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FEW; MONTHSZEGO a; farmers of

Michigan felt only a faint interest in
this omPartisan League Except- that it Was
11' ~ 11 composed primarily of>their
_.,hnd,
lanai story of its activ1ties it held little of
' ‘ the terraces attention. LEter, as the daily
papers began to pub1ish articles against the
League, and paid farmer-craters arose at in-
stitute gatheringE to caption their fello'W—far-
mers not to liEvE anything to do with the
League, the farmer’ s curiosity became ex-
Cited. “What is 1113311011.. PartiSan League, ”
he asks, “and Why do‘ you take such a sudden
interest in my welfare to warn me against it.
_I shall find out more about this non-partisan
movement. ” 5'

The financial interests would spend no

money in Michigan Were they not convinced
that Michigan offered fertile ground for the

song of non- partisan seeds. No state in f

" the union is Quite so politically hide-bound
as Michigan Thru a perfect organization
extending into practically every organized
townshipof the state, men are nominated and
. elected to afiee,somEtin1es without regard as
to their principles or abilities. Many good
men are chosen many not- so good acquire
poSitions of public trust and responsibility.
Principles, ream, civic welfare, men of su-
perior qualities are not infrequently sacrific-
\ed for the ‘good (if the Organization. ’.’ Can-

me Who are “ riagufar,”
harmo With the pdlicies of the political
party W ose support they seek, are invariably
the chemo of voters acting in accordance with

the light that is radiated from the little clique ,

l o

, time Who hold the reins that ‘control
~, . the township and county organizations.

'V. -.Speaking politically, it would be a good
’ hifig for the state of Michigan if both the
democratic and republican rings were broken
, up, and a strictly non-partial; movement
launched to place men in ofli’ce Who would
turn their attention to the needs of the com-
monwealth instead of continuing to play the
game of politics at the expense of the taxpay—
.ersr; omens who devote half their time to
their duties and the other half to preparing
the Way fOr their next campaign should not
be tolerated and would not be tolerated for
: _ an instance Were the voters given an oppor-
: E tunity to vote fer politically disinterested in-

”(ii 'dualsz' ‘ But the trouble is the hem: men
,; f; not seek the‘Vofiice because they cannot
'1 eons lent-i iusly s ’cribe to the “rules” (if
;- ' It takes a- successful politician to
bees e a an ’

by a strictly lion.
el ‘mlature th the co-operation of _ ‘

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and the newspapers flashed an occas'

. acting always in ~

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artisans out Of Michigan

When Public Ollicials Cease Playing Pol-

flies and Commerczal Interests Show an
Interest in Farmers’ Problems, the
Causes for Organized - Non-Parti-
Vs'ari MOvements will Diedppear
: By FORREST LORD

could erform no more valuable service for

the people than devising means of eliminat-'

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What the N on-Partisan League Asks

“-I want to commend your ‘Non-Partlsan
L‘éague’ articles,” writes; an Ypsilanti sub-
scriber. “We farmers want’ the TRUTH in
these public matters, not a biased city press
view. What is the truth about Townley, '
Mr. Lord Is he as black asipainted in
“daily press reports?’:V

The enemies of the Non- Partisan League
have cleverly divérted the public’s atten
tion from the real aims of the organization
by purposely playing up the alleged short-
comings of the leader, T'ownley. From all
Wall street accounts he must be a ruthless
villain, capable of almost anything from
graft to murder. And it seems that he has I '
hoodwinked over 200,000 farmers into join-
, ing his organization!
W What. matters,Vso far as the farmers of

Michigan are concerned, the character of
the man Townley. Grant that he is a knave,
What then? Are his 200, 000 farmer folldw-
ers knaves, or is their program knavlsh?
'What we farmers here in Michigan want to
know about is the idea back of the Non-Para
tlsan League. What are its aims? What
can lt,——whatdoes it, 'offer to farmers of
. the east? If Townley is a self— seeking auto-
crat and puts his own interests ahead of
the farmers’ interests hveill fall. But if
' there is any good in the organization he has
. blinded, not even the crushing power of Wall
Street can kill it.

There are certain broad principles of
state and national character to which the
.beague as a national organization subscribes
Then there are minor issues depending upon
the needs of the farmers of he several states
in. Which the organization is established.
Sometime ago we published the. League’s
platform for the state of Idaho and reproi
duce some of the more important aims be-

 

1. State-owned paclfing houses,

V eievat~
orsytflour mills, sugar factories, warehouses ’

-' and ::storage plants; in short, state control
' ct all agencies thru which farm products
Joust piles from the producer to the consum-
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present methods of distributing the people’s

" food.

That the present state authorities take little
interest in either'the welfare of the farmers

’ . or the people of the cities is conclusively prov-

en by their flat refusal last winter to appro-
priate a part of the $5,000,000 “war fund”
authOrized by the last legislature, for the pur-
pose of canning the many thousands of bilsh-
els'of wet be'ans’which went begging for a
market and were finally fed to the hogs at a
tremendous loss to the farmers. And while
this was going on, the people of Detroit were
paying 20 cents per pound for dry beans!
Then there’s the question of credit and
banking facilities. Any farmer who has been
obliged to pay 15 to 20 per cent interest in
order to secure a loanhas many farmers have
been obliged to do in this state—is certainly

' in no mood to listen to the “arguments” of

the bankers and their kind against the Non—
Partisan League which believes the state
should extend financial aid to men who are
struggling to develop the state ’s agricultural
resources.

At one time even Governor Sleeper had the
same idea. For we distinctly recollect that
two weeks before his nomination as governor
he made this statement:

“I have been making a tour of the northern part
of Michigan and I find thousands of acres of wild
and unimproved land—villages and cities are few
and far between and many people hesitate to ln-_
vest in mortgages or liens upon such kind of
land, altho the security is ample. In many cases
settlers and pioneers have hard work to find par-
ties who will loan money. .

“I am in favor of the State, directly or indirect“,
ly, helping such settlers to buy and to give them"
the opportunity to borrow money at a low rate of
interest upon unimproved land now held by the
state and otherwise.

“I believe this would help settle’: our sparsely
settled lands in these sections and if I am elected
Governor of Michigan I will try and bring this
Signed, A. E, SLEEPER, candidate for Gov-
GI‘DOI'.

It is not knoWn that the Governor has made
a single effort to carry out the spirit of his
promise, even tho the term for which he was
elected is soon to expir’e.‘ Nor can we believe
that Mr. Sleeper, himself a banker, is the en-‘
thusiastic exponent of state rural credits that
his pro-election statement would indicate.

State officials and members-10f the legisla-
ture who hold their positions by virtue of
political panties, financed and controlled'by
the bankers and the commercia‘ interests,
having agents in every city, town and ham—

let in the state of Michigan have no desire

whatever to change a single existing condi;
tion that is satisfactory to those interests that

put them in office. 1 The wise politician . a1?” ' ‘l

ways refrains from doing anything for the

» common good if by so doing he incurs the (he
pleasure of the party bosses

Need we to wonder Why the fariner bee es

, restive and dissatisfied when promises 1‘

easily forgotten, and the entire state go ,

.ment maintains so stolid and mdfiel‘j
attitude toWard matters of tier in '
him? Need we stood

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the charges against Mr Daniels brought about
an investigation which proved conclusively that
11 League was largey financed and ofilcered by
For a
number of months past the League has carried
its propaganda more or less secretly, but none the
lees viciously. Rep. Frear claims that ninety per
cent of the members of the lower house have been
branded as disloyal and 47, of the states held up
as only part loyal: - To a man on the fence, the

. National, Security League is but one of the highly

camouflaged organizations financed by the big
interests for the purpose of diverting the minds
of the people from the real issues of the war and
fomenting a desire for-aggression and military
preparedneSs after the war.

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OIL INTERESTS CHARGED WITH ‘
‘ ' FORCING GASLESS SUNDAYS

Threatened with a congressional investigation
into the causes for the gasless Sunday request,
Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield has inaugur-
ated a personal investigation of the data upon

. which the oil divisionbased its gasoline supply

figures which resulted in the gasless order. Sev-
eral important facts have already been establish-
ed. Theflrst is that the statistics were supplied
by the oil interests themselves, and that no effort
Was made by the oil division to verify the figures
hetero issuing its gasless request. The, second
important fact is that the oil interests are taking
advantage of the alleged shortage of gasoline to

manipulate the oil market, as various oil stocks
have advanced strongly since the order went into
effect.

Almost co-incident with the statements of. the
oil interests that there is a. scarcity of gasoline,
are other statistics published by private investi-
gators showing that there is a tremendous sur-
plus of gasoline. The lack of harmony between
these two statements is what prompts congress to
force an investigation.

Since the beginning of the war gasoline has ‘

doubled in price, and recently the fuel adminis-
tration, acting upon figures submitted by the oil
men themselves, authorized another advance of
a cent a gallon. The supply of this valuable fuel
is wholly within the hands of a few interests to
be doled but in such quantities at such times and
at such prices as pleases these interests. Widely
published statements showing large supplies of
gasoline naturally cause consumers to wonder at
the reasons for the advancing prices. To over-
come this “harmful propaganda,” the oil inter-
est-s must needs take some step, no mat-
ter how drastic or inimical to the national inter-
sets, to prove that the converse is true, thereby
paving the way for still higher prices For what
is the loss of. a few million dollars from cur-
tailed Sunday sales compared with the additional
profits to be derived from higher—priced gasoline
for the duration of the, war, if not longer?

The Garfield investigation will result in 're«
scinding the gasless order, it is now believed.
Whether it will have any far-reaching effects, such
as bringing the disloyal and profiteering practic-
es of the oil combine into the limelight, will de-
pend upon how carefully congress is looking af-
_ter the interests of the'people.

U. S. MUST FEED 12,000,000 EUROP- ‘
EANS FOR NEXT 12 MONTHS

The United States is called upon to provide food
tor twelve months to over ten million inhabitants
of French and Belgium territory still occupied by
the German troops. ’The U. S Government will

. ' make loans to the Belgium and French govern-

j-ments for the purpose of paying for this food
which will be supplied by the farmers of the
..United States and shipped overseas in boats‘re-

cently acquired from Sweden. This announcement

another reminder of the duty of American farm- '4

firs to grow 1n m/e crops and makes us all feel our
' s

1W ‘ hsibility
th 3 Atlantic.

,_ dectrines;
,_,,,g7- those who feel the displeasure or the";
7 'e- were Secretary of the Navy Daniels and ,

theory Ford. as grossly libelous were the League’ 15 Q

instituted ~

"promptly; »

'other new
exhibits by the Bureau of Markets. a,

"work of the steel mills.
stitute comes at a time when the government was.
arranging a national campaign to Collect all av
tarving people on the other side

to
Delay will readily inn gar—bin
the banking institutions of the country a,
Treasury Department by making it necessary}-

may result in the loop of the privilege of convere‘
sion altogether. ‘ '

Holders of coupon bonds are strongly advised to'

request issue of registered bonds in order to pro—
tect themselves against the risk of loss. theft and
destruction of their bonds. '

Oilibial Depai‘tmen’t Circular'No.114, with forms '

of application, has been distributed to Federal Re-
serve Banks and banks and tr! st companies thro-
out the United States These institutions are ask-
ed, as a matter of patriotic service, to assist bond
holders in exchanging 4% bonds for 41.4% bonds
and in registering their hands »

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STATE HORIICU'LTURAL SOCIETY _
PLANNING’ 48TH ANNUAL MEETING

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The forty- eigth annual meeting of the Michigan\

State Horticult‘ural Society is to be held at Det-
roit, Dec. 10, 11, 12,‘and 13. The nihcers have
been busy for months making plans for this1 meet
ing and it is expected to be the largest and most
important meeting the society has ever held.
The Michigan apple shcw is one of the new

features, and there'will be the biggest display of.

Michigan apples ever shown in this state. The
display will
every fruit-growing township in the state.

features including

Many
manning demon-
strations,
sight seeing trip about Detroit, and inspection of

the Eastern market, will make this a “Win the

War” convention.

The program covers four full days with one even-
ing session Which will be a. rousing patriotic one
and shOuld not be missed by any one. Programs
and particulars will be mailed to members of the
society The secretary is George M. Low, Bangor,
Mich Programs and particulars will be mailed
to anyone upon application to him.

Philadelphia convicts want to be sent to France
to fight.

. Loraine, Ohio, is building 240 new houses for

.. shipbuilders.

represent apples from practically

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handle all conversions at the laSt moment, and ‘. busines’s farmer herein Michigan which this weék .

17 was founded. to represent. ,The kind: one term.

* or who believes in farming as a business and- enei
that for the amount of hard work put into it.
', We ‘

lit a be a mighty profitable business.

are pretty sure that our reader who has pledged :

his fidelity to this. paper for ten years to come. ‘
already-

is a successfulrfarmer we hope he has

realized a comfortable heme, good barns, a silo,"

Dure-bred stock and a smile from the banker— .

can anyone ask for more?

We do wonder though if Mr. Hoehn knows what ‘
a pledge or an expression of faith such as this.-
proves in our weekly and what we? are fighting:
for means to us here, who for one year have been

battling with all sorts of disoouragements and

difficulties Only the many, many letters from the-

kind of farmers we wanted to stand back of our

weekly. telling us to go on that they were backing”:
us in our fight have kept us erect and fit for the

fray?! -

Naturally, in a war-year. when white paper
alone costs us just 100% more than it did in peace-
times, our problems have been much the same as

confront the farmer on the new eighty and during . ,
the late spring and through the summer months:
while you, our friends, .VWer‘e busy from un-upv to

sun-down in the‘fields, we have had small subscrip-'
tion Wreceipts nowlhe time has come when we
ask your help! ‘

There are two things which every man or woman .

, who takes MICHIGAN BUsINEss FARMING can do

"— ‘ your letter.

Chicago saloons are forbidden to sell liquor by -

the bottle.

Philadelphia factories consume 50 per cent of
all glazed kid hides brought to America... 1

Pennsylvania Railroad now employs 9, 364 wom-

en to replace men. 1

Alaska eskimos sell furs and give the money to
the Red Cross

Northampton, Mass,
plan a money saver.

Scotland has a mill making 200 tons of paper
weekly from sawdust.

More ,than 75. per cent of the trade of Egypt is
with British possessions.

The deepest mine in the world is said to be
the St. John Del Reycopper mine, which has a
depth of 6,800 feet.

The principal sugar substitutes recommended
by government chemists are corn syrup, maltose
(syrup made from potatoes), honey and high-

grade refiner’s syrup.
Discovery by an American chemist has elimin-

ated the absolute necessity for the metal in hand-
ling sulphuric acid in laboratories of steel mills

- and in munition factories, it is learned last week.
Details of the discovery, are guarded with the,

utmost care and secrecy. “It is regarded as one

do: the most important advances in connection

with the war and as virtually solving the prob-

lem'\of platinum shortage which the government
The need for platin- .

has faced for several weeks.
um has not diminished, it is said butlit can no
longer be regarded' as esoential in the laboratory
The diScovery of the sub-

able. pldtinum. especially in the term of turns
meats ands i Welry. and hriuaduac. . . , .

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Please accept my thanks; for. your'couftesy in
writing the A. A. Berry Seed company. -They
have mailed check for $41. 77 upon receipt of-
Gratefully yours—J. Geo. Martus,
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right away to “put it over the top,” and your boost

will be doubly appreciated if it comes quickly.
The first thing is to renew your subscription

for one, two, three; four, five, or even ten years,

as friend Hoehn did! This will prove to us that

',all of our old friends are going to standby us,

shoulder 'to shoulder, in'the fight and \I will
pledge-you. that every dollar We receive .from
every source will go to make this weekly bigger.
and better, until Michigan is known from coast
to cdast for having the best farm weekly in Amer-
ica!

The next thing—and 0, how big it is when you

' multiply it by our circulation—~if YOU will try

, my chest!

and add justone new name to our subscription
list every month, surely that is not asking too
much of you who want to see this weekly a' big
success. ‘ '

. Justgone new name a month—and yet from each
of you think what it would mean, why. before
another year'rolled armind we would reach every
farm home in Michigan and the united strength'of

all the farmers, thu!linked could make conditions

right wherever they are wrong today! .

Of‘course, we do not even dream of doing all
this in a month or- a. year, but wevdo kfiw that
if each of you who we know to‘be our friends will
strive on "every opportunity to boost our weekly,
we can grow hi and strong, and be able to ac-
complish all of the big things we have in store
for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMrNo.

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MY DESK THIS WEEK-y-There, I have it off

weeks that I would tell you, our good friends, Just
what M. 15... F. needed. and now I know y911 are
going to respOnd. I don’t want this column

yours if you will tell me your busmess troubles
or write me hankl'y _on any open subject, we will
discuss it under this heading -./or by confidential
correspondence if you choose. _We are .

‘ work”

i have been promising mfseli for many ,

,oi'
mine to be for our business, I want it to be for.

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:FederglLand Bank of St'Tnul running sec-

011435919 200.11 The other ten hawks closed loans

August as follows: ”Wichita; 5702.100; New. 0r-
men, 5883, 765
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spams: $448, Zso St. Louis, $432, 340; Berk-
i 1425.400, and Baltimore, .4423, 500

September first- the total amount of short-
loans placed since the establishment of the
Merslland Bank's was $124,877,354 covering
fififi'lms closed. During August 2, 500 appli-
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shoring the suite period 2, 297 loans were approved
amounting to $7, 686, 245.

