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For less gas engine trouble 
in your busy season 
— install the best piston rings now! 
Leaky piston rings are responsible for most oil and carbon 
troubles, loss of engine power, and waste of gasoline and 
lubricating oil. By using rings which are properly designed 
and manufactured, you can largely prevent the expense and 
annoyance of these common engine faults. 
McQuay-Norris Equipment represents ten years of success¬ 
ful experience in piston ring engineering. A Supwjye Ring in 
the top groove of each piston keeps oil out of the combus¬ 
tion chamber. This saves waste and decreases oil and carbon 
troubles. 
The genuine Rings in all lower grooves prevent the 
waste of fuel. Their equal radial pressure keeps gas from 
wasting past them—turns it all into power. 
Your dealer can sell you both rings in every size or over¬ 
size. 
Always install McQuay-Norris Mfg. Co. 
the combination St. Louis, U. S. A. 
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Avery-ize Now For Bigger Profits 
The problem now is to raise bigger crops at lower cost. Increased production 
and decreased expense is now more important to you than ever before. 
Getting a tractor is the logical, practical answer to your problem. 
Only a tractor can give you the eco¬ 
nomical power needed to work your 
land in the right way at the right 
time to get the best seed-bed— 
speedy power to take advantage of 
weather conditions, and hurry up 
your plowing, discing, harrowing 
and planting— tireless power that 
can do in hours’ work that now 
takes days— hardened power that’s 
ready in the early Spring when 
power is needed most— concentrated 
power that enables one man to do 
the work of several with horses— 
which mean lower costs, bigger crops 
and greater enjoyment in farm life. 
Avery answers this problem for you 
with a complete line of tractors — 
Avery Company, 
seven sizes in the regular design 
using “Draft-Horse” Motors and 
“Direct - Drive” Transmissions — 
also two small Avery Tractors, the 
Model “B” 5-10 H. P. and the 
Model “C” Six-Cylinder. One and 
two-row Motor Cultivators, Motor 
Trucks, Power - Operated Tillage 
Tools, and Champion Grain-Saver 
Threshers and Silo Filler.,. 
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quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
A Primer of Economics 
(Continued from page 198) 
confines itself to one specific industry. 
Where there are several industries in a 
neighborhood, such as dairying, fruit 
growing and egg production, it is better 
to organize an association for each indus¬ 
try rather than mix the different indus¬ 
tries in one organization. Many authori¬ 
ties regard these features as essential to 
success. The members must have common 
interests, similar purposes, and be more 
or less in touch with each other. These 
conditions could not exist if the jurisdic¬ 
tion of the association extended over a 
wide area and embraced different enter¬ 
prises. 
Just as the initiative and industry and 
pride of the individuals make up the 
character of a community, so the compe¬ 
tition and rivalry and enterprise of com¬ 
munity groups vitalize and develop and 
sustain our country stamina as a whole. 
Individual and community initiative and 
pride then must be preserved, and the 
temptation to standardize individual and 
community enterprise, initiative and ef¬ 
fort through a large single organization 
does not afford the best promise of suc¬ 
cess. The pride of the neighborhood 
should be invoked to excel in quality of 
goods and in economy of production. The 
development of special brands should he 
encouraged and the local markets should 
he cultivated for the producers in the 
local fields. It is on these policies that 
the moral and vital forces of the com¬ 
munity depend, and any scheme of or¬ 
ganization that does not harmonize with 
these local aspirations is not founded on 
good co-operative practice. The local as¬ 
sociations may federate for general buy¬ 
ing and selling, and for doing all things 
that a central agency can do better than 
the local associations can do for them¬ 
selves; but local responsibilities are the 
duties and the privilege of local members 
and the vitality of the local community. 
Change in Directors. — Prof. C. E. 
Thorne, who for more than 30 years has 
been iu charge of the Ohio Experiment 
Station, has resigned his position, and 
has been succeeded by C. 0. Williams, 
who for more than ‘JO years lias been 
upon the station stall'. IIis appointment 
is a case of merited promotion, as he was 
a graduate from his own farm, and his 
early recognition came from his mastery 
of soil problems, and also liis notable suc¬ 
cess iu dairy investigation, iu breeding 
and development. Prof. Thorne retires 
with groat credit to himself and the en¬ 
tire confidence of the farmers of the 
State, to whom he has rendered most val¬ 
uable service. 
Reappraisal of Real Estate. —Just 
now the problem of the reappraisement 
of real estate is uppermost in the minds 
of the farmers, and the inquiry every¬ 
where is why the necessity of it. and if 
reappraised on what just basis can it 
be made? Taxes are mounting beyond 
all bounds, because of increased cost of 
everything that is ueeded by the State 
and county, doubled salaries, and no end 
of interest due on already overbonded 
towns, villages and rural districts, and it 
is not treason to say large amounts of 
this indebtedness came about, in many 
instances, through poorly considered ex¬ 
penditures, lack of public economy, lack 
of budget plan, of oversight in estimates, 
and issuing of bonds, until we as a 
people have actually come to have the 
! “blind staggers.” Therefore comes tins 
| reappraisement to add something like 50 
per cent to the valuation of real estate, 
and at the same time increase the tax 
rate about five mills to the already 15 
mills rate. 
