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 non "“
nor  ,
HE,  meeting" of _ the
Thumb of Michigan Potato

   

showwas held Monday, Decem- ,

ber 21, at Mayville: . David Wood-
man, ecunty agricultural agent of
Huron county gave a very interest-

’ ing discussion on Boys' and Girls'

Potato Chibs. Mr. Woodman has a
number of such clubs in Huron
county which are ‘doing very good
work. County Agricultural Agent
John W. Sims of Tuscola acted as

chairman in the absence of Presi-

dent E. A. Cartwright who was call-
ed away. ‘

Plane were started for' a bigger
and better Thumb of Michigan Show
next year and the several county ag-
ricultural agents of the Thumb dis-
trict were elected to manage the
show. Many of the growers present
pooled their orders for certiﬁed seed
and it is hoped that enough orders
will be pooled to get a cal-load of
certiﬁed seed in order that better
potatoes may be produced.

Ofﬁcers and directors elected were
as follows: President, E. D. Cart-
wright, Mayville, Michigan: vice-
president, Leo Blackburn, Mayville
Michigan; secretary, Ernest Haas,
Mayville, Michigan; treasurer, Au-
gust Fink, Mayville, Michigan. Di-
rectors: George Hency, Millington,
Michigan; John Valentine, Foetal-la,
Michigan; Clarence Blassius, Caro,
Michigan; Chas. Weissenborn, May-
ville, Michigan; Stanley Stokes,
Kingston, Michigan; A. C. Bredow,
Bad Axe, Michigan; Matt Hols, Bad
Axe, Michigan; Alfred Grenbe‘r,
Franken-muth, Michigan; Lewis
Schroepel, St. Clair, Michigan; Earl
Fullson‘, North Branch, Michigan;
Wilbert Maudsley, Mayville, Michi-
gan; John Wilke, Mayville, Michi-
gan; Frank M. Willits, Fostoria,
Michigan; Jesse Colleen, Mayville,
Michigan; M. R. Deo, North Branch,

Michigan; Edw. Duncan, Mayville,
Michigan; Guy Griswold, Mayville,
Michigan.

DEMONSTRATION TRAIN COME
TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN V
DER the auspices of the N. E.
Michigan Development Bureau
and thru the cooperation of the
Michigan State College, the State
Conservation Commission, and the
Michigan Central and D & M rail-
roads, a demonstration train is go-
ing to tour northeastern Michigan
which will sound the battle cry
against the devastation of our for-
ests and cut-over lands by forest
ﬁres. This train, travelling over the
Michigan Central Railroad and the
D & M Railroad will carry a two-fold
message: ﬁrst, data and information
on the seriousness of forest fires and
the methods of suppressing them;
second, how to clear land most eﬁl-
ciently thru war-salvage explosives.

As soon as this portion of the
state is covered. the “train” wnl be
taken across tin Straits and will be
operated on the four railroads in
the Upper Peninsula under the di-
rection of the U. P. Development
Bureau. ‘

As far as the forest—ﬁre preven—
tion phase is concerned, tilt is the
ﬁrst “train” of its kind in the coun-
try. “No one can say that the mes~
sage is not of vital importance to
this section of the state—-in fact
our tourist business, our hunting
and ﬁshing section attraction, our.
agriculture, our tourist business,
yes, our entire welfare depends on
the prevention of forest ﬁres", says
Mr. T. F. Marston, Secretary of the
N. E. Michigan Development Bu-
reau, and also a member of, the
State Conservation Commission. “We
must present a solid front against
our greatest enemy and I hope that
the people in northeastern Michigan
will all take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to see the exhibits and hear

the messages on prevention and can-.

tion."
Th land—clearing department of
the Michigan State College will be

represented on this train by Mr. L.‘

F. Livingston and Mr. N. A. Kass-
ler. Attractive exhibits and charts
as well as lectures and personal in-
terviews on the subject of ancient

 

;   at the Heart of Gold melon. :‘x “

eponservation Department and Com-

  

tien of the farmers to the n
of buying pyrotol. before it is. tee
late." .It'h ,a bargain such as is sel-
dom oﬂeredto anyone." ’ m

Seeretary Edgar Cochran of the mum of the growers.
seed- of, the early melon produced

    

‘has taken a ﬁrm hold on the
market. One» we‘ek ' earlier

Malone: Herman Lundin will re-
present the department and " the

this test. The crossing of the North.
Commission 6n this tour. Mr. Coch-

Dakota and the Heart of‘Gold ’mel-

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would add greatly to the. I,

in North Dakota was obtained for I

run is every forceful speaker and Was the ﬁrst step taken and the "

will make the leading address at seeds of the cross now are prod

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each place. ,1 , ,, plants from. which eventually ,. the
The train will be under the direc— quality of the new melon may be 1
tion of the Agricultural Department tested. ~ '

of the New York Central Lines, 1:1,; __-___.____..__ _
resented by mammals, and . m

n. J. Leenhouts, while in mm “memm
Central territory. . ’

 

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ATON count! is .to N W‘ roosting Pullers' West. have
odinzthe - announce-shy}! J. w,
tecttobemm MD! mam. _ '.

Farmers’ Week at mm M ’ About 125 leaders, including i
College”. The stats tournament con- mnty 7 mm, ham 9;.

ducted at H. S. 0. last February Won workers and boys’ “(I six-13'
proved a successful mature of the dub headers are expected to be pres-
Farmers' Week program.~ at the conference, whhh will
In order to give every grange a
chance' to participate and at the heater of the home economics
same time to participate undetsoao building. Gena-a1 sessions will be
same time to keep the stats contest hid in the m, and gym "
from being too unwieldy. county meetings will take place in the after-
elimination contests are being ar< m
ranged. '
The Eaton county Grange Singing members of the extension depart- ,
contest will be held at Charlotte meat, and President K, L_ Baum-.3
Grange hall Saturday, Jan. 9. Each ﬁeld, Dean R, 8. Shaw, and Dam
chorus must be made up of at least '
10 gra’nge members.
‘ Eaton ' County Pomona grange
will offer the following prizes for
the county: First, $8; second, $7;
third, $5.

the college faculty represented at
the conference.

Among the most prominent out-.
of—state— speakers scheduled to ap- i
pear during the conference are: Pro-

The state prizes will be $100, $75. feseor Kolb, of the rural socidogy ‘v
$50. $25 and 315, awards to bo department at Wisconsin nniversity;'
made to all teams scoring 80 pet George Ferril, Ray Turner, and 7
cent or better. ' Miss Grace Freysinger, all of the )1
United States department of agri-

M. S. C. OU'IBTRIPB NATURE IN Culture; and"’Director John Willard, 

of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
college. Professor Kolb is scheduled .
to deliver two speeches.

GROWING CROPS

REENHOUSE equipment install-
ed in the new horticultural
building of Michigan State Col-

lege enables instructors to "get
ahead of nature” by growing two
crops in the same year, thus shorten-
ing the experimental time to one-
half the period necessary in outdoor
experimental work.

At the present time George Starr,
in charge of vegetable production,
is working on two experiments
through the agency of a summer and

Rural Fire Trucks Save Two Millions

the tarmers in the entire county;

“While the effective range of the“
rural ﬁre trucks cannot be estimat-
ed because of particular conditions
affecting each ﬁre, the trucks have’
prove successful —in saving arty I
at distances of 10 miles mm“
station and even further," Lane”.-
said. ‘
" ood roads have been largely
responsible for making this possible. '
In days of horse-drawn vehicles, a
ﬁre could gain considerable headway '
while the apparatus was travding;

GRAMMMHIAVI'
YIELDOFCK)“

MATHEWS, a Gratint county}
ﬁrmer, reports a harvest oi,
1,025 bushels of cm from six]
and one-half  Ilse com 3 a
hybrid  by Math-
ews. An exhilm m at random
ninohesbtheearwith’

16 rows of kernels.

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URING two yam in which rural
co—operative ﬁre companies have
been ~ operating in Michigan

farmers have been saved $2,000,000
in ﬁre losses while their investment
has been only a few thousand dol—
lars, Charles Lane, state ﬁre mar-
shall, estimated recently.

Not only have rural protection
systems proved efﬁcient in saving
property but presence of the farm-
er—owned ﬁre trucks in a community
have tended to remove the ever-
present fear of devastating ﬁres
which has been an inseparable factor
in farm life.

Since the pioneer rural ﬁre truck
was put into operation in Gran-lotto
two years ago, a dozen or more ag-
ricultural communities have made
similar arrangements for ﬁre pro-
tection according to Lane, and re-
sults have been astounding.

Most of the rural ﬁre trucks oper-
ating in the state were purchased by
farmers. The equipment has not
been re and an average sub-
scription of $10 to $15 from farmers
in the area covered has been suﬁio
cient. In most instances arrange-
ments have been made with the
nearest‘clty or village to man the-
farmers’ truck with city ﬁremen and
in return, the truck can also be used
in ﬁghting city ﬁres.

So successful have been the initial
alerts of the privately organized
ﬁre , . ‘, .131»; that su-
 Jackson county have app»

paratus came into use, poor roads.
prevented aiding rural districts in?
many instances. But modem pave-
meats and fast trucks have bromht
every farmer close to town as far as

ﬁre protection is concerned." I

The Charlotte organisation how-

;nr, obtained a heavy truck with a 
totheusualpunpsandhosesquip—
meat. With this initial water sup-
ply the hose can be connected and
the water grayed on the ﬁre as.
soon as the truck reaches the blame.

a cistern or well is found'to supply 3
additional water. ' r ,

a While no recognition of the rural .
ﬁre trucks has been taken by” the Y
insurance companies yet, Lane be- ,

l
have its headquarters in the Little ‘
l

R: J. Baldwin, assisted by other i’

Johnrrhelan, ,will be members of ..

two miles. Later, when motor 31)-,

gallon water tank in addition , ,.

It the ﬁre appears to. be dangerous. 

lieves country ﬁre insurance rates 3'

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é ‘ 7  The Only Farrri Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan

SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1926

Entered as 2nd. class matte, A118. 22,
at Mt. Clemens, Mich, under set Mar. 8.

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0 " Michigan Beet Sugar Manufacturers Will Lose Around Three Million Dollars on Crop

' HE season of 1925 will'be mark—
down asthe most disastrous to
' the beet sugar industry in its

' whole history in Michigan, especial-

1y to the manufactureer. The grow—
er under the seven dollar per ton.
guarantee has side stepped a por-
tion of the loss but has had high
costs of harvesting and delivery.
The sugar content has been very low
owing to the cold wet fall with a
minimum of sunshine to crystallize
into sucrose. Low sugar prices have
prevailed owing to excessiveproduc-
tion in Cuba, both in 1924 and 1926.
The actual recovery of sugar from‘ a

" ton of boots will-7 be somewhere

around 210 pounds as compared to
301 pounds in 1924 and a normal
average of 260 pounds. In general
a. ton of beets converted into sugar
in 1925 is worth eight dollars less
than the same ton was in 1924. The
loss to manufacturers in Michigan
will approximate three million dol-
lars on the beet crop of 1925. These

" facts are of interest not only to the_

beet grower but to all farmers and
to every citizen. Of direct interest
to beet growers is the question of
next years contract. Or can sugar
be produced in this state under pres-
ent conditions? Will this be the oc-
casion of unbalanced crops for next
year? Beans and beets have rath-
er a close relation in crop rotation
and both are largely produced in
the same area. The ratio of beets
to beans varies around 1 to 4 and
1 to 5. The change of 25 per cent
of beet acreage to beans owould un-

By JAS. N. McBRlDE

der normal conditions increase the
bean crop. one half million bushels.
This addition would as a surplus be
reﬂected in a loss affecting the en-
tire crop. The menace of crop sur-
pluses under existent’ conditions is
the farmers’ scourge. Hence we
talk of controlled production and
storage plans to reservoir the quan-
tity not in immediate demand. If
the price of sugar-were to advance
suﬂ‘lciently then a change of 10 per
cent of bean acreage into beets
would statistically reduce the bean
crop by one‘ million bushels and just
about our quota of demand at fair
prices to the grower. _At the present
time it looks like diversion from
boots to beans, which surely is not
needed. I '

In 1920 beets brought the grower
$15,087,000 and beans $9,296,000.
In 1921 beets were $13,306,000
to beans $7,133,000. Then sugar
dropped to six and seven mil-
lion dollars and beans began to
mount in yield and prices. to twice
as much money as-beets. The price
participation contracts for beets be-
gan in 1923 and the acreage advance
was 17,000 acres and from $7.22
per ton to $9.38 to the grower. In
1924 there was an increased acre-
age over 1923 of 36,000 acres and
the price per ton was $8.92. Beet
acreage grown under contract a
much more responsive to tonnage
prices than crops grown for sale on
the open market and it is this fact

, the

that makes the bean grower appre-
hensive for 1926. The Michigan
beet grower under the mutualized
contract has received, in 1923: 13
cents more per ton than was paid in
Ohio, 66 cents more than Wisconsin,
and $1.23 more than was paid in
Colorado. The ﬁgures for 1924 are
not yet available but are known to
make Michigan’s advantage even
more marked. Michigan and Colo-
rado are the leaders in sugar beet
production yet in 1923 with a ton-
nage of 818,000 in Michigan the
grower received a fraction over one
million dollars more than the same
production would have brought in
Colorado. Sugar is a national and
international problem. The U. S.

collected in 1924 $135,906,000 from

sugar imports, one of the largest
single commodity producers of re-
venue. .

Cuban sugar pays $1.76 per hund-
red weight and other foreign
countries $2.20. The production of
domestic sugar reaches its peak at
around one millions tons with an
average of probably 800,000 tons,
measured over the last ten years. It
is conceded that the domestic pro-
duct will not exceed over one-ﬁfth
of consumption and that four-ﬁfths
must be imported and that this rela-
tion will more than probably change
to less 0 theme product. The re-
tention of our present production is
consumers’ safeguard against
price extortion as is now the case

with coffee,
must be maintained for national
safety and economic security.
land is accepting this view and of—
fers a subsidy of $4.66 per hundred
(in U. S. money) in beet sugar pro-
duced at home. Continental pro-
duction is recovering from war c013-
ditions and Cuban output is fast in-
creasing so that beet sugar in the
U. S. has rather a gloomy outlook.
The sugar problem is different from
grains and meats where there is a
surplus beyond domestic needs. The
import duty does not advance the
price commensurate to the cost of
production, nor does any heavy duty
ever promise a sufficient home sup-
ply. In other words, the tariff dOes
not seem to be an adequate remedy
to meet the situation. One suggest-
ed expedient is to advance the Cu-
ban differential to the full amount
of other foreign sugar, up to $2.20,
but this advance would be at most
less than a half cent per pound or
measured in a ton of beets, a triﬂe
over $1.00. Then the advance would
apply to four million tons of sugar
in round numbers and if not absorb-
ed by the exporter would add over
thirty million dollars to the cost of
imported sugar with the consequent
political turmoil sure to follow. The
word subsidy has never had a favor-
able place in American politics or
economy, but at the present time
some remedy must be found to re-
move a burden from a few people
that a greater burden will not fall
on all those who use sugar.

Expects High Level of Prosperity Will Continue Throughout 1926 “

By HERBERT HOOVER

‘ {NY business forecast must be
A simply an appraisal of the

forces in motion at home and
abroad, for and against progress.
All signs indicate that~ if we will
temper our Optimism with a sprink-

‘ ling of caution we shall continue our

high level of prosperity over 1925.
The United States has produced
and consumed more goods in 1915 in

proportion to population than ever—

before in its history. Our standard
of living has therefore been the high-
est in our history and is of course
the highest in the world. This im-
provement, however, has been great-
er in the urban centers than in agri-
cuturai communities.

The dominant favorable factor in
our outlook is our increased produc-
tiveity, due to fundamental and con-
tinuing forces—such as the cumula-
tion of education, the advancement
of science, skill, and elimination of
waste. Other favorable indications
on the immediate horizon are that
the stocks of commodities are mod-
erate: there is employment for prac»

, tically everyone}, real wages are at
r a high level; savings are the largest

in history and capital is therfore
abundant; and the whole machinery,

of production ai-d distribution is op-

erating at a higher degree of eﬂici—
ency than ever before. While whole—
sale prices for the pear as a whole
havemaveraged about 6% higher than
for the previous year it is largely
due to needed advance in prices of
agricutural ., products. .

~ Requires Caution _ >
There are some phaSes of the sit?
Con-
tinuation- of [real estate: and "stock
-- feculation and its possible exten-
sion intacommodities with inevita—
b:  may .

   
 

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the lag in recovery of certain major
agricultural products; the. instability
of the coal industry; the uncertain-
ties of some important labor rela-
tionships—all these are matters of
concern. But, as said above. with
caution we should continue a pros-
perous year over 1926. ’

Agriculture, while it is better than
it was two years ago, still leaves the
farmers with much accumulated
debt, and generally has not gained
a stability that makes for content-
ment because its basic economic
problem of market is unsolved. Also
it suffers from continued distortion
in price relationship of the middle
west to the competing foreign-count-
ries because our transportation costs
to sea board have had to be increased
more than those of its foreign com—
petitors. The projected enlarged
program of improvement in water-
ways is of great importance in this
matter. “

Considerable Construction Work

The construction industries have
played a very largepart in the high
business activity of the past three
years. Th volume of construction
has been unprecedented during the
past year with consequent great ac-
tivity in the construction-material in-
dustries, iron, steel, lumber, cement,
etc. Contrary to normal expectations
this increased demand has not in-
creased prices, for there has been a
slight reduction in building costs due
in. a large measure ,to the gradual
lengthening .Of the building season.

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‘ The textile and shoe industries as
a whole are runningat high levels
ofgproduction, although the tendency

 
  

rapidly iii-the south
3 aﬂecting - New
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ﬁnals“! '

and tire industries will record an un-
precedented output. The coal in-
dustries show increased production
despite the anthracite strike and the
production of all other minerals has
increased.
Railroads Give Best Service

In transportation, our railways are
giving the best service in our history
and are recovering in average earn—
ings to near the Interstate Commerce
Commission standard of earnings of
ﬁve and three-fourths per cent. There
is some improvement from the acute
depression in the shipping world;
and progress has been made in plans
for internal waterway improvement.
The electriﬁcation of the country has
made further great strides during
the year toward central generation
and interconnection.

. O O

Our foreign trade in 1925 has been
exceptionally satisfactory. " Both ex-
ports and imports has risen materi-
ally, the former reﬂecting an in-
crease in agricultural exports and
the latter reﬂecting the large demand
for foreign raw materials and trepi-
cal foodstuffs. Exports will total
around ‘94,900,000,000 or about 7%
more than in 1924. Imports will
amount to about $4,200,000,000 or
approximately 17% more than in
1924. Roughly, one-half of this in-
crease in both exports and imports
is attributable to greater quantities
exported, and the remainder to ad-
vance in prices. The major explan-
ation of our favorable trade balance
is, of course, to be found in the con-
tinued heavy investment of Ameri-
can capital abroad; in essence we are
lending foreigners the where—with-
all "to buy goods “from us, or are

, sending goods to convey our invest-

ments abroad. It is probable that
the ﬁnal  will show that this

      

vestments during the year by more
than a billion dollars.
at I t
Savings Increased
In ﬁnance, the year has been char-
acterized by increased savings com-
paratively easy money conditions,
the issuance of a large volume of
both domestic and foreign securities,
and by an extraordinary rise in the
marked speculation on the New York
Stock Exchapge. This fever of spec-
ulation is also wide—spread in real
estate and unless our ﬁnancial pol-
icies are guided with courage and
wisdom, this speculation may yet
reﬂect into the commodity markets,
thereby revising the cautious buying
policies of recent years.
t t t
In the foreign ﬁeld as a whole the
situation is more promising than at
any other time in twelve years. Each
year one nation after another abroad
gains in economic and ﬁscal stabil-
ity, in production and in employ-
ment. War—inherited famines have
disappeared from the earth, stand-
ards of living are everywhere higher
than at any time since the war. In

fact no one in 1919 would have be- v

lieved that so great a measure of re—
covery would be attained in Europe
by 1925—3. proof of a high quality
in European statemanship. The L0:
carno Agreement promises much
greater political stability, and paves
the way for another stage of disarm-
ament with consequent improvement

in the economic outlook.
. t O t
On the whole, both our own

country and the rest of the world
face a more favorable outlook at
this turn of the year than for a long
time past.

sisal and rubber and

Eng- '

We, ourselves, however.~

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need to be on our guard against .;

reckless optimism. What we need is .  'V ,' '1
an even keel in our ﬁnancial 

trols, and our growing nationalref'
ﬁ'ciency will continue us in,
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~.  ' part of Emmet county is
generally considered very unfa-
gvorable for farming audit is.
“Fond all question, as long as it is
. farmed in the same old slip-shod

Qashion that our grandfathers did it.
' jnthelr time the soil was rich in
humus, in nitrogen, in lime, and also

.:~ in potash and
c e r t a i n 1y
also richer in
K p h o s p hate
' than it is to-
day, but these
supplies" are
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a n d thous-
ands of acres
have b e e n

 

_ a b a n d’oned
‘ as unﬁt for
Ur. Olaf Soreson farming Yes,
They are unﬁt for farming for any-
»one who is afraid to work and who
, s so old fashioned and so set in his
{ways that he will not adopt any of
“these “new fangled ideas that these
( seless county agents are preaching
so much about" because he feels
hat “what was good enoughfor our
old folks is good enough for us.”

H I ‘ﬁrmly believe that most of these
Jiabandoned farms can yet be put on
{,a paying basis if they, were given
.‘sthe right care. They can not all
uproduce corn, as in some districts
'l‘j‘they have frosts practically every
'gymonth of the year, but there are
‘v‘f‘other crops that will do under the
._.various climatic conditions in the
*‘county.

