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NOTHING LIKE A COOL DRINK'ON A HOT DAY
I I “Gratiot Couniy Man Wins
——Results of needing .

Read in this issue:

Reward”

“A Review otWhat' Session» Bid and Dzdn t Do”
-—“Sout_hw.est of The Land Where Tex Meets Mex”
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SPARTA CO-OP ASSOCIATION
SETS RECORD
HERE are few shippers of live-
, stock who have not suﬂered
. losses because proper care was
not taken somewhere along the line
between the farm and the stockyard
fund the members of the Sparta Co-
operative Association can be num-
bered among these few, accordingto
Mr. Jesse B. Bettes, secretary and
manager.
“In our seven years of livestock
marketing by railroad to Detroit
and Buffalo,” said Mr Bettes, “our
,Iosses have been very low. We at—
g-itribute this saving to adequate par-
“ .~ titions in the cars, icing the cars in
hot weather, a sprinkling system for
ghogs in our stockyards, plenty of
dry straw for calves, securely tying
bulls, providing good footing for cat-
tle on car ﬂoors, and drawing the
{ stock quickly from farms.
3 ‘Our members do not beat their
- ' livestock with clubs or whips in driv-
5- ing them to market. They use large
. tin-can rattleboxes instead of sticks
i or clubs. In this way the bodies of
our animals are not bruised and buy-
i ers have learned this and are guided
l accordingly in bidding for our stock
2 in Detroit and Buffalo.
“The Sparta Co—operative associa-
' tion handles its own insurance on all
; livestock shipped. A charge of 5
cents a hundredweight is made al-
1 though 2 cents would cover our losses
; at present. I believe the reduced
i losses have resulted from being bet—
. ter informed in regard to handling
I and shipping livestock.
“Our members are proud to say
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that in?”handling nearly 10,000 calves »

in seven years we have had no dead
ones and only two cripples. Con-
sidering the greater risk in handling

hogs, our losses on them have been

proportionately low. We have had
no losses of any kind in shipping
cattle, and our sheep and lambs have
been marketed with little loss.”«
The Sparta association is consid-

ered to be one of the heaviest ship:

pers in calves, if not the heaviest,
in western Michigan. Between 100
and 125 calves are shipped each
Tuesday. As this is an important
dairy section, these shipments indi-
cate dairymen are retaining few heif-
er calves for replacements in their
herds. >

OUTSIDERS TO VISIT BERRIEN
RASPBERRY SECTIONS
MALL fruit growers, plant path-
S ologists, pomologists and nurs-
ery inspectors from many mid-
Western and eastern states will tour
Berrien county on June 23 and 24
making ﬁeld studies of virus diseases
of raspberries. A similar tour was
made through Wisconsin and Minne-
sota last year. Specialists from the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and
from agricultural colleges~of the mid-
dle west accompany them.

NEWAYGO DAIRYMEN TO PICNIC
JULY 14 ,
EWAYGO county dairymen have
N scheduled their annual picnic
for July 14th at Freemont Lake
according to Harold S. Stinson, coun-
ty agricultural agent. One of the
features of the day will be the show—

  

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son, Secretary or the’Jei‘se‘y Breeders
Association, will give a talkhas will»

1: me wet/triﬂe): to ‘2 j
State as speakers. - H. E. Baitia-

also Ja'mes Hayes, secretary of the
Holstein-Friesian Association, and W.
D. Burrington, secretary of the
Guernsey Breeders Association. Rob-
ert Addy, dairy extension specialist
of M. S. C. is also expected to be
there.

MASON COUNTY’S ACHIEVEMENT
' DAY-
NE of the most successful under-

takings in Mason county culmin- \

ated Wednesday, May 25, in
Achievement Day at Community Hall
in Scottville when 300 women and a
sprinkling of men gathered for a pro-
gram and exhibition.of the. sewing
done by Mason county’s nine sewing
clubs carried on through Michigan
State College extension work.

The local leader plan in this county
has been a decided success. The
work has been carried on entirely by
the women; Mason county having no
county agent has had some of the
drawbacks that other counties have
not encountered.

There have been no age limits in
membership. A number of women
in the sixties and seventies are doing
as much of the club work as are the
younger women with large families.

Local leaders have attended all of
the classes at Scottville under Miss
Ruth Guenther and returned each
time with renewed enthusiasm to
pass on the work to local women.

Plates were laid on Achievement
Day for 250 members and their
guests. In the afternoon the public
were invited. .

Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, home and

 
  
  

 

 

 

 
 

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people who are living on the land.
and our desire is, to lend every possible assistance.
been organized on the Missouri Paciﬁc and now is in successful operation, an Agri-
cultural Development Department, headed by and composed of experts.
ment and the men who are members of the staff are available to aid in the develop—
ment in any community or section along sound and practical lines.

Experts employed by the Missouri Paciﬁc Lines, ahd available for co—operation
with people along our lines, are prepared to assist in campaigns of education with
a view to proper development and production of any commodity in any community
We do not advocate growing two blades of grass where one grew
before, but we are prepared to help determine what crops can be produced to best
advantage and marketed to best advantage.
duction of any crop in any district is advantageous, for it enables the producers'to
market the commodity to best advantages and frequently makes it possible to exer-
cise a determining inﬂuence on consuming market values.

There are vast areas of undeveloped territory along the Missouri Paciﬁc Lines,
and we of the Missouri Paciﬁc will'gladly aid farmers and any others interested in
development of that territory, and in obtaining best locations for that development.
i . There are other large areas which have been devloped to some extent, but which
I .‘ can be further developed to great advantage, and it is our desire to be helpful in
assisting and in bringing about proper development of such locations.

' Our organization solicits the opportunity to be helpful wherever we can.
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Agricultural Development 1’: Pam/mount lime ‘

Along M’siozmr’ Paciﬁc Lines

VERYONE admits the basic importance of Agriculture and everyone knows that
E sound and lasting prosperity is absolutely dependent upon the prosperity of the
Agricultural industry. We, of the Missouri Paciﬁc Lines, recognizing this fundaa
mental economic truth, are doing everything possible to assist in putting all
branches of Agriculture on a happy and prosperous basis.
Agricultural development, or the responsibility for it, rests primarily on the
Institutions such as the Missouri Paciﬁc can,
With this in view there has

" As a result of the work of‘the Missouri Paciﬁc Lines, hundreds of thousands of
dollars of new wealth have been put in circulation in‘ many communities and more
such tangible prosperity is in prospect in other places served by our lines.
prosperity reﬂects itself in every line of business. And it is the desire of the Missouri
Paciﬁc to be helpful in this and in every other way so that the entire territory served
by our lines may enjoy the fullest measure of prosperity and happiness.

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age or good‘ reading .‘was present. _

Musical numbers and readings
were put on by each club. .

W. J. Cook, a former county agent
spoke of the need of a county. agent
for Mason county. He spoke of some
of the things he had attempted when
agent here. He declared t h a t
through the extension work, at least.

70% more women were canning meat.

and vegetables that there were 10
years ago. ' -»

Mrs. Louise D. Campbell, State

Club Leader, gave a splendid talk On’

“Nutrition". She carried her mess-
age straight to the hearts of the
many mothers present and drove
home the fact that our results in
health and achievements in daily
life depend on what we put into the
body“ She emphasized the value of
milk as a food and the better health
resulting from the use of whole
wheat bread. ~

The Mason county clubs will con-
tinue their sewing work for another
year and will then decide on whether
to take a third year in that time or
change, to work , on nutrition.—
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EXPECT SHORT FRUIT CROP IN
VAN BUREN

EPORTS coming from Van Buren

county indicate that the fruit ‘

crop will be rather light this
year. It seems that wet weather
caused apples to get a very poor set—
ting while all other fruit was hit by
a frost on April let. A good crop
Int berries is expected but it will be
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600 AT EATON ACHIEVEMENT
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GROUP of farm women esti-
mated at over
Eaton county home economics

Charlotte. An exhibition was put on
in the forenoon and following din—

place.

S. C. was among the speakers of the
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FARM WINDMILL GENERATES
‘ POWER AND LIGHTS HOUSE
WINBMILL on the farm of Mr.
and Mrs. Van Granten, living
near Galesburg, generates power
and supplies enough electricity to
light twenty bulbs. This mill is
equipped with a propeller almost
identical to the kind used on aero—
planes. It is geared to a three hun—
dred pound generator which is con-
nected by a cable with storage bat-
teries in the farm house. The in-
sulation expense was $750.00 and the
cost of up—keep is nil. The only
time the windmill is looked at is
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INGHAM COUNTY ACTIVE IN
CLUB WORK
LUB work in Ingham county has
shown a steady increase-as is
evident by the fact that ten 4-H
clubs have been organized this spring
by County Agricultural Agent, J. G.
Wells, Jr., which is double the num-
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The Experience Pool

Bring our everyday problems In and er
the exper once of other farmers. Questions gm
:1an miebduamem are published here

5-» y you,» our readers who an
ore-junta of the Semel of Hard Knock. end
who have their diploma: from the College of

xperience. If you don't want our. editor’:
advice or an expert': advice, but Just plain,
everyJav business ~ fennen' advice. send in
your question here. If you an answer
fn'low's quest'm. please do".
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EXPERIENCE WITH GOATS
WANTED
SUBSCRIBER living near Mil-
ford, is interested in raising
some goats but as he knows no-
thing about taking “care of them, he
wants to know if any of our readiehrs
can give him advice in regard to 6
best kind to purchase, also how to
feed and care for" them. , If anyvot

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. OMEONE has said that we should
" ' speak only kind things about the
dead. If I were to follow that
rule, I would have to omit from this
summary of the recent session any
reference to the many rural desires
which were unheeded 'by the law-
makers or to the laws enacted which
are not pleasing to farmers. How-
ever, in a democracy'there is noth-
ing more important than public opin-
ion and public opinion cannot func—
tion intelligently unless the people
are furnished the facts as to what
type of representation they have re—
ceived from those whom they have
chosen to make their laws.
The Legislature got away to an
,7 unusually slow start because there
' had been an almost complete turn—
) over in the State administration and
L hence there was no ready-made pro—
gram and policy and no commonly
3 accepted leadership in either the
" House or the Senate. There were
‘3 many conﬂicting reports as to the
if condition of the State’s general fund
i as well as regarding the condition
' of many of the institutions and de—
partments. This furnishes a partial
explanation of the fact that the re-
} cent session of the Legislature was
} the longest in many years.
i The Legislature completed its
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labors by dumping a whole bunch of
bills, passed during the closing hours,
onto Governor Green’s desk for ap-
proval or veto. As many of these
1'. measures provided huge appropria-
tions, the Governor paused to ﬁgure

‘ of them. He discovered that budget
bills approved by the Legislature had
aggregated the unprecedented total
of $80,000,000 for the next- two
years. Since discovering this dis-
couraging situation, the Governor
has been closely scanning each ap—
propriation bill and has been using
his veto pen as an axe to trim many
thousands from the amounts granted
by the lawmakers. .

While Michigan citizens probably

1 are abundantly able to pay the

l mounting costs of Government, even

‘ ' including all the appropriations made

250 Farmers Study Various Livestock F ceding Experiments At M. S. C.

N spite of the backward condition
of farm work in Michigan and
the fact that it was an excellent

day for planting corn about 250
Michigan farmers attended Live—
stock Feeders’ Day at M. S. 0., East
Lansing, Thursday, June 9.

The feeding of minerals to grow-
ing and milking dairy cattle was
discussed by Professor 0. E. Reed,
head of the Dairy Department and
representative animals were shown
which demonstrated fully the results
given. Mr. C. F. Huffman, who has
charge of the experimental feeding,
also discussed the feeding of cotton—
seed meal and linseed meal to young
growing calves.

At the new horse barn R. S. Hud—
sonrof the Farm and Horse Depart—
ment discussed economical rations
for..wintering idle work horses.

‘ Professor G. A. Brown, head of
l _ the Department of Animal Husband—
! ry presided at the meeting following

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a luncheon in the Union Buildingat
which
served.
" After a discussion of the cattle
feeding work by G. A. Branaman
and of the hog feeding work by W.
l E. J. Edwards and a few remarks by

‘ > Assistant Dean, .E. 13. Hill, on the
work crime Agricultural Expe’rimgnt.
Statioii',’an excellent talk was given

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SATURDAY,

JUNE 18, 1927

  , A Reviewoi What Session Did and Didn’t Do '

~ Bitter Pills Partially Offset By Passage of a Score of Measures Desired By Farmers

By STANLEY M. POWELL

Lansing Correspondent

by the Legislature, the trouble is
that this tax burden is not equitably
distributed in accordance with tax
paying ability. Worst of all, the law—
makers took no step to remedy the
deplorable situation under which
farmers and other owners of tangible
property carry the major portion of

the cost of government, although real»

estate constitutes only about one-
third of the wealth of Michigan
citizens today.

- Tax Exempt Bond Bill

Efforts were made during the re—
cent session to pave the way for a
State income tax by a proposed
amendment to the constitution and to
curb the tax-exempt bond evil by
imposing an annual ﬁve mill tax on
bonds and other evidences of indebt—
edness originating outside the State
of Michigan.

The Michigan Tax Economy Lea-
gue sponsored ﬁve bills to throw
m’ore daylight on the expenditure of
public funds by counties and local
districts. Some of these measures
passed one branch of the Legislature,
but none of them got all the way
through.

The House passed the Black bill
to postpone the last day for the pay-
ment of taxes without the added 3
per cent penalty from January 10
to February 10, but as has happened
at previous sessions, this measure
was smothered in the Senate Com—
mittee on Taxation.

Step in Eight Direction

However, the Legislature did take
one step which appears to be in the
right direction. They passed the
Turner bill appropriating $1,000,-
000 of special State—aid to the more
needy school districts in the State.
This is in recognition of the fact
that education is after all a State
problem, rather than merely a local
one and that if we are to guarantee
to every child a decent equality of
educational opportunity without ex—
cessive tax rates, the State must
make provision for certain school

of THE Bvsmnss Faunnn.

districts having low assessed valu-
ation or an unusually high percent-
age of children.

Another tax bill actually passed
may possibly work out to the advan-
tage of rural citizens. This was the
Wm. J. Thomas bill replacing the
present State Tax Department by a
State Tax Commission.

The House failed to take any ac-
tion on the Lennon resolution, peti-
tioning Congress to refund 20 per
cent of the Federal income and in-
heritance taxes back to the State in
which they originated.

Adopt Crime Code

From the standpoint of popular
interest, probably the most outstand-
ing measures before the Legislature
at its recent session were the crime
code, capital punishment, the Arm-
strong radio control bill, amend—
ments to the workmen’s compensa—
tion act, regulation of lobbyists and
highway ﬁnance.

The new crime code was actually
adopted and has met with a large
amount of favorable comment, both
from the legal profession and other
citizens who have studied its pro-
visiOns. It is intended to expedite
and simplify court procedure'and pro—
mote more speedy and sure justice.

Capital Punishment

Capital punishment was one of the
leading issues throughout the session.
The House passed the Armstrong—
Palmer bill 61 to 35 and a couple
of months later this measure was
~--—ad‘0pted by the Senate by a close

vote after having been subjected to

many amendments. However, the

Senate and House failed to agree

over the details of the measure, so

the bill fell by the wayside.

The Legislature enacted the Arm—
strong bill placing the regulation of
radio broadcasting originating in
Michigan under the Public Utilities
Commission. This bill was intended
to prevent interference from simul-
taneous broadcasting.

Organized labor won a notable vic-

By G. A. BRANAMAN

Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry, M. S. C.

The fourth year’s work on the
value of a protein supplement in a
ration with shelled corn, corn silage
and alfalfa hay for fattening baby
beef calves conﬁrmed the average re-
sults of previous trials.

1. The calves receiving on the
average 1.35 pounds of the supple-
ment in place of that amount of
grain, showed much better appetites,
gained one-fourth pound more per
day, or 2.17 pounds, made the gains
at exactly the same feed cost credit—
ing pork, or $9.79, showed a better
and more uniform ﬁnish and were
valued 50 cents per cwt. higher, re-
turning $4.66 per calf more above
feed costs, or 25 cents more for each

. bushel of corn fed.

2. The seriousness, (d e s p i t e
some people’s doubts) of the corn
borer situation in eastern Michigan
has brought out strongly the ques-
tion of the, value of other grains as
substitutes for corn in livestock ra—
tions. ’

In- ,the lot where ground barley
was substituted “fart shelled‘ corn,
with silage and alfalfa hay, the .ap-
petites of the calves [were not so
good. ,‘Altfhough they made practi-
cally the same gains on slightly less

 

    

,feedL consequently .‘ coating 12 cents
‘ per h nd

u redWeight.'. less fftor gains,
3;}: ﬁnish of the

corn fed calves and were valued 25
cents per cwt. lower, returning $1.65
less per calf above feed costs, cre-
diting pork. With shelled corn at
$1.50 per cwt., the ground barley
would show a value of $1.39 per
cwt. in order to give the same re—
turns per calf above feed cost.

Five steer and ﬁve heifer calves in
each lot averaged 380 pounds on
November 4, and cost $9.50 in the
lots. The barley fed calves Were
valued at $10.65 in the lots after
210 days feed, the corn fed calves
at $10.90 and the corn and linseed
meal calves at $11.40. The grain
was charged at $1.50 per cwt., lin-
seed meal $55, silage and $5 and
alfalfa $16. Pork credited at $9.

Pasture for Pigs

Shelled corn, tankage, linseed
meal and minerals fed spring pigs on
alfalfa pasture produced somewhat
larger daily gains and required
slightly less feed for the gains made
than did the same ration fed on rape
pasture.

Shelled corn, tankage, linseed
meal and minerals produced appre-
ciably larger daily gains with much
smaller feed requirements for the
gainproduced than did ground bare
ley, tankage, linseed meal and min—
erals when these rations were fed on
rape pasture. . . . .

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2nd class matter, Aug. 22. 1917 it
Clemens, M1ch., under act Mar. 3. “£79.

Entered as

tory in the enactment of the Wade-
Bartlett bill increasing the maximum
weekly allowance under the Work-
men’s Compensation Act from $14 ,,
to $18 and from 60 to 66% per cent .F
of the weekly wage. -

The Legislature’s war on lobbyists ,
was characterized by more smoke
than ﬁre. It is true that early in j ..
the session both the Senate and the if
House amended their rules to for-- “t
bid the presence of lobbyists on the . ”‘
ﬂoor during the formal sessions. ..;
This meant that the lobbyists had to
forsake the comfortable davenports 3
along the side lines and sit on the 4
hard benches up in the galleries.
However, they were on the job just
as much as ever, saw and heard .
everything that happened and were
at liberty to button-hole, entertain
and threaten the members the same
as heretofore.

The lawmakers sidetracked the
Espie bill to prevent any Senator 01‘
Representative from receiving com-
pensation for promoting the passage
or defeat of any legislative measure.

Passes Gas Tax Increase

Next to the huge appropriations
allowed by the Legislature and the
failure of the lawmakers to adopt ,
any adequate tax reform measures,
probably the most unpopular thing
which they did was to pass the Le- "
land bill boosting the gas tax to
three cents but making no reduction
in the present auto license rates.

This bill was strongly opposed by
the farm organizations and farm
journals because it was felt that our
present laws are producing enough
highway revenue and that no gas
tax increase should be adopted which
was not accompanied by permanent
license plates for passenger cars or
at least a material reduction below
present rates.

It is still probable that before the
law goes into effect September 4,
referendum petitions may have been
circulated so that the bill will be in- .-
operative until it receives the sanc- f
tion of the voters at the November f
election in 1928.

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Lot 1 self—fed and Lot 2 trough-
fed three—quarters as much of the
same feeds required practically the
same amount of feed to reach mar-
ket weights, but Lot 1 made consid-
erably more rapid gains and was
ready for market 21 days earlier.
Both lots were on alfalfa pasture.

Shelled corn, tankage, linseed-
meal and minerals produced appre—
ciably larger daily ~gains and re—
quired a much smaller amount of .
concentrates for 100 pounds gain ”‘52.
than did ground barley, ground oats .
and minerals when both rations were
self—fed on alfalfa pasture. The
barley fed the different lots was very ' i?
ﬁnely‘ground and some of it blew . £3
out of the feeder. This no doubt
accounts for some of the differences '
in feed requirements. Ground bar~_ ,
ley, ground oats and minerals self—
fed on alfalfa pasture made coné
siderably larger daily gains and re-
quired 4.64 per cent less concen~
trates for the gains produced than
did the same ration when self—fed on
rape pasture. ' .

In comparing Lot 6 self—fed}...
ground barley, tankage,.linseed meal-‘;
and minerals with Lot 7 self-f
ground barley, ground oatsand' mi],
erals, on rape pasture, 158 pounds
oats displaced 87 pounds barley,
17.38 pounds tankage and 17.3
pounds linseed meal. With barle’
priced at 72c per bushel, tankage

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”JAMES A. MARTIN, OF ASHLEY

. even took sixteen chickens from Mr.
-j,r-tin’s coop but they did not get very
n ‘r with them, thanks to Mr. Amos Jury
hose good work brought him a reward
of $50.00.

SHLEY is just another one of
those little towns that one sees
scattered all over Michigan, but
it’s a “big little town” for the spirit
of its people is great. Ashley is
. located in the southwest corner of
{Gratiot county and anyone familiar
ith agriculture in Michigan knows
what that means—a leader in the
farming industry. Farming in Grat—
, lot county is in a healthy condition,
their land is rich, their crops are
good, their farmers are intelligent.
.. They study their problems, they are
business farmers and much that one
, would desire to see in rural life from
Van economical and social standpoint
can be found in this county. It is
; also interesting to know that wher—
.7 ever one sees high class farmers one
5" also sees THE BUSINESS FARMER in
,existence on every hand, for over
‘ 75 per cent of the farmers of Gratiot
,_ county read TIIE BUSINESS FARMER.
', We are justly proud of our record
'_ in this county and we are happy in-
deed to pay one of its citizens one
' of our $50.00 rewards.

Three Thieves Locked Up

A little band of chicken thieves
; found it was paying real money for
them to operate in Gratiot county

1 Southwest of

n

E are now in Mexico City, old-

est of all the cities of North or

South America and so rich in

, history that one no who has ever
trod its streets, can ever hope to
‘ erase its enchantment from his heart!
. For‘when the Spaniard, Cortez, came
__ upon this valley in 1519, less than
; thirty years after Columbus discover-
. ed America, his amazed eyes beheld
' a city of more than a hunrded thou—
sand people, with comfortable houses,

v wide streets, a glittering palace, a
j, busy market and a net-work of
a. “ﬂoating gardens” which are even to
- this day one of the wonders of the
? world! Little wonder he wrote his
if King, Carlos V., from the Valley of

Mexico, “Not a palms—breadth of land

that is not cultivated and the city,

as we approached, was more beauti—
ful than the cities of Spain!”

Built originally on the salty
marshes of Lake Texcoco, it was
when Cortez found it, a Venice—like
city, lying between two snow—capped
, mountain ranges. In 1466, Monte—
zuma ordered built a dike sixty-ﬁve

 
   
   
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
   
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
   

   
 
  

the ﬁnal thrust.

  

     

Sunday afternoon bull ﬁght in Mexico City.
Inraged and now, after nearly thirty minutes of tormenting, nearly exhausted
" In his left hand he holds the red cape and in the right the
hich if he is an expert, he will drive to the bull’s heart in one dexterous
0 1181'de bandorillos can be seen hanging from the gory shoulders of the _

' ' -' » ‘ poor animal. , - .

until one of their members”tongue

_ began to'wag too freely—then Amos

Jury got busy and now two of the
boys are in Ionia for a year and six
months each and they sent the other
thief over to Jackson for two and
one-half years—just another case of
getting these thieves in the right
coop at last. And, by the way friends,
do you know that some twenty men
and one more are behind the bars for
stealing poultry from BUsINEss
FARMER readers since we announced
our campaign against c h i c k e n
thieves? More of them are on their
way to prison and we are not going
to let up until the farmers of Mich—
igan are free of these pests—but let’s
go back to case in hand.

