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In this issue: “Fixing Ugihe Yard A Bit”——“Here Is How You Can Get Refund For Gasoline Used
ling and Planting Your Seed Potatoes”


 

    

' sults then used. It is patterns?
that in those counties in which the»

' , used in Michigan as there was

three years ago,” declares L.
F. Livingston, agricultural engineer-
ing specialist at M. S. 0.. Who is

planning marl digging demonstra-y

tions for 1927.

Mr. Livingston is 01' the opinion
”that marl over a large part of the
* state is the cheapest form of lime.
Many counties have dry beds from
which the marl can easily be ob-
tained but as in Newaygo county, it
takes a series of digging demonstra-
tions to get the operations under
way.

Larry Kurtz, farm crops specialist,
will assist Larry Livingston in the
demonstrations. The object oi! the
work is to show that marl can be
successfully placed on dry ground in
a pile at one-third to one-half the
price of ground limestome per acre
and that it will produce the same re-

" VE times as much marl is being ‘

 

work has been carried on in previ-

creased, which in turn has brought
about an increase in fertility and
higher crop yields.

The demonstrations will be car-
ried on principally in the southwest
one-third of the State. The county
agents have agreed to cooperate in
helping to locate'marl beds and to
check up on the use of marl in their

‘ respective counties.—Kline.

 

COLLEGE PLANS ANOTHER
TRAIN TO TOUR STATE
OOPERATING with the G. R. and
I. railroad the Michigan State
College has planned another
special train for the farmers oi! this
State. Thedates are April 25th to
29th. This train will take up marl
digging and spreading, and the
spreading of lime. College experts
will accompany the train and give

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one years, the alfalfa acreage has in-'

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Rapids, 8 a. m.,, April26; Reed” City,

  

April 26; Lake City, 8 a. ‘in., April
27; Manton, 1 p. m., April 27 ; Kal-

kaska, 8 a. m., April ‘28; Alba, lhp. -

In. April 28; Boyne Falls, 8 a. m.,
April 29; Levering, '2 p. m., April
29. .

USES ORCHARD DUSTER IN
POTATO FIELD .

E all have the same opportuni-
ties but the use we make of
them is what counts. Here is

something that may be of interest to
several farmers and make it possible
for them to save time as this farmer
did. He also is receiving a larger
return from his money invested in
machinery. Mr. Walter Deitz of
Manistee county, Michigan, uses a
small power orchard duster in his
potato ﬁeld. Early morning gives
the best results. The duster mount-
ed on a wagon makes the rounds

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'l'O‘DAY

E was a man who believed
that Tomorrow would take
care of itself. It always had.

There was no reason that he could
see, whythingsshouldnotgoonbe—
ing the same every day. But he did
not reckon with Age—relentless age
that came creeping along, slowly
but surely—until one day, before he
was aware, the truth came to him.

It was to late then. Worn out and
helpless they set him adrift on life’s
merciless seas. Younger men took
his place. He had no savings, no
place to go. Just a broken machine.
old before its time.

There are hundredsof men just like
him, with a faith in each Tomorrow
that tells them to take each day as it
comes. Men who are working every
day, but never get anywhere. They
are the men who never learn the

Statistics showthat eight out of ten

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the age of sixty-ﬁve. And more
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they never know the freedom of
ﬁnancial independence.

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you be among the ranks of second-
hand men, who break early in the
game? Will you believe in each
Tomorrow or will you make that
Tomorrow what you want it to be?
YOUR future depends upon YOU
saving a partof What you earn today.
The future of those who depend
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IN BARRY

HERE was one hundred acres at

asparagus set, in Barry county

during the spring of 1926 and

this spring’s planting will show an

increase, according to Ogden N.

Kaiser, one of our Barry county sub-
scribers.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY AGENT GOES
WITH FARM BUREAU ~

LAUDE L. NASH, county agricul-

tural agent for St. Clair for the

last two years has resigned to

 

go with the State Farm Bureau as

director of Organization work.. He
is well liked and his resignation was
accepted under protest. Previous to
going to St. Clair county he.acted as
county agent in Cass for two years
and for seven years in Branch coun-
ty. In his new position he will work
with the various county farm bu-

reaus ot'the State helping with their ,

organization work.

MICHIGAN LEADS IN FOR-
WY WORK
TOTAL 01' 33,828 acres of State
forest plantations puts Michigan
. in the lead of three states under
the jurisdiction or the Lakes States
Forest Experiment Station, or St.
Paul, Minn. Nearly 19,000 acres
have been planted in this state dur-
ing the last three years.

TOUR FOR POTATO GROWERS
PLANNED
REENVILLE will be the ﬁrst
stop of a. statewide potato
tour to be undertaken the sec-
and week of August by a large cara-
van of Michigan growers and dele-

gates trom other states. The tour .

will be organized at Michigan State

College, with Greenville the gather-

ing point for farmers from the po-
tato sections and an itinerary which
includes a stop at Cadillac and
swings through Antrim, Cheboygan
and Alpena counties. »

A portion of the group will con-

tinue from Alpena for a tour of the ‘

upper peninsula. ,

Tours previously have been under— j
taken by beekeepers, horticulturists .

and other farm groups, but not by
the potato growers of the state. ‘

PAYMENT CHANGED TO $2 FOR ,

SWEET CORN CLEAN-UP
0RD has been received from

Washington that the Secretary '

of Agriculture had approved

the amendment for the maximum

compensation of $2.00’per acre for

cleaning up sweet corn ﬁelds, ac-

cording to H. E. Powell, State Com—
missioner of Agriculture. . ~

It was ﬁrst announced that tarm—

ers would be reimbursed for the 3
extra labor incident to the clean-up ,

in an amount not to exceed $2.00

per acre for ileld corn, and 31.00 L

per acre for sweet corn.

45 STATE HAVE GAS TAX

ASOLINE tax has been adopted

by forty-ﬁve of the forty—eight

states in the union. The three
states that have not adopted such a
tax—~Illinois, Massachusetts and
New Jersey—rely on their large
automobile registrations for high-
way funds. Kentucky and South
Carolina have adopted the highest
tax, 5 cents a gallon. The next high-
est tax is that in Virginia, 4% cents.
Five states have a 4-oent tax and
nine have a 3-cent tax. By far the
greatest nhmber use the 2mm per
gallon tax. In addition to the gas
tax, every state reports a motor ve—
hicle too, which ranges from $3 for
the average-sized car in Calitornia
to $34 for the same type ‘01 car in
Oregon. '

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927

Entered as 2nd class matter, A

22.1917 t
Mt. Clemens, Mich. under '10: 1875.

Eleventh Hour Rush Rampant In Legislature

Lawmakers Are Helping Many Other Classes But Wasting Little Sympathy On Farmers

UT in front of the Capitol, with
his back to the State House and
his eyes toward the rising sun,

stands in heroic proportions the ﬁg-
hrs. of "Austin Blair. As the law-

islature these beautiful spring days,
they envy that statue of Michigan’s
Civil War Governor and wish that
they too might turn their backs on'
State affairs and once more return
to their several homes.

Meanwhile the legislative mill is

‘grinding along feverishly in a be-

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lated attempt to clean up some of
the more important of the hundreds
of measures which have been throwu
into the legal hopper. More obvious
progress is made each day now than
during any week of the ﬁrst part of
the session and a week now shows
more evident achievement than .a
month at the fore part of the session.
Resolutions providing for completing
the regular work of the Legislature
by April 30 are pending in both the
Senate and the House, but no deﬁn-
ite action has been take non this
matter.

It remains to be seen whether
Michigan agriculture will gain or
lose by the activity of the solons
this winter. It sometimes appears
that they are trying to make it pos-
sible for the various governmental
units to go deeper into debt
(through removing limits on bond
issues), that they are studiously
avoiding all tax reform, while at the
same time they are devising a mul-
titude of new ways to spend the
public money, and that they are try-

' ing to elevate the standards of most

of the organized classes of city
people.

A great quantity of legislation is
being enacted to better the condition
of organized labor and to protect
druggists, barbers, hair dressers,
cosmeticians, spine adjusters and toe
nail trimmers.

Senators and representatives are
Consistently smothering every effort
to lighten the tax burden on Michi—
gan farmers. While they do nothing
to remedy the present situation un-
der which farmers pay out 50 per
cent of their net income in taxes,
they persist in paring to the bone
any appmpriation bill which prom-
fees any assistance to farm people.

Hints On Handling and Planting Your Seed

ARE in handling and planting
, seed potatoes will help insure a
good yield and a proﬁtable
'crop. Each year there is much loss
caused by carelessness in preparing
seed for planting.
The following recommendations
are made at this time. since it is be—
lieved that they will prove helpful

‘ in enabling growers to get the most

out of the seed they plant. Use only
the best seed obtainable, preferably
certiﬁed seed, and treat it for the
-’ control of scab and black scurf.
These two troubles are 'caused by
bacterial and fungus organisms that

‘ ‘ injure the market value of the pota-

to. The consumer wants potatoes
1 that are bright in color and smooth
’ skinned The scab and black scurf
lesions injure seriously the appear-
‘ance of the potato. Futhermore,

‘1 black scuri causes a reduction in
yield. sinCe it injures the sprouts.

 

Seed: treatment is one of the most

_ '. Affective means of controlling these

-th:‘:ﬂ inipmving the
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By STANLEY M. POWELL

Lansing Correspondent of TH]! Busnmss FARMER

They hesitate to recognize the farm-
ers property rights and waste sym—
pathy on chicken thieves and ruth-
less trespassers who know no more
about the Golden Rule thana pig
does about devotion.
Milk Market Threatened

Despite the fact that the city of
Detroit has passed a milk ordinance
Whereby no milk can be sold in that

city after January 1,1928,which'

does not come from herds accredited
under State and Federal supervision,
the Senate Committee on Finance
and Appropriations has refused to
allow any more money for State in-.
demnities on condemned and slaugh-
tered tubercular cattle than has been
provided during previous years. This
is a most serious situation. It means
that next January about the time
that dairymen in the Detroit milk
market area are confronted with the
necessity of. paying their taxes, thou—
sands of them will probably ﬁnd that
they have no market for their milk.
Unaccredited counties in this area
include Macomb, St. Clair, Sanilac,
Lapeer, Oakland, Lenawee, Jackson
and Saginaw. It is to be hoped that
part of these counties can be accred-
ited during the balance of 1927, but
there is small prospect that all of
them can be cleaned up unless the

House is more liberal in this mat—
ter than the Senate has been.

Not only did the Senate Finance
Committee refuse to grant any in—
creased funds for this work, but they
cliced oﬁ over $20,000: from the
operating expenses of the depart-
ment that has this work in charge.

The Senate, which had been sit-
ting tight on two bills to discourage
chicken thieves which the House had
passed, was spurred to action when
a large delegation of farmers and
poultry raisers invaded the Capitol
last Tuesday and demanded protec—
tion. This delegation offered con-
vincing testimony before the Senate
Committees on Agriculture and Ju~
diciary at hearings arranged by the
Michigan State Farm Bureau. As a
result, the Huff bill, setting penal-
ties for poultry stealing, was not
only reported favorably, but with an
amendmen‘t setting a minimum pen—
alty of one year in prison for the
theft of poultry valued in excess of
$25.00. As a further result of this
hearing, the Hall bill was also re—
ported out favorably with some
minor amendments. This measure is
intended to facilitate the apprehen—
sion and conviction of poultry
thieves. a

At the hearing on these two meas—

 

SENDS $5 FOR EDWARD SIXBURY’S \VIDOW
AST week we received a letter from H. A. Bishop, of Milling-ton,
containing $5 for the Widow of Edward Sixbury, the man who
‘ was fatally injured when breaking into the chicken coop of L. J.

Wilson, of Greenville.

“I have read the trial of Wilson for the killing

of Sixbury and I think the jury‘s verdict right, but there is another
side to this unfortunate affair which has been overlooked,” he writes.
“I understand there is a Widow and several children left destitute who
are innocent sufferers. Don't you think it would relieve suffering if
we were to collect a little to help them? I am sending $5 to start it

if this meets with your approv

It is sad but true that many times there are innocent people who

must suffer for the wrongs of others, just as in this case.

The $5 we

received from Mr. Bishop has been sent on to Mrs. Sixbury and if any
other readers feel like contributing something we will be only too
happy to place the entire amount we receive in her hands—Editor.

 

By H. C. MOORE

Extension Specialist, Michigan State College

water. The uncut, dormant seed po-
tatoes are soaked in the solution
for thirty minutes and are then tak-

‘en out and placed in thin layers so

that they will dry quickly. The cor~
rosive sublimate crystalshave the
appearance of table salt and should
ﬁrst be' dissolved in a quart of hot
water and this added to the thirty
gallons of cold water. .If possible
use rain water or soft water for the
treating solution. Use \wooden or
earthen vessels, since corrosive sub-
limate corrodcs metals and thus
quickly loses its ‘strength.

The strength of the solution can
be maintained by adding one ounce
of corrosive sublimate, which has
previously been dissolved in one
quart of hot water, to the thirty gal-
lon solution after each second batch
of potatoes has been treated. -.After
six or seven lots of seed have been

treated the solution should be dis-'

carded and a fresh one should be
mados

   

the reach of children and live stock.

Detailed directions on this treat—
ment can be obtained from Special
Bulletin No. 125 “Michigan Potato
Diseases,” _or Extension Bulletin No.
49, “Better Potatoes for Michigan.”
These bulletins are available from
the Michigan State College or T1119
BUSINESS FARMER.

Cutting Seed

Cut the seed just previous to
planting. Freshly cut seed gives bet—
ter results than 'seed that is cut sev—
eral days before it is planted. In
case the cut seed is not planted at
once, keep it in a cool, well. ventil-
ated room. Do not store it in piles
or in bags, as it will quickly heat in
warm weather, and, in a few hours
time the sprOuts may be seriously in-
jured. -

When the cut seed is taken to the

ﬁeld do not leave it long exposed to‘

the hot sun. Keep it in a cool, shady
place or cover it with burlap. ,

Cut the potatoes so that each
seed piece is about 1% to 2 ounces

small seed pieces are apt;

 
 

ures some of the most convincing
testimony oﬁered was that by Milon
Grinnell, Editor of THE Busnvnss
FABMER and R. J. McColgan, Field
Service Manager of this publication.
They outlined the remarkable inter-
est which readers of THE Business
FARMER had taken in the Wilson
case and showed a big bundle of the
petitions and read a bunch of let-
ters which had been received on the
subject of poultry stealing.

The same rural delegation which
urged the enactment of the two bills
to curb poultry stealing met with
the Senate and House Committees on
Conservation that noon at a dinner
given by the Michigan State Farm
Bureau. The main subjects dis-

cussed were the Horton and Brake ,

bills relative' to hunting and other
forms of trespassing on farm pro-
perty.

The Senate has passed the Horton
bill and the House has approved the
Brake bill and it now remains to be
seen whether either‘ measure can
complete its full journey through the
Legislature and be written on the
statute books of the State.

Rep. Fred R. Ming of Cheboygan,
Chairman of the House Committee
on Conservation voiced the thought
expressed by most of the farmers
present when he said that inasmuch
as farmers pay high taxes on their
property they ought to have the
right to say who could go on their
land. The opinion of all those who
spoke at the luncheon seemed to be
that a goodly proportion of hunters
are reasonable and well behaved, but
there should be some means of
checking the minority of thought-
less and vicious trespassers.

It now appears that one of the
biggest battles to be fought out dur-
ing the closing days of the session
will be relative to amendments to
the gas and weight tax laws. Bills
are already before both branches of
the Legislature which propose to
boost the gas tax to 3 cents a. gallon
without giving any relief in the

form of permanent license plates for .

passenger cars or even any out in the
present annual licenses. These bills
are sponsored by Sen. Geo. Leland
of Fennville and Rep. Burton G.
Cameron of Charlotte.

(Continued on Page 19)

Potatoes

to rot quickly and may cause a poor.
weak stand. See that each seed
piece has two or more strong eyes
and cut the pieces so that they are
square or blocky. Do not cut thin,
wedge shaped seed pieces, as these
are more difficult to plant with a
machine and are more apt to rot in
hot soil than the blocky pieces.

Plant the seed deep enough so
that it is in moist soil. A depth of
3 to 4 inches is most satisfactory.

For high yields and good market
quality potatoes use a liberal quan-
tity of seed—15 to 20 bushels per
acre.

On fertile soil that has been well
prepared close spacing of hills is
recommended for
number of oversized, rough, hollow.
potatoes. '

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decreasing ' the-_

The best results are gen-j I)

erally secured where the rows are,

34 to 36 inches apart and the nuns
12 to 18 inches apart in the row.
Plant early potatoes the 1am:
half of April. The Irish Cobbler 1Q
one of the best early varieties”, .
Late potatoes can be planted any.
time until about the middle 0! Jim _

late varieties for

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I LOVE the‘ country. I love it be—
cause it possesses such an abun-
dance of nature’s own beauty—

‘the green grass, the beautiful shade

es, the glorious sunshine, and the
- singingbirds.
Sometimes I feel
that we country
folks, who re-
ceive so much of
the natural beau-
ty God has given
us, do not fully
appreciate, o r
properly m a k e
use of t h e s e
wonderful gifts
of nature. This
is especially true
. V.0.Braun concerning some
of our country homes which lack a
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,L-some of the factors I have men—
;f‘ ftioned.

A large green lawn, several well
shaped shade trees, and a few groups
of appropriate shrubbery, together
with a few pretty ﬂowers, would
dd a great deal more pleasure and

. oomfort, and also more value to

  
    

many of our country homes. They
would add pleasure and comfort in
that they would create a more pleas—
ing and satisﬁed environment for the
farmer and his family. , Noble
thoughts and high ideals are better
formed in a clean, healthy, and in-
spiring atmosphere. They would add
value to our home in that a better

‘ appearance would result aroundthe

farmstead, and a higher property

7 value would naturally follow.

Therefore, because these few im-
portant things result in bringing out
some of the higher and better things
in life, and because they add value
to our prosperity, I would strongly
advise that this spring the readers

. . AN ATTRACTIVE LOOKING FARM YARD

,Mr. Bmun points out in his article, a few trees and shrubs make a lot of difference

In the appearance of the farm yard. This attractive yard invites you to stop at the
., farm of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Krenerick in l'arma township, Jackson county.

 

of THE BUSINESS FARMER spend a lit-
tle time and a small amount of mon-
ey in beautifying their own home or
farmstead.
Lawn Important

The ﬁrst requisite to a beautiful
and well developed farm home as
far as the scenery or plantings are
concerned is a large, well kept lawn.
The lawn of the home may be com-
pared to the canvas upon which the
artist paints the picture. It should
present a picture and feeling of ex-
tent and openness, and should not

be cluttered with meaningless plant- '

ings or individual shrubs as are com—
monly seen. The various shrubs and
other plantings should decorate the
borders of the lawn instead of run-
ning through it in a hit or miss fash-
1011.

The building of a good lawn, as
well as the planting of goOd shrub-
bery, requires a well drained fertile

 
  
   
    
    
  

soil with plenty of humus and ma-
nure. Kentucky Blue grass or June
grass as it is commonly called,
makes the best permanent lawn, but
as this grass is rather slow to start,
some English Rye grass and Red Top
are usually sown with the'Kentucky
Blue grass for the ﬁrst seeding. The
English Rye grass and Red Top will
produce a lawn the ﬁrst year, and
the Kentucky people prefer white
clover and Kentucky Blue grass on

~account of the appearance of the

white blossom in the summer1 For
the average lawn, however, a mix-
ture of one-fourth Red Top, one-
fourth English Rye grass, and one-
half Kentucky Blue grass, sown at
the rate of one and one-fourth
pounds to every 1000 square feet,
makes the best and most beautiful
lawn. Each spring additional. seed
may be applied to any bare or poor
spots in order to keep it me good
condition.

A good lawn is very essential to a
pleasant farm home, but a lawn with
appropriate plantings adds still more
beauty to the home. .

Plantings make the buildings ap—
pear more home-like and attractive.
The plantings must be placed in
proper places to make a pleasing pic—
ture and to present a harmonious ef-

fect of the whole grounds, instead of

a few individual beauty spots. De-
ﬁnite directions cannot be given as
no two homes or farmsteads are ex-
actly alike, and therefore, make up
a different picture. However, it is
customary to set out certain plant—
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LARGE WELL-KEPT LAWN 1s DESIRABLE .
Here is an example of a large lawn, well-kept, with a. few trees, shrubs and ﬂowers
arranged in an attractive way. It is around the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kull, of
Berrien county.

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undesirable elements, such_ as the

poultry house, barnyard, etc. Hedges '.

or group plantings can easily be
planted to hide these undesirable
views from the main picture, and at
the same time the plantings will
aid in making a. desirable, border
for the scene. ~
Planting Shrubs

Shrubbery planted on the lawn or
around the buildings should be in
clumps or masses as much as pos-
sible. Masses of blooming shrubs are
generally planted along the edges of
the lawn, to the rear, and in the cor-
ners. When this method is carried
out, care should be taken not to
obstruct the view from the house or
to make the scene seem cluttered.

Some common shrubs used for
porch, house corner, or lawn plant-
ings are the Spirea and the Hydran-
gea. 'Other hardy shrubs used for
the same purpose, and also for
drives or lawn borders/are the lilac,
the Mock orange, and the Japanese
Snowball. Some of the taller grow—
ing shrubs which may be used for
hiding some unsightly place, or for
blending into a group of trees are
the honeysuckle and the Mock
Orange.

Trees are also desired in the farm I

home plan and should be ﬁtted into
the‘picture with care. They should
be planted far enough from the
house to allow the sun to enter at
least half of the day.-

If trees are desired close to the
house they are usually planted in
the rear. They may be planted in
the grove without shrubbery, or with
shrubbery about their bases.

Trees and Flowers

Many people make mistakes in the
selection of. trees, trying to select
the fastest growing varieties and los-
ing sight of the beauty and longevity
of theptree. The 'hard maple, elm,
ash, oak, and sycamore are the best
varieties to plant, and are much pre-
ferred over the soft, or silver maple,

- the poplar or the box elder. Trees,

like shrubs, should not be planted.
in straight lines, else a formal tone
will creep into the picture.

A word might be added concern—
ing the ﬂowers. Irises and Peonies
are often planted in the picture,
interspersed with shrubbery or
rplanted heavily along the walks.
Flowers have no place in the lawn
proper. They belong to the ﬂower
garden or in the border. The ﬂower

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iHere Is How You Can Get Refund For Gasoline Used In Your Tractor

By STANLEY M. POWELL

Lansing Correspondent of THE BUSINESS FARMER

,7, Stanley M. Powell

  

 

URING‘ these Spring months un-
counted thousands of gallons of
gasoline are being used in trac—

tors and stationery engines on Mich-
igan farms. Of course, all this gas—

oline is subject
to Michigan’s 2-
c e n t gas tax.
; However, it is
% possible to obtain
refunds of the
tax paid on gaso-
line used for any
purpose 0 t h e r
than the opera—
tion of motor ve-
- hicles on the
‘ " , streets and high~
w a y s o f the
State.

To obtain this refund requires
a little extra bother, but on farms
where gasoline is used in large quan—
tities it would probably be worth
while to understand and use the tax
refund provisions of the gas tax law.
Gassoline on which refunds are to be

 

 

' “chase the farmer should request a. '

ment'from the oil dealers show-

,e amount of gasoline so pur-
ed'and, the purpose for'which‘it
tdbe used. All oil dealers hava
. roper blanks for furnishing
at tements. The person seek-
' ' "nd then has to ﬁliout, an-

can“

   

be secured from the Secretary of
State. This has to be sworn to be-
fore a Notary Public and then both
blanks sent Within 60 days from the
date of purchase to the Secretary of
State who, if he ﬁnds everything cor-
rect and in order, will refund the
two cent gas ‘tax.

During 1926, 31,423 claims for
such refunds were paid by the Sec-
retary of State’s office which reports
that abOut 75 per cent of the re~
funds go to farmers. If the gas tax
should be increased to 3m 4 cents
a gallon, it is very probable that a
great many farmers would go to the
bother of making out applications
for refunds who are not doing so
now. A' practical reason Why many
farmers do not ask for refunds is
that on the ordinary farm the gaso-
line is kept in one large tank and
drawn out as needed for the automo-
bile, truck, tractor or other engine.

In, abrder-to honestly furnish the.

information necessary to obtain re-
funds, it would, be necessary to keep
a separate stock of gasoline for the

automobile and truck for other pur- .

oses.
p The gross receipts from the gaso-
line tax during 1926 were $10..700,+
455,07. The refunds amounted to
$67ﬁA16.‘00. . This left a. not total
of $10,024.08 .0 ' i'- ' .
' $39 né. _.

  

lates to this matter of refunds. It
reads as follows: “The purchaser of
gasoline used for any purpose other
than the operation of motor vehicles
on the streets and highways of the
State, and municipalities and the
federal government using gasoline
in municipal and federal owned mo-
tor vehicles, respectively, shall be
entitled to a refund of the tax paid
thereon upon ﬁling a sworn claim
with the Secretary of State, on forms
prescribed by him, within sixty days

from the date of purchase as shown
by the invoice. It shall be the duty of
the dealer to furnish any such pur—
chaser with an invoice showing the
amount of gasoline purchased, the
date thereof, and the amount of tax.
paid or to be paid thereon, and such
dealer shall send to the Secretary
of State at the time he shall render
the statement above speciﬁed dupli-
cate copies of such invoices issued‘

and delivered by him during the pe' .

riod covered by such statement. Sucl
claims when approved by the Secrc,
tary of State shall be paid out of th
State highway fund upon the wa

rant of the Auditor General.” . _ l

 

 

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GARDENS.—“Two cousins and myself.” "GIDDAP, HORSIE!”—Kenneth Cogswell lives in Sandusky, Ohio, but
So wrote Joycie Purdy, Livingston county, he visits his grandma, Mrs. May Armstrong, of Eaton county, real often,
who sent this picture. we understand.

    

   

  
    

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Gus Winchell; of Jackson _. “new, registered Guernsey herd sire and registered calf starting for. the Eaton county
anditheir son Fremont are Just good fair,” writes J. “W. Clements, of Eaton county. “The sire is three years old and
pals, according to Mrs. ‘Winchell works at’all kinds of farm work. The call! gets in the wagon and rides like a
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Genesee county, sent us this picture and wrote “This is my are indebted to Crystal Swine- our big jack,” writes Mr. and Mrs. F. J. LaMuide, of M61

niece, Shirley Dalby, 01' Flint, with her goat.” hart, of Clare county, for this. nominee county, in the Upper Peninsula.

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AND NO PLACE TO
Livingston county, looks-like a. jolly sort of sitting in the chair, is ninety-three yea-rs “young” and still GO.—Marguret Ferguson, 0f Arenac county,
a chap. doesn’t he? We are told that it is active. He resides in Isabella county. “’ith him are Mar- has her cat, James Oliver Curwood, all dressed
his dog, Nellie, by his side. garet Brenner, Celia Brenner and Lyddia Cobb, of same county. up in ﬁne style. He doesn’t mind. .

  

     
   
     
   
         
       

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PLOWING 0N ~MABCH 15 IN ISABELLA COUNTY

Turning under corn stubble on the Volt Farm in Isabella county on the 15th of March
of this year. They advise that during 20 years of farming they have never been
able to this early before.

HOG DOWN CORN IN CLINTON
COUNTY

Will it be alright to raise corn to
hog down in the eastern part of
Clinton county this year or will the
corn-borer be in it too much? There
is none here yet, the borer is in the
western part of Shiawassee.——C. E.
W., Elsie: Mich.

S yet, Clinton county is not in the
section of Michigan which has
been quarantined on account of

the European corn borer. It would
doubtless be all right to raise corn
for hogging down purposes this year,
but even though the corn borer is
not known to be in Clinton county
at this time, it would be advisable to
do a very careful and thorough job
of plowing under all. of the stalks

and corn refuse early in the spring,

as this procedure is an effective
measure in helping to control the
borers.
in your section during the coming
year, the careful plowing under of
all stalks and the thorough cleaning
and destruction of corn refuse is
likely to be a requirement’in your
section, just as it now is in in the
area of Michigan which is under corn
borer quarantine—H. C. Rather, Ex-
tension Specialist, M. S. 0.

LINE FENCE

I must build a line fence. I want
to know if a 36-inch fence with two
rows of barb wire on top would be
legal or what would be legal? Would
it have to‘ be higher that that?—
W. P., Dowagiac, Mich.

LL fences 4% feet high and in
good repair consisting of rails,
timber, boards, wire or stone

walls, or any combination thereof
would be considered legal fences.—
Legal Editor.

DAIRY CATTLE ON SHARES
A has about a 600-acre farm and
pasture. to rent. B is the renter. A
agrees to furnish sheep and young
cattle (feeders) and give B one-
third of proﬁts. A wants B to fur—
nish dairy cattle and A get one-third
of dairy proﬁts. Have you any bet~
ter method for renters?.——S. 8., Char—
levoix, Mich.
HE above plan will work where
bnly a few dairy cattle are kept.
A more satisfactory plan would
be to rent the farm on a ﬁfty-ﬁfty
stock share basis. In this case B
would have one-half interest in live-
stock and receive one-half of income.
——F. T. Riddell, Research Assistant
in Economics, M. S.

