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Crowd Exceeds 8,000 During Farmers’ Week

Fine Exhibits and Prominent Speakers Brought Out Most Farm Folks Ever At M. S. C. At One Time

was a happy and interested
crowd which thronged the camp-

0 us of the Michigan State College
during the 1927- Farmers’ Week,
Jan. 31 to Feb: 4. Constantly on
the move to and from meetings and
exhibits, good naturedly jostling
each other in halls and corridors,
filling banquet halls to capacity—f-
and then some, crowding restaur-
ants, lunch stands, and dining rooms
to the doors at meal times, the
crowd demonstrated that the Michi-
gan State College, despite its re—
markable growth during the past
five years, is still too small to prop-
erly entertain the farmers and their
families of Michigan when they come
to visit their institution.

The 9 registration booths, located
in different buildings on the campus,
reported that more than 5,000 per-
sons registered during the week.
This is at least 1,000 visitors more
than were registered at any previous
Farmers’ Week in Michigan. Con-
sidering that a portion of the visi-
tors do not register it is conservative
to say that between 7,000 and 8,000
people visited the campus during the
week. Anyone noting the ﬂeets of
autos parked at every available area
on the campus, and the crowds which
attended practically every meeting,
could well believe that even the
8,000 mark had been exceeded dur-
ing this record-breaking Farmers'
Week.

The weather, of course, helped.
During almost the entire week it
was as favorable as though made-to-
order for the occasion. But of more
value than the weather was the pro-
gram. Nicely balanced between ser-
ious instruction and pleasing enter-
tainment, the program appealed to
all and with meetings and confer-
ences planned for different members
of the farm family, everybody found
something of interest and value.

From Cow Testing to Printing

,Farmers’ Week opened ofﬁcially
at 10:00 o'clock A. M. on Monday,
Jan. 31, with the cow testing con-
ference which brought together
Michigan dairymen, cow testers,
county agricultural agents, college
leaders, and others, to discuss ways
and means for making this import-
ant dairy project more effective.

Farmers’ Week closed on Satur-
day, Feb. 5, with the meetings of
the two Michigan Press Associations.
Between Monday and Saturday some
33 groups representing agriculture,
or representing interests and activi-
ties related to agriculture, held
meetings and conferences. Each
year sees an increase in the number
of groups which “come home” and
hold their annual meetings at that
time. The Michigan Women’s Press
Association and the Agricultural En-
gineering group were newcomers
this year. Michigan’s two great farm
organizations were active during
Farmers’ Week. The Michigan State
Farm Bureau held one of the most
successful annual meetings in its
history and the Grange continued its
two-day” “School 0 f M e t h o d 8
through which it is training its lead-
ers for more effective service.

The farmers’ clubs, county Y. M.

- C. A. secretaries, the forestry associ-
ation, the Country Life Association,
and similiar groups, discussed vari-
ous phases of agriculture which sup-
plement the activities of those groups
interested in soils, muck crops, ped-
igreed grains, and purebred live-
stock and poultry. '

Exhibits Prove Big Attrawion

Probably half of the attraction of
Farmers’ Week lies in its exhibits.
Each year these increase in numbers

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The Only Farm

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1927

By CARL H. KNOPF

The apple, vegetable, and ﬂower
exhibits were located in the new
Horticultural building which gave
visitors an opportunity to admire the
new building as well as enjoy the
displays. The apple exhibit was ex-
cellent both as to size of exhibit and
quality of fruit. In the county dis-
plays iirst place was won by Kent,
second by Washtenaw, and third by
Allegan.

The old College Armory, which for
so many years was the chief audi—
torium for Farmers’ Week, was
crowded this year with exhibits. The
potato show, the corn show, the
grain exhibit, and the egg show were
all housed in the Armory. These ex-
bibits, together with several educa-
tional displays put on by the College
and by the State Department of Ag-
riculture, so crowded the Amory that
there was scant roof for the visitors
to view the exhibits. An immediate
need of the College is for facilities
so that these excellent shows may be
properly housed and displayed.

-In the Home Economics building
were exhibits of foods, small kitchen
equipment, white rats showing the
effects of different feeds and combi-
nation of feeds, sewing machine at-
tachments, children's clothing, tex-
tiles, millinery, design and historic
costumes, and house furnishings.

As in former year, the Agricult-
ural Engineering laboratory in the
Agricultural building had an extens-
ive display of home conveniences,
farm machinery and building exhib-
its.

Farmers' Week visitors were both
mystiﬁed and entertained at the ex-
hibit staged by the students of the
electrical engineering department.
Here wireless telegraphy was put to
use in operating minature railroad
trains, ringing door bells, and light-
ing lamps. In addition to the elect-
rical display, other divisions of the
engineering department held demon—
strations during the week. These in-
cluded the foundries, the wood work-
ing shops, the machine shops, and
the laboratories for testing pumps,
motors, and engines.

Where’s Broadcasting Station?

This question, asked hundreds of
times by the visitors, showed the in-
terest of the farmers in radio and
demonstrated that hundreds of farm
homes are keeping in touch with the
College through its Station WKAR.
The transmitting room, located in
the power house, was open to the
public during the entire Week.

The College barns and herds—these
form the exhibit which is of great-

est interest to the average visitor.
From the ,International Egg Laying
Contest pens, through the poultry
plant, through the dairy barns, and
on through the barns housing the
beef cattle, sheep and horses, the
crowds passed in a steady stream
during the entire week. The swine
plant, located some distance south
of the river, was not visited by so
large a number.

Probably the central point of in-
terest among the herds was the
string of purebred horses owned by
the College. During the past several
years the M. S. C. has built up a
group of Percheron and Belgian
horses which compete successfully
with the best the world has to offer.
Farmers’ Week visitors had the
pleasure of seing Maple Grove Leila,
the grand champion Percheron mare
at the International Livestock Ex-
position, both in 1925 and 1926; and
Utelm, who took first prize in the
three-year—old class this year. An-
other horse celebrity was Pervenche,
known all over the United States as
the Percheron mare which won the
grand championship of her class at
three of the Chicago Internationals.

Exhibit Half Mile Long

The parade which features each
Farmers’ Week is really an exhibit
in motion. Made up of student
groups, ﬂoats, and displays, it un-
folds to the campus visitor a half-
mile long picture of college activi-
ties and college resources. Headed
by the college band, the infantry,
cavalry, and artillery units of the
cadet regiment were next to pass in
review. Then came various groups
from the student body representing
the different societies and fraterni—
ties as well as athletic activitie. Dif-
ferent departments entered ﬂoats to
illustrate some phases of their work.
The ﬁnal section of the parade was
made up of livestock from the Col-
lege herds. The sheep and swine
had the privilege of riding in large
display pens mounted on wagons but
the horses, the beef cattle, and the
dairy cattle furnished their owu mot—
ive power.

Banquets Could Be No Larger

The general session on Wednesday
evening was held as a banquet in
Social Hall of the new East Lansing
Peoples Church. This innovation ev-
idently appealed to the visitors be—
cause the banquet room was crowd-
ed to capacity and many more could
not be accomodated.

On Thursday evening the Michi-
gan State Farm Bureau staged its
annual big banquet and some 800

 

 

CALHOUN FARMERS GIVE $50 TO HELP L. J. WleSUN

“ EAR EDITOR:

I am enclosing a one dollar bill for a three-year

subscription to your paper for L. J. \Vilson, of Greenville, lVﬁch.
Also I am enclosing a check for $50 for Mr. Wilson to take the
place of the reward which you would have sent him had he been a

paid-up subscriber.

I am sending this amount in behalf of the people

of Oalhdun county whose names appear on the enclosed petition. I
am leaving it to you to forward the check on to Mr. Wilson, hoping

this will meet with your approval.

We sent the subscription because

we Want him in ‘our family’.”—Lew'is N. Milliman. Marshall. Mich-
—We are very happy to acknowledge the above letter with both re-

mittances, and the $50 is going forward to Mr. Wilson.

At the present

time we are making a thorough investigation of Mr. Wilson’s case,
and if he is going to be put to any expense we will start a fund to
help him and all of our good friends will be given an opportunity to

contribute if they wish.

The petition sentin by Mr. Milliman had 121 names signed to it,
which brings'the total number of names we have received from every I

section of the State to around 3.0,

We want more petitions, and if

we receive contributions for Mr. Wilson during the time we are invest-

igating  case We will promptly forward them to' him.—Editor.

 

 

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persons packed the banquet room of
the Union building to enjoy the ban-
quet and the program which follow-
ed. Despite the crowd which taxed
the new Union building to capacity
there was still a large attendence at
the general session held that same
evening in the gymnasium.
Nationally Known Speakers

Many different phasesof agricult-
ure and country life were discussed
by the speakers who featured the
general sessions held each afternoon
and evening of Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.

H. L. Lackie, representing the De-
partment of Markets of Wisconsin,
spoke on, “The Future Trend of the
Poultry Industry”. He sees the in-
dustry developing in many of the
mid-west states until it becomes, as
in New England, the major farm in-
dustry.

W. A. Cochel, from the “Weekly
Star” of Kansas City, (traced the
“Modern Trends in Livestock Pro-
duction” from the old-time feeder
steer which required 3 or 4 years to
attain a weight of 1,600 lbs. to the
modern “baby beef” which is in
greatest demand at a 950 lb. weight.

“When the Farmer Comes to
Court” was an interesting descrip—
tion and discussion of legal pro-
ceedure given by Judge Collingwood
of Lansing. Based on his years of
experience, both as a lawyer and on
the bench, Judge Collingwood stated
that the court system of the United
States must be revolutionized in ord-
er to stem the torrent of crime that
is ﬂooding the nation. “Under our
present system there is too much
chance for delay,” he stated. In dis-
cussing the theory of capital punish-
ment Judge Collingwood stated, “It
is not the severity of punishment
that counts, but the certainity of
punishment."

One of the features of the 1927
Farmers’ Week was the address giv-
en on Tuesday evening to the general
session by Pres. Clarence C. Little
of the University of Michigan. Pres.
Little spoke of agriculture as the

foundation of our present civiliza- ‘

tion. “When you show me a civil—
ization which has

farm,” he said, “I will show you a

forgotten the I

civilization which is going down hill." ,

Pres. Little urged that there be a
greater appreciation of the ﬁne
things which are connected with life
in the country.

“Truth is nearer, ’

and values are sounder in the sim— -

plicity of life on the soil, the kind of
simplicity which is not found often
in the cities today,” he stated, and
urged further that the farmer, “Keep
for us, who are up to our necks in

the complexity of modern existence, ;

a vision of the beauty, the cleanli—
ness, the bright colors that go with
life out in the country.”

The general sessions on Thursday
drew large crowds which taxed the
gymnasium, main ﬂoor and galleries,
to its capacity. Speaking on the
afternoon program Prof. L. J.
Young, newly appointed State Con-
servation Director, spoke on “For.-
estry Conservation.”
that Michigan’s major resources were

Pointing out‘ '

her soil and her forest he stated that .

the forest is now so far depleted

that there is practically nothing left '
to conserve and our efforts must now ~

be in the direction of again building
up this great resource.

in Michigan’s harvest of her forests.
During that year four million board
feet of grade lumber were manufact.
ured in her mills. It would require

a train of freight cars totalling 1.50.. 5
miles in length to carry all that _

   
   
 

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. . marine the Ninth Annual Meet-
ing of the Michigan Stone Farm
Eurasia bend at East Lansing, Eel?—

 nary 3-4., as ﬁre most notalile con—

vention the orgam‘izatiron has ever
held. {Record-breaking crowds at!

‘ loyal and enthusiastic delegates and

other members listened to reports d
the past year’s business and achieve-
ments, enjoyed a memorable banquet
featured with splendid addresses, and
debated and adopted a comprehen-
sive set of resolutions which em‘
body the desires sol? organized Michi-
gan agriculture for the coming year.
Gives ﬁ'mmnary

Concluding this splendid and en—
couraging summary of the {Farm
Bureau"s progress during the past
twelve months, Secretary-Manager
C. L. Brody declared, “Knowing that
our organization as a whole is ren—
dering an indispenabl'e service to
',a.g'1‘ic*ult1rre and the state, knowing
that its hinda'menta‘l principles and
purposes are eternally right amd just
and recognizing the determined spir—
it-an-d constant hope of the thous-
ands «of men, women and children on
the farms of Michigan, let us face
the future with a courage born of
the righteousness of our cause and
with an optimism that will. carry us
through to Victory.” ..

Endorse MrNary-‘Hzrugcn Bill

Although Michigan farmers have
been accused of being lake—warm on
farm relief legislation, there could
be no question as to where due Farm
Bureau delegates 'stood on this pro—
position at the recent convention.
When the delegates assembled it was
easy to predict what the decision
would be, “but after the illuminating
and convincing address by Congress-
man Charles "Brand 0:)”; Ohio there
could be no doubt as to the action
of the convention in adopting the
recommendation of the resolutions
committee which went med-length in
endorsing the Mc'hlary—Hazugon ‘billl.
The delegates took further action
providing for sending :a wire sup-
porting this measure to each Michi«
gan senator and congressman :at
Washington and also to send each
of these gentlemen .a picture of the
capacity crowd that jammed the ball
room of the Union Building, where
the banquet and dance was held. The
motion to send these evidences of
Michigan’s rural sentiment to Wash-
ington was carried with .a roar of ac~
claim that fairly shook the rafters.

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‘Dt‘her resolutions which aroused
:am unusual amount of favorable en-
thusiasm were those having to do
with the protection of the farmer’s
property rights and the preservation
of dew and order. Commenting on
this general proposition, the report
of the. resolutions committee said,
“Crimes against life and property
are increasing at an alarming rate.
Our laws, 'or perhaps it is their il-
Fterpre'tation and administration by
the courts and the legail profession,
seem to give better protection to the
criminals than to society. We ap-

prove, more speedy and sure justice."

More speciﬁcally, one of the most
popular resolutions read, “'We urge
that "hunting on enclosed or occupied
land he forbidden unless the writ-
ten consent of the owner or occupant
«of such land he ﬁrst obtained.”

Rough on Chicken "Thieves

’Of especial interest to readers of
Tm: BUSINESS FARMER was the stand
of the delegates in regard to poultry
stealing. A resolution unanimously
adopted (declared, “"I‘he increasing
«density of our population and of
motor «vehicles {has resulted in great—

Good Turn-0111M

E annual meeting of the Mich‘i‘

gan Horse Breeders Association

took place at East Lansing,
February 1 in connection with the
annual Farmers" Week. More than
"three times the number «of horsemen
present at meetings of previous years
were in attendence showing that
there is something of an increased
interest in horse affairs.

An unusually strong program was
carried out. Ellis McFarland of the
Percheron Society of America con-
tributed a. great deal toward the
program of the afternoon session, al—
so for the banquet during the even-
ing. The big hitch demonstration
under H. L. Young of the Horse As-
sociation proved a drawing card and
from ’20-0 to 300 farmers were con-
stantly on ‘hand studying the make-
up of the various hitches. Governor
F. A. Green, Michigan’s new execu-
tive, contributed strongly to the in—
terest to horsemen because he began
his talk ’by giving the experience of

137 aggravating the chicken thief
nuisance. We favor any reasonable
legislation which will discourage this
practice and free Michiganpoultry
producers from the handicap of
these losses.”

To Offer Assistance

But the Farm Bureau delegates
weren’t content with this general
statement. The following speciﬁc
resolution was adopted, “We com-
mend Mr. L. J. Wilson of Greenville
for his -action in defending his
premises against chicken thieves.
We believe the farmer has just as
much right to protect his property
against marauders and robbers as
does a banker or any other business
man. If the fact of the case are
as they are commonly reported to be,
we feel that Mr. Wilson should be
completely exonerated by the court
for ridding the state of one chicken
thief. .

“We extend to him our sympathy
and moral support and authorize and
instruct the Board of Directors of
the Michigan State Farm Bureau to
investigate this case and if their
ﬁndings warrant it, give Mr. Wilson

Horsemen’s Meet

his boyhood days in which he started
off by purchasing a horse.
this horse until it was thirty-two
years old and has never lost interest
in horses. ’

Other speakers on the program
were Mr. A. C. Anderson, who organ-
ized the Association in 1909 and Mr.
Walter Palmer of the Michigan State
Fair gave several readings of his
own composition. Dean R. S. Shaw
of the College and Mr. F. A. Chap-
man, president of the Michigan State
Fair Association gave valuable talks.

A big attendance for the annual
meeting in 1928 seems to be assured.
Ofﬁcers were elected as follows:
President, Mr. L. C. Hunt, Eaton
Rapids; Vice President, Mr. Sidney
Smith, Orion; Secretary—Treasurer,
Mr. R. S. Hudson, East Lansing; Di-
rectors, Andy Adams, Litchﬁeld;
John Sharkey, Bellevue; E. C. Read,
Richland; Herbert Peters, Garland
and Ray Whitney, Onondaga-«R.
S. Hudson, Secretary.

He kept.

such; legalr or' ﬁnancial aesistance as

will help establish a precedent to .

assure Michigan farmers the right

to protect their property“ in a rea- '
‘sonable manner.” - .

Other Important Resolutions

A few of the more important res-
olutions on national affairs were-as
follows: urging prompt action on
the St. Lawrence waterway, the
enactment of the truthyin-fabric
bill, utilization of Muscle Shoals for
fertilizer manufacture, fair tariff
protection for agriculture, the na-
tional standard’ container bill, re-
form in the farm loan system and
adequate federal appropriations for
agricultural" projects. , -

The state resolutions denounced
Michigan’s system of tax distribution
as unfair and sadly out of' date and
recommended a tax reform'program
of ten points. [After full discussion
the proposed tobacco tax was en-
dorsed. . h

1A surprise feature of the conven—
tion was the almost unanimous ape

‘proval of a resolution in favor of

capital punishment.

The seriousness of the corn borer
was recognized and adequate state
and national appropriations to com-
bat this invasion were supported.
The Volstead act was approved and
truth—in-fruit—juice legislation was
demanded.

Elect Officers

The delegates elected the follow—
ing Board of Directors for the com-
ing year: '

Commodity directors: Michigan
Elevator Exchange. George McCalla,
Ypsilanti; Michigan Milk Producers’
Association, M. L. Noon, Jackson;
Michigan Live Stock Exchange, J. H.
O’Mealey, Hudson; Michigan Potato
Growers’ Exchange, George Her—
mann, Edmore; Michigan Fruit
Growers, Inc., M. D. Buskirk, Paw
Paw.

son, Lowell; Mrs. Edith Wager,
Carleton; W. W. Billings, DaviSOn;
E. C. McCarty, Bad Axe; J. G. Boyle.

Buchanan; andV. F. Gormely, New- I;

Berry. 
Brody Retained

The new Board of Directors or- I
ganized by electing M. L. Noon, pres-‘

ident; W. W. Billings, Vice presi-
dent; and the above two ofﬁcers and
M. B. McPherson as the Executive
Committee. C. L. Brody was retain-
ed as Soéretary-Manager.

Many Capital Punishment and Gas Tax Bills Appear In Legislature

By STANLEY M. POWELL

Lansing Correspondent of THE BUSINESS FARMER

IT’S anybody’s guess what the pres-

ent legislature is going to do.
The preliminaries of the session
are over, the members are back on
the job after their juuketing trips

which necessitated a two-week’s re-

cess, and the time has come when
the big issues will be threshed out in
committee and general debate.

Just now means of combating the
crime wave are receiving the most
attention. A dozen or so capital
punishment bills are pending and it
seems to be a pretty safe bet that
some legislation along this line will
be adopted. Three ways of imposing
the death penalty have been prospos—
ed in the various billsadethal gas,
electrocution a u 'd old—fashioned
hanging.

Whipping with a "“cat o’mne tails"
has also been suggested in a bill in-
troduced by Senator Arthur E. ‘Wood
of Detnoit.
prisoners convicted for second, third
and subsequent «offenses are also be—
[ng considered. This is regarded as
epecially important in view of the
fact that of late even the life sent—
ence has meant only about ten years
» in prison before a pardon or parole

vwould be forthcoming. Of interest

' win; this connection is the fact that

', during December Governor Gnoes-

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January Governor Green granted but
.524.

  

New mm- Taxes

 A fresh set of bills in increase the

‘w tax and. modify the weight lic—
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Heavier penaltms for

ing a four cent gas tax, w’hile Rep.
W. P. Strauch has a companion bill
to provide a permanent $5.00 license
for passenger cars and the present
schedule of annual weight levies for
commercial vehicles, including
trucks and basses. These bills
would provide for the return of
$8,000,000 instead of $6,000,000 .an-
nually to the counties from the high-
way fund revenues and would spec-
ify that the “honor debt" of past
due awards to the counties be set—
tled promptly. The sponsors of
these bills declare that they would
insure as much or even greater re—
turns than the present gas and
Weight tax laws.

Senator Peter B. Lennon of Gene—

see county is proposing a tax of $2.00

a thousand on cigarets and a levy of
ten .per cent on all other forms of
tobacco. The bill provides that the
revenue so derived would be used to
reduce by that amount the state tax
which would otherwise be levied
against general property.

A most comprehensive and yet
concise summary of the present sit~

nation regarding the development of

the “Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Deep

waterway was contained in the fol-
lowing special message sent to the ,

legislature by Governor Green: ,

interested in the improvement ot

the at.  Rina-loo as to al-
low ooeuamgp heats no match, the

   

“Panit me to call your attentionv
to the fact; that Michigan is vitally“ ‘

heart of this continent by‘ the way
of the Great Lakes.

“These inland seas, four of which
wash the shores of our state, consti-
tute one—third of all the fresh water
in the world and carry twenty—seven
per cent of the tonnage of the United
States.

“On the other side of the inter-
national boundary line lies Montreal,
the second largest sea port in the
North American continent. Between
the Great Lakes and Montreal are
thirty-seven miles of bad road
known as the St. Lawrence rapids.
With the improvement of this river
by the building of dams and locks
80 that ocean-going boats drawing
twenty-ﬁve feet of water or less can
come upinto the Great Lakes, we
will have an ocean lane from Du«
luth to Liverpool, a distance of
4,500 miles and all of the lake ports
in the state of Michigan will be be-
come ocean ports. Detroit, Port
Huron, Alpena, Cheboygan, Manis-

tee, Ludington and Benton Harbor.

are, at the present time, only 33
miles away from the ocean because
when the 33 miles of rapids in the
St. Lawrence river are drowned out
by the building of dams and raising

of the water, all these cities men-7

tioned will be ocean ports.
will be presented to the people for

immediate solution that  
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. “I know of no one propostionthat 
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to consideration that the relative
cost of transportion by water is only
one—tenth of that by rail, it takes no
stretch of imagination for us to real—
ize the importance of increasing the
water‘ haul and shortening the rail
haul whenever it is possible for us
to do so.

“The Joint Board of Engineers

representing the United States and
Canada have ofﬁcially and unani—
mously declared in favor of the im-
provement of the St. Lawrence River
so that the Great Lakes might be
connected wit hthe Alantic Ocean.
- “The St. Lawrence Commission of
the United States appointed to deter-
mine the need of such a seaway is
unanimous in the opinion that the
construction of a shipway from the
Great Lakes to to sea is imperative
both for the relief and future devel—
opment of a vast area in the interior
of the continent.

“We should indicate our attitude
to our members in Congress and
urge that there be no delay in join-
ing hands with Canada in this great
improvement. We will not only
reap material beneﬁts by the con-
struction of this seaway but we will
strengthen the bonds of friendship

that exist between us and our broth—.
ers to ‘the north.” " 
Promptly following the receipt of?
r the: Governor’s, Inelasager the ». House 1
and Senate, acting under suspension.“

     

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commending the ,..,-Waterwaytr prom

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“AREN’T THEY NICE?”—Milo
Show, of Kingston, and his dog Mutt

inspect the ﬂowers. , their pet kittens.

“HELLO EVERYBODY”.—Little Billie Sierns, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sierns, and his dog are inseparable.
A good dog is a wonderful companion for children.
Mre. Lena. Drake, ol Caro, Tuscola county, sent us

the picture.

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J_UNIOR WITH HIS KITTEN.—
smith,_sniall son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Smith,
With his little kitten which he thinks so much of.
His picture was sent to us by his grandma, Mrs.
Garden Smith, of Pompeii, Gratiot county.

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“TWO PETS WITH THEIB PETS.”¥—That is the title Jason A. Kitchen, of Cass
City, Tuscola county, gave this picture of Clarence and Emma Kitchen playing with

PROUD OF HIS POSSESSION .—-There
is no better way of keeping the boy inter-
ested in the farm than by giving him
something for his own. The picture was
sent in by Frank Seitz, of Vermontville.

they

clean and

GETTING READY FOR lilARKET.—According to Rose
Kretz, of Swan Creek, Saginaw (-ounty, this is "Bud and Dad
getting ready for market.” Th y have their grain all loaded
and “Bud” is ﬁlling up the radiator before. they start, , bur-
ring tire. trouble, they can make record time on the trip.

nefae that immune; AT THE. GATE—“My two kittens, each
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FA RMERETTE. —- Pearl Smith,
of Ithaca, Gratiot county, working
in the corn ﬁeld.

T‘VO NICE I’E'l‘S.—-—IIow would you like a couple of
woodehueks for pets?
bella county.
had their
interesting pets.

Guy Smith. of Blanchard, Isu—
these were captured before

writes that
and they proved to be very

eyes open

FRIEND .-—“Our dog, Chum, and a}
neighbor girl, Veatr Orphan.” writes
Mrs. D. Kushenider, who lives on route
number 2 out of Middleton in Gratiot

county.

ERWIN ALLEN CHAM-
PAGNHn of Mr. and
Mrs. 1. Champagne, of
Kinde, Huron county.

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. OME 300 men and women, repres-

enting the District 'of Columbia
and eight of our Mid-Western
gathered at Muskegon on
January 27 for a regional confer-
ence called by the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Tidewater Association.
There was no mistaking either the
temper or the determination of that
conference. Convinced that the time
is now ripe for action the meeting
took for its slogan, “Finish the Job
in 1927” by which the delegates
pledged themselves to obtain official
sanction, this year, of the St. Law-
rence Deep Waterway project of
both the United States and the Can-
adian governments.

Enormous Tonnage of Freight

R. J. MacLean of Detroit pointed
out to the conference that in 1923
the freight carried on the Great
Lakes amounted to 81 billion ton-
miles. (A ton-mile is a ton of freight
transported one mile). As the total
freight carried during that same
year by all the railroads in the
United States amounted to 416 bil—
lion ton-miles it is evident that,
even under their present handicap,
the Great Lakes carry more than
the one-ﬁfth of total freight move-
ment in the nation.

Unfortunately this great inland
water transportation system has no
direct connection of any size with
the ocean. Thereby comes the han—
dicap to the whole mid-continental
section. In 1923 about 400 million
bushels of grain were carried on the
Great Lakes. Of these only 93 mil-
lion bushels went down the St. Law-
rence via the Welland canal. Of
the remainder 163 million bushels
were unloaded at Buffalo for re-
shipment, 90 million bushels were
unloaded at Canadian ports for re-
shipment, and 22 million bushels
were transported via the New York
barge canal.

Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean

Speaking at the luncheon meeting
of the Muskegon conference, Wm. G.
Bruce of Milwaukee took his hearers
on an eastward trip under conditions
as they are at present. Starting
from the harbor of Muskegon, Mr.
Bruce speciﬁed that his ship must
be about 150 feet long and that it
must not draw more than 14 feet
of water. This would limit its ca-
pacity to something like 2000 or
3000 tons of freight whereas the av-
erage ocean steamer has a 12,000
ton capacity.

Passing northward through Lake
Michigan, eastward through the
Straits of Mackinac, southward
through Lake Huron and Lake St.
Clair to Lake Erie, the ﬁrst obstacle
to free navigation is encountered at
Niagara Falls on the eastern end of
Lake Erie. It is then necessary to
enter the Welland canal, which is lo-
cated 16 miles west of Buffalo, and
locking down through the 25 miles
of this canal the ship ﬁnally reaches
Lake Ontario, some 325 feet below
the level of Lake Erie. The locks
of the Welland canal can accomo-
date vessels up to 14 feet in depth,
hence the necessity of making the
trip in a comparatively small ship.
The rest of the trip is via the St.
Lawrence river, and through some
paralleling canals and locks until
the Atlantic ocean is ﬁnally reached.
On this trip the ship has made the
most direct route possible to he
ports of Europe for, as Mr. Bruce
pointed out, a line directly east of
Muskegon would come only a little
distance north of Rome. Thus, fol-
lowing the northeast course of the
St. Lawrence is the shortest distance
to the ports of England and middle
Europe. It was stated that from the
Great Lakes to Central Europe is
325 miles nearer by the St. Law-
rence route than by the proposed
route across the state of New York.

Now, having gotten his ship and
its cargo to the Atlantic ocean, the
ship owner is faced with the fact
that his cargo is too small to enable
him to transport it with proﬁt. He
is. therefore forced to transfer it to
While. during the
war, freight tariffs were such that

shipping by the route just described - ,

proved proﬁtable, since the war this

‘ traﬂic has greatly decreased.

Mr.y;Bruce reviewed

thou-tone!

  

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All Pledge To Work To BringnAction on St. LawrenCe Deep Waterway in 

By CARL H. KNOPF

the Chicago drainage canal built by
that city to reverse the course of the
Chicago river so as to carry the
city’s sewage down to the Mississippi
river. Special permision was re-
ceived from the Secretary of War to
divert 4500 cubic feet of water per
second through that canal but of late
years Chicago, mainly for power pur-
poses, has increased the diversion to
10,000 cubic feet per second. This
diversion is said to lower the general
level of the Great Lakes about 6
inches. Estimating carrying capac-
ity on the Great Lakes due to Chi-
cago’s "steal" amounts to over 3 bil-
lion dollars annually.

Mr. Bruce’s contention that this
diversion must stop was echoed de-
terminedly by the conference. It
was stated that neither the Secretary
of War, nor Congress itself, has any
right to give to one community the
natural resources which rightly be-
lng to a great section of the contin-
ent. It was further argued that a
portion of the water in the Great
Lakes rightfully belongs to "Canada
and that the Chicago water diversion
is stealing from a friendly neighbor.
It is understood that Canada’s co-
operation in the Deep Waterway pro—
ject will be contingent on Chicago’s
ceasing its water diversion.

\Vhat \Vaterway Means to Farmer

J. F. Reed, President of the Min-
nesota Farm Bureau Federation,
pointed out that agriculture is the
largest industry in that portion of
the North American continent di-
rectly affected by the proposed
waterway. He stated that the
American farmer produces annually
10 billion dollars of wealth in the
form of farm products, that his pro.-
ducts exported to other countries
comprise one-half in value of the
total exports from the nation. Em-
phasizing the fact that the farmers
pay annually more than six billion
dollars for the products and services
of others, Mr. Reed brought home
the point that the other groups in
our American life are directly de—
pendent on agriculture and that
anything which affects the farmer
must, eventually, have the same re-
action on the other groups. Mr.
Reed quoted from a report of the
N a t i o n a 1 Industrial Conference
Board which, referring to the pres-
ent depression in agriculture, stated

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that if it is to continue it will soon.

affect eyery other person in the
United States who works for gain
and in time, may threaten the very
existence of the republic itself.

The case of the Nebraska wheat
farmer was cited. Located 630 miles
west of Chicago he must now use a
combination of water and rail trans-
portation to get his grain on the
world market. His total cost of ship-
ping wheat to Liverpool‘is 45 cents
per bushel whereas one of his prin-
cipal cempetitors, the farmer of Ar-
gentine, can transport his wheat to
the same market for 25 cents per
bushel. This 20 cent transportation
differential was cited as only one of
the many handicaps which are piled
on the American farmer because of
the high cost of transportation. Mr.
Reed further estimated that over 12

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cents per bushel would be saved to
the Minnesota farmers on every
bushel of Wheat which they export
if the cargoes could go directly down
the St. Lawrence and then on to the
world markets.

The farming industry is in a most
critical. condition according to Mr.
Reed. He quoted ﬁgures to show
that in the period from 1919 to 1923
the average yearly income received
by the Minnesota farmer had de—
creased 65.7 per cent, while, during
the same period, the incomes pf all
other workers had decreased only
1.7 per cent.

During the forenoon session a tel-
egram was read from Jas. L. How-
ard, formerly president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
in which he stated his belief that
the St. Lawrence Deep Waterway

was the most important measure at

the present time looking toward the
relief to the farmer, but that the
exception to Mr. Howard’s views,
stating that he believes other mea—
sures now pending will offer greater
relief to the farmer, but that he
waterway alone, through reducing
transportation costs, can make dif-
ference between the present ﬁnancial
crisis and ‘reasonable prosperity’ for
the farmer of the Mid—West.

Speaking at the luncheon meeting,
ex—Gov. Wm. L. Harding of Iowa
supported the description of the ag-
ricultural crisis in the mid-western
states. He stated that the banking
department of the state of Iowa is
now busy administrating the affairs
of defunct banks in that state, that
10 million dollars in deposits and
87,000 acres of land are tied up in
the insolvent institutions, and that
farm lands, including some of the
richest in the world, have ceased to
have a standard market value.

At the dinner session which con-
cluded the conference Mr. Harding.
now the president of. the national
Tidewater Association, eloquently
presented the case of the farmer.
He stated that we are now living in
the seventh great civilization which
history records. The other six civ-
ilizations which once ﬂourished and
then crumbled and disappeared fol—
lowed much the same course that
our present civilization is pursuing.
The preceeding civilzations all had
small beginnings, they gradually
grew and developed until they were
magniﬁcent in the extreme. Then
they crumbled and their decline
started at the very. moment that
their agriculture began to decline.
When their agriculture ceased to be
a free, independent, and prosperous
industry, the civilizations began to
decline until they ﬁnally passed into
oblivion.

Mr. Harding paid due respect to
our present industrial system but in-
sisted that it must be backed by a
strong, virile, prosperous, and con-
tented agriculture if it is to endure.

anada is Ready and Eager

At- the Muskegon conference one
of the distinguished visitors was
Frank H. Keefer, a member of the
Canadian Parliament. Taking up
the objection raised by some in Can-
ada that the proposed St. Lawrence

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Canadian property to the United
States, and the corresponding ob-
jection in the United States that as-
sisting with the construction of the
waterway would ﬁnance Canadian
improvements with American money
Mr. Keefer quoted from the Treaty
of 1871. This treaty provides that

' the waters of the St. Lawrence river

shall be open and free to navigation
by the United States and Canada
alike. Improving this waterway
would simply be improving the joint
property of both nations.

Quoting next the Treaty of 1909,
Mr. Keefer showed that Canada had
given the United States the right to
use the Welland canal as well as
other canals along the St. Lawrence
route. In return the Canadians are
given the privilege of using Lake
Michigan as well as the canals which
the United States shall build.

As proof that Canada has absolute
faith in the St. Lawrence Deep
Waterway Mr. Keefer stated that
they are now improving the Welland
Canal. The locks are being deep-
ened from/14 to 30 feet, widened
from 40 to 80 feet. and lengthened
from 240 to 800 feet. This improve-
ment will cost about 114 million
dollars and when completed in ap-
proximately two years will accomo-
date large ocean vessels. Mr. Keefer
stated‘that this improvement of the
Welland canal will be of beneﬁt only
as the rapids of the upper St. Law-
rence are circumnavigated by a sys-
tem of canals and locks. “Canada
is digging,” said Mr. Keefer. “That
is her answer to the question ‘What
will Canada do?’ ”

Following Mr. Keefer, Mr. Hard-
ing said that the question seemed
to have changed from, “Will Canada
join with the United States in this
project?” to “Will the United States
join with Canada?” “Let’s dig, too,"
said-Mr. Harding.

Has Oﬂ'icial Approval

From the very outset of the con-
ference it was proved that the St.
Lawrence Deep Waterway had met
all of the tests to which it had been
put. It has been proven feasible
from both the economic and engin—
eering standpoints. The freight
savings on the grain shipments alone
will pay the interest on the total in-
vestment while the revenue from the
hydro—electric power which can be
developed will pay 5 per cent in-
terest on the investment and in addi-
tion will retire the entire debt in
28 years.

25 Miles from Ocean

In concluding the conference Mr.
Harding called attention to the fact
(that, as Canada is now re-building
the Welland canal, all that remains
is the proper treaty with Canada so
that the ﬁnal 25 miles of canal may
be constructed jointly by the two na—
tions. “We are therefore only 25
miles from the ocean," he stated.
“Think of- it! Simply digging a
ditch 25 miles long will make ocean
ports of our cities on the Great
Lakes and will move our products
directly to foreign markets. The
extra 10 cents per bushel on grain,
saved for the American farmer, will
write “Prosperity” across the sky of
the Mid-West."

The Muskegon conference ﬁnally
resolved itself into this question,
“What is to be done about the mat‘

ter?” The answer is found in a
telegram from Secretary Hoover
which he sent the conference.

“Awaken and crystallize public sen-
timent among the more than 40
millions of people in the agricultural
heart of this country whose welfare
will be directly affected by this large
mOVement." Every individual and
every organization in the Mid-West
should let President Coolidge know
that we want negotiations at once
with Canada looking to joint action
on the shipway by the two govern—
ments. Constant communication
should be kept with our U. S. sena—
tors and U. S. representatives so that
they will use every effort possible in
the matter. No effort is so unimpor-
tant that it can bepassed by. Here
is a cause worthy of the best effort

which the? farm organizations and 
the farm people of - Michigan can .
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for crop records, live stock records and farm accounts. ,Will
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for YOU

In the South, there’s better
farmingm-because it’s easier,

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surer, more proﬁtable. Better 05433133133“,
labor—«and cheaper. Better liv— We are4 celebrating
' our “ 0th Year”

1ng---because of the lower cost;
outdoor life; good schools,
churches, neighbors.

In the South, there are better
farm lands—"still to be bought
at low prices, but steadily in-
creasmg in value; lands .suit-
able for all kmds of farmmg.

In the South, there’s an all-year
season for planting and marketing—-
one crop right after another, on the

same piece of land; money coming
in all the time.

Let the L. & N. know what kind of

’ farming you want to do, and we will
' . tell you where and how it can be done.
Full information sent you, free, on

4 request (but we
cannot undertake

- to ﬁnd you sala-
 ,ried emkaIment).
Write G. . Park,
Gen. Imm. & In_d.

with a. stock of seeds
larger and better
than ever.

Field Seeds are our
specialty. We also
specialize in Garden
Seeds. Large assort-
ment, highest quality.

Buy Clover Now. Crop in this country
is 35 per cent below the average and
perhaps the shortest crop on record.

Alfalfa. Seed. We specialize in Hardy
Dakota. No. 12 and Blackfoot Grimm.
Immense stock, pure seed at low prices.

“'isconsin Grown Seed Corn. Big
stook highvtcsting, ﬁre—dried Golden
Glow, Murdock, Silver King, Cold Re-
sistant, “'isconsin No. 25.

Registered “'is. Pedigree Oats and
Barley. We offer this year Registered
and Certiﬁed stocks of the Wisconsin
Pedigree varieties of cats and. barley.
Purity 99.8 and over.

Other Field Seeds. Everythingin Field Seeds,
Wheat. Speltz, Soy Beans. Field eas,
Sweet Clover. Alslke. Timothy. Millet.
Rape, Sudan Grass, etc. Tested, rcliableseed
at low ricea. Ask for free samples those in-
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Write today. “Olds’ Cats
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CEMENT TANK LE’AKS

Can you help me to stop leak in
cement tank? I white—washed it
with clear cement but did not help.
—W. K., Schultz, Mich.

A CEMENT tank would leak for
one of two causes. Either the
concrete would be so porous as

to let the water through or the tank
could haVe a crack. In case the
concrete is porous and ,yet ﬁrm
enough to hold a plaster, the surface
should be thoroughly washed with
water and then cleaned with a ten
per cent solution of muriatic acid
and again rinsed. Acoat of cement
plaster could then be applied. Your
local mason can no doubt do this
work or instructions may be found
in the bulletin “Recommended Prac—
tice for Portland Cement Stucco”
which may be secured from the
Portland Cement Association, Dime
Bank Building, Detroit, Michigan.
In case the tank has a crack, the
edges should be chipped off so that
a fresh surface is exposed and the
crack ﬁlled with a rich mixture of
cement and the surface plastered
over as before described. In case a
large crack is developed, it might be
wise to drive it full of oakum to
within an inch and a half of the
surface, then the edges could be
chipped off and repair made as des-
cribed—F. E. Fogle, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Agricultural Engineering,
Michigan State College.

QUESTIONS ABOUT NOTE
I want to know if I am holding
for a note, I endorsed with a man,
given February 23, 1922, for one
year. This note has never been re-
newed. The man that holds the note
says he will sue me if I will not pay
it. The man that gave the note
died this last spring. They have
never tried to collect on this note
before. The note is made on a com—
mon note blank.——R. J. M., South_

Boardman, Mich. '

F you endorsed the note on the
I back, the holder would have to
give you notice of the maker’s
failure to pay when due, in order to
hold you liable. If you signed on
the face of the note, however, as co—
maker no notice would be necessary
and you would be liable—Legal
Editor.

TO GET NEIV ROAD

What are the necessary steps that
must be taken in order to secure the
laying out of a road on a section
line? Said road to lead from State
trunk line directly to the shore of a
small lake, thereby giving the pub—
lic, particularly the local public, ac-
cess to the lake, without the pur—
chase of lake front property. Could
the property owners whose land
joins at this line stop the laying out
of such a road? If not, must they
be reimbursed for their loss?—-—A. C.
13., Maple City, Michigan.

HE highway commissioners have
T authority to lay out roads on
section lines through unen—
closed and unimproved lands. If
the lands are improved or enclosed,

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the commissioners would require a
petition from seven or more free-
holders\of the toWnship to confer
upon them authority to lay out the
road. The abutting owners would

~ have a right to reimbursement for
.the value of the land taken for the
roads—Legal Editor.

 

HIRING SCHOOL TEACHER

Can two school officers hire a
school teacher if the moderator will
not sign the contract? Have they
a right to hire her before school
meeting and sign her contract?—J.
I., Boyne City, Mich. .

HE school officers in a primary
district may hire a teacher if
same is done at a legal board

meeting at which all are present, or
for which all have had twenty—four
hours written notice. The con-
tract would be valid if signed by
two members of the board—W. L.
Coffey, Supt. of Public Instruction.

 

PROPERTY RIGHT OF COEIDION
LA‘V WIFE

‘ What right has a common law wife
to_ a man’s property, real estate, after
his death or in case of separation?
How long are they supposed to live
as such before a claim can be made?
The people in .queStion have lived
that way for eleven years—J. 8.,
Battle Creek, Mich. ‘

IF a man and woman live together
as man and wife for long enough
time to be regarded in the com—
munity as husband and wife this
would constitute them husband and
wife by common law marriage, and
the wife would have the rights with
respect to property as if the marriage
had been consumated by the regular
ceremony.—-Legal Editor. ‘

 

GINSENG

Will you please send me full in-
formation in regard to the culture
of ginseng? Please tell how it is
started, grown, harvested, and mar-
keted? Is it difficult to raise and
does it require a great deal of at—
tention. Is it a paying proposition?
Are there any government bulletins
to be had on the culture of ginseng?
If so, where can I‘get them?—C. F.
H., Webberville, Michigan.

INSENG used to be\a common
G wild plant in the woods of

Michigan, but has now nearly
disappeared, on account of contin-
uous collecting of the root by deal-
ers in medicinal herbs.

The culture of ginseng should, be
taken up with some caution as there
are several difficulties to be met
with. The condition for growth
must be about like that in its native
habitat—~the forest. The soil should
be one which nearly approaches leaf-
mold of the forest for best results,
though good crops have been raised
in fairly sandy soil containing the
proper amount of humus. It should
be well-drained. It is usually plant—
ed in beds, these being covered by an
overhead lattice work formed by
nailing laths to scantling supported
by posts. The bed should be secure-
ly enclosed by a wire fence. The

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trial, Arro‘Wsmith, Illinois” for a
sample copy in which appears no-
tices of parties who 'can'supply the
seed, etc. Seed requires a’ resting
periOd of eighteen months before it
will grow. They are usually strati-
ﬁed in clean sand. The seeds may
be broadcast in the beds and raked
in, preferably in the fall. The beds
should thus be mulched during the
winter. Roots are dug when they

 

are ﬁve or six years old; proﬁts from ‘

the business -are, therefore, slow in
coming. When one bed is harvested,
young roots are put in to replace
those taken out.

There are certain diseases affect—
ing ginseng plants, especially a
blight. It is necessary to be on the
watch—out for this as it may take the
plants very quickly.

There is money in the business for
those who are willing to give it the
necessary time and attention. Any-
one interested in the culture of gin-
seng should get Government bulletin
No. 551, entitled “Cultivation of
American Ginseng.” Send SC to the
Superintendent of D o c u m e nt s,
Washington, D. C.—I-I. T. Darling-
ton, Assistant Professor of Botany,
Michigan State College.

 

MUST PAY DOG TAX

Is a dog owner compelled in the
State of Michigan to pay separate
tax if the dog is always on the
owners premises?——F. . R., Free-
land, Michigan.

‘LL dog owners are required to
pay a license tax on their dog
whether he is always on their

own premises or not.——Legal Editor.

BULLETIN SERVICF
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(The bulletins listed under this heading are

free. If y0u want a copy of one of more

Just list them on a postal card or in a letter

and mail to us with your name and address.

They will be sent to you without charges of
any kind.)

LIST OF BULLETINS

Bulletin No. l.
——«POULT‘RY RATIONS.

Bulletin No. 2. v
—~MODERN WATER SUPPLY.

Bulletin No. 3.
———SOIL FERTILIZERS.

Bulletin No. 4.
——SEED CORN CURING, STORING.

Bulletin No. 5.

——THE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 6.
——BEFORE
Bulletin No. 7.
—-FARM SANITATION.

YOU INVEST.

Bulletin No. 8.——HOW TO 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. 9.—FEED FROlVI 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-
joct to. It contains 4-1 pages and is well
illustrated.

Bulletin No. 10.———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 the garden. Each disease or pest is
described and treatment by dusting given.
A valuable booklet for those who grow
any fruit or much garden.

Bulletin No. 11--——MINERALS AND
FEEDING—Prof, John M. Evvard, au-
thor of this 87—page booklet, is Professor
of Animal Husbandry at the Iowa State
College and chief of swine, sheep and
beef cattle investigations at the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station. In a
series of home spun articles, written in
dialogue fashion, he takes up the subjects
of Proﬁtable Rations, Factors in Feed-
ing, Nutritional Deficiencies—Prevention,
Judging and Feeding, devoted one chapter
to each.

Bulletin No. 12.—HOW TO MAKE
MONEY WITH LINSEED OIL MEAL.—
A plain talk on the use of linseed oil meal
by'Prof. F. B. Morrison, head of the ani«
mal husbandry department of the Uni:
versity of Wisconsin and assistant director
of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
Station. Most of \you Will remember
Prof. Morrison through his work with W'.
A. Henry in preparing that well known
book, “Feeds and Feeding“. This 32-,

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The Biddle of Seed

EW men can tell the real value of a

given lot of seed by its appearance. No
one can tell deﬁnitely by the appearance
of most lots of seed from what part of the
world it came. Furthermore, it is very
hard to see all the weed seeds that may be
hidden in the seed.

The removal of such uncertainties sur-
rounding sccds is one big service rendered
by the State Farm Bureau. We will not
sell our farmers sccd which is unadapted to
theinconditions. To further protect our
customers, Farm Bureau Brand Seeds are
packed in sealed and branded bushel, half—
bushel and peck sacks which are delivered

,  to the customer exactly as they left our
.    . " ‘  warehouse. On each bag is a tag plainly
Stating the Purity,_gcrmination, and origin of the seed, together with a guarantee.
Send for instructive folder “Take the UnCertainty out of Seed.”

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90.40 %purity, Alslkol 99% puritﬁ, Mammoth
ed. 99% purity. Write for cprice-st. '

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Bigger,Better
Values Than Ever This Season

You’ll be glad you sent "for my New Big BargainBook when you see how
I have slashed prices and the big savings I am giving my customers this
year. Don’t buy a rod of fence, or roll of rooﬁng, or can of paint, until
you get my new catalog—over 100 pages of real bargains on

Fence, Gales, Barb Wire, Sleel Posls, Roofing, Paint

[Foryears I have been saving money for my million customers—tln‘s year
.‘ I’ll save” them even more. My quality highestae'prices lower—24 hour service.

“Received my fencing and gates. Iﬂgnre “I bought fence of you four years ago
I saved $60.00 on prices here by ordering ‘ and it is ﬁne and bright yet. I saved about

from you.” N. LEGGE’I‘T, 1 $15.00 on this order. I. G. STE WART.
r, Colo. Harlan. Iowa

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.madded;this extra Wing is kept right in your on hot. Earthermore Jim Brown
‘ ' ‘ pays the freight and [ship from  at Cleveland. Ohio. A
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Cement Posts

OME time ago I was lamenting
the fact that‘so many of our
fence posts were rotting off after
only four or ﬁve years of service.
The practicabilty of cement posts
w a s mentioned
and a r e q u e s t
made for some of
the M. B. F. read—
ers, who had used
cement posts to
write their opin-
.- ion of. them.
Several responses
were received,
and all seemed
to favor them.
No doubt the rea-
son cement posts
have not been
more widely used
is because of the
effort required to make them. How-
ever, the letters I have do not indi—
cate it is a very great task, and, task
or not, it seems to be a very paying

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A very complete letter on the use
and manufacture of cement posts
was received from Mr. Otto Kull, of
Berrien County.

Mr. Kull has a vineyard of 16
acres. The pictures he sends of his
vineyard and home would indicate.
that he is a most up to date individ—
ual, and fully able to judge the ce-
ment post proposition as he has many
hundreds of them. In fact he uses
nothing else for vineyard posts. One
interesting picture shows 114 cement
end posts all in one line. These
posts have been here 22 years, and
are not braced or stayed in any way.
This line of posts are as good as
the day they were set, and how
could we ask for more convincing
proof of the durability of cement
posts? But let Mr. Kull telbof them
in his own language. - ~  “

“These posts were made‘ahbdd
times, (in the summer time when-
ever we could spare a. day or two),
‘in the shade under the old apple
trees’. The sod was spaded off and
several loads of loose sand spread
on the hard ground—the sand made
as level as possible. The forms were
then placed on this sand and ﬁlled.
In warm weather the forms were re—
moved the next day and ﬁlled again,
but posts were not moved for 3 to 5
days, and then only tipped over on
the side. During the drying of the
posts they were sprinkled with water
twice each day in hot weather, and
once in cool days to prevent drying
and hardening too fast. In 7 to 10
days they were moved and carefully
stood on end around the trunks of
apple trees for further seasoning.

“The forms were made of. 2x6 yel-
low pine marked and cut with rip
saw to the size desired. 3%; inches
top and 5 inches bottom for line
posts. Blocks were made from inch
boards, 3 inches wide, 4 inches long
for top end, 4 inches wide and 6
inches long for bottom end. Eight
pieces of forms were Set in a row,
each end resting on a board. A
small block was‘placed between the
,top end of every two forms, the
larger blocks in bottom end. Then
a 1x6 inch board was nailed on top
and bottom end of forms. These end
boards hold all eight pieces of forms
together, and they can be moved to
place desired and ﬁlled. By using

L. W . MEERS

this system eight pieces of forms will

make 7 posts in a-batch. We then
put 14 to ye inch mortar in bottom
of each form, then placed two wires
for reinforcing, ﬁlled to near top and
placed' two more wires, then ﬁlled
and leveled with trowel.

“After water had drained off, holes
were made where ever wanted
through center of post by push-
ing a pointed 14 inch rod through
post. I made staples out of No. 11
wire cut in long enough pieCes for
ends to bend in same shape as a
staple placed over wire, and drove
through hole in post with ends bent
and hammered down on other side
of post. _

“Now for the mixture, which is
the most important part of concrete
posts. First, make a water tight
mortar box. I had one 8x10 feet
built level with the ground. 6 inch
ﬂooring nailed on 2x4, with 12 inch
boards for sides. In this box Were
dumped four wheel barrow loads of
gravel (the ordinary wood sided
wheel barrow) and two sacks of ce-
ment. This was dry mixed 4 to 5
times. By giving the shovel a slight
twist will spread the mixture fan
shape and is ~much better than throw-
ing it off in a lump. Water was
then poured on wet mixed till it
was like mush—as wet as possible
without running. One batch will
make 14 to 16 line posts, or 7 end
posts.

“The gravel must be good—no
humus or clay. Because gravel will
make good Cement blocks is no sign
it will make posts that will last.

 

 

The result of 'a poor mixturen
Stood for 10 years and then started to

LEFT:

crumble. RIGHT:
for 22 years and still shows no wear.

I have found that out to my sorrow,
as one of the pictures shows. I will
lose somewhere between 300 and 500
posts.

“To remove forms, remove end
boards and blocks. Tap both ends of
forms with hammer till they loosen
up—then raise large end of form
with grub hoe or crowbar and re-
move. This work must be done
slowly and carefully. As soon as
forms are removed, sweep and clean
thoroughly or they will soon be
worthless. We experimented for two
years in making all sorts, shapes,
and sizes. My end posts are 71/2 ft.
long. Then line posts are 7 ft.

“If washed gravel cannot be ob—

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Associate Professor of Dairy Husbandry,  S. 

HE kind of roughage that is fed
‘to dairy cows is frequently not
given much thought by dairy—

men and yet the choice of roughages
is usually the principle factor in de-
termining t h e
cost of the grain
. r a t i o n. T h e
, grain ration
. should be select-
ed so as to sup-
p l e m e n t the
roughage an (1
supply tlie nutri—
ents needed by
the cow that are
not found in the
roughage.
A t ordinary
p r i c e s on the
Michigan farm the cost of a pound
of digestible protein or total digesti-
ble nutrients can be obtained at a
lower cost in the roughage than in
the grain mixture. Consequently
the proﬁts over the cost of feed that
a cow makes is frequently deter-

 

 

Prof. Burnett

roughage fed.

