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GroWe‘rs’ Ass’ 11 Giv Timely Advice on
- What to do to Av6id Repetition of

Michigan potato growers should speedily realize
that they muSt thoroly organize along all lines
- pertaining to their interests if they are to receive
adequate and proﬁtable returns for their crops.

The matter of production is being suiiiciently
agitated by the government crop experts. and they
will cantinue to do that Organized potato asso-

ciations, local, county and state will make use of
all knowledge obtainable from such sources.

 
thing that potato growers must themselves take
in hand, surpervise, control and direct, or they
win in the future as in the past ﬁnd themselves
helpless and at the mercy of shippers and con-
sumers.

I make hold to assert that Bureau of Market
ofﬁcials should not be wholly relied upon for in-
formation, advice and direction in the matter of
marketing the farmers crepe. On the other hand
through close organization the producer should
keep in close touch with the Bureau of Markets,
making use of. its vast organization and powers
in the distribution of his products. Farmers
must actively make use of the agencies of our
state and national governments, organized for their
beneﬁt, else some use of these organizations will
be made not always in the interests of the farmer
l 0111' State Potato Growers’ Association should

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». :have a. man employed to look after the interests

of the potato growers of Michigan and he should

should be on the job to see that Michigan potatoes
, ﬁnd the best markets at the best prices and
bring back authentic information to the growers
: as to everything pertaining to their interests.

‘ The potato growers of the United States should
' also organize and have a representative who will
devote his time to the special interests or pota-
to growers.
ests of growers to federal and state ofﬁcials is that
these men are serving two masters, the city mas-
ters, the shippers and consumers, whose interests

j are antagonistic to the growers, and also the grow-

ers whom they y ,.
really serve ﬁrst. ' ;
Last year's big
potato crop bro’t
on a situation
which demon—
strated our need
for, such- an or-
ganization . as I
have suggested‘
and also the ina;
bility of the Bu-
reau oi? Markets
and the Food Ad-
ministration to
meet a serious cri.

 
was an enormous
crop of potatoes
tor the year 1917

ganizations seem-_
é’d able to accom-

 
Attract!” and Modern

be one of themselves, not some “specialist.” He _

'The trouble with leaving the inter- '

Mr. Allen. “Most of them have 11%:

 
A M, Smith,Pre51d t of Michigan Potato ~

But the marketing of the potato crop is some-

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and to promulgate grading regulations which
.mde every potato grower in the country discour-

_- aged and angryand which paralyzed the move-

ment of the crop, so that the organized shippers
loaded with. early purchased potatoes at $1.00 to
$1. 30 per bushel either quit buying as they did in
western Michigan or put the price down so low
that farmers refused'to sell. But what could have
been done? The writer belives that the crisis
of too many potatoes could have been met had
there been the proper organization of potato grow-

ers who could have been given a voice and part in "

the solution of “too many potatoes.” How? In
the ﬁrst place there were not really too many po-
tatoes. There were only about 4 bushels per capita
of potatoes in the United States. In fact, for sev-
eral weeks now the 1917 crop of potatoes have
been scarce and in demand in leading markets.

‘In the second place, representatives 0" the grow-
ers in co-operation with the Bureau of Markets and
the Food Administratio- could have said to the
consumers and growers “we have a large crop of
potatoes and we want everybody to co-operate
so that there shall be no waste and so that the
farmer may receive adequate return for his labor.”

Did‘ the Bureau of Markets and the Food Ad-
ministraton do anything? Nothing. And these
gentlemen excuse their failure to help the situa-
tion or touch it by blaming the weather. and espec.
ially the car shortage.

What sh uld have been done by our government
in the potato crisis, when a great food crop which
was perishable. was likely to be wasted? First,
they should have said frankly to consumer and
producer, “We have the greatest crop of potatoes
in the history of our country. They are prec—
ious food and we want to conserve them. In order
that ﬁairness may ‘ 1 meted out to all we will ﬁx
the price of potatoes to the producer so as to pay
him a fair return and to the consumer so as to
make it possible for him to consume the maxi-
mum of potatoes," and then all the energies of
the railroads should have been drawn on to get
the potatoes to the consumer. That such a course
was suggested to the Food Administrator is a
.fact. That bothgthe Bureau of Markets and the
Food Administration lack the initiative to meet
such a crisis history proves, and we cannot ex-
pect that men who hold ofﬁce without the stimu-
lus of the topic whose inteiests they represent
will ever p%ssess the initiative to do the great
thing which a great crisis demands.

Therefore we need a local, county, state, and na-
tional organization of potato growers that the pro-
ducer may look after his own business. Also every
community wherever possible should organize a
co-operative ass’n for marketing its own crops:—
Arthur M. Smith, Pres. Mich. Potato Ass'n.

I on the farm of 0. A. Allen, Clare.
roundi'ooied bann- like mine.”_

 
“About all my neaighbors take your paper,” Twrltes
wen, “neighbors, let’s have their pictures.

PRESIDENT T0 VETO
$2.40 __w_HEA1 BILL

_ Department of Agriculture and Food Admin-
istration Advise President that Present
Price is Sufficient to pay our
Farmers a Good Profit

Acting upon the advice of the department of
Agriculture and the Food Administration, Pres-
ident Wilson will promptly veto the bill ﬁxing
the minimum price of wheat at $2.40 a bushel,
the price ﬁnally agreed upon by the house and sen-
ate conferees. The president was informed that,
if the provision should become a law, its terms
would make the price of wheat in Chicago $2.69
a bushel and wOuld increase the price of flour to
the consumer $2 a barrel.

It was claimed-that the majority of the wheat
growers are satisﬁed with the present price and
the advance is solely in the interest of the farmers
attempting to produce. wheat in non-productive
areas. Moreover, it was unnecessary to increase
the price as the present price has been satisfactory
enough to- bring about a 28.2% acreage increase.

The objections raised by the oponents of higher
wheat are absurd, and could not possibly be applied
to a manufactured commodity. It matters not
that a higher price to the farmer means $2 a
barrel more for ﬂour. It matters not that it
might mean a $10 increase in the price of flour.
It matters not either that increased acreage can
be secured without a larger inducement. . The
ONLY point to consider is this: Does the pres-
ent price give the farmer a fair return on his in—
vestment? A year ago the price of $2 might have
suﬁiced to pay a proﬁt, but will it now? A few
ionths ago the department of agriculture admit-
ted that it had no ﬁgures to show what it costs
to grow wheat under war conditions But that does
not apparently prevent it from setting its opinion
up against the facts that many farmers will lose
money on $2 wheat.

Justiﬁcation f01 the present price is sought
in the increased acreage yet it will doubtlessly
be found that a large part of this increase is
in sections where the department of agriculture
and the Food Administration say that wheat
cannot be grown proﬁtably. It has been the diver-
siﬁed farmer, who as a patriotic move has turned
from other crops to wheat rathei than the indiv—
idual who has always made wheat his principa1
cash crop, who has furnished the major part of
the increased ac-
reage.

It is bad enough
that the govern-
ment must set
a 11 y p r i c e o n
wheat; surely the
maximum should
be sufﬁcient to pay
the average com-
mercial grower
a proﬁt, not only
as a matter of
justice, but as an
insurance against
under-production.

Agricultural pa-
pers and farm or.
ganizations have
shown the need of
a more ﬂexible
wheat price in or:
der to' prevent the
farmers from
turning to. other
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chit be no compromise No half-way deci-
l' at tolerable. No half-way decision is con-
.._ These are the ends for which the asso-
peoples of the world are ﬁghting and which

,must be conceded them/ before there can be peace:
_ "‘1. The destruction of every arbitrary power
anywhere that can separately, secretly. and of its
"single choice disturb the peace of the world; or,
if it cannot be permanently destroyed, at least

its reduction to virtual impotence

‘ 5' “‘II. The settlement of every question, whether
. or territory, of sovereignty, of economic arrange-

ment or of political relationship, upon the basis

-. of the free acceptance of that settlement by the

people immediately concerned, and not on the basis
of the material interest or advantage of any other
nation or people which may desire a different set-

_tlement for the sake of its own exterior inﬂuence

or mastery. "

“III. The consent of all nations to be governed
in their conduct toward each other by the same
principles of honor and of respect for the common
law of civilized society that govern the individual
citizens of all modern states in their relations with
one another; to the end that all promises and cov-
enants may be sacredly observed, no private plots
or conspiracies hatched, no selﬁsh injuries wrought

' with impu‘nity, and a mutual trust established

upon the handsome foundation of a mutual respect
for right.

'"IV. The establishment of an organization of
peace which shall make it certain that the combin—
ed powers of free actions will check every inva-
sion of right and serve to makepeace‘and justice
the more secure by affording a deﬁnite tribunal
of opinion to which all must submit and by which
every international readjustment that cannot be
amicably agreed upon by the peoples directly con-
cerned shall be sanctioned.”

These great objects can be put into a single
sentence. What we seek is the reign of law. based
upon the consent of the governed, and sustained

by the Organization of mankind.
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Representative Cox of Indiana got his dander up
the other day on the ﬂoor of the house and ad-
dressed some remarks to his southern constituency
which were not calculated to be complimentary.
The debate was on the compromise raising the
price of wheat to $2.40. The continued opposition
of southern representatives had aroused Rep. Cox’s
ire, and he spoke right out in plain English:

“I get all- ﬁred tired when I hear men rise on the
ﬂoor of the house and talk about the present un-
precedented prosperity of the farmer.” Mr. Cox
said. “I wonder city members do not resign their
seats in Congress if farmers are becoming million-
aires and go out and don a pair of overalls and bro-
gan shoes and go to raising wheat corn, rye, barley,
hogs, cattle and all other farm commodities that
farmers grow in this country.

“I wonder why if farming is so remunerative
the city gent does not lay aside his diamonds, and
gold headed cane and go to the country and get
rich, as a few members of the house would lead us
to believe that farmers are getting rich

“A few days ago the trade commission reported
to the senate the names of men and corporations
who during the last year made millionaires out
of themselves out of abnormal war proﬁts. Not a.
single farmer appeared on the list. Last spring
the farmers were solemnly promised that the price
of farm implements and fertilizers would be
ﬁxed, and yet the prices of these things were not
ﬁxed, and they are soaring to the skies day in and
day out.

“I am heartily in 1avor of price ﬁxing of the nec-

essities of life. In my opinion it :‘s the only way
to control prices and keep them within reach. I
was in flavor of ﬁxing the price of Wheat and I am
in favor of ﬁxing it today. I was in fav< " of ﬁxing
the price on sugar and I am in favor of it today.
I was in favor of ﬁxing the price on wool and I am
in favor of it today.
, “But let me say to you now in all seriousness
this thing of price ﬁxing has become a one-sided
affair. Prices have been ﬁxed on many of the great
staple commodities of the north, but on the great
staple commodity of the south——cotton—the price
has not been ﬁxed at all.

“You gentlemen 01' the south are willing to stand
by and ﬁx the price of wheat of the northern farm-
er and do nothing at all to get. the price ﬁxed on
cotton. You are boasting of the 14,000,000 or
or 15,000,000 of bales of cotton that you are rais-
ing this year in an unﬁxed market, the prices
being from 30 to 35 cents a pound.

“We of the north do not raise cotton but must
purchase the ﬁnished commodity of raw cotton in
the nature of wearing apparel, and we are interest-

ed in getting cotton goods as cheaply as possible.
{You are willing to ﬁx the price of sugar and the
.‘Vgreat staple commodities of the north, but we are

  
ings, are almost beyon

both north, and south , 5 ‘q

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The shipbuilding pregram carries .on with ever

increasing speed. A report of the shipping board
shows that the June production reached the enor-

mous total of 280, 400 tons bringing the :total‘ 1918"

production to I, 084, 670 tons. The June production

comes within 15, 000 time of the world's record for '

shipbuilding held, by British shipyards, This is
most remarkable when it is considered that Great
Britain has always been a world leader in ship
building, and his been engaged on its present
shipbuilding program for several years. On July
4th, just passed, approximately 100 ocean-going
vessels of a. total tonnage of 450, 000 tons were
launched at all American shipyards. So far as the

_ transportation ofxmen and supplies are concerng~
ed, the submarine menace has passed for America.

With Chas. Schawb applying his wife’s epigram
of “less talking and more caulking” twenty. four
hours a day. the Uni-ted States will challenge the
most formidable undersea ﬂeet that Germany can
send against us. “Ships will win the war," and
the world’s production of merchant vessels is now
far in excess of the submarine losses.
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The house has conceded the senate’s point for an
increase in the price of wheat and; the conference
committees of both branches have ﬁnally com-
promised on $2.40 per bushel, an amendment to
that effect having been incorporated in the agricul—
tural appropriation bill which now goes to Presi-
dent Wilson for his signature.
has said that he will veto the bill because of the
amendment, and Congress says: “Well. by heck,
let him veto. We’re the chosen representatives
of the people and we’ll override his veto in this
particular instance. And there are plenty of votes
available in both branches in order to do it." But
Congress has been very good to the President.
He has asked for little that has not been given,
and many are hoping and some are believing that
he will put his signature to the bill without a mur-
mur '

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Both houses are in a fever of cleaning up the
odds and ends hoping for an early recess during
balance of July and the ﬁrst part of August.
Several of the committees in whose hands impor-
tant legislation has been pending. gave over the
Fourth of July holiday to their work. The reso
lution authorizing the President to take over the
telegraph and telephone lines is new legislation
which neither house anticipated, but nevertheless
important enough to dispose of before the session
adjourns. It is expected that an adjournment
can be taken by the close of the present week.

 
Norway will eat whale fat during the war.

New York is to have a voluntary ﬁre department
as a precautionary war measure.

Merced, California, has 805 acres devoted to

rice growing this year.

The London Times is now printed on paper
made from‘sawdust.

Califronia this year devoted 3,000 acres to spin-
ach.

California has this year one cannery which will
put up 3,000 tons of tomatoes.

More than a billion dollars’ worth of American
agricultural exports were sold during 1917 to the
European nations at war with Germany.

Eighty thousand American women are now em-
ployed in industries supplying canned goods to the
war and navy departments.

Growing crops in Indiana, says the Indianapolis
News, are part of the personal estate. the same as
money, stocks, etc., and are taken by the adminis-
trators to pay debts and other claims against the
estate. The remainder is divided. two-thirds to
the children, one-third to the widow. ,

Soap is almost unobtainable in occupied Bel-
gium and the housewives are accordingly seeking
possible substitutes. To them a chemist. through
the medium of 3. Brussels newspaper, gives this

dvice: “Pour the hot water in which peeled po-

toes have been boiled over lt.he.linen to be wash-
ed. Allow it to soak until the following day then
rub as you Would in a lather, but without adding
soap or anything else. The linen will come out of
the tub perfectly white. " .

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-_ to a Haves dispatch from Basie, Switzerland .
Gou'mt Roan says Germany is entitled to the,
‘ following terms because of its strength and until “
they are realized there should he no arnfistice and ‘

The President .

 
no cessatioii of submarine warmre; ~
Annexation ~01” Belgium.
autonomy in the interior. ,
Independence of Flanders.

Annexation of the entire Flanders coast, includr

ing Calais. 1' ~ , ~'
Annexation of the Briery end Longwy basins

and the Toul, Belfort, and Verdun regions east-

ward. .

Restitution to Germany of all her colonies, in-

cluding Kiadchow.
" Great Britain to cede to Germany such naval,

bases and scaling stations as Germany designtes.
Great Britain must return Gibraltar to Spain,
cede its war fleet to Germany, restore Egypt to
Turkey and the Suez canal to Turkey
"‘ Greece must be reestablished. under former
King Constantine with frontiers before the war.
Austria ands Bulgaria will divide-Serbia and
Montenegro. . . _
Great Britain, France and the United States
must pay all of Germany’ s war costs, the indemnity
being a minimum of $45, 000, 000 000. They also
must agree to deliver raw materials immediately.
France and Belgium are to remain occupied at
their expense until conditions are carried out.
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Aside from an occasional night raid and local

attacks during the "day time, everything is quiet

along the western front. Allied military experts
have been trying to ﬁnd the cause for the pause
in the German offensive. It came so suddenly
and completely that suspicions have been aroused
that Germany is resting her strength while she is
hatching some new and tremendous ,drive. Whether
this will culminate in a concentrated attack on
the Paris region or a more general attack along
the whole western front is causing much spec-
ulation. There is much disease among the German
troops, numerous epidemics having swept their
ranks since spring came, but allied leaders do not
believe this is the reason for the lull in the German
offensive They are expecting a stupendous move
in some direction in the near future, and are pre-
paring for all eventualities

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Allied claims that the U-boat warfare is losing
its effectiveness and that the allied nations are now
ﬂoating tonnage faster than the U-boats destroy it,
is vigorously denied by Vice Admiral von Capelle,
minister of the German navy. The conﬁdent man.
ner in which the Allies are treating the submarine
menace and the growing conviction among the Ger-
man people that their pet implement of war was
not accomplishing all that had been promised of it
has led the Admiral into an exhaustive explanation
of what the U-boat has done and will do.——mostly
of the latter.

10! It I!

The assassination of Count von Mirbach, Ger-
man representative in Russia, brings a tightening
ing of the tension between the governments of Ger-
many and Russia, and- the Kaiser has threatened
to break off all friendly relations with the country
whose resources he has so proﬁgately exploited.

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The Allies see in the murder a revulsion of feeling .

against the Russian compromise with the beast
of Berlin.
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One of Italy’s most noted ﬂiers, Sergeant Gian-
felice Gino, was killed at Mineola, N. Y. during an
exhibition ﬂight for the beneﬁt of the Italian mis-
sion to the United States The majority of ac ci-
dents that have happened lately at aviation train-
ing ﬁelds have been the result of acrobatic stunts
attempted at too low an altitude.
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At the request of Theodore Roosevelt the $40, 000
Nobel Peace prize fund which he donated to an
industrial peace commission, will be turned back
to him. Mr Roosevelt states that he desires to
distribute the money among the various war
funds
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It is claimed that the food situation has become
so acute among. he central powers that the soldiers
have formed the practice of killing wounded horses
for meat. Disturbances among hungry civilians
continue to increase and harass the authorities.
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In her gratitude for the aid that the United
States has given her which has had so remark-
able an effect in strengthening the morale of her
troops, Italy gave over the 4th of July in a patriotic
commemoration of America’ s independence.
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Nearly 40, 000 recruits are now in training. at
camp Custer, and orders are expected’any day for

the majority of these men to be moved to a point:

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" country as a large customer.

eel R» mutt INCREASES PRICES

on WHEAT 3 To 8 CEnzrs A BUSHEL

 
i-‘The establishment of new freight rates by the
Riilway Administration has necessitated a change
in the Government price basis for wheat. After con~

.'sideration of all factors the Food Administration

announces the price basis at various markets for
the grades of No.1 Northern Spring, No. 1 Hard
Winter No.1 Red Winter No. 1 Durum, No. 1
Hard White, in store public elevators approved for

storage by the Grain Corporation (seaboard or in

store on export terms), as follows, effective July 1:
Statement of Prices. ‘

.Terminal—
New York .............. ..... 2.39%
Philadelphia. ........ . .................... 39
Baltimore. . . ............................. .2. 38%,
Newpoi‘t News .......... . ........ . . . . . ..... ‘. 2.38%
Chicao.‘.... ....................... 2.26
New rleans ..... . .............. . ............ 2.28
' Galveston. .. . -.~ ........................... 2.28
St. Louis .................................... 2.24
'Duluthn ................................... 2.22%
inneapolis. .................. 2.21%.
ansas City ...................... . .......... 2.18
Omaha. . . ............ ‘ ...................... 2 .18
San Francisco. . ............................. 2.20
Los Angeles ...... g ........................... 2.20
Portland. . . ................................. 2.20
Tacoma. . . .................................. 2.20
Seattle. . .................. ,. .......... 2.20
Astoria. . . .................................. 2.20
T he basis for No.2 Wheat will be 3 Cents below

No. 1, and the basis for No. 3, seven cents below
.No. 1. Grades below No. 3 will be dealt in on
sample.

It is expected that the changes in Federal Grad—
ing Standards will throw more wheat into higher
The changes in price are
worked out as nearly as possible to compensate for
increases in railway and sea freights.

The other classes of wheat than those mentioned
above as equivalents will be dealt with on the fol—
lowing basis?

The class of Dark Hard Winter will be bought at
2 cents above Hard Winter; Dark Northern Spring
at 2 cents above Northern Spring ;. Amber Durum
at 2 cents‘above Durum; while Yellow Hard Win—
t'er will be bought at 2 cents under Hard Winter;
Red Spring at 5 cents under Northern Spring; Red
\Valla at 7 cents under Red Winter; Red Durum
at 7 cents under Durum: Soft \Nhite at 2 cents
under llard White, and White Club at cents under
Hard \Vhite.

Certain parts of the internuountain- territory do
not receive full compensation for freight increases
under the above arrangements. and; therefore. spe-
cial arrangements by which the Grain Corporation
assumes the compensation directly in this territory
will be announced in a few days

We wish to emphasize that the above is the basis
upon which the Grain Corporation is prepared to
buy wheat at the above markets.

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\AGREEMENT WITH MEXICAN

GROWERS—CHEAPER TWINE

Jinder twine for the harvest of 1919 will cost
American farmers about three cents per pound less
than they have paid this y;ear the estimated total
saving to grain- growers of the United States is
$6,000.000. This announcement of the United States
Food Administration follows an arrangement it
has made with the Commission Reguladona. the
Yucatan monopoly controlling sisal. whereby the
Commission has contracted to sell 500.000 bales
of sisal to twine mills of this country at a price
three cents a pound less than a year ago.

That quantity of sisal represents the principal
supply of ﬁbre needed to manufacture binder twine
for the grain harvest of 1919. To maintain an
economical operation of twine mills in the United
States. sisal is contracted for about a year ahead,
and is manufactuFed into the ﬁnished twine through—
out the year. By the new arrangement. the cost of
sisal will be approximately 16 cents wholesale at
gulf ports. compared with 19 cents per pound for
the sisal used in making the twine for the present
harvest.

Since its early investigations of binder twine,
which is a vital element 1n~ our grain harvest the

Food Administration has maintained that the Com-

mission Reguladora ot Yucatan must'sell its sisal
at more reasonable prices if it expects to retain this
Sisal growers have
complained however, of the high cost of food and

mm which they secure from the United States.

With. the hope of establishing a better understand-
ing‘between Mexican and American producers, the

 
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Rood Administration proposes an exchange of agri-
cultural commissions. A commission of Mexican
farmers has been invited to visit the United States
and study the production and distribution of articles
they- secure from this country.