BARLEY AND CORN
Please advise the best variety of
barley for heavy clay loam soil, also
best variety of yellow corn for An-
trim county. Where could I get this
corn?_-—~Ant-r.im County Reader.

 

 

HE Wisconsin Pedigree. is the_

leading barley in this state and

Should the borer be found

well as the Wisconsin Pedigree. It
has the advantage of having smooth
awns and consequently is more de-
sirable to handle.

Early Golden Glow is one of the
best strains of corn for Arenac
county.

Both barley and seed corn may be
secured from the Farm Bureau Seed
Service, 221 North Cedar Street Lan-
sing, or any dependable seed deal-

ers.———C. R. Megee, Associate Profes-

sor of Farm Crops, M. S. C.

QUESTIONS ON LEASE

A rents his farm to B, each to
furnish one-half and each to receive
one-half except poultry of which B
gets two-thirds but A is short 30
good hens on settling up. B is to
get shortage for the 30 extra hens
he has. How do you ﬁgure it, how
much shortage would B get a year?
All the pullets were kept on the
farm and raised from the "30 extra
hens, broilers sold and eggs sold.

If contract says all surplus feed
such as hog grain and potatoes de-
livered to market free of charge,
does B have topay all the truck
hauling of cattle and hogs or should

 

.A pay one-half?

is also one of the best yielding;

varieties.

The Michigan black barbless is a1
smooth awn barley .that frequently

Should A pay one-half of all meals
for threshers or does B have to pay
it all? Is B entitled to one-half of
the straw same as the other crops?

On settling up an estate the young
heifers raised from B’s cow and A’s
cows can they be divided and B keep
his heifers or will they have to be

 

CHECKS ARE SENT OUT TO L. J. WILSON’S ATTORNEYS.

The above check was the ﬁrst to be drawn from the L..J. Wilson Defense Fund.
C. B. Burden was Mr. Wilson’s leading attorney and the $300 covers his services

in full.

Johnson, an attorney who also helped in the Wilson case.
more has been received for the fund making a total of $857. 95.
we have $457. 95 remaining in the fund for future use.

 

 
   
     
 

 
 
      
   
   
   
 

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was an average £109 30

. ing a big sow on the same mam.
‘up a. contract from fall to fall but

does not have to move until spring

should B receive as fattﬁh
If B rents a farm in fall and draws
has an understanding with A that he

on account of moving so much feed
and A should happen to die can the
heirs make B move in fall?-—'-‘A
Reader, Pottersville. Michigan. /
B’s SHARE on settling up would ~m;
be the same proportion of the —
increase as his proportion of the ~ ,
hens originally here to A’s. That
is, if B furnished one third, more
hens, then he would be entitled to
one-third more than his regular two:
third share would amount to. ‘
B would not be compelled by this
clause to haul all cattle and hogs'
to market free, as this refers to “sur-'
plus feed.”
Unless otherwise agreed,£ should.
pay for the meals of the threshers. ’

B would be entitled to one- -half
the straw. / E . "
In settling the estate the heifers \
would be divided.‘

B should receive whatever it ac-
tually cost to fatten the cow plus a
reasonable charge for his work. The
same would be true of the sow.

B would have to move in the fall
in such case unless it was otherwise
stated in the contract.——Lega1 Edi-
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Your paper is a true friend indeed ‘ 1
in time of need. Would you be so
kind and give me a little information
on this case? A has a few hens and

‘ B sowed some rye and vetch across

the road from A’s farm a year ago
last fall and B had a fence around
that ﬁeld before he sowed it to rye
and vetch but just before he sowed
this crop he took the fence out of
there and when the vetch and rye
began to ripen up A' s hens would go.
across the road into the ﬁeld and of
course naturally would pick some of
the rye and vetch“ Then B had a
letter written by an attorney stating
that A owed him $20.00 for damage-
to rye and vetch by A’s chickens.
After a year has passed can B sue A
for damages? If B had a fence there
A’s hens would not go. there—J. G.,
Nessen City, Mich. ;

AM of the opinion that in this case

the .owner of the chickens would

be liable to the owner of the crop
of rye for the actual damage done.
If you don’t think they damaged his
crops to the extent of $20.00, you
should offer to pay him for whatever
damage you think they did, if any.—
Legal Editor.

The check shown below was the second one drawn and pays $100 to Saphus

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Bulletin No. 1. ' -

—1POUL’I‘RY RATIONS. 1
Bulletin No. 2. ‘

e—‘MODERN WATER SUPPLY.
' Bulletin No. 3.

-—SOIL FERTILIZERS.
Bulletin No. 4.

—-SEED CORN CURING, STORING.
Bulletin No. 5.

—TI-IE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 6.

-——BEFORE YOU INVEST.
Bulletin No. 7.

-—FARM SANITATION.
Bulletin No. 8. -

——FIIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
Bulletin No. 9.,

-—FEED FROM EGG TO MARKET.
Bulletin No. 10.

-—WHEN AND HOW TO DUST.
Bulletin No. 11.

eMINERALS AND FEEDING.

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.

Bulletin No. 13.—FIGHT THE EURO-
PEAN CORN BORER. An excellent bul-
letin on the methods of controlling the
pest which will interest every farmer.
The illustrations include a map 0‘! the in-
fested area and pictures of the various
kinds of machinery used in the eradica-
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-Bulletin No. 14.-——A GOLDEN HAR—
VEST FROM YOUR UNDERGRADE
APPLES. The modern method of ex—
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bulletin, and it tells some interesting
things about selling fruit Juice at the
roadside. Making better cider vinegar is
also discussed.

Bulletin No. 15.—-RAISING DOMESTIC
RABBITS—The "production or domestic
rabbits has increased rapidly during re-
cent years and promises to become im—
portant. This bulletin has been prepared
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture

Bulletin No. 16.~—TIRE CARE—A very
little bulletin on how to get the most ser—
vice from your tires. It gives you the
proper inﬂation pressure and shows with
illustrations what happens if you fail to
give this matter your attention. Every
car owner who is not a tire expert needs
a copy.

LABELS FOR CANS

_ Please send me the form we have
to have printed on labels for maple
syrup cans for Michigan.—H. E., Fre-
mont, Indiana.

HERE are three things neces-
sary: the name of the product,
as maple syrup or pure maple

syrup, the name and address of the
maker, and a statement of true net
contents in the container. Anything
further of a descriptive. nature may
be added provided the truth is ad-
hered to.

All maple syrup mixtures must be
labeled in one of two ways. Either
they must be labeled “imitation”,
with the word imitation in the same
size and style of letters as‘are the
words ‘maple syrup’ following, with
the name and address and net con-
tents; or for mixtures and original
or coined name may be used. It may
be called maple and cane. syrup, but
in every instance of the marking, a
true statement, in legible type, of the
per cent of all ingredients other than
maple must appear on the label.-———M.
J. Smith, State Dept. of Agriculture.

COULD nor TRANSFER

It wife owned the real eState and
her husband is in debt, how can his
personal property be fixed so wife
can hold it? A signs a note for B
and B lets A hold the title to his
rar, and then sends to Lansing and
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Nearly All Quack Grass _
“ Y farm. is nearly all quack
' grass sod, and I have no

clover. What could I'grow
this year on such sod as a substi—
tute for clover? The soil is heavy
clay.”—F. W. F.,
Whitmore Lake,
Michigan.

If we had such
a problem before
us we w o u l d
consider-oats
. and ﬁeld peas
the best substi—
=tute for hay.
Plow the ground
as soon as pos-
sible and d r i ll
the peas as deep
as is reasonably
possible. T h e
oats should be
sown after the peas and not as deep.
One bushel of Canada peas and two
and one half bushels of oats should
make a nice seeding. It generally
will require about ninety days to
mature the crop for hay purposes.
The hay is ready for cutting when
little peas begin to form in the pods.
Cure the same as clover. This has
proven a very satisfactory substi—
tute for hay. If the weather is dry
after the peas are harvested we
would try and subdue the quack
grass. It can be done if the weather
is suitable. However, the last two
falls have not been suitable for the
killing of it. If F. W. F. wants a
substitute for clover, the peas and
oats should answer, and if he wants
roughage he can also plant corn for
fodder.

After all is said and done, about
this and that, good old corn, drilled
rather closely together and well
cared for, is about the best thing a
farmer can tie to when a shortage
of rough feed is anticipated. Soy
beans are highly recommended for a.
clover substitute but we are a little
doubtful about growing them on a
heavy quack grass sod. They can-
not safely be seeded early enough to
compete with quack.

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Plow Down Clover

One of the questions found
among the many letters received the
last few days is this one concerning
clover: “Several-people in our neigh-
borhood tell me we cannot plow
down a heavy growth of green clover
or the like here without souring the
soil and to some extent losing the
use of it for a year or two. Is this
so and why?”

This question has been asked
many times and some seem to have
had experience that would tend to
show such was the case, but the
writer never found that green clover
or green rye plowed under soured
the soil to an extent that the use of

 

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it was lost in the least. Intact, his -

greatest worry for several. years has
been that the clover was not heavy
' enough. - There! may 'be some soils,
not far above water level, that green

manure crops wouldsour to some '
extent, but.if there was some sour--

ness it couldeasily be overcome by
an application of lime. One of the
most successful farmers I ever knew
always plowed-under a heavy growth
of clover the middle of June, each
year. - Such practice was a'part of
his rotation, and it seemed to me
.was the keystone of his successful
farming; , ‘ -
it it it
Soy Beans f0r Cover Crop

“How late in the season could
soy beans be sown to make a good
cover crop? I would like to try it
to mulch raspberries to enrich the
soil.”~—Subscriber, Clio, Michigan.’

Soy beans may be sown as late as
July 15th and possibly later, but
July lst would be the better time if
they could be sown then. If you ex—
pect them to do well and enrich the
soil to their fullest extent, you will
have to inoculate the seed. We
would like a letter from you next
fall, telling what success you have
had with them.

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Fertilizer on Rented Land

”What is customary in regard to
the use of fertilizer on rented land?
In this case the renter furnishes all
seed etc., and does all the workxand
gets two-thirds of the crops.”

It is customary for each party to
furnish fertilizer in the same degree
as his interest in the crop. If one
party gets half the crop he should
pay for half the fertilizer. In the
above case, the renter should fur-
nish two-thirds, and the owner one—
third, just as the resultant crop will
be divided. Further, I would state,
a tenant should be entitled to work
the fertilized ﬁeld more than the one
season for, if a liberal amount of
fertilizeris applied, the ﬁrst crop
will not get all the beneﬁt and the
following crop will be much better
for it. This is particularly true
when the year the fertilizer is sown
happens to be a dry one. My ex-
perience is, that fertilizer in a dry
year does not~a1ways increase the
crop as it should, While the next
year the fertilizer will give a good
account of itself. I knew a man
who fertilized a corn ﬁeld very heav-
ily and expected at the time to sow
wheat on the ﬁeld after cutting the
corn. His idea was that the wheat
crop would get what the corn crop
didn't. He was to move from the
farm and had the privilege of leav—
ing a certain acreage in wheat to
come back and harvest. The year
was one of those when corn did not
get ripe enough to cut, and he could

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the south room‘s, and they are 10
feet by 11 feet. All feeding and
watering is done in the cool room
after the chicks are ten days old.
In cold stormy weather, when they
cannot be out—of—doors, the chicks
are much better off if they can have
a cool room in which to run and

scratch and not have to stay where

it is too warm.

I have just returned from a sixty
mile drive, and noted several brood-
er houses, many of which I would
consider too smalL for a ﬂock large
enough to make a brooder stove
proﬁtable. A man was telling me.
how ‘he had fancy stock and expected
high prices, it would not seem pro-
ﬁtable to run a stove for such a
number of chicks.

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BY TEETH
Horses
2% years—Permanent middle in-
cisors appear (upper
and lower).
intermedi-

3% years—Permanent
' ate incisors appear.
4% years—Permanent corner in—
.cisors appear.
6 years—Lower middle
cups lost.
7 years—Lower intermediate in-
cisor cups disappear.
8 years—Corner incisor cups
disappear.
9% years—Upper middle
cups disappear.

10% years—Upper intermediate in-
cisor cups disappear.

111,4 years—Upper corner incisor
cups disappear.

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are only approximate.
Cattle

15 to 18 months—First pair per-
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24 to 27 months—Second pair per-
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33 to 36 months—Third pair per—
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Sheep
Lambs have a full set of baby or

“milk” teeth soon after birth. At
from 12 to 14 months two perman—
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more adjoining, at from 22 to 24
months old; a third pair at 34 to
48 months. From then on only an
estimate can be made. As the sheep
grows older, the teeth gradually
spread and become shorter With
wear. Still later sheep gradually
lose their teeth. A- broken—mouth
sheep has difficulty in eating and
should not be kept in the ﬂock.

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HONEST ‘GRAFTERS AND HOW
' THEY GRAFT

N a political sense a grafter is a.
public servant who artfully
prunes off a section of the tax
payers’ long green” and transplants
it to his own pockets. This sort of
4 under - c 0 ve r
grafting is not
recommended in

however, and is
often blighted by
a. ﬂood of votes
or jail sentences:
The only honest
grafters are the
horticultural
ones. ’

“Why does a.
fruit grower top-
work' his trees?
He may do it in
\ a. limited way to
try out a new variety; which, by the
way, is a far safer way to accomplish
this than to jump in and plant an
orchard. The grower may want to
graft his trees because they were-
not true to name when they came
to bearing. The most common rea—
son however is the desire to change
the trees over to a better or more
proﬁtable variety.

The ﬁrst move in a. top—working
program is to decide whether the
trees are worth grafting. Very
large, old, or hollow-hearted trees
are seldom top-worked'with proﬁt.
On our own place we do not believe
in bothering with these old scraggly
“hash” varieties. We give them a.
“severe pruning", next to the ground
with a cross-cut saw!

The next consideration is to select
a good variety to graft on “the old
stock. To top-work a worthless var-
iety with a variety nearly as worth—
less is certainly a poor move. The
man who is thinking of top-working
should give the variety question just
as much thought and study as though
he were planting a new orchard. I
know a grower who is, busily top-
working a large Duchess apple or—
chard to Alexanders. In my humble
opinion he is making a spectacular
leap from the frying pan into the
ﬁre. ‘

The .selection of scion wood is
move number three. The best time
to cut scions is late in the fall after
the trees are thoroughly dormant.
The scions should be buried in moist
sand or kept in a cool moist cellar,
to protect them from severe cold to
keep them in a dormant condition.
We have sometimes cut scions in the
early spring and have also cut them
from prunings lying under the trees,
but the safest way is to cut them in
the fall. The scions should be of
the newest wood and the best type
is that which is about as thick as a
lead pencil. Thin spindly scions are
not likely to do as well as the thicker
ones. “

The best time to graft is just be—
fore growth starts in the spring but,
in a pinch, it can be done any time
until the last day of May or even

 

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later. The salons themselves. hoiv- .I

ever, must be kept in'a perfectly dor-
mant condition. Do not use the, thin
immature tips of the scion wood
when grafting. These tips are too
weak and poorly developed for good
results.

The cleft graft is the one which is
universally used in top—working,
though on very small stock the whip-
graft is better. Very large branches
cannot be satisfactorily grafted. The
maximum diameter for good results
is usually considered to be 2 15 inches
at the point‘where the graft is made.
Grafts made on larger branches are
not likely to heal over as they should.
This is especially true when one
scion fails to grow. In such a case
the bark will die back on one side
of the stub and eventually rot will
set in. ‘ ‘

In top-working it is well to study
the tree and carefully select the
branches which are to be grafted.
The amateur (and sometimes the
professional who is being paid by the
scion), is apt to set more grafts than
is really necessary. Graft the scaf-
fold branches and perhaps a few
main side branches. To try to graft
a great many‘small branches is an
endless and proﬁtless job.

It is best not to graft the entire
tree over in one year. The eﬁect of
top-working, on the tree, is the same
as a very radical heading back. To

do it all in one year is a great shock ,

to the tree, audit also invites trouble
from sun-scald, as it provides no
shade for the young grafts and‘ex-
posed branches. Spread the graft-
ing over two years. ,The ﬁrst year
leave the southwest side of the tree
ungrafted and then ﬁnish the job the
following year. >

Never cut the old remaining
branches out of a top-worked tree
immediately after grafting. These
old branches are needed to shade
the grafts and to bring up the sap.
As, year by year, the grafts grow
larger. the old wood can be gradually
cut away.

A cleft graft is usually made with
two scions. Both scions should not
be left permanently, because they are
apt to form a bad crotch as they
grow older. Neither is it wise to cut
one scion off too soon, because both
scions are needed to heal the stub
over. As soon as the stub is healed
over the weaker scion can be cut off.
A good way is to hold one scion
down by cutting it back part way
each year. This gives the unmolest-
ed scion a free ﬁeld and aids its best
development.

We have always used the old-
fashioned grafting wax but from now
on intend to use the so-called brush
wax. The old fashioned wax is still
very good, however, and is especially
desirable for small jobs as it is not
applied in liquid form and thus re—
quires no special equipment to keep
it melted. Here's the formula for
the standard old fashioned wax: 4
pounds resin, 2 pounds beeswax, 1
pound tallow. Melt the ingredients
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merit of Horticiﬂture at M. S. C. is
made as follows: 5 pounds resin, 1
pound beeswax, 1,5 pound lamp black,
and 34, pint linseed oil. All the
ingredients, except the lamp black,
are melted over a ﬁre. As soon as
it is all melted take it off the ﬁre
and gradually stir in the lamp black.
This wax requires no pulling but gets
very hard as it cools and must be
kept in melted condition over a ﬁre
while in use in the orchard, and is
applied with a brush. For keeping
it melted while on the job a. specially
constructed lantern with a wax-pot
set in the top is now available.

The actual mechanical act of mak-
ing a graft cannot be satisfactorily
described on the printed page, GVen
with illustrations. An actual demon-
stration is necessary. If you have
never set a graft get a neighbor,
or someone else to show you just
how it is done. Better-still, arrange
to have the Horticultural Depart-
ment of M. S. C. put on a grafting
demonstration in your neighborhood.

That is one or the very best ways to ,

learn grafting and learn it right.

I like the idea of the war declared on
chicken thieves. Also, like to read of
how prosperous the farmers are and how
independent he is getting, and how much
of their time they spend in riding around
in their limousines and automobiles.—
James Potts, Sr., Clare County.

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WELL RECEIVED

HE Michigan Potato Producers’

Association did a bit of adver-

tising during the past winter

that it believed will prove very pro-

ﬁtable. A special exhibit of their

. certiﬁed 5 e e d, 1

accompanied by
Ernest Pettifor
who is secretary
of the organiza—
tion and H. A.
Reiley of Bel-
laire, was shown
throughout Indi-
ana\ and Illinois,
as an effort to
enlarge the mar-
ket for their pro—
duct. Comments
were heard on
all sides and the newspapers were
very liberal in their praise. Old
“King Spud,” constructed by.Mr.
Pettifor, came in for much interest.
He made his ﬁrst appearance at the
Pettifor exhibit at the Top-O-Michi—
gan Show at Gaylord last fall and
proved such an attraction that it
was decided to make him a part of
the exhibit of the association. “King
Spud” was made of seven potatoes
and his throne stood at his left.
Nearby was his castle, moat, draw-
bridge and all. The castle grounds,
with beautiful trees, shrubbery,
ﬂowers and driveways made a 'pret-
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TEXT: “Make disciples of all nations,
* * * And lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the world." Matt.
28:19, 20.

ONG ago, at a Christian outpost,
lived a group of disciples that
cherished ideals of conquest.

The Holy Spirit gripped that Anti-

ochian church until the command of

God rang in their ears in no whis-

pered tones. This early church took

seriously the meaning of our text,
and organized the ﬁrst mission to

speed the Gospel to other nati .

They understood that disciplin the

nations ‘was the end of the Oh stian

scheme. ,
In our day there is a two-fol con-

ception of the church’s relation to

this era. This writer believes that
the church is a voluntary grouping
of disciples, established through

Christ’s leading; that this church is

to make believers of all peoples;

and that it is to do it in this dis-
pensation. He believes that the
world is to grow into a new glory
and a greater good such as ‘the past
has not known. Our text points
out a plan of God, which obviously,
is to make this era world-conquer-

ing. x

Now, as to the .present status of

things, some are certain that the

world is going to the bow-wows, and
others feel sure that it is growing
better. This diﬁerence is muchly
due to temperament, religious train-
ing, and breadth of knowledge. But
as to this last, our opinions are to
be given little or no credence unless
we are acquainted with the moral
history of the race, and particularly,
since the time of Christ. Newspa-
pers and present-day conditions are
no adequate criteria. But it is so
difficult to get deﬁnite and sufficient
historical data, that even from this
point of view, it would be unfair to

Christ and his world-encompassing

program, to conclude failure.

But also, Christianity has not yet
come into its full stature. It is gen-
uine in that its faith rests on Jesus
Christ, but there is much wood, hay,
and stubble about it. It cannot be
measured now. This age is not run.
Let us, like the Antiochian church,
stoutly contend for a dynamic, fric-
tional Christianity that shall sweep
the earth with its purifying ﬁre.

And this suggests a Christianity
full of potent good. The Bible
abounds in promises and prophesies
of a church purposeful and powerful
enough to bring in the reign of God.
The Abrahamic promise was, “Look
now toward heaven, and number the
stars, if thou be able to number
them; and he said unto him, So shall
they seed be.” The teaching of the
prophets is, “for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge of Jehovah as
the waters cover the sea.” Christ
said that he came to save men and in
fulﬁllment of this mission he has
sent the church into the world as the
Father has sent him. Paul calls this
the “ministry of reconciliation," and
says that now, While the Gospel of
reconciliation is being preached, is
the “day of salvation” foretold by
the prophets. The church’s mission
is to disciple the nations. The au-
thority and power for this come from
vital contact With Christ. “Lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end
of the world.” For the ultimate suc-
cess of this enterprise we have re—
ceived adequate guarantees. Christ
has likened the Gospel unto leaven
that shall inoculate all the earth, and
the Kingdom unto a grain of mus-

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tard seed that shall grow into a tree-

of such ample proportions as to at-
ford shelter for all the creatures of
heaven. All this points to a God
who is now conquering the world to
himself, and who will sometime take
over the Kingdom in its eternal
form. ‘_ » . .~ .

This is to; say, therefore, that
hades“ cannot prevail against 'the
church. Christianity, at its'best, is
to have an appeal so rugged» and a

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of militant love. But sadly, creation
has travailed for long now, because
the church has not fully surrendered
to the spirit and methods of love.
Of course, there have been some
wonderful exceptions in’ particular
instances. But wershall have to con-
fess the woeful lack of adherents
who courageously believe that the
Gospel is the power of God unto the
salvation of a lost world. So many
are out of joint with an on-going and
victorious faith that they are a sore
menace to progress. Then there are
those whose faith is inactive and ex-
pressionless. These are made up of
drowsy drones, and of folks who are
so constituted that ﬁghting the devil
is repulsive to their delicate and re—
ﬁned natures. This static Christian-
ity makes for grave interference in
the broadcasting of the Gospel. Well,
any one who can live neutrally when
righteousness is the issue, so that
when he dies, his friends can inscribe
on his tombstone, “Here lies a man\
who had no enemies,” is everlasting-
ly disgraced.

But this is respectable Christian-
ity. “O, we don’t want our pastor to
take a vigorous stand on a clean
town,” said an intelligent man to the
writer recently. “We want 'him to
be compromising and hold the
churéh together.” But that is the
standard of the world and Christi-
anity has been full of it since the
days of- Constantine. By one sweep-
ing edict, this Roman Emperor made
Christianity compromising and re-
spectable, and this nearly destroyed
its soul. For four centuries, Christi-
anity was blasphemed and persecut-
ed, and limited to a disrespectable
minority, yet it grew rapidly in num-
bers and in power. ’ The organized
opposition of the Roman state was
no match for it. And nothing could
prevail against it today did‘it have
the dynamic of the early centuries.
It is perfectly respectable to be a
Christian now. It involves no social
daring and no risks to our money or
prestige. It calls for no daring ideal-
ism and no adventure. It offers a
medium ready at hand to acquire
conventional social and business
standing. Verily, Christianity is in
danger of compromising its soul
away.

Now, the secret of world salva—
tion is to return to a revolutionary
Christianity; that is, a religion that
will revolutionize our conception of
life and give humanity a daring that
will carry it beyond our limping
system of social, political, and
churchly conventions, until it makes
contact with the militant Christ. We
all remember him as Agitator and
Leader in a social revolution that de-
ﬁed the political and religious tyran-
ny of his day. But his only weapon
of attack was love. Just how love is
to redeem business, government,
home, and church from the conven—
tional status quo is yet to be re-
vealed. But Christ risked everything
upon it and sacriﬁced everything for
the modren Christian?
But love is creative and will even-
tually ﬁnd a way tb cross denomin-
ational, racial, ,and political boun-
daries to bring in the Kingdom of
God. When? When we have men and
women courageous enough to run
the risk of lifting Christianity out
of. its respectability and smug ec-
clesiasticisms and translate it into
a living, creative fact. Then the
ends of the earth will be reached.
The world is in the case of the im-
potent manat the pool. Conven-

[tional methods of healing are un-

availing. Only through the Great
Healer can it be made whole.

BIBLE THOUGHTS
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picking 20 or 30 bushels of 20—1b.

through with them. Why I’ve seen

~er. Then between times we have

‘ ‘half-asmuch and most of us need

= Edna ’Ferberfs book. “So Big,” how
few green, vegetables the truck farm-
ers used. and Celina wondered about
' “it. until all

MAKING IT HOT FOB MR. CORN BORER
Burning apparatus is being used satisfactorily to destroy stubble and corn remnants
which harbor the corn borer in last year's corn ﬁelds in some sections. The up-
paratus includes a fuel-pressure tank, pump and burning carriage with nozzles gen—
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TOO MANY BEANS

EAR EDITOR: I notiCe in the

M. B. F. a reference to the

beans consumed by the farmers
themselves. Mrs. Stockman and
yourself I believe noticed they were
absent from the dinners or suppers,
whichever it was, you attended. I
think I can throw a little light on
the subject, at least I can speak for
myself. ‘

If you had cooked and served
beans to ’your home folks three or
four days out of every seven, if you
had no diversions except those farm-
er affairs Where you ate the meat,
etc., you would understand why
there were no beans served. If you
had raised beans the last two or
three years and had it rain every
time you pulled and had to turn and
turn them and worried over them at
night when you heard the rain on the
roof instead of getting your sleep,

pickers and then selling the rest
u”npicked and pocketing the very
little left after the elevator was

times I hated the sight of a bean be-
fore they got to the threshing stage.
Then in our family of eight we use
beans and beans. I have a large
earthen bean pot that holds 2%
pounds of dry. beans. I soak them
overnight, parboil with a pinch of
soda and place in oven with pieces
of pork, salt and sugar and they are
baked all day. When done they are
whole, juicy and tender and they
make two meals. I have to replen-
ish the ﬁre. every thirty minutes or
so‘and add more water to beans oc-
casionally until done. The family
says they are delicious. So do my
friends. I don’t eat them myself.
I bake them on an average of twice
aﬁweek. In very cold weather often—

bean soup as often as possible. The
man of the house cooks them every
'otherday for his hogs and gets tired
looking at them too sometimes. The
school children love them. As they
only see them in the last stage “at
their best.”

Well, when you are thinking of
something to serve for your supper
you will choose something that ap-
peals to you. Probably the major-
ity of the farmers there have sold all
their hogs, calves, etc., to pay their
debts and live on a bean substitute
every day and want a little good old
meat and gravy once a month or so.
Try them as a steady diet yourself
and see if you serve them to your
guests the next time you have a din-
ner party.

‘ Then for the oleo question. Do you
think any farmer anywhere eats
oleo from choice or anyone for that
matter? I don’t. Most all farmers
are either heavily in debt or tenant
farmers. A large per cent of them
sell milk and it makes complications
to save out for churning. Then the
next thing is to buy it. Creamery
butter usually sells for around 50c
a pound. While the oleo is less than

that extra‘ 250. . _,It may be killing
the'goose that lays'the. golden egg
and‘we nearly choke over it,.‘ﬁsome:
times but when itmeans Johnny’s'
Shoes or Susie’s mittens or a needed
implement or interest‘and taxes, the
Oleo wins. Do you remember in

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s pleased to receive letters from our subscribers and gladly publish those on sub-
nterest. If you agree or do not a ree wlth what In written sud published In this

he editor ls sole Judge as to whether letters

forced to eat. Not when we are out
for a big dinner and a change of
scene.

Well, I am writing this while ﬁn-'
ishing a batch of maple syrup on the

Tit swim >

   

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t’o'ﬂr gup.’

