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In this issue: “St. Joseph County Couple Wins First Prize”——“What the Michigan State Farm Bureau
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to go into scientiﬁc farming, which~
is to be promoted at th eNational
Farm School conference meeting in
New York City, June 2 to 7. In a
letter to Abraham Erlanger, New
York, chairman of the conference,
made public here tonight, the pres-
ident expressed the sincere wish that
the conference would be successful.

“Its purpose to interest the young
men and women of the large cities
in scientiﬁc agriculture as an hon-
orable vocation is to be commend-
ed," Mr. Coolidge wrote. "Not only
do you hold out the advantages of
such a life work, but you aim to
make available training 'nbcessarty
for such a career."

The conference will be made up
of government and other public of-
ﬁcials, including mayors and agri-
cultural authorities, and leaders in
scientiﬁc "farming and home econo-
mics. The purpose is to interest
young people in accepting the gra-
tuitious facilities of the national
farm school at Doylestown, Pa.,
where an intensive three—year course
of 12 months a year is given in prac-
tical farming, scientiﬁc agriculture
and home economics without charge
for tuition or board.
city people are admitted.

PLAN MUCH PUBLICITY ON
STATE FAIR

HE reorganized Michigan (State
Fair is to be backed by a thor-
ough line of publicity and adver—

tising, according to James B. Has-
kins of Howard City, chairman of
the fair committee on public rela—
tions.

About 400 Michigan newspapers
will be used for advertising. Radio
also wil carry news of the fair de-
velopments, according to Haskins,
who points out invitations already
have been received from several
broadcasting stations.

The fair is being accorded every

possible co—operation from state
breeders’ associations manufactur-
ers and national exhibitors, Has-
kins says.

Among the features of the fair
this year will be ﬁve days of har—
ness ‘horse racing, including the
Horse Review stake, the second
largest racing classic in America.
This meet will be a betless one and
will be one of the first racing events
of this magnitude ever attempted
without wagers. There will be a
day of automobile racing under A.
A. U. supervision.

The Boy Scout, boys’ clubs nd
girls' club and agricultural compe-
tion will bring large groups of Mich-
igan’s youth to the fair, and special
preparations are being made for en-
tertainment. William J. Goodspeed
of Lansing heads the committee that
will meet the youngsters at the
trains and make them welcome.
State nurses will look after their
health and home economics leaders
will supervise preparation of the
food they eat while guests of the
fair.

NEW SUMMER COURSES 'Ar
M. s. C.

HE summer session of the Michi-
gan State College will begin
June 21 and continue to July

30, according to an announcement
made by Prof. E. H. Ryder, dean of
the liberal arts division and director
of the summer schools at the col—
lege. Many of the regular spring,
summer and fall term courses will
be continued. The regular courses
include liberal arts, applied science,
veterinary medicine, home econo-
mics engineering and agriculture.
Several special courses have been
added to those offered in former ses-
sions and graduate courses in vir-
tually every division will be given.
Registration will be Friday and Sat-
urday, June 18 and 19.

MARL IN BARRY COUNTY

l . SURVEY will soon be made to

locate and determine the yield-
- ing capacity of the several de-
posits of marl known to exist in Bar-
ry county, according to County
Agent ,,Paul Rood. Barry-count .

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SATURDAY,

MAY 22, 1926

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‘ Michigan’s 1925 Rural Fire Loss $5,000,000

Causes of Losses By Fire on the Farm and Suggestions on Prevention

TATISTICS accumulated by the
Fire Marshal Division, Depart-
ment of Public Safety, show

that during the year 1925, Michigan
sustained a loss of $9,664,324.87.
The same being $1,754,960.70 less
than the preceeding' year 1924,
which loss was $21,419,285.57.

Reports from the Underwriters

show that in the neighborhood of
ﬁfteen million dollars was lost in
the Old Line companies, whereby
our average is obtained. Due to
the fact that most farm property is
insured in stock and mutual compan-
ies gives us an annual farm loss of
approximately ﬁve million dollars.

The record of Michigan losses

covers the entire state by counties
and are obtained in such a manner
that it is impossible to give exact
ﬁgures of the amount of losses in
rural districts.

Statistics show that lightning on
the farm heads the list of ﬁre
causes. This is followed by chimney
construction, which is more inclined
to be defective in rural districts than
in cities, where the chimneys are
built'under the supervision of build-
ing inspectors, etc. Other causes
given to ﬁres on the farm are smok-
ing in barns, careless use of matches,
spontaneous ignition, burning of
rubbish, paint soiled clothing or oily
rags, careless use of gasoline in cars,
tractors, gasoline engines, etc., care—
less use of kerosene by the house-
wife, kerosene lanterns and lamps,
unscreened threshing equipment and
chimeys, improper protection of
stoves and lack of shielding wood
work.

Remedying Conditions

In the following order we wish to

call your attention to methods and
ways of remedying such conditions.
As lightning is ﬁrst named on the
list we obtained reports from the
National Board of Fire Underwriters
and also from the Province'of On-
tario, which reports demonstrate
clearly that to a large extent where
lightning rods are properly installed
that this hazard has practically be-
come eliminated " " ‘ *
.z The next hazard we wish to speak
of is that of the defective chimney,
which when improperly constructed
constitutes a serious hazard. To
construct a safe chimney bricks
should be used on a ground founda—
tion and should be properly lined.
Soot should be removed from same
at least annually. A hand full of
table salt on the ﬁre in the stove.
grate or furnace occasionally will
reduce the soot deposit, in the ﬂue.
Do not construct chimneys on brack-
ets or use tile for this purpose.
Along with the chimney losses we
ﬁnd the hazard from wooden shingle
roots or equally combustible mater-
ial used for roofs. Sparks from the
chimney, even though well con-
structed will ﬁnd their way into in—
ﬂammable roofs and may be whirled
aloft causing grass or brush ﬁres.
There are two ways in which this
can be remedied. As fast as possible
eliminate the hazardous wooden
shingles and replace same with as-
bestos or ﬁre retarding type. If,
however, at this time where wood
sbiwrln mots exist on your dwellings
or buildings where stoves are used,
we would recommend a spark ar-
rest'er.

Following the hazard of chimneys
we wish to dwell for a moment on
the hazard of smoking and it. is ‘our
opinion that the farmer who
smokes around his farm buildings,
where so much combustible material
is stored is continually ﬂirting with
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the same lines of the one discussed ,

By CHARLES V. LANE

Chief Fire Marshal Division, Department of Public Safety

 

 

are publishing the 'talk on rural ﬁre prevention given by
Charles V. Lane, state ﬁre marshal, on the evening of May 14

through station WGHP.

It contains some very interesting in-

formation and we are pleased to publish it in our columns for the

beneﬁt of those readers who did not hear it “over the air.”

And, no

doubt many who did hear it would like to read it to get the facts
once more impressed upon their minds. The other radio talks in Our
rural ﬁre prevention campaign will appear in future issues.

 

 

namely to keep matches away from
children and I would further rec-
ommend that matches be stored in
metal or earthenware containers and
above the reach of the children * * "

The next on our list is spontane-
ous ignition, which comes usually
from uncured bay. The Province of
Ontario through their ﬁre marshall
has spent considerable money in
studying spontaneous combustion on
the farm and ﬁnd that a large numb—
er of our ﬁres are due to this source
of ignition. Fires are known to
occur principally in hay mows, in
cat stacks, in barley straw, some-
times in buckwheat blue grass and
even in threshed grain and seed.
Analysis made by the Michigan State
College shows that certain seeds and
grains contain cotton seed meal, lin-
seed meal, gluten feed, distillers’
grains, malt sprouts and wheat mid—
dlings. It is evident that the lin-
seed oil in the feed is more apt to
cause spontaneous combustion than
any of the other oils.

The main factors leading to spon—
taneous ignition of foods and fod-
ders may be given roughly as moist-
ure, bacterial activity, germination
and storage in large heaps. Where
stored lots of the materials amount
to hundreds of tons, spontaneous
combustion sometimes may be und-
er—way for two or three months be-
fore it is discovered. All of the sub-
stances mentioned are dangerous
when piled in large heaps or tightly
packed in bins while still in a fresh
state, or if they are allowed to be-
come wet after being dried and then
stored for some time in that condi-
tion. Such damp or wet materials
may contaminate dry lots of the
some products and cause them to
overheat. Instances have occurred

where wooden columns standing in
the midst of heaps of wet, spoiled
grain or bran or hay have become
charred before the stage of sponta-
neous ignition. Hence such timbers,
if they cannot be replaced by pillars
of cement or metal, should be cov-
ered With non—combustible material,
and storage rooms visited at fre-
quent intervals and kept well venti-
lated; heaps should be turned over
frequently in order to insure proper
surface cooling. Suspicious odors,
especially a scent like that of fresh
bread, will indicate a. high tempera-
ture. An inexpensive safety meas-
ure is the provision of metal lined
grain bins, with spring closing cov-
ers also lined with metal.

The following recommendations
are made in connection with farm
ﬁres. Do not permit paint soiled
clothing or oily rags on your prem-
ises. Where the same are found to
exist they should be destroyed or
burned at once. Inasmuch as sta-
tistics show that eighty percent of
our ﬁre losses are caused by poor
housekeeping we recommend and
especially at this time of the year
that all rubbish be removed, more
especially in attics where the same
has been allowed to accumulate. Dis—
continue the use of oil mops or use
the greatest care in storing same
in a metal container with plenty of
ventilation.

Added Hazard

The farmer today has an added
hazard to which he should give a
large amount of consideration,
namely gasoline or other volatile
ﬂuids used in his car, tractor, etc.
It has generally been suggested for
the car or tractor that a special
garage or building be constructed
for the storage of same, isolated as

Elevator Exchange Advocates Bean Pool

BOUT forty cooperative eleva—
A tor managers and directors,

county agricultural agents and
farmers attended the meeting on
May 4th at the Bancroft Hotel called
by the Michigan Elevator Exchange
to discuss a farmer controlled bean
pool.

Willard C. Cribbs, Assistant in
Marketing of the Extension Depart-
ment of the Michigan State College,
read the Exchange plan for a pool
Which is along the following line:
The grower will have up to a certain
date to decide whether or not he
desires to enter the pool which, un-
der the original plan, was to extend
over a period of eight months, from
September 1 to May 1. Growers
coming into the pool will have their
choice of holding their beans on the
farm and receiving a storage charge
on them, or delivering them to the
elevator and taking a cash advance
on the beans delivered. Beans in
the pool will be paid for at the av-
erage price the beans are sold for

“during the life of the pool.

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a year ago, except that it leaves out
the old line elevator operator. Any
farmer can use the pool but he must
deal through a farmer controlled el-
evator, which may or may not be af-
ﬁliated with the Exchange at this
time. All selling will be done
through the Exchange, however.

Chairman H. D. Horton, President
of the Exchange, then called on Mr.
Osmer for further explanation of the
idea. Mr. Osmer was of the opinion
that the paper read by Mr. Cribbs
covered the matter thoroughly. The
chairman then called on different
members of the audience to express
their views.

After discussing the pool nearly
all afternoon two resolutions were
adopted before the close of “the
meeting. One was to the effect that
all were 'in favor of anything that
would give the farmer more money
for his beans, and it was recom-
mended that the Exchange do fur-
ther work along the line ofstarting
a pool. ' The other resolution was
that the Exchange get in touch with
the oﬁicials of the pool discussed

last year: in an effort to get together.

 

  

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far as possible from all other build-
ings. Special attention should be
given to the gasoline engine as to
leaky piping and the proper storage
of gasoline. Our records show that
there are even through the past few
months a large number of ﬁres oc-
curring ln rural districts which were
caused by gasoline. Added to this .
is the careless use of kerosene by the 1‘
housewife in starting a ﬁre. Reports 3'
are continually pouring into our of-
ﬁce where a woman, child or some ‘7
other member of the family was
burned to death besides burning the
home and the cause is given “Kero-
sene on live coals.”

There is no one of our listeners
but what knows or has read the
cause of the great Chicago ﬁre of
1871 when Mrs. O'Leary’s cow kick-
ed the lantern over. The lantern
can be greatly improved on, where a
light is necessary around the farm
and we are suggesting its replace-
ment by the electric ﬂash light. Per—
haps it may be a little more expen-
sive to maintain but it practically
eliminates the hazard of ﬁre in the
barn. Where electric wiring is in—
stalled have the same placed by a
competent electrician and assure
yourself that the same is properly
fused, which practically eliminates 3
the dangers of electric wiring, in ‘
other words your fuses are the safe-
ty valves of your wiring and should a
the same blow out under ordinary is
circumstances do not replace the
same with metal as there is trouble
somewhere in your electric line and
you should ascertain this trouble be-
fore going farther.

Do not permit any coal or wood
burning threshing power to come on
to your property unless the stack is
properly equipped with spark arest—
ers. Further than this insist that
your thresher complies with the
Michigan law and has for his imme-
diate use a ﬁre extinguisher.

Although we have named the
principal hazards existing on the
farm we do not feel that we have
eliminated the ﬁres on the farm
even though all the foregoing re-
commendations were carried out.

Protection

Therefore, our next subject will
be protection on the farm. In this
we feel that every farm, every
household and in fact every build-
ing should be equipped with some
type of ﬁrst aid ﬁre extinguishers.

To add to this we recommend that
farmers not only have a fire extin—
guisher but a ladder located in a ,r
convenient place used for emergen-
cies exclusively, whereby he may get
to his roof to extinguish ﬁre.

Communities should give consid-
eration to a new type of ﬁre protec-
tion recently introduced in our state, 1
namely the community ﬁre truck. 
There being at this time in the 
neighborhood of ﬁfty such machines ‘
being operated out of cities and vil- '9
lages throughout the state. It is
through this source we attribute a
large share in the decrease obtained
as aforementioned in 1925 over V
1924 which we really believe has 3
been saved in the rural districts by
the community ﬁre truck. This type
of ﬁre protection is no longer ex-

perimental. Fire protection ﬁfteen
years ago in rural districts would 1
have been absurd. However, with 
high powered apparatus and thanks
to our good roads and the man be~

   
      
      

ble. Daily where such apparatus is
maintained reports are coming in«
from rural districts where homes,
sheds and even barns are being
saved from destruction by the Com-
munity ﬁre truck. Also valuable
protection has been given to rural

  
     
     
    
    
   
    
   
 
 
 
 
 
  

 
 
 
   
  

         
      

  


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ﬁber 26, 1925. Mr.

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L6H; to right: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Munro, of East Kenockee, near Atkins. St. Clair county,
married 44 years; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shepherd, of Beaver-ton,

 

married 69 years; lilr. and Mrs. Frank Storms, of Bridgeton, Newaygo county,
Midland county, married nearly 54 years.

  St. Joseph County Couple Wins First Prize

Five Dollars Goes to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Leonidas, Married Seventy-one Years

WHEN we announced our long-
est married couple contest we
said we hoped to receive a
hundred entries and have every
county in the state represented. The
number of entries did not fall far
short as we received eighty—one, and
they came from forty—one or nearly
half of the counties in Michigan.
Immediately after the close of the
contest, May 1st, the judges began
to sort out the entries to ﬁnd the
three couples who had been married
the longest and we are now pleased
to tell you the names of the winners.
First prize of $5 went to Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Leonidas, St.
Joseph county, who have been mar-
ried 71 years. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Hanchett, of Bushnell, Montcalm
county, with 70 years of married
life, won the second prize of $3, and
'third prize, $2, was awarded to Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Monro, of East Ken—
ockee, St. Clair county, married 69
years. Pictures of the winners of
ﬁrst and third prizes appear in this
issue, together with stories about
their lives. A picture of Mr. and
Mrs. Hanchett will be published in
a future issue, as will pictures of the
other entries. .
In this issue we are publishing
pictures and stories of four couples.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Davis, of
Leonidas, celebrated their seventy—
ﬁrst wedding anniversary on Novem—
, Davis was born
in New York State June 25, 1833,

and came with his parents, in a
prairie schooner, to Michigan when
a small boy. His wife was also born
in New York State, Naples being the
place and 1838 the year. She with
her parents moved to this state six
months later, driving through from
the East with horse and wagon. It
was in Leonidas they became ac-
quainted and grew up together, to
later marry. Mr. Davis was a black—
smith for many years, learning the
trade from his father, but later be—
came a wagonmaker. He is consid—
ered the oldest member of the In-
dependent Order of Odd FeIIOWS in
\Michigan. They have three chil—
dren, four grandchildren and ﬁve
great grandchildren.

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Munro of East

Kenockee, near Atkins, St. Clair
county, were both born in Rawdon,
Ontario, Canada, and Mr. Munro

came to Michigan when he was 21
years old. Mr. Munro, who is nine-
ty years old, and his wife, age eigh-
ty-six, celebrated their Golden Wed-
ing anniversary in June 14, 1907.
They purchased the farm they now

live on 58 years ago, and it was
here seven children were born to
them, but only ﬁve lived. There
are twenty grandchildren and a

11 u m b e r, of great-grandchildren.
Their farm is rented but Mr. Munro
has a garden each summer which he
gives much attention. Both are in
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Mr. and Mrs. “'illiam C. Davis, of Leonidas, St. Joseph county, winners of ﬁrst prize

in our contest.

They have been married over 71 years.

and bid fair to enjoy several more
years of wedded life.

Mr. and Mrs. Storms

Here is an entry from the west-
ern part of the state—News.ng
county. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Storms,
of Bridgeton, have been sweethearts
for about 44 years. They moved
into the woods along the Muskegon
River in the early days when log-
ging parties and kissing bees were
all the go, and put up a log house
on their farm where they have lived
ever since. Mr. Storms worked on
the river and in the woods, and
carried mail from Bridgeton to Ne—
waygo when the road was only a
cow path through the woods. They
have one son, Milo Storms, who
lives at Millersburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd

Mr. A. J. \Shepherd, of Edenville,
Midland county, is another Michigan
pioneer who was born in the state
of New York. His date of birth was
November 11, 1844. Hi swife was
born in Holly, May 20, 1852. Mr.
Shepherd came to Michigan in 1857
and married on July 20, 1872. Two
years after their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Shepherd moved to the farm
they now live on. Seven children
were born to this union, one dying
in infancy. They have thirty—three
grandchidren and eight great-grand-
children living. Mr. Shepherd served
in the Civil War.

More pictures and stories will ap-
pear in future issues.

 i What the Michigan State Farm Bureau Has Accomplished

‘ is the Michigan State Farm Bu—
A reau is conducting membership

campaigns in thirty counties in
this state, we are hearing consider—
able more than usual about the ac—
tivities of this organization. And,
inasmuch as many of you will be
asked to join within the next few
weeks, it might be a good idea to
consider what the State Farm Bu—
reau has done and is doing for the
farmers in Michigan.

It was seven years ago that the
idea of a Farm Bureau was con-
ceived and the organization came in—
to existence at a meeting held in
Detroit. The headquarters was es-
tablished at Birmingham but later
was moved to Lansing, its present
location.

Like a young child, the Farm
Bureau has passed through many
stages of growth, suffering from va-
rious ills and having plenty of set—
backs, but overcoming all of them
and now at the age of seven years it
is a ﬁne strapping youngster, doing
much to help the ones who nursed it
through its infancy, and also those
who have taken an interest in it
since then. ~

The successful functioning of the
commodity exchanges and the busi-
ness ventures of the Michigan State
Farm Bureau is made possible by
720 local cooperative associations.
Under this arrangement the Farm
Hyman becomes the general clear-
1 ’ vihouse and power station for aid-

   

  

ing the members. It is the central
organization which fortiﬁes and co-
ordinates thc whole movement of or—
ganized agriculture in Michigan.
Commodity Exchanges

The Michigan State Farm Bureau
is controlled by a board of eleven
directors. Six of the members of
the board represent the Farm Bu-
reau members directly and the other
five are nominated by the ﬁve com-

modity exchanges, one member
coming from each exchange, which
are afﬁliated with the Michigan

State Farm Bureau under the plan
described above; The Michigan Milk
Producers’ Association, the Michi—
gan Elevator Exchange, the Michi-
gan Live Stock Exchange, the Michi-
gan Potato IGrowers' Exchange, and

the Michigan Fruit Growers, Incor-
porated.

During its existence, the Farm
ini'eau has rendered substantial

support to these commodity ex-
changes in their formation and de~
velopment. An idea of the extent of
the marketing services which these
exchzﬁiges are rendering may be
gained from the fact that last year
the total volume of business which
they handled amounted to $50,000,-
000.
Seed Service

In the early days of its organiza—
tion, the Michigan State Farm Bu—
reau took the lead of all other
states in the establishment of a
Seed Service. In “the estimation of

many, this one phase of work has
rendered beneﬁts to the members
far exceeding the entire amount
paid in dues to the state organiza-
tion. It has provided a reliable
source of seed.