All roughages are bulky feeds that
are high in ﬁber and relatively low
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HIS is the second article of
T a series on feeding dairy
cattle prepared for our
readers by Prof. J. E. Burnett,
of M. S. 0. Watch for other
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however, sometimes hard to say
whether a feed is a roughage or a
concentrate. We would without hes—
itation call alfalfa hay roughage,
yet alfalfa meal which is ground a1-
falfa hay is considered as a concen—
trate when mixed with grain and fed
as part of the grain ration.

The roughages grown “in Michigan
are generally divided into.two class-
es, '.he high and the low protein
roughages. The high protein rough-
ages include the legumes such as
alfalfa, clover, soy bean hay and
sweet clover hay, while the low pro-
tein roughages include timothy hay,
corn stover or corn stalks, straws
and similar feeds. Unfortunately
there are more low protein rough-
ages produced in the state than those
containing a larger amount of pro-

Alfalfa Leading Legume

Alfalfa is now the leading legume
grown in Michigan. Its popularity is
due to its high feeding ‘value, its
desirable effect on the fertility of the
land, and the period of years over

which a stand' of alfalfa once es-‘

tablised continues to yield a crop.
From the standpoint of feeding there
is no roughage that yields a better
return per acre. When we consider
that alfalfa when fed to the dairy
cow has nearly the same feeding
value as bran the unusual position
of this hay can be seen more clearly.
Bran is now worth around $34.00
a ton in considerable quantities.
What dairyman would h e sit a t e
about raising two and a half tons of
bran to the acre if he could?

There are at the present time in
Michigan 479,000 acres of alfalfa.
This is an increase of 405,000 acres
since 1920. Since 1920 the average
production of all cows in cow testing
associations has increased 27.1
pounds of butter fat per year. Part
of this increase is the result of se-
lection and the elimination of low
producing cows but a large part of
it is due to the increased use of al-
falfa as a basis of the dairy cows
ration.

Cows that are not well fed cannot
reasonably be expected to produce at
their best. Since the great need of
Michigan dairy cows is for protein,
alfalfa hay is the roughage that we
should try to grow because it is high
in this essential nutrient. With
plenty of alfalfa .hay as the basis it
requires very little or no, purchased

D to-r-‘the...amou'nt needed. by

     

 

r is almost nothing; that’s why the cows t

roughage cows producing less than
twenty-ﬁve_.p0unds of milk may be
fed only home grown grains and
i have their needs supplied.

Fieedmg' Clover

Clover hay, long the standard hay
for dairy cows, is still a roughage
of considerable importance in Mich-
igan. It does not, however, equal
alfalfa in its yield per acre nor in
the protein content. It contains
about three quarters as much pro-
tein as alfalfa. This; fact together
with the lower yield per acre and
the annual habit of growth tends to
make it of distinctly secondary im-

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 he twofb‘irn'h al sweet clovers,
white and yellow, are growing in use
in the 'State. White sweet clover,
however, is much more popular than
the yellow. Most sweet clover is
used for pasture by dairymen be-
cause the quality of hay that is made
from this plant is usually inferior
to alfalfa. This is largely due to the
fact it is allowed to‘grow too long
before cutting with the result that
a coarse woody product is harvested.
When cut early sweet clover has
about the same feeding value as
alfalfa. The yield per acre, how-
ever, is smaller.

' It is as a pasture crop that sweet
clover comes into its own. It fur-
nishes a large amount of pasture
throughout the summer. As it is
drought resistant it is especially

  

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\-when‘ “the native pastures ~;are d
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istic of not often causing blot ,
Wh‘ile cases of bloat on sweet cloy
have been reported'they are very to,
as compared to those occurring'om
alfalfa or other legume pastures. '

Timothy Hay

‘Timothy hay is widely grown and"
fed to dairy cows in the State. Be-
cause of its low protein content low
yield per acre and the drain on the
fertility of the land it is not to be
classed with the clovers and alfalfav
in its desirability.

Good milk production can be ob-
tained, however, with timothy hay
as the roughage but only when the
protein content of the grain ration
is increased very materially over the

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EAR EDITOR: When I read the

letter in your department

“What the Neighbors Say," en-
titled “Lioense to Keep Bees,” De—
cember 18th issue, contributed by
V. 13., Grandville, the matter seemed
.so ridiculous that I thought no one
would give it a second thought, but
when I also noticed in the January
15th issue that two subscribers have
become concerned over the matter, I
felt that it was time to come tor-
' ward and state that no such move
has ever been considered by the
Michigan Beekeepers' Association or
any or the organized bee-men in the
State. Furthermore. nothing of the
sort is being considered at present
nor is it likely to be considered in
the future, because the experience
of other states in trying to license
beekeepers has been unsatisfactory.

:- The Michigan Beekeepers’ Associ-

ation, which is one of the oldest ag-
. Mkural organizations in Michigan,
being organized in 1869 and having
functioned continuously ever since,
has never supported any project that
might interfere with the interests of
anyone honestly endeavoring to pro-
duce honey. We fully realize the
necessity at more bees for polleniz-
lug purposes in all districts where
either fruit growing or seed produc-
tion is carried on, and have always
encouraged anyone who is surﬁ-
ciently interested in bees to give
them proper care.

I notice that the contributor of
the original letter. Mr. V. 3., Grand-
‘Viﬂe. Him, admits that he is not
a farmer. A heard 01 our records
indicate- that he is furthermore not
a MW. 11 he 53, we would be
91.63394 to correspond with him and
tarnish any inter-Mon he may de-
sire to assist in his work.

‘1 tool that it is particularly un-
fortunate that a slur has been cast
at the character and reputation 0:!
Man has inspectors. Although
not an inspector myself, it happens
that I am personally acquainted with
practically all of the prosont force
or gym inspectors and do not hes—
itate to pay that there are none who
can be bought. If V. B. has infor-
mation to the eﬁect that any in-
spector has in the past been inﬂu—
enced or bought, no one would be
more glad to know of it than the
CommiSSioner of Agriculture who
has direction over this sort of work.

In brief, constructive criticism is
one thing. The broadcasting of ri—
diculous rumors without taking the

' “trouble or ﬁnding out whether they

“are supported by tacts. as they most
certainly are not in this case. cere-
tcinly helps no one—R. H. Keltm
Assistant Professor of Entomology,
Apiculturist, M. S. .0.

ABOUT Inns AND THAT
‘ m EDITOR: Being a reader
at the M; B. 1?". and reading
what  neighbors say I
found hovers! complaints and might
add some mm. These complaints
I  to should receive metal nonr-
oidarwon on the part of our Lexis-
um and (more .as well. At the
not MEMO .a commission was
Wed to proper-e 9. list for the
repeal of obsolete love. This they
did. They recommend to ropeaa 149
butmthomotltnowweww
have 149 or more in the piece .01
those to be repealed.
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know whom to set $50M. to in?
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act under. a. separate heading, ready

lug “the people of the State of Mich-
igan enact,” etc. One head should
do for all offenses. ‘We are ﬁfty years
behind other nations. Follow‘others

it they have something better than .

what we have.

There is a bill going to be brought
before the Legislature which is arr-
ot'her take. It is supposed to have
the backing oi? the {armor-e and that
is a tax on tobacco. i believe when
the government takes a tax ot 35c
per hundred, that should be enough
tax to satisfy anybody without ask-
ing for more.

One‘tnouhle with many farmers is
they are ready to subscribe to an)“-
thing that comes along, but when
taxes are to be paid the trouble be-
gins. . The supervisors get the blame
for high taxes when the signers
should get it. I and many others
are helping to pay tor a covert road
act road in the township where I re—
side and most of the pnmnoters and
signers moved out before the road
was ﬁnished. If the\noad in ques-
tion had been real good, less could
be said about it but it will be worn
out betore it is paid for. The covert
act I has boarded up a good many
farm houses. The fake of the State,
county, special district and township
at large paying 25 per cent .of the

cost, all comes in proportion out of .

the same pocket. It you have a.
number of these roads in the county
it must be clear to anybody that you
are in it in one form or another.
The act should be repealed. ,

The chicken lice tablet man has
his ad in a Minnesota paper, praising
the wonderful results obtained from
these tablets. It appears he is sell-
ing them cheaper there than in
Michigan. Two young chicken
thieves were sent to the reform
school until they are 17 years of
age. They are .13 years old, young
in years but .old in experience. Since

they are gone, no complaints are,

heard. one case compares with how
the victims were trapped down in
the southern part of the State.
Chickens were sorted for supposed
buyer with the understanding that
he would get them the next day.
During the night the chickens dis-
appeared, the buyers failed to show
up as agreed. '

Let’s hear from others. Wishing
the M. B. F. success in the New
Year.——George C. Anschultz, Iosco
County, Mich.

FARM TAXATION

EAR EDITOR; Looking at this
idea of taxing farm lands ac-
cording to what the land carnal.
I think it .does not look fair from
all angles. 1 know of seVeral farms
in my township alone that are good
‘farms with the best of soil, but they
" are run in a harp-hazard way. My
way of looking at farming is that
the earning power is determined by
the kind or management and amount
of pop that is put into thB‘jo‘b. With
the new idea in etect the careless,
jazy farmer would get by with a.
small tax, and the hard workers
would have to loot the bill. It would
encourage lazy farming.

The resent system, it run honor—
ably, ear-less and good judgment
used in assessing. is all ﬁght—H.
R., Cheboygan, Mich.

AGAINST alum mm
QBAPPEB

EAR; EDITOR: I note that the
Michigan Conservation Con-
gress recommends that the
State return to the bounty system to
combat predatory birds and animals.
Also I read Where the members of
the Saginaw Field and Stream Club
had withdraws from the Congress
and was endorsing the policy of the
state conservation so of en-

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I found one where a deer had been
caught by one foot, but it ﬁnally
got away after eating the brush on
all sides as far as it could reach.

There was a deer killed by one of
our party that had lost a leg and]
we think it had been in a snare as
the bone was rotted off, not shat-
tered as a bullet would do it.

I hope our new governor will do
something if he has the power to do
it. Some of these club men are a
detriment to our game.

Long live THE BUSINESS FABMER,
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SEEING THE THIEF AFTER DARK

EAR Editor—I take your valu-
D able paper and ﬁnd it useful to

us as farmers as we read about
the markets and what they are doing
in other counties and of the prices
of produce in different counties and
as we raise sheep the ﬁrst thing I
look for the wool market, then for
the lamb market.

I have been reading about chicken T’

thieves. Here’s a remedy that may
help to see them at night. Take a
good Hot Shot or some good battery
that on can quickly put on your
shoul er with a string, then get a
good spot light and connect to the
Hot Shot with two insulated wires.
Then fasten the spot light to the
crown of an old straw hat. When
you hear a noise put your hat on
' and shoulder your Hot Shot, and
when you look at the thing you want
to see you turn on the switch and
you have a beautiful light in the
place you are looking. As you turn
your head the light turns. I tryed
this out on dogs that killed our
sheep. When the sheep bells began
to jingle, I would arise from my bed,
shoulder my gun, Hot Shot and spot
light and I could see a dog over 200
feet away. I lost 42 lambs and one
old sheep but after I got the spot
light to working I lost no more sheep.
I also lost 13 head of sheep by this
dog in 1925.

I was reading also this evening
about taxes. It takes a mighty good
place here to rent for enough to pay
taxes. For instance,
acres of pasture. It’s as good a pas-
ture for grasses the county can
aﬁord, only three acres of brush,
at $135.00 and the taxes were
$120.00 in 1924 and 1925. Neigh—
bors say I pay more than it is worth.
—C. Morrison, Ogemaw County,
Michigan.

HUNTING LAW
EAR EDITOR: We feel that
you are with us in bird conser-
vation. Whatever is enacted

this winter will mean much to our-

children and their children’s chil-
dren. Game birds are passing away.
I should know something as to gun
ethics for I have been a gunman all
my life and a hunter of Western big
game in the days of yore.

It is with subdued exaltation that
We farmers View the passing conser-
vation regime, for we know the in—
coming administration is with us in
the enacting of a law which will
oblige all hunters to obtain property
owner’s permission to enter upon his
premises. This will be the greatest
State conservation measure ever de—
vised, as it will, automatically, con—
stitute the property owner the game
warden of his estate.

By reserving unto yourself the
shooting right—when” you rent the
farm——you can protect those feath—
ered friends who have shared with
you the title to the homestead. We
again will hear the partridge drum-
ming on dreamy April days; Bob
White will be placed in the song
bird class; the woodcock too, will
return to you little fen on the corner
of the farm. Know what a wood—
cock looks like? Meet the prince!

You must remember that if a lob-
by can get by; they will strangle
this meosure. Men who exercise a
supple trigger ﬁnger always are pos-
sessed of the “great urge” to. kill the
real thing—regardless of posterity!
—George J. Barrie, Huron County,
Michigan.

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neglect so great a salvation."

“ ES, I was driving pretty fast,
but I thought I could make
it.” Thus said the fool driver

to the writer. But this is life. We

live it fast but we expect to get by
anyway. HoweVer, many would do
all in their power to check coming
disaster, if they expected it. But it
must be something to stir their
senses to the degree of dread, such
as plague, disgrace, death or other

Anything less striking

seems to affect them but little. As

. for their salvation, many are little
' concerned.
. is remote is the traditional teaching,

so the young easily postpone serious

That God’s judgment

consideration of a saved personality,
and many of the old are in spiritual
coma. Our text makes this tragical.
Let us look ﬁrst at this'great salva-
tion, and secondly at the call to

. heed, and ﬁnally at the judgment on

the neglectful.

“So great a salvation.” The
author makes its greatness lie, ﬁrst
of all, in its source and succession.
Verse three reminds us that Christ
came to proclaim and reveal the per—
The writer

knew him as the “effulgence of

. God’S' glory,” the One who imaged

God in all his personal“ and social
obligations. Verse four brings in
the witness of the Spirit through

- signs and miracles. All this was con-
’ ﬁrmed unto us by them that heard.

We have a line of succession through

. all Christian history that guarantees
i the great meaning of Christ’s coming
9 and the danger of drifting away

from the (“‘riqtian ideal. We have
no excuse for neglect.
Sherwood Eddy reports a hunger
0f the world for Christ. Not for the
creedal statements about Christ, but
for the personality of Christ. He
says that Christian faith is gravita-
ting toward its center, Christ. This

3 is harkng back to the appeal of the

inspired writer. He argues that
whatever has been the medium of
revelation in the past, in
these days God speaks through His
The original conception of
this great salvation was, “It; is no

1 longer I that live, but Christ that

livcth in me.” If we have such a

i faith—hold of our Christ now, and
. our tackle does not slip, nothing else

will matter.
“Therefore we ought to give the

, more earnest heed.” What a. rational

; appeal! She is a sweet little ﬁve-
' year old that lies in the hospital as
. I write. She is expected to die at

any time. Bacterial poisoning from

diseased tonsil has got in its dread
work. Her disease might have been
discovered in its early stages and
have been successfully treated. But
the parents did not heed and are
paying what seems to them an awful
cost. Regular physical examinations

,will help make life happier and

healthier,
But our text would have us ex-

- amine our faith; would have us take

heed to our spiritual life. The

. apostle lived in the time of prevalent

unbelief. But in this night of
spiritual indifference and neglect, he
displays an array of shining faith—

; stars for warning and comfort. rl‘he
: eleventh chapter of Hebrews is, per-

“Who’s
These

inspiring

haps the most
history.

in human

revelations. They saw the unseen

; through faith and claimed the future
- Christ as their own.
' the “perfecter of our faith” is here,

But now that

and that we are com-passed about
with such a great cloud of witnesses,
we ought to give the more earnest
heed. -

To take heed is to earnestly give
attention to the Gospel of faith, and
to earnestly resist the tendencies to
unfaith. Our High Priest is said to.
to “bear gently with the ignorant
and erring. “He forgave His ma-
ligners and cruciﬁers that did 'not

   

 

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be pleased to serve you wl out w _

«know what » they Were, doing. But ’ was,

personal reply will be sent to you

plea that we do not know." We

have enuf knowledge of our highest

duty to condemn our negligence.
Who does not know the selﬁsh ten-
dencies of the times, and howworld-
ly familiarities are encroaching ,upon
his own life? If we are ignorant of
this, it is because—we are indolent.
Multitudes are sadly indifferent be-
cause a diseased civilization has
blighted the spiritual sense. We are
ignorant of social /obligations be-
cause we want to be. The suffering
and need of others do not impress us
because of our selﬁsh absorption in
our own aﬂairs. When one can
turn aside from poignant sorrows
without having one’s compassion
stirred, one has laid bare a criminal
heart and has indicted oneself be-
fore God. -

Yet, there is hope in our time.

. John R. Mott writes, “Never before

have so many Christians awakened
to the awful implications of the
Christian Gospel. Thank God, we
have come to a time when large
numbers of followers of Jesus Christ
seem to think that He meant what He
said, and believe with depth of con-
ception conviction that He must be
Lord of all or not at all.” Now this
is just it. Christ must be Master.
The teachings and implications of
His Gospel must be brought to bear
upon the little things of daily living.
If we heed His Way by meditating
upon it, and by shaping our lives
in it, we may give the derisive laugh
to the World and her familiar
taunts.

We may not have openly rejected.
We have just neglected. We have
failed to invest our money and lives
in the things of sympathy, love, and
service. We have been busy piling
up earth treasures. We have set
our hearts. upon them. We did it
yesterday, and we will do it today.
But tomorrow the undertaker has
crape on our door. The Harvesting
Angel has come. And what for?
Well, it is sure that none wants him
to ﬁnd a heart hopelessly gnawed by
the cares of this world or corroded
by its rust. Let us take heed that
our works not only follow us in this
world, but in the world to come.
The man who wrapped his possibil-
ities in a napkin lived to know the
biting tragedy of neglect. How some
do rob themselves of the blessed
and joyful of Christian living!

To have the “great salvation”
committed to our trust and care is
an awful charge. It cost Jesus
everything selﬁsh, but procured for
Him everything glorious. It will do
the same for you and me. Let us
take heed to live generously as did
He; to dry tears, to heal wounds,
and to lighten sorrows. To neglect
this is to live to selﬁsh ends, and
that is hell. There is no escape
when we adjourn the business of the
Kingdom of God to our dying hour.

BIBLE THOUGHTS

LOVE NOT THE WORLD, neither
the things that are in the world. If
any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him.——-1 John
2:15.

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE
WORD, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. All things
were made by him} and without him
was not any thing made that was
made—John 1:1, 3.

BLESS THE LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his beneﬁts: who
redeemeth thy life from destruction:
who crowneth thee with lovingkind-
ness and tender mercies.—Psa1m
103:1, 4. ,

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surface for protection to the borer
during the winter. Where such shel—
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the borers perish. The job this plow
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plow in operation maintain that it
will go into a ﬁeld of standing corn
stalks and successfully turn them
under without disking or breaking
down the stalks, or any other pre—
vious operation.

Prof. Lawson .Ceasar of Guelph,
Ontario, Prof. Caffrey of Arlington,
Mass, and Prof. Huber of Wooster
Station, Ohio, have been doing some
remarkable work with clean plow—
ing asla means of control. Profs.
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ducted an experiment which showed
that clean plowing and not leaving
any debris on the surface of the
ground resulted in 98 per cent mor-
tality. Prof. Ceasar conceived the
idea that a means should be devised
for lifting the corn stalks on the
outer edge of the ﬁeld so that they
could be burned complete to make it
impossible for the borers to crawl
over onto the edge of, the ﬁeld and
thus hibernate in some protected
spot. The plow concern, complying
with Prof. Ceasar’s request, devel-
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could be removed and the rest of
the plow used as a lifter for raising
the stalks completely out of the
ground. This device operates to lift
the corn stalks entirely with very

little dirt so that the rows can be-

raked together with sufficient dry
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In operation the farmer starts in
the center of the ﬁeld and plows out-
When the outer ten or twelve
rows are reached the moldboard is
removed from the plow, the corn
stalks lifted and raked onto the
plowed ground. The moldboard is
then replaced, and then this ground
is Moved. Since the corn borer can
crawl 25- or 30 feet on the plowed

, ground before exhaustion can over-

take it, it is quite apparent that the
corn~borer cannot reach the edge oi
the ﬁeld. These rows raked onto
the plowed ground also form a trap
for those corn borers which escape
to the surface of the ground—R. U.
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M I C H I G' A‘ N'
By FLORENCE NELSON

   
 

 

 

N the midst of a vast wilderness,
a small company. of pioneers
braved the dangers and hard—

ships of a long journey and settled
in what is now LeRoy township,
Osceola county, about the year 1866.

During the next few years more
hardy pioneers came to these north-
ern woods. Many of ‘them were of
English or German descent. Prom—
inent among them were William
Snyder, Richard Tomes, Daniel Mc-
Govern, John R. Simonton, George
Bussett, J. E. Bevins, William Wil-
helm, and Charles and M. W. West-
fall. .

‘LeRoy township was organized
from Lincoln township by order of
the board of supervisors. Its local
government was established April
4, 1870, the election being held at

 

The ﬁrst bridges were made of
crossed layers of logs, sometimes
without even a top covering of dirt
which of course made them very
rough. All of these form a vivid
contrast with the present stone,
gravel and cement roads and iron
and cement bridges.

In early days the only means of
transportation was oxen. People
went to church and elsewhere either
walking or driving a yoke of oxen
hitched to a wagon. Later a few
horses were brOUght in. The near-
est railroad town being Paris, twen-
ty miles away, through the thick
woods, all supplies had to be brought
from there. The men walked and
carried all the provisions home on
their backs. Many things could not
be secured nearer than Big Rapids,

 

 

HIS story by Miss Florence Nelson, of LeRoy, won third prize in
T our pioneer letter contest. It is an entirely different type of story
than any of the others that have appeared in these columns and

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the residence of Richard Tomes.
Thirty-two votes were cast resulting
in the election of Daniel McGovern,
supervisor, R. D. Simonton, clerk.
and George H. Bassett, treasurer.

Winnie Westfall, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Westfall, was the
ﬁrst white child born in the towu-
ship. The ﬁrst wedding was Richard
Tomes and Emma Snyder. The ﬁrst
doctors were Dr. Law and Dr. Saw-
dy. Rev. Swem, who lived at Ash—
ton, used to hold church services in
the schoolhouses and homes through—
out the township. Later a log
church was built with Rev. McKee
as pastor. Robert Allen was editor
of the ﬁrst newspaper, “The LeRoy
Independent.”

Aziel Bowers was a veteran of the
war of 1812. He entered as a drum-
mer boy at the age of eleven years.
Some of the soldiers of the Civil
War were early settlers here. Among
them were: M. W. Westfall, Chris-
tian Gugle, John Barnes, H. M.
Lamb, Godfrey Gundrum, Jim Scrib-
ner, Henry Everett, Peter Betcher,
George Carlo, William Bunk, John
Riggs and Freeman Morse. J. E.
Bevins bought land and platted the
village of LeRoy. It was incorpor-
ated in 1873. For a number of
years the nearest railroad town was
Paris, but the railroad gradually
pushed north and ﬁnally reached Le-
Roy in November 1871. It was
called G. R. and I., but now is
changed to the Pennsylvania System.

M. W. and Charles Westfall built
the ﬁrst frame house in the village.
For many years this was used for a
hotel, and is still used as a dwelling
house. Kimball had the ﬁrst store
in a log building. J. E. Bevin also
operated a store. John R. Simonton
owned the ﬁrst blacksmith shop.
Daniel McGovern and Henry Van-
dusen were the main leaders in
township affairs. ,

In the early days a cemetery was
laid out, near the village, about
where Mr. Kent’s house now stands,
but as the town grew, it was changed
to the present location on Section
21.

Building Roads

In those times road making was
very difficult, so trails were blazed
from one place to another. When it
became necessary to cross swamps.
corduroys would be built. A hill
known as the “Snyder Hill” has al-
ways,been a difficult problem be-
cause it is springy and mirey. In
the early ’70's part of this hill was
corduroyed. About 1886 the logs
were removed and the hill was cov—
ered with ties. This remained for
eleven years. Then the ties were
taken out and the hill was covered
with four-inch hemlock plank. After
a number of years the plank were
replaced by a layer of stone covered
with clay and sand. This remained
until 1919 when the state began the
construction of the Mackinaw Trail
through the township. A winding
road was, cut out from LeRoy to
Gawley's mill on Pine River. This

was used for many years and was.

which meant a still farther walk.
One man once said, “I had to walk
clear to Big Rapids for a spool of
thread.”

Mr. McKenzie owned one of the
ﬁrst horses in the township. When
he made a trip to Paris after provi-
sions he drove a sort of cart and
brought back supplies for the vari-
ous neighbors, thus saving them a
long, hard trip. Nowadays it means
only a matter of minutes to reach
town with autos which most farmers
own. It would have seemed incredi-

ble to the pioneers of ﬁfty years ago"

could they have had a glimpse of the
conditions here today.
Marcena Brown, accompanied by a

. neighbor, took his oxen and went to

a marsh south of LeRoy to cut
marsh hay. While at work, the
oxen were turned loose to feed. The
men lay down at noon to rest. When
they awoke and looked for the oxen,
they were nowhere to be seen. For
several days they hunted but could
not ﬁnd them. The next year, when
cutting marsh hay further in, they
found the yoke and bones. The
oxen had wandered, become mired
and died there.

Holding Bees

The very isolation and loneliness
of the pioneers served to draw them
together socially. Instead of short,
formal calls, the women would go
for an all day visit, taking their sew—
ing or knitting along. All the men
in the neighborhood used to meet for
logging bees, thus helping each other
to clear their land. The same for
barn raisings. The women came
along and helped prepare dinner for
the crowd. They also helped each
other with butchering and soap mak-
ing. Nearly everyone had a sugar
bush where they made their own
syrup and sugar. Anyone who ever
attended a sugaring off party will
always remember it with pleasure.
The thick syrup was poured on large
pans of snow or ice, to cool, making
a delicious wax which was eaten
with small wooden paddles.

The women met at each others’
homes for quilting bees, thus com-
bining pleasure with work: Husking
bees were also common, often being

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_. _ . :corn and afterward
all would join in- a goodwttme or
dance. v _ ' .

Often some enterprising musician
would hold a singing school at the
various school houses. This made a
place for the young people to gather
and also trained the voices. Spelling
matches were frequently held in the
schoolhouses, the different districts
v1e1ng with each other for best spell-
ers. It was considered a great honor
to spell down another district. 01d
and young took part. Our local dis—
trict produced some excellent spell-
ers. Donation parties were gotten
up for people who needed help be—
cause of sickness or other misfor-
tune.

Of course, there were no hospitals
or train'ed nurses and often doctors
were far away, but in most neighbor-
hoods there was some woman handy
1n caring for the sick and she would
go wherever needed. She would also
assist when death entered a home.
for there were no undertakers in
those days. '

Friendly Feeling Prevailed

All these hardships together with
the necessity of neighborliness in
the community drew people very
close together in many ways. One
man said, “If one family had hour
we all had some,” which shows the
friendly spirit through the pioneer
llfe. No passing traveler or settler
was denied a meal or lodging even
though it‘was very simple.