' 10:; 0’15; m.and"-I’m“sleépyg

I wish I could be a lazy farmer as
illustrated this week. We get so
much of speed up and hurry and
long hours and increased produc-
tion, everyone preaches it at us and
Lord knows if we all sat down
three-quarters of the summer and
took time to see a few of the beau—
ties of nature we’d have just as
much money and a darn sight less
work.——~“Mother of Seven and a.
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FORECLOSURE LAW

EAR EDITOR: I am dropping

'you a line in regards to the

foreclosure on farms. Now
look at here. A man pays interest
on'a mortgage on a farm for one
year and that very farm is not pro-
ducing a crop to pay that interest
only six months out of a year and
therefore I think instead of shorten—
ing the term it should be lengthened
so as to give a farmer a chance to
help himself out. This shortening
the term I think is only a bank graft.
By the time a farmer pays his inter-

 
    

est and these high taxes

    

him going the last year.
the farmer a showdown
the money loaner. It is
that keeps the thing going. What
would the money loaner do if it was
not for the farmer? I am a farmer;
and am in debt. I want a show as
well as the rest. If the money lo‘ane‘ '
was in the farmer’s place he would;
want to be helped out. I say»
lengthen the mortgage term of fore—
closure instead of shortening it.—
C. L., Sanilac County.

    
    
 
 

    

      
    
 

  

    
    
 

 
 

 
 
      
       
      
  

   
      
  
  
   
  
 
   
   
   
   
   
  

CHANGING AUTOMOBILE LAW

EAR EDITOR: We have read

your paper for ﬁve years and .

like it very much: I see our "
legislature is talking of changing our
automobile law. I cannot see why
they want to give the passenger
car a life license for $5.00 and
leave the trucks to pay as much as
they are paying now. The trucks up
in this country are mostly light
trucks and they use the roads only
from May until November. There
are a great many passenger cars that

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927
Edited and Published
‘I'l'il RURAL Pueusmue. OOII’PAIV. loo.
0 ll. Slocum, Presldent
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OPPORTUNITIES FpR VETERINARIANS

the rapid increase in the number of
$6 automobiles, trucks and tractors taking the
place of many horses in this country there
has been an equally rapid decline in the popular-
ity of the veterinary profession. Folks seem to
forget that our cattle, hog, sheep and poultry
population must increase as the human popula-
tion grows, to handle consumption, and we must
have vetertinarians to look after their health. The
13 accredited veterinary colleges of the country
are turning out scarcely enough graduates to sup-
ply the U. S. Department of Agriculture, not to
mention the state and municipal services. Then
there is the private practice which is a large
ﬁeld. _

The day of the old-fashioned “hoss doctor" has
passed and our need today is well trained veter-
inarians, men who keep up to date, just as the
modern surgeon and physician does, so they are
prepared to diagnose and treat complicated dis-
eases. Our livestock needs more care today
than it ever has in the past because it is of ﬁner

" 'quality and more valuable, so why should there

not be good opportunities in the veterinary pro-
fession? There is every reason to believe there
are.

 

YOUR A'I'I‘ENTION, , MR. LEGISLATOR!

N it comes to asking for legislation
vc farmers request far less than the members
of any other group or class, and it does
seem as though they get only the less important
of what they do ask for. The average farmer-
supported bill going through legislature might
be likened to a bundle of wheat going through
the threshing machine; it is torn to pieces and
the grain taken out until when it ﬁnally comes
out at the other end about all there is left is a
little chaff. And the supporters seem to feel
lucky that they got that much.

The Editor was a member of a group to appear
before two different committees of the State
Senate last week to urge them to report out for
a vote the two poultry thief bills 1‘ t were passed
by he House over a month 3,521 and have since
spent most of the time in their hands. One was
the Hall bill which provides that a poultry buyer
must keep a record of all his purchases, from
whom bought, license number of truck or auto-
mobile if delivered in that way, and other infor—
mation that would be of great value in tracing
stolen chickens. This bill was in the hands of
the Agricultural Committee and after listening to
the arguments of farm leaders and viewing some
of the hundreds of letters we have received re-
garding the activities'of the thieves as well as a
pile of petitions relative to the Wilson case they
signiﬁed they would report it out for vote.

The other poultry thief bill is the Hui! bill and
has to do with the sentencing of poultry thieves.

.It was in the hands of the Judicial Committee.

The original bill provided that for stealing over

in state' s prison. Before the House would pass
it the minimum sentence was stricken can in“.

   

   

Committee it
imum sentence

that this would be reported out for a vote.

Now that these bills are coming out of the cam-
mittees let us have some action on them. For
the beneﬁt of the banker there'are ood laws pro-
tecting the money in his bank an ‘the farmer is
entitled to just as much privilege. Losses, by
poultry thieves in Ingham county are estimated at
around $5,000 annually. Is there any reason to
believe that it is any higher there than in’ many
other counties? , Absolutely not. Is there any

reason why an attempt by law should not be

made to curb the activities of the lowest typeof
thief? If there is we have never heard of it.
The future of the poultry industry in Michigan
is menaced and something must be done.
bills will not completely solve the problem but
they will help. Let us have action.

AMERICAN FOREST WEEK .
URDIG the week of April 24th to 30th thou-
sands of citizens of this country will answer
the call of American Forest Week to take
part in bringing about better forest conditions.
It was six years ago that this country conceived
the idea of devoting seven days in the year to

forestry education and last year Canada joined—7

with us.

American Forestry Week brings sharply to our
attention each year the fact that our forests are
fast disappearing and if we do not do something
about reforestation it will not be many years be-
fore the source of our lumber and wood supply
will be all but wiped out. It reminds us of the
thousands of acres of land under cultivation
today that would be much more valuable if they
were producing trees instead of numerous other

. crops that are the next thing to failures, if not

complete losses. Also the thousands of acres
of cutover land that should be reforested come
to our attention. By the entire nation getting
these ideas at one time something good is bound
to' come from it. Much good has already been
accomplished in the short time since/it was es-
tablished and the movement will gather speed
as it goes along.

To supply America’s needs all of our timber
land—470,000,000 acres—must be put to work
growing trees, and kept at work to its full ca-
pacity. Michigan has a law that encourages re-
forestation and more farmers should take ad—
vantage of it. They can save themselves money
by so doing. -

WRITE YOUR LAWMAKERS
F you want your representative or your son-
ator to vote a certain way on any certain bill
write him. He wants to know your desires
and the only way he can know them is for you
to tell him. Particularly during the last few
weeks of a session should you help him as it is
then that the most of the bills come through and
all are anxious to get them disposed of as rapidly
as possible so that they can adjourn and return
to their own work.

Right now you should be writing to your sen-
ator urging him to vote for the two poultry thief
bills. Then there is Senator Horton’s trespass
bill or the bill presented by Representative Brake
on the same subject.
relative to the taxing of foreign bonds, which are
bonds issued out of the State, a bill that would
lower taxes on our land. Another bill that de-
serves your support is one being offered by Rep.
Goodwine which would establish a four cent gas
tax, give us a permanent license plate at the rate
of 50 cents per hundredweight of the car 'for
which it is bought, and do away with the weight
tax on passenger cars and lower the rate on light
trucks. This is the type of bill that is ideal in
our estimation and possibly if you get busy and
advise your representative and senator that you
believe it their duty to vote for it, we may get it,
but if you do not it looks as though some other
plan will win out.

There is no question but what there are many
other bills that you are interested in. These we

 

THANKS, 11m. GROZINGER

EAR EDITOR: I wish to congratulate -'
youonthegrmtsucoeeeyonmadeof
the Wilson case. The credit for it be-

longs to YOUa—G. F. Gronlnxor, Publisher, -
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NATIONAL EGG WEEK

ley M. Powell?» Check them over and tell those > .
Then 117.51;

HE ﬁrst week in May is to be National Egg L

Week and from the ﬁrst to the seventh 4 I

special eﬂorts will be made to increase the

use of this valuable food all over the United:
States. Slogans like “Three Hundred Sixty-Five
Eggs Make a Health Year” and “Sunshine in
Sealed Packages" will be featured on banners
and striking posters in parades and window
displays. Newspapers will carry articles on the.
food value of eggs and the story will be sent-
out by radio stations nightly. -
Although there is little danger of an over pro-
duction of eggs there is reason to believe that
consumption can be increased materially if an
educational campaign is put on. The demand
for apples and candy has shown an increase be-
cause of the annual weeks set aside to call special
attention to them. The same is true of many
fruits and of canned goods. SO'Why cannot egg
consumption be increased by the same method?

The per capita egg consumption in the United I

States between 1900 and 1920 increased from
194 to 208, or only fourteen eggs in twenty years,
according to Prof. J. A. Hannah, state chairman

ofthis campaign, while in Canada consumption-1

was doubled during that period.

National Egg Week is: bound to increase the

demand but most of the demand will be for bet- ; -

ter eggs. The more anyone knows about a pro-

duct the more they exercise that knowledge in"

buying, soil: will be up to the poultry producers
to see that the people get what they want. Care-
ful feeding of good hens and selection of eggs.
Will be necessary and the more attention given

the greater the demand and the higher prices ‘

will be.

RAISING MORE BEETS .
EPORTS indicate that farmers are going in
more for sugar beets this year than they

have for the last few years. Beans have been-

a failure the last two years and it was reported.
that bean growers were going into potatoes but
it seems this was somewhat exaggerated as an
increased acreage of boots is noted in all bean
growing counties. '

Sugar beets is one of the surest crops a farmer

can raise, because they grow and mature under ,

conditions that would ruin most other crops. If
something could be done to raise the price of
sugar many more acres would be planted. Cuba
is trying to regulate the production of cane sugar
but how successful they will he remains to be
seen. Something must be done to give the sugar
market strength, that is certain.

PEIER PLOW‘S PHILOSOPHY
One thing about this here corn borer ﬁghtin'
campaign, it's increasin' interest in good plowin’,
’sides gettin’ the little cuss that’s after our corn
crop.

I noticed in the paper the other day how a
bank clerk in China asked for sick leave from
his work 2111' then run away with $52,000. I
reckon it’s the folks that run the bank that really
need the sick leave ’bout now.

’Cordin’ to scientists the man of the future is:
goin’ to be bald-headed, toothless and spindle»
legged. Well, some of us whose hair is gettin'
kinda spars, legs a little unsteady compared to
what they used to was and we're thinking "bout
gettin’ some store teeth, can claim that we are
just a little ahead of time, ’stead'of beln' old.

Over in Spain they got a smart idee of payin’
taxes. The mayor of one town ﬁgured out the,
idee of taxin' the women accordin' to the height
of their skirts. The higher their skirts the more
they pay. If they did that in this county we
wouldn’t need any taxes on real estate.

come hymns

May 1- 7,1927 -—Nationel Egg Week.

July 19- 23 .-—-International Baby Chick cono

vention, Grand Rapids, Mich. ~

August 1-4,1927.—-—International Country Life”

annual meeting, M. s. 0., East homing. Mich
August 4 .-—Farmers 13.... Michigan so»

legs, East Lansing, Mich.

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WATCH our FOR POULTRY
“TONIC" .
”BEING the last two weeks we

have received evidence that
country weeklies in every sec-

‘ ‘tion of the State cooperated with us
' to get before the farmers informa-

“tion'regarding these so-called lice
killers to be put in the drinking
'water’ of the poultry and we hope

2‘ everyone is now on their guard, not

only against "Everett” with his
poultry “tone” but any other agent

. peddling a similar remedy. No mat-
ter who calls on you or what he

claims for his remedy just remem-
ber that experiments. conducted by
experts show that internal remeﬂes
will‘not kill external parasites.

REDUCING THE NUMBER 011‘
‘ REDUCING CONCERNS
PSOM salts, che’wing gum and
soap sounds like an unusual
combination for taking off sur—
plus ﬂesh, but the “Learned Enter-
prises” of New York was selling a
fat reducing remedy that was found
to be just that. We say “was sell—
ing” because the post oﬁice depart-
ment recently closed them up on
charges of using the mail to defraud.
It is reported that the “Learned
Enterprises,” operated bwaillis E.
Learned and Earl F. Callan, made
an annual proﬁtof $500,000 through
the national sale of surplus patent
medicines supposed to possess al-
most magical reducing powers.

From what we are able to learn
the reducing part of .the treatment
consisted of reducing the victim’s
bankroll, and possibly some lost
Weight worrying about getting their
money back. A good thing to learn
from the “Learned Enterprises.” is
to not take any old dope that is sup—
posed to be good for what you be-
lieve ails you. If you are fat but

enjoy good health there is no reason.

for you to worry. It you are not in
good health seea good doctor and
ﬁnd out what is actually wrong.
Then take his advice and treatment.

 

DETROIT REAL ESTA TE

have had several inquiries re-

garding Detroit real estate.

Most of these folks have been
visited by salesmen representing
Detroit ﬁrms and they wrote in to
ask about buying in different parts
of the city.

Detroit is America’s fourth largest
city and it is growing rapidly, per—
haps faster than at least two out
of the three cities now leading it in
this country, so it is only natural that
the“ average person who knows any-
thing about Detroit believes in the

‘future of the city and thinks that

you can buy propery in almost any

_ direction from it and make a nice

proﬁt on the investment. Perhaps
this is true but it requires further

. explanation.

Property in Detroit or around it
is very desirable and will increase
considerable in value——if it is lo—
cated right.- We have been around
Detroit for several years and have
seen 'pieces of property that have
increased in value only slightly dur—
ing that time while other property
an equal distance from the main part
of the city has doubled in value
many times over. The ﬁrst property
was sold by a company that thought
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teatr out? subscribers from fraudulent dunno.
or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at
a distance.
In every one we wlll do our but to make
‘ a Iatlsfaotory settlement or force actlen. to!

which no charge for our services will our be

olalm la made by a bald-up wt».
.mlher to The Business Farmer. . ,
2.—-The claim is not more than 0 mos. eld.‘
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la wlthln easy dlatance. of one another“!

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without restrictions and one or two
families put up shacks to live' in
with no intent of building a desir—
able home. The rest of the folks
who bought lots, perhaps while the
boom was on and before these shacks
were built, did not want to‘ live in
such an atmosphere so they held the
property 'to speculate. Others
bought only to speculate, thinking
that the property would increase in
value rapidly and they would soon
sell out at a good proﬁt and invest
elsewhere to make more on other
property. But they found buyers
scarce, because 'of the shacks. Of
course that property will increase in
value, it cannot help it, but the in-
crease will be slow. '

The property that increases in
value at a fairly rapid and steady

rate is that where reasonable re- ‘

strictions are in force, Where only
desirabTe homes or business places
can be constructed.

We do not believe that anyone
should take the word of a salesman
as to the value or desirability of a
piece of property in Detroit or any
other place. If you are going to in—
vest your money in it by all means
go and see it and make a careful
investigation. By taking your time

that way you may miss a bargain
once in a while but it will usually
save you from becoming ‘a sucker
many times over. The slogan "In—
Vestigate before your invest” is a
very good one to follow when buy-
ing real estate, and that should ap—
ply to the company you are going
to deal with as well as the property.

 

DO NOT GIVE YOUR SUBSCRIP-
TION TO THIS MAN

E wish to warn our good friends

against a former agent of M.

B. F. This man’s name is J.
J. Corbett and we found it necessary
to discharge him for misrepresent—
ing our publication. We do not
know his whereabouts or what he is
doing but if he should call at your
home claiming to be our agent just
show him the road and advise him
to take it. He is about 5 feet 7
inches tall. stocky, dark complex—
ion, black hair, between 35 and 40
year sold, and drives a Chrysler
coach.

A man who misrepresents can not
be 'an agent for us. Any time we
learn of an agent misrepresenting
THE BUSINESS FARMER we discharge
him at once because we will not
have our publication sold in that
way. This type of an arent can
work for some papers it 5' 9ms, but
not for us, and we will welcome let—
ters if. there are any persons who be—
lieve they have reason for complaint
because our paper has been sold to
them by misstatements.

LETTER CHAIN NOT SO LUCKY
FOR JAP

ANY have written us about the
chain letter idea and most of
you are probably familiar with

how it works. You recei‘ve an un-
signed, letter, supposedly from a
,friend, that contains information to
the efect that it is a “good luck let—
ter” you are receiving and so as to
not break the chain of “good luck"
you must copy it and send it to nine
of your friends to whom you wish
good luck. '

An American army ofﬁcer in the
Spanish-American war. wrote the
ﬁrst letter of this kind, as far as we
are able to learn, to a friend as a
joke. The friend took it seriously
and that started the chain that has
reached every country in the world.

That the “good luck” supposed to
follow the sending out of these let—
ters does not always come true is
indicated by a report we recently
.. - .' In Japan a man was ﬁned four
ot long ago for starting such a

We have never heard of any-
“in this county getting mixed
up with the-police because of their
doing this, neither have we learned
or any persons winning “good luck
through_their' smarts along this line.
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Dons“. Tempted by
“Speculative Profits”

Naturally big proﬁts are always alluring. But don’t
forget the other side of the picture—big losses.

Authorities of high reputation are responsﬂile for the
statement that the vast majority of those who specu-
late with their funds lose everything sooner or later.

The man or woman who is working today to assure
ﬁnancial independence in the future cannot afford to
take the slightest risk of loss.

The safe route to wealth is thru investment in such
sound and stable securities as our 6 % % First Mort-
gage Bonds. '

It may seem a slower way but in the great percentage
of cases it’s really the quickest, and always the sures t.

If you will save consistently and invest
those savings in til/2% First Mortgage
Bonds you can count with certainty upon
being eventually well to do.

Send for our booklet “Safe Bonds. ” Just
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aired. Didn’t know ivhether
awas- hurt or not. But- he” wasn 'z’t
Seems that when he came into the
case he slipped and had gone down. The
bl dd wasn’t his but had come there while
.Er st was away. Things was getting
' worse and I could see now that Jim Was
53.8“ scared as me. He was for going back
to’his place and sending for the sheriff
"(1 II Iwas with him. Frost was different.
He says, “‘No, you can go, but I’m going
to stick here and see who is throwing
trash in my house. Darndest mess I ever
3 seen.” He then proceeded to get a bucket
and mop and tried to clean up.

We sat around for an hour and it was
midnight last time I looked. Guess we
all went to sleep about the same time.
At least we woke up together.

It, was two thirty and the darndest
squealing and moaning was to be heard.
Then a shot and another one and by
that time the moaning had stopped and
we sure was scared. Even Frost was

talking in a whisper.

' Finally I crawled up to a window half
afraid to look out altho we had been in
the "dark even since Frost had cleaned
up. I ventured a look out into the night.

“Jim,” I whispered, “looky here.”

Jim came over and out there near the

I‘ barn I could see a fellow walking along
slow like as if he was looking for some-
thing.

“Let me have that gun," Jim says un-
der his breath. “See if you can get that
window open easy like.”

Frost got the window open and Jim
aimed and pulled the trigger. The old
shotgun made a terriﬁc roar and ﬂash
and between the smoke and light we
couldn't see for a few seconds.

“Well, gotta see if we got the cuss,”
Jim announced and he and Frost started
out the door with me trailing along be—
hind. I didn't hanker after gazing on a
dead man.

Well. we got out to the place where the
man had been, but didn’t see any dead
folks.

“Missed him,” Frost says.

“Durned if it ain’t,” Jim says.
sure I had a bead on him.”

Well, we went back to the house con—
vinced of one thing that these ghosts
had some earthly backing. Who they
were we couldn’t say. Just then an auto—
mobile went tearing past. Jim and Frost
wondered who might be out driving at
that hour. If we had known what we do
now we would have taken the shotgun
and followed them. But we didn’t. Day-
light came and we went out as soon as
possible looking for clues. Found a lot
of foot tracks but was all for giving up
and going over to Jim’s for breakfast
when I noticed a little can with a funny
top on it. Picked it up and smelled and
got a terrible odor. Stopped my breath.
for a time but after a few seconds I
recognized the smell as ether. Took it
once in a hospital when I broke an arm.

“Gosh.” I says, “darned near lost me
that time. What you doing with ether?”
says I turning to Frost.

“What’s that?” he asked.

“Well, smell this and you will know,”
and I handed him the can.

. "That's funny," Frost says,

do you suppose that’s for.

any of that around here?”

“Maybe they been planning to chloro—
form you," says Jim, “and when they
found you was gone they threw the stuff
out.”

We guessed a bit as we looked but
didn’t. ﬁnd any more clues so we decided
to go back to Jim’s and eat breakfast.

“One thing," Jim says. “Keep quiet
about this performance. I’m going to
town and see what can be done. We
gotta solve this mystery, if we have to
hire a detective."

“Why not put the sheriff on it and tell
him the association is backing it,” says
I. “Here's a chance for you to work on
a good case.”

“Can’t very well," says Frost. “Me
being secretary and Jim president it
might look peculiar, us being in control
of the funds and then we spend them on
ourselves."

“Well, I’ll see," Jim says, and told me
after breakfast that he was going to town
but not to tell anyone what for.

“Give my regards to the News,” I says.
"Tell the old man I got a good story for
him some of these days.”

Again I said a real truth. If I hadnt
found that ether can and been worried

. about it there’s no telling when things
might have changed. As it was that
smell got a good thing for me.
' Things went along all right for a while,
and then we began to hear reports that
chickens and hogs were being stolen. in
the county north of us. It sounded just
like the activities of the crooks who had
been taking hogs from us in the spring,
and I called Jim’s attention to an item
in the paper about it.

"Well, they better organize like Mill-
.bank township did.” We don’t have no
trouble since we put up them signs "
' The next time I was in town, which
was right after corn planting and We
weren’t extra busy. I called on the News
to see how they were making it. I spoke
.to the editor of seeing about the trouble
in Henderson county, and he says he
heard the sheriff over the phone was
Writing on the case. and said he was
going to clean it up or know why. Also

"out a little time panning our local sher—
I‘ couldn’t help laughing when
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on Sunday and get some dope, and 'if I
wanted a good ride in his new car, I had
better plan to come along. 01? course I
was interested and said I would let him
know.

Jim said‘he didn’t care. so Sunday
morning I was in town as fast as the
old mare would take me, and had,her
safely stabled for the day and was'over
to the News office in plenty of time.
The editor was along soon and away we
went, me admiring the car and paying no
attention to the scenery.

Well, we had a ﬁne visit with the Hen-
derson sheriff. He showed us thru the
jail, served us a swell dinner on the
county, and talked a lot. He was an in-
teresting cuss, and I could see he meant
business. Told us how he had beenwork-
ing on the stealing cases and how he
traced some of the stolen hogs from one
farm to a local butcher shop. Said he
had been keeping track of all hogs sold
in the town and checking up on who
brought them in, and how he had arrested
a fellow who was supposed to be buying
chickens. This fellow, he said, was now
in jail, and they Were going to makeit
hot for him. the the fellow wouldn’t tell
’em a blame thing.

Seems that one of the farmers had a
lot of purebred chickens and had put
leg-bands on them so as to keep them

separated from the others, with the idea'

'ob, ma be 7we cou d locate the ho a next
J ' y ‘ 1 ‘ g , I salvaged from Frosts the night Jim and

time they were- stolen. We could notify
all the shippers; and they could be watch-
ing for our hogs to turn up.
good to Jim after I explained how we
could get little‘ markers, and he decided
to call a' meeting of the ofﬁcers and dis-
cuss the plan.

Eventually all the members of the asso-
ciation marked their hogs with little tags,
and each had a number to stamp on for
his own hogan Jim had No. 1, and,..,we
had a sWell time 'one rainy day putting
rivets in hogs‘ ears to protect them.

'Well,I'summer ’rolled along, and still no
more reports of stealing came in, and we
ﬁnally decided things were getting better
in our section of the county. Jim shipped
some hogs latein the summer and they
all showed they belonged to the fellow
shipping them, and my idea was comment-
ed on by several of the farmers. I felt
pretty cocky over it.

Pride, they say, always goes before a
fall. The prouder I got of my scheme
to save the hogs, the cockier I felt. Then
I took my fall. One morning I got up
as was my usual custom and went out
to throw corn to the hogs. Instead of
“their being on the job to welcome the corn,
all was quiet. I “whoo-eed,” thinking
they were out back of the house, but
there was no answer to my call. I looked
for hogs, but there wasn’t any. I was

 

 

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO -FAR

IIIEVES were active in Millbrook township.
Jim Barton things were pretty quiet.

After they stole six hogs of
Folks had their ideas as to who

were the guilty ones but had no proof so nothing was done to better con-

ditions until old Mrs.

Shaster was shot of while trying to keep someone from

taking her chickens and then it was decided to organize a. protective association.

The association begins to function immediately.

Bill, former apprentice of the

local country weekly who is now working for the Bartons because of poor health,

tells the story.——Editor.

 

 

Well, the
chickens had stopped at this place and
looked around, but didn’t buy anything.
Next night someone stole all the show
birds. The sheriff went to a local pro-
duce ﬁrm the next morning and didn’t
say anything, but kinda hung about when-
ever anyone came in to sell chickens.
Late in the afternoon this peddler came
in with a bunch of crates; and in his
usual manner told what a hard time he
had had that day.

As he was unloading the crates, the
sheriff was looking around, and after the
man had gone, he went into the poultry
house, and sure enough there was them
fancy chickens with the tickets still fast~
ened to their legs. It didn't take the
sheriff very long to step in and arrest
the dealer for receiving stolen property,
and then got out a warrant and arrested
the peddler. When he had put both the
peddler and the produce man in jail, the
dealer thought it was all up and con-
fessed that he had been working with the
peddler for several months and that they
had been able to make quite a haul. Not
only had they been active in that county,
but they had also operated in several
of the surrounding counties. They said,
however, that poultry was all they hand-
led.

The sheriff was positive of this, too, he
said, as he had visited their homes and
found no traces of other thievery.

.That sure gave me an idea.

When I got home that night, I told Jim
all about it and suggested that if the

panicky.~ Called Jim and he came a-run-
ning out of the barn. The hogs were
gone. Maybe you think there wasn’t ex-
citement!

Jim was a sorry a cuss as I have seen
for some time. I tried to cheer him up,
and assured him that our numbering sys-
tem we would locate the hogs. All We
had to do was to send out word to the
sheriffs of surrounding territory to be’on
the watch for ear markers, and if the
hogs were sold they could be identiﬁed
and the crooks be caught.

Well, the protective association met
that night. A reward of $100 Was offered
and the local paper was given an ad of
the reward and copies were sent out to
other counties and we waited for re-
sults.

I felt pretty blue just then. Seemed
like nothing had happened that was solv-
ing any of our troubles, and everymtime
anything did happen it was (always
against us.

The sheriff saved himself this time, tho,
from an attack in the News. The next
day after Jim's losing the hogs, Sheriff
Thomas, assisted by several deputies, pull—
ed off the big raid of his career. For a
long time there had been rumors that
things weren't just what they should be
down at the old Dike house along the
river. This place, one-time residence of
some ﬁsherman, had been deserted for
many years, and lately there were folks
hanging around there.

Must have been one of the deputies
who got wise to the fact that things
weren’t going good. However, be that as

protective association could do a secret it may, Sheriff Thomas raided the place

  
 
  
   
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
   
    
  
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
 
 
 
 

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railroad. and also the"'
boxes. of books that were lost in' the

 

. spring from the depot station.

I read over the list of other items and
was. about ready to quit when I noticed
an item marked ”box of drugs. ”

That interested me, principally because

cleaning up my special corner in the
“shop’” I had come onto that ether can

Frost and me Whad been hunting for ‘the

ghosts. Altho we had several talks 7 at—

terwards, and Jim had seen the sheriff

about it, nothing had come of the row;

and I concluded things was going against

us‘. But that box of drugs just made me

think they might be the folks who were

working on Frost. , f
I mentioned the fact to Jim, and asked

him ifwe ought to look into the matter‘ ‘

and he .said it wouln’t hurt nothing. So

when I was to town on Saturday, I went

 

 

,down to the Jail. to ,see the stuff. There-
_ were lots of folks looking at it, and when

I asks the sheriff about the dings, he ‘
said. he didn’t know just what.they were,
but if I wanted to I could look at them.

Gosh, I was happy when on examining
the stuff I found it was a case of twenty-
four cans of ether! Happiness didn' t last
long, because I found the case was un- i
broken; Now if my can,‘ which had the 7
same label as that in the raided stuff,
belonged to that shipment, then there was
another box of twenty-three cans missing.

“Is this all the drugs?” I asked the
deputy who displayed the stuff.

"Well, I reckon. I helped to carry it
across the road to the truck, and if there
was more I’d have known it.” ‘

So I went back to hear the sheriff tell
how he had captured the gang and how
he was out to clean up things and this
made more anxious than ever to beat him
to it in our community. After all the ,
loaﬁng he had done I couldn’t see him ”
getting that reward from the Protective
Association.

I talked to Jim that night and told him
about my investigation and guessed that
they was nothing to my clue after all.

“Maybe they was two of them boxes.”
“Why not go down and look
around a bit. Might be something left
that is worth seeing anyhow.”

That cheered me up and as long as I
had never been to the Dike house I de-
cided to borrow the old mare and drive
down in the morning, the next day being
Sunday and church wasn ’t till afternoon. .

The Dike house sat out on a kind of a ' i
dry island with sloughs around it instead
of water. The only way over to it was
across a dike put in to keep the river in
place and so the house got its name. I
tied the mare up to the fence and started
across on foot kinda thinkin’ what I 3
might ﬁnd and not paying much attention
to things. So you can guess I was pretty
scared when I heard someone sing out.
“Howdy,” just in front of me.

I looked up and here was Mike Albert
coming across.

