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man who. hard .during day just·o.utside o.f the yard ds very gOO!i,. �h� • an� �iving wo.�ks F,rank A' 'Meckel- is the man who. IS entitled to. a; romfo.rt- By' service. ·It'receives only waste w..ter from ,the- able home to. which he may go when the ' , bathroom and "the tollets ; toe drain from -the I T�Eday is over." This is'the lo.gic c;>f WilUam_.Engler, a Shawnee 'baseme�t and sinks is run past the'septic'tank_and empties,bito'an ' r­ CQunty farmer., Abo.ut a yesr"ago, wo.J:king on this theory, Mr. Engl�r open draw In tM ho.g lot, ,This was done so. ,that the septic actton iB' built-a new house on his WO-acre farm, and equipped. it, with every the tank wo.uld not-be hindered by large quanUfies o.f water ente$S-.',,1 modern convenience. was overlooked, has such the .tank on wash or 'when the basement was ·f1ushed Out fGr' There nothing He, day' '

. equipment as a furnace, farm electric plant, power washer, vacuum cleaning. _ There is a Mrs. Is- over new home. cleaner, electric Iron, 'J\Dd -a system or running water. Engler verY'�nthuslastic her , She. says tbatj. bathroom' with modern samtlU'Y equipment and a sePtic tank into. farm women are entitled to. better homes inasmuch as they perfGrm,: ' ' ' . the I which the sewer runs.• 'i so. many neCessary duties Qn .the fltrm: .She believes -that place The Engler family designed the house and built it according to. the to. enjQY -conventencea is on this earth IUld not in the life..to.· come, and;,'

. plans as they had wo.rked them out. , They can take all credit fQr the she ta'kea a Ce�t�in amount Qf jtIstifiable.'�ride in this 'ho.me o.f which: conveniences which are embodied in tht! new home, and much credit she dreamed fGr� years and which she .finally saw gro.w out .of the . is due them, fDr this Is an id�al farm .lI_Quse from a standpoint of, plans she' had lielped fDrmUlate.

convenience. . . Makes Simple and Easy There arafbree entrances, one frDm the rront, another from the Eleetricity Washing method was side and a third frDm the rear: .Just' within the side entrance which Her wasbtngwas always a bugbear befo.re the modem finished but' is at the ground level there is a small Iavatory with a toilet. It is' installed. It used to. take her all.-day to. get the washing the washer and throws in the readily accessible from the kitchen and saves many a tramp up the now she puts the, clothes into power for balf an honr.. At the end':' stairs during the day. -It is also. convenient to the basement, being. clutch and then she-takes things easy it of that 'time the clothes are washed as clean as she- ever could' wash just half way between the basement and first floor, arid is handy she means. Th:e ironing, from outside, being on the -grDund level and just' inside o.f the door. them by hand, and l$n"t fagged put by any which used to. be another- tiresome chore 'when she had to 8tand� over A Speeial Lavatory 'is Provided fDr Men a hot stove all Iday and move the irons around find walk back and .>' ' the backache taken out Qf 'it.. The back door opens into. a store room with a concrete floor. This forth It' hundred times also has had' all into the wall to make an electric connec­ room !is with a large sink and running water. Here the men, She s�mply pushes the plUg equipped kitchen remains cool the a and the - ·hGuse' do ·SQ. and iron is hot: . may wash up before meals without tracking thru the to tlon then in jiffy, The muddy boots and shoes may be 'removed in this entry way and instead Df being heatllll up like an oven, women the house. It .is The men call> come from the field in the and go. to the thus save many a floor scrubbing for the Gf now evening bath at a cost of about balf -a another idea which was developed in the minds of the Englers when bathroom' and take a nice refreshing . re better off for it. There is not a thing they. planned their home, cent or less, and they a all do not in their farm home The interior is finished in hard wood, with all floo.rs made of oak. enjQyed in the city. which the Englers enjo.y room add a street the door, and that will There are a number of built-in features in -the dining which unless it may be paved running by

, comfort and convenience. A desk which folds up into. the wall is on come some day. " one of in Kansas enjoying such . book case found' on The .Is , one of the room, while a built-in is Engler family only dozens" side dining The no costs than endured the discomforts. the other side. There is a large fireplace at the north end of this comforts at greater they be one of for farmers closets 011 either side the mantle, day will come when they will Qnly thousands, room with built-In china qf The and there now are use as rapidly as possible, room is well equipped with electric light outlets, modernialng everything they Every other famUies that accessories as the electric vacuum difference between this family and so many �s are. floor plugs provided for ,..(luch flat Iron. have acted in' time. They are keeping the children interest� cleaner and a wall plug for the electric they 192(1 and the in their farm home and when they do. that they keep the young folks Construction on- the house began early- In Englers us that 100 built on the site or the on the farm. The United States Census figures show moved into. the new home in August: It was American on the fl\rm while usable stick of Iumber from the old was years ago 95 per cent of the people l\-.I!fid old home and every h�use left will not all been seasoned under a about cent live there andfnose who have utilized in tbe new one. The jotsts have today � per a burden on the indi- is well air cured. The come back. This is more and more of roof for 'a years, and the siding throwing good many vidual farmer for he must weatherboarding was pur- produce more than ever, and

the interior . 'chased new and that short handed. If he 'ex- new. finish is all practically to.. do it right along he material pects Prices of building must provide himself with were much early in 1920 higher CQmfGl'ts and conveniences than are at the they present wbich he never bas enjoyed. utilization time, but with .the before. He must equip his of so much of the lumber from home, that' all important jtem the old house, 'the cost was on 'farm, to tthe slime work every kept reasonably low. Th.e �in���� ��'���� farm to meet the sltuatton. Topeka. done on the The farm electric plant is What has been well be in the basement of the house Engler farm can dup- and supplies all the light and licated on any .. Ka,nsas farm. makes a power necessary. It is a unit 'ttie man who suc- plant which runs ·the genera- cess of farming' today cannot tor direc�, but it is belted to. be content to. bump, along with a line shaft suspended from tbe 95 per cent who just get the ceiling Qf the basement, by: He must get into the and this shaft is used to drive smaller, class that places its the water pump and the power farms Qn a business basis and washer. The water is pumped equips them in a systematic from a large cistern in'to a· way for business purposes. pressure tank which 'stands -iiY- WillIam Engler is j.URt a few one corner of the basement. years in advance -Of his neigb- Good pressurl!' is available on bors, and he has set It good the second that floor at all times. The lUodern Couat17 Home of Mr. and Mrs. 'VUUam RDcler of Sloawnee example every progres- The sive should now follDW. septic tank is nQW located County I It WUIt BoUt AccordiDR; to Plans Dev�lope4 bl' the F.IDiI".. farmer ..."..,.

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2 -:-·KANSAS. FARM:ER AND MAn.. AND· BlmEZE August 20, 1921.

. \ T4e Farmers' Open Forum WORTHINGTON -: State �ar.ui Bureau Items Glealted Everywhere ,.y IR,UIL,n.. 'l(JOJJ'IW!I.v�ING �I'IIORS

£NGI.NES ,ch1l,utaU'lUA a nd Oc.�r 1, .in eonneciWn with the held August '2 to AUgllSt '7 Overbrook faiT,. and a 'Ve-y attractive hud several speakers on its 'Premium list. will 'be offered to the 1 MARYSVJLL'E'S members of .club 'Mr. STATIONARY program representing the t�e exclusively, HAND AND Kansas State Farm Bureau, according Rochford says. Full particulars about , to John .J. Mars·llaU .(lOUDly the fall .show will be sent to every club · IrlSkeep, TEAM .roKTABl£ agent. A,moBg these, Mr.' Illi3ii:eep <8aYS, �Jldjer late.. says .lfr. Rochford. were ICIJa,r.W 'R. Weeks, 1i*'.C!l·etacy of - Kansas .Sta'l:-e Farm. Bureau ; iE. L.. Ead,- � is Urged Rhoades, -aad i"1'esideBi W,". Jardine ..A. series -Df iiemonstrations on the of the Ka'l'l�s IState �l'ilmltura'l -col- eontrnl of Hessian fly .and stiuklng · lege and :A'I1(!rew Shearer �'f 'Fren'k- .'iimut on wheat, were held August' 9 to 1� to;25 H. P. These were well ;' fort, Kan. meetings August 10 in Miami county, according attended by farmers, /and are attract- to W. H. Brooks, county agent. 'l'he .. ; ing much attention thruout the county. demonstrations required only an hem and a quarter aptece and were well 'BeIlO Baicy,8I6R 1!Iest .. tCe,ws w.e:r;fb .a1Jtend:hlg., r 'Yol'k in the Reno County Cow Test­ Farm' Work Made · ing ;as�ei.at,j,on has grown to such an E�ie, � extent, ·tllll.t 'OBe tester is unable to a handle it· according to Bam J. Smith. ORTHINGTON Kerosene wer,e tIl &.gines · Beno eOl!lllltlY a�t. Tile melJiDet's .ll� _Cockleburs III . are W·designed' and constructed to suit the , ,to lw ve .II..LJ,0.lli.e.r ltester .,tbd-s taU: 'iI'�e as association is plann.ing a picnic to be Suitable on the farm is. By Ray Yarnell tr farmers/requirements. power held at Sylvia sometime in August and w, needed now more ever, all the dairymen of lie'no county and A WORTHINGTON . """' tl}� : tbeir fann lles 'pt'ooall1y -will-I be Jll'esent. Those \\fllo $30 for -a sack of lPaid sil EnginewiU·take care ofmany betterand C. C. Reno t jobs cheaper Coleman.. the reealt tna Cuban pre­ . I pl1esident'·iof Sl,lga·r. ma� the a� than bands. It IS County Cow Testing association, and d{lcers; w'he had a strangle hold on the human untiring, always ready, the en president of the Kansas .Jei·s�y Cattle their rake-off" last year. supply, "got llf price is lo'\(V aDd the cost of operation very elub., nas 6sired tha t the te.sti'llg asso­ .In "they clea ned ·slight. e'Ve-ryda'y ,Parlance oj' - cla tlon grant the Sylvia J>C'r-sey cattle tip:" of As. harvest· approaches ·-.yDII witl see.." more � and men the privilege of sU�)'pI;yi'l'log a H af . ,. It / the ice -C1'E.'am 'fOT the 'pi-miic, '8S .they Those same �psons may, be Inter­ the need of a r,eliable to assist in tli more" good engine deetaee that J,ersey illliil.k wIll -make th-e ested tOORY to know t'hllt Cuban sugar . is work around the fann.·There is an iIll best Queers ·still 'hold 'run >enormous S111'­ yOW" .en�ine vr Pius which they ean't selil.:at a profit. the tine si WORTHINGTON of just the right size '1'0 &!event Blackhead in Tark� A:lO(l II new crop i��.c@mi� on. In the

. il( for .8e\'e1·a:l ifi.ne fl.o(]·k-s 6f 'N-eosho case 'oJ: the su�ar' con�.pwnies the old the .cream eounti ... tlt pumping water, turning eeparater, no WoClle last 8lltyi'llg ·it'lS a long lane ·that has . turkeys llestpoyoed yea.r by w ;foe' D. beld goed rather .ra�pidly. grindstone, furnishing power for milking blackhead, accordiug to C. Thomp- turnlng;' in son, C@:tlnty.t!,gent. Thit; Mr. 'Th'y£! Mr.. [,h�'Pson. that eertain I. .-l\V. W. ·leadel's would you in the ,size and best suited to need9. .selecting type y,our re(l(unmends the Ilse ,of a tablespoon af f.or .. -to Leavel'lw.orth year." "g(}- 6. , fieid to -evel:W gallon of '!kinking ·water.. It 'will cc:i!h a card to all of the details ' only you posta'} get If birds are sick they should have no We check the bet. Do you know ' and the l"e-s�ts wm be pleasiqg and pr.ofitable•. food except clabbel'ed mUk. 'IV·bat we meant'? -- .. We realize that proof .i·eaders are a Write lOT Booklet G.. lWiljlon FamJer.s Ship lrbeir W:ool necessary evil. But we did think tbei\' :",Vl1son County 'Wool -Gr·owers asso­ were "wi8e" about -the Lea¥enworth WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORAl1JON ciation maGe its second co-ope·rative reference. HOL of lambs .l'14 THOF'F PLACE. CUDAHY, WIS.• U. S. A. shi·pment A1.lgUSt 2, according

to C .. 0. ·Grandfield, COll1lt;y agent. 'l'he President Ha,nling has not wri tten lambs were loaded at Neodesha and the column a personal letter, III fact. Fredonia, MI'. Grandfield says. we have not expel'ted him to do so. The shipment consisted of 206 lambs But we ha\'e cOllsidered the poosihiliiy 25 farmers. Most 'of consigned by that Alex Howatt. would tbump one Doll for Y 0·11 these farmors had consignments in the This out on his Just ta gh'c liS Big'-. . Lovely typewrner fi.rst and arI- were well shipment, encouragement. pleased with the result. It is the plan u. of the '''';''ilson Oounty Farm Bureau, Now that Alex 'has decided to cntrr the h Mr. Grandfield says, to organize polities to. clefend the rights of union a associa­ U entire. county into shipping ('oal 'miners, perhaps he will be morc tion class of livestock ,1: FREE aQd ship every considera te of our .f\,_elings. co-opera Uvely. II "'rite .Aunt Mary right a't'l'ay and The column is an�ious to get in ;'q tell her that want a nice beautiful you To Discuss Crop Costs touch with the' old fashioned woman L Doll like this one. A big Doll oyer 15 the 'Thanksgiving pudding a The Jackson 'County Farm Bureau who,spiked inches tall witb real curly hair and with br.andy. CI will be held August pretty blue eyes-with join ted hips picnic Wednesday, 1I 24. to E. H, .Leker, .iJ-aekson and 'fl' beautiful .A;ecord�ng now to shoulders-wearing- It 'being the fashion submit P cGl:mty a.g.ent, il}lans have ,been madoe dress neatly tr'immed :w.ith lace coilaI' lists of questions as tests for mental. \' 'Lor :athletic events,' games and enter­ and cuffs, a little cap and Imitted alertness a·nd abi'lity, too column de· .ll tainment for W. E. Gi'imlllll socks .and 'buckle slip-pel'S. everyone. sires to present the following: WI10 of Itbe of eco­ it; ·ene of 1thase .depa-rtment agricultural Dolly Dimple n0;1: invellted the fi-rst pI ug -of tobaccQ and e iwmics- of the Kanslls 'Sta te Agl'icutl­ cloth' dorIs Y<>J!l baw-e to stuff, but 11 took the first 'chew? ,\Vhen 6 cHllllry U tural college. will spea';; on the l'esuH-s It real dotI tha1; :R'DN UtI'tle girl w.o1J1.�1 sings w'bat ma,kes too twitter'! 1ft of tbe investigation being conducted :in love to have a.nd .play :\1I'.i1:'h, One YI!)l1 pellce oomes in Ireland what j'ncentive il .Tackson county to determine the e.ost would en,gGY makhl,g -prett_y dl�2S for will Pat ha�e to cherish his shillalah'! (:. of crop Mr. Leiter :sall'i'!. -one y.0u �vi:ll eJil,jey ltaki1'\g C_''lH'C of. production, Wilo in·vented teddies� Can a cr@ss­ f . eyed stenog'rapher bobbed hair a Slrould be CuIWI :N4MW �ith Poultry man with a Balloon Given Free take ,dictati<>n fr.om a fat a Now Is the time to .cull your poulliry, -bald head? Who inve'nted the fire­ -a Aunt 'Miacy w.iU .eviE'ry little H. >gi've ·gid according to F. iBi.lHen:b.a;clr, .connty cMcker thnt will not explode� If a b -"ho f-i:['Js out :t1he COl1'Pon 'below ltlings in .disguise l t.o send y.ou her biig Free Doll Offer. ,1I.e says ;tb1s should be fm­ their . �lo:w,tllg usually keep masks on"? a and ,be the 1iiJ'st in your ·II.S Bunl" neigh­ i-sbed by AugtllSt 25 so to ,(lOvei' ,up \; borhood to a 'ba!lloon and the Free The column feels that the man or -get .and destt'DY :tbe llessian f.ly.f>that is 11 Doll Otfer. Use this woman who sends in the best set of coupon. now i'n :tbe stubltle. Early plowing 1rleo t he ----�------�..---- incretl4JeS 'Mr. DiUen:haOk.say,s. answers ta those questions 'should . the oy.leld, t placed at the head of the class and , AUNT M.UnT" % T••. McNeal, .606 Cantet' Bldg., 1I'�• .Kansas t guar.antees to do the placing. Coneet Dear :Aunt M.i!-ry:-I· want a nice big doN )11te the ,shown ab-ove. (laJf (}hill Show ""o.r u. answers ques.,tions .your At 'Ii. recent .of -tbe Ssage I meeting evidence that tb� answerer is .a person ; ShQrtilOt'fl' Breed�l'!!I' ac­ t , 'a1!Soci1ltion, of superior mentality is fittetl , ... , ...... • anp My Nam.e ...... •...... to L. H. coun �o " Rochford, ty ,.col·d·ing hold a position of major importance !II agent, there were 17 breeders in at- any line of endeavor. The test is.iI "". R. F. PGstofflce " " State" D...... tendance who were interested in the severe one but authoritative opinion IS .at .the - .shOIllioID .indus­ I .d..el'elD,p.w.eDt tbat it 113 not at lIH !m'[email protected]. ;:"::=::::::::===::::::===:::====:r::====:::======:r::=� try in Osage county. Arrangements tM WHEN ,\-VRITilNG 'ro :OiPR ADVF,RTilSERB ,)tEN'l'J'ON KAN,SAS FARMER' w,er.e made to hold the fall Cfl:lf ,club We wrate the.qnestions. It 'is not AND MAIL AND B'REEZE. THIS WILL INSURE YOU GOOD SERVICE. show at Overbrook, September 29, 30 business' of the column to answer them· ,-

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- H_ • • ARMER "_ _ F l & MAlL BREEZE• .. �. KANSAS-• _ August 2Qi'1921 � Publisher Vol.1>9 No. 34 -'", L-_------:------�------�------_:_------,-

" How-164- Silos Brought Prosperity-- Contest on' the Economic U Forth '1 Leiters. The Recent s� of Silage ·Bro.ugh{ �4 - , Adult Here are the Three Prize,' Wi-nners in the Diuision "

.. ••llllilll.IIIII.;"_'lHII1"'"'111'II1II""""'"""'""..... 11111111""11"111111"1111111 do. o THE average man contempla- there' is-only one, thing left to -�lIllIIuliliNnn�lIl1l1l1l1!lIlIfllIIlIlIIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIIlIlIlIIlIlIlIlIlIIlIl : of a silo the ,Renew the fertility of .the soil thru ting the building · § ,

' the stock and+return greatest question which seems § 'feeding of.mol;'e the manure to the soil. -The use of to concern him-is: "Will it 'n: T sh!>W § ere . e flzes. t th 'p We '--- WIth Wh the silo makes ,this a momentary return commensurate � possible because a much number of can the amount invested?" However, tomy is larger stock N THE silo letter contest Kansas Farmer and Mali ani) be on the number of acres mind there ate several other factors § _conducted by kept .same which ended there were 164: letters entered; ill of thru its use than without it. 'Thus aside from the immediate financial re- '§ Breeze, recently, I these were from and remainder were in the three junior the turn which should be considered. These 2 adults, the. by feeding. cropS raised otJ,thb divisions. I'the winners in the adult dIvision were W. H. WilUamsoIl, to livestock and the we will take up later. § farm, returning L. S. Leckron, 'Abilene, $150: and I. A. Moorhead, Hol- manure tQ_the soil a One of the first good features of the 9 Raymond, $300; _==1 large part ,of The in the adult division are to be in payment from the soil the silo to 'be noted is its economy of stor- § ton, $100. prizes applied 9 .the fertility taken by 'on a silo or cutter. !! growing crops is returned. ' age space. The same amount of weight ,9 sUage In division the were cash. In the Eastern- 'The of livestock on farm CIlIl be stored in the form of silage in 9 the junior prizes paid _in § keeping the division to Vern L. was made the use of' the silo IJalf of the space that the same amount § Kansas they ,went McOoy, Eskridge, $100-this § profitable by the best and extra WIl,_S as a state championship 9 renders a more of weight could be storedLn the form � junior letter, $50 paid possible diversifi� type and Miss of without which no farmer of dry feed such as hay and the like. 9 prize-Ray Tucker, Barclay, $25; Wayne White, -Winfield, $11),; -§ farming in Dorothea Johnson, Wakarusa, $10. The prizes in the Oentral Kansas 9 can realize th� greatest measure of, Its economy is readily recognized § ' , to Miss A. 11 success. til is respect. Its' chief intrinsic value, 9 division went Virginia Brown, Larned, $50; George Kindler, L. and Olarence the is its ability to preserve the feedi.!_lg 9 Ge!!_da Springs,--$25; Olayton ]j'arrar"Abilene" $15; Rupp, � Briefly summarizing whole argu­ - to we value of the feed stored-within it. A 9" Moundridge; $10. In the Western Kansas division 1he prizes went § ment may say we believefbat silos, will the. almost T. Abell, Orion, $50; Joe Whinery, Dodge Oi�y, $25; Francis §, and silage are profitable because they silo preserve silage in.'� �corge . and John lower' cost of 'the definately if it is well tramped and set-, 9 Drath, Herndon, $!5 f Rhoades, Wakeeney, $10.' , � production, only,fac­ tlcd when put into the silo, while feed 11 All of the prize winning letterswill be-printed in the near future, and § tor, in the producer's profts over which will lose much of itS value when stored § many of the other� as rapidly as possible. T,Qe three prize winning he has complete control. They ellmin- are this week.: � ate -waste on the farm thru the utiliz. in the dry form even if' it "is protected § letters in the, adult division published 5 such _ ation or the-entire from the weather, as 'in a ha,y mow or § g growing, plant, 11 •••__"'..._•• '_"I1I1I11U'UIIIIII'u2 as and and also sav- , other storage space' usually pto,vided. 511I1'UIIIIIIIIIIII,;;;;iiiiiillllllllll'(IIIII1I'"IIIIIIII'III'"IIIII' ',..11111 corn, sorghums by Silage 'will not only keep indefinite1y iJ;lg the -crop ruined by drouth or frost. 'is stored in the most They eliminate drudgery on the farm, ill the silo but it me say that last year Liilled a 100- giiment. is needed to convince -the one the' a consideration. 'They palatable form, thereby caustng' ton silo with 10 ecres of cane. This is who has red-stock in the old-fashioned most, important make the establishment' of a stock to eat more feed and thus en- in Central Kansas where corn under way of hauling the feed from the field- pogsfble higher of agriculture.. abling the feeder' to make quicker and like conditiOii's averaged about 25 bush- thru mud and snow and scattering it type Personally, are we would quit farming if had to cheaper gains. The gains cheaper els an acre. Figuring the corn at 50 out in the feed lot to be tramped" over �e over and do without the of suo because because it has been proved cents a bushel would make a gross re- and wasted, that the silo is more con- us� th� two feeds we are the business and' we over again that when given turn an acre of $12.50. FigurJ..ng the venient.. Under present methods of i� daIr� one which do not beheve the daIrY can be operated of the same composltton.The silage at $5 a ton w_ould make a gross feeding all of the work can be done will the to the advantage without the use is the most palatable produce, return of $50 an acre which is a very inside by llirowing the -Silage 'directly b�st of silo. These other greater .and cheaper gains. conservative price for silage. It readily into the feed carrteaand, taking it Im- .the a�d rea�ons WhICh have mentioned we beheve Green Feeds in Winter can be seen which would' show the mediately to the cattle, thus ,saving w_e labor and time much are sufffclent to any reason- . besides being . greater profit. �onv1nce man that SIlos are WIth the of the silo From the facts I believe more Thus sUage . :n:urthermo�e �se foregoing pleasant, by eliminating able. and-. It to summer protrtable. W. H. WIlliamson. any fair m1nded man readUy can see drudgery the silo goes a long way to. 1� impossl.ble duplicate Kan. fee(]lD� conditions in wmt.er time by� that the sile lowers cost of production ward malting the farm more attractive Uaymo1}d, prod�clDg a succulent ratton -there�y because of greater production an acre and keeping the boy on-the farm. hIS the to on which' can be utilized means of While the foregoing factors are all Immature ellal�llDg �arme! c!lrry atI by ., Saving Crops..... of the feeding �peratlOns at. a time year the silo. Besides it enables the feeder very important ones to be considered in of In' our seven use silo when It IS most profitable because to convert feeds of little value such as the purchase of a silo, yet there is' one years. of the time of the we have found it to be the cheaper labor at !his yt;ar sorghums, thru its use into-a 'valuable other which appeals to me as being the among aJJ(l also because of the higher price cash 'return which would be of ,little most important of all. The use of most valuable of. farm- Improvements. which, he receives for his products at value outside of the silo. It is therefore the silo makes possible the establish- We have stored immature crops in it ' 'that would otherwise' have worth- _ been t�me of th� .year. inevitable that the' man who. is using ment of a higher and more permanent thiS," hile the to val- 100 cent feed- a�Ibt� �reserve !he the .silo in an intelligent manner by form of agriculture. less, -thereby saving per uable and that if cared for time feed whtch: the SIlo coutatns balancing pis silage with some feeds During the past as new lands were ing value, by old to are val- would have add succulence to the ratio� high in protein such as alfalfa, cotton-, opened up for farmIng straight grain methods entirely spoiled. uable are mmon ones In lU13 corn failed to mature even features yet these seed meal or some other feeds similar farming was the practice,' givlng' no-'

