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E have had many letters from our folks commenting on the no- "7

curacy of our Mr. Prltchard's' weather, forecast for 1927, VII“.

appearedlnstMnrch, andﬂleynskedifwewere gohgtopublsh'
one for the year of 198. An Isabella county subsa'iber writes, “Your
1927 forecast did me much good and the farmers 11er here are -

anxiously waiting for the 1928 i.’

” Well. here it is, folks. Alter

you read it be sure to ﬁle your copy of this issue in a handy place so

you can refer to it at any time.

Of course, forecasts for two weeks
ahead will continue to appear in each issue of M. B.

F. but yuan-n1

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LOOK for a cold and wet winter,
as I have already forecast in my
regular column. This will prob-

ably mean a good covering of snow
over most sections. That it will hold
over into the spring months seems
quite probable but precipitation dur-
ing the spring moon will .01 itself.
be generally deddent. Likewise,
precipitation will be less than usual
during the summer months, but dur-
ing the fall months the mean pre-
cipitation will be considerably above
the normal.

My 1928 weather forecast for

warm spells with, perhaps, a little

more tendency for the cold than the
warm. There will be several heavy
areas of precipitation during the
month, likewise there will be some
periods and some sections that will

FEBRUARY: Michigan will have
regular winter weather during Feb—
ruary with the average temperature
ranging below the seasonal normal
and precipitation somewhat above

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APRIL: April bids fair to be a
cool month throughout most parts of
the state with some days ranging de-
The pre-
cipiintion will average a little less
than the normal for most counties,
although we believe there will be
other sections "close by that will re-

ceive sufficient. if not a little too»

much, moisture for the best inter-
-.ests
HAY: This critical spring month
for Michigan farms“w111 be a poor
period for the growing crops and
those that should germinate. Tem-
peratures are expected to average be-
low normal. Precipitation may not
be overly heavy but more or less
constant during the month so as to
keep the ground too wet tor propsr
mm 1‘0 but that there
will be le- than the usual amount of
sunshine will also have a tendency to
hold Incl: seasonal operations.

JUNE: While temperatures are
expected to “remain below uor~

mnl during. most parts of May in
chhigan, the latter part of the
month will be a little more moder—

Michigan by months is as follows:

JANUARY: The state will have
varied weather conditions during
January. There will be sharp cold
spells and also some moderately

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will be somewhat varied but heavier
as the month progresses. There will
be numerous extremes, some electri-

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electrical, wind and general terms
“that will visit numerous counties 0:
Michigan, some at them rather sud-
denly. Temperatures July
will average moderate to a little be-
low was! but within the 31 days
we are expecting also" rather notable
extremes.

AUlelB’T: it is quite likely the
rainy spoils of July will run. into

corded, we believe, and it is not at
all unlikely that some unusual
weather eﬂects will be seen this
month. Temperatures are expected
to range from normal to below for
the month in general in Michigan
with some rather severe or startling
drops.
expected during last half 01-month.

SEPTEMBER: There is little
‘doubt but that September will over—
age cool to cold in Michigan. ﬁrly.
if not dangerous and damaging frosts
are almost sure to appear. during this
month in many districtsnot usually
visited so early. Sunshine will be
more in evidence than is usually the
case during September and rainfall
will be less than three inches in the
St. Joseph and Van Buren county re-
gion and not much, if any, over two
inches in the regions of Grand Trav-
erse and Livingston counties. The
latter half of the month will be the
driest.

OCTOBER: Rainfall during 00--
tober will be heavier in Michigan
than last month and heavier than is
usual for the average October. It
is our idea. however, that precipita—
tion will not be evenly distributed
in all parts of the state—some soun-
ties will have much less than others.
Temperatures will range normal to
below with some sudden changes.

NOVEMBE: Temperatures will
continue to range below the seasonal
normal during November in Elohi-
m. quite likely setting some new
low reading remds. Precimtion
not enacted to be overly heavy and
may not come up to the usual nor-
mal amounts in most counties. Some
few local sections :may receive heavy
tails of rain or snow.

DECEMBER: Plenty of cold
weather is expected in December
throughout most parts of Michigan;
winter will be well on the way and in

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moderately heavy generally and lo—
cally very heavy. There seems to be
everything in favor of a good cover-
lag of snow in most counties before
1929 begins.

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gardeners and all those engaged in
the raising oi vegetables for sale w ill
be put on at the Michigan State Col~
legs. The program, according to 3.

B. Edmond, of the horticultural de~ ,
partment of the College, includes a 5
discussion of such topics as snpple— .

meeting barnyard manure Witﬂ com—
mercial tortillas“; hot beds;
frames and glass substitutes, recent
developments in insect and disease
control; mmpmting; cultivating;

cold ‘

irrigating; grading; marketing; vari- :

cities and ad strains. Emphasis
will be placed on recent investiga-
tions in vegetable crop production.
Begistrslﬁon begins Monday fore—
noon, February 6, and all classes
slant in the Eartiwltural Building at
1:39 P. )1. of the same day. Total

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MILON GRINNELL
Editor

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Aug. 22.1917. at Mt. Clemens.
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A (mid cu Rather LiVe on Farm or in City?

. Most Arguments on the Question Seem toﬂbe in Favor of Country Life

" BRING “1&1”!- ten yearns-greet

~may farmers have: left the ..

‘. farm to become,” laborers.
Perhaps the reason given by most oi
them-would'notbeutor’hether they
liked city litebettw than country
life, but rather that they chose the
place on mat—or tho returns they
could get iortheir labor. Just what
Isn’t
item income that will enable them
to me well for their families, edu—
cate their children, get some at least
of the luxuries ,of life, and be secure
from want in the years when they
are no longer able to work?

Who are getting this sort of an
income—the deserters or those who
have stayed on the term?

In our community and in some-

others that I know about the men
who have gotten discouraged with
farming and have gone to the city
are the ones who had been using on
the depleted and worn—out soil of old
farms the same methods which the
pioneers used when the land was
new. They are farmers—rightly
named farm miners'who have been
cropping the soil without renewing

soil fertility; ~ and both farm and.

farmer got poorer year by year.

In the, cities these farmers have

become factory men, carpenters, rail-
road employee, etc. Many of them
are making, more money than they
ever madeon the farm. But very
few are saving any. In ﬂush times
they fare well; in times of stress
they work on short time‘and Worry
about losing their jobs. They are at
the mercy "of industrial conditions;
a strike, a lay-off, a ﬁre that destroys
the plant, a surplus of men, may
render them jobless.
Some rent houses for high prices
which tend to increase, nor does
higher rent insurg any betterment
in "living conditions, for landlords
are usually opposed to any outlay of
money not absolutely necessary,_ and
in the crowded cities another tenant
to take the place of the outgoing one
is always on hand. ‘

Some are buying homes on con.—
tracts.
make his payments when due his

' contract becomes void and. he may

lose his home and -all that he has
paid ongit. Nata few of these'time-

' payment buyers have a mortgage on
[which to pay interest in addition to
" the payments made monthly.

‘_ Of course this doesn’t prove that
some of the ex-farmers in the cities
aren’t enjoying a better life than
they had on the farm. Some of them
do like “two life better. They are
the ones who were only farmers by
accident. - ,
But the men who are staying on
the farm because they like farming,
because they see a better future

ahead and are willing to work

towardit, are the real farmers.
They are studying improved farm—

ing- methods, rebuilding depleted

soils, raising larger crops on less

v acreage, weeding. out non-productive
live stock and feeding only those

that will return a proﬁt for the feed,
housing and labor theyeost. They
are adopting the methods and .ma-

cbinery tested out and recommended ‘

”by their 4 agricultural colleges, {arm

, ,giournalia, and county agents; , ,
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neighbors for the mutual beneﬁt of
all. Second, no master can take his
job from him. No landlord can raise
his rent. If his place is not all paid
for he has, at least, a steady job;
and if he practices good farming

. methods is never without some in-

come, on some product that he can

turn into money. In winter, cream,
butter, eggs, poultry, veal calves,
etc., and in summer all of these and
the crops he raises for a. cash income.

Each year sees more farmers own-
ing automobiles, radios, putting in
heating and lighting ~~and water
systems, using better machinery,

$1 00‘ Reward Offered for Three Thieves

By BELON' GRINNELL

LITTLE ovena year ago L. J.

Wilson, a Montcalm county

farmer, ﬁred a shot that was
heard all over Michigan and in many
surrounding states. It was the shot
that killed a thief he discovered
breaking into his chicken coop just
before midnight Thanksgiving eve.
Perhaps if the oﬂicials had declared
Mr. Wilson had acted within his
rights in protecting his property
little would have been known about
it outside of that community but
they saw ﬁt to charge him with

'manslaughter and it was then that

THE BUSINESS FABMER stepped in to
help Mr. Wilson.

Our attorney gave valuable infor- '

mation to. him and we took up his
ﬁght in the editorial columns of THE
BUSINESS FARMER. In one issue we
published the heading for a petition
in his behalf, urging our folks to clip
it out, attach a sheet of paper and
circulate it among their neighbors.
Before the trial, which was held in
March, nearly 100,000‘people had
signed these petitions. Then we

- announced that we were going to

start an L. J. Wilson Defense Fund,
as many had expressed a. desire to
help ﬁnancially, the money to- be
used to defray his expenses. When
all of the money was in, our account
at the bank showed we had $856.70.
Then We learned the attorney’s
charges amounted to $400.00, leav-
ing $456.70 in the fund to remain in
the bank, at interest, "until needed
to defend any farmer who is brought
to trial on a. similar offense or any
case which in the opinion of the
Editor of M. B. F. is deserving of
our support.” ,

To our knowledge no farmer has
been brought to trial in this State for

’similar offense since then but we

have learned of a case which in the
opinion of the Editor, deserves our
support.

Farmer Shot by Thieves

John McNally, a , farmer living
near Bay City, ,wasawakened early

Tuesday morning, December 20th, by
the barking of his dog. Going to the
barn to investigate he discovered
three men, apparently foreigners, at-
tempting to remove his grain. Con-
fronting them he was greeted with a
series of shots, and he fell wounded
on the barn ﬂoor. The thieves then
proceeded to set ﬁre to the barn, be-
lieving that they had killed Mr. Mc-
Nally, but he regained consciousness
just in time to escape with his life.
All of his grain, hay, other crops,
and most of his livestock were de-
stroyed. Mr. McNally was rushed to
the hospital where it was found that
he had been hit three time but his
condition was not considered very
serious. He was unable to give the
sheriff any clues as to the identity
of his assailants. ‘

As soon as

this information

reached us we wired Sheriff Ezra

Marvin, of Bay County, that we were
offering one hundred dollars reward,
to be paid from the L. J. Wilson De—
fense Fund, to the person supplying
the information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person or per-
sons responsible for the shooting of
Mr. McNally and the burning of his
barn.
broadcast this fact to the newspapers
in his territory and to all local de—
tective agencies to try to bring about
the early apprehension of the
thieves.

Mr. McNally is not a subscriber to
THE BUSINESS FARMER, but that does
not matter. He is a farmer in Mich-
igan and he’was trying to protect his
own property. That is reason enough
for us to come to his assistance and
We know every one of our,subscrib-
ers will stand behind us one hundred
per cent.

This is another case that shows the
need of farmers owning ﬁrearms and
using them when necessary. If Mr.
McNally had been armed and got
the drop on the men before they saw
him perhaps one or more of the
thieves would be in the hospital
today, along with Mr. McNally.

 

EZRA MARVIN SHERIFF '
BAY CITY MICH

AND BURNING OF HIS BARN

 

WE OFFER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD FOR INFOR—

MATION LEADING To ARREST AND CONVICTION 0F PERSON

OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTINGVOF JOHN MC NALLY

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raising better live-stock. An ever
increasing number are sending their
children to higher institutions of
learning. More of the woman are
taking College Extension courses in
Home Economics. The farm—in the
early days a place of few comforts,
almost no conveniences and little
leisure—is all the time advancing
toward the position it should hold
-—~that of the ideal where all the fam-
ily work together in a common in-
terest. Farmers even take vacations
these days.

The farmer works with an en-
thusiasm unknown to the city labor-
er who occupies a job that is his
today and tomorrow may belong to
someone else or not exist.

The farmer brings to the table——
three times a day———an appetite that
makes dainties of common fare; and
at the same time he enjoys many of
the dainties that the city laborer only
gets by paying enormous prices for
but which the farmer raises and uses
freely.

The well-managed farm increases
in fertility. The livestock increases
in value. AS the farmer grows old
he hands the management of the
farm to a son or hired helper. Often
he is able to retire on the money
from his investment and the income
from his bank account.

The city laborer as he groWs older
ﬁnds his earning power growing lose,
his job less securely. His invest~
ment—the home he has taken the
best years of his life to pay for—
cannot support him and house him

too unless indeed he turns it into
a boarding or lodging house.
The farmer who sticks is the

farmer with a vision of what a farm
home ought to be. He is the farmer
who has patience, and perseverance.
He loves the smell of the fresh-
turned earth in the spring, the new—
mown hay, the fruit harvest. His
work is hard but not monotonous
for it is HIS interest and that of his
family that he is working for, at
constantly changing tasks.

Uncle Sam owes it to the farmer
who has stuck through the hard
.years since the war to put him on a
par with the city business man. The
farmer has the best security of all—-
the land itself—and for it he can
get the least in credit.

But the farmer who sticks, and
works his brains as well as his
brawu, is going to win whether Uncle
Sam does justice to him or not.

POTATO TRAIN HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL '

HE Potato Show Train operated
over the New York Central
Lines through Southwestern

Michigan in cooperation with the
Michigan'State College was highly
successful according to those in
charge of the train.

Starting at Jackson on December
6 it completed its schedule at Hills-
dale on December 16. It made ten
stops in ten counties in as many
days.

In points of attendance, entries,
and competition in contests this Po-
tato Show ranked\well up with the
best in the State. The entries were
mostly of high quality for the ﬁrs
Show. . ‘

Over 1700 farmers, their wives,
Boys Potato Club members, and agri-
cultural high school students visited
this train and entered 228 exhibits of w '
potatoes. ' . ' .-

At each stop exhibitors competed
for the $110 in premium money 01-
fered and the best peak was taken,

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-.'1‘he Business

with a supply of ink which we are selling

"at cost to our subscribers as part of our

campaign to eliminate the chicken thieves
in Michigan.

' N _ September 25th, 1926', THE

BUSINESS FARMER declared, war
2 _ on chicken thieves in Michigan
by posting $1,000 to be paid out in
rewards of $50 each to persons sup-
plying the information that leads to
_ thearrest and conviction of persons
,guilty of stealing poultry from paid-
up subscribers to this publication.
.We started this ﬁght because an in-
vestigation revealed farmers in this
State Were losing right around a mil-
lion dollars a year through the oper-
ations of these thieves and we are
going to Stay in it until they ﬁnd
Michigan too hot for them. We have
paid several rewards and have been
instrumental in putting a large num-
ber of thieves behind the bars of
Michigan prisons for from several
" months to several years. In July,
1927 we broadened our work by add-
ing $500 to be paid out in rewards
other livestock, grains, fruits,‘
farm implements.

'The offering of rewards has done
much to bring the seriousness of the
whole situation. to the attention of
the ‘public and our officials, saving
farmers of Michigan thousands of
dollars, but if we are to make a clean
job of it we must have something
more than rewards. .There must be

and

healers and M. B. F. And farm-
ers can do more than any of the
”others to stop not only poultry steal—
ing but other forms of thievery in
the country. There are six impor-
tant things they should do:

1. Put good locks on the doors of
all buildings and either bar Windows
or fasten them shut.

2. Install burglar alarms.

3. Mark poultry with an identify-

, ing mark which is registered with
poultry dealers and sheriffs.

4. Organize county-wide anti-thief
associations.

5. Learn to shoot, and do not hes-

itate to do so when necessary.
’ ' 6. Enforce poultry dealers’ regis-
' tration law.‘

only after careful study of the
problem in Michigan and of what is
being done successfully in other
states have We seen ﬁt to make these
recommendations. The habits of the
poultry thief have been studied from
every angle, and we have spent much
time and money on the study of how
to protect farm property from theft.

result.

, Locks on Doors

The putting of locks on doors and
making windows secure is the ﬁrst
recommendation.

k thieves who manage to make
a living without working, to the won-
(1 Ement of the neighbors. They only
1: e a few chiékens to serve on theit
o 11 table and they visit different
chops about the community so no
one loss amounts to much. When
they come to a\coop that is securely
lheked, both doors and windoWs, they
has on, as a rule. But good roads
=nd trucks have brought the profes—
Sional thieves into the country and
on may be sure they are out there
clean up. When ”they get into a
" they take all of the poultry.
. travel eqiupped to handle al-

at any quantity. Also many of
are armed and will shoot it

  
  
 
 
  

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er but it will turn away at least

-‘ to: them- because usually
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Farmer’s Poulty Marker‘

of $25 each to cover thieving of.

100 per cent cooperation all along»
the line, between farmers, officialsﬁ

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The above recommendatiOns are the

{ltuch of farmers’ losses aredue to,
sue

ry to make" their get-away

at is .

entrance into the securely. locked hen
house. So, whether it be amateur or

‘professi'onal thief, locked doors and

fastened or barred windows offer
protection against their-invasion.

Install Alarms

Second is burglar alarms. .

Have you ever been awakened
near midnight, out of a sound sleep,
by some noise that you thought came
from the chicken coop? Have you

groped about blindly in the dark for '

your shoes with one hand and for
your pants with the other, then put
them on and reached for the shot-
gun, all the time still, half asleep?
In fact, you really were not awake
until you had been out in the night
air for a few minutes. If you have
been through this you are ready to

Suggestions on How to Get Rid of Him
By ’MlLON thNNELL

 
   

it goes off the thief will not be there.
ﬁle will run right out from under" his
at.

This alarm has no outside wires
that can be cut. The gong is oper-
ated from dry cell batteries and will
ring for hours if not turned off. .As
everything is inside the poultry house
one must get inside to turn 0 the
alarm. The thief being outside he
decides at once to change his loca-
tion before the farmer and his fam-
ily are thoroughly aroused.

The alarm is not difficult to make
if one is handy at all, and we will be

pleased to. suppiy details and list of-

parts that can be boughtiat the
hardware st'.ore We thought most

of our folks would prefer to buy the
complete alarms so we secured a
special low price on them, and can.

 

 

 

 

 

How the mark is stenciled on the wing of the chicken.

 

' As the mark is indelible it

can not be removed and thieves will avoid stealing marked poultry because of the hard
time they would have disposing of it safely.

admit with us that a thief could have
made his ecape or he could have shot
you dead before you got ahold "of all
your senses. Few, if any, of us are
very keen about facing an alert thief
who may be armed and ready to
shoot it his liberty is threatened,
even though we may be wide awake,
so the type of alarm We recommend
ﬁrst is the gong alarm. This consists
of a large gong inside the poultry
house, which will make noise enough
to be heardall over the place when
it is realeased. It is a ’thief scarer

furnish them postpaid, with complete
directions for‘ installing, at $6.50
each. This price does not include
batteries. Three dry cell batteries,

costing from forty to ﬁfty cents each~

at your local hardWare, will be need—
ed. We are selling these alarms at
cost asa service to our folks.

So much'for the gong alarm; If
you want more information it will be
gladly furnished but now We want to
take up the simple so— —‘ca11ed “silent
alarm.’ The illustrations of both
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“’lth this mark stenciied on the wing of
all your chickens. and the mark an your
name and address registered with poultry
dealers and sheriﬂs in Michigan, thieves

will hesitate about stealing your poultry

becﬁase it wi be hard for theni to k
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person can make either one. This
is the kind of alarm to install if you
want to catch thieves, as the small
bell is installed in the bedroom and
connected with the poultry house by

- wires. When the thieves open a door

or- window of the coop the bell rings
awakening the farmer but not warn—

, ing the thieves.

If the family is away from home

» it is of no value while the gong alarm
~ will function any time.

‘If there is but one thief.- ”yo

The open-circuit type is the cheap- '

est and easiest to make but not very
reliable as thieves can cut the wires
leading to the house. Then the
alarm does not function. Because
of the greater security afforded the
clOsed circuit type burglar alarm is
to be preferred. With this type when
there is a break in the circuit, caused
by opening a window, or a door, or
by cutting a wire, the bell rings.
Two dry cell batteries are used in
either circuit.

What To Do When It Rings

If you install a silent alarm and
are awakened somernight by its ring—
ing rememberto not turn on any
lights, be sure that you are wide-
awake before going out. of doors,
then slip out ofa side door and ap-
proa’ch the chicken coop from the
side Opposite the house. The thieves
will be watching the house and will
see you if you come out of a door
on the nearest side. If there is mere
than one thief it is best to gofback
to the house and call up the sheriff
or one of his deputies for assistance

 

order him to put up his hands, keeps

ing behind some cover as- a precau-.

tion in case he is armed. Nevershoot
until you are forcedto.
fuses to throw up his hands or makes
a move to draw a gun then shoot
him. It is always'best to shoot‘low
enough to avoid fatal results al-
though yOu are justiﬁed in killing
a thief under such circumstances if
necessary. '

, Mark Poultry

Third, mark your chickens with
an identifying mark which is regis-
tered.

Once the thieves got your poultry

' and made their get- -away before you

smarked with an

saw them how could you prove the
identity of your chickens in case
they were later apprehended with
the goods on‘them. They might be
the same thieves that visited your
hen house and you might recognize
some of your poultry in their loot,
but could you prove it was yours?
Could you furnish sufficient proof to
conVince a judge or jury or your
ownership? We h vs heard of
thieves being release' because the
ownership Of the poultry could not
be proven.

If each one of your chickens were
identifying mark,
one different than any other, one
that was registered with the poul-
try dealers and sheriﬁs of Michigan,
as well as THE BUSINESS FARMER, you
would not have any trouble proving
your ownership, .would you? 1 Not

1 only would you be in better shape

to prove your ownership but the

‘ thieves would ﬁnd it much harder to

-We

dispose of the poultry. _
Tattoo Marker Best ‘ '

If he re-; ~

There are many ways that aper- '-

son can mark their chickens but most
of these marks are not permanent.
investigated all of them and

. eliminated every method except put-

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“HOW DO YOU LIKE‘BIY PETS?”——Says THF FALIILY GETS TOGETHER.—Reunions are annual aﬁ'airs in A 225-POUND BUCK.———<hoi in Oscoda.
Leonard Arnold, eight year old son of Mr. some families and we think it a mighty fine idea. This picture was county by Richard Crist. Sent in by his
and Mrs. Lee Arnold, of Osceola county. sent in by Esther C. Cassety, \Vexford county. uncle, Lawrence (‘rist, of Ionia, county.

 

 

IVIEET BIARIE AND I’OLLY.—“1\Iarie”

“MAX" WITH HIS LITTLE MASTER.—- “WASH 'EM GOOD AND VERNON AND HIS PAL.—
CLEAN!”—-—- -—-“My sister, Norma Pow- Vernon Johnson, of Genesee is Miss Marie Krause, of Tuscola. county,
county, thinks there isn’t a pal in and “Polly” is her pet colt. The picture

Isn't "Mair” a dandy looking pony? His
master is Leroy Salisburg, min of Mr. and ell, washing milk cans.” writes Mrs.
Mrs. Delos Salisbury, Montcalm county. Mina Watkins, '02 Oakland county. the world like his dog. was taken a year ago this wintei.