“Going down to see the den of the
thieves,” he askes as he came up to me.
“Was justdownmto see if there was any
stuff that was worth carting home. You
know I collect all kinds of stuff and am
needing some old boards to finish that
hog shed of mine. "

Well, I admitted I was looking about
just out of curiosity, but when Mike said
he would go back with me I felt kind of
like I was ham-.pered

Mike wasn ’t such a bad fellow tho. He
showed me where the gang had stored
their stuff in a cave that adjoined the
house to the back and told me a lot of
things about how the gang had been
gambling. Said he had been invited down
one time to play a little poker, but after
he thought it over decided not to come

“I didn’t like the looks of the fellow
who stopped to visit ‘and who invited me,"
Mike says. “Looked crooked to me from
the start. I might have been picked up
with them if I had gone, can’t tell "

“Tough about Jim Barton losing them
hogs,” Mike continued as we scratched
about the place. “Find any clue to them
in this gang?” Well, I admitted as far
as I knew Jim hadn’t got any results
and Mike says if we ever heard any more
about the other stealings.

“You know” Mike says further, “Its
the funniest thing about that car that
was smashed in front of my place too.
It belonged to a fellow by the name of
Hansen and he came out to look at it
after the wreck, and just left it. I ﬁnally
pulled it up in the yard a couple days
later and its st1ll there. Last week I
asked him about it and he wrote back and
said I could have. it. Do you know any-
thing about autos? Maybe we can ﬁx
it and make it run. ”

Well I wasn’t keen for hanging round
Mike’s place but that auto kiid of ap-
pealed to me so I told him I’d drift over
some day and see what we could do .

Mike was ahead of me walking toward
the dike and we was just preparing to
leave the Dike house and I Was making
one last 100k for some signs of a drug
box when I spied a metal that looked

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This is a sample of companion cropping on the farm of the Farm Garden editor.
Cabbage, lettuce and radishcs are planted here.

Tﬂiﬁéhsﬁii’EN
(Questions alsdly Answered.)

INSECTS AN'D PLANT DISEASES
HE most disappointing part of

‘ gardening is the fact that our
plans, no matter how carefully
laid ‘out, are at best only an
outline ‘of the way we would like to
have things go. Heat, cold, draught,
rain, frost, insects and diseases are
only a few of the things that hold
a ruling hand over the ﬁnal results.
Some of them cannot be avoided,
which fact behooves us to prevent
those that can be controlled to any
degree, no matter how small. By

 

these I mean plant diseases and in—r

sects. You will notice I said pre—
vented, as there are very few plant
disease which can be overcome once
they have established themselves in
the plants. Also insect enemies must
be taken in hand promptly if we are
to attain any degree of success in

, controlling them.

On the basis of letters received
I am led to believe that a good many
of our readers are having consider—
able trouble with the cabbage or on-
ion maggot and that this pest is per-
fectly at home on a large number of
Michigan farms.

We were troubled several seasons
with this pest (in fact, we thought
we had them all) but during the last
few seasons we have been compara—
tively successful in controling it.

In the ﬁrst place we try to avoid
planting onions, cabbage, turnips or
radishes' on the same ground oftener

,than once in “every three or four

years. .

In cabbage and cauliﬂower its ef-
fects are more noticeable on the
early crops, due no doubt'to the fact
that the parent ﬂy of his pest is
more prevalent at this time. It also
seems to. be more troublesome in wet
seasons. In controlling this pest in
the onion and radish we have en-
jyed almost complete control by us-
ing a mixture of 1 ounce of corrosive
sublimate (bichlride of mercury) to
8 gallons of water, applied to both
sides of the row in amount sufficient
to thoroughly moisten the soil near
the row.

This should be mixed in earthen
or wooden receptacles and may be
‘applied by replacing the rose or nozq-
zle of the sprinkling can With a
wooden plug into which has been
bored a 4%, inch hole. The can must
then be thoroughly coated with wax,
tar, or other substance to prevent
the liquid coming in contact with
the metal which would render the
poison useless and destroy the can.
Very small amounts may be applied
with a glass bottle.

This should be applied as soon as
plants are well started and repeated
every ten days until onions start to
Two applications is usually
sufficient for radishes. It may be
also applied on cabbage by making
a small cavity in soil around stem
and using about 175 cupful to each
plant, replacing the soil around the
stem liquid has soaked down.

To cabbage and cauliﬂower, how-
ever, we prefer to’ us use tar paper

- discs about three inches in diameter,

havinga small hole in the center and
a slot extending from this hole to the

edge of the disc. These may be made '

at home although. «we have had
trouble in securing a non-curling tar
felt suitable for this purpose. This

may be ”purchased: very reasonably
' which We prefer to do. '

These, are placed around stems of
' nplants .are set: and is
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ate must be applied every ten days.

We; have also “had good luck‘con—
trolling this pest by sowing salt over
the ﬁeld; or inthe row in case of
radish and onions, but it requires

some experimenting on our part to .

determine the effect this might have
on the soil over a period of time.
Another thing in favor tarred discs

' “ is thattheir; use , nts V
‘ * which the ﬁ'ynsufally den '3

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soil néar. the stem from hatching,
thereby: getting in “its work before
the worm has any chance of doing
damage. 4 -

A number of inquiries have also
come to my desk in regard to melon
and cucumber rust or blight. This
disease is especially noticeable dur-
ing dalmp cloudy weather such as the
season of 1926. As I stated before
it cannot be cured but can usually
be controlled by practicing a rota-
tion; of crops to prevent melons,
squash, cucumbers or others of this
family of plants from occupying the
ground more than once in three or
four years.

Start in when the vines begin to

 

. run and spray with 4-6—50» Bordeaux

mixture, applying every ten days or
two weeks before maturity. The
early applications might also con-
tain lead arsenate which will be in-
ﬂuential in checking the ravages of
the cucumber beetle.

ONION MAGGOT

I would like to know what to do
to keep} out those little white mag-

  

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Michigan. .
~E have had almost com‘p‘l
control of the onion mags“
thoroughly moistening the.
on each side of the row of plants;
with a mixture of one ounce of 'cbr—_
rosive sublimate to eight gallons 0 ‘
water. This poison is also known;
as bichloride of mercury. -
This must be mixed in wooden or.
earthen vessels as contact with metal
renders it useless and will also de-
stroy the container. We remove the
nozzle of a sprinkling pot and plug
the end of the spout with a, wooden '
plug into which has been drilled a "
%—inch hole. ' This prevents too
large an amount running out. Melt
Waxand thoroughly coat the inside . '
of the can which will prevent con- . '
tact with the metal. Apply up one
side of row and down the other when
onions are three inches high and; re-
peat every ten days until onions
start to bulb.

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Young chickens will make the belt
gains if they have plenty of room on
range and indoors.

 

  
 
 

 

The straw
that broke the
camel’s back

HE old fable is true.

straw was the little bit too much.
Piling on a little at a time ﬁnally
makes the load too great.

And just so taking away from qual-
ity, taking away a little bit at a time
ﬁnally breaks down ,Serviceability.

Low prices are attractive.
a vast amount of merchandise is to-
day oiiered for sale that is made to
sell and not made to serve.

A little quality is taken away, and
the price lowered. A little more and
the price reduced ﬁve cents further.
Skimping, adulteration, and substi-
tution are the ever-present tempta-
tions in making prices too low.

Montgomery Ward &‘ Co. met this
“cheap goods” question ﬁfty-ﬁve
In the beginning, Mr.
Ward laid down the cornerstone pol-
icy of this business: “Always to offer
a saving—but never to sacriﬁce qual-
ity to make alow price.”
ﬁve years we have adhered to that

 

years ago!

  

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The last
Rule.

ﬁrst.

And so

old quality.

Ward’s.

For ﬁfty-
too great.

.422 example of hard Quality

» This shoe has a second sole as good as the outer sole. Similar
appearing shoes are sold at 25 cents less—by making the second
sole of leather costing 20 cents instead of 45 cents. Such shoes
are worn out when the ﬁrst sole wears through. The saving
in cash is 25 cents—the loss in serviceability lat least $2.00.

. are Your Wm? Catalogue/”or Greater Savings

ESTABLISHED 1872

Motg°mely Ward 300. f ,

' 3M Baltimore. .Portlsndepre: ,. ,Oakl'ends-i-Calif? Eon:

policy in the full spirit of the Golden A

At Ward’s your satisfaction comes
ﬁrst. Your lasting friendship comes
We would rather keep our old
customers, rather deserve Your conﬁ-
dence, than win thousands of new
customers through cutting quality
to make price “ baits.” ~;

And so Riverside Tires keep all their

fabric, or dispense with new live rub-
ber to lower their price. Our “all
wool” means all wool. At Ward’s
Quality comes ﬁrst — then low price.

N o merchandise power in the world
can buy cheaper or sell cheaper than
Sixty million dollars in cash
is- used to buy goods in’ the largest
quantities so that we can always quote
lower-than-market prices.
will never cut quality, never sacriﬁce
your satisfaction to make a price.

A Price too low—makes the Cost

   
    
  
   
   
  
    
   
   
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
   
   
 
 
  
  
  
   
  
  

 

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no... Do Your Best
Colors: Blue and Gold
. ‘Mildred Darby, President

when“ McCarthy, Vice-President
" Ned, Secretary-Treasurer

 

Vi =f‘.“ S a member of The Chil-
r‘dren’s Hour Club I pledge '
-, myself:

":f‘l‘o live a Christian life and keep
3 ' 'the Ten Commandments.

To do my best in everything I do.

To be true to my country, the
United States of America.
To do at least one good deed

each day.
To assist the less fortunate than I.

To be considerate of others.

To be kind to people and to ani—
mals. ' -

h To become educated.

To always conduct myself in a way
that is becoming to a. lady or
gentleman.

 

 

 

. EAR girls and boys:

, The class
E will now come to attention
1 while I ask a question. How
many have spring fever? All who
have raise their right hand. Well,
,Well, looks like everyone has it, and
apparently several have it real bad
because they have both hands up.
I too have my hand in the air, and
I should put both of them up as I
have a very severe attack. The only
cure I know of is a walk through
the ﬁelds and woods with possibly
a ﬁshing outﬁt so that you can try
your luck at ﬁshing if you happen
onto a stream. So let the class ad-
journ to the ﬁelds and woods where
'we can study nature and breath the
fresh, sweet air deep into our lungs.

Here we are going across ﬁelds
towards some woods. Isn’t the sun
bright and warm? And the grass is

, rapidly covering the earth ith
green patches. Reminds one of ugs
in a. large room, doesn’t it? The

grass makes green rugs and the “'0‘
turned soil red, black and brown
ones. One more fence and we will
be in the rwoodlot. Don’t forget that
the last one through must close the
gate.

Ah, ’here we are! The leaves are
beginning to form on the trees, and
——why sure enough, it looks as
though there would soon be some
May ﬂowers for us to gather. We
rwill remember this place and c0me
back in a few days.

Beginning to feel a little tired
from the long walk? Alright, let’s
sit on this old log for a while and
watch the birds. How busy they
seem to be! What is the matter! A
snake? Oh, he will not hurt you,
in fact he is more afraid of you than
you are of him. See how rapidly he
wiggles away. Now, if you are rested
let’s go to the creek, a little further
into the woods, and see if there are
any ﬁsh.

Did you notice that squirrel
scamper up the tree when you broke
that twig with your foot? Guess he
thought it was an enemy approach—
ing. We would not hurt him, would
we? Not any more than we would
the beautiful birds.

Here is the creek, and let’s see
who will be the ﬁrst one to discover
a ﬁsh. You did see one? Where?
Oh yes, now I see it. Isn’t he a beau—
ty? And there are some more, lots
of them. No, let’s not try to catch
them. I’d rather sit here on the
bank and watch them.

Yes, I too am beginning to feel
sleepy. Guess it must be the spring
air. We better be heading back
towards home or the sun will dis-
appear in the west before we get
back. And we might miss supper.
That would be a calamity because I
feel as though I could eat three or
"four suppers. Aren't you hungry?
" thought you would be. It must be
it ‘8 air that causes it.

(Oh, I almost forgot—gwe are to
have maple syrup and pancakes for
miner. .Now I must hurry. Um, um,
«cagalmost smell those cakes. Ah,
~Wrew'e are back home, hungry and
. " sell ,to go to bed right after

 

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Colors: BLUE AND GOLD

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Well, my dear, good Uncle Ned:—~Here
I am again. Hello and how are you pro-
gressing in this new year? I was going
to write you sooner and wish you a happy
New Year but the year has many months
to pass yet, so perhaps I can wish you a
happy and prosperous new year yet.

You are progressing ﬁne with our chil—
dren’s page and I also see where we are
going to elect ofﬁcers. Well, I think that
will be lovely and it' may make Our Page
grow more than ever before. We hope so
and I hope we have great pleasure in
choosing our ofﬁcers but I hope we don’t
disagree, or get in an argument but I’m
sure we won’t. We must remember our
motto in this case—“Do Your Best” and
also our colors, what they mean. If We
just’ let these two things ramble through
our mind. I'm sure We will come through
0. K. I have been going to write for a
long time and give my opinion on this
subject, but—oh dear—it just seems as
though I let work crowd everything else
out, I guess.

I think we should feel proud of our
good Uncle Ned to think he is doing so
much for us and helping us organize in
such a mannerly way. He has did his
duty by us all and I’m sure I can never
forget him. I feel I'll always want to be

 
  

Young Man, on
You nus 'rnr ’
Wlfﬂodf Mums
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JUST BORROWING
Remember the picture and joke from Fred
Connor, of Turbin, which we published a.

short time ago? Well,

here is another
that Fred sent in.

Isn’t it funny?

9. member even if I grow over the age
limit and get grey haired.

Perhaps some day I’ll grow older and
may have boys and girls of my own.
Well, if I ever do. they will belong to the
Children’s Page, if they can only write
Uncle Ned’s name.

I will soon total my eighteenth birth-
day. It is in March but I don’t feel as
though I’m that old yet, I want to feel
young as long as possible because when
our speeding lives begin to grow old we
soon begin to wither and fade as a beauti—
ful rose does. It may be ever so beauti-
ful and charming when it ﬁrst buds into
this earth but it soon begins to fade,
then its petals begin to wither and fall
upon the earth around it. Our lives are
a good comparison with a beautiful rose,
are they not? And I guess there are (in
the “human roses”) tame and wild. Of
course, we are not all perfect but take
for instance, if there was a tame rose
bush on one side of the fence and you
were on the other side with a cluster of
wild roses blooming right at your band’s
turn—wouldn’t you climb the fence and
pick the tame roses and leave the wild
roses bloom there. You’d think the tame
ones are much purer looking and “1 pre-
fer those" and it’s the same with our
boys and girls of today. You can tell the
so-called wild ones from the other class.

We often will say when God calls on
us to help Him up in Heaven, “Oh, Why
did He take that young person and leave
some old haggard tramp to beg his way
forever", but God is like the comparison
I was just giving you.
helpers and so He picks them ﬁrst. I
guess. It says in the Bible, “A Little
Child Shall Lead Them” and isn't it quite
true? If we go anywhere, to a show or.
place of amusmeent and a grown person
could do a great stunt, but let a little
child do the same and wouldn’t we all
take to the child ahead of the older per—
son? So many times in church a. little
child will testify and it seems to touch
ones heart more sbmeway than if an older
person would lead in prayer.

Well, my dear Uncle and Cousins, I
suppose I must sign off. I am sending
my best hopes in regards to the “election
subject" and I also hope it will be a
regular success . to all. Well.. I remain
as ever, yours for the Page and Uncle
Ned—Miss Eathel Fay Sharp, Route 3,
Akron, Michigan: . . '
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have fallen, just as the good deeds we do
or the bad ones are remembered long after
we have left this world. So it‘wo want
this memory to be a pleasant one we must
do good deeds and live the right kind of
lives. There is a difference between the
good rose and the good person because
you seethe rose fade but when you get
to know the good person you do not notice
the passing of the beauty ‘of their face
'and form as you see only the beauty
within them—a beauty that time alone
cannot fade. Come again, Eathel.

Dead‘Uncle Ned:——I have never written
before but have tried in some of your
contests. 1’ am twelve years old and in
the eighth grade. I live on a farm and
attend the "Kerby School". I have six
brothers and their names are: Donald,
Dale, Delbert, Rex, Lloyd and Francis.
Francis doesn’t go to school yet. He is
only three and Donald is all out of school
and works in a Grand Rapids Savings
Bank.

1 take music lessons of a. teacher .over
at Owosso and enjoy playing.

There is a clay pit right back of our
house and they load clay with a steam
shovel. There is a lot of ponds and it
is sure .fun to go skating.

We have a radio and get WGHP very

often and I wish I could hear you once.
Your want-to-be niece,-—-Letah Rose, Cor-
unna, Michigan.
—So you would like to hear me talk over
the radio. Well, I believe if I did you
would think it was static you Were listen-
ing to.

Dear Uncle Nedz—Thank you very
much, Uncle Ned, for that pretty card and
button which I received all 0. K.

.I’m still corresponding with one of the
correspondents .which I got through my
letter which you printed and ﬁnd that

 

 

MARJORIE AND HER PETS

VMarjoi-ie Hurley, of n. F. D. No. 1, Mid-

land, loves her pets. a kitty and a dog.

correspondent writes very interesting let-
ters. Allow me to thank you again for
printing my letter.

Oh, Uncle Ned, I'm so glad you got the
office of Secretary, I'm sure.

This week the G. H. S. had spring va—
cation and it certainly seems good to be
back home again after being away most
all winter going to school.

Cousins, what do you expect to be when
you are older or rather get through
school? My greatest dream is going ‘to
Lansing to take a business course after
I get through G. H. S. I don't know if
my dream will ever come true but here’s
hoping anyway. I sure hope it does.

Is there any of you cousins who like to

’write stories more than any other thing?

feel so much livelier and gay.

  
 
  
 

I’m one who just loves to sit down all
by myself and write a story. We have
about two stories a week for English at
school. I wish we had them every day.
It is fun to write them and listen to those
that the other eighth graders write.
There are thirty-two in the eighth grade
so you can imagine how many are writ»
ten in one Week.

Isn’t spring the grandest season of the”
year though? It seems to make a person
is‘ almost gone here, and those sweet ;,
shying birds are back again singing their ‘
old sweet songs. It snows! ones 111.9
mayo}. but it all someway as gut as
it ‘ ‘ ,.

  
  

  
  

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grunts) running ioayiora. «:33, Box. 47..., ,
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tainly the feeling of spring must be in
your blood."
want? Well, I
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Dear Uncle Nedz—I would like to join
your club, that is if you and my want-to-
be—cousins would like to have me Join.
I have been a reader or Tm: Busmnss
Fapnm for about two months. I ﬁnd
that your column is very interesting.

I thought I would write a letter to help
ﬁll up your.waste paper basket which I
hope has gone and hid so that all you
can do is to put this letter in print. I
hope you ’took the hint, if you did not I
will be very disappointed. '

I suppose I should describe myself as
the other children do. I am 14 years old,

 

 

FINE SCHOOL RECORD
Dear Uncle Ned:—I see by the
paper that two boys have attended
school five years without. missing. I
can beat that, for I went six years
without either being absent or tardy.
I started when six years old and
passed the 8th grade when 13 years
of age. I passed eight grades in seven
'years. I was awarded a punctuality
pin and six diplomas. I am proud
of my six years without being either
absent or tardy. Well I must close,
hoping to see this in print. My name 3
is Swen M. Black, Bailey, Route 1,
Michigan. ‘

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in the seventh grade. I am ﬁve feet tall,
weigh one hundred pounds, brown hair,
medium complexion, gray eyes.

If there is anything that I have to do
before I can join the club I would be
greatly obliged if you would let me know
as I would like to get a. button so as I
may call myself one of the club members
and also one of your nephews.

'I will make this letter short and sweet,
so as others will have space to have their
letters printed.

I would be grateful to some of your

nieces and nephews if they would write
to me as I like to write and answer let-
ters. I will write you a letter soon too
if you desire me to. Your want-to-be
nephew.—-Harley Van Leuwen, Route I,
Box 6, Hudsonville, Michigan.
-——VVe are very glad to have you become
a. member of our Club, Harley, and I
know many will respond to your appeal
for letters. Come again.

,Dear Uncle Nedz—I must write to
thank you for my merry circle button
you sent me. Well, my button got his
face washed (and his back also). I lost
it at school and our teacher gave it to
one of the boys and he gave it to me.

I think I will tell you an April Fool
joke, it is nearly time. Once Byron. a
school boy said, “Here comes your father,”
just to fool me. It happened that papa
had gone to a town east of us and sure
enough it was him. That was the time
the joke was on Byron.

Maybe I had better come along and
keep Mr. W. B. from gobbling up my
letter. I think I will sit on top of Mr.
W. B. to keep him from it. Oh, say,
maybe he would gobble me up! He is
so hungry. Give him a scolding if he
does. Your nephew.-Gerald Beach, Walk—
erville, R2, Mich.

-—Looks like you will have to watch that '

button a little closer, doesn’t it? You
were lucky to get it back. That was
some joke on Byron, alright. .

Once a teacher told the children to be
kind to all dumb things Then they went
for a walk. The teacher looked toward
a stump and saw a. little boy crying.
Why, Tommy, what is the matter? she
asked. "I sat on a bumble bee and I am
afraid I hurt the poor thing,” he answer-
ed. —Margaret Gilligon, Hopkins, Mich.

 

 

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BOBSLED TAG

GOOD game for boys. Divide
into groups of four equal parts. '
Have all sit on the ﬂoor or

ground in toward the center like

the spokes of a wheel, the boys in
each group sitting back‘of one an-
other. The one who is “it” chases
another, who to avoid being caught
may sit at the back of any line.VThis
makes an odd number, and the one
at the head of the line. must then,
. When the run-
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passed. Many of the lawmakers in- *

   

max? and miterial modiﬁcation and
‘ , These.
statesmenr’insist. that there is con-
siderable injustice in the weight tax

we: it nowexists land that they will

not support any gas tax increase

which is not offset by a correupondt

ing reduction in the cost of licenses.

The 4 ~cent gas tax is being fa-
thered by Rep. 0. J. Town of Onon-
daga while Rep. John Goodwine of

. Mariette is sponsoring the bill pro-

viding for permanent licenses on
passenger cars at a cost of 50 cents
per cwt., and a reduced schedule of
annual licenses for trucks and bus-
ses. The proposed rates are: Up to
2600 pounds, 40c; 2500 to 4000,
60c; 4000 to 6000, $1.00; and above

'6000, $1.25.

Detailed ﬁgures presented by the
supporters of this compromise show
that it would produce ample revenue
to take care of all phases of the
State's highway needs, while at the
same time it would offer welcome re-
lief to the greét majority of car
owners. Appropriations from these
bills provide for boosting the re-
turns to the counties from $6,000,—
000 to $7,500,000, while an addi—
tional million dollars would be di-
vided equally among the 83 counties.

The Governor is said to have no
fault to ﬁnd with this latter pro-
but feels that it cannot be

sist that ,it can muster more votes
than the proposal to increase the
gas tax without making any out any-
where else.

State 'Acoounts “In the Red”

Since writing my last article for
THE Busrmzss Tasman, Governor
Fred W. Green appeared at a joint
session of the Senate and the House
and read the results of the audit of
State ﬁnances which has been in
progress ever since the new admin-
’stration took office January 1. The
ﬁndings which he revealed were not
pleasant to contemplate, either from
the standpoint of a member of the
Legislature or that of a private citi—
zen. They showed that due to the
inherited debt, the estimated deﬁcit
of the general fund of the State on
June 301, 1927, would be $5,282,-
162.86. The Governor urged mak-
ing a cut of at ‘least $38,000,000
from the appropriation bills calling
for $96,000,000 which had been in-
troduced in the Legislature.

The Governor concluded his ad-
dress with this statement: “Reduc-
tions must be made all the way
down the line. My appeal is to make
every sacriﬁce necessary to bring
the ﬁnancial condition of Michigan
back to a sound basis, without plac-
ing added burdens upon the tax-
payers. We must not punish the
people with an increase in the tax
rate because of the wanton extra-

for a 4 cent ga'x-

'ening the period of mortgage fore-

. the borrowers.

..the poor borrower who might be the

Fred fW. Green submitted his special
message regarding the condition of
the State's general fund which

showed a very seriou deﬁcit, Repn
WilberB. Snow of Comstock intro—l

duced a bill with the following title,
“A bill to prohibit the delivering,
publishing or giving out for publi-
cation of false statements relating
to the ﬁnances of the State or any
munlcpal division thereof; the trans-
ferring or juggling of funds, the is-
suance of false evidences of credit
and to provide penalties for viola-
tions thereof."

Although the Senate has delayed
action on capital punishment, the
House has passed the Harris Crime
Code bill which is undoubtedly of
even more importance. This bill is
a 163-page document which em-
bodies th€results of the labors of a.
special commission appointed from
the membership of the 1925 Legis—
lature which made a careful study of
our'present laws and criminal pro-
cedure and drew up this new code.

The Hduse Judiciary Committee,
to which it had been referred, drew
many of the teeth from the bill and
established somewhat of a record
when it reported out the Harris bill
with 128 amendments. However,
under the able leadership of Rep.
Harris, many of the more important
sections which had been stricken out
by the committee were restored by
-the House when the bill came up on
third reading. It was ﬁnally passed
by a vote of 68 to 4. The Senate
Judiciary Committee has reported it
favorably with 80 amendments. The
purpose of the bill is to revise, con-
solidate and codify Michigan’s crim—
inal laws.

After prolonged debates continu-
ing for two days the House defeated
Rep. Boyle’s bill providing for short-

closure. Both the supporters and
opponents of this measure declared
that they were arguing on behalf of
the common people and especially
Sponsors of the bill
said that by snortening the fore—
closure proceedings a farmer could
secure a larger loan, the rate of in-
terest would probably be reduced
and there would be more buyers in
case the mortgage was foreclosed
and the property sold at auction.
They pointed to conditions in other
states to substantiate their argu—
ments. Meanwhile the opponents of
the bill argued for the protection of

victim of temporary adversity.

The Legislature had better bestir
itself to see what it can do to relieve
poor, debt-ridden, overtaxed farm-
ers and give them the recognition
accorded other classes.

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in the hole because he's
had his chickens stole,
and what makes him so mad
he can’t ﬁnd no clue to the
miscreant. That teller came
when it was dark and 'fore the
dog had time to bark be fed
that dog on poisoned meat that
no good dog had ought tom eat.
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robs her roost she’ll have to
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And every soul along the way
Know him—this bearer of good cheer—-
As running for the mail they say,
"Bad weather for‘ this time of year !”
(Copyright, 1927.)

NATIONAL EGG WEEK

AY lst to 7th has been named
National Egg Week, and the
following suggestions about

eggs, appropriate to National Egg
Week,’and every week of the year,
will be found very helpful.

With the coming of spring less
meat and more milk and eggs should
be used in the diet. Eggs are eco—
nomical—the - supply is abundant
and the price is low. Eggs are more
easily digested than meat. They are
more easily prepared than meat,
there again being more economical.

About one-third of the egg by
weigh}; is yolk and two~thirds is
white. The yolk is about one-half
water, one-third fat, one-sikth pro—
tein and contains phosphorous, lime
and iron. .

The yolk contains about fourteen
times as much energy as the White.
It contains a larger amount of min—
eral and vitamins A and B. The
white of an'egg is about seven—
eighths water and one-eighth pro—
tein.

Eggs supply body builders, pro-
tein and minerals, in easily used
forms ;health and growth helpers,
vitamins, and are useful in the pre-
vention of rickets.

Several new ways for serving eggs
will be found among the recipes on
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NEOKLINE EIPORTANT 0N, .
SPRING FROCK
HE collarless neckline deﬁnitely
_ «dates “the dress as of the Spring
of 1927. This is what the ad-
vertisements of spring merchandise
say, but the shape of that neckline
is important to the woman who is
selecting her spring frock. The new
and popular square neckline makes
the lower part of the face appear
broader and is best worn by the
person with a narrow chin but with
an oval face. The square neckline is
unbecoming to a face with a square
chin.

The round neckline adds fullness
to the face and emphasizes rounded
contours. Such a fashion is most
ﬂattering to the oval face which is
slightly too long and slender. The
bateau neckline affects both the ap—
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HEB SHARE 0F LONG HAIR

outdo ,you‘ see such a ﬁne head of
these days of bobs, do you? Mrs.
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"certainly has her share of it
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questioning attitude.

when the time comes.
is now doing.

we received in the “little
white church” we may lead
by example rather than by
precept. '

 

 

It is a. time of changes, in all‘ways of life, but I am convinced that
the boys and girls of today will be promoting the affairs of their
church as well as other institutions of their various communities

In every community, Whether city or rural, you may be sure that
there is probably not a single one that cannot do a better job than it
It is every one’s duty to make their community a
more interesting and desirable place to live, so it seenns to me if the
older generation “watch their step” and follow the teachings which

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address letters: Mrs. Annlo Taylor. our. The luslnou Farmer, Mt. clement. Michigan.

 

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Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR m
DEAR FOLKS: We read a great deal about the. “little red school
house” and the “little white church"—that, our school house of
years ago has trebled its hold on the lives of our boys and girls
while the church has failed in its task.

