i'._‘Farmcrs Weekly Owned and Edited in Michigan

  

 

 

 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 231d, 1918

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if Crops Production Costs

 

~Q11 fieptémher 24th, in response to repeat-
~fi~.:.<lmuiu.'x(hs from 1am organizations, the
United States senate passed a resolution in-
"ctin Secretary Houston of the Depart-

showing rthe cost of producing wheat and.

secretary wrote a letter to the senate 'in
which he said:

dependable mforzhation on this subject.”
1.3When the food control ‘bill was passed a
a: 330 last August which fixed a maximum
price («on wheat, very little investigation was
re by the‘la'W— makers i11to the cost of grow-
_ .Wheat Because in pro-War years farm-
ens . d been able to make .a nOminal prefit on
sat at less than a dollar a bushel the legis~
. 13ers concluded that the suggested price of
$2 would surer pay the growers an ample

 

 

. actmg the bill into a’ law, congress Would nev-

fuel; opiniQn. of the members themselves. It

1 91:11th of agriculture which was supposed to be

 

; Honeton pos1t1vely assured congress
‘ d'prwe was aneugh, altho
"farmers 8t00d ready to prove that

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ton turns to congress and says:

mexit f . 14ng ulture to furnish information 1
other farm products. On November 7th the

~“I regret that I cannot send to the Senate ‘

profit But despite the urgent need of em,
”for have fixed a price according to the individ- -’ mg Okrye for feed is cancelled. Rye may

had to have something. more dependable than '.
this, anQ naturally .it turned to the depart-'

fountain head of all agrlcultural Wisd01n. -. 5

But the laW Was passed. The,
and.

, Since then armsgrsfi delegations by The.

then: pros,
aside, because Mr: .Houston "

. ago, Dr. W J.- Spill— ..
e of farm manage- '
certain figures his;

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to him for advice when urged to increase the
wheat price, Mr. Houston said, “No, the price

; you have established is enough.” And when
“the chief of the ofiice of farm management

1300!: it upon himself to publish figures which
his Ofiice- had compiled he was severely criti-
ciZed by Mr. Houston and the figures declared

\ worthless. And now, after repudiating Dr.
' Spillman’ s. figures, after denying the correct—
~ ness of figures compiled by various students

of farm economics; and after Scofi‘ing at the
experiences of individual farmers, Mr. Hous-
“I don’t
know What it costs to grow Wheat ”

,But we are advised that Mr. Houston Will
find out What the cost. will be, perhaps after
the war isover and federal control ends. Yea,

.Yerily. Already he has had an opinion from

“the‘president, of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural College, the chief in crops of Purdue

.- University, an agricultural economist of the

University of Wisconsin, an agronomist of

 

 

The War Ends Substitute and Feeding
Restrictions
Ineview of the many changes in the world
war situation, which brings about an en-
tire alteration in the flow of the world’s
* food supply, itis no longer deemed neces-
sary to prohibit the use of rye and Wheat
for feeding purposes, therefore, Rules 2—A-5
and 25-B-6, limiting the sale of wheat for
feed are both rep'eale‘ll.
The rule requiring permits for the grind-

now be used for feed without restriction.»—
Geo. A. Prescott, Federal Food Adminis—
trator. . \

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f, The recent war developments, we are
“pleased to say, have made possible the
. complete abandonment of. the Food Admin-
Listration substitute and mixed flour pro-
~gram. ~UMted States Food Administration
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the Pennsylvania State College, an assistant

. in. farm management of the University of

Minnesota, and a farm economist of the Agri-
cultural. College of Texas,” and he assures us
that; he is “inviting the co-operation of the

ebest agricultufal economists and students of

farm crops outside of the department as well
,as' inside to assist in formulating projects for
cost studies.’

It 18 plain that Mr. Houston has a high re-
gard for the opinions of agricultural stud-
ents, advisors, economists, agronomists, et cet-
era; but the experiences of individual farm-
emf-ignorant fellows, who actually grow the
cunt for little. In. fact, Mr. Hous-
. 1y assures congress that one of the
pannot appr0ve the Spillman data

 

, faithe Wheat growers in a
li gh And 1n. the meantime,

Tupon this matter.
7 . ouston ’s report- which
.. may better know how

States many millions of dollars annually; -

The Senate Committee theref01e urged that

than- the fair value thereof, the commit
referred the matter to the State Departine
‘ with the suggestion that it be taken up.

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. elief could tlimt be obtained“ '1‘

[13.111121 BINDER A
TWINE MONOPOLY

United States Users of Binder Twine Seek
to Break Yucatan Monopoly and to
Cease Paying Outrageous Toll

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During the past three years the farmers of
the United States have been held up by the
Mexican sisal bandits, and relieved of'more
than eighty-six million dollars, and the same
gang of high-binders are now laying in wait
and unless something is done very soon, an
other thirty million will be demanded of the
grain growers of the nation. Ninety per cent
of all the binder twine used in the United
States is Imade from sisal hemp, imported
from Mexico, and the best sisal is secured
from Yucatan. In July 1915, sisal of the
very best quality was selling at five and one-
fourth cents per pound, f.o.b. New Orleans,‘
and the farmers of the United States were
paying less than nine cents per pound for
binder twine.

In September of the same year, General
Salvador ’Alvarado, the military dictator of
Yucatan must have decided on a raise in sal-
ary, for he issued an edict proclaiming a gov-
ernment monopoly of'the sisal hemp business
of Yucatan. It was not long before prices
began to soar; the altitudes reached can be
best understood by the following quotations,
giving the price of sisal hemp for the four
years following:

August, 1915, 5?; cents per pound.

September, 1916, 95 cents per pound.’ .

September, 1917, 19} cents per pound. ‘

September, 1918, 23% cents per pound.

The situation became so serious that in the
spring of 1916 it was doubtful whether suffi-
cient raw material could be secured to care
for the crop, and a Senate hearing was or-
dered. This hearing was before a sub-com:-
mittee on Agriculture, and dragged its weary
length through a maze of red tape, until it
was too late to bring anything to bear upon
the Mexican monopoly.

as follows: .
“That an oppressive monopoly exists and

holds in its giasp our importations of sisal;

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that this monopoly fixes piices regardless of
"supply and demand and is most dangerous.

the Department of Justice take such action 3

as the law and the facts warrant. Furtherpf

Later the committee ,5 ,
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“ my desire that careful consideration be’given the

chin the} Department of AgricUIture showing,

fie cost of producing wheat and ether farm pro-
cts. I regret that I can not send to the Senate
dependable information on this subject.

‘ "Certain studies of the cost of producing a -'
.m of farm products have been made by the '
. Gmce of Farm Management.

About a year ago,
the results of one of the studies were brought to

‘ my attention. After an examination of them, and

in view of criticism by competent experts of sim-
ilar studies, I indicated to Dr. Spillman, who was
chief of the office of Farm Management until Sep-
tember 1, that I' questioned the validity of the
methods pursued in the studies and was of the
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ed by competent students of farm economics as
sound and which would furnish results reason-
ably reliable and creditable to the department.
Notwithstanding my directions, the inquiry pro-
ceeded according to former methods, and a num‘
her of weeks ago some of the results were embod-
ied in several manuscripts." These were not brot
to my attention until after some publicity was
given them.

ASKED OPINION 0F COMPETEN'I‘ EXPERTS
“I gave the studies in question very careful
I/asked competent experts, includ-
ing students of grain farming in the department
and on .the outside, to give me their opinion of
them. I was convinced, as they are, that the stud-
ies are unsatisfactory in method and faulty in
exposition and interpretation and that the conclu-
sions drawn have no validity. The studies have
never been formally approved by the department.
I assume that these studies, especially those on the
cost of producing wheat, which the former chief
of the office, without consulting me and without
my knowledge, submitted to the Senate Commit-
tee on Agriculture, are the ones contemplated in
the resolution.

“Not content with my own examination of these
studies and my conclusions concerning them, I
submitted them separately to three well qualified
students of farm economics and requested their
opinions. Their reports were adverse. I then
referred the reports on the cost of producing
wheat to a committee consisting of an economist
from one of our agricultural colleges, one from
the Bureau of Markets, a statistical economist
from the Bureau of Crop Estimates, and a member
of the staff of the Office of Farm Management.
This committee reported that these documents
were not analytical studies of the problem and
that they might be considered merely as Opinions.
Later, the author of the manuscripts in question
asked for permission to withdraw them, stating
that the data were not sufficient to entitle the doc-
uments to be regarded as analytical studies in any

‘ sense, that he could not defend them on any sub-

stantial ground, that they. were based rather on
personal observation of local conditions and notes
taken on farmers’ experience, and
that they should not be given pub-

'eas oi .
not sumoieltiy representatives

“ That the number 014nm invalidated {about

158 for the wheat area cost of the Rocky mim-

"tabs and 115 for the Pacidc and Northwest what

areas) was small; but of more limos-times em
than this, that the data secured therefrom were
very incomplete ,

“ ‘That the manuscripts appear

the specific data collected in the surveys made in
the spring of 1918.’

“It will be noted that the cemmittee points out ’

not only that the number of farms dealt with
was smdll but also that the data secured were
very incomplete, as I have already indicated. Even
the sample of the questionnaire inserted lathe
records by the former chief of theofilce, ‘Dr. Spill-
man, was not actually the one, employed in the in-
quiry, and ‘those' that Were employed contained
fragmentary data secured \through conversations
with farmers, as the author indicated in his com-
munication to me.

REGRETS PUBHOITY 0F INCOMPLETE DATA

“I regret that the former chief of the omce of
Farm Management and the acting chief should
have given publicity to the studies dealt with,
since it is clear that they constitute no basis for
satisfactory thinking or proper action in this dif-
ficult matter.

“I have for a long time appreciated the dim-
culty of attempting to secure satisfactory studies
of “cost of producing farm commodities. There
are many millions of farmers producing the lead-
ing crops. Conditions differ not only from farm
to farm but also from section to section, and av-
erages mean very little. If such studies are un-
dertaken, it is of the utmost importance that they
give actual facts, that approved methods be em-
ployed, and that the services of the best trained
men be secured for their proper exposition and
interpretation. I am taking steps to see that‘fur-
ther studies, if made in this field, shall be satis-
factory; and to this end I am inviting the co-op-
eration of the best agricultural economists and
students of farm crops outside of the department,
as well as inside of it, to assist us \in formulating
projects for cost studies and in recasting the work
of the ofiice of Farm Management along the best
possible lines.”——D. F. Houston, Secretary.

CHARLOTTE SEED BEAN SUIT
MAY ESTABLISH PRECEDENT

Farmer A. Baker of Olivet last spring bought
some seed beans from an Olivet elevator, upon the
guarantee that they would grow. For the- sake
of this guaranteed growing quality he paid $10
per bushel for the seed. He planted them; they

didn’t "grow, and who refused to pay for the beans.”
The elevator company refused to investigate or
Suit ”was ,

release him from the purchase price.
entered against Mr. Baker.

The outcome we have
not yet learned. ‘ '

to be more
largely based upon the wanthors general knowl- 7
’ edge of the items of cost of production than upon

_ Any individual who this seed to another is ,
actually a seed dealer. And those who deal in
seeds "should be prepared to ‘melre good an losses
sustained as a result or the planting oi the seed “
they sell. Moreover, there should be ”a state law, _,
providing for a stiff penalty for selling seeds", the]
germinating qualities of which are in doubt

U .s BINDER 'rwnjrs USERS SEEK ,
r0 BREAK YUCATAE monarchy“

-(C’onttnued from page); "of the nation to make;
every effort ‘teafind asuitable sUbstitute for sisal." i
In 1917 the United States Department "of Jus-.

tic‘e instituted a suit against the Yucatan ‘monop-

oly, claiming that it was a contravention of the
anti- monopoly laws of the United States. Again

‘ the red tape and again the delays, until\finally

in August of the present year Judge Hough gave ,

a decision adverse to the Department of Justice— ' ‘

and there you are. At the present time sisaLis
quoted a little lower than last year: but the mill» ‘
opoly is in a position to snap its fingers at the
United States authorities, and the three hundred .
per cent unwarranted raise in price still holds.
good. '

Facts have lately been unearthed which prove
that the monopoly, not the poor sisal farmers of

.. Yucatan, profit by the three hundred per cent
raise.

It has been proven that the small planters
of Yucatan have not received the cest of produc-
tion for their sisal; while the monopoly has been
raking in endrmous profits. In some sections ef-
forts were made by the smaller growers to, sell
outside the monopoly; these had their property
seized by the military dictators and were forced
to leave‘the country. Although all efforts to kill
the monopoly ‘by the United States have failed,
some encOuraging news comes lately from the
smaller growers of Yucatan. Recently an associ-
ation, comprising sixty per cent of the "smaller
growers was formed, and succeeded in getting an
appeal before President Carranza, and 'a copy to
President Wilson. These growers stated that the
monopoly. was illegal because the contracts im-
posed by it were signed under duress; that the
monopoly had not paid the grOWers what it con-
tracted to pay. They also charged graft, and
wound up the appeal by reciting instances of out-
rage and assassinations which had gone unpun-
ished, and which had their origin in the fight for
the sisal business. President Carranza has prom-
ised President Wilson that he will make an inves-
tigation at once, and it is possible that finally a
way will be opened for the deliverance of the
iarmers of this nation from the hands of a vic-
ious foreign monopoly. Let it here be recorded,
however, that this very monopoly had its in—
ception in [the United States The

 

licity. He further stated that the in-
quiry was hurriedly made, that the,
costs were not taken from cost ao-
connting records, that the agents
talked with farmers and made up
their minds, that there was, there-
fore, no tabulation of accurate data, ,
that there was “a sort of adjustment
from these figures" secured in the
way indicated,‘ that there was a lot
of guess work done and mental im-
pressions formed, and that the fig-
ures given were not accurate but
rough approximations."

COMMITTEE DECLARES MATERIAL

“WHOLLY INADEQUATE"

“As a further precaution, I re- _
quested a committee consisting of
the president of the Kansas State
the‘x Chief in
Crops of Purdue University, an agri-
cultural economist of the University
of Wisconsin, an agronomist of the
Pennsylvania State College, an as-
sistant in farm management of the
University of Minnesota, and a farm
economist of the Agricultural College
of Texas to make an inquiry and

 

under date a; October 3-1, exprossing

 

it: view that they; found "this mater- :; ,,

facts were brought, out at the Son "
ate inVestigation, that a few bank-
ers of New Orleans~ joined rhands
with the'moneye‘d interests of Wall
Street and financed the first year’s _
operation. It took just one year for
the American moneyed interests to
get their money out of the deal and
{leave a surplus sufficient to reorgan-
ize the company in Mexico, out of
' the reach of,.the federal government.
Manufacturers of binder twine have
spent thousands, of dollars trying to
find a substitute for sisal hemp, but
, thus far to «no avail. “If prices go~
vabove present figures. manila twine .

is clever enough to keep its prices
within the margins required by
competitors. At the present time it

vest would cost the American farm- -
er a little less than last year and'
wet the extra amount paid on" the.
twelve million pounds used by th
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he on the; potato 0:01» Only one

‘ ts as to Minnesota This agrees with
~ “mime-m" reports as well,- which is well
nude teed to be vary enthusigtic in war years.
pie from weekly summary of car-lot shipments
received yesterday that 92, 761 cars have been
flipped to date
often noted,- these have been loaded 25 per cent
heavier than not season, making the total shipped
equal to‘ ”115,906 cars as loaded in other years,
campingd ”with the 90,602 cars shipped to corres-
minding; date last year. As the total shipments
, moved in cariots last year were only ‘161 .658 with
~ 'a‘. crop of 442, 000,000 bushels, it will be seen that
viith a crop of only 390, 000, 000 bushels this year
the crop has been m'oyed into consumption very
moon faster than the size of the crop warrants.
.The reason is not hard to find. Thousands of
growers and shippers located in the potato-grow-
ing regions for from cities like Maine, Minne-
Sota, Colorado and Idaho, suffered heavy losses
last year when potatoes went down in price in the
winter and this year shipped very heavily just
as Soon as the stock could be dug out of the
ground“ Last\ spring the potatoes from these
states-Were talked about all winter to bear down
e price, and came on the market in spring
uths- This season the long distance shipping
ates are cleaning up fast, leaving the supply
1 cities to those grown closer only. As is well
own to the trade, New Jersey and Pennsylvan-
a are cleaning up fast and Long Island has a
much, lighter crop than‘last year. Both‘ con-
sumers and dealers should remember 1916, a seas-
on when with a light crop and normal consumption
he potato crdp was so nearly all eaten up by
ebruary that growers had but few left above
he amount necessary for use as seed r—Daniel
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SPECIAL M. B. F. REVIEW OF
MAINE CROPS AND MARKETS

Cmps are all gathered except beans, of which
there are many still in the‘ fields in strips. Some
report of potatoes rotting since dug where dug
.eariys The yield of potatoes was not large but the

quality is fine,
is below the cost of production only $1 25 per bu
_ being paid, while growers agree that it costs 32
i. if to grow them Some Who have storage room are
7; holding them. No beans have yet been sold. The
price is 312 per ewt Nearly all crops were below

E an average except oats and spring Wheat. Apples
. were not more than 10 per cent of normal, and
no sale for them beyond local demand; price $1. 50
per bbl. Livestock of all kinds is much cheaper
than last fall; owing to shortage of feed and labor
cows in particular are not more than 60 per
', cent as high as in the- middle of the summer.
There is a general feeling among farmers, that they
are not being used fair in return for the great
effort they have made to produce more food. ——R.
L. Herrick, West Paris. Maine Nov. 7 1918.

