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CHIGAN STATE FAIR ANNUAL

The Fair Opens at Detroit F nday August 30, and clones Sunday September 8

 
. U s. Board [of rim: in Report to meanest-1"

Inmsts This Step Necessary to Save
' ‘ L1vestock Indaur‘y. ‘

. WASHINGTON—Govemment amnisition and
control of all the principal stockyards. cold steri
age plants and warehouses and both refrigerator
and cattle cars has been recommended to the pres-
ident by the federal trade commission.

* Action is urged to destroy 'a mondpoly which
the commission declares Swift & Co., Armour .&
00., Inc.,
not only over the meat industry of the country, but
other necessary food supplies.

' The commission’s report is based upon exhaust-A
ive hearings conducted recently in many cities and _

was made public through the White House. It has
been in the hands of the president since July 5,
and it was explained that it had not previously
been issued “because the president wished ﬁrst
to be in possession of full information. ”

Basing its statement upon a great volume of
eVidence examined, much of it‘taken from the con—

ﬁdential ﬁles of the packing companies, the com- ‘

mission said the power of the ﬁve packing com-

panies “has been and is being unfairly and illeg— ‘

ally had.” to: Manipulate livestock markets. Re-
strict interstate and international supplies of food."
Control the price of dressed meats and other foods.
Defraud both the producers of food and consumers.
Crush effective competitio . Secure special privs
ileges from railroads, stockyard companies
municipalities ;‘* and proﬁteer.

“While we have found.” said the commission’s
report to the president, “and will disclose to you
an intricate fabric of ‘monopolies, controls. com—
binations, conspiracies and restraints’ which would
seem to indicate a similar complex and minute
system of legislative or administrative remedies,
we believe that an adequate remedy may be more
simply arrived at.

“We believe that if the fundamental and under-
lying evils are rooted out the whole structure of
conspiracy, control, monopoly and restraint must
fall

“If these ﬁve great concerns owned no packing
plants and killed no cattle and still retainedcon-
trol of the instruments of transportation, of mar-
keting and of storage their position Would be no
less strong than it is. "

- The commission than recommended:

(1) That the government acquire, thru the rail-
road administration, all rolling stock usetkfor. the
transportation of meat animals, and that such own-
ership be declared a government monopoly.

(2) That the government acquire thru the rail-
road administration, the principal and necessary
stockyards of the country. to be treated as freight
_ depots and to be operated under such conditions
as will insure open, competitive markets, with uni-
form scale of. charges for all services performed,
and the acquisition or establishment of such addi-
tional yards from time to time as the future de-
velopment of livestock production in the United
States may require. This to include customary
adjuncts of stockyards.

(3) That the government acquire through the
railroad administration, all privately-owned refrig-
erator cars and all necessary equipment for: their
proper operation and that such ownership be de«
clared a government mon0poly.

(4) That the federal government acquire such
of the branch houses cold storage plants and
warehouses as are necessary to provide facilities
for the competitive marketing and storage of food
products in the principal centers of distribution
and consumption. The same to be operated by the
government as public markets and storage places
under such conditions as. will afford an outlet for
all manufacturers and handlers of food products
on equal terms. Supplementing the marketing and
storage facilities thus acquired, the federal govern-
ment establish,- through the railroad administra-
tion, at the terminals of all principal points of dis-
tribution and consumption, central wholesale mar-
kets and storage plants with tacilities open to all
upon payment of just and fair charges."

“Out of the mass of information in our hands,”
the report continued, “one fact stands out with all
possible emphasis. The small dominant group of
American meat packers are now international in
their activities while remaining American in their
identity. Blame which now attaches to them for
’_ their practices abroad as well as at home inevit-
ably will attach to our country if the practices
continue. ,

3: “The purely domestic problems in their increas-
"" ,in-g magnitude, their monopolizatlon of markets
and their manipulations and controls, grave as
these problems are, are not more serious than thorns
. presented by the added aspect of international ac-

and the 011de Packing Co. exercise, '

.meet a situation created by the destruptiong

and '

and Belgium

“Under present shipping conditions," thbrreport 4

adds, . “the big American packers weal more
than half of the meat upon_.which the allies are
dependent.” . ’\.

~"Oi? the dlﬂ‘lciilties which the pdhkers threw into
the way of the commission’ s investigators, he ad-
ded by Francis J. Haney, the report save: “The
commission through M1. Haney had to meet delib-
erate falsiﬁcation of returns properly required un-
der legal authority; we had to meet schools for
witnesses where empljoyes were coached in anti-

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cipation at their being called to tea 1 y m n 1:1 . little silage, and they certainly do like it, and it,

vestigation ordered by you (the president) an
by the congress of the United States; we had to
of
letters and documents vital to this investigation;

 
“Mil l 1' 1
The City Candidate

Hes such a saint at ’lcction time—

His words ﬂow in rhythmatic rhyme.

He grasps your hand, like some old pal,
And says, “well. how’s the kids and Bali”
He’s just the man you calculate

To send away to legislate.

Because he stands for: this and that.

He has the farmer’s views down pat——
Concerning all the rural woes

What he won’t do; why. goodness knows.
He’s always been the farmer’s friend,
On his support they may depend.

He’s been elected quite a spell;

The ship 0’ state rides on poll mell—
You ask about the promised “bill”

And straightway you receive a chill.
What big folks call the “icy cut.”

He asks his pal “who was that ”Wt!"
You’ re one of the forgiving lot

And make excuse that he forgot-—

“We used to be such friends.” you say,
“That is, before election day.”

Brace up, you rubec, and clear the rut,
And give the oily chaps a cut,

Until they prove by word and deed
They have in mind the farmer’s need.
’Tll you send farmers to the task

You needn’t hope, nor pray, nor ask
For legislation in yOur favor;

No city chap Will be your saviour.

" ' —-c. s. n.

 
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we had to meet a conspiracy in the preparation of
the, lawful inquiries of the commission.”

The commission’s staff, the report declared, has
met and overcome every obstacle that “ingenuity
and money could devise to: impede them.

The president’s attention was called to the work
of Mr. Honey, “whose conduct of the case, be-

cause of its success has met with condemnation,
misrepresentation and criticism ”

DEP’T OF AGRICULTIJRE OPPOSES
COUNTY AGENTS ON CO. FARMS

“I have your letter of July 24, encld‘sing an ed-
itorial which was published in a recent issue of
MICHIGAN Busmnss FARMING regarding the coun-
ty agents being placed in charge of county farms.

"In this connection I may say that some of the
county agents have, in the past, had charge of ex-
periment farms in several counties. The arrange-
ment was not satisfacto y. however, especially in

_ view of the fact that the management of the farm

required practically all the agent’s time and did
not give him an opportunity to properly develop
his regular work, that of carrying the latest agri-
cultural information directly to the farmers and
demonstrating improved practices and methods
to them_on their farms. The countywag'ént relies
on the experiment farm in a considerable meas-
ure for his ideas, but his time is full," taken up
in carrying directly and concretelyto the farmers
the results of scientiﬁc research.

. “Our experience indicates that these two lines of
work, research and extension, should be kept dis—
tinct and separate. Where county experiment
farms are located in the same county with the
county agent, he will, of course, keep in touch
with the work of the marixﬁant farm and con-
suit from time to time with the farm director.—
D. F. Houston, Secretary.

' . Now as to ﬁlling the silo:

summer pasture: as corn silage I usually feed "

each winter about 10 or 12 milch 'cows and 5 or,

6 yearling heifers. I have the most of my cows

freshen in the fall, and when the young calves are:

three or four months old 1 basis feeding them a L.

is good for them I also keep about 25 breeding

ewes and about six weeks before lambing time be- .

gin feeding them some silage. It makes them
strong and vigorous and in splendid condition for
the lambing season It increases the ﬂow of milk

, and the lambs are usually strong and robust, and
It would be a ﬁne thing-

we seldom ever lose one.
to feed the ewes a little silage all winter if one
had plenty of it. but I always like to be sure and
have enough to last my cows until pasture is

good in the spring. so do not feed it to the sheep

all winter. I also like to feed my heroes just a
little ‘silage during the winter;
fond of it, and it keeps them healthy and in good
condition

years I hired a machine of a neighbor who had an
outﬁt and did ﬁlling for other words This work-

ed very satisﬁactory at that time, and if I could '

«get a machine lust when: I wanted it I think I
would just as soon hire an outﬁt. as to own one,
but there were so many silos erected in our
nelghborhmd that it became dillicult to get a
machine at the proper time. I like to have my

For the first ﬁve-

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they are very.

corn put into the silo just as soon as the ears be- .

come glazed. About the time I would begin cut-

ting it if I was going to shock it for bushing. At .

this stage I think it makes the best silage. There

were so many‘of us who wanted to ﬁll at the same,

time, and of course some of us had to wait, so
two of my neighbors and myself decided we would
buy ‘a ﬁller, and we‘did. We bought a very good
sized machine which has capacity for ﬁllings 100-
ton silo in aday, altho we seldom ever ﬁll a silo
of that capacity in that length of time. The ~ﬁller
cost us at that true, which was ﬁve years ago.
$232. 90. We did not buy power to run it, and have
been able so far to hire power without much dif-
ﬁculty. It is getting a little more diﬂcwlt. now.
however, to hire an» engine just at the time we
want it, and I think it wouldbe very nice if we
owned our power also. We have had but very lit-
tle expense so far for repairs for our machine, We
change work with the ones who own the machine
and usually with one or two others. so that we
do not have to hire much extra help for ﬁlling.
It is hard, heavyka and somewhat dreaded b\
most men. but it does not last long, and when it
is done the corn crop is all out of the way, and
in the best possible condition for feeding

I like to have the silage cut quite ﬁne and Well
packed in the silo. I always have two men to
tramp it down while ﬁlling, and three would be
still better. Several seasons since I erected my

. silo the corn crop has not matured and would not

have been of much value had it not been put in a
silo. While the quality of the silage is not as
good as it is from well matured corn it makes very
good feed even tho the ears are not fully ma-
tured.

I have realized for a number of years that it
would be desirable and proﬁtable to have a sec-
ond and smaller silo to ﬁll for summer feeding,
for it frequently occurs, as it has this season,
that the pastures dry up early, and it is very dif-
ﬁcult to keep up the ﬂow of milk, and it is very
ﬁne to have silage to fall back on. I know that
is true, for I am now reading it twice a day to
my cows.

Last fall I saw that our corn crop was not

going to mature and would be of little, if any, ‘

value for hacking. and having more than my silo
would hold I was wishing I had another silo. but
it was then too late to order one. About that
time I happened to notice one evening that a man
was advertising in our daily paper a silo for
sale. I investigated and found the man had are

dated a silo during the summer and before erect:

ing it sold his farm. It happened to be just the
size I wanted, 10x30 feet, so I bought it and put
it up and had corn enough to ﬁll it about three-
quarters full. and now I have silage to feed while
the pastures are brawn dry.

I do not think any man who keeps cattle, espec-
lolly much cows, can afford to be without a silo.
If you are a dairyman and have no silo, my advice
wouldbetopnt uponsofsomokind. Iamquite
sure that other ones having

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may rule they; e23 get along fairly well

if .
he. P81511tly {med it bul1'etin which while ,
11133 the particular 1:133" under which this

present ‘63: market, it reads: '
{ . A Matter Important to me Community
. ‘ ' ' bebn issued by the government
the 3 important to this community and that to
gr tor. or less degree concerns every person of
.3” 1103113111116. The order is that every egg
liken in by a: dealer from the farmer. shall be
mane. There is also a eta-to law against selling
’ Fed eggs’ and the farmer who does it can be

1 .. prosecuted

Conduits the eggs that are brought to Bloom-

. ingdal'e will make known the exact quality of"
- every egg that every man and woman sells.

There are some farmers who are interested in

‘7 the moral quality of their action. and these farm-
..ers even without any state law, would be careful
‘- to sell only eggs that are good. Now together with

the; government order to have all eggs candied,

the law will catch the farmer. who has been sell?
ing the spoiled eggs, if he keeps on selling spoiled

eggs.

You can keep your eggs fresh; gather them
eyery day and keep them in the cellar, it dry, or
in some cool place, and then market them each

,week. A producer of eggs need not come under ‘
the law except thru his own neglect.

What Homestead Farms {Ins Been Doing,
arment is Now Requiring

For the past year and a half Homestead Farms

the Gov-

has been doing exactly the thing that the govern-

ment is now requiring. We have undertaken to
separate from the mass of egg producers the farm-
ers whose moral sense has made them particular
about their eggs, the farmers and farmer-Wives
whose character . would not allow them to sell
arotten eg if they knew/it even though that egg
could be sold under cover of the shell.

To these farmers, as fast as' they come to us,
we have paid a premium of two cents a dozen for
their clean and fresh eggs over and above the
Those, of course, who have
continued to take their eggs to the stores and
dump them in with the common lot. have not re-
ceived the premium altho. many of the eggs thus
sold have been as good as the eggs that have been

-brought to us.

.The stores could not pay the premium that we
pay because they were still subjected to the poor
eggs from which we. under our plan of handling,
have kept free.

Now the government requires that everybody’s
eggs shall be subjected to the examination to
which the eggs that we have bought have been
subjected.

Of course this means that in time all the eggs

'bou'ght will be fresh and everybody will be get-

ting the two cents‘premium because there won’t
be the percentage of poor ones to cut down the
price of all cf them.

Economy and Efﬁciency in Handling the Consumer's
Egg Product
The proposition is plain: The government re-
requires that all the eggs soLd in Bloomingdale
shall be candied. The egs that are taken by the
merchant must be candied just the same as the
eggs taken by Bloomingdale Farms.

There are four-stores, in Bloomingdah where

, eggs are bought. which. with Bloomingdale Farms,

makes ﬁve pieces where~the eggs received will
have to be candied. unless some plan is accepted
so that the eggs of the community can be candied
co-operatively and thus candied all at one place.

This is a matter of prime importance to the far-

'mers who ~in ‘so many transactions get the little
‘-end of business deals. and who need the economy ‘
. and effiCiency'that a cooperation in handling the

eggs of a community will give.
‘A cooperation of all the dealers in handling
the egg product, will not in any way affect the in-

: div‘iduality and independent methods of the vari-

ous stores. The egg product only would go into

‘ the ctr-operative system. The eggs would be gath-
cm the store where they would be received, 4 .

and alien to a central place where with a single.
equipment, they would be candied, graded and
packed instead of there being ﬁve different sets of
portions working.

" This matter of an economical and efﬁcient way
\ ling the egg product of this community,

in handling his products is vital;
is; Subject to ﬂat failure year after year, which. as _
\compare'd with accumulating proﬁts and with a
secure continued increase in wealth ought to be

-increases your egg proﬁt 100 per cent;

But with the farmer. economy and efﬁciency
without it, be

his.
If the egg products of this community are band-
led cooperatively by all the dealers in the eggs.

3 the furthers—the men and women who produce the
’ egovwcan get more for every dozen of eggs they

sell. THE PREMIUM OF TWO OR THREE
CENTS-A DOZEN, WHICH HOMESTEAD FARMS

Has BEEN PAYING, CAN G0 IN EFFECT INTO
' EVERY. FARM

HOME FROM WHICH THE
EGGS ARE SOLD

Suppose at the market price the year round the
farmer makes two cents a dozen proﬁt on his
eggs; that is, he has two cents gain over and above
all the cost of keeping his hens—over and above
the cost of feed, his time, the use or the rent of
the buildings, the interest on what is invested
in the poultry and the poultry plant, etc.

Hisxproﬂt is then two cents a dozen. This and
this only, after what is required to keep up his
poultry flock is paid, is what remains for him to
use for investments. for pleasure. for travel, for
something to make his wife happier or her hfe
easier, and for the education of his children

Now note:

The premium of two cents over the market
price which Homestead Farms pays for your eggs
it does not
give you twice as much for your eggs, that is not
the price of two dozen for one dozen only, but it
does give you twice as much proﬁt on each dozen.

As far as the eggs are concerned, ‘in doubling
your proﬁt thru the Homestead Farms’ system,
gives you in one year as much proﬁt as, under or-

net be condIed, *1! We

thee
‘ the; colnpeti’él‘ltg‘1 methods of handling
‘ your eggs uneasily the amount it costs to maintain
. and operate ﬁve different outﬁts for
‘ -mu'st beftalcen" directly out of your p1 ofzts Mr-

mmtllmg.

Farmer. -
_ Just as there is economy in buying only eggs
that are fresh. so there is also economy in hand-

ling the eggs of the community cooperatively in;

stead of competitively. 0n the co-operative. plan
the farmer egg-producer can be paid more
his eggs than he can be paid without it.

The farmer has a voice, but it avails him noth-
ing unless he uses it.

Whether eggs shall ,be handled cooperatively
in this town is mainly up to the farmer himself;
the farmer must begin to take an interest in keep—
ing his eggs fresh so that when they are candied
the individual merchants will not be compelled
to check back on their customers any eggs that
are bad, which will cause hard feelings and hurt
the merchant’s trade

It the farmers will keep their eggs fresh. then
it» is up to the merchants to work cooperatively

and thus make possible to the farmer a better

revenue for his toil. This will help the merch-
ant, too, as what the merchant can help the farm-
er to earn additionally, will help the merchant
himself in a natural .increase in his business be--
cause of the {author’s greater purchasing power.‘
In this way the cooperation helps the community
prosperity.

There is no other justiﬁable, no other sensible
way, under this new government order, for the
egg busineSS of this community to be handled.

The merchants are already considering this
question. They believe in the economy of the co
operative plan. If the farmer will carefully sup-
port it by being careful about their eggs, every-
body can be beneﬁtted. The community will to a
degree be more prosperous and each farmer will
be happier.

A ctr-operation in our affairs, a. federation of
our interests, makes place in our actual life for the
fellowship, the unity, which from the spirit is
tugging away at our hearts.

Lillie ShOws Farmer is Patriotic

In talking with a representative of the Wash- »
burn-Crosby Milling Company of Minneapolis,_

the other day, he seemed to have an idea that the
farmers of this country, especially the farmers of
the northWest, were not doing their full duty with
regard to the great war. He expressed it like this:
“the farmers in the northwest are not going ‘over
the top' as they ought to.” I have 'heard other
people criticize the farmers in some instances and
I am inclined to believe that much or all of this
criticism comes from the fact that the average
business man or consumer cannot put himself in
the farmer’s place. He doesn’t realize the posi-
tion which the farmer is in and I doubt if he ever
will. It seems almost impossible to make him un-
derstand and yet the farmer realizes that he is up
against a serious proposition.

If our government had not put so much stress
upon the farmers’ duty to increase the food supply
a year ago, telling him that it was just as im-
portant to increase the food supply as it was to
carry a musket to France, that food was bound
to win the war, really holding up to the farmers
of America that the production of extra food was
of greater importance than anything else they
could possibly do, the farmer would be in a much
more satisfactory position today than he is.

On top of this comes the selective draft. The
idea was that the raising of food was of so great
importance that Wherever" possible if farmers
were drafted they were to be allowed to remain
2111 the farm for the production of food Just the
same as physicians and veterinarians when drafted
are detailed to work 1n their chosen profession
because it is reclized that they wiould be of great-
cr beneﬁt to the country at. thc'present time there
than as though they werecompelled to- shoulder
a. musket and go into the trenches. Now if It had
not been for this idea which was spread breadcast
and emphasized in every possible way, the farm-er
never would have criticized the government about
drafting the young men born the farm. Farmers
do not want to be exempted. The young men from
the farm are just as patrioth as any and many of
them really want to go into the army they want
to do their share for democracy and they mahe
as good soldiers as can be found-410 one domes
that. 7But if you give the farmer the idea that he
is being criticized as a slacker mum he ilicrcaSes
his production of food and then take his help
away from him, then you leave him in a very un-
satisfactory position, to say the least.

Again. the farmer has been criticized because
he wanted [0 see the prices of agrichltural pro-
ducts advance in proportion to other products.
Some city consumers are narrow enough to say

that the farmer is a war proﬁteer. that every one
of them would like to be war proﬁtecrs. They do
not seem to reali .2 that a farmer is a business
man and that he has got to get enough for his
products so that he can pay his debts or else he
goes out of business. There will be, now and then,
a farmer with pro~German sentiments who would
do things to favor the enemy, but I apprehend
that these are very few and scattering in the U.
S. A man even though foreign born who comes
to this country and has a deed for a piece. of
American soil. down in his heart is an American,
and when the ﬁnal test comes he is going to be on
the side of our government and not with the en-
emy.

Again, much of this talk about. l‘he farmer hold-
ing his crops back and asking for exorbitant pric—
es is nothing more or less than lermun propa-
ganda put out and spread by (lt‘rnmn spun-r m
create dis-satisfaction among the, farmers and to
create a bad feeling betwvcn the farmers and the
consumers.“ The German propngzmd-u has for its
object the creation of dissatisl'm-mm in this
country so that. we'will not stand togellwr and
carry on this war for victory for (lthllfll‘l‘tll‘y and
so we are liable to listen to these things and give
them undue credit. They are trying to win the
war, or help to win it, by sabotage. So far as I
am concerned. I have never yet heard one bonu.
ﬁde farmer utter anything but. loyal sentiment.
The}; are willing to do all they possibly run.
Many of them would be willing to raise crops if
they—can and donate the crops to the (‘lelﬁt‘ but
the farmer must make a profit. As i said before.
the farmer has a business to take care of the
same as anybody else eand he must gel enough
out of this business so that he can pay expenses
or else he must get out of the business.

At the present time with live hogs selling in
the market at the price they do and the lll‘lf'e the
farmer has to pay for corn, no farmer can afford
to feed hogs; he is losing money. if he had had
a corn crop of his own so that he wouldn‘t have
£0 buy the case would be different but the Mich-
igan far er has not got the corn-and be has got
to purchase and when he purchases corn at $1 75
and feeds it to hogs and can only sell the hogs
for from 15 to 1614c he is losing money. He can-
not do this for any considerable length of time and
come out even; he will have to fail as a business
man and he is not unpatriotic when he wants
both ends to meet and so I repeat that many peo-
ple are criticizing the farmer s1mply because they
do not seem to realize the actual. situation of the
farmers—(Mien ("'. Lillic.

 
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~ _ - Geo. W. Dickinson, Secretary-Mensa"
..-. Michigan State Fair.

HEN Noah Webster compiled
his dictionary he included with
~ other words the term “fair." He
deﬁned a fair as “a gathering of buyers
_ and sellers at a stated season; a fes-
4.. * tival, and sale of. fancy~articles, etc..
5 usually for charity; a competitive ex-
hibition of wares, products, etc."
There is no doubt that at the time
he gave this deﬁnition it was literally
correct and that the fairs at that per-
iod were conﬁned to such a limited
activity. Mr. Webster, however, never
saw the Michigan State Fair and lit-
tle realized how futile his brief deﬁn~
, _ ition would be in describing that in
i~ L.’ stitution.

- Fairs have progressed with the same
rapidity, and in some instances with
greater rapidity, than the major por-
tion of worldly activities have ad-
vanced, until the leading fairs of the
country today, have a scope that is far
greater than the expositions of Web-
ster's time.

The Michigan State Fair, with G.