Ernest Bailer, Jasper Bailer, and
Elmer Todd were the thieves working
in and around Ashley, and, as was
stated before, they were doing a land
office business until young Ernest
began to talk, telling another young
man what they were doing and that

Prosecuting Attorney’s Advice Required To3Séttle DebﬁwdClﬁm

By R. J. McCOLGAN

they were making good in their new
Iine of work. Ernest Went on to
tell his friend that they were going
out every night to steal some chick-
ens. This young man told his father
what Ernest had said and the father
in turn told Amos Jury and it was
a sad night for the thieves when
Amos Jury heard the story for he
got busy.

On the night of February 16th
Amos Jury took up the trail of Er-
nest Bailer for that was the night
that Ernest had told his friend that
he was going to raid some mere
chickens. Jury followed Ernest a
few miles and then lost the trail, but
after some time picked it up again
and found Ernest had been joined
by Jasper Bailer, his uncle, and El—
mer Todd, another nephew of Jas—
per's. Jury followed the men in his
car and notiﬁed Deputy Ed. Ben-
singer of Elsie, the nature of his er-

 

 

AMOS JURY DESERVES REWARD, THEY SAY

HAVE made an investigation in this matter and feel that Amos
Jury, whom I understand is ‘a subscriber to your paper, is the man
who was primarily instrumental in bringing about the arrest of
these chicken thieves in this county. This being the case, both myself
and the sheriff feel that he should be given the reward which you
often—Kenneth B. Montigel, Prosecuting Attorney, Gratiot County,

Ithaca, Mich.
* * i:

II: II: it

0 my knowledge this ‘man (Amos Jury) is entitled to receive the
beneﬁts of your organization as he was the sole investigator of
the chicken thieves captured for stealing the Martin chickens,

making all drives and furnishing all evidence on the case—Edward
M. Bensingcr, Deputy Sheriff, Duplain Township, Elsie, Mich.

 

 

(Fourth, Article)
By GEORGE M. SLOCUM

feet wide and seven and a half miles
in length, to keep back water from
the center of the city and later tun—
nelled a mountain to carry away the
surplus. Whence came the race that
Montezuma ruled, historians even
now dispute, but that they had a
civilization and a government rival—
ing many European countries of that
day, is proven by the countless ob—
jects in their museums today.

If there is in all of Europe, a more
interesting city than this, the capital
of our neighboring republic, which
lies only three hundred miles from
our Texas border, I have not seen it-
and even the world‘traveller, Frank
G. Carpenter, said after searching
the world for thirty years, he found
the city of greatest historic interest
to the American, at least, at his very
feet.

Today, Mexico City, boasts a popu-
lation of over a half-million, mostly
Mexicans, but with large—sized col-

  

The matador is shown approaching

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The Land Where Tex Meets Mex

onies of Spanish, English, German
and Americans who have come to
take advantage of the business op-
portunities offered by the capital city
of a nation to whom ﬁfteen millions
(nearly double the population of our
northern neighbor, Canada) bear a1—
legiance.

One cannot drive out along the
Paseo da la Reforma, without being
reminded at every turn, of Paris.
Beautiful buildings of cut-stone,
trimmed with marble and of purely
European architecture, line the wide
boulevards and in the shop windows
one lingers to admire the costly furs
and ﬁnery, and more expensive jew-
elry that you would expect to ﬁnd in
any American city, with the possible
exception of New York.

It is easy to believe that no capital
city in the world has a ﬁner climate
than Mexico City, for although with-
in nineteen degrees of the Equator,
it lies 7,434 feet above sea level,
nearly two thousand feet higher than
Denver, Colorado. ~Can you imagine
yourself living where it was eternally
June weather? Where the days were
always warm enough for you to lay
aside your coat and the nights so
cool that a woolen blanket is a neces-
sity? Where the birds were always
building nests and the ﬂowers always
a galaxy of gorgeous colors. You
might easily imagine that you had
here found an Eden-on—earth and so
Nature had intended it, but man’s
greed and selﬁshness, has from time
immemorial,‘ drenched this fair val—
ley with human blood and to this
day, as if marked by some evil Genii:
intrigue and suspicion abound, and
the bayonet and saber everywhere
glisten in the sun.

Castillo de Chapultepec

Chapultepec Castle, begun in 1783,
crowns a hill from which it overlooks
and can be seen from every part of
Mexico City. Built as a summer
castle, it is in effect the principle
fortiﬁcation of the city, a beautiful
building of white cut-stone, built on

a foundation of rock which is honey- -

combed, with secret passages and
storage rooms for food-stuff which
would maintain a fair-sized army for
a siege of many weeks. Many ﬂags

.have ﬂown above this Castle and in

1847, it. was. stormed and ,_ Re

the

.tepec,

' ‘which it Was, cut is estimatedétohave

    

Jury continued in persuit of
thieves two miles south of
Elsie and ‘ﬁfteen' miles from the home

rand.

.of James'Martin, one of our readers

from whom these men had stolen
sixteen chickens. . -

Bensinger found the chickens in ~
their car, made the arrest and took
the thieves to St. Johns.

Found Sixteen Gone

The next morning Jury and a
friend of his called on Mr. Martin,
and asked him if he had any chick-
ens stolen and Mr. Martin replied , ~
that he did not know whether he had ‘
or not. They went to‘the chicken
coop and found that sixteen chickens
were gone. In the meantime the
deputy sheriff of Ithaca had brought
the thieves and the chickens from
St. Johns back to Ithaca, the county
seat of Gratiot county, the county in
which the crime was committed. Mr.
Martin, upon learning that his chick-
ens had been stolen, phoned both
the sheriff and the prosecutiing at-
torney of Clinton and Gratiot coun-
ties in regard to his loss and was
told .to come to Ithaca to identify
the chickens. He did this and found
that the chickens that had been stol-
en the night before were his and be-
ing a reader of THE BUSINESS FARMER,
he immediately notiﬁed us of his loss.
These men were tried before Circuit
Court Judge J. Moinet and he
promptly pronounced sentences of
two and one-half years at Jackson
upon Earnest Bailer and eighteen
months each upon Jasper Bailer and
Elmer, Todd at Ionia.

This was a case of quick justice.
The prisoners were caught promptly,
sentenced almost immediately, .and
have been in jail for sometime but we
of THE BUSINESS FARMER have been

(Continued on page 18)

 

     

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With this map you can follow Mr. Slocum
on his trip through Mexico.

an American army under General
Pillow, who unfurled the stars and
stripes from its eminence.

The Austrian, Maxmillian, when
Emperor of Mexico, spent millions
of pesos in building and refurnishing
the old castle for his beautiful wife,
the Empress Carlota and we were
shown the magniﬁcently furnished
rooms wherein this unhappy mortal
lived up to the time of her exile.
The walls are covered with the most
expensive brocades and tapestries.
The furniture is of the most costly
teak and ebony, with hand-carvings
that have required years of patient
effort to produce. The lighting ﬁx-
tures are of gold'or silver, hung with
crystal and cut-glass. There are lit-
erally hundreds of rooms and yet’we
saw but a few, for it would take
weeks to visit all of them.

President Calles lives at Chapulm
surrOunded by a large-sized
garrison of picked men and we were
told that the former president, Ob—
regon, still makes the castle his head-
quarters. It was rumored too, that
on the roof were stationed two mili—
tary aeroplanes, always manned and
ready for a quick ﬂight to friendly
lands, should the occasion of another
revolution ever arise.

The National Museum

,The Aztec Calendar Stone is easily
one of the world’s most interesting
antiques and in the National Museum
in. Mexico City. we stood before it in
solemn amazement. -‘It.meas'ures 12\
feet in diameter, is 3L‘feet thick and
weighs 24 tons. The stone“ from

weigheghmorethaniao tons an urban:
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LOADED TO THE LIMIT.'—Recently we published a. picture on this page showing-
six children on a. horse and we could not see how any more could get on, but there are
Harry Roback, of Gladwin county, sent this picture to us.

5333: 1
“I’M N0 ‘FLAT TIRE’,”—
Says Lawrence,

Branch County. eleven on this horse.

 

 

{E EGG MAN.”-—Elmer Smock,
of Rionroe county, is known to many
Detroit housewives by that name.

 

  

  

 

 

  

T BROTHER, “NICE LOOKING YOUNG MEN,"

' “MY YONGES

PAYLING WITH THE CF.—Allce and uWilfred Skel-

  

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DID YOU SAY?—

 

They are, left to right, Gladys Berry and.
Clare county. '

\Vrong again!
Hulda Reynolds,

ton, of Bay county, with their pure-bred Guernsey calf of
which they are proud.

BERNARD,”—Writes Miss Mary
Bowns, ot Genesee county.

 

       

JUST HAVING LOTS OFHFUN.—“0uruboy with his dog an dressed up A PROUD GRANDMOTHER.——That

and ready for a ride in his wheelbarrow,” writes Frank A. Horn, from the

TWO SAGINAW COU
GI_RLS.——Sent in by Mrs. G. F. Schul-
thles, Saginaw county.

 

    

Fred \V. Garrett, of 11100110:

county, shown here.

southwestern part of Barry county.

 

 

CAUGHT IN ONE. H

county, and his nephew, Jos. CHARLES FEEDS HIS PET PIG.—-Mr. and Mrs.

SCOTT AN HER cow.—

OUR.—-A. Ackmitgh, or Gladwin
Countryman, caught this

 

 
   

Albert Denton, of Lapeer county, are Charles’ father

Harriet is the granddaughter of
Mrs. C. Scott, Ottawa county.

 

 

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I t, clover-signage site

so ‘ y . , ..
enjput into silo um June to feed-g

ring July, August, September, and

  

'. Will itinature or will it
Would it ‘ ‘

s iluduring therummer?
“advisable to put into silo‘as soon
as Iécut'v- or let dry to a certain state?
‘ H. J. B., Levering, Mich.

T is possible to make a high qual-

‘ ity‘ ensilage from sweet clover,
however, it is more difficult and
requires more care than making en-

¢——-

1- i silage from corn.

‘ When the sweet clover is cut, as it
\ approaches blossom or just before,
it should be allowed to lay in the
ﬁeld from three to six hours, or
longer, if weather conditions are ad-
verse, in order that a portion of the
moisture may be given off. When

 

 

 

78 BUSHELS PER ACRE
EAR EDITOR: In regard
to eat growing, I will say
I have raised 78 bushels
to the acre on 32 acres. This
year I have put in 104 acres
of oats—besides 20 acres on
shares with one of my neigh- .
hora—Floyd Love, Livingston
County.

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put in the silo immediately after cut—
ting, a very succulent, juicy, and un—
palatableensilage is likely to be se-
1 cured.
. Since corn produces a larger ton-
}nage per acre and is easier handled,
- it is considered a better ensilage
crop than sweet clover. On the other
hand, when sweet clover is not need-
ed for some other purpose it may be
successfully put in the silo.—-—C. R.
Megee, Assoc. Prof. of Farm Crops,
:IMic'higan State College.

DUTIES OF SUPERVISOR
I wish to ask you the duties of a
supervisor of a town. As they are
‘going to put me on the ticket I
would like to know their duties.—
N. F., Black River, Mich.

OME of the duties of the super—
visor are: to be assess’or in his
township, to. keep all records

and assessment rolls and other pa—
:pers belonging ‘to his office in a
suitable and safe place, to attend all
meetings of the board of supervisors
and in general to act as agent for
his township in the transaction of
all business pertaining to it.——Legal
Editor.

’

TWO \VAYS TO RENT

We are about to rent a farm here
on shares, 120 acres, about 60 acres
cleared. We have a team of horses
,and ﬁve cows. The owner has a
team but no tools. We expect we
'will furnish seed.
should the owner receive?—Mrs. T.
P. B., Bellaire, Mich.

HERE are two possible ways you
,T can rent. One is on the 50—50
basis, that is, the landlord fur—
nishing the land and one half of
productive livestock, and the tenant
furnishing team, tools and labor.
| Each party bears one—half of such
expense as feeds and seeds pur-

chased; twine, fertilizer and ma-
chine hire. Each get one-half of the
income.

2 Second method: The tenant fur-
nishes all equipment, livestock and
labor and receives two-thirds of the
income. The landlord furnishes the
land and buildings and receives one—
third of the income as his share.
Expenses such as feeds, seeds, etc.,
mentioned above are divided one-
third landlord and two—thirds tenant.
-——F. T. Riddell, Research Assistant
in Economics, M. S. C.

 

GAS STATION ‘ALONG HIGHWAY

I want to put up a cider, fruit and
'gas stand on my land at a four cor-
ner road. How close can I put up
mybuilding to the road? Can I put
the gas pump eight feet from the
corner of my land on to the road?
'Please advise me how much right I
have to the r0ad.—J. F., Falmouth,
‘ Michigan. ‘

' Bridge Laws, 1925 compilation,
lie Acts of 1926, provides as follows:

" i-‘No persén, ﬁrm or corpOrati'on
ﬂshall erect. or cause to be erected on

Now what share—

' ECTION 567 of the Highway and'
i and section 5 of‘Act 108, Pub- 9 '

V (I cessaaaimmimw
alleo lama «room ~th inform. on '
yummrlnuulrleslmuét he «compenleglby! , l"

'u-znu .

.or along any highway any sign,

guide post, marker, or advertising
device without the approval of the

commissioner or commissioners hav»

ing- jurisdiction of such highway;
and no sign, marker, or advertising
device shall be painted upon,. at-
tached to or made to form a. part of
any fence, building, rock, or other
surface that marks or is on the line
of the highway right of way, except
to advertise a business conducted
upon the property abutting on the
highway at the place where the ad-
vertisement is situated."

Act 368, Public Acts of 1925, pro-
ihibits obstructions and encroach-
ments "on the public highways of
this State.

_From the above ‘it would seem
that a stand or gas pump must not
be constructed within any part of the
highway right of way, so as to con-
stitute an encroachment thereon.—
{Lincoln E. Bradt, Assistant Attorney
General.

CAN SHE VOTE?

Can a woman vote at school elec-
tion who was born in the United

 

States of foreign born. parents who
are not citizens, and married to a

foreign born man‘who is .not a citi-

zen?—S. L. J., Fountain,'Mich.

. HETHER or not a woman can
vote at school election if born
in the United States but mar—

ried to a foreign person, depends

upon the time of the marriage. It
the marriage has been since the

new act of Congress which gives a

woman the right to retain her citi-

zenship, she could vote if otherwise
qualiﬁed—W. L. Coffey,

‘ Public Instruction.

MUST PAY

We paid for a subscription to a
county newspaper for one year.
When their solicitor called to get us
to renew the paper we told him we
did not want it any longer but they
have insisted on sending it for over
three years and have now put it in
a lawyer’s hands to collect. Are we
obliged to pay?—-—T. R. M., Allegan,
Mich.
—Under the'circumstances, I am of
the opinion you would have to pay
for the magazine—Legal Editor.

 

 

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.lects of general lnteres
this department write your views and send
.letters are suitable for publication or not.)

 

4 What the Neighbors Say ~

(We are always pleased to receive letters from our subscribers and gladly publish those on sub-
t. f you agree or do not agree with what 5 written
htem in. The editor is sole Judge as to whether

and published in

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AGAINST NEW GAS TAX LAW
EAR EDITOR: I am writing you
in regard to the gas tax law just
passed. This ,part of the coun-
try is pretty sore over it. If there is
going to be any referendum petitions
gotten out to place it before the vot-
ers at the general election in Novem-
ber please send me one and I will get
signatures for it. We believe it
will pass 90 out of 100 for 4 cent gas
tax and permanent plates for pas—
senger cars. Please try and get
something started if you can for we
sure have got a rotten deal.—'Burt
Osborn, Benzie County.

CLEANING UP~OORN BORE-R
IN OHIO \

EAR EDITOR: You will see by
this I am at home at my old ad-
dress again. I have been
through a portion of the corn borer
infested district of Ohio. They are
trying hard to clean up, at least in
some counties above the quarantine
line which crossed the state just
south of our city, Mansﬁeld, in
Richland county. We, my wife and
yours truly, started home Monday,
May 16th and as we drew near to
Toledo, I could notice Mr. Corn
Borer was receiving marked atten—
tion and also made me feel and see

, the

the great need of carefulness here in
our own loved State of Michigan.

’You will ﬁnd me here waiting for
the next issue of THE BUSINESS
FARMER as I like to keep in touch
with a paper that slaps the chicken
thieves the hardest, also I would like
to learn how Millbank brought back
bacon. Long live
BUSINESS FARMER.—G. M. Plumb,
Montcalm County.

BEAN DEAL HAS CHANGED
EAR EDITORz—I have been
reading an article by George H.
Gray, of Tuscola County on mar—
keting problems. As I have been a

farmer all of my life up to 1913 I.

know what the farmers are up
against. It’s a right down shame
that they are robbed almost on every
hand by middlemen. "

The bean marketing is one of the
biggest grafts of any crop the farm-
er raises. I remember when we ﬁrst

commenced to raise beans as a com-v

mercial crop. When they commenced
to buy beans they weighed them up
60 pounds to the bushel then tested
them. What ever they picked out,

they charged 3 cents a pound for and

you got all the cull beans back, but
that didn't last long. Then they
charged 3 cents for picking just the

 

 

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. Where Our Readers Live .

Haven't you a picture of our home or farm buildings that we can print under this heading?
{The Business Farmer’s large family where you live.
are all right if the details show up well. Do not send us the negatives,

Kodak pictures l
Just a good print.

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.. . 0N ARCADIA FARM, ni “PM ooUN'rr .
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gilmore, have lived in this house 'on their...farm
IOU"! Writ-Your.“ "

Supt. of '

MICHIGAN '

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y '_ our our AND VOTE . .
DEAR EDITOR: I notice‘no end ‘
of farmers have ’ plenty ‘- of
“stick together” plans in this
column. by which farmers are to
grab their bootstraps and lift them-
selvesover the present rail. tones of
troubles. ‘ . -' . ”
The average farmer knows he
pays nearly double‘what he should
for his factory-made necessities as
compared with sales of his on
goods, but when you ask him'why
30 million. farming people, nearly
half voters, don’t vote occasionally
against the factory owner million-
aires who pick the farmers’ pockets
With the most exhorbitant tariff-tax

. ever known, some farmers just stare
~ at you and say, “But wouldn’t that

be using politics to better ourselves?
P o l i t i c s are forbidden in our
Grange.” Or it may be their “Bu-
reau.” But what are politics for?
You can’t change a tariff-tax law
that robs farmers except by voting a
change any more than you can raise
kittens without cats—C. H. Merri-
ﬁeld, Van Buren County. ‘

 

AGAINST RING-NECKED
PHEASANT

EAR EDITOR: I am a reader

of your good old M. B. F. and

enjoy it. I read the letters on
how to kill quack grass, how to get
the rat, and chicken thief, and I
think all this is O. K. Us farmers
have a right to try our luck to hold
our own with all these outlaws, but
what chance have we farmers got
with the worst darned thief and de-
stroyer of the farmers’ crops—the
so-called ringneck pheasant? One
of these will pull more corn than
ﬁfty of the old Jim Crow’s family.
Will some one please. tell me how to
get even with this thief?——J. P. G.,
Lansing, Mich. '

 

 

. oun RADIO .

By B. K. OSBORN '

(Any question regardin radio will be
gladly answered_by our ra lo editor. You
receive a personal letter and there is no
charge If your subscription ls paid up.)

 

The Buslinees- Farmer broadcasts daily,

except Saturday and Sunday. through

station WGHP, of Detroit. on a wave

length of 243.8 meters.

6:40 .............................. Markets and News
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RADIO STATIONS CHANGE WAVE
LENGTH

AVE you had considerable

trouble trying to locate your
‘ favorite radio station during the
last two or three days? If you have
you cannot blame it on your set.
Through a ruling made by the fed-
.eral radio commission, many of the
stations have been obliged to change
their wave length since June 15th.,'
It was ﬁrst planned to put the ruling
into effect on June 1st but later a
delay of 15 days was granted sta-
tions. .

Station WGHP has been changed
from 270 to 243.8. WJR and WCX‘
of Detroit have been cut from 517
meters to 440.9 meters. The Detroit
News, WWJ had its wave length
changed from 353 to .374.8 meters.
WKAR of the Michigan State Col-
lege, now operating on 230.6 meters
along with WREO of Lansing. A.
total of 142 stations were affected
by this new ruling in order to clear
up the air.

THE LAhEsr IN MARKET- ,
SERVICE '
ARMERS in the Hell River Valley
of North’ Dakota have What is
probably the most unique mar-
ket‘ service everin existence. . Radio .
broadcasting station WDAY, located
at Fargo,’ broadcasts daily at noon
information regarding cattle, hogs,
chickens, farm implements or an:.'—.
thing else farmers have for sale, giv—

A

._ing the name and address of'each
farmer. Any farmer having anything
for-sale writes to the radio, station... "

giving complete description and. price;
Then this information fr put. von‘;j.th
air for the benefit of farmers; who,
may be in the market. ‘Theresulls
itgis-saidghave bee ‘ ~ 1:

 

     

 

 

  
  
 
  
 
  


 

 

  
  

   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
    
    
   
  
   
  
    
   
 
  
   
       
     
 
  
    
  
  
  
 
   
    
 
   
  
    
      
      
      
     
     
 
 
  
 
  
 

BARLEy IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
“Who says we can’t raise a. crop in Chip-
pewa county,” writes Subscriber William
Stearns. This was taken last year.

 

 

Bulletin Service

(The bulletins listed under this heading

are free. If you want a copy of one or

more just list them on a postal card or

in a letter and mail to us with your name

and address.They will be sent to you with-
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LIST OF BULLETINS

Bulletin No. 1.

—-POULTRY RATIONS.
Bulletin No. 2.

——MODERN WATER SUPPLY.
Bulletin No. 3.

—-—SOIL FERTILIZERS.
Bulletin No. 4.

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

——THE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 6.

—BEFORE 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. ,

——MINERALS AND FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 12. . .

—LINSEED OIL MEAL.
Bulletin No. 13.

—FIGHT THE CORN BORER.
Bulletin No. 14.

—UNDER-GRADE APPLES.
BULLETIN N0. 15.

—RAISING DOMESTIC RABBITS.

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.

Bulletin No. 17.—MICHIGAN FARM-
ERS' TAX GUIDE. R. Wayne Newton,
Research Associate in Farm Economics,
M. S. 0., makes a special study of taxes
so this bulletin prepared by him is of
unusual value. It takes up assessing of
property, levying and collecting taxes,
sale and redemption of real estate delin—
quent for taxes, and contains a farm
tax calendar.

Bulletin No. 18.——STAR BARNS AND
HOW TO BUILD THEM. Barn construc—
tion and arrangement is discussed fully
in this valuable bulletin containing 48
pages. Illustrations are plentiful.

Bulletin ,No. 19.————PLANS FOR CON—
CRETE FARM BUILDINGS. This 48-
page bulletin not only contains plans for
the various buildings about the farm but
tells about miiiing, ﬁguring up the quan-
tities, and contains other farm building
helps of value. If you are planning any
concrete work you ought to have a copy.

Bulletin No. 20.———CLOTHES-MOTHS
AND CARPET-BEETLES. Few house—
wives do not have trouble with these pests,
and this bulletin by Prof. Eugenia Mc-
Daniel, of M. S. C. is to give a clearer
understanding of the nature of the pests
and to aid the housewives in their’efforts
to keep them in subjection. A most com-
plete tneatus of the subjects in twenty

' pages.

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There is small mortgage on farm and
daughter pays up mortgage and I
give her farm. Can other children
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Lake, Mich. . .

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Did You Ever Notice?

ID you ever notice that one ex-

treme almost always follows

another? Well it seems to me
it does. There seems to be extremes
in the weather—4:00 cold—too dry—
too hot—too wet,
etc. It is the
same in prices
a n (1 production.
After about so
long a time of
prosperity in any
line there comes
a reverse. This
same idea of one
extreme follow-
ing another may
be applied to
most all endeav—
or and action.