 

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SHIPMENTS AND PRICES OF

are as follows: October 26, 25 cars;
24 cars; october 28.18 cars; October 29, 24 cars;
Catcher 30, 28 cars; October 31 30 cars; Novem
bar 1, 39 cars November: 15 cars; November 3,,"
_ it car; November 4, 4 cars; November 5,14 cars.

During the some period Idaho shipped 15 cars,
- Washington three cars and gregon one car.

. During the same period there was imported at
scuttle 273 tons of Japanese beads of different va.
_~; rioties. ’; '

Fix: The market in Les Angeles, warehouse, cashuto
grower, choice stock, tie-cleaned bests, sacked per
~ _ Mines, $9. 75 to 5310.25; «man whites
Henderson bush $9 to 39.50 Black-

October 27.

i the or Win: more than three months.
anus Are- mmmy for both buyers and Sellers in

'Vfiinef has a normal crop, with conflicting

As the Bureau of markets has .

Many have been sold but the price ‘

WESTERN GROWN DEANS A

Recent shipments of dry beans from California. A

   

her and January, but they may not contract for
Por-

transactions for banning purposes. '
The stock of dry edible beans ,_together with the
quantifies in transit as reported in the food sur-

~.vey of July 1, 1918, by commercial concerns other

than retail dealers amounted to 13,451,391 bush-
els. The aggregate stock on hand on date of the
Survey this year amounted to 47.7 per cent more
than those reported for a year earlier. The
stock reported as being held in California and
New York together amounted to almost one-third
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Chief Pe-Tos-Key

To popularize the Golden Russet, or,
the Petoskey Rural Russet potato, as it
is sometimes called, the Michigan Pota~
to Growers’ Exchange have adopted the
above caricature of the Irish s‘pud as a
sort of a trade-mark, and his homely
mug is now appearng in the Exchange’s
advertisements in the’various produce pa-
pers setting forth the advantages of the
particular variety of potatoes he repre-
sents. Our only criticism would be that
not endugh emphasis is laid upon the
fact that the Petoskey russet has been
chosen as the STANDARD MICHIGAN
POTATO. We hope the Exchange. thru
its livewire president, Dorr D. Buell, will
drive that thought home so hard that
whenever and wherever old “Chief Petos-
key” may be seen, the oulooker will in-
stantly think of a Michigan standard
potato that can’t be beaten for quality
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“SUGAR BEET GROWERS GET SUGAR
‘ ALLOTMENT 0F FIFTY POUNDS

A thing of the food administration gives to far-
mers who grew sugar beets a maximum of 50
pounds of sugar per year for each member of the
household, which includes hired help, which is ‘4
pounds a year more than is allowed other people.
'Fai'mas are permitted to purchase their sugar
dirhct from the factory to which they deliver their

. beets, but they are not allowed to buy allotments
. from more than one factory, as has often been their

apracti-cs before the times of sugar shortage.
Neithei‘ will farmers who puIchase allotments
from factories be allowed to retain their Sugar
thirds ' which permit them to purchase from
",taibm stores. All factory sales to far-
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_. It? beans, aid cancers will be permitted to. pack .
from normal amounts during November, Dom-

- months in 1917.

" with his amps the/same as anyone in bus;

MEASuRE OF FOOD FLow » “
TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 3;.

Comparative exports of Six great groups oi.-
staple foods from the United States show a trend.
of conditions of unusual interest to American
,Mrmers. According to the U 8. Food ‘Admina .
istration, exports of pork products during July.
August and September of thi year were more
than three times as great as during the sonic ,
Exports of beef and dairy pm '- .
ducts during the same period showed increases ‘
of nearly double the former amount. Compara- _
tive figures for the principal clauses of food pro!
ducts follow:

    
 
 

 

 
   
 
  

    
 

 
    
 
  
  
   
  
  
  
   

 
 

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Beef products, lbs ' 93,962,477 171,986,147
Pork products, lbs. 196,256,750 538,602,400
Dairy ptoductsts. 130,071,165 161,245,029
Veg. oils, lbs._ 27,719,553 26,026,701
Grains, bu. ______ 66,383,084 121,668,823 _
Sugar(inc. Cuban) 1,108,559,519 1,065,398,247

 

 

 

 

It will be observed that only in the case of
vegetableoils and sugar have exports been Slight-
ly less. The Food Administration calls special at-
tention to foreign need for animal fats. South
America produces hogs and dairy products only
in small amounts and the United States must ex-
pect to supply these important nutrients for sever-
al years at least

The chief limiting factors,_ in handling the '
huge quantities of food required for exports are
transportation, terminal and shipping facilities
and in the case of live animals slaughtering and
packing equipment for taking (are of laige market
runs as fast as Ieceived. It is important for farm:
ers to clearly understand that with large produc-
tion there must be rational marketing if stabilized
prices are to be maintained and waste avoided.

The part which conservation must play in the
food program is likewise obvious. To provide by
July 1 1919 the 20 million tons of food for over-
seas shipment a steady conservation in American
homes is essential. This quantity of food is 75
per cent more than we shipped last year and must
come from a harvest scarcely as large. In gen-
eral there is a world market for all staple foods
with an increasing demand for animal products.

Farmers of long vision will recognize that er-
ratic prices market gluts and local increase in
revenues must be of temporary (hamster, and
that conservation which enables the United States
to fulfill its food pledges. means continued for- :2;
eign trade in American farm products. ‘

MR. BREISCH CHANGES HIS
MIND ABOUT SOME THINGS

AlmOSt exactly a yeaI ago today, Mr Christian
Bieisch a prominent bean Ilealei of Lansing was
quoted in the Lansing Stun. Journal as saying:

‘We, ChIistian BIeisch & Co. have not bought
any beans. There is no profit in buying beans at
$7 or $8 a bushel and then being toned to sell
them at $6 90. We will not buy them while we,
have to pay any such price as that. The farmergll
say,” continues this buyer. “if we can get $8 a
bushel for our beans we will get it" and many of
them are holding their crop up so they can get
name than this I do not say that they are all
doing this some of them are patriotic and will .
to sell their crop and take the price the gave 3.,
ment has placed on the crop. However, there are
others, a sort of ring in fact holding up their
beans, speculating in order to get better prices.

We asked Mr Breisch at that time tgexpiain
why he refused to deal in beans at a loss and yet
expected farmers to produce them at a loss. He
couldn't explain, or, at least, he didn’t. “

Since then Mr Breisch has been elected piesi
dent of the Bean Jobbers' Assn which exalted
position seems to clarify his thought on farmers’
lights and privileges, for we find him quoted in
the Nov. lst, 1918 issue of the State Journal as
follows: .

“The bean business is quiet at present and but
few beans are being sold. The farmers are bold-
ing their beans for a higher price, but I think that ‘
this is perfectly legitimate for them to do. Th
price (If farm implements and farm labor has d:
vanced with everything else, and the farmers. c
not be blamed for getting the highest price
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A T‘Dairy Day," when a special emphasis would
be made in every restaurant, hotel, and home in

. the ’United States, to present/to .the hungry” pee;

lple; the most [attractive dairy foods,
most helpful to the people of this nation for the
present, and the future:

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America, the greatest nation, has one-half of
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largest consumers of milk has produced a type
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Kaiser. .
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In our mingling with representatives frOm dif-
ferent states in Washington during the last few
days, we were impressed with the fact of the
shortage of dairy products over all the nation and
over all the world. We"fivere also impressed with
the importance of dairy feeds as they relate to
the physical. mental. and moral growth and de-
velopment of American manhood.

Into the great medley of propositions and
ideas which shall be used in the days to come.
and which will affect the dairy industry of this

country, if we save it from falling back into the

channel of disrepute, where it has so long lain,
it will require the best constructive effort of the
best minds of the broad-gauged men of this ha.
tion. The milk business is not a local affair. No
small locality can. with any degree of success,
work out its own problem; but like every other
industry we must have leadership with adequate
support that shall put this industry on a sane
and equitable basis; not only for the good of the
business today, but for the good of the business
in years to come and for the good Of American
manhood, as it relates to world- wide policies in
this and days to come.

It is possible that, in the near future, the Food
Administration will be dissolved and that we

may expect no steadying hand to effect the price -

of our product or the price of feeds we have to
buy. I am not to discuss the advisability of this

‘proposition at the present time but I want to

bring to you again the thought that the destiny,
the future of this great industry, which repre-
sents onesixth of the entire food product of this
nation, will depend on the spirit of co- -operation
among our members and our ability to co—ordinate
with the other allied industries In soliciting
some of the great allied industries tO co- operate
with us. while in Washington I was assured by
the manager of one of the largest butter manu-
facturing institutions in the world that they
stood ready with the milk producers to put dollar
for dollar into a great advertising campaign to
bring to the people of the world the knowledge of
the necessity of our product for the future of
the world's manhood This is also true of some
of the great condensary interests of our country
They, too stand ready to co- -opera . with us in this
great enterprise. The great manufacturing in-
terests of (lair) products have changed their at-
titude very materially in the last few months.
They do not propose longer to spend their money
trying to gather up milk where its production is
an accident and under unfavorable conditions so
that it may be brought into their plants at a
cheaper rate than the legitimate dairyman can
produce it They are now proposing to co- operate

:with us in a great advertising campaign to let
,2 the public know the food value of our product.
_ We should give to them our most hearty co op-
' » oration.

7 Slackers in the Milk Business
: We want to throw down the challenge right

ghere to any man who has received the benefits
“of the organized movement of the milk produc-

ers in‘the; past year, and who is not anxious to
put his energy, his money, and his endorsement
to this organized movement This man is a

' slacker, a traitor to his country, and should be

painted yellow The best thinkers of our land,

basing their calculation on Dr. McGuIIum’s re-

search and discussions, are asserting with all

seriousness that one of the things that made the

noon soldiers diplomat than other soldier
the feet that a larger portion of his ati
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would ‘be ,

Let us unitedly call for ;

Commission, - ‘
of any milk prod

That we got above the tho’ t Of a price for today in . ,
our effort to stabilize this industry, is commend» 1’ “

ing itself to all

Before this reaches your eyes another confer-1

enCe will be in session at Washington. RepreSent—
atives of condensaries, distributors, ice cream
manufacturers, and the milk producers, possibly

the largest representative body of this vital in}:
dustry that ever gathered for council, will be my

ing to fix a determining body, Or a commission,
befOré which all these interests will present their
claims; where the cost of production, manufact-

- ure. and distribution will be thoruoughly mites--

tigated, and with such a determining body as this
we shall be able, thru the press, to present facts
to the world that will enable us to place our pro-

duct on the same basis as other industries; name.

ly, a price'for our product that equals the cost of
production plus a small profit. Judge Lamb, be-
fore reti1ing from his position as Food Adminis-
trator of the Dairy Division, is anxious that some
directing influence shall be left which will,_ in the
years to come, he a factor in giving to the world' 5
people this product for which there is absolutely
no substitute.

Now, we call upon you to do your part. , Many
men, broad minded men. are giving their time and
money without compensation to stabilize and el-
evate your business We call upon you again to
do everything in your power to co—operate.
call upon you, of the Detroit Area to send dele-
gates to the meeting which is to be held in the
Chamber of Commerce, November 26. We call
upon the milk producers of Michigan to send at
least two delegates from every local to the annual

meeting to be held in Lansing, December 4th.,

We have the assurance that some of the leading
thinkers of the nation will be in attendance at
that time See the program elsewhere in this pap.
er. A greater array of dairy talent never was
assembled in the State of Michigan than will be
present December 4th,
Michigan State Capitol. Lansing.

KIMBALL ENTERS MICHIGAN
’ BEAN ELEVATOR FIELD

Announcement is made of the organization of
the h’imball—Martindale 00..

City and will own a line of elevators‘in north
eastern Michigan while its principal stockholders
also own the controlling interest in a number of
other elevators in Michigan many of which will
be tributary to Bay City.

The elevators owned by the company are located
at Pinconning, Linwood, Rhodes, Alpena, Lupton,
Comins and Millersburg, while Mr. Kimball and
Mr. Martindale are the majority stockholders in
elevator companies at Twining._ Omer, Mikado,
Lachine and Posen,

ern Michigan.

The Organization of this Company and its select-
ion of Bay City as its headquarters means that
Bay City will become one of the biggest bean
shipping points in Michigan, if not in the pountry
as the elevators make a. specialty of beans, and
Mr Kimball is recognized throughout the count-
ry as a leading authority in the bean market. His
home is in Detroit

The elevators which are controlled by the com:

pany do a combined business of several million‘

dollars a year.

LOOK AT YOUR ADDRESS LABEL 0N i

THE FRONT COVER— - .
——what does it read? YOur- subscription is

paid up for the mon£h shown, thus if it reads .
wii receive allusuesupto,‘ .

NOV. 18 you
December Don. ,waitrfo .1.‘ us fl.

We.

. accessible.

in Representative Hall,‘

with a capitol of
$100 000, which will have its headquarters in Bay?

in Northeastern Michigan. ,
and at McBain, in Missaukee county, and Mr Kim—V
ball controls a‘ long string of elevators in south- -

’ience to a ball, represents-true farmers of

been under the Herman heel actually starying.

jl‘he grOup ofgam‘blers in human lite who ih‘eaV"
' done this thing are new in cowardly night, leav- ‘

ing anarchy and famine in millions of helpless
people. We have also to’ survey the situation in
the exporting nations of the world, to see what
can be done to redeem this mass of humanity
back to health and social order Up to the o’cl-
lapse of the Germans the world that is allied
against Germany has depended upon: the North
American continent for the margins of food that
maintain their strength against the common
enemy. The loss of shipping and the increaSed
demands for ‘transpOrtation of our ever growing

army had isolated the stores of iced in the South

ern Hemisphere and the Far East. Within thirty
or sixty days the world should begin to release.
cargo ships for military duty and to send them

further afield for food, and before the next harvest
arrives the entire world's food supply should be

On the other hand, the cessation of
hostilities will create an enormously increased de-
mand for food and we must be deeply concerned
that the starving millions who have been liberat-
ed from the German yoke shall have such sup.
plies as will enable them to return to health and
prosperity. The war has been brought to an end
in no small meaSure by starvation itself and it
cannot be our business to maintain starvatiOn

after peace. . * * * *

“It has been part of the duty of the Feed Ad
ministration to keep informed as to the situa
tion in World supplies. “' ” ‘-‘ *

“We have computed the expert countri’es' sup-
plies on the basis of the avoidanCe of waste and

'we have assumed for the imperting countries

stringent war consumptions with additions such
as we consider will preserve health and order. In

these circumstances we make the world's balance '
sheet in the different great groups of commodities

approximately as follows until next harvest:

“Wheat and Rye—sufficient Supplies with econ-
omy in consumption.

“High, Protein Feeds (fer dairy maintain—A1

shortage of about 3,000, 000 tons.

(Continued 011112an 16)
OTSEGO COUNTY FARMERS’ BUREAU
’ WAS ORGANIZED LAST SATURDAY

For some time the farmers of this section of
the state, and particularly Otsego county, have

" been restive and alive Toto thetact that prices for

the products they'raised were uncertain and in-
sufficient to pay for the cost of production, and
have been looking around for a solution of the
problems that confront them; for who wants to
farm at a loss? They want more stable prices
and that are dependable so that they can be more
fully assured and satisfied to go on in the raising
of crops without the fear 01' loss at the end of a
season, and not be at the mercy of shrewd buy
ers who manipulate the market to the detriment
of the farmers. Looking to this end and in obed-
the
county to the number of 9.110 t 40‘ met at the
county court house in the will

generated soils and depleted berds" a Europepyith ,
the whole of its population on actions :or yarying
‘ degrees cf privation and large numbers who have

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TVIQanVLfofi'forty year8;"1;. He ‘isfwgiven: that privilege,
he‘diesires to use it. -'B0rrovVers may-pay up

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this‘subscriber’ togsec‘ure 'a-‘loan‘o'f $1,500 011

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.. ~~' ‘uatinnpof. the'real‘ estate offeredfis. security. ,

' During the past week'v‘ve have received .nearly
:L..scorey..of letters from, subscribers asking 'i‘or

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morevtinformation about the. federal: farmwloan w

rem. ‘Altho _We,'-rhe_.vecov'“'ered this subject com- . "

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; 1y ofgthe, planlherewith‘for the benefit ’of those

enemy} not .. have seen; subscribers when the

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eertaln 'thher" conditions, 5 receive. a loan. :
xi 393,1»‘Earmers =must borrow thru whatfiare known,
as farm loan -essociations,--,inade up of groups of

: _ .gth'an..ten farmers, These, (ten, ,or' more;-

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, 151th prefldesjmr the payment of a part of the
; p9 ncipaLat: the time thesannual interest is paid.
At ‘the .end of. the stipulated loan .period, the

’ho’rrowcr wilish'ave'paid back the entire principal

:i‘n’modesato yearly installments. r. . '

7 5.2"; neansarepmade tenths purchase of farming
5 landthe improvement og’iitarmfi‘ig land, 1 the. one '
:. tics mo» improvement "of buildings, the purchasing
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GOOD‘WEED DESTROYERS

» Sheep are extremely valuable as weed destroy-
‘ shifted from field to field as
cropspermit," where they _will clear up the fence

hrows, according to Farmer’s Bulletin 1000. recent—

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1.. ;.>Fire the Chinch Bugs and help save
ithe 1919 wheat and corn cmp. ' We need the

feed more than ever before.

