adultery already in his
heart.” How many a boy who help—
ed to hold the Germans at the
Marne, afterward invited the tempt-
er into his heart. He could stand
up against the KaiSer’s steel, but he
falls at the feet of the red—dragon
of lust. But the objective causes?
Well, the Methodists, now in general
conference at ,Springﬁeld, Massa—
chusetts, give out the word that im-
modest dressing in women is doing
much to increase the divorce and
social evil. But that is no indict—
ment. The church has ever taught
that the indecently clad woman is
blighting to the tender ﬂower of
modesty and a contributing factor
to the loss of purity of character in
the lives of many men. A man is
not a man until he is personally
pure, but he has a tremendous ﬁght
in some quarters because of gross
improprieties in the dress of women.
Dress, primevally speaking, is the
consequence of sin and the ante—
cedent of respectability. Adam
caught up a few ﬁg leaves to cover
his nakedness. Afterward God pro—
vided him a more adequate cover—
ing in the skins of animals. The sin-
atoning element in dress is its cov—
ering—up or concealing feature. In
this way it helps to obliterate sex
distinctions, in spiritual society. You
will remember the Pauline teaching,
that in Christ there is no sex, no
male or female.
dress in man or woman which sug-
1gests sensuality must be‘avoided.

But all causes have been accent-
auated since the war. War tend-
‘encies for men to lose the sense of
Tmoral responsibility for chastity of
. character. We astonished the world

; by our strict army regulations.

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against venereal disease. But, not-
withstanding, reports tell us that
the results of illicit relations with

women were, and are yet, terrible.

These results were carried into
every American community by the
home-coming of the soldier boy. So,
‘how widely extended and greatly in—
creased is our sex problem!

But, again, walk into the popular
book-store and ask the names of
the best sellers. In pre—war days
such books were read in stolen corn—
ers. Now, they are read openly, and
are considered quite proper to talk

about in social groups. And this
vile ﬁction is doing its blighting
work. But the stage and picture

show are not one bit behind in their
salacious tendencies. And then, the
producers of this vicious ﬁction and
art say they must pander to vice
for proﬁt’s sake. What a reﬂection
on sexual looseness in modern times!
Well, when the social purity lecturer
said that one girl falls every eight
minutes and one boy every two min-
utes, and that ninety 'per cent of
our children were human culls, phys—
ically, mentally, or morally; I felt
he was over-reaching. But when I
walked out and saw that' group of
tobacco—soaked,
booze—poisoned, and lewd-faced men’
standing in front of pool-rooms and
on the street corners looking for
leg—shows; and then, when I step—
ped into the theater and matinee and
saw the dads of our Sunday sch001
boys and girls feasting vulgar eyes
on stage beauties, I felt, after all,
if many such men were fathering
our children, the lecturer might be
right.

But what are we to do about it?
Naturally and sensibly, apply the
remedy for the sake of future gen—
erations. And that lies in throwing
around our young life proper edu—
cational and environmental forces.
The masses are ignorant. We must
let in the light. We are fundament—
ally wrong in applying restrainsts
unless we accompany with right edu-
cation. We shall begin in the home.
“The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world.” (But, methinks
it will be rather poor ruling unless
our girls learn more of mothercraft).
It is the home responsibility to teach
children simply and constructively
about sex—life. Did you say you
couldn’t because of not knowing
how? Well, there is helpful liter—
ature for you, but, anyway, use com—
mon sense and go at it. Better
make a. few mistakes than to keep
criminally silent. The growing mind
of the child leads naturally to such
questions as “Where did I come
from?" And, “How did I get here?”
And one day in a little group by the
road—side one says, “I’ll tell you if
you don’t tell dad or mother.” You
see, because parents keep silent, the
children think the secret is evil.
Then, in the language of street or
play-ground incoxrect information
is given. Be frank, parents. Life
closes up in the teens.

Some of our public schools are
undertaking sex instructions in
courses in physiolgy. This scientiﬁc
instruction is helpful, or should be.
But the sunday school with its mil—
lions of young people and a teaching
force larger than the public schools,
and with a message that always up—
lifts and puriﬁes, can render dis—
tinctive service by giving needed re—
ligious sanction to this important
work. A purity department in the
sunday school could be of measure-
less force. It must not be a vener-
eal clinic where young minds are
dragged thru a moral sewer, but a
place of constructive purity teach-
ing where light is let in and sex
ideals raised. Along with this let
us have a community play—ground
near the community church, in its
atmosphere, and under its sanction.
(We are new building one at the
writer’s church.) In directed play,
we learn of the impulses and aspir-
ations of our children, and these are
the raw materials out of which we
are to build the ﬁnished produce in
Christian character. It seems that
body and soul develop together. An
unclean body means a polluted soul.
We mustclean'se the body thru the
reﬁning processes or the spirit.

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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

“For four years they had lamented over
bad seasons. But their lamentations then
were nothing to what they were now
with a ﬁne harvest. At the same time
as a great portion of the abundant crop of
the past year was unsold the foreign im-
portation was in full ﬂow; if it should con-
tinue, they saw no limit to the fall till the
regulative price was reached. From every
correspondent of the Farmers’ Magazine
came a passionate appeal to the legislature to
avert the coming ruin, generally coupled
with the assertion that theirs was the cause
of the community, while nobody wanted low
prices but ‘a few commercial men' whose in—
terests were opposed to those of all the
others_ttt*t*ttt" ‘

“The pressure on agriculture was not tem-
porary, but ‘arose from the operation of
positive laws’-—the system of taxation which
‘operated almost exclusively upon the hus-
bandman'; there were several taxes bearing
excessively on the agriculturalist, such as the
Malt Tax, which amounted almost to a pro-
hibition-‘a tax which operated most cruelly
on the industrious peasant who could not
obtain a drOp of that invigorating beverage
necessary to the discharge of his laborious
functions.” In agriculture ‘there was such a
competition that the smaller farmers could
not wait for a rise of price but must bring
their goods to market immediately.’ ”

“The distressed state of agriculture was
formally called to the attention of the House
on March 7th., by Western. He cited the
number of writs and executions and farms
untenanted. He said the primary cause——
and the obvious cause—was the “redundant
supply in the markets, a supply considerably
beyond the demand, and that created chieﬂy
by the produce of our own agriculture.” He
recommends two remedies, an increased price
of grain and diminished taxation.*****”

‘XIHAT you have just read above is not pro-
phetic of an article which may be written
some years from now, but is, in fact, state-
ments made in the House of Commons in Eng-
land following the close of the Napoleonic wars
in 1814,——just one hundred and ten years ago!
There is an old adage which has been handed
down through the generations which says “His-
tory repeats itself,” and the older we grow, the
more ﬁrmly we see the foundations on which
these old axioms are laid.

It is rather encouraging, therefore, or should
be, to ﬁnd that the writer’s account of this ex—
perience of ﬁve generations ago closed with these
very succulent remarks:

“So ended for this year the discussions on
agricultural distress, and indeed the debates
lost their interest before they were over.
For now wheat began to rise, and by Decem-
ber the price was exactly double what it had
been in January. Undeterred by their pre-
vious experience, one reads that by April ‘the
rapid rise in grain has already occasioned
many applications in the home counties to
take farm abandoner by occupiers’ " . x
After you have read the above, unless you have

fully digested its meaning to you, read it again:
I is a fact borne out by history that may make

you a more  man and which  ations}

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tion. the ceaseless procession of the censorinihe,
sweep of the scythe of time and the repetition of ~

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THE BEAN GEOWEBS' OPPORTUNITY
N page four of this issue Mr- Goulet, a man
who knows beans and who ought to know
been if any man in Michigan does, points
out that there is still a good gamble for the bean
grower in the present market situation-

It is the opinion of the writer that most of the
beans still being held/in Michigan are stored in
elevators, but owned by the grower’s and he
also points out, that there are many bean buyers
in Michigan who have sold short and that in
their desire to cover they will have to purchase
a great many thousands of bushels of beans
from present growers.
“sit tight" his chances of making an extra proﬁt
on his present bean crop according to Mr. Goulet
seems fairly good. I

In the ﬁrst place, let us point out that in
printing opinions of this kind Trnr BUSINESS
FARMER does not accept any responsibility, be-
cause when it comes to guessing on a future
market if our market editor were infallible we
would take his opinion on the future of the
wheat; corn, or bean market and by knowing
in advance what was going to happen it would
not be hard to soon rival John D. or Henry Ford
in wealth. ,.

It is a fact, however that a man in the posi-
tion of Mr. Goulet ought to know more about
the bean market than the average bean grower
who is not in touch daily with the market in all
parts of the country and his advice reprinted in
columns of a publication which reaches growers
ought to be at least food for thought.

One thing is certain and that is, that everyone
connected with the bean industry in Michigan
knows that things are not right; beans are not
being sold at the-price at which they should be
sold, although we must admit they show a proﬁt
to the grower this past year which is not
measured up to by some of the old-line staple
crops that come in more direct competition with
the products of the rest of the world.

There is a coupon on page four that we would
thank every bean grower who is a reader to re-
turn to this office. The information he sends
us will be guarded and used only to the advan-
tage of the growers themselves. If we can get
the price of beans yet to be sold from the 1923
crop up one, two or three cents per pound we
would make a good many million dollars for the
bean growers in this state and nothing, we can
assure you, would give us more pleasure.-

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THOUGHTS FER THE ,DISOURAGED FARMER
(ertten In 1889) -
By James Whltcomb Riley

IE summer winds is sniﬁln' round the bloomin' locus‘
trees;
And the clover in the pastur’ is a big day for the
bees,
And they been a~swiggin honey, above board and on the sly,
Tel they stutter in theyr buzzin' and stagger as they ﬂy.
The ﬂicker on the fence rail 'pears to jest spit on his
wings ‘
And roll up his feathers, by the sassy way he sings;
And the hoss‘ﬂy is a-whettin'—up his forelegs fer biz.
And the off-mare is a switchin' all of her tail they is.

You can hear the blackburds jawin' as they foller up the.
plow— ”
Oh, theyr bound to git theyr breakfast, and theyr not a

carin’ how;
So they quarrel in the furries. and they quarrel on the
Wing—
But theyr peaceabler in pot~piee than any other thing;
And its when I git my shotgun drawed up in siddy rest,
She's as full of tribbelation as a yeller-jacket’s nest;
And a few shots before dinner, when the sun’s a-shinnin'
right,
Seems to kinda-sorts sharpen up a feller’s appetite!

They's been a heap o'rain, but the sun's out today

And the clouds of the wet spell is all cleared away,

And the woods is all the greener, and the grass is greener

still;

It may rain again to-morry, but I don't think it will.
Some says the crops is ruined, and the com's drowned out,
And propha-sy the wheat will be a failure, without doubt;
But the kind Providence that has never failed us yet.
Will be on hands onc't more at the 'leventh hour, I bet!

Does the medder—lark comphne. as he swims high and dry

Through the waves of the wind and the blue of the sky?

Does the mail set up and whissel in a. disappinted way.

Er hang his head in silence, and sorrow all the my? _

Is the chipnuck‘s health a-iailin’i Does he walk, or does
he run?

Don’t the innards ooze around up there jest like they’ve
allus done?

Is they anything the methr with the router's lungs or
voice? '

Ort a mortal be complainin' when dumb animals rejoice?

Then let in, one and all. be cont-lied with our lot:
The June is here this morning. and» the I‘ll. is

up Wheelie,
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yoursélves—-not us! Don't" count.  1,
follow! Don’t say "on, they'll get enough. in:-

formation anyway,” but do. your share by, sitting

down right now and sending. in that  if
you have a bushel or more of beans stored any-
where. At the same time we would appreciate
the acreage information whether or not you have

' any beans stored.

 

'rsxns AND nanoﬁnsrsrron 

‘ the, present week’s installment on taxation

in Michigan by Mr- Stanley M. Powell, an
interesting phase in its regard to agriculture
is brought out in the discussion of reforestation.

It is obvious that the present high rate of the
general property tax leaves no possibility for the
land owner to reforest' his property at a proﬂ
to himself.

A measure was vetoed by the governor last
season, because he did not believe it adequate,
which would have made land under reforestation
free from general taxation, a movement which
had the support of every thinking man in Michi-
fortunately, both sides of the
legislature.

"Michigan is not unlike other states in that we

have a great many thousands of acres which ‘

could best be devoted to the production of lumber.
When it is considered, as' Mr. Powell pointmout,
that over ﬁfteen million dollars was spent in
freight alone, for lumber coming into Michigan,
principally from the Northwestern states; it
would seem perfectly clear that this is a subject
which deservos attention and must be given it.

Some credit ought to be given to Senator James
Couzens for the interest he has taken in this
subject, being a member of the national committee
and spending considerable of his time and energy
on this important subject, not only in regard to
Michigan but to the national situation at large,

Over seven hundred thousand acres, mostly of
cut-over land, have already reverted to the state
because of their owners’ refusal to pay taxes,
the land not being worth what it is taxed.

How can a state expect to exist when such a
condition is continued?

Michigan once held a high place in the pro-
duction of lumber in this country. We can grow
the ﬁnest quality and on land which is not valu.-_
able at this time for any other purpose. Why
then should we not be looking ﬁfty or one hun-
dred years ahead and providing for future gener-
ations a supply of lumber which will probably

come at a time when the West faces a cut-over '

problem such as we in Michigan face today? The
lumber supply out there cannot last always and
we might as well be looking into the future, and
if the state can help to this end it certainly
should be willing to do it.

This is a subject which local farm organizations
and granges should be taking up for active dis-
cussion during the present season. We will have
more to say of it from time to time in these
columns.

 

BABY CHICKS
WING to the lateness of the present season
there is still ample time to order baby chicks
and be assured of a. strong, healthy brood,
which will mature in time for a proﬁtable market.

This has been an exceptional year in Michigan
and we are‘from two weeks to a month behind
in climatic conditions in practically all sections
of the state. The month of J une, therefore, be-
comes an ideal time in which to purchase, at the
low prices which are oﬂered by the many hatch-
eries, a quantity of these proﬁt makers.

The importance of poultry and eggs as proﬁt
producers on the farms in this state have never
been more emphasized than during the past year,
when it is literally a fact that a great many
families have found their chief cash return from
the products of their poultry yards that were
once considered “pin money" for the women and
children of the house.

Poultry supplies have sold on the city markets
in Michigan at a fair price and there is every
indication to believe that this market will be
strengthened during the present season.

Next to the dairy cow, the hen has become
the most prolific gold mine on the farms of
Michigan!

It is possible to buy from the hatcheries strong.
healthy chicks which are delivered in good con-
dition by parcel poet within twenty-four hours
ically any farm home in Mich-
igan. If you hav never bought baby chicks by
mail try it once and in our opinion‘you will be

through with the “old-mother-hon” method .for ’
the rest of your dam. The baby chick method.

has become so popular, with so my thousands

of farmers,  inhuman, that no: 
metal

can rival us in number of 1,,
hatcheries, which are summery.
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cnla'tion manager and he told
'. me that hardly a day goes by
that his department does not receive
a letter from a subscriber contain-
ing money to renew his subscription
'and he FAILS To GIVE HIS GOM-
PLE'I'E' NAME AND ADDRESS.

There is no way of telling who the '

subscriber is so we must wait until
1 he writes. In the meantime the
man who sent his money to us be-
gins to think that we have his
money and do not intend to send
him his paper. Maybe after a few
weeks he writes as a very threat-
ening letter, or maybe he decides
to "let 'em keep the money, if they
can be bought that cheap. I’ll have
nothing to do with them in the fu-
ture and try to keep them from rop—
ing any of my friends." We want
you to get your paper and will do
anything within reason we can to
get it to you but we must have
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. And
be sure to sign it plainly.

NEW BAIT

I am asking you if you could in-
form me as to what kind of company,
what its business is, by the name of
“Empire Service Company”, 106
East 18th St., New York, N. Y. I
have two letters from them inquir-
ing for persons saying they have a
lost package to deliver to them. I
don’t know how they got my name
and don’t know the persons. Could
you please tell me anything about
them? It seems so funny that they
would have a lost package for any
one in Jackson who was. never in
New York. I did not know them and
I wanted to know their business.
Thank you.

