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“ “Ainerica has raised and eduipped an,

ig'ser‘army in” shorter time and 110111113 a greater

section of the ﬁghting ,front, transporting ,‘her.

sforces 3, 000 miles across an infested sea, in ten
. months, than Britain did in twelve months. across
the English channel of less than thirty miles. We
began with less; went further, and arrived- with
‘more in shorter time. "
“When the war was declared. in April, 1917,” «he
‘ “the standing army of the United
\-.States consisted of 136.000 ofﬁcers and. men,'many
of whom were in the foreign service, and the na-
tional guard consisting of 164,000 ofﬁcers and men.
many of whom were too old for active service and
a large part of them physically unﬁt to perform
the duty for which they had volunteered.

“Our experts told us that it would take two
years to raise an army of a million men and ﬁve
years to train the commissioned personnel. It has
now been about one year since the ﬁrst legisla-
tion was passed authorizing the increase of our
army for war purposes. The strength of our mil-
itary forces is now as follows:

Regular army . . . Men
Reserve Corps . ..
National Guard . .
National army .
On special and technical duty
Drafted in April . .
Drafted in May ..
“Totals .. ............ 148. 333 1. 889,160:
So we have today an army of more than
2,000,000, of which 500,000 have already been ship-
ped to France and a million more have had the
necessary training to ﬁt them for foreign service.
These are now waiting for the boats to carry them
over. Our critics now complain that we have not
done more, yet we have done in one year twice as
much as they thought we could do in two years.
“The army is growing so rapidly and its needs
are so urgent that the efforts heretofore made
will be small in comparison with those of the next
twelve months. The army will probably have
between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 men before the

150.000
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. end of the next ﬁscal year.

“The men between the ages of 21 and 31 years
in 1917 have been classiﬁed, and there remains in
Class 1 approximately 2,000,000 men physically
ﬁt, not called. The class of 1918, which will be
registered this summer, will add another million,
making a grand total of 5,000.000, 'without calling
classes 2, 3, 4 or 5, containing nearly 6,000,000
and Without calling the boys from 18 to 21, 3,-
mm. 000 more

“If the war will last until 1924 there will be
6.000.000 more men. The potential man
power of America for a seven-year war,
therefore, may be conservatively estimat-
ed at 20,000,000 ﬁghting men of recog—
nized military age—this out of a popu-

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‘ buildings;

it adopt ‘Rep; Randall’s amendmentto, ., the ad-

ministration 5 food production 1211111 stipulating that 55‘
.the principal appropriation of {6;100, 000 for the
expenses of county agents be not. available until

I the President isaues -a proclamation prohibiting 7'. numbers reaching England in thesflidgt‘ few weeks ha '

the use of food in the manufacture of liquor. 0p-
ponents of the amendmat protested against .co-

. ercing the president and stated that they did not

believe the ”action of the house Would have any
inﬂuence. The dry leaders believe. on the other
hand, that the president should, be sufﬁciently
impressed with the overwhelming sentiment of
the country’s most representative’body to use at
once the authority conveyed'in the food control
law to prohibit the manufacture of alcoholic bevé
erages. The entire nation atvaits in great sus-
pense for the President’s decision. ‘
=0 I

Millionaire idlers and street loafers are hit hard ,
by Provost Marshal General Crowder’s latest dic-

tum that every man of draft age _must either
“Work or ﬁght.” There are thousands of young
men idling away their time at fashionable clubs,
or ﬁlling some “soft” job in amusement places or
other nonessential vocations who must» now either
get into' some useful line of work or else go into
the army. Non-useful occupations extend to hotel
waiters, elevator operators, attendants in public

in domestic service and lastly sales clerks em-
ployed in stores and other mercantile establish-
ments: The new regulation is in eﬂecta conscrip-
tion of labor, for it permits the war department
to shift men from job to job in the same manner
as it shifts soldiers from camp to camp. That it,

will be the means of driving thousands who havx
d

led aimless, ambitionless lives into trained an
useful occupations, thereby ﬁlling up the ranks
of many skilled workers who have left private

walks to enter government service, is the general‘

belief. Employers anticipate a partial solution of
the labor problem thru the working out of Crowd-
er’s plan.

# III * .

President Wilson and cabinet members are much
perturbed by the action of Mexico in severing dip-
lomatic relations with Cuba. This is thought to
foreshadow similar action towards the United
States. The ﬁne spun Web of Germany’s propa—
gandists and spys is observed in the action of the
Mexican government.
tile ﬁeld for the Huns.

CITY BOY’S FIRST DAY ON 'FARM FRONT

 
lation of 125,000,000.”
III I! I!

Mr. McAdoo has “ﬁred” all the rail-
road presidents in the country and will
appoint federal directors to take their
places. This is distinctly a new sensa—
tion for the public and probably for the
rail heads themselves. After a brief six
months, Mr. McAdoo has found that few
of the rail chiefs were giving their whole-
heart-ed co-operation in solving the num-

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surprised the British press: -;

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The people 91‘ Nerway, long terrorized by Pots»

dam threats; share about reached the end of «use 1

. patience The latest outrage was the sinking of a
number of Norwegian vessels without- warning. In?
one or two cases the lifeboats were shelled by the
U- boats while making their Way to shore loaded with
refugees. 1 Several of the vessels were dehing craft,
the Germans charging that the ﬁsh Was being se-
cured for the 'Eiiglish markets The NorWegians, who
early in the war were pro-German in their sympa-
thies, soon ceased to Jove the Huns following numerous
sinkings of Norse ships. The Norwegian government
evidently fears to throw down the gauntlet to the
Huns and enter the war on the side of the Entente
Allies. ‘ .
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The latest Hun. achievements have been the‘ bomb-
ing of both Paris and London with a~big toll of death,
mostly among non-combatants. British base hospitals
back of the Flanders lines have been bombed, and a
number of nurses, surgeons and wounded men killed
The hospial insignia was diSplayed in such a manner
that it could not be mistaken. A German ofﬁcer whose
’machine was brought down admitted that he was
aware of the location of the hospital. but maintained
that the British should not place their hospitals so
near their railway bases. . .
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The 125th regiment, an all-Michigan unit is now in
the trenches. it is thought from advices recently re-
ceived in Detroit. This regiment formerly the 33rd
Michigan National Guard, was sent to Waco, Texas,
for intensive training early in October. These boys
who come from Detroit, and towns in eastern Michi-
gan, and includes sdﬁi’e‘ upper peninsula companies.
reached France in the latewinter. They were engag-
ed in railroad building back of the lines for some time
to harden them for the battle front and after under—
going more training, it is now thought that they have
been given their long desired chance at the Huns. The
regiment is commanded by Michigan ofﬁcers.
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General Pershing will soon be in command of a
large American army holding a sector of the front
British and French troops which may be brigaded
with the Americans in this sector in accordance
with a. plan to expedite the work of quickly getting
Americans into the ﬁghting, will also be commanded
by Gen. Pershing
t t t
, As the result of the ﬁrst successful torpedoing’ of
a troop ship in the English Channel, 3. number of
American soldiers, estimated at not more than ﬁfty,
ha1e been lost. These men after a courSe of training
in England, were being transferred to the front on
the armed merchant troop ship Moldavia. The ﬁrst
intimation the ships lookout had that a. U- boat was
near was when a terriﬁc explosion shattered the bow
of the craft. It is believed that the Ameri-

cans who lost their lives were all killed or .

injured by the explosion. as the ship was
kept aﬂoat for several hours, and an unsuc~
cessful attempt made to get her to a French"
port. This is the second time that Ameiican
troops have been lost while on t anspo1ts
bound for the frdnt, but in both nstances
the loss of life was small. Considering the
large number of troops which are being sent
abroad, this record is remarkable in view of
the fact that Hun U- boat commanders have
been ordered to get the American tr. .1 .p—ships
at all costs.
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American troops are to ﬁght on the Dalian
front. This announcement was made by
Sec’y Baker as a ﬁtting climax to the Italian
Day celebration at Washington on Friday.
which marked the third anniversary of‘Italy’s

 
erous problems which have interfered
with the efﬁciency of the roads. There‘
has been evidence, in fact, that some
roads were secretly hindering the work
and trying to cast discredit upon govern-
mental control. But they couldn’t fool
Mr. McAdoo, who has a way of'knowing
things and also a way of settling them.
It is understood that the majority of
rail heads, or at least those who have
shown some disposition to pull in the
harness with Mr. McAdoo, will be re-ap-

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entrance into the world—war on the side of
the Entente. The arrival of American units
in Italy will greatly hearten the Italian peo~
ple as well as strengthen the morale of the
army. It is also expected to silence the in-
sidious propaganda which the Germans have
been spreading to the effect that Italy has
been abandoned ‘by .the Entente, particular-
, ly America.
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.Allied commanders on the western
claim to be fully prepared fpr the great
German 'onslaught which is believed immi-
nent. The Germans have been preparing
for renewed attacks fer several weeks Just
where the blow will fall, no one but the

front

 
pointed as chiefs of their respective
roads, but in such sases, they will be no
more than employees of the government
and must conduct themselves as such.
The removal of the rail presidents con-
stitutes one of the ﬁrst steps in the gen-
eral reorganization of the transportation
system ofﬁche country. If government .
control is to prove a success and the
railroads handle war time shipments as K
E‘speedily and economically as they must
be handled, there must be cutting away

 
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battle willingly. A number of Germans
were shot for mutiny recently, and hund-
reds of others imprisoned, according to dis-
patches from neutral countries. The disci-
plin is so strict that the German soldier
dare not even diScus's the possibilities of
peace, or express his true feelings even to
his fellow soldiers. ‘ .
As the result ”of numerous airplane at—

 
of rem-tape and a; greater co-ordination
of efforts between the respective roads.

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'14. 400 barrels daily.

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The Western European Allies'

uce has than one-half of their total corn re;

mirements, which exceed 250.000 000 bushels.-

, Hungary produces 200, 000,000 bushels of cox-11..
and is the largest producer of this grain outside.
1'11 the United States.
‘ facts explain the importance fer the U S., where

Argentina is third. These

corn is plentiful, to use the corn crbp more large-

r~ 1y for hui‘na-n consumption than in the past in
. order that We may export Wheat. ,
Reports received by, then Food Administration

from more than 4,000 mills show an abundance

'of corn for the manufacture of corn meal and,
" corn ﬂour.

Stocks of rye and barley, however, are
limited The average output of cornmeal during
February exceeded 114, 000 barrels

The contemplated entire
output of corn ﬂour which mills in the U. S are
believed to be capable of producing, exceeds
37. 000 barrels daily.

In spite of the shortage of fertilizers, crop con-
ditions in France are reported by the minister of
Due largely to the en-
ergy of French women, prospects ‘indicate that
this year’s crops will exceed those of 1917. The
U.. S. Food Administration, however, points out
that any increase is likely to be small compared
with the dependence of France on imports of food
from the U. S.

. Reports to the Food Administration by licensed »

ﬂour millers show the amountand kind of pro-

ducts. being secured from 1,000 pounds of wheat.

The quantity of ﬂour (all kinds for January)
was 737 poundsequivalent to a milling percent-
age of 73.7. The yield of bran from 1,000 pounds
of wheat was 97.,pound’s; shorts. 74 pounds; mid-
dlings. 34 pounds; mixed feed 48 pounds; red
dog, 7 pounds; miscellaneous by—products, 3 lbs.

Latest ofﬁcial estimates give the amount of
wheat heldvin Australia at 165,000,000 bushels.
The last crop (1917-18) was about 20 percent
les-s'than the 1916—17’crop, but 30 per cent more
than the average for 1911 to 1915.

 
For Week Ending May 21

WEEKLY CROP SUMMARY u

 
(EDITOR’S NOTE: In order to keep our readers
informed of the crop conditions in other states,
we have arranged to publish a weekly national
'crop summary that is supplied by the U. S. weather
bureau Inasmuch as these reports are received
too late each Week for the current week’s issue,
they will be a little late in reaching our readers,
but we do not believe this fact will detract a great
deal from their value. ‘If our readers will follow
these reports closely they will be able to determine.
the progress of crops in other states and the
probable effect upon the national production. .Be—

. cause of limited space we are reporting only such
' states as are representative geographically
which we believe our readers to be the meet inter- '
‘ested in.

and

If there are~other states, any reader
would like to hear from, just advise us.)

'New England.——Boston: Fair. warm, and very fav-
orable for plowing and planting. much of which is
done. Season ten days ahead of last year. Early
cropsgrowing well in south portion, but rain needed.
Half of potatoes planted in northern Maine. Tobacco
settinghegun Peach buds wintenkilled, except par-
tial tblossom in a few orchards on the Connecticut
coas

New York —-Ithaca.: Ideal weather for growth and
seasonable work. Seeding of spring grains about com-
pleted; corn planting becoming general. Conditions
for/seed germination and blossom fertilization excel-
lent. Tomato and sweet corn acreages considerably
increased. Warmth and winds have dried surface soil,
and more showers are needed in most sections.

Pennsylvania. —— Philadelphia:
and all crops doing well. Corn planting nearly ﬁnish-
ed in southeln and begun in northern counties; ﬁrst
plantings up and cultivation begun. Rye mostly head—
ed and looking ﬁne . some wheat headed. Large acre-
age of potatoes planted: early ones up and doing ﬁne.
Orchard fruits average good Tr ck crops and vegeta-
bles excellent and acreage larg .

Oklahoma. ~Oklahomu: Most favorable week of
season except in extreme western counties where
scant moisture and high, drying winds were injurious;
abundant moisture elsewhere Bulk of wheat and oats
very- promising. Corn made good grthh,
cultivating. Cotton planting mostly ﬁnished; some
washing and ﬂooding in eastern section necessitates
replanting; chopping and cultivating early planted.
Planting sOrghum grains and broomcorn. Pastures

. and truck crops much improved.

West VirglnlauParkeerurg: warm sunshiny and es-
peciallyrds favorable for ngth and farm Work. Corn

rdsplanted, some ﬁelds up. Wheat, rye and:

heat And rye heading favorably. Peta a~

1ge acreage. Meadows and“;
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- .neary ﬁnished in localities.
On account of wet soil.

"ant rains bone clal;

nison Valley:

Favorable weather _

.~ Mrs tWheat oats. ma anid MW

., , growth; rye heading in seVeral lake
‘ Wheat 2111136111 heading Corn planting
other term Work do eyed early part of Week to-

‘ V: debut of wet ground but rapid progress made later
in? week

apples quite promising:

Gardens ﬁne;
poets of other fruits improving, except berries and

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sly to helplrelieve in?" p. .

Larger CNPS , ﬁgwheat. oats hay pastures, and early potatoeq excellent
nappies and mustard are.

Indiana.~—-Indianapolls: ' Very favorable week. Rye,
growth. mostly further improved, and good to excellent
condition generally. Some rye heading. Corn plant-
1113 ‘ regressing rapidly in‘north and central, where
Little progress in south

Illinois.--Sprlngﬁeld With warmth, sunshine and
moisture the Week was very favorable for growth of
vegetation, but Wet weather delayed corn planting in
many sections. Some lowlands in south ﬂooded. Plow-
ing and planting continue and some corn is up even in
north. Condition of wheat, oats, and grasses good to
excellent. Vegetables good. Fruits satisfactory.
Wheat heading in south. |

ilwaukee: Warm sunshiny , abund~
some damage locally by ﬂoods
Oats and spring wheat excellent. Bar-
Corn and potatoes com-

Wisconsin‘s-.-

a.nd waShout‘s.
ley good. Rye poor to fair.

ing up in south. and west, planting nearly completed.

A11 fruit. irospects good. Crops exceptionally promis-

ing in south.

Minnesota. —Minneapolis: Temperatures low and
precipitation moderate to heavy; frost damage Slight
and conﬁned to barley, gardens and fruit. A severe
Windstorm on the 16th damaged small grains on sandy
soils. Spring wheat shows slight deterioration, but
continues good. Oats fair to good. Pastures and mead-
ows improving. Potatoes coming up well.

Io1va,——Des Moincsr. Pastures and meadows in the
west damaged by high winds on the 15th and 16th.
The hay crop‘will be short. Small grain good in north
and cast. Corn planting nearing completion in south
and far advanced in north; stand better than expect—
ed, though considerable replanting necessary in cen—
tral and south portions on account of poor seed and
cutworms; cultivation begun in north. Drouth in
southwest somewhat relieved by good rains on the 21st.

Ransom—Topeka: Abnormally warm, dry, and also
windy and rain needed in all except a few favored lo~
calities. Wheat generally deteriorated and must have
rain soon or will suffer serious damage; practically
all headed in extreme southeast and occasional heads
showing in east part to Nebraska line; in boot in cen-
tral counties; harvest June 10 in Neosho county and
June 15 to 20 in Condey and Sumner counties. Corn
planting mostly ﬁnished; some cultivated. Alfalfa cut-
ting begun; crop light in many places.

North Dakota.—Bismark: Somewhat unfavorable
for farm work; showers and frequent high winds de-
layed seeding"; freezing temperature set wheat, oats
and barley back considerably and destro ydd fruits and
gaiden truck. Plowing for corn and forage crops well
under way, but more rain needed in most parts for
flax breaking and seeding. Pastures excellent and live
stock doing well.

(‘ol-orado.~Denver: Lack of rain, high winds. and
low humidity detrimental eastern half. Winter wheat
and alfalfa good to excellent. Seeding oats and bar-
ley nearly done; some oats up. Seeding sugar beets
nearly done; thinning begun. Frosts last of Week
caused heavy damage in fen localities to fruit in Gun-
less serious in Grand Valley; no damage
in Canon City district.

New Mexico. —Santa Fe e: llry “aim windy but fav
orable for planting and with largely increased .1c1 cage
of corn and beans; unfax omhle fol crops. Rains gen—
erally needed and lungs: improvement slower; not 1.11)—
id enough for most succcssful lamhing or stock gain.
Spring soon small grain good; w: nter wheat fair.

Washington—Seattle: Soaking ruins two or more
(iays‘greatly beneﬁtted all cereals and grasses; out-
look for wheat crop very encouraging; nights too cold
and inadequate sunshine for growth of golden 11m-
and ﬁeld vegetables, beans scarcely g1 owmg and look
sickly. Hops trained and corn being planted Fixst
crop of alfalfa somewhat shortened

California.——San Francisco: Cooler weather greatly
improved wheat, barley and oats; they are ﬁlling nice—
ly. Harvest of wheat, barley and oats will become gen-
eral June 1, normal date. First crop of alfalfa nearly
all secured. Large acreage of beans, rice, corn and
truck crops being planted; germination slow. Live
stock good; pastures drying up. Cherries and straw-
berries plentiful. New crop of citrus fruits excellent.
Frost damaged vineyard fruit in a few northern coun—

ties.

The Chinese alphabet consists of 214 letters.
Equador has a tree producing berries which can

' he used as soap.

More than two-thirds of the world's supply of tin
is mined in the Malay peninsula.

The supply of indigo dye'in this country is limited

and is now said tolbe worth $17,000 a ton.

Lizards are being raised in Trinidad,‘ British West
Indies, to protect the sugar crop from frog-hoppers.

The;coét of maintaining a family in this country
has doubled since 1900, according to the United States
bureau of labor-statistics.

Baseball may be hit by Provost Marshal General
Crowders order against idlers of draft age. Ninety
percent of the big league personnel is of draft age.

_ in nearly all other classiﬁcations than the ﬁrst on ac-
, count of dependents. .

In the last six weeks Argentina has cleared 21,-
000, 000 bushels of wheat, 2, 200,000 bushels of corn and
3 300,000 bushels of cats, which is taken as indicat-
ing how badly Europe needs grain, when the ocean
tonnage is consdered

The world discarded 183, 000 tons of automobile tires
during 1916. Adding this to the large number of bi-
cycle tires thrown away every year by their owneas.
it appears that the world spends every year at least
8000, 000, 000 for pneumatic tires alone. Nearly 5 000, -
000 automobiles are now in use in the United States.
To simply theSe with tires nearly 80, tons of India rub—
ber are needed every year, and the American automo-
1131:“ owners nay every year as much as $200, 000, 000

tires.

‘ﬂour.

GOVERMENT EXPLAINS ACTION

IN ssrzmo FARMERS’ WHEAT

The Food'Admini‘stration has just made the fol-
lowing statement showing its authority to requi-
sition wheat in farmers’ hand. The explanation
belated. It should have been made prior to the
seizure of a' single bushel of wheat, instead of

several. Weeks after the requisitioning had been ~

done.
FACTS ABOUT REQI‘ISTIONING “'HEAT

By section 10 of the Food Contfol Act, the Pres-
ident is authorized “to requisition foods, feeds
fuels and other supplies necessary to the suppoxt
of the army or the maintainance of the navy or
any other public use connected with the common
defense.” A just compensation for such supplies

I is provided for.

With respect to foods and feeds, the President
has delegated his powers to the Food Administra—
tor, who in turn has authorized the Federal Food
Administrators of the various states to act in his
behalf Thus far the voluntary marketing of
wheat by patriotic farmers has made any order in
general requisitioning unnecessary. The pressing
need of the Allies for this‘important cereal has re-
ceived nation-wide recognition and farmers have
responded loyally. They have not only placed moN
of their wheat on the market in the rim), speciﬁel
—Ma,v’1 in the southern states and May 15 in the
northern states—«but they have brought in a sur-
plus of ﬂour for redistribution and in many cases
purchased substitute cereals in its place.

In the relatively few instances where wheat has
been requisitioned. the amounts withheld were
considerable and there was evidence of disloyalty.
ranging from indifference to open deﬁance. In
one case the owner of the wh'eat challenged tin
Food Administrator of his state to‘ ‘come and ge'.
it” which the Food Administrator did the next day.

Although the power to requisition wheat is
sweeping in its scope, the Food Administration
has preferred to rely on the loyalty and humanity
of American wheat growers rather than to use
force. 'l‘hat conﬁdence in these elements of dem-
ocracy has not been misplaced is apparent from
the gradual movement of wheat from farm to mar-
ket

In some localities where liberal stocks of Wheat
were believed to be still held, inventories have been
taken and the majority of owners. to whom the
great necessity of the Allies was explained
promptly lesponded by markketing their wheat.
The problem is somewhat different in each state
and methods of procedure are conseouently varied.

In outlining these facts the Food A"ministrati0n
also expresses its desire that the farmers who still
have Wheat on hand. including seed for the next
crop, place it on the market. at, once. Never before
has there been such urgent. need for wheat and
with every indication of a good harvest. scarcity
of seed for the succeeding crop is‘a remote con-
tingcncy.

POTATO FLOUR SELLS AT $20 PER
BARREL DESPITE TUBER SURPLUS

The following letter appeared in a recent issue
of the New York Sun:

“By all accounts there is a. glut of potatoes. and
yet it is hand to get potato flour. I‘don‘t moan
potato meal, but, White flour. used largely in Eur-
ope in place of wheat, and delicious.

“A hotel man at Atlantic City told me he paid
$20 a barrel for it Professor Pack of the United
States Department of Agriculture says that it
can be made commercially. with a proper kiln.
on an investment of about $20,000. In the south
it is made at home. right in the kitchens.

“Mr. Hoover writes that he would welcome an
increase in the supply. It would save greatly in
the freight of shipping the potatoes.

“Here you are. Supply the demand. Both un-
limited. What is lacking? Publicity or enter—
prise? Germany would give anything for a chance
to use up this great crop of potatoes."

The editonof the Sun comments upon the letter
as follows: “It may be suggested that we migh‘
proﬁtably follow European example and copy?”
our surplus potatoes into ﬂour, alcohol and other
possible products instead of letting them robin
the barns. Potato ﬂour is not made to any ex-
tent in this country, but there is no apparent
reason why it should not be.
ing ﬁeld for local enterprise and local capital.
In fact, if we are not to go hungry we must learn.
to use all our produce and waste no more. Mean-
while, eat all the potatoes you can, etc.”

For a whole year or more everyone has been ,.

suggesting that. potatoes, might be converted: into
What we need new- is’ someone with‘orig:
inality enough to act upon the suggestion.

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U."S. railway administration, reinsmting are re-

gturn free privilege on exhibits at state, county

and district fairs in Michigan; ‘ '
. Prior to 1915 the railroads returned free, ex-ﬂ
‘ hibits at Michigan fairs when therowneship had,
not been‘changed. During that year this ,privilr,

age was taken away and full rates, bdth to and
fromthe exhibitions have been levied since. At
the time of this arbitrary action on the part of
the common carriers, G. W. Dickinson. secretary-
manager of the Michigan State Fair, took-up the

cudgel to battle for the rights of the Michigan '-
' exhibitor and the managements of the-fairs, and.

in conjunction with the executives of other fairs
throughout the state, he /made vigorous .protes'ts
to the railroads. The ﬁght has been carried 'on

for the past three years. _, Conference after con-,

ference was held, but the railroad chiefs refused
to grant any latitude in their decision, turning

.a deaf ear to the arguments presented. As a di-

rect result of the war, administration of the rail-
roads was assumed by the U. S. government. It
was then the tactics were 'changed "in the battle
for the free return privilege. Mr. Dickinson took
up the question with the federal authorities and
March 25 he was granted a conference with the
director general in Washington.
vious,to this centerence it had been decided no
change in the rules would be made this year.
The state fair executive offered his arguments
before the federal authorities, pointing out the
free return privilege would work for greater

fairs and greater fairs mean increased agricul-

tural and livestock production, both necessary as
a war measure. The logicality of the argument
impressed itself upon the authorities. Washing-
ton oiﬁcials had come to realize the importance of
fairs during the war to such an extent that they
were making preparations to send federal exhib-
its to the fairs throughout the country. Mr.
Dickinson was assured the question would be
given further consideration and a few days ago

‘ he received notiﬁcation from Washington of the

director general’s action to reinstate‘the privilege.
Rules effective in the states west of the Mississip‘
pi river will apply to Michigan. All exhibits,
with the exception of horses and automobiles will
be returned to their original shipping point in
Michigan free of charge. So that, as a direct re-
sult of the war, Michigan has been 'granted the
privilege due her, for the railroads have remained
o-bdurate for three years. and fair oﬂirials say
there is no reason to believe they would have
changed their attitude.

