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Among feeders of Larro are many thousands
whose experience with it is limited to a few
months. To them we might refer you for
an opinion of Larro and for proof of its
worth as a dairy ration.

- You would ﬁnd these men enthusiastic—for
even in their short experience with Larro,
it has brought higher yield in their milk pails
and improved physical condition in their
cows.

But we prefer to put Larro to a severer test
——the test of two, three or more years of feed-
ing in the same herds. This, for two reasons-—
because no one can question results obtained
from a test of such duration; and because
the successive years of Larro feeding em-
phasize its advantages for the building of
cow condition, the maintenance of health-
the proﬁtable production of milk.

Dairymen who have fed Larro continuously
for years not only have proved these facts
to their satisfaction, but have established

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Larro superiority on a basis of the proﬁt it
earns over feed costs.

Scores of such experience stories are yours
for the asking-instances in which records
show steadily increased milk yield for several
consecutive years until the full capacity has
been reached-for entire herds as well as for
individual cows; and, what is more important,
proﬁtable milk production every year.

Here lieSvthe real value of Larro—as a
producer of proﬁt, the goal of everyone
engaged in the business of dairying.

Of course you can best form your own
opinion of Larro from an actual test with
your own cows. But if the experience of
others has weight with you, we invite you '
to obtain this evidence from Larro dealers.

Any merchant selling Larro can give you '
the names of nearby users — perhaps of
neighbors and friends, owners of cows of

Ask the nearest dealer

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held at Michigan State College Feb- 1 . .3
ruary 2nd of Farmers’ Week. An, _, I
interesting program has been 'ar-. . 5
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Brown of M. S. C. on commercial ‘, ,|
stock foods and tonics,,V. A. lFrOe- ,‘ ﬂ
man, Extension Specialist, on record " ‘
of merit work, J. F. Walker of Game .~
bier, Ohio, on ﬁne wool sheepﬁand ‘
Edwin Knopf, Manchester, Michi-_
gan, on a club boys' experience with “
ﬁne wool sheep. Besides this, the - 1
Black Top Breeders will discuss»
what is. BIaCk Top type, in order to .
get in line for a feature exhibit at . g i
the Michigan State Fair, since it via |
now hoped and expected that they I
will be given a special Classiﬁcation
for their breed.

Matters of vital importance to all
the ﬁne wool breeds and types will
be discussed by members and the as-
sociation will go on record as to
what it believes will be for the best
interests oi the breeders of ﬁne wool ~ ‘~
sheep, so far as rules and classiﬁcaJ '-
tions are concerned, in the making
up of thenew premium list of the
Michigan State Fair. .

At noon the members and visitors
will regale themselves with a high
class mutton banquet at one of the
leading restaurants in East Lans-
ing, the mutton for this occasion be- {
ing furnished by one or the ﬁne ,wool
breeders who promises something
extra choice in this line.

As part or the afternoon program
the new B type-ﬂockof Merinos, re—
cently donated by the breeders to
the College will be brought into the
pavilion for inspection and a. judg-
ing demonstratlon. The Black Top
Flock donated by Black Top breed—
era a year ago will also be brought
in and a type show and judging
demonstration will be staged for all
interested in that class. A similar
program will also be carried out
with the Bambouilet ﬂock. This
ﬂock has brought many honors to
the College and a study of these
sheep on the part of the breeders
oughtto be a great help in future
breeding operations.

Every breeder of any class of ﬁne 1
wool sheep is urged‘to be present '
and enjoy and proﬁt by all the good
things the association has to offer
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OVERHAUL TRACTOR NOW
HAT are some of the main
things to check up when over-
hauling a tractor. The igni-
tion system, the oil pump it the
tractor has one, valves, pistons and
rings, bearings, gears and carburew
tor should be examined and ﬁxed it «
necessary.

These things should be considered !
by every tractor owner during the
winter months when the tractor is
ordinarily idle. Time spent in over—
hauling the tractor this winter may I ;
mean time and money saved next I; I

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spring and summer when most tarm—
ers can ill afford to neglect farm ‘ ,
work long enough to make tractor i _

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If your tractor has a high tension .
magneto that has been working all 3
right, leave it alone. However, if . :
something is“ wrong with the mag-
neto it is not advisable for any one
but a good mechanic to try to do
much with it.

The oiling system~should be gone
over. There is nothing more neces—
sary than plenty of good oil to pre-
vent wear‘and to keep the tractor

in running order. ,

Valves become pitted and some—
times warped so that they leak and

a great deal of power is lost because

of poor compression. This can us—
ually be remedied by grinding the
valves and making sure that they " '
seat properly, at all points.

Take a look at the pistons and
rings. It the cylinder is badly worn

it might be necessary to rebore the
cylinder liners, they can be replaced. .
In tightening the '- bearings, be ,1
sure that the nuts are all tight and ‘
keyed and that the bearings all ﬁt , ~
snugly: If they are too tight, they. ‘ y
will burn out. It the belts ,can‘iiot '
be drawn tight without making ‘the’ e 7
bearings too‘ tight, putifi’ a shim 9r '
two and- always have ~the*captigli‘t.

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The iny Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan

 

ﬁnished Bi- Weekly at

Clunens. Michigan.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30,1926

Entered as 2nd. class matter. Aug 22. 1917.
at Mt. Clémens, Mich, under act Mar. 3. 187..

“ Few Realize the Value of Alfalfa and Sweet Clover

Writer Thinks Rural Bankers Should Urge Farmers To Plant Two Legumes

COMPREHENSIVE appraisal of
the assets and liabilities of the
. various types of soil in Michi-
gan from an agricultural angle is
hardly possible without an
gent understanding of the merits of
Alfalfa and Sweet Clover, and their
providential introduction to Michi-
gan thru the untiring efforts of its
Department of Agriculture. In the
humble opinion. of the Writer they
are so important to its agriculture
that no Thanksgiving Proclamation
by the Governor should ignore their
beneﬁcience.

’ So necessary in fact are these deep
rooting, drouth defying legumes to
proﬁtable farm husbandry, that fail-
ure in so many instances to heed the
constant advice of the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture to seed with
these unrivaled barn ﬁlling, mort-
gage lifting plants whenever and
wherever possible, is little short of
economic suicide. 'Yet after the

.laudable‘efforts of the department

for the beneﬁt of the farm owner
and for the beneﬁt of society in gen-
eral, one can travel the entire state
and in many directions and only oc-
casionally sight an alfalfa or sweet

’ clover ﬁeld. , ,

Gamble on Uncertain Legume

'For this yearly economic blunder
which would bankrupt a Henry Ford
in no time, our federal land banks
and particularly our rural bankers,
can not escape a share of reSponsi-
bility in their failure to visualize
collectively, the importance of these
necessary mortgage lifting crops. As
a matter of fact it would seem’The
acme of wisdom for them with their
powerful inﬂuence over the borrow-
ing world, to actively cooperate with
the state department of agriculture
to awaken Michigan’s farm world
from the folly of gambling entirely
upon an uncertain short rooting le-
gume for their hay crop, to the last-
ing beneﬁt of whole farm districts
with soils favorable for their
growth.

Gambling on full hay mows with
medium clover entirely, a shallow
rooting legume, which in turn de-
pends upon favorable moisture con-
ditions for satisfactory results, when

.it is possible to avoid this risk to

a great extent with a ﬁeld of deep
rooting legumes, is one big factor or

One Thousand Entries in Muskegon’s 16th Annual

1TH its one thousand entries
marking it as one of the larg-
est poultry shOWs in the state,

, the 16th annual exhibitionstaged by

the Muskegon and East Shore Poul—
try and Rabbit Fanciers Association
at the Muskegon Armory on Jan.
16 to 19 was a decidel success. The
exhibits showed splendid quality
throughout, Surpassing in this re-
spect the excellent shows of former
years. The spacious armory at Mus-
kegon with its excellent lighting
makes an excellent location for a.
poultry show and the uniform coop-
ing adds much to its attractiveness.
Competition is always keen at the
Muskegon Show between the Muske-
gon exhibitors and those from other
parts of Michigan. The 1926 show

‘ had a total of 75 exibitors ,of which

51 were from Muskegon county, the
remainder being competitors from
nearby counties. .

The honors were quite evenly di-

; vided between the Muskegonites and
- their neighbors.

W. S. Nixon of
Conpéryille, with an chellent dis-
1Q! 1.13 it Black Min9rcaés,

intelli- -

  

By JOHN G. KRAUTH

cause, in the high cost of production.
Alfalfa and sweet clover, With their
roots of gold, respect no cast in soil
aristocracy, but double and treble
hay crops and carrying capacity of
pasture ﬁelds, swell the yields of
grain crops, and by their added fer-
tility are Michigan’s partially devel—
oped gold mines, to be reckoned
with annually in millions.

No exaggeration is possible in ap—
praising the services of these valu-
able legumes to humanity. Utilized
no doubt ages and ages before Jo-
seph’s time and which season after

Season regardless of proper moisture
conditions are demonstrating their
value in abundant crops. Their su—
per valu‘e in revitalizing worn out
ﬁelds can not be over stretched.

-, It requires no great stretch of the

imagination to forecast the domin—
ant parts they are destined to play
in solving the problem of the near
future shepherd and dairyman in
large areas of idle land, commonly
regarded as waste land in Northern
Michigan, when lean cupboards will
necessitate their development. With
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NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW COMES TO MICHIGAN

ETROIT has been awarded the 1926 national dairy show, acc ord-
ing to word received by the Detroit Convention and Tourists’ bu-

reaufromW. E.

Skinner, of Chicago, secretarymanager.

The

show will be held Oct. 9-16, in the Michigan State fair grounds, it a

‘ satisfactory agreement can be reached between officials of the National
Dairy Association and state fair board officials.

Seventeen allied organizations have the option of meeting during

the show and it, is expected at least twelve of them will hold thcir

annual conventions here.

Attendance records of the shows held in

Syracuse, Chicago, Milwaukee and other cities show that 50, 000
persons will be attracted from all parts of the United States and

Canada.

Michigan, one of the leading dairy states in the union will be

well represented during the show.

Several dajrvmen from this state

have Won high honors at previous meetings of the National Dairy

show.

A conference will be held soon with Michigan State fair ofﬁcials.

The dairymen’ s committee Will be composed of John W.

Ladd of

Detroit, Charles L. Hill of Roscndale, “'isconsin, prtsident of the Na,-

twnal Dairy association,
manager.

Allied organizations are:
Butter Manufacturers,

and \V.

American
American Association of Medical Milk c0111-

E. Skinner, (‘hic ago, see 1.01.11 1 -

Association of Cmmncry

missions, American Dairy Science association, lcc (‘rcam supply men,

Certiﬁed Milk Producers

association ,

International Association of

Dairy and Milk Inspectors, International liﬁlk Dealers association,
National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers, National Choose
association, National Creamery Butter Makers association, National
Dairy council, National Dairy union, National Milk Producers federa-

tion, National Poultry,

Butter and Egg

association, International

Dairy Federation, Association of American Dairy, Food Drug officials

and the Dry Milk institute.

 

 

By CARL H. KNOPF

away three of the sweepstakes silver
trophy cups offered for the highest
total number of points won, for the
best cock, cockerel, hen, pullet, and
pen in the show, and for the best
display in the show.

A. M. Wood of Grand Rapids who
gathered in several trophy cups at
last years’ Muskegon show with his
S. C. Rhode Island Reds, repeated
this year to the extent of winning
the trophy cup offered for the best
bird in the show.

\ Other sweepstakes winners of sil-
ver trophy cups were as follows.

Best pen infshow, White Wyan-
dottes owned by John DeGroot of
North Heights; best solid colored
pen, White Wyandottes,‘ Jas. Ayres.
Muskegon Heights; best parti-color—
ed pen, S. C”. Mottled ’Anconas, M. R.
Elenbaas, Grand Rapids; best utility
display, S. C. White Leghorns, Pro-
gressive Hatchery, Zeeland.

Special purp championship rib-
bons were awarded in the standard

 

/classes to the - following exhibitors:

Best old e11", S C. Rhode Island

best cock bird, White Wyandotte,
John DeGroot; best hen, S. C. Rhode
Island Red, A. M. Wood; best cock—
erel, S. C. Black Minorca, W. S. Nix—
on; best pullet, White Wyandotte,
Jas. Ayres.

The utility classes showed fully
as many entries as did the standard
classes and a large number of birds
were entered for competitiOn in both
classes. These efforts of our breed-
ers and fanciers to combine both
standard and production points in
the same birds is indeed a step in
the right direction. It is to be hoped
that the time is not many years dis-
tant when the combined standard
will be the only standard used.

In the utility classes the cham-
pionships were awarded as follows:

Best old pen, S.’C. White Leg-
horns, Thos. Rozenboom, Muskegon;
beet young pen, best cock bird, best
cockerel,‘ S. C. White Leghorns, Hen-
ry 'W. Carpenter, Muskegon; best
hen, W. 0. Rhode Island Red, A. M.
Wood; best pallet, Barred Rock,

' Herbert Buteau, North Muskegon.

feature of the show was

One 1118
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_ priation annually.

bodies and hungry mouths in far; oﬂ.’
lands a constant growing problem,
and our own cleared ﬁelds heedless-
1y robbed of their fertility to pay for
ﬂivvers and gasoline, within twenty
years America’s “one hundred sev—
enty ﬁve millions” will understand
the word “faminel in its literal
sense.

In heralding the coming day for
idle reserve lands of Northern
Michigan, let this be understood as
no weazel worded tribute to un—
changeable jack pine areas, but for
lean clay subsoil types more or less
common in every county in Michigan
however poorly clothed upon its ﬁre—
swept suiface, and to the untrained
eye, birds of one feather For this
reason it is commonly classed as a
poor house relation in the family of
agricultural soils, but identiﬁed
thru an alfalfa eye as an idling mil-
lionnaire garbed in the outer rai—
ment of a season hobo, if I may be
permitted to paraphrase.

To understand this statement one
has only to visit any progressive al—
falfa or sweet clover enthusiast in
any section of Michigan and learn
ﬁrst hand the dependable dollar re—
turns in hay crops it is possible to
secure on the various types of light
soils, properly prepared, side by side
with similar crops on the heavier
type of soils. He will then ponder
long before condemning large areas:
of idle land in Michigan as pups of'
one litter.”

111ml. Not Ncw

The idea of “credit pressure” sug—
gested herein, to encourage the,
growing of alfalfa and sweet clover;
is in no way original. Years agov
similar methods were adopted by the .
bankers in certain wheat growing
sections of Minnesota as a last resort
to ward off bankruptcy. It was:
“thumbs down" to the borrower:
gambling on one crop to repay his:
loan and the “glad hand” to those
who adopted diversiﬁcation_ of crops.
The and justified the means. When;
this welcome day arrives in Michi-
gan, the northern section will grad-
ually live down the unenviable dis-i
tinction of being the source of,
“scrub cattle” and the home of the:
“opulent potato grower”———.at plant-.‘
ing time—who generally realizes‘
around steen cents for his crop.

Poultry Show

birds entered. The varieties shown
included tumblers, fantails, pouters,
and many others. The Homer rac—
ing classes were also well ﬁlled. This
form of sport in the poultry world
has many enthusiastic followers 111
Muskegon. Prominent exhibitors in
the latter class were; Jos. Kesteloot,
C. H. Moore, Edwin Irwin, Chas
Graham, and Benj. Kesteloot, all ot'
Muskegon. Other pigeon exhibitors,
were: Gerrit Hooker of Muskegon
and Albert Vanderveen of Grand‘
Haven.

The display of rabbits was much.
smaller than at previous shows but.
had excellent quality throughout-,
Prominent exhibitors in this sectionJ
were: L. D. Hyde of Ravenna and;
Wm. Ivanson of Rockford, the lat~§
ter winning the silver trophy cup of»—'

fered for the best rabbit in the‘
show.
The success of the Muskegon,

show is due entirely to the tireless}
efforts of the breeders and tandem,
living in Greater Muskegon and in;
the surrounding territory and their!
ability to work and stick together. _

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ROFESSORS of animal husbandry
and students of livestock im—
prOvement tell us that the pres-

nt high stage of development of
Odern domesticated farm animals
sithe product of generations of care-
intelligent breed~
”11g for the realization of a previous-
'in conceived and well-established

'goal.

'When we visit our great fairs and

‘ ‘llvestock exhibitions we are impress-

ed anew with what is being done
along this line of the continual im—
provement of our farm stock. It
is an example of man-directed evolu—
tion taking place under our very
eyes. ,

” ,‘Back of all progress in producing

V‘better animals for the meat block,

.Or‘ the dairy or the shearing ﬂoor,

are two genetic laws, which, while

proved true by age-old experience,
are, strangely enough, apparently
‘more or less contradictory the one
to the other. These basic laws, stat—
ed in their simplest terms, are ﬁrst.
that like tends to produce like. and
second, that there is an insistent and

‘ more or less inexplainable tendency

toward constant variation. The ex—
perienced and intelligent livestock
breeder takes advantage of each fa—
vorable variation and. by judicious
mating seeks to insure the perman—
ency of that desired quality or pro—
ducing ability which he has observed
'With approval.
Records Arc Essential

It is evident that to secure satis—
factory progress through such breed—
ing methods we must have careful
records of individual quality or pro-
ducing ability. Progressive dairy—

‘men have long realized this fact and

have kept detailed records of the
butterfat production of
their cows. They have studied with
interest the production re—
ords of the female progeny of their

' valuable sires.

In order that these records might

3”; carry conviction and have the value
,Which comes from unquestioned au—

thenticity and impartial accuracy,
cow-testing associations and various
kinds of ofﬁcial records and advance
registry honors were established.
Today every private sale or public
auction reveals how much import—
prospective purchasers place
upon these trustworthy records of
the individual animals and their an—
cestors.

Now obviously the same genetic
laws apply to sheep as to cattle; a
breeding practice which would work
successfully in increasing dairy pro—
duction could logically be expected
to be equally efﬁicacious in the de-
velopment of sheep of super-wool
producing ability.