In‘ case the proposal is accepted, the Food Ad-
ministration plans to have a committee of Ameri-
can Afarmers visit Yucatan to study methods and
costs of sisal production. Such an interchange of
study is expected to prepare the way for mutually
satisfactory conditions. in future sisal arrangements.

FOOD FACTS OF WORLD WIDE
SCOPE OF INTEREST TO FARMERS

 
Any person in Italy who purchases foodstuffs or
goods of common or large consumption and lays in
supplies greater than the normal or ordinary needs
of the family and dependents is punishable by a
ﬁne of from $4 to $190, or by imprisonment for a
month, and the goods are conﬁscated.

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'50 grave has the food situation become in ltaly
that three meatless days a week have been in effect
since May 15th. Although the Italian people live
largely on bread and macaroni,
grain has also been cut down.

per cent less than last year.
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It is 110w about 25

New Canadian food regulations now in eﬁ'ect
limit the amount of fats and sugar which may be
used in the manufacture of pastry, confectionery
and ice cream. The manufacture of some of these
products is entirely prohibited and the sugar con—
sumption of candy manufacturers is limited to one-
half the monthly average used by them last year.

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The submarine depredations off the Atlantic coast
early in June resulted in the loss of 13,854 tons of
sugar from Cuba and Porto ‘Rico. This represents
nearly one—ﬁfth of the total weekly consumption
of sugar in the United States and is more than the
recent total sugar allowance of Great Britain for
jam— —n1aking this year

Although the cargoes were fully covered by insur—
ancc the loss of the sugar emphasizes the need for
additional conservation of this important commodity.

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T9 summarize the effect of the war on the meat
situation. the Food Administration makes this
statement. Production has increased. and exports

have increased both in actual amount and in rela-
tion to production. Beef has assumed a more im—
portant position in export. During the caléndar
year 1917. the total production of beef. veal. pork
and mutton exceeded 18 billion pounds, of which
slightly over 9 per cent. chiefly beef and pork. was
exported. The average farm in the United States
produced close to 3,000 pounds of meat last year.
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which the United States is now
supplying the .-’\llic-~‘ '\\'11h wheat substitutes is shown
by a summary of out and corn exports. announced
by the l'nitcd States Food Administration. More
than 101000.000 bushels of oats and oatmeal were
exported by this country from July 1. 1017. to April
30 1018. and of this amount more than 03.000000
bushels were sent the European Allies.

Exports of corn and cornmeal for the same. pe-
riod were more than 390000.000 bushels, of which
more than 27.000000 bushels were for the Allies.

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The extent to

An example of German methods of securing food
is seen in the new regulations of the Bavarian Egg
Supply Oﬂice. Poultry keepers are required to de-
liver to the government 40 eggs for each hen kept.
lhc 1018 quota is due in September at a hxed price
of 4 cents per egg.

Measures of this character help to explain the
ability of the German federal states to feed the
population when food products fail to reach the
markets in sufﬁcient quantities as a result of vol—

 
For Week Ending July 2

 
untary sales by producers.

New England »— Boston: Four 1310“ in" Weather.
and crops in v1 neial made little progress" rain and
warmm “eathei needed. Some potatoes recovering
from frost damage; beans replanted. (ranberiies
blossoming (‘onslderable dropping of apples: light
crop anticipated Having under wav; below average.

New York withaca: \Veather somewhat cool for
corn. but generally favorable otherwise Buckwheat
seeding. cabbage planting haying and cultivating
progressing favorably. Oat stjaw generally short,
but heading well. Winte1 wheat and rye beginning

 
l WEEKLY CROP SUMMARY

 
to color. Potatoes doing well. Strawberries about
finished. Raspberries ripenﬂing Cherry picking gen-
eral. Conditions still dry in some localities

fronuylnnm—Philadelphia: Rainfall generally

light and some places need mnisture. especially for

potatoes and grass lands. Nights cool and corn and
tobacco growing slowly but. mostlv in healthy «on-
djtion. Favorable weather for rye harvest. which is

their consumption p

» calitfes in different parts of state.

well advanced in southern and beginning in central
counties
heading rapidly and very promising
Quorum—Denver: Crops improved generally by
recent rains, but still suffering from drought in lo-

Wheat harvest beginning some places. Oats '

'Winter wheat ,

nearly ready for harvest; some headed short. Ranges:

stacked.

improved. F‘irst cutting alfalfa mostly
Local

Fruit doing well. Cherry picking begun.
damage by worms and hail.

New Hence. Santa Fe Light local showers be—
ginning. but mostly hot during Week: unfavorable.
with rain urgently needed, and central-southern
ranges poor and desolate. First cutting alfalfa gem
eral north; second nearing completion south. Winter
Wheat and barley harvest nearing completion. Scum-
ern stock losses continue.

Wisconain.——Milwaukee:
deterioratic'm of all crops,
30 will help greatly. Oats heading;
excellent. Potatoes
some places by bugs and by frosts of last week.
Corn ahead of average season and well cultivated.
Barley and spring wheat generally good. Rye and
winter wheat good, but thin. Haying general; ﬁrst
crop light. Fruit prospects fair to good.

Washington: Seattle. Good rains June 23 in east—
ern counties. followed by cool “weather g1eat1y bene—

 
Cool, dry weather caused
but general rains
crop good to

 
ﬁted spring wheat which is ﬁlling More rain
badly needed by all mops. Winter wheat and barley
fair crops. Spring wheat and barley half crops.
Rye harvest begun; fair crop. \‘Vinter wheat hur—
vest will be general July 5 to 20. Oats looking poor
account of drought. rust, and aphis injury: Second
haying in progreSs; crop light.

California..——Sau 11‘1‘a11cisco: \\'11eat. barley. 2.11111
oat harvest progressing; crops fair to good. 'l‘hiwl

crop of alfalfa good. Lowland pastures poor. Feed

in mountain ranges holding out well; stuck good.
Sugar-beets. rice, cotton. hops, beans. potatoes, and
truck crops doing nicely. Orange crop heavier than
normal; prospects still good for fair crop novels.
Irrigation “atei failing rapidly. Labor shortage
acute in a few places.

Oklahoma.———Oklal1omu:Corn. truck, and pastures
fuither damaged by hot. dry weather curly part of
week; other crops not seriously hurt. (‘ooler weather
and quite general ruins beneﬁted all crops. Worn
badly damaged in many localities; some cut for
feed“ but bulk of crop still fair prospect. (‘11111111
shedding in 11 few localities: but generally made

in excellent condition. Sorghum

good growth and _
sweet potatoes. and peanuts fair

grains, broom—corn.
to good.
Illinois.—~—Springtield: As a result of winds and
heavy rains outs and wheat down in places. but
droughty conditions in some southern counties. Rains
interfered With harvesting. but highly beneﬁcial to

and wheat

corn. pastures and gardens. Rye. oats.
being harvested. Wheat threshing in 1111- south Oat
harvest in Kankakee county July 10, ()gle- county 15.
Pastures and meadoWs good. Potatoes and vegeta—
bles good in north, but hurt by dry \\'1'}illl(‘l‘ 'in
south.

0hi0.—~—(,‘olumbus: Showers very beneficial: nights-
continue most too cool for corn. \‘(heut harvest
in progress in Van W'ert and Crawford counties

and will begin in Lake counties July 10. Out crop

good to excellent. though heading short some cen-
tral counties. Frost damage to corn June 23 slightly
more. serious in low ground in some northWeutern
counties than at ﬁrst thought: otherwise crop in
good to exccllcnt condition. Potatoes improvinu.
Gardens ﬁne. lluying‘ Well advanced; ('1‘1111 oxc‘ollonl
Fruit poor.

Indiana.» lndinnupolis: Generous ruins ('illlSt'tl 111-—
cided improvement to all growing crops. Substitute
crops will be sown in most areas when- frost oc—
curred last week. Corn crop healthy; well culti-
vated and clean: some fields 111111 by. flats well

ﬁlled most places: cutting progressing in southwest.
“'heat harvest general in north; finished many plums-

elsewhere: yields generally heavy. but under esti—
mates in a few localities. l’ustures. pointoeﬁ. Irucl.
11nd cannery crops fair to good. 'l‘imollrv l'uir 111
good: being cut east and south.

Kansas.—~Topck:1: Severe drought lll‘ulx’t‘ll in west

of eastern and south-central counties luvtur part 111‘

week. but rain still badly needed in northweufral
and western portions. (”orn 11nd gruiu soru'hurns
not materially damaged. well ('lllliVuH-(l and now
making splendid growth where ruins fell. (‘orn
tasseling and silking in eastern portion. hus- de-
veloped in west. \Vhea‘t harvest prac-liiulh 11111-4er
in east and in full swing in \xest;lhr1::lii11g general
in eastern half. out l1:'11\cst genuul Huts wheat.
and barley damaged in noilh— centr: ll .1111! weHl. Ruin
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FARMERS LARGEST USERS OF
AUTOMOBILES IN CANADA

According to the latest ﬁgures issued by the
Department of Highways there are 23,409 auto-
mobiles owned by farmers in Ontario. whereas in
1913 only 996 automobiles were owned by farmers.
The reason for this is undoubtedly that while
there are many farmers who can afford to buy
automobiles for pleasure. most of them regard
it an absolute necessity and use it as part of»
their regular faim equipment to save time and
labor.

Where the roads permit farmers are also using
automobile trucks for hauling their produce to
market. Good roads and automobiles seem to go
together. as along good county highways automo-
biles are purchased more freely by farmers than
in sections where the roads are poor.

The farmer has jumped to the front as the
largest owner of automobiles in the province. Of
the 78,861 cars in the province, 23.408 are burned
by farmers. while 14,825 are owned by manufao-
turers and merchants. Of the total ownership in
the province, 47, 337 cars are owned by people in

the rural communities, while 31,198 cars are owned;

by city people.

 
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'Michigan made the consumer pay $2

 
Ar MILITARY DISPLAY To BE

.1. shows AT MICHIGAN STATE FAIR '

War activities of the United States Government "
~ will be one of the major attractions of the Stitegg
' Fair in Detroit August 30 to September 8, the 31.,

, rangements for his display having been concluded

by G. W. Dickinson Secretary Manager of the
Michigan State Fair, with A. A. Ormsby, represent-
ing the Joint Committee on Government exhibits.
_Mr. Ormsby was especially interested in having an
Oportunity to show the people of Michigan what
the Government is doing, having been born and
raised in this state.

One of the big features of the government's dis-
play will be the exhibit of the Bureau of Fisheries
of the Department of Commerce. The food ques—
tion has loomed large in the public mind for many

months and the Fisheries Bureau will show the

Fﬁir visitors a number of excellent food ﬁsh that
have not been used heretofore. These will include
the whale, shark, gray ﬁsh and many others. In
the display at Detroit both the Federal and State
Food Administrations will combine in giving the
interested visitor an insight into the undertakings
of these bodies to win the war. Mr. Dickinson has
arranged for the government exhibit to occupy
l5,000 square feet of space in the Automobile Build-
ing The Department of \g'riculture will have a
model farm buildings display with a view to e11-
couraging the raising of live stock and poultry on a
more scientiﬁc basis. The farmers visiting‘the hair
will be interested in the displays of ,this department
which include specimens of wheat and wheat substi-
tutes which may be successfully grown in Michigan.

The Agricultural Department will also show a
number of models of modern highways, necessary
to the marketing of the farmers' products at a good
margin of proﬁt. The increased use of the motor
car and truck has swelled the dividends oi the far-
mer but the government feels that the building of
better roads will add to their prOsperity. I11 the
governn'1ent exhibit 2,500 square feet will-be given
over to the showing of implements of war. This
will include also German arms and devices picked up
on the battle ﬁelds of the Western Front in France
in addition to guns, cannon, trench mortars and
other accouterments that the soldiers of the Persh-
ing Expeditionary Forces have turned on the Ger—
man army. The Navy Department will have a
similar amount of space to display its arms and one
of the exhibits will be the torpedo that the Ger—
man submarines have made use of in the attempt
to starve out England.

The government has also gone into the moving
picture business and an expert from the Committee
on Public Information will give two shows a day.
The ﬁlms will show the European battleﬁelds, the
training of men for the army and navy, and also
the kind of work that the Department of Agricul—
ture is doing to increase our food production and
the conservation of the food supply. Drawings and
photographs of the war in Europe will also be dis-
played. This exhibit will be shipped to the State
Fair Grounds from Washington in two express cars
with one detail of soldiers and another of sailors, in
addition to the regular staiI of lecturers. demon—
strators and attendants. One exhibit that will be

and hold them in grateful remembrance.

state Grange to: help 5311 potatoes .
consumers and not a hint is given by State, nation- .j ~ . .
3.1 or municipal authorities that: anything diﬂerent"{,_x ‘
will be done next fall.” "
Note our point was nothing was done to get ,

potatoes to the consumer to be eaten.
Hon. James McBride. state market director.

takes exception to our statement and says that he . .

bought ﬁfteen carloads for the state board to be
shipped to a dehydrating plant in New York State;
also some potatoes Were purchased by him for
Detroit. The price he paid the eleVator man was
56 cents a bushel We'are glad to ’give full publi-
city to this effort of the war board and market
director.

Over 7, 000 cars of Michigan potatoes have been
marketed to date and we are highly pleased to

know that the state authorities have “done "their

bit" and purchased ﬁfteen earloads. We know the
potato growers will be pleased with their action
But
other people have made the same statement we

’ did. For instance, the June Gleaner in an article

on the potato situation says:

“During the months of January and February

potatoes are selling at retail stores in all large
cities at seventy cents a peck. Mr. Consumer was
hungry for potatoes at that time; but he, couldn’t
afford to eat them at the price; while the up-state
farmer with hundreds of bushels in his bins could
not ﬁnd a market for his spuds. Michigan has
what is called a marketing department; but not a
single bushel of potatoes was handled, or a single
car secured for shipping potatoes, by or through
this department. The state of Michigan has a fund
of ﬁve. million dollars, created expressly for war
emergencies, and a sufﬁcient amount of this money
could have been used to establish a dehydrating
plant at Jackson prison—but not a penny was
available. The “emergency" evidently did not
exist in the minds of fthe “higher-ups.” and now
thousands of tons of food are going to waste~—and
the ﬁarmers are meeting with a tremendous loss
at a time when every dollar is needed.”

And now we suggest that Brother McBride
take up his club and go after the Gleaner, which
has always taken a lively interest in the operation
of the State Market Department.—Mich. Patron.

PRICES FOR .1918 RED ROCK
WHEAT AND ROSEN RYE

The Michigan Crop Improvemnt Association an—
nounces its schedule of prices which will be asked
in 1918 for certiﬁed pedigreed grains as follows:

Red Rock wheat, $3.25 for lots of over ten
bushels;‘$3.50 for lots underlten bushels. Rosen
rye. $3 for lots over ten bushels; $3.25 for lots
under ten bushels. Winter barley, $2.90 for lots
over ten bushels; $3.00 for lots under ten bushels.

This scale, which was determined at a confer—
ence attended by Food Administrator Prescott, was
based on the government price, plus the actual cost
of inspection fees, rogueing _out’Wee‘ds, cleaning
threshers and bins, cleaning and weighing seed. cart-
age to station, loss on market value of cleaned seed
and billing and correspondence plus 10 per cent on
the added cost of these items only.

. m- props-h ‘ ndep
« many alto _ the war, accordng to 0' 1
age‘r of the Ow”,so sugar Sugar ,
operates plants at Owosso and Lansing. says the
Tuscora county. Courier. 1

Two years ago American sugar companies tom
ed a large corpdration to raise seeds, and though
the shortage that resulted when the war cut off
foreign supplies, still exists to acme extent, it is
being overcome. '

Th seed is obtained by transplanting selected; ‘

fully developed beets. The; beets must test at
least 16 per cent sugar.
through the winter and in the spring are careful1y'

transplanted It requires theA labor of 30 men

to plant an ace of the ‘mother,’ as the transplanted”
beets are called. The seed matures during the sec;
, 0nd yea_.r , ‘

The Owesso Sugar company leist fall kept out
enough “mothers to transplant 350 acres of land.

Last year the company’s seed beet acreage produc- 'i »

ed 1,175 pounds per acre which is 175 pounds
more per aere than Germany was ever able to
produce. As seed now costs .59 cents a pound
compared with 8 cents a few years ago, the value
of the seed yieldris easily realized.

The sugar beet was found in the swamps of
Austria and was red, like the‘ common garden beet.
The sugar test at that time was below 10 per cent
The Germans, realizing theipossibillties of the
beet, developed inland gradually raised the test
until it averages now in Michigan and other big
beet states about 21 per cent sugar. The color has
also been developed from a deep red to white and
the beet is more ﬁrm and compact.

To assist in meeting the present short-again
unskilled labor restrictions have been temporarily
removed on the importation of Mexican labor
to be used- in certain occupations. This step
supplements the order by which the Department of
Labor has arranged to bring Porto Rican laborers
into this country for work 9n go'venment con-
tracts. It is estimated that 75.000 laborers can
can be brought in while transportation is availa-

a.ble

New regulations on the subject of Mexican labor
contain rigid provisions to prevent any attempt
at exploitation on the part of prospective em-
ployers. Wage rates current for similar labor in“
the localities in which the admitted alien is to be
employed are assured, as well as good housing and
sanitary conditions.

Quite a number of Mexicans have been import—

ed into Tuscola county to work in the beets. A

Mexican wedding party in decorated automobiles
attracted considerable attention in‘ Caro a few
days ago. .

Camps of boys from the cities, under the aus-
pices of Y. M. C. A, haVe also been established,
,one near Colwood and one near Greenleat. to help
care for the Caro plant’s acreage.

‘ 2700 POUNDS 0F BUTTER Is TﬂE

WEEKLY OUTPUT AT CHEBOYGAN

 
shown outside by the government will

A weekly output of 2,700 pounds of

 
be 3 Mine Rescue car which will be
placed on a side track within the
grounds. Five expert mine rescuers
will be 011 band and give daily demon.
strations of methods of the Bureau
of Mines has worked out for saving
the lives of the miners. The car is
equipped with all the apparatus that
is used in this work in a mine dis-
aster.

p111 poses

“JIM” HELME “APOLO- .
GIZES” TO JAS. MCBRIDE

In the May Patron in our editorial
relative to the potato situation occur-
ed the following:

“Meanwhile the scarcity of potatoes
in Detroit and all the cities of lower

build.

abushel at retail. At this price
bread was much cheaper and So the
consumer stopped eating potatoes for
six months and this caused the pres-
ent surplus.

“The State Preparedness Board

which had thousands to spend far desired.

 
silo this year.

course of procedure for your county.

you some suggestions.
in any way possible.

EXTENSION HEAD URGES COUNTY AGENTS TO ASSIST

SILO BUILDING CAMPAIGN

T0 COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS:

The fact that much of Michigan’s corn crOp this year has been plant-
cd from seed of doubtful maturing qualities makes it important at «this time
to have the crop preserved in the best possible condition for feeding

We feel that there are many farmers within the state who should be
encouragd to build silos this year as an assurance against early frost and
as a matter of good business to prOvide a permanent method of preserving
their corn crop for livestock feeding.

If there is any considerable acreage of corn in your county on farms
not having silos, it seems that no more valuable work could be done than to
locate such farms and advise with the farmers concerning his building a
You will be familiar with all the advantages of silos and
also with the conditions under which a farmer could be safely advised to
If you have an active Farm Bureau Committee assisting youl it
would be a good thing to discuss this with them and determine upon a
In some counties We feel certain this
will be a very important thing. You know the local conditions and the
working out of the auggesstion in your county will be left entirely to you.

I am enclosing the Indiana silo campaign bulletin which may give.

The silo manufacturers are anxious to assist you
I would be glad to have you write me in regard to
the importance of this in your county and also in regard to any assistance

Very truly yours,

R. J. BALDWIN, Extension Director.

boygan Co-operative Association, re—
cently organized there. The plant
operates a large Creamery and will
dispose of most of the product to
summer resorts.” The lack of refrig-
erator service hinders shipment of
the product.

Caro—~To promote the sale 'of War
Savings and Thrift Stamps, Manager
Flink of the Caro Sugar factory
makesthe folowing proposition to
fa ~1ers: “The company will fur-
nish to the farmers one day’s labor
for each man employed in the plant,
and pay the .men for their time. pro-
viding the farmers will invest a cor-
responding amout in War Savings
Stamps." .In other words the far-

8 cost to himself, as the stamps he will
buy will be an investment not an
expense. . ,.
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Petoskey—With the haying Season
on, late planting 1101‘. yet completed,
the berry season just opening, there
is a severe shortage of labor in ‘
em Miehi‘ganf Mar-y factor!

 
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.. V’Tking‘fﬂz’i'for the onefand,
received: notice the middle , or

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~ _ . p . rating“ it thatfit did n6t
took ﬁgs: thoughﬁt would . grow.
85 \percjent. ._I 'said that

in ,kitchenandxiiikernels-out of180 grew. One
sixteenfgrew. ; I wrote to the 'ciounty. agent, as'he
’ ad_zfull.charge'of the _ ..
hadlbéen‘told that :Ik'did net'ha‘ye to stand any

the matter in the hands of an attorney. f

I could hold .him as he bought it in as good faith
as I did and couldn‘o‘t" take it back. ‘

Now what do you think of my chances of get- ‘

ting my money back? Who is the fellow to go
after now-?—0. W. R., Perry, Michigan. .

This can only be determined upon the determina-
tion of what the actual facts are. -Upon the state-
ment in the letter, there would be no question but
what you would be entitled to the return of your
money. , .-

However, if the agent who was representing the
board of supervisors has the proof that the corn,
at the time it was tested, met‘the required test, or

--the test stated when they offered. the same for sale,

and its subsequent deterioration would not entitle
you to a return of the money. In order to. be enr
fitled tothe return of the money, there would
necessarily have to bee warranty that it would
meet the condition stated by the agent at the time
it was offered for sale,

I am informed from quite reliable sources that
upon the second'year of corn for seed, there is
likely to be a very rapid deterioration in the seed,
and that it might be tested and show a very high
percentage of fertility and that a few weeks after-
wards, under conditions that cannot be accounted
for, it will have but slight fertility and become

practically worthless. I am informed that the third
'year' seed .corn is of little value, If these are the
; facts-it would have to be submitted to a jury to
rdctermine whether \the seed corn was warranted to
.be“ of the quality stated at the time of the sale,

and to continue in such quality until planting time.