turn ' With use we a� compared �o its abilit� to .what to these will be able to show a greater thought to the depletion of the soil -stalks. the of the silo \\O\�I(] otherwlse be loss Into profIts by net reittrn from' his feeding operations until it became so impoverished--as to wintered -105 head of cattle from 70 a corn has been a.cres of corn that would been ��nng crop that ruilled than the man who does not use one be-' be no longer profitable for farming. have worthless as fodder for it was too im­ ,uy �lOt winds and dr� weather, �o f�r cause of lower. cost of production, sin'ce Then most of the farmers would,-tUove ,l� IS to season on Its value for gram productIOn all will receive ,the same price for rhe again and again in search of newer mature keep. One account The is val- of a late weather cOIl('el'lled. si�o eSI?ec.ially same g"rade of the finished product. lands to be robbed of their fertility in spring, poor growing at as It has -corn was in . and such a time b�n It is scarcely l1N·(,�::>D.ry to ('omment the nllllC mannpr .As at present' nearly early _frost, caught u�ule - proved that 40 per cent of the feedmg On the ('onveni('nce of the silo. No ar- all of our virgin land!;! are pl'e-empted, an immature stlite and the silo was the "nIne of a corn crop is.contain'ed in its , only way out :of this serions difficulty, nutritious leaves and succulent stalks. In 1019 on low ground that'the river rrhe result on corn fro'm an overflowed we planted a catch crop of the crop , eurly frost is similar to the result from feterita and Sudan grass-: Towards , ' fall as flood was urOlith, The silo again proves itself an�ther .imminent I � faithful ally of the farmer. By plac- we stored all of this feed in the silo. I ) , , lng his immature corn in the silo and We also have planted catch crops after and I i converting the raw material into the spring rye pasture "after wheat harvest' A sown finished product such' as beef, mutton field early to silage and dairy prod,ucts, he- is able to receive crop may have that removed in time a much larger return from his labor to prepare the ground for wheat in the ,IUrI investment than would otherwise fall. be possible. ' In t·he spring of 1920 'on about 12 Still another feature of the 'Silo's use· acres of blown-out wheat gronnd was to' which fllllless which appeals very strongly to planted kat;_ir made a good the hard thinking farmer is that it en- grain crop. This was headed and ahles him to make the most satisfactory threshed out 620 bushels. The stalks like of crops which are best adapted to were bound and run into the silo with hl� growing conditions.. Especially is plenty of water. In addition to this-we t1,IlS true in the arid or semi-arid por- had stalks from 15 acres of 'similarly bons of the treated lmfir also converted into sil- , country -It has been,founel UI,n�, the sorghums �an be grown qnite. age. This with 20 acres of threshed llroCltably under these conditions. The fodder and straw carried 174 head iJ('�t authorities have proved by actual of cattle 08 days. ,Part of these cattle, test that sorghum silage is only 10 per 115 head of yearlings, were weighed in ��llt,lpsS valuable than corn silage. By und out making a gain of %, pounds this to his stock the a head..a day. These cattle went en- �Cr,rIIllg . silage f�:lner �s able to compete quite success- grass' in good, thrifty condition and I,Y WIth the farmer who, is wOI'king lIaye shown good gains since. more favorable moisture con- Til" 104 Farn,ers in the Contest Agr.eed That Silnge is Elisential on Livelitock lfrom the ::!7 acres of kafir, 1,130 ��t�er1 Ions, As au example of the same iet Fal'Bls if Olle i" to Get the Lowest Production Cost". 'Continued on Page 10:) - .. - All

DEPARTMENT' EDITORS I DEPART.lllENT lWl'EORS J ...... :-...... LtveBwok Edltor T. W. Horae' J'arm Home JIIdl_... , ...... 1In. Ida afll ...... Bat.ch anaer and Farm Kansas -F Mail and •• ••• DeID' ,." BlU1ey Breese �t ..... am. 1IGl1llr : J'INeDoe K.�or ITandsen ihg DalrylJ" ...... 1. H. ; Boraeu1t...... , ...... lalm W. WIIWI1IOn .- ,...... MedlcaJ Department, ...••..•...... Dr. C. li. Lerrlgo ...... _ft. pum':,:u.·:0'" : COl J'oliltCY ...... I. B. Reod ·_ I = �l1:.Ti'Ci.::::::: ::: :�w.-wJI::: Farm Englneerlni ...... Frank A. IIeclNl ...... d� Poltu.Jae4 at aDd Jack_D Ka-... C_ PonlIr1 a. fAl

or Marcb •• 1m. terna! buman 11M. . CO.n!"eBB F. B. NICHOLS, MRDapD& IllcU""" To A.. McNEAL, Editor Sn JOHN W. WlLKINSON _4 RA.T E4Itor. ADVERTISEMENTS IliE ADVEBTISING BATE ''r&K1'f1l:LL, A_lfate ,GUARANTEED CHARLES E. SWEET, Advertul.& lIIauqer WJJ GII.AB..UITEE ",.t all dllPlu, ad..rUalna In Li! aD Reate nn.. Oll'

: which ff is esthnated will reduce taxes to bill failed never has read It and does not ent dwellers. Instead of a land of .r1eheB t.1l1 - .Imtrw being �

. · sti · the extent ,of 550 millihips. at coDditiona He far more undesirable , and all,' living a most oon'Vmdng speech he declared that the ex­ gres's OQJ' Senaoors keep tH! posted about im­ than when the Spaniards landed on the Western eel perimeQt in the -of -an armored portant measures tb..a.t are �ng eonsicieTed. 'Ii:nkl'q.g 'battleship coast ,of Sou,th America. la, wit)1 bombs from an airplane proved conclmively la, That kind of will not the that battleill1ips were obsolete. The l1ir men' de­ people develop country CIB in a thousand but they resent the (!oming of clared tbat if they had been perniltted to use the They Might Learn_FroJll Henry yea'ra. bli beaviest and most bombs in the ·enterprising Yankees. Al'l they seem to ·desire i8 powerful malting o'f our subscribers, P. C.. Gruver, of Pitts­ to be let alone in their dirt and attack they would have sunk the ship in less than poverty. Ca burg, Kan., writes: '''I think that if we had course there are such as the Ar­ 20 minutes. ONE Of laca.lities, liead$ of tbe raUroads witll. ha1f"'the brains and of' Brazil and, gentine RepU'blic parts pemape to< Naval officers- had predicted before the te!!ts . that Ford has we would service Henry have better of Chili wllere there is more... enter,prise aDd there were made that they would show' that battleshiptl at less cost. I alS1) think" that if the Interstate it may be hoped tbat profitable trade call be built· would not be in sel10us danger from bombIng Commission had a few men in it!! mem­ ComJllerce up, but in the tr-opical part of South America, aDd The result of the showed 'con­ who had the of at nn planes. experiment bership ipterest the -people that takes in a large' area, there is:oo present hope that ape 'Inistaken. The Government heart would not let the their 'bn clushrely they they railroads raise and very little for th'e future. The trade of ODe has for 16 new fil let the contt:acts battleship!!" and rates the way �hey have done. In this, corner of state like Kansa!! is' worth more than all the trade Bl g.reat cruisers many of them to cost as much as Kansas we think that a few men are getting weI) of troplcal South America. 40 mil:liQn dollar� This is SImply a waste ot paid for letting the roads hi'ke the rates. We also ag to remem'bell some of the promises the present Ad­ I' ,( . '- lIe Iir��ey: ministration made while campaigning last, fa'll. Power Will The of 900d lIll I think it is time. wer.e some .of the they . doing 'State Superintendent tlll.ngs they promised. MIL-LION people in Russia are starring. Jlu several causes for th1s ch "It ,seems to me that the Gov.ernment' is 'rl!ere a.re 'contributing T IS neaTly Ii year until the next general pri­ I. .paying •.TE.N There is a crop failure in a large but it is well to t� thi.nk more attention to moneyed men than to the people '�alamlty, mary enoug!) begin area of which in Is the of I· who need I know of -one raillroad 'Country good years most about choosing state officia,ls. One of the most really protection. ex productive-in Russj.a. There also is almost a com­ officers to choose' is the state company here in Pittsburg, Kan., that has material important superin­ breakdown first IL1( on hand to it' for Hi years, plete of �ransportation resulting tendent of public instruction. We are spending enough .supply bought ex Government' is from the ,corrupt and :l,pefficient governm'ent l1f at Government expense -aDd the . more millions for our schools toan·· for any other gr, still helping that company." the old regime and hurried along the road to col­ one thing that is ilup,P.Orted by taxation. The head o\'; I do not 11t all in the mewbers of lapse by the Great War. of 'the schools of the state silould be .a most capabl� join accusing ' came Soviet which 'Com­ the Interstate Commerce C-ommission of cor­ Then the government _ any school man. The or conduct.. I have no doubt the mem" plet.e

- The the Senate. The Norris bill was a measure in- Henry For.(} somehow seems to ·be able to get have gone constantly from bad to' worse. the farmers. I have to confess that- a amount of ex- bad enough at best, have almost ceased tended to help .' more service for given money Il'ailroads, it I never have read it and therefore 'do not know np, ded than othe il d d th try to fUDcfio¥ and as a result is nearly impossible What it contains. I have read, several references ge�era]IY desires �o r:n�: th:��a:n forei�oun to tranlllPOrt food from places in Russia where to it and note from the press dispatches tbat Sen­ l'Il'O'PS have been raised to' the famine stricken , I ator Norris exhausted himself making a speech of district. it. It was to the in Russia the several hours' duration in support of , South America's Trouble Unle!!S aid Is sent starting -over probably a waste of effort on his part, for, gen­ famine maddened hordes are likely to sweep and erally speaking, very few of the Senators Itsten I a .:wonderfully interesting into the other countrIes carrying disease to speeches. Possibly they ought to do so, but the book called "Vagabol!d'ingread. Down The A1Da� devastation as they go. Sovietism can be con­ 'RECENTLYzon." It is different from any book of kavel of but not by a fact is that they do not.. quered by the power kindness, have read because the author whO' jour­ I have written the' Senator asking·,' him to send I,ever rpoUcy Gt force. thru all the countries ot. South America did me ,his speech and a copy of the bill SQ. that I can n,eyed not in tbe ·usual wail'.· tramped. thru the judge f(n·· myself w:nether it ought to have passed. go fi� it I wil'l be country from P·anama ,down the Andes taJd:n,� pot Truthful James 'If the bill proves to be what I hope is · luck with the life that they in favor of it and will urge the Senator to go·to it the. nativ-es, living r the :kind .of food eat and Iileep1n� spooklmg," said Truthful JameB, and to the country to Sllstain him. live, eafing th�y / again appeal snores considered a nuisance. as "a man who is sentiment behind they ·sleep. . If he cau get enough· popular GENERALLY can't bnt he D9 is a revelation to the reader. It knocks out Of course he belp it, getlh his bin he will it back into the rulming. It get It be Is in a a most of us have had sympathy on that aC-count. sleejftng :aut at the pi'esent time not having had the op­ great many' impressions a trade car· the other passengers. blame him for keeping to read the bill, much less study it, I about the· possi1}ility of building up great P,9rtulJity South and wish to see him get choked. If be to because it in South America. It -Is true enough that them awake am not ready to tear my pieces · 01. shir� America natural resources. WIth were to' die half the pa!!Sengers would be .glad was· side tracked. Of course I do not know for possesses gr�t kind of it into a it and. the rest wouldn't care a whoop. If'he sleep8 certain but even with the present contracted con­ the right people might develop land of marvelons w�alth and Imrnrfous living, with his windows open at home the neig'bbors'baVe dition of the currency and-high bank interest rates talk themselves' about it "six bits" 'but it never will 1"0 long as it is ·inhabited by the it in for him. and among I would be willing to wager as much as i( . ...

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.. KANSAS MAIL AND BREEZE r \ August 2(}, 1921.

I - to-be a' raw snor­ wife would say impatiently, .!t,Ii'llt· man .has no 'more up just as his wife was removing the instrumel1t there ought aga.inst . nd ��ay that are a lot of, in this. away tban I have, He just rolled over on' and he asked what, was t�e excitement. He � know tllere people pnssed thought . . You '. 1Ilg than 'ever whenever IS somethl109 that 'his side. He will be going' �gain woese the house must. be On fire' and. was rei!t"l'ained frODi' olin try who, there. there in a minute. Don't wake me up.agafn or ;rou rushing out into in his clothes with to insist the,yard • night suit ought 'rill c. �oeSll't them, b�gin, t?at breakfast.' . have trouble about getting' your great difficulty." .' a Inw ngamst tt, to be , was worried Mrs. Smithers a great "He insisted Oil -an which Mrs" snorers I ever saw �L{ge'g- snoring explanatton "One of the worst Lige .. deal but she was a She got to Smithers had to him. At first he was dls- Lige weighed m�re than 250 pounds and gj:!nitls. studying gb'e: ;4lUitllers� When howahe could either prevent or else make it a to hostile but when he ,_, it, vocnl organs 'were considerably clogged. i.t pose,d ,be concerning J's been sound instead of a nuisance. She. worked found how his it he to cot sound asleep, especially when lie had pleasant neighbors enjf>yed' began �Iige on t'hat fOr siX months. -invented a a trifle about his' as a pretty hard.va stranger in the neighbor­ and, finally get chesty ability -'IIlusician wortd'�lg musical instrument like a flute w'!th a con- altho, as a matter of fact he didn't know one tune would Ue sure there was a thunder shaped hood t�l!it stor_m_ OVer mouth' and from-. another.. neal: told me. traption that she could flt Uge� _ There was only one thing that coming u:p. One of his neighbors that he moved into nose, It operated, however, like one of these piano .would sotuettmes mar fbe 'harmony 'of too . for six mouths Lige'� neighbor­ enter-. . altel:, in liis · players and when Lige into It the devlee t'afnment. Lige wetrld B'ometimes dam as it wer8" hood he used to get. up every night pajamas snored up- and down the windows to made tM most delightful music anyb!)dy ever and stop right in the middle of a note, as for-ex- and go down statrs put listened to. Sire bad a nice collection old mere- lIe be In a the rain. Then would. go out on the. of. ample might rendertng most moving way , In'ep out h� I III and dies, 'Wilen You and Were. Mag-. 'When Yl>u and I- )Vere Young, Maggle,' and get front porch and look. up �he �ky .thel'e such.as Young,. III Sud he the �$ far as te--" and there for wouldn't be a blamed 'cloud Sight. g1e,: Laurte,' �Sl1ver T�reads Amo��' '.Tbey. stop right :�llllle and the liRe. a mmute and all tfl] be _, Gord, Old Kentucky Herne, then break out couldn't understand it at finally gat My mayb? hal� agatn for with 11 we re aged and .gray, wise to the fact that it was Lige snoring. "It got so popular finally thlit.the neighbors Maggie.' was a while before two or three blacks weuld gather aronnd the bouse "FilIally it happened t·hat the women of, the sew- "After that he said-It quite ' that -was when went to Mrs. Smithers didn't circle to Which Mrs� Smithers would be could get over the notig:n L,ge go�ng. Lige s!eep. lng. belonged be a eontlnueus like tell Lige what she' had done, and he did on her gi;ving Lige powders in to die. There would .roll. no.t'\g� in�st gleeping right : dead enteIt until one when he had rendered with ·the middle' of the afternoon so that he-could thunder and then suddenly Lige Would' stop nig.ht p'cr- beautiful 'effect 'Silver Threads Among form. Right there and said that' he still, when that happened this neighbor wo�ld_ tremolo Lige kicked,. he was the and the who filled the yard· willing to accommodate but would be wake bis wife up and tell her that go�ng Gold,' neighbors ��s ,he as and too-k street .In front of the beuse, blamed' if he woUld stand "to be to to dress and go over to Smithers' place Llge up half·.tbe drugged just his broke out in a of That woke Lfge a lot of old , bad just passed away. 'Fassed away nothing,' .storm applause. enJertain vi.oIl!¢n.�' �, ...

. Tincher Bill is . Passed:.- Capper- __ \ In .His Address Before the-United States Senate ,o� August 9, Senator Capper - -.' Made a Severe Indictment the Grain) Gamblers I' .. of '\ I'

a roll call the Senate uas-passed "The disseminatlon of false crop information. "Only yesterday I receiV'erI- than the House bill. The amendments will be ac" ·Tbiil bin does not touch any transaction in' vate wires" are endeavoring to stave off action uu- til a.d�ollrmf. like all bUBiness eepted by the House and the bill' will become a cash gra:ill. 'What it does, in brief, is this: It Cor�gres'� Today, day.s .y:�:"rs Armour Is selling all the. "pu ts" and a to the thirteen boards wf trade:· . �or law within 10 days. While it .is not 1'0 strQng. says calls III pasy.un ImIted the "traders" "'. qua�tltles .that "Yaur if it wishes to de-al I'n m.uat� In w as he had hoped to get, Senator.' Capper de­ body, futur'es, will buy. If".lle.· cali. manl,pula.te the markets tomor- the of row,. 50 that. they wfIl not. advance above "oaU8" or clares it is a big iitep toward. curbing grain gam­ p.revent artificial manipUlation prices; you belo� the or must 'prevent the circulation by your members of dedltre. "'puts" $10,00,0 $2-0.000: whlch- bling. the and the th.e far!ller, barber, bla'cksmith have bet . address to the Senate Mr. false crop ·and market reports; you must abolish In the course· of bis will be "velvet." They caU I� spec-, .. uv har'mfu-l of «. U ut Capper said: t"ke most V·I·":,r,o.US and f·or'JU·s p'-e wllt�atlOn,hml.b�odaythey know and yoU know it Is the cheapest'sort gambllng. I visited "�lr. President, it is nothing new ·that we hear gambling. .ot P.ersonally,. the whllat pit thiS afternoon ("i)Uts"� and "calls" are from ot from '''Ilie bill vests in a board of three Cabinet of- today tl!e producers' .:food, gl'"Rin,deal,;r traded!n between 1 :30 p'. m. and 2 :ao P·. m,) and k """ <� the Secre- Armour s �l'S and and from the victims of specula­ fice"s-the ��cretary o'f Agrl,oulture, representative, George A. Seaver'ns was' miller's, .. .. General-the', surrounde'd by anxious of tion carried en without r'estr"iction, of t�e aoomi tal'Y of Camm�rce and t�e Attorney buyers "puts" lind 'e-alls" on w.heat, :Who were them as' It power, Ilat ot but ot the taktng fast as he nations of speculation in these basic prod:ucts. reg.ulatioll., eUl)iervisi(fII; write d6wn thEr Iii . C9-g1d transac"tf:O'tlff. tfnt"born pit is the nrttVerV�.. to that tire" b()ards cOrrect the a:{"'''''-''s', 'has been beard again sud again,. eltho this .see � LO'un«l ll._li!, 8enitars;, anotltav asent, was f1iw- . · ! fil\�t time a: bUL bas CODle to a v"Ote in. the Senste-. and 11' they do not, Utese. Cabinet! !ii1!!l:(;!en· have' the L.ottpfng the sa�6' :fer'Viae in corn. . .1n die meanti'me, A:r.m01I-l" Is the b6o'kmaker atld But the Senate and other I'JraI\eh Conglfess power, subrjetct to court review, to Stlspe"lld the of- the; o,f Is th,!i' .slitl'T,e as a poO'l 1'0'ont the · trader'. or the from tile ab.50�b.l.nlg: abl!"�t'og _ caUE!u priv. lignin and again have .Dlld. their a1tention fending' board. itseUr, suckers bets Wh>f.C'ir, 1'01.1 in over ll'I1V'Me wites from to this thing a,nd Inquiries a,nd neurin'gs have been ilegels of tradi�g" ill! ·flilttll'e,B. ev.eTY Villalge IUI.II .IIamlet of the &'"t'ea#' West. �. lleld at (}ver and. ove.. it hfts been charged "Mr. which . ... I!:xposure of Mardpulatieo Ma" Certain P"tesident, man:fp"U'lation on tbe 'short' @T lid fHlmitted that gambling cons,tltutes ai great· toe' _.' .::. "Tile bill that governor's of the boards �ehflng' sM,e:of �arket by big speculators' and part of all the business trllnsacted on these ex- requires bear raids thell' af tl'ade shaH direct members to mal{e and file .' by :(o'llower8', su�ll as happen changes. . • every reports of 'future'· tni.nsactions. It mattes such year short.ly before 'or immedfately foliowln:g ":\11'. the 'last year the price President, dul-ing recol'ds available' the of �arve:!t, plays dll'ectly rn'to the hauds of European a to inspectioh Depal1t- of wlleat and corn has been determined to large �he Importers wh() are able to millions of ment of .Ag.riculture ."and the Department of J.us- bl:lY' bushels extent not the demana ana supply of the com­ ()f in by of tbe future market at a reduced price, tile tit-e. Secrecy is necessary to- tIle'manipulator �vheat modity, but by the fabulous quantities, sold on whIch tbey later for .cash wheat. "the market, which is probnbly the realron the Obi· exchange On exchange that nevcr had any' existence, that no severnl occasions. this Board no If a greatest export year ever cagO' of'.Trade keeps' reeol.'\ds. big du�g grain farmer in the world ever toiled. . planted, for wheat, the.. raiders of wheat . manipulator undertakes to 'bea.r' the mrrrket, and the pit -depressed o�el', or offered fOl' sale. the price of the Americin 12 14 the whole knows he is' doing it. he fs the "Crop to' cents be- w6rl� low th-e world' Greatest Year in History bill of the price and below the price of the Export· loser. Under the any manipnlation . . cheap wheat of South America. market would mean the of its trad- "When wheat and CODn came on the mark'et u: closing futu.re business of the i'lillions year ago, the. resumption of option dealing was ing an!'! ti}_e sugpensjon munipu- .Lost � Wheat Gr&w�rs lator or mani>pulators, from fIle' tradi,ng privileges illJlllediately" .fo!llo\Ved by such a·n orgy of gam� country" expoTted": 00'-;> bushels of -of contract markets, The req"&irement that'rec- "Thi� mifUop bllllg operations as to drive prices within It period wheat Itt the f(}rm of Wheat and flollr during the ords shall be' made on transaction from it·s of This every . - mon months far below the cost of production. 1? thsending June 30 �hf8 year. T.he mal1ey .start to final,campletiDn will of" itself" g.reatly· telia raid maintained for 10 consecu- . value of these of wheat wa,; 840 '�ear' was. ne{lrly - e::Iports million to deter and little gamblers from attempting bye months in the frice�of the ·greatest export de­ big dollars or $2.30 a bushel. The American whe�t mand to interfere by their 'operations with tl)e market. for wheat this country ever experienced. raiser aYeraged. something less than $1.30 a bushel, When ..An additional provision. takes out of existence in- this raid bega.n, December futures' o�ned a (Ufference of 365 million dollars: This dollar a 'It demnities or 'puts' and ·calls.' $2.75, Before It ended the farm price of cash bushel difference in the faGe of such figm'eS' is "The also that markets wheat a , bill contract in the grain 'belt bad fallen to 35· cents 'provides indicattoo of a prole.nged and serious shall associations- of prodUcers �onvi:.ncing bUshel. permit Go.operative 1nterterence- with the operatioli of Ute gl'eat fun- "While decline and tl'emendous fall to membel'ship. A big storm has been waged over this steady 'dameotal economic law of supply and demand. . wheat on this estab­ this 'provision, but I think it one of the most com- prices was' going country . o.f "\.Ve· cannot expect to ga:ther gl'apes from this- h�hed new high records for wheat exports, mealS­ menda.ale features of the bill. tles. So long as this juggling of the markets is ured both ,in dollars aJ1d in' bushe·Is. trhe World's Biggest. Gambling Hell and ISO' long as this 'cancer of gambling "I offer these' and ather facts as indictment permitted, my one of the of of - "Mr. President, it is against the law' to run a Hi. necessities IHe is permitted, we the grain gambfer'. Hfs own mar,ket statistIc's gambLing hoU'se anywhere within the 'liJnited cannot expect to ·have pe1'ma.ne-nt prosperity· in COJ:Yict him. The Chicag6 &lird-of Trade plea'ds States. :But to.day, under the cloak of BUsiness the United States. For the men freqnently' glliity to his evil .practices lind. promises; liS it yea�s we are the biggest referred to. by orators as the 'backbone of the has to abate them. On behalf of reSl.Pedability, pellmit.ting gam- oft�n before, Nation' lIa ve bUng: hell in tbe world to be operated on the Chi- avel'iiged barely more than' a decent _ national welfare, on oenalf of fair deaHng and cago Board of Trade. The grain gamblers have Uving by wOl"king their W'ives- and children as- honest mal'I,ets, I ask 1:hat the Nation's lawmakers I made the Exchange build�ng in Chicago the world's well as themselves. The one V'i'tnl industry on 'Put all end to' this great evil. 'hoIlee; 'Monte- Carlo or the Ca- whieh the Nation's welfar-e and • , g.reatest gamb'ling prosperity depend. Five Great �ket Evils Corrected sino�fl:t Havana are not to be compared with it. must have its chall'ce' to live and P'rosper if the' "The Tbe extent and of its for 'rest of us expect to. and if it is to· have tMs to' sygtem " chanc€, purpose af thlis bill, Mr. President, i's . complef;eness c?rrect Some of the' evil of the rounding· up SUCkers eX>plains how the Chicago the grain gambler must go. . pra�tices prafes-' - "In slOnal on the and to Board' of Trade must 'sell' more grain every year conclusion, Mr. P.r!ffi·ident, I s\tbmit this one .speculators grain exchanges .j supervisi.on of the grain f-qtliu'es markets than the entire globe produces. Approximately' thought for the serious consideration of this body: I futhorlze sold 'Ihere can be' no ,more solemn: not to disturb a.ny of their legitimate func­ from 18% ·to 20 billiott bushels of. grain ai'e dl'lty resting upon ?t the. Of United. than to i;OllS. It �vili 110t put any curb OIl free and�u�lim­ at Chicagf> annually at a value ranging from 15 Congress the States preserve hedgIng ay elevator ,compa,nies. e:x;porte'l1s. to- mOl'e than 20 bilUons of dollars. Thousands to the farmer and to the consumer tQ_e free play' m�ll of eeonomie- � and other manufacturers of Pl'OIl- of men have been ruined in the Chicago grain pit. laws upan the prices wliicff the pro- u III.ers, grain ct�. . ducer for his which tlIe I� deals only with the "future" or "pit" �'Of what use, Mr. President, to abolilSh public gets product and consumer or to- abolish tbe when: ·an insti- must pay for his bread. There is not tba't free !rilIlSaetlOn, in ,vhich the transfer of actual< grain gambling. lottery . �� not contemplated. This leg.islation does not d-e� tution is maintained in every small town to which play now. the hedge; but/on the cantrary its. 6bject Is every mnn is invited to d.mp in and gamble a few "If I read the public mind aright, the American 'tor�y llave determined to the hedge. It is not a regula tion .0( do-llars on the grain market? It has been said people do away with every .,,1 le'./tl�l)roVelroate bUSiness many times d.ming the hearings ·that his chance serious mischief-making evil that affects the gen- the' evils· of the marketing' ()If wi,nning. 'IJIl'as not ,one in 20. eral welflne. They have their minds about made Sy��l'ieflY .summarized,. . whlcb t� am un�rtakee to correct lire: "It· is 1ll,nbel1evable t& my mind that the mer- ..uP that the Chicago Boa-rd of Trade's poker play- ,,�m, of the foodstuffs of the cannot lfjg with the food supply is the most...wanton, most " �[k�t mampuWiti{)n by large operators. chandlsing country and unrestricied specumtioo in, exist without a thousand gambling houses as a wicked, most destructiye game of chance in the fOOdPltOmlSC'lIOllS's nffs. side line. world and they are going to stop it very !fodn." 6 KANSAS -FARMER AND MAIL AND BREEZE -e, Free Fair' For Youngsters. 'c Contests Galore Open to Kansas Boys' and Girls BY RAY YA,RNELL'