William Snyder ﬁrst lived in a
brush shanty on his homestead on
Section 13 at the top of “Snyder
Hill.” Here in January :1 child was
born in that same brush shanty.
Dewings brothers ran the ﬁrst lum-
ber camp in the township at a place
called Dewings. The saw mill was
two miles west of Randolph school—
house on Mr. Cobb’s place. At one
time there was a grist mill at LeRoy
owned by Sam Hartley. The lumber
camps are now a thing of the past
here as the timber is exhausted and
very few saw mills are in existence.
At an early date Jim McHugh had a
shingle mill on Beaver Creek on
Again Crawford’s farm'on Section

The ﬁrst church in LeRoy was
Methodist, although the Baptists
joined with them until they built a
church of their own. At present
there are ﬁve churches in the tOWn-
ship, Methodist, Baptist, Swedish
Lutheran, Swedish Mission, and
Swedish Lutheran near Dewings.

The ﬁrst schoolhouse in the town-
ship was built about 18'70 on Sec-
tion 4 and the teacher was Laura
Hewitt. About this time a log
schoolhouse was built near LeRoy
on Section 14 one—half mile west of
the present brick high school. This
was called Gilbert school and Nettie
McDonald was the ﬁrst teacher.

The ﬁrst schoolhouse in our local
district No. 2 was built in 1877. It
was made of logs, 16x24 feet, seven
logs high. John Johnson was the
ﬁrst teacher. Later a frame build-
ing was put up. This burned from
forest ﬁres. Then a third school—
house was built; this was remodeled
in 1916, making it a standard
school, the ﬁrst and only one in the
township.

When the ﬁrst settlers came here
it was very difficult to make ,a home
in the forest. The' land must be
cleared before crops could be raised.
So at ﬁrst just enough was raised
for their own use. Potatoes, bagas.
turnips, and some corn were planted
among the stumps. Later as more

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Prof. Ferguson

sea- of Poultry Husbandry at the Michigan

State College and Manager of the Michigan
International Laying Contest. He was born and
raised on a farm near Parkhill, Ontario, Canada,
where he attended grade and high schools, later
going to the Ontario Agricultural College and
graduating in poultry husbandry.
worked on at the College Experimental Plant, and
then went into extension work in eastern Ontario.
He next returned to College where he taught and
managed the experimental plant-
1922, he came to Michigan‘ns an extension special-

.For a time he

January 161:,

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CONCORD GRAPE NOTES.
, ROF. N. L. PARTRIDGE, grape
P specialist from M. S. C. has re-

cently been giving a series of
lectures and pruning demonstrations
in Berrien county on the Concord
grape. 'The one which the' writer
, attended was
held in the pres-
ence of 25 or 30
men who gath-
ered in a tool
shed on a cer-
tain farm to
hear the lecture
and _then hiked
out to the vine-
yard on the
same farm to
W i t n e s s t h e
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stration.

Prof. Par-
tridge especially
stressed the importance of proper
pruning and fertilization to bring
about a good and early coloring of
the grape crop. Many well sprayed
vineyards have been troubled with
slow maturing, straggly, and poorly
colored grapes. This, it was said,
is due to improper pruning and to
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Many

grovwerslin pruning their vines leave -

too many buds per plant, and also
fail to leave the best type of fruiting
wood. The best type of fruiting
wood is that which is 1/; inch in di—
ameter, has made a growth of about
10 feet or more, and haS‘its buds
spaced from 5 to '8 inches apart.
This kind of wood will produce a
heavy yield of large compact bunch-
es. Care must be taken however not
to leave too many buds per plant. An
overload of buds will produce more
grapes than the plant can bring to
proper maturity. The number of
buds to leave should be determined
entirely according to the strength
and vigor of the individual plant.
As Prof. Partridge said, “We are
pruning Vines, not vineyards.” Forty
.buds is the proper number to leave
'on a plant which has made a good
average growth. A weak plant
should be cut down to 15 or 20 buds
While an exceptionally vigorous one
can carry as big has 60 to 75 buds.
'Af’ter witnessing the demonstration
the Writer is convinced that when
ﬁrst adopting this system it is best
to actually count the buds. Most
commercial growers consider it ne—
cessary to guess at the number of
buds in order to hurry the work and
keep expenses down, but actually
counting the buds now and then is
the only way to obtain reasonable
accuracy in leaving the correct num—
ber. Guessing at the diameter of the
cane is also uncertain work. Some
growers carry a gauge in their pock—
ets with which to try an occasional
vine and thus refresh their memories
as to what a 1/4, inch cane should
look. like.
' A fertile soil is necessary to keep
the plants in good vigorous condi—
tion and to produce plenty of leaves
for putting sugar and color in the
crop. According to Prof. Partridge
barnyard manure is the best fertiliz—
er for vineyards, but, as he said, this
material is so scarce that most vine—
yardists must use commercial fer-
tilizers and cover crops. Many ex—
periments have shown that nitro—
genous fertilizers are the only ones
which will bring a proﬁtable re—
sponse in the vineyard. For the
average vineyard either 200 pounds
of nitrate of soda, or 150 pounds of
sulphate of ammonia per acre ap—
plied early in the spring. will keep
the plants in good growing condi-
tion. '

0n the writer’s place we have been

in the habit of using nitrate of soda-

one year and sulphate of ammonia
the next:— the object being to pre-
vent the soil from becoming too acid
from the continued use of sulphate
of ammonia. However, if the price
of nitrate of soda continues to soar
upward we will have to adopt some
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1927
' Edited and Published by
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MR. WUSON HAS FRIENDS

LTHOUGH our last issue has been in the
hands of our subscribers only a few days,
as we write this, the letters and petitions re-

garding L. J. Wilson, the farmer from near
Greenville who shot a chicken thief and is now
charged with manslaughter, are already coming
in. In fact, they started to come in within a
day or .two after the ﬁrst copies were mailed and
the volume in each mail has increased daily.
We are going to have a ﬁne lot of evidence of
how farmers of the State look at the case to
place in the hands of the judge, there is no ques-
tion about it, because everybody seems anxious
to do all they can by circulating petitions and on-
couraging their friends to take an interest in the
case. The letters and petitions are coming in so
fast that we have not been able to date to ac‘
knowledge all of them but even though you may
not get a personal letter from us we want you
to know that we appreciate what you have done
and are doing and your letters or petitions will
be put in the hands of the judge who is to hear
the case, along with all of the others we receive.
We thank you, and so does Mr. Wilson and his
family and friends.

Not long ago a farmer in the State of New
York discovered several young men raiding his
vineyard and in trying to capture some of the
thieves he shot and killed one of the gang. Likc
Mr. Wilson, he was charged with manslaughter,
but when the case was tried in court he was ac-
quitted. Then the father of the dead boy brought
civil action for damages for the loss of his son,
and this case ended in‘ favor of the farmer also.
Let us hope that Mr. Wilson’s trial will be settled
as satisfactorily to all of us who believe he
should go free.

If you haven’t sent in your letters or petitions
yet do so at once so that we can include them
with the ones already in our hands, and offer
them for the judge’s consideration in the imme—
diate future.

LE’ ’8 HAVE SOME CIDER

E prefer nice juicy Michigan apples any day
W to any other variety of fruit you can ﬁnd.

We like them to cut out of hand, in pics,
In sauce, in cake or pudding, baked, or served
any other way, as long as they are eatable. The
old saw is “An apple a day keeps the doctor
away,” and if it is true we have eaten enough
apples so that should we never eat another we
ought to have no use for medicine the rest of
our days *on this earth.

Many folks enjoy apples just as much as we
do and any advertising campaign on “eat more
apples" would practically be wasted on them,
but if they could purchase fresh, sweet cider, at
soda. fountains, just as they now get fresh orange
juice, we think they would consider more apples.
The advertising campaign would work wonders,
there is no doubt, because millions of folks would
eat more of this choice and healthful fruit, but
it the fruit growers had small cider presses, sim-

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sum‘er in this way that would otherwise cause a
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WATCH YOUR ACREAGE J

is the opinion of the U. S. Department of

Agriculture that if the farmer wants to pros-

per this year he must cut his acreage of cash
crops this spring. Lower price for wheat is ex—
pected while rye will remain about the same.
Corn growers must cut their acreage drastically
if they want to turn a proﬁt from their opera-
tions, it is declared. Also it is said that there
is much danger of an overproduction of potatoes
in 1927.

Reports on the prospective potato acreage for
1927 indicate an increase of 13 per cent. This
probably would result in a crop of something
like 400,000,000 bushels, which would be 21,-
000,000 bushels less than the record production
of 1924. The result would be lower prices.

Such reports indicate that we need have no
fear for a time at least, about some of the folks
leaving the farms for the cities. Not until con-
sumption nearly catches up with production need
we start a. back—to-the-land movement, and when
that time comes prices for the products of the
farm will be high enough to attract all the new
farmers we want.

OUR FIRST 40-PAGE ISSUE

THE Editor is just about as proud of this issue
as a boy is of his ﬁrt pair of long pants or

his ﬁrst barbershop shave. Not that it

stands out so far ahead of other recent issues so

far as editorial content is concerned but it con-
tains 40 pages, which makes it the largest issue
we have ever published. Never before have we
issued a copy containing so many pages, so the
Editor can not be blamed this time because his
hat does ﬁt a. little tight. However, do not think
that he is taking any credit for our having that
many pages. No indeed.
are to blame for it. If you did not support us
and boost for M. B. F. we Would not be able
to issue even one page, but with you back of us
as you now stand, we cannot help but grow and
increase the number of pages in each issue, and
be of greater service to you.

We want you folks on the farms, who feed the
world, to know that we sincerely appreciate your
good will and support which makes our growth
possible, and we also want you to know that THE
BUSINESS FARMER is dedicated to serving you, and
to serve you to the best of their ability is the
life ambition of the publisher and the editors.
We are always at your service. Call on us.

 

CHICKEN THIEF!
By ANNE CAMPBELL

We don’t hev to live in town

To hev sneak thieves prowlin’ noun’
Up an’ down!

Last night—wall, 'twas purt’ nigh dawn—

Thore was doin’s here, I, swan,
Goin’ on!

I heard Pa 1111’ Ma say, “Hark!”

Then the (log begun to bark
In the dark.

‘An’ I saw with my own eyes

. Out the Winder sech a size’

Shudder rise!

Oooh, my gracious! Was I skcercd!
Ma sez, now don’t be afcercd!
Then I heerod
Riﬂe shots go poppin’ thick,
An’ the soun’ of runnin’ quick,
An’ a brick
Fired right through the henhouso door,
An’ I shudder-ed more an’ morc’
Skocrod for share.
Then my dad went back to sleep,
v But not me!~ I saw ’cm leap!
Heel-ed ’om creep!

I’ve learned all about the row,

An’ I'm going huntin’ now
In the mow,

Mcbe I’ll hitch up the mare

An’ go lnookin’ here an’ there,
Everywhere!

Think on it! They would ha' snuck

All the hens we raised an’ tuck
Egg-s an’ truck!

Pa sec they’ll shore come to grief!

Lowest man, it’s his belief—
Chicken thief!

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call It is an IﬁIliletiOﬂ of Service!

 fOr Héﬂth’Fﬁcannot be expected to do so lmuch‘

for produCers this winter as it will do in the “

future. Its efforts in their behalf may be supple-
mented by local action wherever there is a big
surplus of apples. Growers in a few counties
are preparing to expand the near-by market for
apples by assessing themselves a small amount,
a cent or less, per bushel, to create a. fund for
advertising and other publicity that will teach
the people to appreciate apples. The local mar-
ket has greater capacity in the eastern part of our
country than is generally supposed, and these
growers are acting wisely in trying to develop
that market.
duction is usually followed by a year of shortage.
for which reason we believe all who are trying
to promote consumption of apples should advo-
cate putting away a supply of apple sauce, apple
butter, etc. for two winters rather than for one.
Apples for next year as well as for this winter
should be advocated while they are abundant and
cheap.

JUST \VHAT IS FABEE?

UST what is fame, anyway? .‘Perhaps most of
J us see it in an entirely different light than

does our neighbor. For example, we recently
saw a cartoon entitled “Review of the Year,”
in which the important events of 1926 were pic-
tured. Near the center of this cartoon was an
honor roll of the notable people who died during
the past year. Among those listed were Cardinal
Mercier of Belgium, President Coolidge’s father,
our beloved Luther Burbanks, Dr. Coue, “Uncle
Joe” Cannon, and at the foot was the name of
Rudolph Valentino, shiek of the movies, but no-
where in the entire list had they found room for
the name of Dr. Charles W. Eliot, one of the
greatest educators this world has ever knowu.
Dr. Eliot passed away while the country was
still m0urning the death of Mr. Valentino and
reading his life history which was given front
page space in the daily press, so his passing
brought little comment from the press. Valen-
tino amused the public while Dr. Eliot only edu-
cated them. Valentino’s fame could be compared
to the ﬂame of the candle; when the candle is
burned away the flame is no more. But our
appreciation of Dr. Eliot will increase with the
passing of the years and likewise will his fame
grow. Such is fame.

PARDONS AND LAWS

OVERNORS have too much power when it
C comes to freeing prisoners. We have no

reason to fear over the judgment of the
majority of them but there is always the chance
if they wish to use it, and some of them do.

In the State of Texas Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson
recently pardoned 32 and issued several paroles
in one day. During her two years in office she
issued over 3,000 clemency proclamations. Her
term of office expired January 18th and several
counties in that state discontinued their criminal
calendar for nearly a month, waiting until she
retired from office. One man was pardoned after
only a week in prison.

Does such work create respect for the laws of
our country? The effect is quite the contrary; it
increases crime.
breaking our laws he should pay the penalty, and
the men who are responsible for the enforcing
of our laws should keep that in mind.

A sheriff or a policeman may excuse his in—

different attitude by declaring that it is a waste
of time for him to arrest folks because the judge'

will not make them pay the penalty, and the
judge may say that it would do no good because
probably the governor would pardon them. But
that is “passing the buck” and not getting any
place.

Let us repeal some of our foolish laws,
strengthen the useful ones, and make the break-
ing of a law a crime punishable by a term in
prison of sufficient length to make the offender
realize the seriousness of the whole matter. Then
if we will show our law defenders that we mean
it we will have less crime.

4

POWELL HEADS AGRICULTURE .

0 far Governor Green has shown rare judg-
ment in making his appointments to the
various offices of the State, the‘latest one

being the naming of Herbert E. Powell, of Ionia,
as state commissioner of agriculture. Mr. Pow-
ell is a real dirt farmer, also he was a member of
our State legislature, so he is well equipped to
serve the farmers of Michigan, and we feel sure
that they will be well pleased with his services.

   

A year such as this in apple pro- ’

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No MORE CHEAP ACCIDENT INSIIRANCE!

E are all through with cheap accident policies.

The Business

Farmer Will not knowingly be a party to a scheme which is so

easily misrepresented.

The fault lies not with the terms of the

policies, or the companies which issue them, but that promises and
misrepresentations regarding these policies have been made to
farmers in Michigan, Which brand them as something which The Busi-
ness Farmer can have nothing to do with.

The terms under which insurance is paid are so restricted in the
policy that it is usually only after a serious accident happens to the
assured that he wakes up to ﬁnd that his cheap accident policy is only

"worth its weight as scrap paper.

Unscrupulous agents have promised farmers in Michigan that these
dollar policies gave full accident coverage——nothing could be farther

from the facts!

An ofﬁcial of one of the largest accident insurance companies in
America advised us recently that the actual cost of an accident policy
which gave full coverage to a farmer would be $34.00 per thousand

per year!

The value of the protection which a dollar policy gives to the
farmer who buys it, can be determined from this statement.

The Business Farmer does not apologize for Offering this service
to our readers. The policy we offered was issued by a strong, reliable
company which is supplying some of the -largest daily papers with the
identical policy. We have never seen a better .or more liberal accident
policy offered for a dollar. Our agents in the ﬁeld were instructed to
offer them at cost to us, if the subscriber desired it, and to point out
the limitations of the policy before accepting the application.

We have carried out our agreement. so has the company issuing the
policies. There are, to our knowledge, no existing claims unsettled,
in regard to any policy We have issued. Every policy will remain in

full force to its expiration.

But as we stated in the ﬁrst paragraph, we are all through with
cheap accident insurance policies and if any agent has misrepresented
the policies, we will cheerfully return the amount of the unexpired
term of the insurance policy, out of our own pocket.

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THANK YOU

EAR EDITOR: We have been
reading your paper for some
time and like it very much.
Your Publisher’s Desk department
is worth the price of the paper many
times over. The way you are going
after the necktie salesmen is certain-
ly great. The Chamber of Com-
merce here said that 3,000 of them
came to this post office. They gave
advice along the lines you advocate.
We have a good radio set but for

some reason are unable to get your_

station very often.——F. K., Albion,
Michigan.

KNITTING SCARFS

I answered an ad several days ago
of a company that would furnish
all material for the work of making
scarfs. They also agreed to lease to
me for one year what they call a
"Weavesetter" on which you are
supposed to make the scarfs. They
said it was necessary for me to pay
$7.50 to them to assure them that
I would take care of the “Weave-
setter.” It is the Linnet Service,
Inc., of Lynn, Mass. What do you
think about it?—M. E., Chippewa.
County.

believe this scarf knitting

W proposition is just another
. scheme to get money without
working for it. Theyoask $7.50 a
year for the lease of a “weavesetter”
which folks, who have seen them, tell
us is 'worth about 10 cents. One de-
clared that it can be made with So
worth of inenny ﬁnishing nails and
a nickle’s worth of wood. Then

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tect our subscribers from fraudulent dooi‘lnol
or unfair treatment by persons or concerns II
0 distance.

In ovory case we will do our best to main
I satisfactory settlement or force action. for
which no charge for our services will ever be
made. providing:

1.—1‘ho claim ls made by e paid-up sub-
eorlber to The Business Farmer.

2.—Tho claim is not moro than 0 mes. old.

3.——Tho claim is not local or between poo-
lo within easy distance of one another.

hose should be settled at first hand and not
attempted by mail.

Address all letters. pivin full particulars,
omounts. dates, eto., enclos no also your ed-
dress lsbcl from the front cover of any issue
to prove the: you are a paid-up subscriber.
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pay 50 -cents each for knitting the
scarfs. From What we are able to
learn every stitch is hand work and
it would take a person about three
days to complete one. Hardly pro—
ﬁtable work, is it?

One of our subscribers wrote to
them for the names and addresses of
some of their workers in different
parts of the country. They replied
that they agree to keep the names of
their workers in the strictest conﬁ—
dence so Were unable to comply with
her request. “We feel sure you will
understand our position in this mat—
ter,” they wrote.

At least our subscriber got a re—
ply to her letter and that is more
than we can say for the one we
wrote them asking for information.

If'any of our subscribers have ac-
cepted this proposition we would
like to hear from them. ~

“YOUR ACCOUNT CLOSED” SAYS
CARD OOlllPANY

I would like to drop a line to tell
you that I did not “bite” for the
oranges from Acme Farms, but I
was a “ﬁsh” nevertheless. I read
the ad of the Yorkville Card 00.,
Inc., 864 Lexington Ave, New York
City, N. Y., in which they advise,
“Highest price paid for card gilding,
$20 a hundred,” and I answered it.
They replied that I must send in a
dollar to cover cost of cards and any
I might spoil. I did not spoil any
but when I sent in the three trial
cards they replied: “We are in re—
ceipt of your letter of recent date.
Kindly be advised that we are un-
able to send you any more cards as
your work is unsatisfactory. Your
account with us has now been
closed." Of course they forgot to
return my dollar bill.—A Faithful
Reader, Grand Traverse County.

E card gliding game is an old

one but it still seems to be

proﬁtable—for the promoters.
Every company works it about on
the same plan of $1.00 down for 15c
or 20c worth of material, then the
worker uses up all of the material
making cards which the company re-
jects as unsatisfactory. Finally the
worker gives up in disgust, much to
the satisfaction of the company.

We understand the post office do-
partment is watching several of
these concerns very closely and will
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UPPQSE you ow’ned'a'race horse
which you could drive, under
average conditions, at a two—ten

gait, and suppose when someone
else drove him he could only'strike a.
three-thirty gait. - Would he be
classed as a two-ten or a three-
thirty horse, and would his inabil-
ity to strike his average gait when
driven by another be his fault?

Now, if one grower can make a.
success growing everbearing straw-
berries when another cannot, is the
everbearing strawberry to be con—
sidered as worthless, unproﬁtable
and a failure?

Ever since the everbearing straw-
berry was introduced in 1902, there
have been varying results from this
class of berries due to variety char-
acterisitcs, soil and weather condi-
tions. The ﬁrst variety of this class
of‘strawberries to attract much at—
tention we the Progressive, intro-
duced in 1912. It was the result of
a cross between the Pan—American,
the original everbearing variety and
the Senator Dunlap. Although the
Superb, a well known variety, was

introduced a year previous to the.

Progressive, it never gained in pop—
ularity to equal that of the Pro-

gressive, for it was not so sure a.‘

cropper—Jruiting very sparingly
some summers and fails, if at all.
Since the advent of the Superb
and Progressive, many everbearing
varieties have been introduced with
varying possibilities but none of
them have met with much favor and
success, because of their inability to
produce many quarts of berries dur-
ing the everbearing season, and be-
cause the berries wouldn't hold up
in size until the end of the fruiting
period. -
Nine years ago in north central
Indiana, there originated an ever-
bearer called the Mastodon. It was
a result of a cross of the Superb
with a late-ripening spring or com—
mon strawberry. The
found he had something worth
while and kept the variety to him—
self, but the secret leaked out when
he sold and gave some. of the plants

to neighbors and friends and the_

wonder spread like wildﬁre.

The writer was fortunate enough 7

to obtain some of the Mastodon
plants three years ago and has been
growing-the variety under garden
and commercial culture since. The

ﬁrst two years, the new variety was I

grown along side ﬁve other leading
everbearing varieties and each year
it proved so superior in the produc-
tion of more quarts and larger ber-
ries that the other varieties were
discontinued in last spring's‘plant—
lugs.

In the spring of,1'925, one hun-
dred Mastodon plants were set in the
garden in a double row. The rows

were spaced 18 inches apart and the _

plants set alternate in the rows so
they did not come opposite each
other in. the double rows, goose—
track fashion, so to speak. To give
them a good start, about one-half
teaspoonful sulphate of ammonia
was scattered around each plant
three inches from the crown and
hoed into the soil. These hundred

   
 
 
   
   
 
  
  
  
      
    
 
 
 
 
   
  

 

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blossoms kept picked off for about; 
«Sixty days after they were set in the  ~

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ground in order to let them get well
established in the soil, and become

strong and thrifty before they began ? i “

to produce their big berries.
It takes about thirty days from

blossom to ripe berry, so the ﬁrst-

ripe berries were picked about the
middle of July.

ducing about three quartsa week of
the biggest, best berries imaginable,
and by the ﬁrst week’in September
the yield- was double and we had
plenty of fresh strawberries for our
table all during that month. The
cold cloudy days of October checked

the yields but ripe berries were

found on the vines Armistice Day.
The heavy foliage was a great prod
tection against frosts and only se-
vere freezing “got” the berriesr'
The summer and fall crop- was not
the end of‘the berries from these
100 Mastodon everbearing plants.
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as four quarts of berries were har-
vested at \one picking, supplying our
family of hire with all the berries we
wanted for table use during the
spring strawberry season. \

After this spring crop was har- ,

vested the plants were hoed and
given another application of sul~
phate of ammonia (one—half tea—
spoon) with one teaspoon full of acid
phosphate per plant. They seemed
to take about a six-week rest and
then began to send out another set
of blossoms which developed into
ripe berries the ﬁrst of Septem—
ber. These berries were not so
large as those of the former two
crops, but were of a fair size. This
made three crops of strawberries
from one planting within eighteen
months after the plants Were set.
This, with its ability to produce a
large number of big berries which
hold their size to the end of the sea—
son, makes the Mastodon excell as
an everbearer. '

If Mastodon plants are set 16
inches apart in double rows 18 inch-
es apart in a reasonably rich garden
soil, and given plenty of plantfood
and water so they will always be
fresh and thrifty, one hundred
plants will give the average family
many dishes of the most delicious
strawberries ever eaten.

By the ﬁrst of Au- . '
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TIBNK‘the use of hotbeds on the ‘
average. farm has been greatly . ‘
. restricted by ‘the opinion that j
they are 'a lot of bother and other-
wise” unnecessary for the home gar- i

den.

and it is an accepted fact that all
vegetables seem to taste better in

the ﬁrst part of their respective sea- I

80118.

In the hope that i may be inﬂu- '
ential in helping our farm folks to i

enjoy the home garden to the fullest
extent, I am altering a few brief sug-
gestions on the construction and
management of hot beds.

In the ﬁrst place the cost is. not
prohibitive. A good grade of stan-

-dard sash 36x72 inches can be pur-
chased at about $1.90 each painted v
and unglazed. Glazing and painting .

will cost from 60 to $1.00 each.

The frame of the hotbed can usually .

be made of material found in the
average farm lumber pile.

The ﬁrst step in the construction

is to prepare the heating material.
One part horse manure (actual ex-
crement) and 2 or 3 parts straw
should give good, results. Shaving
manure is not considered satisfac—
tory.

The mixture should be formed in
a pile approximately 6 feet wide by
4 feet deep and as long as required.
keeping the side straight up and

down leaving the center of the pile

slightly lower than the edges.
Thoroughly tramp each layer as the
pile is formed. It in a few days
the manure does not start to heat,
the application of a few pails of hot
water will usually set things going.

When it gets to heating good and ,

before it has begun to burn or “ﬁre
fang" it should be replied as before
except that the outside of the origin-
al pile should be placed in the center
of the second to insure thorough
heating. ‘

While thls’second heating is tak-
ing place the time can be utilized in
preparing the frame. This is merely
a box 36 inches high on the north
side and 30 inches high on the

south. When the bed is located on a '

knoll or elevation a pit may be dug
and the depth deducted from the
height of the frame as given above.
It is very necessary however that no
water settles in the pit during spring
rains as this would cause the man-
ure to cease heating. Where this
danger is anticipated it would be
better. to construct the frame en-
tirely above ground.

The amount ot'manure to use in
the frame will depend on how long
it is desired to maintain the arti-
ﬁcial heat.
of manure used the more moderate
will be the heat and the —longer it

. will be maintained. Smaller amounts

1

heat more violently but are of short-
er duration. We use from 20 to 24
inches of well trumped material
which seems to be the “middle
ground" under average Michigan
conditions. When the manure which
has been re-piled has once more be-
come thoroughly heated it should be
placed in the frame, a layer at a
time, and each layer well tramped
down. This tramping is very essen—
tial as it insures against uneven
settling later on. Next comes 4 to
6 inches of good rich loam. This
should have a. liberal amount of well
rotted manure incorporated into it.
The sash may now be placsd in
position but seed should not be sown
until the ﬁrst violent heat has passed
01!. It is also well to open the sash
a little during this time to allow the
ammonia fumes to pass off, which
will usually take two or three days.
When the heat has receded to a
temperature of 65 to 70 degrees
seed can be planted.
’ The time ot-sowing seed will be
governed largely by: l———Degree of
earliness grower wishes to attain;
2—Climate and temperature main-
tained. 65 to“) degrees is. wander-
d a, .good growing V'temperature
rider average  ﬂy
.,  tenant 

The larger the amount '

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0n the contrary it is the may way ; ,
to get the most from the garden._it :
t is really astonishing what can beg;
accomplished with a few sash in the 4‘
way of hustling the garden, along »

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durable saw steel into McCormick—Deering disks

' andevcry user has beneﬁted accordingly. Now, through

careful experimentation the builders have learned to

g:. increase the efﬁciency of the disks by a heat—treating
lg; process which toughens and tempers the steel.