. W. Dickinson, secretary-manager, is
one of those which has become of na-
tional importance and is one of the
leading patriotic, educational and en-
tertaining institutions of the country.
The Wolverine exposition is recog-
nized as one of the ﬁve largest fairs
in the United States and on Labor day
1917, established the world’s records
for attendance on a single day when
117,411 zvisitors passed through the
turnstiles.

The phenominal growth of the State
Fair commenced ﬁve years ago, when
Mr. Dickinson retired from the Mich-
igan Railroad Commission to take up

 
Agriculture.

 
sition.. It has continued to forge

ahead by leaps and bounds until to—,
day it is ofﬁcially recognized by the _'

_U. S. Government and is receiving
co-operation for Six federal depart.-
ments besides various other govern-
ment branches. For a number of years
the state and county authorities have
lent their support to the fair but their.
actiVities and exhibits this year Will
surpass all previous records.

The Michigan State Fair, to be held
in Detroit from August 30 to Septem-
ber ‘8, wil cover everything included
and implied in Webrter’s deﬁnition
of fairs, and, in addition, will extend
ts scope of activities far beyond. Its
importance to the industrial and agri-
cultural life of‘the state was never
so great for it is to be used by the
federal and state authorities as a
gigantic war agency. This intense in-
terest being manifested by the state
and nation is in conformity with the
national patriotic propaganda for in-
creased production as a naid' in prose-
cuting the struggle in,» Europe.

“’nr First Consideration

War is the ﬁrst consideration of
every person in the state and as a
consequence it is a leading thought
with the Michigan State Fair, the peo-
ple’s institution. Every man, woman
and child is anxious to do their part
and it is upon this accepted premise
that the federal and state departments
are exhibiting at the state exposition.
It is not with the idea of arousing en-
thusiasm, for that is already predom-
inant, but with the notion of explain-
ing to the people how they can put
their patriotism to the best use and
be of the greatest assistance in elim-
inating the Hun. Six departments of
Commerce and Interior,
Uncle Sam will be represented, in De-
troit, when divisions of War, Navy,
and the Food Administration set up
displays, all specially assembled and
manned by federal employees. Each
exhibit will have a direct connection
with carrying on the war while the
displays of the war and navy depart-
ments will include all the instruments
of war in use against the Germans.

State Department to Exhibit

The state departments are showing .

the same spirit of co-operation that the
federal authorities have evidenced.
The Game, Forestry and Fish depart-
ments will exhibit“ “The Wild Life
of Michigan," one of the most compre-

 
doing things.

, Bring mother and the girls. of course, but don't forget grandma!
‘ . so many things to interest her/so many new-fanned ways the women of today

Seo'y. Dickinson says “Mr. Business Farmer's wife. and daughters
more onto! the feiﬂthan. use does, because while they are interested in most all of
the livestock and machinery exhibits that he is. he would rather take a licking than
“go through the fancy work department.”

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n active management of the expo-~

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hensive, educational and entertaining
features of this as will include

 
of every beast that roamed the tore

ests, every ﬁsh that sw,am in streams .

and every bird that ﬂew in the air

since the inhabitation of Michigan

The Agricultural College will have a '
greater representation than ever be j

fore, as will the Dairy and Food de-
partment and the Girls Canning clubs.

intensive production is the keynote of
‘suc-‘ess in the war and the Michigan

State Fair will be one of the leading

‘ agents in pushing this campaign.

A review of the history of theState
Fair during the past 68 years would
paint a mental picture of the advance-
ment, step by step, of the State of

Michigan in agricultural and industri- ,

al pursuits. The interests of the state
fair are synonymous with those of the
people of Michigan.

Since the inception of, the fair “in
1849 the object has been two-fold.

First, the annual exhibition strives to

be a physical report of the Michigan
State Agricultural SOciety on the ac-

complishments of the state “during the ‘

preceding year. Secondly, its func-
tion is educational. and all of the new
and modern methods of advancing the
agricultural and industrial industries
are explained and demonstrated be-
fore the people.

Fair Progresses With State '
The one phase of its objective fol-
lows in the footsteps of the state
while the other proceeds asla guide.

realise What wand rs. they ha“.

uation, brought about thru the drai .
ing’ of the American supply by the 1111-».-

‘either a living or mounted specimen“ '

 
itert a time as as

   
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accepted it as hi

        
during the fair

.Live Stock the Important Issue,
In view of the acute livestock. dit-

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fed hordes of .Europe, the fair associ;

ation/is paying particular attention to. ,

~ this department and is using all its

Students of the state. fair can readily9

trace its inﬂuence in the phenominal
progress of the commonwealth, and as
the state of Michigan has come to be
recqgnized as one of the greatest com»
munities in, the union, so has the
Michigan State Fair arrived at its
place in the front ranks. ‘

When the annual exhibition for 1918

, opens the ratio of advancement for the

state during the past twelve months

will be shown to be greater than at
any time within the past half century.
Michigan has gone forward by leaps
and bounds during the past year and
as the state progresses so do the state's
institutions. It took the war to bring
Michigan into its rightful prominence.
With its vast natural resources nec-
essary for the successful prosecution

of the war and the cry of the country.

for assistance, the people of Michigan
buckled down to show the world their

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have been given the same attention.

mm ‘0 promote the industry. ‘
The world is crying out for more
horses, cattle,_ sheep and swine.M01:_e

horses are needed in the increased

tilling of the soil and upon the world’s

battleﬁelds; authorities are declaring
that more cattle are necessary. not...
only to feed the hungry hordes: of
Europe but to preserve the dairy in»

dustry which has had a serious blow s" I

during the past few years thru the
rapidity with which the heme have
been killed off; more sheep must be
raised for wool with which to make
clothing for the soldiers in the trench-
es and the demand for swine cannot

be ﬁlled, no matter what increase is

made in the industry

State Winners Paid Extra

   
In an effort to. assist in the promo

tion of this great livestock propa-
ganda of the government, Mr. DiCkin-

son has arranged to pay many addi- .

tional premiums and has' increased the
regular cash awards. These exhibits
have always received the serioﬁs’at-
tention of the fair ofﬁcials but an es-
pecial effort is being put forth this
year to interest more farmers in live-
stock. As an'exta inducement for
Michigan agriculturalists to launch.
into this phase of the farming indus
try, an additional 30 to 40 per'cent’of'
the listed awards will be paid to all

prize winners in the livestock exhix- _. V

its from this state.
Road Building and Other'Mnchinery

.This same interest has been taken in

every other line of human endeavor
which is touched by the fair. Road.
building,
tractors, motor trucks, apiary, penltry
and dozens of other industrial and
agricultural pursuits, all being vitally
necessary to our victory in Europe,

 
Most of us are from Missouri,

the big exposition.

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whether we live in main or >
go to the fair we want to s'ee now the thing works. We [it need t «1'
hearing others talk about these things~ we went 'to see them— 'with our own eyes for
today as in Noah’s time, “seeing is believing."
sort of farm and home convenience are made daily in almost every department“

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improved farm machinery.

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Practical demonstrations or every -‘

  
.Vzre’c‘reation of all sorts to divert their
attention from. the horrors of war and,

. mous Bands,

. 1 Michigan has within

" fair, has been arranged by Mr. Dick- N

‘ whim State Fair is known a one o the best mestock and poultry
.9110? he America. Her iudges have a reputation for fair dealing hat has attracted

5st exhibitors in every “'99‘1'5

phages of 11113., One of the essentials of"
times is good,- clean. wholesome ,
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pprovnl on meritOrous carnival and'

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us Organization. Our president,
sage endorsing good, clean and moral
entertainments. ‘ Secretary McAdoo,
director general of railroads, endosed
amusements when he issued oders to
furniSh special trains and train crews
to transport these organizations about
the country. ’

,’;

Wholesome Amusements
High ofﬁcials of the National Coun-
cil of defense have gone on record as

”favoring all proper amusement for

‘their‘psychologicai effect on the peo-
ple. Mothers, sweethearts, wives and
» sisters of the boys “Over There” need

alleviate the' mental strain consistent
with the daily casualty lists issued by
the government. '

Acting upon this premise, Mr. Dick-
inson has given his personal attention

..to arranging the Midway and other
_ attractions at the coming exhibition. .

Among these high class att1actions
are Hankinson’s Auto_ Polo, Horse
Races, Automobile Races. Horse Push
Ball, Automobile Show, Horse Show,
Vaudeville and Circus Acts Many Fa-
Childrens’ Pantomime,
Dancing and Folk Songs, Internation-
al Wrestling Tournament, The World

', at .Home Midway Shows, Dog' Show,

Cat Show, Better Babies Contest. Body
Contest.- Superior Pyrotechnical Dis-
plays and others too numerous to men
_tion " -

Despite the fact that the State of
its doors this
great agricultural and industrial dis-
play, combined with the premier fea-
tures of the amusement world, there

.are still many Wolverines unaware

of its mission and who do not realize
its importance.

Solution of the present atrocious
world’s war lies in the co-operation of
the American public and rcosoperation

ﬁdmintetration Building at the Michigan State Fair Grounds, Detroit. one of the ﬁnest in the United States.

Michigan exhibitors are paid a bonus this year

has been the fundamental principle of.

"the Michigan State Fair since 1849.
. This
maid-m through the history of the or- .

idea has been an underlying

ganizatiop, but it has been especially
fundamental since the reins of ofﬁce

were taken ’over by Mr. Dickinson

cater - to the youngsters.

This year the great slogon of co-‘

operation will be in prominence more
than ever hetero.
Wahen aman sits down to a meal

' does he ever consider who provided

it? Does he even know, in most cases,
where the different components of that
meal came from?
pepper drop as-manna from heaven?
Did the 'ﬂax' or the cotton which form
the table cloth ‘grow upon the home
place? Were the ﬁbers spun into yarn
by his housekeeper and was the cloth
woven on the household loom? Did
he rear the animal which supplied the
meat?

-W'ho delved into the earth for the
silver, the lead and the "clay and who
turned these raw products into knives
forks and dishes?

No thoughtful man can consider
these questions Without being tremen-
dous1y impressed with the utter de-
pendence of even the most independ-
ent manupon the co-operation' of hun-
dreds of thousands of his fellow men,
whom‘ he has never met and never
heard of. No matter what his voca-
tion may be~—rich man. poor man, beg-
gar man. thief, doctor, lawyer, mer-
chant chief~man’s very existence is
contingent upon the co-operation of
thousands of people and organizations.

‘The Michigan State Fair is the
gathering ground where this co-oper—
ation may be established, and an
agency for preventing men from bo-
comingso thoroughly specialists that
they forget the other fellow. It is
there they learn the great beneﬁts
which are known tr be the direct re-
sults of helpful co-operation. At the
1918 fair every patrioticcitizen may
learn how he is able to do his share
in co-cpcrating against the Hun.

Did the salt and

. pageant ever

inson. 4-: ~ _
August 30

staged
Governor Sleeper and his staff Will
attend for the purpose of ofﬁcially ope

eningthe fair and reviewing the great"?_

military parade and shaming pageant.‘
“Children’s Day” will be celebrated.
on Saturday, August 31, the
day of ,the exposition.- Young Amer‘
ica will holdsway during the daylight
hours and all the attractions will
”Automo-
bile ,Day,” when special attractions
will begiven in the Automobile Build-
ing! and the world’s championship au-
tomobilemaces will be run, has been
set for Sunday, Sept. 1. '
Labor Day follows on Monday, Sept.

”Opening Day,” Will be
featured With the greatest patriotic.
in Michigan,

second},

of the building.
011 Frlday, Septembe; 6, “Michig

been invited to hold receptions
the grounds for their constituents.
In honor of our allies at the north,
Saturday, September 7, will be cele-
brated as “Canadian Day,” and a spec-
ial program for the entertainment of
the visitors has been provided
The closing day Of the fair, Sun-
day, Sept 8, will be sty‘led “Aviation

Day,” in honor of the U. S. aviators, f

at Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens. An‘ ‘
invitation has been extended to- the
entire camp by Mr. Dickinson; and a .
large landing ﬁeld will be provided
for the ﬂiers who come from the ﬁeld
in their aeroplanes. _

One of the largest Good Roads con—
ventions ever held in the country will

\One of the best attractions on the grounds this year will be that supplied by
the U. S. Government to show the war activities of every branch of the service.

Come to the fair and see with

“over there."

2, when the management expects and
has planned upon the largest crowd
ever handled at a fair brounds on a
single day. The opening events of the
harness horse race meet will be stag-
ed in conjunction with special exer—
cises in tribute to labor.

The veterans of the Civil and the
Spanish-American wars will have com-
plete charge of f‘Old Soldiers’ Day,”
Tuesday. Sept. 3. Members of the
Michigan State Grange will hold their
annual picnic on the fair grounds, on
“Grange Day,” Wednesday, Sept. 4,
when thousands of Grangers will be
in attendance.

The annual “Gleaners’ Day,” Thurs—
day, September 5, will he more au-
spicious this year than ever before.
The new Gleaner Temple to Agricul-
ture, which is~being erected on the

. State air grounds, will be thrown op-

your own eyes

what your boy is doing here or

be in session three days, September
3. 4, 5, at the fair grounds, when the
annual meeting of the Michigan State
Good Roads Association will Convene.
On account of the necessity of good
roads as a war measure, a special re-
quest to attend has been made to every
mad man in Michigan, by the Hon.
Philip T. Colgrove, president of the
association. In order to facilitate the
good road‘s movement, Mr. Dickinson
is arranging a monster road building

' machinery exhibit and demonstration

for the beneﬁt of the delegates.

It seems perfectly aparent that Mr.
Webster little realized the scope of,
some fairs when be formulated his
deﬁnition. He had no idea of the pos-
sibility of such a spirit of co-operation
as exists today between the fair ex-
ecutive and the agricultural and indus~
trial interests of the state and he had
never heard that expression, “Dickin-
son and the State Fair,” so prevalent
Ihrmighout Michigan at the present
time.

 
'This building has an interesting history, as it was the

[anaﬁjz‘pto Building at the ~St. Louis World‘s Exposition, was torn down, shipped to Detroit and erected as a permanent building in its present location. , _

A.

 
onto it nAs 8,000,000 431131131.

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WHEAT cnor arms YEAR.

—-——-’—¢

~‘oording to the crop report issued Monday by Sece-

' tary of State Vaughan.
acre is estimated ‘at 13 4 bushels.
111 months 12.000, 000 bushels of wheat have been

“marketed in the state and it is expected all the
31917 crep has been disposed. of.

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’The condition of beans is 87.

 
The average yield pet

The estimated yield of oats is 48, 770, 708 bush-

.4213, Or an average of 36 60 bushels per acre.

The estimated average yield of rye is 12, 38 bu
per acre and the total yield for the state is esti-

'- mated at 4, 210, 995 bushels.

. The condition of corn as compared with an av-
erage of 80. One year ago the condition was 71.
The condition of potatoes as compared with an
average is 82. One year ago the average was 92.

average condition was 72. _

The condition of sugar beets as compared with
an average is 88 One year ago the condition was
81. The condition of pasture is 68 as compared
to 92 one year ago.

The estimated average yield of hay per acre and
forage is one ton. Based on this estimate the
state yield will be 2,148,179 tons.

The prospect for an average crop of apples is 66,
while the peach crop will not average 10 per cent
of the normal yield.

THE NEW WHEAT CROP IS BEING
BROUGHT TO THE MARKETS

ADRIAN.——With Lenawee county farmers real-
izing that the country needs grain and also that it
is their patriotic duty to place their wheat on the
market as soon as possible. Adrian millers say
that wheat is coming in three times as fast as in
previous years. Wheat this year is four cents high-
er than last year, under the government ruling,
and millers in this city are now paying 82.12 per
bushel, ,

Grain dealers say that wheat is about the same
grade as in years previous. although there is a
small-amount which is slightly off grade on ac-
count of its slow ripening. However. the grade
this year averages favorably with that of past
years. Far-megs are apparently satisﬁed with their
crop this year, and millers hear little complaint
as to the price or about the size of the crop.’

Under the present ruling of the Food Adminis-
tration. farmers are allowed to bring their wheat
to mill and receive in its place two pounds of ﬂour
per week per person until October 1. Millers say

that farmers are not attempting to take advantage.

of the order and several farmers who have a small
supply of ﬂour on hand are refusing to take the
wheat ﬂour which is allowed them by the admin-
istration.

Under the ruling millers are not forced to sell
wheat to any one jobber or wholesaler, but they
may this year sell wheat where they desire. Rail-
road facilities this year are much better than last
year and little trouble is experienced in obtaining
freight cars and shipments are being made with-
out any of the difﬁculties that beset the grain men
at this time a year ago when the freight our short-
age was at its most serious stage.

APPLE RECEIPTS LARGE ON MAR-
KET AT GRAND RAPIDS

Apple receipts were large on the Grand Rapids

market Wednesday. Good shipping stock ‘in the
Duchess variety were in fairly good demand at 81
and fancy eating apples sold well at $2 and above,
but in all varieties seconds were inclined to drag.
Several buyers were in the market for load lots
of shipping stock but the competition was not
strong enough to force up the price. A Lawrence
bought for shipment to the Copper country the ﬁrst
consignment in that direction this season. Potato
receipts also were large and the high mark of the
session was about $1.90. Several loads were not
sold. ”The Warﬁeld farm of Alpine has early pears
and sold at 81. 50 a bushel Theie were no rasp-
berries and blackberries were scarce at $42 :1, Gar-
den truck prices remained about the same. Grow-
ers say the weather Tuesday was extremely. try-
ing on all growing crops. It was not alone the
extremely high temperature. but the hot wind on

' Tuesday afternoon just shriveled things up. New

crop oats are beginning to come in and the mills
are opening the season at 650, with 700 for the old.
Hay receipts are light and sales Tuesday were at
821 to $23.-

1.,INTERURBAN RATES ARE UNDER

PROBE IN THIS STATE

Complaints have been made to the interstate ;
commerce commission against practices of the in-

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During the last ‘

One year ago the -

bun interests do not

, - have the idea that
N8I-NG I‘ve-The total yield of wheat in Mich- _.
. can will be approximately 8 ,000.000 bushels, m.

fares; The ‘étéam roads.’ . ‘

fare under government centre ”vhf 1e (.11 ,
bans under state laws and state control a.‘Wharge
only 2 cents. The interurban, and boat?

Chicago is $3.78, while the steam rate is 88. 80 '
to Muskegon by interurban the cost is 81 cents

and by steam road 81.80; to Kaiainanoo it is 81.88
interurban and 81.59 by steam, and to. Jackson it

' is 82.14 interurban and 83. 07 by steam. The dif-
ference in fares. it is said, is giving thesinterur- .
bans all the business. The interurbans would raise '
their rates to the steam road levels if state laws-

would permit —-Grand Rapids Press .

TRACTORS ARE STARTED HERE
AND OTHERS WILL SOON FOLLOW

HARRISON. ——Two tractors were unloaded hereg

last Friday and all interested were given a dem-

onstration as‘ to what the maChines could do in.

the way of plowing. The demonstrator, a neph-
ew of Henry Ford, put the tractor through various
“stunts" later, in company with Ernest Bruce run-
ning them to Greenwood township, where they will
be put to work on the Ford farm. It is expected
to plow seVerai hundred acres of newly cleared
ground which will later be sown to wheat. One
of the machines was brought to town yesterday
pulling a truck and later returned to the farm
with a truck-load of term machinery. The work
of the tractors will be watched with great interest
and no doubt when their utility is fully proven
other farmers will invest in similar machines.

FARMERS’ CLUB TO BE FAIR FEA-
TURE AT HOLLAND THIS YEAR

The Holland fair this year will feature a farm-
ers’ club exhibit under the supervision of .D. L.

‘ Hagerman, agricultural agent of Ottawa county.

Each farmers' club entering is'to be provided
with a 12-foot space in the annex of the Getz build-
ing, which is to be ﬁlled with-farm and garden
products arranged in an attractive manner for
the purpose of showing new or desirable varieties
of grain, grasses and fruit or any other’ farm
produce. The Holland Canning Co. has'offered
cash prizes totaling 830 and 85 will be given to
each farmer’s club making an exhibit. County
Agent Hagerman will superintend the boys’ dairy
cow judging contest in order to arouse greater
interest among the boys of the county in dairying.

BIG SHEEP RANCHES.IN OSCEOLA
WILL BRING RICHES TO COUNTY

ASHTON—Two thousand sheep and 60 head of
cattle, which arrived from New Mexico during
the past week were unloaded here and are now on
lands in charge of experienced herders, who came
with them. There is much reason .to hope that
this movement so unostentatiously begun by
Judge Burch of Reed City and a surprise to most
of the people thereabouts, will have a tendency to
make Osceola county the center of a livestock bus-
iness and to bring the extensive ranges of that
part of Michigan into active use. The improved

farms about there also would befavorably affect- .

ed in importance and value because of the neces-
sity to winter over portions of the imported stock.

EMPLOYMENT BUREAU FINDS
WORK FOR 10,259 IN THIS STATE

LANSING.——Positions were obtained for 9,443
men and 816 women through the free employment
bureaus during July, according to the monthly re-
port of State Labor Commissioner Fletcher. Re-
perts of positions obtained through the various
branches follower Battle Creek.y343 men and 120
women; Bay City, 62 men and 15 women; De-
troit, 6,188 men and 125 women; Flint, 216 men
and-28 women; Grand Rapids, 1,488 men and 292
women; Jackson, 273 men and 101 women; Kala-
mazoo, 396 men and 52 women; Lansing, 119 men
and 15 women; Muskegon, 88 men and 10 women;
Saginaw, 270 men and 58 women.

MICHIGAN SUGAR FIRMS snow
PROFITS IN- YEAR OF $570,262

DETROIT—Proﬁts of the Michigan Sugar Co.
for the year ending June 30 were $570,262.10 on
outstanding capital of 83,703,500 preferred and
87,471,100 common stock. This compareswith
8540,434for the previous year after payment of
$819,898 in dividends. Accumulating surplus for
the year just closed was $2,576,797.58, after (is;
ducting $222,210.130r preferredand $747,110 fer
common dividends in addition to 867. 317.51 for in-

come and excess taxes. It also includes the year's ~

proﬁts of $570,262.10.

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the west lip

-’ cream and milk stations and condensaries
ern Michigan ranks well With Wisconsin now as a '
‘ dairy country and the crops, too, are showing the

f Kent county “Odie
smaller drain starts in near Clarksvi 19, takes
the Pratt lake on at and, striking generally in 'a
southwesterly di ection empties into the Little‘2

Thornapple about two miles west of FreepOrt. This?
"latter drain will go through 'what one time was“
known as Bear Marsh swamp, covering several-’
hundred acres in Bewne and Campbell townships .
. The drainage will open up a large section oi rich F
‘ - farm 11:! land now almost useless—- Hastings Mar- 3
.ml-Her'old ' .1 . . ‘-

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The Charlotte Dry Milk Company announces.
that it will pay 40 cents per hundred pounds more.
for milk in August than in July. This is a big

jump and will be' received with pleasure by the
farmers in this vicinity.
country one notices that a great change has taken
glace in this Country in the past few years in the
raising of stock, and there are many creanéerieis,
out -

beneﬁts received in fertilizing and building up
the land. a .

