that D WIIIIam H.Pr1e_e, cater for DetroIt—aBoaats of we: of DetrOit’s future milk sup: the farmer IaCks executive m} lsufi‘ieient for the move. Ru- more» are afloat throughout the city that the farmers adjacent who are supplying the milk are trying to form f ‘to 1ship milk to Detroit after-7.. 1';~_‘ banshee of the. health, rigid miles of inspection ItI -; see s at at the Conditions on Which re has for a continuance of " aresuanow manger we? 11, and that the beard has taken rag meaSure'ments of the farmers’ abi ity to do things. Dr. William H Price, chief of the inepectio'n board, , lked, not WiSely but too well, last . wank, as his sayings drifted into the public .press‘, thence out into the mountra and fell like frosted autumn leaves among the lacteal producers On the farms, and among Whom many' , Were found Who could read; and the V stigma cast against the farmer by the allwise Dr Price promises to pro-‘ duce a rebOund. We give in part ,, ..sou1e of the inspector’s estimates of , . .-_- "the man with the hoe.” Note what he says in regard to the city of De- t‘rbit having the advantage of the farmer; also where he figures that the farmer must be content with the . manure from the stable as his pr‘dflt from the milk business Further, . notice his boast of what “the board * of health” could do if they Wanted to with the “small dairymam” then see 110W ready he- is to enter into a trust- ' ~ 1.; making arrangement with the city 0f , Toledo so as to prevent the farmer shipping his milk away from Detroit ,His haraugue through-out shows a ' smothered fear of the very farmer . Whom he seeks to belittle, and the ~,- chances are that he has .simply LI throvVn a firebrand into gasoline. The ,I doctor speaks of the great care that “ ,,.:sItaken in choOsing city milk inspec- . ors ' assertion? Will not the farmers pick _~7 up the cue and proceed) at once to choose a rural board of inspectors to as set Dr. Price and his seemingly ‘- I erhanded reach to fetter the farm . Asking the farmer to be con-1 With the dung from his stables I'uIt the limit, Iand it should cause 1gb 7 Read the following parefuIIIy: , I__oatti i- Does his own caSe prOVe his- er MIG/26?} 61.1%]? €V€f Mimic/m] fizz i'I/fi’f IWZO matte afiwmefl of 1/ ”37 [ZefozY olrfi’zafiy'w IIRGIrr,'f;s¢-1Itpaa§, January 2511, I913 YOU-BOYS HAVE- mango 1.0m - «Mt: kW“ ., ,,< "'Il‘ls 1 'ij“ I IlIflill‘,‘ Courtesy of Detroit Evenino r News. _ HE MEMBERS of the House and Senate have been taking it pretty easy So far, but as the above cartoon suggests, it is time the boys quit visiting and got down to businesss big, broad man in the Governor’s chair, and as a whole the The “Pink Sheet’ believes that we have a g00d best Senate and Legislature that the state has had in the past ten yezusA—now if they will onl3 get down to business and accomplish something for the people. profit; the profit does not come in . that way. It comes through the refuse of. the“. barns, which is spread over the farmer’s fields as fertilizer and keeps his land productive. A, farmer is , forced to raise cattle or steers as his cheapest means of keeping his land . in shape; and as the milk which the cattle produce is sufiicient to pay for their maintenance, the barn refuse must be classed as profit. “I think that on this point the board of health and the people of De- troit have the advantage over the farmer, and can enforCe the rules f01 pure milk Without danger to the Sup- ply, in spite of the farmers’ threats. The farmers have never been able to maintain a firm organization. They are jealous of one another and in the long run are unable to agree 011 a pro- gram. “If the board of health wanted to put the small dalryman out of busi- ness, it could do it in a minute; but it doesn’t. Only one thing would be necessary to force the little dealer to the wallwand that would be. to re— quire the pasteurization of all milk sold in Detroit. The small dealers could not afford to install the neces- sary machinery; the big creameries would at once take over the entire milk supply.” It is not necessary to stick a fros—I ty bit into the horse's mouth these cold mornings. If you are going out early hang the bridles by the kitchen stOVe the night before. l ., “The choice which the voters have to make is simply this: , Shall they have a government free to serve them, free to serve rALL Of them, or shall they continue to have a government which dispenses Special favors, and which is always controlled :III%,Iby those to Whom the Specwl favors are dispensed. 1’” Woo'DRow WILSON onE CENT PER (:on ( PARCELS POST DOING _ket so WEEKS on MORE .- A BIG BUSINESS THREE CENTS Is THE COST of?" DELIVERING A PACKAGE IN DETROIT. Figures Which Shoy That the New. , Service is Going to be Popular With the People—Some Changes in the ,. Methods of Operation to be Made, but: the Service Wi|| Stay. The postofiice department at Wash- ington recently made its first report 011 the parcel post venture. This re- pelt ShOWS that the service started off with a rush in most of the Michi- gan cities. At the Detroit postoflice, during the fist week of the service, 44,651 packages were handled, a busi-1 ness five times as great as was cared for ,by the Grand Rapids office. The entire postal receipts on the parcel post business originating in the De- troit ofiicc, during the first week, were $2,230.79. There were 295 insured packages sent from the Detroit post- oflic'e and 295 received. Detroit de- livered a total of 14.428 packages in the first seven days, and sent out over 30,000. The number of pack-I.I ages handled‘l‘n other cities were 'as follows: . Adrian, 1.704: Albion, 546; Allegan, 430; Alma, 347: Alpena, 382; Ann Ar- bor, 1,805; Battle Creek, 8,435; Bay City, I 7‘38; Balding, 344: Benton Har- bor, 923; Big Rapids, 524; Boyne, 284; Cadillac: 57],; Calumet, 282; Caro, 209; Charlotte, 454: Cheboygan, 269; Cold- Water. 706: Detroit, 44.651; Dowagiac, 569; Escanaba, 505; Flint, 1.814; Grand Haven, 35]; Grand Rapids, 11,339; Greenville, 452; Hancock, 270; Hast- ings, 500; Hillsdale, 569; Holland, 920; lonia, 696; Iron Mountain, 332; Iron— wood, 326; Ishpeming, 332; Jackson, 5,627; Kalamazoo, 5,875; Lansing, 3,; 796; Lapeer, 226; Laurium, 242; Lud— ington, 819; Manistee, 538; Mar- quette, 5132; Marshall, 5,317; Menom- ’ inee, 306; Monroe, 495; Mt. Clemens, 28-1; Mt. Pleasant, 616; Muskegon, 1,145: Negaunec, 216; Niles, 372; Owosso, 758; Petoskey, 457; Pontiac, 913; Port Huron, 2,801: Saginaw, 2,- 358; Saginaw, west side, 775; ISt.‘ Cl air, 606;I St. John, 439; St. Joseph, 823; Sault Ste. Marie, 564; South Haven, 420; Sturgis, 466; Three Riv— ers, 386; Traverse City, 787; Wyan- dotte, 42]; Ypsilanti, 752. Postmaster Warren, of the Detroit office, has figured that the actual cost ~ of handling the parcels thus far de- livered within the limits of the city of Detroit, runs about three cents each. The actual increase of the busi- ness at the Detroit office since the' first week has been over 400 per cent. , From the reports, it is shown that the farmers are not using parcel post to any great extent, in disposing of their products. This can be accounted for from the fact that no satisfactory packages for shipping farm products have as yet been placed on the mar. . Perhaps it is just as well that the farmers are a little slow in taking». advantage of the service. Perishable products cannot be handled promptly enough to. warrant any great number (Continued on Page Five) . "deveIOpm’ent from. week to ‘ certainly demonstrates that a 1.0.12: concerted action is needed, in- 13 r to eitect 'a betterment of con-' 1.11.3111. existing in thetuture. ‘It has been a number of years since We have experienced just . , such conditions as are facing . us at the present time. Not in ten Years have we noticed the buyers showing their relative to the purchasing of the pres- ent Crop. They seem to have lo‘st all their nerve entirely. They threw up their hands about three weeks ago . and since that timehave not lowered them. The situation seems to have gotten the better" of them. At sea seems to be the general feeling pre- dominant—serious and critical is the situation when the dealers will ad- vise that no market exists on a com- modlity Regardless of all these con- * ditions, there is a market at the pres- , out time on to which all of these dif— ,ferent grades of hay can go and bring a fair price. There is absolute- . 1y no excuse whatever. for the dealers over the state taking their present position relative to the same. It is a forcible demonstration of the position . .the grower and buyer assumes with reference to the raising and dispos- ’ ing of a crop. You can readily ap- preciate that 'the buyer is going to purge the situation at all hazards—is not going to take any chance what- ‘ » ever—is going to play a safe game or , not play at all. That is the true com- mercial situation existing along all lines today. The grower takes all the uchances of raising a 010p; the buyer 3 alts, and if conditions are not satis— ta, tory, will not buy. This should » at us to thinking and start you to action. If these feIIOWS are going to Q lay down when the situation looks a .,- little hazardous, simply buying your stuff when they can be well assured of a long profit, then it is time for you to take the whole situation in , ‘ your own hands and make your own » medium of: disposition~be your owu sales agents—do the business end of your business. The hay situation remains quiet. practically overfed constantly, with the higher qualities of timothy and mixed of high color going readily at quotations. The lower grades con- tinue to be subject to sacrificed prices. It appears that there is no conserva- tive expectancy for a much better condition to exist on low grades of hay, but we certainly can. if handled properly, not only hold, but improve the situation on good qualities. In order to improve the situation, we must hold: back this good stuff—make them want it—make them come across with an advance to get it~—play . the game to win, and play it just as long as you have to, to Win. \ HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. Zone No. 1 Michigan ......... $10 00 Zone No. 2 Michigan ......... 