Before the Bureau made adapted
alfalfa seed available to its mem-
bers, alfalfa seeding failures were
very common but since the Seed
Service was established six or seven
years ago, Michigan has increased
its alfalfa acreage faster than any
other state in the Union, boosting it
from 76,000 acres in 1919 to more
than 500,000 acres in 1925.

In the distribution of Farm Bu-
reau seeds the local co-ops and car-
door agents have been commonly
used, although members not served
locally often secure their seed from
the state headquarters.

Not only has the seed service pro-
vided a source of dependable seed
but it has served as an agency
which many farmers have found a
satisfactory outlet for their farm
grown grain, grass, clover and al-
falfa seed.

As stated before, Michigan is fa-
vored by having some 720 local c0-
operative associations serving the
farmers in their .sales and purchas-
ing problems. However, with the
limited volume of business which
each local 00-01) has and with rela-
tively inexperienced managers in
many, instances, the members and
patrons of local cooperative organ-

izations do not stand a very good
chance of getting satisfactory serv-
ice and prices unless there is a cen-
tral purchasing agency to group all
of these cooperative requirements

and buy in large volumes through_

experienced purchasing agents. The

Michigan \State Farm Bureau thru'

its supply service has been meeting

this situation in a very satisfactory ’

manner.

Perhaps only a few of our readers
know that the State Farm Bureaus
of Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan take

the entire output of a large, modern-'

ly equipped fertilizer factory located

in the state of Ohio and through'

this connection are in a position to
supply their members and the local
co-ops with high-grade fertilizer at
reasonable prices and still prorate
back patronage divididends on each
season’s business.
Big Business

The Supply Service of the Farm
Bureau handles a wide variety of all
of the commodities regularly car«
ried in stock by farmers' elevators
and local cooperative associations,
nearly 2,400 carloads of the various

commodities being distributed dur«_

ing the year of 1925.
Wool Pool
The ﬁrst wool pool established by
the Farm Bureau._ was found unsat-

isfactory for reasons quite beyond-
the control of man, but during the .

last‘couple of years it has been high—
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"SPEAK FOR IT, BING!”—Forest
\Vilson, of Curran, Alconu. county, with

his dog, Bing. Charlevoix county.

 

CLOSE FALSE—\Villard,

 

 

GETTING READY TO THRO‘V SOME RINGERS.—A game of horse,-
on the farm of Jacob Keller, of East; Jordan,
Miss Merle Keller sent the picture.

shoes, or “barnyard golf”,

 

 

“HO‘VDY, DIISS IIO‘VE.”

 

Earlene,

(laughter of Bit. and Mrs. Earl A. llowe,
of Perry.

 

three-year-old son “ROCK OF AGE..”—Charles Putnam is the fourth of the PEACHES—Three school pals, Esther

\ of Mr. and lVIrs. Simon Halmenberg, of Lake fourth generation to be rocked in this cradle. It was made, and Ruth Green, and Arleita Devereaux.

' Leelanau, and his faithful dog, Bob. They are in Canada 76 years ago. Charles has five grandfathers, ac- Arleitu is in the center. \\’e are indebted to
always together. cording to Mrs. Lena Drake, of Caro, Tuscola county. Mrs. C. Bates, St. Johns, for the picture.

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E A YOUNG TEARI.—“Ralph ille- PUTTING UP THE HAY.—This is “'nrren Cornell and Lou (‘hester of SOME SNO“’.-—)lrs. Herman Deising’,
 Gowen‘. Arlene R‘ddc‘rmlul,’ and L”: Reed C‘ty! and DIaHtm‘ Roy S0l‘h‘y, 0f \Vﬂllt‘ll Lake. drawing alfalfa on the Bear Lake, sent us the picture. taken on
x han Rider, and my twnn calves,’ (‘ornell Farm near Reed City, Osceola county. Mrs. C. )1. Cornell, Reed April 7. in Manistee eounty. The bank

3 writes Albert DIeyer, of Fremont.

AN EXAMPLE OF THE CART BEFORE THE

HORSE.-——Little Annie Taege, of Maple Rapids

taking a. ride and her mother playing horse. The

picture was sent in by Mrs. Franc Jenne, of St. Johns.
‘ /

HERE
LIcGirr and his son, Emery, of Spratt, Al-

 

pena county,
Guess

City, sent the picture to us.

ARE

caught these
we’ll have to visit Beaver Lake.

along this road is 10 feet deep.

     

SORIE BEAUTIES.——A. E. IIOPE.—Tl1at word means a lot here. \Villiam, son of
Mr. and Mrs. l". J. Baxter, of Sand Lake, Ken" county,
hopes his goat whose name is “Hope”, will go when he

wants him to go.

in Beaver Lake.

\Vell, we hope so too, \Villiam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(A clesri department for farmer-3'
“this d en: receive meet careful an
by ﬁrst class mail.
must accompanynthe in ulry.
name will not publis ed.)

NO SCHOOL ON HOLIDAYS

Can a teacher make up lost time
on Saturdays or holidays? If the
school board has authorized her to
do so could she mark a child absent
who did not go to school on said day?
——-F. B. R., Ithaca, Michigan.

‘ .CT 11 of the Public Acts of 1911
provides in part that, “The fol-
lowing days, namely the ﬁrst

day of January, the thirtieth day of

May, the fourth day of July, the

ﬁrst Monday of September, the

twenty—ﬁfth day of December and
all Saturdays and all days appointed
by the governor of this state or the

president of the United States as.

days of Thanksgiving, shall, in all
the public schools of the state, be
treated and considered as public
holidays and on such above speci-
ﬁed days there shall be no school
sessions in any of such public
schools of this state.’

Thne lost by teachers cannot le—
gally be made up on Saturdays and
holidays. The teacher could not
mark a child absent who refused to
attend on Saturdays or holidays nor
could the child be made to suffer
any loss or inconvenience through

 

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meter is sent out

troubles. III

M attent on. e a
This service I: lree to paid-up subscribers. but com iete name and address
If we use your inquiry with the answer r

n this department your

missing the recitations on such a
day.—-G. N. Otwell, Department of
Public Instruction.

18 CONTRACI‘ BROKEN?

On March 15th, 1925, B and 0
rent farm from A on shares. On
March 15th, 1926, C leaves farm
and goes to work in city. Does that
break the contract or can A hold B?
B furnished all necessary tools to
work farm with.—-_-J. R... Midland,
Michigan.

farm was rented for one year

and contract states that tenant

shall not leave without consult-
ing landlord, or similar provision.
the tenant breaks said contract or
lease by leaving before time is up.—
F. T. Riddell, Research Assistant in
Economics, M. S. 0.

GET ONE FOURTH

A and B own eighty acres of land
together. A furnishes everything,
buys clover seed, pays taxes. What
share should B receive? A does all
the work. A purchases a farm join-
ing the above amount of land in
January, and was to get possession

 

 
 

March. let. ‘ Dermatitis 
renter lets his sheep peel the" bar]:
on or the apple trees as high as they
could reach. If trees die what could
be the comeback on the.renter, if
any?-——W. C., Remus, Mich.

SHOULD think about one-fourth
I of the proceeds of the farm

would be a fair share for B un-
der these circumstances. The owner
of the trees would have an action
for damages against the owner of
the sheep for injury to the trees, if
he can show it was due to any negli-
gence of the owner.—Legal Editor.

 

EXEMPTION

I would like to know what the tax
exemptions are to farmers on per-
sonal property on a farm that he
lives on and works and on a farm
that he owns and works but does not
live on. The farms being in differ-
ent townships—4. L., Marcellus,
Michigan.

HE farmer. if he is a household-
er would be entitled to an ex-
emption of $250.00 on his per-

sonal property. The fact that he
had another farm would not entitle
him to any more—Legal Editor.

CAN BE HOLD SHARE OF CROPS

A rents farm to B on shares by
written contract for term of four
years. C holds mortgage and has
started foreclosure which ends in
Septemeber. B’s time will be out

 

 

 

 

ALWAYS LABOR DAY WEEK
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Follow the Arrows
-ﬂle Onset my—
to the Fair Grounds
Sept. 5th—11th.

Plan

NOW

to Celebrate
a Great Year

Along about September you’ll be hankering for a change
—-new sights, new ideas, fresh slants on old problems.
The Michigan State Fair will satisfy that urge.

Better, bigger, more interesting than ever before,
Michigan is planning a fair second 'to none in the
country this year, creating an exposition really repre-
sentative of this great state New buildings, new
exhibits, new educational and entertainment features
—the whole a tremendously vital picture of the state’s
agricultural achievementsr—a REAL FARMER’S
AND STOCK BREEDERS’ FAIR—this is the one
big event in the year you surely don’t want to miss!

Plan now, this far ahead, to attend the Michigan State
Fair. Take some part in it, if you possibly can. There

will be hundreds of competitions, hundreds of prizes
-—write Walter Palmer, Director of Live Stock and
Exhibits, State Fair Grounds, Detroit, for information

on any subject in which you may be interested.

Your active co-operation is
earnestly desired.

15 W FAIR

THE MICHIGAN STATE FAIR

Committee on Public Relations

 

 

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croft, Michigan. ~_ ,

B soon as the'perl-od of ‘reaemp-
tion expires, which is one year
I after date of sale, the mortga-

gee could take possession of the

farm and take the unharvested
crops—Legal Editor.

sonoonochna CAN HOLD
TOWNSHIP omen

Has a school ofﬁcer the right ac-
cording to law to hold a township
ofﬁce? Is it lawful for a school of-
ﬁcer’s wife to take the contract to
take the children to school and then
put a school boy to drive the school
bus?—-IM. R., McMillan, Michigan. .

’  SCHOOL emcer has the right to
- hold a township oﬂice. The only

case of incompatahility is that
of township treasurer and school
district treasurer. An individual
does not have the legal right to take
a contract for transporting children
and then put a school boy on to
drive the school bus. In fact. an in-
dividual must be at least eighteen
years of age before he becomes eli-
gible to secure a chauffeur’s license.
——B. F. Ford, Dept. of Public In-
struction.

WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAY

ADVICE
EAR EDITOR: G. B. of Colum-
biaville, Michigan does not

state age of his heifer nor just
the condition of food vomited but if
she fails to chew her cud and drops
these in the manger I would venture
it was her teeth which caused it;
either an injured tooth or' teeth she
is shedding which are bothering and
preventing her from chewing. If
loose teeth, pull them.

We read quite a little about peo-
ple who are making good with dairy
cows but as a rule they sell Whole
milk and get a much better price
than the'fellow who sells his cream
on a butter—fat basis. Would like to
hear about some who are making
good selling butterfat as such.——D.
T. Olds, Osceola County.

WHAT AILS FARMJNG?

EAR EDITOR: How enlighten-

ing are the letter of Peter B.

Lennon of Genesee and George
Lord of the tax commission. How
clearly do they refute the claim that
all the fees of agriculture dwell in
the cities and more prosperous of
our counties.

Well, do we remember when the
question of a storage house near the
cities came up before the legislature,
the city representative voted to al-
low the electors to vote on it and
the upstate legislators denied them
the privilege?

The great question before the peo-
ple today is not so much the action
of executive boards as how they
have acted to give tax-payers their
money’s worth. The claim was
made on behalf of responsible
boards thattthey would lengthen the
constitution in fact and do away
with many useless departments but
in this they have failed. They have
not even devised a means to raise
state funds without recourse to
county levy thereby keeping the tax
commission in full force, all the
forces of the old order on the pay—
roll and added more.

If Mr. Lord’s statement is to be
used as evidence the manner of get-
ting correct and values is wrong now

and the effort expended over it is l

on a par with the practice of having
prisoners tote bricks forth and back
in prison yards on the advise of the
prison physician that their appetite
may be kept in order.

Every person knows that when
land is rented year after year for
less than the taxes and upkeep that
there is something wrong with the
system of land value and it is indeed

timely that the candid statement of _

the expert is heeded by those that
are not in a position to know.

Many were fearful that the repres-
entatives from our cities would
squelch every effort of the county
men to relieve agriculture, but {it
now seems that the tide of sentiment
is turning in favor of the plowman.‘
ing to pay. interest on watered

It I were asked to state or: hand
what ails taming, I, would say

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Do You Cut 24 Acres or 8?

Hay is a perishable crop. A few hours’ delay
in the ﬁeld may mean a serious loss.

With the Fordson one man can cut 24 acres
of hay per day instead of eight; and the crop
can be quickly raked, loaded and stacked with
Fordson power.

 

 

Other farm work is also done proportionately
quicker and easier with Fordson power.

The Fordson costs little to begin with. The
Fordson running expense is small and the savings in

$ time and labor from its use add to proﬁts.
The easy payment plan permits every farmer
‘ to take advantage of Fordson power.

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Battery ignition is ideal

BATTERY ignition is ideal for farm engines. It
gives instant starting, uniform running, utmost re-‘
liability. To save money in ﬁrst cost, prevent loss
of time through breakdowns, and spend a minimum

  

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of money on ignition repairs, inSist on ignition With spring clip
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lumbia Hot Shots, in their water-proof steel cases, £21535:
can’t be short circuited by water. There are millions “Mum

of fat, hot sparks inside, every one with a kick like
'a mule, regardless of engine speed. They give)
instant starting without spinning. There is ag‘,
Eveready Columbia dealer nearby.

Manufactured and guaranteed by
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You need to feed your land the same
as you do your cattle. But the land
feed is LIME. Solvay Pulverized
Limestone will restore to the soil
the lime taken out by crops, make
sour soil sweet and bring y'ou large
proﬁts.

Solvay is ﬁnely ground—brings re-
sults the ﬁrst year—is high test, fur-
nace dried, will not burn. In easy to
handle IOU-lb. bags and in bulk.
Write now for prices and the Solvay
Lime Book—free on request.

THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO.
Detroit, Mich»

  
     
 
 
  
 

    
  
   
     

 
 
    
 
   
 
 

  
 

  
  

 

 

 

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MIONG the many letters coming

to me from M. B. 'F. readers

during the past few weeks, was
one which contained much food for
thought; and while some of the
statements refer-
red to may seem
far fetched at
present, the writ—
er has lived long
enough to real-
ize that “all
things are pos-
sible,” and he
wouldn’t be sur-
prised to see au-
tomotive fuel be-
ing manufactur-
ed in ﬁfty diﬁer-
ent places right
in Michigan in
There is no

 

L.W.MEEKS
less than ten years.
doubt but whats vast amount of al-
cohol raw material is being wasted,

or nearly so, on the farms of the
country. All we need is some farm-
ers' friend, with ability and a vision
large enough to put it across. This
letter comes from Dowagiac, and I
am sure it will be as interesting to
our readers as it was to me. Essen-
tially it is as follows:

“Your article in the April 10th
issue of the M. B. F. interested me
very much, especialy the statement,
‘The trouble with us farmers is, we
do not produce something which can
be used as motive power in automo-
biles.’ Of course if it would run our
automobiles, it would run our trac-
tors, ‘engines, generate, electricity,
and many other things.

“The following little article pub-
lished in the ‘New Practical Refer-
ence Library’ has come to my notice.
and possibly it will interest you. and
others that may not have seen it.

“Now if some big brained person
can just invent a simple machine to
make the alcohol out of the stalks,
and we can induce Henry Ford and
the rest of them to adjust the car-
buretors for alcohol, our future as
farmers is bright.

“ ‘Prof. Wiley of the U. S. Dept.
of Agriculture says that since every
hundred pounds of cornstalks will
yield six and one half pounds of ab-
solute alcohol, it is obvious that the
agriculturalist has been allowing an

enormous amount of wealth to go to

waste. Say that one acre will yield
from ten to twelve tons of stalks, or
about 20,000 pounds, and you have
a quantity of raw material which
will produce 216 gallons. Prof.
Wiley says that the alcohol deriv—
able from the cornstalks that now
go to Waste in this country would
not only drive all the machinery of
our factories, but would furnish the
requisite power for all our steam-
boats and railroads, run all of our
automobiles, heat and illuminate all
our houses, and light the streets of
every city in the Union.’

“Please tell me why has this in~
vention not been made before now?

Why can we not adjust our car and
tractor carburetors for grain alco-
hol? Henry Ford is the farmers’
friend. Shall we appeal to him?——-
A paid up subscriber, Mrs. Chas. S."

All this may seem like a far cry,
but it may be nearer than we think.
The world moves fast ,and the
farmers will be sitting pretty when
it is possible for them to produce
something to make it move faster.

I: III II

Alfalfa and Tile

Another interesting letter comes,

from T. J. C. of Nashville, and his
question is as follows.
like to know if sowing certiﬁed
Grimm alfalfa in a. ﬁeld that is tiled
would be all right, or would the
roots grow down and clog the tile?"

“I would

The writer never had any experi- ‘

ence with alfalfa in a tiled ﬁeld, but
would not think Grimm would clog
the tile. The opinion of one of our
leading farmers and seed dealers
was asked concerning this, and he
stated he never heard of Grimm
clogging tile. Here is a. question of
interest to many of our readers, and
a discussion of the subject from men
who have grown alfalfa on tiled
land will be welcome.

1 t It

Nothing Much to Do

The late spring has certainly
caused a rush on our farm these
days. :Many potatoes which should
have been shipped in March and
early April, have been ordered held
until May. Then the local trade
which, for early seed generally
comes the ﬁrst of April is on right
now. e
Being the only grower of certiﬁed
seed in this section, we enjoy quite a.
far reaching local trade. It is noth-
ing unusual for a. car to come ﬁfteen
miles just for one bushel of seed.
Then there is the c0mpleting of a
double brooder house for the chicks,
an unusually large amount of ma-
nure to haul, and about 25 acres of
corn to plant, beside the potato ﬁeld
to get ready. However, aside from
this, and fence building,
nothing much to do. *

8 III

Fertilizer

 

there is 

“Do you advise using fertilizer?" l

is a question often asked the writer.
It all depends on the circumstances.
It you expect to use fertilizer to pro-
duce hay to sell from the farm, I
do not advise it; if you want to use
fertilizer to «produce more hay to
feed on the farm, or more growth to
plow under, that is a practical and
commendable thing.

“Shall I use a. balanced or com-
plete fertilizer?" is another question
often asked. If you are fertilizing
a ﬁeld that has just produced a le-
gume like alfalfa or clover, or if you
are to supplement barnyard and
stable manure with commercial fer-
tilizer, probably acid phosphate is

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TEXT: "For I say thru the trees
that was given me, to every man that is
men: you, not to think of himself more
highly than he ought to think; but to
think soberiy, according as God has dealt
to’ each ‘ man a measure of faith.”
Romans 12:3.

>‘ should live soberly and

righteously and godly in this

present world." "Let us, since
.we are of the day, be sober.” But
again, in the words under consider-
ation, the apostle is saying that be-
cause he has already revealed great
and basic truths, and because the
disciple’s life is so real and impor-
tant, and because that eternity will
be to us what we make it, we should
take a sane view of, life. He is giv-
ing us counsel on our mutual rela-
tionships in church and society that
our various gifts might be used in
right service and conduct.

But our spiritual gifts are meas-
ured according to our faith. “Ac-
cording as God has dealt to each one
a measure of faith.” This reminds
us of our Master’s words, “Accord-
ing to your faith be it done unto
you.” Let us soberly inquire as to
the quality and content of our faith.

There is the superstitious faith.
“And behold, a woman who had an
issue of blood twelve years, said
Within herself, If I but touch his
garment I shall be made whole.”
And Jesus said, “Thy faith hath
made thee whole.” What loving
power reached this woman thru her
crude faith! God is good. “And
God wrought special miracles thru
the hand of Paul; insomuch that
unto the sick were carried away
from his body handkerchiefs or
aprons, and the diseases departed
from them, and the evil spirits went
out.” This again is akin to heathen
magic, but the heavenly Father
knows the cry of sorrowing hearts
and blesses notwithstanding. How
wonderful!

Let it be noted that in both of
these cases and in others, our Fath-
er heals not through the touch of
garment or thru contact with ap-
rons, or thru any other superstitious
methods. There is no healing po-
tency in such external connections.
Yet these poor, imperfect penitents
thought so, and God permits him
mercy to ﬂow to them thru channels
that they made for themselves. They
could not do any better. Their be—
lief was weak. It had much error
in it. But it was active and was
leaning toward Christ thru such ve—
hicles as they knew. It was the far-
thest possible reach of this faith
that brought them into union with
the helping Christ, and not the
crude methods used as means.

But, soberly, does our faith differ
enuf with that of these Bible in-
stances? What about patronizing
the fake healers, about our belief in
superstitions, and about resorting to
the magic practices that are yet in
vogue? Truly our best gifts and
our most spiritual service to man-
kind are to be rendered thru a more
rational faith. Thru the slow dis-
covery of the years, we now have
many reasonable and scientiﬁc
means thru which to lay hold 0— mir~
acle-power. Let us turn to the rules
of sober thinking, hygenic living,
sanitary surroundings, and to doc-
tors and nurses if need be; that‘we
might have personal health; and
thru any rational means that we
know let us adjust our lives to the
folks and things about us. It is in
the realm of sane thinking and ra-
tidnal practices that the Jesus’ re-
ligion will have its greatest advan—
tages.

