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business and so it employs writers who not only thorough-
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equally important, the marketing of these crops.

Our market editor has assisted and advised thou-
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Stanley M. Powell’s articles on taxation are but
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STANLEY M. POWELL—

An issue of THE Bcsrmsss FARMER that did not contain a. feature article by
Stanley M. Powell would be incomplete. He is our Lansing correspondent and
legislative matters are a hobby with him. Being a farmer himself he under-
stands what farmers are interested in along legislative hues and he has an
interesting style of writing. He is going to give us some articles along other
lines also.

L. w. MEEKS— '

The editor of Broadscope Farm News and Views L. W. Meelgs 1s a successful
business farmer in Hillsdale county. His outstanding success is the production
of certiﬁed seed potatoes, but he is interested in most crops suitable for Michi-
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SATURDAY, JULY 4,1925

Ent ed 2nd. e a matter, A .22 1 17.
nt  012nm»; Niki?” under act‘ﬁor. 3, 1:19;

but Solons Bid and Did Not Do About Taxes“,

Legislature Passed Several Taxation Bills-of Considerable interest But F oiled to Take Action on
the Most Important Tax Reform Measures
By STANLEY M. POWELL

(Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.)

' YEAR ago now we were stress-
” ing in a series of special arti-
cles in THE Business ann
the grave importance of taxation
problems to Michigan farmers. The
present serious and disastrous situ—
ation was discussed in some detail.
Authentic and signiﬁcant ﬁgures
which. could not be disputed were
presented to show how taxation
conditions were going from bad to
worse. The terriﬁc and altogether
disproportionate burden borne by
farm property was outlined and cm-
nhasized. More. than that, deﬁnite
and speciﬁc tax reforms to remedy,
partiale at least, the deplorable
conditions referred to above were
proposed and discussed. .
How happy we would be if in this
series of ~ summaries of what the
1925 Legislature actually accom-
plished we could relate encouraging
progress in the removal exrstmg. 1n;
equalities and unsound conditions
and the enactment of wise, construc-
tive and statesmanlike legislation

to. secure the wisest and most equit— .

able distribution of the burdens of
governmental activities.

But, alas, it we are to stick to the
facts in the case we must consider
what might have been done, rather
than—what was done,.for the amount
of really important tax reform legis—
lation enacted by the 1925 Legisla—
ture appears pitiably insigniﬁcant
when compared with the ﬂagrantly
unjust conditions which cry out to
high heaven for remedy and relief.

'To the undyng credit of the last
Legislature, let it be remembered
that they did pass'the gas tax early
in the session and followed up this
progressive action by lowering and
adjusting the license fees. These
measures have been discussd in de—
tail in the ﬁrst article in this ser—
ies of legislative summaries.

The Tax Free Bond Evil

During the 1925 session no effort
was made even by individuals and
organizations most earnestly in fa—
vor of the a state income tax to se-
cure legislation of this character. It
was regarded as a more opportune
time 'to concentrate on the gas tax
and to attempt to secure the passage
of laws putting a stop to the tax ex-
empt security evil in Michigan.

As readers of THE Busmnss
Fauna will remember, bills were
introduced to place annual speciﬁc
taxes on both foreign and domestic
bonds. These measures had the»
support of the administration and
of the lawmakers who were best in—
formed along taxation lines. How-
ever, the Michigan Senate seems
chieﬂy responsive to the desires of
' Big Business and so it proved true

once more that the Senate may well
be called the graveyard of most con—
structive tax legislation. The bills
above referred to languished in
committee and real estate was left
holding the bag.

Among the few tax reform bills
passed during the 1925 session was
one measure which had been in—
sistently urged by Michigan farm or-
ganizations and those interested in
conservation. This was Senator
Pearson’s bill providing— for the es-
tablishment of commercial forest re-
serves and allowing them the bene-
ﬁt of a tax system more adapted to
a long -time crop like timber than
was theannual general property tax
which has,” hitherto been in force.

. Administration of this new. law is
placed under the State Department
of Conservation.

How the law Operates

. Section, 2 of this act provides as

follows: ' 

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reserve, ..

~~thi§3$¢tﬁis hereby deﬁned asxa tract

of land from which. the mature for-
est grewth has been removed, con—
taining no material natural resourc—
es. other than forest growth, not pri—
marily valuable for agricultural,
mineral, industrial or resort pur-
poses and upon which the own-er
pr6poses to develop and maintain a.
forest either through planting or
natural reproduction or both. Such
land must be capable of producing
a thrifty forest growth and must at
the time of listing as a commercial
forest reserve actually carry sufﬁ-

cient forest growth of suitable char— g

actor and so distributed as to give
reasonable assurance that a stand
of merchantable timber will be de—
veloped in the near future. The in—
tent and purpose of this section is
to exclude from classiﬁcation as a
commercial forest reserve lan'd car-
rying any considerable stand of
mature forest growth in excess of
what may be required to insure sat-
isfactory reforestation as well as
land primarily more valuable for
other purposes than for the produc-
tion of forest products and to ex—
clude land not sufficiently stocked
with young growth either by plant—
ing or natural reproduction to pro—
mise to become a satisfactory stand
of merchantable timber, but not
to exclude from such classiﬁcation
land carrying a stand of forest
growth well advanced toward ma-
turity but still requiring a period
of years in which to become sulﬁ-

ciently mature to produce high
grade forest products.”
When a tract of timber land

comes in the above classiﬁcation
and is approved by the Department
of_Conservation after proper inves-
tigation and hearings, it will no
longer be subject to the general

property tax, but rather to an an—
nual speciﬁc tax of ﬁve or ten cents

per acre depending on the character

of the stand and then a. harvest tax

'of twenty~ﬁve per cent of the stump—

age value of the timber when cut.
One-half of this stumpage tax goes
into the general fund of the state
and one-half to the county in which
the lands are situated.

Another tax measure which
should meet with the general ap—
proval of farmers is Rep. Evans’
measure which empowers the Board
of State Tax Commissioners to pass
upon the exemptions to be allowed
for real estate owned by any library,
benevolent, charitable, educational
or scientiﬁc institution or charita—
ble home of a fraternity or secret
society used for agricultural, indus-
trial or commercial purposes.

Limit Reckless Bondng

Intimately associated with this
matter of taxation is that of bond
issues. Sometimes people think that
taxes may be kept down through the
issuance of bonds, but in the end
it is always found out that the prin-
cipal must be paid back with con—
siderable interest. To safeguard
future taxpayers against staggering
bond issues, the Legislature passed
the Evans—Baxter bill which places
the supervision of the issuance of
municipal bonds and the payment of
the interest thereon under the con—
trol of the State Treasurer. The
term municipality as used in this
act includes any county, township.
city, village, or school district. This
law lays down speciﬁc details re-
garding the form of bonds which
may be issued, the rates of interest
which may be provided, the rate of
retirement of the principal and the
length of time for which bonds is—

Lowden Talks Cooperation at M. S.C.

should be very reassuring that
Fthe ﬁrst Commencement address

delivered since the change in
name of the Agricultural College to
the Michigan State College of Agri-
culture and Applied Science was de-
livered by one of the greatest farm
leaders of the nation on the topic,
“The Need of Agricultural organiza-
tion”. The choice of speaker and
subject for this occasion emphasiz-
es the fact that despite the name
change the East Lansing institution
will continue to be primarily con—
cerned in the problems of the farm—
ers of Michigan.

“The adoption of more up to date
methods in the distribution and
marketing of farm products is 'the
imperative need of the hour in
America tOday,” declared Ex—Gover—
nor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois in
the early part of his great address
delivered to an audience of 3,000
people assembled in the M. S. C.
gymnasium Monday morning, June
22 for the college commencement
exercises.

After calling attention to the fact
that efﬁciency is the cornerstone of
success in any industry. Governor
Lowden showed that the farmers of
the United States are by far the
most eﬂicient in the world and that
they are constantly increasing this

_ productive efﬁciency.

Declaring that the. chief ills .of
agriculture were not in production
but. in distribution; Governor Low»
den 93d, "With reference to nar-
kettng our products we; farmers
have fallen .far' behind other lines

of industry. All is not well on the
American farm. We might as well
recognize that bad situation. There
is a great disparity between the
prices of things which the farmer
has to buy’and those which he has
to sell. If we leave the slow, unaid-
ed processes of time to remedy this
situation the balance no doubt ﬁnal—
ly will be restored, but then the
cycle will swing too far with disas-
trous results to city consumers. The
topic before us is therefore not one
which merely interests the farmer,
but is of vital concern to every
thinking citizen.

“There is something devidedly
wrong with our marketing system
when a short crop of inferior qual—
ity should be worth more than a
large crop of superior quality.” The
speaker illustrated the present un-
fortunate situation by quoting many
ofﬁcial government ﬁgures showing
that with several crops and farm
commodities, poor crops often
brought larger total returns than
bumper crops.

T‘What shall we do in the face of
this situation,” queried the speaker.
“Let us turn to business and see if
we can ﬁnd something of value to
apply to our problems. Business
has for years been getting together
in organizations. It largely names
the price for its products. As a re—
sult the violent and disastrous ﬂuc-
tuations which are continually go-
ing on in agriculture do not occur
in other industries.

“If we would take a loaf from

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sued for the various kinds of public
improvements may be allowed
run.

Of considerable indirect beneﬁt
to the farmers of the state was the
passage of the Ming bill relative to
the enforcement of the corporation
tax law and the complete collection
of the franchise fees.
things, this bill provides that “In
case any corporation required to
ﬁle the report and pay the fee or
fees prescribed in this act shall
make any willfully false statement
in such report, such corporation
shall be subject to an additional
penalty in the sum of ﬁfty per
cent of the amount of the franchise
fee required to be paid. Such pen-
alty shall in no case be less than
thousands dollars.”

New Fireworks Law

Turning aside from a further
consideration of taxation measures,
it is very timely for us in this par-
ticular issue to make mention of
of Senator Brower’s bill relative to
ﬁreworks for Fourth of July and
other purposes. In brief, this meas-
ure makes it illegal for any person
to sell or ignite any ﬁrecracker OVer
two inches in length by one half
inch in diameter, or any ﬁrecrackers
containing dynamite, picric acid, or
any explosive of like nature, any
blank cartridges, blank cartridge
pistols, sky rockets, of any size, Ro—
man candles containing more than
ten balls, cannons, balloons made of
tissue paper or any inﬂammable ma-
terial inﬂated by hot air or other-

wise, Daygo bombs, or other ﬁre—
works of like construction. Sky
rockets and Roman candles con~

taining more than ten balls may not
be sold for use in any public or
private exhibition. Section 3 of this
bill reads as follows:

“Section 3. It shall be unlawful
for any persons or persons to dis—
charge, set off, ignite, or explode
any ﬁreworks in public excepting
on the third, fourth and ﬁfth days
of July each year, and no ﬁreworks
shall at any time be discharged, ig-
nited, or exploded within one block
or square of any hospital, asylum
or inﬁrmary.”

Any violation of this act is pun-_

ishable by a ﬁne not exceeding $100
or imprisonment in the county jail
not exceeding 90 days or both.

Starting Private Banks Illegal

Residents of many rural commun—
ities will be interested in the en-
actment of the Harris bill which
prohibits any person or unincorpor—
ated association not now engaged
in the business of banking from en—
gaging in any such business in the
future. This law is the result of
a long period of agitation against
private banks in Michigan. While
it will not interfere with those al—
ready established it will prevent
their multiplication.

One very important bill which
was enacted and given immediate
effect in the interests of public safe-
ty was the so—called Y0ung-Espie«
Sink act relative to drunken auto—
mobile drivers. Any person con;
victed of driving any motor vehicle
while intoxicated shall for the ﬁrst
offense be guilty of a misdemeanor
and be liable to a ﬁne of not less
than $50 nor more than $100 or
to imprisonment for a term of not
more than ninety days or both. Fur—
thermore, in the discretion of the
court his driver’s license shall be re‘
voked for a period of not less than
three months.

Would be $500 and the jail sentence
not to exceed one year, or both. In
Inch cases the driver’s license shall
be revoked and surrendered for a
period of ,not less than one year.

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‘ -.HAVE been amused by the an-
' 'swers that have been given in
reply] tothe query of B. V. in
Tris BUSINESS ‘FARMER of March 28,
“Why is it with using a peach twig
to locate a vein of water that it will
work With some people and not for
others?” .Since the Editor has ask-
ed' for further information on the
subject, I will reply to his request.
I will state in the beginning that it
is a poor explanation of a mystery
that brings in other mysteries to
make things .clear.

It is only facts founded on na-
tural laws that will enable us to
determine the truth or absurdity of
a theory. I fully agree with Mr. J.
A. Dexter in regard to the cause of
the movement of the divining rod.
I had almost exactly the same ex-
actly the same experience. I saw
the wizard make his observations.
An old farmer has built a new
house, so _,a new well was thought
necessary. Well, the Wizard’s indi-
cator dropped at the only handy
place for the well there was, and
he found water at the same depth
of the well at the house. Of course
they will ﬁnd it anywhere if they
dig deep enough.

Mr. Dexter's Fig. 1 in the May
23rd issue, explains for itself how
the simple peach twig in the hands
of an ,imposter may be made a
means of deception. A slight turn.
of. the wrists of the holder would
cause a further bend in the twig’s
and produce more “kick”.-—H.
Adams, Kalamazoo County.

Saw It Done

IRST, I know that it can be done

with a peach crotch, etc., be-

, cause I saw it done under cir-

cumstances that bar any likelihood
of fraudor mere chance.

;§Learning that we intended to dig
agave“ our nearest neighbor brought
her friend and neighbor to our
house with the request that she be
permitted to try and ﬁnd where
there was a vein of water for us.
‘The ladies were both honest women
and their only motive was to do a
kindness to us as it was done free
and the lady disliked any notoriety
in, the matter and we learned that
she had located the most of the

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RISK $25,000 on. DQODIiEaBUG

TATE geologists declare that Oil cannot be found in paying (Juan-i
tites in Michigan but two hundred farmers and business men in
Tusoola county are betting $25,000 that there is plenty 'of oil

near Caro.
What is the doodle-bug?

The doodle-bug says 80/!  ‘
Well, that is a dark secret to those

who are not stockholders in the company that has! been formed at
Caro to drill for the oil but it is understood to be an elaborate divin-
ing rod that is supposed to indicate the presence of water. oil, natural
gas, coal and various metals beldw the surface of the earth, pro-

viding the operator is “electrically sufﬁcient."

And it has indicated

that there is oil in ,the soil of Tuscola county, according to the stock-
holders. So strong is their faith in this divining rod that they have
a gang of drillers sinkng a 2,700-foot well. and the drillers are to
receive $17,000 for their work. They have drilled over 500 feet and

found nothing but water.

They have leased over 6,000 acres of the

farmland that has been proved oil bearing by the doodle-bug, and
they are ready to begin more extensive operations when the present

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wells in the neighborhood without
any failures.

Father thought it foolishness, but
mother wanted it tried, so father
said go ahead, and she said there
was a small vein near the house
about 22 feet deep. Father dug
there and found a vein as she said.
and at the depth, too, but too small

to depend on, so he dug deeper to.

sheet water. The lady found only
one vein and from the lay of the
land and the kind (of soil there was
there it seems possible that was the
only vein there.

As there was no chance for decep-
tion and no motive for it and the
lady too honorable for deception I
conclude there was none. It could
not have been accidental either in
so many cases as she had been suc—
cessful. It could not have been the
stick either, for it would not work
for everyone. :So it must have been
in the lady and the way she held
it. She held it with her little ﬁn—
gers toward the top and strained
so hard that the slightest sensation
would cause a nervous vibration of
her muscles and through them vi-
brate the crotch and ﬁnally cause it
to turn over, and it seems hardly
likely that a small vein of water
would have much effect on her or

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the stick either, when there was
sheet water only about sixteen feet
below it. So I conclude that most
likely it was due to psychic sensa-
tions and that the soul knows many
things not perceived by the ﬁve
senses and will tell you of them
later if desired—Francis G. Smith,
Isabella County.

Not All Bunk

SEE by your paper there has
I been— some discussion in regard

to locating water with a forked
peach twig. It is claimed by some
to be all “bunk”, it is not all
“bunk”.

Some years ago we wanted to lo-
cate water, a young man in our em—
ploy said, “Give me a peach twig
and I will locate water.” He did
so, and at a certain place the twig
turned down. I laughed him to
scorn, and took the twig and walk—
ed across where he said the stream
was, with both branches of the twig
held with my thumb and ﬁngers,
and there was nothing doing. That
nettled the fellow, and he said, “I
will hold one limb of the prong, and
you hold the other, and We will
hold hands and see about it." We
did so, and although I gripped one
limb of the twig with the strong

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ders on Both Sides of Question

arm of a good man, I couldn’t keep
it from turning down when we
crossed the stream.
_ So" you see it is not'a‘ll “bunk”.
some can do it, and Some can’t, he
can do it but I can't. My explana-
tion is that he had enough electric—
ity in his body to overcome the re-
sistance of‘ mine. So I had to be
convinced. Well, we drove down at
the alleged stream and got an abun-
dant ﬂow *of pure water.—W. F.
Johnson, Washtenaw County.
Has Used \Vire

D0 not call it such a mystery, I

will offer my ﬁndings, and the

peach or willow as a conduy‘sr
is not alone. I use all kinds of
wood, dead or alive, wire of any
kind is even better. It must be
yielding or springy and capable of
conducting a current which is pass~
ed by the operator through this con-
ductor which should point horizon-
tally (not vertically) and between
the operator’s body and the vein.
In doing so, the conductor is pulled
down in line by the current, the cur-V
rent will also follow the way the’
water ﬂows. The operator is also
able to ascertain the exact depth
of the vein and follow it, ur or
down, also ascertain where the vein
is running and where it is’ not.
Water will be found in full sections
running up higher prehaps than
the level of its immedia e surround-
ings. In most places these veins
are nearly all going in one general
direction 'up hill and down. The
exact size of the vein can not be
ascertained by the current pull of
the operator as a small vein with
aswift current takes as much pull
as a larger one with less fall. But
the operator may trace them up or
down and generally tell its depth at
any point with absolute certainty.
This current will take only to run-
ning'.water on the ground or in it.
The same amount of running water
on the surface has decidedly less
pull, however I can feel a swift
river a long ways. I can distinctly

- feel a small vein 500 feet, a small

river a mile. This current has suf-
ﬁecient strength to lift many ounces,
in some instances would compare
it to a 5-volt battery, slightly dif-
ferent, having more pull and less
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American Farm Boy Finds the Man Power of Germany Is the Women

By FRANCIS A. FLOOD

(This is the ﬁfteenth article of the ser—
ies by Francis A. Flood on his travels in
Europe last summer.)

ERMANY, as a country, is mag-
niﬁcent in its physical appear-
nace. When it could match its

majestic buildings, its great cities,
its factories, and mills, its railroads,
its forests, its organization ,and all
the other physical evidences of its
strength and greatness with busy,
orderly and contented people, it
must have been a spectacle of might
and power indeed.

,We entered Germany from the
Danish border and rode through
miles and miles of forests. The for—

ests of Germany and their system
of perpetuating them certainly put
to shame our own wasteful methods.
There are many things we can learn
from this magniﬁcent, broken coun-
try, and reforestation is one of
them.

Our party of agricultural editors
visited a government station near

This is the way they harvest grain in Germany.

Berlin where the best of experts
and the best of laboratories,
grounds and equipment are main-
tained in the interest of building
this one important asset to the per—
manent. greatness of a great coun-
try, the forests. There are many
of these stations scattered over the
former empire, engaged in planting
trees, thinning them out when ne—
cessary, and in preventing—not
ﬁghting—forest ﬁres. We burn
more timber in forest ﬁres every
year in the United States than the
’lermans will destroy in decades.
They have the peculiar idea that it
is more efﬁcient to keep the ﬁres
from getting started than it is to
ﬁght them afterwards.

Half of the forest area in Ger-
many is owned either by the nation-
al government or the local states,
and in Prussia even, more than

  

“ In a' field of wheat

half, and it is the policy to increase
rather than decrease this gross acre-
age in the future. The infertile,
thin soil is planted to conifers and
soft woods, and as the forest is tak—
en off, it is continually re-forested.
The more rocky and mountainous
parts of-~Germany have the more
forests, ,and these are largely pri—
vate. It" is interesting to note that
the state—owned forests furnish a
much larger amount of lumber and
forest products in proportion to the
acreage than do the large privately
owned forests. Much of this pri-
vate forest area, then, is a waste,
and waste of the national resources
is not encouraged in Germany.
Hence, more and more of the forest
area is coming under state control
every year.

It is a long process, this growing
of a forest to the state of productiv-

 

The “hired men”

  

in 'Germany.

ity—«but instead of giving it up on
that account, the Germans consider
that careful attention is all the more
necessary and they attack the prob—
lem most diligently. About one
thousand seed plants are planted on
each arce, and after 120 years there
are only a half dozen left. It takes
from 60 to 80 years for these trees
to grow large enough to be used for
railroad ties. But they must have
railroad ties and timber for mine
shafts and for other purposes—and
so they plant the forests. Their
fathers planted forests for them and
they will plant forests for their
sons. Nature planted the, forests
for us—and we Will let nature shift
for itself in the future.

There are few wooden houses
anywhere in Europe compared to
the number here. Lumber is used
most sparingly everywhere, and
frame houses are very unusual. Th
dwelling houses as well as the fad

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well; what General Sherman
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0. Bob], Albion, sent the picture.

A PRETTY GOOD STRINGr—Mrs. S. E. Lewis, of Ewin,
sends us this picture and writes “This is the kind We catch
up here in. Cloverland. Come up and try your luck.” \Ve
would like to but business prevents.

“YOO! H00! OOl‘IE OVER AND PLAY!”
——Aeeording to Mrs. E. G. Gray, of Petoskey,
little Marlin Whitney wants someone to come
and play with him.

this picture just
has just sat

IN THE HARVEST FIELD.—Soon the binders will begin eat-

in; their way around our ﬁelds of golden grain. It isn’t long
after this that we ﬁnd out how much money we made or lost
on ourkgfrain crops. 'Mrs. E. Herman. Owosso. took me picture.

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their Sunday
Fourth of July parade. according to Mrs. \Vm. Baas, Nashville.
fall in line as they pass your house.

GRANDPA
Grandpa is taking the boys for a spin
in his wheelbarrow.
C. D. W'iles, Sumner.

“HURRAH! HUERAH! THE BOYS ARE
clothes and they are all ready for the

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JUST IN .TIRIE FOR DINNER.—-\Vell, well!
in time as Milton
down to dinner. and he
Thank you, Milton, we will dine with you.

“WANT TO

This is James Allan Lewis, son of

Mr. and Mrs.
Bellevue.

