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, houn county.

 " NE of the most important steps? 
~. ~ in cooperative marketing of; 
  poultry products was begun“
: when the Wolverine Poultry and Egg
; Exchange was formed at Hillsdale,

January 7," declares C. G. Card,
head of the Michigan State College
poultry department. County meet-

’ ings had been held the week of Jan-

uary 3 in six southern counties .01

i the state and delegates were then
‘ appointed to meet at Hillsdale and

draw up articles of constitution for

‘ a state cooperative organization.

A. W. Torrant represented Jack-
county agricultural
agent H. S. Order, Washtenaw conn-
ty; A. E. Betteridge. Iauawee conn-
ty; county agent J. V. Sheep, Hills—
MrBPC. O. Reynolds,
Branch county; and S. S. Teeter, Cal-
J. A. Hannah, exten-
sion specialist of the College poultry
department, was chairman of the
meeting. G. Patch extension special-
ist of the economics department of
the College acted as legal advbor.
Prof. Card and Alfred Bentall of the
Michigan Farm Bureau also attended.

E. Di. Fackler, president of the
Wauseon Poult-y Producers Ex-
change at Wauseon. Ohio, and Man-
ager H. L. Howell told the delegates

f of the success of the Ohio Coopera-

tive and helped the Michigan men to
form their exchange, Mr. Howell is
recognized as one of the leading co-

   

, The . .
idea of uniting all poultry industries

bt‘the State. , It was recognised 

hatcherymen, being good business
men, were probably the best organ-
ized of any branch of the industry.
Mr. Howell pointed out that hatch-
eries are improving the quality of
flocks and will continue to cooper-
ate with the association. The policy
of the exchange is tosell poultry and

eggs, and poultry accessories such as .
cod liver oil, ‘bone meal, egg cartons, .

but not poultry teed. _

A member of the association pays
an initial tee of three dollars and
signs a contract in which he agrees

to sell only through the exchange“

for at least a period of three years.
The member also agrees to make a
payment of twenty colts per hen for
three year period. Payment may
eintnnbutﬁvecentsahen
paid what the member alliiia
himself with the exchange and
ﬁfteen cents per hen
paid in the form of a note. The ﬁve
cent initial payment is required for
the ﬁrst six months of business.
Thereafter an amount equal to live
cents per hen is taken from the earn-
ings ot the member every six months
until the twenty cents apportionment
is made.
As the Wolverine Exchange will

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’iness one $5000 :eapitil. 
that at least-109.060 "hens xwi
needed for
trade/‘ and so cient Capital. This
ﬁgure is the number of hens agreed
upon by the directors that will be
necessary with which to-begin. ,

A. W. Torrant heads the board of
directors, with A. E. Better-Mge as
seeretary—treasurer and H. S. Osler
as’vice-president. .  .
. The Michigan asSociation waster-
tunate in having the experiences and
practices of the Ohio exchange

brought-before them. While Peta-

lama. California, is perhaps the larg-
est and most successful poultry mar—
keting center in the United States,
Wauseon is regarded as the leading
cooperative in” the middle western
states.

Poultry marketing investigations
had been carried on by the United
States department of agriculture in
thh Ohio section previous to 1.24.
H. L. Howell. then county agricul-
tural agent of Henry county. saw the
need of a better marketing outlet and
so the Ohio association began in the
spring of 1924. Four counties, Na-
poleon. Deﬁance, Williams. and Ful-
ton. made up the organisation. with
Wauseon as the central grading
plant. The three dollar payment.
with twenty cents per hen as the be-

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anydairyfeedyoumayname:

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guarantee,

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$13,009 capital and $80,103” collater-
al security.  Up until January ﬁrst.
1927, they had carried ou‘a $902,9N00
business since Julyﬂlrst, 1926.. Such
is the progress of the Ohio exchange.
Their ' and ﬁrsts now “bring
a premiumon the New York and
Boston markets. while the lesser

to Items!!! cities; The ability to _'

11 markets is but,

three percent deduction was taken
from proﬁts and this makes up the
reserve capital. ‘

The Wauseon Exchange now has
1781 members who own a total of
312.090 hens. its average is 174:-
hens per member: E. M. Faction
the president. iii—ell has flock of
1600 White legions. By belong«
ing to the association Ir. Fackler
wasabletomakeanlceproﬁtover
the home market. He declared that
a much better price could be secured,
especially for broilers. Mr. Faekler
was outlich over the success of
the Ohio phat and looks tor consid-
erable expansion among other coun-
ties in that water—Kline.

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third annual meeting of the
Cass County Guernsey Breeders'
Association. held January 11.
was an unqualiﬁed
success both in respect to sins of at-
tendance nationality of program,
Much interest centered around the
drawing which determined the new
owner of a Inc Guernsey bull calf
put up by the Has-cell- Chamber of
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promuotua’nuualiatereutand ed—

ucationalvalue.
W. 20. Burlington. Kiehigan
ﬁeld ulsted

they are doing, mentioningespecial-
ly the‘show herd sent out by the
breeders last fall.

Wilber, Brown of Volinia gave an
account of his stewardship of the
bullymn by him ,at the 1926 Associ-
ation meeting. He stated that the
cal! had developed into a real as-
set to himself and the community.

Use at grade sires was condemned
by County Agent H. Barnum in a
brie! talk. ,He p d out circulars
showing that greater progress can
he seemed in two crosses 01: pure—
bred sires on native stocks than will _
result from ﬁve‘ crosses where a
three-quarter bloodis used.

At the business session George
mt or Jones was elected presi-
dent to succeed A. D. Alldredge ot
Edwardsburg who has headed the
insulation since its inception.
Chas. E. Bonine and Leo Tase, both
of Cassopeih. was chosen, Vice-
Preeident and suntan-Miter.
respectively.

Directors selected were A. P. Wil-
‘liams, Jones; Ralph Moore, nowa-
giac; A. D. AM. My 8:
Ernest Hank, lanolin; and ‘W.
J. Inlet, m center.

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Elluests‘ Audit of State’s Finances

   Requests and  of Hidden Deﬁcits Worry Executive and Legislators
By STANLEY iu. rowan.

Lansing Correspondent of TH] ~~Bosnian Faun

EGISLATIYE chambers .hav 6
been almost deserted this week.
A tw'elve day recess is being
taken. from. January 20 until , Febru-
ary 2 to allow the legislative com-
 to inspect the various, state
institutions . and activities., ~ With
budget requests soaring many mil-
lions of dollars above those of previ—
ous years, the salons know-that they
Vmu'st cut and cut deeply somewhere.
' The question is to; ﬁnd what are the
most pressing  .
’ Few senators or representatives
. seem to relish the term "junkets"
which is applied to these trips. That
term savors too much of a wild trip
at State expene, of pre—Volstead in-
dulgences; etc. Perhaps “institu-
tional inspection visitation” would
suit the members better.

Not‘ only are the demands for
money worrying the legislators, but
to further complicate the situation,
nobody knows just how badly the
State Treasury is involved at pres-
ent. The new Administration found
State funds at a very low level.
Special arrangements had to be
made to meet the pay roll for the
ﬁrst two weeks of January, and even
then the employees had to wait a
-couple ofdays. , .

One of the ﬁrst acts of the new
Administrative Board was to comply
with Governor Green’s request that
a thorough audit of ~the State’s

’ books be made to reveal assets and
unpaid obligations. ‘ The work has
progresSed far enough to reveal past-
due bills running into the millions.
Reports that the records at the
State-owned cement plant at Chelsea
were being .multilated caused the
Governor to send the auditors from
Lansing to Chelsea with orders to
ﬁnd out the facts and'bring back a
complete and unpreju-diced report.

Salary Boosts Uncovered ‘

Another distressing thing discov-
-ered is that between the primary
election and the end of the Groes-
beck administration, salary raises of
State employees totalling $50,000
were made: Governor Green charac-
terized this action as “raw” and de—
clared that steps should be taken at
once to remove these evidences of
political favoritism and readjust
wage and salary levels of State em-
ployees. . 2 \

Fifty-four bills and several resolu-
tions have been introduced thus far
and, are pending before legislative
committees. Manyof these measures
are quite familiar, having been in-
troduced regularly in each recent
Legislature. ‘ ' ~

A three-cent gas tax and a re-
adjusted scale of automobile license
rates is proposed in two bills intros

‘ duced by Rep. Fred R. Ming of Che-
boygan. Rep. Ming proposes to cut
the weight tax on passenger. cars
from 55 to 45 cents per hundred
pounds and on trucks weighing less
than 2,500 pounds from 65 to 55
cents per hundred pounds. However,
he would materially increase the
rate for commercial vehicles weigh-
ing more than 2,500 pounds. It is
hard to predict whether the two bills
as passedwould raise more or less
revenue" from the motorists than the
present laws. -
uBesides revising the weight tax
rates, the second Ming bill would in-
crease. the county share of the auto-
mobile license .revenue" to 50 per
cent of the total amount _ collected,
instead of a ﬂat $6,000,000. . Rep,

Ming estimates that this would give
the" aunties "about ._$s3,000,000 more ‘

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a higher-gas tax. Rep. King warns
them that it would take at least a
’L—eentgutaxtobrtnginasmuch
revenue as is now bemg received
from the two sources and that any
decrease in the total receipts from
the motorists will mean an added
tax burden on the property owners.
Several other tax measures have
also been thrown into the legisla-

tive hopper. Rep. Douglas Black of
Twining proposes to postpone the
last day on which taxes can be paid
without penalty from January 10
until February 10.
New Taxation Syetan

Rep. Wilbur B. Show of Comstock
is sponsoring a constitutional amend-
ment which, if adopted, would allow
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PROGRAM FOR FARMERS’ WEEK "
Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, at. M. A. C.
FARMERS WEEK has come to be the biggest agricultural conference held

in Michigan.

spescial conferences.

rates are available on all railroads for Farmers’
Round-trip tickets may be had for one and one-half times the regular one-way
t in the state to East Lansing. Details about these rates
whad from local ticket agents. _
are available for Farmers’ Week visitors in East Lansing and Lansmg
Rooms in priVate homes ms.
at a cost of about one dollar a, night per person, through Rev.
. . ‘ Church, East Lansing, Mich.
Meals will be available at reasonable cost at various East Lansing and Lan-
sing restaurants. Light lunches will be served in booths at some of the ex—

fare, from any poin

homes, as well as in Lansing hotels.

College Y. M C A., Peoples

hibits on the mmpus.

Upon arrival, visitors should go to the Peoples Church, where rooms may
They should then register at either the
Home Economics Building, Agricultural Building, Gymnasium, Horticultural,

or the__Armory. Upon registration, visitors will be given full information,

be secured and baggage checked.

Da
the 11 program for Farmers'

and- a cafeteria where meals may

honor of the war dead.

Program of General Meetings During Farmers’ Week

Monday, January 81

Basketball Games
College Gymnasium

8:00 M. S. C. Short Course vs. ’Al—
pine Grange from Kent County.

8:00 M. S. C. Varsity vs. Butler
University from Indianapolis, Ind.

Farrhers’sWeek visitors may secure
tickets at the Registration Booths at
one-half the regular rates. .

8.00 Three Act Play at Social Hall,
Peoples Church, "S e r v s. n t the
House.” Presented by Theta Alpha
Phi, Student Dramatic Club. The
Farmers’ week badge will admit
Farmers’ Week visitors without

charge.
- Tuesday, February 1

Liv stock Day
Afte oon Sesswn

‘ Chairman—Dean R. S. Shaw

1 :30 _Musio——,College Orchestra.

2:00 Address—“The Future Trend
of the Poultry Indust ," H. L. Lackie,
State Department of rkets, Madison,
Wisconsi ‘

1:.
2:40 Southern Melogs, Guitar ac-
companiment, L. G. Moore, Class 1927.
2250 "Modern Trend in Livestock
Production,” W. A. Cochel, x Kansas

City, Mo.

Tuesday, February 1
Evening Sesaion
Chairman—Hon. C. L. Brody
6:45 Band Concert. '
7:30 “When the Farmer Comes to

Court," Judge C. B. Collingwood, Lan-
sirhgbsMich.

M. S. C. Co—ed Quartette.
8:15 Address, President C. C. Lit-

tle, University of Michigan.

Wednesday, February 2

Agronomy Day
Afternoon Session

Chairman—Hon. L. Whitney Watkins

1 :30 Band Concert.

azoo “Corn Borer Situ/ation," J. F.

'00:,  of Farm Crops, M. SNC.

3:40 . Coll efﬂlee “Cl 13.
swift “

a?“ n 1.. mm was” E9?“
both if ‘ damsel-lax $41 m-

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Each year thousands of farmers and their families gather
for the week at the College, where they hear national leaders discuSS
economic and agricultural questions, view interesting exhibits and (118-

plays, and take part in the general consideration of vital topics;

Entertainment and education are mixed in equal portion during the program
of Farmers’ Week. Music, pageants, and social hours are balanced off against
the more serious side of the schedule, which is devoted it, educational work on
almost all phases of agriculture and rural life.

rate programs and exhibits are planned for the women who attend
ers‘ Week- Making their headquarters in the College Home Economics

Building, they spend a week ﬁlled with interesting and valuable meetings and

Week, and badges which will admit to all enter—
tainments and meetings of the week, except the basketball game Monday even-

, for which a nominal charge of ﬁfty cents will be made.

armers' Week visitors are invited to avail themselves of conveniences of
the Union Memorial Building at the entrance to the Campus.
rooms for men and for women, public telephones, a large lobby, dining rooms
be procured'at reasonable prices. The aﬂairs
of the building are conducted by the students and alumni of the College and
e proﬁts from its operation are used to add to the facilities of the building.
It was erected from funds donated by alumni and friends of the College in

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Week visitors.

be secured
lery, at the

There are rest

2200 Introduction of Michigan‘s
Director of Conservation, Geo. E. Bis-
hop, Secretary Upper Peninsula Dc—
velopment Bureau.

2:15 Violin Solo, Miss Frances
Ayers, Accompanist, MiSS Lavern Han-
sen.

2z30 Forestry Conservation, L. J.
Young, State Director of Conservation.

3:30 Soil Conservation, Dr. M. M.
McCool, Soils Dept, M. S. 0., Mr. Burt
Wermuth, Assoc. Editor, Michigan
Farmer.

Thursday, February 3
Evening Session
Chairman—Director J. D. Willard

6 :45 Music—College Orchestra.
7:10 College Glee Club.
7:30 Address—President K. L. But-

8:00 Music—M. S. C. Co-ed Quar—

tette.
8:15 Address——Senator Royal
Copeland, N. Y. .

PROGRAM
HOMERIAKER'S SECTION
FARMERS’ WEEK

January Ell—February 4
Room 301—Home Economics Building

Tuesday, 9 A. M., February 1
Community Singing.
Announcements.

Vegetables and How Lo Grow Them,
Prof. Geo. E. Starr—Horticulture,
Vegetables and How to Cook Them,
Miss Osee Hughes.

\Vednesday, 9 A. M., February 2

Community Singing.

The Problem of the Adolescent, Dr.
Caroline Hedger.

Furs—Pitfalls in Buying, Albrecht
Fur Co., St. Paul, Minn.

Thursday, 9 A. M., February 3
Community Singing.
Announcements.

Beautifying the Home and Grounds,
Mr. O . Gregg.
, The..,Cooperation Necessary to make
a. '10 'Per Cent Child, Dr. Carolme
Hedger. V r I

Friday 2 A. M., February 4
Community Singing.
Announcements.

-«Shoea—-Fitting Shoes to the Foot—
Not the Foot to the Shoe, Miss Grimes
and Students. -  .'
-,.;Homemakihg- and Citizenship, Rev.
Caroline Bartlett Crane. -

 

 gather :the material for my next re-
. -port from a seat somewhere up in .‘

new system of taxation for the State,
including an income tax. '

Sen. Peter B. Lennon, who has
been working for months on a tobac-
co tax proposal, has the ﬁnal draft
of the bill ready to introduce when
the Legislature convenes. at the end
of its present recess. It is expected
that it will provide a tax of 10 per
cent on cigars, chewing tobacco,
smoking tobacco, and snuff and
$2.00 per thousand on cigarets, with
a provision that the revenue so
raised is to be used to reduce, by
that amount, the State general pro—
perty tax.

Two unborn State institutions are
receiving considerable a t t e n t i o n
from the lawmakers. One is the
much talked—of ﬁfth normal provid—
ed for in a bill passed by the 1925
Legislature which was to have been
located somewhere in the upper part
of the lower peninsula. The bill
which passed two years ago carried
_an appropriation of $350,000. No
one seems to know where the money
went and the institution was not es-
tablished. Now Rep. Denis G. Clan-
cy of Hillsdale has introduced a bill
to repeal. the law passed in 1925,
as he feels there is no real need for
another State normal school.

The legislative committee appoint-
ed at the 1925 session to settle upon
a site for a new tuberculosis sena-
torium reported in favor of a loca-
tion adjoining the University Hospi-
tal at Ann Arbor. However, Sen.
Seymour H. Person of Lansing has
now introduced a bill to repeal the
law which provided for this new san-
atorium and appropriated one-half
million dollars to build it.

In an‘ effort to secure the vote of
the Michigan delegation in Congress
for the McNary-Haugen bill, Sen.
Peter B. Lennon has introduced a
resolution which, if passed, would
petition Congress to approve this

- farm relief measure.

Sock Check on Chicken Thieves

The chicken thief nuisance which
has been emphasized in THE BUSI-
NESS FARMER is. coming in for its
share of attention in the 1927 Leg-
islature. Rep. Luther E.-Hall of
Ionia has introduced a bill to re-
quire every poultry buyer to obtain
and record on blanks to be furnished
by the Secretary of State, detailed
information regarding each lot of'
poultry purchased. This information
would include: date of purchase,
name of seller, his or her residence,
color, color of hair, eyes, height,
weight, business occupation, kind of
poultry purchased, the number there-
of, whether such poultry was raised
by such seller or purchased of
others, and if purchased from others,
then the name of the person
from whom so purchased and the
date thereof. If the poultry were-
delivered in a motor vehicle, the
purchaser would also have to record
the auto license number.

As predicted in our report of two
weeks ago, the present session of
the Legislature is not a pleasant one
from the standpoint of a lobbyist.
The Governor has already sent a.
special message to. the Senate and
House, calling attention to the ac—
tivities of one well-known and inﬂu-
ential lobbyist and suggesting that
rules be made to debar ,all lobbyists
and suggesting that rules be made
from the legislative chambers.

Rep. Burton G. Cameron of Char-
lotte has introduced a proposal in
the House that a committee to con-
slat/01th:; Speaker; and two repres-

entatives examine and pass upon all

lobbyists. -, Possibly I shall have to

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AS a farmer in this State a right

to use ﬁrearms in protecting
his property from'thieves? This
question will undoubtedly be settled
during the second .week in March
when L. J. Wilson, who lives near
Greenville, appears in circuit court
before Judge Hawley of Ionia, on a
charge of manslaughter.

L. J. Wilson owns a 20-acre farm,
near Greenville, working it and the
farm of his father, J. J. Wilson,
which adjoins his. During the fore—
part of Noyember he and his family,
with the exception of one son,
Ralph, were away for two weeks,
and his hired man was left in charge
to do the chores. On the night of
November 24th the Wilson family
returned, and being tired they went
to bed fairly early. Ralph spent the
evening away from home, not re-
turning until about 11230, and when
getting ready to retire he looked
out of the window and noticed a car
coming slowly down the road. As
it stopped by the barn Ralph awak—
ened his father,'telling him about
the car. Mr. Wilson dressed hur-
riedly and, taking his riﬂe, the two
rushed out to the hen house which
they found had been broken into.
Two men were found, one busily rob—
bing the roost while the .other stood
on guard.