But although the
questionably valid,

theory is un-
the application

,of these principles to ﬂeece improve—
“: ment and to increasing the sale val—

ue of sheep of exceptionally superior

’wool production has met with baffl—

ing practical obstacles. Probably
the greatest difﬁculty was that up
until just recently there has seemed

”to be no sure and dependable way of

determining the identity of an in-

‘ dividual sheep.

of Identity
crux of the whole
matter

A Quest ion

Here was the .
proposition. How was this

or. identity to be determined and ver—

Even to a person having no
practical knowledge
about sheep breeding and husbandry
it is evident that if sheep were to
enter into competition with each oth—
er for producing heavy ﬂeeces of high
quality during a year, they would, of
urse, have to be closely shorn to
egin with and then reshorn at the

iﬁed?

rand of approximately twelve months.

nless we have some absolutely sure
‘3' of determining identity, some
eeders might bring in a sheep w1th
teen inonths’ growth of wool.
In the case of every exceptionally
record, somebody would be
’ to point to it with suspicion
d raise the objection that un-
ubtedly fraud had been perpe-
"ed. Thus the record, no matter
’62? good, would have small value,
,s'it could be proved deﬁnitely
' tit" sheep that sheared the su-
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Solve Problem of Establishing Positive Identity of Each Sheep Entered fo

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(Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.)

that had previously been closely
shorn on a certain date. -~

Sad past experience has demon-
strated that not too much depend-
ence is to be placed upon many of
the standard methods of identiﬁca—
Ordinary ear tags can be
interchanged in a moment or two.
Ear notches, punches and clips can
be imitated readily. It was thought
at ﬁrst that tattoo marks might
solve the problem, but it was soon
found that they could be easily du—
plicated.

Nose-Prints Do the ,Trick

Then someone remembered that
the Jersey cattle breeders had em-
ployed noseprints as a means for the
successful identiﬁcation of individu-
als under test. Mr. Verne A. Free-
man, animal husbandry specialist
at the Michigan State College of Ag-
riculture and Applied Science deter-
mined to see what he could do in

the identification of sheep by the
nose—print method.
Slow progress was made at ﬁrst.

The prints were faint or smeary and
of little value. Gradually the proper
technique was mastered. The prints

to take the impressions of the
sheep’s nose on some plain, high
quality, white paper. Usually sev-
eral prints of the same sheep are
made side by side on the same piece
,of paper. This insures that all parts
of the nose will be properly mapped.

I, am told that the signiﬁcant parts
of the nose prints are the little dots
made by the papillae, which are the
openings from the glands that pro-
duce the moisture that gives the
healthy sheep a dewy nose.

Having at last successfully hur—
dled this difﬁcult obstacle of depend-
able insurance, of identity, there has
been established the Michigan Fine
Wool Sheep Breeders’ Association
and work is already being done to
accredit sheep of superior wool pro-
ducing ability for an ofﬁcial record
of merit. A constitution and by-
laws have been adopted and rules
formulated to govern the admission
of sheep to this record of merit.

High Standards Set

The by—laws provide for the estab—
lishment of a record of merit con—
sisting of two divisions: (A) based
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Samples of sheep nosc prints as used by the LIichigan State College to identify sheep.

were plain and distinct and showed
a marked and readily noticeable dif—
ference between individuals.

Then the question arose, would
the nose—prints of the same sheep be
alike year after year or would they
vary so as to be valueless for iden—
tiﬁcation purposes? Trials were
made and the results obtained to
date indicate that this new and no—
vel method is going to prove prac-
ticable and satisfactory. Compari-
sons of nose-prints of the same sheep

made in successive years reveal
striking and easily detected uni—
formity of pattern and outline.
There is every indication that re-
cords made under this system of
identiﬁcation would be properly

safeguarded and would be dependa-
ble.
Mapping the Papillae

Perhaps it would be well just
here to pause and explain in some
detail how the college experiment-
ers now secure satisfactory nose-
prints. First, they take, a small
amount of thick printers' ink and
spread it thinly and evenly over a
piece of glas. Next the sheep’s nose
is wiped dry and touched with the
ink-smeared glass. The ﬁnal step is

the sheep and ‘(B) based on the
weight of scoured wool produced. As
the quantity of scoured wool and its

grade determine the real market
value of the ﬂeece, the B division
seems capable of .resulting in the

greatest permanent beneﬁts.

The grade of wool both as to ﬁne-
ness and length, as well as mutton
characteristics of the sheep, can be
seen by the ordinary breeder, but
the real baffling factor is to tell
which sheep rally producs the most
scoured wool. .

The standards set by the associa-
tion are as follows:

“To obtain record of merit in di—
vision A; each sheep must meet with
the following requirements: For
American merinos other than De—
laines: Rams to shear not less than
twenty-eight pounds at a year’s
growth or to have sired at least ten
lambs which have attained a record
of merit. Ewes to shear not Less
than eighteen pounds at a year’s
growth or to have produced at least
two lambs which have attained a
record of merit.

“For Rambouillets or American,
standard and black—top Delaines:
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ty-ﬁve pounds at a year’s growth or
to have produced ten lambs which
have attained a record of merit.
Ewes to 'shear not les sthan sixteen
pounds at a year’s growth or to’have
produced two lambs which have at:
tained the record of merit.

“To attain record of merit/in di—
vision B, sheep must meet the fol-
lowng requirements which shall ap-:
ply to all breeds: Rams must pro—
duce in one year at least eight
pounds of_ scoured wool. Ewes must
produce at least six pounds of scour«
ed wool.”

Rules governing admission of
sheep to record of merit are as fol—
lows: ,

“Any member’ Wishing to enter
sheep for the Record of Merit shall
make application in writing‘to the

Animal Husbandry Extension Speci— ‘

alist, M. S. 0., East Lansing, Mich..

indicating with his application the

approximate time he wishes to

shear. ’
Must Be Pure-Bred

“Sheep to be entered must be
pure—bred and recorded in their
breed Association record.

“Sheep entered shall be inspected
within a week after shearing by a
representative of Michigan State Col-
lege, Who shall make a record of the
date of shearing.

“Twelve months after -the ﬁrst
shearing an M. S. C. representative
shall again witness the shearing of
the same sheep, for the purpose of
seeing that it is done as nearly as
possible in the same manner as was
the ﬁrst shearing. He shall weigh
the ~wool and record its weight. In
case the ﬂeece is entered for the
scoured test he shall take possession
of th ﬂeece and forward it to Animal
Husbandry Extension Specialist at
MUS. C.

“Fleeces submitted for the scour-
ing test shall be accompanied by a
scouring fee of $1.00 each. ,

“Upon receipt of data from the M.
S. C. Animal Husbandry Extension
[Specialist showing that a sheep has
qualiﬁed. and having received the
registration fee of ﬁfty cents from
the owner, the Secretary of the As-
sociation shall issue a certiﬁcate of
Record of Merit to the owner.‘
“‘Fleeces submitted for the scour-
ing test shall be considered the pro—
perty of the sheep owner and may be.
disposed of by returning them to
him carrying charges collect, or at
the option of the owner, the ﬂeeces
may be pooled and sold each year
by the M. S. C. representative and
net proceeds prorated."

Division A of the above described
record of merit is already function-
ing, but there have been unexpected
delays in securing the mechanical
equipment necessary for starting di-
vision B, which is based on the
scoured product.’ Of course, this is
really the more important phase of
the subject, as what we are reall'
interested in is a large yield 0
scoured wool and high-quality oil to
protect the ﬂeece from the weather.

Good Record-s Being Made

Sheep were sheared under inspec-
tion according to the rules of the
Association in 1924 and 1925. Ewes
have made records up to .22 pounds
and rams up to 30.3 pounds. These
records would, of course, be ridi-
culed were it not for the fact that
they have the ofﬁcial sanction of the
Association. Breeders in other
states and the wool trade generally
will do well to watch With inter-
est the wool improvement work
which is being carried forward in
Michigan as outlined above. - ,

It might be well to append to this
article a brief statement as to the

condition of the sheep and wool in—“

dustry in Michigan. Despite the
naturally deterrent effect of the pub-
licity which has been given more or
less widespread circulation to the
effect that the saturation ppint has

been reached and that farmers
should go slow in embarking in
sheep, there has been a consistent,

gradual increase in the number of \

farm ﬂocks in Michigan. The de-
mand for breeding ew s continues
strong. Cooperative arketing ”of
wool through the annu

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READY FOR “'ORK 0R I’LAY.——This is PUTTING IT‘P THE ICE (‘ROP.—\Vhile this
Elynor Dunnig‘an and Lyle I‘Idin, of Port scene this picture was not taken in this state.
Iluron, and the picture was sent to us by state of New York on the farm of one
John Edin, of Port Huron. by Mrs. ll. .l‘l. Aiken, l‘uleoner, N.

is a familiar Michigan IN THE (‘ORNFIELIl—A shock of: big
It was taken in the “'estern eorn grown on the farm of Max
of our subscribers and sent in ’Z‘homsc-n, (if Heliride. for silage. Mrs.
'. hour-zen and Hon stand in the foreground.

LET’S HAVE SOME SII‘SIC. FEEDING THE
——“‘. (‘. Bagel, of Lansing, with

(‘IIICKENS FOR GRANDI‘;\.—I,ittlo
his cello.

old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar

Barbara Louise, sixteen months “‘lll'l‘E
and is partieularly interested in the

Smith, of 12.530. ion-s to help around the farm, (-oilies

COLLIER—T h «e 1-; e
('hiekens.

are owned In ra.

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l’ripluiu'. Spriugport.

A COUPLE 0F SNO‘Y BIRDS H IVIVG LOTS OF FI‘N‘.— “)I B. F. SAYS."——— . HOLD STILL A MINI‘TE.
These jolly girls seem to be Inning a great time. The. picture “illettn Battle ("rt-9k, s: s in
was sent in by 'iolet Radhs, Bad Axe.

CAN’T Y0r?"—-Did you (-Ver try
"\ou get ’mn young.”

hold a lively puppy and have )our picture taken? it's some
juh. The bugs are sons of \'.'m. ’i‘hiI-l, ('hexaning.

m

yISN‘T HE A DANDY?——This ﬁne Percheron sire is owned “ISN’T ‘HE A FINE BABY?"—That’s

y. George H. “ ales, .6! Kingsley. Mr. “’ale’s, who is what Forest Sykes, 3
standing at the head/of the horse writes, “He is one of about baby Stanley.
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“GIDDAP HORSEY!”——-Karl and John Berlin, of 1Mid-

years ‘old. says land, are all ready to take a. nice ride but their faith-
They are the ('lxil- tul ‘old pal, Brownie, does not seem very anxious to act
dren of Mr. and Mrs. _E. V. Sykes,» Albion. as their horse. Picture from Mrs. Fred Berlin, Midland.

 

 

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Give Your Crops the Banefit
or Good puking -

Along with soil fertility, accurate planting and
proper cultivation as factors in stimulating increased
crop production is that of thorough dishing before
and after plowing. '

John Deere Model I.
Tractor Disk Harrow

line to any working angle, with-
out stopping or backing the outﬁt.

    
      

by reason of exclusive features
of construction, penetrates and
pulverizee its full width under
any ﬁeld condition. It works the
soil twice in each trip over the
ﬁeld. The John Deere Automatic
Yielding Lock Coupling cause;
the rear disks to cut out the ridges
left by the front disks.

  
      
 

Pressure on front disks is in-
stantly regulated by hand crank
controlling powerful pressure
spring and pivoted yoke through
which the drawbars pass.

The Model L Harrow has the
necessary weight, the correct
bitch, and the ﬂexibility to make
it penetrate and do good work in
any ﬁeld condition.

 
      
        
  
   
 
  

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\ model 1.. Write for free literature describing this barrow.
‘3 Address John Deere, Moline, 111., ask for folder 1.0.533.

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‘ A REAL FARMERS’ BOOK 0N
FERTILITY

“At last, glory be, there is a book dealing With the vexed and
perplexing fertilizer problem that the ordinary farmer can under—
stand. Somebody has said that this book has done for the man
growing crops what ‘Feeds and Feeding’ did for the man growing
livestock. That is extravagant praise unless this new book by S.
F. Hinkle, called ‘Fertility and Crop Production,’ is a monumental
work. But before you call for some salt to take with the state—
ment, read the book! We have read it, we are going to study it,
and we agree that, from the farmer’s standpoint, it is far and away
the most helpful thing on the subject that has ever been printed.

“The author is a practical farmer with a thorough scientiﬁc
training and experience as a teacher, who is serving as a farm pa-
f per editor. He therefore knows his subject and he knows how to
‘f get it over to the farmers. That, in itself, is an achievement, but
if? that isn’t what makes the book monumental.

“The striking new thing and the supremely helpful thing is
that the author keeps chemistry out of sight and builds his book
on the truth that 'all fertility practices worthy of recognition must
,, have in view the crops and the gain that can be realized.’ With
the purpose of ﬁnding what modern fertilizer practices have
t brought home the bacon, and of making farmers familiar with
them, the author spent ﬁve years going over, not the theories but
the actual results of’actual fertilizer trials as made by practically
all .the experiment stations in the country. And, in an unbiased
way, he has interpreted these results and set them forth in type in
such a way that even this writer can understand them.”

“If this fertilizer thing has your goat (we might leave off the
‘if’), get a copy of ‘Fertility and Crop Production' by S. F. Hinkle.
It is published by the author at Sandusky, Ohio, and costs $2.85
plus postage.”——(Editorial, Dec. 5, 1925, Paciﬁcﬁural Press, John
E. Pickett, Editor and Member of the Standard Farm Paper Edi-
torial Board.)

The book is so certain to please that on the receipt of $3.00
it will be mailed to you postpaid. If not entirely satisfactory, re-
turn it Within ten days and your mpney with postage will be re-
funded. ‘ _

. Only one proﬁt on the 'book as you order direct from the
2“ .Q. . author, editor and publisher, 8. F. Hinkle, 1134 Fifth St., San-
a . dusky, Ohio. ' '

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LAN DLORD GETS TWO-m

If A furnishes land, seed, tools,
and machinery and part of the twine.
and part of the threshing bill, what
share should A get and what share
sould. B get? If A should board B
what share would B get. Who is to
furnish feed for the horses?——‘Read-‘
er, 'Kalkaska, Mich.

everything and bears tWo-

thirds of such expense as
twine, threshbill and purchased seed
he gets two-thirds of the income and
tenant one-third; horses and other
stock fed out of undivided feed. The
above is the general practice and
any exceptions should be ﬁgured se-
parately. It is best to have a ﬁxed
charge for the board. On the above
basis, the tenant should be compeno
sated for two thirds of the horse
feed. The cost will depend upon the
number of horses fed, quality and
amount of feed consumed.——~—F. T.
Riddell, Research Assistantin Eco-
nomics, M. S. C. ‘

SON BECOMES CITIZEN

Is a man born in another’ country
a citizen of this country if he came
over here with his parents over forty
years ago at the age of two years?
His father took out citizenship pa-
pers of this country? - What penalty
can they give a man for deserting
«his Wife and one child?—E. N.,
Alma, Michigan.

F the father became a naturalized
I citizen while his son was under
21 years of age, the son would
also be a citizen; if he did not, the
son would have to be naturalized.
Penalty for desertion of wife and
minor child is from three months to
three years depending on the cir-
cumstances—Legal Editor.

GET COMlVIERCIAL LICENSE
PLATES ‘

I live on a farm and have a Ford
roadster with a truck body. Am do-
ing a little trucking to Flint and
Saginaw such as potatoes and other
farm truck. Now what I would like
to know is will it be necessary for
me to buy commercial license plates
for this car? If A should have a car
and did not use it last year, would
A have to buy two licenses?———F. A.
Burch Run, Michigan.

advise that a Ford roadster
with truck body attached must
carry commercial license
plates. If car was not used on the
public highways last year, it is not
necessary that the owner purchase
or pay the price of two licenses.—
Charles J. DeLand, Secretary of
State.

COULD NOT COLLECT

My son is employed in the U. 8.
mail service in Detroit and took a
~school course by mail, paid his ﬁrst
installment, $31.00, and decided
that it was of no real beneﬁt and re—
turned all their books, and now they
want him to pay for the full course;
can they collect it?—P. A., Yale,
Michigan. ‘

AM of the opinion the school
I could not collect the full price

of the course, if you returned
their books and did not ﬁnish the
course. All they could recover would
be damages for the actual expense
which they incurred in the transac-
tion.—Legal EditorI

PUTTING IN NEW STOVE

In our school we have a good
stove and the state ofﬁcers say‘we
have got to put in a furnace. The,
schoolhouse has been built sixty
years and why. should we be forced
to spend money for something _we
do not need?-—-H. M., St. Clair
County.

-HE portion ‘6: the. Michigan
this question reads in part -- as
follows: ’

“Section 4. ,No heatingsystem
shall hereafter be installed, in any

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W'HERE the landlord furnishes»

school building law applying to

schoolhouse in this state, nor shall

  

same shall have 7 been submitted tow)

the Superintendent of Public In—
struction and his approval indorsed
thereou. The plans and speciﬁca-

tions shall make provision for ven-
tilation either as a part of or ink

connection with the heating system.
and shall be submitted in duplicate

4.9 the Superintendent of Public In-

struction.

“Section 6. ‘ ‘ t ‘ Any person,
board, ﬁrm, or corporation, who vi-
olates» any of the provisions of this
act. shall be deemed guilty of a mis- ..
demeanor, and upOn conviction
thereof shall be punished ...by a ﬁne
not.to.exceed one hundred dollars
or imprisonment in the county jail I
for a period of not to exceed thirty :
days, either or both in the discretion
of the court.” 4 .

This daes not necessitate the re-

moval of a heating plant in existence '

at the time this act became a law
but when it becomes necessary to

purchase a new one it' is then _re- -;

quired that plans he submitted to
the Superintendent of Public In-
struction for his approval.—M. H.
Milks, Dept. .of Public Instruction.

 

COULD SELL COWS

A let B have one cow and three
calves and told B 'he could have1
them for their keep as long as he/
wished. This was tWO-years ago.
Can B hold cattle if A wishes to sell
them or can B collect Lor feed bill if
A does take them?—.—-R. L. J., El
Dorado, Michigan.

