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'ISTORY” oft repeats itself.

'- 1 ﬁret, th0‘ enter Washington after
' "Pres‘identm Lincoln" had declared
‘that a state of war existed be-

 
through the list. Sufﬁc‘eit to say;
here" and now: “‘Had'the Depart-

 
; been no need, of'the muddle, which
‘ has cost the farmers of the nation

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 1918'

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i199 P91511121? ity Wanes, and Navy Bean Again

. ‘ _ The-“plug hat’,’-brig’ade was

tween the north and the south; '
andduring the years of war Which followed,
this brigade gave the great. leader among

'men, more troubles than all of the ﬁghting
. legions at the front. N o sooner had President

Wilson declared war against Germany than
there came pouring through » the gates at

'Washington; many men of many minds; all
. With a single motive-Jet, fair, rich and past,
,ﬁfty—a counterpart of the “plug hat” bri—

gade of former days, ‘the dollar-a-year bri-
gade of 1917.” Now that the war-is practi-
cally over, these swivel-chair patriots are re—
turning home; some to bestir themselves in‘a
manner which will tend :to' further muddle

, the general issues of the reconstruction per-

iod; others to' re-enter‘ business along the
same old policy of “everyman sfor himself;
devil take the hind-most.” We have said
before, and’here again repeat the statement:

“The most serious mistake made in the con- T

duet of the war, was that of permitting those
who had a personal, selﬁsh, ﬁnancial interest
in certain lines, to be placed in positions
where they were able to“ line up with their
kind, to the detriment of both producer and

consumeri”. "-That the farmers of the nation -

have'ribeen made victims of these self-styled
patriots, is very clearly proven from the of:
ﬁcial reports of the Federal Trade Commis-

sionz‘to‘the President and Which‘is' gradually «
- ﬁnding. its way to the public. ' ‘ ‘

That the packers had their'“dollar-a-year”r
soldier the report leaves no longer a doubt;

f that the potato gdealers had their “patriot”

in the brigade Michigan potato growers are
well aware ;. that the beaninterests had their

, special representative in “the. ranks all are

..agr.eed; and so you . may go on.

Covmes Into Its Own

‘ By GRANT SLOCUM

bean growers had their all tied up in a scant
bean crop, came the announcement that there
was no demand for the “navy bean.” Prices
tumbled, and hundreds of thousands of dol-

lars were lost almost in the twinkling of an

eye. No one hasor will deny, that Michigan
Business Farming set in motion the investi-
gation which ﬁnally located the cause for

this sudden and uncalled~for condition of the

bean market. It will be remembered that
Mr.‘ Hoover had been appealed to; that the
growers only asked fair returns for their pro-
duct, and expressed their willingness to abide

by the decision of the Food Administrator

as to cost and prices—but to no avail.

The inside story of the meeting held be-
tween Mr. Hoover and a delegation from
Michigan, at 'which time “beans” formed the
topic for discussion, has never been told, but
gradually new some of the inside facts will be
placed before the growers. Here is quite a
remarkable incident which.occurred at. that
time, and which must be used as one of the
connecting links in this story. It will be
remembered that the Bean Division of- the
Food Administration spent thousands of doll
lars advertising pinto beans. At the time
we printed fac-similics of the circulars sent
out, which not‘ only recommended “

tion to buy pinto beans as their patriotic
duty, stating that they were cheaper and of
greater food value than the white, or navy
bean. When Mr. Hoover’s personal atten-
tion was called to this fact he frankly stated
that he “knew nothing of such a campaign

. homes.

. pinto,
beans” but asked the housew1ves of the na-

of advertising; that it was both
unwise and unfair, and that he
had not been consulted in the mat-
ter.” By this statement another

V “dollar—a-year patriot” was up a
. tree. »

The value of advertising when accompan-_ »
ied by an appeal to patriotism was never bet-
ter demonstrated, for it is a fact that for the
ﬁrst eight months of the year, now all but
past, there was practically no demand for
“navy” beans. Every housewife purchased
“pintos;” the army was forced to eat “pin-
tos,” and these little gods of food fame by
grace of the “dollar—a—year” king, fairly
forced their way upon the market and into the
That these little freckled—faced for-
eigners could be produced at a less cost than
the “navy” beans was an established fact,
therefore “what of the future of the navy
bean, the money crop of the farmers of
Michigan?” \Vith the free publicity given
by the Government, the “pinto” had been
given a splendid introduction to the consum-
ing public. Would the “pinto” as a food.
product be able to hold its reputation when.
given the actual test? If so, then the “d01- ‘
lar-a-year patriots” would be justiﬁed in .
their position; if not, the fact would be clear- I
ly established that the “pinto” wasforced- ’
upon the market for a purpose, and that
somewhere somehow, the proﬁteers had put
another raw deal over on both producer and
consumer. , ’

IJCt us follow the lead. The consumers, in ‘
the army, in the navy and in the homes, ac- '
cepting the recommendations of the Bean Di— -’
vision of the Food Administration, gave the;
“pintos” a fair trial—the bean growers (if-'3
New York and Michigan paid the bill. When V.
the market opened October lst, it was found. 1
that Colorado, California, and foreign been
growing sections had beans aplenty for sale;
(lolorade and California growers

 
ment' of Agriculture been efﬁcient,
With its army of employees,” and
experts, its workers in every state";
and in "touch with..- every agricuL ‘
‘tural college, each with its army .
of assistants, all of whom. are paid , _
“by the over-burdened lax-payers
of the nation, there would “have

