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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1927 '

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Past, Present and Future of the Cattle Market:

Expert Brings Out Certain Facts Which Throw Light Upon Market for 1928

OR the past few weeks the eyes
of the business world have been
cé‘ﬁ‘tered on crop conditions in

America and more “particularly
on the corn crop which has been

struggling through adverse condi-

tions over most of the corn belt this
year. The wheat crop is virtually
assured and it will more than amply
ﬁll the bread basket of America leav-
ing a large exportable supply. But
the corn crop, which determines our
meat supply, is of smallgsize compar-
ed with previous years. For the
next six weeks or so corn will be run-
ning a neck to neck race with Jack
Frost.

There is certain to be a large
amount of immature corn in the
country this fall but it does not nec-
essarily mean that there will be a
total loss of all that does not ripen.
The silo will prove itsdvalue in sav-
ing a vast amount of soft corn and
many farmers are already repairing,
buildingor planning to build silos
in preparation for taking care of
their crop.‘ There has been some
criticism against silage as a feed for
beef cattle but it has been proven to
be a very palatable and proﬁtable
feed for beef cattle as well as a ﬁne
feed for dairy cattle and sheep. Cat—
tle turned into the corn stalks. in the
fall do well with cotton seed cake or

linseed meal but tests conducted by

various experiment stations show
that there is only half the feed value
in dry stalks that there is in silage.
Although we may have a very light
crop of corn this year it does not
mean that there will be an acute
scarcity of feed.

Feeding programs in the corn belt
will have to be adjusted to conditions
prevailing in various sections this
There is a section of unusual—
ly good corn and one unusually bad
corn with the 95th longitude or near
it, separating the twosections. On
the west three states, South Dakota,

'Nebraska and Kansas and even down

to Oklahoma and Texas, the corn
crop is coming along in ﬁne shape
and there is a big increase indicated
by the government estimate. But

east of that line over the greater

part of Iowa, Illinois and states far-
ther east, the spring was too wet and
cold and the summer too cool, espe-
cially at nights, for corn to make
Consequently there
is a short crop in sight for the ma-

jority of corn belt states.

Lightest Since 1924

If the government’s estimate of
'August 1 is nearly correct, it will be
the lightest corn crop in this country
since 1903 with the exception of
1924 which was slightly less than the
recent estimate. In Kansas, Nebras-
ka and South Dakota, threstimate
called for an increase of more than
sixty per cent of the 1926 crop in
those three states. The Kansas crop

' EFORE the auto caravan that
made up the ﬁrst Michigan po-

tato tour dispersed at Alpena,

many,out of state potato buyers ex-
pressed surprise at the extent of- the

potato industry in this state and sat-
" isfaction with the program under

way to increase the quality of tubers

_-that come to their sales rooms.

One Ohio buyer stated that Ohio

-was interested morein quality than
 in price and that good seed potatoes
"g: could always be sold at a fair price.

_An_’Indiana representative who ac-

companied the tour said that his
._vstate could not compete in produc-
“ tion with 'Ohio and Pennsylvania in

_elds per acre and that a-flower seed
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was estimated at more than double
the 1926 crop.

Not only is a light corn crop indi-
cated by the estimate but there is
also a comparative scarcity of cattle
in the country. A recent survey
made by the government indicated
a falling off of 10,000,000 cattle on
farms and ranges during the last 'ﬁve
years. The reduction is already ap-
parent in the" cattle receipts at the
various markets. Total receipts at
twenty of the largest points up to
a recent date amounted to 7,100,000
head or nearly 1,000,000 less than
were marketed during the corre-
sponding period of 1926 and a fall-
ing off of around 900,000 head com-
pared with the ﬁve year average for
the same period. Receipts of cattle
usually swell during the last half of
the year but the marketward move-
ment this fall is not expected to show
an increase in production to previous
years. Many of the western stock-
men are intending to keep a large
share of their cows and heifers on
the range for breeding. The corn
belt cattleman is also paying more
than usual attention to building up
breeding herds. The result will be
less she stock sent to market.

Scarcity of Feeders

At present the corn belt cattle
feeder is facing a problem of replen—
ishing his feed lots and pastures and
the prospects for obtaining low cost
stock cattle looks rather discourag—
ing. The “in and out” cattle feeder
will not be “in” this year. He gets
“in” when corn is plentiful and
cheap. The regular cattle feeder

'weather the good years along with

the bad and contradictory as it may
seem, it is not unusual for cattle fed
on high priced corn to make the big—
gest proﬁts. The ideal situation would
be a herd of good cows suﬂicient to

Three Ways to Settle

MOUNTS of labor furnished and
received by members of a
threshing ring will show wide

variations, even though each mem-
ber aims to furnish help about in pro-
portion to the amount of grain he has
to thresh. Some fair settlement of
labor differences therefore must be
made between members and there are
three methods that can be used.

The ﬁrst of these is the bushel
basis. A bushel of wheat is consider-
ed equivalent to two of oats. The
total number of bushels of oats or
its equivalent for the ring is divided
by the total number of men, giving
the average number of bushels
threshed per man. Each member of
the ring who furnishes one man is
entitled to have this average number

The one change noticeable in pro-
duction methods in the potato sec-
tions is the increasing dependence of
the growers upon alfalfa and dairy
cattle for the maintenance of soil
fertility and to provide a profitable
market for their labor throughout
the year. '

Fits in Nicely

Alfalfa ﬁts into a four or six year
rotation nicely and the growers have
found that potato diseases can be
controlled much more easily where'
the crop is planted on the same ﬁeld
only once-inlour or six years. One
producer of table stock potatoes at
Greenville uses an eight year rota-

tion.

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raise two or three loads of calyes to
be fed out on the farm. But’most
feeders are relying on the western
cattle grower to furnish them with
stock cattle. Many stockmen in the
corn belt where corn is certain to be
scarce and much of it unmerchant-
able are planning to buy stock cattle
as low as possible and yet get fair
quality and with as much as they
can ﬁnd—something suitable to
carry along until winter sets in and
then be given a short ration of corn
for the February market or some
time shortly after the ﬁrst of the
year. Markets during the ﬁrst three
months of the year have almost in-
variably been proﬁtable for short fed
cattle. Others are planning a longer
operation and feel that it will be
better to stock their cattle through
the winter and in the spring turn
them out on grass with corn. They
will be ready for the early summer
market on 1928 when it is thought
prices will be very attractive for
most any kind of bovine stock. Al-
ready many feeders have gone to the
western ranges where they have
puchased thin calves by the head or
per hundred weight, usually paying
around $1.00 per cwt. more than they
had to pay a year ago. At Kansas
City and Omaha stocker and feeder
steers have been selling at $7.50 to
$8.50 with good quality feeders at
$9.00 and above. At Chicago there
will be train loads of range cattle
coming to market in a few weeks but
since grass has been so abundant out
west this summer, the majority of
range steers will be in good grass
ﬂesh and will undoubtedly meet with
brisk killer competition. A fair
grade of stocker steers averaging
around 500 to 700 lbs. has been
available at Chicago recently at $8.25
to $8.75 but students in that branch

Threshing Labor Odds

of bushels of grain threshed. If the
ring threshes more than this amount
for him he should pay for the excess
and if less, the ring owes him for the
difference.

To get the rate per bushel, the
value of all man labor used in the
ring is computed by multiplying the
approximate number of hours of
threshing by the number of men
furnishing the labor and this by a
fair rate, such as 25 cents an hour.
This total labor cost is then divided
by the total number of bushels
threshed, giving the labor cost a
bushel, which is used in ﬁguring the
amount due the ring and those owed
by the'ring. Settlements are made
through the treasurer.

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generally by producers of potatoes.
The usual application is from 250
pounds to 500 pounds. There also
is an increasing use of power dig—
gers for harvesting the crop. Men
who plant large acreages say that
the power diggers can be run deep
enough so that the slicing of a great
many tubers are avoided.

Both the yield per acre and the
quality of the seed potatoes obtained
have improved since the certiﬁcation
service began in 1920. That year
28.6 per cent of the ﬁelds inspected
were refused certiﬁcation, while last
year, only 11 per cent were refused
certiﬁcation although the" require-
ments are more stringent now than
in 1920. ,

of the trade feel that August will be i
the low month of the year on thin:
stock. Some corn belt ﬁnishers who ;
are fortunate enough to have a few‘
cribs of old corn still in store havei
purchased short fed steers at $10‘
and above. While there are alwaysi
a few who like to speculate on the
near future, the majority of cattle-,
men prefer to play a safer game and
buy thin stock as cheaply as possi-
ble. They seldom bring their stock
back without a good margin of profit.

In Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota
they will not have to ﬁgure much on ;
feed for they will have an abund—
ance. Feeders out there are buying
stock calves and steers like drunken
sailors, according to the words used .
by a. stockman who expressed his
idea of the situation after making an
extensive tour through the west.
They are paying from $35 to $45 perl
head for calves or around $5 to $10
more than a. year ago.

Expect Good Market

The marketing of cattle at twenty
points thus far this year has been\
around 1,000,000 head less than the
corresponding period in 1925. We
do not know what will‘be marketed
during 1928 but assuming that there 3
will be no increase over the present
year and summing up a few factsi
and ﬁgures, it looks as if the cattle ,
market next year will make the good 1
trade of today show badly. Provid-
ing the government estimate is nearly !
correct, we will have the lightest.
corn crop for over twenty years. In .
1924 the corn crop was about as{
light as this year’s prospective crop
and December corn at this time in
1924 sold at $1.20 on Chicago basis.
December corn recently brought the .
same price. Prices for feeding cat—
tle three years ago were $2.00 to
$2.50 per cwt. below present levels.
Fat cattle three years ago sold at.
$11.00 and $11.25 for best kinds at
Chicago. Now they are bringing
$14.50 to $14.65. The margin be-
tween feeders and fat steers is more‘
favorable now. Following the light
corn year of 1924, in 1925 corn ad—
vanced to $1.35 and fat cattle to
$16.35. What have we to look for
next summer? As far as prices are~
concerned it is anybody’s guess but
all indications point toward a very
healthy condition of the entire trade
on cattle.

Figuring it out algebraically,—if
at this.time in 1924, feeders costing
$8.00 were marketed at $16.00 ten
months later, then $10.00 feeders'
this fall should bring around $20.00
ten months later. Regardless of how
similar conditions may be one year
with another, there are too many un-
known factors, such as industrial
slumps, live stock diseases and other
abnormal conditions which might
change the entire scheme, for mar-
ket prices to be ﬁgured out mathe-
matically. "

Potato Growers Depend 0n Alfalfa and Dairy Cattle To Maintain Fertility

In 1920 the average production of
potatoes per acre in the state was
105 bushels and the certiﬁed seed
ﬁelds exceeded this average by 33.5 .
bushels per acre. The average yield ,
last year increased to 120 bushels:
per acre but the certiﬁed ﬁelds 6;:-
ceeded this increased average by 136
bushels per acre.  

Members of the farm crops depart-
ment at Michigan State College‘, ano‘

nounced during the tour that the.le ‘. ‘

cation for a sub—station' for the

study of potatoes would be deci‘déil‘, V,

upon in the near. future. The st§-.
tion will be located in a section where a
the production of both table stock?

and seed potatoes is a major patina:r 5

the farming program.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR

 

The exhibit of the State Department of Agriculture at the 1926 Michigan State Fair
was the ﬁnest and most educational we have ever seen in a long time and we are

assured it will be even'bettcr this year.

“ HOO-EY! Pig! Pig!” If you
hear something like that
while you are at the Michigan

State Fair, Sept. 5 to 10, you may

know that the champion hog callers

of the State are “doing their stuﬁ.”

:And if you ﬁgure-“you want to try a

hand at the pact-yes you better start

getting those vac-s1 cords in shape
because sane of the best voices in

Michigan will be competing. Of

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l“: , two weeks at the Madison Square

'Charlie Chaplin, tormented for

about the noise but just explain to
them that you are practicing for the
hog calling contest at the State Fair

. this year and maybe they will help

you out by producing a few grunts
and squeals to give you the right at—
mosphere for your best work.

The hog calling contest is only one

'of the new and attractive features

to be added to the program of the
1927 State Fair. Others include
horseshoe pitching which has a
large following among farm and
city folks alike, a contest for old
ﬁddlers, a horse pulling contest on
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons,
and a commercial cattle exhibit
sponsored by the Michigan Beef Pro-
dUCers Association.

Extra attention is being given to
the draft horses pulling contest and
prizes totalling $500 are being of—
fered. Teams will be divided into
'two classes, one weighing three
thousand pounds and under and one
weighing over three thousand
pounds. Prizes will consist of $100
to ﬁrst, $60 to second, $40 to third,

Southwest of the Land Where Tex Meets

that we had not over-appraised

the wonderful climate of this
city, which boasts the highest alt1-
tude of any capital city in the world.
It was still June, with ﬂeecy clouds
ﬂecking an azure blue sky and the
eternal snow of Popocatepet “smok—

BACK in Mexico City, we found
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ing mountain” and Ixtaccihuatl
“sleeping woman,” on either Side
We could

glistening in the distance.
no longer doubt the word of those
who lived in this delightful spot, that
here it would be June next December,
as it was June the second of
April when we returned. .

On Saturday afternoon we
went out to the rodeo, given for

promotor, who hoped to take
this exhibition of broncho-bust—
ing, bull—dozing and Mexman
cow—boy riding on a tour of
American cities, to begin with

Garden, in New York City. He
seemed anxious to get our re—
action to his show and was a
bit piqued, we thought, when
we told him that no American
audience, let alone our humane
societies, would countenance a
burlesque bull—ﬁght such as this
'in which the matador dressed as

half an hour a poor, defenseless
heifer, while the blood streamed
in rivulets from the banderlill'o
wounds on its shoulders. The
:Mexican crowd, composed large—
:ly of children, screamed with de-
light at the cruel antics of this
lown and would not be satisﬁed-
ntil he had driven a sword to
e heart of the poor beast and i
e mules had dragged the blood- .
"fspattered carcass from the '
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in justice to the better class
Spanish-speaking people the
id over, it should no doubt
:added, that the, present Queen



throbs of the populace or interpret the reply.
’ ' ﬁr , t ‘ﬁ‘wWare the hourly grist of  itWﬁqslg_

Remember the dates of the Fair, Sept. 5-10.

$30 to fourth and $20 to ﬁfth. The

‘ latest apprOVed dynamometer which

is the property of the Michigan State
College will be used to measure the
strength ‘of the animals.

Large Number of Entries

Never has Michigan had a larger
entry of live stock at her Fair than
this year, according to those in
charge, and it is expected that com-
petition will be of the keenest for
the premiums totaling approximately

$60,000. Four classes make up the
cattle department—beef, dual pur-
pose, dairy and commercial. In

horses there will be a draft horse
department, racing department and
a night horse show. Sheep and

swine will get at least the usual

amount of space and attention while
new classes and special prizes and
trophies have been added in the
poultry and pet stock show.

Last year the Agricultural Build—
ing was offered as evidence that the
interests of the farmers were promi-
nent in the make—up of the State
Fair and it was ﬁlled to overﬂowing

with exhibits connected with agri—-

culture. This year still more space
will be devoted to this important
industry. Exhibition space in the
huge Coliseum, just across the street
from the Agricultural Building, will
be taken up almost entirely with
State and private exhibits of interest
to rural folks.
We'll Be There

Those of you who were at the
1926 State Fair remember that THE
BUSINESS FARMER had a Service
Booth in the Agricultural Building
beside the entrance into the Dairy
Building, where we welcomed our
friends and had a chair for all who
were tired. This year we will be in
the Coliseum and we want you to
look us up. You will be in a hurry,
trying to see everything in a day or
so, but we want you to stop for a
handshake and say “howdy” at
least. Make our place your head-
quarters, where you can meet your

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MICHIGAN STATE FAIR CIIAllIPIONS

Two champions at last year’s State Fair that are expected back this year.

Strathglass Roamer, an Ayrshire bull from

Left,

Balmoral Farms, Ithaca, Mich. Right,

Corvisal, Belgian stallion owned by the Michigan State College.

By GEORGE M. SLOCUM

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the bull-ﬁght and therefore it is no
longer approved by the better class of
society. Thus the bull-ring has lost
the picturesqueness of the days when

«the royal boxes were brilliant with

gorgeous shawls, lacy mantillas and
ﬂashing gems. Today the bull—ﬁght
holds about the same place in Span-
ish society that the prize-ﬁght does in
our own land and much the same

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class are its habitues. That it may
perhaps, in another generation or so,
be entirely prohibited, seemed to be
the opinion of the Mexicans with
whom we discussed it.
Dinner with Minister Leon
Rare good fortune attended our
return to the capital, for here we
found awaiting us an invitation to
dinner at the home of Minister of

 

.Public letter-writers in.Mexieo City. So few can read or write in Mexico, that public letter-
writers are to be found everywhere who will, for a few hard-earned coppers, pen the heart—
Love letters, threats, condolences, birth‘notices;

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friends and rest. Also you may ex-
pect to ﬁnd our Service Tent between
the Poultry and Agricultural Build-
ings, where you will be equally as
welcome. ,

Every day will be feature day in
the Women’s Building, it being the
center of social affairs and housing
the needlework department and the
better baby show. Lovers of art will
want to wander through the Art
Building where a splendid collection
of pictures will be on display. Other
features having large followings are
the Boys’ and Girls’ Club work and
the Boys’ State Fair School. These
Will be. better than any previous year
accordmg to plans. In addition to
these there will be the regular fea—
tures ,which have become a perman—
ent part of our State Fair.

Entertainment

“All work and no play makes

Jack a dull boy,” so some entertain-
ment must be provided and you may
be sure the management has done
itself proud when it comes to that.
The feature on the ﬁrst ﬁve days Will
be 'horse races, both trotting and
pacmg, with plenty of vaudeville acts
and free attractions mixed in be-
tween the races. .Automobiles and
famous. drivers will hold the stage
Saturday, Sept. 10th at which time
many speed records may be broken.
A beautiful ﬁreworks spectacle, en-
titled the “Fall of Troy” will close
the night performances.
. As in years past the midway will
be there but the management has
promised that all objectionable fea-
tures have been eliminated, leaving
nothing but clean fun.

