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East‘s-there. been any organized efiort’
adiiist these problems during the war and:

 

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‘ éfi gifiiflrelation' to agriculture -‘which«, is

-;.:. Worth byliiof 1510136 is thefo‘rmation'of: prion-Pai'ti‘i‘f

_, p The activities and possibil-,
fflitiespf thevnQn-partisan-league are very im- '

> portant. i The farmers of every state in the

“unionfare watching it. It Would be, worth
Iiwhile‘_.»making this.movement.subject for dis-
'_'fcnssi0n for an, entire session. But in pass-
ing let us dig beneath the maze of accusa-
‘ftion‘s. and cOunter accusations. The Non-Par-
tisan League is the coated tongue of the. sick
g‘istomaéh. “Say what you will; even the most-
hardened conservatives and opponents of
tithe Non-PartisanLeague, the men who have--

“ gtriédjto faéten‘ the ignominious stain of dis-

' ldyalty, on this organization, even they will
if f .adet that thebenr-‘Partisan League is' a
‘ symptom of r“something wrong.” The Non- _

-Partisan.League isa .protestr'against a viola-

.j5’i‘ion and transgression of the rightsof Amer—
_' erican’imen ,«andaWOmen and'ch‘ildren ; a move-
’ ’ inent begun long before we enteredthe war.

' Tiif.1t*s Vength ifs’mierely an iridicatitm~ of how
'Z‘jsic , how in coonomical‘ly, the community is

grihejre it exists. Z’Certainll, they havef their

dropportunists. "-We have them. here,=these men,

;:;who capitalizeifthefiills‘ of the fal-‘Ine'r'.i that

.‘1 these iopportunists have :.made mistakes and
:' ierrom-..of;_ judgmth is unqu’eétionably true,

but let :meisay, farmers ,of Michigan;- so that

~- - “I amtunderstood,‘ that" to say that” the rank;
. ‘ -‘ and-file of the farmers of these states, who
’ long-before "the war arose to oyer'throw this
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5' hafl ken'i-everythingfthat they had produced

a'gd ésa'ved‘é—eer anytime to ‘say‘ that these men

Tiereflisloyal is the most dangerous lie that '
Rig-Lhasiever blas’phem‘ed any AmeriCan people.
4»; ifio‘Fesdfifot Harness Lease in Mich.
'- -57'1‘1176 effect" of this organization has been-tre—
' amend'ou’s and there‘is no dOIIbLQS to its bear-

mg on the politics of the ”States ;.c10se, to

.NOrth Dakota. Stillfi I 'jcan'not believe that ~

;}here is cause for a distinctffai "

rs"; politi-

' 7- cal'partflin thisstate to, representthe-‘farm—
_;er. t _.I;_beheve~ that our pressureexerted‘upon

Statesrgthe Grange, ,th’e’giéailsl‘fi, j
ers’ , Glubs and the large --g_r0up ,of

  

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, head .prsanizstions have provided: the
efits pt.-meetings locally and natibn,allyst_,
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‘ By EZRA LEVIN

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-:any change in the economic basis of. the far-
mer’s. existence witness the battle in New
. York. That is worthy of consideration in the
state of, Michigan. , .

Federal Agencies KNOW but They Do Not
" ‘ FEEL the Farmers’ Problems

Let us look further:

Who has been representing the farmer nat-
ionally~ during this war? The Food Admin-
istration and the Department of Agriculture.
The conse'nSus of opinion is that the cooper-
ation of these divisions has not proved ad-
equate for the farmer. The trouble lies in the
fact that while they KNOW our problems
they do not FEEL them. They do not know
What it means to lose three crops of beans,
they do not feel the discouragement, the de-
pression which comes with the Black Death
as it spreads over the fields at night killing
a crop which needs just a week to mature.
They do not feel this losing game we are play-
ing, this gamble with the elements and with
those who manipulate our crops. , i
. From a recent editorial in the Detroit Free
Press:

Food is going to waste in tons all over
Michigan, on the farms because the failure of
*food administration officials to act within the
powers cenferred on them by the statute cre-
ating them. . Take the case of apples,” for
instance: Within less than an hour’s ride
ofDetroit thousands and thousands of bish-
els'oi apples have in this year of food-saving

andstiingency been left to rot on the ground, .

just as they have rotted year after year, be-
cause the prices paid‘the farmer made it un-
, profitable to gather them. And while these
apples were rotting .and our food offiaials
were‘shouting “Save food-” Detroiters were
paying five cents each for apples, 35 cents a
quart, $2.80 a peck, $11.20 a bushel or more
than $22.00 a barrel! Every dollar paid for
these apples by Detroiterspver and above a
legimate price is a .dollar withheld from the
necessary uses of the war for liberty, and is a
mockery to thrift campaigns and the faith-
ful saving efforts of the people. Indeed,
this characterization is drawing a mild state-
;ment of the facts. '
Detroit pays 70 cents or better per dozen

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for freeh' eggs;‘within two hours of the city
“strictly _..fresh eggs have been selling at 40
cents a dozen for shipmentrto New York. In
this, fio‘ne [of the great potato-growing “states
Bettermrs ii are paying prices for potatoes
Q"; ;.:’Woufld‘e—make the average grower faint
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“t; .. umberof units , ,
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arm «as “a Business Does Not Pay, '

Extension Division of the Michigan Agricult—
ure College, I have experienced it. The man.
who works, who tries, who gambles"at a risk .
that no insurance company would assume, IS

pounded on the back to grow wheat when he .
cannot afford it, when it is taking less chance .
and getting more money to grow rye on the

-. same ground; to grow beans, he takes the risk

and “be-damned,” to grow potatoes and sell
them for 40c a bushel, to produce foodand
have the help taken away at harvestng time-—~
this man cannot understand your sympathy,
your kindness, your advice.

Does the Food Administration want to
know what the farmers think? Let them ask
the farmers in Lenawee county who sold them
beef for less in the spring than they paid for
them in the fall after feeding them all win-
ter. Let them tell us why I am getting 90
cents a hundred for my onions and the corn .
sumer is paying $3.50. Let them deny that
a man who puts good corn in a» silo today and
selling milk at present prices is not loaning

money to the Government by buying Liberty " '

bonds but giving his labor and money away
to the city man who thinks that the farmer 7 ,
is getting rich. ~ ' - '
A National Farmer Representative Body is
Needed _- . .

The Food Administration, with its power, “
has tried to make adjustments. But'let‘us not ,
lose sight of the fact that the administration’

is only concerned with the farmer in so far ' "

as it protects the consumer. At least, the "
inadequacy of the administration in adjust: ‘
ing the farmers’ difficulties can only point .
to the rnecessity of a farmer representative
body to make the facts known concerning ‘
ourselves. , .
Let us look into the Department of Agri-g
culture and see what possibilities it holds out
for the farmer. We look back over the fund-
amental considerations which must be realized
in order that the future American agriculture
shall not be endangered. You will remember
that in order for the farmer to get more mon-
ey for his produce he must realize the great
efficiency in production and the distribution
of his produce. Both must be done with the
lowest possible cost. If we probe into the
Department 'of Agriculture we find that itis '
giving. just these matters the most intense and
careful attention. They have begun scientie'
fically and systematically and they are‘pro-
dueing results, results which would astound
you if I would bring them to your attention.
We have the agricultural college of this state
as one of the finest units of the Department of
Agriculture. The Extension Division of the
Agricultural College‘knows that the agricul-
tural policy of this state must be initiatedby

'the farmers themselves; they have sensed ,in.

this gap between the man who knows 37nd 97%.-
man who feels. ,It is because of this tha 95
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prism of $250, 000 for Purpose of In-
“ vestigating and Developing De- ‘
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Word comes from the U. 8. Food Administra-

 
 

2. tion that Mr. Lou D. Sweet, head of the potato
division,- has been appointed to take charge of de-
' hivdulltfm for the Department
Iwhich was recently granted an appropriation of

of Agriculture,

$250,000 for work along that line. Mr. Sweet will

remain a member of the Food Administration.
- acting as its representative with the Department

of Agriculture.
“The Department of Agriculture will inaugurate

a campaign to increase the use of dehydrated '
fruits and vegetables, which compare favorably

fer table use with the fresh article. Showing the
necessity for this campaign. attention is called to

,.the fact that about 8,000,000 lbs. of Irish pota-
’toes were “thrown to the dump” in New York
. City alone last January, having been frosted and ,

rotted in transit.
The War Department has already recognized
the value of dehydrated produce. Last spring the.

. army ordered and used 14,000,000 pounds of de-

hydrated food stuffs, costing about $3,000,000 and
during the past few weeks
with the Canadian and American dehydrating

' plants for more than 40,000,000 pounds to be man-

ufactured and delivered between now and July 1,
1919. This represents an expenditure'of about
$10,000,000. These orders have included chiefly
potatoes, carrots onions, and a small supply of
soup mixtures. The soup mixtures comprise eight
different mixtures.

This is the best news that has come to the po-
tato growers of Michigan in a long time. Repeat-
ed efforts to interest farmers and capital in-thls
state in dehydrating plants have generally failed

'because of the doubt in the minds of most as to

the existence of a profitable market for ’the dried
product. Dehydrating machinery is expensive;
crop production has varied so greatly. While

other_ states have given more or less encourage»

ment‘to such ventures, the lack of demand for the
finished product and the fluctuating production, af-

_ fecting very materially the cost of the raw ma-
have prevented these ventures from de-'

terial,
veloping into a magnitude that would move any
considerable amount of the unmarketable raw
product.

It has been demonstrated that vegetables can
be dried and most of their food properties re-
tained, and that by certain processes of cooking
they can be made to yield a nourishment and flav~
or almost equal to the original product. But the
big problem has been to be able to manufacture
this dried article cheaply enough so that it would
find a‘ ready market. The abnormally high prices
of all food products have given great encourage-
ment to the vegetable drying industry. The need
overseas for highly concentrated foods and the
lack of shipping'bottoms for transporting bulky
vegetables have given the dried product, which
takes up perhaps less than 75 per cent of the
‘space required by the raw material, an unusually
attractive market, and those who have investigated
the proposition, claim that the time has, now
come when the drying of potatoes and other vege-
tables can be taken up as a profitable, commercial
venture.

While the Department of Agriculture has given
considerable encouragement to private enterpris-
es interested in this project, it has not been able
to vouch for the results. With its recent appro_
priation, however, it is now able to conduct ex.—

, tensive experiments in the manufacturing end,

and to locate permanent and profitable markets
for the dried product. We predict that the time is
not far distant when the farmers of Michigan
will be able to dispose of their cull vegetables at
remuner'ative prices for the making or dried pro-
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“ANNUAL MEErING 0E STATE MILK
PRODUCERS 1s CALLED our

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[Tia-ll, Lansing, October

partment of Agriculture Granted 'Appro. " "

have placed orders ~-

‘beans for sugar beets.

" acres of the State Board 6: Health mallet;
.Iito call offytina annual {meeting of thouII 113 . I I

@‘Iharo spent years 1an “I . "
1;th not have tho édiirég ”I

  

don that thi~ would

PresidehtN 1? 11-1111 out secretory n. C. Reed.
were in Chicago last week in construction with
some of the great dairy feeds manufacturers, .

State Milk Producers? Organization with their
dairy feeds at a price that will make it a decided
advantage to work thru this agency. The large
manufacturers see the advantage orthis movement
and many bids have already been made, which
make a very attractive showing. It seems easily
possible to supply this large membership with at
least '2 tons per member each year, with a saving
of that profit which is absolutely necessary now to
the retail dealer with his credit acupunts and los-
ses. It seems very evident that from thirty to
fifty thousand tons may belsold annually thru
this medium, saving to the members of the State
Organization anywhere IfromI_$150,000 to II$250,000
annually. ,. ‘ 1

We must study every side of our problem and

come as neara business basis as is possible if we .
meet the keen competition that is in store for

the food producers of this nati‘oa for the next

a few years.

Watch for the announcement of the annual meet-I
ing, and note our'progress in the development of

this feed proposition—R. 0. Reed.

 

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SUGAR BEET; FOLKS

 

' Reports From Sugar Beet District Show That

Yield Has I Been Unusually Good and
ThatIGIrowers Will Make Money
at New Rate of $10 per Ton .

 

The announcement that Michigan’s 1918 sugar
beet crop is somewhat above the average gives us
considerable satisfaction. For several years the
sugar beet growers have been up against two very
discouraging factors, poor yield and low prices:

For a ‘mattenof several consecutiVe years they

have been obliged to put up a fight in order to
get high enough prices from the manufacturer to
make sugar beet growing pay them a profit: It
is particularly kind of providence to assist them
in getting a good yield the first year they have

' been assured of a fair profit On an average yield.

If the beet growers make more than what ap-
pears to be a reasonable profit on this year’s crop,
tho it is probable that their profit will-be only
normal because of higher” cost of production, they

will certainly be entitled to keep it without mak-I

ing any apologies. 'It would be impossible for

them to secure large enough retulns to reimburse
them for their losses on crops during unfavorable ,

seasons.

It is estimated that the total production oi:
sugai beets for Michigan will run close to 1,000,-
000 tons, which will be settled for upon the basis
of $10 per ton, regardless of sugar content. For-
tunately, the sugar. content is'again high this

year, which means that the manufacturers will
.. fare as well if not etter than in previous years.

We predict in“ the event of continued failure of
the bean crop, that many farmers will forsake
Elsewhere in this issue

is published an article showing the elfects of

sugar beet grpwing upon the soil, and what must

be d‘one to counteract that effect.

CAFADIAN APPLE CROP Fog 1918
IS MUCH BELOW NORMAL

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According to the Canadian Countryman, the Can-.

adian apple crop is a rather disappointing one
this your:

great damage to orchardsvin IDntarlp and
and in some cases the ”3”“ have been Iklll'ed out
ht It is round ”that

m: again.

‘in .
an epdea‘wn to supply the 15,000 members of the "

'pota‘toos sold at 25 cents a bushel
’ when drouth, or long rains, or frost or insects, or

_$40I. although the average is about $32
. seed in one year has gone from $36 to $42;

In Ontario, the crop is about 35 per .’ diers‘ of the soil, ,1! you are paying too much, for
. cent of normal, rather below the standard in
quality and also somewhat ’srnall owing to thg‘, ' I
dry weather. The extreme dold of last wintendid- ‘;

Quebeh ”'

The following article is One of a series ‘

ished or the Retro»; News to explain to its

red rs some-f or the reasons why the; cost of hy-

lag is so htg'h The News is one or the new city

dailies which realizes "that about hineatenthe of
the "stories” about the wonderful prosperity of

.. the farmers are plain 11111111, and in accordance,

with its “lai'r play’I’ policy; it is doing- a wonder-I

'f‘ul service to the farmers in giving the city Iolks

the FACTS abut farming. Additional articles

upon kindred subjects will appear from time to
» time: ,

A»

. “When our country unfurled her banners to
make the world safe for democracy,, the farmer's
son and his hired man joined the bank clerk and

the city ditch digger in ansWer to Liberty's call.

"That is why you are still paying 35 cents a pink
for potatoes and must expect to pay much more;
although prices will not reach SI a peck, as they

did last winter.

“Not only did thousands of farm boys volunteer
or march to ca’ntonmentsI during the first draft.
but thousands more, dis-satisfied with the long
hours and poor pay, went into munitions factor-
ies and shipyards.

“The hired man wants his evenings to himself
he wants a chance to have his ownhome,a family,
a car and the ready and cheap pleasures of' the
city. So, too, the farmer is no longer content to
scrape a bare- living from his acres. He has be
come a business man. His product is food, made.
in the factory furnished by Nature, but in which
his capital is invested and for which he must sup-
ply materials and labor. He demands that *the
price paid for his goods equal the cost of produc-
tion plus a reasonable profit. .

“You have read of farmers who ride only in
the, most expensive cars. You saw the story whic ch

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.told how Detroit autompbile thieves found

ready market for their stolen wares in the potato
lands of Central Michigan And you in the city
also, knew of neighbors whosemen folks were
common laborers‘two years ago who can now at-
ford to buy sealskin coats for/$400. ‘ '

“You do not hearIof the many seasons when
of the years

strange growths ruined the crops Farming is
the greatest gamble in the world The farmer
todaydemands high prices. now ~to even up the

losses of the past and to be an insurance against

the losseswf the future.-
“Is he a profiteer?

,“Farm labbr was $30 a__Imonth. It is now 53.00III

‘a day, still including board, room and washing

Many farm hands are also demanding time anda
half for overtime. Machinery that cost $125 now
costs $275. Hay has jumped Irom $12 a ton to
Potato
trans-

portation. from $7 to $16 and general farm costs ,

an acre from $15. 25 to $23. 92

“The Michigan C'rbp ACcounting Commission
has reported to the State Market Bureau that the
cost of producing an acre of'potatoes this year was
$158. This means that for a full crop of 200 bush-
els the farmer must pay 79 cents a bushel; for an
average crop, $1 58.

“Many farmers of Michigan have asked that
something like this be said to the women of De-
troit: ‘When your automobife manufacturer finds
that the cost of materials and labor has gone up,
he raises the price of his car.I_Tlrfat is our posi.
tion exactly. We have been making money, but
every cent of our- profit in potatoes is legitimate.

I Nearly every cent we have made gees back to im-
‘ prove our plant,

gives our wives and chil 11an
some of the comforts of city life, or has been in
vested in Liberty bonds. Our ‘boys are over there
as well as yours The making or feed is as im—
portant as the making of guns and shells .