"millions of “dollars and given agri-
culture a ‘SetLback which will hin- ‘
id’e’r progress for a decade. Feed-
j'ing the "armies of the nation and
and protecting the civilian populaa
:‘Ttien Was a, task .iwhichg; properly - ,
belonged to the Departmentbf ,Ag- '/ 2 , -
lfure, ‘ not to . "fidellaréaiyear , 1..
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amassed fortunes last year and
double acreage this year was'the
result. Buyers soon came into?"
the markets and they were, ask:
ing for navy beans. They ’WeI‘e ‘5
shown pintos, white. beans from
California, beans from Japan,
beans of all shapes, kinds and 001-" L

navy beans, that little capsul of
concentrated food, made famous:i.
in song and story during the Civil.
War. . _:
California growers were a little ,-

cockey at ﬁrst, but later uttered:
their beans at less than theprioie
asked for the Michigan. product
but no takers. Prices were again
and again, reduced, and right no

'not more than ten per cent of." ;
California cr0p has been m0v (L 1
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ten, the bean recommended 1)

Food Administration—who‘s?! ._
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‘ resuming the society 5 pro-war oppositihn t .-

. the market.

The “sun of popularity” is again rising for
the Michigan navy been, and in proof of this
From
the opening at the market for 1918 to this very

'day there has been a demand for navy beans.

True, there has been slight changes in the mar-
ket quotations, but these merely reﬂect manipu-
Elevator men sold
their beans as fast as purchased, and right now
sixty per cent of the bean crop has been disposed
of. Within the last ten days the Grain Corpora-
tion ,a government agency, has purchased two
hundred cars of Michigan beans, and this in the

open market where they had offerings of other

beans at a less price. The government paid $9.25
per cwt. for these beans. They required that the
growers should not have less than eight cents
per pound, hand-picked basis. The local elevator
was allowed one cent per pound as their handling
charge and the wholesaler was given one-quarter
of a cent per pound for his part in the deal. It
has been stated upon good authority that the army
and the navy implored Uncle Sam to give them
beans, not substitutes. It is true that this gov-
ernment purchase, in a, measure establishes the
price, and yet we would not be surprised to see
the navy bean reach even a higher level. The
present demand would seem to exceed the supply,
and yet we maintain that any price between eight
and nine cents per pound brings a fair return
to the grower Last fall when the whole market
situation was hazy, when it seemed quite impos-
sible to even catch a glimpse of the future, we
urged growers to look for a price ’round ﬁve dol-
lars per bushel, and this advice still holds good.
To be sure the price—may later go higher, specu-
lation may step in now that the Government is
not keeping quite as ﬁrm hold on the market;
but even in that case the grower will not be the
loser, for all things considered the

. ﬁght for its- repeal.

I ’ compulsory 111W training. _ .
Another manure likﬂy to be unanimonoiy en-

dorsed refers 6 the Daylight Saving not Earm-

‘ers «throughout the country are bitterly 0pm

to the daylight saving act and will. wage a [em

standard time, they say, has proved disastrous to
the farming industry. The summer switching of
the clock interfere with the cutting of the hay
and harvesting of. crops in the morning and de-
prives the farmer of assistance between 4 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon, two of the most valuable
hours of the day.

L. J. Tabor, of Ohio, introduced two sets of res:
olutions, one calling upon Congress to act immedi-
ately on the federal amendment for woman suf-
frage and the other calling for the passage of
the agricultural appropriation» bill, carrying with

it' provision for prohibiting 'of the liquor trafﬁc

until our troops are demob‘ilized. Unjtl two years
ago the National Grange, while favoring equal
suffrage in states, was opposed to the enactment
of a federal law.

The New York City budget for 1919 is $248,108,-
487, an increase of $9,984,728 over the last one.

An Allied bombing aeroplane recently carried
an upright piano from London to Paris.

The British navy has grown during the war from
2,,500 000 tons to 6,500, 000 tons, and in personnel
from 146, 000 to 406, 000

There are ﬁve oﬂice buildings in New York all
within ﬁve blocks, worth $45, 000, 000, and within
which 28,500 people are at work daily. 7/ .

Recently about 150 lives were lost in an earth-
quake in Porto Rico. Almost eyery town on the
island was damaged.

’l‘he readjustment of the ‘

Sine Association of, Turmeric Clubs
n1 Senate ﬁluunher, ihu1
Sig, Dec; 4th, 1918

*9.“ _ ‘

_ Farmers of Michigan are to have their ﬁrst op-
.portunity of hearing their
Truman H. Newberry, who is scheduled to speak-

new senator-elect,

before the state association of Farmer’s Clubs, '111
the Senate Chamber, at Lansing, on Wednesday,
Dec. 4th.