Where the Shoe Pinches the 
Farmer. —The orders are to list land 
at selling cash value, and to equalize it 
over the State. This is the mouse iu the 
meal. All over the State there is an 
active speculation going on by land 
agents, and in spots they have “i;un” land 
as high as $200 to $300 per acre. Farms 
near to expanding towns have become 
valuable even iu greater degree, and there 
is a disposition to take these speculative 
prices as a basis, and not the honest-to 
goodness prices, devoid of speculation. 
Possibly 00 of the counties in the State 
have refused to reapprise their areas. 
About 25 have, and the whole matter is 
now up to the Legislature. Some con¬ 
tend that it is all the natural result of 
the State running three presidential can¬ 
didates last year; but certain it is the 
tax tangle is not yet straightened out. It 
will be many moons before there will be 
a reduction in taxes, and it. is the farm¬ 
ers who are the hardest hit. and Jliese 
public debts contracted for with 35-cent 
dollar, will have to be redeemed in gold. 
A New Drive. —.Tust now there is a 
drive on in about 30 counties well classed 
over the State for membership units in 
the Farm Bureau, so as to put the entire 
State in united bureau action. Already 
there are over 50.000 members enrolled, 
and a great amount of organizing is done 
along co-operative work in unifying the 
marketing of farm products *, but things 
are now greatly hindered by the fact that 
there are no active markets for farm 
products, and prices are quite on a level 
with cost of production. Near by the 
writer’s, the onion men. with thousands 
of bushels of fine “fruit ” cannot realize 
transportation expenses, and would have 
been quite as well off if they bad not 
“pulled” their crops. In a genial way 
it is the same with fruit: apples and 
peaches rotted on the ground by the thou¬ 
sands of bushels, absolutely refused by 
the markets, yet boxed anples from Ore¬ 
gon are selling in our market at from 
$2.75 to $3.75 a box. If anyone 
explain this condition of . things 
wherein the preference for imported ap¬ 
ples. and show that the markets are not 
manipulated, they will be awarded a 
prize. These are some of the matteid 
— more 
handle, 
so that 
left at 
that the Farm Bureau is going to try to 
remedy. Pleasing reports come from 
many of these County Bureaus, aud alli¬ 
ances with others seems to have promis¬ 
ing effects for the future. The State 
Bureau is headed by a fine business lot 
of men; they are actively at work, and 
the co-operation of the State Clrange 
promisee much. 
The Sxjgar-beet Industry. Sugar 
beets have become a great farm industry 
in Northern Ohio, and possibly <>0.000 
acres were planted last season 
beets than the factories could 
though run to the utmost limit, 
thousands of tons of beets were 
the close of the boiling season. Just 
bow the great drop in sugar will affect 
the factories, and the outlook for next 
season is not disclosed. As it was it is 
understood that something like 50.000.000 
lbs. were made, much of which lias not 
yet been put upon the market. Strange 
after the great sugar drought of 1020! 
The Milk Men. —The milk men of 
Northern Ohio do not seem to have been 
made to pass through the tribulations 
of the York State men. With few ex¬ 
ceptions the prices have been pretty well 
maintained, though the throwing of 100.- 
000 men out of work iu Cleveland has cut 
down tlii^ demand greatly for retail milk, 
and has put many small dealers out of 
business: but the “movie shows” show no 
falling off in patronage. The farmers are 
getting something like $3 a can for milk, 
with 25 cents off for trucking. 
The Auto Trucks seem to be carrying 
the bulk of the milk into the city. The 
Winter so far has been so open and so 
little snow that they are making their 
regular trips with much regularity, and 
are welcomed by the farmers, who can 
escape the 4 A. M. milking and long drive 
to the railway station. By the way. 
great plans are under way for uext year’s 
building of highwa.v pikes, and if the 
times change there will be more than ever 
the bringing of the producer and con¬ 
sumer nearer together, with the elimina¬ 
tion of the two or three middlemen. 
Practically about all of the livestock for 
butchers’ use finds its way direct from 
farm to shambles by the motor truck. 
An Abrupt Change of Topic. —The 
church survey has come to the conclusion 
that the auto has as much, or more, to 
do with the dismembershin and falling off 
iu church attendance as any other agency. 
Sunday has become a great excursion 
day, and the rural village and the terri¬ 
tory about it are close imitators of the 
cities. The country church member is 
inclined to drive into the city, to hear 
some smart minister, aud the city mem¬ 
ber drives out into the country for fresli 
air. and both as a result too infrequently 
attend church at all. No remedy is sug¬ 
gested. nor has the consolidation of rural 
churches proved a satisfactory remedy. 
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Indigestion 
Can you tell me what makes a horse 
gnaw in the stable, or on trees? I think 
the animal is not a cribber. as they gen¬ 
erally make a noise when chewing. Horse 
is in good flesh, has oats only for grain, 
and good hay. l. a. r. 
New Hampshire. 
If you are certain that the horse is not 
a cribber, which vice is incurable, we 
should suspect indigestiou as the cause of 
depraved appetite.. Allowing such a horse 
to eat the bark of the poplar (“popple”) 
tree often proves quickly remedial. Mean¬ 
while add one-ninth part of wheat bran to 
the oats, by weight, and dampen it at 
meal times. Allow free access to rock 
salt. Have the horse work or take out¬ 
door exercise every day. If the gnawing 
persists, mix iu each feed a tablespoouful 
of a mixture of two parts of powdered 
wood charcoal and one part of bicarbonate 
of soda. A - s - 