The new McCormick-Deering disks—heat-treatcd, crimped-

Center—are better able to stand the strains encountered in the
 faster tillage operations made possible by tractor power. They
show special ability to hold a cutting edge, even when cutting
‘ and cultivating the hardest, rockiest soil.
 The disks in the barrow take hard punishment! Glance at
3} disk shown at the right. Note the crimped center—that means
McCormick-Deering. The heat-treated, crimped-center disk in
your barrow will niean fewer sharpenings, longer life, better
work with less power.

Improve your tillage, lengthen the life of your equipment,
put your 1927 crops into better seed beds at the right time—
by relying on the thoroughly up-to-date and complete line of
McCormick-Deering Tillage Implements. The line includes horse
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ﬂeld, R. 1, Tustin; Second Prize of
a nice book went to Katherine Olga
Wisuri, Stambaugh; and a nickel
pencil as Third Prize was awarded

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spare moments I thought I would write
to you.

My,.I just had a scare. the assembly
marshall came back here where I am. I
thought that she was going to do some-

thing—no, I haven’t a guilty conscience _

but you know you never can tell—well,
she is gone and only asked me some-
thing instead of telling me something.
So I guess I can keep on writing this
letter.

Besides sewing I am taking biology (by
the way, I don’t believe in evolution),
chemistry and American history.

This is a consolidated school and I ride
in a bus to and from school. A distance
of about eight miles. We have lots of
fun and some call the bus a brat wagon
because it is by no means very still when
there are about twenty—ﬁve school chil-
dren in it. Well, I will have to get busy
now and study for we have two tests
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A Boy and His Stomach

What's the matter with you—Ain’t I always been your friend?
Ain’t I been a pardner to you? All my pennies don’t I spend

In gettin’ nice things for you? Don’t I give you lots of cake?
Say stummick, what's the matter, that you had to go an’ ache?

Why I loaded you with good things yesterday, I gave you more
Potatoes, squash an’ turkey than you’d ever had before.

I gave you nuts and candy, pumpkin pie and chocolate cake,
An’ las' night when I got to bed you had to go an’ ache.

The Stomach’s Reply to the Boy

I’ve been a friend to you, I have, why ain’t you a friend 0’ mine?
They gave me castor oil last night because you made me whine.
I’m awful sick this morning, an’ I’m feeling mighty blue,
Cause you don't appreciate the things I do for you.
Well, boy, I am a friend of yours and I’ll do the best I can,
lt‘ you, do not abuse me, to make of you a man,
You asked me what's the matter—Why I had to go an’ ache,
\thn for me you spent your pennies, for candy, pies and chocolate cake?
Yes, you loaded me with good things, potatoes, squash and turkey; more
“Chan you had ever given me in the same time before;
Then you gave me nuts and candy, pumpkin pie and chocolate cake
Until I had to work so hard it made your poor sides ache.
Then you failed to chew your food last night, and swallowed it most whole,
That‘s why they gave you Castor oil, your stomach to console.
Well, I guess you ought to be
Becon you do not chew the things you’re stutﬁn’ into me.

The Progressive Farm er.

 

 

 

 

to Helen B. Star Route,
Kalkaska.

Among the boys Ralph Bauer, of
Hillnian, won the ﬂashlight as First
Prize; a dandy jackknife as Second
Prize was awarded to Byron Lee,
R. 1, Stanton; and Kenneth Burch,
R. 2, Dryden, got Third Prize, which
was a nickel pencil.

Of course most of you Would‘en-
joy reading about these embarassing
moments and I may publish some
of them later but if I do you may be
sure I will not give the names and
addresses of those who sent them in.
“It would not be fair to cause them
further embarrassment.

Plans for the new club are coming
along nicely but I can not tell you
much about it yet—just watch Our
Page real close—UNCLE NED.

Kinnison,

 

 

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Dear Uncle Nedz—I am going to write
another letter. I hope to see this one in
print. I hope the mail man comes before
Mr. Waste Basket gets hungry or is he
like my brother who says he is hungry
all the time?

If you want to know what 1 look like
and where I live, don’t get discouraged,
but keep on reading. I am ﬁve feet tall,
weigh about 90 pounds, have brown hair,
blue eyes, and medium complexion. I live
on a 180—acre farm.

For pets we have two cats, Teddy and
Biscuit, and a collie dog named Prince.
He is about 6 months old and is full
of fun. I am 12 years old and in the
seventh grade at school. I take piano
lessons and shall begin 4th grade music
this month. I wrote a little piece at
school too, and I will send it along. My
teacher read it and she said there was
more truth than poetry in it. If I don’t
stop pretty soon this letter will give Mr.
Waste Basket indigestion if he gets this,
but I hope he doesn’t.

It’s bedtime now, so I will close with
love—Ruth Winslow, Leslie, Michigan.

-—-I guess Mr. Waste Basket is just like
your brother because he never seems to
get ﬁlled up. Your poem is very good and
I am using it.

Dear Uncle Ned:.—-You don't know how
happy I was when I received the pin. I
sure thank you for it. Maybe you would
v like to know somethinxabout me.
. , I am at. school .now  back

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. myself as all the other cousins do.

Well.

again, I am your niece, Mildred Halsey,
Charlotte, Michigan.

—A very interesting letter, Mildred, come
again and tell us more about the things
you are interested in, also your ambitions.

/

Dear Uncle Ned2—This is the ﬁrst time
I have written to you. My sister who is
older than me has written and she saw
her letters in print. Now I must describe
I am
four feet, nine and one—half inches tall:
weigh eighty—ﬁve pounds, have a. light
complexion, light brown hair and blue
eyes. Of course, my hair is bobbed, al-
though I have only had it bobbed one

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I am going to tell you about. trip I 
took once to Lake 'Michigan.’ It is the
only one of the Great Lakes I have ever
seen. We started out with the old car
and took our dinner with us. We had no
ﬂat tires or mishaps on the Way down.
About noon we stopped at an old house
and ate our dinner. Oh, but didn’t we
have fun. It was the ﬁrst time I ever
lunched out of doors. We went on down
to Benton Harbor that night and stayed
at my. aunt’s. The next day we went
out to the lake. We went down to the
beach and we children took off our shoes
and stockings and waded around neamthe
shore. The wind was blowing quite hard
and when hte waves would come in big
we would run like scared cats. Then
we would chase the waves as they rolled ,
back. We had so much fun. We
little pails and ﬁlled them with sand and
stones. The next day we went up on the
bluff and looked down onto the lake. It
looked just like a ﬁeld of sand. It was
just beautiful. I would like to see it
again some time.

I have a story written and I am going
to send it in, some day and win a but-
ton. What is .the next contest going to
be? I hope I can go in and win somo-
thing as I have never done before. Well
I will ring off. This is station M. L. W.
Your want-to-be niece—Maxine L. Week-
er, Route 5, Box 36, Lowell, Mich.

--—Now that station “M. L. W." has sign-
ed oﬂ, station U. N. will now broadcast.
I can see you are a radio fan, just like
I am. Isn’t it great fun to tune in the
different stations?

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I received my school
bag and I sure am pleased with it. It
is just exactly what I needed and wanted
most. » I think your contests are the best
thing ever invented, especially the story
contest. Please have another one soon.
I have another story all ready for you
if you do. Am I entitled to a button now
or must I write another story? I think
it will be nice if we had a candy making
contest for the girls and a whistle mak-
ing contest for the boys sometime.

I would like to have the cousins write
to me and promise to answer all letters.
Will close hoping Mr. W. B. is on his
X’mas vacation. Your niece—Maxine

‘Nash, Route 4, Box 54, Sheboygan, Mich.

—-I am glad you like the school bag you
won and I hope you use it every day. It
will be especially handy if you have any
home work to do. Didn’t you receive a
button? You are entitled to one so I
have had one sent to you. Hope you‘
like that too.

 

 

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ORM in couples. One couple are
“it.” They try to catch and tag
another. couple. All couples

lock arms and if any being chased
unlock arms they become “it” as a
penalty. If “it” break, they can-
not tag anyone until they have
locked arms again. "
The game can be varied by form-
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tag.

 

 

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west for her lumber. She pays out
$16,000,000 each .year for the
freight alone on that lumber shipped
in to say nothing of the millions
which go of dollars which go to those
states to pay for the --lumber.

Mr. Young stated that about 7
million acres of cut-over lands be-
come tax-delinquent each year and
he believes it to be the job of his
department to develop those lands
so that they will again produce for-
ests. He pointed out that if these
lands may be bought up at any time
by private parties it will be impossi-
i'ble for the state to set aside the large
acreages necessary for the develop-
ment of proﬁtable forest reserves.
Opposition to this program of refor-
estation is likely to come, he believes,
from some persons who desire to de—
velop certain resort lands, from com—
panies desiring to sell worthless land
to would—be farmers from the cities,
and from persons who wish to strip
the land of its little remaining timb-
er, wood, and Christmas trees. In-
dicating the possibilities of reforest-
ation, Director Young estimated that
if 4 million acres are planted for a
State forest they will, in 80 to 120
years, yield an annual income to the
State of about 40 million dollars
annually in forest products. He also
pointed out the advantage to the
State in the establishment of wood
working factories, in the protection
of ﬁsh and game through making
better streams and better cover, and,

in the big attraction the forests.

would prove to our tourists and re-
sorters.

“Soil Conservation,” was the topic
discussed by Dr. M. M. McCool, head
of the M. S. C. Soils Department. He
pointed out that little Denmark is
able to raise food for her people and
feed for her livestock and still ex—
port about $50,000,000 worth of
agricultural products annually. This
is all the more remarkable, accord—
ing to Dr. McCool, when it is known
that half of their soils are very poor,
some of them requiring an enormous
initial application of marl, ranging
from 20 to 40 yards per acre. In
spite of these handicaps the Danish
farmer has made progress until now
he averages as the wealthiest and
best educated farmer in the world.
Dr. McCool stated that one of Mich-
igan’s greatest problems is to inven-
tory the soil resources of the state
and then develop a program of con-
servation and improvement.

International Meeting in 'August

On May 13, 1927, the M. S. C.
will be 70 years old. To the Farmers'
Week audience on Thursday even-
ing, Pres. K. L. Butterﬁeld outlined
some of the events which have been
planned to celebrate this annivers-
ary year. In May there will be
special “Founders' Day” meetings;
in June the commencement exercises
will be planned to commemorate the
founding of the College; and ﬁnally
in July and August a special series
of meetings, national and interna-
tional in scope, will be held at the
college. The American Country Life
Association will hold a joint confer—
ence August 1 to 4 on the general
subject, “Farm Income and Farm
Life.” The International Country
Life Association, will meet at the
College, from August 4 to 6 thus
bringing to the State representatives
of many foreign nations as delegates.
Pres. Butterﬁeld, who is a vice pres-
ident of the International Country
Life Association, attended the meet—
ing, which in 1926 was held at Brus-
sels, and was able to induce the As—
sociation to meet this year in the
United States.

Our Annual Farmers’ Day, to
be held this year on August 4, will
come in the midst of these notable
gatherings. ‘\ x
, Senator Copeland Speaks

Almost at the same time that Rep.
Brand from Ohio was explaining the
proposed McNary-Haugen plan for
farm relief to the huge crowd at the
State Farm Bureau banquet, Senator
Copeland from New York was declar-
ing to another large crowd at the
College gymnasium that he would
vote for any measure, designed to
provide relief for the farmer, that
the farmer representatives would
agree upon. “The prosperity of the
clty is dependent on the prosperity
of . the f farmer,"- declarﬁd’ Senator '

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know‘that‘we are but helping our-
selves when we help-agriculture back
again."
Speaking of the abandoned farms
which give evidence that farming
conditions are not right he said that
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce esti-
mates that one million new barns

to prosperous conditions

are needed today on American farms.

“The farmer doesn’t realize his owo

power,” stated Senator Copeland.

“He is the only man who still tries
to get along alone and without or-

ganization. When he wakes up he
will make progress.” Pointing out
that the various combines, known as
trusts, with the protection of the
tariff, violate the law of supply and
demand and thereby ﬁx prices, and
the labor unions which ﬁx the price
of labor also violate the law of sup—
ply and demand, Senator Copeland
could see nothing alarming in a pro-
posal to increase the prices of farm
products, even though the law of
supply and demand was again vio—
lated.

Dealing brieﬂy with the question
of an American merchant marine,
Sen. Copeland urged that this nation
again establish its own shipping
ﬁeets. He said that this is essential
to the proper development of our
foreign commerce and gave instances
where, in emergencies, the foreign
owned steamship lines discriminated
against American shipments. He a1—
so stated that the United States is
now so reduced in shipping tonnage

that she pays annually two million“

dollars to British ships for carrying
United States mail to foreign' coun—
tries.

“The greatest problem in the
world is health,” stated the senator,
who is also a physician, “The ideal is

to live long and die young.” He
stated further that there is no good
reason why the average person

should not live to be 100 years old.
Deploring the tendency of Americans
to eat too much, Dr. Copeland re—
peated the saying that a person lives
on one-third of what he eats and
the doctors live on the other two-
thirds. “Too many folks have stop—
ped growing at both ends”, said Dr.
Copeland, “and are now growing in
the middle". This tendency, to put
on fat also causes an accumulation of
internal fat which displaces and
the vital organs with the ﬁnal result
that the life of the individual is
shortened.

Any person 50 years of age who is
carrying any considerable amount of
overweight is reducing his remain—
ing length of life by about 50% was
one of the warnings given.

Concluding hifaddress with an ap-
peal for better citizenship, Sen. Cope-
land pointed out the menace of non—
voting which exists today. When
only 50% of the voters go to the
polls then 26% of the people control
the affairs of the government. As
the republic can be no stronger than
its individual citizens, Sen. Copeland
urged that all of us take an intelli-
gent and active interest in public
matters.

Housewives Conference

The fact that the number in at—
tendance at the Housewives Confer—
ence steadily increases from year to
year proves that this feature of the
Farmers’ Week has something of in—
terest and value to the home makers.
The feature this year was Dr. Caro--
line Hedger whose direct, straight—
from-the—shoulder s t a t e m e n t s
brought home various truths in no
uncertain manner. According to Dr.
Hedger, the men and women of to—
morrow must have exceptional
strength and endurance in order to

our civilization. It is therefore of
importance that the boys and girls
be developed to the utmost in
strength, vitality, and resistance to
dlsease. “Feed them properly and
put them to bed at night,” advised
Dr. Hedger.
Grange Singing Contest

The Grange singing contest, with
prizes donated by R. E. Olds of Lan-
sing, attracted unusual interest both
from contestants and from spectators.
Ithaca Grange,'which won second
place in 1926, won the contest this
year and proudly carried home the
$100 prize. Second place and $75
was won by Stockman Grange of
Bath. Eaton Rapids Grange won $50
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which blankets, which carriages
are best, but it will also give
her many helpful hints on keep-
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hands, shoes for his scampering
rout, clothes and foods for his
sturdy body, as Well as books
to set his eager mind to work.
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en nights are bleak an’. raw
to pop a pan-'of ﬂaky corn
The whitest you ever saw,

ask some neighbor farmer in
To talk ‘with Maw an’ Paw.

Of course. his young folks come along

And so his wife comes too,

 while she visits with your Maw
f :Their young folks play with you;
For there’s many jolly things,

_ ’tis true,
Young boys and girls can do!

LIEDICINE 0R DECALS
the good old days, pale cheeks

v  and bitter dispositions at the end

of the winter called out the sul—
phur and molasses pot without fail.
Wry faces and family scenes made
no difference. and the bitter_dose
went down with clocklike regularity
until improve ment was evident.
Now the spring dose of iron is spread
over the whole year to keep the
checks from ever getting pale and to

preVent that tired feeling. Instead
of sulphur and molasses, spinach

and other greens supply the iron in
summer time. and, when these are
hard to get, dates, currants, figs,
prunes, and raisins help. If these
fruits are made into deserts, used as
breakfast fruits, cooked in the
breakfast cerral or put into bread,
they bring iron into the diet in a
more pleasant way. \Vhen they are
accompanied by dried peas and
beans, sweets made of molasses in-
stead of sugar, and a moderate
amount. of eggs and meat, meals
take the place of medicine and the
spring tonic may go into the dis-
card.

LEFI‘OYIGR DISHES
T often happens that there is a
meal to be prepared for a late-
comer, and for this leftovers may
be used in various ways.
To make a salmon cake, take 14
can salmon, some cracker or bread

crumbs, 1 beaten egg, milk, salt,
and pepper.
( . . .

Mix egg, salmon, milk, crumbs

and seasoning; put into buttered
baking dish, and bake until top is
slightly browned.

Take 1 cup mashed potato, 1
1 small onion, 1,4; cup milk, salt and
pepper, 1 cup bread crlnnhs, 1 cup
stewed tomato, 1/1; cup water.

Re—mash potatoes in the milk, cut
onions into small pieces. add with

._ seasoning to potato, put into greased

baking dish, sprinkle with a layer of
crumbs, mix tomato and water; pour
over all; dot with butter and bake.

One—fourth cup cheese, 1 egg,
bread or cracker crumbs, 1 cup milk
or water, salt and pepper.

Beat  add to milk or water.
mix with crumbs and cheese, (grated
or cut in pieces), and cook slowly
in a greased frying pan.

One cup cooked rice, 1 cup peas,
1,4; cup stewod celery cubes, 1 egg,
salt and pepper. Mix altogether and
bake in a moderate oVen.

Two Tasty Trifles

._One cup apple sauce. 1 cup pitted
stewed prunes, 1/, cup sugar, 1 tea—
spoon cinnamon, 3/; cup water, slices
of browned toast.

Blend the fruit, sugar and cinna-
mon. Cut, into strips, line a greased
baking dish, pour mixture over and
bake.

Break into bits small pieces of
leftOVer cake. Into a sauce, pan, put
17% cup sugar, 1 cup water, 1/1; tea-

spoon ground nutmeg, '1 tablespoon
cornstarch. Let this boil until it
thickens, stir constantly. Pour over
cake and serve.

 

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‘ OOLEN sweaters and scarfs,
W. knitted play suits for children,

and other knitted woolens that
stretch easily when they are wet
may be washed without losing their
shape. The secret of having them
come out ﬂuffy, clean and the same

gsize, and form as before they were

washed is in gentle handling, using

-‘ fluke warm water, and careful dry-
7 "ing.

Before the garmeut is wet,
'measure and write down the length
'audtwidth of both the body and the
sleeves or legs. Brush the garment
to remove surface dust; empty the
ockets and brush their linings. Use
epid water and .a mild solution of
..soap in water added to this to make
buds. Squeeze the soapy. water
through the garment but ,do not rub
‘ t. Spots that do not come out read-
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worth your tilne.
The ﬁrst two are “The Man
Nobody Knows" by

the interest .

story and it is a book every
member of the family will
enjoy. Let us honor the
12th of February by read-
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little of the soap solution. Rinse
the garment in several watersvof the
same temperature still squeezing
rather than rubbing or twisting. A
wringer will take out a large part
of the rinsing water but, if this is
not convenient, merely squeeze out
as much of the water as possible.
Lay the garment on several layers of
bath towels or a folded sheet, ar—
range it according to its original
measurements and let it dry where
there is a goodgcirculation of air.
Such treatment will give fresh, clean
garments, as soft and shapely as
when new.

 

REMOVE MILDE\V STAINS
\VHILE FRESH
OAP and water will remove mil—
S dew stains while they are fresh,
if the material is washable. Dry
in the sun to bleach the spots. The
stain comes from a mold that grows
on materials that remain damp for
some time. At ﬁrst the mold grows
on the surface of the material. If
it is not removed, it attacks the ﬁbers
and then cannot. be removed Without
injury to the fabric.

HANDY HELPS

AKING—POWDER and cocoa cans
B with nail holes put in bottoms

and sides will make good soap
shakers. This will utilize all the
scraps of soap.

A nice low seat or stool may be
made from the bottom of a stove.
The legs should be painted. A board
should be screwed onto the base of
the stove, pad the board and cover
with cretonne. ,

l‘lmanations from the body are ab—
sorbed by the sheets and through
these contaminate the other‘bedding.
Untreated air contains a good deal of

Canned Chicken

“ AN the culls” is not new. How-
eVs-r, the appearance on the

table of the cull browned to
a turn always brings a new sensa—
tion of anticipation.

\Vash the dressed chicken in
soapy water, and rinse in hot, clear
water. Cut. the chicken into pieces
for serving. These pieces of chicken
may be packed in jars raw, one tea~
spoon of salt to a quart jar added
and processed three hours in the‘wa-
ter bath or one hour at ﬁfteen
pounds pressure in the steam pres—
sure cooker. The bones will not in—
terfere with the keeping qualities of
the chicken. But why can bones?
Jars are generally at a premium. A

better method to follow is to bone,

the larger pieces, the legs, the
thighs, strip the breastbone and
wishbone, remove the wing tips. Tie
the'remaining bones of the wing

together. Stuff the pieces of meat
with the following dressing. The
gizZard may also be stuffed. Place

dressing on one strip of white meat,
cover with'the other. Tie meat with.
white cord. Roll the meat in salted
ﬂour, One teaspoon of salt to one cup,
of ﬂour. Another method is to dip
the meat in beaten egg, roll in bread
crumbs and dip in [egg ago.

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snowmen wt

Bruce Barton.
storm of protest from some readers, but I found only a desire to
interest those who are strangers to the tczu'hing-s of Jesus Christ.
To be sure he presents his facts in a diﬂ’erent way, but herein lies

The last one is “A Man for the Ages" by Irving Bacheller.
boys and girls will get a true idea of our immortal Lincoln from this

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Mrs. Annie Taylor, can The Business Farmir. Mt. Clemens, Imam-n.

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EAR FOLKS: The old ground hog has, no doubt already dei-
czided to sleep for six Weeks longer, as he has had no trouble in
seeing his shadow today, but, if we see signs of spring at the ehd

of six weeks I am sure We will be content.

However, there is still the for more  before the busy
days come and I would like to suggest three books which will be well

Nobody Know" and "‘The Book
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moisture, and this penetrates all
parts of the bedding. Open the bed
the ﬁrst thing in the morning, re-
move the covering, and expose the
mattress and the sheets separately
to the air. Have Windows Wide open.
Once each week (on cleaning day)
brush the mattress with a clean
broom or stiff whisk broom.

Label the stiff pasteboard boxes
in which breakfast foods come. Set
them in a row on the shelf and label.
\Vhen paper bags of dry groceries
come from the grocer’s they may be
placed in the proper box, thus sav-
ing all the time and trouble of open-
ing first one sack and then another
to ﬁnd the right article- Use these

for rice, grits, oatmeal, beans, tapi—'

oca, corn meal, sugar, salt, etc.

APPLPE+ GOOD SOUR-CE OF

VI'I‘ABIINS
PPLES either cooked or raw, are
i a source of Vitamins B and C‘.

These vitamins are difficult to
obtain when fresh ,fruits and other
vegetables are scarce. Tomatoes,
oranges and other citrus fruits have
a larger percentage of vitamin C‘
than apples, but apples are eaten in
larger quantities, so become a- good
sourcc of this vitamin. Apples
baked, in sauce, pudding, cakes, etc.,
provide a variety of ways to serve
them.

HOW TO MIX WHOLE “’HEAT
. FLOUR
O overcome stickiness in mixing
whole wheat flour into yeast
" bread, add the white flour first,
then the fat, and lastly the whole
wheat flour. Beat the mixture well
and allow it to stand for ten min-
utes.

Tempts Appetites

meat in jars.
water. Process the same length of
time as for raw chicken.

Dressing No. 1——2 cups bread
crumbs (dry), 1 cup water, 1/3 cup
cranberry sauce, 1 raw apple, diced,
1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoonfuls
onion, 3 tablespoonfuls butter. Com-
bine the ﬁrst. six ingredients. Add
the melted fat.

Dressing No. Z—US'e one—half cup —

each of dates and peanuts. Omit the
cranberry sauce and onions. Place
the rest of the chicken in a kettle
or steam pressure cooker with water
and cook until the meat will drop
from the bones. Salt to taste. Fill
cans to one—half inch of the top and
process. The liquid may be strained
off and only the solid pieces of meat
chopped, canned. The liquid may be
canned for soup. Noodles may be
added to the chicken soup.
Noodle egg, 3/2 teaspoon salt,
ﬂour. Beat "the egg, add the salt.
Add enough ﬂour to make a stiff
dough. Beat the dough thin. Allow
it to dry thirty minutes; Cut into
narrow strips. Cook twenty minutes.
The noodles_are ‘added uncooked
tothe chickensoup. The jars are
ﬁlled and - processed. ‘  the
chopped meat pup

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Add the fat but no

 
  

meeting; imitates house:
taxman-mission, to ~ do so.

tioe the telephone is largely used ,by.
young men belonging to the family social.
circle to announce a call or suggest mak-
ing one. (

z. 4 man caller at a woman's house
should not" persist in calling when his
first visit has made dear that he is not a
welcome guest. .

3. While occasional chaperonage when
a young man calls on a girl, and the in-

cidental appearance of members of her ..

family in the room, implies nothing in

particular, studious care taken never" to‘
leave them together unless a third person

is present allows of only one inference:

his calls are unwelcome. A gentleman

takes the hint and discontinues calling.

4. If a man‘s first formal call on a
hostess is merely productive of a court-
eous how, he is hardly justiﬁed in calling
again. His hostess will extend a general
calling invitation to him if she so desires.

5. Asa rule. a gentleman always di-
vests himself of gloves, hat, stick and
rubbers before entering a clrawingroom.
unless the visit is accidental or a formal
one made for a speciﬁc purpose. In that
 the caller does not remove anything
except the hat. _

6. As in so many cases, a young man’s
calls on a young lady are entirely sub-
ject to her reception of them. There is

practically no rule'on the subject. A girl ' '

may receive a young man as often as she
chooses; and he may call on her as often
as she permits. T’Vhen a young man calls
steadily and {remiently on a young girl
it is natural to suppose a warmer interest
-—and its obligations—415a!) those of con-
“ventional friendship.

 

Personal Column

 

1

Necktie (tum Block Pattern—I have
had a couple of requests for pattem‘ of
’necktie quilt block and thinking that pos-
sibly others might be interested I am
publishing it. The four corner blocks are
the same shape and size while the one

    

NECKTlE

in the center is square. If there are any
who do not understand how to snake it
I will be pleased to forward a sample
block I have providing it is returned by
an early mail—Mrs. Annie Taylor.