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Threshers’ reports .which were sent out by—C. I.
Colleen, director of the Lenawee county farm bur-
eau, and which were to be returned by threshers

to the Department of Agriculture, must, now be ‘

returned to Geo. A’. Prescott, state food .admin-
istrator. All threshers who have not yet received
their_1report blanks and books may obtain them
by making application to the state food adminis-
trator.- The' report to. the state department is
compulsory and threshers must keep an accurate
record of their work—Admin Telegram.
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It has been found that the drying up Or blight-

ing' of the potato is ,due to the small green hop:

pers on the underside of the leaves of the potato.
The hopper inserts his beak into the tissue of the
leaves and sucks the plant juice from it. The
only way this hopper can be destroyed is by the
use of nicotine sulphate (black leaf 40) or’ kero-
sene emulsion sprayed on the under side of the
leaves. Paris Green or arsenic will not poison
the hopper. ——0tsego County Advance .
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Corn that didn’t get pocketed and frosted in
the lowlands last week has been almost burned
up by the torrid winds .of the past few days, In
trying to think back to a time of such extreme

’drout-h Mr. Geo S. Cook Says that the year Chica-.

go bﬁrned it did not rain here from June 20 to
October 26. Fires were veiy prevalent and a tract
of virgin forest owned by him in Livingston coun-
ty burned up “root and branch.”—Brooklyn Ex-
ponent. ,
t it it

Monday and Tuesday were record—breakers as
far as heat was concerned. Unless rain homes
soon, beans and late potatoes in this section will
be very materially shortened as to yields.
hot! Wednesday it was reported by onefarmer
in this section that apples on the trees were being
baked by the intense heat. Tomatoes on the vines
in many gardens about town have been blistered
where exposed to the sun—South Lyon Herald.

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Don’t‘curse Michigan weather. In the whole
country from the Mississippi valley to the coasts
of Maine and Virginia. the intense scorching heat
caused many deaths and prostrations The week
has been rendered more uncomfortable in the east-
ern cities by the humidity. Several shipbuilding
yards suspended labor and the workmen sought
shelter in the water and shade wherever it could
be found—Hastings Journal-Herald. .

A grass and brush ﬁre burning over 15 acres of
farm land east of Reed’s lake, threatened ripening
ﬁelds of grain with destruction late Tuesday after-
noon. The ﬁre started on the farm of John Myler
from partly burned rubbish which had not been
totally quenched, and spread to the Taylor farm
and then to the brush on the McNamara dairy
farm. ———Gra_nd Rapids Press.

The .I. G. Pray farm, occupied the past four
'years by Marvin Macomber, has been sold to De
trait parties who have plotted' it out under the
name of Whitmore Lake Summer Homes subdi-

3 vision. —Fowleroille Review.

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of Value tcTthe dairymen‘, but
s.~-2np611 closer analysis .we ﬁnd

IIouIl-sel‘ves completely enshrOlid-IJ .

'ed in a haze of Questions and

.‘i’plgoblems which we are' abso:

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A _' at the great majority of our people ’

.. ve all things to be patriotic. We will
, that we have done and then inﬁnitely more.
endeavor to preserve our nation and to
y 00d for our people and our allies. We do

I j,~Weiappreciate the fact that the price of milk

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our herds every unproﬁtable animal;

to the producer has been increased very much
u the last twelve months. We appreciate,
.-that this price has been obtained without

bringing upon us the admin of the courts in prose-

:Icution, imprisonment orﬁnes. We are thankful

~.for the recognition that is given the Michigan
.. Milk Producers’ Association and the
I‘M‘llk CommisSiIen from égvery part of the nation

Michigan

from which we have heard.
That the milk price in the Detroit area is great-

different methods been need, is conceded by all‘ and
yet this price does not keep pace with_ the in-

or
by the increased cost of labor and of feeds that

nter into the production of milk. It is also evi-
dent that milk teday furnishes the cheapest food
nutrients of all animal food products More than
this, milkis most vital to the growth and develop-
ment of the human body.

This brings us to another question concerning
the physical, mental and moral effect of the Amer-
ic can people. We have before us not only the pres-

ent emergency of the world war, but we have also
the thOught concerning the effort of our people
which must be, to every true patriot, an inspiring
and dominating inﬂuence. We must supply this
food but it must be done on terms that will meet

I-vihe demands of. commercial industries.

«Now, what of the immediate future? gWe had
hoped fer a bountiii Il harvest that would lower
feed costs, so that the increase in the cost of la-
her would not make the balance entirely on the
wrong Side when we came to square our accounts

on a year’ 3 production. But the frosts over a large
po rtion of our country a month ago. and the pres-
ent’ draught, reminds us most'forcefully that this

33‘. something we cannot expect this year. With
feeds. from $50 to $60 per ton, and with the pros-
pect of $40 hay, causes new question the saneness

of reasoning when we think of our earnest desire
to supply our people with a sufﬁcient quantity of
milk. More than this, we are admonished by the
history of the past that the industry of milk pro-
duction is not sufﬁciently stabilized so but that
the market in certain seasons of the year, is
ﬂushed with an over-supply, and at other seasons
there is a dearth that tends to disquiet and unsta-
bilize the market.

The ﬁrst thing that should be done is to have a
supply of this product that Will meet the demands
of the trade at a time when a commensurate price
can be” obtained. We should also endeavor to

I~avoid an over-supply at any season of the year.

With present conditions staring us in the face,

every cow
that will not turn a proﬁt on the amount of food

11" non :This in itself would be one of the great-
forward that the dairy industry has ever

M find and Courage. —-I understand that this re-
hires both method and courage. Many farmers
know which cows are proﬁtable, which

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One reason for last‘ winter’s surplus, and the

' most seridus congestion in milk products that was
ever. known, was the fact that the government

‘couId- not furnish space; for the transportation of
the dairy products across the water, and we found

.0 ourselyes with a great surplus of these products

on hand while our allies were actually starving
The government has contended that it
required too much space in the Shipping to trans-
port any number or. food units of dairy products
across the water, and your assO‘CiatiOn has been
trying to impress upon the “powers that be" the
fact that more food units could begotten in a cer-
tain Spacei’n. the condensed _dairy products than in
any‘other food product. To this end investigation
has been made: We have, at the present time, a

" splendid array of fahts work'edjout by our— college,
under Prof. Anderson’s di«reCtion,‘Iand your asso-

ciation is now'asking the manufacturing plants of

‘Michigan, who have had heavy storage of surplus

products ever since last winter—amounting at the

~ presentItime to aproximately thirty—seven million

cases '01 condensed milk, to co-operate with us in
an endeavor to get the release and shipment of
condensed milk and cheese across the water. It
is our plan to go before the federal Food Board
at Washington in the near future and lay this data

- which has been so carefully compiled, before them.

we shall be glad, incﬁeed, if we may be the ﬁrst in

 
- PRICE
The price of milk as fixed by the Detroit
Area Milk Commission is $3.10 for the month of
August and $8. 40 for the month of September.
This is for 3. 5 milk in the so-celled ﬁfteen cent
zone. with tour cents per point above or below.

 
' thisIas we have in so many other efforts for the

betterment of'the dairy industry of this country.

As soon as a realization of these facts is brot
to the. “powers that be” we believe there will be
the greatest shipment of these products across the
water that the world has ever known. This fact
with the fact that these are the cheapest food nut-
rients obtainable at the present time, ought to
bring a marked change in price and conditions

- surrounding the dairy industry.

When the war is over we believe that the de-
mand for dairy cattle of the United States will be
the greatest that has ever been known. With less
than one- half of the livestock of the warring na-
tions in_existence at the present time, and with
the things our boys are going to do with the Ger-
mans when they, in a little while, get over on Ger-
man soil, we believe that the man who has courage

, and patriotism' to hold on to the livestock indus-

.with_ greater emphasis than I have ever given be-l.
, fore‘: That no one not thoroughly conversant with

Ifarm.

"pays the thresh bill.

try—even at a present and. temporary loss—will
be the winner in the long run.

This I would like to impress upon your minds

conditions can appreciate the‘value of organized
effort. We find it in every other branch of the
government is urging it; the industry and good
sense demand it, and any individual who makes
an effort, either by his dishonesty or inﬁdelity, to
disrupt any agricultural movement, is a traitor to
his government and the best interests of humanity.
—-R.._ 0'. Reed. Sec’y Michigan Milk Producers’ As-
sociation.

Is This Father Fair?
I am writing for information about renting a
I rented my father’s farm this year, 1918.
I get all seed, tools and one team furnished and
I furnish one team. and I get one-third of the
crops and one-third of the hay. ' I furnish 4 cows
and be furnished four. I do all the work for half
of the cream money. Hejwants me to furnish all
feed to eight cows and all the horses. I take care
of all if his young cattle he leaves ‘on the farm,
his hogs and sheep, for one-third of lambs. He
I would like to know if you
think that is a fair proposition. I d0n’t think so.

I am a married man and I have to support my fam-

ily. What would be your idea of the matter?—
E. W. (1., Sanilac county

(Editor's note:——,We would like" to have our

readers answer this son’s question. Who is right?)

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slur or mail is desired enclose a dollar.
bill, otherwise questions will be answered in the
I ‘ord'oi- in which l£11105» are received. Address, Lo-
. to! Miami! . BE. Mt. 0191110115, Michigan.

 
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‘What I want to know is this:

"WHAT AUTHORITY HAS THE WAR

I' BOARD COUNTY CHAIRMAN?

Editor M. B. F:———Will you please answer the
following question in the legal column of your
paper? What is the extent of the authority of the
War Board township chairman and his assistants?
It is claimed by some in this vicinity that he is
not subject to civil authority. but that he has the
right to do as he pleases, such as entering peo-
ple’s property, etc., without redress by the owner
—Subscribcr, Arenac county.

I have no record of any contest of the authority
of the War Board township chairman. These are
creations for an emergency and the civil auth-
orities will hesitate to interfere. In the Civil
War there were some contests between the mili-
tary and the civil authorities. I believe that
President Lincoln decided in favor of the civil
authorities. I would hesitate to say that the
civil authorities could interfere, but through any
breach of duty upon the part of the township
chairman, or any one else in authority for the
time being I think it would be better to appeal
from the action to his next superior instead of at-
tempting to invoke other authority. —W. E Brown.
Legal Editor

INJUSTICE? YES, BUT SETTLE-
MENT IS NOT VERY LIKELY

I am a subscriber of your paper. Will your legal

~department advise me, or rather answer the ques-

tion I will ask, after explaining the situation?

Nine years ago I was injured while in the em-
ploy of a railroad. I lost my left foot. I sued for
damages and was beaten at ﬁrst, but after taking
the matter to a higher court a re- trial was grant~
ed and a jury awarded me $12500 damages. This
verdict was reafﬁrmed by two higher courts and
then a special permission was granted the rail-
road company for a re-hearing. Is it possible for
this case to be knocked along for years? It has
been in court for nine years and it may go nine
years more. I have proven that there was no
blame on my part and a jury has awarded me
just damages. My lawyers are honest men, I be.
Iieve. and have stood a great deal of expense.
Has Director-Gen-
eral McAdoo the power to settle this matter out
of court and help-me get my just dues. I wrote
my lawyers regarding this matter but they never
answered, so will you please advise. This took
place in New York state and my lawyers are in
Buffalo. Any advice will be held conﬁdential. If
I could get what was coming to me I could buy a
nice snug little farm and with proper machinery
I can do nearly as much work as any man. May
I hear from you?—F. A. K., Hope, Mich.

I think that Director-General McAdoo has the
right to order the settlement of the pending claim,
but I am also very conﬁdent that while the mat-
ter is pending in court he would not interfere as
he has a great many just such situations confront-
ing him and should he order them paid and sat-
isﬁed I fear the Government would have a very
large price to pay. I am conﬁdent that it Would be

‘ impossible to get him to take any action however

great the injustice is to Mr. K. Thousands of
others would claim an injustice also—W. E.
Bro’um, chalEditor.

SAYS TAXING AUTOS AND GAS'
NOW WOULD BE AN INJUSTICE

I will say I own an automobile. We cannot use
it for a pleasure car, but I do use it for trucking
produce to town and bringing supplies back. I
have done in three hours with it’ what it would
have taken all day to do with a horse, and the
horse would have to go to work when I get home.
Our only help has been taken from our 120 acre
farm. just the two of us to do What we can on a
three-man farm. 1 think it would be unjust to tax
automobiles any higher under the circumstances.
We can sometimes go to church in it if we are not
too done out. If gasoline was taxed we might
have to go back to the horse and buggy. I think
a farmer should be allowed to have gasoline for
engines without a tax, and 30 gallons or so for
an auto—«J. 0. A., Bag county.

Seldom Use Autos for Pleasure
We have had a car for ﬁve years and it takes
the place of a pair of horses. We run a dairy
farm, deliver our milk to town every morning
and uso our car for that purpose. We seldom use
it for pleasure. —-C'. & W., Ingham county.

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stator

From hundreds of our readers we received pro-
tests against this unfair tax, many of which have
been published in former issues. Twoweeks ago
. we showed graphically that the farmers of Amer-

ica used in their daily work more than 53 per
‘ cent of all the licensed automobiles in this coun-
try. therefore taxing the automobile, as a luxury
would be as much an injustice as placing a tax on
every sewing machine orelectric light plant;

Encouraging then, is the report‘zwhich we have
just received from Rep. Fordn'ey as, follows:

“The facts are,‘ no deﬁnite tax on automobiles
has as yet been agreed upon by the committee
on Ways and Means, which committee is now pre-
paring this new revenue bill. However, yesterday.
August 8, the committee tentatively agreed upon
the following rates of taxation as a war meas-
ure:

“A tax upon manufacturers, importers or pro-
ducers of automobiles on pleasure cars of 10 per
cent 0'2 their selling price, to be paid by the man—
ufacturer, importer or producer. In addition to
this tax the committee tentatively agreed to a tax
based upon the horse power of the machine, rang-

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:E’ASHIKGITON LETTER.

_ WASHINGTON, D. C1—The federal
J I‘rade commission has recommended
’- the complete taking over of the stock

yards by the government, in order to
bring an end to the monopolization of foodstuffs
and illegal trade practices with which the commis-
sion charges the great packing houses. The con1
cerns involved are Swift & 00., Armour & 00.,
Morris & Co., and the Cudahy Packing Company.
BaSing its statement upon a great volume of evi1
dence uncovered by months of close investigation
of the companies’ conﬁdential ﬁles, the commis-
sion declares that the power of the packing hous-
es “has been and is being unfairly and illegally
used,” to manipulate livestock markets,
interstate and international supplies of food; con-
trol the prices of dressed meats and other foods,
defraud both the mock cers and consumers of food
crush competition, secure special privileges from
railroads, stockyards companies and municipalit-
ies. and proﬁteer.

  
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The United States Fuel Administration has issued
the following statement in regard to gasoline.

“Up to the present time there has been sufﬁcient
supply of gasoline to meet all requirements; but in
order to be prepared for any shortage that may arise
plans are being considered by the Oil Division of
the Fuel Administration, in co-operation with the
automobile industry and the National Petroleum
War Service Committee, for the purpose of deter-
mining the most satisfactory method of gasoline con—
servation.

It is not expected in any event thatit will be
necessary to seriously interfere with the pleasure
cars and motor boats.

“It must be borne in mind, however, that the para—
mount use for gasoline is for war purposes, all of
which requirements will be supplied. The volume
of this will largely govern the situation.

It seems possible that rational conservation by the
public will render Government actiOn unnecessary.”

While there is need for saving, there is no sug-
gestion of any necessity for curtailing the use of
passenger cars on Sunday or any other day, nor the
issuance of gasoline cards to limit the amount to
be sold to each individual owner, _

The production of gasolinain 1917 was 65,000,000
barrels, of 42 gallons each. The ﬁrst quarter of this
year the production was 17 384000 barrels as against
13, 700,000 barrels {01 the same period of 1917. On
April lst there were 12, 500.000 barrels of gasoline
in storage. ,

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Manufacturers of passenger automobiles were
advised by the war industries board to convert
their plants to 100 per cent war work as rapidly

as possible and to place them on that basis not .

later than Jan. 1, 1919, in a letter addressed "to
‘the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
In no other way, the letter stated, could they be
assured of the continuance of their‘industry or
the preservation of their organizations. The let-
‘ter was in response to a proposal made by Hugh

restrict ‘

_ 181m diatriet in the Reuse of Representatives has
' 1311mm considerable interest in .
,1:i.j‘against placing of prohibitive taxes on' the use of . ~
the automobile by the farmers as pleasure ham}, 1 - '
"When in reality they are a necessary part of the

' ,présent-day farm equipment and probably save
mere time than any one machine on the farm ‘

our; campaign ,3:

 
Is the farmer’s auto a truck?
Be'.cause the furniture man takes his family out
for a ride on Sunday with the auto in which he

“hauls furniture during the week. does that make

his car a "pleashre car?" If the milkmcn takes
his sW‘eetheart to the dance Saturday night in the

milk wagon, would he haveto change hisi'l‘icense 1
Wherein, then/lies the
, difference'between the furnit .zre man’s track, a
milk man’s converted touring car and the farm-,
the'.’

number? Well, ‘hardly!

er’s auto that six days a week he uses in
conduct of his business?

Yet the furniture- man and the milk man regis-
ter their cars With the state at Lansing as f‘trucks"
and the farmers register their automObiles as

“pleasure cars” the same as the bankers coupe
and his wife’s limousine. ~ ‘

We have asked Mr. Vaughan to enlighten us on‘
where his department stands in regard to the

classiﬁcation of the farmer’s auto‘mobileé—it looks
now as though most'of u§ ought to be driving
under truck licenses to be protected under the
threatened legislation.
l.

Chalmers, onthe part of the manufacturers, vol-
untarily to curtail the passenger car industry 50
per cent. The war industries board declared the
present situation gave little assurance of material
for the manufacture of passenger automobiles af-
ter providing for war requirements. Pendingvre-
ceipt by the board of sworn inventories of mater—
ials on hand, requested July 16, no materials will
be permitted passenger car manufacturers the

letter states:
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Approval of plans for a big gun relining plant

to be built in France, at a cost of from $25, 000 000
to $30, 000, 000, was announced recently by the W111
department. It is said engineering work for the

great project, which willr‘compare in size to the
Krupp works at Essen, Germany. Were completed
and orders for equipment actually issued within
thirty days after conception of the plan by the
ordnance ofﬁCers.

 
Premier Lloyd George in a statement on the war
situation before the‘ house of commons today an-
nounced that 150 German submarines have been
destroyed, more than half of them in the last
year. This explains the desperation ot‘ the Gei-
man chiefs in their wild effort to obtain a decision
of the war by a land campaign he said. Theix cum-
paign at sea has failed, and soon the American
army will approach in numbers the'army of Ger-
many. Germany’s unrestricted U-boat warfare
could neither keep the army of the United States

0' from taking part in the battles on the ﬁelds of

France, nor break the will of the Allies to con-
tinue the war, is the admission made by ‘the
Munich. Post. In a review of the situation at the
beginning of the ﬁfth year of the war, the Post
says: “Eighteen months of unrestricted submar-
ine warfare could not break the enemy’s will of
war nor prevent America’s putting a well-equipped
army of 1,000,000 men on the western front. Hopes
that after the conclusion of peace in the east the
ﬁnal struggle in the west would be decided in fav-
or of Germany, and bring a general peace, have
proved deceptive, and the eastern peace itself is a
disappointment, and not only politically.” The
Post takes exception to the word “unfavorable"

(in describing the food situation in Germany, and

says “chronic famine” would be nearer the truth.
III II I!

The most satisfactory feature of the secondhat-
tle of the Marne‘has been the manner in which
Marshal Foch succeeded in keeping up the pres-
sure upon the enemy. I {have little doubt but that
the Germans expected to be able to stand on the
Marne when they withdraw to the north bank, but
the line of the Marne was turned by the Anieri-
can advance through and beyOnd Chateau Thier-
ry. Again the enemy'hoped to be able to estab-

lish themselves on the upper Ourcq. but again the.

Franco-American advance on Fore-en-Tardenois

was too quick for them. The capture of Fore-cit?

Tardenois turned the German front between Sols-

sons and Oulchy-ile-Chateau, and at exactly the

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and way Blaticn of the

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.- ious wartaxation mealtimes.

V In addition 49 German captive bulletins were des-

in the region of Loan-Hirsonxand 393.1811;

, g’nor how near to other common rye it has been

,we know we can stand back of

‘local sale and can carry 011 any advertising be

'ﬁve peeks is enough to seed an acre.

    
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Three new machines we

      
During July French aviators and ‘anti ’
guns accounted for 33 enemy machines accord
ing to idfdrm‘atlon :- eiyed at *French embassy.

 
troyed. Bombing aviators in the same périod,
threw 194 tons of projectiles upon the enemya'b‘”
day, and more than 356 tons by night '
the work was concentrated on bridges usedM by _
enemy on the Marne, 011 German" troops, who or ,e
advancing south of the Aime, and on the station

   
ROSEN RYE GRQWERS SHOULD ., ,,
SELL THEIR PROPUOT LOCALLY-

   
Regarding your. subscriber who has one hunﬁ
dred bushels of Rosen Rye to sell, we get some -
such information from men in Various parts of the,
state in practically every mail

Not knowing where such men get their seed"

 
grown and knowing how readily Roseri Rye cros-
ses with common and the yields are thus reduced,
we do not feel justiﬁed in recommending such
seed to be used, to those people who make general —
inquiry for seed.

When people write to us for seed they naturally
want the best obtainable. We know that the in?
spected seed is good and that it will give satisfac-1
tion so we naturally recommend those men whom

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ommend' to the man that if his ‘rye is good and
pure that he can. undoubtedly, ﬁnd considerable

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wished in the agricultuial and local press. How-‘
ever, $1.25 seems pretty low commercial price for
rye under the condition of thg: Detroit market and
I would suggest. as I indicated above. that if this
man has pure seed grown some distance from other 1
rye that he make known to his community that
he has such Rosen rye—J. W. Nicolabn, Sec‘y,
Michigan Crop Impmvcmicnt. Ass’n. '

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F001) ADMINISTRATION HOLDS
UR C‘ARLOAD OF SMUTTED WHEAT

 
Lansing. , Mich.»~—A carload of smutted ,wheat,‘
”owned by the King Seed 00.. of Battle Creek, has
been ordered held by Calhoun county food admin-
istration authorities while an investigation of
the methods of the concern is made by the ad
ministration agents. The particular carioads of
wheat in question was placed under seal by Fred
G. Bernard. Calhoun county food administrator.
who found it being unloadal into cleaners and
seed bins of the Battle Creek distributor. Repre-
sentatives of the Michigan Ag“icultura1 college)
who were called in by Mr. Bernard to make an ex-
amination of the suspected grain, found it very
badly smutted.

Mr. Bernard has also charged thatthe company
has made contracts for seed wheat with Michigan
farmers at $4125 a bushel o nthe strength of
claims that the wheat is superi ' to all other va-
rieties in the state and that from one bushel "to

 
The investigation instituted against the King
company is announced by the administration to
be part of a general plan to prevent unscrupulous
dealers if any such are found. from taking ad-
vantage of present conditions to exploit Michigan

farmers.