AM of the opinion A could sell

the cows, but would have to ‘pay

B for their food and care. A,
by his agreement, evidently did not
intend to give the cows to B out-
right.———Lega1 Editor.

 

‘ CAN BE FORECLOSE

I bought this farm twelve years
ago, put a new house on it and paid
some down and according to my con-
tract I have to pay ﬁfty dollars down .
every year, and I told the man who :
holds the contract I was not ableto
live up to the contract and he said it
was all right with him. But now.
some people claim if that man wants

’to be mean, he can‘take the farm

away from me. Now I would like
to know if that is so or not—B. V.,
Marion, Mich. "

F you have defaulted in your pay;
ments under the contract, the
seller could foreclose at any time

provided the contract has not been
reinstated by payment of interest
since last default—Legal Editor.

COST OF OPERATING TRACTOR

Last spring my tenant and myself
purchased a tractor, plow and disc,
each to pay half and each to stand
half of the,expense of oil and gas,
repairs, etc. We gave our note for
the outﬁt and I ran the tractor my-
self nearly all season and made no
charge for my time. This fall the!
man moved off and now refuses to
carry out his end of. the deal and I;
have had‘to pay for the outﬁt and I i
am after the following information:
About what would it be worth per
acre for plowing, also per --acre for‘
discing each, paying halfof the fuel ‘
and oil bill? My intentions are to
force this man to pay me for the
use of the outﬁt, also my time for
running the outﬁt which I think is
no more than right—W. W., Has-
tings, Mich.

HE operation costs of the small
two-plow tractor as it relates
to plowing an discing are ap-

proximately as follow;;' ‘

Total cost of plowing per acre in-

cluding fuel, lubrication oil, wages,
interest, depreciation and repairs, is
about $3.00. Operators wages were

‘ﬁgured at the rate of $’.20’ per acre.
.Euel and oil costr per acre jtotal
7.31.00.,‘ _ - ﬁg .» .

_' The total cost pf ".discing'per acre
' any-the somebosisas aboveis 66c.

Operator’s wages were ﬁgured at the ,

rate of ,2‘5cﬁper acre.- uei and oil.

costs “per acre, tota1__24c.‘ , ,
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A. E. Griﬂin of Lubbock, Texas, and the Ford
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“I have been a Fordson owner and Fordson
farmer for the past four years,” says A. E. Grifﬁn
of Lubbock, Texas.

“It would be difﬁcult for me to continue farming
without the'use of the Fordson. Likewise, it
would be difﬁcult for me to farm without the
use of the Ford Truck and the Ford Car. These
three Ford products are beyond a doubt the most
valuable assets a farmer could have and I would
not do without them.

“I do not hesitate to say that I am thoroughly
soldon power farming. The tractor does not get
tired and hungry. It is possible for me to work

'it 24 hours a day, if desired.”

Spring work is just ahead. Fordson tractors,
like Ford Trucks and Ford Cars may be pur-
chased on terms that allow every responsible
farmer to take advantage of this better way
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Broadscope Farm News and Views

.____._.___._Edited by L. W. MEEKS, Hillsdale County

Times Have Changed
HE writer has just been reading
an issue of a local daily paper
bearing the date February 21,
It was, no doubt, more inten-

esting than the

1926, will be. A
large cartoon on
the ﬁrst page
showed a mam—
moth half- -opened
oyster—shell, with
Theodore Roose-
velt just stepping
out
his views on the
coming presi-
dential campaign
and, one infers,
“throwing his
hat in the ring”
as a presidential
pearl rolls out of the shell at his
feet!
home was at Oyster Bay.

A laFge space was given to an ad—
dress by Andrew Carnegie, urging a
peace treaty among all nations.
Among other things he said, “The
warlike proceedings in Europe at
present are a ﬂash from the past, a
recurrence of the practices of sav-
age tifnes. I do not believe they are
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L. W. MEEKS

warfare. The world is not moving
backward. It is not going back to
the habit of war. In 200,000

church the ministers are urging the
ratiﬁcation of peace treaties, and
public sentiment in favor of these
treaties is growing stronger day by
day. If Great Britain, France, Ger—
many and the United States will sign
a peace treaty, the effect will be
highly sobering on the nations (I
the east. The troubles we hear of
in Europe and Asia just now do not
disturb my faith in the ultimate suc-
cess of the peace movement The
man who enlists in the army or navy
today, enters about the safest of all
vocations. There is only the remot—
est chance that a United States sol-
dier or sailor will ever see a battle.”

Little did Mr. Carnegie dream, at
the time he made the above speech,

that in a few short months the worst

war in all history would be staged,
and that thousands upon thousands
of America’s best men would be
transported to France to engage in
that war, a war for humanity. This
speech of Carnegie’s impresses me
greatly as a disarmament conference
is about to be held at Genoa, in
which all nations are. expected to
participate; and the thought co’mes,
what a blessing if a universalpeace
treaty and disarmament agreement
could have been signed and lived up
to in 1912, as Mr. Carnegie had faith
it would at that time.

When this 1912 paper was issued
it probably was not very interesting,
but it is interesting now. Produce,
grain and stock markets showed
prices which were just about half
the price quoted in today’s paper.
Fuel was advertised at about one
third the present price. Coke was
four dollars and twenty-ﬁve cents
per ton; hard coal, seven dollars per
ton. Yes, times have changed.

* * It

Imported Clover Seed

I have before me a report on the
importation of clover seed. It is al-
most past belief that so much clover
seed has been sent into the United
States from foreign countries. Since
Oct. 1 there has passed through the
port of New York alone, the amount
of 35462 bags, containing 447,438
pounds of Seed. This was from
France alone—enough to plant 7,-
447,438 acres to French clover.
Much, if not all of ”this seed, will
produce ver _ inferior crops, or none
at all. It s produced in a climate
vastly different to that in'which it
will be sown in the U. S.
seed was imported before Oct. 1, and
“Toledo alone has~-receivedy1,>.550,090

pounds of French seed for the 1926

sales. It would seem that the Fed-
eral Government, hing so anxious to

help the American farmer, would
ﬁnd some way of c ‘
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issue of. Feb. 21,4

and giving

And all very proper, for his
‘ it entirely rusted to pieces in tWelve

, Much ‘ _

The Truth In Fabric 11111 \
From the day it was ﬁrst intro-
duced I have been much interested
in the Truth

Perhaps there is no other commodity
that can be, and is adulterated and
mixed up as much as fabrics. The
ordinary person must
what the salesman says and, while
the salesman may be honest in his
remarks, it is quite possible he does-

n ’t know himself exactly what he is ,

selling. Along with this Truth in
Fabric Bill I would like to see an»-
other on concerning “Truth in Gal-
vaizing. There is reason to believe
that much of the galvaniZed wire
fence we busI is very poorly galvan-
ized. I can see no reason why a
galvaniZed wire fence should be en-
tirely covered with rust after four or
ﬁve years of exposure, and much of

or ﬁfteen years. I” would not com-
pel fence manufacturers to use a
certain amount of galvanizing, but I

~would compel them to state on each

roll of fence just what the galvaniz-
ing was, and what per cent by
weight the fence carried of it. Then
if a farmer wanted to buy a fence
for a little money? he would get the
light weight galvanizing, and when
he wanted the best fence obtainable
he would get the heavy galvanized,
and pay for it accordingly. Today
we have no way of knowingowhat we
are getting. All fence looks alike,
and we buy it blindly.

We have some fence that must be

replaced. It has not been erected
many years, yet it is so rusty it is
worthless. However there are one
or two wires in it that are very

clean and not insted any for some.

distance, when they may show rust

for a few feet and then are free from.

it again It seems the maker must
have made a mistake on the'se wires
and’ got on almost too much lead
and zinc in some places!. The fenc-
ing of a farm requires considerable
outlay of cash, and a farmer, when
erecting fence would show poor
judgment indeed, if he did not buy
the best, and as it is now, he does
not know what he is gegzing.
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The Chores are Done

The chores are done, and as it is i

a zero night all the stock got a lit-
tle extra feed. It is said feed is fuel
and surely they need fuel tonight.

It is one of those nights- when an in-

descri‘bable sense of satisfaction set-

tles over one, when the! chores are

all ﬁnished, kindling ready for the
morning ﬁres, a couple of chunks
placed beside the old stove, lantern

put out, and one settles down in his

  
      
 
      
      
     
     
   
 
       
  
              
  
     
    
    
    
   
 
  

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B88 D1111;
em; I ﬁnd the task of writing a few

tries for the readers of the M. B F.
And as the days go by, and different

g": "ones mention to me something about
-“.Y our Broadscope" article
': BUs‘mnss FARMER," I

in THE
realize the
readers of the M. B. F. must be very
very many indeed. Well, I am glad

to have heard from so many of them

and hope to hear and learn of many,

3- more.

This is one of the nights when we

appreciate the storm sash on our

windows. It is wonderful what a
great protection they previde. No
difference how tight a window may
ﬁt there is only a thin pane of glass
between the outside cold and inside
warmth with the ordinary window,
and glass is a poor insulator of heat
or cold. It is when another window

.is placed about four inches outside

of the common window that you. get

, a dead air space which provides the

insulation and protection from the
I always thought these storm

sash Were an investment paying

double dividends—one in comfort,

and one in fuel saving; and as fuel
gets scarcer and higher priced each
year. I believe they will pay even
larger dividends as the years go on.
Their cost is very reasonable, and
the fuel saving will pay for them in
one or two winters. It really is an
extravagance to go without them.
They are one of the many’ thing a

The Tank Heater

The tank heater is another thing
.0 be appreciated these days No
doubt many do not use them because
of the ﬁre hazard. This. reason is
rather faulty, as there is practically
no damage frOm ﬁre. The fact is,
the draft in a tank heater is very
seldom hard enough to carry sparks
out of the pl'pe. However if one is
nervous over the remote possibility
of ﬁre, one could use an oil heater.
There are some dairymen Who feed
balanced rations to their cows, then
turn them out to drink from a tank
with anywhere from one to six inch~
es of ice in it. This seems, in a way,
like using good feed to heat water,
when coal would do it, and very
much cheaper. Besides, a cow will
not drink copiously of ice water.
Neither does she want it warm, but
just about the temperature it was
when ﬁrst-pumped.
tank heaters were alright in their
day, and we still use one of them.
It gives fairly good results'as we
have a tank deep enough so there is
about two and one-half inches be-
tween top of heater and cover of
tank.

Our: tank is boxed and packed
with straw during the winter, and
in ordinary mild weather we do not
need the heater if we pump the tank
full each day. But today and to-
night there sure is a ﬁre in it, see
the smoke!

FRUIT AND ORCHAR

—— Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER, Berrien County_ =D

RED RASPBERRIES

rPlease send me any information
on the planting and growing 'of the
red raspberry..——W. F. H., Bay
County.
HE red raspberry is propagated
by means of suckers, or root-
. sprouts. Early in spring dig
up strong, healthy suckers of the
previous season’s growth. Cut the
tops back to
about six inches
and plant in soil
that! has been
previously ma—
nured, plowed
and harrowed.
For a commer-
cial plantation
the plants should
be set three feet
apart in the row

féet apart. In a
thome’ garden
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\what closer; possibly two feet in the

row and rows four feet apart.

Ci’ean, shallow cultivation is es-
sential, and care should be taken to
keep the suckers heed out between
the rows.

The red raspberry bears its fruit
on two year old wood. This wood
bears but once and after the harvest
it should be cut in order _.to give the
young shoots a chance.

Cuthbert, King, and Miller are
three good varieties. Most berry
growers prefer Cuthbert.

 

.FER'I‘ILIZING STRAWBERRIES

As I am a. reader of Tm: Busmnss
FARMEn, I would like some informa—
tion in regards to fertilizers, I am
intending to set one acre of straw-
berries in the spring. The soil is
sandy loam. What kind of fertil-
izer should I use? Should I use fer—
tilizer on the soil before setting, or
shoud I use it on the rows after set—
ting?———H. H. M. Lawrence, Mich.

N fertilizing strawberries it is
mighty hard to beat good stable
manure. Give the land a good

heavy application of stable manure
during the winter before you set the
plants. Early in the spring disk the
manure into. the ground before you
Then plow the land and im—
mediately after plowing apply about
309 pounds of acid phosphate to the
age, which should be dragged in
m a spring tooth drag. Keep the
Ianddraggeduntﬂ youarereadyto

not the plants.

If you have no manure, and can’t
',plowthelandeoeariyae

and the rows six

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potash. A week after setting the
plants scatter a‘tea—spoonful of ni—

trate of soda around each plant be—-

ing careful not to get any of it on
the leaves. Repeat the nitrate treat-
ment about June 1st.

In growing strawberries remem-
ber that “tillage is manure”. All
the fertilizer in the world will not
do you' any good unless you keep the
young patch thoroughly hoed and
cultivated from the time the plants
are set until late in the fall, and
never use lime or marl on a straw—
berry patch.

CRANBERRIES

Would like to know about grow--
ing cranberries. I have a boggy
place at one end of the lake that I
believe would'grow them if this isn't
too near the North Pole. Hoping
you can ﬁnd space for this in. my
old friend, M. B. F.—R. W. R., Le-
vering, Mich.

0, you are not too near the North

Pole for cranberries. They are

a northern crop and will not do
well in a warm climate. Cultural
methods differ in different localities
and experience will tell you fast
what is best for you.

Soil should be rich in humus, bog-
gy and preferably with some sand
mixed through it. The land should
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BUMTPER GRAPE CROP
IN 1926

FTER an extensive study
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water\level should be under control
so that the bog' can be ﬂooded dur-
ing the growing season and water
held slightly below the surface at
other times. Usually the bog is
sanded on top to a depth of about
four inches and cuttings ten inches
to a foot long are planted from-one
to two- feet apart early in spring.
For more detailed information it
might be well to write to experiment
stations at Madison, Wisconsin;
Lansing,
Michigan. Also write to U. S. De-
partment 'ofaAgricult'ure for Bulle-
tin No. 176, Cranberry Culture. ‘
There does not seem to be an over-

production of cranberries. Last year‘

the average net price to the grower
was reported at 9 cents per pound.
The arerage yield for the U. S. is

high-

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street and were in the car, Con-
stance leaned back, closing her
eyes; she feared her mother might wish
to talk with her. The afternoon papers
were already out with news of the loss
of the ferry; Mrs. Sherrill stopped the
car and bought one, but Constance looked
at it only enough to make sure that the
reporters had been able to discover noth-
ing more than she already knew; the
newspaper reference to Henry was only
as to the partner of the great Chicago
ship owner. Benjamin Corvet, who might
be lost with the ship.
She called/ Miss Bennet as soon as she

received. Toward three o’clock, Miss
Bennet called her, but only to report that
the ofﬁce had heard again from Mr.
Sherrill. He had wired that he was go-
ing on from Manistique and would cross
the Straits from St. Ignace; essages
from him were to be addressed 0 Petos—
key. He had given no suggestion that
he had news; and there was no other
report except that vessels were still con-
tinuing the search for survivors, because
the Indian Drum, which had been beat-
ing, was beating “short," causing the
superstitious to be certain that, though
some of the men from Number 25 were
lost. some yet survived.

Constance thrilled as she heard that.
She did not believe in the Dr_um; at
least she had never thought she had
really believed in it; she had only stirred
to the idea of its being true. But if the
Drum was beating, she was glad it was
beating short. It was serving, at least,
to keep the lake men on shore alert.
She wondered what part of the report
of the Drum might have played in her
father's movements. None, probably; for
he, of course, did not believe in the Drum.
His move was plainly dictated by the
fact that, with the western gale, drift
from the ferry would be toward the east-
ern shore.

A little later. as Constance stood at
the window, gazing out at the snow upon
the lake. she drew back suddenly out of
sight from the street, as she saw Henry's
roadster appear out of the storm and
stop before the house.

She had been apprehensively certain
that he would come to her some time
during the day; he had been too fully
aware of the effect he made upon her
not to attempt to remove that effect as
soon as he could. As he got out of the
car. shaking the snowﬂakes from his
great fur coat and from his cap, looking
up at the house before he came in and‘
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saw something very like triumph in his
manner. Her pulses stopped, then raced.
at that; triumph for him! That meant.
if he brought news, it was good news
for him; it must be then, bad news for
her.

She waited in the room where she
was. She heard him in the hall, taking
off his coat and speaking to the servant,
and he appeared then at the door. The
strain he was under had not lessened,
she could see; or rather, if she could trust
her feeling at sight of him, it had less-

ened only slightly, and at the same time .

his power to resist it had been lessening
too. His hands and even his body shook;
but his head was thrust forward, and he
stared at her aggressively, and plainly,
he had determined in advance to act to-
ward her as though their relationship
had not been disturbed.

“I thought you’d want to know, Con-
nie.” he said, ”so I came straight out.
The Richardson's picked up one of the
boats from the ferry."

“Uncle Benny and Alan Conrad were
not in it." she returned; the triumph she
had seen in him. had told her that.

“No; it was the ﬁrst boat put off by
the ferry, with the passengers and cabin
maid and some injured men of the crew.“

“Were they alive?" her voice hushed
tensely. _,

"Yes; that is, they were able to revive
them all; but it didn’t seem possible to
the Richardson’s ofﬁcers that any one
could be revived who had been exposed
much longer than that; so the Richard—
son’s given up the search, and some of
the other ships that were searching have
given up too. and gone on their course."

“When did you hear that, Henry? I
was just speaking with the ofﬁce."

“A few minutes ago; a news wire got
it before any one else; it didn’t come
through the ofﬁce."

"I see; how many

“Twelve, Connie."

"Then all the vessels up there won’t
give up yet !” .

“Why not?" »

“I was just talking with Miss Bennet,
Henry; she’s heard again from the other
end of the, lake. The people up there
say the Drum is beating, but it’s beat-
ing short still!"

-"Short!”