" ‘Be fair to, 11s, who are proud to be called sol-

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great many man,” says this critic,
Wool-nits, their desimeo advance the

 

‘Iself'eceived as to the} grading situation.- 9 9 9 9 9
" an Manager Pieter oi the Michigan Potato
. _5’ heritage, has on his mes more than
may telegrams from prominent dealers protest-
. lug against buying Michigan potatoes beesuse 029
'2 the unfavorable publicity the industry of the State
raceiwe‘d dudes Ehe winter of / 1917-18. With such
an‘ situation canteen-ting them the potato growers
of the state must pull togatller now as never be-
fine, and so mQt the distributors. 9 9 9 9 The

iI‘III press 01 theastate,‘ a part or which has not always

he. flair in its treatment of the grading' prob-
lain.- can render a truly constructive service if it
wail! endeavor to bring the producer and the dis-
trihutor on the one hand and the consumer on
the nther, .lnto. closer harmony. Agitation, die-
trust and misunderstanding can‘t produce the re-
suhe we mnet have it we succeed in marketing
‘MRhine's 191$ potato crop to advantage to the
growers of the state, etc, etc."

In shoulderliig the onus of this “unfavorable
ublicity’” upon the presa of the state that had
be courage to stand by the farmers while other
elf-styled ‘hgrtcultnral” papers sat serenely on
the fence. this critic conveniently ignores the
Notions of the potato growers, adopted at
Waning last March in one or the most repre-
sentatlve ntherln‘g of tumors ever held in the
to of Michigan. He ignores them and the far-
ra who adopted them because he dare not say

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one resolutions that they Were “sell-deceived "
at that is what he means. He means as hundreds
other farm paper editors and agricultural ex-
mean, that the farmers do not yet know
at’s good for them and that they must take the
medicine ol’ “Doc” Miller and his cohorts have pro-
mod for them whether they like it or not.

I'll say to she anonymous writer; to Mr. Prater
the Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange, to Mr
Percy Miller, to the Bureau of Markets, to any-

eelsc that does not. carry his credentials as
being of and for the farmer, first, last and all the

, that the potato grading measure originally
dopted by the U. S.Bi1reau of Markets and put in—
0 effect by the potato division of the Food Admin-
stration, was NOT formulated in the interests of
the farmers, and should NOT be forced upon the
farmers, if the farmers do not want it. Can that be
any plainer? The farmers of this state said they did
not; want the kind of grading adopted by the Ship-
porn 01 this state. So why the argument? When
igrmers make, up their minds they- don’t want
something, you can ’t cram it down their necks and
make it Stay. j . -

In his effort to castigate the farmer and the
press who opposed last year‘s grading measure,
this critic handles the truth very carelessly. A
few facts, as gleaned from the U. S Bureau of
Markets weekly reports and from the columns of
leading journals m other states will serve to clear
up the misunderstandings that must have arisen
as a result of this article.

The author’s promise is that unless the grow— '
ers and shippers of Michigan grade their stock
better the Michigan potato induStry faces “ru-in.’
To prOve his point he describes the condition
that has existed in the Detroit market since Oct-
ober last. We infer from this that poorly graded-
Michigan potatoes must make up the bulk of the
shipments ‘into Detroit. Now what are the facts?
, We asked Mr. F. A. Bloom who has charge of the
Detroit branch or the Bureau of Markets if the
~hulk of potatoes received on the Detroit market
were Michigan grown “No," he replied “vcry.
little Miclngan stock comes to this market The
bulk entries from Wisconsin and Minnesota." >'

I; Mr. Prater oi the Michigan Potato Growers'
Enchangn 'will teh the Bureau of Market reports”
Ch' need not he allowed over the his “more than ,

in its totem" train the dealers, in whose in-
II I' aiding measure was adopted.‘
hlgan potatoes are Still on a
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1» st year did NB’I‘ have _' y

round vamp 8. grade No.1, $2.20."

Meet prices on this market.)

“B‘ufiah—N. Y.. Bulk: per cwt., round whites,
U. S gradoNo. 1, $315-$126 mostly $2. 30. MICH.:

.. skd per cm. round whites, U. S. No. 1, 3220-32 35,
' .mostly $2. 30; Wis. . Deck sales skd. per cwt. round

whites, U 8. grade, No.1. 3225.”
(Note that Michigan potatoes brought the high-

' est prices on this market.)

“Oléooland.-—Sales to jobbers. U. S. No. 1 MICH.
.quality condition gen good, round whites, skd. 'par
cwt., _.$2 2542.35; Wis: quad. cond gen. good, skd.
per cwtu round whites, $2. 10- $2. 26; some slightly
immature $1. M2. ”

(Note that Michigan potatoes brought the high-
est prices on this market. )

These reports submitted 1121in by bureau of
markets ofl‘lces at the primary markets prové” that
Michigan potatoes are always quoted on a par
withand often at a. premium over potatoes from
any other central western potato state. So, Mr.
Farmer, when any agricultural writer, or any
dealer. who wants an excuse for not paying you
any more for you: crop, attempts to tell you that
your action last year has “ruined” the Michigan
potato market, tell him to produce the evidence.
The same old gang is using the same old gag to
coerce you_

I The organized Michigan potato growers voted to

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Pres. Smith Says :

“Missaukee county and all Western Mich-
igan never had potatoes of better quality
than this year, and the price is likely to be
good. Things look fairly bright for the po-
tato farmers of Western Michigan. The use
01 the 1% inch round mesh screen seems
entirely satisfactory to our farmers It is
surprising that so slight a change along
with a good-sized potato yield has given in
our county universal satisfaction. Many as-
,‘sociations are using the 01d 1% inch square
mesh screen and spuds are accepted as U.
S. No. 1. Western Michigan spuds are tak-
Our first
car went to Boston and another to Cleve-
land, at top prices.

Potatoes are mostly harvested in this
. county. 'IYield light to fair M B. F.’ s agi-
tation last year was a. good thing and has
wresulted in bringing things back to about
where they used to be, and on the whole
I think that the potato situation should be
considered as fairly satisfactory—A. M.
Smith, Pres. Mich. Potato Growers’ Ass’n.

 

 

 

 

 

 

size of an inch and three quarters. Mr. A. M.
Smith secured a concession which he stated would
permit the Use of an inch and seven~eights round
mesh screen instead of an inch and fifteen-six-
teenths screen, and it is such a screen, we under-
stand, that is grading the bulk 01' this year’s crop.
Yet. we are told, there has been no official change
in the requirements for a. No. 1 potato. Apparently
shippers who are using a smaller screen this year
are finding just as good a market for their stock

I as those who employ the larger screen.

If farmers are not (to be permitted to fix their
Own grades. in the same manner that a. manufact-
urer fixes the styles and standards for his comod-

,ities, then surelyIsomethlng is wrong with our

social system, and one man enjoys rights that are
denied to another. Michigan potato growers have
said that they believe potatoes should be uniform-
ly graded; they have said that potatoes of poor
quality, and undersized should not be shipped in-
othe primary markets; they have said that they
wished to adopt a standard Michigan variety, of
a minimum size of an inch and three quarters,
advertise it, guarantee its umformitv and quality,
and create a. demand for that kind of a potato If
they are not to be permitted to carry out these
plans unmolested by the organized shippers, there
will eventually be trouble. It seems to us that
the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange will not .,
ha): rt ed the fullest service to its members
it resolutely adopts the grace 1ecommended

ould so clearly ignore.
1;» 1111011th important
we trust that another
recent season is over,

ourselves. We are surprised and '

h steps as “are necess-

? exist give this c .

Into that' Michigan potatoeg brought the high. _

‘ two, it seems to me that you make a mistake in”

, and courage.

.v'ertising. "Mr. Ford- was the best; advertised
in the” world except Kaiser Bill.

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port Every Gleaner, every Granger, every f
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representative is no more a. governinent man
a. college man than he is a county man. A man
representing his community, the bridge between
the college and the farmer.

I am willing to admit that some of our county
agents are not leaders, but we cannot, as intelll- .‘
gent men, invalidate the fundamental idea. that
here .is a representative office which can only He
made to function when this office receives the
undivided support of every one in the community‘,;,-
and the unqualified support of the Michigan Agrly’, ‘
cultural College with an efficient corps of special-1.9, .
ists unhampered and unchecked except by one“
motive, the ultimate happiness and prosperity of
the farm warriors of the food growers of this
state.

We must recogmze civilization is moving, Chang
ing; it is not as the druggist goes to a. bottle and
measures out the potion which will cure an all-
ment. Our problems are changing, and we need
leaders who can be trusted and who can help us,
represent us, in the reconstruction as well as at
present. Leaders who will have power to act,
leaders who will be listened to, leaders who have
hearts and souls to understand what lies in that
magic word of happiness; leaders who can sense _
national changes in relation to their communities
and leaders who will continually bring forth the
facts of a better'agriculture, practically and spir-‘
itually; leaders who feel ,the pulse of events and
sense the great changes which are going on in the
rapid development of our civilization. We must
know that it is not only agitation, it is education
which will bring about these changes. This will
never come from agitators, from opportunists.
from demagogues and pedants. but it will come
from the students of agriculture and the leaders
of men. The county agents themselves are not
enough. The representative farmers of these
counties must meet. The agricultural policies of
this nation must be developed by the men who
have felt their boys and girls leave them, who
have felt the discouragements and losses of crop,
failure, the men who need (Continued on page 9)

  
  
 
 
 
   

 
   
   
   

   
 
 
 
 

  
 
 

 
 

 
       
      
       
    
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

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I read your articles of Oct. 12 by Gifford Pinch~
0t and “Henry Ford, the Man." I should say until.
much interest and pleasure. By contrasting the

giving Henry Ford so much publicity with a View, :
of aiding him in getting elected senator. . It the"
administration gave a man like Gifford Pinchot
an appointment he could do an immense lot of
good for the farmer, and encouraged Henry Ford
to continue in his line he could do a lot of good for
America and our allies to offset his past mistakes.
Imagine some multi-millionaire in some neutral
country running a peace 'ship over after such out-
rages had been perpetrated on it, as this country
had from Germany, and talked peace andout of
the trenches by Christmas, not knowing any more .
about the principles that were involved than he . .
did just because he had more money than sense
What would yOu think of sod} a
man? Well _Henry Ford did just such a thing
thru short-sightedness 0r ignorance and yet you
advelfise him freely bmause you haxc gained
some mesuge with )our paper on farm tomes I
subscribed for your paper when it was out. of pol-
itics and will feel like cutting it out if you per—
sist in politics. Now, in your editorial you take '
another slap at Roosevelt. Have you stopped to
think why “consternation reigns, etc. and Pres-
ident Wilson has won the greatest bloodless vic-
tory?” Did it dawn upon you that Wilson’s notes
are now backed by preparedness on land and sea, .
and soon in the air? Supposing now that the‘
president had taken heed of Washington’ 3 advice

on being prepared and letting the world know
it; suppose President Wilson had done what Roose-
velt urged when the Germans invaded Belgium
and when they sank the Lusitania; don’t you think
he would had a, still greater bloodless victory
thru preparedness in times of peace? The pen
is mightier than the sword when backed by real '
fighting men and ammunition, and thank God,
the time is here when we are back again to 9. ‘,.'

where the world knows that when Ame1ica speaks ' '
she means what she says. It seems to me some-

one said a few. days ago that the Germans can" ‘
understand shells better than a typewriter. Shells .,
is the only language Germany can unders’tand. '
The native inb bitants of the sections 19011 refer,
to are in the s me danger they were when Ger:-
many invaded Belgium, and that is not all out.
own nation was no exception upon the seas ,
am in hopes you will try and see that Mr‘.
berry is. a better fittted man for the senate
It is too bad he had to. have
much money spent to get advertised tor his
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.. ACT FoR RELIEF oF THE .- .
» ‘ soLDIFRs AND SAILoRs

,am a subscriber of your paper, and would
use» to know by the next issue if the government
has made any rules on paying the interest on the
notes of ’a man who has gone to war. If so, give
us your best information ——R. M. 8., Balding
On March 8th, the congress of the United States
enacted a law to "extend protection to the civil

{rights of members of the military and naval es-
wtablishments of the United States engaged in the

' present war.”

It was the specific purp0se of this

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' to the court for an 'Qrder; but some persons may ,
. attempt to take possession without doing so, in

' tion, pay the interest on a soldier’s notes.

,military service from taking advantage. of such
persons
against them, by lawsuit or otherwise, to injure
"f’such persons’ civil interests

absence and inability to pay claims

The law does not assume that- because a man is
iii-military service he is unable to pay his debts.
But to those who are able to prove such inability
the law gives ample protection. While the law
does not specifically mention protecting men in
service from lawsuits for non-payment of interest
on notes, the general provisions of the act. we be-
lieve will give such protection.

The government does not, to answer your ques-
It
does not even say to creditors that they must wait
until the war ends before they can proceed against
anyone in military service, but it does insist that
courts before which legal action against persons
in military service is brought shall, in various
ways, protect the interests of such persons. Those
able to pay their debts are expected to pay‘them.
Those unable to do so, because of the small wag-
es received for military service, are protected dur-
ing the period of their military service and for a
limited time thereafter. Below is a “skeleton” of
the act, which will give you an idea of how the
government’s plan of protection is carried out.
If you desire to read the act in its entirety, write
to your congressman and ask him for a copy of
the Soldiers’ and Sailors' Relief Act.

* it I!

. February 20, 1918.“
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act, re-
cently passed by Congress, aims to protect sold-
iers and sailors from undue hardship. due to their
inability to bring or defend lawsuits and to at-
tend to their business obligations or property
rights, during their absence in military service.

A soldier or sailor may owe money on a note.
Or he may have bought or leased land or tools or
furniture on which an installment is yet due. Or
he may have mortgaged his home, and be liable to
foreclosure for non-payment. -Or he may have
started a homestead or mining claim and be un-

able to continue the necessary occupation in the re- ,
Or he may have carried life ‘

quired period of time
insurance for several years and now be unable
to keep up the premium payments. Or he may

have a money claim against someone and during ,- .

his absence the lapse of time may raise a legal bar
against suing for it when he returns. Or he may
be sued on some claim in his absence and may be
unable to defend the suit effectively while ab-
sent

In these and other ways he may suffer undue
hardships The object of this Act is to give re-
lief from such hardship. The provisions of the Act
are'too numerous to set forth accurately here.
Enough to point out that its main principle is
as follows:

(1) Let some 011e, on behalf of a soldier or
sailor, notify the court that the party concerned
is a. soldier or sailor. Then the court will make
prompt inquiries into the merits of the case; if
the case merits it, the court has power to stay
the other party from further proceeding, or to

give other remedies that may be appropriate. The.
court may also appoint an attorney to represent
s‘the soldier or sailor in a lawsuit.

(2) If a lawsuit has been begun already in
some court against the soldier or sailor, go to that
same court. and give the notice above mentioned.
If no lawsuit has yet been begun. but some land;
lord or other person is preparing to sell out or

“to take possession of property in which the sol.
idler or *sailor‘is interested, go to the court
.7 whose jurisdiction the property is, notify the court
.- as above, and ask the court to summon the other
party All such persons are forbidden by law to

in

take property in that way without first applying

ignorance of the new law
(3) If the soldier 0r

tected by this Act

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT

AiLs THESE TURKEYS? L5. 1"

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As we are a reader of one of the best farm pa;-
pers out, and enjoy it so much, as it is helping "

the farmers who have seen hard times for the

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.' ‘ 1191 had an insurance;
fiolicy or a fraternal hen fit membership, before

Member 1 1917- Va. .311; may not her]
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Goody Ideas From 'Meco'sta Farmerl _ _

Editor M. B. F. :—Enclosed find one big
dollar bill for one year’s renewal to M. B. F.
——Mic_higan Farmers' Best Friend Would
pay ten rather than be without the paper.
Every farmer ought to be a subseriber; also
if the town people would read it they would
get the facts of the farming question, which
would help a lot toward a remedy for the
big difference detween farmer and-pity con-
sumer. I am pleased to note the stand you
take in behalf of Henry Ford for U. S. sen-
ator. In my opinion it isn’t necessary to
be a crooked, scheming professional poli-
tician to hold public office. Any honest man
who is broad, liberal-minded, has plenty of
common horse sense and in most cases a
common school education is wellxqualified
to hold any office in the land, and Such a”
man is Mr. Ford. If we are'fighting for a
principle and to prevent future wars now,
if ever, the president needs the help of such
men, but if it is merely a case of licking
Germany, right or wrong, crushing one mil-
itary power and building up another in its,
place, which sure means future Warsr then
any fire-eating un—American professional pol.
itician will do. Let us work and fight NOW
to crush militarism out of every nation in
the world forever. Wouldn’t T. R. make a ‘
dandy U. S. Kaiser? He isguoted as say-
ing we ought to be so prepared that no na-
tiondare look crass-eyed at us. Suppose
‘we were so prepared and some natibn did
look cross-eyed at us and T. R., ruler of U.
8., what he means is that nation Would get
a licking no matter how big or how little. I
believe in being so prepared is what got
Germany in bad with the rest of the world.