E wrote the above company two
months ago, but nary an ans-
wer! That leads us to believe,

that we have discovered a new
bunch of sucker-bait which is being
dangled here in Michigan. Sounds a
little like the “lost—heirs” or “you-
have -won —ﬁrst —prize-in-our-contest"
schemes, set to new music!

 

MANIOOPY TYPEWRITER
COMPANY

I am writing to ask if you can tell
me whether or not the American
Manicopy Typewriter Company of
Chicago is a reliable ﬂrm. They are
sending out literature asking people
to buy shares in it, offering 8%
dividends immediatly upon the issu-
ance of stock. All checks are to be
made payable to S. W. Cochran &
00., 29 South La Salle Street, Chi—
cago, Illinois.

I am a reader of THE BUSINESS
FABMER and having read your advice
to others, I thought perhaps you
could advise me regarding this ﬁrm-

v IS is not the ﬁrst inquiry we
have had in regard to the
American Manicopy Typewriter

Company stock, which is being
sponsored by the brokers named in
this readers inquiry. Evidently they
have showered the rural mail boxes
of the state with their stock-selling
literature.

One reader wrote that if he could
only sell his farm he was going to
put his all into this company and if
they would pay 8% per annum on
his investment as they promised, he
could live very nicely in the near-
by village.

Frankly,
this company,

little about
its

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The pm of this department is to Pro-
tect our from trauduleut deallns!
or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at
a distance.

In "or! one we will do our best to make
I satin-econ settlement or force action. for
which no charge for our eervleee will ever be
made. providing: "

1.-—The elem: is made by e paid-up aub-
ecriber to The Iuslneee Former.

2.—The claim It not more than 8 mos. old.

8.—-'l'he claim II not local or between peo-

glean our distancefone notion
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 N“ are under the impres-
siOn however, that it is for the mar-,
keting o! a new invention which it is
hoped will become as common and
proﬁtable as the cash register or
the adding machine. Maybe it will
and if they have sold stock to farm-
er:l in Michigan, we certainly hope it
wi !

But the trouble with any new in-
vention of this kind is that it may
not prove a commercialy proﬁtable
success.
ing Machine Company or National
Cash Register Company success
there are a thousand dismal fail-
ures, many 90f which started with
even‘more promise.

Why should the farmers of Mich-
igan be called upon to ﬁnance a new
oiﬁce improvement? Why should
they go up and down the highways
and byways of Michigan looking for
the small investor with from a
hundred to a few thousands, when
in the city of Chicago alone there
are two or three hundred thousand
men and women who work in oﬂices,
have small savings to invest and
who are familiar with the demand
for such a machine as this company
claims it has?

We do not know whether or not
the American Manicopy Company
stock has been passed on the Mich-
igan securities commission. We will
ﬁnd out immediately, but our read-
ers must remember What Mr. Duff
pointed out in his letter to this de-
partment only a few weeks ago,
THAT A COMPANY MAY SELL
STOCK BY MAIL IN MICHIGAN
WITHOUT HAVING PAJSSED THE
SCRUTINY OF THE SECURITIES
COMMISSION!

There are many safe investments
oﬂered the farmers of Michigan who
have spare funds to invest. Invest-
ments that are recognized by banks,
trust companies and insurance soci-
eties as suitable investments Where
the maxium of security is present.
There is no excuse for any farmer
investing his funds in a new and un-
proven company, unless he is invest-
ing only a sum which he can well af—
ford to gamble on. In that case,
we suggest he go somewhere, where
the lights are bright and the table
where the Wheel spins, the

' green,
little ball rolls and he makes or
loses on whether it lands in the

black or red. There is at least ex-
citement in that and you have prac—
tically a ﬁfty per cent chance of
winning, which is more than many
an investor has had in a. new com-
pany, a new gold mine or an old
oil well!

D. F. BUSH, MINNEAPOLIS

“ ANTED to hear from an own-
er of a farm for sale. No
agents,” same" old story!

You’ll ﬁnd this and similar advertis—

ments in the columns of country

papers, city dailies, and even some

farm papers that ought to know bet—

ter.

We have told you about the
scheme so often, but of course every
week sees many new readers added
to THE BUSINESS FARMER family, so
here goes.

These advertisers are after a list—
ing fee. They ask you to pay them
from $2 to $20 to list your farm,
promising you to send you buyers,
advertise your farm in a new cata-
log they are printing, etc., etc.
Some even get so excited about get-
ting ahold of your money that they
use the telegraph wires to tell you
that they already have a buyer to
send you and are only awaiting your
listing fee.

Steer clear of all 06' them!

We have a. standing; offer that we
will run an advertisement free at
the head of this column to any so-
called real—estate agent who can
prove that he has satisﬁed one out
of every hundred persons from

,whom he has taken a listing fee in

Michigan. So far we have never
had to run that ad at the head of
this column!

 

Dear Sits:— Relative to the informa-
tion on the enclosed card I am pleased to
state that this day I have received a
check from the for the original
mount paid for the Chicks. reeling my-
self very greatly indebted to you for the
service you rendered main this matter,
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' By A'n'no Campbell " , .
used to talk of so many things,
Roses and summer and golden
rings, .
Music and dancing and books and plays,
Venice and moonlight and future days.

 
   

 
   

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Now our chief subjects are food and bills,
Genevieve’s measles, and Johnny’s ills,
New shoes for Betty, a hat for Jane,
Taxes, insurance, the mail, and rain!

We used to say that Romance would stay,
We’d walk together a magic way!
‘ Though we don’t talk as in days of yore,
Strange, is it not, that I love you more!
(Copyright 1924, by Detroit News.)

HOW LONG DOES DISHWASHING
TAKE?

AVE you ever timed yourself

washing dishes, to see whether?

there was any way of shorten—
ing the work? Or noticed what mo-
tions you make with your hands
during this and other daily jobs?
Or how many steps you take in con-
nection with a meal, particularly
when you are clearing the table and
washing the china and other utensils
used during the meal and its prep—
aration? Every motion requires
energy and unnecessary motions
use up unnecessary energy, leaving
one fatigued with no real gain. When
acutal minutes are saved, they can
be put tomore interesting uses than
the routine of daily dishwashing.

Try the way you are now doing
the work suggests the United States
Department of Agriculture, observ-
ing as you go whether there are any
motions made which could be elimi—
nated, or if any part of the process
could be shortened. Those who po—
ssess dishwashing machines expect
to leave the dishes to dry themselves
after being washed and rinsed with
very hot water. This principle can
be applied perfectly well to dishes
draining in a basket if a kettleful
of clean hot rinsing water is poured
over them. The process of wiping
can then be entirely eliminated, ex-
cept possibly for the glass and sil-
ver. Fewer towels are thus used, so
that the amount of washing of tea—
towels is reduced.

Right-handed persons ordinarily
hold what they are washing in the
left hand, and apply the mop or
dish cloth with the right, so that
when the dish is set‘on a drain
board at the left they do not have to
cross their hands. In spite of this
simple and onvious way of doing. the
work, it is common to ﬁnd in houses
offered for sale or for rent a right-
hand drain board, installed probably
by some masculine architect who
did not think out the process of do-
ing the work or consult any woman
about it. Having two drain boards,
or a drain board at the left and a
level shelf at the right hand side of
the sink for stacking the soiled dish—
es is even more convenient than hav—
ing only one drain board.

When the housekeeper has to beat
all the water she needs, steps may
be saved by placing the sink fairly
near the stove, and by bringing all
the dishes from the dining-table in-
to the kitchen on a tea—cart. Utens-
ils that hang up should be put on
hooks on the wall right over the
sink; and if all the pots and pans
were washed before the meal is serv-
ed, the time for the entire job of
dishwashing is greatly shortened.

When the clean dishes are set in
a drain basket and scalded the task
will be done, as nearly all of them
will probably be wanted on the table
for the next meal. If the china is
to be put away, a set of shelves with-
in reach of the sink will save many
steps.

MAKE THE MEAL INTERESTING
ECAUSE of the varied food
needs there is a demand for
contrasts between foods of the
different courses or dishes of a
meal. It is not wise to serve the
same food twice in a meal, even
though it is prepared in diﬁerent

ways, e. g. apple salad and apple
bettie, or bean soup and baked
beans. This leads to monotony

rather than variation or contrasts.
Neither is it desirable to serve the
same preparation, e. g. scrambled
eggs for breakfast and luncheon, or
hash for breakfast and luncheon on
the same day.

In case of breakfast for example,
if fresh fruits cannot always be
served it is better to alternate the
fresh fruit with the canned or stew-
ed rather than to have fresh fruit

several days in succession followed

 

 

of value to you.
answer.

Henry Cochran, of Alpena
county, and I take this op-
portunity to thank her. She
must know that ﬂowers are
one of my weak spots.

 

 

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 .AJleDnrtment fertile wit: a
Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR  .___...—'

EAR F‘OLKS:—I want to thank the many good readers of our de-
partment for responding so promptly to the various requests
for help We have had recently.

quest published in this department that has not been answ-
ered, and as a rule there has been several answers to each question.
And each and every answer has been appreciated I can assure you.
I want you to all feel free to use this department whenever it can be
Send in your questions and I will promise you an
I feel conﬁdent in making this statement because somewhere
among my readers some one has the answer to your question and if
your question appears in this department the answer will be sent in.
The other day I received by parcel post a lovely bouquet from Mrs.

“77121” W’ 

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

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So far there has not been a re-

 

 

 

 

by canned or steWed for a number
of days. The same can be said in
regard to cereals when both cooked
and uncooked are used.

There should also be variety in
the ﬂavor of the food selected as
well as in the materials used. For
example, potato, rice, and maraconi,
are all high in starch and also re—
semble each other too closely in
consistency and texture as well as
being all bland in ﬂavor. Bland
dishes should be supplemented with
more highly ﬂavored dishes to re-
lieve monotony.

When two or more vegetables are
used in the same meals they should
be different. Sweet potatoes and
White potatoes do not belong in the
same meal though they are often
served together. It would be much
better to serve contrasting veget-
ables such as spinach or cabbage.

In addition to the contrasts the
foods should have ﬂavors that go
well together. This is where the
provider’s “imagination” comes into
play for the best results.

Contrast and harmony in color
in general appearance makes the
meals more interesting.

A combination of moist and dry
foods, e. g. creamed potatoes is not
as good a combination with a meat
stew as it is with a broiled steak.

Contrast in temperature of dishes
also adds interest.

CULTIVATING HEALTH ON THE
FARJM

SHORT time ago two sons of a

leading farmer were taken sick

with infantile paralysis. One
died within a few days; the other
still lives, but is completely paral-
yzed below the waist. A survey of
that farm showed that the barnyard
contained all kinds of farm animals,
including some hogs that spent most
of their time in the shade by the
house. Flies were found ‘in great
numbers. Judging from the best
knowledge we have, ﬂies may have
carried the disease. Conditions on
many farms, even if not dangerous
to health, are unsightly, and should
not be tolerated by self-respecting
families.

The laws of health are simple, but
they must be well learned. A little
knowledge is often dangerous.

In some respects the work of pub-
lic health has lagged behind in the
rural communities. In large meas-
ure this is due to the apparent dif-
ﬁculty in securing sufﬁcient results
to make it pay; in part it is due to
more or less blind faith in the ef-
ﬁcacy of pure fresh air. In Hygia
Dr. C. M. Siever gives some really
practical suggestions for developing
rural health districts, and good rea-
sons why public health work is so
important. He says: “The human
body is in one way similar to any
piece of machinery. It must be giv—
en proper fuel in proper amounts
and protectbd from all harmful out-
side inﬂuences. It is well known
that a machine will not last long if
it is not properly looked after. For
this reason the owners of ﬁne ma-
chinery ﬁnd it cheaper to employ
the most skilled engineers at high
prices than to trust it to unskilled
hands at cheaper rates. Just so the

human body, needs looking after. and

it should be done by men who are

qualiﬁed and who are watching and;

    

studying the movements of the ma.-
chinery all the time.

“This does not mean that all the
work need be done by the health
ofﬁcer, but it does mean that the
health ofﬁcer must be on full time,
that he may direct the work and see
that it is all done. It means further
that in the near future all physicians
will be devoting more time to the
prevention of disease instead of to
the attempt to cure it.” -

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

Getting Rid of Bed Bugs.—Ma.ny of our
readers sympathize with Mrs. C. R. of
Adrian if the number of answers I have
received to her question published in this
department is an indicator. Every answ-
er is greatly appreciated and I am pub—
lishing several of them below for the ben—
eﬁt of Mrs. C. R. and others who might
be interested:

As I am interested in your paper and a
regular sister helper I write for the bene-
ﬁt of Mrs. C. R. of Adrian, Mich., how to
get rid of bed bugs. Take about 1 quart
of kerosene oil and add 1 tablespoon of
carbolic acid and mix well. Put in an
oil can with a long spout and pour in all
cracks or places where the bugs can get.
This will kill all bugs or eggs. Take a
brush and brush some of the mixture
around the baseboard and on the ﬂoor out
to about six inches from ‘ithe base board
as they inhabit the floor .as well as the
beds. This leaves no stain and does no
harm.——Mrs. L.

As I was looking over The BUSINESS
FARMER I noticed the request for a bed
bug recipe. I will send you the recipe of
what I used to get rid of the ones we
had in our house. It was an old house
that wasn’t plastered and we tried about
everything without success. My nephew
brought me a. quart of Peter-man’s Bed
Bug Discovery from Saginaw. It can be
purchased from either Montgomery Ward
and Co., or Sears, Roebuck and Co. Apply
it with a small oil can with a long spout
on it. It not only kills the bugs but the
nits. If you have the catalogues of the
two mail order houses you will ﬁnd it ad-
vertised on page 263 in the Montgomery
Ward and C0. catalog and on page 482 in
Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog. It works
wonders. It will not leave a spot on the
wall paper very long—Mrs. G. F., Cole-
man, Mich.

 

Oil of Cedar is a sure exterminator of
bed bugs and you will not have to use
it very often. They will never appear
again—Mrs. E. G., Montrose, Mich.

 

I see one of your readers would like to
know how to get rid of bed bugs. I ﬁnd
that elm dissolved in water and put on
with a feather or little brush will soon
kill them.-—Mrs. J. W., Weidman, Mich.

 

Just buy the insect powder that is put
up to kill ﬂies and squirt it on the beds
and in the crevices. It is a sure remedy.
—Mrs. T. T., Merritt, Mich.

 

If Mrs. C. R. will apply denatured al-
cohol with -a machine oil can on bed,
sprin'gs, mattress and on the ﬂoor where
beds stands, as well as any place where
she thinks the bug might be, I am sure
they will disappear at once—Mrs. B. M.,
Charlotte.

 

I got the following from a furniture
dealer; and used with success: 14 ozs.
formaldehyde and 2 ozs. pemnagnate pot-
ash. Place in a gallon jar and set on
bricks and leave in the house or room for
6 or 7 hours, then open doors and wind-
ows—Mrs. F., Clayton, Mich.

 

Wants Part For Phonograph.——I have
an Edisonphonog'raph that plays ‘2 min-
~ute records and I Would like to know if
you could help me find a 4 minute repro—

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Salad, Dressing. .
from Mrs. J. E. 8., Mani‘stee. fora salad’
dressing that would keep. Amsending
recipe for one that I never knew to spoil.
2 eg‘gs well beaten, 1 cup vinegar, 1 tear.
spoon mustard (powder), one-half tear
spoon salt. Set in hot water and cook.
Cool before using. Thin with cream or
milk as desired—A Friend of BusIan

FARMER, Elsie, Mich. - '

 

Another Salad Dressing.—3 eggs, 1 cup
granulated sugar, 1 cup vinegar, small
piece butter, scant taiblespoon prepared
mustard, 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir sugar
ﬂour and mustard until smooth, a‘dd vin-
egar, butter and beaten eggs and cook
in double boiler stirring until thick and
smooth. Thin just what you use at one
time with rich milk. Will keep a long
time in a cool place—Mrs. O. A. K...
Gobles, Mich.