The next question as to whOm' he would look to
for return of the money cannot be answered from
the statement given in your letter. I do not know
what became of the money—whether it was turned
over to the board of supervisors or whether the
board of supervisors acted as an agent for an
owner of the seed corn. '

It is very doubtful about the county itself being
liable upon a transaction of that kind, as the county
has no \authority to engage in theamercantile busi-
ness, and the unauthorized act of an individual
would not bind the county—W. E. Brown, Legal
Editor.

'SVUBSCRIBER SEEKS RECOMPENSE

FROM TOWNSHIP FOR ROAD WORK

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A road was made through my land two years

.ago. I had this land all cleared and stumped before

the district laid_the road, and.now the district
doesn’t want to pay anything for my labor I had
done on it. Is there any right for me to close
the road? I haver/awvery high sand bill which no
thrasher engineer tractor can climb. I will not be
able'to‘ get a thrasher “to my place the coming fall
on ”account ofthis sandhill, 'and' the road monks

.will notgrade it down. There are four farmers

.who need ,the thrasher back of -the sand hill- What

should I do in this case?—+E- H.:‘Kaleva,i Mich. , ,
_.. The letter does "net contain 'suﬂiciént informatibn
. upon which to‘base'fan‘ answer. . If you released a
‘ -.right%of-way, to the premises)! which had _.-been’"

f-cleaced the township would not ‘.be liable for the

e thr -

' ‘W'o'uldf like tov‘know if the
13911“- enrwool. "The dealers say. they have, from
;'j5,,5‘..tol67. cents. -~I have also been told at Battle
any. If wentf-artejr-
'ol'tfs of ' it,“ gnd' told .
”He ﬁght thetit. finals set‘ ‘a pride on wool.
. .. . , was good énmlsh;
and too ',‘it"h0m€ and tested~;-it one test was made

eouthporch and-hone outﬁot '
matter. ‘ and . toldohim that , '

> corn Was'at his. disposal, 3
r and, if headid not return my money I would put

‘ revenue tax on boats.

l by reasdn cf your. _
i, the quality of; the cam, It is net necessary th

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c nimble

tho, high :7 commissioner do. "‘donstruct

. j " asked: You‘ronly remedyjin‘ that case

would be the election '
fh': ,iibuld? construct the-road as desired—W. E-
' yBroutIz, Legal Editor. ._ L ' .

_ YES,» THE GOVERMENT HAS SET
7 "A P111339” THEFARMEWSWOOL

of :a‘ highway commissioner

Government has set

Creek they are paying .96 cents.
of -wheat?—e—0’. .E. G., Kdlomazoo. .
i .As‘ explained in an earlier iss‘ue, the Government
, The price for the scoured
product runs from $1.07 to $1.85. according to, the

What is the price

'quality For unscoured wool the farmer should

receive from 55 to 67 cents per pound. _
y The new wheat prices announced elsewhere in
this column do not affect the farmer. The termi-
nal cost will be higher and wheat’will be bought
atJnterior points ,on the same basis as prevailed
before the rate increase took ‘ffect. The making
of pricesvto conform to the old standard willtake
some time, but the matter will be attended to as
promptly as possible, very likely before then new
crop is ready to move. _
Millers expect to, buy. their wheat in Minneapo-
lis 0n the basis of the new rates at the same prices
and their ﬂour will be based f. o. b. Minneapolis.
Interior mills will work on the same differences

and the cost of ﬂour at eastern points will make up

the additional freight cost. This is the understand-
ing of the trade, at present. At any rate the price
paid to the farmers for wheat in the country will
not be disturbed.

As there are no ﬁxed prices for other grains
there will be no difference against the producer
in all likelihood. Coarse'grains sold higher than
thev should have during the past season as com-

. pared with wheat and the abnormal quotations can

be trimmed considerably and still leave a good
margin of proﬁt to the producer. Coarse grain
rates will affect producers in other than north-
western territory more noticeably, the chief con-
cern of the northwestern farmer being the effect
on wheat prices.

GOVERNMENT REQUIRES ALL MO-
TOR BOAT OWNERS TO PAY A TAX

We are. looking for a little information in re-
gard ,to a. revenue on motor boats. A collector
came around here saying we had to pay $5.63 on
all motor boats upto 50 feet long or ﬁve tons
capacity. He said if we had paid last fall it would
cost only $3.75. No one knew fining about any
Has there been such‘a
law p.ased?—Subscriber, Altmson.

Section 603 of the revenue act of Oct. 3, 1917,
requires that on and after Oct. 4th, 1917, all owners
of moto‘r boats of over ﬁve tons net shall pay a
tax thereon, to be computed at the rate of 41 2-3
cents on a minimum length of 50 feet. Returns
must be made on or befor- November 30, 1917, and

thereafter on July 1st of each wear, and also on or

before the last day of the month in which the pur-
chase is made in the case of the original purchase
of a boat on or after Nov. lst, 19M, and at any
other time than July 1st. In the case of a boat
owned on Oc‘tol er 4, 1917, the tax for the ﬁrst

‘year shall be computed for 9 months, and in the

case of the original purchase of a boat at any sub-
sequent time the tax for the ﬁrst year shall be
computed, for the number of calendar months, in-
cluding the month of sale, remaining prior to the
following July let. The tax for the 9 months
between Oct. 4th and July lst, would be $3.75. as
the collector stated, but W! are unable to ﬁgure out.
Where he gets his additional charge of $1.88.

LIABILITY OF CONCERN THAT _
'SELLS SEED OF POOR QUALITY.

As Iam a subscriber to your paper, I would like
to ask you one question.- Has the elevator men
got a. right to sell you seed corn that will not grow
even '5.'per cent, and charge you th’e‘same as good
seed? 'Please have this in your nextpissue of the
Business Farming—S. 0., Siloerwbod, 'Mlch.

If the corn was represented to be fertile and good
for- seed com, the elevator man is liable for the
damages- that come from the sale of' defective Seed

; corn; Which damages might include more‘than the ,

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‘ . ,, ~ , ‘ ._ . s“ . .
d Wyou .mpstéuﬁu- the damages occurr
failure to take aiwaitinnty,~ ‘o

the quality 'should’be warranted in speciﬁc“ ﬁreﬂies

bﬁt [inu'languagej that would amount to. it... . There .

gisffrequ'ently an implied warranty that a thin-g’j‘is
”ﬁt for the purpose for which it is sold and fuller ~
"~' statement «might make this rule applicable—W. It]; .

 
THE PUBLISHERS DESK?

 
R., Levering, Mich, placed in our hands his claim
that a quantity of sweet clover purchased from the
A.. A Berry Seed Co., Clarinda, Iowa, failed to

make a stand. The following letters just» received

Will explain the settlement: .
"We are enclosing copy of letter we have sent. As
We have already explained to you, we do not feel
that we are under any obligations, as far as the
Seed is concerned, to make refund, as we cannot
guarantee a crop. . ‘
“You take the position that we have no rights,
but that we should adjust all complaints, regardless
of whether the seed is at fault or not.
try to handle our complaints in a business-like way
and are very sorry indeed that We have fallen down
on this particular complaint and the one reason we
are adjusting it is that we wish to satisfy our
customers and the amount is not large and We

, presume the best thing to have done would have

been to have sent Mr. R $7.80 at the start,
but we did not, but are correcting the matter now
and are sending our check in full, although he
does not ask for more than half of the amount, and
in your letter of~ May 23rd you mention that we
should meet him half way. We no doubt are doing
more than you expected but. at the same time, if

- he is entitled to anything, he is entitled to the full

amount; so we hope this‘ adjustment will meet with
your approval.

"So far as to the number of complaints you have
on us, we assure you that they cannot be large, con-
sidering the am6unt of business We do, as we sell
around $2,000,000.00 worth each year and there is
bound to be an occasional complaint, especially where
parties buy the cheapest grade of seed, against our
advice, and then expect the best results. Mr.
wished to buy our lowest grade seed but, on the
other hand, he was anxious to get the best re—
sults, such as he might expect from the best grade

seed.
“A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY."

"Mr. R. W. R 7-3-‘18

“Levering, Mich.

“Dear Sirc—We are enclosing check for $7.80, the
amount sent us for sweet clover, which you claim
failed to make a stand.

“As‘ already explained to you, you should have
bought our best seed if you expected the best re-
sults, and we are not responsible for the crop. How-
ever, the amount is not large and we have'con—
cluded that it would be best to adjust this matter
as We wish every customer satisﬁed and we hope
that we may hear from you when again in need of

seed.
“Yours very truly.
"A. A. BERRY SEED COMPANY."

We \take the position in dealing with the seed
house that there is no legitimate excuse for selling
poor seed at any price and no good seed house will
handle any seed which it cannot stand back of. just
to compete with someone who is underselling them.
There are plenty of germination tests which will
determine the quality of any seed and to sell a
mixture of good seed, poor seed and weeds is, in
Michigan, at penal offence. We realize. that there
is a possibility .of seed being poorly planted or suf—
fering some setback over which the seed house
would have no control, and therefore no responsi—
bility, but for knowingly selling poor seed there can
be no excuse.

_ These various practices of seed houses have been
common to most of them, big and little, from the
mail order man to the corner seed store, but we
have laws here in Michigan which will protect our
readers and we intend to bring them out of the
dusty law ﬁles into actual use, knowing that in the
end every man or house who makes a business of
selling seed will proﬁt more. because as true as the
law of gravitation runs the maxim, “He proﬁts
most who serves best!”

CAN YOU WRITE A LETTERP—You know
why you like M. B. F.. and why you are willing to
pay a dollar a year or more to get it, but can you
write this to another farmer so he would dig right
down in his jeans the minute he had ﬁnished read-
ing your letter? In other words, can you sell
Michigan Business Farming to another farmer
through a letter?

Well, I’ll pay just $10 for the letter which proves
to be the best puller of subscriptions from farm—
ers and the test will be a fair one, as we will.try
out the best ones selected to a list of farmers whom
we have never written to subscribe for our weekly.

Write your letter just as if you were writing to
,a friend or neighbor, telling him what M. B. F.
means to you and what you think it will mean to
him. and send it in addressed to the Publisher’s
Desk.

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SILO MANUFACTURER WANTS HELP—4
Recently a manufacturer of good silos told me he
knew there was a great market in Michigan forhis
silos, but he needed some good men, either as local
agents or as travellers to cover the state. I believe
his proposition is-a good one and I would be glad
to refer any letters to him if you will address them

care of, my desk here. ’4

 
mill“ in .

EA SEED CLAIM SETTLED-A reader, R. W.

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Thus we have portions or “
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‘ a crop that will pay for the seed and labor.

._ Since that time our farmers have improved
"somewhat in their methods. Yet soil depletion
is going rapidl: on in every state in the union.
The average farmer is not returning to the soil
what he takes from it. At our present rate of
depletion about two generations will see the soil
in a state of fertility that will make farming an
up-hill game. True, not all farmers are treating
theiI land in such a fashion but the average far-
mer is farming for the present with little thought
T to the future generation.

_ The effect of soil depletion is slowly felt. Therein
lies the danger. Little by little the crOps give
a lessening return but not in a degree that causes
alarm. Alarm would be caused if these same far-
mers were to attempt to restore depleted soil of a.
kind that may be found in some states

Practically all farmrs are employing rotation'of
crops as a preventive of soil depletion. This is
an aid but does not entirely fulﬁll the needs of the
situation. There is constantly being taken from
the soil elements that crOp rotation can not re-
place. There must be a replacement of~these
elements. Commercial fertilizers will do it; plenty

Of manure will do even better. Fertilizing the
soil must be a constant care of the farmer. Un-
bringing directly
as it does no money returns, it is the most necess
ary work that the farmer should have. A little
less ease during the winter months and more haul-
ing of fresh manure to the fields will result in
many more dollars in the farmer’s pocket and
something more than a “ white elephant” for the
second generation.

 
FARMERS MUST PRODUCE INFER-
TILE EGGS TO PREVENT SPOILAGE

Produce and market only infertile eggs. The
male has no inﬂuence wl atever tn the number of
eggs produced. His usefulness is limited to the
breeding season and then only to a few carefully
selected hens . The presence of the male in the
ﬂock lowers the value of the eggs produced, be-
cause fertile eggs deteriorate very rapidly dur-
ing warm weather. The development of the em-
bryo begins at a temperature of 68 degrees F. A
temperature of 85 degres for three or four days
or a temperature Of 100 degrees for twenty-four
hours may cause sufﬁcient develOpment of the em-
bryo to make the egg unﬁt for use as food. An
infertile egg may be subjected to a temperature of
100 degees fcr a week or ten days and still be
perfectly good for cooking purposes.

Investigations conducted by the Bureau of Ani-
mal Industry of the United States Dpartment of
Agriculture show that the total lOSS ' f fertile eggs
is nearly twice that of infertile eggs regardless of
how the eggs have been handled. The increased
loss of fertile eggs is due mainly to development
of blood rings and rots which can occur only in
fertile eggs. This loss may occur even when the
eggs receive reasonably good treatment; practic—
ally the only depreciation of infertile eggs aside
from breakage was a slight shrinkage. This loss
of fertile eggs, which amounts to many millions of

liars in the United States every year, can be
prevented by removing the males from the ﬂock
as soon as the breeding season is over.‘

 
SEARS-ROEBUCK GUILTY OF
UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES

 
The federal trade commission announced the
issuance of an order forbidding Sears. Roebuck
Av, 00., to continue “unfair r c ' "-15 of competition”
in selling sugar below cost an in misrepresenting
its teas and coffees.

The practices the company'is ordered to cease
are:

“1. Circulating catalogues containing adver-
tisements of sugar for sale wh1rein it is falsely
represented that because of large purchasing
power and quick moving took the company is
able to sell sugar at a lower price than its competi-
tors.

“2. Selling or offering to sell sugar below cos-t,
through catalogues (irculated throughout the
country. ‘ '

  
0111' present and past methods of farming are
In past years .

10.56 busheISS per acre.

and personally supervises the picking of the tea...
“5- cumming catalogues containing advertise-

meats offering coffee” for sale in which it is false .
ly’ stated that the company purchases ”all its’ coffees :
directly from the best plantations in the world. " ,

 
1

ROSEN RYE AND THE .
WORLD’S BREAD SUPPLY

 
~ Some years’ back there came to the Michigan Agrigr _

cultural College from Russia a young man by the
name of Rosen. He came to America to learn
agriculture, 1. e., how to increase man production
On the farm. It is to be hoped that he proﬁted by
his experience among Yankees for his contribution
to American agriculture is destined to make his
name live long in Uncle: Sam’s, domain.

Young Rosen brought to the college a small

amount Of rye from his native country. This rye
when grown in test plots proved to be far superior
to the common rye such as was grown in the state
of Michigan.

Its superiority immediately brought considerable
notoriety, until now its culture has spread over and
beyond the state.

Rye has frequently been called the poor man’s
wheat How this started we do not know, but we
do know that rye will thrive and make a crop where
wheat fails. .

Rosen rye is no exception, though of course like
common rye it is not adverse to a fertile sod, for
the writer knows where on such soil it produced 50
bushels per acre last year. Rosen rye stools more
proliﬁcally than common rye, makes less straw
growth and pollinates perfectly—this latter char—
acteristic insuring full heads. In fact it has four

full rows of berries in the head—With the average~

length of head greater than that of common rye
In our tests last year on a limited number of
ﬁelds in this county Roscn rye out- yielded common
rye from 10 to 20 bushels per acre. This diﬁcrencc
in yield is not at all to be marveled at, when the
heads of both varieties are compared as shown in
the accompanying cut from a photograph made in
1917. These heads were taken from the same ﬁeld
the upper row from that portion growing Roscn
rye and the lower row from the common rye.
The conditions were identically the same in both
parts of the ﬁeld, but the inherent power to pro-
duce was not present in the common rye. The
Roscn rye in this case produced 37 bushels while
the common rye produced barely half that much
The accompanying ﬁeld scene is additional evi-
dence of what Roscn rye will do on land that was
practically worthless two years prior This ﬁeld is
a black sand with a cold light colored subsoil by
nature unproductive Three tons of ground limc
stone and two hundred pounds of acid phosphate
per acre did the trick. and Roscn rye paid the bill
producing 38 bushels per acre. Thousands of acres
of depleted soils too poor for wheat through
Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan can do
as much and will be seeded to Rosen rye this, com—
ing September
The merits of young Rosen’ 5 contribution 15 being
demonstrated throughout the Northern Central
States tins season These demonstrations will un—
undoubtedly bc followed by increased acreagcs of
Roscn rye this coming fall all of which will ma—
lcriallv aid in winning the great world war for
America and her Allies —John S. Bordner, County
Agricultural Agent, St. Joseph County.

MICHIGAN POTATO ACREAGE
SHOWS A BIG DECREASE

The potato acreage in Michigan this year is
approximately 96,000 acres short of the 1917 plant-
ting, according to the crop report issued today
by the secretary of state Coleman C. Vaughn
The estimated potato acreage this year is 341, 761
acres.

The estimated acreage of corn planted in Mich-
igan this year is 2.253.747. a decrease of.24,085
acres over last year. The estimated acreage of
sugar beets is 108,718. a decrease of 3,173 acres
over last year, while the acreage of hay and forage
dropped from 2,,287 496 to 2,148,179

The estimated yield of wheat in the state is
Last month 54,951 bushels
of wheat weremarketed in Michigan, while the to—
tal amount marketed in the last eleven months
is 12,000,000 bushels.

The average yield of rye is 12 38 bushels per
acre The condition of the various craps is corn,
78; buckwheat, 93; potatoes. 87; sugar beets, 90;
clover, 82. The average of beans compared with
last year is 88.

The following table Of_ percentages gives the

 
, average in regard to fruit: Apples, 65; peaches,:10;‘
trees, 72;,

pears. 47; plums, 46; orchards; 36;
grapes 61;; raspberries,'and blackberries, 67.

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are now on? the: market. «that are past the,

best satisfaction in the hands of many users
- others soon discard them. The successful
‘ many shews that the machine is all right ,
EXperience has shown that the
milking 1 achlne saves a great deal of labor,
making it poéSible for one man to milk 25 or 30 ,

, properly used

‘ but if it does

 
mental stage Milking machines are giving

cows in an hour, altho extra time islrequired for
cleaning the machine. The machine does not in-
jure the cow in any way and animals prefer ma-
chine to hand milking.
the cOws milked with a machine. hold uprin mill:

, toward the end of the-milking period quite as

well as when hand, milked, so that the yield for
the year may be a little less.
chine will do better work than poor hand milkers

but it is not quite equal to skilled hand \milkersﬁ

When the machine is properly handled the qual-
ity of milk with reference to its sanitary condition
is better than when it is hand milked but too often
the machine is not properly cleaned. and when
the milk is not ‘in as good condition as that drawn
by hand. . /

It is doubtful whether a milking machine is
praCtical for more than 30 cows. The cost of an
outﬁt for this many will vary from, $150 to $450,
its work successfully it isl>well
worth the price. ~

 
MICHIGAN GROWERS SHOULD
GROW ONE KIND OF POTATO

 
Should Michigan potato growers unite in mak-

ing one variety of potatoes the commercial crop ,

for the state? Many of our growers think so
and have voiced their sentiment in resolutions to
that effect. The Late Petoskey or Rural Russet
seems to be the favorite in Western Michigan
wherever action has been taken and quite a num-
ber of local associations have decided on that vari-
ety for their commercial crop.

The reasons are as follows:
is a Michigan potato. It is a cross between a
round white and a Western Russet potato and
was developed in Michigan. It is classed as a
round white potato. It has many excellent quali-
ties. It yields a heavy crop; matures two weeks
earlier than the rural types;; has a tough skin
which does not peel off when dug early; resists
blight and disease better than other varieties; is
an excellent keeper and has distinct characteris
tic its russet skin, which gives it a special classiﬁ-
cation. Thus Michigan potato growers if they
were producing Rural Russets could thru their
association advertise a distinct Michigan potato
which because of its good qualities would soon
command a premium above the market price.

'I bdlieve the idea is well worth consideration.
Lake ‘ity Co—opcrative Ass'n has given their ap-
proval to this movement and in the future will
grow Rural Russet potatoes—Arthur M. Smith.
President Michigan Potato Ass’n.

WHEAT HARVEST TIME IN DIF~
FERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

 
The following shows the month of the wheat har-
vest in the wheat gxowing sections of the world:
January: Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
February and March. East India, Upper Egypt.

April: Lower Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, Persia, Asia
Minor, India. Mexico and Cuba. __

May: Algeria. Centnal Asia, China, Japan. Moroc-
co, Texas and Florida.

June: Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal.
France, California, Louisiana. Mississippi, Alla—
bama, Georgia, Carolinas, Tenessee. Virginia, Ken-
tucky. Kansas, Arkansas, Utah and Missouri.

July: Roumania, Bulgaria. Austria-Hungary,
South of Russia, Germany, ’Switzeﬂand, France.
South of England, Oregon, Nebraska, Minnesota.
Wisconsin, Colorado, Washington, Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. New York, New England

and Upper Canada.

August: Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, Den-

mark, Poland, Lower Canada, British Columbia._

Manitoba, North and South Dakota.
September and October: Scotland. Sweden, Nor-

way and North of Russia

November: Peru, South Africa and Argentina. .

December: Burmah and Argentina ‘

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" The movement has been‘yery light due
to the"-farmers. in the"southwes’t holding
on until the government price has been
established; ' ’

   
The -House adOpted by a vote of 150
to, 106 a resolution by Rep. McLaughlin
'of Michigan to make the price of-$2.40
'on wheat instead of $2.50 as proposed

 
GRADE Detroit . Chicago New York V
Sta-am 83 ' .1834 .90 1-2
No.3White 32 1.2 .78 1.2 .90
Huang: 9} 1.2 ' .77 l-2 .31.:

 
Whilejhe crop reports coining from
some Sections were not so favorable yet
the reports as a whole are favorable.
The movement is light and the bulk of
the trading is done on futures. The
market is ﬁrm and slight advances in
the market have been made, Chicago
bidding on advance of %c, for July,

 
August opened 67%c, advanced S/sC,
September opened r665Ac. advanced.

GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
No. 21.01" 1.80 1.36 1.93
NeJYcllow 1,75 » 1.74 1.83 "
No. I Yellow 1.70 1.35 1.78

 
Continued favorable crop reports have
a tendency to bear down _the market
but the demands of buyers for futures
and the rumors of export demand was
a rallying factor. ‘July corn opened up

at $1.49;/g, advanced 5/3C. August
opened $1.52% advanced %c. Septem~
ber opened $1.53%, advanced 1%c. as
reported by Chicago Board of Trade.