5258, 493,125.
‘ The grand total of loans closed is distributed

~ by Federal Land Bank Districts as follows:

Spokane, 519, 359, 695 St. Paul, $17,804,100; Omaha,
514, 517, 340; Wichita, $13, 95, 000; Houston, \511,
263,999; New Orleans, $9,050,305; St. Louis, $8,243,-
130; Louisville, 57,962,000; Berkeley, $7,609,100;
Columbia, 55, 925 .7901; Springfield, 541,839,695; Bal—
timore, $4, 717, 200. '

During the month 277 applications for $623, 550
were. received from Michigan’ farmers, and 72
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO
STABILIZE COTTONSEED MEAL

.Ln spite of the lower yield of cotton and the
increased cost of production, the organized cot-
tonseed producers have agreed With the Food Ad-
ministration to stabilize the price: of cottonseed
at the average price of last year. This is a conces-
sion on their part to the cattle- feeding and dairy in-
terests in this country. The prices will vary from

564 to 572 per. ton in carload lots, f.o.b. cars, de—.

pending upon the yield in oil
Differentials have been fixed for crushing seed

~ on the basis of last year’ as cost and regulated prof-

it a: last year, plus the increased cost imposed by
change in labor, transportation and supplies. As
a result the price of meal is about $3 per ton
higher than last year.

' The Food- Administration feels satisfied that
stabilization of this industry by voluntary agree-
merits offal concerned will . greatly eliminate
mediation and all interests ‘will be protected
Details of the seed prices assessed to local zones

and yields will be issued by the Federal Food
Administration in each state”. /

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WHEAT GROWING COSTS EQUAL

 

GOVERNMENT FIXED PRICES ~~

Testifying before the Senate Agricultural com-

.mittee, E. H. Thompson, acting chief, Bureau of

Farm Management, said that the average cost of

1 wheat production was estimated at 52. 26 per be.

Most of the wheat produced, however, costs less,

he said, and that with even a to; per cent increase
farmers Would break even,
~~’a'.t the primary market. pr cc of 52. ”fixed by the

President for next year’s crop. - ..

Mr. Thompson went on and said that in the
North Central states the cost for the crop Of 1917
ran from $1. 50 to $3. 59 per bn., while for a ma.-

suit: of the growers the cost ranged from $1. 75_

so 52.50 per bu.
daunting that above figures are correct 3114 that
the wheat“. grower is just about breaking atom,

the farmer is by no means a profiteer and must, .‘

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same; i the United States by the Fed- f
' g.- time first mortgages,-

Columbia, ,

Altogether 99, 070 have '
applied fOr loans under this system, aggregating »

decrease of 25 per cent in

“finish: rates has been granted,- through recom‘
mendation of the Food Administration.‘
Cattle‘buyers in the éast Will purchase Western _

stock outright, and shipments in train load lots

. will begin as soon as the plan is, completed.

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”but rain is needed in a few localities.

CALlFORNlA £11411 BEAN GROWER‘S
SET much on 1918 CROP

At Oxnard California the Lima Bean Associat-

ion has agreed on the following prices for the.

Frost Again Visits Nation’s

According to the national weather and crop
bulletin issued by the U. S. department of agri-
culture for the week ending September 17th, frost
has continued to do great damage in the bean and
potato sections. The report says: “Late potatoes
were benefitted in Michigan by the prevailing
weather conditions, but there was considerable
frost damage in New Yorkand Wisconsin. Pota-
toes are maturing satisfactorily in the Rocky
Mountain region. Late white potatoes, gardens,
and truck crops made good growth in the south-
ern states whereve‘i' there was sufficient moisture,
There was
some damage by frost to garden crops in the north
and in some of the higher mountain districts.
Early beans have been .pulled in Michigan, but
the late crop was retarded by the cool and cloudy
weather; considerable damage wasdone by frost
to late beans in New York State. The harvest of
beans was underway in the Rocky Mountain re-
gion. The weather was favorable in the Lake re-
gion for the deveIOpment of sugar beets and the
crop was maturing satisfactorily in the Rocky
Mountain states ;harvesting was begun in Utah.
Sugar cane, sorghum, cane, and peanuts made

satisfactory progress except in Texas and a few
other places in the south where it was too dry.

'31 latest districts.

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The weather was favorable for harvesting pea-
huts in the southeastern states.

New England. _Boston: Too cool for corn. Consid—

’ erable damage by frost at beginning of week in north-

em portion. Harvesting sweet corn, beans, potatoes,
and fall crops continues under excellent conditions.

New York. ——Ithaca.: Silo filling is general. Heavy
to killing frosts were quite general in all sections ex-
cept southeastern and Long Island Co. on morning of
11th, and buckwheat, potatoes, corn, late beans, and
garden truck were badly injured in exposed places

Idaho. _Boise: Threshing about completed, except
Fall seeding begun, but proceeding
slowly on account of soil being too dry. Fair to good
crop of early potatoes being dug. Apples being gath—
ered: much of crop going to driers. Bean harvest in-
terrupted by rain.

Magnum—Minneapolis: Threshing and plowing
delayed by wet weather in south and north central
portions: elsewhere plowing delayed by dry ground.
Frost damage to corn slight in south, but Considerable
in west central portion to late crop; cutting in prog-
ress. Potatoes being dug; poor crop in north, fair in
south.

Illinois—Springfield: Cool. cloudy week, with mod-
erate showers. Meadows and pastures continue to im-
prove. Potato digging begun; fair yield. Truck fair

to good. Plowing for and seeding winter wheat areN

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‘511;Tepary, $8. 25. I

'POTATO AND ONION REQUIRE- .
MENTS FOR ARMY ON INCREASE '

coming crop: “Limas 1r2c;
Lima), $11. 75; small whifes, $11: 25;

 

 

The army potato requirements for

are 358,332 cwt., which is 56,132 cwt.
the September requirements. The army onion re-
quirements ‘for October are 23,952 cwt., which 1.5
5, 832 cwt.
ments

Bean and Potato Section8

in progless. Corn in good condition; maturing, cutting
and silo filling progressing slowly as a result of low
temperature and rainfall.

Wisconsin.—-—Mllwaukee: Good showers improved
pastures, ranges, some late crops and condition of
ground. Threshing, plowing, and seeding winter wheat
continued. Potatoes poor to good, being considerably
damaged by frost and drouth. Good growth of sugar
beets and buckwheat. Progress of corn slow on ac-
count of low temperature, but condition generally
good to excellent; bulk of crop safe.

Nebraska. —-Lincoln: Favorable fox threshing and
haying. Alfalfa cutting general in southeast and cen-
tral with light crop. Plowing nearly completed; soil
dry, retarding seeding of wheat Pastuus poor; SOlllU
places bare. All fruit poor 010p. Corn made fairly
satisfactory progress during the week; bulk of the
crop safe from frost; cutting for fodder and silos con-
tinues.

011io.——Columbus: Pastures now exuellent in all
sections as result of favorable weather Tomatoes.
ShOW slight improvement; other “alden truck holding
its own. Clover mostly cut in central counties, but
too wet to cure. Grape 0101) limited, except in a few
localities where good. Fall plowing about done Cut-
ting corn plogiessing, except in Luke counties where
ripening slowly on acmunt of low temperature; silo
filling general. Seeding winter wheat general in north-
western counties.

Kansas—Topeka: Sufficient rain for
in most parts. Corn practically
and cutting almost done. Grain sorghums ripening;
bulk will mature by October 1. Ground in good to
excellent condition for sowing wheat except in north—
central and most western counties and seeding now
general, except in d1y localities of extreme west;
early sown up in mztny parts; acreage. materially in-
creased in eastern half and many \Vt'HlEl‘ll counties.
Pastures steadily improving.
corn cut.

Indiana.—I11dlana.polis:

present needs
past frost danger

Pastures and young clover
further improved and fair to good. Sorghum goo-l:
being cut. Buckwheat cowpeas, and beans generally
good. Late potatoes fair to poor; some being dug.
Tomatoes deteriorated. due to cold. Considerable
silage being made. Plowing and clover hulling con-
tinuing. ,Seeding extending, but not yet general. Corn
now in Satisfactory condition generally; about 60 per
cent is safe from frost in the north,‘ 50 per cent in
central, and 40 per cent in southern portions; needs
dry weather and higher temperature; some cutting in
all sections. “

California.-—San
some wheat and barley

Heavy rain damaged
hay, beans, large

Francisco :
in sacks,

quantity of prunes, some peaches, few raisins in lproh”
”)eenu

cess of drying, and spoiled tomatoes. It has
few raisins in process of drying, and spoiled tomatoes;
very beneficial to green corn, late potatoes. an d rang—
es. Oranges and lemons continue doing well. Sugar
beets goad. Bean crop lighter than expected.
retarded by cool weather: otherwise excellent in San
Joaquin Valley. Cotton. nurturing rapidly; crop fair“;
lmperirtl Valley cotton good; insect damage. not ser—
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of FainiShed Herd: Says Sec-I
retary Marstim ‘ ‘

, At the state fair‘we Tat—la long‘and, of course,
.fivery enjoyable‘talk with T._F. Marston, Secre-

_’tary and Manager of the Northeastern Michigan_

EL +Dcvelopment Bureau. As everyone knows. who
knoWs Mr. Marston, he cannot talk long upon any
-' subject without launching forth enthusiastically
over the agricultural opportunities of Noflheast-
tern. Michigan. For Marston _
heart and soul is wrapped up in his job an he
can never let pass an occasion for speaking of
the work‘of the Bureau and the section it ,repre-
‘sents. And, of course, we are always interested.
”We like to hear a good story. particularly when
itis well told. Well, Marston told us'ab’o'ut the

'lands of Northeastern Michigan and how they
"had been brought to the state fair and would un-
doubtedly land some of the prizes.
' we said, and as soon as he returned home he did.
' And this is what he wrote: '

“This carload, representing one-half black- face
and one-half white- face, is from the flock of five
or six thousand which the Interstate Livestock

' Company shipped from the .Northwest to Wol-
verine, Michigan. this spring and have grazed
there this past season.

I “They report that their wool clip was very satis-
factory and that they were well pleased with the
gains made by their stock. I

“The Interstate Livestock Company began op-
erations in Northern Michigan last year when
they grazed about 8,600 head. This year they

_ have a few less in number but are planning on
wintering over a large proportion of those on
hand.

“The Development Bureau exhibited these sheep
at the fair as a demonstration of the grazing pos-
sibilities of Northern Michigan land. You are
aware that all three development bureaus, the
Public Domain Commission, and many private
interests, have been carrying on a campaign for
the last year towards securing morezlivestock,
particularly sheep, for our Michigan cut-over
lands. The Northeastern \Michigan Development
Bureau, as you may remember, has since its or-
ganization advocated that this part of Michigan
represented by the Bureau is pre-eminently ad-
apted to livestock and has always endeavored to
foster this industry as much as possible.

“I think at the present time, as a'direct result
of the Bureau’s work, there is something like
three hundred thousand dollars worth of sheep
on Northeastern Michigan land, while, including
other classes of livestock, as a direct and indi-

rect result of the Bureau’s work, there is over a
million dollars worth located here.

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through the Bureau are 13, 000 head from the
drbuth stricken districts of New Mexico. These
sheep arrived the early part of July and have
made a very satisfactory improvement.

“Other men from New Mexico have visited this
locality lately and frankly admitted that while

is aIIman hosef

_ cutover lands of Michigan wil

' flock of sheep that hadfattened on the cut- over

“Write it ” ..

“Among some of the sheep brought to Michigan .

which was going to Waste, .in o t’hOusands II _,
.pounds of meat far “in addition to the forty .
‘ thousand acres of fenced ranches there were many

thousands of acres or other lands upon Which

stock could have been profitably herded 1., . .
' indication that: -'

“Present appearances give eve
not forever go.

begging at the ridiCulously low prices at Which-v-

, , they are held at the present time. Michigan men.
may not appreciate them but Outsiders, men who ,

are heavily engaged in the live stock- busineissfi
are gradually becoming acquainted with these "

,lands and we may soon expect that they“ will make ,.

use of them. .
“As a matter ("if fact, the livestock industry has
been increasing very rapidly of late years. In

1917 the railroads report— that twice as many car-I

loads were shipped from the district as the year.

previous and there is no question that in 1918'

the figures will" again be doubled.” " _~ g» 1

A CHICAGO BOY WHO MADE

GOOD ON A MICHIGAN FARM.

“In May you sent me a young man from-Chi'sa—‘
go,” writes Mr. R. B. Parham of‘ Bronson to —_H

 

 

This is the young man Iwho changed Mr. turbo-111's

notion about city boys. . .,.,

S. Earle, state Director of U. S. Boys’ Working
Reserve, “He was sixteen years of age and inex‘
perienced in all lines'of farm work. This week

his time is up, as he wants a couple of weeks’f
vacation before starting in school.

“This boy has proven to be a great success He

'was willing and ambitious, very courteous and
i mannerly

Has learned to handle a seven-horse
team. milk and everything there is to do on a
dairy farm. If there is anything needed in the
way to help advertise this, we hays some cuts
we would gladly furnish for the farm papers. -

“I now hope you can send me another man .I .

need one immediately. Could you send me a sin-

gle man, and a married man for the year? I want -,

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shopper 5’. Is Into} Mr. .

is the most. successful.

, Your question in the Sept. 14th issue of M. B
F. as to “Why can’t the farmers of Northern
Michigan raise turkeys?"'is best answered by
the words, ““They can.”
is all one needs for a- start
setting theni under a hen is adyocated by some
but my experience is that the turkey hen is the
best mother to young p.,oults and requires less
labor and watch ng. I find the White Holland
turkey the best to raise, as they do not wander
so far from home and are inclined to be tamer
than the Bronze. 'Feed the old turkeys in the
spring every evening to get them in the habit
of spending the nights at home. Place a barrel,
laid on its side in the chicken coop with good

, clean straw in it and when Mrs. Turkey feels in-
clined to lay her setting of eggs she will invariably "’

pay particular attention to that barrel and finally;
decide to make it her hes-.t Afte she has been
setting about a week move the barrel v'ery care-

‘fully with Mrs. Turkey and eggs right in it to
‘some secluded corner of the chicken yard where

she will be unmolested and can be fed and wet-7
cred properly

After the eggs have been hatched keep her and
'the brood shut in the chicken yard for a couple
of weeks "\where the little fellows can be'given '

hard-boiled eggs mixed with crumbs and oatmeal.
After she is turned loose you will notice she will
stay" in Asight of the house. and every evening
bring her brood to the barrel. When the little

.' fellows are old encugh to roost drive her and the I
brood to the chop. Now some people may differ "
land then remove the barrel and she’ll soon discov-
rer what’ you want of her and thereafter take the

brood to the coop. . Now sme peple may differ

Ifrom me in this move and say let them roost out~
side If the weather is dry and warm outside '

roosting is all right, but in case of a wet spell
the young turkeys until they are three- Quarters
matured, are better off under cover.

I have ten young turkeys, hatched on June 5,

have raised them by this method and lay my suc- ’-

cess to keeping them under cover, where they can
be shut upL fed properly and kept dry during a
They are now fourteenr Weeks old
and as large as the old pair. . - : \- ,

Northern Michigan is ideal for turkey raising,

" and more farmers ought to try it on a small

I . and on a efrom‘A to 1:0 times from repairs? {we ,

scale for a starter. One nice brood Will mare than

'pay one for their trouble..—0. G. Marschner, 0t-
,_sego county; TI .

A Farmer’s Auto Not a Mere Pleasure Cat
A farmers automobile a mere pleasure car?

A pair of good turkeys
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rating during our
he contention of; the
’ 111.1an ceme'

1111 go bacE to the farms. ,1

, point.;«there is quite a differenCe
carting this to ma’rket and receiving no

the farm and paying

Winter. The Gem Amendment referred to cals

for the eliminetion of all injurious substances

from the mixed dairy feeds. ,

TRYING TO SOLVE OUR OWN FEED PEOBLEMS

to. the American.
"'We', re agaiiiht

. tion has impressed us more than
”15119 need of solidifying Our organization.

' 1 id put nehvas'sers into the field to do this
it acceptable ”men were available. In the minds
of “the legislative and business interests, with
. ,‘wh We are compelled to contend, the first and
» Question is concerning the extpnt and
«vi/our- erga'nized movement. If we were

ntly organized in th'e up- state districts, and

it was/known that Our men would be loyal to
their own «interests, there would be no question

but‘ that We could place ourselves upon the same ,

business basis as: every other industry; namely,

‘ a price for our product that equals the cost of pro- ‘

ductlon. plus a profit; When you milk producers

1115th or» refuse this your opportunity, this re-'

fusil 0r neglect is costing you more than the in-
' 'j‘d price of labor or cost of dairy feeds. Did
'1: makers and administration of this g0v~

ornient and the boyers of our product know'

our industry was organized as thoroughly as

':the reorganized we could demand and obtain
a Ensemble price for -our product. A ,

when this proposition must stand out bef0re

you. in the. coming mouths—that if you do? not.

receive cost of production pins a profit, and if
you go on with your business at a. loss, it is your
fault. :iBaste tit assertion of your secretary in
your hat and read it every time you put your. hat
on or. take it as

A CHANGE IN rim HOOVER 110011 summe-
. . 'rns‘rrow "

That the Food Administration is too big a task
for any oné'm‘an, even so broad and conScientious
a {man @1112. ver, is now conceded at the seat

fgo comment. A change is in process whereby
1:1;9 ddiry 1111111,; will be put under «a distinct
and separatism " «in the near future. This will
bio the Dairy Division of the Food- Administra-
t oh: ‘ ‘ ’ ..