If you haven’t taken a vacation
yet this year try and get a few days
off at fair time and come down. If
you have—well, come anyway, be—
cause it certainly looks like we are
going to have a great fair, one you
will be sorry you missed if you stay
away. And while you are there do
not forget to look us up. We will
be there “At You Service" as usual.

Mex

Agriculture Luis L. Leon, which
gave us an opportunity to see the
home-life of one of the ﬁve govern-
ing heads of the Mexico of today.
It was a curious and most interest-
ing dinner party, for of the eight
persons present, four could speak no
English and three no Spanish, yet as
necessity is the mother. of all, good
things, we found little trouble in
understanding our delightful hosts
or enjoying their hospitality.

I was particularly glad to meet
Minister Leon “off—guard” and to
get a glimpse at the heart of this
man, who might easily be mis-
judged from his determined,
even stern and forboding ex-
pression, as he had talked to
our party, the previous Monday
at Celaya. Leon is the William
Jennings Bryan, the “boy orator
of Mexico,” for while he is still
under forty his “silver tongue,”
as well as his clear logic, has
swayed the multitudes and been
a large factor in the strength of
the present administration. Of
pure Mexican-Indian blood, he is
justly proud of his own success
and as determined that every
boy shall be given that same op-
portunity. He conﬁded to me in
broken English, which he is try-
ing hard to master, that the
hardest job in the world for him
is to try to impress with his
earnestness, an English Speaking
audience, through an interpre—
ter; I knew then Why he had
scowled and why the perspira-
tion had wilted his collar, as he'
talked to us through an inter—
preter and our own Cully Cobb
at Celaya. As is expected of
government ofﬁcial in all Latin
countries, Leon lives in a beau-
tiful Spanish-type home, which
might easily be pointed to as a
castle in Europe. He is immense-
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OVER 10 POUNDS.—“Mr. and Mrs. “THE LIFE PRESERVER.”——This title was given to this picture by Mrs. WHO IS THE HAPPIE
0. F. Allison and son, of Genesee county, Wm. Bosebrock, who failed to give us her address; The goat deserves this tell whether it is Forrest Kahler or his
with a ﬁsh caught by Mrs. Allison," name, according to Mrs. Rosebrock, because of the part its milk played in dog, Dick? Forrest's parents are Mr.
writes Mrs. D. Collins, Gratiot county. the raising of this baby. ' and NIrs. Clifford Kahler, Barry county.

ST?—Can you

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A COMING YOUNG DAIRYMAN.—“Our son QUITE A LAPFUL.—Simon Ballr,

Adolph with his 'pet calf, Mary Cobblestone (30- county, sends us this picture of Gilbert Baur hold- PICTURE TAKEN.”-—]Crrol
lantha, pure bred Holstein,” writes Mrs. Frank
Jehnzen, of Mecosta county.

of Huron “STAND STILL NOW WHILE YOU GET YOUR
Emery and Linnie Teed,
ing his two sisters, Letha and Leona, on his lap. of Missnukoe County, are having quite a time holding
Yes, quite n. lapful. Errol's pet lamb.

FROM ION’IA COUNTY.—-Donald HOW IS THIS FOR A CATCH?-—Eight pickerel weighing 34 pounds and “THOROUGHBREDS.”——Some
Lawrence May,“ son of lur. and Mrs.
Leo May of Ionia county.

thor-
one black bass 16 inches long caught in Hunter’s Lake by Mathew Ebsen oughbreds on farm of R. V. Lyons, Che-1
and Jacob Anderson of Montcalm county. boymln (“Dunn’-

‘ TWO GOOD PALs.—anmond and Snowball. Raymond is “A SWARM OF BEES IN MAY 15 AMONG THE FLOCK.—Mrs. Claude Hill of Gratiot
_ the son of Mr. and M11. Roy Holtsbel‘l'y, 0f Elusdale countyu WORTH A LOAD 0F HAY."~—So county, sends us this picture with ,the information that it
i; and Snowball is Raymond’s pet calf. writes Lawrence, Rogers, Antrim Co. is her with part or their ﬂock of sheep.

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children of school age. Ours are, all
too old but my husband pays tax on
' our land and. the people think I have
,no right to vote because I 'have no
ichildren of school age and my name
=‘is not on the assessment roll.—-Mrs.
R. K., Twining, Mich.

HE qualiﬁcations of legal school
electors are as  follows: 1,
twenty-one years of age; 2, full

citizenship; 3, three months a resi-
dent in the distirct previous to the
time of voting; 4, owner 'of property
in the district which is assesed for
school taxes; or a parent or guardian
of a child of school age (5 to 19 in-
clusive). ' If a taxpayer, the individ—
ual votes on all questions. If not a
taxpayer, but the parent or guardian
of children of school age, he votes
on questions which do not involve
the raising of money. A person as-
sessed on personal property in the
district has an equal voice in the
raising of money with those who
are assessed for real estate.

Since you have no children of
school age and do not own property
in the district which is assessed for
school tax, you have no vote at any
school election, unless you and your
husband hold a joint deed of the
land on which the husband pays the
tax.——'C. L. Goodrich, Deputy Supt.
of Public Instruction.

MUST USE MACHINE

Am a renter on a farm near a
large lake and during the summer
months I bottle my milk and cream
and deliver to cottages on the lake.
Have always capped my milk bot—
tles with my hands. A couple of
days ago a State inspector told me I
would have to buy a bottle capper
which would cost me $30.00 to put
the caps on the bottles. This would
be quite an expense for a small bus—
iness. Am I required to do this ac—
cording to the State law?——L. S.,
Crcssey, Mich.

HE rules and regulations cover-
T ing the production and sale of
milk and cream in Michigan re-
quire that milk sold for direct con-
sumption shall be sold in bottles
capped with a mechanical capper.
The particular part of the regula—
tions referred to reads as follows:
“All ca'pping of bottles shall be
done with a mechanical capper and
Grade B milk shall not be sold to the
consuming trade in containers other
than milk bottles.”

Grade B Milk under the regula—
tions is ordinary milk that can be
sold for direct consumption.——T. H.
iBroughtop, Director State Bureau of
Dairying.

DIVIDING PROPERTY

If a man and wife having children
'oWned a farm. One-third being in a
joint deed and two-thirds in the hus-
band’s name, what share would each
get in case of a death or separation?
Would wife get as much as though
it was all in a joint deed?——J. G.,
Midland, Mich.

HE property held under a joint
deed would all go to the wife
upon the death of her husband.

‘The remainder would be divided as
follows: One third to the wife‘and
two thirds to his children. In case
.of separation it would be divided by
iorder of the court in the separation
{proceedings—Legal Editor.

QUACK GRASS IS NOXIOUS WEED

Will you kindly inform me wheth—
er it is legal for a farmer to sow
quack grass seed on his own land
for pasture,————H. R. C., Saranac,
Michigan.

QUACK GRASS is a noxious weed

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in the State of Michigan, and

it Would be a violation of the
law to distribute this plant in any
form or manner.——C. A. Stahl, State
Seed Analyst.

CANNOT SHOOT MUSKRATS

Has a person a right to shoot
“ vmuskrats with a 22 riﬂe if he has a
'hunting license or a permit to carry
a gun?.——E. B., Ithaca, Mich.

072:: l HE law prohibits the use 01's;

22 riﬂe or any other ﬁrearms in
shooting muskrats. Act 111 of
the‘Public Acts of 1921 providing
for the use of a 22 in shooting
_ inuskrats was repealed by Act 89 of

I ,to. ,‘khdﬁr’iilicau‘vdt’e: '
at our school meeting“? We hays no‘

  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  

 
 
 

   
 

 

 

   
 
  

  

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  
 

 

 

LOOK US UP AT THE STATE FAIR, FOLKS .
This is the Service Booth that The Business Farmer had at the Michigan State Fair

last year for the use of its subscribers.

Those of you who attended the Fair will

remember that it was in the new Agricultural Building and you had n standing invi-

tation to come in and have a chair

We are going to be at the Fair again this, year

with a. Service Booth in the Coliseum and a Service Tent on the grounds and we will

be “At Your Service” so look us up.

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a ’ Farmers Service Bureau 4

(A Clearing Department for farmers’ every day troubles.
all complaints or requests for information address
you. All inquiries must be accompanied by full name and address. Name not used if so requested.)

Prompt careful attention given to

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the Public Acts. of 1925.——L. J.
Young, Director of Conservation.

TILE FOR LOW LAND

Will you kindly tell me which is
the best, concrete drain tile or the
regular tile for draining low land?
What should it cost per hundred
feet?—D. D. S., Elberta, Mich.

WOULD recommend reither soft

clay or glazed tile for this pur-

pose. Concrete tile have not
proven entirely satisfactory on muck
land.

Four inch drain tile varies from
$30 to $60 per thousand feet, de—
pending on the distance from the

factory.—O. E. Robey, Specialist,
Agricultural Engineering, M. S. C.

HOLD TWO OFFICES

Will you kindly advise me as to
whether it is lawful for a man to be
township treasurer and also treasurer
of one of the school districts? We
like your paper very much. Would
hate to farm without it. We liked
the way you took care of the chicken
thief—C. G., Middleville, Mich.

T would be lawful to hold the of-
ﬁCe of township treasurer and
treasurer of the school board so

long as the duties of one do not in—
terfere with the duties of the other.
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loci: of general interest. If
this department write your vows and send
letters are suitable for publication or not.)

 

o What the Neighbors Say ~

(We are always pleased to receive letters from our subscribers and
on agree or d?‘ not Iaux-eeTivlth what 3
tom n.

ladiy girlish those on sub-
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he editor is sole Judge as to whether

 

 

APPROVES
O the Editor: I want to con-
gratulate you upon the two
editorials on page 6 of THE
BUSINESS FABMEB of July 2nd.

The one entitled “No Corn Borer
Quarantine” covers the situation
very nicely and'your conclusion that
“Many are liable to take the view—
point that if they are not to get pre—
ference over those who failed to live
up to the program laid out why
should they cooperate with the offi—
cials?" is correct. While we were
denied the embargo against Ohio
corn never—the-less I think that our
demand had somewhat of a whole—
some effect in getting Ohio to clean

up and I think perhaps the Federal
Horticultural Bbard has simply
given Ohio another chance to make
good. Should Ohio,refuse to com—
ply with the clean-up regulations to
the fullest extent, I am sure that
next year the Federal Horticultural
Board will look at the matter in a
different light.

Your editorial in reply to the let-
ter from one of your subscribers
who was opposed to the eradication
campaign cannot help but be of
great value to the farmers of Mich-
gan. It a publication like yours has
one mission that is more important
than another it is to keep its readers
thinking straight and acting along

 

 

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‘ are all right if the details show up well. ,Do

4 Where Our Readers Live a

Haven't you a picture of {our home or farm bulldlnol that we can print under this heading?
0 The Business Farmer’s large 1 K

smily where you live oda lctures

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not send u: the negatives. Just a goo print. :

 

FARM norm or BAY COUNTY READERS

    

 
  

“We have been readers of M. B. F. for many years and enjoy it very much.” writes.
. Mr. and Mrs. David Bowker, of Bay county. This is their home.

I

  _. , , , mil .
, ;_‘:ment could do a kit

, _ ,ot dame»  
'For‘ your intomation let me say .
that the clean-up campaign in Mich-

”‘lg'an‘has "b'e’envninety‘snine per cent

'plu’s‘f'i'ii" other“ words, over iiinety- '
nine precent of all the 80'0,000'acres
of 1926 corn ﬁelds were cleaned up
by the farmers without the ,assis-
tance of either the Federal or State

I agencies.

The loyal support which your pub-
lication has always given this depart—
:ment when ‘we were working along
right lines has been appreciated but
the great service which you have
rendered has been to your readers in
keeping them thinking and acting in
a manner to promote their economic
welfare and make them better citi-
zens of the State of Michigan..—-A.
C. Carton, Director of Bureau of
Agricultural Industry.

WILL TAKE RABBITS
EAR EDITOR: I noticed J. P.
G.’s letter from Lansing and
also some time ago one from
some one complaining about rabbits
and I can tell them one good and
harmless way of getting rid of their
pests. Just catch them carefully,
put them in a crate and ship them
to me. I will be more than willing
to give them a home if the neighbors
worthless hounds will leave them
alone. /

I have spent most of my life on
the farm and have always been
where there are rabbits and birds
and I have never seen where they do
any damage. I always put out feed
for the rabbits in winter and they
live around the barn and in the or-
chard and are welcome.

But there is one pest that is not
prohibited by law that I wish some-
thing would be done about it and
wish you would give us a boost for
I notice that what you undertake
through THE BUSINESS FARMER usu-
ally goes. That is allowing hunting
dogs and other bum hounds to run
loose during the spring while the
little bunnies are just starting to
amble around and also before, while
they are still in their holes. Better
yet make it a law that they must be
kept tied up at all times for they
are a regular pest. They chase
stock, learn to kill sheep and other
things as well as game. And what
is the use of stocking a county with
rabbits and allowing dogs to kill
half the young. Get rid of these
dogs and they will increase fast
enough. Every one will be glad to
disperse with their eternal barking
and life will be just a little better
for us humans as well as for the
bunnies. Sincerely a friend. of game
and birds.—~—L. F. F.

 

Here's hoping M. B. F. has a prosper-
ous future. It sure seems good to have
a. good farm journal in our own state.
Let us keep our eyes on the chicken thief
and the corn borer and we will come out
all right—C. H. L.. Clayton, Mich.

 

 

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.1'hey will be sent to on with-
out charges of any kind.

 

 

 

 

 

LIST OF BULLETINS.

No. l.—-POULTRY RATIONS. .
No. 2.—MODERN WATER SUPPLY.
No. 3.——SOIL FERTILIZERS,

No. 4.—-—SEED CORN CURING.

No. 5.—GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.
No. 6.—BEFORE YOU INVEST.

No. 7.—-—FARM SANITATION.

No. 8.—FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
No. 9.—FROM EGG TO MARKET.
No. 11.——-MINERALS AND F'EEDING.
No. l2.——LINSEED OIL MEAL.

No. 13.-——FIGHT THE CORN BORER.
No. 14.——UNDER-GRADE APPLES.
No. 15.———RAISING APPLES. I

No. 16.—TIRE CARE. .

No. l7.—FARMERS’ TAX GUIDE.

No. 18.———BARNS AND HOW TO BUILD.
No. .19.—-—CONCRETE BUILDINGS.

No. 20.—MOTHS AND BEE'I‘LES.

No. 21.———FEEDING FOR EGGS.

No. l22.—-—CHICK CARE AND FEEDING.
No. -23.——BETTER GRAINS AND' HAY.
No. 24.—100 FOODS FROM 4 RECIPES.

 

Bulletin No. 25.—FARM LEASE 8Y8?  '

TEMS IN 'MICHIGAN. Prof. F. T. Rid-é
dell, who prepared this bulletin,

thoroughly. ‘Every farmer in Michigan'
should have a, copy ,0 this-bmletin.‘ '

 
     
 

 

 

 

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,tarm lease expert .at. the I-Miobigaxi State '- ‘
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DEPT. STORES

FROM COAST TO COAST

MICHIGAN

Adrian
Albion
Allegan
Alma
Alpena
Battle Creek
Benton Harbor
Big Rapids
Calumet
Caro
Cheboygan
Coldwater
Escanaba
Hillsdale
Holland
Houghton
Ionia
Iron Mountain
Iron River
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Kalamazoo
Lapeer
Ludington
Marquette
Manistee
Manistique
Monroe
Muskegon

I Niles
Owosso
Petoskey
Port Huron
Saginaw
St. Johns
Sault Ste. Marie
Sturgis
Traverse City

 

 

 

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774mth This Nation- Wide
Personal Mapping Sen/Ice-

CHOOL TIME!

budget if she doesn’t
shop with care and
discretion.

This year why not fol-
low the example of the
millions of mothers
who have found how
to effect large savings
on their family require-
ments? Go to your
nearest J. C. PEN-
N E Y C O M P A N Y
D E P A R T M E N T

STORE and shop be- ‘

fore you buy!

You will ﬁnd greater
values than ever be-
fore at our nearest
Store, for the J. C.
P EN N E Y C O M -
PANY now has more
Stores and larger cash

Experienced Young

alesmen wanted to
train for our store
Managers. .

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v New clothes time!
Money-spending time! Every mother
knows how this can use up the family

 

HELPING THE BOYS AND GIRLS
RETURNING TO SCHOOL

Boys’ FourvPiece Suits
in medium grey and tan fancy weave cassimere;
single-breasted model with 1 longie.  
1 knicker and vest. Sizes 6 to 16 years. '

Boys’ 805 Ecru Ribbed Union Suits
Fleeced; good weight; long sleeves and ankle
length or short sleeves and knee length. 
Sizes 2 to 12 years . . . . . . . . . c

Boys’ 812 Wool-mixed Grey Ribbed Union
Suits—Long sleeves and ankle length. $
Sizes 2 to 16 years . . . . . . . . . 

Boys’ 202 Heavy—weight Ribbed Hose
In black and cordovan; made of combed 25c
yarn. Pair . . . . . . . . . . . .

Girls’ Dresses
Of ginghams, chambray and small all-over
printed eﬂ'ects; plain colors; embroidery, 98c
pleats. Generous pockets. Sizes 7 to 14.

Girls’ 300 Fine Gauge Full Mercerized
Hose in both regular and popular 2 5c
English rib; black and colors. . . Pair

School Shoes
For boys and girls, excelling in leathers and
workmanshipwthe kind giving sturdy wear and
style pleasure at price-savings.

Supplies for the schoolroom—pencils, pads, etc.