She saw Henry stiffen. ‘ers." she
said swiftly. “They say the Drum began
sounding last night, and that at first it
scunded for only two lives; it’s kept on
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crew. Twelve have been saved now, so
until the Drum raises the beats to twenty-
seven there is still a chance that some.
one will be saved.” ,
Henry made no answer; his hands
fumbled purposely with the lapels of his
coat, and his bloodshot eyes wandered
uncertainly. Constance watched him with
wonder at the, effect of what she had
told. When she asked him ones about
the Drum, he had professed the same
scepticism which she had; but he had
not held it; at least he was not holding
it now. The news of the Drum had
shaken him from his triumph over Alan
and Uncle Benny and over her. It had
shaken him so that, though he remained
with her some, minutes more, he seemed
to have. forgotten the purpose of recon-
ciliation with her which had brought him
to the house. When a‘ telephone call took
her out of the room, she returned to
ﬁnd him gone to the dining-room; she
heard a decanter clink there against a
glass. He did not return to her again,
but she heard him go. The entrance
door closed after him. and the sound of
his starting motor came. Then alarm,
stronger even than that she had felt
during the morning, rushed upon her.
She dined, or made a pretense of din-
ing. with her mother at seven. Her
mother's voice went on and on about
triﬂes. and Constance did not try to pay
attention. Her thought was following
Henry with ever sharpening apprehension.
She called the ofﬁce in mid-evening; it
would be open. she knew, for messages
regarding Uncle Benny and Alan would
be expected there. A clerk answered;

no other news had been received; she
then asked Henry’s whereabouts.

“Mr. Spearman went north late this
afternoon, Miss Sherrill," the clerk in-
formed her.

“North? Where?"

“We are to communicate with him this
evening to Grand Rapids: after that, to
Petoskcy."

Constance could hear her own heart
beat. Why had Henry gone, she won-
dered; not, certainly, to aid the search.

He had gone to—hinder it?
CHAPTER XIX
The. “’ateh Upon the Beach

Constance went up to her own rooms;
she could hear her mother speaking, in a
room on the same ﬂoor, to one of the
maids; but for her present anxiety, her
mother offered no help and could not even
be consulted. Nor could any message
she might send her father explain the
situation to him. She was throbbing
with determination and action, as she

‘found her purse and counted the money

in it. She never in her life had gone
alone upon an extended journey, much
less been alone upon a train over night.
If she spoke of such a thing now, she
would be prevented; no occasion for it
would be recognized; she would not be al-
lowed to go, even if “properly accompani-
ed." She could not, therefore, risk taking
a handbag from the house; so she thrust
nightdress and toilet articles into her
muff and the roomy pocket of her fur
coat. She descended to the side door of
the house and, unobserved, let herself
out noiselessly on to the carriage drive.
She gained the street and turned west-
ward at the ﬁrst corner to a. street car
which would take her to the railway
station.

There was a train to the north every
evening; it was not, she knew, such a
train as ran in the resort season, and she
was not certain of the exact time of its
departure; but she would be in time for
it. The manner of buying a railway
ticket. and of engaging a berth were un-
known to her—there had been servants
always to do these things—but she

t~ peo'ple:wereagoing to .bed.‘behin'd some «of- ‘
ph

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, Watched other

_ __ ,rs,.s,n dies.
,_ the! train, th‘eberths had, been
the curtains. She p o'cured a telegral
blank and wrote a message to, her mother.
When the train had started, ~she gays the
message to the porter, directing him to
send it from the ﬁrst large 'town at
which they stopped. , '

She left the light burning in its little
niche at the head of the berth; she had
no expectation that she could sleep; shut
in by the green curtains, she drew the
covers up about her and stared upward
at the paneled face of the berth over-
head. Then new frightened distrust of
the°man she had been about to marry
ﬂowed in' upon her and became all her
thought. ,

She had not promised Uncle Benny
that she would not marry Henry; her
promise had been that she would not en-
gage herself to that marriage until she
had seen Uncle Benny again. Unc e Ben-
ny’s own act—his- disappearance—had
prevented her from seeing him: for that
reason she had' broken her promise: and,
from its breaking, something terrifying,
threatening to herself had .come.
had been amazed at what she had. seen
in Henry; but she was appreciating now
that, strangely, in her thought of him
there was no sense of loss to herself.
Her feeling of‘loss, of something gone
from her which could not be‘ replaced,
was for Alan. , She had had-admiration
for Henry, pride in ‘him; had she 'mis-
taken what was merely admiration for
love? She had been about to marry him;
had it been only. his difference from the
other men she knew that had made her
do that? Unconsciously to herself, had
she been growing to love Alan?
Constance could not, as yet, place
Henry’s part in the strange circum-
stanceS/ which had begun to reveal them-
selves with Alan’s coming to Chicago;
but Henry’s hope that Uncle Benny and
Alan were dead was beginning to make
that clearer. She lay without voluntary

movement in her berth, but her bosom
was shaking with the thoughts which
came ‘to her.

Twenty years before, some dreadful

event had altered Uncle Benny's life; his
wife had known—or had learned—enough
of that event so. that she had left him.
It had seemed to Constance and her
father, therefore, that it must have been
some intimate and private event. They
had been conﬁrmed in believing this, when
Uncle Benny, in madness or in fear, had
gone away, leaving everything he pos-
sessed to Alan Conrad. But Alan’s prob-
able relationship to Uncle Benny had not
been explained; she saw now that it
had even been misleading. For a purely

private event in Uncle Benny’s life——
even terrible scandal—could not make
Henry fear, could not bring terror of

consequences to himself. That could be
only if Henry was involved in some pe-
culiar and intimate way with what had
happened to Uncle Benny. If he feared
Uncle Benny's being found alive and fear-
ed Alan’s being found alive too, now that
Alan had discovered Uncle Benny, it was
because he dreaded explanation of his

own connection with what had taken
place.

Constance raised her window shade
slightly and— looked out. It was still

snowing; the train was running swiftly
among low sand hills, snow-covered, and
only dimly visible through snow and dark.
A deep-toned, steady roar came to her
above the noisesof the train. The lake!
Out there, Alan and Uncle Benny were
ﬁghting, still struggling perhaps, against
bitter cold and ice and rushing water for
their lives. She must not think of that!

Uncle Benny had withdrawn himself
from men; he had ceased to be active in
his business and delegated it to others.
This change had been strangely advan-
tageous to - Henry. Henry had been
hardly more than a common seaman then.
He had been a mate—the mate on one
of Uncle Benny’s ships. Quite suddenly
he had become Uncle Benny’s partner.
Henry had explained this to her by say-

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TEXT? "Ye are salt of the earth: but
if the salt have lost its savor; wherewlth
shall it be salted? It Is thenceforth good
for nothing, but to be cast out and trod-
den under £001; of men "—Matt 5:13.

HE night was cold, dark and
T rainy. The occasion was a love—
feast something after the fash-
ion of the early church. The serv—
ice was prepared and all things were
ready. “Few will be out this bad
night,” said the doubtful voices. But
a glad surprise was at hand. Many
more than a few were present. “Ah,
this is the Lord’s Supper and we
must be there,” said these Christ-
ians. And the community said:
“How these folks love one another!”
A week passes by, and one hears
of sharp bargains among the bre-
thren, falsifying statements, word—
battles, attacks and counter-attacks.
The whole community“ is stirred.
People are talking. About what?
About how these Christians love one
Sadly, no.‘ But how they
bite and devour one another, Did
these church—folks eat the Lord’s
Supper? “First of all,” says the
apostle, “I hear that divisions exist
among you; and I partly believe it.
* * * When therefore ye assemble
yourselves together, it is not pos—
sible to eat the Lord’s Supper.” Ver-
ily, how Hate and Bitterness sit in
at the most sacred places. They did
at the Upper Room supper, and they
have not yet lost their jealous leer
and malignant boldness. What hate
and carnality in the church! Salt—
less Christians!

“Ye are the salt of the earth.”
In these words, Jesus raid down the
supreme task of the Christian. He
spoke to but a few of his chosen.
They were baffled. “How can we do
it. We are just a handful. And the
world ,is so big‘and bad.” “But that
is not it,” said Jes‘i'is. “I know you
can not do it alone. But it is hu-
manly impossible. Yet, you can do
it with Me. The earth is to be salt—
ed and ye are the salt. Go into all
the nations. 0, yes, there will be

wars; gigantic ,terriﬁc, and ghastly
wars. But keep going. You are to
receive impulse and courage from

me. And, I can tell you now, there
will be malice, strife, and treachery
in the church; but let the salt keep
working. Your power is built on
nothing less than Jesus Christ and
righteousness. And I am with you
even unto the end.” Trulyl, “It is
not the leap at the start but the
steady going on that gets there.’

We are to understand that this
world is more dead than alive, and
we are to salt it to keep it from
rotting. At home we salted dead
hogs, not live ones, to keep them
from decaying. I can see father yet
rubbing the salt into the hams to
keep them sweet and wholesome.
“Society about you is corrupt, ” said
J;esus “but ye are the salt of res—
toration and preservation.” Ah, yes,
we are to be rubbed into the social
mass to arrest decomposition, to
keep it from falling to pieces by
reason of its own foulness, and to
add sweetening and ﬂavor. “He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

But how are ye to be salt? By our
restraining inﬂuence. What is that?
Why, our purity and meekness.
Don’t you know that that low- lived
crafty ev1l doer does not operate
openly before the bright light of
one ’s purity and holy devotion? The

blaze of it, like the electric light in _

the street, drives him back into the
dark alleys and under cover of dark-
.ness. Incidentally, it has been said
that what a man really is, is what
he is when it is dark and the lights
are out. This power of hindering
evil by a clean, white life, is a very
proper function for a Christian.

Yet, one must put something into
the social body; and this is one’s
active, positive, and on- going life
of righteousness.
a better sp'irit into society and rais-
ing its moral tone. But we must be
rubbed” 1n That is, we salt society
by immediate and personal contacts

he home, business, social; and
01113th

‘ prayer,

‘ garb and ritual,

This is breathing]

. “Ye are a, i understanding,”
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think of it, salt works silently and
inconspicuously. Am I willing to
be that pure, humble, and unfamed
disciple of Jesus Christ drawing men
to him?

“But if the salt have lost its sa-
vor." Then what? VVherewith shall
the earth be salted? Have we lost
our savor? Are we willing to be
rubbed in? “No, I am not,” says
brother Selﬁsh, and too, sister Jeal-

ousy. .“My money and my life are
my own. I’ll do what I please with
them. And be sure they will not be

given to help thoughtless and shift—
less neighbors.” Verily, how like
the world! How foul and corrupt
is this spirit! This soul is being
worsted by a corrupt earth rather

than becoming salt for the earth.
To your knees, O church—member,
you are rotting with the world!

Your sweet savor is losing! But the
Puriﬁer is, at hand. And know this:
the prophet’s vision is to become a
reality in that day When “Holiness
unto Jehovah” will be stamped upon
the bridles of the horses, and upon
every pot and pan in the kitchen.

But not yet. In all the relation—
ships of life there are thousands of
professing Christians who are not
unlike the world. There is not vi-
tal distinction. Though Christianity
has bettered the world, the world is
yet to be unloved. Christians, there
must be diﬁerence in our ideals, mo-
tives, and tendencies. There must
be a difference in our homes, pleas-
ures and business. Is the world
deadening us or are we salting it?
A111 I a potter or clay? If only clay,
I am being victimized by a corrupt
environment. I am losing my taste.
In the name of the Great Jehovah,
the text calls us back to meditation,
worship, and service.

“It is thenceforth good for noth-
ing, but to be trodden under foot of
men.” Such insipid salt will put
life into nothing. None of us want
it. It is ready for the garbage can.
However beautiful your knife is, if
it did not cut, you would throw it
into the junk. Saltless Christians,
beautiful and pretty as are your
when you have lost
your love for spiritual things and
your zeal for your neighbors’ inter-
ests, you cast yourself into the junk-
pile of Gehenna to burn. “There
shall be weeping and wailing and
gnashing of teeth.

The 01iginal word spoken by the
Master, meant “to play the fool.”
God can’t use fools. Jesus hurled at
the Pharisees, “Ye fools and blind.”
And the next word, tho full (if love
and pathos, was “Behold your house
is left unto you desolate.” Stupid—
ity and folly are yet leaving desola-
tion everywhere. All careless Christ—
tians should bosom these words,
“Have salt in yourselves and be at
peace one with another.” The ﬁre
on the altar is warm and reviving.
«Draw up your chair a little closer.
There, now, is the old hymnal. The
number is 144. Nothing mysterious,

just “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”
Bring yourself under the inﬂuence
of a heavenly fellowship, lest you

have a name to live, but art dead.
The spirit of Christ is salt for all of
us. Amen.

BIBLE THOUGHTS

.SHEW ME THY WAYS, O Lord;
teach me thy paths. Let integrity

‘and uprightness preserve me: for I

wait on thee—Psalm 25:4,. 21.

THE LORD is the portion of mine
inheritance and of my cup; thou
maintainest my lot. The, lines are
fallen unto me in pleasant places:
yea, I have a goodly heritage.—
Psalm 16:5, 6. ..

OF A“TRUTH I perceive that God
is no respecter of persons: but in
every nation that feareth him, and
worketh righteousness, is accepted
with-him.—Acts 10:34, 35.

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BE AT M. s. 0. NEXT WEEK

E hope you haven't overlooked the fact that
next Monday, February 1, is the opening
day of Farmers’ Week, at Michigan State

College, East Lansing. A wonderful program has
been planned and you really can not afford to
miss it if you want to keep up to the last minute
on your business. The various businesses all
have their conventions to get together and learn
the latest ideas in their busniess to help them
make their plans for the future. Farmers’ Week
at «the college is the farmers’ convention. Also,
you will be surprised at the number of old
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MORE MONEY FOR IIIGHWAY

is not only possible but probable that Gov-

ernor Groesbeck will call a special session

of the Michigan legislature to take up several
urgent questions, the most important being a
way to provide more revenue for the state high—
way building program. During the last regular
session of legislature it was decided that the
state should stand the entire cost of the road
building program, with no assistance from the
counties, so the state must have more money for
the highway fund, and rumors are that both the
gas and weight taxes are to be increased. '

We urge that the legislature consider very
carefully the possibility of eliminating the weight
tax and the annual license plates by increasing
the gas tax and making the license plates per-
manent and good for the life of the car, as we
have previously advocated here. Even many of
the city papers that were against the gas tax
when it was ﬁrst proposed have written long
editorials against the annual tax stating it is
due at a time when taxes are being paid and
when many city men are out of work. Making
the only tax the one on gasoline would eliminate
this trouble.

Before any change is made in the present gas
and Weight taxes we sincerely believe serious
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MICHIGAN GETS DAIRY snow

0RD was received at Detroit last week that
W the 1926 National Dairy Show would be

held in Michigan’s metropolis, the show to
be held October 9-16 in the Michigan State Fair
grounds
reached between ofﬁcials of the show and the
state fair board.

This is about the most interesting information
we have received in some time and we want to
publicly congratulate those who have worked to
bring the dairy show to Michigan. It was re-
ported not long ago that the last show would
have been held at the Michigan State Fair
grounds if an invitation had been extended to
the dairy association and the Governor expressed
some concern over it, so there is little doubt but

the state fair board will be in_ a very,receptive/

mood for any proposition. ,
As ”one of the leading dairy states in the

if a satisfactory agreement could be-

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FAIRS TO COOPERATE
N his annual report to the state association of

fairs in session in Detroit recently Mr. A. 0.4

Carton, director» of the state bureau of ag—
riculture, made some highly interesting sugges-
tions that ~sho/uld be observed. Among them
were the following:

.“If your fair is located in a potato country,
stress potatoes; in a fruit country, stre‘ss the
fruit business, grading and packing; in a dairy
country: push the. dairy business. .

“Have some place where exhibitors can trade
or sell their hogs, sheep or poultry in the
grounds. '

“Provide rest rooms for the farmers’ wives,
and care for the younger children while mother
is in the fair. ‘ \

“Furnish clean, convenient places to eat, clean‘

tables and linen.

“Eliminate gambling.

“Do not regard the fair as a money-making
institution. If not educational it has no excuse
for existence. _ '

“Fair grounds should be available for public
use the year around.

“Some central agency should license all amuse—
ments. .

“Fairs will classify themselves, whether as
agricultural exhibitions, carnivals or horse races.

“County supervisors have great possibilities
for aiding in the upbuilding of county 'fairs’ and
placing them on a high standard.”

Also he declared “The State Fair should oc-

cupy the same position to the local fairs as the-

University or State Normal does to high schools
of the state. There should be a co-ordination of
all fair interests in Michigan, and the local mana—
gers of fairs should in every Way assist the State
Fair managers in making the Michigan State
Fair the biggest in the United States.”

We agree with Mr. Carton. The best in the
county should be on exhibit at the county fair,
and the blue ribbon winners should in turn go
to the State Fair to compete with the best from
other counties. Using the school idea, a blue
ribbon from the county fair can be compared to
a high school diploma and a blue ribbon from
the Michigan State Fair to a d’egree from the
University or State Normal. To do this it will be
necessary to hold all county fairs previous to
the State Fair but we feel sure this can be done
without much trouble.

It is only through the cooperation of all in.-
terests than any fair is a success, and the State
Fair managers need the help of the county fairs,
while the State Fair can also be of great assist—
ance to the county fairs. Let us hope all will
cooperate to make Michigan’s fairs, both county
and-state, the best in the country.

 

 

The Business Farmer Editorial Ballot

Below we are listing several features or departments
in The Business Farmer with asquare opposite in which
we will appreciate your indicating by number the ones
you read regularly in the paper in the order of their
importance. That is, if you like the serial storylwst,
write the ﬁgure 1 in the square opposite that feature,
the next choice should have the ﬁgure 2 in the square
in The Business Former with a square opposite in which
are desired may be written in the blank spaces.

This ballot will be published for several issues so
that each member of the family may vote his or her
preference. When the children vote their preference
they shouldgive their age, also Be sure to sign your
correct name and address and mail to the Editor of The
Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Thank you.

D Feature Articles E] Publisher's Desk

D Picture Page D The Farm Home

E] Broadscope Farm D Children’s Hom-

E] Service Bureau [:1 ‘Dairy and Livestock
D Soils and CrOps E] Veterinary Dept.