   
CHESANING CO-OP. ELEVATOR PAYS
FARMERS $32,000 PROFIT IN 3 YEARS

 
George Miller, president of the'Chesaning Co-_-
Operative Elevator, reports that his company has
enjOyed another very prosperous year. The total
amount of business done was over $136, 000. 00. Th6;
net earnings for the year being $7, 234. 00. This. .
company since it has been organized in October,
1915, has paid the farmers $32,882.11 in dividends \
besides building up a good market t at has drawn ., -- 1
trade for miles around to Chesaning, and has cer-
tainly prbved that co-operation among farmers
pays well . 1

   
. Demand Light

 
'. .- “also NawYo‘ri
: _ 10.75 13.01
J. 12.5.

13;"

 
“The Food Board has recently pro.-

‘ 'Amuieated rules which will (\prevent

buying beans for future delivery until
‘ “September last. Thain rules have been
sent. out for the guidance of wholesale
(groom and are as follow: ,

  
“Dried beans: and dried Peas.—
Rule. 1 is hereby amended to read
as tollews: ‘The license shall not
buy or sell new crop dried beans
exc'ept for seed, or for the Federal,
state. county or municipal govern-
monts or {or the government of any
nation at war with Germany. be-
fore Sept. 1 of the year covering
such new crop, if grown in the
‘United States of America, Japan,
_“Manchuria, China ,or Asiatic coun-‘
tries, or before June 1. if grown in

South America, Porto Rico, or Mex-

ico. ”

Just what effect this new ruling will
have upon the market is problemati-.
cal. This much is certain, bean prices
for the 1918'crop will not open" up with
a _.rush Perhaps 'tis well that futures

\ have been eliminated for the present.

1

A set price by the government would
have met with hearty approval on the
part 'of the growers; as it stands the
market‘will open With mighty uncer-
tai'n- surroundings, and perhaps lead
only a belated speculation. ‘.

A report from New York gives some
very interesting information on the

. bean situation in this state:

“The stagnation in the bean market
herehas long passed the acute stage
now and is fast getting chronic. There
have been no sales in recent. weeks on
which “to base quotations. About the
Only bright spot seems to be the inter-
est that the federal government is tak-
ing in the glut of beans now in the
hands of growers and dealers. A ques-
tionaire is now being broadcasted from

V ,the Ithaca oﬂice ofzthe United'States

Department 'of “Agriculture. asking
what percentage of the 1917 crop is in
farmers‘ and dealers’ hands, the acre-
age of the 1918 crop and its general
condition: As a matter of fact, the
growing crop while it has made fairly,
,seasonable growth, is seriously in need
of rain. The acreage is considerably
below that of last year. ”

The old crop of beans in Michigan
is fast disappearing. The elevators are
practically out of beans, and the num-
ber of bushels in the farmers’ hands
has dwindled decidedly during the past
few weeks. Two weeks ago one of the
largest buyers of Michigan beans said:
"At present prices beans are not bring-
ing the cost of production; they should
and must go higher.” Last week this
same buyer was picking 11p beans

“around present prices, and stated that

the situation was all but critical. The
man who can fathom the bean situation
would be welcomed in the bean- growing
sections. We have in the past and
We still maintain. that some agency

’ 3 absolutely killed the bean market last

_"7Decenrbgr, and some day the truth

Food Administration has
-maJte amends for the' injury caused

will out and we shall know “who kill-
ed king bean. ” Notwithstanding the
fact that the Bean Division of the
tried to

 
the navy been through their campaign

nigpintos, the fact still remains that

 
0
using épintos; and wholesale grocers
' ng just enough of these for-

e heme product
11 with

 
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Mom goods pressed for sale.
on all trades.

It‘d!)
has tannin oi! considerably.

side trading is light.

 
NEW YORKr—Bean market dull and uncertain. Hardly any calls for goods
and mpeﬁoally I'll quoted evalues can be shaded by close buyers.

CKTOAGO.—.—Wlth continued light hay receipts the market is firm and active
Buyers p‘reter the better grades but on account of the scarcity
ol the boot grades they are obliged to take on some of the mixed and poorer

Pl‘l‘TSBURGH’,—Receipts running unusually light altho the general demand
Do not look for increased receipts for some time,
as farmers in this state are not baling or hauling hay.

‘DE'L‘BOIT. —Evorything in the berry, fruit and produce lines are ﬁrm. ".'_Very
few new potatoes are brought in by local farmers, market very ﬁrm and steady.
Ear foods)” running light and hardly suﬂleient to take care of the demand.

C CINCINNATL—o-Hay situation continues ﬁrm. .Local demand good but out-

 
State and '

 
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, 1

crop not very far away, those best in-
formed know not what to. advise. We
still look for better demand. ~ '

Dealers are predicting a yield of four
million bushels of beans for Michi-
gan this year. The July and August
drouth did considerable damage, but
on the whole the state has a splendid
stand, and a good fair yield is now al-
most certain.’ Harvest time is the crit-
ical time with the bean crop, so all re-
ports are at this time merely predic-
tions.

 
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2.13
1.2! 2.22

 
Wheat is moving to the seaboard for
export in heavy volume Large in-
creases in stocks in Atlantic and
Gulf ports being shown in the past
week" and the rush of grain abroad
promises to keep up for months, or
until navigation closes. In order to
relieve the railroads part of the wheat
received at St. Louis and Kansas City
has been shipped to Chicago, where
it will be loaded into vessels and ship
ped to Buffalo and other eastern
ports.

The quality of the wheat so far
has seldom been equalled, practically
all grading No. 1 or No. 2. The gov-

ernment report shows the total crop '

for the country at around 9,000,000
bushels, the increase in winter wheat
due 'to threshing indications a' larger
yield than conditional ﬁgures more

. than oifsettlng the effect of recent drv

weather. which caused losses in the
spring wheat section.

Plowing for winter wheat is under
way in the southwest and from pre-

liminary returns it appears as though
the acreage seeded will run larger
than last year.

 
The corn crop is right at the criti-
cal period. Dry and hot weather has
caused some damage in the southwest

and Oklahoma territory. In many of
the corn sections rains would mater-
ially change the outlook. The govern-
ment crop report Will probably show
crop at the present time seems to be
3,000,000,000 bus. The quality of the
crop at the present time seems to be
good.

The movement of corn has been
held up giving wheat a chance” to
move to the market. Milling de-
mands have not been keen, although
the movement has been sufﬁcient to
show some improvement in the best
grades.

The market is now in the weather
scare period, and price fluctuations
will be as common as the change in
the weather, Argentine corn will not
interfer because the movement is at a
standstill, as vessels are needed for
wheat.

Rye

The movement is still very light.
with very few arrivals and none ﬁnd
their way to warehouses. The market
is ﬁrm and Detroit is quoting $1.60
spot sale on No. 2 rye. The milling
demand absorbs present receipts and
we can see no reason for a lower mar-
ket The movement 01' wheat will be
pushed to the limit and in so doing
the movement of other grains will be
curtailed to seme extent.

 
THE WEATHER

As torecasted by W. T. Faster

Foot-1’s Weather Chart for A‘.“_".“ )9“

annex- than usual

I ‘IiTiI‘I'l '

31'???

Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis«

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turbance to cross continent Aug. 15 to
19, warm wave 14 to 18, cool wave 17
to 21. ' This will complete the great.
August hot wave and the hot winds
that will visit parts of the principal
corn and cotton sections. Following
this thunder showers are expected that
will cool the atmosphere.

Next warm waves will reach Van-
couver about Aug. 20 and 24 and
temperatures will rise on all the Pa-
ciﬁc slope. They will cross crest of
Rockies by close of Aug. 21 and 25
plains sections 22 and 26 ,meridan 90,
great lakes and Ohio— Tennessee \al:
leys 23 and 27, eastern sections 24
and 28 reaching vicinity of Newfound-
land about Aug. 25 and 29. S orm
waves will follow about one day be—
hind warm waves and cool waves
about one day behind storm waves.

Thunder showers are expected with
this storm followed by a cool wave
with unusually low temperatures A
. frost wave will follow this and frosts
,1 during the ﬁve days centering on Aug.

 
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for MICHIGAN

 
- ing the great drouth in the ﬁfth month.

29 in sections where frosts sometimes ,

FOR THE WEEK

linsmsss FARMER

occur late in August. Unusually
cool weather cxpcctcd from August
28 to Send, 1?. and then another hot
wave Aug. 13 to 25. Some of the

greatest storms in recent years are ex-
pected from Sept. 15 to 30.

At the time of this writing, Aug. 3,
the government reports, and also the
best private reports indicate that the
corn and cotton crops have been ser-
iously damaged by the drouth predict—
ed in these bulletins. The hope of
those who do not study weather forc-
‘uasts is that rains will soon relieve
the great drouth. '

Cropweathcr changes about every
ﬁve or six months. The present crop-
weather period came in near June 15.
The change is usually very little the
ﬁrst months»: it was from June 15 to
July 15. For the second month as
from July 15 to Aug. 15 the change
usually doubles and so on to the end
of the period; greatest extremes com-
ing in the ﬁfth month and if decreas-

Somctlmes the cropweather periods
cover five months. sometimes six. The
short weather periods cover ﬁve days,
sometimes six and rarely seven. The
third cropweather period runs close
to 14 days. These are the three crop—
weather periods. Then we have long-
or periods that range from 6 to 15

 
Say They Can’t—-—_Get Enough Out
of—the Business to Pay Expen-
ses-The Farmer Can
Kick, and Take it
’ Out in Kicking ,

The butter jobbers are now lambast-v

ing the Food Administration because
they claim they are not alfowed a suf-
ﬁcent margin to keep their heads above
water. In the past these fellows have
been able to take all they could get

after squeezing both the producer and -‘

retailer, so when it comes to placing
their necks in the yoke, it is not our
prising that the thing irritates a little.
A protest has been sent to the Food
Administration, asking relief. Here
is the way the jobbers size up the
situation:

“The ﬁgures below will give you
the aproximate cost of printing a 60-lb.
tub of 45-cent butter: cost $27.00, on
which we are allowed $340 per lb. prof-
it; 60-lb emptybox, 35c; parchment
paper, 10c; shrinkage, 11/2 lbs, 680;
total cost, $1.13. Three and three-
fourths cents proﬁt would amount to
$2.25. This would give us a net re-
turn of $1.12, or about 4% proﬁt on
our investment of $27.00. By this rul-
ing we are not allowed to ﬁgure shrink-
age in addition to margin of 3%.(3 per
111.. but nevertheless any tub of butter,
according to the moisture content, will
lose from 1 to 2 lbs. in reprinting, or
an average as we have ﬁgured here, of
11/; lbs. per tub, which we can in no
way overcome, as we must guarantee
each pound to weigh a full 16 ozs. net
This the public is entitled to and is
absolutely demanded by laws govern—
ing weights and measures. As the av—
erage cost of the overhead charges in
doing a normal business can only be
figured at 6 per cent at the lowest cal—
culation. you can readily understand
that on the above basis we are only
being allowed an imaginary profit. as
it will not cover the actual cost of do-
ing business, even without showing
any net proﬁt. We will greatly appre-
ciateyour giving the above your care-
ful consideration and advise us at your
earliest convenience whether it will
not be possible to adjust these mar-
gins in such manner that the jobber
may have an opportunity. at least, to
break even on the cost of doing busi-
ness."

; ﬁx $5." ‘5‘.“ o‘s ; an? Wrﬁanawm

OATS

 
GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
Standard 72 .68 .79
No. 3 White 71 1-2 .57 1-2 .73 1-2
No. 4 White 7‘ 1-2' .67 . 7R

 
New oats have commenced to move
freely to terminal markets; and with
large amounts sold for shipment dur-
ing the middle of this month, the run
should prove much heavier. Prices
on cash and futures have declined
somewhat. Domestic demand has been
only fair, but good export demand
thru the Georgian Bay ports. Until
out and corn prices are more nearly
approximate, no more important de—
cline in oats can be looked for.

Feed

Mr. H. A. Abbott. president of the
American Feed Dealers Association, is,
urging all dealers to keep their stock
of feed right up to their sixty day re—
quirement. Feed is going to be scarce
and in demand at all times. The coun-
try around mills will consume large
portions of the feed milled, resulting
that outsiders will have to place or-
ders early in order to get delivery on
feed at the proper time. Early winter
in Mr. Abbott’s opinion, will ﬁnd do-

mestic mill feeds exhausted and even.

(Continued on page 10)

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Hide-to-Shoe
Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers

Grand Rap1ds,,M1 an

    
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e11 placing an order now and leave
the price. open. .

The increment or feed will be in
larger minimum car but. A. minimum ..
car load Will be based at 36 tons and ,1! . -_ . .

wi-ii run u‘p to 40 to 50 tons Gare . ' 953: ' ‘
must b - d piss, 321' means $18.00 to
6.103 ed to their iull: capacity 8 tags, $12210 $15 1

..l .

' ‘ Receipts of hogs Tuesday, 25401.