SWINE MORTALITY FROM DISEASE
IS AT ITS VERY LOWEST MARK

the year ending March 1918. announced by the
United States Department of Agriculture, as 41.1
per 1000, is the lowest in 35 years, according to the
records kept during that period.

This unprecedentedly low rate of mortality
presents a great contrast with those of earlier
periods, particularly with the losses of 133.8 per
1.000 in 1887, 144 per 1,000 in 1897, and 118.9 per
1,000 in 1914, years marked by severe outbreaks
of hog cholera. This is even a remarkable reduc-
tion from the normal low rate of losses which has
remained slightly above 50 per 1,000 when the dis-
ease was least prevalent.

ALL YOUNG MEN or 21 YEARS
MUST ‘REGISTER JUNE 5TH

We are re'duested by the local board for Ma-
comb county to givemotice that all male persons
residents of that county who have arrived at
the age of 21 years since the 5th ,day of June, 1917,
will be required to register on June 5th, 1918,
at the circuit court room in the court house, city

of Mount Clemens, between the hours of 7 a. m.

arm 9 p. m. , .

The order for all such" persons to register is
general thruout the United States, and every per~
son in rMichigan of the above prescribed age will
be required to appear at the place of registration

for his respective county on the day and between ..
"the hours named above.

provided for v'olation of this Order.

IT’S .JES’AS JIM HELME OF .
THE MICHIGAN PATRON SEZ

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The death rate in swine from all diseases for ,_ ~

”looking ﬁne but rye and wheat very poor.

‘A‘ severe penalty is

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Special prizes are being cilia-ad at four Michi-_

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Another Satisﬁed Boy Employer

* To whom— it may concern:—

' Floyd"‘Beckwith, a'B-oys' Working Reserve
recruit from the Detroit Central High
School, is all‘ that could be expected of one
of his age and experience.

He is steady and faithful. Being in earn-
est, he asks questions freely.about the “why,"
of things that come to his attention during
the day, and has a faculty of remembering
what is given in reply. - _

Floyd is good-natured and seems to en-
joyan occasional slam about being “green."

, v’ ALFRED T. HALSTEAD,
Long View Farm, Washington, Michigan.

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the organization. Two county fairs'are included.
The list is as follows: “ ~
._\ Michigan State Fain-Detroit: Thirty-three and
one-third per cent to be paid in cash on the gen-
eral classiﬁcation _ . -

West .Michigan State Fair, Grand Rapids:
Twenty per cent cash to be paid on the general
classiﬁcation.

Saginaw County Fair, Saginaw:
for the best exhibit of Holsteins. ,_

Lenawee County Fair, Adrain: Silver cup for
the best aged herd and same for the best young
herd.

Silver cup

 
LAPEER (North Central)———I have been over a: part
of Lapeer county and ﬁnd the crops are looking very
good except wheat, and it will not be more than half
a crop. Hay is looking good. Nothing is being sold
except a few potatoes and cream. Beets are looking
good. but there does not seem to be any help in sight
to take care of them. Do not know what the farmers
are going to do. They do not want to lose the use
of their ground and the company can’t get the help.
Lots of rain for a. few days, just what the farmers
wanted.——-J.. G. 8., North Branch, May 20. '

TUSCOLA (Central)———It has been such nice weath-
er that farmers are ahead with their work. Corn is
all in and some potatoes are planted and the most of
the bean ground is ready to plant. The weather haSk
been hot the last few days. Farmers are selling pota-
toes but not much of anything else. Hay and oats
The fol-
lowing quotations were made at Caro last week: Rye,
$1.50; oats, 76; com, 61.75; wheat, $2; hay, $16: po-
tatoes, 50; hens, 22; springers, 25; butter, 35; eggs, _
30: sheep, $6 to’—$8; lambs, $79 to $11; hogs, $13 to
$15; beef steers, $8; beef cows, 4; veal calves, $10 to
$13.—-—R. B. C., Caro, May 24.

OCEANA (North)—-—Nice rain last night and- this
morning, makes everything look fresh and green. Corn‘
planting is about over except sweet corn for canning
factory. Many of the farmers are ﬁtting up, their
bean and potato ground? It looks is if the bean acre-
age will be from a third to a half more than last
year. Potato acreage will be about the same as last
year in this part of the county. The following prices
were paid at Crystal.Valley this week: Oats, $1.12;
potatoes, 50c per cwt;; butter, 40: butterfat, 4214,;
hogs, live, $17 to $18.——- '. W Crystal Valley,
May 25. ' - . _ _ '

SANILAC (Central)——Have had a fine seeding time
this spring. The farmers are allthrough oat seed-
ing and are preparing ground for corn and sugar beets
and chicory. The newly-seeded meadows are“ look-r
ing ﬁne, so are theold meadows on our ﬂat land.
Most of the wheat was harrowed up and the ground-
sowed to oats, and some ieces of rye Were also har-
rowed up and oats sown.»- here. was a large acreage of
oats sown here this spring: Fruit trees ‘are’ in full
bloom. Following ‘were. , the ' quotations cat .‘Sandusky'
this week: ’Wheat, 32.05;;03128. .: rye. $2.30; barley,
$3.75 cwt.; beans. $9.50; clo , seed. $20; alsike,
31.5.25; peas. 33.25:];butterragt; 4:1; butter, 40; eggs,
32.—--A. B.. Sandusky. May.126.»,,., .- , .

MONROE, (West Central) .We are hugging some
good old~fashioned corn weather, and corn 8 ooking
good, some of it ready for on tivator. Oats and other
fine. ..Itqloo hard to see the farm ;
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‘It is capitalized at, $30,090.

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The new” concern w ‘
thesame lines as forme’
owned by the farmers-

D'ctroit.—Scor_es;of -men are being} sent ”to. the” _
farms of Wayne county every week, in spite of ~
the dearth of laborers in the‘cityz. ,Week-en‘d »ap-‘
,plications to, the county agricultura‘listjor placed
on farms number‘hearly', one hundred; All'jof __
these-applicants who have had 'experienc‘eniﬂon -
farms are listed, and sent to waiting farmers; .
Many of these'men are- givinggood satisfaction, :
although a few remain but a short time. " -

Cora—The ﬁrst of" a series of registered Cat-
tle sales Was herd here Friday, May 31. Seventy-
ﬂve head ’of cattle were placed-on sale. Among.

‘ the offerings were ,17 high-grade Holstein heifers:
g averaging 18 months of age, 13 Holstein heifers

from 14 to 16 months ‘old‘and .a 15 month’s old
registered sire all from the Boys’ Calf Clubs.
Backus Brothers of Mexico, N. Y., had charge of
the sale. ' ' - ' ‘

Milford.—-—Thirty~seven head of two-year-old- '
Black Angus steers sold in Detroit last week "
by J. W. Armstrong of this place brought 56,215.65.
A straightprice of 161/2c a pound was received.
This is a record. never before attained in. this yi;
,cinity. The cattle werefpurchas‘ed in Chicago:
last November. Mr. Armstrong who bought the
feed, and kept a careful record is well satisﬁed
with theresults‘. ' . ‘ ~ . ' .-

Laingsburg.—An effort 'is' Being made to organ?
ize all of theiour thousand farmers of Eaton

- county ale/.members,of the county farm bureau.

The motto of the farmers is “win the war." A
program of work is planned for each community
and a committee selected to put it into effect. The
work is thus adapted to the needs of each com-
munity. ‘ ,

Northville.—-By_ suggestion ‘gnd encouragement
of the Federal authorities, the bee-keepers .of,
Wayne county, met at the home of A. E. Sharrow
in Northville'township, Wednesday, May 23, and.
organized the Wayne County Bee-Keepers’ asso
ciation. A. E. Sharrow was elected president;
Mr. Hunt, vice president; Dr. ’E. B. Cavell, secrv-

.tary‘ and treasurer. - ,

Detroit—Not all of the credit for the excellent
showing made in the Wayne county Patriotic
fund belongs to the city of Detroit. As a'matter
of fact the rural districts of the county have
more than held their own, taking into considera-

tion the value of the property; and'the incomes of

the residents of the country districts.

Pentium—Many Oakland county' farmers ' who
have sons’ at Camp Custer are making application
to obtain furloughs fo'rﬂthem until all of\the crops
are in. Limited furloughs are being‘granted but
it is necessary for every applicant to,show con-
clusively that the assistance of the soldier fur.-
loughedis essential to crop production onlthefarm.

Cara—The proposed increase In. rates by the

'two local telephone companies is being 'opposed

by the farmers of' the county' The Indianﬁélds-
Farmers’ club wenton record as "against such an
increase'at its last meeting... ' - » » . _

‘th'ssﬂcldré—Incorporation papers have been is?

‘ sued for the Farmers’ Colopérative Grain &3Pro- ‘

duce company. ; This: enterprise is theresult of, a-V
successful co-operative shipping-association 'here.‘

“Bird Eider—Work: is being. iiihed cum-the newr“

‘planti'of the Bad‘Axe ”Grain (Cog-which will-'13.;

place the elevator burned . 19,3; rat}: ; ﬂ . V .,
Paw m—‘Bssm“sweeten seed
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era for the beans, arid potato ﬂour and starch mills, ;

the farmers would have realized millions of dol-
lars that have noW gone to waste. ' _

“The Federal Food Administration proffered
eyery aid and assistance to the state authorities,
all of which Was ignored, and there are no more
prO‘spects of taking care of the 1918 crop than
there were of the 1917 crop. Those entrusted with
this big responsibility seem to be too busy in the
manipulation or cheap politics to give any con-
sideration to the needs and demands of the pro-
ducing and consuming people.

“It is my opinion that had those in authority-
interested themselves in relieving the anxiety of
the people as to the establi hments of- plants in
the sections of the state where beans and potatoes
are grown in large quantities, they would have
feund the sentiment of appreciation so strong to-

day that they would not be obliged to play cheap
politics in order. to be- assured of maintaining
their present positions.

“I feel conﬁdent that the Food Administration
could arrange with the Federal GOvernment for
the equipmentof plants for the dehydration of
starch and ﬂour-making that WOuId permit of them
insuring the farmers of Michigan one dollar ‘a
bushel for their potatoes. This would be a fair
pnice to both consumer and producer; campared
with the cost ofany other food product.

“There are many breweries Ipcated- advantag-
eously that could be utilized for thispurpose and
they can be converted and equipped at a compara-
tively small cost. These same plants could be

used for the drying of beans should We be con-
furonted with another season such as~1917.

“It would seem to me that if. those in authority
do not care to play direcly into the hands of the
Kaiser, they will take heed and immediately take
action to protect the producer and consumer of
foodstuffs.

“In my conversation with many farmers I
feel conﬁdent that, even at this late day, an in-
creas of twenty-ﬁve per cent in acreage could be
made possible by any semblance of assurance that
their crops would not be permitted to rot after
they have been produced. .

“This is no time for cheap bickering and the
playing of cheap politics. The life of our nation
depends upon the amount of foodstuﬁs we can
pr roduce and, to my mind, anything less than the
best we can do to aid and assist in the prOduc-
tion of food, which is our ammunition in war, is

. criminal, if not well-nigh treason.

“1' do hope that the farmers’ organizations, the
boards of commerce in the several cities and pat-

‘riotic organizations throughout the state Will take '

up this question of food production immediately

and. if Satisfactory and prompt action cannot be _.

assured by those to phony; this mgst important
duty has been entrusted, that a meeting. he called
at some central point for the representatives of

the different organizations enumerated above as ~-

,sembled. to organize and take over” this work and
ﬁnance «it. ‘ . .

‘ than two hundred miles.

JG'erman' drive in August and September,

of- Garter Siding Michigan,
w h 0
[killed in ac-
tion

, early-part 'of
M a y?

\ Dilley‘ w a S
the athanced
husband 0 f
Mrs.- Higgins’
daughter. He
was." inducted
into service
.H‘last Septem-
ber and 'was
. static-hem at
Camp Custer,
Michigan; ' at
'Waco,- Tex.;
and C a m p
Merrit, New
Jersey, b e -
fore g o i n g
across in ear-

 
ly spring. .

Shortly af-
ter arriving
in F r a n c e,
. » Mr. Dill ey
um. W a S placed
in charge of a machine gun and it was while he
was gallantly defending his position from an at-
tack of the Huns that he was killed.

Thousands of Michigan farm boys have gone to
training camp since. last fall and many of them
are now' ﬁghting in the trenches. ' Some have
fallen in action; some have been taken prisoners;
while others have died of disease or are nursing
their wounds in the hospitals. _All these are heroes
and entitled ,to the honors that belong to such. If
any of‘our readers have sons or brothers or ac-
quaintances who have sacriﬁced either their lives
or their health in the service of their country, we
wish we might have their pictures together with
a brief account of their lives and their deeds.

HOW GERMANY IS STARVING
. POLAND INTO SUBMISSION

(Told by F. C. Walcott at Conference of Field
. T" 'Men, Sept. 12.)
This I have seen. I could not believe it unless
I had seen it through and through. For several

' weeks I lived with it; I went all about it and back

of it; inside and out of it wae'shown to mc—untl‘l
ﬁnally 1" came to realize that the incrcdiblc was
true. It is monstrous, it is unthinkable. but it cru-
ists. It is the Prussian system.

A year ago I went to Poland to learn its facts
concerning the remnant of a people that had been
decimated by war., The country had been twice
devastated. First the Russian army swept through
it and then the Germans. Along the roadside from
Warsaw to Pinsk, the present ﬁring line 230 miles.

- near half a million people had died (11‘ hunger and

cold. The way was strewn with bones picked
clean by the crows. With their usual thrift the
Germans were collecting the larger bones to be

‘ milled into fertilizer, but ﬁnger and toe bones lay
’on the ground with the mud covered and

min
soaked clothing.
Wicker baskets were scattered along the way

the basket in Which the baby swings from the
‘rafter in every peasant home.

Every mile there
Were scores of them, each one telling a death. I
started to count, but after a little I had to give it
up,' there were so many.

That is the desolation one saw along the great
.road from Warsaw to Pinsk, mile after mile, more
They. told me a million
people were made homeless in six weeks of the
1916.
"They told his four hundred thousand, died on the
»Way. The wet, scarcely half alive, got through
with the. Russian army. Many of these have been
sent to Siberia; it is these people whom the Pad-

erewski committee is trying to relieve.

In the refugee camps, 300, 000 survivors of the

’ ,. .V ﬂight were gathered by the Germans, members of
' broken families. They avers lodged

in jerry-

Iflluilt b rr’acks, scarcely water-proof. unlighted,

~was?’
iii- the

Mr. ‘

‘ cause jeopardise the undertaking.

‘ together.

,Citles 0,1 Europe before the war,

inﬁll with people in the pangs of ta

Fairlislled and rain-soaked; they staid '
there, With their elbost on their knees or leaning.

.‘ aiga‘infst the buildings, too feeble to lift a hand
. for a bit of money or a morsel of bread if one of.-'
feréd it, perishing of hunger and cold. Charity did .~ .
What it could. The rich gave all that they had; 7

the poor shared their last cruSt.

thousands were perishing. Day and night the
picture is before my eyes—a people starving, .a
nation dying. ” ~

In that situation, the German commander is-
sued a proclamation. Every able- bodied Pole was
hidden to Germany to work. If any refused let

,- no Other Pole give him to eat, not so muCh as a
"mouthful, under penalty of Gel man military law.

This is the choice the German government gave
to the conquered Pole, to the husband and father
of a starvingfamily: Leave your family to die
or survive as the case may be. Leave your counr
.try which is destroyed. to work in Germany for
its further destruction. If you are obstinate, we
‘hall see that you surely starve. ,

Staying with his folk, he is doomed and they
are not saved; the father and husband can do
nothing for. them, he only adds to their risk and
suffering. Leaving them, he will be cut oil‘ from
his family, they may never hear from him again
1101' be from them. Germany will set him to work
that a German workman may be released to.
ﬁght against his own land and people. He shall
be lodged in barracks, behind barbed wire en-
tanglements, under armed guard. He shall sleep
on the bare ground with a single thin blanket. He

[shall be scantily fed- and his earnings shall be

taken from him to pay for his food.
That is. the choice which the German govern-
ment offers to a proud, sensitive, high-strung peo-
ple. Death or slavery.
When a Pole gave me that proclamation,
boiling. But I had to restrain myself.

I was
I was

. practically the only foreign civilian in the coun-

try and I wanted to get food to the people. That
was what I was there for and I must not for any
'I asked Gov-
ernor General Von Beseler, “Can this be true?”

“Really, I cannot say,” he replied, “I have
signed so many proclamations; ask General Von
Kries.”

So I asked General Von Kries. “General,
is a civilized people‘s Can this be true?”

“Yes,” he said, “it is true”—with an air of ad—
ding, Why not?

I dared not trust myself to speak; I vturned to
go. “Wait,” he said. And he explained to” me'
how German-y. ofﬁcial Germanyr regards the state
of subject peoples.

this

WASHINGTON POTATO ACREAGE
DECREASED 50% SAYS PAPER

There is a large increase in the sugar beet
acreage in the Yakima valley this season. There
is a large decrease in the potato arrange in the
same valley. These two facts are (losc‘zl‘ linked
it being evident the 1 mar“ polalo farm—
ers are redul ing their atrenge 111 onhr us produce
beets at the comma price of $10 a 1011 which is
offered this season by the ldaho-l‘lah Sugar com-
pany. Their action is the result. not only of the
guaranteed price which the highest general
price yet paid for heels in the northwest, but of
the unsatisfactory condition of the potato market
during the ‘ st season and up to the present time.

Estimates in the reduction of the potato acre-
age vary from 20 per cent to 60 per cent. but it
is generally agreed that the acreage will not ex-
ceed two-thirds or three-fourths that of last sea-
son. Y. C. Mansﬁeld. formerly extensively en'-
gaged in wheat and sheep production in the Endi-
cott, Whitman county district but now operating
a quarter section of irrigated land nea1 Sunny:
side, believes that the potato acreage in the Yaki—
ma valley will not be more than a third what it
was last year, and strongly urges upon the foot-
hill and wheat farmers that they plant potatoes-

is

on a part of their summer fallow land instead of
allowing it to lie wholly“ idle. '

In reply to an inquiry from this paper, J N
Price, county agent for Yakima county, estimates;
that the potato acreage this year will be from 125
to 30 per cent less than last year—Washingto
Farmer.

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what it accomplished, together With that brilliant
j - farm journal‘s review of the entire dairy situation.

authentic account of that conference

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WHAT THE TROUBLE Is

There is, right- now, and there will be for some -

months to come, a plentiful supply of milk. Yet it
is a fact that the teachings of the Food Adminis-

'tration have been up to the present moment, to

save milk and butter. Milk consumption has fal-
len off; butter is being substituted for by mar—

garine and nut products, growing children are
- having their milk ration cut—all because

the

public believes that the saving of milk and butter

fat is essential.

“The Food Administration food cards say, “Use

less cream;” “Use butter on the table as usual but

not in cocking. Other fats are as good;” etc.
These cards. out of date, still hanging in the

,homes of America, are not merely teaching econ-

omy in the use of dairy products; they are also

teaching the use of imitations and substitutes.
The effect of. this conservation campaign has

been to reduce the market for the farmer’s dairy

‘products. And now that the temporary need of

economy has passed there must be an insistent
campaign on the part of the Food Administration
to set the public right as to the present day sit-
’uaz‘ion.

It is very true that the Allies are short of fats,
butter included. But right now saving fats will
not help the Allies. They have bought all they
can ship. They would and could buy mor if we
had cargo space in which to get it overﬂo the
other side.

The demand. therefore. is for the opening of

the markets closed to the dairy industry by the '

publicity of the Food Administration.
WHAT ABOUT RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO?

We have those among us who believe—or say V

they dol—that the question of proﬁts should: not
enter into production at this time. Such will no
doubt take exception to Resolution No. Two. But
those who know that the dairy industry depends
upon proﬁts for existence will ﬁnd in No. Two
the conditions upon which thy dairy business de-
Here too, the working
harmony between the dairy interests and the Food
Administration is expressed. Do not get the idea
that, the dairymen are ﬁghting the Administra-
tion. Such an idea would be wholly wrong. What
they do expect to give—and to get—full co-opera-
tion! If the prices of feeds and labor continue
to advance there is only one answer—a higher
price for milk. But the dairy interests are wil-
ling to show their hand and let the Food Adminis-
tration determine what are proﬁts and what is
proﬁteering.

WHY OLEO IN THE ARMY?

The dairy industry cannot see why the govern-
ment, in buying for the cantlonments, should give
the preference to butter imitations, nor can it un-
derstand why, in view of the high value of cheese
(Resolution Four) should not be made a part of
the army ration. At the present time it may be
bought by the men, out of their own pockets, but
is not furnished in the mess.

PROSECUTE TIIE“DAIRYMAN FOR HIS
EFFICIENCY?

Resolution No. Five goes at the heart of the
dairy troubles in New York, Chicago and the Turin
(‘ilies If the dairy interests are to be denied
the opportunity to organize for collective selling——
if a man is liable to go to jail for agreeing with
his neighbm to demand a fair price for his pro-
duct. then the cons .mer is due for more milkless
and butterless days than are on any food card in
existence. If the consumer wants today’s milk
at yesterday’s prices—and refuses to pay more-e
he may go without milk. For no manufacturer
or distributor of milk can stay in the business
unless the receipts for milk exceed the bills for

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feed and labor.

WHAT IIOARDING Is

The SeventhResolution means this: That at

the present time if a man buys butter when there
is a surplus of butter and holds it until there is a] :

shortage he is liable to go to iail for hoarding
As an even distribution of dairy products de-

it is evident that men who have the money to

invest in the storage of dairy products must be
protected;

otherwise at times of heavy produc-
tion prices will go smash, and at times of short
, will be an actual lack: Storage

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editor of Farm, Stock 0: Home, called it . ,
' making conference" and judging from .
straight-from-the-shoulder resolutions adopted 1...
t the conference and reprinted on this page.»

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we should buy that he has named it 111113111. .» ~

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ministration for the saving at late.

 
Let us be frank about it. No an objects

to the sale or olea as oleo. But he Boot obiect to I.

the substitution wof margarine; in globe of butter,

as butter, under the plea that they are fast as '

good as butter
Which“ is not true! - , A, ' "
THE DAIIIY FABMER IlAs 601 To FIGHT
There is just one way to meet this publiciby

 
BE IT RESOLVEDv—FIRST-r-That we, repre- ”
senting the producers, manufacturers and '
distributors of milk and milk products
P from all parts of the United States. do ear-
nestly request the Food Administration to
make public announcement that for the
present there is no ,longer need of curtail-
ment of the use of milk and milk products;
but on the contrary the consuming public ‘
i should use, as far as possible, these essential
foods, and that the menu cards on dining

and milk prbducts so as to conform to such

SECOND—We hereby pledge to the Food
Administration and the United States, dur-
ing the period of the war, that those engag-
ed in producing, manufac ﬁring and distrib-
uting milk and its products will continue to
demand only the cost of their operations,
plus a reasonable proﬁt, to be approved if
necessary by the Food Administration or
the Government.

THIRD—That such steps be taken by those
in control of procuring food for the Army
and Navy that the boys in service shall be
supplied with butter, so. essential to physi-
cal vitality, instead of oleomargarine and
other substitutes.

FOURTH-W6 request those in charge
food for the Army to place cheese in the
Army food ration.

FIFTH—W6 voice the conviction ‘that the
time has come when there should be neces-
sary Federal and State legislation authoriz-
ing and encouraging the formation and op-
eration of co-operative associations of farm-
ers, formed for the purpose of making col-
lective sales of their farm products, to the
end that there may be economies in produc-
tion and in marketing, and the elimination
of unnecessary speculation.

er'ruwThat we respectfully request the
Secretary of Agriculture to take such actiOn
by recommendation or otherwise, as will
create in his department, a Bureau of Dairy- '
ing.

SEVENTH—That it is of supreme import-
ance that the production and storage of but-
ter and cheese should be stimulated and en-
couraged in every possible way during the
summer season of heavy production. to the
end that we may have large reserve stocks
to meet the demands of our Allies and our
own people during the season of short pro-
(luction.

 
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campaign of the butter substitute interests.

FIGHT PUBLICITY WITH PUBLICITY!

The value of milk and milk products must be
taught to the consumer. He must be taught the
truth that there are no substitues for the life-giv-
ing and growth—producing elements in milk and‘its
products.

The consumer must be given the facts in a big,

forceful ways The margarine interests are out af-

ter the butter trade. They have opened the war.

The dairy interests must see to it that they do
not ﬁnish it.

HOW CAN THIS BE DONE? ’

The problem. after all, is rather simple. The

milk producing interests 'must get together an

advertising fund and use the money for publicity ‘

in those ﬁelds where the consumptiOn of milk,
butter, cheese and ice cream can most easily be
ushed. -

This should be— 'a natioanide campaign. .
It should require and raise, a million dollars
ayear for not less than a Five Your Advertising
Campaign!

Does this sound like big money?

It is!

But it is only one cent in a thousand of the
dairy income of the nation.