How about the bean deal a year ago last
spring? We were asked to double our bean“
acreage to help win the war. I did so, the
same as many others; plowed under mead.
ows and later bought hay at $24 a ton and
lost a\lot of money on the‘bean crop, and
now we are told the country is beaned to
death. The argument between the‘farmer
and elevator man has always been 'on- the
so-called pick. -I don’t object .to the cull or.
spoiled beans being picked out when tested:
when we sell- our beans, but I do Object, to
'the practice of the buyers picking out every
bean that happens to be the least bit off
color. or has a little spot on it, and then
when they pick these same beans‘ none but
the really spoiled beans are picked out by
the women, the others are polished and
sold as C. H..P. In other words the elevator
.men sell a great many more bushelsoi C.
, H. P beans than they pay for when buying
from the farmer. Wouldn’t this be, a case
for the Farmers’ Non-Partisan League. By ,
the way, if I find our banker-elevator man
and others opposing the league I believe the
farmers ought to support it. —G M., Mecos-
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soldier» i , g. . ,..._

When you do you will feel a thrill such as has;
It came to me and -~

never coinemyer you before

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, others With Whom -I have talked in the Eaét tell .

me that it comes to every one of us who have

the nightly dread of the hideous Hun.
half mixedwith pity, half pride -and a mighty
sharpv‘jab at your gonvscience, Why. has it been
my good ” ortunetto stay here at home protected by
"these mot- ers’ sons, everyone of them as-dear to
those Who love- them and with life as dear to
them as it is to me? Then, of course, I rush to
my OWn defense at the bar of my conscience—why,
I have bought bonds,vthrift stamDS, and I have
given time and energy to help get others to buy
and more than all I have stayed on my own job

A and helped to keep one branchot an essential in-

dustry intact 'till‘ the boys get-back! 0, but it
sounds weak to my conscience! You’ll get that
thrill just as I did the first time I saw these- Amer-
ican boys with legs and arms off! Let me warn
you to have argued it cut with your conscience
before1 you meet one.

At the end or the three ears were two hospital
cars. With drawn blinds, thank heaven, I could not
see the boys who were behind them. White
gowned Red Cross nurses were coming and going
between the tWo- cars. Thank God that these-
heaven- winged sisters of mercy, who mother these
boys, are backed by the millibns of American dol-
lars, to which you and I have contributed our
tiny mites! When I saw them I promised my-
self I’d double my Red C'ro‘sa subscription even
if I had to buy less war savings stamps to do it.

In Washington, on the streets, and in New
York, I saw these returned boys, each with the
V on his arm, which indicates the returned wound
ed soldier. Some of them wear distinguished
service medals, both from our allies and our own
U. S.; how proud they are of them and how proud
the folks at home will be of them!

From what I can gather they are bringing all
but the most minor injured boys home for the
periOd of their recuperation. Bringing them back
.here where food and heat is plentiful, on ships
that in any event would be coming back light.
The idea strikes me as a good one and surely it

. must come as welcome news to the boy lying in a'

A feeling '

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where he can see mother or wife. Thats enough
to make any man well when he’s sick in bed

' three thousand miles from those he loves.———G.M.S.

if any of the readers know what can be the trou-'

ble with my tuikeys.

way for three or- four weeks then die. It seems 'to
be mostly the hen turkeys that are troubled, and
my neighbors complain the same of theirS:
they too weak to feather, or what?
can we get to give them to overcome this trouble?
—-Mrs. 0. H. G-. Manton, Michigan”

We referred the above letter to the M. .A. C,

When they get almost as,
big as old ones they begin to dump and lve that ..

but inasmuch as the College’s “turkey Expert‘"
does not get on the job until November let, the

college was unable to diagnose the case or sug’i

Protessorg C: H Binaofft‘he

Silo Pays for Itself First Year

KnoWing the value of. a silo, or rather ensilage

for fifteen years, :but by renting farms without.

silos was beaten out of the use of silage but haw
ing bdught- a small farm two years ago made up
my mind that their prices Were too high and I
concluded to build a: cobblestone silo, and hauled
.the stone in the Winter and after harvest I went“

to work} Being a mason, I laid it up myself: and

Are,» ' mergcan‘ 'ot il re hi 111;
And. What” as a far It 311 S ork, for time is

Worth much as he works many a day that he 46%. '

not earn his hoard, I did not figure this work any-
thing My silo is 10x26, using 27 bhls. cement, 15
leads cf stone, 1,0 loads of sand second-hand steel:

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A11 abundance of quickly available

The number of pounds to the acre of nitrOgen,

'VtV'Q produce cern,
cultivated crop can take its

op ;_ that renioves relatively. large quantities

_ 81) 1'11: acid and potash from the. soil. The
am. um or nitrogen removed is also someWhat
higher than that taken away by the staple crops.
phosphoric

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phos-

V‘ phorio acid and potash removed from 11. Clay loam soil

and regret that the
5‘: not entirely com-

[-1 M; M. McCopl of the ' 00m

~.M. A G..- andiswe
.It any'ot our readers have any
nfor strap to ofler upon the subject,
» ‘ from their own experience, we shall be
ad to hear from them. " -
. Below we pilMRSh the letter from our subscriln
.er, followed by Prof MoCoOl’ s article; 0

:j “ ‘1’“was much interested in an article of your
recent issue Qntitled “An Illusion Dissipated, ” in
which you attempt to disp e the. among the
;_:‘tarmbrs, well -known fact, that sugar beets are hard
‘ 011 the soil I wish to call your attention to the
. table of figures in said article You mention pre-
war prices and you figure your boots at nine dol-
, lars a ton. You have evidently printed this fig-
' ure up— side down because previous to this war.
we never received over six dollars per ton for
beets l believe the sugal' beet people make a
great mistake when they go to 11:11 the farmers
that sagar beets are not a Z;heavy feeder on the.
soil If I were to contract for a crop oi beets.
I would tell the farmer the truth as I know it to
V’be. 4-1 would tell him that sugar beets are the

5‘ hardest feeder ’on plant food that I know of I

Would tell tli ei’n not to plant beets but on soil
it that was very rich in plant food, and also that at
the pmsent p cos of beets they wenld net~him
more for labor and fertility expended than any
‘ her common farm crop that Could be contracted

. , as fixed grids, and for agony dollar expended,
. or fgrtility 'e greater his bet returns. ‘1 have
. lieai'd‘speakets harp on the faét that there is no
.fei'i-t ty 1n lf e. sugar extracted from the beets,
and (if course they are right. Z I
tell the farmers t at about all the beets Wanted
‘was lots 05 suns inc and COO] nights. I have
seen the farmers go- away disgusted. Allow me
to ‘ 1 e by the table in the article mentioned
1'1? on. the soil and‘ that the

You figure the cost ,.cery.

It takes

Viild cast the farmer
0d sold of this acre.
fertilit Sold of the

" ar as twelve

1 1 to your ow‘n ta ’ 1.1 thl' tries" as muchV

"~iert1bty out of ‘an acre cf 11 ‘ ts as it would out
,of an acre of wheat. It is no 1111111611 that anger
‘ beets takes lots of fertility any farm. By the
wary figures in Which you at‘te t to 3disp1'ove

this fact you pmye it The far "as a rule. is
. very Careful of the bank depositain his soil
; "Give him; the facts straight and you w‘ll hrlp
f him raise a bigger omp_ of sugar beets.” ,

have heard them V

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acid is essential for the purpose of promoting
early and rapid growth. This may be applied by
addition of about 400 pounds per. acre of a 12 or
14 per cent acid phosphate. In the production of

' sugar beets potash is highly important and on

light soils as well as muck soils it must be applied
in liberal quantities in some form. At the present
time a good grade of stable manure is about the
On the heavier types of soil that are
well supplied with, vegetable matter or humus
potash is not needed so badly as on the other
soils, yet it is very likely that in many of these
would respond profitably to applications of potash
if it could be purchased for normal price. Exces-
sive amounts of nitrogen either present in the
soil or added to it result in increased yields of

the soil

For .

tion of sugar beets an addition of an abundance of

fertilizer material either as Stable manure or

commercial fertilizer preferably buth', must be -

added to each rotation .——M;M. Mc’Oool.

FALL MONTHS ARE BEST ONES
TO FATTEN THE TURKEYS IN

The turkey is still a wild bird. All the efforts
of the farmer and breeder have failed to domesti-
cate this wanderer into the barnyard dependent
that puts on fat at the whim of the owner. A
chicken will put feed into fat at almost any- age
and at any time the amp is kept filled with the
right kind of food.

The young turkey, however, is a long legged

V . bug hunter until the winter thatch of feathers is

'put on and Nature suggests that it is time to
store up a reserve for rigorous weather. Turkey
will put on weight rapidly and economicallya
that Season and raisers should take advantageo
it.

Sam

This, too, is the season when fields provide plenty
' of feed that would otherwise go to waste and, in
the case of weed seeds, would do damage to future

crops. .
Now, when we have need for every ounce of food
that can be put into form for human consumption
whether ground by mills or gizzards, it, is the
soundest economy to let the young turkeys live
thru the fall bug-and-seed-hunting season.

A young gobbler that weights ten pounds 1
October will weigh 12 or 13 sixty days later
given a little extra feed along toward the en
of that period. A hen in the same time will fill
out from seven pounds to nine or ten. Such sat—
isfactory gains can be made at no other time 1‘n
the bird’s life. It is the season when nature is
preparing for winter. The turkey hasn’t learned
to depend upon the farmers’ grain bins.

The U. S. Food Administration suggests that in
order to take advantage of this favorable seasdn

weighing less than six pounds dressed should be
marketed. Young gobblers should be of sufficien t
size to dress at least eight pounds before being
sold Let the turkeys develop and grow fat.

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Food Adm’ n ISsues list of “Fair Food Prices” for
Protection of Consumers against Profiteering Retailers

Below is a list of the principal commodities, to-
gether with the prices which the Food Adminis-
tration has determined, after careful investigation,
are “fair” prices. The retail prices quoted are
the maximum that should be charged by any gro-
Any. store charging more than the price
quoted will be asked to show its reason for so

Commodity

Wheat flour, per 1-16 bbls.,
Wheat flour. bulk

Barley flour, per 1- 16 bbl.,
Barley flour, bulk

~Rye flour...per 1-16 bbl., bag 1

Rye flour, bulk'
Cornflour, bulk

' Rice ' flour, bulk

Corn meal, bulk

Corn meal, package, 5 lbs., or less
Victory bread, ‘price per loaf
Victory bread, price per loaf
Oatmealor rolled oats, bulk
Oatmeal or rolled oats, package .
Rice, unbroken, standard quality
:Hohilfiy 0r hominy grits

sugar, granulated, bulk

cans, white, navy or pea, not lima

‘ Colored, pinto or any other colored variety_ _per lb._
toes, white or IriSh ______________________ per Dk-_

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. tomatOes, standard grade
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doing and unless able to justify such action, pun-
itive measures will follow. M. B. F. readers who
have been asked to pay more than the figure given
in the last column for. any of these commodities
should report the occurrence, with name of grocer,
etc., to us, and we will take the matter up with
the state Food Administration:

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- _ EDITOR
VETERINARY EDITOR
LEGAL EDITOR

 

”I No, Premiums, Free List or Clubbing Oders, ‘ but, a
,weekly .worth five times what we ask for it. and gun-r:
‘ 5111th to please or your money back any time.

' Special low rates to reputable breeders ofrlive stock

defects. We did not mean that we should

.They know that we are ALWAYS for the

. for Henry Ford on the democratic ticket or

, publicans who voted for Mr. Ford on the re-
'pnblican primary ballot will split their tick
--ct and vote forlhlm on the democratic ticket.

Published every Saturday by the. ed the War. ' *

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GEO M SLOCUM, Publisher
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was his interference in a recent MinncsOta
campaign when he urged the reelection of
Senator Nelson, a ' republican. Roosevelt,
Penrose, Poindextcr, Lodge, and the rest cf

ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

with “playing politics. ” But if we
bring ourselves to believe that President W11-
son is so small in caliber as to merit this

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Entered as second—class matter, at Mt. Clemens, Mich.

entered the war, the dethroned politiciansbe
gan their attacks upon President Wilson.

of Roosevelt. No public utterance of Pres.
Wilson’s has gone unchallenged. Always
there has been. something wrong with it. The
political history‘ of the past two years has not
recorded a single endorsement of the Pres-
ident’s many official declarations by any one
of the above named quartette. Roosevelt has
persistently played politics since the day the
President refused to allow him to. take ten
thousand men over to Germany” and clean
up on the Kaiser.
dorsed party candidates for political expedi-
ency it is because he has been actually driven
to it by such men as Roosevelt.

 

Henry Ford or Truman Newberry?

S A NON-PARTISAN and independent

newspaper, Michigan Business Farming
asks its readers to vote for Henry Ford for
United States senator. We have never made
such an unusual request as this before; we
may never do so again. But acting under
the light that is given us to understand the
national political situation and the problems
of the reconstruction period that is to follow
the war, we have had no choice but to throw
our meager support to Mr. Ford.

And by this support, wcdid not mean that
we should instruct our readers how to vote;
we have too great a respect for their intelli-
gence for that. We did not mean that we
should draw a halo about the head of Mr.
Ford that it might blind the voters to his

who has demonstrated his belief 1n the prin-
ciples of democracy; who is a common man,
with common thoughts, common speech, and
having an abiding faith in the common peo-
ple; and a man who has lived all his life
away from file folks like you and me and
among people who have never known the pang
of poverty or the sweat of hard work.

It ought not. to be difl'icult for us to un-
derstand this difference between Mr. Ford
and Mr. Newberry. A few years ago Mr. Ford
worked at a lathe among other workmen.
What he has today he earned. Millions of
dollars of profits he gave back to the people
who worked'for him and to the people who
bought his automobiles. From- what,

paint his opponent in unworthy colors. But‘
We did mean that we should tell the exact

truth about Henry Ford, believing that no _
man could conscientiously choose his oppon-

ent when in possession of all the facts.

In answer to our few critics who have ac-
cused us of “mixing in politics,” we can
only say that we consider it the duty of every
newspaper to exercise the same right of free-
dom of thought and speech that actuatcs men

in the settlement of 1ssues. We have the same we may believe that he would have given much

“right to use these columns to tell the story of more of his company’ s profits to the employes

Henry Ford and to urge his election as any had he been'the sole owner. But when we
farmer has to stand on the street corner and criticize him for amassing a fortune we
discuss politics. Any farmer who denies us ‘ must remember that he was duty bound to
this right is not fair-minded. To the most of
our readers we need make no apologies for
our attitude upon the senatorial question

zens, the Klingensmiths, and others who had
purchased Ford stock and helped to finance

We know that even the magnificent charitable
and sociolOgical ventures he dared to make
at the expense of the company did not always

the farmer; never compromising with the
truth, never hesitating for the sake of policy
or advertising patronage to stand with them
on all questions; always sincere, aggressive,
and progressive. They have confidence in our
integrity; and they know. that we shall not
betray that confidence. which opened up a new. era for .labor and forc—

When we go to the polls next Tuesday we _ ed other manufacturers tn pay living Wages.

shall be confronted with the choice of voting Henry B. Joy, relative of Truman Newberry,
and a former president of the Packard Motor

crs Instead of criticizing Mr. Ford we should
give him credit for remembering those who
worked for him and for inaugurating reforms

Truman Newberry on the republican ticket.
If only democrats vote for Henry Ford, he
will not be elected; but the thousands of re-

higher wages from choice. He paid them be-
cause Henry Ford forced him to. ' ‘

and luxuries that”. men

This will not be because they have changed "oinpanions were

their “poIitics, ” but because they believe i’flg me 861158.11

"Henry Ford is a better man to serve the pee-

His training;
pic of Michigan than Truman N ewberry No tions 91? ”his

The President’s intervention m‘the Mich-5;“
igan senatorial race is perfectly justified as_

. who has followed the path of. least resistance,
the republican leaders charge the President“

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charge, we would say that he had been driven
to it. by his accuserSu Long,. long before‘we.

Not a single Official act has met the approval.

If the President has en-,

We shall have to choose between a man.

we .
know of Henry Ford’s democratic nature

protect the interests of the Dodges, the Cou-,

the struggling little concern in its early days. -

have the approval of the minority stockhold- '

Car Company, did not pay his employees.

Truman Newberry inherited his wealth
from his father. Born or rich parents, from; J .
the day of his birth he had him the comforts, "

ans who have been barking at h :Prcmdcnts 7,, ,
heels like a pack fof dogs ever since ‘we‘ enter-l"-

. , frposltion and power. , »
We must choose next Tuesday between a
man whobas blazed his own way and a man

We must choose between a man ‘who lives in .
Michigan and a man who has lived 136 Eng
1n ,,thc fashionable environs of New York City
that he has almost forfeited his rights to be

‘ called a citizen. of Michigan. We must chobse

between a man who has a long record of ser-

vice to the common people, who stands
squarely upon certain principles; and a man
whose gopinion‘s upon the important subjects
of the day are so vague that he has never yet
declared them The man who votes next,
Tuesday for Truman Newberry will not cast
an intelligelnt ballot. That IMr. Newberry’ s
name is on * the. republican ticket sig-

gnifics nothing. Upon all the great questions

bf the dzfy he has maintained silence. If he
has any worth- While opinions he has succeed-
ed in keeping them safe from the critical

eyes of the. people.