I was thinking
of this today
while planting corn and, while I
did not desire any change in the
way things were working, it was no
meat surprise when the unexpected
happened. For a couple of days I
had been planting corn with a horse
planter in a ﬁeld one hundred and
twenty rods long. It is quite smooth
and level and I could imagine what
our western farmer brothers have
for a regular bill of fare—nice
smooth ﬁelds, all from eighty to one
hundred sixty rods long. Much more
work may be accomplished in such a
ﬁeld in a given time that in a ﬁeld
twenty reds wide and forty rods
long! But the size of the ﬁeld was
not exactly the whole of the thought
I had about getting along extremely
well with the corn planting. The
planter was working ﬁne. From this
1field I went to the last ﬁeld we had
to plant. It is one mile from home,
and by getting an early start I
planned to get it checked before
coming home for dinner. Was so
certain I could do this, I had the
afternoon’s work all planned.

It was eleven thirty, and neigh-
bors who were dragging with two
teams and planting with a third one,
unhitched and proceeded to have a
picnic dinner, as they were about
two miles from their homes. Well,
let them enjoy it. I have only six—
teen rows yet to plant and then I’ll
go home and the 1927 corn crop will
all be planted as far as we are con—
cerned. Three—quarters of an hour
will ﬁnish this ﬁeld and get the wire
all reeled up. Snap! What is that?
The dropping has stopped! Whoa!

Examination showed that a little
trip casting had broken and could
not be ﬁxed. A new one would be
required. That would take ten days’
time. The situation was soon
straightened out. I left the wire
Where it was and continued to drive
over_the ground, marking with the
wheels where the rows should be.
This afternoon Kenneth and I took
hand planters and, by using the bot-
tons on the wire as guides, we were
able to plant those last rows some-
where near where they should be.
We took the team with us, and when
we had ﬁnished planting and reeled
up the wire the afternoon was almost
gone.

Well,

 

L. W. MEERS

we. enjoyed the planter in
one ﬁeld, anyway, and tonight we
have ordered repairs for it. When
they arrive the planter will have
been put into perfect running order
again. What would be the use of
waiting until we wanted to use it
next spring, before we ordered re-
pairs and put it in shape? It is a
lot of satisfaction to get a tool out
of the shed and tie the horses right
on and go to work. It is far from
pleasant to get the tools out and
ﬁnd they need some repairs, and
how easy it is to forget they were
not in working order until we want
them.

On nearly all machines there are
some parts that get more wear than
others, and generally these parts are
smaller ones.
is the little trips

 

On a corn planter, it

which operate the dropping mechan—
ism. On a binder it is the trip and
similar parts which control the bind-
ing of the bundle. We plan to have
and extra set of these parts on hand.
They do not cost much, and often
save a delay if they are needed and
have to be sent for. We have a set
of the parts for the corn planter
which get the most wear, but today
the part that failed simply broke and
probably would never have worn
out. At any rate, it was the one
part.we did not have on hand.

Seldom do we have to go to town
for any plow repairs, etc. There is
a great satisfaction in having an
extra land slide, some jointer points,
a few plow points, etc., in the shop
when we want them.

I: 1k *
“Going Fishing?”

Hardly. It is supposed to be a
farmer’s right and privilege (often
enjoyed) to go ﬁshing when he gets
his corn planted. The fellow who
ﬁrst found it practicable and set the
fashion for the rest of us potato
growers to plant potatoes after corn
planting, must have been a friend of
the ﬁshes, for the potato planting
certainly keeps the spud grower
busy, when otherwise he might pos-
sibly help deplete the ﬁnny tribe
from some nearby stream or lake!

III II: *

Club Work

We are hurrying the potato work
along a little faster and earlier than

common because James will leave in

few days on a well-earned vacation
trip to the National 4 H Club En-
campment at Washington, together
with the other three 4 H Club win—
ners of the State, and their leaders.
About the time you are reading this
issue of the M. B. F. the encamp-
ment will. be in full swing. The
Michigan delegation are going to
motor their way, via Cleveland,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Philadel-
phia, camping along the way and
hoping the President will be at
home when they call!

There are many rewards for those
boys and girls who put forth their
best effort in club work, and the
crowning reward is this trip to the
national meet. The Club work is to
be highly recommended to any com-
munity not now enrolled. The
knowledge the youngsters gain in
their respective lines of Club work
would be difficult to obtain in any
other way. It is the greatest move—
ment the government ever made for
the advancement of rural young
people. Understand they do not
need to be farm boys and girls. Vil—
lage children have the privilege of
canning, sewing, manual training,
etc. These lines are included in the
curriculum of all city, schools. A
letter addressed to the State Club
Leader, A. G. Kettunen, East Lan—
sing, Mich., will bring to any inter-
ested party any information they

may desire.
* at I:

No More

A year ago last winter there was
no hard coal to be secured in the
United States and our poultry asso-
ciation imported several car loads
from Europe. The price was like
the journey the coal took—rather
long. Many expected the quality
would be far superior to coal mined
in the United States. Some people
always expect anything import—
ed is superior to the home product.
This never found favor with me. Im-

‘porting anything does not add to its

quality, and it did not to the coal.
We had enough to last through last
season and up until today when I
put the last of it

stoves. I did not regret seeing the

bottom of the bin as the coal was; _
gradually used. Today we ﬁlled the”

Iiln with good old chestnut from
Scranton and I’ll say
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your questlons n ardlno the fruit and
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“SPEED” BRADFORD TELLS ’EM
ABOUT MICHIGAN

HILE plans are being made to
tell the middle west about
southwestern Michigan’s blos—

som festival, someone remarked that
this event and the State of Michigan,
were worth ad-
Vertizing f r o m
coast to coast.
“All right,” said
Harry Bradford,
11 ow known as
Speed, “When do
I start.”

“Speed” Brad—
ford, formerly of
Texas, now of St.
Joseph, Michigan,
volunteered to
start from Ben—
ton Harbor on
April 13, drive
twice across the
continent distributing literature, and
be back before May ﬁrst. Many con—
sidered it a mad undertaking.
“Think of the spring mud”. “What
about the floods?” “The mountains
‘are full of snow”. These were some
of the remarks that cast doubt on
the success of the venture.

Was “Speed” daunted? Not he.
This was his proposal. “You furn-
ish me with plenty of literature to
distribute, and a good car all dolled
up with blossom pictures. I will
drive that car to the Paciﬁc and
back; then to the Atlantic and back.
, I will drive every mile of the way
myself, will not get out of the car
on the whole trip, and will be back
in plenty of time for the opening of
. Blossom Week”. And “Speed” did it!

The story of that trip is a story
of sheer human grit, and the power
of man—made machinery. The mud
was found, hundreds of miles of it,
sticky and bottomless. The ﬂoods
were there, making detours neces—
sary, and causing precarious driving
through water and washouts» and
over trembling bridges. Cold snow—
drifts in the mountain passes. Burn—
ing sands in New Mexico and Arizona.
But Speed stuck to it, always behind
the wheel, telling the nation about
Michigan and snatching an hour or
two of sleep when exhaustion claim-
ed him. The Western Union system
kept time on him and ﬂashed the
news of his progress to the folks at
home. Newspaper men were on the
back seat to see that he stuck to
his bargain.

 

 

Herbert Natzlzer

 

his “Blossom Special” whlch he drove twice
Michigan and the blossom festival.

“Speed” entered Benton Harbor on
his return from Los Angles, tired,
but happy. Friends tried to dissaude
him from going on, saying that he
had already done enough. “Nothing

item the ~ .
that he fell asleep behind-the wheel,

 

{and Willing shands washed» all marks“

‘of the. ardous journey from the blos-
som car. Five hours later, at nine
o’clock, “Speed” turned the nose of
.his car toward New York'City, and
stepped on the gas. ' ,

On April 29th, 16 days after the
start of the race, with an average of
over 500 miles per day, “Speed”
made his triumphal entry on the re-
turn from New York. Business stop—
ped. The mayors and the city gov-
ernments, and Tom, Dick and Har—
riet all streamed out on the state
road to meet “Speed” and escort him
home. “Speed” smiled broadly, shook
hands all around, and then hit the
hay.

MOVING TREES

There was an apple tree standing
near the road in the brush that had
come up from the seed. It has such
nice large, good ﬂavored apples that
I decided to move it into the or—
chard. It is about nineteen feet tall
and the branches are mostly in the
top. Would like to know how much

   

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Michigan.
F this tree Were” ours we w 111
not- cut off any more, large.
branches than we had to, but.
would cut out and head back quite,
a number of medium branches. Do

not leave stubs, but make each cut’,‘
The diffi—'.

culty with cutting off very large '15,

close to another branch.

  
    
      
  

 
  
   

 
 

 

branches is that the wound does not;

heal over as well as it should and!
soon rot sets in and then you have
When headoI

a hollow-hearted tree.
ing down the top make the cuts

close to a branch which points out-i
ward. This will encourage a spread— '
ing growth and after the tree has:
born a few good crops the weight of .

the fruit will do the rest. After
the tree has stood

a While
tree.
Have taken the M. B. F for some time

and always enjoy reading it.
us in every way. With every best wish

in the orchard,
it will throw out lower. 1
branches and give a better balanced ‘

It satisﬁes "

for the success of your paper, I am,——H.’_

B. Matthews, Ogemaw County.

 

At four in the~ morning, April 26,

 

 

  

directions, do each job
weather risks, etc.

 

      
  
  
 

 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
  

 

“Please accept my thanks
for equipping me with a
15—30 McCormick‘Deer—
ing. The smaller tractor
gave me good service, but
the 1530 is much more
economical, working at a
lgﬂreater saving in X man
ours as well as fuel. I
do not see how I could
handle my farm on a
paying basis without the
McCormick-Deering.”

E. A. STAMBAUGH,
Green Park, Pa.

 

 

 
 

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SE liberal three'plow power! Don’t overlook the
many good, sound,
investing in tractor power. You want to do much

more work with the same or less. labor expense. You
want to handle each ﬁeld, each crop, each job faster.
You want to extend your farming operations in various

practical reasons why you are

at the right time, cut down

Be prepared for the many new calls for power—drawbar, belt,
and power takeoff—that may come along during the next few years.

The man who replaces horses with a small tractor is taking a
big step ferward. The man who goes to the threerplow tractor at

once .is getting himself ready for
power farming on a. broad scale, and
for proﬁt. He can also add to his
income by outside ﬁeld work, thresh’
ing, silo ﬁlling, grinding, shelling, saw’
ing, baling, and hauling. He can do
road work for the community. He
can earn hundreds of dollars a year
by custom work with the 1530.

In the long run the McCormick!
Deering 15/30 tractor is cheaper to
buy than the two’plow tractor. It is
able to earn extra money so easily.
On the well/handled farm the extra.
cost is often returned to pocket in

a single season, and then the liberal power of the 1530 goes on
making a proﬁt for its owner in the proportion of three’plow to
tWO'plOW. When you buy your tractor, go {into this thoroughly.
Look the 1530 over at the dealer’s store.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY
of AMERICA

(Incorporated)

Chicago, Illinois

The Three-Plow 15-30 Tractor
- MG-CORMICK " DEERING:

 

 

Don’t
Underpower
Your Farm!

Invest in 15—30
Three—Plow Power

(/4 LL along the line the McCor-

15-30 Power
Advantages

mick—Deering 15-30 adds 50 per
cent to the day’s work of the smaller
tractor without adding to labor
costs! A 3—furrow strip instead of
2; 12 acres plowed per day instead
of 8; 30 acres double-disked as
against 20. Time is saved, labor is
saved, work is increased, and costs
are reduced in every season.

The 1560 will handle threshers,
ensilage cutters, etc. with greater
efﬁciency and proﬁt. In grain and
corn harvesting, 15—30 power is
essential for power take—off
operation of the harvester—thresher
and the com. picker. Be ready in.
the future to handle new equipment
such as these two important modem
machines.

 

The McCormick—Deering Harvester-

Thresher saves 20 cents per bushelover old

methods in the harvesting of grain. It:
requires 15—30 power.

    

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The McCormick-Deering Com Picker.
sensation of the corn belt. goes into the c
standing corn and does the work of six han
huskers. The 1560 tractor does the work.

 
 

      

 

     
      
       
        
         
      
       
       
      
      
        
        
      
       
       
     
     
   
    
    
          
       
       
    
 
   
   
   
   
      
     
      

  

 


  

for the Citizens’ Mutual Automobile
Insurance'Company, Howell, Mich.

ﬂpril and May Two Largest Month:
in tbe History of tlze Company

During the months of April and May the company
Wrote and renewed 14,700 policies on automobiles, an in-
crease of 1,100 over the same months last year, and an.
increase in business of $21,537.84.

‘ » Automobile owners have begun to appreciate the great
hazard in driving a car and when the car is stolen or
Wrecked in a collision or a liability loss occurs, the policy-,
35' holder then appreciates an opportunity to call at the

‘ home office or the office of the local agency and get a
'1; prompt adjustment. One man, who has a large number
3' of cars and trucks insured in this company, says, “I have
tried a number of different insurance companies and
¥ ' where the main office is located out of the state, there is

usually a delay and in complicated cases it is impossible
to get in touch with the main office. Then too, as most
of the cars in the territory where my cars are driven are
insured in the Citizens’ Mutual, I ﬁnd it much easier to
get a satisfactory settlement as where two or more com-
panies are involved, there is always a difference of opin-
ion and delays.” ‘

 

 

If no! imured, (all on local agent, or write

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HOWELL, MICHIGAN

 
 

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T biewery Problem

‘By‘ W. E. DRIPS

(Continued from June 4th issue)

ELL, it didn’t seem right, I had to

W admit, altho I pulled one of the

“just because” reasons, as I was
satisﬁed that the car wasn't there when
we had come into the yard.

Then Mike, who was getting over his
mad streak—I guess he knew it wasall
up with him. cleared the mystery.

“Barton,” he says, “you better tend to
them hogs if you expect them to be
around when you come back. They are
going to be acting right smart in a few
minutes.”

“What do you mean?" Jim asks. “If

I'm a good 'guesser they will be dead‘

shortly.
to life.”

This got a big laugh out of Mike.

“Say, you rummy, them hogs ain't
stuck; they just had a little ether, and
they are coming out of it right now.
My experience would indicate they’ll need
a bunch of tending to in a Short time."
And Mike had another laugh.

“Well, I swan," was Jim's only com-
ment.

“Here you, Bill and Ottosen, get ’em
out of that car and see if you can ﬁnd
a yard where they won’t get away 'fore
we come back. _

After that we started our triumphant
It was a big night for me,
you bet. Also a big load for Jim's car.

Jim still arguing with me about how

Stuck hogs don’t generally come

in thunder Mike drove that car up and

1 1

Just then the state agent came out of

the room where Mike was being quizzed
and announced: “It’s all right, boys. I
think I got the straight of this. Had a.
hunch I could ﬁx him. Your Mike is an
old friend of mine. State’s been looking
for him for several years. He used to be
one of the cleverest second-story men in
the state, and then he disappeared. But

' he knows it’s all up now and he says he
will tell us all about it in the morning.” ,

So our gang and the sheriff and his
men accepted an invite made by the
editor and went over to an all-night res-
taurant and had a lunch. Then we scat-
tered around and turned in for the rest
of the night, altho I didn’t sleep much. I
wanted to know the rest of the story.

Next morning, after we had hunted out
some breakfast, we wandered back to the
sheriff’s ofﬁce. When we arrived, the
prosecuting attorney was already there,
and Thomas, the sheriff, was telling all
he knew about the mess and letting on
like he was the cuss who captured the
gang, But when Jim and me came in,
Thomas began to think of other things
he had to do.

Seems that the state agents had been
quizzing the two ex-jailbirds that we had
recaptured, and they had given up some
dope that made them think Mike ought
to be quizzed more.

So they brought Mike out. He Wasn’t
extra pleasant and was a bit hard boiled
and hated to speak up.

But they began to quiz him, and after

 

 

WHAT HAS HAPPENED so‘FAR
THIEVES were active among the farmers in Millbank township, although
things quieted down right after they stole six hogs from Jim Barton.
Folks had their own ideas as to who the guilty parties were, but as they
had no actual proof or evidence on anyone nothing was done, until one night
Mrs. Shaster, an old lady living all alone, was shot at when trying to keep

someone from carrying off her chickens.
to organize a protective association and get busy.

Right then and there it was decided
Bill, former apprentice of

the local country weekly who was working for the Barton's because of poor
health, decided to solve the mystery if possible and get the reward of $100.00

which the association had offered.

Finding one of Jim Barton's hog markers

at the home of a neighbor, Bill believed he was on the right trail so he told
Jim about it. A short time after that they took a load of hogs to the local
stock market to ship them with the cooperatives and in one of the pens they

saw several hogs which they believed were the stolen ones.

Suspicion pointed

to Mike Albert, whom the folks had suspected and Jim and several neighbors

put Mike under arrest.

That brings the story up to date—Editor.

 

 

how he was in the house so nice and quiet,
when Mike ﬁnally got another good laugh.

“Listen, you Sherlocks!” he says.
“Here's another one for you wise guys.
I didn't drive that car. Who it was is
for you to ﬁnd out. I s'pose the reason
the car wasn’t there when you busted in
was due to the fact that the driver must
have turned the wrong corner and was
late. Anyhow, it saved his hide."

Jim “swarmed” again, and I had the
satisfaction of telling him I knew the car
wasn’t there when we came up.

It was midnight when the carload of us
arrived at the county jail. We had a
hard time routing out the sheriff. He
must have been dreaming and thought we
were another gang attempting a jail de-
livery, for he came out armed like the
militia. With him were the two state
agents that had been hanging around in
town. If it hadn’t been for them, I doubt
if we could have got Thomas out at that
hour.

Well, there was some excitement. We
unloaded our catch, and between times
Jim explained what was up and how we
happened to make the capture.

We didn’t get far, either, for just as we
got into the ofﬁce and where there .was
a light, one of the state men exclaims,
“Say, if it ain’t two of them jail birds
we been trying to ﬁnd l”

So we were prouder than ever.
made a real catch.

The trio was soon locked up and the
state men began to work on Mike. They
brought him out in the “sweat room” as
they called it, and put the bright lights
on him and began to ask a lot of ques-
tions. This made Mike mad, we could
see, and he sure was a different Mike
than we had known. I was anxious to
hear all the stuff, but just then Jim sings
out, “Say, Bill, maybe it would be a good
idea for you to phone the missus and tell
her we are still alive. She might think
the car blew up.”

So I phoned.
News.

“Give me the editor,” I told central,
“Ring him hard; this is important.” And
about ﬁve minutes later I was talking to
the old boss, and when he got his mouth
open, I says, “Say, this is Bill. I'm down
to the jail, and I got a story for you.’

He came down in a little bit, and I
guess if Jim hadn’t been there, there
might have been a ﬁght right away—the
sheriff and the editor. But Jim kinda
kidded them both, and .so they had, a

We had

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'got caught in a nearby county.

they had asked him a lot of leading
questions, Mike says, rather sudden.
“Well, it’s all up, so I might as well
tell you about it.”

It developed that Mike was one time
leader of a gang that worked in town,
and did quite a business in robbing stores
and warehouses. Finally, as always hap-
pens, one of the gang was caught and he
“squealed” and Mike had to make him-
self scarce to save his hide.

Then he took a bit of his wealth and
bought the place in Millbank township.
Said his intention was to start out and
go straight, but one day when he was in
town a member of the old gang ran onto
him. Explanations were embarrassing,
and Mike ﬁnally took the fellow out to
the farm where they could talk things
over. The old gangster was still operat-
ing, and when he found Mike so con—
Veniently located, it didn't take them long
to ﬁx up their new stunt. They were go—
ing into stealing stock. Mike’s place was
ideal for hiding it. It didn’t take Mike
long to get back, and soon they had a.
swell layout for the work. The gang'
would steal hogs and bring them to Mike's;
place, Where he kept them a while and
then disposed of them thru legitimate
channels.

At ﬁrst they would hit the hogs with,
an ax and stick them and rush them over

to Mike’s where they completed the
butchering. By means of a nearby butch‘
ershop, the animals were disposed of.

But that wasn’t so easy. The proﬁts were
slow coming and then one of the gang
So the
slaughter idea was abandoned. Then a.
member of the gang had a bright idea.
By the simple method of applying ether
to the hogs, ‘while they were in the pen,
they could be quieted so they did not
object to being placed in a truck or auto
and hauled away. Once they were safely
stored in Mike’s yards, the hogs would
come to and after a while Mike could sell
them as his own product. By buying up
a few runts at times, this looked plaus—
ible, and anyhow, Mike said. folks in the
country weren’t so suspicious.

“Who did the.collecting, Mike?" the
attorney asked.

“Well, there were several of them.”

“I want their names, Mike.”

Mike wasn't as ready to tell this, but»
ﬁnally agreed after he was told that a
clean breast of it might get him a. better
deal when it came to court. , .

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TEXT: “And having found one pearl
of grout price, he went and sold all that
he had, and bought it.” Matt, 13:46.

S salvation free? Certaiinly not.
If it were, it would have no abid-
ing worth. A free salvation is a

pernicious tradition. A certain rural
church is one of the memories of my
early years. How lustily that church
used to sing, “Salvation is free for
you and for me!” But that article
was too cheap to challenge a grow-
ing and an inspiring youth. Today
the windows of the house are board—
ed up, the roof is fallen in, and the
church yard is in weeds.

Happily, it is dawning upon the
average Christian that Christ came to
begin, and then han ”over to us to
continue, a reign ofreighteousness
known as the King om of Heaven.
And don’t we pray for this Kingdom
to come on earth?’ But this is not to
be without money and without price.
This desired social end is not to be
reached without your personal at-
tachment to the Cause. This is em-
phasized by our Master in “The
Kingdom of heaven is like unto a
merchant seeking goodly pearls: and
having found one pearl of great price,
he went and sold all that he had and
bought it." This business man prac—
tised a broad stewardship. It is im-
plied here that everything that he
had was managed for God to broad-
en the scope of righteousness. He
was like Gideon of old, who could not
see how. he could enjoy freedom while
the Midianites were despoiling his
neighbors’. homes. This merchant’s
personal redemption lay in the sur-
render of all for all. This is the
very genius of the Kingdom. To
affirm we are saved, and have no
care to serve and liberate others, is
to err vitally. The mind of Christ
fraternizes men. “And the multi-
tude of them that believed were of
one heart and soul; and not one of
them said that aught of the things
which he possessed was his own.”
Verily, we can have the Kingdom,
but the price is high. Such signs as
“My own” and “Keep off the grass”
must come down to personally
possess it. It is time to sing “I
surrender All" only after you have
gone out and done it.

But Why is this pearl of such great
value? Because to treat with eternal
life in the realm of God is to do with
values that are absolute and incom-
parable. This Kingdom is to become
an internal possession to teach the
possessor that the abundance of the
things possessed is not life. The
rich young man was to ﬁnd eternal
life in sharing his possessions with
the needy and then followiing the
homeless Christ. But this price was
too high for a spirit proud with it-
self and what it called its own.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit for
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Those that know they are poor in
the spirit of Christ, may become rich
in the blessings of salvation. No
one need be afraid that he cannot
pay off his moral obligations. But
keep to the point. A moral obli-
gation travels and travels toward
others. It is a social debt. 'Without
society there could be no such. obli-
gation. But we are not Robinsbn
Crusoes on a solitary island. We
would not want to be. But Christ
came into a solitary world. He knew
something about social lonesomness
in its true sense. He longed for
brotherly fellowship. He had the
wealth of God and stood ready to
endow every man with a true broth—
‘er’s heart. Yet he was met by unbe-
lief, rebuke, curses, and death. It
was a high price to pay but he would
not swerve from this narrow way.
He proved himself full of Heavenly
grace, and is evermore ready to share
his rich treasure of grace with‘all.
Let no one despair. But the heart
that wants this treasure must sell
all, to buy it.‘ This is carrying your
own cross as Christ carried his own.