So, our “measure of faith” deter-
mines the quality of our thoughts
and conduct. "Follow after death.”
The content of our faith regulates
[the character. We may have faith
‘in such measure as we will. The
God» makes it possible for us to be»-

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sent; it acts and it trusts. This ob-
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committing themselves to the will
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important.” The haughty and self—
centered make no little trouble in
life. They look at themselves and
their own thru a telescope of self-
love and everything seems to them
to be enlarged to vast proportions,
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ATHER at once recognized Pres-
F ident Howard of the G. R. & I.
intro-

railroad and was soon

duced to Governor Williams of ln—-

diana, Mr. Morley and some other
capitalists, who had been walking all
1 day inspecting the construction.
They said they were very tired and
hungry, and at fathers regrets for
what he had to offer them, they said
what the boy was cooking smelled
good to them and with his permis—
sion they would join him. In a few
minutes those four great men were
stooping before the ﬁre, each had a
slice of pork on a sharp stick, which
he roasted over the ﬁre and placed
between slices of bread, declaring it
the best sandwich they ever ate.

(Soon after getting this camp into
commission my brother Bill, and
Henry Cummings joined us after
fulﬁlling the requirements on the
homestead, and were soon engaged
on the railroad work.

I remember near this camp see-
ing a grade built over a small marsh
or swamp that was all complete
when the men quit work at night,
but when they returned to work the
next morning it had entirely disap-
peared, which retarded the work for
a long time.

\thn the Paymastcr (lame

Joseph Kilbourn became railroad
paymaster when the construction
work began at Kalamazoo. It seem--
ed to be his work to come to camp
about noon every payday and pay
the men. I remember well how he
would come with two leather sat-
chels ﬁlled with new bills and “shin-
plasters” as the paper money of
small denominations was called at
that time. It was made in SC, 100,
15c, 250, 50c, and 750 pieces, and
made a big showing.

As soon as the railroad was com-
pleted to the end of the twenty
(now the town of Morley) our camp
was moved ahead to Mack’s Creek,
which runs near the south side of
what is now the town of Stanwood,
but here in October, 1869, the rail-
road company suspended operations
indeﬁnitely, and father decided to
move, with all his goods, to the
homestead, as he had already let a
contract to Philo Newberry to build
a house of logs to be 18 feet wide
by 24 feet long, and a story and a
half high, to be completed by Octo-
ber lst. Owing to the difﬁculty in
getting horse feed here and the fact
that cattle could live on browse,
father traded his horses for oxen,
and by hiring a couple of teams, our
goods were loaded onto wagons, and
we started for Section 36—20—10.

Our ﬁrst night’s stop was at Ben
Ensley’s, south of Big Rapids, the
next day at noon we arrived in Big
Rapids where it was found the snow
had fallen so deep our wagons had
to be exchanged for sleighs. Here,
too, father added to his supply of
provisions by purchasing from the
Bevins Brothers 12 barrels of ﬂour
at $16.00 per barrel; 2 barrels of
beef at $36.00 per barrel and 2 bar-
rels of pork at $40.00 per barrel.
With this addition he thought his
supply would last a year.

Had to “Lighten Cargo"

That night we got as far as Crapa
on the county line and stayed at the
Osceola House, then kept by Frank
Robbins, and the next day we
reached the place where Reed City
now stands. Here we got lodgings
with a German farmer named Wm.
Steig. He seemed very thrifty and
gave us excellent accomodations for
those days, but when we left Mr.
Steig the next morning the road
seemed to end, and all we had to fol-
low was the blazed trail, streams
must be forded and the teams had
to wind their way around among the
J trees, and from here on we had to

PlONEERING m MICHIGAN

By ED. C. ALLEN

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T H E S T O R Y
N the 'opening installments of our new story the
I author told us something about his father, Stc~
phen H. Allen, who was born in England but
left home when a boy to travel about the world.
He told of the meeting of his father and Miss Eliza
Conway, who later became his Wife, and of their
settling in Chicago.
cided to move to Michigan and in the year of 1867
came to this state. Two years later they settled
on the farm where the author now lives, near .
LeRoy in Osceola county.
told about how they staked out their homestead

 

TO DATE

After the Civil War they do-

So far Mr. Allen has

and began to make the required improvements.

Ed. C. Allen

That brings us up to the present installment.

 

 

“lighten cargo”, rolling off barrels
of meat, bales of blankets, a barrel
of New Orleans molasses, a large
hogshead packed full of dishes, and
a lot of other heavy articles, and
that night we reached the place
where Dewigns is now located. Herc
Daniel McGovern had built a cabin
and was living with his wife and
two small children, and although
Mr. McGovern was away from home
that day, his wife, with the good
pioneer spirit, soon provided accom-

ly all the large packages were left
where they were until a year later
when father returned to resume his
work. Our house was ﬁnished and
we got all moved in before Christ~
mas.

The snow became very deep but
the work of clearing went on. As
soon as a big trees was chopped
down the limbs and brush were
trimmed ed and piled on ﬁres kept
going by adding more brush and
limbs, so that by spring we had

 

 

 

 

On the- front cover of our April 24th issue we published a picture of the buildings and

front yard at Allendale.

Here is another view of the front yard, showing its beauties

from a different angle.

odations for us and we were com—
fortable for the night.

The next day we met a bachelor
neighbor who told us our house was
not ﬁnished, but handed father the
key of his own house and said “Use
it until your house is ready.” His
house being about two miles beyond
our place made it that much farther
to go, but we reached it about 5 p.
111., making it ﬁve days and four
nights on the road from Stanwood
to this place. It is now made in less
than two hours by auto.

We arrived at our destination and
the next day the teams were return-
ed home. It was decided to leave
most of the goods we had to unload
along the road where they lay for
the winter, as a matter of fact near-

nearly two acres cleared and ready
to plant.
Seed Limited

Our seed was limited, potatoes
and ﬂowers being the most common.
The potatoes, although of good qual-
ity, were of as many colors and
shapes as the ﬂowers. My mother
loved ﬂowers and her garden that
year must have been her delight, as
everything we planted made a won-
derful growth and there were no
weeds.

One night that summer at about
ten o‘clock, as we were about to re-
tire, men’s voices were heard. and
we saw the ﬂicker of a candle being
used to follow the blazed trees, then
a yell, “We’ve found them,” and
then came the sound of surveyor’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. C. G. Card

MEET PROF. C. G. CARD, OF DI. S. 0., FOLKS

ROF. C. G. CARD, head of the Department of
Poultry Husbandry, at the lVIichigan State
College. is a lVIichigan boy.

Hillsdale county, February 8th, 1892, and attend-
ed rural and village schoolls, graduating from
Cambria high school in June 1909.
to 1911 he taught in rural schools.

1911 he entered the Kalamazoo Normal and grad-
uated two years later.
tendent of the Gaines schools and after one year
went to Barryton where he held the position as

He was born in

From 1909
In the fall of

He then became superin-

supcrintendent of the local high school for four

years.

Following that he was made county school oonunissioner of

Mecosta county which was in the year of 1918 and he remained there
until 1920 when he became director and instructor of Federal Voca-
tional Guidance School at M. S. C. For three years he served in this
capacity, carrying on the work at the College and earning his B. 8.

degree at the same time.

In 1923 he was made Assistant Professor

of Poultry Husbandry, one year later he became acting head of the de-
partment, and in 1925 became Professor of Poultry Husbandry.

 

 

 

   

 

chains and other implements being
set down by our door and father was
greeting his friends, the railroad
engineers. One was Mr. M. M.
Stimson, who was chief engineer,
another W. B. Stimson, his cousin,
then a young man only eighteen

years old, who years later, was su-

perintendent.

They had heard of our location
that afternoon, and were ﬁve hours
reaching our place, the last few
miles by following the blazed trees,
with the aid of a piece of tallow
candle secured from one of the set—
tlers. While they were eating sup-
per they said they wished to stop
with us a few days while they run
a line to the Clam Lakes, it then
being their intention to pass be-
tween these lakes.

A few days later when they were
leaving mother asked Mr. Stimson
how near the railroad would come
and he said, “Right through the
center of the house” then laughing,
said the center of the homestead,
which was true.

Father resumed his business that
winter south of Big Rapids, and
when the construction of the rail-
road got near here he built an addi-
tion to the house, dug a well and
boarded the men while the railroad
was being built across our place and.
beyond. He followed the construc-
tion. of the railroad to near Petos-
key, but some of the family always
remained on the place. The stream
of home seekers continued until all
the available farming lands were
taken. The men would go to the
lumber camps to work winters, pine
was the only kind of timber handled
in those days. All the lumber camps
would shut down when the snow
melted in the spring and many of
the poor “moss—backs” (as the early
settlers were called) would learn
the jobber they had worked for all
winter had failed and could not pay
his men. Some got a little stuff
from the camp store, but many got
nothing. This was a very common
thing in those days.

I looked on the building of the G.
R. and I. railroad through this sec-
tion as a Godsend to the people. A
land ofﬁce was established at Grand
Rapids for the sale of the railroad
lands, and W. S. Howard, son of
President Howard, was land com-
missioner. The farming lands of-
fered at $10.00 per acre and were
sold off fast. The railroad company
used wood burning engines, and
bought 2 foot hardwood delivered
any place along their tracks at $1.00
per cord, paying cash every month,

The Swedish people came here at
that time, being honest and thrifty,
settled on these lands, many of them
paying for their places by cutting
railroad wood from the timber on
them, while they also built ﬁne
homes without slashing down and
destroying the ﬁne trees just to
make a clearing, as some of our
“moss—back” friends were doing.

As an illustration, one Swedish
farmer bought an eighty acres only
a quarter of a mile from this place.
From the south forty he got timber
to pay for his land and build ﬁne
buildings thereon, not a tree was
wasted; some were sold in logs for
good returns. The other forty acres
was kept from ﬁre and only the ripe
trees removed as they were needed.
This timber forty acted as a wind-
brake, protecting the ground in win-
ter by holding the snow. He raised
more crops on that forty than others
who had burned up their soil when
burning the heavy timber, could
raise on eighty acres, and last win-

ter his son sold the timber left on ‘

the place for just three times what
his father had, paid for the entire
place. ' K
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{ Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER

(Mr. Nafziger will be pleased to answer our
questions regarding the fruit. and orchard. ere
is no charge for this service if your subscription
is paid in advance and you will receive a per-
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ED McINTOSH GOES AFTER.
VINEGAR

PUT some cider down cellar last

fall but it ain’t turned to vinegar

yet, so t’other day my wife she
gimme a jug and sent me over to
John Sooter’s folks to git some vine—
gar. When I got
to the corner of
their place, there
by the big hick—
’ry tree, I notic-
ed where John’s
had ben a—settin’
o u t a y o u n g
raws-berry patch.
What I noticed
m o s t about it
w a s t h e rows.
Why gol all Fri-
day, them rows
was so crooked
a snake would a
broke his back
atryin to foller ’em. Well I kept on
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himself a—coming up the road, and

0’ course I joshed him considerable
about them crookid rows. “Well,”
says John, “I couldn’t help that.
You see it was like this. I was a—
markin’ out the ground with a one
hoss marker, right after a good
shower; an’ do you know, right after
I ﬁnished the job the sun come out
hot an’ bright an’ dried them
marks so sudden that I’ll be durned
if it didn’t warp ’em all outa shape.”

Well I told John I says “That’s
too bad, but I come over to git a
little vinegar,” but John he says
hes’ sorry but they ain’t got none
either. “Nope,” he says “our cider
didn’t turn to vinegar fast enough
so me an’ the boys we drunk it all
up. Took the last jugful out to
work with us last week Thursday
mornin’ an’ had it all drunk up by
9 o’clock.”

“Well,” I says, “that must a ben
the day you marked out that raws—
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APPLE TREE DOESN’T BLOSSOM

Why should an apple tree blossom
for several years and then not blos-
som for a year or two.——E. H., Jack-
son, Mich.

T is rather hard for us to tell just
what is wrong with your apple
tree without knowing m ore

about the condition of the tree, etc.,
but judging from what you say we
would assume that the tree is suf-
fering from a lack of readily avail-
able nitrogen early in spring. ‘

Three weeks before blossom time

give the tree an application of 10
pounds of nitrate of soda. Sprinkle
the fertilizer under the outer branch-
es and leave it on top of the ground,
to be washed in by the rain. This
amount of fertilizer is for a large
full-grown tree and for smaller trees
should be reduced according to the
size of the tree. If the tree is not
making an excessive growth repeat
this treatment every year.

PLANTING MELONS
[I want to ask some advice about
preparing ground for watermelons
and muskmellons. What kind of
fertilizer to use, when to plant and
how to care for same?—R. 8., Mt.
Pleasant, Mich.

ANDY loam soil and a warm, sun-
ny location are the ﬁrst essen-
tials in melon growing. Give

your land a good heavy application
of manure during the winter or the
early spring. As soon as you can
get on the ground in the spring disk
the manure into the ground and
then plow the land. After the land
is plowed it is a good practice to ap-
ply about 300 pounds of acid phos-
phate per acre, which should be
dragged in. Keep the land drag-
ged until planting time which
should be when the danger of frost
is over. Early varieties would pro-
bably be best for your part of the
state. A melon patch must be kept
thoroughly hoed and cultivated, but
stay out of the. patch when the
plants are wet or you will spread the
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WHEN IS A STATE FAIR FAIR?

- discussing the Michigan State Fair and the
INopportunity which is afforded the new man-
agement for its improvement with a prom-
inent breeder the other day we picked up an
idea which may be worthy of some discussion in
these columns.

This breeder claimed that in order to at-
tract largc exhibitors from outside the state of
Michigan, concessions and promises were made
which were not to the advantage of our own
breeders.

Can this statement be true? If it is, then per-
haps our Michigan breeder is right when he sug-
gests that the premiums offered by the State
Fair should be conﬁned entirely to the best
which our own state has to offer.

The county fair, he pointed out, should at-
tract the best produce and animals produced in
that county, then the best from each county,
would be exhibted at the state fair and the blue
ribbon winners at the state fair should then go
to the International, where they would be in
competition with the best of the country.

That sounds at ﬁrst thought, like a practical
suggestion, but we hesitate to pass judgment on
its practicability until it has been fully discussed
by those who are in a position to know the facts.

Obviously, those opposed to this plan will
point out that bringing the best from other states
helps to bring up the standard of our own state,
but we wonder if this argument stands in face of
the discouragement which must result from im—
possible competition, which perhaps Michigan
breeders in some classes must face.

Should the Michigan State Fair conﬁne its ef-
forts to showing the best that this state has to
offer or should it place in competition with our
best, the products of other states? That is the
question and we hope you who are most inter-
ested in it will make use of these columns in
which to discuss it.

Of course, premium lists have already been
compiled for the 1926 Fair and therefore no
change in the policy could be contemplated for
this year, but it is none too early to open the
subject.

 

VALUE OF FARM BUREAU

E have before us a letter from a subscriber
Wasking our advice as to what we think is

the greatest value of the Farm Bureau to
the farmer.

While the Farm Bureau during its existence
has done much for the farmers in many differ-
ent directions its greatest value has been the or-
ganizing of agriculture and getting the farmers
to work collectively instead of individually.
There are other farm organizations that have
also done much along this line.

At this time we cannot recall any group of
workers, except the farmers, who have not had
their national organization or union for years,
and it plays a most important part in their lives.

When we had a strike in the coal mining dis—
tricts of the country last winter you will remem-
ber reading in the papers 'how the heads of the
miners' unions met with the heads of the opera-
tors’ organizations to try to settle matters. There
were no self-appointed leaders with no authority
calling conferences, it was the heads of their
representative organizations that “debated. , the

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act collectively, [just the same as the A H v,
The farmers are ‘the least organized of any

   

group in the country and were much worse off

than they are now previous to the coming of the >

Farm Bureau. Whether you are a friend or a foe
of the Farm Bureau, if you will review what
has been done for agriculture during the last
ﬁve years you must admit that some progress
has been made through organization. It is a
real job to take people who have worked and
thought individually for centuries and bring
them into an organization to cooperate together,
but that is what the Farm Bureau and other farm
organizations are accomplishing. True, it may
look as though little has been done to date, but
it is the ﬁrst years of existence in getting such
a movement under way that are the hardest.
Like a stone rolling down hill, the farther it goes
down the hill the more speed it attains.

Many mistakes have been made and many
more will be made, without a doubt, but the idea
is right and bound to win success in time. Prog-
ress is made through organization and the farm-
ers must organize if they intend to make pro-
gress.

 

FARLIERS NOT RADICAL

our March 27th issue we published an edi-

torial under the heading “Farmers Radical?”

discussing the statement of the National In-
dustrial Conference Board that the people should
be greatly alarmed over a radical tendency
among the farmers of this country. To us the
idea was ridiculous and we so stated in our edi-
torial. It is interesting to note that Sam H.
Thompson, president of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, in an article in the current is—
sue of a national farm magazine takes the same
point of view on this matter; in fact, he declares
the farmer is the most conservative class in
America.

The farmer never has and never will use the
methods of a radical to get himself a square deal.
That isn’t his way of doing business. Why should
this board try to get the public excited over
nothing?

 

CHICIIEN THIEVES

WE have always had the chicken thief with us,
and there are few farmers who have not suf—
fered some loss through his operations, but
until the last couple of years it has been a case
of small losses and few attempted to do anything
about it. Now the thief seems to have multiplied
into a large band who are threatening the poul—
try business of Michigan with their extensive op-
erations. By the use of automobile or trilck they
are able to take a large load of their plunder to
a distant market and dispose of it, making detec-
tion difﬁcult.

Down in Indiana the poultrymen have joined
together and formed an organization to ﬁght the
chicken thieves by offering rewards for their cap-
ture. It seems that each member of the asso-
ciation signs a note for $2 to be paid to the gen-
eral organization to be used as a reward for the
arrest and conviction of thieves caught stealing
from members. The notes are not called for un-
til the thief is caught and convicted. The asso-

 

 

 

TEN OOMLNIANDMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE

By Dr. Seaman A. Knapp

1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly pul-
verized seed bed, well drained; break in
the fall to the depth of 8, 10, or 12 inches
according to the soil, with implements that
will not bring too much of the subsoil to
the surface. (The foregoing depth should
be reached gradually).

2. Use seed of the best variety, intelli-
gently selecocd and carefully scored.

3. In cultivated crops, give the rows
and the plants in the rows a. space suitable
to the plant, the soil and the climate.

4. Use intensive tillage during the
growing period of the crops. '

5. Secure a high content of humus in
the soil by the use of legumes, barnyard
manure, farm refuse, and commercial for-
tilizcrs.

6. Carry out a systematic rotation.

7. Accomplish more work in a day by
using more horse power and better imple-
ments.

8. Increase the farm stock to the extent
of utilizing all the waste products and idle
land of the farm

9. Produce all the food required for the
men and animals on the farm.

10. Keep an account of each farm pro-
damninordertoknowfromwhichthegain
or loss arises.

  

 

the yreWard amounts to" g“ = n? and

band of thieves  hesi
farms where this sign appears. ' '

Th6 poultryan of Michigan should get busy-..

on some kind of a plan to ﬁght the chicken
thieves in this state.

“THEY COULDN’T BUY EM” L

IN nearly every story we read regarding the re? v

cent murder of Assistant State's Attorney

William H. McSwiggin, of Illinois, by Chicago ' '

gangsters, there appeared the statement "They
couldn't buy him."

When this young man became a public servant.

he took the oath of his ofﬁce seriously, he be-
lieved that laws had been established to be obey-
ed and he, as an ofﬁcial, was duty bound to see
that those who broke the laws were punished.
His life was threatened many times but he did
not change his course. Bribes amounting to
thousands upon thousands of dollars were offered
to him but—he couldn’t be bought.

What a wonderful example for the oﬂicehold—
ers of this country who shut their eyes to the
Eighteenth Amendment and many other laws.
There is something else in this world besides
dollars and cents.

MICHIGAN COWS ARE EFFICIENT

HE latest cow testing report issued by the
Michigan State College contains some very
interesting information and the most impor-

tant is the fact that the records show that Michi-
gan has greater herd efﬁciency than any other
state. The records show that 813 herds out of
2,716 under test in the 108 associations aver-
aged more than 300 pounds of butterfat to the
cow during the year.
ofy25,000 cows under test in these associations
last year was 7,558 pounds of milk and 292
pounds of butterfat, which is double the output
ﬁve years ago. The entire report appears else—
where in this issue.