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Marketa No. 1 standard \ .N°' 2

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Detroit 17 00 17 50 15 00 17 50 14 00 14 50
i to 19 00 21 00 15 00 19 00 13 09 14 00
Cincinnati 19 75 21 00610 00 20 50 13 00 15 00
“inbuilt Z3 00 21 50 17 50 20 50 12 50' 16 50
New Yo 25 00 27 00 20 00 25 00 15 .0 18 00
Rich-cud 21 00 24 .0 19 00 22 00 1‘“ 15 M)

No. 1 No. l . No. 1

Markets Light Mixed ‘Clover Mixed I Clover

Detroit 15 N 1550111 00 12 0. 10 00 10
Chit-‘0 16 00 15 50', 9 00 11 00 8 00 9 00
altillllti 16 00 15 50'313 110 14 00 9 It) 11 00
”1.0"!“ 1‘ .0 17 00‘ 9 00 10 50 8 00 10 0.
New York 20 00 22 00 17 00 11 50 17 00 17 5.
Rich-out is on 2a ml 5 no 16 0013 or. M u

 
At this season of the year receipts
fall of? considerably, although this
year the dealers were loaded up quite
heavily and they have been shipping
quite freely. The situation as‘ a
whole is gradually adjusting itself to
a normal market condition. .

Crop conditions as well as weather
have beenfavorable and hay has been

cured very satisfactory. New hay
will be movmg from the southern

states in a short time. but until that
time wc believe it will pay farmers
who have considerable old hay to sell.
to get it on the market within the
next Six weeks. .

There being plenty of hay to sup-

‘ply all markets, it will pay all farmers

to grade the hay as well as possible.
The demand will be for the best
grades of timothy and light mixed.
Other grades will move slowly and
Sell. at a wider range of prices.
Chicago—Market is active with a
slight ,increa'Se in the demand. Quo-
tations represent average sales, on
average qualities as_.to_grades. . How-
bay (of; extra "good quality is
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scarce. - Eggs ﬁrmer and source.
for the best grades. ‘

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Pittsburghs—éThis market is again
getting back to normal condition, al—
though the present stock in the hands
of jobbers at bay grading lower than
No. 1' is sufﬁcient t’o-take care of the
trade for at least'another week or ten
days. The demand today is for No. l
grades. 0 . -

Richmond—\Ne hardly like the lay—
out of this market. and it would ap—
pear to us that it will take some little
time before Michigan shippers can
use this market to advantage. This
will be one of the ﬁrst markets to get
southern hay. and will take some time
before northern hay can be handled
on this market.

New York—Market
very unsettled. Getting shipments to
this market is uncertain and ship—
ments are often delayed. The demand
is fair for the best grades in large
bales.

Detroit—'Markct is active at pres—
ent quotations on the best grades.
Therdemand is mostly for No. l tim-
othy and light mixed. Stained. over—

conditions

. ripe and off color hay is not wanted.

Detroit market is considered one of
the best markets on the list and ship—
pers using the market are realizing
returns that are hard to better.

 
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The market is at a standstilléthere .

has been practically nothing and
plenty of offerings. There are plenty
of pmtos and California beans yet to
be marketed. The government is en—
deavoring to clean up the .‘\«'lichigan
stock. but the orders call for choice
stock. The trouble with movement of
Michigan beans is that the govern—
ment specifications call for a grade of
beans that is hard to pick up in Michi—
gan as the stock will grade mostlv
prime. The outlook for a better mar:
.ket is not promising at the present-
time. '

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.WASHINGTON, D. C.—Last bulle-
tm gave forecasts 'of disturbanec to

croSs the continent July 13 17. warm
wave 12 to 16, cool wave 15 to 19.
Average temperatures of this storm

 
will be moderate, warmer in the mid-
die and southwest valleys. cooler
about and east of great lakes. its
greatest force will be in the Rockies
and on the Paciﬁc slope. Most rain
west and northwest of the great lakes.
Excessive heat southeast of the storm.

Next two warm waves will reach
Vancouver about July 18 and 24 and
temperatures will rise on all the Paci-
ﬁc slope. They will ,cross crest of
Rockies by close of July 19 and 25.
plains sections 20 and 26, meridian 90.
great lakes and Ohio-Tennessee val—
lesyu 21 and 27,'eastem sections 22, and
2 , reaching vicinity of Newfoundland
near July 23 and 29. Stem waves
will follow about one . day behind

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Vothy and light mixed. .0! grades not wanted us every vuvutlable storage place is

CINCINNATI—Market fairly active although trading has all been locally.
CHICAGO—Hay receipts considerably heavier although the outside demand

has infer-«cased which to the main factor in stimulating the demand. We look
{or this market to continue steady and active cud present quotutlou mulntalued.

DETROITeMukot in all lines of produce active.
Hay situation is steady with u fol: demand

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market and the trading is now on new
stock. The market is active, although
the tendency is for a triﬂe lower mar-
ket. At least the buyers are of that
opinion, and so long as they are
under that impression they will not
buy heavy. South tiarolina and Vir—
ginia potatoes are selling at a range
of $6.00 to $6.25 per barrel contain-
ing about eleven pecks.

Berries

Excellent demand for all kinds of
berries. Prices range from $7.50 to
$10.00 per bushel. Shippers of
huckleberries should have a supply of
crates on hand so shipments will not
be delayed. Small fruits are also in
good demand. With a shortage of
the Michigan peach crop. the demand
for other fruits will be. stimulated.

0 Southern peaches are coming in quite
freely and selling from $300 to $3.50
a bushel.

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llctroit.——The situation continues
unchanged. Receipts have not at any
time run in excess to the current de-
mands. The quality in most cases
has been averaging wcll. Creamery
extras selling 43c. firsts 43c. Choice
dairy 40 to 43c. l’acking stock must
be of the best packing stock grade in
order to sell at any price outside
grease.

New York, _lul_\' oxA'l‘his \n'cck has
witnessed an easier feeling on the
market. On Monday extras dropped
a half cent as compared with the quo—
tation on the. previous Saturday, mak—
ing the price for that day 44%C.
Tuesday, because of a fairly active
market, the quotation did not change,
but on Wednesday there was a fur—
ther decline of a fourth cent. On
Thursday all business activity ceased

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FOR ,THE WEEK

warm waves and cool waves aboutone
day behind storm waves.

Those two storms will
of the eontiu .li
July 16 to 29. Very cool near July
17 and 29 and yez'y warm near July
'30 and 2.6. Dangerous storms from
about 24 to 30 and most rain during
the- week centering on July 26. Most,
rain north of latitude 37, northern
Mexico and in west Gulf sections. Hot
winds are expected in some parts of
sections not mentioned above.

Crops should be regulated by the
seasons of most and least rain. Win—
ter crops-x depend largely on the fall
rains and Winter snows. The time is
at hand for farmers to determine
about sowing winter grain. I am now
satisﬁed that some sections should sow
largely of winter grain M11118 other
large sections should sow only on low
level land. In some parts sufﬁcient
fall rains are expected to give winter
grain a good start while in other sec—
tions it will be a w: ‘te. of time and
money to sow winter grainy because
not enough rain is expected to ftart
the fall growth. In the latter case
much may be saved by sowing spring
grain.

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because 'of the holiday, but on Fri
day there was still another decline in;
price, extras
Further quotations at the close "on

Friday were: Higher scoring than
extras, 44%@45%,c; ﬁrsts. 42%@.

42%c,‘ and seconds, 40@42c.

The receipts of butter have con-.U

tinued very heavy. showing that the
ﬂush of the spring lay, during April
week it has been very noticeable~that
the quality of butter in general has
declined somewhat. It seems that
summer quality is showing up earlier
than usual this season. Many ship—
ments of butter. which up until the
present week have easily passed as
extras, have had to be sold at ﬁrsts.
Naturally, some of that condition can
be attributed to the fact that the
buyer is more discriminating at times
when there is an easier feeling on the
market. it is well for creamery men
to look well to the quality of the
cream which they receive from now
on through the hot months.

 
Market continues very firm and ac—
tive. No limit to the demand for
fresh country receipts. On ordinary
receipts the price varies accordingr to
quality. Fancy selects are selling
from 40 to 41c. current receipts 35 to

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Turk" ‘ 20-25 ‘ 11—22 | 19-20
Ducks l 30.32 ‘ 21—25 29-30
Geese i 15-15 13- 15 17 18
Sari-gen I 27-28 21-28 27-29
2930 2719 28-30

NOTVETCrade 2 to 3 Cit-ants Less

Receipts are a trifle heavier, but the
market is firm and unusually active.
The quality is averaging better. espe—
cially so on broilers. Shippers should
avoid sending in thin and under—
weight stock. as thc trade demands
the best and willing to pay present
market quotations.

Live Stock

l)ctroit.»:~tiattlc market has been
steady and active on the best grades. ‘
while other grades the movement has
been slower and with less activity.
llcst dry feed steers selling $l5.00 to
$15.75: handy weight butcher steers,
$11.50 to $12.50; mixed steers and
heifers, $9.00 to $10.00; light butch—
t'.'.\', $7.00 to $7.50. tows from $7.50
to $9.00; canners. $6.50 to $7.50; milk~
ms and springers. 00.00 to $135.00.

Hog receipts lighter. market strong
21de steady. selling $lb.75 to $17.00.

Sheep more active. than lambs.
Supplies limited and market showing

considerable dullness. Best lambs
selling $18.00 to $lb.50': fair lambs.

$16.00 to $17.00; yearlings. $10.00 to
$14.00; sheep, fair to good, $9.00 to
$11.00: culls, $5.00 to $8.00.

\r'eal calves— market steady and
lirm. selling as high as $17.50. Dressed

veal—fancy, 24 to 25c; common. 30
to 210.
Feed

The movement is light although mil—
lers and manufacturers of special brands
of feed are preparing for the manufac—
ture and early movement of large quan—
tities of feed. Dealers and all Ctiuntry
elevators will arrange to stock up early
in order to avoid transportation delays
which are sure to follow later on.

The following quotations apply De—
troit delivery basis in car load lots not
less than 30 tons: ‘

Ton

Rye Middlings, 100-lb sacks ..... 53.50-

Barley Feed, lOO-lb sacks ........ 37.25

Corn Feed Meal, lOO-lb. sacks. . . . 55.00
Fine White Hominy- Feed. 100-

lb. sacks .................... 57.50

0. P. Oil Meal, 33 to 35% ........ 53.00

Special Dairy Feed. 24% Protein. . 59.“)

Calf Feed, 33% Protein .......... 89.3)
Special Stock Feed .......... .. . .. 52.00
Special Pig Feed ......... g ....... 5909
Special Chicken Feed, cwt.. . . . . . . 3.9.0

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W .Knl'rox KELLY ‘ .
VETERINARY I‘Dn'on

 
' Published every Saturday by the

RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
030. M. BLOGUM, Soc'y and Bus. In.
Business Ofﬁces: 110 Fort Street. DETROIT
Editorial Offices and Publishing Plant. Mt. Clemens. Mich.
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' ONE DOLLAR PER'YFAR
Nah-Infants, F'reeLiotor Clubbing Offers, but a weakly worth ﬂu lime
whatwa ask for 1'! and guaranteed topleaae or your may back anytimll

Advertising Rates: 1 wuuty cent! per agate line. [our-teen agate lines to
tilt column inch, 760 lines to the page.
*‘ Liv: Stock and Auction Sale Advertiu'ng: We offer -I peciui low rates»
10 reputable breeders oi live stock and poultry. write in (or them.

OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
W «- rv. up“. Holly ask- -our readers to favor our advertisers when pouiblo
1heir catalogs and prices are cheerfully lent free. and we aunrantloo you
against lou providing you any when writing or ordering from them "I luv
your advortiamont in my Michigan Business Farming."

 
Entered so second-class matter. at Mt Clemens. Mich.

Communications and Subscriptions should be sent to MIL Clemens

 
Rural Telephone Problems

HE HEARING recently held before the

railway commission 'to determine the
right of the Michigan State Telephone 00m-
pany, to increase its 1ates without the consent
of the. commission brought forth the fact
that in many localities rates have been illegal-
I y advanced. In' a majority of cases,- farmers
have submitted without protest; those who
have complained have done so in a weak and
unorganized manner, without producing
results. It remained for the farmers of Lapeer
county to bring the company to time and
force them to respect the law of the state.

Undoubtedly, as a Van Buren county sub-
scriber suggests in a letter to M. B. F., the
company will now proceed to secure the com-
mission ’s consent to a general increase in rates
011 rural telephone lines. But no evidence was
submitted at. the recent hearing to show that
the present rates are inadequate, and any ef-
fort on the part. of the company to increase
its rates will be vigorously opposed.

The railway commisssion has in the past
been sharply criticized for its seeming par-
tiality toward the corporations over which
it exercises regulatory functions. Farmers
and farmer organizations have despaired.
after many futile years, of getting any relief
from the obnoxious practices. in which the
Michigan State Telephone company indulges
at will. Poor service, unsatisfactory connec-
tions, exhorbitant rental charges and high ser-
vice chargcs are only a few of the many tel.
ephonc troubles with which the farmers have
had to contend.

The Michigan State Telephone company
exerts a practical monopoly over the telephone
ﬁeld in this state. In addition to its charter-
ed lines, it controls many smaller exchanges
and uses its own discretion in making physi—
cal connections with any competing lines.
Any move by the company to increase its rates
will affect over a hundred thousand farmers.
But unless the farmers and their organiza-
tions are right on the job to present their
claims at the hearings the company will have
no more difficulty than usual in securing res
cognition for their demands. Because one sin-
gle township in Kent county put 11p a scrap
on increased interurban fares, the matter got
into court, companies were restrained from
raising their rates, and many thousands of
dollars were saved to patrons of the electric
lines.

Cbrporations are, not in business for their
health. They’re after the dollar, and they’ll
make every effort to get it. If the Michigan
State Telephone company wants higher rates
for phone service. it will make a strenuous
ﬁght for them.
eyes open and have their delegates present at
whatever hearings may be held 011 the subject.

Crack This Nut, Somebody, Please
T OUGHT to be somebody’ s business to

ﬁnd out why there is no market for the
beans when consumers are still

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FIELD EDITOR

I . .. ‘ ,j’ ' . ;.‘ in!
enough We have asked-:2 ‘ it

“Why this. condition?” Nb am‘ver eXcept 1 . .

LnoApdlm‘ron,
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The farmers must. keep their

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Much has been send a o

  
the echo of our query. ‘ ', 1:1

Is food control and price regulation a joke ‘2‘"

It looks like it, doesn’t it, and a ghastly one
at that. If in normal times consumers

"bought beans at $3 a bushel for which the

farmer received $2. 00, HOW has market
regulation helped anyone except the bean
speculator‘l '

. There are lots ofvbeans.
stagnant and has been for some time.
sumption is limited, owing to the temporary
popularity of pintos, and the high prices of
the navy variety And the demand will not
at this time of the year pick up very much as

The market is

long as the retail trade asks 20 cents a pound;

for the product.
With beans selling at $20. 00 a hundred in
the city of Detroit, far 1ers in any county of

 
A Song‘of the Flag
SING we the song of the flag
0] the banner that billows and beats
As it rips thin the wind on the roofs of the
towns
And whips at the top of the fleets.
I T tears thru the rage of the blast.
In a fmy it tugs to be free,
As it swings in the teeth of the storms of

the land
And sings in the gales of the seas.

T runs in the winds of the plains,
It steadles and sliffens and thrills,
It streams in the smoke of ‘the scattering
clouds
And gleams on the bayonet hills.

SING we the song of the flag,
As it blows and flutters and flings,
As it leaps to a home in the arms of the 1m
And laughs at the lusts of the kings.

IT flames with the red- of the down.
And the white of the breakers that race
It. bums with a beacon of wonderful stars
On a banner of infinite space.
I T
Where the thunders are hurtled and
hurled

It lightens the loads of the weak of the earth
And guards at the gates of the world! _
-—PERRIN H01 MES LOWNEY.

lifts where the battles are blown,

 
the state of Michigan should receive at least
$12 to $14 per hundred.

We might suggest here that the growers
and jobbcrs of beans have not done their duty
to the bean industry of this state until they
ﬁnd out the WHY of the difference between
the buying and selling prices of this commod-
ity. A few telegrams to \Vashington ought
to get action.

The Truth About the Soldier’s Rum
J UST WHEN the prohibitionists thought

they had the liquor gang “buffalo ed”
and gasping at every count along came some
of the military experts of Great Britain
with the news that rum is indispensible to the
soldier’s ration. That was a poser for the
temperance folk, and left them with their
mouths open and nothing to say. This tickled
the liquor crowd, and they have made great
capital out of the statement Surely it is one
thing to prove that the civilian is better off
without booze, and quite another to prove that
the soldier is better off, especially when the.

military men say he isn ’.t
Now comesa aman who has made 'a study of

the moral aspects of the warp-Who has mingled.

with the soldiers, both as a comrade and? an
investigator. 5He ﬁnds that men do not need;
yes, that ost of them do not want, rum in
the trenche
cript, Mr. William T Ellis says

v.

'Con- .

_ out it.
. have passed a winter- in the trenches have managed :.
to get along very Well without a drop 61 rumu'

ademon'strated the mistake ,
great any: and the British army will be dry bé- "
Already _:'

fare are. such that the men can not get alongqv h "
Yet the. American troopsso ‘ soon To! whom

Neither officers 1101' men are permitted strong
waters, either in or out of the trenches. The sim-

ple fact that the traditional attitude of the Bri ish ,
with respect to liquor was’a‘llowed to. outweigh the
motions“ experience has .

cbnvictions or; Canada.

 
{of the. theory Of he?

tore ever the American army goes wet.
France has ordered her entire war Zane ‘dry""

 
,The Farmer—One man Who is Making Good "
‘N 7 E TAKE a glorimis pride in the fact

that the farmers are making good on

their job of producing food to help win the

war.

While the ship builders, the munition man. -
_ufacturers; the railroad; the express and. tele-

graph companies; and the labor unions have
sulked and 1n many cases quit cold on the job,
the farmer has gone right. on .9an wood.
—and with a dull saw at that!
There are two kinds ofkickers...
and balks and the Other kicks and runs.
When we got into this war, certain indus-
trial heads kicked against prevailing condi-_

“tions and balked. They had to be petted, ca—

joled, coaxed and compromised, before they
could be induCed to pull together 1n the har-
ness.

The farmers have complained. They had
a right to. But while they kicked they worked.

Some of their grievances were adjusted; some —

were not. But it. made no diﬁei ence. Leyally
and patriotically, broad- mindedly and un-
selﬁshly, they have gone diligently about their
work and are producing this year some of the
greatest crops in the nation’s history.

So there is one man at least who is making
good on the war job today. He is the Ameri-
can faimer.

 
Brewers have been ordered by the fuel ad—
ministrator to cut their consumption of coal
50 per cent of the average annual consumption
fo1 the peeriod between Jan. 1, 1915, and Dec. .
31, 1917. The ruling applies to all cereal
beverages, both alcoholic and non- alcoholic.
This order is an admission that non- essential
industries are using coal that is badlv needed
for the hearth and necessary manufacturing
plants. The severity of the fuel famine will
be gauged to no mean extent bv the amount
of fuel that IS consumed 111 11011 essential man
ufactories.

The agricultural college has offered to assist
any farmer desiring to put in a cost system On
his farm. Every farmer, like every manu-
facturer, needs a cest system to ferret out the
losses and show what branches of the business
are paying, and why. If the college system is
not too elaborate, we suggest that our. readers
employ it. A letter to the M. A. 0., East Lan
sing, Michigan, will bring c0mplete informa
tion concerning the system. ’ . «

 
As if it were not enough that the farmer
is isolated from his markets and social enjoy-
ments, Sec. Baker wOuld put a prohibitive tax
of 10 cents a gallon on gasoline, and $15 to
$50 on automobiles, according to the horse
power. The automobile is a farm necessity,

\and it will be a hard blow to the farming busi-

Writing in the Bostbh T'rans- .

ness if Congress acts upon Mr~ Baker 8 re
commendation.

 
Cease the cry of “treason and disloya
against thehNomPartman League.
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Bx ginger, our dandér is up now. and we re will-

in’ to eat sand, if need tie—but 31131 the same, we

cant help but feel ‘a little sorry for the poor old.

stiﬁ, if the truth must be told over the way our
ye are cuttin’ up after they get across. ‘

ed the chip off’n our Uncle/Samuel's shoulder, he
Wasn’t aWare of jest what he was --a -doin’
Fact is, Bill had never been over here and so,

oI course kneW nothin' abOut Our people—especi-'

ally Our Wonderful American mothers, God bless
"em! If he had Been'them. he wouldn't have been

so anxious to come .incontact with the splendid -

sons of these splendid mothers. Why, our mothers
in this country have produced some of the greatest

ﬁghtin men this old world has ever seen, and are .

still producin’ them, by heck! and old Wilhelm
the Damn’d-y-i‘s now findini out where he made a
darned fool of himself when he p1 ovoked President
Wilson beyond human endurance and caused a dec-
laration of war.

He was like the boy that pOked a stick into the
beehive—he got a darn sight niore’ n he was lookin’
for. And the fathers of this great nation are of
the right stuﬁ too and are doin’ their darndest
right along, to help to can the Kaiser and put his
old carcass where it belongs—dirt to dirt and the
devil take the balance of him—that’s the checker
and that’s what he’s'goin’ to get before his storm
of his own makin’ blows over. _
. And to know what part thevfarmers are playin’

"in this little game, weihave only to‘take a trip thru

the farmin’ sections and see What is being done
to raise the food and other material necessary to
feed almost the entire world. ~

Men, women and children—all are busy from
early morn until late at night, and cheerful too—
notWithstandin’ the fact that they are up against
a hard proposition~frosts, bugs, drouths, and lack
of help—still most of them look at it in the proper
light and say: “We will do our best in every way
possible and then if we fail it wont be our fault.”

And this is the sort of thing that is keepin’ old
Kaiser Bill awake o’nights; and when he does get
into a little doze he sees awful sights—eships
loaded with soldiers and with food and ammuni-
tion and eVerything necessary for the wipin’ out
of Kaiserism from the world. and then the old
cuss turns over in his bed and calls to Gott and
tells Him that he, Kaiser Bill, is still initt Him—
but he ﬁnds no consolation there for Gott has for-
saken Bill and the old geezer sees his Satanic
Majesty, otherwise known as the Devil, beckonin’
and in his smilin’"and allurin’ way coaxin’ him

~ and pointin' to the lovely(?) place he has prepar—

 
ed for him and which the Kaiser, with his much
advertised “Kultur,” 'will soon'occupy.