But the Cross is a crux. The
Treasure is a torture. We will not
pay so great a price. We are afraid
this great investment for Christ’s
sake would, not turn out for our own
sake. e 7 ill: lean .on Mammon

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awhile longer. Multitudes are grow-
ing spiritually bankrupt because of
their unhallowed love for worldly
banks. Hearken! Worldly posses-
sions must be shared with others
that there might be something like
fellowship and equality in social liv—
ing. This is answering your prayer
to have God’s will done on earth.
The currency of the world, hoarded
away, is not legal tender in the sat—
isfying of moral obligations. But
Christ is ready to exchange it for the
coin of the Realm. Are you seek—
iing his help and mediation?

The Kingdom of Heaven within
one is likened to a seeking heart.
The merchant was seeking the good--
1y pearl. He was ready to pay a
great price. The Jew was search-
ing the scriptures for eternal life,
but when he found the pearl in a
lowly Nazarine, he rejected it. It
humbled his pride and he treated
it as an ignoble thing. How about
you? God commends the seeker.
“With my spirit within me will I
seek thee early,” says Isaiah. Corne-
lius and the Bereans became popular
with God because they were seeking
their highest good. “Vanity of vani-
ties,” saith the Preacher, “all is van-
ity.” This son of the king sought for
life satisfactions in material posses-
sions, in trade, in political life, and in
the formalities of worship; but ulti-
mately declared “all is vanity and
vexation of spirit.” He concludes that
fearing God is the whole duty of
man. It was this God consciousness
that drove Jesus to the Jordan to be
baptized of John. This was his hour
to be formally proclaimed as the
friend and brother to all men. It
Was here he forfeited all opportun-
ities to gain worldly power and paid

the high price of misunderstandings

and'ﬁnal cruciﬁxion to become our
Elder Brother.

But many do not care. They are
like wandering sheep. They forget
that the Shepherd is near. These
are lost to life, not because they are
vicious, but simply because they
quietly munch on the morsels of
earth. They are not seeking the
highest good. Others have followed
the Prodigal to the far country of
swinish living. Others remain with
the elder brother and are so steeped
in the brew of respectable selﬁshness
that they turn their backs on Jesus
Christ. These reject the upper road
because to travel it is to travail. The
fascinations of social life and the
preoccupations of business life keep
many of us from seeking the things
that are above. Yet, the while, the
waters of mercy are purling in our
ears.

The man under study sold all to
buy the pearl. St. Paul sold all: his
trust in self-righteousness, education,
culture, and breeding; to gain Christ.
To sell all is to shift the center of
life from transient loves and trusts
into the region of Christian aspira-
tions. This costs, but this is heaven.
Try it to prove it. Why try to hang
on even to the fringes of things that
are sure to perish? Nothing here is
permanent; nothing but the spiritual
qualities of a Godly faith and a
neighbor love. The folks that have
these qualities shall be saved. But
to have them is to act them. And
to act them costs thingsdear and
precious. “Go and sell whatever thou
hast and give to thepoor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven.”

BAY COUNTY TO CULL POULTRY
HE farm ﬂocks of Bay county
will receive a pretty thorough
.going over after forty poultry
culling demonstrations are held dur-
ing September and October, if these
demonstrations have the same effect
in Bay county that they do in other
counties. County Agent McCarthy,
who is perfecting the plan for these
demonstrations, advises that a series
of feeding schools will be conducted
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home to them recently when two of their
kind were sent to Ionia State Prison and onerto
Jackson with sentences ranging from eighteen
moths to two years and the man who supplied
the information that put them here received a
check from THE BUBINEss FARMEB for $50.00. The
story appears elsewhere in this issue.

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Should any reader have any cause for complaint against any ad-
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CORN BORER QUARANTINE NEEDED

S a whole the corn borer eradication cam-
paign carried on this spring has been a suc-
cess. Farmers within the entire quarantined

district have shown a ﬁne understanding and ap—
preciation of the seriousness of the situation.
Only in rare instances have the oﬁicials met with
any opposition. No place has there been ﬁner
cooperation than right here in Michigan and due
to that fact the work in this State has been a
complete success, according to the officials, even
though we were handicapped by heavy rains in
much of the district under quarantine. However,
we did not get the most of the rain. In Ohio
there was so much that they found it impossible
to enforce the campaign to the letter which is to
be regretted for several reasons, and it is not
fair to the sections that did careful work to con—
tinue to consider all of the area infested just
quarantined area with no diﬁerence made be-
tween the districts properly cleaned and those
that were not. Seeing the harm that might be
done in Michigan, through the shipping of corn to
our markets from the Ohio area, Herbert E. Pow-
ell, our State Commissioner of Agriculture, sent
a telegram to the officials at Washington asking
for the‘establishment of a quarantine against the
state of Ohio. We, too, have wired them urging
that such a quarantine be estab—

ing several other cases. Few people are really
anxious to spend their money but we are glad to

. pay these rewards just as fast as we can ﬁnd

cases where someone is eligible because we know
that at least one thief is put into the right coop
every time we pay a reward, and the more we pay
the more thieves are locked up. So far we know
of eightvthieves who have gone to jail for the
$150.00 we have spent and there are many others
that were effected indirectly by this. We feel
we got our money’s worth.

 

LIBS CULTIVATION

S the day not far off when the cultivating of
crops will be considered wasted effert? It
looks very much that way. Paul Clement, of

Britten, Michigan’s 1926 Corn King, cultivated
his crop but once, as did also J. C. Redpath, of
Kalamazoo, who led in the 300 bushel potato
club in this 'State last year. The harrow took the
placeof the cultivator with them as they ﬁtted
the ground properly and then went over the crop
shortly after it came up getting the weeds when
they were small. '

After a series of experiments the Iowa Experi-
ment Station has come to the conclusion that
cultivating corn has but one big value and that
is to kill the weeds. The results of the practice
of these two leading farmers would substantiate
the conclusions of the station.

If we get our soil so that it is practically clear
of weeds about, the only use we will have for the
cultivator will be to break the crust that bakes
on the top of our clay land so as to permit mois—
ture to penetrate to the roots' of the plants.

 

PROSPERITY

NDUSTRY can prosper while agriculture suf-
fers, according to an economist in the U'. S.
Department of Agriculture, and he produces

evidence of past years to substantiate his state-
ment. The last ﬁve or six years is given ‘as the
most outstanding example, but similar conditions
are noted many other times with only a. couple of
exceptions. He also points out cases of agricul—

ture enjoying prosperity while industry was in‘

the slumps. , -

' When there is over—productibn transportation
companies and handlers have an extra amount of
business to handle making them more prosperous.
Then industry is furnished with cheap raw mater<
ials, strengthening them' in their struggle] for
markets. It is also pointed out that cheap farm

products help industry by releasing money, that .

would otherwise be absorbed in living expenses.
While some of the products of industry are pur—
chased by the farmer it must be remembered that

he makes up only twenty-live per cent of the'

country's total population, and that'ﬁgure will be
high within a few years if prices remain low and
the movement from the farm to the city con-
tinues.

To us‘ this does not appear to be a healthy
condition, when one group must suffer for the
beneﬁt of the other, and should not exist. Let
farm population drop to the point where produc—
tion at its best just nicelytakes care of the needs
of our people, then have one or two short crops

and we believe that steps would be taken to get '

markets in a more stable position. Another
remedy might be to get agriculture organized
so that acreage could be regulated, thus avoid-

ing much of this over prod tion. Who will take
the job to bring this abouE.
THE HEALTH DRINK x
N 1920 the per capita consumption of milk and
cream in the United States was 43 gallons. In
1926 this had, increased to 55.3 ga110ns, which
is a gain of 'over twelve gallons per person in
six years. We are willing to wager that not a
little of this increase was due to our bovine
tuberculosis eradication work as well as other
eﬁorts to produce a. cleaner and higher grade of
milk.

PETER PLOW'S PHILOSOPHY
Seemed alright to me to see autos carryin’
spare tires but I never expected I’d live to see
the day girls would buy three stockin’s instead of
a pair so’s they would have a spare with them.

 

lished to protect the interests of

 

the farmers of Michigan, and if you
would like to send a telegram or
letter address it to Dr. C. L. Mar-
lett, Federal Horticultural Board,
Washington, D. C.

THREE CENT GAS TAX DOOMTED

E will bet a year old bird's—

nest against a hen with the

roup that Governor Green’s
favorite gas tax .ill which was
passed by the legislature and
signed by him will never go into
effect. The various organizations
that are going to circulate petitions
to have it put on the ballot for the
people to vote on next fall will be
able to get more than enough sign—
ers in a very short time, then when
it comes up for vote it will be
snowed under.

The gas tax is the correct way to
collect revenue to build and main-
tain highways. We have always -
been for it and worked for the
present tax already in effect in
Michigan. In fact we \are for a still
higher gas tax but we do not be-
lieve that the general public will
stand for a further increase unless
they are given some immediate
beneﬁt. Give the public permanent
license plates good for the life of :more."
the car for which they are issued'

 

 

  
 
 
 

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th I? ‘ F, m Egg
HE other day
brought a chicken thief
that he had caught, he

fetched him to my justice
court and says to me, “ think

OOMINGEVEN'IS

June 20—July 29.——Home Eco-
nomics Short Course, M. S. 0., East
Lansing, Mich.

June 21.—Hay Day, Kent, Barry
the sheriff and Washtenaw counties.
ton, Genesee and Macomb counties.

June 28.——Hay Day, Newaygo,

June 23.————Hay Day, Ionia, Clin-v

 

keep him there for quite a. spoil!

you art to give this feller
sixty days and maybe he will
mend his ways. He stole some
hens from Widow Black, he
had a. dozen ill-«.8. sack. The
widow hear them chickens
squawk and called me up, I
'let her talk, I guess that she
is talkin' yet, but I just hustl-
ed out to get this thief, as he
was going thence he caught
his pants upon the fence. I
gave that feller’s seat a. kick
and snapped the handcuffs on
him quick, so after he has
had his trial I’ll lock him up
for quite a while."

I says to that there miscre-
ant, “It ain't no use to rave
and rant, but if you want to
say a word I won’t do nothin’
till I’ve heard what you may
say about this case.” That
feller.puckered up his face
and says, “Be patient for
awhile, because I want a. jury
trial, I’ll have to have a law—
yer too, to ﬁgger out What I
should do, he’d make the cir—
cumstances plain. I may be
crazy or insane, but I can’t
tell until I can have m -
tomey scheme and‘ p ."
“Alright." says I, "your bail
will be a thousand bucks at
least. by gee, and if -that ain‘t

enough to keep you in the jail to eat and sleep, *I’ll add a thousand dollars
The sheriff led him out the door and shut him tightly in his cell, I’ll

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Muskegon, Saginaw and St. Clair
counties.
June 30.——Hay Day, Mecosta,
Bay, Huron and Sanilac counties. '
July 5.—Hay Day, Missaukee,
Alpena and Manistee counties.
July 7.——~Hay Day, Charlevoix
county. _ .
July 8.—-Hay Day, Emmet coun-

July 19-23.—International Baby
Chick convention, Grand Rapids,
Mich. ‘

July 27-August 2.——World’s
Poultry Congress, Ottawa, Can.

July 28-August 1.——Farm Wom—
en’s Institute, M. S. 0., East Lan-
sing, Mich. ,/

August 1-4.-—Internationa1 Goun- 7

try Life annual meeting, M. S. 0.,
East Lansing, Mich.
August 2,—Hay Day, Hillsdale
and Cass counties. .
August 4.—Farmersf Day, M. S.
0., East Lansing, Mich.

, August 4.—_Hay Day, Calhoun 7. j i
. county. . . ,- . -
August 10.-——’-Hay . Day.— Ottawa ,.

and Midland -counties._ . _

~ Nov. 26 spec. fir—«Internationa r
-Live,Stock Exposition, China's" .111.

  
  

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:FRAUD ORDER AGAINST LINNIT
SERVICE
EMEMBER the Linnit Service,
, Inc., of Lynn, Mass., which we
discussed in these columns last
winter? Possibly you might have
been interested in getting one of
their “Weav'eset'ters”, to be leased to
you fer $7. 50, so yomcould get rich
making scarves during your spare
time. If you took our advise and let
the proposition alone you can be hap—
py but if you didn’t—well you may
already know the tale we are about
to unfold.

The postal authorities have issued
a fraud order against the Linnit Ser-
vice, Inc., on charges that the home
work scheme conducted by this con-

‘cern was to obtain money through
the mail by means of false and fraud-
ulent pretenses and promises. Pros-
pective “renters" of heir “Weave—
setter” were led to believe that it
they would pay $7. 50 a year to lease
this “valuable” machine the concern
would pay 50 cents each for all the
scarves they could knit and furnish
the wool yarn needed. The “Weave-
setter" is a piece of half inch board
about 19 inches long, 2% inches
wide, with a slot running lengthwise
of nearly the entire length of the de-
vise. On either side of the slot are
32 small nails over which the yarn
is passed. The entire outﬁt received
by a “renter” consisted of the
“Weavesetter” , enough yarn to com—
plete one scarf, a crochet needle, a
nut pick and a thumb tack. George
V. O’Sullivan, apparently the head
of the organization, admitted the out-
fit cost about 48 cents originally, but
it was less now.

That the business was a paying
one—to the promoters—is indicated
by the fact that up to Nov. 30,1926,
they “rented” 4, 347 of these outﬁts
getting $7. 50 each. Up to that time
they had paid out to the purchasers
$1,154, or an overage of 26% cents
to each worker. Investigators re-
port there is practically no market

. for these scarves.

Thus passes another ﬂy-by—night
concern that proﬁted on the savings
of shut-ins, cripples and other needy

people.

TUBERCULOSIS CURE

My sister, who has tuberculosis,
is drinking water which is called
raonized water, supposed to be treat-
ed with the ultra—violet rays of the
sun. She pays $5.00 per gallon for
"this water and.buys it in cartons of
4 gallons each. Do you think it is
all right and will bring about a cure?

——Mrs. R., Gratiot County.

E know nothing of the particu-
lar raonized water which you
mention but we are reliably in-

formed there are similar products
on the market which have been pro-
nounced of no avail whatsoever in
the cure of this disease. The most
sensible thing for anyone to do suf-
fering from this disease is to place
themselves under the care of a good
physician.

[TYING UP THE NECKTIE
BUSINESS
HE mail order necktie business
has received a very serious set-
back, thanks to the good work
of our readers as well as the folks

 

from many other states who followed.

the plan of holding the unordered
merchandise for a representative of

 

The Collection Box

The purpose at this department le to Ire-
tecI. our subscribers (“om fraudulent deennee
or unfair treatment by person: or concerns at
e distance.

,» In every case we will do our best to main
e eetlsfeotory uttlement or force ectlon. tor
which no charge for our‘eervioee wlll e'JeII be
made, providing:
1.—-1'he claim is mede by e paid-up eup-
mlber to The Busineu Farmer.

. 2. --The claim Is not more then 8 moe. old.
8.—The claim Is not local or. between pee-
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the concern to call for.
Kaichmer, who, it is said, was the
backer of “Necktie Tyler, The Blind
Tie Salesman” has gone (in the rocks
and his $100,00.00 corporation locat-
ed in St Louis is in the hands of his
Business began last Oc-
tober and when it was taken over
by his creditors, debts amounted to
$280,000.00.

The neekties which “Necktie Ty-
ler” offered at four for $1.25 and
threw in a safety razor, it is said,
were purchased from Philadelphia
and New York mills at $1.10 a dozen.
If they had been able to get their
money for all of the merchandise
sent. out, they would have made a
nice proﬁt from the business but it
is reported that some 400,000 peo-
ple who received ties never returned
them or paid for them.

No doubt, this will mark the end
of “Paunee Bill" also.

PRESS REPORTING SYNDICATE

“EARN $25 weekly, spare time,
writing for newspapers, magazines;
experience unnecessary, details free.
Press Syndicate, 420 St. Louis, Mo.”

EVERAL requests have come to
us for information regarding
this concern. An investigation

reveals that they are after member-
ships in their syndicate. Each mem-
bership includes a course of instruc-
tion in newspaper story writing. A
fee of $10 is charged, one-half to be
sent with the application and the
remainder to be. remitted when
$100.00 has been earned through
writing articles for publication. On
the application blank appears the
following statement: “If, for any
reason, you are compelled to stop
writing before earning $100.00 the
Press Reporting Syndicate will can-
cel the second $5.00 payment and
give you a receipt in full." No em-
ployment is oﬁered, authors being
obliged to dispose “of their writings
through their own efforts.

“DOLLAR DOWN” LEASE
I am sending you an oil lease and
want you to advise me on it. Would
it be safe and to my best interest to
sign it?-—Gratiot County Reader.

E would not advise you to sign
the lease because we believe it
Would prove unsatisfactory to

you. The lease is one of the regu-
lar “dollar down” kind that is used
in every section of. the country when
there is the slightest idea that oil
may be found in that vicinity. It
binds the farmer for two years for
the whole sum of one dollar. The
farmer is lead to believe that a well
is going to be drilled for sure in his
community within the period the
lease is to run. However, if a well
is not started the lease provides that
so much an acre be paid after the
two years are up. The majority of
these leases are for a year only.
Nine times out of ten the man
who takes the lease has little or no
money. He is a speculator and he
speculates at the expense of the
farmer. As a speculator, if he suc-
ceeds in disposing of the lease with-

_in the time it is to run to a man

who will pay the lease money ac-
cording to the contract, well and
good. If he does not sell it, he prob—
ably will not release the farmer,
leaving him with a cloudy title and
no easy way to remedy it. If the
man who wants to lease your prop~
erty is not willing to start paying
rent the day you sign the contiact,

tell him you will do your own specu—

. lating and stick to it.

PROTECTIVE LEAGUE CANNOT
USE MAILS
HE use of the mails have been
denied to the Atlantic- Paciﬁc
Protective League of East St.
Louis, Illinois, by the Postmaster
General. It has been stated that the
ﬁrm Operated an insurance business

but in many instances failed to pay

beneﬁciaries.

 

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your service in 001100th my? money from
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Suppose you put $25 a month in “the ‘
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At the end of 360 months you’ll have
$9,000, every cent you’ve saved, but; that’s all. It’s
lazy money. It hasn’t done a thing for you.

But suppose you had invested the same amount
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pny. At the end of the same
ave, not $9,000, but: more than

That’s working money. It has been steadily laboring
away in your behalf every second. So well has it
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And when they reached the swamp they
sought,
(At least so I am told)
They laid their treasure on the grass,
And named it—Marigold.

'HAVE A FIRST AID KIT
AVE you provided for “ﬁrst aid”
in your home by equipping a
medicine cabinet.

The usual emergencies are faint-
ing, sprains, cuts, burns, and infec-
tions. Never keep your medicine
cabinet cluttered with useless mate-
rials or patent medicines. Every bot-
tle should be plainly labeled. The
following articles make up a mini—
mum list of essentials which should
always be on hand:

1. Aromatic spirits of ammonia.
Unguentine.

Mercurochrome.
Bandages of different widths.
Adhesive tape.
Absorbent cotton.
Toothpicks (use with cotton
swabs.)
Scissors.
Small safety pins for pinning
some bandages.
10. Boric acid.
11. Epsom salts.
12. Castor oil.

A cabinet for this purpose may be
made from a box, with two or three
shelves ﬁtted into it. The box might
be painted white, and a curtain of
white oilcloth used to cover the open
shelves. It should be clean and or-
derly at all times, and out of reach
of the children.

a

‘moo QQUIRCAN

STORDVG CANNED FRUITS
KEEP my canned fruit in the or-
iginal can boxes, and others of
convenient size,Well covered, each

variety and product of that variety
by itself, in a well darkened store
room, for if all light is excluded,
fruit wil preserve its color and its
ﬂavor much better. It is well to
wrap some cans—especially thise
containing tomatoes and strawberries
——in paper before placing in boxes.

I make a list when canning season
is over indicating, number of quarts
of each.

I also make a diagram showing the
position of each box, how much and
what it contains. When I want a
certain kind I consult my diagram
and list, change the number in each.
' Also the total.

I can tell any member of the fam~
ily just where to ﬁnd what I desired
and I always know how many quarts
of each variety are left in store, as
well as the total. I ﬁnd this method
very convenient in summer also,
when adding a. new supply. Try it.
-—B. O. R., Gratiot County.

MAY USE PAPER TO WASH
WINDOWS
INDOWS may be washed with
paper as well as with cloths,
and, while cloths have to be
washed, the papers may be discarded
after the windows are clean.

Plain warm water or warm water
with a little ammonia or soda in it
is better than soapy waterﬁto wash
windows, whether cloths or paper
are used. Soap may leave a ﬁlm on
the glass that is difficult to remove.
Paper, cloth or Chamois may be
used to polish the glass after it is
washed.

A ‘ﬁne scouring powder, such as
whiting, made into a thin paste
with water or alcohol also cleans
windows well. The paste should be
:put on the window with a cloth.
'After .it dries, it should be rubbed
off With a clean cloth or paper.~ This
method makes the glass clear and

 

bright: but it makes censiderable' -why could not I sell my garden pro-

We are sure you Will all
be keenly interested in this
contest, as it is a splendid
chance to help each other
and perhaps earn an easy
dollar.

address letters: - Mrs.

 

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Annlo Taylor. our. The luslnou Farmer, ML Clemens. Michigan.

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dust and should not be used inside
the house before the rest of the
cleaning is done. This method is
best in cold weather, however, for
the material will not freeze especial-
ly if it is mixed with alcohol.

 

COMBINE VEGETABLES WITH
WHITE S‘AUCE
ANY vegetables are good com-
bined with white sauce. A thin
sauce will make a vegetable
soup. A medium sauce can be used
to pour over the vegetables or for
scalloping. A thick sauce is good in
making croquettes. Using white
sauce gives a change from serving
vegetables with melted butter;

SOIVIE GARDENING HINTS

T is unnecessary to plant more
than a. few feet of lettuce for the
average family. Then in gather-

ing it do not pull it as many do but
cut it about an inch above the
ground. So cut, it will grow up ra-
pidly and be ready to use by the
time the remainder of the planting
has been used.

Gather in early morning while
dew is still on, rinse in cold water
and put in a cool place.

As to variety, the black seeded
Simpson is my favorite. It is exceed-
ingly crisp, curly and ﬁne ﬂavored
and according to government bulle—
tins contains more vitamins than
head lettuce.

Always put in two or three plant-
ings of peas from one week to ten
days apart, thus insuring use of
them for three or four weeks. Little
Gem is a very satisfactory variety,
being early and a heavy bearer.

Use the round or short variety of
radish such as French Breakfast and
White Tipped Scarlet, which are
edible when as large as a pea—~crisp
and solid, so one may begin the
thinning out process at an early
stage. Always thin out parsnips,
beets, carrots, and salsify so plants

are several inches apart in rows,
insuring fair sized roots.
In planting sweet corn, select a

small eared, early variety, and make
4 to 6 plantings 10 to 1‘2 days apart

 

and enjoy this healthful food from
early August until Jack Frost lays
icy ﬁngers on stalk and blade.

We prefer Early Minnesota or
Early Eight Row as it has small cob
convenient for cooking, sweet, ten-
der, good— sized kernels and produces
well. It is ﬁne for canning. —-B. O.
R., Gratiot County.

 

 

Personal Column

 

Sending in Songs—I notice you are
publishing requests for different songs
and poems. I am a song and poem fan;
have thousands of them, but I would like
to ask the question why those writing
for songs do not sign their names and
save you the trouble of printing them all.
I think you have a good paper. -———F. A.,
St Johns, Mich.

———The reason we do not publish the com-
plete names and addresses ‘df subscribers
requesting different songs and poems is

.. that we want to prevent just what you
would do——send the songs direct to the

people requesting them instead of to us.
Our reason is this. If the poems and
songs were sent direct, we would not re-
ceive a copy of them for keeping on ﬁle
to use in our columns at a later date or to
send to other people requesting them.
Subscribers send in their complete name

and address when requesting songs but -

we omit them for that reason. I am build-
ing up a scrap book of all these old songs
and poems so that some day I hope to
have a most complete library—Mrs. A. T.

“Bryan’s Last Fight".—I seek the song
entitled “Bryan’s Last Fight”. A couple
of lines run thus: “If you want to go
to heaven, You must believe as Mr. Bry—
an”. Hoping some kind reader may send
it in.—Miss G. D., Holloway, Mich.