 

 

 

Celebrating our 25th Anniversary
with Nation-wide Values:

A NA T/ON- WIDE
INSTITUTION-

buying resources than in all our past twen-
ty-ﬁve years. The result is greater savings
on all of our purchases—and, as always,

these important
savings are passed
on to our customers.

A few dollars saved on
Shoes and a few dol-
lars saved on needed
Stockings, Underwear
and Clothing soon
mount up to a tidy
sum. You will make
those savings at our
stores. In addition,
you will have the ad-
vantages of seeing ex.-
actly What you buy
BEFORE you buy it!
Here you can examine
quality, color and ﬁt
and know that you are
getting the fullest
VALUE for every
dollar you spend.

Write today for our
illustrated “Store
News Fall Cata-
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Alligator Steel Belt Lacing gives e1L - —- ' ‘ -'
tremely long service. The tight Alligator ‘ - - 
grip of steel protects the belt ends where
trouble usually starts. Quick and easy to
the two sections of
binge pin. Follow directions. Recom-
mended by agricultural schools, manu-
jacturers of farm machinery and belting
and by millions of farmers.

Your regular dealer has the size you

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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/, Superintendent of the Steuben County (N.Y.) Farms. The Papec
" ‘l' cuts ensilage ﬁne and even, so that it will pack ﬁrmly. It “ears
3/”? up corn” as fast as a man can throw it from the wagon. Needs

 g! no man at the feeding table, thanks to the Third Roll. Fills
1' the highest silo without stress or strain. Operates at low cost.

   

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Four sizes—ask your dealer to show them.
Write us TODAY for FREE 1927 Catalog

Papec Machine Co.

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INFO. BURT Q SONS. Box 150. Hello“. Ohlo

Use K-R-O freely in: the home.
house with absolute safe _ .
proved that it kills. rats mice. every turn but.
other animals and poultry are not unwed by the

largest doses.
N at}! poison

K-R-O is made of powdered equill—the new safe
way urged by Comment Expert. Does not con-
tain arsenic, phosphorus, barium Carbonate or any
other deadly poison. At It Moist. 7.,5co Large
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ROSS METAL SILO

Madeof copper-content Rormdalpdvaniud.
No shrinkage or swelling. Can be increased
in height. M’ovable. Safe against. ﬁre and
wind. No freeze troubles. Send for reman-
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Fertilizers for Wheat

REAT interest concerning ferti-
; lizers for wheat is being shown
‘ in the correspondence I have re-
ceived lately. ii: in also. quite evident
that much of the grain which has
i u; s t b e e n
.threshed in this
 section has been
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lack of s o m e
f o o (1 element.
, J net as barley

I and wheat were
.' beginning’to
; show signs of
 ripening, it was
1 my privilege to
, spend an evening
with a man who.
for thirty years,
has made ferti-
lizer a study, and
who has established a. very extensive
business in that line. His home is
in Connecticut, and, more as a pas-
time I imagine, than anything else,
' he has come here to Michigan for the
j purpose of buying a few carloads of
, milch cows to ship into his section.
His fertilizer experience began when
he' was sent, some thirty years ago,
, to Maine as a. manager of a company
2 who were selling fertilizers, and
jobbing in potatoes. They had about
twenty-ﬁve different stations, and by
selling fertilzers he became interest-
I ed in them to the extent he did con—
siderable experimenting with them,
in fact so much so that he purchased
two or three farms on which to carry
on the experiments. It soon became
apparent to. him. they should have a.
‘fertilizer. factory of their own, so
they built one, and the business they
transacted was far greater than they
had anticipated. The call for their
fertilizer became so great over in
Quebec, they went over there and
built another factory. This was nec-
essary on account of the duty the
Canadians had to pay to get the
United States fertilizer into their
country. When, in answer to his in-
quiry, I told him that many farmers
here sowod only 150 pounds of fer-
,tlizer per acre on their Wheat, he

L. W. MEERS

laughed. “Well, let’s see,” he said.
“This room is probably 16‘ feet
square. One hundred sixty pounds

of fertilizer per acre would be a
a pound to one square rod, or a pound
on a space as large as this room. If
I should give you a pound of coffee
(ground) and you should sprinkle it
evenly all over this ﬂoor, would you
think it was very thick?” I told
him, however, that. the application. of
a 150 pounds of high grade fertilizer
Eper acre made a great difference in
the yield. He contened that two or
three times that amount might be
'used with proﬁt. He said he had
stopped his car several times that
day, climbed over fences to get.- into
wheat and barley ﬁelds to inspect the
glrernels in them, and: said he could
tell very closely, by the. straw and
, kernels, what plant foodthe soil. was
1 deﬁcient in, and concluded that phos-
f phorus was the element most lacking
.in our soils—we grow straw large
' enough but the kernels of grain were
' undersized. He said the liberal use
: of phosphates would double the yield
- in many ﬁelds by making the kernels
Slarger. This seems quite probable.
» We helped a neighbor thrash his. bar-
ley today. To look at the number of
shocks one would: imagine a good
yield, but it was only about. half
'what one would expect. The barley
.kernels were very small, and it re-
:quired no great stretéh of the ima-
,' glnati‘en to see the yield might. have
3 been doubled by the use of 3.00. or
1 400 names of acid phosphate.

A man: from an adjoining county
was recently here, and said that their

 hall hem cared for the best of

any; he knew. They have a large
‘ farm with much. stock—To steers,
'2906 cheap, are. The more was
used to the very best advantage, and

 

   

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with crop yields. He experimented
with phosphate with most satinfac-
tory results. 'Next they began trying
out ground limestone. This made
the phosphate give a far better
proﬁt. They sow two tons of wound
lime stone per acre—this is a. carload
on twenty acres. He said they lived
three miles from town and railroad,
but by a system they had they could
put a forty ton car of lime on a
twenty acre ﬁeld in one day. That
seems like going some, but when he
explained the “system” it was easy
enough.
* i t
Oalts and Wheat Yields

Here is a man who wants to know
how much phosphorus, nitrogen and
potash a 50 bushel yield of oats and
a 25 bushel yield of wheat on the
average, removes from the soil.
M0000] and Millar, of the M. S‘. C.
are authority for the following
amount of plant food elements these
crops contain. The 25 bushel wheat
crop and 2500 pounds of straw
takes 42% pounds of nitrogen, 16%
pounds of phosphoric acid and 21
pounds of potash. A 50 bushel crop
of oats and the straw contain 48
pounds of nitrogen, 18 pounds of

phosphoric acid and nearly 41
pounds of potash.
This subscriber evidently con-

eludes that if he knew just what a
crop. contained in plant food ele—
ments, he could easily ﬁgure what
fertilizer to apply. But this ﬁguring
is not so easy. Soils differ in. the
amount of available plant food they
contain, and if additional plant food
is suppied the growing plant can not
use it all. If plant roots were a
dense mass throughout the layer of
soil where the fertilizer is sown, the
case would be more simple. As it. is,
the roots while very numerous, can
not reach all the food elements and
for this reason we must use more
plant food than the crops contain in
order to have enough of it where the
roots really are. Again, the mois-
ture content of the soil at different
growing periods has a. great inﬂu-
ence on making these chemical plant
foods available. The amount of or-
ganic matter also has much to do
with their usefulness- There,- is a
limit" as to how much]. fertilizer
should be used when. the organiic con-
tent of the soil is deﬁcient. Better
go slow and increase this organic or
humus supply before trying to pro-
duce maximum crops- with- the aid of
commercial plant food.
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Other Questions

Several write about sowing alfalfa
or sweet clover this fall. That is
one of Nature’s ways which she will
not allow Man to follow- Very sel-
dom is it a. success to sow clover,
sweet clover or alfalfa in the fall.
Nature sows it then and get results,
but then Nature some clever seed
along. the road sides in old June
grass sod that hasn’t been plowed in
100 years and gets her seed: to: grow
and produce a crop that hides. the
fences!

Another man asks about timothy.
If timothy is desired. it is very suc-
cessful to sow it at wheat seeding
time. We sow it: behind the drill
where it will not. cover too, deep- Do
not use much seed if you intend to
sow some of the legume crops em the
ﬁeld with it in the spring; I have
often seen the timothy start. so
strong it did‘ not give the clovers a
chance. For this reason many do
not sow timothy when they seed? the
wheat, but wait until him or three
weeks later.

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11:22.

“ OW can We have faith in God?”
said the railer. “God does not
care else he would not send

such disastrous ﬂoods and earth—

But, happily, not many be-

lieve that these are instruments of

God’s torture. ~ We are gradually

moving away from the blasphemons

notion of an autocratic and revenge-
ful God, in favor of Jesus’ picture of

a loving and merciful Heavenly

Father. Jesus was fondly seeing

good in nature’s ways. Just haw

good is connected with the Mississip—
pi ﬂoods, no human knows. It is
deeply enfolded in divine mystery.

That there is good in any sorrow has

been an inscrutable mystery from of

old, but proved by the child of faith.
“‘Have faith in God.” These words
Were spoken by our Lord to his dis-
ciples in a time of great need. Un—
usual and disappointing circumstanc—
es were taking place in the ﬁnal days
of Jesus’ ministry. The disciples
were baffled in the interpretation of
these things. A subtle unbelief had
attacked their lives. At this junc-
ture their Master urges them to
conﬁdence and undoubting faith in

God. This shall have its reward in

a life of power and understanding.

Every soul has its dark days, and
these for many rob faith of much joy
and strength. Do they? A certain
elderly woman who is dear to the
writer, has maintained joyful trust
and conﬁdence through long years
weighted with earthly cares and

sorrows of uncommon nature and '

variety. Here is a mother, who,
though unsung, has won distinction
with God.
patiently striving for joy and happi-
ness, yet. it has come through a pa-
tient service
conditions. It is evident to those
about her that she sees a light in the
darkness that comes only to the
trustful. It is the light of Jesus that
trusted God to the end.

A growing faith is the demand. of
this Teacher. He says, we “shall
believe that what he saith cometh to
pass.” It is patent that there are
times in our lives when the words of
Christ are inst Words. I have been
pruning some cherry trees. Some of
the limbs are just limbs.‘ They are
without foliage or promise of fruit-
age. Other boughs are dressed out
in leafy green. This contrast my
be applied to the truths of the Gas—
pel. If they are but sapless words
to us, it is because we are languid
and faithless. “The words that I
{have spoken unto you are spirit and
are life,” says Jesus. “But there
are some of you that believe not.”
There it is. If the Gospel, “Have
faith in God," and as incarnated in
the life of Jesus, seems pale and life-
less, it is because the reader is pale
in his belief. There is very much of
this idle Bible reading indulged in
as a sop to conscience.rBut when one
earnestly reads, healthily digests,
and energizingly believes, one has
found an open door to trust and
satisfaction. So, the cure for low-
toned Christian living is to trust
God more consistently in all kinds of
weather. The writer has observed
that’ those who ﬁll mind and heart
with the spirit of faith, and go
about doing good after the manner
of the Master, reap a harvest of joy
and peace the while. And faith has
a way of multiplying such goodness
into heaven if one faints not.

“Have faith in God.” Faith’s hand
leads in all growth and progress.

_ I have just completed an automobile

journey of several hundred miles.
Everywhere along the route one saw
evidence of man’s faith in the fu-
ture. Churches, schools, and great
industrial plants, ' are building for
 and the days ahead. Native faith
is uilding itself into structures that
sum long'outlive the builder. While
' he!!! Is'sinful presumption in. much

 .éf'  effort. it remains true that

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heart a lot of creative goodness ’1

which, if put to work, will have prac-
tical issues for other generations.
But our text means something ad-
ditional and diﬁerent. It refers to
that great attitude of the soul that
each one exercises toward Jesus
Christ. It interrogates the heart
relative to character building. Let
us not fancy we have a Christian
faith if the near things are to us the
great realities, and the future is dim
and mahstantial. Noah had some-
thinglikethistodecide. Hedeeided
it on the basis of faith in God. He
believed God’s word that arose m
were selﬁsth engaged in- buying and
selling, in building and marrying,
had set their hearts only on the
shadowy and temporal. Somehow
this ancient patriarch got hold of
the things that abide. But how
about folks now-a—days? Does the
modern disciple confessedly believe
in the moneyless and propertyless

‘ booster?

a. Sunday mfessm' and mm
And how many of as have
Christ’s faith-hold upon the invisi-
ble future? How far ahead does
our faith reach? Let us see that the
triﬂes of earth do not get so near as
to cut off our heaven.

But the many inquiries that come
to our desk indicate that there is a
reaching out for a more articulate
and satisfying’faith in God. A blind
and lifeless faith in creeds and cere-
monies is failing to feed the spiritu-
ally hungry. Let church leaders quit
covering up Jesus Christ with an ac—
cumulation of dogma and tradition.
Give hungry hearts a chance to feed
on the Bread of Life. Amidst the
storms and pains and temptations of
life, we need the outstretched hand
of our Savior. To be with Jesus is
to have communion with God.
Christianity started as a companion-
ship with a Life that walked in har—
mony with God, and Christianity

knows no other way to this day.
“Lo, I am with you always,” is the
surety that faith will keep us in the
loving care of a Heavenly Father.

But hindrances Within and with—
out compel every disciple to sustain
faith through prayer and fasting

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touched him were made whole.
Prayer increases faith, and faith in-
creases power, and power increases
life‘s charm and usefulness. Life
begins in faith, and is sustained only
through faith. “At ﬁrst it may be a.
trembling trust in One whom we
have not tested; but lastly, it is the
clearseeing of a Friend who has be-
come the constant companion of our
souls. This faith—vision rightly inter-
prets the trials and sufferings of life.
“I reckon,” said Paul, “that the
sufferings of this present time are
not worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in
us.” This is the way the apostle
walked by faith. He
from “the Author and Perfecter of
faith.” So can all of us.

 

I am a. reader of your paper and like
it very much. There are so many help-
ful articles in THE BUSINESS FARMER—
A Reader, Constantine, Mich.

 

I am a peristent reader of the M. B. F.,
and enjoy it very much. I think it is a.
wonderful institution of aid to the farm-
ers of Michigan—C. A., Howell, Mich.

 

We depend on the M. B. F. for so many
things and think it a very valuable pubs
licatlon.—-H. F. H., Jackson, Mich.

 

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NEW EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS— 

New prize-winners, new exhibits, new methods,
cattle shows, produce, horse shows, contests,
auto shows. Hundreds of worth-while displays
in agriculture, electricity, machinery, house-
keeping and child welfare. Every minute you
spend at the exhibits of the 1927 Fair means
minutes and dollars saved in the years to come.

Come when you like —- stay as long as you.
like—25c admission. Children under ten free.

HUNDREDS OF
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES

New and unusual Midway Concerts by 6 bands daily
Big Horse Show Horse Races

Horse Pulling Contests Hundreds of performers for
Milking Contests the biggest night show ever
Bait Casting Contests Fireworks spectacle nightly

SPECIAL LAST MINUTE OFFER
A cup from Belgium—donated b the breeders of Belgian horses
in that country, for the best allround Belgian exhibited at the
Michigan State Fair. 1 r y Write for details.

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OCKETS, bombs, Hon. . iisplays and ﬁeld pieces

by the score‘—-the State Ef'iair ﬁreworks this year
will be more lavishly beautiful than ever before. No
expense has been spared to make this the most
breath-taking, eye-compelling spectacle of the age.
Different displays every night during Fair week.

And the big climax every night—the "Fall of Troy”
——a history in ﬁreworks without a peer. See the
wooden horse enter the city. See the wily Greeks
outwit the Trojans. See the story of the battle

told in never-to-be-forgotten tongues of ﬁre.

Thousands of educational exhibits, entertainments

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SEE YOU AT THE STATE FAIR

HOSE of you older folks who have made the
Michigan State Fair an annual vacation have
followed this great exposition through quite

a change within comparatively few years. You
have seen it as one of the best agricultural fairs
and watched it each year as it took on more and
more of an industrial exposition appearance until
it reached the point where there wasn’t much left
to interest rural folks. Perhaps you wondered
where it would all end up. We did, and protested
about it in our columns. But the pendulum
started to swing back shortly after that and at
the "1926 State Fair 3. ﬁne agricultural building,
the ﬁrst one ever to be erected on the grounds,
was opened and dedicated to the farming inter-
ests of Michigan. And it was ﬁlled to overﬂow-
ing with exhibits on agriculture. Horse racing
had become a thing of the past but last year it
was revived and given the leading place on the
entertainment program. Here and there in the
various departments agriculture was taken from
the back of the shelf, dusted off and brought to
the front. '
, Nearly a year has gone by and within less than
a fortnight we will again be attending the State
Fair, this year under a different management
than ever before. Will this be the best fair ever
held? That question can not be answered until
all is over but certainly plans indicate that it will
be. Agriculture is to receive far more attention,
we are told than for many years. Contests on
{hog calling, draft horse pulling, old time ﬁddlers
and horseshoe pitching are some of the features.
Good old fashioned contests‘ of this kind, with
some clean horse races mixed in, and exhibits of
the ﬁnest farm products and live stock in the
land will make mighty full days, days you will
enjoy to the fullest and remember for months,
even years, to come. ,
We are going to be there and we hope you are.
Perhaps you think you can not get away, and
maybe you can not, but many farmers keep their
nose so close to the grindstone piling up a sur-
plus of farm products that they do not get a
chance to enjoy life to any great degree or get
the opportunity to look about them to learn more
about the better things of life and how to get
them. If we get away from the job for a day or
so every now and then work does not become so
tiresome.
Drop in at our Service Booth or Service Tent
while at the Fair so we can become better ac-
quainted.