 

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Giger and Clarence ,David, of Barry does not worry the T. T. DeJean family, of Wexi’ord county. Mr. DeJean and his wrong. It’s- two sisters, Ora. and
county, appear to be in love. son, Homer, are hauling their winter’s fuel from the woodlot. Minnie Corner, of Osceola county.

 

 

 

 

' “A KELLER SURE CAN KEEP BUSY WORKIN’ ON THE FARM." THE WIBTH TWINS.——“This is a. picture
01‘ our twin babies, Anthony and Antognstltzg'
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GOOD PALS.—_-Willia1n Jedele,
—Chas. John Carey, three years old, is a. great help to his grandfather“
writes Mr. and Mrs. Arthur erthi

Jed‘ele, of Huron county,
'11, Clarence J.~W as— who lives in Oakland county, according to an aunt, Mrs. Maggie Hill,
. g on county. Pretty ﬁne looking wins?

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CAN N db REMOVE

. I have sold 60 acres oi my 190-;‘
'- « acre term, and hm iii). dine nip pos~-'
'. session in. March.
;.have no right to haul the manure
out of the yard onto my remaining

40 acres. If so. have I a right to
clean out the barns onto a spreader

5 and haul it out?—B. E. S., Merrill.
' Michigan.

F the manure is at buildings on the
land sold it is included in the
sale, and you would have no

right to remove it unless you had

‘ an understanding with the pur—
. chaser.

Manure is seldom or never
to be deemed personal property, but
always as belonging to the land.
Likewise a tenant has no right to

' remove manure from the land he
- rents, unless he makes special ar-

rangements with the landlord. Court

‘ decisions bear out this point of view.

-—Prof. F. T._ Riddell, M. S. C.
MUST PAY DOG AND BITCH
TAXES

I am an old soldier and have been
exempted from land taxes. I want
to know if I have to pay dog tax
or ditch tax. Please let me know if
I can be exempted right along or do
I have toget papers every year.—F.
Y., Kinde, Mich.

0U would not be exempt from the

payment of dog tax or ditch tax.

To obtain the beneﬁt of your
real estate exemption, you would
have to ﬁle with an assessing oﬁicer
at the time the assessment is made
an afﬁdavit stating you are an old
soldier, and the length of time served
and apply for your exemption.—-Le-
gal Editor.

GARDEN ‘AND FRUIT
A rents a house and garden from

2 B in January and later plants a gar-

den. A lives on place until Septem-
ber, then moves away. Can B stop A
from coming back to harvest fall
vegetables? 'Can B charge A rent
for garden until vegetables are har-
vested? Has A any right to fruit
growing in yard and garden?-——G. L.
J., Clarkston, Mich.

F A rented a place for a year, he
could return and harvest his
crops any time until the year is

up. However, it it is rented by the

' month, he would have no right to
. come back on the place and harvest
‘ crops after he has stopped paying

rent. —Legal Editor.

BRINE SOURED ON SALT PORK

I am writing for advice about
some salt pork. Now we have some
meat left over. It was sugar cured
and the brine soured on it. I was
away from home on account of sick-
ness and did not know about the
meat for a long time. I took it out
and washed the crock, also meat and
put it back in clean brine. Meat is
nice and ﬁrm and clear looking, only
has a funny taste to me, no one else
seems to think it has. Do you think
it is ﬁt to use? It is salty so it has
to be ireshened. Can you suggest
anything?-——Mr. G. L., Clare, Mich.

HE mere fact that brine covering
meat has soured would not

necessarily mean that the meat

was not ﬁt for use as this very often
happens and the washing of meat
and placing in new brine is all that
is necessary.

From what you say about this

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—meat 'I-wouldjudge thatii; is-alright A

"to use. It, you do; not have a good
place to store it in the brine and
the. brine should start to sour again,
the best method of handling this
meat would be to fry it dovm and
cover with lard as each time the
meat is placed in fresh brine it
becomes more salty.-—Geo.- A.
Brown, Professor of Animal Hus-
bandry, M. S. C. .

50-50 BASIS
I am' cutting 20 acres of clover
seed on a farm ﬁve miles from home,
on shares. and it was agreed to leave
it to you to say what-share of seed
and straw each one should get. Each

party is to pay their share of the '

cost of boiling. I am to furnish all
the labor and board all hands while
huiiing the seed. Also boarding
hands while putting up the crop. The
clover is alsike and is estimated will

make about a halt crop of seed. or

Laround t'wb bushels of seed per acre. V
-—-8. B., Glennie, Mich. ‘
—-From the information given, I'

would suggest that the crop be divid-
ed on a 50-50 basis—F. T. Riddell’,
Research Assistant.

WANTS PAY non WORK
My neighbor asked me to bring my

tractor and ensilage cutter and ﬁll.

his silo. I did so and after we got

done ﬁlling he said he had no money'-

but he Would pay it some time. I

understand he is not collectable. Can,
I levy on the silage for my payl—r

F. C. T., Barryton, Mich.

0!! could bring suit to recover
the amount of your bill and
after obtaining judgment could

levy on his silage provided there is
sufficient amount to exceed his ex-
ceptions. I would see an attorney
about this. ——Legal Editor.

 

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~ Chatting with the Agricultural Teacher .

Edited by V. 0. BRAUN_
(Hr. Braun is a former, a teacher of agrwloulturo and ‘a writer.

farm in Bmohco uni. known as
in 333"" school In 8 lowusoo county.
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He is well prepared to he! mm mmo' mm iomcdamlm farm
Just ad recs rgm'm core all.
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Ho owns and operates a large
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our folks marvelous”

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HE farmers oi! Michigan should
T use the Agricultural High-
Schools »~ in their communities.

There are 166 of these Smith Hughes
Agricultural High Schools in this
State and they
are located in 66 '
of the 83 coun-
ties of Michigan.
They teach a four
year course in
scientiﬁc
practical agriculo
ture for the pur-
pose of ﬁtting
the boy for farm-
ing if he wishes
to follow farm-
ing as a voca-
tion. It the boy
on the farm wishes to be a
farmer it is only the sensible thing
to do to study agriculture the same
as it he would study medicine it he
were to become a physician. In this
scientiﬁc and highly specialized age
it behooves every man in every pro-
fession to secure as much knowledge
about his chosen work in life as pos-

 

V. 0. Braun

and:

sible. For this reason the farmer
and the boy who likes farming
should inquire into the work and

subjects of the agricultural course of '

these Agricultural (High Schools and
become acquainted with them, and
the service they render to the farmer.

I believe it is a good idea to know
what the schools in your community
are doing anyway, whether they

- teach agriculture or not; as long as

the farmer pays taxes to support

them it is his business and duty to

know that they are paying value re-
ceived for his money in the educa-
tion of his children. With the com—
ing of winter, and work a triﬂe less
rushing on the farm, I suggest that
you make a- visit.to your school and
talk with Johnny’s and Mary’s teach-
ers. They will be pleased to see you
and a talk with them might meanm
better understanding of the children
and more efficient results in prepar-
ing them for their lite work.
Speaking of visiting school re-
minds me or a question I recently
asked a group oi! farmers at a recent

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ANOTHER NEW FEATURE FOR OUR FOLKS
are happy to announce a new feature in this issue which we

feel sure will be very popular with our folks.

The department

is under the heading of “Chatting with the Agricultural Teacher”
and is being edited by Mr. V. 0. Braun, a teacher of agriculture in a

large high school in Shiawassee county.

Mr. Braun is also owner and .

operator of a large farm in Branch county so he is well equipped to

talk and write on farm subjects.

Questions from our readers are in-

vited and will be replied to by ﬁrst class mail. Like all other depart-
ments and featums in M. B. F. this new department is cliched for your
approval or rejection, and we want you to let us know just what you

think of it.—-Editor.

 

 

 

 

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' thousand dollars.

.hitmore Lake, Mich.- ’

E charges
' are not ﬁxed is low, but. depend
upon agreement

and clienthhegal Editor.

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nos“ main 'ro rar_

Has anyone a right to come on a
farmer's land and put up a oo-called
snow fonce along a country road?
Can a farmer charge or collect any
money for same and .how much?—
A. L. 3., Fairview, Mich.

U would have a right to reason? .

able compensation for property
taken by the highway commis-

sioner for buildings onow fencer-e

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. m on]: Ephraim gr .
Would like "to get some informa-

tion in regard to a note I signed_

for a friend. He asked me if I
would sign a note fer him for $490.
I never looked at the note to see
when it came due. It was for a.
, I-Ie tailed to meet
it. Could I be made to pay nth—Sub.
scriber, Saginaw County.

-—You could be held liable for pay-
ment of the note, if the maker falls
to pay its—Legal Editor.

 

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No. lr—POUIII'RY RATIONS.

No. lea-MODERN WATER SUPPLY.
No. 8.-—SOIL FERTILIZEM.

No. 4.——SEED CORN CURING.

No. 5.-—GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.
.No. ﬁ—BEFOBE YOU INVEST.

No. 7a—FARH SANITATION

No. Sr—FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
No. 9.—-FROM EGG TO MARKET.’
No. 11.——-MINERALS AND FEEDING.
No. 12 .-—LINSEED OIL MEAL.

Ho. lbw—FIGHT THE CORN BORER.
No. ldr-UNDER—GRADE APPLES.

No. Ida-RAISING RABBITS.

No. 16.——TIRE CARE.

No. lie-FARMERS TAX GUIDE.

No. 18.—BABNS AND HOW TO BUILD.
No. lQr-CONCRETE BUILDING-S,

No. 20PMOTHS AND BEETLES.

No. Zia-FEEDING FOB. EGGS. ,

No. 22.——CHICK CARE AND FEEDING.
No. 23r—BETTER GRAINS AND HAY.
No. '24.—-100 FOODS FROM"4 RECIPES.
No. 2§.—-FABM LEASE SYSTEMS.

No. ZOPORCHARD MANAGEMENT.
No. 27.-RA3PBERRY PLANTATION.
No. 28.—-POULTRY FEEDING SECRETS.
No. 29.~—-FL1ES IN DWELLINGS.

No. tor—MORE MONEY. FROM COWS.

 

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to farm talks. We have only a limited

. supply so if you want one you better send

in your request at once. Requests will be
taken care at in the order neceived.

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7 Now you can run, Jump, dance, swim, bend—in fact, once more be absolutely well and sound. With the little clinging oval— 5
the newly perfected feature of the Brooks Rupture Appliance—constantly working to heal you, all manner of heavy

GE is not measured in years. You
are old beyond your time if you
wear any sort of cruel, gouging

contrivance, forcingitselt into your
rupture. preventing growth and mak—
ing impossible the healing of that
tear in your side. -

Rupture sufferers for yWine‘n,
women and even little children——
have been subjected to the torments
of the inquisition by science: they
have suffered in silence because mod-
ern inventiveness 'had never been able
to__\ perfect. anything « to really end
their torture. The crude makeshifts
now worn by many retain the rupt-
ure—YES———hut at the same time
they prevent healing.

Scientists have striven for some-
thing which would retain the rupture
gently—l—at the same time draw the
edges of the wound together. In
this way, only in this way, can rupt-
ure ever be healed without a surgical
operation.

New [Method Heals Rupture f

The new Brooks Appliance—re—
built and recreated—allows the
wound to heal; at the same time it
retains the rupture with ease and
with safety. Circulation is free—-
those chaﬁng straps—those steel
bands—all are unnecessary.

Here is the secret of this new ap-
pliance, this slight, gentle, velvet-

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work and even the most strenuous sports may be pursued without the slightest pain or danger.
have tried it say they no longer need any form of support.

use of this marvelous Appliance.

like, clinging apparatus, which is do—
ing so much to relieve sufferers. It
lays—mot pushes—on the rupture.
Its soft air cushion of hygienic rub—
ber gently brings those torn edges to-
gather.
time you breathe,.the action of this

. small oval is to gradually close that

wound. Then Nature does it part—

4 the edges knit and your rupture is

sealed. You are well and sound.
Trusses Retard Healing

These are facts, so why not face
them? You can not heal that rupt-
ure as long as the edges of the rupt-
ure are being kept apart by a hard,
penetrating pad. Proper circulation
is impossible, and the constant irrita-
tion by the bulging pad tends actual—
ly to lessen the chances of healing.

All this is'avoided when yen wear
the new Brooks Appliance. That is
what actiounts for its tremendous
popularity and for the trousands of

ninventor just like those reproduced
below. The Brooks Appliance by ex-
ternal methods brings about a re-
union of the torn sections in the ab-
dominal wall. When this is accomp-
lished, your rupture is well and gone
forever.

~ Constantly Works to Heal
And it does the work-it‘fulﬁlls its

 

mission—whether y.) work or play,

Every time you move, every ’

glowing testimonals received by the"

, forget you are «ruptured.

sleep or rest—constantly that air
cushion, designed so that movement
tends to close the wound rather than
force it open, works to heal you. The
appliance really heals—seals the
rupture.

Thousands of people, people of
prominence in their communities,
write us of complete recovery—not
only relief, but a complete healing of
the rupture. They have done away
with their appliance—they are whole
once more.

The new appliance was 30 years in
the making. To-day, it is as perfect
as human experience and inventive—
ness can make it. But only by ex-
perimenting with it yourself—by act-
ually wearing it—can the logic of its
construction be fully appreciated.

Test It Free

For that reason the makers of this
appliance will allow you to wear one
free—to test it, and watch its effect
in your particular case. If it is found
that this new departure in rupture
treatment is suitable to your case,
keep it, wear it conscientiously and
If it fails
to satisfy you after the test period,
return it to us and you have spent no
money whatever. Thousands of peo—
ple are making this test and they
are acclaiming this newly perfected
appliance a godsend.

 

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I were your Appliance continua
night sud day tors months than dio-
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' When we ﬁrst noticed the disappear-
ance of the rupture, we left the appli-
snec d. to test it. but after 11. few
days, found the rupture to be entirely
healed. We my thank you for

.tlotoodyou have donsns.
Chas. Ackermsnn,

1143 14th~8tnetg Milwaukee, Wis.

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feel my same old self again working
hard every day at my trade in the
foundry, constantly lifting heavy ma-
terial and still feeling line. There is
no more pain and my rupture does not
show any more. so it did before I
started to wear your appliance.
Ill G. Fink,
G21 hith St, York, Pa.

Hardest Work Never Bothers
Him

I am well of. myrupture through
the use of your appliance. and have
not. been wearing i: for over ﬁve
months, I could have gone without it,
‘Ibdﬁve. stlesstsixl'nonthsbotoul
it. night In that I can do any
work that cases to hand such as dis-

    
 

and never feel the rupture.

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Thousands who

Their ruptures have been healed through the

slowing up of that resistance needed
to battle for life, result from rupture.
Insurance organizations, army ofﬁ-
cials and corporation recognize the
dangers of hernia or rupture. So
you, too, must not disregard it. It
can be sealed—those torn muscle ﬁb—
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ly as before, but it must not be long
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Parent-Teachers’ Associations
EEMS pretty quiet here tonight
and just as I have ﬁnished the
daily news and written some let-'

ters I am reminded another BUSINESS

FARMEB will soon be off the press and mash

several farmers
will be looking

, ment to 'see'what
I have to tell
them in answer
to their question
about the mash

- we feed our hens.
But ﬁrst I want
to talk about
Parent-Teachers’
Associations. The
folks are in town
tonight at a P.
T. A. meeting
and I am think-

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get by this way, but those few who
identify themselves with the P. T. A.
and'in that way get in touch with
the school work and it’s system, be-
come friends with the teachers, meet
other parents, are surely availing
themselves of a golden opportunity
to make the school a greater factor
in the community, the greater the
parent’s interest in school affairs, the
better the school will be. Tonight at
this P. T. A. meeting the address is
to-be given by a Doctor from Ann Ar-
bor University, who will speak on
health and nutrition. The students
do not attend these meetings unless
they assist with the program or wish
to hear some particular lecture as is
the case tonight. P. T. A. organiza-
tions do not interfere with problems
of school administration, and deals
with all phases of child life thereby

correlating the work of home and hens to cackle.
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School. If your school does not have
such an organization, ask the super-
intendent to get in touch with the
State President, Mrs. Pettingill, of
Lansing, and she will assist you in
starting one.

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The Laying Mash »

Here are several questions about

poultry feeding, and the answers as

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up the next day's feed so it soaks
about twenty-four hours. This
amount of mash is fed to 250 hens.
“Do you feed cod liver oil?" Yes,a

small amount is added to the wet
It mixes well in this mash
and we think it is a valuable aid.
especially on these dark dreary days.
“Do your hens consume as many
pounds of the mash as they do of
scratch grain?" No, " about one-third

   

 

as much. We feed cabbage and po- ’

tatoes for green feeds.
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When we built our laying house
we used the best siding we could- buy
andtook great/care to put it on
properly. However in six months

it. began toshrink and it is not as ,

tight as a wall should be to be draft
proof. Today we have been covering
the outside with a sort of wall board.
It is One-half inch thick and made up
of sugar'c'aneﬁber; Ithas great in-
sulating capacity. 011 this we put
a‘heavy' slate surfaced rooﬁng.
‘ any wind can get through this we
want to know about it.
Most ~any hen will lay during the

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spring and early summer, but if you , ‘

want toabring in a basketful of eggs
on dark, cold, windy, dreary Decem-
ber days, you will ﬁnd there are
several things which are absolutely
necessary. The ﬂock should be
composed of well matured pullets, the
feed must be very nearly correct and
you must have a. good warm, well
lighted and ventilated house.
these three essentials there is just

With ‘

one more requisite—and that is that ‘

you spend enough of your valuable
time to properly take care of them.
You will be surprised to see how
often they empty the water contain-
ers, how quickly the litter gets foul
and dropping boards need cleaning.
Far too many have expected to make
a success of poultry without this Is—
bor element. However, without it,
there is nothing doing to cause the

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The Old Year

The sands of 1927 are getting
pretty well run out.
M. B. F. readers are turning the
pages of this issue a new year will
have begun. Was 1927 any improve-
ment over 1926?
was in some ways, but there'was
room for much more improvement.

we practice and believe. “What mash Farm conditions are said to have

do you feed for eggs?” Our egg
mash is home mixed and at present
costs about $2.40 per hundred
pounds. 250 lbs. yellow corn meal,
100 lbs. bran, 100 lbs. ﬁne heavy
oats, 100 lbs. meat scrap (50 per
cent), 6 lbs. salt, 12 lbs. ground
limestone, 10 lbs. charcoal and 15
lbs. bone meal.
lime, charcoal and bone meal to-
gether ﬁrst with about 50 lbs. corn
meal. This, then is very easily in-
corporated with the other ingredi-
ents. On a. clean ﬂoor we spread
about one—half of e corn meal then
a. portion of the 11116 and salt mix-
ture, then part of the bran, a. little
more lime mixture and so on until
all are in one good pile. This is
shoveled over about three times and
the resulting mixture is good enough
for us.

“Why do you think your mash is
best?” We don’t think it is. . There
are no doubt several others that are

"just as good. Ours is verysatisfac-

tory in results and in summing up
the analysis of each ingredient we
ﬁnd it is about as near a perfect ra-
tiOn as we can ﬁgure out. “Do you
feed a. wet mash?" ‘ We do. We put
12 lbs. of this mesh in a 16 (11.11311,
and to this we add 2 ozs. a: poultry
react. To this is added enough skim

We mix the salt,-

milk to make a rather: soft mlxturb
.tli‘e’

been slightly better.
1y was a chance for considerable
“bettering” in that line.
in spite of all the “politicians" the

By the time "

Yes, we think it

There certain- -

However,

season was not suited to crop pro- V

duction—Lwheat and oats being about
the only good crops in a very large
section of the U. S. Prices have been
fair‘with the exception of hogs. Gen-
erally a small rn crop does not
mean that hogsﬁ
four cents per ound.
just that in 1927.
#

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111 fall off three or f

I have always enjoyed an hour

'with a good daily newspaper or two.
But I don’t know—lately the news
part of them have been too full of
crime neWs for any man to enjoy.
Seems like only about three men fur—
nish anything in pleasant news to
mix in with all the scandal,'divorce,
accidents, kidnapping.

. murders, hold-ups, bootlegging and
King Ben stuff.

What would the papers contain 0;
a pleasant nature it it wasnt' for

Lindbergh ‘and his Spirit of St. Louis, .

Ford with his new model, and Mr.
Coolidge with his whittling program?
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abbut Dunn’s axe end ‘herf father.

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“ HIS was the way we came." she 0'10“-

T “We're clear beyond the camp on
the other side."

They rode on Very slowly, stoping every
few minutes to listen. A patrol might be
ahead of them, might be behind—e. faint
chance existed that all the searchers had
gone east. This last, Duncan doubted,
but hope still hung in his mind. ’

From ahead came the sound of a man a
voice. They halted. Now hoof beats
were very clear. A party was coming
toward them.

Duncan dismounted.

‘Back among the trees,”
"And keep your hand on the horse’s muz-
zle. He'll whinny.”

They took a post a bare tWenty yards
away. Almost noiselessly ﬁve shadows
drifted down the trail, horses and riders.
One mount stumbled and his rider swore
as he passed'opposite them. There was
no other sound.

The five had passed. There had passed
too, the faint whispering of their going
among the boughs that crowded close to
the trail. Duncan breathed deeply; he
suddenly felt weak and light headed; the
danger was over. The road to the settle-
ment was clear. This patrol, sent out at
random, had found nothing. There would
be no pursuit.

He said as much to the girl. She said
nothing for a moment, but stared into the
darkness. .

"Not safe yet," she said, ﬁnally. "Never
neve ”

Duncan did not know what she meant,
but agreed moodily that there was no
safety, no real safety, anywhere on the
frontier. A man had to go hiding from
tree to tree like an Indian. He paused to
think that he would have reckoned this a
merit only a few days before.

“No place to bring up a family," he
said aloud, in an echo of campﬁre talks
he had heard. Then he'blushed deeply
in the dark.

It was time to be starting, he suggested.
She agreed, and mounted. They went on
the trail again. _

“We were going to iHillsboro,” she said
to herself in a whisper as they rode.
“Land was cheap there, he heard, and no
Indian troubles. We thought—”

Her voice trailed off into silence. Dun—
can knew she was thinking of her father.

Strangely enough, his ﬁrst feeling was
of irritation. Why didn’t she think of
him, who had got her out of this trouble?
There’ were few' men—~so he classed him-
self—who could have accomplished it.

This mood passed. She had no one
now; no one but him. He was glad for
himself, and a little frightened. But it
made her sorrow more real, since she was
now a part of him and her sorrows also.
This came to him, though he did not rea-
son it out. He put out a hand, found
one of hers on the saddle horn, and
patted it gently. ,

They Went on in silence in the dark.
It was ticklish going for a while, but
presently the clouds blew away and the
starlight helped show them the trail and
kept the horses from stumbling. They
were even open stretches werethey could
go at a trot, and once after a long period
of walking, Duncan risked the horses at
an easy gallop for a mile. They picked
up there own trail, and only hoped that it
would lead to the settlement.