      
       
  
   
  
      
      
   

NIARCHING!"—Every- THE OLD FASHIONED GIRL.——“Quite
a. difference between this old fashioned girl
and the modern ﬂapper,” writes lure. Joseph

Burton, of Capa-e. “It’s my niece.”

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THE BOY S .—- “HUSH. ROVER!“—Nola “’agar. of Gladwin, is try-
ing to get her dolly to sleep but Rover keeps walking
about and making too much noise. You’re

dog, Rover.

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“HAVE YOU SEEN MY DAI)I)Y?”——.\la.r-
garet Jane, is waiting for her daddy, L. Jennings,
of Shepherd. “'e hope he doesn’t keep her wait—
ing‘ very long.

“'e got to
of Yermontville,
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A. FINE PLACE TO SPEND THE FOURTH.-‘Vh0
doesn’t like to spend a. holiday by a. beautiful river or
lake? This picture was taken and sent to us by Ellenor -
Oldswager, of Genes. '

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’ -  registration

a” ‘ _
WWW’MOW "
 primary election a at , 
.. , day for salient
election—5A. I}, LWeldniaLn,‘ illicit;~
HAPTERS I, II and III of Act

       

4126, P. A. of 1,917, asamend- g

"ed, (Section 362 et seq” revi-

sion-of 1923 Election Laws) governs
the registration of electors in both
primary and general elections.
-"‘ The third Saturday preceding the
holding of a primary or general
election is the last day for registra—
tion, “Provided, however, that in
anytorganized township or city hav-
ing a population less than 10,000,
the clerk may receive applications
for registration up to and including
the Second Saturday preceding any
such election.” (Section 372, Chap-
ter III, Act 126, P. A. 1917)—-—Clare
Retan, Deputy Attorney General.

TO GET RID OF HORSE RADISH

I am troubled as to how to get
rid of a patch of horseradish. I
have tried plowing and picking up
all the roots I could drag up, have
thrown brine on it and poured ker—
osene into the crown but it" still
lives—A. J., Sumner, Michigan.

is rather diﬂicult to get rid of
a patch of horseradish when
once it has become well estab—
lished, for every little piece of root
broken off becomes a new plant.
About the only method which is
sure, and which will clean up a
patch of horse radish is to follow
through one summer with the prac~
tics of cutting oﬂ every green leaf
as quickly as it appears. This
method will eventually starve out
the plant, and it should not prove
to be very troublesome in the fu-
ture.-——Geo. A. Starr, Assoc. Prof.
in Horticulture, Michigan State Col-
lege. ‘

TRESPASSERS

Am asking advice about my place.
It has a river boundary on the back,
but have I got to permit people run-
ning thru the back yard, climbing
fences, etc. A former owner told me
we paid taxes to the middle of the
river and people have no right tres—
passing—Mrs. R. L. M., Vassar,
Michigan. '

0U do not have to allow people
. to run across your back yard
which adjoins the river, as they
would be trespassers.——Lega1 Editor.

CANNOT HOLD TWO OFFICES

Can a justice of the peace who
is not a member of the town board
legally hold the ofﬁce of overseer of
highways? —H. W., Mancelona,
Mich.

T is the opinion of this depart-
ment that a justice of the peace
would be disqauliﬁed from hold-

ing the oﬂice of overseer of high-
ways in a township. One person
cannot hold two oiiices when the du-
ties of the same are so inconsistent
that it would be contrary to public
policy to permit one person to hold
them at the same time. A justice
'of the peace may be qualiﬁed to
sit on the township board any time
when there is not a quorum present.
Such being the case he might be
called to pass upon hills which he
had incurred as overseer of the
highways.—-—Cla_re Retan, Deputy
Attorney General.

. SETTING OUT FRUIT TREES
Can you tell me what it is worth
apiece to line up, dig the holes and
set out 1,500 apple trees, two—year-
old trees? Land is level, all plow-
ed and harrowed, no stumps or
stones. Would want twelve quarts
of water at each tree. Water would
.have to be drawn in barrels about
one quarter mile. How long would
it take two men to do a good job
V of it?—-—-R. P., Harrisville, Mich.

ALMOST hesitate to give an ex—

pression on what would be a

reasonable cost‘ for the setting
of 1500 trees in question, as the
nature of your soil. distance of
planting between trees, the exact-
ness of alignment in rows required,
,andthe. experience... ability, and per!
'isonal'-equatiqn,l of the, men- doing the
work are all factors that determine
what will be the ultimate cost. ‘ '

I have had considerable personal
experience in the setting of young
orchards, and have felt that the

setting of 250 trees per day‘- bytwo‘

 

' ground both ways,

[men was a good day’s work. On’,

the sandy type of ‘soil where trees
are somewhat undersized. many
more trees than this can be set.
One of the things that determines
materially the cost of setting a
young orchard is whether or not
the orchard is entirely staked and
the stake set for each tree before
digging the holes is commenced.
Where the grower is particularly
anxious to have his trees in line, in
every direction that you wish to
look, it often requires considerable
time in straightening up rows to
do this work. However, the in-
crease in value of the job is com-
paratively little. Many growers
make a practice of marking their
iurrowing with
a plow in one direction and setting
trees on the square with out the
aid of a planting board, or stake.
Of course, planting an orchard this
way the work can be done much
more rapidly than where the stakes
are set and a planting board used
at each tree. I

From your inquiry, I notice that
three gallons of water are required
for each tree. I believe that one-
half of this amount would be sufﬁ-
cient in a normal season, particular—
ly if the planting was done during
April. It 12 quarts per tree were
to be put on, it means that approxi-
mately ninety barrels of water is to
be procured and hauled a quarter
of a mile. Again the local condi-
tions enter into the cost so largely
that I hesitate to estimate what it
would cost. I believe that it is
splendid practice to water your
young trees when they are being
set, and by using a power sprayer
tank for hauling water to the ﬁeld,
you would be enabled to do so at
a reasonable cost. A tank could
be taken out each time that your
men were going back and forth
to the ﬁeld where the trees were
being set.-——H. D. Hootman, Asst.
Extension Specialist, M. S. C.

DREW NOTE TO FINISH
BUILDING
Our school district was bonded
for $2,500 to build a, new school
house, then after the school house
was partly built, seeing there was

not enough money to ﬁnish the
building, the directors, moderator
and treasurer got together and

drew up a note to the amount)” of
$400 themselves.

H. 8., Biteley, Michigan.

answer to this will depend

on the manner in which the
bonds were voted. It may be
that the bonding issue covers only
building and that the board voted a
tax and drew a note to borrow
money not to exceed this tax for the
purpose of purchasing equipment.

They would have a right to do this. '
v ———W. L. Coffey, Deputy Super-intend:

net of Public Instruction.“

DOES NOT Nm LICENSE

I would like to know if I would
be allowed to sell clothing I have
made without getting a permit.~-—-
L. 13., Grant, Michigan.

HE State law exempts. anyone
from securing a license to sell
goods manufactured by himself.

You, therefore, would not require a
State license—Clare Retan, Deputy
Attorney General.

MAIL 0N ' RURAL ROUTE
How far or how many feet from
the postoii‘ice must one live in order
to have a mail box and mail deliver-
ed to door on rural rental—Mrs.
M. H., Lamont, Michigan.

0U are advised that Section 717
of the Postal Laws and Regula-
tions states: “All persons, ex-

cept those who reside within the
city delivery limits of a city where
city delivery service is in operation,
may be served by rural carriers,
provided they will erect approved
boxes on the established line of the
route in the manner required by the
Department."

The regulations do not specify
any particular distance that the box
should be erected from the post
oﬂice.

If city delivery service is not in
operation, a patron may erect an
approved mail box at any point on
the lines as regularly traveled by
the rural carrier, provided the re-
quirements of the Department are
met as to the location of the box.»—
H. H. Bellamy, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General. '

Horticulturalists to Tour Rich Fruit Belt

HE orchardist and home fruit
T grower that gets on the annual
summer horticultural tour in
Western Michigan August 4 to 6 of
this year can learn a whole lot ac-
cording to Sec. H. C. Hootman of
the Michigan State Horticultural
Society.

Plans have now been completed
for the tour which will start from
the Graham Experiment Station
west of Grand Rapids. At this point
they will spend the ﬁrst forenoon
and luncheon ,win be served before
the auto caravan takes off for Al-
legan county. Before leaving Kent
county the tourists are to visit Vine-
croft Farm, owned by J. P. Mun-
son where Prof. H. A. Cardinell,
Extension Pomologist of the Michi-
gan State College conducted a free
blight school last December. This
orchard will be of particular inter-
est to apple and pear growers who
have been troubled with blight. .

The second day of the tour will
be spent in the districts surrounding
Fenville, Allegan county. Starting
from the Fenville fruit exchange
which undoubtedly will be packing
their Duchess apples, the tourists
will have an opportunity to visit the
Frank Crane orchard in which
blight was cleaned up two years ago
and they will inspect Traver Nich—
ols' orchard where Prof. Cardinell
has been conducting spraying de-
monstrations with pressure up to
800 pounds. . g
Luncheon will be served at noon
in the Adiegan county park on the
banks 'of Lake Michigan and Beefe—
tary Hootman urges that the grow-
ers bring their bathing suits along
and take a dip in Lake Michigan at
that time. '

The air cooled apple storage on
Dr. Brunson's farm will be visited
during the afternoon. This is an
old canning factory which was re~
modelled according to plans sup—
plied by Prof. Roy E. Marshall of
the Michigan State College and it
has proved a very satisfactory stor-
age according to reports.

Edorts to control pear psylla will
be studied in the Milo Vester or—
chard where the M. S. C. is using
diderent materials at diﬂerent pres—
sures.

The growers will stop at Ray St.
John’s orchard before ending the
second day at Borden's peach or-
chard near South Haven. It is in
Borden's orchard that Prof. E. R.
Gardiner has been conducting pol-
lination studies with J. H. Hale
peach trees. A number of the trees
this spring were covered with wire
screen cages with a hive of bees
placed within each cage. It is said
that the results will be well worth
studying.

The third day of the tour will be
spent in the vicinity of South Hav-
en, starting with the inspection of
the experiment station. Stops will
be made at the orchards of James
Nichol, former president of the
Michigan State Farm Bureau, and

_L. A. Spencer during the forenoon.

Corporation orchards will be .visited
in the afternoon where Prof. Gardi-
ner has been conducting pruning
and fertilizing studies for two years.

It is hoped thatas many of the
orchardists and small fruit growers

‘is‘possibly can ﬁll Attend because

this tour is going to be the best
that the society has .ever had and
it will be well worth the time any
grower will spend to make. it.

Can they ,make
the rest of the district help pay‘that‘“
amount in their taxes along with the '
$2,500, the amount of the bond?—

   

 
 

  

 can  board put
them back . to where they belong! 
--——L. Y.‘,.-‘Gladwin Michigan.- ' \-

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.  hy'the statute which

.mdsas follows: {The follow-
ing township omoers shall be en-
titled to compensation; at the fol-
lowing rates for each; day of ten
hours actually and necessarily do-
‘voted by them to the servl-ee'of the
township in the duties of «their re-
spective emcee, to be veriﬁed by at-
ﬁdavit, whenever required by the
township boards:  .

First, The oilieers composing the
township hoards, board of registra-
tion, board of health, inspectors of
election, clerks of the poll and com—
missioners of highways. four dollars
per day and at the same rate for
parts of days; -

Second, The Supervisor for taking
the assessment and for all se'rvices
not connected with above boards.
four dollars per day and at the same
rate for parts of days:

Third, The township clerk, as
clerk of the board of cbmmissioners
of highWays and of the township
board, four dollars per ,day and at
the same, rate for parts of days, but
no township omcer shall be entitled
to pay for acting in more than one
capacity at the same time."—-—H. V.
Spike, Assistant Attorney General.

FATHER NU! BOUND TO PAY

A minor has signed his father's
name to a contract where he agrees
to take a course in electrical engin-
eering with a correspondence school.
He has received one lesson and ﬁnds
he cannot learn it, he has paid thir—
ty six dollars and wants to quit.
They say they will compel his fath-
er to pay. Can they do it?—-—H. N.,
Mancelona. Michigan.

—-The father would not be legally
bound to pay for the course under
these circumstances.——'-Legal Editor.

 

BUGS DAMAGE ONIONS

Could you please advise me What
to do to‘ destroy bugs that damage
my onions? Every year when I
plant my onions, bugs; from the
ground get inside and eat them.
The bugs are about a half-inch
long and all white. One year I had
in a quarter acre and only got
about two pecks of onions.——~J. K.,
Omer, Michigan.

AM assuming that the trouble
I\ with the onions is due to onion

maggot, but cannot
without seeing specimens, and on-
ion maggots never get to be one-
half inch long, but do reach the
length of about on‘eouarter ,inch.
Perhaps the size given in the letter
is due to a typographical error.

I will say that if the trouble is
due to the onion maggot the best
method of control, as recommended
by, Professor Flint of Illinois is 2
per cent of boiled lubricating oil
emulsion in 4-4-60 bordeaux mixe
ture. It is applied from the time
the onions are one inch high, every
week or ten days for three to ﬁve
times.

The material. was sprayed over
the plants, sumcie'ntly to moisten
the soil down the row.— ,

Another method of control de-
pends on corrosive sublimate, using
1 ounce to 10 gallons of water.
This is applied through a small
opening so as to wet the soil on
both sides of the onions for' about
one inch. I would use a sprinkling
pot with the sprinkler removed and
the spout plugged with a wooden
block through which a small hole
has been bored, wetting the soil on
each ’side of the plants, but “avoid
wetting the plants. 1 --

Any metal container in which
mercuric c oride (corrosive sub-
limate) is sad, should be coated
with wax on the inside or else with
asphaltum‘ or something should be
used to keep the liquid,.from touch-
ing “the metal sincm'otherwise "both
the sprinkling pot sad the liquid
'will’ he rum' v _.

Tho/hordeaux oil emulsion is said ,
to give better  than anth
else—B. H. ‘P‘ettitssProfes‘sor of Bar

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market by old methods shrunk ﬁfty
pounds in weight and the journey
took an en tire day.

VVith the Ford truck the round trip
was completed in a feW hours, the hogs
marketed With negligible shrinkage.

At $12. 00 per hundredvveight the added
proﬁt for hogs on this trip was $6.00,
and at a minimum of $1.00 per hour for
his time, the farmersa ved atleast $5. 00.

It doesn’t take many trips at $11.00
extra proﬁt per trip to pay for a Ford
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how your marketing and farm hauling can be
done to greater advantage with a Ford truck.

Ford new body types are now available for every
hauling requirement—for transportation of live
stock, grain, gravel, or to get produce to market.
Every Ford truck is a Ford throughout, With all
that the statement implies of sturdy, economical
usefulness and dependability. ‘
The combination of the Ford truck for hauling '
and the Fordson tractor in the ﬁeld allow you
to take full advantage of weather and market
conditions.

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Edited by L. W. Meeks, HillsdaleCounty

“That We Saw

N reading {Broadscope Farm arti—
I trust my readers will take into
consideration the fact that these
articles are necessarily written sev—
eral days before the date of publi-
cation of the M.
B. F. This is im-
perative as the
paper must ne—
cessarily go to
press some time
in advance of its
publication date,
in order to
reach Its more
distant readers
on that date.

James and I
have just return-
ed from “an in-
spection of our
meadows and cat ﬁelds. A year ago
when the meadow was seeded, great
care was taken to use the best seed
we could ﬁnd. This ﬁeld is one which
is in the four year rotation with
oats and the year before, we plowed
under a wonderful growth of big
potatoes. Last year it produced
clover and sweet clover. We did
not plow it for oats last year, but
used the spring tooth barrow. A
considerable portion of it was top
dressed, and with plenty of June
seed, we anticipated a good seeding,
and surely had it—perhaps the best
clover, alsike, timothy and alfalfa
we have had. We never pasture
our young seeding after harvest, and
early this spring we had the pros-
pect of a wonderful hay crop. Our
walk today shows the crop about
ready for the mower. In some
places it is higher than the old oat
stubble, while in other places it is
not. We ﬁgure it will require two
acres of it to make a load of hay.
We next visited the oat ﬁelds, and
found them all heading out about
six and eight inches tall. The stand
is perfect, and some of the young
seeded clover is still alive. I think
if the oats did possibly ﬁll good it
would be impossible to harvest them
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on cutting these ﬁfteen acres for'

hay. What’s wrong with the mead-
ow and oat ﬁeld? Simply a lack of
rain. To date we have had only
two inches of rain since March
ﬁrst. There is some moisture in
corn and potato fields that were
plowed early and have been worked.
Pasture and grain ﬁelds show no
moisture whatever, and the lack of
rain, combined with very heavy
winds every day is too much for
plant life. Among all the perplex—
ing factors with which a farmer has
to contend, the weather is by far
the greatest. It is the one thing a
farmer cannot control, and the most
important ingredient in the making
of any crop.

It i t

Often Overlooked -

So many well meaning people are,
from time to time, giving the farm-
er advice about putting the farm on
a systematic basis, and conducting
it as manufacturing enterprises are
conducted. They would have the
farmer control production, etc.
But the weather—they never stop to
consider that a systematic produc-
tion of crops is an utter impossi—
bility on account of the weather
conditions. Until a farmer can con-
trol that, it will be impossible for
him to gauge production in a way
which would be safe for him or the
public. If weather conditions could
be controlled, a farmer would be
able to conduct his farm business
just as emeiently as the other in-
dustries are conducted. But the
weather proposition is overlooked
by these advisors.

* I! *

Conditions Vary

The variation of weather condi-
tions from year to year, not only
causes production to vary, but is the
prime reason why certain hard and
fast rules'can not be followed .by a
tiller of the soil. A successful
method of seeding alfalfa or plant-
ing squash this year, isno guaran—

tee the method is absolutely correct
and' can be relied upon every year.
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Diversity of Crops

This uncertainty in the weather
conditions is, no dOubt, the best
reason for some diversity of crops.
Seldom do we have a season when
all crops are failures. It seems to
the writer every farmer should have
some special crop, to the produc-
tion of which he can give his ﬁrst
and best eﬂort. Some such crop.
willgenerally be successful enough
to distinguish him in that line, and
this will be a good advantage. But
it never has seemed altogether prac—
tical to “put all the eggs in one
basket.” Put more in one basket
than the others,
basket a little closer than the oth-
ers, but keep an eye on all of them!
That too great a specialization may
mean disaster, is often proven. Here
is a case to which we have just had
our attention called. A woman,
having a small acreage of land was
quite successful with strawberries
for a. year or two, so decided to
have three acres of them this year.
The late frosts killed the early
blossoms, and the prolonged
drought has dried up the 'few blos—
soms which formed after/the freeze.
It is said she hasn’t sufﬁcient straw-
berries on the three acres for the
making of a Shortcake, which, I am

and watch that

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v - Gar  cram "was‘sown

 the. intention of having some -

’ . grain :to “grind for feed, to keep.
‘ those. spring vDurocs growing until "

it was time to turn them into a ﬁeld
of early corn planted for them.
This corn is of the Pony Dent vari-r
ety, an early small eared sort. The
ﬁeld was’marked three feet apart
each way and planted, with hand
planters, and as the ﬁeld was plow-
ed in“ April, and well worked, it
has some moisture, and the corn is
doing ﬁne. We still plan on “hog-
ging down” this corn, but as the
fodder from this ﬁeld will be needed
to help out the short hay crop, we

plan to handle the crop the same as '

wedid another ﬁeld three years ago,
when the fodder was needed from
a ﬁeld we wanted to “hog down”.

When the con was quite fully
matured, the ears were knocked off
and let fall where they would. “This
was heavy corn, and one man
would knock off the ears on nearly
two acres a day. The corn binder
was usad to cut the fodder. There
being no cars to interfere with the
binder, it tied some excellent bun~
dies. These were set up in rather
small shocks, care being taken to
see that no ears were under the
shocks to cause the hogs to work
under them.

The hogs were turned in as soon
as the shocks Were set up, and they
certainly did a thorough job of
husking and cleaning up the corn.
There was no waste whatever. I
might add there was rape and oats
sown at the last cultivation. This
plan will be followed again this
year.

 

Contributions Invited
LIVE AND LEARN

EAR Editorz—The neighbors
D seem to have taken another slap

at the poor downtrodden chap
whose good fortune it is to have the
opportunity to grow up in the coun—
try (issue June 6, 1925). This sort
of bum advertising has become so
persistent that at last it has caused
me to break out in rhyme.

Pa wants his boys back on the
farm, and ma her girls away from
harm; where kids can breathe and do
their stuff, and get old fashioned play
enough; and grow into eﬁieient folks,
who know a ride takes heaps of
strokes. The kids they holler for the
moOn. They see a thing and want
it, soon. They'd make things over
in a day and let the other fellow
pay. They see the swell city gink,
dash by and never stop to think,
that he has passed the week away
to get the stuff for one gay day, only
to wake up sad and sore and wonder
why he can’t have more. We read
of men in town with jobs, who gather
wages by the gobs, but also it has
reached our ken,rof one one thousand
dollar hen. We think ten thou a
year’s a wow, but one guy got that
for a cow. We hate our job on farm
or town, we’d heap lot better lay
around, no doubt forget about our
start, when man was new and had
no art. We fail to see that man is
slow, how far he's come, how far
must go. Each has his job and each
his yearn, must do his best and live
and learn—Andrew Campbell, Wash-
tenaw County.

THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT

0 the Editor: It is the business

of government to represent the

interests of all the people and
not the special or best interest of
any class. We want it understood
with unmistakable elem that
drafts on the people's resources
must be for public purposes only.
It is a question of the government
or people versus the seekers of self-
lnterest through tariffs, tax exemp-
tion, bonuses, and guarantee of
ﬁxed prices or proﬁtsl.
people units as a mob to raid the
treasury the pﬂnclplo of govern!
ment is lost. A diversion of public
wealth to private interests is a be-
trayal of public trust and violation

of the purpose for which govern‘-__

ment exists. 4
If the people want, to, dig down

deep enough, the rules of 'good gov-

When the ‘

ernment are found in the Ten Com-
mandments and but very seldom in
political platforms. The great trou-

ble is that so many people want to

be led in a false position, or want
to be bribed by a grant of some
special privilege or beneﬁt from the
government. Take the tariff for
instance, it has been ﬁgured that
the protective tariﬁ beneﬁt is only
1 54 cents per day per capita or over
500 million dollars each year. Now
the beneﬁciaries proﬁted that
amount at the expense of the gen—
eral public. ‘I am one who believes
that the place for that ﬁve hun-
dred million dollars is in tho pock-

ets of the people to whom it ba—*

longs. If the tarit can be defended
so can any other steal for any
amount and purpose by anybody
because in stealing one person is
beneﬁted to the same extent that the
other person is injured, and that iﬁ‘
all the tariff does; it gives to the
producer whatever ﬁctlcious, arti-
ﬁcial or inﬂated price the consum—
er is compelled to pay. Give me a
party that is not engaged in the bog-
ging or stealing business, one that
will stand by the old rule of govern—
ing men by the standard of equal
laws for all and equal rights for
all. '

The primary object of govern-
ment is to secure society against the
sucrose-laments of its unscrupulous
members. Has a -majorlty of the
people arrayed themselves on the
side of plunder by special privilege.
Or is it the instrumentor agency of
government (the old parties) that
have become corrupt? One thing
is certain that the issue of equal
burdens of government, equal bene-
ﬁts to the people, equal laws and
equal taxation of property to run
the state and federal government
would another to death the old par:
ties and some of the policies they
have crowded on the people—Win
McClain, Ingham County.