A command to halt was given by
the Wilsons, we are told, and one
man, Wm. Telfor of Greenville,
obeyed but the other started run-
ning toward the road. Mr. Wilson
is said to have called to him two or
three times to halt or he would
shoot, but the man paid no atten-
tion, so he shot low intending to
frighten him into surrendering. The
man continued to run and Mr. Wil—
son continued the chase until he ﬁn-
ally caught him.

The man, who proved to be Ed—
ward Sixbury, an iron molder living
in Greenville, declared he was unin-
jured, but when the deputy sheriff
arrived Mr. \Vilson insisted that Six-
bury be taken to the hospital for
examination. An examination re-
vealed that he had been wounded in
the abdomen and he died at 3:00 a.
m. Thanksgiving morning. He left
a widow and six children. '

A third man, Harry Sixbury, bro-
ther of the dead man. was found in
the car waiting for the men to re—
turn with their stolen chickens, and
he was also placed under arrest.

The following day Mr. Wilson was

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arrested on a manslaughter charge that the farmers would not use ﬁre-

and allowed? his liberty on ﬁfteen
hundred dollars bail With his hear-
ing set‘ for 13th before Justice John
W. Nickerson, of Stanton. - ‘-

Before the date of the hearing
the oﬁicials were called on by dele-
gations of farmers and business men
recommending that the charges be
dropped. Many letters were sent ex-
pressing sympathy for Mr. Wilson,
who is a respected farmer, highly
regarded in his community. The
board of supervisors of Montcalm
sent in a, petition and the Kent

County Farm Bureau passed a reso-
lution commending Mr. Wilson. The

Michigan State Poultry Improvement
Association had its board of direc-
tors pass resolutions in favor of the
release of Mr. Wilson from all char—
ges and copies were sent to the pro-
secutor and judge. Also, THE BUSI-
NEss FARMER wrote a letter of con—
siderable length to the judge, point-
ing out that We believed his decision
in this case would have much bear-
ing on the future of the poultry in—
dustry of the State. It was our con-
tention that if he decided Mr. Wil-
son was wihin his rights in protect-
ing his property the chicken stealing
business in Michigan would receive
a serious setback because most of
these men are of a cowardly type
and would hesitate a long time be-
fore chancing their lives to steal a
few chickens. On the other hand, if
Mr. Wilson was found guilty of man—
slaughter the operations of the
thieves would multiply, knowing

arms against them because of its
being a violation of our laws.

The hearing was held and upon
the recommendation of Prosecuting
Attorney D. Hale Drake,‘of Monit-
calm ‘county, Mr. 'Wilson was ore
dered held 'for trial in the circuit

court for Montcalm county, .and
Justice Nickerson ﬁxed bail at
$2,000. The trial will come off dur-

ing the second week in March, we

are advised by 'Mr. Wilson’s father,
with Judge Hawley, of Ionia, on the

' bench. .

Public Sentiment Aroused
Public sentiment has been very
much aroused; particularly in Mont-
calm and surrounding counties, and

,many have offered their services

without charge in Mr. Wilson's be—
half. It is said that even the of-
ﬁcers have expressed themselves as
in sympathy with him. We have had
letters from readers living in other
parts of the State expressing their
belief that Mr. Wilson did right and
we want more of them, lots of them,
so that we can put them in the hands
of Judge Hawley in sufficient time.
before the trial so that he can read
them and learn how farmers all over
the State look at it.

Your letters recommending the
dismissing of charges against Mr.
Wilson can not be considered
strictly as a favor to him because
you are helping yourself just as
much as you are him. You are de-
claring yourself as believing a farm—
er is entitled to the right to protect

 

 

HOW’S THIS FOB SWEET CLOVER?

“Myself and son standing in my ﬁeld of sweet clover,” writes Frank Thayer, of
«r Twining, Arenac county. ,

his property, just the same as the
businessman or the banker in the
city. You never can tell when you
may be a victim‘of thieves and then
you .will want that right, just as
Mr. Wilson did. A ~ '

It is true that if you look at it in
one light it is murder, and human
life must be protected by law, but
we cannot see, how one can look at
it in that light when considering.
that this man wasvtaking some:

thing that did not belong to him,

and he knew it,and when given a
chance to surrender to be turned
over to the law he refused, apparent-
ly preferring to take‘the chance of
being shot; If MrkWilson had not
been armed there is little question
but that the thieves would have es-
caped to continue their operations
on other farms, perhaps for many
months, or passibly as long as they
cared to steal a living, and the total
loss to the farmers running into
hundreds or even thousands of dol<
ars.
Should Receive Reward

Letters have come to us stating
that instead of being arrested Mr.
Wilson should be rewarded. If he
had been a paid~up subscriber to
THE BUSINESS FARMER he Would be
entitled to one of our $50.00 re-
wards but it is his father, J. J. Wil-
son, who is a member of our family.
'But a verdict of “Not Guilty” will be
a reward to Mr. Wilson and it is up
to the farm folks of Michigan to do
all they can to bring this about. It
is not just Mr. Wilson’s liberty we
want but our own as well.

Not only do we want you to write
letters, either to us or direct to the
judge Who will hear the case, but we
would like to have you circulate pe—
titions among your neighbors and
get as many signers as you'can. You
can write up your own petition or
you can clip out the form appearing
at the bottom of this .page and paste
it at the top of a long sheet of paper.
Add more sheets as needed but do
not write on the back of any of
them. Petitions and letters should
be in our hands by February 15th
so that we can put them in the
hands of the judge at an early date.
If you write direct to him send your
letters and petitions so they will
reach him by that date, and advise
us regarding the number of names
you sent. However, do not wait
until the last minute. Just as soon
as you get them ready send them in.‘

Pointers, For Farmers Who Must Make Income Returns For 1926

By AN INCOME TAX EXPERT .

O the farmer the problem of cor—
rectly making out an income re-
turn for the year 1926 should

present no unusual difficulties, not
.withstanding he is required to use
the. larger form, 1040. Careful
study of the instructions on this and
the accompanying form 1040-F——
schedule of farm income and ex—
penses—will be of material aid in
this connection.

The use of Form 1040 for report—
ing net income is required when the
net income. regardless of amount,
-was derived from “a business or
profession, including farming,” and
in all cases where the net income
was more than $5,000.

A copy of the form will be mailed
taxpayers who last year ﬁled similar

returns of income. Failure to re-
ceive a form, however, does not re-
lieve the taxpayer of his obligation
to ﬁle the return and pay the tax on
time. A copy may be obtained by
writing the collector of internal re-
venue for the district in which the
taxpayer lives.

A farmer who keeps his accounts
on the cash receipts and disburse—
ment.basis—which means a record
of the amount actually received and
the amount actually paid for expen-
ses—must ﬁle his income tax return
for the year 1926 on that basis. He
must include in his gross income for
the year the amount of cash or the
value of merchandise or other pro-

perty- received from the sale of live
stock and produce raised. on the
farm, proﬁts from the sale of live
stock or any other items which were
purchased, proﬁts from the sale or
rental of farm lands, and proﬁts
from all other taxable sources. The
farm expenses will he the amount
actually paid out during the year.
For farmers keeping their ac—
counts on the accrual basis, inven-
tories, at the beginning and end of
each taxable car are necessary.
For those sporting on the ac-
crual basis, the gross proﬁts are ob-
tained by adding to the inventory
value of live stock and products on
hand at the end of the year the

amount received from the sale of
stock and products and other miscel-
laneous receipts, for hire of teams,
machinery, etc., during the year, and
deducting from this sum the inven-
tory value of stock and products on
hand at the beginning of the year
plus the cost of stock and produce
purchased during the year. The
farm expenses will be the actual ex-
penses incurred during the year
whether paid or not.

Farmers who keep no books of
account or keep their accounts on
the cash receipts and disbursement
basis are required to ﬁle a schedule
of farm income and expenses on
Form 1040-F, which must be at-
tached to the individual return on

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we believe Mr. Wilson was actin

If you are in favor of having the Judge recommend to the Jury that they a
of a long sheet of paper and circulate the petition amongyour neighbors.
bottom of the ﬁrst one. Be sure to‘- send the pet

. PETITION

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE HAWLEY,
or THE CIRCUIT COURT or MONTCALM COUNTY.

E the undersigned citizens of the State of Michigan do hereby humbly letition you to recommend

 Wto your jury the dismissal of the manslaughter charges against L. J. V
near Greenville,’ Montcalm county, Michigan, who, while protecting his property, fatally injured

Edward Sixbury, of Greenville, Michigan, found taking said property withOut owner’s permission, as

g within his rights to protect, said property. 'We understand this case
is on the calendar of your‘court for March, 1927. ' . '  .3   .  -. f T ' , . ‘

cquit L. J.'“'HSOII, charged with manslaughter, clip out the “overpopu- it at «the top
If you have more signers than; can be [rotted d " e  ' '1; gr" ‘ *
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TWINS—Florence and Floyd, twins of Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Love, of Boyne City. Floyd
is the seventh son, born on the seventh day
of the week of the seventh month.

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in by Conrad Bauer, of Freeland, Saginaw county.

 

BAISING THE 0RPHANS.——Raising' the orphan
animals on the farm is an interesting job- Mrs.
John McPhail, of Stalwart, Chippewa county, in the
Upper Peninsula, had a Job raising seven pigs when
their mother died. It is dinnertime in the picture.

Schmandt,

“GIDDAP, HORSEY!”——Edgar Arnold, of Saginaw, on hi
is holding the horse.

 

DO WE SEE VVRONG?——Something wrong here sure. Gladys
writes that one of the
“ment” is a neighbor lady and the others are her brothers and
a 818 or.

of Reese, Tuscola county,

   

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SORIE SQUASH!-—Adam
Hart, Pinconning‘, with a,
banana squash he grew.

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ARE WE RIGHT?—Apparently Evelyn Her-
rington. of Bowling, Barry county, ﬁgures that
she can make her brother Duh- grow real fast
by setting him on the can of milk, because she
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good timezon their 3

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W. Michene'r of Turner, tells us theboys are Willard
Waite; Schultz. 'rAlao. he writes, they. are

   
 
 

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Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Einbody, living near Fremont, Indiana.

   
 

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S\VEETHEARTS.——1\Irs.
land co'unty, sent us this
of my son Leslie and his
house." If the

GREAT CHUMS.—Earl Kelley,
Clair county,

CHORES.”—“This is our son. .Ros-s
doing

  

Alf. Rydmun, obeoleman, Mid-
picture

sweetheart business
secret—well, Leslie, talk to your mother.

is 'the dau hter of .Mr.
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dog, Rover, are
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an
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its? tried several times’but have
vjer- ‘succeeded in growing any

very few of these—W. D. 11., Bay
Shore, Michigan.

’UTABAGAS ordinarily yield”
" from 10 to 20 tons of roots per
acre, when grown on the better
.soils. The crop prefers a fertile,
'well drained soil.
w’the preparation should be as for
.corn. Many times rutabagas are
'sown broadcast in new clearings
with fair results.

, If the crop is to be stored and fed

'late in the winter, largest yields will
be secured by planting between May
25th “and June 10th. For a catch
crop,’ after failure of some other
crop, rutabagas may be planted as
late as July 1st. Do not cover too
deeply when planting as this delays
time -of appearance above ground
and consequently shortens the sea-
son. From~ one-half to one inch
deep, depending on soil and moisture
conditions, is enough soil covering.
If planted in rows two feet to 30‘
inches apart, thin to 10 or 12 inches
between plants. *Cultivate enough
to keep weeds down. The ﬁrst cul-
tivation should be deep and succeed-
ing ones shallow. "

The failure mentioned is probably
due to lack of available plant food in
the soil, especially nitrogen. If good
yields are to be secured the soil
should have liberal applications of
manure, preferably applied in the
fall or winter months. This adds
plant food and humus to the soil and
when well incorporated in the soil,
aids in holding moisture during dry
periods—C. E. Cormany, Assistant
Professor of Farm Crops, M. S. C.

 

ADVERTISE FOR BIDS

Where a job of road work costs
more than $500.00 is it a law that it
must be put up for bids? If so, where
the town board turns this over to
the highway commissioner to do
without putting it up for bids what
recourse have the taxpayers?——A
Subscriber, Traverse City, Mich.

HE law requires the county road
T commissioners to advertise for
bids for the construction of
roads where the job costs over $500.
They may reject all bids and do the
work by day labor, but must ﬁle with
the county clerk all the bids receiv—
ed and a statement of their reasons
for not accepting any of the bids.
-———Lega1 Editor.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Are children in the rural districts
'compelled to attend school after
they are sixteen years of age, if they
have not completed the eighth
grade?-——Mrs. B., Tekonsha, Mich.

HILDREN in rural districts are
not compelled to attend school
after sixteen years of age, even

‘ though they have not completed the
eight grades—W. L. Coffey, Supt. of
Public Instruction.

, SIGNING CONTRAGI‘

If A rents a farm of B and A’s
wife signs her name and also the
name of her husband is the contract
binding? If nob, could B make A
leave farm when crops are harvest-
e"d?——M. C., Genesee County.

F B signed the contract, he would
be bound and could not make A
move until the expiration of the

lease. A's wife signing‘the lease
would not bind A. However, if A
went into possession and worked the
farm under this arrangement, he
would be bound also—Legal Editor.

 

 

 

ODOR OF CISTERN WATER

I have a cistern that holds about
ﬁfty barrels of water. It is nearly
full and the water looks clear but
has a bad smell. It is built outside
and piped into the house. Could you
tell me what to do for it ,and if
there is anything to put in the water
to take out the smell?—-W. E. G.,
Farwell, Michigan.

BELIEVE that the smell to which
you refer comes from an accumu-

, lation of foreign material which
commonly gets into cistern water.
This may merely consist of coal dust,
smoke, dirt from the roof, leaves,

cistern and *gradua‘llywdeoqntpo

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 Will- you kindly give us informs-5  '
' as ,to,gr.owl’ng ru-tabagasii . We “

larger than a hen’s egg and only a >

For best results, .

etc., which settle to the bottom of

  
    

   

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the best 'way is to pump out the cis-
tern and thoroughly clean it and
then to prevent further accumula-
tion a ﬁlter can be put in.——-O. E.
Robey, Specialist, Agricultural En-
gineering, M. S. 0.. -

OWNER WED T0 BERNIE

I bought a farm which was rented
last year for cash rent. The renter
put out some strawberries in the
garden. Now he plans to let an-
other party take them up. There
was nothing reserved by either party
when the sale was made. His time
is up the first of March. I thought
I could hold the berries.-——-J. W. B..
Homer, Michigan.

AM of the opinion the owner of

the place would be entitled to

the strawberry patch and the
renter would have no right to re—
move or sell them.—-Legal Editor.

 

MILKWEEDS AND OX-EYE DAISY

Will you kindly tell me how to
get rid of milkweeds and ox—eye
daisies? The milkweeds are on a
patch where. there isn’t any hay
growing—T, 1;, Wilson, Michigan.

HE common milkweed is a native
perennial which spreads by
means of its winged seeds and

its deep, thick, persistent root-stocks.
The ﬂowers should be cut off from
year to year to suppress formation
of seeds. Deep plowing and thorough
cultivation with short rotation of



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crops will eradicate it from ﬁelds.
For the destruction of individual-
plants, salt may be applied after cut—
ting in hot, dry weather. ‘

The OxaeyeDaisy is a perennial in-
troduced from Europe. Shallow
plowing of sod in August, with thor-
ough cultivation from‘ time‘ to time
until frost, will suppress it. Pas-
ture lands overrun with it may be
devoted to sheep grating. The post
does not give trouble on land under
a‘ short rotation of crops—H. '1‘.
Darlington, Assoc. Professor of Bot-
any, If. S. C.

MORTGAGE GOOD FOR 15 YEARS

A has .a mortgage on B's farm
which is past due but he is still pay~
ing the interest promptly. Is the
mortgage still good and for how long
a time? In case B places a second
mortgage on the farm, then A fore-
closeshis mortgage and it does not
sell for more than enough to satisfy
A’s claim, can C come on for his
claim on second mortgage?——-A. A.
T.,, Kent County, Mich.

HE mortgage would be good for
fifteen years after the last pay-
ment of principal and interest

was made. If the property sold for

 

(only enough to pay the ﬁrst mort-

gage the second mortgagor would
have a right of action to recover
judgment on his debt and could
collect from any other non—exempt
property of the mortgage—Legal
Editor.

(We are share a pleased to receive letters from our subscrlbers ‘and gladly publlsh those on sub-

Jects of general nterost. If
department Write your views and send them In.
are suitable for publlcatlon or not.)

CAPITAL PUNISHMEENT

EAR EDITOR:~ In the January

lst issue of THE Busmnss

FARMER your article on “What
do you think about it, meaning, of
course, capital punishment for Mich—
igan.” Well, I am coming right for-
ward with what I think about it.
First of all I think it would be a step
backward. Second, it would not
stop the crime or murder as shown
by other states that have capital
punishment. Third, the taking of
human life is murder whether done
by the individual or by the state and
you cannot legalize murder.

I want to say that it is the friends
of the murdered person that sym-
pathy goes out to and I greatly de-
plore the wave of crime that is {going
on at the present time, but the cause
is not the lack of capital punish—
ment, neither will the remedy be in
capital punishment.

Now I am going to say what I
think would be one step in the right‘_
direction. If our legislature would
go to work and revise our criminal
laws in a sane way and have the
laws mean just what they claim to,
that life imprisonment should mean
life imprisonment with no pardons
or paroles only when the'person is
found to' be innocent, or when the

you agree or do not a roe wlth who

Is wrltten and published ln this
he odltor in role Judge as to whether letters

person had some disease from which
he could not recover and the friends
wanted to care for the one in the
ﬁnal end, they would go a long way
for the better of our State.

I’m not going to say more at this
time for I may want to say more on
this subject.—J. A. Dexter, Genesee
County.

 

WANTS FISHING LAW CHANGED
EAR EDITOR: The board of
supervisors of Montcalm county
passed the following, and we

would like to see them in the col—

umns of your paper as other boards
in the State may take similar action.

WHEREAS, under Act 230 of the Public
Acts of 1925, and the order of the Con-
servation Commission of the State of
Michigan, made in pursuance thereof, the
citizens of this country are forbidden to
spear ﬁsh of any kind, including suckers,
either through the ice in the winter or
in the streams in the spring, and

WHEREAS, suckers are of no value as
food in warm weather, are not game ﬁsh
and are detrimental to game fish when
left in the lakes, and

WHEREAS, farmers have but little
time in which to ﬁsh during the present
open season, but do enjoy spearing suck-
ers through the ice and streams in the
early spring,

NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLV—

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insertion. .
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monthsof January, February and March, ' .
and from the streams other than ' trout” 
streamed the State, in the springs! they} '

year. .

‘We have forWarded a copy to the
Conservation Commission, and to
our senator, Mr. Herrick, and our
representative. r- Mr. Museum—Super-
visor Albert Perkins, Montcalm
County, Mich.

1927 SUGAR BERT CONTRACT
Michigan Sugar Beet Growers:
How about that 1927 sugar beet}
contract? Are you going to
sign a contract like the 1936 con—
tract and take $1.00 less per ton “for
your boots or are you going to de-

ith that 1925 contract back—the

one we fought so hard to get, which
was a 45-55 contract with a mini-
mum price‘of $7.00 per ton and a

sliding scale which gave the grower '

$1.00 bonus per ton for every $1.00
advance in the wholesale price of
sugar above $7.00 per~ hundred.