This entire proposition has been a
humid 1qu ever since the organization of the
food‘ administration, It has been in the hands of
different individuals-#1101; onevof whom was in-
Tegest‘ed 11:; or 111’. eynlputhy with, milk production.

e are interests opposed to us have had their "
paid agents ready to act with, and influence if

110113le the? food administration from start to
finish, and in the new arrangement it is expected
that the chairman yMil be alawy'er who has been
employed by. the Dairy Feeds Association of the
United States In this cabinet of his will be a
representative of the condensaries, of the butter-
makers. the ice, cream makers and the cheese
makers 0 _;_th,is country These will be Shrewd,

s. and .ft is needless to say will: .
Vnterests to the extent of their. .
I 1' g,-scriber I Will say that he. is very evidently not
But With the miPk reducers it is an entirely

Alfie} vt ‘ are lacking in organization
- meet complete organiz-

_ iéd. interests

football “

We must .

Your association is now working for the solution
of our own feed problems We are in communi-
cation with various individuals in the country,

WVith the intehtiOn in view of establishing a Mich-
“ igan Milk Producers’ Association Dairy Feed,
which will be purchased in such quantities to
giVe the smallest possible margin of profit to the

T,: manufacturers 'With a guaranteed analysis, and

from present/investigation we believe that. we will
be able to furnish this to our members at a very
great saying a ton over retail feed prices If we are
able to complete this arrangement it will save to
our members hundreds of thousands of dollars a
year

We can do- all these things if we co- operate. We
can do nothing if we stand alone. Concequently',
we plead with you again, as we have so many
times in the: past, to get a different view of your
own business opportunity. Work with your neigh
bor—«not against him. Build up your organization
——don’t destroy it. Let’s prove to the world that
we are men with back-bones, not wish benes, and
that we Will put food production on a par with
the other industries of our land.

:Plan now foran early meeting of your Local,
also for a good delegation to attend the annual
meeting, which will be held at East Lansing about
the 18th of October—notice of which will be given
in early issues of the papers.

We plead with you again to save yourself a re-
duction in the price of milk for the coming winter.
——R. 0. Reed.

. 1F ' “
FARMERS SERVICE BUREAU

(A clearing department for farmers’ everyday troub-
1.5. Prompt and careful pttention given to all com-
1.1.111“ or (01111001511 for ififormation addressed to this
department. We are here to serve you. Call upon us. )

' FOOD ' ADMINISTRATION FIXES
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"I take note in your issue of August 31 that
you fully exonerate Mr. Prescott from high prices
0f mill feeds. I am glad that you can do so, as
I had thought that he wasn ’t doing his duty. I
am aware that the, government inspector was at
the mill here about a week ago and 0.K*d their
books, while at the same time they were selling
bran for $.60 and middlings for $2.00 per cwt.,
farmers to furnish sacks; I also understand that
JameS'Nixon, miller at Leonidas, wrote Mr. P‘res-
cott and was authorized to charge $1. 65 for bran
and $1. 75 for middlings. Now, I would like to
inquire what the government price at mill where
made would be for bran and middlings in bulk.
Has itchanged from a year ago when it was pub-
lished in M. B. F.?
Other papers, 'to be 38 percent of the price of
wheat per ton “at mill? Also what extra profit

’ have they a. right to charge? The Michigan Famer
stated in its columns that under no consideration
would they be allowed to charge more than $1. 50
for bran at mill. Believing you to be doing what

‘ you can for a square deal to all concerned, I re—
quest that: you will publish the information de-
sir ., ”Ar-g 6'..._Mendbn. '

Referring to the statements made by this sub-

familiar with the price fixed by the U. S. Food
Administrator “.for thejsale of wheat mill feeds.
The Food Aid inletration has fixed a definite

11d carting it back again to .,
, fiasco per ten for mixed feeds
~ with. this. in, as Ewe will have to do this com g

Hoard’s Dairyman, and several _

to make the price $5 ’“ , per hundred weight

There is a further-“regulation that for bran;

made from soft winter wheat, the miller may. add

at the rate of 3'2. 00 per ton to \the price named.
,As nearly all of the bran in Michigan is matte
from soft" winter wheat, a miller may, if he
chooses, add that $2. 00 per top, but in such
cases he is required to have on each sack the
following: /“Made from soft winter Wheat. ” This
would make his price $33. 46 per 1011, or 31'. 70 per
hundred pounds

The price for middlings is $2. 00 per ton higher
which would make the price $1. 80 per hundred
pounds.

Your Mendon subscriber will therefore see that

he was not overcharged by the mill when he
paid 31.60 at one mill. and $1.65 at another.

says that two mills out of three are selling above
the government price. However, I shall be very
glad to take action as to any millihat is selling
wheat mill feeds above the government prices.

In regard to the statement that anyone inform-
ing would be discriminated against by millers, I

will say that it is t‘he'policy of this department --

not to disclose the name-0f anyone who sends in-

formation, because we realize that it would not'

be fair to do so. What I desire is information as
to any mill that is' n‘ot following government
prices, and it is to my interest not to disclose
the party’s name, for, if I did so, the same per
son would not give information the second time
whichyis the one thing we want him to do. Of
course I want the name of anyone w‘ho makes
complaint about prices as an evidence of good
faith and that I may call upon them for further
information if it becomes necessary—Geo. A.
Prescott, Federal Food Administrator.

MILLERSVARE NOT REQUIRED
I 'TO DO CUSTOM GRINDING

The flour mill in this vicinity will not do any
more custom flour grinding.
sell the wheat and buy the flour thereby losing
the middlings and bran Is this am act of con:
gress Or is it an act of the millers getting their
heads together and making their own law?. Also
can the farmers put up their own flour mill and
grind their own flour. providing they abide by the
law? And what are the laws for that business?~
A. P. D.. Rosebush. Michigan.

Under the present regulations, mills are re-
quired to deliver with all wheat flour either sold
or exchanged one pound of substitutes with each
four pounds of wheat flour.

He ‘
'will therefore see that he is mistaken when he

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The existing exchange regulation is as “follows; .

The wheat miller who receives wheat from the
farmer's wagon and grinds such wheat on a toll
basis or exchanges such Wheat for flour or feed
may charge not to exceed 35c per bushel for each
60 pounds of clean wheat so received and on such
basis, he shall return to the farmer, flour and
feed in accordance with the following schedule:
Test 58 lbs. or heavier, 44 lbs. of flour; soft win-
ter wheat feed, 14 lbs.,
pounds down to a 51 lb. test, for which he.shal‘
return 39 lbs. of flour and 19 lbs. of soft winter
wheat feed. The note under this regulation reads
as follows: “Nothing in this rule requires a mil.
ler to operate upon an exchange basis. He may,
if he so desires, purchase'the wheat and sell fldu‘r

and feed at the “prescribed margins or less.” »

You will see from this quotation of the reguL
lation that the miller is strictly within his rights
in declining to make an exchange on custom
grinding or toll basis. '

Under the Food Administration regulation, any- ‘5 “

one operating a flour mill, regardless of size, is
required to take out a government license and
operate under the same in accordance with the
regulations promulgated by the Milling Division.
-——Gco. A. Prescott, Federal‘Food Administrator.

Could you please advise me where I can
a round screen for grading potatoes?—0. 'F ~39
Vulcan Michigan.‘

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Publisheqvevery Saturday by the
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M. SLOCUM Publisher ,
EMT. CLEMENS. MICE.
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’ ‘ ONE DOLLAR PER "EAR
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g anteed to please or you‘ money back any time

“f Advertisin; Bates: Twenty cents per agate line
‘ fourteen lines to the column inch 760 lines to 13386:;
Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: ‘ Weo
" , special low rates to reputable breeders of Hits stock
"and poultry; write us for them.

OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
We respectfully ask our readers to favor our adver-
tisers when possible Their catalogs and prices are
cheerfully sent free, and we guarantee you against loss
providing you say when writing or ordering from them.
'I saw your ad. in my Michigan Business Farming.”

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The New Idea Backbf the Liberty'Loan

HIS \VARin which we are now engaged

is not President Wilson’s war..nor the
war of any individual or group of individu-
als. We are pretty well satisfied now that it
is not a rich man’s war altho most of us used
to think so. Certainly it is not. a poor man’s
war. and it is not the farmer ’s war. But it
IS MY war, and YOUR war and the war of
EVERY citizen of the United States. You
may deny your ownership; yOur responsibil-
ity for the war; your allegiance to the war;
but the fact that. this is YOUR war no matter
how hard you try to put the burdens of the
war away from you, is inescapable.

The only reason that anyone dares to say,
“This is not my war,” is because the actual
fighting is going on three thousand miles
away. If the struggle. was taking place on
_- American soil, there would be none but trai-
" tors to run away from its cxactions.

So get that straight: This IS YOUR war.
You and I and every man 01' 11s 1119. partners
with President Wilson and the congress and
the million soldier boys in F rance, and every
one of us has a part to play in licking the
enemy and hastening peace. 7

The government has told our young men of
military age what part they must play in this
war. In. the first three Liberty loans, the gov-
ernment ASKED us folks who stayed at
home what part we would like to play, or
how much we were WILLING to do to help
win the war. Some willed to do much; oth-
ers were slackers and did little or nothing.
But NOW when the Fourth Libeity Loan is
about to he launched Uncle. Sam has changed
his tactics, and instead of ASKING he is
DEMANDING that we 1161 form a certain
duty We’re no longm civilians; we’ve been
DRAFTED and ordered to duty with our
dollars.

There is no other way to look at the method
adopted by the government to scll thc ,Ii‘ourth
Liberty Loan. There is no more reason why
a committee should visit every (ivilian and
ask him if he will buy Libert3 bonds than
there would be for a committee to visit every
.. man of draft age and ask him if he will kind-
ly report to training camp when convenient.

It 1sn ’t. exactly pleasant to rercivc a ,notice
from a committee of your neighbms and ac-
quaintances telling you how much THEY
have decided you should subscribe for the
‘ ‘ : .Fourth Liberty Loan. But you will agree
L l with us that many millions of people are 1111—

dergoing and will continue to undergo as
long as the war lasts a lot of much less pleas—
ant experiences."
‘ Some mistakes will no doubt he made, in
7making out the bond quotas for. farmers. Bu‘t
'f yOu think you ve been handed a‘ ‘packagcfl’
don’t cuss anyone except the Kaiser, which
as: always permissible and extremely popular.
After you have vented your feelings against
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are a citizen of the UnitedStstes that your"
have a very nectgsary part to play In th

   

toryemaking conflict; that you cannot afford
, either for your own sake or the sake of your

   

family to neglect your duty in this respect

The willingness with which the fariners of

Michigan go to the designated places and
enter their subscriptions for Liberty bonds
will be the best evidence obtainable that théy
are 100 per cent Americans.

‘ “A Vote for Henry Ford is a Vote for the
Kaiser.” “-

HUS SPAKE Chase S. Osborn, who has

a standing Concession among the freaks
at the bi- cnnial G. O. P. side—show. “This is \
the first time we have heard,” remarks the
Detroit. News, “that President \Vilson, who
reqiiested Mr. Ford to become a candidate,’
was in league with the Hohenzollerns. ""

When the war is over and nOrmality in
thinking and living is again the order of the
day, a lot of people will look back over their
war time antics and smile foolishly at the
mental p ture of the seven kinds of asses
they made. out of themselves whilst parading
hypocritically under the banner of patriot-’
ism Most people can talk. A few can do.
The talkers as a rule are not doors; the doors
are not talkers.

Chase S. Osborn is a talker. As an orator .
he undoubtedly makes Demosthenes turn over
in his grave; as a lexicographer he could have
tutored both Johnson and \Vebster. But be.-
twccn crating, compiling verbal dictionaries,
writing books on South Amei 1ca, and indung
ing his favorite pastime of politics, Mr Os-
born has little time for' other useful activities. '

Mr.- Osborn’ s charges against Mr. Ford are
mole words, and if Mr. Osborn has One-half
the brains we may have eroneously .given him
credit 'for, he knows it. After the. war is over
and Henry Ford has proven by his deeds
his right to rank among the Great Patriots, ~
Chase Osborn will turn to his scrap book at “
that confession of partisan prejudice, “a vote
for Henry Ford isa vote for the Kaiser,” and
murmur ashamcdly, ‘Did I ever express such
a dogmatic asseveration as that? /

It will take more than the oratory andfivoi
cabulary of a Chase Osborn, even tho backed
by the reputation and popularity of a Theo—
dore Roosevelt, to explain satisfactorily to an
intelligent citi7enry in “hat manner a man

' who )8 doing more practical war work than all
his critics rcombined is an'aidc to the Kaiser
and an arch enemy of the'United States. ' Mr.
Osborn should be made to either eat his words
or prove them If he can’t prove them, he
adds to his 1(putation as a harmless spell
binder; if he can- prove them and doesn ’t he 1s
permitting a dangerous enemy to roam at
large. ’

If a “vote for Henry Ford is a vote for
the Kaiser.”JHen1fiv‘ Ford ought to be behind
the prison hens and a “-‘closcd” sign tacked
on every door of his factory. .

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We’ re Almost Ready for You, Jack Frost

E’RE ALWAYS‘glad we livepin Mich-

igan. The old~state has its ups and
downs, but 1n 3 fair comparison, the ups usu-
ally over- balance the downs by a good mar~
gin. Just now we’re particularly glad we
live 111 Michigan becauSe her lake breezes have
so, far discouraged Jack Frost from making
his much too frequent and too early fall yisia
tations:
not made himself quite at home in other states

becauseihe has. As early as Sept 10th he so; '
$9.130 . Journcd for a night or two up in northern jog am

313' that you V

' try was filled and the estimated ;

~totoes is for the most part still green and .
a growing overcoming the lateness of the start
. and promising very good yields.

the pumpkin vines are green.

{:Frost 21' hand of welcome.

I. and eloquent supperter of the government at

- publicans of Mlchigan at their state conven-

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Joe Pierce, publishci of the 10121711 Home
stead, spoke once too often for the farmers
who had been bull- dozed by the politicians of
Des Moines. Though he has heen an earnest

all times his enemies are trying to tie the red
tag of disloyalty to his coat. But Mr. Pierce
is an old warrior and he promises to take the
scrap to Washington if necessary to clear him-
self and the farmers of Iowa of the imputa:
tions set against them .

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According to the news dispatches as wé go
to press, Chairman Hays of the National re-
publican committee intended to tell the re-

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tion this week all about the shortcomings of

the Wilson administration. “There’s a reas-

OIL.” '
———-§:—————-—_‘ .

Only one more gasless Sunday is the en-
couraging word from Washingtoh. But now
that we ’ve formed thehabit of going to church
again, wouldn’t it be a good idea to keep it
up? .

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one subscribing for a larger number of Lib
erty bonds than apportioned by the commit-
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How TO KEEP THE NON PARTISAN
~ LEAGUE OUT or MICHIGAN

(Cont ffom page 1) Leagues are torn;
political parties are overthrown?
No, Michigan 1sn ’t going to the how wows.
Agricultural Conditions are bad enough but
might be much worse. \Ve donot re fish the
name of agitators; we despise scnsationalism V
for cheap publicity "s sake f we haven ’t
much use for the man who proclaims that
everybody is wrong excepting himself abdihis
neighbor and that even his neighbor is some
tunes wrong. But we do not believe in shots
ting eyes to existing abuses and following the
path of least resistance, guided by the hands
of well-meaning political friends. Present
conditions can be easily remedied by the party
in power if it so desires. If it doesn’t desire,-
the farmers of the state are sufficient in 1111111»
hers to organize a non- partisan movement and
put men in office who will take some interest
mtheir problems
m:If Well street, 31111 the bankers and cbm ,;
meroialis s of Michigan want to keep tl‘m

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He
“well, Rube, you’re jest in time, this is dol-
lar day ,an’ _I can give/you a bargain—five pairs
for a dollar,” he sez.. ;
ketchln' my breath which was escapin’ quite fast,
“What in thunder do I want With five pairs,” I
sez.‘ “Gosh, I may not live five years an’ then
what?” I asked him. *

“Well," he sez, ‘-‘jest seephow muchyou save
onto "em by buyin’ 5 pairs at once for a dollar.”

1‘ ’Zat so?" I s’ez, “what do you charge for --’em one

pair at a time?”