2.‘ Now is the time for action. Burn the
bugs during November and early December.
The farmers can now strike the insect pest
a fatal blow. ~

3. Bunch grass and clump grasses. litter,
weeds and: trash along fence rows, roadsides
and ravines near old cornfields are the win-
ter quarters'of the bugs. Practically all of
the chineh bugs which survive the winter-
are found in these neglected places. Kill
the chinoh bugs by burning these places.
If the bugs were in your corn during the
summer, they are now near the corn fields
in these hibernating places.

4. Organized action is important. Oo-Op-
erate with your neighbors in destroying

-.a_1‘1d preventing this worst insect pest of
~wheat and corn. Burning in the fall or
., early winter is about twice as effective as
it is in spring, because fall burning exposes
the,_bugs to the severity of winter weather.
f Burning does not materially injure mead-
. owe or'a'pa'stures. . ‘
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systems in many sections of the Southern States
which provide for increased crop yields and for
maintaining soil fertility at little or no increase
in man and horsepower. In some parts of the

._country it is common practice to turn the lambs,

at weaning time, into the cornfields. where they
destroy weeds, but do not injure the corn. Where
the‘corn ears Stand up fairly high. sheep may be
turned In after corn is laid by. They may eat an
cocgsional ear: that is down and they will trim up

the-lower blades of the corn, but they will not

t-fissoflafione' mémbershlpsxste-x‘e is
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fields”? the-stalks down as hogs do. The benefit
““Whichfthey thus render is much greater than the

. loanvassociations are infiprof" damage they do.

, " wovenpwire fence is cOnvenient for confining
. H Ejiecified'areas, especially when this area
"ince' the cornstalks serve very well as
ichgto’ tie the wire Hating. Corner

‘ ’ofleourse, be more subst mtiai.
rbe ,usedalso to destroy weeds in fields
7 ' nted in crops, along roadways, and
has tending to Clean up the whole
he weed seeds that may be blown
n cultivated fields. 0n the or-
alfé3~b§tter than goats for this

era!) moreeasily confined.

We each

. lace c;

, , , ‘ go out". replied the manager.
perrgé‘igihegaia rang;

:7 thing!

In reply they "sent,

.. ”just as at our “nails:

’ ‘L‘a'Then we’ve lest that bfihiness.

‘ rm'ust be shipped in 2~pound~pape7€ packages.”
f‘Sure‘ ,
We don’t ship nails in paper bags.” , ‘ ’
. Now, 9 there was an American firm spending
" good money to find out just what South‘American
markets needed, then wasting that money and

" losing future business simply because it’did not;
appreciate the fact that South American markets.
and North American markets are two different -

things.

The agent of that concern ordered nails shipped:
in "2-pound paper packages simply because that'_

was the_'only form in'which the dealers there
would handle them. These packages exactly filt-
ted the peckets of saddlebags, in which they were
carried over mountain trails to the farms. A.
keg of nails could not be sold.

Our American manufacturers and producers gen-
erally never can hope to see the great after-war
American merchant marine'fulfll its destiny in
the world’s commerce unless export markets» are
developed with sincere regard of those markets.

We never will be able to force anything on any
market. ._

The Germans built up a colossal pre-war export
trade with South America simply by catering to
that trade. We have got to do the same thing‘in
every market which we hope to enter in competi-t
tion with the commerce of the rest of the world.

It is here that every commercial organization
can'do a splendid work. Our Federal Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce makes scores of
studies in foreign markets and puts the results
of these studies at the disposal of American busi-
ness. Every local organization should feel itself
duty bound to study these results and see that
they are placed before every producer or manu-
facturer who could possibly contribute to filling
the after-war demand for American products. ' .

We must find out exactly just what the other
fellow wants and just exactly how he wants it
and then spare no effort to supply it in just that
form. If we don’t, then we might as well make
arrangements now for the hiring out of the ships
we are building to other nations who observe ex-
port trade requirements to the last “trifling” de-
tail.

This appeal I am addressing to farmers and the
trade organizations of their towns.

“Why to farmers?” a man recently asked me.
“What earthly interest can a farmer have in ex-
port nails or pianos or harvesting machines?
Why not talk to farmers in terms of expo-rt fruit.
livestock, and the like?”

This is a narrow view of a vital national ques-
tion. The farmer’s interest in the American mer-
chant marine is just as great in terms of pianos
as it is in terms of polled cattle. 7

Every increase in export trade in manufactured
products means the expansion of a business. This
calls for the employment of more labor at the
factories. And whenever this happens, _or when-
ever business is stabilized to the point where
heavy populations of factory workers are given
steady employment, the direct benefit to the farm;
er is tremendous. ’

The farmer is the man who supplies the food to
the towns of the houses of these workers. Also
he supplies scores of raw products to the factories
themselves. Increase manufacturing in any com-
munity and you automatically increase the pros-
perity of the neighboring farmers No local board
of trade or chamber of commerce or commercial
club works to get a factory in its town simply for
the benefit of the town people; the whole county
shares in the benefits.

Let no woolgrower lose interest in the American
merchant marine because he is told that in Amer-
ica land is too expensive to enable him to C? etc
with Australians in export markets. Even if this
is true, that grower can share in the benefits of
export trade in, manufactured products though
they contain not a strand of wool.

The development "of our merchant marine’s at-
ter-war' trade is going to prove one of the most
broad-gauged undertakings to which” America has
ever set herself. and needs for its realization the

Jifunistinted support of every man in the country.
I Let us throw, overboard every narrow-gauge idea,
while we tackle the big job. 0 . ~
' The American merchant marine belongs,.to
class or grouper} interests; the ships are )3

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perity they will—bring will: be your pros er
lad/ward N. Harley, Chairman Unitedgsiate

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Thanksgiving ,
HE OBSERVANCE of Thanksgiving

. Day has become a perfunctory duty rath-
er than a spontaneous response to the pulsmg
of heart-strings. Some go to church on that
day and give professional prayers of thanks 1n
much the same manner as they partake of the
turkey and cranberry sauce. Others offer up
silent little prayers from the seclusion of the
home. Few bring themselves to the point of
actually feeling the thanks they utter.

There is good reason for this. In the early
days when dangers beset our forbears on all
sides, and death lurked everywhere, the pass-
ing of a single day without mishap was occa-
sion for rejoicing. To be spared from day to
day and year to year from the terrors of the
wilderness, the tomahawk of the blood-thirsty
Indian, the prowlings of the wild beasts, and
the icy hand of the terrible winters, seemed
like aspecial favor of providence; and most
heartfelt and fervent were the prayers of
thanks that the early fathers gave to God for
preserving their lives.

Three centuries and more have passed. The
wilderness and the beasts have been destroy-
ed; the Indiansubdued; the winters prepar-
ed against. The thought of death isno longer
a constant visitor to the mind of man. The
fear that death may at any time spring out
upon us from around the corner no longer ex-
ists

There are moments following great disas-
ters in which lives have been snuffed out in
the twinkling of an eye when mankind shud-
ders a little, and almost unconsciously flash-
es a prayer of thanks for being spared so ter-
rible a fate. ,But Thanksgiving time usually
finds these moments forgotten and the inspir-
ing motive for ofiering thanks is lacking.

O I O O

The great war is over. As the factory
Whistles shrieked the message to the sleeping
cities and the church bells at day-break took
up the echo, the nation wept. And in, the
wake of the glorious news as it flashed from
town to town, from countryside to country-
side, there were tears of joy. Mothers sob-
bed in unrestrained gladness; fathers who
had set hard faces against the going of their
sons tho their hearts welled with grief, broke
down and cried like children. Men forgot
their dignity and women their sex, in the glad
triumphant celebration of the great victory
and the coming of peace. .

A great disaster had been averted, a dis-
aster that threatened the peace and happiness
of every American fireside. And simultan-
eously the great blessing of worldwide peace
and the‘greater blessing of world-wide dem—
ocracy were ushered in. Once again as in the
Pilgrim days, the sense of dependencynpon

.God overpowered the people and for the first

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tunity. Those withmit, ambition‘y'wvlio are
content to the from hand to mouth undone;
tribute nothing "to the world’s 'we‘ll-beizg,
yawn and turn over in bed when opportunity

knocks at the front dour. .But the man who
wants to get ahead .‘anticipates thecoming of.

opportunity and he AdOor stands wide open
as she pauses at e threshhold. ' ;
Opportunity has. knocked twice lit-«the city
man’s door whereshe has passed right by the
farmer ’s door. The past five years have been
a period of industrial prosperity, rather than
agricultural prosperity. _Wages and salarim
to factory hands and managers have doubled.

Commercial enterprises have thrived as never

before.- The high tide of prosperity has swept
the great citiesof the nation, folding everyone
in its rich bosom. ' .

Agriculture during the same period has
thrived, it is true, but those engaged in its
pursuit are little better off in the world’s
goods today than formerly. In fact, many
who have spent their lives in farming aver
that v it has been harder to make both ends
meet the last five years than during any sim-

‘ ilar span of their experience. This is prob-

ably not the average case, but it is illustrative
of the general feeling that the immediate past
has not been specially kind to agriculture.
But an entirely new era is upon us.
an era that promises well for the future of
American agriculture. It presents an entirely

new situation in the food affairs of the world.‘

We learn that nations heretofore self—sustain-
ing, if not actually exporting, are now depend-
ent upon the United States for. food. How
long this dependency will last cannot be told,
but we do know that its demands are so large
and urgent as to insure a ready and, perhaps,
a profitable market for American grown pro-
ducts ,for at least a couple of years and prob—
ably longer. '

If the American farmer’s opportunity is
not here NOW, it never will be. If present
conditions are not favorable to profitable
farming, then farming is not a business and
cannot be made to pay. The forward looking
farmer will raise maximum crops of non-per-
ishable food stuffs the next two years, He
will also raise his usual amount of perishable
stuff. The world is ready to pay for the first
time in our memory whatever is necessary to
secure food, without any grumbling, and there
are reasons for behaving that the price~ to be
paid will yield a fair profit to the producers.

This opportunity exists only until such time
as the devastated nations of Europe will have

rebuilt their agriculture and placed them-o

selves once more upon a self—sustaining basis.
Possibly by that time, the farmers of the na-
tion will have awakened sufficiently to the
dangers of over-production that lie ahead, to
force legislation that will have a tendency to
cheapen production cost and simplify ourxsys-
tem ,of distribution to such an extent that
despite a greater abundance of food the
farming business may be able to continue
along profitable lines. -

What is the Truth About Dairy Situation?
. BEAT A6 is our confidence in Mr. Hoov-

. er’s knowledge of the world’s foodsit-
nation, we find it dificult to Harmonize his
statement that there is a grave shortage of

dairy products for domestic consumption and ‘

consequently need/ for greater conservation,

with the dairy situation in this state. ,
Printed on a card which lay face-up under

the glass: top of a restaurant, table the other

It is:

supplies were

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‘ Gnty" the immediate infirmm of fem

papers and dairy mgmafions ' saved ‘flie

' would have followed a prolonged mpmgn ' i-

nchmimdertakwutthstfime-
. While it is top-be supposed that Mr. Hoover
Is now better grounded in'his facts than he.

was at the time retort-ed to, we arenot alien.

disappointed that at the seineti‘me he issued
his conservation warmng- to the consuming
public he did not also addrws the dairymen
upon, the same subject and/give them some
authentic information-.. and advice upon the
future, of the dairy industry. ‘
When the Michigan Milk Producers ’ Ass’n
holds its annual-meeting Dec. 4th, this is” a
subject that may well be taken up and care-
fully investigated.
Backing Mr: Newberry ,
RIOR TO eviery election we expect partis-
an newspapers to predict a walk-awayi'for
their respective party candidates. 'That’s all
a part of the big game of blufli, usually and
erroneously called, ‘politics.” But we nearly
threw, a fit this week when a stand-pati-Dowa-
giac republican reminded us that Mr. Newber-
ry out of 450,000 votes is construed as a re-
publican ‘landslide.” Shades of Lincoln? If

the scant 9,000 majoritygiven to Mr. Newber- .

ry out of 400,000 votes is construed as a re-
publican ‘.‘ landslide,” there are hard days
ahead for the old G, O. P. elephant. ‘7

But does it matter how large or how small
a mpjority of the votes Mr. Newberry ro-

oeived? It only matters that he is the choice ‘

of the state. He is as much Michigan’s sena-
tor-elect as the he had received every vote
cast. The eighty or ninety thousand repub-
licans who voted for Mr. Ford, and the news-
papers who supported Mr. Ford, are perfect-
ly willing to accept the decision of the voters
with good grace'and join hands all around in
healing up the factions that are born of every
contested political campaign. Mr. Ford, him—
self, has shown his remarkable broadness by
being one of the first to accept the unofficial
returns and to repudiate the suggestion of a
recount. I ~

It would be highly unfair to Mr. Newberry
and would certainly give him a bad start on

his new and mighty important job, were the
people of this state to deny him their undivid— .

ed support. If Mr. Newberry can be made to
feel that the people are watching his every

move, not only'critically but sympathetically _,
‘ as well, we are quite sure that he will make an

extra eifort to interest himself in the problems
of the'peOple and help to solve them. ‘
The writer is enrolled as a republican and
usually votes for more candidates on that
ticket than any other.

guilty of casting a “straight” ballot. He

even voted for Mr. Roosevelt on the progresm

sive ticket in 1912, after “’he had helped 'as'a

delégate to form a county organisation... But ’
then, we all make mistakes. Mr. Newberryk»

claim to being a republican carries nosignif—
icance tons. It is his attitude 0n"ourrent
questions involving die welfare of farmers
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T' lerfhr thinketan-k' rworkin'; Overtime 1- when “he can-
riders how rosy an' hitalutin? everything looked

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as the the old cuss was going to- walk" right over“,

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.‘da'rn‘ed. old,» fool he is, he made the greatest min:
- take of his ~liifeehe‘-sort o? trod .on' Uncle Sam's
' earns, so to speak, an' thereby started some fire.
1'3?“ thatc'ouldn’t be stopped. short or. what. has
. jesti'nken place, the
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An’ today we. have greater reason to be proud
'-ot”our country than We have ever had before; the
greatest‘a-n' best old country God’s sun ever will
shine on; an’ it's- up to us as apation, nova to
take oikour hats to the ones? who have done the
"most to bring this awful war to a desirable an’
a proper end. President Wilson deserves a. great
deal of praise. He has been ' level~headed an’
gworked- under a vast deal of difficulty, there’s no
.fl-uestlon about that, but he has proven true thru
lien, an’ we give him all the credit due him.
Capital has responded to every callésometimes
at a large profit, an’ occasionally otherwise; but
the response has been helpful always. Profiteers
have been busy, en’smany industries have accu-
mulated great riches on account of the calls oil
war. Slackers in every walk of life have walked
and talked among us—mo‘stly talked. Our boys
have given all they .. had to give; many or them
{have laid down their? lives to bring old Bill to his
knees; an” th’ey’have n‘dtcdied in vain, thanks "be.
en, and’women everywhere have been imbued
V'with the One great. that, to win the
«terwhat-the
’that all people. in every-land could live their
lives as God intended they should live them.
An’; so, ’this beautiful ‘an’ glorious morning,
when wefind‘ ourselvesnt peace once more with
all the world, it would be.(speakin’ without thot)
hard to say who or what class of men have done
the most. to bring about the desired end. But, by
ginger, as I look back over the months an’ years
- I see one class ‘workin’ early, an’ late, diggin’ in
every minnit,takin” no thought of profits. jest
answerin' every call that’came to them——deprivin’

downfall bf Bill an’ihie whole

. ‘ )themseIVes of the Very things that grew right to '

hand for the’m that they might furnish more
food fer the boys over there. II have seen women
goin’ without the glad ‘togs that women love so
much, that they might do more tor the Réd Cross
a‘n’ otherbenevplences called into bein' by the de-
--_“mands of war. I: have seen daintily-reared young
. ladies goin’dnto the fields an? factories an’ doin’
men's work that the men might be free to fight for
Uncle Sam. An.’ after seein’ all this -,~I am'free to
say, it there is one class more deservin" of credit
than another—if one class has done more‘than
any otheréthen I forone would take
an’ gittin’
they have done, an, by‘golly,
have done it, too. . .
’ I have talked with hundreds of the furthers of.

for .the way they

about profits, hardships, sacrifice or any kind of
‘grumbli‘n’ that has Come, when it did come, from
; that class who obversaéri'fice, who toil not. neither
‘V'doltheygsmn ( except to spin l’ies'about the sacri-
fices they'are makin"). -An"so, I think we must.

s . ’all""‘admit>that, the ‘farmers~have out about the.

rgest cheese in the late unpleasantness, an” that
. 119th them the! war could not hays been won.
- wasuthe blgrproblem. an” by gosh, the ol’
. T——.ne .,
' _ legacies-so wingspan-met, an’
mint ', ’

:‘would eat ’em alive.
Townsend it John Dodge or some other Detroit

war, no mat-_
cost; the world must be made tree,

01"? my hat;

for what .

heard anything ‘ ' [subseidr‘ption to

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nigger called‘.hayéseddsin polite. 30*-

he no... 'Bssnti‘itiher.

edwliieh‘hzingsnp A that m
thew-present primary law aj counterfeit?

’3 n, tasseiyipriitm mm semis-at

tilted flutes senate, and that is that can:

memt is reset. If this is women.

WM 3.3M?!” be ten prommly mug! ‘ .