FILLTHESILO

‘ NE of our most valuable weapons in our ﬁght
0 against the European Corn Borer is the silo,
and if all our corn Was out within two inches

of the ground and then made into ensilage we
would have Mr. Borer under an extreme handicap.
In Canada where the work of the borer has been
the most extensive silos are few and far between.
Never will the damage be so great in Michigan
because it is a. dairy state and the silo plays a

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moms um um,

‘ doubt if there'is a single individual who is I

more interested in the Michigan State Fair

than Mr. Ira H. Butterﬁeld, father of Pres.
Kenyon L. Butterﬁeld of our M. S. C. His in-
terest began in 1854 when he, ayoung lad of 14:
years, drove his father’s ﬂock of sheep to the Fair
to be exhibited and he has been in attendance
every year since then, except in 1861, 1862, 1863
and 1873. Not only was he an exhibitor many
of these years but for thirty of them he was sec-
retary so it is not to be wondered at that he feels
such a great interest in our State Fair.

His great interest has been very appropriately
recognized by the Fair oﬁicials with a “Ira. H.
Butterﬁeld Special,” a. class in wheat which has
been added to the regular list of the 1927 State
A very ﬁtting tribute to a. grand old man
who, without doubt, knows more about Michigan
agriculture than any other living person.

 

“MGHIGIAN,  GLAD HAND MATE”

LMER G. JOHNSON, a former Michigan boy,
has secured a copyright on the cleverest idea
we have seen for advertising Michigan. He

has made a design, taking advantage of the fact
that the lower peninsula of our State is naturally
shaped like a mitten and in this mitten he has
placed an open hand. Under the outline of the
upper peninsula and at the left of the lower
peninsula is the picture of a man with a smile on
his face and his right hand extended to greet you
as he says “howdy.” At the bottom of the de-
sign appear the words, “MICHIGAN, The Glad
Hand State."

Michigan is noted for its beautiful scenery, ﬁne
ﬁshing streams and lakes and its summer resorts
and every year cars from every state in the Union
are found within its borders. The more friendly
we are to these folks, the more we make them
feel at home, the more they will be inclined to
return in future years and bring friends with
them. If “MICHIGAN, The Glad- Hand State"
appeared on all literature advertising Michigan
and was used in all publicity going out of our
State to attract the tourist we believe it would be
sowing the right kind of seed to reap a bounti-
ful harvest. We would 1ke to see this design
become the property of Michigan to be used with-
out charge by all who were interested in boosting
the State.

OUR BABY CHICK BUSINESS

LEVEN and one-half million accredited baby
E chicks were sold in Michigan last year, ac-
cording to officials of the Michigan Poultry
Improvement Association. This is a nice sub-
stantial gain over last year when eight million
were sold. Taking ten cents per chick as an
average price the total sales during the 1927
season amounted to $1,150,000. Michigan’s
chick business, under the accreditedsystem, is
making steady and substantial growth.

SOUNDS SENSIBLE

N the estimation of Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine farmers can not depend too much on
the government for assistance, but if they will

organize on a. large scale and adopt strong busi-
ness policies and then have the assistance of the
government in a. ﬁnancial way they will be able
to get some place. Organization plays a big part
in the success of other industries so why would-
n’t it help agriculture? Sounds sensible to us.

 

THANKS H. B. P. for $50 REWARD
EAR EDITOR: Concerning the reward
duo 'Almn Hall, the check for ﬁfty
dollars ($50.00) has arrived .- ‘-‘.
wish to thank you for it and the inn.
your organization has taken in this matter.
We wish to tell you, too, that we are all
(the Halls) for the M._B. F. and will never
miss a chance to boost for the best all
around farm paper ever printed, “The M.
B. F." We noted in your July 2nd issue
the reward offered for grain. and other
thefts from the armor and are glad and
think this will a mighty good thing.
We believe you are doing more‘for us “poor
old rubes” than you realize. Ever M. B. F.
friends, Mr. and Mrs. ,Orris J. Hall and

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RANDY says to me, says she, “Ambition:
hos deserted me, I ain’t got all! non no
more and Pop Restorer from the store don't
seem to help me out a lot although I’ve tried it
cold and hot, Iv'e taken fourteen bottles now but

it don’t fix me up, somehow.” Boys I, “You need
a little trip, a journey that will cure your pip,
we’ll dress up in the latest style and git away
from home awhile, we'll see the sights 3nd travel
some and leave the hired man to hum to mind
the stock and feed the swine, then you’ll come
back afeelin’ ﬁne.” ‘

I wrote some places for their dope, them fold-
are ﬁlled my soul with hope, they pictured strings
of ﬁsh so long the kodak must of focused wrong,
there ain’t no ﬁsh as big as that, yet if I was
where they are at I’d catch as big ones as there
is. there ain’t no ﬁsh too big, gee whiz, for me to
land; if once they bite they’d better bid their
folks good night. Mirandy, she don’t like to fish,
she told me that her dearest wish was just to go
back East again and visit with her old Aunt Jane.
And so we argue back and forth, shall we 30 East
or South or North? First thing we know it will
be fall and we won’t have no trip at all, was ever
anyone, gee whiz, as stubborn as a woman is?

 

 

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I see as how the new Agriculture Club of
America, of Chicago, is plannin’ on puttin’ up the
“largest buildin’ in the world” for housin' busi—
ness related to agriculture. Look’s like some-
body was goin’ to make some money out of the
farmin’ game. *

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I'm a peace lovin’ man an’ no hand to advo-

cate violence, but it sure looks like we are goin' ‘-

to have to ﬁght for our rights. You see the newly
formed “Cleanliness Institute of America” pro-
poses tp diSrupt our sacred Saturday night custom
by stagin' 3. “Take a bath week." Imagine takin’
a both every day for a week!
of the bath, to arms!

 

I see by the paper how a girl made a. parachute
jump from an airplane an’ her father an’ mother,

'who had been divorced for years an' hadn’t seen

each other durin” that time, rushed out of the
crowd to meet her when she landed, an’ seein’
each other they fell in love all over agin an’ got
married. Looks like this here country needs
more parachute jumpers!

 

Ever hear this one? The schoolteacher was
askin’ the children the meanin’ of different
words. “What is the meanin' of unaware?" she
asked one little girl. Her answer was, “It’s the
last thing you take off at night ’fore puttin’ on
your nightie!"

 

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Aug. 30-Sept. 4.—West Michigan State Fair,
Grand Rapids, Mich. .

Sept. 5-10.—Michigan State Fair, Detroit, Mich.

Oct. 17-22.——Nationa1 Dairy Exposition, Mem-
phis, Tenn. * -

Nov. 1-3.—Top 0_’ Michigan Potato Show, Gay-
lord, Mich.

Nov. 10—12.——Greenville Potato Show, Greenr "

Ville} Mich.

Nov. 26-Dee. s.—lnternetlonel Live Stock  ‘ ‘

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Q some of that $50, but “clipping bu-

' notice that any efforts along that
-line are merely wasted time and

~‘. to suit him he laid it on the arm of
f my, chair and said he would read it
. to me.
j and he read it, that is all but
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unfair treatment m concerns at a dis nee.

different for em- eubscrlbers. ‘l'lﬂe
subscription In mid In advance.) '

AFTER PART OF THE FIFTY
DOLLARS

HEN Alton Hall, of Charlotte,

helped run down some chicken

thieves, as told in our last issue,
he little realized what his efforts
The most pleasing
thing was that he received a reward
of $50 from THE BUSINESS Fumes
for his work, but the publicity that
went with it was not as beneﬁcial.
Of course a story appeared «in M. B.
F., after which it was quoted in many
papers throughout the State. So-
called “clipping and mailing serv-
ices” secured copies of these papers
and he is now receiving requests to
"remit 25 cents and we will mail you
an item concerning you" or words to
that eﬁect. The latest to write him,
he advises, are the Jiffy Ser'vice, of
Jackson, and the Care Clipping Serv-
ice, of Care, both in Michigan. The
latter party asks for 30 cents in-
stead of a quarter and the only rea-
son we can ﬁgure out why they are
higher is possibly because their
letter is typewritten. If you want
high class service you have got to
pay for it, you' know. However, in
case Mr. Hall feels as though 30c is
more than he can spare right at this
time a special offer is made whereby
he can get said clipping by sending
in the names of ﬁve of his friends
and 20 cents in cash.

Friend Hall doesn’t seem very
much enthused over these offers. In
he hasn’t taken the‘time or
wasted any postage replying, and he
hopes they will understand by his
silence that “I’m no sucker and
wasn't born yesterday.”

Apparently they are trying to get

reau" can take this as oﬁicial

postage. The same goes for sales—
men of wild-cat stock, promoters of
ﬂy-by-night concerns, and ‘ other
shady schemes.

THE PIUI‘URE AGENT IS
ON THE JOB

I saw in the M. B. F .where a pic-
ture swindler was working in the
country. He is now working in
Jackson county.- He was at my
theme and I was lucky enough to
‘draw a red seal but he did not have
‘any luck getting my money. I was
.ready for him, thanks to the M. B. F.
I think the M. B. F. is a ﬁne paper
and every farmer should take it.—
Mrs. W. B., Calhoun County.

0 i t

I was taken in by the picture
agent that you gave notice of in the
May 7th issue. He acted just as it
was printed in THE BUSINESS FARM-
n and when he got the order just

I didn't have my glasses on

I am
oing to send you the paper I
igned and see if you can advise me

just what to do. I did not read the

notice in Tm: BUSINESS Fanm until
that evening, after the mischief was
done.—-—J. H., Clinton County.

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The pur ose of thls department Is to protect
our subsorl I from fraudulent deellngs of un-
fair treatment by persons or concerns at a

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bonds. and invest

talked me. into drawing with the
understanding if I got a lucky red

seal I was to have two pictures en-
larged free, all it would cost me was
the postage. Well I gave up two of
my pictures as I was lucky and I
signed a receipt which was to show
I got the large picture. I thought it
being nice I didn’t take much notice
of what I signed, but after he was
gone I looked up my receipt and no-
ticed I am to pay $15.00 for the
painting of them and that does not
include the glass or frame. Now
what I would like to know, can they
make me take the pictures and pay
$15.00? I wrote to the company
and told them I didn’t understand
it that way and they wroteback that
they didn’t cancel orders as most of
the time the pictures were painted

  

 

 

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wOuld be very glad to hear-from you

’just what they. can make me do.—

Mrs. H. A, Jackson county.

‘HESE letters indicate that our
warnings about the enlarged
picture agent are not published

often enough or else some of our
good friends are not following this
department just as close as they
should. It is a poor time to lock
the barn door after the horse has
been stolen. However, these folks
have not paid out their good money
yet and if the agent deliberately mis-
represented we would advise them to
refuse to accept the pictures or pay
any charge. It is quite possible that
the picture companies will do consid-
erable threatenting and possibly
write several rather strong letters
but we do not believe our subscrib-
ers need to pay any attention to
them if they are in the right. This
picture game has been worked for
years and years, but we have never
heard of the company suing any per-
son for not accepting the picture.
Perhaps one of the best reasons is
that the agent invariably misrepre-
sents.

a page from lifcﬁ
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Cy am 82 years of age—ain’t worked 3
any to speak of for 5 years. Hearing
and sight 75% gone. What I have
in bonds I will use for my support
and I am glad I have something to
help me in my old age. I wish I had
some more of your bonds. I have
always worked in a shop and never
made any big wages. What I have r _
I got by ECONOMY and SAVING.” ; 

{ Original letter in ﬁle:
Bond 6' Mortgage

Let us showyou how an income paying estate
may be accumulated. Just mail the coupon.

  

 

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Old Indian Herb Tonic." is good,
the stomach, liver and kidneys as" 
company claims. It is made byitlﬁe

Winona Indian Medicine Company
of Chicago.—S. S., Comstock, Mich.

UTHORITIES tell us that most-
cure-alls cure nothing and the
only persons receiving any bene-

ﬁts from them are the promoters
who beneﬁt ﬁnancially. To quote
the words of Dr. Guy L. Kiefer, State
Commissioner of Health, “It is safe _
to say that any medicine described ‘ '
for such a variety of organs can- ‘.
not be otherwise than worthless. To :,
spend money for such material is a. ‘
waste of hard earned cash. Sooner , .
or later the spender comes to the 
same idea aw once he has decided 
to use his excess money to increase .,
his bank account, he ﬁnds that his “'
health is just as well.” .,
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This is to inform you that I received a;
my claim of $3.98 from the Clear-Sight 
Spectacle Company of Chicago. I 
ever so much obliged to you for your,
courtesy.—-—R. V., Comins, Mich. -‘ .

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I I . N. ‘ ..
 ‘MY‘GARDEN ' 
V I By K. M. Gray

I walked in my garden at twilight.
When the ﬁelds were bleak and bare.

I found no beauty or sweetness
And chill was the autumn air.

I said goodbye to my pansies,

And with leaves, I ‘strewed them o’er,
And left them in the Master’s care,
As I had so oft,before. , .

I walked in my garden in springtime,
It was bathed in the sunshine bright.
The warmth, the birds and the ﬂowers

‘ _ Filled my soul with delight.

I found my pansies hidden away,
Safe from the storm and the cold,
Awaiting the call of Nature,
Their beauties to unfold.

 MAY EAT TOMATOES INSTEAD
OF ORANGES
HE tomato, or “lwe-apple" as it
used to be called, is one of na-
ture’s choicest foods, because it
= can be served in many different ways

land because it furnishes three of the

iﬁtamins necessary for good health.
The New York state college of home
economics says that tomatoes rank
‘with oranges, grapefruit, and lemons
as the best sources of vitamin C,
.which prevents scurvy; they also
have a relatively large amount of

_ vitamin B, which stimulates the ap-

petite, and vitamin A, which in-
creases the body's resistance to in-
fections. For these reasons the col-
loge advises everyone to have a serv-
ling of tomatoes or one of the citrus
fruits every day.

The juice from fresh or canned to-

 

‘ { matoes sweetened with a little sugar

if necessary, may be given to chil-
{dren instead of orange juice. In
isummer, tomatoes are cheaper than
oranges as a source of the vitamins
needed to make children grow prop-
erly. Although they supply less en-
ergy than oranges, pound for pound,
tomatoes and oranges are recom-
mended, because they supply vita-

energy-giving foods.

The mild ﬂavor of tomatoes makes
"it possible to use them frequently
and to combine them with many
other foods. The bright red color
makes a slice of tomatoes an attrac—
tive garnish for almost any meat
dish, and a tomato salad is always
a colorful addition to a meal.

 

. HAVE found that plain boric acid

 )BORIC ACID Is OUR BEST FRIEND

 

sifted into a fresh cut will stop

the bleeding and take out the
tsoreness quicker than anything we
i can use. It will stop very bad bleed-
}ing and when the wound is dressed
again the acid will come out with the
lclotted ‘blood and leave a clean
. wound.

Used hot it will take out inﬂam-

 mation from an old sore and prevent
'i blood poisoning better than any

It is also our best
If you sus-

other medicine.
aid in blood poisoning.

poisoning just keep the hot packs on
as hot as they can be born conven-

 iently and change them every fifteen

minutes or if it is in a foot or hand
just soak the member in a hot solu-
tion which contains all the boric acid

v crystals the water will dissolve. This
Twill stop the worst kind of,blood

poisoning in a short time if applied
faithfully. It is our doctor’s advice.

 

. -———Lelah Fowler, Muskegon County.

 

lam-COLORED GOODS WORTH
THE DIFFERENCE

sure that colors in washable
colored fabrics will not fade or
run is to luy fabrics with colors

. PRACTICALLY the only way to be

7. that are gurhnteed to be fast and

then to wash them carefully.
Experiments have been made with
’the fading effect of sunlight and

laundering and methods have been

developed for dyeing cotton fabrics
so that they will not fade under any
ordinary wear or ordinary washing.
Because it costs more to dye ma-
terials so they will not fade, sun and
water fast-colored materials cost
more than those which are dyed in
[the usual way. To most persons
” he better appearance of fast-color
arments after they have been worn
is worth the difference in ﬁrst price.
Be sure of getting true fast-c_olor
aterials'. Most materials of this
(1 have trade-marked names
 ch identify them wherever they
9 bought. 1
Fast colors, even though guaran-

min C which is scarce in many of the _

pect that there is a chance of blood '

time there last year.

children.

Our booths will be at your
service each day, so call on
us, that we may extend our

circle of personal acquain-
tances among our readers.

 

 

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teed, will not stand harsh treatment
like bleaching, strong alkalis such as
washing soda, or boiling. Launder-
ing with mild soap and warm water
will not affect the colors of properly
dyed materials.

APRON FROM WORN DRESS

E are readers of M. B. F. and
v‘ think it is just ﬁne. Every-

thing 0. K. and many useful
helps. Am sending an item which
might help someone as it has me.
When the front and sleeves of house
dresses are worn, take the back and
make a one piece apron. The ties
will make the shoulder straps and
don’t forget the pocket.—-—Mrs. O. J.
S., Clare, Mich.

 

SMALL CANS C

EEP a supply of pint and quart
I jars handy and whenever you

ﬁnd that there is an oversupply
of any vegetable cooked for one
meal just slip them into a scalded
can and seal them for Winter use.
I ﬁnd that if they are brought to the
boiling point and the can is scalded
Well that anything without milk will
keep nicely. If there is more than
one vegetable but not enough of each
to ﬁll a small can I combine them
and use them for vegetable soup in
the winter. Also I ﬁnd that some
combinations are especially desir—
able any time. For instance peas
and young carrots go ﬁne together

The Waterless Cooker

HE best of cooking utensils will
T not make a good cook out of a
poor one but they will make a
good cook better. As good health
depends much on proper foods then
it is up to us to prepare the best
foods we know how. This brings us
down to the fact that we should all
put forth our best efforts as good
cooks and we should invest in good
cooking utensils as much as our
means will permit. Of course they
cost money and farm folks are not
blessed with any too much of that
necessary thing but the help they
give is worth more than the cost.
Among my large collection of
cooking utensils is an electric cooker
that I consider almost Worth its
weight in gold. It cooks without
water and prepares meats and vege-
tables entirely in their own juices,
giving them a ﬂavor that can be got-
ten in no other way. Many complete
meals I have cooked in it and often
I put over a meal, go down town to
shop and return several hours later
to ﬁnd everything ready to serve.
No hot stove to fuss over on warm
days and no worry about anything
burning dry. One may even use it
to bake bread and cakes if they wish
although I have never tried it.
Many times I have thought of my
rural friends as I put a tasty roast
in“ my cooker, wishing that they
might have one to use but that was
impossible ' amuse it takes electric
power and so few are fortunate
enough to have this available. But
now a waterless cooker that does not
require electricity has been placed
on\ the market which means that all
may take advantage of this type of

cooking as it can be used on any h

THE FARM HOME .4
A DEPARTMENT FOR WOMEN
Edited by MRS. ANNE TAYLOR

EAR FOLKS: Our booth at the Michigan State Fair last year.
was such a success that we will have two this year, and I hope to
meet many of our friends at that time, for I; surely enjoyed the

We realize that the city of Detroit Is not easily reached by thousands
of our readers but it may be possible for them to plan a visit with
some friends or relatives and save one day for the fair.