. Mr. J. E. Otis, a Chicago man, ev-
V»idently felt this same way about it
Vi'when he bought one of these aban-
,.doned farms some twelve years ago,
“Hand started to improve it and run
Kit in connection with his summer
“‘home. It is true it has cost him
.gi-quite a sum of money to bring it to
, where it is today, but now it stands
i‘out as an oasis in a desert waste,
"and attracts the attention of all pas-
isersby.

i This farm is being run very much‘
§_;in the fashion of an experiment farm
{it being Mr. Otis’ desire to always
fibring about something better than
ithe average, and then let all who
 wish beneﬁt by the experiments car—
'zried on here.

v_ When Mr. Otis turned the man-
agement of this farm over to me
{three years ago, he made it clear
,that he wanted it run as economic-
rally as possible, although he was
izwilling to stand the necessary cost
“as long as satisfactory results were
rought about, but he hoped to see
Such results brought about at such
"irate that our lesser ﬁnanced neigh—
or could afford to follow our ex-
mple if he desired to do so. With

   
    
  
   
 
  
   
   
    
 
   
    
  
    
  
  
  
   
     
   
  
    
   
  
     
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
   
    
    
 
   
  
  
   
   
   

 

   

5: (This is the ﬁfth article of a series by
szrof. Horner on the milk market. In the
ijgfolll‘th one he discussed surplus and in
§;thls one he takes up the matter of a
--ﬂat price.)
1: T is quite a common thing to hear
‘1‘]: farmers say that they are satis-
.ﬂed with the price they receive
r their Class I or base milk; but
.they don’t like the price they re-
, ceive for the sur—
plus. Quite nat—
urally we like'to
receive the high—
est price possible
for the things we
ha ve t o s ell.
When the milk

ceived on the ﬁf-
teenth o f t h e
month one does
not like to see
, that part of his
milk sold at one
got. J. '1‘. Horner price and part at
other. This is hard to justify to
ordinary man for all the milk
"the same when it left the farm.
"erefore, why is it that some of
lie for one price and some at a.
if .price? ,

he farmer always thinks that the
fence ‘betweenﬂthe price which is
for ﬂuid ,inilk and that for sure
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Most of Michigan’s Abandoned/Farms Cant Made To Payllf'Civen  Care!" I

By OLAF“ SORESON

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these instructions we. set to work
and it has been a great pleasure to
see how quickly these soils have re-
sponded to the treatment we gave
them. .Last year we saw some of
the results. Our Red Rock wheat
yielded forty-two bushels to the acre
with a lime and fertilizer cost of
$16.00 per acre, Oats on that same
piece this year, have not been
threshed as yet, (October) but it is
estimated to yield at least 65 bush-
els with a fert‘ilier and lime cost of
only $7.00. One other result last
year "was our great ﬁeld of Reach
Rye which was shown in THE BUSI-
NESS FARMER last year, but we‘set
out to talk about corn.
GroWing Corn ‘

Three years ago I purchased a
peck of certiﬁed Golden Glow that
has been grown in the southern part
of the state. I didn’t keep up the
certiﬁcation as it was quite late in
the season before we planted it and
I didn’t expect it to mature, but I
saved about one-half bushel of the
best ears 'at the time of silo-ﬁlling.
The kernels were only in dough at
the time, but I dried them and

 

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in length, and average 750 kernels to the ear.
Good view of two sides of the building where Mr. Soreson drys seed.

BOTTORI:

 

‘“ > . Emmet County Farmer

‘planted them and had some nice

seed ears from them in the fall. \
Last fall when I attended the In-
ternational Livestock and Grain Ex.-
position in Chicago I became very
much interested in the educational
displays put on by the various ex-
periment stations, and particularly
the corn exhibits caught .my eye, and
I set out last spring to see what we
could do here. I had a fall-plowed
piece of land which I limed last year
for soys. This I top-dressed with‘
barnyard manure and disked and
dragged it thoroughly. When I
planted the corn I used a two hand
Pplanter with fertilizer attachment
and used a mixture of equal parts in
each hill or at the rate of’70 pounds
to the acre. Just enough to give‘the"
young plants a good start, but left
two rows without the fertilizer and
gave two rows acid phosphate and
sulphate of ammonia and dropped
just about a level teaspoonful in
each hill or at the/rate of 70 pounds
to the acre. Just enough to give the
young plants a good start, but left
two rows, without fertilizer and gave
two rows acid phosphate alone and

 

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Some of the corn Olaf Soreson produced near Harbor Springs in Emmet county
The cars standing upright, in front of the drying rack, measure 10 inches

It is the Golden Glow variety.

This gives you an idea of the construction of his drying rack which he describes in.
the article.

By PROF. J. T. HORNER

Head of Economics Work in Agriculture. Michigan State College

if ﬂuid milk is $3.00 a hundred and
surplus $2.14 the farmer thinks he
has been penalized 86 cents a hun—
dred on all that portion sold as sur-
plus. This is erroneous.

This country exports wheat be—
cause it produces more than is re-
quired for home use. This amount,
which is exportable is a real surplus
for there is no need for it in this
country. The price at which this
surplus is sold depends upon world
conditions. The pricerof this sur-
plus determines the price of' that
which is used for home consump—
tion. .- In this instance the surplus
makes the‘price of the entire sup-
ply. This is true with other pro—
ducts. The price which prevails us-
ually is that for the least needed
unit.‘ Milk is the only farm product
I know of which the same equality
sells in market for more than one
price. Fresh, sweet milk, testing
3.5 per cent butterfat sells in prac-
tically every city market in the
country at different prices every day.
We don’t ﬁnd potatoes of exactly, the
same grade selling “in this manner.
Those potatoes. which are used? for.
baking .p‘urposes, ;,are { not purchased

“at one price,» those useder mash-L.

' This was

ing at another, and those used for
frying at still another. Wheat does
not sell at different prices depending
upon whether it goes into breakfast
foods, bread, cookiesyor cake. All
wheat of the same grade sells at
the same price and this price is the
low rather than the highest possible
price.
Peculiar Price Situation

There is, then, in the milk market
a peculiar price situation which is
not found in the market for other
farm products. Mlk is being sold
according to the use to which it is
put much the same as the electric
current'is sold’ at different prices de-
pending on whether it is used for
lighting residences or generating
power. ,

In the days when the milk distrib-
utor did nothing but handle whole

’ milk all of his purchases were sold

as fluid milk. He would, ofcourse,
have a little milk left over each day.
usually separated and
churned into 1 butter. The. butter
milk was/sold and the skimmed milk
was not of much importance in the,

   
 

one row ammonium sulphate alone

and then watched the result. through
the summer.,. I planted the corn on
the 2th day of May. I picked my
ﬁrst seed corn bn the 12th .of Sep-
tember, a period of 106 days from
the day of planting; At this time I
found nearly every ear. on the rows.
with acid phosphate matured, but
not as well developed as those that
had received no fertilizer, while I
found only one matured ear in the

two rows which received no fertil- 

‘izer, and none at all on the row
which received ammonium sulphate,
alone, but this row was lots greener
than the rest of the ﬁeld. The most
and the best corn was from the rows
that received general treatment.
Drying Rack

Some of this corn is shown on the
the accompanying pictures in‘ my
home made drying-rack. This rack‘
is very easily made, ‘and very con-
venient. I fastened several strands

of 16 gauge wire (galvanized) on '

the inside of the studdings in one
of our sheds, 2% inches between
each strand, fastened with ordinary
wire staples. Then at each end of
the shed I spiked another two by
four on top of the studding and one
on top as a header and one at the
bottom, and for each studding I
took a two by two and spiked up-
right from the bottomto the header,
leaving a two inch space between
the studding and this two by two
and then repeated my wiring as on
the studdings. This leaves. the wires
4 inches from the wall of the shed,
and four inches apart which gives
the ears a fine resting place and
with the strands 2% inches apart
there is plenty of .room for the air
to circulate all about the ears. Along
the bottom, which is 12 inches from
the ﬂoor, and along both sides, and
on top I fastened a 4-inch strip of
tin which makes the rack absolutely
mouse proof. a,

It might be interesting to the
readers to mention the difference be~
tween this ﬁeld and another which
I planted 9n. June 3rd, ﬁve days
later. This field received no treat-
ment whatever, excepting a well
prepared seed bed,~and good care
during summer. In this ﬁeld we
found no matured ears, and but very
few well developed ears at the time
of silo ﬁlling on the 5th day of Oc-
tober.

This corn here shown would be
just “corn” in the corn belt, and
even in the southern part of our own
state, but up here “in the.sticks" it
is real corn and what is 'more inter-
esting still, it was grown on one of
those abandoned sand farms which
one old fellow told me “wouldn’t
grow a bean” when-Mr. Otis bought
it. '

' ‘ An Answer to Questions Regarding a Flat Price For Milk

milk receipts ran too high 'the dis-
tributor would shut off some of his
former patrons, and thereby keep
down the quantity which had to be
used for manufacturing. '

As the milk business became more
commercialized and handled on a
larger scale, there was a greater
ﬂuctuation in the production and
consumption of milk and, therefore
it was much' more difﬁcult to deter—

,mine just how much milk. was need-

ed each day. The quantity of milk,
then, which was left unsold each
day became more varying and in
many instances of considerable
quantity. '

The milk distributor in making
prices for the milk he purchased
ﬁgured his return for milk sold. If
he could get a, good high price from
the city consumer he would pay a
higher price to the farmer; but he
fwould always keep the price to the
farmer low enough so that he could
make money distributing milk. - As
this manufacturing side of the bus-
iness developed it became necessary
to take this phase of the business in-

to‘cons’ideration. . The consumer will f  
V H milkthan ’can be..;yi ‘~
obtained for] it-if'it' 

pay more for ﬂuid

  

is manufactured

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DID YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE?
w—“Our Jersey

“DAD TAKES A NAP.”—1\Irs. Har- CONTEN
heifer and two pet lambs he has adopted,” old Sage. of Central Lake. sent the ﬂrpcnter, and ﬂht' writes “’l‘ln
writes L. B. Hiser, of Twin Lake Farm. Linco 11. picture to us. ning themselves in our window ﬂower b0

9

GIL—The cat and dog belong to Stella M.
of Ithaca, '

‘y en )5; sun—
’

PLAYING WITH KITTY.—Eourteen A BABY SHOW
months old son of Earl G. Robinson, give all ﬁve ﬁrst prize.
of Middleville. sent the picture.

we were acting as judge at this baby show we would
\Vho could do otherwise? \Vm. Wernette, of Remus,

“LOVE ME, LOVE MY DO .”——Ford
Down, grandson of Mrs. Ella, Down, of
Ithaca.

“A? KRY HAD A LITTLE LAEIB.”—-\Ve (To not know
x'hethcr this is the “llary and her lamb" all the chil-
(hen learn about or no, but B. “'ilkin,
sent the picture.

MID THE ICE AND SNO\V.—-—I\lrs. 1’. ll.
Plymouth,

“BEAU ‘Y AND T" BEAST.”——The beauty is the
Gilson, of Traverse City, Ht‘nt us this view daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “'illimn Kroner, of St. Charles,
taken on the Gilson farm. “'0 would and the beasts are her two (logs,
rather look at a. picture like thie next July. bull terrier.

an redule and a,

FRIENDS.—-Mrs. ‘Ferdlnand Wolf. of HELPING UNCLE S.——*"l‘his is my son DIyron'and my brother Otis,”
_ with her pet pigeon, Betty, on writes Albert Brldson, Fife Lake. “Otis lost his legs in an accident but
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“THE' SUN SHINES INTO MY .
EYES !”—Dorotha Dowding, g r a n d»,
daughter of Mrs. Alma Butler, Olivet.


 
   
  

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' "on .a ﬁfty 'fty l) ‘
welsh sit the land, which :is' .r

  

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 bill. B is to do the labor,
furnish‘ one-half the seed, one—half
the stock and pay one-half the
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Call produce and stock sold from the
i farm. New this is the question that
 come up. A bought and set up
~. _.aeilo. A is willing to pay one-half
, of «the engine power for ﬁlling the
‘ silo, B thinks A should also pay for
one-half of the extra labor for ﬁll-
 the silo and one-half of the la-
bor which he hires for exchanging
labor with other silo owners. Is B
rightinthisziswillingtopay
. one-half silo ﬁller, one-half gas and
 - '_ oil. A and B each to pay for one-
 ' ’ half the corn shredding. .
5;" _ This year A rented extra land for
'-.~ . sheep pasture. Does this extra land
 _ for map land come under the head
 of feed for stock of which each are
 to pay one-half of feed for stock of
which each are to pay one—half or
does it come under land of which A
furnishes sin—Reader.

gj» _ FARMS rented on as 60-50 basis,
 such as expenses as the thresh-
 _ ing, silo ﬁlling, etc., are borne
equally by both parties. This gen-
erally involves the hiring of the ma-
chine outfit, fuel for operating and
__ the operating crew. This crew gen-
,3 orally consists of two men in care
‘; V of a silo ﬁlling outﬁt. However, the
" number of men is not ﬁxed. All the
other labor could be classed as reg-
ular farm labor the expense of which

is borne by the tenant.

The labor involved in the harvest-
ing of corn (whether put in the silo
or otherwise) is no different than
the harvesting of any other crop.

The hiring of pasture to supply
extra feed for sheep on hand would
be the same as purchasing feeds
and therefore should be borne by
both parties—F. T. Riddell, Depart-
ment of Economics, M. S. C.

GUARDIAN

What are the duties of a guardian
of miner’s real estate and money?
Please answer in detail regarding
looking after the property. What
compensation is a guardian entitled
to. Does a guardian have to keep
a strict record of all the expenses,
rents, interest and the like on the
minor's property and have near rel-
atives of the minor the right to look
over these records? Can a guard-
ian sell the minor’s property with-
out it being appraised. What are
their rights concerning sale of prep-
erty.—-Subscriber, Shepherd, Mich.

, I GUARDIAN must manage his
u i ward’s estate frugally and with-
out waste and apply the income

 to the support of the ward. He
 must keep strict account of income
 from the estate and expenses. A

guardian must have a license from

the probate judge to sell his ward‘s

real estate. The probate court shall
decide what compensation he shall

. have.—-—Legal Editor.

“t ‘ PROPERTY COULD NOT BE
v . TAKEN

it 7 If man and wife hold property
7? jointly and either one signs notes
without the consent of other, can
the one that did sign be held re-
sponsible with the signer, or can
both be held reeponsible?-—Sub-
scriber, Reed City, Mich.

THE property held jointly in this
case could not be taken for.
the payment of a note signed

by!» only one party.- If the man

signed a note alone, it could be col—
lected out of his property, other
than that jointly held with his wife.

A wife can be held on her note only

when his given for debt incurred in

respect to her own sole estate--

Legal Editor.

TAN . SHEEP PEI/11
Would you please inform me
through. the column of your paper
hOw to tan a sheep pelt with the
wool on.——W. G., Howell, "Mich.
.' ’ pelt should be washed while
fresh in strong soap suds, ﬁrst
picking from the wool all the
\r . A' little
.paria‘ﬁne, a tablespoonful to; 3 gal-
"ns of water, will aid in removing
the Continue to .wash

  
 
 
 
  
 
  
     
  
    
    
  
  
  
  
  

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aaeres, one—half the seed and one-‘9
the stock and pay one-half the. I

receive one-half of the money of .

the shingle mesh sudstili it is. white 1

  

and clean. éThen dissolve one-half

pound each 'of 'salt and alum in
three pints of boiling water, put 'into
it water enough to cover. the skin.

which, should soak in the solution,

twelve hours. and then be hung on a
line to drain. When. nearly ‘dry
nail it, wool side in, on a board, or
the side of a barn, to dry. Rub into
the skin an ounce each of pulver-
ized alum and saltpeter, and if the
skin is large double the quantity.
Rub for an hour or two. Fold the
skin sides together and lay the skin
away for three days rubbing it every
day or till perfectly dry. Then with

a blunt knife clean the skin of im-'

purities, rub it with pumice or rot-
ten stone and trim it into ships.—
Geo. A. Brown, Professor of Animal
Husbandry, M. S. C.

NOTW'IOENW
LAND

 

Is it necessary to enclose private
land to prohibit hunting on said
land? There is a public road run-
ning through this land, one side of
the road is fenced, the other is
woodland and used for pasture. It
is posted against hunting on both
sides of the road.——W. L., Freesoil,
Mich. _

—It is not necessary that the land
be enclosed by a fence in order to

prohibit hunting thereonf—Legal
Editor.
' FIRE EXTINGUISEERS

I have a couple of dry chemical
ﬁre extinguishers which have been
emptied. Can you tell me how to
reﬁll them again? What would be
the probable cost of the same?
Could one make tubes of metal and
ﬁll them for less than the $4.00 or
$5.00 commonly charged for such

articles?————A. E. R., Eagle, Michigan.

THE dry chemical ﬁre extinguish-

ers are ordinarily ﬁlled with

sodium bicarbonate. It is usu-
ally customary, I belieye, to add a
small amount of some colored ma-
terial to the sodium bicarbonate,
probably for the purpose of disguis-
ing it. This coloring matter, of
course, is of no value whatever.
The sodium bicarbonate, or ordin-

_.ary cooking soda, is quite inexpen-

sive, not more than seven or eight
cents a pound I believe. I can see

{no >reason why. any receptacle its
holding ~

the ‘ bicarbonate,
would,permit of its being .scattered.

iwould not be as satisfactory as. the
ordinary' containers—Andrew J..

Paten,‘~Chemist, M. S. C.
mom—Worn
Wouldryou pleaSe  me if a
man endorses a note for a «friend

and, he can not'read English and

the note is. renewed two or three
times and the note. never was ,
to him or explainede meaning of
the words, can the hacker be held
for the, note? He can sign his
name in his language and road it
but that is all. How much property
can a single man held before they
can collect it from him on a farm?
0. A., Route 1, Mikado, Mich.
THE backer could be held on the
note he signed unless misrep-
resentations were made to him
in order to get him to sign. The
exemptions of a single man include

wearing apparel, library hooks, up'

to $150.00 in value, tools, imple-
ments, team, wagon, etc., used in. his
occupation up to the value of $250.00
and suﬂicient hay, grain, etc. to keep
his stock for six months—Legal
Editor.

KEEP MICE AWAY FROM CORN
I have heard that if you lay corn
out in layers and on each layer
sprinkle a little cayenne or red pep-
per it will keep mice away. Can
you tell me if ‘the pepper will hurt
the corn for seed, or if there'is any
other reason why it should not be
used?—J. H. M., Bronson, Mich.

PRINKING corn with cayenne
pepper would not result in any
injury to the seed. '1 do not

think it w uld keep the mice away
for any great length of time as it
would soon lose its strength ,when
exposed to the air and‘ moisture:-
J. R. Duncan, Instructor in Farm
Crops, M. S. C

BILL OUTLAWS IN 0 YEARS

Will you please inform “me in how
many years a bill is outlawed?—
Mrs. P. ,_ .
—-A/bill is outlawed after six years
from the date of the last payment
or last promise in writing to pay it.
—Lega1 Editor. a

Winter Engine Troubles '

“ OW can I operate my gas en-
gine or tractor satisfactorily
in cold weather?" is the ques-

tion being asked by hundreds of

farmers. Things of greatest con-
cern seem to be the proper non-
freezing solution for the cooling
system, the kind and care of cylin-
der oil, and an easy method of start-
ing the engine when cold.

Some non-freezing solutions that

have been used are kerosene, oil,.

strained honey, calcium chloride, al-
cohol, and alcohol and glycerine.
Kerosene is very unsatisfactory for
an automobile or tractor, but can be
used with precautions in small sta-
tionary engines working only 'on
light loads. on has been used suc-
cessfully in one make of tractor in
summer as well as winter but a
specially designed engine is neces-
sary as oil has a much higher boil-
ing point than water. and carries of!
the heat less rapidly. Old crank case
011 can be used in the ordinary farm
pump engine in the cold weather,
but not in the car or tractor. Oil
should never be used with water as
they will separate and the water will
freeze in the bottom.

Strained honey in solution with
water has been used satisfactorily

in various types of gasoline motors,

but no conclusive results have been
obtained. Calcium chloride will
serve well in forming a non-freez-
ing solution but should not be used

because of its harmful eﬂects on the

metal parts of the engine.

The most. satisfactory and most
used anti-freeze solution is one of
denatured alcohol and water. Gly-
cerine is often added and improves
the solution by retarding '
ation of the alcohol.

   
 
  

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equalize the lower boiling point of
the alcohol. A solution of 20
cent alcohol will stand weather to
13 degrees Fahrenheit; 30 per cent
alcohol to —-—3 degrees F.,
cent alcohol, ———20 degrees F., 50
per cent .-alcohol, --—35 degrees F.
When glycerine is added it should
be about one-half the quantity of
alcohol used. Alcohol evaporates
readily and should be replaced from
time to time.

In cold weather the lubricating
oil should be watched closely and a
lighter oil used. Crank case _dilu-
tion takes place very rapidly when

the engine is cold. This means that.

in cold weather some of the mixture
that comes into the cylinder is not
very well vaporized and there is
also some condensation on the cyl-
inder walls.
liquid fuel’leaks down past the pie-
tons and dilutes the lubricating oil
so that it does not lubricate as it
should and excessive wear takes
place. The water that has condens-
ed may settle out and freeze in the
oil pump or pipe line and stop the
circulation of oil.