The market opened slow. heaVy hogs

selling from 320.75 to 321; bulk 01

mixed grades séld at 321:; a tow:' ‘

of the best arrivals sold up to $21
~~~ pigs,-320;. common pigs 9. slow s , e'
. roughs, 317. 75 to 318,; stags, 3122i? 4

Receipts of sheep and lambs M‘ondhy-
were 2000 head. The best handy‘wt
lambs sold from 417. 25 to 317 56; which
was 75c“ to 31. 06 lower tlian last vesicle
close; «111115314 to 315 50; yearling».
414 to 315;. wethers, $13.25 to 314.00'
ewes, 311. 50 to 313 ' .

Receipts of sheep and lambs Tues.
day were abOut 800 head. Best lambs
sold steady, selling from 317. 25 to
317. 56: culls, 314 to 315; choice year . _
lings, 314 to 315; wethers 318. 25 to .4
_$14; swam/31150 to $13 The mar- 35:“
.ket.was slow..—'-C'. R. ‘

  
Barley

There has been quite a run on bar-
lay and prices have dropped from 5 to
8 cents loWer on the Chicago market
-Mills_ are offering from 95 to 98 cents
for choice. Quotations run from 960
to $1 for poor to fancy .with screen
ings at 40c to 85c. .

The Milwaukee market is easy and
slower. The demand for indusitries
and shippers, but the absence of malt-
ing requirements becomes more notice-
able. Good to choice barley is quoted
at 31.12 to 31 14, fair- to good, testing
45 to 47 pOunds, $109 to 31.12.

Live Stock

1 Detroit .—The market on steers has ‘
run uneven and only top grades ’ruled
.ﬂrm. Common grades moved slole
.and selling at uneven prices. The
hot Weather had its effect on the gen-
eral activity of the market. The re-
ceipts are not running heavy, as many
shippers are holding back shipments
waiting for cooler weather: Best
heavy steers selling from 314 to 316;

best handy Weight steers $10 to 311;

J

 
mixed, 38 to 39; light butchers, 37 25 any... m “if: , ‘
to 38 25; cows, 47. 50 to 39; canners, pm“. on :23 22-5.:
36. 50 to .36 75, cutters, 36. 50 to 37 €831"qu~ I. 1‘ -

Hog market active an strong, selling at; 5.: “2: '15:. as
from 319. 50 to 320. waYork .00 not?” I

‘ ' , Best lambs ﬁrm, selling from $16. 50 ”‘1'”- ‘N 1 1': 1- 12:; z: u
to 317. 25; fair lambs. $14 to 316; com- link-u, /.‘ °*. 9- d a ' a
men, 312 to $13. 50; yearlings, 312 to pm.“ 23 .;Mz'§':o a???» 1: a ' g:
cum :4» 24501000 um

31% fall; tosgctmd sheep, $9 50 to $10 50’ Chet-I26 24 on 24 20» 21 one u 16 I
an 0‘15 5 03 . mm]. 240025001”. "sunrises

Veal calf market strong with light New York no. so on 24» 24 5022 to n so
receipts. Values range from $17.50 to M 25 ‘0 2' "'22” 23 “"M ,;
318} medium, $14 to 516- Hay took a sharp upward turn and; ‘

seems to be holding its own in all
markets where the supply is not up to ~
the demand. Undoubtedly it is true.
that farmers are so busy 'With other
pressing duties on the farms today
that little hay is going to market. A
rush to market at this stage of the .
" game would surely bear the price
downward.

East Buffalo Prices

East Buﬁalo, Aug 13-——Receipts of
cattle Monday, 200 cars, including 70
cars of. Canadians and 15 cars left
over from last week's trade. Trade

opened 25 to 40c lower on medium wt
and weighty steer ’cattle which were
in moderate supply;

butcher steers

  
7 UESTION: Why should the farmer’s
automobile be classed as a pleasure
car? A red headed farmer from up in

Kent county blurted out this question and shook
his ﬁst in the Professor’s face, but the good old
professor did not dodge, he just ran his long
pointer through his mm and answered:

“My friend, and I call you friend because you
come to me with your problems and not because
you shake that paw of yours under my nasal ex-
tremities. Evidently you do not realize the com-
pliment our esteemed and revered sages in con- .1
gress pay you when they designate your automo- ,
bile as a vehicle of pleasure. They drive out frorn
Washington in hired autos with the taximeter
clicking off regulea.‘ y 500 per mile and they see
you,t the farmeis of America, everywhere on the highways.
What matter it it is August, when you must toil from ear- .
1y sun to moon, to garner in the sheaves that pay your, ,
taxes, et. al.—they see you, the farmers of America the.
cool breeze fanning your cheek, sailing over the hills to
the nearby resort to spend your afternoon reading un-M
der the shady oaks. What matters it it ninety-nine out of
every hundred cars they meet on the roads Outside of
:Washington are owned by city~tourists—~th-ey pay you the ‘.
compliment of. believing them all to be you—so be it! ,

Really, my friend, I am surprised that you should rise
in wrath when they call your modern- «my space-annihilat-

‘ {or a tountain. of joy and tax 16 accordingly—oi course the

' barber, the baker and the COPner: policeman use their cars»; .
for business, but you, the farmers of America, you use -, .
yours only in your mad chase for the elusive Goddess '.

 
5,,“ point.

1"\,

1n; the ﬁeld

 
piity per cent or- a normal crop.

is recorded. The cold winter raised
,‘ havoc in many sections. The whole
situation can be summed up, so far

as the grower is concerned, in the

one fact that the larger buyers are
advocating a fair price on the open-
ing market. The fbllowing sizes up
the situation from the buyer’s stand-
The grower ought to take the
hint from the suggestions contained
‘ in the article:

‘ “There is much to’disturb one’s
.mental poise these days. The ship—

\ --per, receiver and distributor are all
» face to face With problems of a most ,-

complex and serious nature. Yet we
don’t believe a man should burden his
physical apparatus «with uncertainties
Worryi corrodes, wears and wastes the
body and the mind. Half the things
we fear rarely happen The calamity
howler has been busy ever since we
entered the war, telling us that things
were going to smash. Yet we are in

'V “ - . the- second year of the war. and none

of these things have ”happened
, “The money borrowed by our Gov-
ernment is wending its way back into
the channels of trade, for the work-
ing man is getting a large share of
it—larger than he ever got in history.
His pay has been doubled and tripled,
ahd he is Well able to buy essentials
as well as food luxuries, and he has
learned from the highest medical au-
thorities that an apple a day keeps
the doctor away—and that means
keeping the Kaiser away. There is no
room for the“ pessimist today, for the
' country was never in such a sound
condition. '

“As for the apple deal, we all know
there will be a bumper crop of fruit,
even where there has been a shortage
there will be stock enough for home
consumption. This may sound bear-
ishybut it is well to know the situ-

‘ation' before taking a bullish stand.
;To us it seems that the better part of
wisdom would be to, let the season
open at a reasonable ﬁgure rather

than bidding against each other and ,

driving values to an eitces sive point.
Low values at the outset means a
broader demand, and a healthier mar-
ket from beginning to end. One of
the large dealers remarked to us: ‘_We
areinot going to be one of the operat.
".‘ors who jumps in and buys apples on
an'excited market. A few cash buy-
' ers" are making high bidsto the grow
ers, and unnecessarily keying the sit-'
uation to a high point. We believe it
1:... good business, good patriotism and
good conservation to operate slowly,
'buy our usual supplies and remember
~that we have an ever- -changing situa-
tion to meet.’ ”

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County Crop Reports
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«NorthJK‘ent County—Hay was one;
lourth crop; wheat ,oats and rYe ”fair
ops; potatoes planted last of May,

 
E—Z

arted out to be a bumper crop but ~
ill noﬁmake an average of more than
311m 13111111912. to the acre and I think
Will catch them here. What ought
Farmers around here
-mostly from being

 
elusively that the crop is going to be 1
light this year, and buyers are already, _

In .
many sections almost a total failureC

 
‘ .' Wheat are about an, en 13‘ and oats and
spring Wheat harvest has begun. Rye.
are wheat Were pdor *
Wheat fair to good and cats are good
to excellent.

~more than ample, and beads, potatoes,
bu'ckWheat and corn are growing as
they never grew before. A number
of our farmers planted southern-grown ‘
seed corn and tho they- will get
large amount ‘Of teaser they will not
have much ripe corn.
are damaging garden truck, new seed-
ing and oats. The barn on the farm
of George Becker two miles west of ' .- ____. _

WildWood was struck by lightning on-
the morning of the 6th and was burned
to the ground.
hay and many dollars Worth of farm
machinery were destropey. ———L E B.
Conway.

dependent of the battery.

too go outside at the co
With clover seed should ii.
'p and sell to neigthrs;a ,
fwho have to buy; seed 111;,“
their neighbors first... We"

in.——C T. 17., Albion 1'"

Sanilac (Central) — Most farmers.

herd; spring

the midst of cats cutting, and they
seem to be a very good 01:01) in both
straw and grain. Beans seem to be
'doing well at present, the hot weath-
er makes them grow fast and a re
,‘cent rain helped some. There are a
-number of; nice pieces of buckwheat
and it is out in blossom. A frost on
the night of the 30th did some dam:
age to corn,'beans and sugar beets on
low lads.

The rainfall has 'bee'n

,iGrasshoppers

~Ingham (Central) —-A heavy rain
fell on sunday.,the 12th, the ﬁrst rain
of any consequence since June .1. It
will help some but was too late for
I some things. The hot winds caught
some beans in bloSsom and the blos-

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Sec Laney-Light
In Action at the Fair

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Laney-Light will be exhibited. and
in operation, at most of the county
and state fairs this tall.

are doubly sure of having light and
, power.

Even if you are not of a mechani-
cal turn, you can't help admiring
the unusual simplicity of the plant,
and its very compact design.

We urge you to study Laney-Light,

because it points the way to a. great -
saving of farm labor and an equal

increase of comforts and conven—

iences on the farm.

We ask you to note particularly the
way it runs, and the character of the
electric light and power it produces.
If you will do this, we count on the
plant itself to convince "you of the
superiority it has proven-in eight
years of every day farm use.

You probably will be impressed,
ﬁrst, with its extremely smooth run-
ning; and the fact that a low hum
is all you hear when it is running.
You will see that the electric lights
are strong and steady all the time
—with0ut even the suggestion of
a ﬂicker. ‘

Next year the farmer’s need for

'Lalley-Light’s reliable, economical
power and light will be even great~
er than this year.

You should prepare now
. thatneed.

If Lalley—Light should not be dis-
played at your home fair. write to
us for details and name of the near.
est Lalley-Light merchant.

Lalley. Electra-Lighting Corporation
797 Bellevue Ave. Detroit, Mich
Distributor.

MICHIGAN LALLEY-LIGHT CORP”

care Becker Auto Co.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. -

to meet

You will observe, also, the same
steady ﬂow of pewer to the electri-
cal machines which may be exhibit-
ed.

The men in charge will explain that
Laney-Light furnishes light *and
power from two sources—the stor-
age battery; and the generator, in-

That means with Lalley-Light you

LALLEY LIGHT

THE Eisermc incur Ann Powzp Foe EVERY FARM ‘ g;

 
rain this week but it was too late to?

 
- good deal of damage to the crops in

L.,‘ .419 much good to some of the beans“.
~ ’ ' ‘ and potatoes Pastures are poor and
Rye-Hand we hear a good deal about decreasingfy

ilocks and herds before winter sets. :1-
'bein_g harvested.

are through haying and We are noW in' ~couraging in mOSt cases.

  
(~80uthwest)———corn and
ing cultivated the ., lain

 
. r: condition than at this
year.. A small amount, of
aid has been threshed, which is
yielding heavy. The soil is very dry
and warm winds have been doing a

  
the last few days—W. L., Granville.

..Mas0n,(Wcst)-Wheat and oats are
The drouth contin- .
The sell is dry; crops look dist -.
Late pota-
toes give promise oi being the best
crop, but need“ rain. Help is scarce ,_
and high priced ,besides not being
very satisfactory. Several farmers 01' -
this vicinity have let their help go
and will get along as best they can.—

B. M., Ludington.

Wearford (West)———No rain yet, and

it will not take long for such weather ,
to ﬁx the late potatoes. Grasshoppers 1.
are destroying crops as they go; they
are eating potato tops off and also ,_{:
wheat; some places I have noticed
where the ground is covered with
wheat heads, and they are attacking
oats in the same way.-S. H. 8., Har-
rietta.

  
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Why Not Regain Our Birthri-ght? ' '

NDER the caption, ”Why Discard Our
Birthright?” the Detroit Free Press
talks sorrowfully about “personal freedom,’

“personal initiative,” and shakes its grey
locks as it recomits the action taken by the
federal government in connection with the
railr-,3ads telegraph and telephone lines, very
sen: usly contemplating thD future.

It is true that in the United States then:
has been an untrammeled opportunity foi in-
dividual advancement, and almost a total ab-
sence of social andcconomic tradition, giving
a wide, very wide, ﬁeld for free competition.
This fact has led to the rapid development of
the country ; in fact the ﬁeld for free competi-
tion has been so free that the good things in
this corner of the old world have been pretty
well cornered.

Thqprincipal‘ of free competition is all
right; but the very fact that competition is
free and unrestrained has led to a free—for—all
for “ profits." There is a point where com-
petition turns a square corner and jogs along
unrestrained, up the highway which leads to
combination. Free competition and individ-
ual initiative is a thing of the past, as applied
to the business world.

Free competition is what people seek to re-
establish. The effort is being made to regain
our birthright, already lost. Where will you
ﬁnd the man today who will not consider that
the natural resources of this country should
be preservedfor all the people? We have had
our experience with the coal mines, and oil
supply. We know that the nation ’s common
carriers failed utterly when put to the test.
We also know that the nation was obliged to
take over the telegraph and telephone lines.

The natural resources of this country—the
principal of government ownership of pub-
lic utilities—all birthrigbts in which all peo-
ple of a free nation should. participate. There
has been no demand 011 the part of thinking
people, for a nation to do for its loyal citi-
zenship, that which they are better able to do
fo1 themselves. But the nation derives its
powers from the consent of the gov ernede—tlie
federal government, in the last analysis is
made 11p wholly and solely of the people.

And the people know what is best for them-
selves. True. we arrive at many conclusions;
we reach the objective point only after much
struggling, but the people ﬁnally arrive. The
war has brought the principle of private own-
crship of natural resources and public utilit-
ies to the test#and they have failed to meet
That which will not serve

So don’t get excited over the
question of individual rights and perSonal
initiative after the war. All will have all of

-the liberties all ought to have.

You are going to get a good price for your
sugar beets this fall, but don’t worry about

the manufacturers; they are getting along
E, Quite well, thank you.

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A recent report is-

.industries in Canada.

'. yators are ﬁlled to the roofs.

which have prevailed throughmrt the sugar

beet section. Give us good fall Weather, and?
both grower and manufacturer will be suit-

ably rewarded for their work and efforts.

Time Worketh Great Changes

FEW years ago the people of Canada
were asked to consider the question of

reciprocity with us folks across the river... ' At -
’that time the farmers of the Dominion joined

with the manufacturers and a. great cry was
made against any such arrangement with the
United ~jStates government. ‘The reciprocity
treaty was a jug-handled-ailair and was op-
posed by the American farmer, not because
he feared the importation of Canadian farm
products, but for the simple reason that man-
ufactured articles were iven free accessto the
Canadian markets, whﬁe agricultural imple-
ments, fence wire and other farm supplies
which could at that time be purchased cheap

' er i11 Canada, were heavily taxed before they

could enter this country. ' ~

In the years which have passed since the
reciprocity agitati-on the Canadian manufac-
turers‘havc realized the "beneﬁts which would

have accrued to them through organization,-

and they have found it quite convenient to
hide behind a good high protection fence. The
Canadian Manufacturers Association recently
a meeting at Montreal where they took action
for an increased rather than a lower tariff
rate on all kinds of farm machinery. The
Grain Growers’ Guide, in a recent imue, put
the matter up to the manufacturers, in com-
menting on the report of the meeting in this
way?

“The plain facts which the manufacturers fail-
ed to grasp are: 1 / _

“1. The protective tariff is designed speciﬁcally
and is used to enhance the selling pricé‘ of manu-
factured goods made in Canada.

“2. The enhanced selling prices of manufactured
goods made in Canada are paid by the consumers
of Canada, chief among whom are the farmers.

“3. The farmers who are by law compelled to
pay these tariff-enhanced prices have a perfect
right to know fully and in detail whether and
why they should pay these increased prices to the
manufacturers.

“These are three fundamental facts t. t must
be considered in any tariff discussion. he farm-
ers are organizing and steadily their political
strength is increasing. The time is not far dis-
tant when they will be in a position to demand
and secure from the Ottawa parliament a fair con-
sideration of the tariff question. There is no
farmers organization in Canada that has ever
voiced any antagonism towards the manufactur-
ing industry The farmers have voiced their ob—
jection to the protective tariff and the increased
prices which accompany it but have voiced no
objection to the development of manufacturers
It is purely a question of
pr1ces which the tariff fmces the farmers to pay
and the general effect which the protective tariff
has on the public life of Canada.”

lt’s the same old story of the two mules in
adjoining pastures: Each has its nose thru
the fence, and 1s straining every nerve to get
a bite of the grass in the other’ s pasture “Dis—
tant ﬁelds look green ’and by the same reas-
oning the tariff issue makes 11s all appear
green. . When the wai is over we will get a
little closer to our brothers across the river.

Distribution the‘One Great Problem

HE one great problem which confronts
the farmers of the nation is that of dis—
tributiou There are many problems to solve,
all of them important but the one problem
which stands out from all others is distribu—
tion. ,And this includes, of course, the ques-

~- tion of storage, for it is quite impossible to
distribute all farm products as soon as they

are ready for consumption.

Already the word comes from the western
grain ﬁelds that wheat cannot be handled The
farmers have no storage facilities and the} ele-
Wheat and

chilies for their crops, the prob
bution would be

demand at naught.

sﬂv tie-r19: after__ all, it"s erg -
getting of farm products where wanted and
when wanted, that sets the law of supply and

facilities be provided free of, charge. In fact,

«the farmer 1s not given to pulling Uncle Sam" s:

leg. Bonded warehouses owned and operats

. cd by the Government could be made self-sue ._
taining, and the Federal Government could _

at the same time, supervise speculation within
reasonable limits. 'l‘o throw a bumpci crop

on the market means to batter prices below"
cost of production. Finally when the clum- ,

up comes, the consumer pays exorbitant pric

es, and we have a- kicker on both ends of the.

tee-tcr- board—a discourage producer and a
mad consumer.

“Better Stock r111: the Stocking.”

NE of, our progressive business farmers

in Michigan ’3‘ “Thumb” district writes
a» letter bubbling over with enthusiasm ‘be-
cause of the interest Mr. Average Farmer is
showing in thoroughbrd livestock. He says:
“I have sold every calf advertised, and could
have sold a hundred more.
old~time farmers are now asking for the bet-
ter grade of stock.”

And why not? It doesn’t cost any more to
feed a full-blooded Holstein than to ration a
‘ ‘ dung~hill ”
well as in- the feed. And aside from the fact
that both animal and its product show more
proﬁt there is a satisfaction in raising pedi-
greed stock that is worth more money to the
real farmer. There is a certain something
about real satisfactionwhich stimulates and
encourages. ‘

Every stock sale held in Michigan during
the last year has been Well attended, and ped-

igreed stock has sold at unprecedented prices. -

This fact simply means that Michigan is forg-
ing to the front and at no distant day we shall
have as much enthusiasm for pedigreed stock
thoroughbreds and full- bloods as will be found
in any state of the/union. With Michigan s
diversiﬁed farming interests, there is a place
for better stockn—and the want must be ﬁlled.

The fellows who get into the game and who
raise the better class of livestock—cattle, hors-

es, sheep, and hogs, will come in» on the crest
of the waves one of these days, for the tide is‘

already moving that. Way. _ Commence this
fall, if only in a small way, and work to some
deﬁnite end in the breeding line. The best
herds and ﬂocks are the result of small begin:
ning. Too often we feel that we'must go in
“whole hog or die.” And there is right where
we make a big mistake. In order to get any-
where you must start from where yen are.

One of our readers very seriously asks, what
would happen if some one of the many candi-

dates for oﬁice, now in the military service,
should be killed, after the primaries and be-
fore election. Don’t worry, dear reader. Thé

fellows who are after the offices Wilﬁlnot- get

killed, they are playing safe these days In
fact they are so near home; so closer in touch
with their own campaigns for votes that thev

can hear the tick of the political “Waterbury;

In the days of old the soldier ﬁrst won- his
spurs, then asked for recognition.
days pro oblems are worked out. by a different
rule. “A Iive coward is better than a dead
hero._’- Don’t worry,_ '7 " '

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’ Judiute our own editorial opinionsFaI’kiers are invited -

,yjeSt ’cause the weather don’ t ,suit us, we make life

7 a burden for ourselves and become a nuisance to-
,3 all who are so unfortunate as to have to associate ,

with us. Now, if instead of helmet a. crab when

things are jest to our likin’, we will wear a pleas- ,
- ant little smile right on 'the' front. side of our face,

right where it will be seen, we’ll ﬁnd that Old

--Mother Nature is a pretty good old gal an’ will

take care of us in some way if We only do our
part 1111' don’t spoil all her efforts by wearin’ a
cloudy face when we ought to let the sun be shinin’
right out 0’ our eyes every minnit. Of course,
I know there are folks who say “How can we
smile when we feel so sad?" Well what in thunder
have you got to be sad about anyway? Lost your

.. pet dog or somethin’ terrible like that or are you

sad jest on general principles Sadness is a..dis-
ease and ca ’t exist whee smiles are worn frequent-
ly and at divers places any more’n German cut-
throats can exist in front of American soldiers,
an’ if we will jest put our old faces in the shape
of a smile, we‘ll ﬁnd that nine-tenths of our tron;
gles have vanished and the other tenth is on the
last lap of existence too.

Here farmers have been worrin' themselves sick
’caus its so dry—there would be no corn, ’taters,
beans, nor nuthin’ else an’ they preached calamity,

'I-Iell, death destruction and the election of one H.

Ford of- Detroit to the Senate an’ then, darned/if
it didn’t up an’ rain and they found that all their
worrin’ had been for nothin.’ an, that they (ould
l-smile and the price of shaves dropped off to nermal
'an’ everything was as lovely as a weddin' belLan’
they were happy as a cockroach in a sugar bowl.
But jest the same they had been unnecessarily mis-
erable and had lost two or three weeks of smilin’
weather all for nothin.’

An’ so I say: Don’t let things over which you
have no control worry you—if things look blue,
jest try to smile an' they won 't look so blue—~smile
at your wife an' she will soon smile with you;
smile at your horses, cows. chickens and at your
dog; smile everyv‘vhere and on all occasio‘ns,’ cause
if God hadn’t intended for us to use smiles he
wouldn’t have given ’em to us; an' remember that
the only place" that smiles are not in style is at
funerals an’ I sometimes think they aren't entirely

out of place even there.

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Of course, I know some folks think that smiles

should never be used to any extent at weddin’s

but I don’t agree with that sentiment, havin' been
married some myself, an’ smiles are perfectly ap-
propriate at well conducted weddin's altho the par-
ties concerned may be on the verge of collapse, if

.their ﬁrst venture, but smiles wont hurt them nor

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make ’em ashamed of what they’re doin’ so give
em plenty of smiles for it may be the last chance
they’ll have to smile for some little time.

An’ now in summin’ up, an’ bringin' this preach-

.ment to a close, jest let me say again: Smile—

smile at your work and at your play; smile when
things look good and when they look a little bad;
smile at your neighbor and speak a friendly word
to him‘; smile at your hired help; they will do
more and better work'on account of it an’ will
return the little smile a hundredfold; an’ say, folks.
you can turn your smiles into dollars and cents
too, for the world loves to deal with smilin’ folks
an’ there’s nothin’ in /this old world brings bigger
interest on the, capital invested than smiles.
Cordially yours, UNCLE Roan. _ f

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(This is an open forum where our readers may ex-

 
-~ press their views on topics of general interest. State-

ments appearing in this column will not necessarily
to use this column.)

 
My Silo Experience

our 12x50 Wood silo for six years,

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15-h enervous 11st!
” upshotorwdid not pay- for the box and the