There will be many new features this year, of special interest to our
Michigan farmers and such an occasion is always a gala day for the

We have much to be proud of in this great state of ours so let us
show our interest in its aﬁairs whenever possible, as well as enjoyin
_a holiday with the family that is both pleasant and proﬁtable. '

. XfM: .

Address loturs: Mn. Annlo Taylor. can The Iuslnou Farmer. It. Olomom. .lohlgnn.

. culating about the house.

  
 
 
 

 
 
  
 
 

 

 

and with a dish of boiled rice they
will make a pleasing supper dish.—
L. F., Muskegon County.

 

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—if you are well bred!

 

Two Songs.—-Will you please print
these two songs, “I Want To Talk With
Jesus On the Royal Telephone," and
"Keep Close to Jesus.”—Miss V., Route
3, Stanwood, Mich.

 

Old 0nes.——Do you know of anyone or
will you try to ﬁnd these two songs: "In
the Shade of the Old Apple Tree” and the
other one is “Faded Love Letters." I
think they must both be real nice songs.
——Miss W., Cass City, Mich.

Four Songs.—I would like four songs
if you have any of them. I would be
obliged if you would send them. They are:
“The Pal That I Loved Stole the Gal
That I Lovec,” “Why Did I Kiss That
Girl," "Last Night On the Back Porch I
Loved Her Best Of AIL—Mrs. S., Sagi-
naw, Mich.

Wants Several Songs.—Will some one
please help me get the words to the fol-
lowing songs? “The Wreck of the Shen-
adoah," “The Convict and the Rose,"
“There's 3. Dear Old Spot in Ireland,"
“Silver Threads Among the Gold,"
"Maggie" (When you and I were young),

»"Don't Send My Boy To Prison,” “As

the Winds Blew Across the Wild World,"
"The Prisoner," "Just A Year Ago To<
night Love I Became Your Lovely Bride,"
"Floyd Collins,” “Go And Love Me If You
Wish To,” "I've A Neat Little Wife, She’s
Just 17,” "It’s Boys I say From the Girls _

 

A Waterless Cooker

stove—gas, oil, electric, wood or
coal. That it is very efficient and
duplicates the work of my electric
cooker I am sure of, as I have both
in my home now and have thor-
oughly tried and compared them.

The illustration shows you just
how this new waterless cooker looks,
except a section is cut away here to
give you an idea of how it operates.
Notice the tight ﬁtting lid which is
clamped on. This does not permit
any of the goodness of the food to
cecape and prevents odors from cir-
Just start
your food in this cooker and then go
about your other work or take a
short rest without fear of scorching
because the juices of the foods will
prevent that. It is a wonderful ad—
dition to cooking equipment of any
kitchen, something that it will seem
almost impossible to do without once
you have and use it.

If you wish to know more about
this I will be happy to tell you if you
will just write me, or possibly your
hardware dealer may carry them in
stock and will gladly show you one.
-—.Ml.'.8. Amie Taylor.

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 .my.r¢u»,.on Head With . .
[headed End," "When I’VL'eft’ Ireland 13.;
Cause We Were Poor." “The Englishman

,  W.,"...a- ., .

o
W
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Loves the Rose, The Scotchman The
Thistle, The Irishman The Shamrock":—
C. B., Hillman, Michigan.

 

Seven Sousa—There are seven songs I
would like to get. They are: “Mary
Lou,” “Baby Face," “Bye-Bye Blackbird,"
'Hi Diddle Diddle," “Hi Ho the Merrie,"
"The Boston Burglar," and “Fanny
Moore.” If you would please print them
I would appreciate [it very much—Miss
B. P., North Star, Mich.

 

Know This 0ne?—Would like to see the
song published which the chorus goes like
this: “Put the cookies on the lower shelf,
so the children all can reach, Put the
cookies on the lower shelf, For you know
my brother who is called to preach."—
Mrs. M., Shepherd, Michigan.

 

Know Thief—Can you. give me the
full quotation and author of piece that
goes something like this: “Oh the com-
fort, the inexpressible comfort, of feeling
safe with a person, of being able to sit
down and pour out your thought—sifting
chaff from grain.”—-Mrs. M. E. 8., Auburn,
Michigan.

Quilt Block Wanted.—I am especially
interested in the quilt patterns as I like
to piece quilts. Will you please ask some
of the lady members to send me the pat-
tern of the log cabin quilt, through your
magazine?—Mrs. D. C., Plainwell, Mich.

"Grandfather’s Clock.”——As I am a
reader of your magazine and have been
wishing for the words of the song entitled
."Grandfather’s Clock," I am writing to
ask if you will be so kind as to print it
for me. Thanking you in advance, I re-
main, Miss G. I., Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

 

Personal Column

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Table Service.—-Home service. The
form that is used in the home varies very
much with individual families and with
the part the father and the mother take
in the serving of the meal. It is custom-
ary in many homes for the father to serve
the main part of the meal and the mother
to serve the dessert. The father may
serve both the main part of the meal and
the dessert. The children may aid con-
siderably in serving the meal by either
assisting with the serving of the vege-
tables or getting anything needed from
the kitchen giving the mother an oppor-
tunity to actually enjoy the meal she has
prepared. It is more courteous to serve
the older members of the family before
the younger members, unless the children
are very small and the mother wishes to
have them served ﬁrst so that she may
help them to prepare their food.

Below is outlined a simple method ‘of
serving a dinner consisting of salmon
loaf, mashed potatoes, green peas, bread
and butter, snow pudding with custard
sauce, cookies and cocoa. The meal is to
be served to a family of four, a father, a
mother, a daughter of eleven and son of
nine. The mother and the father are seat-
ed opposite each other with the daughter
to the left‘of the father and the son to
the left of the mother. The plates are
placed in front of the father. The sal-
mon loaf and the potatoes are placed in
front of the father and the peas in front
of the daughter. The father serves the
potatoes and the salmon loaf, passes the
plate to the daughter who serves the
peas. The served plate is kept by the
mother or if she desires it is passed to the
son, the mother keeping the next plate.
The daughter and the father are next
served. The son passes the bread and but-
ter to the mother and attends to the ﬁlling
of the water glasses during the meal. The
glasses are not ﬁlled more than three-
fourths full, and in reﬁlling care is taken
not to touch the top with the ﬁngers. The
water pitcher may be left on the buffet
or on a nearby table. The father or
daughter gives second servings as they
are desired.

Before the dessert is brought in, the

daughter removes the main dishes as the’

the salmon loaf, the potatoes, the peas,
the bread and the butter. The cookies
are placed on‘the table before the dessert
is served. The dinner plates may be re—
moved and the table brushed before the
dessert is placed. Then, the dessert serv-
ed in sauce dishes set on small plates may
be placed from the left, the mother being
served first. Or the dessert may be served
at the table by either the father or the
mother. It is not necessary to remove the
dinner plates, the dessert served in sauce
dishes may be placed on the dinner plates.
This method often seems the most usable
for the houswife who has to consider the
time and the energy she can devote to the
serving of the meals. Whichever one of
the above methods if followed the desired
result will be achieved—the keeping of
the dessert from the table until the time
for it to be eaten. Without the dessert
in sight there will be less possibility of
"too much" dessert room being left by
the untaught child' or the unwise parent.
The cocoa may be served with the main
part of the meal or with the dessert as
desired.

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TEE BOSTON BURGEAB

I was raised in Boston City,
A place you all know well,
Brought up by honest parents,
The truth to you I'll tell. I
Brought up by honest parents,
Who raised me tenderly,
Till I became a roving blade,
At the age of twenty-three.

My character was taken,
And I was lodged in jail,
My friends tried hard to get me out.
But it proved of no avail.
Judge Gordan and the jury,
The clerk, he wrote it down,
The jury proved it guilty, said,
“You’re going to Charleston.”

I could see my aged father,
Standing by the bar; likewise,
My dear old mother tearing her gray

hair,
Tearing her gray locks while,
The tears came rolling down,

Crying, “son oh! son what have you

done
Youre going to Charleton.”

They put me on the Charleston train,
One stormy winter day,
And as I passed each station by,
I could hear the people say:
"There goes the noted burglar,
In irons he is bound.
For the robbing of the thrifty bank,
He’s going to Charleston.”

I’ve a girl in Boston City,
A girl you all know well,

And if ever I gain my liberty,
Along with her, I’ll dwell,

And if ever I gain my liberty,
Bad company I’ll shun,

And bid adieu to all night walking,
Likewise to drinking rum.

Come all young friends take my advice,
And keep it if you can,
Don't stand upon the corners,
Nor break the law’s commands,
For if you do you’ll rue it,
You’ll be just like me,
Serving out some sentence,
In the prison by the sea.

 

Recipes

 

 

Huckleberry Jam.—Hurrah for the
huckleberry patch! Then when you have
'obtained the berries some jam—the nicest
ever. Mash one gallon of berries, add two
quarts of ﬁnelycooked apples, six pounds
sugar, and a level teaspoon of salt. Mix
thoroughly and boil slowly for about 40
minutes and bake in a moderate oven
which is preferable because little stirring
is required during the process. It will
never stick and burn if the grate is left
in the bottom of the oven. Constant stir-
ring is necessary if top of stove is used.

Huckleberries make very good jell alone
or combined with apple juice. A few
slices of lemon or of orange added to
each can of huckleberries gives a most
pleasing ﬂaVor.

Peaches With Lemon.—Last fall I pur-
chased a basket of the most lovely peaches
whose beauty was only "skin deep,” hav-
ing been picked too green, no doubt, so
they were rather tasteless. I was puzzled
to know how to use them but ﬁnally de-
cided some lemon peel couldn’t make them
worse if it didn’t improve their ﬂavor.
By using some extra sugar and the peel
of one lemon sliced very ﬁne to eight
quarts of peaches I had the most delicious
fruit imaginable. We all liked it so well
that we plan to follow the same process
with a basket this season. Try it your-
self.—B. O. R., Breckenridge, Mich.

Chili Sauce.—-Use 12 large ripe toma-
toes, 2 large onions, 2 large sweet peppers,
2 hot peppers, 4 cupfuls vinegar, 4 table-
spoonfuls sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls salt, 1/2
tablespoonful each of ginger, cloves and
cinnamon. Peel tomatoes and chop onions,
peppers and tomatoes ﬁne; add other in-
gredients and boil until thick, then put
sauce in bottles or jars and seal.

Beet:l Pickles.—Cook baby beets until
tender, then drop them in cold water and
let remain until cool enough to work
with. Slip the skins from them and place
in glass jars. For each quart of vinegar
take one-half cupful sugar, 1 tablespoon-
ful salt, 1 teaspoonful each of ground
cloves, and cinnamon. Tie spices in
cheesecloth bag, put on and boil 10 or 15
minutes. Remove cloth bag and pour vin-
egar over beets while boiling hot and seal.
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EAR girls and boys: As I‘

promised you in my last letter

all of our judges are back at
work again and you may be sure
that the day they returned I got busy
about our contests so that prizes
could be awarded right away. Be-
fore you read this all of the winners
will have received their prizes.
Boys, I am downright proud of you
the way you showed your ability to
discover mistakes. In the “What’s
Wrong in~This Picture?” contest in
our J une 18th issue three of the four

prizes were captured by boys. Pearl

Faist, Route 3, Reed City, won ﬁrst
prize which was the only thing that
kept the boys from making a clean
sweep. Second prize went to Arthur
Mead of R. 1 out of Elber‘a. third
prize went to Tedrow Fi’lLZo‘ll of R.
5 from Fremont, and Walte r
Schroeder, R. 11, Charlotte, captured
fourth.

Pauline Waters, living on the
same route out of Fremont as Ted-
row Frizzell, took ﬁrst prize in our
“Ask Me Another” contest in the
June 18th issue, while second prize
went to Louise L. Abbott, R. 1.,
Shelby.

Our second word contest—seeing
how many words could be made from
“The Children"s Hour"—proved to
be just as popular as the ﬁrst one.
Lots of boys tried their luck but
they all lost-out in favor of the girls.
Six “Mystery Prizes" were altered in
this contest which appeared in our
July 2nd issue and as the winners
have received them I can now tell
you what they were. First prize was
a‘ beautiful surf and I am sure Mar-
garet Melkild, R. 1, Northport, will
like it. Another beautiful scarf as
second prize went to Theodora Klein,
R. 1. Pewamo. Third prize winner,
Frances Martin, St. Louis, won a
lovely purse, which she will ﬁnd very
handy to use to carry her money, her
handkerchief and those many other
things so necessary for girls to have.
As school will soon open Irene Frye,
R. 3, Gladwin, will ﬁnd her prize,
which was fourth, very handy. It
was a pencil box ﬁlled with pencils,
both black leads and colored, and
some water colors, all in one box.
Fifth and sixth prizes were also pen-
cil boxes but they were not quite as
nice as the one Irene received. 

Schuster, R. 2, Mt. Clemens, received
ﬁfth award and Carmel Falrcloth, of
Onaway, sixth. ‘ .

I think maybe we .can begin an
other contest in our next issue. If
you have any particular kind of con-
test you want started and will write
me at once possibly we will have one
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Dear Uncle Ned:——-Here is a. poem that
perhaps you would like to use for our
page. It is in answer to Opal's question:

The Flowers

I will tell you of the spring and summer
ﬂowers _
That drink both May’s and June’s re-
freshing showers.

There's the little purple violet that grows
beside the brook,

And the yellow brown-eyed susan that
grows in meadows haunt and hook.

.And the pretty pink arbutus growing in

its trailing vine,

And the large and lovely lily growing
’neath the woodland pines.

Best of all these fair hued ﬂowers I love
the budding rose.

In its red and glowing beauty that beside
the forest grows.

Now I've told you of the ﬂowers that
grow in woods and ’neath the trees

And are visited in summer by the busy
bees—Your niece, Esther Behrsin.

Stephenson,- Mich. 

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Dear Uncle Nedt—I have written twice
before and never saw my letter printed
so thought I would write once again. I
will describe myself. I am ﬁfteen years
old and in the ninth grade. I am ﬁve
feet tall and weigh one hundred and ten
pounds, medium complexion and have blue
eyes. I go to the Memphis High School.

We have taken THE annmss Fm
for two years. I enjoy reading the Chil-
dren’s Hour very much. I would be very
glad it dome of the cousins would write
to me. I_ would try to answer all the
letters. I must close and leave room for
some of the other cousins. Your want-to-
be niece—Evelyn Wagner, Richmond.
Michigan.

 

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CLUB WORK

Seventy-six por cent of these young people carried their rospoctivo pos-
Jocts through to oomplotlon and ﬁled the account of receipts, expenditures,

and a story of the enterprise with the State Club louder.

quite largely of run! boys and girls.
demonstrated their ability to take hold
weeks and months for Its completion.

his group ls made up

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11.. club project slomds an opportunity for development of initiative, regularity
of habits, I sense of responsibility, business undorsllmilng and m. old for
the building Into the life of the individual other qualities that stay with him and
help ll- ovor had plsoos in llfo. “ h

Tho girls usually do work in meat making, cooking, canning, and home
management, by means of which they becomo more directly intersted in the
common every day things involved in successful homemaklng. It I. s great pre-
paratory school for more advanced work is home economics in high school. These
projects servo as a means of enlarging and making more practical school labora-
tory work, sud help to ﬁt the individual for the responsibilities of tho household.
The work is of such s nature so to enlist the interest of the girl at on opportune
time In the doing of something worth while.

The boys do handicraft work and animal and farm crops prloocts. Each boy
usually conﬁnes his efforts to two or three deﬁnite lines of work which he carries
on from year to year. This makes it possible for him to proﬁt by the previous
year's experience ind to bcoomo more proﬁcient in the work. Handicraft work
is done principally during the winter months. In this work they have an op-
portunlty to use the head and the hand in a cooperative way and acquire knowl-
edge snd skill in the use of tools and in the making of simple shop projects. It
encourages habits of accuracy, Industry, and painstaking-16011.

The agricultural projects tend to develop in the boy, and incidentally in his
father, an appreciation and understanding of sclcntlﬁc methods; o conception of
the need and value of improvement of grading and standardization in the grow-
ing of farm plants and animals: and helps to lay the foundation for group work
and unity of purpose in the various organlzstlons and movements. _

Handicraft work tends to create an appetite and desire for more advanced
work in manual srts‘ln high school. The agricultural work helps to develop on
appreclativo understanding among the school patrons In the educational value
of vocation! training. Boys who are members 91 agricultural clubs are well
prepared to do Smith-Hughes work in agriculture in high school. Very often
they continuo with the same type of work and by the tlmc they are graduated
from high sdnool have become recognized loaders and among tho’most proﬁcient
in the community in their particular line of agricultural work.

The department at public instruction thoroughly believes in boys' and girlo'
club work, because: lot. It teaches lesson-1 of ttrlft and bluntly: tall. It is ..‘
s character builder of the kind that is needed: In]. The lessons learned carry

over into life; 4th. The habits of Mok-to-lblvo-mou and seeing s took through

become perms-est: 5th. It makes vocational training  boys-sod“,
girls in the elementary grades o1 primary “stricter—B. J. 10rd, supervisor c‘. .