T.TANSAS boys arid girls will 'playa in tbg-'state. There are two divisions, � big part in the Kansas Free Fair an oral and a written contest. Tho this year. And the babies, too, same person cannot enter both. for they haven't been overlooked by the' Kansas boys who have a knack in management. In fact babies will re- doing .carpenter work have a-"chance celve more attention than ever before. to win a prize in the bird house build- But for the hoys' and girls the big ing 'contest which is a 'special feature show which will be held in T,bpeka, this year. The fair management liffen; from September 12 to 17 willi hold 10, prizes ranglng-In value from $1 to 'many attractions. Dozens of exhibits �7 foe the, lQ best bird houses entered 1U this contest. yeart; are open to them and special programs, Boys under :).8. '

for 'their entertainment and instruction are eligible, , NQ seed is no is left wasted; ground have beeu arranged, ".. Girls and young women will have a

seed is at For the one of the _ chance at the Free Fair to show how unplanted; every deposited . youngsters big. " of the fair will be the well they cau mille cows. ,The givls' equal and uniformly covered with a gest features d�pth baby beef contest announced last sea- r:l:lk!ng cont�st Will 'be held TQesdny son. The Kansas Free Fair offers evening. Prlzes of, $10, $8, $6 and $4 JOBH DEERE $300 in prizes in this event and the Amert- are offered. GRAIN 'DRILL can Hereford, Cattle Breeders" associa- ,-The'Amateur musicians' contest is VANBRUNT tion and .the Kansas. Shorthorn Breed- another feature', for, the young .folks. ers' association have duplicated the Separate contests will be held in piano, of seed furrow. Van Brunt Discs Pulverize Easily adjusted The winner vocal, glee clubs. prizes- in t�e two �asse$. vi9lin and , p�r­ make seed to small seed in ��ly the' SoU and good plant any any of ffrst pHze in each class will receive sons under 18 years are eltgible to furrowa because are set at a per acre desired. they quantity $50 from the fair association and an enter.. This contest will beheld at the run 'alight angle. They 'easily Oover's the Seed •• Tilting equal amount 'from tba.breed assocla- People's Pavilion_�uesday evening at 'and properly because they are lever' enables to iiet 7 :30 o'clock. operator tion.· 'Ji.he contest is open to Kansas �' ecluippecl. with dust-proof. oil­ disc boots to ,cover .the seed there will all boys and girls 'Under �8 years. Steers Then, of, course, .be bearings that are guaran­ it or other tight properly, whether large or heifers calved after· January 1, the big features of the blg' free teed to last. small team is hill or , 'used. up and sired a bull are fai;l'-. Down the Sunflower TraIl" will . 11)20, by registered down. Not to follow . amusements the score. In .. the 'Pla.nt Seed Properly -.. -, necessary eligible' for' entry. Entries are already b� br . with a harrow. Equipped with-the famous Van drag in, from four counties and inquiries big cattle and horse barns boys and will find much to ·interest them , Brunt patented -adjustable gate Van Brun� Grain Drills are have been received from .several other girls force-feed that seed to made in standard sizes and sections of the state. aud the hog and chicken shows will be compels \ flow from grain box in even, con­ styles and can be furnished with . decidedly worth looking over. Up in Cho-Cho, the Health Clown . tinuous streams; metal seed tractor, hitch and grass seeder agricultural hal! some of the best ex- fair -Is tubes and closed delivery pro­ attachment. ,Sold by Jobo Every yoor the management hibits of field and, garden crops in the teCt: until it reaches bottom Deere dealers. <, increasing its, appeal to/children, Las,t state will be' on exhibition' and in the seed , year the Topeka' .Public Health Nurs-, center of the fair grounds eveI;y con .. VALUABLE BOOK FREE ing association held a baby clinic. It ceivable kind .of a machine will .bfl in "Better Graln Yields from the Bame Fields," ,tbtrtl'-two will be repeated thls ·year. A special operation. pap. attractively illustrated. dllacr1bes 'theae drill" and" ten. building has been erected during the Every night-,in fro)J.t of-the .grand­ bow to teat-and aeed. , Wri� today. addre•• lohD aeleot, plint - of northeast the stand 12 .. circus acts will summer agricultural , be, staged. Deere, Moi.1ne, m., and PD 811 big , , On race track. will the aakforlookl�.t building. _ the be, played' The building is especially' adapted liveliest game ,_ever _lnvented-auto to this work. The clinic will be, held polo. It is as full of thrills as an elec­ behind a big glass window thru which' tric battery and about as sn-appy. After the audience, seated on the wide ver- the circus a big fireworks display will unda, can see. The room wil,l be cooled be staged. wlth electric fans for, the comfort ot "We are go.ing to see that the boys the babies and will be tightly screened. and girls have a good time," said Phil E�perts wilL be in charge., - Eastman, secretary, of, the fair. "Wo

. Nearby will'be located a children's want them to enjoy coming .to the Kim­ pla;y_ground and.check stand and moth- sas 'Free Fail' and we know they will ers can Ieave thelrsmull children there eujoy their trip this, yeRT.. I'm sure while they are ,visit�ng the various ex- we wiH have more boy and girl vlsitors hlblts. The children wiU be under the than ever before and nothing wHl please care of a trained nurse antl supervisor. us' more." ------. To .the children a big feature of the daily program will be the activities of Oh'o-Cho, the health clown. This down is (amous thruout the -country for his

, in the work among children. He is full of fun Health Family but along with 'it he' teaches 'health BY C. H. L1llRRIGO lessons, Children, especially the tiny OR. ,) tots, never tire of his antics. In connection with the health tea- ' Sc.hool Should be tures will be the fitter families con- Buildings IIispected test similur .to the one held last year. During the Vacation Season and club Boys' 9:irls' con.tests will, Has your county health officer been be attractions the for big a,t ftll� t�e around to look at your school house this ters, keen 'l'l in youngs There valry a �s . 'summer?' It is' one of his du ties, contests and interest runs high the�e legal obTigation'; the object being to until awards th� a,re �ad�. have a vacation inspection of all school JOHN�DEEREFAMOUS BY GOOD IMPLEMENTS eontests : THE TRADE MARK OF QUALITY MADE Just listen this hS! of, houses in the state so that when school maklng.�o contest. Brea� clubs. opens again the children may go into Canning : Canned fruita, veg- canne� a healthful building. etables, meats, 36 quart display ,can�d Don't think that the-inspection of the club . by canning groups, - doc tor 18 the end 0f tlie matter. He IIn ,Garden clubs' contest for garden, po- ..hut he does correct. The doc- tato and tomato clubs. spects not, Save tor send a to '56,You �oney" Clothing clubs' contest. sh

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.' • . August 20, 192"1.· KANSAS FARMER A�D MAIL' AND 8REEZE'

"Crickets Have Funny Ears!" Says Billy , , BY HARRIIIl'I'TE WILBUR \. -, Min about this bug, Uncle "Yes, and so they may be said to Andy," said 8&l17 BroWD; hold1Dg have named tAem&elves 'cr1ek.et' � 'lit­ TELLout a black criCket that ebe had tIe creaker.' 'Nowr should you care to in the field. see the picked U\) .,' fife; or .vlolln.. that'the insect "Would you like .to see his ears?" plays?" / Uncle Andy took the bright-e�, black- To be sure' the children did care; and skinned insect and' gently stretched" out when Uncle Andy lifted the' insect's its foreleg. '''There they are, one on wing-covers, thru the glasses they saw each side of'· the leg just below the what he pointed out-that on the inner kneejoint." , edge of each was a raised rib, like a looked and so did her cord; there was also a -. Sally closely heavy 'hard our ears, except our ; 171t1alJy io!lle �e �t ftI.t colored illIUIde fingers or a twisted �orner' of tha _ paint bYaddiDctm�colon �in oil. pft....c.nS 0f a HOua8, . washcloth on Sunday nfornings." / ... "But to even that in- I CARTER WHITE LEAD, and theie other in­ Billy 'put Four of a house are h,!-tes - . parta repre- ' to ears," giggled. of may be Sally. sented in this puzzle. When 'you have gredients pur,e paint purchased nearly every­ }lIs does he Thl� crick';"t, now-why found their .names send them ttl. the where paint is sOld at retail and the dealer wiJI! cheer­ want hIS ears m his front legs?" asked - • fully help you to figure out how muda Billy, and the other two laughed. Bmy paint wiB.be-"· plainly .thought his ears had been Rqujred-for any paintilJg you' wi_ 19' do ancI ,wbat it talked of quite enough. wiD cost at IIIu ;year'. r.duee4 ,...... "Oh, among the lower animals, ears, if the creature has any, are not al­ Yoa will find eycrywhertf that the 'cost of daia pure ways in the head. And the cricket paint is so reasonable that you'cannot afford 10 pott- " 'Curries his in his so he forelegs that 'pone any You 'wiD turn them toward .eede�l.!�_g. may any sound just , also find us a horse pricks .uP his ears tihe better' �. �TEK WHITE I.E� so to to to hear. WelL cricket here has a very' ::-� ': ea81 thin and &prea4. CO\fCl' 10 Simple ear; 'it is just a l1ttle pit under ::;� @:; weD and to we" so 10Di that JOU .m the �.;�� skin, which gives him an eardrum always be glad .yaa � and acIied � for the nerve" that is spread out in the .�.t this advertisement. I pit. When a sound strikes. that bit of skin, just as drumsticks strike the head of a drum, the nerve behind it Carter White Lead Co. hears the noise. lNire is the See,' So. PeoriaSt. CIaia.... m. drum." '12042 Then with Ii grass stem Uncle Andy pressed ever so on a carefully certain .', part of the insect's leg, and the children sa w the bit of skin with -the little pit Book 0.. underneath. .And that was all they could see. one such place on .eaeh side DOG DISEASES of each foreleg. CA)' And How 'to Peed "Huh! funny ears! .And funny Malled'tree to ad­ places for them!" ail)' . dress by USe Author. "Yes, yes," nodded Sally, for' on .� H.Clay Glover .... 1 ..·._ Co.:olnc. every side the little musicians were I· . 1IaI1IIm_ 118 W.31.t St.;N••York chirping loudly and strong, "Or-r-r-r-r­ rick! Crir-r-r-rick!" as if they were Puzzle Editor, the Kansas Farmer and holding a concert in which each was Mail and Breeze, Topelm, Kan. There trying to outfife the others. will be packages of postcards for the "Why. they say their. names," 1!Iaid first six boys and girls ariswering cor­ Billy. "Or almost do." rectly. WheatFertilizer When wheat this fall you plant your ,

, GRAI�·' Health in the wrong in me. It Is ridiculous of course but �S:8��lft�AftE'�lf�:-:r�:�N Family It I. awful, too. Ie there nothing that can CO. be done?" G. C. B, COCHRANE PACKING (Continued from Page 6.) 2acl c!t CeatraJ K...... Cit,.. K.... From the sensible tone of your letter Go inside the school and see how well I think there is. You are still able to it Is lighted. M:any a small school see the ridiculous. Take a firm stand house is so shaded with heavy trees on tao principle that even if they are thut the best light is cut off until the talking about you and Jaughlng at you l'ea,"OIi comes when the foliage is shed. it makes no difference. Try to be in­ tel\' trees are an advantage but don't different to criticism. Meantime to . try ;\l!l\'e too heavy a find a doctor who has studied psycho- the growth, .\re. windo!s complete and In. analysis. He can help You very much.. {me - l)lece? Are they clean? Are there __ enough of them? How are the walls -"-r& • "I"" Weiglit and ceiling finished? Are dirty they What 18 the proper weight for a 14 :11 1 d d esola girl te Or a:'re they. finished iI1 years old, and 5 feet 2 Inche. ta.lI? And attractive shades of 1ight coloring such' how can I reduce my weight? What makes as me feel always tired? I weight about 140 light blue or , tan'! pounds. H. M. A. KANSAS FREE FAIR you to 'look ,. begin around the At your and �Yhen age heigbt your proper FARE AND A HALF FOR ROUND TRIP ali ALL RAILROADS with ,your eyes and house weight is no pounds, so you are 30 �i��fl open you will see your, ,wIde pounds 'are thing:s. man_y overweight. Perhaps, you Your child has to go to this S 1 eath1g too much and taking the wronz SEPT. 12 TO 1821 every day. What can you do to TOPEKA, � "kind of food You should exclude fat� 1)1, 11001 fe.r him? It would bea and sweets from you� diet. Eat some Each Year Greater Than the Last. Attendance 1915, �efft attr�ctlveWork for a few of to get meat but do togethe� you. not eat any pork. Try , 180.000; 1916, 220.000; 1917. 248.000; 1918, 262,000; 1919, .and plan a joyful surprIse for cereals and the 0 skimmli:k and eat as many 315,000; 1920, 35C1.oo0. From Every County in perung of Iour school next season. Ka� of green vegetables and as mucb fl.'uit as F.R EVERYBODY To possible. Potatoes should be eaten Ov�roome Self:Consciousness sllaringly. ENOUGH! EVERYBODY CO •• "b���at can a. person do to ove'i-come being FAIR, are setf-conscloue? If two persons We A. M. President ta'r:i1y I enjoy' reading the Kansas Farmer PATTEN, PHI" EASTMAN. S...... , one think It Is If any� lau rg I about/me. and Mail and .' a g"S think It Is at me. If I meet Breeze. Mary Beebe. person s gaze I think they see' something ,Coldwater, Kan. .

- 8 :g:ANSAS FARMER AND MAIL �ND BREEZE A�guBt 20. 1921.

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The Adventures -of the Hoovers - A Message from the Bank Usually Brings Thrills and Grim Reminders-But When It is About a Block of Oil Stock the Feeling is Entirely Different

61T FEJZ ruE: ,AI£.WAV �-O'" 62cJi'(o--! . \, '- , " • August 20, 1921. ·-KANSAS' FARMER AND' MAIl> AND BREEZE

Jayhawker-Farm News BY HARLlIIY HATCH

Wh1JCourt.

.. ')' -Sorghum Crops �nd Pastures Were n·isaster'. Benefited 6y �ent Rains. started caretl!88 FIRE ,oy storing rains. fell in this .loooliCY the A or. handling of gasoline may wipe Good out your bam-your houee-your first week in August. The moisture livestock-EVERYTHING yoU have came too late to .make a cl1i;lp of corn so to sav.e. . worked many years but You don't have to take chances. it helped the fraction of a crop p that the dry 'weather left._ :1tafir, how­ ever, will make a fair ..crop. From what we have seen and learned re­ cently -we judge that this immediate neig_hborhood was possibly the drlest . spot in Eastern Kansas. 'It was the driest in Coffey county for the county as a whole will raise considerable corn, some parts having nearly a normal crop. .�e have been over the corn on this farHrsince the rains and fin}! that the fields having deep, moist SOlI will make, perhaps, 20 bushels to the acre. We have 1lI 40-acre field of corn all on common 'upland and this wiJl produce only enough grain to make the follder very good feed for ea ttle. I ., -- Pastnres Greatly Improved The rains, which came at intervals for several days, spoiled considerable

, hay. There' is some commercial hay be­ Store your gasoline II! the safellt l but we do think that place-in an underground, tank-and . lug put up not stoP worrying about the fire hazard. r much more than half the usual amount State LegIslatures are beginning to of ha� will be baled for shIp­ pas, laws compelling the storage of prairie this inflammable liquid 'undereround. ment. As prtces stand at- present the You can comply with such laws and hay owner could not get his money own with fire-' protect your. property back if' he the to the proof Gilbert and Barker 'Wloderground hired help handle tanks. ·The rains into the _ .l11'e storage hay. put new . The gasoline Ie .drawn from the grass and the season 'for putting up tank by a pump will deliver It which wlll be extended directly into auto, 'truck or tractor good Quality hay bY.' tank, in measured quantitietl If de­ two weeks and pastore will be greatly sired. You not only eliminate fi,re improved. risk, but eave time. money and labor -and it costs but little. Saved the Garden Write "OW Jor illustrated circ"ltiT Irrigation A-3 and lowes' prices on,heequipmen' For several days before the rains :you �eed. Complete or"fi's from $40 up, including pump and unlkrgro,uul clime we had been letting the windmill tank. run night and day, irrigating the gar­ den. The windmill is GILBERT & BARKER system practlca­ ble for a small garden only and even MANUFACTURING co. then it requires a pretty constant wind , 910 So. Michigan Ave. t9- water much -ground, By means of, 111. , Chicago; fhis small. irrigating system we have' Factory; Springfield. MassachuselU been able to keep cucumbers, tomatoes, melons, cabbages. peppers and sweet �=====5=====5a�'f.� potatoes in thrifty growing condition ... ------_,::;---�-- while such .plants not. watered have either died or made no growth. In Bo MMda e most gardens cucumbers drled tip long Copnlaht 1921. by Tba Goodpe&1' Tire &,Bul!ber eo. Ig oney few families ago put up any - and. - - : Fire Wood pickles' but by means of the water we _/.- Sell.·ng used we kept' the cucumber vines bear- Coal is SO high in price- that hundreds ing as long as, we wished. The vines of people who would use �oal are now a which A Real for ordinarily maturing big crop Owners arc to Bargain going get wood to burn. This is will be used later for sweet pickles. a grout opportunity for any man who has timber to better his income this year. Seeding Bluegrass It is easy now for one man to cut A letter from Bourbon of Small Cars' county says lllany cords of wood a The new that was sown last day. English bluegrass " and improved 4· H. P. model OTTAWA spring with oats. The oats were badly Log Saw takes the place of many men. frozen out but the bluegrass seemed to 'l'he new In the five OTTAWA is the easiest Log be making a good stand until lately past years nearly 5,000,000' SIlW to move. It is the fastest and when not much i's to be seen. The in­ most powerful. It does -all the hard quirer wants ttl know if there is' any Work of these of sa wing. The OTTAWA is most show for the grass if not he wishes to popular 30x3¥2-inch Goodyear aep�ndable under any ana all conditions plow the ground for wheat. We can­ for .It c�mes regularly equipped with an .not tell wbether or not the grass sur­ non-skid tires have 'gone into service. O�clllatlllg Magneto which does away vived the July dry spell but it has -been With butteries. our experience that such grass often appears dead until tbfl fall raius"set in More than a million of them are In use whim it shows up again. We never have liked spring seeding of this grass, especlally with grain. Our best plan today. and the one by which we never" failed but once in getting a stand, was to Now can of plow the ground as soon as the- grain you buy these tires, big size, was off and then work down and sow This to bluegrass with a press drill about OTTA WA .. LOll malre. it eaoy for on _ and to saw cords of wood September 1, using 12 to 15 pounds of strong 'long-wearing many each day construction, w,t m�'"h out any hard backbreakinll uJorlr. seed to' the acre. The only time this You can first cut down the tree with plan ever failed us was with the seed- at the same' are the treads, price' you asked, (�.TTAWA, then saw up the trunk, ing of ,the fall of 1909, which' was and fmally buzz up the branches. The killed by a very hard, dry freeze in POwerful 4 H. P. motor 'IS con- February. 1910. to for brands; clutch pay, unknown you can start and the saw �\OIlCll; stop Manure Increases Wheat Yields the engine runs on, When you a I(.1,lle Our wheat is ,1�Ot sawing you have a light weight, plowing �or completed take' a, cliance on unknown except III one field and that we have Why tires, PO:,crfnl portable engine for pumping ' gl'!�l(lillg and other belt work. left for a I ti,?e in. or,ger to cover as The price of the much as possible With manure. It has can OTTAWA is now, when you get Goodyear quality at gl'cntly reduced. The immense factory been our experience that, a good crop prOduction of the Ottawa Manufactur- of wheat can be raised here on even Co. as low a ��g combined with the advantage the thlnest, poorest soil if it be given price? ey have taken a light coat of manure. We to r' by buying up mate- pr.efer In I., a t .less than market prices .has plow this manUl:e u�der but if that lll�rle thIS low price possible. ;.annot be done It 'Yill help the crop .See your Goodyear Service Station' They have if spread on at any time by the first of bo recently published a new ,Ok ,�:llled. "WOOd Sawing Eneyclo- the next May. Of course, manure will It not make wheat in a Dealer IS free to .timber owners year when wheat today. oc �>edlla.Wen fails on aU soils but if wheat i Who make 'a business of saw- makes a will make a S�l� \YoOd.. They have a special propo- crop anywhere �it good THE GOODYEAR TIRE &. RUBBER t.IOIl WlllCh on thin soil tha t has COMPANY tl may be had together with crop had about Free Ol�S Book by wrttine to H C eight loads of manure to the acre. In Olficea TbrOflgbo;,t the World M:�;l'lnfln, Gen. M:gr. of the Ott�w� fac.t, such a fertilizing can usually be 146 relied upon two of Wood St.• Kansas; produce crops �., ' Ottawa, t?