 

THANK YOU!

EAR EDITOR: Please accept my
'gratefulness for the good you
are doing with your publica-‘
tion. I wish of course if it could
be done as well to have it a weekly
but I would much rather see it

come bi-weekly and be the real stuff -

than weekly and be‘ worthless or
nearly so.———J. ' G. Hl‘ebert-r Gratlot
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  the Aim-m! M"
».   good  farm folks are

this ams‘ent.

approached on the subject of
science, they come/at you with
A “There is Jerry
Jones, he’s one of you college farm-
ers, and if I didn’t know more about

, real farming than him, I‘d go soak

by nearly everyone.

my head in the swill bucket.”

And with that the .case is closed,
where if Jerry Jones had had the
real honest to goodness farm train-
ing with his college learning, he
would not be the subject of ridicule
that he now is. ~

Each operation on the farm is bas-
ed on a fact of science although
they are: done as a matter of course
Those that un-
derstand the scientiﬁc facts are in
a better shape to improve upon it.

The farmer is the same as the
craftsman: he can do the things he

.23 taught and be skilled at his trade

but in each operation of either there
is a reason behind it, and that rea-
son is a part of the science'of his
trade.

When the late Frank Spragg im-
proved the rye and gave to the

farmer Red Rock wheat, he did

something more than plow, plant
and harvest the seed; and when
Babcock showed how to determine
the butterfat content of milk he did
something more than milk a cow,
skim the cream, and make butter,
although he probably could do these
things as well as any farmer. "

When Luther Burbank took the
seed out of oranges he went a step
further than the average orange
grower. When Cyril Hopkins said
he could and did, make, bread out
of stones, he farmed a little diner-
ent than the other fellow.

Where at 6 months old a litter of
pigs will weigh over 3,300 pounds
there is simething besides bosh in
the method of feeding;

These fellows were real dirt farm-
ers but they had a smattering of
the science of agriculture to go
along with it.

When Fritz Haber showed the
world how to take nitrogen out of
the air mechanically he found a
real fact of science, that will prove
a great boon to the farmer, although
another German did as great a
'thing when he showed that the le—
gumes (clovers and alfalfa) could

, do the same thing and had been do-

ing it for centuries, and at the pres—
ent time, is the farmer’s cheapest
way to get nitrogen. I am sorry
to say that there are many farmers,
that think they are the cat’s ankle
as a farmer, who do not know this.

Industry has its highly paid and
trained minds at work constantly

, trying to ﬁnd new facts that will

help the business. Because of this
the steel that is in your car. Henry
has had one of these birds working
quite a spell before he perfected it,
and now you can travel with the
speed. of .a train, and carry only

. 1600 pounds weight.

The man that studied the con—
formation of the hen and enabled

' the farmer to sort out the boarder

‘ did a wonderful service to agricul-

ture. The man who found out what
made the big holes in swiss cheese
has been a boon to the dairy coun—

' try.

The man that found out how to

j balance'theration for the hog to
make him-weigh from 209 to 300

pounds at six months did another
service based on the science of agri—

, culture. ‘
l

 man that found out why lime
was necessary in rebuilding the soil
has done a very good thing for his
country.

The man that found out how to
hatch chickens in incubators (Mr.
Cyphers) also did a very great serv—
ice to the farm home.

But all these must be done with
a knowledge of the scientiﬁc side of
farming.

Our agricultura1-- colleges and
schools are doing a real service in
making a study of the scientiﬁc side
and simplifying it so as to become
a fact to the rank and ﬁle of the
farmers living upon the farms of the
country.

The things that the farmer should 3

know covers the largest scope of

‘. any craftsman: he. must be a dairy—
». pou‘ltryman, a hog man, a“

. ﬂowers for silage.

   
   

soil mum's veterinarian, an econ—
omist, a politician, a smder,
a mechanic, a carpenter, a woodsa
man, a horseman, and many other
things that are used more or less
daily in his years work and in all
of these we cannot get away from
the fact that they are all based

upon science rather than traditions.-

SUNFLOWERS FOR SILAGE

“I saw in .a daily paper that in
Canada they use a pit in the ground
instead of a silo. They take sun-
Now will you
please let me know how to sow or

,pl'ant them and if they are good

for milk cqws?——W. C., Mendon,
Michigan.
UNFLOWERS are being used as
a silage crop in this state in
those sections that do not pro—
duce cern successfully. In the Up-
per Peninsula in many sections the
yield of sunﬂower ensilage secured
per acre far exceeds that secured
from corn. In the lower peninsula
on muck lands where corn is likely
to freeze during the summer sun-
ﬂowers have been used quite suc-
cessfully, due to the sunﬂowers be—
ing able to withstand a somewhat

"3 5 v favorable

favor of the sunﬂowers. " ‘ '
Sunﬂowers are usually sown at
corn planting time in news at the
rate of 7 to ‘8 lbs. of seed per acre.
Pit silos are somtimes used when
lack of captial or shortage of time
does not permit the constructiOn of
a silo.-——C. R. Megee, Associate Pro-
fessor of Farm Crops, M. S. C.

RESEED ALFALFA

Please-tell me how to reseed an
alfalfa ﬁeld. It was seeded with
oats and they were too thick and
smothered the young plants. Ad-
vise how to apply the seed and how
best to cover the seed—J. S., Burt,
Michigan. . .

is very difﬁcult to thicken an
ITold stand of alfalfa. The prac—

tice of putting on new seed is
not likely to prove successful due to
the fact that the old plants will
shade the young seedlings and will
also make use of the moisture and
soil fertility that would‘ be neces—
sary-for the young seedlings to se-
cure if they remained alive.

Should you care to try thicken-
ing the old stand, I would suggest
that you seed 3 or 4 pounds of
hardy northern grown alfalfa seed
per acre just as growth starts in

 

 

 
      
 
     
   

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Both the McCormick and Deering are equipped with a smooth-working bundle
carrier and they can be ﬁtted with wagon elevator, tongue truck, etc. These two
binders have been standard for years. The McCormick binds the bundles verti-
cally and the Deering binds them lying down.

HERE silo ﬁlling is done with McCormick-

Dcering skill and experience, a good, fast, and
economical job is assured you. McCormick—Deering
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‘ RAPE FOR HOGS
I would like to know about sow.-
ing rape for hog pasture—how
much to sow per acre and if best to
be sown alone or with another
grain—D. J., Armada, Mich.

APE is usually sown alone at-

the rate of from four to six

pounds per acre. A few farmers'
prefer to sow it with oats, however,
experiments indicate that there is
not a great deal of advantage in
this practice.

The Dwarf Essex variety should
be used. Better results are fre-
q'uently secured when the ﬁeld is
divided into two or three parts and
these pastured alternately. If not
pastured too heavily, rape will pro-
vide pasture until late fall.-——C. R.
Megee, Associate Professor of Farm
Crops, Michigan State College. ‘

Alfalfa is the best material from which
good dairy cows like to grind out proﬁts.
. . .

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the -"ﬁrst "of the month was ap-

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 preaching, Wassaquam had brOught

. out}his household bills and budget to .
Alan'that Linorning directly after break-
fast. I The" accounts, vwhich cavered ve'x—
pens alter the month just ending and a
small amount of cash to be carried for
the month beginning, were written upon a
sheet of foolscap in neat unshaded writ-
ing exactly like the models in a copybook
—each‘letter formed as carefully and pre-
cisely as is the work done upon on Indian
basket. The statement accounted assur—
ately for a sum of cash in hand upon the
ﬁrst of February, itemized charged ex-
penses and totaled bills. For March VVas-
saquam ‘evidently proposed a continuance
of the establishment upon .the present
lines To provide for that, and to furnish
Alan with whatever sums he needed,
Sherrill had made a considerable deposit
in Alan's name in the bank where he car—
ried his own account; and Alan had ac~
companied Sherrill to the bank to be intro—
duced and had signed the necessary cards
in order to check against the deposit; but,
as yet, he had drawn nothing. s

Alan had required barely half of the
hundred dollars which Benjamin Corvet
had sent to Blue Rapids, for his expenses
in Chicago; and he had brought with him
from “home” a hundred dollars of his
own. He had used that for his personal
expenses since. The amount which Was-
saquam now desired to pay bills was
much more than Alan had on hand; but
that amount was also much less} than
the eleven hundred dollars which the serv-
ant listed as cash on hand. This, Wassa-
quam stated, was in currency and kept
by him. Benjamin always had had him
keep that much in the house; VVassaquam
would not touch that sum now for the
current expenses.

This sum of money kept inviolate
troubled Alan. Constance Sherrill‘s state-
ment that. for her family at least, to keep
such a sum would have been unusual. in-
creased this trouble; it did not, however,
perclude the possibility that others than
the Sherrills might keep such amounts
on hand. ()n the ﬁrst of the month,
therefore Alan drew upon his new bank
account to “'assaquam's order; and in
the early afternoon “'assaquam went to
the bank to cash his check one of the
very few occasions when Alan had been
left in the house alone; “'assaquam’s
habit, it appeared. was to go about on
the first of the month and pay the trades-
men in person,

Some two hours later, and before \Vas-
saquam could have been expected back,
Alan, in the room which had become his,
was startled by a sound of heavy pound-
ing, which came suddenly to him from
a ﬂoor below. Shouts—heavy, thick, and
unintelligibble—mingled with the pound-
ing. He ran swiftly down the stairs,
then on and down the service stairs into
the basement. The door to the. house
from the areaway was shaking to irreg-
ular, heavy blows. heavy blows, which
. stopped as Alan reached the lower hall-
way; the shouts continued still a moment
more. Now that the noise of pounding
did not interfere, Alan could make out
What the man was saying: “Ben Cor-
vet!"—the name was {lll‘lllsl unintelli-
gible—“Ben Corvet! :en 3" Then the
shouts stopped too.

Alan sped to the door and turned back
the latch. The door bore back upon him,
not from push, but from a weight which
had fallen against it. A big, heavy man,
with a rough cap and mackinaw coat,
would have fallen upon the ilom‘, if Alan
had not caught him. llis weight in Alan's
arms was so dull, so inert that, it' violence
had been his intention, there was noth-
ing to be feared from him now. Alan
looked up, therefore, to see it' any ()lit:
had come with him. The alley and the
street were, clear. The snow in the area»-
way showed that the man had come to
the door alone and with great difﬁculty;
he had fallen once upon the walk. Alan
dragged the man into the house and went
back and-closed the door,

He returned and looked at him. rI‘lu:
man was like, very like the one whom
Allen had followed from the house on the
night when he was attacked; certainty
that this, was the same man came quickly

 

to him. He seized the big fellow again
and dragged him up stairs and to the
lounge in the library. The warmth rc-

vived him; he sat up, coughing and
breathing quickly and with a loud, rasp—
ing wheeze. The smell of liquor was
strong upon him; his clothes reeked with
the unclean smell of: barrel houses.

He was, or-had been, a very powerful
man, broad and thick through with over-
developed—almost distorting muscles in
his shoulders; but his body had become
fat and soft, his face was puffed, and his
eyes watery and bright; his brown hair.
which was shot all through with gray,
was dirty and matted; he had three or
four '(lays’ growth of beard. He was
clothedas Alan had seen deck hands on
the steamers attired; -he was not less
than ﬁfty, ‘Alan judged, though his con—
dition made estimate dih‘icult. \\'hen he
sat up and looked about, it_was plain
that whiskey was only one of the forces
Working upon him—theother was fever
which burned up and sustained him inter-
mittently. ,' , I ‘ ‘

“ "Lo!" he greeted 'Alan. “Where‘s
ﬁllet eminent hey?  I .imew Ben 
vet. W‘s.«‘shei‘eg%1knévv“,lie ‘iyjas shere’ all

 

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there. That’s shright. You go get ’im!”

 
   

“Who are yo.u?’_’ Alan asked.

“Say, who'r you? What t’hells syou
doin’ here? Never see you before . . . go
—go get Ben Corvet. Jus’ say Ben Cor-
vet, Lu—luke’s shere. Ben Corvet’ll know
Lu—luke all right, alwaysh, alwaysh
knows me. . . ."

“What's the matter‘ywith you?" Alan
had drawn back but now went to the
man again. The ﬁrst idea that this
might have'been merely some old sailor
who had served, Benjamin Corvet or, per-
haps, had been a comrade in the earlier
days, had been banished ‘by the conﬁdent
arrogance of the man’s tone—an arro-
gance not to be explained, entirely, by
whiskey or by the fever.

“How long have you been this way?"
Alan demanded. “Where did you come
from?" He put his hand on the wrist;
it was very hot and dry; the pulse was

racing. irregular; at seconds it seemed
to stop; for other seconds it was con-
tinuous. The fellow coughed and bent

forward. "What is it—pneumonia?”
Alan tried .to straighten up.

“Gi' me drink! .Go get Ben Cor-
vet, I tell you! . . . Get Ben Corvet
quick; Say—yous shear? You get me
Ben Corvet; you better get Ben Corvet;
you tell him Lu-luke's here; won't wait
any more; goin’ t'have my money now

. sright away, your shear? Kick me
out s'loon; I guess not no more. Ben
Corvet give me all money I want or I
talk!"

“Talk!”

“Syou know it! I ain't goin'. .
He choked up and tottered back; Alan,
supporting him, laid him down and stayed
beside him until his coughing and chok-
ing ceased, and there was only the rat—
tling. rasp of his breathing. \Vhen Alan
spoke to him again, Luke's eyes opened,
and he narrated recent experiences bit-

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terly; all were blamed to Ben Corvet’s
absence ; Luke, who had been drinking
heavily a few nights before. had been

thrown out when the saloon was closed;
that was Ben (,‘orVet‘s fault; if Ben Cor—
vet had been around. Luke would have
had money, all the money any one want-
ed; no one would have thrown out Luke
then. Luke slept in the snow, all wet.
When he arose. the saloon was open
again. and he got more whiskey, but not
enough to get him warm. He hadn't been
warm since. That was Ben (‘orvet's
fault. Ben Corvet better be 'round now;
Luke wouldn't stand any more.

Alan felt of the pulse again; he opened
the coat and under-flannels and felt the
heaving chest. He went to the hall and
looked in the telephone directory. He
remembered the name of the druggist on
the corner of Clark Street and he tele~
phoned him, giving the number on Astor
Street.

“I want a doctor right away," he said.
“Any good doctor; the one that you can
get the quickest." The druggist promised
that a physician would be there within a
quarter of an hour. Alan went back to
Luke, who was silent now except for the
gasplof his breath; he did not answer
when Alan spoke; to him, except to ask
for whiskey. Alan. gazing down at him.
felt that the man was dying; liquor and
his fever had sustained him only to bring
him to the door: now the Collapse had
come: the doctor, even if he arrived very
soon, could do no more than perhaps (le-
lay the end. Alan went up-stail's and
brought down blankets and put them over
Luke; he cut tllc knotted laces of the
soaked shoes and pulled them off; he
also took off lllc mackinaw and the under—
coat. The fi'ilth, appreciating that care.
was being given him, relax‘cd; he slept.
deeply for short periods. stirred and
started up, then slept again. Alan stood
watching, a strange, sinking tremor shak-
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. make a claim—a claim which many times

before, apparently, Benjamin Corvet had
admitted. Luke came to Ben Corvet .for
the money which he always got—all he
wanted—the alternative to‘ giving which
was that Luke would “talk.” Blackmail.
that meant, of»course; rblackmail which
not only Luke had told of, but which
Wassaquam too had admitted, as Alan
now realized. Money for blackmail—that
was the reason for that thousand dollars
in cash which Benjamin Corvet always,
kept at the house.

Alan turned, with a sudden shiver of
revulsion, toward his father's chair in
place before the hearth; there for hours
each day his father had sat with a book
or staring into the ﬁre, always with what
this man knew hanging over him, always
armingagainst it with the thousand dol-
lars ready for this man, whenever he
came. Meeting blackmail, paying black-
mail for as long as VVassaquam had been
in the house, for as long as it took to
make the once muscular, powerful ﬁgure
of the sailor who threatened to “talk”
into swollen, whiskey-soaked hulk of the
man dying now on the lounge.

For his state that day, the man blamed
Benjamin Corvet. Alan, forcing himself

to touch the swollen face, shuddered at'

thought of the truth underlying that
accusation. Benjamin Corvet’s act—what—
ever it might be that this man knew—-
undoubtedly had destroyed not only him
who paid the blackmail but him who re-
ceivcd'it; the effect of that act was still
going on, destroying, blighting. Its threat
of shame was not only against Benjamin
Corvet; it threatened also all whose names
must be connected with Corvct’s. Alan
had refused to accept any stigma in his
relationship with Corvet; but now he.
could not refuse to aCCept it. This Scheme.
threatened Alan; it threatened also the.
Sherrills. lVas it not because of this that
Benjamin Corvet had objected to Sherrill's
name appearing with his own in the title
of the ship-owning ﬁrm? And was it not
because of this that Corvet’s intimacy
with Sherrill and his comradship with
Constance. had been alternated by times
in which he had frankly avoided them
both? What Sherrill had told Alan and
even Corvot's gifts to him had not been
able to make. Alan feel that without ques-
tion Corvet was his father, but now shame.
and horror were making him feel it; in
horror at Corvet's act—whatever it might
be—and in shame at Corvet’s cowardice.
Alan was thinking of Benjamin Corvet as
his father. This shame, this horror., were.
his inheritance. I

He left Luke and went to the. window
to see. if the doctor was coming. He had
called the doctor because in his first sight
of Luke he— had not recognized that Luke
was beyond the aid of doctors and because
to summon a doctor under such circum-
stances was the right thing to do; but he
had thought of the (lOCtO‘ also as a wit-
ness to anything Luke might say. But

 

now did he want a witness? He had no
thought of concealing anything for his
own sake. or for his father's; but he

would. at least, want the chance to de—
tcrmine the circumstances under which it
was to be made public.

He hurried back to Luke. “What is it,
Luke?" he cried to him. “What can you
tell? Listen! Luke—«Luke, is it about the
Miwaka tho Miwaka? Luke!" .

Luke had sunk into a stupor; Alan
shook him and shouted in his car without
awakening response. As Alan straight—
ened and stood hopelessly looking down
at him, the telephone bell rang sharply.
Thinking it might be something about the
doctor, he. went to it and ansWt-red it.
Constance Sherrill‘s voice. came to him;
her ﬁrst words made it clear that she was
at home and had just came in.

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thing wrongthere? Hava .o discoy red
something?" ‘ -' 2 L}  ‘- r
e ’ Shook excitedly while,- holding, his
hand over the transmitter lest Luke “should

' break out again and she‘should hear-it,

he ’wondered what he shOuld say, to-her.
He could think. of nothing, in his excite-
ment, which would reassure her and mere-
ly put her off; he was not capable of con-
trolling his voice so asto do that.

“Please don’t ask me just now, Miss
Sherrill," he managed. “I'll tell you what
I can—later.”

His reply, he recognized, only made‘ her
more certain that there was something
the matter, but he could not add any-
thing to it. He found Luke, when he went
back to him, still in coma; the blood-
shot veins stood out against the ghastly
grayness of his face, and his stertorous
breathing sounded through the rooms.

Constance Sherrill had come in a few
moments- before from an afternoon re—
ception; the servants told her at once that

something was happening at Mr. Corvet’ss

They heard shouts and had seen a man
pounding upon the door there. but they
had not taken it upon themselves to go
over there. She had told the chauffeur

to wait with the motor and had run at '

once to the telephone and called Alan;
his attempt to put her off made her cer-
tain that what had happened Was not
ﬁnished but was still going on. Her anx—
iety and the sense of their responsibility
for Alan overrode at once all other
thought. She told the servants to call
her father at the ofﬁce and tell him some-
thing was wrong at Mr. Corvet’s; then
she called her maid and hurried out to
the motor. .

"‘To Mr. Corvet’s—quickly!" she direct-
ed. -
Looking through the front doors of her
car as it turned into Astor Street, she saw
a young man, carrying a-doctor's case,
run up the steps of Corvet’s house. This,
quite reasonable since she had. just talked
with Alan, added to her alarm; she put
her hand on the catch of the door and
opened it a little so as to be ready to
leave the car as soon as it stopped. 'As
the car drew to the curb, she sprang out,
and stopped .only long enough to tell the
chauffeur to be attentive and to wait
ready to come into the house, if he was
called. I

The young man with the bag—Goth
stance recognized him as a young doctor
who was starting in practice in the neigh-
borhood—was just being admitted asshe
and her maid reached the steps. Alan
stood holding the ,door open and yet block«
ing the entrance when she came up.
The sight of him told her that it ‘was hot
physical hurt that happened to him. but
his face showed her there had been basis
for her fright.

“You must not come in!” he denied
her; but she followed the doctor so that
Alan could not .close the door upon her.
He yielded then, and she and her maid
went on into the hall. ‘ v

She started as she saw the ﬁgure upon
the couch in the library, and as the sound
of its heavy breathing reached her; and
the wild fancy which had come to her
when the servants had told her of what
was going on—a fancy that Uncle Ben
had come back was banished instantly.

Alan. led her into the room across from
the library. ‘

“You shouldn't have come in,” he said.
"[‘shouldn‘t have let you in; but—you
saw him.”



“Do you know him ?"

“Know him?" She shook her head.

“I mean, you’ve never seen him before?"

“N0”

"His name is Luke he speaks of him-
self by that name. Did you ever hear my
father mention a man named Luke. ?”

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Luke's voice cut suddenly their Cl_)ll\'vl'< V

sation; the doctor
him some stimulant.

“\Vhere'sh Ben Corvet?” Luke demand-
ed arrogantly of the doctor. “You go get
Ben Corvet! Tell Ben I want a drink
right away. Tell Ben Corvet I want my
ihpusan’ dollar . . . !"

FAConstance turned Syy'iftly' to her maid.
‘ lo out to the car and wait for me," she
commanded. '

Luke's muffled, heavy voice went on;
moments while he fought for breath in-
terrupted it.