Gloves and Mittens.»—I see Mrs. Hort«
on’s request for canvas, etc. If she is
just making them for her own men’s use
any woolen or overall goods would do. I
always save the wrists from old canvas
gloves and turn inside out and sew to
upper part. I rip an old glove for pat-
tern and if I have no wrists on hand I use
upper ribbed part of men's hose doubled
and sew on. I also make all my men's
mittens of new or partly worn wool goods,
and for real cold weather line them with
odds and ends of warm goods. This saves
many a. dollar during the season for my
men husk corn. Hoping this will help her
and others.—~Mrs. G. M., Vicksburg, Mich.

To Take Hair Oi! Upper Lips—P143286
let me know if there is anything that will
take hair off on upper lip? Can any of
the readers give me this information?—
Miss F.

Page Getting Bottom—Our page is get:
ting better and better. I can hardly wait
until my next number comes—Mrs. M.,
Vicksburg, Mich.

 

 

-—if you are well bred!

 

 

The Fork: It’s Proper Employ.—The
fork is, ﬁrst of all, the vegetable table
implement. Accepted custom practically
everywhere regards the following fork
facts as socially warranted: The best
American usage shows the increasing
tendency to follow the English custom and
take the fork in the left hand to raise
food to the mouth (on the outer edge of
the prongs) the knife assisting, avoiding
the necessity of shifting the fork to the
right to lift food which has been cut.

Food should be raised to the mouth on
the upper, not the lower side of the
prongs.

The fork prongs when eating should
give no more audible indication of their
presence than the spoon of the soup bowl.

Meat is always impaled on the down-

turned prongs of the fork to be carried to- ’

the mouth; the implement must not be
employed spade fashion.

To raise vegetables to the mouth, the
fork is used with prongs up—turned.

The fork is never used to mash food on
a plate.

When not used the fork (or knife) al-
ways lies on the plate, never with its
prongs on the plate—edge and its handle
on the cloth.

When butter is taken for baked pota—
toes, it should be “scooped” by the tip of
the fork: the knife is not used for this
purpose. .

In case of, soft meat dishes, i.e., where
meat appears in the shape of meat—loaf.
patties, croquettes, hash, etc, the fork
is used both as a fork and as a. knife. It
cuts or parts the crust or form with its
edge, knife-wise, and is then turned in the
hand and used as a fork proper.

When eating lettuce the fork is used
to fold over the leaves and carry them to
the mouth. When a leaf is too large to
fold, the blunt edge of the fork may be
used to cut it. Lettuce is never cut with
a. knife.

Fork and knife, when the eater has
ﬁnished using them, should be put close
together on the plate." The handles should
be turned toward the side of plate; the
fork should be turned up and the knife-
blade in, toward fork. The handles of
knifeand fork should extend an inch or
so beyond the rim of the plate. It is in
this position that they also appear when
the plate is sent back for a second help-
ing at a meal.

 

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Menu for June 7th

 

 

Boiled Salmon, Egg Sauce
Creamed Potatoes New Peas
Dressed Lettuce
Crackers
‘Chocolate Bread Pudding
Coffee

Cheese

‘Chocolate Bread Pudding.—% cup
bread crumbs. 2 cups scalded milk, 3
squares melted chocolate, 2 eggs, 1 table»
spoon fat, salt to taste, is teaspoon vanil-
la, 1,4, cup cold milk, % cup sugar and 35
cup Sultana raisins. Mix'all ingredient:
in order given. Pour into a greased bak-
ing dish, set into pan of hoowater. and
bake 1 hour in ,moderato oven; stir twice

, during baking to keep  from?!"

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‘Be‘e‘n Salem—One quart cooked beans
(the red kidney), three eggs hard boiled,
Six cucumber pickles (use ones ready for
the table), two onions chopped ﬂne. Grind
pickle, onion and egg through food chop-
per. For dressing use two eggs, one cup
sugar. it» cup vinegar, one tablespoon but-
her, salt and pepper. Cook dressing in

double boiler until smooth—Mrs. O. A. K.,
Gables, Mich.

 

 

Apple Dumplings.—-The baking powder
biscuit dough (2 cups ﬂour, 2/3 cup milk
or water, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 2
tablespoons fat, 17$ teaspoon salt) may
be rolled into a thin sheet, and cut into
pieces for apple dumplings. One half a
large apple, peeled and quartered is
enough fruit for one dumpling. Fold the
dough over the fruit. Bake 30 minutes

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over night. In morning shape in forms
of large biscuits. place i pan one in

apart, let rise. brush ov r with beaten ’

egg. and bake twenty minutes: Cool and
with ornamental frosting make a. cross
on top of each bun.

 

 

 

 

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(Copyright by Houghton Midlin 00.)
Behold, I make all things now. Rev.

21:5.
Physiologists tell us that every cell in

the human body is replaced by a new one ‘

every few months, that we are actually,
wholly remade. We are further informed
by scientists of another sort that whether

      
 

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or not the new cell is perfect, rests en—
tirely with us—W'th the “mind of the
ﬂesh”-—its ohara r is determined by
that which we hold in our thoughts. Thus
if health and perfection are in our con-
sciousness, health and perfection will be
manisfested. If, however, we picture dis-
ease and imperfection—then these things
are likely to appear.

in not too hot an oven. Peaches'or
cherries are excellent when used the same
way. Serve with whipped cream and
Sugar or fruit sauce.

Griddle Cakes. Corn Meal—1% cups
ﬂour, 1 cup cornmeal, 2 cups water, 4
teaspoons baking powder, 2 eggs, 3 table-
spoons fat, 1 teaspoon salt, % cup sugar.
Cook the corn meal and water ﬁve min-
utes. Add milk, dry ingredients and eggs
well beaten. Stir well. Bake on hot
griddle.

 

 

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- HInHﬁFREElurzder this heaglnlg prgvld'ltr‘ig;
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Hot Cross Buns.—One cup scalded milk, exchanges, no cash Involved. Second—It will

one_fourth cup sugar, two tables Dons no In three lines. Third-You are a paid-0
butter, one—half teaspoon salt, orig-half '33:°'l%%’...‘.° Isl-.2? fgo'rfilngs'regearlg‘lzsugngo “$35
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118—Pattern quilt block, “Sage Bud" for 2
s 013 black thread. No. 40. or edema—Mrs. Geo.
organ, R3, Vicksburg, Mich.

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‘731-4951-4858- A Jauntv Suit and Blouse—This suit is comprised of Ladies Blouse 4731
ladies Skirt 4658 and Ladies Jacket 4651. One could use alpaca or tweed for Jacket and Skirt
and silk broadcloth or crepe de chine for the Blouse. The width of the Skirt at the foot with plaits

ded is 2% yards. ,The Skirt is cut in 7 Sizes: 25, , , 33, 35 and 37 inches waist
measure with Pecommnymg 1116) measure. 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45 and 47 inches. . The Blouse is
cut in 6 Sizes. 34, 36. 3 . 4 . 42 and 44 inches bust measure. The Jacket is out in 6 Sizes: 34.
36 38 40. 42 and 44 inches bust measure. To make the Suit (Skirt and Jacket) material 40

inches wide, for a medium Size, will ' 2 '
will require 2% yards. require 5%, yards. To make the Blouse of 3 inch material

4742. A Stylish Dress for .Mature' Figures.-——Here is a model with new features, comfortable lines
and good style. It may be ﬁnished With or without panels, and may have the sleeves in wrist length,
.or very short. The vest and collar may also be omitted. This is a good model for crepe weaves, for
linen. ratlne and alpaca... The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 36, 38, 40. 42. _44, 46 and 48 inches bust
measure. ,3 "10h {"36 reQuu‘es 5%, yards of 36 inch material. Without vest and collar 4%
;£ax-gx%ai;aaria¢:aqimed. With short sleeve 4% yards are required. The width of the dress at the foot

4740. A Neat and Pretty “Apron Frock".—Ginglmm, the season’s popular material, was chosen
for this garment. In green and white or brown and white gingham, this would be yery pleasing with
tnmrning of_linene and rick rack braid in self color or white. he Pattern is out in 4 Sizes: Small,
34-36; Medium. 38-40: Large. 42-44' Extra Dirge, 46-48 inches bust measure. A Mediiun size
.r es 4% yards of 32 inch materia The width at the foot is 2 yards. For band on pocket,
an at the openms. and for belt ’6 yard of contrasting material 36 inches Wide is required.

4145. ,A Practical Apron _'ModeI.—_This _style is good for percale, gingham. unbleached muslin,
lawn or, sateen. It may be trimmed With bins banding or with rick rack braid. .The Pattern is cut
in 4 Sizes:_Sma11. 34-36; Medium. 38-40; Large. 42-44; Extra. Large, 46-48 inches bust measure,
A medium size requires 3 yards of 36 inch material. «

4154. A Smart Frock for the Growing GIrl.
-—-To the girl who likes something different, this
style Will appeaL It has the hip band extensmns
on the waist, and the popular side closing. The
sleeve is very attractive in wrist length and equally
pleasing in its brevity. model is nice for
the new prints and crepe weaves. It is also at-
tmctive in_ gingham and linen. The Pattern is
cut in 4 Sizes: 8 10, 12 and 14 years. A .10
year size requires ‘5, yards of 32 inch material.
if made With long sleeves. made With short
sleeves 3%. yards is required.

.4138. .A Cool“ Comfortable Play Suit—Linen,
Chintz, printed voﬂe, pongee or percale could be
used for this model. The Pattern 18_ cut in
Sizes: 2. 4 and 6 years. An attractive develop—
ment would be henna .and white checked ingham
With white bands finished With hues o henna
cross-stitching for trimming. To make this model
forts}; year 3129 requires 2% yards of 32 inch
ma eria .

4146. A Pretty Frock for Many Occasions.—
Eor afternoon or evening wear this model is de-
lightfuL It .18 pretty'in changeable_taﬂ“ets, crepe
(18 ohms, cluﬂon or in the new printed voile or
gur . . The puff sleeves may be omitted.
The Pattern is cut 111.3 Sizes: 16. 18 and 20
years._ An . year size requires 5% yards of
material 32 inches Wide. The width at the foot
of the dress is 2%. yards.

 

4156.-—-A New. and Charming Bathing SuIL— \,
Alpaca, pongee, Jersey crepe or ﬂannel may be 5
used _ for this comfortable . bathing suit. The
panels ms. be omitted. This Pattern is cut in J'Ackgv
4 Sizes:. , 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12 your

size regimes 3% yards of one material 40 inches I 465,
Wide. For the breaches of contrasting material ’
iii yard 54 inches Wide is required.

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: And aid your feet . .
er's long and troubled pathway.
Then love her while you may.

, Her smile your heart my not glodden.

All along the thorny way.

If you leave her, write a letter,
That Will ﬁll her heart with light.
Let her know that you still love her,
Though far away from her anxious
sight.
You will ﬁnd there is no other,
That can help you more than she.

‘ Do not weigh her down with sorrows,

Which perhaps need never be.

Keep no secret from your mother.
‘Make her everything to you.
save her all the toil and trouble \
It is in your power to do.
God gives many things twice over.
But only a loving mother once.
Don’t be angry or cruel with her,
Comfort and aid her, Love her much!

After her life’s great work is ended
And she is laid to her last long rest,
You’ll not be sorry you helped to aid her,
Remember, you’re the one that she loved
best.
"I‘was a mother’s loving, willing ﬁngers,
That rocked your cradle, soother your
woe.
A mother’s heart not one can fathom
Except the God who loves us so.

—-Iola E. Hardy.

EAR girls and 'boysz—Vacation

time is here for most of you, es—

pecially those going to the
country schools; and those who are
going to high school will soon be
out. I know about how all of you
feel. You are glad that school is
over for another year and you can
get out of doors for a while away
from your books. But is school
over for you forever? Do you in-
tend to go back to school this fall
or are you through with school?
Think well before you answer be-
cause your future depends on your
decision. And after you have
thought it all over say “Yes, I in-
tend to go back to school, not only
this fall but every fall, until I grad-
uate from college.”

To become a success in this world
you do not need a college education
but it is much harder and takes
many years longer to become suc-
cessful without the college training.
You may think, “Oh, I am going to
be only a farmer and a farmer has
no use for a college education.” You
are wrong. The farmer needs a
college education just as much as
anyone else, and more than many
business people. The farmer has a
business that he owns and operates
requiring considerable capital and
the business is conducted at a great
risk. He must know how to pro-
duce at the lowest cost and sell at a
proﬁt.

You girls and boys who are grow-
ing up on the farms will some day
take the places of your mothers and
fathers but you cannot expect to
farm the same way. No, the world
is going forward and you must go
forward with it or lose out—-become
a failure, and none of you want to
be a failure. Resolve that you are
going to high school and then to
our M. A. 0. Be prepared to fill
your place in this world of ours. But
have a good time and rest this vaca-
tion that you will be ready to go
back this fall.—-—-U'N'CLE NED.

 

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Uncle Nedz—qullo, everyone! My,
isn’t it hard to stay in the house just
now? I love spring, but I wonder if there
is anyone who doesn’t? Was certainly
pleased to see my letter in print, and was
surprised also. Am writing new to send
in some poetry which I wrote at the age
of thirteen years to mother. She seemed
pleased with it, has kept it ever since,
and wishes me to send it on to you. Please
excuse the erasing. Mother and I were
talking and I left out about one half of

 

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what I wanted to say. Believe I will say
farewell now, until next time. "Cousinqntv
promise, on my honor to answer every
letter received if more of you will write.
Wishing successto all of you, I am.—
Iola E. Hardy, Mayville, Mich. R. 3.
—Your poen to “Mother” is very beauti-
ful and I am publishing it in this issue at
the head of this deparhnent.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:-—May I become a
member of the merry circle again? I
have written before and have had some
of my letters in print but I thought I
would write again. Well it will soon be
summer again so we can go‘ to the lakes
camping. How many of you have written
on the state examinations yet? I wrote
yesterday (May 15) and today I wrota
at our school in history, arithmetic, and
grammar so I am all through and do not
have to go to school for awhile. I will
now describe myself. I have light brown
hair (which is bob’bed), blue eyes, and a
light complexion, I am thirteen years old.
I cannot tell what grade I am in bemuse
I don’t know myself as I haven’t heard
yet from my standings. We are going to
have our school picnic next Tuesday, we
are going to a lake but I expect it will
be too cold for us to go in bathing. Can
you swim, Uncle Ned? I can swim, and
I think that and dancing is great sport.
I have something all together different
this time then the boys and girls are hav-
ing to guess, and this is: Where am I
writing this letter? This will be fun be—
cause there are so many places that you
could be writing a letter. The one that
guesses the funniest place will get a
booby prize. If you would rather tell me
when your birthday is I will send it to you
then. Now remember you can only have
two guesses. Well I guess I had better
close as it is getting dark. Now can you
guess? I guess I fooled you this time.
You try too Uncle Ned. Your niece.—
Mlss Ruth Nelson, R. 2, Grant, Michigan.
-——Yes I can swim some.

Dear Uncle Nedz—Hello! How is
everybOdUZ I thought I would try my
luck again. Mr. Waste Basket got my
other letter. Hold on! I guess I had
better describe myself before I say any
more. I am twelve years old, have black
hair, grey eyes, dark complexion and am
5 foot 6 inches tall. I have been a silent
reader of the M. B. F. for quite a long
time. I weigh 140 lbs. I just wonder how
many of the boys and girls can beat that
in being heavy? I will be 13 years old
the 3rd of June. School is out now. It
was out the 28th of April. I passed my
grade. I am a. 5th grader. I have four
brothers. I live just 30 feet from Walloon
Lake. That is quite near a lake isn't it?