' wheat When , and still leave the land better " WrIting advertisers mention this paper than before. _ MAIL -AND • August _20, 1921. �o KANSAS �A�MER ,AND aREEZE At

beef 01' a year and break duced within the area tributary (0 the Silos qairy product the'Ocean to Chicago amount Brought Prosperity even, I can 'make a profit if I, turn off Bring- Great Lakes. This saving will __ (Continued from Page a greater-quantity and a better BY J. R. HOWARD annually to approximately the entire "3.) quality to' with my own labo 1'. Th'le suo jnakres (Continued from last week.) cost of the impr,ovement required ' seed were _ bushels of threshed, netting this., � . admit ocean vessels into the Great possible . (Last week President J. R. Howard of the us $590. 0.IH" stlage, figurIng the sallle farmer Bureau In dls- Lakes. that American Farm Federation. of the 174�head .at �ntel�igent kno'Ys St Lawrence gain on the balance - e use of a Silo would enable hIS CUssing the development of the .. "21 The commodities thEVery farlll for' principal ' . as arr route cents a d , netted 00.7'S','s110 River econqmtcat shipping Great 6 pou.n $4 to support a' t t 0f l'IVe· into-the _ ocean traffic a 'which will be brought trans-continental '1lnd gave and incidental expenses de·- _ filling c . 1 e sa 0 IS of the reasons set forth by Roy s. will be sto k W'll tghrea erl,eamfounth. extra , summary Lakes over the deep waterway MacElwee, Director of the School Foreign ducted -e: of leave an sur I WOOd 1 suIf'china coffee,' amount stock ample Commerce lit D. C., why this -pu p, ur, clay, p.us Washington, - from Thus we realized full value cos wa tsr- rubber -for the ownerI a fter the t 0f the SIlo would prove a reastbte and economic cocoa, sugar' fruits and nuts " , . 'o'ur when the grain we ocean. The remainder serlirrg . to the Atlantic crop' by same have been met? way fertil'izer mat erra 1s, Iumber, ,hides, and fllling the I of the summary follows herewlth.-Edltor's would have realized about 60 tan- only per rlnd that the man and horse 1abor re ,Note.) canned goods, asphaltum" gums cent,t Alth'0 we r bave fa'ttened any in and ning extracts. sage and tapioca, fibers never. quired harvesting feeding by th'e railroads of the . "13. The country cattle for market, about same as tha and textile grasses, flaxseed, seed for nel.ghpo�S �ho h�ve silo route is the t re­ are inadequate to handle the traffic, done so would not of dispenstng planting, spices; oils" granite .thlOk quired in the usual way. whenever there is any traffic to han- vegetable. the silo It to com- a� eI_Ulbles them It is true that the sllo the prlnctpal • required dIe. the of business and. hardwa�e. '�e ma e an gam. During periods modities will be shipped out- ,.;wite econom�cal greatest amount of labor at one time do but which has been trted in this depression they fairly well, It proved - ward will be gr_!lin, iron ore, iron and all�� and a hea'v:ier cash outlay This is off they are unable to carry the freight - 1 that during a wet spring when steel" coal, agricultural implements, ocality set by one man being abie t0 for during the crop moving periods and at- alfalfa be cured it may be stored . automcblles and vehicles, salt, copper, c�nnot a greater number 0flitves ockcaJeurmg times when commodities are in de- in the SIlo used as a meat and da�ry products, and the an� supple!Dent.the them maud. The transportation shorta eis during summer dry pertods : �andle t� countless manufactures of the indus- !o pasture muc;vm�erI tm?n�S_{l'rder a van age. cost of responsible for the loss' of billion: of -thts way may be carrted �l:a The, trial centers of the Great Lakes. I� �or� catt!e a silo is thus offeset without -dollars annually, The Great Lake's•. making consistent gains, also conserv- Within a short period after' eomple- �Slng.rawmg upon the greater surplus de­ at Lawrence waterway will "have an the We that feeding tion of the deep waterway the com- Ing pasture. fin4 rived If I effect in rellevingtbe trans. silage the milk flow, also by c�n' b�eak Iu{pqrtant merce should amount to approximately '�ncreases w ou surplus, With It I and' will more the cows frftr:: la{g:�i�ales. portation congestion, balancing ration it helps " 20 million tons, with continued growtb .the �v�na e made a proI;.It., . than save its cost 'every year by elim- to use their other feed to the best ad- _ iu the future. But not only a silo mean a profit :hiating losses due to inability of the vantage. Calves and also take d�s "22. The Great 'Lakes are regarded _}p-ules an increase m the of railroads to move the traffic to their share of this succulent q�lantity �he readily ' as a m�t advantageous' location for f�ruvestock output but also m the quality. "14. The cost of getting f,eight feed. shipbuilding, due to the availability of Stunted calves do not make prime thru the, terminals. of the Atlantic We also have found silage of great an abundance of iron ore and other ee- steers, do' they make prime coast frequently equals the coot of the benefit to laying hens, Seventy-six �or breed: sentlals of steel manufacture. The ing ammals. standards, of ratk.haul from points as far west as hens 56 eggs a day during the Purebred. ',enlargement of the channels averaged excellence be .malntalned under Chicago. More and better terminai"proposed winter Season, being confined practl- canno� affording access to the Great "Lakes which have produced only facilities must _ 'be provided but of 'cally all of the witb the silage, .. will permit the the Great ti�e, envi�onmentsscru s, I do not here importance to comm'erce will shipyard,s:6n for feed. We give a _bushel basket mean. that �he create,r Lakes to construct vessels of all sizes green farmer the ,be the opening of a deep water route 'of sllage- to that number of hens, letting ca�not mam�ain high which will .and. types, except the 'very few express gfOddards of hl� 'herd a to the heart of the country ,them it .over, wlthou� s.llo and will be of great value to plek u I that do It easier eliminate a large proportion of' the li��r� sb atn do, lI!eaTI ca,n ' During the last few-','Vears considering h� this , _, IS " Industry, and what IS done easily transfers. the price of 'grain, heading or m.ore 1iI,,,:ly "23. The waterpower development h!gh to be done during a severe winter bliz­ "15: E�timates formerly made reo most of grain will not a revenue..whtch ,otherwise removing the. summer Fall the cost of navigation only a:tford or gardlng barge and seemed advisable, at for ear- za.rd prot:acted drot_lth. will maintain the improvement .ba.s .least rams wlOter snows sometimes hav�, not been sustained by actual ex.', stock thl'u the aI?-d �f- �mortize the full cost within a relt- rymg ��ttle, economlCallf ,feet and. quantity The traffic on the _ quality perience. . barge them and th.e but it will be the direct winter and shll .bave thrifty sel'lou�ly. on other shal. period, of the dally wmter feed beyond the 4!anal is not unlike that son,able but under conditions means of creating a great ind,ustrial gaining, present stockman's control. low �.waterways, and eonsists chiefly of it W�en which in will unless the crop is extra good prob· aye�age Its is no development its�lf pro- comes some of·the bellt growmg Jow.priced products. capacity would not advisable to sprmg vide traffic, on the waterway. ably jJe separate to , large of more �!)an will be'required for'trans. 1\, the year required put No for the grain and forage. months. �:e the local traffic originating ,"24. greater opportunity the ammal condition Some porting We have filled a 16 42 silo from il?- again.. , of commerce by Instead of a f!uccessful development successful men are the ot.l its banks. avoiding of corn fi�dmg ever been offered to mankind. 13 measured acres totaling ap- �alry an additional has SIlo their best msurance tranl!!fe):" it i�tJ;'oduces 170 and therefore sum.mer The advantages cannot be regarded as proximately tons, dronths and short transfer, whi.ch renders it unsuitable Tliis agamst summer pas- com· averaging about 13 tons an acre., outlet for 'the commerce of local importance only. They tlll�e. The good cow draws Il§I ilD general a the resf whi�h .Oll afford more favorable was- worth probably $4 ton; the Great Lakes region. bine to oppor· ber own body to maintam her milli ._9f 'our trade of the field $1 an acre as stalk pasture. the' cost of tunity for expanding with_ flcyw during the dry spell robs "16., Study of transpor. corn on 10 to of.ten. the and bence must be ,regarded There was very little ,it, tation ocean vessels shows that the world, her next calf of conshtutlOnal by bushels an acre. t!le as of interest to every citizen of the_12 essential to a .. to additional cost of running upper be vigor high producer. seems clear that the time has The kind of forage to grown Great Lakes as land. It environment which the >Kansas lIQrts of the comPared the soil Th,e when we can no safely should be' governed largely by witb _AtlantiQ ports. is only a fraction cO:qJe longer offers our livestock is radically the Great Lakes and climatic conditions usual to that cl.imate of the amount which w1ll be saved by, delay the opening of different from' the equable climate of the world." section. One very important point to elimination of rail hauls and transfers. to the commerce under which they were produced in of Wis· consider in the economical use of the ·of distances and Senator Irving L. Lenroot Northern witb its graz· "17. Comparison' accordance Europe longer consi-n, has a broad and definite visi,Qn Ililo is building of a size in Costs of transPQ,rtation fl'om all parts season. The Kansas climate with of the to the with the amount of stock to be kept. �ng of the world to the areas tributary to of the importance project Its severe winter blizzards and what Senator Lenroot, Tbe in the fields is_ in much sumll!er the Great Lakes,' botb by exi!)ting Nation. This is ground drouths produced buffalo whIch better condition in the sprj,ng tban when the, routes and ,by the Great Lakes-S't. says: a storage supply of s�1rplus food West demands the St. Law- cattle are permitted to trample it in �ar,�ied Lawrence waterway, shows that the "The m hump. was self­ and because out the stalks. Also this l�S Th� buffal.o route will make' im. rence outlet to the sea, pasturing sufflcient in a wlOter bhzzard or a latt�r possible when its demands are so just, so necessary feed is much more palatable than J)Ortant savingl;!, amounting to as much summer drouth. Our highly specialized for the not alone for the West, fed dry out of the snow banks as. as $10 a ton on 'some commodities. The future, beef and dairy types are not so adapt, but entire Nation, no opposition shocked fodder sometimes must be fea territory tributary for commerce with of the able. Their surplus food can best be from anY-'lource shall prevail aga'inst It has been our experience that silag� the United Killgdom and Western up for th�m succulent silage. and this which is more brings stock tbru the winter in good, st.ored �n has a population of .about 41 it, great project SlO('e well packed sIlage will keep for Eur?pe to the of this thrifty condition Ilnd is the most sat. millIon, and the area tributary for impor_tant ,prosperity several years, a reserve silo -is destined than the Panama eanal, shall method. While we have not tommerce with Sout,h America a pop- 'country isfactory to come more and more into use. This ,in a few be an accomplished a full'ret-ord of our feeding oper. ulation of about 30. million. The area years kept can be opened time of' drouth, or is fact. Upon the bosom of our ations, after four years' use, of a silo i? tributary for coastwise traffiC. ?road during a hard wmter. Such a, resene and lD'the harbors of our on a rented' farm we felt justified in smaller, but iI}cludes all of the 1m· Great Lakes, silo is the best insurance against a per­ there shall the flags, two of our own each 16 by 51 J)Ortant manufacturing districts adja- great cities; fly building lod of loss and adversity. We are of nation from the m�8tbeads feet. Sila.ge may be stored from year cent to the Great Lakes., every thereby guarant�d against .a loss in of from every part of the to vear if, desired. "lS. The statistics show that the ships coming numbers and a deterioration -in quality of our but not least the silo .. of the but with the upbuilding And last keeps �nters o� production of many world, of our cattle. ,This makes for- profit, merchant marine 'there shall always the of the oland as it en. most importa-nt_ tonnage producing up fertility' permanence and progress in livestock. than livestock industrv tommodities are within the territory be one flag more numerous °any courages'the makes diver- the of the United States Kan. L. S. Lec·kron. . �uccess �ith live�tock tributal'y to the Great Lakes. In this other, flag Abilene, slfled farmmg profItable and this in- of of America.", territory are 75 per cent sures produced a permanent agricultural prosper- man who raises surplul! I Built Silo the wheat, 65 per Cent of the corn, 100 Can any Why ity. Becanse of its deciding influence foodstuffs afford to overlook the great per (!ent ()f th-e flax, 85 per cent of the in livestock t,he silo becomes Lakes·St, I merely propose to tell why I built raising 40 cent of the copper, 74 per importance of tbe Great thru iron, per before I' a car and fixed the keystone of the arch; Not only Lawrence to bis husi· a silo bought cent of the zinc, and 46 per cent of deep waterway the and of tlH� up my place. The reader can sift the 'increasing output quality the lead. The important manufactur· ness? cattle is it but also because , evidence and decide for. himself whether important industries of this territory include of other of-Ii"€- I, ing the reasons are only personal or its relation to kinds agricultural implements, automobiles New Men out of Soldiers Making whether they could be true and applic' stock. The succulent feed it provides and accessories,' rubber manufactures, in winter is well witll hundred men were returned to able in his, own case. rich, supplied meat packing, iron and steel, paper, T�ree acts as a conditioner and Federal Board for Vo· Five ago I moved to a- farm vitamines and and industry by the years furniture, many. others. relish:as well as a source of roughness cational Education during the month which from the time it. was broken up '''19. The present commerce of 'the' for and chickens. The sldmmilk there is an industrial had leased for grain rent. For hogs no basis esti· of April. Altho bee.n Great Lakes affords for from herd fed on bas the United some time every three-year average _the dairy silage commerce of the Great depressi,pn, thruout' States, 'mating the much more than its market value in in­ the Federal Board has been able to had shown the landlord diminishing re- Lakes.St. waterway� ,The fa1'111 !_;awrence turns. The earlier tenants had made creasing the egg production of the which hils been reo place everyone of these 300 rehabili: package freight. Hock as well as many a runty atecl ex-service men in remunerative money and bought farms of their own. starting ferred t() as the inter· - 'being only part in pig. consists permanent occupations. Later tenants had difficulty pa:ying eated in reacbing tidewater, The considerations induced The of the Federal the rent and malting a living.' My foregoing local and interlake , responsibility largely of freight me to build a silo for I a'm ambition'. Board does not cease its was, the 'problem of those who which is not interested in reaching the upon place· problem the "How to build a I like farm'ing and inten{l to play of the of the man bis came often, namely: ,seaboard. grain' :r;nen.t in. emp!oyment O?- I love sons and at death Practically. al� Interest IS taken 10 farm out of worn-out. fields." For . my my iron Iron and coal JectIve. Personal and some ore, pIg for them to have a ohance to "sit his individual and should the em- nucleus and the center around which, plan will use the deep waterway. The gen· case, farm I have in" ancl play with a strengthened hand. in the water· ployment prove too ,strenuous a new I intend to build this ' eral freight interested Kan. L A. Moorhead. Hoiton, ' field is for or should it de. chosen the silo. way is the enormous tonnage which sought him, has not sufficient train· On this farm the one crop system had now moves entirely rail between velop that he .by lle is the run its course. Diversified farming 'Don't let YOUI' land lie bare and idle Great Lakes reglOn and the At· ing to carryon after placed the. This meant livestock next fall and winter. Cover espe· lanttc seaboard. 'The total volume of Federal Vocational Board will give ,was imperative. crops to uti.lize the and enrich the not hoid tilC movement is now about 250 mil· him further training and be responsible forage cially legumes, only help t�is ahead with livestocl, these already in the soil but add hon tons annually., for again placing him in gainful per· soil. Getting plallqood means more, and better livestock to it. If ill dmlbt as te' the best cOyel' "20. The saving on grain will manent employment.. days farm and farmer. crop for farm, consult your couJlty .. to 8 10 cents a bushel, , fOX-,every YOllr amount. fro.m t? on acres like or write the Kansas State WIll affect not A coat on the front porch If the other farmer 160 agent to and only of"IlUint in· ,thl� saVl:J?g can turn off with his own labor for whIch moves for floor works wonders in sprucing up myself Agricultural college, .. Manhattan, the gram actually ." on his own farm a certain amount of formation. export, but practically all tbat pro" the appearance of the honse. - 20, 1921. KAN-SAS A ugust . FARMER AND :MAI� AND.; BREEZE

data lrom Experimental a4e teat 0.1 59 poundlJ per on a IO-year ezperimept bushel as compared to shows that lerti wheat ... only 53poundsper bushel wheat made an /i.ed aver- 101' un!ertilued wheat

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wouldn't send a scrawny, half-fed steer to market and expect­ YOUit to bring top prices. Then why send shriveled, half-fed Wheat? Why not fatten the wheat aa you would fatten the steer? Fatten your wheat-by giving �t the plant food it needs during growth and maturity. The soil furnishes part of the elements re­ quired. Fertilizer furnishes the elements the soil lacks- and this assures an abundant root growth, ample - Mo�t for your money' stooling, healthy stalks,. well-filled heads and plump grains. Ourexpense forlabor, bags,etc.,is the �e for each ton offertilizer shipped Experimen� -conducted by the Agricultural Colleges of the regardless of the number of pounda leading .' winter wheat of plant food in that tOn. states have conclusively shown-an average increase in The more pounds foodwe of' or-plant put yield 80 bushels of better wheat for each ton of ma ton of the less quality . fertilizer, this ex: . fertilizer used.' pense is per pound of plant food. --This saving is yours when Grow No. fwheat-and makeinore Use you buy money. fertilizer liberally. Use Swift's Red Steer Fertilizers, contain­ high analysis mean more food for ing 14% or more of plant food. fertilizers-they plant your money. -

- Whilewesell Buy Swift's Red Steer many brands,weparticu­ Fertilizers-containing 14% or more of plant larly recommend Swift's food. Champion Order at'once from the local Swift dealer or our nearest Wheat and Com Grower, . sales analyzing

division. . 2% ammonia, 12% available phos­ phoric acid and 2 % potash, because Swift & Company, Dept. 96 this brand contains, in right propor­ " the three vital (Fertilizer Dept.) tion, plant food

elements wheat needs. . National Stock Yards, Ill. your crop Swift's Red Steer Fertilizers are Dealers are now who selling or could sell fertili.er ahould packed in 1251b. bags. write for our proposition. Your territory may 11l1'open.

P -A Y S- T 0 USE THE M" / AND MAIL .:AND' BREEZE, ,August 20. 1921. *ANSAS FARMER;, , , .. -: 1� �

( ,I 1 Kansa�.F�rm j.our . �'l Homes] Conveniences-for Future? . T�e,Antidpatiilg . Why Spend "", -, , / /' " ,ar, Jl'LOJUl'fJll IrATIIl WENDT

I� - • Westclox oft the lnatall- Ueed garments that' are strong, warm --tnat's family name' t,lr1ne1'8 put . Big,Ben," .slnd· aer_viceable, shoes, stockings and . , ��t of .an,. m04ern coDv�iil- are needed, Clothing or mao MANY. DeW sweaters encetl, in th!:hom'�1Ultl1 .• for. a ', home C,D.be buUt,aD!J. fUrnished tllru-'. terial·that is not designated PIlr. be distributed out. Sometimea-, this necessitates wliit- ticuiar country will ac­ need. ing a long ,t_ime.. My hOBb&�d.aDd I,b&-. cording to the greatest Donors I the Heve �lili.t cODl:enlence� -a�,Iiot 'lj1xur1�' ,may. however, ·specify country to which their gifts to go. but a shor�Dt, to pr�b', that labor-, theY Wish. sa:ving dev,lcea in tli�. bo�e nO,t only The matertats may be shipped to the Red Cross' Warehouse, do away with, hours, ot. useljlB8 drudg- American Bush the to her Tet'milltll, Brooklyn,' N. Y. _ ery. but' free .housewife 'aile . time in more payiIig .engagemeJ;l-tB. cereals In the tire- "I!!!!!!!!!!:!!:!II!!!!!!!!!!::!!5!!!!!!!!!55!!!!!!5===ii!!!!!!!5!!!!!5:=:'!I By putting my . am ' . less the evening before, I "l e-.. l"'1.... cooker �m� " able to prepare" breakfast while my d"omen� �mer & _ J ' husband separates the milk. '�..Y the � <> �l : aid of the other kitchen conveniences I. � 1 WomenY• I have my housework fbl1shed by 8 :30 Send all question. to the Service Editor. K..n.... Farmer and Mall ..nd Breeze, In . the ThiS enables me to morning. Topeka, K..n, spend the .rema-inder of the morning' 'Or at ...._' " with .my garden apd, chickens, A to Hoi''t'tl MBClIUIes bouse-, u, ng. other house work which many directions Will you plell.8e .gl� me for wives spend the' enUre day doing. operatlnl' the auto knitting machines?...., W. S. ' I If I come t0 my kitch'en at 11'3'0., :it 'KrL Is- n,ot too' late to prepare . dinner and I do not have directions for operating serve it on time with the.cald ot my these machines but you should be able eonvenlences the Pocket Beil' requires pressure cooker. Other to obtaiil them by writing to firm I have that are not shown. In the pic- that manufactures, them. ture are, a tea wagon, bread mixer, steam and a tin CAn .sealer, 'no cooker, � Presened Tomatoes . ' "" - coddling''', our bas three 1'00Dl8 'Altho b,ome only r .hould liKe to. obt"l� ,the r$clpe for pre, · and .a small attic lt Is 80 conY-enlenti,. ""eel tomatoe.. Would- you plea8e print BL ehe furnished lt not , ,ERE'S a good, sturdy ute of good timekeeping arranged a�,lS thB;t � Itt-B: B., crowded and household drUdge17' la Following is a reliable . that'll Westclox people build into ' tomatoes: 'H',timepiece go - reduced to a.minimum. My attemOODI preserved' ,,' .' through anyQld job With}!Ou him, "Ic's a have " �d won't need.pampering, good feeling:tO

, . for' " Pocket Ben isbuilt for hard a watch like that the work and won't shy at a;;, heavy duty jobs on the farm.