10.60 Zone N o. 3 Mich igun ......... .l 1 .60 Zone ~ No. 4 Michigan ......... 1 If." Zone No. 5 Michigan ....... I . 10.60 Zone No. 6 Michigan ......... 1 1.60 Zone No. 7 Michigan ......... 12. 00 NOTE—The prices given are on a basis of No. 1 Timothy hay in the diflerent Michigan pfreight zones. This give. you the price thst Michi- gan dealers should be able to pay for this commodity. f. o. b. their stu- t:ons, under existing market condi- t and. present disposition .. HE Weather Man takds his T stations and "guess our reports from other 11 take a chance at the mark. the weather man. B111: 1 “soaked” it will pay. _ \‘r I » I 1. market, at profitable pricas. hour" prOposition. IoWer but we would take a. chance. ‘I dition'as we have been experiencing ' ’ here. A condition of this kinda always puts the trade in a very bad way, an: settling the situation from all angles, and it takes some little time, patience and perseverance to get back on to a good clean-cut working basis. During this glutted condition through which we have just passed, there was no market standard whatever. It was _ simply a horse trade every time’ you sold a car; but now there is a stand»- ard of price, a market level estabg lished; although the same is low, there ShOWS a decided improvement over the unsettled condition we have been experiencing. This market is in shape to line up with any improve- ment that could be brought to bear, on the general situation HAY—~DETROIT MARKET. No. 1 Timothy ............... $15.00 No. 2 Timothy ............... 13.00 Light mixed No. . Rye Straw .................... “’hent and Out Straw ........ 9.00 DETROITwThe situation on this I market has gradually worked around, on to a natural basis, being about in‘ line with conditions in general The maiket continues to be crowded, but not of so serious and glutted a con- , ditlon as we have been experiencing the last couple of Weeks. meant something to the situation to have gone through so serious a mm H / ,Threshea Timothy It has . Get c your “S _‘ . " No.1—~Good substantial dismaznd 0 ._._. promoted. No.13—-Market very quiet;has1 every fed. No. 4--No profit at ruling prices. If you can No. 5—Better keep in port £1151 present conditiOns favor steady - cause if arket clearing. up and better prices pearance of being over:- 91d this is an “eleventh Storm (111. Prices may go '_ I/ . ‘ I BOSTON—There is " but little change to the New England market since our last week’s report. We! hardly feel safe in stating that there is anygmaterial improvement, although » there is a little better tone to the situation by virtue of lighter receipts of the more cemmon qualities. This would not mean only so much. he» the improvement should make a change, 'the market would be Sympathetic with it and at once take on its former condition.‘ ‘ HAY—BOSTON MARKET. Lnrs‘e Sin-ll bales. bales. choice ........... $22.00. $21.00 ’I 200019.00 20.00 19.00 Buy. . . .. 10.00 , 15:00. Huy, . 18.0018.00 Hay, clover mixed. .18.00 18.00 Hay, stock ............ 15.00 15.00 Long rye straw ...... . 17.00 Tangled rye straw. . . . 12.00 12.00 Out straw . . . 11.00 11.00 NOTEuLurge bales Weigh from 200 to 250 pounds; medlu‘xnI holes from 80 to 100 pounds. PITTSBURGH—The receipts of timothy hay continue to be quite lib- eral, but notwithstanding the same. the demand seems able to cope with it and arrivals are beingdnisposed of without difficulty at quotations. Clover and threshed hay buyers are pretty well stocked up, causing arrival of these grades to be pretty well stocked 11p, causing arrivals of these grades to be hard to place. There is a little better feeling with reference to bright qualities of mixed hay. Prairie hay also shows ‘a little betterment «of tone. Strictly No. 1 timothy con— tinues to be very scarce and wanted. HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET. No. 1 Timothy Hay .......... $16.00 No. 2 Timothy hay .......... 15.00 No. 3 Timothy ............... 13.00 No. 1 Light mixed hay. . . .‘ . . . . 15.00 No. 1 Clover mixed hay ........ 15.00 No. 1 Out straw .............. 10.2 No, 1 Clover hay... Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . . No. 1 Rye straw ............. , No. 1 wheat straw ............ CHICAGO—Receipts continue to be comparatively light, with a good stiff demand existing; offerings of practi- cally all grades are meeting with prompt sale. Better qualities are in many cases selling at a'little premium over general quotations; the lower qualities doing well in most cases to bring quotations. The tone to the situation is fairly satisfactory. With the conditions, generally, in any kind . of shape this market would quickly advance. The straw market is very slow. HAY—CHICAGO MARKET. Choice Timothy 1 . $17.00 No. 1 Timothy ..... ........\/ 15.50 No. 2 Timothy ................ 13. 00 Light CIOVer Mixed .......... 14.00 No. 2 Mixed hay ......... I ..... 11.00 No. 3 Timothy ........ p ........ 1 1.00 Clover Marsh feeding hay ..... . ...... Packing . . . . . Choice Altnlru. . . . . . . No.1 Alfalfa ........ . ....... Rye .........\..... Outs sagas--.au..-...o-u‘u.-v- NEW YORK———Receipts have con- tinued» very liberal .at all delivering points, with the resnlt that the gen- eral situation is no more than normal based on last week’s quotations. This market is extensive enough so that there are regular delivering points in the same, not merely switching points but regular market points. Through the, medium of embargoes and diver- sion, this market has been kept in a fairly steady condition. The tone to. the situation shows no improvement on .common qualities of hay. large baled timothy is looked after and will bring a little premium; small baled hay of No 1 quality is also in demand, but not particularly at a premium. Small baled hay in mixed and clover _has been subject to dis- count; some qualities in large bales comparatively steady. HAY—NEW YORK MARKET. Large Small bales, bnles, per ton. per ton. 21.00 10.50 18.00 Shipping 15.00 Light Clover Mixed. . No. 1 Clover Mixed. . No. 2 Clover Mixed. . . No. l Glover ........... No. 2 Clover .......... Straw—- No. 1 Rye ............. No. 2 Rye ......... . . . No. 1 0nt...: ....... .' 11.50 No. 1 Whent.....I ...... 11. 50 NOTE—Lnrs‘e bales weigh 200 to , 250 pounds; medium from 80 to 100 pounds. from hnles “SAVES MANY TIMES COST.” “1; am with you wishing Michi- gan Farming in every farm home, as it has helped- me many times its 00 st already..”——0 0 Hall, Brown City, Mich. ‘ { POTATOES ‘Whent ....................,... y . » , . ,. Regardless of the cause, we are ' experiencing a little cleanup,~ , ,. a? betterment of general, .. foundation. ought to be held on a healthybasis. I 40c. power to (30111310 most any given ii 2110.11 which faces us—-a through the channel of r .. position W,e all can see, that of supply and demand is the grep. regulatOr that 0-111" great commérc " Clock has. We contend ‘that the lady of supply and demand ought to egulated» through disposition by t man who raised the crop, ”and it c’ be If the law. of Supply and (demand regulates the price, regulates the tone. :to the situation; then it is up to us regulate the supply and demand re 1 11119. You have a chance make: " This potato situatio We advised setting your stakes at We continue to feel that this is a most conservative basis, just about right Watch the tone to the situation most carefully. If it begins to sag, cut down on your sales, dent Ifeed thismarket animal too fast; keep , it hungry, regulate your Jdispo‘sition. I That is the keynote to the imprOVB- ,f ment of the situation. POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. Zone No. 2 Michigan. . . .‘ 1.3 .38’ Zone No.‘ 4 ,Zone No. 5 Michigan .......... .41 Zone No. 7 Michigan .......... .43 Zone No. 6 Michigan.. ..... .41. NOTE—From present market con- ‘ dltions, local dealers in the freight zones should pay you the price quoted aboVe for No. 1 stock de- “‘13er at their stations. These prices can be increased by taking. advantage of special cnrlot oders.‘ Fancy , DETROIT—Detroit is a. little slow in responding to the advance as set . by the trade in general Being well taken care of, there was no grand rush or great alarm over the situate-«‘2 ‘ tion. Dealegs naturally hung back reviewed situation carefully, ~ , traversed the entire commercial field and in many cases have succeeded in filling their wants at the old price. There is little question but what the situation, in general, shows improve- ment here; not much of an advance" in price yet, but getting ready for it. . POTATOES—DETROIT MARKET." Bulk from car, per bu. . . .40 to .45 *Sacked from car, per bu. . .4510 .50 ‘Sncks must be even weight. 150 pounds. . , Price quoted includes cost 01 suck,- about 10%c each . CHICAGO—There is a little better"; - feeling existing on the Chicago mar- k-et, but it really seems a task to bring up quotations because of heavy receipts constantly on hand Even. with the better tone existing to the. general situation—heavy. receipts» added to quite [a percentage of com» . ' mon quality stock, and in some cases, stock out of condition, has made an advance come very‘slowly. The Wis- consin shippers will watch the Chi- ._ cago situation and whenever there 15 any chance whatever. take advantage , , "‘I will say that the little page paper is a paper that ought Ito b Michigan ...... ". . . . .40 . I, : " .111 price nhas not as ,j " ery much ‘ evidence, MARKET ' 1k rom cai' per bu . .50 “1.56 1311.1 ked 1mm iear. per mi 1 .5510 .58 "RI must be even weirht.'150 .Pr1cc quoted incluch coIt 0! Inch. I, Ft 1056!! etc)» - ‘PI‘TTSBURGH—The receipts con- tinue to be comparatively. heavy on ‘ this market. All arrivals however, have been taken care of quickly, which goes to show that a good de- and exists. There is every evidence otfan advance in sight and the trade seems~disposed to meet it fairly,. when Comes... The mar‘ et has actually changed: a little but- holdings on track *were hard to place at any material advance. The general tone to the situation is quite satiisfactory. POTATOES—PITTSBURGH L" *- . .' MARKET. ~ Bulk from car, per bu. 148111.52 *Sacked from car, For bu. *SéckI must. be even weight. 