Sometimes it is rather diﬁicultto
start the tractor or gas engine on
cold, low test gasoline. Gasoline
must vaporize before it can be ignit-
ed and it does not vaporize at a low
temperature. It will help to warm
some gasoline or high test gas and
use it for priming." Gasoline oanwbe

heated without --danger by placins’

the vessel- in a“ .p'sn of‘fhot 
Auto\ ether  need’ for
priming. and some, people mixvit with
 Th1!".BhQW"'b9fdﬂﬂ0 at
91 snows . “- sit” a  volu-
i ideal and ' ’ ‘
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_ “ set (would .
worth. , The test- offithermarl, is‘~~‘9' '
per cent lime, so, ifI—thl'are‘ls birthing A,
' you Can give 'me‘ in this umatterp:
please let me  at once—AIng 
SilVerwood, , Mich.   .-  

 price. of, marl varies accord-:9-
- ing to local demand and...the ‘.
p' u-i’ity of material. '; ‘It is impossible . '
to ship the material on account of».
the high moisture content. When sold  I_ I
to farmers the prices,ranges from 
Ibo-to I£1.50 - cubieyard. éWhen  f.
an [ v bed is leased by some ex-g '2"
cavating company, the farmer who
owns the land usually receives from . ’ 
35c to’ 500 per yard.—-0. B. Price, > 5”-

     
     
     
   
     
         
       
    
      
  

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MAKING FOB TEACHING
m i . ,

Does a person have to have one i
full year of normal training before , 3
he or she can teach school? I know , t
of several persons, who are teaching  c
and have had neither a full "year at '
normal or ﬁve year‘s previous experi- ‘
once—Subscriber, LeRoy, Mich. M s A
’ i

HE teacher training law which
was passed in 1921 proyides in 1

-'part that after September 1, l
1925, to receive a county certiﬁcate ;
a teacher must have had at least
one year of professional training be-
yond the completion of an approved
high school course, provided that
any teacher, who on September 1,
1925 held a countycertiﬂcate which
was renewable under the old law by
virtue of having passed two teach-
ers’ examinations with an average
standing of eighty-ﬁve in each and
have been continuously and success—
fully teaching since the date of is— r «
sue of the last certiﬁcate, may’be ‘, ,
eligible to receive a renewal of such " ‘”
certiﬁcate.

Teachers who can'furnish proof of
having taught .at least ﬁve years be-
fore the passage of the act, the last
three of which immediately preced-
ing the passage of the act were con-‘
tinuous, would be eligible to have
the certiﬁcates which they held on
September 1, 1925, renewed at the
time of expiration of the same with-
out meeting the requirements for
professional training as deﬁned in
the teacher training law. Other
teachers who, held certiﬁcates on
September 1, 1925, renewable as
above stated shall be eligible to re-
newals of their certiﬁcates by com-
\pleting twelve full weeks of normal
school work since the issue of their
last certiﬁcates.

Up to and including the regular i
teacher’s examination in August, ' .2
1925, county certiﬁcates were issued ?
under-the old law and such certiﬁ- '7
ime of e‘xpiratiomof the same with- ' é
of time for which such certiﬁcates 
were written. First grade certiﬁ- ' '
cates issued in August, 1925, will ex- . .-
pire in June, 1929. Second grade cer— .
tiﬁcates issued at that examination "
will expire in June, .1928, and third ». ‘3
grade certiﬁcates will expire in June, ' *
1926.-G. N. Otwell, Superintend-
ent, Division of Rural Education,

Etate Department of Public Instruc-
on. ‘ ‘r ‘ ’

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to foreclose can wife claim her third
and is A exempt above all notes? If
so how much? . Can B sell any more
- than note asks for? The chattel .
mortgage is on personal property. , i
If there is not personal property. ’3
enough to pay for notes can they put ~
a lien on’ farm already «mortgaged?
—-H., Homers Mich:—

HE wife could not claim one-

’ third if the mortgage is on

personal _ property. A would be

[exempt all above thje'amount of the
notes and B would have to returnto .
A all above that amount plus. costs 
and interest. If the mortgaged props ' 
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. Institute Time
EVERAL years ago, when the
,winter season arrived it meant
Institute Time had come. Fif-
teen years ago and for many years
before that, farmers’ institutes were
'. a very popular
affair in \nearly
every commun—
ity. In most in-
stances I think
the Grange was
the moving fac-.
tor, and what
fine times these
institute gather-
ings always ‘cre-
ated. T h e r e
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then a big dinner at the Grange 'hall. '

In the afternoon more farm talks
and many discussions passed the
hours away all too quickly. After
each town had held its institute,
there would generally be a county
rally at the county seat. Lately it
seems these institutes have not been
held as regularly as in former years,
and in my opinion this is a mistake.
However there seems to be a move
now to reestablish these old time
gatherings and this is as it should
be. Our county put on a three-day

institute the fore part of December.‘

I think they had their dates a month
or six weeks too early. Many farm-
ers are too busy in December to at-
tend Institutes. January and Feb--
ruary generally ﬁnd the farmers
with more time for such gatherings.
I believe an Institute, to be the
greatest possible success, should be
a genuine community affair. The
Grange, the farm bureau, the breed—
ers’ associationvand even the busi-
ness men's league or chamber of
commerce should be united in the
interest of an institute.

A corn show was held in connec-
tion with the Hillsdale Institute.
The First National Bank furnished
the premium money and silver cup.
This corn exhibit was good, and a
corn show might well be added to
any institute program. Sometimes
I think there is greater need today
of farmers’ institutes and the discus—
sion of modern farm methods than

ever before. True it is the farm
papers are doing much to keep
farmers abreast of the times, and

up to date in methods, but many
farmers are far more impressed by
a_ personal talk than they are by
reading the same thing in a news-
paper or magazine. Why this is, I
don’t know, unless the spoken Word
is considered practice, while the
written word seems more like the—
ory. For instance: Forty farmers
in a community each read an article
on the beneﬁts to be derived from
the use of lime. " To themselves they
admit it is probably a very good
practice. That iS'as far as thirty-
eight out of the forty will go. ' But
let some good speaker deliver an ad-
dress on the use and beneﬁt of lime,
and be followed at once with some
one to sign up the farmers for order—
ing lime, no doubt twenty out of
the forty will be interested enough
to order some, for “wasn’t that a
practical talk!”

A modern farmers’ institute
should have about as much on the
program to interest women, as it
does men. It would seem quite the
ideal arrangement if the women's
clubs of a community could be .in-
in the institute too. One
great trouble with most communities
is they do not have a suitable hall
large enough for such crowds. Every
community should have a commun—

ity hall spacious enough to accomo- .

date practically the entire populace,
and equipped with a motion picture
machine, rest rooms, stage and Out-
ﬁt for‘amateur plays, etc. '

It should contain a modern kitch-
en -and banquet; ha_ll-—_oh, you say,
what would 4- that cost? Really the
cost would not be prohibitive. If
every “one ’in’ a. given .cOmm‘unity

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building wouldgnot buirden anrdne.
And I am sure a. farm .located in,
such a community would be‘ worth

considerably more than one gin a‘_

neighborhood with no such— place.
The building would be the property
0f the people, and as there would be
norental expense when giving’ pub
lic, entertainments, they would be

free or very moderately priced. The ,a

cost of upkeep could be taken .care
of by small rentals charged other
than public enterprizes. While this
may seem a dream in most vicinities
now, I believe a few years hence will

'ﬁnd \. many such buildings in the

state.

A good institute will show- the.
need of such‘ a building and be. a
good place to launch the proposition
of a community hall. A

Many towns in Southern Michigan
have adopted some plan of public
entertainment to be put on one ev-I
ening during each week through the
summer season. Many of these
towns give motion picture shows. A
contract is let with some person who
has a regular circuit, showing in a
different town each night. So suc-
cessful has this been, a man of my
acquaintance has the picture produc—
tion outﬁts and shows in some eight-
een or twenty towns each week. A
nearby village, having no pictures
lastsummer organized an entertain-
ment committee who put on success-
ful entertainmen of varied character
during the summer. Each of the
adjacent school districts in the vicin-
ity were given an evening in which
to put on the program. Judges were
always present and, when fall came,
the district which stood highest in
the ﬁnal score, was awarded a ﬁne
prize. The success of these enter—
tainments in these various towns
was provsn by the vast crowds that
enjoyed them. Cars from distant
farms and nearby towns were park-
ed closely all over the down towu
sections. But nice weather is nec-
essary to the success of these enter-
tainments. Many an evening is lost
by storms only a few townsfolk and
the more venturesome farmers being
present to enjoy the programs. With
the coming of cool evenings in the
fall these programs cease. What a
been a large community house
would be at this time. A wonderful
community spirit would result and
all organizations would enjoy its
beneﬁts. '

A community Christmas tree was
suggested for our town, but there

being no hall large enough to Care .

for the crowd which such a. tree-
would bring, the idea was dropped.
True, a tree can be erected in the
street, but past experience shows the
weather is not generally suited for
exercises on a street corner, and a
tree without appropriate exercises is
but half appreciated.
it ill all
No Fall Plowing _

The writer recently had the privi—
lege of visiting with a man who had
traveled extensively through farm-
ing sections this fall, and he said
there was practically no fall plowing
being done. In our section I do not
know of a single ﬁeld that was plow-
ed last fall. This is a sad condition,
as fall plowing had become deserv-
inglly popular with many farmers
round here. Next spring will ﬁnd
more ground to be plowed than ever
before, due to the fact that every
one in this section lost their clover
seeding last summer. We have twen-
ty acres to plow winch ordinarily
would be in clover. This will be in

addition to our regular farm work, ’

and it- will certainly be quite a.
hindrance, for fall plowing would
have helped greatly, and been far
better for the crops“we shall plant
on it.
clover kills out .is just cause for a
farmer to scratch his headL”It' means
a substitute pasture plant'must be

grown, and‘maybe something Whiﬁhv.»

can be used» in plag‘exof“ arhayc’ro’ _
What this Will be ﬂepgnds mug-g
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' j,',' I have. beansL reader pf Tin Bus:-
? ﬁnes Farms 9. number of years and
«like it just ﬁne. I would like to ask
1' yous question. I have a ﬂnestraw-
. -b'erry patch. with diiierent varieties
set out last spring. They are the
 very best kinds and now I have
 ~ plenty of new plants for another
patch. Now what I would like to
know is whether to pull up enough
plants to plant them in the spring.
I have a good cellar to keep them-
from freezing, or should 11 leave
them in the ground until spring? I
have plowed up an old patch and
may plant the land again. The soil-
is rich black loam.——-L. F. W., Ster-
ling, Michigan.

THINK you had better leave your

plants in the ground until spring.

.  i, . , Dig plants from a young patch

{if » using only strong plants with white '

 roots. Plants with black" roots are

' old and .will not grow. Get your

. plants into the ground as soon as

~ possible after digging and do the

1 planting on a cloudy day when the

ground is moist. If I were you I

would not plant a new patch where

i an old one has just been plowed un-

, ‘ der. Black loamy soil is ﬁne for

strawberries. The big thing to re-

‘ member is to keep the cultivator

( and hoes busy in a new patch. Thor-

. ough cultivation is the big thing.

' Here’s hoping you will have good
I luck you]: new patch.

l HEAR-D AT THE HORTIOULTURAL
' NIEET IN GRAND RAPIDS

'~ M.D. Buskirk, PawPaw: “Five
i cents a pound. That is what it costs
, me to grow sour cherries."

 

James Nicol, South Haven': “Fruit

‘ growing has suffered from the de-

pression the same as other branches

1 offarming, but, he who hangs on ’til
I the worm turns is a wise bird."

Amos Tucker, South Haven: “In-

sect pests are the fruit grower's best

‘2 friends. They put the amateurs out
i of business.”

/_ G. E. Prater, Manager, The Wol-

’ ‘ verine Fruit and Produce Exchange:

1 “Not a Duchess tree in Michigan

would have to be destroyed it grow-

l are would thin and spray the fruit,

l and then market only the A—Grade.”

‘ “The man who uses a sales agency

. r 1 should convey to that agency all the
"r . facts, the same as he would to an at—

I

. is resistant to aphis.

.‘x-r

~ torney who is trying .to Win a case

for him." a .

L. G. Gentner, M. ,S. 0.: ‘jLast
October’s freeze put the frost on the
aphis. Apple aphis will probably be
scarce next year." -

 

H. E. Hawley, Fennville : “Red
Spy is a promising variety.”
H. S. Newton, Hart: “I am

through with the Duchess apple. I

will top-work all I can and pull out.

the rest."

A. L. Hopkins, Bear Lake: “How
do I always get help? I engage my
help early in the season, pay them.
promptly and treat them right."

W. 0. Button, M. S: C.: “McIntosh
Johnathan is

 

susceptible.”

 

Ra L. Evarts, Hunter’s Creek:
“Michigan’sbest apple varieties are
Spy,- Johnathan, McIntosh, Steele
Red, Delicious." '

GraCe Hitchcock, L n d i n g t o n:
“Stick up for your own! Each Mich-
igan fruit grower should be~an ad—
vertising agent."

Geo. Friday, Coloma: “The stan-
dard A-Grade is the backbone of the
apple industry.”

Oscar Braman, Grand Rapids:
“The successful sprayer is the heavy
doser.“

Carl Buskirk, PaWPaw: “Bothered
with woodchucks and rabbits?. Cut
sweet apples in halves. Treat the
halves with arsenic. Pin the halves
together with toothpicks and roll an
apple into each burrow."

W. F. Johnson, Van Buren County
Agent: “For regular grape crops
prune carefully and fertilize in
spring with nitrogenous fertilizer.”

Robert Anderson, Covert: “To
keep peach trees ‘young’ fertilize
each spring with nitrate, cultivate
thoroughly and prune every year.”

Ohio:
Ever
has

F. C. Brown, Columbus,
“Normal weather is a myth.
since I’ve been farming it

always been the wettest or the dri—

est, the coldest or the hottest weath-
er in the history of the weather bu-
reau.”

 Sgliniilltzdé o.  Josepch aging-ES

 

l 80W SWEET CLOVER IN OLD
‘, ‘_ ~ PASTURE
,I wish to ﬁnd out how and when
 l to sow sweet clover in an old pas-
. t ture.-——F. H., Grand Ledge, Mich.

’ E results secured when sweet

; clover is sown on an old pas-

; ; ‘ ‘ ture depends quite largely upon

l the fertility and lime content of

* “i the soil. Frequently old pastures

" are quite weedy due to low

' fertility' and soil acidity. \Under

! these conditions, sweet clover would

, not likely do well. On the other

. hand, if the soil is in a .fair state

i" ' » l of fertility and the soil not acid,

~ ~- but the pasture not producing well

3‘ ' due to over-grazing, it is quite like—

. ‘ I ,, 1y that sweet clover would add con-

l siderably to the amount of pastur-
age secured. _ - a ‘

The old pasture should .be either

disked or harrowed and the seed

' time when, the livestock will tramp

-ver " seed during the early spring,

however, unscariﬁed seed might be

I sown just before the ground freezes

‘yup in the tau—C. R. Megee, Asso-

,jciate Professor of Farm Crops.—

Michigan State College.

 

BUCKWHEAT' k, V
Will buckwheat grow .on sand?
 How much seed per “acre should be‘
 planted and how is - it ‘handledi—s
J” . “jBay City, Michigan.  

   
   
 
    

  

' Contributions Invited—Questions Answered

crop suffers more from neglect of
attention to seed bed preparation
and soil than any 'of our common
crops. With proper conditions of
moisture and weather one should
be able to get a fair crop on sandy
soil. If the sand is very light it
may be well to apply manure or a
commercial fertilizer which con-
tains nitrogen.

The rate of planting is three to
four» pecks per acre, using the grain
drill ‘for sowing. It takes from 12
to 13 weeks for this crop to come
to maturity. ‘Be sure to allow this
length of time from date of plant-
ing to ﬁrst killing frost in the fall.

Buckwheat is usually harvested
when the ﬁrst seeds are maturing.
If left longer much shattering oc-
curs. In harvesting, the ordinary
binder is generally used. Much of
the --«shattering ‘ can be avoided by
cutting early in the morning when
the dew is on the plants. Thresh-
ing is generally done with a thresh-
ing machine as used for wheat. As
the seeds split quite easily it is us-

ually” necessary to remove some of.

the concave teeth or put a smooth
conCave in the machine.

. The average yield of buckwheat is
about eighteen bushels, per acre.
Under sandy conditions the yield
Will , probably: ,be somewhat,’ less.—
0. .E, Germany, Assistant Professor

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In a few minutes time the manure
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“6:48, The Richardson is calling Petos-
key, ‘We geLnothing now. ,Do you?’

“6:30,, Petoskey is calling Manitowoc.
‘Signals after becoming indistinct, failed
entirely about 5:45. probably by failure
of ship’s power to supply current. 0p-
erator appears to have remained at key.
From 5:25 to 5:43 we received discon-
nected messages, as follows: ‘Have
cleared another car . . . they are stick-

ing to it down there . .' . engine-room
crew is also sticking . . . hell on car
deck . . . everything smashed . . . they
won’t give up . . . sinking now . . .
we’re going . . . good-by . . . stuck to
end . . . all they could . . . know that

. . . hand it to them . . . have cleared
another car . . . sink . . . S. 0. . . Sig-
nals entirely ceased.’ "

There was no more than this. Con-
stance let the papers fall back upon the

desk and looked to her mother; Mrs.
Sherrill loosened her fur coat and sat
back, breathing more comfortably. Con-
stance quickly shifted her gaze and.

tremlbling'with head erect, she walked to
the window and looked out. The mean-
ing of what she had read was quite clear;
her mother was formulating it.

“So they are both lost, Mr. Corvet and
his—son," Mrs Sherrill said quietly.

Constance did not reply, either to re-
fuse or to concur in the conclusion.
There was not anything which was meant
to be merciless in that conclusion; her
mother simply was crediting what prob-
ably had occurred. Constance could not
in reason refuse to accept it too; yet she
was refusing it. She had not realized,
until these reports of‘ the wireless mes-
sages told her that he was gone. what
companionship with Alan had come to
mean to her. She had accepted it as
always to be existent, somehow-—a com-
panionship which might be interrupted
often but always to be formed again. It
amazed her to ﬁnd how ﬁrm a place he
had found in her world of those close to
her with whom she must always be in-
timately concerned.

Her mother arose and came beside her.
"May it not be better, Constance, that it
has happened this way?"

“Better!” Constance cried.
trolled herself.

It was only what Henry had said to
her months ago when Alan had left her
in the north in the search which had re-
sulted in the ﬁnding of Uncle Benny—
“Might it not be better for him not to
find out?” Henry, who could hazard more
accurately than any one else the nature
of that strange secret which Alan now
must have “found out,” had believed it;
her mother, who at least had lived longer
in the world than she, also believed it.
There came before Constance the vision
of Alan’s defiance and refusal to accept
the stigma suggested in her father’s re-
cital of his relationship to Mr. Corvet.
There came to her sight of him as he
had tried to keep her from entering
Uncle Benny’s house when Luke was
there, and then her waiting with him
through the long hour and his dismissal
of her, his abnegation of their friend-
ship. And at that time his disgrace was
indeﬁnite; last night had he learned
something worse than he had dreaded?

The words of his telegram took for
her more terrible signiﬁcance for the
moment. "Have some one who knew Mr.
Corvet well enough to recognize him even
if greatly changed meet . . ." Were the
broken, incoherent words of the wireless
the last that she should hear of him, and

She con-

of Uncle Benny, after that? “They are
sticking to it . . . down there . . . they
won’t give up . . . sinking . . . they have
cleared another car . . . sink . .” Had

it come as the best way for them both?
“The Richardson is searching for boats,

mother," Constance returned steadily,
“and Number 26 must be there too by
now."

Her mother looked to the storm. Out-
side the window» which overlooked the
lake from two hundred feet above the
street, the sleet—like snow was driving
ceaselessly; all over the western basin of
the great lakes, as Constance knew—‘
over Huron, over Michigan, and Superior
-—the storm was established. Its con-
tinuance and severity had claimed a front
page column in the morning papers. Du-
luth that morning'had reported temper—
ature of eighteen below zero ‘and ﬁerce
snow; at Marquette it was ﬁfteen below;
there was driving snow at the 800, at
Mackinac. and at all ports along both
shores. She pictured little boats, at the
last moment, getting away from the ferry,
deep—laden with injured and exhausted
men; how long might those men live in
open boats in a gale and with cold like
that? The little clock upon her father's
desk marked ten o’clock; they had been
nearly ﬁve hours in the boats now, those
men. , .

Constance knew that as soon as any-

‘thlng new was heard, it would be brought

to her: yet, with a word to her mother,
she went from her father's room and dewn
the corridor into the general office. A hush
of expectancy held this larger room ;‘ the
clerk: moved silently and spoke to one

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them, whom she did not know, were plain-
ly seamen too—men who knew "Ben"
Corvet and who. on hearing he was on
the ferry, had come in to learn what
more was known; the businessmen and
clubmen. friends of Corvet's ‘later life.
had not heard it yet. There was a re—
strained, professional attentiveness among
these seamen, as of those in the ‘presence
of an event which any day might happen
to themselves. They were listening to

.the clerk who had compiled the report.

who was telephoning now, and Constance,
waiting, listened too to learn what he
might be hearing. But he put down the
receiver as he saw her. .

“Nothing more, Miss Sherrill." he re-
ported. "The Richardson has wirelessed
that she has reached the reported position
of the sinking about half-past six o’clock.
She is searching but has found nothing."

“She's keeping on searching though?”

"Yes, of course." a

"It’s still snowing there?"

“Yes, Miss Sherrill. We’ve had a. mes-
sage from your father. He has gone on
to Manistique; it’s more likely that
wreckage or survivors will be brought in
there.”

The telephone switchboard beside Con-
stance suddenly buzzed, and the oper—
ator, plugging in a connection, said:
“Yes, sir; at once." and through the par-
titions of the priate ofﬁce on the other
side, a man’s heav-y tones came to Con-
stance. That was Henry’s ofﬁce and, in
timbre, the voice was his, but it was so
strange in other characteristics of expres-
sion that she waited an instant before
saying to the clerk,

“Mr. Spearman has comedn?" .

The clerk hesitated, but the contin-
uance of the tone from the other side of
the partition made reply superﬂuous.
“Yes, Miss Sherrill."

"Did you tell him that mother and I
were here?"

The clerk considered again before de-
ciding to reply in the afﬁrmative. There
evidently was some trouble with the tele-
phone number which Henry had called;
the girl at the switchboard was apolo-
gizing in frightened panic, and Henry's
voice, loud and abusive, came more
plainly through the partition. Constance
started to give an instruction to the
clerk; then, as the abuse burst out again,
she changed her plan and went to Henry's
door. and rapped. Whether no one else
rapped in that way or whether he real—
ized that she might have come into the
general ofﬁce, she did not know; but at
once his voice was still. He made no
answer and no move to open the door; so.
after waiting a. moment, she turned the
knob and went in.