I cannot accept this statement, for I believe that “many of our boys
and girls who do not get credit for being regular in church attem-
d'ance, still have in their hearts a deep reverence for an Almighty God.

They are groping for light on many questions .which we, of an
earlier generation accepted on faith, or word of our parents, but the
broader education which they have received just naturally brings the

 

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It accents a gracefully sloping sh0ul-
der line. It broadens the face by
leading the eye across the ﬁgure and
it may be modiﬁed by the use of
beads or scarfs so as to be suitable
to the slender ﬁgure as well as the
slender face.

The V—shaped neckline is generally
becoming because it adds slender—
ness to both face and neck. The
long, deep V slenderizes the entire
ﬁgure. The width and depth of the
V inﬂuences its becomingness to
various types.

However the open convertible
collar will probably hold its own
even in a collarless season. It is
ﬂattering when rolled away from
the face because it ﬁts closely at the
side of the neck, it has a slender
line and it also conceals much un-
pleasant bony structure. Its soft
rolling edge is less trying than the
ﬂat, more severe ﬁnishes used on the
collarless V neckline.—-—Helen Esta-
brook.

USE OF GRAHAM FLOUR
AND BRAN

HOLE wheat ﬂour continually

grows in popularity because it

is valuable in the diet and also
gives variety to the meals. It con-
tains mineral nutrients and vita-
mins and is not only good for bread
but can also be used for rolls, muf-
ﬁns, waffles, griddle cakes, cookies
and cakes. Here is a recipe for muf-
ﬁns used by club girls: 1 cup gra—
ham ﬂour, 1 cup white ﬂour, té tea—
spoon salt, 4 teaspoons baking pow—
der, 3 tablespoons sugar or syrup,
1 egg, 1 cup sweet milk, 3 table—
spoons fat. Bran muffins made by
the following recipe: 1 cup ﬂour, 1
teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon soda, two
cups clean bran, 14 to 1/2 cup
sweetening, 1 teaspoon shortening
(melted), 1%, cups sour milk, and
‘54 cup seeded raisins or chopped
nuts.

 

 

 

_ Personal Column

 

 

Spirea and Hydranga.—-Would like in-
formation in regards to the spireashrub.
I have two large bushes and would like
to get plants for more. Can you tell

me how they are sprouted or rather how ”

I can secure starts for them as I am de-
sirous of making a hedge? Also how the
hydrangea is rooted?—-Mrs. E. H. B., Kal—
kaska, Mich.

——Spireas and hydrangea both may be
rooted in a small hot bed this summer.
Bottom heat is necessary and this is sup-
plied by the manure in the bottom. Make
cuttings when the wood of this year is
a condition so it snaps when broken.
That will be about middle of June. ' Make
cuttings with three nodes, remove most of
the leaves, making the lower out ,just
below a node. Insert these in sand in the
hot bed and cover with sash for two or
three weeks. Give plenty of moisture but
little air and no sun. - As soon as rooted
pot and shade. These will be readyto
set out in the fall.——Alex Laurie, Charge
of Floriculture. M. S. C. ,

 

More Songs Wanted—Although I do
not know the title of these songs, I do
know a few lines of each and would like
very much to .get the” rest of, the words.
One runs: 'f'rwas only a mesSagejrpm

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far o’er the sea. only a line, but was
sorrow to me. For one whom I once
loved has now passed away. Your
mother, Jack, who died a year today.”
Another runs: “Tell mother I’ll be there,
In answer to her prayer." Also these
songs ”Just as the Sun Went Down”,
“The Fatal Wedding,” and “The Light in
the Window Burns Brightly For Thee.”
Thanking you in advance, I remain.—Miss
H. B., Big Rapids, Mich.

 

Two Songs.—Can any one help me ﬁnd
the following songs: “The Blind Child’s
Prayer" and “Kitty Wells”?——J. N., Rose
City, Mich.

 

Five Songs.—I would appreciate it very
much if you would please send me the
words to the following: “Casey Jones",
“The Miner’s Child”, “Don’t Bring Lulu”,
“Break the News to Mother”, “After the
Ball". Please try and send me these
songs as I would like very much to know
them.—Miss W., Gladwin, Mich.

 

Wants Two Quilt Patterns.—-I would
like if some one would send in your paper
these two quilt patterns: "The Road to
California” and “The Swallows Nest in
The Barn”. Will try to return the favor
some other way. Hoping that I might be
able to get these patterns in your paper
soon as I want them very bad, I am,—
Miss McK., North Street, Mich.

 

Four Songs.—I would like to get a. copy
of the following songs: “Beautiful Isle
of Somewhere”, "My Wild Irish Rose”,
“I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”, and a.
song that starts out like this, “There once
was a burglar beau, Who crept around
the house, And clumb into the windows,
As quiet as a mouse”——I would be very
thankful if the Business Farmer could
send them to me or publish them.—Mrs.
P., Kewadin, Mich.

 

Keeping Butter.——I have more butter

on hand than I can use. If I melted this
butter and kept it in a cold place will it
keep for cooking purposes—Mrs. W. M.,
Carleton, Mich.
——We would advise that you ﬁnd a mar-
ket for your surplus butter, rather than
melting and saving it for cooking. But-
ter is too high in price to store at this
time of year for cooking purposes. Sec-
ondly, butter is best stored at zero tem-
perature to ten below zero, otherwise it
begins to take on an off flavor. While
the removal of the brine and water by
melting it helps to keeping qualities, the
butter will nevertheless become frowny
when stored any length of time. We
would therefore advise against the adopt-
ing of this plan.————P. S. Lucas, Associate
Professor, Dairy Manufacturs, M. S. C.

 

Have You Any of Thesc?—-I would like
very much to get the words to these

songs: “After The Ball”; "The Little
Girls in Blue"; “The Titanic”; “A Boy’s
Best Friend is His Mother." I~hope you

can secure these without difﬁculty—D. E.,
Mancelona, Mich.

 

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The Dlscourteous Automobile Driver.—
There are certain courtesies of the road
which are all too frequently ignored by
drivers who are well-mannered anywhere
save in a car. The discourtesies are:

1. Never sees a; woman or child wait-
ing at a curb or crossing. .

2. He always forgets that streets and
roads are public thoroughfares, and that
the man on foot share equal rights with

the owner of brougham or‘ limousine.

3. He does not hesitate to block foot;
instead of .atpppln '2
pedestrians me: Or it b

    

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in the: car who allows him to cross' a

narrt'rw bridge ﬁrst.

6. If a woman, the discourteous driver
does not realize that the rule of “ladies
ﬁrst“ must not be applied to the exclu-
sion of the established rules of the road.
The fact that she is able to “step On the
gas” does not entitle her to act boorishly.

7. Man or woman, the dlscourteous
driver ignores the fact that) the hateful
glance or baleful glare at another moto‘r-
ist is merely a, species of wordless curse
and almost as offgnsive and rude as the
tabooed phrase itself; and forgets that
the motto of the French at Verdun, "They
shall not pass,” should never be mils—hp:
plied for selﬁsh ends of the road.

 

 

Favorite Songs

 

 

‘ PACKAGE OF OLD LETTERS

There’s a package of old letters
In a little rosewood ‘box,
Which the key to this locket,
Worn upon my heart, unlocks.
Will you go and get the package
And the letters read to me?
I have tried to do it often
But for years, I could not see.

You have brought them, thank you, dar-
ling,
Now sit down upon the bed,
And lift gently to your bosom,
My poor throbbing, burning head.
Read the blessed words distinctly,
That I lose not even one;
Oh! the precious hand that penned them
Its last work for me has done.

But if you should ever see him
Whom I never more shall see,
Tell him that the sweetest solace
His dear letters were to me;
That I never ceased to love him,
Never doubted that he loved;
That my faith in him was perfect
And remained through all, unmoved.

And, oh! tell him.when he came not,
As he promised he would come,

Though I could not chase out sorrow
That my grief for him was dumb.

That I never yet upbraided,
Ne’er a word of censure spoke;

That his memory must be gentle
To the heart his coldness broke. \

Tell him through the years that followed,
When no tidings from him came,
For his absence or his silence,
Was I ever heard to blame.
Oh! this wild desire to—see him,
God subdue within my breast,
For it racks me into torture
And my soul hath need of rest.

When I’m dead and in my coffin
And the shroud about me wound,
And my narrow bed is ready
In the pleasant churchyard ground,
Place the letters and his picture
Both together on my heart,
And this little ring he gave me,
Never from my ﬁnger part.

Now, I’m ready, read the letters,
His dear letters once again;

As I listen while you read them,
I shall lose all sense of pain.

And if, e’re you have ﬁnished,
I should gently fall asleep,

Fall asleep in death, and wake not,
Dearest sister, do not weep.

  
 
  
          
       
      
      
    
      
     
      
    
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
     
     
    
   
    
   
    
   
    
    
     
    
    
   
    
       
    
    
    
       
        
    
  
 
    
    
     

 
  
   
   

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very interesting. It is a love story ~-.of
the days of the Puritans and Lillian Gish
and‘Lars ‘Hansen very ably take the lead-
ing parts. A. girl comes to the settlement
from England and open a dressmaking
establishment. She has a sunny disposi-
tion which often leads her into trouble
with the Puritans because of their strict
laws. She falls in love with the minister
and he‘confesses love for her. He asks
her to marry him to which she replies,
that she is married to an Englishman
that she has never loved. She believes
the Englishman is dead but is net certain.
The minister goes to England on ofﬁcial
business not returning for nearly a year,
and upon his arrival he learns a baby
has been born to her and she is branded
in public for adultery. He tells her he
is going to confess to the people but she
pleads him not to because she does not
want the people to lose faith in him.
Later the Englishman appears in the set-
tlement and makes his true identity
known only to her and the minister. The
result is many complications. In the end
rthe minister. who has a weak heart, dies
biut not until he has told his flock of his
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ledge of the glory of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea.—Hab. 2 ;14.

 

 

Recipes

 

 

Goldenrod Eggs—Take 3 or 4 hard-
boiled eggs, $4; teaspoonful pepper, 11/2
tablespoonful butter or substitute, 6 pieces
of toast, 2 tablespoonfuls ﬂour, % tea-
spoonful salt, 1% cup milk and parsley.

Separate the yolk and white of the
cooked eggs. and chop the whites. Make
a White Sauce of ﬂour, seasoning fat and
milk. Add the chopped egg whites to
'the sauce pan and pour over the toast.
Press the yolks through a strainer or
crush them with a‘fork and sprinkle over
the top of the toast. Garnish with green
leaves and serve hot.

Sunrise Eggs.——Make a small mound of
spinach or turnip greens (cooked without
meat). Over this pour a small amount
of White Sauce prepared as in “Golden—
rod Eggs." Run the yolk. through a
sieve or mash with a fork, and place in
a small circle on top of the mound.

 

Sunset Eggs.——Toast lightly a slice of
bread. Separate the yolk and white of an
egg. Beat white thoroughly, salt, heap
on toast. Slip yolk into center of white,
add a little pinch of salt and bake inside
the oven.

 

Deviled Eggs.—-—12 eggs, 2 tbsp. mustard,
1 tbsp. lemon juice, 3 tbsp. evaporated
milk, 1/“, cup boiled ham or tongue. Salt
and cayenne. Cook eggs hard in boiling
water; remove the shell and cut in halves
lengthwise. Remove the yolks and rub
to a smooth paste with the oil and sea-
sonings; add the ham or tongue, ﬁnely
chopped, and mix thoroughly. Fill the
hollow in the white with this mixture.
Press halves together and wrap in par—
afﬁn paper.

Creamed Eggs.—Hard—boiled eggs—as
many as there are persons to be served.
or two for each person—should be cut
into quarters and added to cream sauce

‘ made as above. This may be served on
‘1 toast or with baked potatoes.

Sponge Cake.—5 eggs, 1 cup cake ﬂour,
1 cup sugar, 1;(1,ts. salt, 3 tb. lemon juice,
Sift the ﬂour
before measuring. Beat the egg
; yolks until they are stiff. Add the sugar,
.‘ the salt, and the lemon juice and rind.
‘ Mix thoroughly. Fold in the ﬂour and then
the egg whites which have been beaten

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until they are stiff. Bake in an ungreased

3 tube pan 50 to 60 minutes in a slow oven

“ (325 degrees Fahrenheit.)

 

i Angel Food.—1 cup egg whites, 11/2
7 cups sugar, 1 cup pastry ﬂour, 1 tsp.
i, cream of tartar, 1/2 tsp. .salt,,1 tsp. al-

'; mond or vanilla.

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Sift the ﬂour once be-
fore measuring and then 4 times more
with 176, tsp. salt. Sift the sugar.5 times.
Add 1/4 ts. salt to the egg whites. Beat
with a wire whisk until they are frothy.
Add cream of tartar and beat until they

2 are stiff. Carefully fold in sifted sugar,

and sifted ﬂour. Add the 'ﬂavoring.
Bake in an ungreased tube pan about 1
hour in a very slow oven (325 deg. F.)

 

Preserving Eggs.——Water glass: Mix 1
part’water glass to 9 quarts of soft boiled
water. _

Lime water: 3 lbs. of quick lime slack-
.ed in water. Make a solution of slacked

- lime and ﬁve gallons of soft boiled water.
Use earthen crooks. Keep eggs sub-
merged under solution. Use fresh, clean,
unwashed, infertile, sound- eggs for pre-
-"sé,‘rvation.
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How a Great

operative
arm - -
Princi le

SAVES MONEY

ON YOUR

SPRING SHOPPING

0U know the money- -saving advantages of co?
operating with neighbors 1n securing the use of

modern farm machinery.

This is the identical spirit which in 25 years has built

 

 

 

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the J. C. Penney Company into the largest department

store institution in the worl

d, and has won the re-

spect of clear-thinking farm families all over this

c.0untry

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Through exercising the tremendous co- operative buy-
ing resources of 773 department stores—and aIways
buying for CASH ——we are supplying families like
yours with quality merchandise at savings of millions

of dollars a year.

There is a J. C. Penney Company Department Store
in or near your town. It is stocked with the exact dry

goods, clothing, shoes, and fu

rnishings you want. Go

there for your Spring, purchases. SHOP before you

buy! Compare values! Like

millions of other farm

people, enjoy the savings from our tremendous co-
operative and selective buying power.

CELEBRATING OUR 25TH YEAR
WITH NATION-WIDE VALUES

A NA T/ON- WIDE

J C. PEﬁl’i’fYCa

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DE PT. STOR ES
FROM COAST TO COAST

Where Some of Cu
773 Stores Are

Located

MICHIGAN
Adrian Ironwood
Albion Ishpeming
Alma Kalamazoo
Alpena Lapeer
Battle Creek Ludington
Benton Harbor Manistee
Cadillac Manistique
Calumet Marquette
Caro Monroe
Cheboygan Muskegon
Coldwater Niles
Escanaba Owosso
Hillsdale Petoskey
Holland Port Huron
Houghton Saginaw
Ionia Sault Ste. Marlo
Iron Mountain Sturgis
Iron River Traverse City

WISCONSIN
Antigo Monroe
Appleton Oshkosh
Ashland Portage
Beaver Dam Racine
Beloit Reedsburg
Berlin Rhinelander
Boscobel Rice Lake
Chippewa Falls Richland Cent”
Fond du Lac Sheboygan
Green Bay Stevens Point
Janesville Watertown
Manitowoc Wausau
Marshﬁeld Wisconsin Rapid.

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5789.

yard of .27 inch material.

5792.
12 and 14 years.

Ladles' Apron. —(‘ut in 4 Sizes: Small
Large and Extra Laige. Mediuni
equires "'73 yards of 32 lll(ll material hr
with ‘Z synrd of contrasting material for
ockcts.

Ohlld’s Rompre.—Cut.in 4 Sizes: 2,
nd 5 years. year s1zc requires 1%

Glrls' Dress. —Cut in 4 Sizes. 8,

A 12 year size 1equires 2%.
for the Dress and 11/1 yard for the Guimpe
inch material if made with sleeves. With-

out sleeves the Guimpe will require % yard.

5180. Ladles' Frock. —-—Cut in 7 Sizes: 36,

44, 46 and 48 inches bust measure.
36 inch

0. 42,
inch size requires 4%,,» yards of

material if made with long sleeves and of one
material.
it requires 3%
gether with

If made as illustrated in the laige View,
yaids of 36 inch mateiial t0-
2 yard of contrasting material. The
of the dress at the lower edge is 1% y.ard

(Be Sure to State Size)

ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH—-

2 FOR 25c POSTPAID

ADD 100 FOR SPRING AND SUMMER

1921 FASHION BOOK
from this or former Issue: of The Basin.“

Farmer. giving number and ﬂan your

c and address plalnly.
Address all orders for patterns to

Pattern Department

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IN THE HOWELL COMPANY

In 1915 the Howell company started in a small way
in writing farmers and business men in the small towns
for automobile insurance and for twelve seasons this

company has led all others 1n farm business. Many of
its officers and directors are owners of farms and the
company has always given a special rate to cover the
country districts of the state. The company has han-
dled more automobile insurance than any other com-
pany in the state of Michigan and the farmers of the
state are proud of the record this company has made
in building up its assets. The company has succeeded
because it has stayed in a single state, thereby concen- i
trating its business efforts. The companies that have
Spread over many states have found it unproﬁtable and
‘iuring the past twelve years six companies have either
ailed or retired.
I Why take chances with a new company or one with "I
a business in many states when you can stay in this ~
company that has made a success. In case of a serious
loss, you can go to the home office in a short time
II and meet the officers who will cooperate and give you

assistance.
For the last ﬁve years the assets have increased as
follows:
Dec. 31, 1922 $266,499.45
Dec. 31, 1923 375,945.95
Dec. 31, 1924 565,225.96
Dec. 31, 1925 704,152.41
Dec. 31,1926 840, 845.24

There is an agent in your city or county or you may
write to

THE CITIZENS’ MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY
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Rod‘s —SPECIAL SUMMER PRICES-'

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prices and the pullets will be layin in ii to hs
EGH/ 5 choice of three breeds—all proﬁtablge. ve six mont on have your
RE ED Pamcss errecrlvs MAY 1331.
.I‘ I s. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS .................... $0. 00 $11. 00 $52. 50 $100. 00
BARRED ROCKS & R. l. REDS ........ 7.00 3.00 2.50 12.000

PRICES 1EFFECTIVE JUNE '1st.
100 0

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_ $5. 00 $ 9. 00 $452. 50 $ 80.00
BARRED noc 03K R. l. REDQ 6.00 11.00 52.50 102. 50
Broilers all heavles $9. 00 per 100; $42.50 per 500. Mlxed Brollers $8. 00 per 100; $81.60 per 500.

Will Ship C. 0. D. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed.

Pa ur stman when you get your chicks. Just write or wire your order. We have lar e hatches
eacyh yrageek l10nd can ﬁll large orders promptly. Write for free catalog that describes our specie mstings.

Brummer & Fredrickson Poultry Farm, Box 26, Holland, Michigan

Michi ganAccreditedChicks

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White and Brown Leghorn:
Semi at once for free cats-

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Buyour chicks from hgeavy laying ﬂocks that are ofﬁcially accredited

by
ll (1 f prize Winners at the Holland Poultry Show.
Mammogram, 08. 0. Beds. 100 in“ delivery, postpaid,

10m. full particulars and details—Iprices from 8c up.
HILLVIEW HATCHERY, C. BOVEN, Proprietor
ER. 12, Box 40 HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

HA! LOOK! Buy 0‘" Big Husky Easy To

Raise Chicks

CAN SHIP AT ONCE!

 

 

prizes 1 rod ti 1 W 13¢ '
hgepggbdjdsedniuliﬁtgi? $031227. 31:33. 15:130. halvle one ﬂoc’lr xi)! uliricoriiiin-":I‘i‘1.sd’cred g’tragnmlilood 35:3
White Lech arm, of 25 812 cu breeding. The owner paid $150 for 6 eggs to improve our ﬂock.
Every one of our breeders has been culled and selerted for breeding quality. LOOK! MAY, JUNE,
JULY CHICKS $8. 00 PER 100 LESS. Free Circular. 4 ‘01 10 weeks oldp ullets.
BECKMAN H ATCHERY :: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Pure Bred Chicks on Hand

CAN SHIP AT ONCE. AT REDUCED PRICES.
Barred. White and Buﬁ' Rocks. Black Minorcas, White
or Silver Laced W andottes, 13. 00 per 100. White,
Birown and Buff noonas 11c. Bud 01--

broilers 120. high
18c. If less than 100 ordered add 350
ggﬂemchicks $1. ()0 1m. 4 to 10 weeks old

1“ rec circu 1'.

Lawrence Hatchery, R. 7, Phone 76761, Grand Rapids, Mich.

More Egg Money

“4.13 Msko’lM-mrfmm

, ethanol-odds; Poultry'i‘ribnn
how:expls'ms broodingeuilinz, feeding
' 80-160 runes.
3 Months’ Tris] 10‘:
a 50 Cents e Veer

‘ Colored art chicken picture- suitable
for t-ur‘nr FREE every other issue.

stamp- or eels tedsy at our risk.

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L. W. Mocks

He is the man who
Edits “Brosdscope Farm
News and Views”

and he is always \

ready to help you
with your farm

problems
The Board of love oh!

liens resldlrt issuer
ter-13 dividendS of of” Santa (5043) a sine on

and his service is
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HE advanced spring this year has
allowed 1' armers to get more
work done up to this time than

in any recent year. Winter wheat

.is reported to have come through

the winter in good shape and the

. present condition is better than the,

ten—year average. Rye is about the
same as wheat, the condition being
well above last year although slight—

,ly under the average for the last ten

years.

Pastures seem to be in better con-
dition than in 1926 as everything
has been very favorable so far.
Farm wages will remain about the
same as last year with a slightly
larger supply of labor, according to
present indications. '

Reports from our variouscounty ,

correspondents throughout the State
follow:

MidJnnd.—~Farming began .here April
9th. Some oats are in and some are
plowing for oats Don't hear much said
about beans. Many are talking sugar
beets. Some are talking red kidney beans.
All seem to be afraid of the wh1te ones.
Better raise a few to eat anyway. Quo—
tations at Midland: Wheat, $1.17 bu.;
oats, 36c bu.; rye. 79c bu.; beans, $3.90
cwt.: potatoes, $1.00 cwt.; butter, 50c 1b.;
eggs, 200 doz.—B. V. C., 4-12-27.

Wexford.—Farmers getting spring work
well started. Roads being r e p a! r e d .
Weather cool. Very little rain lately.
Potatoes going down. "Achievement Day”
for women’s clubs in nutrition will be held
May 2nd. Quotations at Cadillac: Wheat,
$1.10 bu.; com, 800 bu.; oats, 50c bu.;
rye, 700 bu.; beans, $5.00 ch; potatoes,
$1.20 cwt.; butterfat 52c 1b.; eggs, 20c
doz.—E. H. D., 4-13-27. .

Shiawassce (NW).—Cold and dry. Oat
seeding progressing rapidly. Corn stubble
holding some back. Farmers all realize
the menace of corn borer and are ready
to do almost anything to stop it, but they
have‘a faint idea that the graft like they
are pulling with it will ruin ’the nation
as quick as the corn borer. Quotations at
Elsie: Corn, 80c bu.; oats, 38c bu.; beans,
$3.80 cwt.; potatoes, $1.50 cwt; butter,
500 1b.; eggs, 200 doz.—G. L. P., 4—14—27.

Berrien (N) .—-Fa.rmers . busily spraying,

burning brush and plowing. The cool,

weather has held the buds back consider—
ably, which pleases the fruit men. Peach
buds are still 0. K. in this vicinity.
Greenings, Spies, and McIntosh are bud-
ded full. There have been a. few reports
of winter injury to grape buds—H. N.,
4—13-27.

Hillsdale (NW).——Having nice bright
days but cold winds so that grass doesn’t
grow much. Still a number of acres of
oats to be sown. Quite a number of
farmers sowing alfalfa. and sweet clover
this spring. Have started the stubble
heaters in the comﬂelds sown to grain.
In the past few weeks two different rail-
road men have traded their homes in town
for farms. Some are making gardens.
Fall grain looking ﬁne. According to re-
ports there will be less acreage of corn
this year. Eggs 21-230. Last returns
from cooperative cresznery brought 560
for butterfaL—C. H., 4-14-27.

St. JOSCDhF-Oilts sowing nearly com-
pleted. Some farmers are plowing for
corn. Wheat looks good in general.
Young clover looks good also young al-
falfa. “Not much pasture yet. Oats are
very slow coming up. Some sown three
weeks ago and not up yet due to the
cold weather. A few have made little
garden—A. J. Y., 4-14-27.

Huron (Eh—Just travelled over the
highlands. Oat sowing, plowing corn
stubble general, frosty nights, sunny days,
hard on wheat and clover. Warm foggy
weather needed bad. Wheat on the roll-
ing land better than ﬂat ﬁelds. Latter
badly spotted with ice. Old established
farms will plant a normal acreage. Rent-
ers uncertain amount. Sales still numer-
ous, fewer attending. Horses slow sale
if old, cows and yearlings high Eggs,
20c doz.; milk $1. 00 net at town. —E.
Port Hope, Michigan.

Saginaw (NW) .——Weather ﬁne. No rain
for the last ten days. Farmers busy
sowing oats and hauling manure. There
will be a normal acreage of oats sowed.
About one-third in. If weather holds ﬁne
for the balance of the week oats will be
all in. Some are dragging up their wheat.
Wheat is spotted bad, won’t only be about
half crop. No posture yet has been too
cold, freezing almost every night. Quo-
tations at Hemlock: at, . $1.14 bu.;
corn, 75c bu. , oats, 34c bu.; rye. 780 bu.;
beans, $4.00 cwt.; butter, 60c 1b.; eggs,
22c doz.—F. D. 4—13-27.

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lng fences, etc. Lamblng has started
. Buyers are offering a good price for cattle.
Roads are drying up rapidly. Gravel
roads in good condition again. Some re-
pair work be‘ing done and quite a lot of
gravel hauling. It has been a. hard win-
ter on fall grain and new seedings. ——-—J.
H. 4- 12- 27.

Presqne Isle.———Farmers are anxious to
get at their spring work, ‘some have
started to plow. Have had a few days
of nice Vweather now, but we have frost
every night yet—First boat arrived at
Calcite the 8th of April.—F. T., 4—14-27.

Washtenaw.—The condition of winter
wheat has declined of late owing to lack
of rain and continued cold winds. Oats
and barley are being sown. Washtenaw
is taking a leading part in the ﬁght
against the corn borer. Prices of hay and
straw at Ann Arbor:
ton; timothy, $15.00 and rye straw $14.00
per ton. The usual number of auction
sales areyreported. Labor soct is too high
for farmers to hire very rriuch help. Quo-
tations at Whitmore Lake: Wheat, $1.18
bu.; oats, 400 bu.; rye, 87c bu.; beans,
$4.00 cwt; butter, 45c 1b.; eggs, 24c doz.
-—A. W. 8., 4-15-27.

Clare (NW).——Spring at last and cour-
age to carry on another year as well.
the birds are back. Auction
sales popular. Prices seem to average
fair to high. Some having bad luck with
early pigs. Two litters entirely lost, 50‘7-
lost of two others. Stock looking good.
Prospects of plenty of feed to carry them
through. Horse buyers prices indicate
that horses are coming into their own.
Lots of new corners in this locality.
Mostly from Illinois. Tax sale list longer
than ever. Cream and eggs only pro-
ducts going to market aside frOm a few
loads of wood.———Mrs. R. E. D., 447-27.

SOIL SCIENTIST OF M. S. 0.
MAKE DISCOVERY

Y perfecting a mechanical means

of separating colloids from the

soil, Dr. G. J. Boyoucous, re-

search professor of soils at Michigan

State College, has found a practical

way to determine the percentage bf
these' active soil constituents.

The new apparatus will do the
work in, ﬁfteen minutes. It took
several days to ﬁnd results by the
old method and then the percentages
were far from complete. In addition
to the time saved by Dr. Boyoucous’
invention, the machine is more efﬁ-
cient in the work of separating out
all of the colloids.

Colloids have long been a puzzle
to soil scientists. It is these ingredi-
ents of the soil that contain the
available plant food and determine
to a great extent, its water holding
capacity. Now that they can be com-
pletely separated from the coarser
particles, it is probable that more
can be learned as to the active
agents of a soil.

"Dr. M. M. McCool, head "”of the
soils department, has since found,
in studying colloids, that soils con-

tain a much higher percentage of‘

phosphoric acid and potash than was
formerly believed.

A hydrometer with special calibra- - .
tions has been manufactured by any.
instrument company for the reading
of the percentage of colloids in sus-f

pension in water. Dr. Boyoucoue'
made the studies which determine:
the scale of calibration on this 111’
drometer.
. Thus Michigan state College on)!
tinuee to be one o! the ..
periment stat: .

  

   

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COOLIDGE ON AIR APRIL 25

RESIDENT COOLIDGE is going
1 to give a talk o'n,the evening of
‘ April 25th before a meeting of
newspaper in New York City which
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and associated stations. Through

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of the country will be able to hear
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of Detroit. His talk is scheduled to
begin at 9 o’clock eastern standard
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CHARGING BATTERY FROM
GENERATOR

'Do you think it is practical to
charge radio batteries from a small
generator driven from a gas engine?
9—K. S., Fife Lake, Mich.