150 pounds. . Price quot ‘ about 10m . «AL 3.7 'incluch coIt of lack ' , “I think War paper is just grand and just ef the farmer needs.” -—- Franlc Townsend, Freeland, Mich. WHEAT ' You can re ..din appieciate that With the wheat market touching its present and recent past that all kinds of rumors, all _ . of reflectioh’s have been rought to bear on the situation ause, through these different t ,genera’l situation are hoped to be brought about. Modificati‘ons go to 3 make up the stock in trade, or the WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET. ,“No. 1 White.. . . . .....31 14% “ No. 2 Red.1,15% Speculative Price's. "‘December delivery . . . ‘. . . .3145 ;_*May deliv‘ery . . . . . . . . .' ..... 1.19% , ‘The priceI given for December , if)“ May delivery repreIeut the h- ‘ titre delivery price», ThiI infor- but!“ merely xiveI you the future "-i’ih of thin commodity ll “urea P‘ the g '1 fine paper and e have long wanted ” l appreciate. .lint is coming .52 to .58’ ' the whole situation. While there is every evidence of a most healthy general situ- ation existing and with a bright ..-'7':prom1se for the same in the future, still there is a disposulon just at the ‘moment toWard disposing too fast by you as a producer. You will have to ‘be a' little cautious, a; little careful. about this feature, or you will see a. little drop in the general market. If ly011.<‘:an believe, along with us, that the general situation is most healthy. it would then develop that there was no excuse for rushing your bean hold- ing s on to the market. We have ad- vised, that on basis of the outlook and possibilities that the present stand- ard of level Was below that which was possible to make for this com- modity. We think that beans could be put to a $2. 40 basis to the pro- ducer by proper disposition on your part. We feel the possibility of this by virtue of the outside conditious and also of the feature of Michigan alone- holding 'such an important. place in production. Practically every elevator is pretty well loaded up with beans right now. aboutwhere we could force a break, should we be careless or disposed to rush Our beans to market. We ask you to review the situation carefully and if the situation, as a result, looks safe and sane to you, to hold off marketing for a few days. A healthy, steady market? is much preferred to ' anything of a spirited or up and down A break in the market hurts It takes quite a little time. to bring conditions back to a. healthy basis. If We can prevent a. break, we should do so. It should be our aim to study the situation, then show our up-to-date methods of mar- keting. .You are continuously experi- encing results out of What we con- sider up-to—date marketing, which is a result of an educational campaign along these lines. As an individual, you have become aware of the possi- bilities and of the part that you, as an individual must play in this great commercial game. nature. BEANS—DETROlT MARKET. White. hand-picked basis. . . ...3218 Red Kidney. . ................ . 2.30 MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. Zone No.2 Michtgan ............ $2.13 Zone No. 3 Michigan ........ ‘2..2 .218 Zones 4, 5. 6 and Michigan. 2.20 NOTE—We give you above the price- that Michigan dealerI Ihould be able to pay you for beam. hand- picked balls, in the diaerent freight zone: of Michigan. The Pink Sheet haI Iet the price for bennl, hand- picked hands. at the uveruxe Michi- 5,7 thine who Ipecnlate on [future “.31 chance for trade. We ‘ 't hat theopmwn of even " gun points, at 32.40 per bushel. “We find the paper all one could desire and always loolo for ward to the . day it comes.’ ’—,—- phralm Hughes, R F. D. 3,1mlay 0ity,' OATS We appreciate that at some a: genuin finally comes almost at once. not look for Gate to jump or spring,‘ 1 but :We do look for a continuation on x.M'lcflmgan 3035- 7 . . 61915 . 1; _ one- half can gh- shes been able" tow 15"‘1aée otthi's, we netice a about the present- basis for some little time, that the tendency is gradually fer a little betterment Of conditions to exist. CATS—DETROIT MARKET. No. 3 Mixed? . . CINCINNATI—There was only a moderate business in evidence with general values held intact all around. Ofierings were small on all grades, 9with the trade. neither holding back or showing any particular spirit. The situation was held on about its for» mer basis. OATS—CINCINNATI MARKET. Standard ........ . ........... No. 3 White. . . . . ..‘ .......... No, 4 White ................. .35': No. 2‘ Mixed ................. .301/n No. 3 Mixed ............... ,. . . .35 PITTSBURGH~—The main trouble with this market is a lack of demands. Just Why a condition of this kind is in evidence is a question Very likely it is only of a temporary nature. Many times the condition of the hay mal- ket, mill feeds in general, has much to do with the situation existing on this commodity at special intervals. No cut in quotations has been experi- enced, which goes to show that the regular handlers do not feel alarmed over the general Situation, ”The situation is. OATS—PITTSBU BGH MARKET. Standard . 36% N0 3 White ................. 351/: N0. 4 \Vhite .................. 34% No. 2 Mixed .............. . . . N o. 3 Mixed ................. market centers cats are having 7 t o'mttlilitain and y; .. “Your paper. Jlllchigan Business Farming. is all right and worth many times the price of same."——— Albert L. Stein, R. F. D. 5, Imlay Olly, Mich. We do. " There is little room for "sang in our write-up lot the s it“ situation There continues, a be a good demand on part of tits heavy handlers for the same. This” goes to show a continuation of the past feeling maintained towards the same. This demonstrates to us that all large handlers who in turn, ‘should know the Situation, feel very friendly; , indeed towards the future expect-jg” ancy of this commodity We have 1 noticed in some particular instanCes, ’ that "a little premium would be cf- fered in order. to effect getting hold of offerings made This proves that a most healthy situation is under- stood to exist by the real Doctors of ‘ this patient. . CLOVER SEED—DETROIT MARKET. . ' June, prime .................. $12.00 Mammoth, prime ........ . ..... 12.00 Alsike, prime 13.00 ’I‘ilnothy Seed, prime .......... 2.107 “This little pink paper is a clan- dy; it’s all right. Send me a few sample copies."—Chas. H. Hunt, Chesam‘ng, Mich. CORN D: We are pleased to note that Just a little better tone to the general situation exit ts at the present time Just how well war- ranted and well founded the same is, is quite impossible to determine; but “ith the steady manner in which this impiovement has been blought about, we would feel that the same must be quite well warranted or it would not exist. With the abundant crop, we could not expect that large hand- lers would enhance quotations unless the situation was decidedly healthy, and as a Iesult, some real and sub- stantial reason for the same. We mus t not expect that a spirited mar- l:et would natuially be the outcome this season VVe ought not to look Continued on Page Six BUSINESS the leading market centers. know whether your local dealer is giving- you a square deal or not. Below We give you the “Business Farming Zone Map of Michigan." You. will notice that in connection with the map we give you the ap- proximate rate per hundred pounds for shipments by freight to the markets named on most of the prod- ucts of your farm. These rates will vary a. Little at different points, therefore We advise you to go to your local railway agent and get the rates from 111111.119 is obliged by law to give you the rates, and with these rates and the “Pink Sheet" you are secure. Zone 1—Sauit Ste. Marie. New York C .32 Pittsburgh . Cincinnati Chicago Detroit Zone 2—Ka1kasn. New York City ..... .. Pittsburgh Cincinnati . Chicago Detroit Zone tan—Bay Citg. New York ity ..... . . . . Pittsburgh . . . .. - Cincinnati Chicago Detroit . . . zone 4—Greenviue. New York City.......... _ Plttsburgs Cincinnati Chicago , Detroit . . . son. Smsmdul ., New York C ty .. ’Eittiburlh ...-II ..... .- ...... ...... u-oIIn-gqonca.o IOOIDlOOIQOODO .....-...‘.....' I 1 Michigan F_reight Zones 1» VERY FARE/{ER E should know the freight rate from his shipping station to With this key you are in a positiOn to 3:51 -—J._. W “’va . _. .... 1... an... MIEH'EAN '” APPRSVS:ATE FHEIEHT / ' .:.\RATES TO ...- LEADING Z. "N E 5// 7.. MARKETS (SEE TABLE BELOW) Inn-n Cincinnati Chicago Detroit Zone S—Vicksbnrf. New York C ty.......... Pittsburgs Cincinnati Chicago . . Detroit lone 74011111110. . New York City...... ..... ,1 Pittsburgh Cincinnati , Chicao / . , iDetro t II'OIOI'II-I... nu...- ........-.‘a... ......uounu... ..O'ICOII'IIVIOC -o.-‘..--.....V ueI-ooouovueoII ....J....-..--..uq' ...IODIDIIIOOIOII TERMS FOR s‘UBs' Weelup’ ’1‘me Cents. F-ii ‘. IFTY WEEKS OR,“ MORE ONE-y EN , (In remitting Ki,” full name, post-office and rural rent: an .' whether you are an old or new subscriber to facilitate ackno’w 'tfled ,5: Second- Class Matter,- October 13,1912,i1t pastofiice‘ at Detroit}. Mieluun, undet/ thVe Syd] a 379 _ V Act of March 3, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY A‘T DETROIT BY , THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY Inc. :- , AVLso Puausnzps as THE Guzman, MonrnLY FARM MAGAzttm. 