Henry was steated at his desk, facing
her, his big hands before him; one of
them held the telephone "receiver. He
lifted it slowly and. put it upon the hook
beside the transmitter as he watched her
with steady, silent, aggressive scrutiny.
His face ﬂushed a little—not much; his
hair was carefully brushed, and there
was something about his clean-shaven
appearance and the set of his perfectly
ﬁtting coat, one which he did not ordin-
arily wear to business, which seemed
studied. He did not rise; only ,ofter a
moment he recollected that he had not
done so and came to his feet. “Good
morning, Connie," he said. “Come in.
What’s the news?"

There was something strained and al-
most menacing in his voice and in his
manner which halted her. She in some
way—or her presence at that moment—
appeared to be deﬁnitely disturbing him.
It frightened him, she would have
thought, except that the idea was a con~
tradiction. Henry frightened? But if he

  
   

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f’Have you?" She closed the door behind
her before moving’ closer to him. She
had not known what he had been doing, ,
since he had heard of Alan's telegram;/
but she had supposed that he was in
some way cooperating with her father.
particularly since work had come of the
disaster to the ferry. .

“How did you happen to be here, Con-
nie?" he asked.

She made no reply but gazed at him,
studying him. The agitation which he
was trying to conceal was not entirely
consequent to her coming in upon him; it
had been. ruling him before. It had
underlain the loudness and abuse of his
words which she had overheard. That

(was no capricious outburst of temper or

irritation; it had come from} something
which had seized and held him in sue:
pense, in dread—in dread; there was no
other .way to deﬁne her impression to
herself. When she had opened the door
and come in, he had looked .up in dread,
as though preparing himself for Whatever
she might announce. Now that the door
shut them in alone, he approached her
with his arms offered. She stepped back,
instinctively avoiding his embrace: and
he stopped at once, but he had come quite
close to her,now. -

That she had detected faintly the smell
of liquor about him was not the whole
reason for her drawing back. He was
not drunk; he was quite himself so far
as any inﬂuence of that kind was con-
cerned. Long ago, when he was a. young
man-«on the boats, he had drunk a good
deal; he had confessed to her once; but
he had not done so for years. Since she
had known him, he had been among the
most careful of her friends; it was for
“efﬁciency” he had said. That drink
was simply a part—indeed. only a. small
part—of the subtle strangeness and
peculiarity she marked in him. If he
had been drinking now, it was, she knew,
no temptation, no capricious return to an
old appetite. If not appetite, then it was
for the effect—to brace himself. Against
what? Against the thing for which he
had prepared himself when she came up-
on him? .

As she stared at him, the clerk’s voice

'came to her suddenly over the partition

which separated the oﬁ‘ice from the
larger room where the clerk was receiv-
ing some message over the telephone.
Henry straightened, listened; as the
voice stopped, his great, ﬁnely shaped
head sank between his shoulders; he
fumbleduin his pocket for a cigar, and
his big hands shook as he lighted it,
without word of excuse to her. A strange
feeling came over her that he felt‘what
he dreaded approaching and was no
longer conscious of her presence.

She heard footsteps in the larger room
Henry
was in suspense. A rap came-at the
door. He whitened and took the cigar
from his mouth and wet his lips.

“Come in," he summoned.

One of the office girls entered, bring-
ing a white page of paper with three or
four lines of purple typewriting upon it
which Constance recognized must be a
transcript of a. message just received.

She started forward at sight of it, for—
getting everything else; but he took the
paper as though he did not know she
was there. He merely held it until the
girl had gone out; even then he stood "
folding and unfolding it. and his eyes
did not drop to the sheet.

The girl had said nothing at all but,
having seen her, Constance was athrill;
the girl had not been a. bearer of bad
news, that was sure; she brought some
sort of good news! Constance, certain
of it, moved nearer to Henry to read
What he held. He looked down and read.

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TEXT: “And ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall. make you free."
-—John 8:82.“

f ‘AJBBINICAL scholars of Jesus“
"day thought they had the truth

about God’s irule over men.
Others have said “Lo, here" and
“Lo, there" is the Kingdom. But,

the wonder of it is, that outside of
schools and outside of priestcraft,
and away in the hills of the despised
Nazareth, arose a Lone Galilean who
said, “Lam the truth” and One who
condemned the current formulas of
men as holding them in bondage to
error. “Which of you convicteth me
of error,” said he. “If I say truth
why do ye not believe me?” Isn’t
it time we begin to look at the mis-
sion and destiny of mankind thru
the eyes of Jesus?

“Ye shall know the truth.” This
statement has in it determinism on
the part of ,God and opportunism for
man. God is determined that the
seeker shall know the truth. His
lessons to mankind have been im-
parted thru many. ways and in a
sundry manner. Such peoples as
the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, Teu-
tons and AngloeSaxons, have passed
along distinctive values to civiliza-
tion. The dispensational periods of
law, prophecy, and the gospels, have
left great deposits of truth. Great
historical crises and reforms have
had important lessons for humanity.
But we are right now in a crisis;
and which way does Truth point?
Let us -pray that this new year may
be ﬁlled with the consciousness that
we need most of all what the He-
brews contributed to civilization; a
knowledge of the true God. Will
American Christianity arise to its
opportunity and challenge to get
back, clear back through the devious
ways of men’s political plotting, and
denominational jockeying, and of
heedless living, to Christ, the inter-.
preter of God. A Hindu lecturer
says,“‘If you Christians would live
like Jesus Christ, India would be at
your feet tomorrow/ﬂ

Christ came to establish the
“Commonwealth of God”, to make
the men and women of all nations as
brothers and sisters. But 'it is time
to herald from.the housetops that
Jesus can do this only thru regen—
erated individuals. His Kingdom on
earth presupposes renewed hearts.
The social teachings and implica-
tions of the Gospel ﬁrst recognize
sin, then become alarmed at it, and
uncompromisingly condemn it. This
is the truth. But‘this does not
enough alarm our quiet and' easy-
going Christianity. As an instance,
may I remind you that Armistice
Day, set as a solemn memorial to
the war dead and a symbol of sanc-
tity and peace, is observed by many
in a program of hilarious.dances and
foot-ball games. When are we to
rid ourselves ‘of suchjazz-minded-
ness? Such a day should call us to
our knees in humble confession be-
fore God for our present reign of
carnality, envy, lust, and pride. Be—
fore our religion can bring social re-
demption to the earth, it must be
willing to earnestly search for and
agonize over the sin within. God
must have his chance in a heart of
repentance and of faith in his truth.
The old prophets saidso; and don’t
you think they sat nearer the con-
But
the end of all this is that men
might dwell together in social unity.

But the slowness Of the church to
grasp this truth has allowed some
fake social institutions to prosper.
Political socialism oﬂe‘rs more than
it can provide and what it can not
furnish. It proposes to establish
public harmony-thru a revamping of
our -political system; This is” com-
parable to formalism
which was condemned by Jesus. It
attacks social wrongs wholly from
without. Jesus attacked them from
within. It yet remains the province
ofﬂf'Christianity to establish ‘good so:
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communistic lifeof the early church
was an anti-'worldy and anti-lustful
desire, born from above; but as a
method of organizing society, it
seems impracticable. History has
proved that such a social alliance
cannot, politically or economically,
live apart from a profane world.
And, isn’t Christianity here to leav-
en the world rather than run away
from it?

So, in getting back to .the truth
of the New Testament, we ﬁnd com-
munism was a voluntary system and
did not destroy property rights, and
neither did it level the distinctions
between the rich and the poor in
any violent or arbitrary way. But
the spirit of it would curb the self-
ish acquisition of property and use
material blessings to promote (Christ-
ian friendliness.

But, is it not true that Jesus did
not teach any prescribed social or-.
der? The Truth within will give as
freedom and power of adaption to

Christ was not ﬁrst interested in the
conventions of~law, treaties, or poli-
tical organizations. The Roman gov—
ernment was terribly despotic and it
had plenty of bad and unequal laws,
but as far as we know Jesus did not
spend any time in advocating repeal
of bad laws or enforcement of good
laws. Why? Because he' was not
ﬁrst aw reformer, but a regenerator.
He told men they must be born
again else they could not enter his
Kingdom. His cry was to seek the
Kingdom ﬁrstthen all else would be
added. This is the truth of it, and
it should lead to a profound faith in
Jesus’ religion as the sole social
hope of mankind.

“And the truth shall make you
free.” This statement was address-
ed to the professors of religion. Je-
sus told the Jews that his truth
would free them from the bondage
of nationalism and religious bigotry.
Is American Christianity badly in
need of this lesson? Ghandi says to
America, “'Do not dilute your Chris-
tianity. Do not explain it away.
Leave it just as Christ taught it.
Then you will be irresistible in the
world.” “

The truth about Christ’s view of
the world would free us from the sin
of a White supremacy and make for
a recognition of all races as children
of a common Father. “The nominal
Christians of the world preach the
brotherhood of man but practice the
brotherhood of the congenial.” Is
that the reason why Christian Amer—

ese and barred them from her coasts
through legislation? Is that the
reason for some of-our organized
efforts at reercting racial partitions
that Paul said were broken dowu in
Christ? Can the white man, who
now controls four continents, and
who would get his hands on the ﬁfth
look his Lord in the face without
shame?

And the truth will free us from
the sin of church pride and narrow-
mindedness. Could our churches
just love undiluted Christianity well
enough and long enough to federate
for the moral enforcement of fair
wages an] hours in industry, of jus-
tice for the poor and weak, and of,
arbitration in restraint of war, then
we could look for salvation from the
enemies of mankind. But this is
just what we are to look for. Truth
is dynamic and is gradually over-
coming error. Peoples are begin-
ning to apprehend it and feel its
compulsion, and some day we are to
be_free. It is Christ.

 

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THE GAS TAX AGAIN

0U who have followed this page for some

years will recall that long before the gaso-

line tax idea was popular in Michigan we
came out ﬁat-footed in its favor. We believed
in it, and were for it, because it looked like the
most equitable method of collecting the funds for
building and maintaining good roads. Now we
believe that most of our readers agree with us,
and even enemies of the idea must admit each
pays as he uses under this plan.

Not long ago Secretary of State Charles J. De—
Land came out with the ﬁne suggestion that we
do away with the weight tax entirely, sell the li-
cause with the car, good for the life of the car at
a reasonable fee, and increase the gas tax to 3
cents a gallon. We endorsed the idea heartily
through these columns. It would save the state
a large sum of money each year and eliminate
the necessity of an annual scramble to get new
plates.

In a speech over the radio a few days ago Mr.
DeLand stated he was in favor of a 4-cent gas
tax and permanent license plates. Further he
stated that under the present plan people are
paying about the same as they would if We had a
ﬁve-cent gas tax and nothing was collected on the
weight of the automobile. ’

While 5 cents per gallon seems like a high tax
at ﬁrst thought we believe it would be quite as
popular as the present 2 cent tax, if the neces-
sity of purchasing new license plates annually
was eliminated. We are for it.

THE PRICE OF CORN IN IOWA

QUALLY applicable to Michigan, which pro-
duced a crop of probably 67,440,000 bushels
of corn in 1925 in this able editorial by

John Thompson, editor of The Iowa Homestead:

“If one were to judge the ﬁnancial condition
of the Iowa farmer by reports current in the
newspapers, one would be forced to the con—
clusion that the biggest calamity that ever hap—
pened to the farmers of Iowa was the harvesting
this year of the largest corn crop ever gathered
in this state. According to the Novembei' lst
Government crop estimate, the Iowa corn crop
amounts to 477,000,000 bushels. Would-be econ—

.omists and some farm leaders have been pub-

lishing far and wide this fall that because the
cash price of corn in Iowa is now 55 cents a
bushel, as compared with 90 cents a bushel on
November 1st last year, the farmers have sus-
tained a serious loss. “

“This supposed loss is based upon the fact '

that last year’s corn crop of 305,000,000 bushels
at 90 cents a bushel—the price November 1,
1924—was worth $274,500,000, While this year’s
crop of 477,000,000 bushels, based upon the
market price of 55 cents a bushel on November
let this year, is worth only $262,350,000 or
about $12,000,000’less than last year’s small
crop.

“If all of Iowa's corn were sold for cash at
the elevator the situation would be about as
outlined above, but corn in Iowa is not a cash
Iowa sells about" 15 per cent of her corn

    

neuter signiﬁcance to the Iowa farmer; than the

FARMER

' ,tionai corn crop is utilized;

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hogs, 40 per cent; to cattle;
horses, 20 per cent; to poultry, 4 per cent;‘ to

sheep, -1 per cent; to live stock in/cities, 5% per ~

cent; used for human consumption: on‘ farms,

3% per cent; ,used by cornﬁour mills, 6% per ‘
I cent; exported, 1% per cent; and

used» for other
purposes, 3 per. cent. ' _ _ - 7

“If 40 per cent of the, national corn crop ‘1!
fed to hogs, there can be no doubt but at least 60
per cent of the Iowa crop is converted into pork.
As I said before the consensus of opinion is that '
15 per cent of the crop is sold for cdmmercial'
purposes, which leaves 25 per cent to be fed to
cattle and other .live stock not hogs. Now, let
us consider these facts in arriving at the value
of the 1924 and the 1925 Iowa corn crops.

“If the assumption that 60 per cent of the
Iowa corn is fed to hogs, 25 per cent to cattle
and other live stock -and 15 per cent is sold for
cash. for commercial purposes is correct, then
the 1924 crop was disposed of as follows: 183
million bushels were fed to hogs, 76 million
bushels were fed to cattle and other animals
and 46 million bushels sold for cash.

Now, assuming that it takes 10 bushels of
corn to produce 100 pounds of pork on the hoof,
which is a liberal estimate under good feeding
methods, 1,830,000,000 pounds of pork were pro—
duced from the 183 million bushels of the 1924
crop. The average price of the hogs that con-
sumed this corn, based upon the Chicago mar-
ket was $11.34 a hundred pounds and, therefore,
brought 208 million dollars. The 46 million
bushels sold at 90 cents a bushel brought 41
million dollars, and the 76 million bushels fed
to other live stock, assuming that it brought no
more than the market price of 90 cents in the
form of beef and other products, had a value of
68 million dollars. Thus, the total 1924 crop
of 305 million bushels brought the Iowa farmer
317 million dollars. ‘

“What will the 1925 crop of 477 million
bushels bring? Assuming that this year’s corn
will be utilized as that of 1924 was, then 286
million bushels of it Will be fed to hogs, 120
“millions to cattle and other animals, and 71
million bushels be sold for cash for commercial
purposes. That 286 ,million bushels will pro—__
duce 2,800,000,000 pounds of pork. Assuming
that this will bring an average of $11.00 a
hundred pounds on the Chicago market ,(34
cents less. than the pork produced from the 1924
crop) which appears to be a reasonable assump-
tion according to government estimates, this
amount of pork will bring 314 million dollars.
The 71 million bushels that will be sold for
commercial purposes at 55 cents a bushel will
bring 39 million dollars. If we assume that the
120 million bushels to be fed to cattle and other
farm animals will not bring more than 55 cents
a bushel, the present market price, it will have
a value of 66 million dollarsk Thus the 1925
Iowa corn crop has a potential value, everything
ﬁgured on a conservative basis, of 419 million
dollars—or 102 million dollars more than the
1924 crop ‘brought.

“Does this look as though the 1925 Iowa corn
crop would bring less money than the 1924 crop
brought? Let me reiterate that the price of
hogs and cattle determine the value of the Iowa
corn crop and not its cash price on the market.
Iowa farmers owe their prosperity to live stock
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CBOOKED AGENTS ~ ,

have learned there are men in Mich-

igan, unauthorized to act as our

agents, who are soliciting farmers to

to The Business Farmer, and

they take the money but the farmers nev-

er get their paper because the men fail to

turn in the names and money to us. As

these men do not work in one community

long enough for us to catch them we are

taldngthiswaytoinformydueoyouwill

not be victimized: If you know of anyone

who has been victimized yon'will be doing

usafavorifyouwillwriteusabontthem
orhavethemwrtbedirecttous.

Every authorized agent of this publica.
tion carries with him a credential card,
 for the'current month. on which ap-

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can READY mwsmN    ’

0 you remember the last time some1 one camel?
around your neighborhood getting"_options%f.

A on all the farms with plans of everybody}
’getting' rich .from oil wells that would soon be
Well, you better look
around the house and locate the last ,_ one you.
Information v— .
has been given out that two paying wells have
been drilled near Saginaw, and this",means the 4;,

drilled in that vicinity?

signed and see if it has expired yet.

state will soon be ﬂooded with promoters armed

with unsigned options, so get to practicing with} 

your pen so you can sign in your best style.
But. before you put your signature on any pa-

' per read it over carefully to see what «you are

signing, and demand a duplicate copy to keep on
ﬁle. Also, think of the thousands of dollars that
have been put ,into unproductive wells in Michi-
gan, and ﬁnd out how much money you may be
called on to invest in the proposition. ‘

"Not long ago a ccmpany was organised to drill I

for oil in the. neighborhood of Euro. and now,
after putting $25,000 into the Well and not ﬁnd-
ing oil they are debating if they should abandon
further work. Nearly every community in the
state has. had its “oil boom” and tall derricks
now not as silent monuments to remind folks of
their castles in the air built‘ from dreams of
wealth from a new oilﬁeld, one they understood
would be a greater producer than had ever been
discovered. It would be hard to say how many of
these silent monuments stand in Michigan, slow-
ly rotting away, but we will wager if the total
was known it would astound one. And the two
recently discovered wells near Saginaw are the
ﬁrst real producers. Think of this when you are
invited to invest in wells yet to be drilled.

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LIVE-AT-HOME PROGRAM

N Arkansas the College of Agriculture, Um-
I versity of Arkansas, has sponsored a "Live-
at-Home program" that might be tried with
some variations in Michigan. They started it
the ﬁrst of 1925 and are now issuing honor cer-
tiﬁcates, signed by the governor of the state and
the dean of the college, to those who complied
with the agreement made. '

Each farm family taking part in the program

. had twelve things to do “all around the house"
Each family agreed"

and all around the barn.
to raise enough corn and hay to carry it through
the next year; enough meat to supply the family;
have a 12-months-in-the-year garden and 7a can-
ning budget; provide milk and butter for the
family; keep an average of at least 30 hens on
the farm; make home conditions better by tak-

ing proper care of the orchard and small fruitst

    
  
 

            
            
      
    
   
       

or by starting a home orchard; work for richer,

lands by planting velvet beans, soy beans, or
clover, lespedeza, vetch, or some small grain
for winter cover and grazing Crops where prac-
tical to 'do- so; terrace or drain land- where
needed; enroll one or more children in club
work—pig, corn, poultry, home demonstration
or other club; add some home conveniences such
as running water, electric lights, washing ma-
chine, oil stove, pressure cooker, or other things
to lessen the burden of working “all around. the
house"; beautify “all around the heuse"
painting the house or making base-plantings of
shrubs to furnish a proper setting and to plant

ﬂowering trees, such as Crepe Myrtle, Mimosa, ‘

Magnolia, Dogwood, Judas Tree, or plant a lawn;

‘ and last, to keep” a clothing budget and study

textiles and clothing problems in order to buy
wisely and within the income -

 We would like to see a similar plan in Mich-

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BULLETIN 0N CORN BORER

by-

HE experiment station of the Michigan State .
1 College has just issued a bulletin that should! '
be in the hands of every corn grower in this ‘

It is “The Present Status of the European
Corn Borer in Michigan" and prepared by Prof.

R. H. Pettit, of the entomological section of the.

college. Prof. ‘Pettit, we believe, knows more

about this pest and its work in this state .than ’

any \cther living person, and he fully discusses

the damage. done, the natural enemies, the qu'ar‘i ‘

antine, and restrictive measures..,, {The bulletin,

centains many illustrations showing how thorn

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  and E. M. Sanders, mana-

_ Albany, Avaldo’sta, Ha-
' Georgia," and South-
The concerns

get, .  w'Ii‘la.

v “framed were, held to have used the

snails to defraud by means. of an ad-
vertisement'oﬂering' chickens. San-
' .. dare is alleged also to have obtained
livestock from various persons, mak—
ing no payment. In some cases he

‘  '1. seat ,"no fund" checks and. in others

he sent checks and stopped payment

 after the stock had been shipped-

' Sanders was twice arrested for of-

. Tterises inconnection with the use of

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.DON’T PA \' IT! -

The ’enclosed is a letter from a.
collecting agency as stated on the
front. I received one before this
which I answered stating that I had
never had any deal with this Dr.
Ellist. You will notice they claim

/ I owe him $13.00. can they force
me to pay this7"——H.' S., Benzouia,
' Mich. . V a

' E letter received by our subv
'scriber was from The Interstate
Protective Agency, Interstate
Building, Kansas City, Missouri, and
they claimed they were acting as
agents for Dr. E. J. C. Ellist, Est.,
and that our subscriber must pay
them $13.00 to settle a claim the
doctor had against him. They de-
clared “We are now ready to bring
action against you, and if you wish
to adjust this matter without costs,
we must receive your payment by
return mail. We have given you
fair warning, and,you may do just
as you please in this matter.”