T is practical to charge radio bat-

teries from a small generator

. driven from a gas engine. _An
old automobile generator taken from
a wrecked car, or a regular battery
charging generator may be used. The
generator should have a rheostat in
the ﬁeld circuit to adjust the volt-

. age, and a small automobile disk type
ammeter should be used to indicate
the rate of charge.
taken that the positive terminal of
the battery is always connected to
the positive terminal of the gener-
ator.

Two batteries may be charged in
‘parallel provided the total ampere
load does not exceed the rating of
the generator. An automobile gen-
erator should be able to handle 15-
amperes continuously. If the gen-
erator or batteries do not get hot,
the load is safe. ~

Two batteries may be charged in
series if the generator is capable of
giving a voltage somewhat greater
than the combined voltage of the two
batteries. That is, two 6 volt bat-
teries would require a voltage of
about 15 to give them a‘ full charge.
It is all right to charge a battery in
8 hours if it is in good condition. If
it has been run down very low and
standing ~idle for some time, it is
better to give it a long slow charge.
In any case. it is better to charge
more, rapidly at ﬁrst and taper off
the charge as the battery comes up.
-—B. K. Osborn.

RADIO BRIEFS
Radio fans pay out a million dol-
lars a year to send telegrams to
diderent broadcasting stations re-
garding programs.

Recently Herbert Hoover, speak—
ing in Washington; was seen and
heard in New York, 200 miles away.
The new invention. the television,
was used. Experts predict it will be
but a short time before the radio
fan may see as well as hear events.

SALLY SUTKERLAND'S CHECK-
ERED CAREER

ALLY has had four homes—end
yet is'homeless. She was one
of ﬁve children in a home of

poverty when her father died and
left a burden on the mother too
heavy to carry. The result was that
this little girl was given away at the
age of 18 months.

In this adoption home the child
lived happily until six year of age
when her second mother died. Then
she was taken to live in the home of
her foster grand parents where for
four years things went along pretty
When she was ten years of

thescene claiming kinship with the

Ma; and ﬁnally sume‘iedJ“ per-
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of violating the prohibition law and
was sentenced to the Home of Cor—
rection. Then it was that the Ju-
venile Court of that county request-

, ed the Michigan Children’s Aid So-

ciety to receive the child for tempor-
ary care., For a time she lived at
the Receiving Home at St. Joseph
where she had a happy and interest-
ing life. Those entrusted with her
care were impressed with her as a
child of unusual talent, especially in
recitation and dramatic ability.

But once more some relatives ap~
peered. this time from Illinois, re-
questing the Juvenile Judge that
they be allowed to take the child
and return her to her foster grand—
parents who were living in Wiscon—
sin. Such a favorable impression
was made upon the county officials
that these persons gained. consent to
take the little girl, and disappeared.

The Michigan Childrens Aid Soci—

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It was» learned
that they were in the show business
and'traveled over the country en-
gaged in that profession. They were
f o l l 0 we d through four different
Then
upon order of the Juvenile Judge of
the county from which she was
taken, Sally was returned to Michi-
gan and legally committeed to the

‘Michigan Children’s Aid~Society for

the purpose of adoption.

This brings the story nearly up—to-
date. The child is now twelve years
of age. She is receiving temporary
care in an excellent family waiting
for the next chapter of her life to
begin. She has had four homes and
still is homeless.

Here is a child of more than or—
dinary talent and attractiveness.
She will bring to some good home
just the element that is needed to
make the family life complete. She
has had a checkered Career, but
still is unspoiled. Where shall we
ﬁnd a home, just the right home

  

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that'wm’lcpen its
Opportunities to Sally?

' HAnd this is only one of the girls}
for Whom the Children’s Aid Society
Girls from ten to-5
ﬁfteen years of age must be most '

is responsible.

carefully placed. Sometimes there

are brothers and sisters who should“: _

go together into the same family.
Are there not in Michigan homes of
comfort where men and women of
ﬁnest character could offer protec-
tion and share the comforts of fam-
ily life with some of these promising
children? Many a home is missing
its highest happiness because it is
failing to accept such opportunity.

Those interested may write the
Michigan Children’s Aid Society at
218 Garﬁeld Bldg, Detroit.

Uncle Ab says hay fed to boarder cows
is especially heavy to handle,

Many hens eggs will stand twenty
pounds pressure on- the shell. The aver-
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FEEDING BEANS '1‘0 HORSES

We have a great deal of cull beans
and not much grain. Would ~like'to
know if I can feed them to our horses
andin what way, cooked or ground
and how much to each horse—F. M.,
Coleman, Mich.

EANS‘ are not palatable as a feed
for horses. They object stren—
uously when fed to them in the

whole or ground state. They are
beSt fed cooked and miXed with some
grains, feeding not more than two
to three pounds per day per horse.
—R. S. Hudson, Farm Superinten-
dent, M. S. C. ‘

FOOT ROT IN SHEEP

I would like to know whether
coarse wool sheep will contract foot
rot if run on pasture where infested
sheep have been running and said
pasture is high and dry ground—H.
D. K., Flushing, Mich.

OOT rot in sheep is a germ dis-
ease any any sheep running on
pasture where this infection is

present will contract the trouble re~
gardless of whether it is high or low
ground. Foot rot is more persistent
and harder to control on low wet
ground than it is on high and dry
ground, although during a wet sea—
son, such as the present, high ground
is also apt to harbor the infection
for some time.

The best method of treating this
is to thoroughly trim and pare the
hoof, cutting away all diseased parts
in so far as possible and then driving
the sheep through a shallow wooden
trough containing a saturated solu-
tion of copper sulphate just deep
enough to come to the top of the
sheep’s foot. Where one can provide
such a trough just wide enough for
the sheep to go through in single
ﬁle with a hurdle on each side of it
and also at one end to make sort of
a shoot in which to crowd the sheep,
it is a camparatively easy matter to
treat a large flock. The copper sul-
phate solution is poisonous if the
sheep drink it, as a result they should
be well watered before allowed to go
through the trough and should go as

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' fast as they will walk andinot given
' an opportunity to stop and drink any

of the solution.———Geo. A.‘ Brown,
Professor of Animal Husbandry, M.
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HOG FEED

I Wish you could advise me how
the whole buckwheat ground ﬁne
compares with wheat middlings for
pig and beg feed? Also will the
buckwheat ﬂour and cull beans cook-
ed make a good balancde ration for
hogs that have a good pasture to run
on? Will the cull bean ground make
a good supplement in a dairy ration
to take place of linseed oil meal and
cotton seed meal? If so, What pro-
portion should they be .fed? Will the
beans cooked make a part of the lay—
ing hens’ ration? If so what pro-
portion should be given them?—A.
J. S., Mosherville, Michigan.

T is my judgment that good wheat
I middlings would be worth con-
siderably more as a pig feed than
would ground buckwheat. The mid-
dlings would contain about seven
pounds more digestible nutrients per
100 pounds than would the ground
buckwheat and there would also be
considerably less ﬁber in the mid-
dlings than in the buckwheat.

I would not recommend a com-
bination of buckwheat ﬂour and
cooked cull beans as a feed for fat-
tening hogs unless the buckwheat
ﬂour can be bought cheaper than you
can buy corn or barley. While a
balanced ration could be made from
the buckwheat ﬂour and beans such
a ration would not be nearly as sat—
isfactory as one made up of corn or
barley and ‘ middlings—Geo. A.
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COW giving a full ﬂow of milk

needs fully as much feed as a

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HE two big factors in. building a profitable dairy business on the farm are
efﬁcient production of milk and cream and the production of the best in

these products.

Efﬁcient production means keeping cows that will make a. proﬁtable return

on the feed they consume.

Good cows are the result of selection and breeding.

Knowledge of feeds and rations is essential in proﬁtable production.
The quality of milk, cream, butter, and all other dairy products is determined

to a. large extent by the manner in which the

the farm.

milk and cream are produced on

The consumer of dairy products appreciates quality and is willing to pay for

products that are clean and wholesome.
Low quality butter is produced from milk of poor quality.

Low quality milk

is a. result of poor methods used by persons who produce milk.
It is an easy matter to produce clean milk if one has the information at hand
as to how to do it and will follow the very simple rules that are necessary.

Sour milk and cream are caused by bacteria. that get into milk.
the odors and ﬂavors in dairy products are caused by other types
Sour milk will not satisfy a. consumer who desires milk

Many of
of bacteria.
that is good. Butter

with “011‘ ﬂavors” does not attract the attention of the buyer.
The rules for producing milk and cream of the best quality are simple and

easy to follow.

icles should be kcpt out of milk.

1st, All the milk utensils must be clean.
cow must be as clean as possible to have them.

The milker and the
All dust, dirt, and other part-

2nd, Milk should be cooled to a temperature of less than 50° as soon as

possible after it is drawn from the cow.

separator].

Cream should be cooled as soon as

There is no necessity of having milk sour in 24 hours after it is produced if

the rules are followed.

An outstanding example of how milk can be kept clean and sweet and free
from odors is furnished by H. B. Gurler of DcKalb, llunois, who shipped a
sample of his milk from his farm in Illinois to Paris, France in 1900 where it

won the Gold Medal which was offered by the Paris Exposition.

Here is Mr.

Gurler’s own story as it appeared in a recent issue of Board’s Dairyman.
“In 1900, Major Alvord, Chief of the Dairy Division of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, wrote me they were to make a display of dairy products at the

Paris Exposition.

hillit. This request staggered me.

He requested me to ship some milk for the government .ex-
The idea of shipping raw milk 4,000 miles
in the month of August seemed impossible to me.

I had sent milk for babies

to the Atlantic coast, also the Paciﬁc coast.
“It took me some days to work up nerve enough to undertake this job, but
I did ﬁnally reach the conclusion that I should have as much faith in my work

as my friends had.
put the idea. into effect.
bottled ready to ship.

In my thinking I hatched an idea, and went to the farm to
I took the milk from the bottling table after it had been

“There was no \special preparation nor selection as we took the first bottles

we came to.

We put-these bottles into a combination of chopped ice and salt
and cooled them down near the freezing point as soon as possible.

Then we

packed them in ice and started them by express to New Yprk. This milk was ‘

seventeen days in transit and kept sweet until it was 21 days old.
Paris than did the milk produced in the

sweet a day longer, after reaching
vicinity.

“The Judges believed my milk had b
They called it a.“ Yankee trick.”

being convinced.

It kept

een doctored, and had it analyzed "before

It is a. comparatively easy matter to get milk to market anywhere in Michigan

in a sweet condition.

fessor of Dairypliusbandry, Michigan State College.

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lfamous line includes an installation for every
:Efarm and home need, regardless of the source
iof supply or the power used.

FLINT Gt WALLING MFG. CO‘.
55 Oak Street Kendallville, Indiana?
BALVAZINK PUMPS

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THRIFTY CALVES
~rais'ed without Milk! ».

~Farmers by the hundreds are making
a, double proﬁt—one on milk and one

on calves——by feeding

3m

(with concentrated sweet skim milk)
Don't sacriﬁce milk proﬁts. \
Grow stronger, healthier
calves with this unequalled
substitute for milk. Ryde’s
Cream Calf Meal is prepared
from the very choicest mate-
rials, especially milled and steam
cooked, dried and remilied. Trya bag.
Watch how quicklyyour calves develop
into sturdy stock while you sell the
milk. For sale at your dealer's or write:
R“)! I: 60.. 5434 w. Roosevelt Rd. chic-lo

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Ads under this heading 300 per
'agato line for 4 lines or more.
$1.00 per insertion for 8 lines or
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To avoid conflicting dates we will without

list the date of any live stock sale In

. If you are considerln a sale ad-

vise us at once and we will clam the date

for ou. Address Live Stock Editor, M. B.
F.. t. Clemens.

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May 12.—Jerseys, Marston Farm, Bay City,
Michi an.

 

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Ma 28.—-Herefords, Crapo Farms Swartz
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JERSEYS

AUCTION SALE

REGISTERED JERSEYS

[102 HEAD}

50 cows, 3 herd bulls, calves. yearlingis, several
bull calves. Herdestablished 1875, .T. . Tested.
Register of Merit Stock. Splendid opportunity
for Foundation Herd; Producing (tows; ‘alves for
Boys' and Girls’ Clubs; or Herd Bulls.
Thursday, May 12, 1927
10:80 A. M.: Rain or Shine

MARSTON FARM

4 Miles Northwest from Bay City,
on Trunk Line M-10.

'1‘. F. MARS‘I'ON, BAY CITY, Mica.
Phone 1511 Write for Catalogue

Dispersal Sale — 102 Head

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GUERNSEYS

V tinnitus/salon son sum. «was class

‘ - ' ’ ' " blood lines. Write for circular.
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HORSE STAMPS
Would like to ask ‘what you think
would cauSe horses to stamp con-
siderably'at' night, or when in their
stalls? There seems to be some ire
ritation of the books. It seems to
thicken them. One seemed to be
rubbing the leg above the knee, but
that might just have happened.
Would like to know if there is some
remedy to apply or what to do for
this. It has aﬁected them for some
time. .This is not the scratches or
'thrush.-———P. M., Bellevue, Mich.
.HIS is many times just a habit
that one horse gets into and
then the others follow suit; if
you are sure. that this is the case
here and it is possible that it is, you
should get a. piece of chain about
15 to 18 inches long that is heavy
enough to hurt when thrown against
the animals leg and then strap this
to the leg between the hock and fet-
lock; when they kick itwiil strike
their leg. This may stop it after a.
While. I have known horses to kick
for no other reason than habit. Try
this and report results.

TUMOR

I have a 7 year old gray horse
that has concerous warts I believe,
one on the side of his nose where
the bit ring rubs about the size of
a small apple, one on the left front
leg between the knee and shoulder,
and one on the under jaw bone.
These warts get smooth and dark at
times, then peel and are raw and
red, bleeding some. Is there any
cure? They seem to be in the ﬂesh
only, not the bone—O. B., Decatur,
Mich.

THINK these are melanotic tum—
I ors; such tumors are associated
with gray horses. They often
come around the root of the tail;
also grow internally at times. There

be done with them. They will just
keep on growing; they do not often
show up in horses at such an early
age. YOu might paint them with
tincture of iodine and have your
druggist ﬁx up 10 grain doses of
potassium iOdide and give one such
dose night and morning on the feed.

 

BASH

I have a Jersey heifer that has a.
rash like eczema upon her udder.
Could you suggest anything that
might cure it?—H. 0., Highland,"
Michigan.

WOULD ADVISE you to paint
these small sores , after each
. milking with a solution of mer-
curochrome 2 per cent, using a small
camel’s hair brush. This solution
can be secured from any drugstore.

RICKE’I‘S

I have a. litter of pigs that have

swollen joints, and they can hardly

get around because their legs are so
stiff. Can you tell me what is the
cause and what is the remedy?—O.

H., Clare County, Mich.

OUR pigs have rickets, and while
it is pretty far along if you feed
them properly they may get

much better. Get some tankage and

mix 10 pounds of bonemeal to each

100 pounds, then give each pig one

pound each day for a couple of

weeks; then cut down to 154 pound

a. day. Also give them plenty of

milk. Furnish alfalfa or clover

leaves for them or very ﬁne hay
which they can pick over each day.

Hulled oats and middlings will also

be good for them.

 

FLU 0R THUMPS
I have two hogs that breathe dif—
ferent than the rest. I can’t describe
Just how they breathe, but it seems
to shake their whole body. They
walk around and eat little—J. T.,
Dundee, Mich. '

OUR hogs have what is called
Flu or by some Thumps. These
hogs should be kept in a. dry
place that is free from draughts and
be fed veryllightly. The following
might help: Beechwood creosote, 2
drains; liquor potaasi arsenitis, 4
drams; potassium iodide,- 3, drama;

 

  

  

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ever made. Other features are:

2. Easier Turning:

still easier turning separators.

3. Oil Window:

of the oil.
separator is being properly oiled.

4. Floating Bowl:

 

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New York Chicago

 

 

Separator users who
have seen and tried
new 1927 De
Lavals
with the turnabie sup-
ply can—-—it is so handy
and convenient. The
supply can may be
turned so that tinware
and bowl can be put in
place or removed, even
though the supply can
is ﬁlled
This is just one of a
number of new fea-
tures on the 1927
Series De Laval
Separators, which -

are everywhere being praised as the best separators “

For three years the
De Laval experimental and engineering departments
have been conducting extensive tests to develop
The results of these
tests are embodied in this new series, which both
start and turn easier than any other machines.

The new oil window en-
ables you to see at all times the level and condition
It shows at a glance whether or not the

are pleased

with milk.

All new De Lavals
have the wonderful “ﬂoating bowl,” now used in
De Laval Separators with such splendid results.
It is self-balancing, runs smoothly without vibra—
tion, with the least power and wear, shims cleaner
and delivers a richer, smoother cream.

THE DE LAVAI. SEPARATOR CO.

San Francisco

ou (OI/I appreciate this
new De lava] feature

71g Turntable
C77 Supply Can

 

        
    
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
   
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
   
  
 

You can’t afford to
use‘pny other sepa-
rato , because the
new De Lavals skim
cleaner, are easier to
handle and operate,
are more convenient,
and soon pay for
themselves. Trade in
your old separator as
partial payment. Sold
on easy terms. See
your De Laval Agent
or write nearest De
Laval oﬂice for full

 

 

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, information.
\ 165 Broadway 600 Jackson Blvd. 61 Beale Street
FOR SALE: REGISTERED GUERNSEY CATTLE SHORTHORNS

from T. B. tested herd. 2 yearling bulls from
. R. dams also several bull calves and a number
of bred and_open heifers. Splendid for Club work.
.‘rpod breeding. Prices and pedigrees on request.
ViSitors welcome. Located at Saginaw city limits
on — . .

Old Cross Road Farm, Saginaw, W. 8., Michigan.

 

Guernsey Dairy Heifer Calves, Practically Pure
bred. $25.00 each. We ship ,. 0. I). rite
_ L. Terwuillger, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

 

 

HEREFORDS

 

Hereford Sale, Saturday, May 28, 2:00 P: M.
Also interesting program promised by MSC Judging
cam. ‘Write for particulars. Our herd bulls
International winners. Oldest U. S. Herd.
Crapo Farms, Swartz Creek, Michigan.

Hereford Steers

Calves, yearlings and _two’s. _Well marked.
Beef type. showmg splendid breeding. Dark reds.
Most ai bunches dcliorned. Good s.ockei‘ order.
Can show few bunches. around 45 to 90 head.
Each bunch even in Size. Also a few bunches
shorthorii steers. Will sell you choice of one
car load from any bunch. Write stating number
and weight you prefer, 450 lbs. to 800 lbs.

V. V. BALDWIN. ELDON. IOWA.

 

 

 

HOISTEINS

.XHOLSTEINS

 

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duction means more money for
the farmer. Holsteins lead in
both milk and butterfat produc—
tion. Authorities agree that the
more milk—the greater the proﬁt.

. Write for literature
"11..., masses _ -_ _ 7
l-lOLS‘I'EINHSFRlESIAN
Assocuu‘ion a! AMEIuCA

230 East Ohio Street Chicago, Illinois

HOLSTEIN
BULL Calves and

Serviceable
Sire: ORMSBY SENSATION 41st

DAMS: A. R. 0. Records 7 day and
year work. These calves and bulls
combine production and type—real
farmers stock. Come and look them
over or, write advising your needs.
We send pedigrees and photos.

         
   

      
    
       
   

 

  

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horns,
dick, Mgr..

are at reasonable prices. (.1

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BRANCH COUNTY FARM. Goldwater. Michigan.

 

 

ND CHINA SPRING PIGS

P L
BIG TYPE 0 $25 enr‘ll until May lst.

E. A. CLARK

, Breckenridge, Michigan.

 

A FEW GOOD HAMPSHIRE

at a bargain. Bred
J0

giits now ready to s

SPRIN}?i BOARS

D.
HN W. SNYDER, St. Johns. Mloh.. R. ‘-

 

BIG TYPE BERKSHIRES

iioars ready for service

Grand Champion $60.00 each.
COREY FARMS, New Haven, Michigan.

sired by International

 

 

POULTRY

 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY
per 10, by insured parcel post, p
RALPH WISE NURSERIES, Pia

E a as $3.00
repaid.
lnwell. Michigan.

 

Hatching Eq 3! Barred Rocks From Grand Flock:
large. beauti ui birds; real
None 'better in Michigan.

reducers.

6. 5 0-100.
‘Prosper With Barred

Rocks. Woodlawn Farm. Portland. Michigan.

 

 

 

Of-farc.
long trip by

magazine.

ing guide to
of everything

your energy ;
steps

them. Just

big ones and

disc value.
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Before

over road maps.

and guards
ones; that puts the s-t-r-e—t-c—h in
family budgets.

The advertisements in this mag—
azine are so interesting, it is diﬂi-
cuit to see how anyone could over-
look them . . .

A buying
guide—

EFORE you order dinner at a
restaurant, you consult the bill-

you take a
motor-car, you pore

you in the purchase
you need. A guide

that saves your time and conserves

that saves useless
against false

fail to proﬁt by

check with yourself
and be sure that you are reading
the advertisements regularly—the

the little ones. It is

time well spent . . . always.

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Avoid time-wasting, money-wasting
detour-s on the road to merchan-

Read the advertis-
maps” in M. B. F.

Don’t forget to mention

when writing

Advertisers” ~13:
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out on a shopping" trip, you should '
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DILIGENT CHICKS DID IT

and will do it for you

We conﬁdently believe we are sending out the ﬁnest, strongest, real guality
chicks at the most opular rices. Twelve years of honest dealing behind us.
Located 2 Miles orth 0 Holland, Mich, on M—ll Visitors welcome.

PULLETS AFTER MAY FIRST

   
           
  
  
   

  
 

Postpaid prices on 50 O 500

S. 0. White L horns ............... $2.75 $5.25 $10.00 $45.00

Barred Plymout . 3.50 8.7 13.00 62.50

Rhode Island Reds 8 13.00 82.50

Mixed all hoav s. . 10.00 47.50
. Mixed llghts. ll good chicks ........................ 2.25 4.25 8.00 31.50
\ DILIGENT HATGHERY a POULTRY FARM

Harm J. Knoll. Prop. RR. 11 Holland Mich.

 

   

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EIGHT. WEEKS 0L0 P LETs DELIVERED To You 90c EACH.
trims“ as "It: “6" 2r. . . .
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giggmis “Lemma by a trained, poultry specmlist and mated with high
male birds. Order at these low prices: 50 o 1000
English White Leghorn: and Anconas,......$8.50 $12.00 $51.50 $110.00
Assumed chicks and III-pilot‘s. ...................... _ . 81.50 10.00
We guarantee 1.00% hve delivery. Order direct from this ad and save.
Reference: Zeeland State Bank.

VILLAGE VIEW POULTRY FARM, R. No. a. Box 4, zeeIand. Michigan.

WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS PLEASE
MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

 

 

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will be the largest and tallest hotel in
the world, containing.3,400 room

The .

Own your own Huber Supreme Thresner
and save your min—thrash when
weather conditions are Just. rI ht.

"Su reme" is roller-bearing eqm ——
Wllen in runsp light—great for two andp three

plow tractor power. Moderately priced;
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Stop at the

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THE HUBER ”gulw-‘Acrumua
Tallest in the World

Dept. . Marion. Ohio.
46 Stories High

Closest in the city to ofﬁces,
theatres, stores and rail-
road depots

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kills rats . and mice
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Get rid of rate without danger to your
children,livestock, pets or poultry.
Think what this means to you!
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OM an experimental 0100‘ng

acreage of 20,000 in sight this year,
is the story of the growth of the
sugar beet industry in the Red River
valley.

Since the ﬁrst beet seed was plant-‘
ed ,seven years ago this industry has
changed from a dream into a reality.
In place of a few men trying the
sugar beets as a possible factor in
the agricultural life of the North-
west, there is now an'army of grow-
ers throughout the entire Red 'River
valley cashing in on the crop. Then
the crop was a gamble. Now it is a
sure thing. The beet market then
was uncertain. Now a fair price is
assured even before the seed is in
the ground. Then the crop had to
be shipped a long distance at a big
cost to the grower. Now a factory
costing nearly $2,000,000 is manu—
facturing sugar in East Grand Forks,
Minn., and more factories are
planned to be built as the acreage
warrants.

' The entire valley is the natural
growing ground for this product. At
the present time the.total acreage is
spread out over a wide territory
reaching from Stephen, Minn., to
ﬁfty miles south of Moorhead on the
east side, and from Grafton, N. D.,
to Fargo on the west side of the
Red River.

The progress has been great so
far, but the top has not been
touched. The program calls for at
least 100,000 acres in the territory
now raising 205000. This will mean
that ﬁve factories will be needed,
and the American Beet Sugar com—
pany is ready to build them. When
this goal is reached the Red River
valley will be in reality, “The Sugar
Bowl” of the world.

The continued growing of small
grains in the valley has so exhausted
the soil that it has become of vital
necessity that the missing elements
be replaced. “Legislation will not-
fertilize the soil,” is trite but true.
The sugar' beet is the natural crop
because it is the only sure one, and
it leaves the ground in better con-
dition than it found it, leaving the
ground full of the phosphate which
had been sucked out by the grain
crops.

That this: feature of the beet in-
dustry cannot be stressed too strong—

_1y is the opinion of the progressive

growers of the Northwest. Land that
had a beet crop in 1925, last fall
had a yield of from 30 to 35 bushels
of wheat.

The value of the beet top as silage
has added to the value of the entire
crop by from $7 to $10 an acre.
Many growers in the valley who are
not in dairy business have found at
ready market in the neighbors who
have livestock.

As an economic feature, the in—
dustry has become worth money to
everyone in the territory. With the
minimum price paid of $6 per ton,
and the average paid so far has been
$7.50, the growers will receive
$1,250,000. Field laborers will re-
ceive a little over $60,000, and fac—
tory men will be paidl$1'75,000. Thus
the total amount of new money that
will be earned and spent in the ter-
ritory will be $1,485,000. With
ﬁve factories and a total acreage of
100,000 acres, this industry will be

 
    
  
 

  
 

 

 

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garden and vegetable garden are
generally in the rear of the house
and are separate topics for discus-
s on.

The ideal farmstead, lawn, 'or pic--

ture would probably be unfenced.
In some cases, owing to outside con-
ditions, a fence may be necessary,
and in such instances a. good grade
of lawn fence or a heavy. woven wire
fence well covered with vines is
sometimes used effectively. The
honeysuckle, the Virginia creeper,
clematis, or some variety of roses
are appropriate for fence covering.

Any of the varieties of trees,

,shrubs, or ﬂowers mentioned in

this article, with full directions for
planting, can be secured from any
reliable nurseryman at "a very nom-
inal cost. -

If the farmer will study his own
farm home, and plan some of the
natural and beautifying improve-
ments suggested in this article, he
will ﬁnd that his time and money
will be well spent in the project, and
the result will be a more beautiful
farm home and a more pleasant
place in which to live and raise his
family. ‘

 

CHANGING AUTOMOBILE LAW
(Continued from page 13)

are heavier than the truck and their
load. The truck runs mostly from
12 to 15 miles per hour. Those
passenger cars run from 30 miles up
and they certainly do more damage
to the roads than the trucks do. I
would like to see the gas tax raised
to make those that damage the road
the most pay the upkeep of the road.
——H. R. McPherson, Houghton Coun-
ty, Mich.

MICHIGAN FRUIT

EAR EDITOR: I should like to
suggest to “One Who Is Won—
dering” that she have some

farmer try to sell ﬁrst class apples
to any city store and she will soon
ﬁnd out why there are no ﬁrst class
Michigan apples on the market as
stores will not buy them, nor any
other fruit that they can buy as
cheap and have it shipped in from
other states—Mrs. J. R. M.-, Han—
over, Michigan.

 

 

OFAVORB GAS TAX

EAR EDITOR: Will you please
record my vote for 3. 4c gas tax
and a permanent license good

for the life of the car. I don’t think
any farmers would object to the 40
gas tax, especially if they could ex-
clude the tractor, but I suppose that
would be a hard proposition to do
as so many might abuse it, pretend
they wanted gas for their tractor
and use it in their passenger car.—
W. J. B., Allen, Michigan. (Editor’s
Note: All of the gas tax bills under
consideration exempt the gasoline
used in tractors.)

 

Fast Worker

Him: “A kiss speaks volumes, they

say.”
Her: "Don't you think it would be fun
to start a library?”

 
 
  
    
 
  
 
 
  
 
 

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~W.hit‘e Diarrhea.
‘ Rhoa‘des tell it in her own words:

 

’ Mrs. Rhoades’ letter will no doubt

3 be of utmost interest to poultry rais-

ers Who have had serious losses from
We will let Mrs.

“Dear Sir: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with

‘ White Diarrhea, so thought I would

tell my experience. My first incuba-
tor chicks when but a few days old,
began to die by the dozens with
White Diarrhea. I tried different
remedies and was about discouraged
with the chicken business. Finally, I
sent to the Walker Remedy 00.,
Dept. 522, Waterloo, 1a., for a $1. 00
box of their Walko White Diarrhea
Remedy. It’s just the only thing
for this terrible disease. We raised
700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never
lost a single chick after the ﬁrst
dose.’ ’-—Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shen-
andoah, Iowa.