We must choose between a man who has
absolutely refused to spend a single. cent in
his behalf, 3 man who suffered false and im-
just charges to be made against his name be
cause he was too big in heart and mind to de-
scend to a political cmbroglio; and a man

‘who spent $176,000 in flagrant violation of

the law to tell the people, of Michigan why
they ought to vote for him. Ingestigatio’ns
into the Newberry expenditures are now be-
ing conducted m a federal court in New York
Uncle Sam ispretty Well convinced that Wall
Street had a hand in floating the Newberry
senatorial bark, and it would be no surprise
to learn that the same eaStern interests that
have been opposing Mr. Ford are identical
with those opposing the farmers} organization
1n the middle west. '

We have never witnessed a political situa-
tion in which the issues were so clean~cut, or
the qualifications of the opposing candidates
so" distinct. On the {one side ‘Henry’Ford,
come up from the ranks to takc‘his place
among the world’ s great men; democratic in
nature; understanding the trials and needs
of the common folk; turning his great indus—
trial institutions over to the government at
compensations to be fixed by the government,
pledged to support~ the president in the try-
ing ordeal of reconstruction; a genius who
ranks first among the'nation’s geniuses.

On the other side Truman Newberry, born
of the aristocracy; 'an alien among the com;
mon peeple; unfittcd by training and experi-
ence to exercise an intelligent voice in mat-
ters of legislation aflecting their rights; pat-
riotic, without a doubt, but nevertheless sad-
ly out of tune with the times, opposed to the
hprosidcnt.’ s policies for world- wide and per-
manent peace

Let there be no mistake 1n the issues. Let
there be, no misunderstanding of the motives
of those Who are attacking the president and
Mr.- Ford. Let there be no partisan reju-
dices to guide us in our selection. One ofp these
men is the natural condidate forxthc farmers“
(I'Zthe laboring men the other Azhc natural

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one-1's], old Bill Hohe‘n.

‘V bitever 111's 'VnanVe is asks for an .

adjust been fightin’ in self-defense,,f. ~

on’twvant to fight any more ’cause “those
Wu Yanks Jest “tight likethe very (391111, ” an’
.11 111193 are a gittin’ licked to beat the band,

» W :a realty

» Every bus 91' of the rye went for, 399d, whereas if V
1‘ I had held it {for $2. 50 I don't believe half as
much Would have been sown.-

Farmers should charge each other a little more
,ior good 399d, encugh to pay for the bother of
stopping to weigh out a 3mall amount, but unless

' they are in the pure seed business and have their

grain certified and are equipped with a re'—cl9an9r,

- they should not ask the big price. Let’s treat our-

' “own neighbors a little. more liberal in the matter

fit V_.y wOuId he invaded an my be 301119 damage
done over there an’: 1William~-—ruler by Divine
' iright—ethinks it’s time to quit. “Give us- honor-
111119 1191199,? he says,- 311’ I’ll be good for quite a
gmlh—at least until my army gi'ts rested 11p a
.' 51ft, so we can start in strong an try the thing
over. again. -
., .«1 When. your Uncle Rube was younger than he is
new, by. quite a number of years, he went to
73311901 for awhile, an’ one felle‘r in the school
thought he was cock 0’ the Walk—~11 sort of. a ruler
of the whéle darned school so to speak, an’ he out
quite a wide swath for a long time, for if any of.
f‘the other scholars opposed him he generally give
. 39111 a iickin’ and that ended the oppositiOn for
a good while. Well, we had taken our lickin'
with the rest of ’em, more’n once too, but one
beautiful day we turned the tables on his high-
ness and coinmenced givin’ him what had been
comin’ to him for some time. But before We
/ hardly get started the darned whelp hollered enuf,
blotted like a calf an) wanted to be let up; said
We was hurtin’ his face an’ spoilin’ his clothes,
an’ everything; but we remembered all the lick-
in’s we ’d took an’ b’gosh we didnt believe a word
he said—anyway we wanted to be dead sure he
had enuf, an’ 30 we jest natcherly pounded the
daylights out of him; fixed him so he had to be
carried home an’ put to bed, but jest the same it
was the makin’ of him, for he was always a. good
boy after that, an' today is one of our best friends.
An ’30 it is with old Kaiser Bill—he’s lyin’ like
the dickens when he says he’s got enuf, ’cause he
never’ll have enuf as long as there’s a breath of
life left in his old carcass, an’ when he does really
get enu'f, somebody. else will have to say 30, ’cause
Wilhelm, of the Divine rights, won't be there to
holler—he will have been gathered to his fathers
2111' his worldly troubles will have ceased.

Gosh, Bill’s whinin' around now an’ wantiu’ to
quit is like a man ‘goin’ mad an’ destroyin’ every-
thing his neighbors had an’ when they, in their
righteous indignation, resent the outrage hollers
‘,enuf I’m ready now to quit—take what you’ ve
got left an' leave me in peace.” As yet Bill an’
his Vsix noble(?) sons have had a purty dum soft
snap—never havin’ been near the danger line——
jest Sittin’ batik an’ sickin’ the other fellers on;
but believe me, before our people Will be satisfied,
these blobdthirs-ty devils are due to take some of
their 011m rich medicine, an’ they’re goin’ to take
it in large doses” too. .

An’ yet when a teller. hollers enuf an1 wants
peace, by ginger he ought to have it, an’ so I’ m
for givin’ the gentle Kaiser, his six nondescript
sons, Ludendort, Hindenburg an' a few more of
their stamp, the honorable peace they desire That
peace should be the peace that knows no awaken-
- in ’—that cannot be disturbed by earthly clamour

an’ that will be everlastin’. This is my way of

dein’ the trick, an’ while it may seem a little mild

is to some, let me assure you it will be effective, an’
answer the purpose as well as harsher treatment.

Jest dig a hole in the ground 361A feet deep, dump

Bill in first, then his six sons, .an’ Ludendort

Hindy an’ the rest, then put in two or three ye]. .-

low dogs an’ a. few rattle snakes, an’ cover 9111'

up as quick as pessible ,

You call me bloodthirsty? Not by a darnedsite! .

I wouldn’t shed a drop of blood —jest bury 'em

as they are an’ git:' cm deep enuf so they can’t
.m'lthe. the top soil, an’ the deed is done an’ done

right too. -Of course it is a little hard on the
dogs an’ snake's,- to have to be buried in such- com- '
'panyg but don’t let that worry you, for “in the
Judgment day no questions will be asked i—,—U7i‘c'le
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of good seed than we treat the people fr0m far
away. —-Jo-lm 0. Stanford, ‘Van Buren County.

._ ,1 My Experience in Raising Wheat

I saw in your paper some time ago a. request

.for farmers to tell you their experience with

wheat the past year, and though a little late will
In the fall of 1917 we sowed fourteen
acres of wheat, sowing 28 bushels, also sowed one
ton of fertilizer costing $26. 50, and this year we
threshed 39 bushels of wheat, machine measure—~
but it only cleaned up 36 bushels. But we are not
discouraged, for we sowed 20 acres this fall and
at present it looks fine and we hope for better
results next year. Not much wheat sown here
this fall. The bean crop is not good and nearly
every farmer here says he is through with beans
(30 am I.)

Does this look fair? A bee man up this way
has taken all the honey from his bees and is sell-
ing it for 30 cents a pound, and is getting three
tons of sugar to feed his bees, the sugar costing
around 10 cents Yet we poor mortals can only
get two pounds per person a month. What think
ye, Mr. Editor7—Thomas Rawson Hu7'071c01mty/.

You Are on the Right Track, Go Ahead

Editor M B. F. :——I am a Republican strong as
a fully matured onion, but am with you just the
same in supportng Mr. Ford The last straw was

 

 

At the time Prcsz‘dcnt Wilson asked Hcm‘ 11
Ford to accept the nomination for United
States Senatm from Michigan Mr. Ford’s
mama had already bccn placed on both the
Republican and Democratic tickets, and the
President had no means of knowing on which
he would be nominated. Let this nail the
traitor’s lie of the man who today would
accuse the world- statesman. a sour president
has proven himself to bc of playing poli-
tics at this crisis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

what broke the camel’s back—the New York In
vestigation is what destroyed the little faith I
had that the Newberry people were playing the
game square and fair. If I am rightly informed
the case before the New York courts was to deter—
mine whether Mr. Newberry .as candidate for sen-
ator from this state, told the truth when he stat-
ed und’er oath that “no money was spent in his be-
half with his consent or knowledge.” The 21111
davit was made in the Empire slate and the (2139
on this (barge had to be tried there

Now, I want to ask this question: “If no money
was spent by Mr. Newb'ei'ry. or with his knowl-
edge, could he not have proven it in New York as
well as in Michigan? Why did he not clear up the
whole matter, and place his position squarely be-
fore the voters of Michigan before election day?
Mr. Newber—
ry’s campaign cost one hundred and seventy-six-
thousand dollars—more than he can earn as 3911-
ator Vin twenty-four years. If this money was
spent f01 him, then why do those who put up the
him for senator bad enough to
spend two hundred thousand dollars to get him
The average voter is honest and «on-

to make the world free from money domination
aristocracy and autocracy; t'heiefore we can’t
stand for either purchased nominations or elec-
tions. VV 1;

This is not a party matter. Mr. 1' 0rd has given

{notice to (the Democrats that he will not go to
Washington as a party man.

If he goes at all it
will be to represent all of the people all of the
time] Therefore, Mr. Editor, Iapprove your stand
and ,. congratulate you upon having back- bone
enough’t ‘Stand for what is right. We have had
farm papers, which constant-

V‘ the once over she’ll likely whisper,

 

During a particularly nasty dust-storm at‘ one
of the camps a recruit ventured to seek shelter in
the sacred precincts of the cook’s domain. After
a time he broke an awkward silence by Saying t

"If you’d put the lid on that camp
kettle,.you. would not get so much ”dust in your
soup ”

The irate cook glared at the intruder and then
broke out: “See here, 1119 lad. Your business is.
to serve your country.”

“Yes,” interrupted the recruit,

“but not to 9311.
it” .

NEIGHBORLY

Mrs. Wilson wanted to get Mrs. Johnson's cook
away from her so badly that she actually went to
Mrs. Johnson’s house when she was away and of-
fered the cook more money. The next time they
met at a big dinner Mrs. Johnson did not notice
her.

“Mrs. Johnson, you know Mrs. Wilson, do you
not?” said the lady who sat between them.

“No, I believe not," said Mrs Johnson,
understand that she calls on my c.ook ”

“but I '

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A strong life is that of a ship of war which
has its own place in the fleet and can share in its
strength and discipline but can also go forth alone
in the solitude of the infinite sea We ought to be
long to society. to have our place in it and yet be
capable of a 10mplete individual existence out-
side of it.———Ha'mcrto7l.

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A FUTURE JOHN 1).

Secretary of War Baker tells a story of a couu- _
try youth who was driving to the county fair with . :S
his sweetheart, ,when they passed a booth where
fresh pop-corn was for sale.

‘MylAbnel. ain’t that nice?” said the girl

, ‘Ain’t what nice?" asked stupid Abner.

‘Why, that pop- corn; it smells so aw fully good,”
replied the girl. .

"It does smell kind 0’ fine,” drawled the youth.
“I ll jest drive a little closer so you can get a
better smell. ”

GET'l‘l lNG BIS MONEYS WORTH
An Irishman who was starting up as a photog-
rapher went into a shop to purchase a small bot-
tle, in which to mix some of his solutions. Seeing
one he wanted he asked the price. ; .,
“Well.” said the chemist. “it would be two cents
as it is, but if you want anything in it, I won't.
charge you for the bottle.”
“Faith, 301',” said Pat. “then put a cork in it.”

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SOLOMON HOLSTEIN SAYS—

The Holstein cow is a versatile animal. She
proves it by letting so many different kinds of
bosses own and make money from her. She doesn’t,
care a bitunotliing in 1101‘ young lil'e-—-whether _.
her boss is a western senator or an eastern mil-
lionaire. She has even been known to take man _
cutllusiastit 21ml ambitious: Voung (laiercn and.
in the face of an incredulou; world lcaVe them
the owners of 10—pound cows. When this Holstein .-.
creature has such a record on her mind you can’t
argue her out of it. She just goes right. ahead:
and brings up over the top in spite of a man. _

11 is considered fitting and fashionable news...
days for all loll-:3: prominent: in Dun and Brad-
street to speak unoslenizlliouslV of il1eir“little_r
Holstein herd back home.“ And then the) quietly
but llrmly take you by the but tonhole and give you
the full particulars and 5.3111ng details of the last
:20- or 40- or 60»pound record one of the bunch has
just insisted upon «ompleting It certainly is
queer the fasu'nalion that black and white lady-
1on has for a man. She wins him completely
0V8] and while he may have once been convinced
of the merits of blond and auburn beauties, let th‘.
ravishing Holstein throw him a smile and it is all
done but ordeling the box car.

Yes 31121119 Holstein is a prime favorite 110m
presidents down. She helped M1.’1‘nt't conduct his
administration with propriety and saw to it that
Mrs. Taft. ‘had plenty of milk with which to cook
Williams favorite dishes Nothing makes this
amiable cow as happy as to be liked and desired
by increasing numbers of breeders. She is just
as keen to do her mighty best. 1'01 Jim Green as
for Oliver‘ Cabana. As I intimated, she plays no
favorites. She just enjoys taking any man and
making him famous as the owner of her. She i
lets him go to bed some night thinking she’s just I
a. good, fair specimen of an aristocratic cow, an
in the morning when he comes out to give thing.
“Sav, .Iir'n

~ maybe you better order a tester for next moat

,8.“

Ive got a hunch that the three of us might
out a decent little record if everything goes

So Jim, 3 little» skeptical perhaps, orders '
teller for the proper date and, the neat

we ’11 399 under. the World’s “Of Interest 1 . ,
this laconic statement: “Liberty Loan Be "' 5“
dyke has made a record of 60. 001 Vp ‘ "
ter in seven days. She is owne V 13;»

Green ” Don’t tell me the -’

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2.2: .. 2.3 34 .1 z
2.1! 2.17 2.301.:
2.10 2.21 2.341.:
2.21 2.23 2.33
Embargoes against wheat ship

ments are being gradually lifted and
. the great 1918 crop is slowly going to
“Its ultimate destination. Farmers
~5th continue the practice of market-
1113 their crop gradually, will, how-
sever... be performing a patriotic ser~
~le and are urged by the Food Ad-
ministration to so continue. Agita
1.1011 for higher prices on the next crOp
is‘ ,still going on, with fair prospects

: of securing a sympathetic ear from

;:the "President. The National Wheat
- Growers‘ Exchange, made up of rep-
resentatives of the leading farm or
ganizations of the country, has com-
production figures
showing that the majority of farm-
ers are losing money at the present
prices, .and asking for $246, which
will only give to the farmers a very
nominal profit. In its brief to the
President the association declares that
“on the basis of the ration of the
price fixtures between crOps the pric~
es of wheat would be over $3, as the
prewar price of cotton was about 11
cents and is now 35 to 40 cents a
pound. Oorn also brings nearly three
times the pro—war prices.” In announc~
ing that he would appoint a special
committee to take up the wheat price
subject next spring. the President
shows that he is open-minded
willing to be fair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The corn market has been up and
down during the past week. Peace
new has had its usually bearish in-
fluence, but reaction has always come

‘ from other rumors that Germany
would not submit to the peace terms
preposed by the President. One day
the market has taken a spurt of 4
and 5 cents only to drop back to even
lower levels the following day. The
first of the week the market ranged
quite strong, but Tuesday news that
the Kaiser had been asked to abdi-
cate scared buyers and the market
took another drop of 5 to 10 cents.
But. my earlier prediction that no

amount of peace news will cause corn
to. go much lower still holds good. The;
crop is short and the need is large.

     

 

 

Detroit Clitllo - New Yul
72 .71 .73
71 l-Z .1. .77
.70 l-Z .59 .75

 

 

Oats hold about steady_ This week’s
peace news loweredthe price one or
'tvm cents on the different markets.
The Detroit market is quoted steady;
the Chicago market is off about two
(cents. The government purchases
and export demand are Vac important

stabilizingpfactors and will continue

to be.

 
   
 

    

 
 

‘Iinactivity.
W liberal especially 011
t ,

and”

 

 

 

 

Stet
OAGO --'-.Potutm MW

slow: in: rm to on increase 'but”;

- PMSBUBG

NEW YORK—Pounce firm; beans
still light and prices high.

 

nnrnorr -—-Corn find out. low; but!
. no chm. in prices; Tittle: ext.

 

a-alncreued activity °1n ‘01“
or; Wisconsin potatoes selling 50 to 75 oo‘ntll lens

.1

Whig“ stock much ,_
flu line must; ,
“0011333115 1113?. demand3 hwy rocely, _

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for this Cereal, the decision of Michi-

lgan farmers to increase their acre,

age seems to have been good business.
Rye was quoted on the Detroit mcuket
on Tuesday at $1. 64. Increased de-
mand for barley feed is having a
stimulating efiect upou that market
and the tone is much better. No. 3

barley is quoted at $2 05; No.4 at $2,
and culinary feeding barley at $1. 90
to $1. 95.

 

 

 

 

 

No. 1 Standard No. 2
”"h‘" Tunethy n.1, y 11.0111,
Detroit 13 50 3. 0° 28 50 29 00 27 50 28 00
CNCllo 32 .0 34 00129 00 3! M 29 00 3. 50
“tin-Iii 34 00 34 50 33 00 34 00 32 00 33 00
MM 3300 3400:3100 3300300. 32 00
NwYork 41 oo 43 oolu w 41 00133100 40 no
new!
No No. No.1
”uh“ Lick Mixed Clout Hilxd Clover
MM! 28 50 245 5. 25 .0 23 5. 24 00
Client. 3] O. 32 5. 31 W 32 00 30 0. 31 5.
Edi-OE 31 5| 32 .0 31002.9 23 0| 2. =50
”Mirth '3] .0 .0130 .0 30 50 27 0° 28 I.
NowYork 0.“ “-10.4000 “0.3900 400.
Richmond 1

 

 

 

 

Receipts of hay on the Detroit mar-
ket continue on the increase and sup-
plies have now become quite liberal.
P1 ices remain steady, however, and

there seems little likelihood that the

receipts will exceed the demand to
an extent of bringing about lower
prices. Dairy farmers who have not
grown rough hay for feeding purpos-
es may as well become reconciled to
high-priced hay until another harvest.»
With other fall work pretty well cl zan-
ed up, farmers are baling their hay
and receipts are expected to increase
until the winter congestion of freight
when no one need’be surprised if the
market hits new high record levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sirnlboard reads: “Beans
steady an. inactive.” Having read
the sign, lets follow the finger-board

which points toWard the market place.