' overallpocketoraworkshirt•. No-use exposing your high- ' 't--, I Men whowork out-doors priced watch to every-day and 'want to get full mea- 'hards"tlps and inviting big, sure ,from every repair bills.' ''" I. daylig�t . hOJ,lr;-'lilce Pocket Ben, He Look up Pocket Ben at lias a-double-back case that your dealers. He represents a keeps put dust and dirt and lot of good timekeeping at a him deliver min- veryreasonable price-$2.oo. h'�lp>s every .;� " WESTERN CLOCK:CO., LA SALLR, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. �'LaDtCl';" M.ke� of �':�/o"': 'Big Ben, B"by'�en', P�cket B'c.n, Gio-BeD,Amerl�a,'Slce�-�cter,Jaclt

tUI• In CO" Limited, Qnt. F .,: PeOl,IWnoil. C.n.�IJ;Weltet}l clOCk, Peterboro,�gh,

1,11- • f I , J 'Vhleh I. IJa a Three ROOIll Ho�"e , Pro,'e� ·'I'Ill... (;ozy, Wcll IEqulpl,ed ,Kit"hen, . 'l�"t 'Sn.an 'Space Doe. Not N_COMItate ·I_��ence. , . -

tomatoes, are open for recreations such as city .yellow or red pear or cherry but these women are privileged to enjoy. Other vartettes may' be used' These conveniences were purchased make a more actracttve: preserve. The/ , with the idea of Installlng them in-the tomatoes "should, be ripe. Immerse. .Great Reduction in water new home which we believe we- will them, a few at a time, boiling be able to build sooner because ot for a ft!W minutes. Remove the skins tOUln· Harness them. And instead of anticipating an carefully so as not to brook the Government. a S. we are toes. and into pre­ U'. -;. .' new home them put . easier time in the Weigh . of for Mem- life kettle as many pounds Big heavy U. S. G\}verriment Harness with Breeehing at $37.50 enabled to enjoy "as we go along. serYing with Bureaus and $40.00 for non-Members gran-ulated sugar as you have of toma' \ bers of Farm o. KansRs _ root bY F. B. Cit,,' 'D toes, Prepare green ginger Harness suit or refund all of Aed OrOSB NeedB.010thing all the skin and shaving We guarantee every set of to you - your scraping off '" level . . 1 all orders to . the ginger into small bits. Add money. S�nd The American Red Cross is collect- Kansas State Farm Bureau, M�nbattan, Kansas teaspoon Qf the shavings for every. new and used garments and ma- . ing Missouri State Farm Bureau, Columbia, Missouri pounda.of tomatoes. terials that can be made into garment$'-2 Nebraska State J!'arm Bureau, Lincoln, 'Nebraska, 'or Let of the kettle eDDIe to abroad for 'the relief of t.he co�te�ts be�shipped to a boil and boil 10 minutes. Remove SALES SALINA, KANSAs the people of Eastern and Central Eu- U. S; FAR�' COMPANY, the .tomatoes {r'Om the sirup and TH,E -rope. They are said to be nearer, sprcn,� upon a flat di.sh to --'�__.:_ cool., ------nakedness than they have been th.em today prevent them from comlDgTlllO! since the close of the Na- ":111 at any time When return to bOll· poleonic wars. Uncut mus.lin and flan. �Ileces: coo�, t�e mg SIrUP and until remnants mill ends of boll, g�ntly nelette, Ilnd the desired Put t.h�� cloth for suits 'and yarn and �re t�lCkness. lewIDOD . th\ead Jars hot, ad,dmg a slice of are needed. Mill ends of blankets, for whn� to every JIU' before sealing. instance, make excellent baby blankets: have It is believed that many firms "Jell" MakinO'.. :'J:"elly' odds and 'ends of material on their froJ1) Please tell me how to make jelly - wheO iIheves1 that could be used t0 good ad and what can be done , grapes "jell," C. J� vantage.. ..It pours like thick slrup?-MI'9. becaUse It is felt that the need will reach a" Jellies ar_e liometimes sirupy thun tbe climax this winter. The depreciati'on more sugllr has been used in these countries has fruit juices require ·or because of the currency bdlliUfno economiC ..struc- after the addition of sugar was wrought havoc in the eX' continued to drive off ---'------enough - situaTIon is long - ture, and altho the food , cessive water. now improving, the clothing ,situation is or because is 'acute.. American Red Cross work- Jelly ·tougli stringy was ust� ers say the' number of mothers who small an amount of sugar Farmer Mail and Breeze for for the Quantity of fruit juice' or Kansas and will be unable to provide clothing bt�e the was continued af ORDER BLANK their babies. will pass the million'mark, <:,ause boUing had been and hundreds of thousands of children the jellying point AND MAIL AND Topeka, Kansas. reachcdb KANSAS FARUR BREEZE, when cold weather Crystals appear thruout jelly . will have no shoes' � ,Mall' and Breeze Enclosed find which send Kansas Farmer and accumulated' in cause of an e'Xcess of sugar. $l.00--tor I c6mcs. The clothing 'Whef. with'an' acid for a for a term of one year. homes has at last g.iven out. Even the sugar is· boiled I - Sl� "" ficient of time, it is c1tnll� I patients in hospitals are dependent length Co •••••••••••••••••••••. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• J . into a form which does not Name " paper bandages. cryst�llZ� I upon __ must be collected dur- Crystals are found ill' jelly The clothing sometl��tgt .months in .order because·.the juice is boiled to too -..,.. . late summer •••••••••••••••••••• the rJ.' •••••••••• ing Address' • •••••••••• I" l! concentratIon before the addition to reach EuroPe before cold' weather. f '1:V

- A Good Investment foro-you'

'The Overland car il- built to, lav� the waste of slower transportation. The; price Is-low; but the price of its service il lower still.

' - 1-' - The body is all-stltl; the finish baltd nramlJ; electric starter and liihts designed with the cat; the curtains , open with the doors.' The car lasts, Its fue( savi,ng II altbnishinK, its c�t' ·for tire. and upkeep

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, ,J/l2- Sizes 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches o�k. " � measure. patterns may be ordered from e �?se,I ttorn of I'm Department the Kansas CI' und Mail, n and Breeze, Topeka, 15 mber�rlce cents•. Give size and

, F. 0.'B. Toledo When a Toy is Not a Toy .' By MRs. VELM'A'""WEST- SYKES I - '- Inc.

on<'e WILLYS-OVERLAND, ' k'new. ._ .. er('(l' a mother whom I con- of ;OHIO r the cruelest persons' 1 TOLEDO, llle�ne She ut 7' bad a mUe daughter rround::are. old and' the cbl�d. was with beautiful toys. '·Ber -\

14 KANSAS 'FARMER AND MAIL AND BREEZE Augu'st 20, 1921. Wheat .Market i� Slippery I ( Grain Gamblers Find Excuse for Another Grab

BY .JOHN w. SAMUELS

. .' . for the week sbowed a Demand for corn· was moderate and moderate revival and tflat fact prices were quoted �nchanged at t� EXPORTScoupled with the decrease, in reo close of the market. The. follOWing sales were Kansas ceipts of wheat at many market een- reported Ilt City. 2 te1'8 togethe:r with larger reductions No.1 White corn, �6¥.ac; No, Whii�' No.8 No.4 than were expected in the Govern- 46c; 'fhite, 45%c; White' No. 1 Yellow ment's Augullt crop estimates gave 44%c tif'"45c; corn, 50c: No.2 6Oc; No.3 Yellow, the entire .surplus cODllllltins-of over 70,000 U. S. strength to tutures &8. wen &8 to cash Yellow, 48'hc:' used the at e11 46'L t0 47· No. 2 OFFERINGGovernment Blankets In every style by Army S&Ies &t &II winter markets. Kansas No. 4 Y ow, 7''' c; miXed blanket prices that do+no t average half. And remember, every of to 6 corn, 461flc; No. S mixed, 45<'; NO.4 or refuDded.. futures showed gains IS . Is warranted to be In perfect condttton money City - BlaabtI cents and Chicaso 3% to 4% cents a mixed, 43%c. JIlt. 2181-Blalllleta In fanc;y colo...... N•• 2271-lIeR ..a,. wool'" sales were ��. f::::;�Ix8':'�dJ.-:: bushel. . The following reported at ��:en�a�o�:!� -- :a�. a:.����� l: ���'::� to Government estimates Kansas on other grains: ,1.16 .aell, PGlUlald. ,2.71 eacll� poa&paJd. 4.ccording· City NO.2 �JO'� the present outlook 111 that we may White oats, 33%c: Np. 3 White, 32c; bl�o·an�2Irti;B::=. ��:�'.�::::'; B�ke�2�h; '2 mixed &lid ••Irlrt. "'25 ..ell. peolPaId. expect 213 million bushels of spring No. 4 White, 81c; No. oatl, :;':6W��".2.fim:'Jtri�itp.f.i�ant.d wheat and M4 million bushels of win, 82%c; No. 3 mixed, 31c; NQ. 2 Ued No. 2245-1'10. loft .oolen BllInke'. In He�:;' �e�!hl14��lrl".�n:ne B�=� No •• 1 of Ulii l4edloal c:orp.."'.5 ter wheat in the -United States. Thill oats 32%c' No.3 Red 32c' 4 , or blue; averllie 66.84 Inohos. Id tho InlSinl. Red, f!ay will make a total of 757--million 25c;' No.2' kailr, $i.25; No.3 �::�.u��n:�·ri�d:��:r�·,:'on;:':II:,o��a�'ixohan.eorC"hler'.Ch..It. gran� White :::.t': bushels or 30 mUllon bushels less than White, $1.22;' No.4 White, $1.11; No. Commerce st 1209 W and will be 74 mUllon No. 3 Te'S88 'for last year 2 milo, $1.35; mUo, $1.32; N� FEDERAL DISTRIBUT·I'NG CO• s.a ADtOlllo. Ban bushels under the average for the past 4 milo, $1.30; No.2 rye, $1.02; No 3 Co .• Sft" Guaranty Stote Bank. Referenc.. : T•••• Stal. Bank'" Trult Antonio; Commerotol .... Not connected with -OO...... nt. means that we will 4 Antonio; Dun or 'Bradstreet Ailenel five years. This barley, 51 to 53e; No. barley, We; have 1€68 than 200 milllon bushels fOr flaxseed on Minneapolis basis, $2.10¥. export. _.1 _. to $2.12%. At the close of the market September MUlfeeds Take a Slump wheat in Kansas City was quoted at dech'ned about $1.15%; December wheat at $1.20; Prices on millfeeds $1 -ARMSTRONG� Bran at Kansas i! corn at December for the week, City 1867 September 47%c;· BUILT FOIL SERVICB SlNCB at $12 a ton; brown corn at 50%c.; September oats at quoted $11 tp to shorts, �14 to WATER WELL 33¥.Jc; December oats at 36.%c. Chi, shorts, $12 $1"4; gray ./ cottonseed meal on Milwaukee futures were 9 to 10 eenss higher. $15; CAS WELL cago OIL AND basis, $39 to $42 a ton; linseed meal on DRILLS Cash Sales Decline' 3 Cents Milwaukee basis, $42 to $43.25 a tOll. Portable and Tractor Cash sales of wheat in Kansas City The hay market remains unchanged of week showed itze. for all Purposes IncludiDc in the fore part the and offerings are moderate. The fol· Blut Hole and ProSpectiq to 3 but later advances of 1 cent cents, lowing sales were made in Kansa . Tools _4 SlIPPUe. and the Drlllilg these advances were lost lit to a ton; fromM••reet BrilDcla City: Choice alfalfa, $22 $23 Shipped of close of the market all grades No. 1 to $20.50; standard wIdrE POR CATALOG alfalfa, $1$ wheat were quoted unchanged to 3 alfalfa, $14 to $17.50; No.2 alfalfa No. 1 was suffi­ Dept. WW cents lower. Demand not to No. 3 alfalfa, $6.50 to . $10 $13; The fol· Mfg. CO. The machine' that cient to absorb the offerings. $9.50; No.1 prairie, $11 to $13; No.2 Armstro.ng sales were reported at Kansas. WATERLOO,IOWA lowing. prairie, $�.150 to $10; No.3' prfiil'l� to City: No.1 dark hard wheat, $1.16 $5.50 to $8: No.1 timothy hay, $13 to Branch Bouaes - moved the No. dark hard, $1.30; No.2 timothy, .$9.50 to $'11.50; 30 CharchSt., H'-I. City, EIport city _2 $13.50; �1.31;No.3 dark hard, $1.18 to$1.15,)to.$1._4, No.4 to No.1 clover Weat 15th St. No.3 timothy, $8.50 $9; .229 dark to $1.20; No.5 Fort Worth,T•• the hard, $1.11 da-rk-hay, $11 .to $12.50; No.2-clover, $0.50 country No. 1 hard _!o hard, $1.21; wheat, $1.16 straw a ton . 327 Welt 2.1" St. to $11'' , $7 to LoaAngele.,CaIif. '(US'l' a .imple little IlUlChiDe to $1.23; No.2 hard wheat, $1.14 Scottsville J 'for mixina "crUshed .tone" $1.23; No.3 hard wheat, $1.12 to $1.21; Kentucb No.4 to $1.20; No; 5 hard, Answers (carbide) aod water to produce hard, $1.12 Veterinary SuterSprl.... $1.06 to $1.16; No. 2 Yellow hard ·KaDAa fuel and light. But what a booklets con· wheat, to $1.15; No. 3-�Yellow .We have a supply of m.achinel Thi. m.arveioul ,1.14 from to No.1 Red wheat, Veterinary answers taken . hard, $1.12 $1.13; taining ia known .. the Colt Mail and mechanUm. $1.25 to $1.28; No. 2 Red, $1.25; No. 3 the Kansas Farmer and these Carbide Liahtina-aod.CookJaa Red, $1.19; No.4 Red, $1.16; No. 5 Breeze. We wlll send one of mixed booklets to subscribers on receipt of Plant. Red, $1.08 to $1.10; No.1 wheat, \ Su� $1.20; No.2 mixed, $1.15 to $1.20; No. three one-cent stamps, Address, want thia· be­ Farmer nnd You machine, 3 mixed, $1.14 to $1.17; No.4 mixed, scription Dept., Kansas Kan. cauae: It will tab the heat aod $1.11 to $1.14; No. ·5 mixed, $1.11. Mail and Breeze, Topeka, "", drudgery out of the IUDUDeI' kitchen. by IUbarituting clp.an carbide-gas for sweltering coal Cattle Prices Show Gains and messy oil. It will put man­ made sunlight in every room in the house, bams, outbuildings, and Declines .. Make Sensational Advances 'j'1! drivea. Hogs BY WALTER lU. EVANS It w� give you every advan- over the pack· -, tage of city cooking and lighting of feed now seems as­ agriculture supervision commission men, trlld· at a cost on account of the recent ers, stockyards, wherever you live, and sured stock' PLENTY a and sellers in the coru it is true in ers, buyers 10 low ai, to be negligible. rains. The crop All slaughterers of lives lock, number of localities was damaged by yards. 01 manufacturers and distributors Will let us tell you the the weather before the rains came you dry in allowance for meat food products, engaged' inter'. whole story? Just send us your but after making due are under Ih.e is said that the corn crop in state commerce, brought name and address on a postcard. that It 105 supervision of the Secretary o'f :\�n' Kansas will yield approximately !low! and are from million bushels. Good crops of kafir, culture, prohlblted J. B. COLT� COMPANY frcnn en' and other the following things: First, 30 East 42d Street, New York feterita, Sudan 'grass sor­ will in or using unfair or de�cpll\e ghums with the excellent pastures, gaging or devices ill interstate .or make it posstble to reduce feeding practices second, from costs considerably this fall. foreign commerce; l!irJn� undue or unreasonable on Norttmrest Ranges preference.od Cattle Shortage advantages in such commerce; lhl\: is among pile A shortage of fttt ca ttle reported from buying and selling e to or . I from the Northwestern range country ers with intent apportion, hl1; Missouri B�and Seeds CARBIDB LIGHTING. ot something like 40 per cent as com­ the effect of apportioning the SliPV: AND.COOKING PLANrS or . Quality Seeds for Fifty Years pared with the situation of a year ago. in a monopolistic manner, WII.1l local dealer. Canada of Get !\UssDlIrl Brand Seeds from your C-1-21C Light receipts of cattle from consequent lessening If he can't supply you, write direct to us for compe.titl��;",11 n are on account of the operation from buying or selling samples n nd ouotatioua today, expected fourth, 'e' oun SPF,CJALTY-MlssDurl Grown Blue Or••s, of the Young Emergency Tariff bill. Re­ intent or effect of manipulating Kansas Gr-own Alfalfa. New Crop Seed Now Read7. priCof DENTISTRY also seem to that there or creating monopoly in TOBIN SEED CO., Kansas City, -ports lndioate restr.allit,IO �o. cornfed or from Successors to the Missouri Seed Co. KaD.. City-Western Dental College will not be tin oversupply of commerce; fifth, conspll'lil.g 01 10 school October or sales, Four year ccurae, High rradua.tes. steers to go on the marl,et in apRortion purchtises Write tor cata.log A. KaDaRS ()Ity, Mo. and November. This leads me to be­ martipulate 'prices in commerce. soon be CLIMAX TILE SILOS lieve that better prices may Kansas City Livestock Sales and that coupled with cheaper I Til. Gnln .'.-nto,. e!£pected week the . Til. H� Md BaN_ feeds insure a margin of During .. ought to. notwithstnnd:! We srgarantee Cllrnax Tilo Bilo•. They lad: for cattle prices of tHe. Lo97.at . liberal receipts ever.Steel reintorcing eYeiry layer profit that will be fairly satisfactory shOI�aile �,p;1 . freight rates on Til. and Builillna1Ue. to gain early' in the gume, majority Cu�ed It is believed that the Haugen sharp I 01 to maintain Jf.-n���:"�.�::!�:�lf."; Sound, marke�able. Income-yield· soon become kinds were able till Write tM full informntlon. Packer Control bill' will J)1°fS Ing Bonds and preferred stoclts. as to the close SILO throw auditional the tidvance u.p CLIMAX TILE a CO. offered today-afford opportunity for 'a Ittw and that it will °losedC z t 851 .eourlty BulldtnlZ Common to fail' 851 aprln. St'•• wonderful Investments. This Is the around the livestock in­ week. graues ill! Cotf.rvill•• Ilan. Oklah .. ma City safeguards for the presen t generation to moderate net decline. tlWe will make it more profit· with a Invest. dustry that [1�.r,o, of sold up _., PARTIAL PAYMENT PLAN able. This bill gives the secretary 1,347 pound stellfs t� [hii the highest pri(:e on any You can Invest your tuture lISV­ mali��t s�d Wintered inS's now-by our partial payment In colors explains week. We�tern Inveg·. ste,�.sst"r� plan-5. 10 or 20 payments. Free Catalo<1 can and straIght gr!l'S _ !!: how you sav"" to $9.40 our new up flo! tlgate. Write for or money on Farm Truck Road to $8.60. Feeders were ()ircular "A" or up highrudaf,IV 0 n prices, after a sha:-p gain nlid GUARANTY INVESTMENT CD. ��grO�� �l�':r II"car. Send for . weaken-ed in ,·the next two Kelly, Bagny Bldg., It today. .:>I�_I0...._ !)Jar Wheeler, Thursday atdDTt11 Wichita, Kanus EleCllttWIle,' Ca. nOOTly collapsed 19.' , on Page EIoJ . (Continued . 10 It.,QuIDer,IIL :.. I �BteeJwooa';W@8hecIBtOfit '

1.921. . BREEZE KAN�AS '-FARMER" AND --MAn� , .:AND ...-:- I.' -'"':"-.' �_. -. ,

<; " • - ..... _ '� �. - � ,,' \ .. sell, or exohange your real. e�t, He!!e. '. Belter ,BUY! . estat.. adYerUaements on this page (in Passed • Farm.Laws _' . " 'e 'Rea EseRe"td" small t)"pe, set solid and classified �'h . 'I .:. by"tates) .. - cost 75 • cents an agate line each Issue, Study � !iWrlte a good one and 'figure Ita .thes,e _ad�, . Curbed and Farm .. . cost. Sena. money -order, draft or check Gamblers .. .' - Provided - Credits , . Grain .I"�� -p�. i'rIc'-e'� ... - IAl6a""ket , ' , with. . '_,.' :. your' a4. ,.L

' , BY . JO�N W. WILKINSON Th�e "are 7 o� Capper PubU_UoJ;l&< bt reach.ol'er a· million. and a half f�mrile8 "hleh are also Widel.v used- tor real est.!-te advertisIng. Write for epeolal Real. Estate' rates • .BpecUI 4J.IHouDt used ,In now feel more eaeour- 800,000- for oats, $56,100,000 for corn, adYert�s� �� $h_,� clven'.wh� combinatIon.

' - . to carryon their' work since and for ,Almost· . ,;' aged $Q4,401),000, wheat. • , , ," FARMERS,Congress has initiated' several ,every crop was adversely affected. ," .,' � .' .. . to relief The conditions on COl1oRAno • ]llCasnres designed bring tb,em following Augu�t 'Special Notice��'::�:::=� :--- j :1 n ere I� umber ii6w 'n� ftW 'Che lUGl COLORADO, FARMS of" any size, Irri-ga.�ed 1 s em 0 im as' ma e. 0 .E,ta����u:� 'or Near 01 tile 0ltf �alYs. eMd.UtChbiilsl' exPbecdted,y- 11. winary.reportited:t Wfi�terprodWhetlat;uer on, �54re-4 IMuff"" bIIlO 0'01,'1".1: 8CllurdlJII morning, OM non-Irrlga.ted. .Denve!'(, B'eri'd for. �lla �r . agr1cu. "." free -3.. tlon's ...1: in adll4f1U :v The ZaiIg ,lnvesfment Co•• loans : ,. _ tile bushels. Pro- 'publication,. .. 'b\lok,!et plan.for , jug AdmlDls�ra mllli?p- Spring. w;heat ,�f American Bank .Blde.• tue War Fmance Corporation to. auction forecast" 213 .mllllon bushels, ·�en.ver; Colo�c.'��, by ' aiel exports of farm products, The with a condition 66.6 per cent of a, nor- KANSA$ - 160 �CRES vailey land, 9 ml. M(jhri:�pe. from the mal. a of mil- .Graded school corner. Unde.· Irrig., ;Jleasure as it went Senate This makes total 75T FOR BARGAINS .In 'West Centl'ltt' Kansall .6"ft!1. , to tile House authorized agnlcultural lion bushels or 30 mUlion bushels less lands, -write Jas. H.,L1ttle, LaCros8e,,-Kan. �to�:i:ap:rJ;'t�r �1���hlc:.��e�'eas!�r�orQ��tt[� $32,000. lII. B. ton us from the cash capital of the War thaQ the final estimate last year. ,820 ACRES linp. level wheat land, $30 A. !,rl�e Stover. Montrose� �o.