.. C (in tile other hand certain expense must he made

. . frbm‘iustieeidiswl
ed yiliis‘cown? people} dishonored by his Own.
.nhwiinterned as an undesirable ,gu'estor'

Hagar, hutithe: law should at least contemplate. men‘-
.ey is not ‘theonly qualification for high office and
fix a legal limit that can be spent by the candi-

- date of any representative or agency created- to

act-in his behalf. It is no secret Mr. Couzens, the

newly elected Detroit mayor, is politically .am-

bltious. If this is true the has his eye on the gov-
ernorship. What chance would Secretary of State
Vaughn, Attorney General Groesbeck, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction Keeler and Lt. Gov-
ernor. Dickinson have in a gowernorship contest
it Mr. Couzens decided to follow the Newberry
precedent. With all due respect to their long and
honorable public and political service Mr. Couzens
Same way with Senator

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Good Packing—Good Profits

EVERAL years ago several Missouri
business men acquired some fine apple
orchards aggregating 600 acres. They
knew enough about'the apple market to
know that unreliable packing had to some
. extent demoralized it, and their first step
'in regard to their‘new business was to ar-
range for an especially fine pack Their
first crop was a fine one. They got experi-
enced packers, laid down rigid rules re-
garding grading, and arranged to manufac-
‘ ture their own barr’els so as to insure bright,
fresh, new-looking packages. They then
adopted a brand-name. “Square-Pack,” and
affixed it on the barrel heads.

Having arranged 'these details they pro-
ceeded to go after orders by mail, using a
list of 6,000 names of wholesale apple buy-
ers. The important item in their letter
was a handsome folder with pictures of
their orchards. picking crews, etc., and de-
tailed information regarding their up—to-
date methods of growing. grading and pack-
ing. “Our only extravagance.” said the
folder, "occurs at our grading tables—econ-
omy is not practiced here for we are in
business to stay and realize the value of a
satisfied trade."

A single mailing of this convincing letter
sold half of their total season’s ,crop of
12.000'barrels. A second mailingto a smal-
ler list and two advertisen‘ents in produce
papers completed their sales for the season.
Because they guaranteed their pack to be
as good at the bottom and middle as at the
top, and-were convincing. they secured es- -
pecially good prices. When buyers know
they are getting" what they want they are
willing to pay for it.—Ohilton Gone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

newspaper. legal or illegal, but there will be a de-
mand" for a‘ “better” primary law, which sentiment,

‘when it comes. will be created by the influence of

the men who see~a barren political future for them-
selves if expensive campaigns are to be the vogue.
Shall we equalize this situation by law or shall
we revive the good old days of Stearns—Bliss-Ferry?
If this state lacks the power or hasn’t the courage
to put teeth in its primary law the Republican
favors a Quick repeal of the whole schemc.——0har-
latte Republican. .

.Cann—etSay Too'Much for M. B. F.

I enclose herein a one dollar bill to renew my

. M. B. F. No farmer who looks

to the profitable marketing of his crops can at-

rfordto do without it. In a financial way I con-

sider it a more valuable aid to a, farmer in getting

prices-forphis precincts than all other farm

papers combined, and I think that is what most

of us are attends the price, and M. B. F. helps us

get it. . . '

;. I£"We._wauldg.eznly put our own shoulders to the

wheel an push as. hard for our own interests as

M. B. F oesgior its, eye would soon/be getting our

iwiflues and a square deal. One cannot say too
much foam B¥,F:‘"‘-D- C". Empie, Pierson. Mich.

,armers? ~ Interests

ed”. check for renewal or your

5min: arguing. Glory he,

need lots like the M, B.

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,4. school inspector, ‘ h '_ was examining

it take to get out?

his slate with calculations. “Here!”
the inspector, as he noticed him hard at work.
“Stops doing that. Haven’t you the'gense to see
that the cat couldn’t possibly get out?" “Oh, yes.
he could, sir,” replied the boy brightly. "If you’ll
only give me time I'll bring him out at Australia.”

‘ QUITE UP 10 DATE.

Mrsgflowbeck: “Hiram writes from school that
they are puttin’. in an electric switch.”

Farmer Hawauck: “There’s no end 0’ them new-
~fangled Ideas. The birch rod was good enough in
myxday."

QUITE TALKATIVE.

Officer (to Tommy who has been using the whip .

freely on a restive horse): “Don’t beat him; talk

to him, man—talk to him!" *
Tommie (to horse, by way of opening the con-

versation): “I coom from Manchester.”

The bombing biplane which carried two pass-
engers the other day from New York to Washing-
ton for luncheon, returning them to New York
in time for dinner. opened an interesting window
into the social possibilities of the future, with
half the continent on one’s calling list.

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FIRST, LAST, AND ALW'AYS.
During a lull in trench activities, a Frenchman
and an Englishman fell into a dispute, each stout-
ly maintaining the supremacy of his owu country.
Finally, to end the discussion amicably. the
Frenchman politely remarked, Eh Men. monsteur.
if I were not a Frenr‘ man, I should wish to be an
Englishman.”
“And," rejoined the Englishman stoutly, “if I
were not an Englishman, I should want to be one."

The Census Bureau informs a. grateful nation
that. each individual is worth $1,965. Just our
luck! The automobile we were looking at costs
$2,000.

SURVIVED ALRIGH'l‘.

A group of old ladies were talking and knitt-
ing on a varanda. The conversation got around
to how much each weighed at birth. One old lady
said, “Well, I weighed just three pounds and a
half.”

The others gasped.
“And did you live?”

“They say I did,” answered the other woman.
“and done well.”

and one of them asked.

YE KNIGHTS 01‘ 0mm.

“Edgar?”

“Yes, mother.”

“What are you children doing?"

“Playing royalty. I am a Knight, of the Garter,
and Edwin is Saturday.”

“That is an odd name for royalty."

“0. it is just a nickname on account of his title."

“What is his title?”

“Night of the Bath.”

'l‘l) .\ HEN CROSSIVG .-\ ROAD.

By Oliver Her-ford.

Rash. Fowl, what secret purpose, good or ili.\

Dares your dull soul to wild adventure
when,
Floundering across the dusty road, 0 Hen.

You flout the wheels of Fate with cackling

shrill? .

Or is it all a mad caprice to thrill

The idle song (and daughters eke) of men.
80 that they ask each other once again

The riddle ancient, all unanswered still?

Oftt-imes I let my fancy backward stray
To that dim dawn long crc. the day of Noah
When, heedless of the hubbub raised

thereby,

The primal hen crossed the primeval way
And some rude (probably arboreal) Shaw
Startled the forest with the world’s first

why.

Nothing worth while in this world is ever done
with-out the uncompromising spirit, undaun-ted by
opposition, determined upon victory. Every truth
invites opposition. contempt, contumely: but if
it really be truth, it is worth fighting for. Re-
member‘this, my fellow wukers, and fight on!

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The grain trade has at no time-fl

wn a disposition to whole hearted—
g ("So-operate with the wérk of the
Hood Administration. After sundry
efforts to evade the regulations 1111.
;.-,ppsed upon their business, grain deal—
ers finally accepted the
‘ 3.5th with very poor grace.

:0ver the price fixed on wheat, claims
'ing that it gave the growers an ex-
_ cessive profit. Naturally any sugges-
. tion‘ that the price be increased. has
.brought forth a rain of protest from
-the grain men. who simply cannot
stand it to see the farmer recieve com-
, pensatory rewards.
The writer of the following article,
in the Price Current Grain cho'rter,
however, has gone into the matter of
price-fixing with considerable more
detail than usual and he cites up some
figures which may well set us to think-
ing, One may question his conclus-
ion that the increased plantin-g of
wheat came as a result of the higher
profits insured the grower by the gov-
ernment. A survey of the area plant-
ed to wheat shows that the greatest
increase has been in sections where
wheat has been littIe grown and the
farmers knew little about the cost of
producing it. These men grew wheat
at the government price. not because
they knew from experience that it
paid a profit, but because they only
THOUGHT that. it would. It is our
prediction based upon cost-finding
figures carefully computed that mill-
ions of acres now planted to wheat un-
der the assumption that the guaran-
teed price paid a large profit will be
diverted to other crops within the
course of another year or two, prov~
iding there is no promise of a higher
price.

The dangers of a permanently gnar-
anteed price on one commodity while
the price of another is left to the
whims of supply and demand may be
readily seen. While there is danger
in encouraging the indiscriminate
planting of a crop that may yield no
profit, there is equal danger in placing
the price on that crop so high that far-
mers will abandon their other crops
for it. This is the mom point brought
out by the author of the article that
follows:

There can be no fault found perhaps
with the assertions of those self-con-
stituted representatives of the “Farm-
ers," the so-called National Wheat
Growers' 'ss’n, one 01 the various po-
litical subsidiaries of the Non-parti-
san League, that it costs “over $3 per
bushel” ’ grow wheat in the Red
River Valley and therefore $2.46 ought
to be the American fixed price for the

1919 crop, when a Government ofiiciaL

E. H. Thompson, acting chief of the
Bureau of Farm Management, could
testify (Sept. 5) before a. senate com-
mittee that it costs on an average $2.25
to produce a bushel of wheat in this
country. 'Such a statement is mani-
festly worth nothing; coming from a
-Governmental official it is worse than
that.

The price of $2.20 made in 1917 for
the 1918 crop was enough to show how
worthless was Mr. Thompson’s test-
imony, since it produced the second
largest crop in our history, which Mr.
Barnes recently characterized as Bur-
densome. since it represents a theo-
retical surplus of 318 million bushels
The estimate by Mr. Goodman of the
winter wheat acreage seeded this fall
as 16 per cent greater than last year’ s
- seeding also shows how worthless was
' ‘Mr. Thompson’ s testimony, because
even farmers do not knowingly go into
losing ventures; and if the 1919 crop
turns out as well as did that of 1918 it
‘ ‘.will be still more “burdensome.” '

Thanks to the collapse; of Bulgaria, ‘3
. n _ , . ,

inescapable '
. , Gra-in trade-
”journals have been especially peevish ,

- prediction;

 

 

CHI Gleam—Potatoes steady.
In: supply

iPITTSQIUBGHP-Hay easier.
pr 00 .

NEW. YORK. -—Hay much lower.
market. . . .y .. ,fl

 

 

‘ DETEOI’I‘w—Boans an was, 11011. acme sq:
in good demand, with higher prices. Eggs 11131100531111”: fir‘
' Receipts lighter.

Doqu‘nd- m potatoes moderate;

Potatoes steady ,

Hay firm 1) . . ,
No change; 1'11 '
inactive tone to beam’

 

 

 

 

eluding the United States, shall not re- -

peat the ruin of anlish agriculture.
that came in the years following the
Napoleonic debacle at Waterloo; the
men who are trying to teach the farm-
ers‘business management must get
back to economic truth. One might
anticipate that if the fighting ends
before next July the “burdensome"
wheat crop of 1919 wll continue to sell
at $2.20 Chicago for actual con-sump
tion, but only artificial stimuli can

hold it there beyond that crop, Such'

as a Government guaranty. In Eng:
land a hundred years ‘ago_to hold
wheat to the war price to maintain

rents, the corn laws were enacted to.

fix the price at $2.50 per bushel as a
minimum. The acreage was of course
enormously incleased and other crops
were neglected; the productionsur-
passed all needs and the price fell in
spite of the corn laws, and the farmers
and workers alike were ruined. Not
for hundreds of years was English
agriculture in so parlous a state as be—
tween 1820 and 1846, when "its protect-
ion was finally abandoned by Great
Britian, after which it recovered rap-
idly.

The explanation rs simple enough.
Any one who thinks can find the reas-
on. The artificial price, fictitious as
it was, disturbed the relativity ‘of
crops and created a supply of one crop
that could not basold, and ruin came.
The measure of agricultural abundance

the measure of agricultural dis-
tre A similar effort is now being
made in this country to hold up prices,
supported by such worthless testimony
as that quoted, audit persisted in it
will create similar artificial conditions
here, and as assuredly ruin the Ameri-
can farmer as it did the English farm-
er a century ago. Not that this is a
it is only a'statement of
natural law that cannot be set aside
by even a paternal government.

 

 

 

 

 

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No.3
No. 4 Yellow ‘

 

 

 

 

ministrations oat requirements are .
around 3,000,000 bushels per week and. .
this is apt to continue indefinitely
Holders of 03:18 are expecting higher;
prices and consequently are not sell-

_ lug freely at the present time

The persistent belief among traders
in corn that the eventual signing of"

the peace terms will bring higher

‘prices has been a strengthening factor

in thercorn market the past Week, and
the tendency at the present moment
seems to be toward higher prices.

AjLast year at this time. with a corn

supply much larger than at present,
No. 2 corn was selling for $2. 30, and
while dealers do not expect the price:

to go high as that there is a feeling"

that it will gradually advance as soon
as the smoke cleared away and the
allied nations take stock of their cer-

..eal supplies. -
The Government Report on corn”

made the crop, 2,749,000,000 bu., or 31,-
000,000 bu. in excess of the October
estimates and compares with 3,159,000-
000 bu. harveSted last year. Farm re?
serves are 118,400,000 bu., against 3.4,-
400,000 bu. last year, so that total sup-

plies for the season are 2,867,000,000 i

bu., against 3,193,000,000 bu. last year.
The quality of this year’s‘crbp is ex-
cellent, and goes a longway toward
offsetting .the smaller yield as com-

pared with last year, when millionsof j
bushels went to waste owing to the un-

favorable conditions. The supply this
year is 12, 000, 000 bu above the" aver-
age for the past five years

 

Don-011 : _> , _
15 . ' .05 1.1
74 1-3 . .83

No. 4 Whit. .73 1-1. .13 . .80
The oat market has stuck to the corn

market like a brother. Any advance

1 .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chm-0 for ‘7 191.

w...

WASHINGTON, D. 0., Nov. 23, 1918.
—-—-Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbance to cross continent Nov. 25 to
29, warm ane 24 to 28. cool wave 27
to Dec. 1. This Will bring a waim
wave of higher than usual anerage fol-
lowed by lower temperatures than
usual. This is called a greater than
usual range of temperatures.- It will
close the great storm period centering
on Nov. This is the last of the
great storm periods‘ of 1918 and no
more will occur until after middle of
‘March.
expected.

will rise on all the Pacific slope

- oss crest of Rookies by close of

Delta; lei. plains sect-1611's 4 fmeridian {90
3111' .

 

 

great lakes. . middl 1e .
Ohio-Tennessee walleys
tions

toundla.

 

, THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

As forecasted by W. T Foster tor MumoAN BUSINESS FAEMER

"‘ land highei

, have lighter storms and

. than usual.

Some severe ducal storms are

Next warm wave will reach Van-7
ocuver about Dec. 2 and temperatures

will follow about one day behind waim
wave and cool wave about one day
behind storm wave.

Unusually cool Weather will precede
than usual temperatures
accompany this disturbance. Not
much force. to the storms and not much
precipitation accompanying them. Fol-,
lowing Dec. 5 the cxopweather for the
next five or six months will make a
radical change in temperatures and
precipitation both in amount and loca—
tion. These long cropweatber per-
iods average about 165 days, but their
lengths are not regular. All the first
half of this cropweather period Will
recipitation
than usual and the whoe period of
nearly six months will be very. consid- ,
erably short of precipitation and colder
This has reference to the?
general average of the agricultural
parts of thistconttl‘iéfint astigenwhole
But some par s o e con
get nearly nermal precipitatggn. whil .
other parts will suffer a: , mg:
drouth and will pr ,_
in large sectionsegn 1m

 

 

 

crops in other so

1919 as a general .8. ,
continent

Last-V week 11 said 1113111. was appar-
ent 'rye prices were not going much '
higher. I also said that this predict—
ion depended to a considerable extent
upon the export .demand following the
closing up of the peace terms It now
seems that the export demand is mak-
ing itself felt, for the price (if rye en

. the DetrOit market advanced fully 4
, cent a bushel since a week ago and the

feeling is firm It. ‘now .looks as

' though this grain-win bring still-high-

er prices, but with no change in the
wheat price and'trading inthat'cereal
considerably freer. than formerly, the
rye will showno phenomenal increase.
No.'. 2 rye was q'uosed on the Detroit
market .Wednesday at $1 65 per bush—

 

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{the exiteption of New York

'and Pittsburg practically every ’hay’~

market in the country is firm, with do ,
mand in excess of supplies. The New .
York market is much lower and re-
ciepts are accumulating ;»faSter\- than .
dealers can move them. Pittsburg re»
ports ample receipts and lower prices.
Other important hay markets such as-W
Chicago, Detroit, Gmcmatti are firm
and prices steady. Most of the faring

ers have their. fall ovork disposed of _-
and finding time to bale and haul their : '

hay. .We do not expect hay prices to
go much lower, altho the ending of the
war cuts off the gdvernment as an im-
portant buyer.

gestion‘ coupled up with "the general

hay shortage will mean insufficient V r

eupplies at primary markets for the 3:13.:
balance of the winter. .,

 

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will soon‘"4be' here and the freight con-


I‘IIAsoare into the farmers

 

‘ lished on extras

f r: thé active
idler, on; less desirable '3-for the\ off

3 . 9‘-
.itedStatee are, concerned will do

“rum; to some extent and what the

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I -55“ Movember places. the yield at 390, 000,-

000 The bulk of this crop is out of
Withe growers' hands. We are told that
~ Vdmhous'es in northern. Michigan are
fairly "‘bursting” with supplies and
farmers are still hauling This sounds
like the old bearish news that the
dealers used to invent to throw a
Generally
,speaking, there has been a decline in
selling at local points .in ~most of the
other potatd states nas the price has
reached. a level too low to pay the
mwers a decent profit :Maine New

York Minnesota and Wisconsin fern,

~ more arerhew asking fer higher prlCes
find if theypermst in holding up the
balance of the crop they will get it.
Reviewing the pctato situation, the
Chicano Packer sa-ys:

‘There is a good deal of speculation
on? the part of the trade as to what
the market will so with the advent
of coin weather which may be ex-
pected most any time. ,3 Same are of

the opinion that. the market is in for -
La 3

advance, while others think it has

etty .esent levels A good;
3:61. .WS to depend on» just-t what
(disposition has been.» made of the
stock that has‘ already moved The
records show that around 312 000
more. cars hay'e moved. to date than
had rolled up to the eaye. time last
year Where those 12 000 cars are
seems to be. the puz’zler. Opinion
is divided on that point thehe. are
thoée who hold that the bhlk of them
have gone into consumptive cites.
hols, while others opine that the Small

dealers throughdut the country, . re- '

‘ealling his trouble from. freezing last
Stall has laid in a supply to take care

I lots is ‘moving, but

high dual- '

Inr ,vaiiable as a con-
' as usual When

ymg hutterl We fully believe
that for the interest of the creamery
industry: the prosent prices should be

"the maximum for the season We may

Monger fluctuations within the next
dew days as the marketds very nei-
yous at present

011 Monday the market was Stlong
3 and a”; quotation of 62 cents was estab-
That was followed
by half cent gains on Monday and
Tuesday. Trade was active until
Thursday when a slightly lessened
demand began to appear and Friday
thesame condition prevailed. Butter
did not move freely and there was a
feeling that the quotation might be
lowered. While ,it was not, an inside
quotation of 62 1-2c was established
which indicates that, the market was
not. strong. Centralized butter in car
slowly. There
have been sales of 88 score centralized
in’carulots at 58c.. Some 89 and 90
score centralized has sold at 59c to
60o. However. the demand cannot be
said to be active. Unsalted butter is
in good demand and is selling at the

‘ usual differential over correspdnding
- grades,- of salted butter.