And here’s hopin’. that Bill ‘of the devilish deeds
will soon be numbered among the good Germans
who” have gone before—for it is a well known fact
among our boys over there that the only good
are dead ones and, b'gosh! the fellars that have
gone from here are makin’ a lot of good Germans
almost every day and believe me, the folks back
here are mighty proud of our boys over there
anti of the account they are giving of themselves

And so you will please excuse your Uncle Rube
for sayin' he is a little sorry for the poor 01’ cuss
who antagonized our Uncle Samuel because he
knew nothin' about American mothers.

he has sown the wind and is now reapin’ the cy-

‘_ clone—as he should reap it, and it Old Rube ﬁnds

sympathy for Bill overcomin’ his judgment to such
an extent that he might be called a pro-German'—
why a litle more castor oil on our pancakes, a; lit—

A tie lees sugar in our coffee ahd g handful of sand
eaten now and hen will restore our- equilibrium
and we can then Say, “Damn the Kaiser, " and do it;

with great gustd (Whatever that 111).,
Well, to sum up this question and get somewhere

hpff either it? the boys need it and it will help ,

boob ever there—driendless as he is and scared
_ ers Win Telephone Issue ”
. . whole article, however it develOps that the “Mich-
The trouble with aid Bill is jeist this: He’d“ been, 1.
> so darned busy preachin’ his cussed German knl- 7

tor and dreamln’ of World dominion,Z that he had
, not taken time to look into matters outside of
‘3 that and When he rolled up his sleeves and knock-

Had he .
' known them it would have been different—but

..’ all about it, if they will believe Daniel.

Cordially Uncut Russ

 
' " (EDITORIALS 11 our READERS

 
(This iI an open forum where our readers may ox-
press their views on topics of general interest. State-
manta appearing In this column will not necessarily
indicate our own editorial opinion. Farmers are invited

to use this column.)

L

not: Phone Patrons Should Mind Their Step

I read in this week’s M. B. F. the article “Farm-
After reading the

igan State (Bell)” has only been compelled to in.
crease its rate in the way in which the law pro-
vides, which is thru a hearing before the Railroad
Commission The question Whether the “farmers
have won” or not will be decided by that commis-
sion after a hug hearing. The Commission has
always decided for the big companies in every case
from “Vetmontville” to “Detroit" and it is prob-
able\ that the farmers of Lapeer county will ﬁnd
as the farmers of Van Buren county have done,
that the law am. the Commission were both made
for the beneﬁt of the big companies. A good many
good people of this state have been thinking that
they had a Railroad Commissionthat represented
the people’s interests, but we farmers of Van Bu-
ren county and the farmers of Branch and St.
Joseph counties have found out long ago that one
man' on the Commission represented the railroads,
one the big telephone companies and the other
represented the politicians.

The farmers of Van Buren county, aided by the
Cleaners and the Grangers, have been before the
legislature for the past three terms urging a law
to even permit farmers to form a mutual or co-
operative telephone company for local service
and to give those already formed legal standing.
But so far we have failed. There is not a farmers’

company in the state that has any standing be-

fore the Railxoad Commission, or in the courts,
as a telephone company.

The farmers of Van Buren county have also ap.
pealed to the Railroad Commission in vain, for
nearly eight years, for physical connection so
they could use the long distance service of the
Michigan State (Bell) by paying the regular tolls.
In this matter the Commission has evaded a de-
cision for six years and in addition to that has
failed to enforce the law for physical connections
anywhere in the state. in spite of the fact that
one case was decided in their favor by the supreme
court of the state. The Michigan Railroad Com-
mission is a fraud; the telephone law (the Bayliss
bill) is a delusion and a snare. Farmers of La-
peer county. go easy and mind your step. -—J 0.. S.,
Lawrence. Mich

More Truth Than Poetry

While not wishing to ﬁnd any fault and being
willing to do all we can to help win the war, I
ask how long can a poor farmer stand it to have
a limit set on the price of the products of the farm
lanthhat price below the cost of production, whi‘e
there is no limit on what the manufacturers can
charge for the articles farmers have to buy, such
as farming tools, wagons,. harness, fencing, nails.
boots, shoes, clothing. even groceric, lid in fact.
everything that a farmer has to buy _5 from 150
to 200 per cent higher than three years ago. There
is no limit to farm labor if one can get help at
all. Its high priced food we must feed the farm
help. It seems the farmer is‘getting it on every
side. While beans are $10 per hundred pounds
in the Detroit market here in Mt. Pleasant they
are now $7 per hundred, and they pick the life out
of beans and take 13c a pound for the pick. I ask
how long can the farmer stand it; how long can
he keep it up. I should like to have a limit on
manufactured articles as well as the product of
the farm. ~A Reader of Michigan Business Farm-
ing. Mt. Pleasant.

Believes Producers Should Market Milk

I like the way you talk in regard to the produc-
ers of milk. I have advocated that principle for
a good .many years. The only way the producers
of anything. milk butter, eggs or whatever is

produced, is to take over the machinery of distri-

bution and production. Let the people, “the gov-
erned” run it; then the workers, the producers,

_ will-get paid for what they produce and not until
then.
“chronics” say. That would break up the home

But of course that wouldn't do as snne

and destroy~the family. Why that rascal is a gel-
darned socialist, ,some of them think Too bad!
Why don" t they look up Webster? He can tell them
He is a
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to many amusing incidents of the schoolrooms,
and related a little happening alOng that 1111s..

A teacher in a public school was instructing a
youthful class in English when she paused. and
turned to a small boy named Jimmy Brown.

“James," said she, “write on the board,
can ride the mule if he wants to.’ ”

This Jimmy proceeded to do to the satisfaction
of all concerned ,

“Now, then,” continued the teacher when Jimmy
had returned to his place, “can you ﬁnd a better
form for that sentence?"

“Yes, ma’am.” was the prompt response of Jim-
my “‘ Richard can ride the mule if the mule
wants him to.’ ”—Philadelphia Telegraph.

 
, A TENDER CONSCIENCE

Frances and Agatha had been very carefully
reared. Especially» had they been taught that in
no circumstances must they tell a lie—not even a
“white lie.” .

One day, during a. visit made by these little
girls to an aunt in the country, they met a large
.cow in a ﬁeld they were crossing. Much fright
sued, the youngsters stopped, not knowing what
to do. Finally Frances said:

“Let’s go right on, Agatha, and pretend that
we are not afraid of it.”

But Agatha's conscience was not slumbering.
“Wouldn't that be deceiving the cow?" she ob—
jec ted.~—Harp en‘s M agazin e.

 
CERTAIN TO WIN
“How’s your boy getting on at the training
camp?"

“Wonderful!” replied Farmer Applecart. “I
feel a sense of great security. An army that can
make my boy get up early, work hard all day an'
go to bed early can do most anything."——Pcoples

Ho mo Journal.

 
wmcx MANDY l’U’l‘S HER FOOT DOWN
“Why are you so sure the war will end shortly?"
“Well Mandy says it’s got to stop in six months.
And when Mandy says a thing‘s got to stop, it
stops, by heck!”

 
PETER PLOW SAYS:

What is a man to do when he resolves to drive
slowly, asks Cousin Percey, and the next day a
speed demon makes the back of his car look like
the last pancake mother used 10 bake. Get his

' number.

* it *

Ben I’utlinitol'l' came along the other day as I
was spraying the potatoes. He leaned over the
fence (Ben has a leanin’ way, you know) and says:
“You’re plumb foolish, Peter, to work out here in
this hot sun, I’arisgreenin’ them taters. Didn‘t
Mr. Foster say as how we might look for a frost
’bout a week from tonight? That'll ﬁx your po-
tatoes, so what's the use of wastin‘ the lime and
the Paris green killin’ the bugs?"

*3 3%: =i=

I see by the Michigan Tradesman that Editor
Stowe is quite peeved because some farmers are
still holding their beans, and he deems such action
to be “treasonable and pro-German.” I rec’lect
that Editor Stowe had the same kind of a belly-
ache when the farmers asked for a livin’ price
for their beets. It must have given him cramps
when they got their price. But everybody out
west Michigan way knows Editor Stowe so they
don’t feel bad when he calls ’em names. It just
natur’ly hurts him to see the farmers prosper,
’cause every extra dollar they get is one less dollar
for Mister Stowe and if there’s one thing that Mr.
Stowe doess love in this world, so I’ve been told.
it’s the almighty dollar. If Editor Stowe is a
friend of the farmeI, then Kaiser Wilhelm is God's
chosen representative here on earth.

1E 1|: 3.1

I like cheerful folks. Sam Smalley is by far the
laziest mortal in these parts, an' yet 1 don’t see
how we could hardly get along without Sam. He
stopped in on his way to town last night. “How’s
things, Sam?” .I asked. “Oh, they’re bad,” he says,
“but they might be wuss. Samanthy had the tooth-
ache all‘ night long, and liked to kick the stufﬁn'
out 0’ me. an’ Jim stepped 011 the baby's ﬁngers
this mornin’ when he run to put the ﬁre out back
of the kitchen stove, an’ Pete like to broke his leg
when he fell out of the hay mow right square on
top of the new calf. I feel kinda bad about the
calf ’cause I wus goin’ to give her to Sam Junior.
But Sam wont need her now. He just got word
this mornin’ o go to Camp Custer. It’s goin’ to
leave me pretty nigh strapped fer help ’thout Sam.
The hired man, you know, got married yesterday
and has gone to live on his wife’s farm But I’ ll
manage somehow. I allus do Well, Peter, I must
go long and fetch the doctor.
to death over Susan, who’s got a fever. We’re
afeared she's comin’ down with the typhoid. The
people across the r ad had it you know. Great
weather, hey, Peter? The Lord’s goin' to be good
to us farmers this year, I guess."

 
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‘ Are You Feeling Blue?

HAT DO YOU do when you feel blue? I:

don’t believe that any of my readers can
truthfully say that they never feel blue It
isn’t human mature to be perpetually happy and op:
timistic. Life has its ups, and life also has its

' downs and they visit us all at; some time or other.

But betause Monday is blue there is no" reason
why We should conclude that all the rest of the
week is going to be the same. is it? Even Mon-
day’s sun may chase away Monday’ 5 gloom if. we
will only let it.

We all have our blue days. They start out with
baby falling out of bed or burning her ﬁngers on
the kitchen stove- And all day long, everything
goes wrong or at least we think they do. _I made
the discovery one day atte1 I had cut my ﬁnger on
the pating knife, used sodu instead of baking pow-
der in my biscuits, scorched my little'girl’s dress
with the flat iron, and stubbcd my toe on the cel-
lar steps, that I could have avoided all these things
if I hadn’t been so worried and hurried.

I think we are getting some valuable lessons out
of the letters we have been receiving and publish~
ing on this page. Some of the thoughts are verita-
ble treasurers, to be laid away in the heart to
guide our future steps. Discontent comes to all
of us at times. and happy indeed. is the woman
who 1-1111 turn to her treasure chest of other‘s ex—
periences and find something there that, will com—
fort and cheer.

Mrs. S. R. l). of Van Burcn county tells us in this
issue that when she feels the cloud of discontent
:1pproa1hing. she “goes out to hoe 1191 onion bed

or stirs up 21 mm 1akc.” Tell me, dear reader,
what do you do when you feel blue?
Allfcctionately, PENELOPE.

How I Conquered My Discontent

Y DEAR PENELOPEzr—Jn a recent edition
M of M. B. F. you printed a letter‘ from a

l1earl~si11k farm woman.
pcrience:

I was born, ranged and with the exception of two
years. have always lived on a farm. Those two
years were like the gay trimming on a drab gown
My work during that time 3.11s among children.
some to1ly of them and l had the advantages of a
publi1 lib1'1113'. stately 1hu11l1 with pipe organ and
trained choir lectures. concerts and gay recreation
with young people «in fact. everything my beauty

Hcre is my ex-

-loving soul desired.

Then l married. My husband was a city man
who had gone luck to the soil. He cannot under-
stand why one should not be contented so long as
they have enough to out. My mother is
(loud and 1113' relations. knowing my
liighstrung disposition. were waiting
for things to blow up at our menage.
l was 111111111 as far as sympathetic
audience to my trouble was concerned.
l misscd Illc uttcntions: 1113' husband
gave me bcforo 111211'1'iu3zc. l‘or l learn—
cd as every wil'o 111us1.tl1;;lul’ler mar-
riage she is 1112111511 11s 11 l3111kgr1.)und I
3311s ovotworking. and 331"11131'11g over
financial aﬁ'airs and then tame the
knowledge that there was to be a baby.
I had no neighbors nearer than onehalf
mile and no young pooplc anywhere
around. Things wore not. just blue~~~
they were black. l wont to my doctor.

He said. “My girl. you are on the road
to a ncrvous break-down if you don‘t
stop worrying." Then he went on to

say that l must get out in the open air
every day and gave me a bushel of ad-
vice.

I went home and
self. It must be done
to do it was myself.

“’6 had a ﬂock of thirty 1311rc<bloodcd
fowls and my husband agrccrl to let me

worked it out my-
and the someone

  
manage them myself. This was in
November. l made a program for my
work. eliminating every non—essential

item of houscwork and including the
care of my ﬂock. This took me out of
doors several times each day and no
day was cold enough to keep rife—within
doors. I charged my hens at market
prices for all grain fed them, and re-
ceived a proﬁt of $5.50 a month. besides.

her January and February with a high-
cr proﬁt the rest of the spring

SllGAR All! BE

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nothing, You say; ’Yet 2L
heapino teaspoonful
saved each meal for
120 days for each of the
100. 000.000 persons
in the United States
makes apile as Ibig as the
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Communications for this page should be addressed to
Flt-H Hone Depart-n «It. lit. Gib-ens, Mich.

Another plan was to make my home he beaiiti/ful

as possible and as we were {1001' I could not have _

things as I would have liked. I can brieﬂy de-
scibe the house thus: It had never seen paint on
the outside. There was a large room we used as
kitchen and dining room. The ceiling had been
kalsomined a deep blue. The side Wall paper was
a faded green and the Woodvvork was a dirty pink-

,011, it was a combination to rest the nerves all

right! I begged some geranium slips from a friend
and soon had a row of deep red and rosy pink
beauties in my two sunny windows and with crisp
white curtains which cost ﬁve cents per yard I
could overlook the other defects. .

That winter is but a memory now and while
conditions are the same With but few changes. I
have adjusted my life so that I can enjoy my few
pleasures and be thankful I! can work.

There is now a‘little golden haired daughter
with 11 sunny smile who follows me around and
helps with my work. I am not contented to take
life just as it comes. but I ﬁnd I can take it and
shape it so that I am not discontented. My sym-
phony orchestra is

"The thrush that carols at thc break of day

From Ih'c green steeple of the piney wood."
And such an art. gallery as I have, surely no city
can boast. but there is no need of describing it as
it is the same 011 most Michigan farms. .

One little reminder I have which I read When I
day dream of the grander War Work I would so
love to do, and which I sometimes feel I am nat—
urally endowed for. Just these little lines from
Van Dyke which are framed beside my dresser:
“LN me 1111/ do my work from 1101/ to day.

In field. or forest. at this desk or loom,

In roaring market place 07' tranquil room;

Lot one but find it in my heart 10 say,

When vagrant wishes beckon me astray.

This is my work; my blessing. 7101‘ my doom.

0/ all who lit/'1’. I am (he one by 11110711

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’l'lu'n shall 1 .966 if no! [00 great. 7102' small

7'0 sui/ my spirit. and to prove my powers. .

Thou shall 1, chccrful. greet the morning hours.

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joh11113'1'akc.-»—Mrs. S. R. 0., Vunbm'en calmly.

 
It the ladies who wish to use rolled oats will try
putting them' through the food chopper they will
ﬁnd them as good as graham for bread;-

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the nation

 
EARBENEUOPE 4H"? W “t" ”an

interest the many heiptnl suggestions in 1‘
your department of M B B“ My husband. _f
has asked me why I do not add my “bit” as I usual. .

ly and an easy way if poSslble to do any task that
is 11115111111211.1111. not a model housekeeper but
try to be a home bicker ﬁrst, last and all the time.

We have three children and have had at times. '

quite a number of boarders, help and guests, and
as we are limited in houseroom, dollars and many
conveniences, I have had to piece out with all
the helpful hints from others that I can ﬁnd as
well as my own ingenuity.

I have about three pounds of coon oil and I
wonder if it could be made into toilet soap, Per-
haps some of the M. B. F. readers can give me di-
rections ,tor making it. Would be very grateful
for any suggestions; V‘

The lady on the farm in Michigan has my sym-

pathy. tho I cannot 'see how anyone could stay on
a. farm twenty‘ years and not becOme interested in
changing its looks. I was discouraged duringthis
last year—“tried” with 'a sickly baby all summer
and ”snowed in” all winter—but my spirits have
revived again this spring, and I know conditions
would not have been very much different~nor any
better—if I had lived somewhere else. The old
farm is not to blame. _

M. reward for the past drab experience is to be
a short visit to some friends. When ‘I returxrl
shall have gained renewed appreciation of my home
and new ideas toward its improvement, I hope.

It does not pay the farm wife to go too long with
out a vacation, and she should have a little vaca-
tion once a week. I do not have the privilege to
attend church often, but I study my Bible thorol3
take the children for “nature study" walks and
when my husband Has to drive to the store 01 the
neighbors, I sometimes slip into a clean frock (I.
always try to have one ready) clean up the (hil-
dren a little and go 100. My husband puts up
with the inconvenience I believe because of the
(hange it makes for me. These me some of the
little things I do to cnli3en the mono ony of farm
life A few simpl3 kcpl ﬂower beds 11 morning-
glories at the windows will 1111 111111111 10 the latm
woman s surloundings. l. have mine where I 11111
see them when I feed the chickens. etc—401‘ my
own diversion, not for the, public to admire from
the road. W'e lave the rose bushes and shrubbery
111. the front of the yard.

Hero are some of my time savers and conven-
ieticcsuhlendets for mending granite and tin»

ware. a small holed colander to drain

cottage choc-e in, a fiyswa‘ter of the
leather from a man’s high top work

shoe with a, long handle attached, and a
pair of clean canvas gloves in the
Clothespin bag for handling clothes in
cold weather-
~ Skimmilk is 11 very good starch for
colored clothes and the use of (roam in-
stead of butter in cooking is more so
nomical and saves churning

How many bake enough 111' 11112 substi-
l lute breads to last for several days?

They can be sprinkled with water and

5 reheated in. the oven. and the result
i will be very satisfactory. Here is some
1 corn bread that is good cold:
5
i

1% pints cornmeal, ‘;4 pint of ﬂou1.ll
pints sour milk 1 teasp 11m soda 1 tet 11 mil
:~:.11t ’ teaspoons sugar 1;, 14 «spoon baking
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l1 baked an hour and cooled careful-
ly to prevent “taliing.” This is very
good.

I must not forgot to mention the
l shelf back of the'range to hold the wav
tervpail and covers and makes a hand-.1
place to sour milk. ripen tomatoes and
leave beans to soak. The only place I
had for my kitchen cabinet was in f1 out
of the window so my brother rammed
the top of the cabinet and fastened it
up on the wall near the stove. He also
made a rack at the and ot the cabinet
for pie and cake tins, and a. shelf near
by'for basins. etc- :Another article that
is almost indispensible is‘a shoe box
that I made by nailing boards at the end
of a box—the top of the box toward the
front with a narrow board across the
lower part to hold the shoes in.
the top padded and covered with are

 
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Light wns" o’r dimities made up
in these 11:11pm styles make cool play

. ‘ or afternoon dresses and many a‘
“ f' Young girl of 14 will be able,- with a
{little help, to make one for herself

For Fall school clothes that must

now be planned, this style would be
Ivory appropriate.
. hams, with white roll collar and turn.
ed back cuties make neat,
dresses Perhaps the little girl can
' finish her collars and cuffs by crochet

The colored ging-
durable
ing a simple edge for them.

No. 8880—Girl’s jumper dress. A
tiny jumper cut low in V shape

forms the waist and a straight one-

piece skirt is gathered on at the raised
waist line A separate guimpe of
c‘Ontrasting material is worn with the
juniper suit.

This pattern is cut for sizes 2, 4, 6,8
and 10 years and is equally as suit-
able for the one two years old as the
one of ten.

A blue or rose colored gingham,
linen or pique make attractive outﬁts
when worn with little white guimpes,
and for the older child a shepherd
plaid in soft wool serge or cotton ma-
terial make suitable school clothes.

The skirt may be gathered or plait-

‘ed. The jumper section slips on over

the head. but the guimpe buttons in
the center front.

No. 8861.—Ladies waist. Just a plain
tailored shirtwaist, with one of the
fancy roll collars and turned back
cuffs. The'season’s fashionable shoul-
der yoke is shown here to very good

advantage, the yoke in front being '

more shallow in front than in back.

The waist fastens with one large
button in center front.

The combination of nice cloth for
body of the waist with ﬁgured col-
lar and cuffs or a colored linen for
collar and cuffs is greatly favored
this year. This pattern is cut in sizes
34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust
measure.‘

No. 8862. —A cover-all apron cut in
sizes 36, 40,. and 44 inches bust mea-
sure. This apron is cut in one—piece
and is held in place by straps at the
back. These aprons made in a light

Price of patterns ten cents each. Ad-
For , H the Dept, Michigan
Clemens, Mich.

1111' 111160510 beltw

w No. 8886 eel-disses” or small women' 1

' dress. out in sizes 16,18 ”and 20 years. ,
' The ordinary shirt‘waist style is used

fer the walSt except for the prettily
shaped collar and deep cuffs. The full-
ness in the front‘ of the Waist is torm-

' ed into a panel, outlined with three

/

1

buttons on each side; The neck is
cut in shape and closing -is_ made on
left side

'A plain four— gored skirt is used,
which always cuts to such good advan-
tage. A soft crush belt ﬁnishes the
skirt at the normal waist line.

No. 8877.——Ladies’,~ten—piece tunic
skirt. The tunic skirt is as- popular
as ever, in fact it is one of the most
popular styles for-the light-weight.
ﬂuffy separate skirts. Exceptionally
pretty are the skirts made of the em-

broidery ﬂouncing as showu In the cut.

Tlie underskirt is cut in two gores.
with straight lower .edge as is also the
tunic. The over tunic is left open at
the front to show the underskiri.