(if )( )D BUSINESS

MICHIGAN invested a. million dollars last year
and got $200,000,000 in return. The

million dollars was spent in conserving, en-
hancing and increasing Michigan’s attractions as
a land in which to spend a vacation and in re-
turn, according to the Eastern Michigan Tourist
Association, tourists left $200,000,000 in the
state. This was a mighty good investment, and
we believe that this business deserves more at-
tention than it is getting.

FUTEEN YEARS OLD

ACCORDING to evidence before the Senate
committee on military affairs the average

age of the horses in the United States army
will be ﬁfteen years at the end of next June. The
army is now short of its requirements to the
extent of 3,685 horses and 2,172 mules. So the
committee added $600,000 to the army’s appro—
priation for the purpose of buying horses and
mules. Uncle Sam’s horses and mules are evi-
dently like those of many farmers, getting near
the end of their usefulness. It is time to raise
some colts, not for army use but for farm work.

CONGRATULATIONS

ON county, Kentucky, deserves congratu-
lations and all the publicity it will get by
being the ﬁrst county in the United States to

discard utterly the scrub bull. That county, af-
ter a campaign lasting over ﬁve years, has now
146 pure—bred bulls and not a grade or a scrub.
The county’s record is good in another respect,
for it stands third among the counties the farm-

, ers of which are using pure-bred sires of all

kinds.
A BURIED TALENT ‘
1806 a twenty dollar gold piece was put into
the cornerstone of a certain church. If that
building is demolished next year the church
will have twenty dollars. But if that gold piece
had been drawing interest at six per cent ever
since it was put into the cornerstone the church
would have next year $40,960, on the principle.
that money at compound interest at that rate
doubles in eleven years. All of which may ro-
mind some folks of a certain parable.

COMING EVENTS
June 4.—Annual Livestock Feeders’ , Day,
Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich.

July 30.—-Farmers’ Day at Michigan State 1

College, East Lansing, Mich. . . L
September 5 to '11.a-'—M1ehigan [State Fe 1:.

State Fair GrOundsg’  an
Octobefrorto 18. _, 

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fair treatment from concerns at a distance.
different concerns for our subscribers. This
subscription is paid In advance.)

UNION MUTUAL CASUAIJI‘Y
COMPANY

Can you give me any information
as to the reliability of the Union Mu-
tual Casualty Company, of Des
Moines, Iowa. They sent me a let-
ter and enclosed a card asking for
name, weight, age, name of beneﬁci-
ary, income and bank reference.
They send a polciy for inspection.—
Reader, Houghton Lake, Mich.

,never heard of the company
before receiving this letter, but
’ the State Department of Insur-
ance wrote us under date of May
7th that the Union Mutual Casualty
Company, of Des Moines, Iowa, is
not authorized to transact an insur-
ance business in the state of Mich-
igan; therefore, any contracts they
enter into with citizens of this state
are void and unenforceable in a
Michigan court.

 

ART COLLEGE FRAUD

ECENTLY we received an in-
R quiry regarding the Art College
of LaPorte, Indiana, and the
subscriber sent in all of the public-
ity, matter for us to look it over. We
had never heard of the "college" so
we read most carefully the litera-
ture and learned that for the small
sum of $2 one would receive “No. 1
TRIAL OUTFIT of Shading Pen In-
structions, consisting of Nos. 3 and
4 Shading Pens, Form D, Series No.
1 and 2 Copy Book, Form D 2, Text
Sheets of Pen Work, Copies of 24
lessons in Shaded Alphabet, Shading
Pen Ink, Form D 1 and 2, Return
Text Sheet Blank for Inscription and
correction of my 24 lessons by mail,
Form K, Pupils’ Registration Blank
for organizing a ‘Home Circle’ in
case I should want to, together with
circulars and printed matter for dis-
tribution among my friends and ac—
quaintances notifying them of my
appointment as your Managing
Member) and my Certiﬁcate of
Membership in the Art College.”
Also one was to make a trial of ﬁrst
learning to use No. 3 and 4 shading
pens under the system ofiinstruc-
tions and guidance, with a view to
continuing and engaging with the
“Art College" permanently upon a
salary or commission, as a home ar-
tist, teacher or agent as one might
decide after completing the instruc-
tion.

That sounded like “some” bar-
gain for $2 and we tried to investi—
gate further but our letter to the
“College” was returned and written
across the front of the envelop was
"Fraudulent." So it seems that this
“shading” business was rather
“shady” all around.

 

FEDERAL REERVE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF KANSAS
0 many inquiries have been re—
ceived recently regarding the
Federal Reserve Life Insurance
Company of Kansas City, that we
are inclined to believe that many of
our readers failed to see the infor-
mation we published regarding this
company in our March 27th issue.
This company is apparently ﬂood-
ing Michigan with its publicity mat-
ter regarding an accident insurance
policy.

From what we are able to learn
the company should be able to pay
its claims but the policy issued is'a
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The purpose of this department ie to re-
tect our subscribers from fraudulent do. n.
or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at
a distance.

In every case we will do our best to make
e satisfactory settlement or force action. for
which no charge for our services will ever be
made. providing: '

1.—1'he claim is made by a paid-up sdb~
ecrlber te The Busineee Farmer.

2.—-'l‘he claim Is not more than 0 mos. old.

3.—The claim is not local or between nee-

le within easy distance of one another.
heee should be settled at ﬁrst hand and not
attempted by mail. _

Address all letters. giving full particulars,
amounts, dates, etc.. enclosing also yeur ad-
dress label from the front cover of any issue
to breve that you are a 4» subscriber. '
THE BUSINESS FARMER. Collection Bea

R It. clement. Iich.

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advice on stocks and bonds, and Investi ate

service. Including a personal letter. is free on

the premium charge is very low;
$3.50 per year on $1,000, according
to their publicity matter. However,
under date of March 13th, the State
Department of Insurance advised us
that this company is not authorized
~or licensed to transact an insurance
business in the state of~Michigan.
Consequently, any business placed
with them by Michigan residents is
not valid and is unenforceable in
the courts of this state. Don’t
throw away your money on such a
policy.

THE REAL FETATE SALESMAN

I have a bunch of papers on hand
from “The Real Estate Salesman” of
Lincoln, 'Nebraska, which I consider
bunk, and Will forward them to you
so you can keep other suckers from
biting. I sent them $5 two years
ago, they sent me a list of 500
agents which I destroyed, and I have
never heard from them since, 'al-
though I have noticed in several
different papers that they are still
advertising for customers. I would
like your opinion on them.——J. D.,
Arenac County.

IHE Real Estate Salesman, of
Lincoln, Nebraska, is a new
company to us but their scheme

of operation is an old one that has
been exposed many times through
our columns. Their business and
methods of carrying it on seem to be
the same as Warren McRae, D. F.
Bush, 0. K. Hawley, and others.

In their advertising they state
they wish to get in touch with own~
ers of farms for sale, then if you
answer their ad you will ﬁnd that
they want you to list your farm in
their “bulletin” or “catalogue” for
a sum of from $2 to $10, so they
can sell it for you. If you fail to
respond to their ﬁrst offer which is
about $10 they will follow with oth-
er letters offering special rates until
they get down to a dollar or two.
because—~well, a dollar is better
than nothing for your trouble, you
know.

As for any farms being sold in
this way, we have yet to learn of
any, and we have a standing offer
that we Will run an advertisement
free of all charges at the head of
this department to any so—called real
estate agent who can prove that he
has satisﬁed one out of every hun-
dred persons from whom a listing
fee was taken. So far we have not
been called upon to make good our
offer.

 

HAMILTON MUI‘ORS AND APEX
MOTOR TRUCK

Can you give me any information

regarding the Hamilton Motors Cor—

poration, of Grand Haven? What

is stock worth?—Reader, Wayne
County.
HE Hamilton Motors Corpora-

tion and successor corporations,

the Apex Motor Truck Com-
pany and the Panhard Motor Truck
Company, of Grand Haven, Michi-
gan, discontinued operations about
ﬁve years ago, and the affairs of the
company were liquidated. The as—
sets taken over by the bank to satis-
fy loans for about $80,000 make by
the bank to the company included
the factory building which has since
been sold to the Hayes Products
Company of Grand Haven, now op-
erating there.

At ﬁrst the company was quite
successful, doing a large export bus-
iness, but when the foreign coun-
tries ceased ta’king American goods
9. great many trucks shipped to vari-
ous foreign ports were returned to
them, thus bringing about the dis-
aster. Needless to say, the stock is
absolutely worthless.

Received check for $36.10 from the
company so am writing to let you
know. . This letter was mailed March
30th but owing to the storm have not
had our mail so did mot receive it until
April 5th. Many thanks» to you for get-
ting it for us, as we could not even get
a reply from them; You sure are doing
e.' good work for the farmers. as they
get cheated enough, without getting beat
out of their mp: entirely. “You may be

 

 

 

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Current issue now being
aﬁered
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Detroit, Michigan

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Normal Federal Income Tax Up to 11/2%
Paid by Borrower

Federal Bond 59’
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Federal Bond 89’ Mortgage Building in Detroit, Michigan I

Producing the highest rate
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By Anne Campbell

Hush and milk for supper. /
Used to have it lets; 

‘ Mush and milk for supper A’

For the little tots!

Ate it in the kitchen
From a bowl of blue.

An' its taste bewitchin'
Satisﬁed us, too.

Starchy gingham curtain,
Posies rich and red,

Clock that told for certain
Time to go to bed.

Sunbeams now a dyin'
Through the winder pane,

Shone upon us. sighin'
That the day must wane.

Happy days of childhood,
Sunny lanes and streams,

Fields and ferny wildwoods,
Clear and lovely dreams!

Simple ways to wander,
Simple paths to take.

Simple truths to ponder
For our mother’s sake!

Mush and milk for supper,
Simple fare and plain—-
Mush and milk for supper
Bring those days again!
(Copyright, 1926.)

EARNING PIN MONEY

SEE you would like to have us

farm women tell of ways we

make pin money. This is the
way I do. I have a 250-egg incuba-
tor, so early in the spring I set this.
I usually get about 150 good healthy
chicks, sometimes more, and I sell
these day old chicks for $15.00 per
hundred. Also I do custom hatch-
ing. I get ﬁve cents per egg and the
customer furnishes their own eggs.
Along about this time my hens get
broody and I set enough hens to
hatch about 100 chicks for myself.
I also make quite a large garden so
that I have quite a few vegetables
to sell such as early pickling beets,

tomatoes, cabbages, sweet corn,
squash and pumpkin. Also ﬁnd a
quick sale for melons. I have a

blackboard out in front of our place
and I write on that whatever I have
to sell and so generally sell right at
the door. I never try to see how
much I can get out of a customer.
I ask a reasonable price and have no
trouble in getting rid of all my sur-
plus vegetables.

I also have Guineas that take care
of themselves and I realize quite a.
little out of them. This year we
raised a few ducks too and I keep
a ﬂock of turkeys. We had in a
half acre of stringless string beans
this past year. There is also good
money in them. It is hard work to
pick them, but we farm women are
used to that.

I invested my day old chick money
into a couple of yearling calves last
spring and expect to make good in-
terest on that money.

It seems to me there are so many
ways we women can earn extra
money, if we only look around us
and seize the opportunity, and not be
afraid of what someone else will
think. I have a. friend who cans
fruit and vegetables for her city re—
latives and friends for which they
pay her a good price and still anoth-
er woman I know takes summer
boarders. She has a large house.
So there are many ways if we are
really in earnest about it to make
extra money. I hope these few sug—
gestions may help someone—A Busy
Farmer’s Wife, Fremont, Michigan.

 

PREVENTING GOITER BY
EATING FISH
REATER use of ﬁsh as a means
of preventing goiter, is recoms
mended by Marie C. Doermann,
foods specialist at the New Jersey
College of Agriculture.

In countries where ﬁsh is eaten in
abundance goiter is very rare, and
in the sections of the United States
where ﬁsh is used generously the
same holds true. In the inland sec-
tions of the United States known as
the “goiter belt”, where ﬁsh is a
rare article of diet, goiter is very
common.

Goiter is believed to be caused by
a lack of iodine in the body. This
mineral substance, together with all
i the others which the body requires,

‘ must be supplied in the food we eat.

Salt—water ﬁsh are especially rich
:in iodine. The use of more ﬁsh in
the meals of the average family
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do this.

, shine in just what measure
we interest ourselves in
their aﬂairs.

So “Count your blessings,
name them one by one."

 

 

Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR

EAR FOLKS: Memorial Day—not many among us, who do not
cherish memories of some one very dear. Until two years ago
my family circle was unbroken, so some time the day comes

when Memorial Day has a different meaning to us than being a
National holiday, set apart in memory of those who died for our

But the question is, how are we facing these trials which come '
to us? When we open our hearts to the Savior and remember that
sorrow is not sent to consume us, “but our gold to reﬁne,” we can ask
ourselves, who am I that I should not know the full meaning of Mem-
orial Day, when God’s own Son was not spared.

There is so much in the world about us which speaks of cheer
and beauty at this time of the year, that it only remains for us to
“tune-in” and ﬁnd the comfort and hope which we are seeking.

Again, we must live for those who are left—mot those who have
gone beyond. Perhaps there are a few whose family circle has nar-
rowed down until only one remains. This is a situation which re-
quires real courage; when one can speak a cheery word of greeting
With a smile thrown in after being left alone, to finish Life’s journey,
they have learned the meaning of courage.

Then there are always the children—Heme one else’s if not our own.
Nothing is so worthwhile as a human life; we (an always ﬁnd sun-

Address letters: Mrs. Annlo Taylor. care The Iuslneu Farmer. Mt. Clemens. Mlohlgen.

 

 

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which the average ﬁsh is assimilat-
ed by the body, ﬁsh is especially re-
commended for people who, are not
doing hard physical work.

The markets offer a great variety
of ﬁsh from which the housewife
may choose, and in that way add a
pleasing variety to the meals. Mack-
erel, sole, haddock, cod ,halibut, and
similar varieties are economical.

Because ﬁsh are one of the most
common sources of ptomaine poison-
ing, the greatest care must be used
in their selection and care. Fresh
ﬁsh have bright red gills; clear,
open eyes; ﬁrm ﬂesh—not ﬂabby. If
the scales are dull and come off easi-
ly, reject the ﬁsh. Frozen ﬁsh are
put in the freezers fresh and are
frozen so quickly there is no chance
for decomposition. Thaw ﬁsh by
placing them in cold water until all
the frost is removed, then cock as
fresh ﬁsh. Serve vegetables gener-
ously with ﬁsh—carrots, onions, cel-
ery, tomatoes—the highly ﬂavored
and tart ones are best with ﬁsh
which are bland in ﬂavor.

TO CLEAN SILVERWARE
RNISHED silverware may be
cleaned by the following me-
thod: Place the silverware in
an aluminum pan and estimate the
amount of water needed to cover it.
Sprinkle equal parts of salt and soda
over the silverware at the rate of
one tablespoonful to each quart of
water to be used. Pour boiling wa—
ter over the silverware until it is
entirely covered. If it is badly tar-
nished, put the pan on the stove and
boil the solution three to ﬁve min-
utes. The tarnish will leave the sil-
verware and go to the aluminum.
When this electrolysis has been com-
pleted, remove the silverware from
the pan, wash and rinse it, and dry

Do Not Provoke

“DON’T laugh at the jealous
child,” advise child training
specialists at the state college
of home economics at Ithaca, N. Y.
“The child’s emotions are too deli-
cate to be played with and unless
steps are taken to help him to over-
come his jealousy, it may grow until
it is impossible for him to live or
work comfortably with any group.
“No child likes to play ‘second

pﬁddle’ to a new baby or to a more

attractive brother, sister, or play-
mate. Unless he is made to feel that
he is equally important he may de-
velop in either of' two ways which
are bad for him. He may develop
a feeling of bitterness and inferior-
ity, or he may develop a boastful,
domineering attitude in an effort to
control the situation and preserve
his self respect.

“Unfavorable comparison with
other children is one of the surest
ways to make a child jealous. When

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it with a soft cloth. The aluminum
pan may be cleansed by cooking
some fruit such as rhubarb in it.

KJEEPING THE YOUNG FOLKS
ON THE FARIVI

{EAR Mrs. Taylor: I do enjoy the
MfB. F. It is very interesting
to read about the older people.

We enjoy the article by Mr. Ed Al—
len. We always like those sermons,
all the very best, and the home de-
partment I always read ﬁrst. I like
to read the children’s letters. I was
always interested in children and
their ways.

Now in regard to keeping the chil-
dren on the farm, just keep them in-
terested and be companions to them.
Talk up your business and don’t
ever allow yourself to run down the
business you are in.—Mrs. B., Liv-
ingston County.

TAKEN FOR GRANTED

NE of the little peculiarities of

life today is the number of
‘ things which are taken for
granted by the modern generation.
It is taken for granted that some-
body will ﬁnd a substitute for gaso—
line when the supply runs out; that
somebody will observe the “plant-a-
tree” movement and keep the coun-
try from being a treeless nation;
and that everybody will sometime
get tired of a treeless nation; and
that everybody will sometime get
tirde of so—called “weeks” and days.
But one fact always sticks in the
minds of the members of the house-
hold, and it is well that this is so.
It is this: That the home is the
place to go when one gets in trouble.
This is not true without exception,
but it is eternally to the credit of
American parenthood that it is so
in the majority of cases, and it is

Jealousy in Child

he feels that another child is clev-
erer, stronger, or superior in some
way, his own talents should be de—
veloped consciously so that he can
have the satisfaction of success in
some other line.

“Jealousy of a new baby in the
family may be prevented if the old—
er child is shown that he still re-
tains the attention and love of the
older members of the family. He
can be given a. sense of responsi-
bility toward the baby and the im-
portance which he feels as a result
of this will frequently over-come any
jealousy. .

“The jealous child is always sens-
itive to unpopularity among his
playmates. If he sees that there is
cause for his unpopularity, his sens-
itiveness increases. A deﬁnite eﬁort
should be made to help him over-
come the difﬁculty so that he may
be made agreeable both to himself
and to others." ,

 

can 'parenthood that it shall always
be so. Mothers and fathers have
mﬁy burdens loaded on their shoul-
de , and this should be at once the
heaviest and most pleasant of any
to bear.

BEAUTYANDTHEKIW.
SINK

EAUTY is more than skin deep
whether it is in people, furni-
ture or kitchen sinks. A gleam-

ing white porcelain sink is good to
look at, but if the drain is clogged
with grease it is not pleasant to use.
Thorough ﬂushing with hot water
after each dish washing helps to
keep it odorless and clean, but
more drastic measures are necessary
now and then. To clear the pipe
drain, pour into it a gallon of boil-
ing water to warm the pipe, then
follow it with a cupful of kerosene.
This forms an emulsion with the
grease in the pipe. After ﬁve or
ten minutes, ﬂush the drain with
another gallon of boiling water and
the deed is done. To keep the sink
as it should he, never pour grease
into it, and dispose of particles of
food in the garbage can, not the sink
drain.

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

Care of Cactus.—I would like to know

how to care for Christmas Cactus. I
have one six years old and every No-
vember it has a bud on every leaf and
when they are about one inch long they
drop om Probably one or two coming
to full bloom. I keep it growing in the
living room the year around and keep
it well watered. It grows real fast and
real tall like a tree branching out. Could
you give me something so all the buds
would bloom?—-«Mrs. E., Kalamazoo.
Michigan.
-—/I‘he dropping of ﬂowers is due to one
of several conditions in the house—too
dry an atmosphere, insufﬁcient light and
presence of coal gas. Bringing the plant
close to the window, straying it daily
with water and the use of bone meal
sprinkled upon the surface of the soil
will produce more ﬂowers—Alex Laurie,
Floriculture, M. S. C.

Fly On Plant—I would like some in-
formation concerning house plants. There
is a tiny white-winged insect which lives
on the under side of the leaves and if
left a while cover said parts with white
eggs nearly as large as themselves. The
leaves soon turn yellow and drop and the
plant in general does not thrive. Please
write me how to get rid of them as I
value the plants—Mrs. H. L., Romeo,
Michigan.

—These insects are imprevious to any
treatment short of hydrocyanic gas fumi-
gation. This is an extremely poisonous
substance and can only be used by ex-
perienced persons. It would be wise to
have a ﬂorist near by take care of the
plant—Alex Laurie, Floriculture, M. 8.0.

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—if you are well bred!

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Putting on the Ring at Weddinga—At
the proper point in the service, the best
man, custodian of the ring draws it from
his pocket—mot to have it ready when
the moment comes is the offence unpar-
donable—and hands it to the bridegroom.
Then the bride (who has either removed
her glove or ripped the third ﬁnger under-
seam so that it will slip on easily), holds
out her hand and the bridegroom puts
the ring on her ﬁnger. The couple kneel
in prayer and rise--ma.rried.

 

 

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Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on
earth—Matt. 6:10.