"‘You hear me, you damn Injin‘?.
Xou go tell Ben Corvet I want my thou-
san' dollars, or I make it two nex' time!
You hear me; you go tell Ben Corvet

You let me go, you damn Injin!” .

Through the doorway to the librarv
they could see the doctor force Luke back
upon the couch; Luke fought him furious—
ly; then, suddenly as he had stirred to
strength and fury, Luke. collapsed again.
His voice went on a moment more, rapid-
ly growing weaker: ‘

“You tell Ben Corvet I want my money,
or I’ll tell. lie. knows what I'll tell.
You don't know, you Injin dcvil.
(lorvet knows, and [ know. To” him
[11 tel] . . . I‘ll tell . . .I'll tell!" The.
threatening voice stopped suddenly.

‘ Constance, very pale, again faced Alan.
:‘Of course, I Aunderstand," she said.
Uncle Benny has been paying blackmail
to this man. For years, perhaps. . . .”
She repeated the word after an instant,
in‘afrightenéd voice, “Bli‘a'cléniail'l”2 ;

“swank; you";;p~lea,-5e . 30, -.-Miss‘ ‘ Sherrill ?”

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TEXT: “If ye died with Christ from
the rudiments of the world, why, as tho
living in the world, do ye subject your-
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ROM the ﬁrst day that George
Fox began to preach his doc-
trine of the “inner light" and

the; observance of all external or—
dinances as useless formalism, the
ordinances of orthodoxy have been
openly on trial. And the Friends
of our day with their war record of
a bloodless social reform and a tire-
less eﬁort in reconstruction, are ex»
hibting to the world a religion that
commands our. sincere respect, tho
lacking some of the ordinaryrforms
of sacramentalism.

This is a scientiﬁc age; an age of
invention. Many minds, today, are
being brought to do some serious
searching for the true philosophy of
life. This common urge to a big er
spiritual life is driving us to seek
for sure foundations. This inquir-
ing mood is brinig under scrutiny
the sacraments of the church. Men
are asking, “How do these ordinanc-
es make me more spiritual?” “What
have ordinances to do With a living
religion and a personal communion
with God?” Some have said that
they have nothing to do with essen—
tial religion. A leading churchman
has throwu a certain age-long ordi-
nance overboard. He holds it as
non-essential. So, it seems, ortho-
doxy is on trial. We are being ask—
ed for a new and better apology for
the things we practice. How vital
to religion are ordinances? What
general teaching have we in the
New Testament on the test of the
sacrament?

Our text furnishes the touchstone
for the Christian’s life. Now you
know What a to‘lichstone is. It used
to be used to test the quality of cer—
tain metals. Let us use our text
to test the quality of our religion.
(Read all the verses.) “If ye died
with Christ from the rudiments of
the world.” Have you? No, this
is no mere ﬁne spinning of words;
no mere ﬁgure of speech. Have you
made the initial and absolute sur-
render of yourself to Christ? Are
you buried into his death away from
the spirit of the world? Does this
burial law play in your heart daily?
When you entered this death door
did you close against you the door
of envy, pride, lust, and all worldli-
ness? When we die with Christ, we
come out of exile and desert wan-

‘dering into the citizenship of heav-

en. We are in the world, but not
of it. The simple truth of this mat-
ter is, that when we live the life
that is Christ, we get so far away
from the externals of the world that
the change is comparable unto a
death.

Yesterday John was clear-eyed,
vital, and going strong. 'l‘oday folks
are viewing a different John. Yes-
terday ambition ﬁlled his mind and
terest him no more. What has made
love his heart. Today he doesn’t
care. The things of the world in-
the difference? Death. Why is a
man of seventy dead to the follies
of his youth? He is separated from
them. They attract no more. Sim-
ilarly, selﬁsh 4 purposes and vain
pursuits dose their interest, when
through faith, we identify ourselves
with the bruised life and sacriﬁcial
death of our Savior. In such surren—
dered attitude to the spirit and airs
of Christ, we have rewarding life.

Then why subject ourselves to
ordinances to ﬁnd life? Clearly, the
author is speaking of the ordinances
of men’s institution. Such forms
were being observed in the prevail-
ing church of Paul’s day. But these
were taken away by Christ. There-
.fore comes the injunction to “Han—
dle not, nor taste, nor touch." The
ordinances of "man are not vita],
After all, what can any of us do
but to tinker around with the sur-
face of things? Men have had to do
with ﬁxing up a rﬁigion that is out-
ward, and presumably attractive
to look at. But Christ’s work is

'to make religion inward; to build

up the hidden man of the heart,

' knowing that, the outside. will come

alright. 'How silly and- whoa-a waste
of energy to stick Rambo apples on

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a thorn-apple tree! As the tree is,
so will be the fruit. One does not
have to go out on the street or pa-
rade grounds to see the merely su-
perﬁcial in life. There is plenty of
it in religion. You will ﬁnd some of
itin the pew next Sunday morning.
How destructive to spiritual pro—
gress! “Christianity is not a reli-
gion of rules but of principles.”
“Love is the fulﬁlling of the law.”
This principle works from the in-
side to the outside. It cleanses ﬁrst
the inside of the cup and platter.
The error that Saint Paul is
warning against is a religion that
begins on the outside and stays on
the outside to keep it burnished and.
bright.‘ Does the sacramentarian
have this kind of religion? What
kind of religion does your. church
have?

Well, some ordinances “perish
with the using”. Certainly, it is
not very becoming for those who
have died with Christ, to emphasize
perishable things. We need to cul—
tivate the heart graces that grow
with the using.

But again, which sacraments are
true and which are false? How are
we to test the quality of a sacra-
ment? Worthless sacraments are
those that have no value against the
indulgence of the ﬂesh. True sa-
craments have sin—destroying power.
What good is any ordinance that
does not set free within you the
spirit of Christ and so subdue the
lusts of the ﬂesh?

Some ordinances may “have a
show of wisdom in wil—worship.”
Paul says that you make a great
show of your religion. You look
exceedingly zealous and devout; but
a close inspection reveals that you
are only indulging your own wills
in a vain desire for a popular
church, rather than yielding to the
will of Christ in behalf of an unpop-
ular religion. ' “Not mine own will
but thine be done”, said the Christ.
A yielding to the Inner Light thru
faith is yet the measure of true re—
ligion.

“And humility.” Which is the
more humble, ce emony or deed?
Some slum sister, found the man
lying helpless in a dark, ill-smelling
roo min an old, rickety, tenement
building. He was vile and full of
vermin. His feet were covered with
sores. These they washed and dress-
ed regularly, until one day when
they returned he says to them, “0
sisters, I have been a big, black,
Vile sinner, and I hated yer when
yer ﬁrst came; but when yer touch-
ed my feet I wondered at the love
that could make yer do that. Now,
I am dying, I am going straight to
heaven, I am going to Jesus, and I
am going to tell him What yer did
for me, how yer washed my feet.
And I am going to watch for yer
when ye come, and I am going to
meet yer at the gate and lead you
through heaven and take yer
straight to Jesus and say, ‘Lord,
here are the sisters that washed my
feet’." Only a block away, some
other and well-dressed 'women were
receiving communion from a silver
tray in a richly—appointed church.
They did not. know of the awful phy-
sical and soul need almost under the
eves of their costly ediﬁce. And
Why didn’t they? And which group
of sisters was the more humble?
“The devil’s darling vice is the pride
that apes humility.” One who
knows only the humility of a sa-
crament is not humble at all. He
is “vainly puffed up in his ﬂeshly
mind.” It is just inﬂated humility;
is but skin deep and is easily punc-
tured.

But let us have the ﬁnal word.
Debate stops when results are pro-
duced.- Only the sacrament that
holds us close to the heart of the
Father on the one hand and close
to the need of man on the other, is
helpful. But, let us remember that

‘ it is the latter that the world is de-

manding. We areto prove our reli—
gion by our works. Do nnt neglect

'the'sacrament that will enable you
to¢bind the, strong man within and
give you strength to serve the weak
man without;
ﬁnal.

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firm who we do not believe to be thoroughly honest and reliable.
Should any reader have any cause for complaint against any ad-
vertiser in these columns, the publisher would a to an im-
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PROFIT MADE ON LAST YEAR’S CROPS

‘CCORDING to the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, wheat, corn and oats were proﬁt-
able crops to raise last year. Figures cov~

ering the average cost of producing these three
grains were recently released by the Department
and they are worth studying.

The report issued on wheat showed an average
gross cost of $23.57 per acre. The credit for
straw Was $1.69 per acre, leaving an average net
cost of $21.88 or $1.22 per bushel, the average
production being 18 bushels to the eerie. Pre-
paration of the seed bed, planting, harvesting,
threshing, marketing cost $10.43 per acre; fer-
tilizer and manure $2.56; seed $1.97; land rent
$6.19, and miscollaneous items such as sacks,
twine, crop insurance, use of implements and
storage buildings, and general overhead $2.42.

The average gross cost of producing an acre
of corn was $26.20. There was a credit of $2.43
for stover, making the net cost of production
$23.77 per acre or 82 cents per bushel for a
yield of 38 bushels per acre. $13.61 of the total
cost was for preparing the seed bed, planting,
cultivating, harvesting and marketing; fertilizer
and mandre took $3.94; seed 46 cents; land rent
$5.97, and miscellaneous items such as twine,
crop insurance, use of implements, use of stor-
age buildings and a charge for general farm
overhead expense $2.22.

Oats showed an average gross cost per acre of
$20.94, a credit of $2.01 for straw, and a net
cost, of $18.93 per acre. The average yield was
26 bushels, making an average net cost per bush—
el of 50 cents. Man and horse labor for pre-
paring the seed bed, planting, harvesting, thresh-
ing and marketing took $10.12 per acre; fertil-
izer and manure, $1.50; seed $1.49; land rent
$5.47, and sacks, twine, crop insurance, use of
implements and storage buildings and general
overhead $2.36.

These ﬁgures should prove helpful in market—
ing the 1925 crops because cost of production
will not show much variation, we believe.

SUGAR TARIFF T0 STAND

RESIDENT COOLIDGE made a wise decision
recently when he declared there would be
no reduction of the sugar tariff, because if

the reduction of one-half cent went into effect
many sugar beet growers of America would have
turned to some other crop. Michigan is One state
where other crops would have been grown as the
price would have been too low for growers in
this state to compete with the Cuban planter.

Nearly a year ago a movement was started

to lower the tariff on sugar. This movement
was backed by Cuban planters, Wall Street and
the sugar trust, according to reports, and at that
time three members of the Tariff board recom-‘
mended to the President that the duty on sugar
be lowered. We published an article protesting
any reduction and farm organizations all over
the country, came out with statements urging
that the present duty be retained. After study—
ing the problem for nearly a year the President
has announced there will be no change.

- “The American farmer receives advice on
every hand to diversify his crops,” said President
Coolidge, in rendering his decision, “He pro-
4 coeds to do so by going in for sugar beet cul-
"lure, protected from competitive impact of cheap

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.make it a success, they “let George do it.”

   

pena-
' the national ﬂood supply. The farmer is. entitled
to share with manufacturer direct beneﬁts under

    
   

our national policy of‘ protecting domestic indus-
It is too bad that the decision could not have
been made before planting time so that the beet
growers could have, put in their crop knowing
that they were to be protected. In a normal
year it would have made some difference in the
acreage, but on account of the late springrmany
farmers were obliged to hold up much of their
planting so long this year that they turned to
beets and beans. I For this reason the acreage
is reported to be normal or above. However,
there~ are many growers, no doubt, who would
have put in a larger number’ of acres if they had
known just what President Co—olidge’s decision
would be.

RIGHT VIEW OF COOPERATION

“ HERE is a group of theorists working under
the banner of cooperation which is not rep-
resentative of the rank and ﬁle of the co-

operators,“ declared Prof. J. T. Horner, market-
ing specialist of the M. S. 0., speaking before the
membersiof the Michigan Bankers' Association
recently. “Members of this group hope to gain
control of the markets, ﬁx prices and monopolize
the products of the farm. The things these men
favor should not be called, cooperation. It should
be called combination.”

We believe Prof. Horner has hitsthe nail on
the head. But the theorists work so well under
cover that it is difﬁcult to detect them from the
true cooperators.

“There need be no fear, however, that agricul-
ture will ever be a monopoly," he continued.
“Cooperation in agriculture will never menace
the interest of consumers; but guided by far-
reaching men with a sense of justice, it will
bring real beneﬁts to the country as a whole.”

All the farmer wants is cost of production plus
a reasonable proﬁt. Cooperation should bring
that about. There is considerable dissatisfaction
with rural cooperative movements at present but
we believe that this is due many times to the
fact that the members of an association fail to
realize that they are the association, and, in-
stead of getting behind the proposition to help
The
success of a business does not end with the ﬁ-
nancing, and neither does the payment of dues
end one’s obligations toward the success of their
cooperative association. Partners in a private
business must work together to make it a suc—
cess, the same rule applies to cooperative associ—
ations.

A GREAT MAN

0 matter what our politics may be we must
admit that this nation lost one of its great-
est statesmen when death, the grim repear,

overtook Senator Robert M. LaFollette, of Wis-
consin. Republican and Democrat alike had the
greatest of respect for “Fighting Bob” because
ﬁrst of all he was a man, a man in every way
who scorned to do anything that was wrong.

Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris expressed the
feelings of the country when he said, “In the
death of Senator LaFollette this country has
suffered a calamity. He was a political giant
who fought early and late for human justice.
There was only one Bob LaFollette. The par-
ticular place he occupied cannot be ﬁlled by any
American. He was a radical of radicals. No one
entertained a doubt as to where he stood on
any question of state. He was fearless, con—
scientious and humane and his life of struggles
and victory will be an inspiration to the youth
of America."

 

 

Concord Hymn
By Ralph ‘Valdo Emerson

By the rude bridge thaturcbed the ﬂood.
Their In; to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And Irod the shot heard round the world.

The too long since In silence slept;
Alike tie conqueror sleeps;
And time. the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.

 

 

0n the green bank, by this soft stream,
‘ We set to-dny a votive stone; '
rl That memory may their dead redeem,
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Spirit that III-lo these heme (Into -
To die and leave their children free.
. Bid time and natnne tenth we, , ,
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 onegm‘ out”! o  5W1 be
saving to the farmer-a. semen:
potatoes, hay and beans. .
potato shippers will save about" $75,000 a. year.  "
hay shippers about Sal-0,000, and. bean shippers k4-

  

 

 

  
Statisticians state that: 3

about $40,000, and although. the, farmers'may {a
not actually pay in cash the freight, it all comes ' .
out of] him in the long run and hevwill get the '
main beneﬁt from the out. p .- ‘ '

sums namo .

OW is your radio working? Are you getting
full beneﬁt from it during the summer 0

or are you one of the kind‘that puts it away

and never touches it till fall? If you belong in

the latter class you should change at once be-

cause you are missing some ﬁne programs. Time

was 'when broadcasting stations either discon-

tinued operations or shortened their programs

during the summer but those days are gone.

Many of the best stations have increased their ,
sending power to overcome condition in the sum— ,
mer and they are broadcasting programs that.
are even superior to the ones we receive during f
the winter; Other stations are joined together 5
and broadcasting high ’class programs from a'
leading station, and the best talent in the coun— ;
try goes “on the air" the stations dividing the

expenses. Market infortnatiou is sent out regu— !
larly from leading stations because it is realized
that the farmer needs to know more about his ’
markets during the summer than he does in win-

ter. Use your radio this summer.

 

CORN KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH

NE of our Eaton county subscribers writes
that their corn will stand better than knee
high by the Fourth of July. We think that

much of the corn on Michigan farms will be that
high in spite of the backward spring. The
drought hindered its growth atﬁrst but general
rains after the ﬁrst week in Juneihelped it make
up for lost time. With a favorable fall we ex-
pect a bountiful harvest and gdod prices.

DRILLING FOR OIL

:HERE has not been one year since oil was
discovered that a well has: not been drilled
in Michigan, we will wager, and so far no

real producers have been found. There are mil—
lions of dollars' worth of oil deposits, in Michis
gan, according to the geologists, but a 10-‘barrel-
a—day well is the best that has been found. The
geological structure of Michigan is wrong to
produce a gusher, say these experts. It is op—
posite to the formation of the high producing oil
districts. Nevertheless; new wells are being
drilled every year.

In Tuscola county a group of farmers and
business men are the latest to try to tap the
oil supply in Mother Earth, and they are so sure
that they can ﬁnd a well that will make big
money that they are prepared to spend $25,000.
Experts say it is a 100-to-1 shot that oil will be
discovered in paying quantities. “Hope springs
eternal."

YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH

WELL-KNOWN writer sent the following

' question to a number of his friends, asking

that they reply to it: "What would you do
if you knew this was your last day?" A
very successful banker replied as follows:

“What would I do if I knew this was my last
day? I don’t know exactly how I would spend
it, but I certainly would not spend it making
peace with God for I believe I have already done
that, and if I had not already done so I believe
the time then would be far too short.

“As to making arrangements for my business
affairs—I have suﬁicient life insurance to take
care of all my obligations, and my wife is such
a good farmer that I think she could make a liv-
ing for herself. ’

“My two boys are grown. The oldest one was
graduated from Princeton a year ago and is now
with a New York bank and- has a better job than
I have; the other one» is playing lacrosse and
football at the University of Virginia. I don‘t
know whether he is ever going toget his busi-
ness “ training or not, however, he is “six feet
three. and weighs 300 pounds, so I don't think
I should" worry about how he is going to get,
along. - ~ ‘

.“I believe if I knew that this was mylast day
on earth. I would close down my desk and go out
to look for those friends whom'l' like best and we '
would have our last partygan'd :I think we would
make it a pluralism.  not  . . r .
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Two ma  lives approach-

‘ 1 ed bra yam-Inﬁll who claimed to
be collecting postage for bulletins l

which verb to”'bo sent out from the
Michigan State College during the
next year. I was under the impres-
sion that bulletins were sent out
from the college free to any farm-
ers, requesting them. Is it possible

that I am wrong?"

F any of you are approached by
I' a young man working such ’a
proposition you would be doing

a service to the state of Michigan

if you would turn him over to the

police because he is defrauding the
public. . -

-Postage is prepaid on all agricul-
tural bulletins sent out from the
In many
cases the material is carried free
of postage under the government’s
“frank”._ - I

We have a letter from Mr. J. B.
Hasselman, SupervisOr of Publica-
tions at the M. S. C. and he, advises
"If any one is approaching farmers
of this state with a proposition to
collect postage on bulletins from
this college, he is working entirely
without authority and must be con-
sidered as a fraud."

If he happens your way, phone
to the sheriff! ‘

INTERNATIONAL REDEMPTION
BUREAU
I!) have received. several letters
during the past two or three
months and the majority of
them read somewhat along the line
of the following:

"About the ﬁrst of the year I sent
the International Redemption Bu—
reau of Detroit ﬁfty trading cards
given me for trading at a local gro—
cery store, together with twenty
cents postage asking for six tea-
spoons. Not hearing from them I
wrote them again and have heard
nothing from them yet.”

It seems that the International
Redemption Bureau of Detroit had
its agents circulate through Michi-
gan soliciting the merchants in the,
small towns. Their proposition was
to sell the merchant a quantity of
small trading cards, and he was to
give one card with each twenty—ﬁve
cent purchase. On one side of the
card was to be his name and busi-.
ness while on the other side was a
list of “Genuine Rogers Tableware
Free" and the information on the
back of the card was:

“It is understood that redemption
is conditional upon dealer comply-
ing with his contract upon the hold-
er having received same in the regu-
lar and ordinary course of trading
and enclosing ﬁve cents postage,
packing and silver tax for each ﬁf-
teen cards."

For ﬁfty cards the customer was
‘to receive six teaspoons; thirty
cards one tablespoon or one table
fork; forty-five cards, a sugar shell;
sixty cards, a bptter knife or table
knife and the cards and letter were
to be mailed to the International
Redemption Bureau, 2905 Third
Ave, Detroit, Michigan.

Many of the merchants thought
it was a mighty good proposition to
bring trade and as the-cost of them
was not very high they accepted ‘he
oiler in good faith. Soon some of
the customers had enough cards to
secure whatever silverware they de-
sired and sent in the cards with a
letter and the additional money for
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which no chem for our services wlll ever be
merit. urovldlng:

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2.—1'he claim Is not men than c moo. old.
8.—The clelm in. not local or between new

pic within any distance of one another.
These should be eetﬂod at first had and not
dammed by mail.

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Th  a. couple of weeks and
the silverware had. not put in an
appearance as they either wrote to
the conipany again or took the mat-
ter upwith their merchants and the
merchants wrote to, the company
but they received no reply. Then
several of the subscribers of Tm:
BUSINESS FAnMER who had been. vic-
timized took the matter up with us
and We immediately got busy. Our

ﬁrst letter brought no reply and our

second letter, sent by registered
mail, Was returned to us with the
notation, f‘Moved, left no address.”

MAGAZINE SOLICITOR MIS-
REPRESENTS
NE of our subscribers has ad-
vised us that in March of this
year he was approached by a

man who said he was an agent for
the magazine “Automobile Dealer
and Repairer” and the man made
him a special oﬂer on a year’s sub-
scription to the magazine, advis-
ing him it would only cost him nine-
ty-eight cents a year. He paid the
ninety-eight cents and received a
receipt for his money. After wait—
ing about a month he wrote to the
company publishing the magazine
and got no reply so he wrote in de-
tail to us regarding the matter. We
in turn wrote to the Circulation De-
partment of the “Automobile Dealer
and Repairer” and the treasurer of
the company replied as follows:

“We never received this subscrip-
tion. Have no authorized agent in
Michigan. The price of “Automo-
bile Dealer and Repairer” was two
dollars a year, not ninety—eight
cents. Publication was suspended
in September 1924. I am afraid
your subscriber has been a victim
with about two hundred others of
crooks who ﬂood the country every
year at ‘Show time’."

The moral of this story is, insist
that an agent show his credentials
before you pay him any money.

WEAK LUNGS

F you are a victim of tuberculo—
I sis consult a good physician.
Do not allow a cleverly worded
advertisement to convince you
otherwise. There always have been
and always will be companies ad-
vertising concoctions supposed to
cure tuberculosis, and some people
become their victims before they are
put out of business. In some in-
stances this “cure” is sold by treat-
ments and in other instance by bot—
tle and, in cases we have heard of,
the price ranges from $5 to $75
for treatments, from 600 to $6 a
bottle. None of this stuff is bene—
ﬁcial in any way and one should

steer clear of it.

KNITTING MACHINES

.“Can one depend on these knit—
ting machines doing what the com-
panies promise?"