 

Up To Date Songs.—I would appreciate
very much if I could get the words to

the following songs: “Baby Face”, “Gim-
me A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?”, "Hinky
Dinky Parley V00", “Collegiate”, "Ukulele

Lady”, and "The Answer to the Prisoner’s
Song?”—Mrs. M. D., Cedar River, Mich.

 

An Old 0no.——I am sending some songs
that have been asked for and I would
like a song sometimes called "Mary Neal”,
and sometimes “Nora Neal". It starts
like this: “I am a bold, undaunted youth,
My name is Jack McCann”. It tells of
May Neal eloping with Jack McCann to
his home in Quebec. I think it is a very

Success With Roadside Market

TAKE pleasure in complying with
I your, kindly invitation Of my ex-

periences in managing a roadside
market. It happened just this way,
I lived in the city of Detroit. My
husband’s health was such, working
among chemicals in one of the big
factories that the doctor advised us
to move into the country. This was
a serious proposition especially when
there were three little mouths to
feed. .

With due deliberation we traded
our equity in our city home as a
part payment of a farm. Then the
long “Trek” began, A team » of
horses, two cows, ﬁfty chickens and a
few farm tools were our personal
assets apart from the land. The
ﬁrst tWO years we did not make our

interest and taxes and the future be-

gan to spell disaster. Then like the
children of old, I had an inspiration,

 

duce to the many tourists that travel-'

ed by? We built a booth with money
that my brother gave me. I painted
and decorated it with all the skill I
knew.

I raised a ﬁne garden, and sold all
of my vegetables, eggs, butter, milk,
and home made buns, pies and cakes.
Sold them all and to every inquiring
tourist, our customer, courtesy and
kindness was my law and what a.
dividend it gave. The ﬁrst year I
cleared over $500.00 and at the close
of this season I will make double that
amount. ,

.For one to look over their own
house and give full attention tothis
work means endless toil but it is
a blessed toil that will pay for our
home,
little children and when this is done
what more could one ask from the

Alice Bowermaster.

that will educate my three“

 

hands of a kind Providence—Mrs. _
1 _- 'is a Warner, Brothers production,

By a soft and gentle breeze,
When a ship set sail, with cargo laden.
For a. port beyond the seas.
There were sweet farewells, there were
loving tokens
While a sail was yet discerned,
Though they knew it not, ’twas a last
sad parting, ‘
For the ship she never returned.

Chorus

Did she ever return? She never returned
And her fate is yet unlearned,
Though for years and years there were
fond hearts watching
For the ship that never returned.

Said a feeble lad to his anxious mother,
“I must cross the wide, wide sea,
For they say perchance in a foreign
climate,
There is health and strength for me."
’Twas a gleam of hope in a maze of
danger,
And her heart for her youngest yearned,
And she sent him forth with a. mother’s
blessing .
On the ship that never returned.

“Only one more trip,”
captain,
As he kissed his weeping wife,
"Only one more bag of the golden trea-
sure,
It will last us all through life.
Then we’ll settle down in our cozy little
cottage,
And enjoy the rest we’ve earned "
But alas poor man, he sailed as the
commander
On the ship that never returned.

said the gallant

 

—if you are well bred!

 

 

Table Service.—-An "attractively served
meal” is one which has been served
simply, easily, and carefully without any
undue amount of exertion. No matter
how carefully the food is prepared. if it
is not served with some care, part of the
skill shown in the culinary art will be
unappreciated by the people eating,
whereas, if a little care is given to the
serving of the meal, the ability of the
one preparing the meal will be fully ap-
preciated.

If a table cloth is to be used, a silence
cloth should be placed' to protect the
table, give depth to the coverings, and
lessen the noise. The silence cloth may
be of felt, of heavy cotton, or of wool.
Often an old blanket is used. The table
cloth may be of linen, mercerized cotton,
or oil cloth. More and more, coverings
such as oilcloths are being used. These
do not require laundering, yet always
give the table a fresh appearance. The
attractive design on some of these cov-
erings gives a touch to the dining room
and to the table which is often very pleas-
ing. The cloth should extend over the
edge of the table at least nine inches on
each end. The table cloths should have
as few folds in them as possible, and
care should be taken to have the folds
placed evenly on the table. Table run-
ners or a centerpieice with small doilies
may be used.

Flowers or a small plant give a worth
while touch to the table. They should
be arranged in the middle of the table
on a centerpiece, the threads of which
are running in the same direction as the
threads of the table cloth, if a linen cloth,
is being used. People sitting opposite
should be able to see each other easily—
the decoration, therefore, should be either
low enough so that one can look over
it or high enough so that one can look
under it.

 

For the Movie Fan

 

r

yDOn Juan—"An, excellent picture” is
the verdict of all I have talked with who
have seen it. Just the fact that John
Barrymore is the star is enough to in-
sure one of an interesting and pleasant
time while viewing it but when you stop

":to consider that he is supported by such

important screen players as Jane Win-
ton, June Marlowe. Estelle Taylor, Mary
Astor, Warren Ola'nd, Josef Swickart,;
Helene Costello. Myrna. Loy, Helen Lee?
Worthiin'g, Phyllis Haver. and Montague
Love. you can readily apprgclate that it
must be a big picture.
in Rome in the days of the Borgia. It‘

 

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‘ Q L Verlly, verily, I say unto you He that
, belleveth on me, the works that I do
shall he do also. John 14:12. ‘
Recipes
m.—

Carissa—Here is a whole family of
‘cakes made from one recipe, and it cer-
tainly simpliﬁes cake making for the busy
housewife who aims to give the family a
change without consulting the cook book
each time a new cake is desired. The

fellowing foundation recipe may be varied ,

as shown:
Sift together twice 1% cups ﬂour with
3 teaspoons of baking powder; add a
; pinch of salt and 1 cup of sugar. Break
: 2 eggs into a measuring cup and ﬁll the
cup with milk, add slowly to the dry in-
gredients and beat smooth adding last 4

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

 

 

 

 

5811. Ladies' Morning Frock. ———Cut in 6
Sizes: 34.36.38. 2 and 44 nches bust
measure. A 38 inch size requires 41/3 yards of
27 inch material to ether with yard of con—
trasting material. T e width of the ydress at the
lower edge with plaits extended is 1% yard.

5814. Girls' Dress.——Cut in 4 Sizes: 6, 8.
_10 and 12 yea ea.rs To make the dress as shown
in large view for a 10 year size, will require %

yard of lining and 2% yards of 32 inch material
together with 6% ards of lace insertion or hand-

If made wit peasant sleeve portions the
dress will require 2 % yards of materia.

T.

:‘Tﬂei .1.

...-'-O-"‘!

Child's Dress—Cut in 3 Sizes: 6 mos:

5823.
year size requires 1%

1 year and 2 ears.
yard of 27 inc materia

5809. Ladies’ Dress. ——Cut in 6 Sizes: 34,
36. 38. 40. 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A
38 inch requires 81% yard of 36 inch lining and
4% yards of material 40 inches wide, together
with % yard of contrasting material 36 inches
wide for ythe band facings. e width of the
skirt at the lower edge with plaits extended is
2% yards. .

‘ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH—-
2 FOR 25c POSTPAID

F SPRING AND SUMMER
ADD 10% 92°7RFA8H|0N BOOK

,m cm or former lanes of They Buelneee
Fm. l’lvlng number end
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Address all «due for petterne to
agtcrn Department

USINESS FARMER
meme Mich.

-eubscrlber to The Business

' ' ‘ ease-g.“ iaké the? cake in
two layeis's using’ the following ﬁlling:
13011 1 cup sugar with 1/3 cup boiling
water until it spins a thread from the
spoon. Have ready 6 marshmallows cut
in small pieces. Stir into the syrup and
pour over the stiﬂy beaten white of an
egg. Beat constantly until the right con-
sistency to spread. Flavor with vanilla

Chocolate Filling.-—Melt 2 squares of
chocolate over hot water and add one
cup of powdered sugar and two table-
spoons cream. Cook in double boiler un-
til smooth. Add the beaten yolk of one
egg. Cook one minute more and cool
slightly before spreading between the cake
and the to.p

Spice Cake—Add spices and seedless
raisins to the foundation recipe and bake
in an oblong tin, using an uncooked icing.

In Patty Tins.—-—The same cake baked
in patty tins, which may be further vari-
ed rby adding one cup of raisins or half
raisins and half chopped walnuts, also
by the addition of spices, cakes may be
made, covered with chocolate frosting.

Nut Chocolate Cake.—Add half a cup
of melted chocolate to the dry ingredients
and half a cup of nut meats.

Apple Snow Cake.——Bake the cake in
two layers using the following ﬁlling: 1
large tart apple grated and mixed with
1 cup powdered sugar. Add the stiﬂy
beaten white of an egg. Beat until the
mixtureis white and creamy and spread
between layers and on top.

Orange Cake—Bake the cake in two
layers making an orange custard sauce
for between the layers, using an uncook-
ed orange icing on top.

We take the M. B. F. and like it very
much. Find it a great help in many ways
and would not get along without it.-———Mrs.
W. G. Perry, Springﬁeld, Missouri.

Stuffed Prune Salad—Steam large
meaty prunes, cool and extract pits from
slits in sides, make
cheese mashed to a paste with a little
sweet cream and mixed with a few chop-
ped walnut 'meats and ﬁnely chopped mar-
aschino cherries. Fill the prunes, allow-
ing the ﬁlling to protrude slightly at the
open side. Arrange on lettuce leaves and
serve with a French dressing made with
lemon or orange juice in place of vinegar.

 

 

WOMEN'S EXCHANGE

F you rlleve eomethina to exchange. we will
grim it FREE under this needing providing:
int—4: appeals to women and Is a bonlﬂde
exchanges. no cash Involved. Second—It will
in three lines. Third—You are a paid-u
Farmer and anon

from a recent issue to

In t B Ol‘d l2: numberehd an
er recev as we ave room.

—MR8. ANNIE TAYLOR. Editor

 

 

148,—Pocket ﬂower guide 'for tree guide.
Also other books. Write Box 81, Route
4, Traverse City, Mich.

 

 

THE FARM GARDEN

By 0. H. HARNDEN
(Questions Giadly Ansswered)

 

 

 

 

GROWING CELERY

I intend to put in an acre of cel-
ery and raise my own plants. I’ve
never had any experience. Kindly
let me know what kind of seed is
best for this climate, time to sow it
and how—J. J. Munising, Mich.

HE ﬁrst requisite to growing
celery is an easily tilled, mois-
ture retaining soil, but should

not be so low as to prevent drainage.
In this latitude I doubt if I would
start plants for the early crop before
March 15. They should be started
in a hot bed and transplanted once
to cold frames and thoroughly hard—
ened before setting in the ﬁeld. Sow
the seed in ﬁne, fertile soil, covering
the seed to depth of 1A; inch. Keep
the soil moist but do not over water
as this together with restricted ven—
tilation induces the “damping off
fuge” which causes plants to rot off
at surface of the soil.

Water on clear .days, preferably
in the morning when possible and
avoid damp conditions in the seed
bed. Seed sown at this time should
give you marketable celery by
August 1st.

For late crop sow seed outside
after danger of frost. If not sown
too thickly plants may be left in
seed row until time for ﬁeld setting.
The early crop is more expensive to
produce as the blanching should be
done by means of boards or paper
manufactured for that purpose as
the soil blanching method cannot be
recommended during warm weather
as it promotes rust, thus seriously
affecting the price of the product.

As to varieties I would suggest
White or Yellow Plume, or Golden
Self Blanching. .The latter is per-
haps the most extensively grown.
All three, while of the self blanching
type, require some means of arti-
ﬁclal blanching.

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- Motto: Do Your-Best
Colors: Blue and Gold

: Mildred Darby, President
Thomas McCarthy, Vice-President
-- Uncle Ned, Secretary-Treasurer

S a member of The Chil-
‘ dren’s Hour Club I pledge
myself:

live a Christian life and keep
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.
To become educated.

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

 

 

 

EAR girls and boys: Another

contest has come to a close and

the prizes awarded. This was
the contest to ﬁnd how many words
could'be found in the words THE
BusINEss FARMER and what a contest
it was. Lists sent ranged from
twenty—ﬁve words to nearly a thou—
.sand. A thousand? Yes, you heard
right; a thousand words made up
from the letters in those three words.
It doesn’t seem possible but it is true.
Of course, there were mistakes in all
of the lists and when the judges
made their ﬁnal comparison using
the dictionary for authority they
found one list topped all others with
936 correct words. This list was
made up and sent in by Dorothy
Vorce, of Webberville, R. 1, and she
won the ﬁrst prize. Dorothy is thir—
teen years old and says she never
tried any other contest. Billie Jamey
Field, R. 3, Hemlock, was the only
boy to win and his list of 887 cor—
rect words got second prize. Third
prize went to Esther L. Beatham,
Alto, whose list contained 824 cor—
rect words, winning over Thelma
Ruppert, of Akron, by just one word.
.Thelma’s list of 823 words got
fourth. Fifth prize would have gone
to Thelma’s brother, Wallace Rup—
pert, thus putting two boys among
the winners, but he forgot to tell
which department he thought was the
,best. That being part of the contest
his list of 815 words could not be
counted. Eileen Lee, Chase, R. 1,
won ﬁfth with, 779 correct words,
while sixth went to Dorothy Suther-
land, North Branch.

As these were “Mystery” prizes
and I could not tell you until the
awards had been made I will now
let you in on my secret. The prizes
were: First, a beautiful scarf; Sec—
ond, a dandy jacknife; Third and
Fourth were each a beautiful rubber
apron so the winners can help Mother
with the dishes; Fifth and Sixth were
picnic packages and should come in
very handy right now.

And we have a couple of contests
beginning in this issue. Try both of
them.—UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedt—I would like to join
your merry circle. First I will describe
myself. I am four feet, ﬁve inches tall,
have dark brown hair, medium complex—
ion, am in the fourth grade and am ten

years old. For pets I have two cats,
their names are Topsy and Snowball. I
have ﬁve sisters and six brothers. I

would like to have this letter in print.

I will end with a {(WV riddles. 1. If
there are two Frenchmen. two lrishmcn
and one Dutchman shm'cling’ snow, what

time is it? 2. ’l‘wcnty—cight horses on
a red hill, now they champ, now they
tramp, now they stand still. 3. W'hat

is it that runs up the hill and down the
hill and always stands still? Answers:
'1. It is winter time. 2. They are teeth.
3. A road. Your want-to—be niece.——Vir—
ginia Demers, Route 1, Box 12, Cooks,
*Michigan.

———-That ﬁrst riddle
isn’t it?

is especially good,

'Dear Uncle Ned:—-—I wish to be a mem-
- ber of your club, may I? I will describe
‘myself; I am‘ four feet and seven inches
,igh. I have brown hair and blue eyes.
This is the ﬁrst time I have written to
on. I have to walk one and a half
dies to school. I have no brothers or
waters. I am the only child in the fam-
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our/farm. We have two horses and two‘
cows, three pigs and about 59 chickens.
I am sending a story for the start. We
moved out here in September and have
been taking the M. B. F. for only ﬁve
months.
The King and His Daughter,

Once upon a time there lived a king.
He had a. daughter, her name was Ida.
One’ day Ida was sitting by the window
in the palace when a prince came along
that way. He saw Ida and liked her

 

 

 

 

PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD
Carl Lind, of Iron River, R. 1, has com-
pleted his eighth year of school with a
perfect attendance record. Carl, who is
14 years old, has a record to be ‘proud of,
and wr- hope he continues his education.
Everyone needs a good education it they

wish to succeed in the world.

very much from the ﬁrst but he rode
away with a sad face because he did not
know how to get her to like him,

The next day he went again as before
and again Ida was sitting by the window
and this time he called her and Ida came.
He said his name was Arnold. When
she came he asked her if she would marry
him but she said, “No, I will not marry
you". At this Arnold got angry and he
said, “I’ll pay you for this”, so he rode
away and Ida went into the palace and
up to her room. Pretty soon Ida’s father
came and she told him about the prince
and after she got through he said, “I

We have'40 acres in ‘

will have him found. andhung. So shé‘

sent out a messenger to ﬁnd' the prince
but in vain. The prince did" not come or
could not be found. One day a different

prince came to the palace and when Ida ,

saw him she liked him and so did he like
her. His name was Edward. They were
married and lived happily ever after.—
Anna Morgittag, R. 1, Box ‘48, Azalia,
Mich. ‘

——-Sure you can become a member of our
club. We could not resist the request
of such a good story writer.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have never written
to you before but I have enjoyed the

children’s page in THE BUSINESS FARMER‘

very much.

Now I will describe myself, so you will
have some idea'what I look like. I am
4 ft. 10 in. tall, hazel eyes, light hair and
fair complexion, weigh 84 lbs.
years old and in the 6th grade.

We live on a 20 acre farm. A farm
is a much better place to live than in the
city, don’t you think so, Uncle Ned? We
have 3 cows, 1 horse, 4 pigs, also 1 cat,

 

 

 

 

DO YOU KNOW HER?
It is Helen B. Kinnison, of Kalkaska.
We have had many of her letters on Our
Page but this is the ﬁrst picture.

named Blackie, because he is all black. I
hope Mr. Waste Basket is not hungry or
is he like my sister who is hungry all
the time. I have 2 sisters and no brothers.
Well, I guess my letter is getting long,
so I will have to close. Your want—to-
be niece—«Bernice Thompson, R3, Box
136, Richmond, Michigan.

———You are right about the farm being the
best place to live.

 

 

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picture for us.
one must go around With

mwell, I will not tell you now,

fine book to read and keep. _

  

  
 

   

UNCLE NED. . . ~

 

 

What’s Wrong In This Picture?

 

0 many have asked me to have another one of these contests that
S I got that artist who is always making mistakes to draw another
An artist is supposed to observe but I think this
his eyes shut judging by the number of.
mistakes that appear in. any picture he draws. .

we started pointing out his mistakes to him and there were
all done but see if you can ﬁnd all of them.

The ﬁrst four to send me cori‘ﬁct orinearest
between now and July lst w rece ve prizes. , . .

' ' ' Swell ackknife and if a girl Wlns she W111 beget a
puze It W111 be a 3 Second prize will be either.a jackknife
or a book depending on who wins.
fourth prize will be three M. B. F. pencils.

 

 

After the drawing was

correct lists ,of mistakes
If a boy wins ,ﬁrst

Third prize, will he shock and
Get your lists insearlye—v

   
 
 

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le .11. tryouts. of on, cum. .Bele ,_ .
10 questions and, the answers can!”
found!!! issues of the M. B. 1'. in!»
Ilshed since January 1, 1927—that is,
if you do not already'know them. ' I
want to see Just how close you read
M. B. F. , a ‘
l.-—Who ls “Pounce Bill"?
2.—Where is Corpus Christi located?
3.—Who is State Commissioner of

4.—How many pages did our Feb.,
12th issue contain?

5.—Who is Michigan’s Corn King.

6.—Who ”:shot a. chicken thief near
Greenville?

7.——Who is, L. F. Livingston?

8.—What is the corn borer?

9.—How many people attended th
1927 Farmers’ Week? ’

10.—Who won the first reward in our 7
chicken thief campaign?

Two prizes of one dollar each await
the ﬁrst two to send in the correct
answers by July l.-—UNCLE NED.

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—It has been such a
long time since I have written to you, I
thought I would write again. This time
I will write about the club we organized
in school.

In October some time last year after
the smaller children had gone home and
we had our drawing class our teacher
asked us if we would like to have a club.
We all readily agreed to that and then
our teacher put several names down on
the board for us to pick a name for our
club from. After much deciding we called
our club the "Wide Awake Club.”

Next we had to ”elect oﬂicers which
would be a president, treasurer, and sec-
retary. I was nominated secretarv and
one drawer of the library was emptied
where I kept my books and belongings
of the club. We have our meetings every
other Friday and at the last of the month
we have a little party and play games.
I write up the minutes of each meeting.
I also wrote the constitution for our club.

Our ﬁrst party was in October, a Hal-

lowe’en party, and we invited the mothers
of the district to attend. After our pro—
gram we played games, then we sold
candy and popcorn. We also had a. ﬁsh
pond where you could pay a penny and
ﬁsh to get a prize. We had a Christmas
and other small parties since then.
‘ We were going to have a box social
but it was postponed because there were
so many around and our school had to
be closed on account of the measles.

Say, Uncle Ned, should one write on the
back of sheets when writing to you? I
did not this time because I did not know.

Well, if I see this letter in print I will

write more. I will close now. Your
niece, Leona V. Stofflet, Route 2, Scotts,
Michigan.
—-A real nice club, I am sure, and the
girls and boys would like to hear more
about it. Perhaps you can tell them
something that will help them in organ-
izing their local Children’s Hour clubs.
It is best not to write on both sides of
the paper.

EXAMINATIONS

When part of the fun is over,

The bell begins to ring

And we write examinations

To see how things are pounded in.__

First, he gives history,
Then he gives us grammar,
Then he gives is ’rithmetic,
Amid a lot of clamor.

We ask a lot of questions
"I‘ill he’s in bad humor, too,
And he glares at us when we speak to him,
’Till we’re careful what we do.
\
We use ’bout 50 sheets of paper, ’
And pencils three or four,
And we write examnations,
’Till we can’t write any more.

We hand in all our papers
And wait anxiously for our marks,
And we ask such a lot of questions,
We almost spit out sparks.
———Ruth Winslow, Leslie. Mich.

 

 

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FMHLY TAG\-

For small groups in a restricted
area, this is a good game. When "it”
tags a player, that player immediate-
ly joins hands with “it’ and they pro-
ceed to tag another. EaCh succeed-
ing person tagged becomes a part of
the line until all are caught. No one
can be tagged if the line is broken.
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colored woman,
gwine on over at your house last

Done sound' like a hymn. ﬁght o

Agriculture of Michigan? -

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- progress.

» Up to this point

.1. tended to shew that farmerscame out
__ . of the small and of the horn insofar
[as the recent Legislature was con-

cerned. However, honesty dictates
that we remember that about a score

, of bills desired by Michigan farmers

were actually enacted into laws and
a dozen or so more made encouraging
Most of these measures
have beendiscussed in so many art-
icles that I hesitate to mention them
as possibly you are sick and tired
of hearing about them any more.
However, this is the time of year
for reviews and ﬁnal examinations,
so possibly a very brief summary of
the outstanding agricultural meas-
ures actually enacted may be in or—
der. Chief'among these we would
mention the bills to deﬁne and insure
the farmers’ property rights.

Helping the Farmer

In the last issue appeared a special
article dealing with the Hall and
Huff poultry stealing bills. As you
probably all know, the Hall bill re-

quires poultry dealers to maintain
certain records regarding poultry
purchases and keep this information
available for police ofﬁcers to assist
them in catching and convicting
poultry thieves. The Huff bill makes
the penalties for various degrees of
poultry stealing more deﬁnite and
severe and speciﬁes that the sentence
for stealing poultry valued in excess
of $25.00 must be at least one year
in prison, with a maximum sentence
of ﬁve years.

Yielding to rural pressure, the law-
makers, during the closing days of
the sessidn, passed the Horton-Brake
bill requiring hunters to obtain the
permission of the owner or lessee be—
fore entering upon farm land or ad-
jacent farm wood lots. The bill in
its ﬁnal fo1m is at best only a com-
promise and lacks many of the vital
features for its efﬁcient and practical
enforcement which were provided in
the original Horton bill. However,
it is a step in the right direction
and will deﬁnitely relieve farm land
owners from the necessity of posting
their property.

The Legislature placed Michigan
deﬁnitely on record in favor of the
McNary-Haugen bill when it passed
a strong resolution, urging Congress
to enact this measure.

Another resolution addressed to
Congress and to President Coolidge
urged prompt action looking toward
a treaty with Canada for the develop-
ment of the Great Lakes- St. Law-
rence waterway. An appropriation
was passed, providing for the con-
tinuance of Michigan for two more
years as one of the states working
for the waterway as a member of the
Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Tide-
water association.