Our subscriber says that he never
had any deal with this doctor, so we
advised him to start the ﬁre with
future letters he may receive about
the matter.. How can any company
collect for a debt that never existed?
Quite impossible. '

GERMAN MARK FRAUD
n ' NEW form of fraud in German
mark transactions, based on a
misrepresentation of the appli-
cation of the German revaluation law
to holdings of paper—mark bonds,
has been detected by the American
Bankers’ Association, and, at its
urgent request, the German Consul-
ate General of New York "has pre-

pared the following statement:
"Certain ﬁrms throughout the
country are offering German post-
war papermark bonds, as for in-
stance United .German mortgage
2;.bonds of 1923, stating that these
bonds according to ‘the German re-
valuation law would be converted
into Reichmark bonds at a rate of
at least 15 per cent, or even. con-
siderably more, of their face value.
As the value of the paper mark
shortly after the war became very
low and went down incessantly un-
til a new German currency was creat-
ed in November 1923, such offers
would involve a considerable gain.
“The calculation, however, on

 

. which these oifers ,are based is en- ,
/ tirer mistaken. .
v valuation law clearly prescnbes that ~

The German re-

the rate of the revaluation is to be
computed on the goldmark value of
the respective securities. 'This gold-
'mark value, according to the law,
in consideredth'e same as the face
value only as far as relates to the
bonds issued before January 1, 1918.
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The purpose obit-ls department Is to 
too: our subscribers from fraudulent den use
or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at

e diet-nee. _
In ev case we will do omI but to male
I utiefectory settlement orlforee action. for
which no charge tor our eervleee will ever be
made. providing: ,
1.--The claim Ie made by e" paid-up sub-
scriber to The Business Farmer. ,
z.—~m olelm Is not morethen 9 mos. old.
' 8.5—The claim Is not local or between peo-
ple within easy detenee of one enethee.
,- heee shouidbe at'dm bend endnel
attempted by me . = .' ,
' ~ :Addreee all letters. am? full particulars.
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' ' Lloydswere stopped by State Insur-
: 5615:1925; "

  

the papernia’rk had‘ at date‘of issue.
“In order to facilitate the deter-

minatiOn ot.the rate of revaluation _

a schedule has- been published with
the revaluation. law showing the
goldmark value of the papermark
during the'period from January 1918
to November 1923.7 Consequently,
if,“ for instance, a revaluation .of 15
per cent is taking place and certain
bonds with face value of 10,000,000

marks have been issued on July 2, »

1923, when 100,000 papermarks ac-
cording to the above-named schedule
were worth 2.73 goldmerks, the 15
per cent revaluation is not to be
computed on 10,000,000, but on 2.73
goldmarks. .

“Persons inclined to consider such
odors as mentioned above should be
advised to ask their own bank for
particulars about the German re-
valuation law."

A DANGEROUS FAKE
FORMER Howell Sanatorium
patient wrote in to the omcesv

. of the Michigan Tuberculosis
Association recently asking for in-
formation regarding the cure for con-
sumption which is being promoted
by Dr. Asa Brunson of El Paso, Tex-
as. The matter was referred to the
Bureau of Investigation of the Jour-
nal of the American Medical Asso:
ciation. Their reply reads in part
as follows:

"‘The so-called gas cure for con-
sumption seems to have been father—
ed by James S. Holderness and Asa
Brunson of Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
The ‘treatment,’ apparently contains
small amounts of menthol, eucalyp—

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For New Year investment or
re-investment an especially
attractive proﬁt is assured in
the selected bonds recom-
tmended by this institution.

          
       
       
      
   
    
   
    
   
   
  
   
   
 
    
 
 
 

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tol, and possibly some turpentine.
If it contains any alkaloids they are
not present in large amounts.

“The Holderness-Brunson treat-7
ment was investigated by Dr. Allen
J. Hruby, Medical Superintendent of
the Chicago Municipal Sanitarium,
who spent some time in El Paso
looking into” the matter. His report
in detail appeared in the Chicago
Herald and Examiner, September 4,
1921. In the. course of this article 1
Dr. Hruby said:

“ ‘As a medical man I am c0m~
pelled to say that the treatment giyen I
by Drs. Holderness and Brunson is
without value as a speciﬁc for con-
sumpeion.

“ ‘In short, to put it bluntly, in
my opinion, it is a fake of the most
dangerous kind.’ "

CHARGE FLORIDA LLOYDS
ARE FRAUD

NDICTME‘NTS charging use of the
mails to defraud have been re-
turned against the Florida

Lloyds Company of Chicago by the
Federal Grand Jury. .

A. J. Joseph, president: Leon L.
Stern, secretary; and Henry Rosen-
water, another executive, are named
in the indictment with fourteen
salesmen. The company is afﬁliated
with “International Lloyds." Its so-
called insurance policy guaranteed
title and 50 per cent proﬁt on real
estate in ﬁve years. The companies
had no connection with Lloyd’s of
London.

A. J. Joseph, Leon Stern and Ben-
jamin Levy were connected with the
Michigan Merchant’s Association of
Detroit. This venture was exposed
by the Detroit Better Business Bu-
reau in October, 1924. The Honor-
able Leonard T. Hands, state insur-
ance Commissioner, summoned these
operators to Lansing to answer
charges brought by the Better Busi-
ness Bureau of Detroit. ' After a
hearing, Mr. Hands prevailed upon‘
the company to cease operating- in
this tate. .

In September, 1925, a representa-
tive of the Detroit Better Business
Bureau notiﬁed the Deputy Insur-
ance Commissioner of Indiana as to
the background of this company.
The operations of International
Lloyds on real estate near Fort
Wayne, Indiana, were ordered ter-
minated.  . '

Attempts to sell Florida land in
Michigan by means .of the, so—called
insurance policy of Internati'Onal

ance Commissioner Bands in Octo-

  
 

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Q his mind because he said:

’;' SEWING machine,

5 a.» iv. was,

"  great, kind mercy,
 been showering blessings down,
showering jewels upon me

;,God’s greatest gift to me——
,u I did not see its value, _
x" s so close that I did not see.

‘* God ‘then took it from me,
Just for a little time,
and held it at a distance

 

- ,That I might "see it shine.

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" Its rays fall all around me,

A radiance, glorious, bright,

'Dazzles my weary vision,

So poor is mortal sight.‘

A strange sense of possession,
A thrill of happy pride,

God gave me sight to see it
And stood there by my side.

I gazed upon it spellbound,
’Twas so beauteously fair,

“The sWeet face of my Mother

With its wealth of silver hair.

, God still is showering blessings,

Blessings we do not see.

‘ VBut none can ere be brighter

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THOSE WORDS THAT SHOCK

I ETER came thumping onto the
P piazza. He slammed into the
house—and then he exploded.
“Darn it all!" he burst out. “The
teacher called an ‘i' an ‘e’ in my
spelling today and marked me.
Wrong. Ding bust it! I knew how
to spell the word, and she knew I
did!”

“Peter! Peter!” chided his shock-
ed mother. “Wherever did you learn
such language?”

Peter was angry. “Well, you don’t
want me to swear, do you?”

‘Of course, his mother didn't. Still
she couldn’t bear to hear such words
coming from her boy’s lips. Never
before had he burst forth in such a
‘way. That night she lay awake a-
long, long time, worrying about Pe-
ter.

Foolish little mother to worry so!
[Her Peter hadn’t suddenly gone
bad! There were no evil thoughts in
“Ding
bust it!" It wasn’t a pretty expres-
sion, but it was harmless, harmless
as the “Oh, dear, dear, dear!" his
mother sometimes uttered when

r things went wrong.

When the children start in school,
mothers who have raised their chil-
dren to school age without having
such expression creep into their lan-
guage, must go through a period of
mental shocks. They must under-
stand, however, that emotions must
ﬁnd expression, and that “Gosh” ind
"Heck" and “Darn it” and such like
are only natural outbursts translat-
ed into words.

Effort should be made to curb the
lack of self-control which brings a
volume of “expressions” into use,
but too great pressure should not be
brought to bear, lest the child, as
Peter suggested, take up the ﬁlthy,
dirty, character-destroying habit of
swearing.- He feels that he “just
must say something”; let that
"something" be harmless, meaning-
less words that will have their day
with him and then be dr0pped for-
ever.——M. A. B.

 

REMEDIES FOR SEWING
TROUBLE

like any
other piece of machinery, needs
oiling to insure easy running
and to prevent unnecessary wear of
the parts which bear on each other.
If a machine is used continuously
it should be oiled every day. With
moderate use, an occasional oiling
is an cient. One drop of oil at
each pace is plenty. More than
this will retard rather than help
the action of the machine. Other
sewing machine troubles and a pos-
sible remedy suggested by extension
specialists include:
Breaking needles: When a needle

' is broken it is in nearly every case
Cthe‘ fault of the operator, caused by
putting the work so that the needle
“strikes the throat plate. ‘A needle
may also be broken by sewing heavy
‘ams or very thick goods without
ing the pressure on the pressure
should be for

 
    
      
  

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to help me. Will you do it?

suggest?

questions. I am asking you
to help me and Whenever I
can help you I want you to
feel that I am at your serv-
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.EAR FOLKS: Some’of you may be wondering what happened to -;

all the letters I received in our contest on pin-money ideas. I

have them all here and am going to publish a large number of
them but I have been waiting until full work and the holiday season
were out of the way and you had more time for reading so you
‘would not miss any of them. Watch for these in an early issue.

I have made a New Year resolution.
ment better in 1926 than it was in 1925; and I am depending on you
Mrs. G. M., Vicksburg, Mich., writes
me suggesting that we start a column headed “Dollar Savers” or
“How I Saved Money” and sends in a worth-while idea which I am
publishing. What do you think of her suggestion? What do you
The columns of this page are yours and open to your
letters, whether you offer economiml pointers or discuss interesting

Inn. Annie Taylor. one The Business Former. Mt. clemene. llieninen.

 
  

   

    

  

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small for the thread; the needle be-
ing set the wrong side out or set
crooked; a sharp edge on the shut-
tles; or the needle rubbing against
the pressure foot.

Breaking lower thread: This may
be caused by the shuttle being
wrongly threaded; the tension being
too tight; the bobbin being wound
so full that it will not revolve free-
ly; a rough or sharp place in the
edge of the shuttle.

Cause of machine skipping stitch-
es: Should there at any time be
skipping or long stitches, the needle
may be set too low; may be bent
away from the shuttle; or may be
too‘small for the thread in use.
Never use a needle with the point
blunted or turned over.

Belt: If the belt is too tight the
machine may run heavy. If the
belt is too loose, remove one end of
the book, out off a piece and connect
the ends. Keep the belt as free
from oil as. possible, because oil will
cause the belt to rot.

For best results both the upper
and the lower threads should be the
same size. A uniform motion will
also help to remedy many of your
sewing troubles.

 

FOOD FOR THE SCHOOL LUNCH

HE question of what the school
lunch box shall contain is an-
swered by the need it is to sup-

ply. To the child it is to satisfy
a big empty feeling, but the Wise
mother knows that it is to meet the
requirements of a growing body un-
der the abnormal conditions of.the
school room.

The lunch should include such
growing foods as sandwich ﬁllings
of eggs, meat or cheese; fruits, veg—
etables, custards, milk; milk drinks
and other milk dishes prepared at
school or carried in a thermos bot-
tle.

Fuel foods, such as bread, butter,
plain cakes or cookies,
Sweets, etc., are the next considera-
tion and if possible the packed lunch
should be supplemented with a hot
dish.

In packing the lunch, care must
be .taken ﬁrst of all to see that it is
attractive so that the child will eat
what is provided for him. Carriers
should be so constructed as to be
easily cleaned, scalded and aired.
For liquid or semi-liquid foods such
as cooked, fruits, non—leakable jars
shoud be used. A thermos bottle is
good for hot or cold liquids.
napkins or other napkins “should be
placed in the lunch box. Cut the
bread evenly and not too thick. Cut
the sandwich into convenient size.
The lunch will be palatable and
make an appeal only when neatly
packed and the various articles kept
separate by wrapping.

 

REMOVING STAINS

ANY. a housewife knows that
the removal of stains, caused
by fruits, ink, vegetables, etc;,

from clothing is one of the most per-
plexing problems of the home laun-
dry. Soap and heat set many stains,
says the extension specialist in
clothing. at outh  State CO}:

' ‘d tor this ' ' stains

 

  

    

   

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Paper -

      

should be removed before textiles
are washed.

Coffee and fruit strains may be
removed with boiling water. Spread
the stained part over a bowl and
pour boiling water from a height so
as to strike the stain with force.
Borax will often remove stubborn
stains.

Wash fresh grass stains out with
cold water.

Ink and. iron rust may be removed
with salt and lemon. The garment
is then laid in the hot sun. Ink will
often come out by soaking the stain-
ed cloth in milk.

Alcohol will absorb medicine
stains. Mildew will wash out easily
in cold water if the stain is fresh
and has not attacked the ﬁber.
Otherwise use Javelle Water and
then wash in hot suds. .Often mil-
dew may be removed by soaking the
cloth over night in sweet or sour
milk. \

Blood or egg stains may be wash-
ed out in cold water pr with naptha
soap and warm water. Hot water
sets the stain.

Cream and meat juice may be re-
moved by using warm water and
naptha soap. ,

Fresh paint stains on washable
material are often taken out with
soap-and water. It is often desir-
able to soften an old paint stain
with lard and then use gasoline or
turpentine.

 

MEN’S NH’I'I‘ENS FROM OLD CAPE

HAD a faded astrakhan cape that

I made into men’s mittens. Cut

by a good pattern and put wooly
side in to make them warm. Have
inside cut out and sew on sewing
machine, then turn right side out,
turn up onefhalf inch at wrist and
stitch to make a neat job. These
were dandy for the men to do chores
in. One could use ,old plush or
pants cloth for mittens and save
many a dollar. Sisters, send in your
items on saving, we all need to econ-
omize—Mrs. G. M., Vicksbury,
Mich. '

CAN YOU BOIL POTATOES ‘

HEN cooking vgetables drop

them

continue the boiling until they
are tender. Drain them promptly,
for overcooking makes them tough,
bitter, and dark colored. Cooking
strong ﬂavored vegetables such are
onions, turnips, cabbage, and large
carrots in an uncovered vessel, using
a large quantity of water and chang-
ing it two or three times will modi—
fy the ﬂavor. The food valueof
mild ﬂavored vegetables such as
young carrots, green peas, and cel-
ery is better retained by cooking
them in a small quantity of water.
The water in which vegetables have
been cooked may be used in prepar-
ing the sauce for serving the vegeta-
bles or as a basis for soups, thus re-
taining the nutrients that were cook-
ed out into the water.

THE ART OF AQQENTlNG',
ANY of the ﬁne p’Oints of home
. making depend upon the plac-

 

 

has no relievingtouclr

ing of accents. The house that
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into boiling water and,

cold? may on

.  in . ‘ '
tains or“ in a piece of. furniture -0... a
ffiiowere ‘

unusual beauty. A b‘wl o
is always, cheerful and refreshing.
care must be taken not to introduce

too many accents or- the roomjwill' 

seem restless, but the proper placinl

of a few carefully ’chosen objects .
will bring out beauty in thevplainest a

room.

 

_ KEEPING PIE JUICE IN

\ is amusing to read in various

“magazines, the methods devised

by housewives for keeping the
juice from boiling out of pics when
there is only one practical way.

If the juice boils out of pies it is 1'

a sure indication that the bottom of
the oven is. too hot.
8. gas or oil burner, lower burners at
once. If a range, close drafts and
openothe little door, or “clean-cut"
below‘ the oyen door“

Give your pies a pleasing appear-
ance. by sprinkling tops very lightly
with sugar before setting them in
the oven. -

If you do not wish to frost a loaf.
or dripping pan cake, give it a
very generous sprinkling of sugar
just before placing it in the oven,
and insure a nice, brown crust.

A small amount of salt added to
preserves and marmalades improves
their ﬂavor.

Do not forget -to mix a small
amount of corn starch—about 3‘
teaspoon to two shakers—in the salt
when ﬁlling them to prevent harden—
ing of salt and give free’ ﬂow.

Beef prepared as for a loaf but
formed in small ackes and fried
makes a very pleasing change. Try
it.—B. O. R.

 

Personal Column

 

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Care of Bulbs.-——I would like to all:
what to do with my Chinese Lily and
Narcissus bulbs after they have blossom-
ed and will they keep to put in dishes
of stones and water another fall? Mine
are in blossom now and I don't know
if I have to dry them or lay away after
blossoming—J. R... Peck. Mich.

——It is almost useless to try and force
these over again the next season. Duh

ing the forcing proces‘s' and especially y,

when the bulbs are grown among pebbles
in water, the ﬂowering shoots exhaust
the substance of the bulb to such an ex-
tent as to leave it valueless. It is true
that the bulbs may be dried on and kept
in a cool place until next spring, then
set outdoors, taken up again in the fall
and forced. In most cases however, noth-
ing but leaves will be produced. This
does not hold true of tulips and daffodils.
which may be saved after forcing in the
home or greenhouse, set outdoors and will
the following year produce flowers. —-
Alex Laurie, Floriculture, .M. S. C.

4.,

 

Answer to “Worried” of Kent County.
-—Do not take the‘chance of ruining your
health with patent medicines, but go to
your family physician at once and have
him make a thorough examination and
prescribe treatment—Mrs. A. T.

Lost in the Mail.——Many of our readers
have written in requesting that I

loan them the sample of lace L received .

from Mrs. John Porritt. I am verysorry
to advise that I sent it out from this
office addressed to one of our subscribers
but it was lost in the mail and never
reached her or was returned to me.

The Runner’s Bible

(Cophiam by ‘Houahmn Minn: Ge.)

Call upon me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
me.—Ps. 50:15.

Thou shalt know that I the Lord on
thy Saviour and thy ‘Bedoemer.—len.
60:16. -

Before the day was I am He; and there

 

 

 

is none that can deliver out of my hand.

—Isa. 43:18. ‘

Remember that the state of peace and
happiness is the natural state of the
children of God. Therefore, to ask for
help from trouble into happinessis your
privilege. Never forget to give God the
glory—to praise Him. He does not need
it, but you need to give it and others need
to hear it.

 

 

—if you'are well bred!

 

 

The Dress of the Mold Honor and

' the -Bridesmaid.——:The bride determines '

what her bridesmaidshadl
the léading‘fﬁﬂfe’ lathe. . _
mony and the bridesmaids—archer human
~background and must “set.,l_1er o 
.adventﬁegfl‘ .. ea ’ She

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cloves and bouquets worn by the brides-

. maid must all'match. In fact, the en-

tire underlying idea of the bridesmaids'
costumes is that they serve as a foil to
set on the bride. That is one of the
reasons, whether a wedding be held in
the. afternoon or in the evening, that a
bridesmaid wears a hat. though some
churches do not countenance a woman’s

g in the temple bare-headed.
An even number oi! bridesmaids, ' two.
tour. six. eight. is usually preferred for
reasons .0! symmetry. If the main pur-
pose oi! “the bridesmaids is to supply a
neutral or colorful background for the
bride. additional attendants—and a bride
may have as many or as few as she
chooses—simply stand for an extension
of the same idea. Unlike .the Flower
Girls in Wagner’s ‘Tarsifal", who bend
their energies to wooing the most desir-
able young man in the opera, 8. bride‘s
ﬂower girls, train bearers and pages are
no more than living lay ﬁgures in her.
triumphalpageant and should not forget
the fact. Their costumes are also chosen
for them by the bride and may even. it
she desires, be “period” costumes.

 

 

, Recipes

 

 

Angel Rica—Mix plain boiled rice with

studied cherries. nuts and a little cocoa-’

nut and press it into cups or individual
molds; set the molds in a pan of hot
water and steam them until they are
heated through. Turn the dessert out
on a dish and cover each portion with
green bonbons or mint creams. The heat
from the rice will-melt the bonbons or
the creams‘until they form a delicious
sauce.

Turkey Noodles.—To 1 egg, add a tea-
spoon 01 cold water, a pinch of salt, and
ﬂour enough to make a stiff noodle dough
that can be handled without stickiness.
Roll the dough out paper thin, out into
small squares, put a spoon of chopped and
seasoned turkey in the centre of each
and roll it up. Drop the noodles into the
bong tomato sauce or thinned tomato
soup, cover them and cook for about 1
hour. Sprinkle minced parsley and dots
of butter over the tops and pour the sauce
round them. This is an appetizing way
to use left-over turkey or chicken.

Supper Rabid—Place a large canned
pear in the centre of lettuce strips, out
ﬁne with scissors. In the centre place a.
cheese ball with a stuffed olive pressed
into the top and heap a ring of dressing
round it. To make the dressing, mix
together 1% cups of boiled mayonnaise,
1,4 cup of olive oil or melted butter and
1A cup of thick chili sauce.

Fruit Candy.—Pick over and remove
stones from 1 lb. dates Mix fruit wlth
1,5 lb. each of ﬂlberts and English wal-
nut ,meats and force through a meat
chopper. Work, using hands, on ,a board
dredged with confestioner’s sugar, until
well blended. Pat and .roll to 1/1, inch
thick. using confectioner’s sugar for
dredging board ' and pin. Shape with

 
 
 

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. in. sweetness an“  and
to remove duvet!!qu sugar.
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‘ Flower Cohen—Bake cakes in‘ small
 pans and cover with green icing.
Place a candied cherry in the centre of
each and arrange blanched almonds in
petal form round it. ”.

Maple Nut Candy.—One pound maple
sugar, cup cream, 36 cup milk. Boil
until it will harden in a cup of cold water.
Stir while cooking. When done. add one
cup of nut meats. Stir until it begins
to cream, turn into buttered tins and
as it cools mark of! into squares.

Pop Corn Peanut Nougat—Take 2 cups
sugar, either light brown or granulated.
add $6 cup water and 1,4 cup of golden
corn syrup. Boil to the hard crack stage-
Flavor with a little almond or vanilla
ﬂavoring extract, and pour over pop com
and peanuts, that have been arranged on
the buttom oi buttered pans. Pour it
over them in a thin sheet and when cold
break or cut into squares with a sharp
knife.

 

 

HOMEPUN YARN

 

 

Aunt Ada's Axioms: In seasoning
dishes or dispositions. be careful with
the pepper.

t O

A fresh newspaper lining in the garbage
pail after each emptying makes it much
easier to keep clean.

O O O

Farming is one of those games in
which brains are needed by the man who
is to win.

I O I

Hot cereals for breakfast don't take
long to prepare it they are put in the
ﬂreless cooker the night before.

0 t C

Plenty of fresh air, good food, enough
sleep, and enough but not too much cloth-
ing are the best preventives of colds.

t O t

Ifxthe bottom of a can of cleaning pow-
der or paste soap is dipped in parafﬁn,
it Will not leave a rusty ring where it is
set down.

il l #

"He who knows what sweets and virtues
are in the ground, the waters, the plants,"
the heavens, and how to come at these
enchantments, is the rich and royal man."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.