E have published several col-
umns of matter about these
knitting machines that are sold
to the public today. Some of the
information we published was given
to us by subscribers who had oper—
ated the machines very satisfactor-
ily and were well pleased while
others wrote that it was impossible
for them to operate the machines so
as to do satifactory work.
The conclusions we have drawn
are that the machines will undoubt—
edly do at least a large amount of

{the work as speciﬁed by the com—

panies but the average person is not
enough of a mechanic to operate
them satisfactorily. We dare say
that there are several machines
owned by subscribers of THE BUSI-
NESS FARMER cast to one side that
any one could purchase for a song
because the owners. have never
been able to operate them.

If you are mechanically inclined
and think that you could operate
the machines perhaps you would
ﬁnd the work proﬁtable but I would
suggest that you do not buy the
machine depending on the company
to furnish you with a market for
all your knit goods. It is much pre-~

‘ .ferable to have a market of your

own that you know you can depend

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Downion the farm,
Away'._from the npisy city,
Away from sin and harm.

Where you get pancakes for breakfast,
And maple syrup too.

Ham and nice brown gravy,

And you eat until you’re through.

Then there’s real cream for yOur coffee,

Butter, nice and sweet,
Pumpkin pie and fried cakes,
And cookies, all you can eat.

Gee’ it’s fun to gather the hens‘ eggs,
To me it’s a great treat,

I climb upon the hay mow,

And on the stacks of wheat.

One night I dropped my pail of eggs,
Climbing off the stack,

I looked at every one of them

But couldn’t ﬁnd a crack.

Uncle lets me drive his horses,
One is black and one is brown,
I couldn’t have half this fun,
If I had stayed in town.

Soon a letter came from mother,
Saying. “Lad be on- your way”,
I know exactly what she means,
For school starts right away.

PICNIC TIME

ICNIC time is here. Why not
P pack the family luncheon or
supper in a kit and follow the
heart’s desire to get out where one
may ﬁnd new interests?

In camp cookery the ﬁrst consid-
eration is the right choice of equip-
ment and food supplies to be taken.
The ﬁrst requisite is lightness and
all unnecessary utensils and supplies
should be eliminated. Very neat
cooking outﬁts for parties may be
purchased, but such equipment is not
necessary to bring happiness to the
family group. If one does not wish
to build a ﬁre, one should carry a
portable stove which burns alcohol
or gasoline.

It is wise to divide the work for
there is more joy when all participate
in getting the meal. Variety in the
menu .is needed at this time as well
as at home. The following are some
suggested menus which may be pur-
chased in a short time:

1. Fried bacon and eggs, lettuce
and tomato salad, sandwiches, coﬁee,
fresh fruit as apples, oranges, or
berries.

2. Broiled steak, boiled potatoes,
lettuce and cream cheese sandwiches,
canned fruit, cookies, coffee or milk.

3. Fried ﬁsh, baked potatoes,
cornmeal mush, cucumber and radish
salad, sandwiches, stuffed dates, and
coffee.

4. Fried hamburg cakes, whole
wheat bread and butter, potato, onion
and green pepper salad, sponge cake,
oranges, tea.

NADIING THE BABY

JUST thought I would say a few
1 words, seeing I am one of such

a big family. I really appreci-
ate the M. B. F. \Vhat I wish to
say is this, is there anything that
makes a muddle of things as much
as does the naming of a son after
his father? I have had this experi-
ence and I would say to all young
mothers, “don’t do it”, you will re—
gret it very much in after years.
Give a boy his own name, he is
entitled to that much at least, and
let him live his own life. Do not
saddle him with another man’s out-
ﬁt. There are no two people on
earth who look exactly alike, no two
who think exactly alike, so why
should they be named alike? It is
one' of the biggest mistakes ever
made, as it lasts a lifetime, and the
longer we live the harder the prob-
lem. Think it over and don’t do
it.—Mrs. C. Berry, Livingston Co.

 

CHERRIES AND MILK NOT

, DEADLY TO MAN
“ LESS you. have a freakish
' Astomach there is no reason

Why you can’t eat grapefruit
or cherries and milk at the same
meal, and unless you can kill your-
self by thinking, ﬁsh and milk will
do no more harm than potatoes and
bread at the same meal.”

That is what certain nutrition ex—
tension specialists say about the cur—
rent fables of. food combinations
they hear in their work. They be—
lieve such food fallacies are pre—
venting some persons from eating
some wholesome fruits and vege-
tables. . .v ,

“Ideas'about certain't'abad food
combinations seem to ‘grow up' in

  
 
  

 
  
 

 

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regular duties.

in the world to live and
raise a family. Of course it
will cost you a little money
but the beneﬁts will more
than offset thecost, so be-
gin planinng vacation now.

address letters:

 

 

  

  
  
 
 

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for.
Edited'by MRS. eNNIE TAYLOR
DEAR FOLKS: Are you planning a vacatiOn this, summer—a week

or so away from the routine of the farm? , You owe it not only

to yourself but to your family to take a. vacation every year;
‘ and not only you but everyone who works with you will beneﬁt by it.
The old saying is, ‘,‘All work and’ no play makes Jack'a dull boy," and
I do not knowof any saying that has more truth in it.
the farm is as interesting as any V occupation that you could take
up but there are times when ydu would like to even get away from
all work and if one could look forward to a vacation even though it
may be brief one, the days would seem brighter.
band should plan a trip during :the hot days this summer and if the
children are not large enough to leave at home to do the chores you
should get a neighbor to take charge while you are away.
band feels that he cannot get away at the’same time that you do,
do not give up your vacation but make a visit to a city where you
have friends or relatives and spend a week or so away from yOur
You will come back refreshed physically and men-
tally and content that the farm is really the most satisfactory place

A7714”

Mrs. Annle Taylor. care Tho Buslnoss Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

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different localities,” say these spe—
cialists. “For instance. at one
meeting some woman will say she
never eats grapefruit and milk at
the same meal because the milk
curdles in her stomach. Of course
the milk curdles in her stomach. It
would curdle if she didn’t eat the
grapefruit or cherries or,any other
acid fruit, for there is a ferment in
the stomach that curdles milk, and
besides, the gastric juice itself is
acid.

“Some person at another meeting
will maintain that ﬁsh and milk
should never be eaten together.
As far as we have been able to de-
termine no one ever died from eat-
ing this combination and only a
person who‘could kill himself by
thinking would suffer any serious
injury.

“Fish and milk are similar foods
and permit of no variety in them-
selves, but there is no more danger
of digestive trouble from'eating this
combination than from eating bread
and potatoes at the same meal.”

SIMPLE MEALS GOOD FOR
WARM WEATHER
IMPLER meals in the
are less work and are
to be better for the family’s
health. Natural foods do not dis-
turb digestive systems so much as
the complicated mixtures sometimes
used.

The state college of home econo-
mics, Ithaca, N. Y., suggests salads
for the main dish for summer lunch—
eons or suppers. Crisp lettuce or
cress, tender cabbage leaves, or
other greens may be used as a foun-
dation. Meat and vegetable com-
binations need no other accompani-
ment than some‘kind of bread or
rolls, with a cooling drink and light
dessert. A cream soup may be the
main course, with a fruit salad in
place of dessert. Vegetable salads
may be accompanied by cold meats,
nuts, or cheese to give more body.
Such m’ealsare hearty enough, are
simple to prepare, and plenty of

summer
also apt

summer fruits and vegetables help“

the housewife furnish variety.

A Screened Closet Keeps Flies From Food

‘T any time of the year it is
A important to protect food from
ﬂying dust in the kitchen, pan-

try, or wherever it may be stored,
but after the ﬂy season begins it is
dangerous not to provide some con—
venient way of preventing ﬂies from
alighting on food, either in the
course of preparation,
one meal and the next. Cooked
dishes waiting to be cooled'before
being put in the refrigerator, and
warm food left after a meal, to be
stored later in the ice box, can best
be cared for by putting them into a
sreened food chest like the one i1—
lustrated. Such a closet, placed on

a porch near the kitchen or in some
other place where there is a good
of air,

circulation will protect the

or between -

food from contamination by ﬂies or
mice, and the legs can also be con-
structed, when necessary, so that
ants could not get into it. In hot
weather it is not recommended that
foods liable to spoil be stored any
where but in the refrigerator; but
one may have need to cool a pud-
ding or cake, or to set aside odds
and ends of vegetables for Short
periods of time until they are cool
enough to put in the icebox. In
winter, and during part of the
spring and fall in northern climates,
a capacious screened closet, well
ventilated, enables one to do with-
out ice.

‘The screened chest shown was
homemade. Ordinary window screen-
ing was used.

 

 

A cupboard for protecting food, made of window .screen wire and used in a large:
If your husband hasn't time to make it ‘do it yourself.
but lit‘tlo skill and the cost would be small.

pantry.

 

 

It 'would re.qu_i,re‘

   
 
  
  
 

:neweaiur . _ ,. . ..
 _1oan be cooked in.-_a.."'iireless cooker,
\ andthis saves fuel and labor.

  
   
  
   

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The
‘main part of the meal can be pre-
pared before the heat of the day
and then put out of mind until the
time to eat. ’An egg or cheese dish
may take the 'place of meat. It
»vegetables are not cooked with the-
main dish, one.or- two, not including
potatoes or rice,. should be included
in the meal, served with the meat
or as a salad. C‘ut'up fruit, 3. fruit
Shortcake, or a simple pudding
make sensible desserts. "

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

“’ants Song.—I"always read your page
through and see many helpful things in it
and was wondering if you could help me
out. I Want to get the song “The Prison-
er’s Song.” I know the ﬁrst verse, but

'no more, and I would appreciate it very

much if some reader would send me the
complete song or tell me where I can get
it.—«Mrs. Conrad Wehnes, Eldorado, Mich.

 

Stalks of Peony Rot—I had a peony
about ﬁve years which bloomedIthe last
three years. It is of the dark red, frag—
rant variety and in full bloom about
June lst. It is one of the most beautiful
sights when in Moom and it is very frag-
rant. This spring it appeared nicer than
ever then I noticed the small stalks wilt
and upon examination I found them rotted
just below the surface. I pulled them
out, dug in a few inches to see if it was
worm cutting in but found none. A few
days later the larger stalks began to wilt
and one by one began to rot off. I am
afraid of losing my peony as it is. It
is large enough to make four or ﬁve plants
and if transplanting would save it I
would do so, but unless I am advised by
some one who Would know what is best
I would not transplant it. It is planted
on sandy loam and has shown no defects
until this spring—F. T., Bay City, ’Mich.
———This peony plant is probably affected
with the Botrytis disease which rots off
the stalks at the surface of the ground.

In order to control this disease’it will
be necessary to cut of and burn all stalks
that are now affected and to remoye the
dirt for two or three inches below the
level of the bed and spray the remaining
stalks thoroughly with bordeaux mixture.
If the disease continues to progress, the
entire plant should be lifted and all
diseased stalks removed. The roots should
be divided and the buds and entire crown
covered with copper carbonate. This
material may be obtained from any drug-
gist. For an entire peony plant it takes
about one ounce of the dust to treat it.
Of course, these roots should be set in an
entirely new location and avoid planting
peonies in the same soil for ﬁve or six
years. It is necessary to be very careful
in watering the beds so that the surface
of the ground is kept as dry as possible
at all times otherwise this Botrytis rot
is liable to develop—Ray Nelson, Res.
Assistant in Plant Pathology, M. S. C.

 

 

The Runner’s Bible

(Copyright by Houghton Miﬂlin Co.)

Repent ye therefore and turn that your
sins may be blotted out—Acts 3:19. (E.
R. V.)

The only way to repent truly is to turn
from a belief in the false to a belief in
the Truth; from a belief in the power of
the ﬂesh, to a belief in the Ever-Present,
All-Powerful God of Love, and of Inﬁnite
knowledge. This is to “blot out” the
“mind of the ﬂesh” and its manifesta—
tions, sin and sickness, with the Mind of
the Spirit—the conSciousness of Life Ever-
lasting. With this change to pure, living
thought, this vile body will change from
corruption to incorruption, this mortal
will put on immortality and ﬁnally death
will be no more, for there will be nothing
to die.

 

 

 

 

—if you are well bred!

 

 

How to refuse a. Proposal of Marriage.
"5-How to accept a proposal is something
no girl need be taught. But how to re-
fuse a proposal is something inﬁnitely
more diﬁcult, and a few hints anent the
proper way of doing so may not be amiss.
A girl’s ﬁrst duty in the matter is to
,couch the refusal in such terms that her
suitor’s pride and self—respect are not
wounded. The refusal in itself is bound
to pain him; ’it is cruel and vulgar'to
cause further hurt by dismissing the com-
pliment paid you smilingly and lightly.
When a proposal cannot be “staved off",
there is but one thing to do. Listen to
the plaa which is made, and make it
plainly evident that you feel yourself the
loser by not being able to grant it. Men-
tion your liking, your respect; let it be
evident that you value your suitor’s
friendship, and that you are anxious not
to lose it because of something beyond
your control. A sincere expression of your
esteem and liking—not coupled with the
banal promise that you will “be a sister”

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to him—and an attitude. ,Which, conveys ,

plainly that your loss iéa~§rmec,tmn._,m,

wince-much'to'gi-ld the pill ot‘refus‘al an'd

 

 

 


 

 

 

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, bringing to'reali‘zation.‘ A full and frank
' admission of your‘folly and the dishonesty

of your conduct, with‘ an honest plea for
forgiveness, is your only course. One
statement is always valid: you may like,
respectvand esteem a man, but if you ,do
not actually love him," you would be do—
ing'hirn a deliberate injury by accepting
him.‘ In‘the event of a’rejection make
your suitor feel it is your misfortune and
not. your fault that you do not accept him.

 

 

h Recipes

 

 

Plain Strawberry Shortcake.—One and
a half cupfuls cf sifted flour, 1A; cupful
of cornstarch, 4 teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, 6 talblespoonfuls of butter and a
pinch of salt. Sift the dry ingredients
two or three times, out in the shortening.
and mix to a soft dough with milk or
ice-water, using the tips of the ﬁngers.
Divide the dough and roll out lightly to
fit three-layer cake tins, well buttered.
Bake a light brown; butter generously
while hot, and put together with berries
previously cut in halves or slightly
crushed and well sweetened. Pil'e swoet-
ened berries on top, and serve with whip—
ped cream. If preferred, the party may
be baked in small rounds or squares for
individual serving.

 

Strawberry Jam.‘—‘To three cups of
mashed berries, add ﬁve cups of sugar
and boil ﬁfteen minutes. This makes one
quart of jam.

Fruit Juice Dessert.—-Speaking of cher—
ries reminds me of a most excellent fruit
juice dessert that I hope you will try the
ﬁrst time that you have either blackberry
or cherry juice left over. from your can—
ning. You will like it. Blackberry or
Currant Pudding—1 quart of fruit juice.
1 cup sugar (or sugar to taste), 2 small
pieces of stick cinnamon, 14 cup of chop—
p‘ed nut meats (may. be omitted), 4
rounding tablespoons of corn starch (dis-
solve in a little cold water). Place juice.
sugar and cinnamon on the stove and
bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is dis~
solved. Add nut meats and stir in the
dissolved cornstarch. Stir until thick,
then pour in molds. Chill. May be serv-
ed, with sugar and cream or soft custard.
This recipe may be varied by adding small
pieces. of any other variety of fruit or a

  
  

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'A‘ very rich pudding is

very liberally.   I .

 

Strawberry Preserves.—(Sunkist meth-
od) 4 pounds of berries, 4 pounds of
sugar , 1 cup of water. Prepart fruit in
usual way, using equal parts of fruit and
sugar by weight. , Add water to sugar
and cook until syrup spins a thread.
Add fruit and boil 20 minutes. Pour into
shallow pan and set in sun to thicken.
Cover pan with sheet of glass (an old
window pane will do). This will help to
retain heat and the fruit will thicken
more quickly. Two or three days of sun-
shine is usually sufﬁc’ient, although they
may be left longer. Pack while warm
from the sun in sterilized containers.
Cover with melted parafﬁn and Seal. All
of the ﬂavor and bright fruit color is
maintained by this method.

 

 

HOMESPUN YARN

 

 

Kidneys, liver, and sweetibreads, con—
sidered delacacies by some, are valuable
mineral and vitamin sources. They are
likely to be cheap; are you using them?

‘ o o a

Appreciation is a good oil for lubricat~

ing the family machinery. '
n: t s

Gelatin helps make left-overs into
tempting dishes, whether fruits. veget-
ables, or meats.

it i t

The original ﬂy would not have been
in the original ointment if his family tree
had been well swatted two 01‘ three gener—
ations back.

50! l 3!

To remove grease stains from wall—
paper, crush magnesia carbonate and ap—
ply it to the spots. In twenty—four hours
the stains are gone.

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Aunt Adn's Axiol’ns: It's a good thing
that the big joys and the big sorrows o1?
life seem generally to be distributed to
those who can stand them.

It: It It I

An ordinary brick is useful for holding
a door open, but it is also decorative if
it is covered ﬁrst with outing flannel or
felt, and then with cretonne.

* It *

Put a salt box in the pasture as soon
:is the stock is turned out, and then keep
it filled.

 

 

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Remodeling the Plain House

 

 

and pleasing to the eye.

improvement that it makes.

 

ANY have the idea that it would be impossible to remodel a
‘plain'house without a great expense.

(I Here is the type of house that one sees eyery day and it could
be remodeled without much expense into a house that would be roomy
Cut out the picture below and place it over
the house shown above in its proper place.

This is wrong as a rule

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Many other similar uses

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Pots and Pans
Tinware
Metal Wash Boards
Wash Boilers
Washing Machines
Tubs and Pails .

Many other similar uses

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Rain Pipes _
Cistern Leads .
Leaky Plumbing ,
Electric Wires -
Wire Lamp Shades
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portion buttoned to :1 waist Imition. 'l'hn- I’ll!
turn for this attractch ilt‘nlgll ix will in ii Sizes
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ADD 100 FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
Order from this or former issues 01’ The Buslnasn
Farmer. glvlno number and slqn your
name and address plainly.

1925 FASHION BOOK
Address all orders for patterns to
Pattern Department
THE BI'SINESS FARMER
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

    
        
    
    
    
    
     
      
      
     
      
   
   
   
   
 

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’  .ghine the stove up'nice,
And" ﬂgen' I‘d make some pudding,
, 1 would not be rice.

But doing up the housework,
Is not so very much fun,
 you are in 'a hurry,
‘ But glad, when you can say it’s done.
By Mildred Derby, Age 12, Standish, Mich.

 

EAR girls and boys: I have a

letter from Anna Bliss, of Ban—

croft, in which she suggests
that we have a contest and let all
the cousins have a chance to com-
pose a song entitled “ Do Your
Best”. I think that is a good sug-
gestion, don’t you? Many of you
could compose verses that would be
very suitable but the music, would
be the real work. I believe you
could compose a song using the'
tune of a well known song. Let’s
try it anyway.

To the one sending in the best
original, song entitled "Do Your
Best” I will send $2, and the one
sending the second best will receive
$1. The writers of the ten best
songs will each receive one of our
buttons providing they do not al-
ready have one. The rules covering’
the contest are: ‘

Write on one side of paper only.

Sign your complete name, address
and age.

Forward your letter so that it
reaches my ofﬁce not later than July
18th, the closing date of the contest.

You need not send a sheet of mu- ~

sic, just verses, and tell what Song
the tune is from.

Now you verse writers put on your
best thinking—cap and “Do Your
Best.”——UNCLE NED.

 

OUR GIRLS AND BOYS

Dear Uncle Nedz—This is really the
ﬁrst good chance I have had to thank you
for the lovely pin, I received in the con-
test. All of my friends admire it, and
I’m simply crazy about the style, color,
motto and all the rest. You asked me
for a picture of myself. Well if I can
ﬁnd one that don't show my freckles, I
will send it, but it seems when I get a
good one, it is gone almost before I have
it. If the readers saw how many freckles
I really have. they'd be horriﬁed.

' I have received many nice letters from
readers of the (‘hildrcn's llour. Boys
and girls both, and most of them have

complimented me on being “plain” or
rather saying I was, but, Uncle ’l‘ed, I
could not tt-ll a lie and say I was a

“ravishing beauty" with the description
I gave in my last letter, could I? And
really I have found out that a great many
of my friends and neighbors take the M.
B. F. since I wrote the letter and poem,
and I surely wish some of them would
come to my rescue and tell folks that I
am the truthful girl I’m supposed to be.

Well I don’t expect you will print this

- article I call a letter, but you will at,
least print this part of it and tell the
A friends I have made, how much I enjoy
their letters? I will try and answer the
ﬁrst couple, but I have so many folks
to write to, I’m afraid any more will be
impossible.

I am going to Leland to work at the
resort on July 1, so this will be the last
of me ’till next fall or winter, so good—
bye, Uncle Net‘ Your niece—Elizabeth
Yoder, Maple City, Mich, R. 1.
—Good-bye, Elizabeth. I hope you will
enjoy your work. I will expect to hear
from you next fall or winter, if you are
too busy to drop me a line this summer.

 

THE ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN
RELIGION

Many, many moons ago, in the heart of
the great American forests, a young war-
rior was made chief of his people, at the
death of the old chief who was his father.
Tarke, or Great Chief was his name; he
knew no fear and his people loved him
as he loved them.

Three moons passed, and it was in the
moon of growing things. Filled was the
young Chieftains heart with life and joy
as he pursued the panting stag throngh
the leafy forest. Halting by a noisy

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When you have found the right path, trace it with a colored pencil and see what

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brooklet, he gazed in delight at the beauty
of the growing things about him, listened
with joy to the song of the thrush. the
linnet, and the cries of wild singers hid-
den in the green branches. Wonder ﬁlled
him as he stoodthere, gazing, listening
in the springtime to the throbbing life
growing, awakening, and rejoicing about
him. Still wondering, as he started home—
ward who gave life to all these creatures,
to himself, and to his people, he halted
once again, and listened. Was it from
the forest shadows, or the murmur-mg,
winding brooklet, or the sky or earth or
air, that a soft voice spoke. his name?
Listening, intent, he heard again the voice
of rich, sweet music, say to him with
earnest pleading.

“Hearken to my voice, Great Chief I
am Manitou, or the Great Spirit who giVes
life unto- all creatures, of the earth, and

air and water. I am your God and your
peoples, for I gave you life, any body,
and all the beauties of nature and crea—
tion. Follow my guidance, 'and you pros-
per, and when your life shall leave your
body, it shall fly to endless joy and rap-
ture in the Happy Hunting Grounds of
a. world you know not of. Hearken to
my voice, Great Chief, follow as I guide,
be merciful and kind to all living things,
and glory shall be yours forever.”

When the voice ceased speaking, Tarke
wended his way thoughtfully homeward,
to his wigwag, and his people.
them of the voice that spoke from the
forest, of the words of love and promise.
They accepted the Great Spirit, and their
children and their children’s children fol-
lowed in their parent’s footsteps.