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Advertise- .'__
butt arelhuiming up, on the freak of, the '
' er market, a market for sum. '

What. the? Dairymen Seek. , ,

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cussed, and Mr Reed asserted that. the Adamo

tration had admitted that its mitten had been 1111-
‘ e conditions

 
wise and was due to ignorance as

Obtaining in the dairys MW?! Hf mrtkelf-

moreldecl’arod that the Food Administration had
' shown a desire to undo the harmful sheets of its“

former publicity by encouraging peeple to drink

,more milk, and Mr Read thought the association V‘
could well aircrd‘ to spend a little money to all»

'vertise the value of milk in the Dotréit newspalr
ers. We recall thatawo suggested to Mr. Reed that

a publicity campaign, conducted by either the

Food Administration or the association, should be
based on “the slogan of “Drink Milk” instead Of

I“Drink MORE Milkk,” as was the phrase invar-

iably employed. For the facts are that the people

of the cities do NOT DRINK .11an, hence it would‘
nothing to them to be asked to drink MORE. ~

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The ea to be impressed upon. them should be to

' “drink milk" in the sense 91,.making‘it a part of

their ‘ daily menu, We subsequently Wrote the
Food Administration upon the. Same subject, urg-
ing also that not only sample recipes for the using

of milk, but also sample menus showing how milk '

in its raw state could be used economically and
satisfactorily as- a part of the family meal, be
sent out broadcast. We argued‘that while the
average woman is glad to co-operate with the
Food Administration, she ﬁnds it difﬁcult to plan
a. well-balanced meal, of which milk is a part, that
will meet with the’ approval of her family. ‘The
Food Administration thanked us for the. recom-
mendations and advised they would be carried out,
but to date we have seen no publicity matter upon

- the subject.

DIRECTORS OF STATE ASSOCIATION IN'SES—
SION THIS WEEK

As we go to press we learn that the directors of
the Milk Producers’ Association are in session
and are strongly considering the inauguration of
-an advertising campaign along the lines suggest-
ed above: The Milk Commission meets this week
also to discuss new developments in the milk sit-
uation of the Detroit area. so it is more than prob-
able that we shall have something of decided in—
terest to report to our readers the coming week;
Recognil'aing the delicate circumstancessurround-
ing the dairy industry, MICﬁICAN BUSINESS
FARMING'will endeavor "to follow the developments
to the best of its ability that it may keep its read-
ers thoroly posted. We wish to impreSS upon the
mind of every dairyman that the situation calls
for the united support of everyone interested in
the industry, and if the members of the milk
producels’ association, or non—members either for
that matter, are called upon to help ﬁnance the
educational campaign which must sooner or later

i be started .in Michigan, we trust that they will

In a later issue we will
is absolutely essential for

not hesitate, to help.
sliOW ’how butterfat

human growth, and that consequently there need .

be no fear that substitutes can ever entirely take
the place of dairy prodilcts in the family ration.

CATTLE AND MEAT PRICES AS
FIXED IN SWITZERLAND

 
COnsul Kent. Borne, sends the f'OIIOWing:

The economic department of the Swiss Federal
Government has by decree ﬁxed the maximum
price at which farmers may sell their cattle for
slaughter as well as the prices at which various
qualities of butcher s meat may be retailed.Fa1kn-

ers may demand no more than 23 cents per pound .

for ﬁrst class fat beet cattle If such cattle are sold
by the head there must be no evasion to escape
the maximum price. The-"price applies to cattle

sold bn the farm. It sold in a. city or other distant
- market cost of transportation may he added.

With the exception of sirloin and ﬁrst cuts, re-
tailers may ask no more than 40. cents per pound
for beef. The weight of bone must not exceed 25

per cent of the total weight sold .v—Oommerce. Re-

  
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In the following para-

: " a pertaining to the making of cider, to-
gethSi: with explanatory notes:

“Section 9 of Act1338, Public Acts of I917, pro-

_r~vides in part as follo’We:

" ‘The provisions or this act shall not be con-'—

~Strued to prevent the manufacture of cider from
fruits. for the purpose of making vinegar, and.
non-intoxicating Cid” r and fruit juice for use and

.sale.’ . ~

"‘No ﬁarmer who extracts the juice from his
Vzapples for the purpose of making cider and vine-
, gar will be in danger of prosecution unless it
’ can be proven that he sells, uses as a beverage or
gives away the cider when it has an alcohol con-
tent

“Therefdre, it is clear under this law that a
farmer may manufacture cider from his apples
and may use the same for the manufacture of
apple butter, jelly, etc., or for any purpose so long
. as he does not sell,
mented cidenfor beverage purposes and the act
will not preventany legitimate use of apples or,
I believe, Work any hardship among any farmers
in this respect.”

PLAY SAFE; BUILD A SILO AND V
CONSERVE TI-IE CORN CROP

There'Were‘several thousand farmers in Mich-
igan who thanked their lucky stars last fall that
they had hail the foresight to build silos. Other-
wise a large part of their corn crop would have
met the same fate as that Which overtook the
crops of thousands of other farmers 1
who had failed to build silos. The
food value of the tens of thousands of
acres of corn that went to waste last
year because it failed to mature and
because its owners had not provided
silos for salvaging it,» cannot-be es-
timated. Certain it is that the loss
was far in excess o-f-the cost of the
silos needed for saving it.

Prof. J. F. Cox of the M. A. C. de-
partment of farm crOps claims that
many farmerswho reSOIVSd last fall
to build si10s this year have been dis-_
armed by the excellent growing weath—
er and are abandoning their plans for
the current year. This is'a mistake,
the-Professor believes, and we are‘
strongly inclined to 'agree with him.
We are a little afraid that the farmers
are overlooking the fact that'much of
the corn planted this season coming
from Delaware and New Jersey is not
adapted to Michigan conditionasand
that there'is a strong likelihood that
some of itrwill never mature. This
fact is in itself a mighty strong argu-
ment why every farmer, who has,
planted corn this year should have a
silo for saving the food value, even
if the horn does» not mature.

Farmers, who a few years ago could
see no merit in the silo, are being
forced by the mounting post of com-
mercial feed, to recognize the value of
silage. During the past two years
Silas have gone up on many Vial-ms
‘whose owners swore at one time that
they would never have one; of- the r,
_ things on their place. But the silo 13:4,.

' 'a saver and anything that saves in;
‘_,this age of conservation makes ' a.
strong appeal. The commercial feed ;
situation is getting worse; it cannot
‘ get better so long as the war lasts, and
he} farmerv‘who plans now to make

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THE FARM .BOY HIS DAD’S GREAT- -
EST ASSET—DEVELOP HIM

The farm that produces good live stock can
also produce good men. The boy whose childhood
is enriched by the association with the young life
that frisks and plays in barnyards and pastures
develops a senso of responsibility and forethought.
A companionship among boys and baby animals
is a. potent aid in the healthy unfolding of hered—
itary, and they are wise fathers who foster it.
Most boys ,Who grow up to, say, sixteen years of
age on a farm where pure bred live stock is bred,
grow’up to be intelligent farmers and good citi-
'Zens. '

If dispoSed to think deeply he feels the impree
sive mystery of new life. He is surrounded by it.
Every young animal is like its ancestors, yet
brings new possibilities. The strands of a thou-
sand traits of as many ancestors are spun together
in each new generation in an unknown way. Her-
edity is a mystery itself, but it is the more mys-
terious because there is the possibility that by a
new combination of inherited traits any new life
may prove to be vastly superior to all that have
gone before.

The father shows great wisdom in making his
work so interesting that his boy will take interest
in it. It is a great thing for the father to hold
the boy’s interest and conﬁdence in the affairs of
the farm. It is ﬁne when the father enlists the
boy’s sympathy and his co- operation by making
him a partner in working out the problems of a
farm. Together they face the world, and thus
the ‘boy quickly grasps the situation and respects
the ﬁather the more for his toil and his sacri~
ﬁces. Life is so short that it is really ﬁne if we
can hold the boy’s interest and. establish a har-
monious and continuous endeavhr. In the busi
ness of breeding pure bred live stock there is a
ﬁeld for this sort of partnership and co-operation
between fathers‘and sons.

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test.

Eyery healthy boy has a natural instinct to be?
come the best Wrestler, boxer, ball player or swim-f

: mer in his neighborhood. Later the coarse phys-
Faisal contest spirit wears off, or gives Way to a de-' .
hire for another kind of contest, as in business. At V .

this. critical period decisions must be made
whether the boy is to recruit the ranks or city
workers or to become a farmer. It is the kind of
crisis that comes in every farm home. And in
too many instances it results in the turning point
of a generation away from the land.

If the boy is given proper inducements to dl‘
rect his useful ambitions toward achieving suc-
cess on the farm the problem is many times
straightened out in a day. Breeding pure bred
live stock will hold the boy’s interest because it
directs the force of his natural instinct for con-
It gives him a high mark to shoot at. This‘
muCh as ﬁnancial reward should prompt farmers
to breed pure bred stock. It gives the boys oppor
tunity to visit fairs and exhibitions and proﬁt by
the educational advantages they offer The dc
velopment of pure bred animals will prove a con
stant -source of interest, and the boys will be
looking forward} with keen interest in comparing
results with what the other fellow has accom-
plished. They will then have the opportunity in
case of failure to know where they have been de-
ﬁcient; the natural instinct to excel will lead them
to do better things.

Then there is another thing that seems to be
of importance to a farmer who has pure bred stock.
He must not only think clearly and act Wisely,
but he must keep his home and surroundings in
neat and tidy condition. When men come from a
long distance to see him and his stock he begins
to think that he is of some importance. and starts
to clean up and beautify his surroundings. He must
ﬁx up. he must make his home more attractive,
because he must entertain his visitors during
their stay at the farm Then the boys begin to
think that the farm and stock are of some im-
portance and they take’ an interest in the work.

Another phase of the question of keeping the
boy on the farm that should receive the thought—
ful attention of every farmer who has song is the
fact that it is a sort of insurance against old age—
in that dreaded time when affection and com~
panionship mean more than anything else to you.
It is seldom that one (Continued on page 19)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MILKMAIDS OF NEW YORK?

small bills anci'loosechange were
poured into the hands of cute “farm-

and others ~in a parade

 
pageant in New York city to boost a
fund, just begun, to send a ton of
V‘ milk, daily to France.
"most novel of war parades yet,
pretty glrlsin costume, one riding
"a astride a chubby cow and others on
haylott, the procession halted
uly’. while bankers, brokers, clerks,_
ltenographers and office boys fumbled in their pockets and purses for money to help save the life of a babe in
Most picturesque of all was the appearance of Miss Anna Farrell, an actress and
the wife of an army officer now in France, on the back of a cow. She was dressed as a farmerette, in gingham,

Making the

'and was cheered by throngs which gathered about when the parade halted for contributions.

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‘Way add to the nation’ 3 supply of sugar.
1 every indication that a normal crOp has been
planted this year in nearly all sugar beet states.
In the past the average. yield 0'. beefs per‘ acre
in the United States ' has been approximately
ten tons, yet yields of ﬁfteen ‘to twenty tons are
, not uncommon. If the 800,000 acres of beets which
= .were planted last year all; had been carried to ma-
turity and an increase of but one ton per acre had
been produced by more careful methods, we would
. . have had 800, 000 tons of beets in excess of the
' *. _ ‘ normal crop, which would have added 100, 000 tons
to our supply of sugar.

As. soon as the beets have from four to six
leaves they should be blocked and thinned, so that
the plants stand singly at intervals of eight to
twelve inches in a row, the rows being'twenty
inches apart. Careless blocking and thinning is
responsible in partfor low yields. 'This is read-
ily preventable. Likewise. careless cultivation
reduces the number of plants and thereby cuts
down the tonnage. This is also preventable. When
the beets are harvested there is frequently un-
necessary loss due to the breaking of the roots
when the beets are lifted, and by improper top-
ping. If the beets are not delivered immediately
after they are removed from the ground, further
loss can be prevented by covering them to pre-
vent drying. If the weather is cold they should
be sufﬁciently protected so that the roots will not
be frosted.

Labor is one of the principal factors inﬂuenc-
ing acreage, as more‘ilabor is required in the grow-
ing of sugar beets than most other farm crops.
From all reports, labor conditions are more fav-
orable for sugar beets than they were a year ago.
The Department of Agriculture is endeavoring to
meet the labor situation not only by, encouraging
the shifting of labor to the centers where needed,
but also by encouraging the development and pro-
duction of labor-saving machinery.

This year there will be several beet harvesting
machines on the market, some of which have been
thoroughly tried out and «are capable of doing
satisfactory work. These implements, which like-
ly will be in general use in the near future, will
do much to relieve the labor situation and thereby
lend encouragement to the beet-sugar industry.

  
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GARBAGE CONSERVATION
THROUGH POULTRY; FEEDING

 
Successful results announced by the U. S. Food
Administration following the- feeding of city gar-
,bage to hogs, have stimulated interest in the use
of garbage along other lines. An intenesting con-
tribution to the pool of experience, is a letter from
1 Massachusetts poultryman who outlines his re-
sults from feeding garbage to poultry on a large
tale. Two kinds are fed—“house" garbage and
“hotel” garbage. The latter is secured from hotels,
restaurants and clubs, and contains a greater pro—
portion of edible food than the “house" garbage
which is obtained from private homes.

“I fed a ﬂock of 1500 free-range" pullets,” this
poultryman writes, “for four months (July, Aug-
ust, September and October) each year on house
garbage, and in November they go into the laying
house in excellent condition. I do not feed gar-
bage to chicks until they are strong and well fea-
thered. Furthermore, it can be fed successfully to
young stock only during warm months. Eating
wet garbage chills sma‘ll chicks in the cold spring
or fall months _ -

We have two movable platforms on our range

in which the garbage is fed. A two-horse team
drives up and deposits the loads in barrels on
each platform. We then spread the garbage out
on the platforms two or three times a day ,and
let the chickens pick it over thoroughly each time.
At the end of the day we scrape the platforms
clean. So thoroughly' is the garbage picked over,
that there ramains 'carcely a bushel from an en-
tire load.
‘ “The other grade of garbage~hotel garbage——
is fed young stock in V—shaped troughs. When
feeding hotel garbage which has much water in
it, I stir in twelve quarts of bran to about sixty
quarts of/garbage and mix well before feeding.

“We have our layers in freerange ﬂocks, 1,000
in a ﬂock. Their feed consists for each ‘ﬂock of
72 quarts '(6 pails) of hotel garbage in the morn-
ing. At noon they are fed the same and at night

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tates department of Agriculture to give special
are to their” beets during the growing seamn‘, in
f order that the yields may be increased, and in this '
There is .'

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There must be sufﬁcient land or keepi g

bage-fed stock separate from breeders and baby“
.ﬂ'chicks. ..» I - .. j

When more than One grade ‘of garbage- can be '*
secured give the better grade to the laying hens. 1’

The Food Administration believes this Subject ;
of suﬂ‘iéient impOrtance to merit the consideration '
of- poultrymen. and will receive with interestxany -~

additional experience in this branch of garbage
utilization. Details of methods and results are
especially desired.

.(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Food Administration de«'
sires to receive further experience along the line.

of poultry feeding, and any of our readers who
are trying out new rations successfully are invited
to submit their experiences to us, and we will be
glad )to pass them along to the Fpod Administra-
tion

BOOSTING THE BEE BUSINESS 1
TO HELP CONSERVE SUGAR

 
Production of honey will/be greatly increased
during 1918 in many localities, according to re-
ports; received from extension workers of the U
S. Department of Agriculture. The increase in

Colorado this year will probably be 100 per cent,‘

it is said. In many localities there las been a
marked increase in winter protection, and the
bees passed the cold season and were ready to be-
gin work of gathering nectar as soon as the
weather permitted.

Interest in increasing the production of honey
as a war measure is countrywide. The U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture now has 13 bee-extension
workers who are working in thirty-nine states,
and the requests from those who wish information
and help on beekeeping are coming in faster than
the department and its extension, workers can take
care of 'them. "‘1 meet this demand for informa-
tion, meetings are being held in various bee-rais-
ing districts, p""’icula,1'ly in the southern states.
in which bee culture is discussed. The exten-
sion workers are giving attention to preventing
the spread of brood diseases, especially of Ameri—
can foul brood, brought on in many cases by the
failure of beekeepers to properly diagnose the dis-
ease.

The outlook for 1918 is bright,
the department believe. Factories making bee-
keepers’ supplies have been running overtime
during the past winter" and are ready to supply
all demands that can be'made on them, provided-
the goods can be transported. There has been
an enormous-increase in the demand. for literature
on beekeeping, including many calls for Farmers’
Bulletins.
it will probably exceed the supply, for in addition
to ”men who wish to embark ‘n beekeeping there
is a desire on the part of the beekeepers to en-
large their apiaries and increase their output of
honey.

The export of 1917 honey to Europe, especially
to the Uni‘n" Kingdom, exceed'edvby far those of
any previous year. During the winter it was com-
mon for more honey to leave for Europe in ten
days than in any year previous to ‘914.

specialists of

LOG-COLOR CLUE TO THE
HEN’S PRODUCTIVITY

 
A clue to the laying abilities of a hen is afford-
ed at this time by the color of tie legs and beak,
according to 'the department of poultry husband-
ry of the M. A. C. The department is mentioning

this fact in connection with a 'plea to owners of

birds to cull their flocks of non-producers.

“If a hen has not laid well during the winter
and spring.” Prof. C. H. Burgess declares. “her
beak should be white now and her shanks a pale
yellow. If a hen or pullet began the winter with
bright yellow legs and beak, and has laid well
during the winter and spring, her shanks and
toes as well as her beak will- be white at this
time.”

During the coming summer, beginning on July
1, a representative of the- college will be1sent
out into tho state to demO' 1tpate to farmers how
this culling can be conducted. An appeal to co-
operate is being made to farmers by the depart-

- ment.

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The demand for bees is so great that ‘

 
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M. A. 0., says If two or three mp;
come, together with hot sultry weather this rust
will spread like wildﬁre orer the grain ﬁelds, at—
tacking oats, barley and rye an well as Wheat. The
most effective way to check this rust outbreak is
,to get rid at once of every commen, tail barbérﬂ'
bush in the‘ state, of both the greenpleaf and the
purple leaf varieties.” ’ '
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has been greatly increased. It wOuld be a state-
wide calamity if Michigan’s wheat crop. now so}
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tinct loss to the nation. Wheat is needed now as ~ J" 1

never before in the history of our country, and
every possible agency should be commanded to
check the spread of this fatal and insiduous plant -
disease. If farmers ﬁnd it difﬁcult to recog-
nize the barberry to which Dr. Coons refers, they
should send to the agricultural college immediate—
ly for descriptive literature and begin a. thorn
campaign for the eradication of the rust.

 
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The ﬁre blight of apple and pear is spread quite
largely through the dphides or plant lice which
infest the young shoots in early spring; The bac-
illi of the blight ﬁnd a congenial medium in the,
honey‘dew excreted by the plant lice, in which
it may live for many days. This is visited by
ﬂies, ants, wasps and bees of various kinds, who
carry the infection to the open blossoms and ten-
der twigs which readily become inoculated. It
would seem from this that spraying with tobacco.
extract to kill the plant lice would help mater-
ially to prevent the spread of ﬁre blight.

   
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_ Beans should never be cultivated immediately
after a rain, or at any time when they are wet
with dew. Plant diseases and particles of dirt
getting on the leaves while wet are sure to ruin
the plants. Hence, give plenty of shallow culti-
vation while the beans are dry.

HOW TO PREVENT DISAS-
TROUS SOIL WASHING

On many farms more plant food is removed by
erosion than by the removal of crops. Not only
is this fertility wasted, but the ﬁelds are left in
such physical condition that no system of rotation
or soil management can restore them to their
former state of productivity. It is difﬁcult to es-
timate, even: approximately, the loss to farmers
due to the washing away of their best soils. Of ,
course, some of the soil washed down from the . _ '
rolling land goes to build up the fertility of the ‘
low lands, but the greater portion is a direct loss
to the farm. Even the low lands suffer, because
it takes a number of years to bring this new soil
into condition to yield proﬁtable craps of grain.
grasses and, ‘clovers; besides there is always (lan-
ger of ﬂoods bringing down another covering of
soil to upset rotations, destroy growing crops and
biing about new pioblems of tillage and control-
ling weed growth. __

While this loss of plant food and damage to N , ,
the soil from washing can never be entirely me 1
vented, it can by a rational system of crop grow-
ing. reseeding to gaasses and replanting to trees
be greatlyreduced. On ﬁeld's that‘are sufﬁciently - p 55:»; .'
level for'crop cultivation soil washing can be pre- 2 ..
vented by keeping up an adequate supply of or— . a.~
ganic matter, putting in tile drains and utilizing -3;
the forces that made the gullies to ﬁll them. The
latter can be done by putting in dams of posts,
brush and straw. One of the cheapest dams is to
put in a piece of woven'wire of the proper length
and height fastened to some solid posts on each
side of the gully and a few stays in the center.
Then ﬁll in the center with stalkspbrush, straw,
and stones if they are available. This will‘hold
back the soil and gradually ﬁll the gully to the
level of the top wire. This will hold ﬁrm so that
anew dam can be built on top of this, or other
dams can be made at desired distances up the
gully until it can ﬁnally be ﬁlled up at a mOderate
expense. This is the cheapest and most practi-,
cal way of ﬁlling 1111 low places and keeping the
soil and plant food where it belongs.

In some instances farmers who have ﬁlled~ up .
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21', bps, and the definition of dockage specifi-
cally reqhires reasoning. and rescreening so that‘
413- large a proportion as possible of cracked wheat
will. be recovered. 1*
-' The "more deﬁnite term, “foreign material other
than docka'ge" has been substituted for “insepar-
able foreign material. "’

xiThe allaWaiice for wild peas, corn cockle, and

similar impurities is more liberal.

The percentages of hard kernels required in the

-. premium sub-classes of Hard Red Spring, Hard

Winter, and Common White have been changed

_ and made. more liberal.

The minimum test weight per bushel require-
merits generally are reduced, except for grades 2,
9 3-and {i in Hard Red Spring wheat and grades 1.
to 4'in Common White» and Club"White. .

The maximum percentages of moisture allowed

have been increased foFall grades except for grade '

,No. 2 in Hard Red Spring and Durum.

The total wheat 01: other classes permissable is
increased in every grade, No.1 now permitting
5 per cent and other grades 10 per cent. Special
imitations for certain wheats of other classes now
apply only to the first two grades. \

The total damaged wheat permitted has been
doubled for grade No.1. Small amounts of heat-
;damaged kernels are to be permitted in grades
No. land 1111 increased- amount in grade No. 2.

The quantities of smut allowed- before desig-
nating wheat as “smutty’j have been doubled.

The subclasses Red Spring, Humpback, and
Soft Red have been eliminated from the stand-
ards, and grades for garlicky wheat added for
all classes.

How To BUILD A PRACTICAL
SMALL SMOKEHOUSE FOR FISH

Do.y0u like ﬁsh? Most farmers like ﬁsh well
enough to catch them, but how many like them
well enough to smoke them and make them a
part of the daily menu? Fish, properly smoked.
is calculated to be a delicacy. and we are authori—
‘tatively informed that the smoked varieties pur-
chased at the store cannot hold a candle to ﬁsh‘
that is smoked in the home-made smokelouse.
Since meat prices have become so high, and it be-
hooves farmers to sell as much of thei1 beef and
pork as possible, it might be a good idea to take
a vacation now and then and go ﬁshing, not for
Sport, but. for food.

The bureau of ﬁsheries has prepared a bulletin
describing the, construction and operation of a
smokehouse fer ﬁsh. —It may be built in a short
time by any farmer, and its operation is simplicity
itself. ‘

The circular is illustrated with drawings and
pictures showing the various steps of the construc-
tion, and the completed house. We would suggest
that our readers who are situated iclose to lakes or
streams send for this bulleting and form the habit
of smoking their ﬁsh. Send a ostcard to the
Bureau of-~Fisheries, Departmeng’ of Commerce?
.Washinglon. D.'C., and asker Et-ono 'ni(~ Circu‘lar
No. 27, second revision. Then after you have tried
out your smokehouse, write and tell us how it
works.

How TO ESTIMATE THE WEIGHT!
OF THE HAY IN THE BARN

{How many cubic feet of well settled hay are
there in the barn to the ton?——~H. L. H,B.err1'e,n
Springs, Michigan.

' A ton or well packed timothy hay contains
about 450 cubic feet; a ton of clover alfalfa or cow- ‘ ’

If“ hay—about 550 cubic feet. To ﬁnd the number
of tens in a hay loft, multiply the length, width

' and depth in feet together and divide by 450 for,

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uweather is discouraged be :use of danger

1‘;- and boarding, to Stabilize prices and to secs”

L'distribution through the most direct

The following announcement is made by the;
Food Administration relative to the continuing,

high prices of commercial feeds Our readers
Will render a favor if they will report any future,

‘ﬂolatiOns of the price- -ﬁxing regulations, by ole?
‘vators, millers or dealers in feeds: _

“As feed contracts of long- standing gradually
' expire, supervision of the feeding stuff industry

by the Food Administration becomes ﬁeed of de

[tails which have thus far made the problem un-

usually complex. Fully to understand the pres-
ent situation, a summary of events may be _use-
in].

."When .feedlcontrol was inaugurated last win-
ter, standing contracts were respected, and mills

f permitted to dispose of goods oversold or goods

on hand, at the old prices. Normally, such feed
Wouldhave gone into general distribution within
from 30 to 60 days, but transportation and bad
weather delayed distribution and resulted, in the
disposal of much of the fbed locally. The remain-
der has only lately reached some of the points to

‘Which‘ delivery was due last winter.

“Consequently, while farmersnear mills have,
been securing their mill feeds at less than $2.00
per hundred pounds by calling at the mills and
hauling it away, feed buyers at a distance have not
received the beneﬁt of the price limitations.
Brieﬂy the bulk price of bran per ton at mills
in‘car lots must not exceed 38 per cent of the cost
to the min of one ton of wheat at the mill.

“Differentials have been established for other
mill feeds based in the maximum price of bran,
which, as just pointed out, is governed by the
wheat. price; ! Shorts or standard middlings must
not exceed the,bran price by more than $2.00 per
ton, mixetl-feeds by more than $4.00 per ton. ﬂour
middlings by more than $9.00 per ton, and red
dog by more than $15.00 per ton.