.m- and; three neighbors for $125
or getting snags into the silo,

MY 193 preferable to a carrier The

we have hired steam engines to
awer‘ with the exception of last year

when a neighbor hTalped us out with a Case trac-

t0r This year we h‘ﬁve an engine contracted for
.1 at $1 E0 per hour It has taken from 5 to 10 hours

to fill cure, and has cost from $12. 50 to $20. 00 for ,

engine and fuel. The help is mostly exchanged
as we cannot hire here, and heartiliy recommend
the ctr-operative plan of owning a box. ‘

It has taken from eight to ten acres of corn to
ﬁll ours. Silos ought to be reﬁlled as they settle
considerably and certainly should be full to start.

We had the best silage last year, and it was
green enough so that it packed good.

No, We would not be without a silo. Wood silos
can be put up in two days, and properly anchored,

, will stand With other buildings.

We could not get along wihtout ensilage. Cows
must have something besides dry feed. Our cows
have given more milk in March than in any other
month, freshening in September naturally they
would begin to quit if they were not fed the feed
nature requires.

Nothing is better for horses than silage, and if
you want a glossy coat in June, give them a‘b’ushel
of silage a day. »—0. L. Hulett, Ingham county

Mr. Lamb Has Just Reached Heeperia

I am enclosing circular the capitalists are circu-
lating freely which is very misleading and a direct
stab at the farmer. The statements in the circular
prejudice well- -mea1iing people against the farmer.
Many city people hate the farmer; they are edu-
cated to believe the farmer makes all the proﬁts,
and has money by the bagful. During the past

. year farmers go. from 12c to 17c per pound for

.their hogs, and pork has retailed on the markets
for from, 22c to 380 per pound. Who made the
proﬁt? The price to the farmer pays for one
year’s labor and growth. and only a few days to
the capitalist and butcher, and all products of
the farm at the same ratio. If farming is a bon-
anza. why are people leaving the farm for better
jobs? Farmers would be pleased to have you an-
swer this circular in your paper.——W. R. 14.. Hex-
perm Michigan.

[Editor’ 5 note: —And our reader encloses a copy
of the justly famous “Play Fair Mr. Farmer” cir—
cular with which all of our readers should now
be familiar.]

’Why Not Ask the Farmer if he Wants a

a County Agent?

What‘is the matter with our board of supervis-
ors; why don’t they let the farmers vote on
whether they want-a county agent or not? In
talking with the farmers I am safe in saying that

there are 75 per cent opposed to a county agent,

It looks as though they wanted to do all they can
to raise our taxes as high as they can. If the
farmer wants to find out anything he can send and
get a bulletin on any farm topic he wishes to
know about a great deal cheaper than to furnish
a Ford car and gasoline. To my notion it would
be a lot cheaper if the county agent would pull his
white shirt and get in the ﬁeld; he would surely
accomplish more good th' in running around
the county. It is like bringing an old laid from
Lansing to tell mothers how to raise children. and
bringing a lady to teach
wash woolen goods, who found women in the
country who know more about washing any kind

of goods than she every knew about herself.~

Then along he comes with another woman to
show the farm ladies how to can fruit, and it is
all charged to the county. and of course applied
on our taxes. Now, we can get all of these things
from bulletins if we are interested in them. At
any rate let us have a vote on the subject and
on a great many other matters as well. ——H E 0.,
(lhmlcrm'r.

Sorry He Didn’t Build Before

1 received the bundle of your papers sent me.
and um rice to ham. them out to the neighbous
and especially because it is more of a silo paper
this time as that is what I want to get my neigh-
bors more interested in.

I started farming or rather bought a farm of
my own about ﬁve years ago, and have always had
building a silo in mind, so last year I built one,
and of course, I cannot tell so much about a silo
yet, ‘in just one year, but I have this to say, that
I wouldn’t “be without one. If I had only built one
right away, even if I had to borrow the money,
it would certainly have been a good investment
Once your silo is ﬁlled you know you have some-
thing to feed. If it were not for my silo I would
hardly know what to do this year.

I have been thinking of a summer silo, besides
the one I have ———G W. 8., Washtenaw county.

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“Lites ea hard grind, ” said the emery wheel-
It’s a perfect here," returned the augur.
. “It means nothing but hard knocks for ~,‘-me
sighed the nail. .

~"You haven’t so much to go through as me,"
‘ said the saw. ‘ "
“I can barely scrape along," complained the.

plane.

“And I' m constantly being set upon ” added the
bench.

“Let’s strike,” said the hammer.

“Cut it out ” cried the chisel, “here comes the
boss. ”

How HE KNEW

Casey—“It’s the illigant time 0i had lasht Sat-
urday. Divil a thing can Oiremember afther four
o'.clock”

O’Brien—“Then. how d’ye know ye had a good
toime?”

-‘Casey—— ‘Sure, didn’t Oi hear th' c0p tellin’ the
joodge about it on Monday morning?”

A MILITARY PROBLEM
“What are you knitting, my pretty maid?"
She purled. then dropped a stitch,
“A sock or a sweater, sir,” she said,
“And darned if I know which."

Captain of the man-of—war to a new hand loafing
near the rail—”What were you in civil,life?” he
demanded. .

“A milkman, sir," was the reply.

“Then.” roared the captain, “to the pumps at
once!”

,x NAVY LEAGUE
And the ladies ever knitting.
ﬁever ﬁtting, still are sitting
nitting things no living mortal
Ever, ever saw before;
And no single word they utter.
Simply sit and knit and mutter .
’Til at dusk they softly flutter
From their rockers to the door,
And a voice comes from the shadow,
Where they cluster near the door. '
“Thursday next, at half past four.”

A CARELESS DRESSER '
Lost—Monday. between Trinity church'
Twentieth and Sherman streets. 11 Filipino
broidered chemise. Please phone York 2557.

and
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MAXIMS 0F SUCCESS

Rely upon your own‘ energies and do not
for or depend upon other people.

Cling with all your might to your own highest
ideals, and do not be led astray by such vulgar
aims as wealth, position, popularity.

Your worth consists in what you are. not in
what you have. What you are will show in what
you do.

Never f1 et repine or envy. Do not make your
self unhappy by comparing your circumstances
with those of more fortunate people: but'make
the most of the opportunities you have.

Associate with the noblest people you (an ﬁnd;
read the best books; live with the mighty. But
learn to be happy alone.

If a thousand plans fail be not disheartened
As long as your purposes are right, you have not
failed.

Examine yourself every night and see whethex
you have progressed in knowledge, sympathy and
helpfulness during the day. Count every day a
loss in which no progress has been made.

Let not your goodness be professional; let it
be the simple, natural outcome of your character.
Therefore cultivate character.

When in doubt how to act ask yourself. What
does nobility command? Be on good terms with
yourself.

Give whatever countenance and help you can to
eveiy movement and institution that is working
for good. Be not sectarian

Happiness is the heritage of well done work
And this you may do by ﬁnding the work you can
learn to love and then doing it with all your heart.
You can learn to love whatever you can learn to
do well. Nature does not deny her share of hap~
piness to whoever strives to do his best. For the
joy is in the struggle and he is not defeated who
dies still struggling to express himself in service

Finish every day and be done with it. You have
done what you could. Some blundeis and absurd—
ities no doubt crept in; f01 get them as soon as you
can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and
serenely and with too high a spirit to be encum«
mered with your old nonsense.

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”havebeen if(familiar the Faith ﬁerce-sags; at

- alike to’iodk‘ itjover'hefdr’é’1115’. . ‘ '
"in/todinner to: after "begets his eye "iii;
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,today, although I cannot understandanyone feeling
as this sister does about the farm. I have lived on d
a farm all my life with the exception of about two‘
years in the city before my marriage, and I can

. truthfully say, “The country for me every time."
Of course there is hard work in a farm home, but

we can make our .own work hard anywhere if we ‘.

,‘think of it in that way. ' . , p ’ '.

-I am gonﬁned to my wheel-chair—éh‘ave’ not'

walked for two years, and cannotget out of my

chair only as my husband lifts‘me out, but I amdo— .

' ing all my own housework (excepting my Washing) ,

with the help of my little girls and am so thank} .>

ful to be able to do it. I have three little girls, the ,y

oldest one twelve, and while it is not at all easy;

to do my work sitting in my wheel-chair, try not
to think of the work there is in it but just think
honr nice it will be when I get throng . ‘

Dear Friend, can you not see anything pleasant
or interesting from your kitchen door? Won’t you
try to ﬁnd some pleasant spot-each day and thank‘
God for the blessings you have, instead of seeing
only the hard side? If you look for happiness,
you’ll surely ﬁnd it, and don’t think of your home
work as drudgery but be thankful every day that
you are able to do it. ,.

I do not imagine you are a very cheerful com—
panion—no one ever is who broods over seeming
wrongs and troubles all the time—but: do try to see
something besides “Rheumatism in a rainbow” or
the “bellyache in an a‘pp‘leblossom.” There is not
a great deal of beauty 'in either. ,

I often get tired of sitting here at home all the
time, but I try not to let this feeling hold sway
for a very long time. for I know that my husband
has done everything that can be done and he is the
best old scout that ever was. \_

I truly wish that I could say something to help
you but mere words will not be of muchhelp.
Happiness and contentment comes from within
and if you are doing whatis right and doing your
duty faithfully as it comes to you, I do not see
how you can help but feel more cheerful. '

It is easy enough to be cheerful
When every thing goes like a song;
But the man worth while
[3 the man who can smile

When everything goes dead wrong.

One of the songs our soldier boys sing is “Pack
up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile,
smile, smile!” ‘

Just try it, dear Sister, and I’m sure the next
time you write you will have a different and more
pleasant outlook.——Mrs. A. M'.‘ W., Arcadia.

How Much Do We Gossip?

We have a farm of 105 acres and raise hay,
~ oats and corn for feed, and wheat, potatoes and

g5- hogs as a cash crop. We have 17 nice hogs to
' I turn off this fall. We had two peach orchards
but took one out and planted to potatoes and
beans. Will take. out the other and put both
into rye this fall.

' I have an acre of garden. I do all. of the
' work myself except plowing and dragging and
cultivating. My husband has cultivated it tWice.
I have had all the fresh vegetables we can eat
and have canned '12 quarts of beans by the cold
pack method and have packed down a ﬁve—gallon
jar of beans by a new process that was highly
recommended in McCalls Magazme. It is as
follows: To 4 quarts cold water add V2 pint
vinegar and 3d cup salt. l’ack vegetables tightly
in jar or container and weight down. Lover With
the above brine and let’ it stand until it has worked
offs—when no more bubbles will come to the top
when tapped gently on the side of jar (usually
10 days in warm weather), skim and cover With
melted parafﬁne. . '

Now I do not know whether this is any good
or not, but tried it on beans as I“. had so many
of them. If we like it I can pack 'ﬁpe tomatoes,
cucumbers, green corn on cob, beans and greens
and it will be a great saver of glass cans.

We have four milk COWS and’three heifers and .
a bull calf we are raising, also three horses and
a colt. We have no silo as yet, but hope to put
one up another'year, as we are not able to this '
year. We just bought our. place and want to
make a payment on it this year. -'-We started
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control P’{ In
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.2 f Ode From the Farm «
We farmer's here in .Michigan, have troubles;
‘most perplexin’ , ' "

till spring election

~ .dealers said, “I'm sorry"

saved» this waste and Worry"

soared up like a 'rocket—
the market; _, p-
Just so it was with navy beans, wh’ile farmers
marked and} pla'nted;_ _ "
They said "“such prices ne’er
‘ this fall will be granted.
The farmer smiled and labored on with,.rain
and frost he battled. -
Until the crop was garnered
price they prattled.
And then the prices took a drop,
, er's heart was breaking-
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g new notes were taking.
g The price of milk, and cream and swine all
g - tried the old ,toboggan
5 All said it is no fault of mine, foresook there
2 was no reason , ‘
And then we gave our sturdy sons, Ahiras,
_ John and Moses, '
E To ,go and ﬁght the savage Runs With gas
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g soldier. ~
we shoulder. , .
But wait till John comes marching home in~ all
his pride and glory. - '
And starry ﬂags thall watVe about, we'll hear
another story.
How dealers lived on sawdust cakes and ﬁshes
- from the river.

And how their dollars fell like- the rain; they
were such cheerful givers. ' -
Why Johnnte's our cause is; not in vain so lets

dig in and bustle.
° ~Mrs. Ray E. Dillenbacli.

  
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you thought heaviest will shoot high in the air.”
most deadly
instrument of destruction is the dynamite gun—,—

And again it says: “The second
the ﬁrst is the human tongue.”

I am'afraid you‘will
'the subject, but there
“het up”'0ver: one
cigarets for boys or ‘men either.
you how I broke my husband of
garets?

_ Cigarets. since he
hoping.

a pipe.—and he hasn’t smoked a cigaret but once
' I wish he would quit altogether, but "
him and when he was
insurance two years ago the
doctor told him he‘would likely live to be 100‘

Since then.
he won’t so I never nag
examined for life

it he wasn’t killed in an accident.
-I enjoy M. B. F.

without it. Sincerely~Reader.
P.’S.—~Yes, I do want to vote.

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in your; page thatis gossip. ", It seems sail; it»;
were the worst cursein the" world. Did ybu ever ;'-- .-
i_t_ i‘s‘anessay' called “Crimesg'lof‘ "
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placelin one?.‘s,ide of" the Scafl'EXparis. oil‘justiige'-, l
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think I am a crank on
are two subjects I get all
is gossip and the other is
Shall I tell
smoking ci—
For two years he kept telling me he
was going to stop smoking. 'Of course I knew
he wouldn’t as he was 35 years old and had
' was a kid, but Ikept
Last summer I went and.bought him

so much We can’t farm

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some ofstnna ﬁStarkfs remarks. on the farmers
:I would say/riot on _
new-fashioned ﬁnd it's necessary ,, to -_- wojrk‘ ‘ out 2 of
’ doo’rs. ‘_ L
of 1th? pogketbook::that,.she:fmust help all she canin
order to make. ends meetg.esipeciéllxmowgwlhchi‘theyfi
‘are'staking all of the ,.farmer ,boys.'to win the'war,
taking that ‘son‘s’ place, outs‘i '

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after 9 o’clock‘many'nights. -: .1

 
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continues, more women'will‘ work outdoors than'

- evei‘. On bath. sidesithere'will’be'no time, for lap"

dogs. and playing lady. ‘ . .
,I say, give them all‘fairgplay, _ }
stand the most hardships, and that Will tell the tale.
1 I think‘this a subject who left alo‘nehby‘ all, for.‘
it .riles a hard~working,;honest Woman] to "be told by
the city lady, who know little of‘ theiCir‘cum‘stancesﬂl
that the farmer makes his wife a'drudge. , p _
I myself have always worked outside a. good deal,
and right here two hands c'an’tr'do iti-all, ' , . _
I saypbegon'e with those whb‘arenh ,w'illing‘to help,
hubby "save a lead'ofwgrainfor potatoes, from the”
. And in other words, what would the/”city people"
do if it wasn’t for the country 'folks’"?'~'r ‘ I -,
. ' We have some as ﬁne youngarenas-"any*IFi'zv-n;~
ever had; and as ‘a rule they enjoy themselves-as
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school; raised $4.00 in one night‘out 'of‘ha social. ‘_
The farmers’ wives have certain days lout'of flit

week that they do Red Cross sewingllhere as well.
We also ﬁnd them just 'as. willing to do :it as
those'”who live in town,and’haveeverything to' do,

' with and, plenty of hired, help. . ’ ' '4

suits a week, with" a big family tdlookafter; be-

is‘doing more to win this terrible War than these
‘ country mothers, sdme of them giving up the‘ last‘
way of supportand Often to keep'their Ownlchilde
ren from starving, not that the men are lazy or don’t
work, but it takes an' extra good farmer and a large ‘
farm to keep a hired man at $40 and $50 a month,

14, the mothers ofttimes have to help in the ﬁeld.
A ‘good many times people with only one and two“
children have to do the same way. Itis almost
impossible to get a manvat 30 cents an hour, and
, not work more than eight hours; at that.
the women work outdoors without ever being asked.
And some ’may have to be‘made to, but I ﬁnd in‘
this vicinity more do it willingly than unwillingly.
For'instance, I have a lady fri'erid whose husband
died last winter and left her with a large farmland
no boys to\look after it, and one hired man, a ﬁne.
reliable young‘ man. She had /her brether' come
from the city to help and now they have taken the
hiredlnnan to ,war and she' can’t hire a man at
any price,- so she :and her two daughters are Work-
ing in the hay ﬁeld‘in order to Hooverize and save
the crops, and she ‘~vvasn’t made, to; » 9 '
But-it was necessaryto do allis‘hecould; ,A‘nd in,
is: andls’n’t able .to dealt-easy.WQié‘k,.;s_g-~i;3jferid
save .the‘vcrops my "daughter“ hibiiksf oil; and? 5.
made.}t_o’. ' _' I g "
' .I think, also, )veshp’uld (have. equ
' not tfuin’ this" nation
the foreign bornwh '

; manganese}:

 
y the mid-fashioned purine;

In many casesi'the'wornen'knomw'rby the looks =

de, working outside fill!"

There are exceptions-sin an daisies, ’but ”ﬁgs waif .

and see who. can "

We have Red Cressfdances, box secia-Isj“ Our I

Some of “them here have made.~ two and three;

sides outdoor work. Show me the city'woman who ‘

and. when there, are nine andten children to feed
and clothe and educate, none over? the age of 1.3 or‘ V

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3 To the State Fair! ~ I

_ Ti red 1‘." . .
arenas assess.:2.:sergeants-.222:ism-s: are very cordlally 1n-

"bef'ote It Came to »me with full force! .Tired, are you, tired of assuming
{the work the]; younger shoulders ‘were meant" to carry. tired of scanning
the new! to: some glimmer of peace, tired of this horrible war? we don't
know; what it i; to~beutirgd—y tWE 01" AMhEBICA, who have sﬁartaelydpasisled .
on! rat your 0 oontr ut n; e a war t l'eo thousand ve un to m es

,nwnyji TIRED! Let’s never say it again! Never, never until our homes V1t€d to make /Ol Ir
are shuttered as they are in Belgium—until our ﬁelds are barren wistes

and the very nit laden with the smoke and stench of distant battle ﬁelds . '
when on: own fathers and even grandfathers are following the Bloody foot-

‘ steps of.“ sons who vient' rep.“ s ol TIRED? Let no American, man
or‘ woinn‘n. even breathe the word un 11 the Hun is groveling attire feet

. our. W5 in khaki.-—Geo. M. Slocum. .

 
. _ __ .1 store then head-
. ' ‘- I, 3 ST “LES! .dNo. f8221 —— A simple, attractive , _.
. ress or a little girl. Made from. . ' . .

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THE complete pattern for any style A to the neck and ﬁnished by a large

shown will be mailed on receipt of I . ~
Twelve» cents (120) in stamps or any sailor col-ar. . The sleees are plain

S m his or and long in accordance with the pre- ‘ ' ' “
$€$io§§m§§§33”éiﬁmbef'ﬁmuéa for vailing fashion. This is a very popu- DBtrOlt- Your name regISter—
3221:;in cgnatgedwgig) in osrtlagigg.Y9ﬁlé lar style for girls between 6 and 12
“as stress: states rims" ' “it“: gags Th f k d f - -
Pa .. ., , - . —— is me is ma e o
' - plaid gingham. It has a full gathered Cd 1“ our mall order depart-
skirt, LVVO panels at the side form the
waist and are ﬁnished at the bottom '
.with a band of plain material. The ' ' '
,irOnt oi the waist takes the normal ment Will lHSUI'C- your I‘ECCIV-
waist line and is also ﬁnished with a '
narrow band of plainrmaterial. The ._
neck is ﬁnished with a circular collar. ' ' ' f
The sleeves are long and cuffs match lng our VaI'IOUS magaZIIlCS O
the style of the collar. This is a very ’
distinctive style for the girl between .. ‘
the ages of 6 and 12 years. ' '
No. 8191—An exceedingly attractive faShlon free Of Charge as they
waist of soft material. in the surplice ,
effect. 'The collar and cuffs are of
plain material. A very pleasing de- .
sign for the medium ﬁgure. In sizes are brought out.
36, 38, 40 and 42. ‘ ‘
N0. 7846mA very comfortable house "
dress, easily' made. Has collar, cuffs,
belt and pockets of contrasting mater-
ial. In sizes 36, 38, 40 and 42.
No. 8210—A very dressy skirt made
with a panel at each side in pocket ef-
\ fect. Skirt is full, and is especially
adapted to the medium ﬁgure. Comes
. in sizes 24, 26, 28.' 30 and 32 inches
waist measure. ,
_ No. 8’193—A smart afternoon dress
of percale or gingham. ,Has a full
gathered skirt, plain waist with small
packet, and large sailor collar and
cuffs of plain material. This
dress is easily made and very practi-
cal. In sizes 36, 38, .40 and 42.

 
There is a Coupon on Page 23

_ Which you will ﬁnd “handy to use in‘

subscribing or reneWi-ng for this week-

. 1y. Just a dollar billpin an envelope

' addressed to heat Mtz‘Clemens, Mich.,

brings it every Saturday for a year

to your door. ’ And every dollar, invest-7

., , ‘ ed~ by the real business 'Larmers ot'
. i" 7 , Michigan in building up this independ- _ ,
'j , .. ’ ‘ ‘teint weekly goes towmake this state a.‘

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" He ”says he wishes he

 
For: a. while could be a camel, \

'_,‘ hind then he’d happy be.

For he haswheard that camels are

‘“....With ‘storﬁachs well supplied, , ,
And‘Johnny says, withﬁve of these
, IHe’d feel quite satisﬁed.

f One for ice cream and one fer cake,

And one for lemonade,

'And onefor turkey and such things,

'As strong as they are made.

. ~Four might do at a. pinch, he says.

But five, he thinks are best;
The ﬁfth he’d use next day, you see
For those would need a rest.

Dear Aunt Penelopezwl am a girl 13
[ have one sister, who is
1-8 years of age. I was in the eighth
grade last year and-passed into the
ninth. grade. '

We live on a farm of 80 acres. 'We
have an orchard of eight hundred apple
trees. and about thirty cherry and plum
trees.

My father takes the Michigan Rusi-
ness Farming and says it is just the
kind of paper the farmers needs

You said the girls and boys should
write and tell about how We are saving
money to buy Thrift Stamps. 1 am sav-
ing my money to buy Thrift Stamps and
then a War Savings Stamp. i helped my
father when he was haying, as we had
no hired help. i drove the team and
loaded the hay on the wagon.

We have two acres in potatoes and
my father, mother and myself hoed
them. It took us about a week to get
them all hood. I also help 'mother in
the house by doing the dishes and sWeell—
ing and dusting.

  
and about 100 chickens.

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“We haVe four coy'vs. a rthe cows: names:

are Queen,~Midget, .Daisy and Cherry.

Cherry is 'm-y’iiittle cow and. she is very, .
(1 feed ~

pretty. .I help-”fatherto milk,
the coWs and calves. We j‘ ave two
calves. ’ . . ‘

We have two horses. their names are
Tom and Nell. We have about 30 pigs
I, feed- the
ghickens and gather the eggs from the
am. , . ~

I have one pet, his. name is Don. He
is a Collie dog, about three months old.
I am also saving by eating rye bread.-
I have not eaten any white bread since
the war began. I like coffee very much
but. have stopped drinking it and tea
becauSe it takestoo much sugﬂ. I
help my father in the garden hoeing and
Ahinning out carrots and beetsaand other
things. Mymother and myself so out
picking raspberries and we will so out
and pick ‘when I get my letter written
to you, Aunt Penelope. We have only
lived on the farm one and,a half years
and we like it very much. I like the

“Don Dads” and think they are“ very,

funny and I hope you will keep on send-
ing them. I have not written to you be-
fore but hope to write. again. Your
niece ————Anna Ahlborn, McMillan, Mich. -

Dear Aunt l‘enelopez—sl saw the let-
ters "m. the M. B. F., but I have delayed
writing until the present time: I
am in the ﬁfth grade. I,go to Sacred
Heart school, and i like to go. For pets
1 have a dog and a pet turkey, ,they
both follow us all around.

There’are six in our family, four boys
and two girls. Dorothy and 1, Francis,
Joseph,’ Michael and George. I am the
oldest of the children. _

I live on a 55-acre farm. We haVe
three horses, one cow, three pigs, about
100 chickens, 12 ducks. Our horses'
names are Tan, Doll and Mandy. We
call our cow Bossy. I took care of three
acres of beets, ﬁVe acres of corn, about
six acres of beans and two acres of po—
tatoes, We had lots of hOeing, besides a
large garden. I have one of my own with
lettuce. carrots, onions, blower peas, but-

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, Dear Aunt 'Penfél'opez—I‘“ wrote}; tinge?
before andyI' saw my letter published-in "-

the M. B.’ R, So I wiu.,write again—ﬁnd

' tell you what. I am doing” to, help -_wi~n'

the war. : Mamma, my sister and myself
have a war garden. We haveﬁve long
rows of oniOns, four long rows ,of peas,
one row of beets, one" row?’ of, . string
beans. one/row of lettuce, .three'rQWs of
sweetcorn. one row of muskmelo‘ns, one
row of watermelons and we‘ had two
rows of radishes, butxthey are all‘gone.

We have six long rows of cucumbers"

and 100 plants of ever-bearing straw-
berries. Vl’e have \strawberriesnta eat
once, that was last. week. There are
lots of blossoms and green berriesiso
we expect to have some more.

Papa took our cucumbers to town‘Sat- L