“Twenty cents now” he Sez, “but you’il be pay-
in’ a good deal more for ’em if. this War lasts,
’cause they’ re goin’ up every 11?." *

“Well now, look ’21 here "\I s z, “aint these the

same socks I've been buyin’ right along for ten

cents, three for a quarter?”
”Yes,” he sez, “but you see we’ve had to raise
the‘price ~{cause we can’t get ’em for no sech price
any mere, an’ we have to figger on replacement.”
“ ’s zat so?” sea I,
at the old price, _d1dn’t” ye?"

profit on what they cost him-éhefhas to figger on
what the next lot will cost an’ charge. according
1.5’ ” '

skeem,” I sez, “when theysel-l their; wheat, hogs,
an’ eggs The cost of production lis'gOin’ up every
minnit.” I told him "’an the farmers shduld fig-

ger alreadIan’ sell this year’s crop at neXt year's "

prices, 1111’ try 1111’ make a little money,” I sez.
“Well” by sez, “that’s a good deal different;

the gover inept fixes the prices for the farmers’

siuflan’ ‘they‘have‘iiothin’ to say about it.”

“Why the farmers’ stuff more than any other ”I

I asked him. “Now Rube I’ll tell you," he sez,
kinda Confidential like, “the government 1111' our
food dictatbrd den’t want the farmers to get cor-

.rupt; they fire the hope of the nation, an' we

want to keep? 'em clean an’ pure,” he sez, “an' it
the food dictators didn’t fix a price or farm pro-
duce the farmers. might go into the profiteering

business an’ some of 'en‘i might git rich just rais-

in' ioodstnfl for our armies an’ for the world, an'
so for their own sake; 1111’ to keep the farmers from
haughty aristocrats: an’ arrogant, it

‘deenred .,wi_se to fix a low price on his
“courage 11m to raise more of it in order

“FiVe pairs!” I sez, kinda-

_ working for it personally.

I ated his nobility,"
- and . political slams. .

“butyou bought these socks '
4 “Oh yes,” he Sez,
"but no business mancan sell'his goods now’at a ‘7

. "wen, I hadn’t thought of that, ” I sez, “but ‘
by__.ginger, that’s a purty du£m good idee, an’ I
“’don’tsee'why the" farmers don’t ketch oiitothat

the farmers the entire sea- '

while other 1 cs 61 business have gone merf

riiy on saw their own prices; tellin’ the farmers“ '

todig in, “food Will win the war ” an’ 'then

1.; ébakin’ him in the pocket-book both goin’ an

comin'. ._ 1 -' ,
With all due respect to President Wilson 2111'

" his advisers—the food and fuel dictators—an’ the

others, we wish to jest merely suggest that they
may be pretty nearly all right but at the same
time jest a little fixin’ wouldn’t hurt ’em‘~not
a. darn bit. Cordially, Uncle Rube.

”\- ‘MrThe Ford-Newberry Contest

I want to thank yen for‘the stand you have
taken in regard to Henry Ford. Ever smce 'the
big interests got behind Mr. Newberry and shoved
him into the nomination by the dominant party

I, there has been peculiar“ things happening. First,

President Wilson was bitterly criticised for ask-

e-ing Mr. Ford to consent to stand for senator. Then

zlocal' po-litiCians began to, sWear at Ford for his
peaceful disposition, and insult his motives in
thinking his son was more useful in making trac-
tors and Eagles, etc., than in army service. Now
even, seine preachers d'esecrate the pulpit on the
Sabbath’day by sneering at Henry Ford. Now

I "most of these people who are doing the sneering

are dupes Of the local politicians of the dominant
party, who in turn are dupes of lthe big interests.

I like Mr Newberry’s record, and if chosen by
the real and common people I think he Would
make a good senat01.I have no quarrel .w1th the
local politicians of the dominant party, they ‘most-
1y mean Well, but I am sorry to see them allow
sneering at and the abuse of a man like Henry
Ford, who. has: the confidence of a majority of
their own party and of President Wilson.

The M. B. F. is all right. all the time.
best fighter for the farmer in four states. Keep
everlastingly at it and give us the truth about
the Non-Partisan League‘. We want to know if:

_ it is possible to be non-partisan without being

walked upon by the politicians. Some‘ of us down

_in this corner are reaching a condition where

forebearance ceases to be a virtue. Go after them.

C'.' J. 8., Lawrence. Michigan.

Your. paper is.sp1e11did.. I do hope the farmers
Of Michigan will endorse the splendid democratic

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HE Hum theuHuns, they’ re an the.
The Allies follow Wear; , '
\ The Yanks and French from eo’ry trend,
Arc filling them with fear.
The British too, and C’anadians .true,.
Are helping in the fight. , L
The Germans know they 06 got to go,
Because our cause is right.

_With shell and shot they make it hot
For Kat‘sm men and boys;
Bill Kaiser ll find he’ll change his minde—
Om guns are not all toys.
~80 let us work and never shi’l‘k,
But labm all day long;
While soldiers fight with all their might
To help put down the tmong
—E. H. WALTER St Charles, Mich

\ Two Irishmen met and fell into conversation on

organization, the Non-Partisan League, for their ‘

I feel like taking the field and
Also, I am glad, so
glad, you are going to vindicate Michigan’s fore
most citizen, Henry Ford. I have always appreci-
notwithstanding capitalistic
Yours for fraternity and
justice—~Mrs. M. W. -T., Ohcboygan.

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‘Henry Ford’s Idea of Serving Humanity

, . “After the .War,” says Henry Ford, “the
government will have to do a great deal
along industrial lines. I do not believe the
people are going to be willing to let the
railroads go back into the hands of the
crowd that was running them for their own
b,enefit after the war. I think future rail-
road development will be a matter for our
Government ._to, control. The development
of inland waterWays is'certainly a govern-
ment concern, and the Government should
take an important part in the development
of water power. Already a great deal of
water power is being developed on Govern- ,
pm 'nt irrigation projects through the Recla-
"' 111 tion Service; I do not see why the devel-
opment of water power for industrial pur-
peace is not just as much a Government mat-
ter. Through the Federal Farm Loan board
the Government is lending money to farm-
era for the purchase. of land and making
improvements; I believe this function of
the government could be wisely extended.
The department of Agriculture is doing a
great deal to educate the farmer; I am try-
irig to show how a great deal more can be
,. / done. The policy of federal aid for good
’ roads is already established and should be
extended until every road is a good road.
‘Whatever will open up greater opportun-
11m" for comfortable, happy living for the
ordinary man and teach him and his fam—
‘ iiy howite make the best use of these oppor-
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the street one day. It went something like this:
Reilly——“Pat was drowned yesterday."
Fitzpatrick—“Couldn’t he swim?”
Reilly—“Yes, but he was a union man. He swam
for eight hours and then quit.”

srRE ENOUGH
“Why is a married man getting home late at
night like a young man of draft age?”
“I give it up.”
“Because both expect to be tilled.”

his first snake. It
and Willie ran for his
come quick.” he cried.
it wags without any

Four-year-old Willie saw
wriggled itself along.
mother. “Come quick,
“there’s a tail; here, and

dog.”

PERPETUAL MOTION

For generation men have been trying to invent
perpetual motion. We now have it. See the fol-
lowing description of it and how nicely it works
for the capitalist:

Rags make paper.

Papervmakes money.

Money makes banks.

Banks makes loans.

Loans make poverty.

Poverty makes rags.

Rags makes paper.

Paper makes money.

HA1) T111151) THE CURE

Doctor—“Your throat is in a very bad state.
Have you ever tried gargling with salt water?”

Skipper—“Yes, I’ve been torpedoed six times.”

(1001) RULES FOR BUSINESS MEN

Don’t worry;

Keep a high vitality; keep inshred;
keep cool.

Stick to chosen

l'eep sober;

pursuits, but not. to chosen

methods.

Be content with small beginnings and develop
them.

Be wary of dealings of unsuccessful men.
Be cautious. but when a bargain is made stick
to it. ,
. Keep down expenses but don't be stingy.

Make friends but not favorites.

Don’t take new risks to retrieve old .osses

Whether “Man wants but little here below" or
not that is what he gets. _
A headful offbrains can make a haiful of money.
The journey of life is no auto tour.
SELL WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Hush, little thrift stamp,
Don’t, you cry;
You'll be a War Bond
By and By!

PATRIOTISM
“It's much too hot'to work today!”
Said, Jimmy at the bench; .
"Said Bill: “I guess we’d better stay,
It's hotter in a trench. _
An’ if those boys can stick it out
We needn’t quit and loaf about.”

“I’m kinder tired of workin’ here!”
Said Charlie at the drill, ’
“‘Lthink I’ll draw my pay and clear}?

“Just wait a bit!” said Bill.
f‘Don’t 'quit your job until you’rejfirefl;
The "boys in France are also tired. ‘

“An, yet they’ re stickin’ to the line

» -An’ doin’ dirty work, - ‘

An?” you- don’t ever hear;th‘em Whine
An’ they don’t try to Shirk,

They" re needin’ stuff we make to in

So can your grouch an’ buck

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. spring.

‘ Stock Values for» Several
Years at Least to ’Come
Will be High-

Livestock growers are alarmed at
the rapid advance in hay. It promis-
68 to restrict winter roughing of
x steers, and force a lot of light stuff
gem the market that would otherwise
be carried through to go en grass next
West of the Missouri river

feed is so scarce in many localities

‘. that both cattle and sheep must be

thrown overboard. Montana cattle

outfits are paying $20 to $25 per ton
. for hay that. five years ago was con-
.sidered high at $5.
stacks have run into a streak of opu-
'lence.

Thecommercial feed situation is
little better. Mill feeds are not to
be had, dealers having accumulated
stacks» of orders Cottonseed meal,

' ~~essential to beef making on silage has

ngon'e to a basis where many feeders
are skeptical of getting their money
back. Corn fodder will'have added
value owing to the manner is which
hay is being contracted. The govern-
ment is a heavy buyer of hay and will
be.
BRITISH RESUME BUYING Houses
Orders have been issued by the Brit-
ish Government to inspectors in the
United States to resume horse-buy-
ing on October 1. It‘ is the intention
to continue purchasing all winter it
ship space is available.
States GOV‘rnment has refused, how—
ever, to permit unlimited buying of
mares by the British, limiting the
number of females to one in six. The
trade believes this is mistaken policy
as the countryi is full of mares weigh--
ing less than 1,300 pounds that should
not be bred, domestic horse trade hav-
ing gone on a draftier basis.
Post-helium demand for horses
promises to reduce excess stocks in
the United States as Great Britain is
bare. Demand will. of course. depend
onuhow'many “warriors" come thru
the campaign; but in any case Europ-
ean demand will be of large volume.
for at least two years after a peace
basis has been reached.

' SLIVESTOCK AFTER ‘THE WAR

Apprehension exists in producing
circles that livestock values will be
sharply lower after the war. .Nothing
could be more erroneous. Meat stocks
are low everywhere. The‘visible sup-
ply of cattle and sheep is dwindling
owing to current liquidation and ex-
cessive cost. of feed and from no othe1
source than North America is any
considerable quantity of beef, pork or
mti’tton available.

IDiVspersing the enormous armies of
the Allies will require a year or more
and it. is, probable that ‘a large armed
force will he needed even~ after that.
Neutral countries. such as Norway.
Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland,
will need meats and the central empire
will bid for a share. Every prospect
fpoints to a continued demand for
_ packing heuse pmduct and while the
' "prices may decline. nothing will be
, cheap, cost. of production being a fac-
"_1501‘ that will regulate supply effective-
ly. The end-ofsthe-war bugaboo should
not restrain_ livestock production

on. .. ,
'ro STIMULATE PRODUCTION
«A conference of liyest-ock growers
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bringing 8:. 65 per cwt. Hay 115111111111 good; supplie- light ,. . _
ninth“ lower. opts steady Egan ale-'5
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being known as the 13 to 1 ratio. Bily

such a method of valuation gi‘bwers‘ W

would be assured of a market based:
on cost of production. This would
not,- howeve/r, be the maximum price.

_At present the Food Administration

is pledged to mainta1n 15%0 mimi-
mum while hogs are selling largely
at 191/2 to 201/._,c cost of packers’

droves not having dropped below 16c~ '

during the past 1.2 months

To encourage cattle feeding it is’

also proposed to lower the minimum,
weight of army contract caresses to
400 lbs, giving light cattle access to
this competitic11.At present the
government is taking the carcasses
of few cattle weighing less than 100
pounds on the hoof. A 400- lb. mini-
mum would encourage wintering of
light cattle that will weigh less than
1 000 pounds next spring and summer
and would also make yearlings eligi-
ble to army contracts, resulting in“
salvage of calves. f -.
BBEAK IN HOGS

Packers are prepared to hammer
hog values at the first opportunity.
October developments may be more in
the nature of readjustment. tharr de-_
preciation The season is” here when
240 to 260 lb hogs displace light stuff
as premium earners as a run of new
hogs is seasonal. There is no soft

. corn to save this year and many grow-

ers will reduce winter feeding by mar-
keting young hogs after they pass the
200 lb stage.

Lard stocks are far below a’lO-year
average. ..Cottonse'ed oil is scarce and
a higher market for all fats is certain.
Aged hogs have‘Ibeen closely market—
ed and weight W'ill command more
respect as the season works along.
Within 60 days it Is probable that a
500 spread between choice and com-
mon hogs will have been established.

That hogs will be cheap is impossi?

ble as packers' profits are limited and
both they and the Government are in-
in maintaining the market.
at a level that will encourage produc-
tion .——Rosenbaum Review.

1 like your paper fine. You are doing
a great work for the farmer. Not only
the prosperous farmer who can afford a
tractor and auto, but the farmer who is
struggling to pay his debts. Success to
the M. B._ F.~——Bt1rt Clark. Oceans. Co.

 

No.3 V .» . .
No.2 “in . 1-13
Halli"! '12!

The efforts that have been renewed
in congress to increase the Wheat
price have had no ngtice‘able effect up-
on the marketing 0-: the pr'ésent year’s
crops. Shipments from the leading
wheat centers have been so large the
past ten days that primary markets
are in a state of great congestion,
necessitating temperary _ .
Again the great need for storage 13.4
cilities' becomes apparent.
ways are already overtaXed, sea-port
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, sufficient numbers to move the stock.

from the terminal marfit‘s. Back at

the source of supplies farmers‘are of»

fermg their wheat for sale; but unless
the present conditions are rapidly
remedied, there will shortly come a
period when local elevators will have
to shut down temporarily on their
wheat purchases

”transportation caused 9.11 advan‘e

embargoes. .

' The rail— _

Recent embargoes '

. crop. Of thfe'cr

hon tons} a larg. .rt
119.1111 was lefit _ov‘er, ,
" ty: .0! railroads to market _it

4‘ '13ka high ‘9.in later tothgfimg‘uc‘

verse, weather conditions .l'p its
haryest and the restrictions in raiil
11‘

raises at the opening of the crop seav /

em: and this condition wili be 'suse
tained as long as- difliculty in getting
hay to market exists. The fifial' report
of the production of hay. may be
slightly lewer than the-

become acute this season from a crop
production standpointf‘ due . to the
amount of old hay left over and the
improvement in meadows and pad-

September-
~ forecast but shortage of hay will not .

tures during the past month There ,

is not as much market hay rEqured
in this country as ere Was a tow
years ago. regardless of the ariny dear
mands, and a crop of 86 million~ tons

. against an average of the past five

years of 81 million would seem to be

adequate.

WESTERN BEAN CROP

’ HURT BY RAINS
In the midst of bean- harvesting,

California was Swept last weele by dis-

astrous rain and wind‘. storms causing

may correct the situation in a few \ millions of dollars of damage to been;

days, but farmers will do well to bar-
vest their crops gradually so there
‘may not be a recurrence of the con-
gestion

Lack of complaint from farmers
convinces us that elevators in Michi-
gan are quite generally offering sat-
isfactory prices. One or two firms
are under scrutiny for refusing to
pay fair prices but a Word from the
Grain Corporation will undoubtedly
cause them to reform their ways.

1'31
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Many bullish influences are at work
to bring about high corn prices. The
(Contflmed on following page)

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THE WEATHER

I“: W 1918

Storm:

'5
is

Last bulletin gave forecast of dis~
turbance to cross continent Sept. 28'
'to Oct. 2, warm wave Sept. 27' to
Get 1, cool Wave Sept. 30 to Oct 3.
'This will come in with unusually- low

then start a cold waie that will Qarry.
frosts and freezing _far south‘ .
Storms and rain will he modern}
, :Next warm waves Wilt , eh
“convex? about Sept. 30 a .Etfh,‘
across cr'e'St of Rockies by close of Octf
1 and 6. Plains sectioi32 and 7,. me ,
.idia‘n 911, great lak s and Ohio-Te
sseier valleys 3‘. and
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As iorecasted by W T. Poster for MICHIGAN BUSIans FABMEB

7 their wheat.
temperatures, develope very warin and

FOR THE WEEK

‘5 \

Storms and precipitation of this per-
iod will be about normal ending- with .
colder than usual. Severe weather is
expected Oct. 11 to 25.

Future conditions seem to indicate
a shortage of the winter wheat crop,
for 1919 in America. Europe, xAus—
trails. and of the early maturing
crops of small grain in Argentina. in
southwest half of the states and Mex-
ico the 1918 crops are so short that

'ped to them from our northern states
' I am of the opinion it is the dUty
of the government to guarantee til
wheat pioducers $2. 50 a bushel for"
Consumers 'are a aving .
at a rate (that is equal to $3 a-
’irodueers and it is manig
producers to longer'h ‘
ces paid to farmers.
end new war conditifi

 

 

 

. .willing to make some kin‘ of

r.