_ At the close
omFriday quotations were as follows:
Extras. 621/2 to 63; higher scoring
than extras, 63% to 04; firsts. 58 to
620; and seconds, 541/; to 571/20

(marshes;

:er 1» assess;

Eggs have advanced another cent or
two over a week, ago. Supplies are
very light and the demand is good.
.Extra quality eggs sold in New York
last week as high as 90 cents a dozen
In Detroit the prevailing prices are:
Ordinary firsts, candied, 62c; firsts,
candied new cases, 650; extra firsts,
candied, in new cases, 67c; storage,
~45-47c per doz.

Farmers should ship no poultry in- '

tended for the holiday trade after Mon-
.day Too often the poultry markets
immediately following Thanksgiving
are glutted with late arrivals. For a
few days after the holiday demand is
naturally slow, as the consumer is
satisfied to dispose of the remnants of
the Thanksgiving feast before buying
anymore. The holiday demand is
for rather large springers. Small
poultry not wanted for the Thanksgiv—
ing trade The market is firm and
demand is fairly brisk. Commission
houses are quoting prices as follow:s
No. 1, large springers, 26 to 27; hens
25 to 26;- roosters, 19 to 20; geese 26;
ducks, 32 to 33; turkeys, 32 to 33.

4;.

69‘9- POrtio‘n of his winter trade. ” ‘ - '

Potato prices are slightly lower than'

I I 31 week ago. alth‘o the Detroit Bureau

of Markets announced a slight increase
. er lowest level reached Saturday
This 1‘s mighty good evidence that the
' Meniand has kept pace hthe- supply
91111 that? as soon as t' otter falls off
9 a little, prices willL-b better '

Chicago 3 Livestock Letter
Criterion. No .'19——Marhet'n"° of
live stock hav on an unusually

'I ,5;on day total being

3 about 66.6110 sine, 1261000 hogs and
In

' . 63000 sh"

I00. sheep were
days Missouri

‘ cornféd steers

The few prime
log are hold 11g the
year' s. best levels, $319. 75 being quotable
and long fed yearlings reaching $19 70
last Week for. the first time on record
Few steers however are showing qual-
ity enough to sell abbve $18 00 and a
good class of 90 to 120- day fed cattle
are going around $15. 50 to 16. 25 Kill-
era are getting‘fewsteers with a de~
cent, beef covering below $14.00, altho
knothead cannery light stuff is going
for slaughter down to $7 00 and below
in the absence of country demand for
that kind Most of the fat cows and
heifers are selling between $7. 00 and
$9 50 and canners and cutters between
$5 50 and 6 40. Bull trade shows
little change frdm late last Week and
calves are being sustained on a high
level with the ‘bulk of the good to
choice vealers making $17 25 to 17. 75
It is largely an $8. 00 to 10. 75 market
for stock and feeding steers but fleshy
stiong weight feeders would command
$12.50 to 12.00 if of choice class. De-
spite the Government anouncement
that November prices for hogs would
be sustained until January lst next,
meaning a $17.50 daily minimum aver-
age and an absolute minimum of $16.50
for any hogs other than pigs and throw
cuts, the country is crowding [shoots
and light. hogs to market. seriously
handicapping the efforts of the trade
in sustaining the prices as fixed and
seriously overtaxing packing town kill—
ing facilities which are more or less
crippled because of the scarcity of la-
bor. The price stabilization plan.
however. is being rigidly maintained
but it is probable that some measures
will be necessary looking toward the
curtailment of the run. Best Butcher
hogs sold today at $17.85 with the bulk
of the good to choice light and butcher

westerns,II however is on them r)
horizon and the trade has little fetid:-
in the ability ofthe market to maintain

a. stride until after the turn of the
year, when improvement is anticlpa—_~3} .-

ted. Good to choice lambs are new,
quotable at $15. 50 to 16. 00. with a med- '
ium killing grade ranging down Ito?
$14. 50 and culls selling downward from .1
$12.50. Best fat ewes are bringing II ‘ .
$9250, choice aged wethers up to $10150:

and light yearlings to $12.00 or norm :1. '-
There is fair call for good feeddfig

lambs at $14 00 to $14. 50 with tew~-‘
ceming .

East Buffalo Prices

Following prices are quoted: choice
to prime weighty steers, 17.00 to 17.50;
medium to good weighty steers, 15.25
to 16.00; plain and coarse weighty
steers. 12.00 to 12.50; choice to prime
handy weight steers. 14.00 to 14.50;
fair to good handy weight and medium
weight steers, 12.00 to 12.50; choice to
prime yearlings, 15.00 to 15.50;. fair to ‘ ‘
good yearlings, 14.00 to 14.50; medium: '
to good butcher steers, 11,00 to 11.50;
fair to medium butcher steers, 10.030, .3
to 10.50; good butcher heifers, 10.50 to.
11.00; fair to medium butcher heifers, 3'
9.50 to 10.00; good to choice fat cows.
9.50 to 10.00; medium to good mt
cows; 8.00 to 8.50; fair to good med- ,
ium fat cows, 7.00 to 7.50; cutters and
common butcher cows, $5.00 to $5.50;
canners. 4.25 to 4.75; good to choice
fat bulls. 10.00 to 10.50; medium to
good fat bulls. 9.00 to 9.50; good weight
sausage bulls,8.50 to 9.00; light and
thin bulls, 7.00 to 7.50; good to beat
stock and feeding steers, 9.50 to 10.09:
medium grades of stock and feeding
steers,'8.50 to $9; common to fair stock
and feeding steers, 7.50 to 8.00; goal
to choice fresh cows and springen.
90.00 to 120.00; medium to good fresh
cows and spritgers, 75.00 to 90.00.

 

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’ linearly planted ones. Auction
_ ’ tons and well attended but
' facebved are not as good as last

‘ out very good but it looks as
‘ > there would be plenty of seed
M saved The following quotations

3
‘ at; Flint this week: Wheat, white,
12;? red, $2.14; corn, 8155; oats,

35; rye, 81. 50; hay, $20 to $25; beans,
88",“ red kidney beans, 89; potatoes,
25a to $1; onions, 75 to $1; cabbage,
15c 1b.;cucum11ers, 30c doz.; hens, 20
111 22c; ducks, 22 to 25; geese, 18 to
318' turkeys, 25 to 28, creamery butter,
58; dairy butter, 55; eggs, 58; sheep.
88; lambs, $14; hogs, $16; beef steers.
88 to $10; beef cows, $5 to $7; veal
IN éaIves, $10 to 815; wool, 67; apples,
f, 504: to, $1.—C. W’. S. Fcnton. Nov. 14.

 

 

For Sale at Public Auction

8 miles south, 1 mile west and E,
~ mile south of Clare, Mich, Wednesday,
. Nov.27, 1918.111: 10 gm

Registered Brown Swiss cow. No. 3528
Registered Brown Swisscow, No. 6192
Registered Brown Swiss cow, No. 7190
Registered Brown Swiss cow, No. 7982
Registered Brown Swiss cow. No. 9660
Registered Brown Swiss cow. No. 9659
' Registered Holstein cow, Abbekerk
Butte1 Girl No.129649,12 years old.
Registered Holstein cow Fay‘ne Seg-
is Abbekerk Cornucopia No. 386964, 3
years old due to freshen Feb. 22. Bred
by Sir Pontiac Evelina. No. 200573.
Registered Holstein heifer, Fayne
Segis Beauty De Kol No. 386963, 2 yrs.
oid, due to freshen Dec. 12. Bred by
Sir Pontiac Evelina No 200573.
Registered Holstein heifer Maggie
. Segis Korndyk e Fayne De Kol No.
886965, 18 months.
8 Breeding ewes.

Wm. UPTHEGROVE, Prop.

 

 

 

111171101: turning out near in“,

, at Petersburg this past week:

 

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l‘l , ,
We are having fine weather , ~ Q *" . 1
in this part of the county. e A. ‘
The ground has e frozen so v '~ -.
a few mornings. Tlfgre are a 91",. “83‘ $94" c9013" .19 .HLCM ~
few auctions being held here, 6 ‘4 5.. ,‘ °
and the good stuff goes high. . 54" 4'0 (15’ 0‘1». d“ (P

\ 4‘ o. 4- a to 06

Quite a good deal of oats be— e‘ 0 go , 51° 0° \
ing sold at present, the price 7' 93‘" '3' ans

is good and the roads are

 

 

fine for hauling them. The
following prices were quoted

 

 

 

Wheat, 82.10 to 82.12; corn,

 

 

old, $1.75; oats, 66; rye, 1.50;
buckwheat, cwt., $3; barley,
$2; hens, 21; springers," 21c;
ducks, 25; geese, 18; turkeys,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20; butter, 50; butterfat, 58;
eggs, 54; hogs, $16; veal

 

 

 

 

 

 

calves, $15. —~—-W. H. L., Dun-
dee Nov. 15. '

Grand Traverse (8.12.)—

 

 

 

 

 

Potatoes are nearly all haul-
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and but little frost as yet.
Some sales are being held, but stuff
goes very cheap especially horses. Well.
they have nearly got the farmers here
by killing the navy bean industry and
crippling the potato buisness. The
following quotations at Karlin this
week: Wheat, $2; hay, $25; wheat-
oat straw, $14; beans, $7.50; apples,
75; potatoes $1. 2:3; onions, $2; cab-
bage, 40 1b.; hens, 18; springers, 200;

 

 

 

 

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St. Clair (East)—-Fine weather this
week, good for fall grain. Farmers
doing fall plowing; selling their young
cattle. Following quotations made
here this week: Wheat, $2.10 to
$2.12; oats. 68; hay, $20 to $23; rye
straw, $9; potatoes, $1.25; onions,
$1.50; hens, 20; springers, 22; butter,
55; eggs, 52; hogs, dressed. $20 to $22;
beef steers, $9; beef cows, $7.75.—E.
J., St. Clair. Nov. 15.

Omaha (S.E.)——Farmers getting up
wood, husking corn and repairing
buildings. Having tine weather for
fall work. Following quotations made
at Shelby this week: Wheat. $2.10;
oats, 80; rye, $1.45; hay, $30; rye
straw, $14; wheat- oat straw, $15; po-

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tatoes, $1. 50; beans, $8 to $9; onions, .

$1; cabbage $10; butte1 50 to 60; but-
terfat, 60;.eggs 50; hogs, 15.—H. V.
V. R-r:-Hcs1)cri(1, Nov. 15..

Jocks-011 (West)—»—The following qua!

tations were made at Jackson this
week: Wheat, $2.10; corn, $1.70;
oats, 69; rye, $1.50; hay, $26 to $27;
rye straw, $10; wheat-oat straw, $9;
beans, 8; potatoes, $1.25; onions,
$1.25; cabbage, 75c doz.; hens, 25c;
springers, 28c; butter, 60;, butterfat,
63; eggs, 58: sheep, 7; lambs, 15; hogs,
$16.50; beef steers, 10; beef COWS, 7;
veal calves, 15; apples, 75—13. T.,
Parma. Nov. 16.

Tuscolo (N.E.)~—Very fine weather-

for November:
all done.
sold.
Feed scarce and manv are selling
young stock The following prices
offered at Cass Cltv this week: Wheat,
$2.10; oats, 63; rye, $1.45: leans $8;
hens 18 to 20; Springers, 18 to 20;
ducks, 20 to 23; geese. 15; turkeys, 20
to 22; butter, 50; butterfat, 57; eggs,
50; sheep, 7 to 8; lambs, 12 to 14;
hogs, 13 to 15.50; beef steers, 6.50 to
8; beef cows, 4 to 7; veal calves, 10
to 15.-—S, 8., Cass City. Nov. 15.

Grand Traverse ( NJ'J'. ) —-'I’hresl1i’ng
is the order of the day. Some pota-
toes are being sold and some being
Are having fine weather for
this time of y.ear Beans are nice but
not very many to the aore. The fol-
lowing prices were paid at Traverse
City this week: Wheat, $2.07; corn,
$1.40; oats, 75; rye. $1.40; buy, $28;
beans. $4.50; potatoes, $1.30 cwt.; but-
ter, 52: butterfat, 63; eggs, 50.~——C. L
13.. Willinmcburg, Nov. 14. ‘

St. Gran (0entm1)—Far-me1s fall
plowing and pressing hay. If all other

Bean threshing about
Most of the beans are being

hay-growing sections are cleaning up;
on hay as this section is there will not'
be much left to sell next spring. A‘

plenty of rain for fall plowing. soil in
good condition Farmers selling hay
and some grain. Net many beans are
thrashed yet. There will be very few

,. beans planted next year in this part.

Wheat and rye are dog:
in well and looking fine Not much :-‘
fat stock of any kind invarmers' bends M
new. The following We

of the county.

Some farmers are selling oats. '

’we‘ek:

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to market quite ugly LN M'-

combanycships each Saturday and are ,

' well pleated "With results so far Fain -
. work pretty well finished. Some plow-x -

tug yet and will be until it freezes.
Following quotations at Mason this,’
. Wheat, 82. 05 to 82. 08; outs, ,
60; rye, $1.5;0 hay, 8-22; wheatont
straw, 88; beans, 88; potatoes, $1 00;
hens, 20; springers, 20; ducks, 20; but-
terfat, 58; eggs. 50; sheep, 5 to 7'
beef cows, 6; veal calves, 15, beet
steers, 8 to 10; lambs, 14; hogs, 16%.
C. I. 11., Mason, Nov. 16. ‘

ifiBew'ten (West)—Farmers ar-e tak-
g advantage of the good weather by
ploWing. der nearly all in barns.
Many farmers are doing their butcher-
ing now on account of the shortage of
corn. Quite a few farmers selling
their hogs now for ;.15 to $15.50 on
foot. Fruit farmers are digging their
raspberry plants now, which sell for
from $3. 50 to $4. 50 per thousand, which
is the highest they have been in years.
Wheat and rye are looking fine. At a
sale today hay sold for $37 in barn;
corn $1.80 in crib; pigs 8 weeks old
brought,$5.75 to $6.50. The following
quotations made at St. Joseph this
week: Wheat. $2.10; cats, 68; rye,
$1.50; hay, $25 to $30; straw, $7 to
$12; potatoes, $1; onions, $1; cabbage,
5c head; hens, 20; springers, 20; but-
ter, 50; eggs, 45; hogs. $15.50 to-$16;
veal calves, dressed, $20; apples, $1
to 81.75—0. Y., Baroda. Nov. 15.

Manistce (West)——Farmers are cut-
ting wood; some are yet threshing
beans-and plowing; some ,having
gone or going av’vay to work in shops
or factories. Soil is moist yet. Not
selling much of anything. i think
that most. all produce is sold around
here. Some people holding potatdes
for higher price. Some farmers are
selling pork. The following prices
were paid at this place this week:
Wheat, $2; seed corn, $1 bu.; oats, 65;
rye. $1.45: hay, $26 to $28; rye straw.
$10; wheat-oat straw, $8; navy beans.
$7.50; red kidney beans, $8; potatoes,
90c; hens, 18c; springers, 20c; butter.
500,; butterfat, 55c; eggs, 40; hogs,
19; apples. 75.——~H.'A., Bear Lake. No-
vcmbm‘ 16. \

Emmet (NorthJ—Still enjoyinthe
fine weather. “No snow here as yet;
only one hard freeze. Fall grain is
doing fine. Everybody busy plowing.
Potatoes‘are being marketed: there
wasanot as large a crop in this sec-
and there are
many small ones. Schools are all
Opened again and the dnfluenza epi-
demic seems to have subsided, air
though there are many cases yet. The
following prices were paid at Harbor

Springs this week: Wheat. $2.10;
hay, $23 to $25; beans. $7.50; pota-
toes, 70; butter. .50; hogs 22; 'beef
rows, 9%; apples 75:41 L. 0., ("boss
Village Nov. 15

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NEW YORK STATE
ONION MARKET BETTER

 

 

The onion market has taken a
brace. There is a considerable in-
crease in inquiry with prices higher
top grade stuff fit. for storage.
Some dealers are buying. to store and
until this demand is supplied, it looks
as though the better tone of the mar-
ket should persist, but no one here
looks for any great jump—at this junc-
ture. Dealers quote best yellow, sack-
ed, at $1.45 to $1.50 per cwt., with red
10 to 15c cheaper fob. loading point.