You, not of the ﬂesh, but the real.
spiritual, eternal You, have a distinct
place in the divine economy, and were
created for a special purpose. This being
the case, you can readily understand that
it is of the utmost importance that God’s
will shall be done concerning you, and
that nothing else of comparable conse-
quence.

 

 

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with interest information about Florida
real estate you want to see Thomas Meig-
han in his latest picture, “The New Klon-
dike.” He is a ball player and the team
goes to a Florida town for spring train-
ing. He gets into the real estate game,
makes a pile of money and then takes
the rest of the team into the company he
forms. His enemies plan his downfall
and they trick him into paying a big
price for a worthless piece of property.
He then turns the tables by selling it
back at a proﬁt. The picture gives one
a good idea of the methods used to sell
property down there, although they are
colored up quite a bit in the picture.
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Brown Potato Bella—«Peel and boil pots:-
toes. Mash, add the seasoning, 0. level
tablespoon of butter, 9. half teaspoon of
salt and dash of pepper to two cups of
potato. Mix the mixture until tine grain-
ed and creamy. Form into balls. Dip
in well beaten egg. Roll in bread crumbs
and fry in deep fat until brown. Serve
hot. The potato is easier to handle it
it is still! when made into balls.

' There are a-number of variations of
this recipe. Two tablespoons of thick
cream may be used in place of the but-
ter. Parsley or celery leaves may be
chopped very ﬂne~and added at the rate

of two level teaspoons to two cups of'

potato. Onion may be used in the same
way. The Spanish onion is the best be-
cause it is of mild ﬂavor; add it at the
rate at level tablespoon to a cup of
potato.

Finely grated American cheese will give
a different ﬂavor and crushed peanuts
may also be used, a tablespoon of either
to a cup of potato.

 

Yeast Bread, Quick Method—JEWO cakes
compressed yeast. three and one-half
quarts ﬂour, 1 quart lukewarm water,
two teaspoonfuls salt, two tablespoonst
sugar, one tablespoonful (heaping) lard
or butter. Dissolve the yeast in half the
water, and the sugar and salt in the
other half. Mix thoroughly the water
containing the yeast sugar and salt, and
add to it three quarts of ﬂour. Work in
the lard and make a moderately stiff
dough. Knead about ten minutes, then
cover and set to rise in a warm place
free from drafts. When light, which will
be in two or two and one-half hours,
make into loaves (small ones are prefer-
nble,) put into well-greased pans to rise
again. In forty-rave minutes your bread
will be ready to bake. The whole process
requires only four hours, and does away
with the sponge, which makes bread—
baking such a task. The extra pint of
ﬂour is used to ﬂour the board in knead-
ing. Half the quantity can be made by
using one cake of yeast.

Rhubard Conserve.~—-3 pounds rhubarb,
3 oranges, 3 pounds sugar, 174; pound wal-
nuts, 1 pound raisins, 1 cup water.

Coffee Bread.—A recipe for German
coffee bread or Kuchen. The proper or
right way is to use scalded sweet milk

for liquid and butter for shortening. I ‘

use nice light bread dough mixing some
shortening into it when putting it into the
bake tins as you would for raised his-
cuits using some sweet shortening, no
butter and it is good. Roll or press
dough into one—half inch sheet. Put in
greased bake pan, spread top with soft—
ened butter, then sprinkle over top the
following mixture: ’l‘wo parts ﬂour,
three parts sugar, a liberal seasoning of
cinnamon. rub or mix butter into this
until it is crumbly, then sprinkle over
top of greased dough. Drop bits of but-
ter over top. Let raise, then bake usual-
ly from twenty to thirty minutes until
done.

Suet Pudding.—Suet chopped ﬁne, rais-
ins chopped, syrup and sour milk each
one cup. Soda two even teaspoonsful,
ﬂour enough to form a stiff batter. Pour
into a basin and steam 135 hours. Keep
the water boiling and keep the cover on
tight. This recipe is from Dr. Chase’s
recipe book. The original calls for 1,5
cup of currents but it is better without
to suit me.

Pudding Sauces—Butter, one table-
spoon; ﬂour, two tablespoons; sugar, 36
cup; one pint boiling water. Let boil
and after it cools a little add one tea-
spoon lemon extract.

Johnny Caks.——’I‘wo cups milk, not very
sour, two cups corn meal; one cup ﬂour;
salt, ’5 teaspoon; soda, one teaspoon;
sugar, three tablespoons; shortening, one
tablespoon. Bake In low tin or pan.

White Cooldes.—-One cup sugar, one—half
cup shortening, one-halt cup sour milk,
a scant teaspoon soda; mix ﬂrm like his-
cuit, add a. little nutmeg and salt. I have
used this recipe over forty years—Mrs.
J. B., Livingston County.

 

 

Homespun Yarn

 

 

Simshine and fresh air are the best
remedies for musty odors.

A little lemon juice helps to bring out
the ﬂavor of dried fruits.

Remove white water marks from var—
nished furniture by rubbing them with a
light machine oil.

Aunt Ada's Axioms: True modesty is
rare; many people fail to recognize it
when they see it.

The attitude toward the work makes
all the dimerenoe in the world between
:10 1pleasure and the drudgery of house-

or .

It Johnny doesn't like to drink all 01'
his quart of milk a day, give a part of
it to him in custards, cream soups, and
weaned vegetables. or cooked in cereals.

Mayonnaise which has "cracked" may
still be used it it is added slowly to a
hash ,smulsion made from an egg yolk
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EAR girls and boys: It must

be that our last “What’s Wrong

in This Picture?” contest was
a real hard one because out of the
hundreds of letters we received
there was only one that contained a
complete list of the mistakes. This
letter was written by Miss Neva
Rice, of Hartford, and the ﬁrst
prize of S3 was sent to her. Here
is a complete list of the mistakes:

Word “the” misspelled on show
sign; cent sign misplaced on ticket
booth; ticket seller using wrong end
of megaphone; ﬂags blowing in op—
posite directions; peddler has ba—
nana sign but is selling apples; ped-
dler has six ﬁngers on one hand; one
bunch of balloons is not fastened;
man in distance has one short and
one long pants leg; man in fore-
ground smoking pipe and cigar at
same time; man in foreground has
cap on backwards; rope should not
be across entrance; stripes on man’s
pant legs do not run in the same di-
rections; .ﬂower does not have two
ifferent kinds of leaves; 0W1 does

t come out in daytime; apple ped-
dler has only half a mustache.

Do you remember how many of
these mistakes you found?

Our latest contest is one on poetry
and, as I write this it has still two
days to run, so I cannot announce
the Winners in this issue but their
names will appear in the June 5th
issue. Also in that issue I would
like to announce another contest
and Wish you would write me tell-
ing just what kind of a contest you
want next. You tell me what it
shall be and I will do my very best
to comply with your wishes. Send
in your suggestions—UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I received your
letter and decided to describe a pleasure
and health seeking trip to the north.

One day in July, 1924, we prepared for
a huckleberry picking trip and packed
clothes and food and left for Howard
City. We visited relatives for three days
and, as they had a large family we slept
in our Dodge and enjoyed ('2) several
electrical storms. We then went on to
Evart and visited an uncle, leaving there
in the evening.

On a lonely road near Marion we made
camp and while mother and father were
getting us a lunch we were surprised by
some highway men, of course, we chil-
dren wanted to move on. We drove to
McBain where mother was well acquaint—
ed and daddy thought we were back to
Stanton but we soon found out we were
near our destination and drove on toward
Cadillac where we stopped until morning.
We had some business there which kept
us until noon when we started east to—
ward Houghton Lake country. We stop-
ped in Lake City, where we saw one of
daddy's brothers for a short time then
went on to where two more of his broth-
ers live, to pick berries.

While picking berries here a car came
up with four men who claimed they were
State Police and were looking for a man
that was killed in there and robbed of
$5,000. We were a triﬂe cautious as they
looked more like murderers than police.

We then Went to visit an aunt and

uncle and from there we went to Lake
City and visited daddy’s brother. Then
we went to Cadillac and visited. From
there we went to Big Rapids and home.
By our trip Daddy regained his health.
I am your niece, Canstunce Wiggins, R2,
Balding, Michigan.
—You surely had quite a trip, Constance,
and plenty of excitement. Do you sup-
pose you will ever care to take another
one similar to it?

Dear Uncle Ned:~—I have written to
you once lwl‘orc, but not seeing my ll-ttl-l'
in print i thought I would write again.

I will trzll you of the books i have road.
They are: Little \‘Vomnn, Robinson Cru-
soe, Anderson's Fairy Tales, Alice in Won-
derland, Treasure island, Hans ltrinlu—r,
Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Jail/lllhmd,
Child’s Garden of Verses, Huckleberry
Firm, The Little Lame l‘rinoe, Gulliver's
Travels, and Adventures of Odysseus, i
love to read books and stories. 1 have
read lots of Horatio Alger's books,

I am in the seventh grade at whim!
and we have a. very good teacher. Her
name is Miss Bprau.

I have eight brothers and I am the
only girl in our family. The other day
at schoolmhadtowriteapoemtor
English. The two best poems were to
be published in the Tustin Times. The
name of mine was “Our Girls’ Baseball
Team.” Mine and Stanley Johnson's to

boy in my grade) were to be published.

Well, I will close with two riddles. If
a hen and a half lays an egg and a half,
how much does a. pound of cheese weigh?
Two Hebrews, one German, and a. colored
man were walking along the street with
snow two feet deep. What time is it?
Who ever answers these correctly will
receive a. letter from me. Your loving
niece.—-—Frances Byers. Tustin. Michigan.
-—You are quite a reader, Frances, and
I hope your interest in good books ever
increases. Now as to your poems—why
do you not send in some for the Chil-
dren’s Hour?

Dear Uncle Nedz—This is the ﬁrst time
I have written you, but I guess you will
have room for me. Well I will describe
myself. I am ﬁve feet and three inches
tall and am ﬁfteen years old and in the
seventh grade. I have three brothers and
one sister. My father is dead and I am
staying with my grandparents. We take
the M. B. F. and enjoy it very much, and
I especially enjoy the Children’s Hour.
I would like very much to join your club
and would like to hear from some of the
cousins. Well, I will close, hoping that
the waste basket is full and running
over. Your niece, Violet Mitchell, L. B.
107, Frankfort, Michigan.
—Yes, I think we can ﬁnd space for
your short letter. Drop in again.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I enjoy reading the
Children’s Hour very much. Perhaps you
would be interested to know that I am
a sophomore in the Lincoln Consolidated
school near Ypsilanti. As our school was
burned in December we are being trans-
ported to Ypsilanti in our school busses
to share the Roosevelt High School with
the pupils who attend there. Although
we are in the same building we have our
Lincoln teachers and our regular school
system. We are eagerly awaiting next
fall when a bigger and better building
is to be completed. This new building
is to be ﬁreproof, too. We are very
proud of this school and our five teachers
you may be sure. We are also proud of
our ﬁne forty-seven piece band, which
was organized and is directed by our ag-
ricultural teacher.

This is the ﬁrst time I have written and

I think I had better close as my letter
is long enough now. Your new friend.—
Madcly Clarissa Staebler, Route 1, Box
37, Willis, Michigan.
—-Will you write and tell us more about
your school? I am sure most of the
children would be interested in reading
about it—and I know I would be.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am going to write
to the children’s page once. This is the
ﬁrst time I have written to it and if I
see my letter in print on the children’s
page I may write again.

Uncle Ned, would you like to live on a
farm? I live on a forty—acre farm and
I am going to tell you about the good
times I have on the farm. There are
lots of birds around my home, many dif-
ferent kinds. 1 have one pet and that is
a. cat. I like it very much. On our
farm we have about one hundred chick-
ens, two horses, two cows and two calves.
Won’t you be glad when spring comes?
I will. In the spring and summer we
have good times. We go after ﬂowers,
I like to go in the woods and hunt
ﬂowers.

I wrote to Jeanette Olson but have not
heard from her but I think she will an—
swer my letter later.

I think now I must tell something about
myself. I weigh eighty—five pounds and
have long hair. I have two brothers
named Charlie, Jr., and Howard and two
sisters named Mary and Marion. I am
eleven years old and in the seventh grade.
I go to the Hoyer School and have a
very fine teacher. Her name is Miss
Grace Brink. She lives at Hamilton,
Michigan. We take the M. B. F. and I
like it very much. Most always I read
the children's page ﬁrst. Well I must
close and let someone else have room.
Will some of the cousins write to me?—
Dorothy Skinner, ltfl, Hopkins, Mich.
—-Yes, I would like to live on the farm.
I lived on a farm for a great number of
years and cxzwct someday to go back to
it to opt-mi the remainder of my days
day dreaming about all of the boys and
ﬁ'ii‘li“. who haw: written to me. But that
time is a long ways off yet.

 

lumr Uncle Kalb—Ma)! I come in
again? i wrote a letter once before and
it was in print, so I thought I would try
again, i received the pen which you sent
and many thanks for it because it comes
in handy. i did not expect I would Win
my of the prim! but was glad to hear
from you.

it has hem a long time since I wrote
last so i will describe myself again. I
am five feet. six inches tall, brown hair
and him: eyes. I am fifteen years old.
For pets 3 have four pigeons and one
dog untried Chum. I will leave room
for some one else’s letter. so will close.
Hoping to hear from some of the cousins,
your nephew—Ernst Corwin, Box 24,
Grsyting, W. _
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WIRING the month of March re-

ports were received from 84
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tions. More than 23,000 cows were
tested in the 2,115 herds owned by
the members of these Associations.

A summary of all of the reports

shows that 2,961 cows made more

than 40 pounds of butter-tat for the
month of March: while 1,627 cows
produced above 60 pounds buttertat.

An interesting item showing that

the work of the Cow Testing Asso-

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the number of unproﬁtable cows
sold out of the Associations during

March. The average Michigan As-

sociation tests about 290 cows while

in March alone more than 320 cows
were sold as unproﬁtable animals.

Thus it could be said that the entire

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Michigan Cow Testing Associations

was sold for beef during March.

Feed shortages are becoming
acute in many sections. A new test-
ing association, reporting for the
ﬁrst time, shows that seventeen
herds were losing money and that
the majority of the dairymen were
low in feeds. Springtime will thus
be welcomed by all. It will be
especially welcomed by the dairymen
in that it helps reduce the labor
about the barn and the cows will
respond also because of the improve-
ment and change in the feed. Dairy-
men should be particular, however,
regarding turning their cows out on
pasture too early. The ﬁrst growth
of pasture grass is exceedingly
heavy in water content; More than
75% of the weight of pasture grass
is water and for this reason a great
abundance of grass is needed to sa-
tisfy the maintenance and milk pro-
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cow. The pasture itself also suﬂers
severely when cows are turned onto
the pasture too early.

During March the highest produc-
ing two year old was a purebred
Holstein owned by the Michigan
Farm Colony at Wahjamega, Michi-
gan, members of the Tuscola No. 1
C. T. A. A purebred Jersey. Owned
by J. M. Landis of the Hillsdale No.
2 Association, was second in this age
class for all cows under test in Mich-
igan.

E. W. Fenton, member of the Ma-
comb No. 2, owned the highest three
year old. His cow produced 100.49
pounds of butterfat under four
times a day milking and was re-
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pounds of butter-tat.

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age class; both of these purebred
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50 pounds and at tour months
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DILIGENT HATCHERY & POULTRY FARM, Harm J. Knoll
Route No. 11. HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

Barron English White Leghorns
June Price, 9c per Chick

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AND vnth RURAL Chi Send for copy today.

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(Continued from Page 4)

1y successful. ‘ The State Farm Bu-'

reau has marketed the wool the last
two years in combination with the
Ohio Wool Growers’ Cooperative As-
sociation, and growers who pooled
through this arrangement during
1924 were so highly satisﬁed that
the amount pooled last year showed
an increase of more than 50 per
cent over the previous year. The
average price received by the pool-
ers was several cents above that
paid by local old line dealers.

The Michigan State Farm Bureau
maintains a Poultry Exchange De-
partment at Detroit, which handles
live poultry, eggs, dressed veal and
large quantities of rabbits in season.
This department is rendering a real
service to individual farmers and to
the local cooperative associations
over a considerable area of the
state.

At the headquarters of the Bu-
reau at Lansing there is a fabrics
department which handles 100 per
cent virgin wool sultings, overcoat
material, blankets, auto robes, wool
batts and men’s underwear and
socks. Superior tailoring service
for both suits and overcoats is fea-
tured by this department.

The Farm Bureau has been very
successful in discovering and main-
taining the necessary leadership and
managerial ability to make each one
of these departments self-sustaining,
a fact which it can be very proud of.
As its business interests are now on
a. stable basis, the Farm Bureau is
planning on devoting a larger por-
tion of its attention to the more
general problems which so vitally
concern its members and all other
farmers.

Own Paper

Four years ago the Michigan
State Farm Bureau established its
own newspaper, the Michigan Farm
Bureau News, which is published
twice each month and goes out to
the entire membership, as well as
to all of the publishers of weekly
papers, banks, high schools, and
other organizations and individuals.
Also regular news releases are sent
out from state headquarters to more
than 300 weekly newspapers.

At the Farm Bureau headquarters
a. Trafﬁc Department is maintained
where rates are quoted, freight bills
audited and claims for loss and da-
mage and overcharge collected for
individual Farm Bureau members,
local co—ops, and the state—wide
commodity exchanges. Trafﬁc at-
torneys are retained to represent the
farmers interests in many important
hearings and cases which are con-
stantly coming up before the Michi-
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when you designate.
These Chicks are Michigan Accredited

LEGHONS
THAT PAY

Extra Ordinary Low Prices on I
' Superior 5. C. White Leghorns ’ 

During the weeks of May 31, June 7, 14, 21 or 28 we will
deliver to you, prepaid, and 100 per cent live delivery guar-
anteed, Superior 8'. C. White Leghorns at the following re-
Just ﬁll in the coupon below for the
number you desire, and mail it today. We will ship your order

These chicks, even at the low prices indicated, are Mich-

  
     

 
     

 

   

 

    
 

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500 for $45
1000 for $85

     
        
 
     

 

   

 

 

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7 ZEELAND,

igan accredited and will pass the exacting requirements to be
classed as such. Superior Chicks are those chicks that, under
practical farm conditions, make good. Order yours today and
avoid disap ointment. Beautiful catalog showing in pictures
all about SIIiperior Leghorns and special matings at higher
prices, sent on request. ,

SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS, (lnc.)
Box 401, MICHIGAN

   

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Enclosed please ﬁnd $.-........._..Jor
which please ship mo..................8. 0.
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Interstate Commerce Commission.

The Farm Bureau has been very
active along legislative lines. It re-
alizes that if its inﬂuence in legisla-
tion is to be most effective, it must
take an unpredjudiced stand after a
most thorough investigation and
consideration. To meet this situa-
tion, the organization makes a con-
tinuous study of both state and na-
tional legislation. The information
so secured is presented to the mem-
bers through the Farm Bureau pa-
per and orally at Farm Bureau
meetings. It is at the service of the
resolutions committee, the State
Farm Bureau board of directors and
the board of delegates.

The Farm Bureau has a represent-
ative at each day's session of the
State Legislature who studies all
bills and writes regular legisativo
reports, not only for the Farm Bu-
reau paper, but also for more than
three hundred Michigan weeklies
and state farm papers. A special
and more conﬁdential service is
rendered to a picked list of Farm
Bureau "Minute Men” over the state
who represent county and local farm
bureaus and cooperative associations
in legislative matters. Through
these Minute Men it is possible for
the state organization to mobilize
on exceedingly short notice the in-
ﬂuence of the entire Farm Bureau
and cooperative movement for or
against any measure regarding
which the membership has gone on
record. ‘

The Farm Bureau has made a.
very comprehensive study of Michi-
gan taxation conditions and pre-
sented them to its members and
other farmers through an extensive
program of publicity and through
speeches at Farm Bureau meetings.
As a result of investigations re-
garding assessment conditions in
ﬁve counties, made by the state
and county Farm Bureaus, farm-
ers of these counties paid $67,-
350 less taxes in 1924 and again in
1925 than they would have paid had
not the Farm Bureau been on the
job protecting their interests.

The Farm Bureau movement has
had a hard and uphill ﬁght and it is
interesting to note that there seems
to be general revival of interest in
it. Last summer membership cam-
paigns were carried on in eleven
counties in thé state and a very sa-
tisfactory membership was signed
up. Indications are that the cam-
paign being now conducted in thirty-
ﬁve counties will be even more suc-
cessful, building up a membership
which will be the basis for a strong
and permanent. farmers’ organiza-
tion.

 

BROADSOOPE FARM NEWS
AND VIEWS

(Continued from Page 8)

all you need, and the most proﬁtable»

one to use.