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NOT FEELIN’ VERY GOOD

Y good friends, I ain't been
feelin’ very good for quite a
long spell—kinda off my reg-

’lar health you know—an’ I’ve been
to doctors an' sim’lar—they’ve told
me a lot of things, things I don’t be-
lieve an’ you wouldn't either. Why
don’t you see, I’ve got everything
’at any human bein’ ever had—ade-
noids, bad tonsils, yellow liver, de-
cayed kidneys, and a lot of other
things too numerous to mention.
Well, I’ve let ’em take out most
every thing—adenoids, liver an'
such—now I have a bad headache,
what will the doctor take out to stop
that?

I wonder if we don’t sometimes
kinda ’magine a lot of those all-
ments? Of course I know we feel
had some times—I do, so do you.
But a doctor can talk you into worse
sickness ’n you’ve ever knowu of.
An’ if he don’t your dear friends
can do it—yes they surely can! And
while I thought I was awful sick,
shucks I wasn’t so had any of the
time as I thought I was. I had a
good doctor an’ he told me just what
to do—gave me medicine to take an'
I took it folks. I wuz in my bed
jest about 3 weeks and then I got
kinda mad. I sez to myself, “I don't
believe any such stuff.!' Doctor
wanted me to have an operation—
tumors in the stomach he said an'
an operation was the only thing ’at
would save my life. Think of .it
folks—one little 01’ life up agin’ two
or three doctors an' I took a chance
of livin’ without bein' cut into: An'
I’m livin’ yet an' that's moro’n lots
can say ’ats let the doctors cut 'em
up. “

Well let's talk 'bout somethin'
else. Spring is here an' beautiful
ain't it? An’ summer is comin’

 
 

Oh! I forgot to can you that my hair is
bobbed. But I guess I had better stop
my scribbling for Mr. Waste Basket looks
pretty hungry. Ha! Ha! Will some of
the boys and girls write to me? I will
answer all letters I ‘get, even if it is a
hundred. Good-bye, your-want-to-be-
niece—Hulls. E. Weller, Boyne City, Mich.
Route 2

—So you will answer all the letters you
receiva. Well, if the cousins are in a
writing mood I can see how you will spend
your vacation this summer.

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Dear Uncle Nedz—May I enter into
your merry cirlcle? I am 11 years of age.
We have 2 horses, 6 cows, 66 hens, 30
chicks, 4 pigs and live on a iii-acre farm.
I wish some one would write to me. I
will answer them. I have light brown
hair, blue eyes. It is Sunday evening. I
cannot draw a picture because I do not
know how. We got 27 eggs today. There
are 25 children in our school. I am in
the 5th grade. My height is 4 feet 7
inches. Your nephew—Clare Crittenden,
Breckenridge, Mich, R. 4.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I thought I would
write again an I wrote one before and my
letter must have gotten in the waste bask-
et as I did not see it in the paper, though
that was quite awhile ago. I live on a
forty—seven acre farm a little east of
Leslie with my father, mother and my
10—year-old brother. My brother and I
go to the Leslie public school and we have
only a mile to go. I like school very
well and I also like my teacher very well.
I am in the sixth grade. I am four feet
and eight inches in height, weigh about
seventy-three pounds, have medium brown
hair and it is bobbed. I have blue eyes,
have a light complexion, and am twelve
years old and will be thirteen the tenth
of September. I wonder if I have a twin?
1 would like to have some of the readers
of the Children’s Hour write .to me and
I will gladly answer their letters as I en-
joy receiving letters from boys and girls.
I think it would be interesting to, have
some of the children that write stories to
write about some of the things that they
used to do when they were small. Some-
thing that they used to be afraid of or
some comical things that they used to do.
I am sending a composition about some of
my early fancies. It is a copy of the one
I wrote for school. Your want-to-be-niece.
—~Ruth Esther Bladanore, Leslie, Michi-
gan, R. 4.

Some of My Early Fancies.

Grandma used to sell stockings and she
had stocking-sample books with all kinds
of stockings in them and after she was
through with the books she gave them to
Lee and I. We were always asking grand-

  

right along an’ bathin’ out to the
lake an' everything nice out there.
An’ greens, mushrooms an’—yes
most every thing—silk stockin’s, low
shoes, nice folks—oh everything
most happens in the good 01’ summer
time. Robbins build their nests,
folks git married an’ divorced—love
an’ everything comes in the summer.

An’ folks, we plant gardens an'
more’n gardens, we plant the seeds
of love, real true love—wonderful
an’ grand as things are there is noth—
in’ this 01’ world of ours quite
so ﬁne as love. Oh yes I’m gettin'
long in years now—mebbe too old
to think ’bout love an’ such—but
dear friends, every year of my life
jest makes me think more of it—
not jest the young, passionate love of
youth but the long, lastin’ love of
age. Not jest the love of a boy for
his sweetheart,-but the real love of

a man for his fellow men an’ for .

the world. For all that is ﬁnest an’
best in life—dear young friends, we
never get too old for that kind of
love.

Oh yes I like our young women——
who doesn’t? I don’t love the bob-
bed hair, an’ say now girls, I want
to tell you somethin’. A few years
ago an automobile attracted quite a
lot of attention, but now a horse and
buggy like we had,when we.‘ wuz
young, attracts more attention than
any kind of automobile. Soit was
,with bobbed hair; at ﬁrst we stopped
an' looked the second time, dear
friends of the she sex, now we stop
an’ take a second an’ mebbe the
third or fourth look at a woman with
nice long hair,———hair ’at makes her
look' like a woman, the kind» ofwo-
men ’at every man likes. The glory
of woman is her hair. When she
cuts it off. she cuts off lots of the
glory—yes» I’ll say she does. Ger-
dially yours—UNCLE RUM, ‘

  

  

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ting orders for the stocking. 'Wo nose 4 .

to have lots of fun playing semis. We
had many chidsens nhmed so 
call them by name when we ask than“
they would like to buy 
Among the ones we, had named were
Picky-Pick, Grandma Hen, Henny Penny,
Speckle Biddy, Yellow Biddy, Red Biddy,
Brown Biddy, and Mother Hen.

One evening I was sitting on "pope's
lap on our front porch watching the
lightning bugs down by the ditch on the
lower land just north of our house. I

asked papa what they were and he told '

me that they were lightning bug's carry-
ing lanterns. Then I kept asking hhn
about them as I got so excited about it.
I usually got so excited about anything
like that anyway so to get my mind on
from that he said, “Let's talk about the
beans that papa is going to raise to eat
this simmer.”

Then I said, “Papa, papa, I didn't know
that lightning bugs carrying lanterns ate
beans!"

I was always afraid of ﬂies, bumble-
bees, wasps, and all other insects. 11‘
mm. put me on the front porch and I
saw an insect of any kind I would begin
to cry for her. And one day when I was
out on the front porch two men were go-
ing by with a horse and buggy and I be-
gan to call to them saying, Sides, bumb-
le-bees, wasps.” They just looked around
and laughed at me.

I was very afraid of automobiles as
there were only a few then. Momma had
always taught me not to go out in the
road or would get run over so every time
I would see or hear one coming I would
start and run out back of the house if I
And one time I heard
a car coming so I began to run out back
of the house and I just got half way
around when I stubbed my toe and fell
down and then I began to scramble
around to get up and run again and just
then I looked up and saw the automobile
just going by, then I said, "Well, there it
goes.”———Ruth Esther Blackmore. '

-_———_....—

Dear Uncle Nedt—May I come in? Ir
should like to very well. I will describe
myself. I am 6 feet 2 inches tall, have
blonde hair (bobbed of course) and grey
eyes, I am between 10 and 16 years .of
ago. Now all of you must guess my age,
the one oryones who guess it correct will
receive from me a nice long letter and
besidw will receive a nice gift. I live on
a 60 acre farm. We have S cows, 6 horses
and 12 sheep. For pets I have a dog and
2 cats, one is spotted, and one is coal
black so I call him “Nig”. We also have
one little brown and White spotted calf
and 2 little twin lambs. I can play some
music on an organ but I do not play by
note, I play by car. We also have a
phonograph. I have two sisters and two
brothers living and one brother and one
sister dead. Well I must close for my
letter is getting long. From your want-
to—be—nieoe.-—Florenoe Coleman, Ithaca,
Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned :-—I wrote once to the
Children’s Hour and saw my letter in
print, and wrote again but I guess it
found the waste basket. Amber Holmes
was the only one that guessed my name
right. It is raining awfully hard here to-'
night. I guess we aren’t going to have
any summer. I and my cousins and my
sister and brother went about 2 miles last
Sunday gathering May ﬂowers. We got
a nice lot. There is some trailing Arbutus
around here too. Now I will close hope-
ing that this letter doesn’t go to the waste
basket like my last one. I aim—Bernice

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‘ ("farmer ,with‘ the stored beans and

he will probably sell out and enable

1 f the short seller to get the proﬁt.

The farmers have the present sit-
nation partially in their own hands.
.1! you make a survey of the storage
bean situation and it developes as
We think it will that the great bulk
of beans estimated left in Michigan
belong to the farmer and the farm-
erwill sit tight and not sell them it
might be the means of helping the
market.

The present season starts out
more unfavorable than a normal
season. Should the weather remain
com: and a heavy frost occur around
the 10th of June it might result in
serious damage to the early plant-
ed beans and this together with a
decreased bean acreage in the sugar

4 beet growing sections might work

out to the advantage of the owner
,of beans. The farmer who has held
his beans until this time and oﬂer~
ed $3.80 to $4.10 for them it would
appear to us that if by sitting tight
until later might help the market
atxleast it would be worth a trial.
The short seller of beans might be
able to bear the market lower but
not as easily as when farmers are
selling freely. If the bears did suc-
ceed in pounding the market down
and, if it did go 250 lower which in
our opinion is not probable if the
farmer will sit tight—he could help
better his own condition and we are
sure there are dealers in the state
who, would welcome any assistance
that the growers might give them
that would strengthen the market
at least to a reasonable price and
get it out of bear control.

. Last Friday morning one of our
brokers wired us that their broker
competitors were soliciting business
at $4.50 per cwt. delivered on fancy
screened; beans in a city that takes

a freight rate of 37c from Midland.
We told him to buy them as we
could not afford to sell that cheap.
Figure it out yourself. That price
would leave $4.13 for the beans, de-
duct 12c for the bags, deduct So
for brokerage and the shipper gets
$3.93 for beans that cost him $4.10
per cwt. There is not a farmer in
Michigan who can not see that any
elevator Who sold beans on 3. mar-
gin of 16c cwt. but what in a very
short time would be out of business.
But the elevator who sold short
stored beans could to keep the mar-
ket down sell two or three cars at
what looked like 160 cwt. margin if
by so doing he could break the mar-
ket 10c or 15c per cwt. on 25 cars
previously sold short.

We appreciate that many farmers
having stored beans will need some
money before the new crop but sell-
ing the stored beans would not be
necessary. Their banker would
loan reasonable amounts on stor-
age receipts of reliable concerns and
the banker would be quite sure the
beans were on hand in the elevator
before he loaned the money and if
they were not on hand somebody
would have to get busy and get them
and that would not hurt the market
any.

AThere is only one place to store
beans that is on the farm and when
beans come to the elevators they
should be sold then the elevators
who put their hard cash in them is
not going out and try and bear the
market on himself as can be done
selling short stored beans owned by
farmers in which the dealer has
none of his own cash invested in
them.

OR, MONEY! MONEY!
(Continued from Page 10.)
seemed interested only that Mr. Blade-

' dell, and especially Mrs. Blaisdell, should

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know the intimate history or one Eph-
raim- Blaisdell, born in I720, and his ten
children and forty-nine grandchildren.
He talked of ration investment than,
and of the weather. He talked of the
Blaisdeuls trip. and of the cost of rail-
road fares‘ and hotel life. He talked-—
indeed, Mrs. Jane told her husband after
he left that Mr. Smith had talked of
everything under the sun, and that she
nearly had a ﬁt because she could not

  
   

’ _. h ’i‘bif it. 1&6 ﬁlled
‘ 3  flit. -msl
ﬁler. toftaj‘te. her with him. He changed
the ‘ indeed, so abruptly. that Miss
Maggie hit her lips and ﬂushed a little,
throwing a swift glance into his_appar-
entlyy serene countenance» , _

Miss Maggie herself. in the afternoon,
with an errand for an examine, walked
slowly by the tennis court. She saw Mr.
Smith at once—«but he did not' seem at
all interested in the playing. He had his
back to the court, in fact. He was talk-
ing very anhnatedly with Mellieent Bin-is-
dell. He was still talking with her—-
though on the opposite side of the court
——-whem Miss Maggie went by again on
her way home. '

Miss Maggie frowned and said some-
thing just-under her breath about “that
cMiHirting as umal !” Then she went
on, walking very fast, and without an-
other glance toward the tennis ground.
But a little farther on Mile Maggie’s

   

 
 

 

 

 

SIX CALVES IN ONE YEAR
IS COW’S RECORD

143'! a record that would be
hard to beat. Mort Smith of
Bellevuc, Michigan, owns a

cow that gave birth to six calves
in one year. Less than a year ago
she presented Mr. Smith with a set
of triplets, and two of the three are
still living. Just the other day
triplet heifer calves were born to
her, and the three arrivals are ro~
ported to be doing nicely, all be-
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step lagged peroeptibly, and her head
lose its proud poise. Miss Maggie, for a
reason she could not have explained her-
self, was feeling suddenly odd, and weary,
and very much alone.

To the image in the mirror as she took
off her hat a few minutes later in her
own hall, she said scornfully:

“Well, why shouldn’t you feel old? You
are old. You are old !” Miss Maggie had
a habit of talking to herself in the mir-
ror—but never before had she said any-
thing like this to herself.

An hour later Mr. Smith came home to
supper.

“Well, how did the game go?" queried
Miss Maggie, without looking up from the
stocking she was mending.

“Game? Go? 011! Why, I don’t re-
member who did win ﬂnally," he answer~
ed. Nor did it apparently occur to him
that for one who was so greatly interested
in tennis, he was curiously uninformed.

It did occur to Miss Maggie, hOWever.

(Continued in June 21 issue.)

 

THE HIDDEN FOE OF YOUR
COMZMUNITY

(Continued from Page 11)

are the pure in heart for they shall
eee God.”- Purity is the window of
heaven to the soul, and We shut out
the face of God when we close this
window by pulling down the blind
of obscenity and profanity. Now,
this is an era of conservation of nat-
ural resources for the existence and
comfort of the human family. This
is ﬁne. But now it is proposed that
we spend a like energy in conserving
the moral and spiritual health of our
children by combating the hidden foe
of impurity. To keep our boys and
girls in the image of God, is to keep
their minds unsullied and their
bodies clean.

 

MEANING OF GENEIS 2:21

We are very well pleased with
your sermons that we read in THE
Bomss anma. As I believe you
are very well learned in the Bible,

I would kindly ask you the meaning .

of Genesis, chapter two, and verse
21.-—-E. J., Curran, Mich.

HE creation accounts are not giv-i
en to us in terms that satisfy
the modern scientiﬁc mind. But

does this story have to be scientiﬁc-
ally accurate to be true? Certainly
not, since the writer did not have this
in mind. We must judge the truth
of the account by the object the
author has in view.
2:21, the ﬁrst object scems to be to
set forth God’s creative relation to
woman thru the man. But, again it
indicates the complimentary rela-
tion of man and woman. Of 1001-.
11:8, 9. In this scripture the author
describes the process of creating the
woman in language which he knew '
to convey, and in language which
could be understood in that pro»
scientiﬁc age.  instruct Little
Bobbie we must use words he can. "
understand. And tho the language
of the verse in question is mysteri— ,
one, the least advanced in learning”
may understand its '7

     
   
   

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’ Because
Health

Comes
First

“Grain them in «met? I should say I do. Not Suite so
much when there‘s , of course, but they get LARRO
everydayinthe yenr—ﬂit’sonlyapoundor two."

We how they talk nowadays because they know health
comes ﬁrst—deck, duty-coated, bright-eyed health—cows in
tip-top, splendid condition.

Such cows are ready when it comes time to freshen and they
have good, sturdy calves. They don’t go off feed. They
don’t have udder trouble, lax appetites and indigestion. You
don’t pay big bills for medical treatment.