In a cominunication to MromeAN BusINEss
FARMING, which appears below, Mr. Newberry die-
closes a desire that we [believe sincere, to become
interested in the welfare of the farmers of Mich-
igan. In fact, he pledges himself to become ac-
quainted with our farmers, to investigate their
needs, and to serve thenLto the best of his ability.
If Mr. Newberry carries out the intentions he
has so clearly and emphatically set forth in his
signed communication, he may rest assured that
he will have the active support of both the farm-
ers and the farm press of the state.

The annual meeting of the farmers’ clubs will
convene at one o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Dec.
3rd, and will be presided over by Hon. 0. B.
Scully, president. The session will continue that
evening and all day Wednesday and Wednesday
evening The program in detail follows:

TUESDAY P. M., DEC. 3.

Invocation, Rev. E. W. Bishop; Solo, Melvin
Hart, Howell, accompanist, Miss Esther Newcomb;
Report of Associational Secretary, Mrs Joe. S.
Brown, Howell, “Efﬁciency and System as a Pol.
ative for the Farm Help Shortage, ” Hon. A. B.
Cook, Owosso; readmg, Mrs. Claude A. Burkhart,
Howell; “Marketing,” Mr. Hale Tennant, Federal
Field Agent East Lansing; solo, Melvin Hart.

. TUESDAY EVENING
“An Evening at the M. A C., ” Toastmsater,
Hon. I. R. Waterbury, Detroit,

 
ﬁve dollar price should be satis-
factory.

Just one Other thing has been
established, and it is worth while.
The pinto cannot be successfully
canned. It has been tried; every
process known to science has been
employed, and yet the little pinto

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Dear Mr.

warmer climates, begins to show
up their lack of real stability when
the can cover is sealed.

Again comes the question:“What
is the future of the navy bean?"
The assuring answer comes, “All
is well.” More beans will be de-
manded after the war than ever
before; the soldier boys will never
forget them; the civilian now well
knows that they are most nu-
tritious and inexpensive food to
befound anywhere at ﬁfteen cents
the pound and that substitutes are
a delusion. To be sure we don’t
expect eight dollar‘beans to the
grower in the future, but we do
make the prediction right here
and now that the Michigan navy
bean will never be sold at pre-
war-time prices again. And so
the little navy bean, in spite of its
handicaps, in spite of the dollar-a-
year patriots, in spite onhe man-
ipulation of. the manipulators, has
established its right to a place in
the front ranks as a food product,
and when the foreign demand is
over it will be the bean growers of
Colorado and California who must
look for a market, for the Michigan
bean industry will continue on,
and sixty per cent of all of the .
real beans at the nation will in the
future, as in 'the past, be grown in
Michigan. The dollar-a-year pats-
riots, realizing this, are leaving
their work in Washington and now
looking for a place “in the sun"
where they can handle the navy
bean, and thus secure proﬁt in an

State.

 
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viewpoints,
my intelligence will permit.

TRUMAN H. QIEWBERRY
no. lax eo-
utw YORK cm

Lord:

Your letter without date reached me yesterday and ,
I feel under deep obligations to you for taking the time and
trouble to write me so tally and for making so many helpful
suggestions concerning my future opportunities to serve my

. I realize very fully the many serious handicaps that
I must overcome in order to properly and intelligently repre-
sent the interests of the rural communities of our state, and
I want to assure you that I shall leave nothing undone that
Will enable me to meet and know, and if possible to make friends
with. the real people or nichigan, so that I may actually be
their representative, study their problems and understand their
and be Just as helpful as an intense desire and
It is a conspicuous fact that
I was elected by the farming communities of'michigan through
their steadfast nepubliceniem,
to them much greater than I can well express.

Just as soon as I am relieved from my present duty,.
I snail come to Michigan and spend all the tine necessary,which
I imagine will be not less thenxthree months, 111 visiting every
community in the State with a view to meeting not only the.
farmers but other citizens, and learn direct from them some
of the problems and poSsibly the solution thereof, that must ' .v
be solved with wise legislation.
much if you would let me know from time to time the causes of
unrest among the farmers and how I can best understand their
grievances. and what you consider to be the best method for
correcting economic conditions that need changing.

you hit the nail on the head when you state "To in.
euro toe future peace of the world differences within nations
as well as differences between nations must be settled. ’
my sole ambition and effort will be to make myself useful and
of service and to introdcze Such remedial legislation ’as will
insure happiness. peace and prosperity to my country and state :

with kind regards and with neat sincere thanks for
your letter.

Ian /

; Painfully you're .

Michigan Business Farming,
mount Clemens. nchigan.

November 20. 1918.

and this mites my responsibility

I Would appreciate it very

President’s address, Hon. 0. B.
Scully, Almont. Program in charge
of President Frank S. Kedzie.

WEDNESDAY A. M. DEC. 4

Club conference of delegates, di-
rected by Vice President Edgar
Burk, St. Johns; solo, Melvin Hart,
Howell; ‘The Farmers’ Need of a
State and National ”Chamber of
Agriculture,” Hon. James' N. Mc-
Bride, State Market Director, re-
marks, Hon. Colon C. Lillie, Coop-
ersville, E. A. Illenden, Adrian; re
ports of committees, treasurer’s
report; election of oﬁlcers.