E] Sermon D Foultry Department
I: Radio Department I] Farm Mechanics

E] Serial ‘ Story E] Fruit and Orchard
E] Handy Hiram D Harry Vetch

E] Where Readers Live E Markets

D What Neighbors Sayj Weather Forecasts
E] Editorials E] Agricultural News
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~pianning to establish some agency which can ’3

handle the surplus, whereas what
an outlet for it. There “are plenty of agencies

-now by which a surplus of any product maybe

handled pro‘vided there is need for it, either at
home or abroad.

other agency, and sold abr'oad regardless of the
foreign demand for them is a fallacy. If they
are sold at all they must ,be sold at a price which
induces the foreigner to invest in them, which is’
ncessarily a money-losing operation or the prov
ducts would have moved out in the natural .
course of trade. That loss must be made up
somehow. Thus far nobody has found any feis-
ible way of doing it. A government appropria-
tion to balance it is folly, and so is the expecta-
tion that all producers will pay an assessment
to balance it. How long would the consuming
public tolerate any government agency which en-
hanced the price here at the expense of the tax-
payer?
getic producers to create bigger and still bigger

' surpluses if the prices were artiﬁcially made at-

tractive? The idea that some government
agency, or some cooperative agency, or some com-
bination of the two, can dispose of surpluses at
prices which are proﬁtable to producers is an
iridescent dream. Surpluses will always, affect
prices the same way; if not they are not real"
surpluses. And there is no way to get rid of a
real surpluses except at prices in proportion to
the magnitude of it. Some things may be done '
in opening new markets, in promoting consump-
tion, in discovering new uses for the product,
and possibly in other ways: but in all these the ..
price is an important consideration. These stern
facts are not so attractive as the visions of the
dreamers, but facts cannot be ignored in the ﬁnal
analysis of any problém.——The Stockman and
Farmer. '

 

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RADIO MARKET REPORTS HELP FARMERS

THE state railroad board of North Dakota re-
cently received a rather unusual complaint.

The complaint stated farmers owning radio
receiving sets could listen in on the markets as
broadcast from different stations and receive
faster returns than\ the elevator operator. If
prices declined he could sell his stored grain be-
fore ‘the eevator operator learned of the price
change. he board admitted it was rather a dif-
ﬁcult situation for the elevator man but could
not see how they could do anything about it.

This means that the farmer is getting last
minute information on the markets of the great-
est importance to him so that he is prepared to
sell his products knowing what they are worth.
The farmer who owns a radio doesn’t need to
be Tooled about prices for farm products any
more because most complete reports are broad-
cast daily from many stations. M. B. F. market
reports are sent out through WGHP. ‘

We would advise that the elevator operator
get a receiving set.

 

HOARD SOME CORN

AN ample reserve of corn on any farm may
be worth more than the market value of the

grain. It may mean an opportunity to
proﬁt by feeding. It may be an insurance policy
against unfavorable weather for the next crop.
Not all corn-growers are in a position to establish
a reserve of their own, but some of them are and .
they will ﬁnd it a very comfortable thing to have
around. Those who can do so should save a sub-
stantial amount of the ample yield of 1925 until
something deﬁnite is known about their crop in
1926. Few if any farmers have ever gone broke
saving cheap corn from a big crop for future use
or sale.

 

AGRIW DAY 7.

LEADING organizations representing agricul—
‘ture and allied interests have proposed that.

the President set aside a day to be observed
as Agricultural Day, not a legal holiday; but a
day set aside for the public to consider and ap~
preciate What the farmer does for the, country.
Agriculture is the foundation of thmnation and
perhaps such a‘iday mightk do some good. The
idea sounds good and we endorse it:

 

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The’ idea that products may be . '
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--. , . _ , g _‘
B By Edgar A. Guest

-~“A11 you have to do is sign
Here upon the dotted line,"
ﬁnilingly he said to me. . ‘ _
’It/was done so easily, .

‘ Just a drop of ink, nd then

' Just a ﬂourish with-my pen.
Now a month has flown away.
And I have a note to pay.

Came another, Just as he

Stoned and talked so affably.

So he told of friends of mine

Who had signed the dotted line,
And I joined them, there and then,
mm my ready fountain pen.\
That was but a month ago.

New another month I owe.

Weak was I. My\eager ﬁst

Dotted lines could not resst.

All they had to do was say:
“Notmng now you’re asked to pay, ‘
Never mind the printing ﬁne,

Sign upon the dotted line!

Do not read the contract through,
We‘ll drop in when payment’s due."

--But for sad experience

I‘m getting better sense;
Fountain pens and dotted lines
Now for me are terror's signs.
Now I read the printing small
Which I seldom read at all,
Read it through before I sign
Boldly on the dotted line.

Children, from your daddy's plight,
Learn to read and learn to‘xwrite,
Both are arts you’ll surely need,
But I beg you, learn to read!
Writing has its pleasures, too,
Which I’d not deny to you,

But with dotted lines in sight,
Learn to read before you write.

(Copyright, 1925, by Edgar A. Guest.)

EXPERT WARNS REGARDING USE
OF GLAND MEDICINES

“ 0 person should attempt to re-
duce by means of thyroid tab-’
lets without being under ob-

servation of a reputable physician

and it should never be tried by one

who does not know the dangers of

the drug.” -

This was the statement of Dr.
Carleton J. Marimus of Detroit in
his address on gland therapy or en-
docrinology before physicians of
.western Michigan at Grand Rapids
recently.

“The habit of giving obese pa-
tients excessive doses of thyroid to
reduce them is distinctly harmful,”
he said. “It does reduce, but the
patient is seriously and permanent-
ly affected. Nervousness and lasting
injury to the heart muscles are some
of the penalties. These risks peo-
ple take to avoid sacriﬁces of proper
dieting. 7

"Monkey gland rejuvenation op-
erations are devices of the quack
mid utterly without value. They
should not be confused with gland
therapy or endocrinology, which is
a branch of internal medicine.

"Gland therapy has lost repute
because gland cases usually do not
come to the attention of a physician
until late. Then treatments often
are taken only for a month or two,
which of churse cannot cure.”

“MOVED, LEFT NO ADDRESS”

“I received the enclosed hand-bill
of ‘Frank’s Bargain House’, of Chi-
cago, Illinois through the mail and
as they offered at bargain prices se-
‘veral articles I needed I sent them
an order amounting to $10.65, en-
closing money order for that
amount. After waiting for two
weeks and not receiving my order I
investigated and found the order
had been cashed, so I wrote them
and my letter was returned to me

 

i urnoee of this department I: to pro-
teorhzul? subscribers from fraudulent deeiinoe
or unfair treatment by pereom or concern at
e diete‘nce.

In every case we will do our but to male
I satisfactory settlement or force action, for
which mohamiorourmvleeewﬂieverbe
mode. providing: .
1.—The claim I: made by e paid-up sub-
scriber to _The Business Farmer.» \
L—meieim lenotmerethenlmeid.
ail—Th. claim I'dl‘e‘t‘an'mofﬂ'xwmthmer.
till eee co 0
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attain it I'll .
Address I!" iettere, chin , full partleulere.
“m m“- aware": {our
area label from,‘ _ n ,
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one one reuse. collation Box - '

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with “Moved, left no address”

stamped across the front of it. What
can be done to get my money?”—
W. H., Arenac County.

0THING can be done to get your

mohey back. We will wager
. that we can just about guess
the entire history "or “Frank’s Bar-
gain House.” The man back of this
company rented a small ofﬁce or
desk space and then had a large
quantity of bills printed giving the
address as his place of busineéss.
These bills were mailed to people
who lived hundreds of miles away
from Chicago, so they were not fa-
miliar with the location but believed
it to be a large, well-established
business, an impression he was very
anxious to create. After a few days
the orders began to come in and he
kept busy cashing checks and money
orders with no thoughts of ﬁlling
orders. It would be a matter of ten
days or two weeks after the ﬁrst or-
ders arrived before any complaints
about non-receipt of goods would be
received so he had ample time to
make a good clean-up and leave for
parts unknown. . That’s just what he
’did, and right "now he may be en-
joying nature’s sunshine and real
estate salesmen’s hot air in Florida
or California, going under an entire-
ly diﬂ'erent name.

GOT MONEY FOR ASTEBS

“Just a line to let you know I re—
Ceived a check and statement from
———— Company today. Was well
pleased with the returns of $22.93
for the 1,600 asters. Now I know
I would never have gotten it if it
was not for you. If ever I can do
anything for you let me know, and
thanks many times for the excellent
service.”——F. F., Emmet County,
Mich. '

AST September this subscriber
shipped two lots of asters—one
of 600 and the other of 1,000

to a certain wholesale ﬂorist in Chi— g

cago. Other companies sent him
checks by return mail, but this com-
pany did not even acknowledge the
ﬂowers, so he wrote them but receiv-
ed no reply. Then he came to us and
we got.busy. It took three letters
and the last one was sent registered,
before we ﬁnally got. a reply and
they advised they had mailed our
subscriber his check. In the same
mail we received the above from our
subscriber. '

SWOBODA ISM
SUBSCRIBER sends to ussome
literature he received
Alois P. Swoboda, of New York

City, with the statement, "Sounds
like bunk." He thinks we should
tell folks something about this man
and his “Swoboda ism.” ’

We have read his literature and
aregstill doubtful as to its great
value, although he does declare
“Swoboda ism is guaranteed to give
a new ‘thrill’ and ‘ﬁre’ or triumph,
setting the personality ‘aﬂame’ with
new and greater life—a ‘passiou' un-
surpassed." Reading on we learn
that “this new life and new secret
pleasure" once cost $20 but now it
can be had for only $2.95 plus a
few cents postage. That‘ is cutting
prices, isn’t it? Well, not only does
he make the sacriﬁce in price but he
throws in the “Three Priceless Se—
crets——‘Secrets Worth Millions'.”
These secrets are: No. 1: “The
Subtle Principle of Success"; No. 2.
"How to Induce Others to Do for
You as You Desire”; No. 3, “How to

Immediately Change from Worry to.

Happiness." And another wonder—
ful secret given you with the above
is “The Message of Great Import—
ance” and 'the Whole lot is delivered
'at your door “for $2.95 plus post-
age." ,

Swoboda had an opportunity to
try'out his secret, ”How to Induce
Others to Do for You as You Desire”
a few years ago when he sued the
Rural New-Yorker for something
more than a half million dollars,
alleging libel, but it didn't work to
to his advantage at all. Jud-go and
jury decided against him.

1

A doctor once told me . if there was
Just one home remedy he could keep in
‘And
men» one munitions-take

 

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S‘Bhadders on a country road!

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' partial seal.
.. ter bath or 2 hours under pressure
of 5 to 10 lbs.

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SHADDERS 5 A'.‘ ‘
By Anne Campbell ~ at

They are fearsome things, ;

:Reachin’ on to your abode,

Make your feet hev wings.

In the corner of the fence
Heavy-like an’ black;

When the moon is hid, so dense,
Skeers'you, fur a fac’!

Rich 3. little ﬁgger, you,

Underneath the sky.
Makes me smile to think you grew
Bigger lots than I.
It the night came on too soon
Ere you left our place,
Underneath the country moon
Walked with you a pace. ,

Never liked the shadders! Oh,
How you used to run;

With your heart a beatin’ so
You wuz nearly done. *

When you turned inside the door
To the welcome light,

,- You wuz plumb beat out fur shore,

As you said good—night.

.Well, you’ve seen some shadders, sense

We were walkin' so.
Shadders ugly an’ immense.
Life kin make ’em grow!
But as long as we can keep
Lamps a burnin’ high,
We kin ﬂee the shadders deep,
Cant we? You and I?
(Copyright, 1925.)

PN E U M ON IA

NEUMONIA is a disease which
P attacks the lungs.

The lungs are organs of
breathing which are placed for safe
keeping under a shield of bone call—
ed the ribs To have such strong
protective walls you can imagine
that the lungs are exceedingly deli-
cate organs which are essential to
life. This is true, for without this
delicate breathing apparatus no hu-
man being could exist.

When germs are taken into the
lungs with the air which is breathed.
they may give rise to trouble. A
particular kind of germ may cause
tuberculosis. Another and different
variety may cause “pneumonia”. The
pneumonia germ starts an inﬂama-
tion in the lung tissue just as a germ
can ’cause inﬂammation in an in-
fected ﬁnger.

January is a month in which
pneumonia is prevalent and it would
be well to know how to avoid it.
Since changeable weather makes it
diﬂicult to dress warmly enough. or
to guard against being too warmly
dressed, changeable weather is more
apt to bring pneumonia than a long
steady cold “spell.” There lies one
warning. lie careful to dress com—
fortably and seasonably. Don’t get
wet feet, and don’t dance until over—
heated and then step outdoors with-
out wraps to cool off. Sudden chill-
ing of the body is dangerous.

This disease may attack young or
old, and the strong men and W0-
men are not entirely safe from its
attack. Those who have been “run
down” are more liable to it however.
It pays to keep in good health. to
avoid any eXcesscs. particularly that
of alcoholism. One who has inﬂu-
enza, and a child who has measles,
or other illness. should be carefully
guarded against a late development
of pneumonia.

A doctor should be sent for as
soon as any signs of illness are no—
ticed and careful treatment started
at once, for life my depend upon do-
ing the right things early. The han-
dling of the patient is exceedingly
important in pneumonia and rest,
fresh air and proper food is essen-
tial.——Dr. B. S. ,Herben.

PORK CAN NING

HE cold pack method of canning
T offers a happy solution of the
meat preservation p r o b l e m.
Canned meat is a very palatable var-
iation in the diet. It is economical
of time and fuel. ' The following

~method may be used for cold pack—

ing meat.

After the meat has been thor-
oughly cooled. cut into small pieces
and remove gristle, large bones and
excess fat. Pork chops may be can~
ned whole, either with or without
the bone.

,Pre-cook pork 5 minutes and then

7 pack solidly in hot jars to within
f% inch of the top.

Add 2 tea-
spoonsful salt to each quart,, place
on the rubber and lid and make a
Process 3 hours in wa—

Cut the meat into convenient piec~
for handling, then roast, bake
,, i1 ; or stew until threeafourths

 

  
 
  
  
  

  
 

 

 

 

EAR FOLKS:

can spend doing some writ-
ing and reading that has
been put oil for months, so
let us start a good lively
discussion in this depart.-
ment right away.

Address letters:

\ , A"; ~‘ n)?!\

,. Ham
Mermaid for'lthe W- a: _
ldited by MRS. mm TAILOR

Ixsincerely doubt if there is a subject that is of
greater interest to farm mothers than the one of keeping the
young folks on the farm; in fact, I believe they are more con-

cerned over the problem than the fathers, because they are usually

closer to their children, sharing their joys and trouble from baby-
hood. This is one of the most serious problems there is to solve
today and nearly everyone has a different solution.
ideas on the subject? Remember, one person’s opinion is as good as
another’s, and by taking the best ideas each has and putting them
together we may be able to help solve the problem.

Everyone has a little extra time these long Winter evenings they

W fW,

Mrs. Annlo Taylor. can The luslnua Former, Mt. clamons. Mlohlgan.

 
     
 
   
  

 
  
   
 
 

 
  

 
 

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Remove gristle, large bones,
and excess fat. Pack solidly in hot
jars to within ‘34, inch of the top,
add 2 teaspoonsful of salt to each
quart. Fill jars with stock to with-
in 2 inches of top, place on rubber
and lid and make partial seal. Pro-
cess 1% hours in water bath or 40
minutes under pressure of 5 to 10
pounds

Fresh meats or sausage may be
kept for considerable time if fried
down, that is fried and placed in
stone jars in layers and covered with
hot lard.

done.

LINEN INVENTORY SHOWS
UP NEEDS

HRIFTY housewives ﬁnd many
T real bargains in household lin-
ens at the January White sales.
Some take an inventory of their lin—
en closets to ﬁnd what they need so
they may take advantage of the
sales as soon as they are advertised.

The size of the beds is an import-
ant consideration in buying bedding.
Beds with box springs usually need
extra long sheets, but all sheets
should be long enough to tuck in
ﬁrmly at the foot and to turn well
over the blanket at. the top. To be
comfortably safe, sheets should be
108 inches long. The
Widths for shoes are 54, 63, and 66
inches for single beds, 72 and 81
inches for three-quarter sizes and
81 or 90 inches for double beds.

Bargains in table linens can often
be found in the natural and colored
linens as well as in the white. The
colored luncheon sets are particular-
ly attractive for'breakfast, luncheon,
and supper and are much easier to
launder than damask table clothes
and napkins.

Towels are'another item that may
need consideration. If there are
many men in the family they may
prefer small size Turkish towels in
place of ordinary hand towels. Some
stores supply at a low price a satis-
factory grade of wash cloths which
may be chosen in different colors to
suit the tastes of the family mem-
bers.

FREEZING RUINS MILK AND
TIME INCREASES DAMAGE

REEZING has a decidedly injuri-
ous effect on milk and cream,
as nearly every housewife has

observed.

But it is not commonly known,
says the dairy department at Rut-
gers University, that within certain
limits the longer milk or cream re-
mains frozen the more pronounced
the bad effects become. The fat ris-
es and is partly churnd and the eas—
ein appears in ﬂakes. Such milk or
cram is not as readily digested as
an unfrozen product and does not
keep as well.

Milk that has been frozen is un—
suitable for making junket and.
like frozen cream, is almost useless
for coffee. If either is placed in cof-
fee the fat rises as a disagreeable oil
and the casein remains in ﬁne ﬂakes,
refusing to give the drink its desired
“creamed” appearance. This fre-
quently results in unjustiﬁed criti-
cism of the dairyman.

Much of the difﬁculty can be pre-
vented by having a covered box
where the milkman can leave the

bottles. Unless the weather is ver'y -
freezing, form

   
 

severe this will delay

standard,

several hours. An increasing num~
benof dairy companies are changing
their winter schedule so that deliv-
eries are made during the daytime.

 

USE HOMEMADE SO‘APS; THEY
ARE INEXPENSIVE
OMEONE has said that the civiliz—
ation of a country is known by
its soap bill.