If you": feeding LARRO you’re feeding for health and

  
 
 
  
 

    
 

 
 

proﬁt. If you’re feeding LARRO every day in the year—«in
spring, summer, fall and Motor—you’re feeding for the big,
long proﬁt.

All the care used in making LARRO—-thc safeguards against
nails, wire and trash—the strict exclusion of all ﬁllers and
off-grade ingredients—the careful standardizing to get abso-
lute uniformity in every particular—the exact proportioning
of each ingredient—all these things have a two-fold object:
health for your cows and the biggest possible proﬁt for you.

There’s a LARRO dealer near you. If you don’t know where
to ﬁnd him, we’ll be glad to have you write us.

The Larrowe Milling Company

58. Larrowo Bldg. Detroit, Michigan

 

 

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DE LAVAL

with any or every other
>cream separator made be-
fore reaching the conclu-
'sion that any other ma»-
chine is good enough, or
that you can afford to
buy or use it.

SEE the machines side-
by-side ﬁrst, and if see-
ing leaves any doubt then
TRY them side-by-side.
Do your own choosing
after having done so.

Remember that the
best separator means
more than any other ma-
chine on the farm, a sav-
ing or a loss twice-a-day
every day in the year,
and that the better ma-
chine will last twice as
long as the inferior one.

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Sold on easy terms
or installments.
See your De Laval
agent at once.

THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY

NEW YORK
165 Broadway

CHICAGO
29 E. Madison Street

SAN FRANCISCO
61 Beale Street

 

 

 

Advertisements Inserted under this heading for reputable breeders of Live Stool at special low
rates to encourage the growing of pure-brads on the farms of our readers. Our advertising rate

is Thirty Cents (300) per agate line, per insertion.
less 2% for cash if sent with order or paid on
SEND IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE

or $4.20 per Inch,
of month following date of Insertion.

FREE. to you can see how many lines it will ﬁll
BREEDERS DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN BUS

Fourteen agate lines to the column Inch
or before the 10th

Address all letters

mess FARMER. Mi'. CLEMENS. MIOH.

 

RED POLLED

ED POLLED BULLS READY FOR_ SERVICE.
groin milking strains. Prices right.
JACOB BERNER a. SONS. Grand Ledge. Mich.

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ANGUS

HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BULLS
tofu International Grand Champion Stock at
reasonable prices. H. KERR a. 00.. Addison,
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JERSEYS

POOIS 99th OF H. F.

to Young stock for sale. Herd

accredited b State and FAedeai-nl r(government. <
vui‘ t rice an esc phon.

ta or WIYLBIOR. BELDING. Mich.

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ONE

FOR SALE 8 BROWN SWISS BULLS.
year old. B

Well Br T. .
FRANK POET. Clare, Michigan, R6.

Free to Asthma and Hay
Fever Sufferers

Free Trial of Method That Anyone
Can Use Without Discomfort
or Loss of Time.

We have a method for the control of
Asthma, and we want you to try it at
our expense. No matter whether your
case is of long standing or recent develop-
ment, whether it is present as Chronic
Asthma or Hay Fever, you should send
for a free trial of our method. No matter
in what climate you live, no matter What
your age or occupation, If you are troubled
with Asthma or Hay Fever, our method
should relieve you promptly.

We especially want to send it to those
apparently hopeless cases, where all forms
of inhalers, douches, opium preparations,
fumes, “patent smokes,” etc., have failed.
We want to show everyone at our expense,
that our method is des1gned_ to end all
difficult breathing, all wheezxng, and all
those terrible paroxysms.

This free offer is too important to neg-
lect a single day. Write now and begin
the method at once. Send no money.
Simply mail coupon below. Do it Today
——you even do not pay postage.

 

 

 

FREE TRIAL COUPON
FRONTIER ASTEIIIA C0., Room 8463
Niagara and Hudson Sta, Buffalo, N.Y.
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HEREFORDS
BREED H E R E F‘O R D S THAT FATTEN
quick] . Eleven chmce two—year—old heifers and

severe yearling bulls sired ‘byInternational Prize
Winners for spring sale. Write us for information.
Breeders of Herefords since 1860.
CRAPO FARM. Swartz Creek. Michigan.

Hereford Steers

88 Wt. Around 650 lbs. 30 Wt. Around 800 lbs.
44 Wt. Around 600 lbs. 38 Wt. Around 700 lbs.
48 Wt. Around 500 its. 46 Wt. Around 600 lbs.

All dehorned. deep reds, good stock
Baal quality herefords are usually mafkg 
when ﬁnished. Anxious sell your choice one

 

car load or all. Give number and weight preferred.

V. V. Baldwin, Eldon, Wapello C0., la.

 

 

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MAY — GUERNSEYS — ROSE

STATE AND FEDERAL ACCREDITED
Bull calves out of Dams up to 877 pounds fat.
Sued B whose Dams have u to 1011
ounds t. The homes of bulls; Shutiilewick May
‘ e S e]. Jumbo of Briarbank and Holbecks'
Golden night of Nordland. From Dams pro-
ducing 1011.18 fat, 772 fat and 610 fat.

EORG . BURROWS or GEORGE J. HICKS.
8., Michigan.

PURE BHED GUERNSEY B "$.31: " F

c. R. TALBOT. Farmington, Michigan.

 

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SHORTHORNS

FOR 8ALE—-—ONE RED SHORTHORN REGIB-
tered bull. a e ten months. no roan ehorthorn
registered 1). l. age eight months. Also f
heifres, coming two
Henry J. Lynch.

 

our red
are old.

hiayville, Tuscola Co., Mich.

   BRED REnglhsTERED

0 cm cows '

milkers and show stoc . cum, load
SELESKY BRO’8., Grand Blane. Mlch., R2.

FOR SALE—3 P U R E B R E D SHORTHORN

Bulls, milking strain. Ale 1. 5 and 13
Pnccl' right. Elmer E. Weetbrooii, Crosweiilflolaiﬁ

‘91 ‘
SWINE @
O. I. O.
o I 0 MARCH PIGS. EITHER 80“! OR
I I ' Boar Pigs, choice of litter 815
average 812. . in 0. O. D. if
Bil-deﬁed. Order now.
aple Valley stock Farm. North Adams. Mich.

o I o Is 12 YEARLING all—1'8 1'0 FARROW
I l ' in April and May. Large stock. re-

corded fr . Also
one adieu: 2%Jam'nummo, Michigan.

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CLINTON FARMERS TO CON-
TINUE TO TEST
HE North Clinton County
Testing Association .has suc-
cessfully completed its ﬁrst
year. Operations began in March,
1923. After two changes of testers
Mr. Ford Morgan of Kinde, Mich-
igan, took up the cow testing duties.
He completed the work successfully.
Mr. Morgan closed the association
year with a complete membership
and the association, at a reorganiza-
tion meeting held at Maple Rapids,
April 16th, decided to continuevthe
C. T. A. work for a second year.
Twenty-two of the original members
are continuing the work in this as-
sociation and a few new members
have been located in the neighbor-
hood—A. C. B.

, VETERINARY ,
DEPARTMENT i

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS

A friend of mine bought a regist—
ered Holstein cow at a public auc-
tion that had been tested a few days
previous for T. B. by the state test-

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er. In about 40 days after she was ‘

tested she died. We had her exam-
ined by a veterinarian who said her
death was caused by T. B. He said
if a cow is too far gone with T. B.
she will not react. Is this true? Is
there any redress? Will they have
to pay for this cow?—A. H., Dry-
den, Mich.

T is true that occasionally an an—
imal is encountered which is so
badly infected with tuberculosis

that it will not react to the tubercul—
in test. This is due to the fact that
the animal is saturated with tuber-
culosis material and will not respond
to the irrigation produced by tuber-
culin when injected. Fortunately such
animals are not numerous and can
usually be eliminated by physical
examination. And further, if such
an animal has been in the herd for
any length of time, there are almost
sure .to be other animals infected as
the result of association. Numerous

slight lesions in a 'heril, without any
good explanation as to cause, usual-
Iy leads to an investigation which
would reveal a spreader if present.

In the effort to eliminate tuber-
culosis more is necessary than the
mere mechanical application of the
tuberculin test. It should be kept
in mind that in referring to the tu-
berculous animal that will not re-
act to the test we are dealing with
a rare exception and not with a rule.
If the animal died as you indicate
and was actually tuberculosis, there
would be no redress. When a tu-
berculin test is applied, every effort
is made to locate all of the tubercu-
lous animals but tuberculin is not
an immunizing agent and it cannot
be foretold what may happen to an
animal after the test is applied.
Forty days is a short time in which
to develop tuberculosis in an ad-
vanced stage but it is usually con-
ceded that the disease is not herid-
itary and cases are on record of
calves eight weeks old which have
been condemned on account of gen-
eralized tuberculosis. It- is also
possible that the animal in question
may have been exposed or even in-
fected before the test was applied
but the disease had not developed
sufﬁciently at the time of test to
cause a reaction.

There are other conditions which
may resemble tuberculosis and the
veterinarian who made this examin-
ation should have conﬁrmed his dia-
gnosis by submitting material to a
laboratory for examination. In any
case where there is a question as to
the accuracy of the tuberculin test,
this should always be done.

The question of who shall pay for
the cow would depend upon the ar-
rangement or agreement at the time
of purchase. If the purchaser was
not absolutely sure of the health
status of the animal or the herd
from which it came, he should have
asked for a 60 day retest privilege.
Practically all pure bred owners who
purchase valuable animals now
specify that a satisfactory retest
must be passed at the expiratidn of
60 or 90 days—B. J. Killham,
State Veterinarian.

Prizes in 1924 Ton Litter Contest

HE Michigan Ton Litter Club
announces the prizes to be
awarded to the winners in this

year’s contest. Liberal contribu—
tions from the leading packing com-
panies slaughtering hogs in Mich-
igan and from swine registry associ-
ations make possible attractive
awards for swine breeders and feed-
ers who excel] in raising large lit-
ters of pigs and in feeding them to
an early market weight.

Cash was contributed by Ham-
mond Standish, Parker Webb and
Sullivan Packing Companies of De—
troit and the Pontiac Packing Com—
pany of Pontiac to provide for a
gold medal to every producer of a.
litter weighing one ton or more at
age of 180 days, and cash prizes as
follows:

$25.00 to producer of heaviest
litter at age of 180 days; $20.00 to
producer of 2nd heaviest litter at
age of 180 days; $15.00 to producer
of 3rd heaviest litter at age of 180
days; $10.00 to producer of 4th
heaviest litter at age of 180 days;
$5.00 to producer of 5th heaviest
litter at age of 180 days.

The Detroit Packing Company of-
fers one piece of choice bacon and
100 pounds high grade tankage to
each producer of the ﬁve heaviest
litters in the contest.

NewtOn Packing Company of De-
troit offers a choice ham to each of
the producers of the two heaviest
litters and a. piece of choice bacon
to the producers of the 3rd and 4th
heaviest litters.

The above prizes may be won by
any Michigan farmer complying
swines. 1:

Special prizes offered by breed
registry associations: By National
Duroc Jersey Record Association:

$50.00 to producer of heaviest
Duroc Jersey litter, and an extra
$50.00 if heaviest of all breeds. '

By Annerican Duroc Jersey Asso-
ciation: Bronze ». Medal to producer
of the Duroc litter making the ton
mark, who matures. and carries

it today, mentioning this paper-.5;

       

through to the 180 days the largest
number in his litter. \.

By Chester White Record Asso-
ciation: $25.00 to producer of heav-
iest Chester White litter sired by a
registered boar and produced by a
registered dam; an additional $50
if heaviest litter of all breeds.

By the O. I. C. Swine Breeders
Association: $25.00 to producer of
heaviest litter from a registered 0.
I. C. sire and dam, and an extra
$25 00 if‘ heaviest of all breeds.

By the Hampshire Swine Record
Aesc 1.1mm; inu'gdsilver loving cup
to producer of heaviest litter, all
breeds competing, provided that the
litter is sired by a pure bred Hamp-
shire boar.

In order to qualify for the cash
prizes, a good picture of the litter
must be obtained near the end of
the contest. The prizes will be
awarded at the Michigan Swine
Breeders Association meeting held
during “Farmers’ Week” at the
Michigan Agricultural College.

Sixteen men won gold medals by
producing more than a ton of pork
from one sow in six months last
year in Michigan. Although mar-
ket values have discouraged many
swine feeders, it is believed that
fully as many growers will prove
the efﬁciency of their strain of
breeding stock and their system of
feeding by producing ton litters this
year. Raising large litters produces
pigs at low cost per pig and rapid
gains are nearly always relatively
cheap gains. Ton litters usualty
demonstrate the best systems of
management and are of interest to
both breeders and market, pork pro-
ducers.

 

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Advertisements inserted under
this holding at 800 per agate line,
, per issue. Commercial Baby Chick
advertisements 450 per agate line.
Write out what you have to offer
and send it in. We will put it in
type. send proof and quote rates by
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RHODE ISLAND REDS

100 Special Reds

PU LETS

We offer 100 only Superior R. I. Red Pullete It
s d t 3 030131.18 from tires nestegl stock.
en or c r 0 see Pulls . a _
lets, Hens and Cockerels in Barred and White
Rocks; W, ndottes; Orpingtons; Mmorcas; An-
conas: Leg orns.
Also Turkeys. Geese, Dosh ' _
This stock is ready for summar and fall dehvery.
It is the Pure Breed Practical Pouitr that you
want on your farm for a money i! Inspgt
this stock on our own ground; guarantee t
you will be satisﬁed.
STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION. Kalamazoo, Mich.
Member Inter-national Baby Chick Association
Heneber Michigan State Fam Bureau

ﬁggﬁchMB  D E 1:58 LPA I: QdR EDS.
eggs . . per . os pal .
MR8. AgLBERT HARWOOD. R4. Ohulevoix. Mich.

 

BARRED ROCKS

BARRED ROCK HATOHING EGGS FROM 9
pound males 1.10 per 15; $2.00 r 30.
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FOR SALE—THOROUGHBRED TOULOUSE
Geese and But! Rock Coekereis. Blue Ribbon rise
winners. Bud Rock ea $1.50 per 15; s .00

r 100. Goose e553 4 c sac .

ALDWIN a N0 LIN, Leingeburo, Mich., R4.
TEN EGGS FROM PURE TOULOUSE GEESE,
$4.115. ﬁfteent eggs iii. I. Reds, $1.25. In-
eur rce cs reps .

Miapgmy ISoutiiimorth, Canopolis, Mich., R2.

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TURKEYS

EGGS FOR HATCHING

Bronze Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, Pekin Ducks and
Barred Books. Nearly all of this stock has been
imported from Canada by us.

w. T. SHUTTLEWORTH, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

SPECIAL SALE Eight?" 85:”?

pos id.
THOS. G. GALLAGHAN, Fenian, ﬁchigan.

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Reduction Oder No. F-l
The Business Farmer 1 yr. A}! F.
Pathﬁnder, 26 Issues 6 mos. I

 

 

 

Fruit, Garden & Home 1 yr.

Today’s Housewfie 6 mos.

Michigan Business Farmer,

Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Gentlemen: For the enclosed

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Business Farmer and all Magazines

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Hunted at more than $15,000,000 a
pm. fell: almost entirely on the

, .  can be, prevented by
reproducing: only infertile eggs during
the late spring and summer. This
which is conservatively esti-

producer. Not only does he lose the
value of the eggs which spoil, but
ythe producer suffers a further ma.
phi-tel lose in the reduction of the»
number of eggs consumed caused by
people getting had eggs among those
they purchase. ,

V This loss can be entirely prevented
by producing iner eggs during
warm weather. This is accomplished
by taking all male birds out of the:
flock after the breeding seam is
over. The rooster has no inﬂuence
on the number of eggs produced,
and should either be marketed or
killed—the meat can be canned—or
he should be kept penned up.