“Brokers in wheat mill-feed are limited to a
charge of twenty-ﬁve cents per ton; commission
agents (making sale delivery and collection) are
not to charge more than ﬁfty cents per ton com-
mission; and wholesalers or jobbers are limited
to reasonable advances over the average bulk
price at mill (plus brokerage, commission or in-
spection fee actually paid.)

“The trade has shown a spirit of hearty co-
operation, and the number of revoked licenses and
other penalties is considered small in proportion
to the size of the feed industry. On the basis of
actual nutritive value. however, prices of mill
feeds now sold under Food Administration price
regulations compare favorably with other by-
product feedS—in fact, so favorably that. present
demands for mill feeds greatly exceed the sup-
ply. This occurrence may be expected when the
price of a commoditly is limited by factors other
than those actually resulting from the law of sup—
ply and demand.

“Under the restricted price schedule, the pub—
lic would like to buy more mill feed than actually
exists in the country and for the remainder of this
season at least. the Food Administration suggests
a larger use of other 'by-product feeds. Those at
present in greatest abundance, are hominy feeds.
gluten feeds, and oil meal.

“In case of poultry feeds which are made large-
ly from coarse grains, perhaps the most satis-
factory means of lowering the costs is to reduce
the amount of scratching grains and increase the
use of dry mash. By-prod‘tcts of the coarse
grains are less expensive than the grains them-
selves. and experienced poultrymen lave been
able to secure excellent results both in eggs and
meat by .the more general use of wash feeds
These may be mixed to secure any desired bal-
ance of nutritive ingredients and may include
meat and ﬁsh scrap. The U. S. Department of

"Agriculture and varioﬁs experiment. stations have'

worked out suitable formulas for the guidance of
poultrymen desiring to secure best results from
their feeding investment.

ffIn general the distribution of feed has many
points in common with the fuel industry. During
the spring and s mmer months the demand lags

«behind supply. and permits the accumulation of,
* reserves.

This is due to an abundance of pasture
endgfresh feed. But in the winter a heavy burden
falls upon_ the .feed industry. and problems of

'distribution are made more difﬁcult than at any

other. times'by snow-fall; cold weather, and to
some extent by fewer hours of daylight.
“Under present regulations. dealers may not

have more than 60 days’ supply of mill feeds on

hand While the storage of feed on farms in hot
of

xmore closely than

.of Siberia at all,

Actual selection of feeds must in the future as
always, be largely a matter of individual choice
and intelligence in buying."

SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATION

WHERE IT IS LEAST EXPECTED

To mention the land Siberia in Northern Rus-
sia to Americans means to them a land'where all
the political exiles are kept and punished, a land

,where half-civilized people live, a piece of land

that is usually looked upon as about the. worst
place in the world for humanity to exist.
The farmers of America, those who have heard

last place on the globe where co-operation could
be fostered and succeed and yet the American
farmer, their farmers’ organizations and many
of the leaders of American cooperation will have
to take their hats off to the people of Siberia.
-In 1908 there was established an organization
known as the “Union of the Siberian Creamery
Associations,” this union is engaged in the sale
of agricultural products. such as butter, cheese.
eggs, grain. meat, fat, etc.; there are 1.300 cream-
eries in this union, besides 1,050 cooperative
stores, which supply their members ‘with all kinds
of necessary commodities. This union has 22
branches and a. buying department in Moscow.
The union referred to above, together with
other (in-operative organizations representing over
5,000 co-opcrative societies of the Ural and West
em and Eastern Siberia in December. 1917. held
an all Siberian (“o—operative congreSs at Omsk. at

this congress of course the existing Russian con- .

ditions were discussed and a strongly worded res—
olution passed protesting against, the overthrow
and arrest of the Provisional Government and
Korensky. The most interesting action however.
of this conference, is the one dealing with the
amalgamation of the various co—operative activit—
ies N that country.

DO YOU WANT THIS AUTO
JUST FOR YOURSELF?

Do these ﬁne days and long evenings make you
itch for an automobile of your own? Every time
you bitch up to drive to town don’t you wish you
could turn a crank and go spinning off, making
the long hours drive only :1 few minutes’ spin?

But if we could only start you wishing you had
an auto our help would hardly be appreciated
but when we tell you that your own favorite paper.
M B. F., is actually giving away a brand new.
1918 model ﬁve passenger Ford touring car with-
in 30 days you have a right to ask how you can
get i‘ and how hard it will be for you to get it.

Some weeks ago we announced the contest. it is
open to anyone in Michigan who will simply of-
fer to send us in the subscriptions from farmers
who arc. only waiting for someone to ask them
for most of them have heard of this new weekly
and they want it!

All of our contestants thus far have been busy
fr rmers or furmers’ wives, just like yourself, and
they can only give their spare time to the work.
so up to now, no one lﬂs a long start which you
cannot easily outdistancc by just making every
spare moment count.

Two SI‘BSCRIBERS “'OULD PI'T you IN PLACE

And yet that would put you within winning dis-
tance. Fach year new or renewal counts as one.
so three years count three etc.

So if ever you have wished for an auto, stop
wishing” today write our Auto Contest Manager.
tell your friends to help you and we will send

‘ you samples, a receipt book and everything nec-

essary for you to be driving a Ford of your very
own before the Fourth of July!

You know this contest will be fair and square.
no favorites. every name and every year will

count and if.you are ready to make every spare

moment count you can WIN! It is often some-
one who. starts late who .wins, and especially is
this true in our contest this year when evor‘f
person entered is busy at other work and can only
ammo: his or her spare time to pushing the paper.

You’ll be surprised how much your friends and
relatives can help and we allow you a cash com-
mission on every subscription so that every min—
ute you put in is well paid for.

Don’t wait a minute longer—don’t hesitate to
ask someone nlso just make up your mind to go
in and win, \you’ll win! Just tell the Auto

Contest Manager, M. B. F, on a postal Or in 51:.
letter that you want to enter the contest and get ‘
started even before he has time to send you sam’.

ples. receipt bc" '

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will perhaps consider it the‘

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The wheat market, so far as active
trading is concerned, is practicallv
at a standstill in Detroit and at many
other points. Everyone is now dis-
cussing the coming of the neW~ crop

'I which promises to be a. record break—

er. Everything has favored the pres-
ent crop, rains coming at the most
opportune times and the growing
weather generally over the wheat belt
Within 60 days the new
grain will be moving freely and it is:
said that the government is making
arrangements to give wheat and ﬂour
right-of—way over everything except
the absolute necessities.

It is estimated that there are still
about 15,000,000 bushels of wheat re—
maining on Canadian farms. After
June 1. the Canadian government will
commandeer all of this grain except
that needed for,home consumption.
Conditions are most favorable for the
new crop there.

 
- GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
Shndlrd 79 1-2 .76 1-2 .82
No. 3 White 79 .74 [-2 .3l 1-2
No. 4 White 78 .73 .50

 
. west.

The cat market is unchanged. There
has been a triﬂe more export buying

. during the past week but the general

trade remains about the same. Re-
ports on the condition of the new crop
are still most satisfactory. Many of
the grain men expect increased de-
liveries during the fore part of June.
after the rush of spring work is over
and before the haying and harvesting
start in earnest. Should this prove to
be the case we may look for a further
decline in prices

During the past week we have re-
ceived several letters from our read~
ers stating that they are still holding
oats and asking our opinion on the
market for the next month. To all
such we repeat our statement of last
week that we do not expect to see
oats regain their former position or
show any material advance. We are
too near the new cr0p and there is at
present a considerable accumulation
at the different terminals.

 
GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
No. ZYellow 1.65 . 1.54 1.70
No. 3 Yellow 1.55 L50 ll 65
No. 4 Yellow L40 1 40 1.50

 
Good progress is being made in the-

corn planting. weather conditions be-
ing most favorable. Planting has
just about been ﬁnished in the south-
Another week of good weather
will ﬁnd the work ﬁnished in the cen—
tral andsnorthern states. While the
acreage is being cut considerably there
is every .reason to expegt better crop
conditions and increase in the ﬁrst
grades, which will overcome the differ-
ence of hte smaller acreage.

Cash demand during the past week

has been very light and many shipw
“Iments’ arriving have been out of con-
. dition and not up to grade.
“seems to be very little desire on the
. part of eastern buyers to take on ad-

There

ditional contracts but the tendency

is rather to cancel existing contracts.
_I-Rec~eivers generally are not anxious to
.see the grain move in any quantity *

until the result of the warm weather
is apparent. With the rush of corn

 
planting about over in the big surplus}; ‘
' . ducing sections there is an increase ‘3

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DETROIT SPECIAL—‘1‘ ”5

eggs‘ continue 111 liberal :11

poor stuﬂ gaming.

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my

 
After rye had hit the $2 mark there
was some renewed interest in evidence
and a slight increase in buying. The
result was a small advance in price ‘
at several points but interest has lag-
ged again and another decline‘seems

imminent. Very little interest has
been shown since the grain was elim-
inated as a substitute for wheat. What

few cars arrive are disposed of as.

quickly as possible as receivers gener-
ally are afraid of the market.

, Barley

Buffalo reports that dealers have lit-
tle to offer in the way of barley and
maltsters are not interested except at
low prices. The millers are out of
the market and the general opinion is
that present prices cannot be main-
tained for any length» of time. Malt-
ing is quoted there at $1.55 to $1.70.
A few cars on track have sold for
$1. 35 to $1. b5.

Milwaukee reports a better demand
and lighter receipts. All accumula-
tions have cleaned up and millers and
maltsters are quite active in the mar-
ket. Choice big-berried stock is

_ 1'

quoted at $1.47 to $1.49.’

   
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GRADE

 
Detroit Chicago New York
c. ILP. 10.00 12.50 13.
Prime 9. 75 12.25 13.25
11.11 Kid..." 13 so 13.50 14. 00
We are forced to record another

drop of 50 cents in the Detroit bean
market. Dealers reports a very light
demand, But we believe this contin-
ual dropping of. quotations has a bad
effect. Buyers are not going to take
on any great amount of stock on a
falling market. Inasmuch 1s the De-
troit bean quotations are really the
result of the private opinion of certain

parties rather than actual trading, as

is the case with wheat for instance. 'we
believe the price should be ﬁrmly held

THE WEATHER

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Severe
3

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WASHINGTON D. C., June 1.——
Last bulletin gave forecasts of distur-
bances to cross continent June 4 to 8
warm Wave 3 to 7, cool wave 6 to 10.
This will be a quiet storm west of
meridian 90, but from 90 to the At-
lantic. near June 6 to 10, it will grow
into a furious storm while heavy rains
will occur in or near the localities
where most rain has fallen durin a
month past. Most rain in eas ern
sections particularly about the least of
the great lakes

Next warm wave wll reach Van-

    
wll rise on all the Paciﬁc slope. : It
will cross crest of Rockies by close of

valleys 12, eastern sections 13 reach—.
‘ing vicinity of Newfoundland near

one day behind warm waves and cool

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' wave.

1,111.11.» is week. 9111! union. Moon
develops in the near .future there will be A. further. drunk: .
are ﬁnding a dull market :13: buyers are insuring the
and market ole ' 4 .‘- " "

CHICAGO WlnEé—Movement of corn. 113.111 increasing and mark
Hay arriving in large quantities and 911.165 slow. Old potatoest
‘ thing of the past as the new. stock now has the 13311.»
NEW YORK WIRE-‘Whlle demand to not so great”
bean situation is ﬁrm and any additional buying ‘would bring 11131161- 1') ﬁnger..-
Tho hay situation is clearing up to some extent but there is still too much

 
where they sometimes occur,
couver about June 9 and temperatures ‘

June 10, plains sections 11, meridian
90 great lakes and Ohio- Tennessee-

wave about one day behind storm}
Paciﬁc slope. includes all from

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for a few days until buyers realize
“that they are 116’: going to buy the
balance of the Michigan crop at a

loWer ﬁgure.- If this is done we are
quite sure there Will be renewed in-
terest in the marke'ta.
.not expect to see this done at this
time but rather anticipate a further
lowering of quotations. .

The present drop in priCes and 11m
certain market cannot help but have
a bad affect on the acrea e being
planted this year. This fac is recog-
nized generally and is to'be deplored.
We believe however that those who
grew beans this.“ year will receive a
satisfactory price next fall.

fcr food to be transported to our sel-

diers in France and the pea beans '

will come ﬁrst.

 
No. 2

 
A word of warning right now to
those who are shipping hay which is
not of the better grades may- not be
amiss. All of the principal markets
are still ﬂooded with this kind of
stuff and buyers do not want it. Those
who continue to ship may rest assured

they will ﬁnd unsatisfactory conditions _

and disappointing returns. By all
means let up on the shipment of off?
grades until the markets have had a
chance to clean up. Good hay will
ﬁnd a satisfactory market at mostly
any point and the demand is likely to
continue fairly satisfactory for such
offerings.

There is no material change in De-
troit either in price or demand. The
better grades ﬁnd afairly steady maar-

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.FOR THE WEEK

As forecasted hv W. T. Faster for MICHIGAN Busn‘vnss FARMEB
. _
Foeta'e Weather Ch 1 (01:1-0 1918

Lid.‘ cl
'11: '

crest of Rookies to Paciﬁc coast.

This will cauSe severe storms from
Paciﬁc coast to the great lakes and
Mississippi valleys angl east of that
line the storms will decrease in force
More than usual rains are expected
but to locate them is difﬁcult because
it will be the breaking up of a long
period of cropweather conditions,- the

uguration of a new system of

engrms and the re- -location of rainfall

Following this important cropwea—
ther change unusually heavy rains, for
'the crepseason will occur in parts of
the Paciﬁc slope country and an im-
portant drouth will occur in some sec--
ions east of the Rockies. .1 have
printed at drouth map, in colors, on
Foster's Weather Map. which is not
"practical for newspaper publication.

Véry severe storms are expected
not far from 'June 10 and all are

 
. warned to be on the lookout for them

till they have passed. Dangerous- ‘2:

‘ storms are also expected near June'

‘26 with a probability of hail sfg‘rrrnxs
e '.
peratures are expected to rise from. E
near June to 12 and then, with
ﬂuctuations average higher than 118'
1' ual east of Rockies and lower' than
usual west 'of Rockies till end' of
June , _ '

June -14. Storm wave will follow about *

But we do.

. There ‘
will be a‘ greatly increased demand -'

M koh No. 1 Standard
or Timothy Timothy Timothy .
Detroit 20 00 20 50 19 00 19 50 18 00 18 50
Chicago . 22 W 24 00 20 00 21 001700 18 00
Cincinnati 22 75 24 00 20 00 22 50 11- 00 20 00
Hauli- 24 00 2N0 2| 50 22 50 16 SI 18 50
NewYor 28 00 30 00 24 00 27 0 '19 00 22 00
M 25 no 170023 on 24 mo 1900
51 rk No. 1 . No. 1
1 .1. 1.1.1.1 1111.1 Charisma Clove.

Detroit 19 0') I! 50 I7 00 I! 800 16 00 16 50
Chicago 20 00 20 50 15 00 17 00 14 00 15 00
Cincinnati 20 00' 20 50 19 00 20 00 IS .0 l1 0.
Pittsburgh 20 00- 21 00 IS 00 15 50 00 I‘ 0.
New York 24 00 26 00 23 00 23 50 00 23 50
Jﬁchmond 23 00 24 00 21 00 22 00 19 00 20 00

 
vise shipments to that point for
other melt or so.

941
vices us that”. the imarket there is

slow and sans are made With 111111-17
There is a large. 11111011111. .1):
poor hay constantly arriving. While
there is a. fairly good demand for. the '
betttr grades, the heaVy offering of s .
the poorer kinds has affected “the en.»
tire market and values are lower on

culty.

all grades.

. Eastern points are still receiving ;a A
large supply of poor hay and mar-‘I “
kets in New York and Boston are] I. ;

none to secure at present prices.

There are heavy consignments on the'
wav to those points and shippers may

expect a lower scale of prices.

 
There has been a sharp break in the
Toledo seed market, October. selling

down to $14. Reserves of old seed
are extremely light. - There is very
little doing in alsike. Timothy is
ﬁrmer with some investment buying
during the week. Prime clover is
quoted at $18. 25; October, $14. 20:

prime alsike, $15. 25; prime timothy,
$3. 80; Sept. timothy, $4.40.

.Detroit quotations:
ver,‘ $18.50-;— October, $14.25;
;timothy, $3.85.

Prime red clo-

$15.25

 
Choice round Hedi-In Round

Marketa white-necked I white-etched

Detroit Ll. ewt. .80 art.
Chicago 1.05 ’ .90
' l1 1.25 LI.
New York [.25 , 1.05.
Pittellurgli 1.05 ’ .90
Baltimore. Md. .50 .65

 
Old potatoes are in abundant supply
on all markets and buyers are seem-
ingly favoring the new stock coming
from the south. The Detroit market
is fairly steady at prevailing prices
but the time is’ rapidly approaching
when old stock will not be able to ﬁnd
a market. Under the circumstances
those who plan on shipping more old
stock will do well to get it moving
without further delay.

Chicago reports rather light receipts
just at this time but a dull market so
far, as old stock 1 cOncerned. East-
ern points such as Pittsburgh, Phila-
delphia, Boston, and New York, report
a slow market on potatoes andmuch
stock arriving there out of condition,
sprouted, etc. New potatoes. are ar-
riving in constantly increasing quan—
tities although there has been some
dissatisfaction with the price, among

’ southern growers.

 
With the tail end of the old onion
deal now on, the market is not strong
by any means but there is a fairly sat!
isfactory trade at prevailing! priciest?~

Detroit is quoting 75c to $1 per 100-1113.
for: No.1 yellows.

1- ‘Plttsburgh correspondent ad ‘

alsike. .

      
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Chicago reports a

few- Tots of old Onions, dragging «at " ‘

nominal prices and a plentiful.:.suppli
. in

 
"detrimental from .a selling standpoint.

" "'___'i-n the next one or two weeks. ” \ ' ,

Detroit—Feed in 1001.0 sacks,- job-
”hing” lots, bran, 337; standard mid-
. dling‘s, 999;}. :ﬂn'e . middlings, $45;
Cracked earn. $65; coarse cornmeal,
. 1451161), $563 per, ton. Flour, per
'196 1115.111 1-8 paper sacks, straight
_ winter, $11. 25; straight spring, $11. 40

to $11. 75; rye ﬂour, $12. 50 in jobbing

lots. .. 7, '

' Milwaukee—Jrhe’ millfeed market is

gelow fend prices on all but wheat feeds ’

have b n reduced about $1 per ton.

. ' -' _g’I‘he tra has adopted a waiting atti-

, ’l‘i'quotatiOnss at tude, 833111161 grass season is not far

”Friday were: Higher off and stocks are moderate. Practi-

tfas; 441/; to 45¢; ﬁrsts,j cally all of the bran and middlings

_ condo. 37 to 410. . being produced are applied on old

.. , received several ship-
,inents of, butter; by express Which have
arrived in- bad; nonditiorr, having been
:exposed to high temperatures during
.ﬁtransqt. Those necessarily have had
“to be hardened up' and in several in-
«stances the tubs have had to be re-
} .. j lined in order to put/themt in present-
.5516 condition. Many lots of butter
have shown a very decided wild onion'
or garlicky ﬂavor which has been very

comers. , Current quotations are:
_Sacked bran. $35 to $37; standard
middlings, $37 to $39; red dog, $53;
rye feed, $48. 50; cotton seed meal,
$5250 to $5;5 oil meal, $57; gluten
’- feed $49.80, Chicago; allin 100-lb.
sacks. ,

Cottonseed Eee‘ds

Kansas City—Demand for cotton-
-,seed meal and cottonseed cake con-
' tinned light. The east and north.

generally heavy buyers, were prac-
‘ ti'cally out of the market. Sales were
of a scattered naturep Dealersvvare
preparing for their needs earlier than
usual, fearing another shor' age that
characterized the trade a year ago.
Stockmen would contract for future
delivery, but Food Administration
rules allow deferred business for only
a 60- day maximum. For 41 per cent
meal, prices were at $52. 50, basis mill
door. the same as in the preceding
week. ‘ '

‘ Wool

The new government wool regula-
tions are somewhat of a puzzle to the
average individual and dealer and ‘at
this time the gneat majority of dealers

Practically all butter shows a grass
I-‘ﬂavor‘ and with many lots 3. So-Called ,
.weedy ﬂavor has been Very .noticeable
hand it is our opinion that the weedy
ﬂavor is reallygcausedb the strong
,5' ﬂavor of grass at this’season of the ‘
-; year. It will entirely disappear with-

', Cheese , . '. ‘
The market is holding full steady
onthe higher grades of fresh.colored
ﬂats. Local demand. for these has
‘- ~been” gradually broadening and» re-
vIceipts\havé been'pretty well cleaned
'with fawer lots of ﬂatsrforced to go
to the Allied Commission on basis of
221,420. Fancy ﬂats, both white and
"colored, have sold this week chiefly
at 230, must lots being un-paraﬁned
"at that price, and where paraﬁned
I some dealers have been able to realize
231/10, rarely 231/20, in a. small way.
, New fresh twinscoming here for sale;
ﬁnest of the fresh make of large sizes
goes direct to the Allied Commission
at 221750, delivered on steamer dock.
'Fresh daisies are still in moderate
supply; fresh Young Americas plenty
with recent sales chiefly 23 to 231/20.

just what price to pay the grower.
As freight rates, commissions, etc., are
figured to a more accurate basis the
, the deal Will no doubt become better
established, but until that time there
will continue to be much uncertainty.
The price to be paid for the new clip
shall be based on the existing prices
at the Atlantic seaboard as of July 30,
1917. From this will be deducted the
freight. charges and interest on ad-

vances made, also the local dealer’s,

commission of 11/20 and in case of
dealers buying in lots of leSS than 1000
lbs., 20 per lb. Shrinkage, moisture,
etc., will also be taken into considera-
tion and looking at themdeal from any
angle one is bound to conclude that a
_ great deal of uncertainty as to paying
prices will prevailw'for some time.
The Boston wool—market. on Michi-

Eggs are in plentiful supply and'
--,Detroit quotations have declined to
.321é-to 330 'for‘ﬂrst-s per dozen. With»
a continued increase in the supply
there is very little doubt but what

-7orders, leaving nothing for the new-.

are up in the air, so to speak, as to.

nematodes- '
> $5; No.. 2 1111109,
calf 1 1- 20 lower. 1.

skkins, as to amount of Wool, $1 to,

$3. 50 each.

Dressedz Cdlves

The market continues ﬁrm and
steady at the same range of prices as
prevailed last week Dealers report
Quite a number of shipments arriving
in poor condition and selling at a dis-
count. Prices at Detroit range from
17 to 210 with no prespect of a change

- in the immediate future.

Horse Market

Our Boston correspondent reports
the horse market as holding up well
[this pring and so far there has been
no letting up in either the demand or
range of prices. Supplies were only
Imoderate during the past week so far
as green western horses were conc‘ern~
'ed, but the quality averaged well and
-_»nearly all horses were taken at retail
' or at the auction soles. Outside of the
western consignments there were
horses returned for reselling from the
lumber camps and» there were a few
sales of small lots for contractors.
Se onds were in smaller supply than a
—we:k\ago, and were mostly light wt.
good quality, green drafters sold from
$275 to $375;
quality, green drafters sold from
$275 to $350; heavy wagon and ex-
press horses from $175 to $300; chunks
sold from $200 to $300; seconds, $75
to $125.

Live Stock 'Letters

East Buffalo. N. Y., May 28.——Re—
ceipts of cattle Monday, 140 cars, in-
cluding 25 cars of Canadians and 15
cars left from last week’s trade.

Trade opened steady on medium
weight and weighty steer cattle ,which
were in light supply; butcher steers
and handy weight steers sold 25 to
50c lower than last week; fat cows
and heifers sold steady; bulls of all
classes sold‘steady; canners and cut-
ters were in light supply, sold steady;
fresh cows and springers were in very
light supply, sold steady; stockers
and feeders were in very light supply,
sold 15 to 25c higher than last week;
yearlings were in light supply. sold
steady.

Receipts of cattle Tuesday were ﬁve
cars. The market was steady on all
grades.

The receipts of hogs Monday totaled
9.600 head. The market opened 50
to 60c lower with the heavy hogs sell-
ing at $17.75; mixed hogs, $17.00;
yorkers and light mixed, $17.90 to
$18; pigs and lights, $18.15 to $18.25;
roughs,‘$15.50 to $15.75; stags, $12.00
to $13.

"With 3,500 hogs on sale Tuesday
which included about 800 holdovers.
the market opened 40 to 500 lower
With the heavy hogs selling at $17.35;
yorkers and mixed, hogs, $17.50; pigs
and lights, $17.75 to $18; roughs. $15.25
to‘ $15.50; stags, $11.50 to $12.50.

 
the market will Work lower.
, The Chicago market is rather'unsat-
isfactory. There is some accumula~
:tion and receipts continue in; liberal
-quantity. Firsts are selling from 30
t0 311/2c. 1 ,

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cm

Standard Oats
Yellow Corn

No. 3

DETROIT NIARKET QUOTATIONS MONTHS OF

MAR., APR., MAY, 1918 '

I

4.1

No. 1 Round
Potatoes Skd.
Top Lambs

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u—

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IIHeavy Steers

 
March 1. 9‘1I2.30I13.'00I

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5

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I“, N Week Ending

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1. 87III2I__8_7«_1_3. 00I
12. 50|

"115:1:th .97
March 16 3-41.00.-
March ,, . . .92

 
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26 con. 45112.50 17. 00

 
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March , .97 ' _1_;15I

 
17 50| .47
26. 00 1. 55I12.00 17.65 43 36

 
. . 1. 80 2 70 I I
April. ‘6 .9434 11.75

 
25.00 1.30I12.50I20.00 18. 00I

 
- I .75 2-66
April" .9415 11.50

MI

18. 50I_ I:
.42 “I.
24.00 1. 15I13. 50I1_9_. _75I18. 00 2’39 _I__.