As the ages rolled on, the moons came
and went. and the religion of the Great

“Story of My'Year’s Club Work”

Potato Club, 1924

HIS is my third year in potato
T club work. I have learned
more each year about growing
potatoes than if I had just watched
and helped with somebody else’s
field.

I have been growing certiﬁed seed
every year increasing each year and
planting a larger plat. My father
said I could have all the land I
wanted but had to clear it for the
rent. May 16th I began to clear.
I cleared up brush and piled logs
and burnt them up. My father and
I plowed it with a breaking plow
and oh, boyl‘how the stones did
roll out. When we got done plow—
ing I picked eighteen two—horse
wagon loads of small stones off, and
I began to think it was no easy task
which I had undertaken. After the
stones were picked I disced and har—
rowed it until it was nice and mel-
low.

June 7th, we planted the plat with
an “Aspin Wall” planter, 16 bush—
els of certiﬁed Petoske); Golden
Russets which I had saved from last
year’s ci‘o‘p'. I spike tooth dragged
theiﬁ four days after planting to
loosen the soil for the tender plants
to break through. July 5th, plants
being about 4 inches high, I shallow

cultivated them with a one-horse‘

cultivator and a week later cultivat-
ed the magain. Cultivated them
four different times, fourth time
slightly ridging them.

When about ten inches high I
began to spray with Bordeaux Mix-
ture, 5-8-50, and Paris Green. I
used somelDOWco which I won as

a Special prize’last year. I like
the home made Bordeaux Mixture
best, it’s cheaper and more dependa—
ble. I have learnedthat spraying is
one of the most important things,
keeping the plants healthy and free
of diseases gives the tubers under-
neath every chance to develop. I
sprayed four diﬂerent times that
I counted and many other times I
had partly sprayed when it rained
and had to do it over again.

I am a member of the Michigan
Potato Producers’ Association again
this year. The ﬁrst ﬁeld inspection
July 297 and passed; second August
and passed. September 6 we had a
rather early frost which killed the
vines and ﬁnished all chances of any
late blight.

I exhibited my potatoes at the
Iron County Fair and won first and
sweepstakes, both in club and ﬁeld.
And also exhibited at Sagold Com_-
munity Fair and won a ﬁrst place.

Qctober 2 began digging potatoes,
took four and one—half days and
harvested 198 bushels. Filile in—
spection was made October 18 and
passed 0. K.

I enjoyed my potato club work,
but each year when harvesting I
wished I had more I expect to plant
more next year as ‘my father, broth—
er and_l would like to ship a car-
load. Have, saved 25 bushels for
next year’s planting. I think club
work is a ﬁne- training for boys and
girls, it teaches them how to work
in a business way to make a success.
-—Joseph H. Drake,- Crystal Falls,
Michigan. '

, (it.
not “it ,'

He told '

.. w’oit',""ou, use;   ‘
ﬁve-way .to the gran
sexism or .pliristianity.‘

  
   

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dian.  all the? history or the rise and
fallof nations the facts of smaller nations
putting their slighter- strength against
greater nations, has there ever been a
thing full of romance, yet so full of trag-
edy and sorrow as the history of the
rise and fall of the ,redman. Only in:
books of legends and history. only in
ﬂights of imagination, and thought can
we now return to the leafy haunts where
the great hearted,'simple, redman kneels
in worship before the shrine of the Great
Spirit—By Lola E.. Hardy, Mayvllle,
Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned:—I think it would be '

nice if we could have a canning contest,
that is: let the young cousins send in
some canning recipes. and let you decide
the three best recipes. I know all the
young cousins will agree with me.

What can I do to get a club pin? I
haven‘t received any as yet. I have grown
a little and weigh a. little more, also older.
than I was.the last time I .wrote. Iiam
even ﬁve feet tall, weigh '107 pounds. and
wlil be 15 years old the 21st day of
August. Have I a twin? V

I graduated from the eighth grade
week before last at Tawas City auditor-
19:11:). We had a speaker from Mt. Pleas-

_I hope that, I -may be able to enter
high school next fall. .

I will close with a riddle—Two lockers,

»two hookers, four stiff standers, four hang

down.- Answer—A cow. Younnephewe—
Emma}; A. Rescoe, Alabaster, Michigan,
ox . ~ '

———.Just watch our page for chances to
Win one of our club but-tons; In nearly
every issue} tell how you can win one.
Try until you win, Stanley. I too hope
you can enter high school next fall.

Dear‘Uncle Nedz—This is the ﬁrst let.
ter that I have written to the Children's
Hour, although I have been an interested
reader, for some time. I am enclosing
two articles on the department and ad-
vertisement that I think best. I hope
that if I cannot get ﬁrst place that I
will be one of the ten. I like to try out
for any contest. As nearly all the rest
of the people who write, describe them—
selves, I will give you a description of
myself. I am ﬁve feet and one inch tall.
and weigh one hundred pounds. Have
brown hair, and eyes. I am just a plain
farm girl.

I sincerely hope that you will let me
come again, so will close now. A cousin.
———Winnie Clark, Lakeview, Michigan R2.

Dear Uncle Ned:———VVe take the M. B. F.
and have taken it for quite a. while. I
never wrote but one letter befOre and did
not see it in print, so I am tr'yi'ngagain.
I am'm the eighth grade, and am twelve
years old. I like to read the stories and
poems written by the cousins. I try to
write poems, but .none of them are good
enough to send to you. I guess I could
write a story good enough to send to you,
but I never would .win a prize by it. Say
Uncle Ned, tell Mr. W. B. to hide, while
I come in or get over his furious appetite.
Well I will stop my chatter now, I have
written all‘I want to say, but I will write
a. long letter to the person who guesses
my description or which I am, a boy or a
girl. Well mod-bye.———Novella M. Russell,
East Jordan, Michigan.

—Send along your story, Novella. and
also a poem or two and I will see about

RIDDLES
th is B like a hot limit—Because it
makes oil Boll.

ter, purer“
Let ns'not then be harsh withzthelng  ’l'

Why was the ﬁrst day of Adam’s life’

the longest ?——-Because it had no Eve.

If an egg were found on a. music-stool,
what poem would it remind you of?-——-
“The Lay of the Last Minstrel.”

Why is a schoolmaster like a shoe-
black ?—Becau-se he. polishes the under—
standing of the people.

Why is a washerwoman like a navi-
gator?——Because she spreads her sheets,
crosses the line, and goes from pole to
pole. ‘ '

Why is an author the queerest animal
in the world ?-——Because his tale comes out
of his head.

Why is it that a tailor won’t attend to
business?—Because he is always cutting
out.

[mow Wide '15 This Box?

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.‘1‘0 INCREASE-ACTIVITIES OF M.

:  's.‘ CMBADIO STATION '

' HE “air school” of the Michigan
State College, which proved

‘ successful in its initial test laSt
"spring willbe greatlyextended next
fall and it is probable that courses
on a variety of diiferent subjects
will be altered for live months of the
year, James B. Hasselman, director
of the college Ladio station WKAR
has announced.

‘Last spring the courses were de-
voted primarily to instruction of in-
terest to the farmer and his wife.
The enrollment in the School from
agricultural sections was more than
2000 and it is. estimated. that sev-
eral times this number listened in
an the courses but did- not take the
trouble to enroll.—

The courses offered dealt with
agricultural subjects of general in-‘
terest ranging mm agricultural en-
gineering to poultry raising.

Next year the majority of the sub—
jects otered will still be of an ag-
ricultural nature and it is probable
that as long as the school is in ex-
istence this poliily of giving the
farmer expert instruction in the
problems connected with his work
will be continued Mr. Hasselman
says. However hundreds of letters
have been received at the college of—
ﬁce asking that numerous other
courses not allied with the farming
industry be broadcast.

As the school was founded to
serve the state as a whole these re—
quests cannot be denied and it is
probable that with the opening of
the school next year that some
courses not concerned with agricul-
ture will be broadcast.

Many of the requests call for
courses which it would be imprac-
ticalto attempt to giire, but to some
extent the college authorities will
be guided in making the program by
the requests which they receive.
The requests ask for courses on
everything from Esperanto to the
Freudian theory and from methods

of killing potato bugs to lectures on

making cup custard.
' However,
college authorities that their great-
est ﬁeld oi‘. service lies in making
readily available to’ the farmer the
expert knowledge‘ of agriculture
which the members of the faculty
have acquired through long years
of specialization in certain ﬁelds.

As yet uncertainty to the amount
of money that will be available has
made it impossible for a deﬁnite
schedule to be arranged or for it
to be decided for how long the
school will be operated. It is im—
probable that this information will
be obtainable until just before the
opening of school next fall.

One of the dimculties lacing the
college in its elforts to reach all
Michigan farmers is the discovery
of “Dead Spots" at several places
in the state where the station can-
not be heard. One of these .is in
the Thumb district north of Port
Huron and another is near Cadillac.

The station is heard as far west
as California and residents of On—
tario just beyond the Thumb report
that reception but it is one of the
unexplainable phenomena of radio
that each station, no matter how
powerful its equipment or how
clearly it is heard at great distanc—
es, that it has sometimes near home
spots where it is never heard-—
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CHATHAM ROUND-UP TO BE
IBEELD AUGUST 15TH
T has been decided that Saturday
August 15th, will be the date
for the annual round-up of the
farmers of the Upper Peninsula at
the State Experiment School Farm
at Chatham, according to the an—
nouncement of G. M. Putnam, Su—
perintendent of the Farm, who has
charge of the eVent.

 

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We want to know just what kind of radio programs you are interested in ‘
i and wish you would llll in the answers to the questions given below, clip and

mail to the India Editor of The Business Former, Mt. Clemens, Mich.
will the no Ohio information we will try to have the kind of programs you
prefer broadcast by the best stations in the country.

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of ths JAEGER to do most any belt iob on the farm.

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Power-Take-Ofl' makes it possible to change a Ford over
into a power unit without impairing its use as a means of
Other JAEGER Portable Machines are
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advertisements Inserted under this heading for i'eputani; breeders of Live Stocx at speclm low

rates to encourage the growmg ot pure-rreds on the
Is Thirty Cents (30c) per agate line per insertion.
less 2% for cash If sent with order or paid

END IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE

DI‘ $4.20 per Inch,
of month following date of Insertion.

FREE, so you can see how many lines It will ﬁll.

farms of our readers. Our advertising rate
Fourteen agate lines to the column Inch
on or before the 10th

Address all letters.

BREEDERS DIRECTORY. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. MT. CLEMENS, MIOH.

    

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To avoid conflicting date: we will without
cost, list the date of any live stock sale In
Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad—
vise us at once and we will claim the date
Ior you. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. B,
F.. Mt. Clemens

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MAY __ cusnussvs — ROSE

STATE AND FEDERAL ACC_REDITED
- f D up to 8i? pounds tat.
B'un CdlveBBiill: (ivhosgmlmims have up to 1011

unds at. The homes of bulls; Shuttlewick May
f B ' bank and olbeclm'
one sequel, lurdifboNgrd rmr ‘roni Dams pro-

land. B
1. . 772 fat and 610 fat.
L. BURROWS or GEORGE J. HICKS.
Saginaw. W. s.. Michigan.

FOR SALE—REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL

calves from six to eighteen months old. Dams

have C. T.h A(.l reE-ords tip ton mtg pounds B. 1*.
' d . ri-cs easo u .

Accredltj. cfrnANNév, Dertt, Michigan.

ICALLV PURE GUERNSEY DAI'RV
gags” weeks old, $20.00 each, shipped C. O. D.
L. SHIPWAY, Whitewater. Wisconsin.

'. so YEARLING ousnnszv BULL
g‘fegdgdrzbll‘eeding. Well marked. Reasonable if
taken at once. FRED BERLIN. Allen, Michigan.

 

HEREFORDS

ED HEREFORDB _
E Ebullsansre International Prize Winners.
. Stock of allhsns. (gr ulaogt Farmers prices. Write
us or or in orms. .
' ' 1 ds that fatten quick .
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MICHIGA‘N BUSINESS FARMER A ._ _ , . '
I “The Formal’oper of Service”
. ﬂ "TELL’ETOUR‘ FRIENDS'ABOIII';;II.~.. 

HEREFORD STEERS

58 Wt. Around 950 lbs. 60 Wt. Around 850 lbs.

66 Wt. Around 740 lbs. 80 Wt. Around 850 lbs.
142 Wt. Around 600 lbs. 47 Wt. Around 550 lbs.

62 Wt. Around 500 lbs. 58 Wt. Around 450 lbs.
Also nian
good stoc er order.
tll'e usually ninrket toppers when ﬁnished.
sell your choice from any bunch.
VAN V. BALDWIN, Eldon, Wapelio (30., Iowa.

other bunches. Deep reds. dehorned,
Real quality H e r e f o {Nd}?
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JERSEYS

REG. JERSEYS, POGIS 99th OF H. F. AND
Majesty breeding. Young stock for sale. Herd
fully accredited by State and Federal Government.
Write or visit for prices and description.

GUY c. WILBUR. BELDINO. Mloh.

FOR SALE—MY ENTIRE HERD OF REGIS-
tcred purebred Jersey cattle all good rodncers.
J. E. Morris, Meadowvlew Farm, Farming on. Mich.

 

 

 

 

HOIJSTEIN‘S

 

FOR SALE—R E G I S T E R E D HOLSTEINS,

Bulls, Heifers, Cows, T. B. Tested, Federal Ac—
credited. Extra good 'two years C. . A. re-
cords. Pure bred registered Oxford Ewes. and

Lambs. Show Stock. (‘heap‘if taken soon.
R. c. WOODARD, Elsie, Michigan.

 

Avhﬁﬁ

_BR0WN SWISS
BROWN SWISS

14‘ S le—Cows, Bulls and Heifer Calves.
0{lot-IN FITZPATRIOK. Kewadln. Michigan.

 

 

 

HAMPSHIRES

 

HAMPSHIRES FOR SALE—BREE! OILTS FOR
Fall litter and ring boar Pigs not it .
JOHN W. BUY ER. t. Johns. Michigan. R. 4.

 

 

 

  
 

 

(Welinvite you to contribute your experiencein raising. live-

  

stock to this. department. Questimns cheerfully answered.) " .*

FLY SPRAYB

LIES cause considerable annoy-
ance to dairy cows during the
summer and not only does the
irritation caused by ﬂies tend to
lower milk production but the rest—
lessness of the cows is a frequent

cause of inefﬁcient milking.

A good ﬂy spray can be made
frovmc' 41/2 quarts of coal tar dip,
41/2 quarts ﬁsh oil, 3 quarts coal oil,
3 quarts of whale oil and 1% quarts
of oil of tar. ’

Disolve 3 pounds of laundry soap
in water, and the ingredients of
the spray and bring the whole up to
thirty gallons with lukewarm soft
water. This spray will keep off the
ﬂies and prevent the coats of the
animals from becoming harsh.

The cows should be sprayed twice
a. day, in the morning after milking
and in the afternoon when in the
barn for silage or green food. With
a portable cart, made from a half
barrel by attaching wheels and a.
spray pump and nozzle, two men
can spray 40 cows in ﬁve minutes.

Thirty gallons of mixture will
spray 40 cows twice a day for ten,
days at a cost of one cent per cow
per day.

JACKSON HOLSTEIN BREEDERS
BUY Two FINE BULLS

OL'STEIN breeders in the vicin-

ity of Spring Arbor, Jackson

'County, recently joined a bull
club, using two bulls of better than
ordinary breeding. One bull came
from the herd of John Erickson of
Waupaca, Wisconsin, the herd that
averaged at its dispersal last June
over $1,139 per head. This remark-
able average is said to be the high-
est obtained in the history of the
Holstein breed Where the animals
were all of one man’s-breeding.
Naturally then, the bulls the Spring
Arbor breeders obtained are top
notch. One bull is a son of VViS-
consin Pride, that grand old matron
herself with a yearly record of 696.-
75 of butter at 25 months and again

at 41/2 years 743.93 of butter from
16753.6 pounds of milk. Old
Pride is famous for her three

daughters, all full sisters that aver-
age over 1100 pounds of butter in
a year. A showing unequalled by
three sisters regardless of age.
Surely the Spring Arbor bull club is
hard to equal in breeding. The sire
of the bull contributes some more
excellent blood, he is Admiral Orms-
by Fobes whose dam, Wisconsin
Fobes 5th is known far and wide
as the largest dairy cow in the
world, weighing 2250 pounds. She
had a ten month record of 1079
pounds of butter, 25,617.2 pounds
of milk.

She has a seven day record at
21/2 years of 29.68 of butter, former-
ly the Wisconsin state record for
the age. Fobes 5th brought $6,500
in the Erickson dispersal, being sur-
passed only by her full sister, Fobes
6th, and she brought $6,800.

New for bull number two of the
Spring Arbor bull club. He is bred
along the same lines as the bull
just described, being also a grand—
son of Marathon Bess Burke, in
fact he is a double grandson, in ad-
dition to the related breeding men-
tioned we ﬁnd Wisconsin Pride 4th
half sister to bull No. 1, is grand-
mother of bull No. 2. The average
of the seven nearest dams excepting
the immediate dam which has nev-
er been tested, average 940 pounds
of butter in a year. As to the type,
the bulls are very good indeed.
Constructive line breeding, the best
proven means of mixing type and
production will be possible in the
using of this pair of bulls. One
will be bred on the daughter of the
other. By this system of use,
club will be provided with services
of a bull for at least four years
without inbreeding. An interesting
fact _of the establishing of this club
is that, this pair take the place of
ﬁve other bulls used by the men
who formed the club. The Jack-
son count‘y ' breeders who formed
this club are: J. B. Crites, Jackson,
President; '1‘. J. Jordan, Spring Ar-

bor,"Secr‘and“'l‘reas.~;  Tanner, -

Spring Arbor; O. W. Crapper.
Spring Arbor; D. B. Cobb, Jackson.
County. Agent R." E." ~-Dsckcr,- can

the '

Tester Fred Leonard, State- Hol-

stein Ass'n Secretary J. G. Hays; all.

helped the boys get together in the
organization. The future of the H01-
stein industry in the vicinity of
Spring Arbor seems bound to be im-
mensely bettered by the using of
two such extraordinary bulls.

 

WITH THE TESTERS

AFAYETTE PHILLIPS, tester in

the Genesee No. 7 C. T. A., in

his annual report, shows that
the high herd in butterfat produc-
tion is owned by W. E. Robb. His
xﬁve purebred Holsteins averaged
14,377 pounds of milk and 476
pounds of butterfat. J. E. Post had
the individual high cow for the As-
sociation. His purebred Hlols-tein
produced 22,503 pounds of milk. and
736.5 pounds of butterfat.

The Rives Junction-Jackson C. T.
A. has completed the fourth year of
testing work. Jess Bird, the tester,
who has completed two years of
testing in this Association, reports
that 7 herds averaged above 300
pounds of butterfat production.

VETE RI NA RY
DEPARTMENT I

BOG SPAVIN

Can you tell me how to cure our
horse which has what is known as
bog spavin?—-W. S., Albion, Mich.

'h.
0G SPAVIN is a distention of
of the joint capsule of the true
hock joint and is incurable 'in
most cases. It is best to leave them
alone if they do not cause lameness.
If lameness is present, blistering
and ﬁring followed by six weeks of
rest will often relieve the lameness.
—J0hn P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of
Surgery and Medicine, M. S. C.

 

 

COWS COUGH

Two or three years ago I had four
cows, one heifer and a calf. The
oldest of the cows had a cough and
after a while they all got to cough—
ing, not much at first but kept get—
ting worse, the old cow being the
worst. When she was hurried she
would cough hard. You would
think from the sound of her throat

.she would cough up something but

nothing would come up. She had a
strong breath. We sold this bunch
of cattle and purchased some more
and when taking them home we no-
ticed another of the cows coughing
and shortly after they had been
home all the calves were coughing
so you see the second bunch also
had the cough. If we get the State
to'treat the cows would We have to
pay for it and if so, how much?—
A. P., AuGres, Mich.

T would be practically impossible
to determine the cause of the
cough observed in your cattle

without an opportunity to make an
examination of the animals. .Your
best solution would come through
employing a qualiﬁed, local veterin-
arian, to examine the animals and
prescribe treatment. The State De-
partment of Agriculture is not in a
position to undertake the treatment
of cases of this kind—B. J. Kill-
ham, State Veterinarian.

HORSE GOING BLIND

I have a horse that is going blind
——it seems as though the ﬁlm is just
growing over the eye.——-T. H., V’cr-
montville, Mich.

T may be due to an injury, in
which case it may respond to
proper treatment, or it may be

the result of Periodic Opthalmia, in
which case prognosis is doubtful,
according to the duration of the dis-
ease, and the age of the animal.
Judson Black, Deputy State Veter-
inarian. i

 

 

 BOOK ABOUT CANCER

The Indianapolis Cancer Hospital,
Indianapolis, India a, has published
a. booklet which ives interesting
facts about the cause of Cancer, alSo
tells what to-dotor—paln. bleeding,
odor, etc. A. valuable guide in the.
manage‘ment’ot any case. Writetor
it today, mentioning this paper.(fAdv

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- be running water.

to plow you would

. thumb and- ﬁngers hold it fast.

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that you 'can .dig'downmndgebwa-w

ter that are not veins. That water
laudead to the switch. whether on
the surface or under it. It must
It will here-
membered that a man approaching
a water fall has a sensation of be-
ing pulled over by it until he gets
accustomed to it. You will say
there is a force, that you feel it.
I wish to say I think there is a
broad ﬁeld undeveloped, unstudied,
here.

‘One thinghas just dawned on me,
do those water veins draw light~
ning? My investigations seem to
show that they do. I called at a.
house the other day that a chimney
had been struck by lightning the
second time. I found a vein ofwa»
ter directly under it, another house
the same way, and a barn and a
tree the same way, the bolts evi—
dently going to the vein. Will other
water witches investigate so that
some conclusion can be taken on it?
This magnetic force, while we know
it is there, that may not ever be
explained, the same as in the com—
pass, the telephone, the radio. Peo—
ple have had to accept of their be-
ing there, so will water witchery
be accepted when the time comes
for people to take it and learn more
of its workings, bridle and handle
it to the use and betterment of man-
kind—Perry Sturgis, Presque Isle
County.

Even a Weed
CAN locate a vein of water with

a peach twig or apple twig or
plum twig or cherry twig or even
a weed. I will agree with Mr. Dex-
ter in regard to holding the twig,
it has to be held as in Fig. 1. in
May 23rd paper. If you are going
not place the
would have to
position to do

plow on its side, you
place it in its proper
the work. The same with the har-
row or anything else. Just so with
the twig used to locate water. In
our family there are four of us.
The twig will work for two and for
two it will not. By holding the
twig with palms of hands up it will
turn towards me, by holding it with
palms down it will turn away from
me.—R. A. Strong, Ionia County.