If the ground has not produced
clover lately, and seems indifferent
to the growth of straw, etc., a com-
plete plant food is to be preferred.
Some think fertilizer prices are so
much higher than they used to be.
It would seem so, if all we buy is
so many pounds of something in a
bag. The fact is, however, fertiliz-
er now, at $45 a ton contains twice
the plant food we used to get in for—
tilizer we bought for $25 a ton. In
other words if one used 200 pounds
of the $25» fertilizer, he would get
as good results from 100 pounds of
the $45 one, for the cheap one was
something like 1-8-2 and the higher
priced one is 2—16-4.

It is quite possible many would
proﬁt more by using lime in place of
fertilizer. Understand, lime con-
tains but little food for plants, but
it does condition the soil so plants
can avail themselves of the plant
food already there and get estab-
After this commercial fer-.
tilizer may be a paying investment.
A volume could be written on the.
use and abuse of fertilizers, and
then the subject would be but well
started. Why not experiment a lit-
tle on your farm this year, using dif-
ferent grades, quantities and me-
thods of application, and prove for
yourself what your farm wants?

And then what? Why tell us about

it, of course!
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Edited by DR. GEO. H. CONN

uoetlona ladl answered f for aid-u
sligmrlbora. “V01! receive a msonal 

GARGET
I would like some advice about a
cow that has the garget. She has
had it for some time. Would you
'kindly tell me what to do for her?
-—0. P., Alden, Michigan.

HRO‘NIC cases of garget are dif-
ﬁcult to handle successfully.
Feed this animal plenty of bran

and oil meal but not too much corn.
A dose of epsom salts if needed. For
the udder get equal parts of tinc-

ply with a toothbrush once each day
to the affected part. I thing that in
a few days this will bring about
an improvement.

COW IS CONSTIPATED

My cow seems to be constipated.
Have had the doctor twice and he
only says to give her salts and gin-
ger, so for about two weeks --have
fed her a pound of salts and one
ounce of ginger twice a day. She
eats just a very little. Just last
month I lost a cow that acted ex—
actly as this cow does. Is there
nothing we can do? She is very
valuable—C. H. F., Ionia, Michigan.

F this cow has no relief by this
time it is not likely anything can
be done for her; this is doubtless

an impaction of the manyplies or
true stomach; this stomach is com—
posed of leaves that interlock Sim--
ilar to the plates in a battery and
when the mass between them be—
comes impacted it is not often that
anything removes it. These animals
are getting too (much dry indigest-
ible feed and should have more
bran, oilmeal and laxative feeds. It
might be well for three or four
weeks to give each of the cows a
tablespoonful of fowlers solution of
arsenic night and morning on the
grain; this is a very good tonic and
might help their digestion.

DOG SUCKS EGGS
Will you please tell me what will

cure a dog of sucking eggs? Some-
thing besides cayenne pepper. How
to prevent white diarrhea in baby

chicks and a cure if they do get it.
How warm should you keep your
brooder house?—Mrs. M. 8., Hudson,
Michigan.

F you tried cayenne pepper and it
did not stop the dog sucking eggs
better get rid of him. Put as

much potassium permangate in each
gallon of drinking water as will lay
on a ﬁve cent piece. Your brooder
house should be kept in the begin-
ning just a little less than the in-
cubator say 95 to 98 degrees; this
will be gradually reduced as the
chicks grow older.

RADIO DEPARTMENT
By JAMES W. H. WEIR. R. E.

(Any question regarding radio will be gladly

answered bv our radio editor. You receive a per-

sonal letter and there is no charge if your sub-
scription ls paid up.)

 

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The Business Farmer radio
market reports and farm news
are broadcast daily, except Sa-
turday and Sunday, through
station WGHP, of Detroit, on
a wave length of 270 meters,
beginning at 7:00 P. M. east-
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SOME WORTH-\VHILE TALKS
‘REf you “tuningain” on the rural
ﬁre—prevention talks we are
broadcasting? One was given
on the evening of May 14, another
May 21, and there is still one more
to come.‘ The third talk will be
given on the evening of May 14,
another May 21, and there is still
one more to come. The third talk
will be given by Hon. L. T. Hands,
state insurance commissioner, after
7 o’clock next Friday evening, May
28. We hope you have not missed
any of these worth-while talks.

The market report comes in ﬁne. It
keeps us. well posted on all markets.
Please send onset the market pads “that
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From Our 250-3220 Egg Bred Line
HOLLYWOOD AND BARRON ENGLISH iS. C. W. LEGHORNS
PRICES LOW NOW!

We are now offering Chicks from our Star Matings which sold in
March for 200 each. Deliveries are for May 24th and 3lst and
each week in June at these unusually low prices.
Selected Matings, Chicks, ....9(‘, each Regardless of number
Star Matings, Uhicks ........ ..llc cach_ ordered.
But Order QUICK! Karsten’s Quality Chicks do not long remain
unsold. Orders are now coming in for June deliveries.
Remember Karsten’s is the stock that has been bred with the idea
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500 for $40.50 plmtimltl.’ For lune .lst and
thereafter 10, loss per ('lncks. All chicks are

from Michigan Accredltcd ﬂocks.

DRENTHE HATCHERY.
Rt. 3, Box 15, Iceland, Michigan.

Egg bred 25 years. Guaranteed to live. Shipped C.0.D.
Low Prepaid Prices. Also Cockemls. Pullels and "2'15-
er't‘ {0? Special Price List and Free Catalog.‘

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Quality Dark Blue Foxes

That produce large Littch and wonderful Pelts.
Buy direct from one of the World’s largest BLUE
FOX FARMS. LOW PRICES. BrepdepAgents
wanted. Write for Free Booklet, price list and
credit plan givmg purchaser one year to pay after
delivery. Member Chamber of Commerce. Bank
references.

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1927 Smith Bldg. SEATTLE.

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Real Money-Mahen—Ilocly, strong, large healthy chlclu from but selected stock.
1 00% Live Delivery Guaranteed

TANCRED STRAINS
500, $57.50
ENGLISH TOM BARRON STRAINS
500, $47.50

All our ﬂocks are individually inspected by
the Michigan State College of Agriculture——
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Insures higest quality.

50, $6.50
50, $5.50

100, $12.00
100, $10.00

numbered leg band.

150 Finest Tancred Males and Finest Large

Tom Barron Males now head our
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Order now!

KNOLL’S HATCHERY
Holland, 

R. R. 12, BOX B

MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED HATCHERIES I

Reduced Prices—Best Chicks

Michigan State Accredited

Satisfaction guaranteed.

as; Best

AT LESS COST

1000, $110.00
1000, $90.00

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absolute satisfaction of our chicks in the hands of

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L O W P R I C E S
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will pay you to investigate one of Michigan's oldest and best liutcheries.

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Let us send you our special price list on Michigan Accredited Chicks which showy how you can snve
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Also Anconas and “(bite \Vyandoti'tgsd

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W. 99
White Wyandottes

direct from this ad.

FOR MAY

ALL FLOCKS MICH. STATE ACCREDITED
Improved English White Leghorns,

Price for May Delivery 500
horns and Anconas ........ ._$12.50 $80.00
. _ 16.00 75.00
Care. In selection, culling, breeding and the intro-
duction of lugh blood lines from other high-
record stock hits nuide ossible this year the ﬁn-
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Chicks Live, Lay and roduce_Egg Proﬁt. Order
nstructive Catalog FREE.
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Chicks that are hatched

College. Refer you to State

Mixed Chicks, $7.60
live delivery prepaid. 0%
Skate Accredited.

HUNDERMAN BROS.

er' 100. Heavy Mixed, $11.

from free range breeders carefully selected. ()ur

‘ ﬂocks and hatchery inspected and passed by representative of Michigan State

Commercial Sayings Bank. Order from this ad.

For Delivery June 1st and after 25 50 100 500 1000
S. C. Wh. and Br. L horns,__......$8.00 $5.25 $10.00 $47.50 $90.00
Barred Rocks, S. G R. eds, .... ._ 350 8.25 12.00 51.50 110.00

Free. catalog. 100 %
down books your order. Our chicks are Michigan

R. R. No. 8. Box 55, ZEELAND, MICH.

 

   
 

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LOW PRICES FOR JUNE CHICKS

There is still plenty of time to

from the prices given below. .
tee 100% live delivery and satisfaction.

3. e. White Leghorns 80, Anconas 80, Ban-ed Rocks 10c, Assorted 7c.

Reliable chicks have proved satisfactory for years.

order today at, abovo prices. Orders less than 100. 1c more.

et chicks that will make winter layers. Order
hese chicks are. strong. healthy and purebred.

You can depend on them.
Bank reference.

47 Seventeenth St. HOLLAND, MICH.

 

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to offer
Our modern hatching facilities and

and Anconas. All Michigan State Accredited.
MICHIGAN POULTRY FARM & HATCHERY,

 

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Michigan Accredited Baby Chicks.

In all our long years of breeding and. hatching Baby Chicks we have never before been in position
ou the unusually high ‘qnahty chicks that we are 4
have again written us enthusiastic letters. commending our to ncks this year—many ordering more,
‘ _ the high grade of breeding stock used. combined with our long

hatching experience insures the high quality you want.
Get Our New Special Prices Before You Buy.

reducing this year. Many customers

We hutch White Leghorns, Barred Rocks

Box 3, HOLLAND. MICHIGAN.

 

 

Every. breeder approved by State Experts.
varieties.

 

26 LYON, DEPT. 8.

Dewberry Plants

4 for 25¢; 26 for $1.00. 12 Grape Vines for
31.00: 3 Peach Trees. $1.00; Hollyhock need,
10c package.

MARSHALL VINEYARD. Paw Paw. Mlchllnn.

I . 0. RUFF LEGHORN CHICKS FROM STATE

ted Stock. Circular free.
candid. W. WEBSTER, Bath. Michigan.

 

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE

 

nun: MENTION THE Business FABMER.”

   
   
   

' ' Buy Our Bin. Husky
Michigan Accredited Chicks.
0 0 CAN SHIP IMMEDIATELY.

Buy the best at the lowest price. 14 pure—bred

Hatching eggs. Get free circular and big discount before buying elsewhere.
B E 0 K M A N N

H A T C H E R Y,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

Michigan Class A Accredited Chicks

After May 10th, S. 0. English White
and Brown Leghorns 10c; She )pard’s
Ancomis 11c: Barred Rocks and R. I.
Reds 12c; Assorted chicks Sc. No
money. down. 100% hve
Postpaid. Catalogue free. Pay ten
days before the chicks are shipped.

THE ROS HATCHERY. R2. B. Iceland. Mich.

SPECIAL PRICES

on leading varieties. of Michigan, accredited chicks,
pullets, cockerels and hens. irculsr free.
Member of . B. 0. Association. _
FAIRVIEW HATCHERY A FARMS.
R. 2. B. Iceland. “Mich.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

RECORD PRODUOTION OF EGGS

EAR EDITOR: Having been

(and still am) a subscriber

and reader of your paper and
being interested in all fanm topics,
thought I’d send you a few lines
telling you of what I consider 9. rec-
ord breaking production of eggs
from my small ﬂock of ﬁfty-seven
Rhode Island Red hens, most of
which are pullets of early hatching.

They started laying early last
fall with good egg production and
kept increasing. In January they
laid 990 eggs, but in February, a
short month at that, they broke all
records by laying 1,176, the last
week alone going over the top with
317 eggs. In March th y ag in broke
their record by layin 1 07 eggs
during the month.

Now I consider this a ﬁne record
and would like to hear from any
readers whose hens have done bet-
ter.

I saw an article iii a paper from
East Lansing telling of a high rec-
ord of White Leghorns on an Ore—
gon farm Where ten hens laid 904
eggs in their ﬁrst four months. Now
as near as I can ﬁgure it out, my
hens average about the same as the
White Leghorns. I have kept my
chickens scratching for their feed,
kept the lien house warm, roosts
clean and saw to it that their feeding
hours were regular and the results
can be seen. With best Wishes.—
D. J. Ritchey, Calhoun County.

BLACK HEAD

I have been losing some turkeys
every fall but last fall more than
before: They seemed to act dumpish
with feathers standing up on end
around their head and lose bowels,
thin and color of bright mustard.—
I. J. lit, Onaway, Michigan.

UR turkeys have what is

known as black head or infec-

tious Enterohepatitis; this is
the most dangerous disease of young
turkeys and is one of the causes of
heavy losses. The best results will
come from prevention; remove the
birds to clean quarters and clean
and disinfect thoroughly. Then f0i
each 10 birds give 1 teaspoonful of
powdered ipecac in the mash twice
each week; after the birds are three
or four months of age it can be
given every week or ten days. In
each gallon of drinking water place
1A), teaspoonful of crude catechu and
allow them no other drinking water.
-——Dr. G. H. Conn.

 

EYES SWELLth SHUT

I haVe a ﬂock of chickens. Some
of them have their eyes swelled shut,
others their eyes are alright but
their mouths full of cankers The
cankers are pale yellow and have a
bad odor. What can I do?——W. R.,
Attica, Mich.

IVE these birds water to drink
G in which one-third teaspoonful

of catechu has been added to
each gallon. For the canker get 2
ounces of a 2 per cent soution of
argyrol and paint these cankers
each day with this solution; use a
small camel’s hair brush—Dr. Geo.
H. Conn.

LOST FEATHERS
This winter my chickens lost fea-
thers so that egg bags are all bare.
Can you give me cause and remedy?
-——F. C., Onaway, Michigan.
ID you look for depluming
mites? You know t y affect
the feathers in this n egion.
Better look for them. If, yo
them get a good dip and" dis'
ant and dip them as s on
weather is warm enough—-
Conn.

 
   

_______.____._.
Correct
The teacher was discussing foods to
her class and she dISCOVered one boy
who did ,not seem to be giving any at-
tention to the subject .
“John”, she suddenly turned to him,
“Name three articles that contain starch."
“Two cuffs and a collar,” replied John.

CANCER—FREE BOOK SENT ON
REQUEST

Tells cause of cancer and what to

do for pain, bleeding, odor, etc.

Write for it today, mentioning this

paper. Address Indianapolis Cancer

Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind—(Adm)

 

 

 

 

 

Remarkable Experience of
Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw in
Preventing White
Diarrhea

The following letter will no doubt
be of utmost interest to poultry
raisers who have had serious losses
from White Diarrhea. We will let
Mrs. Bradshaw tell of her experience
in her own words:

“Dear Sir: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with
White Diarrhea, so thought I would
tell my experience. I used to lose a.
great many from this cause, tried
many remedies and was about dis—
couraged. As a last resort I sent to
the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 520,
Waterloo, ‘Iowa, for their Walko
White Diarrhea Remedy. I used tw0
500 packages, raised 300 White Wy-
andottes and never lost one or had
one sick after giving the medicine
and my chickens are larger and
healthier than ever before. I have
found this company thoroughly re-
liable and always get the remedy by
return mail—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw,
Beaconsﬁeld, Iowa.”

Cause of White Diarrhea

White Diarrhea (Coccidiosis) is
caused by a protozoa] organism of
microscopic size which multiplies
with great rapidity in the intestines
of diseased birds and enormous
numbers are discharged with the
droppings. Readers are warned to

beware of White Diarrhea. Don’t
wait until it kills half your chicks. Take the
"stitch in time that saves nine.” Remember

there is scarcely a hatch without some infected
chicks. Don’t let these few infect your entire
ﬂock. Prevent it. (live \Valko in all drinking
water for the ﬁrst two weeks and you won't lose
one chick where you lost hundreds before. These
letters prove it:

Never Lost a Single Chick

Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek,
lnd., writes: “I have lost my share
of chicks from White Diarrhea.
Finally I sent for two packages of
Walko. I raised over 500 chicks

and I never lost a. single chick from White Disr-
rliean Wzilko not only prevents White Diarrhea.
but it gives the chicks strength and vigor: they
develop quicker and feather earlier.”

Never Lost One After First
Dose

Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,
Iowa, writes: “My ﬁrst incubator
chicks, when but a few days old, be-
gan to die by the dozens With White
Diarrhea. I tried different remedies
and was about discouraged with the
chicken business. Finally, I sent to

the Walker Remedy 09., Waterloo, Iowa, for a
box of their Walko White .Dinrrhea Remedy. It‘s
just the. only thing for this terrible disease. We
raised 700. thrifty, healthy chicks and never lost
a. single chick after the ﬁrst dose.”

You Run No Risk

We will send Walko White Diar-
rhea Remedy entirely at our risk——
postage prepaidaso you can see for
yourself what a wonder-working
remedy it is for White Diarrhea in
baby chicks. So you can prove—as
thousands have proven—that it will
stop your losses and double, treble,
even quadruple your proﬁts. Send

50c for package of Walko (or. 1.00 for extra
large boxl—give it in all drin ng water and
watch results. You'll ﬁnd you won't lost one
chick where on lost dozens before.
tive fact. on run no risk. We guarantee to
refund your money proin tly if you don't ﬁnd
it the greatest little chic .saver you ever used.
The LeaVitt & Johnson National Bank. the oldest
and strongest bank in Waterloo. Iowa stand: back
of our guarantee.

Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 520, Waterloo, Iowa

THE BUSINESS FARMER
“The Farm Paper of Service"
TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT!

Raise Poultry
 for Market

This is the time to get your ﬂocks
started, Raise Good Stock.

Learn to Dress It and

Get all the Profit

Ship Next Fall and Winter to

Detroit Beef Co.

1 903 Adelaide St., Detroit, Mich.
Write for new shippers’ guide. All

 

 

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W'U- GUARAWEED MICHIGAN STATE

5. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 50 100

Grade B ........  6.00 11.00

are uniforni in_size and type; and produce quantities of
white eggs in wmter when egg. prices are hi h.
ers everywhere endorse Wolverine Baby Chic 5.

Bred for Size, Type and Egg
Production Since 1910

All breeders accredited by .Michigan ,St
Poultry Improvement Assocmtion. Dont
have our new I

how you can have greatest success With poultry.

Write for Copy—It’s FREE

 

EELAND, MICH

H. P. WIERSMA. Owner

Satisﬁed custom-

ate College _and Michigan
buy any chicks until you
catalog explaining our matings in detail an

WOLVERINE HATCHERYzAND FARMS

BABY CHICKS

ACCREDIT ED

ORDER JUNE DELIVERIES NOW

Direct from This Ad to Save Time, or Send for Catalog
500

Grade A .- .........  $14.00 $67.50
52.50

Wolverine Legliorns have large lopped combs; 'big, deep bodies;

 

large,

IGAN.

 

 

    

QYNIsﬂ‘E—TQHIC

75% or OUR SALES EACH YEAR/IRE T0 ow CUSTOMERS

Michigan Accredited S. C. White Leghorns

0111' White Leghorns won the 1925 Michigan Egg Contest with pen average of 241 eggs
1000 birds in contest averaged 176 eggs. 50 sisters of these contest )VlllllCl‘S averaged
per bird at home. Brothers and sons of these birds head my matings this year.

Special Low Prices For June

100 500
$11.50 $55.00

. o , 45.00 . ,
Iive delivery in good condition.

if not satisfactory you can cancel. Circular fully
(1 State Commercial & Savmgs Bank.

50
A Mating .................................. "$3.00

8 Matin .................................. .. .
g I guarantee 100%

and
Reference——Zeelan
S. P. Wlersma. Prop.. R2. Box B,

Order from this ed. at above prices.
our order. for earliest date possrble
hese winning blood lines Sent free.

ROYAL HATCHERY & FARMS,

 

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Postpaid prices on: 25 0 O 00 00
(Tancrod) ..$2.50 $4.75 $9.00 $42.00 Write_for
.. 3.25 6.00 11.00 52.00 SpeCIal

 3.25 6.00 11.00 52.00 Prices

All chicks Michigan State Accredited, Smith

Varieties

White Leghorns
Barred Rocks (Park’s Strain) .
S. C. a. R. 0. Rhode Island Reds
Mixed Chicks $9.00 per 100. I . _
Every breeder passed by representative of Michigan State College.
contests Lakeview stock has made good. Order from this ad. Free catalog.

LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM, R. R. 8, Box 3, Holland,

      

 

15$ BABY CHICKS it‘éis‘iiﬁiim "245*  

We haye_not only selected our breeding stock and mated our birds for best results. but w
the Michigan Accredited Association.

‘4 i . .zil.

We have .prepared a big. illustrated circular which tells all about our chicks.
to get it i you expect to buy chicks.

PRICES Our prices are reasonable. \Vrite today.

Our chicks are good.

WASHTENAW HATCHERY, 2500 Geddes Road, ANN ARBOR,

c '3 '
Ow I’L Lute nggg}
Reduced Prices on Michigan Accredited Chicks

     
              

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week of June 1st and 8
Michigan State College

 
 

5‘ Order your chicks at prices in this ad for_ delivery
breeder passed by inspectors under superViSion of
Varieties Postpaid prices on: 100

. to 8: Brown Leghorns, S 0 Anconas, 513.83

 

  
 

Special matings at slightly higher prices.
GET OUR NEW CATALOG—IT’S FREE.