 
7 1.75 2.78
mA'pril' 20... ‘ .93.. 11.50

24:00 1.15I14 50I19. 75118. 00

 
1.75275
April 27 .91- ' 11.50

23.00 ._ “-

 
. "1.65 2.4.5
.. May 4 .3590- 11.50

1. 50|14 50I17 75I1I7 75'
22.00

 
- _140 2'45
11.50

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20.50

 
Receipts are very light and the mar- I1,.6012_ 401100

May 18’“;.... $.70.

15 _50I17. 50I17. 75
1. 20
19.50.

 
2. 2
he; is'dull though ﬁrm at prevailing . J 55! 510“

16 25 1_8. _00I16. 7I5I .
1. 20
19:50

 
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10.00

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16.00 17.75 16.00
1.10 16.00 17.75 16.00. .
19.50 1.10

 
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1. 39I13. 69I17. 76 17.21

medium weight, geod '

The receipts
Tuesday were about. 800
handy weight 1%111113 sold
Which was 100 '
all" .01 3f Were a. '
with M 31% f-

steers, $16 to $16. 5.0; plain and 00“
Weighty steers, $14. 50 to $15: chOina
to prime handy weight and medium

good handy weight and medium wt

steers, $14 to $14. 50; choice toprime

yearlings, $15 to $15. 50; fair to geod
yearlings, $14 to $14. 50; medium. to
good butcher steers, $13 to $13. 50;
fair to medium butcher steers, $12 to
$12. 50; good butcher heifers, $12 to
$12. 50; fair to medium butcher heifs

ers, $11 to $11. 50; good to choice fat?

-,cows $11 to $11. 50; medium to good
fat cows, $10 to $10.50;

fair to‘goods-
medium fat cows, $8.50'to $9.50; cut»

ters and commonbutcher cows, $7.50.»

to $8; canners, $6 to $7;
choice fat bulls, $11 t09$11.50; medi-
um to good fat bulls, $10 to $10.50;
good weight sausagexbulls, $9.50 to
$10; light and thin bulls, $7.50 to $8;
good to best stockand feeding steers,

$10 50 to $11; medium grades of stock .

and feeding steers, $10.50 to $11; com-
mon to fair stock and feeding Steers,
$8. 50 to $9; goodIt 0 choice fresh cows
and springers $90 to $120; medium

.. to good fresh cows and springers, $75

to $85.

Detroit, May 28.——Cattle:
steady; best heavy steers,
$17; best handy weight butcher steers,-
$13.50 to $14.75; mixed steers. and
heifers, $12.50 to $13.50; handy light
butchers, $11.50 to $12.50; light butch-
ers, $9 to $11; best cows, $10 to $13;
butcher cows, $8.50 to $9.50; cutters.
$8 to $8.25; canncrs, $7 to $7.50; best
heavy bulls, $9.75 to $13; bologna
bulls, $8.75 to $9; stock hulls, $7 to $8;
light stockers, $7 to $8; good stock—
ers dehorned, $9 50 to $1.050; milkers,
and springers, $60 to $1 25.

Veal calves: Market strong: best
$14.50 to $15.50; others, $10 to $14.

Sheep and lambs: Market strong;
best lambs, $16.50; fair lambs, $15 to
$15.50; light to common lambs, $1010
$13; fair to good sheep, $10 to $12.50;
culls and common, $7 to $8.

Hogs: Market 40 to 600 lower than
on Monday; not many sold; pigs,
$17.10; mixed hogs, $16.60 to $16.75.

Chicago, May 28.-—-H0gs: Receipts
28,000; market weak; bulk, $16.65 to
$16.80;..mixed, $16.35 to $16.80; heavy,
$155010 $16.60; rough. $15.50 to‘
$15.85: pigs, $14.25 to $16.75.

Cattle: Receipts, 12,000; market
steady; native steers, $10.50 to $17.60;
stockers and feeders. $9. 25; to $13. 65;

Market

cows and heifers $7 25 to $14. 90; calv- ‘

es, $8.50 to $15.25.
Sheep and lambs:
market streng;

Receipts, 6,000 ,

to $20.00.

W. shington. May 28.—The Bureau.

of Crop Estimates has issued a pre--
liminary report on the commercial"

acreage and production of early Irish
potatoes. This shows the ecreage, c011-
dition and indicated yield May 1, of
the various early potato states com-I
pared with the acreage yield. and pro-
duction a year ago. The total acreage
in the nine early potato states is 206,-'

000, with an average yield of 102 bus. ‘
to the acre, forecasting a total produc-'

tion of 21, 074 050 bu. Last year the
acreage in these states was 209, 050, the,
yield 105 bus. per acre and the tetal
production 22.028,450. The Qheavi'est
acreage is in Virginia. with 69,150 bu.
with an estimated production of 7,329-f

900 bus, against 108 000 acres last year‘III

which produced 12, 294 400 bus.
Florida acreage shows a great '

000 bus. Last year’s acreage w
19.350 and production 2,322,000 bus
The report states that the, ‘
movement of any white potat
1917 as reported to the 'Bufm

160 from Mississmpi and 625 f

Oklahoma, acreages for which; ’

were not included in this 868.3831
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The Farmeriand His Politics

HE POLITICIANS say the farmer who
doesn’t tend to his crops this year is a
slacker. We say that the farmer who
doesn’t tend to the politicians this year is
likewise a slacker. Therefore, keep one eye
on the crops and the other on your politics.
Primary election is coming on. There are
many candidates. For the ofﬁce of United
States senator, made vacant by the expiring
of Senator Smith’s term, there are three an-
nounced candidates on the republican ticket
with, of course, a democratic aspirant or two.
This is an important ofﬁce, more so now on
account of the war than in the past ﬁfty
years. Of equal importance are the several
congressional ofﬁces to be voted upon at the
primaries, and for each of which there is one
01- more candidates. ’
The demands of the hour are for men with
an intelligence and judgment of the highest
order. Partisanship should be buried and
left to immortal ashes. Parties and policies
once sufﬁced as the leading issues, but the need
of this momentous war—period is for men and
principles.
Farmers everywhere should take a greater

i'interest in the character of the men they

elect to ofﬁce than ever before. The nation
has already paid costly for inexperience and
inefficiency. Tragic blunders have been made

v the Food Administration and by 0011ng ss
as a whole with respect to food production.
Farmers’ rights have unconsciously been trod
upon by incompetents and self-seeking, self-
styled patriots. We can only repeat what we
have said many times before, that the very
safety of the nation in the present crisis, de-

. mands that there be a better understanding

of the farmer and a consequent enlightened
manner of dealing with him. All this may
be brought about in time by the farmers them-
selves if they but insist that the men they
help to elect to ofﬁce take something more
than’a passive interest in legislative and ad-
ministrative matters in which the farmers
are concerned. '~

Michigan farmers 1 ve been well repre-
sented in' both houses of the congres. the past
two years. With the exception of the two
Detroit and the Wyandott‘. members, Dor-
emus Nichols and Bea1 (es, the Michigan del-
egation has voted practically unanimously,
favorably and with commendable fairness on
all propositions which interest farmers. We
know of no reason why the farmers of Mich-
igan should not be willing to returnto con-
gress every present incumbent who again
seeks the lionor. Do any of our readers?

.If You Want to Keep Michigan Dry,

LECT a dry legislature. Prohibition can-
not be enforced; prohibition 'cannot be
made a satisfactory permanent con-
dition; prohibition cannot be mede the
popular“ reform that its advocates hope

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violations of the law, ‘ many who devoutly.

» that .
vigilance is the price of liberty” .Was, yer
better applied than to the prehiblholn‘iaw

Prohibition 111 Michigan has 1161311 11 Wonder-2' }

There have beeii fete": i I", A A
' vsa‘nctionedﬂe thoughtless comm

believed prior to the advent of the dry- regime

that the going without of "their daily glass of '

beer or whiskey would be a real hardship
have found to their surprise that the cooling

beverages permissable under the law have

quite sufﬁced to quench their thirst, or else

the desire for beverages has, miraculously».

taken its departure along with the open sa-
loon.
those who opposed t e movement have accept-
ed the outcome has been an agreeable surpriSe
to the prohibition leaders. Drunkenness and
its attendant crime have fallen off fully sev-
enty-ﬁve percent even in the erstwhile wet-
test sections of the state; jails that have over-
ﬂowed for the past twenty-ﬁve years with'tot-
tering, cursing, and booze-befuddled human-
ity have turned away their last inmates and

now seek a new mission in their civic sure

roundings.

When it became knoWn that the enforce-
ment of the prohibition law was to be placed
in the hands of Fred L. 'Woodworth, state
dairy and food'commissioner, everybody said,
“the law will be enforced.” And the law
has been enforced, because Mr. Woodworth
believes in both prohibition and law enforce-
ment, and he’s got. the courage to back up
his convictions.

So long as Commissioner Wobdworth is

responsible for the enforcement of the prohi-
bition law in its present form, Michigan will
continue satisfactorily dry. Given a friendly
legislature which will frown upon any efforts
to impair the present efﬁcacy of the law, we
need not fear the “reaction” which the faint-
hearted always predict in every social reform
movement.

One Job That’s Left Undone

HEN THE UNITED States govern-
ment declared war upon Germany it
did so with a partial consciousness at
least of the tremendous domestic problems
that had to .be solved in order to wage a
successful war. Among them were unpre—
paredness; a shortage of ships, munitions,
war supplies; labor difficulties; inadequate
transportation facilities; food shortage and
costly and wasteful methods of distribution.
Unpreparedness was overcome by a draft
law that has built an army a million strong
in a year’s time; ships were built without re-
gard to cost or precedence; guaranteed prof-
its to manufacturers quickly provided the
needed war supplies; labor difﬁculties were
met by increased pay; government control is
rapidly restoring order to the country’s trans—
portation system. There has been no pro-
crastination on the part of the government
in carrying out the above measures. No soon-
er were summary measures reeognized as'the
expedient than they were immediately put
into effect. Results in each instance have
shovvn the wisdom of the move. .
But the government did not approaCh the
food problem so. courageously nor so wisely.
It compromised. Instead of absolutely in-

suring an adequate supply of foodstuffs for ,

itself and allies by contracting for their
needs as it has done with munitions of war,
shoes, clothing and other, supplies," the gov;
ernment left it to the farmer’s patriotism to

provide the needed food. Instead of taking.

over the distribution of food products, again
the government comprom ied. Jobbers, com-
mission merchants, whol lers, and retailgrs
in foodstuffs were permitted to continue to

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The philoso hical manner in which-

ed by and With the aid of the agnoulthfali.

collegos to encourage city people to plantﬂ‘
._ every available foot of ground to potatoes '
"a patriotic momma—~11 move that is now "

blamed by certain authorities as the primary

cause (if the slow potato demand. 9
Had the g0vern'ment been as sympathetic.
' a partner in the farming businesSas it has be

come in other war industries, it would haVe

shown a more helpfuI interest in the special -
problems that have confronted the farmers"
It wOuld not have permitted;

the past year.
millions of bushels of potatoes or “Wet beans
to go to waste any more than it would permit
a million rounds of ammunition to become
wet and spoiled; it would have found 11 mar-

: ket for them all at a price commensumte With

the cost of production. ‘ ‘

“Raise more food, ” and “food will Win the
war,” are admonitions calculated, to stir the
country to 'a frenzy-of productive patriotism.
When .framed they make nice little mottos to
hang on the wall, but as a practical insurance
against fopd shortage they positively do not
do the businws. As a matter of fact, they
are written confessions that this great nation

does not know how to handle its food produc— “

tio‘n and marketing problems. Some day it

may learn. Let us hope that it does not-pay
too dearly for the lesson.

Make it as easy as youcan, friend farmer,

for the boy who comes to help you with yOur .

farm work. this summer. A year or so hence
he may be the only help you will have left.

Boys will learn, and quickly, if their employ—'

ers are patient and considerate of their feel
ings and welfare. The ten thousand odd boys
who will .take the place of skilled laborers on
Michigan farms this year have the makings of
a strong labor reserve which farmers may be
.glad tocall upon before the war is over. The
success of the U. S. Boys’ Working Reserve
depends largely upon the farmers themselves

Let’s not let our prejudices and our ‘convic:

tibns that someone has blundered in draining

the farms of their labor, blind us to the actu-
alities which we must face before this and

many another season ’8 crops are harvested.

Owners of lawns, public parkks and golf
courses are urged by the department of ag-
riculture to pasture sheep upon the grass and
thus increase the nation’s wool supply. With

urban backyards planted to spuds, front yards.

turned into sheep pastures, and chickens

roosting in the bathrooms, we need not be-

surprised to learn at any time that our city

kin have transformed their garages into cow

stables and are swilling the pigs in the parlor.
—.‘<——

The U. S. Department of Agriculture re-

ports that Pennsylvania will plant another

large acreage of pctatoes. Pennsylvania was
one of the states which was permitted to mar-
ket its thirty milliOn bushel crop of potatoes
unmolested by the grading experts, which may
account for its willingness to come across with
a big acreage.

Subscriber R. I; Wood of Heathwood Farm
at Mio, nominates Messrs. E. D. Hulbert, Chi-

cago banker, and Louis Albert Lamb, author ‘
of “Play Fair, Mr Farmer,” as president‘

and vice- president respectively on the pro-
German ticket, in a “campaign of the future.”
A cablegram from Kaiser B11Lheart11y sup.
ports she nommation

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Tome and I; have“
.3th to use the

i9ii's in the West that are not understood by the
.~.farmers, or seémin'gly. by their leaders.
average the farmers of the west are organized. to
_.-a'~ greater extent than they are in the east.- In-
" Speaking of the pinto been I must go back to the

"iora'nge growers of California, and later to the
. “fruit groWers of Oregon. and Washington.

portation companies and the local fruit buyer had

" created such an unbearable condition that if the]

"grower was' to survive he must be helped. It the

grower was to give up and quit, the merchant and

banker must «also be hard hit. These two inter~

ests were largely responsible for the workable

.growers’ organization that grew up. Had. the
grower had as many different fOrc‘es to combat
as. he has n the east he would have had a much
harder tim to get things going. It makes a world
' of difference whether the farmer in organizing
has the sympathy, as well as the “brains" of
these interests to help him instead of their active
. in some cwases and at least passive opposition in
‘nearly all cases in this country.
‘ I do not personally know any more about the
“Pinto Deal” than what I have learned from the
columns of the M. B. F., but what I

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.ever built. _ .
99 «Works only one hour in seven and eats for all
cities which Emperor Wilhelm real: 3,

pumuse, that ﬁnally
_. ﬂoated that it tho so it We - ‘

e.

j L111~ my opinion the commercial element“
451112311 nations is now the coatr‘ollb

element, was in Germany swept aside,. or off
its foot, by the army Now since they are in it
' .. they will all stahd by until the ﬁnish.

' . - The hiatus have “put one ever” on 7
' been but", as Post’s advertisement readm

v.4

When Swttzerland is mentioned we think of it!
as the embodiment of a far different principle,
‘as it is the most democratic nation in existence
at the present time. It has a legislative body
'which elects one of its number as president for
one year. This president having scarcely any
mare power than a chairman and not so much as
the chairman of some bodies. The people in turn
having the power of referendum over the acts of
the legislature. The army is simply the armed

. people, as every male citizen of military age has

a gun and that gun is in his home when he is
not with the colors.

When Russia is mentioned today we at once
think of a government entirely different from
Germany. True it is in great disorder and may
not last. Its real principles might be expressed
as equal chance for life for all, right to exploit
to none. Personally I don’t think they have gone
at it right but I ﬁrmly believe that is the real

" basis of it.

I have covered a lot of ground to get out my
point—a government is just what the dominating
element in the collection of people that makes up
a country want it to be, with such modiﬁcations
as such dominating element thinks is necessary
to keep the majority of the remaining portion in
line and "so that they will remain between the

, traces.
In this country things are just as you have

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going to change farming conditions.
than of what the tractor is going to do to the
, farmer will be a live one.
,tbe'subject started in your columns; I think the

"rush to satisfy our stables than to apps
Edison says a bursa is the poorestan r.
Year in and year out a farm her

seven. It takes five acres to supply a horse to,
a year. Without question Conditions call for the ,
tractor. Also the growing use of the tractor i

The dues;

I should like to see
readers'would keep it going.——-H. 0. AL, Flint.

What’s the Matter With Federal Farm Lean?

Ru make the same error many daily‘ papers
make. They say, “Michigan farmers do not seem
to care to take advantage of Federal Farm Loan
opportunities." Not so. But they can’t get ac-
tion. Applications have been in for months, and
no action. They think they are being discrimin-
ated against. They think the Rural Credits sys-
teni is being headed off. ,

Again, we got a letter some time ago propose
ing a new plan by which the loans should be made
through the local banks. The idea was that
“you farmers will not have the ability to conduct
the business of such an association and the new
plan of dealing direct with the banks will be bet-
ter for you, otherwise you will have to wait much
longer. etc.” Again, “the banker will be a better
judge than will you, etc." Quotations not quite
exact but close to it. So they think there is an
Ethiopian in the woodpile and no use trying—too
late for this year, anyway. There seems to be
more trouble of this kind in this district than
elsewhere. Many of the western states are in
good working order. What’s the trouble with St.
Pau1?—R. H W. Mio. ,-

Likes the Ring of M. B. F.

I like the ring of M. B. F., and as I wrote Col-
lingswood of the Rural New Yorker..

 
get from‘ that source I know that the
commercial interests of the country
where the pintOS grow have started
a. “drive" and that it has “broke
through.” T-hos‘e western men are
keen, capable fellows. The “west”. as
*a.whole does not entirely “stand upon
its own feet.” It is somewhat like most
newspapers '— new subscribers must
keep coming along or things would
get “awful tight.” The west must
have new settlers, the new settlers
must invest, the country must be kept
in prosperous condition so that cap—
ital from the east and mid-west will
be plentiful. The west is a debtor
country. (Individual cities, counties,
and states are borrowers largely to
the limit. Of all the bOOSters you ever
saw the busineSS element of the Rock-
ies has them all beat.

.Right here I must jump over to
your editorial, ”Mr. Farmer 3. Rank
Outsider.” It is ’all fact, except I
must take exception to most of the
last paragraph, especially the idea

 
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three years ago. farmers are in far
greater need of education along econ-
omic and social lines than they. are
of how to make two blades of grass
grow where one grew before. Short
articles to the point with as few words
as. possible are what farmers have
time to read. Some farm papers I
know are edited by such brilliant
editors that it takes columns some-
times, ﬁlled with words oft repeated,
and big words to eXpress an idea that
needs but a paragraph. or at most.
half as much as they use. Success to
M. B. F.——B. E. K., Hillsdalc.

Cause of Potato Surplus

Did you ever consider the cause, or
causes, which have left so many po—
tatoes in the hands of the farmers, and
which may never be sold? I have been
thinking over the situation for some
time and I have come to the conclu-
sion that if we can ﬁgure out. the quan—
tity planted in potato patches through.
out all the cities and villages in Mich-

 
4that is expressed! in “take him in,
Uncle Sam, give him a ﬁddle to
play. Make him a partner in this war business.”

‘Now, the way you speak of Uncle Sam would
canse one to think that you had in mind the gov-
ernment, that is that collection of individuals
that makes the wheels go round. Now there can
not be an uncle unless there be also a nephew,
and to my way of looking at it, this uncle should
be sort of a dual individual, while each of us
is a separate and distinct nephew, we are each
an indivisable component of the whole; therefore,
we must, if we do our part, play the uncle part to

a degree, if things are to go as we wish. Presi-.\

dent Wilson in one of his messages very wisely
drew the line marking the difference between the
German government and the German people. ‘For
amumher of years“ back, and especially since the
war began, the word Germany has meant a fairly
well deﬁned principle. The theory that certain

individuals are by Divine right to rule over the '

other individuals. Funny how it is always Di-
vine right to rule, instead of Divine right to serve.
But no ruler by Divine right can hold his job for
a minute if he was not in accord with a greater
_ or lesser part of the people over Whom he is sup-
.. posed to rule. If the “Junkers” were not the

dominant element in this collection of people that .

we call Germany, Emperor Wilhelm might still
, be the ruler but he would not be the same man he
is now. He might be sﬁch a ﬁgurehead as George

of England Who also rules by Divine right, just‘

as much as Wilhelm does, and actually does rule
”as much as Wilhelm does. Only the curtain is
. drawn aside in ‘England so that We see that it is
not George who turns the crank, but a collection
“ of individuals called the cabinet, or government.

, In Wilhelm’s case he says he is the fellow who ‘
T turns the crank. His enemies say he is ‘he fellow.

His friends the Junkers, say he is “it” all right,
,~ but if he did not turn it as ‘they wanted it turned
he Would soon ﬁnd himSelf out of a j0b. There is

expressed them in the second paragraph of that
same editorial. I am much afraid that one of
the heavy costs of this war will be caused by that
collection of $1 per year men who foisted them-
selves upon the administration. This would-be
dominant “element in Washington is striving for
all they are worth to keep things in the same
form and condition they were before the war. I
did not vote-for Mr. Wilson, but I now think we
have the smartest and most capable president that
’this country ever bad. If We don’t go down to
defeat he, above all other men, will deserve the
credit.

The short editorial beginning, “The government
is _tack1ing many big problems these days,” would
be more correct if it read “distribution of all
products,” instead of distribution of farm pro-
ducts.”

Regarding the letter, “A Comparison Between
the North and South,” by J. A. B., congressmen
as well‘as the most of the rest of 11s are dead
willing to have done or do ourselves the same
'thing to cut down the high cost of living by tak-
ing it off of some other fellow’s income. I can
see no stopping place between free competition
that allows free sway for supply and demand. and
the application of price-ﬁxing to all essential arti-
cles of life and war in this emergency. Back to
that same editorial again, “where was the farm—
er when the Baex bill to lend money for the
purchase of seeds was defeated in the house?
.Please don’t forget how Mr. Baer comes to be
in the house. I for one, and I don’t think I am
alone, will be glad when Michigan can have a few
Mr. Baers in the house. Don't you think you
ought to give more publicity to the doings and
principles of the farmers whmput Mr. Bac1 in
the house? _

In the article, "Among the Breeders,” Mr. Kel-
dy’devotes one paragraph to tractors. He says,
‘fA light traCtor and three good horses make an

igan and other states where Michigan
potatoes have been shipped to in former years
you will ﬁnd. the cause of» so many potatoes being
left in the hands of. the farmers and jobbers. De-
duct the quantity raised in the lots in the cities
and villages and you have the solution

Now, dear Editor, far be it from me or any one
else to discourage the growing of potatoes in the
cities and villages throughout the United States.
But what I want to get at is the farmer is the
legitimate party to raise potatoes, beans, roots
and yegetables and if looked upon as such and en-
couraged with the assurance of a fair price and a
market he could provide for the whole world. and
would be proud and pleased to work night and day
to do so.

It might be well, Mr. Editor, to take the potato
patch question lip with the daily newspapers
throughout Michigan and while encouraging every-
one to raise potatoes in the city who have need to
do so and can’t afford to buy them. but to the»
more wealthy I wouldsuggect to leave it to the
farmers and producers which is their rightful
business. If every household and family baked
their own bread what would be the use of the bak-
ers? And if everyone raises their own potatoes
and vegetables there soon would be up use for the
farmers in fact it would very soon demoralize the
whole farming business. —-J. B PC7fPCf’iOIl.

: The Fruit of Hate

Those who sow hate will reap more than hate.
Hate is a destructive thing, which has only last-
ing evil effects. Today. it is said, crime among
the children of Germany has increased more than-K
40 per cent. Why? Are the children of Germany '
worse‘than any other children?

school restraint, trashy literature, are some ofhthe
things which are said to have brought on a wave

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in gton Farm or.

 
, ﬁnd many readers have‘ already. tried and found‘f-f
to be both time And labor-savgrs After much 519-5:
liboration. I have decided the ﬁrst priZe should .7

go to ..Mrs M Kennedy of Alamo, Kalamazoo

county, whose letter appears in this issue. While

some '01 her suggestions may net be as unique as
Others we have received, 1 think my readers will

agree with me that her letter will be of the ~great- .. V
est practical value to the largest number of farm

women. No doubt some of you are already ac-
quainted with some of the conveniences suggested
:by Mrs. Kennedy, but I am quite sure that out
of the numerous "‘helps” she mentions each of

you may glean something new and novel which ,

will assist you in your housewOrk.

‘ I am very grateful to all who have taken the
time to write of their household experiences. I
feel that these personal letters have brought us
clOser together, and I trust we shall continue on
more intimate terms as time goes 011.1 want to
hear from you often, on any subject which inter-
ests yen or your family. You don’t know how
much even the poorest kind of a letter is appre-
ciated. Affectionately, PENELOPE.

Many Conveniences That Lighten My Work

AVE BEEN brewing my occasional cup of

coffeeLin a basin, so- the editor’s generous

offer of a percolator sounds gOOd to me. In
summing up my conveniences I was a little sur-
prised to note that some of the most convenient
of these conveniences are very simple and inex-
pensive. They sum up as follows: One Sprinkler
top on a common bottle to sprinkle clothes with;
sprinkles very evenly and if very warm water is
used the clothes can be ironed in a few minutes,
cost ten cents.

A bottle of kerosene with hollow cork, beside
the sink, making the cleaning of sink and wash
dish easy, also a 41c aluminum wash dish that
has been in daily use nearly seven years and is
good yet. Two large aluminum salt and pepper
shakers are on t0p of the range ready for inst-ant
use and two collanders hang over the kitchen sink.
Into theSe all articles needing draining are dump-
ed after the cook has removed the kettle, there-
by saving many needless burns.