Many of you did not read that
contract over last spring before
signing it. At any rate we were all
taken unaware. The companies sure
did put one over on us that time and
I can just hear them chuckling over
the little trick they pulled.

It was fair though and when the
farmers signed that 1926 contract
they beat themselves out of the

.bonus that they would have received

had they been growing beets under
the same contract as that of. 1925.
Don’t do anything foolish this
year when it comes to signing a
sugar beet contract.
Each and every one of us must
demand that 1925 contract back and

,read it over and be sure it is the

same in every particular as the 1925
co’ntract before signing it. Talk this
over with your neighbors and let us
all get squarely behind this issue.
Now’ is the ,time.-.———A. J. Smith, St.
Clair County.

 

DYNAMITE CAPS

Q THE EDITOR: If ever there

was a timely topic in your

forum it was that one on dy-
namite caps. A most deplorable ac-
cident just happened to a small boy.
The farmer hid the caps and the boy
found them. I believe the remedy
lies in the school teacher conducting
experiments” to show their danger
in such a way to inspire fear.————-E.
R., Port Hope, Michigan.

BULLETIN SERVICE

 

 

(The bulletlns. [Mod under this heading are

. fyouwantacmotonoof more

Jm’llat them on a postal card or In a letter

and mall to us wlth your name and address.

They will be sent to {on wlthout charges of
any Ind.) r

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Bulletin No. 7.—FARM SANITATION.
This really consists of two bulletins; one
on how to build a concrete hog wallow
and the other on dipping livestock, and
livestock diseases with Suggestions as to
treating. Very helpful to have in your
farm library.

Bulletin No. 8.—-—HOW T0 ANALYZE A
‘FIRST MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE
BOND ISSUE—Here is a mighty interest-
ing booklet, especially if you are plan-.
ning on investing in stocks or bonds. It
is a most thorough analysis of the sub-
ject and should be helpful to anyone.

Bulletin No. O.——FEED FROM THE
EGG TO THE MARKET—Poultry men
will find this bulletin very helpful. It gives
information on the different breeds, how
to feed, breed, cull and market, and dis-
cusses the various diseases poultry is sub-
ject to. It contains 4! pages and is well
illustrated. -

Bulletin No. io.-—WHEN AND HOW
TO DUST—This booklet is made up of
complete schedules for dusting to control
disease and insect pests in the. orchard
and thegarden. Each» disease or post is
described and treatment by dusting given.
A valuable booklet for those who grow
any fruit or much garden.

Bulletin No. u. from AND >
FEEDING.——Prof. John M. Evyard. am: a .
thor of this 37% booklet'il Protease}:  .
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eties Of each vegetable.

- is almost sure to change the pleasure
of planning our next year’s garden
to a very complex problem as to
. which varieties to order.

One prominent seed house has
this year out the total number of
all varieties of all garden vegetables
, down to 85 varieties and still seems
to have a sufficient number to cover
the needs of most any grower.
. of the varieties in these long lists
are merely selections developed from
the older standard varieties. ,
are, of course, hybrids or crosses.
However, not all of the newer vari-
eties are to be condemned as some
of the recent introductions have real

merit.

It is also true that due to the
insect pests,
blights and other plant

constant increase of

problematic conditions

brought about which have rendered
some of our old standard varities in—
adequate or unproﬁtable. ,

A few years ago most of the as-
paragus plantings were of the Pal—
metto or Conovers Colossal variety.
Today with the' disease known as
Asparagus Rust prevalent in many
sections of the country we ﬁnd the
Washington variety fast replacing
these older ones due to its demon--
strated ability to resist rust.

The demand ,of the tomato grow-
er, especially those in the south,
for a tomato which would resist
blight or Fusarium Wilt has resulted
in the New Norton variety recently
developed by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. Fortunately
Michigan climate is not favorable
for the conditions and elements
which promote these diseases.

I have merely stated them as a
means of illustrating how it is pos-
sible for varieties to outlive their
usefulness. As I tated before, not
all of the newer varieties are to be
condemned, neither is it advisable to
plant the new varieties
strength of the seedsmen’s claims
alone. A few costly losses sustained
by the writer has been sufficient to
cause him to eye askance any new
introductions until limited plantings
side by side with other varieties
show why they were qualiﬁed to re-
place something already grown.
:have in mind one grower who plant—
ed extensively of what was sup-
posed to be perpetual spinach and
which turned out to be nothing

more than Swiss chard.

Some unscrupulous seedsmen
merely rename some variety and by
judicious advertising and unwar-
ranted claims are able to secure a
price far in advance of what the
same variety would cost if purchased
elsewhere under its true name.
should also be bo‘rn in mind that the
same vegetable purchased under the
same varietal name from different
sources will often show a marked
difference in regard to
growth, time of maturity,- and gen-

eral characteristics.

At M. S. C. one year ago this last
summer the writer observed a dozen
or more strains of Bantam corn
ranging in height from 21/2 to 7 feet
tall although it all went under the
name of Golden Bantam but was se-'

cured from different

good plan and one which is at the
same time comparatively
follow is to decide on what varieties
you think best suited“ to your section
and needs and then order these va:
rieties from seedsmen
and specializing in these varieties.
For 'instance, one seedsman may
make a 'specialty of Golden Bantam
corn and spare no effort to offer only
the best While anather mayspecial-r‘
ize in Detroit Dark Red Beet, etc.
" In any eventdeal with'seed houses

,Iwhose reputation isib‘ey

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..  OUT YOUR SEED

 his‘IH’time each year a
duesti’o‘n arises in my mind as

, {to how xmany readers of 'M. B.
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1110 Old Order Passeth

UITE recently. a man was 1001:-
Q ing over our‘new laying house

and admiring the feathered
tribe which inhabit it. Everything
seemed to meet with his approval
until, in answer
to - his question,
“Do you hatch
y o u r o w n
chicks?" he was
told we did not.
but bought them
of a Large hatch-

ery. .

To him, this
seemed a great
mistake, for he
s a i d hatcheries
were unreliable
p 1 a c e s f r o m
which to obtain
chicks for im-
proving flocks. He said no large
hatchery could produce eggs in suf-
ﬁcient quantities to keep their in-
cubators going, and eggs were often
bought where ever they could be
found. He was wrong, and was
quite surprised when I told him his
view of the hatcheries was of the
old order-and had passed. I have
since found some others who seem
doubtful about hatcheries being
able to secure the vast number of
eggs they require for incubators
without 'buying eggs “most any—
where." However, the fact remains
that quality chicks are obtainable
from large hatcheries. There may
be some which are not over cautious
where they procure eggs but if one
orders of a State Accredited hatch-
ery, one will undoubtedly get good
stock. Many do not understand
what a State Accredited hatchery is.
It simply means the hatchery is be-
ing operated according to the most
up—to-date practice. Before the
State began to regulate hatcheries,
they could, and many did obtain
eggs from anyone they could. ‘If
orders were heavy, many times eggs
were procured from very poor flocks.
But with the discovery of testing for
bacillary white diarrhea, etc., the
State began to accredit the hatcher—
ies that would practice these prin-
ciples. , So today, if a hatchery is
State Accredited, it cannot get eggs
from any but a State Accredited
flock. This means the flock has
been blood tested for white diarrhea,
culled for production, type, tubercu-
losis, etc. It means a reduction in
size of ﬂock when the State examin-
ers get through with them; it means
a buyer of chicks from a. State Ac-
credited hatchery knows exactly
what he is getting. Other hatch—
eries may buy eggs cheaper and sell
chicks cheaper, but you get just
what you chance to get. The extra
cent or two an accredited chick will
cost is very cheap insurance. Every
hen in a State Accredited ﬂock has
been handled, tested and leg banded
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number. These hens and their num-
bers are registered in the M. S. C.
p o u 1 t r y department. Production
ﬂock owners for State Accredited
hateheries are members of the Mich-
igan Poultry Improvement Associa-
tion—poultrymen who have the Well
being of the industry at heart, and
are determined no other. state will
produce better quality poultry than
the Wolverine .Stafe. .'

Will It?
Large, new poultry houses are

I quite numerous and a' drive in most

any section shows more of them
being built, and the question rises,
“Will the poultry business be over-
done?” Well, will it?

Probably in the past there have
been more failures in the poultry
business, than in any other line.
Many of these were caused by going
into the business instead of grow-
ing into it. It requires several years
to go into the dairy business on a
large scale. One * generally starts

'with a. few cows and gradually

grows into the large herd and ’ac-
quires the know how as he goes

: along; but one can go into the poul—

try business on an extensive scale in
about thirty days! When a person

. with ﬁfty hens can show a proﬁt of

two or three dollars a year per hen.
over feed costs, it seems reasonable
to suppose a yearly proﬁt of two or
three thousand dollars. could be
made with a thousand hens. Just a
pencil and a piece of paper is all
one needs to ﬁgure out how it can
be done, but it will take more than
a pencil and a piece of paper to
ﬁgure out the doing of it! As'one
man aptly said, “Poultry is an éasy

* business to go into, and just as. easy

to go out of." But the fact remains,
there are many successful poultry
farms, and there will be more
of them. Demand for chicken din-
ners will never cease, and the use
of eggs will continue to increase, for

- the per capita consumption of eggs

is gradually working higher as the
quality of eggs is improved. 'This is
where the larger poultry farms will
help themselves, for they are the
ones who are improving the quality
--and extra ﬁrst quality eggs will
probably always sell for a little more
than it costs to produce them. There
will be ups and downs in the poultry
business the same as in the dairy,
hog or any other farm line.

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It. Will Be Scarce

Clover seed is going to be un-
usually high in price this spring.
owing to the scarcity. There will be
all sorts of ways planned to get
around this high priced seed- A
larger amount of sweet clover and
alfalfa will be seeded than formerly,
and the anticipation of this heavy
demand for these ’sales is working
their prices higher. It would seem
good judgment for farmers to place
their orders for these seeds at once.
We have a small amount of home
grown clover seed two years old and
just where to sow to be sure of a
seeding is a serious question to us.
We have ordered a liberal quantity
of sweet clover and alfalfa seed, and
the ﬁelds in the potato ration will
be seeded to them. We do not ex-
pect to pasture or use these ﬁelds
for meadows. Simply let the clovers
and grass grow up and perhaps mow
it down and let it stay on the
ground. This will induce a. larger
growth than letting the grass con-
tinue to grow without cutting. The
object is to get as much trash as .pos-
sible to_plow under for humus. I
am willing to be classed with those
farmers who are cranks on humus——
may our tribe increase!

High priced, scarce, or what not,

let’s try and seed the usual number-

of acres, and if seeding conditions
‘ are good it may be wise to use a
smaller quantity of seed per acre in
order to get all the ﬁeld seeded,
rather than use the normal amount

and not have enough to go around. .

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would freeze the ~m'ud into almost
inpassable conditions; but I can
not remember a January with as
steady and congenial weather as
1087 is giving us. Why, even our
cross roads are excellent! it, surely
is an ideal time for working in the
woods and James and I are having
our ding at it. The wood lot is. too

.far away for a reasonable walking
«launch. so we drive the car. We

could come home for "lunch" (as

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rulings. .Igcan remember many”
assume: when the roads were so
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_r . operable and others when the mud
’ ‘ Twas hub, deep, and than zero weather

room. By, lighting
is ideally” comfortable in ﬁve min-
utes and {anything in the line. of
eats we want hot will be ready in an-
other ﬁve and almost before we

‘,know it we are back at the chip
making-and soon it’s time to quit.

Time we got home it will be chore
time. Short days, eh? .Well, they
are, and still what we have out
today will make the buzz “pile con-
siderably larger. And as the dark-
ness gathers, man-like, we are won-
daring what the lady of the ranch
will have for. supper. But it really
makes no diﬂerence—-anything and
everything will taste awful good to-
nightu-sure enough, it’s spare rib!

RUIT AND ORCHARD

I-Edited by HERBERT "NAFZIGER. Berrien Con‘n‘ty' _

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GWE, JUICE

HE Berrieh County Horticultural
Society held its ﬁrst meeting of
the winter at Benton Harbor on

The meeting was
originally called to discuss grading
laws. but ,became
side-tracked on
the subject of
the hour, syn-
thetic soft drinks
and their effect
on fruit con-
sumptlon.;

Mr. G e o r g 9
Friday, of Col-
cm a, discussed
the wide spread
use 0 f fr u i t
 names for syn-
- thetic soft drinks
nub." Nam," ’ which contain no
« real fruit juice.
One of the exhibits on the speaker’s
table was a bottle of artiﬁciallcon-
cord grape ﬂavoring. The contents
of this bottle, it was said, cost 36c
and could be used in the manufac-
ture of enough fake grape juice to
displace 200 pounds of grapes. A
chemist, who was present at the
meeting, declared that the imitation
grape ﬂavoring was composed of
chloroform and several
others. He denounced the material
as a “nefarious and harmful con-
coction.”

"The growers discussed ways and
means for obtaining legislation to
prevent the use of fruit names for
synthetic pop and other soft drinks
which contain no genuine fruit juice,
but have such names as cherry,
grape, etc., on the container with
the word “imitation” in small print
beneath. A state senator and two
representatives were invited to the
meeting to give counsel and hear the
growers’ desires. An officer ,of a co-
operative creamery, who was in the
audience, arose to encourage the
growers in their demand for truth
in fruit juices, and cited some of the
experiences of dairymen in prevent-
ing the sale. of oleo as real butter.

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Another interesting exhibit on the'

speaker’s table was a number of
glass jars containing various kinds
of fruit juices reduced to dry, or
crystal form. This material is said
to be the result. of 7 years of labor—
atory work and has now reached the
point where commercial production

is being considered. This new fruit.

product is said to keep indeﬁnitely
and should be a great convenience
for. housewives and soda fountains.
To obtain a drink of real grape juice
it is only necessary to reach for the
jar of grape crystals, dissolve the
proper amount in water and presto!
you have real grape juice, as good
and healthful as though it had just
been pressed. r
With this new material the house-
wife is said to be able ‘to ‘make real

‘fruii: Jelly in '7 " minutes! ‘ The writer

brought home a ,smallxiarj of grape
jelly made from powdered—~ grape
juice, pessimism? runny pro-

     

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become a new and very attractive
market outlet for all kinds "of fruit.

Mr. H. D. Hootman of M. S. C.
addressed the growers on the effects
and relative costs of growing a
young apple orchard under clean
culutre and various kinds of sod
mulch. The trees under discussion
have been watched from the time
they were planted and are now seven
years old. The soil is clay loam. The
costs given are the average for the
seven year period and include only
the cost of cultivation and of cover
crops. \ - .

The cost was found to be $10.50
per acre for clean cultivation with
cover crops, against $8.86 for clover
and straw mulch. The use of alfalfa
and alfalfa mulch, instead of leaving
a cost, actually returned a gain of
$6.80 per acre. This was done by
removing the ﬁrst cutting each year
for hay and using subsequent cut-
tings as a mulch. ,

Mr. Hootman stated that the trees

in the clean culture and cover crop'

plotare now the largest trees in the
experiment. They hear the largest
crops and also hear the largest ap-
ples. In ﬁnish and color of the fruit
however. this plot is at the foot of
the class and it was also the last to
come into bearing.

Mr. Hootman also touched upon
peach culture, giving ﬁgures to
show that hand thinning of peaches
is a better practice than that of de-
pending entirely on the pruning
shears. According to Mr. Hootman
many growers have planted peach
orchards with disappointing results,
due to the fact that the nursery
stock had been winter injured in the
nursery. In buying nursery stock
the growers were warned to look out
for black-hearted trees.
heart’_’ is a sign of winter injury.

Mr. Robert Sherwood of Water-
vliet, and Mr. Chase, Manager of the
Paw Paw” Cooperative Association
each gave short talks and announced
themselves in favor of a move to
eliminate the Commercial apple
grade.

The growers vigorously applauded
a suggestion that the annual meet-
ing of the State Horticultural Soci-
ety be held in Benton Harbor next
winter, and it is considered certain
that an effort will be made to bring
this about. '

' SPRAY GRAPES

Will you please tell me when it is
best time to spray grapes? I would
like to spray mine next year but do
not knowjust when to do it as not
to poison my grapes—M. B., Perry.
Michigan.

E would advise you to giveyour

‘ grapes at least three sprays.
The ﬁrst one should be applied

just before the grapes blossom, using
bordeaux mixture and arsenate of
lead.. Put on the second spray im—
mediately after _‘the blossoms drop.
The third spray should be applied a
iittle while before the berries begin
to touch, ln'bunhhoe; This schedule
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‘ 12 l-2 tons of Grapes—

“I have a 3-acre block of Ives grapes on which I am using about 1-2 ,
pound of Sulphate of Ammonia per vine. I harvested 12 1-2 tons,
of grapes from the vineyard.”—Mr. 0. D. Powell, Vermimon, 0.

Can’t grow Apples without it—

“We cannot grow apples successfully without applying some nitro- ‘
genous fertilizer like Sulphate of Ammonia."-—Dr. O. A. Bmaham,
abortion, 0.

3 times as many Beans—

“Bulphate of Ammonia seems well adaptedto our soils here, especial-
ly on vine crops, one little experiment showing Sulphate of Am-
monia alone to produce 8 times as many snap beans, during dry

weather, than no fertilizer at all. Also it produced a splendid crop
of lima. beans in our garden." --Mr. Harry E. Wood, Trenton, Fla.

Indispensable for Cherries ,

“. . . .would not think of trying to grow cherries without the help of
nitrogen in the form of Sulphate of Ammonia."—John Barr, Trav-
erse City, Mich.
Find it necessary for the better Raspberries

“The growers in the Onekama. Michigan, raspberry ditrict ﬁnd it
necessary to use about two ounces of Sulphate of Ammonia per
bush on their raspberries in order to produce berries of the quality
the market demands."-—C'. J. Christensen, Onekama, Mich.

Results prove the availability of the nitrogen in

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DESCRIPTION of the sleighrides
as given by Rev. H. T. Barnaby,
a bishop in the United Breth-
ren Church, is interesting. He was
a good friend and‘neighbor of my
father and they hunted and shot
many a deer together and enjoyed
the hospitality of each others’ fam-
ilies and met often in preaching
services and Christian fellowship.
The faithful and. patient oxen
were yoked up and hitched to the
long sled with its ample box well
ﬁlled with straw and into this were

loaded the'women and children of

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him in choppin and clearin . '
trip took him fgour days. I g . This

As the influx increased there be-
ing considerable pine in the north
and. east part of Gratiot and in Isa-
bella and Midland counties, many
men found employment inithe lum-
ber woods. Father furnished some
of the camps ‘during the Winter sea-
.son with dressed beef, pork and hay.

.For a number of years he bought
hides,‘pelts and furs, working on a
commission for an agent of the
Great North American Fur Conr-
pany, later for Charles Loranyer of
St. Johns, a trunkman who by mind
or oath was, by gar, typical we
think, of most Frenchmen.

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the log house especially in the

 

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OUR STORY UP TO DATE
RICHAFFIN’S story, which won second prize in our pioneer letter

contest, began in (our January 151: issue.

Beginning his story in

the year of 1854, in the state of Ohio where he was born, he
tells us of the hardships indured as the pioneers made their tnip from

there into central Michigan by ox team and wagon.

Next he tells us

how they built their log cabins in those dlays, and then about the

abundance of game.