' Cause of White Diarrhea

White Diarrhea is caused by mi-
croscopic organisms which multiply
with great rapidity in the intestines
of diseased birds and enormous
numbers are discharged with the
droppings. Readers are warned to
beware of White Diarrhea. Don’t
wait until it kills half your chicks.
Take the “stitch in time that saves
nine.” Reinember, there is scarcely
a hatch without some infected
chicks. Don’t let these few infect
your entire ﬂock. Prevent it. Give
Walko in all drinking water for the
ﬁrst two weeks and you won't lose
one chick where you lost hundreds
before. These letters prove it:

 

Never Lost a Single Chiick

Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek,
Ind., writes: “I have lost my share
of chicks from White Diarrhea. Fi-
nally I sent for two packages of
Walko. I- raised over 500 chicks
and I never lost a single chick from
White Diarrhea. Walko not only pre-
vents White Diarrhea, but it gives
the chicks strength and vigor; they
develop quicker and feather earlier.

Never Lost One After First Dose

rs. C. M. Bradshaw writes: “I
11 ed to lose a great many chicks
from White Diarrhea, tried many
remedies and was about discouraged.
As a last resort I sent to the Walker
Remedy 00., Dept 522, Waterloo,
Iowa, for their Walko White Diar-
rhea Remedy. I used two 50c pack—
ages, raised 300 White Wyandottes
and never lost one or had— one sick
after giving the medicine and my
chickens are larger and healthier
than ever before. I have found this
company thoroughly reliable and
always get the remedy by return
mail ”———Mrs C. M. Bradshaw, Bea—
consﬁeld, Iowa. ‘

You Run No Risk
We will send Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy entirely at our risk—
postage prepaid—so you can see for ourself what
a wonder- working remedy it is for its Diarrhea
in baby chicks So you can prove—«as thousands
have woven—4mm: it will stop your losses and
double, treble, even quadruple your proﬁts. Send
50c for package of Walko (or $1.00 for extra
large boxl—give it in all drinking water and
watch results. You’ll find you won’t lose one
chick “here you lost dozens before. l.It’s a positivee
fact. You run no aneet to

fund your money promptly if you iiat ﬁnd it the
greatest little chic saver you ever The Pio-
neer National Bank. the oldest and_ strongest bank
in Waterloo. 111., stands back of” guaranwe.

Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 522,.Waterloo, Iowa

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER
. “The Farm Paper of Service"
TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT

Better Chicks

GET THEM FROM KLAGE GER. Pure bred from
selected and carefull lied
by. m" y en breed parent stsockc. 3::

 

 

        

    
   
 
 
 
     
 
 
 

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More than -,5 ~'150, 000 hunting licenses
“were taken out during the season 1925- 26 _
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HOW CORN BORER WORKS
Section of a corn stalk showing how the
corn borer bores into the stalk and tun-
neling up and down practically eats the

heart of the stalk. At the right, section
of stalk showing the pupa of the borer.
The borer spends the winter in pieces of
old corn stalk, cobs and other refuse
emerging in the spring a moth which lays
eggs from which the borers are hatched.

 

Bring your everyday problems In and set
the experience of other farmers. Questions ad-
dressed to this department are published here
and answe ered by you, our readers. who are
graduates of the 80.1001 01' Hard Knocks and
who have their diplomas from the College of

EXPerience. if you don’t want our editor's
advice or an expert’s advice, but Just plain,
everydav business farmers' advice, send In
your question here. If you can answer the _other
fellows questhn. please do so, he may ans-
wer one of your: some day! Address Expor-
lenoe Pool care The Business Farmer. Mt.
Clemens. Mich. '

 

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CURING ROUP

EAR EDITOR: I am sending a
D remedy we ﬁnd after nine years’

trial will cure roup in chickens.
After the fowls have gone to roost
close all doors and windows; take a
pan of hot coals, pour carbolic acid
on them, the quantity depends on
size of coop. One half teaspoonful
for a small coop of about 25 fowls;
larger ones need more. Repeat the
treatment if the ﬁrst dose does not
cure them. We have always found
one treatment plenty. Maybe this
will help someone save a ﬂock as we
have never lost a fowl since we’ve
used this treatment-S. R., Clio,
Michigan.

L-E'IY RUN TOGETHER

I have a bunch of 34 pekin ducks,
4 drakes, all running together. Sev—
eral of the neighbors have informed
me that the eggs will not hatch at
all, that I will have to yard them,
one drake to ﬁve or six ducks. Is
that true?—-Mrs. P. G. R., Imlay
City, Mich.

T is the common custom on large
large duck farms to allow the
ducks and drakes to run in one

large ﬂock, rather than separate
them into small groups—Prof. C. G.
Card, M. S. C.‘

WAIT FOUR WEEKS

I have had my Leghorns and
Barred Rocks in one pen. After
separating how long before the
eggs Could be used for setting so
as 'not to have them crossed?—

J: R. L., Freeland, Mich.
NE should not save eggs for at
least four weeks after the birds
'0 are separated, if they desire to
hatch pure. bred chicks. --Prof. C. G

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by sportsmen throughout the

   

.- States, including Alaska, and the returns
to State treasurie's amounted to more tha
, ~$6, 800,000 . ...»7 . .. “l ' ‘

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Impossible for me

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wen Developed Pullers Necessary 7:
for Heavy Egg Production

reserve fat are necessary in order to carry
pullcts through without moulting. Michigan
Growing Mash provides the protein for build-
ing body frames and tissues in growing chicks.
Insure large, well developed, fat pullets ’at
maturity by feeding a well balanced ration,
furnishing all necessary types of protein. This
growth and development is necessary for the
pullers to maintain heavy egg production. 115k
for a pamphlet of our poulhy feed: containing
valuable feeding suggestions.

Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service
Lansing, Michigan

 

 

Special Price Discounts Effective At Once

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Place Your Hollywood and Ferris Strain Leghorns. Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Big, vbroad backed, long bodied breeding birds, with large abdominal
ORDERS capacity. Thoroughly culled. Muted to Large. Vigorous, Healthy Males.
. PRICES TO MAY 16TH. 100 500 1000
With Us Now Hollywood Leghorns . $83.00 $120.00
Ferris Leghorns ......... . 53.0 100 00

F0I8112weel£8 Barred Rooks ................................................ . 2.50 140

PULLETS MAY 23RD T0 MAY 30TH.
poiiywoﬁh Leghorns 23.30 180 00
° err s gh orns .

For Dellvcry Barred Rocks 82.50 120 00

13.0
\Vritc 1‘01' Prices on June and July Deliveries
may and on 100% LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED.

BAY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Route 1, Box B, Holland, Mich.

HIGHLAND LE GHORN

Order your Leghorn Chicks now
right fioin this ad. Highland AHIRQEM'C‘IJRIUEULD
Can furnish

leghmns are Production Leghorns

’i‘ancred Hollywood and Barron Strains. Satisfac«
lion indicated by large percentage of customers that
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. Delivery Weeks of April 25th-NIay 2nd.

50 100 300 500 1000
$6.75 $12.50 $36.75 $60.00 $115.00
Delivery Weeks of May 9th-16th.
$6.00 $11.00 $32 :25 $52.50 $100.00

Describes our stock and special matings at higher

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State and National oﬂicial laying records have been made by
Foreman’s quick maturing strains of Barred Rocks and White
Leghorns hatched during May.

Write for free catalog illustrating our ofﬁcial winning individuals
and pens and America’s foremost strains of high production Bar-
red Rocks and White chhorns. We breed our Winners.
FOREMAN POULTRY FARM, Box 323-13,).owell, Mich.

Prof. E. C. Foreman, Owner and Manager.

Our big free catalog is ready. Write for it today.
prices. 100% prepaid live arrival guarante

HIGHLAND POULTRYF FARM,

 

 

 
   

Also BLOOD TESTED CHICKS from highest producing strains
in all leading varieties. 100 per cent,Live Delivery Guaranteed.
35' VARIETIE'S.

 
 

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Prepaid Prices on 25 50 100 500
$62.

  
 
 

s. 0. White, Brown and Buff 'Leghorns ....................................... 375 7.00 .

Barred and Whit te Rocks, R. eds, .'... ..$42 $ .00 $12.88 72 33
White W andots and Buff Roclks. .............. .. 4.50 8.75 17.00 82.00
Mixed ai Heavies, ................................................................................ 3.75 7.00 13.00 62.00

Send for large Price List including Ducklings. Please remember Quality goes ahead of Price Con-
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rum is 1rcc J . acl . mm P. EDI YERS, ‘1

prices. 0 ICKS Hatched from BLUE RIBBON runs. all 111.001) r1?s"i“i«ro(; his? Béihiihitchignmagliioele

Wlite at once today.
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DON’T BUY YOUR BABY CHICKS

BLINDFOLDED

Your source of supply is dependent u on the uQuantit of lBreeders tock.
KARST E '8 KNOWN HGPH L QU ALITdeJ-il 1 0K8 S
ong, (cap 110 le( wed e sha ed
wide backs and large lopped combs are used in our? matirihs.
To dathsee birds are mated 0111
M URED MALES OF 200 TO 285 EGG RECORD.
/. ' Sons of the Champions of the Michigan 1924— 25 International Egg Lay-
, / ing Contest. Your proﬁts are assured by large egg production and ion e1
laying life with chicks from those known producers. Our 1 27 FR E
Catalog describes our matings in fulL Send for your Copy odsy.

KARSTEN’S FARM, Box 106, Zeeland, Mich.

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Get your Chicks for winter layers gum no. at the“
price- siven below ”15““‘0’4" _
We guarantee 100% live do very cg)“ “1!! Igons. has and pure bred.

. S. C. Willie Leghorn, 10c: Barred Rocoks, 12c; AM 36

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FREE CATALOG Tells You-

How We Mats and Breed our Stock. What Michigan Accrediting Means to
Y.OU How to Raise Chicks for Bigger Proﬁts. Why our long years of
, Careful Breeding and (‘lose Culling are the principal cause of the B18.
., Lively Chicks that Live, Grow, Lay and Pay—t he kind we ship on your order.
. 100% lee Dellvery Guaranteed.

3 Write GET OUR CATALOG AND LOW PRICES TODAY.

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Oll‘l‘AWA ORGANIZED To GRADE
ANDMARLKET EGGS

[BOUT 150 farmers and hatchery- :51

men of Ottawa county«att’ended

a: meeting in Zeeland on March
23rd and organized the Ottawa
Egg and Poultry Producers Associ-
ation. The object of the association
is to grade and market better eggs
and produce chicks which will lay
eggs of higher grade. Eggs will be
graded in three classes: hennery,
standard and trades.
VA constitution and bylaws and
form of contract were adopted at the
meeting.
of directors was elected: John Van-
denbosch, Oakland; John K. Lan-
ning and R. E. Bredeweg, Drenthe;
C. J. DeKoster, Zeeland; Maurice

 

 

HOLLAND HATCHEugﬁ. 10
NEW LOW rnrcss

0N MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS
Write now for our latest price list giving our new low r1ces on this old re—
liable strain. This is your chanc1 Every pchick hatches from

save.
selected 1ugged, free range breeders ofﬁcially assed by ins ectors supervised
by Michigan State College. p p

S. C. White Leghorns

English and American

  
  

 

Anconas
Barred Rocks

This is just the chance yolu have been waiting for. Strong. husky chicks, high egg- -bred parent
stock, Michigan Accredited. 100% salfe arrival guaranteed at prlces lower than usual. Send for free
price list and new catalog. It tells all

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

 

A 10-OUN CE EGG

EAR EDITOR: I think I

have gathered the largest

egg this spring I ever did.
I have gathered little ones and
those I thought were large
ones, but this one is the record
breaker. It is a goose egg
and weighs 10 ounces, meas-
ures lengthwise around 12%
inches and other way 9 inches,
in the largest place. Some
egg! Can any one beat it?—
Mrs. E. R. Huestcd, Hillsdale
County.

 

 

    
 

BAH—“Of".

WHITE ROCKS . .
’ BARRED ROCKS English Whlte Leghorns RHODE ISLAND BEDS

You can get better chicks at the Washtenaw Hatcher Ou Fl '
accordance w1tl1 the rules of the Michigan State Poultr; Imprd‘vemggt‘sAggo‘c‘iatliggn ofﬁcially culled 111

Quality considered, our stock is priced as low 11 l
for catalog and get your order booked early. as yo W“ ﬁnd anywhere 100%

,Washtenaw Hatchery, 2502 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan

WHITE WYANDOTTEs

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FIRST HATCchJANUARY 318T
Michigan Accredited Chicks cferyatieéiiéf £53? apié’l’li'é Sliding:
dicating ofﬁcial approval by authorized state inspectors.

0H0 PAY s1. 00 DOWN—BALANCE c. o. 0.
LE / 5 Pay for your chicks when you get. them.is Send $1. 00 and we will ship
RED 0. D. Get our big new cata 0g. ree. It will hel you. Your
L / choice of three proﬁtable breed. 00% live delivery guaran eed.
R' BRUMMER FREDRICKSON POULTRY FARM. Box 28. Holland. Mlch.

 
    
   

  

Chicks that are hatched from free range breeders carefully selected. Our
ﬂocks and hatchery ins ected and passed by representative of Michigan State
College. Refer you to tat e Commercial Savings Bank. Order from this ad.

- Our Chlcks. are Michigan Accroedlted.o
PregalNd hp'rlcg‘saon— L h Bl T 0 $3. 295 $6.5 500 $12 50 $48. 000 $11106900
e orns .....
a row" 9 ’ 9 w 5.00 8.50 8.00 so

Barred Rocks. 150.00
S. C. R s, ................................................ 4.75 8.00 15. 00 58. 00 140. 00
nght Mlxed, $9.00; Heavy Mlxed, $18. 00 per 100.

10% down books your order F1ee catalog. 100% Live delivery prepaid.

HUNDERMAN BROS., R R. No. 3, BOXM, ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

Michigan Accredited Bred-to-Lay Chicks

White and Brown Leghorns, Anconas, Black Minorcas,

and Barred Rocks. Our Leghorns are large deep bodied birds with full lopped
ls.

WRITE for SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION on MAY and JUNE DELIVERIES.

D hes in full, gives full details of our matings and tells how to raise Baby
01115112 for Greater Proﬁt. Write for prices. FREE 1927 CAT LOG.

We Guarantee 100% Safe Arrlval In Good Health.
Member International Baby Chick Association

American Chick Farm, Box B, Zeeland Michigan

 

Michigan Accredited. S. C.

 

MICHIGAN ACCREDITED Chicks tram PURE
DEED ﬂocks. All parent ﬂocks BLOOD-
‘I'ESTED for the pact three years.

100%
PURE

Per 100 500 1000
" P. B. Rocks .................. ..$15.00 $72.00 $142.50 B R E D
S. C. White Leghorns. 13.00 62.60 122.50

 

RICHARDSON HATCHERY . Dundee, Mich” Box 10

FARMER CUSTOMERS REPORT CLEARING

$635“ Net on zoo'Pullets

From our Su erior Michigan Accredited Chicks. Fem sBsrron and Tancred
Leghorns; Shreppard's Anconas, Holterman and Parks8 gainAC Barred Rocks.
All heavy layin varieties. Priced as low as NINEC OH. We are
Breeders as wel as hatcherymen. This 1nsures you 11E better ograde of aying
stock. We ship only big? quality“s chicks and guarantee 100 Live Delivery.
Free 1927 Catalog tells 11 ac Secure our Revised rice List before
you place your 0rde e.r It will save on money. PU LIE S Order your
12 weeks old pullets NOW for y and June Delivery.

MICHIGAN POULTRY FARM. .Box 1. HOLLAND. MICHIGAN.

779%,QF OUR CHICKS

are being so customers thiss eason. ne of the reaaomr .

 

  
  
   
 

 
 
   
   

 

 

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UNUSUAL WHITE. 1 FGHQBNS J

Luidens, Holland; Henry Geerts,
Hudsonville; Benjamin Lohman,
Hamilton; George Boldt, Vriesland,
and Harm Berens, sr., Bentheim.

The board elected as officers:
President, Maurice Luidens; vice
president, C. J. DeKoster, and sec-
retary and treasurer, John Van-
denbosch. Headquarters will be
maintained at Zeeland.

Meetings will be held in various
localities to acquaint farmers and
poultrymen with the purpose of the
association and for obtaining new
members. Promoters of the organ-
ization announced that if the asso-
ciation is to be maintained it will be
necessary to obtain contracts for
75,000 to 100,000 hens by July 1.

CHANGE RATION

Some of my chickens get kind of
weak and in a few days they go blind.
Seem to have a good appetite, yet
they are poor. What is wrong?—
W. D., Sterling, Mich.

THINK your trouble is in your

feeding; your ﬂock is not getting

a complete ration; it is known as
nutritional disease. Feed the fol—
lowing ration: 80 lbs. of ground
yellow corn; 20 lbs. of wheat mid—
dlings; 20 lbs. of meat scraps; 5 lbs.
of bonemeal; 1 lb. of salt. Give this
ﬂock plenty of milk to drink.~I think
this will bring about a recovery in a
short time—Dr. Geo. H. Conn.

RAISING CHICKS ON SHARES

I have to raise 500 chicks for a
farmer.
day old to cockerels for broilers and
pullets ready for range. Will you
give me your opinion as to what
would be a fair charge, or a fair per-
centage of the pullets. The owner of
the chicks is to provide feed. They
will likely be chicks hatched near
the end of April, so I would need
the brooder stove going for some
time—E. S., Hillsdale County.

I TAKE it that the owner of the

 

chicks is to furnish the feed, and
you are to furnish the brooder
house and care, and the owner is to
get the pullets ready for range. Ac-
cording to the arrangement you have
made, I think if you were naid‘one

'hundred dollars for the service of

raising 500 chicks, that would be a
very equitable amount.-—-—J. A. Han-
nah, Extension Poultryman, M. S. C.

CANCER—FREE BOOK SENT ON
REQUEST
Tells cause of cancer and what to
do for pain, bleeding, odor, etc.
Write for it today, mentioning this
paper. ,

Hospital. Indianapolis. In

 

'W. R. Bode, Llano, Tex.

. the drinking water.

Also the following board‘

They are to be raised from.

eULLETe‘eoo 211011.

Address Indianapolis Cancer 4.

 

‘ worth sac-’1 ,'
this. Chats notlnrf'g to W! ' L

other boWel diseases will be interest-
ed in the following letter from Mrs.
She says:

“I formerly lost a big part of every
hatch of chicks, and my neighbors have
had the same experience. But have
found that this loss can be easily avoided.
A few years ago, when I was losing 6 to
8 chicks a day, I started putting Avicol in
It stopped my chicks
dying so promptly that I have used it
regularly ever since, as a preventive. Last
year 1 raised 140 chicks and never lost
one. I’ve preached prevention to my
neighbors, but just today I had to divide
my supply of Avicol with two of them.
One had already lost 20 chicks and the
other 27. I can’t understand why people
risk such losses, when they are so easily
prevented.”

The same tablets which Mrs. Bode used
have proven equally effective for thou-
sands of other poultry raisers. Their
reports prove positively that all anyone

need do is drop an Avicol tablet in the.

drinking water, to stop the usual chick
epidemics and insure rapid, vigorous
growth. Whether the trouble has started
or not, readers should not lose a minute,
but send for Avicol at once. From the
moment it is placed in the water, the
dying chicks revive and begin to thrive
and grow. The way it makes sick chicks
lively and healthy, in just a few hours
is really amazing. A liberal supply of
these tablets can be obtained by sending
50c (or $1 for the large size, nearly 3
times as much) to Burrell- Dugger Co.,
891 Postal Station Bld ., Indianapolis,
Ind. Avicol is guarantee to do the work
or money refunded, so it costs nothing to
try. Folks Who have used Avicol wouldn’t
think of trying to raise chicks without it.

  

stops chicks 009E:
Asthma Kept Him

 

From Working.

Can Work Like a Horse Now, and
Says He Is Entirely Well

Those who have lost sleep and health
from asthma and bronchial trouble will
appreciate how good it felt to Al. R. Hoyt-
ing. Burnstad, No. Dak., to be restored
to health after 9 years of suffering. He
writes:

“I suffered from asthma for 9 years,
and grew so weak and discouraged I
could hardly do any work. My cough
was so bad that I had severe pains.
I began taking Nacor in 1916, and I
am glad to say, for the beneﬂtgof others,
that my asthma left me, and my general
health started to improve. My cough
stopped, my weight increased and I soon
felt ten years younger. I was able to
work like a horse all last summer. The
beneﬁt received was lasting, and I am still
able to say (March 16,1925) that I have
no asthma, no cough, no pains; I sleep
ﬁne and my health is perfect.

Hundreds of people who suffered for
years from asthma, bronchitis and severe
chronic coughs, have told how their
trouble left and never returned. Their
letters and a booklet of vital and inter-
esting information about these serious
diseases, will be sent free by Nacor Medi-
cine Co., 590 State Life Bldg, Indian—
apolis, Ind. The more serious your case,
the more important this free information
may be to you Write for it today- (Adv.)

BABY CHICKS

that you can depend on. Our twenty third yeai;i
9.6 000 capacity. Over half our chicks alread sold
for the season, showing we0 05have011‘2’1tisiieoaour

 

customers

8. c. w. Leghorn ............ 13 00 06.00 1

s. C. M. Ancona ............ s13 3.00 s0 80.0 $1 11%;)“;
Mlnorca .......... 1 1250‘

0. BI. 65. 00
Leﬂ. over odds and ends 9.00 40.00

After May 15th 2c per chick less on all varieties.
PINE BAY FARM. R4, Holland, Mlchlgan.

Michigan Accredited Class A Chicks

From well develagloped strong, healthy.
layers. 8. Eng. Whit te and Brown
Leghorns; Sheppard’sh Anconas; R. I.
eds; and Assor hick s. No money
P8100 %wee1k begorﬁa chicksPare

1ve e ver . os -
Catalog %.free y t

 

 

shipped.
paid.

mi: cos HATCHERY. n. 2.3, Zeeland. Mich.

 

 
 

WOLVERINE S. C. WHITE LEGHORN
BLOOD SAFF ARPWAL BABY CHICKS

:21: ‘U‘R‘W‘EED MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED

Your next Winter’ 3 Egg Production
depends on the quality of the Chicks you

        
    
 
 
  
 

order NOW!
Our 1921 FREE Catalogy Tells How. .
v Write for a
PULLETS
We are now taking orders for
April an5d May hatched Pullets.
5,000 Available

WOLVERINE“ nHMA‘I"CI-IEIIY

.H' P. Wiersma. O‘irmer8 and Breeder
Dept. 5. Iceland, Mlchlnan. _ , g

on Leghorn Chlclu Fromd 3 red To
“geared i.ted Sen
£80m Batmn dﬂlchlgan.

8 AND 10 aWEEK?106
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BOX 3

COMMERCIAL
MATING

10% DISCOUNT

,1 COMMERCIAL MATING CHICKS

ODDS AND ENDS NOT ACCREDITED 1;?” $43.00

‘ These Chicks are All Michigan Accredited. Order direct, sending
l- Cash with Order, deducting 10% from the above prices, for May 2nd
' ' Illustrated catalog with description of Wyngarden Leghorns and

Get our SpecialPrice List for MAY 16-24-30 and June delivery
on Chicks and Pullets.

~ WYNGARDEN HATCHERY 8 FARMS

  
 

MICHIGAN
ACCREDITED

FOR DELIVERY MAY 2-?

   

THESE CASH WITH ORDER PRICES

For 500 Per moo
$60.00 $115.00
100 Per see

sent FREE on request.

ZEEMND, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

Write today for

story of this famo
no obligation.

SUPERIOR
Box 401

 

 

you with your poultry. Send at once for the complete

THE RIGHT START

The wise commercial poultryman turns to Superior
Leghorn Chicks for the right start of his years pro-
ﬁts. A good chick—vigorous, well— bred fiom high-
record foundation means the best start. Superior
Chicks give such a start.

65,000 EGGS IN 4 MONTHS

That's the record secured by Prof. Holden in 4
months this fall and winter from 1200 pullets raised
from Superior Chicks. Our chicks are Michigan Ac—
credited. 600 pullets in R O P. this year Tancred
and Barron strains blended
We have the largest breeding
plant of any Hatchery in Ottawa
. County. .Come and see us.
1 You are welcoms.

GET YOUR COPY OF
OUR CATALOG

our free 32— —page catalog. It will help

   
   

us strain of Leghorns—you are under

POULTRY FARMS, INC.
Zeeland, Mich.

 

 

 

Michigan
Accredited Chicks
——Everv breeder

approved bv
’ authorized
State Inspectors.

1 ' duction and Exhibition

 

Try chicks this year from Silver Cup winner. The above winning made December 1926 in Pro-

those heading our matin 8 this year. We are the oldest vhatchery in Western Michigan. 25 years
in business. Have made as many winnings in the last eiyears as any other hatchery in Western
Michigan. Our free catalog and price list tells alL A. ﬁtrio.

MEADOW BROOK HATCHERY, H. DePree Sons. Proprietors. Box B. HOLLAND. MICHIGAN.

S. C. White and
Buﬁ‘ Leghorns
(Dr. Heasley Egg
Basket Strain)
Barred Rocks
R. C. R. I. Reds

Lasses in strong competition. The males and their brothers are among

will convince you.

 

 

 

 

 

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Rural Leghorns won more Firsts in Zeeland 1926 Show and Lansing State Show than any other pen.

ead Our Winnings on Standard Production Stoc
LANSING STATE SHOW—1st Old Pen, 1st Yo oung Pen. 15?. Hen, 2nd Cock, 3rd
Cookerel. ZEELAND SH OW—Special 1st Old Pen. 1st Young Pen. 3rd Young' Pen,
1st Cock. WEST MICHIGAN STATE F1AIR—s Old Pen, 2nd Hen. In competition
' with some of the best and most noted stock In Ml.chlgan

All Winnings In Production Class. Also won many FIRSTS on Anconas and Brown Leg-
horns. Sen for F REE Catalog. Tells all about our stock and these winners.
‘- All stock Mlchi an Accredited. All our ﬂocks have been closely culled and every bird,
at both male and enmie leg banded

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HITE LEGI-IORN 8 500 1000
wPure Hollywood. 260- 290 egg godlgree .............................. Pszo. 00 $91.50 $190. 00
Improved Hollywood Mated, 26 290 egg pedigree;

and Tancl‘ed Mated ........................................................ 14.00 67.50 130.00
A"Barron White Leghorns ........................................... 13.00 62.50 120.00

  
 
   
    

Pure s eppard Ancona 97 50 190.00
Famous Sheppard Mated 61 50 130.00
Utlllt Anco 62.50 120.00

  

Very best gra aed 3.00 62. 50 120.00
Broiler Chicks (not accredited) $8100 per 100.
Shipments on Monday and Wednesday of every week. Write for Prices
on Other Quantities. WIRE ORDERS PROMPTLY IIANDIE
PULL ETS: White Leghorns Only. Free Range Raised. 8 to 12 weeks
for shipment starting May 15th. WRITE FOR PRICE S.
URAL POULTRY FARM,
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GET OUR SPECIAL PRICES ON 8- 110 WEEKS OLD .PULLETS
FOR DELIVERY MAY 15% AND AF
Act promptly if you wish your chicks on any certainE date. Delay
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gives the whole stoiy of SiIVer Ward Chicks.
Michigan Accredited Chicks—Strains of Master Breeders.
All breedeis are selected and sealed leg-
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This is an average of 21 eggs or pullet per month. YOU can do the same with
our stock which is Fthe result 0 14 years of breeding for SIZE TYPE, WINTER
EGGS and HIGP’IF LOCK AV FRACE, instead of a few high individuals. We have
HOLLYWOOD, I‘AN(‘ RED, and ENGLISH type S. C. White Leghorns SHEP

RD’S Ancouas Biown Icghorns 1.1111 Boned Rocks. Hollywood foundatlon stink
[£10m 260—2 95)] tegg rit’co11tl;fT.111rr:;l founéiatioqi‘r stock from 250 up eggLrecord stock.
ncona oun a Inn (119(- rmn 1 1(1)}11r 1e very best in iroun eghorns and
Barred Rocks. Our chicks are HEALTHY VIGOR O 3.8 Neutown hatched chicks from free range
breeders. The strongest proof of the uuahty of our chicks is that we have doubled our hatching
capacity over last year. With “TOWNL LINE” you also get “PERSONAL SERVICE."

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100 500 6100 500
Eng. Type S. C. White Leghorns... $12.00 $50.00 Anconas ands Brown Leghorns, ...... $12. 00 $55.00
Hollywood or Tancred Leghorns... . 14.00 65.00 Barred Rock ................... 5.00 .00
Assorted or Mixed Chicks 90 each. For wcck of MIy .3131, .11l ' 1c 1101 (-1111-1k lcss. (,‘7i1icks
shipped Dostpaid. 100 ”/0 live delivciy guaranteed. Discount on early orders. Large New Catalog Free.