95 Fort Street. West. . . ' New You: ' V CHICAGO - . -.Sr Louis . . , 1 Madison Ave. First Nat. Bank Bldz._ 3rd. Nat. BM1I¢ Bldg.V ,HONEST ADVERTISING SOLICITED AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: - Ten cents per agate line, flat. No discounts for time or space, and no contract at this rate no . Veepted for a longer peiiod than six months. Attractive combination rate with The Gleaner, mommy. EDITOXRIAL.‘ ICHIGAN people in general and the. farmers in particular, are getting mighty tired of the discussion that has been going on for 10, these many years over the sugar tariff. The Senate on HURON Sherman Bldg. Committee had another hearing last week, and every mother’s sorlj~ who is getting a rake- off out of the $1. 67 per hundred pound tarifi’, was right on the job, with tears in his eyes, praying that the lead: pipe tariff cinch be not tampered with. Sugar Beet Joe Fordney, who was re— named ‘Sugarssack Joe” during the last campaign, and who came so near the buzz- saw that he is shivering yet, acted as spokesman for the sugar interests. A dispatch fiom Washington puts it this way: “Mr. Fordney was coached in the questions bhe propounded by F. R. Hathaway, Sec- reta’ry of the Michigan Sugar Companyuthe sugar beet trust.” Uncle Joe Fordney played the‘ sugar beet game” and played it well for a time but the farmers got onto his cu1ves, and he made a home run by the skin of his teeth. His district was against him by thousands of v,otes but the fact that two candidates were in the field let him within the enclosure again. growers needed was a good friend in Congress to present their side of the case and they will have such a friend two years hence. Sugar beet giowers realize that they are in no way benefited by the present tariff on sugar. Every family pays to the Sugar Beet Manufacturers of Michigan a tax of $1. 67 on every one hun— dred pounds of sugar they consume. If this tax were necessary; if the beet sugar manufacturers would give the farmers a square deal; if they would pay a decent wage to the men they employ—it would be different. But it is a factb that they have screwed the farmer right doWn to a bare existence and they pay their employes less wages than any other manufacturers " PUT UP, SHOW UP ' OR SHUT UP. We are not throwing bricks at the industry; we want to see it succeed; but so long as these manufacturers, like great big sponges take everything in, and never give- anything back, there’s going to ‘be a demand on the part of the people that the beet sugar manufac— turers either “put up, show up or shut up.” When thefarmers asked for a raise in the price of beets, they simply ignored the re- ‘ quest. President Warren, of the Michigan Sugar Company, was the only one to reply, and he said: “If the farmers aren’t satisfied with the price, why in h-l don’t they raise potatoes?” Warren has made his millions ,out of the sugar business, and _ still he cries for an opportunity to continue to suck the government’s . .-“Sugar teat. ” If the farmers could answer his appeals for help, they -_would calmly ask him, “Why in 11—1 he didn t maniifacture brooms if it doesn’t pay to manufacture sugar.” , ‘ Wle hope that the Wilson administration will do away with this .Tom~fool committee business, and get rig-ht down to braSS tacks. _f the people are to be taxed to support the sugar beet induStry, et’Vs know why, when and how. If the “infant” needs further hour- 1 ,ing; if it hasn’t got beyond its days of Vbellyaaches; all VVright; _' .4 [has a right to inquire ‘ ”He wants, to kno '. hv What the sugar beet" on sugar. e CI“ 11611 every four coin _ infant‘ «ndustry dealhas been. IS CERT AINLY “HUMMER” BEHOLDI: 1 HONEST SUGAR MANUu-w FACTURER. While Representatives of thei’Michi: gan Sugar Trust 'Are, Using Every: Means to Retain the Present Tar-j iff, George P. Hummer, of Grand Rapids, Turns on the Light. , It is indeed refreshing to know there is at least one man interested. in the manufacture of sugar who is. During the past week the beet. sugar manufac-s willing to tell the truth. turers of Michigan have had their innings with the Senate committee and they have been crying their eyes out‘ in an effort to‘ retain the present tariff on sugar was made a campaign issue lastfall, and Mr Warren of the Mich- igan Sugar Company, tried to sweeten up the professional politicians in an . effort to get the right kind of repre- ' sentatives at Washington. For his eig forts he‘ received a goodspanking, and he has not been heard of since elec— tion. However; the companies who have waxed fat at the expense of the ‘ ,farmer and the consumer as well, are , not without their'friends, bought and paid for, Of course, and they have tried to make a shoWing before the senatecommittee. Headed by Con- gressmanFordney, of the Saginaw - district, they haVe tried to prove that if the tariff was reduced the sugar companies would have to go out of ‘business. Their representative, how- ever, has dealt mainly in generalities, ' ' and no figures have been presented to the committee that would show_ how much profit they are making. The Michigan Sugar Company have made up a rag baby and labeled it “The Michigan Sugar Refining COm- pany,” and with this they are trying . to scare the beet sugar growers. It. developed in a. hearing before the ., committee that the awful American . “trust of. Refining COmpany, the trusts,” owned about 40 per cent of . the stock of the Michigan Sugar Com- patty; therefore, the two concerns are certainly well enough acquainted to be companio‘nable bedfellows. , Despite that. he is appearing in Washington as the ofilcial represen-fiV 7 tative of One of the Michigan beet,” sugar Voompanles, George P. Hummer, Rapids, has taken the posi- lthlrd of; the present high, may be lapped of! with ets ‘ busine ,WE HAVE FOUND AN ,' Thefquestion of the tariff ' ,thé‘ attitude of others . was not given a chance to ope tore the members of the ways, , means committee by Henry T: , XE, ‘n‘ard, who contrdlled the time of tli beet sugar men, but today be seated his views to members ‘of. the committee individually He told them that the Holland-St. Louis Company, Which he represents, has paid ill-yi- dends averaging 15 per cent and that; one dividend or 60 per cent was phi The latter dividend cdvered severe. years' business, however;. . Mr. Hummer as a strong Democrat was able to“ approach the ni.310fit , members of the committee and ha. them heed his arguments as it pany man out duty is reduced more than one third it will undermine the industry. wit; Mr. Hummer, because he was un-. able to voice his views before the en‘- tire committee, has filed a brief and will return to Michigan today. The Grangers of tha , t, the time is ripe for a? ment toward lease. ' ' .-. increasing profits an federate their interests, ‘- - oted hi ‘the following: While there hiss been no demonstration of an insurgent nature among the farmers attending the Kansas Agricultural and' Industrial. vcongress here there was an evident .desire. to take independent action of some kind. \ . _ , SPECIAL yes-11¢: To the Founders of FARMING It you were one or the 111 farmers who helped found ‘ weekly Market and Crop Re 111 the face of the combined sition of the Market (flush or! an ‘the Parasite Produ‘caw-‘Bu pending Ten or Tm o app y 011: s'tull SUBSCRIPTl/ON Remember our issue a . "pink-moat He claimed that it the pres: MICHIGAN BUSINESS "5 no" .. 133$: .- 13:: '1” .s v5.1: ‘1» t31al conditions i" . at, but- When“ 3 dispatches re: ' and lemon is ewe “found its way ' ‘ made to a central committee. ,.*i‘he’ truth must be told and it is a ~' that the. Galifornia vegetable and tory of that state, and no record of a disaster equal to the present can The temperature on the fatal Sun- any evening, over the entire southern portion of California, dropped slowly 3. to from 103 to312 degrees below frees» .1 = mg. The government weather bureau, . iW‘fi'gf'te‘mpsratui‘es 119111 the tons. of 3, possessionsangeles,’ San "Diego ’ and other places, recorded as low as 2 19 to 20? below, and private reports, . "item on, the‘ ground and in groves, re- 3 freezing. on the day he temperature over the southern part of the state remained train 26 to 303 degrees, and on the 101- 1 33,33 lowing evening the temperature grad-3 "‘1 ually‘ dropped to points equal 3 net lower than the night before. On :fTuosday morning, when the fruit ‘igrowers, who were nearly worn out by their 48 hours’ fight with King F‘host, visited their groves, they *3: {a cued- that frOm 75 to 930 per cent of he fruit and vegetation of all kinds 7 ‘ had been absolutely destroyed. In places citrous fruits hung on' man- 133 trees frozen solid. hater reports shOw that not an angel or lemon grove or a Whole ‘ field. of vegetables in the state ‘esoap- .ed‘. Older trees as WelL as young 3‘3. ones are badly damaged. Many, no 3’; doubt, Will not survive while it will ake others many years -to grow new £rufi...,w00d and reach their former tion; The total loss to crop and; estimated at $50, 000, 000. - . battle of the growers to save th 1111199311 is one lon to be remem- bored. All thrOugh t e citrous dis— - .t‘ri'cts, every. man IWOman and child his to handle a. smudge pot fought sperately for two ni‘ his, but each 1311‘ in passing took ith3 it $1, 000,- 0030' worth 'of fruits and” vegetables. , 1111.29191ch on the fatal night many firowersahandoned all hope, but mil- 7 ,3 f. of smudge note were kept going .3, s .. c'OnSpired to depress the market. 11,3 lithe genera: markets have stood up exceptionally ' ' 3 ng price .3, Beans IOI,O-II‘I - “Butter ;. . . .*.. Eggs. Poultry «cold. Weather. of the: middle west and an 'o‘nrush of the so—called Sill plus fibett’er shape. he 'prin 111a] markets for all products are being _3 ' t61;ily supplied through the stocks held by country buyers, Te arm. '8 Will- uso discretion in disposing of the stocks they LAS MINUTE before going to press, ‘ ' .‘ 3934 commodities from the principal- market centers. '3A torment covering conditions, our prediCtions and special 3 " q 1 White (large mills paying) ..... ”$1 14% Wh tNo. 2 Red (large mills paying)” 3032113 .,3 Standard . . . . . . 