After their experience of last year

a...

J -‘ .
1 .\_,-r

'beanfigrowers made up thelrzminds.‘

when harVesting their Crop, ' that
“ ‘Round five dollars wOuld get their
crop. "
made this decision, I point to the fact
that sixtydive per cent of the Michi-
gen bean crop has been marketed.
For proof, look 'round your neighbor-
hood.
of Michigan’ s bean cr0p in ferty days
requires a lot of money. The bankers
had their Scare on I “wet beans” last

year, consequently about ten, days ago ~

they said: “Mr. Elevator man, . no
more money until you 'move

beans. Presto! “Beans quoted .fif-

teen cents lower on Detroit market."
“Same beans, same demand; but the i

stock on hand and in transit made it
imperative that marketing be held
back and the surest way to do it was
to lower the price Forget the sug-
gestion that peace talk has anything
to do with the final price. Two mil-
lion men under arms; why, bless you,
these fellows will all be eating at the
expense of the government for. six
months if peace were declared to-mor-
row. Michigan navy beans are worth
$5 per bushel, hand-pidred basis—the
intrinsic value, under present condi-
tions and they shOuld, bring five ‘dol-
lars per bushel. But What of the fu-
ture? We have it from one of the
biggest dealers of beans in the United

States that the market Will likely go. ‘

lower, but he is unable to account for
the reasons. He concedes as does near.
‘ly everyone else in the bean game that
$5 is a low minimum fer beans with
prices of other foOd commodities where
they are. It’s a dead sure thing that
if farmers anywhere are obliged to

sell their beans for much below that-r three weeks ago.

figure they are going to lose a pile of
money, andthere isn’t much doubt
but what the farmers of the west will
stop selling it the price goes much
lower. At the present time vast quan-
tities of beans are coming onto the
market not only of the domestic crop,
but of the Japanese crop.
worst of it .is that Japanese beans
seem to be in fair demand and the sup-
ply is large. So we say to you bean
growers that you'll have to watch your
step Carefully. Beans undoubtedly
will go some.- lower; there are good
reasons for thinking that before an-
other harvest they will recover their
former values, but the situation is so
uncertain, the demand so fickle, and the
crop so large that a prediction at this
time might go far wide of the bull’s

eye.

 

 

 

THE WEATHER

As forecasted by W. T. Foster

Fabio for 1918

Stem

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WASHINTON, D.
turbance to cross continent NOV, 8 to
12, warm wave 71:0 11, cool wave 10
to 14. Not much rain; warmer than»
usual; moderate storms.

Next warm wave will reach Van-

tures will rise on all the Pacific 310116.;
'It will cross crest of Rockies by clone.

.90, great lakes and
ville .,16 eastern sections 17, reach—
‘ e vicinity of Nveoundland ab lit
18. A. storm wave will to}

 

 

 

0., Nov. 2,1918}
—La.st bulletin gave forecasts of dis- ,‘

 

couver about Nov 13 and temper-aw;

, of Nov. 14, plains section 15 meridlaru,
Ohio; 'ennessee

behind warm 11111115196on I.
ha be eln term

FOR THE WEEK
for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM“

This will be a radically severe
storm, causing more than usual pre-
cipitation and followed by a cold wave

. and frosts going farther south than
usual It is sometimes difficult to de-
termine whether a great storm period
will spend the most of its force in pro-
ducing rain ,or heat, or destructive
land storms, or hurricanes, or severe
cold waves, but usually one of these
Weather events is developed to a-
greater extent than others. This great
storm period will at least develop ex-.
tremes in some of these features. .
This storm will probably he most 1m.-

portant in the cotton~statee on coconut,
of. the extensive killing-f rests
severe cold wave and 9301133in3
and 3110er will be of interestto
111 seat! From it bad w

     

 

 

 

  

- The potato market is most encou,
Lighter receipts have streng‘_
' then'ed the market, and in some plw,i-‘
es prices are higher
'market is still quoting top sales at“

5-2 per th., but eastern markets where”; ‘j'
"the bulk OI our stock goes,- have been :_ ‘
géod

aging

As proof that they individually

some .

The-

quoting as high as $2. 40. for
Michigan stock. Dealers and grow

To handle sixty_five per cent/ ers alike ekpect higher prices There; x ,3
are exCeptions to this rule. however,. -
as the folloring report from the Oct. .

26th issue of the Produce News shoWS:
f‘After regaining quite a bit from
the slump of two weeks ago the 111111

ket was easier Wednesday With prices:
reductions. ‘

showing considerable -
There seems to be too many potatoes
in the coon-try to allow much of an
advance in prices. At $150 cwt. the
farmers offer more potatoes to ship-
pers than the market will comfortably
stand. This has made a hot and‘cold
market of it with» rather a disastrous
result on dealers, as labor at loading
points is. so scarce that the average

' foul is not closely graded and a great

deal of the Minnesota stock especially
is scabby and poor. Asa result there
are rather expensive rejections fore the

shipper on a declining market with .-
little 'hope 'of a satisfactory adjustw

ment. The average run of stock will
not grade U. S. No.1 and although it
is satisfactory on a steadier and ad-

“vancing market it does not fill the

bill on a decline. Loading in the coun-
try is heavy but deliveries at; loading
stations are all that shippers
take care of.

made about 550 cars on track‘and in
the yards Wednesday. almost as large

an accumulation as the high pornt of '

There are so many
of the cars needing attention in the
way of resacking and sorting that the
movement is rather slow.” .

This opinion is not shared by the
majority of‘ those engaged in the busi-
ness.
son has passed without the‘frequent

And the / disastrous effects and it seems reason-
able to believe that the market will
fortunately,

Peace news,
to have much effect

go, higher. .
does not seem

upon the potato market.

 

New York. Oct. 25. ——There has been

very little Change in the dull situa-
tion as buyers have cheap ideas and

3 have no trouble to fill their wants. Ar-

rivals are more than the limited de-

mand at the down town onion docks - .
and there has been competition in“,
the, ,

the way of bulk shipments in

yards. The weather has been too,

warm for trading and the situation as
a whole hasbeen unsatisfactory? It.
was particularly so with regards “to _‘

whites, which have been extremely

_ weak and abOut $1 a bag lower han a '

week ago.

ly and are selling mostly at $3 Clear i“ -

whites in medium sizes will brin

25c premium. Receipts o; red on one 3
are light compared- with the. tote? resj'

ceipts and they are doing better thj
any other variety, as they reach 51
to $1 75;Yellow:1 a " ‘ ‘ ‘

5 $50.; "

 
 
 
  
     
   
 
 

   

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can. _ '.
' The receipt of 250. cars: .
for the first» three Gaysdolf'the week -
with the accumulation of late last week I

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11111115111214.1111 hbl with. sum
shade higher 101': 11111011 stuff,
8-, A and B. mixed; unclassified
'. 53 7511111.; Baldsv'insrlbulk,
=0 1., 5165 to 51:75 th.;' Green-
grade, 54 to 54.50, with few
e-.higher; . Greenlngs, bulk,
51.60 cm ior hand-picked,
me windfalls, calls out, around 51
011713.; WIth some sales Lsha'de higher;
Kings, market very strong. A grade
55 bbfi, to 545 50 lab]. for fancy; Hub-
111131165011, A grade, 5/4. 50 to 55. bbl.; Ben
Davis, rat-her slow, A grade, 53. 25- to
53. 50 ,With dealers inclined to hold
until other kinds clean up; same in
bulk, week, 51. .10 to 5.1 20 cwt., mixed
varieties, evaporator, canner and pre—
server grades. tree run, 60 to 85c cwt;

 

' , same With culls—out, around 51 05 cwt. ”

New York Butter Letter
(By Special Carrespondent)
New York, N. Y., Oct 26. 1918—-_

'2 Houses are literally full of under-

grade butter; buyers are extremely

L -tritical; demand is limited, and hand-

le‘rs are very nervous As those con-
ditions have been prevalent during
the greater part of t! .- past week the
market condition can not be said to be

‘ . satisfactory. There has been, under

the most trying of conditions, a good
demand for butter of high quality,
Which again supports our contention
that the. creamery that makes quality

its watchword need have no Worry

- bout a constant and deSirable outlet
At this time retailers

nid j'obhers feel that it is not necessary
to be content with under-grades. but it

, ' . they cannot find extras or better at

the genres of their regular supply
they do not hesitate to pass from one

Cgstore to another until their desires
' have been satisfied.-

In consequence
there is a great accumulation of firsts,

' seconds, etc" and a scarcity of extras

' and». higher: scoring butter.

The market, which showed _ great
weakness at the close of last week de=
veloped a still greater weakness on
Monday, the quotation on extras fall-
ing to 570'. .On Tuesday, because of
5110.; (demand for good butter, there
was-a Slight change tor the better and
was .toilewed up on Wednesday by an
advance of onesiofirth' to .one~halt cent
ézextr’as being quoted at 571,4 to 571/30.
011 Thursday, the market seemed
.1111; quotation established
«8571250....011 Friday. business was
good on high scores and the market

  

' ., was considered firm Firsts and sec-

ends were Sellin ,‘at .. ,
S a greater margin , ”9:75;

under extras than usual, although
there were occasional lots that sold
at 570. There is a considerable“ quan-
tity of centralized butter in storage

”w itin for a favorable turn of t
a“ g, Receipts of all grades well: '«inferiOr common and medium, 57 50

‘ _‘to 51!). 25; veal. calves, good and choice

8Iightly under those of last week. Quo-
tations at the close on Friday were:
Extras, 57%c; higher scoring than
extras, 58 to 5814c; firsts, 551/; to 57c;
and Seconds, 53, to 55c. Unsalted 'but-
ter is in very. limited demand and is
oiling for what it will bring. Great
quantities of it have accumulated in
stores. .

  

‘ eggs on all markets Will

  

5331113186” 'urrent .re-

  
 

     
 

' the year.

.cows, 58.50 to $9.50;

1 514.50 to 515;

’ei‘s. $6. 65' to 514;

like demand; and the .

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e' of the poultry market for
saga demand quite brisk. Prices re-

continue 80. The warm weather of
Uncle; has net given the increased
zestffor. meat eating that usually ac-
companies this particular season of
Influenza is also blamed for
easier demand. Thepoultry market
will; range ‘about steady from now on,
with a. possibility of” slightly lower
prices immediately following the

 

Thanksgiving season.

 

Detroit 14% Stock Market”
(By U. 8. Bureau of Markets Wire)

Detroit, Oct. 28.‘—Cattl~e 'Butchers
50c higher; stockers, feeders and bulls
steady; canners strong; common light
steers and heifers, $5.75 to 56.50; best
heavy steers-$12.50 to 514.50; best
handy weight butcher steers, 59.50 to
51.1; mixed steers and heifers, 58 to
59.50; handy light butchers. 57.50 to
58; light butchers, 56.75 to $7.50; best
butcher cows.
56. 50 to 58. 50; cutters. 56; canners
55. 50 to 55 90; best heavy bulls $8. 50
to 59; bologna bulls, 56 to 58; stock
bulls, 56.50 to 57; feeders, 58 to $10.50;
stockers, 57 to ’_58.50; milkers and
springers, 560 to 5130.

Veal calves—~Market 50c higher;
.best. 516.50 to 517; others,;‘57.50 to
$16.00: ~

Sheep and lambs—Market 50c high-
~er;'best lambs, 515.50, fair lambs,
light to common lambs,
512.50 to 513; fair to good sheep. 58.50
'to"59; cuHsand common, 55 to 56.50.

Hogs—Mixed grades 50 to 750 high-
er; pigs steady; pigs, 515 to $15. 25;
mixed, 516. 50 to 517. 50 according to
weight and quality.

Chicago Live Stock Letter

Chicago. Oct. 28. —-Hogs: Receipts
26, 000; market closed 75c to
higher than Saturday's general trade;
butchers, 518. 25 to 518. 65; light, $18.50
to 518. 60; packing. $17 to 518; rough,
516 t6 516. 75; pigs good to choice,
514. 75 to 516. cattle:
market on native and western steers
active, mostly 250 higher; good but-
cher stock steady to strong. others,
canners and calves steady; beef cattle
good, choice and prime. 515.75 to
common and medium, $9.75 to
"butcher stock, cows and heif-
canners and cutters,
55. 65, to 56. 65; stockers and feeders,
800d, choice ad fancy. $10. 25 to -$12 75;

$15.75;

$16 to 516. 50; western
steels. 514.25 to 517. 50; cows and
heifers. 58. 50 to 512. 50. Sheep and
lambs: Receipts, 23, 000; market most-
1y 250 higher; Minnesota native lambs
topped 0.1251665; wethers. best fed
51;2 lambs, circles, and prime 516. 25
to 51685571110611.1111 and good, 514 75
to 516 35; 0111113, 59 50 to 513. 25; ewes.
choice and prime :510 .25 to 510. 50;
" 5210 510.25; culls,

range be 1'

    
  

farmer‘s theni‘se.
Michigan could .. ,
session and for sis

‘ give this great institution and its rep-
week has been easy, with Chi. '

main fairly steady and will probably= .

$1.507

Receipts, 31,000 .

 

ears thereafter. A farmers com-11., 4
mittee Shall also be arranged ‘to make "
-.provisibn for the expenses of these
representatives.

The Agricultural college should be
“the mecca of the farmers of Michigan
and can be if the farmers and the 1
county agents are to meet there to
sense the new ideas which have to do
..with makingthe farmer happier and
mare prosperous. The farmers must

 
       
 

Michigan 5 .- =
Republican» War

S'GovernOr '

 
   
     
   
 
  
 
   

   
 
  
 

. His administration has béén I
clean, business- like and nOIe—r' ' ; ~
worthy. Thru his efforts and the I
efforts of other leading Repub-i K
lican state ofliclals, Michigan
has contributed an unusual part

resentatives . not passive. buL active
support. The College wants to know
what the farmer in the state wants,
and needs. It must know it in order
that the College might~ play its part as
the great big representative of: the
,farmers of Michigan The College
can point the way; the Colle 0 can -
make suggestions, but the firmers m the great war. Help to per-
themselves must take action. Opin- petuate these results by giving.
ions and resolutions can only carry 1“,
weight when supported by the will of '
the men in the state who are concern-
ed, the farmers themselves-

' Gentlemen, as a farmer of Michigan,
I have stated my case. It can be
summed up as follows: We farmers
must have representation for the pres-
ent and for the future. This repre-
sentation must be made up of farm-
ers. In order to constructively criti-
cize and learn 1101" they may be more
effective, how they may organize for
elficiellcy. ill production and (listl'ibu- '
tion, they should support the Michigan 1

\Agricultural College all. its lepresen-
Chickens Sick or Not Doing Wen? =

'tatives actively. The tarmels should
aim to come to meetings under the
U - . Germozone ll 0 stand-
An Extraordlflal" Offer. ard remedy eye”-
where lor chicken troubles. roup, colds. cholera, swelleqhegd,

ausphes of the College to get acquaint-
ed and give their representatives, the
county agents, their unqualified sup— lbowel cotmnlaigt chicken poxt can?! “(lit «ulna well, non- .
‘ ‘ . . dying ec ow our proposllon no 1h hond- ; _..‘r
pgrtl. In dOldex to make the oplnlons liuizdSermmuile 03d you ysillagreketounllaafid pgelnfi- ' ‘
- - - -. m. ~ - - lse wewn sen you: once sgewith 1 en: 11 <
o . tielnuvldual tax 01' ot Mlchlgan van“ No paynmmilfied Can ”$11,251 Aladwo
(1} marine 1t ls proposed that tarmers willsendfreeSpoultrybooklels Writotoday .
representatives from each county L°°"“°’°"h"“‘“‘c°"“°‘°“° "‘“dN'w'lm- - .
should meet and the farmers of Mich- GEO'H'LEECO" 0”" 416.. OMAHA'NEB° ‘ ' 7:"-
igan discuss and formulate agricul~ WANTED CLOVER SEED AV!) L;-
‘ r ' r v — ' ‘L '
tural policy. At these seml-tmfludl PEAS, ALL KINDS. Please submit »uS'
meetings the Extensmn D1v1510n of

an average sample of any quantities you
the Agricultural College) the county want to sell and we Wlll tell you what. it
agents, should meet and a joint session

is worth either in the dirt or cleaned.
with the farmers could be held. The

We believe we can make you a price that
will look attractive. Sioux City Seed C0,,
farmer federation 511.. Id be a perma-
nent organization with a paid secre-

Mlllington. Michigan.
tary. 'The resolutions adopted at
each session shall be pl‘opagandized

  

 
  
 

  
 
    
    
  
  
   

   
 

      
     
 

    
  

Sleeper a second term as
governor. r» = =

  

 

 

  

       
    

  

A cross in the circle at the
head of the Republican party is
all that is necessary to re—elect
Mr. Sleeper and Cast your vote
for the entire Republican state

    
  
  
  

and national ticket.