 

It was toward morning. when a dog.

barked by the roadside and they made
out a blur .of a house back-in the trees.
Duncan would have stopped, but the girl
forbade. . ,

“’l'hey’ll find us," she urged. “We want
more people around.” This ﬁtted in well
enough with Duncan’s plans. He had con-
ceived the notion of helping to get a posse
together and leading it’back to wipe out
the outlaw band.

They came into an open space, with
a dozen cabins scattered about. There
was no sound at ﬁrst, butthe murmur of
water from a stream nearby. - Then a
dog'barked. and was echoed by a, score
more.
cabin and gave a'h'allo'o.‘

There were'movements within. .A win-
dow cracked open.‘ Duncan could not see

the head the. the knew was peering out.‘

“Who’are yo and what do. ya want?’
asked a'ivoice suddenly.

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~ UNQAN HcAIEE. an orphan, from Bethelelcn. Pennsylvania, going on
‘ seventeen. is going tc‘xcrth Carolina to live with his uncle. muslin; by
wagon train, encountering all sorts of dam he has n tool ._ a?
' and proves that “seventeen is grown up" by anvil; c “It to“. lady.
I bandits who easel: the min, kiln-g most of the people animus“
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fol-but a. little beyond the letter place they are Joined by the m g

It stranger comes into camp. begs n Inca! and tells of being m Dy Indians.
After that Duncan mounts guard batons night he falls aelccp cubicle m-
ened by the noise of attacking raiders who shoot some of the nu, Odie
money. horses and other belongings of value, and make thdr econ-c. , '
the Scwycr girl away with .the- as n'prlsoncr.
He follows at a distance for n time but his! Joins the "Inter.
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Duncan hardly knew whetha to cry or
to dragonthiepistcl. .Hehcdthouxhtit
would be easier than this. What they
saw the hamlet, it weaned that their
troubles were over. How long most they
argue with this” tool?

He dismounted and helped the girl.
Her legs gave way as she tried to stand.
so that he had to hold her for a moment.
Then she took hold of the saddle horn
and vowed she was well enough. He left
her there and unsaddled and unbridled
the other horse. By the time he was
turned loose, Agnes had managed to walk
to the stoop 'of the house‘and sit down.
In silence, Duncan looked after her mount.

The voice spoke again:

“Is it a lass with you?"

Duncan said it was.

“And what might- her name be?"

"Sawyer.”

  
    
    
     
  

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ti ,' Thenhereyee cloéed. ~
been through, that moment seemed happy
‘ 1 beyond all others inhls life.

and peacefu
Theda!!! kitchen. with theﬂreltght ﬂicks

ertng on m’. rafters and the strings of

dried hat-he, theme hearth with the iron _

To 'mm'snerzme days me mo had”

kettle swung overuse are, the shadowy. .

comfortable depth: "of the room, wherb
benches-and tables showed dimly in the
dark, all crested an atmosphere of rest
and quiet. The: Won» acheu in a
focus on the em opposite him. He

watched her quiet has with s. strange de- -~ H

light. How tired Shawn’s. the darkgcircles

under her eyes, the draws face, the cheeks

that were gray now tnsteui of red.-
‘I will make it up to her,” he mur-
mured to himaelf. so it he had been the
exhaustion.

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Her eyelids ﬁlm in the cande light.
Duncan put'the candle out and let the
thought serve. The girl's left hand was
lying loosely on the table, palm down.

hit over it: it turned
slowly and ‘ his. '11:. boy took a

«hep breath and leaned over and kissed

. her cheek. »
Shaken and surprised at his emotion, he .

There was a prolonged gasp and some "'

profanity from the window. , ”

“Then you're the boy, maybe?“ .

Duncan’s control broke down at that.

“You born idiot!” he cried. “Will you
ask questions all night? Let us in and
get your wife out to take care of this
girl. She’s near dead."

“I’ll be out at once," said the house-
holder, apparently without malice, and
added in a tone'of pure wonder, “To thin
of itl—to think of it!" '

Half an hour after, the two were seated
at a table in the tavern kitchen, with
plenty of hot drink and food before them.
A ﬁre blazed in the next room. the wife
of the innkeeper was clearing away a
sleeping place for them. The could hear
her moving about. '

The tavern keeper had heard of them.
The Moravians and the Orchards had
passed through there, all bundled up in
one wagon, hauled by a poor yoke of oxen.
Sawyer had been buried where he fell.
The report of the banditry had aroused
some indignation. especially in the inn-
keeper, who missed the traffic they scared
away. But no one had ventured a blind
search for the lost girl. Duncan, of
course, no one worried about.

As soon as they got the story out of
them, the inn-keeper was off to rout out
enough riﬂes to take the back trail to
the bandits’ camp. He reckoned on more
than good—will to aid him 'here. There
was a chance of rich plunder. Then, all
of them suffered some depredations from
thieves: that irritation would ﬁnd an out-
let against this particular band.

Duncan was very sleepy. He sipped the
hot drink that had been placed before him.
The stew he nibbled at gingerly. He was
too tired to be hungry. In his sudden
weariness, the weight of the pistol in his
belt seemed a. burden. ‘ He placed it on
the table.

L

gut up quickly. The girl still slept.

Dun-
can walked to the window and looked out.
A light had come cut in e. cabin a few
rode away; he could hear the voices. Save
for that, the hamlet eeerned~ as quiet as

when he ﬁrst entered it. In spite of the

sleeping men. and“ women in the nearby
cabins, Duncan had for a moment a sense
of complete isolation. The feeling was
less than pleasant.
of friendly bodies around him, hands to

He wanted the feeling .

grip, voices that would reassure him. He .
began to wish that the inn—keeper, now .

vanished entirely within a house across

the way, would come back and make the .

room less lonely, the shadows less omi-
nous. ~

Some odd sense of discomfort, of dan-

ger, made him turn. The door had swung "

open; there was a man standing there.
The newcomer did not moVe or speak, and
in that quietness there seemed something
uncanny.

Duncan tried to be sensible.

“Are you," he began; then his voice
died‘away. The ﬁre had ﬂared up to show
the man’s face. It was Locke, and the
pistol he carried 'was leveled at Duncan’s
breast. , ,

“I guessed right. I see,” said'tlie bandit
quietly. "This,.business will soon be over.
You are to be killed first, of course. I
regret that it can’t be done more deliber-
ately. A bullet is so quickly. And the
girl goes back, though I doubt if she is

worth having if you have been fooling ;

around with her so long."

Duncan still stared. How could this be
true? They were safe, the hamlet was
arming to help them. It couldn't be. Yet
the black ﬁgure was too real.
light cast a red glint on the pistol barrel.
Locke began to speak again.

“You fooled me: I credit you that. If
it had been anything else, I should say,

The ﬂrc- ‘

‘Well done,’ and take you back to serve ,

with me. But not in this case."
Duncan’s mind still essayed to grapple

with the man's presence. How had Locke

come there? Shrewd as a fox, he had

ridden in unmolested, unseen. since the .

inn-keeper had just begun his rounds.
Locke was speaking again. ' '
“Well, mistress, are you ready?”

Duncan switched his fascinated eyes .

from the pistol barrel. The girl had
jerked erect suddenly. Her sleepy eyes
started at the two. Then she leaped up.
"Scream and I shoot him,” Locke cau-
tloned.
She looked at Duncan andsank down
again. The bandit laughed. _,

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EAR EDITOR: I think F. L. G.
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, man with a family of live or six ‘chil-

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EAR EDITOR: In response to
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protecting the black bear in Michi-
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Does it pay? Decidedly no! You
state that during the ﬁrst three
months the State paid damages to
the amount of $2,297. By the end of
the year at this rate the cost would
amount to $9,230. This would of
course be but a minor part of the
real cost. Only a few of those who
suffered harm would report for dam-
ages. The lesser mischiefs which
would not repay the trouble would
aggregate as much as the few major

’ ~depredations reported. Much of the
”less could not be actually proven

hence would not be‘paid nor even
calculated. Suppose we double the
above amount and say $18,000.
Eighteen thousand dollars added—-
added mind you, not stricken from,
the tax roll. ., And for what?

Why simply that a few “sports"
from the cities may stroll out into
the country. and exhibit their great
prowess by wantonly taking the
lives of these defensible denizens of
the forest.

So much for the "gentleman
Few however stop there,
Tres—
passing, tramsping down crops,
breaking or outing down fences, de-
stroying property, endangering life
of not only the stock but of even the
people. ‘Many reports of injury have
been made» this fall. Even here in
this thickly settled country I have
several times this fall heard balls
whistle over my head while choring
about my buildings in the presence
or my stock and my children.

Next as a point of law let us ask
whose bears are these? We will an-
swer it by a parable. “Is that your
dog?” asked the supervisor. "No,
sir,” I respond. “Didn’t I hear you
say YOIL fed it?” “Why, yes; you
see I can 't see even a tramp dog suf-
fer from hunger." “Then the law
considers it yours.
please." I have to pay it.

How about the bear raised in my
swamp and fed upon my crops and
animals. That’s not mine I have
no right to it—must get a license to
shoot my own bear on my own prem-
ises. The ones who shoot it are
much more able than I to feed it
and have not suifered from its de—
predations. Talk about helping the
poor farmer. The best "help is to
just keep hands oil and let him run

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"T'RXT: “But now we have-been dis—
charged. rfrom the law, ' f ‘ so that we

' ‘serv'e' ln,,newness of spirit and not in old-

ness of the letter-{la ‘Bom'a'nsa‘ud.

E is 'one of those «ﬂySby-night
evangelists. , He pitched, (his, tent
. , 111, a,-p9pu‘10u5"cﬁmliiuﬁvitv and
announced-a campaigner old \time
religion. _,01*'c‘6‘urse, folks. ﬁiied the
tabernacle. ., They; liked to .join in
singing, “We want to go to heaven
to .hearpldeordan ronj‘” and they
enjoyed having the preaCher put
some folks in a. hell of literal lﬁre,
while the faithful were promised
streets of‘ pure gold. ‘ Night ' after
night the crost came, for, they
said, “Our spiritual hunger is being
satisﬁed.” ‘What strange appetites!
‘But if this new year needs One
thing more than another, it is the
old time religion. While a verbal
faith abounds; static churches, race
hatred and economic greed do much
more abound- Let us have a spiritu-
al'quickener for our souls; even a.
sane and certiﬁed religion. After all,
what about theffaith of our-fathers?
Perhaps We shallﬁnd in our text a
transcript of religious conviction
which we much need in these new
times. Let us see. -

“But now we have been diacharged
from the law.’_' These ancient words
were coined in the mint- of personal
experience. The apostle was right
when he said, “I know Whom I have
believed.”
got his discharge. ‘And so far as
the writer can understand, every
person’s faith .is certiﬁed only
through personal experience. Law
or dogma proves nothing in the
realm of the spirit. Only the per-
sonal, equation can demonstrate
Christianity. Said ’ Metchniboffg‘ the

great French scientist, to Dr. Sadler,

“How can you, having a. scientiﬁc
mind, believe in Christ?” “I have
met Him,” said the doctor. Our text
pays tribute tothe Man Who claimed-
primacy in the a‘poStle’s life, and re-
ceived it. From this day on Jesus
was taken seriously. “Christ liveth
in me,” said Paul. And he asserted
to others that he was in travail until
Christ was formed in them. This is
social passion. Now, however fond
we may be to literally speculate
about heaven 0r he'll, it is tremen-
dously important that we meet Jesus
Christ, exalt His personality in our
lives, and apply His Gospel to a. sick
world. We are glad to believe that
at the portal of this new year We are
restoring some such old time‘em-
phasis in our religion.

When Jesus is at the soul's center,
His spirit will adapt itself to the so-
lution of all the problems of our. ex-
perience throughout the year. We
are no longer gallingly held to an in-
efficient religion established in forms
and Ceremonies. ,Paul’s conversion
experience, that is, his personal 'in-
carnation of Christ, revealed the ﬁc-

w—SE/ ARIM-SERM ~ .3? " ..
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”slug populous matter: you would "lie. answered VII-Its to new.
serve you wlthout charge. A

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moons] reply wlll be sent to you

non or a. iitqiaiistiereiigion. . What
has been your experience? ~Has
Christ been revealed. in you?

“New " * * we serve in newness
jof'spi'rit and not in oldness of the
letter.“ But this religion is so old
that it had its beginnings :in the
teachings of-the prophets.

of ivory and “not grieved for the af-
ﬂiction” of the-people. ‘ Grafting
preachers were building costly tem-
‘ples and‘promoting a religion of life-
less forms. Chur'chand civilleaders
-had.become so deﬂled that the soul
'of old farmer Amos leaped to its
"feet to pronounce God’s doom upon
(the nation.’ Religion was stately in
ritual but it failed to visit the father?
less and the widows and to keep un-
spotted from the world. It vowed
no social responsibility. No wonder
Micah counters with, "What does
Jehovah require of thee but to. do
justly, love kindness, and walk hum-
bly with thy God?” Thisis the old
time religion of the spirit which was
revived in John the Baptist, fulﬁlled
in the social passion of Christ, and
in like passion only is' conferred upon
us. ‘ ‘

Resolved that we test this primi-
tive religion during this new year.
'We enter this twelve-month rather
’ faulty. we yet serve much in “oldness
{of the letter," and seem to care most
to save” our forms and ceremonies.
But can we not see that a creed-
hobbled religion is not saving a sin-
scourged world? ”Well,” says a
voice, “isn't our Christianity becom-
‘ ing more popular every year? If so
Why ,modify it?”

‘ churchmen for years.
and popular investment. It cloaks
his legal stealing. Mr. Blank keeps
millinered up in .pious togs while he
promotes _a religion that 'ostracizes

' millions of" the followers of. Jesus.
Yes,-Christianity is popular with her
vested interests, costly churches, and
fashionable congregations; but what
of social challenge, entering, and

‘ sacriﬁce? God, give us "a new ortho-
doxy! What of the old time mean-

. ing of the Cross? Admitted that the

’ new year should demand 'better
farm markets, equalized'taxes, and

, freer rural opportunities; but is any-

thing more imperative_"than a roll-
gion that can purify our homes, spir—
itualize our churches, cleanse our
politics, ‘rebuke business dishonesty.

' andsave us from hellish wars?

But we enter'the new year With a.
new ardor and a fresh hope. ’The in,-
quiries that come to the writer’s desk
indicate that religion is' being bap-
tized in a. “newness of spirit." We
are less dogmatic than in yesteryear.
We travelless easily in the ruts of
theology. A remote God with His
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“Can the Christian church furnish
again, as it did of old, the saints and
the martyrs needed to redeem the
world?” It surely can. And it will
when it recovers the spiritual Christ
in its. worship and its work. Jesus
does not ignore sacramental religion
altogether, but he makes the letter
of it new through translating it into
an inward and vital thing. This is
the old time religion that used to
comfort the souls of men and face
difficulty,- oppression and death for
humanity's sake. And it will again.
God breathe in our feeble souls in
this new year!‘

 

 

 

 

, Lost 200 Bushels of Apples.——Dur—
ing the middle of December thieves
broke into a storage house in Gan-
ges, Allegan county, belonging to Dr.
E. T. -Brunson,‘and stole 20.0 bushels
of apples. Loss was estimated at
$200 and there were no clues as to
who might have done it.

 

~ Horse Comes‘,Back.—-——lt isn’t. very
often thatiolks get back-anything
that thieves take but Den Best from

Visited by Thieves. ] A

 

near Buchanan. Berrien county, Wa‘S'

very fortunate. He had a horse
stolen from his barn that later wan—
dered into the yard of a neighbor.

, Clues indicated that the thievealoade .

ed the horse onto a truck and started
awaywith it but after go'i’ngso’me
distance got cold feet and let it-go.

,Put Behind Bare—Three- oﬂicials
of the Genesee county sheriiifs de-
partment, Deputies .Bessenger, Kel-
ley and VanAuken, are to be con-
gratulated for their ﬁne work in re—
cently catching three thieves who
have been doing a wholesale busi-
ness stealing chickens in Genesee
and Saginaw counties. And a nice
thing about the whole case was the
fact that the judge realized the seri-
pusness of the situation and gave the
thieves real stiff sentences in State'
prisons.

 

 

Loses 400 Bushels of 0ats.———Har-
ry Thomas, of Lincoln Lake, Kent
county, lost 400 bushels of oats not
long ago. 'Returning to the farm
after several days absence he found

his barn had been broken into and ~

the grain/gone. He offereda reward
for the thieves. ‘ '

 

Steals Truck to Haul. Chickens—'4,

Not only did thieves visit the, chicken
coop ’0: Elmer Reese, of Macomb,‘
Macomb county, but-they also< stole
his truck to carry away their Chick,-
ens. , orty Rhode Island Reds were
taken."" . »‘ g .

 

Catch Hog' ThievesPTBer'tyHunter.
from near Mount, Pleasant, Isabella
ed his pig pen. gClues revealed that

the pig had heendriven from the pen
across a ﬁeldand killed’beiore it was

loaded into a car. ‘Foubwing th’e- "

car tracks the thieves wereﬂnally

ca—ught' near Lansing.- We

3!?) _ Chickens Gone.ﬁ:While "the
family « slept thieves entered ”(the
chicken . aeop at the home of ..Frank-

;.. King. ' ‘n'ea‘r .‘Benton Harbbr, "and" car: ‘

ried 011 30 chickens and-"ﬁve turkeys;
stew $935 before” Christmas. _ ‘r .

  

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Two MILLION BUICKS

 

A few weeks ago, Buick manufactured the
twomillionth Buick and thereby establish-
ed the most spectacular production record
in ﬁne car history.

Attainment of the two million mark is a
noteworthy accomplishment in any motor
. car ﬁeld‘;_but‘it assumes epic proportions
. when, considered in terms of a car of Buick
caliber. ‘ ' ' _

_ Give thought, for av-moment, to the deeper,
more significant phases of this Buick
, achievement: ‘

A The world’s purchase bf two million Buicks rep-
resents a world tribute to Buick quality of al-
most three billion dollars.

Motorists purchased the ﬁrsu million in twenty
years, and the second million in four years—proof
of Buick’s steadily increasing popularity.

The two million Buicks have proved Buick depend-
ability by traveling scores of billions of miles—

The 2 Millionth Buick

joins its brothers on the road

four million times the distance aroundthe world.

And, after twenty-four years, approximately
1,600,000 of the two million Buicks are still
serving their owners!

These facts constitute a record of popular-
ity, reliability and stamina not even remote-
1y approached by any other car—a record
that becomes still more impressive. with
each new Buick that goes forth upon the
highways of the worl .

Supreme value—overwhelming demand—Q
then still greater value and still greater de-
mand—have formed the wonder-working
formula‘ of Buick progress. And this prog-
ress still continues.

The year just closed has been Buick’s bilgo
gest year. More people have bought Buic 3
during this period than during any other
twelve months in Buick history.

 

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Farmer!” It will guarantee honest dealing.

"The Farm Paper of Service"

LET’S DRIVE OUT THE THIEF!

“THE Farm Thief Must Go.” That is the head-
ing on the article that appears on page four

of this issue--and we mean it. He is tak-
ing over a million dollars out of the poCkets of
the farmers of Michigan every year. This can not
continue.

Nearly a year and a half ago we started our
campaign against thievery and to date we have
spent around $2,500. Much has been accom—
plished but there remains much more to do before
rural thieves learn that Michigan is a State to
avoid. No one group or organization can drive
them. out. The farmers, officials and ourselves
must work together to do this.

We are doing our part in every way that we
possibly can. Officials can do their part by catch-
ing the thieves and then putting them behind
prison bars. Some officers have done very et-
fective work along these lines. Farmers are in
position to do more than anyone else, and our
article on page four tells what and how they can
do it. More articles on this subject will appear
in future issues.

We are out to put the farm thief in the right
coop or make him get out of Michigan, Are you
with us?

ANOTHER NEW FEATURE
HE BUSINESS FARMER is being built on the
foundation of Service—Service to its readers
——and its .rapid and steady growth indicates
that it is being built well. We folks here at the
home office cannot claim all of the credit. Neither
can the farmers who have supported it by be-
coming subscribers. But all of us, you folks and
us, working in unison, have brought about this
solid growth.

We have served you by answering your ques-
tions and publishing a farm paper containing
such features as we believe you like. You, in
turn, have served us by supporting our work
through subscriptions to M. B. F. and letters to
us voicing your approval or criticism of the con—
tents of Tm: BUSINESS FARMER. We appreciate
the subscriptions and letters; let’s have more of
them.

And now we are adding a new service or fea-
ture for your approval or rejection. This feature,
to be known as “Chatting with the Agricultural
Teacher,” is probably entirely different than any

that appears in other farm papers in the United'

States, and we predict “that it will‘be as popular
as any other department in M. B. F. Mr. V. 0.

Braun, agricultural teacher in a large high school ~

in Shiawassee county and owner and operator of
a 160-acre farm in Branch county, is editor of the
new department. We want you to become real

Well acquainted with him and the best way you
can do this is by reading his department and then '

 

writing in some questions for him to answer. He
will be pleased to have you do both and, will an-
swer the questions by ﬁrst class mail.

Remember, folks, this new service is “on trial," ,

W

E most encouraging reports continue to'

come out of Hexico.’ When we were there in‘

the spring of 1927, the strained condition of
government policies on both sides of the border
were apparent.‘ From the time Ambassado Mor-
row reached his post in September, however, until
Colonel Lindbergh’s‘ silver-”Spirit of St. Louis”
landed like a dove of poems on the ﬂying ﬁeld at
Mexico City, there has been a feeling of better
Vunderstandlng growing between the two govern—
ments and their peoples. Only this week came the
report that the oil question, one of. the three
bones of contention raised by the Calles govern-
ment had been favorably adjusted in- accordance

with tile decision of the Mexican supreme court. ’

' Fortunately for these two great neighboring re—
publics which should be friends, both President

Coolidge and President Canes, have adopted ‘8. "

spirit of cordiality which helps to smooth. out

’ the wrinkles of injured pride and aloofness, which

have prevented amicable adjustments» of minor
problems in the past.
Mexico can be made as good a friend and

neighbor as Canada, and it begins to look as if

we were headed that way.

 

CAN NOT AGREE

ARM BLOC Fails to Agree on Plan." That:

reads a headline in the daily press regard- '

ing farm legislation which is to come before
the present Congress. If the agricultural leaders
can not agree on any certain bill how an Con-
gress be expected to do anything for the farmer?
What other interests get what they want from
Congress without presenting a. united front?
Looks like farm bloc leaders were doing more
to defeat farm legislation than anyonelelse.