“'ants Plum Pudding Receipt—Can
anyone send me a good recipe for English

plum puddh.g?——Mrs. (3., Roscommon,
LMiehigaEr.
———Hers is a good recipe called “The

Queen of Plum Puddings" you might try:
1%; lb. butter;  lb. suet, freed from strings
and chopped ﬁne; 1,1) lb. sugar; 1% lbs.
flour; ‘E lb. raisins, seeded, chopped, and
dredged with flour: 1‘ lb? currants. picked
over carefully after they are .washed: "4.
lb. citron, shredded ﬁne: 6 eggs, wh Os
and yolks beaten separately; 1/3 pt. lllllK;
1/; (run grape juice; 1,1; oz. cloves; 1 oz.
mace; r grated nutmeg. Cream butter
and sugar: ln‘i‘ft in yolks when you have
'e'hi'ppt-al their} sn’rooth and light; next pm!
in milk; then flour, alternately with: the
bcatcn Whites: tit-en grape juice and
spice; lastly the fruit, well dredged with
flour. Mix all thormirhly: wring out
pudding clotlr'in hot water; flour well in-
side. pour in mixture, and boil five min-
utes. This is very good and will keep
a long time.

Perhaps some of our good friends have
favorite recipes different than the one I
am giving and I hope they will send them
in so We can publish them.—Mrs. Annie
Taylor. 7 '

Reader’s Experience with Smoked Salt.
——lin our January 15th issue I published»
a letter from one of our subscribers re—
questing information an the experience
any of our readers have had with smok—
ed sal‘t: Following are some of the let-
ters received: I ‘

Never Use 0] Process Again—1] think

it ran. L‘will once try smoked sah'ior. ..
gum: meat she will notgo back to» the. ..

0M Recess. Just follow directions that

, come with the salt. ‘Wo thought we baa ., 
we 9m .Mt   “‘
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to shun, sugar

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cps in .th  way. .Theyare ﬁne. Just
to lizhtly‘rubjt-hemr with the salt is
enough. We only leave the sides in the
salt three weeks as they will be salty
enough unless very large. When taking
from the cure wipeieach piece well, hang
up to drain. When ready to put away
make a paste of'common molasses and
black pepper. Paint each piece well,
wrap and put in paper bags, tie tightly
and hang in a cool, airy place so the air
can circulate around each piece. The mo-
lasses and pepper paste keeps the ﬂies
and insects from bothering it. I hope
Mrs. L. and others will try this. We like
the M. B. F. very much and read it from
cover to cover. Success to all our big
family. I always turn to what I call
“Our Page” ﬁrst thing—Mrs. M. E. S.,
Ramona, Michigan.

Good Results.—-—It was not convenient
to get our hams and bacon smoked this
fall so we bought a 10 pound can of “Old
Hickory Smoked Salt" and followed the
directions in their leaflet for “Dry Cure."
We have used some of the bacon and like
it very much. It is our ﬁrst experience
but will surely use it again—«Mrs. C. F.,
Freeport, Mich.

Likes It Finc.———-Mrs. L. wishes to hear
from some of the readers who have used
smoked salt. I used it this winter and
think it is ﬁne. The meat tastes good
fried or boiled and if one follows direc-
tions, I am sure your meat will keep. I
cut the shoulder and hams in pieces but
I am sure it would keep all right if left
whole. I used Figaro Smoked Salt.
There are different kinds but I think
all are about the same—A Reader, Em-
pire, Mich. '

 

For the Movie Fan

 

 

Twinkletoes.—I am fast becoming a
genuine Colleen Moore fan. She is a won-

derful little actress, in my estimation?”

So far directors have been careful to give
her parts suitable to her type although
I am beginning to believe that she has
the ability to take any one of a Wide
variety of parts.

Her latest picture, “Twinkletoes”, was
adopted from Thomas Burke's famous
story of the Limehouse district of Lon-
don, and it is a very interesting evening’s
entertainment. Miss Moore takes the
role of “Twinkletoes”, a dancer in a
theater in the Limehouse district, who is
in love with a young pugilist, Chuck
Lightfoot, played by Kenneth Harlan.
The pugilist is already married to a
drunken woman, who becomes jealous of
the couple and informs the police that
Twinkletoes’ father is a thief. 0n the
night of Twinkletoes greatest success the
police arrest her, father and take him
away. The rascally director of the theatre
lures her to his rooms but she escapes and
leaves London. Later she is found work-
ing as a farm hand. Lightfoot gets a di-
vorce for his Wife and when the father
is released from prison the two search
until the ﬁnd Twinkletoes, an dof course
everything ends with the principal char-
acters happy—as we always like to
have it.

 

 

Favorite Songs

 

 

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE
IN JESUS

What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and grief to bear;
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer.
Oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear.
All because we do not carry '
Everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer:

Can we ﬁnd a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness.
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge——
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt ﬁnd a solace there.

The Runner’s Bible

 

 

 

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Come unto me all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I an meek and lowly in heart; and
ye shall ﬁnd rest unto your souls. For

- my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

—Ms.tt. H-28-30.

To bring your burdens to Christ means
to bring them into the light of Truth
where their nothingness is revealed and
they cease to be burdens. The Truth
makes you free of them.

 

Recipes

 

 

meshes—smllb.sugar,ﬁ
teaspoon almond or “teaspoon annis oil.
mi unbeaten eggs and sugar. Stir (do
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Values

  

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leather insoles and counters,
oak outer soles and retan
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barnyard acid. More days of
wear than price indicates.
Let us prove it.

'Sizes 6 to llEE. $1.69

2656—Mcn’ s Tan Side Outing
Shoes with nailed sole, leather
center, leather heel with rub-
ber top lift. Will resist bam-
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travel. Shoes that have with-
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Sizes 6 to llEE. Let us serve
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price . . . . . e

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Semi-Service Shoes made of
tan elk upper stock, Goodyear
welt construction, leather
counters and insoles, Panco
composition outsole, leather
heels and rubber top lift.
Comfortable, serviceable
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stores. And then think What low prices you can secure
through our policy of passing all of those savings on to you.

No matter what you may require in furnishings for your-
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SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSISTI

Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are

not getting the genuine

° Trea Colds
Ways

r‘ With One

" Treatment
RUBBED on
t h r o a t a n d
chest, Vicks
docs two things at once:

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

(2) It stimulates the Sign
like an old-fashioned poulticc
and “draws out’\’ the soreness.

VICKS

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Accept only “Bayer” package
which contains proven directions;

Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets
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washer. Ample power is supplied by

dependable gasoline motor, built like an auto engine.
So simple that a child can operate it.

per hour to run.

in use. Many bought 10, 20, and even
years ago are still
owners

and thorough work.

Guaranteed by the Pioneer Cincinnati washer
1889 of the
well-known and time tried BOSS Washers.
If your dealer does not have them, we will
FREE booklet upon re-

manufacturers—makers since

ship to ou direct.

quest. se the coupon today.

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Cincinnati, Ohio

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Nev—er Returned

Got Entirely Rid of the Disease After
Suffering 17 Years

Asthma suffers will be deeply inter-
ested in a letter recently written by
Mrs. Mary Bean. Nashua, Iowa. She
says:

“I had asthma for 17 years, coughed
most of the time and couldn't rest.
day or night. I tried everything, but
grew so weak I could hardly Walk
across the room. After taking part of
one bottle of Nacor, 1 could do most of
my housework. That was 8 years ago.
I recovered completely, am still feel.
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Hundreds of other sufferers from
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after years of aﬂliction. Their letters
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mation about these stubborn diseases,
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00., 590 State Life Bldg, Indianapolis,
Ind. No matter how serious your case
seems, write for this free booklet to-
day. It may give your whole life a
new meaning.-——(Adv.)

 

This ‘Winter
keep efficient

ta e _
SCOTTS .
EMULSION. '
Keep well-neurished
with health-giving

cod-liver oil vitamins
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caliber 3". Mod. 1906 cartridges,
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Gﬁase’Painflway
witli musterole

When winds blow raw and
chill and rheumatism tingles
m your Joints and muscles,

rub on good old Musterole.

As Musterole penetrates the skin
and goes down to the seat of trouble,
you feel agenda, healingwarmth; then
comes cooling, welcome relief.

Better than the old-fashioned mus-
tard plaster Grandma knew.

For croupy colds, sore throat, rheu-
matismand congestion of allkinds, rub
on Musterole. Don’ t waitior trouble;
keep a jar or tube handy.

To Mothers: Musterole is also made
inmildcrforulorbobies and smallehil:
dren. Ask for Children’s Musterole.
The Musterole Co., Cleveland, Ohio
" Jars & Tubes

  
   

 

BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER

 

Better Prices
for Your Butter

“Dandelion Butter Color” gives that
Golden June Shade which
Brings Top Prices

Before churning add

one—half teaspoonful to

each gallon of cream
‘ and out of your churn
comes butter of Golden,
June shade. “Dandelion
Butter Color” is purely
vegetable, harmless, and
meets all State and Na.
tional food laws. Used
for years by all large
creameries. Doesn’t color

 

 

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Ranove from pans .Whﬂe- hot.

 

Brown Gravy—Putt one cup thick cream
" in skillet and  until like melted but-
ter, then add ﬂ’our until brown, next add
water and salt. This is our favorite
gravy—Mrs. «E, Gladwin, Michigan.

, Cake.—2—3 cup of sugar; little salt; 2
,tablespoonfuls lard; 1 cup molasses; 1
teaspoon soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder;
21/; cups ﬂour. "Stir all the above in-
gredients together then add cup boiling
water and stir until smooth. We like

this cake. Can bake in a layer or drip-
ping pan.—Mrs. M. A. C., Reed City,
Michigan.

Graham Bread.-———Will send a recipe for
good cheap graham bread. 2 cups sour
milk; 1A cup either brown or white sugar;
1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons soda; 1 cup
white ﬂour. Thicken with graham ﬂour
until it drops in lumps from spoon. Bake
one hour.—Mrs, B., Shaftsburg, Mich.

 

Crumb Cake—Put into mixing bowl 2
cupfuls ﬂour, 1 cupful sugar, 175 cupful
butter or other shortening and 1/2 tea-
spoonful salt. Rub in shortening with
ﬁngers until mixture is like crumbs. Take
out 1,5 cupful of crumbs. To remaining
mixture in bowl add 2 tablespoonfuls of
cocoa, 1 teaspoonful each cinnamon and
allspice, 1/2 teaspoonful cloves, stir well
with spoon. Make well in center of mix-
ture and add 1‘ well beaten egg and l
cupful sour milk with 1 teaspoonful soda.
Pour into baking sheet and stew. Top
with the 1/; cupful crumbs. 17$ cupful
raisins may he added to cake if desired.
Bake in moderate oven.

German Apple Cake.'—2 c. ﬁdur, 3% tsp.
baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, 34c. shorten-
ing, 1 egg, ‘34 0. milk. Sift the ﬂour,
baking powder, and salt. Rub in the
shortening until ﬁne, like meal. Beat the
egg and add to the milk. Stir into the

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. ova-rap the other. Caver ~tlle‘. entire sur-
fssce with apples. Sprmkle'with a c. of
sugar, to whrch a little cinnamon or nut-

  

meg has been added. Bake in a model-'9‘

at:er hot Oven about 25 minutes or until

- the apples are tender. Cover with an in-
verted tin for the ﬁrst ten minutes so
the apples may- cook more quickly.
Serve warm with hard sauce, soft custard.
or lemon sauce.

 

 

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A year’s clothes for a boy two years
old cost about $37. v

Plain dish towelling with. fringed or
hemmed ends makes attractive table run-
ners. ‘

Aunt Ada’s Axioms: We needn’t worry
about what we can’t help; it's our fault
when we do not do our best.

Woolen garments will not shrink it
they are washed in luke warm water,
if handled gently, and dried carefully.

For a change, try making the morning
coffee with hot milk. Half hot milk and
half coffee makes a good breakfast drink.

Shoe scrapers on the front and back
porches will save labor for the house-
wife, for they will help keep the ﬂoor
clean.

 

 

. WOMEN’S EXCHANGE

F you nave somethlna to enhance, we will
grlnt It FREE under this heading provldllga:
INF-N. appeals to women and lo a hen e
exchanges. no cash Involved. Smut—It. wlll
no In three lines. Third—You are a paler-u
subscriber to The Buslnm Farmer and um
our address label from a recent Issue to in
t. Exchan 0 offers wlll be numbered an In-
serted m t 0 order recelvod I: we have room.
—-MR8. ANNOE TAYLOR. idltor.

 

 

139.——-Dahlia roots or Tom Thumb
for gladiolue bulbs.——Mrs. W. E. Bechte .
Allenton, Michigan.

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AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

IE SURE AND BIND IN YOUR SIZE 7

5704. Slmplo School Frocks—Jersey, ﬂannel,
crepe or wash materials are suitable for this de-
algn. Pattern cut in 4. Sizes: _ , 0 and 12
years. 10 year size Will require iv; yards of
36 inch material together With 1:6 yard of con-
trasting mate 1.

5688. Ladles’ Frocks—Cut in 8 Sizes: 38
4o. 42, 44. 46. 48, ‘50 and 52 inches bust
measure. A ‘2‘ inch sine re ' es 4% yards of
36.1mm -. , With '55 yer ' of contrasting ma.-
term}. The Width of the dress at the lower edge
is 2% yards, with plants extended.

5589. Youthful “comMnulonP'.—Cut

in 4
Sizes: 14;, 16, 18 and 20- years. A 16 year
one requires 2 yards of 36 or 40 inch matem' l.
5674. A Pretty Frock.——This in a. style good
for .hnenppercale, crepe or tub ' . attern
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quoted. Also highest of all vegeta-
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ferred to by these authoritim as
intestinal disorders
when milk is not well borne.

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nois, entitled “Diet List for Chil—
dren,” beans are listed practically

alone of alivegetables as a building
up food for youngstersand further
in this booklet beans are referred to
directly as ' perm‘iSsable for little
folks especially in the form of bmths
and soups. ‘ ,

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will be found several pages given
over to “loose of beans in gruel
form for the feeding of infants,
under the heading of “Milk Modiﬁ—
cation." ’

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spect to the richness of protein, it
is wellto‘note‘the comparison made
by McCallnm of Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity which reads as follows:
Beans, 23 per cent; potatoes, 6 per
cent; corn, 3. per cent; onions, 1 per
cent; beets, 1 per cent; beef, 1 per
cent: oats, 15 per cent; wheat, 11
per cent; rice, 9 per cent; bread, 8
per cent; tomatoes, 1 per cent,

Since we know that beans are the
material which nature uses to build
up and repair our bodies in muscle
and tissue. and since the growing
boy or girl needs more protein in
proportion to their sine, then adults
as they must of necessity increase
the amount or bodily tissue as well
as replace the constant repair-age
which takes place in the greater ac-
tivity of youth, it is- well to consider
beans in comparison» to other foods
from the standpoint of protein alone
and we ﬁnd it takes 4 eggs or one
quart of milk or one loaf of bread
to equal a single helping of beans

' in this especially necessary element

to bodily development.

In the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture Bulietin No. 824 we ﬁnd an
enlightening comparison of facts
with respect to the ounces of protein
per pound in different food substi—
tutes and here also we ﬁnd that
beans lead the test ranging as fol-
ldws: 1 lb. beans. 3 oz. protein; 1
lb. beef, 2 oz. protein; 1 lb. lamb.

' 2 14 oz. protein; 1 lb. pork, 2 oz. pro-

tein; 1 lb. eggs, 2 oz. protein; 1 lb.
milk (whole), 1 oz. protein; 1 lb-
wheat ﬂour, 2 oz. protein; 1 lb. oat
meal, 2% 02. protein; 1 lb. bread,
1% oz. protein.

If protein’ was the only food sub-
stance found in beans, we might
think we were tempted to 'over em-
phasize their importance, however a
further analysis reveals the fact that
beans are also rich in iron, potassi—
um, calcium, nitrogen and albumin.

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to ’Friendenwold, “beans have twice
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that we lave not taken our iron
May unless we have consumed a
small package of raisin-s, why not ‘
try a. helping of beans during the.‘
lunch hour, reduce the‘cost of iron

Another interesting feature about
beans is the calcium content. How
many times we were as boys and
girls urged to consume quantities of
oatmeal in order to become big
strong men and women, and while ‘
our parents might possibly not have ’
known the reason for this, the calci- '
nm in the cereal was the chief ar-
gument for the bidding, yet, beans
contain three times as much calcium
as oatmeal which is considered quite
a necessary cereal, consequently, it
calcium is required and it most cer- ;
tainly is, especially in the growing '
child, if parents are experiencing ;
diﬁicnlty in getting the youngster to
eat oatmeal, replace the diet with i
beans which contain three times
the calcium and will prove a Wel-
come relief to the children. a

This article has dealt principally ‘
with the importance of beans in the f
diet of children, because of the fact :
that we are interested in promoting ?
strong vigorous healthy young peo- ‘
ple and because in the great work of
Arnold bound of Carlshod Austria, =
he says, in speaking of beans and
legumes, "For healthy persons these
vegetables form the best vegetable
diet."

He also gives beans the ﬁrst rank
from the standnoint of digestibility
and readiness with which foods are .
taken into the system.

Our present system of educational
facilities makes greater demands on
the youth of the country every year
not only in an academic way but so-
cially and athletically until a young-
ster is in a constant while of prog-
ress, and as a result we need a food
which not only gives the required '

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tasks but keeps the mind alert, the
body replenished, and the personal E
magnetism which produce the stamp .
of leadership for the generation of .
tomorrow—Howard Kittie,- Secre~ ‘
tary, Michigan Bean Jobbers Ass’n.

STATE CORN KING I‘S CRO‘YNED
AT Ml. S. C. '

. AUL CLEMENT of Britt-on, a
leading corn grower of Monroe .
county was crowned Michigan

Corn King at the annual meeting pf

The Michigan Crop Improvement

Association, held as a part of Farm—

ers’ Week at M. S. 0.

Mr. Clement’s oﬁicial yield was

90 bushels of shelled corn per acre, .

at 14 per cent moisture content.
This yield, valued at $65.70 an
acre, brought in the greatest re- '

turns over the cost of purely cul-
tural operations of all of the contest—
ants entered in the Five Acre Corn
Contest, sponsor-ed by the crops as-
sociation and the farm crops de-
partment of the college- The seed
waS‘o-f his own breeding and is

Bronze medals, awarded for yields
of 75 bushels to 85 bushels per acre,
Riga,
for a yield of 84 bushels per acre;
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quick gain—:then that’s
diﬂ‘crent.

It becomes just a matter of
putting in one dollar and draw-
ing out two. And that’s no
exaggeration—we leave it to
successful feeders and market—
ing specialists who tell their
experience in the books shown
herewith.

If you’ve an “eye for business”
by all means get these books.
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WHY are so many cows logy, lazy milkers during the winter
months? Why do so much of your milk proﬁts fade away
through the expensive disorders that so seldom occur when
your cows are in pasture?

The answer is simple—you expect too much of their digestive
and assimilatng organs. You suddenly shift them from tender
green pasturage to heavy, dry feeds. They are deprived of ex-
ercise. Their physical vigor is at lowest ebb just when the feed-
ing demands made upon them are at the peak.

But you can make the milk pail ﬁll in spite of dry feeds and
winter weather. Kow—Kare builds up the digestion and assimi-
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Kow—Kare has gotten in its work. The cost is slight—a single
can of Kow-Kare will ration one cow for one to two months.

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For the treatment of such disorders as Barrenness, Retained Afterbirth,
Abortion, Bunches, Scours, Lost Appetite, etc, Kow—Kare has a 30—year
reputation as the one reliable aid to quick recovery and full productlon. It
costs little to use—but brings big returns in cow health.

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Saginaw (SE).—Pleasant weather for
this time of year. Snow about all gone.
Not very good for Wheat as ﬁelds are
covered with ice and water which will
cause smothering. Some farmers busy
getting out buzz—wood for next winter’s
supply, others putting up ice for summer
use. The ﬁrst oil well drilled near Birch
Run appears to be promising with more
wells to be drilled in the near future.
Quotations at Birch Run: Wheat, $1.23
bu.; com, 820 bu.; oats, 400 bu.; rye.
78c bu.; beans, $4.35 cwt.; potatoes, $1.15
bu.; butter, 47c 1b.; eggs, 37c doz.—E. C.
Magnus, 2—3-27.

Branch—Snow all melted from the
ﬁelds. Ice in places on wheat ﬁelds.
Cannot tell much about what it may do
yet. Quotations at Sherwood: Wheat,
$1.25 bu.; corn, 65c bu.; oats, 40c bu.;
rye, 75c bu.; potatoes, $1.25 cwt.; butter,
47c 1b.; eggs, 36c doz.—A. W. Locke,
2-2—27.

Genesee.—-—The weather during the past
few days has been moderate, melting most
of the ice and snow. Very little market—
ing of produce at this time. A few auc-
tion sales are being held. These sales
are on farms Whose owners have decided
to quit farming. John DeCou, an old
farmer who was greatly respected and
who had lived there all his life, died last
week. Quotations at Flint: Wheat, $1.22
bu.; corn, 820 bu.; oats, 40c*bu.; rye, 790

“ bu. ; beans, $4.35 cwt. ; potatoes, $2.75
cwt. ; butter, 520 lb. ; eggs, 410 doz.——
H. S., 2-3—27.

Hillsdale.~—Warrn days have removed
the ice and snow. One toboggan is still
working and that's the one eggs are go-
ing down on. Prospects are very little.
moving from one farm to another will
be done this spring. Auctions are not
numerous. Cows and hogs are in good
demand at ﬁne prices. Sheep sales are
gegorted somewhat slow—L. W. M.,
- —27.

Monroe (S).—-Oh boy, what is going to
happen to the farmers’. In the beauti—
ful sunlight the ground hog had his photo
taken. A heavy rain during the past
week cleaned the snow and ice from the
ﬁelds and highways. Meadows and wheat
ﬁelds are looking good. Stock is Winter-
ing nicely. Farmers’ institutes will be
held at Dundee and Milan this month;
ﬁne programs are out and the attendance
will be in keeping with former years.
Hens are beginning to lay and eggs are
cheaper.—C. W. Eisenmann, 2-2-27.

Calhoun—Farmers are busy cutting
wood. Lots of corn in the ﬁelds that
haven’t been husked. All stock looking
good. Quotations at Marshall: Wheat,
$1.25 bu.; corn, 85c bu.; oats, 42c bu.;
rye, 89c bu.; beans, $5.00 cwt.; potatoes,
$1.65 cwt.; butter, 450 1b.; eggs, 320 doz.
---M. M. Patterson, 1-25-27.

Kalamazoo.—Deepest snow in years
melting fast. Not many auction sales.
Have had one cold day. Some said 14
degrees below. Testing cattle for T. B.
reports are one man lost ten cows from
his herd and another 13. Doing chores
main occupation of farmers now. Quo-
tations at Kalamazoo: Wheat, $1.22 bu.;
com, 750 bu.; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 75c bu.;
butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 36c doz.—F. E. W.,
1-28-27.

Midland—Since the cold weather has
let up we are going to the wood lot to
prepare for the coming of another drop.
Beans are all in the elevators now and
the price is slowly mqving upward. They
have no fear in pulling them after the
farmer has turned them all over. Bins
are empty, pocket books are empty and
'long winter ahead of us. Quotations at
Midland: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 72c bu.;
oats, 400 bu.; rye, 83c bu.; beans, $4.30
cwt.; potatoes, $1.25 cwt.; butter, 49c
1b.; eggs, 35c doz.—B. V. Chase, 2-1—27.

Clare (NW).—Snapping cold again with
high Winds yesterday. Farmers pretty
quiet just at present. Depth of snow in
woods is hindering getting out wood.
Some hay being hauled; that at the Ford
farm being sold by the stack. Some
poultry being marketed. Eggs are still
scarce and a good price, as in cream and
butter. Lots of sickness owing to so
much damp weather. Farmers not very
optimistic over weather forecast—Mrs.
R. E. D., 1-31-27.

Hillsdale (NW )—Several days of thaw-
ing weather since last report.‘ Snow
nearly all gone. Farmers are taking ad-
vantage of the nice weather to do up odd
Jobs. A few farmers are selling logs.-
The hatcheries have started buying eggs.
Fall sown grain looks bad from so much
ice. A number of community auctions
are being held—Chas. Hunt, 2—3-27.

Berrien (N).—Farmers taking advant-
age of better weather and getting at ‘
their pruning again. A great deal. of.
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Jury to peach budda—H. N., 22-27.

St. Joseph.——Snow about all gone.
Wheat looks good. Cattle and sheep are
doing good. Lots of grain going to mar-
ket. Farmers haven’t much to do except
get up wood. Some public auctions are
being held now days. Still some corn
left in the ﬁelds—Alvin J. Yoder.

Hui-omﬂSnow settled to ice by thaw.
Roads hard but dangerous. More sales
billed for March moving. Some farmers
short of hay owing to spoiled fodder.
Not much June rclover. Many asking for
it. The passing of stumps and timber
fence seems to have banished bumble bees
and June clover. Hundreds of bushels of
seed peas and beans have moulded owing
to such a bad harvest; damage done be-
fore warning to owner, even in bags in
shipment. Milk prices declined 15c, many
separating and feeding the skim milk.
Two bad house ﬁres in zero weather, al-
most nothing saved; over heated pipes.
Milk test 3.5, $2.15, hauling 25c.-—E. R.,
2-2-27.

Shiawassee (NW.)—Our cold spell has
turned to thawing. Has been real icy for
last week. Nothing much doing around
here except chores. Many signing for
peas and lima. beans for coming season.
All planning on reducing white bean acre-
age. Hogs very scarce. Quotations at
Elsie: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 80c bu.;
oats, 39c bu.; beans $4.25 cwt.; potatoes,
$1.00 bu.—Geo. L. Pearce, 2-2-27.

\Vashtenaw,—The snow and ice which
have covered ground since before Christ-
mas have nearly disappeared past week.
Wheat and gress ﬁelds appear to be all
right thus far except in low plains where
water stood last fall. Very little fall
weather. Much corn still in ﬁelds, some
of which is uncut. Cutting wood and
getting up some corn is order of day on
many farms together with usual chores.
Quotations at Ann Arbor: Butter, 50c 1b.;
eggs, 400 doz.—A. W. S., 2—3-27.

Saginaw (NW).—Snow all gone, ground
covered with ice. Prospects not very good
for wheat. Some ﬁelds have been under
ice since last fall. Farmers not doing
much, only chores. Roads too slippery for
horses. Some are signing for their beets.
There will not be as much new seeding
this spring as formerly. Clover seed high.
Quotations at Hemlock: Corn, 72c bu.;

.oats, 40c bu.; rye, 800 bu.; wheat, $1.24

bu.; beans, $4.35 cwt.; eggs, 300 doz.;
butter, 49c 1b.~—F. Dungey, 2-2-27.