Soap is not only a cleaner but
also a disinfectant. It is made by
combining animal or vegetable fats
with an alkali such as soda or potash
lye. Homemade soaps are not ex-
pensive and neither are they hard to
make. Here is a good recipe. One
pound can of lye, dissolved in 3 pints
of cold water; 5 pounds fat. melted;
11/2 tablespoonfuls of borax; 17$,
cupful of ammonia, added to the lye
mixture when cold.

When the lye mixture is cooled.
add it to the fat. Stir until as thick
as honey then pour into molds. Set
away to harden. Care must be tak-
en in handling the lye mixture. It
is well to put a paper bag over the
hand while stirring. Stir lye mix-
ture with a stick. -' /

Do not use tin or aluminum uten-
sils for making soap. All soap should
stand in a moderately warm temper—
ature until hard and then it may be
cut into cakes. Homemade soap
should stand for several weeks be-
fore using, thus giving the water
time to evaporate so that the soap
will not dissolve so rapidly.

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

“'ho (fans Pumpkin?_—1 am writing
asking a question for your page in the
papcr. It is, can anyone please give me
a recipe for canning pumpkin so it will
keep? Thanks to the one who answers
it.—Mrs. 1)., Portland, Mich.

 

Cleaning Ivory.—Will you please advise
through the Personal Column something
to take spots off ivory?—Mrs. N., Lake-
view, Mich.

—I believe the following on ivory and
bone bleaches from Henley’s Twentieth
Century Book will help you:

"If simply dirty, scrub with soap and
tepid water, using an old tooth or pail
brush for the purpose. Grease stains
may be sometimes removed by applying
a paste of chalk or whiting and benzol,
covering the articles so that .the benzol
may not dry too rapidly. Carbon di-
sulphide (the puriﬁed article) may be
used in place of benzol. When dry, rub
off with a stiff application, repeat the
process. Delicately carved articles that
show a tendency to brittleness should be
soaked for a short time in dilute phos-
phoric acid before any attempt to clean
them is made. This renders the. minuter
portions almost ductile, and prevents their
breaking under cleaning.

“The large scratched brush should be
treated as follows: If‘ the scratches are
deep, the surface may be carefully rub~
bed down to the depth of the scratch,
using the ﬁnest emery cloth, until the
depth is nearly reached then substitut—
ing croous cloth.

"To restore the polish nothing is su-
perior to the German putz pom-ado, fol-
lowing by rubbing ﬁrst with‘chamois
and ﬁnishing off with soft old silk. The
more “elbow grease” put into the rubbing
the easier the task, as the heat generated
by friction to lend a sort of ductility to
the surface. To remove the yellow hue
due to age, proceed as follows. Make a
little tripod with wire, to hold the ob-
ject ‘a few inches above a vessel contain-
ing lime chloride moistened with hydro—
chloric acid ;. put the object on the stand,
cover the whole with a bell-glass. ,and,
“pose to ‘61, t outing . . ; ,” ”Hi i

 

   

 

 
 

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ed, rem n ma mm. mm
sodium “ icarbcnate, rinse in clear " ' to!"
and 1113'. , r ,_ \ : ;' ‘_~> 5-: :. :f.
“Like mother-ofspearl, ivory is readily
cleaned "by dipping in a. bath ’oboxygené

 

   

ized water or immersing for ﬁfteen, min-

utes in spirits of turpentine, aid subse-
quently exposing to the sun for three or
four days. For a ‘simple cleaning of
smooth articles, wash them in hot water.
in which there has been previouslydls-
solved 100 parts (by weight) of bicar-
bonate of soda per 1,000 parts of water.
To clean carved' ivory make a paste of
very ﬁne, damp sawdust, and upon this
the juice of one or two lemons, according

to the article to be treated. Now apply ,.

a layer of this suwdust on the ivory,
and when dry brush it of! and rub the
object with a chamois.”-—Mrs. A. T.

 

Answering Mrs. W’s. Bequest—In 're-
ply to the request for marshmallow‘ﬂll-
ing receipt from Mrs. W., I offer thefol-

lowing» recipe for pinkmarshmallow. frost: \.

ing. One cup sugar, 175 cup water, 3
whites of egg, 1 teaspoonful lemdn juice,
and 11 marshmallows. Put sugar and
water in saucepan, and bring to boiling.
point. Beat egg whites until stiff, adding
gradually and one at a time 5 table:-
spoonfuls of the boning syrup, beating
constantly. When syrup spins a long
thread add remainder very slewly to egg:
and continue beating. Then add lemon
Juice, pink color paste and marshmallows
cut in halves. Place over hot water and
stir until it begins to get sugary. Hope
you ﬁnd this good—Mrs. G. A. Hausa,
Bay County.

 

 

—if you are well bred!

 

 

The Church Surroundings and Arrange-
ments for Wedding—Flowers.—The ﬂoral
decorations are usually a feature of every
church wedding, even the most simple.
There are no rules for their arrangement,
and they may be simple sprays of blos-
soming dogwood, wild ﬂowers or autumn
leaves, or hot-house products whose cost
(at very elaborate weddings) may run
into the thousands. As a rule an effort
is made to concentrate the, ﬂoral display
about the altar at the chancel ends of the
reserved pews.

The Music—All the details of the mus-
ical part of the service should have been
settled at the rehearsal. As a rule the
organist plays the “Bridal Chorus" from
“Lohengrin” for the processional, and
Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March" for the
recessional.

The Reserved I‘cws.——The reserved
pews on both, sides of the centre aisle,
the pews lying inside the white ribbons
which fence them off from the others
may be four to a score in number, ac-
cording to the number of relatives ex-
pected to ﬁll them. The bride's relatives
occupy the pews on the left, the bride-
groom’s those on the right. The re-
served pew ushers should be, respectively,
relatives of bride and of bridegroom,
since then they are most likely to recog-
nize guests with a claim to the “family"
pews.

Reserved l’cw Precedence.—There is no
very rigid rule of seating precedence with
regard to reserved pews. Of course, the
members of the immediate family of the
bride and groom always occupy the ﬁrst
and (if necessary) the second pew on
either side. But, save for the fact that
the parents of the bride and of bride-
groom must always sit in the ﬁrst pew
on their side, there is not much stress
laid on precedence. once the members of
the immediate family have been seated.

The intimate personal friends and, of
course, more distant relatives of the,
bridal pair are ushered into the pews]
without distinction. In simple weddings,
the “pew cards”, etc, of the elaborate
wedding fall away. .

The House Arrangement—The arrange—
ments for a house wedding may be quite
simple or very elaborate. This holds
good of ﬂoral decorations, music and
other accessories. Where the bridal pro-
cession ﬁles up a long hall or loggia to
reach the room in which the ceremony
is to be held, white wooden standards, to
which sprays of ﬂowers are tied with
white satin ribbons, lend a touch of
churchly dignity. In the home wedding.
too, the ﬂoral display usually centers
about the improvised altar or spot where
the pair are actually united in wedlock.

Who Pays for What at a Wedding.—
Wether King Copethua marry the beggar
maid or the daughter of Creosus a man
of slender means, the expenses of a. wed-
ding are apportioned according to rules
rigidly observed. The member of a.
bride’s family who is her nearest of kin
——her father, brother, uncle (or guardian,
who stands to her in her loco parentis,
"in the place of a parent,” to use'the/
legal phrase) assumes all the wedding
expenses. The expenses of the bride-
groom ‘are merely incidental personal
ones, and a few deﬁnite gifts which he
Kali? in connection with the ceremony

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The Runner’s Bible

(Copyright by Houzhton Miﬂlin Co.)

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and'
comfort me on every slde.——Pe. 71-531.

Behold, now is! the accepted time; be-
laiold, now in 'the day of salvation—2 Cor.
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' every no. and nothing one can do can
change its activity, which is perfect; but
we can interfere with its activity in our
Behalt with such obstacles as self-right-
eousness, false pride, hatred and other
evils.’ ,

 

 

Recipes

 

 

Boston Brown Bread—Two cups each;

of corn meal and graham ﬂour, one cup
each of White ﬂour and brown sugar.
Mix these'togeth'er and stir in two cups
of raisins until well ﬂoured. Then add
three cups of buttermilk, two rounding
teaspoons soda and one and one-half tea-
spoons salt. Steam two hours and bake
one-half hour —Mrs. S., Traverse City,
Michigan.

Sponge Cake.——'-3 eggs,1 cup granu-
lated sugar, 4 tablespoons of cold water,
1 1/8 cup of ﬂour, 1 teaspoon of baking
powder and ﬂavoring. I use three eggs,
but I save the white of one for frosting.
Beat the eggs until real light with egg
beater, add water and sugar and then
- ﬂour sii'ted with baking powder and add
" ﬂavoring last and beat well. Bake in
.tudie or square pan

Frosting.—~% cup brown sugar, 1A; cup
white sugar, 3 tablespoons water, cold,
. and 1 egg white which you saved when
mixing your cake. Don' t beat the white,
Just put it in top part of double boiler
with sugar and water and begin to beat
with an egg beater and continue until it
is quite thick. Remove from over hot
.water and heat until can be spread on
cake..——Mrs W., Big Rapids, Mich.

Corn Light Bread. -—-Dissolve half yeast
cake in a teacupful warm water, mix
with ﬂour into a thin batter, and let
stand three hours in a warm place. Bring
a pint of water to a boil, stir in one
teacupful cornmeal and cook a little as
for mush. Turn into a bowl, add one~
half cupful molasses, one— half teaspoon-
ful soda dissolved in hot water with a
little salt; stir well together, let stand
until cool enough to receive the yeast
batter, mix well with the mush, then add
all the meal you can stir in with a spoon,
stirring well Put in breadpan, leaving
one—fourth space to rise, wet a spoon with
cold water and smooth surface. Place in
a warm place over night; in the morning
bake in an oven 8. little hotter than for
wheat bread, for one hour It will come
out light and tempting

Yeast Salt-Elsing Light Bread .-——Put to
soak in a cupful of lukewarm water one

AIDS To GOOD DRESSING

,likes it.

or any good yeas't. To one pint of

coke:

scalding Water addy one level teaspoonful
salt and three of sugar: stir in meal to
make medium stiff mush, and when cool-
ed to blood-heat, stir in soaked yeast
cake; cover and set in warm place to
rise. When mush is light, add one tea-
spoonful salt, three of sugar"and three
pints. of warm water; stir in ﬂour to make
stiff batter. Put jar or bucket of batter
in large vessel of warm water, cover with
cloth and keep in warm place till yeast
is light and foamy. Pour into pan of
ﬂour, into which has been rubbed one-
fourth cupful lard. When all the yeast
has been poured into the flour, rinse the
jar with a cupful water into which has
been added one- -half cupful sugar, pour
in pan and make a stiff dough. Mold
into loaves, put into greased pans, grease
top of loaves, put in warm place to rise
and when loavesc are twice their original
height, place in oven and bake three-
fourths of an hour.
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Homespun Yarn

 

 

Using both sides 'or a broom equally
prolongs its usefulness.
. t t

Moving the china closet to the kitchen
side of the dining room may cut oil! dozens
of steps each day.

t O O

A strip of unbleached muslin may be
attached to one end of a short blanket
to make it stay in at the foot of the bed.

0 t C

Tightening the hinge screws will fre-

quently take the sag out of doors that,

stick.
0 t .

Aunt Ada’s Axioms: Salvation may
not lie in toothbrushes, but t healthy
body helps make a healthy mind.

‘1 t 4

Winter is the time to use the tomatoes
that were canned last summer, and three
times a week isn’t a bit too often.

it III :1:

A cold lunch in a drafty school—room,
with outdoor temperatures around zero,
is not very appetizing.

II: It i1

A good plain cake recipe may make
many kinds of cake. Vary the recipe
by adding cocoanut, chopped nuts, raisins
and Citron, spices, or dates to the batter
before baking it, and see how the family

0 S *

Before punishing a child, it is well to
ﬁnd out whether the misdeed was intend—
ed or accidental. If it was accidental,
it should be treated as a mistake to be
corrected and not as a crime for which
to be punished.

 

II BUR! AND BIND IN YOUR SIZE

Natty Sult for Growing Boy. .—Ser€:,
wool mixtures and courduroy may be used or
this design. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes 8.

5349.

10, 12 and 14 years.

qmre 2% yards of 54 inch ma

6389. For Woman of Mature Fl ure, with
gingham or
tub silk or rep could be used
The Pattern is cut in 9 Sizes
46, 48 5Q. 52 and 54 inches bust measure A.

inch size will requir-
wi2de if made of one material.
the larged View, it will require 4 yards

Slender Hips. ——Percale.

trated.in
of one material an

terial. The width of
1s 1% yard.

 

5388.
or linen or cambric ma
It could also he (luv

 

The Prnatte is
2. 44,d and 46cu inches

yard.
the lower a:dge is 1%.yard

Chlld’s Omar—Out in 4 Sizes. 4, 6,

ting for band cutie, and facing on collar and

belt portions.

5351 .

34, 86,
easur

m .
the lar
tonal 4 wi
mate

8. 4o, 4,
A. 38

overs.

5334. A Dainty

leg seam

is cut in 4 8
Large, 42- 44
measure. A M
inch material.

 

5891-6893.
that may be

is

The Trousers. Pattern

10,

ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH—
2 FOR 25c POSTPAID

no 100 For sramo mm MM
1826 FASHION 110011su E" .

Order [rem this or former Issues of The luslnsu
farmer, ulvlnu number and sign your
name and address plain

Address. all. orders for patterns to
Pattern Department
THE BUSINEﬁ‘ RAW

a dress at the lower edge

A Practlml Garment—Rep, drill.
be used for this model.
ed This
style has simplecu lines and is very comfortable.
7 Sizes:
bust measur
03a Dress for a 88 inch

myards of 86 inch material. The Gap alone
The width of the Dress at

Ladies' Jacket Blouser—Outin
an
inch size me. e as

rial—to face collar, hip bands and

Under GarmenL—T h i 3
model is a combination of rat and drawers.
The drawers [fermions are reinforced at the inner

chine could be used kioriihin
mes: Small

A New Suit for Your Boy.—
This suit comprises 11 Jacket, Vest. and Trousers
on: or short. “Broad cloth, wool
mixtures, velveteen as well
suiting are good material for this model. The
and Jacks: {1111-85 in

12 and _14

2 year siZe will re<
terial.

inen also
for this model.
zes: 38, 40 ,

41.54 ards 36 inches
1y made as illus-

of contrasting ma-

in ging

'ze requires 1%
$5 ya ard of con-

7izesS
d 46 inches bust
illustrated in

yard of contrasting
cuﬂ turn-

or cre e de
thisgiodelpe The Pptt

on and beach
in one Pattern

6.8.10, 12 and
5393, are cut
y . T

ﬂ-l!

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III (051' -II$E-IIESIIIJS

—because Calumet is sold at the lowest price it is

possible to offer a pure, dependable leavener. You get full
value—full weight.

—because it possesses more than ordinary leavening

strength. One spoonful equals two of many other brands.
Goes farther.

—because it is sure—does away with all failures-—

prevents waste of ﬂour, sugar, eggs, butter and other baking
materials.

Always produces pure, properly raised, Wholesome

food. Every ingredient used oﬂiciall a to d U.
Food Authorities. V pp ve by S.

new WORLD‘S GREATEST

SALES 27; TIMES THOSE 0F ANY OTHER. BRAND

mm Wynn-Harv." *

Don‘tneglecta 8013 l A Do u bl 3
Dangerous Sickness often Tirea 1' m e "1.

 

 

 

starts with a cold. Ward OE
your colds w1th Musterole be-
fore pneumonia starts.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment
. made with oil of mustard. It has all the
healing properties of the old-fas hioned
mustard plaster without the blister.
At the ﬁrst sneeze take Musterole
from the bathroom shelf and rub the
ointment gently over congested spot.
It penetrates the skin and goes right
down to the seat of the trouble.
Rheumatism, tomillitis, lumbego,
coughs and colds are all symptoms
that call for Musterole.
To Mothers: Musterole is also made
in milderiorm for babies and small chil-
dren. Ask for Children’s Musterole.
The Musterole 00., Cleveland, Ohio
Jars & Tubes

T is an obsti—

nate cold in-

deed that can

/ resist the direct,

double action of

Vicks VapoRub. When it is rubbed

over throat and chest at bedtime,
Vicks acts in two ways at once:

(1) Direct to the inﬂamed air pas-

sages with its medicated vapors, re-
leased by the body heat; and

(2) Direct through the skin like an
old-fashioned poultice, “drawing
out ” the tightness, soreness and
pain.

Head or chest colds may easily sap
your vitality and undermine your
health. Don’t neglect them.

ways
at once

vespcgg

0w? ﬁll/wow JARS (1350 may

Scott’s Emulsii‘m COAL $3 25- 

that givesit a place of special
usefulness as a builder of 335%.? 3,2333%,“ mXQ‘éYhﬁmi‘ “Wit, a“?!

. . t A ll hted t ll ‘3 rd
health and strength. Try 1t! inn ° their whim?“ wild. in to: ligngLn°pr1°3
15—64

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BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTII

MERIT WINS

It is the great merit of the
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and sample by return mail.

THEO BURT & SONS, Melrose, Ohio.

Scott & Bowne, Bloomﬁeld, N. J.

 

 

 

 

 

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. living.
Write today telling us
something of your ex-
perience in farming
and asking for descrip—
tive literature. There

is no charge for this
service—now

OI‘ ever.

and

In many sections of the territory served by
this Railroad, there are good lands which
may be purchased at prices much lower than
those prevailing in the more thickly settled
Better climatic conditions,
living expenses and lower labor costs, all
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lower

Plenty of good, pure water, ﬁne roads, ex-
cellent schools, and the free help and advice
of our agricultural agents in making and
marketing your crops.
tractions of the Southland.

These are the at-

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HOLDEN

Sour soil means poor crops. Experts agree fertilizer is useless on sour soil—it must have lime.
.The “Holden" Spreader makes bigger «high Guaranteed to handle lime in any form,fertilizer.

Soil Tested ﬂee

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thtabout your soilT—your are l
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Are they b' and sturdy as t 63'
should he? ﬁnd out today with our
frwhtmus Test Papers- ‘tive
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k Dept 415 Peoria Illinois

 

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Cannot Clog.