ruday and there were“) pounds, and.' they
brought $1.00. Mamma. Winnie and my-

.self get one-third, of the money. Win-

nie and I are going to save ours and
buy Thrift Stamps.‘ I' expect mamma
will get War Saving Stamps.

We have lots of stump fences around
our farm and there are red' and black
raspberry bushes growing up around
them; there were lots of berries this
year and We picked enough berries to-
can 24% quarts. We had lots of them
to eat also. We used berries instead of

g using cake and sweet things. Papa likes
brown bread and johnny cake better than ,

wheat bread. We use lots of substi—
tutes. All of us like them so we eat
more of them than of Wheat bread. Well.
i am afraid that my letter is rather
long, but I will send a poem, as I am
anxious for a book and a thrift stamp.

Is That Somebody You?

Somebody’s boy is going to Frances”
Somebody’s heart goes with him along.
Somebody prays, “Oh, give him aJ-hance,
Keep him courageous, Well girded and
strong.”

    
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of; ,I will close. . ’From‘iyeur [nieces—shone

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ebgdy's boy .crie§.- T'ﬁon't ”forget:
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the cold, ~

Somebody now is. sheltered‘t‘roni harmu ,
Laying up incomes ‘of silver and‘zold.

‘4 7 Is that. somebody you?

.Somebody hears the call for aid. .
' “Give of younmongy for Liberty’s
~ ' need." ' ’ .r» _ , ‘1

_ Somebody’s band is strangely staid:

. tee . , .,
' , Is that somebody you?

Somebody leaps uppe’agernnd true. ’

bes ,
Somebody’s loyalty ﬂaming anew,

Is answering the summons. ismeeting

the test. , .
Is that somebody. you? ‘
. . - WILMA CLARK.

/ Lakeview. Mich.

Dear Aunt Penelopez—l am a girl 11
'years old, I am in the ﬁfth grade, when ..
SchOOI starts. You said you wanted us
’to write to you and tell you how we

are going to save to buy Thrift Stamps.
This summer I am helping mother in
the house a lot.

garden. _
and six Thrift Stamps. We have three
COWS, their names are Bonce, Brunie and
Eldy. We have- tw0 calfs, their-names

ars Daisy and Rose. We have two heif-
er ,

their names are Cherry and Beauty.
I have a dog but no cats. My dog's name
is Shep. I have tw0 little gozzlings. We
have three horses, their names are Top.
sy, Ginger and Prince. For our page
I think I would like letters, stories, pic:
tures and puzzles. But I think I would
like letters best of all. for I like letters

 
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Allé H 3? Fee f.“

 
Of course you have heard of the vil-
lage blacksmith whose smithy stood
beneath the spreading chestnut tree.
And do you remember what the poet
said about the little boys and girls.
Wasn't it, something like this?

“The children coming home
school. look in at the open door;

They love to see the ﬂaming forge
and hear the bellows roar;

0r catch the shining sparks that
ﬂy like chaff from the threshing ﬂoor}?

Well, there is a village blacksmith

from

The Village Blacksmith in the Wonderland of Doo

forge is under a big chestnut tree too.‘
Do you see its dark spreading branch-
es? And there are the D00 Dads act-
ing just like the boys and girls in the
poem. They are just out of school and
have their little books and slates along
with them. It is great fun for them to
try and catch the sparks that ﬂy from
the old. Doo Dad’s hammer. One
naughty little fellow has caught his
playmate’s nose with a pair of pincers.

catapult aiming at the old blacksmith’s
beard. And here are all our old
friends. Sleepy Sam is snoring away,
but when he feels that bu gon his nose
he will wake up in a hurry. Percy
Haw Haw is trying to persuade the
clown to ride on the little fellow’s hob-
by horse. Smiles might, too, if. it
hadn’t a broken leg. The young Doo
Dad has brought it to old .Doc Saw?
bones to ﬁx but he is telling him to
take it over to the blacksmith. Flan-

boy with the pincers and has just

 
men and anvil. .

 
nelfeet, the Cop, has his eye on that

utlllt‘ decided to p :h him. Rely and
Poly are always helping somebody,
aren’t they? Here they are giving the
old blacksmith a hand. Pon is rhoe-
ing the mouse. It doesn’t seem to like
the operation #for see how it is jabbing
him in the ‘eYe with its tail. The old
blacksmith» doesn’t .seem to notice the
huhbub that is going on around him.
He keeps working away and can’t hear
a thing but the clanging ofﬁhi

 
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while there is that little rogue with

  
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Somebodg is waiting while brave men

VV‘orking—and lendihg'and giving; his

I wash the dishes, get
the meals sometimes. I help in the
I have a. WanSavings Stamp

a .ham- _.

 
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1. g'eighth grad,
" fall. My teacher'will be Mrs. ice Car-

 
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very much. I saw in the last week‘s M.

Ban‘the story about the “D00 Dads." I
liked them very much and would like
to see them in the paper again.. You
asked us what name' we would like for
our. page- I think that “Joyful Hours”
woixld be a good name for it. I guess I
will have to close, but will write again.
—-—Inez Smith, Freeland, Mich.

Dear‘Aunt Penelopez—I have drawn
the owl and a picture, of my sheep. My

'. papa. takes the M. B. F. and we all like

it very much. I like to read the 'boys‘
and girls' letters, and make out the puz—
zles. I think “The Pleasant Hour
Page” would be a nice name for our
page. I help mamma some in the house.
but I help most out in the ﬁelds. .
We are saving wheat by eating war
bread. I can cook some. ’—I have two
brothers. and they want to go to war.
Herbert is 19 years old and Olmer is 17.
They have taken out Liberty Bonds. I
have a sister, Mazie; she is 21 years old.
and I am only 10. I am in the seventh
grade—Vada Sims, Midland, Mich.

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I am a little
girl 10 years old. I live in Rockford,
but I am out to my grandmother’s now.
They haveﬁve horses. also five cows that
Uncle Calvin milks. The horses‘ names
are Fred, Prince, Chief, Bob and Torry.
Uncle Calvin has about 30 pigs. He has
about 40 sheep, he also has some cattle
in- the woods ,and Fred, the hired, man.
has to draw Water to them in a little
tank every day. He has to draw water
to the shew every day too.

I have two War Stamps that I bought
with my own money. ‘I brought a little
grl out here with me. Her name is

azel Havens. My grandmother is vis-
iting at Greenville now. I will have to‘
close now, for it is time for dinner.—
Ethel Partridge, :Rockford, Mich.”

Dear Aunt Penelopez—As my father
takes the Michigan Business Farming.
my sister and I always read the page for
children. It is really interesting to read
every letter and I quite enjoy the “D00
Dads.”

We live on father's ISO—acre farm, just
about 10% miles northwest of Kalama-

'zoo. We have not a garden this year
,but we are earning War Stamp money in
other ways. I am paid ﬁve cents for
each churning. And we are raising ducks
to sell. I already have 15 Thrift Stamps
and looking forward to another. I love
to write poems and have quite a number
that I have composed sincu; the W. S. S.
campaign. I will send one that you may
know What they are like.

The Story of Qur Flag
The Stars and Stripes are waving

O’er the country, far and wide,

And We, notice the children’s faces

Beaming up at it with pride.

Our ﬂag or the Star Spangled Banner
Is most glorious to see,

As it ﬂoats out upon the breeze,
And waves out o’er the sea.

It begins back in the seventeenth century
or more, '
When one day Colonel Washington
Appeared in Miss Betsy Ross’ door.

He told her when he was seated,

To a ﬂag our country should be true,
And so, from Betsy's deft ﬁngers.

Came the beautiful Red, White and

' lue. -

I ink my sister has written you once
but d not succeed in having it printed.
However I believe she will try again. I
take the St. Nicholas Magazine and like
it .very much. My, sister and I wish
you success in the years to comer—Caro-
line Ransom, Alamo, Mich. . a

, My. Dear Aunt Penelopez—I have been

reading some of the other letters in the
. BMF. and thought I would write.

»‘ I'am 12 years “old and will be in the

e When school ,be this

”mm in airﬂow b t r t 1 it

_ . u an on -v s -
13!. I ate, at her-‘grandmOther’s
m“ on “Uncle. Calvin hasﬂve horses

their namesare Fred, Prince, Chief.
Bob and Tony, two of them are wild west
horses, Chief and Bob are their names.

I have .one War Savings Stamp and
two Thrift Stamps and I am saving, all
my money to get all the stamps I can.

I also bought a $50 Liberty Loan with
my own money. I help mamma by do-
ing the dishes, makingﬂpeds, sweeping,
dusting, baking things a d getting meals
and hoeing in the garden.

I will have to close now as I cannot
thing of anything more to write.—
Hazel E. Havens, Rockford, Mich.

Dear Aunt Penelope:—-l am nine years
old and will be in theﬁfth grade when
school begins. I have no brothers or
sisters. We live on a 33—acre farm. I
haVe one cow and call her Daisy. We
have a red pig and red chickens. We
will have young chickens Wednesday.
Papa takes the M. B. F. I enjoy the let-
ters the children write to you. We raise
corn, beans, potatoes. squash, pickles,
and popcorn. We have apples, plums,
pears, peaches, cherries, prunes, currants
gooseberries, blackberries, strawberries
and grapes. We have cabbage. ruta-
beggas, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, rad—
ishes, beans, onions and beets in our
garden. . ' ,

,I think a nice name for the children’s
page would be the ”Children’s Hour." I
like jokes, stories and poems. I help
mamma in the house. I have one cat
and one 'kitten, the old cat’s name is
Tabby and the kitten’s name is Spotty.
Well, I will close—Esther Violet Buser,
Grand Junction, Mich.

\
Aunt Penelopez—l am a little girl 10

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years old, and in the ﬁfth grade. I live .

on a farm of eighty acres.

, My uncle was here and when he went .
back he sent us a tent. His home is in ,

Mack, Minnesota.

I havexa little brother and sister, their

names are Dorothy and Floyd.

I will wash the dishes, the separator
and sweep the ﬂoors to help mamma.
can take papa a drink agd get the COWS
from the pasture for him.

We have three cbws on our farm, their
names are Spot, Redand Peggy, Hol—
stein and Durham. As ever, your little
{fielrlidqrMildred Mae Beining, Marion,

1c .

 
Dear Aunt Penelopezwhiy parents take
the M. B. F., and they like it very well.
I am living on a farm of 70 acres, and
I am 9 years old, and in the ﬁfth grade,

,I am attending the Grace school.

We have ﬁve cows and one heifer and
two calves, and we have ﬁve cats and a
dog, and our cows names are Drippey,
Rosy, Buck, Daisy, Cherry, Brunnv and
Star ,and we have not named the (Ather
one; our dog’s name is Brindle.

We have. a nice team of colts and
a horse, their names are Maud, May and
Prince. .

I have two sisters. their names are
Rena and Anna; Rena is 13 years old
and Anna is 16.—Josephine ‘Setterbo,
Frankfort, Mich. .

Dear Penelope—I am twelve years old
andl am in the sixth grade. I go to
the Boyer school in the country. We
had a box social at our school for the
beneﬁt of the Red Cross. We made $24;
and each of us children at school will
receive a Red Cross pin. I have a ve e-
table garden and ﬂower bed. My gar en
is all up. I have one dog and two kit-
tens and 20 little chickens. I will close
hoping to see this on the children’s page.
I will write again—Violet VanBuskirk,
Elwell, Mich.

' Dear Aunt Penelopez—I am a farmer’s
daughter, 14 years of age. I help my

. 'father on the term. I hoe and pull weeds,

milk and help haul in. hay and move it
away. I go to high school in the winter.
I am a sophmore this year.

So we are'going to have a. page all our
own, are we
M.,B. E's Page?” Wishing the . . .
was. I an m little niece—~Gladys H.
,Batterbee, East Jordan, Mich.

y not call it "Junior ‘_
, M B ‘F

 
‘5 State ol4"‘Michigan:

Whén you refrain from buying a luxury

WAR, SAVING 'CERTIFICTE you really

say:
,2} '

. «“Uncle Sam, you use that much labor
and material just now. You use it to pro-
duce ._ things that our soldiers need for their

Comfort and their lives. I’ll wait.”

And Uncle Sam says:

“Very well, I ’ll take your money. I ’ll
use up the'material and labor for the soldiers.
But later on.l’ll pay you ALL your money
”back. And interest all the time, as a reward

for the things. you save for me to use.”

or

 
I Albert E. Sleeper

' Governor

 
and instedd buy a. THRIFT STAMP or ‘a‘

 
After the

We must win the war and win it now.
but only through victory. There should be a broad, careful
preparation, for after-the-war preparation {or peace is as
essential as preparation for war.

We shall have to plan for expanding mar-

Let‘ as have peace,

 
farmers could feel sure that in him they'had a friend who '
would stand for Miclu' an men and Michigan products in ﬂ
competition with the pro nets of foreign countries. He would
see to it, too, that Michigan products were accorded as fan-

~ treatment as the products of states farther
”south.

 
kets abroad. We must also be watchful of .. ,6
the welfare of business at home. Strong
efforts will be made to have the United
States thrown open to the markets of the
world and to place the products of American
farmers in competition with the products
of the farmers of other countries who do
not pay our scale of wages {or their labor
and are not called upon to bear as heavy
expenses.

This year Michigan should send to the
United States Senate a men who will stand
for a tariff which will protect the American
farmer. He should see to it, too, that Mich-
igan Wheat and wool get as square a deal as
Mississippi cotton.

Congress should lend a hand to the bus-
iness end of farming as well as to the science
of production. The ﬁxing of the price of
wheat, the difﬁculties in ﬁxing the price of
milk, the vagaries of the price of cotton all
cry out to prove that the problems of pro-
duction and commerce, as they affect the people who work
in the open country, are not receiving the same logica.
treatment.

‘ Truman H. Newberry is a protectionist. He has no free-
trade notions now, and never did have. He is stable and
dependable. With him in the United States Senate, Michigan

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Truman Newberxjv is a Michigan product
himself. He" was born in Michigan. .His a
life has been devoted to public service, and ,’ _
that service has rebounded to the beneﬁt of .
the state as well as to the nation. _He or-
ganized the Michigan Naval Brigade and
enlisted in'it,as a common seamen on the V
Yantic. He served as lieutenant on the ‘
Cruiser Yosemite in the Spanish-American
war. He is serving now as a Commander in

the Third Naval ,District. ' .

He was and is the Roosevelt tyaoe of man
and President Roosevelt made him Secretary . E
of the Navy, and while serving in the navy '
department, he reorganized the whole navy
system and placed the ﬁghting force of this
country on the best footing it had occupied
up to that time. ,
Like Colonel Roosevelt. too, Commander ‘
Newberryinstilled patriotism and American- _>
ism in his two sons. Both of them enlisted . ,
and are in the service today, one in the
navy, the other in the army. .
Commander Newberry as United States senator
would serve all the "people. He has nothing to sell
them. vMichigan farmers can depend upon him. Michigan
laboring men can trust him. Michigan business men will,
get a square deal from him. ’ .

 
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, (”e—The potato acreage is about
the_«'same. a little blight has shown up.
Beans are in average .“condition, better
than; £917. but pretty dry now. LC'orn is
in. poor candition, and a small ..acreage.
Theijaverage of oats is larger than'usual
snag-conditions are good. Fruit is very
. scarce. There is very little help here
»and 't‘ewgfarmers are able to pay the
wages demanded—V. W. ’ .
Minimum—There is“ a smaller acre-
age of, potatoes with ”the conditions being
better. "' About the same acreage of beans
and about the same condition as compare
ed, with last year. There is a larger acre-
age broom and itis'in much better condi—
tion compared with last year. There is
about. ‘the same acreage of cats which
will yield a larger amount than last year.
A small quantity of pears and grapes
are bearing; no plums or' peaches but
, about the same. Buckwheat ,which
large acreage compared with last
is in better condition than last

has
year.
year.

(ﬁction—This section of the county
does not raise 'many. potatoes. but what
there are look good. The acreage of corn
is larger than last year and it is looking
‘the best it has in years. There is a large
a cage of oats and it 'is looking ﬁne. Not
muchfruit to speak of.only apples. There
is a good acreage of beans and they are
looking ﬁne. Barley is a good crop here
this. yeari Labor is getting scarcer ev-
ery day and wages are high. There are
lots of last‘year's beans in this section of
the county yet and the price is getting
better. They are $8.50. now.

Lenowek—There are not. as many po-
tatoes here as last year and if rain does
not come soon there wil be a light crop.
Beans are in poor condition and in the
northern part of the county they are dry-
ing up. Corn was never better in this
township than this year. Oats were about.
normal. Help is scarce, but if you can
pay enough you can get it. Right in this
neighborhood wheat is threshing from 15
to 28 bu. per acre: barley about 30 to 35.
Butter is bringing 45c; eggs. 38c; hogs
from 150 to 225 lbs, $19, but have not
863’“ gutétwo cars shipped in three months .

Charlevoix—Jl‘he acreage of potatoes is
about -20 per cent less than last year.
About ‘10 percent less beans than last
year pd these were hit by the ‘frost.
Corn *3 about the same and is looking
ﬁne. Oats are in fair condition. better
than last year and about 20 per cent of
an.increase in acreage. Wheat is about
the same as last year; Farm labor is
not scarce around here at present but
they have taken a'lot of our boys to the
training camps. so I do not‘ know what
ate fsuture of the help question will be.—

. in 1917]
1 age of- ‘oatis . and buckwheat "as .lastv.~.year
-- and they are looking 3306 but need rain.
There are no peaches, about half an ap-‘

some.1 Farmers are ‘

ers. gnaw” is about one-

. .8 .1 .1
.h 9 there. are netball ~01 whatdhere were
Thbrje,- is abouti double-thereon-

ple crop and no plums, but‘there is a
fair crpp of cherries. and berries. . Gar-
den-truck leaking ﬁne andnlots of 'lt and
selling at fair prices. We can. get ,all the
ﬁelpng want at $2.50 to $3 per day.—

Sammie—Potatoes are in about normal,

5 condition but 50 per cent need rain. There

is fie fruit. .Haying about one-half done.
Farmers are changingfwork,. others that
.have Small aerea'ge are ﬁnishing up and
are helping their neighbors. Very dry

“and warm at present—G. A.,

Calhoun—There is not as large an acre
,age of potatoes as last year but" the late
ones are looking good. -There is not so
large an acreage of beanseither but they
are looking good. The prospects for a.
corn crop are God. oats were fair. No
fruit except apples which are looking
good. Barleyiis a good crop. Harvest is
'nearly over and threshing has begun. Help
is soarce.

Calhouanhere is not a large acreage
of potatoes but what there are are look-
ing good. There is not as large ah acre-
-age of beans as there was last. year but
the prospects are good fora large crop.
There will be some winter apples. There
oats here and the crop is 'a good one.-
There will be some winter aples. There
has been little difﬁculty in securing the
crops so far. ‘

Berrien——There is about half as much
acreage of potatoes ,as last year, much of
the seed did not come, but what did grow
is looking ﬁne. There were not very

. many beans planted here, and they do not

l‘ook good. Cornis looking ﬁne at pres-
ent, and there was more planted than last
year. Sugar beets are looking ﬁne and
the acreage is about the same as last
year. Oats a good crop this year, acre—
age about the same as last year. While
fruit has been a ﬁne quality there is not
so- large. a yield as last year. Grapes
would have‘been a bumper crop but they
were.struck by dry rot. Farmers can

' get help‘if they pay the price, which is

$3.50’to $4 a day and board. but the
farmers consider that exorbitant. Farm-
ers are cutting oats and threshing wheat.
Wheat has been averaging 20 bu. to the
acre. Most of the ‘farmers are selling
their wheat from the machine at $2.10.
Corn is looking ﬁne. it has stretched two
feet in the last weelt.——O

Ottawa—The prospects for a potato
crop here are about the same as in 1917.
There is a small acreage of beans here
.and they are looking ﬁne. Oats are
looking good but some are very thin. No
small fruit to speak of: apples looking
good. Farmers are getting help enough
by changing with their neighbors—IF.

00canw——The acreage of potatoes is a.
half of what it was a year ago, and they
are looking very well. There is a larger
acreage of beans by onedhird than last
year and they are doing line. There is
very little corn and ii‘ is just medium.
Oats will be about half a crop with about
the same acreage. There were a few
cherries; apples will be fairly good and
about an average crop. There is no
small fruit of any kind. Labor conditions
are looking more serious.——W. W. A.

 
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Is a Good Milling Wheat

ls Winter Hardy
Has Stiff Straw
ls Pure '

V _ Registered Rosen Rye

(Compared'to Common Rye)

Has Shorter, Stiller Straw
Has Longer, Larger Head
' Has Larger, Plumper Grain

Has‘ Greater Leaf Surface
Has Better Filled Heads
Yields Twice as Much per A.

Anumber-of farmers,‘—mcmbers of. the Michigan Crop Improvement
Association. have had their ﬁelds inspected under the auspices of, and

by agents of the Association.

After threshing. this grain is again in-

spected. That which meets requirements is Registered and given a.
Registry number on the. books of the Michigan Crop Improvement

Registered Seed

Is now offered for sale at Market price plus the cost of putting it in

Association.

condition to meet the Registry requirements.

The prices are:

Red Rock “’hoat, 1-9 inclusive, $3.50 per bu., 10 bu. and over, $3.25

Rosen Rye, 1-9 bu.

inclusive, $3.25 per bu., 10 bu. and over, $3.00.

Winter Barley, 1-9 bu. inclusive, $3.00 per bu., 10 bu. and over. $2.90.

To pass inspection, the ﬁelds in which these grains were grown must show
less than 1% mixture of other varieties.

For list of farmers from whom you can obtain Inspected Seed of the above
varieties, write to the Sec’y of the Michigan Crop improvement Association.

J. W. NICOLSON, East Lansing, Michigan

 
Phone Main 4880

 
FLEECE WOOL

Will buy wool outright 0r handle on commission
We are authorized government wool agents, if you
have any fleece wool write us giving full particulars.

TRAUGGOTT SCHMIDT SONS,_

136 to 164 Monroe Ave.,

Detroit, Michigan

 
AT 'THE “ STATE FAIRS

Be sure to see the Aber'

deen-Angus cattle. There

you will have an oppor—

‘tunity at more than 25

leading live stock shows

'to inspect the choicest

representatives of the

grand champion beet

. breed. These show ani-

mals are samples of the best American

herds. Their produce has won at the

world‘s greatest live stock Show the In—

ternational Exposition at Chicago. 1:) out

of 16 fat carcass grand championships

over all breeds, as well as )3 out of 16

fat carlot grand championships, ll out of

14 steer herd grand championship: and 10

out of 16 single steer grand champion-

ships. —Calvcs of the iii-«ed have been

demonstrating their baby beef making

superiority at shows and markets from

Canada to Texas. The hulls of the breed

have been getting market topping steers

at all leading markets, demonstrating
their place in winning the war.

“Ask the man who owns some.”
ALIERICAN ABERDEEN—ANGUS
BBEEDERS' ASSOCIATION
817-318 Exchange Ave., Chicago.»

WANT ADS

Under this head three, cents per word

 
Wanted by experienced farm hand, 100
acre farm or more to work on shares;
owner furnish everything and give one—
third. Would like to put-out wheat this
fall.4 Ralph Mead, Hastings; Mich.. R. F.
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LAND SUITABLE FOR stock farms
for sale in Ogemaw 00., on easy terms.
Verg' productive and well located. Harry
0. heldon. Alger, Mich.

 
Strictly Pure Boson Rye cleaned ready
to sow. $2.60 per bu., 5 bu. or over.
Write for. 'sample.
Michigan. ‘

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A. D. Gregory, Ionia, ~

FARM ()F 160 ACRES 11/5 miles from

Onaway. Mich. on main pike, level, no
waste, 100 under cultivation, rest pasture
and wood. Dark clay soil. woven wire
fence. good grain and stock farm, new 29-
room house, furnace, toilet, bath. Large
barn, new granary. machine shed. etc
l00 tun silo. young orchard. mar school.
Telephone, ltFl). A. J. Ri'eniser. 0mi-
way. Michigan.

 
PAINT “'IIOLESALE

I’RH‘ES liar-
anteed ﬁve g

. years. Eighteen Colors.
Freight allowed. ACME LUMBER COM~
l‘ANY. 9.003 Woodward Paint Dep’t.,
Detroit. Michigan.

 
FARMS FOR SALE»
iy. (loo. l.. Smith.

in Arcnac coun-
Sterling. Michigan.

 
FIFTY (TAILS hard
3003 Woodward

“'A NTED,
M. B. 'l‘l-eple,
Michigan.

Seed Rye and Wheat

Sample for stamp. $5.00 bu. sacks free,
Harry Vail, New Milford, Orange (70.. NY.

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RECEIVED TOO LATE T0 (‘LASSII‘W'

 
Wolverine Stock Farm
Offers two sons about 1 yr. old. sired
by Judge Walker Pieicrtje. These
calves are nicely marked and light in
color and are ﬁne individuals. Writ.»
for prices and pedigrees. Pattie Creek.
Mich. R. 2.

 
For Sale Our Oxford herd ram. i‘eg"--.ter-
ed, bred from imported stock. a bunny.
A few yearling rams and ram lambs while
they last. Write your wants and mention
this paper. Geo. T. Abbott. Palms, Mich.

Registered Hampshire Ram Lamb: 7'

For Sale. Weighing up to 130 lbs. Aug.
10th, at $25.00 and up. Also a. few year—
ling rams. Clarke Haire, West Branch,'
Michigan. ' .» ' ’

 
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ROBERT R. POINTER

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0U KNOW of course why it was necessary for me to repeat the dispersion sale of June 3rd, but my mis- ;.
fortune IS your gain because you again have the opportunity of coming to bid on animals which attracted a‘ .'
I want you to come fully assured that every transaction in this sale:

Will be Conducted on a fair and square basis/and I want every man Who buys to be thoroughly satisﬁed with his