Bills on Grades and Standards

Three bills were passed amending
the Michigan laws relative to grades
and standards of farm products. The
grape law was amended so that the
deﬁnition of conformation of bunches
would be incorporated in the law in
order to clarify it and do away with
d i s p u t e s and misunderstandings
which have occurred in the past.

The apple grading law was amend—

ed so that when apples are packed
in boxes they must be sized to within
one-fourth of an inch or less in dia-
meter and the package must be
marked with the numerical count of
the apples contained therein.

The potato grading law was
amended so that' it will apply to
farmers selling to truckers or huck—
sters. Farmers will be exempt from
its provisions only when selling po-
tatoes 01" their own production direct
to the consumer or groceryman.

For the protection of Michigan
fruit growers, the Legislature enact-
ed the Barhard truth—in-fruit juice
bill so that the manufacturer -of sup-
posed fruit juice drinks must print
the work “imitation” in letters of
the same size type as used in the rest
of the name of the drink. This word
“imitation” must immediately pre-
cede the name of the fruit drink on
all labels and signs used in adver-
tising or designating it The Legis-

. lature also passed the Leland and

Barnard bills for the prevention 01

the importation and spread within
go State. of insect pests and plant

:wgch as farmers will continue

re then their just share I,
VJ“, ha'e‘beén of mid

   

requested which will be of direct

beneﬁt to agriculture Were dealt With
liberally by the Legislature.

One of the ﬁrst apprOpriation bills
passed was the Horton bill, provid-
ing $100, 000 of State funds for each
of the next two years for combating
the -corn borer and authoriziing the
State Administrative Board to double
this amount if the emergency should
require it. The budget bill for the
State Department of Agriculture in—

cluded the usual item of $250,000 ,

annually for paying State indem-
nities -on condemned tubercular cat-
tle. The usual State aid was granted
fer the State Fair at Detroit and the
various county fairs. The Michigan
State College was allowed $1,114,—
250 for the next two years for new
buildings and improvements and
$336,000 annually for agricultural
extension work. In addition, the
Legislature removed the $1,000,000
limit on the College two-tenths of a
mill tax so that it will bring in more
than $1,500,00 annually during the
next two years. The Menominee
Agricultural School in the Upper Pen—
insula was granted $75,000 State aid
for the next two years.

The Senate side-tracked the Ming
bill to allow the State Administrative
Board to increase the salaries of the
State Health Commissioner, Director
of Conservation and Chairman of the
Securities Commission. The Gover—
nor has vetoed bills providing for
boosting the salary of the State Bank-
ing Commissioner and adding $2,500
to the amount of State salary paid
to' each of the 63 circuit judges in
Michigan. Each of them now receive
$5,000 from the State and many of
them receive additional compensation
from the counties in their circuits.
The Governor in his message indi-
cated that while they may be entitled
to more pay, this was not a good time
to grant it in view of the serious
deﬁcit in the State treasury and the
fact that so much of the State rev—
enues has been pledged far in an—
vance.

One pay boost has been left for the
people to pass upon. This is the
constitutional amendment approved
by the Legislature providing for in-
creased compensation for Senators
and Representatives. It sets the pay
at $3.00 per day for the period for
which elected. It would mean $2190
per two—year term which is quite a
material increase over the present
$800 salary. This proposition will
come before the voters at the elec—
tion in 1928.

Among the bills over whose pass—
age we caniall rejoice is the Baxter
bill repealing 140 obsolete acts and
parts of acts constituting 715 sec—
tions

The Legislature passed the Bryant
bill re—writing the Michigan law rela—
tive to the control of apiaries and the
suppression of disease among bees.
_It adopted the O’Connell bill provid-
ing for bounties on coyotes, wolves
and Wildcats and passed the Karcher
bill which in one form or another ap—
21 years of age to take out a special
$1.00 license before ﬁshing for trout.
It adopted the Reda bill providing
that railroads cannot attempt to col—
lect for alleged under—charges after
three years from date of shipment.
It refused to pass the “full—creW”
bill which is one form or another ap—
pears at nearly every session, backed
by the organized railroad workers.

A limit was placed on the Gover—
nor’s absolute power to veto acts-of
the State Administrative Board by
the passage of the Horton bill which
would permit ﬁve members of the
Board to over—ride the Executive veto
of their acts. Another important
bill passed was the new school code
re-arranging and unifying the school
laws of the State.

When we stop to consider the bene—
ﬁt or the harm which may come to an
mdustry as a result of a session of
the State Legislature, it makes us
realize how important it is that we
follow these developments closely
and take an-intelligent interest in the

selection of the right type of Sen-

atbrs and Representatives and keep
ourselves intelligently informed so

_ that these lawmakers may know what

we want and realize that we are

.watching what type of representation

they are giving us. That has ,been
one of the big reasons for this series
of articles in THE Burma: Farm
during the past ﬁve months. We
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Startling Facts On
Summer Feeding "
-— just off the Press!

Years ago, summer feeding of dairy
‘ cows seemed simple as A-B B-C. Plenty
of pasture—why spend money for other
feeds? But today there’ 8 a big change.
Practical, prosperous dairymen now
feed concentrates to stock on pasture.

How? This booklet tells you. Why?
This booklet gives ou the scientiﬁc
reasons. It’s packe with readable,
usable information -— tells you how to
make more money this year by feeding
Linseed Meal with a summer grain
ration — to your milking herd, also to
other stock. A proved success — yet
a brand new story to 99 farmers out of
100. Mail the coupon for your copy.

    
 

  
       

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FmeAm Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis.
Send your booklet BB-o on Samuel-Feeding.

 

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SALE OF JUNE CHICKS

TREMENDOUS PRICE REDUCTION FOR IMMEDIATE ORDERS00
100

gorclmgediate Deliver in Lots of
. nglish \Vhlte
Leghorns and Anconas? $8.00 $3900 0° 571500.00
Broiler Chicks — - - - — — — _ 6 50
own Leghorns ONE CENT Per Ohl k HI
BARRED PLYMOUTH RBOCKS. Add THREE CENTS PER zIIIC hel‘n any quantity. For any

shipments of less than 100 chicks add 25c per order to these prices.

Also White Leghorn Pullets 10 weeks old, in lots of 25 or over, at the low price of 00 cents each.
Terms are 20% with order. Balance .. Reference—People’s State Bank of Holland.
All Chicks in this sale are from carefully (.ulled,1ange—fed and bred stock of high record matings.
Order direct from this ad, but either write or wire your ordn- at once. Wire orders given im-

mediate attention.
H HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

0‘7 Live Delivery (.uarsnteed—I ’
ADY GROVE o ostpge Irepaid.

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REDUCED PRICES FOR JUNE DELIVERY

Iakeview chicks are Michigan Accredited Ofﬁcial records up to 252 eggs at
M1ch1gan egg contest 1923, 24, 25. Every breeder inspected and passed
by. inspectors supervxsed by Michigan State College. Smith Hatched. Will
ship C. O. D.

 

Prepaid prices on 325 100 500 1000
S.W C. White Leghorns (Tancrod) 250 $4. 75 $9. 00 $42. 00 80.
00
Rocks. . G. c. ............................. $.3 25 6.00 11. 00 52. 00 I00. 00

I.
S in] Matings higher. RMixed Chicks 7.00 10 ——al
see prices. Member International liafbyscllickpgilisocistgion.1 heavies $9 00

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

Order from this ed at
HOLLAND, , MICHIGAN.
, ——-—-_

Diligent Chicks Did It Well!

Please note our new low prices for balance of this season.

 

 

Postpaid Prices 50 100 500
S. C. \Vh- Leghorns ........... . ........ $4.25 $ 8.00 $37.50
Barred Plymouth Rocks .............. 5.25 10.00 47.50
S. C. Rhodc Island Reds ............ 5.25 10.00 47.50
Mixed Chicks, all heavys ............ 4.75 9.00 42.50
DILIGENT HATGHERY & POUIJI‘RY FARM I
Harm J. Knoll, Prop. RR. 11 Holland Mich.

 

CHICKS!---LOOK!---READ!

Pure bred White and Brown Leghorns and Anconss. Flo ks ull
gaudy, well hatchods chicks from Free Range Breedss. Immediate dgliveiyy, “101-3; 'd'iirecetmfibt'm £13025.

Balance. CEMI. live val ranteed. 1 8.
pal-“20:1, 0307232018“ 100805 ed 1110 $11. 00 per 100; $52. 50 1;? $0020 Aggrrtbgodr $115323

SPECIAL LOW PRICES 0N 8-10 WEEKS 01.1) PULLETS ,
RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, R. 7, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.”

TOPIC! A‘l‘ MRBWDP
_ ﬁrm Silver Lsesds andvvyuniotm.) 5'13. 00 WM100.%CE1§€¢1,12¢° ”ﬂ"
Leghorn 83611. noonss,ed11c. ‘ my!
mixed broilers 11c. 1211‘}. BaWW 17°.
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ever ore ve ou en 0 ered a better value 11 chicks than

you are here. 'Read these 10 ' eali ' '

gnpusgﬂé’gy'a '28:? ' EMicgigan acevxvegirices and r ze t t here is a?

p is un er supervi, sion of Michi State G ll .

1A“? live dyelivery, postpaid. You getgiromiit shiginnnent. You0 e 00:13:13:
of greatest value of all you et .at mass Silver-War quality which

means so much In poultry rod . ill 13th C.0.D. If you desire. We can also offer

splendid 8-10 week old pul eta at very reasonable prices, of the same high quality.

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save tl e. Wire your orderan wewiil ehi )Bmon S. C White ushers:

refer you to 0 State Ban sacred 8. C. White Whom

--- ember ennui-national Bab Chick Aes’n. e erds Anconae

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If you win . (lit! will be a great h; pelt-o yoii. Assorted Brim” Chicks. all brood: I£7156 1.9)?) “73:0 $253)?) 138.8%

NEVER WARD HATCHERY Box 30 IRELAND, MICHIGAN

33.00 35.50 $10.00 $45.00 $90.00

    
     
  

  
  
   

 
 
     

 

 

  
 
 

 

 
 
  
    

CHICKS REDUCED

‘ ' ' "' Michigan
ONM‘ 5? Accredited
RS stock 's the result of 14 years of breeding for SIZE, TYPE, WINTER

E i..
D CE EGGS and HIGH FLOCK AVERAGE. instead of a few bi h individuals. We have
I va BOLLXWOOD, TANCRED. and ENGLISH t e S. C. bite Leghorns, SHEP-
IARDS Anconas, Brown Leghorns and Barred ocks. Hollywood foundation stock
from 260-290 egg record; Tancred foundation stock from 250 up egg record stock.
Ancon foundation direct from Shepgard. The very best in Brown Leghorns and
Our chic sure HEALTHY, VIGORO S,_ Newtown batched chicks from free range
)roof 'of the quality of our chicks is that we have doubled our hatching
ith TOWNLINE' you also get “PERSONAL SERVICE.”

  
  

 

 

 
 
   

      
 

 
       
    

  
  

Barred Racks.
breeders. The strongest
capaCIty over last year.

   
        
 

. JUNE PRICES 100 500 1000
6. C. White and Brown Leghorns, Anconas ........................................................ $9.00 $40.00 $15.00
Barred Rocks .................................................................................................. 12.00 55.00 105.00

Mixed Chicks $1.00 per 100—orders for less than 100 1c per chick more.
THOUSANDS OF 8 TO 10 WEEKS OLD PULLETS AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES.
Assorted or Mixed Chicks 1c each. Chicks shipped postpaid. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Dis-
count on early orders.

J. H. GEERLINGS, Manager,

LARGE NEW CATALOG FREE.
R. F. D. No. 1, Box E.

ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

 
    
 

NEW JUNE PRICES

Write now. for our latest price list giving our new low prices on this old Is-
hable strain. This is your chance to save. Every chick hatched from
selected rugged, free range breeders officially passed by inspectors supervmed
by Michigan State College.

. 100 K 5 i
‘ ° AD: 1:: :lgiind S. C. White Leghorns $9.00 342(350 $8830
, e Anconas . . . 9.00 42.50 80.00
C h I c k s Barred Rocks . . 1 1.00 52.50 100.00

MIXED CHICKS $1.00 PER 100. .

Last December one of our customers reported $1037.70 worth of eggs from 935 hens in the last
ﬁve weeks of 1926. This 15 $28.05 income per day or a proﬁt above feed of almost $23.00 per day.
This is. Just the chance you have been waiting for—strong, husky chicks, high egg parent stock, Michigan
Accredited. 100% safe arrival guaranteed. ‘ree catalog and price list.

VAN APPLEDORN BROS. HOLLAND HATCHERY & POULTRY FARM. R1-B. HOLLAND. MICH.

7 KNOLL’S

S. C. White Leghorn Chicks

Known high quality chicks at our lowest prices
for the season. Bred from stock that has proven
Its value _ll’l the laying nest for many generations.
All Michigan Accredited. For delivery in June.

Priced As Low As SEVEN CENTS.

Immediate delivery. All from Michigan Accredited Chicks and stock of our own best breeding.

Guaranteed to please you. Get our prices before you buy.
Priced As Low As 85 CENTS.

YEARLING HENS. Also a good supply of yearling hens.

next years breeding pens._ ust be moved to make room for growmg stock.

this high quality stock Will surprise ﬂu. -

GET 0 PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY.

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was; PULLE’I‘S

Excellent for foundation stock for
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LET OUT HOGS TO FINISH

I have a bunch of hogs weighing
75- ,to 80' pounds. Would like to let
them out to ﬁnish. What would be
right for both parties?——N. N., Cold-
water, Mich.

T is ~very difficult to arrive at a
basis on which an 80 pound pig
should be let out to be ﬁnished

this year when hogs are returning
so much more for corn than it is
worth when sold as grain. Pigs of
this size are selling for $2 to $4
more per hundredweight than ﬁn-
ished hogs are worth owing to the
demand for them to feed corn to.
In any case the man who has raised
a pig up to 75 to 100 pounds is en—
titled to somewhat more per hun—
dredweight than the market price
for ﬁnished hogs. It would be my
judgment that the man who has.
these pigs to let out should receive,
when they are ﬁnished, 150 per
pound for the 80 pound pig which he
furnishes or $12.00. If these pigs
were carried to a weight of 200
pounds and sold at 12c, the party
who ﬁnished them would receive
$12.00 for the 120 pounds of gain or
$10.00 per hundredweight for the
gain that he puts on them. This
would give the man who ﬁnished the
pig an opportunity to market his
corn at a good price and also make
a proﬁt on the transaction—Geo. A.
Brown, Prof. of Animal Husbandry,
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RESERVE PREFIX NAMES

IGHT Michigan breeders of H01-
E stein-Friesian cattle recently
reserved preﬁx names for their
exclusive use with The Holstein—
Friesian Association of America. Fol-
lowing are the names of those re—
served and the names and addresses
of the breeders for whom they are
registered:

“Minden,” Arthur J. Ri‘dley,
Palms, Michigan; “Musselman,” A1-
ba Musselman, Amadore, Michigan;
“Cascadia,” Lambert Vandor Weide,
Ada, Michigan; “Reko,” R. E. Kin-
caid, Grant, Michigan; “Shilocrest,”

 
     

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Lewis A. Bowen, Yale, Michigan;

“'Galeford,” Walter J. Schultz, Lulu,

..Michigan; “Huronco,” Huron Farms

Company, Ann _Arbor, Michigan;
Bitzbrand,” Joe Putz, Croswell,
Michigan.

FILLING SILO WITH ELECTRIC

POWER

HE idea of ﬁlling the silo with
electric power has not been con-
sidered very seriously until re-
cently because it was considered too
heavy a job for the usual rural pow-
er line connection, most of which
will not handle a motor of more than
ﬁve horse power. Recently a. series
of tests were‘ conducted by the De-
partment of Rural Engineering, Cor-
nell University, and the Utica Gas
and Electric Company which proved
that it can be done satisfactorily. .A
ﬁve horse power General Electric
portable farm motor, single phase,
220 volts, 1800 R. P. M., type S. C.
R.—and a Gehl ﬁller, size B, were
used in the experiment from which

the following report was made:

“It should be noticed from the
duration of run, running time and
waiting time, that the corn was kept
running time, that the corn was kept
as could be expected on most New
York state farms. The quantity of
corn cut, 154.97 tons, is sufficient
to give reliable data. The average
tons per load 1.31 with an unloading
time of twelve minutes is probably
slightly lower than in most cases,
but throughout these tests, it seemed
apparent that this rate of unload—
ing was very close to that practised
under normal conditions. The fac-
tors tlhat seem to stand out are that
bundled corn required less energy
per ton and could be cut at a higher
rate than loose corn, that the kilo-
watt hour consumption per ton for
154.97 tons was .665 with a capacity
of 8.00 tons per hour running time.

“Considering the total running
time, including the cutting time and
no load time, of 20 «hours 121/2 min—
utes for 154.97 tons, it would seem
without a doubt that this outﬁt can
be used to mutual advantage to the
farmer and the power company.”

Gratiot County Man Wins $50 Reward

(Continued from page 4)

rather “up in the air” as to know
just who is entitled to the reward in
this particular case. James Martin,
a subscriber, from whom the chick—
ens were stolen, handled all the cor—
respondence, notifying the different
sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys
and also notiﬁed us and in this man-
ner he complied with all of the rules
and regulations required by THE
BUSINESS FARMER in the paying of
these rewards. These rewards, how—
ever, are paid for the arrest and con—
viction of chicken thieves and Mr.
Martin had not been instrumental in
any way leading to the arrest and
conviction of the chicken thieves and,
in fact, he did not know his chick—
ens had been stolen until he had
been notiﬁed by Amos Jury that
some chickens had been stolen from
his coop the night of February 16th
and he had reason to believe that
he had captured the thieves who had
stolen his chickens. Mr. Martin, be—
ing a reader of THE BUSINESS FARMER
knew of the rewards we were offer-
ing for the arrest and conviction of
chicken thieves and he told Mr. Jury
that he thought there was a chance
for them to get one of these rewards.
Inasmuch as Mr. Martin had handled
the correspondence be rather felt
that he was entitled to some of the
reward money and upon personal in—
vestigation by THE BUSINESS FARMER
representative we felt that Mr. Jury
was entitled to the reward but owing
to the peculiar circumstances we left
it to the prosecuting attorney of

Gratiot county and also to the deputy -

sheriff who made the arrest to state
whom they 'felt should receive the
reward. The publisher of THE
BUSINESS ’ FARMER was farsighted
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of the county‘in which the particular
case occurred and it is well indeed
that this provision was made for,
while it would not have been diﬂi-
cult to make a decision in this case,
yet owing to the dispute there might
have been some dissatisfaction had
THE BUSINESS FARMER taken the-
whole responsiibility.

Accompanying this article you will
note a letter from Kenneth B. Mont-
igel, prosecuting attorney of Gratiot
county who states very clearly that
Amos Jury is the man who gave the
information that led to the arrest
and conviction of the chicken thieves
in this case. You will also note the
other letter’from Deputy Sheriff Ed-
ward M. Besinger, who made the ar-
rest, stating very clearly that Amos
Jury was the man who did all the
work leading up to the arrest and
conviction of these chicken thieves
and furnished all of the evidence in
the case. So we feel that all parties
concerned in this particular case-
should be satisﬁed that Amos Jury
should have received the $50.00 re—
ward. Our personal investigator 3.1--
so found that friends and neighbors
in and around Ashley felt the same
way as the prosecuting Attorney and

~ deputy sheriff did and that an in-

justice would have been done had
anyone else other than Amos Jury
received this reward. We, of THE
BUSINESS FARMER are sorry that there

‘ was so much time involved in set-
tling this claim but we wanted to pay .

the reward to the man who was en-

titled to~ it and that is the only .rea—r

son forgthe delay.
THE BUSINESS FARMER is being fair
and square in all cases and is\only

too glad to pay any and all Claims. .
.in connection with the stealing of

  
    
    
 

           

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FILES

I have a pig about ten months old,
never very well, and now he looks
as though he had the protuding piles.
Could you tell me what to do for
him?—-A. W., Evert, Mich.‘

REAT these night and morning
With carbolized vaseline. Then
give nothing but milk for three

or four days. Give a well balanced
ration and one that contains most
of the grain in the form of a. thick
slop.
ﬁber . Some cod liver oil, say one
tablespoonful night and morning
for three or four weeks might also
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WARTS

Will you kindly tell me what to
do for warts on cow's teats? I have
two cows that have warts that near-
ly cover their teats, rather a long,
seedy wart. I have tried‘several
remedies such as castor oil and
sweet oil without any success—C.
8., Marion, Mich.

ALIQYLIC acid, 2 drams; collo-

dion, 1 ounce. Paint this on the
warts once daily for one week.

EWE CAN NOT WALK

Would like information in regard
to an ewe I have that has not walked
for more than two weeks. Their
feed has been alfalfa hay, oats, some
corn and bean pods, also ensilage.
My ewes are in good condition, have
shed and are out. doors. We shear-
ed, and they were handled with care
but this ewegcould not stand on her
hind feet after she was sheared. She
can work her legs and by me lifting
her hind parts she will walk with her
front legs. She has a good appetite.
In a week after shearing she gave
birth to twin lambs. They were all

right and she has enough milk for

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Freak calf born ’on the farm of A. R.
Flynn, of Alcona county, on March 12th
and still living and smart. It has five
legs and six sets of toes.

them. She is young enough to have
all her teeth. I wonder if the en—
silage could be the trouble. It is in
good condition.—W. M. R., Ithaca

Y opinion is that this ewe was
injured while shearing her and
she may not recover from it.

Abput the only thing to do is feed

her carefully and keep her in a small

pen by herself and wean the 13,;an
as soon as you can. This ewe should
not have been shorn when so near

Iambing. You might mix liquor

potassii arsenitis equal parts with

water then give her one teaspoonful
of this two or three times each day.

This is an excellent tonic and might

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I have a pig weighing about one
hundred pounds that cannot walk.
His ankle jointsturn over under his
weight. He also has ﬁts. Please
give me the cause, also remedy.—
L. W. B., Riga, Mich. ‘
PRESUME that this pig has rich-
ets; a tablespoonful of cod liver
oil three times each day in a
little milk should be given. This
hog should have nothing but milk to
drink. Get some tankage and with
50 pounds of it. mix 10 pounds of
bonemeal; give this pig 1% pounds
night and morning with some other
feed such as middlings or shorts. If
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Dawson Farms" Show how Amco Feeds met
all these conditions in raising 6000 pullers}

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i. QUICK AND EASY MATURITY

“In July when we started to use Amco feeds,
we had some six thousand growing birds on
range. By the use of Amco Starting and Grow- . {
ing Mash. these birds were quickly and evenly
matured. We succeeded in developing the most
uniform ﬂock of pullets that we have ever had
up to this time. The puliets were put into lay-v
ing quarters in excellent body condition."

2. EARLY PRODUCTION

“We consumed‘a period of two weeks in grad-
ually changing from growing mash to a full
ration of Amco Egg Mash. During this time the
birds themselves were getting accustomed to
their new quarters. and when this point was
reached the pullers had already reached a credit-
able stage of production. Within a week after
the birds were on a full egg mash ration, they
were up to a twenty percent production. This
based on the entire ﬂock housed, which included
a great number of late May hatched birds."

 

3. RAPID INCREASE IN SIZE OF EGGS

“The size of the eggs increased much more .
quickly than ever before; This means a lot in the f
way of increased prices and, of course, profits."

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4. MAINTENANCE OF GOOD BODY WEIGHT?

“The birds have maintained a good body
weight and constitutional vigor."

5. SAVING IN FEED COST

“We have also in addition to this effected a
saving of approximately twenty percent in our l
feeding costs."

    
 

>}< Dawson Farms is a loo-acre poultry plant where
breeding stock, hatching eggs, and baby chicks'
are produced, as well as choice table eggs. fancy
broilers, and capons.

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Right now is the time to feed Larro Egg Mash to your hens.
Heavy spring production has sapped their strength. They
need Larro to build u their
them body resistance or ﬁghtin disease—to furnish the
vitality that means steady, proﬁtagl
neglected hens will be loaﬁng.