- .. Splher Realty & Abstract Co.. Gove. Kan. " as needed. to ·Edward Paxton ot - liiuHnce CorporatioIf may be . AccordIng c. of all . 'l'lJis cash capital R!D.ounts to.lh billion- th� United States Bureau of Crop �sti-. w�r���1£! ��� ESTAT,E �Inds. 'Wb' p-'aV dollars and in addttlou to this a bond mates at Topeka, Kan., the Govern- -Frauklln Co. Inv. Co., Ottawa,' Kansas. -Y' 'J Hid�� ,Ren,t: dollars is estimate of and San l'c�lleW of 2 billion authorised ment winter wheat pro- .sambl;'. on"ra1!lfa.ll?' L�ls: Valley, WRITE for our free list of Eastern Kansas - r" d I I at d f' d " Coj d .other duction in Kansas is . to provide any funds that'may_ 117,398,000 bush- farms and ranches tor 'sale." _ oos� �m�ch�·r {�s: angr��e ���,J';t'!, �3r�d:�I. . Ea."rD.Kan_ Land Co DC required. One of, the a�endments els as compared with last year's crop Th� .• Qu�emo,,� -tbouaand ac...,s to seleee from, In- to the bill for' loans to of and the five- Se�{al added 126,844,000 bushels, CHOICE W-ELL,'IMPRnVEi;) 120 a. alfalfa. p!ov}�es ' ��:'O:!{.�I�op��v!:r���.';�dl;r:'P'i':,da��I�:I���4,slf notes attd other Instru- year of bushels for farm, 1* ,.mlles town, for d�-,' yo.u are In a pruducers upon average. 100,471,000 'W!lte: f�JI tra«ts.• If Intere�ted greater.' ."crlptlon. By�d�. Co., Erie, Xliii., futU�il come with ua .and over this ter- . when' secured 1915 to Inclusive. The 9Iark.ll!v. look, of indebtedness ._-- UJClltS , by 1�19 production . where. ,-__'. tile. valley alfalfa, ,hogs ¥d wl!eat '. or. con- .as an ,of 80 Imp" mile town. PrIce $90 at:re. chattel mortgages other papers reported gives average YIeld ACRES, wlJI m.ake you Independent e • Write for pr.lce. balance 6%. - a marketable title to 12.4 bushelaan the lowest aver-" Smal� pay�ent, PO,>&Oesslon, terms. � veyiug staple ag- acre, _ :an!1 <. • P. -Atchison, Waverly, . Kap�. -UNION - ncuitural products IneludlngIivestock, age since 1917., The area is estimated ,H. FINANCE AND 'MORTGAGE CO.. 240 ACRES, 120 cult., bal. grass. Shallow' 219,20 City, Nat'l, Neb. Tile American Farm Bureau Federa- at 9516000" acres which is the second " Omaha, , ., . . water, $4.5.00 A. Terms. Corn ,and wheat tton IS urging the earl�...passage of this largest ,ac.reage harvested in the his- land. - Wm. COl[, Col1;y""., Ka,nsu.

it is hoped that Immediate ac- of the state, Kan.sas this year _ ·CALIFORNiA b.iI! an� to.ry ,LAND producing $10,0 to' U,OOO per acre, 5 will obtained. WIll Na- lion be produce 21.8 �r cent 'of- the to 40 aore, payments, $50 to $300 down. . -, ACRES-; - 800,060,000 Send for . tion's winter wheat book,ler. free government land In U. Tbe T' cber supply. The Sta� Kan, ·S, Sen.,. for tree Capper- m, Bill Company, lola, - The corn, yield of Kansas is' esti- M�noUa La�d deacrlptlve' circular of our 100-page book which tells 'rile for the regu- WE NOW HAVE the and of :'Th� HOlI),eseeker," you how to largest beat.'llat ,. Capper:Tincher �i_ll maTed by the Government at 105,157,. this or send for "_ acquire land, dlreot, • sa boalt . of the .' J�tlon graIn.., exchanges pa�sed 000 bushels as compared with 127;535,- ra;rl��dfo�mly:�ve1r. l::n8' X:v� .' THE HOMESEEKER, SCIW te on 9 was sent to b��r���n:'h�d. DePartment 1M, LoB CaUt. August �nd ·000 bushels .for last year. This makes Co., 417 Winne BldIr., Wichita, :Kansas. �ele8, the __ It is'safe Co�ference Comm1tte.:; an average yield of 21.3 bushels on .WHEAT LAND that' bill WIll be NESS COUNTY t? prcd�ct th,e pas�eC1 4,930,000- acres. The average produc- Good smooth land from $30 to $60- per ... flllally m a form to be of real servIce acre. Write for free list and county map. tion for, the last fiv� years has been Nee. AND LOT . Goo. P. K_... free to tile It abolishes transac- Lolmell, (JIty,' BUNGALOW, given away producer. 93;284000 bushels The of oats Kissimmee lot sale,. ,60 each.. ,- . yield tiJns known as indemnities, Qr LAWRENCE CITY, 8uburban homes. and Kbalmmee, Florida" "puts" in', K�nsas is estimated at 48092000 Borer. �·.-BobertB; .. and "calls," Spellial 160, �y levying a. pr-Q.hibitive bu.sh�ls or 21.9 bushels an acre �s dom- 4 �f{�'SS ��t,re1aOcoh ���e'Zn�'h::i�Y" It �dm1ts associa-, with bushels for last Hostord InV. & �ort;. Co.,.mwrence, Kansas. t�x. c?-Qperatlve pared 68,799,000 , MISSOURI to in . • • rec,og- .', lega.¥.r . and bushels in. the five- all _ 1l?IIS �embersh1p year- 48,489,000 i60-ACRE IMPROVED· FARM, level, Dlzccl gram As amended Walnut creek 2 miles 120· WRITE LETCHWORTH' IJ; SON, Commerce exchanges.' by average. The bar1 0f the bottom. town, year ey crop Blde.. :Kansas (l.1ty. Mo.. for farm bargains. It earn- acres' cult., bal, grass. Price $8,600; terms", �IJ�, state is r.aied at 72 per cent of the, ,nor- No trade, H. L. Baker, LaCrosse, Kansas.. JII"H Sef?ate0 co-operaprtoi.vid,esaSSOCla ay TRADES m..-de eve).'y.,.here, Describe ,property' . ve, .th�tt�he. . with an estimated of ' 1.ons m. ma,l, yield' 17,- and tell me your want.. Duke,Adrlan,Mo. � ellS1 t 1'1 b ted b f1d mem- I HAVE 10 TO 15 GOOD FARMS f I u. e, bushels. Last was �mong ona. 497,000 year's crop - near Lawrence. Alao IIllme �el'S. III attractf�e s:l.\� POOR MAN'S Dea�mg futures wIll be per- burban These farms can be bought CHANCE-U down, $5 monthly 21285000 bushels' the -largest in the places. acres' ' .- buys fQrty grain, 'fruit, poultry, land; nlllled on 13 markets to 'be on 'terms. . designatE)d sta' teO's' ,. _ T - some timber, near town, price $200. O�her history. W • CI ss. • Kan. tloOd awBOn, "8".. .--wr_, - - by tile of and, ·bargalns. Box Carth Ml8s01irl� , . Secretary Agriculture, .,' 4�5"O, ...e, , he luny compel grain exchanges to ex- Other K!lDSa8 Crop.Yleld!!' - 80 ACRES, 4 miles trading point; 10 miTes , .. ." lIJISSOURl, $5 down, $5 ·-4'0'. , Ottawa' all tillable smooth land good monthly. buy. .. in the The busnels- acres truck"and land near '., . erel?C .preventing dis- potato YIeld is, 5,091,000 well watered; sacrifice price poultry ,tl1wn d.i1igence' I�provern'ents, southern Price tor �CIUlllatlOn of false which is an of 67.9 bushels an '$8,000. Mansfield Land & Loan M!ssourl, $200,. l:lelJd . crop reports by average Ter,ms. list-. . Kansas. bargain .Box 276, SprlncfleId, ." 'J<.' _ Ottawa,. Ilwir ' and acre, _ members, to keep records of _ .', _(lom�any" :tIL Iransactions 'for his inspectlon and Other crops in Kansas are rated in THREE .. WELL IMPROVED Kaw Valley· near and MINNESOTA tliat of tile Department of Justice. This the following way:.c., Rye yield, 12.5 farms on gravel roa,d, Rossville ..... fIICH.'Hll'e is an- bushels an acre with a PRODUCTIVE discussea in detail in pfoduction :of �:tl��Y!l:M�";,n�\gt°t' ;��'e �6�d·atC:�S.. �:W� LAND8-Crol payment 0; OllieI' part of this issue of the Kansas bushels; alfalfa condition, 70 J, M. Conlan, St. Marys, �ansas. easy terms. Along the Northern .l'aclflo.· 1;400,000 Ry.. In Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana," FarlllCl' and Mail-and 88 Waahlngton and Bl'eeze by Sen- 'pe�' cent; pa�ture conditi0!ls, per TO $ETTLE ESTATE-240 ,acres, 6 miles Idaho, Oregon. 'Free Utera- alol.' well Im­ Capper. If the bill becomes a cent; grain sorghum conditlOn, 88 per. from town, all smooth, bTack soH, law iJU;:rIi,s:l ;..�t��ai!'�����:�t;,y��UJ, �: in its present .form 11a..llOW seems cent with a yield of 21.lDusheis an f.�Yb:di7�IS:n 4a���� -M�:�kerd'ui!'n3"i�t�".!!i cerlain it will be of benefit acre and a of Co.. 312-1& New England Bldg.,Topek_a, Kan, great to production �,140,000 mCmGAN ,funuers in and every pal't of the Nation. bushels; wate:t;melons cantaloupes, IMPROVED QUARTE:R--42,900 �L'hh ends a fight of more than 25 �ondition, 80 per cent; broomcorn, 3 mllee Sew.ard. county town, $800 'cash, 120 ACRES, 20 cleared, cabin, stable, level, balance easy term•. Small house, barn, well, some black muck, $10 a. $200 cash, $10 yearS' dUl'Ution,to the ex- .condltion, 81 per" cent·, sugar, b..eets, bring. grain . 'fenced pa!l�ure; 80 acres growing crops, '.4 'month, Mich. tI Evans-Tinney Co" Frem�t, mug-es under Government control. condition, 93 per cent. goes, Griffith & Baughman, Liberal, Kan.

In the weekly report of the Kansas and Freight Reductions FOR SALE-20-acre chicken daIry farm­ MONTANA Coming state' board of agriculture for the week one mile to pavement, Ottawa, Kan, Fine' 'J'ile reduction alfalfa land well Improved. Price $7,600. of 71/2 cents a hundl'ed J. C. secre- REAL FARM ending August 13, Mohler, . BARGAIN, Irrigated' (160) Can assume $3,6QO mortgage 6%. _ POllnCis ill rates on near Mont. Water rights freight grain and tal'Y of the board, says: "Heavy rains B. F. Owner, pttawa, Kimsas. Winnett, paid, gralll �owers, fine Irrl'gatlon system. New bulldlngs, bIg products to Atlantic ports l'e­ fell in the northern half of the eastern FINE WELL IMPROV'ED l20-ACRE FARM crops, $36 acre, little cash, balance long c(,lIl1y announced will when it -Ume 6 Write me. becomes third of Kansas 'in some 3% miles of Ottawa, Kansas, 'worth $200 %. D. Williams, Owner. ei'i'cl'li amoun.tlllg BOl[ , ve of considerable' per acre. Sacrifice for Extra 1166, Spokane,' Wash, prove advan­ to as much as 5 to,7 inches. In $130. good ta;;'c to places shippers, It wiU bring the some of the south central counties fail' from term4pan���eL�d I�!.,ott����, ��:���:.., NEW YORK blllliPing .many Eastern Atlantic rains have fallen and conditions are 110llits into with the CATTLE AND SHEEP RANCH, 1,360 acres, competition Gulf reported satisfactory. Only a little 6 'I II YOU CAN'T RESIST portH on a more equitable basis. In rain fell in Central and Western Kan- alfalr.:: e:60H:�rl:'gm�:;:. ��l:��:' fl�� :��:: these 89 acres one mile ,trom city .lIne with fine 15 cows, all buildings, horses, tools, ' !il?cnssing this point the Northwestern sas. AI llicr :fs�dan�n�a��!8 p':;�p�cr�a!:fr.:fd In����'in!�t crops, fruit. $8,400 complete, $3,000 .down. says: "At Kansas City for ex­ "Corn is in good condition .in the & Realty Co., Healy, Kansas. Send for catalog. Coughlin's Farm Clearlng tile rate to the. G\llf for House, Syracuse, N. Y. J�:l�n,)l!e export u� cents a hundred poonds; the rate BARGAIN , tu REAL WANTED 200 acres creek and Jiver bottom land. .);ew York for export was to ESTA'l:E Good Improvement., 60 �.A. 25 OKLAHOMA prior � prairie grass, A. now In alfalfa, 100 will grow It. Would reduction of May 2, cents on CASH BUYERS want Kansas farms thIs fall. �:IC '54%' giye pOBsesslon.of wheat ground"l� sold Boon. 160 ACRES, 2 mile. city 3,000 this county.· and Will deal with owner Write R. A. ,OUt 531h cents on wheat. The only. Price only $160' per acre, $9600 mtg. at 6%, 80 a. good bottom In cult, Balance pas­ l,ul[ 820. WlIldnson Ncb. •. largely determined the wheat McNown. Bldg., Omaha, above price, only; good till August �st. Many ture. Good Imp. $6,000. Ter[Ils. Ill'lcC, and other bargains. Southern Realty ,Co., MeAlest�, Oklaltoma" export flour could., move WANTED TO HEAR ·from pwner of a farm R. Hartford. Kansas. only 1'lll'U or good land for sale, possession thIs R,. Joh�son, the Gulf With the 2 raw May winter_ L. Jones, Box. 478, Olney, Illlnois. FOR SALE-80 acres of good land In reLluction, the Ne� York rate came A REAL BARGAIN-640 a. wheat farm nine Mayes Co., Okla. 3 miles west from Mazie, • to miles fro'm to"m, 336 a. In cult., 135 a. to ren t eyery year an'd cloMe to oil fIelds. Price cents on I HAVE (lA.SH BUYERS for ...Iable 'arm., 50% flour for export,. be broken and 17.0 a. In pasture. This farm $30 per. acre. Address, Joseph Plzlnger, 84� I Will deal with o ....ner. GIve ��:;�\;ll wIJeat 1 cent onlT, de.crlp. has a. good house, barn and other improve­ N. Washlngto.n, Wichita, Kallsas. .' less. Tlle present . tlon and caah price. ments, the wheat averaged 20 bushels to the I'eduction the Morrie M. Perldnll, Box 1T8, CObuDbiA. .... j\llnO.iil,l,ced brings export acre on this place this year. Owner must 43 with sell at once. Price $23;000. Can' ma'ke lib- DAKOTA cents; " S()UTH t1�:I�) l�te .,clown t� .and, eral terms for part payment. For particu- cellts reductIon to Ba'ltlmore ana , ::: lar write or wire me, I have several other Vi;' SALE OR EXCHANGE SOUTH DAKOTA-You can own your OWl) the �_�_�_�_ real J, ,J. Kan. ports, prospective rate to _"._�_�_�_��, bargains. GalUvan, Ensign, farm. Write for free literature. describing JlllglJ��alC for export will be TBADES ANYWHERE-WHAT HAVE YOU? the state and Its opportunities In farm lands. hllt.'l�;. seaIJo�rd Bersle Agency, ElDorado, Kansas, South Dakota produces annually more neW' cents hIgher than the 'rate to :N, ,.," ARKANSAS agricultural wealth than any other state. Land Is low . With' a normal city suburban bomes, Sale prIced, Write today. State I differ­ �RMS, property, Cll.l1:!'I ]Orleans.In trade. & Irwin D. ocean or SOule Pope, Emporia., Kansas. WOULD YOU BUY A HOME with our lIb­ Immigration Department, Aldrich. rates, 'the Eastern sea­ South hO'I'.'1'L --eral terms? Write for new list over 200 Commissioner, Pierre, Dakota. lllay again 'l!: be'come available to WANT TO HEAR from party bavlng farm farms all sizes. Mills & Son, Booneville, Ark. 'PileI'S on for sale. Give particulars a.nd lowest price. foreign' shipments." "olm J. Black. St.,Chlppewa Fall8.Wls. c;Japper BUY A FARM In th.e fruit and farm· l\fiSCELLANEOUS JUly'S ,tant hot weather great I' ,,' ,cons ancl lack country ot northwest Arkansas where FARMS, ranches, city property, merchandise Ing reduced land I. cheap and terms are reasonable, For SELL YOUR PROPERTY prospective produc­ for sale and exchllnge. WrIte us. Weeks QUICKLY tit}]\,j �;,Ial� free literature and list of farms write for cash, no matter where ClOPS more tItan a of & Shackelford; 1028 E. Kansas City, Mo. lo'cated, partic­ '[ Lill i� quarter 8l,St" J. M. Doyel. Mountainburg, Arkansas. ulars free. Real Esta� Salesman Co.. 51111 dollars. The reo Lincoln. Neb. ' )181't August crop FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Ranches and Brownell, oJ'll' sl\"lVe t�e Department Q..f Agricult,ure farms. Would' like' to list good Income property, E•. E" Gabbart. Alva, Oklahoma. WASHINGTON oj' I ;1 forecasts reduced by miilions )U�lle1s co Farm Ranch Loans l'WIth a month ago. 2,000 ACRES, one best grain and stock DO YOU WANT A HOME In a rich valley e �'hl� l'e' mp�re( c1Llced ranches in Lane county, Kansas: improved;. near Spokane, on three transcontinental Kansas a.nd Oal,' estImates of corn, Ol\.lahoma) wlleat, want smaller farm, 1II1\I'-8flelll Land & Loan where Boll Is rainfall ample, "and h't railroads, good, Lowest Current Rate w. l.e potatoes alone nggre- Co.. Bonflls Bldg., KansRS City, Mo. summers cool, winters moderate? The kind g:It.'i1 '�I)r.' of stump land that. pays to clear, where a Quick Service. Liberal JIP.. 1 i b'liiliels and tbe pros­ Option, \'� 'I ,mlll:lOn LIST YOUR FARM, property or stocl< of farmer with $1,600 can hope to succeed. calculated ori , Interest Annual or Semi-Annual, Ail�ll�t prod.uction goods with us for sale or exchange. It Timothy and clover green 'eight months In �s�,o�al.m prtces amounts to 83 you expect to buy this tall It will pay you year, natural dairy country; land cheap; 1-0 THE PIONEER MORTGAGE Jillion cl to write U9, The KanSR.. 6 cent. Humbird CO� onaI's for white Laud Company,. yearly payments at per potatoes, $64,. 232 S. Main St" Ottawa, Kansas. Lumber Company, Box E, SandpolDt;, Idaho. TOPEKA, KANSAS. MAIL BREEZE • .A. ugus t 20, 1921. ;16 KANSAS' FARMER AND AND

which have helped kafir very much and made plowing possible. A few ea Ies are he. ing held .and prices are very low. especlatly are 23c and horses. Eggs worth butterht' ADVERTISING Is 39c.-J. W. Hendrix. August 6. CLf\SSIFIEQ Barber-Wheat threshing Is prOgressin' FARMERS' more consecutive Insertion. -four or on for less than four Insertions; so m'uch Rate: 12 cents a word, each insertion, orde'i-'s very slowly on account ot rain un� Initial or number In advertisement and signature. cents word. Count as a word each abbreviation. the yield Is unsatisfactory; being only 8 to 'the rate Is 10 .80 or:ders. Real estate and �lvestoGk ..dver. illustrations admitted. Remittances must ac�mpany 12 bushels an acre, Cer-n Is excellent and No display type or Minimum ten are not accepted for this dep'&l'tmtnt. charge. wor-ds. will yield from 60 to 75 bushels an acre. All tlsing have separate depar-tments and grass crops are good. Pastures are excellent and livestock· is in excellent condition few sales are being held now and DOGS AND PONIEs Very price; TABLE 01' BATEs are, low. Eggs are worth 1.5c; fries, 20c' and is h'e1l!!; -16c wheat $1.05; corn. 50e:' One Four FOR BIRDSELL PURE BRED 6-0LLIE MALE PUPPIES, $8 6. I Four ALFALFA HULLEJ;l. SALE. Itafir. 45c.-Homer Hastings. August Word.· time tim... on�" Clay Center. Kan. each. L. A. Poe, Hunnewell, Kan. tIme tline. No.3, U. S: G. 1:,ho"'nlon. Ohautauqua-c-Corn has been damaged 10 $1.20 U.OO Word. SHEPHERD som« USED COLLIES AND OLD ENGLISH is 1.S2 '.41 26 12. $10.40 PAPEC ENSILAGE-CUTTER 16-INCH by the dl'y weather. The ground too dry 11 pups. Females. $5 to-$8. Males. U to $12. 27 24 10.80 seasons. Warren Watts. Clay Center. and hard to plow. We have been haVing 1.44 4.S' two _ 12 . Mo. S.16 l1.�O A. R. Martin. R.I. Macon. weather. Gardens have dried 13 1.66 -6.11 28 ;rs:an. • good hay up .u '.48 11.80 THREE MONTHS. READY TO There Is no marlcet for livestock. Eggs are U.· '1.88 1i.80 STAUDE MAK-A TRACTOR; ALSO FORD COLLIES. S.80 12.00 Suit or money back, Males, and wheat Is from •••••• 1.80 8.80 10 train. you worth 20c; shorts. $1 70e 1& car. Bargain prices; 1nlght trade. N: C. U ....• 3.72 12.40 .) $5. Franlt Barrington. Sedan, to flour. $2.25; bran. 80c. 1.93 t.40 Kans. $10; females. 80c; butterfat. 35c;. 3.84 12.S0 Dewey, Seward, 6. '1,1817 ;. %.04 8.S0 8% Kan. -A. A. Nance. August 3.86 13.20 WRECKED MOLINE TRACTOR PARTS. r 2.16 7.20 SS' SHEPHERDS AND SCOTCH rains have fallen over 18 .. ENGLISH Coffey-Good most 24 4.08 18.10 Models liB" and "C." Satisfa.ction guar 1 2.18 7.80 f Collie puppies. Natural heelers. $4.00 and of the county. Corn was, damaged conSider. 4.10 14.00 anteed. WOOd, Cottonwood Falls. Kan. 10 2.40 .'.00 35 ,Roy Satisfaction guaranteed. H. W. the'drouth but there wlll be a large 4.11 14.40 $7.60 each. ably by 21: lI.n 8.40 31 FOR SALE OR TRADE-MODEL C MO- Kan. 4.44 14.80 Cheetnut. Kincaid. crop 21 2.&4 1.10 81 l tractor with plows and 16.10 line Untver-sa COL· 1:0.,Ptior��1.iT."a�;:�;:�:·�ui��i ��tato ' 2.78 '.2a '88 4.68 Enter­ GERMAN SHEPHERD. AIREDALES. SI truck. Good ahape. Ed.- Rissman. • 4.81 15.80 lies and Old English Shepherd dOgs. Brood "Clay-'Ve had excellent weather during 14 •••••• 2.81 '.80 at 4.U· 11." pri!,�_Kan'. matrons. pupptea. Farm helpers. 10c fm' July. It was hot trom July 1 to July 31 •• 00 10.'0 40 JIi _ •••••• 20x30 FOR SALE OR TRADE-A NEW Instructive 118t. W. R. Watson, Macon. Mo. Out we had no cool waves aqd no hot wind,. B,BtJABLB ADnBTI8ING Avery separator. tully eQuipped. and a On .Tuly 25 corn was sufterlng badly for Harc1ware Co In Lenora •• wa.nt ot rain. On August 2 -we received CX� W. belleve that every advertlsemerlt PET bhe ��-:ior!�j�an:ltan. 8�OCK cellent showers which were excellent for tbIa department Ia reliable anll e:I:ercf.e adver­ sUffering crops. No cases of ·hog chOlera care In clanltled ON WALLIS TRACT,ORS. FLE:'II­ utmo.t acceptlnl' OVERSTOCKED PEDIGREED NEW ZEALAND AND have been Teported and livestock-in general ... &II everytb.1ng new tractors which I offer at doUars tbl1n&,. How ·er. practically. Have foflr tsh Giant rabbits. Females. two Is In good· condtjjon, Farmer" are plowing In this dep"'tment· has no �ed while last. Address P; H., Mvertlsed $1.281 each they up, M. Emmon.. Garnett. Kan. but ground Is quiTIi weedy. Wheat is selling a8 to worth and opinion•. . vary,. and Breeze. market value. Mail for corn. 3Gc; butterfat, asc and oats, satl.factlon. We can­ 90c; 1'11'. cannot auarante8 23 ¥..c.-P. R. Fors. un­ 8-BOTTOM INDEPENDENT LIFT eggs. Dot auarantee eage to reach the buyer ONE M:t8C�LANEOUS or 'baby 14 inch. Extra' set shears. :���. hl�:'us�\:5\ broken or to ha.tch. or thllt fowls' Avery plow. all,ve. We 'Good $400 if taken soon. Louis FROM pll:'>vlng la progressing obicks wirt rAa,ch the deetlD1l.tiou shape. FREE :li;NL�RGEMENT 5x1 INCHES Cj)wley-Wheat IJritt!S to adjust Rando l p Kan. , severat rains that came recently b Will use our otflces In attenu>t1ng Schwartz. lt, each roU sen � us for developing arid 1.ln­ rapidly. J1:1YO and eelleu. for have been excellent for late corn ,and k afi r WOI' honest disputes between bUY,ers ONE 12x26 AVERY TRACTOR AblD TR'AC: Iohlng. MaU your flIms today;' or send is settle millor dts­ We 'had a se vare ,hall storm on August 5 1.1: !but will not attempt to tor plow. 14-inch, practically new. Price prices and particulars. TopeKa, Photo ,Sup­ 35c; whloh ,the parties which did 60nslderable damage to- roars lind lIutes or bolckerlnl. ill $600. Time given on -good paper. James ply Co., Box 427. Topeka.-·Kan. Jlnw' ws. A few: turkeys. chickens and have vllltied each otber before appealing Johnston, ]i. F. D. No.3, Tonganoxie. Kan. wtn do Thresh '- shot es were killed by the large stones. All to us. CONSISTING OF the rul HAY BALING OUTFIT of stock are weiI.-Fred Pu ge, STRAYED kinds doing ern Robinson & Co. barer with convey­ ' pa Swane, August 7.. 1 ing self feeder. ahd Ave1'Y 8·16 tractor all trom four weeks' drouth has just or COUI complete. arid nearly new at a bargain. A. Cowley-A Kan. T·1..��tt; .J{� S�� ':a��:;'R1:lty?L���d05t�� been broken by a good rain. Corn 'has been excel!e 1111 Utah St.• Hiawatha, C. Hubbart,' chestnut mare, 15 hands extent the county, Kansas, one d a ma ged to a certaln by ur)' bushels HARVESTER ANO PILES ON hairs above hoof on CORN CUT'S high. wtt n fef.. white weather. More ground than usual Is being In the cuts har-veater or windr.ows. Man and horse hind foot. WllllRm Beggs, County r tn is "co rn let ed. lett . plowed early. Shock th esh g p good. binder. Sold in every and shocks equal corn Clerk; Kan saa City. Wheat I� averaging 15 bushels an acr e. August stafe. with todder tying attach­ 20c.­ AGENTS WAJ:f.J,'ED Only $28 TAKEN UP BY C. E. BEATY, REIO;y' Eggs are worth 25c; hens. I!\C; fries. tree show­ Rool< ment. Testimonials and catalog n mares county. Kn sa a, 2 L. Thurber. August 6. a Process Harvester Road, Wyandotte CUI'Il TO SELL NUR- Ing picture or harvester. sor­ :WANTED-SALESMEN weight about 801} lbs, each. One fight Dicklnsnn-We are atil I having dry ot mol etnployment. Ex­ .ce., Kan. One dark 1 sery stock, permanent Salina,. rell crippled In left fore shoulder. weather. but it_Is much cooler. We be lleve hay. Commission paid WilHam perience not necessary. brown, right ear spilt, Beggs. It Is drier than In 1913. The corn is past fat. �4 F. H. Stannard Kansas Kan. fodder and weekly. Outfit free. 'Apply county Clerk. City. and Is cut for 30c.-C / BtJlLDING SUPPLIES redemption being Kan. corn not m ake 5 ... Go.• Ottawa. put In silos. Upland w111 The proposition will WHOLESALE PRICES L U M B E RAND btrah ets an acre. hay POULTRY "P'lowl n I.. 90 per cent COlli' SALESMEN bale tres, Hall-McKee. Emporia. Kan. be aerlous. g pleted. Plowing has been satlsfact o ry COli· A acreage . ANCQNAS slderlng the dry weather. large w w111 be out. Threshing Is COlli' s!i'f�at���!\EBr<:���rulr��!; BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES of wheat put :-b�:;-::'�;;-t, M. August 10. Carl F. PURE BRED SPRING ANCONA ROOST­ pleted.-F. Lorson. and a general Hne of nursery stock. weeks FOR LAND OR Drurnel In­ is compieted. :Heart of Kansas earned $2,312.67 In 18 WIL'L SELL OR TRAD.E eJ;,9 for Bale by C.' E. ler, R. 5. Douglas�Wheat threshing in has been .. book and stationery Blare of the wheat g·round tbe past season. an average of $128.48 per residence. dependence. Kan. About h,alf We Answer Box care 'We have had too much rain for week. You might be just as successful. south central Kansa.. J, plowed: tree Mail and Breeze. Altalfa has been up. Corn Is otter steady amptovmerrt, loa n- outtit Kallsas Farmer and plcw ln g, put BABY CmCKS been for years. Potatoes ca..h Write at once for BUSINESS?- ARE YOU better than It has IUId pay weekly. HANOLE MORE and free to are but nvices are very 'poor terms. territory. etc. Catalog pla�t­ getting all the business you can handie? partly dug Kan. CHICK:S. 8e UP. ALL KINDS. POSTPAID. the and quaJily are not satisfactory, Nurseries. Lawrence. It nof get big reeult.. at small cost by run­ yle1<\, ers,) N�t1onal Book tree. Superior House. Windsor. Mo. cholera reported. We ha v. classified' ad In Capper's Weekly. There Is 110 hog ni.ng a Late had more rain' than we needed. gar· \\ calls on famtlles eve'J'Y week. BABY OHICKS. REDUCED PRICES. PURE ext which 500.000 worth WANTED 150 9. Wyandottes. dens are good. 'Eggs are 28c; young 5c; lit MEN Sample copy free for a�king. Only bred; Leghorns, Rocks. Reds. and hens, 23c; hogs. $11.50 { word each week. 12'1..c per word on four con­ Orplngtons. best laying strallis. postpaid. cat­ chlclt!on of your third cutting of alfalfa is being �i' ('an to varieties Southeastern Kansas. Inspected seed excellent as we have had plenty of ltl.Yenti'on. Prompt personal service. Pre­ Southeastern 'Kansas. b-ut mOSqllrai"ltl',! RbOU priced right. Farm Bureau. Ft. Scott. Kan. vested in Many summer. FHes are leaving �tb advice without charge. J. Reaney 19 Ing. liminary are a day and night. Wheat INSPECTED WHEAT-BUY PURE of the old alfalfa fields al'e being pest \\'�". Washing· PURE . Of :lJ Kelley. 612-X Columbian Bulldlng. butterfat. 37c.�H. E. Tegarden. -- 95c; ton, ,D. C. plowed up in the- eastern part of the (]free w�:!� ��dK��rnesu.:s B��f:���' :�\� rn�I�:�i:� dresf TIME·-IT Assocla- the or !tve rains DON'T WASTE YOUR SPARE by the Kansas Crop Improvemerit state with intE;!ntion of re-seedillg gU;!,:;rson_Four good h�,:: 1"0 into on our easy fallen here within the past week. can be turned money fall. Fall is well along, PIO"'a'be man: this plowing therB wlll not �:r��ufru�aruJ�u��,,!o�pe��al��teS. Ki�:�; is well advanced but ,r. W . .r �ltOa�e th,S has a certiticate from 50 to 80 per cent completed an acreage of wheat planted fl��s mV:� �:v.�o�e'�PI�:�dd�:fre: fgra·�:rbf� grower of inspacted seed being large ll�re. "ohn .... 111 complete association and an abundance or fall pas ,T. their present Income. and give bearing the seal .or the 1 n Eastern, 70 t0 80 per cent done in There wlll be 9' 'r "Tell me Ask to see this the corn will be f�d which .r. on say. Most of . details request. Simply signed by the secretary. . n1al",", c; dollars" and and 75 to 90 cent finished Jones, 'how to turn my spare time into certificate and be protected from misrepre- Centra!, pel' for plgs.-Arthur Htual to S. �1and sentatlon. For lIat of growers apply C. Kansas." " 0, 1\ ,in Western .g!f°uOsdt Id1e. d c�,::�:�el�Ubl��: Manhattan, Kan. / Chas :r"es:,1l6Ir':,���\�n °Uan"�:�r. . Salmon. Secretary. conditions of Labette-Shock threshing is completed Kan. .', Loool crops, live.stock, f�o 111, tJons, Topeka. in �=������'!!""!!���������� and' farm worK in various parts of the stack threshing wlll begin abou� eted. all was Gcarl FOR THE TABLE weeks. Nearly the_wheat ma.k,,'ert To, the count""J ants LIVESTOCK FIBliI8. sta�e are shown in following from the machines. Most !iel9s of v,rY Eltls COMMlS810;N this except the " the. Farmer and not very good year. 10 HONEY. NEW CROP. VERY FINE. EX- r(>pc}l'ts of Kansas, 10 'I'.W, LIVE STOCK TO US-COMPE- CInes. Wheat yielded trom 01 SHIP YOUR 120 Ibs. Broken comlr· early t' tracted. net. $12. ' Mair aud Breeze: We have had plen &. tent men in all departments. Twenty Ford. bushels an acre. I�en� honey. $11r. Be'tt W. Hopper. Rocky wifl be exc. yeara on this market. Write us about YOllr Anderson-Threshing Is nearly completed. rain and the corn crop ar' on Colo. are A few stock. Stockera and feeders bougbt \vas considerable by tire dry Sorghum crops thrifty. Corn damaged Thef";;;;"rtl. Market Information tree. Ryan numerous. We have completed thetr plowing. order.. DELICIOUS. NEW EXTRACT HONEY. weather. Chinch bugs are W"'heB� Commission 4%6 Live �tOCk weelt Union elevators get most of tbe llobinson- Co.. Veil'S Olathe COlO. bave had several rains during the past ers' . Send tor prices. T. C. Exchange, Kan.... City Stock Yard•. -, '.