3 ”Rye ..... not... ‘Hay (best market today,N ew‘ York). at . I ‘3 Potatoes (best market today, Philadelphia) at Dressed Hogs (Detroit ‘Market). .3. . . . . . . . . . . . . The California freeze, the north? All things moment signify if anything, that The money market holds A ._..... - .A - we secure quotations The ..... .1151/, preperty far 1911 and 1912 " 91'1. - State tax. . . .9 6 5123,0110. 22 $ 5, 451, 852. \ High’y tax" during the next 12 hours The wind was strong, and this effort proved of little avail in; heating all of outdoors. A' correspondent istates that the morning .afterthe freeze the groves looked as if they. ‘had been damaged by fire The stories from the differ- ent districts .vary but little. The dam- age is Widespread and the loss almost complete. A report from the Red- lands district, which is, considered one of the safest,- says. "‘This vicin- ity has had the worst freeze in its history. .011 the lowlands the thermo- meter registered 14 degrees, and on the high land as 10w as 18 degrees. Not 10 per cent of the oranges in the district can possibly be saved. Groves heretofore immune {have been hit NurSery stock and trees are all bad- ly damaged” A11 eastern buyer states. that Tuesday morning after the 3 freeze he foundice ,two inches thick. ' His report says that not 10 per cent of the- crop can be saved. A Writer to an eastern publication says that the calamity is so great that in other countries the same thing would be regarded as an occasion for a gen- . eral subscription to relieve the suf— ferers, but Californians are not eas- ily defeated, and just as slowly and surely as San Francisco arose to a beautiful and modern city from its bed of ashes, California vegetable and fruit growers will Phoenix-like, arise to more scientific methods and great- or production as well as greater Suc- cess 'One hundred and fifty thousand people are more or less affected by this sudden freeze and the work of many years has been destroyed in a. single night , PARCELS POST DOING .' A BIG BUSINESS (Continued from Page One) of shipments at presont Some changes must be made,: not only in 3 . .31 I the rates charged, but in the manner; Of delivering. However these changes will come about naturally enough, as HEAVEN 'FORBID. James D. Jerome, a representative from the Detroit district, has present— ed a bill in the state legislature which will, if passed. give Detroit five more legislators. There are at present 100 members in the lower house, and there 1can be legally no more, as the legal number is anywhere from 62 to 100, and the limit is already reached. Therefore, if Detroit is to have five ' more representatives, some other sec- tion must lose. The Detroit Journal, in speaking in favor of the bill, says: “Between them Wayne and Kent counties will have 25 members, exactly one-quar- ter of the entire house, and this mem- bership, it is thought, will tend to somewhat lessen the influence of farmers’ clubs among the representa— tives.” In the past the voters of Detroit have given mighty little attention to the selection of timber for the sen- ate and house, and as a consequence. Wayne county has been represented by a job lot of professional politicians. No one would object to Detroit’s hav- ing additional representatives, pro- ‘yog'ue during" the past V as will be best far all. canoe no, i ‘ film] one legislates for her. “ 2 ” The state tax commission has git; ' on out the following table showing the comparison of taxes on g-en‘er , 1912. 4 717, 880 .81 1,191,002.69 8,532,423.35 3,471,432.39 815,227.24 216,059.66 County tax. Towns’p tax. School tax. County road. Drain tax.. ; City tax ..... 12,344,155.80 Village tax. . 1,490,847.76 ‘ Rejected tax, 13,656.24 10.1325. 0 Total .'....3$39,315,699.16 “3,242,968.04"I [PUSH rr- ALONG. ; .3 A half-dozen bills have. already been presented in the senate. and house, 3 providing ways and means of caring . for short-term prisoners and furnislr‘ , : ing employment for the long-termei‘s. Representative McBride, of Shiawa5s_". I see county, suggests that lumber be given an opportunity to engage in the muscle-building, blood»enriching work of swinging the ax and pulling the saw. Representative Tufts, of Ludington. also has an idea of his own: he says: “We’ve got to do something to save the young men who go wrong,” he do— clares. “My four years as sheriff gave me sufficient insight into the ter- rible conditions that prevail among habitual criminals, and also the almost impossible work of preventing the habituals from contaminating the young men. Personally, I believe We should build two institutions for‘ first termers; one in the central part of the lower peninsula, say here at Lan- sing; another at Cheboygan or some point near there, readily accessible to the upper peninsula, to serve the northern part of the state. Send the young men there and: give them suit? able work under control of men who have sufficient knowledge of psychol- ogy to reach the mind of the man who goes wrong.” That prison legislation of some sort vill be passed is practically certain, as fiom almost every section of the state has come the demand that the».- present system of contaminating young men by herding them _with hat-3 , bitual criminals. perverts and degen-, erates be abolished. 33 standard va- STAWBERRY PLANTS 3...“... Sent... Dunlap at $165 per 1,.000 Lowest price: on vigorous nursery stock in the state. trated catalog tree. SERY, Merrill Mich. WOULD YOU BE SO FOOLISH As to let ONE-CENT-A—WEEK stand be- tween you and the DOLLAR-MAKING in- formation contained in every single issue of MICHIGANBUSINESS FARMING There is not a farmer in Michigan so rich or so poor that he can afford to be without this weekly that 18 already gaining fame ’ as the “salesman” of every Michigan farm factory.‘ SEND THIS COUPON, OR COPY IN A. LETTER ‘ 3. RURAL PUBLISHING 00. '95-97 FORT ST. WEST. DETROIT M1011. DEAR SIRS: . .3 I enclose fifty cents? in stamps, money orders or currency, " _fo. which send “MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING fifty weeks ton- ,. camps be established in the north woods, where the short-termers would? 1913 lllus- MAmR's PLANT NUR- __ 1. ‘3 .1 . ing 11: doing very well Much de- of course, on the diSposiItion umption Whether this is go- 1.‘ CORNf—DETROIT MARKET. .‘No. 2 white. . ................ . ,_ No. 3 white. . ........ _. ....... "1'No. 4 white..............1.-.I.. I;fNo. 2 yellow ........ 1 ......... .‘No. 3 yellow. . -. ............ .. . ~' No. 4 yellow . . . No. 4 mixed .................. CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET. No. 2 white .................. ‘ 3 “White ........... ‘ ...... 4 white ................. .2 yellow. .‘ ............... 3 yellow ......... . ........ .. 4 yellow ................. . » No. 2-.mixed .................. -No. 3 mixed ................. 1INo. 4 mixed .................. ..51 coR'N—PITTssune MARKET. No. 2 white .................. No. 3 white......... ......... 4 white .................. 2 yellow ................. 3 yellow ................. 4 yellow ..... . ............ 2 mixed .................. . 3 mixed .................. .52 .51 F. .02. .55 ‘ .154 I tion. N o. 4 mixed .................. Did onu ever stop to think that a cold anlmal is shivering off pounds APPLES The situation from Week to week continues to demonstrate that the apple situation is en . tirely up to those having the same in _ store—that it depends entirely on the manner of disposition of the same— that they have the situation entirely in their hands—how well organized . they may be with reference to a cer- ' tain standard of price set, all goes to determine the real result. We can see no reason in the world why it is not most conservative to expect a most healthy condition to exist from now on, which would mean a giadual advance, because from now on we are facing much (months on which fruit of this nature is looked to as a real lux111y, and, in turn. are ex- pected to bringr an advanced price. 'We Cannot learn that storage houses are holding an amount in excess of normal at the present time. Added to this, we have the report of the orange situation in California. We do not believe the damage to the orange crop. is going to be as severe as was at first reported. We will not figure on this to reflect on the future of apples so very much, but we do believe that it will have some effect— that it can be considered as an asset to the general situation. We are pleased to report that apples are keeping very well this year. Prac- tically every barrel going into stor- age in proper condition, is coming 1: out likewise. Of course, it may be Ithe disposition of holders, to hold a little too long, or in other words, not to regulate the disposition to the best advantage. Upon this feature hangs ,the real- possibilities of the future Tsituation. [APPLES—GENERAL MARK ET. Fancy, per barrel ........ 2.00 to 3.00 ' lovrdinnry, per barrel ...... 1.00 to 2.00 A good sensible horse in the hands a fool boy causes most any kind ld man to shudder A whip behind a cruel bit in front put the p001 Irse in a most unenvimble posh If the whip is far enough be 6', the boy might be taught to bet aderstand what the animal surv II . is coating 11 a butgjust how, extensIVe (it; i be, still remains a questio time when regular receivers . would V have their holdings cleaned up and in turn be ready to take on a new sup: plv. This is the class of trade Which .is making the little change in de- mand at the present time. We notice that dealers do not feel ov e/rly strong and secure on the 1111111er evidenc? 