Get the Biggest Proﬁt
From Every Hen

Larro’ Egg Mash is not a forcing ration. It contains the
correct amount of buttermilk, and the necessary vitamins
and minerals, in a uniform mixture of Larro-blended
ingredients in just the right proportions to make hens
more proﬁtable all the year round — even when egg
Grain alone is not enough. It only takes
a few pounds of Larro Egg Mash to carry each hen through
this important summer period.

ealth and vigor—to give

e egg production when

it is remembered that the Aztecs en’s- f -

ployed no cattle or horses as beasts
of burden, the moving of this great
stone from the mountains beyond

Lake Chalco, a distance of many lea- ,

gues, over a broken country inter-
sected by rivers and canals, is a prob-
lem of mechanical ingenuity which
staggers the imagination. How was
it done? No one knows. What was
its purpose? Students say that its
hieroglyphics form a division of
time, seasons, sun and moon move—
ments, perhaps even more perfect
than the hours, days, weeks, months
and years we use today! I cannot
argue with them, for its signs were
unintelligible to me and I left con-
tent to let the Elgin in my pocket
and the calendar on my wall, divide
my own short span in life!

There were thousands of interest—
ing relics of the Aztecs and even of
an unknown race who antedated
them in the National Museum, but
space is limited and we will only
have time to uncover our heads be—
fore the Sacriﬁcial stone, in silent
memory of the countless human souls
sacriﬁced on this abominable pagan
altar to ignorance and superstition.
Here were led the men, women and
children from whom the high priests
cut the living—hearts and held them
high, to appease the gods of drought,
famine or war! Historians furnish
ﬁgures of the yearly destruction of
human life on this stone which are
hard to believe, but unquestionably
authenticated. In 1486, for instance,
on the occasion of the dedication of
a great temple, 70,000 prisoners,
forming a procession nearly two
miles long had their hearts out out
on the bare surface of this stone, in
a ceremony which consumed'several
weeks of horror! It was customary
to retain the skulls of the victims
and in one mound, the companions
of Cortez are said to have counted
136,000! The yearly average is re—
ported to have been from twenty to
ﬁfty thousand lives. A river of life
blood ﬂowed for years from this
ghastly source. I cannot, even now,
think of this relic or the razorelike
stone knives, of which we saw- many
in this museum without a cold chill
running up and down my vertebra!

The Bull Fight

If, “When one is in Rome, one
should do as the Romans do!”, then
when one is in Mexico City he must
go to the bull ﬁght nd few Ameri-
cans there are, who would neglect
the opportunity altho equally few
remain to complete the “Corrida”
and see the last unfortunate animal

ready sounding, the gates directly opi-

posits where we are sitting are
thrown open, the band starts play-
ing a march and the procession, not
unlike the opening of our own three-
ringed circus, moves about the ring.

First comes the “matadors”, in.bro- '
caded short coats and silken tights,
a pig tail of hair, tied with a ribbon,
peeking out from beneath their elab-
orate hats. They are the heroes of
the populace and their Ty Cobbs and
Babe Ruths of the ring are paid
enormous salaries, as here, depend-
ing on their skill and daring. Next
in line are the “banderilleros,” al-
most equally elaborately dressed;
followed by the “picadors,” mounted
on old_ worn-out horses carrying
sharp pointed lances, who make a
grotesque combination. Bringing up
the rear are the “monos sabios”

(wise-monkeys) Who are helpers in
the ring and with them the teams of
gayly bedecked mules, hitched tan-
dem, who drag out the fallen ani-
mals.

The procession is over. The gates
are closed. There is “an expectant
silence, then the president’s bugler
sounds a note which opens the doors
and into the arena rushes the bull,
which has been from birth and by
breeding, been reared especiaHy for
this minute. As he passes under the
gate, he gets his ﬁrst taste of the
torture he is to endure, when a sharp
thin dagger, bearing the colors of
the ranch on which he was reared, is
driven into his shoulders.

In the center ‘of the ring is the
matador, who has sallied his parade,
cape and hat into the hands of his
senorita, in whose honor he will kill
the bull! He now has a red cape,
which he waves tantalizingly at the
surprised animal. The hull “seeing
red” makes a wild rush but the mat-
ador without so much as moving an
inch, if he is an expert, allows the
bull to rush through the cape. This
teasing, the rush, the quick move-
ment of the cape, is repeated over
and over, until the bull is in a frenzy
of disappointed rage at his adversary.
If by any chance (and of course it
does often happen) the bull should
catch the matador or get him down,
the “capedors”, rush from the sides
of the ring where they have been
standing on guard and by waving
red capes distract the bull from the
prostrate form, to themselves.

It is now time for the picadors,
the bugle sounds again and into the
ring come the poor horses, with their
fat riders, bearing the lances. The
horses are blind-folded over the one

     

 

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Startyour ﬂock now on the Larro feeding program. It makes dragged from the ring. eye which the picadors keeps always
no difference What your blrds are eating, or how well they So, if you are not already too to the bull. The now thoroughly
are producing. Not until you feed them the Larro way Will steeped in blood or if you would aroused bull, makes a dash towards

they do their best and give you all the proﬁt that’s in them.

THE LARROWE MILLING COMPANY, Detroit, Mich.

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see a modern sacriﬁce to the same
lust, come with me for it is Sunday
afternoon and already the holiday
crowd in gaudy foreign automobiles,
shining Lizzies and in shuffling san-
dals are wending their way to the
Plaza de Toros for the bull—ﬁght,
without which no Spanish or Mexican
city,'can boast itself complete.

We buy our tickets in the “S'om-

bra” or shady side of the ring for

this huge steel ampitheatre, which
seats 20,000 persons, is divided into
two sections and the “sol” or sunny
side is largely occupied. by the na-
tives who pay buta peso for their

one of the horses; the picadore weak-
ly attempts to keep the bull off with
his lance; it is too late! The bull’s
long horns have torn into the ab—
domen of the unfortunate horse.
The startled animal and rider are
both thrown to the ground, while
until the capedores can distract the
bull, he may be goring the horse to
death, but if he is driven off, the
horse will be ridden in the ring and
perhaps attacked again and again,
while the sand of the ring is running
red with his blood or his entrails are
hanging from the gaping wound in
his side. No American can stand this

 

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seats. As we enter, the bugle from cruelty to the poor, defenseless
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le'fiienzy. , nd this a sport? .But let
us- not stop to. analyze or'theorize,
.we are describing a bull-ﬁght as we
Witnessed it, in this year of our Lord,
1927, only a few miles across a bord—
er from our own humane land.

We have now come to the placing
of the “banderillas”, which is the
only sportsmanlike (?) part of the
play, as it brings out the daring
of the matador. The bull is pawing
and snorting at one side of the ring.
The matador, alone in the ring with-
out the protection of his cape, must
approach with the banderillas, which
are barbed-pointed spears, each about
two feet long and bedecked in bright
colors. He walks towards the bull,
alternately lifting and lowering the
barbs, until within a few feet of the
enraged bull and as he charges, the
matador makes a dexterous lunge
and if successful, drives the two
barbs into the shoulders of the ani-
mal. This operation must be re—
peated until six banderillias, are all
driven into and hanging from the
shoulders, where every movement
.of the muscles must bring excruciat-
ing pain.

Will we stay for the last act?
Like you, I have had enough and am
quite willing to leave, but we must
tay, if only to see the unfortunate
reature put out of its misery. The
natador is handed his sword, his
, ape is draped over his left arm, he
1». pproaches the bull, who stands with
head down, pawing the ground, the
red blood from the banderilla wounds
on his shoulders, glistening in the
afternoon sun. The bull makes a
lunge forward, determined to anilate

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
  

‘ his two legged tormentor. The
matador drives the long sword
through to the animals heart. If his

thrust is perfect, and the bull drops,
the crowd jumps to their feet, amid
wild cheering, and the matador ob—
ligingly bows to his admirers, while
the mule teams have been brought
in, a chain attached to the bull’s
’ head, and he is dragged ingloriously
from the scene of his battle-to-death!

But wait, they are removing the
bloody sand and rolling down the
ring. The crowd is munching on
candy bars or buying warm beer from
the vendors. The band which has
been playing American “jazz” music

during the intermission has stopped.~

There is a bugle—call from the presi-
dent’s box, the gates are again open-
ed, a splendid bull, as ﬁne a specimen
as the one we have just seen killed
has rushed into the ring. A matador
is throWing his coat and hat to his
lady—love. We question our Mexican
companion. “Is there to be another
bull ﬁght this afternoon?” “Why
certainly, look at your program,
there are to be six killed, all by dif-
ferent matadors, you have seen only
a. very poor ﬁght, both the bull and
the matador you saw, were what you
call ’em? ‘Bush-leaguers’! The last
bull is from a famous breeder of fe-
rocious animals in Spain and the mat-
ador is one of the best ﬁghters from
Madrid. You will see a real ﬁght
when the sixth bull is killed!”

But we had had enough and too
much! They did kill ﬁve more bulls
after we left and they have killed six
bulls every Sunday since we left and
they probably will be killing bulls,
just as we have described it, in
every Spanish city in the world for
a century to come, as they have for
a. century past!

(Editor’s Note: In the ﬁfth in-
stallment Mr. Slocum, will take us
with him to the ancient pyramids
and ,a banana plantation.)

12 TO 15 EGGS UNDER GOOSE

Would you please tell me through
the columns of your valuable paper
how many eggs to put under a goose
to set her and the care of them while
setting?-—-H. M., Alpena, Mich.

NE can safely place from twelve
to ﬁfteen eggs under one adult
goose and expect her to care

for the eggs in a satisfactory man-
ner.—C. G. .Card, Prof. of Poultry
Husbandry, M. S. C.

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remarkably low delivery prices. Just ﬁll in the coupon
below for the number you desire and mail it today.
We will ship your order When you designate.

$375 Net Proﬁt in One Month

low prices and get started with the right stock.
even at prices much higher than we are asking.

the exacting requirements to be classed as such.
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raised from 2000 Superior chicks bought last June.

THESE CHICKS ARE MICHIGAN A'CCREDITED

Even at these low prices these chicks are Michigan Accredited and will pass

blend our Tancred and Barron strains
to produce those big bodied proﬁtable birds. We have 600 pullets entered in
R. O. P. (record of performance) this year and are individually pedigree-
Write for complete information describing

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_ 8 RR ROCKS .......................................... 13.00 62.50 120.00

BliOlLER CHICKS (Not Accredited) .......... 7.00 35.00

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Shipments on Monday and VVednesdziy of every week. \Vrite for Prices
on Other Quantities. IR} ORDERS PROMPTLY IIANDLED.

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weeks for shipment starting May 15th. WRITE FOR PRICES.

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Leghorn Chicks

Our chicks are from Egg
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They are all culled. In-
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JUNE PRICES

50 100 500 1000
Price $4.50 $8.00 $38 $75.00
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All Grains Have Shown GoodGains ~

C'uttle Prices Hold Well Because of Small Receipts and Good Demand
By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor. ‘ ‘

EVER in the past has the coun-
try experienced such a long pe-
riod of persistent heavy rains

and great ﬂoods as has been wit-
nessed this spring, and-the result is
sure to be extremely disastrous to
many farmers in the ﬂooded regions.
Farmers in mere northern districts
of the states comprising the great
corn belt have been hit hard, plowing
and planting being delayed so long
that it was frequently regarded as
too late for corn and in numerous
instances corn tracts were curtailed
more or less and other crops substi—
tuted in part. It is noteworthy that
in quite a number of instances farm-
ers are adopting soy beans as a
substitute for corn, and they are
found to be all that is claimed for
them, as they can be planted later
than corn and mature good crops
well adapted for feeding hogs, cat-
tle, sheep and poultry. Corn prices
had a wonderful boom in recent
weeks on the uncertain crop out—
look, and a short time ago there
were many ﬁelds that had not even
been plowed. One significant out—
come of the advance in the price of
sound corn to $1 and over was a
doubt in the minds of some farmers
whether it was not too high priced to
feed to hogs, and considerable num—
bers of weighty swine were hurried
to the markets. The hog market
this year has been a great disap—
pointment to owners despite the
great falling off in the receipts at
packing centers compared with most
recent years, prices having under—
gone sensational declines, with the
packers dictating terms most of the
time. Strange to say, after the big
fall in hogs, families in Chicago are
still buying their bacon, ham and
other hog products at about the
same prices as a year ago, the re-
tail markets having failed to lower

their ﬁgures in accordance with
those made by the paCkers. The few
farmers who slaughter and cure

their hogs are a long way ahead.
Lambs are scarce ,and high, and
Washington range lambs, the ﬁrst
of the season, brought $18.75 on the
Chicago market recently. Western
feeding lambs sell for $13.50 to
$14.25.
The Advance in Grain

Wheat, in common with all the
other grains, has undergone a good
rise in prices, due to apprehensions
regarding the 1927 crop and the
quite general expectation that farm—
ers will get better prices than those
paid for the last crop harvested in
the United States. July delivery
sold recently on the Chicago Board
of Trade around $1.50, being con—
siderably /higher than a year ago,
and on some days sales reached
large proportions.

Corn has been placed in a remark—
ably strong position, as every farm—
er in the corn belt states fully real-
izes, and late sales for July delivery
were made about 30 cents higher
than a year ago. Oats have shared
in a smaller degree in the corn ad—
vance, with sales for July delivery
round 50 cents, being well above
prices of last year. Within a short
time there has been increased out-
side buying of oats, based upon un—
favorable crop reports. There is a
great rye shortage, and prices have
advanced wildly at times, July rye
selling a short time ago for $1.20,
comparing with 94 cents a year ago.
The government May crop report
gives the rye crop as 49,000,000
bushels, or 9,000,000 bushels more
than last year, and comparing with
a record crop of 103,362,000 bush-
els in 1923. A winter wheat crop
of 537,000,000 bushels is given,
comparing with a harvest of 627,-
000,000 bushels last year and a ﬁve
year average of 555,915,000 bushels.

Changes in Cattle Trade
’ Considerably. smaller numbers of
cattle have been marketed in west—
ern packing points so far this year
than, in recent years, and most of the
time thedemand has been so good

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that prices were Well maintained at
a very much higher level than at
corresponding dates in recent years.
Of late beef steers have sold on the
Chicago market at an extreme
range of $9 to $13.85, largely at
$9.75 to $12.25, with Nebraska
weighty steers among the highest
sellers. Heavy cattle are not too
numerous and sell at a big premium,
with yearlings going at $9 to $12.85.
A year ago steers were selling at $8
to $10.65, two years ago at $8 to
$12 and twelve years ago at $6.90
to $9.75. Cows and heifers ﬁnd
buyers at $5.75 to $11.40. The re-
cent advance of corn to $1.05 a
bushel has put a stop to active buy-
ing of ﬂeshy feeders, and country
buyers are now calling mainly for
thin steers for grazing purposes,
with sales mostly at $8.25 to $8.75,

 

about 109,000, head arriving. in two A 1
On a late decline in prices

days.
hogs ‘sold at a range of $7,20 to $9,
comparing with $12 to $14.90 a year
ago, $10.50 to $12.35 two years ago
and $6 to $7.25 three years ago.
Combined receipts in seven western
packing points for the year to late
date amount to 10,962,000 hogs,
comparing with 10,657,000'a year
ago, 13,119,000 two years ago and
15,338,000 three years ago. With
existing conditions, active marketing
of hogs and low prices are expected.
Recent Chicago receipts were far
larger than a. week earlier or a year
ago.

 

A GLANCE AT THE MARKETS
Market News Service, U. ~S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Agrcul-
tural Economics.
RM prices average higher now than
in spring, mainly because of sharp
gains in cotton, grain, feeds and
potatoes. In early June some lines lost
a little of the advance. Butter and cheese
held their place in the market, and sev-
eral lines of fruits and vegetables are

 

 

M. B. F. MARKETS BY RADIO
UN E in the M. B. F. market reports and farm news broadcast on
Monday, “’ednesday, Thursday and Friday nights at 6:40, east-

”ern standard time from WGHP of Detroit.

It is broadcast at

6:15 on Tuesday evening. The wave length is 243.8 meters.

 

while feeders are salable at $9 to
$9.50. Many grass cattle are being
marketed to avoid feed bills.
The Hog Market

Unfortunately for farmers who
are engaged in the hog industry,
prices have been forced to greatly
reduced levels in recent weeks, and
it has looked as though there was
really danger that the packers would
put prices below the actual cost«of
production. Stockmen have been
placed in a new position since the
revolution in the corn market, and
with corn selling around $1.05 a
bushel in the Chicago market, stock—
men began to market their swine,
taking the ground that corn was too
dear to feed to their stock. The
quality and weight of the hogs has
been good, and supplies were well
taken by the local packers and buy-
ers for the eastern packers. As for
the future, it may be said that if
corn sells at high prices and hogs at
relatively low prices, lots of brood
sows may be expected in the markets
this summer and plenty of light
weight pigs in the fall, pointing to
another hog shortage. Excessive
Chicago hog supplies a short time
ago forced new low price levels,

selling higher than a year ago. Eggs
act as if starting to go up.
Grains

Grain Markets have been varying ac-
cording to crop news for some weeks
past. Floods, cold weather and local
droughts pushed up the prices sharply in
May but the early June news was rather
more favorable and the market has been
sagging back a little. Higher prices
brought some increase in market supply.
Corn reached high point of the season
the ﬁrst week of June, then fell off some-
what. Winter wheat is expected to be
50 to 75 million bushels less this season,
according to trade estimates. Foreign
markets continue active. The cat crop
is doing well. Prospect of a somewhat
larger rye crop weakened prices slightly.
The hay crop promses satisfactory out-
come in most parts of the East and Mid-
dle West.
and without interest. Choice timothy
sells around $25 in Eastern markets.

Feeds

Corn feeds, including gluten and hom-
iny feed, seem scarce in the market. Lin-
seed meal advanced slightly as the re-
sult of light supplies and more active
demand. The general tone of the _feed
market has been ﬁrm with slightly up-
ward tendency. Buyers in some sections
were still taking small quantities of feed
for immediate use but the demand gener-
ally has slackened because of good pas-

turage.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

‘1 Detroit Chicago Den on Detroit—J
June 13 June 13 May 31 ML

WHEAT—

No. 2 Red $11-43 % $151 $1.55

No. 2 White 1-44 K 1.52 34. 1.56

No. 2 Mixed L42 ié 1.50 is .55
CORN——

No. 2 Yellow '99 1-00 .78

N0. 3 Yellow -97 .93 @ .95 .98 .75 —
OATS “

No. 2 White 55 .48}; @ .51 .60 .46

No. 3 White .52 .47 @ .50 1,4, .57 .45
RYE-m ‘

Cash N0. 2 1.18 ~- 1.19 .93
BEANS-

c, H. P. 0‘", 5.90 5.20 4.30
POTATOES— _ ” ~

Per th. .533 3.25@3.75 4-00@4.16 3.00@3.17
HAY— , . ’

No. 1 Tim. ~ 17@18 19 20 17@18 . 23.50@24

No. 2 Tim. 15@ 16 17 19 ’ 15@16 21@22

N0. 1 Clover .17 @ 18 20 @21 17 @ 18/ 20 21

Light Mixed ; 16@17.50 _‘ 19@20 16@17.'50 . 22 23

Monday, June 13.1—'-Favorablewweather reports cause wheat‘to weaken. 09m, .
and oats are easy. Bean market remailns steady. .Potatoes‘eaSier. ' '

 

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The hay markets continue dull '

retake?

per 100 pounds for new potatoes and 75

cents for old stock the first part of June. '.
The higher prices brought increased ship-" "
ments, especially .in Western makets, and»

prices became irregular. This sensational
closing of the old potato season stirred
up growers in northern producing sec-
tions and may tend to increaSe late acre-
age. Prices at times considerably ex-
ceeded, $5 per 100 pounds in city markets
and some lines of new potatoes went as

high as $12 per barrel in certain mar—.

kets. Earliness of southeastern shippin
sectidns and lateness in the Middle West
caused something of a gap in the early
summer supply, but midwestem section
are becoming more active. -

BEANS

Demand for beans is good with the can-
ners taking most of the offerings. Groc-

ers are slow buyers at the present price'

but the market seems to be getting along
very well without them. Light red and
kidneys are $7.00 and dark reds $5.00.

DETROIT LIVE POULTRY

Chickens easy. Hens, colored, 23c; leg-
horns, 15@160. Cocks, 14c; leghom
cocks, 12c. Broilers, 2% lbs up, Barred
Rocks, 38; other colored, 36; under 21,5
lbs 2@4c cheaper; Leghorns,'2 lbs up,
270; 1% to 1%, lbs, 23@25c. Ducks:
White, 4% lbs up, 32c; smaller or dark,
25c; geese, 16c. '

DETROIT. BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter steady ; best creamery in tubs
37 1/2 @ 40. Eggs steady ; fresh firsts,
20 1A3 @ 21c. Cheese steady. ,

DETROIT SEEDS
Clover seed, cash imported $13.00; Oc-
tober, $16.75; domestic, December, $16.65.
Alsike August, $13.50. Timothy, cash
old, $2.45; new, May, $2.55.

BOSTON WOOL MARKET

New clip Texas ’wool in considerable
inquery, being quoted at $1.05@1.10 for
12-months wool and 90 cents for 8-months
wool. Territory ﬁne combing quoted at
$1.05@1.10; French combing at $1@1.05;
half blood at 95c@$1; three-eighths blood
at 85@90c and quarter blood at 78'@80c.

LIVESTOCK MARKETS
EAST BUFFALO, _N. Y.———( Un i te d
States Department of Agriculture). Hogs
—~Steady to 100 higher; bulk 160,! to 230
lbs, $9.50, few 300 lbs, $9; pigs quotable
$8.50@9; packing sows, $7.25@7.50.
Cattle—Nominal.

Calves—Steady: top vealers, $14; cull
and common, $10@11.50. ‘ -

Sheep—Quotable steady; weak; top
yearlings, $14.50; spring lambs, $17.2.r;

bulk, $15.50@17: bulk fat ewes, $5@7.

CHICAGO—The hog market continued ’-

steady. This branch of the trade fur-
nshed the only activity with the feature
of, the week the light supply of lambs
and the consequent big price advance.

Choice lots of hogs were quoted at
$9.15@9.25, with most packing hogs sell-
ing at 28 and below. For the week, values
were below the $9.55 paid a week ago,
but still were above the low time for
this present period.

Only about 400 cattle arrived, with no
good steers, so trade was of little account,
though prices nominally were steady.
For the week steers Were mostly 25@40
cents higher at $13.85 for the best. Cows
and heifers were up 25 cents, with choice
cows at $9.50@9.75. Calves closed as
much as $1 up and bulls were strong.

Sheep trade was nominally steady. For
the week values were higher. Fat lambs
went to $18.75 and trade was up $1@1.50
at this level.

in many spots, while aged sheep advanced
25@50 cents, with good light ewes at $7
supply of 5,000

@ 7.2 5. Today’s went.

direct to packers.

 

 

 

Week of June 19
WHILE most parts of Michigan

could stand, warmer weather
and more rain during this

week, we believe it will be a good

time to plant beans-and late'potatoeS‘: ~ I

30m will make slow growthat this
, ime. ~ .- »
v Moderately cool and fair .weathe
will begin the-week but .ahOutvMoas
"day the air will get: Warmerandiths
sky cloud up. As a result there
bersome iglcattered; shhxgprs in,mg,~'

, ’ A let-up in potato shipments, 'oldi'and" _‘ ,, . .
new, brought a sharp rise of about $1.50.- ,

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'during last half of week.

weedy and the condition of meadows

I ‘ and pastures Will be favorable. We

are looking for a cool, wet week gen-

V-erally.

The early days of this week will
be cool. From about Tuesday on
through the middle of the week and
towards the close weather conditions
will be more or less unsettled.
Scattered showers an d thunder
storms and even hail are probable
As the
week draws to a close temperatures
will range slightly cooler.