There is some low grade stuff. A
good part of this is stock that g1ew
in low pockets and was injured by
early frosts. These onions are turn-
ing green, softening somewhat and
inclined to sprout, and are altogether
unfit for storage. This Ordinary stuff
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‘péak has been ’more

'1 melons, celery, sweet potatoes,

: crops:

_ {the crop ts lighter this: - ‘

R is mad new that the crop will
unveil some of the earlier

intact in.- will probably pick
wh119‘ iii-probablya fairguese that

Weeks will pick out a third or even
more. It is. quite likely that the bulk

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CABBAGE SITUATION
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" .Slowae the-cabbage market has'

been for weeks, it is still slowing up
to;prices that arediSastrous to the
grower. One grower said, that some

, domestic cabbage had been picked‘up

at $3 a ton, which is barely enough to
cover cost or haulage. However; .this
is probably an extreme case. , Dealers
‘are generally paying around $7 a. ton.

fBut the supply exceeds demand and
buying is based on an immediate out-

let, with the certainty almost that
considerable domestic cabbage will
never find a market. Considerable

Danish cabbage, is now moving to
Dealers are getting $11 to

$12 a ton'.

POTATOES ON FREE

L-IST IN CANADA
By an order in council, passed late

 

last week, Canada takes advantage oi
the reciprocal provisions of the Unit-

ed States tarm and places potatoes on“,

the tree list. This action is 01' par-
ticulhi- interest to the maritime prov-
inces, where potatoes are grown in
large quantities for export. " '

 

FRUITS Ann VEGETABLES; '
MONTHLY MARKET NEWS

‘Woshington, D. 0., Nov. -18 .——-Ship-
ments’ of traits and vegetables have
been declining Qulite steadily 1mm
nearly 3,000 cars per day the last of
September to well below 2, 000 in mid
November. The shipping season rea h-
ed top of the movement earlier than
last, year and the decline from the
gradual ' this
season. Total movement for the tour-
teen leading lines of fruits and vege-
tables reported in 1917 was about 3
per cent'less thiss’eaSon than in 1917.
, Conspicuous gains this year in ap-

’ pies, potatoes, cabbage, cantaloupes,

oranges and tomatoes were fully off-
set by heavy decreases in peaches,
etc.
The five heavtest lines in tall-\and
early vinter:' potatoes, apples cab-
has-”e. onions and oranges have been

coming aim taster than last season

rela y .to the estimated size or the
For es; beware:- during

the two months m the middle of

September to theiniddle of November . J
in’ Which period about one-third.- be
the year's total movement takes 112300,’ .
the shipments were met 40000 can} .-

.tor the 9 weeks 111m. year, but

ACTIVE AND m WI '03

-’ L APPLES

ideas {that ripened hetero tho falL

some of the later crops that were out ,
in the almost continuous rains tor .-

oi the business here will be in rather
Smn‘x lots with scarcely any oarlot ,

.5

Carlot volume ot‘ apples has been

abdut as heavy as that of potatoes the -'

past month, the volume of each ap-
preaching 1, 000 cars per day at the
height at the movement, then gradu-

ally/declining to hardly more than one- _
" half of the highest figures. Bax-relied '

apples have come largely from New
York- state, Michigan and Virginia.
The middle west has been a receiver
rather than a shipper. Movement to
the southern markets has been. quite
. active for Virginia Yorks, which reach-
ed $4. '15 per bbl. at shipping points,
and $5 to $6 in southern cities. Ben
. Davis sold about $1 below Yorke. Best
New York Baldwins tended higher
reaching 84. 75 to $5 at shipping points
and $5 to $5. 75 in eastern and middle-

01(11):!“ mo BETTER .

The onion situation has improved
slightly in 'pf'oducing sections west
and east, the depressing features in-
clude a supply 91.311117 71,000,000 bush-
els more than laSt year, together with
the reluctance of sterage men_ who
lost heavily last year and who have
hesitated to handle the usual amount
of stuck. The movement to market
for the northern crop has been about
25 per cent greater than it was ingthe
fall of 1917. The more rapid move-
ment goes far to oil-set the larger
crop. Fob. prices in producing sec-
tions range from $1 per cwt., sacked,
in California, to $1.60 in Massachus-
etts. Values have strengthened 10
to 30 cents (in various sections. Dis-
tributing markets show a» stronger
tone, most large ‘city markets being
included in the range of $1.50 to $2
sacked.

CABBAGE IN HEAVY SUPPLY
Declining prices have continued

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yield and more than double the-i
crop, lower range of values may
be surprising. Last year in " ' .
her the market for late cabbage ju
ed about $20 reaching $40 to 350 part
ly as a result of the ireeee whichei
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T-he bean situation is critical bi-
cause of a crop ten to fifteen pore ‘ 'y
larger than last year’s crop, whichin-
turn was about 50 per cent larger "
than the 1916 crop. The pending puss,
chase of 20,000,000 pounds of pinto“
beans at $7 per cwt. 1.0.11. western
shipping points for export to France
and Belgium has not greatly affected. 3

 
   
  

 

     
   
         
  
  
   
    
  
 
 

various eastern distributing markets
advanced fully 51 per cwt. The east-
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retold.

of days gone by.

lations. .

  

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Our Domestic Science Department furnishes
canning charts upon request and will aid you to solve any
other kitchen problems you may have from time to time.
Public demonstrations also arranged.
to our Domestic Science Department.

Pleasant Memories

of a real Thanksgiving Day last the whole year through.
Home ties are made more precious by those happy, joyous reunions.

William and Susie come home to the farm or Father and Mother visit
the Children in town.

Old times are discussed; old acquaintances are renewed; new friends are
oftentimes made; happenings of boyhood and girlhood days are told and

And soon the savory, appetizing odors from the kitchen, where the won-
derfully tasty goodies baked from

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Lily White

“The Flour the best Cooks Use”

are waiting their turn to add to the pleasure of all, remind everyone
that another Thanksgiving Day is at hand.
And what a feast!

Roast Turkey and dressing with Cranberry sauce and jellies—enough
for two helpmgs and more.

Such biscuits and rolls—flaky, tender", light and deliciously flavored——
such as LILY WHITE produces.

Then the tarts and mince pies, and even our own particular kind of cake ,
that dear old mother made just to please her grown- up children, kiddies

Surely it’s a wonderful occasion, the memory of which will last the
whole year through.

We "are glad to have Lily White contribute to the day’s pleasure.
As Lily White Flour 'is a pure 100% wheat flour substitutes must be
" purchased and used with it, according to Food Administration regu-

VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY

Grand Rapids, MiCh.

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Y of 11s thought the mild Weather of early

Noyember Was to remain with us during the
. stance of the fall and winter the chill rain:
of the past few days must have driven the illu-
ion from our minds Already snow has fallen in
quantities in the northern parts of the state, only

-,.to magically disappear with the shifting of the
I" wind or under the melting influence of the sun. .

Nevertheless, the days are few ’ere winter will
arrive and blanket all of Michigan with snow and
ice ' -

, Every season ushers in a new period of both'
work and pleasure. With our out-of—door recrea-

tion but off, we must school ourselves to endure

the limitations of indoor work and diversion. It
is sometimes hard to do this. Youth does not mind

Ip-the rigors Vof winter, but age shudders at its ap~
'Vproach. After all, I think it is largely a matter

of will-power,——the spirit in which we meet the
chill and discomforts of winter time: There are
those who quite make up their minds that winter
is to be a long season of cold backs and chilblains.
Except for the doing of absolutely. necessary out
Of door duties, they hibernate for the season. Oth-
ers, who resolutely determine to enjoy the winter,
are never so wretched. By sheer power of will

they are able to go about their work as usual, and

actually find enjoyment out in the brisk, -pure air.

But there are stormy days and days of severe
cold when it is the better part of valor to remain
indoors. At. times like these, unless one’s mind
and hands are busy with useful thoughts and
duties, life becomes almost unbearable. Especially
is this true in many farm homes, where. altho
quite accustomed to the solitude of the country,
the farm folks are unable to satisfactorily occupy
themselves, on account of the frequent lack of
good reading matter and other forms of indoor
diversions.

Happy, indeed, is the farm woman who can find
pleasure in-doors when the roads are locked with
ice and‘ snow, and the frost upon the Windows
obscures the vision of the white beauty without.
Such as thesemust have a secret fountain of con-
tentment. Would that we all might meet winter
in like spirit. Is it purely the fault of individu-
al temperament that makes some peOple despise
the cold weather and others enjoy it? Or is it the
knack of keeping one’s mind filled with wholesome,
helpful thoughts, and one’s hands busy at useful
labor? Who can tell us the secret? I think it
would be very helpful to all of us, if some of our
readers would tell how they look forward to win-
ter, and what they find it their principal source
of work and diversion. With love, PENELOPE.

Recipe fer Prepared Pancake Flour

EAR PENELOPE. ——Here are Va couple of
D recipes for making prepared pancake flour:

Two quarts flour, 8 teaspoons baking powd-
er, 2 teaspoons salt, 3 teaspoons sugar. Sift thor-
oughly and you have self-rising flour ready to
use Wanytime Buckwheat flour is prepared in the
same way for pancakes.-Mrs. A. A., Cass City.

Along the Food Line

The shortage of dried fruit in America is a
hint to housewives to gather up all the left overs
and fibre them, either dried or canned. Winter
pears, apples, grapes, pumpkins, carrots, all fur-
nish material for jam.

Apples are 90 per cent juice, and practically all,

the food value is in the juice. So store up the

' windfalls in the form of sweet cider, boiled cider,

vinegar, butter, jelly, syrup, pie filling and sauce
All of these can be made and kept without sugar.
Reduce five gallons to one for syrup, seven to one
for jelly.

Get the best out of the last green vegetables
and fruits—stews, hashes, salads, soups, scallops,
plain boiled or creamed Don’ t draw on the Winter
supplies until you have to.

Dry a supply of green peppers, sweet red pep-
pers,I parsley, sage, mint and thyme for season-
ing~ stews scallops salads, sausage and cottage
cheese. '

Set your traps and clear orchard and garden V

of rabbits. If you catch an over-supply, can them
or use the meat in rabbit-pork sausage.

. .. Canned pumpkin and squash can be converted .
into a. variety of creamed or scalloped dishes or .

used for marmalade and pie filling. Don’t leave
these vegetables out to freeze. ., I ‘

When you prepare chickens for roasting why- :

.ppt‘p t aside the livers, gizzards neck, head, feet,

st wing joint for creanied chicken? These.
‘i’add little to. the dinner roast, but supply an '3

fast or supper dish.

, , Lord 0'1 the east and western ’
And. «y the hilltop and plain,

' And of the stars that sink and rise
Keeper of Tim'e’s great mysteries .. I
That" are but blindly understood—
Give us to know that on of these "

Labor together for our good.

Thou who must laugh at bounding hno
Setting the little lands apart; ‘

Thou who hast given corn and Wine,
Give to us each a thankful heart.

Show us the worth of wounds and scars,

4 - Show us the grace that grows of grief,-

Thou who hast flung the racing stars,

Thou who hast loosed the falling loaf.

Count us the treasures that we hold——'
' Wonderful peace of wintry lands,

All of the summer’s beaten gold ’
Poured in our eager, outfield hands;

Open the book of the rounded year
Paged with our pleasures and our pains——

Show us the writings where appear '
Losses o’erbalanced by the gains.

Thou who art Lord of the sea and shore.
‘Lord of the gates of Day and Night——,
This have we had of thy great store;
Laughter and love, and lifesand light.
Sorrow and sweetness, smile and song——
Blessings that blend in all of these—-
Have them, and hold them overlong,
Out of thy wondrous treasuries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suiferings of Children

In the dispensaries and schools of Liege, Bel-
gium, there are seventeen thousand children un-
der sixteen years of age stricken with tuberculosis.
Fifty per cent of the children out of schools sif-
fer from this deadly disease, which has beenbrot
on by malnutrition. Most of the children are so
debilitated that a mere b’low or bruise, even when
the skin is not broken, produces suppuration. Em-
aciation is general. For this awful physical con-
dition of the children lack of meat and fat and
the poor quality of the bread is responsible. It
is difficult for the doctors to help the little ones
because medicines are lacking. Codliver 011, for
instance, costs $8 a quart. Verona] brings $26. 50
an ounce. Tincture of iodine is practically un-

, obtainable. “'"

These appalling conditions are not found in
Liege alone. They obtain in all parts of the oc-
cupied districts. It is for the lives of these pom
children that the Belgian Relief Fund is fighting
today, and so long as the fund has the necessary
financial resources at its disposal it can overcbme
even these terrible conditions. Where possible
children are being removed to Holland and Switz-
erland and there are being nursed back to normal
health in the large sanitaria operated by the

- Belgian Relief Fund The need of financial sup-

port for the maintenance of these institutions is
pressing, and for that reason the Belgian Relief
Fund again appeals to the people for assistance.

The Thanksgiving Dinner

ET US PLAN mOst carefully this greatest of
all Thanksgiving dinners. May it be a feast
of happiness and thankfulness to you all;

but let us not even in our joy forget there are
thousands without food, and remember our duty to
share our plenty. By planning carefully the most
delightful dinner may be served from the con-
tents of your own cellar and farm foods which

 

 

Thanksgiving and Dedicatiofi

HANKSGIVING comes to us this year

with a meaning it never had before

and can never have again. We have
shared food with our companions i11 arms ,
- and fought thrOugh to victory; we are now~

called on to share with the suffering mil-

and for the sake of the starving man wh
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nip, alternating them with the baby beets. _
sley may also be scattered thru the different veg“

‘ in molds,

e, Ispoonfnlis of mashed tun.

stables to add to the «harem-once oi. the plate.
The canned tomatd shied is mass by draining the

can of tomatoes, straining and seasoning with
v cayenne pepper and a little; lemon iuice and salt

Then stir into a gelatin mold and chill.— Serve on

’ lettuce or cabbage. Peach salad: Drain one can I

of peaches; to juice add sufficient water to make
two cups of liquid. Addito this half a cup of corn
syrup mixed with One and uneghalf tableSpoonful
of gelatin disSolve‘d over a slow fire. Place fruit
pour over the gelatin and chili Nut
meats and candied cherries are delicious added to
the peaches in the mold.
No.11.

Cream Tomato Soup or Creamed Oysters on Toast
Goose or Rabbit. Stuffed and Braised
, Baked Sweet Potatoes ,
.” Creamed Peas and carrots
w', Baked Onion
1 Escallo erda dSquash
a
Cottage Cheese or Canned Pineapple
with Cream Mayonaise ‘
Maple Ice Cream
Fruit Cake or Snot Pudding
Coffee
Nuts Home-Made Candies

Creamed oysters on toast are a mast appetizing
entree. Cream the oysters as any meat, making a
white sauce and pouring onto oysters which have
been boiled in. their own liquor and skimmed care-
fully. Cook until thick and pour on toast.

Fowl, fish or rabbit are deliéious when braised“

in tomato sauce.- Prepare as for roasting. Melt
four tablespoons of butter, when hot put in fowl
and brown lightly. Brown One half cup of chopped

onion in tho tablespOOns of tat, add half can of'

Simmer for ten minutes and pour over
Season and add two more cups of hot
Place in oven and -c‘ook slowly

tomatoes.
the fowl.
stOck Or water.
until done.

In making the mayonaise for the pineapple sal-

.ad do not also mustard but plenty Of cream. Serve.

one large slice of pineapple 011 a cabbage or lettuce
leaf and top with mayonaise. A Marischino cherry
will improve the dish Wonderfully‘

Serve the cottage cheese in a ball on lettuce or

in a nest of endive. ‘“ "a.
Maple marisse: Yoke of eight eggs beaten very

IV light, one and one~half cups or maple syrup. Heat IV

the syrup very hot pour onto the beaten yolks and

' cook in double boiler until thick. Let cool, mix
lightly with whipping cream and turn into freezer .

Pack in ice and salt for four hours.

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men CHOWDER V

Rabbit, fowl,- or» any meat may hek used instead of;

the fish, or tomatoes instead of milk ots may

‘ be omitted.

One and one- half pounds fish (fresh, salt or canned).
nine potatoes,

onion sliced, two cups carrots cut in pieces, quarter

pound salt pork, three :cups milk, popper. three table»

spoons flour.

Cut pork in small pieces and fry with the chopped
onions fer five minutes. Put pork, onions, carrots and
potatoes in kettle and cover with boiling water. Cook
until vegetables are tender.
flour with one—half cup of the cold milk and stir in
the liquid in the pot to thicken. Add the rest of the
milk and the fish which has been removed tram th
bone and cut iii small‘pieces Cook until the fish r§
tender, about 10 minutes. Serve hot. You can omit
salt pork and use a tablespoon of other fat

PM’I‘ED nofliNY AND BEEF ,.

‘Vllent to use as part of. a one—IdlshVV'
th t if.

..v a. fire in your stove so
1* ti ‘

whi
kin. a denial. holler

cooker over night. ‘

use may be increased and

several meals. _

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Ana Thanksgiving is "

hiya Week aWay. At. first, I felt
badly about this, but after I

couldn’ t be that you weren’t thankful

for anything. I. kneW everyone of
you. have something to be thankful
for, but perhaps you don’t know just
Let me name some
blessings that the, most .of my boys
and girls enjoy, and I am sure you
will. agree with me that they are

worthy of thanks.