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
  
     
   
 
  
 
     
  
 
    
   
  
    
     
   
   
  
    
  
   
  
  
   
   
    
 
 
  
  
   
  
   
 
 
     
   
 
  

 

 

FARMERS, ATTENTION:—Am want—
ing, net cash shipping station. choice
quality: Comb Honey, Handpicked 1918

and made known to every farmer in Beans, Black Walnuts, Shell Bark Hick—
ory Nuts, ()ne Car Rye Straw, One Car

the state, lllru the press and other- Marsh Hay. What can you Offer and
W159. price? C. G. Freeman. Pontiac, Michigan.

This address is not,,and obviously
cannot be. a panacea 101’ [he farmers’
ills. It has been given with lhe motive
of bringing definitely to the attention
of the farmer the n l for a repre-
sentative body of farmers to co-oper-
ate with the representatives which we

 

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5450. 12—25 Mogul, 5650.10 20 Titan. /;
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130 (‘BA’I‘ES PICKETT seed com, 300
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now have, t0~urgelegislation and to Write for pnces Alfred Tf gamed“

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the success and the futurect Mlchl- SPRING WHEAT for sale; Marquis

gan agriculture 1 am submlttlng thls variety, heavy yielder. The new kind

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V Schools all closed; block stems he
Many deaths, especially -'
among the young people. Beans ore.

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yielding about six bushels to the com

and are selling for $7. 75 per hundréd;

Quality good. Many green
potatoes. Potatoes. bring about $1.15
per bushel. Not many apples or nuts.
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pounds.

will not get ripe. Not much clover

seed to thresh this year. Help very
scarce. Prices, offered at Hanover are:
$7.75 cwt; Onions. $1.50; But:
terfat, 60¢; Eggs, 51c.——G. S. Oct. 23.

Lapcer (Easti—Farmers' have their
work pretty well done up except fall
plowing. Beans are all in and are
very poor, about 45% of a crop.\ Pota-
toes are fair not many in a hill but
are of quite good size. Some hay, and
oats going to market. A few lambs
and hogs are being sold, of a very
good quality. Prices offered at Imlay

City are: Wheat, 81.95-32.05; Oats 60(2- '
Rye, $1.50; Hay, (Timothy) $25.00.

620;
(Light mixed) $22.00; Straw, 85.00;
Beans, 86.50-88.00 cwt; Potatoes 81.00;
onions, $1.50; cabbage, 3c per 10.; but
for. .500; Butterfat. 56c; Eggs, 48c;
Sheep, 85.00-88.00: Lambs, $900-$1200
Hogs 81400-81600; Beef steers, $7.00-
$10.00; Beef cows. 85.00-87.00; Veal
calves. Mil00-81400; Wool. 65c; Ap-
ples. 941.00 cwt «4‘ .4. B. Oct. 25.

(Icncscr N. W.) Farmers are husk-
ing corn. digging potatoes, sowing rye
and :1, few are still harvesting beans.
We have had good weather until yes-
terday when it slatted mining and it
is still raining. Tt has been quite
dry this fall for the last few weeks
and this rain is doing quite a lot of
especially to wheat and rye.
There are quite :1 large number of
farmers who are shaking their apples
selling them for “cider apples” at 650
per cwl. because they could not. secure
the help to pick them. The majority
of potatoes are still in the ground but
most. 1‘111'11191's are figuring on digging
their potatoes next week. Farmers
are selling logs. Beans. ipples and
potatoes. The curly beans are Turning
out far better 1111111 the late ones. The
early ones are of pretty good quality
and average about 8 bushel per acre.
The late ones are of poor quality and
will average considerable less. The

in is about all'threshed and bean
threshing is well under way. Prices
offmed :11 Flint are: Wheat. (red)
$2.14. (white) $2.12; (‘m'.11 $1. .55; Gals.
6: ,0 Rye. $1.50 llm $18. 00 $25. 09 ac-
cording to qualify: Bonus. $8.25; Red
kidney bean. $9.00; Potatoes, $1.00:
Onions, 751-8100: Cabbage. 1c: (“u-
cumbers. :-‘.0~ dose; Hons, 25c; Spring-
ers. 32c-10c: Ducks. 2811-3011; Geese.
180-191“: Turkeys. 240-250; Bullet. 54c-
57c; gags. 40c: Sheep. 8900-31000;
Lambs, 81400-31500: Hogs. $10.50;
Reef steers. $10.00; Reef cow... $8.00;
You.‘ calves, 89.0061100; W'nol. 67c,
apples. 501' in $1; pears. 75c to $1.25.
77777 4'. '0'. S. Oct. 23.

('lu-boygmz. (SCWJ—Farmers are
digging potatoes and huskiug corn.
Potato digging is nearly finished tho.
and the quality is good. The quality
of corn is excellent. Weather has been
quite cloudy but very little rain has
fallen and conditions are ideal for
harvesting fall crops. Potatoes are
selling at 750 a bushel. Buckw at is
being threshed and the yield i. ex-
cellent. Very few potatoes have mov—
ed yet as ~farmers consider market
unsatisfactory.——L. f7. 3.. 0011101111.

Mccosta 'l'S.h’.)——Poiatoes are now
being dug. They are not turning out
as expected; 50 to 150 per acre but
will average about 300.
750 bushels from 7 acres and
that is about as good ‘as any. I have
in my hand .the quarterly bulletin
from M. A) C., in which. is an article
calling upon the Michigan farmers to
increase their acreage of rye. Why
should the farmers in better sections

who are growing wheat be protected

against. speculators while we rye farm-
ersxvflio cannot grow wheat areJeft
at the mercy of _any.Tom, Dick and
Harry who chooses. to speculate 111
rye.

of the other craCk—braitied plans

'11 the mark t now

.1" have done this
my boys, 15,21;

.. are having a fine rain.

We have just '

per Cent. g
are marketing potatoes and some are-
A poor way to increase the rye. storing at Lake Cityas their think-t ‘ '

crop of next year almost equal to Some. 3

35611 with~the "
8 years dld’f“
acres of oats,

cut and .put in barn, 1L10a§is3 '
acres of rye

fodder; 3 acres of; beans, will get but
10 bu., ' 7 acres of potatoes, ground

plowed, disked twice, dragged three"

times, cultivated five times sprayed,
dug by hand and all in cellar but 160

in pit, 750 1111.; 30 acres p10wed,
harrowed three times and drilled to
rye.
1113 help, taking care of tour horses
and milking four cow‘s. After rent is
paid and expense figured out if we can
get $1 for potatoes we will have about
8100. Very encouraging farming. The
following prices were. paid at Remus
this wzeek Wheat, white, 82. 07; red,
82. 09; oats, 61; rye, $1. 47; beans. $8.25
potatOes, $1. 25 th.; butter, 55; but-
terfat, 58; eggs, ‘44.—F. M. 10.. Mil-
brook, Oct. 20.

Branch (W.O’.)——Farmers are
ging potatoes and busking corn. P0-
tatoes are going from 75 to 125 bu.
to the acre. Weather is fine, had a
nice shower Saturday night. Wheat
and rye are looking good. Farmers
are selling some grain and stock. The
following prices were offered at Bron-
son this week: Wheat. $2.10; cats.
64; rye. $1.50 hens. 23; springers,
23; butterfat, 57: eggs. 30; hogs, 17.—
D. M. H.. Bronson. Oct. 21.

Ball (Kidd—Farmers have been de-
livering sugar beets the past week un-
til the rain made the roads muddy;
some beets to pull yet but they are
mostly delivered. The weather has
been fine. it rained about 24 hours and
the ground is in good condition to
plow. Prices of produce about the
same, only oa.ts,- 64c; hay is in good
demand, some as high as 82.5 in Bay

CittyH—J C A.M1m0cr. Oct 25,
(West)——Th.e rain of

Calhoun the

last few days'has been a fine thing,

for the wheat and grass. ‘ Weather is
warm for this time of year. The most
of the potatoes were dug before the
rains and they are in nice shape for
the- market. Farmers are very busy
husking corn. some with machine and
others by hand; the corn is of good
quality and is yielding good. Not very
much marketing being done at pres-
ent. some wheat potatoes and apples
and a. few hogs. The following quo-
tations were made at Battle Creek
this week: Wheat. $2.12 to $2.13;
oats. 70; rye. 81.52; eggs. 50; lambs,
12 to 14; hogs 10 to 16: 'vesl calves.
10 to 14; bay. $26 to $2 8.—«V H. -I..
Raf/7c (”rcclc. Oct 25

[110110211 (N. I.‘ l—Parmers threshing
beans and hulling seed Getting much
needed lain. Beans go from 7 to '9
bushels per acre; a few late beans not
gathered; a few potatoes not dug. The
following quotations made this week
at Williamsion: Wheat. 82.0.5; corn,
$3.35 cwt.: oats. 65; rye. $1.55; hay,
822' , beans. $8: potatoes $1.25;
22; springe1s, 23; butter. 50; buttei'fat,
60:94:33 47'; 121111115316; hogs.'15.75;
veal calves. 10 to 16:»11pples. 50.~—A..
N.. ll’illinmston. Oct. 24.- ’

lraml ’l’raversc (8.1V) ~— Farmers
have finished digging and hauling po-
tatoes. average about 05 per cent of
a crop for this town. Some fall plow—
ing ’donc. Has been very dry but
No fall" feed
ouaccount of extreme dry fall. Stock
3 drug on the market, especially hors-
es. Following quotations made at Kar.
lin this 'week: Wheat. $1.90; hay,
$25; rye straw, $10; beans. 88; pota-
toes, $1.35 cwt.; onions, $2 bu.; butter,
50: butterfat, 58; eggs. 40; apples. 50.
—'—W. W» (1.. Buckley, Oct. 24.

‘ M1 ssaukee (Central) wFarmers‘ are

finishing digging potatoes which are

turning out about as expected 50 to
60 bushels to acre, and will sort 20
Having a‘ fine rain.

*-; tenants at Cuteheon' ,,
$75.0 palates: .. $1M M“

vested, 2.66 1111426“
sures of corn, total 121mm except for-

We have done this without hir- _

dig:

hens.~

. count of being frosted.

Some ..

bloke/d, dragged twice - ““ "
and 311101.320 bushels; 22 “acres of hay, ‘

loving price

_ week: Wheat; 32 0117-:

70,‘ rye, 815; hey. $293 beans .
toes, 81; 01110118, ‘60; cabbage, 6 ,z

, 22;.spr1ngers, 23; 11.11.133.20; qbutter

45; butterfat, 58; eggs, 46; shé’ep,16;4'

lambs, 21; hogs, 21; beet steer-s,- 13-110.».

15; boat cows, 10 to 12:01.91 caltosy-f
$1. 25; pears, 31. 50—4 P '
Coopersnmc, Oct. 25. .

Mantcalm (B.W)—Farmers diggln‘g-

potatoes and bucking c0rn.- Potato-'-
acreage left to dig very small. Large
amount of corn being husked, yielding
poor in this section of county. Fall,
apples being stored for winter use, a
small quantity this year. Local (3110--
Fations a littlehigher and" buyers-re:
ceiving more grain although farmers
are holding large amount .yet. Soil ..
in fine" condition. Following prices‘
were paid .at Greenville this week:
Wheat, $2.08 to $2.10; cats, 65; corn. ,
$1.50; rye, $1.51 potatoes, $1.60; hensfi
20; butter, 48;-eggs, 44 to 46; sheep;
10: lambs, 15; hogs, 16; beef cows,
7 to 8; veal ca_,.lves 9 to 11.——W. L.
Gremwille, Oct. 26 .

St. .Ioscph (North Central)_—There
has been little farm work done the
past week on account of'rain, Some
potatoes dug but bulk still in ground.
They rnn'from poor to good; no mar- ~
ket at Mendon yet, but think buying‘
will'star-t this week. Car shortage.
promises to be bad draw-back again
this season. Following prices paid at, .
Mendon this week: Wheat, $2.10;
oats, 63; rye, $1.50; hay, $20 to $25;
heps,’ 22; springers, 24; butter, 50:3,
eggs, 48; apples, 81—50-82—111. A. H..
Mcmlon, Oct. 28. ’ __

(Ila-re ('North)-—Farmers putting hi.
rye and digging potatoes; the late var
riety r1111 small. -Good‘rain here this
v'eek. Following quotations at Clare
this week: Wheat, $2.07; cats, 63;
rye; $1. 48; beans 88; hens 2‘);
springers. 22; butter, 50; butterfat, 55,
eggs, 46 ——D. (.12. Lake Oct 25.

Ion-170 (NIL) — Some beans have, .
been thrashed with a yield of about
8 to 12 bu. per acre; good quality.
Potato crop about dug, but yield was
only alout 70 per cent of last year’s
crop. Heavy rain on 23111 and 24011
113,-: iurnished fall erms with much
needed 'moisture and greatly helped
coru' husking. Following prices of?
feied at Muir this week. Wheat, $2.12
cats, 65; rye. $1.54; beans, $8.23; po—
tatoes, $1.50; butter, 51;; eggs,’4’l—J,-
1;. 8.. 101210. Oct. 25. ‘

Tuscola (N.E.)~Weather has ”an;
fine, rain the last two days will help;
fall plowing. Wheat is looking fine. ‘-
Corn husker's have started to_ 110'.1k
The cider mill is the busy place six
days in the week. Following prices
offered at Cass City this week: Wheat.
$2.10; cats, 63, 1'.ye 81. 50; hay $20 to
822; beans 8. 25; liens. 20 to 22; spring-
ers,'20 to 22; ducks, 20 to 22; turkeys,
20 to 22; butter, 50; butterfat :3;5
eggs, 45; beef steers 8 to 9; sheep 10;
lambs, 15; hogs 15 to 16; beef cows,

6 to 7;— veal calves, 13 to 1.5; apples, 82 '
bbl..~—S S., Cass City, Oct. 25.

()gcmaw (West)—Potatoes are about
all out of\ ground, not many being sold
as there -’don t" seem to be any demand
for them. Beans are yielding from
4 to 10 bu. to the ac,re some of the
late sown picking pietty heavy 011 ac- '
Most farmers
here are pretty well disgusted with
raising beans; they think there is more
money in hay or grain, with a great f

deal less work. The following priceS"

were paid at West Branch this week:
Wheat, $2 06; Oats, 62; rye, $144; My,
823 to 825; potatoes, 70' to 80; hens,

18; butterfn,55; apples $1_'_“r N”;
1 West Bmmh 0015-. 25

Tacoma (West)—Digging potatoes
picking apples and pulling beets keg,-
ing farmers busy. Potatoes running
from 75 to 175 bit. per acre, good'grad
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Mmander Truman H. Newberry, New York City.

My Dear Commander :——-I congratulate you on your nomination, but far more do I congratulate Michigan

,and all our people. It was my good fortune to have you serve under me as Secretary of the Navy, and I can

testify personally to Your efliciency and your disinterested and single minded zeal for the public service. To -
a very peculiar degree you have stood for that kind of government which puts the interest of the people as a '
whole first and foremost, and treats all other considerations as negligible, when the public weal is involved.

The record made by you and your tWo sons in this war is typical of your whole attitude as a public servant.

Both your boys at once entered the Navy, and are on the high seas. You sought employment abroad; when that

was refused you, you accepted any position that was offered in which you could render public service. ’~

Sees Error 111 Age

The nomination of Mr. Ford makes the issue sharp and clean It is not prlmalily an issue between the
Republican party and the Democratic party, for Mr Ford does not seem to have any firm political convictions,
and was content to take the nomination on any ticket without 1ega1d to what the general principles of the
men supporting that ticket were; and his memory about past politics is so hazy that although he has mentioned
a Republican‘candidate for President for whom he thinks he once voted, it does not appear that this is pos-
sible unless he is in error-as to his own age.

The issue is infinitely more important thamany merely political issue. It is the issue of straight Ameri-
canism, of straight patriotimn, and of preparedness for the tasks of peace and of war, as against a particularly
foolish and obnoxious type of pacifism, preached in peace and practiced in war

N First Time, He Says

This is the first time in the history of our country in which a candidate for high office has been nominated
who has spent enormous sums of money in demoralizing the people of the United States on a. matter of vital
interest to their honor and welfare. The expenditures on behalf of pacifism by Mr. Ford in connection with
the peaceship, and in connection with his great advertising campaign in favor of the McLemore resolution
and of the pacifist and pro- German attitude ageinst our participation in the war was as thoroughly demoral-
izing to the conscience of the American people as anything that has ever taken place. The failure of Mr.
Ford’s son to go into the Army at this time, and the approval of the father of the son’s refusal, represent ex—
actly what might be expected from the moral disintegration inevitably produced by such pacifist propaganda.

7 Mr; Ford’s son is the son of a man of enormous wealth. If he went to the war he would leave his wife and
child imhieas’urably distant from ‘all chance of even the slightest financial strain or trouble, and his absence
would not in the smallest degree aflect the efficiency of the business with which he is conected. But the son
stays at home, protesting and appealing when he is drafted, and now escaping service.

- . Sons at the Front .