WEDNEsDAY P. 11., DEC.- 4

opening address, Governor A. E
Sleeper, Michigan War GOvernor;
Industrial School military band;
address on child Welfare, speaker
from U S. Dept. of Labor Child-
ren's Bureau, Washington, D. C,
solo, Melvin Hart; reading, Mrs
Claude A. Burkhart; “The Issues
of the World War ” Rev. Alfred W.

School Military band; address, Com-
mander Truman H. Newberry, U.
S. Senator elect and Commander of
New York Navy Harbor. '

WEDNESDAY EVENING
InduStrial School military band;
, “Women and Democracy," Estelle
.Downing, Ypsilanti; solo, Melvin
Hart; reading, Mrs. Claude A. Burk-
hart; “‘Michigan Boys in War,” A
Soldier Boy; address, Food Admin-
istration; Industrial School mili-
tary band; address, Hon. H. S.
Earle, U. 8. Federal Director of
Boys' Writing Reserve

and

Market News Flashes

With the close of the fall season
most lines are decreasing rapidly,
oranges being the only prominent

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exception this week. The volume-
in general is still above that mov-
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FOR HOME MEAT CURING

In support of its policy. to encourage curing of
meat: on . the “Food intonation has
authdrized. all Federal Food dminlstrators to
supply the necesshry sugar for this purpose.
Farmers requiring either whites or brown sugar
for curing borne-butchered meat should make ap—
plication to their county or state Food Administra-
tion'oﬂicial. It‘is..pointed out, that the homeom-
lng of meats is similar in principle to the preser-
.vation or. local fruits and vegetables for home
use. and is in accordance with the Food Adminis-
tration’ s attests to shorten the route of food pro

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CONDENSARIES WILL NOW REr
CEIVE THEIR FULL SUGAR QUOTA

By a recent order of the Food Administration,
condensaries may now receive their normal re

quirements of sugar and new condensaries may be ~

opened. The need of condensed mill: abroad for
the nourishment of the liberated nations, and the
Allies is oﬂlcially reported to be extremely press-
Shortage of feed and fodder throughout
Europe has resulted in serious curtailment in
dairy production abroad. Europe is expected to
require butter and condensed milk from America
in large quantities over a period of years. Farm-
ers of the United States are asked to prepare for
furnishing the great quantities of milk that will
be required by condensaries now existing in this
country and those to be built.

FEDERAL RESERVE LAND BANKS
LOAN $7,580,736 IN OCTOBER

During the month of October $7,580,736 were

loaned to 3,075 farmers of the United States by
the Federal Land Banks on‘iong time ﬁrst snort»
gages according to the monthly statement of the
Farm Loan Board. The Federal Land Bank of
Spokane leads in amount of loans closed. $1,260.-
180, with the Federal Lank Bank of St.\ Paul run-
ning slightly behind in amount, $1,053,500. The
other ten banks closed loans in October as follows:
Wichita $760, 600; Houston 3753, 329; St. Louis.
$708 406; New Orleans, $576, 675; Omaha, $519,;900
Louisville, $459, 300; Berkeley, 8456, 000; Columbia.
9402, 925; Baltimore, $322, 400, and Springﬁeld,
$307,530. _ '
' On November 1st the total amount of mortgage
loans closed since the establishment of the Fed
eral Land Banks was 8139', 378,156, numbering 61, -
174 borrowers. During October 2,838 applications
were received asking for $11,818,132. During the
same period 3,387 loans were approved amount-
ing to $9, 007, 149. Altogether 104 .171 have applied
for loans under this system, aggregating $265,-
396,112.

The grand total of leans closed is distributed
by’ll‘ederal Land Bank districts, as follows: Spo-
kane, $21, 659, 900; St. Paul, $19, 773 ,360; Omaha,
$15, 642, 740; Wichita, $15, 017. 600; Houston $12,-
528 379; New Orleans $10043 615; St.‘ Louis, $9,-
«J55, 077; Louisville. $8, 897 9:00 Berkeley. $8,502-
000; Columbia. $6, 932 ,820; Springfield, $5,482;875
Baltimore, $5, 441, 950.

In October Michigan farmers applied for 137
loans aggregating $6 24 600; 93 loans of $150, 400
were closed, making $2 801, 300 loaned farmers in
this staté since the establishment of the land
banks.

M. A. C. SAYS SILAGE TRIMS THE '
COST OF FEEDING HORSES

Owners of horses in Michigan can get partially
around the prevailing high feed prices if they
will use silage for part of. the ratic'm fed their
outlines, a press bulletin from the Michigan Agri-
cultural College declares. The report from M A.
C. tells of the reSults of experiments in feeding

silage to horses at the college during.a period

covering a. number of years
Where silage is. mathematician be used to

" me advantage as“ the m or the ration" the

a number utmorses
the gamer-

animals from 2 to 5 years of age.

gospel among the city workers.
«suits indicate that the League wins the organ-
rilled- rural territory and the city votes where the
,workers. arrow bed a chance to get the

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They were
carried thru‘ a feeding period of from 10 to 12
weeks on silage and straw, without grain.

straw was sufﬁcient to produce slight gains in
weight, and leave the horses in improved condi-
tion at the end of the eleven weeks feed-lug per-
iod. The horses were allowed all the silage they
would clean up, anl oat straw in excess, the
refuse being used for bedding

“Care should be taken to avoid feeding silage
which is Very sour, as digestive disturbances re
apt to follow, especially when a full feed is al-
lowed. With a good quality of silage, as high as

‘40 pounds per head daily was consumed by hors-

es weighing 1500 pounds without any signs of di-
gestive trouble. Frozen silage should never be
fed. ‘ _ ,.