The Holden Lime and Fertilizer Spreader willmake your

and productive. Spreads twice actor as any
Attaches to any wagon or truck.

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lbs. pa acre Handle material only once, from

ear to ﬁeld. Get literature and low prices now

5011 experts. Write for them now. and ask about 10 '

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Dry

 

Color Your Butter

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

Before churn-
ing add one-halt
teaspoonful t o
e a c h gallon of
cream an d out
of your c h u r 11
comes butter of

 

I G 0 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 creamenes.
Doesn’t color buttermilk. Absolutely
tasteless. Large bottles cost only 35
cents at drug or grocery stores
Write for free sample bottle.

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your order from
y o u r Cattle,
Horse and all

" kinds of Hides and Furs, Men’s
,Fur Coats, Robes, Caps, Gloves,
Mittens, Ladies’ Fur Coats and
Fur Sets. Repairing and Ire-
modeling latest styles. Ship us
your work and save one-half.
New Galloway Coats, Robes,
Gloves and Mittens for sales.
We are the oldest Galloway tanners; 39
years continuous business. Free Style
Catalog, prices and samples. Don't ship
your hides and furs elsewhere until you
get our proposition. HILLSDALE ROBE
& TANNING 00.. Hillsdale, Mich.

 

   

 

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rust resisting SingSSgnEEAL
coppcrcontcnt: on. m '
Cutters, Cribs. Bins, Food
Grinders, Garages. Broader
Houses, and all Purpose
Buildings.

Chock items you no inter-
ested in and write today for
prices. Agents Wanted.

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My dear Uncle Ned:-—I was' glad to
hear from you and I am glad to write you.
I am eleven years old. I live on a two—
hundred-aci‘e farm. I help my father do
lots of work. I help pick small fruits. ‘—
We also have lots of cows. We run a
dairy and sell milk in South Haven. I
have a large collie‘dog. He and I go
and get the cows every night. I also help
father gather sap in the woods as we
have a large sugar bush. I can drive the
horses on the farm anywhere. I can milk
too and also can drive my father's Dodge
car. When we bring up little calves
from the river pasture I drive and my
father leads the cow. I have a. ﬁne boat
in our river pasture. I have lots of fun
ﬁshing. I go to school every day. I have
two miles to go, but I have a ﬁne horse
to ride. Ke- name is Beauty. I like
my school and also my teacher. I am
in the ﬁfth grade. I have no brothers
or sisters to play with, but I have lots
of pals. I have some ﬁne pets, cats and
lots of pigeons. I go with my father and
mother to many places where I sure have
some fun. I guess I had better stop. I
love to write stories as we do lots If it
in school. I am glad I am in your circle.
Hoping to have good luck, I am your
friend—Harold McKay, R5, Box 124,
South Haven, Michigan.

—You must be a happy boy, Harold, to
have so many things to do, and a great
help to your father. Send me some of
your stories for our page.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am twelve years
old and in the seventh grade. I have one
and one-fourth miles to go to school. I
have a lot of pets. I have one dog and
four cats. My father is blind and» has
been blind for two years. I like my
teacher very well; There are nine schol—
ars in our school. The grades second
and fourth, and sixth and seventh. I
have blue eyes and light brown hair
and'am five foot tall. I will write an

7 F}:~~:s~: v ‘3’: '2 .

Motto: DO You BEST » , \ ,.
Colers: BLUE AND GOLD _ -

answer to every letter I cot—Doris
Hoodley, Benzonia, Michigan. * "
——I am very sorry to learn your father
is blind. I suppose ,_you are his ”eyes"
now and help him all you can.

Dear Uncle Ned :—I have never written

before. I want to enter your merry cir-
cle. I live on an eighty acre farm. I
have brown hair and blue‘ eyes. I am,
eleven years old. I want to be your lov-
ing niece—Annie May Dodge, Bentley.
Michigan, Route 1.
—Come‘right in, Annie, and remove your
hat and coat. What, going so sow?
ml] I hope you can stay longer next

e.

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—nAs I wrote a. letter
before and not seeing it in print I thought
I would try again. I will desc'ribe myself.
I am eleven years old, have dark brown
hair, blue eyes. I have three brothers
and one sister. I am in the sevmth
grade. I will close, hoping, to have suc-
cess—-—Lela Johnson, R3, Marion, Mich.
--Mr. Waste Basket must have swallow-
ed your ﬁrst letter, but I am pleased to
know your motto is “if you don't succeed
at ﬁrst try, try again."

Dear Uncle Ned:—This is the second

letter I have written. I have two broth-
ers that go “to school. “One is in the fourth
grade and the other is in the second
grade. I have a sister that is in the ﬁrst
grade. I am in the fourth grade and I
am eight years old. ~My birthday is in
March, the 20th. I have a half a mile to
go to school. I live intown. I have
brown hair and brown eyes. We take
THE BUSINESS FARMER and like it very
much. Your friend, Mildred Jones, Route
2, Bellevue, Michigan.
“March let is the ﬁrst day of spring, so
you just missed being a. “spring chicken,”
didn’t you? We should not use slang. and
I hope you will forgive me this: once.

 

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ANOTHER

EAR girls and boys:
other day?
how to draw farm pictures,

taken because he brought in the
full of mistakes too.

make this a regular contest with

to each one of the ﬁrst hundred

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Who do you suppose called on us the
Why, that city artist—the one who did not know

swimming, apples growing on a bush, an owl out in the daytime,
a cow getting up backwards, and a lot of other mistakes like these.
We thought the reason there were so many mistakes in the pictures
he drew for us last November was that he had never lived on a.-
farm and was not familiar with farm life, .but I guess we were mis—

I am not sure whether he is just careless
or a natural born mistake-maker. a
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HE old saying goes “Every dog
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various livestock associations in the
state will hold theinannual meetings
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)Iichigan Holstein-Friesian Assoeiation
President—M. W. VVentworth, Battle
Creek.
Secretary—J. G. Hays, East Lansing.
(Ofﬁce in Dairy Extension Headquarters.)
Banquet—Tuesday evening. February

‘3. Place, Plymouth Congregational
Church, Lansing, on Allegan Street, just
south of the Capitol. Time, 6:30 P. M.,

Eastern Standard Time.
“Junior Holstein Extension Program":—
“For the Mcmber"—Jas. McTaVish, Calf
Club member, ’l‘uscola County.
“For the Community”~Raymond Laser,
Calf Club member, Hillsdale County.
"For the State”—Nevels Pearson, East
Lansing, M. S. C., Assistant Leader Boys
and Girls Club Work.
“For the Nation"—-—Ear1 J. Cooper, Chi-
cago, Director, Holstein—Friesian Ass'n of

America (Formerly Junior Extension
Leader for Holstein—Friesian Ass'n of
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February 1 and 2, 1926,
M. S. C. Dairy Building.
Monday, February 2.
Meeting called to order at 1:30 P. M.

Address of the President—John Endi-
cott, Birmingham.

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer—C.
Faye Myers, Grand Blane.

“Ethics for the Guernsey Breeder” Mr.
Kari B. Musser, Secretary, American
Guernsey Cattle Club.

"The Art of Breeding Guernsey Cattle"
Prof. J. E. Burnett, M. S C. Dairy De—
partment. .

Evening, 6:30 P. M.

Annual Banquet, The Hunt Food Shop,
.E. Lansing.

Address—Prof. 0.
Dairy Department.

Showing of Guernsey Film.

Tuesday, February 2, 1926
Meeting called to order at 9:00 A. M.
General Discussion of Guernsey Inter-

ests, Mr. Musser.

Annual Report of the Fieldman, \V. D.
Burrington.

Business Meeting.

Election of Ofﬁcers. -

All meetings are held on

E. Reed, 31. s. 0'

Eastern

- Standard Time.

)[ichigan Shorthorn Breeders Ag'soeintion
Tuesday, February 2, 1926
Room 100 Agricultural Building
Meeting called to order 10:00 A. M.

President, S. H“ Pangborn, Bad Axe;
Secretary, W. E. J. Edwards, East Lan-

sing. ,
President's Address.
Secretary-Treasurer's Report.
“Boys and Girls Calf Clubs as Short—

horn Promoters” J. \V. Sims, County
Agr'l Agent, Caro.
"Reminiscenes of Shorthorn Develop—

ment in Michigan” I. H. Butterﬁeld, First
Sec’y of Michigan Shorthorn Breeders
Ass’n, East Lansing.

“Sane Policies for the Promotion and
Improvement of Shorthorns" F. \V. Hard—
ing, General Executive, American Short-
horn Bret-ders Association, Chicago, 111.

Business Meeting.

Election of Ofﬁcers.

Banquet 12:30 M. S. C. Union Bldg.
)[ichigun Hereford Breeders Association
Tuesday, February 2, 1926
jroom 109 Agricultural Building
Meeting called to order at 10:00 A. M.
President, Jas R. Campbell, St. Johns;
Secretary, V. A. Freeman, East Lansing.

President’s Address.

Secretary-Treasurer’s Report. ,

“Meeting Detroit’s Increasing Demand
for Good Beef” Mr. Hicks, Detroit.

“Diseases" of Reproductive Organs in
Cattle” Dr. E. T. Hallman, Veterinary
Division, M. S. C.

"Herefords from Michigan to Old Mex-
ico"p. K. Warren, Three Oaks.

“A Successful Hereford Calf Club”

Slab

,David Woodman, Bad Axe.

Banquet 12_: 30. _
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President N. C. Heibison, Birmingham:
Secretary, Mark R. Westbrook, Ionia

President’s Address

Report of Secretary,

Impromptu Discussions by members.
Michigan Aberdeen Angus Breeders Ass’n
Tuesday, February 2, 1926
Room 213 Agricultural Building
Meeting called at 10: 30 A. M. '

President, Sidney Smith, Orion; Secre-n.

tary, James Curry, Mariette.

President’s Address.

Report of Secretary.

"Aberdeen Angus Cattle and Better
Beef” W. H. Tomhave, Chicago.
~ “Preparing Cattle for the Show Ring"
Alex Minty, Ionia.

“Starting an Angus Herd”
Brown, Detroit.

John A.

“Aberdeen Angus in Eastern Michigan" '

Avery Martin, Port Huron
“Prospects for Beef Cattle in the South"
Ivan E. Coupar, Mariette.
Dinner 6: 30—Kerns Hotel.
Michigan Brown Swiss Breeders’
Tuesday, February 2,1926
Room ??? Dairy Building
Meeting called at 10: 30 A. M.
President, L. S. Marshall, Leslie; Sec-
retary, Wm. J. Campbell, Dimondale.
President’ s AddreSs.
“A Score Card and Standard for Brown
Swiss Cattle” Prof. J. E Burnett, M. S. C.
Round Table Discussion, led by the
Sect etary.
Election of Ofﬁcers.

Michigan Jersey Cattle Club
Tuesday, Februa1y 2,1926
Alfred Henrickson, Pres. Hart, Michigan.

10: 30 A. M.——Business meeting and

election of ofﬁcers, Room ???

Program 1: 30 P. M.
g “The Value of Register of Merit Work”
Jos. Fordney, Jr., Saginaw.

“The Demand for Jersey Milk” J. E.
MclVilliams, Detroit Creamery Company,
Detroit.

“Report of Fieldwork for 1925” H. E.
Dennison.

6. 30 P. M. —-Banquet, Hotel Kerns,
Lansing, C. V. Ballard, Ass’t State Leader
County Agents, E. Lansing, Toastmaster.

“Jersey Activities in Kent County” K.
K. Vining, Grand Rapids.

“Jersey Development in Northwestern
Michigan”. L. L. Drake, Mancelona.

Michigan Chester W'hite Swine Ass’n

Wednesday, February 3,1926
Room 207 Agricultural Building
Meeting called at 10:30 A. M.

Ass'n

President, J. C. Wilk, St. Louis; Sec-
retary, F. H. Knox, Portland.

“Improving the Herd” J. C. Wilk.

“Type in Chester Whites” Prof. W. E.
J. Edwards, M. S. C. '

“Are Ton Litters Profitable” W. R.
Kirk, Fairgrove.

Election of Ofﬁcers.

Michigan Hampshire Swine Breeders’
Association
Wednesday, February 3, 1926
Room 112 Agricultural Building
Meeting called at 10:30 A. M. \
President, leyd Aseltine, Okemos;
Secretary, Clarence L. Campbell, Parma.
President’s Address.
Secretary’s Report.
Address, Professor G. E. Starr
“Feedng for Ton Litters—Dr.
Cribbs, three Rivers.
“Selling Hampshires by Mail” John W.
Snyder, St. Johns.
“Hampshires in Iowa, Why Not in
Michigan” Francis Seymour, Dexter.
Michigan Duroc- Jersey Swine Breeders
Association
Wednesday. February 3, 1926
Room 213 Agricultural Building
Meeting called to order 10: 30 A M.
President, 0. F. Foster, Clarkston; Sec-
retary, F. J. Shaffer, Detroit.
President’s Address.
“Present Status of the Duroc Business”
J. B. MillerMIthaca.
“The Future Outlook for Duroc Jer-
seys” Professor G. A. Brown, M. S. C.
“Holding a Club Boy‘s Interest” Sid-
ney B. Phillips, Charlotte.
“What Constitutes a \Vinning Barrow"
Prof. W. E. J. Edwards, M. S. C.
“Producing a Ton Litter” Perry Tift,
Montgomery.
General Discussion led by President.
Election of Ofﬁcers.

Michigan Spotted Poland China Breeders
Asrsociation
Wednesday, February 3, 1926
Room 111 Agricultural Building ~
Meeting called 10:30 A. M.
President, G. S. Coffman; Secretary, C.
L. Nash.
“Early Day Poland Chinas” I. H. But-
terﬁeld, East Lansing.
"Some Problems in Swine
G A. Branaman, M. S. C.

Michigan Swine Breeders Association
Wednesday, February 3,1926 1
Room 109 Agricultural Building

Meeting called to order at 1:00 P. M.

President, F. E. Haynes, Hillsdale; Sec-
retary, Virgil Davis, Charlevoix

President’s Address.

“Reducing Costs in Pork Production”
C. M. Vestal, Purdue University. «-
“The Future of the Purebred Swine
Industry” 0. C. Vernon, Sec’y 0.1.0.
and Chester White Record Association.

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President, W. E. Livingston, Parma;
Secretary. A. A. Feldcamp. Manchester.
President’s Address.
Secretary’s Report.
'.“Looking Ahead with Poland Chinas”
Geo. W. Davies, Sec’y,.,American’ Poland
China. Record Association.
“Pig Clubs. and What They Will Ac-

Rives Junction.
"Prgﬂt in Ton Litters” Ernest Barnard,
Portland.
Election of Ofﬁcers.
Molds“ Sheep Breeders and Feeders
. ”‘ Assoeiation

Room 110 Agricultural Building
Meeting called at 10:30 A. M.

retary, V. A. Freeman, East Lansing.
President’s Address.
Secretary-Treasurer’s Report.

“Buying and Marketing Lambs” W. W.

Billings, D'avison.
“Purchasing Feeds to Feed Lambs"
Austin E. Cowles, St. “Johns.

"Producing and Marketing Winter
Lamb‘s” E. L. KeIJy, Three Oaks.
“Progress With Boys’ and Girls’ _Sheep

Clubs" Nevels Pearson.
Fine Wool Sheep Breeders Association

Tuesday, February 2, 1926
Meeting called at 10:00 A. M.

President, E. M. Moore, Mason; Secre-
tary, R. J. Noon, Jackson.

President’s Address.

“A Club Boy’s Experience with Fine
Wool Sheep” Edwin Knapp, Manchester.

Address—J. F, Walker, Secretary of the
Ohio Wool Growers Association, Gambier,
Ohio. .

“Commercial Stock Foods and Tonics”
Professor-G. A. Brown, M. S. C.

12:00—Banquet at Hunt Food Shop.

Record of Merit Work, V. A. Freeman,
M. S. C.

Secretary‘s Report with
ence to Record Work.

Blacktop Type Discussion, W. O. Hen—

special refer—

dee, Pinckney ; R. C. Blank, Perrinton ;
Geo. Haist, Chelsea ; H. H. Collister,
Laingsburg. ‘

Judging and Demonstration of types of
Rambouillets and Merinos.
llIichigan Horse Breeding Association
Judging Contest 8:00 A. M.-10:30 A. M.
Tuesday and ‘Wednesday
General Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 2,
Meeting called at 10:30 A. M.
Room 111 Agricultural Building
President’s Address, L. C. Hunt, Eaton
Rapids, ‘
“Pulling Contests and the Hors cIn—
dustry, H. J. Gallagher.

1926

sylvania State College.
“Stallion Clubs”, Dr. A. R. Black, State
Department of Agriculture.
12:30—Luncheon, Wildwood Cafe.
Inspection College Premium Horses.
Business Meeting 2:30 P. M. Room 111,
Agricultural Building.

, VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT

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I have a cow that has swelling on
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FOR SALE

My Entire

Herd of 31 Registered

SHORTHORN CATTLE

This is one of the oldest herds in the state and

Will be

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Use Flex-O-Glass at Our Risk

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than any other material send it back and we '

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protection. FLEX-O-GLA S is made by treating a Per d. 35 '/z Inches wlde—‘l d. 50c-

strong, durable cloth base with a special process. 40c;y10 yds. at 350; 25 yds. al' 330; I0?) ’32. 3:
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Chicks develop in 1,4,; regular time if given UL'II‘)RA—

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Kaﬂir . 1.5 '
Sudan 2.50;
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A Big Roll containing 15 square yard.
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paid on receipt of $ .00.