 

TURKEY PRODUCES - SOFT-
SHELL EGG

I have pure bred Bourbon Red tur-
keys and one nice large hen seems
to be and acts all right, only she
lays a long ﬂat egg, soft shelled.
Four of them were open when she
left the nest. After she leaves the
nest she stands with her wings to
the ground for a half day, after that
she seems all right. She has only
laid six eggs. Sits on the nest sev-
eral times but fails to lay any more.
She is tame. They have gravel all
around, oyster shells I keep out by
the water dishes. I thought you
would know what to give my hen in
this condition.—-Mrs. R. N., Freeport,
Michigan.

NDOUBTEDLY this turkey hen

has developed some internal

disturbances aﬁecting the re-
productive organs. more especially
the oviduct. The oviduct is not
functioning properly, otherwise a.
normal egg would be produced.
this trouble is frequently caused
by an over fat condition which
may result from corn feeding
during the winter months. Some tur-
key hens are more disposed to take
on fat and require careful feeding
in order to avoid this condition.

Free range and exerctse with lim-
ited grain feeding should gradually
correct this condition. A dry mash
consisting of wheat, corn, cats, with
ten per cent meat scrap could be fed
in an open hopper available at all
times. There is less danger of stock
becoming over fed on the dry mash
method of feeding than where heavy
grain feeding is practiced.

The expulsion of the soft shelled
egg would be a severe nervous and
physical strain on the turkey hen
which would account for the fact
she stands with wings drooping, for
several hours after the egg is pro-
duced. A teaspoonful of castor oil
if given at intervals of two or three
days may assist in correcting this
trouble.—E. C. Foreman, Prof. of
Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C.

Average sale prices of purebred dairy
cattle for the year ending December 31,
1923, ranged from $133 for bulls under
one year to $268 for bulls over three
years of age. according to reports sub—
mitted by breeders to the United States
Department of Agriculture. The breeds
included were: Ayrshire, Guernsey, Hol-
stein, Jersey, and Brown Swiss. More
than twice as many animals were dis-
posed of at private sale as were sold at
auction. Auction prices, however, aver~
aged from $25 to $50 per head higher
than those realized in private sales. Aged
bulls were an exception, such animals
bringing more in private sales than at
auction.

New on the Wire

He was newly arrived in this country
and was none too familiar with the use
of the telephone. 80 he took the receiver
and demanded:

“Aye vant to talk to my wife."

Centrai’s voice came back sweetly:
“Number, please?"

“Oh,” he- replied, perfectly willing to
help out. “she bane my second vun."

 

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“Tell me," said the lady to the old
soldier. "were you cool in battle?"
“Cool?” said the truthful veteran.
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Flocks are carefully culled and developed on free range. All chicks
are hand picked and inspected, no cripples or weaklings. Every one
strong and healthy. Satisfaction and 100% live delivery guaranteed
Postage paid. .Write now for our low prices and free catalog. White
Leghorn and Barred Rock pullets after June 1, at low prices.

Reference Holland City Bank
KNOLL’S HATCHERY, R. R. 12, Box B, Holland, Mich.

5475 i$9.00
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ilHSi BLISS ﬂHlBK

$7.00 PER 100
AND UP

We are big producers of pure-bred chicks from heavy laying

ﬂocks.
Flocks on free range.

Varieties

Postpaid to your door.

  

_ Reference: chlund State Bank.
“ tance and get them quickly.

English White Leghorns, ................. ..
Brown Leghorns, Heavy Type. ........ ..
Barred Rocks, R. c. a. s. c. Reds, .............. .- 3.00 5.15
Mixed Chicks, ............................... ..

You take no chance.

100% live delivery guaranteed.

Culled by an expert.

Prices on: 25 50 1 00 500 1000
............... _.$2.50 $4.75 $9.00 $42.50 $85.00
................ .- 3.25 6.00 11.00 50.00 95.00

1 1 .00 60.00 1 00.00
............... .. 2.00 4.00 7.00 35.00  ....

Order TODAY with full remit-

HUNDERMAN BROS. Poultry Farm, Box 30, Zeeland, Mich.

 

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well mated a
you want them.

Broiler Ohix

 

White a. Brown Leghorns.......
Andonas ........................... ..
Barred Rocks & R. i. Reds.

Shipped by Parcel Post Prepaid; 100 %'
Add one cent per chick for our extra select stock.
Winstrom Poultry Farm .1 Hatchery, Box A-B, Iceland. Michigan.

REDUCTION FOR, JUNE

On our high (ﬁnality Chicks from heavy laying strains of certiﬁed stock.
In on free range,

. _ Flock!
Order direct from tins ad and get chicks when

Per 25 50 1 00 500

  

2'00 3215 1.00 35.00 70.00
hve delivery guaranteed. Reference.

 

GARLOCK - WILLIAMS C0., Inc.

2463 BIOPELLE s'r., DETROIT, MICH.
WE SOLICIT )YOUR SHIPMENTS
of live poultry, veal and eggs.

Our commission is 5%.
References: Wayne County and Home
Savings Bank, Bradstreet.

Ship Your Poultry

liked to DETROIT BEEF C0.

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FOR JUNE
write
DeKoster’e Hatchery
Box 100 Zeeland, Mich.
li"i.ll.‘li§‘f""n$h “c350. mantra
0.1:! . Reduced prices {or the

f the season.
iﬂTERI—AKES FARM, Box 4. Lawrence. Mich.

 

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Late May, June and July delivery. Shipped post- sped,” Sta,- 3. 0. “mm, 100 500 1000
paid, 100% live delivery guaranteed. Barron Im- Leghorns & s CLUE—$12.00 $57.50 $110.00

 

proved English Type and Hall wood American Type corms _________ __

of S. C. \Vhite Leghorns. S eppards Strain of S. Extra Selected (‘hickg _

C. Mottled Anconas Direct. Dark Brown S. C. S I W L’eghoms 

Brown Leghoriis and Barred Rocks. Solentiﬁcall 0' B“. Leg & S" .

hatched in Newtown Incubators from Pure-Bred A'ncom‘ls ' .... H 10.00 47.50 90.00
Free Range Flocks which have been carefully culled S 1 t d («hi 'ﬁ;"§“'ﬁ‘ w

and mated by experts and rated and certiﬁed by eff'e S’ (9 I'gxﬁle' &

the Mich. Baby Chick Assn. Our Birds are winners Sega 3,530“ 5 ‘ g- 8 00 40,00 75,00
at leading shows and Egg Laying Contests. AISO " "' t a """"" " 14.0 (.0 00 11;, 00
hundreds of 8-Wk.-old pullets ready for shipment. Bérred R001“? ---------  ----- -- :0 ‘,.‘ ’0’00
Prices: Special Star Mating chicks from ﬂocks of Mixed or Brmler _Cliicks.. [.50 30.00 i .

\ritli order. balance a week before

'I‘ . ] 0 ’7'
"ms r Zeeland State Bank-

inuted to .
shipment. Reference,

one and two‘year-old hens 210-280

Egg Strain Males.

TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM, Dept. B, Zeeland, Mich.

PURE BRED BABY CHICKS

We have been carefully developing our ﬂocks for eight years.
Every chick pure bred and from stock carefully culled, for type
and production. Our chicks give satisfaction. Order today for
Quick Delivery.

 

. Prices on 25 50 100 500
Eng. “'liiic Legliorns ...................................................... ..$2.50 $4.75 $9.00 $40.00
Biirrcd Rocks. R. I. Rods, ......................................... .. 2.75 5.25 10.00 45.00
“111. Rocks and “'yandotlcs ........................................ .. 3.00 5.75 11.00 50.00

Postpaid. 100% live (lt‘lchry. You take no chances. Ref/Farmers & Mechanics

Bank, this City. No catalog. Order from this ad.

Washtenaw Hatchery, (Mes—Rd- Ann Arbor, Mich.
Reduced Prices for BEST Chicks

For JUNE_—JULY—AUGUST——I‘ure bred chicks, hatched right, large and-
strong, postpaiddive delivery to your door. Instructive catalog free.

 

 

Breeds 25 Chicks 50 Chicks 100 Chicks 500 Chicks 1000 Chicks
White Leghorns.....$2.50 . . . . . . . . .. - 0 . . . . . . . . .. 9.00 . . . . . . . . .. 2-50 . . . . . . . . ..3 85.00
Barred Rocks . . . . . . .. 3.00 . . . . . . . . .. 6.00 . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 . . . . . . . . .. 52.50 . . . . . . . . .. 105.00
S.C.R.I. Reds . . . . . . .. 3.00 . . . . . . . . .. 6.00 . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 . . . . . . . . .. 52.50 . . . . . . . . .. 105.00

Strong broiler chicks, no breed parenteed, $7.00 per 100, after June_lst. Order early,
right now! Late customers were isappomted last year. Quality and price talk. Act now.

BRUMMER-FREDRICKSON Poultry Farm, Box 26, Holland, Mich.
E G G

ROYALBRED CHICKS

S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS AND BROWN LEGHORNS.
SELECTED MATING EXTRA SELECTED MATING

 

 

 

 

 

Per 25——-$2.‘75 Per 100—310.00 Per 25 $3.00 Per 100——-—$1‘I.00
’Pel‘ 50—3500 Per 500 41.50 P r 50— 5.50 Per 500——-$52.50
Per 1000 $95.00 s e Posl‘ 1000 $105.00

 

 

Mixed for broilers $1.00 per 100 .
()r-ler direct from lll‘lCCS to save time.
for these Egg-lirch Chicks. '

100’? live delivery gimrantced. You make no mismlm in
placing your order

R. 2, Iceland, Michigan.

ROYAL HATCHERY 6’: FARMS,

S. P. Wiersma

LOW JUNE PRICES

- POSTPAID. 1000/o LIVE DELIVERY

Stron dy, Northern—grown Chicks. Selected, purebred stock. Healthy Flocks
on free range insure strength in every Chick.

 
   
 

 
 

 

Varieties Prices on: 50 100 500 1000
, _ Wh. 8: Brown Leghorns, Grade A .............. .. ...$6.00 $10.00 $41.00 $92.00
a a Barred Rocks (Aristocrat) Grade A, .......... ..  1.00 12.00 51.50 112.00
Mixed Chicks, Light Breeds $8.00; Heavy Iirccds, $10.00 per. 100 straight. Double A grade Chicks
$2.00 per 100 higher than ziiiovc. Hatched under 1)th conditions. Every chick carefully inspected.

Order right from this ad with full remittance. There is

Reference: State Commercial Savings Bank.
' ERY, Box 50, Iceland. Michigan.

no risk. GREAT NORTHERN HATCH

REDUCED PRICES— CERTIFIED CHICKS

From World’s Best Laying Strains
For JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST DELIVERY

 

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‘ L Breed 25 60 100 600 1000
Tancrod Wh. Loghornl $2.50 $4.50 $9.00 $40.00 5 30.00
Parks' Barred Rocks 1.00 6.00 11.00 52.50 102.50
R. C. t 8. C. IIon 3.00 6.00 11.00 52.50 102.50

 

Order now for 830th delivery. Satisfaction guuanteed. All ﬂocks inspected and certiﬁed
by Mich. Agr. .llege. Strong healthy chicks, real money-makers. Don’t delay. Many
disappointed last year. Order from this ad now. Catalog free. Real broiler chicks at 87.00 per 100 after June
lat, no breed guaranteed.

LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM, n.8, Box 6, Holland, Michigan

BABY CHICKS---SPECIAI. PRICES JUNE

and July. Delivered anywhere. White Leghorns $10 per 100. Barred Rocks and
R. I. Reds $12 per 100. All ilociks culled and inspected. ()ur own breeding flock
of large type American White chhorns. Laying and standard qualities combined.
13 years breeding, hatching and marketing experience. Modern plant. Live delivery
guaranteed. Order from this advertisement to‘Qnsure prompt shipment.

 EGG FARM AND HATCHERY, BIG BEAVER

MAIL ADDRESS, BIRMINGHAM, MICH., R. 4.
We offer for June 3, 10, 17 and 24th by irepaid parcel post, 100 per cent live strong pure bred
chicks, at 00 per 50; $11.00 per 100; 050.00 per 500‘ $90.00 per 1000. rder direct from
this adv. or semi for our free catalog with testimonials of satisﬁed customers and which faithfully

presents things you would see if you made a personal vmt. Each breeder selected by Prof. Sanford,
mated to pedigreed Males

Riverview Poultry Farm, Route 2, Box 94, Zeeland, Mich

BUY YOUR CHICKS NOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Strain 8. G. White Leghorn: at .......... ..s 9.0

Rhoda Island Rods, S. O. at .................... ..  11.00 per
Rhode Island Reds. R. c. at ---- .. ..  11.00 per 100
Anconas at ................................ .. 1o_oo

Broiler Ohlcks, mixed, at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..  o 1.00, or 100.
,Barrod Rooks at ..... .. ......................................... .. 11.00 100,
i Order from ‘Ad... .Satisfcction guaranteed.‘ PULLETS an HENS
from above varieties for sale. :

 

PROGRESSIVE POULTRY FARMS, looland...Mich. .

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CHICK FEEDING
“ LACK of grit of the right size
for, baby chicks will often-
times cause indications of leg
weakness and anemia, and in some

cases a. condition which looks like'

roup,” says Mrs. George R. Shoup.
poultry specialist of the west Wash-
ington experiment station.

“When preparing grit for small
chicks one should be careful. to see
that it contains a large percentage
of grains the size of pin heads and
larger. This, of course, applies to
chicks up to the age of three weeks.
After that age it can be coarser, per—
hapsone-half the size of a grain 'of
wheat. When chicks run with the
hen they usually get enough grit un-
less they-are on clay soil. When
they are being raised by artiﬁcial
means they should be supplied with
grit where they will have it handy.

“The question often comes to us
about the feeding of infertile eggs,"
continued Mrs. Shoup. “Some people
wonder if there is danger from white
diarrhea, but our experience does not
show. any trouble of this kind de-
veloping if the eggs are properly
boiled. An Ohio bulletin gives the
results of experiments which shows
that boiling for one—half an hour will
destroy all bacteria.

“After boiling, the eggs can be run
through an ordinary meat grinder,
shells and all, mixed at the rate of
20 or 30 per cent by weight with
dry mash. A feed of this kind sup-
plies the necessary amount of protein
and vitamines as well as minerals.
It is essential, however, to feed some
form of greens during the .chick’s
every life, especially when they are
not getting outside range. This can
be done by the use of lawn clippings,
chopped kale, or sprouted wheat.

“Perhaps the most convenient plan
is to sow wheat in boxes or a long
trough along one side of the brooder
room, which is covered with one-inch
wire mesh. By sowing several days
before the chicks are hatched the
wheat will be green when it is need—
ed. The ﬁrst few feedings will need
to be cut and placed before the
chicks. After about 10 days, how-
ever, the chicks will jump onto the
netting and eat the wheat as it grows
through the wire.

“Wheat can even be sprouted in
an ordinary sprouter by spreading
it out only two inches deep in the
trays. It then can be out two or
three times in one season.

“Bread crumbs can be supplied by
saving all scraps from the family
table or the bread box and placing
in pans to dry out in the oven. They
should not be baked, but just left
long enough to be crisp and slightly
brown. The pieces can then be run
through the meat grinder with very
little trouble. This makes a very
high-quality feed which is relished
by the chicks.

“Some people prefer to grind a
few crusts in this manner immedi-
ately after they have ground the in-
fertile eggs, as this process will clean
the meat grinder in ﬁne shape.”

 

'l’OULTRY HOUSE PAID FOR BY

W'ELL CULLED FLOCK
HE results obtained by Mrs. F. L.
Kruse of Clinton County, Iowa,
through poultry culling under
the direction of the county extension
agent should be an encouragement
to any one who may have hesitated
to cull the home ﬂock to get rid of
“boarder” hens.

In July, 1921, when Mrs. Kruse
had 210 hens, she called in the ex—
tension agent and with her assistance
took out 80 “loafers,” which were
sold while the price was good. A
number of neighbors attended the
culling demonstration. The egg pro-
duction was not cut down after the
culling. The culls were watched
for 4 days, but laid no eggs.