ILS

1000
$105.00
85 00



I ER“ s c wm . 5 1
Barred Rooks, ............................  ...... ..  1 . 6 . 0
«W Mixed or Broilers, ...........................................   8.00 40.00
After week of June 8. 10 per chick loss.

HANSON---TANCRED---ENGLISH

per bird.
200 eggs

n

Will book
describing

ZEELAND, MICHIGAN

  

   
    

hatched.

At egg laying

Mich.

      

e have joined
An inspector from the Agricultural College aggro”! every bird.
5.

This work is for our protection and gives you the most up-to-date in bah chick ‘ rite for .literature
and price list. ur chicks cost no more and you can feel safe. 100 a live delivery. Write today.
Get Our Illustrated Literature.

It is worth your while

MICH.

th. Every

Send for our new catalog and learn why Town Line Chicksmust be good._ All ﬂocks milk fed. _All
chicks Newton hatched. Egg contest records and show wmnings fully desoribed. Write for low prices
on 8-10 week old pullets now ready for shipment.

J. H. GEERLINGS, Owner, R. F. D. 1, Box F, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

 

AT REDUCED PRICE
the chick industry

From one of the founders of _
been putting out

iness. An old reliable hatchery which has
chicks for years. Our
ing over a period of years.
our Male Birds have been
recommend themselvos. . .
Island Reds. Dr. . E. Hensley Egg Basket Strain
Write for free catalog.
MEADOW BROOK HATCHERY 8: FARMS
Box M, R. R. No. 1. H. 00 Free Sons.

 
   

Iegbanded by the state. hen seen

White Legliorns,

    
  
 
   
    

Buff

FARM IIAICHERY

 
 

from ﬂocks which have stood. careful Inspection.
Eastern Michi an Poultr Show.
rot in nu] et class.

 

.. (H d chicks
Micmés'hlitgci‘fgglioin Cock Bird won me at

90156 in both production and exhibition classes.
cos Po t AM On: 25 50 100 500 1000
PMO \(iIIhistep Le’ahorns .................. .. $4.00 $1.50 $14.00 $61.50 s1ao_oo

We won

    
    

Barred Rocks,

Buy Michigan State Accrsedited Chicks

24 years in the bus-

guaranteed

ﬂocks are the result of careful breeding and cu -
All our flocks have been state aceredited and

our chicks
Rhoda
Leghorns.

I
Holland. Michigan.

 
 
   
 
 
 
    
  

8. .
ks, R. I. s
Bahrr‘igmiiigc and Black MInorcas.  4.25 8.00 15.00 12.50 140.00
Wh. Rocks, Wh. and s. L. Wyandottes 4.50 8.50 16.00 11.50 150.00
Assorted Chicks $12.00 per 100.
DEAN EGG fARM & HATCHERY. BOX D BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN

 

 

WHEN 'WRITING T0 ADVERTISERS PLEASE

   

V MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER‘

  
   
 
     
 
  
 
 
 
  
   
   

BABY CHICKS

MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED

Your success with poultry depends l‘ll' ' '

. .. _ ‘, . , . . gi-ls upon the quality of sto
select. Wyngnrdcn Chicks nrr- from purebred, production tYligkllEée'llS
With many high egg records. FIVE of our liens laid 270 eggs at the 1925

 

Michigan International li‘gg laying (‘ontcst 'l‘l‘N l ‘1' "

I K i i‘ I i. A . u s J) i

To averaged 2.: eggs and finished ’l‘lllltl) place. \Venldso lhatgh (Si-1538::
Leghorns and Anconas. lithlu Catalog girl-s full inforiiizition and tells

why leading egg farmers choose Wyngardcn Strain Chicks. Send for copy.

Order Direct at These Low Prices
special Prices for May 18th and 25th only. Prices for June.

Per Per Per pey-
s. c. w. Leghorns, A Mating..$8§300 313.020 373.050 31139000 $75205 “ﬁg segggo 1:50
3: 8: ii; team: 2 rating: 3:33 ass 22:33 lag-33 2333 13323 22330 “53333
M0131“ gawdasLeghoms ...... .. 700 1350 63 00 122.00 600 11.50 5 I 0 85-00
Broiler Chicks ' ' ' ' ' - - 3.00 100.00
(Not Accredited) .......... .. 4.75 9.00 42.00 80.00 4.00 7.50 35.00 70.00

Wyngarden Farms and Hatchery, Box B,

   

Zeeland, Mich.

 

 

REDUCED PRICES TO JUNE 30th

FROM MICH. STATE ACCREDITED FLOCKS

   
       
 

 
 

   
 
 

 

 s. c. w. Leg- 25 so 100 500 1000
horns, AA Grade $3.75 $7.00 $13.00 $62.00 $117.00
CIIICKFARII s- 0-w- &
glowd" ii'eggmiis' 2 75
299b,”, mm an ar ra e.... . 6.00 11.00 51.50 100.00
e; ,, . Mottled Anconas.... 3.75 6.50 12.0 . .
'  . Barred Rocks, R. l. o 57 so 110 00
 Reds, Black
rag???” Minorcas .......... .. 3.75 7.00 13.00 62.00 117.00
\- *  Mixed Chicks (Not
- Accredited) 2 50 4.50 8 00 38 00 72.00

order elsewhere write for Catalog, or order
Orders are coming in now for de—
luarly orders mean better service.

Before you ‘
direct from this ad.

M I C H I G A Nlivery as late as May.
T E Send them now.
ACCREDITED. We Guarantee 100% Sale Arrival In Good Health.

Do not order elsewhere until you get our new 1920 Catalog, now ready.

International
Baby _Chlck
Assomation.

\Vrite for FREE Copy.

Zeeland, Mich.

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN CHICK FARM, Box B,
ENGLISH

TYPE White Leghorns
MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED

The Big, Deep Bodied Hens with Large
Combs that Produce the Large White Egg

Your success with poultrldecpends on your foundation stock. Start
.. ) ‘ I

right. Our new 10 1‘16 Catalog tells how and what to do to
raise (‘lllL‘llr‘u IJI'UIlI‘lllily. Order direct from this ad.

SPECIAL PRICES FOR JUNE DELIVERIES
Special Mated White .Leghorns ................................ “$11380 $23950
Standard Utility Mating White Leghorns .............. .. 9.00 42.50

OTTAWA HATCHERY
Route 10, Box 42-3 Holland, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM STATE ACCREDITED FLOCKS

EXCLUSIVELY. Strong, Healthy (‘hicks from those selected ﬂocks. In.
spected and pulled by expert State Inspectors. are ully selected for heavy
GLI and TANG AI HIT

ICES“ oarinist‘es‘s EN gill/N BEER H

. . G ORNS, SHEPPARD ANCONAS BA -
nso Rock’s, anon: isumo mans and Assorted Mixed Chicks.’ Poth—
paid and Full Live Delivery Guaranteed. Bank Reference. Write me at
once for Circular and price particulars. Also Puliots and Yearling Hens.

WINSTROM HATCHERY. Albert Winstrom, Prop.. Box 0-5, Zeeland, Mich.

PECIAL SALE OF JUNE CHICKS

Due to the fact that we hatch several of the more proﬁtable brccds together with the fact that hatches
are coming better than ever we find someuveeks we have a few hundred more chicks than we had
planned on. We Will sell these assorted chicks at the following low prices
100 FOR $8.00 500 FOR $37.50 1000 FOR $70.00

Remember we guarantee these chicks pure bred, from high quality stock. They are absolutely sound
in_every way and Will make money for you. Our live prepaid delivery guarantee holds good on these
chicks. Send your order now to avoid disappointment.

VAN APPLEDORN BROS., HOLLAND HATCHERY & POULTRY FARM. R7-B. Holland Michigan.

IN- CHICKS

We offer you (‘IIICkS'thﬂt are bred from blood lines of )roven laying ability.
Our personal attention is given to all orders. You iave your choice of
three breeds—all are profitable.

5 GET OUR SPECIAL SALE PRICE LIST.
_\Vrite for complete .information on this money saving special sale of Mich-
igan Accredited Chicks. Our catalog completely tells all about our stock
Learn about us

 

 
 

 

and our experience in giving satisfactory servxce. more
and you Will like us better.
Brummer & Fredrickson Poultry Farm, Box 26. Holland. Michigan.

 

EGG LINE WHITE LEGHORNS

MICHIGAN STATE CERTIFIED AND ACCREDITED

Egg Line Baby Chicks are the State Certiﬁed and Accredited product of the
Finest Tancrcddiarron flock matings in America. Possessing those qualities
essential to livability, l'ilDlll development and (illﬂlltity egg production. they are

the choice of exacting poultrymen and at the ow prices we quote are the out-
standing chick value of the season.
We Are Now Booking Orders For Late May and Early June Delivery

Write at once for valuable illustrated catalog, which tells all about them in a

clear, truthful way.
Rt- 4. Box B. HUDSONVILLE, MICHIGAN,

J. PATER & son.
CHICKS and PULLETS

(‘hicks from Michigan State Accredited Floclm.
I’ullets froin_ Accredited Chicks. All pure—bred Tom.
Barron Strain English White Leghorns.
BUY NOW AT THESE LOW PRICES:
' 100 500 1000
CthkS $12.00 $52.00 $102.00
PULLETS for delivery in May. June. 01‘ July in
lots of 100. shipped on approval. 8 weeks. $1.00
each; 10 weeks. $1.15 each“ All pullets shiw
on approval. orders now being booked for
rlcliver on Yearling Hens. Write for prices.
Englls White Leghorn Farms. Box 11. oeland.ﬂloh.

  

 

 
 

  

 

 
 
 
  

  

  
 
  
 
 

   
 


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Most Grains Sell For Less Than Year Ago

Cattle and Hogs Bringing Good Prices
By W. \V. FOOTE, Market Editor.

by the labor troubles in this

and foreign countries for these
great strikes of miners, plasterers
and other unions obviously seriously
curtail the purchasing power of
large numbers of people, but resi—
dents of the cities are apt to be more
eﬂected. Prior to the British min-
ers’ strike business conditions in
European countries were very far
from healthy, due to the vast war
debts calling for payment, and while
improving conditions may be expect-
ed as the years go by it seems prob—
able that in the future this country
will have to depend less on the
foreign demand for our raw and
manufactured goods and more on
domestic consumption. It should be
remembered that our population is
growing rapidly-all the time, and
this increase has to be met by pro-
portionately increasing production
of various farm products. We are
great bread eaters, as well as meat
eaters, and it is necessary for the
farmers of the corn producing states
to return to breeding hogs to meet
the large demand for hog meats and
lard, to say nothing of the foreign
demand. The hog supply is woeful-
ly short, but a great many pigs were
born this spring, and in spite of
large losses in the early spring on
account of wet and cold weather, nu-
merous large litters were reported
later by farmers who provided good
warm quarters. Naturally, hogs are
making big returns to owners, with
recent average prices the highest
since last September. On the whole
skillful cattlemen are ahead in the
game, and so are sheepmen, but
many ﬂocks of lambs were sold at
large losses this spring simply be—
cause owners became panic—stricken
and glutied the market. Rightly
conducted, the sheep business is a
good one to stick to. As for farm
crops in general, do not forget to
diversify them. This simple rule
has usually worked out much better
than conﬁning crops mainly to one
or two kinds.

The National Provisioner warns
its readerswslaughterers and dis-
tributors—‘that the season of “ready-
to—serve" meats is at hand. It is the
summer season of picnics and light
housekeeping. “The class of trade
that buys ‘ready—to—serve’ meats are
not so much concerned with price,”
says the Provisioner. “They want
quality—something that tastes good
and can be served quickly. If it is
necessary to pay a good price for
this they will do so. It has been
said that Americans consume 75 per
cent of the world’s output of quality
merchandise. Why, then, should

FARMERS are, of course, affected

' not the packer and the retailer place

more emphasis on quality? Price

1 Will take care of itself.”

Wool Season Opens

Sheep shearing has began in

: Michigan, but so far there is very
1. little buying, with buyers and sellers

apart in their views regarding pric-
es. Growers are very ﬁrm in asking
38 to 40 cents per pound, but buy—
ers are holding back and bidding
only 35 cents. Buying in the far
west is reported fairly active at 31

. to 34 cents for territory clips, de-

pending upon the quality and condi-
tion.
The Grain Markets
The governments May crop report
was a surprise to grain traders, as
it estimated the winter wheat crop

’ at 549,000,000 bushels, which com—

‘ estimated rye

pared with 398,000,000 bushels har-
vested last year and a temyear av—
erage of 557,662,000 bushels. The
crop of 44,791,000

bushels compares with 44,696,000

. bushels harvested in 1925 and a ten-

year average of 67,966,000 bushels.
Reports on spring planting and

. plowing showed well below last year

and under the ten-year average.

, Stocks of hay on farms on May 1

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A year 37013.88.

were placed at 11,255,000 tons,
against 15,687,000 tons a year earli~
or and 12,988,000 tons as the ten-
Within a-short time

wheat has sold much lower than a
year ago, but a little more than two
years ago it sold below $1.07. Corn
sold recently at the lowest prices of
the season, and with hogs at late
market prices there was more money
in feeding than in marketing corn
for commercial purposes. Oats have
sold at much the same prices as a
year ago, while rye sold a short time
ago at the lowest prices of the sea-
son. The export demand for rye has
been very moderate. A revision of
Winter wheat acreage from that giv-
en out last fall has been made by
the department of agriculture. Some
states were cut down and others in-
creased, making a net decrease of

L

$10.15, the highest price for the
heifers in weeks, another lot of 66
heifers averaging 646 pounds fetch-
ing $10. There is a fair demand for
stockers and feeders at $6 to $8.90,
with sales largely at $7 to $8.25 for
600 to 800—pound steers, while good
sales are made of stock and feeder
cows and heifers at $4.50 to $6.50.
Hog Prices Narrower

The most striking new feature of
the Chicago market is a further
marked narrowing of the range of
prices, the lighter weights declining
at times when the heavier offerings
were selling higher. Prices have
continued to rule far higher than in
most past years, sales having taken
place one year ago at $10.50 to
$12.30 and two years ago at $6.60
to $7.60. Combined receipts in sev-
en western packing points for this
year to late date aggregate 9,067,-
000 hogs, comparing with 11,295,000
one year ago and with 13,194,000

 

 

M. B. F. MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO
EVERY 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.
270 meters.

This station operates on a wave length of

 

 

250,000 acres from returns of last
December. The present acreage is
37,085,000.

Late sales were made on the Chi-
cago Board of Trade for July deliv-
ery of wheat at $1.37, comparing
with $1.52 a year ago; corn at 75
cents, comparing with $1.07 a year
ago; oats at 42 cents, comparing
with 45 cents a year ago; and rye at
86 cents, comparing with $1.13 a
year ago.

Good Demand for Cattle

The best beef cattle are selling on
the Chicago market at well main—
tained prices except at times when
the offerings are excessive, although
they are lower than in recent years,
tops having been $11.65 and $11.90
one and two years ago. Plenty of
cattle are grazing in farming dis—
tricts, and decidedly more cattle
have been received in western pack-
ing points for this year than a year
ago. Recent sales were made of
beef stores at $7.50 to $8.50 for
common to fair grades, with a pret-
ty good kind at $9 and upward and
choice to prime grades at $9.50 to
$10.35 with weighty Nebraska cat-
tle the best sellers and the best year-
ling steers at $10.15. A short time
ago 60 prime yearlings heifers
which averaged 674 pounds sold for

two years ago. Hogs marketed in
Chicago recently averaged 249
pounds, which was the heaviest for
any corersponding time in over ﬁve
years, being 11 pounds above the
ﬁve-year average and comparing
with 235 and 236 pounds one and
two years ago. Hogs: Late sales

WHEAT
There does not seem to be much
interest in cash wheat at present
prices, although the market did
show some steadiness after a bear—
ish week. In general crop reports
are bearish.

COR-N
Corn advanced at the close of last
week at Chicago and there were tak-
ers for offerings but at Detroit the
market remained unchanged with
little trading.

OATS
This market is following the trend
of corn very closely at present. At
Chicago there was considerable buy-
ing and nothing doing at Detroit.

~ RYE

Rye hovers persistently around
the old-time low levels. There was
enough demand in the Detroit mar-

 

 

THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markers Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

Detl wit Chicago Detroit Det roi‘t—‘g
May 18 May 18 May 3 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No. 2 Red $1.64 $1.75 $1 .85

No. 2 White 1.65 1.76 1.85

No. 2 Mixed 1.64 1.75 1.85
CORN—

No. 3 Yellow .75 .75 1.20

No. 4 Yellow .70 .70 1-15
OATS—-

No. 2 White .46 .42@42 % .47 .54

No. 3 \Vhito .45 .41 34 @.4'2 .46 ~52
RYFP‘

Cash No. 2 .85 .91 1.19
BEA 318-—

C. H. P. out, 4A0@4.50 4.05@4.15 5.25
POTATOES—

New, Per th, 3.65 3.00@3.50 4.73@4.77 1.06@1.13
HAY——

No. 1 Tim. 23.50@24 24@20 23.50@24 16 @ 16.50

No. 2 Tim. 21 @22 21 $28 21-@22 14@ 15

No. 1 Clover 20%21 21 23 20@24 13@14

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market ﬁrm. Old potatoes unsteady with liberal supply. Poultry in demand.

   

ket to advance the price a cent on
the closing day of last week. We do
not look for a much lower market in
the near future.

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There seems to be a. general feel-'

ing that good marketable beans at
present prices are good property to
own and there has been a general
slowing up of marketing. The re~
suit has been increased prices with
an increased demand.

POTATOES
New potatoes are giving old ones
a hard battle with the old ones on
the losing end. Prices for the new
stock are higher and firm while old
potatoes are unsteady with un-
changed prices. .

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

CHICAGO.~—Ca.ttle—General fed steer
trade dull, weak to 15c lower: matured
steers, narrow demand, 10@15c off;
yearlings, $9.90; bulk fed steers, $8.25@
9.35; she stock and bulls steady; vealers
active, strong; largely $9.50@11.50; to
packers, outsiders, $12@13; stockers and
feeders, steady, $7@8.50. Hogs—Active,
15@25c higher; closed mostly 25c higher
than Thursday, majority 240 to 325 pound
butchers, $13.20@13.70; good and choice
200 to 225 pound weight mostly, $13.70
@13.95; sorted 180 pounds down largely,
$14@14.25; top 140 to 180 pounds, $14.35;
packing sows, $12.20@12.70; desirable
slaughter pigs, $14@14.35; estimated
holdover, 3,600. Sheep—Fat lambs steady
to 150 higher; clipped mostly, 15c up;
top California, $16.0; others, $16.25;
seconds, $14.50@15; bulk clipped lambs,
$14.50@15: fat sheep strong; clipped
ewes upward to $8.

EAST BUFFALO.——Cattle——Fairly ac-
tive ~ and steady. Calves—Slow and
steady; choice, $13@13.50; fair to good,
$11@12.50; culls, $6@10.50; heavy. $6@
9; grassers, 4@6. Hogs—Active, gener-

ally steady; heavy, $13@14; mixed,
$14.25@14.50; yorkers, $14.50@14.75;
light yorkers, $14.75@15; pigs, $15;
roughs, $11.50; stage, $7@9. Sheep and

Lambs-Extremely dull; lambs, 50¢ low-
er; all others, $1 lower; lambs, $9@14.50;
yearlings, $9@12 ; wethers, $9@9.50 ;
ewes, $3@8; mixed sheep, $8@8.50.

DETROIT LIVE POULTRY MARKET

Broilers, fancy heavy rocks and reds,
45@500; medium and white, 43@45c;
leghorns, 400; stags, 20@21c; extra large
hens, 32c; medium hens, 32@33c; leg-
homs and small, 30@3lc; large white
ducks, 35@360 per 1b.

 

    

 

 

Week of May 23

EMPERATURES over most parts

of Michigan will again be fall-

ing during the opening days of

the week of May 23rd but with a

probable reaction about Monday or

Tuesday. This last raise, if any,

will only be temporary and shortly

after the middle of the week read-

ings will again be down below the
seasonal , normal.

All during the ﬁrst half of the
week there will be an unusually
high Wind movement in most sec-
tions.

From the middle part of the
week on towards the end we are ex—
pecting the weather will be more or
less dry with strong evaporating
propensities.

W'eek of May 30

Decoration day and the day after
in most parts of Michigan are ex-
pected to be windy and temperatures
Seasonal to a little above and per—
haps some scattered showers but
mostly fair Weather.