I am sorry indeed that I must part With these animals because they have been selected with inﬁnite

care or bred up with painstaking thought to make the Pointer Herd of Holsteins known as leaders Whenever herds;

I should like to have the opportunity of meeting you at the sale and talking with you regarding any animaI .

 
splendid lot of buyers to the last sale.
purchase.
are spoken of.
Some of My Offerings at this Sale

Read Complete Announcement on Opposite Page

Merry Glenn Netherland Florence 371393
Born October 4, 1915 ‘

A well bred heifer ot‘ splendid individual
qualities.

Her sire is by a son of Pontiac Korndyke,
who has sired the present world’s 30-day
producer, and who has also produced the
ﬁrst three 30-1b. cows, along with a total of
16 30-lb. cows, he has four 40—lb. great grand-
daughters, and he is conceded by all the
very greatest sire the world has ever knowu.

Her dam is an A. R. O. two-year—old, that
has a 20-1b. daughter, and her twin sister
has produced two 25-lb. cows.

Old Sire—Fairlawn Mobel 157129
Born April 23, 19150

The progeny of this young bull will inher-
it the blood of_ many of the greatest produc-
ing and transmitting ani‘nals that ever lived.

The sire is Michigan’s 40-lb. bull, King
Segis Champion Mobel, who is by that great
sire, King Segis Champion, he from the 36-lb.
show cow. Aaggie Pauline Sarcastic, by King
Segis De Kol Korndyke, a son of the re-
nowned King Segis and the ﬁrst 37-1b cow,
Pontiac Clothilde De K01 2d.

The sire’s dam is the ﬁrst 40-1b. four-year-
old, Mabel Segis Korndyke, whose record
for 7 days’ butter production has been equal-
led by but one other 4-year-old and whose
record for 30-day butter production has nev-
er been equalled by any other heiferof her
age.

The dam is a ﬁne producer of excellent
breeding. At 31/; years she produced *over
18 lbs. butter in 7 days, averaging over 60
lbs. milk per day. She is by the son of the
noted “milk” sire, Pietertje' Hengerveld's
Count De K01, and the former world‘s cham-
pion 7 and 30—day butter producer, May
Hartog Pauline De Kol.

The dam’s dam, an ARC. cow, is from a

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Fairlawn Mobel can hardly fail to suc-
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Crown Prince Grant DeKol Korndyke
201941—Young Sire

Born November 14 1916 ,

A sire whose breeding is proof of his su-
periority

The dam is a cow of great producing abil-
ity. She has a record of nearly 30 lbs. but-
ter in 7 days at four years of age, averag-
ing overﬂ95 lbs. milk a day during the week
of her test. She is a full sister to Flossy
Grant of Pleasant View, who produced
nearly 33 lbs. butter in 7 days, averaging
over 100 lbs. mild per day during the week
of her test.

The sire is a bull of great quality. His
daughters have made ﬁne reCOrds. He is by
the great Pontiac Butter Boy, from a daugh-
ter of Earl Korndyke De Kol, he from the
same dam as the renowned Pontiac Korn-
dyke. the only sire having ﬁve 40-1b. grand-
daughters also the only Sire having two 40-
lb. daughters to have a son with at least two
40 lb daughters

The progeny of Crown Prince Grant De
Kol Korndyke are bound to become produc-
ers of more than ordinary ability.

QueenPauline Detroit 178039I

Born January 18, 1912

Butter, 7 days, 41/2y, 14.59.

Milk, 33020.

An A.R.O. cow from a dam of good old
breeding and by Stony Brook Paul De Kol.
he from a daughter of Antje Boy, by a son
of Count Calamity Wayne and Aaggie Wayne
Pauline De Kol, who is a grandson of the
noted De Kol 2d s Paul De Kol.

This explains Why I must repeat my sale
of June 3rd-—a greatopportunityforYouI

in which you are interested. I feel sure *
that you Will be glad to know that Mr.
Woodwill again act as auctioneer and you"
will be made as welcome as we know how
if you attend our sale on Thursday, Aug

29th,1918.

Most sincerely yours.

ROBERT R. POINTER

From Michigan Business Faming of July 9.

 
’ ROBERT R. POINTER" WILL .
HAVE ’NOTHER SALE

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Robert R. Pointer, who held what he
supposed would be a complete dis-
persion sale of his ﬁne Holstein herd
on June 3rd, ﬁnds himself with $10,000
worth of cattle still on his hands, and
advises M. B. F. that he- will hold .
another sale sOme time in August;

Inasmuch as it was announced that
Mr. Pointer disposed of his entire herd
at the previous sale which was con-
sidered one of the most successful of
u the year, an explanation is due as to
i the reason for the second sale.

Among the active bidders was a
Lansing man, who made successful
bids “on over $10,000 worth of cattle.
When it came time to settle under the
' terms of the sale, the buyer was un-
able to produce either the money, .
bankable paper or security. It de-
veloped that he was not sufﬁciently re-
: sponsible ﬁnancially to handle any
reas-onable-' deal which *Mr. Pointer
was willing to make. and as a result
some of Mr. Pointer’s choicest animals
were " thrown back on his hands.
Hence the second sale.

We supposed that the man who at—
w“ tended an auction sale just for the
fun of bidding had long since passed
’ along with the professional and crock—
ed horse trader. At a large sale at-
tended by men‘ from all over thecoun-

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the bidders. This is a risk that ev-
ery owner takes Likéivise many
men thought‘ responsible cannot al-
ways- bear out their reputations, and
every breeder should lend a hand in
discouraging such as htese 1mm par- ~
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THURSDAY
29th, 1918

One mile east of Wayne, Mich., on Michigan Ave.,
Ann Arbor car line, 16 miles west of Detroit.

3 15‘ THE SALE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!

The herd contains some of the very best Holstein strains, including
one son and two daughters Of the famous‘ ‘Concordia Houwtje Sun—
light DeKol. ” Concordia made a seven-day butter record of 31. 69,
and 654 1- 10 lbs. of milk in seven days. It would be hard to find a
better lot of registered cattle than are in this herd. If you are looking
fora good calf, heifer or cow, come to this sale. There are also three
herd bulls with records.

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An extended pedigree catalogue of the herd will be provided and all
stoCk will be glven a tubercuiar test and are guaranteed free from all
contagious diseases.

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1:06000 miles service—why not you
; hr After Examination. 3% Discount for Dash Willi Oriel.

Wesb' C..0.D nubectt ins tion. When
1”no: tolt chncherjm. Dior ales“: and desired.

ORDER TODAY- eel may Jump. Full infor-
mation on request. -vdAd ddress,

Philadelphia Motor Tire Co.,

240 N. Broad Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

 
“011116315331. RIB

Cures corn and small grain per.
fectly. ‘Shuts out rats, mice. birds
and night prowlers. Built of heavy.
to gauge galvanized steel and lasts
alifetime. Every joint reinforced with
heavy angle steel. Deﬁes
wind and weather. Sizes
for every farm—200
bushels capacity to
4,000. Built round,
oblong and in
d o u b l e s h e d
form. Get one
of these perfect
cribs and save
your corn and
grain.

Write for de-
scriptive folder
and price list.

THE THOMAS l:
ARMSTRONG CO.
4412 M1111 St.
London. 0.

 
Red Rock

The Hardlost and Heaviest Yloldinz

Winter Wheat

For Michigan and the northern states.
Has yielded 37 bushels average per
acre at the Michigan Experimental
Station. Record yield of nearly ﬁfty
bushels per acre.

Rosen Rye

Is a new variety that will pay you welyl to g1 ow.011t-
ields common Rye 10 to 20 bushels per acre. Nice

long heads well ﬁlled with large kernels. Ordinary

yield 30 to 40 bushels.

Clover. Timothy. Vetch. and all dependable seeds for

fall planting.

Write for free samples and fair, price list.

F all Bulbs

Beautiful new D .-1rVVin Tulips Hyacinths, Narcissus
Lillies, Crocus, etc. Plant these bulbs this 11111 11117
winter and spring blooming.

lsbell‘s Fall Catalog Free gchs full information
Write 101 it today.

5. M. ISBELL 81 CO.
Jackson. Mich.

 
Box 11

 
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Produce your own ch: ap feed— \
Silverizcd Silage—lino, even cut, \
m-old proof silage. Get an “Ol1io"\
for your own work—variet3 of sizes
from 4 h p 11p—40 to 300 tons daily
capacity. Bigfeatures— beaten fLL‘ll'“
s ring- proof knives friction Sevease

1rect drive. 64 ymrr ,p
Wrilelor Catalan 7‘. > ‘
Silver Mfg. Co. E30
\ Solon. Olin - " :n ._
“Modern Silage

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Buys the New Butterﬂy ~
Junior No. 2d“. Li ightcfun—
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VERY BEST LAYERS

While trapnestlng 'is not practical
On theiaverage farm, there areother
methods of selecting the best layers
that are fairly reliable and help much
in culling out the proﬁtless. birds.
One of the ﬁrst and best Ways to cull
the ﬂock down to the best layers, is
to begin in the fall and mark. the pul-
lets that begin to lay earliest, rejecting
from the laying ﬂock all that do not
begin laying at an earlyage for the
breed they represent. Almost invar-
iably the pulletsthat begin laying
youngest are the best layers, so one
is always safe in selecting them for
winter layers and for the all year
round'layers as well, for they usual-
ly prove to be the most persistent al-
so.

However, if'pullets were kept indis-
criminately because they were pallets,
the loafers and poor producers can be
culled out this fall and not allowed
to spend another unproﬁtable winter
in the poultry yard. Poultry special-
ists who have tested hens by the trap-
nest for some time have pretty well
stopped talking about “laying type,”
for the trapnest has revealed among
other things. that type is not to be
relied upon in, the selection of laying
birds. Birds of true laying type, sup-
posedly have turned out under that
test to be the poorest layers under
the best known‘ system of feeding in
laying contests, while other of less
pronounced “type” have proved to be
wonderful layers. So some of the
old ideas of shape. and so forth. have
been thrown into the discard.

Still. there are certain rather re-
liable “signs” of a good layer, especial-
ly visible in the late summer and fall.
In the yellow legged varieties the
bleaching of the shanks is a very
good sign of an industrious layer, the
hen with the bright yellow legs and
sleek appearance invariably proving
to be a loafer. It is well to begin
culling the ilock in July when some
of the hens cease laying. The. hens
that lay a. while in the spring and
then stop and moult early, getting a
nice coat of feathers before many of
the others have begun to molt are
usually the poorest layers in the flock.
.while the ragged ones that seem too
busy to stop to grow feathers may be
depended upon to do their hit for nine
or ten months of the year.

ACRE OF SILAGE FEEDS
NEARLY THREE STEERS

It has been shown by many tests
that, silage may constitute the major
portion of feed required for fattening
cattle. It may replace much of the
more expensive bays and a large part
of the corn usually required to pre-
pare cattle for market.

Steers fczl corn, silage, alfalfa and
nitrogenion" concentrates in the Mis-
souri tests in 1915—16 and 1916-17 yield-
ed an average proﬁt of $65121 head.
Other steers" fed a greatly increased
silage ration, but. which received no
additional corn. made an average net
proﬁt of $12.94 a head. In the 1916-17
experiments one acre of corn, estimat—
ed to yield 40 bushels of grain or 8
tons of silage, and fed only in the form
of silage with an increased amount of
purchased concentrates, was sufﬁcient
to fatten 2.58 head of steers, while the
crop from one acre fed in the form of
ear corn and silage was not quite suf-
ﬁcient to fatten one steer. It should
be understood that while steers fat—
tened without additional corn were
not proﬁtable and required a much
smaller investment for feed, they were
not as fat and did not bringa price as

' , ﬁnished 1'?

(Wm. sons GOOSE RAISER
ANSWER rats QUESTION? «

 
Will you please tell me through M.

_ B. F. what is the matter with my ' ,
young geese; and the cause of it? They .

are smart and thrifty as anyone could
with for until they are 5 or 6 weeks
old, and just as their pianeatliers are
commencing to spread into feathers
they squat down and die It does not
make any difference what we do for
them, they die anyway. I feed them a
little corn meal and milk or bread and
milk for awhile, then I just let them
run where ther‘é‘ 1.1 plenty of good
pasture and they have plenty of. fresh
water all the time. I have one at
present that seems to have something
the matter with its head and neck. It
will twist its head around on its back
and it peeps like it was in awful pain
when its head draws back like that. It
is nearly six weeks old and it has no
feathers. Would it be their feathers
coming that makes them sick? They
rae kept nights in a coop by themselv-
es and I keep them up when it rains.

J. S. 1100., Fibre, Mich.

USE THE NEAR-BY
CHICKEN FEEDS

Poultry feeds have been higher than
they otherwise would have been on ac-
count of the lack of shipping facilit-
ies. The difﬁculties in the way of
transportation have their effect on the
selling price. Therefore, poultry breed-
ers and ‘ poultry feeders .should look

about home for the variety of grain

which they will need forlthe winter.
and buy near-by feeds. We must get
our feeds as cheaply as possible this
fall because there is a limit to the
price the consumer will pay for eggs.
No matter how fond he may be of eggs
75-cent eggs is about as high as he
Will g0. Eggless dishes appear at 50c
and 6013 sees the absence of eggs from
the breakfast table. Babies and inval-
ids are practically the only consumers
of eggs at a higher price, save 'on' the
table of the housekeeper who is not
limited for means. and tho she eat the
eggs she will surely grumble.

0111' problem is to buy our feed at a
price which will enable us to produce
eggs at the lowest possible cost. We
can’t feed the chickens on corn alone.
or on corn and Whom. They need
more variety. They must have green
food, and in the range 01‘ green mod
there is nothing better for the ﬂock
ihan sprouted oats.

while for the pouttryman mile
the crops that are of mine asips

ﬁeld. to save handling The egg“ _pr
ducer must have a proﬁt;
is more patriotic to make it by care-
ful buying and feeding than by reds-5
ing the price.

can CAUSE. OE THE

CROOKED BREASTBQNES

 
Crookedpbreastbones are sometimes j '
an indication of a lack of vitality, but

manycases are due simply to narrow
roosts.
narroW' edge of a. board, or. that are
putvup to roost too early, are nearly

- sure to have crooked breastbones. This

is a disadvantage both to table‘ poul-
try and exhibition birds. &

A When chicks are of roosting age,
give them boards w1de enough to sup-
port the welght of the body. Put the
boards up six inches at ﬁrst, and their-
increase the height when the chicks
are roost-trained. They are much bet-
ter off on a narrow shelf than in a
heap on the ﬂoor. If on the ﬂoor, they
get-the piling—up habit, and once they
begin this there is woe.

We had a hatch of exhibition Buff
Cochins at one time, from, which we
invariably took a dead chick 'or more
if we were not at hand at roosting.
time to spread them out. .The- Coch-
ins are especially bad about smother-

ing, owing to the heavy leg-feathering."

The low, Wide roost is a good prevent-
ive of this trouble.

When culling time comes. choose
the chickens with crooked breast-
bones for market. 7

 
Got a sample copy and like the paper
Very much. ——Wilson Holt, Grailot county

I am vexy much pleased with your
paper; I like it better than any other
farm paper. -—L. J. Johnson, Manistee Co.

 
I am well pleased with the paper 1‘1 7‘

am a farmer and a merchant -——L

lont, Gratiot county.

Enclosed find subscriptions for M B.
F the farmer's best friend and my best
friend. -—G W. Ackerman, Huron county.

Have received your paper severil
limes lately and think it one of the best
i have ever seen. ——Ge0rge Kohlenbergci,
llillsdale county.

I want» you to» send me this paper and
keep right on sending it. I am going
to get some of my neighbois to subsoibe.
'—E \I. VVclke, ’l‘uscolu 1‘ Illlliy

 
state.

 
New $30,000 Poultry Houses at Michigan State Fair. The poultry Ex-
hibit at this year’s fair promises to be one of the best e or shown in this.
The new building just completed is the ﬁnest of 1.,
ion and this ideal show-place together with the extra bonuses paid on prem—
lums won by Michigan exhibitors promises to attract a recdrd exhibition.

mi in Amer-

 
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0... Jenny: and .nammhires
é... . er‘ a. .numb‘erlbr ﬁne young
.13! boars ands’ow pig's; both Duroc
1’8 and Hampshi‘res. from partic-
l‘y well "bred-stock. . erlc Bag:

  
BLOOMINGDALE FARMS.
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, Breeder of purebred ,
‘ j Holstein-Friesian Cattle ’ .
’~ >. Young bullsxtor sale from A. It.
0;. Cows With 2reditable records.

 
Boy and by a son of King Segis De Kol
Korndyke, from A. R. O. dams with rec—
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28_.25
air—rulings. Prices reasonable breeding
considered. - .
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM.
W. ,W. Wyckoff, " Napoleon, Mich.

months old, grandson of Hengerveld
De Kol', sired by than Hengerveld

‘rREGISTERED HOLSTEIN BUEL 6

~Lad who has”61 A. R. 0. daughters.

Dam is an '18 lb. 3 yr. old granddanghter

’ ofK’lng Segis who has a sister that re-

: HOLSTEI

' stock for. sale.‘ Address,

  
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cently ma e 33 lbs. butter in '5 days as a
4 yr. old. This calf is light in color,
well grown and a. splendid individual
Price~ $100. Write for photo and pedigree.
L. C. Ketzler, Flint, Michigan.

 
We want these Registered Holstein
Bulls tovhead Grade Herd:

\Korndyke Clothilde' of .Serridale,
Born June 24, 1917. Price $100
' Korndyke Ormsby of Serridella
.Bor‘n Sept. 19’” 1917. Price $85
‘ Prices 1?. o. b. Oscoda, Mich.
SERRIDELLA FARMS
Osooda, - - — Michigan

 
MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTElNS

We are now )Oklng orders for
young .bulls from King Pieter Segis
Lyons 170506. All from A, R. O. dams
with credible records. We test annu—
‘ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information.

Musolil‘ Bros., South Lyons, Michigan.

 
HICKORY GROVE STOCK FARM ..'
Offers immediate sale 12 daughters of
King erveld Palmyra Fayne bred to
Mutual ontiac Lad. All of the cows in
this herd are strong in the blood of Maple-

crest- and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. We
can always furnish carloads of pure bred

and grade cows.

 
D. Owen Taft, Route 1. Gal. Grove, Mich.
FOR SA Eleven ”head of Holstein

, cows and Heifers. Th: e
yearlings not bred, the rest to freshen
this fall and winter. A good start reas-

onable for some one. Write,
W. C. Hendee & Son, Pinckney, Michigan.

COWS AND HEIFERS; 12
head; high class registered

 
E. P. Kinney, Lansing, Michigan.

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM

’Breeders of Holstein-Friesian Cattle,
attle Creek, Michigan. Senior Herd
ire, Judge rWalker Pieterje whose

first ﬁve dams are 30 lb. cows. Young

bulls for sale, from daughters of King

.Korndyke Hengerveld Oronsby.

 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES

Sires dams average 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 das. 145.93 lbs. 30 das. testing
6.52% fat. Darris good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows % white.
Price $65.00 each while they .last.
Herd tuberculin tested annually.
Boardman Farms, Jackson, Michigan.

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Holstein Heifers-
The c0ws. and ‘ bulls advertlSed' have
been sol%.~1'have 6 or .8 registered
Holstein elfe'rs' from heavy produc- ‘
m8 dams,» 3 mos." to 2-years‘old at
$125 'apiecte.’ . ‘ 7 J .
ROBIN .CARR

FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN-

 
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Holstein-Fumes Cattle-
Under the present labor conditions a
I feel the necessity ofvreducihg my
herd. ‘Would ’sell a few bredtemales
or a few to freshen this spring. These
cows- are all with calf: to a 30-po‘und
bull. J. Fred Smith, Byron, glichlgan

 
- “ STOCK FARM offers 1
Sunni YPlallIS young bull (old enough
for light service in a short tim ). Dam‘s
record as a. senior'3iyear old 22.48 butter
5,38 milk.
tiac Iiorndyke. Price $100. F. O. B. Fowl-
erville. Also a pair of large rangy
grade Percheron geldings. 4 and 5 years
old. Phone 58F15. Arwin Killinger.
Fowlerville, Mich.

 
stein cows. One 7 years old. mostly

white; good size and udders; due Aug.
27. No. 2 three years om; more black
than white. due Sept. 5. Pictures if de-
sired. Price. $200 each. C. L. Hullett &
Son, Okemos,‘ Michigan.

0 VERSTOCKE D——Two registered Hol-

 
One [Car-load Registered Holstems
Yearlings sired by 30 pound bull and
from heavy-producing cows. Also some
choice Duroc open gilts.
J. Hubert Brown. Byron. Michigan.

EARLING DAUGHTER of Maplecrest
De Kol Hortoy whose dam is a 30-lb.
cow, 30 days. 120 lbs., a son of Friend
Hengervald De Kol Butter Boy. four
daughters with year records over 1,000
lbs. Dam—Young Hazel De Kol, 7 .day
record 494.8 lbs. milk. 19.67 lbs. butter.
Heifer well marked. good individual. price
ll/l‘ h Howbert Stock Farm. Eau Claire.
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O R S A LIE—Registered Holstein Show
Bull, service age ; Pontiac Korndyke
breeding. Price right. John A Rinke.

 
For Sale Registered Jersey Cattle

of boll: sex. Sm ill and Parker. R. 4. Howell, Mich

Ml ., ’ohedholr 193d tor less than“. in
. ;uilo..'."l?itle displayed to best advantage. ~ ,
. , .. lion‘s;- , . km! “to“! for ads to run 13 issues or more we will make
. _ ”0311:: {diet “which will volieerfﬁilly no use .on application to‘ the Advertising Dept,

 
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81%. SALE, pure bred Shorthorns and

5. Five young bulls I
ig $125 to $150 each. Play

to .9 'montgs. '
3,;Almont. Mich gan.

Warner, R.

.wn-AT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41

'SHOBTHOBN breeders. Can put you In
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. . W. Crum.
Secretary Central, Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBri‘des. Michigan.

 
Sired by a grandson of Pon-Cb

 
HORTHORNS and POLAND CHINAS-

Bulls, heifers and spring pigs, either
sex. for sale. at. farmers" prices. F- M.
Plggott & Son. Fowler,‘ Michigan.

v , * " GUERNSEY

 
‘ FOR SALE

Two wIztélgistered Guernsey Bulls.
7 months old. »
R. B. JACKSON
"RUDGATE FARM” .
BIRMINGHAM. — MICHIGAN

 
GUERNSEYS “7E HAVE A FEW’
Heifers and cows for
sale, also a number of well bred young
bulls—~write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake. Michigan.

 
HEREFORD
8 bull calves Prince

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

 
Buttons?" under this ~

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7 C ‘ Serviceable Bears
> J. Carl'deWett, Mason, Mich.

 
LARGE TYPE 0.1. C.-

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

" Monroe, Mich.

DUROC

PEACH HILL FARM. Regitered Du-
I‘pc Jersey bred gilts, spring pigs and
servwe boars.
‘ INWOOD BROS .
Romeo, Michigan.

FOR SAL . ‘ Duroc Jerseys, both sex:

, Marc 6 and .8 t‘arrow.
long, big bone, large litters. Price right.’
'Close. out males cheap. All purebred, ﬁne
indiViduals. Am in market forregistered
Holstein bull, 6 to 12 months old. B. E.
Kies, Hillsdale, Mich.

DUROC BO ARS Big, long, tail, growwivﬁ

. thy males that
add Size and growth to your herd. Big—
gest March farrowed pigs in the coun-
try, 200 lbs. and not fat. ‘ .
Newton .Barnhart, St. Johns, Michigan.

Registered Duroc Jersey Swine.
For_sale Yearling‘ and spring boars of
quality, also bred sow, Aug. and Sept. far-
row. Spring gilts. White for pediglee
and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. L.
J. Underhill. Salem, Mich.

 
POLA .\' I) (‘1! [NA

 
Large Type Poland China Swine

ARUIC TYPE I'. F. fall gilts, bred
and ready to ship. ‘Vlll wéigh up
to 305 pounds, \Vill farrow in Aug.
and Sept. Will also S\ll a few spring
boars. Fall sale Nov.
Wm. J. Clarke, R. No. 7, Mason, Mich.

 
HARWOOD HEREFORDS .
Yearling bulls and a few heifers

from choice bred, cows. .
Jay Harwood, 'R. No. 3, lonia, Mich.

HORSES

PERCH ERON

 
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ERCHERON STALLION; 4 years old.
all black. ﬁne style and high breeding.

"Price right if taken soon. E. P. Kinney,

Lansing, Michigan. .

 
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1U TYPE 1’. C. FALL SOWS bred for

July and August {arrow Weigh 250
lbs. Spring pigs. Call or write E. R.
Leonard, St. Louis, Michigan.

 
HAD! PSHIRE

 
EGIS’I‘EBED HAMPSHIRE PIGS now
rready. A bargain in boar pigs. John
W. Snyder. R. No. 4. St. Johns. Mich.

SHEEP

SHROPSHIRES

 
"ROPSHIRE RAMS For quality. One
, 4-year—old; some yearlings; 10 ewes
and ram lambs. llan Rookm‘. l‘..l«1 I). No.
4, Evart. Michigan.

 
OR AUGUST DELIVERY 50 Register—‘

ed Shropshire Yearling ewes and 30
Registered Yearling Rams of vxtra qual-
ity and breeding. Flock established 1890.
C. Lemen. Dexter. Michigan.

 
POULTRY

WYA N DOTT ll}

 
liver Laced, Golden and \thte \Vyall-

(lottcs of quality. Jiromling stock after
Oct. lst. Engage- il. uzll' _v. Clarence
Browning, R. 2. l’lH‘llEllltl, Mich.

 
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WE HAVE THEM
if you want Leghorns that will pay
for their feed a dozen times over, write
us. We have eggs for Hatchingand
Breeding Stock, hens and pullets only,
HILL (‘RICST' POULTRY FARM,
Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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PROFITABLE DUFF LEGHORNS —w,
have twenty pens of especially mate
Single Comb Buffs that are not uniyrmat-
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prof-
itable egg production. Eggs at very reg»
onable price. Our list will interest you
-——please ask for it. Village Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan. .

CHICKS

We ship thousands
CHI each season, different
varieties booklet and

testimonials. stamptappreciated. Frecport
Hatchery. Box 10. Freeport. Michigan.

HATCHING EGGS

PLYMOUTH ROCK

Barred RockE symm “min with
gg records to 290 egg-9 .
'per year. 82.00 per 15 Prepaid by Dan
cel post. Circular free. Fred Aﬁtling.
Constantine, Michigan.

OBPINGTON

 
One pen Sumatras. Ten birds
F01. sale 820. Chicago Colisehm Win-
ners. Some ﬂne- females in black and
Butt ,Orpiugtons ”~15 each. James. A.
Daley, Mohawk, Mich. - - -' -

  
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