Mrs. Kruse kept a record of eggs
produced and sold during the year,
but did not include those used in the
home, which amounted to a good
many dozens. The ﬂock has more
than paid for a new poultry house
built last fall from plans furnished
by the extension agent. Eggs sold
during the year brought $477.59, the
old hens sold for $77.80. Several
cockerels were cold for breeding pur-

ifposes, and the rest were marketed
' while young, bringing in considerable

additional money.

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EGG Bliss/.1”. r18YEARS'

Buy Chix now when Prices are
low; Sell eggs in November when
you can get the most profit.

Such results can he depended upon when
on buy Wyngarden. 200-289 egg strain,
Anglish type, White Leghorn chicks.
Developed by years of careful breeding
and culling.

In our Brown Leghorns and Anconas
also, you get the best breeding possible.
Purchaser] now, they are sure to make
a handsome proﬁt for you. Catalog free.

Order now from these low prices I

SELECTED MATINGS— For For For
English w. Leghorns, 50 1001000
Br. Leghorns, Anconas $4.50 $9 $80

 
 
 
    
  
   

   
   
  
  
  
 

ExrnA' SELECTED
MATINGS. same b’reed 5.50 11 100
SPECIAL STAR MAT-
lNGS,.Engllsh W
Leghorns ................. .. 6.50 13 110
ODDS AND ENDS— ,,
(broilers) ..................... .. 1 60

(500 lots at the 1,000 rate.)
100 per cent live delivery guaranteed.

 

 

  

‘ Wygyardea ammonia...
. HATC/‘IERYE rARMs Box 3 .
’ Ch' I: f Y
x" 1C 3 01‘ 011
Big, strong, sturdy fellows
from selected, heavy laying
pure bred ﬂocks. Postpaid to
your door. 100% live arrival
guaranteed. Low prices.

L Prices 0n:32050 $5  $130000 $4510(5)o
h , . . . .

eg oms s . 5.50 10.00 41.50
25 6.25 12.00 41.50
13.00 62.50
1.00 13.00 82.50

 

......... .. 3.
. . 8: R. l. Reds 3.15
Barred Rocks ...... .. 3.75
Chicks will reach you quickly and safely. Refer-
ence: People’s State Bank. Order right from this
Ad. There is no risk.
Tlmmer's Hatcheries, Box M, Holland, Mich.

 

TOur Baby Chicks

Can’t be beat because they are hatched from
Michigan’s leading pedigreed ﬂocks, culled by genu—
inc poultry experts, for higher egg production and
because we hatch only 111' tested mammoth mach-
ines. Rocks, Reds, White Le horns, Anconas.
Buff Orpingtons. Large iiistruc ve catalog tell
all about'them. Prices tie up.

MICHIGAN HATOHERY and POULTRY FARM
Box 2, Holland, Michigan.

REDUCED PRICES

For June and July on our Pure Bred stock Care—
fully developed for years. White Leghorns headed
by male birds .of 285-303 egg record strains.
Egg Basket Strain of Buff Leghorns, Brown Leg-
horns, White Wyandottes, Rocks, and R.’I. e a
highly bred. Reference: First State Bank. Cir-
cular Free.

 

 

MAY and JUNE CHICKS

The Kind That Pay Big Proﬁts
PINE BAY FARM Cl-lICKS_.are
backed by our 20.years’ experience
in the poultry busiiiess_and a repu-
tation for fair dealing With thousands
of satisﬁed customers. Our experi-
cure protects you.

Chicks 6V2c U for June Deliver
Rocks, Reds. Minorcas, Anconas an
Leghorns. \Ve breed and owndnter-
national Egg Laying Contest Winners.
Free Catalog. Get full prices be-
fore ordermg elsewhere.

POULTRY FARM, Holland, Mich.

Chicks With Pep

GREAT CUT IN PRICES. Staoiig.
vi orous chicks from our bre — o-
lag hens. LEGHORNS and AN-
‘ NAS, 100 each. ROCKS, REDS,
MINORCAS, \VH. \VYANDOTTES,
13c. ORPINGTONS, SIL. WYAN-
DOTTES, 15c. .M I XE D. 10c.
Postpaid. Full live delivery guar-
anteed. Free Catalog.

Hatchery, Dept. B. Holoato, .Ohlo.

 

 

Hoigate Chick
Special Reduced Prices

LOOK! 100,000 CHIX. BEST PUREBRED.
Michigan Agricultural College method tested stocliE
(‘an ship at once. Barred Rocks or Reds._ Bloc
Minorcas 14c; VV., Br. or Buﬁ‘ Leghorns 12c,_Shep-
pard’s Anconas 13c; Buﬂ’ Orpiiigtons, White or

. ‘ d tts 15 176c. Large Brahmas 18c.
Elixir}: EXEEECIEI 0 broiler chix 1 10. Mixed spotted
chix 9c. June Ghlx 1 1pc less each. Add 30c

‘ th n 100 wanted. Catalog tells about
gili‘taeiiiriiesgelec‘t.ed stock. Ban reference. ecli-
mann Hatchery, 26 Lyon, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Can ship

0
Pure Bred Chicks immedmab,
I Chlx heavy..11c White Rocks ...... ..14
32° her-r B. Leghorns..120 W. Wyandottes...‘.15'/2
B. Rox or Reds .... ..14c Buff Orpingtons .... ..1
Sheppard's ‘ Anconas..14c Black Minorcas....14 V; o
Extra Selected standard bred chicks 34.00 per
100 more. Add 350 if less than 10 ordered.
Good bank reference. Catalog. June Chix 1c more.

Lawrence Hatchery. BF, R. 1, Grand Rapids, Mich.

S. C. White Leghorn

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RALPpI-elr $.0QI'OTTEN, Pittsford, Michigan.

3 A B v c H l c K s--REMARKABLE FOR, 8le

th. R sonable prices. Leghorns, Aug
Eggasﬁtrezlllgocks. _ eRaeds. Wyandottes, Orpmgtons,
Minorcas, Spanish Bra im -

BABY OHIOKS mom anEo-fro-LAV, r all,

 

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baby chicks, $9.00 per 100. Barred Rock chicks, V ’
12.0

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TYRONE POULTRY FARM, Fenton. Michigan, ,

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‘ .‘planted' to a mixture,
. ‘most of which had, winter killed. In

 seed on a ﬁeld that was
of alfalfas

a Pfew- places on the Thumb and
other localities, local farmers are
depending upon alfalfa in the same

.way as other farmers depend upon

clover. They raise their own seed
and sow it in regular farm practice.
This is the most hopeful sign of the
times that I know, and will event-
ually place alfalfa on the Michigan
map on the same basis as other
crops. When all our farmers can go
to their neighbors for seed, they
can then depend upon getting a var-
iety that has already succeeded und-
er their climate and conditions. That
is, when enough alfalfa seed is pro-
duced in Michigan to satisfy the
needs of the state, the alfalfa indus-
try will be on a sound basis.

When that time comes it appears
to me that June clover will be
crowded to the wall. One hay year
and perhaps a little pasture is all
that can be obtained from the ordin-
ary red clover. ‘Whereas real ac-
climated alfalfa is good for just as
many hay years as the farmer d‘e-
sires. Clover and alfalfa hay take
a large amount of lime out of the
soil, and with larger yields of alfal—
fa the farmer will need to put on
more lime. But lime is cheap plant
food. Some farmers have been try-
ing to grow clover without this food
and have “worn out their land grow-
ing clover." Such land will not be
suited to grow alfalfa until the lime
is supplied. We note that the al-
falfa which succeeds under Michi-
gan conditions is getting more and
more pedigreed. It is being "more
highly bred year by year.

What is a pedigreed, that is an
improved variety? It is what we
have said it is in the case of cats
and barley. It is a variety that is
able to produce greater yields or
better quality under the same con—
ditions. 'Any farmer knows that a
good milch cow can not produce her
best unless she has proper food and
in large enough quantities. Neither
can an improved alfalfa, clover or
other farm crop produce its best
without the proper plant food sup—
plied in large enough quantities.
Alfalfa breeding at M. A. C. has
been going on since 1906. Thous—
ands of individual alfalfa plants
were set out from 104 different
sources of seed during the season of
1907 and 1908. The plants in that
nursery were in hills two feet apart
each way. One does not realize
how large individual alfalfa plants
will become until he gives them a
chance to develop. Within three
years a good alfalfa plant will cover
a piece of ground two feet in d1a-
meter if given all the space it can
use. There are enough seeds in a
pound ’of alfalfa, so that if scatter-
ed over an acre, there will be ﬁve
seeds on each square foot. It prob
ably takes ﬁve: seeds for each sure
plant. Some seeds will fail to.
germinate and many plants will die
in infancy. Thus ﬁve pounds of
se€d per acre should if properly
planted, place ﬁve plants on each
square foot. That is better than
more plants even for' hay produc-
tion, and is far too thick for seed
production. Just think of placing
ﬁve plants on each square foot,
when a good plant could in three

      

   

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years cover four square feet! What
chance do you, suppose the individual
plants have to produce seed? None.

This of course, is on the assump—
tion that all the plants are hardy
and each is capable of production.
Listen to the breeding story at M. A.
C. Those 104 different sources. of
seed included only one or two lots,
from the Northwest. One of these
was Grimm. More than half of the
plants in that nursery were winter
Ikilled within two years, and perhaps
a half of the remainder died of
crown rots during the summer. In-
dividual yields of hay and seed were
taken with the survivers. The re—
sult was that only nine plants pro-
duced enough seed in 1908 to set
out a progeny nursery in 1909 and
none of these lines have survived up
to the present time. In 1911 I was
fortunate enough to obtain pedi—
greed strains“ of alfalfa from alfalfa
breeders in the West. One of these
original foundation stocks was pick-
ed up by Professor Wheeler near
Baltic, South Dakota, and sent to
Mr. P. K. Blinn of the Colorado Ex—
periment Station. Mr. Blinn sent
me some of the seed that he grew
in Colorado. The 1909 and 1911
nurseries were heavily thinned by
winter and summer killing but our
attention was attracted toward a
number of individual plants in the
1911 nursery coming from the
Western sources. A new nursery
was set out~in 1913. One of the
1911 plants coming from the lot
that Professor Wheeler obtained in
South Dakota proved to be excep-
tional as seen by its progeny in the
1913 nursery. Its progeny was able
to set leaves back on the old stems
after the leaf-spot disease had tak-
en the leaves off the nursery. The
off-spring of this individual plant
was distributed in 1919 under the
name of the Hardy Michigan Alfal-
fa. Some one reduced this name to
Hardigan and this is the name und-
er Which it goes at the present time.

Mr. Olef Nelson of Aloha, Mich-
igan (produced 6% bushels of
Hardigan seed on an acre in 1921
and the following year ﬁve acres of
new planting were drilled on his
farm, the balance being sold to
other farmers. Both of these plant—
ings were in drill rows 28 inches
apart and cultivated. His success
no doubt is because he had light
land.

The expansion of Hardigan would
have been greater had it not been
for the Hubam clover. At least one
man, Mr. L. L. Lawrence of Decatur,
Michigan, who had a Hardigan seed
crop in 1921 allowed the seed to
shatter off on the ground while he
was taking care of his Hubam crop.

According to the hay yields ob-
tained from several sources of seed,
the Hardigan alfalfa has proven it-
self a better hay producer, as well
as a much better seed producer und-
er Michigan conditions, than the
common sorts even including the
Grimm. Michigan farmers who de-
sire to try alfalfa seed production
will do well to obtain some of the
registered seed from the Michigan
Crop Improvement Association.

However, the 1923 crop of Hardi-
gan is entirely sold out at the pres—
ent time, and new seed producers
must wait until another crop of
seed can be produced.

     

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FOOTE’S MARKET LETTER

BY W. W. FOOTE

Busy Times on Farms
LANTING started in southern
parts of the country weeks ago
and has been working its way

5 northward as fast as weather con-

-‘ prices,

‘ a later increased movement.

, of Manitoba wheat.

,kept on decreasing

ditions would permit, much remain-
ing to be done. The spring is late,

’ and cold and wet weather caused

serious delays while in many parts
of the southwest lact of rains caus—
ed apprehensions concerning the
winter wheat crop, but welcome
rains came later and helped out the
situation. To a very great extent
the inﬂuences of grain statistics
have lost their force in making
and attention is cent-
ered largely on the crop outlook.
Plenty of grain for all requirements
is offered on the markets of the
country, and farmers are overdoing
it in marketing their hogs, causing
a lower scale of prices, but recent
marketings of fed western lambs
and spring lambs have been on a
small scale most of the time, with
First
arrivals of Idaho spring lambs in
Chicago this year are chronicled, the
opening of the season being an in-
teresting event for sheepmen. The
band consisted of 538 extra fancy
handy weights, averaging 6 8
pounds, and they brought $17.15
per 100 pounds. The outlook fav—
ors spring lambs, provided they are
prime in quality, but killers have
little use for others, and they are
sure to sell at a big discount. Con-

. ditions in the hog trade have chang-

ed much, with increased marketings
just at a period when things were
beginning to look brighter, and
prices naturally declined. Cattle
prices have had their ups and
downs, with sales of the best lots at
much lower prices than several
weeks ago.
Our Export Trade

American exports of manufactur-
ers ready for consumption increased
nearly $20,000,000 in April, over
the corresponding month last year,
according to the commerce depart-
ment. Exports of crude foodstuffs
fell off from $17,736,000 in April,
1923, to $13,336,000 last month.
Manufacturers ready for consump-
tion exported were valued at $147,-
574,000, against $128,493,000 for
April, 1923. Total American exports
Were $346,859,000, against $325,-
492,000 the same month a year ago.

Rapid Farm Development

One of the chief obstacles to prof-

“ itable farming in this country arises

from opening up of large tracts
faster than increased agricultural
products are required to meet the
needs of the people and the wants of
foreign buyers. The federal gov-
ernment and state governments
have always been prompt to encour-
age the opening up and settlement

‘ of more lands, and. this has in many
' instances worked out unfavorably

by causing overproduction and un-

‘ satisfactorily low prices.

Features of Wheat Trade

For a long period corn was the
leader in the speculative trading on
the Chicago Board of Trade and the
produce exchanges of the United
States, but within a short time
wheat has taken the lead, and it
shows signs of continuing so. Crop
news is very closely watched, and
prices have advanced on reports of
lack of rains and declined when the
wheat areas had fair rainfalls. Very
fair exports of wheat and ﬂour have

‘ been made from North America in

recent weeks, but the principal ship-
ments to foreign countries consisted
At times the
milling demand for cash wheat has

‘ shown more animation, and the vis-

ible wheat supply in this country has
steadily, al-
though more in sight than a year
ago. Unusual interest is manifested
everywhere in the crop outlook, but
harvest time is a good way off, and
about all that can‘be known deﬁn-

, itely is that all reliable reports are

that the acreage is much lowered
from that of last year, while crop

3. conditions 1&0}! “somewhat improved

a

‘ to $10.
car loads of Montana feeding steers .

 

 

MARKET SUMMARY
Wheat, weak. Corn and oats unchanged. Rye quiet. Beans

firm. Eggs higher.
recent advance.

Butter wanted. Old potatoes firm after
Good supply of poultry and prices lower.

Dress-

ed calves  Cattle dull to steady. Sheep lower. Hogs active

and higher.

 

(Note: The above summarized Information
ket page was set In type. It oontalm last minute

going to prose—Editor.)

was received AFTER the balance of the M-
|nformnlion up n wlthln one-half hour of

 

of late. There has been a phenom-
enal movement in Canadian wheat,
and a short time ago it was an-
nounced that the Canadian visible
wheat stocks had been reduced of
late nearly 30,000,000 bushels. No
marked improvement has taken
place in wheat prices, and quota-
tions are far lower than in recent
years, May wheat having sold in the
Chicago market a little more than
two years ago as high as $13856.
Late sales were made on the Chica-
go Board of Trade of May wheat at
8.05%,
year ago.