The social life of the pioneers was being dish

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cabin where they were welcomed at
their ﬁreside, no meager affair shut
up in a box, but a regular log heap
stretched wide like a smiling dar-
ky’s face. Then the feast. Ven-
ison broiled, roasted or fried and
then the johnny-cake and then the
untrammeled jollity.

Again I hear their merry voices
and their ringing laughter. We can
verify the account by Mr. Barnaby
as we have been in some of those
sleigh loads when boys, especially
when a trip was made to the log
school house to attend Christian
services announced “to begin at
early candle lighting” (no kerosene
oil in those days). No fences to
hinder sleighrides. A load might
start from Section 20, cross Section
30, North Star, and Section 25, Ne-
wark, and by the school house on
Section 36, Newark, through the
woods angling across with as yet no
fences to hinder unless perhaps a
brush, one sort of a barrier to pre—
vent the cattle from straying away
too far, for all the stock were free
and the forest was one great pasure
and every man's bunch of cattle had
a bell which their owners soon

learned to distinguish from others.-

If a brush fence crossed a trail or
sled road, they could soon' be moved
around out of the way.

“We lived not hermit lives
But oft in social converse met

And ﬁres of love were kindled then
That burn on warmly yet. -

The sweet sound sleep at dead of night
With our chimney logs 'blazing in high

Unbroken by the wolf’s long howl
And the panther springing by.

Oh, free and happy lives we led
Mid verdure or mid snow

In the days when we were pioneers,
Some seventy years ago."

Was a Trader

In those days father, did 'quite a

business in buying and selling and
making trips occasionally to Dewitt
with a team of oxen and wagon go-
ing and returning by the way of
Maple Rapids and St. Johns bring-
ing back flour, sugar, tea, coffee,
and tobacco. Exchanging these

groceries and provisions with his

neighbors who were willing to help

winter. Timber piled high with
hundreds of dollars worth of furs
including those of coon, mink, wolf,
beaver, martin muskrat and some
skunk-as well as the hides of deer,
bear. and beef cattle. Being well
supplied with funds he invariably
brought back a good bunch of hides
or furs or both besides the income
of his own line of traps his faithful
coon and mink dog and his trusty
rifle. ‘

Lest we forget we will speak of
the little wife and mother, brave
and uncomplaining though she
might walk with bleeding feet o’er
thorny ways. Always a manly form
at her side she saw where work was
duty and love was law. She it was
who kept the home ﬁres burning
night and day mid storm or sun-
shine.

My father engaged a man to help
him through the winter of 1854 and
55, Jeremiah Mills. At that time
cross-cut saws were almost entirely
unknown so that the heavy growth
of timber had to be felled with an
ax.

"His echoing ax the settler swung

Amid the sea—like solitude,

And crashing thundering down
Were ﬂung the Titans of the wood."

This man Mills and my father
killed 30 or 40 deer during the win-
ter without hunting. Like the Puri-
tans, they worked with their guns
by their sides, not for fear of In—
dians but on the lookout for deer
as they came to browse at the brush
heaps. Sometimes a deer and a cow
might be seen browsing at the
same pile of brush. Speaking of
browse, many a lofty basswood or
maple was chopped down in those
days to help out on meager rations
for the cattle. No wnder the poor
critters got the “hollow horn," ra—
ther hollow stomachs, long before
gentle spring came again. After the
leeks were covered with snow it was
mostly fall timothy.“

(THE END)

(Editor’s Note: In the February
12th issue we will publish the story
by Florence Nelson, of LeRoy, which
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noticed where a crop of oats grown on Ormsby Brothers farm
yielded 802 bushel on 19% acres and you asked if anybody could

beat it.

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and we Weighed several bushels just as they came from the threshing

machine and they run 40 to 42 pounds to the bushel.

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TEXT: “Jesus knowing that his hour
was some that he should depart eat of
this world unto the rather, having loved
his own which were in the world, he
hedthemuntothoend.“"rhenho
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b wash the disde feet.” John 18:14.

setting of our text is strik-
ing. ,._It paints an unusual love-
drama. Jesus is not yet arrest-
ed. but soon will-be. He has with-
drawn from public view to the inner
circle of his disciples. It is his last
night with them. ‘ He is creating for
himself and them a Holy of Holies
«Mouse. He' is about to discldse
to them His inmost heart of hearts.
In that .u‘pper room do we ﬁnd the
set self-revelation of our Master
unveiled words of love and in
vivid action. The world has hound-
ed and beaten Him, and is soon to
kill Him: yet out of this martyr ex-
perience He keeps up an uninter-
rupted flow of love. Jesus rises
from the fellowship supper to wash
the feet of His quarreling disciples.
He loved them unto the. end.
“Jesus knowing that His hour was
some that He should depart out of
this world unto the Father.” It was
the parting hour. We cannot help
but emphasize that Jesus knew this.
But thruout all his career He knew
when God’s hour had struck for
Him. Are we in such intimate close-
ness with our Father? Jesus lived
always under the necessity of 3. Di—
vine must. He felt the urge of the
Father’s will. Do you? If you 'do,
the parting hour will hold no frantic
pangs. It did not for Jesus. 0, yes,
Jesus craved human companionship.
His heart was hungry for love and
sympathy. His disciples thought
that He was so holy and strong that
He would not miss them. So they
slept that night in the garden and
left their Master in solitude and
agony. And in his entering and
loneliness, He comes to ask, f‘Why,
could ye not watch with Me one
hour?” Jesus would miss His dis-
ciples. He loved them as an inex-
tinguishable ﬂame; yet the parting
time had come, and it was the time
when he must seal, thru His death,
His loving resolve to become the
world’s Savior. It was» not easy.
“Father, save me from this hour.
(This was human.) “Yet for this
cause came I unto this hour.” (That
was divine.) May our parting hour
have in it the blending and strength
of divinity, that our death might be
the sacred seal of a love—lived life.
"Having loved His own.” This
recalls Jesus’ past ambitious love for
his followers. His life was the gift
of love. It had in it nothing but
10mg purposes for all humanity.
But this is the creative purpose for
every rational individual. Surely
we must all know that we are here
to sow love and sympathy. But we
are all so ambitions to get on. Self
has such high plans and projects for
a “career.” This makes our social
love have such a lambent heat, such
a sickly ﬂicker. Yes, I have said it
and I hope the words will not fall
I mean that we live un-
der the dominating inﬂuence of the
personal equation. Many times the
clever, cultured ego (the groomed
self) is death to the flame of unsel-
ﬁsh love. "When the great hall in
Iondon was completed, the owner
asked Mr.. Spurgeon to preach to ten
thousand people, whom he promised
to assemble there. At the bottom of
the invitation Spurgeon wrote, “I
am not ambitions to' preach to ten
thousand people; I am only ambi-
tions to do the will of God.” This
explains the source of this man’s
greatness. . And it will explain the
source of yours also if you have any.
Jesus was young, strong, and re-
diant. He was conscious of power.
His people were chaﬁng under Ro-
man oppression. They urged Him to
become their. politial savior. It ﬁres
a temptatio g-H‘e saw. in"
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to bear witness to the truth. He
wanted ,to heal human hearts thru
the quiet and unpretensious ways of

love and sympathy. This was God’s
-will for Him.

“Then, said 1, Lo, I
come to do Thy will, 0 God.” It was
the will to love unto the end and
Jesus never faltered. His compa-
triots were looking for military con-
quest. They held this to be right-
eous and just. But Jesus said that
it was injustice and inhumanity. It
was nothing less or more than selﬁsh
vengeance. So he pursues other
methods of conquest. Always, his
weapon is the arm of love. He alone
has shown the world that only love
has the power to heal and recover.
Onlyafewyearsagoamancried
out of his federal prison cell that
love is the onlyrecovering power in
the world. His name is Eugene V.
Debs. The world persecuted and
disfranchised him, but now that he
is dead, it praises him. How stunted
the human heart!

“He ‘loved them unto the end."
But the disciples did not understand.
They did not sense how nishtly
black the end that was about to
overshadow their Master. They had
been so stupid and selﬁsh as never
to have caught the import of what
He taught. They came into the up-
per chamber on that last night, im-
patient and full of contention. They
took their places like so many
sulky school boys. They were an
unloving group. This disharmony
would unﬁt them for the fellowship
supper and the farewell of the
Master. They .were far separated
from him in spirit. One can ima-
gine some anxieties that surged
through the soul of our Lord. He
was going away and His inner circle
had failed to understand His mis-
sion. His whole life and cause were
put on trial. What was He to do?
At this juncture, He “riseth from
supper” and takes the form of a
slave and begins to wash the dis-
ciples’ feet. None of them had been
willing to play the role of a servant.
One can see the shame and reproach
of those humiliated disciples. In-
stead of unmasking the betrayed,
Judas, Jesus kneels by his couch and
washes his feet. And so did he to
Peter, the denier, and all the rest.
Wonderful and beautiful condescen-
sion! And why did he do it? “He
loved them unto the end."

A plain, Methodist minister tells '

how he hungered for the slums of
East London. For days ‘he stood in
the ﬁlthy streets and looked upon
the unlover men and women. But
he wanted to love ’them. He did
love them. One night he went home
and said to his wife, “My dear, I
have given myself, and you, and the
childrentotheserviceofthosesick
souls." And together did William
Booth and his wife lcneel and pray.
From that night they washed the
feet of the slums.

Friends, we need not go far to ﬁnd
feet to wash. The world’s unlovely
are everywhere about us. The call
is to get our basin of water and be-
come servant to all. "Verily, I say
unto you, a servant is not greater
than his Lord.”

“Cirist washed the feet of Judas!
Yet all his 1 sin was bare to Kiln.
His bargain with the priests, and more
than this,
In Olivet. beneath the moonlight dim,
‘ Aforelumd knew and felt his treacher-
ous kiss.

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0f trampled rights, of caste, it matters

not; .
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DO YOU BELIEVE HE IS GUILTY?

ISTORY tells us that it was nearly a century

and a half ago that “the embattled farmers

stood, and ﬁred the shot heard round the
world." They ﬁred that shot for liberty. During
the night of Noyember 24th, 1926, the day before
Thanksgiving, L. J. Wilson, a farmer living near
Greenville, ﬁred a shot heard round the State.
He too shot for liberty. Thieves were taking his
property, just as they had taken it before and
had taken the property of his neighbors without
being detected. Now he is charged with man-
slaughter and his trial is on the calendar of the
Montcalm County Circuit Court to come up in
March.

Will he be convicted of the charge and sen—
tenced to spend many years in prison, or will the
jury acquit him? No one can say but everyone
of us can use our inﬂuence to bring about the
desired verdict. Farmers all over the State have
expressed sympathy for Mr. Wilson, declaring
they believed he acted within his rights in pro-
tecting his property. Businessmen have also ex-
pressed a desire that he be acquitted. So appar-
ently public sentiment is overwhelmingly in his
favor—just as it should be, in our estimation.

But how can we help him? We can no doubt
help him by writing letters, urging his acquittal,
to the judge who will sit at his trial. If a large
number do this it will be strong evidence to him
that the people believe Mr. Wilson should not
be considered guilty of the charge. Then the
judge could recommend to the jury that they ac-
quit Mr. Wilson. Also you can circulate peti-
tions among your neighbors and send theseto the
judge.

Elsewhere in this issue we are publishing an
article regarding this case. If, after you have
read it, you are in sympathy with Mr. Wilson,
we hope you will not only write a letter yourself
but do all you can to get your friends to write,
and circulate a petition among those toofusy to
write. R;

If he is found guilty of mansla 'hter the
chicken thieves will be more active than ever,
but if he is acquitted there will be a big decline
in their operations. Most chicken thieves are
cowards and if they know that the farmer has a
right to protect his property with ﬁrearms they
may decide that “honesty is the best policy" and
go to work.

 

LAST CALL FOR. FABME’RS‘ WEEK

HIS is the‘last call for Farmers' Week, at
M. S. C. ' It begins next Monday and lasts all
week so if you are going you better get

things in shape right away so; you get started

Don’t say you can not afford to go because
It will
do you all good to let the hired man or a neigh-
bor take care of the chores and you folks spend
the week at M. S. G. Then think of all the things
you will learn while there. ‘ »

Of course you can read all about it in

humans Fm becauso we will'publish a com- '

'.,‘\.' :« - e "a

S. 0., and many others prominent inistaﬁte and
national activities you will enjby them much”

. more and get much more good out of the talks

than you will if you just sit and read about them.
Then when you do get back home you can read
about them in the columns of your M. B., F. and
refresh your memory on different high points of
their speeches. '

Some of us feel we are getting pretty old to
take any college courses but we can sort of brush
up on our knowledge every once in a while by
taking in events" at the College, and Farmers’
Week is held at the best time of the year for
busy farmers and their families.

Let’s go, folks. ‘

NOT FAR OFF

HE day is not far off when dairymen will
be forced to have all of their cows tested

for tuberculosis, and they will have to show
that their herds are on the accredited list before
they' will be permitted to sell milk for human
consumption. The city consumer is going to de-
mand it, and further, he will get it. Already it
is being agitated in Detroit, and the movement
for clean milk is bound to win popular support.

The farmer who resists the order will ﬁnd he
has no market for his milk. There was a day
when he could dictate about this, but not any
more. When sweet milk can be shipped from
Wisconsin to Florida in perfect condition, dealers
are not in the hands of the nearby producers.
If all producers were united in a stand against
the movement they would have something to say
but with the larger percentage in favor of eradi-
cating bovine tuberculosis the rest of the dairy;
men might as well climb on the bandwagon of
the parade of progress. Otherwise they will be
left behind.

BEAN GRADES

F we remember correctly, one of the arguments
I of the Michigan bean jobbers against federal
grades was that a reputation has been es-
tablished for choice hand picked pea beans and
it would hurt the demand to discontinue the use
of this grade.

The following statement, issued recently to pea
bean buyers by a well known soup manufacturing
company, on Michigan's C. H. P. grade makes
interesting reading: '

“Choice Hand Picked pea beans, according to
the speciﬁcations of the Michigan Bean Jobbers'
association, shall contain not mere than 1% per
cent of diseased, discolored or otherwise damaged
beans. Examination of the quality of new crop
beans now moving from Michigan and New York
state gives the impression that the greater pro-

 

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ﬂoss 0. B. Coningwood,..Pz-es..nuu¢rsem of M, ‘ gr. .V _,V_‘tﬁave   t N jams.
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whose h ._are sin-m ‘ ,   _~
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harvesting time caused excessive crop damage,
are willing to accept, as C. H. P., beans, ship-
ments containing a higher percentage of culls
than the allowable 1% per cent. .

“The deﬁnition of. choice hand picked pea
beans as recited in the rules and regulations of

the Michigan Bean Jobbers’ association is as fol-

lows: ‘CHOICE HAND, PICKED PEA BEANS.
MICHIGAN GRADING, must be bright, ound
dry, well screened, andmust not contain more}
than 1% per cent of discolored and split beans
and not more than 7 per cent of large or medium
beans. '

“Statements to the contrary notwithstanding“ ‘

we are under the impression that those who buy
:3. H. P. pea beans expect to get what they pay
or.” :

Reputable dealers are strong in'thelr denial
of being guilty of any shady dealings and we have
no reason to doubt them, but- there must be
someone stretching a pointer two some place in
the State because complaints are heard every
year.

One thing is certain, those who buy C. H. P.
pea beans expect to ’get what they pay for, as
this company suggests, and they are entitled to
it. The farmers sell the beans on that basis, so
why shouldn’t they be sold all along the line to
the consumer on that basis? In our estimation,
the grade is of little value, if any, as long as it
is not lived up to right to the letter.

SEND IN YOUR GARDEN QUESTIONS

HERE is little about the weather at present
to cause one to think about making garden,
but the mailman is bringing the annual sup-

‘ply of catalogues and almost everybody who

makes much garden in the spring are studying
the pages of these voluminous books and getting
ready to order the various varieties of seeds they
will need. ‘

Along with that thought comes others about
troubles of the past, present and future relative
to your gardening operations and you try to ﬁnd
the solution. We are right here to help our folks
solve their problems and have employed Mr. C..
H. Harnden, successful gardener from Saginaw

- county, to write some articles on his experiences

and [to answer any questions you may ask regard-
ing gardening. . ‘

You will remeber Mr. Harnden as the winner
of our roadside market letter contest and you
read his story in a recent issue. His ﬁrst article
of the series appears in this issue under the head-
ing of “Picking Your seed.” Address all your
questions to him in care of Tm: Busnmss Fauna:
and you will get an early reply.

HEALTHY MARRIAGE

E have heard many arguments, both pro
W and con, on the subject of making these
who apply for marriage licenses furnish a
health certiﬁcate from a well known physician
showing them to be normal, mentally and phye
sically, but the best argument in favor of the
idea recently came to our attention. when a De—
troit family of eleven was committed to a State
asylum, all of them mentally incompetent.
Scientists have traced back the lives of many
of our famous criminals and found that the mar-
riage of two degenerates scores of years ago has
cost the country thousands of dollars because of
the number of criminals born into this world.
through that union. If their marriage had been
forbidden and they had been placed under obser-
vation think how much less misery and crime
there would have been in the world today.
A few states have passed laws against such
marriages, and more of them should follow the
example.

 NOT  BEEKEEPERS

HE letter by  13.. Grandville', Mich.” re-
garding the passing of a law in this State to
make it necessary for one to secure a license

before they could keep bees has created some
concern among 'our readers,.which according to

, Prof. R. H. Kelty. of the Michigan State College,

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is ‘entirely unwarranted. 'He declares that the
beekeepers of this State haverrnever considered
any such more, auditor-thorium, they probably .
will not considermit in the future because the gar-9 H

  

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folks who failed to return the ties

or send the money are now receiv—
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UNABLE-'10 LOCATE “JAMES
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Last August I sent $12.00 to the:
James Hatchery, Alma, Mich, for
100 baby chicks. I waited some

time and not receiving the chicks I

wrote them a letter. A few days
later I received a card addressed
from Atlanta, Georgia, stating that
my order had been turned over to
their breeder and I should have re-
ceived the chicks by that time. I
waited a while and then wrote
again. This time I got a letter from
Atlanta, Georgia, stating that Mr.
James Grimes who handled my order
for chicks is now in the insane asy—
lum at Milledgeville, Georgia, and
they asked me to be patient as they
were trying to wind up his business
and make refunds as far as possible.
That was last October.——S. W., Hur-
on County.

PPPARENTLY there is no James
Hatchery is the neighborhood
of Alma. Prof. J. A. Hannah,

secretary-treasurer of the Michigan
State Poultry Improvement, Ass’n,
says he never heard of it, and Man-
ager T. W. Crawford of the Alma
Chamber of Commerce writes that it
is not located in or near the city.

Prof. Hannah suggests that it is

evidently one of those that allied
last season with the American Chick
Brokerage Company of Atlanta,
Georgia. It seems this company had
a large number of ﬁctitious adver-
tising names, sold chicks at ridicu-
lously low prices, procured their
supply of chicks from left overs of
large commercial hatcheries, and
filled their orders from Atlanta.

Here is ‘$12 that our subscriber

will have to charge up to experience,
and money doesn't grow on trees.
It comes too hard to throw away.
Our advise is to deal with recognized
hatcheries. If you are uncertain as

to their reliability, write us.

MOTOR-MYSTERY

NE of our Barry county subscrib-

ers sends us a clipping of the

advertisement of the M-M Lab-
oratories, of Chicago, Illinois, in
which they tell about their “wonder-
ful” discovery, and he wants to know
what we think about it.

"Gasoline 1Ac a Gal.” reads the
heading. And the ﬁrst paragraph is,
"Chicago Man Discovers Miracle that
Gives 1250 Gals. at 34c a Gal.—
Needed Only Every 50,000 Miles."