250 FARMERS STUDY LIVESTOCK
FEEDING EXPERIMENTS

(Continued from Page 3)

$75.00 per ton and linseed meal at_

$55.00 per ton the oats had a feed-
ing value of 49c per bushel, and the
hogs in this lot were ﬁnished but
four days later.

ﬂogging Ofl’ Corn

Three lots of standing corn were
hogged ed in the fall of 1926.

In Lot 1, rape was sown at the
last cultivation, in Lot 2 soybeans
were drilled with the corn and in
Lot 3 tankage was supplied in a self-
feeder. Each lot had access to a
mineral mixture of steamed bone-
meal', limestone and salt.

Very satisfactory gains were made
by all pigs, 1.66, 1.43 and 1.77
pounds respectively.

There was little difference in the
feed requirements for 100 pounds of
gain of the different groups of pigs.

The value returned per bushel of
corn consumed diner-ed but little in
the three lots. Although the tank
age fed lot returned a slightly lower
value per bushel of corn consumed,
these pigs gained more rapidly than
did the others, especially those in
the soybean lot, and were therefore
ﬁnished for market earlier.

The values returned by the hogs
for the corn consumed as shown in
this experiment indicates that hog-
ging down corn is a rapid and eco-
nomical method of converting this

~crop into pork.

With pork valued at $10 a return
of $1. 08, $1. 06 and $1. 02 per bushel
or No. 2 Corn is shown in the rape
lot, the soybean lot and the tankage
lot respectively. With $8 pork, the
value per bushel is 85, 83 and 79
cents respectively.

Winter Pig Feeding

1. Alfalfa hay produced some-
what more rapid gains and required
considerably less feed for 100
pounds gain than did linseed meal,
when each was fed with shelled corn,
tankage and minerals as shown by
Lots 1 and 3.

3. The addiiton o.‘ linseed meal
to a mixture of tankage and alfalfa
meal or alfalfa hay produced some-
what less rapid gains and raised the
feed requirements slightly when
each mixture was fed with shelled
corn, tankage and minerals as shown
by Lots 1 and 4.

4. The addition of alfalfa hay to
tankage and linseed meal when each
combination was fed with shelled
corn and minerals increased the
gains somewhat and reduced the
feed requirements for 100 pounds of
gain as shown by Lots 3 and 5.

5. Alfalfa hay with tankage and
linseed meal made appreciably larger
daily gains and required consider-
ably less feed for the gains produced
than did alfalfa meal with tankage
and linseed meal when each was fed
with shelled corn and minerals as
shown by Lots 4 and 5.

Ming Cull Beans to Pigs

1. Ground corn, tankage, miner-
als and alfalfa hay fed Lot 1 pro-
duced much larger daily gains and

required considerably less concen-'

trates for the gains made than did
any of the other rations used with

'1. the exception that Lot 5 required

very little more feed for ‘100 pounds
of gain.

2. In Lots 1 and 2 here cull
beans Were compared wit tankage
as a protein supplement to corn, the

' fodder. made quite satisfactory
‘ no great increase in feed

,_ Corn growth will “still remain slow
7 but the ﬁelds will become more

- Lots ‘2 and a ground corn produced
‘ 24‘. 91 per cent larger daily gains and
required 9.09 per cent less food for

the gains made than did our corn.
Lot ‘2 consumed considerable more
food. This was no doubt due to the
fact that the .cull beans fed them
were mixed with the ground corn,

whereas in Lot 3 the cull beans were ,

fed alone in the trough and the ear
corn on the ﬂoor.

4. As shown in Lots 2, _4 and 5
the proportions of cull beans fed, up
to two—thirds of the ration with
ground corn, had little inﬂuence on
the daily gains produced. The féed
requirements show no regular order
to the proportions of cull beans fed.

5. The addition of as little as
one-third ground corn to cull beans
produced much larger daily gains
with considerably smaller feed re-
quirements as shown in Lots 5 and 6.

6. The cost of. feed in all the cull
bean lots, was lower than was the
case in the ground corn and tankage
fed lot. No account however was
taken of the added labor and expense
of cooking and feeding cull beans.

7. The cost of feed was gradually
reduced as the proportions of cull
beans fed were increased. Although
the feed cost for Lot 6, fed beans
alone, was lower than that of any
other lot, the gains made Were very
unsatisfactory.

\Vintering Work Horses

Ten idle work mares and geldings.
4 of which weighed just under 1, 500
pounds and 6 ranging from 1580
to 1850 pounds, were fed after De—
cember 19,1926 on a ration of 8
pounds of alfalfa hay and 5. 4 pounds
shredded corn stover daily at a cost
of 8.2 cents per day. They also ran
on alfalfa meadow aftermath every
day. February 14, one pair of the
heavy mares and one pair of the
heavy geldings were in good enough
ﬂesh so that they sold for $425 per
pair.

Beginning March 1, the remain—
ing horses were given 6 pounds of
ear corn per day to harden them for
spring work. This raised the cost
of the ration to 17. 2 cents per day.
Another 2 pounds of corn was added
March 15, and on March 20, the six
horses weighed only 248.3 pounds
less than on December 19 or a loss
of .455 pounds per head daily. In
spite of this small loss in weight the
horses went to work April 1 and
seemed to do their work freely and
With no trouble with sore necks or
shoulders.

Dairy Cattle

The experimental work with dairy
cattle and particularly the research
work with mineral nutrition was ex—
plained by Prof. O. E. Reed and C.
F. Huffman.

The long time mineral feeding ex—
periment including seven lots of Hol-
stein heifers with ﬁve in each lot
was begun more than ﬁve years ago.
Various rations of roughage have
been fed to these lots of. cattle and
some lots received various mineral
supplements. The mineral supple—
ments used along with timothy hay
were bone meal with one lot; cal-
cium carbonate and raw rock phos—
phate with another lot; and another
lot received a commercially prepared
complex mineral mixture. The re-
sults of this ﬁve years’ study thus
far indicate that the average milking
cow, fed on a well cured roughage
and a balanced ration, needs very
little, if any, mineral supplement to
the ration. The experiment indi—
cates quite positively that if a min-
eral supplement is required that a
high quality steamed bone meal will
give the best results.

Further experiments, as explained
by Prof. C. F. Huﬂman, indicated
that cottonseed meal is the equal of
linseed oilmeal as a protein supple-
ment In the ration of growing heif—
ers. No injurious effects were pro-
duoed by the feeding of cottonseed
meal to the extent of furnishing the
entire protein requirement for these
heifers. A common belief is often
expressed that cottonseed meal is
more constipating than linseed meal
when fed to cattle. The experiment-
al data obtained by the Dairy De-
partment indicates that this is an or-

raucous idea. This particular prob- .

lem o1 comparing feeding of cotton-
seed meal with linseed meal has

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. mm“. ”Mb“... Wm“! Holstein F's-lesion Herd
45 — H E A D — 45

SATURDAY, JUNE '25, AT 1:00 O’CLOCK P. M.

Mllch Cows and 15 head of young stock Includln 2 ear-Iln bulls.
At farm of Albert Luchtman, located 5 Miles East of Wishington “on tI1 9
1'6 miles west of New Haven on eMaurine City Highway Macomh County. No reactors in this
herd for the last seven years. has been in T. .
lubject to 60 %retest.0 Sharpleue lMilking Machine and Delco Lighting System.
BM 8 OF Fr——Casl1 unless other arrangements are made

will be held under cover, rain or shlne

”on” J. H. MOOCUTCHEON, E. T. WOOD, N. V.
For Catalogues Write ALBERT LUCeI-ITMAN, Washington, MI'chlgan.

e Marine (ity Highway,

for six years. All animals sold

In the box

 

 

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Ha! Ha! LOOk! CAN 5111? AT ONCE AT REDUCED PR‘ICES

15 Purebred Varieties of Barred Buff, White Rocks. Single or Rose Comb Rods, Black Minorcas 12c.
c.

Whi or Silver W an dottes,
Light Mixed 8c.

Buff Orpingtons
hits, Brown or Buff Leghorns 91-.

14c. Large Brahmas, 17c. Heavy Mixed 11c.
Anconas l0c.Moraa11 Tancred Blood Tested

White Leghorns of 303 to 330 egg Blood line 14c e<1cl1.Add 35c extra .1” less than 100 ordered.

1000- 6 to 12 weeks old pullets. Get Free Circular.

BECKMAN HATCHERY ::

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

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Detroit Beef
Company

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It is uphill business trying to

I gain proﬁt from your farm

flock (11f hens if Answered with

Ii {ecp your ock clean by

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year There is nothing quite as ood for rid—

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guarantee prepaId 00 Pewre Cent) live delivery of
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Buff Orllningtons Wh. Wyandotteo, Buff Roe ks 11c;
Mixed c; all I1eavies 9c. Orders for {)0 chicks
25 chicks 2c more.
Sliver0 Lake Egg Farm, Box B. In 8llver Lake, Ind.

CHICKS—PULLETS

Thousands of Chicks at 80 11nd 111110000 l'11‘.~
lets, 60c and up. Pullers shipped C. O. I). on
approval. Writ; for snuiul lll'lCtS

FAIRV VIEW HATCHERY a. FARMS
Box 3 Iceland, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Livestock—Too Late To Classify

 

P o L L E D SHORTHORN BULL CALVES.
Heifers. Milking strains.
FRANK BARTLETT, Dryden, Michlgan.

8HEEP FOR SALE. WE ARE OFFERING AT
this time a few loads of good Ilelainc ewes,:1gc 2
to 5, each with a Bbig lamb at side. “rite for
prices. F. M. AHAN, Woodstock, Ohlo.

 

 

 

BUSINESS FARMERS EXCHANGE

 

50 \(‘ RIOS I .l\l 1’ Al} I‘} ANI)’I‘OI'A1’(OI’LAN'I‘S.

“:2 Special—fit]. 00 thousand. Sweet potato plants
(I) I I rompt shipments Shipped safely any-
AVIESH-i Old Dominion l’lant Company, Franklin,

 

(llOlC-l". Al).>\l”l‘ll l) SMALL GRAIN AND

IN .1113. Impiovcd .'\lllil‘ll 111 humor ‘Wlleot,
“olurine Outs. Improved Robust licans. A. Ii.
(‘ook Owosso,.\licl1ig1m.

 

 

 

POULTRY
RICHARDSON S ROCKY IIIIN‘ I" DAY AND
tuo necks old (IIIX. Stmk blood tested tllrm

years for lmcillury white diarrhea. W.Ricll.11'1l—
son, llanovon Michigan.

 

BETTER CHICKS .'\l‘ LIVING PRICES 4
go ltlcvelri breads. I'I igl\1\l\' 1101' Ir-ent ﬁof our chicks

_ o 01 cos 1111cr1-1.ritc.fl'l ., l' ' ‘ .
thcliﬁeld, Michigan. 1 ( 1 (‘Id 1 .1tcl1c1y

 

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pure bred Tum-red S. (.‘.\\l111c lcgllorn chicks
$10.00 (per Inmdrml. Barred Rocks and I.
Rods $11.00, from our own spa-ml muted ﬂocks.
\‘Irite for‘ prices on large ounnlltics. Arrowlicuzl
Ioultrv l¢21rn1 and Hatchery, Moutrosc, or Birch
Run, Michigan

 

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weeks 11t55c.Scar(l1 the (ountry for better if
you can. Above pr-ues means delivered. Check

or money order; for «mime amount 11111st accom-
our or er. 1 11am Andree Box 201'
knlkm, Mich. ’ ”

 

FOR SALE. WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 12.

to l4 weeks old at $1.00 each. English
Strum. Well matured, l.5 100 to select from.
Order quick. Buttons Hatchery, Hastings, Mich.

FOR SALE 3,000 ENGLISH WHITE LEG-
horn Pullets for .Iun J '
Knoll, Jr., Holland, M151??? Ni}? ileum” 1"

 

 

 

WIII’I‘E LEGIIORN CHICKS 7 . 8 .Il'
pullets 80c. Ed. Kroodsum, Zeelind, Migggan‘.

WIIITTAKE R' S RF. DS. MICHIGAN CERTI-
‘ R. O. P. trzmmsted. Both Combs. June
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$10 1101' hundred. liunetl Rmks Sl'i. Rose (‘.

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chirk less. Q1101” liatc,l1ery Zeelnml, Michigan.

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FARMS LIVESTOCK

 

FOR SALE OR TRADE 160 ACRE FARM

located in the heart of (lloverlaudg for. small
farm. Please address Box 50, care of Michigan
Business Farmer.

STOCK FARM FOR SALE. W. 1". RYAN, NEW
Richmond \Visconsin.

 

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either sex, $10. 00 (11911 with order. l’cdi 12;;

furnished. W191 0111.111 Land A. lumber (‘0, CXI

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LNGI ISII( BULL PUPPIES, LARG l" 'I‘Yl‘l'l I’l<. DI
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Baltimorew andeﬂe vstone tomatoes. $1. 50.
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good cook. No otlu r woman in CIlill'tfl‘f. I 331'“
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TOBACCO

HOVIESPUN CHEWING AND SMOK ING

tobacco; ﬂy. lbs $1. 25; ten 32 00; cigars 50
for $2. 00' pi e froe’lllflay,K when received. Farmers
Association. axons

TOBA(1}C95012hs nglNEFOUCII}; SWEEEBBIAF. P SMOK-
1n: ewmg . . hen
received. Ernest Cheats. Wingo, Kentucksy.y 1w

GOATS

NUBIAEN GOATS, OF EXCELLEN T .
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MISCELLANEOUS

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With Calf" or mone refunded. Remedy .
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Phone one of the authorized Maytag dealers listed below:

State of Mlchlgan

City “ Dealer
Adrian ................ Wilcox Hdwe. Co.
Alabaster.. ..... D. E. Christenson
Albion ...... ...Albion Maytag Co.
Algonae.... ......... C. F. Bertrand
Allegan ............. Vos Electric Co.
Alma .................. Alina Maytag Co.
Alpena ........................ J. A. Smith
Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Maytag Store
Armada ............ Russell J. Lawrence
Bad Axe .................. Slack Brothers
Bangor ............ J. G. Miller & Son

Battle Creek ..............................
............ Battle Creek Maytag Co.
Bay City ............ Walton-Morse Shop

  

Beaverton... ...... A. T. Brown, Jr.
Belding ............... Brown-Hall Co.
Belleville .................... John E. Rice
Benton Harbor..._(‘,utler & Downing
Berville ................ Parker Hdwe. Co.

Big Rapids....J. R. Bennett & Son
Birmingham ..............................
____________ Hawthorne Electric Co.

 
 

Blanchard .................... N. 0. Mason
Brant ....................... A. J. Locke
Britton ..... ...Alexander Gibson
Bronson ............ Forbes Maytag Co.
Bro\\n City .................... Lorn Koyl
Buchanan ______ Hamilton & Anderson
Burnips .................. John IIoeksema

Cadillac
...... Kryger & Currier Furn. Co.

 

Caledonia .......... VVegner & Clemens
Capac .................... John A. Bower
Carleton .................. E. W. Hartsig
Caro .............. ..Fred J. Purdy
(‘arson City .................. M. Harden
Cassopolis....lla1nilton & Anderson
Cedar Springs ............ John Buecus
Centerline ............ Riuke Hdwe. Co.
Charlotte ...... Charlotte Maytag Co.
Cheboygan ................................
...... Michigan Public Service Co.
Chelsea .............. Chelsea Hdwe. Co.
(.‘hesaning ........ Chesaning Elect. Co.
Clare, Clare Hdwe. 8.: Implt. Co.
Coldwater .......... Forbes Maytag Co.

 

Coloma ..... .. .Coloma Hdwe. Co.
Coopersville ...... Durham Hdwe. C0.
Covert .............. E. C. Vanderboegh
Croswell.... ........... C. W Lindke

 
 

Dearborn.. ...Nuendorf Hdwe. Co.
Decatur .......... H. 0. Waters & Co.
Deckerville....Stoutenburg & Wilson
Detroit .............. Detroit Maytag Co.

Dowagiac ...... Hamilton & Anderson
Drayton Plains ...... Noble N. Phelps
Dundee..................Cauchie & Gray

State of Mlchlgan

City Dealer
Edmore ................................
.Edmore Hdwe. & Implt. Co.
Elkton .......... George Wilson & Son
Elmira ........ S. J. Burdo Gen. Store
Elsie ...................... M. E. Williams
Evart .............................. W. B. Orr

Fairchild, Fairchild General Store
Farmington..N. J. Eisenlord & Son
Fennville ............ Dickinson Brothers
Fenton ........ ..E A. Lockwood

 

Flat Rock” . ........ F. Keenan
Flint ............ ...Flint Maytag Co.
Fowlerville .......... Will Sidell & Son
Frankenmuth ........ A. Nucchterlein
Fraser ............ Arthur H. Schneider
Fremont ........ Henry VanTatenhove
Gaylord ................ John M. Brodie
Goodells ................ Lewis W. McCue

Grand Haven ..............................
.......... Grand Haven Maytag Co.
Grand Ledge ..............................
............ Grand Ledge Maytag CO.
Grand Rapids ............................
.......... Grand Rapids Maytag Co.
Grayling, ...... Grayling Electric Co.

 

Greenville...... .......... Brown-Hall Co.
Hale .............. Nunn’s Hardware Co.
Hamilton ............ Harry J. Lampen
Harbor Beach .......... lVilham Glass
Hart ........................ R. J. Weitzke
Hartford... J. W. Walker Hdwe.
Hastings .......... Fleming Maytag Co.

OR the ﬁrst time in history, one distributor, servin

FARM WASHERS ~ «Every one

a M AWAG wit/z Gare/inc Malt: -Matoli'

g one section of the

country, takes a solid trainload of multi- motor washers 1n one shipment
for distribution to farm homes exclusively—showing the overwhelming

preference for Maytag Washers.

The size of this shipment is even more astounding when you consider that
it consists entirely of Maytag Aluminum Washers equipped with gasoline

power, whereas many farms have electricity and buy the

The Maytag gasoline Multi-Motor with a record

of 10 years’ successful performance, is just as simple,
compact and dependable as an electric motor. It is
in-built, a part of the washer—~no belts to line up,
and has a simple foot-starter that a woman can
operate. There is sufﬁcient power to run both the
washer and wringer at the same time.

The Maytag is the only washer with a seamless,
cast-aluminum tub. It holds four gallons more than
ordinary Washers—does an average washing in an
hour. Washes everything beautifully clean without
hand-rubbing—even collars, cuffs, wristbands and
grimy overalls.

Free Trial

for a whole week’s wash

Write or phone one of the Maytag dealers listed
below. Without cost or obligation use a Maytag
Aluminum Washer for your next washing. Discover
for yourself the many advantages that have Won
World Leadership for the Maytag. If it doesn’t
sell itself, don’t keep it.

THE MAYTAG COMPANY
NEWTON, IOWA

INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH:
923 North Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

 
 

For

2%.

  

State of Mlchlgao State of Mlchlnan

 
 
   
 
  

Cm: Dealer City Dealer
Hemlock .............. .......J E. Fuller Midland ............... ...H. C. Eastman
Hesperia.. .Husband &. Anderson Midland ....................................

Holland .......... DeVries & Dornboe ....Maytag Multi—Motor Sales Co.
Homer ..... ....Albion Maytag Co. Milan ................ (,‘eddis & Norcross
Hopkins. ....Vern A. Washburn Milford ................ Reid Hdwe. Co.
Howell.... ...... Charles H. Sutton Millington ..... Fred B. Wills & Co.
Hudson... H. T. Dillon & Co. Minden City ........ Frank E. Mahon
Ida ......... IV. A. Weipert & Sons Mio .............................. Orvin Kurtz
Ionia .................. Ionia Maytag Co Monroe ............ Monroe Maytag Co.
Jackson .......... Jackson Maytag Co. Mt. Clemens ............................

Kalamazoo....Kalamazoo Maytag Co. Mt. Clemens Maytag 00.

  
    

Lake Odessa ........ LaDue & Snyder Mt. Pleasant ............................
Lakeview ........ G. ........ Mt. Pleasant H. &. E. Co.
Lamb ....................... Muir ................ Branyan Hdwe. _CO.
Lansing... ....Lansing Maytag Co. Muskegon ........... - .N. G. Vanderhnde
Lansing .......... Fleming Maytag Co. New Baltimore ..........................

 
  

 

IAIpeer....Lapeer County Maytag Co. .................... Fountain Electric C0.
Lawrence ........ J. Thompson ISL Son Newberry, Estate of J. C. Foster
Leland ...................... Otto Schwarz Niles ............ Hamilton & Anderson
Leonard ..... .Frank Hdwe. (Jo. Northville ............ J. N. Van Dyne
Linwood .................... T. J. Wright Otsego ............. The Jones Hdwe.
Ludington ........ I'alm Furniture Co. Ovid ............... Marshall & Olson
Mancelona ........ Schroeder Furn. Co. Owosso ............ Fleming Maytag CO-
Manchester ......... Fred G. Houch Oxford ............ Johnson Hdwe. Co.
Manistee ............ \Varrcn A. Graves Parma .................. Goo. W. Hunn
Marine City .............. A J. Rochon Paw Paw ........ H. C. Waters & Co.
Mal'lette ................ A. R. Schlichter I’errington .................. E. H. Lucas
Marshall. ..... Albion Maytag 00. Perry ........................ Rann & Hart
Maybee .......... C. & G. Hochradel Petersburg. A. C. Gradolph & Son
Memphis. ..... Haight’s Hardware Petoskey A. Fochtman Dept. Store
Merrill .................... Alex McDonald Pewamo... ....Pewamo Hdwe. Co.
Middleton ...... Middleton Hdwe. Co. Pigeon .................... E. Paul 8; Son

 

Electric Maytag.

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with electric motor

State of Mlchloen

City Dealer
Plymouth ............ Conner Hdwe. 00.
Pontiac. ........ Pontiac Maytag 00
Port Hope .............. Engle & Smith

Port Huron ..............................
............ Port Huron Maytag 00.

Port. Huron ..............................
............ W. P. Smith Hdwe. Co.

  
 
     
   

Prairieville ................ F. . Hughes
Reed City ..... ... ..C R. Ringler
Remus ............ E. A. Walch
Riverdale .................. R. E. Moblo
Rochester.. ..George Burr Hdwe.

Romeo.........: ...... W. HGeorge Smith

Rothbury ........... F. Newman
Royal Oak... .PetHers Washer Co.
Saginaw ....... ..Walton-Morse Shop
Saginaw ........... Smith Hdwe. Co.

Saginaw ............ M. W. Tanner Co.
Sault Ste Marie..Cowan & Hunt 00.
St. Charles ........ Thorsby Furn Co.

St. Clair ........................ E. S. Hart
St. Johns, St. Johns Electric Shop
Sandusky ................ Otis Hdwe. Co.
Saranac ........ Wilkinson Hdwe. Co.
Sebewaing ........ J. C. Liken & Co.
Shelby ........................ A. J. Rankin

South Haven ............................
....Mersons Furn. & Music Store
South Rockwood" ..John Strong Co.

 

  
   
 
  
    
 

Tecumseh ........ Baldwin Hdwe. Co.
Temperance ................ R. W. Brunt
Three Rivers....Forbes Maytag Co.
Tipton ................ Conlin & Shroyer
Traverse City....Wilson Furn. Co.
Trenton ............ Trenton Hdwe. Co.
Trufant ..................... A. G. Miller
Unionville.. .J. H. Kemp & Co.
Utica ....................... E. W. Hahn
Waldenburg.... ..... William Stiers
Walled Lake .......... Frank S: Nook
Waltz ............. ..Krsyszke Brothers
Warren ....................... Fred Lutz
Watervliet.... ....H Pierce & Son
Wayland ...... L. Looyengood
Wayne ........................ John J. Orr
West Branch ....... E. H. McGowan
Wheeler ................ C. W. Lanshaw
Wlfite Hall .............. w. C. Snyder

Wyandotte ........ Gartner Hdwe. Co.
Wyandotte....Russell Supply Store
Yosuanti............Shaefer Hdwe. Co

 

    

 
  
    
 
 
  

 
 

 

 
  

 