'ed by Quotations they are continu- ously putting out to the regular trade We are a little surprised that they do not take more adVantage of a pos- sible situation. With the amount held. back by the dealers in their storehouses, it may be quite impos- sible on the part of the producer to sto regulate disposition as to improve This is one feature that looms up as a real barrier to the future situa- This is a feature which gives us more alarm than anything else. We would rather have all of these onions in the producers’ hands than , in the dealers’ hands, because we feel that we could regulate the disposition to fully better advantage. The dealer owns these onions at a low figure and they are nice stock. As soon as a reasonable profit shows, we expect they will dump March and April are the heavy months for disposition. The real demand comes at this time. We do not expect a recurrence of the critical 'situation through which we have passed, but from above reasons, it is really quite impossible to deter- mine‘just what the future is going to develop to. ON IONS. Detroit. Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt.$ .70 Red Globe, lacked, per cwt ...... Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt.. Red Globe, bulk, per cwt ....... Cincinnati. , Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt. . Red Globe, lacked. per cwt. ..... Yellow Globe, bulk, per ewt. . Red Globe. bulk, per cwt. ...... Pittsburg. ltllow Globe, sucked, per ewt. Red Globe, sucked, per cwt. Yellow Globe, bulk, per cht. Red Globe bulk. per cwt ...... 'dition of large storers of eggs. A thermometer in the stable'and a fixed habit of looking at it will go a long ways toward establishing propex temperatures. Don’ t allow Jack Frost to associate with your cows.‘ CABBAGE It does seem peculiar thathe cannot experience any trme when there is at least a litttle Not tone to the cabbage situation. since the market broke and Went to . smash in the fall have we experienc— ed a solitary time when shipments of cabbage could be made to any ad- vantage whatever True it is that oc- casional cars come in from nearby points and are sold at comparatively - satisfactory prices. Trade of this nature can always be protected be- cause of being able to take advan~ tage of a momentary situation, also, able to guarantee delivery at a speci— fied time Quick shipment and short haul both tend to make possible the above result; but frdm a general standpoint, there is absolutely no en- couragement «whatever to give out. ~ year of very CABBAGE — GENERAL MARKET. Danish. per ton on truck1.No market Dome-tic, per ton. track .No market The period (if. gestation in Sheep is "145 days, or in r‘cund numbers IIfiIve,I us undercurren‘ this comIno‘di It is certainly} exists. There is no real reason-L—no ,goo‘d substantial excuse for; a cut in ”the price- or butter at the present. We" appreciate that it is a“ time. comparatively high market level. PO- high. It is very possible. that sub . I e . that is working on .I .. . evi- -‘ dent that sum thing of this nature K S. :sibly, the standard was. set a little.“ stitutes have began. to make the same .' BUTTER GENERAL MARKET. Creamegy No. 1, per pound. . .35 Fancy airy. per pOund. 1.32 ' rIshoW to be in a top- heavy condition ‘ Your best cows are invariably your greatest water consumers; yet their milk is not watered When supplied through the lips. EGGS A continuation of mild weather has increased Wonderfully the flow of fresh stock. This,.has had much to do with the excited con- The result has been that a gradual dump- ing is in evidence and accordingly quite a keen and severe cut has been made all along the line. We cannot see any particular hope for advanc- ing the standard, because with the heavy amount of storage stock, which we feel sure exists and also or the seasoni '1being almost with 11s when Southern fresh stock will com,- men‘ce to arrive. The only asset we have to the situation, as producers of fresh eggs, is the. feature of two of ‘ the expected coldest months of the season facing us. 1We do not feel disposed to advise holding, it don’t appear to be safe. advise taking 9‘; chance on a gradual We would rather » flow of your holding from day tor . day EGGS—GENERAL MARKET. Large fresh ................... 3 .26 Medium fresh- .23 Get "up a community interest in a certain breed of horses. After a while buyers will flock to the place where they know they can buy a carload of the kind they want, POULTRY The poultry situation has -de- D veloped to a purely chicken business By that we mean that receipts of poultry do not constitute turkey,s geese and ducks at the pres- ent time, simply chickens. The tone of the situation is very promising at the present time. This has been a heavy consumption, POULTRY—DETROIT MARKET. No. 1 Turkeys .......... .10 to. .18 No. 2 Turkeys .......... .l4to. ..10 No. 1 Spring Chickens. -. .12 to. .14 No.2 Spring Chickens. . .10 to .11 Fowls ........ . . . . .11 to 14 Fowl: ......... _. . . 4 to .09 No. Gee-e. . . . .‘ ..... .12 to .14 No. Ducke.‘ ...... ‘ ..... .15 to .16 POULTRY—CHICAGO MARKET. No. 1 Turkey. ......... . ....... No. 1 Spring Chick no. . . No. 2 Spring Chick n- ...... No. 1 ., No. 2 l 1 . , Chlcago—Cattle . _ ,Live stock arrivals the were the largest in the 111g '- 1 the past two months; and t " ._ cattle underWent a slight down" 1 cut. ' At the week’s close a‘ Tm : . showed a rooting bf 28 ,000 head, 1 beef; cattle sales were made. at clin‘e of largely 10@I15c from 1 , , week. Heavy beeves showed little- I favor, being very hard toym'ove eyed at the greatest decline, although a few tops induced a. $9. 50 rate fight 1weights and low priced steers on » the other hand were in better ides niand, due to the presence of 11115111:- erous country buyers who furnished “a slight Outlet through country ship , ments, and at a steady basis. The veal trade remains good, though not at high prices of two weeks ago. Best carcasses the past week brought $11,. A" while the average was near $9.604 Cattle schedules for the week, as be- .low: 1/ CATTLE—CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. Beet steers, I prime heavy Beet steers, medium to good Bee! steers. common to fair .. Beet cows, selected . 4.4010 Fat heifers. good to . choice ..... ... ....... 5.25to Gunners and cutters. . 2.50 to I Good to prime veuls. . 9.50 to 11.00 .~ ........ . ........ 4.75 to 7.00 ' 9.3557 and 5.50 to common to ‘ Detroit—Cattle. ’A depressing condition existed at, the Michigan Central stock yard ket closed at a 25c decnne on all de- sirable grades, While bulls and caulk?- ners slid along at about even" levels. Judging. from prevailing conditions at the yards a further decline is in promise The warm wet weather always productive of marked irregu- larities, has greatly interfered With . getting around, as well as holding back timid buyers. The veal mar- ket has also suffered a stiff decline. selling from 50@7Erc lower than a Week ago, while milc'h cows were ex- ceedingly slumpy in common grades, . but with best in good demand from milk dealers and farmers at $75 for tops, down to $30 for common barn yard trotters. The -trade was very discouraging to sellers. Most deal- e1s report that their trade has been very poor during the past week and, that most of their abbatoirs are full» to capacity. There was a little de-' mand from the country for feeders: and stocker‘s, yet quite a large num. 3 her went over unsold,1due to late IIar-IVIIIKI» V CATTLE—DETROIT sTocK' .. ' YAR.D$¢ ‘ ' ' Beetnteeru, good to [wine heavy $7.50 to BeetI steerl.‘ medium to good Beet nicer-I. fair Yearungs Beet .eow selected L ‘ eiierp, sm‘ected common ti) throughout the past week. The mar- “H ia‘jho‘g department on all grades "’ sued very amiss coldest butchering ' is" leQ aWay good are slow at $9. 50 and , n‘ to $4 and slow. We quote rket as follows: ‘ CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK 7’ ' YARDS. ‘ (heel ‘ steers, Igood to " . . ' heavy '. 4' q o '- .......... 8050 I't‘o 9-00 ' ,,3eelf steers, medium to , “ yood ,, ...... , ......... 8.00to 8.50 ne'er steers. common to' ital rI ........ .- ......... 6.50to 700 cal-lingo . . 8.25 to 8.75- . e‘et cowl, common to - . - , Ieleeted .............. 6.00 to 6.50 Fit heifers; good to choice” ........ 7.25 to 7.85 , Ilene“, selected ....... 6.75 to 7.00 ' Stock Iteel'l ..... ‘ ..... 6.00 to. 6.25 ..-"F‘eeders, . ............ 6.00 to 6.25 Camden and cutters. . . . 3. 00m 3.85 Goufid to Iprime venls. .11.50 to 12.00 _ .............. 0.25 to 0.75 ~ ,~ ..q.., .i; a Chicago——-Hogs , Hog prices for the week showed an aVerage 3c uplift,- small packers and ,I'shippers Were aggressive and compe- tition Was more or less spirited Top- ligI-pers brought a Sc raise and $7 50 was )3". the ruling. price for really best grades ,T 9 larger packers iwere reluctant .~-about paying the increase and their delay finally caused a Weakness to exist but their ruse failed and the "market closed strong at the advance ' “The average of sales at clOse show- gedj a $7. 38 rate, against $7. 47 a week 5 ago, 86. 26 one year ago, and $8 04 two "years ago Market prices appended: ’ Hoes—CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. . 7.5.1.11. '01 sales ......... 87.35to $7.48 ' 1 Common to good mixed 7.30to 7.40 Fair to medium weight. 7.35 to 7.45 LightWeights ........... 7.35 to 7 .45 Selected 260-300-111. packers ' ............. 7.25 to 7.35 Stags. 80 lbs., doekag‘e. 7.50 to 8.00 Pigs ................ .. . 6.75 to 7.40 Detroit—Hogs. A 5@10c decline from last week’s prices was witnessed throughout the Bad‘ ‘ weather and erratic arrivals, due to' pOOr railroad service, were the main agencies that put crimps into the "Smooth running and rapid movemen‘ts' of sales and- the market closed on'a . lagging demand." One price'seemed to ,' prevail on all grades the only di- vergence being in quality such as 13 I. usual with stags old boars and other ,dérelicts, these going for what they 7”Would bring in order to make a .clearance. I The prevailing price for1 the better-grades was around' the ; $7 140 mark, the only variance being" :Wlth the light Yorkers, which re- . (mired ’0. 50 reduction from tops to\ Hoes—91273017 MARKET 7.45 to 7.50 .45 to 73.50 /- - , 0:0.