1921. • A lIgliSt 20, KANSAS FARMER AND MAIL AND 'BREEZE

to 1.9 excellent ...... J. �. The polO crop McLane,. 5. AUgust . , . have been !i'I'avlng and I . illll-We We,"Ilowers.are I ing has been delayed. pretty SlrortJIDra-- (j..tCJe A tew Ihr�"', II 'ood corn crop !low. farm- .Oct, 1'2-Bhie Valley Shorthorn Breedera' ';\1'. '. .arrd cutting and baUng tame Blue ,U�� lifwi'llg a'llSoclation. Rapld8, Kart. Jr.:.t. Poland Bred Sow "',s, look forward to our county tair, Sala and GUts Sale , "fc Turlnsky, Barnes, Kan., Mgr. hd,} JicnicB a n d stock ahows In our county ..... oct. 20-E. A. Cory & Sons. Talmo. Ran. D. A. & Sou ".I."� 11Iluch Intere.f: We expect- to see at Oct: J21-WlIson County Shorthorn Breed­ Kirkpatrick much stock, the and good pig ers' .. ":'Il � Mound Jr.soelatlon, Fredonia, KalJl. J. W Hyde, ulIl'·,. clubs and our worthy edl'tor'who I. and R. C. Watson, Altoona, Kan., mlfr.r. 31, Ha are ,Wednesday� •• us. wort'h Nov. Aug. Cedarvale, "UUI.dl'In to Potato,lls $1.80; ,a-Shawnee County Shorthorn Breed- Ie .reeI 'SOWIt • taD t;r..d! fer 'n' 4'OC' butler, 25c and old hena are 17c'; err. Fra&k 111echa. Mgr., Topeka. Kan. .,nts 4aD' Sept� farroW), 111' spring gnts, 8 sprbic ooan, W. Au- TrleiJ: sows by Big Bob Jumbo, Thl1m's R;lng, Giant Halt Bob. Fall 0.0:, eggs, 22c.-J. ClIneemlth, Nov. 9-Nor�h\"est Kansas Sh ortboen Breed- Ton, King gUt,s iO.�,. auf at theae fried sows and Model Bob Moore Cal'dwell's 5�'" 'er's' Sale at I)y by Bobbie by Ble BOb. , AI1! g\:st' A�sOclat{on Coneottlta. Kan'J bred . to Lonil' Dan by GIant Buster by. Bust".. over, We have had nearly two Inches E. A. Cory, Sale Mgr., T9!lmo, K\an. Sprlns gilt. and bOlllra an by Model Bob. Increased number-: ot hOKa on a amall tarm reducUon. a the past week. FarmerS' are Nov. IS-Harvey County Purebred Breederli' compela ot 11'0041 01.M.�fIJl()��'lng herd at Polands that"' are Kan. A. the Ideal kind !or tarmen., Write today for .. to \'ill'g. An unusuatty large acreage will aseocra.tton, Newton; O.� 'Homan, catll'105 plo' , t u t this year Pastures were getting Peabod,y. Kan., sale manager, Dee. at D I,; 'P�cJ'�l'e t h e ralris: The hay crop Is fair. I2-The Ste.uwes;\ Alma, Kan., To- «. A. Kirkpatrick 4: Sons, Ced8rvale, Kansas, . h'ao' been hauled to peka, Kan. v little mmrket. , Please merrtton Xansas grain Farmer-and Mall and BreeZ'e� . ,�,,;�.,, Bols&eln Cattle worth '_. Is $1; flour, '1.90'; corn, 4.0c; . Wh"'lt <, 'Job D. BltTder, aootlo_.. �. T. Hunte,.... t1elolm_ for t).e lIatt ... .�_. iJlllI'�I'. 35c and eggs are 22c . ..-G. H. Dick, Oct. 4-Breedera sale. Downs, Kan. W. H. • G. Matt, .. ..Iug-ust Herington. Kiln sale mll'r. , Neosho-'We have had a few showers Oct. 17-C. L. Brown dispersal. Beloft, 'Kan, H. nuve Interfered with haying. Fum- \V. Matt, Herlnglon, Kan., mll'r. ���������" which for wheat. Pastures are e, Concordia, W" ers :LrO plowing Kan� a lid cattle are dOing well. Not much oc�: 1::r-;;t�r;!1:r�:�.. g�od Oct. 19-Lancaster threshing hllB been done this week. Hay county breeders sale, Lln­ an a-cre and a E: W. tn nd is worth $I good deal Frost, Lincoln, Neb., 'PO·LAND·, CDINA SALE cut. Wheat Is worth to �\�, ';'ill not be $1; M���' AI'Far__ 90<;, _ 3:'C; flax, $1.60; but ter, 20c to .pc and Nov. 3-Nebraska State Holstein Frleolan corn. Breeders 2�c; cattle, 4c to 6c; hogs, $9 to $10. association. E. W. "'rost,.. Llncotn, eggs, Neb., Sale -A. Anderson, Auguot 6� Mgr. -; Nov. ,Chiles, KillS_I, Aog. 3t I. from l�StUbbs Dispersal, Mulvane, Kan. W.�dDesday, Norton-Wheat yielding 8 to 27 W. H. Matt, Herington, Kan., sale mall- < 12 S'ows and Fall an acre and Is of an . 'Big _. bmilH?!s unusually good ager. Yearll� ll ty. There are a. few smutty wheat 29 Fall bred for qua Nov. ll�State assoclat.ion sate, the Forum" Large Gilts. all early �. Jitters.. fields, Corn over most of the county has 'Wlclfita, Kan. W. H. Mott, &ale manager. 4 6 Choiee very badly damaged by the heat and Sprinc Gilts. Spring Boal'1l Leen Nov. 19-Harvey County Purebred Bree·der.' til'\' weather but some parts of county have RERD ROAltS aesoctatten, Newton, Kan. O. A. Homan, JIEBD B1JI.LS Illilt plenty of rain. Farmer" are dlsklng Bob's Peabody, Kan., Sah; manager. Equal. MOl!!" Ttmm's J!tranl'e 948211, Golden SeaI'ebliglit 58t8115, A Manb VIc,. un d for whea:t, altho the Is plowing ground Su�e.r Huster 11Sf73 ,let by B_earchlll[ht HZOSl, Brave' SuitaD to work. A Jeree"# Cattle . in condition tew hundred . poor .IUIIC KoIe ·.adJ· , 'I66O.f5' .,. BeaYe. '-()� .� fat ('altle are stlll on feed, waiting tor higher Nov. 19-Harvey County Purebr'ed Breeders' Sows sired by and bred 'to the above herd- boars, Fall wlll '0·0 l,dces and lower trelghts, Forage crop. association, Newton, Kan. O. A. g,l1;to weigh pounds and Homan, april1&' "Ifts 290 ..d&. O. ....nt h",·o been hurt by the dl'y weathe!': :Wheat asle /wlll we!lJh pou Wayne Deville wfil repre thIs paper at Peabody, Kalk, manager. Plea.... send w�, from to a to? catalog and eome our sale. We cuarantee a. is worth $1 $1.04 bushel; corn, . otter1.lla. Hereford oattIe t'} sood_ 35c; lJarley, 32c.-Sam Teaford, August 4. , Aug. 1IllwlinH-Harvest I. practically completed. 26-CrockerBros.,lIoIatfleld Green"Kan, c. s. ... Sept. 1-2-:-W. H. 'Schroyer, Kan. N�vlu Son., Chiles, Kansali Threshing was In full swing but on July 30 'lrllltonvale, F. ,.s. Kirk, .ale tho rain It. especially In the north- Wichita, Kan., mana_ger. stopped Sept. II-JI:d ern of county where the ralntall was Nickelson. Leon'ardvllle, Kan. part 29-Reuben Sept.. from 11.1. to 2 * .lnch8B. The southern Sanders, 09&le Cit,.. EaR. POL&l'fD CJIINA ROGS part Sale at Emporia, KaD. of had lelis rain. Corn and feed are " counly I Oct. 11-S. E. Kan.aa-N. E.. excellent. Wheat u. yielding from 6 to 49 Oklahoma Here. -;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; tord Breeders' D. bushels an acre In north part of county.- aB80clation. Harry P�um- mer, Mgr., Kan. In the southern part the yield Is not a. Longton, No'v. 12-,Plckerlng Fum, Belton� Daml R' anch' Farmers are S. MQ. te good. plowlng.-J. Skolout, Nov. ng ',5 Lat�hDI 6. l8�Harvey Connty PUl'ebred Breeders' Latehnlte b,. The Rainbow recently added August "•• / Gelation, Newton, Kali. O. A. Homan, to our he�d ha... been bred a number Rook_Threshing I.a completed. til neapy Peabody, Kan., sale manager. of our Big Bob .Jumbo .ow. for tall far- ��!����!!! Curn and pastures are burning np tor warrt "Nov. B. for tall some a.O-E. Toll, sale pavilion, SaUna, row. Write u.. about your need.. ,We .open gilts and 01 moisture. A tew tarmers are making Kan. llttep. have �lJts, and boars ot all a�es foj' some select both hay, Wheat 19 werth $1; corn, 60c; butter- Bed so�, ' spring pigs Of !lleX. Palled Cattle saLe at all time.. Write u. today. fat. 34c and egg. are 20c; h,ens, 24c; tries, Write or .,isit �pt. 8-Nebraska Red' Polled ; aoc.-c. O. Thomas, August 4. breeders sale, B� O. Shelden. K.. lIIa...er. Lincoln, Neb.' R. V. Graft, Bancroft. Neb., DEMDiG BANCK, OSWEGO,' XAJoTSAS. H. C. LUTHER, ltush-We are havllllf hot and dry 'weather. II&le manager. AL¥A. mmlt t is too dry to do any field work. Alfalfa s Perchero.. HorseR being put UP but the crOp i. Illfbt. . ' "rc.hing 18 completed In most localities. Nov. 17-Harvey County Purebred Breeder... 'nly half at tleld work Is auoclatlon; - the done. Some .Newton, Kan. O. A. Homan, .BlgBooedPoiandCblRas.------Bred Boned by Bi8 l4d by Wonder BIll Bone: TIlIa ' rain is being wlll make Peabody, Kan., aale Illa.rketed. A.l)ples manall'er. blood rep....ents the best. Splendid yOun« gilt. and light anti. those that haven't been crop I!Ipotte4 PolaDd ChIDu. boars .t $:18 each u lood II fOU will bU7 at $:50 Va' _ ButOes·_ 'prayed are wormy. Stock Is not dolnK very Iley' Sp'rmg· \'ell on Sept. 12-1saac MlIler, Huntsvllle, Mo. Sensation., Cola., Orlo"8 alld PatltflndeN. pasture. Wheat Is worth $l;'butter- TIl�de lt��v_ �:t:t�;Ht. and Clar'-Ie,OJ K... Oct. 12-Ralnbow Dairy. FarM, Some boars. nt. 3ic amI eggs are 21c.-A. E. Stock Farm. Hampton,.Ia. ae,rvlceable Sow. and «ilte Grunwald, Oct. bred for ugust 10. 29-MlIler Bro•. and John Pearl, Ross- early faU farrow. Big, .tretchlJ vllle, and Geo. Eakin &; Son, Della, Kan., spring pigs, Immunized, registered fr!le, Rnllne-H 18 ' Poland Chinas' very dry but·cooler. ,PlowIng at'RoBavllle; Kann.. Big Type Koney back If Dot ...U.efled. term .. R 188 early In 1I0d Jilaaty \\'ell advanced. Some cattle being Oct. 31-Burton spiing 1lItn· priced pairs trios. It d6lllred. Send bank Farm, In�endence, Mo. !!Peelal prl""" to bewlnnera and pia club.. .A. fe" reterence. �e E. 1\\rVbeeu Jibg';,\ ��de:o�ee �:I�a��o��� ��r stT��� Poland ChlnA Hol'8. nUl> llood' 10"1. and :veerllnc lIlil. bred for fall IItte.... ".-BL1SB(o:�M1C:-!'{ON. KANSAS ext \\'eel<. Wheat I. worth from 90c to Aug. 3l-D. A. Kirkpatrick &; Sono, Cedar- Immun:E'D s,m��.JI1�\jU"E� ��hlUrunded. 5c; "utlerfat, 37c and tat hogs are 4 'he to vale, Kail. 'Yol': eggs. 23c to P. Au- Oct. 1-Monroe 2.fc.-J. Nelson, . RI,IllYOn, O.a�e City, Kan. llst G, Poland Immune 25 G�eat Sows &lUI Gilts BIg Type Pigs, sired S"olt-We have been having g��: �;::dpt!_!dariFo��'I..���'r!!�eace, Kan, trio by P�lnd.r'. lmqe and Pe.d... Patbftnder .dry ""eather -_ Pa.pen ·twuilbed, 'U. _: .. UG. � Oct. 26-C. M. bred to tbe whale or • 'i{h only a few local showere. Corn and Buell, Peabody, Kan';' ace boan, ,.. SeD. I, lelleftMl'er, 'W.laut,· K.n, boar, Gre._ Seos&tlon. "l'd Cain & These good .Gwa and IIl1ts ate 80 crops have beel! damaged. Farmers are Forbes" Republican pr.le1!d chi!a.p YOli. can afford .to buy 5 oJ! 10 of them. . hl'eshi 111: and wheWt III yieldIng tram '3 to OC6it��N���sell TUCKE:B A GOOD POLAND REBD I Oct. 27-Smlth Bro •. �8 W. Do Lushel. an acre. Some ot the , .superior, Neb. J:Il]STON, AMERICUS. KANS"S spring Sprlnc .nd fall ,lIts and' boars, tried IOWa, ".lUl­ 'hea t Qct. 28-J. Dee Neb. I('sted 58. Wheat I" worth tram 90c Shank, Superior, Most of or Nov. 4-Staftord Ilnll, pip. tIltm by son. out· da\l&hlA!r. to quallty.-J. 111. H�lfrlck, Gounty Breedera' Assoc1a- � GRAND °Ug�,t';t tlon, Statford, Kan. E. E. Erhart, Stat- MASTER g."lng 1Ie�F�:p��e';r�. �kr&!n�:. CJ��� lridl�':t�: Sow. that produce two littsrs of t.'''. ford. Kan., Sec'y. Priced r... 7early 8 to 11 onltbly. Immuned. Satisfaction guaranteed. pigs each litter reduce ,';"dgwick-We have been having hot, dry Nov. S. J. the cost per pig farrowed. 15-Harvey County Purebred Bi'eedere'· TUCKER, JR.. 140 S. Bel..... W"hl�, K ••• Duroc. 'C;dhel" and growing crops need rain. are npted f, KAN. Valley 'Patbflnder � Pathtln:'terr.e ore the dale of that I••ue. Kan. . that permit ot seeing all .the herds In A'u,: 1"1Il DUBOC pro.pect!ve adverU.er. or Feb. a time GlLTB-BPRING BOARS B 18-0ver.take Brothers, Atlanta.' Kan. minimum, length of and at the mlnf­ pal'ti!;tISe{8.W shlng to Oreat Wonder Model and Pathfinder C"n buy breeding anlmala, Feb. 18-E. H. Dimick & Kan. mum of eXJlenae. Fl'tlm the cattle chosen Gradu.... obtuln Son, Linwood, 'by breeding. Fall gilt. bred or open. any requll'ed Intormatlon Feb. C. H. theBe Inspectors lUI of the best 'lDlDluned. Terms., ';bou t Buch 'zO-Dr. 'Burdette, Centralia, Kan�. being typical Priced r�ht:" Guaranteed. Describe livestock or advertls' Feb. the be your wanta. Ing . or' 20"-L. L. Glen Kan. breed atfords, there wlll taken enough get In a»out Humes, Elder. Homer Drake. St'erllnl', KIUlIIIUI 01 touch wltli the manager Feb.· 'zl-J. J. Kan. to make up the big "Polled Heretord Week" deal red Smith, Lawrence, tli!'��l' terrLtory hy writing the Fel>._21-W. L. Fogo, Burr Oak, Kan. s""le at De. Molnelf In February. 1922, and LARIMORE DUBOCS livestock to ir. dress service, a. per ad- Feb. 22--Gordon & Hamilton. Kan. tbe sale at the Chicago Durocgilts farrow 86p. and sUring boars. Pathfinder �rt �h e Horton, ,(International" 8enaa.tlor.. Orlan Foil bottom. , Feb. 22, 1922-W. T. McBride, Parker, Kan. Show on November 80, 1921. It Is e.xpected Cherry Klpg bre.dlns. All good 011_ are the priced rea.onably. F. L.tilllore " •• territory all,d oftlce Feb. 2S-John Loomla, Kan. that the quality ot stock chosen will be bet­ J, So , Grenola, K... . Emllorla, Vana!;°e,;�?g tn, .•r Feb. 2�-M.· R. Peterson, Tr6y, Kan.. at ter than ever, lhls season. Thirteen states Ortlee. are .JOhn' Kallou., Bendena. Kan . represented In the nominations. . RAMPSBlBlll r. 'r \�°<1j'hTopeka.nson, Northern Kanaa•. Feob. HOGS Hu to 24-Kempln Bros., Corning, Kan . . r. er, So. Kan. and N. W. Okla. COok ' Rtlla!'t t Nebraska. T ' Mmb. �:g: ��=j.. Ai R�"oe�e:.-rs����i, �:.;. Field Notes . WaHer Shaw's .... O. orse, _ IVa Oklahoma .. Feb. 28-A. J. Hampshi Turlnsky, Barnes, Kan., 200 bead: DeVine, Weatern Mo. March 9-W. H. • registered; IDlDlunodl ehas'rne Hilbert, Cornln.. , Kan. tried bred We.tern and Sou.thern BY J. W. JOHNSON II