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" “100L131?! talk T” he fumed. "People
1‘ say the Cherokees come and attack

the trains. Nonsense! I know there
are no Cherokees this side of the moon-
tains. And they talk about robbers. We
are good people here in the valley; we
have no robbers. Maybe one or two come
in from the: outside, but not many. But
people are frightened. They take another
road."

The Moravians were uneasy. They de-
cidedto wait a day or two andjoin
forces with others who come along.
They could not resist ro hers by force.
Yet it might not be altogether wrong to
journey with folks who felt differently.

Two wagons passed the next day, but
both were by ox teams. Oxen
could not keep pm with horses. The
Moravians waited

The next day. about noon, another
wagon pulled in with four good horses
in front of it. A tall man, with a sandy
beard and a. deliberate manner, got down
from the driver’s seat- He went straight
to the gtmsmith’s.

Brother Steiner met him as he came
out. Dim-can hung a little in the rear.

"Travel with me ?” repeated the trang-
er. .Of couse. Better stock up with pow-
der and ball. May be trouble ahead, it
what I hear is true.”

The Moravian explained that they did
not put their faith in carnal weapons.
The other man—he gave his name. as
Orchard—stared.

“Why go with me, then?” he asked.
“I put my iaiith in powder and ball. and
you put yrmr faith in me. It’s a round-
about way of getting at the same thing.
Well" come along. I can't stop you.”

They camped together that night. The
Moravian; anxious to be on good terms
with Orchard. dug into their stores.
cooked the meal. Orchard and his wife
and three children ate heartily.

“Betn' a bodyguard pays," he grinned
to Duncan; “eh, younker?"

Duncan looked blank as usual. Prec-
ently he slipped away into the timber.
They had camped by a small stream,
and the draw down which it came was
ﬁlled with a thick growth of young trees.
Back a ways, on the upland, the country
was open. Indians, in the old days, had
yearly burned it off to make better pas-
tures for game. The settlers called these
open spaces "Indian pastures."

The boy started back on the track.
Presently he heard a noise that did not
belong to the forest. He left the road
and went more carefully. He stopped to
listen again.

Something was coming toward him thru
the timber. It was too dark to make out
ﬁgures, but the tread was heavy. Not
an animal: not an Indian. There was
too much blundering against the trees
and bushes for that. His thoughts went
back to the runaway bond—servant they
had entertained.

Suddenly there was a heavy fall. A
voice moaned thru the darkness.

"Oh. dear !" it said. plaintively,
then a. little bolder, “Help—"

Duncan dashed forward. "You’re an
right.” he said. reassuringly. “But what
in time—”

It had been a girl’s voice that he heard.
It was a girl’s hand he found when he
reached to lift her to her feet. But he
peered in vain thru the darkness to recog-
nize the skirts that she should have worn.
As nearly as he could tell, leather breaches
and a hunting shirt were her garb.

“I'm ashamed," she told him. Appar-
ently he had been accepted as a hind
stance. “Itold DadIeouldmknit
to Your camp. We sawtheﬂrcthm
trees. We’ve broken an axle and
stop. He wants you to wait and
go on with you."

She mused.

“1 ahomdn't have 37781106.” she seemed
“I wasn't reany scared. but I
caughtmyfootinavhreandfnrsseo—
0nd I thought—”

“I know." rejoined Duncan: “you
thought a Cherokee had you by the leg
com 90. I’ll take you to camp.“

Hetalkedeasllywithberastheywent
along. He did not bother to m
stupidity with a child. This girl was

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wagon train. encountering all sorts of  to has a real thrilling trip,
and prawns that “seventeen is grown up" by “Wilt 8 Mr young lady from
bandits who attack the train, killing most at the people and carrying her of
~ The uneventful Journey from Betholehom w Frderickuown
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DUNCAN McAFEE, an orphan, from Bethelehem. Pennsylvania, going on

but little more.

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She would not be dressed

like a little boy and running around the
woods at night unless she were some dis.-

tmce 'from being a
man.

grown-up young WO-

Then, too, the night and the woods

always cheered him; he was himself in

their company '
afraid.

of them he need not be
It was not necessary to be con-

tinually on his guard.

He brought her

to Brother Steiner.

The good Moravian was plainly dismayed
at her costume, but~he readily promised
to wait. Orchard nodded his head in ap-
proval. and called to his wife.

"Here. Molly," he said, “this is the sort

of rigging you ought to Wear.

You can

run taster when the Cherokees get after

you.”

Duncan got his ﬁrst good look at the
girl when she turned to answer that.

_He was astonished.

grown up. As old

almost
and

She was
as he anyway,

sixteen was grown up in the back coun-
try. Her dark eyes and mop of dusky

hair, the

quite unboyish curves of her

ﬁgure, exasperated him. A kid would have

been all right—but

not this. Yet how

very young her voice had sounded there
in. the darkness beside him.

She was shyly turning toward him and
saying: “I want to thank Mr.—, the gen-

tleman who found me in the woods.

Per-

haps he will be so kind—3’ ,

Then she got a full look at the boy.
He was squatting by the ﬁre, very little
and hunched up, and his eyes met hers
with his usual childlike and. somewhat

vacant stare.

The girl broke off her polite speech and

laughed.

"Why, you are nothing but a little boy !”

she cried. “Come,

back.”

ShOW me the way

II—"Thoy Killed Poor Gus”

Sawyer’s new

axle was

in place by

morning. and the four wagons started off.

together.

Duncan saw little of the girl,

but only because ha kept out of sight.
He felt strangely irritated by that re-u

mark of hers. "Just

other people said that.

a. little boy.” When
it amused him.

since he knew himself able to match any
man at shooting or staying on a hard
trail. ' Yet this phrase sounded differently

from her lips.

In the middle of the morning. he came
up to Orchard suddenly and asked to her-

row his riﬂle for
raised his eyebrows.

a little. The man

“Now, Soanny,” he said, "you know that
I can‘t take any risks on losing that

piece.”

For a second, Duncan did not loo-k like

a. little boy.
“I won’t lose it."

he promised, and a.

second later Orchard, much to his sur-
prise, found himself handing out the riﬂe.

The boy worked back toward. the hills,
angling south to keep abreast the wagons.
He was out of the belt of farms shortly.
Noon came, he drank at a stream. and

tightened his belt.

In the early afternoon

he found a place Where deer had come
down to water. He followed the track.
Toward ﬁve, six deer rose out of the tall
grass ahead of him; white tails bobbed
up and down as they ﬂed for shelter. The
long riﬂe cracked; one halted.

He wanted to bring the buck in. not out
up and the choice bits saved. 80 he took
his belt. tied one end to the buck’s hem

and started to drag

the carcass into the

camp. Fortunately, the route was down-

hill.
It was

evening before he struck the

road.  when he saw the lights ahead.
He mixed the buck. and with a good deal

01 groaning, for he was tired" out

bytlns

time. lifted the animal to his shoulders.
Then with the leﬁt hand gripping one
fore foot and one hind foot, and the right
swinging the rifle. he stumbled along to-

ward the camp.
and there
For this reason be

They heard him coming,
was a ring around the ﬁre.

straightened up and

strode the few remaining yards bravely
and threw the buck’ on the ground in

front of the main;

Orchard was looking at him with a
sco‘wl. To him, Duncan handed the riﬂe.
One bullet, one patch, and one charge,"

he said.

“Here’s the rest.

I cleaned the

riﬂe. but I'll give it another polish in the

morning. "

He percieved then,

with some astonish-

ment, that no one was paying much at-
tention to him. The book got a glance

and a word, but no more.

Orchard seem-

ed irritated merely because he had had

the riﬂe away from

The eyes of all of
the bedraggled man
ﬁre

the camp so long.
than swung back to
Who sat across the

. He went on with the at that
lDuncan's arrival seemed to luvs-"zit 0a.
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llIICHIGAN HEREFORD BREED-
ERS’ ANNUAL TOUR
HE Michigan Hereford Breeder’s
Association held their annual
Tour Wednesday, August 3rd,,
through Genesee, Livingston and
Washtenaw counties. The tour, for
which arrangements were made by
James R. Campbell, county agent of
Genesee county, was very successful,
and the visiting breeders were much
impressed by the high quality of the
small herds in Livingston county.

The breeders visited did every-
thing possible to add to the pleasure
of their guests, and like all the previ-
ous tours, this was voted the “best
yet.” The farm of C. L. Lahring,
south and east of Gaines, was the
starting point, and everyone was
there promptly at eight-thirty
o’clock, although this necessitated
some starting at ﬁve o’clock in the
morning. Mr. Lahring has about
25 registered cowa in his herd, and
a ﬁne crop of calves. A nice load
of yearlings are also on feed.

In Livingston county the farms of
Fred W. Chase, Mr. Bainbridge, W.
Wilkinson, Wm. Schad, and Edwin
Webb, were visited. None of these
herds are very large, but each one
had animals of high quality, showing
good breeding and care. Wm. Schad
is a new member in the Hereford
ranks, a large portion of his herd
consisting of cattle bought from J.
B. Parshall of Oak Grove.

A stop was made in Howell for
dinner, Where the group was met by
a committee from the Rotary club of
that city, who presented ﬂowers to
the ladies and cigars to the men.
This was one of the most pleasant
incidents of the day.

Mr. Bolander, farm agent of Liv-
ingston county, conducted the tour
through his county, and much credit
is due him for the pleasant time
spent there.

The longest drive of the tour was
from Edwin Webb's farm to the
farm of L. Whitney Watkins, former
Commissioner of Agriculture of
Michigan, which farm is south and
west of Manchester, but it was well
worth while as everyone who en-
joyed the ﬁne hospitality of Mr. and
Mrs. Watkins will testify. This 1600
acre farm has always been in the
Watkins family, and about 270 acres
have been left in their original con-
dition and now form a State Park.
Mr. Watkins has about 125 head of
registered Herefords, and takes a.
keen interest in the development of
the herd. His herd sire “Sheet An-
chor” is well known in Michigan as
being one of the best individuals
from the herd of former Gov. War-
ren T. McCray of Indiana. After
inspecting the herd, the tired and
hungry tourists were served with re-
freshments in the pleasant grove
back of the family house.

The majority of the tourists drove
to Lansing and attended “Farmers’
Day” at the Michigan State College
on Thursday.

Among those making the trip were
Earl McCarty, farm agent for St.
Clair county; Harold Harwood of
Ionia, president of the Association;
Daniel C. Miller of Swartz Creek,
secretary—treasurer of the Associa-
tion; Jas. R. Campbell, farm agent
for Genesee county; W. E. J. Ed-
wards of the Michigan State College,
and C. L. Lahring of Gaines—D. M.

 

BEETS AS FEED
Would you advise storing sugar
beets for succulent feed for cattle
and poultry? We grow sugar beets
in this part of the state. Mange]
seed is very expensive, but would
you prefer them to sugar beets?—
E. J. B., Elkton, Michigan.

WOULD not advise growing and
I storing sugar beets as a feed for
livestock The sugar beets are
more difficult to grow and harvest
than are the stock feeding mangels—
and as a. rule more dirt adheres to
the sugar beet than is the case with
mangels.

If fed for the earlier part of the
winter, the mangel whrtzel which
grows out of the ground is easy to
harvest and gives heavier yields per
acre than do ' sugar, beets,~w~ill ‘be ‘

 

mast satisfactory. For late winter

(We lnvlte ou to contribute your experience In rslsln livestock to this fit '
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and early spring feeding the Golden
Tankard is preferable, owing to the

' fact that it is a much better keeper
than is wurtzel. Both the mangel
wurt-zel and the Golden Tankard are
much easier to harvest and prefer-'
able to the sugar beet for stock feed.
~—-Geo. A. Brown, PrOfessor in Ani—
mal Husbandry, M’. S. C.

  
 

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Veterinary Department

Edited by DR. GEO. H. CONN

(guestlons gladly answered free for paid-up
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HAVE HEIFER TESTED

I have a Durham heifer which was
a year old this last April and she is
not as drugs as a calf born this
spring. She is a short horn Durham.
She is poor and has quite a. large
frame. She also has a cough. Could
it be T. B. or not?——M. E. H., Ster-
ling, Mich.

HEN a calf or young animal of
this age is so thin in condi-
tion and will not take on ﬂesh

it is evident that there is something
radically wrong; one could not say
it was T. B. without having her
tested by a. veterinarian; if you
have a local one he can do this for
you. It would be best to have this
done or else dispose of her if you
can to the shippers; she will then be
slaughtered Where they have inspec—
tion and will not be used for food
if diseased. It might be a good
thing to have all the cattle tested.
It is not likely that it would be of
any use to give her a tonic for she
surely has some serious trouble for
which this would do no good.

 

RESULTS DOUBTFUL

I have a Guernsey heifer. She
was two years old last June. Her
ﬁrst calf was dropped the latter part
of July. She came in heat two weeks
later but has not shown the least
sign of it since. Is there anything I
can give her to bring her in heat?—
A. P., Gould City, Mich.

OMETIMES these cases respond
to ordinary treatment but you
should not depend too much on

it. Get 2 ounces of potassium iodide
and dissolve in 1 quart of water;
then give this cow one tablespoonful
on some ground feed once each day.
Give her 1 tablespoonful of liquor
potassi Arsenitis night and morning
for three or four weeks on her feed.
She should also have 5 to 6 table-
spoonfuls of special deodorized
steamed bonemeal with her feed
each day.-

 

TIMEE WAYS TO SETTLE
THRFBHING LABOR ODDS

(Continued from page 3)

A second method for settling labor
differences is the acre basis. The
average number of acres of grain
threshed per man is determined and
the amount above and below that
average then ﬁgured for each mem-
ber of the ring. The number of man
hours per acre is found by multiply-
ing the approximate hours of thresh-
ing by the number of men employed
and then dividing this by the total
acreage. The man hours per acre
times a. fair rate per hour gives the
rate per acre. The amounts due the
ring and owed by the ring are ﬁgured
by applying this rate to the acreages
above or below the average threshed
for each member.

The time basis is the third method
and this requires a. time-keeper who
records the hours of labor furnished
by each farmer to the other members
of the ring. If one farmer receives
more hours of work than he furn-
ishes he owes the ring for the differ-
ence and vice versa.—R. C. Ross,
University of Illinois.

 

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To avoid conﬂicting dates we will wlthout
cost list the date of any llve stock sale In
Michigan. If you are conslderlnq a sale ed-
rvlse us at once and we will claim the date
for ‘Iou. Address lee Stock Editor, M. B.
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heifer calves write
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from accredited count‘y. Choice of herd 13.
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Stockers and Feeders

OALVES, VEARLINGS AND TWOS: HERE-
FORD STEERS AND HEIFERS

Beef type dark reds. good ass ﬂesh. most all
bunches dehorned. each bunc even in size and
show good breeding. Chaice Herefords are usual-
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. B. Tested. Will sell your choice from an

ongte number and weight you prefer, 45

s.

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FOR SALE 75 HEAD OF YEARLINO DU

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bred. These cattle are all Reds and Beans and

dehorned. Write or call. ’
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SHEEP FOR SALE. 400 YOUNG EWES AND
350 Lambs. For (particulars writie
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PLANTING ORCHARD
'I am planning'to plant an orchard
and the species I have in mind to
plant are Red Delicious, Golden De-
licious, and Staymen Winesap. Will
these varieties work out well togeth-
er, all things
‘considered?
I would also ap-
preciate your ad-
vice‘ as to the
best way to plant
these varieties;
.by that I mean
how many of
each a. n d t h e
best way to al-
ternate them, al-
so the best dis-
taupe to space
them and it you
think ﬁllers of
v any of these spe-
cies, preferably either of the ﬁrst
two named, are advisable, how many
and where to place them?—-A. P.,
Essexville, Mich.

FULLY realize that every man

has the right to pick his own fa—

vorites when planting an or-
chard, but if I am to give you my
honest personal opinion then I will
have to advise you not to plant the
Golden Delicious or the Staymen
Winesap, in a commercial orchard
in Michigan. The chief objection to
the Golden Delicious is that it is a
yellow apple, and as far as we can
see, the yellow varieties are rapidly
losing favor in the markets. The
present trend is strongly toward the
red varieties. The Staymen Winesap
does not seem to be adapted to our
climate and seems to do better in
sections of the country which are
warmer and have a long growing
season. In this State it is said to
be very apt to run small and under
colored. The Red Delicious is the
best bet of the three which you have
named. Many growers in Michigan
say it is a shy bearer and hard to
grow, while others say it does very
well. No doubt pollination, and the
fertility of the soil has something to
do with these varying results.

Taking everything into considera—
tion we would strongly advise you
to plant some of the old standbys
which have proved their worth in
this State. For your part of the
State we could perhaps recommend
such varities as McIntosh, Canada
Red, Snow, Wagener and Wealthy.
The last two do especially well as
ﬁllers. 0f the green and yellow
varieties there is just one which
could be safely recommended and
that is the Rhode Island Greening.
Spy, Baldwin and Johnathan are
also good standard sorts but it is
possible that you are just a little
too far north in the State for these.
We would suggest that you inquire
in the neighborhood about these last
three and it they do well then they
might possibly be added to your list.

This will give you 27 permanent
trees to the acre. The ﬁllers can be
planted between these trees. You
will then have a total of 108 trees
to the acre spaced twenty feet apart.
When the ﬁllers begin to crowd the
permanent trees they will have to
This matter of pulling
out ﬁllers sometimes takes a lot of
courage _.but it must be done. If it is
neglected too long the orchard is
likely to be badly damaged, it not
ruined. , - ,

This does not mean that the
ﬁllers will all have to come out in
one year. The removal of the ﬁllers
can be stretched over a period of
years, and,can as a rule be done in
three installments. The ﬁrst Ones
to come out will be those which are
standing in the same rows with the
permanent trees; The next install-
meet will be, every other tree in the
ﬁller. row betweenthe rows of per-
manents. This will leave one ﬁller
tree in each square formed by four
permanent trees. The time which
elapses between the removal of the
ﬁrst and second sets of ﬁllers may
not be great. but the third set can

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FARMALL Evidence

“I just ﬁnished plowing 80 acres in 7
days with my Farmall, plowing 11
hours each day. I have had two other
makes of tractors, but I can see that
this is the only all-purpose outﬁt.”