“ large amounts’ of grain most be‘ ship~ ~

grapes, tomatoes and hay. This

something that California .growers
had feared The weather approaching
bean harvesting season had been ideal

' and shortly aftér the bulk ofethe pul-
started, government storm warm; _

lin
mg? were issued, but not early enough
to enable farmers to get their beans

under cover. Detailed reports of the ‘ ,.;

damage are yet meagre,but nus-11¢-
lieved to be large in all sections of
the state.‘

An interesting statement. 11111111131111
in a recent California diapatch‘ is to

the effect that 360111111. of dabanese‘f ‘

'2»

beans Were brought into Seattle der- 4

ing the week e‘nding-Sex1t17th

_-.__.- ___; _____ .1

AMENDMENT TO ACR. BILL
‘ FOR. $2.54 WHEAT

Not to be daunte’d by the Presidents
opposition congress has succeeded in
tacking another amendment to the
agricultural appréperiation bin to in-
crease the price of Wheat 111 }254.
This bill is new inmonterenee. the
prohibition amendsnent "being the

.0"

chief point of discussion," but unless _‘

the higher wheat price advocates are

collisions or the President retires from
his former position,
bill may again be indefinitely post-
poned. .

‘

GRAPE PIQKERS ARE.

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gecelpts‘

5 , erme‘have accumuv

rplus and caused a re:-

, ' prices Oats todayat are
_ find an the Detroit {marketed 2V2
'; cents a bushel higher than a week ago.

It developer that a much greater quan-'
.ctfty- of nails will be retained and fed'

onthe‘ farms where grown this year

than ever before, owing to the failitre

91 many pastures and poor corn vields

« Naturally. this will keep many millions”
Farm--

. oi! bushels cut of the markets.
~er§ are. shoivihg little disposition to
. market their“; entire o’at crop at pres~
.efltoprices. There‘ is a. feeling that

cats as; a stock feed Should command ,

.higher prices when compared with
the present values of other feeding
Fflilsv. and there is a tendency among
groWers to hold. »

There is little doing in the rye and
barley markets, and rye prices
down a cent from a week ago: Despite
the apparent lack of.- demand there is
littie likelihood that the price will
go much lower as itUreSMt level
makes it as cheap a grain as its com-
petitive rivals and it will hold its own
in {uture dealings. Barley is way
down, the bulk of the purchases #011
the thcago /marke_t being slightly

above: the $L mark. However, bar_le‘y '

cannot go Inuch lower either as "its
, present price makes it a cheap feed in
comparison with other grains.; Rye is
West the DEtroit market at $1. 63

 

 

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near-JO ‘ '
lasers-'— " ., ‘

 

 

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trbelow normals”!!! only.
cent of the crop isus:

' hat Michigan
or ship out,-

mgrket will be a draw—
amass shippers which

we si- 3491 the opinion that
shark-ct

. this. is another live-wire
Receipts are runninnght
good demand. Farmers within

coding to amok There-

hat flay tuning to Detroit re-

.‘ long h ui On a high freight

rate.- 2 Another strengthening feature

is that considerable-hay is being ship-

ped ftQ Why figints to farmers. ’

O’u basis or the present prices real-

ined Whey, we are of the opinion that

n'nw. is a good time to move some of
it to market ‘

 

8.00 9.50

Alive , 10.50 i
12;” 1am

Rd *ldnovi

 

» According to the beet advise obtain-
ablethisyear’s bean crap is not go-
ing to ,be as, large as originally fig-
ured on, consequently this advise is
passed on to buyers and the‘yare now

taking "on larger supplies and contin»
be general

no to buy more freely.
tone to the 'whole’ situation is much
firmer and more inquiries are com—
ing in for old beans.

At the bean jobbers’ convention re-
cently held at Saginaw it was decid~
ed' to .pay 7 cents for picking on ac-

. count of not"being able to get beans

picked on basis of the old picking has-
is of 50 a pound. The cost of picking
.wil] be deducted f-rom the farmer and

buying Will be based at the old sched-"-

ule pick basis.
In all probability the buying basis

Will start at $8 per civt" hand-pickedi
,basis. _
' lower. and We believe the chances are ‘
good for;.the market » to go higher,

The ‘market‘is ndt liable to go

Howevei', we must not get away from

the fact that the western beans are

going to take their place on the mar-
ket.

 

signs". raw-rap is“ estimated

 

 

 

 

 

The potato market has hardly had
time to get on a substantial working
basis. The early crop iii many local-
ities was practically a failure but the
recent rains have helped the late crop

and if the frost holds off long enough
we look .for a fair yield. -
The market has been ruling firm'

and sales have‘ been made at high pric-
However; a more active move-
ment is looked for: and according to
the government reports received the
first 01‘ the _week show an increase in
the daily max/ems, t‘from 250 to 300
t eel: A large percent-

. butte coming _in.

There is some butter coming to the

market containing quite a high per-
contage of moisture that .is selling

\ around 54 to 55c, but consumers buy-'

ing that class of butter are paying a
big price for water. Very little dairy
The best grades are
selling at creamery prices.

New I York -Butter Letter
(By. Special Correspondent)

New York, Sept. 21, 1918.——It is. the
opinion of man:I "old timers” in this

market that this week has‘ surpassed '

anything yet known in the way oi an
active market. Competition to secure
available stocks has been intense“ and
considerable excitement has prevail-
ed. ReCeipts have been very moderate

and entirely inadequate to supply the

demand. Orders have been taken to
be filled on arrival of butter, which»

" stocks.

are seve1al rea'
onditi'o'n that
t .ijPrimarily, th ’ ‘
“31¢? cent oi“ avail
storage stocks by the govermme Wrap
the cause. of the Shortage of supply

‘At the,.present time no quant

storage butter is being placed on F113,

market because holders have not of

yet learned the pleasure of the gov-
ernment regarding their '

pend upon daily Shipments tor‘its"'sup4'
ply. In addition there is a great local
demand for butter, milk and other
dairy products in the sections Where
they are produced which has limited-~r‘
the shipments to the central markets."
_To add further to the causes the wea-
ther has not been favorable as yet to
the use of substitutes such as nut- J

(Continued on following page)’

 

fifso l
12.51)

 

 

.

Why Thomas Drills
Produce Big Crops

‘

You know the difference between a good crop and a

p00r crop is often the difference between good and poor

sowing.

It is {fan that grain sown with Thomas Drills produce

frOm two to five bushels of wheat more
Thomas disc andtube boots make‘a wi e
The seed is scattered all over

and three quarters inches.

r acre. The
"ow—one

the bottom of this Wide furrow and every grain is given a

chance to stool out and grow.

the result.

More and better stalks are

iAnd the Thomas is properly constructed, as well.

1,—Tbe automatic oiling device on the disc boot is so
constructed that with one oiling you can sow 50 to 60

acres

2~The Thomas will sow anything from grass seed up to

corn, beans, etc.

A special fluted soed- box is furnish—

ed for the purpose of sowing grass seed.
3~Excellent material and wearing qualities.

Thomas frames are particularly strong. No Thomas has

lever given Way or gone dawn.

Ask for particulars about the Thomas Drill from the

Oliver Branch nearest you.

There’s an Oliver Dealer Close to You

Manufactured by the Thomas Manufacturing Company,
' Springfield, Ohio, for

Oliver Chilled Plow Works

South Bend. Indium
Factories at South Bend, Indiana, and Hamilton, Ontario

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storage: '
The fact that the usual stor~ ,

age supply could not de drawn upon-g
has resultedin the city having to dew


Valkddress, G. W. Utterback, R.

TKAUGGOTT SCHMIDT SONS

136 to 164 Monroe Ava,

hone Main 4880

Detroit, Michigan

 

 

 

 

CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

“CLAY ROBINSON -& CO.
,LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

South Omaha

South St. Paul
Fort Worth
El Paso

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Manufactmew
Building Material.

ATTENTION

Tile drain your land and use agricultural lime.‘

write today for prices and our booklet explaining
tile undeldrainage.

. THE CADILLAC CLAY COMPANY

and Distributm s

li'lllll your pat1iotic duty to intrease your crops

It is
Get busy,

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’I‘ ’IimiMi with salt the year around keeps
k )0 flock healthy and free from stomach worms
and ticks.
mediated salt—saves you big money—A
$1. 00 trial box of “TlX- TON MIX” by parcel
post will medicate a barrel of salt.
Write for club ruler—booklet on "Nature and Core of Sheep"

PARSONS TIX-TON (20., Grand Ledge, Mich.

A $5. 00 box makes $60. 00 worth of

 

 

 

I will
miles

T.
A FARM FOR SALE CHEAP.
sell my farm of 320 acres, 3%

’ " from Walkerville. in Oceana county, Mich.

It is a sandy loam underlaid with clay.
Fenced and cross—fence in center. 20
acres in cultivation. 700 stumps pulled.
2 acres of young orchard beginning to
bear. Small house of 2 rooms and a ce-
ment foundation for 2 more rooms. Cel—
lar 14x16 ft. A driven tubular well, 2
in. 71 ft. deep water 30 ft. of top. A
good stock and grain and general farm—

” ing barn 20x30 ft. Granary chicken house-

10x12 ft. I am getting old and health
not good, so I will sell cheap f01 $4, 500.
$2, 000 down, the balance on good time. A
-» big bargain for you if you are intebestNed
’ . . 1 o
' ' 2, Walkerville, Michigan.
CAN SELL YOUR ‘FARM l')i~
M18 buyer without paying com—

rough my co-operative plan.
and be free to sell to anyone. through
" anyone. anywheie any time, for any
price or terms Write for circular.
JAMES SLOCUM. Holly. Michigan.

' YOU
rect . to
mission

MARKET FLASHES

(Continued from preceding] page) ‘
margarine, etc. Their use will be more
w .unlversal with the approach of .win-
j-I'ter, 'altho it is probable that the re-
""’“Str~ictions on importation of some of
the materials entering into the nut
products will (urtail the output heme
’ their consumption will not have the
’. important bearing on the butter mai-
hot that w noticeable last year.

011 Mona ay, extras were quoted at
7550., on Tuesday. 56c; on Wednesday,
We; on Th rsday, 58c;

5y. ’59c. A the close on Friday fur-
,her quotations weie as follows: High-
' secring than extras 591/) to 600;
g ts,- 55 to 5812c; and secOnds, 49
’ 540:. It is a noticeable fact that
" is a margin of 100 betWeen the

'_‘ .on a low second and an

is during normal times the -

-.’n is about 41:. The main reason
' that wide difierence is that

"M. B. Teeple,

and on Fri- -

‘mhnd,
;, mend. it

STOCK FARJI FOR SALE—240 acres,
good house, bank barn and othei build-
ings, watered by small 1ixer. Located
on good road in one of the b st 1011 11-
ships in Gratiot county. Price, $60 per
acre, part cash, balance 'easy. _ Enquire
of Register of Deeds, Ithaca, Michigan.

 

FOR SALE: Second-hand 9-18 gas
tractor complete with two bottom gangs;
in excellent condition; thoroughly over-
hauled; bargain for quick sale. J. B.
Mason,-R. R. NO. 3 ‘ Kalamazoo“ Mich.

 

LAND‘SUTTABLE For. stock farms
for sale in Ogemaw Co., on easy terms.
\) erv productive and well located. Harry

.Sheldon, Alger Mich

 

\VANTED, FIFTY CARS hard wood.
3003 Woodward Detroit,
Michigan.

APPLETON CQRN HUSKER—Good
as new, a bargain. Chas. Eichbrecht,
R. 1, New Haven, Michigan.

arrivals. Unsalted butter is also in

strong demand and commands a price— .

tWo cents above that. of corresponding
grades of salted butter.

 

Chicui- New York
oy

Dick]

Goo-

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No. 2 strode 2 to 3 Cents Less

The market continues firm
steady with light receipts. An occas-
ional carload shipment is coming in
but due to shortage of poultry we
do not anticipate receipts will run
heavy at any time during the season.
01 course, it is to ,be expected that
receipts will run heavien. before
Thanksgiving, but with the present
high prices of all lines of meats
poultry prices are going to continue
high. Hens and springs”
w’hile 111101;: are only;

halt '

"parcel post.

- $17.25:

 

.which sold at a 250 decline.

 

and. ‘-

.e'rs. $90 to $120; medium
» fresh cows and springers, $750 to 590

Chicago Special Livestock Wire " " ’

~51 _a. p ,
.52 t #5521 m ‘ .
firesh eggs moving eve til.

It looks as though ail»
most any price can be realized because
of the shortage and there are enough
consumers that will pay the price.

East Buffalo Live Stock Letter

East Bufialo, N. 15., S'épt. 23.—Re-
receipts of cattle Monday: 250 cars, in-
eluding 85 cars of Canadians and 20

~- cars left over from last Week’s trade.

Trade Opened full steady on» medium
weight and weighty steer cattle which
were in moderate supply; butcher
steers and handy weight steers .s'old
steady; fat cows and heifers were in
light supply, sold steady; bulls of all
classes sold 15 to 25c lower; canners
and cutters were in very good supply,
sold 250 lower; fresh cows and spring-
ers Were in light supply. Sold steady;
stockers and feeders were in good sup-
ply, sold 50c lower lhan dast week;
yearlings were in very light supply,-
sold steady.

Receipts of cattle Tuesday, 35 cars.
The ,market was 25c lower on all
grades. - , ' '

Receipts of r'hogs ‘MOnday. 10.400
head, or 65 double decks. The mar-
ket opened ten lower with the mixed,
medium and heavies selling from $20
to $2015. Order buyers paid $20. 2.5
for a few choice decks of good qual-
ity hogs Yorkers $20 to $2015;
lights and pigs. $19.50 to $19.75 roughs
stags. $12 to $15.
hogs Tuesday

Supply, of,_ totaled

about 2400’ head. The market opened ‘

steady to strong. The bulk of the
good hogs sold from $20.15 to"-$20.25;
light yorkers and pigs. $19.50 to $19.75
roughs, $17. 25, stage. $12 to $15. Mar-

ket closed weak

The receipts of sheep and lambs on
Monday totaled about 5. 000 head The
market opened 2.50 lower on best lambs
which sold from $18.50 to $18.75; cull

lambs, $15.50 to $16.25; yearlings, $14 ,I
to $14.50.’and a few fancy yearlings .2

sold up to $15; wethers, $13.25 to
$13.75; ewes sold slow, the general
market on those being from $11 to
$12, while a few fancy kinds sold up

“to $12 50. \

The receipts of sheep and lambs on
Tuesday were called 1,600 hemad The
market was slow on choice lambs
' Best.
lambs,‘ $18.50; cull lambs also were
slow and sold from $14 to $16; year
lings were quoted about steady, from
$14 to $1‘5; wethers $13 to $13.50;
eweswere slow and sold from $11 to
$12. There were tivo loads of very
good lambs that went over unsold

Choice to prime weighty steers.

$17.50 to $18; medium. to good weighty
steers. $16.50 to $17; plain and coarse ,

weighty steers, $14 to $14.50; choice

to prime handy weight and medium

weight steers, $14. 50 to $.;15 fair to
good handy weight and medium wt
steers. $13. 50 to $14; choice to‘ prime

yearli'ngs, $15 to $15.50; fair to good

yearlings. $14 to $14. 50: medium to
good butcher steers. $11. 50 to $12 00;
fair to medium butcher steers, $10 50
to $11; good butcher heifers, $11.50
to $12; fairlto medium butcherheif-
ers, $10 to $10.50; good to choice tat
cows, $10.50 to $11; medium to good
fat cows, $9 to $9.50; fair ‘to medium

’ fat cows, :8 to $8.50; cutters and cOm-'

mon butcher cows, $7 to' $7.50: can».

has $5. 75 to $6: good to 1choice tat

bulls, $11 to $11; 50; medium to good

. fat bulls. $10 to $10. 50; good weight
sausage bulls, $9 to $9. 50;
’thin bulls, $7. 50 to $8; 411011 to best _‘

light and

stock and. feeding steers. $10 to $10.50;
medium grades of stock and feeding
steers,’ $9 to $9.50; common to, lair
stock and feeding steers. $8 to $8. .59.:
good to choice fresh cows undo spring-
good

Ghicago, Sept. 24, 10: 30‘ ""

,mimgtod receipts, 9179, 0.00. .

.312

- is ripeand sale from frost.

- pulled and 111- lifeless.

were
8101111131 and leaders,
fancy selected $111521, . ':
111011..de medium, $8,@93‘_ weal col es;
good andcholne, 18355319215 / “1
Sheep-r—E/stlmat d- receipts, 37000.
Fat classes, feeding ’11?
Sheep steady. Feedin

$17 50@18 25; medium and good(65—-’ ~
110' bs) $16@17. 50;cu11s‘$*0@1a50;
.medium, geod and
$15. 50@16. 85 Yesrungs, choice and :*
prime (75—901 $13 755114. 25'; medium

and good "(‘75- 420,163: ) $13. 25 to $13. ‘75; .
11d choice.
51:21.“, .10. Ewes, choice~nd prime

We hers medium, goOd

$11.50@12; medium and good, $10 50,@ '.
11.50; culls. $4608 Receipts yester-
day. hogs. 122,198; ’cattle, 39,0111;
sheep, 45 ..275

. There has been a stea y decline in- .
hog prices since Sept. 18th, when the

best/butchers topped at $20. 85 Cattle
and been prices have remained steady
for about a week with only a— few
cents yr riation in prices 'of1ered from
day to day on the choicest lots.