“13225 ' 7&610‘17480 e butchers. good” . so than a week. Top veals ‘ cominanding a $12 mark, but . @100, advance The heavies seem- neglected and were not noticed until after the more trim grade had passed the block. The week’s close showed the market for tops, which means fancies, $7. 90, an(L extra heav- ’ 'ies at $7 60 and other grades bal- 'ancing ardund'.‘ $7. 752‘ The price range at close showed Ia 150 decline. ' from prices a week ago 'HOGS—BU FFALG STOCK YARDS Common to good mixed.87 .70 to 87. 80 .Fair to medium weight" 7.70 to 7.7 [.l'ghtwelghts 1. . . . . . . . 7. 65to 7.7 ‘Fancy shippers ........ 7.70 to 7.90 Stags ...................-.5.50t06.25_ Pig‘s ............ . ...... 7.60(Ito ;7.65 '. ' Chicago—Sheep. .Sheep and lambs remain at about recent declines of 35@5OC of a week ago.. Tops in the prime lamb class touched the 89 mark frequently and good fat wethers were in fair demand at from $6@6. 20. Packers were slow to take hold, feeling that added de- clines were on the way, and it was not until receipts had been pretty well reduced that any activity devel- oped. Greatest demand existed among western lambs, these holding Prefer- ence, native lambs forming a close second and at nearly same prices, with good feeding lambs taking third place, with fairly liberal demand exist— ing at prices as below: ISH EEP —- CHiCAGO STOCK YARDS Lambs, good to choice. $8. 00 to $9. 00 ' do, fair to good. . . . .1 7.00 to 7.90 do, cull to common. .6.75 to 7.00 1' curling Lambs, choice. 7. 00 to 8.10 do, coil to fair. . . ...... 4. 25 to 5. 00 Wethers, choice ....... 5. 00 to 6.15 Mixed sheep ........... 3.25 to 3.50 Ewes, choice handy weight ' .............. 4 60 to 5.60 do, choice heavy ....... 5.20 to 5.50 Cull sheep ............. 3.25 to 4.75 Bucks ‘. . . , ...... , ....... 3.25 to 4.00 Detroit—Sheep. A marked decrease in the arrivals of. sheep and lambs was noted last week, yet lambs suffered a 20c decline from price of the middle of the week, but about steady with’ the close of the week previous. ‘ Best lambs were in fair demand at $8.40, and some claSSy ones gambolled off at a $9 pace, yet these were few; the prevailing price ' being $8.25 for fair to good, and culls and common down $2.50. Many ar- rived in a wet condition and this, coupled with the muddy, sloppy con- dition of the yards, gave everything and eveiybody a. discouraging appear- ance Following were about the rul- gprices: SHEEP —— DETROIT STOCK ' YARDS. Lambs, good to choice. 8825103850 do, fair to good ...... (.50 to 8.00 Yearling lambs, choice. 5.50 to 7.00 Mixed sheep 4.50 to 5 00 Cull sheep 2.00to 3.50 Buffalo—Sheep.~ With receipts of 4,010 for the clos— ing day of the week’s business against 2,000 head one week ago" and 13,000 head one'year ago, the market start- ed dull. Atthe outset $9.50 was asked for choice lambs, but bidders were not anxious but stoNod back and begged for a $9. 30 rate. Nothing doing. A com-. promise placed the price at $9. 40, and this tempered the winds for the sham lambs and they Came forWard and, purchased quick and often. The tie-- .man-d for yearlings Was gdod at un- changed prices. Some choice ones, brought $8. 25 in the wethers. and gs 'alf'other grades were wearing a ’ s; , he’se brought around $6.10. Straight .- ewes, suitable for breeding, sold from ‘ ~85. 50@5. 75. tops at- $9. 40,‘ against $10 one week- . The lamb trade showed ago, and $7. 45 one year ago Below .' price range is shoWn: SHEEP—BUFFALOWSTOCK' YARDS. Lambs, good to ch0ice. .88 90 to $9.10 do, fair to good ..... 8.35 Sto 8.75 do, culls to common. 7.50 to 8.25 Yearling lambs. choice 7.75 to 8.25 do. cull. to fair- . . . . . . 5.00 to 7. 50 Wethers. choice ....... 600to 6.15 Ewel, choice handy . weight ............. . 5.7.0 to 5.75 Cull sheep ............. 6.00 to 5.00 IBuck sI .................. 3.00 to 4.00 { COAL. The present market on coal be- comes a weather proposition. “What 15 it going to' do tomorrow?” Due to the prolonged season of warm Weather, the domestic trade has fallen off until it is far below the average. The factory owners are consuming more coal for power purposes now than. they have at any time for five years. Also, the railroads having an immense business, are now consum— ‘ ing their maximum tonnage on coal. The coal not being taken by the re— tail dealers is being offered to steam consumers, this keeping the price up on domestic lump. The car situation is easing up a lit- ' tle, although floods on the Ohio river have temporarily shut off shipments of coal. The embargoes at present are all removed, and shipments are mov- ing in the regular way. Soft Coal. 1:10.13, Kind of Coal. Mines. Hocking lump .................. $1.90 Cambridge lump ' ................ 1.90 Cambridge %lump ............... 1.50 West Virginia Splint lump ........ 1.90 White Ash block ................. 2.00 Kentucky 4- inch lump ........... 2.50 Kentucky 4x2- inch egg ........... 2.30 Hariisbui; 6 iIlCh lump .......... 2.20 Pocahontas lump and egg. . . . . . .. 2.90 Pocahontas mine run. ....... 180 Michigan Domestic 4— inch lump.. 3.20 Antlnacite egg stove or nut ..... 5.00 Note: Quotations on anthracite coal is based on gross tons. FLOUR AND Generally speaking, the market is the same as last week. There seems to be a temporary shortage 011 winter Wheat flour and prices have made a slight advance. The demand for feed has been about equal to the supply FEED. Price Kind. per bbl “Blend” flour 1/8 paper sacks. ..58 .3 Spring patent ................. 4. 65’ Per ton. Coarse corn meal .............. 23.30 Cracked corn .......... ' ........ 24.50 Chop feed ..................... 20.50 Coarse middlings ............... 23.50 Fine middlings ................ 26.50 Bran (standard) 23.50 The above prices are f, o. b. De- troit, Mich: Cotton seed meal delivered to anv point taking a Detroit rate at $30.50 per ton in car lots not less than 20 tons. ‘ Those interested can write our Bu- reau for information. MIDDLINGS. Short feeding develops long snouis. A squealing pig denotes three things. Hunger, cold, or unsatisfac- tory home surroundings You can’t make a success of chink- ing up cracks in the cow stable with 40-cent butter. There is a cheaper way, and you know it. To put a frosty bit in the mouth of a defenseless horse is cowardly as Well as brutal, and the fellow who makes excuses for so doing lacks but » little of being criminal. . A loose, clattering shOe on the foot of a horse doesn’t prove that the own- . er is in “rattling” good company, and. Ivrit ,is only excusable when, a man is , ' zon’iiisway to the blacksmith shop. ' “Ad. ahce‘, Bureau of Domestic in Foreign Cominerce Declaration” According to reports sent 011th the department we find that the} top has not ‘yet been reached in the pri of breadstuffs, but that a marked cline in the value of meats and food animals were the features of the e’x-" pert trade during the year 1912. Total; values, however, broke all records, as will be gleaned from the following 3 federal report: '1 'The value of hi eadstuffs, in round figures was $150,000,0001,.against 8123,}. 000,000 in 1911; of cotton, $623,000,-' 000, against 517,000,000; oils, 812.2 000,000, against $104,000,000;' ’I of meat and dairy products, $123,000,~’ _I 000, against $137,000,000, and of, cat-3:” tie, $3,500,000, against $14,500,000; The increase in breadstuffs occurred . -; chiefly in wheat, of which the 1912“ exports were '60 000,000 bushels, val-I ued at $29,000,000. Corn, however, shows an equally striking decrease, the quantity in 1912 having been 30,- 000,000 bushels valued at $22,000,000, gainst 60,000,000 bushels valued at $35,000,000. The number of cattle exported was 32,620 against 148, 61] in 1911; of fresh beef, less than 9, 000, 000 pounds against 28, 500, 000 pounds. Othey classes of meats also showed a decline though less strongly marked than that in fresh beef. Cotton shOWed exports of 5,571,000,» 000 pounds against 4,457,000,000 in Hill, and mineral oils l,845.000 000 gallons against 1,736,000,000. IN THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER. Farmers living in the Vicinity of llartwick have sent us several com- plaints with reference to dealings they have had with a firm operating under the name of Grant, Beall & Company, 326 River street, Chicago, 111. This company made contracts for cucumbers to be grown in the vicinity of liartwick for the season of 1912. We find upon investigation that they did a very large business through the northwestern part of the state. The firm agreed to pay 20 cents for crooks and culls; 40 cents for large, and $1.40 per 100 for No. 1 cucumbers. In the contracts, the company obligat- ed itsclf to pay as cucumbers were delivered, with final settlement on Novembei 15 AfteI two 01 three payments which weie due on cucumbeis delivered were not made, the shippers refused to let a car leave the station until the eu- cumbers Were paid for, and in this way they secured an advance of 8200,. it developed later in the season. that the company had sold the tanks and pickles to Libby, McNeil & Libby, of Chicago. This firm came on, took all the cucumbers, tanks and everything of value out of the building. All correspondence, contracts and . information was referred to us, and after two months spent in trying to locate the firm, We received a letter from the Central Trust Company of' Illinois announcing that they had been appointed receiver in bankruptcy for J. N. Grant, trading as Grant, Beall & Company, and the whole case'is now in the jurisdiction of the United States district court. I It is a question whether the farm- ers will receive one cent on the dol- lar for the amount this company owes them. Some day the farmers will see the necessity of organizing, and through theii organization will " secure infmmation as to the financial responsibility of all fiims with whom , they. have dealings. A little investi- gation on the part of the