TREAT IN STORE FOR YOU

0 you“ remember the Mulrs and Doug Sum-

mers of “Homestead Country,” one of the

most interesting stories we ever published?
It appeared in our columns a little over a. year
ago. Those 01" you who do remember them will
be interested to know that we have secured an-
other story nbout them and it will follow “Seven-
teen Is Grown Up" which will end in our next
issue. To those of you who did not read about
these folks we -want to say that you have a real
treat in store in “Catapult." Do not miss the
opening chapters. -,

 

TBIEVES SHOT FABMEB

3 you will read on page three, John McNally,

Bay county farmer, lays in the hospital re-

covering from wounds caused by bullets

ﬁred at him when he tried to prevent three men

from stealing-his property. If McNally had been

armed perhaps there would be a different story
to tell.

FARBIER IN THE SWIM

CCORDING to Forbes Magazine, to whom we .,

are—e indebted for the picture appearing on
the front cover of this issue, the farmer is
in the swim now, along with labor and the manu—
factorer who have been enjoying themselves
While he stood on thebank. We too believe that
the farmer has entered the water but hardly think

it was by the way of the springboard. Heis wad.- ,

ing in and has quite a ways to go before he gets
into deep water. But' we can be thankful that he
is headed in the right direction and we hope it
will not be long until he is in all over.

 

WHAT WE DID IN 1927

LSEWHERE in this issue there appears a‘

summary of what we did during the year

just past. We thought we did considerable
but failed to realize just how much until we got
it all together in condensed form. It surprised
us. Maybe it will you, too.

 

CHICKEN THIEF' mums on $50"
EACH M. B. F_. Has PAID

1.—-—Frank Watkins, Holly, Mich.
2.—-Walter Arnold, Oakland County Deputy.
, JOhn W. Copp, Oakland County Deputy.
3. -—Amos Jury, Ashley, Mich.

4.-—Waync DeBree, Greenville, Mich. .4.
5.——-Alton Hall, Charlotte, Mich. 9
6.—-Alsx MacDonald, Housman mo, Mich.
7. --—A. R Geddes, Saginaw Gaunt! Officer. _

 

 

 

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. del’vegot ophntoo’top the naturist and
sell him pop and sandwiches and berry pie,
' no more they'll go n-snllin’ by. It tnkesu
teller that is wise to mall! '51:: stop and patronize
erandy’l stand, but now, by gum, we 've got ’em
lined up as they come. ernndy can't bake pies
enough, she's most sold out of all her stat, the
customer’s have come so fast no wonder that her
grub don't last, noon“ goes sailin’ put in note,

they stop and-patronize our storé. ‘

I painted up a sign that said, "Bridge Out. Un-
safe To Go Ahead." The folks that used to pan
us up are stoppin’ new to dine or sun. the cm
are thick ground out stood, u-bnyln' “I. to but
the band. It takes a shrewd, resourceful mu to
ﬁgure out a clever plan to mks folks stop awhile
and buy, Mirandy sure lo lucky, why, some men
would give up right away, but I've got schemes
and make ’em pay. When them there folks has ct
their ﬁll, and after they have paid their bill, I_
tell 'em we enjoyed their call and that the bridge
ain't out at all. They laugh on they bid no good-
bye, and say. “Your wife makes blamed good pie."

 

 

 

 
 
   

 

 

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How styles do change. I always thought we
were supposed to recognize folks by their hoes,

but pictures we see in the papers indicate that .

legs is goin' to be the future means of identiﬁ—
cation. '

I saw an ad in the'paper about the new ﬂlvver

tained there was a uniformed chauffeur. That's
just about like givin' a quarter tip on a ﬁfteen-
cent lunch.

 

'Now that Christmas is over the family is
through worryin' and I’m just startin’.

care of I can smile again.

I hope it don’ t become regular practice for po-
litical candidates to broadcast all their speeches.
Already we got too much static.

I was readin’ in the paper ’bout a hen in Mass-

achusetts that lays eggs almost square. and in-

stead of bein' smooth they are rough with heavy
lines resemblin’ corrugated paper.
watch out or she’ll be layin’ card board egg crates
the ﬁrst thing they know.

Ever hear this one! George, asouthern darky,
moved to a. northern City and decided to change
his bank account also. He wrote a check on his
money in the home town negro bank and de-
posited it in a bank in the town where he lived.
Within a. week the check came back marked
“No funds. ”
was assured that he positively hadmoney in that

bank. Then the northern banker wrote a strong '
.mk. A few days later he
‘When we all sen'sw .

letter to the no '1 r
received the fr .-ng replyz'

But once '
I get the presents paid for and the taxes taken

They better , .

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CLIPPING NEWSPAPERS

idea is a very proﬁtable one——
for some folks—from the num-

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“Tiber going into the business. The
.jif' latest to come to our attention are,
" .. Acme Addressing 00., Greenﬁeld and

'iHillsboro, Ohio; Kantian 00., Brook-
Superior Service, Mar-
shall. ILL; Gillies Mailing Service,
Mney. Nova. Scotia; North Shore
Service, Rochester, N. Y.; Manntw
tumors Outlet of America, Birming-
ham, Ala; , Hugh Faulkner Mailing
Service, Atlanta, Ga; Modern Busi-
ness Bureau, New York City. -
Some of them have rather high
sounding names but the scheme they
. are working is no different than the
one being promoted by others. They
want you to send them a. dollar for a
letter of instructions on how to clip
personal news items from various
newspapers and send postal Cards to
the people mentioned suggesting that
you have an item which will interest
them*and you will forward it for
twenty-ﬁve cents. . . ‘
As the office boy says, "It's bolog—
na, and any way you want to cu
it it's still bologna."
Such schemes will continue to
ﬂourish only, as long as the public
continues to “fall" for them.

BEAGLE HOUND STOLEN

RTHUR SOULE, Route 2, Romeo,
reports that he has had a valu-
able beagle hound stolen. The

hound answers to the name of
“Sam;" is three years old; and
brown, black and white in color.
AuyOne ﬁnding the dog, please get in
touch with Mr. Soule, or with the
Editor of M. B. F. .

FAKES TELEGRAM‘S

ERE is something new in faking.
During the week before Christ—
mas more than 1, 000 collect
counterfeit telegrams were delivered
in the city of New Rochelle, New
York, by an impersonator of a West~
ern Union employee. Many of the

. )yyymessagos were signed "Santa Claus.”

FARM PRODUCE AT BARGAIN
PRICES

E 'areadvised by the National
Better Business Bureau of - a
clever swindle by an itinerant

operator who has operated under the
names of George Beach, Harry La-
harro, Charles Lynn, E. G. Williams,
John Burns, George Webber, and
perhaps several others that are un-
known to the officials. The success
'of his scheme depends on classiﬁed
advertisements in various publica-
tions. His scheme is simple and prof-
itable—to him. He has a classiﬁed
advertisement inserted in a news-
paper or magazine altering farm pro-
duce at bargain prices, with cash in
. advance. Of course, he picks papers
in sections where there is a scarcity
of the produce he advertises. After
placing the ad he rents a post office
box to which the mail is directed. He
collects his mail once or twice a day,
keeping under cover as much as pos-
sible, and before there is any chance
for semeone to get very suspicious
he moves on. He has advertised ap-
ples, peaches, other fruits, nuts, tur
k9¥\ eggs, maple syrup and honey,

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The our 9 of this department is to was

our Subscr- born from fraudulent dealings or un-
mum cm imam N persons or concern: at a

stones.

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"‘1 Michigan officials had

orders he received. ,

Beach has been described by sever-
al persons as
height, between 36 and 40 years of
age, is smooth shaven, has brown

“hair and eyes, and moderately well

dressed.

DE COFFEE AND HEAD NOIBES

I am writing you about Dr. N. 0.’

Coffee, of Davenport, Iowa, who
claims he cures head noises and deaf-
ness through the mail.
writing me and sending testimonials,
but there is no full name and ad-
dress furnished so that anyone can
write to them. He says most people
do not like to be troubled by cor-
respondence. When I told him that
I had written to the Cass Laborator-
ies in Chicago and they advised me

that catarrh and head noises could -

not be successfully treated by mail
and that I had better consult a. local
physician, he replied that he did not
like to have patients call in person at
his office as he was getting well up
in years. At ﬁrst he wanted $10 a
month for treating me; I don’t re—

member what his last price was, but“. - '

it was a whole lot lower.

Now, I want treatment for my
head, but I don’t like to spend my
money where I don’t get any good
from it. I also notice that he does
not run an ad in your paper. I
would appreciate having your opin-
ion about this man and whether I
would be safe in doctoring with him.
-—-B. L. Benzonia, Mich.

N response to your query regarding
I “Dr. N. 0. Coffee" and his ability
to cure head noises and deafness,

we do not believe that any bodily ail-
ment or disease can be cured by mail.
The best physicians absolutely refuse
to give advice by letter in cases with

which they are not personally fa—’

miliar, not because they dislike to
give free information but due to the
fact that such advice cannot be re—
liable and the following of it might

, cause disastrous effects

A physical examination is essen-
tial before anything like reliable
treatment can be instituted. There
is more than one kind of deafness.
and the nature, of/ the particular deaf—
ness from which you are suffering
can only be determined by examina-
tion. If you are in need of immedi-

ate care, it would be a saving of *

money in the long run for you to
consult an ear specialist in some
hospital clinic near you, or, if you
could come so far, the University
Hospital at Ann Arbor would be an
excellent place for you to go. The
rates are not expensive, and although
the initial expense may loom large
it does not amount to so much in
the end as it would if'you paid ﬁve
dollars now to this doctor and then
ten dollars to that without obtaining
any relief.

“EYE DOCTOR” TO FACE MUSIC
IN ILLINOIS

our‘ last issue we stated that
J located,

“Dr. Anderson,” alias Fred Ash-
er, of Chicago, the “eye doctor" who
swindled folks in Eaton and Ionia‘
counties last summer. The “doctor”
was located. in Waterloo, Illinois,
where he ran afoul of the law for
giving “treatments” to Illinois folks.
Sheri!!! ‘ William French, of Ionia,
made a trip to Illinois to try to get

'Gov. Small to issue extraditionnpa-

per-s but he ruled that Asher would
have to face charges there before be-
ing returned to this State. His trial
is set for March. ‘

I can writing to you to let you know I
mama my money from the Clear Sight
Spectacle Comm It is all right now.
Thank you very much. for what you have
done foi- me.

 

Boyne Falls, Mich.
' her: arm. B.- in.

but, acdording to reports, there is no}
record of his ever ﬁlling any of the

being of . medium -

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. on service!”

51,000 For Poultry Thief V Campaign

NDOUBTEDLY the outstanding accomplishment of I the year was our postinguof $1,000 tov-be given in..$50-
rewards, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of poultry thieves. We have already paid ,
seven rewards, each of which has entailedan investigation by an ofﬁcer of" this company, to preventany

misappropriation of the fund.

THE WILSON CASE

Nothing happened in 1927 which aroused the farmers
of our state more than the Wilson case; already familiar
to every farmer in Michigan. On November 24, 1926, L. J. Wil-
son of Greenville, a well known I§Iroung farmer of pioneer stock,
shot and killed a chicken thief. e was arrested and brought to
trial on a charge of manslaughter. rm

We immediately got behind Mr. Wilson, realizing that this
case would forever establish a precedent, as to whether or not
the farmer has a right to protect his property. We circulated in
our columns, a petition protesting Mr. Wilson’s arrest and re-

“ ting the dismissal of his case. Later on we published a
special eight-page “Extra" edition of THE BUSINESS FARMER, in
which the petition appeared. This special edition was mailed to
more than 120,000 farmers in Michigan, and 70,000 signed the
Wilson petitions. We asked for contributions from farmers to
meet Mr. ”Wilson’s trial expense, and $856.70 was raised in this
manner; $400 was paid Mr. Wilson’s attorneys, the balance be-
ing used to establish the L.‘ J. Wilson Fund to ﬁght any similar
case in the future. In all, more than $2,100 was spent on the
Wilson case, in attorney’s fees,‘publishing the special edition.

Under ‘our guidance the case won state-wide ublicity and the
verdict giving Mr. Wilson a complete acquitta , wasa vindica-
tion of our efforts in his behalf.

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REWARDS

While we were giving the chicken thieves a. merry chase
during the ﬁrst six months of the current year, reports
came in to us from farmers, county ofﬁcials, and our own ﬁeld
service men, that there was much stealing of other farm ro-
duce and livestock. In ‘July, 1927, we posted an additional 500
to be paid in $25 rewards, for information leadingjto the arrest
.and conviction of thieves stealing livestock or farm produce,
other than poultry, just so long as it is the sole property of a
swbscriber of the THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER.

SPECIAL FEATURES OR THINGS WE DID

In addition to the publication itself, here are some of
the activities we carried on: Wilson Case; (2). De-
manded State Fair Clean-up and be' a farmers’ fair; (3) De-
manded that Agricultural College at Lansing be maintained for

the purpose for which it was established; (4) Advocated 40 gas'

tax in lieu of annual license and weight tax; (5) fought for
poultry building at State College; (6) Chicken thief laws‘; (7)
support of Horton Trespass Law; (8) condemnation of pheasant
for eating farmers’ crops; (9) advocated longer seasons to hunt
pheasants; (10) tought_for removal of protection on bears; (11)
complete report on legislature, etc., etc., etc.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE

We answered upward of ten thousand personal letters during
1927 for our readers. Our many editors were asked to answer
hundreds of them in their departments and if in doubt, experts
were consulted. .

EXPOSING CROOKS AND FRAUDS

Through “The Publisher’s Desk,” and personal letters, we
have exposed hundreds of indiViduals or schemes which were
defrauding or misleading the farm people, thus saving them
countless thousands of dollars. "

NEW FEATURES ADDED _IN 1927

New features added this past year .were: “Song of the Lazy
Farmer,” FreaBulletin SerVice comprising U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Michigan State College Bulletins and our own ad-
vglrlti-sers’ bulletins, Farm Garden Editor, “Here’s How” cartoon
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I know that you are as proud of the success of old “M. B. F.”.as>:we

th us since the ﬁrst little four pagesheet,
printed on-pink paper, which was mailed in '1912. . Many of you are new
friends who’are only beginning to learn what afriend you have in this

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-—‘-but all of you, old and new f nends alike can take equal pride 1918 - ”1 ‘
with us in the review. of our accomplishments in 1927 and our program 1 , . , -. '7 ‘

' of progress'in 1928! ' . '_ . _ ' ‘1919 , 74
For, strengthened by the experience ofg._.-yea1;s! * Fortiﬁedv'by- (the 1
largest number of farm 'men'and'women'lever'enrell-ed under onebanner , 1920? . ,, 144
in' Michigani- Convinced that our policy of “the-farmer ﬁrst; always”. is . . . —

rightl' Promising to _. remain alert, fearless, and forever free"-2from.rpolit- 1922 .
ical or religious entanglements— ' . . - 1925

" The Michigan Business _ ?
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hold of a Better Year} for ‘
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we have handled and settled the following 100 :(fopegs’mt;
number of claims for our readers. [In ’subscribersy

nearly every case these claims.-r—wnuklrg.not ~_ Special publicity
or could not have beensettled, had-not Reward-mm»
THE BUSINESS FARMER pushed the. claim
until a ﬁnal settlement was secured: '

Total Number Claims Filed..............3,109
Amount Involved ......................$33,124.87
Total Number. Claims Settled............2,588
Amount Secured ..................'.‘...;.$30.579.27.

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Front row ten to rlght: E. J. Klrtley, A. J. Boulls, F. B.‘ Davis 0. W. Church, Olgie
M. c Roblneu I.. F. Dunnl . Middle row left to rlght: H. 8. Bryan. on ‘~ '
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Our Fi d‘ ,{l’hese men and women, our ﬁeld-agents, devote 011
Se i 91 full time to calling on our more than 95,000 sub W6
W ce— ers in Michigan. :They come with a friendly 15

clasp to let you know that THE BUSINESS .FARM .
more than just paper, paste and ink! That it is a breathing, 11. NE

institution into which nearly a hundred persons pour their best'tho ‘10
and energy, every hour of every day. _ we
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‘ ‘ .Dear Friends: . - . ., , ,
eAlthough my name bears the title, it IS really you who have edited The. Michigan
Business Farmer! [can claim but little credit for its success:

. Because it is your letters and your comments to our ﬁeld men and to, me, Which
have told usth you most needed in a farm paper. Ithasbeen myrwork, and
the work of my associates, to put together such a paper. One thing that has assist-
ed greatly in the Work has been the fact that every man and woman .who’writes for
Our columns was born on the farm, knows the farmers’ problems, and is inspired: by
the possibility of serving our nearly one hundred thousand readers. _

’ I am pfoud that I can make such a statement, and I am'also proud of thefact.
-»that this publication is owned in Michigan and published solely in the interestsof
farmers of this State. The troubles of the farmers of Michigan are‘our troubles and
' —' we will. ﬁght for their rights, regardless of who may oppose us, just-as long; as there
62,165 is an M. B. F. printed. Only the farmers themselvescan dictate our policies. . .

‘ - Most of all, I am happy that with. your unbounded support The Michigan Busi-
68'325 ne'ss.Farmer enters the New Year, 1928, enabled to add new departments, engage.
’ J new writers and double its promise of Service to . . .-
75515 you, who have made it all possible! ’

’ I want you to continue to tell me what you
. like or don’t like about g“? tgarilermjiistesthyou
. i” ’ have done in the past, an wi t is e p. no 'ing _

” re than 95’000 can retard our wonderful progress! . . ' , Editor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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S a .wilson Case of what we accomplished during 1927. While the
. _ . ‘ . Th M‘ _ M b _record is dcreditable we have only made a good

a d _ jy........................n $850.00 .1 . , , ‘ eginning an uring 1928 we propose to “carry on" in
z" 1' mom,“ .0; e Inute an a broader way than ever before our ﬁght against the

200.00 - B h rud brid e that arched -
.... 25.00 i t eme dead a rural thief.
' t edition, , Their 1138,30 April’s We" “1" REWARDS
, ure
'sﬁiai'i'v'353""”"‘ 11590-00 Here onset; the embattled mrmers déggr reward modney. willtconttinue t3 be pals, in fact sevgral
_. . . . . are now un er inves iga ion an you wi soon be rea ing‘
1] i 3:50:55}?er ‘ And ﬁrgge tagrlglllot heard round in THE BUSINESS FARMER of other payments being made from
e, 1: tot, no 0 Elia! ‘ our $l,500.00 award fund. Personal investigation of all robber-
. » D rﬂng , ' .- It seemed ﬁtting that the ies will be made where case warrants.

... 200.00
3. . loyal farmers cooperating-iii
1 889.00 . . _. _. . our plan to rid this state of S $100.00 REWARD FOR THREE THIEVES .
, farm thieves should be des- 0 far as, we know, there has not been another case Similar to Prof J. F. Cox
150 00 ignated by a ﬁtting emblem Mr. Wilson s, so the unused balance of the L. J. Wilson Fund '
- of their pledge. Early in the new year there- has not been touched, .On the night at December 20th, Mr. John
fore, we propose to organize THE MICHIGAN McNally, a farmer livmg near Bay City, heard a noise around
BUSINESS FARMER MINUTE MEN, who will, his barn and went out to see what was the matter, and as he
in reality be a vigilance committee, ready to join neared the barn he was greeted by. shots which all but_killed
hands at a moments notice to protect the proper- him, and at this time Mr. McNally IS in the Mercy Hospital'at
ty of their neighbors. Bay City, recovering from his wounds. The thieves not being
7_ 400.0. Their motto will be “Alert!” and their emblem satisﬁed, burned Mr. McNally’s barn before leaving. We im-
j ‘ -— will be the famous statue of the Minute Man mediately notiﬁed the authorities at Bay City that we were
anII:>i-u---m-m“53o7° - - , g at Lexington Groom'immortalized in the famous posting a $100.00 reward for the arrest andconviction of these
_ ' .5-—-—— poem by Longfellow from which the above is outlaws, this reward to come out of the L. J. Wilson Fund. We
. _ % .MW.....$3,10£.00 a quotation. feel conﬁdent that the farmers who contributed to this fund will
- V, . back us in the posting of this reward for we feel that every
, . inducement possible should be made to bring these thieves to
justice for this outrage. -

A DEFINITE POLICY

We will carry out a deﬁnite program of progress this
year. With the ﬁne support you folks have given us in the ast, .
we know this program can become a. realization with whic we Mrs. Annie Taylor
can point to with just pride when another year rolls around. ,
Following is a list of things we are suggesting to you which will
help in a big way to make the life of rural thieves, less happy:

1. Put good locks on the doors of all buildings and either bar
windows or fasten them shut. '

2. Install burglar alarm.

3. Mark poultry with an identifying mark which is registered
with poultry dealers and sheriffs.

Organize county—wide anti—thief associations. ‘

5. Learn to shoot, and do not hesitate when necessary

6. Enforce poultry dealers’ registration law.

From another article in this issue, you will learn just how
these suggestions can help you. Don’t fail to read it.

_ REGULAR FEATURES
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. which we feel will be valuable to our folks. Lavuia e 1 8°
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Foster Leo. Felon R culbei-t Ro' éaker Charles Smlth an c, H. Merrlﬁel . Elsewhere in this issue you will see a brand new feature, Mr.
' ' av ' y , d V. 0. Braun’s department, “Chatting \Vith the Agricultural

. . . . . . Teacher.” Mr. Braun is thoroughly qualiﬁed to edit this de-
out Of your subscrlptlon than JuSt the 00pleS 0f the magazme Whlcll partment. He is an agricultural teacher in a large Shiawassee

, W6 mail you; to prove to you that your best and .most powerful friend High School. He owns and operates. his own 160 acre 'farm in
Branch county, and he is a successful writer of agricultural

is this publication. . . ‘ . _ . .
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right hand of felloWship; tell them your problems; what you like or your service. ,

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

‘ S a member of The Chil-
dren’ 5 Hour Club I pledge
myself:

To live a Christian life and keep
‘ the Ten Commandments.

do my best in everything I do.

To be true to. my country, the
‘United States of America.

To do at least one good deed
~ each day.

To assist the less fortunate than I.
be considerate of others.

To be kind to people and to uni-
Innis.
To become educated.

‘ Toulways conduct myself in a way
that is becoming to a lady or
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EAR BOYS AND GIRLS:—Well
here it is election time. Not
, time to elect local, State or Na—
ﬁnal ofﬁcers but the oﬂicers of the
ﬁe’ildrens Hour Club—-—which is far
ore important than any other elec—
n, isn‘t it? I thought you would
ee with me.

And what ofﬁcers are we to elect?
y the President and the Vice-Pres-
nt. There is one more ofﬁcer, the
cretary-Treasurer, but Uncle Ned
1‘. s that job cornered and he will not
F e anyone else a chance at it. Rath-
“ selﬁsh of him, don’ t you think?

March forth your candidates, you
? All right, fellow voters, I can
t refuse your demands. Here they
, Elsie Matzke, R. 5, Saginaw, W.
and Eathel Fay Sharp, Akron,
re the two nominated to be voted
to serve as President of our Club
the next year. For Vice-Presi—
t we offer Helen B. Kinnison, Star
ute, Kalkaska, and Elton Hick-
tt, R. 3, Box 107, Birmingham.
se of you who have read Our Page
some time will remember all of
» e candidates, some by letters and
" e by pictures, so I hope you will
‘out the ballot that appears on this
. and send it to me. Every voter
urged to do his or her duty.