Corn, Oats and Rye Markets

Recent weakness has been devel-
oped in the corn market, with specu—
lators at times quite bearish and it
seemed evident that traders were
counting upon much larger receipts
of corn in the near future, as has
been customary in other early sum-
mers. Prices have undergone very
large declines from the high time of
a year ago, but a little more than
two years ago sales were made in
the Chicago market for May deliv-
ery as low as 60 cents, while at the
same time May oats sold as low as
36% cents. There is no heavy ex-
port movement in corn, oats or rye
most of the time, although at times
exports of rye make a fair showing,
prices for this grain being singular-
ly low. After corn planting is ov-
er much increased marketing of that
cereal is expected, and in the mean-
while greatly lessened consumption
of corn on farms is sure to take
place, as pasturage is now satisfact—
ory everywhere. Furthermore, there
are reported to be 5 per cent less
cattle and 11 per cent less brood
sows on feed and on farms than a
year ago. Late sales were made of
May corn at 78 cents, comparing
with 82% cents a year ago; May
oats at 46 cents, comparing with 41

.cents last year; and May rye at 67

cents, comparing with 69% cents a
year ago.

The Cattle Market

During recent weeks the demand
for prime beeves has not been large
enough to maintain the extreme
prices paid in the Chicago market
several weeks ago, at which time the
best long fed steers sold as high as
$12.50 per 100 pounds. Price ﬂuc—
tuations have been much greater in
the middling to good steers than in
the commoner light weight yearlings,
prices for the latter being strength-
ened by the good demand for desir-
able thin stockers and feeders to
ship to feeding districts. One un-
satisfactory feature of the cattle mar-
ket of long standing continues, that
of a glutted Monday market, with
consequent slumps in prices on that
day, and on the opening day of last
week prices for steers fell 15 to 25
cents on arrivals of 22,073 head,
with the highest sale at $11.30. The
bulk of the sales of beef steers re-
cently took place at $8.50 to $10.75,
with the best offerings of long fed,
weighty steers selling at $10.50 to
$11.50 and a limited number of long
yearlings up to $10.75. No good
steers went below $9, and sales all
the way down to $6.75 to $7.75 for
the commoner light steers and infer-
ior little steers selling for $4.50 to
$6.70- Butcher cows and heifers had
an outlet at $4 to $9.50, canner and
cutter cows at $2 to $4 and bulls at
$3.60 to $7.75. The calf market was
lower at $5 to $10. The stacker
and feeder trade was animated, the
demand running on fair to prime
lots, with sales largely at $0.25 to
$8.60 and choicer feeders at $8.75
One sale was node of eleven

comparing with $1.21 a

averaging from 973 to 1257 0

at $8.10 ’to $9.80. These steeig; $233:
mostly choice Shorthorns that had
been fed on hay all winter and on
ground barley and wheat for the last
75 days. For the year to late date
the aggregate receipts of cattle in
twenty markets aggregated 5,041 -
000 head, comparing with 5,023,00’0
one year ago and 4,698,000 two
years ago. A year ago common to
£51350 beef; stieers sold at $7.25 to

- , an n no ears
to $9.5m y ago at $7.10

Large Hog Movement

Recent liberal numbers of hogs in
the Chicago market resulted in a
lower scale of prices for everything
offered and especially for the fast in—
creasing runs of the commoner class
of light weights. As usual, the Mon—
day supply was excessive, causing a
break of 10 cents, the receipts ag-
gregating 60,000 hogs. Later in the
week the buying was especially good,
Wlth large purchases by eastern ship-
pers. This is a time when large runs
are expected, and it was a little more
than a year ago when a day’s arrivals
on the Chicago market footed up
74,491 hogs, the largest on record
for May. Recent receipts averaged
2.37 pounds, equaling the highest
smce last October and the same as a
year ago. There has been a marked
Widening out in the range of prices,
and the bulk of the hogs sell at a
spread of 40 cents, with the best
heavy butchers at the top, these sell—
ing 15 cents above the best light
bacon hogs. Combined receipts in
twenty markets this year amount to
19,042,000 hogs,
18,211,000 a year ago and 13,875,-
000 two years ago. A year ago hogs
sold for $5.75 to $7.30. Recent sales
of hogs were made at $6.40 to
$7.50.

Enormous Provision Exports

More meat was exported from the
United States in 1923 than in any
other year since 1920—1,037,000,-
000 pounds, valued at approximate-
ly 150 million dollars. This ﬁgure
does not include lard. Notwithstand-
ing the drop in prices owing to the
30 per cent increase in quantity ex—
ported, the total value in 1923 was
11 per cent higher than in 1922, ac,
cording to an analysis of world
trade in 1923 by the Foreign Com-
merce Department of the Chamber
of commerce of the United States.

Marketing Idaho Spring Lambs

The season for marketing Idaho
spring lambs has opened with some
good sized consignments which av—
eraged well in quality and found
ready buyers at advancing prices in
the Chicago market. ,Shorn lambs
sold off sharply; with transactions
at $11 to $15, wooled lots of sheep
and lambs selling $1 to $2 above
quotations for clipped. Shorn year-
lings sold at $11 to $13, shorn
wethers at $6.25 to $10, shorn ewes
at $5 to $7.25 and clipped bucks at
$3.50 to $4.50. Spring lambs sell
at $12.50 to $17.45, Idaho at the
top. ' ~ '

 

BEANS
There is little change in the bean
market although there is a feeling
that prices are too low and the De-

troit market advanced 5 cents last,

week. ' Some of the dealers have
enough faith in the future of the
market to hold a good supply be-
lieving that prices are sure to .ad<
vanes to a better level. So for re-
ceipts have been too liberal and do.
mend too quiet to enable sellers to
advance prices. Do not miss the
article about beans on page '4 of this
issue by Art Goulet. ‘ ‘

comparing with

An active demand prevails ln‘the" "
Detroit potato market and both our»: ‘
and new stock are'higher in prison 
At New York and other eastern 

markets new stock is selling at good
prices but old potatoes are dull. A
steady tone is noted at Chicago. . v

 

HAY

Good hay is scarce and the ‘mar~
kets are strong on this class of stock
under an active demand. The bulk
of offerings are of medium and low
qualities and although this hay [is
not generally desired, buyers are
forced to take it owing to the short-
age of good grades. Trade as a
whole is narrow, and although re-
ceipts are light, they are sufﬁcient
to satisfy trade requirements except
as to quality.

 

MARKET QUOTATIONS
Wheat . ‘
Detroit—Cash No. 2 red, $1.12;
No. 2 white, $1.14; No. 2 mixed,

$1.13.
Chicago—Cash No. 2 hard, $1.50 
@1.09. ' '
Prices one year ago—Detroit,

Cash No. 2 red, No’. 2 white, and No. .

2 mixed, $1.28 1,6.

Corn

Detroit—Cash No. 3 yellow, 82c;
No. 4, 780.

Chicago—Cash No. 2 yellow, 74
@78c; No. 2 mixed, 77@77%c.

Prices one year ago—«Detroit.
Cash No. 2 yellow, 89c; No. 3,
88%0; No. 4, 86c.

Oats

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white, 53c;
No. 3, 51c.

Chicago—Cash No. 2 white, 47c;
No. 3, 46¢.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 white, 48c; No. 3, 476;
No. 4, 45%c.

Rye

Detroit—~Cash No. 2, 720.

Chicago—Cash No. 2, 670.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No._2, 75c. ‘
Beans
Detroit—C. H. P., $4.35@4.40

per cwt.
Chicago—C. H. P., $4.90 per cwt."

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
C. H. P., $7.25 per cwt.
Potatoes '

Detroit——$2 @ 2.50 per cwt.
Chicago—$1.40@1.60 per cwt.
Prices one year ago—Detroit,
$1.26 @ 1.33 per cwt.
Ha

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Detroit—No. 1 timothy, $23.50@
24; No. 2, $21@23; No. 1 clover
$21@23; standard and light mixed,
$22.50@23 per tan. 1

Chicago—«No. i. timothy, $260
28; No. 2, $23@25; No. 1 clover.
$21@23; light timothy,and clover
mixed, $24@26 per ten. 1

'Prices one year ago—Detroit.
No. 1 timothy, $17.50@18; No. 2,
$15.50@16.50; standard and light
mixed, $16.50@17; No. 1 clover,
$13@14 per ton.

 

 

 

 

Week of June 8
I HIS week in Michigan will av-
erage warmer and drier than
the seasonal normal. The week
opens with pleasant weather but

will become overcast and threaten- -1

ing during Monday and Tuesday.
Local thunder showers may be ex—
pected at this time. For the re-
mainder of the week, or until about
Saturday, the weather will again

become pleasant, hazy and summer" 

like. , .
Beginning at the end of this and:

running into the beginning of sniff"
week the weather in this state . p .
become more unsettled with a lithe '?

   

more rain and strong winds.

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" a sharp reaction to
 generate some severe electrical and

' .' Wind storms and moderately heavy
. rains, especially in local centers.

 and! severe
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thetsmp’eratures during
the season. About Saturday
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iiistorms general.
 First Real Hot Weather in August

From about'23d to 24th of June
warmer Will

Following the storm center dur-
ing middle part of the last full week
of June, temperatures will again

' Show. a falling tendency that will

continue until early part of July.
” p The real hot weather of the year,
however, will“ not begin until early

'.part of August.
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SUITABLE TAXATION
(Continued from page 3.)

taxation of farm woodlots and com-
mercial timber tracts has been con-
ceeded by all to be a very important
but most perplexing problem, and es-
pecially so in Michigan where there
is such a large acreage which should
logically be used for timber produc-
tion.

, Farm Woodlots Important

Now farm woodlots are an import-
ant part of American agricultural
interests. The woodland now includ-
ed in our farms totals more acres
than all the state and national for-
ests. One—third of the forest—grow—
ing lands of the United States is at
the farmer’s back door. In ten,
twenty, ofttimes one-hundred acre
tracts and more, they form part and

' parcel of practically every farm‘unit

in the United States.

In Michigan at present only about
4,000,000 acres of virgin timber in
the hands of the lumbermen remain
to be cut, while census ﬁgures in-
dicated that over 3,000,000 acres are
devoted to farm woodlands.

Out of the state’s 36,000,000 acres,
nearly a third are idle and non-pro—
ductive. If this‘land is to be re-
forested and used for timber produc-
tion, the farm must have the assur-
ance that the taxeswvill not be con-
ﬁscatory and force him to harvest
his timber before it is really ready
for marketing. With such assurance,
commercial reforestation appears to
‘be a safe and attractive proposition.

Timber Market Looks Strong

During the last 80 years, the price
of lumber has advanced three and
a half times as fast as the average
price of all staple commodities and
there is every reason to believe that
the market for forest products will
continue to be very strong—in fact,
grow better year by year. For as
Louis Lamb points out in an article
in Commerce and Finance:

“Virgin forests in the United

States once covered 822,000,000
‘acres, more than a million square
miles. There remains 137,000 000
acres, less than one sixth of the or—
iginal. Towns and farms have ﬁlled
nearly half the cleared spaces; the
remainder is either idle land or bears
inferior quality second growth tim-
ber. We consume 25,000,000,000
cubic feet of timber yearly, only one-
fourth of which is being replaced by
new growth.

“The decade of 1880-1890 saw 45,-
‘000,000,000 feet of white pine cut
and sold in Michigan alone. By 1895
the cream of the Michigan stand was
gone and Wisconsin was on the way
to the “cut out” stage.

“‘We have left about 2,215,000,-
000,000 of standing saw timber in
the United States, about one-ﬁfth of
the inheritance received from prim-
eval nature, by the colonists of 1620
and 1688."

Big Demand for Timber

go far has this program of forest
depletion been carried on that 28
states now import more lumber than
they duce while many of the east-
on s tes which formerly were large

, mortars now are large importers.
. Sammy of Agriculture Wallace an-

I >4  at a recent hearing before
’ _; the Senate Committee on Reforesta-

WI
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H I '  situation is veciytrue in re-
'gard to 'Michigan.

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light will generally remain cool'

 conditions will again be in A.

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exhansted as 
ready exhausted. _

Saginaw atone time cut -600,000,- ‘

000 to 700,000,000 feet of pine
per year. Yet when Err-Congressman
J. W. Fordney recently built a splen-
did new‘barn he ordered three cars

'of lumber and a carload of shingles

from Aberdeen, Washington, within
sixteen miles of the Paciﬁc Ocean.
Tax Reform May Be Solution

So the future looks bright for. tim-
ber production, but as already point-
ed out. there is little hope of com-
mercial reforestation as long as the
general property tax takes an annu-
a1 toll while the growing timber is
bringing in no return. To promote
reforestation, therefore, some better
taxation system is required.

Michigan already has a fairly good
farm woodlot tax law, although it
must be admitted that it is not very
generally used by farmers. The
law provides that out of a 160~acre
farm of which 80 acres is cultivated,
a tract of not more than 40 acres if
kept well stocked with trees may be—
come a “private forest reservation”
and, having been listed with the
county treasurer, is thereafter as-
sessed and taxed at a valuation of $1
an acre \plus a ﬁve per cent harvest
tax on the stumpage value of any
products harvested.

While this law takes care of the
small farm woodlots, it does not ap-
ply in the least to commercial for-
ests. Therefore, after an exhaustive

study of the whole timberland tax-_

ation problem and a careful analysis
of Michigan’s forestry needs and op-
portunities, a representative commit-
tee of Michigan forestry experts

drafted the act for the taxation of'

Michigan’s commercial timberland
which came so near being a law.
Theory of Forest Taxation

The proposed law was carefully
drawn and was rather lengthy, but
the heart of the whole matter is
simple. It provided that timberland
should be assessed at 5 cents per
acre annually while the timber it-
self should be subject to a harvest
tax at the time of cutting.

Now there doesn’t seem to be any-
thing radical about this. There is
ample precedent for such a system.
In fact, that is the 'way we tax farm
crops. The farmer is taxed on his

land and on the proceeds from the“

sale of his crops, but the crops them-
selves are not taxed before they are
ready for market. In all justice a
similar arrangement should be pro-
vided for the grower of timber crops.

Under the general property tax,
at least in theory, a stand of eighty
year old timber will have been taxed
eighty times, and each time on the
sum of its growth to. date, so that
the compounding of taxes and inter-
est eats up all proﬁts long before the
timber is ready to cut. That, as re—
marked by the Chief of the United
States Forest Service, is equivalent
to taxing a ﬁeld of growing wheat
every few days through its whole
growmg season.

“When the states recognize by
their tax laws”, the U. S. Forestry
Chief recently declared, “that those
engaged in growing trees should not
have a' property tax imposed each
year on the trees amounting in the
end to confiscation, progress could be
made in reforestation".

Farmers and owners of commercial
timber tracts or lands suitable for
reforestation should not cease their
ﬁght until a just and workable for-
est tax law is enacted. And in their
effort they should have the support
of all who wish to see Michigan
23:]: its greatest possible develop-

 

The relatively low price of slaughter
hogs and Wtively high price of corn
during 1923 apparently affected the price
of purebred swine inasmuch as combined
prices of all breeds of the latter were
lower during 1938 than in 1922, accord-
ing to repom from breeders to the United
States Department of Agriculture.

M

A  tto collect his bill fre—
quent-1!. , on success. Finall h
rim“? “w y °:-
 . ones. must want . make
some deﬁnite arrangement with :1?”

"Why. certainly.” replied Mr. Jon
agreeably. “Lets see—well, suppose y:

call every Thursday morning?

Customer: “I like this  at ducked
good: but are you sure the colors won't
run ' "

Clerk: "Madam. this is a certiﬁed
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the prices. Do it today! Tomorrow prices may be higher. Prices
direct on request. If you cannot get our twine of them, we will ship
you direct.

HARRY L. HULBERT, \Vardcn,
MICHIGAN STATE PRISON, JACKSON, MICH.

MAIL THIS COUPON FOR FREE SAMPLE
and Prices on Michigan Standard Binder Twine

Harry L. Hulbert,
Manager State Industries, .
Jackson, Mich. ' 3’ |

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