This pattern is cut in sizes 24 26,
28. 30 and 32 bust measure.

 
‘Food ”Administration Receipts

 
TAPIOCA IN NEW DISHES

Those who gloried in the food adven-
tures of the “Swiss Family Robinson”
remember them as true conservation-
ists. They used no wheat flour, ate
the perishables,‘ used local supplies,
and laid by ample food reserves for
lean seasons. ,, The “Home Card”
might well have hung from the window
of their tree-house. The discovery of
a “substitute” flour on this wheatless
island was worth the excitement it
created. You remember , how they
pounded the cassava root and pro-

 
this some

idea high in food value, and useful.
I ‘~»becatSe of its Starch content in giving
'Hbody to many dishes. some of them

perhaps new to housekeepers. In the
receipes given below use quick tap-

' ioca. \

Duchess 'Soup

1-2 onion: 2 tablespoons fat, 2 table-
spoons tapioca, ] quart milk, 1 egg or 2
egg yolks, 3-4 cup ted cheese, 1 tea-
spoon salt and paprika to suit.

Directions: Cook onion in the fat un-
til tender but not brown. Remove-the
onion, add the flour then the milk grad-
ually, saving out 1-4- cup. ,Add the tap-
ioca and seasonings and cook 15 minutes.
Pour the soup over the egg, beaten with
1-4 cup of cold milk. Add the grated
cheese and serve ﬁgmediately.

Tapioca may used for thickening
soups, gravy and white sauce. Cook the
white sauce 111 a double boiler allowing
one tablespoon of tapioca to one cup of
milk.

Tapioca. Griddle Cakes

2 cups milk 2 tablespoons tapioca, 1
egg, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 3- 4 cup rice or
corn flow and 2 level teaspoons baking
powder.

Cook milk and tapioca in double boiler ‘

15 minutes, add beaten yolk of egg and
cook until mixture thickens like custard;
cool and add beaten white and whip in
well; add flour and baking powder. Bake
011 griddle and serve piping hot w1th but—
ter and honey.

Minute Rabbit

1 pint milk, 3 tablespoons tapioca, 1 cup
cheese 1 egg well beaten, 1- 2 teaspoon
mustard 1— 2 teaspoon salt and peppcx or
paprika to taste.

Dirctions: Scald the milk in a double
boiler and when hot add the tapioca.
(look 15 minutes; thl add the cheese
cut into small pieces. Sth constantly
till the cheese is melted add the well-
beaten eggs mixed with a little cold milk
the mustard salt and pepper. If dcsirml
this may be turned into a baking dish and
baked until brown.

Fruit bIold

3 level tablespoons tapioca, Ztublespuons
sugar, 1 pint milk l teaspoon vanilla
and 1 2 pint cream.

Heat the milk in a double b01111 add
the sugar, stir in the tapioca. and cook
for 15 minutes. Pour into a bowl to
cool; then fold in ii: whipped cream.
Ornament with fresh lwrrics. chill and
serve.

 
WITH OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

 
Dear Penelope. —In seeing your re-
quest in M. B. F. I thought I would
try and help, but was kind of late seeing
it, so am writing it as soon as possible.
In asking me which I would like best for
the page I would take stories and poems,
for I am very fond of reading. My papa
takes M. B. F., and he thinks it is a very
good paper and it helps out a. great deal
on the farm.

We own a 160— acre farm. We have a
large apple and peach orchard and some
plum, pear and cherry trees.

We have six horses, twelve head of
young cattle and seven cows, and they
are all quite fat and give lots of milk.

I 'have a small War garden of my
own, papa and mamma have a large gar.
den and We are trying to save food for
our Allies.

I have a brother that is 22 years old
and he is a soldier. He is in the en-
gineering corps and when he was at
\\' ashington D. C. be got a month’s fur-
lough. I tell you we were all proud of
him, to think he was a soldier.

I am going to help papa and momma
more this summer than i ever have
before. While they work in the ﬁeld I
am going to keep house and get dinner
and supper, feed the chickens and tend
to the garden. We have 23 little chick-
ens, 8 little geese and 22 little ducks,
and quite a few hens setting on duck

s.

cg? am 12 years old and I go to school
every day; I will be in the eighth grade
next year I have a mile and a half to
go to school but I go l1o1seback, so it
is not quite so hard. I have a pony and
her name is Nettie. I have a. lot of pets
and I think a lot of them all.

You told us if we had any pictures,
poems or stories to send them along, but
I didn’t have any pictures or stories but
I am sending you a. poem that I think
is kind of pretty. Well, I will have to
close, and if there is anything you want
me to help in, let me know

I“ARTHA WILKINS
,R. .D. No. 6, Caro, Mich.

Dear Aunt Penelope:—I read in the M.
B. F. that you Were going to give a. prize
to the boy or girl who writes you the best
letter giving suggestions for the kind
of pages to print so I though 1 Would
trv. I like stories, poems. pictures, puz-
zles and experience letters, but I fancy
puzzles.

You aslcwhat I am going to do to
help Uncle Sam? I have a garden of
vegetables, onions, radishes, sweet corn,
peas and beans I am going to sell them
and with the money I am going to buy
Thrift Stamps. -

When I was but four years old the
angels came and took my mamma away
to Heaven. My papa. lives in Port Huron
My little brother, who was two and a
half years old when the the angels took
our dear mamma, and I have made our

home with our dear aunt and uncle. I
have one sister and two brothers. My
brothers nameis Frederick, who will be

' nine years old the 27th day of July. My

other br‘o other’s name is Alfred, Who is
nineteen, and lives in Detroit My ,sis-

ter’s name is Lauraetta Lucile. She is
fourteen, and lives with Uncle Pat.

We have Six cows, their names 111m
Daisy, Goldie, Beaulah, Rosebud and
Cherry. I own two calves, their names
are Unis, Jr. and Billy. My brother’s
{{WO calves’ names are Dora and Bl'llll'
er.

I am eleven years old. With best
wishes for the M. B l".

EDITH AUNNH'I hllLLlﬂli.
Abbottsfford, Mich.

My Dear Aunt Penelopez—~I got your
nice little letter in M. B. F. Mamma and
papa have gone away for the day and
1 am staying at home to take care of the
babies for mother. I love housework. I
would love to have you give me some
rules for housework and cooking, if you
would, please.

Yes, I like stories very much indeed
and I like puzzles and pictures, too, and
cooking.

Papa gave me a chicken this spring.
We had about 55 chickens and the old
hawks have got 12.

There arc seven children, Rosamond,
Geneva, Viola, Kenneth, Nettie. Hermit
and Kediec was 2 years old in May. He
is the baby and I love him.

My school closes in two weeks and
we have until sometime in the fall. I
am going 10 work all summer doing
dishes and sweeping and making beds,
getting the. meals. feeding the chickens
and the pig. I am going to ride the
horse for papa and I am going: to milk
the, cows arid fccd tho cat and dog for
mother. 1 am going to dress the two
babies for mother. IVell. I am going to
help mother, papa brother and sistex
all I can, and I am going to can for
mother this summer. I belong to the
Red Cross, I like it, too. I am going to
school now. I take grammar, spelling
and reading.

VIOLA H. GROVER,
IVisscasset, Maine.

Dear Penelopez—I thought I would
write to you, as I saw that you wanted
the boys and girls to write.

We live on an 80 acre farm and we
like to live on it. We have six head
of cattle and two horses and nine small
pigs. I have a garden and I help papa
in the ﬁelds. Our school is out so I have
lots of time to help him. I have about
30 rabbits, they are most all gray.

We' do not live very far from the
huckleberry hills. They are very high
hills and are about three miles from
our farm. We can seethe boats go by
in the summer. We do not live very
far frO’m Lake Michigan.

\Ve go to Mackinaw quite often; it is
one. of the oldest towns in Michigan.
Many people live in this section of the
country and it is quite thickly popu-
lated Where we live.

We have three cOWs and two two-
year-olds and one calf. Our cattle are
Holstein and Jerseys. I go after the
cows;.some times we have about two
miles to got

I am going to name the bossy “Arn-

  
A- , .7,
at is tap» 1
the M. B. I“. that you were giving a. price,
to all the boyS/and girls for the best
letter, story or. poem, so I thought 1.

Dear Aunt Penelope .-——I have read in

would give a few suggestions. of which

I like best, which is puzzles, stories, and"

pictures and they would also interest
the little folks. '

I am a. boy 13 years old, and I have
two brothers and two sisters, one of my
sisters is married and lives on a farm
My folks also live on a farm We have
ﬁve cows. I milk three of them ever ,1
morning and evening. We have tx'o
calves, six horses, 26 goslings and about
125 little chickens. We have a Liberty
Bond and the Food Administration card
in our home

I work on the farm, watering the
geese and giving them grass every do).
I also feed the pigs; we haVe six little
pigs and one old one.

Well, I guess I have told all the
things that Will interest the little folks,
so will close.

Most papers have war pages,
Let’s name ours peace page.
JOHN ROBERT SMALL.
R. F. D. No. 1. Rosebush, Mich.

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I saw your let-
ter in the M. B F. and I am glad we
children will have a department in 1‘s
M. P. I“. I think that‘ ‘Junior Farmers”
would be a good name for our page.

I am 14 years old, perhaps I 21m too
old. but I hope not. I live on a farm
of 158 acres, about one mile from town.
I work in the hay ﬁeld with my fatln-r
and younger brother. I go to town
school and will be in the eighth grade
when school starts.

We have ﬁve horses and one colt, three
cows, grade Jerseys. We have a'Sharp~
less separator. Our chickens are full
blooded \Vhite Rocks; they are ﬁne lay-
ers.

T will send a few riddles:

1. ‘Why is an egg like a colt? Ee-
cause it is not ﬁt for use until broken.

. Why is a cigar—loving man like a.
tallow candle? Because he smokes when
going out.

3. \Vhat way of showing wrath has a.
tea kettle? It sings sweetest when it
is hottest. ‘

I will close now, from your loving
niece.

DOROTHY MANN I NC,
Eaton Rapids. Mich.

l)e.'11 \unt Penelope: —I thought I
would write and tell you some things I
would like fox our page. 1 like puzzles
and riddles with answers .111d :1 low
stories written by the children, stories
of adventures and of the farm pets.

1 live on a 660—acre farm. Our breed
of cows are: Aberdeen, Angus and Dur-
ham mixed. they are almost all black.
“'9. have two COWS and had two calves
and one was butchered when he was six
weeks old.

I am H years old, have passed the
eighth grade and am going to high
school this full. I live with my father
and sister. Whose name is June. Our
cows’ names are Blacky, Lucy and Lu-
cille. Billy is the one we. butchered.
We let the calf run with the cow all
the time.

Our horses’ names arc Pansy, Rock,
Maude and Dan. I guess my letter is
too long, but, we named the cow Fairy

Princess.
HELEN FERN GOOF.
Bear Lake, Mich.

 
Agents Wanted
for M. B. F.

We can make a proposition
to any man or woman, boy
or girl, who can devote all
or part time to taking sub-
scr1pti0ns for this weekly
that farmers’all over Michi-
gan are anxious and waiting
to get.

Any man or woman who
has a means of conveyance
can easily make $40 a week.
clear money and get our bo-
nus at the end of the month
besides. Many boys and girls
are earning a $5 war savings
stamp every week and men
and women who can only de-
vote a few hours each week
are making a tidy nest egg
at work which everyone says
is easy.

Whether you have ever acted
as an agent for anything before
or not does not matter—some
of our agents do not solicit at
all, they simply pass out sam-
ples one week and go back the
next to take the name. Our
weekly sells itself!

If you have a few spare hours
or all your time, that you want
to turn into cash, write me
right away. I send everything
you need without a penny’s cost
and hem wm 1=1 I can to make
good a! " ‘1, Tell me all
about 111111.“. on much time
you think you 1- '1 give, etc., in
the first letter to save time.

nght now 1s the time to
get started. Address Circula-
tion Manager, Michigan Bus-
iness Farming. Mt. Clemens,
Mich.

 
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Phelps Newberry Truman H. Newberry Barnes Newberry
Army Navy Navy

Truman H. Newberry Believes in Practical Patriotism—-
30 DO HIS SONS

They are all in the service, just like lots of other fathers
and sons—-

~ Fathers with sons who have gone forth to (war want such
a man in the United States Senate—some one who par-
ticularly understands the needs and problems of their
boys——

Mothers will feel more comfortable-—

The boys themselves would choose‘ such a man.

“No man is ﬁt to live in a free country if he is not ready
to die for that country. Indeed, the only man who is ﬁt to
live at all is the man who with a gallant heart is ready
to give his life at the call of duty.”—-(Former President
Roosevelt in Detroit speech, May 30, 1918.)

  
Truman H. Newberry Measures up to the Highest Stand-
ards of the American People.

HE IS THE MAN WHO WILL BE CHOSEN BY THE
VOTERS OF MICHIGAN TO BE THEIR UNITED
STATES SENATOR.

Published by Newberry Senatorial Committee

A. A. Templeton, General Chairman]
Paul H King, EXecutlve Chairman

 
all

 
CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

,. " '- CLAY, ROBINSON & co.
' LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

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East St. Louis
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Kansas City
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HOG FEED ’
CHEAPER

Kiln Dried Mahogany Corn

is being used extensively by hog feed-
ers with very satisfactory results. it

. poultry free.

 
cheaper than No. 2 Yellow, and the type for'Just 3c per fund for
gggirlﬁr‘naliieE21131!)i5$;‘ve:¥oi1%\é10rzlglf}7i.\ PWLOIRD one insertion under this head-
. ‘, .‘ ’.‘ " , ' _ 0 ing. Two insertions 5c per
gimsturef so thtetlze IS iraitlggfihbingg word; ﬂve insertion_s,-1.0c per wo’rd. Count
anger 0' 1 g6 011g 011 0 as one word each initial and each group
ever; in warm “1th lgr- d f kiln of ﬁgures. Send stamps or money order.
Vie ha\e a speual gra e 0 ‘ Think, it would cost you $900 for postage
dried corn that we. can offer as low as alone on a lett t l f d ,
$1.25 bushel ($46.40 ton) F. o. B. MICHIGAN ﬁ'UgleS‘ig‘s°q ‘IFUA‘IJSTI 3ft;
Jackson in any quantity desired. Bags IVAVT" AD DFPTA 110 FORT AST'
charged extra 20c each with same re- DFTROIT IIIICIIIGAN * °-
fund when returned. Corn guaranteed ‘ ' ﬁ -
satisfactory or money refunded. Mall
check for your summer supply.
J. E. Bartlett C0. 210 Mill St. Jackson. Mich.
Michigan's Largest Shippers oi Feed and Grain

can be bought approximately 600 3CENTS And ﬁrst three words in display

 
LA ND AND FARMS

 
FARMS FOR SALE In Arenac coun-
ty. Geo. L'. Smith, Sterling, Michigan.

 
NIISI‘ ELLA N EOUS

We are paying fancy prices
for QUALITY EGGS because
we axe supplying [he best FOR SALE: . 12-25 Waterloo Boy Ker-
ttade in Detroit. Their de- osene Traétord In good $118136.“ Used two
‘—"‘T‘—"'T"" . . ., seasons. 00 reason or so ing. Price
mands are increas n2 daily.f w“: us let part culars 5500‘00‘ _Exceller.‘. kerosene. burner.
or let trial shipment come orwar . “I110 Cook, CaSSOpolls, Michigan
CLEANER CLEARING HOUSE ASS’N Inc.
Detroit. Michigan ‘
INCORPORATED 5100.000

 
FORDS CAN BURN HALF COAL OIL,
or Cheapest Gasoline, using our 1918
'Carburetor; 3.4 miles per gallon guaran-
teed. Easy startlng. Great pOWer in-
crease. Attach it yourself. Big proﬁ't
selling for us. 30 days trial. Money back
Guarantee. Styles to ﬁt any automobile.
Air—Friction Carburetor Company, 659
Madison Street, Dayton. Ohio.

 
Co-operative Buying gil‘jmcm’ﬁ:

Savqs Money. 21:21:22? carlot quotations
GRAIN GROWERS GRAIN C0. Minneapolis, Minn

k h t.- R l -
FOR SA seduisegiuobii‘hkwheat ii 0321‘

. bushel (48 lb.) sample for stamp. Harry
. vyvajl, New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y...

       
PAINT WHOLESALE PRICES—guar-
anteed ﬁve years. Eighteen Colors
Freight allowed. ACME LUMBER COM-
PANY, 3003 Woodward Paint Dep’t.,
Detroit, Michigan. -

 
improvement "later..oﬂ.
on gettingshard coal'ir m'an
"less it is now in the. hands
distribi‘imr.’ All the ‘sa. ’1' .
dealer can get from the m tor

are. ﬁlled or *3 just as soonjﬁas‘ﬁlgpy can.

Atthe present time there is._som‘e run

at the government prices Run of' mine

centage of ﬁne coal'Will run from 25 to
40 per cent but the burning qualities are
the same as’ the prepared lump. , -
This season the main issue in thecoal.
business is to get coal ‘and consumers
must be satisﬁed to use run cf mine
coal and those that are not will prob—
ably experience considerable diliiculty in
getting coal. - ‘

SUGGESTIONS FOR [
POULTRY SHIPPERS

Coops should be .high enough to
permit the poultry to stand easily up-
right without bending their legs and
with space enough between the. slats
to pass their heads through. The
coops should be strong, but light;
heavy wood can be dispensed with if
long nails are used. They should not
be so large as to be awkward'and
cumbersome to handle. When large
coops are used they should have pars
titions, so that when the coop is acci-

poultry will not be thrown upon those
at the side and end. The poultry
should have plenty of room. Crowd,-
ing too many into a c00p causes loss
by suffocation. Only one kind should
be sent in a coon when thesize 0f the
lot permits dividing the kinds. All
poultry reaching here the folloWing‘
day after shipment should be fed
lightly before being placed‘in the
‘ coop, so as to avoid any infringement
of the law regarding food in the
crops of poultry. Western and south—
ern poultry shipped here is generally
sent in carloads, accompanied by a
man to feed and water them. The

ﬁrst day or two after the car starts

the poultry should be fed lightly;

after they have become accustomed to

their new quarters the quantity of

food may be increased with good re-

sults.‘ Over—feeding on the start

makes the poultry dumpish and sick,

from which they do not recover on

the journey. The custom of the trade

here is to let the coops go with the

Where the patent wire

car is used either new or second-hand

coops are furnished here at the ship—

pers’ expense. The principal market

days are from Monday to Thursday,

inclusive. There is seldom much

trade on Friday or Saturday. The

demand for live poultry is much

larger than usual during the Hebrew

holidays and feast days.

- TRADING IN WHITE

EGGS IS GOOD

The greater part of the egg trade of
New York makes no distinction as to
color of the shells. Only a small part
of the demand gives preference to
white shells, and this preference a‘p—J
plies almost exclusively to new laid

 
‘eggs of fancy quality. There is no

use in separating white eggs from
brown unless they are of very fancy
quality in the spring, and of reason~
ably new laid quality. in the fall.
Nearby henneries in this section pro2
duce white ’cggs chieﬂy and when the
production begins to increase. after
the November seasonuof normally
greatest scarcity,'and for sometime
thereafter, or so long as the pullets’
eggs are usually undersized, a large
proportion of the eggs areof small to
only medium size. These are often,

 
or usually,‘ mixed with the =larger..._

 
‘ timed egg-s: aim
“thatv'lhey'yvill’éhi'p‘éo’al wliéhbaclé ifdcs y‘
The time of ﬁlling an order is ,1 50', ill-”5 '
deﬁnite that no bne can tell when they '
are gong to get a car of-h'ard c'o'al. -‘ ‘ ‘_

of mine soft coal. that can be purchased .

dentally tilted the whole weight of.

   
* Mum-"Cliff o

 
--m0ﬁ0ni is =a;,“Familzriﬁewacsihpsm
that ‘wa‘s started; meme-dairy ﬂights

T North Caron-ha.

and-her baby calf were presst intog-C,

.LserviceT'to add-“some real “cow inter-

est" “to thedii‘splay that .was- instant
‘ the lobby of the bank; A comfortable "
stall: with, some ‘ bedding Was set, up 'on' g}
the, ﬂoor in the main banking/room, , , '
and Mrs. Jersey Cow Vand‘dau-ghterj“

held a’reception for the 3,590 visitors

‘who‘balled at the" bank that day to see

the novel, display. and to learn / why

theyghbuld Own a family cow to help

the food campaign. .
It, was pointed out’that one in ev-

ery six farm families. in the United -' i it

States is cowl‘ess, and as almost every
farm family can easily care for a cow
there is no reason why they should,
not do so. Every heifer raised is a

blow 'to the kaiser, and a lift to the

family’s economic problem. A good

average cow will produce "enough milk .

and butter to pay for her feed, and

will show a proﬁt of from‘$100 to $250 '0 I.
' a year. Some cows will do more than ~

this, but it is practicalhi assured that
when value of milk and .calf is con~
sidered there is always a good margin
left over cost of feed. -

__._.

BE SURE TO MOW THE.
WEEDS IN THE ORCHARD

Clover, alfalfa or. any othercrop
suitable for hog pasture; makes an
excellent orchard cover crop.~ The
orchard which is in sod should be
mowed two.or three times a year and"
the crop that is mowed down should
lie on the ground as a mulch under
the trees. . ‘ ‘ ,

Cover crops hold; the orchard soil
from washing, prevent burning out
humus, furnish profitable pasture :or'.
hogs, calves, poultry and small stock.
and if the orchard is frequently mowed
and kept clean, they furnish an ex-
cellent mulch and soil cover for trees.

-A neglected sod usually, sooner or late,

ruins the orchard. Grass, weeds and
sprouts grow and check the branches

. of the trees. If the crop is not mowed

weeds evaporate too much water- and '
the fruit trees suffer from drouth dur-
ing the heat of summer; Insects and
fungous thrive ”much in neglected
orchards. _
If the orchard is pastured to small
stock it should not be pastured too
close. Enough growth should be made '
by “the cover crop to furnish a good
mulch when it is mowed. This keeps
the orchard clean, allows the fruit to
color and mature'properly, facilitates
gettingthru‘ the orchard to gather the
fruit and makes, the fruit crop look
more valuable to the prospective 'pur-
chaser of the crop Who visitsthe or-
chard. ‘ ‘

Some‘of the better orchards in Mis- "
souri' ‘last year yielded from One ’hun- , 7 ‘

dred tip to several hundred dollarsper
acre net proﬁt. One .orcha’rdist in
southwest Missouri ’With whom the
University" fof MissOuri College of Ag-
riculture co—operated ~sold $75,000

. worth of applesfrom an orchard of 165. >
He attributed his proﬁts 'th ' T,
proper pruning,~ proper spraying and ‘

acres.

to keeping the' ground in proper con

dition under ‘th ,trees,_as

ed lay-the" Coll

   
MENT STARTED
T-The latest thiitg’fin“ dairy ,catﬂeipm
and .- some ‘bank Ofﬁcials in "vvaaieigﬁp

coal is coal that is’ loaded‘in a car'jus-t T

as it comes from the mine. - Theper; , "Lady Ursinegia.full~bfoodediierseya

 
as as c‘d‘si new a min sic-'0

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we sentiher Free is the finest ever!