Somebody asks if you have to have
— of our pins to vote. No you do
1:, but if you want a pin all you
we to do is accept and live up to
r pledge and sent in two cents. The
0. cents is to be your inititaion fee,
'.d I will mail you right away a pin
a nice card on which is printed
pledge. This card you can put up
our, room so that you can see it

.y. . —
And that reminds me of a letter I
ived the other day. A little
i wrote in and said she had read
e Children’s Hour for a long time
, had always wanted to write but
er knew my address so ﬁnally she

a letter in care of the Editor of
B. F. She asked that I publish my
,1 ress for the beneﬁt of others who
"' g‘ht be like her. I thought all of
knew how to reach me. Just ad—
‘s your letters, “Uncle Ned, The
irsiness Farmer, Mt. Clemens,
sch. ” and I will get them alright. —-
23 CLE NED.
‘P. S ——-Soon as we get this election
of the way we will have some con—
ts. What kind do you want?

  

 

 

 

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0 get a pin. I live in Montcalm
' .Ferris township, go to Ferris
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he on an eighty acre farm and my
1' rents one hundred and tWenty
,besides that Daddy has a great big
that has six wheels; four behind
’ We in front. He trucks potatoes to
118. with it.

in eleven years old, and in the eighth
‘ I have four brothers and three
Forapetlhaveadog. -Heis
.11 white, and his name is Rover.
have two ...cats; black- and

   
 
 
     
   
  
 
 
 

    
     
    
  
     
    

 
  

  

‘ _ Dick bendeS. and in the tall I
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' estimate of Scouting.

nd a yellow one.“ In the sum-.-

1 Colors . BLUE

I am taking music lessons from grand~
mother, and I have a piece by the name
01‘ ' hittle Jessie's March." ‘

Well, I don’t want to crowd out all
the rest of the nieces and nephews so, I
will say good~bye, for this time. ' Your
want—to~be-niece.—Mildred Johnston, R.
1, Vestaburg, Mich. . ‘

-—Hello, Mildred! Mr. Wastebasket was
not feeling very hungry today so your
letter got by. I guess he is having an at—
tack ot indigestion caused by eating too
many letters.

 

Dear Uncle Nedchhanka ever so much
for the beautiful work box. It’s lovely
and I’m sure I shall be able to use it ever
so often. Thank you, Uncle Ned.

As I’ve never written a letter to the
Children’s Hour before, although I’ve read
it for the last ﬁve years, I suppose I shall
have to describe myself. I am ﬁfteen.
years old. have dark brown hair and gray
eyes, and am in the eleventh grade.

Uncle Ned, have you ever been way up
here in the north. There’s great piles of
snow everywhere and its just lovely for
skiing, sleigh-riding and skating. Al.
though it’s cold, I believe'winter is the
best season of th eyear.

Well, Uncle Ned, I must close. Thank-
ing you again for that present, I am, your
want- to- be— —neice, Dolores L‘enz, Hubbell,
Mich.

—I have seen quite a bit of northen Mich-
igan but never got into your part of the
country. I know it must be wonderful and

Motto1 DO YOUR BEST

   
 

.1111) GOLD

have planned mahy times. to get up there

but every‘time something‘has happened '

to prevent it. But I’ll get there sometime.-
Glad you liked the work box. I thought
you would.

 

Dear Uncle Ned: —-—My father has been
taking the M. B. F. for many years and
we all like it very much.

May I loin the merry circle! What

must I do to obtain the card and button?

As all the other cousins describe them-
selves. I will. too. I am four feet, ten
inches tall. I have dark eyes. have a
light complexion and a bushel of red hair.
(I won’t tell you about my freckles.) I am
twelve years old and in the sixth grade.

I have two sisters and four brothers. I
could hardly forget pets, 11 red dog and :a
red cat. Three red heads make three
great companions. My sisters tell me
that red is dangerous. Do you think so,
Uncle Ned? "

I guess my chatter box is getting louder
and louder, so .1“. think I had better ring
off and leave room for the rest of the
cousins. Your want-to-be-niece, Helen
Hartman, , 2, Standish, Mich.

-—I never felt red was dangerous. In fact,
I always sort of liked red hair, although
mine never was that color. My hair was

-a1most black, until Father Time started

taking the color out of it. As for join-
ing our circle, I am happy to welcome you.
A pin and a pledge card went forward to
you recently. Just remember our pledge
and try to live up to it the best you know
how and you will be a good member.

 

 

 

Scouting for Farm Boys

Boy Scouts of America, Department of Rural Scouting.
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(All inquiries regarding scouting should be addressed to the
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BE A ‘BOY scour
(Article No. 2)

HY do you like Scouting?” I

asked a Boy Scout recently.

“Because it’s lots of fun,” was
his answer, quick as a ﬂash. Then on
sober second thought he added, “And
because you can learn a lot in Scout-
ing.’ '

That sets forth the average boy’s
He thinks of
the fun ﬁrst and the training second,
and that is the proper attitude for a
boy to take.

Our last article described brieﬂy
what Scouting is and what it is for.
That was for the beneﬁt of the par-
ents and other grown folks. But we
didn’t want our boy readers to get
the idea that it was all work and
no fun—quite the opposite. Scout'-
ing is lots of fun. Every troop, pa-
trol, or tribe meeting has its games.
stunts, stories, songs, and other forms
of entertainment.

Hikes and camping trips are the
greatest fun in the world for any boy
whose arteries run‘ with red blood
and not distilled water. But not all
the fun is in games. One of the
greatest enjoyments for any boy is
to learn to do things, to make things, .

to master some art of craft that most
boys cannot do. Every boy looks
forward toward being a man and
wants to try out diderent jobs to ﬁnd
an interesting hobby to work on in
the long winter evenings.

All of this and more he gets from
Scouting.

And Scouting furnishes a boy with
ideals for his life; What is an ideal?
It is a standard to live by and act
by; it is a goal to strive for, an end

. to achieve.

The ideals of the Scout 'are ex-
pressed in the Scout Oath and the
twelve points of the Scout Law as
follows:

SCOUT OATH
On my honor I will do my best——

1, To do my duty to God and my
country. and to obey the Scout law.

2. To help other people at all times.

3. To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

SCOUT LAW
1. A Scout Is Trustworthy:

A Scout's honor is to be trusted. If
he Were to violate his honor by telling a
lie, or by cheating, or by not doing ex-
actly a given task, when trusted on his

honor, he may be directed to hand over

his Scout badge.

2. A Scout Is Loyal:
He is loyal to all to whom loyalty is

 

information and hei p.

I do not think a troop could be started,
at least, but I would like to help organize
Please tell me how.

I wish to register as 9. Lone Scout.

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rules of the National Council, landt
which I may become a me

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RURAL SCOUTING APPLICATION

(Only boys twelve years or over are eligible)

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I wish to become a Boy Scout in the following manner (check which method):
I think a troop could be started in my neighborhood

Please tell me how to do this and whether there is 3.
Scout Headquarters in a nearby city where I could get

I do not think that a troop or patrol could be started ,
here, for a time at least, for the following reasons:

In signing this application, I do so with the knowledge and approval of my
ts a to be verned by the seout Oath and Law, the «
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due; his Scout leader, his home and par-
ents and country.

8. A Scout Is Helpful :
‘ He must be prepared at any time to
save life. help injured persons and share
the home duties. He must do at least one
good turn to somebody every day.
4. A Scout Is Friendly:

He is a friend of all and .a brother to
every other Scout.

5. A Scout Is Courteous: _

He is polite to all. especially to we-
men, children, old people, and the weak
and helpless. He must not take pay be-
ing helpful ‘or courteous.

6. A Scout Is Kind:

He is the friend to animals. He will
not kill nor hurt any living creature need-
lessly, but will strive to save and protect
all harmless life.

7. A Scout Is Obedient:

He obeys his parents, scoutmaster, pa-
trol leader, and all other duly constituted
authorities. ,

8. A Scout Is Cheerful:

He smiles whenever he can. His obed-
ience to'orders is prompt and cheery. He
never shirks nor grumbles at hardships.
9. A Scout Is Thrifty:

He does not wantonly destroy property.
He works faithfully, wastes nothing, and
makes the best use of his opportunities.
He save his money so that he may pay
his own-way, be generous to those in need
and helpful to worthy objects. He may
work for pay but must not receive tips
for courtesies or good turns.

10. A Scout Is Brave:

He has the courage to face danger in
spite of fear and to stand'up for the
right against the coaxings of friends or
jeers or threats of enemies, and defeat
does not down him.

11. A Scout 18“ Clean:

He keeps clean in body and thoughts,
stands for clean speech, clean sport, and,
travels with a clean crowd. ’
12. A Scout Is Beverent: ,

He is reverenbtoward God. He is faith-
ful in his religious duties, and respects
the convictions of others in matters of
customs and religion.

t Aren' t these principles worth living up
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' ADDING RELAY

N this game divide the players into
two ”equal sides, and seat each
group on opposite sides of the
room. Each player writes a number
in a column on a blackboard or
chart, and the last person on each of
the sides adds the column of ﬁgures.
For example, the players sitting in'
the front seat would be given a piece
of chalk. On the signal from the
leader to begin, this person would
rush to the black board at the front
of the room and write any number.
such as “27.” He then goes back
and hands his chalk to the one sit—
ting in the seat next to him, and
when the last one ﬁnally gets the
chalk, he rushes to the board, writes
a number and then adds the.whole
column. ' The players in the other
team are doing the same thing. The.
side that ﬁnishes ﬁrst and whose

answer is correct wins one point. .

Figures of two digits can be used
ﬁrst, and then three or four digits.

Riddles

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1'“ self on 2' ing,
breeding and selling or. stock

that Will Win similar honors for the .
This how- ~
' taxed to the limit by the gasoline.

\ buyer, is quite another.-
ever, was very successfully accom-
plished the past year by Sidney Phil—
lips, Charlotte; President of the State
Short Course Club and President of
the State Duroc Jersey Breeders’ As-
sociation.

. Sidney sold a gilt to his grand-

tather, Walter Phillips, who is a

seventy—live year old farmer. This

gilt produced a litter that weighed

2, 420 lbs. at six months.

gilt sold to Laban Williams, Eaton

Rapids, produced a litter that

weighed 2, 340 lbs. at the end of the
180 day period. Sidney also qual-

med for ten litter honors (raised
with some thirty other shotes under
ordinary herd conditions) which

'reached the 2,049 lbs. mark.

, Mr. Phillips’ Dnroc Jersey experi-

ence dates back to 1918 when he

joined the Brookﬁeld Durec Jersey

Pig Club. He has steadfastly clung

to his early plans, continuing to de—

velop his breeding program through
his Club work, through his agricul-
tural high school work, and through
is Short Course work at to College.
He now stands out as one of the pro-
gressive Duroc breeders of the State,
and an agricultural leader in his
community, county and State, as may
be gleaned from the fact that while
he is yet a young man in his early
twenties, he has been elected as pres—
ident of two State associations. Mr.

Phillips is a strong backer of the

College Short Courses and feels that

every young man interested in agri—

culture shonld receive the inspira—
tion and training the College has to
otter through these courses.

 

 

DOPB'IT PAY?
.(Continued from Page 11)

vision of being “secure in our person
and property”? Is it any wonder
that respect for laws is at a low ebb;
and that rebellious societies ﬂourish?

A neighbor-told me recently that
his father borrowed his dog to take
home to keep the muskrats—govern—
ment wards—out of his corn as they
destroyed as high as seven bushels
in a single night, yet he dare not trap
them. Raised on his own farm and
~ied his. own corn. According to the
assessor his rats.

Another man a few days ago re-
leased ﬂve thousand pheasants to
feed upon the farmers who in turn
must not hurt them. One can see
his loss when he considers that the
farmers could raise upon the same
feed ﬁve thousand chickens worth
one dollar each or ﬁve thousand dol-
lars loss. Pheasants destroyed fully
one-half of my corn crop last year.

And so' on through out the list of
protected animals. What shall be
done? How may we be relieved

‘ from this oppression?——J. S. Hoss-
ler, Macomb County.

 

WANTS PROTECTION

EAR EDITOR: Again we are ask-
" ing you to help care for us and
our farm rights as to the Ian
less sportsman. He wantsytlie law
repealed that compels him to get
consent of iarmowners to allow him
to hunt on and break down fences

and kill stock or anything he wishes—

to do to get enjoyment for himself or
friends.

Make us secure in our ownership
and do not let the sportsmen con-
ﬁscate our farms for their use.—
G. B., Milford, Mich.

SINth FOLKS .TAXED ENOUGH

EAR EDITOR: In answer to
"One Who Wonders Why” I
would say that their statements

are very vague and lack the support
of statistics. A tax 01 ﬁfty dollars
~ 8 head for every single person over
_ twentme is absurd The majority
of people just ‘over 21 are not ﬁnan-
eiaily able to stand a tax of titty dol-

 

    
    
  
 
 

 

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l'ﬁders Wify" that the expenses oi large
, ; tails are expanded by unmarried. _

people under thirty is unsubstanti-
ated by statistics. These same peo-
ple who assumedly race the roads are

tax. .

Because a man is a renter is no
reason that he is tax free. , The rent
he pays goes in turn to pay the taxes
or the man who does own the farm.

We would surmise that the writer
is blessed with many children. She

should be thankful that there is not ,

a tax on children. Why should a
man be taxed because he does not
bring more children into the world
than he can dress, school and prop-
erly take care of?-——D. D., Traverse
City, Mich"

CHILDREN’S DEBT

EAR EDITORz—I». have been
thinking about writing you a. let-
ter for some time as I have not
seen any comment on the children's
debt subject discussed in your col-
umns and would like to hear from
some of the readers of the M. B. F.

on their'ideas of the subject.
My parents always said that I owed

them a debt far greater than I could.

ever repay for their tender care
which they gave me through infancy
and to manhood. Not only my par-
ents but many other people make the

“ o believing and even
the m thét ”£161 are lit"
to them and a remirk' of that kind is
thoroughly disgusting.

How many of us would be in this
wicked world had we been consulted

and had our life of sorrows and
, woes laid before us before we were

brought into this world had we the
right to choose?

Now here is my idea of the thing
all in a nut shell. I did not consult

my children as to whether or not they .

wanted to come into this world. -I
did just like my parents and all else
do just accepted them when they
came so why should they be burd-
ened with the so-called debt which
they will never be able to pay?

They are not to my thinking but
quite to the contrary. I am indebted
to them. I owe them the debt that
my father and mother paid me and
my children shall owe me nothing
when they are raised but they will it
to their children instead. Should
they never raise any children they
will owe a debt which .they will not
be able, to pay but they will not owe
it to me quite the contrary—they
owe it to the Master who in the End
will check our accounts for us and
deal out Justice accordingly.

I have three children and am try-
ing hard to pay them the debt I owe
them by giving them the best there is

in me while they are with me but

when they grow old enough I will
then think that our accounts are
closed it I have succeeded in balanc-
ing our accounts all well and good.

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If not, it's me and the Master

-' -—not my children.

_ Hoping to see through your ‘
umns some other people common
this case, I remain a subscriber
W. E. W., Branch County.

no NOT WANT TO MISS AN teens:

EAR EDITOR: Will you pleas
change my address on your?
mailing list, sending THE BUB.

mass FARMER to me here until fur-
ther notice? The old address is
Bellaire, Michigan. We expect to -.
spend the winter in Chicago, but our ’5‘
interest in your paper is so great we
shall not want to miss a single is-
sue. We got the last issue before ‘_
leaving Bellaire, and hope it is not
too late to have the next issue sent
to us here. I should have notiﬁed
you sooner had I known deﬁnitely .
what our Chicago address would be.

In the spring I shall let you know
when to send the paper to Bellaire
again, as we shall return there as .
soon as we can after the spring
comes. '

With best wishes for your success, .
and complimenting you upon the val-
ue of your paper to the farmer at
Michigan, I'am—W. H. W., Chicago,
Illinois.

Your paper should be in every home
for it is very helpful indeed to us tarm—
ers. ——Mr. and Mrs. Robert Demand, Barry
County.

THE BUSINESS FARMER cannot be
beat—John Sanger, Kent County.

 

 

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Wh}r both are required for (Luality Bodies,

Fisher Bodies are of wood and steel construction.
Up to the present tine, this is the only type of
automobile body construction which permits of
maximum strength, maximum resiliency and
maximum safety—In wood and steel construc’
tion, the wood reinforces the steel and the steel
reinforces the wood. This results in the strong!
- eat‘kind of'construction known to body builders.
It also affords the necessary resiliency and the

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ability to absorb noise.— Resiliency in a body is
necessary because the car body is continuously
subjected ‘'to shocks and strains.
material which combines strength and resiliency
as does wood. And there is no body construction
stronger than that in which wood reinforces steel
and steel reinforces wood. Because Fisher Bodies
are so constructed, there are no stronger bodies

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‘ ' f" INIWINTER ’--:-'.
VB‘yAn'ne Qampb'ell

The window wherege‘raniums bloomed
The” cheesecloth curtains that I made my-
. self; . .

[The kitten purring in its basket bed.

An almanac was tacked upon the wall
Beside the cupboard where best dishes
. ' went.
. The cook stove had a black pipe reaching
{ta-ll.
' 'This was the room in which our days
Were spent.

The doors were closed upon the parlor’s
- gloom.
. The woodbox bulged against the winter’s
cold. . »
Our pet canary ﬂew about the room,
A sunbeam turned his wings to purest
gold.

The crocheted rugs were bright beneath
our feet.
We stirred the meal and put on to
, warm,
And scarcely knew that life was rich an
sweet -
Upon a winter morning on- the farm.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR SUNSHINE

ANY people, especially in the
climates where there are long
winters, with many cloudy

days, lack sunshine, which is essen—
tial to health. Without sunshine, or
something which acts as a substitute
for it, the body cannot make proper
' use of the needed minerals even
when the food provided furnishes
these in sufficient amounts. ,

People living in places where there
is lack of sunshine are very suscepti-
ble to colds. And the continued
colds from which they suffer, begin-
ning with the fall rains and lasting
through the cold, stormy winter and
even through the early spring until
warm Weather is once more estab—
lished, makes them more liable to
the diseases of th respiratory organs,
such as grippe, pneumonia, and tu—
berculosis. Also to mastoid and
sinus infections.

To counteract this lack of sun-

shine and the consequent lowered re-
sistance to disease the people in
these climates should take cod liver
oil every day. The daily dose is but
one teaspoonful and the best way to
take it is to put together one tea-
,spoonful of cod liver oil and two
teaspoonsful of lemon or orange
juice and beat with a small rotary
. egg beater.

People who already have tubercu-
lbsis should take three teaspoonsful
of cod liver oil daily.

Cod’ liver oil is now made by a
process that removes it quickly from
the liver only a few hours after the
ﬁsh is caught. Must of the disagree-

able odor is eliminated by this new
process and the oil made in this way
is light lemon in color instead of
darker. It is not at all difficult to
take by the method given above. Cod
liver oil really contains what might
be termed “preserved sunshine” for
the cod feeds upon the thousands of
squid lying on the surface of the

water and these in turn have eaten '

the plants that have absorbed the
sunshine as they ﬂoated in it on the
water." ..

Unless several members of a fam—
ily are using it daily so that it will
soon be ﬁnished cod liver oil should
be bought in small containers as the
a stale 'product loses its value after
‘ being ”opened. ..

Cod liveroil’ is being used with
excellent" results by.poultrymen, who
this keep their ﬂocks in good condi-
tion and increase proﬁts through in-ﬁ:
creased egg production and better.
- vitality.———Eva Henderson Davey.

 

BROWNS, LEAD WINTER , COLORS
—-SUMLIER SHADES PREDIUI‘ED
- HAT shades of violet-and laven-
', ‘der will be popular next "sum;
. " mer is indicated by fashions for
.Southern wear, which usually carry
over into our Northern summer, ac—
cording to Mrs. Catharine Griebel,
,cxtension clothing specialist at the
New 'Jersey 'State Cbllege of Agriw
,culture. ‘ ‘
_ , Yellows are also important, says
, ~ the, specialist, and a .richtone named
"‘lwlieat'f typiﬁes the vogue. Light

veiling qwear. A range of peach
pinks are] prominent and fashion
" again persistent in

are are unchanged.

 

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Week old!

going to do nothing of the sort.

resolutions. ‘

many things for you.

gan, we merely sit at desks.

to function.

poem :

line.

and joy are found.

everything she can give, you bet!

by a twist or knack I’ve
found is a boon or us in
our daily ﬁght, an aid in
our daily round.”

Address letters:

 

 

Blues hold second place, while the
reds, which were quite important
last summer, have declined steadily.
Greens have been important for six
months or more.

Black has been increasing in pop--

ularity since the middle of August.
In footwear this is especially notice-
able, for black shoes far outnumber
brown ones even when the costume is'
in tones of brown. On the other
hand, although “dust-colored” hose
is worn, beige is most popular, while
black stockings are correct only for
mourning. , ,

Very many black coats are shown
with black fur, and all—black fur
ceats are very smart. There are
many lovely handbags in black.
Suede and antelope lead, but when
patent leather shoes are, worn, the
bag should match the shoes.

 

PRESS WOOL FOR COMFORTERS

HEN raw wool has been cleaned

for comforters, it may be

pressed at home and rolled
into batts which will remain in good
condition until used. Spread on the
ﬂoor paper which is 18 inches wide
and the length of the comforter de-
sired. Place wool about one 'inch
deepon the paper.

each comforter. ' '

Place a clean board of the same ‘

width and length on top of the, paper
and wool. .
on the board and let. it set for-two
days or longer, thus pressing the

wool into batts.,Remo.ve_ the board ’

 

THE FARM HOME"
A barium-sans tron Won-In

Edited by m. ANNIE TAYLOR _ , -
EAR FOLKS. Well, here we have With as little 1928, Just one"
Happy New Year, Folks!

have What we so dearly'love, a chance to moralize, if we care to
take advantage of it. ' Of course, to keep in spirit with the season,
we should exhort you to make the usual well-intentioned resolutions,‘
and being naturally helpful souls we might even relieve you of the
.burden of picking and choosing by suggesting a few ourselves, Just
as we do'holiday menus, color combinations, and so forth ;' but we are

people’s ideas for them, much less in being responsible for their

What concerns us chieﬂy at this time, and what we hope you are
equally interested in, is the career of this page during the coming year.
We nurse fond hopes for its success, and to this end we are planning
Instead of urging our readers to make resolu-
tions we will make a few ourselves and see how well we can keep' them.

We solemnly resolve to make this page of more real beneﬁt and
genuine service to you that it has ever been before, and to help you
in every branch of your various activities.
plish this we must have your cooperation.
the “Farm Home”; you are the women in the farm homes of Michi-
You must let us have the knowledge
gained from your experience so that your sister women may proﬁt.
Unless you acquaint us with your trials and successes, we are helpless
You must be our inspiration.