Now isn't your curiosity all arous—
ed? Can't hardly wait until you
learn what this great “miracle” is.
Well, it is "Motor—Mystery”. Just
use “Motor-Mystery" and forget your
motor troubles, according to the
company. "It savesyou $200.00 to
$250.00 a year,” they state. And

they guarantee agents $100.00 a,

week salary—~that in $100 a week
straight salary "and a commission
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tee: our subscribers from fraudulent deemel'
er unfair treatment by hereon: or concerns at

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Besides they supply each a.gent"v?vit(~

an automobile-3., I ~
Sounds, good doesn’t it? Yes, it

sounds so good that we wonder why

it is necessary to advertise for agents.
If it is such a wonderful product it
would seem to us that they would
need a private police force to direct
the traﬂic ,made 1) of users and
friends who calls at the factory to
get some of it.

How can any company guarantee
an agent such a salary as $100 per
week and over? Simply by insisting
that: said agent must produce a cer-
tain amount of business eachweek
.or be ﬁred. If you are not a pro-
ducer you don’t stick.

“Motor-Mystery” will remain a
“mystery” as far as we are .con-
cerned. Our car will get along
without any of these “patent medi-

cines" and if anything goes wrong'

with it we will take it to a man who
knows his business to get it ﬁxed.

CLAIMS AGAINST “ACME
FARMS”

IN reply to a letter from us ﬁling
claims of two of our subscribers
against the “Acme Farms,

Gainesville, Florida” Mr. Walter C.
Hendrix, of Hendrix and Buchanan,
Atlanta, Georgia, advises that all
claims are being placed on ﬁle and
as soon as there are further devel—
opments in the case we will be ad-
vised so we can keep our readers
posted. If any of you have claims
you have not ﬁled we suggest that
you send them in at Once, either
direct to Mr, Hendrix or to us and
we will forward them.

GEI‘ RICH QUICK SCHEMES

HE promoters of ﬂy-by-night
T stock selling companies are get-

ting some real choice informa—
tion through the government's law-
suit against former owners of Ford
Motor Company stock to collect in-
come‘ tax, information which they
will be able to use for their own
proﬁt. For example, Senator Cou-
zens invested only $900 when the
company was ﬁrst organized and a
few years later he sold out for $29,-
308,857. Hundreds of stock sales-
men will be citing this as an example
of good investing. Of course, they
will point out, this is unusual, and
they have no hopes of their company
ever paying out quite that well, but
there are many that pay several
hundred per cent, and their company
stands a much better chance than
did many of these successful con-
cerns in their infancy. Knowing
that most of the people have read
the facts of this case as they ap-
pear in the daily press these sales—
men will paint beautiful word pic-
tures of the possibilities of great
riches through investing in stocks,
and much hard earned cash will be
exchanged for worthless stock.
Don't let any of your dollars go to
fatten the bank roll of the crooked
salesman, but protect yourself by a
thorough investigation before invest-
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RECEIVER FOR MICHIGAN MU-
TUAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
' suit for a receivership for
T the Michigan Mutual Savings
Association of Detroit, filed a
few weeks ago by.~ the- Attorney
‘General's department, has been de—
cided in favor of the State and a
receiver is to be appointed. Judge
Collingwood, who heard the case,
ruled that the evidence presented
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FLORIDA CITRUS GROWERS
' A FRAUD
KING orders for the products
, of Florida farms and then not
ﬁlling. them seems to be work—
ing out a little different than some
folks had expected. The officials of
the “Acme Farms, Gainesville, Flor-
,ida" were recently arrested by the

authorities and charged with de-
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Many are giving good service after ten years’ heavy use.
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in: a glass of buttermilk, \ l
. mocked with butter, too, '
Takes me back to mornings gone,
Sparklinf with the dew.
Takes me back to lazy cows
; In the clover deep.
Takes me to an attic room
Where I used to sleep.

Jest a glass of buttermilk!
Gee. I have to laugh!
Seldom drank it in those times.
Fed it to the calf!
In the days that are no more
Never read a line
'Bout a calorie or germ,
Or a vitamins!

  

Jest a glass of buttermilk
O’er the counter passed

An’, I am a little girl
Qumin’ hard an' fast,

With an apron 'round my neck
In the cellar cool;

Botmd to make the butter come
Ere I went to school!

(Copyright, 1926.)

TREATING MANY COMMON ILIB
housewife who does her own
work must have her hands in
water. Hard water and soap in
laundry work, dish washing and
cleaning are trying. Chapped hands
and sore hands are the result. There
are many other minor ills that every
housewife is called upon occasionally
to treat. a

In preventing chapped hands the
ﬁrst thing to do is to neutralize the
alkali in the water. When through
with the work, wash the hands in
vinegar water using one tablespoon
of vinegar to one quart of water.
Rub the hands with a cold cream.
Mutton tallow is very healing and
may be used in place of cold cream.
Dry the hands thoroughly.

Frost bite is another common ail-
ment at this time of year. Neces-
sary treatment requires keeping the
patient away from heat. > Apply
snow or cloths wrung from very cold
water until the color returns. Rub
very gently otherwise the skin may
be injured.

Burns which often occur in winter
when hot ﬁres are necessary can be
treated as follows:

If the skin is not broken, cover
the burn with a paste of baking
soda. Keep this damp. Bandage
lightly. A blister should not ’be
broken. In time the body will ab-
sorb it. If necessary to do so,'use
a sterilized ﬁne sewing needle. Prick
the skin from outside the burn and
come up into the blister. Use care

not to break skin or needle. Burned
clothing is cut off the body. Do not
remove that on wound. ‘When the

skin is broken in a burn, cover the
spot with carron oil. Cover with
sterilized gauze. Never put cotton
batten on a burn.

CAN TINT FRAMES TO MATCH
PICTURES

HOOSE picture frames in rela-
tion to the pictures. As a rule
the frame should be as dark as

the middle tone of the picture. It
should relate the picture to the wall
so that there is an easy transmission
from one to the other.

The most common type of frame
today is wood molding tinted to re-
peat colors in the picture, or tinted
to blend with both picture and wall,
says Miss Gladys Gallup, extension
specialist in home management at
the State College of Washington.

Natural colored wood moulding
can be tinted by using oil paint and
turpentine. If a bronze or gilding
effect is wanted, shellac the natural
wood molding to ﬁll up the pores
and make a smooth surface. Mix the
bronze powder with a little varnish
and apply. Apply oil paints to give
color and rub them off softly with a
cloth so that just a tint of color is
visible over the gilt.

Narrow gilt frames can be «pur-
chased, but may be toned down or
related to tones in the picture.
Bright gilt frames are justiﬁed only
on oil paintings which are rich in
colors, or on some water colored
paintings. Narrow frames of dead
black ﬂat wood are best on Japan-
ese prints. -

SHORT CUTS LIGHTEN TASKS
, OF WASH DAY
, ANGING out the wash on a cold
5 winter day is a hard task.
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quests received from our readers.
We are always glad to '

oﬂer a little variety in our

home page and hope that

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Edited by BIBS. ANNIE TAIWB‘ i—————-—¢'

EARFOLKS: Severalweeksogooneofourreadersrequested
thewordsofanold song, “'Ihe Drunkard’s Lone Child.”
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gladiolus sh uld‘ beput‘ in'light and

warmth at" once. . Often,"  the

. Easter lilies are potted and placed in ,

a fairly warm but not very light sit-
uation, as there is danger of rotting
of the bulbs, if the temperature is
too low; also the Chinese sacred lily
and paper white narcissus will bloom
well even if put at once. into the
room where they are to flower.

Aside from these exceptions, the
method should be followed so as to
allow a full development of roots be-

fore the forcing of the ﬂower stalk.

commences.

The hyacinth is‘ one of the best
bulbs for indoor blooming. Many
tulips are good. Practically -any of
the. early blooming types may be
used; the double ﬂowered Murillo
is good. A few of the Darwins
bloom well in pots, especle Moon-

-' _r light, Pride of Harlem, Rev. Eu-
‘bank. Clara Butt, ‘Farneombe San-

ders, Massachusetts Pink and Ingles-
combo Yellow. Many of the 1 narcis-
one are good—Washington Farmer.

 

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Personal Column

 

pinned to a dish towel or coarse
hand towel before leaving the house.
Then only the towels have to be
pinned directly to the line. Many
other articles can be placed on the
clothesbars and set outside. To keep
the ﬁngers from getting cold and
numb the container of Clothespins
should be set in the warming oven
long enough to get thoroughly
warmed before the pins are to be
used in the cold, crisp air.

The task can also be expedited by
shaking out and sorting the clothes
and placing them in the basket in
the order in which they are to be
hung on the line. This can be done
much better in the kitchen than out
of doors.

Always use warm rinse water in
the winter. Soap suds are more
easily and completely removed in
warm water than in cold water. Dip
the hands in cold water, wipe dry
and put on white cloth or knitted
gloves before hanging out clothes in

severe cold weather. This may seem
too much trouble to some, but does
keep the hands in better condition
and may save time and money in
the end—Mary L. Bull.

CREAM BUTI‘ER FOR
SANDWICHJE
POUND of butter that has been
creamed will spread about
three loaves of sandwich bread.
Each loaf will make about 24 thin
or 18 thicker sandwiches. These
proportions are handy to remember
when making a quantity of sand-
wiches. ' . 9
CAN MAKE ATTRACTIVE
‘ LAMP SHADES
TTRACTIVE lamp shades are
made by ﬁrst covering the
frame with a ﬁgured smaterial
and then stretching over it georgette
or chiffon of a plain color. Such
shades are not difficult to make and
are popular now.

Bulbs Make Nice Spring Flowers

is not necessary to wait until
next spring to have flowers from
bulbs. Many of our best ones
will bloom readily in the house.
Florists derive some of their most
proﬁtable trade from the sales ’of
blooming bulbs either as cut ﬂowers
or as potted plants. Besides the
Dutch bulbs, we often use freesia
for house blooming and ﬂorists also
employ gladiolus. Many of our more
tender lilies which can not always
be depended upon for outdoor
blooming, make good pot plants. The
Japanese Gold-Banded lily is one of
these.

A few of these bulbs may be flow-
ered without planting them in soil.
They are merely placed in dishes of
water and allowed to grow. The im-
mature flowers are already formed
in the bulb and there is enough food
stored there to form the bloom if
the right conditions are present. The
Chinese sacred lily is the one best
known in this class. This is usually
grown by placing the bulb in,.a shal—
low bowl with pebbles around it to
hold it upright as the flower stems
elongate.

The dish should be placed for a
week or two in a dark cool place to
allow the roots to grow before being
put in the light and warmth. Better
blooms will result if this method is
followed. Six to eight weeks is all
the time required for blossoming
this bulb.

The paper white narcissus, which.

is nearly identical .with the Chinese
sacred lily, can also be bloomed in
water, but a special hyacinth glass
is best for this purpose. This al-
lows only the lower tip of the bulb
where the roots develop to touch
the water. For good results, hya-
cinths should be kept in a cooldark

place for several weeks, just after‘

placing in the glass.

The best method to follow in
blooming most of our bulbs is to
plant them in pots of soil. The soil

used need not be as rich as .for
'growing potted plants and should
not contain manure unless. it is en-
tirely rotted. Ordinary garden soil

a texture {than it can be 1131:
.,  .é k V; r y A

y

x of the bulb should be.

‘subduedlight for a time in ordertb
set» length 0.! sows: stem»; This: will ~
so! ",be‘  as the. '  s!
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by the addition of some sand or
well—rotted sod-compost or leaf
mold. Hyacinths are usually best
grown with a single bulb in a four
or ﬁve inch pot, depending on the
size of the bulbs. Tulips and nar-
cissus of all types are best grown
in six to seven-inch pot or pans,
planting several bulbs to a pot or
pan. Lily bulbs should be planted
singly in ﬁve to seven—inch pots.

In planting bulbs, ﬁrst lay a piece
of broken pot over the hole in the
bottom; then ﬁll the pot loosely with
soil up to the point where the base
Then place
the bulb or bulbs upright in this
soil, still leaving it loose. Then ﬁll
in soil around the bulbs, ﬁrming only
slightly by pressure of 'the ﬁngers,
but do not pack very hard.

If packed too solidly, or if the
soil below the bulbs, is ﬁrmed, the
bulbs are likely to be pushed bodily
from the pot as the roots develop.
In case of lilies it is advisable to put
a layer of sand under the bulb. If
the lily remains long ih contact with
moist, decayed, organic matter be-
fore roots start growing, it is likely
to rot. The layer of sand will pre—
vent this. Be sure that the pot is
not quite full of soil so that it will
be easy to water the bulbs.

After potting, the buIbs should be
thoroughly watered and put in a
dark, cool place to allow root
growth to take place. A cellar that
is not too dry is good. If this is not
available, the pots may be placed in
a frame out of doors and covered
with straw, dirt, or a combination of
these, to prevent freezing. They
should be left there until the pots
are well ﬁlled ‘with roots and the
bulb shows signs of growing. This
will usually be six weeks or more.

They may then be taken into the
house and subjected to warmth and
light so. the ﬂowers will develop.
Early in the winter, with such kinds
as tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, it
may be necessary to keep them in

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Wants Words To Two Gonna—I have
read the requests for songs and ﬁnd that
I can contribute two which my help-out
a little. I seek the words of the ‘Tatal
Weddings” and.“A Cottage By The Sea".
'41. M., Saudusky, Michigan.

Songs My ‘ ‘er Snuff—I would be
very glad to get all the words to a song,
a part of which I know but can't relnem-
ber all. The name of it is “Songs My

~Mother Sang," and it has a dines-cut

chorus for each verse. One chorus be-
gins, "Happy land, far, far away,” an-
other begins, "Happy day," and still an-
other, “My faith looks up to Thee”. It
is a beautiful songz—Mrs. 3., Jackson,
Michigan.

4

Favorite Songs

 

1—7

THE DBUNKABD’S LONE CHILD

I’m alone, all alone, my friends have all
ﬂed; .

.My father's a drunkard, my mother is

dead;
I’m a poor little girl, I wander and weep
For the voice of my mother to sing mo

to sleep.
She sleeps on the hill, in a bed made of

clay;
How cold it did seem to lay mother away:
She’s gone with the angels, and none do I
see
So dear as the face of my mother to me.
D
Refrain: .
I’m a little lone girl in this cold world
so wild,
God, look down and pity the drunkard's
L lone child; .
Look down and pity; 0h! soon come to

me, .
Take me to dwell with mother and thee.

"l‘is springtime on earth, the birds seen

, so glad; .

I listen, and wonder, my heart is so-sad:

Sweet ﬁow’ers bloom around, the. crowd
wanders by. 'f . .

But the form of my mother no longer is
nigh.

Last night in my dreams she seemed to
draw near,

She pressed me as fondly as when she
was here;

She smiled on me sweetly and fondled
my brow, '

And whispered, “Sleep on, I am watching
thee now."

Refrain: ‘

I’m a little lone girl in this cold would
so wild,

God, look down and pity the drunkard'l
lone child;

Look down and pity; Oh, soon come to me,
Take me to dwell with mother and theo.

 

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Molasses Cookies.—I am sending you a
recipe for an eggless and mllkless cookie
that We like. It is one that my mother
uses. 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sugar, 1
cup lard, _1 cup boiling water, 1 table-
spoon soda dissolved in the hot water.

1 teaspoonful each of ginger, cloves and"

cinnamon, 9. pinch of salt and ﬂour enough
to roll out—Mrs. G. A, 0., Charlotte,
Michigan. ,’

French 0melet.——Four eggs, fou’r table-
Ipoons milk, one-half teaspoon .salt, one-
eighth teaspoon peppep two tablespoons
fat. Beat eggs slightly then add the
milk and seasonings. Put fat in a hot

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88 inch size if made as in the large v_1ew Wlll'l‘e-
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c'ontrastmg material. It made

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ensure. A

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with s or sleeves % yard less of the plain ma-
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mall 34-86' Medium 38-40; Large 42-44; Extra
large 4642i inches bust '

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measure. 111 um
else yard of 86 inch material. To
make s alder straps of ribbon requires 1 yard.

5009. — Glrls' prides-wear. — Oembric, crepe.
de chine, namsook or radium silk may be
ire-3.!“ this model. Pattern cut in 7 Sizes. .
, 8, 10 12 and 14 years. A.10 year size

6
will require is yard of material 1 Shirt d 1
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-.hotter part of_ stove to brown quickly

 

' ins or dates, nuts,

steney.

underneath. Fold”  turn ~on a hot
platter. Before folding, grated cheese,
chopped meat, Jelly, etc... maybe added.

 

Apple lance Cake.——(Requiring 1 egg
only.) 1,6 cup butter substitute, 1 cup of
sugar, 1 egg, beaten light, 1 cup raisins,
1 cup currsnts er nuts, 3,4 cup nuts, 1%
cups cake ﬂour, 1,4 teaspoon salt, 1 tea-
spoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1,4 tea-
spoon cloves and 1 cup hot apple sauce.

Cream the butter, beat in the sugar
gradually, then add the well beaten egg,
and the fruit, chopped and ﬂoured, and
nuts. Add the ﬂour, sifted with the soda,
salt and spices, and next the apple sauce,
which should be strained and in the form
of a comparatively thick puree. Bake in
a loaf pan lined with greased paper, in
s. moderat» even, about one hour.

 

Honey Glngemuts.—1 cup strained
honey, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup melted butter,
2 tablespoons baking powder, 1 egg, 1 cup
chopped nuts, 2 tablespoons ginger, 1%.
cup flour. Mix honey, sugar, melted fat,
and beaten egg. Add nuts, baking pow-

der and ginger sifted with ﬂour. Add
enough flour to drop from spoon. Bake
in a moderate oven.

Scalloped Cheese.—8 slices butteerd
bread, 2 eggs, ea. cup evaporated milk
diluted with at cup water, ’5 tsp. salt.

1,4, tsp. paprika, 1,4, lbs. grated cheese.
Cut tour slices of bread into narrow strips,
and stand up around rim of a deep but-
tered baking dish. Cut the other two
slices into small cubes and lay in bottom
of dish. Beat eggs thoroughly, add di-
luted milk and pour over bread. Add
salt, paprika and grated cheese. Bake in
a 325 degrees F. oven until set. Serve
immediately.

Cream of Celery Sonp.——-—Separate stalks
of celery. Use outside stalks for making
soup. Scrape oh? brown spots, wash, then
cut in small pieces. Allow 2 cups of
water to 1 cup of cut celery. Cook until
celery is tender. Add salt to taste just
before celery is done. Add this mixture
(using water in which celery is cooked)
to 2 cups medium white sauce. Season
and serve hot.

Surprise Apples—Peel ,and core tart
apples; fill the mmity with chopped rais—
ul sugar. Place in a
baking pan and aim 1/; cup of water.
Bake in a slow oven until tender. When
almost done place a marshmallow on
each apple and bake until marshmallow
is a golden brown. If the marshmallow
is omitted, these apples may be served as
a salad with Whipped cream dressing or
boiled dressing.

 

For the Movie Fan

 

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LaBoheme.-——A very interesting picture
and one that is almost certain to please,
with Lillian Gish and John Gilbert play—
ing the leads. The story is taken from
the opera of that name and tells a sweet
story of the Bohemian artistic section of
Paris in earlier days, Mr. Gilbert plays
the part of Rodolphe, a struggling young
playwright, and ss Gish the part of
Mimi, a young seamstress, whom Rodolphe
has befriended, when she is about to be
put .out onto the streets because she can-
not pay‘her room rent. They fall in lOVe,
and Mimi sacriﬁces her health to work

, for him, contracts consumption and dies.