“In these experiments the horses were allowed
to run loose in a. shed, with adjoining yards for
exercise. They were fed from a common trough

and had access to water at all times."
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N. Y. BEAN MEN“ WANT SOME OF
‘ WAR RESTRICTIONS REMOVED

The bean market begins to show some life and
it looks like a. fairly steady market from now on,
says 3. Rochester despatch to the Chicago Packer.
With the war virtually at an end, the New York
State Bean Shippers' Association will promptly

Western Farmers’ Political

As was to be expected, the controlled press is-
sued a statement a day or two following the re-
cent election to the effect that the Non-Partisan

League had been decisively defeated in four out

of the ﬁve states in which it contested for state
and national ofﬁces. It seems that this state-
ment was only partially true; that while the
League did not elect all its candidates it did
elect enough to insure the farmers the largest
representation they have ever had in the legisla-
tures. The following article from the Organized
Farming tells the story:

“The delayed election returns from the» North-

‘Western states show that the organized farmers

and organized workers, who combined forces to
secure political representation. have made very
important gains in the last two years. They

I'show that the League idea, which spread from

North Dakota to 13 other states after the farm-
er-labor victory there in 1916, has gotten well es-
tablished in the minds of these producers. The
next two years ought to see a wonderful develop-
ment of this effective alliance of the common peo-
ple.

“In North Dakota. the League has again carried
the state ticket. It has increased its representa-
tion in the assembly. It has for the ﬁrst time
secured control of the senate. the hold—overmem-
bers of which were able to block much reform
legislation in the 1917 session. It has grabbed all
the congressmen, three in number, as opposed to
the one it had previously. it h 1» secured the
place in the supreme court to be ﬁlled this year.
It has passed constitutional amendments which
open the way to effective laws in the interest of
the people. The Nerth Dakota people had had two
years of government by real representatives of
the common people and they showed their appre-

'ciation of the new order by their votes.

GAINS IN NEW FIELDS

“Oil'tside of North Dakota the League and labor
have secured over 100 state legislators, who will
make the interests of these classes heard in the
legislatures of six states. In Minnesota it has
elected one state ofﬁcer and one congressman.
In Montana the two state oﬂ‘icers up for election.
In Idaho the two United States senatoxs indorsed

‘by the League were elected and one state ofﬁcer,

the state treasurer
“By running second to the successful old party
candidate. in Mineso'ta and South Dakota, the

‘ League and labor alliance becomes the dominant

opposition to the plunderbund in these states
Montana and Idaho have shown great League
strength All that is needed to make the League
sycoessfu‘ in these states in 1920 is further? or-
ganisation of. the farmers and the spread of the
The election re-

issue

étmh

A ra- ‘
. tion conskting of a fair quality of silage without

was the need so great.-
. do ocracy at home is on‘ in earnest "/

seek some alleviation from the restrictions which , .
It is probable '

were imposed as war measures.
that one of the ﬁrst moves will be to have the
ban raised on shipping beans to Cuba, except-by
permit.
complete embargo on such shipments.

stock, all per cwt. basis, is: Peas. $7.50; yellow

eyes, $8; white kidneys, red kidneys, white mar?
. rows, $10.

The Western New Ydrk Bean Growers’
tion helda meeting a few days ago at the, Whit-
comb H usewhich was attended by representative
bean m n from this territory. It is recognized that
been growmg is in a bad way here. For three
years past conditions have been generally unsat-

‘isfactory, both the growing and the selling end.

The result is that if the business is to be‘contin-
ued, it must be put on’its feet.

Beginning with the growing end as the logical
point at which to start, it was decided that the

means should be provided for obtaining better

seed. For several years past. beans here owing
to one cause or another, including the mysterious
root disease, have been steadily deteriorating. It’
is probable that the association will import suﬁ-
cient seed for its members from territories free
from disease. Some educational work also will
be done. _

Considerable consideration ,was-\given to the
methods employed by the Pinto interests of Col-
orado and Western bean growers generally.

Organization Makes Gains

LEGISLATIVE RESULTS
“In Minnesota the League and labor will have

at least 15 state senators out of 67 and 36 house.

members out of 134, something that has not hap-
pened since the old Farmers’ Alliance days.
They will form a solid block mr the reform pro
gram which will put the other members on rec-
ord for 1920 and which will probably put across
a good deal of the present program.