In behalf of the farm women of Michigan, we quote the following

“I’d like to know what the other woman does whose job is akin to
mine; whose life is lived in the humdrum way of my own familiar
I’d like to know what she thinks about as she works around
and around, and I’d like to hear of her hope and doubt, how her grief
I’d like to know what she has in mind for the sea-
son that’s just ahead, and I’d like to know how she got along in the
season that’s gone and dead. If she has a word that is good for me
and a point that I ought to get, then I want to hear and I want to see
‘And I,Want to give to my fellowman'
a glint of the things I learn as I come and go, as I -work and plan,
as the wheels of housework turn. A dollar saved, or a job made light

is.

In. Annie Taylor. can The Business Farmer. It. Clemons. Ilenlun.

Four layers of j
papers and wool should be used for ‘

Place a 200 pound weight '

 

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. Personal Column

 

 

Good Button—Please tell me how we

can make good Winter butter. Ours gets
strong in a short time.—-Mrs. A.. Byron
center, Mich.
-—It is impossible to give to butter made
in the winter time an especially agreeable
ﬂavor unless the cream is very carefully
handled and the cow are fed enilage. This
latter' lends a sort of pasture ﬂavor to
the butter and in addition makes the
cream more churnable and the butter less
‘brittle than is _the case when cows are
efd only on common roughages avail-
able in the winter. Hard feeds often give
to butter some of their own peculiar ﬂavor
and the same may be said of certain roots,
pumpkins and‘sugar beet tops. The ﬂav-
or can be reduced somewhat in the milk
if the cows are fed after, rather than be-
fore, milking.

The second thing to pay particular at-

tention to is the matter of churning. Stop

._ the churn when the butterfat granules are
f not larger than wheat kernels; draw off

the buttermilk; add an equal quantity of
cold wash water and turn the churn some
twelve revolutions slowly. Draw off this
water and repeat the operation. This re-
moves maximum amount of buttermilk.
The presence of this buttermilk in the
ﬁnished butter is a big factor in helping
it to become rancid—P. S. Lucas, Asso-
ciate Professor, Dairy Manufactures.

 

“Erin’s Green Shore."4—I would like the
have the song, "Erin’s Green Shore.".—-
W. R..B., Kent City, Mich. . T

 

Three Songs Wanted.-—I would like the
words to these songs: “The Moon Behind

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' Eating Soupr—So many jokes are made
about eating soup. Just what is the prop-
er method?—Miss A. G., Cheboygan Co. ‘
-—-There are really only two _ or three
things to remember. First, hold thespoon
in the right hand with the outside of the
bowl turned toward you, stroking away
from the body. Never blow upon soup to
cool it. Let the spoon enter the mouth
quarterwise, being very, very careful not
to make the slightest noise, in taking it
into the mouth. When crackers'are serv-
ed, donot break them up into the soup,
but spread them with butter and eat them
”out of hand.” ’ '

 

 

Klever, Kid-dies

 

 

(Every so often one of our children‘says
something that makes us laugh whether
we want to or not. If your youngster, or
one of your young friends, has said or
done anything that appeals to you as
being particularly humorous, we will be
glad to hear about it and publish it under
this head, if it can be used. Let’s all
help to make this corner a success.)

It was little George's first visit to the
country, and he kept his aunt and uncle
extremely busy explaining the mysterious
ways of nature. One morning he came
running in from the barnyard ,with a
feather in his hand, exclaiming exictedly:

 

 

 

‘Oh, Auntie, look what I found! Here’s ,
,a. leaf off from a chicken !”
Felks at Our House Like—

 

(We are starting this little comer so
that the families of THE MICHIGAN Busi-
NESS FARMER can exchange their favorite
recipes and food combinations. What
special meal or dish do your folks greet

with joy when it appears on the table?

Write and tell us about it.)

Many Helps.——It seems as if you were
a. personal friend from the many, many
helps I have received from your page. ' I
am sending two favorite recipes of my
family.

Green Tomato Relish—1 peck green to-
matoes: 6 large onions: 1 or 2 heads 'of
cabbage. Run through medium knife or
food grinder. Then add 2 tablespoons
salt, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups vinegar, .and
add 1% tablespoons each of cinnamon,
cloves, and white mustard seed, and 2
tablespoons celery seed. Cook until soft
and seal boiling hot. This recipe makes
between 7‘ and 9 quarts. . . -

Pear Spread—3 lbs. pears; 3 lbs. su-
gar; and 3 oranges. Run raw pears and
orange rinds through medium knife of
food grinder. Add sugar and juice and
pulp of oranges from which all seeds and
membranes have been removed. Cook
until thick like jam and seal while hot,
or cool in glasses and cover with paraf-
fin. Serve with thick sweet cream with-
out sugar or.ﬂavoring for dessert, or use
in jelly roll.——Mrs. L. 13., Clifford, Mich.
—Indeed, I want you and every other
woman who belongs to this-department
to feel that I am a personal friend, be-
cause that is just what I try to be. We
are printing your recipes a little late. but
we recommend that our good readers clip
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‘ For the MovieFan

 

The Yankee mimicry—If you enyoy stor-
ies of the sea you will certainly like this
one which features William Boyd, Elinor
Fair. Walter Long and Junior Coughlin.

The story deals with Hal Winslow, a
young seaman whose father had invented
the design of safest sailing 'iclipperT ship
in the hopes that America may win com-
merce from England who has been ruling
the seas. With great hopes that this
vessel may win from theBritiSh the tea-
carrying trade“, the youngman sails for
China. There he meets Huntington, a.
British ship captain who is there to get
a cargo of tea with the ﬂnest'wesisel'that
the British .. possess. Huntington is. ac-
companied, by. his beautiful daughter,
Jocelyn, and one. day Winslow rescues
her from 'a' band of Chinese beggarsy
She is engaged to a youngman by the
name of Richard, who proves himself to
be _both,a‘ 'coward and a cad., At 9. din-
ner given by the Chinese merchant it is
agreed that both ships—“The Yankee
Clipper}. commanded by Winslow .and
"The Lord of the Isles”, commanded ,1bY’
Huntington,7—shg.ll carry cargoes of tea
to Boston and the country whoselvessel
wins the race shall have thejmonopioly
of the tea-carrying’trade. 0n the day

_ . Jocelyn and her
ﬁance, Richard,- go aboard “The Yankee
Clipper", to, bid Winslow:good—b‘ye.‘ Win-
slow decidesrto keep both jabord the ves-
sel .so that Jocelyn may "learn the— real
character of; Richard 'and' be, §pared the

   

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, REDWING
There once lived an Indian maid,
A shy little prairie maid,
Who sang a lay, a love-song gay,
As on the plain she’d :while away the day;
She loved a'warrior bold, '
This shy little maid of old; ,
'But, brave and gay, he rode one day
To battle far away.

Chorus : ‘

Now the moon shines tonight on pretty
Redwing;

The breeze is sighing,,

The night-bird crying,

For afar, ‘neath his star. her brave is
sleeping, ‘

While Redwing’s weeping

Her heart away. '

She watched for him day and. night,

She kept all the camp-ﬁres bright,

And under the sky each night she would
lie, .

And dream of his coming by-and-by;

But when all the braves returned,

The heart of Redwing yearned,

For far, far away, her worrior gay

Fell bravely in the fray.

 

 

What To Eat

 

 

Baked Meals.—Now that the cold
weather makes it necessary to keep a
ﬁre in the kitchen range, oven-cooked
meals are in order. They not only re-
‘quire little attention, but are also fuel
saving as well as exceedingly healthful
and delicious.

Try these in your oven:

(1) Salmon loaf, baked potatoes, scal-
loped tomatoes, apple pie.

(2) Macaroni and cheese and tomatoes,
mufﬁns, Apple Brown Betty.

(3) Baked pork chops with dressing and
slices of apple placed around edges of
baking pan, baked sweet potatoes, cran-
berry pie. '

(4) Scalloped potatoes, meat loaf, baked
squash, baked apples with cream.

(5) Scalloped corn, baked potatoes,
peach shertcake. .

(6) Scalloped potatoes .with pork chops,
apple sauce, pumpkin pie.

Scalloped Tomatoes.—6 medium-sized
tomatoes: "2. tablespoons butter; bread
crumbs; saltypepper. _Put a layer of to-
matoes in agreased baking dish. Add

« salt,,,,peppe_r.., bread crumbs and» butter.
Repeat until dish is ﬁlled, making the last
layer of crumbs; Dot with bits of butter.
Bake-inpmoderate oven about 30 minutes.

Scalloped Potatoes.——Potatoes; milk;
butter; ﬂour; salt !' pepper; chopped on-
ion or onion juice ;. chopped parsley if de-
sired. Cut pared potatoes into very-thin
slices; arrange in layers in a greased bak-
ing dish and sprinkle each layer with
salt, pepper, onion, parsley, butter and
ﬂour. Add milk enough to cover the con-
tents of the dish. The baking dish should
be no more than three-fourths full. Bake
uncovered in a moderate oven until po-
tatoes are tender. If pork chops or ham
are cooked in combination, omit onion.

 

Salmon Lost—2 cups canned salmon;
2 to 3 egg yolks, well beaten; 1,5 cup soft
bread crumbs; 1 tablespoon melted but-
ter; 1 teaspOon salt; IA, teaspoon pepper;
1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 2 to 3 egg
Whites beaten stiff. Combine ingredients
folding the egg Whites in at the left. Put
into a greased bread pan. Bake in a
moderate oven“ ‘ ~

 

Meat Leah—1 lb. lean beef, round or
chuck,‘ground; as lb. salt pork or 1/4, lb;
ham, ground; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 1.4;
cup bread crumbs; 1A cup milk; $4, small
onion chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/3 tea.-

spoon pepper; 1/16 teaspoon sage. Mix
ingredients lightly. Shape may a loaf
handling as little as possible. Place on

a. rackin a pan, dredge with ﬂour- or

bread crumbs. Bake in a moderate roven

, iii. to 1 hour, basting as needed with the
fat that, cooks out of the meat.

 

 

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Having the children rest before
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If cake frosting is too thick, add boil-
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In eating any soft food, as soup or
sauce, Idip‘the spoon away from you to
prevent" dripping.

II 0
.Members of a family should learn to
differ iwthout quarreling. This promotes
' constructive discussions. '
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To remove surplus fat from ‘meat ex-

‘ u ’ paper. 'jto'a'bsorb, theaﬁat

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Into a pint bottle, put 21/2 ounces of
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0.: “Whether it be apples,
peaches. grapes or cherries;

plant the kind of fruit which is, best
suited to your particular market.".
, James Nicol,
. of South Haven:
“The present
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against Michigan
fruit is a distinct
menace to our
b u s i n e s s. We
should leave no
3 t o n e unturned
in an effort to
bring about an
adjustment.”

Prof. W. 0.
Button, of M. S.
' ..: “Spray your
apple trees every year for aphis.
Make it a .matter of routine. . It is
the only safe and sure way. Elimi—
nation of fungicides in the later ap-
ple sprays works in some seasons,
but it is a. dangerous practice.”

George Avery, Mayor of Benton
Harbor: “The fruit grower repre-
sents the highest type of agricultural
intelligence.” .

R. L. Evarts, of Hunter’s Creek:
“We were fortunate this year in hav-
ing a. 30,000 bushel crop of. good
quality apples.”

L. Granger, sales manager of
Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.: “It is
high time that western Michigan
bankers and business men take an
active interest in the betterment of
the fruit industry.” =

Charles Garﬁeld, the “Grand Old
Man” of the Michigan State Horti—
cultural Society. He was one of the
founders of the Society 56 years ago,
and has on several occasions ex-
pressed himself substantially as fol-
lows: “In my day I have seen fruit
growing become a great industry and
the spirit and ideals of the horticul-
tural society have become commer-
cialized. This is as it should be and
is in keeping with the times, but, do
not forget the ﬁne enthusiasm and
lofty ideals of the amateur. Keep
some‘of that spirit in your hearts.”

Dr. F. T. Bioletti, University of
California: "Heavy pruning dimin-
ishes the vigor and capacity of a.
grape vine. It seems to invigorate a.
vine, but that is only because it re-
stricts the crop. Overbearing also di-
minishes the vigor and capacity of a.
grape vine. THINNING THE BLOS—
SOMS does not diminish vigor,'but
prevents weakening from overbear-
ing, and makes good quality."

George DuVall, Fennville: "We.
begin cultivation in the peach or-
chard early in the spring, but we do
no cultivating during the blossoming
and fruit setting period." .

Thomas S. Smith, prominent Mich-
igan grower and Chicago dealer:
“Do not trim a limb out of. a tree
without knowing WHY. There is no

    

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better Michigan apple than Tthe
Northern Spy. The Commercial
Grade should be eliminated. The

barrel is a poor apple package. The
Hubbardston is not wanted in the
Chicago market. Michigan is ahead
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A. J. Rogers, Beulah:vi“Prunins
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lest yielders, and most proﬁtable. '

Wide planting of. cherry trees'gives

~ more pounds of fruit per tree, but

close planting gives more pounds per'
acre. We use as high as nine pounds
of nitrogenous fertilizer on old cher—
ry trees. Schmitt’s Blgarreau, Wind-
sor, and Bing, in the order named
are our best sweet cherries. Mont-
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CORALLED BY FREIGHT RATES

N December 2nd, at a meeting of
its board of directors, the Michi-
, gan 'Fruit Growers Inc. decided
to join with fruit organizations in
New York and Pennsylvania in an
effort. to obtain an adjustment of
freight rates which discriminate
against eastern fruit growers. The
grape rates, which are said to be
especially out of line, will no doubt
come in for ﬁrst consideration and an
appeal for relief will soon be laid
before the Inter-State Commerce
Commission.
We have always heard a great deal

'of the advantages of nearness to

market. Discriminatory freight rates
can easily operate, however, to cheat
Michigan growers out of the natural
advantages of their geographical po-
sition. That the rates are, to a large
extent, operating in this manner at
the present time is the contention of.
many- of our marketing experts. It
is claimed, for instance that Califor-
nia grapes can be shipped east at a
far cheaper rate than Michigan
grapes can be shipped west. This
means that the California interests
are presented with a monopoly in
their home markets, while Michigan
growers are forced to share their

home markets with their competi-‘

tors. To put it in another way, the
marketing area for Michigan fruit
is restricted, while that of competi-
tors is practically unlimited. The re—
sult is that when a glut occurs in
Michigan’s area about all that our
growers can do is to wallow in that
glut and gaze longingly at forbidden
markets. '
Considering distance, the rates to
many eastern markets are also ridic-
ulously inequitable, but, in spite of
all this the freight rates on most
California deciduous fruits were re-
cently given another reduction! How
do they do it? By weight of organ-
ized effort. The same kind of effort,
energetically applied, is our only sal-
Vation. ‘

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and overproduction the task of
making the lam to pay us ‘a
living and interest. on the investment
4 . , presents a serious problem. '

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gave it up, marr ed and Went t3 the
I > city for “new ﬁelds to ”consumer
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ﬁnally grew old and gave up the
problem unsolved. The gross laconic
seemed to be sufﬁcient but the net
income usually entered severely
through such entries as labor, team
work. etc.
Isoonjoundthat lite in the city
. left much to be cleaned after being
raised in the open country. My con-
tact with the-— manufacturing indus-
try, however, gave me a few ideas
so that when I took the farm over I
resolved to put them into practice.
There was in my mind two methods
of increasing farm proﬁts. The ﬁrst
- was to sell at the prevailing market
price but lower the cost of produc-
income usually suffered severely
tion. The second was to produce a
superior product and thus command
‘a better price. The third method
used in industry, that of keeping
supply slightly below demand, can-
not be put into effect in agriculture
in its present unorganized condition.
vWell, I proceeded to “burn the
candle at both ends” and practice the
two forementioned methods. In
other words, out down production
cost and at the same time produce
a product that would command a
fancy price. _Whlle I found it was
necessary to keep a team to insure
t the work being done on time, I also
found that the team was working not
to exceed 60 full working days per
- year.‘
‘ Our term only consisted of 7%
' acres and 'being located just across
the city line made it too high priced
to grow horse feed on. Therefore.
by being forced to buy feed I found
it would cost me $4.00 to $5.00 a
day for every actual day I used the
team. It I limited myself to one
horse I was at the mercy of someone
else when is came to plowing, etc.
The answer was a tractor suffi-
ciently strong to plow yet small
enough to cultivate. I found one
that ﬁlled this need. In three years
no horse has set foot on our land
and we have less waste land around
the. ﬁelds.
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. productive costs.

the approximately 20c per. dozen
bunches to grow, harvest and pre-
pare the bunch crops for market.
Most of-the expense was involved in
bunching and tying.

A tying machine reduced this cost
to about 10c per dozen. I realized
that anything that reduced the
chances of crop failure would also
tend to reduce production costs. This
called for overhead irrigation with
ﬁeld. other small machinery was
also purchased as its use demonstrat-
ed its ability to lower production
costs. I might state in connection
that care must be taken in selecting
equipment of this kind. as unless.- the
machine ﬁts the 50b in question it
often has a negative effect on pro-
duction costs. Well, so much for the
production of it.

Our next problem was to grow a
superior product. A careful survey
01 varieties, fertilizers and soil re-
quirements resulted in improved
quality of our vegetables.

Our next step was to take advan—
tage of this high quality and get
more for it. We found the city re-
tailers were not so willing to pay for
this extra quality as we had expect-
ed. They Were continually trying to
convince us that their trade did not
appreciate the high quality suffi—
ciently to pay the extra price. It
ﬁnally occurred to me that it I es-
tablished my own market at the
farm that I could sell the consumer
this high quality at the same price
he would have to pay the city mer—
chant and therein have my etxra
proﬁt.

We accordingly built a roadside
market with the result that we have
been forced to rent more land to
supply the demand and at the same
time our vegetable business is self-
contained. We also have absolute
control of our product from the time
it is planted until it is in the hands
of the ﬁnal purchaser. We have been
offered a number of chances to take
on a line of gasoline. oils, candy, ice
cream, etc., but have pledged our-
selves to sell only what we grow and
grow what we soil.

In conclusion I might say that
while this article deals primarily
with a garden farm I am also of the
opinion that a large number of
farms could be made to increase the
net income by a careful survey of

There are a. number of .farm ac-
counting systems on the market at
present and every farmer should
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GFEAK ENGLISH ‘
“What is the charge for this battery?"
"One and a halt volts."
1 'How much is that in Amt-clan money?"

THINK OF THAT

Uncle Sol threw aside the letter he was
reading and uttered an exclamation of im-
patience.

“Doggone!” he cried. "Why 'can't peo-
ple be more explicit?”

“What's the matter, pa?"
Sue.

‘This letter from home," Uncle Sol ans-
Wered, "says father-fell out of the apple
tree and broke a limb.”

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THE REAL TROUBLE

Young Clerk moodily: “And the worst
of it is, she didn’t say 'No’, till I’d spent
all my ml; on her.”

His Friend: “Never mind, old boy, there
are as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught.”

Clerk: “Yes, but what’s the good of
that when you’ve used up all your bait?”

 

AND FILL THE RADIATOR
A dentist says that he had an absent-
minded motorist in his chair the other
day. "Will you take gas?” he asked. ‘
‘ . "Yeah? replied the absent-minded pa-
' c tlent. “and you’d better look at the oil,
too."

   
   
 
    

 

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KNEW THE ANIMAL ,
char was instructing a class in
d nailed on a small boy named ’

    
     
  

- prospective employer.

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“Now,” continued the teacher when J im—
my had ﬁnished writing, "can you ﬁnd a
better form for that sentence?”

“Yes, ma’am, I think I can," was the
prompt answer. "Richard can ride the
rlnilgle if the mule wants him to "—Boys

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NO ONE WAS INTERESTED

. Rufe Johnson’s pet hound disappeared.
Rufe put.the following ad in the paper:
Lost or Run Away—~One liver-colored
bird dog called Jim. Will show signs of
hydrofobby in about three days.
The dog came home the following day.

OPPOSITES

"‘Now children,” said the teacher, “tell
me the opposite of the word misery.”

“Happiness."

“And of sadness?"

“Gladness.”

“And of woe?”

“Get-up i”.

SITTING PRETTY
Bill Clerk: “Just one kiss, dear, would
keep me happy for a week.”
His Best Girl: "Wait a minute and I' ll
ﬁx you up for life.”

HEB PRICE '
A girl applied for a job as housemald.
“What do you charge a day?” asieed her

“Well. mum. was the réply. rt: 11 I
an. myseit and 81.7.5 it you eat: me."

 

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When such cow ail-
ments as Barrermess,
Retained Afterbirth,
Abortion, Bunches,
Scouts, Lost Appetite,
etc., threaten your
proﬁts, use Kow-Karc,

of Milk Proﬁts ,

Tbb winter you can say goodbye b
may of the production losses you’ve
faced year after year. Kow‘Knl-c Wm
change these losses into proﬁts for
you. When you pay for our ﬁrst can
of Kow—Kare you can spend upon
getting back two or three times this
cost out of the milk pail.

The difference will be not so much
in what you feed as in what happens
after it is consumed. Few cows can
assimilate and turn into milk all the
dry rich feed they consume—With—
out systematic conditioning. KOWo
Kare keeps the digestion and milko
producing organs responsive. Heavy
feeding is made safe—and proﬁtable.

Feed a tablespoonful of Kow—Kare
with the grain one or two weeks each
month. Note the fuller milk pails,
the better looking cows, the improved
appetites. This conditioning costs
only a few cents per month per cow.
It’s the biggest little investment ya:
ever made. Try it on all your cows
this winter.

as shown on each can.

For thirty years this

great

tamed
lug money for cow
owners—bringing ail-
ing cows promptly

back

dairy barn should be
without this famous

home

orders of milk cows.
Thousands of dairy-
men ﬁnd it the most
dependable aid to cow
health and proﬁts.

 
  
  
  
   

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When Cows Freshen

be sure to feed a tablespoonful of
Kovaarc in the feedin s for two or
three weeks before an after. You
will call it the best heélth insurance
you ever paid for. A better calf, a cow
free from disorders so often arising at
calving is worth spending many times
what Kow—Knre will cost you.

Feed dealers, general stores and
druggists have Kow—Kare. Large size
$1. 25, 6 cans $6.25, Small size 65c. If
your dealer is not supplied we will
mail, postpaid. Write for book,“Morc
Milk from the Cows You Have."

regulator and

7 has been say—

to health. No

remedy for disc

Dairy Association 00., Inc.
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Home-Mix Your Own COIIMTI ”I.“
With Kow—Kare you can easily mix your own complete
mineral at a surprisingly low cut—a mixture of rec
nized conditioning value. Silnply mix 30 lbs. salt, 30 lbs.
ﬁne—ground lime, 301bs. steamed bone meal and four mn-
(large) Kow—Karc. For well under $6 per hundred you
will have an unbeatable mineral. Use 80 lbs.“ ﬂuent:-
ture to a ton of grain.