While the picture has a sad ending 1 am
sure you will enjoy it as a. whole. Both
stars play their parts wonderfully well.

 

 

Homespun Yarn

 

 

Housewives can well follow the ex-
amples of farmers in keeping accounts.

 

It is economical to cure and prepare
your own supply of meat on the farm.

 

A two-lipped sauce-pan will always
pour, no matter which hand it is held in.

 

Soak white clothes or linens in 1 e-
warm soapy water to prevent stains 1? cm
setting.

 

Aunt Ada's Axioms: A kind word
makes the cream rise on the milk of
human kindness.

 

Poached eggs will not stick if the‘pan
or rings in which they, are cooked are
lightly greased. ‘

 

Never store/honey in a cold damp cellar.
Honey stored in a warm, dry place will
keep -for many months, or even years.

 

Slight mildew stain may be removed
with sour milk or lemon juice. Moisten
with either one and place in the sun to
bleach.

 

Cold water without soap is best for
grass stains. Moisten older stains with
kerosene, let them stand a little while,
and then wash them with soap and warm
water.

Pastry .tlour, makes more delicate cakes
than does bread ﬂour, but if none is at

 

' hand use bread ﬂour, and subtract two
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ﬂgaaaold Friend!

Remember the old-fashioned
mustard plaster Grandma
pinned aroundyourneck when

you had a cold or asore throat?

It worked, but my how it burned
and blisteredl

Musterole breaks up colds and does
its work more gently. Rubbed over
the throat or chest, it penetrates the
skin with s tingling warmth that brings
relief at once.

Made from pure oil of mustard, it is
I clean. white ointment good for all
the little household ills.

Keep Musterole handy end use at
the ﬁrst sign of tonsillitis, croup,
neuritis, rheumatism or a cold.

T o Mothers: Musterole is also made
in milderform for babies and small chil-
dren. Ask for Children’s Musterole.

The Musterole 0)., Cleveland, Ohio
Jars & Tubes

    
    
 

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Fur Coats $22916

Made from Hldes Supplled by You
'. No better rotection from cold Winter
blizzards. one years of wear—full
ranteed. Ship us your cattle an
orse hides and other raw furs; we Will
convert them into furs. fur coats and
robes at conmderably less than the
usual prices. We also make and have
in stock a full line of ladies’ ﬂne fur
Buy from us and save mone .

“‘ coats.
Oat-1108! and other prices sisle sent on reques
Hilledsle Robe and Tanning Co.,‘llillsdale, Mich. '
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Colds

Can be ended tomorrow

That cold can be ended in 24 hours.
You can open the bowels, check the
fever and tone the whole system
quickly. HILL’S will do that for you,
as it does this for millions. It is the
supreme help, the complete help for
a cold. 50 efﬁcient that we paid
$1,000,000 for it. Don’t rely on a lesser
help, and don’t delay.

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item in our large
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and dependable.
The ideal bread and
pastry ﬂour. Order
a sack from your
grocer. It’s real
baking economy to
use Ceresota Flour
—Pure, Wholesome
and Not Bleached.

    
     
     
       
       
       
       
    
     
 

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How to Address Lettch to Uncle

 

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UNCLE NED,
T he Blaine.“ Farmer,
Mt. Clemem, Mic/1.

 

 

EAR girls and boys: I am not
going to take much 01! your time
this issue because ‘Our Page”

is only half a page and I have so
many letters, pictures, poems and
drawings I would rather use, but I
do want to tell you that I am ﬁnd-
ing that the cousins have many
"most embarrassing moments.”
Another thing you will be inter-
ested to know. So many have writ-
ten me endorsing Mildred Darby’s
suggestion that we form a regular
club and have officers that I have

decided to do it and I will make‘

the official announcement (doesn't
that sound digniﬁed, though?) re-
garding this club soon, so watch Our
Page real close so as not to miss it.
Also, if you have anyone in mind for
any of the offices—president, vice
president, secretary or treasurer—-
'please write me immediately so I
can have their name for considera-
tion for nomination. Submit as
many names as you wish. Remem—
ber to watch Our Page for the ant
nouncement.~——-UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

I

Dear Uncle Ned:—-Happy New Year!
Your greeting was just as good as any
poet could have written and I think I like
it better.

I think that Mildred Darby's sugges-
tion is a good one and I think she might
make a good president. That picture of
Santa Claus Was a good one. I needed
only one guess, I thought it was you.
Will you please tell me how to earn a.
button?

I have written twice before but haven’t
seen them in print. Was Mr. -Waste Bas-
ket hungry when the postman came? I
sure would like to spend a few days with
Garland Snell, Glover, and ride his ﬁne
pony.

I am very much interested in the Chil-
dren’s Hour. I would like very much
to see this in print.—-Your loving niece.
~Maxine M. Sage, Central Lake, Mich.
—First you say my New Year greeting
was just as good as any poet could write,
then you mistake Santa. Claus for me.

 

“ME AND MY DOG”
Rose Haymak, of Harrison, Clare county,
is not afraid of anything when she has
her faithful dog with her.

My, how you ﬂatter me.
about that button and ‘maybe arrange
some way for you to get one soon. Yes,
Mr. Waste Basket is always hungry, it
seems.

Dear Uncle Neck-«May I join your
merry circle? I am sure it is very merry

the way you have so many contests and

stories.
I will describe myself ﬁrst so that you

sixty-tour inches tall and weigh about
one hundred and nine pounds. I. am.

eleven years old and can in the seth

grade. Imsvedmrkhairondhluo‘era.

VVIMyyounw  ht " use  ,

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, YouR‘ Jessi
- ‘Colors'g BLUE AND GOLD

We will see‘

imagine what I look like. 1. near

watch It.  'h an 

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full of mischief as can be. Besides a pup 
we have a large dog and tour cats. . »
I hope the waste paper basket or the
stove doesn’t get this letter. I shall
close hoping to hear from the other
cousins—Dorothy Boss, Route 2, Colum-
biaville, Michigan.
—We do. have some times, Dorothy, and
I hope you will like our department very

‘ much. A

Dear Uncle Neat—I have never writ-
ten before but have been a. silent reader'
for a long time. I have wanted to earn
a button and become an‘ M. C., but never.
knew what to do until in the last issue,
so I thought I would write a. short story'
and see if I couldn’t become an M. C.
This was all made up. I never had such
an experience. .

A Narrow Escape ‘

Once my two girl chums, Ruth and
Mabel, and I went swimming in a lake in
Florida. It was getting late and, we
thought by the time we got dressed ’it
would be late enough to go borne. So
Mabel and I started ashore, but Ruth
remained in the water. She said, “I'll
take my ﬁnal swim then I'll come ashore.
We two girls said, “All right". But when
we were nearly dressed, Ruth called for
help. We ran to help her and when we
got there we saw an alligator had hold
of her. Mabel grabbed hold of her while
I got a piece of two—by-four that was
laying near. I hit the alligator over the
back, then it let loose of Ruth. We got.
her ashore. She was scared, but so were
we, and we learned a. lesson never to go
swimming in that lake again. Your want-
to-be-niece.————Viva Lucille Wall, Route 1-,
Bloomingale, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle? I am a boy 13 years old
and attend the district school. I am in

  
     
 
  

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This illustrated Joke was sent in by Ruby
Minard, R. 4, Sandusky, and I know she
drew the picture but cannot tell you
whether the Joke was originated by her
or not. The rest of you artists send in
some samples of your work and we will

see about publishing them.

the sixth grade. Ivlive on a lZO-acre
farm, 7 miles from our nearest town. I
have four house pets, a dog and three
cats. Uncle Ned, will you please tell me
how I can win a bulon? We take the
M. B. F. and like it very well. --I enjoy
reading the Children’s Hour. I wish some
of the cousins would write to me, I will
now end my letter. Hoping Mr. Waste
Basket forgets to take this letter,-I am,
-——<Emery R. Sheldon, Route 1, Boyne
City, Michigan. ,

—Hello, Emery! Sure you can join us,
and watch this page for opportunities to
win one of our nice buttons. Glad you
like our department. _ ‘

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have not written
before and would like to become a mem-
ber of your club. I am 13 years old and
in the ninth grade. I think the idea is
a good one about electing ofﬁcers and I
think it would make the club better and
larger. I live on a 150-acre farm. We
have 10 cows and 3 horses. We do most
of our farm work with a tractor. Our
tractor is a. Fordson. I disced 60 acres
of land last year with the tractor, I was
b0 in Montana and came to Michigan
when I was three years old. We take the
M.—.B. F. and like it very well. I hope
to see this in print. Your nephew.-——Don-
ald Mott, Route 1, Birch Run, Mich.
—Come right in and join us, llmald. All
of the members will welcome you I am
sure.

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What is the diﬂerence between a bottle
of medicine and a troublesome boy?—
Ono is to be well shaken hetero taken.
anathootheristobotakenandthon
shaken.

,When is a door not a. door?—-—When it is
a-Jor. . .

What is the dimerence between a
naughty boy and a postage-stamp?—
Because one you stick with a." lick. and
use other you lick with u add.

Why did William Tell shudder when he
shot the apple trom his son's head‘s-
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amp—Zero _ weather and lots of
snow. Very little activity muons ﬁlo
farmers. Nothing doing outside of takhlg
care of the chores. Quotations at, Mid-
land: Wheat, $1.25 bu.; 'icoru, 72c bu.
oats, 40o bu.; rye,'-.77.e.bu.; beans. 84:2.
ewt; potatoes, $1.50 cwt.; butter, “0 1b.:
eggs, 46c doa—B. ‘V. Chase. 1-11-27. '

‘ (minimum—dim whiter weather with

 good. runners
bsﬂng hay. gettingnpwood and)!!! and
putting in ice. Quotations at Rudyard:
No. .1 timothy. and timothy and light
clwer mixed $111.50 to 815.5). con: 9. Jot
of it being shipped... No. 1 clover slightly
higher. Oats were a failure here this
last season and corn is being'slrlpped in.
We pay $1.29 bu. atvcar. Oats. 60o bu.;
peas. 81.75-82.25 bu. ;,_ﬂax, $1.75Vba; po-
tatoes, $1.26 to $1.50 bu.; butter-fat, 48c
1b.; eggs, 40c doz.——L. A., 1-17-27.

Oakland.——Ra.ining' here today. Snow
about ten inches deep. Some red kidney
beans have been raised around here for
a few years. They bring better prices
than the .white but I Was told the buyers
do not take the cracked ones. , Quotations
at Holly: Wheat, $1.25 bu.; oats, 45c bu.;
rye,g80c bu.; beans, $4.20 cwt; butter,
500 1b.: eggs, 50c dear—J. Decou, 1-19-27.

Monroe.—-Not much change in prices
from last report. Hay varies in price ac-
cording to quantity. Good hay brings
about $18.00 per ton now. Snow covers
wheat and rye ﬁelds. Probably a beneﬁt
to such crops. Potatoes vary a little in
price. Grocers at Petersburg sell at 45c

' to 50¢ peck. In larger quantities the price

is_usuaily $1.50 per bu. Quotations at
Monroe: Wheat, $1.27 bu.; corn, $1.00
cwt.; oats, 43c bu.; rye, 750 bu.; potatoes,
$1.50 bu.; butter, 450 1b.; eggs, 45c doz.
—Mrs. Florence Howard, 1-20-27.

Branch—There was not the acreage of
wheat put out in this part of the country
as usual. and is not looking very good
but is at the present time well covered
with snow. Corn is mostly all in the
cribs. Some good sound corn and lots
ofeorndidnotgetripesodiereislots
of soft corn and some hurt by the con-
tinuous fall of rains. Quotations at Sher-
wood: Wheat, $1.25 bu.; corn, 60c bu.;
oats, 40c baa: rye. 75c bu.; potatoes, $1.25
bu.; butter, 46c 1b.; eggs, 36c don—A. W.
Loan. 1-19-27.

mam—ézww about a foot deep on
the level. Most trunk lines are kept open
but side roads badly drifted Some places
two and three feet high. Some fanners
are hauling marl and lime on sleighs.
Our county agent is holding sheep and
poultry meetings. Butter is 66 cents but
eggs are down to 35c. Stock of all kinds
doing well. The weather has been a little
milder lately—J. EL, 1:18-27.

Hinsdale (NW).—-—Had quite a. snow
storm January 13th and 14th followed by
several days of zero Weather. Had our
Jammy thaw yesterday. Farmers not
doing _mueh except chores and working
in the woodlots. Corn pretty well taken
care of. Seems to be quite a few famis
changing hands. Hens laying fair, eggs
itile in! the neighborhood of 35c.—C. H.,
.— 9-2 .

Borden (N).——County roads kept clear
of snow during storm. snow plows were
attached to front of heavy trucks. County
agmt F. L. Si.th has resigned, resig-
nation to take ease: in spring. At pres-
ent he is arranging extension schools
throughout the county—E. N., 1-19-27.

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said pest. Winter wheat is being pro-
tected under a covering of snow. Bee
men state that their colonies are doing
nicely. The slushy weather conditions
fail to improve the general health of our
community inhabitants. The predicted
prosperity promised the farmers has fail-
ed to come from just around the corner.
Public sales and foreclosures of mort-
gages are a daily occurance.——~C. W.
Eisenmann, 1—20527. .

St. Joseph.~—Farmers are having a gen-
eral rest since the heavy snow has fallen.

There is very little work being done.
Stock of all kind look good. Rough feed
is holding out good so far. There are

very few public auctions so far. Mest
renters have rented places for 1927.—A.
J. Yoder, 1-20-27. ‘

Hillsdale.——Prices remain about steady.
Some wonder why creameries vary in
their prices so much. It is their outlet.
Some creameries have a high grade mar-
ket that pays more than standard prices
and if it is a co—op creamery they pay
more for butter fat. In our county this
diderence is very much. Snow is 12 in-
ches deep and poor sleighing at that but
real good for cars. Cows in great de-
mand and feeding hogs are being wanted.
——L M. W., 1-20-27.

Saginaw (NFL—Ground covered with
snow. Corn husking delayed. About
one-third to husk yet. Farmers doing
chores and hauling manure. Not many
auction sales. Horses cheap, cows sell
high, lots of beans going to market. Tax
time and high. Lots ordering their chicks
for spring delivery. Clover seed is out
yet that was out last. It was impossible
to get it in. Quotations at Hemlock:
Corn, 70c bu.; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 76c bu.;
wheat, 81.12 bu.; beans, $4.30 cwt.; eggs,
37c doz.; butter, 49c lb. ;—F. Dungey,
1-20—27.

Deﬁance (Ohio).—Had 8 inches of snow
Tuesday M. Roads blocked. Today
rain and snow is going —fast. Expect
colder and then roads will be rough.
Barnyards will be a fright. Snow was
deep all stock and even birds come up
to leave Dad feed them. Hunger makes
everything tame. No change in prices
only eggs are down. Poor demand for
hay. Cows and hogs away up. Farm
work almost done. Planting for spring.
Not many sales at present. Will begin
in four weeks. Quotations at Byron, Ohio:
Wheat, $1.28 bu.; corn, 70c cwt.: oats,
40c bu.; potatoes, $2.50 cwt.: cream, 61c
_ib.; eggs, 35c WW. E. B., Lao-27.

Say, we just could not get along and
farm without our Business Farmer. We
are always waiting for lt—Edward Mc-
Dougall, ,Mackinac County, Michigan.

Visit Potato Show During Farmers’ Week

Michigan State Potato Show
which will beheld at East Lan—
sing, January 3131; to February

5th, will give potato growers an op-
portunity to compare  of po-
tstoes from all sections ofthe state.

The prise winning exhibits from
the Top o’ liebigan Potato Show,
The Western Michigan Potato Show

‘ and the mm at Elohim Potato

Show will escape“ with samples
from other  of Michigsnfcr
plenum

Cash mum of approximately
$790.00 with loving curmgribbons
and shields will be awarded the who
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These exhibits show the growers
ability to grade potatoes according
to Michigan Standard grades. They
have proved of great value to teach-
ing better grading methods and in
develole a better market quality
in potatoes. A r feature of the

special
show will be exhibits showing re-.

sults from use of certiﬁed seed; the
value of commercial tertiliser and
other cultural  that will im-
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leaky pail. The slightest injury to these
dehcate tissues means sure milk loss.

Let Bag Balm be your guarantee of a
full,.easy milking. This marvelous pene-
trating Ointment quickly heals any
cracked, chapped, injured teats. In-
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Hereford Steers

Wt. around 11 lbs. 09 Wt. around 1000 I58.
:2 Wt. around 1% lbs. 81 Wt. areund 025 lbs.
45 Wt. ares-ad 360 lbs. 50 Wt. around no lbs.
Good . dark reds. dehorned. well marred
Hereford Good grass ii The beef

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1 PROGRAM oow T memo Asso-i

CIATION CONFERENCE.
Monday, January 81, 1927 >
Eastern Standard Time
Room 402, Agricultural Building

10:00 A. M. “Purpose of" Cow Testing
Association Conference."——O. E. Reed;
Chief, Dairy Department, M. S. C. ‘

10:45 A. M. l “The Member’s Viewpoint.

of Testing Association."—Walter Ray,
Member Jackson C. T. A., Parma, Mich.

“The Cow Tester's Viewpoint of Tests
ing Association."—Casper Blumer, Cow
Tester Macome No. 2 C- T, A., Richmond.

“The County Agent’s Viewpoint of Test-
ing Association.”——E. E. Twing, Co. Art.
Mecosta County, Big Rapids, Mich.

“The Dairy Department's Viewpoint of
Testing Association.”—A. C. Baltzer, In
Charge C. T. A,’s, M. S. C. ‘

Afternoon

1:30 P. M. "Continued Testing and
Why.”—R. H. Addy, Danry Extension
Specialist, M. S. C.

2:00 P. M. “Efﬁcient Dairying and the
Cow Testing Association."-——A. J. Glover.
Editor, Hoard's Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson,
Wis.

3:00 P. M. “Twenty Years Ancient or
Eighty Years Young."-—-John Willard,‘
Director Continuing Education, M. S. C.

3:45 P. M. Round Table Discussion-—
R. H, Addy, Leader.

Tuesday, February 1
Judging Pavillion, Agricultural Building

8 :00 A. M. “Recent Results in Mineral
Feeding."——-—-Carl Huffman, Research Ass’t
Dairy Husbandry, M. S. G.

9:00 A. M. “Feeding Dairy Cattle."—
J. E, Burnett, Associate Professor, Dairy
Dept., M. S. C.

Room 316, Agricultural Building

10:15 A. M. “Cow Testing ASSociation
Comments from Upper Michigan"—J. G.
"Wells, Jr., Dairy Ext. Spec_, Upper Pen-
ninsula.

10:45 A. M. “Better Sires and Their
Value."—George Girrboch,_ Dairy Exten-
sion Specialist, M. S. C.

11:15 A. M, Summary of Conference
and Plans for 1927—A. C. Baitzer, M. S. C.

MICHIGAN COWS STAND
HIGH IN PRODUCTION
EW states in the Union have had
25,000 dairy cows 21 v e r a g e
above 300 pounds butterfat pro-
duction in a year. This happened in
Michigan during 1926 according to
A. C. Baltzer in charge of cow test-
ing associations at Michigan State
College, when 25,135 cows averaged
301.9 pounds butterfat and 7,634
pounds of milk.