A Trick

NOTE with interest the testimony

in your May 23rd issue, regard—

ing the water witch. Why does—
n’t some user of the magic twig re-
ply? For many years we- have been
looking for some one who can meet
the honest inquirer for light on this
myth. As boys at home, my brother
and I saw a “witch” operate the
magic wand, it was too much for
our boyish minds and we were sure
we quite discovered the mystery.
We found many interesting points
that compromise the theory. First,
any kind of a forked stick, green or
dry, will reverse itself in a hurry.
when held in a strained position as
shown in Fig. 1, on Page 4 of your
May 23rd issue. A hickory or blue
beech will respond even quicker
than a peach, under tortion. It
does not matter what direction the
stick may be given, it will reverse
its self over a ﬁne vein of water
or a dry area either up or down.
It is easy to make the tortion of a
tough stick so strong that it will
twist the ends into a spiral if the
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slight that a close observer would

fail to notice = the trick when pulled

by the operator.~ The average ob—
server rarely goes into the subject
su‘ﬁlciently seriou to uncover its
weak points . ’
Is there any reader of THE BUSI-

NESS FABMEB who dares to defend

the theory on'either a mystic or a
scientiﬁc basis? Science is nothing
more than facts put in order and the
principle of tortion and constant
equilibrium, combined with a bit
of skillful manipulation by the oper-
ator easily makes the strained
peach or maple twig nod at will.
—Chas. B. Cook, Shiawassee Coun-

ty.
I eating a vein of water, with a
peach twig. Mylmother located
two wells on our own place and one
across the road, so I know it is a
fact. No matter how tight you hold
the twig I have seen the bark twist,
but just why it is I cannot say.—-—
James Dexter, Isabella County.

Use Peach or Willow Twig'
N the ﬁrst place a peach twig is
good and a willow is just as
good. Now in order to 'ﬁnd a
good vein of water you must have
a good green, limber twig, not more
than one-quarter of an inch thick
at the small end. Next hold your
hands inside up, the back of your
hands down, place the end of the
twig in the middle of your hand
and put the ends of your ﬁngers on
the twig and hold tight, then have
the large end of the stick standing
straight up, now walk steady and
before you get within ten feet of
the vein of water the twig will be-
gin to start down, and if it is a
strong vein it will go down in spite
of all you can do, provided you are
holding the twig in your hand as
I told you. -You can trace a vein of
water quite a ways. Now, after you
have found the water vein go back
about 3 or 5 rods and start slowly
across the vein with your eyes clos—
ed and when you get within about
to feel the twig go down, see how
10 feet of the vein you can begin
near you can come to the-same
place where you located the vein
with your eyes open. I claim it is
the electricity in a man that helps
him ﬁnd the Water. Yes, I agree
with Mr. Dexter on Fig. 2, no man
can make a twig go down by hold—
ing it that way. I have located a
good many veins of water in my
time, and have never failed—H. L.
Mier, Midland County.

Mother Located “’ells
READ in your paper about 10-

Because wood is so useful trees must
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Advanced Registry testing frequently

results in registering advanced proﬁts.
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gallons of water, will get cabbage mag-
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No. lBS—loc WW3. Give. complete direc-
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PRICES SMASHED.
Our saving through unusually good hatches
has enabled us to cut prices again on our

exceptionally.high grade chicks. Order now
—save money.

Extra'selected Barron or Tan- '
cred Leghorn: sired 25 50 100 500 1000

' '1 2'50 to 280
B!..é?“'.‘.’i.3 ...................... “3‘33st $5.25 $10.00 $45.00 $90.00
' 381E011“ s. g}. Englllshﬂ White
\ . 08V
I ~ 1 Lz‘y'ui’gms 3" “r y 2.50 4.15 9.00 42.50 80.00

.. A‘- . cock, ____________________ n

h Anconas sired b 200
250%? gagall‘iyfﬁ'fi __________________________ ..y. ...... .. . 5.15 11.00 52.50 100.00
S. O. Mottled Anconas, Standard heavy laying stock,.... 2.50 4.15 9.00 42.58 
Selected Parks Bred-today Barred Rocks, ...................... .. 3.15 1.00 13.00 62.5 1 . 0
chicks, ............................................................. .. 2.00 3.50 1.. 35.00 1_0.00
e 8 to 10 weeks old Tom Barron English White Leghorn pullets ready foruinmediate delivery.
$13; 25 pullets, $24; 50, $46; 100, $90. Get our prices on yearling hens and cecks

or cockerals

Order at once from this ad. Cash with order or send 0. O. D. if desired. 100% alive delivery guar-
anteed prepaid to your door. We also have pullets ready for immediate shipment. Get our prices.

SILVER WARD HATCHERY BOX 30, ZEELAND, MICH.

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Heavy Winter Laying Stock Produced by

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Michigan’s Old Reliable Hatchery '

500 100
Pure Bred Barron En Iish W. Leghorns .............................. ..$40.00 9.00 $4.75
Pure Bred Shepards noonas ................... ..   45.00 0.00 .

>    50.00 11 00

    

Pure Brod Barred Rocks............
Pure Bred R. I. Reds
By‘Insured Parcel .Post prepaid to your door. 100% live delivery guaranteed. 17 years of experience.
givmg absolute satisfaction to thousands.

SPECIAL CLOSING OUT SALE

Assorted lots of‘broiler chicks at $7.00 per 100 for immediate delivery. Quality of stock guaranteed.
Order at once from this ad and get this low price. Valuable Illustrated catalog free.

Holland Hatchery and Poultry Farm, R-7, Holland, Michigan

 TANCRED'BARROH
. f LEGH 012 N S
l__1882 I Spinni‘r’o’si: tiara}: tannersrrcrms m2.."°¥i:.'.- I 1925

5 local business we have built up a reputat for

HIGH QiiALiTY WHITE LEGI-IORNS

That hssbrought us results over a much larger ﬁeld than we had anticipated._ \‘Ve now make the 1'01-
lowmg prices. 100% Live Dehvery Guaranteed. Postpaid. Ref. Romeo Savmgs Bank, Romeo, Mich.
For Deiivery on and after June 1st. Postpaid 25 50 100 500 1000
Tom Barron Selected White Le horns,...., ..................................... ..$2.75.55.00 $9.00 $42.50 $85.00
HONESTY IS OUR MOTTO am our business has been sounded and built up on this princmle. Get
some of these good Barron June (‘hicks They Wlll prove a mighty proﬁtable investment for you.
Cockerels will be fully matured for 1926 breeding season. Get our Free Catalog.

W. A. DOWNS POULTRY FARM, Box 105, WASHINGTON, MICH

 

 

      

 

   

 

 

  
       

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MATURING BLOOD TESTED STOCK
BRED IN MICHIGAN — HATCHED IN MICHIGAN

Prices on (Parcel Post Prepaid) 50 100 500 1000
Foreman Strain P. Roc s, ............................................................. .. 7.50 $15.00 $70.00 $130.00
R. I. Reds (Int. Laying Contest Stock),.. ............................................ .. 7.50 15.00 70.00 130.00
Select B. P. Rocks and R. I. eds, ................................................ .. 5.50 \0.00 ,60.00 \100.00
Extra Select B. I’. Rocks and It. I. Reds, ......................................... .. 0.50 12.00 60.00 120.00
W. I Rocks and W. \Vyaiidottes. . . . . . . . . . ..  7.50 14.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ . _ _.
I‘tility and Eng. B. S. if. \V. Leghorns ...... ..  .. 5.00 0.00 45.00 90.00
Tam-red American S. ‘ \' l.eghorns.. 50 l2.00 60.00 120 00

L. \.     L. 0. .
Mixed (all heaVies) $9.00 straight. Mixed (all varieties) $8.00 straight. Order riglit_from this Ad
for prompt shipment. 100 ‘1} Lire Delivery (liiaruntccd. Pullets from 8 weeks to maturity.
MILAN HATCHERY, Box 4, Milan, Michigan.

 

Yearling Hens

Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorn.

2500 yrarliiig hens must go at our annual sum-
liit‘l' sale to make room for the new crop of
piillets. Acknowledged greatest egg producers.
Large type birds with broad, deep bodies and
big, lopped combs. Positively no culls and all

birds shipped on approval and satisfaction guar—
anteed. Price 1.15 each in lots of 100 and
51.22:. each ill lots of less 100 birds.

 

Hiliview Pullet Farm, Box D, Iceland, Michigan.

Tested Chicks. Can ship at once.
Rush your order at reduced prices.
Barred and White Box. Reds, Black
Minorcas, 14c each. White and Silver
Wyandottes,

. V . Orpingtons, 15c. White
and Black Langshans, Light Brahmas. 18c. . \Nhlte; Brown, Buff Leghorns, Heavy broilers,
11c, Sheppard’s Ancongs, 12c. _Light brmlers, 8c. May chicks $1 per 100 less. ' June
‘ chicks $2 less. Add 30c extra llf less than 100 wanted. Hatching eggs. Bank refer-
V:- ence. Free catalog of 20 varieties.

 . BEOKMANN HATCHERY. 28 Lyon St. Grand Rapids, Michigan.

was pULLETS ‘CHICKS W.-.L:.G."ar.iann=.°csaa*
 Blue and Gold White ‘ Ofﬁcial International EggE‘gzntest

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Leghorns, Superior Egg un to 254

 

  

 

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AT silty 1.3.353“; urges. 6c and Up for June

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orcas and Ancona Pullets.

PRICES

Special price for delivery
STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION, Kalamazoo. Mich.

Before ordering (your 1925 chicks
send for our )ATALOG. 0 11 r
1.0 \V PRICES will astonish you.

Over 20 years experience assures
I your satisfaction.

Estabwhed sem- by PARCEL POST PREPAID.
in 1904 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed.
PINE BAY POULTRY FARM, Holland, Michigan.

 . IWant a Job

on your place this season.
I am a pure bred chick of
known ancestry, and bred to
, y. atalog. Rocks. Reds,
’g—i, Leghorns.
I
a ’ MAOOMB POULTRY
FARM & HATOHERY.
Halfway. Michigan.

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER
“The Farm Paper of Service”

  
 
 

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Have you a copy?

You should have a copy of

. . Crop Production and
Soil Management

' Your librar . It was written by Pro-
l'gssgr Joseph  or, head of _the Farm
Crops De artment of the Michigan Agri-
cultural ollege. Get a cop. now by send-
nz $2.75 to

 

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WHITE DIARROHEA SCOURGE IN
BABY CHICKS

NY weather conditions which

imake it unfavorable for the

breeding stock or the baby

chicks when hatched tends to make

conditions more favorable for the.

white diarrhoea organism. That
probably explains in a measure why
this spring has been attended by
very high mortality in baby chicks
and wholesale white diarrhoea epi-
demics. In some measure it seems
that every season grows worse than
the preceding and perhaps for a
cause, since the life history of the
disease tends to make the effect
cumulative.

Brieﬂy, the disease breaks out in
a ﬂock of chicks and the majority
will die off in a week or ten days
after hatching, but generally some
will survive and grow to maturity.
These, if hens, carry the infection in
the ovary and some yolks will be
infected as they develop. The in-
fected yolks are built up into nor-
mal looking eggs and are laid and
may go into the incubator or under
the hen. iSuch “bad eggs" often
hatch chicks but shortly after hatch-
ing the germs in yolk begin to mul—
tiply in the warm digestive tract of
the chick, and the disease breaks
out. The diseased chick appears
short of body, and down gets rough
and mussy and the whitish sticky
diarrhoea starts. The chicks appear
listless and peep plaintively and us-
ually utter a shrill cry when pass-
ing droppings. The droppings us-
ually ﬁnd away into feed and water
and the other chicks gather in the
germs and an epidemic is on.

Many remedies and cures are on
the market, and the desperate poul-
trymen read their fair promises and
become easy prey. As a matter of
fact, there is no cure known for the
disease and about all one can do if
disease is present is to isolate sus~
pected chicks at once and employ
general preventative measures such
as cleaning up and disinfecting
quarters, feeding sour milk freely
using a permanganate of potash or
catechu in drinking water and keep-
ing chicks warm and comfortable.

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LICE AND MITES

Please tell me how to get rid of
lice and mites in my chicken coop.
—Reader, Macomb County.

ICE and mites in the chicken
coop may be gotten rid of by
spraying with kerosene emul-

sion 01‘ by painting with crank case
oil (from an automobile) to which
has been added about 20 per cent
of kerosene. H. J. Stafseth, Assoc.
Prof. in Bacteriology, M. S .C.

 

HENS’ EYES SIVELL
In the winter months very often
some of our hens’ eyes will swell
and ﬁnally close. Very often the
hens die. \Vhat is the best treat-
ment for this and what disease is
it? M. N., Assyria, Mich.

HE swelling of the eyes of chick-
ens may be associated with
what is commonly spoken of as

chicken pox or a variety of this dis—
ease termed avian diptheria. At
times this swelling of the eyes, how-
ever, may not have anything to do
with the disease mentioned but

 

might be a secondary ailment due
to weakening of the system by dis-
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department. Questions relative to poultry will be ‘chéeﬂully‘ Wwel‘t’d.)

white diarrhea, fowl cholera, mal-
nutrition and‘ perhaps other forms
of sickness. - “ - 5
First one should examine the
bird to see if the eye disturbance is
primary "or secondary. If it is not
secondary to any other disease it
may be sufﬁcient to treat the eye
by removing the pus and washing
out with a four per cent'boric acid
solution—H. J. Stafseth, Assoc.
Prof. in Bacteriology, M.‘ S. C. '

 

NEW YORK GROWS ROBUST
, I BEANS
HE Robust bean, developed by
Prof. Frank A. Spragg of Mich—
igan State College, is being
used almost exclusively in >New
York State now as a white pea bean,
Prof. J. F. Cox, head of the ,farm
crops deparment of the East Lan-
sing School, was told recently by R.
A. Emerson, professor of plant
breeding at Cornell University.

The Michigan bean was ﬁrlsttak-
en to New York in 1917 when .250
bushels were purchased from Olaf
Nelson of Cheboygan. Since then
the bean has been bought in in-
creasing quantities and is now in
great demand because of its excep-
ceptional resistance to mosiac and
anthacnose, two greatly dreaded
bean diseases—L. McC.

 

DEVELOP NE‘V EARLY TOMATO

.N early tomato suitable for cul-
tivation in Michigan is being
propagated at the Michigan

State College by Prof. G. E. Starr of
the horticultural department.

Prof. Starr says of his ’.work:

“The experiment includes selecting
and breeding primarily for earli—
iiess, however size, color, quality
and so forth’have not been neglect—
ed and a choice attractive, as well
as an early fruit is expected to be
the result. .
1 “The experiment is being' carried
out with the intention of producing
a tomato that the Michigan farmer
can get on the market in time to
get the beneﬁt of the high prices
that prevail a week or ten days be-
fore the usual crop is available'for
sale.”—L. McC.

FAgM MECHANICS

DIPPING TANK FOR SHEEP

What is the best way to make a
dipping tank for about 100 sheep,
same to be made of cement? How
wide, deep and long should it be?
——F. W., Lake Ann, Mich.

HE size of the dipping vat for
T sheep would depend on the

size of the sheep to be dipped.
A tank two feet wide, four feet
deep, four feet long on the bottom
and eight feet long on top, with all
of the slope at one end would ac—
comodate large sheep.

Such a tank is built with ﬂaring
sides, in which case it would be
about 12 inches wide on the bottom.

If a concrete tank is built out of
doors, it should be built with the
top above ground level and provided
with drainage. ‘It is, however, pre—
ferable to build a tank indoors since
there is danger of it being cracked
by freezing. ’

A wooden tank of cypress would
be very satisfactory.——F. E. Fogle,
Ass’t. Professor of Agricultural En-
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tor-leg, stores‘ and orifice, buildings in
the cities are built of stone.

. The members of our party had
playfully conferred the purely hon-
orary title of “Doctor” upon H, A.
Bereman, of South Dakota, one of
the editors in our party. He was
no more a doctor than I was an ad-
miral, but the title seemed to ﬁt
him and he enjoyed the distinction
throughout the journey as much as
we had appreciated the privilege of
having his doctoriferous presence.
among ‘us. We had two professors
with us also, Professor A. W. Hop-
kins of the University of Wisconsin,—
and Professor Dan Scoates of Texas,
but what is a professor compared to

a doctor. We just called them
“Mister”——- until we reached Ger—
_many.

Professor Is Some Pumpkins

A doctor is a great man in Ger-
many, but a professor is some pump—
kins. They don’t call every sleight-
of—hand performer, every dancing
teacher ,and every barber a “pro-
fessor” as we do here. A profes—
sor is the cream of the intellectual
nobility in Germany and he is dig-
nified and respected as such. A doc-
tor is the same to a certain extent,
but a professor—well, a professor
is a great 'man!

In Germany, as in the other coun-
tries, we Were shown abOut by vari-
ous'jgovernment ofﬁcials, agricul—
"tural experts and others. We notic-
ed that the ﬁrst time we were with
a group of Germans, they soon no-
ticed the doctor's title, and after we
had referred to him, in our con—
versation, once or twice as “the doc-
tor”,,their attitude toward the gen-
tleman from South Dakota changed.
They become especially polite and
considerate of him and his opinions,
4 and when they introduced our party
to a newly arrived German oﬂicial,
they selected Bereman ﬁrst and in-
troduced him ﬁrst with great cere—
mony as,“Doctor Bereman.” They
all bowed the lowest to him.

Poor Doc was embarrassed. It
would require a lot of explaining
and much useless talk for him to
disclaim his title—~and it would be
a disappointment to our German
friends. But it was quite a respon-
sibility for him to live up to his
..Doctorate_among the skilled scient-
ists of Germany with whom we were
hobnobbing. He felt like an impos-
.tor,‘ but what could he do?

An idea struck him and he rose
nobly to the occasion. He introduc—
ed Hopkins and Scoates, in turn, as
professors, which they really were
———in America. They could not deny
their professorships even though
they did not wish to claim the dis-
tinction which that title carries in
Germany. They were strictly up
against it and the responsibility was
theirs to meet. In discussing the
common, ordinary things of German
life in which we were the most in-
terested anyway, our learned cos-
ductors pleasantly chatted with us
and we enjoyed it, but when a real
opinion was desired or when a tech-
nical subject came up that was a
delicate one to be handled, they al-
ways gravely took up the matter
with Hopkins and Scoates, while the
humble Bereman hid happily behind
his, lowly doctorate and laughed at
their brave attempts. The reSt of
us were simply “Misters” and not
expected to know anything anyway,
as and such we were Simply enjoyed
as visiting friends.

In Berlin

Before we left Berlin we rode
down that great avenue, Unter Den
Linden, one of the most beautiful
streets in Europe. This famous ave—
nue in the heart of Berlin, ﬂanking
the grounds about the Reichstag,
that marvelous seat of the Imperial
German GOVernment, seems to per—
sonify the very spirit of that old
Empire.

Through our OWn Mr. Shoup of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
then stationed in Berlin at the
American Consulate, we were grant-
ed special permission to visit the
majestic Reichstag, and the seat of
Bismarck was pointed out to us.

The ,royal box of the Hohenzol-
lerns in'the gilded gallery of that
great legislative chamber was point—
ed on to us, and we rejoiced with
our-guides that the Bismarcks and
1.1.9 ' .nzollern‘sx' have. sorter—PEP. W6.
were n'd't' “so 'si’rr‘e‘ that  ' have 'been,
entirely forgotten. '

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u , Evidence of_,the old imperial idea
i shown when the seats of Ludendorff
land Von Tirpitz were pointed out to

us; Although not actually in their

seats at that hour, General Luden-
dorff of the imperial German army,
and Tirpitz, the Wheel—horse of

“ruthlessness” and the author of the

German submarine campaign dur-

ing the last war, were occupying

seats in the government of the Ger—
man republic in 1924 when we were
there.
Among German Farmers
We left Berlin and went south to
Halle, toward Bavaria, and there

- we got] out among the farmers as

they actually live in Germany to-
day., It may not have been always
as it was in 1924, but we were im-
pressed, and to a certain extent de-
pressed, by the sight of so many wo-
men working in-the ﬁelds. It is
true that there is much more hand
work to be done on the European
farm than there is here with our
mowers and binders and our trac-
tors and our trucks, and it may be
that for this reason it is more ne-
cessary to call on the women to help
with the outdoor work. Or it may
be that the shortage of man DOWer

 
  
 

can betraced to that greatest of all.

the curses of Europe, war, whose
cost in man power, capital, and mo—
rale we in America know nothing
about, comparatively.

In one ﬁeld in Bavaria we stop-
ped to watch a potato digging scene.
It happened that in this large ﬁeld
modern machinery was in evidence
to to the extent of a team of horses
and a potato digger that kicked the
potatoes out above ground beside

the row. A man was-running this
machine, but all the pickers were
women, following along behind,

picking up the potatoes and dump-
ing them in the crude, long ox—
drawn wagons to be hauled away to
market.

There was one man, and there
were eight or ten women—but one
thing that struck us as signiﬁcant
was the fact that in one corner of
the ﬁeld in a little fenced-off lot
were a half—dozen or more graves,
and the stones bore the dates of
1914 to 1918. Since that time, and
as long as these women live, the
bodies of their husbands and fathers
and sons will lie buried in that
quiet corner while their women will
go on doing the work these men
might otherwise have done for
them. These peasant women, work-
ing in the ﬁelds beside the graves of
their soldier dead, can do this work
with a song in their hearts if they
could feel that it was not in vain.
If the war for which their men gave
up their lives and for which they
themselves gave up their men had
brought them, along with this extra
work, the realization that they had
contributed their sacriﬁces for some
great good to the world, then they
probably do not mind the sacriﬁce
of broken homes and broken hopes.
But they must spend the rest of
their lives realizing that it was all
done in vain. We could not help
asking ourselves what good it had
done. To what end were all these
sacriﬁces made, If it were all over
and paid for now it would be bad
enough, but these women must go
on, paying as long as they live, pay-
ing the price of war. ‘

The price was no more costly in
Germany than in England, France,
or Belgian). They have all paid
the price-and none are better off.
If the people of one or two of these
countries had beneﬁtted by the war,
even though it had been at the ex-
pense of the people of some other
country, it would not seem so hope-
lessly purposeless, such an entirely
unfortunate mistake. But the “vic-
torious” countries are in no way
better off than they were before
the war, and the “defeated” nations
lost nothing that their enemies did
not lose in equal measure.