PAUL SCHRODER, Colfax, Wis.

“The F armall surprised me by doing
all that you claimed it to and more,

too.” DAN W. TAYLOR,
Corpus Christi, Texas

“Our Farmalls are very satisfactory
at plowing. The soil here is hard to
work and the moldboard will not
scour, so you know‘ they pull hard.
I think the Farmall is the greatest
machine since the binder."
THOMPSON LAKE FARM,
Lewistown, Illinois.

“The Farmall is thoroughly compe-
tent to plow, barrow, culti-pack, drill
grain, list for corn or peas, plant, mow
hay, operate the binder, and besides
that y e have used it on any number
of be t jobs. I feel you should know
these things and know your company
deserves a pat on the back for the
Farmall. Please do not thank me for
this as it is too well deserved.”

D. M. HASTINGS, Atlanta, Ga.

 

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Rear view of the Formal], plowing. This
also shows the high clearance over the
rows of corn and cotton and other row
crops. With this tractor you will be ready
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At Its Best and Easiest
by FARMALL Power!

HERE is enthusiasm for the work of the

Farmall Wherever the Farmall appears. On
all crops, on all jobs in ﬁeld and barnyard, it
shows the power farmer something new in
handling and efﬁciency.

Plowing is one of its strongest suits. The
Farmall owner goes out to tackle that once-
dreaded job with interest and good humor.‘ He
has learned that Farmall and its plow Will move
handily and rapidly over the ﬁelds and leave
well-turned furrows behind, in ideal Shape for
the operations and the crops to follow.

Remember that the Harvester engineers de-
voted several years to working out this all-
purpose, all—crop, all —year design. They tried out
thoroughly every type of design. When Farmall
was right for all drawbar, belt and take-off
work they offered it to the farmer. The Farmall
is the one all-purpose tractor that plows and
cultivates row crops, too. It is the feature
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Mexican handicraft, and possesses
some of the ﬁnest examples of In-

dian wood-carvings, basket-weavings

and embroideries. It was after one
o’clock, when the big Lincoln limou-
sine, with two men on the box and
the government crest emblazoned on
either side, pulled up to take us back
to the Regis. The evening we spent
at Leon’s had been a rare treat,
which will ever cap our delightful
memories of the capital of Mexico
and the delightful people we met
there. .

In the cool of the evening our
train pulled out of Mexico City and
with a. sigh we bid “adios” to this
facinating metropolis of strange con—
trasts, .where society seems to be
composed of only two classes; the
very rich and the terribly poor.
Where modern civilization seems to
struggle for its existence against the
precedents of countless ages. That
such a city could exist so long, a.
scant few hundred miles from the
United States of America, without
absorbing some of the attributes,
both good and bad, of its neighbors
to the north, seemed to offer more of
a. miracle, than a reason.

Many there are, no doubt, among
the tens of thousands of American
tourists who sail for distant lands in
Europe, Asia, or Africa, in quest of
strange sights, who could satisfy
their desire for romance and adven-
ture in this land that lies only a.
Pullman-car-ride south of the Rio
Grande.

In the Danger Zone

Had we read before we left Mexico
City of the de-railing and burning of
the Guadalajara express, which oc-
curred only two weeks after we were
back in the United States, few of us
would have slept so soundly and in
such perfect security from the dan-
gers that surrounded our train that
night.

Our itinerary had called for a
day in the city of Guadalajara and
there were some mutterings of dis-
approval when we were re-routed to
miss this city which promised to hold
so much of interest. Those responsi—
ble for the safety of our party knew
better however, and thus was avoid-
ed what might have been a most dis-
astrous ending to an otherwise per—
fect journey, and the possibility of
a resulting‘ international complica—
tion, which might have involved
those two republics most seriously.

From my own sleeper window, in
the early morning, I watched with
some misgivings a train following
our own down the steep mountain
railway, far too close to our rear

’observation platform for comfort

When it became clear enough for
me to see distinctly, I saw that
the train following our own was
composed of an armoured car with
a turret from which peeked a
machine gun; a locomotive and back
of that, a car loaded with soldiers.
Not only had we been thus protected
from the rear, but I was told that
proceeding our own heavy train of
American cars, was a similar armour—
ed train, testing the track before we
passed and ready to meet the at—
,tacks of bandits or revolutionists
should they have appeared. The Mex-
ican government under whose care
we were travelling, was taking no
chance of any calamity befalling the
largest group of American citizens
who had visited Mexico on a peace-
ful mission in recent years.

From the time we crossed into
Mexico until we were safe in our
home land, we carried a large pas—
senger coach in which there were
never less than twenty-ﬁve and in
the danger zone, often over a hun-
dred soldiers, properly officered and
equipped, whose sole duty it was to
protect the “Americanos” and their
property.

The movement of the soldiers
along the railways of Mexico was a
never—ending source of interest and
amusement. Usually they were furn—
ished only with box-cars in which
they ate and slept while en route.
Often we saw the “camp-followers,”
their wives, sweethearts and children,
perched on the top of these cars, with
all their worldly belongings tied in
huge bundles, from which projected
cooking utensils, a baby’s cradle, or
the head of some domestic animal.
Once we saw a fairly large “razor-
back" hog, with its feet tied, being

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held like a baby, by one of these we-
men, astride the top of a car!
Aguascalienties

The hot-waters which boil up from
the earth and furnish the thermal
baths for which this city is famous,
gave Aguascalienties its name. The
city itself is as typically Mexican as
any we saw in Mexico and as hot and
dusty, as it is quaint and interesting.
How long it has been the site of hu-
man habitation, not even history can
relate, for buried deep beneath its
streets is an extensive system of tun-
nels, which form a labyrinth of cata-
combs, that were excavated by some
pre-historic race. Rare engineering
ability is expressed in their planning,
for not only are they joined in a
maize of under-ground passages, but
here and there are shafts to the sur-
face of the earth, through which light
and air are admitted. Who built
them and for what purpose, are now
matters of conjecture only, for time
has obliterated every vestige of a
clue to the mystery which surrounds
them. "

We wanted to take a bath, but
whether it was the prospect of hot
water or the fact that it flowed from
one huge tub into another and ﬁnal—
ly out to a series of small laundry
tubs, where Mexican women were
beating their clothing with sticks to

'get the dirt out, we postponed our

bath and went to a Spanish circus in-
stead.

A Spanish Circus

Adjourning the railway station was
a large-sized tent and the banner
over its main entrance reading:

“GRAN CIRCO ARGENTINO!
Gran Collection de Fierad,
Leones, Leonas, Elefonte, 'Osos,
Pumas, Tapir, Caballos, Perros,

etc., etc.”

was so alluring that we could not
down the temptation it offered. A
few coppers gained us admission and
once inside we found it arranged
much as would be a typical one—
ringed circus in the states, except
that around the ring was a. series of
moth-eaten plush couches, seating a
party of four persons, facing each
other. They looked inviting, but the
heat of the afternoon sun and the
dust of the ring, soon drove us from
these seats “mejor superiories,” to
the benches from which it seemed all
of the population of this city of some
ﬁfty thousand were vying with one
another to see the circus. There
were _many daring acts, even more
hair-raising than at home, for here
the “net,” which is a compulsory pro-
tection for the trapeze performer in
our own land, is unknown and a tiny
Mexican miss was sent hurtling
across the top of the big tent, from
one pe-rformer's hand to another’s,
with only thin air between her and
the hard ground below. Mangy lions
and leopards were put through their
paces in the ring, with no thought of"
a cage to protect the audience. But
we felt at home when they began to
sell tickets for the concert after the
big show, altho we wondered how
the members of the little band could
toot another single note on their
clarionets or trombones after a per-
spiring afternoon under that tent,
during which they never once ceased
playingat the top of their lungs.

The drawn-work and embroidery
of the Mexican women in the vicinity
of Aguascalienties is World-famous
and the women of our own party
bought everything from tiny hand-
kerchiefs to six—foot table—cloths at
pitifully low prices, when \expressed'
in our currency and discovered, al-
most too late, that a worn pair of
silk or chiffon American stockings
were more highly prized by the Mex-
ican women in exchange for their
handiwork, than the gold or silver
they had bartered with.

In our own dining-car that night
we ate Long Island duckling, while
hungry faces peered at us from the
station platform. Later we watched ‘
these, same handicapped humans
struggle for the bones and leavings
from our tables which were thrown
to the shouting, grasping rabble by.
our dusky cooks and kitchen men.
Little wonder, we thought, that revo-
lutionary ,leaders ﬁnd little eﬂort
necessary to attract the struggling

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and from which they die, with, never '

once an opportunity to better their
condition. , .
In'our humble opinion, it is the
millions upon millions that have
been taken from the mines and oil-
wells of this country which, if even
a. percentage had been returned for
the education of the Mexican peon,

    

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And it is to this end that the present
government, under President Calles,
is struggling, unless we were mighti-
ly hood-winked and taken -in, during
our brief stay within their borders,
(Editor’s Note: In the Ninth
Installment, Mr. Slocum con-
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(We invite you to contribute your experience In raising poultry to this department for the
beneﬁt of others. Also questions relative to poultry will be cheerfully answered by experts.)

 

 

 

 

 

LEG WEAKNESS

I have a lot of chickens three
months old which have leg weak-
ness. Have you a remedy for them?
-——D. K., Lapeer, Mich.

F your chickens have leg weak-
ness, it is very difficult in some
cases to cure them. Leg weak-

ness can be very easily prevented by
the feeding of cod liver oil.

I would advise you to feed one
pint of the oil’ to eight pounds of
the semi-solid.

If your chickens recover altogeth-
er from the leg weakness I do not
see why they should not be sold for
meat as leg weakness is not a dis-
ease but is caused by a deﬁciency in
the ration.——J. M. Moore, Extension
Poultryman, M. S. C.

_ CHICKS DYING
We have some ﬁne chicks about
four weeks old and every morning
we ﬁnd six or eight.chicks dead. It
seems like they. have the roup. Can
you tell me some remedy for it?—
A. M., Munith, Mich.

EMOVE all sick birds from the
ﬂock as soon as noticed; clean
up and disinfect as often as you

can. Change litter three times each
week. Feed sour milk at times.
Also two pints of cod liver oil to
each 100 pounds of mash feed. Get
some Abbotts Cholera Remedy and
use it according to directions—Dr.
Geo. H. Conn.

CANNIBALISM
I would like to know what to do
for my pullets. They eat each other.
They pick on their backs by their
tails just as long as they are dead.
They ﬁrst eat the feathers out. They
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LARGE GOOSE EGGS

EAR EDITOR: I think Mrs.’

E. R. Huested, Hillsdade coun-

ty, gathered a large goose egg,
but we grow larger ones around Ca.-
pao, for we gathered one that weigh-
ed twelve ounces and another that
weighed sixteen ounces. I did not
measure the eggs, so I cannot give
the measurements.—Mrs. S. 0., Ca-.
pac, Mich.

 

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They always have meat scraps before
them. Please send me a remedy for
this—A. C., Zeeland, Mich.

ANNIBALISM can usually be
C checked by keeping the birds
very busy. Ways of doing this
are: By giving them grain a num-
ber of times during the day, feeding
them alfalfa hay, giving extra
amounts of sprouted oats, etc. Raw
meat, given in small quantities
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to twenty to twenty-ﬁve percent.—
C. G. Card, Professor of Poultry
Husbandry, M. S. C.

HOUSE FOR 170 KENS

Am planning on building a. poul-
try house in the spring for about one
hundred and seventy hens. How big
a poultry house must I build for the
above amount of hens? I also want
to have a feeding room. Would be
glad to have your information on
this—E. S., Powers, Mich.

O house 170 hens one should

construct a house twenty feet

wide and forty feet long. If a
feeding house is desired I would
suggest that an addition of six or
ten feet should be added to the
length of the building—C. G. Card,
Professor of Poultry Husbandry,
M. S. C.

 

 

The Experience Pool

. Bring your everyday problems In and get
the experience of other farmers. Questions ad-
dressed to this department are published here
and answered by you. our readers who are
graduates of the Scnool of Hard Knocks and
who have their diplomas from the College of
Experience. If you don't want our editor's
advice or an expe’t’s advice, but Just plain,
everyday business farmers’ advice, send in
your question here. If you can answer the other
ieilow's questhn, please do so he may ans-
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KILLING THISTLES AND MILKING
COW

EAR EDITORz—I have read
your BUSINESS FARMER some and
and I think it is a good paper.

I would like 'to tell you of a way to
kill Canadian thistles as I have done

it in New Hampshire and I have seen ‘

it done here. Mow them when in
full blossom when it rains hard. Will
kill most of them. A few will come
up the next year. To do it again is
very sure‘to get them. Don’t mow
them until in full blossom. I see a
lot here mowed before they were in
full blossom and it did not kill them.
The same man mowed a large patch
in full blossom and it killed most of
them the ﬁrst time. The next year
a few came up and he took them at
the right time and killed every one
of them.

It is an improvement in milking a
hard milking cow to take hold of the
end of teat with thumb and fore
ﬁnger near the end of teat and roll
it a few times before starting to
milk. It will be easier to milk a
hard milker. It is not necessary to
pinch the teat very hard and it does—
n’t hurt‘a cow. I have done it to
cows and it did not hurt them and I
have told several and they told me it
was an improvement and it did not
hurt a cow.——P. W., Bronson, Mich.

  
  

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7“ HIS ié‘the iii—between period in the poultry industry. The.

old hens that have stopped laying must be sorted out and
moved to market. The better their condition, the more money
they will bring. The puliets which are coming on require very
careful handling. Their body weight must be built up against;
the strain of fall andwinterxegg production.

The care-taker’s job, whether the ﬂock be hundreds‘ of:
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to insure eggs when they are scarce and high.

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EPORTS received about August

1 by the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture from about
21,000 farmer§ reporting for their
own farms, indicate that the farmers
of the United States are intending
to sow an acreage of winter wheat
this fall 13.7 per cent greater than
sown lats fall. If these intentions
should be carried out a total area
of 48,637,000 acres would be sown.
This acreage would be greater than
the acreage of winter wheat sown
in any season except 1918.

The acreage reported as intended
to be sown is about 7 per cent, or
3,000,000 acres, greater than the
acreage which farmers reported
they intended to plant on August 1
last year. Most of this increase in

,intentions compared with intentions
last year at this time
from the four states of Kansas, Ne-

is reported

braska, Texas, and Oklahoma, where
present intentions are 2,000,000
acres above those reported a year
ago. It is worth noting that in these

f'States the cost of harvesting winter
‘Wheat is being reduced by the in-

creased use of combines. Other
States where farmers show inten-
tions materially above those report-
ed last year include Montana and
Washington, where there has been
some shift from spring wheat, and
some of the Central Corn Belt
States, where there is considerable
land which farmers were unable to
plant to spring crops this year.
This report is not a forecast of the
acreage that will be planted, but

;merely a statement of farmers’ in—

tentions as of August 1.

It is pub—

lished in order that growers may

if they ﬁnd a
A departure

modify their plans
change to be desirable.

‘of actual sowings this season from

_change

present intentions is to be expected
if weather conditions should prove
unusual, or if there is any material
in the price outlook. In-

: tended plantings may also be affected

,by this report.

In 1923 and 1924,
the acreage sown was in fairly close

agreement with the reported inten-

. tions,

but in 1925 and 1926 the

.planting of the full intended acre-
!age was prevented by Wet weather
2at planting time.

,Oregon favorable moisture
gtions last spring permitted

The acreage which farmers report
they intend to plant to winter wheat
this fall exceeds the acreage actually
planted last fall in all states except
Oregon, and possibly California. In
condi-

some
spring wheat to be seeded on land
which farmers had expected to sum—
mer fallow for winter wheat. In
California the acreage that will be
sown is largely dependent on rains
this fall.

Rye

An intended increase this fall of
20 per cent in the acreage of winter
rye for grain over the plantings for
grain in the autumn of 1926 is re-
ported. The increases reported range
from 10 to 15 per cent in Indiana,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas and
Colorado; from 20 to 25 per cent
in New York, Minnesota, North Da-
kota and Nebraska; and from 30,t0
40 per cent in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Mon-
tana and North Carolina.

The acreage that will actually be
sown is more likely to be smaller
than larger than now intended.
Last year an increase of only 2 per
cent fOIIOWed an intention to in-
crease 17 per cent. Two years ago

' an intended increase of 21 .per cent

was reduced by an unfavorable au-
tumn to an actual decrease 0_f about
16 per cent. The plantings in 1923

' and 1924 we're about in line with

I

intentions.

The present acreage of rye is con-
siderably below the ten-year aver-
age. Among other inﬂuences lead-
ing to the intended increase in sow-
ings of rye this year are the failure
to Secure a full acreage of spring
cmps, the fact that prices of rye
during the past two years have been
considerably higher than for the two,

at .

Tendency Is To Increase Wheat Acreage
Farmers Plan Larger Number of Acres of Rye This Fall

prec‘eeding years, and the present
ample supply of moisture in those
localities where rye is ordinarily
grown on lighter soils.

Sowings of rye this autumn would
amount to 4,629,000 acres if report-
ed intentions should be carried out.
The acreage harvested in 1927 is es-
timated at 3,860,000, campared with
3,586,000 in 1926, and a ﬁve year
average from 1922 to 1926 of 4,711,-
000 acres.

 

WHEAT

The bulls were in the saddle in last
week’s wheat market and a steady
tone prevailed. Damage to the new
crop was reported in Canada and
Europe with foreigners becoming ac-
tive, in the American market. Prices
at Detroit show a nice increase over
two weeks ago.