Your. two sons have eagerly gone to the front. They stand ready to pay with their lives for the honor
and the interest of the American people, and while they thus serve America with fine indifl'erence to all per—
sonal cost, the son of wealthy Mr Ford sits at home in ignoble safety, and his father defends and advises

such conduct.
' It would be a grave misfortune to the country to have Mr Ford in the Senate when any question of con

  

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‘ if; , but he would be signally out of place in the American Senate so long as that body is dominated by men who
.2: “- , . zealously believe in the Ainerican ideal and faithfully endeavor to serve the American people.
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Our boys are
giving their all, oftimes making Lthe supreme sac.-

rifles for the great cause, the downthrow of autocL- »
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advocating the idea of going shabby, far from it;

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material we should not discard them because

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lady I said, “I am planning to wear my last win-
ter’s coat and hat this coming season.” She re-
plied, “I am not. After I wear a garment «for a
certain length of time, I grow tired of. it."_
Do you think she has the right spirit? Per-
haps ‘our boys grow tired of drilling, tramping,
and fighting, of wearing their uniforms, but do
they complain? Even if they did would it bet-
ter the conditions any? The most we can do is
not as much as what our boys areVdoing. How
unpatriotic it is to be indulging in luxuries at
this, the greatest crisis in history. Yet Ruth will,
after spending several hours in rearranging her
hair in a new style, daub her face with paint and
powder, donning her new hat and coat; saunter
down the street to get the afternoon edition that
she may read about what our boys are doing. If
one happens to speak to her she will relate how
she worries about the boys, how much she wished
the war was over, etc. How much does that help
toward winning the war?

I maintain that any girl not needed at home
should do some war work, provided Vshe is capable
mentally and physically. Take for example the
wife of President Wilson. It is astounding to
read about the work that she accomplishes. Much
higher do I esteem the girl who is a school
teacher, clerk, bookkeeper, or whatever her work
may be, who-helps toward the Red Cross during
her leisure hours, who wears her last winter’s hat
and coat thereby saving her money to buy a Lib-
erty bend, than do I think of the girl who leis-
urely spends her time at home and lets her father
support her, who takes shopping tours every now
and then in order that She may lead the style in
the little country town, and forever telling what
she isLLgoing to do—yet She never does it.

Deed‘s, not creeds, is my motto. I would enum-
erate the kinds of work that I am doing if I"wLould
not be styled a braggadocio. If any of the M. B.
F. readers think differently to my opinion I would
be glad to hear from them.——Rebecca, Fowler,
Michigan. «

L t t * ~ .
HVE ABOVE letter reminds me of a little
I tableau I witnessed a few days ago while re-

turning home on the interurban from De-
troit. In front of me sat two ladies, chance ac-
quaintances apparently, who after talking about
the war and. the weather, finally settled into a
rather gossipy chatter upon the subject of clothes
which eventually developed into a rather spirited
discussion. One of the women was, I should
judge, about thirty years old, rather over-dressed,
I thought, primped and curled, and carrying an

Lair of conscious pride that her figure was so nat-

tlly groomed. Her companion was/an older wom~
I could tell
by he1'_well-modulated voice, uher modest appear-
ance and refined manner of speech that she was
Snatches of the
conversation drifted back to me when our car
stopped at the frequent local stations and to slow V
up for switches

“Will this horrid war never end," sighed the
younger woman. “I used to‘think Henry and I
He used up most of our savings
buying Liberty bonds, altho I didn’t like it a. little
It’s SO conVeVnient to have your money where ,
you can always put your hands on it if you want

_. it but Henry said all the other men at the once

{called aé slacker or
wall righV-t- -ButL whe’

"were buying bonds and if he‘ didn’t, he'd he
(inlet-hing worse- -.‘So that was VV

they came around the last:

upon her face.

have to sacrifice a little Lon
I put my foot right down and ,
do anything of the sort Can you blame
idea!
L’Id be positiVely Lsh‘L'Lphby ifwi tried to dress fiat é!
cent less. I Was in every leading store' iii Betroit
today to buy me 3 1111111111 there was nothingry'ou
could touch for less than $100 You can’t expect
to appear decently dressed, you know, in some of
those shoddy things they are Lselliug at $60 and
$60. If this war would only end, mebby Henry-
wouldn’t have to pay for the rest of his head and
things might be a little cheaper ” " / ,
Several times during this surprising monologue
the other woman looked up with perplexity and
a trace of commingled amusement and compassion

“Yes,” she finally replied, "it Is rather a prob-
lem; to dress upon. the same amount of'money as
a year or two ago. One cannot Vbe'ouite’so par-f
ticuiar, and one must be satisfied with 'the less
fashionable, the fully as serviceable garments that
some of the smaller stores carry. For my part
I have not found it hard in the few purchases IV
have made to confine myself to these more mod-
erately-priced shops. I feel my share in this great
war work is so very limited that even the smallest
sacrifice I can make brings satisfaction to me,

 

 

“Say GoodrMorning” ‘

F a neighbor. whom you meet

Out upon the busy street,
Has some foolish grudge or whim,
Will not speak, just speak to him.
Say “good-morning; pleasant day!” .
In your very nicest way. ' —

. Say it every time you can,

.Till, perhaps, you’ll shame the man;
Till perchance, he will forget-

That he is so sour and set;

To your kindly greetings true

He will say “goodmornlng,” too.

I f a stranger you should meet

Out upon the busy street

Say “good-morning,” just the same,
Though you may not know his name. ‘
Wait no introduction'prim, ,
Grasp his hand and speak with him. 1

HeL may sorely need a friend;—

Kindly help you may extend. - ,V

Were you in a strange, new place,

Seeing no familiar face,

You’d want some to speak to you;

LSay “good-morning,jr1end” now do. -
——-—NE’I‘TIE A. PERHAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the greater the'sacri-fice the more thankful
I feel that I am able to share in this struggle,“
and that I can know that my few dollars saved
may add to the comforts and necessities of our
boys who are giving their all for us.”

“Oh, I' suppose you 'do feel that way, yOu no
doubt have a son—” _

“No, I‘ haven’t a son, nor have I a daughter in
the service—but I am a mother. My only child
was taken from me in infancy. Had he 1132611, I
suppose he would he doing his part. in the trench-
es today. I have been denied the pride that must
come to every mother’s heart as she‘ sees her only
son march away into what may be eternity, for the
sake of principle and duty to God and country.
But because I have not a son to give to what- I .
believe is the t righteous cause that a people
ever took up arms for, is all the more reason why
I do not complain of the trivial sacrifices I must
make in order to help out the war funds. Were .
I a younger woman I would ofl’e‘r my services to L
the g0vernment and perform any kind of work
they wanted me to, but they don’t want old wom-
en like me, so all I can do is to knit a little, buy
the few stamps and bonds that my meagre circum- »
stances will allow and subscribe a dollar Occasion-

With prices suing 110 111311 on everything, ,3

. do likewise ”

. couldn’t wear it.

an;

her. . , .-
1911111111; hilt I”

‘ perused”; ; . ._
V At this juncture the ca arrived at fire up, “ I

woman? s' destihationmd 1112a very cLe’

_ her- she «took leave, murmuring an
:5:

“good-bye" to Lilies magnate.

- V g . V
V too, for I am Quite s1113$ thfit Within another tow
' minutes there would have been another .enthus'
iastic convert twine—great war for democracy and .

that “Henry" Wold use: up some more 1113118
wife's clothes allowance Ion" Liberty 1111111111. I am
quite sure 4the 1111.111“ by the elder-V women did
not fall entirely upon barren ground. —
, I wanted to tell the other woman how much I
had appreciated her little sermon but in another
five minutes the conductor announced my station.
I could not resist, however, leaning over and whis—
pering to the woman just as the car stopped, “You
are quite right; your sentiments are "mine exact-
ly” She Smiled with satisfaction as I left.
There isn’t even a moral to this conversation
that I have endeavored to repeat to you. Extrav—
agance is an unknown visitor in most farm homes
and I have enough confidence in the thriftiness

V and loyalty of the farm women of Michigan that

I could not be so mean as to say, “Go then and

women who are not doing their‘ hit in this crisis
are very, very few and of the kind who cannot be
moved by any arguments of 111111111 think the
subject is one that could“be Profitably discussed,
however, and I will, be glad to give up space on

-- this page for any letters thatI may receive along

this line._ With ibve, PENELOPE

ELL WHO live in th1s northerp country and

must endure iong, cold Winters, haVe come

to believe we mustr have wool clothing.
From the tiny infant to manhood our Winter clo-

thing must censist OI wool. But today Wool must

., be conserved. our soldiers need the wool clothing

a great deal more than we do and it is our duty
to use substitutes wherever possible: I presume
many of you dear readers are. at the present time

, using other materials which are just as warm as
' wool for ditferent garments, but which ordinarily

you and everyone would have considered had to
be Wool, and I wish you would offer any sug
gestions along this 1111?. :71 believe there are 'a
great many ways of conserving wool if we only
try.
which to me was a valuable discovery. .

My baby girl of two years needed a coat, badly
S 9 had a white wool- last year, bought late, and
which I expected she would use this year, but it
had been washed so much that Lit began to look
very grimmy and was sagging. I knew if I dyed
this wool it would no doubt shrink so that she
I locked at woolen materials in
the shops and found that anything suitable would
cost me from $2 to $3 a yard at the very cheapest

I knew her coatreven this year must be washed

occasionally and I felt it wouldn't pay to put a
great deal with the material, yet her coat must be
warm, as she walks inbst of the time.

I hails. piece quose-colored cotton ratine in the
house; a short ‘ at at mine. but in good condition,
and of this I d 'dVLed' to make the coat. I (1111 59‘

I feel in my heart that the farmV

I am going to tell you a personal experience,

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presented w it he
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4 .. ,e. s mo e s
mm without doubt more than any other
.fiflé’ in ready-to-wear dresses for oung
women. The wooL jersey, ”braid and
, #131669 up in this style is exceptionally dur-
able and becoming to most small people
flare s klrt 'is two-piece. tapered toward
the .hem and fitted onto an under-waist
,f‘l‘he over-blouse in tunic effect, slips on
oyer t . end and is held in place by a
gunk co 6 irdle. .A sand or light tan jer-
say 0 serge braided in navy blue makes
pi attrilctivé combination.

1 No. 9036. ——Ladies' two-piece 'skirt. Cut
in 511661 years, .,2<6 28. 30 and 3'2
the}! waists. measure, The' foundation is a.

simple {we
Waist line The pane
may. be placed either on the sides
new or paekhnd hangs loose from
tire Waist 111112.11 placed; on the hips
they 'would hang better to side plalt. them,
:b‘ut it arranged as shoWn they may be
3oftly'j 8111 rind. The skirt is finished with
Laid sg'rhis style is shown in
te e-j’ersey or silk ma:
162151511111 is most desirable in the crepes
‘1' voiles. _ \1 .
9041.~.‘—-I1a61es' and Misses' Coat.
out 1112 sizes 16'. Til-’8 years and 36 38, 4o
andw mouse bust measure .Many

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7 1. drsults Who never before dr
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as, but the: attorns are so perfect and

the waist exte fueling ‘

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ichigfiu would 0 ‘

. . g .
Yboys and girls have done
gthese things, :Uncle Sam' s

or is coming and old King Winter Will

be here tor a long stay. But then, we g

There’s lots of
ms 15.119 had when the snow is on
the ground, coesting,-. snow-balling,
skating, sliding dawn hill; sleigh-ride
parties, and .oh, ‘so many sports that
keep our blood .a-tingling and our
hearts merry. When I was a little
girl I used to look forward to the cem-
ing of winter. - But I remember Well
that as soon as Christmas passed, win-
ter Seemed-to lack its fun and attract-
ivenesl,.and how I. didwant’ spring to
Now that _ I am older, I do not
enjoy winter so, much, as I can no
longer get. out of doors and play in
the snow like I used to. Now I must
sit in the house and watch other little
girls and bOys rolling about in the
snow-banks. .

a

Every

relishes tender, flavory home-made broad.

You know it makes a man’s mouth water to think about it.

December. Wflf'be'fthe flrSf month of
winter. But before December cames

' 'we will have Thanksgiving day when

we must all give prmyers 61 thanks to

.God for His kindness to us the past

year. Altho many are on because
of sickness or'because some of our
dear ones are far away across the
ocean, there isn’t a. single one. who
does not have something to be thank-
ful for. So I want you children to

write and tell me what each of you.

are thankful for. Please don’t disap-
point your Aunt Penelope; Showill
be looking for your letters about the
end of next week With love, AUNT
PENELOPE.

SOME coon SUGGESTIONS FOR cor.—
LECTING PITS AND STONES

My dear Aunt Penelope: --I have been '

reading the letters and stories in the M

F. and like them very much. I am a.
girl, 12 years old and in the sixth grade,
and thought I would like to earn some
Thrift Stamps if I could I have one
brother, 24 years old, and he is in France
doing his bit for Uncle Sam. I have an—
other brother who is called to be exam—
ined. I am earning money to buy Thrift
Stamps to help my dear brothers. I am
saving all daily, weekly and monthly pa-
pers and magazines. My pupa takes the
M. B. F. and likes it, very much. I have

thought of a plan to help the campaign~,.

it is to collect as much shells and stones
as you can. And see if your neighbor
has any; if they have they would be wil-
ling to let you have them. Another plan
is fixing up all the old buildings you can,
and making things funny to put in them
and the boys and girls “110 come to see
them have to pay so many shells and

Member

ver lives with us

we called them, out in the barn, or i I,
some tent or shed and we would charge
pins for admittance
to accumulate {tn awful .lot of pins and . 4.
you will no doubt collect many pits, Lg".
thru this plan. ‘ ." r.

Dear Aunt Penelope:—-I thought I would '

write and tell you about what" we have
on our farm. Our farm contains
acres. We have three horses,

are Belle. Fan and Maud. We have six
cows and six calves. We have one out
named Tiger and three kittens, Bessécp
Tabby and Tiny We have a flock 0138
sheep including lambs and one pet lamu

I am in the eighth grade and I live

mile from school.
Miss G. A. Wright. I have seven sisters;
their names are Helen, Thressa Annie,
Kathrine, Clara Mildred and Elizabeth. ~
I also have four ',brothers George, Charlie,
Carl, and Mathias. I am ,16 years old.
I help my mother and father. I some-
times get the sheep. I hoe in the garden,
Wash dishes, wash windows and sweep. I
guess I have told enough about the farm
and its contents. I have always lived on
the farm. ——Mary L. Ruth, Red Oak, Mich.

Dear Aunt Penelope: -——I’ve been read-
ing the letters in M. B F. and I thought
I would write again. You said that you
wanted us to write about our homes. Our
house is a. big one. My Grandma. Cotch-
I have two brothers:
their names are Neil and Maynard. Neil
is in France. He joined the Canadian
army. Maynard is 22. he is home I
have 17 Thrift stamps and a War Savlngs
Stamp. I like 1iddles and sto1ies and'
puzzles. I have two miles to \\ nlk to
school. My teacher' 5 name 15 Miss Reina
Howarth. I am in the sixth grade. “5'
are seven miles £10m P0111130, ()1 1011 and
Rochester. This is a long letter. and I
must close. —Catheri,ne I“. V. Cotchor.
Pontiac, Michigan.

of the Family

It certainly is delicious.

Pity the

poor fellow who never gets anything but the Baker ’3 product.

I know we usédj.

two are 1, ’
bays and the other is grey; their name: .

My teacher’s name 1S"_ ,

Of course Baker’s Bread is all right once in a while. One rather enjoys

'eating it occasionally just for the sake of being better able to appreciate
the delightfulness of going back to the good old-fashioned homo-made
kind like 'Mother used to bake from

Lily White

“The Flour the best Cooks Use"

ample “to: Ziol ow, if time and patience is
size: 91116 find no trOuble. No. ’
9.041 is” a veryl’glain e 11y fitted model.
ions] ood lpe‘s.
Roman is fitted by. means or darts at the
boulders and‘the skirt section set on. fit-

ies, Mother used LILY WHITE. too, the same as daughter does, and
' grand-daughter expects to bcgi 11. as soon as William comes home from the

_ mar; Their plans are all made.
" It 'is not an unusual thing for three generations to be using LILY
'W‘HITE FLOUR at the same time. That's one of the remarkable things

' about the flour. People who start using it seem to prefer it to any other.

Another thing, you will experience no difficulty in using the substitutes
With LILY WHITE; in fact, you will be delighted with the results.

0111' Domestic Science Department furnishes recipes and
cunning charts upon request and will aid you to solve any
other kitbhen problems you may have from time to time.
Bulking: demonstrations also arranged. Address your letters

tdr'u'r Domestic Science Department.

 

 


 

Healthy
Stock—Big Production in
This Dairy Feed

IT has taken extensive, scientific experimental

work w ith big dairy herds to determine Correct ra—
tioning. It is an established fact that Health and
Condition must come first, Big Production afterward.

Wellma‘n’s DUALITEEU “Dairy Feed

Is the solution of the Dairy Ration question. It IS the
result of new thought and new feeding knowledge. it
eliminates the shortcomings of many old- time feed for—
mulas and feeding ideas. See the guaranteed analysis of
Wellman’ s Qualiteed Dairy Feed on the bag here illustra-
11:11.11 is a well balanced, high grade feed, guaranteed
to keep the dairy herd healthy and make it produce,
and it costs less than other high grade dairy feed.

It’s Wise To Order NOW

Do not delay ordering your Winter’s supply. Feed will be scarce.
'l‘rausportation is not. as certain as it used to be. See your feed
dealer without delay and tell him how many tons you Wi11.want.
(live him time to order a car. If he cannot supply you, wr1te 11s.