A strap tacked on the wall holds the tooth
brushes and another in the woodshed holds four
pair-s of rubber boots. Behind the pantry door
an oblong embroidery hoop is held fast with two
staples at the top and the roll of butter paper is
hung over the bottom, thereby keeping the paper
clean and ready until the last sheet is gone. Wax-
ed paper to cover lunches, left-overs and butter
is indispensable, and also if cut in strips, wet and
smoothed out it is much better and more sanitary
than an Old cloth when wrapped around .the
edge of a pie to keep the juices in.

A catsup bottle tightly corked makes the most
sanitary and convenient potato masher I ever
.had.

Two tencent basins, one deep and the other
shallow, when ﬁtted together, make a nice double
boiler, and two granite dish pans, the same size
make a good roaster when turned together. Two
old tooth brushes come very handy, one to trim
wicks and to clean burners with, and the other to
clean out the deep places in the nickel on the
kitchen range.

A wire dish drainer is ﬁne in which to drain
dishes or to boil potatoes and squash in, permit-
ting one to remove them all at once. ‘ 1

A wall pocket tacked fast to the back of the
pantry door, made of burlap bags, has six small
pockets and two large ones for'old newspapers,
magazines, wrapping paper and paper sacks. The
small pockets hold everything from string to
nails. tacks and the kitchen hammer. Another
one like this on a closet door holds paper pat-
terns, rolls of cloth for patches, every-day hand-
kerchiefs and shoes and stockings. Two large oil
cloth pockets at the right side of the broad shelf

. . .in the pantry are ﬁlled with clean cotton rags for

‘ wiping up greasy dishes,‘also the Isilver- polish
and cloths while just below sits a cold cream jar

full of soda, which will instantly remove tea stain .

from the dishes, also scorched spots in tins if not
'Itoo bad, and quickly cleans up grease or pet black
off the wide zinc shelf I wash dishes on.

. put on the shelf, and tape! _

teapot, another on‘- the “shelf.

{Lusually land-911 'th~
, over pieces of cloth

Two home-made

An old magazine is onft e hélf ‘ receive the
ties and one on the ironing, ivhile others.
are sometimes heated in the oven to take the
place of a hot water bottle or warm the bed for
the children.

' Large oatmeal boxes neatly covered with plain

:. wall paper and labeled, hold beans, cereals, corn

ﬂour, meal, graham, rice, brown sugar and other
things, while two White enameled sweet burley
cans make ﬁne cooky boxes. ' '

The alarm clock is set when I fear I Will for-

get ecme of my baking and let it burn, so even .

if I am in a distant part of the house I am re-
minded.

A jar of glue is a stand—by, espemally for replac- A

ing the tins on sh0e Strings. Tips of strings are
twisted tight and dipped in glue—as good as new
when dry.

A sugar sifter is used to dust corn flour on

liver or fish when frying them. Different brushes

 
The Mother ~

D0 not grudge them: Lord, I ,do not
grudge
My two strong sons that I have seen go out
To break their strength and die, they and a
few
In bloody protest for a glorious “thing,
They shall be spoken .of among their people, ’
The generatiOns shall remember them, '
And call them blessed; ' -
But I Will speak their names to my own
heart . ‘
In the long nights
The little names that were familiar once
Round my dead hearth.
.Lord, thou art hard on mothers:
We suﬂ'er in their coming and their going;
And tho I grudge them not, I weary, weary .—
, Of the long sorrow—end yet I have my joy;
My sons were faithful and they 7ought.
-—PADRAIC H. PEARSE.

 
are used to wash vegetables and rough glass dish.
es with and the food chopper is used from horse-
radish to peanuts or grinding the coffee which the

groceryman forgot to grind. A bird-cage hook
for the jelly bag, a long slender pincers with teeth
at the end to remove corks from bottles, are
special pets and an aluminum tea kettle with a
cover that opens as the handle is pressed down
divides favor with the home-made bag that slips
over the broow and ties with a shirr string for
cleaning the walls. A chamois skin makes it pos?
sible to have clean Windows with little effort,
rinsing Chamois and wiping window with it.

My short chimney four-burner kerosene stove is
as far ahead of the old long chimney kind as a
threshing machine is ahead of a ﬂail.

A large wooly cloth dipped in paraﬁn oil and
dried, put in a mop handle makes a ﬁne dust
mop, and dustless duster-s are made the same way.

In the corner of the woodshed is a cloth corner
clothes basket that holds the soiled clothes: and
is easy to get at. made by simply tacking a square
of'burlap across the corner and at bottom and
last,‘but not least, comes the ﬁreless cooker,
which is a time and food saver but'be sure and
buy one with a separate cover for each compart—
ment.

Next on my list of conveniences comes one
aluminum soup dipper, one sweeper and‘ vacuum
cleaner combined and a mop pail with Wood rol-
lers which Wrings the mop. '

A handy egg record is simply a calendar With-

number of eggs gathered marked in’on date of,-
each day. At end of month ream-d is added and

marked on back of slip with money received.

, 111 fancy I can see that percolator and amass
. smell the coffee .—Mr& M K., Alamo, Michigan

or neck ket—iI autism h?

_. it underneath ,the h

.each end, Which is fasteI

clothes can be hung up
the hangers keep are garnish ‘
By’ putting curtains around.

have a nice little clothes closet; at no coat and

.‘which does not take up much room... This‘pla
may also be sari-red out in the clothes closet by
putting a pole through the center or to one side:
_a11d clothes will look much nicer than When hung
on hooks along the wall. :

we enjoy your page in Ni. 13. F Very much. .
hepe my suggestions may‘be oi use to some one -—.~
H. B. R, Burt, Michigan. 3 ~' .jtf

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A Patent Clothes Basket ‘

Dear Penelope ——I have a labor- saver in my
home which I ﬁnd very convenient and I think-
it is a little out of the ordinary A clothes bas-

Iket on wheels.

I found it very hard work to carry a large
basket of wet clothes from my laundry room to
the lines; also to moVe it "frOm place to place when
I was hanging up the clothes. I asked my hus-~

'ban-d if there was not aWay he could-put the.

.At ﬁrst he laughed at me then
he said he would see. 'Stored away i'nIVtheattic
was an old doll cab that had heavy artillery-
wheels. These my husband removed and with a
few odd sticks of wood, two iron rods, some wire
and‘a common clothes basket he’made something
that saves many a hard lift. It is easy to move
about and King Baby thinks it is a nice placg to
ride in when lined with pillows.

Our motto is, “Our childrenII ﬁrst; last and all"

basket on wheels.

I the time. ” .

‘ German kiss it.

‘ stick to bands;
- Bake in moderately hot oven 50 to ‘60 min-g
IuIt'es. . _ ‘

Money invested in conveniences for the home
is money well spent. ———Mrs. H. K- T., Bailey, Mich.

. A German ‘ ‘ISyImpathizer”

Dear Penelope. ——I am sending in a few war-
time recipes. and while I am writing them I thot
I Would'Wri'te a few lines.

How much we see and- read Of the pro-Germans
I think it is a disgraqe to our ﬂag to make a
Not 1.

German kiss you? I think they should be

made to kiss the earth, then send. them back to .

Germany. m'They all come here and make their
money and then turn traitor to our country in
time of war. 5

I am the mother of six children, the oldest one
is 16 years; the vcingest nine months, and the
two oldest are boys, so I do not have any help
in the house. I am busy 1 om sun up till long
after sun down. My neighbors have no children
and they can go all the tine and think it queer
I can’t, but I have my work to do, so I can’t go to

town and other Name as they can\

Here’s hoping this terrible war will soon end,
and What a glorious time it Will be when our boys
come heme.

m wan; TIME 11130111115 j

\ Corn Bread

Three cups of corn meal, 6 cups ﬂour, 3 cups liquid
1 yeast cake 3 tablespoons sugar, half teaspoon salt.
Set sponge With Wheat flour; cook- cornmeal,
cold, add to sponge; mix until the dough does not
b 1k. cover and let "raise until double in-
u

Corn Meal Cookies 2.

Half sup melted fat. half cup molasses, half 1311
«1301111 syrup, egg,;!1alf cup sour milk ‘or_ buttermilk
1:small teas loan soda. -2 cups ebrnémeal,1_¢up Wheat
ﬂour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, combino lted ted-
fat, molasses, syrup; ateii egg and m .
dry ingredients andkcombine ‘wit‘h’f ‘
from a teaspoon onto a greaso - "
erate oven for 15. minutes ‘Thi
cookies about two inches- in-

How would vou like to have a ‘

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let get =

 
.11 whit assay and.

,. _ , hand of the; plaids
§h " quire neck-gait
' 1 ’ dress-didn't cost

made. it 111.0119.

gingham is all

,gary A1111. The skirt being
~ .to the waist ~across the
front and. back gives a- very dressy

appearance, and by using elbow sleev- .»
' ~~ _ es, omitting the collar and ﬁnishing
both with a shirr-ing of the goods .

used 111 the dreSS one Would add great-
1y to the daintiness. The row of tiny

pearl buttons sewed very close togeth- _
or down ’the back gives such a quaint".

touch, and the fashionable hip pock-
. ets are formed by skirt buttdning

onto the Waist: Dotted muslin would “

be lovely for such a dress, or a dain-
tily ﬁguhed veile or dimity. This pat-

tern comes in sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14

years.

No 8820—A very simple ladies' af-
ternoon waist is here shown, with ki-
mona sleeves and an overblouse. The
Vkimo‘na effect ﬁndsfavor with all who

can wear it, for its comfort and, too,‘

the fact that there is simply .one seam
to sew.) No ﬁtting of shoulder scams
or setting in the sleeves. which Is al-
. ways a trial when. one dees the work
On themselves. The overblouse is al—
: most straight pieces Which are under-
faced on the edges. No. 8820 comes in
sizes 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inch bust
measure.

No. 8815-—Misses’ and small whm-
; en's dress. Comes in sizes 16,18 and
20 years. 'Just a good, serviceable
everyday dress. Tailored enough for

street wear and yet suitable for 111-.

ternoon orevening wear. The waist

 
d elbow :.

he right side
eint at the left

.' very desirable, or any material
with a border. The pattern comes in
sizes 24, 26, 28, 30 and 32 inch waist
measure. , ...

No 8847. —-Ladie_s’ house dress out
in sizes 36, 88, 40, 42 and 44 inch
bIISt measure. The waist is double
breasted with a V-shaped collar. The
long sleeves may be buttoned at the
wrist," making them easy to pin up
while doing your work. The large
pockets hang from the belt. . '

Items of Interest to Women 7
A.“College Woman’ 3

of Vassar» College, New Iork. This

—_ feminine Plattsbur'g. has been insti~
tuted to make army nurses out of col-
lege women in the quickest possible
time. These women will be given the
ﬁrst chance that any Women have had
in“ the‘hi‘story of America to train by
the government's own provision for
active war work. New York is the
center of the recruiting campaign.
but every city that boasts a branch of
the association of Collegiate Alumnae
will be scoured for recruits. The
course consists of three months train-
ing at Plattsburg and women who
sign ,must promise to serve their
country by two years work in a hos-
91141.

t I t '

. Secretary McAdoo has a deepen-
preciation for the way in which wom-
en {are responding to the country's
needs. In his Chicago speech he said.
“The wives of those men who go to
the front, the mothers of those sons
who die, the children who are left
fatherless in the world—they are all
serving the colors, just as 'much’ as
the men who wear the uniform» and:
their suffering is, in many respects,
greater.” At Grand Rapids. Mr. Mc-
Adoo said, “The time is coming when
if we are going to have complete dem-
ocracy. all must have equal rights. I
am surprised, after all the women have
done since the war, that there are still
men who think they don’t deserve
equal rights ”

t t .

Men and women workers at several
factories. in Flint have worked over-
time recently in order to listen to ad-
dresses on Red Cross work. Contribux
‘tions to the work have been most
generous. One hundred and ﬁfty Red
Cross women in' uniform recently at-
tended a lecture addressed by Bishop
Henderson.

O O t

Menominee county Red Cross
-chapter now has six branches, ten
county auxiliaries, eight city auxil—
iaries, one surgical dressing room in
Menominee, and one hospital gar-
ment shop.

3 t e e

Co—eds of the Western Normal are
uniting with other co-eds in Michi-
gan in urging Senators Smith and
Townsend to vote in favor of the
Susan B. Anthony .amendment.

. .

Adrian chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution contribut-
ed over $500 last. year for patriotic
purposes.

.A STUMP SPEECH OF
. INTEREST TO FARMERS

'it has been one of those large, heav-
ily-rooted Chestnut stumps which pre-

’ “Sent so many terrors to the plowman.

Measuring seven feet in diameter, the

__ Plattsburg" '-
- w1llr be opened on the historic campusx

 
1 my

'armers

usiness weekly'

O OTHER will take its place, for we have

‘ boiled down into the smallest possible space

all you need to read during these busy days

"to keep you posted on all that’ 8 going on in the farms .

ing business In Michigan!

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All the sorting out of the trash and stuff you’re too busy. '.
to read these busy days has been done before you get your- “
copy of Michigan Business Farming.

Every department, every line and every column is edited
bymen with their sleeves‘rolled up for men and women With

their working clothes on!

It’s the real sort of a farm weekly

that’s not—afraid-to—

speak—out—in—meetin’ and call a spades-spade. no matter whose
toes it may tread on in so doing!

. Of course you want‘it so don’t take a chance on some-
one asking you to subscribe, just put your john henry on this
coupon, fold a dollar bill in it or tell us when you’ll send it

and

Don’t Miss a Copy during
the Big Business Months!

Dear Sirs:
enclose a dollar bill.

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Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Send me your weekly for one year for which I

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Drill holes were accordingly put dawn
under the largest roots and points of-
fering greatest resistance; each was
loaded with approximately four cart-
ridges of dynamite. the last cartridge
in a hole being made into a primer
by attaching an electric blasting cap.

After all the holes had been thoroly
tamped with moist eaith, all the elee
tric blasting cap wines were connected
with the exception of the two end
wires, which were joined to the lead-
ing wires from the blasting machine.
After the blast, the stump was in no
way recognizable. It had been lifted
out of the earth and broken into frag-
ments of such size as to be easily car-
ried away.

It required twenty-two pounds of
low—freezing extra dynamite and ten
electric blasting cups to perform the
work. The owner was more than re—
paid in ridding the land of a pest
which had lain as an eyesore and a
tax collector long enough.

ANOTHER 40-LB. HOLSTEIN
MAKES HER APPEARANCE

No sooner is it recorded that there
are now thirty pure—bred Holstein
coWs that have each produced more
than forty pounds of butter in a week

than another Black~and‘White beauty~

rises to the occasion and upsets our
ﬁgures by’ producing a like amount.
Leafy Veeman De Kol is the thirty-
ﬁrst 40— lb pure— —bred Holstein

Leafy Veeman De Kol ﬁnished her
test with a record to her credit of

589.7 lbs. of milk yielding 40.10 lbs.

of butter produced in seven consecu-
t e days
Leafy! Veeman De Kol hails from

New York. Her sire is Duke Wayne ,

-—Flour Mill.

Co-operative Buying Fm Gm
Saves Money. De‘mred carlm anemia...

furnished.

GRAIN GROWERS GRAIN C0. Minneapolis, Minn

 
Veeman De Kol. Her dam is Leafy
Dawn De K01. She was bred by By-
ron Barstow, Earlville, New York,
and is now owned by Abbott and Clark
Cortland, N. Y. '

At the time of her fieshening she
was 7 years 10 months and 29 days
of age.

1 nwny 01L CAN FOR A THREE-- "
(‘ENT STADIP ‘
The. National Reﬁning Company, which
is one of the laIgest reﬁners of oils in V
the United States, offers to send to any ‘-‘
owner of a tractm or an automobile,- a. 1
handy oil can, upon receipt of a threat.
cent stamp. The company is using “this ':
noxel means to intioduce its quality pro-
ducts to purchasers of lubricating oils.
The claim is made by this company that:
its products are faI superior to any of.
the commercial oils of equal price on!
the maIkef today Farmers who have‘
occasional engine tIouble, such as over-
heating, caIbon lack of power, etc” most
of which we traceable to 11001 lubrication
and a low guide of oil, will do well
ﬁll out the coupon on page 19 of th
Issue and mail It to the National Ra‘s

ﬁning Co

BREDS

BIeeders and dairymen within _a..
Iadius of Wayne are planning
tend the sale of Robert Pointer’s
pure-bred Holsteins, Monday, Ju
announcement of which has been
vlously made in these columns;o
Pointer has spared no expenset
up one of the best Holstein herds0 1
state, and the breeder Who sec

. of this st0ck mattered to

will be held at the fa.
Wayne. . _ -_..

 
LIVE STOCK

5011111 31.11.1111 South

      
[12111311111110 Fort Worth ’ Esteem»
El Paso 39.111151. Joseptlj . . ' ., _

{‘4' ' Sioux City

 
1:19:11 BEANS

‘1' \Ieaily forty bushels of fine navy
beans for sale; perfectly dry, harVest-
‘ed before rains, and not exposed to
frOSt'; price $9 per 1111411131 cleaned and

  
sheep.
Price $50. 00

  
A. R. Le1e1. Eli-tie. Michigan

 
dry and free from clay and stones.
Grind two parts beans and one part
oats or bran and you will have a won-
derful ration for horses cattle, hogs or.

ten, delivered Michigan

points, sacks included.
The cheapest and best feed you can buy.
. Order today before stocks are exhausted
3‘ . ' ' Port Huron Storage & Bean Co.

 
L-..— _‘ -d... ..

W' E‘ Gegler, St' JOhnS' Michigan. terested, write me. J. B MacArthur,

S E E D B E A N S Duncan avenue Cheboygan Michigan.

51111 bus. warn: STAR ssnp cons. P0” Humn’ M‘Ch ~

_1_ Early maturing. good yielder for 311— . FARWS AND FARM LANDS

“" age 0" huskmg *4 bu. bag“ ”99 Spec- FOR SALE—A large tract of good land

ial price on the “3" Sample for 4ta1np. for farming. when cleared. Sufficient for
Express only Harry Vail Warw1ck, a small colony. Can be purchased in
Orange County X l- tracts to suit the purchaser; Price and
' ‘ . terms favorable. Also improved land

. with good buildings thereon. All situ-
SEED BEANS I have a 500d quality ated on main' leading line of road, to the

. “32"3’ beans, tested, har— city of Cheboygan. No tornadoes, floods
vested early. Pr1ce $9.00 per bu. Lab 0,. grasshoppers here to harin life or
St' Johns. Send sacks parcel post. property. For further description if in-

680

 
farmer should

Cha1les Lanphierd Midland, Mich” l1. 8. Michigan, say the only real success

have one. So d to

60 bushels Dry Hand- Picked, tested by 4 MISCELLANEOUS
'- . A. C., Lansing. Strong 11e1111'11111ti1111, TO-EVERY FARMER.
. 96% $8 00 1‘” bushel, bags 9”!“ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Musson of Howell,

and

comfort they ever had raising chickens

. SEED BEANS (100df gerrnlinatxon. VVC‘SS was with E. O. Perry’s Br.oodcr 100
1 per bushel C Anf\’% “TOStE‘ 91 wet. .3' , 1l1icks in broader can be raised as easy

., . x. . . . osey. .1r1yton, M!”- ‘ as 1.111 hen and chicks; and they do iust

,‘ as well. Send a dollar bill fo1 unplete

‘ instructions and license to bu ld. I] very

dd)".

 
SEEDS A N I) I’LA NTS

 
don't delay. It is \1111th the money. E
(1_ Perry, 37 Hen v St, l).-t10!t,M~1l‘ gym.

FORDS (‘AN Bl'RN' HA! I1 (‘ OAL OIL,
or Cheapest Gasoline, using oh'ui 1918
Carburetor; 34 miles pe: gallon guaran—
teed. Easy starting. Great power in-
1'1'1111so. Attach it yourself. Big profit

\VONDERFUL FEED BEANS : selling for us. 30 days trial. Money back

The beans we are offering are worth . (1111-11'2111tec. Styles to ﬁt any automobile.

"1 50% more than the average run of Mich— ; Air-Friction Carburetor Company 559
‘ igan Culls, because they are absolutely Madison Street. Dayton, Ohio.

 
Piles Cured WITHOUT the Knife

 
this line. Our treatment is NO EXPERIMENT but

us how thankful they me for the wonderful relief.

VYou may never see our 1111 again so you better write
A before you lose our addiess.

 
1‘ The Burleson Sanitarium

We are receiving

We have pr....e1l :1

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We are not extensive advertisers as we depend almost 's'holly upon
the gratitude of the thousands whom we have cured for our advertising.

for our book today

D. Willard BurlesOn, Manager

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 
The Largest Institution in ”the World for the
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WE CURE PILES, FISTULA and all other DISEASES of the ”REC-
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' The following prices We‘re ignited
at Kalkaska his week: Wheat. 51. 75 w

     
South Boardman, May 19 ~

FAY (Southeast)_——The Weather ‘héﬁi‘
been fine for planting these last two
weeks.Far1ners about done planting.
Sowed crops looking well Farm help is
scarce and farmers are working hard.

have plenty of rain. Supplies for the
farm are very high; prices to farmers
coming down. Bay City prices quoted
May 23 were: Wheat, $2.12; rye, $1. 80;
barley, $3 per cwt:; oats 76; dress
hogs, $20-$21; veal $16-$17; eggs, 3 ;
butter, 40-42 .—J. C. A., Munger.’

GENESEE (South)——Farmers planting
co1n and plowing and ﬁtting potato and.
bean ground. The weather has been
warm. The soil has been too dry and
haid for working in some places We
have had a dandy rain today which will
make the groimd in better condition and
will also help the new cloves seeding, in
fact it will help everythin. Some are
building silos. The followui prices at
Flint last week: Wheat, 2.10; corn,
$1.75; oats, 83; rye, $1. 90; hay, $18 to
$23; beans, $9. 50; potatoes, $1 per c11't.,
c1camery butter, 44; eggs, 36; sheep, $9
to $10; lambs. $14 to $15; hogs, $16. 50;
beef- steers, $10; beef cows, $8;1':eal
$11; wool, 65.—C. S Fenton, May 25.

MIDLAND (Hint) —-— Farmers getting
ground ready for beans. Oats look good,
corn is n1 3st all planted and some is up.
Nice weather. Soil in good condition.
Following price." paid at Midland last
week: Wheat, $2. 05; ear corn, 75; rye,
$2; hay $20; beans, 59. 50; potatoes, 75; '
btutter, $4£§);te1:;$1.(:)1~1, 30,;lbutterfat, 43; beef
seers o , 1ea cal1‘es. 1 ——

M. Hemlock, May 24 5 0 J "H

ARENAC (East)——Everybody is busy

‘and weather has been very good, but

cool nights. Oats are doing fan; wheat
and rye a1e pushing up; meadow> .11'e
growing slow. Indications are for a
good fruit crop if the frost holds off Fol— ‘
lowing prices were quoted at Twining
this week. Oats 70 loose hay $10;

beans, $8.50; potatoes, 65 bu. butter,
34; butterfat, 41; eggs, 80; hogs, 30;

346511: cows, 13——M B R., Twining, May

CALHOUN (Northwest)—Farmers are
planting corn. Oats looking tine. Hay
not very good around here Apples am
looking good. No peaches. The weather
is ﬁne. Following prices (Noted at Bat-
tle. Creek this week. Wheat, $2.09;11ats,
80; rye, $2. 25' hay, $20; potatoes, 60;
butter, 42: eggs, 32; beef steeis, 7; beef
cows,51—2,cealcalv,es 11.—C. E. 13..
Battle Creek May 24.

(‘ ”5280‘ (1.\.\ (South) .— Plenty of
rain. Soun- ground too wet to work. New
seeding doing 11'1-ll. Some old 111ea1lows

badly winter killed. The light grounds
are. in nice shape. (lrains doing ﬁne. Po-
tatoes and corn being planted as fast as
the ground can be gottt'n ready. Fruit
trees in full bloom. Six thousand 'sheep
are being pasturod 1111 cut-over lands
near here—W'olverine, May 25. .

LAPEER (Bust (‘ontral).—~ Farmers
have their corn about all planted and

‘the weather has been ideal this week.

Some have beans planted. Oats and bar—
lvy are growing good, have a very good
color, looks like we would have some
111 end oats this year; a good crop this year
means just that much nearer Berlin and
victory. The following prices were of-
fered at lmlay city this week: Wheat,
$2.10; corn, $1.60; oats, 71; rye, $2.40;
hay. $14; potatoes, 50; butter, 40; but-
terfat 41: eggs, 32; sheep. $8 to $10;
lambs, 512 to $14; hogs, $15.60; beef
:teers, $12.50; beef cows, $7 to $9; veal
calves 513:11'1101 buyers offering 6011-—
(‘,. A. 8.. lmlav City May 24

BR.\.\‘(H (St'uuthuest)——Farmers aIe
finishing up pl'mting corn and beginning
to cultivate We hrue been ha1ing ideal

$2.10; cats 95; rye.‘ $2: beans, $5 70;“;
. potatoes, 550 per0 cwt., ' butter, 30; buttcr- z
fat 41; eggs, 1vool,i500.—-—‘Tt. E. 13.."

someis

. eather t
shavers. Wheat t-
ter is doing fine, also

tures. A—W. F,

' . MISSAUKBE
oats, barley, ' peas are . "
All wheat fields plowed up or -'
Corn panting about (1 ..
" Farmers getting rea y for/'piajntin
tatoes and beans. Apples in full b
mostly summer and fall va’rieties. Pears, .
plums and cherries very light bloom. No’
sale for. potatoe here. Following prices
were paid at
$1; wheat, 81. 98. rye, «$21170; hay. $20:
beans. $10. 50; 'butter, 35; butterfat, 41;
eggs, 30.-—-—H. 8..

CLARE (North)-£4Farmers are busy at
planting corn; some corn in. Oats and
rye are looking good. The following pric-
‘es were paid at Clare this week. Wheat,
rye $1. 75; beans. $9.00:

   
7- nicely.

- other crops.