farmers would have prevented this loss. Ifyou want a large number, of healthy pigs next spring, don’t feed the brood sows with the fattening-i hogs. The bone and muscle feed that the hogs are getting would suit their needs well. of mineral. ' 1 fect condition I greatei ,n ’crete lacks little of being and i V frail and decaymgzmankind’ s it becomes better understood the farmer sees how easily it can molded am" the manifold uses on farm, makes it now unnecessary ,_ _, "the apple supply to fall along about ‘39 uary, when the farmer needs them (1st. One year ago the Kansas Ag- ricultural College constructed for ex- ,_ perimental purposes a concrete cave, or pit, de'sligned primarily for the storage of fruit and from the start it was pronounced a success, as the ' - fruit kept through the winter in per- it not being even nec- ‘ eS'Sary to open the packages to re— pack prior to spring shipment. Lit- tle or no damage was suffered from ‘rottingma fault that so often attends basement'or cellar storage, much of fiwh’ich is due to lack of proper ven- tilation, which is impossible to give in a house whose living rooms are , directly over the cellar. With these ‘outside cement cellars the tempera— _, tures are easily controlled; in fact, 'the average variation will he up than it is when ice is used. In this. experimental cellar not over two degrees of change per week was noticed. Such a' cave as the one mentioned, being large enough to hold 1,000 boxes 01 350 ba1‘1‘els,.can be built for from $275 to $300, not in- cluding the excaxatiug, which need not be very expensive when done with the farm team and the regular t’arm help. Inside this cave measures 24 feet long, 12% feet wide and 7 feet 'high. An S-inC'h tile furnished ex- cellent ventilati’on, this being laid under ground so as to enter the cel- lar at the bottom, with its outer open- ing coming to thesurface some three or four rods away. The air which passes through this ventilator nat- urally becomes warm in winter and cool in summer: thus the cellar tem- perature remains at. a point of slight variation, which means much in the keeping qualities of fruits and veg- etables. This ventilator was partly closed after the fruit had been stored about a month, as after that the fruit need- ed less rapid air ourrents, due to the colder weather of oncoming winter. A temperature of 40 to 510 degrees is low enough at the start, and this is not 'hard to secure if one will but open the cave door during evenings and mornings of the fall monthshandv lower temperatures are not bar to get later. ‘ As near 33 degrees as possible is about right during winter and spring, and this can easily be secured by giv— ing a little attention to the ventilator. Nearly all of the fall and early win- ter apples can be kept in good condi- tion until after Christmas, and the winter sorts will keep firm and crisp until May and June if stored in such a storage, provided they are in good condition when picked and put away. Every farm that has to deal with stored’ products should have a similar outside cellar. Apples keep much better when packed in barrels or boxes than when stored in bulk, and when rot starts it is much easier to get at it than. Under no condition when in bulk. should apples or vegetables be stored for long in cellars under living rooms, ' as it is very unsanitary, also is likely ES, we know, that this . market-paper is “dirt‘ heap" at a penny a copy— ,ttIPAYS FOR it! ‘ ‘ ' he. pays for it because A case which he's be 11 9°, , l ’ théecourts for several years-past, was 1 finally decided in the Chi late ‘court the other day 1913 $5.10 Was entered a W.‘ Lynn &' Son, of that city in favor of a shipper who resides at Hollow Rock, Tenn. The suit arose from a refusal on the 11311: of the" Chicago '__firm to accept a. Car 'of eggs Shipped, .' 4 them from TenneSSee. .later sold by another concern at a»,— good price, but the shipper demanded ’ _ damages from the original purchaser. The shipper won in every court after six or seven years’ fight. Commission houses and produce buyers have been in the habit of turn- ‘ ing down shipments on the flimsiest kind of excuses If there happened to be a drop in price after the ship- ment was made, the purchaser would claim that she shipment was not up to specifications, and would therefore turn the proposition down Without so, much as an explanation The deci-‘ sion in this case as certainly in the inteiest of shippers, and will place them in a position where they can get a square deal from the fellows who are opeiating at the other end of the line WILL HELP THE APPLE MARKET. It "is Believed That -the'Ca|ifornia Freeze Will Help Apple Prices. Apple holders consider that the but- look for a successful close to the year’s apple deal is far more promis- ing now, due to the'disastrous freeze this week in the California citrus fruit belt. lApple Operators to a. man express sympathy for the orange growers on the coast, but they see in this calamity a reason why apple prices should show a strong advance Apples and oranges are stiong com- petitors, and it is figured that a ma- terial decrease in the citrus fruit supply will cause a corresponding in- crease in the demand for apples. Fruit growers are going to get very little benefit from the increased piices, however as more than 80 per cent of the crop is now in the hands of the buyers. Chicago reports state that there are now 6, 500, 000 barrels of apples in storage throughout the coun- try. We would advise growers who have apples for sale to watch the market very carefully, and be ready to take advantage of the increased price which, in our opinion, is sure to come. H'OLDUP OF PARCELS POST. Skunk Skins Are Responsible For the Deed. ' Somebody threw rocks into the smoothly running machinery in the parcels post division of the Decatur postofiice and the clerks were forced to beat hasty retreats for the great out-of-dsoors,‘ where breathing was easier. Some Illinois .trapper,.wishin~g to get his season’s collection of hides to market With as few cents as pos- sible, thought it good sense to use the parcels post in their transports, little realizing that‘a multitude tion, of scents would be born of his opera- tion. When his package of skins was handedover to the rural carrier, they 'Were undoubtedly cool,.a’nd con- tented; but- when they‘were rudely thrown into the close, heated quarters of the postoflice their confinement be- came ’ tOO great, and they instantly .. proceeded to prove to that office force The, . that the dead shall live again. The eggs were '1909. , products in 1909 (excluding t‘hervalue , of milk and cream consumed on the ;' e fiu'In'l ”as 11596 41311110 This regimen sum of receipt fromth Q .i, 1:191:19 use? (amounting tor-I 000) The Value of dairy products $6111.11: ,, 1909 was $473., 769, 000, Qt‘ which the value or ’milk, cream and butter fat sold represented nearly fourQfifths and ‘ ' that of butter most of the remainder The farm production of butter and _'Of cheese is given as 994 651, 000 (lbs and 9,4.06,’1000*.lbs. respectively, Of the fetal vane of daiii'y farm where produced), the East North Cential division repOrted $159 674, 000,- the Mlddle Atlantic diViBiQn $313,011,. 773,000 and the West North Central division $108, 825 000, these three di- visions together reporting over twO- thirds of the total. The quantity of butter made on farms was less in 1909 than in 1899 in the four geographic divisions of the north, and also in the Pacific division, but in all of these divisions, except the Middle Atlantic and the New Eng- land, the factory production was de- cidedly greater in the later year than in the earlier. The leading dairy states in 1909, as judged by the total value of the farm production (eXcluding milk and cream used at home), were New York, Wis, cousin. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa . Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan and Cali- fornia, in each of which the xvalue re ported exceeded $20,000,000. In pro- duction of butter on farms and in fac- tories combined, Wisconsin was the leading state. New York ranged. next ’to Wisconsin in the prOduction of cheese. The average value of butter sold by farmers in the United. States as a whole was 24. 2c per pound in 1909. The average value of cheese sold was 12.10 in 19.09 COST OF Paobucme MILK.» The people of cities who complain about the high price of milk may be in- terested in, knowing what it costs to produce and distribute good market- able milk. An investigation made lastx year by the Dairy Pepartment of the College of ' Agriculture, Ohio State University, shows that the average cost of producing a gallon of milk in ~_ Ohio is abOut 25 cents, or 6.25 cents per quart, allowing 3,200 pounds per cow per year as the average milk pro- duction. This takes into considera- tion the cost of feeds,'labor, interest on investment, maintenance, insur- ance, taxes, etc. When the average milk production ‘per cow is increased the cost is decreased. cost of distribution is 31/2 cents per quart, making a total of 9. 75 cents per- quart as the cost of producing milk and delivering it to the customer. This means that When milk retails at 10. cents a quart, the aVerage producer and distributb‘r is making little or no, profit in the transaction. Where high;- producing cows are kept and economic * - methods of handling and distributing on a. large scale are employed, the; above figures are greatly reduced and there is a fair prod},5 in the dairy 1,111le " package was carried out on the and" 1 m of a pole and hung on a tree" and as...” The average ’ for PI'OfIt ” m _ (Prlce $1.00) lasts on our shelve. Here’s the. offer' gland us apostal money-order l or ‘ ONE DOLLAR to pay for . 1 0 trial subscribers at 1 00 i: e 4 trial subscribers at 256 i 2 500: . and we will ship you a copy of this new book TFREE With our com—I‘; , plimen‘ts,for your trouble». ‘ subscribers at OFFERISOQ_ GOOD U N T31 L.