# II t

Aunt Ada's Axioms: A little child learns
by experience. Avoid “don’ts,” and ar-
range his surroundings so he can touch
things Without hurting himself or dis—
rupting the household.

 

 

WOMEN’S EXCHANGE

F you nave somethlng to excnenge, we wlll
grlnt It FREE under thls heading prejudlng:
lrst-—lt appeals to women and Is a bonlﬂde
exchanges, no cash Involved. Second—It wlll

lo In three lines. Third—You are a pald-up
subscriber to The Buslness Farmer and attach
our address label from a recent Issue to rave
t. Exchange offers will be numbered an In-
serted In the order- recelved as we have room.

_ —-MR8. ANNIE TAYLOR. Edlior.

 

 

182.———;Lo'vely fpet-eale and gingham quilt pieces
go; any??? use ul.—-Mrs. George Morgan. icks<
K. .

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

I II SURE AID BIND IN YOUR SIZE ~

585i .

norm in velvet ma
hip

as
36 inch the

5802. Cost Model
Sign is excellent for
broad cloth. It will
satin.
40, 42
size

and44incha
requiresB

 

Sizes: 2

measure about

531 9. Doll’s

 

and
en 18 inch size.

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Pm. giving
name

Patton:
_ 53‘

Jacket Elem—For
walkins this natty top garment is very desirable.
It takes the place of a sweater or short coat.
Jersey ﬂannel, suede or
be used
e stteru '7 8
i2. 44 and 426 ea bust

‘vi will require 2
% rd of began;
bind andcglilﬂ-turnovers.
Servloeable House Dress

and
material for collar. vestee an
In Flare Styled-This de-
velours. tux-es. tweed or
develop
The Pattern is cut in 6 Siam: 34. 86, 8
measure.

is yards of 54 inch material.
5296. Salt for the 8mg"

4 and 6'I '
1% yard 61' 44 incl: material.
Top—m model will delight
'lwholovesam'mals. oristoo

is $0111 Oed Six only
an no 0 .
' ‘10 inches

quire % yard of 36 or, 44 inch

R a Bum.

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ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH—
2 FOR‘ZSc POSTPAID

no 1 For nu. no wm
33-1921: seamen soon "a

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new
and cum plainly.
Address all order- for pattern. to

sports wear or

tweed mixtures home-
for its development
mm: 34, 36. 3 . 40.
measure. 1A 38 inch

(For stout
broadcloth end zone-
od Th

pocket (wines.

well in velvet gr
A 8.8 inch

Bo .--Fla
tax-isle Insignia];

than toys of this kind.

The ﬁnished
in length. _It will re-
5 Sizes: for

yard 86 inch -
«lumen materxaal.

 

   

  

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Pain

Neuralgia
Toothache

_A_ccept only “Bayer” package
which contains proven directions.
Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets

Also bottles of 24 and lOO—Druggists.
‘spirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manuncture or Monoaceticacidester or Salicylicscid

ASPIRIN " ~

SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSISTI

Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for
Headache Colds

Neuritis

 
 
    

     
  
  
 
     
 

 

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need this

Double-

%Tmatmem

YOUR sore,
a c h i n g

throat probably needs the soothing,
healing vapors that arise from Vicks
VapoRub when it is rubbed over

throat and chest at bedtime.

And

Vicks acts two ways at once:

(1) It is vaporized by the body heat
and inhaled right to the inﬂamed
air passages, loosening the phlegm

and easing the

difﬁcult breathing;

(2) At the same time it warms and
stimulates the skin like an old—fash-

' ioned poultice,

“ drawing out ” the

pain and soreness and thus helps
the vapors inhaled to relieve the

congestion .

Good for the colds of all the family.

do ’5

ways
at once

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0m 2/51/111on 1/350 mum!

Color Your Butter

“Dandelion Butter Color” Gives That
Golden June Shade which
 Brings Top Prices

 

Before churn-
ing add one-half
teaspoonful t o
e a c h gallon of
cream a n (1 out
of your c h u r 11
comes butter of
G o l d e 11 June
shade. “Dande-
l i o n B u t t e r
Color" is purely
vegetable, harm-
less, and meets

all State and National food laWS.Used

for 50 years by

all large creameries.

Doesn’t color buttermilk. Absolutely

tasteless.
cents at drug

Large bottles cost only 35

or grocery stores

Write for free sample bottle.
Wells & Richardson 00., Burlington, Vt.

 

 

CuticuraTalcum

‘Is Soothing.

For Baby’s Skin

Soon, om hT-lculn sold "ml-etc-

 

 

 

THE BUSINESS FARMER

,f‘The  .‘Pa‘per
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winter evenings. Used
lug also.
ting. . _ .
gas removes the bug troubles of cooking With
“Hod,
cm fort.

the ground requires nttcntloulrmly three or
four tlmes each year.
guaranteed.

Ask why it is brighter then electricity
and cheaper than kerosene. Our “Two—1n-
Oue" folder tells all. It IS free.

(let it today with our latest catalogues.

THE ABNER MFG. CO.
“'apakoneta, Ohio

   
   
  
  
  
 
  
     
   
   
   
  
       
  

BETTER 'LlGHT

at Less Expense
with brilliant
carbide light.

Think of theton—
venxence of turning}
key and havmg a bl‘ll-
. liant light that floods

,, f the farthest corner of

‘L our home and barn.
Vlmt a pleasure and
comfort to‘read by a
good llght in the_long
for cooking and Iron-
Cuts the drudgery out of meal get,
The clean. hot. steamy (lame of carbide
kitchen

house in

coal, or Oll, msurmg a renl

ur plant installed outside the

It 18 Simple and fu.

 

 

 

 

 

Millions end them at e

the fever, open the bowels and tone
the system—all at once. Results come
in 24 hours. The way is so eﬂicient_
that we paid $1,000,000 for it. It is so
well-proved that millions now employ
it. That way is HILL’S—the perfect

' remedy for colds. Get it now. Take it
tonight and the cold will end tomor-
row. Don’t trust a. lessor help.

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ROBUSTNESS

depends largely upon the
quality of food that you as—
similate.

Scott’s Emulsion

is the ideal food and tonic for
those who are not in fullness
of strength. Scott’s Emulsion q
helps keep people robust. 

Scott a m Bloomﬁeld, N. J. 256: . g
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straight or mixed in
any proportion from 75
Unicorn and 25 your

 

Even though 3 bogs
of Unicorn do the work
of 4 bags of ordinary
feeds, you will ﬁnd that
the price of Unicorn is
usually no higher.

 

 

of Feed :

 is good for 350 to
400 pounds of milk

Here is how you can
prove it in your own barn:

— For just one day,‘weig_h

grain fed and milk pro‘
duced by your milking herd

W rite ﬁgures here:

Elba. ymmlbs. milk

Dividing milk by feed,

ow” grain, do“... go 50. then 1 lb. of grain makes
50 with good clover or lbs. of milk
alfalfa.
w Take six days to make the change
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many of them were not mistakes at
all. Here is the list of mistakes in
the picture:

1, wrong kind of tail on pig; . 2,
shoes on pig; 3, one of rabbit's
ears longer than the other; 4, chick-
ens do not swim; 5, no place to swim
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feet when ﬂying; 13 mule’s head too
large to get through window;' 14,
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on bushes; 18, sun should be round;
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Vernon Lesman, North Bradley, Box
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to penalize for each “mistake” over
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Dear Uncle Nedz— I have never writ-

ten before. so I hope Mr. Waste Basket
is asleep when my letter arrives and does
not wake up until after my letter is pub-
lished. We have taken THE BUSINESS
FARMER for quite a while and I enjoy
reading the paper especially "The Chil-
dren’s Hour”. I like your motto very
well and will “Do My Best". Well, I
will describe myself now. so you will
know how I look. I am ﬁve feet and
one inch tall. I weigh 92% pounds. My
hair is a, light brown, my eyes are gray.-
I am twelve years old and I am in the
eighth grade. I am taking up music and
I am in the seventh grade. I go to rural
school. I have .to walk about one mile
but I do not mind the walk. I will
close, hoping to be your niece—Cora Mae
Levitt, Pulaske, Michigan. --
—«Glad you like our motto and will “Do
Your Best”. If we all live up to that
motto ‘we will be very good boys and
girls. You notice I said “we”. You are
as young as you feeland not’as old as
you look. you know,—oo I consider myself
a boy, when I can forget my long white
beard. ‘

Dear Uncle Ned:-—-I have never writ—
ten to you before and when I saw that

funny picture in Tan Busmuss FAR“ ,

in The Children’s Hour -I thought I would
write. I think the motto and the colors
are very good. Maybe I had better de-
scribe myself now. I am four feet, eight
inches tall, I am twelve years old and am
in the seventh grade at school. We used
to live on a farm but now we live in
town. I think we will move out on our
tam next spring and build some more
on our house. and I’ll bet we have a lot
.of fun. I guess I had better stop now.
I hope you will let me be your niece.—
Evelyn Cheney, Box 87, Morley. damn.
6I will have to publish more funny pic-
tures if that one caused you to write,
then you may write again. .7/ » .

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle? I have been a. silent read-
er of THE BUSINESS FABMER for some
time. I enjoy reading the interesting let-
tegs,,,written by the nieces and nephews.
I think ﬁrst Irshall describe myself. I
am ﬁve feet, ﬁve inches tall. I have
brown hair (bobbed of course) and grey
eyes. I am ﬁfteen years old and going
to high school. I'love to go to school.
I live an a one hundred and thirty acre
farm with my grand parents as my par,-"
cuts are dead. ' I have two and one-half
‘I. must cut this
short or Mr?’ Waste B’asket' will betsure
to detour. this letter. Hopingsome niece I
'wlll write, I am your ‘want-to-be niece.
--e-Wmlrred Woolman. £82.. Cassclty Ssh

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‘ reading about them. Now Lempie,

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Dear Uncle Neda—I have ﬁiutal‘ 

had an empty stomach when my; lettgr; ~
v-rsached there because I haven't-seen

.or heard of my letter since. but till-time:
I hope he’s snoring so loud that he can't
hear my letter come in.’ It isn’t-going
to take the risk of knacklng «because ~Mr -
Baste Basket might accidentally beautiful.
and if he isn’t asleep I hope he is so'ful‘l
that he's bust if he'd try to eat my let!
tor. My letter is gonna tube. a long~
one. so be sure to clean our specs well

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because I'm going to make this letter as “-

interesting as I can. too, and you won’t
want to, stop and clean your specs. , ‘

We subscribed‘ for Tan Business
Farm last summer and we haven‘t or.
won't regret subscribing ,Jfor it either.
I Just love to read“ it for, like dear ,Mil-
dred Brasgalle I am a motherland girl.
only my mother has been dead eight long
years, and one of the reasons why I ‘en-,

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always get new hints for cooking and you".;-f'- 5

always have such sensible styles for "
dresses and dinerent clothes. - p

I am going to describe myself the best
I can so that if any of the nieces run

into me some plaza they'll know who it.

is. I am 5 feet, 3 inches tall. weight
about 114 pounds. complexion fair, ca’t
eyes. straight brown hair and I’m built
solid I'm fourteen years old.- in the
eighth grade. I keep house for my father
and brother. We live on a thirty-three:
acre farm. I was born in Blbsee, Ari-
zona. and have traveled around in the I
Paciﬁc states and the Plateau states and _
all over and that is the reason I'm so
old for my grade. I started school in
California at my eighth birthday because
my birthday is a few days after school
begins in the fall. So,‘ Uncle Ned, if you
want me to write a. little about my

travels for “The Children’s Hour" why ,
I’d just love to. Somebody else letter i"
is knocking on the door so I in I'll

cult to make room for it. Hoping to be
your niece, I will close—Miss LemDIe
Suhonen, Box 18. ~Fairfax. Michigan. _
——-I Just lmow all my nieces and nephews
will be glad that Mr. Wapte Basket was
sleeping when this letter was received and
he did not get a chance to gobble it up.
It is very interesting and everyone would
like to have Lempie tell us about her
travels. She must have seen some won-
derful sights and we would all enjoy
we
are depending on you to send us some
nice long letters, so do not fail us.

Dear Uncle Net—Well I have never
I am
in the third grade and' I go to school
every day. I have five brothers and I
am the only girl, and the boys are larger
than I am. I have long curls and I am
nine years old. I live near Gladw'in and
if any of the cousins can guess my last
name I will write to them. My ﬁrst
name is Helen and I used to live near
Dickersville. My papa. used to have a
threshing machine—Helen , Gladwln.
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Dear Uncle Ned:'——I have never written
to you yet. but I have read so many let-
ters of your nieces that I would like to
be one.“ I am going to describe myself
ﬁrst. I am about ﬁve feet tall, twelve
years old, am in. the eighth grade. my
hair is blonds, blue eyes, and always
red cheeks. I ‘go to a country school
about one block away from where I ,llve.

We have, forty acres of land and three ‘

acres_of lake. and I just love to go
swimming. I have two sisters and one.
brother. Please do not disturb Mr.
Waste Basket if he is asleep.

—Stella Sukach, R3,, Hartford. Mich.
—-"I go to a country school about one
block away.” That sounds like a city
girl living on a farm. Is that right?

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 " EAR EDITOR: In my _
‘ . " days I had to learn ~farming

GROUND UP  
younger

. ‘ from the ground, up, and the
learning I got was by hard work on

p the farm. ‘1 had no college educa-

tion, only a common country school-
ing.- I got into the collar- when I
was but a small boy, but as I had
land to work I began to‘ study all the
different ways and it was not long

. .before I was counted as being the
 best young farmer in all the country

by ;old men of good farms. I was
on the farm from the time I was
twelve years old until I was married
at the age of twenty-one years. I
then spent one year on the farm and

.then moved to the city to give my

children an education of which I am
proud of.

My wife and I have lost three out
of ﬁve in our ﬂock. *One at twenty
years, one at thirteen years/and one
at forty-one years who was a busi-
ness man in Detroit for thirteen
years with one company and
two and one-half years with an-
other company, and my wife and I
have been married forty—nine years
and are still working. But we are
of the kind that do not feel like sit—

.  * i m:- 1  m: 

"WeIl, I want to say this, that I
can tell you'or anyone else a whole
lot about the farm that lots of men

, don't know. ._

Now the farmer's and the college
are ﬁghting the corn borer. The
plague has beenrhere for a number
of years and still isn’t getting any

.better, because they do not go at it
right.

The crops in, they jump in
the automobile and get as far from
home as they can. The only way is
to go to the bottom in the early part
of the season. ' ..

Well, I must come to a close but
some _of these days I will give you
some good talk on the farm, crops
and stock, what to_do for the so—
called hog cholera. If you are go-
ing to raise hogs for proﬁt you must
study and look after them just as
much as you would a high priced
automobile or a good horse. It is
the good care that they want, just
as good water as you want to drink,
and a clean place to live in.

Hoping you will pardon me for so
long a letter, I am your friend. My
age is sixty-nine years and my wife
is sixty—ﬁve years old. With the
best of regards—I. J. Wheeler, Cal-
houn County, Michigan.

RADIO DEPARTMEN

= EDITED BY JAMES W. H. WEIR, R. E. = I

Contributions Invited—Questions AnsWered

M. B. F. BROADCASTING
PROGRAM

RE you going to be all ready for
the market reports and farm
news when M. B. F. goes “on
the air" next Monday evening at 7
o'clock? Just remember the call
letters of the station are WGHP and
it is on a wave length of 270 meters.

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market report blanks yet do so now,
so you can take down the reports
from day to day and thus keep a re-
cord of prices and the trend of the
markets. A coupon to be used when
asking for the blanks appears in this
issue.

HAVING TROUBLE

I have a‘small radio my boy made
at his home and brought up here to
us to keep us company as we are
getting old and shut in, in the win-
ter. He showed me how to operate
it, but I can’t get many stations. We
live on a farm near Pine Lake and
I get Chicago and Cincinnati sta-
tions. Sometimes I get real good
music or a speech, and going along
nice, then it will shut right off and
I can't hear anything, sometimes
gets so low I can’t hear, then comes
back again. Then sometimes there
will be such a growling and squeal-
ing noise. I can’t get it tuned out.
I suppose the weather makes a dif-
I look after the burs and
wires if they get loose and tighten
them. kit is only a one-bulb set.
There are no other radios around
here to help draw the sound. Sun-
day evening I got part of a church
service, then it began to clatter and

W rattle so I could not hear any more.

a

If I could get some "instructions I
would be very thankful—Mrs. A. C.
H., Boyne City, Mich.

BELIEVE that perhaps your
I perhaps your trouble is due to

poor batteries and perhaps a bad
tube. You told me nothing about
that part of the set, you know. If
the machine worked well for a time
I hardly think your trouble is any-
thing but local. Let me know how
things shape up when you have ad-

justed the parts mentioned. Try the
batteries ﬁrst.

THE ANNOUNCER

HE radio broadcast announcer’s
job is one that. is pleasant and
again not so pleasant. His is
usually the job of gathering from far
and nearthe talent that puts out
the concerts from his station. If he
is a good fellow and takes pains in
selecting his performers the public
recognizes the fact and respond in
most cases gratefully to his efforts.
At the present the announcer has
his hands full: If you listeners like
any program particularly and Wish
more on the subject, write to the
announcer and tell him so. He is
human and will always try to please.
When you feel like abusing and
cussing out an announcer, ﬁrst put
yourself in his place and then try
to see what you would do under like
circumstances. »Chances are you
would not do much better, but this
is not saying we have no bum an—
nouncers on the air, yes we have
some real bum programs too. But
time will weed these out for no ap-

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of, these blanks will. be furnished FREE to paid—up subscribers who
enclose the address label from any recent copy of this paper.
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The local co-op or farm bureau agent can
supplyyou. If you want to know about
the success others have with it, write

THE M. F. B. SUPPLY SERVICE
LANSING. sacrum

rest to see the”
MilkPjails Fill Up

WHAT a real pleasure to board a stable full of cows that
month in and month out ﬁll the pails as you know
they should 1 Good cows and good feed, alone, often fall short
of what you expect simply because winter feeding conditions
impose a heavier burden than the milk-making organs,

Grateful letters like
these come by the
hundreds

From
Grover SoheHinger,
Glenwood City, Wis.

"It is diﬁcult to express
in words the good results
I have obtained by the use
of Kow—Kare. I ﬁnd that
by giving cows Kow-Kare,
before calving time, brings
fine results. I also give my
cattle Kow—Kare when oﬂ'
feed and it is no time at
all before they are again
ﬁlling the pails with an ex.
tra amount of milk.

From I. O. Elnie
Horsebasds, N. Y.

"We have used your Kow-
Kare with good results.
Have used three large sized
cans and are on the fourth
can. It keeps the cows in
good condition, therefore,
good ﬂow of milk is the
result.”

From A. C. Hays
Unioqpott, Ohio

Kow-Kare for ﬁve years.
Wouldn’t do without it. It
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factoring part of the business in-

been called the surplus ‘ problem.

- The distributor did not give the _
farmer many details of his business

but just reduced the price of milk on
the total volume purchased. The dis—

how much milk he would have to
use for manufacturing purposes (or

but he would reduce the price of
would. incur. \.
were buying their entire supply of

'or condensary prices. These prices
were sufﬁciently high to keep the
supply of milk coming to\ the city
market ‘so there was no reason for
the distributor to pay more. The
difference between the manufactured
and whole milk prices was a slight
premium because it was recognized
that the farmer had to take better
care of milk which went'to the city
market than that which was separ-
ated and sold as butterfat. 'At that
period the higher price for ﬂuid
milk was recognized as a premium.
Information on Market

The organization of dairymen’s
marketing associations was a step
toward getting real information
about the city milk market. Many
distributors had no doubt kept‘ the
price of milk lower to the farmers
than city retail prices justiﬁed.

able to secure a. higher price and
somewhat better conditions than pre-
vailed previously. In 'this struggle
for higher prices the distributors al-
ways came back with the argument
that higher prices could not be paid
because the surplus was so high.
This is, by the adoption of the use
price for milk, or by the establish-
ment of classes of milk.

The farmers recognized that the
distributors were using the surplus
to keep the price down and that they
were keeping the price sufficiently
low to cover all the risks of surplus.
In short the farmers realized that
they were bearing the cost of the
surplus in a most expensive way and
that they were doing this without
having any real information about
the extent of the surplus. '

The arrangement, then, was that
the distributor should pay a certain
price for all milk sold as ﬂuid milk
and another price for all used for
other purposes. This plan took away
from the distributor the risk of the
surplus and enabled him to pay the
highest possible price for his ﬂuid
*milk requirements and world prices
for his manufacturing milk.

This method of buying milk is
well established in most of the mar-
kets of the country and is one which
should never be given up by the
farmers. It is true that the farmer
can ﬁnd some objections to it, the
principal one being that he does not
know what he is going to get for his
milk until he receives the milk
check. Or that he would be pleased
to sell all his milk at a. ﬂat price and
have nothing to do with this two
classes of milk and surplus. He
thinks that a. ﬂat price will do away
with the surplus.

Get Away from Flat Price

The greatest advancement farm-
ers milk organizations have made in
this market problem is to get’away
,from the ﬂat price. Those who are
working to get it back surely do not
realize that this would be a step
backward rather than one in ad-
vance. It makes no difference what
sort of schemes are worked, the
farmer can neverget more for his
product than What its worth. The
man who claims that he will pay a
ﬂat price for all the milk andthat
there will be no surplus is not hon-
est. He knows that he is deceiving
the farmer whenever he gets him
into such an arrangement. This kind
of milk buyer also knows that the
ﬁat price which he makes is going to
be sufﬁciently low to cover all possi-
ble losses.