“In South Dakota there will be at least ﬁve
state senators and eight representatives. prob-
ably more when the returns are all in. The situ-

ation in this state is peculiar in that both old"

parties indorsed the League program to secure
the votes and so are bound to carry it out. With
representation in both houses the League men
will give them a chance to go on record. The
principle of ‘let the old gang do it,’ however,
will probably be found very disappointing and the
voters of South Dakota. will 'be thoroughly dis-r
satisﬁed with their trust in politicians before
1920 comes around» ‘ "

.“Montana will have not less than 16 League

As it is now it virtually amounts toga".‘.
The ruling ‘

prices to growers for bright, scund, hand-picked- ‘

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and labor men in the lower house and four in the ,

upper. Idaho will have ten assemblymen and all
senators, possibly more. Nebraska one senator
and seven assemblymen. In the latter state'with
a membership of slightly more than 12,000. the
League polled 30,000 votes.
two senators and two assemblymen.

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GREAT OBSTACLES MET

Colorado will have >

“In none of these states outside of North Ba:

kota are the farmers as yet fully organizeda
There has not been time, and in addition to tthtr

the League has faced great obstacles in the mob g '

violence, the petty persecution, and the loss of or
ganizers through the war. it has had to face the
most vicious and unprincipled campaign ever
waged in America, centering around the false
“loyalty” issue. It has had to face false arrests
and oﬂicial tyranny of the worst kind, for which
this false issue raised by the plunderbund was
made the excuse. In the last month of its cam-
paign the inﬂuenza epidemic was a Godsend to

the old gang in that it, prevented the Lengths A

from reaching the voters thru meetings. The
gang had thebig newspapers and it had the
funds for correspondence courses in lying propa-
ganda, which the League could have met only by
public meetings.

“In spite of all these obstacles,

however, the

organized farmers and workers have made great ,
piogres's in their purpose to have a voice‘in (16*
termining the conditions under which they mist

They have won ofﬁcers in the ﬁrst trialo
They have advertised their plan in
They has:

live.
strength
every nook and corner of the west.

gotten ready for big things, and nérer term ,

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a department; for. farmers’ every!

. oinpt' am! careful attention given to uiireomv'“
' o‘- requests for information. addreésed to this,

ﬂuent. We are ﬁbre to serve you. can upon us.)

 
:SUGAR cARDS EXPIRE WITH THE _
" END OE EACH CURRENT MONTH

..

I would‘lik‘e to ask in regards to the new sugar
.It (ices seem as- if they are bound to
take] advantage Of the farmer in every way. Now,
in the ﬁrst place We live six and three-quarters
miles from Caro and have only a big heavy work
team to drive and it is always from ten to twenty-
oneﬁda‘ys apart before we can get a day off to get
to Caro, and during the ﬁnst eleven days in Now

‘ ember we didn’t have a crumb of sugar, syrup or

molasses in the house. Well, on the twelfth we
learned that Father-in-law would drive out on the
ffollowing day so I ordered my groceries put up
Tuesday, the twelfth, by telephone so they would
be ready, Well they (D. L. Lazell and on) made
up my sugar card, dated it Nov. 14th when .it is
only the 14th today as I am writing this. They
put up twelve pounds of sugar and punched out

"the full twenty—one pounds for the full months

supply, which they say is all I am entitled to for

.a family of six children ranging ir. ages from

,one year to eleven and hubby and I. Besides they
cheated me out of -a pound each month, the old
card was in use. I always had ‘six pounds of-the
sixteen pounds allowed us (on the old card)
coming on the last purchase of the month and no
matter if I ask for the full six, they never put up
more than ﬁve, and so I always would lose it.
Thanking you for your time in reading this I

would like to see a reply in our favorite paper, .

the M B. F—«Mtsi ('has. S. (Taro. Mich.

Up until November 1st. 2 lbs. of. sugar per per-
son was the sugar allowance per month. During
this month. it has been 3 lbs. per person.

When a sugar card is issued by a retailer. he is
supposed to give the consumer sugar at this rate
for his family for the balance of the month and
punch the full allotment for that month. For
example: If someone representing a family of six
should make application to the retailer for a sugar
card on November 15th, they would be entitled to
9 lbs. of su-garvwhich represents one-half of their
month's allotment. indicating the time at which
the card was issued.

We might also add that the month’s allotment
which was allowed for November cannot be pur-
chased, or any part of it, in the month of Dec
ember. In-other words, the month’s allotment
must be purchased within the month in which it
is allotted—George A. Prescott. Federal.Food Ad-
ministrator.

THE ALIEN ENEMY ACT DOES
NOT CONFISCATE PROPERTY

A young man came from Germany to this coun-
try and bought a farm for his parents to live on
as long as they lived. Now this young man died
but made a will providing in said will that the
parents should live. on the place as long as one of
them lived, and after the last one was dead the
farm should be sold and the proceeds divided

mong the brothers and sisters of the said young
1118.11. Four of the heirs are not citizens of the
'U. 8., three live in' this country, and one lives in
Germany. The rest are naturalized. This young
man nor the parents were citizens of this coun-
try. Is this property subejct to conﬁscation un-
der' the alien enemy act? Are any of the four
heirs liable to lose their share? 13 the executor
required to make a report to our government
since hostilities have stopped? I am a reader of
the M. B. F. and live on the above place. and
these questions are asked not to defraud the gov-
ernment nor either of the heirs. only to keep all
out of trouble if possible—.4. W. R.. Huron. (To.