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. ohodor onl houses.
ho: be a, col Inn-non.

norm door. and wlndown, enclosing
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and if on do not ﬁnd it lets in a more health-
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Common sense instructions “Feeding for Eggs"
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SPROUTED OATS FOR HENS’
HERE is nothing in the‘ world

that will make old hens feel as

much like spring is here as a
box of sprouted oats every day, ex-
perienced poultrymen say. Sprouting
oats is not necessarily expensive or
a. lot of bother. Equipment may be
homemade. A tub or keg will do
to soak the cats in. Five or six

boxes about‘ four inches deep will do"

for the trays. A room which rang—
es ‘from 50 to 80 degrees in tempera-
ture all the time is satisfactory. The
Agricultural College poultry farm
follows these directions: Soak the
oats 12 hours in the tub or keg.
Drain them and put them in a box
'where they should be, kept moist
until the sprouts are about one-half
inch long. Feed them at that time,
which is usually about ﬁve days af—
Five or

six boxes will make it possible to

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regularly.

POULTRY SHOW DURING
FARMERS’ WEEK
UT 3. very few years ago the ma—
jority of the Michigan farm
ﬂocks were of a mongrel breed—
ing, and, had accurate records been
kept, they would have shown ﬁgures
that would indicate, in a majority
of cases, a loss instead of a proﬁt.
Economical production has been
gradually developing by the weeding
out of unproﬁtable producers. The
inauguration of culling demonstra—
tions which have been carried on by
county agents, poultny extension
men and boys’ and girls’ clubs, has
done much to bring the work to its
present status.

With the poultry of the state dis-
tributed over about 180,000 differ-
ent farms in the 83 counties, it is
evident that any farm extension pro—
grams, to be effective, must be dis—v
tributed throughout the state. For
this reason demonstration farms
were brought into service. The poul—
try demonstration farms of Michigan
do not represent any highly organiz—
ed or supernatural establishments;
but, rather, the average type of farm
found in Michigan. These farms
are undér the direction of the Poul—
try Department of Michigan State
College and it is the plan to so
direct the feeding, housing, and
breeding, so as to make it an en-
tirely practical guide to farmers. ~At
present there are about 300 demon-
stration farms in the state, each
keeping but one breed and keeping
monthly records of feed costs, etc.,
and submitting total receipts. It is
the plan to make these farms not
only places where good breeding
stock maye be secured, but also to
conduct the greater part of the ex-
tension work thru these farms. It
is the hope that they may become
centers of poultry interest in the
community where farmers can go
for reliable information on ordinary
poultry questions. Also, by the use
of the records kept at the demon—
stration farms, it can be shown what
proﬁts are made with a good ﬂock
of hens when they are properly
cared for.

Michigan within the last year has
taken a. great step in the advance
merit of her poultry industry. With
the organization of the Michigan
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the development of the farm ﬂocks
and especially with the ﬂocks that
furnish eggs to the commercial
hatcherymen. This organization
which is carrying out the plan of ac-
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to make it possible for buyers of ba—
by chicks to buy stock which will be
reliable. It has been possible to
accredit the ﬂocks of a great many
Michigan farms by the cooperation
received through the Poultry De-
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Bureau is having a noticeable and
wholesome effect in steadying and
strengthening the wool market in
Michigan, and in educating the
growers in better‘methods of pro-
ducing and handling wool. The pool
idea and selling on the graded baSIS
is growing favor with Michigan
ﬂock-masters. This past year’s pool
was ﬁfty per cent larger than that
of the previous year. Results were
very satisfactory and there is every
indication that the pool will increase
in volume and in importance as a
marketing agency in the next few
years.
Paper Twine Advocated

The College specialists are plan—
ning a campaign to encourage the
use of paper twine in tying the
ﬂeeces. They report that it seems
to be quite a temptation for some
growers to buy a coarse hemp twme
at eighteen cents a pound and use
it lavishlyin tying the wool, With
the idea of selling it along with the
Wool at forty cents a pound. This
is a. hard tendency to counteract
where the growers do not pool their.
wool and sell on grade, because
there then seems to be no incentive
for improvement. The college peo—
pl are working with the country
dealers and are getting them to
stock paper twine instead of hemp,
wherever possible.

The Michigan Agricultural Ex-
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pure—bred sheep on its farm. This
is a showing which cannot be ex-
celled or even equalled by any other
college. .

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and better sheep in Michigan isiin-
deed very promising. Certainly, im—
proved methods of producing, han-
dling and marketing our wools are
on the horizon, if not already actu-
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THE INDIAN DRUM
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ing that Uncle Benny had felt madness
coming on him and had selected him as
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him. How strange, them-that Uncle Ben-
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to a man whom he could not trust!

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business. Uncle Benny had allowed Henry
to remain in control.

Their quarrels had culminated on the
day that, Uncle Benny went away. Af~
terwards Uncle Benny had come to her
and warned her not to marry Henry:
then he’had sent for Alan. There had
been purpose in these acts of Uncle Beli-
ny's; had they meant that Uncle Benny
had been _-on the verge of making ex~
planation—that explanation which Henry
feared—and that he had beene—‘prevent-
ed? Her father had thought this; at
least, he had thought that Uncle Benny~
must have left some explanation in his
house. He had told Alan that, and had
given Alan the key to the house so that
he could ﬁnd it. Alan had gone to the
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. present conditions.

. wheat sold in the

‘ Iowa:
- largest land owners and stock feeds ‘

jWheat in Stronger Position’Than Other Grains

Good Demand For Cattle and Hogs
By W. W. FOUI‘E, Market Editor.

THE newspapers are full of sug—

gestions showing farmers how
they can all raise their crops

_ of corn and other crops proﬁtably,

and most of the plans are of a kind
involving the expenditure of large
amounts of money derived from fed-
eral taxation. Recently a slight re—
action has been observed in some

farming districts, and even in Iowa, .-

the storm center of discontent, there
are unmistakable indications of re-
turning common sense, many farm-
ers reaching the conclusion at the
same time that it is on the whole
largely up to them. As to the fut-
ure, it is easy to give advice, but
this must be of a general character,
and farmers of considerable experi—
ence have learned to make their
plans according to their local sur-
roundings. The average Michigan
farmer knows that the best way to
make corn acres pay is to convert
the corn into pork, lard, beef, mut—
ton, and dairy products, something
which numerous Iowa farmers have
been strangely slow to learn, but
the truth is now dawning on them.
Another important thing to be real-
ized is the poor quality of a great
deal of corn grown last year, in-
volving the undesirability of much
corn for planting next spring. In
the course of a few months more
this is bound to be an unusually im-
portant matter to farmers, and it is
safe to say that many wide— awake
progressive farmers will have the
foresight to pay what some farmers
will call too high prices But it
should be remembered that wonder-
ful things are being accomplished by
the modern farmers, and even the
casual observer travelling through
the country cannot \fail to see the
contrast between corn ﬁelds on op-
posite sides of the roads. Looking
ahead as far as the coming spring,
it is probable that most of our Mich—
igan farmers will keep in the old
tracks of a division of acres among
the various crops, not neglecting the
dairy or the orchard, and having a
warm feeling for thc mutton and
wool industry, now so important and
proﬁtable in the United States.

W'heat Prices Fl actuate

Speculators have been for weeks
past the virtual dictators of wheat
prices, making due allowance for the
statistical showing. and, looking in-
to the future, it may be said it looks
like an indeﬁnite continuance of
All in all, wheat
is in a much stronger position than
any of ‘the other grains, although
it is selling at much lower ﬁgures
than a year agO’.‘ On the other hand,
owners of wheat may feel that the
showing is good, remembering that
a little more than two years ago May
Chicago market
below $1.08 per bushel. Turning
from speculative influences to legit-
imate conditions, it is important to
note the signiﬁcant fact that the vis—
ible wheat supply in this country is
down to about 49,000,000 bushels,
comparing with about 83,000,000
bushels a year ago. Futhermore, the
United States is now regarded as on
a wheat importing basis, the farmers
holding much smaller amounts than
in recent years, Canada has a very
good surplus for export, as have
Argentina and Australia, these two
cOuntries having, it is estimated,
200,000,000 bushels available for
export. There is an important mill—
ing demand. and there is buying on
declines in prices. Since the period,
months ago. when wheat was selling
around $1 50 a big advance has tak-
en place, but $2 wheat is slow in ar-
riving. Late sales were made of May
wheat at $1.75, with old wheat for
May delivery selling at $1.74, com-
paring with $1.93 a year ago.

Corn to Feed EOgs

The Drovers Journal prints the
following message from Iowa Falls,
“Robert Hamilton, one of the

home place. With this money Mr.
Hamilton is buying hogs to feed.

He is hauling in his share of the
corn from the rented- farms to feed
at ﬁrst and ﬁgures to have some
hogs ready to ship when the supply
of corn is gone and then he will re-
lease his own corn as needed.

Larger Sales of Corn
Declines in prices have taken
place on increased selling by own-
ers, and bullish sentiment on pro-
posed legislation favoring corn is
much less marked than it was sev—
eral weeks ago. Recently it‘ became

“The annual report. of "the Iowa

weather and crop services gave the
value, of this year’s corn crop of
478,000,000 bushels as $113,000,000
less than the value of last year’s
corn crop of 306,000,000 bushels.”
he said. “This estimate was based
upon both crops being marketed at
the prevailing price on December 1
each year.

“Of course, Iowa's corn crop is
not a cash crop, and it is not market-
ed any year at the price prevailing
on DeCember 1. On the contrary,
four:,ﬁfths of the crop or more is
marketed through live stock and
dairy products, and with cattle and
hogs selling at 15 to 20- per cent
higher prices than they were bring«
ing last year, and with every pros-
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MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO
VERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday. at 7

o‘clock, eastern

standard time, the Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts market
information and news of interest to farmers through radio sta-

tion WGHP of Detroit.
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very cold, and this was an inﬂuence.
as it made the corn dry out much
better. The visible corn supply in
the United States is larger than a
year ago, aggregating nearly 24,;
000,000 bushels, while that of oats
is 61,375,000 bushels, comparing
with 73,721,000 bushels at this date
in 1925. The visible rye supply in
this country is reduced to 13,388,000
bushels. Corn supplies in sight are
piling up, recently it was reported
that the railroads were getting large
orders for box cars to move corn.
Oatsprices are still Very low, and
large qnantities are being consumed
on the farms. Rye is much higher
than several months ago, but much
lower than last year. Rye is apt to
advance and decline with wheat.
Late sales were made for May de—
livery of corn at 84 cents, comparing
with $1.36 a year ago; oats at 45
cents, comparing with 63 cents a
year ago; and rye at $1.07, compar—
ing with $1.51 a year ago. Rye
stocks in sights are about 8,000,000
bushels smaller than a year ago.

Report on Iowa Corn

It is reasonable to estimate that
Iowa's 1925 corn crop will net Iowa
farmers between $50,000,000 and
$100,000,000 more than the 1924
crop, a radio audience was told by
Dean C. F. Curtiss of the division of
agriculture of Iowa state college.

throughout the year, it is reasonable
to estimate that this year’s corn
crop will net Iowa farmers between
$50, 000, 000 to $100,000,000 more
than last year ’s c‘rop.”

,Warning to Shecpmen'

A prominent Chicago sheep ﬁrm
sends out the following warning:
“We wish to caution the trade to
watch receipts very closely as the
buying side takes advantage of
every opportunity to lower prices.
Be extremely careful about Monday
markets becapse packers do not
start to kill until noon time, and un-
less receipts are light, they do not
come out until late in the day. Then
if we have over 15,000 to 16,000 on
Monday it generally gives‘us a bad
start. Also be cautious of Wednes-
days, because, as _a rule, we have no
shipping demand on this day, and
shippers are surely the life of the
trade. We believe there is no reason
why lambs should not sell from
16% to 170 because, the dressed
trade was never in better condition,

”and with wool steadily advancing,

things surely look good.”

Cattle feeding in most districts
are about the same as a year ago,
according 'to government reports,
but the cattle are of lighter average
weight than a year ago, and the av-
erage feeding period is expected to
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Detroit Chicago Detl nit Detroit
Jan. 25 Jan. 25 Jan. 11 1 yr. ago.

WHEAT——

No. 2 Red $31-91 $1.92 $2.13

No. 2 White 1.92 1.93 2.13

No. 2 Mixed 1.91 1.92 2.13
CORN-—

No. 2 Yellow -81 g

No. 3 Yellow .83 1.28 .
owns- -

No. 2 White .46 -Q@ .44 it .48 .63

No. 3 White .45 .41 94 @ 42 .47 .62
RYE- /

Cash No. 2 1.04' 1.05 1.65
BEANS— ~

C. H. P. am. 4.65 4.05@4.70 6.40@6.50,
POTATOES— —-

New. Per th. 4.30@4.40 4.30@4.50 1.20@1.23
HAY— - .

No. 1 Tim. 24@24.50 24826 24.50@25 17 18.50

No. 2 Tim. 21 @22 20 28 .21 @22 15 16.50

No. 1 Clover 21 @22 24@25 20@21 15@ 16

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prices during January, with
. net :1 1

for feeding cattle at all markets, and

large advances have taken place in

prices. Recent sales weie made in.“
the Chicago market of
prime stockers and feeders at a
range of $6 to $9, largely at $7. 50 to
$8. 50, while stock and feeder cows
and heifers had a good sale at $4. 25
to $6 50. Beef cattle have had an
outlet recently at rather marked re-
ductions in prices for the rank and
ﬁle of the offerings, although the
January receipts in western packing
points have been running much
smaller 'in numbers than one and
two years ago. This is undoubtedly
owing to the mild weather for this
time of the year, which has tended
to curtail the consumption of beef
as well as other meats. During the
third week of January the cattle av-
eraged from 25 to 50 cents lower,
steers going largely at $8. 50 to
$10. 75, and the best lots at $10. 50
to $11.10. Prime yearlings sold the
highest. Common to fair steers
brought $7.75 to $9 with fairly geod
lots taken at $9.25 and upward.
Cows and heifers sell 'mainly at $5
to $9.75 and calves at $7 to $14.50.
No good feeder steers sell below $8.

Within a short time prices of hogs
have undergone a number of de-
clines, based on larger offerings than
usual, but all the time sales were
made at far above the prices paid in
most former years, the January mar-
ketings in western packing points
running far ahead of one and two
years ago. Liberal proﬁts derived
from feeding low-priced corn to hogs
cause stockmen to make their swine
heavy, and the small percentages of
light hogs sell to buyers at a large
premium for heavy lots. In the east
hogs have been largely marketed,

‘and eastern packers are taking large

supplies of light hogs in the Chicago
market. Hogs arriving in Chicago
lately averaged 245 pounds, the
heaviest since October and 14 pounds
above the‘ﬁve year average for cor-
responding weeks. One year ago
hogs sold at $8.75 to $11 and two

years ago at $6.35 to $7.35. Late
sales were at $10.75 to $13.25.“
WHEAT
The market for wheat closed

semewhat easy at Detroit last week
with prices on the down grade. It
is doubtful if prices will go down
very much as there always seems to
be plenty of buyers when prices
break. Most of the grain sold last
week went into strong hands. Mich-
igan wheat is snapped up by millers
as soon as any is offered for Sale and,
it is said, they are ﬁnding it dif-
ﬁcult to get enough to meet their
needs. -

CORN
Corn followed about the same
trend as Wheat and is rather slow
at present. Demand was sufficient
to keep prices from declining on the
closing day of last week.
OATS
The weakness in other grains was
reﬂected in the oat- market. The
market is inactive.
RYE
Rye lost 1 cent at Detroit on Sat-
urday of last week, the easy feeling
that prevailed in other grains being
felt here.

BEANS
After being \quiet and easy with
sagging pricesfor several days the
Detroit bean market ﬁnally showed
some strength and prices advanced
slightly. Receipts are light.

POTATOES ”

The cold weather has slowed up
delivery of potatoes some but there
seems to be enough on hand to take
care of the immediate demand. There
are” not many who are anxious to sell
alarge number feeling they should
get still higher prices. An author-

ity on the market was recently quot- .
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per dozen for fresh. receipts. Stor-
age are 20@23c per dozen.

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

CHICAGO——(U. S. Department of Ag- ‘

riculture)—Hogs———Bulk, good and choice
160 to ISO—pound weights, $13@13.25;
practical top on 160 pounds up $13.25;

odd lots. 140 to ISO—pound selections up

to $13.40; majority of 225 to 310-pound
butchers, $11.85@12.35; _
sows, $10.85@11.10; desirable killing pigs,
around $13.25; shippers took 2,000; esti-
mated hold over 1,000; heavy weight
hogs, $11.76@12.15; medium, $11.90@
12.80; light, $11.85@13.25; light lights.
$11.75@13.40; packing sows, $10.60@
11130: slaughter pigs. $13@13.50. Cattle
——o'1'op on yearlings, $11.25; medium
weight, $11.10; heavies, $11; too many
lower grade steers sliced 50c of! heavy
cows and Heifers, grading good and bet-
ter; common cows, canners and cutters
strong to 25c higher; bulls 35 to 500
lower; vealers mostly 750 to $1.50 lower;
stockers and feeders steady to 250 off.
Sheep—Top prices: Fat lambs, $15.75;
feeding lambs, $15.60; yearling wethers,
$13.50; 2—year-old wethers, $11.75; fat
ewes, $9.25; bulk prices follow: Fat
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13; fat yearling wethers, $12.50@13.25;
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Week of January 31
'1' the very beginning of this
week in most parts of Michigan
‘the tail end effects of a snow
and wind storm will be leaving for
more eastern sections of the coun-

. try. A change of temperature to

much lower readings is to be ex-
pected very early in the week.

By Tuesday there will be amoder-
ation in the temperature with more
precipitation and Winds of or near-
ing gale force but byrthe middle of
the week these conditions will also
have drifted. eastward. As a result
we are expecting fair weather and
seasonal temperatures at this time.

Fair weather will be general in
most parts of Michigan during
Thursday and Friday with tempera-
tures rising to points considerably
above normal. By the end of the
week there will be a general thaw in
progress. Added to this will be an
unsettled condition about Saturday
that may result in light showers, a
little sleet or some snow ﬂurries.

Week or February 7

_ Temperatures mostly moderate for
this time of year will be the rule

~‘rather than the exception at begin-

ning of this week with the weather
conditions. rather unsettled and
cloudy. There will be some light
precipitation, however, for the state
as a. whole.

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week the sky is expected to clear
off and most of the state will exper-
ience several days of sunshine and
near blue skywabout as much as
Michigan shows during the winter
months.

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will begin a more or less rapid de-
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