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’ Absorbine reduces thickened, .
' f swollen tissues, cur-banned ten-
" dons, soreness from bruises 0!
strains. Stops apavin lemmas.
Does not blister, remove hair a“
lay up horse. $2.50 at druggisu,
or postpaid. Valuable horse

l-S free. Write for it today;

Reid this: “Horse had large swelling
JUSt below knee. Now gone; has not re-
'1 Dpcared. Horse goodas eve1.Baveuscd

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HEALING

As every cow owner knows, any
condition of udder or teats that gives
the cow discomfort causes a holding
. back of the milk. Why, then, neglect
even the smallest of these hurts?
Why make the milking hard, the
yield smaller? '

For sore teats, teats cracked or
chapped, stepped on, orinjured in
any way, just a dab of Bag Balm
starts immediate healing. For caked
bag, bunches, inﬂammation of any
kind, this wonderful penetrating
healing ointment insures a quick
rebuilding of healthy normal tissues.
Shorten the work of milking by
keeping the teats soft, silky, pliable.

Bag Balm has scores of healing
uses on the farm and in the home.
anitary, clean, pleasant to use—
cannot taint the milk. Big lO—ounce
can only 60c—at feed dealers, gen-
eral stores, druggists. Mailed post—
aid if hard to obtain locally. Book-
et “Dairy Wrinkles” free on request.

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relnforced for

round

test.
area evallahle for use.

y‘alvanized Metal—~Strong—-Easy erection
‘ ' ; omy—Sanitary——Sunshiny. Four ex-
' .trallarge pens. each with a two part door.
Partitions widely adjustable and easily re-
,Jnovable. Easily portable through’lZ in.
, gate. .
One entire side glass and glass fabric il—
Juminated. interior submerged in violet
:eharged light. Canopied stove at side wall
center—easily get-at-able—closest and
Warmest spaces protected for exclusive use
of little pigs. High degee sanitation and
tety. .hgainst vermm and ﬁre. ’ Ross
Dilses insure more and healthier pigs
. andﬂambs.
Write for prices—*Agents wanted.
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' ~N improved method-1n the diag-

nosisaof Bangs disease in cat-

,tle, ~which has attracted wide-
spread attention has been discovered
by Dr. I. F. Huddleson of. the Mich-
igan State College bacteriology de-
partment, according to announce-
ment recently.

The new method requires less than
two minutes, while at least two days
were required undernthe old method
for determination of the disease by
means of test of the blood samples
from the animals.

Time saved in making the individ:
ual-test may now be utilized in mak-
ing additional determinations, and
the studies of the disease and con-‘
trol methods 'can now’be expanded.

Dr. Huddleson, who perfected the
test, believes that the disease is the
greatest handicap faced by the dairy
industry at the present time. Appar-
ently healthy animals can be carriers
of the disease and transmit it to
other animals in the herd. Since it
has been perfected at the college, the
test has been adopted by Wisconsin
and is being used in disease research
in that state. ‘

1,062 POUNDS 0F BUTTERFAT ,
IN YEAR . _,
OT all the honors achieved at the
University of Nebraska are
scholastic or athletic.- Out‘on
the university farm in the dairy de-
partment examinations are conduct-
ed, honor classes maintained and
cows are graduated magna- cum
laude. Le Vertex Quality, 'purebred
Holstein of the University of Nebras-
ka, is the latest honor “student."
Her yearly examination, or test, just
completed, Credits her with having
produced in 365 days 1,062.63
pounds of butterfat, or 1,328 pounds
of butter and 27,465.5 pounds or
more than thirteen tons of milk, an
accomplishment which places her in
the “Who’s Who” of cowdom.

EWES TO ONE RAM

I desire to know what number of
ewes a man should keep to one ram
for best results. And under what
terms or price does an owner let his
ram out for service—J. W., Lachine,
Michigan. ‘

ROM 30 to 40 ewes are as many
as shOuld be allowed to one
good vigorous yearling ram.

Occasionally a two year old is used
with 40' or 50 -ewes. .It is always
an excellent. idea after. one ram
has been with a ﬂock for ﬁve or. six

' for service.

weeks to make an exchange with‘a

neighbor andput in a. second ram
as there will be a few ewes that do
not conceive to the ﬁrst ram and
there is always a possibility that a
ram will prove impotent. A large
growthy, ram lamb may. be depended
upon to serve 15 to 20 ewes. JVhere
extreme care is taken, the buck
turned with a ﬂock for a short tim
each day and each ewe removed as
soon as covered, one ram will handle
almost an unlimited number 'of ewes.
I have know of as many as 150 ewes

being bred to one ram in. a season ‘

where this method of breeding was
followed. It, of course, requires
considerable time and the ram must
be especially well fed. _

I know of no farm practise or
terms underlwhich rams are let out
This would depend al-
togther upon the value of the ram
in question. It can only be ﬁgured
that the ram is of use from fOur to
ﬁve years. The yearly rental, there-
fore, should .be somewhere between
20 and 25 per cent of the value of
the ram.—-—Prof. Geo. A. Brown,

Michigan State College.

LAW 0N T. B. TESTING
Is there a federal or state law
compelling cow owners to have their
cattle tested for so called tubercu-
ldsis, and has the state food inspec-

>"tor any power to act in the matter?

——D. G., Jackson County.

HERE is a State law which speci-
ﬁes that when tuberculosis erad-
ication work is underway in? a

county on the area basis, it shall be '

unlawful for any person who owns

‘ or controls cattle to prevent, hinder,

obstruct or refuse to allow the test
of such cattle.

The testing of the cattle is under
the control of the State Department
of Agriculture, working in co-opera-
tion with the Federal Bureau of An—
imal Industry.——B. J. Killham, State
Veterinarian.

DAIRY COWS NEED CALCIUM‘
AND PHOSPORUS

E C E N T experiments ' indicate

that dairy cows in full ﬂow of

milk demand so much calcium
and phosphorus that these minerals
should be supplied in addition-to the
regular ration, when the ration does
not contain an abundance of green
forage in summer and plenty of well-
cured Way in winter.
will be supplied in sufficient quan-
tity by adding 2 to 4 pounds of.
steamed'bone meal or ground rock
to each 100 pounds of grain mixture.

Send to!
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Michigan. If’you are considerln
vlse us at: once and we wlll clam the date

-for ou. Address lee stock Edltor. M. B.
F., ,t. Clemens. ‘ _

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A son 0! Echo Sylvia King Model. Born

September 8. 1926. and evenly marked.

His dam ~13. Reformatory Banostine Clothilde
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Milk 548.

But‘ r, 1 days, 23.61, . 6
But er, 865 days,_860.28 Milk. 19816.?

The sons of this famous bull are making
good in man herds throughout the country.
We have on y a {cw more to oﬂer. Here .
is a real opportunity. .

Send for pedigree 0! Tax No. 480.
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CALVES. YEARLINGS AND 'rwos: HERE-

FORD BTEERS AND HEIFERS
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bunches dehorned, each bunch even in size and
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VETERINARY- DEPARTMENT . . ‘
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LEAKING MILK

What can be done to my cow to
keep her from leaking her milk?—
0. G. S., Paw Paw, Mich. ‘

HIS is a result of weak muscles
at the end of the teat. The
only thing that n be done is

to milk the cow more often. There
is no practical way of overcoming
this. I wish there was as I get many
requests for information concerning
this very thing. ~

BITTER MILK
I have a 10 year old Jersey cow
that gives bitter milk about ﬁve
months before she is due fresh, and
keeps it up until fresh. The cream
will not make , butter. Can you
please tell me what to do for this

cow that might remedy this?—-—W. 0.,

Michigan.

BITTER milk usually results from
something the cows eats; it
rarely occurs from anything

within the cow that did not get there
by eating. It maybe that your hay
or other roughage may have some
bitter weeds or grasses in. If not
then the only thing that you could
do would be to getrid of her as
there is no medicinal treatment for
such a thing as this.

LAlilE AFTER SHORT BEST

I bought a thirteen year old mare
warranted sound. I didn’t use her
much for several Weeks. Now when
I use her three or four days in
succession she is stiff on front legs
always after resting even twenty
minutes, but lameness is gone, after
walking for a minute or two. She is
never stiff or lame after resting or
standing in barn for several days but
comes out of the barn as limber as

could be desired. Am not sure but
the heels of hoofs show some heat.
At least they feel warmer than those
of the other horse. She was shod on
front feet ﬁve weeks ago and he
didn’t notice any corns. Kindly ad-
vise me if you can. We are handi-
capped for a veterinarian at present,
the nearest one living twenty—one
miles away.—-—E. E. S., Manistee,
Mich.

‘ AVE seen a number of horses of
this kind and there is little
that you can do about it. It the

seller meant workably sound you
could do nothing about it and if she
works well it would not be well to
get in any'trouble 0 er it., Careful
work for a few day in the spring
with attention to her feeding and to
her feet will help her and prevent
her showing this in an aggravated
form.

COW HAS COUGH

I am writing to you again about
our cow. _She has a little cough.
She does not cough all the time:
more in the morning, especially after
she has had her grain. She has it
all summer. She had the cough
earlier in the spring but thought she
would get over it when turned out
to pasture. She has a good appetite
and is in very good ﬂesh although
not as fat as she was earlier in the
fall.-—-A. S., Chase, Mich.

HAVE seen horses and cows that
have had a chronic cough for
years that did not seem to do
them any injury. I would suggest
that you give this cow for 30 days
a tablespoonful of liquor potassii ar-
senitis on the feed night and morn-
ing. Get some ammonia liniment and
bathe her throat well once each day.

 

 

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SALISBURY TEMPORARY HEAD
OF RADIO SERVICE

ORSE SALISBURY, new editor
of the press bureau of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, has been

appointed temporiarily as chief of
the radio service, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, pending a
new‘examination and certiﬁcation of.
eligibles from it. Mr. Salisbury will
take up his duties sometime in Jan-
uary. , \

The position has been vacant for
some months, since the resignation of
Sam Pickard to become secretary,
and later a member, of the Federal
Radio Commission. Mr. Pickard was
the ﬁrst incumbent of the ofﬁce.

“B" POWER

EVERAL of our readers have re-
(cently asked us whether we rec-
ommend the use of storage “B”
batteries and whether some particu-
lar make is reliable. The answer is
that although a well cared for stor-
age “B” battery is probably the most
reliable source of “B” power for a
radio set, we do not usually recom-
mend it because it requires more
care and attention than other power
sources. Dry “B” batteries have an
average life of longer than six

months and must be discarded when.

exhausted? Their voltage falls grad-
ually during use, so that the volume
and. quality of the radio reproduction
may be much poor after‘the batter-
ies have been in use a few months
than when they were new. Storage

“BY’ batteries must be re'clifarg’ed

’ about once a month and, normally
» ,will lastthree orgiour years it. pimp-
erly cared-tor. '
fated .“v'oltageganf the ,radiagséc‘ﬁm
' ‘ summary fatnall'jtimesw; The
share

dbl

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intervals ‘ they... ,will‘ maintain 1 their; *

t‘ radio-r users“ ﬁnd .
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ardlng radio will be gladly answered by our radio editor.
letter and there Is no charge If your subscription is paid up.

Yo)u receive a

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with such things, we do not recom—
mend it.

Whenever 110 volt alternating
current poweris available, a socket
power or so called “B-eliminator”
is by far the best solution of the “B"
power problem. Any of the socket
powers built by the leading manufac-
turers or sold by the large mail or-
der houses are reliable. The original
cost is two or three times that of a
set of dry “B” batteries, but the un-
limited life of the socket power
makes it the cheapest in the long
run. The rectifying tube is the only
part of the socket power which wears
out and it has an average life of over
a year and costs only a few dollars
to replace.

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We are using a crystal set and our
neighbors are complaining that it is
bothering their sets. Can this be

possible?———H. T., Atkins, Mich.
is impossible that your crystal
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frequencies, but since your crystal
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'Fifty-nlne years‘ ago, when Holsteins
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Dairy Day arranged by a e Laval Agent

in Arkansas. One featurepf this meeting was a “skimming
the ski m—mllk" demonstration. Hundreds of similar meetings
. were held by De Laval Agents during the past year.

Tests Prove Many 01d
Separators Are Losing
Valuable Butter-Fat

much money is being lost by peer
separators De Laval Agents in 17
states during the past year held
hundreds of public tests, in which the
skim-milk from seme separator in each
community was run through a new
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lnniitheoo tom no Laval Sop-
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butter-tat from such skim-milk.
The butter—fat recovered in this way
was immediately weighed and tested
at the local creamery or cream station,
and varied in value from a few cents to
over a dollar. ,

The average results from an the
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from which De Lavais skimmed
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More than 50,000 people attended
these demonstrations and many of
them were amazed at the separating
losses revealed and asked for tests to
be made on their own separators.

In view of the fact that no effort was
made to secure skim-milk from the
poorest separator in each community,
and that the tests were conducted

De Laval

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’prize. Robert 'Nortdurft of Dowa—
giac, a Potato Club. memb’ér, won
sweepstakes and the New York Cen-
tral Lines Trophy for the best peck
on the. entire tour. James Meeks,
son of our own I... W. Meeks, of
Broadscope Farm, Hillsdale. was
second. » ~
One of the educational exhibits put
on by the Michigan State College
showed the value of certiﬁed seed in
producing a high yield and good
qualitywcrop. A forty bushel in-
crease per acre was the result of the
use of this good seed as shown by
the results of 600 demonstrations
put out from potato trains, last
spring. The net returns of this seed

$45.00 per acre. _

Proper grading of potatoes was
told by another qexhlbit put on by
the'State Department of Agriculture
illustrating the Standard Grades of
Michigan... 183 growers tried out
their hand at grading according to
these standards in a special grading
contest. In this contest growers
graded 75 pounds of potatoes into
U. S. No. 1, U. S. No. 2 and Culls.

A third exhibit put on by the
Home Economics Department of the
Michigan State College showed the
value of potatoes in the diet. That
potatoes are low in calories and con—
sequently not fattening is good news
to many a. worried “heavy,” this be-
ing clearly brought out in exhibit.

Orders for seven carloads of cer-
tiﬁed seed next year were taken.

Three Rivers held the record for
attendance with 300, and was second
in its entries with 42. Hillsdale was
ﬁrst in entries with 49, and second
in attendance with 260.

Premium money in each county
was made possible by banks, farm
bureaus, chambers of commerce,
boards of supervisors, and coopera-
tive associations, as well as the State
Department of Agriculture and the
Potato Growers Exchange.

mdeAN LEADS IN ALFALFA

ICHIGAN won ﬁrstplace among
the States east of'the Missis-
sippi in an interstate contest

to determine the extent and results
of the program for the increase of
alfalfa acreage within their borders,
according to a report made by judges
selected from the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.

Michigan also now holds ﬁrst rank
in total alfalfa acreage in this group
of States. The greater part of this
acreage has been planted within the
past few years as farmers became
convinced of the value of alfalfa for
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farm meeting. I asked, “Of all the
factors involved in farming which
do you consider most important on
your farm?” One fellow, a dairy
farmer, exclaimed “My cattle.” An—
other farmer mentioned his poultry.
Another man said “My boy and girl
are the most important factors of
my term" and when we think it over
.we will all agree with him. There
is nothing more important or closer
to a father and mother, whether they
be farmers, merchants, or of any
other profession, than are the chil-
den in the family. If this is true
weought to see that they have a
proper education, good schools,
trained teachers, and the proper kind.
of educational equipment to train
them in order that they become the
future citizens of this state and
country with a. real- purpose in life.
Think this over and take a little time
off to. become acquainted with the
teachers and the schools in your com-
munity. , . ,

I would especially advise the farm-
er to become acquainted with the
agricultural teacher in his commun-
ity High School. I am personally ac-
quainted with the 166’ illicaltural
teachers of; Michigan and can say
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have all been-used tosp‘read the in-
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for alfalfa and other’l‘o‘gumes in a
proﬁtable farming program] " .7 . V.

L. D. Kurta, farm crops specialist
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MICHIGAN’S ALFALFA ACREAGE
Michigan has the largest alfalfa acreage

of any state east of the Mississippi. The .

map show- how the acreage is distributed
about the State.

a prize of a two week trip through
the Uintah Basin, an alfalfa seed
producing area in Idaho, as a result
of the Interstate contest.

Sanilac county made the greatest
increase of any.Michigan county in
the number of acres of alfalfa sown
during the past ear. Kalamazoo and
Missaukee counles also made no-
table additions to the area planted
to this crop within their borders.

Let me say a farm paper like yours is
hard to beat—Mrs Fred Berlin, Midland,
County.

We are readers ova. B. F. and all en-
joy it very much.-—Mr, and Mrs. Geo.
Swartzendruber, Huron County.

I do not want to miss a single copy. I
could hardly get along without it. Every-
body from the ﬁve-year—old up wants the
paper ﬁrst—O. A. L., Newberry, Mich.

We like M; B. F. better every tlme it
comes. The boys ﬁnd it very useful in
their high school work in such studies as
animal husbandry, agriculture, and horti-
culture—Mrs, N. S., Cass City. Mich.

Chatting With the Agricultural Teacher

(Continued from page 6)

school. They are always pleased to
meet the farmers in their community
and aid them on farm problems of
any kind. Some of the most pleas-
ant hours I spend in educational
work are those hours I spend in
talking to the farmers of the com-
munity who come into my agricul-
tural laboratory and discuss present

‘agricultural trends and practices.

I am especially fortunate in these
visits as there are some very high
caliber farmers in this locality. Mr.
A. B. Cook, James McBride, Winegar
& Son, and many other of the good
farmers of Michigan live on farms in
the fertile Shlawassee Valley near
Owosso. Men, of this caliber and
good schools in a community go a.
long way toward making a happy life
on the farm,

Just yesterday a farmer came into
my laboratory and asked me if I
would test the milk from each of
his coWs. He had seven head of cat-
tle and only had room for six- head
this winter. As theygave about the
‘sanle'number of pounds of mﬂk'Pel'_
yea.r‘~~he wished to sell the poorest

Qtester. I 'had some of my students
test the milk at es“ d found that .
bent to 4.2,

  

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Saginaw (8. E.).——We are'havlng some
ﬁne winter weather, not very cold-and no
snow on the ground. A few auction saws.
Stock bringing good prices.
low in price and not wanted. Not! much
grain going to market. .Farmers busy

getting out their winter's supply of wood r

others doing only chores. Taxes are still
higher this year; about time we changed
our administration again. Quotations at

Birch Run: Wheat, $1.20 bu.;r corn. 80c.

bu.;'oats, 61c bu.; rye, $1.00 bu.; butter,

‘ 50¢ lb. ;.eggs. 43c don—E. C. M., Dec. 23.

Mason.-—thtle movement of. any kind of
produce. Poultry weak. Taxes 35. higher

than last year. Quotations at Scottville:-

Wheat, $1.13 bu.; oats. 60c bu.; beans,
$4.75 cwt.; potatoes, $1.10 bu.; butterfat,
530 lb. ;,eggs, 40@50c doz.—-G. P. D., Dec.
24. '

Genesee.—The weather has been good

, the past week for outslide work. Farmers

Working at wood and drawing manure.
Some lambs are being marketed. Pota-
toes are not being sold. Price remains
about the same as it has all fall, very
little change. A few farmers are selling
the ash in their woodlots to a company in
Ohio which uses the wood for making pork
barrels. Quotations at Flint: Wheat, $1.21
bu.; corn, 95c bu.; oats, 50c bu.; rye, 90c
bu.; beans, $5.00 cwt.: potatoes, $2.15
cwt: butter, 53c 1b.: eggs, 50c doz.——I—I. E.
8., Dec. 28.

Huron (EL—Cold wave; snow ﬂurries.
Very little activity on farms. Each suc-
ceeding. year less help is employed by

'month, season, or year by farmers. Hog

prices are discouraging. Taxes about $3.00
per thousand higher on average. Several
sales billed. Farmers generally believe
an export bounty should be paid as long
as import duty is collected on staples of
agriculture. Much land fall ﬁtted for
small grains. Not many talking sugar
beets, but the Weather is the ﬁnal arbiter
in choice of crop planted on our level land.
Quotations at Bad Axe: Beans, $6.15 cwt.;
milk, $2.10 net—E. R., Dec. 19.

Montcalm.—Ground covered with snow,
very cold. In the last report potatoes
should have been $1.20 per cwt., not per
bur-awe surely wish they were. Christ-
mas brought many a sigh. Farmers busy
shoveling coal and doing chores. Quota-
tions at Stanton: Beans, $5.00. cwt.: pota-
toes, $1.10 cwt.: butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 50c
don—Mrs. C. T.. Dec. 19.

Midland—We have had no weather for
some time, but lots 01 wind. Not many
auction sales. Too cold to hunt and, no
pleasure in driving. We are simply

waiting for’the “red, red robin to come

bob-bob-bobbing along.” Quotations at
Midland: Wheat, $1.21 bu.; corn, 80c bu.;
oats, 510 bu.; rye, 96c bu.; beans. $5.16
owt.; potatoes, $1.00 bu.; butter, 49c 1b.;
éggs, 6-0c..doz.——-B. V. C.. Dec-19,-
' St. Joseph—Regular Winter weather
now and farmers are not doing much.
Butchering is in full swing. Lots of corn
in the shock yet. Shredders are standing
still most of the time. Most of the hogs
are on the market. Fall crops look good.
Stock is doing well as farmers have a
good supply of feed—A. J. Y., Dec. 19.
MIssaukeo.-—Quite cold lately and a lit-
tle snow. Stock doing well. . Farmers are
hauling wood and coal. A few sales late-
ly. Dairy cows and heifers are bringing
around $80 to $150. Most everybody has
enough roughage, but some short of grain.
Dirt roads are rough but gravel roads
are in ﬁne shape—J. '38... Dec. 20.

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Berrion (N.).——The second cold wave of
the season was not as severe as the ﬁrst.
Minimum temperature 10 degrees above.
Plenty of snow in orchards. Not much
pruning done yeti—H. N.,, Dec. 20.

Shiawassee (N. W.).—-No snow here yet.
Wheat looking very brown. Many shy of
feed for cows, especially alfalfa. Hogs
getting scarce, have been rushed into mar-
ket at the low price. Lots of. sows being
fatted for market. Farmers all wishing
they could see the great wave of prosperi-
ty as reported in all the city papers, Quot-
ations at Elsie: Corn, $1.00 bu.; oats, 50¢
bu.; beans, $5.00 cwt.; butter, 50c 1b.;
eggs, 48c don—G. L. P., Dec. 22.

Saginaw (N. w.).—Froze up solid.
There were a lot of beans going to market
when the price was $5.25, but when they
dropped farmers quit hauling. Not much
doing only chores. Some corn to shred
yet. There will be a lot of rough feed for
stock this winter. Not much stock feed-
ing this winter; grain too scarce. Not
many auction sales. Taxes are high. Hogs
low in price but high on the block. Quota-
tions at Hemlock: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn,
90c bu. ; oats, 52c bu. ; rye, 80c bu. ; beans,
$5.00 cwt.; butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 39@44c
doz.-F. D.. Dec. 19.