Improved feeding conditions are
largely responsible for Michigan’s
dairy cows excelling in milk and but-
terfat production. Nine-tenths of an
acre of alfalfa and three-tenths of an
acre of sweet clover are seeded per
cow by Michigan dairymen for the
25,000 cows under test in Michigan
testing associations.

The cow testing association con-
ference, January 31-February let at
Michigan State College, East Lan-
sing, will bring the dairy herd own-

  

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poseﬂof discussing the more wide-

spread use" of the cow testing associa-
ation to the end that Michigan's
dairy industry will be put on a more
eificient basis. ‘ '

The 1920 U. S. Census ﬁgures
show that the average Michigan
cow produces 4,000 pounds of milk
and 160 pounds of butterfat. Cows
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HALT HOG CHOLEBA SPREAD
0 prevent a recurrence of the
serious hog-cholera. losses en-
countered lnte in 1928,1311. bu-

reau of animal industry of the U. 8.
Dept. of Agriculture has advised
primary reliance on the preventative
serum treatment rather than on the
safeguards. Through sanitation, local
preenutions, prompt quarantine, and
other diseases are helpful, the most
dependable safegunrd, bureau ofﬁcials
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and care as practiced by cow associ-
ation members have nearly doubled
the average production of milk and
butterfat of the average Michigan
cow.

Each year cows in Michigan test-
ing associations have increased their
efficiency of production of milk and
butterfat. Further improvement in
this respect will result in even
greater dairy proﬁts to the cow
owner.

CANADIAN WILL TALK TO
I-IOLSVI‘EIN BREEDERS

HE president of the Canadian

Holstein - Friesian Association,

Chris Houck, is scheduled for
11:00 a. m. on the program of the
twenty—seventh annual meeting of
the Michigan Holstein—Friesian As—
sociation, Tuesday February 1, at
Michigan State College, East Lan-
Sing.

President Houck is a practical
breeder, living on his farm at Chip—
pewa, Ontario. He is the youngest
leader the Holstein-Friesian Associ-
ation of Canada has ever had .

“Selective Registration” will be
President Houck’s topic. He will
discuss the use of such a plan, now
in its third year in his country, in
helping to eliminate the “scrub”
pure bred, the greatest meance to
any pure—bred industry—J. G.
Hays. ,

SELECT ANIMALS CAREFULLY
FOR FEEDING

HE selection of good animals is

important, whether they are to

be fed for market or kept on

the farm. Do not expect a dairy-

bred animal to produce a choice beef
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HorsemenPlan Big Time At M. S. C.

HE directors of the Michigan

H o r s e Breeders’ Association

have announced the complete
program for the Association events
to take place during the Annual
Farmers’ Week at Michigan State
College.

On‘Tuesday morning, February 1,
at nine o’clock H. L. Young of the
Horse Association, Chicago, Illinois
will hitch teams of horses using
from four to ten horses per team,
driving them with two lines and ty-
ing them in and bucking them back
in such a manner that anyone can
handle them. At one o’clock the
College horses will be exhibited and
the prize winners pointed out by R.
S. Hudson, superintendent in charge.
Following this visit at the stables
the annual meeting will call at 1:30
p. m., Room 111, Agricultural build-
ing. Speakers for this program are
L. C. Hunt, president; Andy Aadms,
auctioneer, Litchﬂeld; Dr. Judson
Black, Department of Agriculture,
Lansing; and Ellis McFarland, sec-
retary Pe cheron Society of America,
Chicago, , Illinois.
program 'oﬂicers will be elected.

Throughout the day. tickets will
be on sale by L. C. Huntat Room

112, Agricultural building, for the-
evening banquet at 6:30, .Hotel ~.

Kearns. The directors ‘ are putting
on banquet in appreciation for

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Following this

the work done by College officials in
building up one of the strongest
bands of draft horses owned by any
College in America and for the work
done in inaugurating pulling con-
tests at fairs.

Speakers for the banquet program
are: A. C. Anderson, founder of the
organization; R. S. Shaw, Dean of
Agriculture, Michigan State College;
F. A. Chapman, new secretary of the
Michigan State Fair and the ﬁrst
county fair secretary to schedule a
pulling contest in Michigan; Walter
Palmer, Director of Livestock Ex-
hibits, Michigan State Fair; Ellis
McFarland, secretary Percheron So-
ciety of America and Superintendent
of Horses, International Livestock
Exposition.

promised to attend.
At eight o'clock, February 2, R.

S. Hudson will give a judging'de— 7

monstration in the live stock pa-

vilion followed by big hitch demon-'

strations conducted by H, L. Young.

On Thursday, February 3, a his live"
stock parade including prize winning ‘
horses will be.put on the College? ~
Anyone‘usin'g ?~
horses or at all interested iii-horses i' "
is invited to. these meetings. euthani- 1
Plan to make Far-mars" Week :

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_ She was
fresh-six weeks when I boughther

’ and/I have tried several times tomilk
the riourth quarter and longstrings

of 'hard white substance which looks
like a white'wdrm comes out of that
teat. Can I do anything? She has
been milking now for six months and
givesbetween seven and eight quarts
’ She“ is two and one-
half years old and in good» health.
Thisis'her ﬁrst year of milking.—
A. R., Charlevoix, Mich. ‘

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My three year old colt got sween-
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If you do not have anything special
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cheap to get a bottle of Gombaults
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to directions.

LAMENESS IN PIGS

Will you please tell me what to
do and what causes lameness in pigs?
1 have about ten weighing about 150
pounds. In this ﬂock there are two
or three lame. In the morning they
seem to be worse. They are in the
pasture and are fed beans, corn,

 

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a n (1 Sunday, through station
WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave
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3:40 to 6:50. ..... ..Farm School
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FINE, TALKS FROM M. S. C.
' STATION
OME very the talks are being
given over .statiou WKAR at
Michigan State College. They
are in connection with special cours-
es that began January 10th and will
close on April 29th, but each is com-
plete in itself so it is advisable to
tune in any evening possible. The
station operates on a wave length of
285.5 meters. ‘

Some of the talks and dates they
will broadcast. between now and our
next issue are: “The Importance of
Green Mannres,” Jan. 31; “Market-
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Michigan. ‘ - .

AMENESS in growing pigs is
usually the result of rickets;
this is caused by faulty feeding.

The pigs do not get the right kinds
of feed nor enough minerals. The

' use of tankage, giving each pig‘about

M lb. per day and then allowing all
the skimmilk they will drink. and
furnishing them with alfalfa or
clover pasture will usually- prevent
it. You should get tankage and then
add about 10 lbs. of bonemeal to each
100 lbs. then of this mixture give
each. pig IA to 1%, lb. per day for a
few days. Not less than 55 lb. per
day until recovery takes place, also
plenty of milk. ~

WAMS

',We have a cow that has several
warts on her teats which cause con—
siderable trouble while milking. I've
got some hard kicks from her while
milking her.- _ Could you tell me a
remedy for warts?—E. W., Mathias,
Michigan.

ET the following for these warts:
Salicyle acid, 30 grains; Collo—
doin, 174; ounce. Paint these

warts each day with a small camels
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DOG FITS

My little dog had fits. He would
slobber at the mouth but in a few
minutes would be all right and play.
He had two or three each day until
he got so weak he could not walk.
After he died we opened him and no
worms could be found in him. What
do you think it could be and What
could cause it?—B. H. D., Pincon-
ning, Michigan.

HESE convulsions might have
been caused by a number of dif-
ferent things such as indiges-

tion, improper feeding, after effects
of distemper, etc. Without an ex—
amination and a complete history of
the case I could not give you any
more definite information than this.
Some cases are caused by worms al-
though it is evident that this case
was not.

‘ADIO DEPARTMENT

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

answered by cur Sadlo editor. You receive a

sorlption is paid up.

and Selling Capons,” Feb. 8; “Com~

fmercial Fertilizers," Feb. 95 “Mak~ ‘

ing the Muck Patch Pay Its Way,"
Feb. 7; .“Common Grains as Seed,”
Feb. 3; “Common Roughages as
Feed,” Feb. 10. These talks will be
broadcast from 4:35 to 7:45.

From 7:45 to 7:55 the following
talks will be put on the air on the
nights given: “Cow Testing Associ—
ations,” Feb. 2; “Some Results of
Cow Testing Associations,” Feb. 9;
“Pruning,” Feb. 10; “Water, Wind
and Steam Power,” Feb. 7. The farm
crops course is given from 7:35 to

’ 8500 on Friday evening with three

speakers on the program. “Wheat
and Chaff,” by H. C. Rather; “How
I Grew My 1926 Potato Crop,” by
J. C. ~Redpath of Kalamazoo, winner
of 300 bushel contest, and “How
I Grew My 1926 Corn Crop,” by the
winner of the ﬁve acre corn contest,
will be broadcast Feb. 4. On Feb.
11 there will be f‘Wheat and Chat,”
by J. F. Cox; “Sweet Clover," by C.
R. Megee; and “How I Use Sweet
Clover," by E. C. McCarty.

   
  
 
  
     
  

 

  
   

 

 

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POUIII‘RY DISEASE AND
‘ PARASITE, CONTROL

T thistime of'year, we are very
much concerned, about the
health of our ﬂocks. Often we

are not aware of the fact that some

of the birds are, afflicted with some,

disease or troublesome parasite until
it has permeated our entire ﬂock.
One of .the best remedies for such
cases is “prevention” instead of
,“control.” ‘

Many ways have been described on
methods of preventing external par-
asites from reproducing, and thus
gaining such a foothold that it is
impossible to keep them in check,
but I believe some of them will bear
mentioning again. Good idisinfec-
tants will destroy the eggs, the lar~
vae of the body parasite, and also
the parasites themselves. In using
disinfectants for external parasites,
many germs of contagious diseases
are also destroyed.

The disinfectant should be thor-
oughly applied to the interior of the
houses, spread all over the roosts,
ﬂoor, dropping boards, nests, and
worked carefully into the cracks and
crevices. While disinfecting the
houses and contents, do not overloox
the mash hoppers and drinking
fountains. These may be thoroughly
cleansed by pouring boiling hot
water over them and allowing them
to dry in the sun. The most satis—
factory method employed in apply-
ing a disinfectant is the use of a
power sprayer, but on most farms
such machinery is not available; the
common hand sprayer, which is used
for spraying cattle, is very satisfac—
tory. The method used by most
small poultrymen is to take an old
broom and just scrub every reach—
able point, being very precautious
about allowing any of the disinfec—
tant to get on the hands, for some
of the materials used are very in-
jurious‘ to the skin.

Ordinary limewash is very excel-
lent to use, and its make—up is very
well—known. Where there is a. case
of virulent disease, add about ﬁve to
six ounces of crude carbolic acid to
the limewash. This will add much
to the activity of the wash.

Kerosene emulsion is used by
many people and can readily be con-
verted into a disinfectant. To make
the emulsion, shave one-half to
three—quarters of a pound of hard
laundry soap into half a gallon of
rain water; boil until the soap has
become dissolved. While the mix-
ture is still hot, remove it from the
ﬁre, at a, safe distance, and stir into
it two gallons of kerosene. This is
the stock solution, and is a thick,
creamy emulsion; When it is used
for killing mites, etc., it may be
mixed with water at the rate of 1:10

and when it is used as a disinfectant, ‘

one pint of crude carbolic acid

should be added, while the ratio of

the mixture remains the same.

One of the best disinfectants, and
it can be purchased ready for use, is
the common solution of cresol. It
should be mixed with warm water at
the rate of one pint to ten quarts.
Soft .or rain water is preferrable.

In the control of infectious dis—
eases, the ﬁrst effort should‘be to
separate the diseased birds from the
rest of the ﬂock. The droppings
should be removed daily and kept
where the birds will not get to them.
If potassium permanganate is kept
in the drinking water, it will aid in
checking the disease. The ratiocis
about one teaspoonful to one gallon
of water.

One of the greatest aids in pre-
venting disease, etc., is to see' that
there are no direct drafts, and that
the ﬂoors are free from dampness.
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COST OF LAYING PULLF/I‘S

Would you please tell me whatiiit
would cost to get 100 pure bred
White Leghorns laying? They were
hatched on June 6th. Have “been
feeding a growing mash for three
months, also scratch feed. Let run
the last two months on only corn
and water. Weight about 3 pounds.
Are a real healthy lot and have red
combs and are singing. This is my
ﬁrst experience with chickens. I got
250 pure bred S. C. Leghorns, Tom
Barron and Tancred strain at an ac-
credited hatchery. My neighbors
don’t expect them to lay before
spring but I would like to surprise
them and have mine lay this winter.
Kindly let me know if there is any—
thing which can be done to make
them lay before spring—Mrs. J. H.
S., Dafter, Michigan.

E usually ﬁgure that it will cost
about one dollar to purchase
chicks, and grow the females
to a laying age. Birds hatched as
late as June 6th will cost a. trifle
more, since late hatched stock does
not mature as well nor as satisfac—
torily as early hatched chicks. S.
C. White Leghorn pullets hatched

June 6th, should be laying by the,

middle of November providing they
have been properly fed and cared
for.——C. G. Card, Professor of Poul—
try Husbandry, M. S. C.

PLAN FOR OAT SPROUTER
RE you planning on making an
oat sprouter? If you are we
have plans prepared by the Ag-
ricultural Engineering department
of Michigan State College and, :will
gladly send them to interested read—
ers, if they will request them.

Pointers on Making Out IncomeTaX Returns

(Continued from page 4)

Form 1040. With farmers who
keep their accounts on the accrual
basis, the ﬁling of Form 1040-F is
optional.
Deduct Necessary Expenses

All necessary expenses paid or in-
curred during the year 1926 in the
operation of a farm as a business
enterprise may be deducted from
gross income in ascertaining net in—
come, upon which the tax is as-
sessed. These include the expense
of harvesting and marketing of crops
and the cost of seed and fertilizer
used. Amounts expended for the
purchase of feed for live stock may
be deducted, but the value of a.
farmer’s own products used for such
purposes is not a deductable item.
The farmer may deduct the cost of
small tools used up in the course Of
a year or two, wages paid to farm
hands (other than domestic serv-
ants) and rent paid for farm land
and buildings (other than the dwell—
ing), cost of repairs to fences, wag-
ons and machinery, also bills paid
for horseshoeing, stock powders,
rock salt, veterinary service, ’insur—
ance (except ‘on dwelling), gasoline
for, Operating. power, and sundry
minor expenses. ; '  r -- 
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«incense was

laborers may not be deducted as an
expense. The farmer may, however,
deduct the cost of food purchased
for his laborers. The value of the
services of the farmer himself, his
wife or dependent minor children
cannot be deducted unless the
amount is reported by the recipients
as income on Form 1040.

Cost of Auto

The purchase price of an automo-
bile even when used wholly in farm
operation may not be deducted, as it
is regarded as an investment of cap—
ital. The cost of gasoline, repairs,
and upkeep of. an automobile, if
used partly for the pleasure and con-
venience of the taxpayer or his fam-
ily, such cost may be apportioned ac—
cordingly, and that proportion of
cost attributable to business deduct—
ed.

General deductions such as for

taxes, losses, interest on indebted-

ness, bad debt, contributions, -etc.,
are explained instructions on the
forms. 7 . _ -

Returns are required of single
persons whose, net rkvincomefor r1926

   
   

    
    
 

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you. have a Martin.
Monroev'llle (0.) Hatchery writes—"Raised 97 per cent."
A. J. Swineford writes—“Had 2lb. broilers in 8 weeks."
Mrs. W. Leﬂler writes—"Expect to buy another Martin in
the spring. ’ ' _
Broodin chicks in a Martin is safer, easier. surer,
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Michigan Accredited Pinecroft Ac-
credit Barred Rock Chicks Will
satisfy you. Three hundred pullets
now being trapnested in Record of
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shipped. 00% live delivery. Post-
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The exemptionsare $1,500 for single
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‘vand heads or families. In addition,_-' ,
the taxpayer is allowed a credit for‘ h

each person dependent upon him or
her for chief support, if such person
is under 18 years of age, or mentally
or'physically defective. The term
“mentally or physically defective”
means not only cripples and persons
mentally. defective, but the aged and
persons in ill health. Ardependent
need not live in the taxpayer’s
household, nor need he be a relative
of his benefactor.
Changes Durling Year

If a taxpayer’s status changes
during the taxable year the personal
exemptions are prorated, according
to the number of months the tax-
payer was single, married, .or the
head of a family. For example, a
couple married on July 31, 1926,
may ﬁle a joint return and claim an
exemption of $3,208.33. That is,
seven—twelfths of $1,500 for the hus-
band while single, or $875, plus
seven-twel—fths of the wife while
single, plus ﬁve-twelfths of $3,500,
or $1,458.33, for the period during
which they were married. If separate
returns are made, each may claim a
personal exemption of $1,604.17. A
person who on July 31 ceased being
the head of a family—the support in
one household of a relative or rela-
tives being discontinued—is entitled
to an exemption of $2,666.67, Which
is seven-twelfths of $3,500, plus
ﬁve-twelfths of $1,500.

With regard to the $400 credit for
each dependent, the taxpayer’s sta-
tus as of the last day of the taxable
year determines this credit. If dur-
ing the year, his support of such de-
pendent ceased, he is not entitled to
this credit.

A single person may be the head
of a family, and as such allowed the
same personal exemption as a mar-
ried person, $3,500. A head of a
family is deﬁned by the revenue act
of 1926 as “an individual who ac-
tually supports and maintains in one
household one or more individuals
who are closely connected with him
by blood relationship, relationship
by marriage, or by adoption, and
whose right to exercise family con-
trol and provide for these depend-
ents is based upon some moral and
legal obligation.”

Rate of Tax

The normal tax rate is 11/2 per
cent on the ﬁrst $4,000 of net in—
come in excess of the personal ex-
emption, $400 credit for each de-
pendent, etc., 3 per cent on the next
$4,000 and 5 per cent on the bal-
ance. The surtax rates apply to net
incomes in excess of $10,000.

Taxpayers are advised, for their
own advantage, to note carefully
that provision of the revenue act of
1926 which provides for a 25 per
cent credit on “earned income.” The
term “earned income,” as deﬁned by
Treasury regulations, means “wages,
salaries, professional fees, and other
amounts received as compensation
for personal services actuain ren—
dered.” However, all net income up
to $5,000, from Whatever source de~
rived, is considered to be earned net
income, for the purpose of the 25
per cent credit.

For example, a taxpayer, married,
living with his wife and with no de-
pendents. whose net income for 1926
was $4,000 would compute his tax
as follows: Net income, $4,000; less
personal exemption, $3,500; leaving
a balance taxable at 11/2 per cent of
$50.0. 11/2 per cent of $500, $7.50;
less 14 of $7.50 earned income cre-
dit, $1.88; balance of tax payable,
$5.62.

The return, accompanied by at
least one—fourth' of the amount of
tax due, must be ﬁled with the col-
lector of internal revenue for the
d1strict in which the taxpayer lives,
or has his principle place of busi-
ness. The ﬁling period for the cab
endar year 1926 is from January 1
to March, 15, 1927.

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The Ames Test

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Much Cheaper

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the reliability and truthfulness of advertiserselilt‘lr‘steli‘lueinrtasntees

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Reports Show Fewer Cattle" and Sheep on Feed

ny‘w. w. room, Market Editor.