Let the farmer .who is approached
swith any ﬂat, price scheme study the
statement below very soriouSly be-
fore he up‘hls mind. - I_ think
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,stasq, a husdredfgr all milk with

' 'In earlier days. wheni.,tliis. manu4'i'...

creased it brought about whathas,

tributor did not always know just .

how much surplus there wouldnbe) ‘
milk sufﬁciently to cover the 1033‘ he f
As time went on many distribu- "

milk for little more than butterfat ,

These associations of farmers were

  
     
   

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for theme I p 1925, paid] - ‘
less than the distributor 'who paid.
on. on a 50 per cent surplus basis.
The calculation below shows this.
If there was af50 percent], surplus
out of each ‘100' poundsﬁo would
sell at $3.00" a hundred and 50 at

$2.14, the surplus price. .
pounds at $3.00 per 'cwt; (base
price), $1.50; 50 pounds at $2.14
per cwt. (surplus price), 41.07;

Amount due for 100 pounds, $2.57.
ego the man who paid off on a ﬁst.
tics of $2.50. would actually be psy-
lng off at more than a 50 per cent
surplus rate. -

There are some instances when
milk distributors are'in great need
of milk that they will pay ~a ﬁat
price and net. the farmer more’than
could be secured by the regular "De-
troit market plan. These cases are
very rare, howver, and usually . such,
‘offers come from distributors who
have V not the v‘ ﬁnancial standing to
buy through the regular channels.

Farmers, can well spend « their
time looking into the ﬁnancial
standing and business integrity of
those milk buyers who do not deal
with the organization of milk pro-r
ducers. There are many instances
on record of where farmers thought
they were beating the organized
farmers’v market only to ﬁnd that the
distributors who posed as a bene-
factor and o’ifered attractiv'e list
price schemes was ﬁnancially bank-.
rupt. .

The average farmer can not afford
to ﬁght the market battle alone. He
needs to stick with those whose in- ,
terests are the same as his and se- '
cure-every bit of information about
the market possible. If he has any‘
idea for the betterment of the mar-
ket this should be taken before his
'fellow cooperators for consideration.
There are many knotty problems
confronting the Detroit milk market
now and it will take the combined
wisdom of all to properly handle
them. One of the most pressing
problems from the standpoint of
many individual farmers is how to
get rid of the unscrupulous dealer
who is attempting to throw dissen-
sion into the ranks of organized ag-
riculture by offering ﬂat prices and
claiming no surplus exists in the
market. .

The milk producer of Michigan
has gained much ground in his ﬁght
for better market conditions. These
advantages can not be thrown away
for false promises tinseled with self-
ishness. '

__ VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT

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BLOOD IN MILK \

Please give me your advice about
my cow. For the last month about
once or twice a week there are clef:
of blood in the milk, not always
from the same test and it. leaves a
brown settling in the bottom of the
milk can. The cow is ﬁve years old.
a good milker, apparently in the
best of health—C. M., Alto, Mich.

LOTS of blood in the milk are
caused by small hemorrhages
in the udder; it is not always

possible to prevent this trouble in
cows. A light feeding of a very pal-
atable ration containing plenty of
laxatives and not more than 16 per
cent rot protein would be advisable.
It is not policy to force a cow of
this type too much. If possible My
her up and give her a good rest;

.. this will give the udder a chance to

heal up and get strong before she
freshens again. This cow should
have a. two months rest before fresh-
ening and should not be fed too
heavy during that time. ~“ ‘

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~ ThisAséOciation started on' the third.

" year's work 'withfeleven old mom:

hers from the ﬁrst year's work, ﬁve
members from the second year’s
work and nine new members. Many
interesting facts are pointed out by
Hellman in 'his annual report. For
instance, one herd, by changing the
feed, produced butterfat more eﬂi-
ciently and as a result showed a
greater proﬁt at the close of the
year. Another member, on the sug-
gestion of the tester,
market place for his product and as
a result he realized six cents more
per pound butteriat. Another mem-
ber was persuaded to buy his ﬁrst
purebred animals. Since then this
member has purchased tour pure-
bred cows. One other member, A.
J. Ernst said, “The C. T. A. got me
to thinking about my cows and al-
though I consider my herd a good
grade herd, I am no longer satis-
ﬂed with grades but am buying pure-
breds." He also said, "A year ago
a pedigree was Greek to me but now
I know how to tell well bred cows
from just registered scrubs. I think
every man with six or more cows
should join a C. T. A., once anyway.”

Charlevoix county herds which
have a 300 pound butterfat produc—
tion average for the Cow Testing As-
sociation year ending August 1st,
are as follows: Arthur Shepard, 7.50
Gr H.; Dan Swanson, 4.66 Mixed;
‘Breezy Point Farm,’ 18.41 PB H.;
Wm. Shepard, 5.58 PB and Gr H.:
Geo. Meggison, 11.75 PB and Gr J.;
Frank Behling, 6.33 PB H.; Orchard
Bay Farm, 26.08 PB H.; Wm. C.
Severance, 16.25 PB and Gr H.; B.
E. Waterman, 5.66 PB and Gr H and
SH. For the past two years Arthur
Shepard; Breezy Point Farm; Geo.
Meggison and Frank A. W. Behi-
ing’s herds have averaged above 300
pounds of butterfat production.
These herds are reported by Clar-
ence Mullett who has been testing
for this association for two years.
Mr. Mullett has entered M. S. C.~.and
Edgar Miteen has taken over his du—
ties. Comparing the production of
the entire Association with the pre-
vious year’s production there has
been an advance of 656 pounds of
milk and 16.8 pounds of buttertat
per cow in production for this year.
This is a good increase and means
better proﬁts to all of the Charle-
voix county members. A balanced
ration feeding program was en-
couraged. Minerals such as bone
meal and additions of small amounts
of iodine in the drinking water were
also emphasized. ~

In the North Delta Cow Testing
Association, Ja-mes Vanderstar, the
tester, reports that one member re-
marked. “If I had belonged to an As—
sociation last year I would have
saved over $200.00 in feed." This
remark made by a member is ex-
plained by Vanderstar in that a bal-
anced ration was recommended and
the cows were fed according to pro-
duction. A decrease in the actual
cost of feed occurred as a result of
this recommendation. There was
also an increase in production of
milk and butterfat. A difference of
$80.00 in returns over feed cost re—
sulted to the member for a period
of two months. The highest produc-
ing cow made 11,858 pounds of milk
and 447.0 pounds of buttertat. Her
returns for the year over feed cost
was $109.00 while the four poor
cows made a net return of only
$39.40 for the entire year.

H E. Frank has completed the
third year’s testing in the North
Eaton C. T. A. This Association has
improved its butterfat production
per; cow each succeeding year. In
1923 the average production per cow
was 269 pounds; in 1924 it was 275
and in 1925 the average production
was 285 pounds of butterfat and
8049, pounds of milk.

’You can usually judge a farmer by the
kind of stock he keeps.
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Concrete canbe laid in winter it care
is taken to heat the "mix" and keep the
job covered .until it has "set." ‘

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Every Michigan State Accredited
Hatchery has had all its ﬂocks in-
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State College. All male birds have
been individually leg banded with a
State sealed and numbered leg band.
Parent stock of all accredited Chicks
is pure-bred and free from all major
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 a l chickens lay so many soft shelled ‘
T5; eggs during the spring and summer
 A Remarkable Home Tree?  R  E D - O   monttﬁis. Ilfatlwaiys keep oystershells
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 In the year of 1893 I was attao ed by IMPROVED ENGLISH-HOLLYWOOD AND TANCRED lEGHORNS I th th' I 1 '
 Muscular and Sub-Acute Rheumatism. I . OF 25°_300 EGG FOUNDATION BREEDING _ s ere some 1113 CO“ d feed In
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we, 1t ly nd 11 h a pitiful condition has ' ' - - . . cause Of 50“: Shelled- e s is T
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 Eggigenw Scémvzeioef tire?) is'evzéntlyc :0  Let us mail you our catalo?J and prices. 100% live arrival guaranteed. carbonate 1n the ration, While
 years old. and the results were the same    Inc. Box B Z l d M' h. a maJorlty 0f people keep 0y5ter
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 ’ Summer a/zd Winter what is wrong with my ﬂock of '
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in a short time; if you have Whole
milk and will give them this instead
of skim milk you can probably get
away from using the cod liver oil.
You can buy a cod liver meal put
out by the Quaker people and it
might be cheaper and more satisfac-
tory to buy this instead of mixing
the feed I have suggested and then , '
mixing the cod-liver oil with it. The
famous Full-o—Pep egg mash put out
by this ﬁrm contains cod liver oil‘
and this, no doubt, would be the
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 Nil. Msack, whose advice has been fol—
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3-53 by following my simple system and add-
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the rupture has never returned. although
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/' ADVICE TO “F. P.”

EAR EDITOR: I see by Decem—
ber 5th issue that F. P., of
Melvin, Michigan, is having

trouble with his‘ cow, getting her
with calf. If F. P.’s name was sign-
ed to his request, I would write him
direct, however, I will give our rem-
edy of which I have been going to
do for some time but neglected to do
so. We have used it as well as some
of our neighbors with good suc—
cess. It is saleratus, one teaspoon-
tul to one-half pint of water, inject-
ed. We use a small rubber hose
about three and one-half feet long
with a small ,funnel at end.to pour
water in. Breed as soon as possible
after treatment. We have three
cows we got with calf by this meth-
od and one of them we took a dis-
tance of one and one-half miles
after treatment—D. E. 0., Fremont,
Michigan.

ICE HOUSE CANNOT OFFSET
POOR PACKING
TUDIES of ice houses have shown
that when the ice is lost it is
not always the fault of the
house, and that proper packing is
the most important factor in ice
storage.

Two points must be observed;
namely, proper amount of packing
material, usually sawdust, and pro-
per pack of the ice block itself.

A very simple frame building,
roughly boarded up both inside‘ and
outside of studdings will keep ice
when the ice is packed correctly
with 12 to 18 inches of sawdust on
all sides, top and bottom. Better con-
struction is obtained, however, by
double boarding both inside and out—
side of studdings, using paper be-
tween the boards. In this type of
house, the top and the bottom of the
walls must be made very tight to se—
cure real dead air spaces in'the
walls. The shrinkage of ice in this
house is much less than in one of

. simpler construction. ,.

The ice cakes must ﬁt closely to-
gether and all crevices should be
ﬁlled with ﬁnely crushed ice or
snow. Failure to ﬁll these crevices
tight starts air channels which can
seldom be eﬂffectively stopped.
Skimping in the amount of sawdust
used and carelessly leaving cracks in
the ice block are the causes of much
loss of ice. Daily attention when
the pack starts settling in the ﬁrst
warm weather of spring also is nec-
essary.

On most dairy farms one and a. half
tons of ice to the cow is about the right

amount to store.
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If the poultry raiser has more pullets
than space and has no chance to build
more good housing facilities, he had best
cull his pullets to about the right number.
One hundred well grown, vigorous and
healthy pullets that are well housed in
plenty of space will return for more
proﬁt than 150 pullets of all sizes and
stages of development crowded into the
same house.

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puts hens.
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Put your hen in laying trim
-—then you have a laying hen

IYOU WANT music in your poultry
yard—song, scratch, .

You want an industrious hen—
a hen that will get off her roost
winter mornings, ready to scratch
for her breakfast. -

. A fat, lazy hen may be all right
for pot-pie, but for egg-laying—
neverl v

Add Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a
to the ration daily, and see the
change come over your ﬂock.

(See the combs and wattles turn
re .

See them begin to cheer up and
hop around. See the claws begin
to dig in.

That’s when you get eggs.

C osts Little to Use Pan-a-ce-a

The price of just one egg pays
for all the Pan-a-ce-a a hen will
eat in six months.

There’s a right-size package for
every ﬂock.

100 hens the 12-11). pkg.
60 hens the 5-11). pkg.
200 hens the 25-lb. pail
500 hens the lOO-lb. drum
For 25 hens there is a smaller package

REMEMBER—When you buy any Dr. Hess product, our ,
responstbtltty does not end until you are satisﬁed that
your investment is a, proﬁtable one. Otherwise, return the
empty contamer to your dealer and get your money back.

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Q- . wheat acreage

Wheat Should. Bring Good l’rice

I Small Receipts of Hogs Cause Prices to Advance
By W. W. FOOTE. Market Editor.

INETEEN hundred and twenty-
ﬁve was on the whole a pros-
- perous year for the United
States, the domestic and foreign
trade of the country showing a
marked increase over the preceding
year, and farmers had more money
to spend on farm implements. Wages
paid to workers were the highest
ever known, and their expenditures
were proportionately large. The
steady growth of the world’s popul—
ation is apt to be lost sight of by
most people, but it is a big item, and
the gain since 1920 is reported as
around 8 per cent. There has been
no such increase in the crops, while
the number of cattle and hogs is
materially lower. Unusual efforts
Were made to increase the [arm
v crops by stimulating the soil to pro-
duce more to the acre than in past
years, and farmers are emulating the
.examples of the clubs of boys in
' seeing how much corn can be grown
, to the acre. Close attention too is
paid by the boys in various agricul-
Itural districts to the production of
. pigs, and wonderful things were ac-
‘ complished. The community of
iwhich Muncie, Illinois is a center
‘ in observing the results of what the
thigh school boys have. done. The
year’s record shows that 105 sows
and gilts were farmed out to the
boys, and 785 pigs were raised.
, Counted among these pigs was one
litter of sixteen that at 180 days
I weighed 3,715 pounds, the third
, largest ton-litter in the state, and
‘ the largest Duroc-Jersey litter. At
‘ one fair the boys won $413 in prize
5 money on the pigs exhibited, and at
'the local Fall Festival about 300
:head of spring pigs were shown.
, Members of the Duroc—Jersey club,
made up of the boys producing lit~
ters of that breed, won $800 in all in

i prize money on their pigs.

Government Crop Report

. The ﬁnal government crop report
‘ for 1925 indicates a total wheat crop
' of 669,000,000 bushels, being 28,—
“ 000,000 bushels less than the earlier
' returns, comparing with last year’s
, harvest of 862,000,000. A corn
' crop of 2,901,000,000 bushels is in-
: dicated by the ﬁnal returns, 112-,
3 000,000 bushels less than the No-
1 vember ﬁgures, and the crop, instead
! of being a near bumper one, is 35,-
_ 000,000 bushels less than the aver-
1 age of the last ﬁve years. The yield,
‘however, is 588,000,000 bushels in
f excess of the revised ﬁgures of 1924,
which were lowered 124,000,000
bushels trom those given out at this
season a year ago.

An increase of 32,000,000 bushels
in oats, and a reduction of 9,000,000
bushels of barley and 2,000,000
bushels of rye, as compared with the
preliminary returns were shown by
the report. The oats crop is 81,000,-
000 bushels less than last year’s re-

ﬁgures and rye‘ is short over
15,000,000 bushels, while the barley
yield 3 40,000,000 bushels in excess
of 1984.,

Total yield of the ﬁve leading
grains this year is 5,339,000,000 bu,
compared with 4,941,000,000 busha
ele as last year’s revised totals, an

1 increase at 398,000,00 bushels or 8.1

per cent. .,

On the basis of domestic wheat re-
quirements of 630,000,000 bushels
and after allowing for 50,000,000
bushels exported to Dec. 1, the sta-
tistics suggest that the United States
has already cut into the carryover
from last year by around 15,000,000
bushels.
lessrconditions change, it is expected
that wheat will have to be imported
from Canada for domestic consump-
tion despite the duty of 42 cents per

bushel. , -
' Whéat Prices Rise

~ The United States Department rot
Agriculture reports on the winter

the 1926 crop 0939,5403. acres,

- again at 80,950,000 screen the rum

$1.77, prices having a good rise. The
rye report shows a decrease of’ 16.2
per cent as, compared with the acre-
age a year ago. ,
Wheat Advices Conﬂicting

- It has been said that-while ﬁgures
do not lie, those who make the ﬁg-
ures sometimes utter untruths, and
readers of the published market re-
ports recall this in studying the con-
ﬂicting reports regarding the wheat
crop of Argentina. It has bee evi-
dent all along that speculators ere
deeply interested in spreading these
reports, and it has been a big battle
between the bulls and the bears, the
wheat crop being a bad crop one
day and a good one the next. The

‘ tine continue uncertalnlld then-ado

in all markets largely professional,
sharp ﬂuctuations in prices are to be
expected. Harvesting in Argentina

, will not be over until, the middle of

January.. and not before then will
it be possible to know what the ex-

portable surplus amounts to. In or- -

dinary years potatoes‘ would be part-
ly substituted when wheat sells high-
er than usual, but the United States
crop of potatoes for 1925 was greatly
reduced by blight, and prices are
unusually high everywhere. '
Expect Larger Corn Receipts

A Chicago cash housa has been
making ‘a canvass oi! one hundred
Illinois country stations, and in a
majority of instances it was learned
that the long expected movement at
corn to' terminal markets was ex-
pected .to get under way after the
holidays, providing the weather kept
cpld. Like the-other cereals, wheat
alone excepted, corn is still selling

 

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OVER RADIO
order to get the most proﬁt out of hm labor a farmer should
know about his markets daily, and we were pleased to announce
. in our last issue that we had made arrangements whereby‘we
would broadcast markets and farm news daily, excepting Saturday
and Sunday, beginning at 7 o’clock in the evening, on and after Jan-

uary 4th, through station WGELP of Detroit.

We are again calling

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strangest thing after all was the way
the "suckers" were fooled, for there
is nothing new in all this setting the
traps for the “lambs,” yet the crop
reports work as well as ever. Of
course, no one is able to say deﬁn-
itely just what wheat is going to
bring in the markets of the country,
but judging from the world’s short-
age and the usual requirements, the
price may be expected to be suﬂic-
iently high to remunerate farmers.
It should be remembered, however,
that beyond a certain point con-
sumers would use less, and by a
large part of the people of European
countries rye bread is the great
staple instead of wheat. The visible

wheat supply in this country is un— .

usually small, and the wheat con-
dition as given by the New York
Journal ot'Commerce in eleven states
is 80.7 per cent, compared with 82.6
last year and 84.9 as the ten year
average for the entire country. The
acreage in eleven states is given as
9.1 per cent less than a year ago.
As long as the reports from Argen—

at far lower prices than at the be-
ginning of 1925. '
Irregular Cattle Market

Cattle prices had a good early
rise early in Christmas week, with
only moderate receipts, but declined
on Thursday. Common to prime
beef steers have been selling for
$7.35 to $12.60, largely at $3 to
$11.50. .
Short Supply of Pigs

The government pig survey sug-
gesting 5,000,000 to 5,500,000 less
pigs than last year was regarded'as
a bearish feature for corn prices.
The Christmas week hog supplies
were unusually small in numbers,
falling far below those for one and
two years ago, and prices had a big
advance, especially for light weights.
Prime lights were much wanted, and
a large share of the hogs on the
market were taken for eastern ship-
ment. The best light sold up to
$12.25 per hundred pounds, compar-
ing with $10.60 as top a year ago
and $7.35 two years‘ago.

 

 

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Detroit ' , Chicago Deti wit ' Detroit
Doc. 28 Dec. 28 Dec. 17 1 yr. ago

W

No. 3 Red $1.98 $1.86 $1.88

No. a White 1.94 1.87 1.89

No. I Mined 1.93 1.88 1.88
0088— i

No. a Yellow 1.80 i

No. 8 Yellow .81 .75@.77% .82 1.25
osm— V

No. a White .47 .4295 @.43 .48 . .64

No. 3 White .40 .41 @ .42 u. .47 .68
BYE--

Cash No. 2 1.09 1.01 1.51
BEAN S— .

C. H. P. th. 4.75 4.85@4.90 5.50@5.60
POTATOES—— . , A

New, Per th. 8.70 @ 4.00 3.74 @445 8.65 @ 8.80 .98
nar— ' . - ~ —

No. 1 Tim. 24.50@25 25©27 ~' 24.50@25 17.50@18 *

No. 2 'l'iim. 21 @22 21@24 mama 15@16 -
' -’ No. 1 Clover 20 21 22@24 '20@21 15@16 '

Light Mixed 23 23.50 25@f26 ,  10.50@170 a,

 

 

 

 

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W. ’8.-w588t and com  h  
“9“ Wﬁwi-‘w ‘ ,_ .

year of record breaking prices.

WHEAT . . g . ”~

Wheat ﬁnished up last 'Week

strong with a sharp advance in. price.
Detroit gained four cents for the "day *1
and was 14, cents above the 
point of the week. Up to the latter "
part of last week the market had a.-
weak tone but when the-government >'

report on, the United States wheat

crop came out, it wasdecidely bull-

ish showing that the crop was muchr 
lighter than was expected, and a' w
Strong tone developed. The price is 1* =

only a few. cents under the $2 mark"
set by many and there are plenty

who” believe it will be reached soon. . _ 

 

CORN

a ‘

While the strength in wheat 'Y

felt in the corn marketgains were:

.not as pronounced. There is 

erable feeling that corn should be
higher in price. ' ‘ ' . ‘
OA'lB - ~ .
Oats followed the other grains up— '
ward in price but there was no,
change in the trading or in the to”
of the market. The government crap
report recently issued shows the
1925 crop to be around 20,000,000,
bushels under 1925 and the pri
nearly 10 cents lower.

RYE..-

Rye at Detroit has gained 8 cents
over the price quoted in our last is-'
sue and 5 cents of this advance was
made last Saturday, when other
grains showed new life. .

BEANS

The government crop report of
December: 22nd estimates Michigan's
1925 crop as 2,000,000 bushels
greater than the year before, as have
other reports this past tall, in spite
of the tact that damage has been
heavy. The same agency shows that
the New York crop is considerable
under a year ago and that state will ,
have to come to Michigan to help
supply her needs. In her production
of white pea beans Michigan stands,
out far ahead, followed by New York
and the 1925 production of thegtwo ,,
states, using the government ﬁgures '
will be only slightly more than the
crop for 1924, while the price being
paid in both states is considerable
under a year-‘ago. It seems to m
that the government has failed tore-
alize the extent of the damage in
Michigan and make any allowanu
in its report, thus bearing the mar-
ket. Many students of the market
are of the opinion that farmers

 

should'be getting $5.00. per cwt. for " -' '

choice beans right today, and II.
study of conditions would certainh
indicate that. Elevators are but:
quite a problem handling the wt
beans as last as they come in. ‘

POTATOES I , ,
Considerable strength was given

the potato market by the bullish ro- .. '

“ port issued by the government, 1.

the elect that the 1926 crop barely
surpasses production for 1919, the
I The
latest estimate was 23,600,000
els under the one of November.