ANNUAL MEETING NA. ,
2 TIONALTDAIRY‘ COUNCIL *

The; annual meeting of the Nation-
al Dairy Council has been called for /
Columbus, Ohio October 14 at 10:00
A. M. by President M. D. Munn of St.
Paul.

The meeting will be held in con-
nection with the Natibnal Dairy Show .
which will be in progress at that time
and will b‘ held “at the convention hall
of the Exposition Grounds. It is es- .
timated that between/1500 and, 2000
,bieeders, of fine cattle. man 'tacturers
of dairy products and dairy machinery
will be in attendance.‘ ‘

Officers of the council feel that the
government’s attitude towards the
dairy industry in encouraging the
use of all manner of dairy products

\ imposes upon the council an oblige».

tion of extraordinary activity in the
field Of education during the ensuing
year.

‘,.;

EXCELLENT CRCP OF
ONIONS 'IN YORK STATE '

Prospects point to an excellent on-
ion crop in New ”Yolk state. ‘ Grow-
in g conditions have been unusually .
facorable'and~ with‘ihe crop not prac-
tically matured, about the only haze
an] is suitable weather for curing. A
few early lots have “been handled 'al- '
1eady on the basis of $240 to $2 50
per cwt. fob. Rochester. '

Oakland (North)——Having lots ‘0!
rain which is delaying wheat seeding,
bean harvesting,and silo. filling. It
looks like last year for beans. Corn ,
Threshing
is mostly ' finished here;
better than thought possible in the
spring. Oats a fair crop but yield
cut down by hot weather’. Dario}! was
a good crop and more of it raised than
usual. Potatoes are doing well since
the rain, but it. is most too cool for ,
them. Some cloverseed is being cut.
Apples are looking well and more 01:.

“them than was expected“ Help is very

hard to get. Butter; 500; eggs, 45c; '

apples, 50c;pli1ms'$3l pears, $2. —E' ’

F Clarkston.

. Huron (0entral)~’—We are liming
showery weather 'A let of beans are"

‘horley and cats; _

 

Jill? breeding.” ._’. "
lambs; lewer‘ f
Choice and prime lambs‘ms—gg “35),?

choice, feeders ,

wheat did ,.

Seine threshmg‘_ '


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‘ Eggs 8%. ——~J. S. Ianla.

 

‘ Williamsburg this week:

 

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' ' e‘ at Muir this week
5210110515, “ Eye :1. 5o;
4 $_. atoes, $150;

   

' 276?; Butter 55c;

Osceola (Northeast)—Weat}1er is
shairery and cold. all the time. Have

did little damage
;ers’. Marketing Ass’n is making prog-

' ress; you can already see the effect on

the buyers. Pastures are good new,
but many farmers are selling their
stop]: on account of shortage of win-

.. ter f Grain threshing about done.

Qa'ts ielded 30 to 50 bu. per acre;
.-Wheat 16 to 25; resen rye, 14 to 30.
.. Potatoes are large but few in hill. The
following prices were offered atrMars
1011 this week: Wheat, $2; corn, $1. 70;
cats, .59; rye, $1. 45;. has. $20; beans,
$7; red kidney Beans, $10; potatoes,
$2. 50 (1th onions, $1 bu: , cucumbers,
$2. 50; hens springers, 25; butter,
48; butt‘eri'at,2 .251; eggs, 45; hogs, 16;
beef steers, 8; beef cows, 6; apples
50c .—-—W. A S, Marlon. '.

Grand Traverse ( N orthea st) ——The
farmers are threshing and filling silos
and some are picking apples and cut-
ting buckwheat. Very rainy weather
and cold, but will help late potatoes.
Corn is a good crop; some being cut.

 
  
 
 

tterfat, 5211;,"

.1131: 911.: or two light frosts but they-f
The Osceola Grow; ._

\

The following prices were quoted at '

Wheat, $2;
oats, 85; rye, $1. 50; beans, $8 cwt.;
«p toes, $1. 80; butter, 400; eggs 350;
.a pl'es, $1.25 to $1. 50 cwt.—C.‘ L. 3.,
Williamsburg.

Tnscola (Central)—-—Farmers cut-
ting corn; not a large crop in, Wells
township, but over near Fairgrove and
Gilford there is lots of good seed corn.
$01119 beans are pulled and laying i
the field and some have been for two
weeks, with about four days' rain a
week; what there is pulled will not be
worth picking up. Weather wet and
cold but soil in good shape to plow.
Some-wheat and rye sown, but most of
the farmers are waiting until they get

their threshing done, so they can get '

their own seed. Far ers are hauling
apples to Saginaw,B y City and Flint

’ where they get 90c to $1 forfi'hem,

and 30. to 40cat Mayville, and they
can’t sell them at Caro at any price.
The following: prices were paid at
Caro this week: W eat,” $2.10; oats,
67; rye, $1. 50; hall, 24; barley, $2.10
cwt.; rye straw $10; beans, $8. 50 cwtr;
potatoes, $1. 65, onions, $1. 75; hens,
25; springers, 26; ducks, 21; butter,
46' butterfat, 49, eggs, 44"‘3heep, $7
to $9; 1111111159,. 12 to 15; hogs, 18; beef
steers, 4 to9 ; veal calves, '16. ———R. B.

_ 0., Caro.

Monroe (Emu—Farmers busy fill-
ing silos and sowing wheat when the
weather will permit We have had
rain moat every day, just enough to
make things wet. About half of the

silos filled and half of wheat in. Lots-

of cum green and ripening very un-
evenly The folio ing quotations
Were made at Monroe this week.
Corn $1 to $1. 40; o: s, 62; rye, $1.50,
hens, 23 to 25;»springers, 28 to '30;
butter, 34 to 36.; sheep, $9 to $10;
lambs, $13 to $15,; hogs, live, $18.75

to $19. 50; beef steers, $6 to $12; veal '

calves, live, 1:16 to $17; dressed, $23
to $24 .--E. .M., Monroe.

Branch Horth)——li‘a.rme1"s sowing.
wheat, cutting corn, corn very green

. and uneven. Weather cool and moist, '

rains a little every day son in fine

condition to work. Farmers are sell- ,

ing some Stock, grain and hay; not
holding. Threshing will soon be done.
,Some clover :tof‘hnil;

filled and some to fill. The following

" quotations at Union: City this week.
_,Wheat $2.10; oats, 60; rye, $1. 45; ham.

$16 to $20; beans, $8 -cwt.; notatoes,
$1: 25; cucumbers, $3 cwt hens, 24;
prince's-s, 245. butter, 42;

 

  
 

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.. this year.
-far short of the usual y—ield unless we

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out -" ‘erbas been cool
handal’tho mime not had
"ts'yyet that above done any

St , , harm worth mentionmg, 11031 1y every-

body {5" expecting damaging frosts be-
1515 long The coil is in fine Shape for
working in most places, altbo in some
places it is too w‘et. A few farmers
\{have their beahs harvested and some
others have them pulled, but the ma-
may of beans are still standing in
"the fields Corn is fairly good and
there will be quite a\bit of seed corn
if ‘.the weather. stays good for a couple
of weeks. Buckwheat is not very good
Potatoes are going to be

have Several weeks of good weather
y t; fields that have _a fine growth of

vnes have only a few marketable-
sized potatoes. Farmers are selling
grain :and livestock. -_ The following
prices were paid at Flint this week:
wheat, white, $2.;12~ Wheat, red $214;
oats, 64; rye, $1. 63; corn, $1. 70; red
kidney beans, $9; CH.P beans, $8. 00;
wool, 67; hay, $16 to $25, cabbage,
11/26 1b.; potatoes, $2 per bu: , cucum-
bers, 300 per (102,; apples, 50c to $1. 50;
eggs, 44 to 46; creamery butter, 54;
dairy butter, 50c, broilers, 32 to 400;
hens, 250; roosters. 22c; geese, 18 to
19c; ducks, 28 to 30c; turkeys, 24 to
25c; steers, $8 to $10; cows, $6 to $8;
hogs, $16. 50. calves, $9 to $11; sheep,
$9 to $10; lambs $14 to $15~—C W. 8.,
Fenian. Michigan.

Montcalm (West')*Far_'mexs pull-
ing beans and digging a few potatoes
which are not turning out very good,
mostly seconds which the farmers are
bringing back home. There are sev-
eral hundred acres of beans on the
ground and it is raining every other
day in some places, beans are half a
crop and some are green yet. I took
a trip down through south of Green-
ville and east as far as Portland and
beans look very green; some are be-
ing pulled and there are several hun-
Bred acres of clayerseed. which is a
half out and looks good. Corn very
good around here and silos are being
filled, some new ones are being put
up. Grain threshing is nearly com-
pleted here and rye and oats turned
out better than we expected. A large

,acreage of rye is being put in this

year, farmers doubling 'the acreage.
The following quotations at Green-
ville this week: Wheat, $2 08, earn,
shelled, $1. 75, oats, 62; rye, $1. 51;
potatoes, Lakeview, $2. 25; hens, 200;
butter 42 44; butterfat, 47; eggs, 36--
lambs, $15; hogs,

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about harvested in this locality, not a

very large acreage but the crop is good-

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compared to last year. Sowing of fall
wheat and rye is in full swing and I
believe the acreage Will be larger than
usual. We are getting plenty of rain
now which is making the work easier.
Pastures improving, corn m‘ostly ma.
tured; silos are being filled. Late pa
tatoes will be greatly benefitted by
present rains. Threshing is nearly
completed with large yields of grain.
The following prices were paid at
St. Clair this week: Red w} cat, $2.15;
white wheat, $2.10; oats, ‘ 65; hay,
$18. 20; potatoes, $2 bu.; hens, 23c;
butter, 46 to 50; eggs, 40 to 42; lambs,
28 to 30 dressed, hogs, 20c alive; veal
Calves, 18 to 22c lb. dressed—E. J.,
St. Clair.

Manistec (West)-—Weather damp
for the past week. Some corn cut and
yield very good here. Early potatoes
3. light yield; cannot estimate yield
of late ones since recent rains. Very
good rye and wheat crops, especially
Rosen rye, Red Rock wheat same.
Pastures short. Early apples fair
crop; late apples look like large crop
here. Farmers are plowing and sow-
ing grain.
Buckwheat hurt by d‘routh.‘~Armrlia.

Alcona (Soufhrasfl—Farmcrs are
busy getting in wheat and rye. The
weather has been wet for the last two
Weeks. Beans are a. very good crop.
but the weather is too wet for har‘
vesting. All grain turning out good
except 'fall wheat. Nothing doing in
the line of marketing crops yet except
a little hay. which is going at $20.21
ton for No. 1 timothy. Pastures are
good and stock doing well. Butterfat
is 580 per 1b. The farmers are all
getting ready to buy bonds and down

the Kaiser.—D. (7.. Lincoln.
Jackson. (South—Weather rainy.
Wheat seeding well advanced. Many

farmers on sandy land have harvested
their corn. The Delaware corn is
late and will not get ripe unless there
is unusually favorable weather; it
seems to be more of a fodder corn and
would be valuable for filling silos.
Weather too wet for beans; a large
number of fields pulled but not stack-
ed. Beans were hurt by the dry wea-
ther. Late potatoes good in some
'places, but unless the weather is fav-
orable they will not get ripe. Help
very scarce. r. Few apples, vegetables
scarce. Dry weather destroyed many
gardens—G. 8.. Hanover.

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“W 12.93, Hesperia. “
Emmet (Northwest)-——Autumn

here with its attendant d11ties;eveif

body is busy cutting corn enriching.
_ the fall plowing Jack Frost has

rather busy lately and reminds us

pastures. Very few potatoes have

been dug yet, but they do not prom— "

ise to be a very good crop. The fol-
lowing prices were quoted at Harbor
Springs this week:
ter, 45c;
sheep, 18; hogs, 21 .—-—C. L. G., Crass
Village Michigan

Bay (East) —— Grain threshing is

about completed. Oats averaged about ./
barley, 40 to 50.. ,

60 bu. to the acre;
Very little wheat and rye being thresh-
ed. Rained about every day for the
past two weeks. Beans' are looking
good; mostly pulled and can’t get
thorn dry. About the only thing the
farmers are selling at present is bay.
The following prices were quoted‘at
Bay City this week: Wheat, $2.10;

~corn, $1.68; oats, 66; rye, $1.50; hay,

$22 to $23; wheat and cat straw, $6;
beans, $8; potatoes,

dozen. cabbage, 20 1b.; cucumbers, 65;

butter, 500; butterfat, 56c; eggs, 4013'

dressed sheep, $12.50; to $14; lambs,
18 to 1'9; hogs, 200, light; beef steers,
18 to 19; beef cows, 15 to 16; veal
calves, 15 to 16; apples, $1; plums, $3;

pears, $2; grapes, 33c basket.——G. G.,
Linwood. Michigan. »
Ingham, (Northeast)-——Farmers are

-busy threshing, pulling beans ‘and

cutting corn; very bad weather for
bean harvest as it rains mostevery
day. Grain turning out very good for
being so dry all summer; oats, 30 to
40; barley, 20 to 40, rye, 15 to 35.

Corn poor; some silos filled. Potatoes

The following prices are
Wheat, $2.05;

very small.
quoted at Williamston:
cats, 60: rye, $1.50;

toes, $1.25; onions. 3c 1b.; hens, 200;
ducks, 22< butter, 54; butterfat, 54;
eggs, 42; hogs, 17 to 18..—A N., Wil-
liams'ton Michigan.

Isabella (Southwest) —— The bean
crop is very poor here as a rule, al-
though there are a few good fields;
the dry weather this summer hurt
the crop so the pods are only about

‘half filled and now the rains are start-
ing them to grow, which will make "43“»

them heavy pickers. Potatoes are
only a fair crop owing to the dry sum-
mer, but if the frosts hold off two or

three weeks the late planting will be.

good. ——W D. T.

Wear/0rd (West)—Plenty of rain .
and cold, but no frost yet to do any ,-

damage Late pctatoes are growing
yet and some show favorable to make

a good yield. There have been quite a .‘i
the grass- ,
hoppers and drouth this summer have '

number of sales this fall;

discouraged a number of farmers. The
following prices were quoted at Cad-
illac this week: Wheat, $2.07 - $2.09.;
corn, $3.85 cwt.; potatoes, $1; cabbage
4c; hens, 22 to 25c; springers, 27c;
ducks, 23c; butterfat, 52; eggs, 37;
hogs, 20c; beef steers, dressed, 14 to-
16; veal calves, 11; wool, 56 to 66’; ap-J
ples, 50c.——S. H. S., Harriette, Mich.
Tuscola (Northeast)——Farmers are
sowing more wheat than last year

at
the growing season is about over. The
grasshoppers have been very destru’éw
tive this year, doing especial harm to ,.
the cat and root crops as .well as the -

Hens, 200; buts 1
butt‘erfat, 500; 633.3, "456: "

$1.25; onions 25o

hay, $23; potaI-r '

  
   
   
     
  
    

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Bean harvest and silo filling on; some -. .

corn is ripe, but about 60 per cent is
late. Barley is yielding as high as 45
bu. per acre.
S. 8., Cass City.
Berrz'en (West)-—Weather
with rains; has been threatening
frosts. Late potatoes need thr
weeks of good weather, many fields
being in blossom now. Corn about
half a crop; was badly damaged b'
the summer drouth. Large apron;

of wheat and rye to be sown this fall _.

most farmers about half thru sowin
Bean crop almost a total fai-
Grapes selling for good price, 25' "
51/l-lb. basket; fair crop. Clove;
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lowing quotations were modem
week. Oats, 70;” rye, $12 550'
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potatoes, $2, buckwheat-$37
.C' Y., Baroda '1

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(from the ether sisters in this department.
4 , k nothing “could improve this page:
as it is now. It seems to bring us very 13.394?_
1,11 other' Michigan farmers' wives.

was brofight— am in a large city and was taught
' love it more than any other maria; but when I

     
 
 
   

 

' to love it.
even now
city- noise and streets and all, but I would not
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year, since most women have been compelled by
the shortage of farm laborers, to help in the
fields and garden, as well as in the house. "

Would anyone be interested to know how I
make “pin” money? I raise chickens, geese, ducks
and rabbits. Now perhaps many people look upon
rabbits as an unprofitable pet, something to play
with. but I have earned many dollars in pinV mon—
ey from my rabbits.

.Just a few words more. Do I believe in the
vote for Women? Well, I guess. Do not the
2women take their share of the burden of making
this country a great nation? I do not wish to
see the women rule the country entirely, but I
410 wish to be put upon an equal basis with-men.

  

     
  
   
   
   
    
   
  
 
 
  
   
  
   
    
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
 
  
   
  
     
  
     
  
    
  
   
  
 

Home page just as itVis, so please let us have
some more letters from farmers’ wives.~—S. A. F.,
Webberville, Michigan.

C O .

“WAS finishing my canning the other day, and
had just commemorated the annual event by
burning a finger in. the jelly when the postman

brought the above letter. I was tired and out of
sorts, and'even at the risk of forgetting the final
batch of jelly on the stove I sat down to read the
letter. Immediately‘the burn was forgotten, my
tired feeling left, and it was with considerable
lighter steps that I disposed of the balance of my
canning.