Goorg . L' W. R, HUllton Otfel'll Choice DuroCIJ. Tow! Borgeson, N. E. Neb. and W. iii'. atl" Vi. R. Huston of .. WlohltE::t htslo:: Rills T Sale and News Amerlcu , Xan., Is offer­ ,-- Rail ' 'N. Reports E. O�her a _ Mo., E. Iowa anI! Ill. , Ing select lot ot BOWS at '1'. '" "'0 puroc prices that of will surely Int.j!rest anyone wanting .. Llvestook Service lnYDres Good Polled Hereford richly .Kan8 �·�Dlrootor.., .. Sale. rmer a.nd bred high class 0·UI·OC8. The sows are sired HaU aDd Breese Six official Inspectors representing the by Pathflpder. Image 273101, and Peerle.s TOpeka, KlUlsae' American Polled Hereford Breeders A.socla­ Pathfinder 342649. two of the great Duroc are noW on the road tlo,n, selecting cattle sires and are bred to a whale of a boar, • August 20, 19.21. KANSAS FARMER AND MAIL AND BREEZE. 18 ./

po:t.LED CA'I'TLB Greatest Sensation. Duroc breeders will not BED 11 is t find a 'better offering this season. and any­ erS. tIl one high class Duroe sows shoutd wanting rni{I's get In touch with Mr. Huston at once. Look - ndVOIlll up his ad In this 14sue and write him for Kansas- is inn) It will you.-Advertlsement. Red Miles From prlcee. _ Pay Nebraska Polled lo.'l rot "Forty Live.tock Countle. tilt One 'of the World'. Greatellt 011 h It' Grow 'Good Cattle inquiries and Pays'to iii till' Any breeder advertisinll below will welcome your 'Milton­ Breeder's'Sale herds. Seven years ago W. H. Shroyer. ,.( !""I'I Co.,Iowa, visits and will help you to see all of the neillhborinll Cattle Page vale, Kan.. organized the Mlrtonvale 6th Annual Bed PoUea--Auctioa to be Beld allllt•llt company, As manager tor the company Mr . doe:; Jl cows. In . Polands Shroyer purchased 200 brlg, Thursday,- Sept. hn!:!. SPOTTED CHINAS tleshed cows ot At abe Nebraska State Fair GroUDds Spring. boars and gilts by Great De­ rugged. heavy boned, thick I'utlltlr The old-fashioned. prDlific kind. sui ted Domino. Profit Maker. Yankee desirable type. Then It the pedigrees China sign. from weanling pigs to bred' the cattle. He did not follow. Ted and Timm. Great Design Is Anything blm he bougbt Neb. I'harh' Joe's vaect- cattle with en­ Lincoln, sows. registered. . fads but aelected -good apl sons of noted -"Everything any now when arc :Ulallch one of the very best the . Buy the prices nated',oand guaranteed. did pedlgr�es represen ling the greatest bull" II. .Ii Designer. Put a Great Design boar at tlie down, Replace your grades with :23, November 2. of the breed. The same blood and blended H. TUI head ot your herd.. Satlstactlon guaranteed. Sale_Augu.t are famous. for beef and la: In the. same way has produced the greatest ·cattl!l that. Iowa Henr7 Field Seed Co., SIien�ndoah, milk. Red Polled cattle Joseph Herzberg, Yorktown, champions known In Hereford history. His producllon. used' are the farmer's kind. Every ani­ success has been ppenomenar. He has the Spotted Pqlaods extra large bulls, such as Beau Falrtax that mal ,guaranteed by-- cons_lgnor Carter's Poland.- Buy con­ Association. Booster. A weighs 2600 pounds In pasture breeding and the Nebraska Write Yankee Pros- Boars and gilts by King . Boars and gilts -by dition while Beau (Heed ,14th one of the for catalog. feW sows bred for fall litters to Eng­ a son of The Yankee. and Car- now service 2750 pounds In pect, bulls In weighs 1l. V. Graff Sale .gr.. Neb. 1Ish Arohback, a son -or: the noted Banero',"" ter's Designer. a son of Designer. pasture breeding condition. When tbe p_rl)li­ Archbaek, out of Jr. Queen Three fall boar.s by Checkmaker. the King a.nd pectlve buyers come to Inspect the cattle are rea-, sire of Checkers. Two bred Check- of England. My prices very Mr. Shroyer first takes them to the pasture wants. .sonabte. the splendid big breeding cows. POLLED HERD maker Write your r containing RED BULLS gilts. - the mammoth Iowa Alvht Sundermau, Clarinda, Iowa l;Ie 'would then show them Choice .bulla and belfer. trom A. R. 0 Chnrley Cnrter, Shenandoah, the'rew1t that no lot of sale big bulls with cows. Stock of all ages tor sale. Come and second buyer, bulls was ever shown to the eee them or write tor prices. came to sponED POLAND BARGAINS In other words, no bull buyer ever Twentieth Century Stock Farm, Quinter. Rail, MERITORIOUS POLANDS the Shroyer Ranch that did not buy. The Spring. boars' and gilts by English tarm tlrst cl(r load of bull. produced. 011 the Plea.ant Vie"" Stock, Farm Boars and gilts by Domino and Whale and B. Here 'is your King Spot were sold tor per head. On' May 9, For a $200 -Relrlstered Red Polled cattle.. IIale. , Checkmaker. Fall gilts by Domfno, chance to get '.4 and % blood English pigs market in re­ 1921, during the' dullest bull tew cbolce young bulls, cowa and bel!.ro.· full brother to and Libera­ at conservative prtces. For sale dates write then Designer cent years the last car load of bulls HaUoraa a GlIIDbrllI. O&ta_. KaIIa88 and the Shenandoah, Ia. Address tor. We have what you'want to Col. J. Wilfong, old enough for range service were sold 1'0 to M. Pa)Vnee, Neb. BED POL1:.ED CAT'1'LE price is reasonable. hog Inquiries Warner, the L. F. B. Ranch, Llttletleld, Tex., at J!OSTEB'S A tew choice young hull•• Iowa & WARNER $200 pllr head. With these exceptions all M�Millan, Blanchard, WILF�NG :s-te " Kaa. _Bert ot the bull. numbering about 600 have been C. ]!I. 'Follter. Bldorado. EIOrne ot them sold at $2-25 per head or more, RED POLLS. Cholc'e young buill and helter, matter Rldgew.yFarmsPolaods DURO(; BOARS AND GILTS up to $300 In car. lots. It Is an easy It Is mere profitable boars and sired' by tor anyone to see that -W(J�:",�0:,:�:� &n.��·t'ir.w��:�Ur•• Ran, Spring . gilts Dura­ to Fall boars by Glant'Orlon and to this 1

. these AYBSBIBB CA'rH..B. sure ot getting your IIvestocl( Into SPOT'l'ED HOOS. P�LAND sales -advise Mr. Homan. The following live- stock will be sold: Shorthorns, Heretords. Percherons, Durocs "and Shorthorn Bulls Jerseys. Hols,telns. ' O. A. Homan. Pea­ 008 two whit.. aDd Farm Poland Chinas. Ad.dre"" Gooa ScotCh breedlnll. red. 01 Poland! LlondaJe Kansas Farmer are grandsons Alexander'� SjJoHed body, Kan. Please,mentlon three rolrut. Thr_ea.. nonpareils, and Breeze.-Advertlsement, Tried SOW.. tall 'gUts. and Mall c����� berd 11 �'i':s��r�d ��Wim��te� :�:''i:'yl.Y�!�dor " ,," sprtng pJ&e. My ��d Emma tribe and _Ayrs'�lres ere. One solid red, of the Marr ooe ot ths old..t aod - Latchnlte ""# A tew females, c'ow. Deming Banch's sired BrandsbY·s. Othere sired by . ooer 8�0 For Sale:. goa4 by Imp. .�, * largest. Sold American RoynlJ,an,nd'J:Ill A:., In ana·-helters: onlll bull ready tor service: The Rainbow out of Smooth Emblem, a I1rlze Winner. at «> head breeding bOflll Latchnlte by 'f • IIlx montbl and Fre. F.lr. a mMaloe bull, wt. 2400 'I'h. so,.n sire. In your choice ot bulls. has been. adde'd to the . 1920. Prospect recently herd. Federt.l testIcdl". d beet at $100 each. Come and lell Kan. He TOrekILAI bred right to 11.0 to any service represent younger, Deming Ranch-Polanda, Oswego. KANS.o\S. families. them or write tor descriptions at once. has good height and length and has un­ 'T. J. SANDS. BOBINSOl!'f. and sides. His AI,EXANDEB, Burllnaton, J[auas JOHN LINN & SONS••&Dhattan. Kaa. usually good .depth straight and crossed on the Big Bob blood quality 0•• Jumbo get should produce tine Polands. Sa BuDs. Elevea 10 SlJdeen Months manager, Deming Write H .. 0: Sheldon, hog white and roaos. sired by Lord Bruce JERSEY CATTLE Kan If Interested In buying R.d, G�49� Ranch, Oswego, .. sire, Beaver Creek Sultan 852458 by E!l!ltan Polands to Latchnlte. Sows, gilts Pam.22�ad7 Spoiled P':r� some gilts bred out of IMP. Victoria. May V48-408. IIII' 140 to 170 pourids: tor sal& at all times. out of . Earl.Y spring gilts and boars. and boars all ages Pride 7th 111357 by Clipper Czar 811991. �. not Cao suPPl.Y uorelated pigs. BIIleroll Far_ ���ed Farmer and Mall and choice yearllni . Jerseys ��u,,::::: Kansas also weighed. guessed. • Mention Magnolia. V47-559. soDie .' Doanood the 1iI.1 bnd bulllD 01 _ 1III"0,,�;. Il{'�ff 8apstacUoo guar.nteed. lerHI; Re�'ler Breeze�Adv,ertlsement. W',T. FERGUSON. WBSTMORELAlID, ___: EARL C. JONES. FLOBENCE, KANSAS ::�m:.:r:!���·�IuU'd:.��!".::::��.�� :p��: 411c1DI.OD •. OboP..lIall ••I....0...... BetiNaOl Br.d.!'.:, BY G. L. BORGESON type Eoclloh Herd boars. PRACTICAL SHORTHORNS SPOTTED POLANDB-Blg 1110. Arb Engllsb Drummer, .. L. GOLLADAY. PBOPB.. HOLDEN, 'Arb )lcC.·s Klog and INebl'aska Red Polled Sale That afe good milkers aod good t1�shera. heifers,Me"'te"t��nnd established In 1890.. COWl. 8 the Red Polled cattle Herd, \'" fr�f�o:o.:':. 1j'�e $tt��OAso;:w �,:s:J:�o�s �do�lf�� On September bulls for sale, the kind needed on every farm. , WEISENB'AUM, ALTAMONT. KAN. _ ot Nebraska will hold their tlfth MS C. W. 20 Choice Cows aad ReUers breeders P. C. KINGSLEY, AUBUBN, KANSA,£ Jersey annual sale at the State Fair grounds In Lin: also two year old' 'reg. bull. Owl breeding. R.R. St•. & Shipping Pt.. Valencia. Oo,Rock�, HUNT'S sPOT'l'ED POLANDS The sales held by the WH. E.aKNEPPEB,BBOUGHTON,KANSA8 coin. Neb.' previous . Polled cattle breeders were 'Gllts and fal! boars. Herd sires. Leopard Nebraska Red es­ The cattle were strlctiy SHORTHORNS, Xing and Falrholmes Royal Bo,o9ter. Long very su·cces.ofui. HiLLCREST Kan. and went to good 12 to tabllshed herd. Wm. Hunt. Osawatomie. high clas,s In every reapect choloe SCOtch an4 Scotch toIIPOd bull. Gmt., Bred Heifen, Bulls, Baby Calves the Some tl� Reg. Jerseys, substantial buyere. This year bree.ders months old tor 1&1... Reda and roans by to serviceable age. -W.B.Llnton.Denl80n,K-an. to present an ceJ(rleAr N�A� are making a special etfort to sell. FREMONT LEIDY. LEON, :REGISTERED SPOTTED POLANDS ·Prlced offering that Is tar .superlor to any ot the � Yearling boars. bred .OWS, good spring pigs. and breeding. previous ofterlngs. OutstRndlng Indlvld_uals Write tor price.. description Scantlin Savonburg, Is. best herds In the state. Kansas' Jersey fJJim, drawn trom the POLLED L. Curtis, Dunlap, !'Inanel.1 KIn Raleleh and NG4lleot Oakland bnodlnlr. T. ... ·have been listed tor sale and even the mo'st SRO:RTuORN� exacting buyers will tlnd ample material to BIG SPOTTED POLAND BOARS, GOOD satisfy their demands. You should bave a Prize sows and bred g.IJts. Weanling pigs. POLLED SHORTHORNS ones. HOLSrEIN CAT'l'LE catalog. Send a post card to R. V. Graft, 200 related. Wm. Meyer. Farlington. Kansas. I t {.,t� not Neb.-Advertlsement. now at the Pra Sale Mgr.• Bancrott, Our sale cattle,are HOLSTEIN BULL ,for sale. REGISTERED Anything In Polled Shorthorns. A Fine I ndlvld ual. Good breeder. Price rea­ from Kansas Classy Poland China B oars, Breeding ge Forcy MUes J. ·C. BANBUBY '" Spotted sonable. C. F. Schaaf, Deerfield, Kansas. 0 1601 Greenleaf,MoundClty,Kan. one _ P . Is SONS'h $�to$25,res'.,1mmune;., John For�y miles from northeast Kansas Pratt. Kansas � greatest livestock sections, Page ot Iowo,'s GLENBOSE LAD 1S06412 the ot the pure­ ,aJI' HOLSTEIN O:R GUEBNSEY CALVES county. Tbr,uout history In weaL the Iho, best dairy Shorthorn bull. the, ' GUE:RNSEY (JATTLE 31-3'2 pure. $30, delivered C. O. D. bred buslriess we9t ot the Mississippi. IcoW�ddrdl 7-weeks-old. usc him longer. For description and pr ������� Wis. towns of Blanchard. Shenan- Spreading Oak Farm, Whitewater, Page county R. � Anderson, :Qeloit. doah, Clarinda. Bradyville, Yorktown and - Kan� FOR SAL E ��.e f���r re��!�fG:'g�ue{;� E.sex have appeared orten on Its ·pages. Dud helfera. Write good hIgh grade cows fOJ.lr ANRJACK STOCK Many tamous animals ot more than one Box· 113. Lawrence, Kan•. HOBS�S Dr. E. G. L. Harbour. prominent breed have been prpduced In the herds ot Page county, and today possibly 76 for sale. BULL , GUERNSEY . :REGISTERED and I Jacks ot the county's most progressive tarmers Shropsblre Greal" Sbow Breed"nB Two- years old. Good size and disposition. better class. Two two not reg. HlnemIDl' Jaek DI.hton. Kan, are producing pUFebrede ot the Priced to sell. J. H. 1\loore. Oket�. Kan&a8t PrIced rlgbt. Farm, r� ,

• KANSAS FARMER AND MAIL AND BREEZE 19 • i : l mportnnt to kansas breed- It rs l>:ipecwlly ••••••••••••••••• 'I '�Il'l'ol'e. to note that a ve ry short trip � II!••!!II el5. iu tu this couu ry w i t h its unusual •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• UlI\�s{'them I l:ig-t"S [Of 'CI'l1.c.1tnc :Jm.p1�o.\·jn-g blo�. �t!

lha't o,u'f' h1 ('he .. t'�ade:f'-8 m.at'- , 18nd\'.ill�Ol"lanl LJl'eedlng stock of any k ln d keep tab lu:'t 1I�1(l1 t \ Png:e oounly aecMQJl which a'ppearB �Il l:OIUmn8 the flfEPt and third iss..ue ill t Ih�t.:�W A..ddress ..any bI-.eede:r -wbose n( II llIonth. e.l:nLclllcnt appears In the sec lIon. It he' alllltllllot have wha� you"" requi're be wtll help acquainted I'WJt'h neighbor witto �t�::�!'! g"t!1 !1 mong those ad ver-tlstng from Page tHIS. J\ i v '11'0 the tolt()w-ing breed e ra or Pbland' {�r!:�rt' �hOg8: Joh,n iHerz'b�r�. Yor.ktowD; Cn nt er, Shenandoah; .1,;Iert McMUlan,., t'II�'I"h�\' Ridgeway 'Farms. Blancha�d; s. 1l11:lll.){ard;d "J! '" w, J..... 1\1ia.-rtln. Braddyvl'lle," arid Don The Durcc •. fl' .'[" II 1"11 UU 11, Blan.cha�d. bneed- & I. E. and (,1::-; arlo Sn whill Son. Stlck�eman 1'f"i11lit-1" &. �fceleI1a'Dd, all of -Ctarl nd a, The of Polande are Field I r�'t"!krs Spolted Henr3{ ,J I \\'ilfong & Warner of Shenandoa"4 and ',�II�'ill �lInc1erman of Clarinda, T"he ·breeu.ers Whites are F. Me Ctana.han �r l'II",'"1" t:. , Sh'll'IIIlIO:1h. and Emil Youngberg, Essex. L. 'J \.;1�l1c1enna·n of Clarinda adverttsee Angus Shen an �;'I;I": F. 1. CoylS. Note y.r,hat t·hey h.av_' to oJIer and TIle . Illention this paper when _writ1ng,-Adver� Wor�s Lal-g,esl Sale -of' tiS€Il1t:J1t.

BY C. WAYNE DEVI:-ya'l and International Cattle '200 females bred to Prices Show Gains straight Grand Champion, Perfection. 4,th bulls. Anxiety The recorda show that Perfee- (Continued from Page 14.) The sale includes 4 granddtwgh- fion and .his sons have sired more ' I ,t.ers-.ef Beau Brummel ,. si·red :.by '-"1riC ay s --Imal' cet was stnonger.: [nnlor, more.senior and mere grand Plutarch by Beau dam guiu. Lambs were higher' T,uesd·aN.· B-rummel,' cbampions, also more high .priced by Don Juan b;y 4th. It'I'lilll'tl Wedn�day nnd strengthened: An..'l:iety . 'Herefol'ds. than an� other sire and Also daughters and Ig:lill at the close of the market. West­ gnanddangh- his sons in Hereford histolJ. The 'I'll tel's of Bean President, Beau Luuhs sold up to $10-:60, the top. My-s·,· greatest son of Perfection llnd the tic, Beau [ :lli"�oul'i River markets by 10 cents Donald, Paragon, .Beau» greatest.stre known to the breed Is hundred Santos, etc. Perfection ' pounds. Beau Fairfax. (10 Cows sired Gudell and 01 t�e this' week were by ' We sell '45 females n"t'l'ipts 55,850 eat- 0 e B e splendid by' bred bulls�' ,:.:":I'�wsSIr�D°:"M-:� 1,·. 1:1.0:;0 calves, 20.500_hogs and 35,- Simpson the 2600 lb. Beau Fairfax. 15 cows by Crown Prtnceva blood brother to 00 sheep, compared with 51,350 cat­ Scottish 40 yearling heifers, 14 two 'year old hetfers sired by tn Amerfcau Ie. H.17[1 calYes, 35,835 hogs, and 25,­ Lassie,grea1iestfih�w·cow Hereford history. ·8:ud.50 cows bred :to the 2100 .1b.;Beau Gleed 14th, etC: (i.' last and iUore size. lIlore more bred slleep week, 47,!.lOO cattle, bODe. cow., more enlTes anll �Ilore opeD heifers than were eTer sold In one .ale; 1,O�:; or one calves, 32,3(10 hogs, and 30,800 Terms, cal'1h, year� on secured notes at 8%. You can buy these cows with calves at foot and rebred; the calv·es in· less than a can Itl'('P n yen r ago. yea·r, be sold for enough to ,pay the notes .and yO.U w·l1!l hav.e the cows and .another crop of calves. Write for, free catalogue. Address flt'eC Ca.ttle Advance 50 Cents I'ri,'p� for good to choice /. tel'I'S killi% F S. ndvtlnced 25 to 50 cents tliis •. KIRK, Sales MaBager, Wichita; Kansas ·l·['I,. :111(1 most of the gain was re­ W ". .. ..Io1u180o. -c:aptter Farm Pl'eM ailll'll I1P to the close.· Prime' fed *,leldBla.� ==���������������� (1"'1'.' sold. at'" $10 to $10.50. and good o ('hllke, $n.GO to $10. Wintered West· fll �(l't'rS brought $8 to $0.40, and IT:r i;:ht grass steers brought $5 to S.lin. ('ows, including "canners" sold I � 1.7:; 1'0 $G.2fi, and heifers $4.50 to :l.�n. Veal calves were lower at $4.50 ,", o ss. (;00<] to choice stockers and feeders '('1'1' ill Hdive demand �t 23' to 35 cents i�hl'l' IJri(.'ps. A large number of ,thin :llilp lI'pre taken by Nebr�ska .ancl "1'1111';l'�t buyers, and cornbeH feed­ I', II'Pl'e nctive. Plain and common I';III,'s itrld about steady. The Snml.les· of Thick Boned Fle"hed. Heavy True Type Herefords Shpwll in This AIITerti&eJUent are From Hog Market is Nervous I'hotos i\fnlle In the ..... ]llllt vllle ,cattle COmpaJly'lI PIlHtures in . .Jnne. They WJU Come IDto the Sale . Broader ".. II,,!.: ])J'i<'es ti1is week made some sen­ Bigge.t:, 4 B�.tte.r 'ThlUl :doe .p�" S"o"'�·. nllllll:l I advances and declines, and los(·t1 allOl1t 25 to 40 cents net lower II' _i!'l' week. Monday most sales were P :'U (·('lItS. Tuesday the market weak­ IWti :11111 Thursday a break of 75 cents' l'J'('(1. ('."II Friday, with limited sup­ hI'S, :Inn ordinary quality the market

. j)Ol1H,d; packing butter, 23c; . nllttll� 111'11 C I 23c: Cows and Heifers Ie leese, Funcy Swiss' -�Sc; N.ew �ork c.0S0, DaisiV' cheese, Our 'bel'd is getting .too Utr.ge ,'lie ']'111' handle 'a reduction is a'b86- following sales were announce() pd luteJIY llCcessa.l';Y regardless of con- IY"IIIII'�' and poultr:v• �rodncts: ditions. \ !·.g:,;s-lQrSls 30c a dOllen' .. � ' seconds , In spite of the slow' trade ln ":. Sj'Il'l'tcIl ('�se lots 37c. . cattle J.'\'I' during the past- year. we sold bull fit for service and could have more PI'all 1D: ev.el7 sold had tber.e been . to 25c :It III try-Hens, more iJulis in the herd. c .Hl. 22 to 25e; roostel'6, uroller,s. O.Ul' @fferuc iD 1IJhis sale wiiaJI. consHIt .of lIe11efard co.,6.and heIfers a �md mth -combination of good blopd Unes hen!! yJQllU: �Oll)-8, .a5c; and Ici'stlll'�PY", l:,c; indi\V1d-uaUtjr tbat·:makte ihe cla&s 01. He�l'd cat� that will be IDOn�1V' ma'kers fer t!be �, '8 !lid lI!Oe. . purchaser. It :wilt be «IDe §t the �at GJlortunidell 1.e b:aJ' BerefoM-s at prices tt:h4' fill make them pr.ofitab1e to tbe huyer. is the chance of a I1fe time !bit on the Our Best Tkree Offers IJ: �ClIle market fol' Herefords cannot afford to miss. . The offering will consist of 450 200 two all year1'l.uc Ite1.fers,' unbred; year olds, bred; 150 dry cows, all bred; 225 cows with .calves at !!ubscrl:ber and one new 8ub­ foot. aJ11'�. ��:r animal that will

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