And so today in Germany, as in
many other parts of Europe, the
horse power of power is the huge

Simmenthaler cattle, and the man
power is the women.
The continuation of our trip

through Germany and into beautiful
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Livestock Industry Is In Promising Condition ,
n; w. w. room. Market Editor. ’ ’

N nearly all respects business con-
ditions have undergone decided
improvements over those of re—

cent ,years, and this is true of farm-
ing conditions. An interesting sur-
vey made by several of the leading
bankers. of the State of Iowa shows
that 53 per cent of thefarns of
Iowa are now free of mortgage. Of
the mortgages outstanding 75 to 80
per cent represent purchase money
obligations, so the amount of such
loans necessitated by losses in farm
operation is very small. Reports
from various agricultural districts
of, the United States show that bet—
ter. crop prices have brought about
an improvement in the market for
farm lands, and the present tend~
ency’ of prices for good farms is up-
ward rather than downward. For
quite a while farmershave been
paying off their obligations, and
they have more money to spend for
buying things they need. Improve—
ments are being made in farming
methods, and acres are made to pro—
duce more than in the past, while
sanitary precautions are resulting in
the production of larger litters of
pigs. The live stock industry is in
a promising condition, and stock-
men are more largely turning to the
production of yearling cattle than
ever before, this method being pre-
ferable to the long process of pro-
ducing heavy cattle. The sheep in—
dustry is on a ﬁrm footing, especial—
ly in Michigan, famous as a sheep
state, and it is growing at a slow
pace, good breeding ewes being ex-
tremely hard to buy. All is not sun-
shine in the farmer’s life, however,
and a short hay crop is bound to
affect the feeding of live stock, and
this will naturally serve to increase
the use of corn and oats to a
marked degree. Gambling in wheat
has been carried on to a wholly un—
precedented extent for months, re—
sulting in startling upward and
downward ﬂights of prices, and the
market is still largely what the
speculators make it. Ultimately it
is believed wheat will bring renu-
merative prices for producers. as the
crop promises to be a short one, but

it looks doubtful whether it will
sell for $2 a bushel.
/ June Pig Report
A preliminary report for corn

belt on the pig crop by the United
States department of agriculture
shows a decrease of about 20 per
cent-in the number of sows farrow-
ing in the 11 corn belt states com-
pared with the spring of 1924. The
survey was made as of June 1 in
cooperation with the postoﬂice de—
partment through the rural carriers.

The number of pigs saved, how—
ever, is indicated as only 11 per cent
less this spring than last spring,
due to the larger number of pigs
saved per litter. The weather dur-
ing March and April this year was
exceptionally favorable for spring
pigs. This condition, together with
the smaller number of sows to care
for and the increased value of hogs,
resulted in an increase of 11 per
cent in the average number of pigs
saved per litter.

The number of sows bred or to
be bred for fall farrowing in 1925

j is reported as about 98 per cent of

the number that actually farrowed
in the fall of 1924. Previous sur-
veys have shown that fall farrow—-
ings have been from 20 to 25 per
cent less than the number reported
bred. However, because of the Very
‘considerablc improvement in hog
prices over this time last year, it is
probable that breeding intentions
willbe more nearly carried out than
they have been duringr the past
three years, says the report.

“The complete results of the sur-
vey for the corn belt and the United
States will be issued about July 15.
It is possible that the complete ta-
bulation of the corn belt returns

1 may show some changes in the above

11 urea, but it is not expected that
s‘ h changes will materially affect

the situation as here shown, it con-
eludes.
Unsettled Grain Prices

“General conditions affecting the
wheat and other grain prices have
been so mixed that prices were un-
settled, with the bears frequently in
power. In the southwest winter
wheat region harvesting of-th-e crop
is proceeding as fast as the weather

will permit, and increasing market»

lugs by farmers tend to lower pric- '

es, although there is a tendency in
some localities to hold for an ad-
vance later on. The bulls rely-main—
ly'on reports of rust in the north~
ern spring wheat region, including
the Canadian provinces, but no seri-
ous injury has been reported. Pric-
es for wheat, corn and rye are not
so much above those paid a year
ago as they were several months
ago. At times there is a fair ex—
port demand for wheat and rye,
and the amount of Wheat insight in
this country is down to 31,144,000
bushels, comparing with 37,336,000
bushels a year ago; while that of
corn is 17,794,000 bushels, compar
ing with 10,504,000 bushels a year
ago; that of oats 36,030,000 bushels
comparing with 5,688,000 bushels
a year ago; and that of rye 9,900,—
000 bushels, comparing with 16.-
868,000 bushels a year ago. Rye
harvesting is on, and there is a fair
demand for rye to export to Ger—
many and northern Germany. There
has been a great decrease in the vis—
ible rye supply and this tends to
strengthen prices. There were late
sales for July delivery of wheat at
$1.52, comparing with $1.14 a year
ago; corn at $1.03, comparing with
94 cents a year ago; oats at 46
cents, comparing with 53 cents a
year ago; and rye at $1.04, compar—
ing with 79 cents a year ago.
Cattle Prices Booming

A few weeks ago many stockmen
were almost afraid to make the ven—
ture of marketing their beef cattle,
as any moderate increase in the rev-
ceipts was almost certain to cause a
sharp reduction in prices. The un—
derlying cause of the instability of
he market was the marked falling
off in the consumption of beef dur‘
ing the hot. weather period. Recent—
ly there has been a substantial
change in prices, due to rather light
supplies of cattle and not to any en—
largement in the demand for beef.
and there was a rise in the Chicago
quotations of about 50 cents to $1

per 100 pounds over the prices paid."

about .a fortnight earlier. The great-
er part of the beef steers offered on
the Chicago market found buyers at
a‘range of $10.40 to $12.25, with

.no good cattle selling below $10.75,

and common to fair steers salable at
$8.75 to $9.50.
much higher‘than market prices in
recent years, beet' steers having
sold a year ago at $6.50 to $10.85
for common to prime grades.
the better class of light weight year—
lings buyers paid $11.25 to $12.40,

while the best'heavy steers sold at 

$11.60 to $12.60, a sale being made
of 35 prime Herefords which never-
aged 1378 pounds at the top price.
That was the highest price paid
since April last .year. Prime year—
ling heifers sold at $11.75 to $12,

with sales down to $5.15 for coma

mon heifers. Fat cows sold up to
$9.50, and calves brought $6 to
$11.50. Stockers and feeders were

in limited supply and demand at $5,

to $8, selling chieﬂy at $6 to $7.
Combined receipts of cattle in seven
western markets for the year to
late date aggregate 4,410,000 head,
comparing with 4,655,000 a“ year
ago. Fewer cattle are feeding than
a year ago, and the future of the
market looks promising for good
cattle.
Hogs Great Property

For many weeks farmers inquir—
ing about the future of the hog in-
dustry in this column have \been told
to hold on to their young hogs until
they became well matured, as there
was a real shortage in the country,
and it is highly gratifying to see
how well hogs have been selling from
week to week. Most of the time the
market has been on the up—grade.
subject to temporary reactions, and
since the climb started, many weeks
back, a great boom has taken place.
A comparison with the prices paid in
recent years shows what enormous
gains in prices have been made, the
late top in the Chicago market hav—
ing at $7 to $7.50 per 100 pounds.
whereas a year ago hogs Were selling
at $6.10 to $7.25. The great rise in
prices is accounted for by the re—
markable falling off in the market—
ing of swine, combined receipts in
the seven leading western packing
points for the year to late date, ag—
gregating only 14,179,000 hogs, com-
paring with 1,6,860,000 one year ago
and $15,906,000 two years ago. Re—
cent receipts in the Chicago and other
western markets fell below those for
a year ago, and eastern packing ﬁrms
purchased a liberal share of the hogs
offered in the Chicago market, their
purchases competing with those made
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June 29 June 29 __June 16 #1 yr. ago

WHEAT-—

No. 2 Red $1.76 $1.88 $1.17

No. 2 White 1.76 1.88 1_]9

No. 2 Mixed 1.76 1.88 1,18
COR-N— .

No. 3 Yellow 1.10 1.18 1.00

No. 4 Yellow 1.05 1.18 .95
(Mill‘s—-

No. 2 White .54 .585 .60

No. 3 White .52 .45 @ .46 is .56 it .53
RYE—-«

Cash No. 2 1.08 1.12 .82
BEANS——

C. H. P. th. 5.35@5.40 5.70 4.35@4.40
POTATOES— '

Per th. 1.1(i@l.33 l.20@1.50 1.00@1.16 1.26@1.50
HAY— ‘-

No. 1 Tim. 19.50@20 25@27 16.50@17 ~ 23.5o@24

No. 2'1‘im. 17@18 21@23 14 15.50 21 22

No. 1 Clover _14@15.50 18@ 19' ~ 13 14 19 20

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Monday, June 29.——Wheat (mix. and other grains'dull. Bean market steady.

Potatoes firm. Hay scarce and ﬁrm. Seeds Quiet. Butter and eggs in..de‘mand. . .

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and cured he: productaare farhix‘li- ‘
er than a year 8-80. but the demand is— .
very large most of the time. The
spring pig crop is reported as a good
one so far as condition and size of
the litters are concerned, but the
reduction of the number of the sows
that were bred will" make the supply
considerable under the last two.years.
Recent sales were made of hogs at
511.5510 $13.80, comparing with
$11.30 to $13.40 a week earlier.
The ,Sheep Industry
Sheepmen .ar‘e . doing well,, fat
lambs having sold, satisfactorily in
recent Weeks, and there is a lively
call for. breeding ewes and. thin feed—
ing lambs, but neither are oﬂered at
all freely, and most buying. orders
cannot be filled. Recent lamb sup-
plies in the Chicago market came
largely from the south, and they were
mainly consigned direct from such
markets as St. Louis, Louisville and
Nashville to the packers. Very few
sheep are being marketed, and his,
heavy ewes are extremely bad sellers.
{A few breeding ewes have been sell-
ing at $7 to $7.50 pr 100 pounds.
It is probable that Oregon, Washing:
ton and Idaho lambs will be me
keted freely during July. The coun—
try tributary to Chicago has been
holding back native lambs, and be—
cause of the extremely dry weather
lambs marketed were poorer in qual—
ity than usual. Probably miny of
them will go to market as late as
August. The wool markethas im:
proved in recent weeks, and prices
are higher, Idaho range lambs shot
up a short time on smallgsupplies to
$17.10 per 100 pounds for the best.

WHEAT - ~

Reports of benefiting rains over
the wheat district caused prices to
decline and at Detroit the price is
off 12 cents compared with the quo-
tations in our last issue. A lot of
bullish news has been circulated re—
garding the crop in thiscountry but
this is offset somewhat; by reports-
from Europe of a favorable outlook
for their 1925crop.

CORN ‘ -

Corn prices also declined last week
because of the lack of demand, but
we do not expect this grain will con— .
tinue in a weak position verylongf

OATS

Following thetrend of other grains.
oats weakened during the week end-
ing Saturday, June 27th. However,
the prices declined only slightly, I
It is said there is a strong element
favoring the bull side and a change
for the better is expected.

RYE V
Buyers were scarce in the rye mar-
ket and the price went down 4 cents
at Detroit last week.

BEANS

When we went to press with our
last issue everything was may for
the bean market and prices looked
as though they would go to $6 per
cwt. Then there was a sudden-
change and prices started downhill
and the market appeared to be ,very-.
weak. It is somewhat steadier at this
time but there are ‘no indications
that values will increase much in the
immediate future. It would take a
wizard to guess this market a day in
advance. . ' ‘

POTATOES
01d potatoes are steady although
demand is rather slow. Consumers
are interested in the ,new crop at'
prevailing prices. .

_ HAY

Hay marekts are ﬁrm ,With higher
prices at most points. The market
for, ordinary hay is somewhat bet-
ter due to the shortage of good hay
and values of all kinds are ﬁrm and
strong and often above top quota-
tions.

 

' WOOL' v
" The Boston wool market is show—

..ing a little better tone! due some-‘/

what to more deﬁnite information?
from , Australia, .,_QOmostic  wools

continue to, ¢ow.'.hf anesthetics.
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BUTTER AND EGGS
A good demand exists for butter
and eggs at Detroit and—prices are
higher. Best creamery butter, in
tubs, is quoted at 39c to 42¢ per
pound. Current receipts of eggs are
quoted at 31c and 32954: per dozen.
The Chicago butter market is low-
er, prices being as follows: Cream-

ery extras, 41c; standard, 41c;
extra firsts, 38 1,4; @ 39 1A; c; ﬁrsts,
37 @ 37%c; seconds. 34 O 3695c.

Eggs are higher, ranging from 30

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. SEEN
Detroit—Clover seed, $16.60; ai-
sike, $174.50; timothy, $3.50.
Toledo—Clover seed, $16.50;
sike, $14.50: timothy, $3.50.
Chicago—Timothy seed, $6.86@
8; clover seed, $22®$7 26 

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

CHICAG01—(U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture)-——Hogs——Trading conﬁned al-
most entirely to desirable grades and ship-
ping account; market generally strong
to 15c higher; top, $13.80; best 100 to
175-pound averages, $13.30@13.60; most
180 to 210—pound kinds, $13.66@13.75;
$13.80 paid for selected 210-pound aver-
ages; few good to choice weighty butch—
ers, $13.50@13.65:'8teady; practically no
hogs weighed on packing account; ship-
pers, 4,000; estimated holdover, 10,000;
heavyweight hogs, $12.76@13.65; medium.
“160613.80; light. $12.40@13.70; light

lights, $11.86@13.65; packing h o g s ,
smooth, $11.75 @ 12.10 ; packing hogs,
rough, $11.25@11.75; slaughter pigs,
$11.75@13.

Cattle—Fed steers, 50 @ $ 1 higher ;

heavies mostly $1, up; values at new
highs for year so far; yearlings and
heavies of comparable ﬁnish on price par-
ity, with top matured steers, $12.60;
highest since April, 1924; best light year~
lings, $12.40; moderate supply all weight
above $12.25; mixed steers and heifers,
at latter price; choice light heifers, $12;
few grain fed steers showing much qual—
ity under $10.76; weighty Texas, $10.50
@11; fair she stock very scarce; reﬂect-
ing steer advance; canners, cutters and
bulls, 25c higher; vealers largely, $l@
1.50 up; week's bulk prices follows: Beef
steers, $9.76@11.85; fallows. $5@7.50;
canners and wtters, $3.15@4.15; veal
calves, $10@ll; stockers and feeders,
$5.50@7.50; heifers, $7.50@9.50.

Sheep—Market nominally steady; com-
pared with week ago; fat lambs and
yearlings, 75c to $1 higher; culls native
fat sheep, 75c@1.25;

higher ; demand generally good ; bulk
prices; fat lambs, $15.75@17.10; culls,
natives, $10.50@11.50; yearling wethers,

36.500750, top
$17.10; natives,
feeding lambs,

$12.50@13.50; fat ewes,
for week; range lambs,
$16.65; fat ewes, $8;
$14.55.

EAST BUFFALO. —— Cattle — Active,
steady; shipping steers, $8.50@11; butch—
ers, $809; year-Hugs, $9.25@11.50; heif-
ers, $5.60@9; fair to choice cows, $3.25@
7; canners and cutters, $2@3.25; bulls,
$3.25@6.50; stockers and feeders, $6@7;
fresh cows and springers, $40@115 per
head. Calves—aActive, choice, steady,
culls, 500 lower, choice, “1.50012; fair
heavy, $6@8; grassers, $3@5. Hogs—
to good, $10@11; culls, $6@9.50;
Active and 15c higher; pigs, slow; heavy
and mixed, $14.25; yorkers, 814.10@
14.26; light yorkers, $13.50@13.75; pigs,
$18.60; roughs, “2612.25; stage, $7@9.
Sheep and Lambs—Active; lambs and
year-lingo. 25c lower; lambs, $16.25@
16.65; yearl-ings, $8@13.50; wethers, $8@
8.50; ewes, $267; mixed sheep, $150638.

COUNTY CROP REPORTS

Ottawm—Rains the last two days came
just at the time we needed rain severely.
The past two weeks has seen wonderful
improvement in wheat, rye, corn and po-
tato crops (although there lots of insects).
Fruits and vegetables, oats, pasture and
new seeding should improve. Wheat near-
ly ripe. Many farmers planning on seed-
ing alfalfa in July and ﬁrst of August.
They applied lime and are making an
honest effort to secure good stands—C.
P. Milham. County Agent (June 26).

Ionia.——Com and beans throughout the
county look fine. Wheat and oats too

 

short to harvest. Hay about one-half a

'fair crop of raspberries. ’ _

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Week of July 5

ICE winds and local electrical

storms together with more or

less continued warm weather
reaching over from last week are to
be expected during ﬁrst part of this
week in Michigan. Monday and
Tuesday will be more or less pleas-
ant but a renewal of storm condi-
tions, if not actually clouds, will
materialize close to the middle of
the week.

Rainfall and thunder storms dur-
ing Wednesday and Thursday or
very close to these dates will be
mostly general but probably light in
quantity, except in local centers.
Coming to the close of the week the
weather is expected to clear up, al-
though the winds will again blow
up threatening clouds and storm
conditions about Saturday of this or
Sunday of next, week.

Week of July 12

Opening days of this week will
bring warm weather, rains and elec-
trical storms. These conditions may
continue to a certain extent through
the ﬁrst part and on into the middle
days of this week in Michigan.

About Thursday, however, there
will be a decided change in the
weather of 'the state. Temperatures
will start a downward tendency
that will continue, with the excep-
tion of one rise, until near the close
of next week.

During the latter part of the
week the weather is expected to be
generally fair in most parts of Mich—
igan, but by Saturday of this or
Sunday of next week conditions will
begin to look more severe.

 

LOWDEN TALKS COOPERATION
TO GRADUATE

(Continued from Page 3)

the experience by which men in bus-
iness and industry have improved
their conditions, we farmers would
get together in organizations, hold
frequent meetings, consider supply
and demand and get a world—wide
view .of the situation. Now I am
not advocating the application of
the corporate principle to agricul-
ture. I do not believe that the ag-
ricultural corporation can succeed in
competition with the individual
farmers, but even if it could it
would be disastrous to the very
foundations of our republic.

“It is evident therefore, that 00—
operative marketing offers the only
hope for the solution of these prob-
lems and the improvement of these
conditions. It is no new experi-
ment. It has been applied exten-
sively and with marked success in
half the countries of the world. Go-
operative marketing is not an effort
to repeal the law of supply and de-
mand, but to make that law serve,
rather than harm the farmers.

“Economists teach us that the
factors of time and place are of the
utmost importance in determining
value. But without organization
the individual farmer has practical-
ly nothing, to say about the matter
of either place or time. He must
market at his local trading point
and when the dealer gets his pro-
duct it is out of the farmer’s con-
trol. Millions of farmers freely
competing against each other in a
highly organized world are at a
hopeless disadvantage. We must
merchandize our products, withhold-
ing the surplus and controlling the
ﬂow. This is impossible Without
organization.

“To have a fair deal there must
be equality of knowledge between
the buyer and seller relative to such
factors as supply and demand. How
is the individual, isolated farmer to
have equality with the great or-
ganized buying groups? The farmer
too, must be organizad."—'—Stan1ey
M. Powell.

. along , -. I, am ctr-arecent l'ains.“ 
A berries-"were nearly a failure this, 
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New Chemical, Fatal to sues, Also \'
Renders Stock Immune from 7
Their 'Attncks

  
 
 

A house entirely free from, ﬂies,
mosquitoes and other insect pests— '
live stock absolutely protected day 
and night from their attacks. This 7 
is the assurance of a well-known
Kansas City chemist by the use of
a new chemical combination that is
almost instantly fatal to insect
pests. When sprayed in a room it
kills every iiy, moth, mosquito, bug
in it in from 'two to ﬁve minutes.
When sprayed on cows, horses, etc,
no ﬂy. gnat, or other insect will
bother them.

This new discovery. well named
Rid-O-Fly, is absolutely harmless to
humans, animals and fowls. It can
be used in closets for moths. In the
pantry for ants, roaches, water bugs.
In the poultry‘house for lice and
mites. On dogs and cats for ﬂeas.
It not only kills but it is a strong
repellent and keeps insect pests
away. It does not stain or gum
and has no disagreeable odor. Con-
tains no creosote or carbolic acid.
It is far more eﬁectivo than insect
powders and poisons.

Rid—O-Fly may be obtained from
the Alexander Laboratories, 3191
Westport Sta., Kansas City, Mo., on
a positive guarantee of satisfaction é?
or no pay. They are now making a
special introductory offer of a quart .
size sprayer and a can of Rid—O—F‘ly '3
for only $1.25. Send no money 1
now as you can pay the postman
$1.25 and postage when delivered.

If it does not rid your house and
livestock of ﬂies and insect pests,
your money will be cheerfully re-
funded. A credit coupon will also
be sent you to apply on a larger
quantity should you need more be—
fore the‘summer is over. (Adv.)

 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
    
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
  
   
   
 
   
    
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
    
   
   
   
  
  
   
   
  
  
 
 
  
  
    
 
  
   
  
    
  
  
  
 
  
    
  
 
  
  
  
  
     
  
  
  
   

 

 

 

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RATE PER WORD—One Issue 8c,
Two Issues 15c, Four Issues 25c.

FARM LANDS

IOWA FARMS F'OR SALE-“AS LOW AS 360.
per acre. Good terms. N. Bartholomew, 2
Crocker Boulevard, Des Moines, Iowa.

MUST SELL door) 100 ACRE SOUTHERN
Wisconsin Dairy Farm, $12 500. without stock.
31,500 down. 0. Coburn, Whitewater. Wis.

FARMS—R E S 0 R 'i‘ PROPERTY IN BENZIE
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LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WANTED, ESTAB-
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DAIRY CATTLE

TEN PRACTICALer PURE GUERNSEY BE!— 4
.fers.'7 to 9 weeks old, 2 .00 each, crated.

“fill ship C.  D Order or write L. Terwilliger.
auvratosa. Wis.

GUERNSEY OR HOLSTEIN DAIRY
$20.00 .cach, shipped anywhere.
Mums. Whitewater, Wisconsin.

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to Jos. Moriarty, Hudson. Mir-binning. 0c WH“
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months old. From real hunting stock. W. A.

Sharp, Oxford, Hichlun.

FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS,
Oscar Eicber, Elkton, Michigan.

SEED

ROBUST BEANS GROWN FROM REGISTERED
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CORN HARVESTER

RICH MAN‘S CORN HARVESTER. ‘ POOR

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CASH PAID FOR FALSE TEETH. PLATINUM,
old are neto points. d rdsd  snd‘old
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stucco. Michigan.

EASY TO SELL GROCERIES. PAINT, LUBRI-
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“HUBER JUNIOR" GRAIN SEPARAT

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N MAKING the above recommendation, our
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the work it is expected to do.

By using Polarine “Special Heavy” you will get,

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the time; you will have a minimum of repairs, and
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(Indiana) :

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But, change your motor oil very frequently.
Drain your crankcase, thoroughly cleanse the
motor with Polarine Flushing Oil, and reﬁll with
fresh Polarine “Special Heavy.”

If you own some other make of tractor, write

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