It’s always that way, isn’t it? A good word is
as refreshing as a cool breeze in hottest August.
,Here I had been worrying about what I was go-

ing to say to my readers this week, having so
little time to give the matter my usual careful
thought, and the postman came along, handed in
this gem'of a letter and went whistlinglon his
way. I must tell you that I felt like joining in
'withhis whistle, altho I'm not muCh of a “whis-
tler" at that.

I don’t suppose Mrs. F. had any idea that she
was assuming the .role of benefactress when she
wrote“ that letter, yet I most sincerely assure her
fthat she saved me several tiresome hours at‘Tn'y
desk rummaging thru my “material ” the best of
which is none too good to place before intelligent
farm women. .

Mrs. F.’ 8 letter suggests severai very good top-
ics that should be discussed on this page. I think
she has much to be thankful for , to be able To
forget the pleasures of the city in her new envir-
onment. Too often, as many women have found to
their sorrow, it works out the other way. I wish
readers who were born and raised in the city and
I are now living in the country would tell us what

their experiences have been along this line. Which

do you love best,.'the city or the 1
' country? How often do you visit the
city? Do you find the old friends in
the city as cordial as they used to be
when you were one of them, or do
they seem to have grown cold and
distant? Do you find your city ac-
; Quaintances as friendly as your coun- '
E try neighbors? ‘Won't those of you

'* _ who have lived in the city, or visit
‘in' the city frequently, tell the rest
2. of us your own thoughts and experi-
‘2 ences?

2. I I am. deeply interested in learning
how farm women earn their "pin” '
m’oney.- Mrs F. says she raises chick-
11s, geese, ducks and rabbits. Nearly,
very {rm woman‘has her flock of
hicken‘s, but I presume there . are

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pleasant and lucrative ventures which
may. he even less of their time than
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married we went onto a farm and I have groWn '

there are times when I long fer the.

The busy season is very hard for women on,‘
the farm, and it has been. especially hard this,

Now, I am very much satisfied with the Farm,

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I eipect to start tall houseelea 11132 2 ' ,-
you all know what .a‘ dreaded. and discoura-gl
task that? sometimes is.
cheerfully; it the 1109th will only put in an ape.
penance at the moment the step ladder c‘ollaps-

‘es as I am remOVin'g the picture from over the mat:

tle,—and leaves me some more good words from,2,
my -.'readers Cordially, PENELOPn. '

-. Wheat Flour vs. Corn Flour

It takes a long time to learn some things We
ought to know. Take- bread-making, for; instanCe.

If anyone would have told as five years ago that 2
V a mixed flour bread was as good as a pure wheat

bread, we wouldn’t. have believed them. AnyWay,
Congress didn’t believe it was and so congress
put a tax upon mixed flour and forbade manuiac—
turers to sell mixed flour without showing on- the
wrapper exactly what it was made from and the

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The Beautiful Life
HEN you go out in. 'the morning
T0 begin the work of the day,
Don’t neglect the little chances
You will find along your pm ,1,
For in lifting (mother’s burden.
And speaking a {cord of cheer,
3’0u Will find your own cares lighter,
And easier for to bear.
/' Forget each kindness that you do
As soon-as you have done it; I
Forget the praise that falls to you
The Moment you have won it.
Forget the slander that you hear
Before you can repeat it,- ‘ 2
Forget each slight each spite, each sneer,
Wherever you may meet it.

Remember every kmdness done
To you whate’cr its measure;
Remember. praise by others won, 7 ,.
And pass it on With pleasure,- ,. 2 ‘
Remember every promise made,
And keep it to the letter, ’
Remember those who lent you aid,
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proportions.‘ This made the grain growers angry
and- thru their organization they began a series of
experiments which proved that bread made of
mixed corn and wheat flour was as good and
nourishing if not moreso than bread made from
pure wheat flour. The corn, growers went so far
“The mixture of 20
parts of corn flour or corn starch, or even a. little
more than that with 80 parts. wheat flour or even
less makes an excellent flour from which can be
produced better bread than that baked from
straight wheat flour."

If this is true, cengress did not use very good
judgment in putting a tax .on mixed flour. And

now the strange part of it is that We are'encour-

   
   
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
   
 

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. serves the more necessary foods, and is an econ-

, green pepper diced, . Have your butter hot in the
' omelet pan;

, sugar, shortening the size Of an egg. Bake in layers

  
      
 
      
    

prepared~for
serving, pickling .
and I know that Some valuable 11.21 ‘ " V
conservation have been made. ' ’ 2
For several weeks we have published; recipes
sent us from the government laboratories and I'...
presume ,manyof you haire tried these; :Jatho (1111‘
there are more! Who have-«not because they
know- 01 no one who has, tried them, and
with foods so high~~and scdrce they do not feel
like exper1n1ent1ng to 'a‘ great extent": I_ believe
that if we would each be: Willing to contribute .éme :
or more roeipes; weekly we would use a 0111111111122
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omical recipe, just remember the rest of us and
send them along. _? ‘

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Fry in butter or fat one gqodssmed onion and one ‘

turn in three well beaten eggs With a cup

      

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of milk stirred inland let cook until well set, then

cover one—half with the onions and peppers, turn the.
other half onto this and place in platter. Season with
salt and pepper, pour over one pint of well seasoned
hotV tomatoes

Molasses Cake =2,
One cup of molasses stirred thick with flour, one
egg well beaten, one cup of boiling water with one
teaspoon of soda dissolved in it - Two tablespoons of

mow

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in hot oven.

Spice, Cake or Fruit Sticks
Cream one-half cup of butter, ad one-halt cup of ,
molasses, one half cup of sugar two eggs, one, cup of . '
sour milk, three cups of flour and one teaspoon:ul or
391111, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, half teaspoorr of
ginger one cup of raisins. Cover with sugar and ‘cin-V

namon mixed and bake in leaf _ '.., V ,2,
2 Household Hints ‘ E'f—ff '
" T0 SEAL use]: no'r'rmss

At this time when so many bottles are wanted.
for canning, We Wonder where the corks/ are
coming jrom for wideneck bottles. Use heavy

 

,caps cut from pasteboard, like those used in milk
bottles. First pour melted pardfin on the con-
tents in your bottle then press the round disk in-
to the neck of the bottle, pour on a little more par.-
afln, press into this another disk and dip the
neck of the bottle into parafln or sealing way, ,j.
have canned tematoes and soups in bottles that I
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and causing it to lose color is to put it in cold
water as soon as it is ecoked. Then draw the
hand gently down the beet and the skin will drop
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One can of commercial lye dissolved in three
pints of water. To four and onehalf pounds of
lukewarm grease, add one-half pound of. sifted
berax stir this well and then add the lye, stirring
until the thickness of honey. Add a
few drops of oil of lavender .to "me
2‘ vent the odor of grease; P6111- this
into an oblong pan lined With paper;
when partially cold; cut into squares ~
or oblong shapes, but let it remain in
the pan until. thorougth com. Re-
move from pan and place on a board
for several days in the open air .,

in papers: and pack in boxes; . '
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I 1 7 teacher; Those” of ‘yolr- who haven’t.
told me‘teacher’s -name,‘please do so '
.in- your next letter as I ‘want to write

,_ Lid most [interesting page

"3W9 flied“ yet. , The Doc Dads have
r'goneron another great adventure, and’

~ 7 7 {hope next: week to tell you allabout

. g .1 "11am getting some letters from my‘
‘ -;‘boys~~anii girls ,Vabout {their school
. workpbutfl I wish Jihad more. 7 I like
7 , t0 know 'how each and every one of
- j'Typu'1are-Lgettingf‘along,“and: I like to
j ~1earnfaboutxyour 50171001; and .. your

to her.

With love, from Auu'r Pumas
Lorin, . “

Dear Aunt Penelopez—l am a-girl 10
years old and in the third grade. .I have
one sister-13 years old and l have i‘one
sister .WhO' is married and has a lit—
tle girl about three years old. I have

two brothers. one 18 and the‘ other 19‘

years old, and I am' the youngest one in
the family.
rather on an till-acre farm. Beaver
Creek runs through our farm and fish-
ermen come from all 'over the state to
catch trout.

like to read about the D00 Dads very
well. I like puzzles and poems, too." We
have six ‘cows, three calves and three
heifers and five head of horses. I will
close—Laura. Karns, LeRoy, Michigan.

' W98 aghast
‘ (fwd “Husband
. brothers,- _Ja_' ermw-Richard’,“ Clair . . _ 4
. Claudtn I"th‘ nk 'a: nice name tor ,. our. ‘
Hour-{’7 I . ' '

rods to:school.'1 1, ,

I live with my mother and‘. and the’ dog’s name is Flossie»

' George,
My father takes the, M. B.’
F., and we like the paper very well. - I"

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, dltq‘atheggarden. -
sisters. Baum. and; 1‘ .elma, ,»andf to .
' and
page '1 would, be- f‘Ch‘ildrens’
have to go about. ‘ _
like for our page 11 ctures. riddles'gam

wand poems. I will have toclosegto Ht}:

time. as‘I cannot think of<anythin52m
to tell‘ yous—Mildred Seeley, ‘Rec’l ,, "
Michigan. 3 - , > 17.,

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I live ona-1.'_'£it:§llff‘if.'~
We have five cows and-tout ,7
The horses names are Nellie}. 1' ;

of 97 acres.
homes.
John, Mag. andrPride.
are the work horses. . .
cat and a dog. The cat’s name is ‘_

I have
one'sister and one brother. My “sister’s;
name is Bessie and my brother’s name is.

I see inthe M. B. F. that you

want us to tell you about our trip .tothe '
fair. I went to the fair with my sister

one day and? it rained nearly all_the time

we were there. I guess this Will be .all

for this time for my letter is get-ting

rather long. From your friend—Anna E.-

Conger. Abbottsford, Michigan. .

John and Nellie

 

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reeeand-withw; _ : 1 ' ‘ '
. ' fbsr the back‘ me ~- . ’3-
ever; onto.» , ,__ m” The .

roil‘ .mllgir4K something dimers 7

7 _. beefinhéWn. 13. th t it cros- .
m Ton-the neck-an 'is joined.

to _-' . 'Sfiduar‘e'kiset vesterhe Small-checks
are“, becoming is «greatly ' favored for
blouses" :as f are; the large cheeks (_ for
dreams.“ ,d- skittish“ Many of the “new
washed ‘ come‘ intheae invisible checks.
No .WZ.Q;~—Ladies' dress; Cut in sizes »
36, 38,-‘40 ‘1 11.6 42. inches‘1bust measure. .7
The commotion 1' two" materials, that
was. so“ popular last year. is. appearing
again,f’a.nd. will be welcomed by many» es-‘
peeiaily .,thQSe‘ who have something they.
wish to remodel. So many “times by buy-
ing a; veryizpoll amount of material, one
may, jve- a1 .dre’ssxvas good as',new. * 'This
styleg the ordinary‘shirtwaist, with
long, fitted sleeves, and a. large prettily _, . .
shaped roll collar, which extends to the 4
belt. The skirt is two-piece. the upper
is two. gored "ami' mists lengthened by a. A \

'7 You May BUY

Pure Wheat Flour

,, SOm’e have, attempted to interpret the Food Administration Regu-
lations as forbidding the use of pure wheat flour by the housew1fe.
No such interpretation was intended.

/ If you will write the State Food Administrator at Lansing and in-

I have two-pets, if _,

one-'filbce’ straight Albwer, ,section. Two cir-
culagrrpatohpockets are the only trimming

on.}_the. skirt. The idea presented -

n i

0% plaidfknesplain material is very good,
or 115.59%»...Dfififier8é'. they may: :be reversed.
withp‘laémrforl, theWy ofthe dress and,
plaid. trimmings... .5 . ' ,1 ‘.

. Nu..\_=r’8994..—§~jaeaiea'. two-piece straight
athered, skirt _‘ This style is particular-

quire about this he will tell you it is just as proper and just as patri—
otic to buy and use your wheat flour and your wheat flour substi—
. tutes seperately as it is to buy the mixed flour.

Certainly no true American would so unfit himself. or herself for
American c1tlzenship as to use the wheat flour and not use the sub-

iy smart. madefup .ina'heavy wool vskirt—
ins. rather—f» ,ailn or‘flzured and trimmed

with tons . enemies stl'tofiin‘s’é- Or per,-
hapsmrmuynnd a piece of goods with
a border which would ,be Well. used this
way. Their-Ont is ‘plaited WTBJ‘V‘B' 1'19
panel efiotsand pocket-book-shaped peck.

stitutes. 1_

: Prerwar flour.

 

I‘donitbuylLI‘LrY WHITE.

A “‘13:" {9.1- Amgmcans

‘

Youmu be delighted with it.

v

Thatwould‘be treason and the very lightest penalty should be ex—
pulsionfrom this blessed Land of Liberty.
~ We'have faith in the loyality and patriotism of the American peo-
. 7 ple,-and so, has the Food Administratidn, so that we have permis—
‘ sion to continue to make '

i W h t
_ _ “The Flour the Best Cooks Use:
A pure 100% wheat flour without an

y adulteration of any kind,
7and you have permission to buy it. .

1 *' . {The Government has required all mills to make a higher extraction
,Qf flour from wheat which is a wise and conservative measure.

* ,Biltxthequality really .havs'not been impaired. The Coloryof the

' 7 flour is a little darker than that made from the lower extracuon or

.1 ‘ However, everylatom of LILY WHITE is splendid flour, and
hfikefi deliciously flavored, light, flaky biscuits, pastries and bread.

Byall means use all your’substitutes; every ounce, and 'econOmize

. 7, 1n theuseiof wheat ‘flOurL‘

'u at? not'gping‘ to live up to the Food Administration Regula-
It’sto good for slackers: It’s

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many millions of dollars yesrly.‘
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‘ Positively weatherproof ——sturdy con-
struction—prevent moulded corn or grain,
" es for every farm. Buckeye Cribs
are made oblong, circular and shed shape,
small and large. Low prices.
Send for an attractive circular, giving
prices and sizes
THE MOHAS & ARHSTBONG 00.,
“10 Rain 8t. ., Ihondon. Ohio

  

 

R0010 APPLIANCE
1he modern scientific
invention the wonder-
ful new: discovery
that relieves rupture
will be sent on trial. .
No pbnoxious springs
‘ or pads. Has auto-
matic Air Cushions.
Binds and draWs the
broken parts togeth‘
er as you would a broken
No llei,
Sent on

limb. No selves.
Durable, cheap.
trial to prove it Protected
by U S. patents. Cntalrw
11nd messureblnnks mallet
free. Stud Home and ml
dress today.

C. E. BROOKS, 463- B State St., Marshall, Mich.

Ma pleSyrup Makers ~ l

aEvery Maple Tree
have on the place and
help conserve su-
gar. OrdersCham-
pion Evaporator '
NOW if you want ,
it next Spring. Rail
roads are slow in We

limes. BePREl’ARED

  

 

   
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

’. VVl‘llt' fur
terms
and state

Champion number
of trees
Evaporator you tap.
1' Hudson, Ohio

' é ‘ Company -

11m: .1 L0for :l‘lflllSllGPp trialnarl . ' . 1
Grand Ledge
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' PAINT SALE at
WHOLFSALE PRICES
SPECIALS

3311': 1323:2152.” 31-75 a
lT’laalllzfil:t‘li:exl gallon only 2'25
\ E;:s:f:<;:;x3fplzlf5:;lllllgx only 2'00
331:3“ Lead. CWl. 10‘“
g”; I ' l 311:.“ Oil. per gallon 2'00
I ' ONLY AT

A 1 Paint Supply House
420’Michign‘n Ave. Detroit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

' FOR SALE—1200 bu. Rosen Rye grown
' from certified ,seed. 10 bu. or over,
. $2.26 per bu., less than 10 bu., $2.50 per
‘;~ bu , subject to prior sale. New bags, 800
ea,ch or send your own bags <
GOODWIN & Moonh,
R; F. D .. No. 2, Ionia, Michigan.
ROSEN RYE—Tho only Rosen Rye
raised in Bairy Co. this year that passed
inspection by the Michigan Crop Im-
provement Association. E. F. Nichols.
Hastings, Michigan -

Seed Rye and Wheat

Sample for stamp. $5. 00 bu, sacks free.
Harry Vail, New Milford Orange Co., N.Y.

 

 

 

r031: ROSEN RYE $2. 00 per bu. Send
your bag for what you want to_

Ira. B. Baldwin,
Hastings, Michigan.

  

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$2.50 per bu.. 5 bu. or over.

wfo sample

 

3 continuous invitation/to rats and f

gent-rally

v‘1'1711'1lwy Pure Boson Rye cleaned ready-
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sons GOOD snosss'rrobs ?

1-1.

1.1

FOR $11.0 FILLING

‘ .

. Making plans for silo mung is time .
well spent. ‘
and the outfit arrives to put it away,

When the zero is ready

everything, and everybody should have
a particular work to do.' ‘Local condi-
tions haven great deal to ‘\do with the
general plan, but some new ideas may
be obtained from the following '“sug.
gestions sent out by the New Jersey

Experiment Station:

It is important to fill the silo when

,the Corn is exactly at the right stage

of maturity At this point the grain
is in the dent and glazed but can
still be broken wit the thumb nail.
Under average conditions “ the two
bottom leaves will be turning brown
and the husks will be turning yellow
at the ends. ,

There is more danger of putting the
silage in too dry than too moist. With.
a stave silo the hoops should be tight-
ened up so as to 'exclude_,the almond
loosened a little after the
silage swells the staves.