T-o MICHIGAN Business Faustino, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

‘ Dean- Sirs.--—I received my Blue Bird Water Set and

think it is thQ'ﬂ’ii ' ‘.It is well worth trying to secure

three subscribers 151‘ and .it takes but little time, and is well

worth what little time it does take Hoping others will try

and get a set, I remain, Ruth Dean, Fowle’rville, R. 5, Mich.
July 2nd, 1918.

    
. ' . disavow—Farmers and sew-4 ’ ‘r
ing buckwheat and cultivating corn ~ .
.. 7 and beans. Haying not started; Sonic , .
' farmers had to sow their beans the
,. ascend time on account of back weather
~ Beans a‘pd corn are not doing much;
weather too cold. Not much going to
market. Some are holding beans. Bas-
ture is good. Some fenders are plow-
ing for fall wheat; some are hauling
gravel for the roads,——G.- W. Elkton,

        
WONDER how many water sets we would be
shipping out every week if you ladies who
read this could see the Blue Bird Water set
which we sent to Miss Dean, by parcel post, abso—

  
Potatoes are not grOWing very
' a. rule Prices offered at Imlay

 
Wheat, 31. 95@2. 05;
' . .oats,.65@'10; hay, $12.00;

36. 30@8 00; petatoes, 500;
18@20; springers, 22; butter,

  
butterfat‘ 43.; eggs. 34; sheep,$5,
8*@11~; hogs, L3@16 50; ,
eérs,~7@9; beef cows, 6@8,_.

  
s1
veal chives, 10@14; wOo‘l, 65.——G. A..,B
Imlay City, June 29.
‘ oceans.
this vicinity are rather discouraged

frost and slight drouth’. Beans and
early potatoes were the worst as the
beans were drilled ent irely. and early
spotatOes are not starting out again.
[’Corn. beans, potatoes and gardens all
over the county were destroyed and
small fruits and cherries were frozen
on the trees. Everyone was out bright

  
over beans, putting in late potatoes
and sowing buckwheat, but the dry
' '- weather that continued. for some time
after the frost caused many of the
’.’_beans to rot in the ground before
' sprouting. But everyone is working
, hard to raise something and come
1%! - what may the farmers will do their
.best. There is a large county ditch
being dug thru Newﬁeld and Green-
wood townships which will improve
the farms near it greatly. It will
probably be completed by the middle

‘ or August. _
.. . k, Our county lost two of its oldest
7 ~ piOneers in the past two weeks, name-
-’ ’ r y L? ly, H. L. Buchner and Mrs. Delia Ann
4 Woodward. Mrs. Woodward was one
of the ﬁrst settleys of Greenwood
township, living here for over 40. years.
VShe was 83 years old. Mr. Buchner
7 was 80 years old—H. V. V. B., Hes-

) . peria, July 2.

Arenac (East)——All week was hot
and terribly dry, and things did look
a little sick, but woke up Sunday morn-
ring and. bless you, the good Lord had
let us have a ﬁne rain and a good soak-
All the farmers are smiling
again and we will defeat the Huns
now! Had the tleasur e to take a spin
» thru the north end of the county and
f ﬁnd that rain was also needed there.
Some have begun cutting clover;
l‘ ‘gothers sowing buckwheat, hoeing,
‘ _ 3 cultivating, etc. Cattle are bringing
,‘ v . i ,5 high prices; sheep and hogs off a lit-

 
, tle. Cherries and plums will be
ﬁr _ scarce. —M. B R., Twining, July 1.
’ Gencsce (South)——Faru1ers are busy
haying and cultivating corn and beans.
Weather has been warm and dry and
, _ .everything needs rain very badly.
‘ 'i-f “We have had a couple of light rains
, but the soil is still so dry that we will
» . ‘ehave to have‘a lot more rain before
- ‘ , the crops will grow good. The soil is
, 39— dry and'hard'that several farmers
, had to leave some of their: ﬁelds until
‘ .We get more rain before they can plow
_ Farmers are not buying or selling any-
" thing at this time Hlaying is well un-
der way and it is quite a bit heavier
.. than ordinary this year. Several farm-
uers are sowing buck heat this Week.
The Fourth of July ce ebration held at
Fenton this year was the best ever
: \held in this section Prices at Flint,
July 3. Wheat, $210; corn, 1.70; oats,
82; rye 1. 50; hay 12@16; beans. 8’;
.r’ed kidney beans 11 cwt; renames. $1
wt; cabbage. 2c lb; cucumbers, 1.50
3602; hens, 17 , springers, 20; creamery
*hktter, i14; dairy butter, 40; ages. 40;
‘ p, 9@10; lambs. 1;4@15 hogs, 16 "

 
(Southeast) —Farmers in .

by the damage caused by the heavy.

and early Monday morning planting '

July 2.
. Branch (North 0cntra1)—~—Farmers

“making hay, Cultivating corn and,

beans. Hay very light but good qual-
ity. ' Weather most too cool and damp
for‘ha‘ying. Soil in ﬁne condition for
growing drops. Farmers selling some
,‘stock; holding a few beans yet; some

. lwool. Not building or buying much

'just now. Everybody busy, not"much
help and all work piling up. Corn
looking ﬁne, oats good. wheat very
~-light. Prices at Union City, July 5:
_Wheat, $2.08; oats, 65; rye, 1.75; hay.
$10@15; beans, 6.50@8; potatoes, 50;
hens. 20; butter, 36-; butterfat, 42;
eggs, 36; sheep, 6@7; lambs, 16; hogs.
16; beef steers, 9; beef cows, 6@7;
veal calves, 16; wool, ‘60@67.—F. S..
Union City. July 6.

Oceana (North acumen—Farmers
are justﬁnishing the pea harVest. Peas
not very good on account of dry weath-
er. Farmers are replanting the white
beans after the freeze._ Several farm-
ers have dragged their corn ﬁelds and
sown buckwhat where the corn froze.
Hay isn’ t a very large crbp on account
of dry weather ——W. W. A., Crystal
Valley, July 6.

Arenac (EMU—Aline growing week

after that famous rain. You can just
see corn shoot. ‘Old’meadows, light;
new, fair. Beans, beets, potatoes are
doing fairly good, while peas took ﬁne.
Our‘ sugar nations. have been cut to
three pounds per month per person.
Cattle high, hogs fair, sheep and lambs
holding their own. Everybody busy
and help high and scarce—M. B. R..
Twining, July 6.
‘ Tuscola (Ccntral)———Farmers are cut-
ting hay and cultivating beans and
corn. Weather dry and cold; two light
frost here but they did not hurt the
crops much. Soil is dry and hard.
Some farmers are selling cattle; ten
head were taken-to Mayville the 6th.
We’re holding nothing that we can
get a fair price for. - Oats, beans. beets
and barley look good; hay, rye and po-
tatOes are going to be a light crop if
we don’t get rain soon; it is too late
for hay now. Prices offered at Caro.
July 6th: Wheat. $2.00; corn,.1.75;
oats, 70; rye, 1.50; hay, 15; light
mixed, 14.00; straw, 7.00; beans. 7.50
cwt; potatoes, 40; onions, 50; hens.
20@22; springers, 23; butter, 35; but-
terfat. 42; eggs, 32; lambs, 961711;
hogs, 13@15; beef steers, 7@7.50;
beef cows, 4@5; veal calves, 13@1~l.—~
R. B. C., Caro, July 8.

Ingham (Central)——Very ﬁne wea.
ther; still need rain very badly. Crops
suffering; hay crop very light. Most
of the oats and barley are light and
short straw. Corn is doing very well.
Beans are looking fairly good. Hay-
ing nearly done. Cultivating corn and
beans and. seeding buckwheat is the
work now. Apples are falling off
quite badly. They will be thin on the
trees and larger for that. Not selling
much at present. Prices at Mason:
Wheat, $2.05; oats. 75; rye, 1.50; hay,
10; beans, 7.50 cwt; potatoes, 75; hens,
20; springers, 22; ducks, 20; butter,
40; eggs, ‘35; lambs, 16; hogs. 16; beef
steers 7@10; beef cows, 6@8; veal

‘ calves. 14; wool, 55@65. —C. I. M. Ma-

son, July 6.

Calhoun (Southwest)—Most all done
haying and some commenced cutting
rye which is very good. Most wheat is

_poor.‘ Frost did some. damage to the

early potatoes. Oats were hurt some

* by the dry weather but will make a

fair crop now as we had a good rain
on July 1. Good growing weather,
only a. little cool nights. Two new
Fordson tractors bought and deliver—

’ed this -m_ontl1——-.E. B H. Atkins, July
16

(Central) r—‘Fine weather
a nice raim which will help
' £111” “ _

 
n ‘ lutely free, because she sent us in three one dol-
" I lar subscriptions to M. B F.

It is so easy to get subscribers to our weekly
because there are so many farmers who want it
but who have never been approached by anyone
who would offer to take their subscriptions.

' Almost every farmer in Michigan has heard of

7‘ . » our weekly and you know What they think of

" what we are accomplishingwnow it is up to you
ladies to help us and at the same time earn some
prizes for yourselves. We would rather have you
home folks get what we would have to pay an
agent to send into' your neighborhood

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We will be glad to buy you almost anything you
want-21 watch, ring, books, clothing. musical instru-
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Or if you had rather have cash. tell us and we will
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Circulation Manager, Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clemens

 
’ toneum may ’cause peritonitis.

 
peas, spring wheat, potatoes all look
good. More crops put in this year
than ever before in Oscoda county.
Farmers building 'ome. Stock doing"
well. This will be a good year for the
farmer. Butter, 35; butterfat, 45; eggs.
32; sheep, 6.50; lambs, 13,; hogs. 14;
beef steers. 6.50; beef cows, 5; wool,
65.———A. C. M.. Mio. July 5.

Cheboygan {>Norfheast) .__ Farmers
are cutting hay which is a very light
crop this year. The weather is ideal
for growing crops. Oats look well but
are very short. Corn is very small
and backwad. Beans look well but
mOSt late potatoes are not yet up.
Buckwheat is sown and conditions are
ideal for rapid germination. It is
is feared that the grasshoppers will be
very destructive to crops this year as
they were never so thick as now.~—Con.
way. July 6.

 
“eterlna r9 Department

Last week I had a yearling gelding
not taken care 945 and the second day
acted very peculiar and I called the
vet. but the ﬁfth day he died. His
symptoms were holding head low and
hungry and dry but would not eat or
drink but little. eyes bulged out his

 
‘ nose- to one side then the other, did

not swell. Please let me know thru
your vet. column—M. B. R., Twining.

In my opinion your animal died of
peritonitis or inﬂamation of the peri-
toneum. Peritonitis occasionally co-
exists with enteritis or inﬂamation of
the bowels, and is a very serious dis-
ease, whether occuring alone or as a
comulication of some other condition;
it also occurs as an indedendent dis-
ease and may be caused in a variety of
ways, as by exposure to cold, punctur-
ed wounds, etc.; it also follOWS castra-
tion, especially when the animal strug—
gles violently during the operation
and exposed to the cold afterwards;
when clamps are used it is sometimes
[caused by putting too much caustic on
the clamps. Any irritation to the peri-
Septic
peritonitis is' always caused by un-
clean hands or instruments and unless
intelligent precautions are taken the
very neatest operation may turn out

’badly from this cause.

REPAIR BINDER NOW
—NO DELAY LATER

 
Most delays in the wheat ﬁeld caus-
ed by the binder occur during the
ﬁrst few hours or the ﬁrst day or two
of harvest. Various organizations are
urging that as many as possible of
these delays be eliminated this year
by putting the binder in good running
condition before the wheat is ready
to cut. Observation of the following
suggestions made by E. H. Lehmann
of the University of Missouri College
of Agiiculture will help to keep your
binder busy.

1. Remember that grain cannot be
cut with w0111 or broken sickle.

2. Order repairs before harvest ti'ﬂe
——it saves time and money.

3. Do not attempt to run the hind-
er with badly worn and torn canvass-
es.

4. Do not give the machine an oil
bath at the beginning of the season
and»expect that to be sufﬁcient. _

5. Oil all bearings frequently and
use a little oil each time.

6. Protect your machine from the
weather. It will work better and last
longer

7. Keep the tool box equipped for
making emergenxy repairs.

8. Get an instruction book on your
binder from the manufacturer and
study it.

9. Test the machine in the ﬁeld
before the harvest crew is assembled.

PRESIDENT TO yETO
$2.40 WHEAT BILL

 
(Continued from mac 1)

and more proﬁtable crops. Congress
has made all exhaustive study of wheat
growing and a mass of testimony has
been presented to the committees. Its
action in advancing the price to $2.40
is based on a thoro knowledge of the.
situation. There can be no excuse
for President Wilson to so ignore the
wishes of the people’s representatives,
and the indisputable facts that farm-
ers in many states actually are losing
money on $2. 00 eat as to veto the
bill providing for the increase. ’

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34 x 8 1-2 14.70 15.20 4.15
111 :4 17.80 20.10 4.25
82: 4 18.20 20.40 4.85
as: 4 10.10 20.85 4.45
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as x 4 22.90 Zdﬁﬁ“ 5.35
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86x41-2 2190 . 00.40 5.90
87 x 4 1-2 31.80 14.70 6.70
15 x 5 so 15 12.05 6.95
35x5 32.75 35.110 7.65
87 x 5 11.95 34.95 7.15

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”IMPORTANCE on THE snot I
IN DAIRY PRODUCTIOB

 
(Continue from last week) ,
When grain costs— Silage ls worth—=-

per ton , . ' per ton
$25.00 . S 5.00
30.00 0.00
35.00 7.00
40.00 8.00
45.00 9.00
50.00 10.00
55.00 11.00
60.00 12.00
From this comparison “it can be

seen that when grain and by-product
feeds are high in price- ($45.00 to $60.00
per ton) the feeding value of silage is
from $9.00 to $12.00 per' toh. At this
rate the value of the silagevexceeds

the combined values of the four and 7

on half to ﬁve bushels of corn in each
ton of silage. the value of the stover
and the cost of putting the corn in the
silo. This answers (in a striking way
the often asked question. whether it
will be proﬁtable to put corn in thd
silo when the grain will sell for $1.50
per bushel.
(‘ROPS FOR THE SILO

Corn is the universal crop for the
silo in Indiana. It should be cut when
the grain is well denied and the lower
leaves on the. stock are dry but the
stock itself is still full of‘ sap. ()rdin-
ary ﬁeld corn is usually grown for this
purpose but it is often planted much
thicker than when grown for the grain.
Some dairymcn are following the prac-
tice of using southern seed or a spe-
cial silage corn in order 'to get a great-
cr tonnage per acre even though it
contains but a small amount of grain
while others enrich their silage by
growing soy beans or cow peas, either
with the corn or separately. and put-
ting them into the silo fogcfhcr.

Another practice that, has been used
in some parts of the state is to put
shock corn in the silo after the corn
has been husked. This is done when
it is desirable to harvest the grain and

~tiil have a succulenl feed 01- when it.
is desirable to reﬁll the silo in the
late fall or early winter after the first

filling has heen led out. When proper.
1y put up if is undoubtedly a much bel-
iér
indications are that many silos will
be reﬁlled in this way' during seasons
when corn will command a high mar-
iac'. price. 111 reﬁlling the silo with
1110 dry stoyer if is espc.'-ially important
111111. 1111 abundant supply of" water be
used. At least one ton of water should
be added 10 each 1.011 of dry stover.

101111111113“ “more To DAIRY CATTLE

Little experience is
successful feeding of silage to dairy
cattle. Because of its palatlablity it
is relished by, them and it is the com-
mon practice of feeders to give all that
when fed along with hay and grain.
This will vary from 25 to 40 pounds,
depending upon the size of the cow and
the quality and kind of silage. lf only
a limited supply of silage is available
it. will. however. be better to feed a
smal‘cr amount and make it last for a
longtime. It must. however, be re-
membered that enough silage must be
taken. out of the silage each day to
keep that which remains from spoil-
ing At least 2 inches in winter and
from 3 to 4 inches in summer should
be removed daily.

Many dairy men do not feed silage
to their herd bulls, believing that it
injures their breeding powers. Ex-
perience has, however, shown that it
is a desirable feed if fed in limited
quantities. From 10 to 15 pounds per
day may be fed with satisfactory re-
sults in a properly balanced ration.

Silage can alsobe used to advantage
in feeding dairy calves but the utmost
care should be used when they are ﬁrst
started on this feed. The silage must

.bé free from mold, the coarse parts

I » such as cabs and large pieces of stalk
'should be disharded and it. should be

feed than the dry corn stover and'

[most proﬁt. and.

needed for the .

 
fed fresh from the silo; 0111? small
amounts should be fed at ﬁrst and the
quantity gradually increased as the
calves grow older. Many are Started on
silage at 2 to 3 months old. The amount
that they will consume will. however,
depend very largely. upon the amount
of other feeds included in the ration.
If fed with only a limited amount of

May or grain they will consume from.

5 to 15 pounds per day when from six
months to one year of age. Experi-

ments ”at the Purdue Station show,»

however, that when calves are given
a liberal amount of good hay and grain
they relish these more than the silage
and ,will consume but small amounts
of the silage even up to six months of
age. Heifers over one year will con-
sume. from 10 to 20 pounds daily.
Each year the dairy farmers are
placing a higher estimate upOn the
summer silo. And it is well that they,
for'th-e enormous falling off in the
milk flow during the hot, dry, period
of. mid-summer is a practice that; must
be stopped if the most economical pro-
duction is to be secured. The feed-
ing of silage at this time tides over
this period of short feed with a worthy

substitute for spring pasture and pre-‘

heavy reduction in
the milk flow. This is a most im-
portant consideration, for COWS that
go down in their production during
the summer due to a lack of feed will
not regain their normal production in
the fall and winter. ...

When the many advantages of the
silo, and of silage as a feed for dairy
cattle are considered, the natural con-
clusion would undoubtedly be that the
dairy farmers of Indiana should build
and fill more silos. Many such farmers
already have one or more silos. but
few of them have enough silage for
their cattle. They often run out be—
fore posture is good in the spring and
in most, instances do not have any for
summer feeding. On such farms an
additional silo would be of great help,
especially in keeping up the summer
production of‘ the herd.

The greatest need for the silo is.
however, on those live stock
where silage has nevcr been used.
such farms a silo can supply the mmh
needed succulent feed, can return the
inis safe to say. will
he more than appreciated during the.
winters when other feeds will be high
in price.

vents the usual

I. ‘1 11.

CAREFUL FEEDING WILL
USUALLY PREVENT COLIC

Colic in horses usually means indi-
gestion. It, may consist simply of a
few spasmodic pains from which the
animal quickly recovers, 01' the indiges-
tion may terminate in inﬂammation of
the bowels, which often proves fatal
within 24 hours. Some forms of indi—
gestion are complicated by bloating, and
the internal pressure may rupture the
animal’s stomach or cause it to die of
suffocation.

Most cases of colic can be prevented
by careful feeding. Sudden changes of
feed should be avoided. Also, feed in
a stage of curing, such as new oats,
newly cut grass, and new corn, is al-
ways dangerous for horses. Heavy
'grain, such as corn. should have bran
or oats added to give it greater bulk
and worker it lighter.

if is a good practice in feeding work
horses during hot summer months to
precede. the evening grain ration with
an allowance of hay. This gives the
animal time to become somewhat rested
and cooled, and the ‘more concentrated
feed will be less likely. to cause indi—
gestion. The drinking of a liberal

amount of cold water is likely to chill

the intestines and cause colic.

" make greater

farms .

~ ,«production;

  
mixed with two tablespoonsful of t r"

pentine, if given at an early stage of.- the

colic, will help remove the undigested

material from the horse’s bowels and.

thereby give relief /

A common method of drenching a ‘:
horse is to pass a loop in the end of a...

rope around the upper jaw just back of
the incisors.

head Will be raised and the medicine,

when poured into its mouth, will run.

down into. the animal’s throat. Oil

should be given slowly. a swallow at a

time, and upon any indication of choir:

ing, the head must be instantly released,
as the inhaling of oily prep‘arations’intoi.
the lungs is likely to cause pneumoniau

Colics which are apparently mild at

the beginning may quickly dcvelopvinto '

dangerous complications and a colic
that exists for l2 houis will often kill
the annual

CONCRETE FLOORS CON-

SERVE FEED SUPPLY g

With the scarcity of feed.
prices, and, the great necessity
for maximum production, E. W.
Lehmann, of the University of Missouri
College of Agriculture. says no feeder
can afford to (lo-without a good feed-
ing floor. There is a great
feed when the cattle and hog feeding
lots are poorly drained and are :1 mass
of mud. The advantages of a' paved
lot and feeding ﬂoor are: The stock
gains, feed is saved, feed—
ing is made easier, manure is saved,
sanitation is improved, thereby reduc-
ing disease, and Clean animals usually
bring better prices.

The cost of the average feeding floor,
even at the present prices. should not
be morc than ten cents a square foot.
011 many farms it can be built for less
cost, because often all material except
cement is at hand. Any concrete work—
cr who can build a satisfactory

ing ﬂoor. At the present price of meat.
the sale of one hog will pay for iced-
ing ﬂoor space for from 30 to 50 head.
investigation shows that the ﬂoor will
often pay for 1fself in one Iccding sea-
50”

MISSOURI MAN CLEARS
$5.75 PER CWT. ON HOGS

Hogs will return a profit at. present
prices of feed and pork if they are fed
the proper ration. \This fact has been
demonstrated by a feeding test con-
ducted by Luther Dawson, 11 Johnson
(Missouri) county farmer. Mr. Dawson
icd seven pigs from January 15. 1918.
to April 3, andmade a profit of $5.75
a hundred on them. The pigs were
farrowed August 26, 1917. During the
feeding test. which was conducted 111'1—
der dry' lot conditions. the pigs con—
sumed 62.2 bushels of No. 2 com.
pounds of ta11kage.,350 pounds of shorts,
and 154 gallons of skim milk. The total

'cost of/feed for 77 days was $125.45.