W. Lenawee.—-Have had three ﬂoods in
three weeks.
rain. Some trying to husk corn, but slow
business. Lots of men out of work. Farm-
ers have not much to sell but milk. Taxes
the highest they have been in years. State
tax commission boosted whole county. This
will be the hardest winter for all classes
of people. Coal moving freely. Quota-
tions at Cadmus: Wheat, $1.26 bu.; corn,
$1.00@1.10 cwt.; oats, 44@51c bu.; butter,
51c 1b.: eggs, 400 doz.-—C. 8., Dec. 19.

Hillsdalo (N. W.).——Not much to report.
Have been having some quite cold blust-
ering weather lately. Quite sudden changes
in temeperature the past two weeks, one
day being quite mild and the next just
the opposite. Farmers not doing much ex-
cept chores’and feeding the. ﬁres. Hens
not laying very well yet.-—— C. H., Dec. 20.

Defiance, 0hio.—Cold, ﬁne winter weath-
er. No snow but cloudy. Wheat is brown,
needs a Christmas coat. Young clover the
same. Some corn being shredded. Not
much going to market. Hogs and sheep
about all shipped. ,Not many cattle being
fed. Milk cows go from $75 to $150, T.
B. tested and full bloods. No demand for
horses so far. Roads are good. Health
the same. Quotations at Bryan, 0.: Wheat,
$1.28 bu.; corn, 800 cwt.; oats, 50c bu.;
hogs, 8c 1b.; milk, $2.25 cwt.; veals, 140
1b.; eggs, 38¢ doz.-—W. E. B., Dec. 26.

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s'e‘cution of poultry thieves. ,
following basis:

igan Business Farmer within ﬁye
3. The amount of the reward
($50) and shall be paid only upon

make the decision.

the date of the trial of the accused.

1926, and continues in effect until
Business Farmer to the contrary.

and conviction of any person guil

Farmer. The rules governing the

NE Thousand Dollars in rewards of we each is hereby circrcd by
The Michigan Business Farmer for the arrest» and successful pro-

tence to jail or prison of the offender.

4. Only one reward will be paid in each case.

5. The reward in each case will be paid to the one who is princi-
pally responsible for the arrest and conviction of the law violator.
This includes State and County police officers. ,
who is entitled to the reward, the county prosecuting attorney shall

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These rewards will be paid on the.

For infermation or arrest leading to the conviction of any thief
or thieves of chickens, ducks, gem, turkeys or guinea fowl, from the
premises of a member of The Michigan Business Farmer Service and-
Protective Bureau, living in Michigan whose subscription to The Mich- .
igan Business Farmer is paid-in-advancc at the time of the robbery.

2. The sheriff must be notiﬁed as soon as possible after the robbery
is discovered, and full details of the theft must ,be mailed to The Mich-

days after its occurence.

in each case shall be Fifty Dollars
the undisputed conviction and sen-
Sentcnce must be served.

In case of dispute as to

6. The Michigan Business Farmer must be notiﬁed in advance of

7. This offer is limited to the payment of twenty rewards of Fifty
Dollars ($50) each, One Thousand Dollars. ($1,000) total reward.
8. This offer applies to crimes committed after September 25th,

notice is published in The Michigan

 

We have also posted $500 which we are paying out in rewards of $25
each to any person giving such information that will lead to the arrest

ty of stealing horses, cows, sheep,

hogs, grains, fruits or farm implements, including tractors, but not
automobiles or trucks—value of stolen property $10. 00 or more, pro-
viding property is stolen from a paid-up subscriber to The Business

poultry thief rewards also apply to

rewards to be paid for other thefts.

 

 

the manufacturer and see just how
the marker is make. As a result of
this trip we can offer our subscribers
a tattoo marker that we believe has
everything else along this line
backed off the map for only $1.50
each. At that price we are not mak-
ing a cent as it is just What they
cost us. The Business Farmer Poul-
try Marker comes with enough
special prepared ink to mark. 100
birds and complete directions on how
to do the marking accompanies it.
Additional supplies of ink can be
bought from us at cost.

Each subscriber who purchases
one of. these markers will receive a.
different mark. The ﬁrst onedwill
have registration number “MBF 1,”
the letters being on one line and the
ﬁgure below. The second one will
get “MBF 2," and so on, up into the
thousands. The marker becomes the
sole property of the man buying it
and is not transferable. We will keep
a complete record of who purchases
each marker and this information
will be placed in the hands of the
poultry buyers and the sheriffs of
Michigan. Also in the larger cities
we will supply it to the chiefs of
police. New lists will be sent them
as additional markers are sold. '

The Farm Thief Must Go

(Continued from Page 4)

This system of 'marking poultry
will work out very well with our
record of purchase law which was
passed by the legislature during its
last session. Under this law every

buyer of poultry for resale must keep ~

a record of purchases and if he buys
some marked poultry he can check
back to his registration sheets to see
if the seller is the owner. If’he isn’t
he should be able to prove that he
purchased them from the owner or
explain how they came to be in his
possession honestly. If he can not
then it is a job for the sheriff.

Anti-Thief Association

We placed the organization of
county- -wide anti-thief associations
as fourth.

It is impossible to discuss proper-
ly in this article the organization of
such associations so We will take that
up in a later issue giving complete
details on how to organize and so
forth. In the meantime We suggest
you get to see your sheriff and your
prosecuting attorney and discuss
such an association with them. The
sheriff should be at the head of any

county organization of this kind be-'

cause he is the head of the law en-
(Continued on Page 29)

 

 

I arranged to furnish them with BU

cost. The marker costs $1. 50,
birds, and full instructions on how to

Remember, your name and the numbe

ORDER

' The Business Farmer Protoctivs Service Bureau,
Mt. Clemens, Mich loan.

'7 it to be used except on my. poultry or livestoc

Business Farmer Poultry .Markers

coo-o..— ...........

............. ...'Gcng— type Burglar Alarms @ $6
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BUSINESS .FARMER’S POULTRY MARKER
AND GONG ALARM

0 help the farmers of Michigan protect their property from thieves we have

can be used for other livestock) and burglar alarms of the gong- type at
including. enough special indelible ink for 100

lggirgg, 65c for 250 birds, and $1. 00 for 500 birds.

poultry dealers and sheriffs in Michigan.

Kin‘dly send to me the followimt with complete directions for use
poultry with Busl nsss- an‘njor' 5 Poultry Marks; and will not sell or transfer this marker or allow

Extra Ink (lOﬂ‘birds, 35c; 250 birds, 650; 500 birds, $1)....... .................... .....

I am including my check or money order for

smnss FARMER Poultry Markers (these

Extra ink is sold at 35c for 100
The cost of the gong alarm is

use.

r of your marker will be registered with

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never have I grown such
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laying pullets and fatter broilers.
FREE! If you have not received our
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TEN REASONS FOR POULTRY
' FAILURES

ﬂocks are

'HEN farm poultry ' 7 _.
w given the right attention, the

grower meets with success in
his efforts; but, lack of‘attention to
the ﬂock nearly always results in
failure to produce proﬁts. '
“Ninety per cent of the calls that
we get for. help with poultry are
caused from lack of attention to
simple details in handling the ﬂock, ”
says Allen G. Oliver, poultry exten-
sion specialist at North Dakota State
College. “Rarely do we get a. call
from those thousands of farmers
who give their birds the right at-
tention. If I were to sum up the

'most prevailing causes of failure, I

would list the following ten:

The poultry house allowed to be
dark, damp and drafty.

Drinking fountains or troughs al-
lowed to be dirty and ﬁlthy or the
birds drink from stagnant pools of
water.

Lack of fresh air and sunshine,
Nature's disinfectants, in the house.

Failure to clean and disinfect the
house at regular intervals.

Keeping the ﬂock penned up in
unsanitary houses and yards. .

Allowing dead poultry to remain
exposed.

Allowing sick poultry to run with
remainder of the ﬂock.

Building the poultry house in a.
low, damp location.

Failure to provide suﬁicient clean
water and shade in the summer.

Permitting lice, mites and other
vermin to infest birds and houses.

These ten things, states Mr. Oli-
ver, cause most of the failures and
each of them could be easily over-
come. They are plain commOn sense
precautions which may be observed
without great outlay of money and
the mest that is needed for their
observance is some work and a
proper regard for the dumb crea-
tures.

Mr. Oliver makes the added pre-
caution that birds
crowded in the house during the day
nor on the. r'oosts at night. Each
hen needs about three square feet of
ﬂoor space and from seven to ten
inches of roosting space. Plenty
of clean water and well kept quar-
ters are always needed for success
with poultry.

 

NOT FEEDING PROPERLY

I would like to know what is the
matter with my chickens. Their in-
wards are all in a kind of a sack
and there is egg all through them;
that is little yolks of ggs. They do
no lay.—T. L., Hale, Mich‘.

SUSPECT from what you say that
I it must be that you are not feed-

ing your ﬂock properly; the fact
that there are a large number of
undeveloped eggs in them indicates
that they will lay when properly fed
and cared for. Had you told me just
what and how you fed them and how

, ex erlence I'In " raisin
tmpoultry wll

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they were cared for I might have told
you what would be likely to help you
get eggs from your ﬂock. —-—Dr. Geo.
H. Conn,

COLDS AND ROUP

Will you please teIIIme what to'do
for chicken with colds and roup?——
F. B., Stanton, Mich.

HE ﬁrst thing to do is to see that
the sick ones are removed from
the ﬂock; then the ventilation

must be so that there is fresh air
without draughts; there must not be
dampness in the house. Clean and
disinfect the watering fountains-and
feeders twice weekly. Feed lightly
and add I pound of epsom salts once
each week to the mash for 10.0 hens.
Get some chlorinated lime and add
a tablespoonful .to each gallon of
drinking water and allow no other.
—Dr. Geo. H. Conn.“

THE FARM THIEF MUST GO
«Continued frOm Page 28)

forcing body of that community?”

Most sheriffs are anxious to assist
in this work. If the prosecuting at-
torney does not care to take a lead-
ing part he no doubt will be glad to
advice and help in other ways.

Last but not least, learn to shoot
and shoot straight. No farmer wants
to kill a human being, even though
he may be stealing his property. But
he can wound him without doing
serious harm if he is a good shot,
and then hold him for the officers.

Rural thievery must be stopped,
and it can be stopped if we will all

work together.

 

 

The Experience Pool

Bring your everyday problems in one get
the experience of other farmers. Questions ad-
dressed to this bdepartment are published here
and answere yousy , our readers who are
Graduates old the cnool of Hard Knocks end
who have their diplomas from the College of
. Experience. It you don't want our editor'-
edvloe or en expe’t': advice. but Just plain.
eveerav business farmers’ advice. send in
your question here. I! you can answer the other
fo'low’s queet’m. please do so he may ans-
wer one of your: some day! Address Exo‘er‘
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ODOR OF CISTERN \VATER
EAR EDITOR: Some one asked
how to take bad odor out of
cistern water some time ago
and was told there is no remedy.
Well, I will tell you all one that is
sure. Fill a small salt sack or other
sack with fresh wood ashes, tie a
string to it, tying it shut and sus-
pend in the cistern. For want of the
ashes I threw some potash lye, small
quantity, into my cistern and have
had no trouble since—Mrs. M. Bill-
man, Jackson County.

I suppose I am in the same boat with
a good many others; have hard time
waiting two weeks for each issue—Ru-
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very sorry that there was a. mix-up in connection with article on “Making a
’and the plan which appeared in the last issue.
for a trap- nest. It showed how to make an out spro'nter and will»
In this issue We are publishing the correct pin for trap
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“First night I ut out the new Rat
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Pat Sneed of Oklahoma. “In three
days’ time I had picked up 511 dead
ones. nile of rats from one baiting."

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oultry or humans.
1.“... ., . .1 ‘ests die outsulc
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80 conﬁdent are the distributors that Imperial
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offer to send e large $2.00 bottle (Farm Size).
for only one dollar, on 10—Days’ Trial.
Send no money—Just your name and address
. to Im erial Laboratories. 2559 Coca Cola build-
ing, snsas Cty. Mo.. and the shipment will be
made at once, by C. O. D. mail. f it does not
uickly kill these guests“ your dollar will be cheer-
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RATE PER WORD—One Issue 8c. Two
Issuer 15o. Four issues 250.
No advertisement less than ten words.
Groups of ﬁgures initial or abbrevia-
tion count as one word.
sh in adriiice from all advertisers in
this department. no exceptions and no
discounts.
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date of issue ress‘

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Apple trees, $7.60 per 100 and Ii . In large or
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express. Plums, pears. cherries grapes. nuts, ber-
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CHOICE ADAPTED SMALI GRAI) AND
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Wolverine Oats unproven

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low; Smoking 5 pounds 5c' 10, $1.00; 15,
$1.45. Chewing 5, 85c; 10 $1.50; 15, 2.00.
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INTER conditions make for
W ' steady prices. There was little
months 01' the year and nothing
.very unsettling was insight at the
end. At least the market was not
going down except for such things
as eggs and southern Vegetables,
which always increase in supply
from about this time. With a better
export demand for cotton, grain,
pork, and with more snap in the po-
tato trade, the whole market would
look rather good. At least it might
be worse, and often has been worse
during the past half a. dozen seasons
at the beginning of the new year.
Wheat

Larger offerings of Argentine
wheat, together with perhaps a larg-
er acreage of winter wheat in the
United States next season, weakened

change through the last two,

Markets Fair from Bad at Beginning of‘1928
Better Export Demand from Grain and Pork’ ' C

By Market .Ner Service, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. 8. ELL.
(Special to THE BUSINESS FARMER) '

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ing taken by European buyers and

constitutes the bulk oi! the world’s

shipments each week. -
Feeds V

The holiday dullness helped to. re-
duce the demand for teedstuﬂs, but
the moderate offerings of most reeds
were readily absorbed,‘a.’l_though pric-
es of wheat feedsvmade substantial
declines. Rather widespread precipi-
tation and normally cold weather
over much of the country _tavored
liberal feedings. The linseed meal
market was practically unchanged,
alfalfa. meal averaged about steady.
but corn teed tended lower and cot-
ton seed higher. Price changes in
the hay market were unimportant.

' Cattle . .

A top price of $18 was reached for
choice heavy cattle in Chicago not
long before the year-end holidays.

 

 

MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO DAILY

THE Michigan Business Farmer Was ﬁrst to broadcast farm market
reports in Michigan (January. 4, 1926). Market reports and tarm‘
news are now available as follows: WGHP (277.6 meters), 6:05
to 7:00 P. M.; WKAB ( 77.6), 12:00 M.; WWJ (352.7), 5:45 P. M.:
WCX-WJR (440.9). 4:15 P. M.——Edltor.

 

 

the wheat market near January 1,
but prices made only slight declines.
Receipts of cash ”grain Were of only
moderate volume, while the demand
was fairly active, and sufficient to
absorb all oﬂerings at steady pre-
miums. _
Corn

Continued large offerings of. corn
and the upward revision of the of—
ﬁcial estimate of this seas0n’s crop
Were weakening factors in the corn
market. This season’s corn crop
according to the December 1 official
estimate is about 94,000,000 bushels
larger than last year’s production,
but the total supply, including the
carryover, is only about 22,500,000
bushels larger than a year ago.

' Rye

The rye market was lower with
wheat, also because of a slightly less
actiev demand.

Barley

The braley market held ﬁrm, with
a good demand for the limited re—
ceipts at the principal markets, Ex-
ports have fallen off, but consider-
able United States barley is still be-

The general cattle market gained
somewhat, owing in part to lighter
receipts and in part to special de-
mand or certain lines. The general
strength of the underlying situation
is shown by the fact that feeder
stock advanced somewhat with the
rest of the list. In general, the net
changes over a period of two weeks
at the end of December were not
great, the advances having amounted
to a recovery from preceding de-
clines.
Hogs and Sheep

Hogs continue to sell at $8.50 to
$8.65 for most grades at‘ Chicago
and conditions showed some im—
provement because of a recovery of
demand and rather moderate ship—
ments. Little change occurred in the
sheep and lamb markets.

Wool

Leading grades of western wools
met active demand around the ﬁrst
of the year, owing to the general
strength of the market situation
here and in Europe. Prices for
worsted wools were well maintained
and there were some gains in the

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit
Jan. 3 Dec. 31 Dec. 13 1 yr. ago
it HEAT-—
No. 2 Md $1.41 $139342 $1.40
No. 2 White . 138% 1.37 1.41
No. 2 Mixed 1-38 $6 1.37 1.30
conu—
No. 2 Yellow '93 .8234 1.00 .82
No. 3 Yellow -91 .85 .98 .81
OATS New ‘ .
No. 2( Whit)e . -59 54% @56' 58% .5414
I No. 3 White .57 as .52@ .55 ’ . p .51 is
an.»
Cash No. a 1-15 .60 .09
1.17
BEANS— .
o. a, 1’.ch 5-69 5.40 ‘4.80@4.85'
‘POTATOEs—— .
per cm. 2.00@2.15 1.50@1.70 1.84@ 1.90 "2.ss@3.00
ﬂA!-—-- IV I ‘ , ,
No. 1 Tim. , 13@14 18@19, , - 13 14 19 20.50
No. 2 mm, 10 11-- 15@171 10 11‘.“ , 17 18
No. i (now 11 12.50 , 181162199 11 12:50 ,,17 1s
. might Mixed W . 13g“ 186G219 , 1s .14 _;> 18 10.50

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~medium~ grades '01
clothing “30013, g
. g _ Friiit and Vegﬁtables , ..
Fruit and vegetable markets still
show {something of .theTIuSQual: quiet
following the holiday activity. , No
important“ change in price has taken
place in' such leading'llneses‘ pots»
toes, apples, cabbage, end-'ronions,
but the December gains in the price
of onious have held ﬁrmly ass result
of lower ﬁgured given out regarding
last season’s production, particularly
in midw’esterii onion districts. Ship-
ments of’potetoes continue remark-
ably steady in, quantity”, at the rate
of about 506 cars per day. ‘ ‘

units.)
The been market .sppeers to, be in
a very healthy condition with the

price at country loading points hold- .

ing well around $6 per hundred-
weight.

Any attempt to put prices down
causes a slowing up'of marketing.
Demendds reported good with prom-
ise of higher prices. " -

"We sold beans this last summe
at- $6.40 Michigan with a big crop
and .a fairly large carry-oven? says
the Michigan Elevator‘Exch‘ange. “It
ought not to be difficult to duplicate
that with the short crop and no
carry-over." We agree With them.

' Light red kidneys are quoted at
$6.60 and dark, reds .at $7.00. A
. year ago dark reds were underselling
the light rods from 50c to $1 per
hundred pounds. 'There is no reli-
able data as to the amount of kid-
,ney beans in the hands of farmers
but estimates are from 30 to 60 per
cent of the 1927 crop has not yet
been marketed. -

 

DETROIT SEEDS

Clover seed, cash imported,
$16.30; December, $16.75; Febru-‘
ary, $16.80; March, $16.80; domes-
tic, cash; $18.60; February, $18.60;
March, $18.60. Alsike, cash, $16.20;
January, $16.30; February. $16.45;
March, $16.60. Timothy, cash,
$20214; March, $217175.

.DETROIT LIVE POULTRY
Live poultry, receipts light; prices
ﬁrm. Springers, Rocks and Reds, 5
lbs. up, 28c; medium size, 25@
26c; white Leghorns, 25c; other col-
ors, '14 @150. Hens, 5 lbs. up, 240;
medium, 22@23c; small and Leg-
horns, 17c; stags and cocks, 16c.
Large white ducks, 27 @28c; small
and colored, 24@25c; geese, 7 lbs.
up, 2263230; turkeys, No.1, 8 lbs.

up, 42@43c; old toms, 32@35c.

 

 

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS

Creamery butter in tubs, 42@
47 béc. Fresh receipts best quality

eggs, 35@46c per (102.; dirts and

checks, 20@25c; ,storage, 28@320.

 

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

DETROIT—J an. 3.-—Ca.ttle: Strong; beet
Detroit yearlings, $11@13.75; best heavy
steers, $10.25@12; best handy , weight
butcher steers, $9@10.75; mixed steers
and heifers, $9@9.75: handy light butch-
ers, $7.50@9.50; light'butchers, $6@8.25:
best cows, $6.50@8.75 ; butcher cows, $5.50
@625; cutters, $5@5.25: canners. $4@5:
choice light bulls, :$6@8.50; bologna bulls,
$7.50@8.75; stock bulls, $6@7.75; feeders.
$7698.50; stockers, $5.50@7; mllkers and
springers, $65@110.

Veal calves.——Stea.dy; best, $16.50@17; ,

others, $8@16.

Sheep and Lambs—Steady: best lambs,
$13.75; fair lambs, $11@12; light to com-
mon lambs, $6@9.50; fair to good sheep,
$6@7; culls and common, $2@3.

Hogs—Prospect 10c higher; mixed,~

$1'.80@2.40; average, $9.35.
CHICAGO—Cattle: Receipts, 3,000:
less active than yesterday, but generally
steady; steer market somewhat a. forced
affair; runaway market on meagergrop
sausage bulls; best fed steers, $15; blﬂk.
$11.50@14 ; nothing but short reds offered:
cow cutters up to_$6.23 and better; most
sausage bulls, $8@8.50,;‘3vealel‘18. '$12@
13.50 to big alters; out ‘ders. .314@,115:50.
Hogs: Reoe ‘p‘tﬁ, 328.1000 - .uneven. TheaVY
hogs generally” steady: medium. 0 light

  

 

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w; Cattle, 6 cars, steady: hogs. 20
mﬁeady; mediums, $9. 2609. 35; heavy,
”«uODAO; yorker-s». ”@9 26 pigs and
”light; 38.75@,9. Sheep, 35 cars, lower;

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that till as many as 70 mama-mum’s.»

   

, Bean and potato crops in Michigan
' wowed 9. Med decrease from the totals :
0! last year according to reports just is-
sued by Verne H. Church, federal “3- t
clan and E. Pore“, Michigan eommi'edon- ‘, ‘,
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‘ lest previous reports is due to a further
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: Week of January 8
. HE local sleet or snow storms
; predicted for last part of last
‘1 week will probably run over in-
: to the beginning of this week with
high winds, blizzards ann snow drifts.
As the middle of the week ap—
proaches temperatures will drop con-
siderably and for the balance of the
week will very likely remain low.
Due‘ to the lack, of general stornﬁ-
ness at this time the latter part ‘
this week pm h h mostly”
. and cold.

Wat ed January 15
During the ﬁrst part of the we&
beginning January 15 we are expens-
ing the weather in Michigan to be»
generally fair and temperatum; (Incorporated)
, moderate. As the week advances
.. 1. \ temperatures will rise higher.
Beginning about Tuesday and rm— .
ning through the middle days of {Elk
Week the weather will become unsat-

1‘ MICK‘DEERING
tied with cloudy skies, strong Winds
and some precipitation. ; _ . * V .
Following this storm area the ' ~ . I I ' , AGE 00 S
skies will again clear and the tem- . ' ‘ L I L

peratures fall much lower. As the , ?
end of. the week approaches temper- .
atures will register 25 degrees or be- ‘-~—~————-
low over'central parts of the state. " ’

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