The alien enemy act: does not provide for‘the
conﬁscation of ,the property of an,alien
butonly for its custody. and the return of the
property after the war. It. is proper and right
to report to the government all alien enemy prop-
erty known by every person that the. custodian
may properly pass thereon. I doubt if the cus-
todian would disturb this property in any way
if the heirs have observed the regulation required
of alien enemies. The mere fact of being an
alien enemy does not deprive them of the right
Brown. Legal Ed‘iior.

PURCHASER OF LAND BEFORE
‘DEC. lst MUST PAY TAXIES LEVIED

possession until March 1919. The former owner
demands that I pay the taxes for this year, claim-
113 that is according to law. I cannot conceive
_f a law that will require me to pay taxes on a

«piece of property during a period of time that it is .

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enemy ,

I have 1ecently bought a farm and will not get

warranty covers tax liens as well as other hens
—~W. E. Brown, Legal Editor. I

BE SURE OF RELIABILITY’ BEFORE
DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM

I saw an adve tisement in the M. B F. of the
Western Sales gency,,or it was signed D. F.
Bush. As I want to sell my farm, I’ wrote them.
They seem fair enough, but I would like to ask
you if you know anything about them, and ‘are
they reliable. -I don’t want to get in wrong: as
they are strangers to me. ——B. G. K., Byron, Mich

The advertisement of the Western Sales Agency
was published thru an error.

business with them.

BRING SUIT IN SAMIE COUNTY

IN WHI-CHSUMMONS IS .SERVEIDJ

Can you tell me if a party in. Nashville sued a
ﬁrm in Detroit, would the ﬁrm have to come to
Nashville to be tried or would the party have to
go to Detroit?—A Subscriber, Nashville. Mich.

If the party who resides in Nashville can have
a summons served in the county in which Nash-
ville is located, upon the ﬁrm or member of the
ﬁrm if a partnership, the case would have to be
tried at Nashville, but if service could not be
made upon the Detroit ﬁrm or member of the
ﬁrm in that county, the Nashville party will be
obliged to bring suit in Detroit where he can
procure service—W. E. Brown. Legal Editor.

RETAILER IS ALLOW:ED BUT
156 PROFIT ON .24 LB,~FLOUR

Would like to ask if you could make inquiries
as to the prices of fine wheat ﬂour (Gold Medal)
and whole wheat ﬂour. We are at. present pay-
ing around $1.70 for 25 lbs. of Gold Medal ﬂour,
and 500 for 6 lbs. of whole wheat ﬂour, and it
doesn’t seem .reasonable that the coarse ﬂour

, should be more expensive than the ﬁne—Mrs. A.

M. Vanderbilt, Michigan.
The retailer is entitled to a proﬁt of 15c on

. each 241/2 pound sack over his delivered cost, and

if you will send us the name of the merchant we
will gladly investigate, for the price of $1. 70 does.
seem a little high; however, the cost of transpor-
tation and cartage vary in differ
that it is impossible to make any adway with-
out the invoice and freight bill. Gold Medaliﬁour
is selling in Lansing at $1.60, but Washburn-
Crosby Company have a distributing point here

so.there is no Cartage charge to be added to the.

cost price—Geo. A.-Prcscott. Federal Food Admin-
1'strator.

WILD OATS ARE .GAINING
AEOOTHOLD IN MICHIGAN

\

A series of reports received by.-the farm crops

department of the Michigan Agricultural College»

tell of a widespread invasion of the state this
season by the wild cat. The weed which if not
controlled becomes a dangerous pest, was brought,
into the state last spring with spring wheat im-
ported from the. west. Immediate control meas-
ures are urged by the farm crops men of M. A. C.

“Fo’w people realize what a~ dangerous weed the
wild cats is,” declares Prof. F. A. Spragg in a new
issue of the Quarterly Bulletin. “Wild oats
mature early and usually ripen before the crop
in which they grow. They shell off and normally
lie in the ground until the next Espring without
sprouting. In fact, a portion of them normally lie

in the ground for a term of years, germinating/

only under the. most favorable conditions when
they will again be weeds in a grain ﬁeld. Wild
cats have been known to lie under timothy sod
for four years and germinate when the ground
was broken for cropping.

“To control the pest obseive tle fOllowing:
(1) Plant only clean seed. (2) Pull wild oat
plants wherever and whenever they. appear, even

' ‘at thevrisk of pulling .up some other plants as,

well. (3) If you h‘ad‘Wild oats go to seed this
year, put the land into a Cultivated crop next
spring. (4) If you had any wild Oats

' harvested grain do not useﬁitlfor seed. _’
, fore using the sacks again,— tnrnlIandIiclean

We cannot recom;
mend this ﬁrm, and would advise our readers to ‘
~ thoroly investigate their reliability befo’re doing

localities so .

the Next Season .

We are advised
Michigan Sugar t Grewers; As‘sn that the
present contract with the sugar manufacturers
will continue for next season; At _a meeting of

the board of directors, it ,Was deﬁnitely ascery

' tained that the present ”years contract was sat-
isfactory to the majority of the growers, which
information was passed on to the manufaCturers

thru the good graces of State Food Administrator

.Prescott. The manufacturers shoﬁbd no disposi‘
tion whatever to argue Over the matter with the

A._ B. pink president of th

growers and stated that they Would make cqn- ,

tracts for next year upon that basis.