The corn was charged at $l.50 a bushel,
taukage at $100 a ton. shorts at $2.50
a hundred, and skim milk at 10 cents
per gallon. At the beginning of the
experiment the seven pigs weighed 510
pounds, and at the close, l..650

pounds.
ration of 69 cars of corn, and 41/2 pounds

of shorts mixed with 2 gallons of skim,_

milk and water. They received tank-
age in a 'self- feeder.
sold for $16. 75 a hu red in Warr'
burg, which was $57 above

The other end Of the rope.
may then be fastened so that the horse’s;

     
ills-ing-

waste of-

side-'
walk should be able to construct a feetL'

160 ..

They:
made an average daily gain of 211
They received an average daily '

The hogs were ..

    
V. "1"“ .5“ g__,_ __

 
; younger bulls. .

__ cows, and, heifers. and calves
Mtd‘of 60 high class Hoisteina.
11111731“! you photos and descrip-
onsjwhtch will present these animals
,ccurat'elyn If you want 'Holsteins,

wiiltyou please write us! ' _ ,

Du‘roo Jerseyoand Hampshire's
*We offer a. number'of ﬁne young
Bin-ins boars an sow pigs, both Duroc
.J‘ ‘rseys and Ha pshires, from. partic’
.th well bred stock. Write to us
(fer dfegiption and prices. Each

 
...'-'sf‘Top-_Notch’
CHQLSTEINS

-, The young bulls we have for sale
are backed up by many generations
*0: large producers. Buy one of these
bulls, and-give your herd a “push.
Full descriptions, prices, etc. on re—

queso _
McPherson Farms Co.
Howell, Mich.

 
, E. 1. [SALISBURY
« smum,mcn.
Breeder of purebred
' Holste'imFriesinn; Cattle
\ Young bulls for sale from A. I‘..
0. Cows with treditable records.

 
sired by a son of
Bull calveSFriend Hengerveld
De Kol Butter
Boy and by a son of King Segis _De Kol
Korndyke, from A, R. O. dams With rec-
ords of 18.26 as Jr. two year old to 28:25
at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered.
’WALNU'I‘ GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. Wyckoff, Napoleon, Mich.

EGISTEBED HOLSTEIN BULL 6

months old, grandson of Hengerveld

De Kol, sired by Johan Hengerveid
Lad who has 61 A. . 0. daughters.
Dam is an 18 lb. 3 yr. old granddaughter
of King Segis who has a sister that re-
cently made 33 lbs. butter in '1 days as a.
4 yr. old. This call! is light in color,
well grown and .a splendid individual.
, Price $100. Write for photo and pedigree.
L.. C. Ketzler, Flint, Michigan.

 
no Fort! St;, West. Detroit. ' .

C O
Holstein Heifers
The cows and bulls advertised. have
been sold. I have 6 or 8 rem .
Holstein heifers from heavy :2de
.ing dams,,.8‘ mos. to 2 years old at
$125 apiece.

ROBIN CARR

FWLEnvILLE, monmxm

 
. 'lA-Tﬂ:w—U’p to’ “lines for one inch andJ'or loss than 18' insertions under this
' {heading} ﬁfteen cents uon.ﬂiio'l~-t‘l‘itio displayed ,to' boot advantage. Send in (309! and
"7,0 vii]! quote rates... ., For large: ads or for ads to run .18 icon” or man we will make
melt! rater which will cheerfully In sent on application to the Advertising Dom-i

oonnnsm

 
FOR SALE
TWO Registered Guernsey Bulls.
7 months old.
R. BJACKSON
“RUMATE FARM"
MCI-1AM. .. MlCHlC-A‘N

 
[MUSOLFF BROS? Hols'rnns'

We are now .mking ofders for
young bulls from“ King Pieter 88818
Lyons 170606. All frOm A. R. O. dams
With credible records. We test annur
ally for tuberculosis. Write for DUO-
es and further information.

Musoli‘l‘_ .Bros” South Lyons, Michigan.
. .

 
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 3%. white.
Price $ 5.00 each while they last.

Herd tuberculin tested annually.
Boardman Farms, Jackson, Michigan.

 
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. VJ. Fred Smith, Byron, Michigan

SUNNY PLAINS HOISI'ElNS

Purebred Holstein bulls, 7 months old
and younger. Korndyke and Canary
breeding. From A. R. O. dams with
good records. Choice individuals. Also
a few female" for sale. Right prices.
Arwin Klllin er,> Fowlerville, Michigan.
Phone, 58F1 . ,

 
EGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL, eight
months old for sale. M. A. C bred
sire. Dam has junior 3 yr. record of
407 lbs. of milk; butter 16.64 lbs. Per-
fect udder.’ Fine individual. Better than
12,000 lbs. of milk yearly. Price $85 at

once. .
C. L. HULETT & SONS. Okemos, Mich.

FOR SALE—Registered Holstein Show
Bull. service age; Pontiac Korndyke
breeding. Price right. John A. Rinke.
Warren. Michigan.

 
BHORTHOBN

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41
SHOBTHOBN breeders~ Can put you in
touch with best milk or beet.I strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. C. W. Crum.
Secretary Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

 
We want the” Registered 'Holstein
Bulls to head Grade Herd:

Korndyko Clothildo of Sen-idols,
Born June 24. 1917. Price $100
Korndyko Ornuby of Serridelln
Born Sept. 19,. 1917. Price $85
Prices f. o. h. Oscoda, Mich.
8mmELLA FARMS
Oeoodn, - - - Mlolﬂgnn

 
EARLING DAUGHTER of Maplecrest
De Kol Hortoy whose dam is a 30-lb.
cow, 30 days.~120 16's., a son of Friend
Hengervald De Kol Butter Boy, ‘four

_' daughters with year records over 1,000

lbs. Dank—Young Hazel De K0], 7 day
record 494.8 lbs. milk, 19.67 lbs. butter.
, Heifer well marked, good individual. price

FOR SALE—Pure Bred Shorthorns and
O. I. Q. Digs. Young bulls $100 to
$125 each; pigs $12 at weaning time.
Ray Warrnr, R. No. 3, Box 52, Almont,
Michigan.

One Car-load Registered Holstein:

Yearlings sired by 30 pound bull and
from heavy-producing cows. Also some
choice Duroc open gilts.

J. Hubert Brown, Byron, Michigan.

 
'GUERNSEYS Hel‘f'f‘... "$.31”;

 
A FE‘V
cows for
sale. also a number of well bred young
bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake. Michigan.

UERNSEYS for sale—«Om? registered
Yearling Guernsey Bull, a1 0 one Bull
calf for sale. H Nelson, R. No. 1.

\ McBrides, Michigan.

HEREFORD

 
"‘8 bull calves Prince

Herefords- Donald and Farmer
Breeding. ALLEN BROS, Paw Paw, Mich.

 
HEREFORDS.
and a few heifers
cows. .

No. 3. Ionia. Mich.

HARVVOOD
Yearlin bulls
from chalce bred
Jay Harwood, R.

 
.i- ..\ b 7
go- 1/61,}; .sh’o’v‘vnat.’ tflg‘
,1 miieiinorthem, \ of to

.welcome 7 days- in week. -
Newton Barnh'art, St. Johns,

Michigan;
unoc umsnvs Bred Sows ensure.
I yearling boar sired to Brookwater
ippy Orion and out of a Brookwatex

Cherry King dam, also spring pigs. Bost- ,
-of blood lines and splendid.c individuals

L. J. UNDERHILL. Salem. »Michigan. ‘

POLA ND CHINA

BIG TYPE r. 0. FALL sows bred for

July and August farrow. Weigh 25!)
1b8- Sprung. pigs. Call or write E. 3.
Leonard. St. Louis. Michigan.

HAMPSHIRE
EGISTERED HAMPSHIRE PIGS now

ready. A bargain in boar pigs. John
W. SnYder. R. .N'o. 4. St Johns. Mich.

SHEEP

SHEOPSHIBES

HROPSHIRES.——Some line yearling

Rams and Ram Lambs. one 3 yr. old.
Farmers’ price. Dan Booher, R. No. 4.
Evart. Michigan.

 
FOB AUGUST DELIVERY 50 Register-

ed Shropshire. Yearling ewes and .10
Registered Yearling Rams of extra qual-
ity and breeding. Flock established 1890.
C. Lemen. Dexter. Michigan.

DE LA I N I]

 
MALL ﬂock of choice l'l’l'ﬂl‘llell Delaine
owes for sale. Will soil in lots to suit.
John Brown. R. 1. Blanchard. Mich.

POULTRY

\‘V Y.\ N DO'I‘TE

 
ILVER, GOLDEN and “’lll’I‘E Wyaﬂ-
dottes of quality. ﬁne large cockerels.
$3.00 each. Eggs. $2.50 per 15. ("lureneo
Browning. R .No. 2. Portland. Michigan.

 
HORSES

SHETLAND PONIES

SHETLAND PONIES For Sale. Write

for description &
prices. Mark B. Curdy, Howell. Mich.

HOGS

0. I. 0.

Bred dGllts

Serviceable Boats
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 
O
C

 
LARGE TYPE 0. l. C.

Spring pigs pairs and trios. Gilts bred
for fall farrow. at prices that will please.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM
Monroe, Mich.

- CHOICE O. IISl/‘Z-s Off (1
S rin igs, either sex, . er goo
for ptwog geeks. L. Vodden, Swartz
Creek. Michigan.‘
YOUNG 0. l. C. sows of fine quality.

Bears and bred sows all sold. Floyd H.

Springport. Michigan.

DUROC

Banister.

EACH HILL FARM. Registered Du-
roc Jersey bred gilts. spring pigs and
service boars.
IN‘VOOD BROS”
Romeo, Michigan.

 
families.

Fair 1917.

100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100 ’
A herd of high producing females from the breeds best
Herd headed by Dutchland Colantha 'Winana Lad
114067, Senior and Grand Champion Bull at Michigan State
. Junior sire
132652 a 3516 son of Friend Hengei'veld De Kol Butter Boy
and whose dam and % sister

Maplccrest Application Pontiac

hold 6th and 7th highest

LEGHORN

 
30 00 Fine, strong, vigorous chicks for

y June and July delivery. White
Leghorns now at $10 a 100; $5 for 51).
Finest stock in the country. Prompt ship-
ment by mail. We guarantee safe arrival
and satisfaction. Order direct. Catalog.
Holland Hatchery. Holland. Mich. R. 7.

 
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.

 
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 pro!!-
itable egg production. Eggs at very reaSP
onable price. Our list will interest you
——please ask for it. Village Farms,
Grass Lake. Michigan.

 
I’LYi‘I OU'I‘H ROCK

BARRED ROC Eight years 01’ care-
ful breeding. large, heavydaying fowle.
Eggs $5 for 50; $10 for 120. Chas. I.
Cook, Fowlerville, Michigan. -

 
The farmer's kind.

 
CHICKS

 
BABY CHICK§

YOUNG‘S Strain Heavy Laying Single
Comb White [.cgliorns.

50 chicks ............ $4.35
1 0 0 chicks
By

 
mail prepaid.
Order direct from ad. lmmwliute

shipments.

{£331 Howbert StOCK Farm, Eau Claire, yearly butter records. Sons of these great sires up to 15
‘ ' months old for sale. Prices and pedigrees on application.

3. BRUCE McPHEBSON, HOWELL,'MICH.

WOLVERINE CHICKERY

7i'l Delaware St. 8.15}.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 
'HIGKORY GROVE STOCK FARM
Offers for immediate sale 12 daughters of
King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne bred'to
Mutual Pontiac Lad; All of the cows in " -

We ship thousands
each season, different

this erd are strong in the blood of Maple-
ote and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. We (m-[CKS
varieties, booklet and
W I I 1 I ‘II 5 f iestimonials. stamp appreciated. FI‘OGDUN -

 
can always furnish carloads of pure bred _
Hatchery, Box 10, Freeport, Michigan_
from our Bred-today

and grade cow
Day'Old Chic While Leghorns, Fec-

S.
D. Owen Taft, Route ’1. oak Grove, Mich.
ris and Young's strain. $10 per 100-; from

WOWERINE STOCK'FARM
our Thompson strain of Barred Rocks, $15

Breeders of Holstein-Friesian Cattle,
per 100

Battle Creek, Michigan Senior Herd
RussellﬂPoultry Ranch. Petersburg, Mich.

Sirer Judge Walker Pieterje whose
MCKING EGGS

ﬁrst ﬁve dams are 30 lb. cows Young
PLYMOUTH ROCK

 
j

, bulls for sale, from daughters of King
Korndyke Hengerveld Oronsby.

 
.ﬂﬁ .- ' From strain “(To
.Bama ROCk Eggs records ii) 290 eggs;
per . $2.00 per 15 Prepaid by paiz~
Frerl A:;tling,l

, CHOICE ‘REGISERED smcx
- ’rsacnmon’s,

cel pos Circular free.
Constantine. Michigan.

- W

ORPINGTON

 
[Ono pen umatras. Ten birds

. $20. Ch cago Coliseum win-

Some time femalesiin black and;

£33 Orpingtons at $5 each. James A.-
.Daley, Mohawk-,Mioh. . ‘ ' 7 .

 
Which Have Won For cthe Blue Valley System 1 50, 000 Shippers In Ten Middle western ‘

It Makes Better Butter
It SeIIs For a Higher Price

It Pays More For Cream:-

, Lil.” I 'is‘rwm'

FACT

 
States. Facts Which Should Interest Ever Other Good Farmer Who Wants MOre For His

Cream and, at the Same Time, Cut Out

Our Shippers Are Business Men

We are justly eaproud of our shippers. The
fact that they d directly with us, instead of
paying some mldd lenian to ship their
cream. is the best evidence that they study
cream markets and cresmery systems—and ﬁgure
costs and proﬁts in producing and marketing
their cream.

The extra money they get on each can of
cream may seem small to the careless easy-goin
man who gives little or no thought to the busi-
ness side of dairying. but to rogressiye and
money- saving farmers, this di erence is well
worth considering, and sometimes it represents
a big share of pro ro_ﬁts They know it is good busi-
ness to get all t ey can for each can of cream sold.

So. we appeal to your good judgment to give
our system a trial and we are sure if you study
farming as a real business, you will doit.

How We Help Our Shippers

There are other reasons, aside from the
money- -making standpoint, why you should ship
your cream to a Blue Valley cream

We maintain an educational and information
bureau for the exclusive use of our shi

When you join our ranks your pro ems are
our problems We help you to dispose of your
surp us dairy stock, sell for more proﬁt or buy at
greater advantage.

We also send our shippers a Special 24-13
Dairy Journal and up- -to- the-minute bulletins
which give expert information on subjects that
mean more money for them in their dairy work.

Thousands of shippers will testify to the
beneﬁts they have received from this individual
service and it is rendered absolutely free of all
cost to them.

Blue Valley System Fits Hand

Separator Conditions

Please note that the basic principle behind
the Blue Valley S stem has stood the acid test
of time and changing conditions. We were right
18 years ago—we are right today-85 is evidenced
by the following facts.

Before the invention and general use of the
hand separator, milk was skimm by hand or
by a large factory power separator. Either way
was a big loss to the farmer.

When we started in business, hand separators
were just comin into general use and we plan—
ned the Blue Val ey System to meet the changing
conditions We based our system on the farmer
shipping his own can of cream. 80 now, the
farmer uses a hand se arator and when he gets

. a can full of cream he ooks upon it as a ﬁnished

farm product like a fat animal or a load of grain
and ready to he sold where he can get the most
money for it

Twelve large modern creaineries, patronized
by over 150, 000 rogressive cream producers is
the best kind of) evidence that the Blue Valley
System i‘urnisha the best market for his cream.

Our Guarantee

Below' is the answer to any and all arguments of
anyone against giving our System a trial

HIS is the fourth of a series of page advertisements which Ship "3 Your Next Call Of Cream

we have printed in order that you may know more about
the Blue Valley System.

There is no other creamery system like it. It is distinct and
exclusive in its features and in the service it gives to its ship-
pers. It is distinct and exclusive in that it pays a farmer more
for his cream and makes his cream into better butter—that sells
at a higher price.

Aside from this, war conditions make economy in producing
and marketing all farm products a patriotic privilege and duty.
So, in these stirring times, we feel that we can be of greater
service to the general movement towards conservation by adding
to our list of shippers. Therefore we. invite you to join the
vast number of cream producers who are selling their cream
direct to our twelve creamcrics and thus eliminate all waste in
handling.

No Middlemen of Any Kind

There are no middlemen under our system. We don’t run cream buy-
ing stat1ons nor cream hauling wagons. You ship your cream to us in
your own can. You deal direct with our nearest creamery.

Also, under our system, there are no commissions or expenses of any
kind to come out of your cream check. You get it all.

When you deal with a local cream buyer you help pay his expenses and
commissions. You also pay the expense he has in getting his cream to
the factory. He runs his business at a proﬁt, you can rest assured of that,~
and every expense he incurs is taken out of your check. ,

This is not only wasteful, but it is also unproﬁtable to you.
Help put a stop to this.

The Blue Valley War -Time Stop.
Waste System

merits your consideration—and we appeal to you on sound business prin-
ciples to give our system a trial.

Creameries operating under the centralizer system (that system under
which they get their cream by running cream buying stations and cream

 
VVE GUARANTEE

'I‘imi utll‘i'lu‘i‘k in pnyiiwni for 011111
and «wary will (if l‘l'l‘ﬂlll you penal
us 11 ill satisfy you.

\'\ e guarantee the safe relnrii of
\our empty tuna.

Ii‘ for 1111\ leaeon whatever you 1110‘
lint satisfied we sexual in llt‘ilr
h'nin you.

\\ «1 guarantee toutiefy you perfectly.
”LU E VALLEY CREAMERY 00.

 
We live up to the letter and spirit of this guar-
antee. Should anything l1appen~no matter what
it might be—we will see that you are satisﬁed.
There will be no uibbling, no delays, of any kind
Think of this. T en determine to give us a trial

hauling wagons) sometimes say to the farmer‘ ‘we have a local represen-
tative in your town to buy and ship your cream. However, if you insist
upon shipping your own cream, we will take it.” Their whole effort,
however, is to get the farmer to sell to the local buyer.

On the other hand, the Blue Valley Creamery Co. is, the only large
creamery institution in the country that gets all its cream direct from the
farmer. By getting all our cream in this way, we make better butter than
creameries operating under the wasteful centralizer system. This enables
us to pay more for cream. We have made the direct shipping of cream
our study for eighteen years. Our whole organization is built up to give
satisfactory service to the individual farmer.

Be guided by the facts as you read them here.
cream to our nearest creamery.

Ship your next can of

We urgently invite you to 5511111.. vast number

of cream producers whom now selling toes; » ”

twelve modes.
of them, which
and pay you more money for your
anyone

uremore

nnecessary, wasteful Practices ln Marketing It. i

thatweeonpleosem’ “

You can’t lose—and you have everythim to .

gain So, writeoui: bassinet wry for tags,
better still. coyotes-sun.
using any ship pging shiw and let them was?

ﬁrst shipment tarmac where you will sandal
your cream’.
- Easy to Ship to Us

l Note how easy it is it): shi to a Blue Valley
just aseosyasseling toloeslcroam

. m_
buyers. And, then think through our system

you got more money for your cream.

80, don't take less for your can ofcream than
we pa because someone tells you that you can

et ri of your cream with less bother by telling
ii elsewhere.

As one of our shippers, you only drlv‘e to the
depot instead cite the cream station.
You can put the can on the depot platform and

go on about your business knowing that you are
absolutely rotected under our arantee and
that yourc eck will be in them thessinsdsy‘

that we receive your cream.

You will get your empty eon from the previous
shl merit the same sand” ouinake a deliv and
0 empty I come haekc cean
and 11er ised with new shipping tag attached,
all ready forthe next shipment: Remember.
we guaran the safe return of your
empty can. Nothing could he more easy or
more simple. And, it brings greater satisfaction

to you.
About Tests

The cream Irodueer who wants his cream
tested oorrec 11 may rest assured that he can
place conﬁdence in our tests.

Each can of cream we receive is tested by the
Babcock test under the method ofﬁciall ﬁxed by
the Dairy lnstruetors‘ Association ofvthe United
States, and 91111211111, approved in e ery State.
The testing is done by experts who give their
whole time and eiYoi-t to this delicate and impor-
tant work-and the tests are accurate.

The size of the check tells the story, and in
addition to comet tests, we ar'anbee theeheek
will please you. Just remem
argues that you ought to sell to the local cream
buyer so that you can see the testing

done. 1
What you want to see is the bigger check for

your cream.
We Make Better Butter

By getting all our cream in the farmer' s own
can, we can make better butter than we could if
we got our cream through cream buy g stations
or by cream hauling wagons.

Mixing cream from diﬁerent farms, holding it
at the cream receiving station or hauling it for
several hours over the country before it reaches
the creamery results' in a lower quality of butter
which, of course, sells for a lower price. We
never could have built 11 the high reputation
that BlueValle Butter enjoys under, that system.
Our butter is ways sold under our Blue Valley
trademark package through our own sales or-
ganization and jobbers in over one hundred of
the large cities in the United States. No other—
brand of butter enjoys such a wide distribution
and we get a uniformly higher price fort it.

The fact that we are able to make better;
butter under our system and get a higher psicef,

for it enables us to pay more for cream than we

otherwise could. This difference, along with the -

saving you make. when you ship your own can of
cream insteado! {laying the local middleman to
ship it foryou, w haaktni esour price for
buttertat so much nhigher than you can get sell-
ing your eream1 any other way. our
guarantee again, then give us a ,

BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY COMPAN

Chicago, . lll.
Clinton, lll.
Springﬁeld, lll.

_ Columbus, Ohio
Detroit, Mich.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

(Originators of the Blue Valley System)

FREE

 
We rliave pd‘ﬁlished a booklet containin some valuable addresses
on dairyiug and stock farming by the la e Dr. 113 vill, former
president of the National Dairy Council. Souvenir copy of this inter.
eating and entertaini n8 booklet mailed, postpaid, on request. Ad-

dressour nearest ere em .,

 
-;.al~

lndiauapolis, hid.
Sioux ‘City, lows
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hastings, .Nel).
Parsons, Kali.

 
r this if someone '

swash. 116.7

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