HAY
There is a good demand for tap
grades of hay but many of the poor
grades go begging for buyers. Prices
are fairly steady. ‘ * "

 

 

BOSTON woor. mam

The Commercial Bulletin Saturday 

said: "Holiday quietness pervades
the wool market, but the tone of the

market is very much better than-it, '- i,
.has been for several weeks. ' ‘

decline, .which wasstarted by a 
in prices in Montevideosaboutvthr”
weeks or so ago, has beenzstopp
and prices in theitoreign- markets
have appreciated slightly'since " 
erywhere: a deed or sound ‘
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crest

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 CHICAGO —— Timothy,

'7' last;

   
 

a * against 302,11 ., ,  
f7 7thesame period lastvyear.

'Mi’c'higan‘ﬂeeces are quoted:
L'aine,"‘unWashed, 50c lb; one—half
* 50@510; three-

ghths. "blood, combing, 53c; one-

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-:TOLEDO--—Clover seed, $18.75;

‘-  .V'mik'e', $16; timothy 5332*"

Q, DETROIT—Clover seed, $18.75;
mike, $16; timothy $33215.

 

7.85; clover seed, $2703.50.

‘POUIIIBY
'DETROIT—Live Poultry—Best
chicks, 4 lbs and up, 286
medium chicks, 2762“; Log-
horm, 2062102; best hens, 5 lbs,
37¢; medium hens, 26@27c; Leg—
horn and small. 20c; geese 22c;
large white ducks, 32c; young tur-
keys, 8 lbs or better, 47c lb.
'CHICAGm—Live Poultry, ﬁrmer;
receipts, 4 cars; fowls, 19@26c;

a

springs, 28c; turkeys, 35c; masters, I

27c; ducks, 25@30c; geese, 19@

21c.

 

LIVESTOCK MARKETS
DETROIT—C a t t 1 e—Market strong.
Good to choice yearlings, dry fed, $10 @ 11.-

' 76 ; bes‘theaxfy steers, dry fed, $9@10 ; best

handy weight butcher steers, $7@8, mixed
steers and heifers, $6.50@7 ; handy light
butchers, $4.74@5.50; light butchers, $4.50

' @5.60 ;. best cows, $6@6.50; butcher cows,
84.50@5; common cows, $3.50@4;_ can-
ners, $3@4; choice light bulls, $5@6.25:
heavy bulls, $4.50@5.75; stock bulls, $3.60
@5; feeders, $5@7; stockers, $5@6.50;
milkers and springers, $45@85. Veal
Calves—Market $1 higher. Best, $15@
15.60; others, $7@14.50.‘ Sheep an d
Lambs—Market 250 higher. Best lambs,
$16.50@16.75; fair lambs, $12.50@13.50;
light to common lambs, $8@11.25 ;,fair to
good sheep $8@8.75; culls and common,
$2;50@4.50. H o g s—Market prospects:
Mixed hogs, $12.25@12.50; light, $12.50
@13. .

CHICAGO—(By U. S. Bureau)——Hogs:
15 to 25¢ higher; bulk, $11@11.75; top,

\ 312.25; heavyweight, $10.90@11.45; med—

tum weight, $11.25@11.80; light weight,
$11.15@12.25; light lights, $11.40@12.25;
heavy packing sows, smooth, $9.60@9.90;
packing sows, rough, $9.15@9.60; pigs,
$11.75@12.65. Cattle: 15 to 25c lower.

  

 

 

Week of January 8

1TH the opening days of this
week we look for the wind up
of a period of sleet and snow
with, high winds, a..combination that
will produce blizzards and snow
drifts in many sections». of the state
of Michigan. .

By the middle of the week it
seems very likely that temperatures
in many parts of the state will have
reached a very low point. In con-
junction with the cold weather there
will be a return of snow and wind
storms that will effect most counties
between the 6th and 8th of January.

The week. is expected to end with
low temperatures and clearing skies.
Week of January 10

Fair, cold weather will begin the
wreck of January 10th in. most see—
tions of Michigan but with a moder—
ation in the temperature about Mon-
day, the early part of the week may
expect cloudy weather, snow ﬂurries
and wind. ‘

If there is: very much moderation
in the temperature before the middle
of the week, we are not expecting

“ it ~to last long. Any sleet or ram

coming about this time will soon

 change to 830W-

tures about the middle of

" L...  week will take a general and
i  or less, rapid descent as they‘re-

nit"‘at. a high barometric pressure
 the state at this time. With
‘ ' 'ihtermittent snows with

ill * coins

  
 
  
   
 
 

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quell-m blood, combing, 53c; fine,

$7.15~ @ '

»_ his small triumphs. and wishing defeats.

essvstroni' Winds ahdgales. I

  

‘ out
>  a  “Moij'oanuer
_ -   - Flares? ashes (light: and
."handy eight); $10@I3: feeder steers. $6

68.75; Stocker‘steers, $5.50@8.40; took-
er' cows and heifers, 8'3.50@6; stocker
calves, ;$5.60@8.60. Sheep. and lambs:
Steady ; lambs,xfat, $15.75@16.50; culls J.
and common, $11.60@13; yea-rungs, $11.50
@14; yearling wetherss, $9.50@11; ewes,
“@9; culls and common, $2.50@6;‘feed-
ep lambs, $15.50@16.60.

   

EAST ‘ BUFFALO—Dull and steady;
shipping steers, $9.50@11.50; butchers, $6
09; yearlings, $9@11.75; heifers, $4.26
68.25; fair to choice cows, $3.25@6.60;

canners and cutters, $2 @ 3.25 ; bulls,
$3.50‘@ 6 ; stockers and feeders, $4.50 @
7.50 ; fresh cows and springers slow,

strong, $40 @ 120. Calves—Active L choice,
815615.50: fair to good. $12.60@14.50;
culls, “@112; heavy, 609; grassers, 4@
6. How—Heavies, slow: light hogs ac—
tive. strong to 250 higher; heavy, $11.65
612; mixed. $12.25@12.50; yorkers,
12.85618;th15, yorkers and pigs, $13@
18.35; roughs. $10: stage, $6@8. Sheep
and Im.——Actlve: lambs and yearlings,
50c higher; lambs, 810617.50; yearlings,
"614.50; wethers, $10@10.50: ewes, $3
69; mixed sheep, $9@9.60.

ALL OF CORN USED
RE is no longer any waste
by—products of corn. There
are 148 commodities made
from the waste and the list includes
axle grease and face powder, shoe
heels and chair cushions, cigaret
holders. and gun powder, incense
and punk, phonograph records and
shaving soap, shoe horns and var-
nish: Other items more rare are
absorbents for nitroglycerine in the
manufacture of dynamite and xylose
a kind of sugar.

It is estimated that 40 per cent
of the corn crop is fed to hogs on
farms, While horses account for 20
per cent and cattle for 15 per cent.
The next largest use of corn is for
human food, 10 per cent being
used thus. In addition to use of
corn as grain the plant is used ex—
tensively in the form of silage, fod—
der and stover, as feed for animals.
Nearly 4,000,000 acres of corn a
year is made into silage; more than
two and a half million acres are
cut for fodder.

Chemists of the department ‘of
agriculture have been working on
utilisation of corn waste since 1918
and have made many wonderful dis—
coveries. Among them are adhesive
materials belonging to the same
group as starch. Dextrine and su—
gars are now extracted from the
cobs cooked under pressure in sup—
erheated water. More than 60 pa~
tents on the production of furfural
from corn cobs and its utilization
have been issued in this country
during the last ﬁve years.

A cheap resin is made from cobs
which is used to manufacture tele-
phone receivers, phonograph records
and noiseless gears. Pipe stems,
electrical instrument parts former-
ly made-of hard rubber, buttons,
binders for brushes, glue and a
hundred other articles are made
from this resin Cobs are even used
in making a lumber substitute
where high tensile strength is not
required.

OUR BOOK REVIEW

(Books revievved under this heading ms!
be secured mtg-ah The mohmn Business
Farmer, and shipped by
auxin post on receipt of publisher’s prion
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Green Basin—By John T. Frederick.
John T. Frederick's new novel is almost
a prose epic of the American soil. The
story is laid in Green Bush, a small town
on the Great Lakes. Frank Thompson
has inherited from his father a profound
love of the soil and a ﬁne conception of
the essential high dignity of those who
till‘the earth, live simply and earn their
salt by the labor of their hands. After
his father's death his home «life is made
unhappy by the ambition of his mother
for his future. and it is not until she in
turn has died that Frank is able to pur-
sue the life of his choice. He [marries

and buys a .
The  of the book is the sim-

his struggles with the land,

  
    
 
 

  
 
 
 

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; I  the interest promptly paid twice
Buy Bonds that are issued under U. 8. Government super-
e world’s largest mutual farm mortgage banking system. The

entire précceds are used to build up the farming business through loans

to active farmers at reasonable rates.

FEDERAL LAND BANK nouns
Safe -- Marketable — Tax—Free

You can buy‘ Federal Land Bank Bonds from any Federal Land Bank or
from the Fiscal Agent. Denominations: $40, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000

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and $10,000. Both principal and interest are tax—free.
‘ Federal Land Bank: are located at

Louisville, Ky. Springﬁeld,Masa.
New Orleans, La. St. Louis, Mo.

, e . St. Paul, Minn.
Spokane. Wash. Wichita, Kan.

— Write for Federal Farm Loan Circular No. 16
Addressing the nearest Federal Land Bank or

CHAS. E. LOBDELL, Fiscal Agent

FEDERAL LAND BANKS
Washington,

Total Assets of the 12 Federal Land
Banks Exceed One Billion Dollars

D. C.

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS FARMERS’ EXCHANGE

 

No advertisement less than ten words.

discounts.

 

 

 

A DEPARTMENT OF CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
RATE PER WORD—One Issue Sc, Tuo Issues 15c,

Groups of ﬁgures, initial or abbreviation count as one word. '
Cash in advance from all advertlsers in this department, no exceptions and no

Forms close Monday noon proceeding date of issue.
Address: lMICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

Four Issues 250.

 

 

 

 

 

FARM W.d‘lVI)S PET UT()CK
H [l  I) R E I) HUNTING llOllNDS (l .
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG Trml C. O 3. Large catalogue. Puck }g§£&

rmers and others who have only a little vii-Sh.
His:ny cultivated, irrigated farms some With bulld-
ings in Arkansas Valley Colorado on payments
less than rent. Only 10 per cent down and 34
years to pay balance 5% per cent interest. These
lands have been cultivated for last 20 years and
last year produced per acre; tons alfalfa. 10
tons beets, 40 bushels barley, 77 bushels cats,
39 bushels spring wheat, 47 bushels winter wheat.
Dairy operations attractive. Local milk condens-
cries and creamcnes assure constant market.
Feeding lambs and other live stock proﬁtable.
Swine bring excellent prices when bred for early
fan-owing and early market. Beet sugar fac-
tories contract for all beets grown making beets
an attractive cash crop. Alfalfa and ﬂour nulls
rain elevators furnish local market. Modern

:leioos and churches. I Goo roads, excellent
climate. This opportunity and the reasonable

.p will make you independent in a few years.
tWremllre not in'the land busmess and are anxious
to get the best of our lands in hands of good
farmers who will cultivate same. to best advantage
to themselves and this community. for lull] par-
ticulars write American Beet Sugar Lo. .. L:le
Bldg, Lamar. Colorado.

 

 

 

' FARM IN MINNESOTA, DAKOTA,
()‘Klintfna. Idaho, “’nshin‘gtonlor (gregon. (,‘gop
. v - «my terms. .‘ree rem um; men on
SlZStrdlel‘tllf)l \\".Hllyerly, 90 Northern Paciﬁc Rall-
way, St. Paul, Minn.

‘ ALE 80 ACRES BEST OF SOIL.
1{Ogll’ells and buildings. Orvil Strong, Remus,
Michigan.

 

 

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A PAYING POSITION OPEN TO REPRESENT-

ative of character. Take order sboes—bomery
direct to wearer. Good Income. Permanent.
Write Now. Tanners Shoe Mfg. (30., 11-187 C
Street, Boston, Mass.

10 TO 8250 MONTHLY. EXPENSES
“£51 :2} Railway Trafﬁc In ector. \Vc secure
osition for you aftlr comple on of 3 wmonth's
home study course or money r nded. Excellent
0 portunities. \Vrite _ for Free Booklet (1-165
Sgand. Business Training Inst, Buffalo, N. Y.

IIVE AY FINEST LAUNDRY SOAP FREE.
0 you-ﬁw hula $10 d%ci,13_t°easy  llwolsveellllng Ian];

sinesa. n am , me on
Elf, n(zilliea'tWolvcrm' e Bldg“ Grand Rapids,

POUIII‘RY

 

WHITE LEGHORNS ARE
smashes in leadingr Egg

Oklahoma, exas,
land, Connecticut.

WNBISE FARM
making names for th

Contests» Watch our gene at

w ' 31, New Yor .

and l n. 11 our farms we are. trap—nest-
ing 1600 layers and last season raised 4200
winzbanded mdivi , I chicks. Now
aﬂering er in pedigreed With dams
records from 200 to 304 eggs. Baby chlcks of

own f ' after Febbf22 at reasonable )ricﬁs.

rite or our come we are 1c i-
w State Accredited. w. s. Emmi; & Son,

10. Grsml m Mlchim.

PURE BBED carom FRO)! STATE ACCRED-

ited stock. Fourteen names. on Man-
ual Free. Shouts: Eu Farm. Route 25. Mount
Morris, minus.

BABY CHICKS FROM STATE ACCREDITED
hock. Shady Lawn Ha ,
Zeeslahd. Mm: gﬁwt 3- my

BABXED BOOK 000KB LAYING STRAIN.
Mrs. Martin Mm 131. ck. Mich.

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KENTUCKY llOMlCSPUN ’l‘OBACOO~—FOUB
pounds chewng or live smoking $1.00 post-
puzd. Clements lllld \Vottstcin, Chambers, Ky.

HOMESPUN TOBACCO: CHEWING, FIVE
$1 50 Smoking, ten $1.50. Pay when recerrgagl

 

 

F. ohpu'm, Bardwell, Ky.

LOO}?I llEerl ,GUARANTEED, FRAGRANT
me ow, rim, lomespun tobacco. ll" ponn '

chewmg, $1.50; smoking, $1.25. Sardbles, 10%.

Clark’s River Plantation, 192, llnzel, Ky. '

 

HOMESPUN TOBACCO: CUEVVING FIVE

$1. 0; ten $2.50; smoking 5 lbs. 31.259133;
$2.00. Cigars 50 for .2.00. Pay when. re-
CE‘lVCd. l“:ll'lllcl's Association. Muxon Mills, Ky.

Kl‘lN’l‘l‘PKY'S
under ll'oncy

IllCST LEAF TOBACCO—SOLD
ll:l(‘l\' guarantee. " l5. chewing

..
$1.00 or 4 lbs. Slpokinn $l.00. Pay for tobacco
and post-lav \vllv-n I‘l-vclvcll. (lo~0peratlve ‘ ‘
IEJLQIEQIS. llawcsvillc, Ky. EObacco

 

 

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old mngneto points. (llsmljllml jewelry and 0]
gold. Mull to, Hoke Snwltilllg .\- Running 00..
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lhg money. Easy work. Sell—
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men’s Shirts, Indieshosmr (llrcct to consumer.
Undersell competition. ommission
Liberal credit plan. No experience
necnsssr .. Loverin A: Browne 00.,
State, hicago.

IF WE GIVE
measure in any one 00 leathers, 50
styles, Wlll you keep them, wear them,
them to your frlPllllS as sample of our $10 Made-
To’Order shoes to sell at $6.85? Advise us to-
day. Your complete outﬂt Will go forward ab-
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Shoe twtern, 932 \Vrightwood Ave, Chicago.

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Chicago.

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THE RUl’TURE lS FORGOTTEN

from the first moment that a Brooks
<fT\JAppliance exerts its constant, firm
but gentle pressure; then. Nature
welcomes the chance to cure. Now
you can free yourself of rupture
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thousands of men, women and
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The Brooks Appliance is Sent on
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Ten Reasons Why

You Should Send for

BROOKS RUPTURE
APPLIANCE

It is absolutely the only Appliance of
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The Appliance for retaining the'ru‘p—
ture cannot be thrown out of p0s1t10n.

Being an air cushion of soft rubber, it
clings closely to the body, yet never
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Unlike the ordinary so-called pads
used in other trusses, it is not cum-
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It is small, soft and pliable, and pos—
itively cannot be detected through
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The soft, pliable bands holding the
Appliance do not give one the un-
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ness.

There is nothing about it to get foul,
and when it becomes soiled it can be
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least.

There are no metal springs in the Ap—
pliance to torture one by cutting and
bruising the ﬂesh.

All the material of which the Appli-
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spec N mering h—D

at all times and in all positions, and
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1 WE GUARANTEE YOU COMFORT

Note This Well:

Where trusses, salves, steel and leather
' harnesses fail, the. Brooks Appliance wins
' its greatest successes. It is the only truly

comfortable sanitary and scientiﬁc device
i'forrholding rupture without irritation, in:

I  .conVenience, annoyance or pain. “This we
 ~  to; prove by sending you .a BROOKS

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Can You Doubt That These

Are Genuine Cures?
“All the Faith in the World in Them”

R. No. 2, Cortland, Ohio.

August '23, 1924.
KVill you send me your charts and price list?
My daughter nine years old has had a rupture
just break through down low on the right side
and your appliance worked such wonders for
me I want one for her. I had a rupture from
birth and at the age of 27 I could scarcely
work at all. After wearing one of your ap-
pliances for only a. year and a half I was en—
tirely cured and I am a millwright. so my work
is heavy, but I am never bothered one bit. So
I have all the faith in the world in them and
feel if one cured my rupture of 27 years stand—
ing. it certainly ought to do the same for my

child.
Very truly yours.
WM. J. CLARK.

“Fee! 1 Have Been Cured”

Brownsburg, Indiana.
February 2, 1925.

I have received several letters the last year
and intended to write and tell you of the suc—
cess your Appliance has been to me.

I wore one of your Appliances with ease
until I felt I was cured. I haven’t worn it
now for almost one year and feel I have been
cured.

And am sure I can recommend your Appliance
to any of my friends.

MRS. HARRY JOHNSON.

“Have Done All Kinds of Heavy
Outside Work Since Cured”

Racine, Wisconsin.

February 20, 1925.
I believe that I have been completely cured
of rupture by your Appliance. I have not worn
one of yours or any other truss for over three
years and have done all kinds of heavy out—
side work since, so I believe that is a fair
test giving me a right to say that I am cured.
I am a satisﬁed customer and hope to re—

main s0.
HARVEY F. CLARK.

“I Have No Rupture Any More”

Ames, Iowa.
 . April 28, 1925.

Well, I have no rupture any more.- I wore
your Appliance seven months and I was com—
pletely cured. I can lift now just as hard as
I can and it don’t affect me in any way. I
wore other makes of trusses for two years
with no results. -

There is no doubt in my mind but that you
have the best Appliance on the market and if
it serves everyone as it served me it is worth
a good many times its price. I do and will
recommend your Appliance to anyone suffering

from rupture.
H. A. OSBORNE,
1212 N. Kellogg Ave.

“Cured Me Without an Operation”

Peno, S. D.

Feb. 20, 1925.

The Appliance I got from you I wore about
one year and it cured me completely. - I have
not used it since. I saw a doctor before I
tried one of your Appliances 'and he said the
only care would be, an operation slut it cured
me, 'th . " t d“ it idn‘t .bOther

, ,

G. E. BROOKS—JNVENTOR OF THE APPLIANC’,

He Cured Himself—His Method has Cured.
Great Host of Rupture Sufferers as is attested b
thousands upon thousands of letters sach as these
If ruptured, do not suffer one day longer than need
ed, write to Brooks Appliance Company, at Mar
shall, Michigan, for full information (sent in plai .
sealed envelope) of the

FREE OFFER TO ,TH
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“It Sure Is a Blessing to Anyone Who Suffers
from Rupture” ‘

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

March 13, 1925. ,
In 1919 our 4 year old boy became ruptured and we sent for a.
much advertised appliance—not a truss with a steel spring—which
had a solid cushion and we received some medicine to rub the rupture
with. We used this appliance and medicine faithfully for two years
but the rupture was still there. As it was time to get another ap-
pliance, this being too small, we thought we would try the one ad-
vertised by you. So in September, 1921, we' sent for your appliance.
After he wore it for one year there was no sign of any rupture, but
we let him wear it until 1923 in Fall: Since then he never wore any
appliance and the rupture is completely healed. He is and was very
wild and active and the more remarkable the cure. Your soft, per-
fectly ﬁtting rubber cushion did the work and we are very thankful
to you and will recommend your appliance whenever there is‘an
occasion. Yours thankfully, .
- OTTO F. BURR.

You may use this letter as testimony and I will answer every in-
quiry if return postage is included.

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“Accepted for Service After Being Cured” i

Larimore, N. D. 1

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I am writing to let you know that I have not had any need {of
your appliance the last Six or seven years. ' l
The reason is this. I was examined for the draft in .February,
1918, and was found to. be ruptured. Still wearing your appliance was
included into service July, 1918, and again examined and nothin'v

was found wrong. Still wore your applianceluntil September, .1918,

when I removed it and have never had to put it on again. ,
Thanking you for all past favors and am boosting for you. I

remain Yours truly, ‘

EINAR SOLSING.

Please Remember

Our Appliance is sent on trial to prove what we say is true.
You are sole judge. Now ﬁll out and send the coupon—for
yourself, a relative or a friend. \ ..

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