First, oonies good health. How sor-

71-3: we all feel for. the boy or girl who

has been sick from infancy; as many
are. Sometimes I drive thru the
great city, and see looking thru the
windows, the white faces of little
children who.arev not strOng enough
to get out of doors and play with the
’How‘sad I always
feel when I realize the good—times
and healthful exercise these sick

children are missing. But I am al-

ways glad to remember that the boys
and girls who read M. B. F. are for
the mostpart healthy and strong and
full ofllife. "Yea-indeed, it is a great
bleSsing .tohave good health, and all
who enjoy it should give God thanks.

Second in the line of.blessings come
Have any of my

orphan home where the unfortunate
children Who have no fathers
mothers 0 ‘IoOk- after '- them are
cared for. Think what it would mean
not to have a mother to tuck you in

,, body else’s homes,

and‘ ‘

bed at night Or to comfort you" When

.you get hurt or are sick. End think

what it would mean to have no father
to take. you on his knee Or to buy you
clothes and pretty things.

people who look after the children in
the orphans’ home are usually very
kind, they can never take the place of
father and mother. It must be a
great misfortune to have no home,
and so I think my boys and girls who
have homes and fathers and mothers.
or those who live happily'in some-
should be,
thankful. '

Third, we should be, thankful for
being able to live in a great country
where there is freedom and liberty.
It can’t be very nice living in countries
where the people are taxed so much
and are so poor that they have to go
hungry and half-clothed most of the
time. And there are such countries.
The farmers in these countries are
called peasants, and while their child-
ren have a gocd time, after a fashion.
they do not have the comfortable
homes, the wholesome food, the warm
and pretty clothing. etc,
my children have.

I could tell you a hundred things
that we ought to be thankful for, but
I think most of you will remember
them now. When Thanksgiving comes
around, you must not let the chicken
or turkey make you forget about your
blessings. Please remember them and
before the day goes byoffer up a little
prayer of thanks to God who is the
giver of all good things in life. I
hope that you each and all will have
a pleasant Thanksgiving day. With
love, from AUNT PENELOPE

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The Giants of Liliiputania egggarm'giaslz’jgg"?

ILLIPUTANIA must have been a
delightful place to live in. Fear
f_,was unknown—not even- the tin-
iest Lilliputanian was ever afraid. All
Were truthful and honest and loving
I say all, but there was one—just one
Lilliputdnian who was a. little differ-
ent from- the others. His name was
General Dis {Satisfaction He' was a
kind Old gentleman in spite of his
funny name. No one knew just how
old he was or why he was called Gen-
eral. Loving one another as they did

” ' the Lilliputanians never had any use

Véfor soldiers. and even the Police Chief
who was the whdle Police Department, -

, said the Only need of a policeman was

~~..~~701d General Dis Satisfaction, when-'
. ever an one would-
fwould‘ ell acme singular stories. One
- day hemtepned into. John Lung’s Chi-

'1 , *nége

to keep the children on the sidewalk
when they Were down town and to
keep dogs and cats from disturbing
people at nlght

listen to him

a dry with his little package
of collars and shirts "‘John.” said
m 1111—. . ould Viyou like to

in; aegbig as this
« dropped the
oked at the

- smile.

a hundred years. The General sure
was talking queer.

General Dis Satisfaction, however,
kept right 011 smiling a wise little
“If Lilliputania only knew.”
said he, “just wait. some day I will
astonish this country some day 1
will go to sleep and wake‘up the big
gest man in the whole world and
then they will know what I am driving
at.” The General lived in the yellow
house with the blue roof on Fountain
Lane Street. He had fitted 11p one of
the rooms in his quaint little home
with dozens of bottles until it looked
like a drug store. A number of tubes
and kettles were scattered about, for
the General was constantly stewing
and brewing. He had come to the con-
clusion that there was some unknown
reason why people stopped growing—
babies grew to be children and child-
Ien grew to be young men and young
ladies, and then grew to be men and
women and~well then they stopped
growing. “Why stop?” thought the
General. Seeds grew to be plants.

plan-ts became saplings, and saplings

some as tall as their
Only the Lillipu-

bec‘ame trees.
highest buildings.

very.

that most of

f “‘ able to. help him solve the. probl. 3
The Professor

thought the General.
laughed at him. This grieved
General sorely._i'n fact he
very angry.

The Professm

' tilt

loved "old General

, Dis Satisfaction just like he loved the

school children in his big schOol He
tried to 1eason with him Told
him that he had better leave well
enough alone “Why." said he “you

. have everything you need—all Lilli-l

putanians are vour friends there is
plenty of work, more good food than
you can eat, you’ve good health and a

fine home—you ought to be the happlé.

est man in Lilliputania." “But, Profs.
essor,” said the General, “why do we
stop growing?” “Why do we grow 1111-,
til we are twenty-one and then stop?
Surely there must be a reason.” The
Professor was lost in deep, thought.
Somewhere in th" library was a book
he had read in his school days-11. book

that told about a country where there.

were immense giants—men so big
that they might lift the biggest build-
ings in their fair city like Mr. Bull,
the Butcher, could lift a side of beef.
He had often wondered if there really
was such a country. Perhaps the1
General had been reading that book.
He remembered now that it waste.
fairy tale.
swer. The General had been reading
it and had lost his mind. The Prof-f
essor, taking this for granted, tried
to reason with the General. He told.
him that this book was a fairy story
for little children. and that an old
man like him ought to know better
than to allow the stories to affect his
reason.
the book and thought Professor Pluss
was making fun of him. It made him
furious and he vowed then and there
that Professors. Bakers. Chinamen and
everyone who had laughed at him
would some day learn that General
Dis Satisfaction was not one to be.
trifled with.
(To be continued)

(Nona—Most of the children are
showing a great deal of interest in
the story about the fairy city of Li!-

.liputania, and quite a few ’of them

have sent subscriptions and asked for
a free set. For the benefit of those
who have not yet been able to get a
subscription. another coupon is pub-
lished on this page Most any neigh-
bor will subscribe for M. B. F.. to help
you get a ere fairy city)

heal Aunt Penelopc:—-I am a little
girl nine years old, and am in the fourth
grade at school
eveiy day But now our school is closed
on account of the terrible disease that is
going around
tions for the M. B. We have three
horses and them names are Dan, Jim and.
John. I can ride Jim and drive him.
My fathei has a Maxwell car, but I like
Jim better than I do the car. ”We have
two colts; their names are Rock and
Queen.
I like to read the boys’ and girls' letters.

became. .

Surely that was thean- ‘

I like to go to schoolm-

The General had not read-v ,

We have four cows and sixteen head of. ' '

young cattle Well. I must close, from
your friend—Julia F. Brophy Plainw-ell,
Michigan. .

Dear Aunt Penelope:——I am a [my 9,.
in the fourth grade at'

years old and.
school. I live on a farm of 150 acres
My father has 5 homes and their names
are Belle, Mike, Jim and John; John and
Jim are the big grays. We have nine
cows and a dog named Gyp, and 30 Sheep
and 32 pigs and 100 chickens. I ha.“
earned enough money to buy one Liberty
bond and nine War Savings stamps ,
Aithur Ecklei. Mmiis Michigan.‘
That is splendid John to hear you

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WANTED —— CLOVER SEED AND
PEAS, ALL KINDS. Please submit us
an average sample of any quantities you
want to sell and we will tell you what it
is worth either in the dirt or cleaned.
We believe we can make you a. price that
will look attractive. Sioux City Seed Co,,
‘ Millington. Michigan.

YOU CAN SELL
met to the buyer without
mission through my
and be free to sell: to anyone. through
anyone. anywhere, any time. for any
price or terms. Write for circular.
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Roup. Colds, Canker.

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FOR SALE-
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3450. 12-25 Mogul, $650 10- 20 Titan
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FUTURE OF LIVE STOCK
' AFTER THE WAR

. The future or the live stock business

.of the United States depends largely,

on the wisdom with which it is main-
tained. The raising of scrub cattle,
hogs and sheep should be discontin-
ued. Such live stock never has paid
its board bill, and under new food
cost conditions, cannot be expected to
do so.

The primary mission of the Inter-
national Live Stock Show was to .im-
prove and maintain the seed stock of

the United States, both by stimulating '

imports and promoting domestic breed-
ing enterprises. Its commercial side
was demonstrated in the carlot fea-
ture, which has been a valuable school
of experience for the farmer and feed-
er.

The “International” has shown that
the American breeder is to the fore-I
front. But for this campaign, con-
ducted, vigorously without relaxation
for nearly two decades, the present
enviable condition of the United States
with regard to seed stock, would have
been impossible. The European war
with its disastrous results to live
stock breeding, could not have been
forseen, but results show that the In-
ternational Live Stock Exposition un-
consciously made provision for this
depletion.

The lesson of cheaper production
cost has been taught by this exposi-
tion, and it is proving valuable in
feeding the people fit this country and
Europe during a critical and semi
famine period.

As in the past, the “International"
will continue to encourage economi-
cal live stock production. Interest now
centers in after-the-war business, and
on this account the 1918 exposition,
held during the first week in Decem-
ber, is of unprecedented important-e.
America’s fighting force is not limited
to those across the Atlantic, as the
men who are striving to produce more
and better live stock are doing the
biggest kind of a “bit."

The success of the 1918 Internation-
al is as essential as was'the initial
event, the world's food needs being
greater than ever.

SUBSTITUTES FOR CORN .
IN FEEDING HOGS

“With corn high in price this fall,
it will be found economical in many
localities not only to feed supplements
to the corn but to substitute the corn
as much as possible with other feeds
in fattening hogs," says-L. ‘E. McGin-
nis of the University of Missouri Col-
lege of Agriculture. “Hominy feed
can be obtained from a good many
mills at a much cheaper price ’than
com. This is a" mixture of the bran
coating, the germ and a part of the
starchy portion of the corn kernel,
which is a by-product in the manu’
facture of hominy for human‘consump-
tion. It is similar to corn in compo-
sition, but is more bulky, contains
morevfibre with a little more fat.

Hominy feed for fattening pigswhen 5.
fed with supplements such -as shorts

and tankage is considered as good as
corn.

“Oats make a goof.
cord but owing to their buikiness, do

not fatten hogs readily. Pigs will eat'

more and give better returns on oats
if ground; For breeding stockgjand,

shoots not being fattened, whole oats ;

will do very nicely. With fattening
shoots, however,
ground and fed about one part at.

oats to two parts of corn. For pro;

tire to cosmic

supplement to ._

the cats should be_._,.

”plums; and at. its meprm' r311. '
cWVer cheap.-~ '
It more netrl-y Wicca mm my

seed meal as tonnage, however, to :7,

My selves mil: or pm.

Shorts wherever available, 1111on lief

fed in conjunction with tankage or oil-
meal with corn. Short is relatively
high in protein and t es a needed
place in~the ration.

"‘The use of all available pasture,

will save groin. Rye sowed this tall
will make a good pasture for the bags
this winter and early spring. The
fiber portions of alfalfa hay ted to the
Mythic winter will be relished and
prove highly profitable, especially to
breeding hogs. .

“Balanced rations tor hogs ‘will be

. more necessary this year than ever
before. Some good balanced nations.

for the pigs on forage are: Corn 9
parts, shorts 3 parts, tankage 1 part;
corn 6 parts, shorts 2 parts, linseed
oil meal 1 part; horniny feed 9 parts,
shorts 3 parts, tankage 1 part _For
the brood sow:
5 parts, bran 3 parts, linseed oil meal

parts, or tankage 1 part; corn 4
parts, shorts ,4 parts, bran \4 parts,
tankage 1,pa.rt. For fattening hogs:
Corn 10 parts, shorts 2 parts, tankage
1 part; corn 10 parts, tankage 1 part;
corn (bogged down), shorts (self-feed-
er), tankage (self— -feeder); corn, shor-
ts, and tankage in self-feeder.”

WINTER THE FARM
HORSES ECONOMICALLY

The wintering of horses is a most
important farm problem because of
the high prices of feed and the necess-
ity for ample horse power next spring.
E. A. Trowbridge of the University of

Missouri College of Agriculture would '

give colts and growing horses plenty
of good nutritious feed during the
winter, and see that they have plenty
of exercise, satisfactory shelter, and
good water. Older horses, including
those doing light work, should be win-
tered with an eye to economy, he says,
but also with aneye to full service in
the spring. They should not be per-
mitted to become too thin, yet it is not
necessary to- maintain them in ex-
tremely high condition during the
winter ‘

Farm work, horses weighing an av-
erage ‘of 1439 pounds were wintered
at the Missouri Experiment Station
last winter on a ration composed of
corn and cob meal 14.77 pounds, lin-
seed oil meal 1.67 pounds“ and oat
straw 14.34 pOunds. These horses did
5.55 hours work daily and lost only
24 pounds in weight during the six
weeks of the trial. Oat straw can' be
utilized to good advantage by work
horses and mules. «Horses weighing
arbund.1.159 pounds have been winter-

_. ed at the Station on 5 pounds altaia
hay and 15 pounds corn silage

They
lost an average of 35 pounds per head.
A ration of .6 to 7 pounds of alfalfa
or clover hay and 18 to 20 pounds 01'
corn silage of good quality, bask-opt
horses doing no work thru the winter
in satisfactory condition .

The principle upon which to base
the wintering of farm horses is to
keep the colts growingweli, to keep

the work horses in reasonably good.

condition in which to start spring
work, and to utilize as much home-
grown feed, especially roughness, as
possible. ‘ .

CAN DISTRIDUTE FARM

tein supplement to corn nothing can . ‘ ’ 1

equal tankage even at its high
1 1:

Corn 10 parts, shorts

beneficial results in the"

. winter otter the wheat is up...

w Tammi o! the some oi! the

souri College of Agriculture! It should -‘

be scattered as even as possible and 2
not to thick. This" 1.th with
a whore spreader.
iy be applied on irnzen ground, with >-
out loss of plant hood. If hauled to the ~
field in a wagon, manure should be
spread immediately. To pile it up for
later spreading not only. makes more,
work but causes loss of plant food by
fermentation. In case of rain. on ex-

. cess o! plant food leashes out of the

pile while the rest or the field may
be hungering for iood. In. general,
from five to seven ton-a of manure to.
the acre can be applied as a top dran-
ing to wheat without danger of choir-
ing the plants.

$4,383 ADDED To RED CROSS ~
FUND Br SALE OF- JERSEYS

Even tho the war is ended a vast
amount of money is still pouring into,

'the Red Cross to finish up its _work of

comforting the sick and wounded
"over there.” One of the most recent
contributions came through the sale
of twentyiflve head of Jerseys which
were sold at auction for $4,383, an av-
erage of $195. 32. W. A. Brewerton oi
Thornbury Farm, Liberty'ville, Illinios
was the donor of these animals.

Among the animals sold was Thorn-
bury’s Peter the Great, a calf 14 mos.
old, which made an enviable showing
in the show ring this year. His first
appearance inthe show ring was at‘
the Illinois centennial and State Fair,
where he Was awarded the Junior
Championship At the Indiana and
the Ohio State Fairs he was made
Grand Champion Bull, and at the
Tennessee State Fair was again award-
ed the Junior Championship. Peter
was resold to Mr. Brewer-ton for $700.

The top price of the sale was realized

for the 'cow “Eagle’s Miss Alma.”
which sold .for $718. ’l‘he'cow Was
donated to the Illinois Training Farm
by the purchaser “Alta Thornury"
was the tap price heifer, being spld
for $400. '

The animals sold were of the best
owned by ’l‘hornbury Farm. A num-
berwoi them came direct from the show
circuit to the ’sales ring. They were
a fine healthy lot hacked by good rec-
ords at the milk pail, and Mr. Brewe’r .
ton is to _be commended for making
such a worthy donation.