CORN

Strength shown in wheat affected
corn some, prices advancing a frac-

 

trading is fair and the tone is steady.
Shipments have been rather heavy
the last few weeks. '

 

LIVESTOCK MARKETS
' EAST BUFFALO, N. Y.,---(United
States Department of Agriculture.) Hogs,
very slow, few sales; light steady; other
quotable unevenly lower; bulk 160 to 200
'pounds, $11@$11.25. Few $11.30; few
300 pounds, $9.25; packing sows, $7.50@
$8; pigs and light lights quotable at
$10.25 @$’11; medium weights, $100
$11.15.
Cattle, market steady.
Calves, choice vealers, 25 cents lower at

$17.00.
Sheep, steady; good lambs eligible,
$14.50; cull and common grades, $10@

$11; fat ewes, $5.50@$7.50.
CHICAGO—Limited week-end supplies
were reported in the livestock market but
slight increases in volume of receipts in
all branches of the trade as compared
with last week, In cattle, there was no
regular market, with less than 500 head
received, but a few buyers picked up
such calves as were available. Grain-
fattened steers closed steady and strong,
the best reaching $14.60 this week. Short
feed stock and grassy steers were slow
and in spots 25 cents lower than the close
last week. Bulls closed steady to 25 cents

' higher and vealei‘s ﬁnished 50@75 cents

higher, reaching $17, the highest in sev-

 

 

M. B. F. MARKETS BY RADIO
UNE in the M. B. F. market reports and farm news broadcast on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights at 6:40, east-

ern standard time from WGHP of Detroit.
The wave length is 319.3 meters.

6:15 on Tuesday evening.

It is broadcast at

 

 

tion of a cent. Reports indicate that
unless frosts are very late this year
the new crop will not amount to
much in most sections of the State.

_ OATS

Following the trend of other
grains oats worked slightly higher
but an easy tone seems to prevail.

RYE
Rye also is in a slightly better
position with the price above the
level of two weeks ago.

' BEANS

Dropping off of demand for the
old crop of CHP has brought about
lower prices and some experts are
expecting further declines. Rains
are needed for the new crop. Dark
red kidneys are quoted at $5.15, and
light reds at $5.90. »

 

POTATOFE:

A ﬁrm market is reported for po-
tatoes at Detroit while at Chicago

eral years. The run was 800, including
300 calves, While half the fresh run of
hogs wentx direct to packers, there were
8,000 stale hold—overs, filrnishing sufﬁcient
supplies for all requirements. Prices were
steady with top lights and lights at $10.65.
Packing sows went to killers at $7.50@
$8, while heavy butchers stopped at $9.50.
The sheep market was dull, the entire
run of 1,500 going direct to slaughtering
plants. Final quotations were 25 cents
above a week ago on the better class of
lambs and $14.70 was the highest paid.

BOSTON WOOL
The Boston market closed the week
dull, ﬁne territory lines getting about all
the‘business that was done, which was
little. Fine Ohio grade combing ﬂeeces
are quoted at 45@46c grease basis.

DETROIT LIVE POUI/I‘RY

(Commission merchants' gross returns
per pound, to farmers, from which prices
5 per cent commission and transportation
charges are deductible.)

Market is steady. Hens, colored, 25c;
leghorn, 18c; cocks, 16c. Broilers, 3 lbs.
up, barred rocks, 29c; reds and white
rocks, 26c; all colors, 1% to 2% lbs., 20
@22c. Ducks: White, 5 lbs. up, 22c;
smaller or dark, 18629c; geese, 180.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit Chicago Detl nit Detroit
Aug. 22 ‘ Aug. 22 Aug. 9 i 1 yr. ago

WHEAT— I I .

No. 2 Red $137 $1.40 @ 1.41 $138 $1.34

No. 2 White ' L36 1-37 1.33

No. 2 Mixed 1-35 1.36 1.32
CORN—

No. 2 Yellow 1-18 l.13@1.l4 1.17 .83

No.3 Yellow 1.10 1.11 1.15 .82
OATS (New)

No. 2 White 50% 481/; @.491,4 .5434 .45

No. 3 White .49 .47 @ .48 $4 .52 1,4 .44
RYE--

Cash No. 2 1-02 1.01 1.00

C. H. P. th. 5-85 - - r” " 6.05 4.00 @415
POTATOES—

per Bu. 4@4.25 4@ 4.10 4.25@4.50 3.25@3.34
HAY— .

No_ 1 Tim. 15@16 20@21 15@16 22@23

No. 2 Tim. I 13@14 18@ 19 13@14 20821

No. 1 Clover I 14 @ 15 . 19 @20 14 @ 15 19 20

Light Mixed : 14@ 15 f 19@20 14@15 21@22

 

 

Monday, August Lia—Good demand boosts wheat  Other, gram feel _
strength in wheat market. Bean market dull. Potatoes M. ‘ V ‘ ‘

 

 

 

, standard, $5;

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DETROIT Burma AND  a
‘ Provisions ﬁrm. Butterz‘ Best creamery

in tubs, 37%.@39%c. . Eggs: 
26@28%c. v

DETROIT SEEDS
Seeds—Clover seed, cash, imported, $14;

 

October, $17;_December, $14.25; domestic,

December, $16.65. Alsike, August, $16;
December, $16.10; January, $16.25. Tirm
othy—Cash, $2; December, $2; ‘March,
$2. ‘ l

A GLANCE AT THE MARJCETS
(Special to THE Busmnss FARMER)
Market News Service, Bureau of Agri-

cultural Economics, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.

OME straws to show which way the
wind is blowing in the apple market
include jobbing prices of eastern and

midwestern early varieties fully twice
those of a year ago; bookings of western
boxed apples average about 75 cents high-
er than last August; further reductions
have been made in the crop. estimate, and
shipments both East and West continue
very moderate compared with the heavy
early movement in 1926. Only 3,300 cars
have been shipped to date, against 5,100
cars in mid-August last season.

Prospects for fruit production have de-
clined further, the latest forecasts indi-
cating lighter crops of tree fruits than in
any recent season. The commercial apple
crop is estimated at 24,830,000 barrels,
of which approximately 2,000,000 are in
the West, and 13,000,000 barrels in east-
ern and central producing sections.
Peaches are expected to total 45,000,000
bushels or about two—thirds the 1926 crop;
pear production is indicayed at 18,000,000
bushels against 25,600,000 bushels last
season; the grape crop is expected to
reach 2,540,000 tons, an increase of nearly
200,000 tons over last year, and 440,000
tons above the five—year average.

 

MISCELLANEOUS DETROIT
MARKETS
PEACHES—Elbertas, bu., $3.50; bas-
ket, $.50; Hales, $4.
PLUMS—Califomia W i c k s o n ,
$2.25; Kelsey, 3x4, $3;
$2.25; Tragedy, 5x5, $2.75.
gEﬁIl-E‘Sa—Bartlett, crates, $4.
JBERRIES—Home- -
$4.25@4.50. grown 16 qt"
WATERMELONS—Each, $1.25@1.50.
CANTALOUPfllﬂaS—California: Turlock
ts, Osa ’
Hearts of Gold, $1.75. ge Gem. $1.75.
HIDES—Country buyers are paying the
following prices per pound for hides: No. 1
cured, 16c; green, 12c. Bulls: No. 1 cured,
llc; green 7c. No. 2 hides and bulls 1c
under N0. 1. Calf: No. 1 cured, 19c:
green, 14c. Kip: No. 1 cured, 16c; green
120; No. 2 calf and kip, like under N0. 1.
Horsehides: No. 1, $5.50; No. 2, $4.50.

515,
Burbank, 5x5,

    

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Week of August 28
HILE it is expected warm
weather for the season will

come over from the end of-

}ast week, it will be short lived in
Michigan. A sudden drop in the
temperature will occur about Mon-
day and cool weather will then re-
main in Michigan over Tuesday. The
sky over the greater part of the ﬁrst
half of this week will be mostly
clear. ‘v

Immediately after the middle of
the week weather conditions will be«
come unsettled to threatening. There
will be some wind storms and scat-
tered showers or moderately heavy
rains This will continue through
the balance of the week with tem-
peratures remaining generally warm.

Week of September/1

The weather for the week of Sep-
tember 4 will average cooler than
normal but rainfall will be less than
usually expected at this time. .

The rainy Weather of last week
will end with the opening days of
this week and then will folloy a.
couple days of pleasant weather;—
sunshiny days and warm tempera-
tures. . 

About the middle of the week tem-
peratures will be warmer, the weath-
er become threatening and local

. showers and some windlstorms will 

develop.

‘Th‘e‘lsst two days or the  '

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Prosqne Isle.—'—We need. rain. Potatoes
won’t be half crop unless we get rain
soon. Pastures short. Farmers harvest-
ing wheat and rye, busy now with oats.
Quite cool these days. Corn backward.
Quotations at Rogers City: Butter, 406
1b.; eggs, 35c doz.—F. T., Aug. 17.

Montcalm.—Everybody busy threshing;
crop looking good; need rain badly. - Past-
ures nearly crisp. Quotations at Sherl—
dan: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 45c bu.;
oats, 40c bu.; rye, 86c bu.; beans. $4.50
@6.00; potatoes, 75c bu.; butter, 40c 1b.;
eggs, 23c doz.—Mrs. C. [D., Aug. 17th.

Berrien.—A good rain on August 18
helped all crops. Nights very cool.
Quotations at Benton Harbor: Apples,

' "$1.25-@2.25 bu.; pears, $2.50 bu.; toma-

toes, 75¢ per jumbo; early peaches, $2.00
@350 bu.—H. N., Aug. 17th.

LenaWee (W).——Threshing oats and
ploughing for wheat. Oats yielded fair.
There will be lots of wheat sown if noth-
ing prevents. Corn very late. Late po-
tatoes need rain; early potatoes fair. No
berries on account of late frost. Hogs
and lambs cheaper. Quotations at Cad-
mus: Wheat, $1.23 bu.; oats, 390@4lc
bu.; butter, 42c 1b.; eggs, 27c doz.——C B.,
August 18th. ‘

Tuscola (W).——~Extreme dry weather
has been help to farmers in taking care
of oat crop which is now in barn. On ac-
count of cool nights, corn is coming along
slow. In need of rain and warmer Weath-
er. Beans beginning to show brown spots
on leaves. Pastures drying up and cows
likewise. Quotations from Vassar: Wheat,
$1.21 bu.; corn, $1.00 bu.; oats, 380 bu.;
rye, 79c bu.; beans, $5.50; potatoes, $1.50
bu.; butter, 450 1b.; eggs, 25¢ doz.—J. T.,
August 18th.

Hillsdale (NW).——Sti11 waiting for rain.
Pasture all burnt up. Some farmers feed-
ing nearly as heavy as in winter. Be—
cause of continued dry weather, threshers
have lost no time and threshing is about
done. Corn looking good, considering how
dry it is. Quotations from Jonesvi‘lle:
Eggs, 25c doz.: heavy hens. 20c; heavy
broilers, 24c.——C. H.,,Aug. 18th.

Wexford.—Yery dry weather lately.
Pastures getting short. Early potatoes
selling for $1.50.. Potato crop hurt some
by frost and badly in need of rain. Not
"many apples. Huckleberries ripe. Good
prices for late potatoes predicted. Quot-
ations from Cadillac: Wheat, $1.10 bu.;
eggs, 16c doz.—E. H. D., Aug. 18th.

Clare (NW).——Prolonged drought kill-
.ing courage as well as pastures. Farmers
complaining of beans being blasted. Corn
rolling badly and nothing but miracle
will make even average crop owing to
cold late spring and present drought. Oats
most all cut; short and light in most
cases. Losses of poultry and grain so
high is making it a. losing proposition.
Cattle at sales bringing good prices. Hogs
almost worthless owing to shortage of
grain withoonsequent high prices. Not
much fruit and of inferior quality. Few
early potatoes going to market at $16
$1.50 per busheL Everyone seems in
favor of increased gas tax with either
reduction in annual cost of license plates
or permanent plates at low cost—Mrs.
R. D., Aug. 18th. '

Saginaw (NW).——'ﬂircshing in full
swing. Grain turning out about normal.
Some yielding good, some not. Weather
dry, one small rain since 28th of May,
everything is drying up; corn and beans
won't be 40% of a crop. Beans are pod-
ded well. Some corn not knee high. Hay
and grain never have gone in barns in
nicer shape. Pastures all dryed up.
Quotations at Hemlock: Wheat, $1.21 bu.;
corn, $1.00 bu.; oats, 39c bu.; rye, 78c
bu.; beans, $5.60; butter, 41c 1b.; eggs,
250 don—F. D., Aug. 17th.

Coca—Wheat threshing about over,
oat threshing in full swing. Oats turn-
ing out better than expected. Rains of
week ago helped potatoes and corn.
Farmers trying to make alfalfa hay be-
tween other work. Clover tull of seed and
hulling will start in about week—W. N.
H., Aug. 18th.

Genesee.——Rain, which has been greatly
needed for last two weeks, has come.
Late potatoes, beans, and corn have suf-
fered considerable as result of dry spell.
Oats nearly all threshed or hauled to
barn. Yield varied from 40 to 65 bushel.
Second cutting of alfalfa heavier than ex-
pected. Pastures short past few weeks.
Big demand for sweet corn. Quotations
from Flint: Wheat, $1.23; corn. $1.15
bu.; oats, 40c@50c bu.; rye, 80c bu.;
beans, l $5.46 cwt.; potatoes, $3.20 bu.;
butter, 44c 1b.; eggs, 290 doz.-—-H. E. 8.,
August 19.

Missankee.——Oats harvest begun, wheat
and rye being thredred and yielding fairly
good. We had a nice shower but need

Pastures are drying up and

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Gladwin (NW).—-All crops poor on ac-
count of long dry weather, although corn
is growing since last Friday when we
had a nice shower. Early potatoes very
poor. Pickles very slow and some killed
by frost; also some corn and potatoes.
Pastures all dried up and very short.
Weather cool most of time.
very small amount of milk. Quotations
from Gladwin; Wheat, $1.19 bu.; butter,
41:: 1b.; eggs, 240 don—L. C. Y., Aug. 19.

St. Joseph—Threshing well under way.
Yields best for years. Corn slow and
must be very good to mature. Mint har-
vested and yields good. Some clover seed
will be hulled as soon as weather permits.
Most of it to be out yet. Quite large
acreage of wheat will be sown. Late po-
tatoes look very promising—A. J. Y., Aug.
18. ‘

Shiawa-ssee.———Oat threshing about ﬁn—
ished. Yelds very good; have about ﬁfty
bushel. Late ones holding down average.
Too dry for beans; not ﬁlling good. T00
cold nights for corn. Very few ﬁelds
look as though they would do much from
now on. Beets looking good, need rain.
Pashzres dried up. Quotations at Elsie:
Wheat, $1.21 bu.; corn, 90c bu.; oats, 40c
bu.; beans, $5.50 cwt.; potatoes, $1.50
bu.; butter, 45c 1b.; eggs, 25c doz.—G.
L. P., Aug. 19.

Run. (E).——Harvest and shock thresh-
ing nearly done; light crop of good quali-
ty. Much alsike hay. Threshed very light
average yield, less than one DUShel per
acre. Too dry for hoe crop just now.

Corn ﬁelds scarce. Pretty dry for ﬁtting '

land. Strenuous efforts to increase acre—
age of wheat. Less sweet clover. Winter
killed some alfalfa; no great acreage of
red clover. Beef cattle shrinking in num-
ber.——E. R., Aug. 18. '
Msson.—Quotations at S c o t t ville :
Wheat, $1.13 bu.; rye, 78c bu.; oats, 50c
bu.; beans (dark red), $4.50 ch; beans
(light red), $5.50 ch; veal hides, 10@15
lbs., 120; muskrats, $2.25; wool, 32c 1b.;
eggs, 30c doz.; butter, 40c 1b.; butter fat,
41c lb. String bean harvest on but will
be reduced one half on account of frost
in some sections. No rainfall here for
month. Apples plentiful in some orchards
but dry weather making them drop badly.
Many orchards have no apples at all.
Pears fair. Few blackberries and buckle-
berries.——-Mrs. F. T., Aug. 16.

LIVESTOCK SHIPPING CASUAL-
TIIRB DECLINE

LOSSES at the Detroit stockyards
are on the decline according to-
0. B. Price, agricultural agent
for the Michigan Central Railroad
and secretary of the Michigan Live-
stock Loss Prevention Association.
During July of this year only
seven dead animals and ﬁve cripples
were received for each 100 carloads,
as compared with 11 dead and eight
cripples in July, 1926.

“Hogs continue to show the great—
est losses," said Mr. Price. “They
make up 7 9 per cent of the cripples
and 80 per cent of the dead animals.

 

The death of hogs can be largely

prevented by using Wet sand as a
bedding and by suspending bags of
ice from the ceiling of the car.
About six bags containing from 50
to 75 pounds of ice should be used."

OUR REPORTER ERRS
N his write-up of Farmers’ Day at
M. S. C. which appeared in our
August 15th issue, our reporter
stated that in the horseshoe pitching
contest Elmer Faught of St. Louis
trimmed Thomas Slrrlne of lidlsnd.
We have “a'letter from Friendﬁirrlne
telling us that the results were quite
the opposite and he has a nice gold
medal which was presented to him
to prove it. " l

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' You Must Save Your Corn

Government reports show that this year’s corn crop is
theshortest intwenty-six years.This meansahigh price
for this year’s crop, making it doubly important that
good storage be provided. (1 Buy a Dickelman metal
a'ibyand every cause of storage waste is eliminated.
Dickelman protects

water, rats, mice, mo
Dickelman and get the best market

mm MFG. co., 620 Main St., Forest, Ohio

your corn from ﬁre, lightning,
d and dirt. Store your corn in a
rice. There is a
size and style for every arm.

 

 

 

 

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