Mason.~—Mrs. Kate L. Remisch has
complete grading and shelling of her 1926
crop certiﬁed and registered Golden Glow
Seed Corn. Has enough to plant 1200
acres. Farmers are hauling refuse from
Fears
are expressed as to condition of wheat,
due to so much ice. Snow going fast.
Quotations at Scottville: Wheat, $1.25
bu.; corn, 50c crate; oats, 50c bu.; rye,
700 bu.; beans, $4.50 cwt.; butter, 40c
1b.; eggs, 30c doz.—G .P. D., 2-3-27.

chford.——Corn fodder getting fed up.
Bean threshing and wood cutting are
among chief occupations now. Roads
fair but need frequent plowing. Weather
mild with some rain. Had bad storm
January 30th. Ground hog had a whole
day in which to see his shadow. Quota-
tions at Cadillac: Wheat, $1.15 bu.; corn,
800 bu.; oats, 500 bu.; rye, 700 bu.;
beans, $4.25 cwt.; potatoes, $1.60 cwt.;
butterfat, 50c 1b.; eggs, 32c doz.—E. H.

. D., 2—3-27.

Amelia—Weather has moderated last
few days. Snow settled about half.
Roads quite icy. Farm produce moving
slow. Quotations at Spratt: Hay, $12.00
ton; oats, 50c bu.; rye, 70c bu.; wheat,
$1.15 bu.; beans, $4.80 cwt.; potatoes.
$1.50 bu.; eggs, 35c doz.; butter, 50c lb.
——R. Haken, 2-3-27. .

Missaukee.—-A week ago today it was
30 below 2 0. Then turned warmer and
had some rain and sleet.
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EAR EDITOR: In the January
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pump freezing and will
remedy. I was troubled the same
way and I did just as the assistant

protessor at M. S. 0. suggests, only
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TWIN I-[EIFERIS WILL BREED

EAR EDITOR: Reading your
valuable paper of January 15th
I read the request of J. O. R.,
Concord, Michigan, “Will twin heif-
ers breed?” 1 have a pair of twin
heifers that freshened when they
were '17 months old and only four
days apart.
ing young cows.
The mother of these twins has
given birth to three pair of twin

calves in succession. The pair men-

tioned above were :born on January
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third pair on August 7., 1926 (one
heifer and one bull calf) all living.
Previous to this she has given birth
to ﬁve single calves, making a total

of eleven calves, at eleven years of :

age—E. D., Deckerville, Mich.

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'ACING several problems, includ-

\ ing the possibility of a shortage

of milk in the Detroit area, the
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gates on January 27th for a confer—
ence. As a result it was voted to
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ago, was intended to stimulate pro-
duction in the months of summer
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outrun supply. July, August, Sep—
tember and October were designated
as “base months.” A producer was
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hundredweight) throughout the
year for an amount equal to the av-
erage daily production during the
base period. All milk sent to mar-
ket in excess of this base received
the “surplus” price, or the price of
butter in New York plus 20 per cent.

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ucated to adjust their breeding and
feeding practices so as to get as

high a “base” as possible. But the
trouble now is that they have
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of them are seeking to avoid pro—
ducing any surplus at all, and thus
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age; that is, a shortage, while not
imminent, is possible.

Statistics compiled by officials of
the Michigan Milk ProduCers’ Asso-
ciation have shown that the day-to—
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necessary for the distributors to re-
ceive on an average a 20 per cent
surplus. For this reason a farmer
who avoids producing any surplus at
all so as to receive the base price the
year ’round is not hearing any of the
burden; and it is proposed that all
producers in the Detroit area be re—
quired to sell 10 per cent of their
milk at a “surplus” price, regardless
of the base.

The delegates authorized the sales

committee to make this change if it
seems advisable. - v

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'having learned their lesson too well
is that in November and December,
months when production formerlly
was high, the distributors are ﬁnd-

ing it necessary to tap new terri-
tory to satisfy the demand. This
condition prevailed in 1926. As a

remedy it is proposed to extend the
base period to include November and
perhaps December as well. The del-
egates authorized the sales commit-
tee to designate whatever months it
deems best as base months.

N. P. Hull, of Lansing, president
of the association, was chairman.
The problems of the distributors
were explained by William J. Ken—
nedy, vice—president of the Detroit
Creamery Co. After he had given
expression to several grievances of
the distributors, Mr. Hull remarked:

“You can see what the sales com—
mittee has to deal with.”

“I’d like to have you sit in onvthe
meetings and see what we have to
deal with,” retorted Mr. Kennedy.
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and no distributor has brains enough
to gyp them. We’re gyping each
other worse than we are you fellows,
that’s the honest truth.”

WHEN TO GRIND GRAIN
S a rule, it does not pay to grind
crush or roll feed when the
animals have good teeth and
the grains are not small and unus-
ually hard. Hard, small grains, like
rye, wheat, barley and kaﬁr should
be ground or rolled. If grinding is
not too costly it often pays to grind
grain for horses at very hard work,
high-producing dairy cows and fat—
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following them.

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NE of the most important factors in proﬁtable production during
0 the winter months is a sufficient supply of water for the cows.
Many cows suﬁer for want of sufficient water during; the cold

weather.
of water is clearly shown.

Milk contains 87.5 per cent water.
The best system to use in providing cows

Therefore, the need

with sufficient water is to install drinking cups in the barn so that the
cows will have access to water at all times. The practice of watering
cows once daily does not permit the heavy producer to consume enough

water to meet her needs.

A cow will not consume all the water she

wants if the water is ice cold. Under any circumstance, the milk ﬂow
is diminished when the cow has an insufficient quantity of water. If
running water is not available to operate drinking. cups, a trough
should be placed in he barn where the water will not freeze and if an
outside tank is used, the water should be pumped as the cows con-
sume it or a tank heater should be provided to heat the water. It
requires about the same amount of fuel to heat the water inside the
cow’s body as it does to heat the water by the use of coal or wood.
Grain and hay are quite expensive when compared with other fuel, »

such as wood.
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Those who produce cream for sale do not deliver the product as
often in the winter as during the smnmor months. The majority of
cream patrons deliver their cream either two or three times per week
during the summer months but during the wintermonths the same

patrons deliver the cream either once or twice a week.

Milk and

cream should be kept cool, but not allowed to freeze, because it is
difficult to obtain a fair sample of frozen milk and cream for testing
and it is also difficult to get an accurate test.

A common practice among farmch is to keep the cream too warm.
It is sometimes kept near a stove or in a place so warm that it sours

and absorbs or develops bad odors or ﬂavors.

Some patrons have

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effort to have it sour before it is sold.

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. ‘If a can of cream is tested when it is sweet and then it is allowed to
stand in a warm or hot place in an open can for several days or a
r week sours and is then tested again, it will invariably test higher but
there will not be any more pounds of butter fat in the can. The
reason for the higher test is explained by the fact that during the
time the can is allowed to stand around and sour there is a. quantity of
water evaporated and therefore, the per cent of water in the cream
will be less and the per cent of cream and other constituents of milk

will be relatively higher.

[Every effort should be made to produce and deliver the cream
in the best possible condition at all times of the year.——O. E. Reed,

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SELL HER FOR BEEF

V I have a very good cow that I can-
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ﬁve or six times. Sometimes she
skips a month after she has been
bred and. then again the next month
she will come in heat. I think the
cow is about ten years old. I bought
her a year ago and she had a dandy
call! by her side at the time. Will
you please tell me if there is any-
thing I could do to get her With
calf?——E. 0., Marshall, Mich.

ITH a cow of this age and act-
ing as you say I think it would
be cheapest and best to milk

her until she begins to go dry and
then sell her for beef. You might
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it would take a considerable time
and the expense of feeding and the
trouble would amount to something.
Most of these cases in cows of this
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many owners do not waste much
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would be somewhat different.

LUMP IN TEAT

Would you tell me what to do for
a cow that has a lump in her teat
ever since she calved last spring?
Caked blood comes out when I start
to milk and bloody milk comes at
the ﬁnish of milking. Milk comes
slow past this lump—G. 8., Fibre,
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HIS class of conditions are very
difficult to handle; you should
know whether this is caused

from T. B. or not and if this cow
has not been tested lately you should
have your veterinarian do so as soon
as you can. I would suggest that
you get some milk tubes from your
druggist and then boil them after
you have drawn the milk. Draw each
milking from this teat in this manner
for a few days and do not milk this
quarter by hand. See if this rest will
help this condition. No medical
treatment can be used.

RICKE'I‘S AND RATIONS

I had a litter of seven pigs that
Were perfectly normal, healthy pigs
until about ﬁve or six weeks old
when four began to develop bumps
on their backs and grew gradually
worse until two went down. Can
you give me the cause and give rem-
edy? Is it dangerous to dairy cows
to feed them cooked cull beans?
Have been feeding them but have
been told they are injurious. If all
right can you give me a formula for
balancing a ration using these, oats
and corn. Am feeding mixed hay
and cornstalks.
———H. L. W., Charlotte, Michigan.

OUR pigs developed rickets; this
is due to their not getting
enough feed with the right sort

of bone building material in it. Such
feeds as tankage are very good. If
this has gone to the point where
these hogs have gone down so early
in life it is not likely that any treat—
ment will be proﬁtable now. The
next litters you put on feed use
about 15 pounds of bone meal in
100 pounds of tankage and then
mix this with middlings, ground
oats, bran and oilmeal and make this
into a slop with skim milk.

I never fed beans and know very
little about it but I judge that they
might be fed ground ‘to the cows as
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lbs. ground oats, 100 lbs. ground
com, 100 lbs. wheat bran, 100 lbs.
oilmeal. Feed each cow one pound
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I'have a ﬁve year old cow partly
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Could you tell me something to bring
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amount needed when alfalfa hay or
clover is fed. Alfalfa containsabout
three and one-half times as much\
digestible protein as timothy while
clover contains two and 'one-half
times as much. For this reason the
amount of protein fed in the grain
must be incrgzjnd at least ﬁfty per
cent when ti thy hay is the ‘basis
of the ration.

Because all home grown grains

are relatively low in protein it is \

n e c e ss 3. r y to buy considerable
amounts of high protein feeds to
furnish this needed nutrient. Con-
sequently cows that are fed on tim-
othy hay do not show as much proﬁt
over the cost of feed as those fed a
legume hay. Frequently all that is
necessary to change a. cow from the
loss to the proﬁt column of Michi-
gan business farmers is to change
her roughage from timothy to al-
falfa.
Corn Stalks

Corn stover is not usually regard-
ed as a very good roughage and yet
large quantities of it are fed an-
nually to dairy cows. When they
are fed liberally so that the cow is
not forced to eat the coarse part of
the stalk the part eaten may be
classed with timothy hay in its use-
fulness to the animal.

Because there are corn stalks on
most farms and they do not have a
market value they must be fed up
and the dairy cow usually gets them.
She undoubtedly returns more sal-
able product from them than the
other farm animals would but they
do give the cow a handicap in her
efforts to show a. proﬁt.

If you must feed corn stalks feed
them liberally and give the cow 9.
chance to prove her Worth by giv-
ing her some hay, preferably alfalfa
or clover. If corn stalks alone are
fed they should be liberally sup-ple-
mented by a high protein grain ra-
tion.

The feeding value of any roughage
may be greatly affected by the way
in which it is cured and stored. Ex-
posure to rain may reduce the pro-
tein content of alfalfa very materi-
ally. Hay bleached by being wet
and dried several times does not
have the feeding value that it had
before the green color was de—
stroyed. Corn stalks may lose
twenty—ﬁve per cent or more of its
food value through being left in the
ﬁelds for a few weeks. This is due
to fermentation and to leaching by
rains and dew.

The question is frequently asked

Potato Train to Tour Southwestern Michigan ~

INAL plans for the operation of
the Potato Train through south—
western Michigan during the

last two weeks of March,- by the
New York Central Lines in coopera-
tion with the Michigan State Col-
lege, were made during the Farm-
ers’ Week conferences at East Lan-
sing last Week. -

The object of the train as outlined
by the college authorities, are to en—
courage the planting of certiﬁed,
seed; to stimulate greater interest in
the growing and marketing of qual-
ity potatoes; to introduce better
methods of potato culture; to dem-
onstrate the need for following
more closely the Michigan grading
standards; to show requirements
for proper storage; and to show the
market demand for high quality po-
tatoes.

The train will carry a staff of
well trained potato experts of the
Michigan State College who will dis-
cuss all phases of potato work.

The New York Central Lines in
arranging the schedule have made\
an attempt to stOp at each scheduled
town at least three hours so the vis-
itors will have ample time to look
over the exhibits in the cars and
talk to the potato experts. Lec-
tures will be given and motion pic-
tures will be shown. '

Those in charge of the train state
that unusual interest has been
shown where preliminary meetings
have been held and they expect a
large distribution of certiﬁed seed.
as a. result. -

The schedule of meetings is it
follows: Eaton apids, Monday
afternoon, March 4, 4:3 central
time; Litchﬁeld, M

       
      
 

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if the grinding of roughages makes
them more digestible. A trial con-
ducted at this'station' on ground and
unground alfalfa hay showed that
the cows produced as much milk on
the unground hay as they did when

' it was ground. Whether orrnot this

holds true for other roughages wo
do not have published data to .de-
cide, but the probabilities are that
it does.

There are other roughages and
factors affecting roughages that
should be considered in a full dis-
cussion of this subject but space will
not permit it in this article.

PIONEERING IN MICHIGAN
(COntinued from Page 16)

land was cleared and the railroad
was put through making a. market,
more crops could be raised and be
sold.

Found First Berries

The country, being all forests, no
fruit was to be had for a number of
years. Lafayette Price found the
ﬁrst blackberries on Section 3. He
at once spread the news and all the
neighbors went with pails. This was
a great treat. in was supposed a
cyclone at an early date had blown
down the timber, making an opening
in the forest, Where bushes had
sprung up. They were very tall and
the berries very large. To this day
blackberries still grow on that samo
Decker Hill though not as large and
luscious as in those early days.

The manufacturing of timber into
lumber, wood and railroad ties we.
the chief industry and source of in-
come." With the passing of the Inn.-
ber business, the people turned their
attention to agriculture and the
country has developed rapidly.

While breaking up a new piece at
ground on the farm of my father.
Charles Nelson, a French coin dated
1661 was found. It is supposed it
was lost by one of the French mis-
sionaries who passed through Mich-
igan in 1668. Near by have been
found a. number of arrowheads.

We, the people of LeRoy town-
ship are proud of the number of
good farms with good buildings,
basement barns and 63 silos. There
Is only one township in the county
that outranks us in the number 0!
silos. This shows the rapid devolu-
opment in the past sixty years.

, (Editor’s Note: Next we will publish
the experiences of a school teacher dun-
ing pioneer days.)

dale, Tuesday afternoon, March 15,
1-5; Bronson, Wednesday morning,
March 16, 8-11; Goldwater, Wednes-
day afternoon, March 16, 1-5; Stur-
gis, Thursday morning, March 17,
8—11; White Pigeon, Thursday after-
noon, Mareh 17, 12-2; Three Rivers.
Thursday afternoon, March 17, 2:30-
6; Allegan, Friday morning, March
18, 9:30—2:00 p. m.; Plainwell, Fri-
day afternoon, March 18, 3-5:
Gobles, Saturday morning, March 19,
8-12.

Battle Creek, Monday morning,
March 21, 8—11:30; Augusta, Mon-
day afternoon, March 21, 1-5; Kal-
amazoo, Tuesday morning, March
22, 8-12; Lawton, Tuesday after-
noon, March 22, 2-6; Dowagiao.
Wednesday morning, March 23.
8—12; Buchanan, Wednesday night.
March 23, 7-10; Eau Claire, Thurs-
day afternoon, March 24, 1-5;
Union City, Friday morning, March
25, 8—12; Centerville, Friday after-
noon, March 25, 1—5; Cassopous,
Friday night, March 25, 7-10; Con-
cord, Saturday morning, March 26,
8—12; Jackson, Saturday afternoon.
March 26, 1-5.—-O. B. Price.

THAT’S HOW HE SHOOK
Sam had passed through a. harm
He had seen a. ghost. Whib
his audience listened with bulging on
he related the details of his adventure.
“Ah jes’ come out of de cowshed,” In
said, “an’ All had a. bucket of milk h
mah hand. Den Ah hears a. noise by do
side of do road an’ do ghost rushes out.”
"Good heavens i” interrupted one of hi-
listeners. “Did you snake With fright. '

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HE. numb r“ or cattl ~
Michigamon January 1 was ﬁve
per cent less than one year ago
according to a statement issued by
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U. S. Agricultural Statistician for
Michigan. For the 11 corn belt
states,' the number on feed was
seven per cent less-than on‘ the
same date last year. Ohio and In-
diana reported increases of. ten per
cent each, Iowa and Missouri re-
ported an equal number, but all
others reported decreases ranging
from ﬁve to 20 per cent. In the far
west there was an increase of about
50,000 head in Colorado and a con—
siderable increase in Wyoming, but
decreases in the other range states.

The movement of feeders from
stockyards into the various states
shows but little difference in 1926
from 1925, the varying numbers on
feed being the changes in those
raised locally and those shipped in
direct from ranges. Indications
point to a larger proportion of
calves and light weight cattle on
feed than one year ago, which will
tend to delay the marketing until
after April 1 of a larger percentage
than last year.

The trend of prices during the
next two months will affect the dis—
tribution of marketings but it seems
probable that the supply during the
ﬁrst three months of 1927 will be
much lighter than during the second
quarter.

SHEEP AND LANIBS ON FEED
JANUARY 1

ICHIGAN is the most important
M sheep feeding state east of
the Mississippi river, and out—
ranked only by Colorado and Ne-
braska in the United States. The
estimated number of sheep and
lambs on feed on January 1 in the
State was 330,000 as compared with
253,000 on the same date last year,
according to the feeding report is—
sued today by Verne H. Church, U. S.
Agricultural Statistician and L.
Whitney Watkins, Commissioner of
Agriculture. There Were marked
decreases in the western range
states and in the range sections of
Nebraska and South Dakota, but
general increases throughout the
corn belt. .The gain in the 11 states
comprising the corn belt, was ap—
proximately 310,000 head or 13 per
cent, in comparison with one year
ago. The decrease in the range sec-
tions amounted to 675,000 head.
\Vhile the total number being fed
is less than that of one year ago.
the fact that there is a considerable
increase in the corn belt would in-
dicate increased marketings during
January, February and March but
a smaller supply for market during
April and May than for the corres—
ponding period in 1926.

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IscL—“Do you know why the ‘Scotch

have their sense of humor?”
Kreem—“Sure. It‘s a GIFT.”

I’ROCEEDING CAREFULLY

The junior partner was interviewing a
very pretty girl who had applied for a
position. The senior partner came in and,
after inspecting the vision, called the other
member of the ﬁrm inside and whispered:
“I’d hire her.”

"I have.”

“Can she take dictation?”

"We’ll ﬁnd that out later,” said
junior partner. “I don’t want any
stacles to crop up.”

the
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DEFINING I‘ROFANITY

A man was arrested charged with heat—
ing a horse and swearing, and one of the
witnesses was a pious old negro. “Did
the defendant use improper language?"
asked the lawyer. “Well, he did talk
mighty loud, suh.” “Did he indulge in
profanity?” The old darkey seemed puz-
zled, so the lawyer put the question in
another way. “What I mean, Uncle Abe,
is, did he use words that would be proper
for your minister to use in a sermon?"
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fellow with a broad grin, “but 0’ co‘se
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Chloride, the colored maid, had an-
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mostly yo’ treats me right, but de trouble
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all right and you may think it is
doing good work, but is it? Here is
an easy way to satisfy yourself. Ask
your De Laval Agent to bring out a new
De Laval and try this simple test:
Alter separating with your old
separator, wash [to bowl and tin-
wnro In tho skim-milk. Hold tho
skim-milk at normal room tem-
perature and run it through a new
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recovered weighed and tested.
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The new De Laval has
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((CE'HE Cutter never clogged and we had

no trouble with it whatsoever,” writes

P. C. Petersen, Johnston, R. I., after
two years’ use of a l’apec Cutter. The Feeding
mechanism has been so perfected that a man
Is no longer needed at the feeding table, saving
the wages of one man, and doing a better job.

Needs Less Power—Lasts Longer

Any good two-plow tractor will 1'1“) 21 No. 18 or No.

127 Pu; (,‘utter to capacity without danger of clog-
ging. ‘\. more there is no tractor, tho, Silo “R.” Pach
('an be used with any form gasoline ongin developing
3 h. p. or more. The Paper lasts a grout many yours
with very little upkeep (30st. J. ii. Johnson. Southboro,
Mass, bought his Papec Cutter in 1917, out from 25

to 30 acres of corn every year, also lots of hay and straw
for bedding and after eight years writes: “To date have
not spent one cent for repairs.”

Write for FREE Catalog

It shows why the I’apec has won the praise of’ men who know
machinery. it demonstrates that a Paper. will pay for itself in one
or two seasons under iavorabie conditions.

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MICHIGAN ACCREDITED I
Pinccroft Barred Rock (‘hicks Will
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would stand and hold up better}?

I am sure Mr. Kull‘has given us
a very comprehensive article on ce-
ment post manufacture. A little
further on in his letter, he tells of
using poor bank run gravels. It
seemed good enough, so several hun—
dred posts were made up. In from
three to ﬁve years these posts began
to crumble and crack. Some of these
were wound with wire to keep them
together. Some of his pictures ap-
pear in this issue. \

From Stanton

From Stanton comes a letter from
Mr. Clayton Town. This gives the
dimensions diﬁerent from Mr. Kull’s
because Mr. Kull’s were for grape
vine trellis, while Mr. Town uses his
for ﬁeld fence. In part he says: “My
father and I have always studied on
the cement post proposition, and we
ﬁnd them very satisfactory and pro-
ﬁtable if made and cured right. ,A
cement line post should be about
4X6 inches, with plenty of reinforce-
ments, such as small rods, wire,
angle iron, etc. - '

“A cement post will not stand a
sudden jar, but will stand as much
steady pressure as any post of steel
or wood. We ﬁnd a corner post
should be made according to the
length of fence it will have to hold;
A long line of fence needs a large
post, as the strain is heavy. About

‘18 by 18 inches for bottom, and 10

by 10 inches at top makes a good
looking post, and large reinforce-
ments may be used. A post of this
size should be» set 3, feet in the
ground. The material in a line post
will cost about 35 cents.”

Altogether it would seem farmers
could very proﬁtably make some ce-
ment posts. I understand wire for
reinforcement may be ordered by
hardware dealers. Some have not
had any very great success with CBr
merit posts, but this was undoubtedly
caused by mistake in their manufac-
ture. One of several things can spoil
a cement post. Among them are un-
clean gravel; too wet or two dry a
mixture; mixture too weak, or im-
proper curing.

USING HOT BEDS
(Continued from Page 21)

transplant once and then set in ﬁeld
while others prefer to shift them
from seed row to a 1%x1V2 inch
spacing, and afterward to a 3x3 or
3x4 inch spacing before setting in
the open. This latter method de-
velops a. better root growth and
consequently a healthier, sturdier
plant. 4~Kind of crop grown. Cab—
bage, cauliower, lettuce, etc, should
be sown 10 to 12 weeks before time
of setting in the ﬁeld while toma-
toes, pepper, etc., require 8-10 weeks
but are not set in ﬁeld until from 4
to 6 weeks after the former group
as the latter will not stand frost.
The successful
try to hustle things by maintaining
excessively high temperatures dur-
ing sunny days. Watering should
be done mornings and water should
be used sparingly during damp
cloudy weather as this together with
restricted ventilation promotes the

dreaded fungus disease known as
“damping off" which is no doubt thel

most fruitful source of loss and dis—
appointment to the beginner.

Take advantage of sunny days by
thorougth airing the beds but raise
the sash on the side opposite from
the prevailing wind. Avoid damp
conditions in the bed during nights
and cloudy weather.

The grower should aim to secure
a steady unchecked growth from
seed row to ﬁeld. A moderate
growth produces healthy hardy
plants while forcing produces a
spindly, succulent growth easily
killed\by adverse weather conditions
and disease. Straw and other litter
may be used as extra protection dur-
ing cold nights. Bed should also
be banked with manure to level of
sash. Space will not permit me to.
deal with all the technicalities of
plant growing but a stamped envel-
ope will bring information on any
special crops or conditions,

The fame, r who asks. afﬁne-s
“How much-Jill zyou‘gs‘lveme.” i} '

losing some

  

menargef‘stdnésy '
must be screened out. 3.831! inch?
mesh will do, as larger siza posts-

   

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A Remarkable Home Treatment
Given byIOne Who Had It

In the year of 1893 I was attacked by
Muscular and Sub-Acute Rheumatism. I
suffered as only those who are thus af-
ﬂicted know for over three years. I tried
remedy after remedy, but such relief as
I obtained was only temporm. Finally, .
I found a treatment that cured me com-
'pletely and such a pitiful condition hes
never returned. I have, given it to a
number who were terribly aﬂlieted; even
bedridden, some of them seventy to eighty
years old, and the results were the same
as in my own csse.

    

“I Had Sharp Pal-is Like Lightnlnc i
Flashes Shooting Through ' . 
My Joints." I

I want every suﬂ’crcr from any form of
muscular and sub-acute (swelling at the
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Don’t delay. Write today.

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Syracuse, N. Y. -

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RADIO STATIONS COOPERATING WITH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
This map shows the location of the various radio broadcasting stations cooperating

with the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

The numbers indicate the service being

used by each station.

ADIO DEPARTMENT

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

(Any questions regardan radlo will. be gladly answered by our radlo edltor. You receive a
personal letter and there Is no charge If your subscrlptlon ls paid up.)

 

 

The Business Farmer broad-
casts daily, except Saturday
a n d Sunday, through station
WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave
length of 270 meters.

6:40 to 6:50 ...... ..Farm School
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WABBLY ANTENNA CAUSES
VARIATION

AVE you ever attempted to tune
in on a very faint station and
been bothered by an apparent
variation in the wave-length? You
might be on exact tune when all of
a sudden the station was gone or be—
came faint and you had to retune.
‘Sometimes these troubles are
chargeable to the broadcasting ap—
paratus. 0n the other hand they
are far more often than is supposed
due to wobbly antenna on the receiv-
ing end. It is quite important for
the DX hunter to use heavy wire in
the aerial, rigidly guyed poles and
secure fastenings. Moreover, it is
particularly objectionable if the
lead-in swings and it should be
stretched tautly. ,
Antenna wobbling causes more
trouble on short waves than on long.
When the aerial moves its capacity
with respect to the earth or nearby
objects like: trees and buildings is
changed. The effect is much the
same as placing a variable condenser
between aerial and ground posts and
varying it rapidly.
If you notice these effects in your
own set—not only on one DX station
but on most of the weaker ones, get

after your aerial system and tighten
it up. If the aerial is hooked to a
tree that moves in the wind, it is
easy enough to fasten a door-spring
between tree and insulator. Or, if
this isn’t enough, fasten a pulley to
the tree and run the rope from the
insulator thru the pulley and down
to a window-weight.——Pennsylvania
Farmer. -

BROADCASTING COMPANY TO
SPEND MILLIONS

ANY of you listen to the ﬁne
programs beng broadcast by
station WEAF of New York

City, either direct of through WWJ
of Detroit, and perhaps you have
wondered how much expense there
was connected with it. If you have
you will be interested in knowing
that during 1927 the National
Broadcasting Company, owners of
WEAF, are planning on spending
$3,800,000 to supply your entertain-
ment. In addition to this commer-
cial companies sponsoring programs
over the company’s hookups will
pay out $1,500,000 for talent. Twen-
ty-ﬁve stations are associated regu-
larly with the company, which, dur—
ing the next 12 months expects to
pay out $800,000 for wires. tele-
phone service, and special engineers
to help with the hookups.