   
$2; oats, 70;

potatoes, 75, butterfat, 44; .eggs, 31', c
dressed sheep. $16; hogs, $21 beef steers:
8181;3beef cows. $12; veal calves $15.9: ,
Lake, May 25.

(VVest)~—Earmers planting

oats and wheat are looking good .
Hay is a little short a and '

BERRIEN

Born-

at present.

,_ full of sorrel

Baroda has a ﬁne new canning factory,
which will be a big beneﬁt to the farm-
ers in this community.“ They Will can

     
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Owes“ 'ﬁey

    
growing

   
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almouth this week: Oats,

  
Moddersville, May 23 ' ‘1

      
which makes it look bad.

 
fruit of all kinds. «tomatoes. and string
The weather has been a httle

beans

cool ‘and damp.

Farmers whn- planted

1917 seed corn are feeling Mod because » , - j ,1"

it is growing ﬁne. The. following priceS'

were paid at‘Paroda this week: Wheat. ' 7'» -

oats, 3‘1: rye $2; hay.

‘320; potatoes. 60 bu.; butter, 40:b11tter—

12.111; corn, $2:

fat 43; eggs. 30:

$12. .
BRANCH

     
430m planting.

good shape.
good crops:

hogs. $16; veal calves

. Baroda, May 24.
(North) —- Farmers busy at

.Weather ﬁne. Soil in ‘ . ,

Things look promising for
The following prices were

offered at Union City this week: V’Vheat,

$ 2.10 ;

butter,
steers,
calves,

HURON

oats, 6 5 ;

hay, $15; potatoes. 60;\ . i

38; butterfat, 43; eggs. 33: beet ,_ .
$10; beef c0ws, $7 to $8:«1'eal , _ ,
$13.50.———F. S, Union Cty, May 24.‘

been ideal for
sugar beets nearly all sown, and a good

many acres of corn planted. All spring

crops me looking good and growing ni ce- _ _
lv. l‘he following quotations were made _ '..\_ :4 ..
at Pigeon. last ,,
oats, 70; hay, $20; beans, $9; eggs. 32.—'—

F. C...

, l\l()NT(‘.1\LM
still planting corn and plowing for beans
and potatoes.

favorable. Soil

about once
a4 material

(“feisty—The weather has

farming the last week:

week: Wheat. $2.00 ;

Pigeon, May 2 3.

(Central) —Farmer_= are

Weather conditions are
is warming up. Rams

a week. Not much building , .
is so high. Hay and oats

am very scarce and farmers are turning
hm 411s out to grass because hay is so high

in price and

also so scarce. Farmer-1

are putting in more beans this year and
down their potatoes on account
of the grading rules. The following quo-
11'1~"c made at Six Lakes last

cutting

tations
week“.

6.8; hay. $330;
:18: butterfat.
$12; hogs,

Vthat.

more May 22.

.\ NTRIIW

just at

May 19,

present

potatoes, 500 cwt.: butter, . . ' E. V ‘ \T
40; eggs, 30; veal calt'e".
$16.50 ; '

(Northeast)

$2.05; corn, $2.50; oats. 2

Ed'

              
wool,

Fair weather
although' last Sunday,

 
this section was visited by one

of the worst storms it has witnessed for _' , .
It started about 6 p. m.. when

years.

it hailed for a few minutes, later turn-
rain, 1vhi(h fell almost in tor—

ing to
r.ents

looking

Hail stones were picked up th'1t
measured from three—quarters to one
inch in diameter. Some damage was
done to grain on hillsides. ﬂats are

good. Some farmers are plm't-

ing sugar beets and radishes inst-ad of '4.

potatoes and beans. Potatoe' “"11 be “a

smaller crop this year becau‘e of the

scarcity of labor.

Plenny Gennot raised

a new barn May 21. and there will he .'
more built here this summer.—-C. A. D..
("har‘evoix. May

22. =4. .‘

 
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The, Federal Farm Loan Act has these big, vital, notional purposes: ,

To provide capital for agricultural development.
- 0 create standard forms of investment based upon farm mortgage. '

l

To equalize rates of interest upon farm loans.
To furnish a market for United States bonds. ,

, N carrying out these purposes Federal Farm Loan
Bonds oﬁer safe and sound long term investments for
the-thrifty. based on the assembled farm mortgages

' of America; increase farm production, and make it
easier for farin tenants to buy and own terms.

.. Federal Farm Loan Bonds are issued by twelve regi-

anal Federal Land Banks. These banks and the entire
system are examined, supervised and operated by the

Federal Farm Loan Board, a bureau of the Treasury De-

partment at Washington. Every Federal Farm Loan Bond

is the obligation of the Federal Land Bank which issues it,
and also of all the other eleven Federal Land Banks. Every

Federal Farm Loan Bend 18 based upon massed and aggre-

. gated farm mortgages pledged as security. No mortgage

,7 is made for more than ﬁfty per cent of the value of the

farm as ﬁxed by a Federal Land Bank Appraiser appointed

by the Federal Farm Loan Board in Washington. The
Treasury motto on farm loans is “safety ﬁrst."

All loans are made through cooperative organizations
of farm borrowers, termed National Farm Loan Associa-
tions, very similar in character to city building and loan
associations. Each mortgage is guaranteed by the Asso-
ciation. In addition to the security of the farms themselves,
each mortgage is backed by the resources of all the twelve
Federal Land Bank's, including a cash subscription by each
association to the stock of the Land Bank equal to ﬁve- per
cent of all loans, and in addition thereto there is a ﬁve
per cent double liability on the part of the borrowers. N o
farm loan security has ever been oﬁered so strengthened
and buttressed by Government inspection and control, and
such adequate resources back of the obligations.

Federal Farm Loan Bonds bear ﬁve per cent interest,
payable semi- -annually, May and November, and, in the
language of the Federal Farm Loan Act, “.shall be deemed
and held to be instrumentalities of the Gavernment of the
United States, and as such they. and the income derived
therefrom shall be exempt from Federal, State, Municipal
and local taxation." It will be noted that this exemption is
complete. Interest on these bonds need not be included 111
income tax returns. These bonds are issued 1n denomina-
tions of $25, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 and in either cou-
pon or registered form. They are due in twenty years

- and redeemable after ﬁve years.

The buying of Federal Farm Loan Bonds is not only
a proﬁtable transaction but is a patriotic act. This system
enables the small farmer to borrow money on terms as
favorable as the large farmer. For the ﬁrst time in the
history of American agriculture the farmer, through the
issue of Federal Farm Loan Bonds, is enabled to secure
the capital which he has so badly needed.

All mortgages issued under this Act are paid off 1n
installments, so that with every interest payment there
is paid an installment of the principal, and when the last
interest payment, is made the mortgage is extinguished.
Each mortgage grows smaller year by year and the
security ‘is to‘that extent rendered greater. The standard
form of mortgage now prevailing runs for thirty-ﬁve years,
and the ﬁrst eﬁect of the taking out of

a mortgage in the Federal Farm Loan

System is to put the farmer in easier

circumstances so as to enable him to

Springfield, Mass. Louisville, Ky.
Baltimwe, Md. New Orleans,
Columbia, 5. C. St: Innis, Mo.

This space Contributed by

Truman H. Newberry
of Detroit

 
:l'o create depositaries and financial agents for the Government.

   
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extend his operations, 'become a greater producer, buy
more machinery, intensify his farming, supply himself
with livestock, and otherwise take a stronger ﬁnancial
position. He becomes a better customer of the bank, of
the store, and of the manufacturer.

Meney is loaned under this system only for certain
speciﬁc purposes, all connected with the development of
agriculture. Land owners who rent their farms out can-
not borrow under the Act. The ﬁnancial pressure of the
system is exerted always in the direction of strengthen-
ing the position of the actual farmer as against the land-
lord. Loans may be made for the following purposes and
for no other:

To provide for the purchase of land for agricul- ’
.tural uses. *

To provide for the purchase of equipment, fertil-
izers and live-stock.

To provide buildings and for the improvement of
farm lands.

To liquidate certain outstanding indebtedness of
the farmer.

Such operations as the provision of necessary build-
ings, machinery, seeds, clearing, tiling, draining, fencing,
etc., are carried on by farmers borrowing under this
system on a large scale, and always with increased farm
efﬁciency in View. The farmer who has ﬁnanced himself
through a Federal Farm Loan mortgage is at once relieved
of anxiety as to the falling due of his mortgage. He knows
exactly what he can do for thirty-ﬁve years in the future.
The interest rate to him at present is ﬁve and one-half
per cent per annum, plus a one per cent amortization
charge, so that by the payment of six and one-half per cent
per annum his loan is extinguished in thirty-ﬁve years.

Lack of capital and lack of skilled, reliable labor are
the two greatest drawbacks to agricultural progress.
Federal Farm Loan Bonds are doing their part to remove
both these obstacles. With sufﬁcient capital, labor-saving
machinery and up-to-date equipment, will come a great
inﬁrease in the farmers’ productive power.

Whatever increases the earning power of the farmers
of your community directly contributes to your own
prosperity. The Federal Farm Loan System then is your
affair as it is that of every American citizen- Put your
shoulder to the wheel and start the sale of Farm Loan
Bonds 1n your community. Buy as many yourself as you
can aﬁord and talk them to your friends and neighbors.

Federal Farm Loan Bonds are printed in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing in Washington, and have the
same protection against counterfeiting that is enjoyed by
the currency in your pocketbook.

In the language of the Farm Loan Act, Federal Farm
Loan Bonds shall be a lawful investment for all ﬁduciary
and trust funds and may be accepted as security for all pub-
11c depos1ts.” You can offer yOur banker no better collateral.
You can buy Federal Farm Loan Bonds at 101 and
accrued interest. Order through any
bank, trust company, broker or express
agent, or write to any one of the twelve
Federal Land Banks:

   
St. Paul, Minn. Houston, Texas

Omaha, Nebr. Berkeley, Calif.
Wichita, Kans. Spokane, Wash.

or address:

FEDERAL FARM LOAN BOARD
mususr DEPARTMENT '

WASHINGTON, D. c.

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.. 3 ~ '6 .'-7excl‘i - . A teacher in a public school. was the.
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“On an autumn evening“
Minnesota farmers sat around
the general store and comp!
potato. bugs‘ ravages. . - . _
. “‘ ‘The‘ pests“ ate my whole potato crop.
“in‘two weeks,‘ said one farmers:

 
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mark’able. Let me tell you .what Isaw in
our own store. I saw a. couple of potato

bug‘s examining 'the books about a week .. .
before planting time to see3who had pur- -

chased seed.”—Washington Star.
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,All There But the Both—Mother” was

out, and Sister Sue was? puttingvon flier

.best blouse, so six-year—old' Bobbie had
to entertain Sue’s young man. As is the
way with his kind, he began to ply the un-
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"Mr. Brown? he began, “what IS a
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“Well, that’s funny. Mother said you
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no doubt about your being a Jay, and Sue
said there didn't seem to be much chance
of your poppin’, and now you say you
aren‘t a bird. at all.”——-Pittsbhrgh Chron-
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What Lo Was Fighting For.—.-John H.
Mosier, attorney and oil man of Musko-
gee, Okla, was in Kansas City recently
witha new Indian story. An Indian sol—
dier,‘home on a furlough, was walking
down Main street at Muskogee when a
whéte man who knew him stopt him and
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“Well, John, I see you have become a
soldier.” , ‘

“How. do you like/being a soldier.
John?" '

“No, like-um.”

“What’s the matter?"

”Too much salute—not enough shoot.”

“Of course you know what you are
ﬁghting for, John?"

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“Well, what are you ﬁghting for.
John?” ,

“Make whole dam world Democratic
party.” answered the Indian. — Kansas
City Journal.

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wiﬂhhow how to conduct it at
(Notyfar from the writer’s-home .
live two men now, well along-in (lite .,

' wing hayei‘spentl their? lives ,‘eperstingfi

3 swiping “farm's," one has been, a

',d.river‘;ii‘f his-‘boys‘an‘d. hired men-w .

- Ali'éblutely he has dictated eyerything
aac'dnnf-scted- withhis , farm. and home;
j’liheélieyg worked? hard, not heartily,
until-they were oijag‘e and left ‘gthe’
" germ; His wife, a ‘ mere" slave, a
"mitemdown woman at (ﬁfty, died

1 n; after theyounger‘ boy left home.
All; the time he was surrounded with.

. frub animals, inferior. equipment and

'_ g ,obo laborers:~ Goodvpapers and books
' were barred from the farm afterFr’snk ~
began to take an, interest in Jhetter'
:stock and riding. plows. On' account
ofI/egidless bickering the boys seldom
'visit' the old home. Hired‘help do

, 4 not. stay. Neighbors do not respect
vhim. His ,money‘j is“. gone. The one-
" _~time productive ﬁelds are grown up
_ to hideous weeds; the'buildings,~fenc-
, es and farm machinery are a mass of
tumbled-down wreckage. This man
has always had his own way, but not.

a soul of his household ever got any
joy out of living on that farm. Alone

‘ in his old age, unloved and unrespect-
ed, he is living likean outcast with

a strange. tenant family, simply Wait-
ing for the end to come. Fool that he
was. What does a man gain to have
his own way and lose” the sympathy
.‘a-nd friendship of those nearest him.

,The other man is or different type. 7

With his two boys he was a comrade.
Eagerly he sei’z'ed upon their —early
awakening desire to hav‘e'better stock
and to do things. He purchased some
purebred Riymouth Rock fowls and
a small herd of Berkshire .hogs. ~As
much ashe. could he let- them have
their own way, only giving them kind-
ly direction to have everything ﬁt in-
to the harmonious plan. as much as
could be. He furnished good books
and papers and took them with him
to the poultry shows, fairs and live
"stock exhibitions. As the boys grew
older be consulted with them. It was
“our farm," not “my farm.”

~ grew up strong and manly; they had

‘5 ‘ ' N learned to think, to plan and to do.
They attended agricultural college. re-
turned to the farm and are making a
success with Holstein cattle, hogs and
poultry. This man has an acre of
lawn, an orchard and garden, a ﬁne '
country home. and a new cottage home
for the boy who is married. He made
as much money as he of the other
type, his boys are carrying on the
business successfully, and he has the
loving companionship of his wife,
boys and grandchildren. He is loved
and respected by his family and his
neighbors.

Now. both of these men have come-
to within two decades of the close of
their lives. The one has had his own
way. saved money and lost it. On a
run-down farm. cared for by a strange
family, unloved by his own boys, un—
respected by his neighbors. he is
gloomily waiting for the end to come;
the other man has made a home for
his boys, educated them and helped
themto start into business, for them-
selves. They are living happy, and

. are ill comrades. father and sons. _

We are beginning to appreciate
more and more the practical and use-

‘ 713111 and ‘thatiwe can make it of ac—
count in our lives and education. The
breeding and perpetuating of pure:

f,
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bred animals and ,watchingthe work-

ings of nature’s mysterious forces'tfom

2 one generation to another, renders the
, study bit hereditythe most fascinating
'n'n'd perplexing .01 human, pursuitss’i‘It .
"acertainly is a great business,,and we
can hardly realize what a change has

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give make or your auto or tractor. ,

 
ity to gain greater recognition as a

breeder of live stock as to ﬁghFagainst
greater odds in a crowded business
or professional world. There is abund-
ant opportunity for one to use all the
talents he possesses in the live stock
business. The man who produces the
best specimens of“ the animal king-
dom, even tho he wears the blouse of
a herdsman. is brother to all the other
artists since the world began. In
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sons ms or PRE-
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have made several acres of very fer:

tile land from other farms above them.

Such land is» usually very productive

and easy to cultivate. being free from

atter

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stohes andJiCh ‘inlvo‘rsanie m

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The plantng of trees and seeding
of the land to grass suggests another
great factor in checking and prevent—
ing soil washing. Many ﬁelds are too
rolling to be cultivated and should be
made into permanent pastures. lied
top, blue grass, meadow iescue and
white clover have few superiors for
soil building purpOses, and in some
cases the despised quack grass may
be used for holding back the soil.

Erosion cannot altOgether be con-

trolled, but a great improvement can
be made and many acres of produc-
tive land saved by only a moderate
expenditure of time and money. The
main points being to build dams to
hold back the soil and plant “food,
.the .use of tile drains and reseeding
some of the cultivated land to pasture
grasses and planting trees in double
.rows to-‘rprevent the rush of water,
making gulliesjn the ﬁelds.

After ‘the advantages are gained
the next and by far the most, import-
ant step is to give the land proper
under drainage, plow it deeper and in-

corporate more humus-mak’ g mater-.

ial in the soil. A large- p rt of; the

, waste of plant food and soil. is direct-_ ,

ly due 10 poor plowing and not re-
storing sufficient organic matter to
last well through the rotation of crops.
Especially on clay soils should the
plowing be as deep as practicable,
and large amounts of organic matter
plowed under to loosen up the soil
and improve its water-holding ca-
pacity. The growing of clover and.
other deep—rooted legume crops will
not only establish water courses down
into the subsoil, but it will add great-
ly to the supply of organic matter in
the soil. As soon as the soil becomes-
very destitute of organic matter it.
does not require much rain to start
puddling and washing. When the
water can only go down three or four. ,
inches and comes to an impervious-
. subsoil it can go no farther and be— ‘
gins to ﬁnd its level, carrying awav
with it the top soil, leaving the sub-
soil practically wort‘hless, for crop
production. The more shallow the
top soil, and the more rolling the ﬁeld,
the greater the damage. A deep soil,
ﬁlled with organic~~ matter absorbs '
water and retains it foncrops. The big-
gest cause of soil washing is the do?
ﬁciency, of organic matter in the soil.
——Lcsfcr J. Meredith. ' g ‘3-

it.

 
eitherm 1952
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Friction Clutch Pulley on end of shaft. Ward Gover-
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TESTED SEED BEANS

I have 125 bu. of beans tested by
the Lewellyn Bean Company of Grand
Rapids The test was 94 germination
of 50 beans planted. These beans are
one lb. pickers. I will give 61 lbs.,
which would give a man 60 lbs of
’ stock all right as they are to' plant.
recieaned Bags extra or send bags.
Beans 1 lb. pick recleaned 61 lbs. per
bu., 00.

H. D. Smith, Kent City,

   
Michigan.

 
for some yea-rs past.

or, .
:366d dairy COWs exceeds the supply. .
and breeders 91nd farmers who hove 1. ..
«the money are willlhg to part when it

_.‘-when they ﬁnd that which 1111:; their
.eye.
to be a time ”when it would pay the
dairyman-breeder of highclass com-

mercial cows so well to produce well-.

‘bred types. With the buyers of dairy
cows Seeking high and low for grade

cows for the eastern markets at long

prices, and with the necessant de-
,mand for registered dairy bulls from
good milking ancestry, surely there is

1ncentive to invest in breeding uni-s

mals of sterling quality. .
While everything icoks most favor-

able for a. large trade in pedigreed“,

dairy cattle during the next few years,

the necessity for intelligent selection-

is just as pressing as ever. Unequal
results inyariably follow random meth-
ods of selecting breeding stock. The
most noteworthy successes have been
achieved by men who have been con-
tent to start in a moderate way and

hasten slowly—to reduce their meth-._

ods to that degree of specialization
necessary to mould animal form and
character in the desired ‘direction.

In these days of high—priced land,
labor and feeding materials, every ten—
dency is toward the high producing
dairy cow. Consequently, the smaller
the number of good animals in the
herd, the less it will cost to maintain
them and if their progeny may be
sold for as much as a larger number
from the low producers, the small but
choice dairy herd is better.

As a class of people who are prone
to rush in and out again; to seek
short cuts to the object of their de-
sire, rather than begin in a sane way
Too many beginners try to spend their
money over as many heéd as they can
obtain and therein make a vital mis-
take, when the same amount of money
invested would bring better returns
if just half as many females of the
better sort were bought Shrewd buy—
ing is a part of the success of a. breed—
er, just as much as shrewd selling is
later on when he has a surplus to dis-

pose of; but it is always a mistake to ~

buy just because something is going
for a little money. It will always pay
the young breeder to attend a few pub-
lic sales, livestock exhibitions, and
visit some of the best breeders before
he invests in breeding stock. Then
when he is ready, there are many ex-
perienced breeders who will gladly
assist him for the good of the indus-
try and the best interests of he breed.

Likewise, never did there seem"-.Ilm their prime or. Juetreoching
‘ They will cost a little more, but the .
.. animals will be worth it '

study and close investigation, but un-

,As a rule, the tried sire, one that has

:yOun‘g stock sired by the bull,

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' a. high standard, 11

To secure he singular good fortune to ob " n a

and: females merino a lot of hard

    
less a man is willing. to study these .
problems as well as the variOus other; {if/.1 '
phases of the business as he gees
along he had better keep his money in
the bank and devote his energies to
some other- line of farming.’ « ~

tThe greatest improvementein breed-
ing must come largely thru the bull.

   
acteristics that add.
the vain ’

 
years work under nbrmal conditions
gives more pleasure and Satisfaction
to her owner than a. phenomenal pro-
ducer who does' her work at a loss
The dairyman’s idea of perfectiOn is.
«sure to be the cow that gives him the
best returns; consequently she must;
3 not only be a large producer but an . '
economical one. in judging pure-bred
dairy cattle for what they will~ pro-

 
served his time in some established
herd and is being sold to make room
for one of lesser agehis a safer. in-
vestment. than a younger animal. By
studying the character and form of the
One
can form an accurate idea of his value
as a- sire, and. there is less risk to run'

        
1; an th . . . . duce. their ancestry must be weighed . 1.3? , '
.. 3:23.323“ assassins: .. .. or .. , 1 z
is Selected, the beginner will be as- or the wholg. T? the man who keeps , g, -
sured of a certain degree of success oksire log in? (3; pro .udgg young ' ‘ . ,' ‘ .
until he has got his bearings, and be- a. now e ge 0 De 1gree1's O as muc ” i >

importance as the make- -up .of the an—
imal itself. Estimating the value of
pedigree will always be a determin— 7-. ' 1
ing factorin breeding pure-bred dairy . ~ , '
cattle, and the greatest success will ) j
be achieved by 'those who make "the v, l'
best use of pedigree and performance
records, and do not lose sight of the
pedigree’s best proof, the make-up of J
the animal itself. 3 ~ , -»

At the present time there is a ten~ ‘ 1. L"
dency to sell too many animals on the ' '
strength of a phenomenal record made . v
by some one member of the herd. I '
am not disparaging records. They'
show us the quality inherent in the
bloodlines ot the family for the pur-'
pose for Which. breeding is' done. I' .
' am only attempting to point out that :- "
the best production does not necessar—

ily come from the dam with the best

record, nor is it, understood as it

should be that the record or non-rec—

ord of the dam adds nothing to the in-
heritance of the offspring. It is some-

times claimed that the calf produced

by a cow before her phenomenal rec— -
ord is made would be of great- value _ ,7 ’-
for breeding purposes. However, phe— , "
nomena, do not produce phenomena, '- 1 i

come sufﬁciently familiar with the
type and character of the animals of
the breed with which he is working
to select the sort that ﬁnds favor
among the most liberal buyers. From
any point of view, the use of a tried
sire is preferable. He will prove an
anchor in time of trouble.

‘ One of the country's most famous
breeders owes his success to the use
of one exceptionally good aged bull.
He has been searching for several
years for another bull that will prove,
equally satisfactory as a sire. It is
the well-deﬁned opinion of the breed-
er that he must'secure a sire whose
calves will be as meritorious as'those
of the one so long used or else his
herd cannot be kept up to its present
high standard. This breeder who won
fame and fortune thru several heavy-
milking daughters of his ﬂamous sire,
has more of a problem than merely re— -
placing the bull that has done so well
as a sire. He must ﬁnd a bull whose
characteristics and traits nick -Well
with the females of the ﬁrst great sire.
This makes the situation more perplex-
ing. But the owner is seeking dili-
gently, studying good bulls and con-
sulting milk records and experiment-
ing with several young bulls in a mod-
erate way to ﬁnd out what kind of

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among animals of any kind once in a g , 7
thousand times. The near ancestors ‘
of phenomenal .milk producers are of

(Continued on page 22) _. ‘ '

 
of the mechanical milker,

There is e rapidly growing interest in the milking

and in most ca'eee .they/ have
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hlne. Scarcity of farm labor has driven
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You might as well own a silo that will beautify your farm and last as long as you

f, live to run it. It costs no more, but 18 worth more in good appearance yeai after '

4, * ' year—and 1n saving upkeep cost. You get this durable construction in the i
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centuries. Never needs paintingmno hoops to' steel. This steel lays in an extra thick layer
9 1 . tighten—withstands summer heat and Winter of cement with only a thin line of the cement
, 'L .- cold like Father Time. exposed between the blocks. 7' Note the ex-

‘ _ But more than good material, you get a tended shoulders 011 the upper and lower
_, _ better.‘ formed block inthe LansingTile Silo. edges of the block. These shoulders cover up
Mil . The blocks are made to get a more solid grip most of the cement and make a stronge- and

‘ in the cement binder. . One block is braced more beautiful wall. This means less chance

against ,the other—mand each row of blocks is for frost—a smooth wall inSldC \Vltll lll‘lltll'
“ settling of silage which means better food for

stock. Also note the tinting on the end of the

I M 1 This silo is built of. material that-lasts for reinforced above and below with twisted

 
, - - , ' block which prevents cement from Slipping.
" Bldweu Bean Thresher Lansing blocks are all the same shade too,
The machine YOU want for fast, (111i0k which adds to the beauty of the ﬁnished job.

work. Wm. Link, of Beulah, Mich., says. - . . 7 1

The door constructmu 1s also 111111119 extra

   
“It will separate every bean. That’s say- _ ,
ing a good deal, but it will do«it,‘ and it u strong. TW1sted steel rods run up through

runs as snéoithog‘s lposlsﬁlﬂe. I “111:0“ a3 ‘ the cement which ﬁlls the ﬁ1st partition of
average 0' ’2 us es a wee ‘ an each door block. This gives you a solid (0]

 
,. J‘ with my 8 horse power engine. For fast
-, threshing it cannot be equalled ‘and have 11ml) of cement in the blocks on e 1clns1de of
threshed beans when pods were green as the doorway. No silo could be built stronger. in

       
could be, but it took them all out. "

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7 ‘ ’ .ua ﬁrmer or Ema res erman ' Lee and avoid delay in the rush season. You need a silo more than ever this season. You must produce

.' V, DeWitt of Hulberjt, Micha»; says, t‘I hav .
thrashed barley! Wheat, buckwhea" ' a ,your own cheap feed for stock. The silo is the only answer to your problem.