{The corn should not berut down to
far ahead, or it will dry out. it will
take at least six teams to keep the av-
erage silo- cutter busy. Silage should
be well trumped in order to exclude
the air It Should be kepr higher 1t
the walls than in the .senter. At
east two men in the silo are necessary
when a distributor is~n0t used. It
Ls advisable to use concrete tempers
to pack the silage. 1‘er prevents
molds from developing.

No definite 'ost can be given for
silo filling as it depends upon‘vari.
able factors, such as .he distance

‘ron the field to the silo. weather con- .

ditions, the efficiency- of the machin-
ery and the men.

somewhere between $; and $2 per
ton Probablv about $1.25 would be
21. iai. average.

The silage should be cut into pieces
one— half to three- «quarters of an inch
long to make it pack well and save
waste in feeding. This takes more
power than ‘coarse cutting, but it is
worth it.

The silage should feel wet after it
is put into the silo.‘
mature when cut. and is therefore dry,
add water. A small stream may be
run into the blower from a barrel or
tank. The blower should be run a
few minutes each morning before
any enters the silo. 7

Shock corn may be put 'nt- the silo
as water is added at the rate of one
pound for each pound of corn. It
may be advisable. under certain con-
rlitions, if the high price of corn con-
tinues, to husk out the corn and put
the stalks into the silo. There ‘is no
objection to beginning feeding immed-
latelyI as soon as the s‘lo is filled.
This prevents awaste through spoilage
on tor.

lMR. FARMER, STICK To
erR LIVESTOCK

—_—l

Australia has
of old wheat in storage, bec..use there
'are no ships available to t ansp’ort it
to foreign markets. The Australian
gevernment has guaranteed the far-

mers 83 cents a bushel for tl eir. Wheat,
to which the commonwealth has add 11
12 cents, making a total of 95 cen s
a bushel

In Argentina there‘ is )ractlcally
no market for corn and great quant-

jlties of this crop are being sold for

find] at 40 cents a bushel. Again the
reason for this cendition is lack of
ships. _ g

England—eas-

.pean war started.

, returns,

The cost will be.

If corn is very-

300,000,000 "11113111113. ' ~

pasta
grain. The _.
England f

13 has been in many
the chanced are the , , .
no to, raise more grain tban formerly

becauso of the realization of the tin-\KJ'S‘V

portance of a nation being- as nearly
self-supporting in food products as
possible.

we mention these things to remind
our readers that while it is ece’ssary
at the present time to raise more
wheat. and more food crops of all
kinds in this country, we should not

overlook the fact that there is no real _
If we"

world shortage of gr 7n crops.
but. had the shipping facilities there,
would be plenty of grain available.
for us at home, our allies in Europe,
""a ”l ourormies at the frOnt

Previous to the war. Russia ’pro—'~.

duced large quantities of wheat for
export and should have large quanti-
ties of this grain in storage atoth‘e
present tiA'nc, for the reason thatno-
thing'has been exported in the last.
four years. This she probably has
not, because normal production has
not been maintained since the Euro-
The land is there.
however. and just as scones peace
Russia will again produce
her usual quantity’ ofswheat and L
doubt a great deal more. In short
after peace has been concluded the
world will be in better shape .0 pro-
duce wheat and other food grains
than it has ever been before, and
chore will be a. surplus of grain long
reicre there will' be a surplus of
meat. ‘

Live stock 11 Europe has been very
much reduced in the past four years.
This is particularly true of—rattle,
and we all know‘ that it will "tam 1i
long time to bring tie number of at-
tle U to ummal. even -f tacilit.
for doing so were of the very best.
In View of toes-3 facts
that the American farmer can do no
better than to main'ain his breeding
herds intact, to increase them it pos-
sible. so that he will be in posdlmn
to help supply the world's needc for
beef and \dairy products after the war
is over

Many pastures have been broken up
in the last two years to increase, the
grain acreage.

sary.‘ More will‘probably 3 broken ‘
up in the two. Pemaps ldiS is r

it looks
silos; . at
breaking

so Serious _a ,proposition [as
if farmers ’will built‘ .11ch
the same time the matter of
"x ostures and meadows in the corn
belt states should be give: very se-
riouslconsideration. Do not break up

,‘1

‘ month is

it seems to us»

This has been .neces-‘g

 

WHERE A mum; in
cums PAYS mvrnsufis

When a farmer has to deporrd am
his own labor to milk his herd of 14
to 20 cows he will realize what 9. blee-
sing it is to relieve the strain by in-
stalling a milking machine. -11..w111
do twice or three times as much as
any hired man. 1\ good hired man is
worth $50 a month in cash . ml at least
$25 a month more in board-«$75 .a
$900 a year. $900 is ten
per cent. on $9 000. 1'

Nine thousand dollars will buy a

”lot of barn equipment, which, when

you have it installed, will make you
labor— pioof. The $75 a. meatli whiCh
you pay your hired man (when you can
get‘him‘ would .eentainly inst-nil a
gasoline engine which _ will furnish
power- r your. new churn. separation
milking machine. to say nothirg of

the machinery it would run in your.

repair, chop as wel‘~ as the 'atef' it

would pump for min house and bath.

Too many farmers are like the old.
fellow who was. approachec by a
power washing machine. He said:

‘1 and the girls woulrJ set around
and get too fat ”

The only way to meet the

by machinery. ”Many a tamer thinks

that he is too poor to put i1 running
water in his house. Is there any
farmer who couldn’t afford to pay

$150 a month for that comfort and
convenience? one dollar rd .‘fifty
cents a month is $2 8 a year; is~6 per
cent on $300 and $300 would install a
yery serviceable water system, includ-
ing a septic tank.

County agents and women home
demonstrators‘can do 'no greater ser-
vice thenrto rconvinc‘e their member-
ship that Eomfort of wife and—I family
should come before any other: item.

1. -
BREEDERS’ ADS CHANGE
EVERY WEEK—-— 1 f
—always consult the Breedersi Di-
rectory when —you are in the mar
ket for guaranteed pure- bred live—
stock or poultry. Every week the
best breeders in Michigan aremak
ing new offers and- some bargain
may escape your noticoif you do
no' follow this page every week.

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firmer ‘Jntbnnetion. . . .

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to furnace or, one lush; and for loss than 13 inventions- under 0!“
sdvnntsf‘e.’ sons in our: end
13 issues or mos-o we will‘lnlko
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,, . ,7 Fen sale Nov. 29. ;
. meJ. Clarke, R: No. 7, Masdn, we.

  
 
 

 

 

BIG Tyrm r. c. nonns and'silfs ready?
to ship.‘ They are from.Peter Moran

herd in Iohi-a. and si d by. Grand Superbkagf-

.801116 and see or rite for prices. ‘

   

 

 
 
 
 

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~ E. Garnant. Eaton Rapids, Michigan.;“v_~1.
HIGH-CLASS mmwlxires.-,‘

WLY We have real bargains in ,

Sprint pigs and you will be surprised. at

reasonableness of our prices when you
compare them with the pedigree. .- p
Gus. Thomas, New Lothrop, Michigan.-

 

 

     
 

    

 

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‘Holstem- M

, cows and bulls" “ W ' , vs

:- :Th'gsoid; I have‘--£_:or?8.re¢istemd p

31°31'32“- hafe$,1'frop heavy produc— .
' ‘ knits-gt!) {”9" old at

1.9313631

- (irovgmmvtnnn, ,Vntlcnm‘nn, «

 

 

 

' EGISTERED? ZHOLSTEIN . BULL
'months old,‘ grandson of Hengerve

De, Kol- sired by Johan “Hengerveid

Lad who has 61 A. R 0, daughters.

Dem isan ’18‘lb'. 3yr. old granddaughter

01'- ‘King-‘S’egis who has‘asister, that re-

cently/made...” lbs.‘ butter,4‘n 7 days as a.

,4 yr. This cart is light in color.

Well growl-’1 and a splendid individual.

Erica 3100.; Write for photo and pedigree.

C. Ketzler, Flint, Michigan.

 

 

'Wolvcnne Stock F arm ..
Odors two sons about 1 yr. 01¢ sired
by Judge Walker Pietertje. ‘These
calves are nicely marked and light in
color and are fine individuals. Write
for prices and pedigrees. Pcttle Creek,
Mich., R: 2 ' ‘ .,

1., we... 4.“ .mpms—Aam —

 

 

 

MILING DAUGHTER of Maplecrest

De K01 Bertoy whose dam is 'a ail-lb.

cow. 30 days, 120 lba, a, son of Friend
Heng‘orvald De Kol Butte Boy, four
daughters with year recor s 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

Henf. .. 5 :
ad

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m. f it... Boast“? Bull, 110 nnnnronn
. mom‘s 01 or each , _ r
3337’ 2.30%. l3;:0‘llege‘9t‘3red sire, tin-333;; _ . 4 __ b 11 . l P ., -
_ flu, oe .Crated,» Snares rmce
m1 .130ch 0E sen Rye “ed-'81:?“ 0?; \ Hemfo ' lDonald and Farmer
_' salt his W‘ifril’" b‘? 9' ’1‘ ‘ Breeding. nun: 3:05., r“, If... nu.
' 7Q .L- Hmefifk Sou. Okemos, Michigan. __ - ¥
* W. . . .- .. _, Houses
Ole Car-lid Registered lightens ,
' Yearling: sired by as pound bull and PERCEERON

 

from heavy-producing cows. “Also some
choice Duroc open slits: .
Hubert Brown, Byron, Michigan.

P

__ Price rightif taken soon.
Michigan.

Lansing,

Encnnnon STALLiON; 4 years old.
all black‘ line style and high breedlnx-

. E. P. Kinney,

 

TEN (moron iEGIs-rnnnn Holstein
heifers past 2. ,yr. old, soon fresh, was

SHETLA N n PONIES

 

bred to a» 3.0-lb.fbull.. Choice .‘of one or
more $200.00-.each. . . '
‘ B. B. .Reavey, Akron, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

SHETLAND PON

For Sale. Write
for description &

 

 

 

 

prices. Mark B. Curdy_ Howell. Mich.
‘ x
, SHOR’TEORN \
*~ , . , , . HOGS "
WHAT DO YOU‘WANT? 1.re_present fil
SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you ”1 O. I. .C.

‘touch' with best milk or beef strains. Bulls

 

 

all ages. Some females. . W. Crum,
Secretary Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

 

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B SALE, pure bred Shorthorns and
O. I. . pigs. Five young bulls, 'l
to 9’months. $125 to $150 each. Ray

Warner, R, No. 3, Almont, Michigan.
HORTHOBNS and POLAND CHINAS.

 

 

 

 

 

Bred dams

Serviceable Boar‘s
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

 

SBulis, heifers and spring pigs, eith r

 

sex, for sale, at farmers' prices. 1“.
Piggott & Son, Fowler, Michigan.

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' mum suonrnonns. A
ates few cows for sale. J. B. CLOVER LEAF
. Hummel, Mason, Michigan.
I

LARGE TYPE 0.]. C.
Spring pigs pairs and trios.
for fall farrow, at prices that Will please.
STOCK FARM
Monroe, Mich.

 

 

T‘VO REGISTERED Short-

FOR SAL horn bulls. One 9 m0. old.

One 2 years' old. Sargent & Son, R. No.

ForSa

 

 

DUROC

Registered Duroc Jersey Swine.
Yearling and spring boars of

 

 

; $2.00. Howbert Stock Farm, Eau Claire. 3, Linden, Michigan. quality, also bred sow, Aug. and Sept._far-
‘7 M1011 ' ' 2 _ ' .r row. Spring gilts. Write tor pedigree
, . ~ and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. L.
' . sired by a son of JERSEY J. Underhill. Salem, Mich.

u a ves §riendK IlIengBeryteld t u
' e O u er Bi v, long a , grow-
Boy and by a. sane! King Segis De K0l “DICE Reglsured “”9" bull calves DUROC BOARS thy males that will
Korndyke from A. R. 0. dams with rec- nearly ready for seerce- Sired by add size and growth to your herd. Big-

ords of} .25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25
at full age.
considered. , ,
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM‘
W‘.‘ W. Wyckoff, . . _ Napoleon, Mich.

 

EQLBVTEIN BULL CALVES
‘ Sires dams average 37.76 lbs. but~
tor—:7 das. 145.93 lbs. 30 das. testing
5.52% fat. Dams good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows white.
Price $65.00‘ea'ch while they last.
Herd.’tnberculin tested annually.
Boarding!) Farms, Jackson, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

' Erosion}! GROVE STOCK FARM

Offers for immediate sale 12 daughters of

King Henterveld Palmyra. Fayne bred to

MutualPontiad Lad. A111 01", he COWS in

this herdiare strong in the blood“ of Ma le-

crest‘ and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. PWe

. can always nish carloads of pure bred
and grade cows. -

i D. Owen Taft, Route 1. Oak Grove, Mich.

 

Holstem-Fnesian Cattle -
Under the, present: labor conditions
I feel the necessity of reducing my

, herd. Would sell afew bred females

, or a few to freshen this spring. ’ These

. cows are all with calf 'to a 30-pound

bull. ‘J. Fred Smith, .Byron, Michigan

SUN-NY PLAINS‘JHOIS'TEINS

A, few young bulls left. Also .a young

pair heavy draft horses, Phone 58F15.
ARW’IN KILLINGER, ‘ .

'- Fow’lerville, Michigan. ,_

 

 

 

 

 

FOR SAL Ebro): ahead

, ‘ cows, and heifers. Three
Yearlings. not bred; the rest to freshen
this fall .and winter. Agood start reas-
onablaionsome one. WE , ,, «

W. C.,Hendee 8: Son, Pinckney; Michigan.

of , Holstein

 

on sun—manage Holst Show
,1 Bull; '8ch age; -' Pontiac gK‘Tn'ndyke
breeding. . ,, Price . right. John A. f ke.
Warren; Miamg‘an. (‘ ‘_ , i p.”

 

cows anti! Immune 12
mmmhoad ;;~ high; Class registzeredu
, stock 1Q); sale. ; Address '

‘* ”E. 1?. fiKinnoY.

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Prices reasonable breeding ,

Liming; Michigan I

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Kalamazoo Fair. Register of Merit rec-
ord of dam 13792 lbs.,milk 788 lbs. but-
ter. Dams of these calves are high pro-
ducing prize winners. C. S. Bassett.
Drexelx Place, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

 

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’ GUERNSEY
GUERNSEYS WE HAVE A FEW
Heifers and cows for
sale, also a number of well bred young
bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan. ,

 

fairs. E.

gest March \farrowed pigs
try. 200 lbs. and not fat: _ _
Newton Barnhart, St. Johns, Michigan.

EGISTERED big type
Sows and Gilts,

bred for Sept.
Best strains represented.
Lone Cedar Farm, R. 2., Pontiac, MlCh.

in the coun—

POLAND CHINA

Poland China
and

BIG TYPE, P. c. BOABS. all ages. the
kind that make good. Meet me at the
Leonard, St. Louis, Mich.

 

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”My. A bargain in bbar pigs. John
W- Snyder. R. 1‘70. St. Johns. Mich- ..,
on SALE —— Five Double Standard

Foiled Durham
15 months old..
Edw.’ Gunden, Pigeon, Michigan. ,

   

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SHEEP
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SHROPSHIR REGISTERED Sin-op...
- 51“” Rams, . some
”ewes. Write for prices or come to the
farm. Dan Booher,.R; 4, Evart, Mich.

 

1301: AUGUST DELIVERY 50 Register~
ed Shrops‘tre. Yearling ewes and 30
Registered Yearling Rams of extra qual~ >
it)! and breeding. Flock established ‘1890.

C. Lemen, Dexter, Michigan. \ .
SHROPSHIRE RAMS.

REGISTERED of quality. One vim-

ported three-year-old Ram Priced ri
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Harry Potter & Son. Davison, Michigan.

 

HAMPSHIRE

Registered Hampshire Ram Lambs,

For Sale. Weighing up to 130 lbs Aua‘
mm, at $25.00 and up. Also a few yea:
lmg rams. Clarke Haire, West Branch,

Michigan.
LINCOLN
GOOD LINCOLN RAMS

LINCOLN and Ram lambs, also a few

goodficwes gred if desired, for sale.
Lph Knight, Gagetown, Michigan.

DELAINE

 

Reg. Rams to choose from. Newton &
'Blank, Hill Crest Farm, Perrinton, ~
Mich. Farm situated four miles south of _.
Mlddleton. ”'

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IMPROVED Black Top Delains. Sixty

PURE

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Young.

Conley,

BRED and
American
Both sexes.
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regis-
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Michigan.

'A. M. and DELAINE MERINOS, large
Size, long, staple, well covered, heavy
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onable price. Our list’ will interest you 4
——please ask for it. Village Farmsf.‘
Grass Lake, Michigan. .,
each season, different

CHICK varieties, booklet and"

testimonials, stamp appreciated. Freeport“
Hatchery, B025 10. Freeport. Michigan”.

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