SOLUTION OF STATIC

HEER UP, radio fans. An east-
ern professor declares that the
static and fading, which causes
all of us to declare many times that
we will throw our receiving sets into
discard and never listen—in again,

will be solved in about 25 years.

 

 

 

EVERY STEP

CULLnxiNG and
BREEDING

by
PROF. E. C. FOREMAN

‘&

PRICE 75 CENTS

Published by
MODERN. POULTRY BREEDER
Zeeland. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The'IBusiness Farmer, Dept; P, Mount Clemens, Michigan

EVERY STEP in CULLING and
BREEDING 

is a book that not only every
poultryman but every farmer has
a need for. Although Prof. Fore-
man is still a young man it has
been said by a leading poultry-
man that there is not a man liv—
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Nothing means more to baby chicks than a good start in life
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All rules for correct feeding can be boiled down to: “The
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The right feed, of course, means LARRO, a starter having
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THE FIRST CARE FOR
BABY“ CHICKS

S soon as baby chicks are re-

ceived from 'a hatchery, or are

taken from your incubator, put
them into a brooder which registers
95 degrees just on the inside, of the
outside, of your hover. Give them
no feed until they are 48 hours old.
Then give them luke-warm butter-
milk or clabbered milk to drink. And
for a feed inix one tablespoonful of
the following dry mash with one tea-
?spoonful of dry sand and give to
each twenty chickens. Spread it
out on a clean paper and burn the
paper after each feeding. Give this
feed ﬁve times a day.

Dry mash for baby chicks:
Twenty—nine pounds of gray shorts
or middlings, ﬁfty—eight pounds of
corn—meal, fourteen and a half
pounds of rolled oats, one—half
pound of ﬁne salt, a handful of ﬁne
charcoal, ﬁve pounds of bone-meal,
and eight pounds of fresh lard-
cracklins ground up ﬁne.

At the end of the ﬁrst week
double the amount of their mash,
and after two weeks keep the sand
and dry-mash before them continu—
ally, but, in separate self-feeders.

At the end of the ﬁrst two weeks
start giving them a scratch feed
twice a day and have it composed of
the following, equal parts of rolled
-oats, cracked corn, and cracked
wheat. Also start at this time to
give them a wet mash, twice daily,
composcd of the above dry-mash
mixed with enough sour—milk, or
water, to make it crumbly. Feed

   

this mash, in twenty minutes. If
your chickens do not run in the sun—
shine all day. mix one tablespoonful
of cod-liver oil with each quart of
dry mash they eat. Mix only enough
at a time for one day's feeding.
Start feeding the cod—liver oil, and
a green feed, at two weeks of age.
The best green feed for baby chicks
is fresh lettuce, and the next best
is sprouted oats. If baby chicks
are fed as directed, some of them
will weigh 2 pounds at 8 weeks of
age and their feed will cost you
about 200. Keep water before them
continually after they are two weeks
of age—Lavinia Heminger.

HOLDING POULTRY SCHOOLS IN
OTTAWA COUNTY

N order to promote better methods
I in feeding, housing and manage—

ment of Ottawa county poultry
ﬂocks County Agent C. P. Milham
is holding two poultry schools, each
one for two days. The ﬁrst one will
be held on February 15th and 16th
at Hudsonville, the second one on
the 17th and 18th at Coopersville.
A record attendance is desired.

The industry in that county
amounts to over three million dol—
lars yearly, yet there are great
losses of baby chicks from wrong
feeding, housing and management
conditions and losses in production
in mature stock from the same
causes and from preventable dis-
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COLORED BANDS FOR HENS

HILE a poultry flock owner

can still tell the young pullets

from the old hens, it is a good
idea to hand all the young pullets
with the colored leg bands. Mark-
ing the flock in this way helps in
culling the hens later in the year.
Egg production usually decreases
with age until ﬁnally hens become
unproﬁtable to keep. The time when
a hen ceases to be proﬁtable as.an

only what they will eat up clean, of J

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old rule that two years was the limit": '

for hens and 11 three year old hens
should be sol does not hold in the
case of the better layers, the agri-
cultural college- has fOund. The
colored bands will always tell who-
ther a hen is one, two, or three
years old.
be used next year, of course.

LOSE FEATHERS ,

I would like very much to ask you
if you can tell me the cause of part
of my poultry. The feathers have
come out on their heads and part
way down their necks, still they are
very healthy and eat well and also
lay. I never had them do that be-
fore. I know it is not lice—«Mrs.
E. M. P., Owosso, Michigan.

HIS is due to one of two causes;
they are feather mites or im-
proper feeding. Examine these

birds carefully for small mites at
the base of the feathers. If you do
not ﬁnd them you will then know
that it is due to the feeding and
you will add bonemeal about 5 lbs.
to 100 lbs., also 15 lbs. of meat
scraps or 60 per cent tankage to
each 100 lbs. Also plenty of butter-
milk and skim milk, all they will
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TUBERGUIA )SIS

I would like to know if you can
tell~ me what is wrong with our
chickens. They get lame, some in
one leg and some in both, linger
along that way for a few days and
die. It seems" to affect the young
chickens more than the old ones.
We have lost quite a numberand
would like to know if there is a. cure
for it or not. Their appetite is good
all the time they are lame—Mrs.
F. A. D., Silverwood, Michigan.

THINK your chickens have T. B.
Remove the sick ones from the
flock. Clean up and disinfect.

Then feed the flock with bonemeal
and meat scraps and plenty 'of milk.
Have one or two birds examined by
your veterinarian to make sure if it
is this disease but feel sure that it
is. You should then have your vet-
erinarian test them'for this disease
and destroy all the diseased ones.—
Dr. Geo. H. Conn.

MARKET FOR BROILERS

Would like to know what time the
broiler market opens in Detroit.
Does it open at about the same time
every year? We built a broader
house this fall and I feel that I can
raise broilers and would like to get
them on best market.———Mrs. H. B.
H., Brant, Michigan. .

E wish to advise that the earli-
W est fresh broilers seem to come

to this market from Missouri
about April 1st, but of course they
are high priced at that time and the
demand is relatively small, as most
of the hotels continue to handle
frozen broilers until the price on
fresh stock gets more reasonable.
One ﬁrm, who dress considerable
poultry, advise us that they do not
aim to handle fresh broilers much
before the middle of May, since they
can not merchandise them to advan-
tage before that date due to their
high price. The market for broil-
ers opens up about the same time
each year.—-G. V. Branch, Director,
Municipal Bureau of Markets, ‘De-
troit.

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this feed. Total cash {omega sold $116.05, feed $05.30, not ﬂout, I
$50.75. January 1, 1927. I have we so pie m'més-l a the f."

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EAR EDITOR: Here is my poultry record for 1926. January 1,

1926, I had 20 pallets and 18 hens one year old. May 20th. we
set one and killed one now' and then to out until October when
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rhea, although this Symptom is not
always present.

The sick chicks huddle close to
the heat; they stand with droopy
wings. and heads .drawn in; they
lack appetite: they lose color in
comb and wattles and the feathers
roughen. ~

The disease makes its appearance
when the chicks are three or four
weeks old and its worst ravages are
over when the chicks are eight or ten
weeks old.

EggorOocystStage. The eggs of
the coccidiosis parasite are dis—
charged in the droppings of sick
or adult birds who have the disease
in its chronic form. If eaten in this
stage, the eggs are harmless.

Spore Stage. In two or three days,
the parasite eggs develop spore
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forms. Putting clean, dry litter in
the broody house daily or every
other day is one of the best safe-
guards against coccidiosis.

Sporozoites or Meromites. These
are the live active forms that repro-
duce in the intestinal walls, causing
the chicks to be sick.

Sick (hick. A chick sick with
coccidiosis dies, completely recovers
or becomes a chronic type, capable
of spreading the disease.

The coccidiosis parasite eggs are
very resistant, living for more than
a year in the soil.

The best means for preventing and
controlling coccidiosis are:

a. Keep the brooder house and
yards clean. Scrub the brooder
house ﬂoor and the feeding and wa—
tering devices with a lye solution be-
fore putting the chicks in. Keep the
litter clean and dry.

b. Feed plenty of milk. Milk
keeps the contents of the intestinal
tract acid, making an unfavorable
condition for the development of the
disease. It also stimulates growth
and makes the chicks more resistant
to disease.

0. Get. rid of the chronic carriers
of the disease by culling out all
weak, thin, ruffled-feathered, poorly
developed birds. They won’t give
results in egg production anyway, so
get rid of them early—International
Harvester Co.

PICK GEESE BY \VET DIETHOD

I would like to know how to clean
a goose, either dry or steaming. I
have trouble and get the wings
skinned some—L. M., Middleville.
BELIEVE’ the most satisfactory
way to pick geese is to give the
brain stick, and then use a wet
pick—C. G. Card, Professor of
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years and designed to aid in keeping down
the cost of living, have been placed on
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This invention by which eggs are steril-
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oil bath makes it possible, it is claimed.
to keep eggs almost indeﬁnitely.

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Outlook for Live Stock Very Good

Rye in Strong Position— Wheat Appears Steadier

  

By W. W. FOOTE, Market Edits».

UR home commerce is moving

along at a satisfactory pace, and

the banks are making loans to
borrowers in good standing at rather
low rates of interest, but the federal
reserve banks have been reporting
further slackening in the demand
for credit, with continued ease in
money rates. In most agricultural
districts fewer farm mortgages are
being made, and high-grade farms in
the middle west are selling at good
prices. Otherwise there is no marked
change in general farming conditions,
and farmers are planning ahead for
their spring work. With such a.
promising outlook for the general
livestock industry, most farmers in
the great corn belt states are pretty
sure to remain corn growers, and so
much infe .ior corn was raised last
year that it is highly important to
exercise care in selecting seed corn
for the spring planting. Further-
more, it is not enough to use good
corn for planting, as times have
changed materially, and a higher
grade of corn is used than a decade
ago. It is perhaps useless to add
that at a time when farmers are
complaining of a lack of proﬁt in
raising corn for marketing it would
be foolish to court disaster by de-
pending on other farmers to buy
their corn. Obviously, the right
course to follow is to take advantage
of the situation and convert their
corn and other feed into beef, pork,
lard and mutton. Probably, the out-
look for live stock was never more
promising than it is right now, late
reports by the Department of Agri-
culture showing decidedly fewer cat~
tie in feeding districts than a year
ago. Farmers are making good pro-
fits on hogs and cattle, and there is
a good promise for the sheep indus—
try, despite recently glutted markets
and much lower prices than in re—
cent years.

Rye Sells High

Rye is in a strong position, and
high prices are paid. Last year’s
rye crop in the United States was the
smallest raised in fourteen years,
while the European crops were only
four—fifths as large as in the previous
year. High prices seem assured un-
til another crop is grown, notwith—
standing the fact that several of the
countries of Europe are steadily low-
ering their consumption of rye bread,
wheat ﬂour being largely substi-
tuted.

Moderate Trading in Grain

In former years speculation in
grain was on a much greater scale
than it is now, and it was on the
whole a bullish factor in making
prices for wheat and the other cer-
eals, for it is usually the case that
the average man is oftener a bull
than a beer. The wheat market has
been in a rut of late and sales for
May delivery on the Chicago Board
of Trade have been not far away
from $1.43 a bushel. When it sold
there it was usual for traders to sell
and bring about a decline of a few
cents, followed by renewed buying
and rallies in prices. It begins to
look like a gradual change for the
better in the wheat market, with
fair buying on some days by expert-
ers, while word comes from Kansas
City that the ﬂour mills of«that city

are grinding on full time. Other-
wise, the ﬂour trade, both of the
southwest and northwest, is slow,

with mill running on short time.
Exports of breadstuffs are good
only part of the time, but the
visible wheat supply in the United
States is decreasing, and a short
time ago it was down to 55,728,000
bushels, comparing with 57,804,000
bushels a week earlier and 45,235.-
000 bushels a year ago. May wheat
sold a year ago at $1.77, while two
years ago it sold for $2.06. Wheat
is marketed freely most of the time,
as are corn, oats and rye, and
ample supplies are in sight, especial-
ly of corn. May. corn at around 81
'cents is a few cents lower than a
year ago, while two years ago sales

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yeremade as high as $1.37. May ,

oats at 47 cents are a little higher
than last year; and No. 2 white oats
are scarce at 50 cents for cash lots.
May We has sold up to $1.10'on a
short crop, or about where it sold a
year ago.

Good Outlook for Hogs

According to the recent report of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, the hog supply has been
gaining to a considerable extent, the
increase for the calendar year 1926
being 481,000 head, or 1 per cent.
Value increased 75 cents per head.
This increase is not startling, and
farmers have no reason to worry
about the future, our population be-
ing extremely large and growing rap-

627,000- head less than a year ago.
For the year to late date combined
receipts in seven western packing
points aggregate 912,000 cattle, com-
paring with 1,012,000 a year ago.
Decreasing offerings of the better
kinds in the Chicago market have put
prices exeremely high, while common
to medium short fed cattle were slow
to higher, despite decreasing sup-
plies. Beef steers sold at $7.75 to
$8.75 for the poorer light weights
up to $11.50 to $13 for‘choice to
extra weighty steers, with the bulk
of the sales at $9.25 to $11.75 and
the best yearlings at $12.25. A year
ago steers sold at $7.75 to $11.65.
Recent sales of prime steers were at
the best prices of the year and $1
above the best price for heavy steers
in 1926. Limited offerings of stock-
ers and feeders have put prices much
higher, with sales at $6.50 to $8.50
mainly at $7 to $8 and no good lots
below $7. .

 

 

M. B. F. MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO
EVERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday, at 7:05 o’clock,
eastern standard time, The Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts
market information and news of interest to farmers through raido
station WGHP of Detroit. This station operates on a wave length

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idly, while the consumption of fresh
and cured hog products continues on
a large scale. Aggregate stocks of
lard at western packing points at the
close of January were up to 31,533,—
000 pounds, comparing with 17,330,-
000 pounds a month earlier and 27,-
487,000 pounds a year ago; but the
stocks of cured hog meats were less
than last year, despite a good Janu-
ary increase, standing at 195,272,-
000 pounds comparing with 156,120,-
000 pounds a month earlier and 205,-
687,000 pounds a year ago. So far
prices of provisions have ruled much
lower than last year, while hogs sold
far higher than in recent years, 1926
excepted. Recently hogs sold in the
Chicago market for $11 to $12.75,
comparing with $10.90 to $13.75 a
year ago; $9.20 to $11.20 two years
ago and $6.20 to $7.45 three years
ago. For this year to late date the
receipts in seven western packing
points were 2,743,000 hogs, compar-
ing with 2,905,000 a year ago and
4,262,00 two years ago. Hogs ar-
riving in Chicago average in weight
236 pounds, four pounds above the
ﬁve year average.
Fat Cattle Higher

As reported by the Department of
Agriculture, the number of cattle in
this country on January 1 was 1,-

WHAT

The fact that farm legislation is
before Congress and prospects of its
paSsing are good gives the wheat
market strength and the trade is
buying. Export business is moder-
ate. Primary receipts continue of
good volume and the movement in
parts of the Southwest is reported
to be as big as at any time on the
crop.

CORN
Farm legislation is also playing a
big part in the corn market and
prices are higher than they were a
week ago. Offerings are rather
light with trade fairly active.

OATS
Oats trade has improved some
during the last fortnight and higher
prices are looked for in the future.

Offerings are moderate and trade
fair.

RYE
Rye continues in a very bullish
condition with foreign interests

buying nearly everything offered on
the market. Further advances are
expected.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit Chicago lieu ')ll. Detrorz
Feb. 9 Feb. 9 Jan. 25 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No.2 Red $1.39 $1.40 $1.86

No. 2 \Vllite 140 1.41 1.87

No. 2 Mixed 1-38 1.39 1.86
CORN— ‘

No. 2 Yellow ~30 p .82 .80

N0. 3 Yellow ' ‘5 .73@.73§4 .79
OATS

No. 2 White -51 .47 1,4 51 1,4 .44

No. 3 White .48 .42@.47 .4855 .43
RYE-m

Cash No. a 1.07 1.06 .98
BEANS—-

C, H. P_ m 4.70@4.80 4.75@4.80 4.4o@4.5o
POTATOES—

(NeMPe, cm 2.66 1.90@2.10 3.00 @3.16 4.00@4.oo
HAY-—

No. 1 Tim. 19@20 20@22 19@270 24@24.50

No, 2m, 17@18 18 20 17@ 18 21322

No. 1 Clove.- 19@2o 23 24 19@20 21 22

Light Mixed ; 18@ 19.50 20 @21 18@ 19.50 .- 22.50@23

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. new, $2.85.

There are plenty of beans being

offered on the market but buyers do ‘

not appear to be very plentiful. Th.
prices remain around the same level
as two weeks ago.
being offered at all kinds of prices

Red kidneys are .

with light reds around $6.50 and '

dark reds $4.50 per cwt.

POTATOES
Since the latter part of DecembelI

 

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potato prices have been working:

lower although the change duri
the last few weeks have amount
to only a few cents at, most points.
Part of this weakness is due to lower
prices for other products and partly

*‘ to the knowledge that the crop 11:

larger than it was a year ago.
some markets the price is only

slightly more than one-half what it ‘

was a year ago. Experts are in-

clined to believe that 1927 will be a 1
good year providing growers will cut -
their acreage rather than increase .

it. However, reports indicate that :
growers intend to oincrease their,’
acreage slightly this year.

HAY

The market appears to be a little
easier in tone. Receipts are light

but enough is being received to take .

care of demand which is not active.
Low grades of all kinds are dull and
uneven in price.

BOSTON WOOL MARKET

Transactions are small with medium .

grades of territory wools comprising most
of the trade.

quality are quoted at 45646c, grease

Fleece wools of the Ohio ;

basis for ﬁne and medium staples and '

quarter-blood at 45c.

DE'I'ROIT BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter is unchanged at 49@50c pe‘r lb.
for best creamery in tubs.
with demand oﬂ some. The price
ﬁrsts is 36% @370 per doz. '

DETROIT LIVE POUIZI‘RY

offrelh

mil-NM.

Hens slightly easy, other lines steady. .
Hens, good selling colored, 30c; leghornl. ‘

23c. Cocks, 18@19c. Springs, under I
lbs, 28c; over 5 lbs, 26c; leghorn, 23o:
stage, 230; capons, fat, 7 lbs up, 36@38¢.
Ducks, white, 4% lbs up, 35c; smaller or
dark, 32c. Geese, 25c. Turkeys: Young.

No. 1, 8 lbs up, 440; old toms, 32o.
Pigeons, $2 doz. ,
SEEDS
DETROIT—Clover, ca sh, domestig

$23.50; imported, $21.50; February, $17.-
90; March, $17.80.
March, $22.75. Timothy, cash, old, $2.65:

TOLEDO—C lover,
$23.50 ; imported, $21.50.
new, $2.85.
$22.75.

cash, domestic.

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Alsike, cash, $22.50; _-

Timothy, cash. ,
Alsike, cash, $22.50; March. 3

DETROIT, Feb. 9.—Cattle——Markot'
opening steady with little more life to .

trade. Good to choice yearlings, $100
10.25; best heavy steers, $8.50@9.75; best
handy weight butcher steers, $7.25 @8:
mixed steers and'heifers, $6@7.25; handy
light butchers, $6@6.75 light butcherﬁ

$5@5.75; best cows, $5.50@6.50; butcher ‘

cows, $4.50@5.50; common cows, $4.25@
4.75; canners, $3.50@4.25; choice light
bulls, $6@6.75; heavy bulls,
stock bulls, $5@6.25; feeders, $6@7.50:
stockers, $5.50@7; milkers and springerl.
$55@90.

Veal Calves—Market
$16.50@17; others, $4@16.

steady.

$5.50@7; ‘

Best r

Sheep and Lambs—Market steady. Best -

lambs, $13@13.25; fair lambs,
light to common lambs, $6@10;

$11@12; 3
fair to ‘

good sheep, $5@7.75; culls and common. ;

$2.50@4.
Hogs—M a. r k e t
$12.40 @ 12.50.

slow. Mixed hogs.

EAST BUFFALO, N. Y.——(United.

States Department of Agriculture)—Hogl -’

—Around 10c higher; few 180 lbs. down. '
200 to 230 lbs., .

including pigs, $13.25;

$13@13.10; packing sows, $10.50@11.25.

Cattle—Few reactor cows steady at $30
3.50. Calves—Nominal; top vealers quot-
able $17. Sheep—Steady; bulk good and

choice fat lambs, $13.25; cull and com- j

mon, $11 @ 11.50.

CHICAGO—There was a. further prim ‘
advance in the hog market, running price. .

up to a top of $12.75. Light grades of
hogs were 15 cents higher than the best
time Friday, while butchers were strong
to 10 cents up.
and packing hogs‘ on hand to test
trade.
012.75 at the week’s high point. ‘
butchers placed at $12.@12.40.
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' DRESSED CALVES—S t e a d y ;- best
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GRAND RAPIDS QUOTATIONS

Wheat—No. 1 red, $1.20 bu; rye 820
bu; com, 850 bu; oats, 48c bu; barley.
900 bu; buckwheat, $1.50 cwt; beans.
~white, $4.20@4.30 cwt.

Hay——No. 1 timothy, $17 ton; No. 2
timothy, $16@16 ton: No. 1 mixed. 817
ton; No. 1 clover, $191,420 ton; No. 1
alfalfa, $20633 om; straw, 815 ton.

Butter fat, 53c Eb.

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HE average Weather conditions
for the week beginning Febru—
ary 13th in Michigan will be

cold and dry. These conditions,
however, will be modiﬁed from day
to day.

At the very beginning of the week
there will be rain, sleet or snow
storms together with high winds. As
the rear of this storm arrives .in the
state the temperature will rapidly
fall and the state will experience a
brief cold spell. ’

Immediately after the middle of
the week there will be a moderation
in the temperature. Together with
the expected rains and warmer
weather much snow will disappear,
especially over southern counties.
However, rains will soon turn to
sleet and snow in small amounts at
the end of the week and high winds
and colder will follow.

Week of February 20

Storminess at very beginning of
this week will soon give way to fair
and colder «weather. This weather
will then last until near middle of
week at which time sky conditions
[will become unsettled.

As a result of the low pressure at
this time temperatures will show
higher readings, winds will increase
in force and there will follow gen-
eral storms of rain or snow that will
continue through most of the last
half of the week.

The week ends with falling tem-
perature and clearing weather. The
general trend of the temperature
will be downward until the latter
part oi.’ next week.

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POWELL MADE OOMIMI$IONER
OF AGRICUIII'URE
OVERNOR Fred W. Green vir-
tually completed his official
family when on February 3 he
announced the appointment of H. E.
Powell of Ionia as Commissioner of
Agriculture to succeed L. Whitney
Watkins of Manchester. V

Mr. Powell is well known in
Grange circles, having been Master
of his local Grange and of the Ionia
County Pomona Grange and also
having taken a very prominent part
in State Grange work. He has been
a Farm Bureau leader since that or-
ganization was started and just re-
cently refused re—election as presi-
dent oi.’ the Ionia County Farm Bu-
reau. Also he was a member of the
State Legislature for four terms, and
was a strong supporter of the Agri-
cultural College and encouraged the
starting of the short-courses at that
institution.

The State Deparment oi! Agricul-
ture, ’under the administration of
Mr. Watkins, has made splendid
progress and is today an agency
which is rendering a very valuable
service to Michigan agriculture. Mr.
Powell takes over his important
duties under very favorable circum-
stances. He has announced that he
is in full sympathy with the various
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Clean plowing, authorities agree is the best
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MY ACCREDITED HERD OF

Hlﬂllllﬂtﬂ HﬂlSlHN BAlllE

On account of going into market gardening business can-
not give them proper care so will sell entire herd.
herd is headed by De Cream 00 Ormsby De Kol 44026.7, a
son of Sir Hengerveld Pietertje Ormsby 234786, and he
is sireing real dairy type calves.

A real producing herd of 19 cows, which averaged in C. T. A. last year, 9587
lbs. milk, 336 lbs. fat at average age of 3 yrs. C.
An almost 20,000-1b. junior 2 year old with 800 lbs. butter, and 4 of
her daughters. Also a daughter of a 28-1b. cow, with 2 nearest dams averaging
700 lbs. milk 30 lbs. butter in 7 days.

Priced for quick sale.

WILLIAM GOTTSCHALK, NEW HAVEN, MICHIGAN.
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Mount Carmel, Illinois.

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cessful stock breeder preferred. No I] htweizht
Will connect. F. E. Breakey, Walled La e, Mich.

 

 

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FOR SALE. 90 ACRES. STOCK AND TOOLS.
700d b ' inxs. No encumberances. Evert
Michael, Munith, Michigan, Route 2.

FOR SALE OR RENT ALL 0R PART OF MY
Farm 860 acres on a good gravel road. Frank
Glawe, eoc. Michigan.

 

 

HOMESPUN TOBACCO: CHEWING 0R SMOK—
inz, 5 pounds $1.25- ten, $2.00. Guaranteed.

Pay when received. P1 e.free for names ten

tobacco users. Farmers men, Paducah. Ky.

TOBACCO; KENTUCKY SWEETLEAF. SMOK-
ing-chewmg. 15. lb. $3.25. Pay when received.
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EARN $120 To $250 MONTHLY; EXPENSES

paid as Railway Trafﬁc Inspector. We secure
gmition for you after wmplction o! 3 month's
ome study course or men . Excellent
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WANTED TO RENT, ON SHARES FABM_WI'I‘H
took and stock. Albert .De lines, Dighton.
Michlun.‘

FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR SMALL FARM,
160 norm in ‘Menominoe County. M. L. White.
Hermantville, Michigan.

80 ACRES. GOOD LOCATIONHGOOD. CONDI-
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guide. free on application. POULTRY
CHICKS: BARRED ROCKS PROVE
BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY  assess?“ arms

Ado under this heading 80¢ per
“at. line for 4 line. or more.
lance per insertion for 8 lines or
one.

 

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ERTIFIED WOLVEBINE OATS ONE DOLLAR
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BARRED ROCK COCKERELS AND PULLETS
laying strain. Yrs. Marian Maya-s, R1, Hem-

I lock, Michigan.

 

BARRED ROCK ‘COCKERELS. BRED FROM

Holterman's P eed Aristocrat: direct. Light
and dark. Price LOO—Two for $7.00. N.
Ayers & Son, Silverwood, MM,

 

BE QUICK, AMAZINGLY LOW CHICK AND

Egg Prices. Rocks , . , pure bred.
Prompt delive . Explanation Free. Merrill
Hatchery, Merri . Michigan.

 

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clicks—Order your chicks now and get Mich—
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there?" "Maki’ﬁlinwﬁ'égn Finley Hatchery
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Tells what a modern cream separator should do;
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