All during the middle days of this
Week the skies will remain general-
ly clear but the temperatures will
be unseasonal with readings in this
state somewhat below the normal,
especially during the night and early
morning hours. ,

About Thursday the trend of the
temperature will change upward so
that during the last days of this
week readings will be considerably
above the seasonal readings.

The week ends with storms of
rain and thunder together,wth~log
cal wind storms.that._will‘ ro ,e-zdtsa
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Monroe (W).——Proepeets for crop wok
brighter than in April. Shortage of farm
labor. Farmers cannot pay wages. men
Crop prices
do not make it possible. Quotations at
Monroe: Corn. 60c to 75c per bu.; oats,
890 per bu.; rye, 80c per bu.; No. 1
wheat, $1.54 per bu.; potatoes, $2.50 per

bu.; eggs. 25c to 270 per doz.; butter,
480 per lb.-—Mrs. Florence Howard,
5-12—26.

Clare (KL—Farmers are still drilling
oats. A few are talking potatoes. The
rodent slump has put the damper on them.
The seed corn situation is proving a
problem. Germination tests are low.
With increase in pasture the feed short-
age is felt less. Young pigs are selling
It from $10 to $12 per pair at weaning
time and few are for sale at that price.
The weather ‘stays cold and dry. A
couple of bad ﬁres are about burned out.
Quotations at Harrison: Potatoes, $2.00
per cwt.; eggs. 250 doz.; butter, 40c lb.;
.-—-Mrs. D., 5—12-26.

Ben-ion (N).——-Peaches, pears, plums
and cherries are in bloom. Apples are
in the pink. Recent frosty nights did no
damage except that a few low lying vine—
yards report some injury. Weather has
been very dry which should prevent scab.
Aphis are conspicuous for their absance.
-—-N. H.. 5-13-26.

St. Joseph (SE).—Oats and potatoes
mostly in. Wheat and rye coming very
good. Grass and alfalfa growing line.
Not much loss of young pigs or lambs
as weather is warming up, although cold-
er than most other years of May. Most
everyone has started the garden. Chicks
doing well this month. Seed is unusually
high. especially posatoes. Fruit trees full
of blossoms and not too early. Good
prospects now for fruit crop. Better than
last year. Quotations at Sturgis: Corn.
55¢ per bu.; oats, 40c per bu.; rye 74c
per bu.; wheat, $1.54 per bu.; potatoes,
$3.50 per cwt.; eggs, 270 per doz.; butter,
40c per lb.—Carolyn Hyde, 5—12-26.

Calhoun—Wheat that was sowed late
has been plowed up and sowed to oats.
Wheat that is left needs rain and is
looking bad. Farmers are two weeks he-
hind with their work, not a very bright
outlook. Quotations at Marshall are:
Hay, $18.00 per ton; corn, 84c per bu.;
oats, 45c per bu.; rye, 74c per bu.;
wheat, $1.55 per bu.; beans, $3.50 per
'cwt; eggs, 26c per doz.; butter, 410 per
Ib.—M. M. Patterson, 5—13-26.

Gladwin.—Oats all in here. Everybody
plowing for corn. Rye came through

in good shape. Pasture very slow.
Weather mostly cool. Not much hay
moving. Potatoes are nearly all sold
now. Quotations at Gladwin: Hay,

$20.00 per ton; corn, 5c per bu.; oats,
500 tper bu.; potatoes. $3.00 per cwt;
eggs. 24¢ per doz.; cream, 38c per lb.—
L. C. Y.. 6-13-26.

Guinea—Weather has been very warm
past few days. Most farmers have oats
planted and are now ﬁnishing spring
plowing. No auction sales around here
for some time. Wheat looking good with
exception that me ﬁelds are badly
motted. Lemur eueage of early pota-

toes than usual. Quotations at Flintz‘

Corn,‘75¢ per bu.; oats, 40c per bu.;
rye, 75¢ per bu.; wheat. $1.65 per bu.;
beans, $3.55 per cwt; potatoes. $4.50
per cwt; eggs, 80c per doz.; butter, 45¢
per lb.—-£L E. 8., 6-11-26.

Oakland (0).—-Oate all sowed. Pas-
umes nothing extra. Cows went to pas-
hneaﬂeralongfeedingperiodluy 10.
Rye 1.0er good. Wheat fairly good.
Farmers planting early potatoes, drawing
manure, getting ready to plow corn
ground. Alfalta and old timothy ﬁelds
coming good. A.me dry and dusty.
Quotations at Pontiac: Oats, 450 per
bu.; rye. 850 per bu.; wheat, $1.68 per
bu.; beans, 4.10 per cwt; potatoes, $2.50
per bu.; eggs. 850 per doz.; butter, 50
to 55c per lb.—Neil H. Cotcher, 5-12-26.

Hinsdale (Imp-Getﬂng too dry in

goodneraininlasttwowaeks.
early sown

           
    
     
    
      

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Much seeding with alfale and
sweet clover. Spraying Drogrouing- N0
aphis as yet. No Waggoner 3.90108 this
year. Pear trees well loaded. No crab—
apples in prospect. Vegetable gardens
being planted. Plowing for corn. Many
raspberries being set out. Quotations at
Freesoil: Hay, $22.50 per ton; corn,
$1.00 per bu.; oats, 40c per bu.; rye, 680
per bu.; wheat $1.57 per bu.; beans.
$3.40 per bu.; potatoes, $2.00 per CWt-i
eggs. 24c per doz.; butter, 32¢ per lbw-
G. Pearl Darr, 5-13—26.

Kalkaska.——Weather conditions back-
ward, cold, frosts. Some oats sown. few
gardens plowed. Hay and pasture com-
ing on ﬁne. Leaf buds just showmg.
Corn ground about ready but too cold to
plant. Eggs bringing 25c per doz.; but-
ter 40c per lb.-—Howard Smith, 5—13-26.

Monroe (S).—Frosts every night this
week. Oats all sown. Meadows and
wheat are looking good. Some corn
planted, acreage not as large as last year.
Cattle, hogs, sheep in good condition and
prices high. Good work horses in de—
mand at good ﬁgures. Orchards being
sprayed. Corn borer ﬁght on. Quota-
tions at Temperance: Hay, $18.00 per
ton; com, 650 and 700 per bu.; oats, 40c
per bu.; rye, 800 ptr bu.; wheat, $1.65
per bu.; potatoes $2.50 and $3.00 per
cwt.; eggs, 27c per doz.; butter. 48c per
lb.-—C. W. Eisenmann, 5-14-26.

Tuscola (W).——Wheat in need of rain.
Looks as if we will get about 50% nor-
mal crop. Oats all sown but ground too
dry. Farmers getting corn ground ready,
some have already planted. Sugar beets
being sown with Smaller acreage. Cold
weather is hold back fruit buds which
look promising for a good crop. Farmers
looking ahead for better year. Quota-
tions at Vassar: Hay, $16.00 per ton;
corn, 54c per bu.; oats, 39c per bu.; rye,
630 per bu.; wheat, $1.60 per bu.; beans,
$3.70 per owt.; potatoes, $4.00 per cwt.;
eggs, 26c per doz.; butter, 45c per lb.—
J. T., 5-12-26.

Kentr-Corn ground ready and plant-
ing will be started soon. Clover in good
shape, needs good soaking rain. Rye and
wheat 11 badly injured, only thin.
Cherries in full bloom. Pasture in low
land in splendid shape. Some cattle be—
ing pastured. Contract beans let out in
fairly large numbers. Many spring lambs.
Pigs do not do well. Neighbor had
twelve. lost all but two. Not many sales
just now, farmers too busy. Work on
good roads began. Farmers teams do—
ing work. Many tractor farmers here.
Farms appear to be growing as well as
crops. Spraying of apples has begun.
Some small grain being sold. Some early
potatoes planted and a few gardens in.
Stock looks fairly well considering mostly
fed on cornstalks and straw. No bay
for sale here. Small fruit beginning to
green up. Some late tying of grapes.
Quotations at Grand Rapids: Hay, $20.00
Per ton: corn, 95c per bu.; oats, 52¢ per
bu.; beans, $6.25 per cwt.; potatoes,
$2.05 per cwt; eggs, 50c per don—Sylvia
Wellcome. 5-10-26.

WexfortL—Weather cool. Need rain.
Farmers plowing and spreading manure.
Few have planted gardens and early po—
tatoes. Feed getting Scarce but animals
can‘ now be turned out to pasture. Quite
a few farmers buying cars this spring.
Quotations at Cadillac: Hay. $25 per
ton; com 800 per bu.; oats, 45c cwt.;
rye, 66c per bu.: Wheat. $1.58 per bu.;
beans, $8.25 per cwt.; potatoes, $3.40@
3.55 per cwt; eggs, 24¢ per doz.; butter-
fat. 400 per lb.——E. H. D., 5-10-23.

LBMWGG (W).—Weather cool, a few
warm. dry days. Some oats and barley
to be sown yet, some up. Very dry, need
rain bad. Several frosts. Plums, cherries
and peaches in bloom. Some have turned
cattle on grass but not much grass. Help
scarce and everyone very busy. Quota,-
u‘m" at Adm: HEY. $30@24 per ton;
gum, 40:31:31- bu.; oats, 39c; wheat, $1.52:

cans, . per cwt; e 26 2
dam—‘0. B" 542-“. 838. @ 70 per

Saginaw (NW)r—Oﬁ.t8 all sowed, early
sowed are up. Farmers hauling manure
and plowing for corn. Corn will be put
in about two Weeks ,late. Not much
plowed for beans. Wheat about all kﬂled,
Wows being plowed and what is
leftisnotmuchgood. nghground is
getting too dry to plow. if it doesn't
rain soon there will not be many beans
sowed. Quotations at Hemlock: Hay,
$15-00 Per ton: com. 600 per bu.; oats,
370 per bu.; rye, 60¢ per bu.; wheat,
$1.56 per bu.; beans. $3.75 per cwt;

oats.

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HOMESI’UN TOBACCO: CHEWING, 4
pounds $1.50; ten $2.50.. Smoking ten 8%
Pay when received. Satisfaction guaran

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KENTUCKY’S BEST LEAF TOBACCO. GUARr
anteed. 3 lbs. chewing $1.00; 4 lbs. best
smoking $1.00; 0 lbs. medium smoking $1. 0.
Pay for tobacco and postage when received.
Operative Tobacco Growers. llawcsville, Ky.

 

HOMESPUN TOBACCO: CHEWING FIVE LBS.

1.50; ten $2.50; smokin 5 lbs. $1.25: ten
$2.00. Cigars 50 for $2.50.
ceived. Farmers Association. Maxmi Mills. Ky.

 

 

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Call one of the authorized Maytag dealers listed below:

State of Michigan
Adrian........Wilcox Hdwe. Com an
Alabaster..............D. E. Christexrlsoh’
Albion ................ ..Albion Maytag Co.
Allegan..........................Vos llllec. Co.
Alma......................Alma Maytag Co.
Almont................Pollard Hdwe.

 A. Smith
Ann Arbor....Ann Arbor Maytag Co.
214 E. Washington, Phone 3732
Bad Axe .......... ..........Slack Brothers
Bangor ............. .... ........ .....J. G. Miller
Battle Creek, ................................ ..

Battle Creek Maytag Co.
Walton-Morse Shop

  

. Dyer
Benton Harbor....Cutler & Downing
er....Ma Sales Company

Big Rapids .... ..J. R. Bennett & Son
Birmmgham...Hawthorno Elec. Co.
Brighton............Geo. B. Ratz & Son.
Britton exander Gibson
Bronson Werner Brothers
Brown  Koyl
Buchanan........................Ralph Allen
Bumips..........m..John Hoeksema
Cadillac..........Webber-Ashworth Co.
ed0nia............Wegner & Clemens

 

lumet mass—m...“ ............. ..

Pearce Hdwe & Furn. Co., Ltd.
pac..................Capac Maytag Co.
r1eton......... ..........E W. Hartsig

ro......--......:........Fred J. Purdy
Carson City........Oommunity Pr. Co.

Caseville .............. ...L. R. Thomas

dar Springs"-...........John Buecus

enterlme ......... .....Rinke Hdwe. Co.
Centerville ...... ..Truckenmiller Bros.
Central Lake. J. H. Smith & Sons.
Charlotte .............. ..Mate Furn. C0.
Cheboygan, Michi an Pub. Serv. Co.
Chelsea .............. .. elsea Hdwe. Co.

Clare .... ..Clare Hdwe. & Implt. Co.
Coldwater....G. W. Harding & Son
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Coloma.....Coloma Hdwe. mpany
Cooperville ..... ...Durham Hdwe. Co.
Covert ............. .. C. Vanderboegh

W. Lindki-

CronwelL............
Crys

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State of Michigan

Deckerville....Stoutenburg & Wilson
Detroit....Detroit Maytag Company

Dowagiac .......... ..Hinckley & Garrett
Dundee .................... ..Cauchle & Gray
Durand ................  F. Rosencrans
Eaton Rapids....Br0meling & Pettit
Edmore ............ ..Edmore I-I. &. I. C0.
Elkton .................. ..Elkton Hdwe. Co.
Elsie .......................... ..M E. Williams

Escanaba....Escanaba Maytag Store
“Buckeye Branch”
Fairchild ........ ..Fairchild Gen. Store
Farmington .N J. Eisenlord & Son
Fennville ..Dickinson Bros.

   
   
  
  
 
 

 

Ferndale ..Lewis D. Stark
Fenton ..  A. Lockwood
Flint ..... .. F1 t Maytag Company
Flushing... ......... ..James B. French
Fennville.. ickinson Brothers
Fowlervill ....Will Sidell & Son
Frankenmuth. ...... ..A. Nuechterlein
Fraser ....... ..Arthur H. Schneider
Fremo .......Henry Von Tatenhove
Gladstone....................Buckeye Store
Grand Haven ................................ ..
......... .. rand Haven Maytag Co.
Grand Rapids ................................ ..
......... ..Grand Rapids Maytag Co.
Greenville ............. ..Brown-Hall Co.
Halfway ........... ....Reins Gen. Store

Hamilton................Harry J. Lampen
Hancock v

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Pearce Hdwe d: Furn. Co., Ltd.
Harbor Beach. ......... ..Robert Allison
Hart .......................... ..R. J. Weitzke
Hartford..-....................J. W. Walker
Hastings ..... ....,. ..... ..Miller Furn. Co.
Hemlock .......... ..' .............. ..J. E. Fuller
Hermansville .......... ..Wendt & Bart]
Hillsdale,........Hillsdale Maytag Co.
Holland .............. ..DeVries & Dombos
Houghton, ..................................... ..

Pearce Hdwe & Furn. Co., Ltd.
Howell ............ -.Charles H. Sutton
Hudson...m.........H. T. Dillon & Co.

Ida..................N. A. Weipert & Sons
Ionia..........................N. J Snaulding
Iron Mountain....Northern Sales Co.
[run River. Irnn Range Lt. & Pr. Co.

gation.
have made the test an

THE MAYTAG

Set your hopes high! Imagine your ideal washer

with every

convenience you could ask, then have the dealer send you a Maytag
Aluminum Washer on free trial for a week’s washing, and test it

for the following advantages:

GASOLINE OR ELECTRIC POW-
ER. For homes without electricity,
the Maytag is equipped with an in-
built gasoline engine. No other washer
has it. For homes with electricity, the
Maytag is equipped with an elec-
tric motor.

BIG CAPACITY. The Maytag cast-
aluminum tub is all washing space ——
holds four gallons more than other
washers. v

THOROUGHNESS. The marvelous
new Gyrafoam principle, exclusively
Maytag, washes grimy overalls and
work-clothes, cuffs, collars and wrist-
bands, clean without hand-rubbing.

STURDINESS. The entire washer is
as consistently strong and durable as
the cast-aluminum tub that cannot rot,
rust, warp, split nor corrode.

, RISE TRIAL

SPEED. WashesFtwice as fast as other
washers-11 big tubful in 3 to 7 min.
utes. 50 pounds of dry clothes an hour.

CAREFULNESS. Washes the most
delicate fabrics as carefully as if done
by hand.

WRINGER. The all—metal wringer
swings into seven different positions,
automatically adjusting itself for a
heavy blanket or a handkerchief.
Safety release instantly separates the
rolls. All gears enclo

CONVENIENCE. The hinged lid of
the Maytag forms a convenient
table when opened. The legs are easily
adjustable to suit your height, the
height of your tubs, or to conform to
an uneven ﬂoor. The tub cleans itself
and empties itself.

for a Whole

To thoroughly appreciate the many superior features of

the Maytag, you must wash With it. There’s no cost, no obli-

You must be the sole judge.
d convinced yourself. Then, if you Wish,

deferred payments will be arranged. Call the nearest May-
tag Dealer—make your free test'next washday.

COMPANY, Newton,

Pay no money until you

Iowa

INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH! 923 North Capitol Ave“ INDIANAPOLIS. 1ND.

State of Michigan

Ironwood .............. ..Maytag Sales Co.
Ishpeming .......... ..William Leininger
Ithaca ................................ ..C. C. Ogle
Jackson .......... ..Jackson Maytag Co.
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Maytag C0.
Lake Linden .... ..Pearce H. & F. Co.
Lakeview ........................ ..G E. Wood

L’Anse....Baraga County 'Hdwe. Co.
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Lapeer.. .Lapeer Hdwe Co.
Lawrenc Thompson & Son
Leland ..... ..Otto Schwarz
Linden..... M. W. Johnson
Ludington ...Palm Film. Co.
Manistee Warren A. Graves
Marine City ........ ..A. A. Bachler
Marquette . . . . . . . . ..Kelly Hdwe Co.
Maybee ............ ....C. & G. Hochradel
Midland .................... ..H. C. Eastman

Midland ............................................ ..
Maytag Mum-Motor Sales Co.
Milan .................. ..Geddis & Norcross
Milford .................... ..Reld Hdwe. Co.
Millington........Fred B. Wills & Co.
Minden City ......... ...Frank E. Mahon
Mio ...........................  Kurtz
Monroe .............. ..Monroe Maytag .
110 E. Front St, Phone 633

Mt. Clemens. .................................. ..
.............. ..Mt. Clemens Maytag Co.

Mt. Pleasant. ............... ..... ........... ..
.......... ..Mt. Pleasant H. & F. OD.
Munising .......... ..Munising Hdwe. Co.
Muskegon ............ ..N. G.-Vanderline
Nahma. ............. ....Bay Denoquet Co.
Nashville. ................ ..Fred K. Bullis
Niles ........... "Hamilton & Anderson
North Branch, Daniel Orr & Sons
Onsted ......... ..,... ..... ..Glancy Brothers

Ontonagon........Pearce H. &. F. Co.
....A. L. Sherwood Co.

   

Otisvﬂle ..........Parker Hdwe. Co.
Otsego .................The Jones Hdwe.
vi .......................Marshall & Olson
Owosso..................Pray & Stephens
Paw Paw............H. C. Waters & Co.

Ran & Hart

Perry ............................ .. n

Petoskey..A. Fochtman Dep’t Store
Pigeon ........................  Paul & Son
Plainwell .... ..Plainwel] Maytag C0.

State of Michigan
Pontiac ............ ..Pontiac Maytag Co.
90 Saginaw. Phone 1582
Port Huron..Port Huron Maytag Co.
Port Huron..W. P. SmiFt‘h Hdwe. Co.

Prairieville .................. .. . J. Hughes
Redford .......... ..C. K. Krugler & Co.
Reed City .... .............Sam T. Johnson
Reese ........................... ..S. S. Burrill
Remus ........ ..... .............  A. Walch
Richmond ..................... ..C. W. Beier
Riverdale............R. E. Moblo & Co.
Rochester .......... ..George Burr Hdwe.
Rogers City ............... .._L. R. Thomas
Romeo ................  Geo 9 Smith
Rosevllle ........ ....Roseville dwe Co.

Royal Oak, Lawson Lbr. & Coal Co.
St. Johns........St. Johns Elec. Shop

........ ascent-Co

Sault Sa nte Marie, Cowell & Burns
Sebewaing.......... . C. Liken & Co.
Shelby ............. ...............A. J. Rankin
Shepherd.....................L. H. Barnes
Smiths Creek..-.......H. Neal & Son
8. Haven............................................
......Mersons Furn. & Music Store
John Strong

 

 

Unionville ..... .. ..J H. Kempt & Co
Utica. ............................. ..E. W.
Wakeﬁeld....Maytag Sales Company
Waldenburg .............. ..William Stiers
Waldron .......................  . Wilson
Walled Lake ............ ..Fran S. Nook
Warren .............................. ..Fred Lutz
Watersmeet .................................. ..
 .... ...Iron Range Lt. & Pr. Co.
Watervleit. ................... ..O. E. Austin
West ranch. .......  H. McGowan
White Hall ................  C. Snyder
Wood ............. ..Daniel B. Green
Wyandotte ........ ..Russell Sn ply Co.
Wheeler .................. ..C. W. haw
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