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42364 Eggs frOm 680 P ullets in Minter

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— Baby Chix— is tra 111e~1ted continuously the you .1111111111. ()111 yearlings are all entered in R.
Ten Weeks 01d Contest birds won HIGH Individual in Michigan to Feb. ist; [IGI-I Pen
I'ullets. Write November; HIGH l’en Januaiy in Utah; Second lien Washington; Fourth Hen,
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Buy Michigan Accredited Chicks from Lakeview. Ofﬁcial records up to 252
eggs, Mich. Egg Contest.1923,24, 25. Every breeder inspected and passed by
inspectors supervised by Mich. State College. Smith hatch cd

Prepaid Prices on 25 50 100 500 000
White Leghorns (Tancred) .................. $3 .15 $1.00 $13.00 $62. 00 $11420 00
Ed. Roc S. 0. &R. C. R. I. Reds ........ 4.25 8.00 15.00 72 00

Special cmatings higher. Mixed chicks $10. 00 per 100. All heavies $120. 000.
Order from ad. New catalog free. Write today. Member I. C.

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CHICKS FROM CONTEST WINNING BLOOD LINES
Our White Leghorns won the 192.) Michigan Egg Contest. Contest average 176
eggs. Our en aiéeraged 2-11 eggs. You get same blood lineg as produced these
Winners in 0 a1 hicks
y 03 EGGS AT AMERICAN EGG CONTEST
This year our hen No 251 layed 303 eggs at the American Egg Contest. Is it
any wonder “75% of our business is from old customers ? In spite of heavy de-
WINMNG GPEN mand as a result of these winnings our price remains the same. 0rd der early and
mm. see-Immotoms'r be sure. Money refunded if order can’t be ﬁlled when speciﬁed. Free literature.
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fEkpect Wheat and Corn Prices“ T0 Decline

Small Receipts Advance Cattle Prices—Hogs Continue Under Yedr Ago
' By W. W. FOOTE. Market Editor.

VER since the ﬁrst signs of
spring in the southwest farmers
have been busy, planting work-

ing its way steadily northward as
fast as the weather would permit.
Earlier in the year there was a great
deal of talk throughout most agri-
cultural sections of the country
about considerably cutting down the
acreage of the several grains, es-
pecially corn and wheat, because the
proﬁts derived from the crops grown
in 1926 were unsatisfactory, but
since then they appear to have
changed their minds, as all indica—
tions point plainly ,to a fair increase
in acreage of grains, potatoes, etc.
This is in the face of further marked
declines in prices, wheat selling far
lower than one and two years ago.
Live stock interests are making a
very encouraging showing, with
generally smaller supplies of cattle,
hogs and sheep in feeding districts
than a year ago, and the live stock
receipts in western packing points so
far this year show a decided falling
off from those for recent years. The
receipts of hogs in such markets for
the year,showed a short time ago a
falling 0% of 3,543,000 hogs from
those received in the same time in
1924. With such a remarkable
showing, it is natural that farmers
should realize the importance of en-
gaging as extensively as possible in
the hog business, and there is a
much larger demand for stock pigs
than can be ﬁlled. Beef cattle have
been making a ﬁne record of high
price for fat steers and heifers, with
a great scarcity of choice long fed
steers. There is a revival in dairy
interests, and the best Holstein
springers are selling at $100 to $110,
but not many go above $90. The de—
mand for farm horses is an impor—
tant feature of the Chicago auction
ring, where farm chunks are ﬁnding
quick sales at $100 to $140 per head.
The choicer class of drafters have a
limited sale at $200 to $300, and
the receipts run from 300 to 400
horses weekly. The sheep industry
ranks high in Michigan and other
states of the middle west, taking one
year with another, and not long since
prime fed lambs sold as high as $17
per 100 pounds.

Unsatisfactory Grain Prices

As the season advances prices for
wheat and corn are apt to work
lower, the surroundings of the mar—
kets on the Chicago Board of Trade
and other exchanges of the United
States being mainly bearish, al-
though wet weather in the greater
part of the winter and spring wheat
states has delayed seeding. For the
last few Weeks wheat has been de—
creased considerably by the expecta—
tion of a large crop of winter wheat,
as well as by materially reduced
speculation, which is due in great
part to legislation affecting trading.
Prices are far lower than in recent
years, May wheat having sold a year
ago around $1.63 and nearly the
same two years ago. Crop experts
have ﬁgured that with favorable
conditions to harvest, the Winter
wheat crop might reach 650,000,000
bushels, or 23,000,000 bushels more
than was grown last year. All over
the world crop prospects are report-
ed as encouraging, and the total
acreage is given as 135,243,000
acres, comparing with 130,756,000
acres last year. The record crop of
all wheat for this country was
1,026,000,000 bushels in 1915. A
short time ago the visible supply in
this country aggregated 47,526,000
bushels, comphring with 31,116,000
bushels a year ago.

time May wheat has sold at $1.31.
' At about the same time May corn
sold at 69 cents, corn prices reach-
ing the lowest level on the crop and

  

selling a few cents lbwer than a year '

ago. A great deal of corn is offered
for sale, and it is startling to recall
that about two years ago May corn

nthern acreage will

Within a short'

It is reported that a "i

at 10 per cent in Oklahoma. There
is a rye shortage, and May rye sold
recently at $1. 02, comparing with
90 cents last year. May oats sell at
43 cents, or about the same as a
year ago. Oat seeding has made good
progress.
Proﬁt. fn Feeding Cattle

Within a short time starvation of‘
,ferings of cattle in the Chicago stock
yards have brought good advances in
fat steers, heavy lots going much
higher than yearlings, and the only
poor sellers were common and medi-
um light weight cattle weighing
under 1,000 pounds. Farmers who
are in the habit of preparing cattle
and hogs for the market have

' highest, and the best ye'arlings go’for V

$13. Prices advanced in a. week
under light supplies 25 cents, ‘with
sales at the highest prices of the
year. All the live stock markets
closed ﬁrm, with the best fed wooled
lambs at $17 and the best yearlings
at $15.25.
The Hog Market

In spite of the hog shortage in
farming districts, hogs continue to
sell at much lower prices than a
year ago, when they sold at $10.10
to $13.25. Two years ago sales were
made in the Chicago marketat $11
to $13, while three years ago they
were far lower, selling for $6. 60 to
$7. 55. A short time ago the receipts
for the year in seven western pack-

ing points were 3,601,000 hogs less.

than for. the same time in 1924 and
much less than in other recent years.
Late Chicago receipts averaged 239
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TUNE in the M. B. F. market reports and farm news broadcast on
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ern standard time from “VGHP of Detroit.
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learned how to gather good proﬁts
from raising corn, and a short time
ago a large Indiana farmer remarked
that corn worth'from 40 to 50 cents
for No. 4 and No. 5 would bring
around $1, per bushel if fed on the
farm.

Stockers and feeders follow beef
cattle" in advances and declines, and
it has happened quite often that
short supplies of thin cattle suitable
for grazing and feeding resulted in
sharp advances in prices that meant
small shipments to feeding districts.
According to the Department of Ag-
riculture only about 92 per cent as
many cattle were on feed for the
market on April 1 as a year ago.
The advancing prices of cattle so far
this year and thecheapness of corn
and other feeds have made farmers
desirous of feeding cattle, and feed—
ers have sold at the highest prices
seen since 1920. It is hardly prob-
able that from April 1 to September
1 the large receipts of last year will
be repeated, as supplies of stockers
and feeders are not very plentiful.
These "cattle sell on the Chicago
market at $7.50 to $9.75, mainly at
$8.35 to $9.25. Beef steers have
sold of late at $9 to $14, chiefly at
$9.85 to $13. Prime heifers sell up
to $10.90. A year ago steers brought

' $7.50 to $10.85 and two years ago

$8.25 to $12.50. Heavy steers sell

a year ago, when hogs were unusual—
ly heavy. Late sales of hogs were
at $9. 65 to $11. 60.

WHEAT

Even though wheat appears to be
steadier than it was two weeks ago
the prices are down slightly. So far
this month there has been fairly
good demand both here and abroad
with receipts fairly light. Winter
wheat is coming along good but wet
weather has held up spring planting
in some sections.

 

CORN '
Corn is also down in price al-
though receipts are light at some
points. The bears seem to have the
upper hand right now.

OATS .

Wet weather which is preventing
planting in some parts of the coun-
try is proving a strong factor in
holding up the price of oats. A
steady market is reported.

BEANS

Beans have shown quite an ad—
vance in price during the last few
days which is not reﬂected entirely
throughout the State. This upturn
is said to be a reaction from a recent
price cutting war between Detroit
wholesalers. Demand in general is

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

 

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lieu '11:, Chicago Detroit Detroit
Apr. 19 Apr. 19 Apr. 6 1 yr. ago

WHEAT——

No. 2M 31-31 31.32% $1.32 $1.31

No. 2 White L32 133 1.82

No. 2 Mixed 180 L82 . 1.81
cons-—

No. 2 Yellow -76 .69 .78 .79

No.3 Yellow -74 J75 , .74
OATS '

No. 2 White .50 .45@ .47 .50 .43

No. a White 147, .42 @ 44 55 .47 .47
RYF

on; No. 2 1‘06 1-06 .95
BEANS-#— -

0. H. P. cm. 4.70 4.35 4.00@ 4.05
POTATOES—e-

Pe, cm. 2.50 1.95 @205 2.50 5.00 @ 5.17
HAY—'— , , ,

No. 1 Tim. 1707118 ~19.@20 l7@ 18 23.50@24

no.2 Tina. @ 17@19 . @ 21 .22

No. LGover 20@21

Light Mixed

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BYE

Of all the grains rye is the only

one to show a higher price than Was
quoted in our last tame. This is due
to a continuation of small receipts.

POTATOES
Plenty of new potatoes are coming
to market from the south and prices
are easy.
mand at steady prices.
to the market is noted.

 

A ﬁrm tone "

. HAY '
Hay'markets are dull and nearly
unchanged with prices in general not
much higher than one year ago. .A
mild winter offset the light hay pro-
duction and now spring pastures are
coming along ﬁne.

DETROIT LIVE POULTRY

(Commission merchants’ gross returns
per pound to farmers, from which prices
5 per cent commission and transportation
charges are deductible.)

Steady. Hens: Good selling colored,
under 5 lbs. 310; over 5 lbs. 310; leghorns,
27c. Cocks, 20c. Broilers',1% to 2,1bs:\
Barred rocks, 50; other colored, “@450;
leghorns. 40c. Springs. Soft meats, under
5 lbs, 30c; stage, ’23@25c. Capone, fat,
7 lbsup 38694013. Ducks, white, 4% lbs
up, 380; smaller or dark, 85c. Geese, 22c.

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter is ﬁrm with best creamery in

’tubs at 49@50%c per lb. Eggs are ﬁrm

at 24®24ly§c per dozen for fresh ﬁrsts.

BOSTON WOOL MARKET
Raw wools closed the week steady al~
though dealers are getting the medium
grades at reduced prices. Ohio ﬂeeces,
delaine, are quoted at “0450; quarter

blood, 43c. ,

W.

SEED MARKET

DETROIT—Clover cash, domestic,’
$27; imported, $17. Alsike, cash, $24.
Timothy, cash, old, $2.45; new. April,
$2.65: May, $2.70.

TOLEDO—Same as Detroit.

CHICAGO. —— Clover, $29@35.75. Tim-
othy, $4.75@5.25. ;~— “

LIVESTOCK MARKETS
DE’l‘ROIT—-CAT'I‘LE—-—Market steady:
good to choice yearlings, dry fed, $1069 ,
10. 50; best heavy steers, dry fed, $9. 25(0)
10. 25; best handy weight butcher steers,’
$7 40169. 70; mixed steers and heifers,
$5. 75/198. 25; handy light butchers, $6525@
8; light butchers, $6606.75; best cows, $6
(($7.75; butchers cows, $5 @5.75; common

cows, $4.25@4.50; canners, $375694;
choice light \ bulls, $5.50@7.2’5 : heavy
bulls$5.75 @7; stock bulls, $5.50@6.50:

feeders, $6.25@8; stockers, $5.50@7.75:
mllkers and springers, $55@100. VEAL‘
CALVES~Market 500 to 75c lower; best,
$14.50@15; others, $7@14.
LAMBS—Market 50c to 75c higher; best
lambs. $15.75; fair lambs, $12®13 75;
light to common lambs, $9611.50; fair to
good sheep. $6639.50; culls’and common,
$3 @450. HOGS~M a r k e t prospects:
Mixed hogs, $11.50.

 

CHICAGO—Hogs: Market steady: 100
lower. Top, $11. 55: bulk, $9. 75011. :5;
heavy weight, $10, 50013; medium weight,
$10.60®1140; light weight, $11@11. 50;
light lights, $10.70@11.55; packing sows.
9940691010; pigs, $10.75@11. 40.

CATTLE: ——Market steady. Calves:

Market steady. Beef steers: Good and '

choice. $1]. 50014; common and medium.

$8. 50010. 50; yearlings, $5. 50018. Butch— ‘

er cattle: Heifers, $6011; oowﬁ. M5669 50' ,
bulls, ”@8. 50; calves. $9618; feeder
steers. $6. 50C 9. 50; stacker steers, $60
8.75; stocker cows and heifers, $5 @7.
SHEEP. —-Market steady. Medium and
choice lambs, $15. 50617; culls and com-
mon, $124214: clipped lambs, $14@15. 85:
yearlings, $11. 50@14. 50; common and'
choice ewes, $5. 50611. 60; feeder lambs,
$14015. - ‘ ' -

EAST BUFFALO.-——HOGS: Market
steady. Quotations—25019860 lbs, $10.50 "
@11. 50, 20069250 lbs, $11. 406312; 160— 200
lbs, $11.85@$12.25; 130®160 lbs, $12.15@
12. 40; 90@130 lbs, $12. 251312. 50; pack-
ing sows, $9. 25601.0 CATTLE: Market
steady, calves, 250: 50 cents lower. Veal»w ,
ers, $15615. 50. SHEEP. Market steady,
Quotations—431111.: fat lambs, $15.75; built;
out“ 1mm, $12@13.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS DETROIT M” '

am QUOTATIQNg
APRIL 18.—DBESSED on.
Study: best grades. 19.6399" 1 '
”it“. 3.3;? 1mm
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De, - t 7m z

.. Kidney beans are anote§5~
from $510101! dark an: to $6 85 fer“:

Old stock is still in (ice '

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* beetgranulated $6. 70. .
WOOIr—Traugot Schmidt s. sons are
paying the following prices for Michigan
ﬂeece wool: Medium and delaine, 33c;
rejections and clothing, 26c.

HIDES. -—Country buyers are paying
the following prices per pound for hides.
No. 1 cured, Sc;- green, 70 Bulls: No.
cured; 6c; green, 4c. No. 2 hides and bulls
1c under N0. 1. Calf: No. 1, sured, 14c;
green, 11c. «Kip: No. 1 cured, 11c; green,
8c: No. 2 calf and kip 1%0 under N0. 1.
Horsehides: No. 1, $3.75; No. 2, $2.75.

FEED—(Car lots) Winter wheat bran.
$36; spring wheat bran, 335; standard
middlings, $36; fancy mlddlings, $41 .

 

 

Week of April 24 ,
WINDY, unsettled weekris to be
expected in Michigan beginning
April 24th with numerous and

sudden changes.

Temperatures will be low for the
season at the beginning of the week
and the sky will be mostly cloudy
with light showers or snow ﬂurries
in scattered sections. These condi-
tions will continue through the
greater part of the ﬁrst half of the

' week.

From about the middle until near
the close of the week the weather
is expected to be generally fair with
temperatures ranging below normal.

Threatenting weather and light
precipitation will occur about Satur—
day.

Week of May 1

Light precipitation will be general
in most parts of Michigan during the
early part of this week although 10-
cally there will be some severe
storms.

Although there will be a change
to much cooler about the middle of
the week we’ hardly expect the con-
dition to last. As a result of more
threatening weather in which the
atoms will be even more severe
than during the ﬁrst part of week
temperatures will increase some-
what.

The week ends with heavy rain—
fall and strong winds.

May Another Dry Mouth

Averaging the state’s precipita—
tion expected for the month of May
in Michigan we arrive at a. ﬁgure
showing a deﬁciency. While there
will be some fogs and mists, we do
not believe there will be enough
rainfall to measure up to the state’s
normal. We also look for some radi-
cal and sudden changes in the weath-
er during the month.

SEEDS AND PLANTS

WOLVERINE OATS SOLD OUT. IMPROVED

Rat; ed tfbearﬁst absolutiizel}:A pure sevBe: dollarsh per
hnnB re1 re 1 meri n

Hdook zOwillustzpaMichiain. cs uner W eat.

BUY YOURi “GRIMM ALFALFA SEED DIRECT
fromt ducer, and know that your foun-
dation stockI n5. teétrpedigr eAed hswdtedbred from
cc to severe
northwest tern ratures since 1857.
Introducer xcelsior, Minnesota. The Home moi
Grimm Allalf If.a .

CHOICE SEED SPELTZ AND CERTIFIED WIS-
consin pedigreed Barley, 1.50 per bushel.
HarryB 011.. Lansing, Miclugan.

MASTADON—THE MABVELOUS EVERBEAR-
in; strawberry. 100 plants rr
super! dhr ubs, plrea $1.100 Eldon (£0
lsckberry $1.75 . Chara? trees. fruit,
m , to plant. Se bp tomes.
mgton As new: roots 7 c. 1000 2— . $7.
hen t11bbard 5 112.3101 sized :1 poun . War

1111, awee corn 5 aw err phn ,
Write Prestige Nursery, Allegan. Michigan. ts $3

FOR SALE. STRAWBERY AND RASPBERRY
p la.nts Dunla, $3. 50 per 1000. Write for

ouirhspecial bargain prices. Fred St: nley. Bangor,
c 121m.

STRAWBEBB‘IE8 $8. 00 to $3. 50 1000' RASP-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

s2 ACRES, coon LOCATION. musr SELL. Wm blac was.
Root Bros.. Kendall. Mian-m_“¢1mrwmlgﬂgm&h,wl}fl?le’
11 «z- oorxmucnm AND WAKEFIELD CABBAGE
loBACW is s o; Collard c1.oo- Tomato.
$530151»; ell IP33”? 31'. .;50° Onionjdtl. Q5; Porto
nomsprm CHEWING svo_1x N6 mum cked. Quit'min planopeCIo: 055232.35:

11in lbs 31. 25; ten NDL2 00; ci are 50
a free, 1y when received. armors

1310118 .

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Ansociation.p

BAN H MESPUN TOBACCO—CHEW-
GUA 5 TEED $1869.00 10—31. 75. Smoking? ten-
113.153”

015” when received nited

rulers, Bertie-ell: ekon tuc.ky
TEN NAMES AND AMSES OF‘

D US and mill

0 e11- send mum one pound
1311” wow ﬁneness Association West

  

 

 

 
 
  

 

 

FROSTPBOOF PLANTS. BEIMUDA 6ONIONS.

mly Walked eﬂr’e .oobbaine
1000; .25. 5000; ow 6shipping.
valuable information free. regress I”IuIPnilgza Co‘I
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mﬁ—WTE NA B ,
lIAPi-ice list Mrs. G150? SpeoIZIIR
Michigan.

      

 
    

 

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uallty and production.

ful herd sires. Write for catalog.

R. C. Woodward, Owner

COL. MACK, Auctioneer

.. A1211 THE cr'rv vmw s'rocx FARM ‘ - .
111.15, Michigan, Tuetday, May 3rd, 1927
‘ bit—Registered Holsteins—oo

An accredited herd. This herd comprise the best there is 'n breeding, individ-
Every female of milking has a lax ge ( ’I‘. A.
ranging from 11, 000 lbs. at two years up to 18, 000 and near 800 lbs. butter 3.
year in mature form Also bred heifers. bull and heifer calves.

Sale Starts at 1:00 O’Clock Sharp

 
  
  
  
  
  
    

record,

Two w under—

  

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LOWEST PRICES.

IN OUR 30 YEARS BREEDING EXPERIENCE
Pay Only ONE GEN Per Chick With Order
Tom Barron Strain S. T(‘. White Ileghmns. 270
300 egg foundation; 300»eg egg strum Ancmms,
all large, long bodied birds with large tombs.
Heavy winter layers. Also Evergreen strain
Rose Comb White W andottes. Reduced Prices
for last of April an for oMay del:)very.‘l

   
      
       
  
 
      

 

   
 

 

Rose
tEighttoNtwvderis the Broller. or mm
or our
8 12 week, pu’ Deduct 2 cents
ieliveries.

vs time and worr)’
Write for Prloes.

88.
on all chicks.

 

Electric or Gas Engine

Single
Unit
Complete

 
 

Don’t Pay More For a
Milking Machine

lend lou- onr I’ll! Booklet No. so
Fords mike:- is used by thousands of farm

    
        
     

ctting more and mm-
m slimming” th it Cows like {unlined
on prim herds. Saves time and hard

f mIIIItIﬁd
11 time in v
by men who have spent heavye . inum
ills and best materials throughout. Does
euer work, lull longer. and costs less
’ You owe it to yourselfto investigate.
Send for Booklet No. 50.

Distributers: Write for open territory.

MYERS-SHERMAN OOMPANY
213-15 N. Desplelnes st... Ohioago, Ill.

 
     
        
    
     
      
    

  

  
 
 

 

 

  
 

oee‘Lo sett all thee quack and other
field, but your

8011 is well worked 0ffort hpollintimé. V R
worked is ideally suited for
ow the time to pre

soil for winter wheatand rye. (pet ree Folder

W. J. HA Am Deck list-ville. Mlchlgen,
Emmet! vo.
Owatonna

Jos-J hovel-Co Minn,

BHIBKS! lﬂUK! HEAD!

Pure Bred S. C. White and Brown Leghorns and
S. C, Anconas. F'locks culled by an expert. Strong
sturdy chicks at $10.00 per 100; $45.00 per 500;
$90.00 per 1000. Shipped postpaid. 100%
live arrival guaranteed. Order direct from this ad.
Bank references.

Riverside Poultry Farms, R1. Holland, Michigan.

MISCELLAN EOUS

EARN $120 TO $250 MONTHLY; EXPENSES

paid as Railway Traffic Insmctor. We msecurs
osition for you after completion do! 3 on’thg
home study course or moneire . Excellent
opportunit1es. Write for ‘ree Bdookiet G- 165.
Standard Business Training Institute. Buﬂnlo, N Y.

WE PAY $48 A WEEK. FURNISH AUTO AND

expenses to introduce our Soap and Washing
Powder. Buss Beach Company. Dept. A,—163
Chippewa Falls, Wise.

  
  

 

 
   
     

 

    

 

 

 

 

MEN, GET FOREST RANGER JOB;m8126- ~820h0
month and home fur

hunt,tra1. For details write orton.II 347 Mo—

Mann B] 3., Denver, Colo. -

FARMERS' WOOL s‘IMADE INTO BLANKETS
batting and yarn at fair ri.ces Send for

circulars. MonticelloII Mills. (Estab. 1886) Monti-

cello, W 1sconsin.

FOR W. HERCULES STUMP MACHINE
. complete 1mg if) good order. Lewis Lake. Lum,
'Mwinwlbn

011018110} IVHITE CLOVER HONEY. POST-PAID

 
 

 

 

HAY BALE}! IN GOOD CONDI-
Boot Bro‘s. Kendall. Michigan.
WW1.

Homer Buzzard, Fenton, Michigan.
F9
,5...

er chick fiom these prices for .lunc_dclivery.

THESIOC PRIOIICS .

hick or broilers.
for May and later cent” 18" c
2 CE TS PER C RICK €193 guamntee satisfaction and

Shipped pcstpaid.
Reliable Poultry Farm & Hatchery,

 
   
 

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14. 00 68. I00
8.50 40. 00
llwiui-t Ill.
SELIGJ'I‘ICI) MA’l‘lNGS ADI)
Order direct from this lid—-
100% live dcl1ve1'y
Zvclund Stutv kink.
Zeeland, Michigan.

    
 

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Reference:
Route 1. Box 41.

  
       
 
 

 

 

 

Demand for Veal is Goo—(I

SHIP YOUR

DRESSED CALV ES and
LIVE POULTRY to

Detroit Beef Co.
1903 Adelaide SL, Detroit, Mich,

Oldest and most reliable commission
house in Detroit

   
  

Tags and quotations and new shippers
guide. free on application.

POULTRY

MEYERS "PURE IlRED" CHICKS LIVE AND

grow. Most (111a11ty per dollar. Smith hatched
“healthy and vigorous. Orders booked now de-
livered when you want them. 100 % live delivery.
Postage prepaid. I‘ our leading breeds. \Vhit te Leg-
horn, Barred Rocks Rhode Island Reds, White
\Vyandottes. I‘locks culled and bred for egg pro-
duction. (‘ert ()—(‘uld Chicks Find out about
our chicks before you order elsewhere. Send for

 

 

 

 

 

descriptive ('iriular. \Icyers Hatchery, Mt. Pleas-
:mt Michigan
LARGE 'l‘YI’lu‘ ENGLISH \Vlll'l‘li LEGIIORN
cliix; from our M. A. (‘ Demonstration farm
Hook, “'0 have mated our ﬂock to extra large.
pen pedigree males. Iriies low, only $95.04) r
1000. May delivery. (‘ir frr‘. Model l’ou try
Farm, Zeeiand. Ill, Mich.
lillilll’l‘ WEEK ' ()l. l) WHITE 1 It) 1‘ HHltV PUL—
Iets $90 00 1111 100 Wkt‘l'vl‘l tree Live
delivergl} guarantcul. (iumser UWillou l‘.11m Hol<
land 1cl ligan.
REDUCED l’lllil‘l.‘ 0N BABY (‘lll(‘l{S FOR
May. 1000; liw deliwn guurunun-d. I’urw
bred Leghorns 101 R01 ks and Beds 1231-. VVyan-
dottes 11nd Orpingtous 131-. Discount on large
orders. Semi 1m III‘O mtaloguc and prices"

Model Hatchery, 150x 8, Monroe, lml.

WIIITTAKER‘S Mli‘lllGAN CERT ”I ll. ) REDS.

Both combs. 'l‘rupuestcd. Bloodtostcd. Mich-
igan‘ 3 Greatest. (‘ 0101 and 1‘ ﬁg Strain C hit-,ks
llggs, (ockcrels. ( ‘utulog F.1‘ee Ii1t1r..1kcs F.11rm
lox 2, Lawrence )li(-.l1

 

 

BABY (‘lili‘ I\S I‘RUV HI R l)\\.\ llli‘ ll PRO<
ducing tloc s. S. (. “hue ngllullls $12 .00

 

 

per l1uml1ed Rocks and Iiuls, $11.00. Quantity

prices mn_rcuiust Arrowlnad ll:1t1111~ry,Mont-

rose, Michigan.

QUEEN UAIL’I‘Y ACCREDITED ( lll(‘ KS.
Hollywo and 'l‘ancred S. (‘. White lmghorus

$11.00 per 100. lizirrcd Rocks, S i‘. and R, U.

Reds, $1100 per 100. Queen lIattlwry. Zce~

laud, Michigan.

AGAIN! A lil‘l'P'l‘FR VALI' ll FOR CIIICK
buyers. .\ new su1_erior quality of Hcoding at

(‘ dialog and

unusual prices Lea ing varieties.
Box 1’ Quincy

egg Grader free. Ajax Hatcheries
and (lalesburg lllmols.

 

QUALITY CHICKS SI\Tl‘lli‘N Y E A R S [N
commercial egg product 11.1 Twelve years
hatching experience. Quality, not Quantity. llill~

crest Poultry Farm. S:1'1'.11uu:, \iicliigan.
BARRED PLYMOUTH RO(‘ K Eh (IS. \lllS'I‘O-

crat strain. $1..10per 15, $.10!) per 60.
N. Ayers and Son, Silverwood, Michigan.

W. WYANI)0’I‘TE MATCHING E “.8 FROM
P‘ishel’s egg a. day line culled florlrs. $5 per

 

 

 

00. Mrs. Tracy Rush, Alma, Mir-L1

JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGGS. 15 $1. 50;
100-38. 0. Guaranteed. hus (.‘russumn. \Iiuonk,
Illinms.

 

TURKEY EGGS FROM OUR FAMOUS PURE
bred Mammoth Bronze, Bourbon Red Narragan—

 

sett and White Holland flocks Write \Valter
Bros., Powhatan Point, Ohio.
WHITE HOLLAND 'I‘ITRKF.‘ {-S. TOMS A D

hens. Toulouse ganders. White I’eln‘n du
drakes. Alden \Vhitcomb Byron Center. Mich.

EDGEVVOOD GIANT BRONZE LARGE HARDY

northern turkeys. Iicst strains. ngs. 8011
of 1926 All— American grand (hampion heads ﬂock.
Mrs. Edgar Cusv. Iienmnia, Mu h1g.1n

TOULOUSE GEESE EGGS ALSO
Runner duck eggs. Write H. A.
West Unity. Ohio

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HELP WAN T1111)

IF YOU ARE A MAN WORTHY OF THE NAME
and not afraid to work I’ ll bet .
can't work for us IIhIItIumn daysr an
$200.%0.T bx hikn
an s ow me
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