- ICHIGAN and other farmers of
the middle west are turning
over in their minds what im-
provements shall be undertaken this
year in managing their farms, and
to begin with, there is a general
agreement that the time is now ripe
for insisting upon sharp reductions
in farm taxes, which have for sever-
al years advanced much faster than
farm values. In fact, farms have in
many localities declined in prices,
and owners are insisting upon this
fact being acted upon in the revised
tax valuations. Of course, the pri-
mary farm successful operatic n
hinges very greatly on good coun-
try roads, however, and by no means
should this matter be neglected.
Cooperative marketing is another
thing that means much in these
tines of improved farming methods,
and it is well for farmers to inves-
tigate the matter. In the ten
years ending with 1925 agricultural
cooperation increased in every sec-
tion of the country except in a few
remote corners, says the United
States Department of Agriculture,
and Michigan is one of the leading
ten states in the list. Grain market-
ing associations were the most im-
portant, and their volume of busi-
ness increased 150 per cent in ten
years, while associations marketing
dariy products handled 500 per cent
more business at the end of the ten
years than at the beginning. There
was an increase of more than 1000
per cent in the number of active
live stock shipping associations.

Michigan farmers show no lack of
faith in sheep, no matter what the
temporary market conditions may
be, and every year they make this
great industry pay, for they under-
stand the business from start to
ﬁnish. Also, they are experts in
growing grapes, peaches, apples, and
other fruits.

The Grain Markets

May wheat has been selling
around $1.40 per bushel, compar-
ing with $1.77 a year ago and $1.89
two years ago. Usually, when it
gets to around $1.40 holders begin
selling, and prices weaken a little.
Plenty of wheat is in sight, although
stocks are on the decrease, and a
short time ago the visible supply in
the United States aggregated 59,-
584,000 bushels, comparing with
49,104,000 bushels a year ago.
Foreign buyers are slow to buy
American wheat except at bottom
prices, and it is evident that the new
wheat crops of Argentina and Aus-
tralia are going to be sharp competi—
tors. Now and then, however, ex-
ports start up at a lively pace, and
on a recent day it was estimated that
such purchases on the Chicago Board
of Trade aggregated a million bush-
els of American wheat, including
Manitoba, the business being the
largest for any day this season. On
the other hand, the world’s visible
supply of wheat increased 78,337,—
000 bushels in December, comparing
with 36,061,000 bushels in Novem—
be; And 66,540,000 bushels in De—
cember a year ago. The recent gain
was largely in Australia. The World’s
available supply on January 1 ag—
gregated 378,641,000 bushels, com—
paring with 300,504,000 bushels a
m o n t h earlier and 323,917,000
bushels a year ago.

Late corn sales for May delivery
were made at 83 cents, about the
same as a year ago, while a little
more than two years ago it sold at
$1.35. Marketing of new corn has
fallen below expectations, while old
corn in the sample market was
scarce and ﬁve cents higher. The
visible corn supply in this country
,is up to 37,065,000 bushels, compar-
ing with 23,709,000 bushels a year
:ago. There. is a scarcity of No. 8
white oats, and carlot prices in the
sample market were above the May
price, for the ﬁrst time this season.

.. vMoy oats sell around 49 cents, being 

ﬁve cents higher than a year ago.
.ﬂnotlyvincreased unions of rye ex-

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weeks, and sales "were made for May
delivery at $1.05,» or a little lower
than a year ago.” '
The Pig Crop " g .

The Department of ngriculture
reports the number of sows farrowed
in the fall of 1926 was only 2 per
cent larger for the United States and
5 per cent larger for the corn belt
than in the fall of 1925; and of pigs
saved 3 per cent larger for the
country and 4 per cent larger for
the corn belt. The June survey of
1926 both for the corn belt states
and other regions showed a large
intended increase in breeding for
the fall of that year, but this in-
crease did not‘ take place because of

  

 
 

 

per cent smallervo'n January
estimate 'of the Departmental Agri-
culture. The decrease was largely, in
the states west of the Missouri River,-
while the decrease east of the river
was very small. cattle going on feed
are lighter in weight than last year,
and the number of calves is larger.
Reports made by stock feeders in-
dicate that. a larger preportion of
cattle on feed on January 1 will be
marketed in April, or later than
last year. Of late the Chicago pure
chases of stbckers and feeders have
been greatly curtailed by the limited
offerings, and better prices prevailed,
sales being largely at $6.75 to $7.75.
The extreme range. was from $5.50
to $8.25, and only light ﬂeshed plain
stacker steers were to be had below
$6.50. Stock and feeder corn and

‘ heifers sold at $4.50 to $6.50. Milk-

ers and springers'- are in moderate,
demand at $50 to $90, Holstein

 

 

M. B. F. MARKET REPORTS BY name \
VERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday, at 7:05 o‘clock,
eastern- standard tinie, The Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts
market information and news of interest to farmers through raido

‘ station WGHP of Detroit.
of 270 meters.

This station operates on a wave length

 

 

drought in some districts and a
widespread hog cholera epidemic. It
is safe to say that no danger of over-
production of hogs looms up, and the
outlook is highly promising at this
time. Hogs sell at much higher
prices than in recent years, 1926
alone excepted, and they are very
proﬁtable to farmers who are well
provided with corn and other feed.
It is interesting to recall that $15
per 100 pounds was paid last year
at the highest time, in June and
July. Recent Chicago receipts aver-
aged 234 pounds, being 9 pounds
lighter than a year ago and 7
pounds heavier than two years ago.
Farmers generally are belieVers in
hogs and the outlook is bright. The
exports of provisions are not over
large, but prices for lard and cured
meats are advancing because of the
large domestic consumption, and this
is also true of fresh pork products.
Late sales were made of hogs at
$10.75 to $12.10, comparing with
$10.20 to $12.40 a year ago, $9'.to
$11 two years ago and $6.40 to
$7.35 three years ago. January re-
ceipts in packing points fall greatly
below hog receipts for that month
in recent years.

The number of cattle on feed in
the eleven corn belt states was 7

springers selling the highest, and
the poorer cows selling at only a
little better prices than those paid
for butcher cows of similar ﬂesh.
Fewer beef cattle have gone ‘to mar-
ket in January than a year ago, and
fat lots have been advancing in val-
ues. At last weighty steers have out-
sold yearlings. Recent sales of beef
steers were made at $7.75 to $12.65,
with the bulk of the sales. at$9 to
$11.50, heavy lots going highest and
the best yearlings at $12.50. A year
ago beef steers sold at. $7.7 5 to
$11.25 and two years ago» at $6.25
to $12.50. January cattle receipts
in all markets fall far short of recent
years. Beef steers lacking ﬁnish are
too numerous and lower, while the
best‘ cattle sell higher.
Fewer Lambs Feeding

According to the estimate of the
Department of griculture, there
were only 4,251,000 lambs and
sheep feeding on January 1, compar-
ing with 4,616,000 a year ago. There
is a demand still for feeding lambs,
and the best on the Chicago market
have advanced to $13.10 per 100
pounds

 

WHEAT
Trading in wheat is light and the
market dull. _Some buyers are of

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit Uhicago Dent on. Dom-0T
Jan. 25 Jan. 24 Jan. 12 1 yr. ago

WHEAT— - I

No. 2 Red 31-40 $1.39 $1.88 $1.91

No. 2 White 1-41 1.89 1.92

No.2 Mixed _ 1-39 1.87 1.91
COR-N—

No. 2 Yellow 32 .80 .81 .81

N00 3  O79~ .76
OATS

No. 2 White ~51 36 .51 @ .52 .53 .46

No. a White .4816 .44@.4s;§ .50 .45.
RYE—- '

Cash No. 2 1-06 .99 1.04
BEANS—

0, E p. Cm. 4.75@4.80 4.70@4.75 ‘ 4.05
POTATOEs— _ .

(New)Per th 3-00@3s16 225@2.4o I 2.47 @253 4.30@4.40
HAI— , ' . . _ ‘ '

No. 1 Tim. 19 @20' aa@24 '19 20.50 24 24.50 . ,

No.2'l‘im. 17@18 mass 157 18. 31322 ‘, ,, .,

No. 1 Clara 19@2o as as], 1«,7@ 18 , 21 @225  ,

[41‘thwa ; 18@ 19.199 11‘  18@19.50 22.5o@23 ;

 

Tuesday.  end-oats unchanged. i,
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1,7192% 
than a year earlierrsccordirg to «the - '

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the «rhinitis? that '7 ,  
lower within the", next 
while others ice], that the,”

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"dicates that it, is getting into strong 2
bands who believe in higher prices.
. a “CORN. . ’

Corn seems to be gaining
right along.
brings out plenty'oiI buyer-sand indis
cations are the present levei’fwill 
maintained. Receipts are picking up

 

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OATS . P - . __

"No change is made in the out me -

ket. Trading is quiet with prices

unchanged and steady. A scarcity
of the No. 2 grade is reported.

~ ’ BYE I -~

.Rye is in a more bullish ,positio
than any other grain. During the
past few' weeks the price ~ has ad.
vanced 10c at Detroit and there n‘p«
parently is no reason it should not
go still higher. The situation in

 

~Europe, and particularly Germany,

is considered alarming.

BEANS”

The price has worked slightly
higher than it was two weeks ago,
and if our guess is not wrong, the
price ,will show a substantial gain
before the middle of the summer.
As the wet stock is worked off the
market a steadier tone will prevail
because the market is going to need
all of the good beans grown in 1926.
We are told that many of the farm-
ers in the bean growing counties in
the central part of the State are
machine picking their beans on the
farm and then hand picking to
bring them down to the CH? basis.
In this way they are able to kee
the culls at home for feed. _

Pi )TATom

Everbody seems to be fairly well
satiSﬁed with the potato market at
present. The crop is moving" to mar-
ket in satisfactory volume and the
price is at a level to encourage.
fairly liberal consumption. The fact
that apparently there are no ex-
tremely heavy speculative holdings
by dealers has a steading inﬂuence
on the market.

HAY

Good timothy hay is bringing
about $20 per ton in western mar-
kets and selling $5 above that level
in many eastern cities. Although
the crop was short the past year
demand is limited leaving the mar-
ket fairly steady. '

BOSTON WOOL MARKET

Territory wools comprise the bulk of
the business but a better demand is noted
in ﬂeece wools. Delaines of Ohio quality
are well sold ahead but are currently
quoted at 45@46. cents grease basis. x»

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS]

Butter is easy with best creamery, in
tubs, 45@47c per lb. Eggs are easy with
fresh firsts 381,§@39c per 602. A

DETROiT LIVE POULTRY

Chickens are easy and other poultry
steady. The following quotations are
commission merchants’ gross returns to
the farmer from which a commission of
5% and transportation charges are de-
ductible: Hens, 4 lbs up, 28c; Leghorns
and small, 220. Cocks, 18@19c. Springs:
Good grades, 26c; Leghorns, 220. Stags,
23c. Capons, fat, 7 lbs up, 36@380.
Ducks, White, 4% lbs up, 330; smaller or
dark, 30@32c. Geese, 25c. Turkeys,

' Young, No. 1. 8 lbs up, 44c; old toms, 33c.

Pigeons, $2 doz.

DETROIT SEEDS

Clover seed, cash, domestic, $23; im-
ported, $21.10. Alslke, cash, $22; March,
$22.25. Timothty, cash, old, $2.60; new,
$2.80; March, $3.00. M '

 

DETROIT; Jan. ,,,25.——,-}§arket steady.
 _‘to, choice yearlings, 31035010.“ ;'
.bost heavy weight steers, unconscime ‘ 4
handy weight butcher m.-37.sa‘@s.w

  

   
  

    
  
  
 
   
     
    
     
   
       
   
  
    
 
  
   
     
 
    
   
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
    
  
 
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
   
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
   
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
   
  
  

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MARI!!! W110“
(Commission mutants gross return
per 1b to farmers from which prices '5 per
cent commisson and t r a n sp-c r‘tatt i on
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LIVE RABBITS—Vary ﬁrm; 4% lbs

:up, ‘nc.

13mm EGGS—43120331137; best gram,
1% to 1&0 libs. “@1160.

DRESSED CALVE-S—‘Firm; best
grades, 1962M}; medium grades, 16@128.c:
:poor gratingﬂalk. (Rest m Md
«calves ane- m_h W m 22t®23¢
lb.)

GRAN. nuns Wm“
Wheat—No. lred, $1.20.bu,; rye, 800
lbu; m, 356 1113'; ~oats, 41k: ‘bu; barley,
“90c in; mm $1M mt; beams.
White, “$304.30 wt.

Haw—Alﬁe. :1 timothy, 51‘! ton: No. ‘2
1mm. 316-916 on; No. 1 mixed, $17
Eton; Na. 1 WE. $M~@2.0 m; N0. 1
.alfa’lra, 3.20 @22 .ton; straw, $15 ton.

Butter fat, 5dr, lb. ,-

mg {by ﬁubm, smut, 87-@3&c sdoz; by
retailers, .39@dlc doz.

LANSING QUWWS
Red wheat, 31.2.2 m; white wheat, $1.22
ibu; can, can bu; me, 35:: has; disallow,
31.2.0 bu; m beans. 34.3.0; light red knd-
'ney beans, 3630‘; "Dark nod kidney beans,
$4.00; can. on: «102:; lcrummy butter.
51c lb.

 

 

 

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lb u d January 39th in .,

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w h “suture with some
m bevy rein 4.- snow

mm. mm conditions are ex- .
martin-mas

pected to be ~lore ur‘less
um “I! the middle 1!! “the week.
. was this sum period 
will be some very wh winds. ,5:
the end a! his period the tempera-
.tune win make a rather sudden imp
to midi add-r, we.ny showing
its ﬂu M $11 the stats about
Many lot or 23d. ~

m m ends in dati- weather
. Week of ‘ ' ‘ 6

Most parts. at the state will be
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moisture,  ﬂavour, we ,are not ex-

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trauma in the temperature have al-

.what resulting in temperate condi-
tions generally. ' ,

January sutorecast' 6‘: some hoary
sno‘w’ storms‘f‘an‘d .some notable ex-;-

ready ’been'vertﬁed by over 10 inches
of snow, in ‘a. ' day and two cold
waves in the lrsthal'f or the month.

'We are also ﬁguring ‘bn some cold
snaps in February but by the time
March arrives expect the weather el-
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Ian'- mr—A’ foot of new. man-
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h. 24 m in“ Quicker: cattle few.

donned—The heavy .
M: has made excellent sleighlng. A1-~
Mgh it has thawed some, no harm has
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m. .
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in: M $4.30 at: «potatoes, 32:55
cw‘t ‘ ; eggs, 47c doz.——H.
Alumna—Quite a lost elf mow here now.
But care are still running. Ifas'mers.=put-

ting up inc. Hay movmg slow. the a
ibt blamed for sale. Quatatiens alt Spratt:
’Hay; $12.09 ton; oats, 5'01: bit: we, fl'rilc
bu; Wheat, $1.15 bu.; beans, $4.80 cwt.;
m m .doz.; butter, Errﬁc aha—~43. EL.
1q20-27.
Harmon—Nice winter weather the past
two weeks. About 12 inches of meow.
Fields well covered With snow. Horses
cheap, cows scarce, and bring a good
price, beef cattle pretty wall picked up.
ﬂame hogs yet to whet. Bombing may, 
cutting ice, are the principal occupations.
sit present. Quotntbions at ‘deOBKQY'T ﬂaw:
313830 ton; oats, £5411: ibu.; meat, $133.; 8.
pork, 17c 1b.; beet, 12c 1h. 3 eggs, 400 don; i
hunts, 40c lb.———R. D., 1—20-27. '
Wexford.—Weazi!her very m'iﬂd. "Hiaw-
:ing‘lnme. Quitealotwrfmew snow makes
navel more difficult the last few days.&
Snow fences and plowed tux-rows are ‘he‘lp— '*
mg he keep M—ls clear of  14013.01.
grinpe and ﬂu .in this section. Doctors
are obliged to use horses for trips or!
main M lines. Qum‘tionswt Cadillac: '
Wheat, 31.15 bu.; (mm, 806 ML; eats.
50c .bu.; .tjye, 70c bu,; beans. $4.25 cwt.;
potatoes, $1.80 cwt.; mutterifat. 52c 1b.;
eggs, 3&0 (don—E. H. D., 1-19-27.
Saginaw (SE).——First real winter in «on
Thursday, January 13th with about a 6
inch snow fall and "me Mametm‘ dimp-
uﬁng as low as 13 ’below zero. Roads
one in ﬁne shape but slippery. Some hey i
and wheat going to market. Cattle in
healthy condition. Quotations at Birch
Run: M, 313;.» ton; learn. 32c hm;
oats. 49c ibu.: What, 5.1.2.5 ’bu..; beans”
€923; m, 48c lb.~—‘E. C. M., 1-22-27.
51m am; potatoes, sun's bu;  41M
31:. lamhc—Heavy unwind] has .oomr- 

od’ﬂnaueheatand ryewmsbrum..0mm

been med most of the season. Warm-
er now and fogs prevail but new 4:31:14
'here. Nodarm work except wood cutting
and ‘buu piles. Several Mime mom!
in this mity When ‘W’ could be used.
Also shun-ides and Who Mien :alll
card playing while work is slack. Quo-
tations at margin: Wheat. $1.24 bu;
can. Me on; Ms, tic bu. ,; rye, 83c ha: ?
potatoes, $1.05 bu.; butter, 47c lb.,; eggs,
Illa  m. 1420-17.
Our—Mathenbdzesm‘med
snow on the wheat farmers are beginning
lb”: mnenheentxmyammmext sumo
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lIJugkle harness."—W. M. HEPP. Monticello,
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Made of World’s Best Leather

Every Walsh strap is cut from the hide
of a northern—grown steer. The Walsh
special test is applied to every hide. It
is the most rigid ever used, and I reject
every hide that does not meet the test. It
is a guarantee of- the strongest, dense-
grained leather in every strap—the kind
that will not stretch or break. Every hide
is tanned by my special, six-months, oak
bark process. The best ever discovered.

"It is the only harness I ever saw that did
not show some poor pieces of leather the ﬁrst
time it came through a hard rain."—RAY-
MOND NEWCOME. Deloit, Iowa.

Saves High Cost of Repairs

Walsh Harness having no buckles to cut
straps, no rings to wear straps, no holes
in straps to weaken them, has the lowest
repair cost of any harness in the world. .

“I have used my Walsh Harness every day
for nine years. Have never oiled it or had any
part repaired. and I'm not ashamed to show
it anywhere.’T-W. H. BRISCOE, Patchoguc.

Easy to Handle
Walsh No-Buckle Harness is easily ad-

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Easy to put on
or take off, even
in the dark, or with
mittens on in coldest
weather. It has the

handiest hame fasteners, bridle and breech-
ing adjustments—the most improved fea-
tures you ever saw. The Walsh ﬁts the
horse easily, comfortably. Will not slide
off under foot.

“I can adjust your harness to my team'ln
three minutes and never remove my gloves?
-—A. J. GRAY. Hadley. Pa.

See This Wonder Harness‘

You owe it to yourself to learn about
Walsh No-Buc—kle Harness before buying
any harness. It is the' improved Harness
of the Age—as far in advance of buckle
harness as the modern sedan is ahead of
the old—time buggy-wheel auto. Over

100,000 farmers are enthusiastic users of '

Walsh No-Buckle Harness, and thousands
of them come dark for more. .

My Harness Must Sell Itself

I don’t want a penny of your money
until I prove to you—by showing my
harness on your own team—that it is the
handsomest, best-ﬁtting, easiest-to-handle,

strongest and best harness you ever saw at any '

price. No matter where you live I will ship you
a set on 30 days Free trial. The harness MUST be its
own salesman. If on like it, my terms are the easiest
you ever saw. I you don t like it, ' .
ship back at my expense. Send for
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