E. L. WELLMAN

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

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“something to read.’ -It 15 the adviser. friend and sign post to the

right road to reliable market information and accurate market quote-

tions. “01hr 9111111": filmnm'" is received by hundreds of thousands of trep-

pers and Fur shippers all over North America. Never was a serious

misstatements of facts published' in "like fihuhrrt fihipprr" and this charac-

ter of accuracy and reliability has demonstrated that such information is

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With ram help so very source, the .

emcient farmer will
feeding” from his _

remove "hog
list or "chores '1’

' The hog can feed himself as wen as,._

if not better than, the most expert
feeder can do it if given the“ chance
The chance is offered by the self-feeder
-—~a device by which the 110: can choose
from a variety the foods bestsuiied to
his needs. Hogs, like persons, require
a variety of feeds to take care of their
bodily wants.
more of a certain feed than does an-
bther.. ..

There are several types of self-feed.

ers for hogs, but they all employ the
same principle of letting the hog do
the work. Some of them‘conslst of
just one compartment and are nothing
more than a box with one side slight-
ly altered. Others have several com-
partments with means of adjusting
the opening to accomodate different
kinds of feed and regulate the flow.
They vary in size from a small box to
whole corn cribs turned into self-feed-
ers. The kind and size that a farmer
will want depends on the size of his
herd and his inclination in the mat-
ter.

University of Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station Bulletin 144, “Self-
Feeders for Fattening Swine,” des-

cribes several kinds of self-feeders.

with directions for constructing them.
It is mailed free The United States
Department of Agriculture Farmers’
Bulletin 906,
Hogs ” can also be obtained free by
writing the Division of Publications,
U S D. A, Washington, D. C.

WEAK BEE COLONIES
,MAY NEED QUEENS
Bees require a new queen in the

fall only in case that the queen which
they have is old or faulty. This

may not’be easy to determine, partic- .

ularly after a season such as prevail-
ed last summer. But in case the col-
onies have not kept up in fair streng-
th this year it 'is possible that the
queen is at fault, and L Hasemau ol'
the University of Missouri College of
Agriculture advises that the colony
be re-queened. '

To introduce. a new queen be‘ sure
that the old queen has been destroyed,
or at least removed to a cage from
which she cannot escape and return to
the old colony to cause trouble. Bees
ordinarily will not accept a new quee’n
if the old one is left with them. In-

- troduce the new queen in the mail-

ing cage in which she was received
At one end of the little cage will be
found a screen for ventilation, and at
the opposite end a strip of pastehoard.

Also, one hog requires.

“The Self-Feeder for‘

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and in the mgdority of cases' they

,will eventually let the queen out

and accept 11111.11 the queen has not
been released after three days. loosen
the candy slightly.

In/ introducing the queen, either

hang the cage down between two

brood combs wheré the workers can

. get at the screen as well as the candy,
,, or else stand it up on the top bar
over a cluster using a. little of the

glue to'lasten the cage tight to the
top bar and set dOWn over .this an
empty’ super or a super from which
one or two frames have been removed.
After introducing the "queen it is well
«to leave the bees undisturbed for
three days.

Should the beekeeper have a fairly

good strain of bees he might as well

rear his own queen during the early
part of. the summer thus saving the
money paid to breeders. At. this time
of yearnew queens will. have to be
bought from some breeder. While Mr.
Haseman does. not encourage unnec-
essary expense or investment in con-
nection with beekeeping, he empha-
sizes the importance of good queens,
for, he says, “the queen largely de
termines the strength of the colony.”

CULL 0111‘ THE
UNNECESSARY HORSES

The maintenance of unnecessary
horses on the farm is a' costly prac-
tice at any time. It is doubly so
now because of the high'pr'ccs of
feeds. 0n the average farm. horses
and mules 'work an average of less
than five hours a day throughout the
year. Any other income they «an cre-
ate will reduce the cost of operations.
There are two main methods of in-r
creasing the revenue from horses and
mules. First, brood mares raising
colts besides doing farm work. If
the mares are of the right kind they
are a valuable asset. Second, much

' farm work can be done with young

horses and mules that have not yet
reached the age at which they are
most valuable. " Such animals as
these can well be used for farm work.

Horses, other than brood mares
which are producing colts, and horses
and mules which are not increasing
should be considered scri-
ouslyas property for sale. ., It is pos-

- sible to overstock a farm with horses.

The equipment should be Studied
carefully to see that this is not done
By no means. however should farm
horse stock be so depleted as to crip-
ple farming operations. Good strong
horses andmules are essential fOr

maximum production,

_ When Fer-mer- Eazly took possession of h guts ..
Goldman; he scratched his head in ”3:1;le "O,

“as
plowed and crops planted. But ,‘I

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young bulls from King Pieter Segis

1 .gyons 170506. All from A. R. 0. dams
, tli credible records. We test annu-

any for tuberculosis. Write for pric—

- “es and’ further Information;

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Holstein Heifers
' The'cows and bulls advertised have
been sold. I have 6 -.or 8 registered
' fio‘lstelns heifers from heavy produc-
. in: dams, '3 mos. to’2 years old at

#1 5 ,apiece. -

. . .RoB'iN CARR

. "FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

IIGISTEBED HOLSTEIN BULL 6
months old, grandson of Hengerveld
. De K01, sired by Johan Hengerveld
* Lad who , has “ 61* A. R. .0. daughters.
,Daifi is an 18 lb. 3 yr. old granddaughter
Pf Kin; Segis who has a sister that re-
cently made 33 lbs. butter in 7 days as a
4 yr. old.
grown and a Splendid individual.
Price 3100. Write for photo and pedigree.
-, C. Ket2ler, Flint, Michigan.

¥

_ W olverine Stock Farm
.Olters two sons about 1 yr. old, sired
,~~by Judge -» 'Walker Pietertje. These
calves are nicely marked and light in.
, color and are: fine individuals. Write
' » tor prices and pedigrees. Pattie Creek,-
Mich., R. 2. .‘

 

 

'. Milieu-r Brest Housmus ”

This call! is light in color.‘ .

a .
' """Fort'fltt. ' enrolls." _

1.1 ,Of'the “50""). cow," Saki: Payne

' breeding.

daily.

or and for less _ .
Title disphyed robe-t advantage. Bend in copy and
ads or tori-ado to run 18 mus prunes. we will lake

9. -.wlli~.mec mic. , ,, Incen-

 

 

 

 

 

“to

will optionally he sat on “vacation to eh. Alva-thin: Drift.

 

,gFeR:-_V'-5AL*E .
‘a 3'months old ‘ '

liaison Bull Calf

son of} daughter of a half brother

“0 H , and sired by a son of a
33 ll). cow.”. The youngster is

Straight, and handsomely marked

being 7-8 white. ,. _ .

, 3, $100 ifsoid‘soon
Alfred Halsted, Washington, Mich.

 

 

RED rennin

_l_¥

F%RHSALE— D‘nn‘li purpose'Red Polled
u s and Oxford own rams. » '
. H. Walker, Med City.‘Miohigan-

HORSES
SHETLAND PONms
For Sale; Write

”TI-AND PONIE Mr description 8:

prices. Mark B. Curdy, Howell. Mich.

' HOGS

0. I. C.

 

 

 

 

SALE—Registered Holstein Show
Bu". service age; Pontiac Korndyke
Price right. John A. Rinks.

Warren. Michigan.

egistered Holstein Bull one year 9”

or sale. Good type. Dam givmg
from 60 to 65 lbs. of 3.7 milk
Price $90 crtated.
bull calves cheap. C. L.
Okemos, Mich.

One Car-load Registered Holstein:

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

J. Hubert Brown. Byron. Michigan-

now
Also young
Hulett & Son.

SHORTHOBN

.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? 1 represent $1
SHOBTHOBN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. C. W. Crum.
Secretary Central Michigan Shorthbrn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

OR SALE, pure bred Shorthorns and

.0. I. . figs. Five young bull? 'l

to 9 mont s. '5125 to $150 each. ay
Warner, R. No. 3. Almont, Michigan.

Snonrnomvs and POLAND, CHINAS.
Bulls, heifers and spring pigs, either
sex, for sale. at fanners’ prices) F. M.

Piggott & Son, Fowler. Michigan.
haVe been .kept upon

SHORTHORNS Maple Ridge Farm

since 1867 and are Bates bred. Two red
heiffirs for sale. J. E. Tanswell, Mason,
10 . »’

 

 

 

 

For the greatest demand, ‘ future
prices that has ever known. Start
now with the Holstein and convince
Yourself. Good sto k always for
' sale. Howbert S ock Farm, Eau
‘_' Claire, Michigan.

 

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’ ’ sired by a. Sun or
* u” Galveerriend Hengerveld
.. . ~. De Kol ‘Butter

King Segis D'e 'Kol

.- ,gBo’y'and. by— a son of
v Korndyke. from A. R
was ‘0 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25
at tall age.

.- considered.

WALNUT
W.. W.

Prices reasonable breeding

'cno‘vn s'rocn FARM
Wyckoi‘l. Napoleon. Mich.

 

HOLSTEIN BULL OALVES
Sires dams average 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 flag. 145.93“ lbs. 30 das. testing
5.52% fat. Dams good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows %' white.
Price $65.00 each while they last.

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

. Holstein-Prim“ Cattle . , _
~Under the present labor conditions
'I. feel the necessity of reducing my
, herd, Would sell a, few bred females
or a few to freshen this spring. These
cows are all with call: toll. 30-pound
,. hull. ._.I.~,1l‘rcd~ Smith, \Byron, Michigan

,.P. . .S 0‘ TH 3
narrow, young, bulls lett.‘ 'Also' a you 3'
pairiheavy draft, horses. " Phone 58F15.

. ‘wAItWIN'KILLINGER

 

 

 

 

V

Maven: head 2 of ..'__Holstein
cows and: half .. Three
. "115115 bred the‘rest to freshen
fa sandfyvinter.‘ Ar. ood start teas-
. toiysome' one.- - ,te, . , ,1
end: {8011. Pinckney,’ Michigan.

. 0. dams with rec— , A

. _, Fowlerville,‘ ’Micmgan. .

‘BATES BBED SHOBTHOBNS.

 

b 11 f I A few
young u s or sa 3.
J. B. Hum

me], Mason, Michigan.

cmxsnr
wn navn A, raw

GUERNSEY .Heiters and cows for
sale, also a number of well bred young
bulls—-write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake. Michigan.

YOUNG REGISTERED GUERN-
Fm'saleSEY cow, popular blood lines,
also young bull Golden Noble II breeding.

ren A. Dygert. Alto, Michigan.

 

 

 

V quality, prices right,
W.

 

BredndGilts

Serviceable Boars
.l. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8LARGE. TYPE 0. I. C.

Spring boars. Also 2nd prize Jr. yr. boar
Mich. State Fair, 1918.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARR!
Monroe, Mich.

DUROC

 

EACH HILL FARM. Registered Dur-
oc Jersey spring boar. He is a grand-
son of the Prin. 4th, weighs 225 lbs.,
good deep red color with plenty of bone,
good back, fancy head, backed by the
best of breeding. Write quick if you

want him for $60.
Inwood Bros., Romeo, Michigan.

 

Registered Duroc Jersey Swine.
For sale Yearling and spring boars of
quality, also bred sow, Aug. and Sept.'far-
row. Spring gilts. Write for pedigree
and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. L.
J. Underhill. Salem. Mich.

tall,

DUROC BOARS .

thy males that will

add size and growth to your herd. Big—

gest March farrowed pigs in the coun-
try, 200 lbs. and not fat. .

Newton Barnhart, St. Johns. Michigan.

 

grow-

PLEASANT VIEW DUROCS .
Spring boars and gilts of exceptional
inspection inVited.

C. Burlingame, Marshall, Michigan.

 

, DUROC BOARS, GILTS

We are offering some f‘ne. B‘g ivpe. fall and
‘ spring Boats and Gills. Al Farmers‘ Prices.

F. E. EAGER and Son
HOWELL. - - . MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

demand for our company.

should be the watchword.

Michigan and to society.

L

Colon C. Lilia, President

 

 

 

' , An Organization for. Michigan Farmers

More than $1,000,000.00 of business written the first year.

More 'than $120.000.00 of first real estate mortgages on deposit with the
state treasurer which proves our reSponsibility

l Your liability can be protected by our reliability

This is notime to take long chances.

CO-operate with us and insure your live stock against death from accident
and disease and thus save more than $3,000,000.00 annually to the farmers of

Michigan Live Stock Insurance Co.

81% 'Wiodieem'b Bldg" Grand rapids, Mich. Graebner Bidg., Saginaw, w.s., Mich.

This proves the

In these critical times “safety first”

Harmon J. Wells, See. and Trees.

 

 

 

 

 

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» ” Livssrocx COMMISSION

1:6.
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CONSIGN rook qu STOCK T0
YiRBINSON & CO.

conifomain

7‘ - South St. Joseph

Denver ’ Kansas City
Eul'St. Louis Sioux City

 

 

" risks.“ can»: we mom-um:

'- Eiéa'lft' ”theiyear, around keeps.

theelthfiandfreetromsbpmach worms

r

«in xiii? lym'i‘l
”‘ ‘,.,parce
but stall: ' 5/

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‘ inions, under i his

. HAMPSHIR

' SHROPSI-IIRE

 

' CHICKS

gradations. Michigan, . .

 

Large Type koland China swinf

LARGE TYPE P. 0. fall cilia. bred
and ready to- ship. Will we-gh up

to 365 pounds. Will farrow in A1113!"

and Sept. Will also s ll a few Sal”?- ‘4

boars.» Fall sale Nov. 29.

Wm, J. Clarke, R. No. 7, Mason, Mich

 

 

‘ .

‘3

HAMPSHIRE

SPRING BOARS
ready at a bargain. Place
Your order fonbred gilts now.

John W. Snyder, St. Johns, Mich., R. No. 4

 

 

SHEEP

SHROPSHIBES

REGISTERED Shrop-
shire .Rams, some
Write for prices or come to the
Dan Booher, R. 4, Evart, Mich.

ewes.
farm.

 

FOB. AUGUST DELIVERY 50 RBSISter‘

ed Shropshire Yearling ewes and 30
RegiStergg Yearling Ramsot extra Ill-181“
lty and ceding. Flock established 1890.
C.lLemen, Dexter. Michigan.

REGISTERED SHROPSHIBE Imus,

of quality. One im-
lJOrted three-year-old Ram. Priced right.
Harry Potter & Son, Davison, Michigan.

 

DELAINE

 

Reg. Rams to choose from. Newton Jr

Blank, Hill Crest Farm, Perrinton.
Mich. Farm situated four miles south of
Middleton.

IMPROVED Black Top Delalns.

 

0R SALE—Registered yearling Rams.
Improved Black Top Delaine Merino.‘
Frank Rohrabacher. Laingsburg. Mich.

FOR SALE REGISTERED IMPROVED

Black Top Delaine Merino
Rams. V. A. Backus & Son, Potterville.
Michigan. Citizens’ Phone.

FOR SALE PURE BRED and, regjs-

tered American Delaine
sheep.
F

 

 

Young. Both sexes.
H. Conley, Maple Rapids, Michigan.

ELAINES, bred on same farm for 50 .

years. Size, quality prepotent; rams-
for. sale delivered. Write

S. H. Sanders, R. No. 2, Ashtabulathio.

 

O PURE BRED Black Top Delaine.
ne Ram. William H. Meier, Byron,
Michigan, P. O. Box 116. .-

30

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RADIBOUILL ET

 

PURF-BRED Rambouiilet Ewes.
Priced for quick sale. Eugene W.
Meirer, Byron, Mich, P. O. Box 123.

 

 

‘TIX-TON MIX' with IlIt the
around k _ flock healthy and tree inn
wom- an dis. ve- you big money ~31 .
1.00 ample box by parcel post will mod: y
cote a barrel}?! nit. Write for club
—booklet on Nature and Care of S ,. .
masons Till-TON co.,cma Ledge. '

 

 

POULTRY

WYANDOTTE

 

 

Silver Laced, Golden and White Wynn?

dottes of quality. Breeding stock after
Oct. 1st.
Browning, R.

Engage it early. Clarence

2, Portland, Mich.

 

LEGHORN

ROFITABLE BUFF LEGHORNS~We

have twenty pens of especially mated
Single Comb Buffs that are not only mai~
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prob.
itable egg production. Eggs at very reas-'
onable price. Our list will interest you.
——please ask for it. Village Farms,
Grass Lake. Michigan. , _

CHICKS . .

We. ship thousands
each season, different:
varieties, booklet and
testimonials. stamp appreciated. Freemrt’
Hatchery, Box 10, Freeport. Michigan.

 

TURKEY S

GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS.
boned young thoroughbreds.
Hardy strain. Raised 140 turkeys from
9 hens, 1917. Early orders give you bet-
ter quality, lower prices, safer delivery.
N, Evalyn Ramsdell, Ionia,

nA'rcnnic- EGGS

PLYMOUTH ROCK

V Barred Rockjllgg. Whig-,6,

$2.00 per 15,

per year. Circular tree;

Prepaid ‘1)
0st. Fred ‘

 

Sixty '

110W _

I"

s

Big?"

Michigan. , ‘

 


 

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They have shown their hand. Their venom against a democratic President
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American   P ebple United

Our losses 1n American blood has already reached thousands, and
will reach millions if partisan polihcs 1s to overthrow the
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We appeal to every father'and every voting brother of the. Boys :in the field
to stand by President Wilson, President McKinley received an overWhelming‘ Vote,
of confidence in 1898; Why should Wilson not receive a similar expression, now? ‘i

Henry Ford for Senator
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and All Candidates HON ESTLY repre-

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