W 1
and oats With your Ellis”1‘ ﬁresher and it ;. f 3 __ .
" does as ﬁne work as arty I ever usedaad; ' . Send for our catalog and order at once ” .
' .have thrashed for 111-31001! many: years ‘ ' > .. ‘ _ p

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Catalogues on Application.

W. W. KNAPP, Mgr., Howell, Mich.

Andy Adams, Auctioneer

  
,75 HEAD-+35 Bulls, 40 Cows

A great many cows with calves by their side
and safely” in calf again. ‘

All those in the market for geod general pur-
pose cattle -that are right, are invited to attend.

ll

 
Colon C. Lillie. Pres. and Supt. of Acts.
319 Widdicomb Bldg”

the State

Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually more than
$2, 500, 000 worth of Live Stock, Horses, Cattle, Sheep

'and Hogs from Accident and Disease.
The animals a1c destioyed and their cash value lost not only to the fart xcr
but to the community

This amazing sum of money can be saved to the faimers and the State if
thcy (the humus) “ill but a‘\ail themselves of

Michigan Live Stock Insurance Co.

organized expressly for the purpose of indemnifying owners of live stock against
death f10n‘1 any cause.
We want agents to cairy this gieat message to every farmer.

Harmon J. “'ells, Sec. and Gen. Mgr.
(irncbncr Bldg, Saginaw, “KS” Mich.

 
the real dairy typeto 1-.
_ innit-giving capacity, 111111?ng udder: ,
.. development” 'set off with weil-piaced

adapted to their requirements. A gen-
areas, but not lavish system of feed;

, are rewarded with

teats large, tortuous mint veins,
in fact 11 general make-up of a doiry
animal.

Tax know what a cow is capable of?
doing in a year without injury to
herself is of the, utmOSt importance
to the breeding interests. For example.
the calf born from the Holstein cow‘
that made the worlds record for one
year’ 5 production was sold for a nom-
inal price before the record was made.
As soon as the cows owner realized
what she was doing he bought the
calf back, and sold her when the rec- .
ord was completed for $8, 000. Was
this oﬂicial record of any value to the
seller? The Jersey cow that holds the
record for three ConseCutive years was
bought for less than $200 before it
was known what she could do. Today
there is no price upon her, and it is
reported that $10,000 has been refused
for her; Is her record valuable? The
Guernsey c0111r that has established a
record for her age. was owned by an
eastern breeder and it is safe to say
that her calves never brought what
may be called high prices. Today,
neither this cow nor her calf can be
bought for $10,000. These facts ShOW‘
the value of the advanced register as
an aid in selecting breeding cattle.
Yet in the enthusiasm test work somé-”‘
times begets in those Whose efforts
‘ success, one 'is
prOne to forget the real purpose Test-
ing is a means to an end, not an end
in itself. It must be pursued in bar-
mony'with the natural functions which
the cow is expected to perform and
under normal conditions year by year.
Rightfully .conducted it is‘very help-
ful to the herd and the breed. but
therc_have been so many instances
where excellent individuals have been
injured in the effort to "beat the other
fellow” that many successful breeders
are losing faith in the practice. —To,
the mhn who desires to develop his
herd for economical production along
business lines. yearly records, properly
conducted, are of ‘untold value.

How much value to place upon show
records and beauty markings is a de—
batable question Fortunately there
are men who believe it is practical to
combine usefulness with‘beauty, and
these men are ﬁnding a ready sale for
everything they have for sale. There
is no logical reason why breeders
should sacriﬁce beauty and uniformity

 
Six Nearest Dams All 30-“). Cows!

 
Champion,

THEY AVERAGE 33.03 LB.

His dam has made three records each above 31 lbs.
highest mark so far is 32.55 1b., 509.5 lb. milk.
ﬁnest individuals at Fairmont Farm and is slated for a big in-
crease in record. ,

The second dam has,a record of 30.75 lb. butter, 487 .6 lb.
milk. ‘ The dam‘s sire is the oldest son of the former lNorld’s
Grace Payne 2d’s Homestead (35. 55 lb.,)
grandam of the 50 lb. cow.

THE SIRE IS KING SEGIS PONTIAC ALCARTRA

One of his sons will put you in good company—and there
are mighty few of them that will do it any more satisfactorily
than the youngster hcre described.

Let us raise the individuality and production of YOUR
herd with King Segis Mooie.

Service Fees $100 to Guarantee.

Her

She is one of the

who is

 
isom Feb. 25’,

(Hate

’THE

$3,000 BULL __ .
19l7—Itoady for imme—

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siervic‘e.

 
THOS. PHOENIX & SONS ’

Address ALFALF A STOCK F ARM

SAGINAW MICHIGAN

 
. stein business.

 
t e surromidinxs should be

ing should be praa'ieed. Heredity is
a peculiar force. We can use it to do

some things, we can head it oil? and

prevent it doing other things we do
not want-f it to. do, and frequently it
does thine than 'no man can account
for. M appeals to the eye or
goes to ”more tthis advanced registry

. records is caused by what goes in at

the mouth. Successful breeders have
been generous teedensr—C' R Ford.

1 AMONG THE BREEDERS

By W. MILTON K£LLY, Field Editor .9

Home Address: liuwell. Michigan

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Nevei were conditions more favorable
for beginning an aggressive advertising
campaign calling people’s attention to
the stimulating qualities of milk than im-
mediately after the state of Michigan
went dry. It is difficult to realize the

possibilities of the dairy industiy if- peo— ,

ple only understood the stimulating value-
of milk and could be assured of an am-
ple supply of high- grade milk at soft
drink stands and restaurants thruout
our cities. One of the most recent dis-x
coveries of the Pasteur Institute of Par-
is has to do with the stimulating qualit-
ies of milk. While milk has always been
considered an excellent tonic and known
to be very rich in food value, it was not
until the Pasteur Institute conducted a
number of conclusive experiments, that
the stimulus of milk became a known
quantity. For a number of months milk
has been- given to the French soldiers in
the trenches and to many of them it has
been the one and only stimulant. The
effect which the milk has produced has
more than justiﬁed the claims which the
Institute‘made for it. It is claimed that
the stimulating effect of milk is especial-
ly notable when given to soldiers just
before a big battle or dangerous charge,
and also when administered .to thu troops
when in great fatigue. The advantage
of the milk stimulus over alcohol stimu-‘
lus so extensively advocated in previous
years isthat there are no bad effects and
the keenness of the senses is '111 no wise
impaired nor the coolness of-judgn1ent
affected.
Ill It *'

In a recent letter to the field editor of
M. B. F. Mr. .VV. W. VVyckui‘f of Napol—
eon, Michigan, writes: "i wonder Vll‘N)
can beat this fo1 nine yezns in the Hol-
We have just had a tuo
year old l1eifer-freishen giving us a Dean-
tiful heifer calf which, makes the six

' generations of iemales in our herd. The

dam is Elizabeth Pieterje Segis 2nd. ller
dam Elizabeth Pieterje chis has 211 Jr. 2-
year-old record of 371) pounds of milk,
14 91- butter. her dam is Elizabeth Hen-
gerveld Pieterje with :1 Jr. 4-year -old
record of 531 pounds of milk, 28.28 lbs.
butter. Inez Pieterje was purchased as
a two-year—old and I have raised tl1o1'11
all and given them all their records, and
they are all beautiful animals of good
size and are vigorous." ‘
I! t I

Homestead farms‘ of Bloomingdale,
Michigan, have some exceptionally well
bred Holstein cows and heifers for sale.
These females are from a herd headed
by the great sire King Zerm Pontiac Al-
uartra, a son of the great $50,000 King
Segis Pontiac Alcartra Several young
bulls of the same line of breeding are

for sale at reasonable 1): mos These farms ‘

will be pleased to send readers of M. B.
F. pictures of these animals and to give
any information desired I believe that
the men behind the Homestead Farms
will give any of our readers a square deal
and justalittie bit more. Write them for
prince and information in regard to these
ioyal bred Holsteins.

Musolt‘f 13103. of South Lyons, Michg an.
purchased three high— class females at
the recent D. H.
at Howell. Among those purchased
were Queen Lyons Gelsche Roseuood 4
years old, at $505;
Rosewood 2 yea1s old at $300, and Bean-
ty Walker Gelsche Rosewood at 2 years
for $510 These young cows are. to be
retained in Muslot‘f BrOs.’
i'ng herd and should prove a very good
investment when mated with their senior
herd sire King Pieter Segis Lyons.

a o a

During the past eight weeks more than
fifteen carloads of. Holstein cows and
heifers have been shipped from Howell,
Michigan to various parts of the coun-
try. Most; of these animals have gone
to Ohio, Kansas and Texas. This is mak-
ing somewhat of a. reduction in the cow
population of Livingston county,
many breeders are holding onto their fe—
males in hopes that this year’s food crops
may 'aﬂord whetter roughage for their
stock than has been the case for the: .
three or four.

oover dispersal sale '

Colantha Rag- Apple ‘

rapidlv grow- .

altho, ._ ‘

    
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:tte
whilst: h e6 * h
:scrp‘ons 99083.13 3-“ ' 3
»'Homes 11, rms “is a co-Qpera-'
tivework,‘ founded on a federation 0‘
interests. ' .. _ _
_ ,nongnsrnan FARMS. .
,7,‘ ZBloomlngda‘ljé, Michigan ..

    
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_ , The young bulls we have for sale
-aare~"backed up by many generations
‘ofil‘large. producers._ Buy one of these
"bu 15,. and give your herd a “push."
.Full descriptions, prices. etc. on re-

quest. , - ’ .

McPherson F arms Co.
HoWell, Mich.

 
""19 For
rs. ﬁbmineas ._ ‘
' stem lest
we Will‘fsenS de- _

k Korndyke maniac of Serridale,

 
E. Li SALISBURY
, SHEPHERD, MlCH.
Breeder of purebred‘ .
_ ' Holstein-Frieeian Cattle
Young “bulls for sale from A. R;

 
O. Cows with creditable records.

 
EGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL 11
months old. Grandson of Hengerveld
De Kol. Sired by Johan Hengerveld Lad
who has 61 A.R.O. daughters and out o
a granddaughter of Pontiac DeNijlande
35.43 lbs. butter and 750.26 lbs. milk in 7

days. 3090.60 lbs. milk in 30 days. Price
8125. FOR. Flint. Write- for Photo and
pedigree. L. C. Ketzler. ,

 
Y: t5 141.!!!
exits per

   
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Detroit. ,

 
at. or'one inch and for lees than‘l3 insertions under this

   
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,zll‘or larger ads enter ads to run 13 issues armors-we will make».
it Will 'cheﬂgl'flluy be sent on application 'to the. AdYer'tising. Dept.”

SHEEﬁvca”

 
on AUGUST DELIVERY. 50 Rest"
' ed Shropshire Yearling ewes all

ity and breeding. Flock established
C. Lemen,e.,Deii-ter, Michigan-

 
" ”‘OPOULTRY

Registered Yearling Rams of extra” 11$ ,
' 13

 
’,.

 
. Wetsuit these Kegistered Hol-
stein Btillsto head Grade Herds

 
Born June 24, 1917. ’Price $100

Korndyke Crunchy ‘of Serridella
Born {Sept} 19', 1917. Price $85

(Prices f. 'o. b. Oscoda, Mich.

in “‘ SERRIDELLA FARMS

Oscodg Michigan

 
MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

We are now ”coking orders for
young. bulls from King Pieter Segis
Lions 170506. All from A. R. O. dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
J as and further information.

Muso'ln‘ Bros., South Lyons, Michigan.

 
¥_.

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HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
Sires, dams average" 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 das. 145.93 lbs. 30 das. testing
5-52% fat. Dams good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows ‘54 white.
Price $65.00 each while they last.

erd tuberculin tested annually.
'Boardman Farms, Jackson, Michigan.

 
WOLVERINEVSTOCK FARM

Breeders of Holstein-Friesian Cattle,
Battle Creek, Michigan. Senior Herd
Sire. Judge Walker Pieterje whose
ﬁrst ﬁve dams are 30 lb. cows. Young
bulls for sale, from daughters of King
Korndyke Hengerveld Oronsby.

 
RAINBOW HOISTEINS You“ c...
. heifers, heif-
er calves, g. daughters and g.g.d. of Hem,
gerveld DeKol gbest bull in the world.’
Large herd. Perfect Aug. bull calf for
$150, marked half &. _ . from 15 lb.
yearling daughter ,of 26 lb. 1)., 600 lb. m.
cow. Will ship subject to approval. .Cows
.3150 to $176. heifers $75 to $125.

ROBIN CARR. FOWLERVILLE, MICH.

 
HICKORY GROVE STOCK FARM
Offers for immediate sale 12 daughters of
King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne bred to
Mutual Pontiac Lad. All of the cows in
this herd are strong in the blood of Maple-
crest and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. We
can always furnish carloads of pure bred
and grade cows. ”

 
FOR SALE—Registered Holstein Show
Bull, service age; Pontiac Korndyke
breeding. Price right. John A. Rinke,
Warren, Michigan.

 
WASHTENAW FARM HOLSTIINS

30 lb. bull in service. No stock for
sale at presents Carl F. and Ben N.
Braun, 'Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 
WALNUT GROVE

STOCK FARM
Offers an exceptionally good bull calf.
Write for pedigree and prices at once.
W. W. “’YCKOFF,‘ Napoleon, hIich.

 
SUNNY PLAINS HOLSTEINS

Purebred Holstein bulls, 7 months old
and younger. Korndyke and Canary
breeding. From A. R. . dams with
good records. Choice individuals. Also
a few females for sale. 'Right prices.
Arwm Killinger, Fowlerville, Michigan,

 
Phone. 58F15.
HEREFORD
250 STEERS FOR SALE
Ones, twos, threes, Herefords, Angus

and Shorthorns. 600 to 1200 lbs. Choice
quality sorted to size, age and breed. In
car lots. Write your wants. C. F. Ball,

 
One Car-load Registered Holsteins
Yearlings sired by 30 pound bull and
from heavy-producing cows. Also some
choice Duroc open gilts. ,
J. Hubert Brown, Byr‘on, Michigan.

, HOLSTEINFRIESIAN CATTLE

FOR SALE—Young Holstein bulls from
good A‘. R. O. dams and sired by 30 lb.

 
' bull, few females whose dams have good ,.

A. R. 0. records, bred to a 30 lb. bull.
Howbert Stock Farm. Eau Claire, Mich.

CATTLE FOR SALE . T

zLoads feeders and two loads yearling
steers. Also can show you any number
1, Z and 3 years old from 500-to 900 lbs.
Isaac Shanstum, Fairﬁeld, Iowa, 12-3,

Holstein-Fries!“ Cattle, ,

Under the present labor conditions
I feel the necessity of reducing my
herd. Would sell a few bred females
or a few to freshen this spring. These
cows are all with calf to a 30-pound
bull.. J. Fred Smith, Byron, Michigan

 
._ CHOICE REGISTERED STOCK»
PERCHERONS, .,
HOLSTEINS,
' snsorsnmss,
ANGUS, ~ ‘
' ., DUROCS.
[‘me n. 3 Eli, nuiRA; Mica.
V I: .‘.Ns..l-i J , ,1“,

 
Fairﬁeld, Iowa.
8 :bull calves Prince

Herefords Donald and Farmer
Breeding. ALLEN BROS, Paw Paw, Mich.

 
SHORTHORN

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41

SHOR’I‘HORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. C. W: Crum,
Secretary Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan. .

OR' SALE—8 Beg. Shorthorn Bulls

from 9 to 17 Mo. By Maxwalton

~Monarch a son of the noted Avon-
dale who has 3 sons & 2 daughters that
have won the Grand Championship at
the International and American Royal, as
well as won lst Prize on get of Sire 4
times at the above named shows. Herd
just tubercaline tested without a single re-
actor. John Schmidt & Sons, Reed City.
Michigan. ‘

,, ' 0 Hanan}!

03 SALE or Exchange. One thorough-

bred, unregistered Jersey Bull calf.
Solid color. Black points.

David E. Burns. Beulah, Michigan.

D. Owen Taft, Route 1, Oak Grove, Mich. ,

Of blood lines and splendid individuals.
L. J. UNDERHILL, Salem. Michigan.
POLAND CHINA
1G TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Brood

 
GUERNSEY
\ f '

- FOR SALE ' '

Two Registered Guernsey Bulls,
7 months old.
R. B. JACKSON
"RUDGATE FARM”
BIRMINGHAM. - MICHIGAN

 
W’E HAVE A FEW

GUERNSEYS Heifers and cows for

~ sale, also a number of well bred young

bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan.

HORSES

PERCHERON A

on SALE, Percheron Stallion 121705.
Black, Heavy bone fellow—foaled
June 23rd, 1915. J. F. .llady, Vassar.

Michigan, D lute No. 7.

SHETLAN D PONIES

SHETLAND Poul For Sale. Write

for description &
prices. Mark B. Curdy, HoWell, Mich.

 
PLYMOUTH nor-K

ful breeding, large,
Eggs $5 for 50;.$10 for 120.
Cook, Fowlerville, Michigan.

 
VVYA NDO’I‘TE

 
ILVER, GOLDEN and \VHITE Wyan~
dottes of quality, ﬁne large cockerels.‘
$3.00 each. Eggs, $2.50 per 15. Clarence?
Browning, R .No. 2, Portland, Michigan:

 
LEGHORN .

30 00 STRONG, VIGO ,
7 for June. White eghorns. $113
Anconas, $13 per 100; Finest stock in the
country. Prompt shipment by mail.
rival and satisfaction guaranteed. Order
direct. Catalogue. Holland Hatchery;
R. No. 7, Holland, Michigan. .

 
WE HAVE THEM
If you want Leghorns that will pay
for their feed a dozen times over, write
us. We have eggs for Hatching and
Breeding Stock, hens and pullets only.
HILL CREST POULTRY FARM,
Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 
HOGS

0 Bred dGilts’

C Serviceable Bears
' J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 
Half Ton—~O. I. C.s—Half Ton

Spring pigs sired by the Five great—
est boars in use in one herd in Amer-
ica and from the sows that were unde-
feated at 111., Mo.. Ohio and Mich. state
fairs. Write for our catalogue, it’s
free, we want you to see it before you
buy. _We guarantee satisfaction.
Crandell’s Prize Hogs, Cass City, Mich.

 
OUNG 0. I. C. sows of fine quality.
Boars and bre‘ sows all sold. Floyd H.

Banister, Springport. Michigan.
for service; also fall pigs

0' I. 0' either sex; sired by lst

prize yearling boar Mich. State Fair 1917
Clover Leaf Stock Farm, Monroe, Mich.,
R. No. 1

 
Choice young boars ready

 
DURO "

 
ROFITABLE RUFF LEGHORNS—We

have twenty pens of especially mated
Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prof-
itable egg production. Eggs at very reas-
onablc price. Our list will interest you
——please ask for it. Village Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan.-

 
CHICKS

BABY CHICKS

Young's Heavy Laying Strain Sin-
gle Comb White Legliorns. Delivered
direct to your door by mail prepaid.
Immediate shipments.

 
25 chicks, 0

 
$3.5 .
50 chicks, $6.50
100 chicks, $12.7

5.

 
(‘hicks from Highest quality and
Specially mated stock. Order direct
from this ad. Safe delivery guaran-
teed.

“'OLVERINE CHICKERY
711 Delaware St. SE.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 
We ship thousands I
each season, different
booklet and

varieties,
testimonials. stamp appreciated. Freeport
Hatchery, Box 10, Freeport. Michigan.

 
DOROC JERSEYS of the Heavy
boned type. Service boars and Spring
Pigs for sale, also 119g. Shorthorn Bull
Calves of Milking Strain 4 mos. old,
the price is $100 each.

M A. Bray Estate, Chas. Bray, Mgr,
()kemos, Michigan

DUROC SOVVS AND (ill/TS for
5 fall litters bred to ()rions Fancy

King 83857. the biggest pig of his
age over shown at the international.
1 mile northeast of town. Visitors
welcome 7 days in week.
Newton Barnhart, St. Johns,

 
Michigan.

 
EACH HILL ‘FAR.\I——Hegist01‘rd Dur—
oc Jersey Swine. We are booking or-
ders for weanling boar pigs $20 each at
weaning time. Excellent growtliy indi—
viduals. Inwood Bros, llomeo. Michigan.

 
UROC JERSEYS Bred Sows all sold.
1 yearling boar sired to Brookwater
Tippy Orion and out of a Brookwater
Cherry King dam, also spring pigs. Best

 
sows all sold. Have a few fall pigs.
Prices right. L. W. Barnes & Son.
Byron. Michigan.

I” TYPE 1’. (‘. FALL SOWS bred for

 
July and August farrow. Weigh 250
lbs. Spring pigs. Call or write E. R.
Leonard, St. Louis. Michigan.

 
Big Type Poland China. bred
Recorded sows ' and gilts, for sale.
Leading blood lines of the breed, at our
herd’s head. Boone, Blanchard.
Michigan.

 
families.

."Quality‘u

-' \
1‘ Production ; Fair 1917.

Han llli

 
- 100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100 _

A herdof high producing females from the breed’s best
, Herd headed by Dutchland Colantha Winana Lad
114067, Semor and Grand Champion Bull at_Mich1gan State
. Junior sire Maplecrest Application Pontiac
132652 a 35.16 son of Friend Hengerveld De ‘Kol Butter Boy
and Whose. dam and 3%,
yearly butter records.
,monthsbld for sale.

sister hold 6th and 7th highest
Sons of these great Sll‘eS up to 15
Prices and pedigrees on application.

3 - from our Bred-to-Lay
Day Old CthkS White Leghorns, Fer-
ris and Youngs strain, $12 per 100; from
our Thompson strain of Barred Rocks, $18
per 100.

.{ussell Poultry Ranch, Petersburg, Mich. .

 
HATCHING EGGS

LEGHORNS

 
for immediate delivery from our
Barron English 240—egg strain white
chliorns. Heavy winter
birds, easy hatchers and

HATCHING EGGS and Day—Old Chicks

layers,
raisers,

large
quick .

growers. Hatchingu eggs $6.00 per 100 '
and Chicks $13.00 per 100 chicks. Sat~
isfaction guaranteed. Devries Leghorn

Farms & Hatchery,
Box B222.

 
PL" )1 O UTH. ROCK

 
ATCHING EGGS From
H ning Barred Rocks, Thompson strain,
$6.00 Hundred; $3.25 Fifty; $2.00.
Thirty. Special mating $1.50 per 15..
Sam Stacie], Chelsea, Michigan.

From strain w.t
Barred ROCk Eggs records to 290 egg:
per year. $2.00 per 15 Prepaid by pap-
cel post. Circular free. Fred Astling,
Constantine, Michigan.

 
GGS FOR HATCHING from Pure bred
Ringht Strain Barred Rocks 15 for $1.
50 for $2.50; 100 for $5.00. Mrs. G. M.’
Weaver, Fife Lake, Michigan. ‘

 
ORPINGTON

 
.‘B. BRUCE MQPHEFSON, HOWELL, MICK.

 
1

tons. Stock and hatching e gs 10,133,

CHAMPION Black and Buff Orpin'gQi':
sale. James A. Daley, "Mohaw , Mich}?

    
' SALE DATES CLAIMED,

Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ sale atf H

Flint, Mich, June 3. -

 
Sale at Wayne. Michigan, June 3.

Robert R. Pointer’s Holst'emaFr-iesias'

 
Zcelzind, Michigan, ,

  
BARRED ROCK Tié‘i‘ghl“§2'££é’oi‘i§a‘l€él
heavy-laying fowl-3., ’
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3. Six fans on ﬂy wheel produce a continuous stream
of ensilage without moving unnecessary volume
of air.

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4. One—piece triangular steel shear bar
with three cutting edges—held in plage
in a groove in the frame—cutting edge . .
is acute, does away With binding DN‘ 7.” Safety clutch control bar releases gears no matter
'duced by over-hanging leths left by which side. operator is feeding from—positive in-
dull knives. surance against injuring hands in feed rolls.

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5_ Waist high feeding table sloped to an 8. End thrust ball bearings reduce friction at end of .
average height of 36 inches from the shaft—lightemng horse pOWer required

ground . 9. Wind case with iron sides, with rim of heavy sheet
steel—possible for any village blacksmith to re-

Spring tension feed roll adjustment place Without factory repairs_ .
heeps materlal under .pressure 0f p05" 10. Hinged cover enables operator to get at knives or
“we feeding, preventlng uneven cuts fan blades in ﬁve seconds—the weight of the bail

and uneven silage. , ' at edge and two sides keeping cover securely locked.

There are so many distinct advantages in ANN ARBOR DISC THROWER construction
—featur'es not found in any other machine made—you shouldinsist on seeing an ANN ARBOR
before you buy. Make sure to get the right cutter to begin with-one you can

depend on year after year.

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Hundreds of silo owners can better aﬁord to discard their old style cutters
for a power-saving, money- -making ANN ARBOR. ‘

PROMPT SHIPMENT ASSUREnj MICHIGAN FARMERS

T 0 every farmer thinking of buying an ensilage cutter or hay baler this year wg earnestly urge
action now. Be s‘uré‘to write- for New’ Illustrated Catalogue.

ANN ARBOR MACHINE COMPANY

500 Broadway, Ann

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