“

Enclosed you will find one dollar for
which please send your paper to the fol-
lowing address Have received one sam—

. pie copy some time ago and am certain-

ly wel’l pleased. _——-E. A. Preil,

Isle county”

Preemie _

I received a sample copy of your p
and think it fine. Enclosed find mtolgge
m'Oney order for $1 for which please send
it to me for a year. ——-Will H Miller,
Gratiot county. '

I think it is the best farm paper I

. have ever taken, and should not like to_

be without- it~—Jesse H. Shales, Mamrnb '»

county. :1

M. B. F. is on the right t1 ack and doing
much for the farmer. ~Edv’vard Nixon?
Genesee county.

I like the paper and don t want to Jrnlss - -

any of them—I aspen Gamble. Gratiotr"

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S _. _ ' ' ‘ MICHIGAN BUfimnlst: anmg‘: 1fiID'riliigSlicing.F Alsolcziigl prize Jr. yr. boar
to 008135 10. ac a1r,.1..
.VS ' has so“ two glitter-en heifer calves ‘ CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM
' '4‘.- wfigfimm Inow 061311.313 for 3100 Monroe, Mich.
" *r e and the samnfitlnd of bull calves THE hm hue Nb
lst 1.3“?“ “gouge-cg; roki‘ltbreeg :nBu‘; DUROC
» - e
to ROBIN CARR ‘ m'iii;ki§'¢ hateven::;:te 151:1- .
‘ . 7 one on in oo 11: 0 1s
5; ‘ rowwnvnw- mm“ insides: 32:91:12: 1:: Peach H1“ Farm
t EIN mm. a :x""“i:;zi'l§:.“}§:‘;n".£ “9%“?er i?‘”°°rJiiri‘iy 33% .333
I] . HoLsT - . are 0 ering c nice 8. gs _
1e 'Rfilnsthgn 1:313:11) grandson of Henserveig figomfilflf’gqvggagafw up. Write to us, or better still, come
3h LaaDzmo K015.“ sired 1X JROP‘B Hdztfgelitg-s. rho Americu Jersey Cattle cm £1330:er ‘52:? Romeo, Mich.
Dam is an 13 11:13 yr old granddaughter 361 w": 23rd s:.. New rm Cily .
.V' of King 56:18 Who has a 315“? wt 73" ~ . UROC JERSEYS‘VINE' Boars’ SOWS_
or ”any made 33 lbs. butter in 7 days 3-5 a BULLS ready for ser_ D Glith‘ and Ida.“ pigs
08 4615;?0 his calf is light :5 {33113113 JERSEY vice for sale. Sired by for sale. Choice spring boar, sxred by
w “01%“ and a. splendid in El ee. Majesty's Oxford Fox, Brookwater Tippy Orion No. 65421. This
. P1106 1-90 Write for photo and‘pe gr and out of R. of M. Dams by Majesty’s is an unusually good bunch to _ select
n_ . tzler, Flint. Michigan. Wonder Herd tuberculin tested and from. Come and soothem or I \Vlll_!-lhlp
free from abortéon. glut aim is sizzle:1 witldi on apIpIrovalf Falngigs 31?] (312191111, Elgiclfir
8- “r ' good it e, an pr uction. Wi woo sex. ome ‘arm, ‘03. n er 11 . . . l,
Lg e olverme StOfk Fm (1 Jersey gin-m, Alvin Balden. Capac, Mich. Props, Salem. Michigan.
‘ Otters two sons about yr. 0 a re
it by Judge Walker Pietertje. These Ey Big, long tail, grow-
,t' (relives age 111mgx mfili‘enddug light in GUEBNS DUROC BEARS thy males hthéit Igvili
0001‘ an are e n “l- w” add size an growth to your or . ig-
r, 101' prices and MW. Prttle Creek. GUERNSEYS Haggis “£33“ cfiwsmrig gest March farrowed pigs in the coun—
1r Mich" R. . sale, also a number of well bred young a try, 200 lbs- and “0‘ f“- . h'
d g ; Emu—Ame tfiggfedm‘ Village Farms, Newton Barnhart, St. Johns, Mic igan.
.2 rose e. gan .
e . , PLEIAOSANT XIEvlvtsngnocsf l
‘5 r " ar an i o excep ions.
3 ll); PREPARE \‘ SHOBTHORN quality ricess right, ginspection invited.
l- 1:. For the test demand future WHAT Do YOU WANT? I represent 41 W Bpurlingame Marshall, Michigan.
1' Z‘ . prices that ever known. Start SHOBTHOBN breeders Can Dut you in
, :1 ‘ now with the Holstein anld convince «finch with issest mlflk or beef strewn. CBulis
‘ - . ' ' Yoursel Good stock a. ways or a. ages. ome emales. . . rum,
(‘3 ‘ «I sale. I Howbert Stock Farm. Eon Secretary Central Michigan Shorthorn DUROC BOARS, GILTS
u ' ' Claire. Michigan. » Association. “McBrides. Michigan. We an offering tome ”tine. Big type. fall and
~ . .. .. > f . \ , spring Beau end Gills. A: Fumeu‘ Prices.
3 7. , , _ d on SALE, pure bred Shorthorgiss and F E E AGER an d Son
r1 1 : \Bull ‘ I} l Fig-f (1;:Hae son (is t0 91 $1.“,- 812115310 $1130“: on h. flay HOWELL. MICHIGAN
. .' ‘. on e rve 0 men s o c -
" . ’ ~ ‘ a veSDe ngutter Warner. R.N No. 3. Alinont Weill
- . Boy and by a. son of 1%.inDeKol
i . _ Korndyke, tromA. A. 51:23 with rec- HORTHOBNS and POLAND cmNAs. POLAND CHINA
. ordsof 18. 6 as Jr. two year old to 28. 25 Bulls, heifers and springr1 pigs, either
t - at $311“ a. 6 Prices reasonable breeding" sex for 831885 athoai-{ners' Mfchices M.
1 , 00 01‘ ~ P tt & n, w er. can. .
- “N 's. » . WALgVUT GROVE STOCK FARM igg'o La? e T e Poland China Swme
W. W. Wyckofr, Napoleon, Mich. SHORTHORNS have been kept upon g yp
. Maple Ridge Farm

HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
Sires dams average 37. 76 lbs. but-
ter 7 das. 693 lbs. so das. testing
6. 62% fat. Dams good A. R. Lacking
Calves nice straight fellows 54 white.
$6 each while they last

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

C K ~ Holstein-Friesian Cattle

Under the present labor conditions
I. feel the necessity of reducing my
herd. Would sell a. few bred females
or a. few to freshen this spring. These
cows are all with calf to a. 30-pound
111111.51. Fred Smith, Byron, Michigan

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SUNNY PLAINS HOLSTEINS

A few young bulls left. Also a young
pair heavy draft homes. Phone 68F“.

,. ; ARWIN KILLINGER

Fbwlervllle; Winn,
register-edged

gkedSTEIN BULLS
oh? 3 82.48 lb.
"' éPo‘ntinoi_ Aloe-tire. large 030“
, Q t. service. Prices from 100 tor $160
1‘ m o for

inter Brothers, Lake Odessa, Mich.

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since 1867 and arle Bates bred. Two red
heifers for sale:110 mos. old.
J. E. Tanswoll. Mason, Michigan

FOR SALESCOTCII and Scotch topped
Shorthorns. Maxwalton Mon-

arch an b Avondale in Service.

John Schml t & Son. Reed City. Michigan.

A few
01mg}I bulls for sale.
Hummel, Mason, Michigan.

 

 

BED POLLED

OR SALE—Du l d 11 d
F bull; and OxforSdow-n purpose Re Po 6

ownrems.
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ARGE TYPE P. C. fall gilts, bred
and ready to ship. Will weigh up
to 3.66 pounds. Will farrow in Aug.
and Sept. Will also sill a few spring
boars. Fall sale Nov. 29.
Wm. J. Clarke, R. No. 7, Mason. Mich.

 

 

 

 

IG TYPE P. C. BOABS and gilts ready
to ship. They are from Peter Moun
herd in Iowa and sired by Grand Supei-ba.
Come and see or write for prices. _
C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rapids. Michigan.

BIG TYPEP (3. “OAKS, Ramboulllet
and Hampshire rams and

ewes for sale
A A. Wood & Son, Saline, Michigan.

 

 

’ CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

CLAY, ROBINSON & CO.

’LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

“8.14mi!
MSLJoeeph

Sioux City

POULTRY
WYANDOTTE
ilver Lafed, Golden and White Wyan-
dottes o unlity. Breeding stock after
Oct. let. a go it early. Clarence
Browning. R. 2, Portland Mi ch
LEGHORN
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John W Snyder. 8t. ohns. Mich. R. No.4 ,_
SHEEP

SHROPSHIBES

SHROPSHIRES BEGJSTEBE: 8:343;

 
  
 
    
     
   
   
    
    
    
       
    
  

ewes. Write for prices or come to the
Dan Booher, 4, Evert Mich
REGISTERED sunorsnmn RAMS
or quality. One im-

 

ported three-year-old Ram. Priced right.
H8117 Pott ter & Son Davist‘m Michigan. ',.~

HIGH CLASS REGISTERED, year-

ling hropshire ewes bred to

ram of extra quality. Also healthy, vig~ ,

orous, well wooled. Ram lambs ready 7“
for service. Flock established 1890.

Lemon Dexter, Michigan.

   

 

  
    
 
   
   
  
  
     
   
     
  
  
 
   
    
    
    
  
     
   
   
 
 
 
  
  
    
     
 
  
  
 
     
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
   
  
 
 
  
    
  
 

DELAINE

MPBOVED Black Top Delnins. Sixty ‘ ‘-

Reg Rains to choose from. Newton & .

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

08- SALE—Registered yearling Rams.
Improved Black Top Delaine Merino.
Frank Rohrabacher Laingsburg, Mich.

FOR 8m REGISTERFD INIPROVED

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

FOR SALE PURE mum

tered American
sheep. Young. Both sexes.
F H. Conley_ Maple Rapids, Michigan

ELAINES, bred on same farm for 50
years Size, quality prepotent; rams
Write

No. 2, Ashetabula, Ohio.

‘TIX-TON MIX' with “It the
around k“ flock healthy and the
worm. "on Seven yoobigm money-
31 00 umpi- box by parcel poll will mod‘
beam”? {‘nlix Write for club" 01.!

com]
PARSONS Tlix- 0TON C0.. Crud Ledge, Mid

and regis-

Delaine

for sale delivered.
S. H.

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have twenty pens of especially mated
Sin 1e Comb Buffs that are not only mat—

do¥r exhibition but, above all. for prot~
ltnble egg production.
enable price. Our list will interest you
_p1ea,sa ask for it. Village Farms
Grass Lake, Michigan.

03 SALE—Single Comb White Leg-
horn Cockerels and pullets; Barron
300- Egg strain. Also one oat sprout-
er 300-hen size. Cockerels, $1. 50 each in .. ,
lots of two if taken at once. y, w,
”Woodruif Melvin, Michigan. ,

Eggs at very reas-

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ROCK

COCKERELS.
ous Fischel
Mrs. F. J. Lange,

Fain"
8 1‘8. 1'1. -".
Saber”

thousand;
different
Oetkl and.
Freeport .

Michigan. '

TURKEYS

      
           
   
   

 
  

LIGHT BRAHMA
PURE BRED LIGHT BBAHMA COOK-
33 to 35. Also a few earlin ‘
hens. Mrs. E. B. Willits, RFD.yNo 1‘,
WHITE
waing, Michigan.
CHICKS
CHICK each season,
varieties 00
Hatchery. Box 10 Freeport.
GIANT lowest possible pricesnk
Have accept ed a position
tension Division for Michigan Agricultur-
al College and must dispose of my entire
once. Grand in color and type and bone
N Evelyn Ramsdell,10nia,Mlchlgan
Bronze heavy boned turkeys, Mam-
moth Pekin ducks and Barred Rock
Lewis Hess, Ceresco, Michigan.
FOR sALE Mammoth Bronze Turkey
86 and 8.10 Mrs.
5, Dowagiac, Michigan.
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nit—saves Til-*3“ bi ”money—A
mom“ a barrel of 5 Mt.

  
 

male from Harvey Wood _
strain.
Reading, Michigan.
Priced to sell.
We ship
testimonials. stamp appreciated
BRONZE TURKEYS at"
as Assistant in Poultry Husbandry, Ex-
stock of fine young, pure bred stock at
on 8ALE:-—Pure bred Mamnm
Cookerels, none better.
Welt '
Dillman R. No. °’
PLYMOUTH ROCK

 

2.00 per 15 Pr
irculnr free. "Fred
Constantine. MIC!“ m- ~-

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2-;
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Hl‘
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A to our hitherto reduced use of wheat flour.

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* or three years at least.

so my in consumption

. “Pork Products, Dairy Products, Vegetable oils—

A‘jhortage of about three billion pounds.

, .. o’er—Sufficient supplies to load all retrigerat-
dug ships' Acapacity - *

‘“£ugar~—Suflicient supplies for our normal con?
9»shmpt.ion if other nations retain their present

short rations.
rations.

"O‘ofl'ee—A surplus.

“Of all these foods, except possibly protein feeds,
we have a sufficiency for our own people and in
many of them, large surpluses. Of the world
total to produce the above results, we are estimat-
ing North America will furnish rather more than
sixty per cent and that the United States, includ‘
ing the West Indies will be in position to fur-

A shortage if they increase their

,nish a total of about 20, 000, 000 tons of food of all

kinds for export against our Dre-European war

- exports of say 6 000, 000 tons.

"In the matter of wheat and rye the large sup-
plies that have accumulated in the Argentine,
Australia and other inaccessible markets appear
to us to supplement the stores of clear wheat bread
for the world. It will, however, require a contin-
ued high percentage of milling with continuous
economy in consumption and the elimination of
waste Here directly arises a change in our pol-
icies, for we are able from now on to abandon the
use of substitutes in our wheat loaf. The world’s
supply of wheat at this juncture is apriceless
blessing, for, while bread comprises but 25 per

cent of our national diet, the food of Europe is

from 50 to 60 per cent sheer bread. The large
harvest that We have here this year is to a large
degree the result of the guaranteed price and we
may rightly be proud that our production and
conservation policies have provided the necessary
margins to the world, of its daily bread.

“We can export. together with other surplus
countries, an apparent sufficiency of the coarse
grains for feeding purposes, that is, of cats, bar—
ley and corn. 0n the other hand, there is a world
shortage of high protein feeds, that is the wheat
feeds, the seed and bean meals upon which the
dairy production of the world, and particularly of
Europe so considerably depend. This shortage
extends to the United States and, in our case,
is due largely to the necessary diversion of cot-
ton- seed meal to use as fertilizers and, to some
degree, to our shortage in wheat mill feeds, due
This
latter will be somewhat corrected by the elimin-
ation of substitutes in our bread. Thus the change
in world conditions should somewhat ameliorate
our dairy feed situation

“The shortage in protein feeds directly contrib-
utes to the world’ s shortage in the supply of fats.
If we examine the position of the dairy products,
the pork products and the vegetable oils, we find
that in every item there is a shortage in the
needed supplies for the whole world, although
we are estimating with economy the export pos-
sibilities of the United States in all these products
a. over four billions lbs, of which from three to
three and a half billion is pork products. This
world fat shortage is due primarily to the fact
that Europe has been steadily under-feeding its
dairy herd. has made steady inroads into its
herd ‘of hogs during the war and to the fact that
there has been a great degeneration in the pro-
duction of vegetable oils in certain regions owing
to the inability to secure shipping.

“Of our exp01t possbilities in fats, the largest
item is pork products. Here again we have a
right to congratulate ourselves as to the policies
pursued in the administration of food supplies in
the United States by the Department of Agricul-
ture and the Food Administration. If you con~
sider that we have reasonable promise of, ability
through increased production and conservation to
export seven times as much products as our pre-
war average and if you consider the vital impor-
tance of this extra contribution in fats in this
new war against famine, we are justified today
in our eve1y act in the stimulation of production
of this commodity. While we cannot supply the
world’s full deficiency we have ameliorated it
enormously. * * " *

“Yet, with all our supplies, the world will be,
far deficient in its normal supply of fats for two.
Our internal policy ‘with .

regard to this group of commodities must there

1 tore be one towards intensest economy in con-‘
:. i sumption.

If we are tb carry out our high pur-
pose of furnishing food to. a famine stricken

 

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the wax-it! that W

.. unnecessarily large
"condensed milk '1' ’

:3
limited to the capacity or the available ref
sting ships.

cient to load these ships2

in View of the bottle neck in transportation.
“11‘. is very difficult to forecast with any degree
of accuracy the position in Sugar.

ent moment all Europe and North America are

living on much restricted allowance. Our assured '
supplies under the purchases we have made are "

the largest per capita in the World. This is not

greediness, for we have throughout the War asked f

our allies to supply themselves first and we would
do the remainder.

provide ships for other purposes. It we assume

that- EurOpe will continue on present rations, then f

the world supplies, new enlarged by rendering
Java sugar available are suflicient to provide our
entire normal consumption. It Europe raises its
ration very considerably, there will be a shortage.
II t 1|: II! ,

“There are conditions of famine in Europethat
will be beyond our power to remedy. There are
40,000,000 people in North Russia. to whom I fear
but little access with food can be obtained this
winter. Their transportation is demoraliZed in
complete anarchy and shortly many of their ports
will be frozen even if int"ernal transport could be

At the pres- _

They have sacrificed sugar to ,

- tional life

The supplies or beef in Australia, ~
the Argentine and the United States are sum-‘
There will be a short-u
age in the importing countries, but We cannot hope ‘
to expand exports materially for the next- months,

people she 1138 IT
but she has left ..

ability to supply their people, grow gst ility of

government and the defeat of 111111th Did We

_put it on no h1gh‘e‘r plane tnan our interests in»

the protection of Our institutions,.we must bestir
ourselves in solution of this problem".- There are
millions of people new liberated from the German
yoke for whose interests we have fought and bled
for the last eighteen months. It is not up. to us

, to negleCt any measure Which enables them to

return to health, to Self-support and to their 1111-
This is the broad outlook of some
kind of food administration during the next twelve
months. As to what the detailed structure of
our organization may be, to onset these ends, or

even its actual name, can be developed from time

to time to suit necessity " - ~ , . , p. _-

 

 

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The Hunger Map of Europe

The abovcxmap shows approximately how food

conditions in Europe stand today The German _

empire is shattered, but the ruined farms and em-
pty food bins still attest the ravages of the Ten-

11. .
£336; BMW and "Italy, Serbia and Roumanta, and
even Aimee-Lorraine have been stripped clean of
food. to sustain the German and Austrian armies.

The inhabitants of these countries are in grave
need. In Poland all the clg‘lgrefi under 7 year

France perhaps wou
Yet m spite of (1
Germany was not ubl

. her oipill an
_ _ former
‘ abundance.

Belgium, northern France, Poland, occu- .

last four years, particularly Holland Switzenand
and Denmark. " .

One of the armwtice terms demanded a passage ~1

into the 3311:4512 The map shot-01f the reason. Now
themesident Wilson has said that we will feed

w-thc hungry peoples, both allies and former one

58 efone thence; "
people, but West“

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