. The contract calls for afﬂat'rate of $.10 per ton,
regardless of Sugar content. This rate, however,
is based on 9 cent sugar.~ Should the price of
sugar advanCe the growers will receive an addi-
tional $1 per ton or fraction thereof, for each $1
increase or fraction thereof, per hundred pennds

a of sugar during the months of November, Decem-
ber, January, February.

Everyone in any way interested in the sugar

beet or the beet sugar industries of the state will
be mightily pleased that this matter has been set.-
tled so amicably this year, and so early in the
season. HeretOfore the work of signing contracts
and estimating the acreage has been seriously in-
terfered with because of the long-drawn out con-

troversies between-.growers. and manufacturers.‘

As a result of the early settling'of thiS price and

the friendly feeling now in evidence, it may reas-

onably be expected that next year will be a ban-
. ner sugar beet year . . - .

As a subscriber to your paper and a farmer, I
am taking the liberty of asking a favor of you:
Could you tell me who to write to at the Ford
plant to get a. job for this winter?~—H. J. H.
Remus, Michigan. _

Address letter of application to Manager Em-
ployment Department, Ford Motor 00., Detroit.

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAG 1‘-
{MEN'L CIRCULATION, "ETC., REQUIRED
BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS .OF
' . AUGUST-'24L-1912 .
of Michigan Business Farming.
Clemens, Michigan, for 1918.
ygtate of Michigan, County of Macomb. ,
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State

published at Mount

and county aforesaid personally appeared Forrest-

Lord, who, having been duly sworn according to law,
deposes and says that he is one of the editors of
Michigan Business Farming and that the following is
to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true state~
_ment of the ownership, management (and if a daily
,paper, the circulation) etc, of the aforesaid publica-
tion for the date shown in the above caption, required
by the Act of August 24,1912 embodied in section
443, Postal Laws and Regulations. printed on the
reverse of this form, to- wit:

1». That the names and addresses of the publisher
editor, managing editor and business manager are:

Publisher, Rural Publishing Company, Mount Clem-

ens Michigan.

Editors, Grant
Clemens, Michigan. 5

Business Manager, Geo. M. Slocum in U. S. service.

2. That the owners are: (Gixe names-and address-
es of individual ownexs or, if a corporation, give its
name and the names and addresses of stockholders
owning or holding l per cent or more of the total
amount of stock.)

Grant Slocum, R.F.D. No. 4, Mount Clemens, Mich.

Gemge M. Slocum, in U. S. Service.

Forrest Lord, 108 South Ave, Mount Clemens,
1gan.

Estate of Chas. Hampton,,Detroit, Mich.

3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and
other security holders owning or holding bonds, mort-
gages or other securities are: (If there are none,
so state.) ' . *

None ,

4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the
names of the owners, stockholders, and security hold-
ers, jf any, contain not only the list of stockholders
and security holders as they appear upon the books

Slocum and Forrest Lord, Mount

Mich.-

»of the company, but also, in cases where the stock- _-

holder or security holder appears upon the books of
the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary re-
lation, the name of the person or corporation for whom
such t1 ustee is acting, is given; also that the said two

paragraphs contain statements embracing aiﬁant’ s full.

knowledge and belief as the oiicumstances and condi-
tions under which stockholders and Security holders
-who do not appear upon the books of the company
‘as trustees, hold stock «and securities in a. capacity
oth’e‘r than as a bona ﬁde owner; and this aﬂ‘lant has
no reason to believe that "any other person,- aesomation;
or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in

the said stock, bonds or other Isecﬂrities than 333....50 .

stated by him.
‘ 5. That the average number Of 1,‘cIo
' licatlon Sold or distribu
erwise. to paid sub
coding the date agdW

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ly enough, and the. farmer Acornplained‘that the
‘city‘. people hid most in: trials“, valuables from the
"eyes of the assessor..‘ Because of the, ease with
[which personal propertynisype concealed by the

Kdishonest; attempts have been made to devise a
“system that would exempt personal property from '1

,‘Etaxationsand001105001111 “tastes upon real estate
values, Both. the "single" tax and the -“site-value"
' taxpayetjems have been ' tried in other states and
countries fwith' varying satisfaction, and a league
Lhaslbeen 'Organ'ized fin Michigan'to revise our tax-
Linen- system and (raiseall taxes on site values
alone. Many farmers’ organizations have endors-
'ed', the site-value idea, but we ﬁnd that many in-

dividual farmers are opposed to the proposed meth-v

cod, and give good reasons for their objections.
This is a subject that will bear the closest inves-
'tigations. ‘This and .the kindred subject of pros
A‘ent. farmNalues will bear the closest investiga-
tibn and discussion, and two very pointed letters
uponthese subjects- areprinted below. We in-
viteall our readers who pay taxes to give us their
views upon these matters] "
V. , ‘ I I C

In your issue. of Nov. 16th, is' an article in favor
of taxing site values only. Stripped of its Verbal
'ca‘mouﬂage it is the same old single-tax idea that
was aimed ,aLowners of. the big game preserves
in England. In this country it means that the city
' “millionaires are seeking a ‘way, to unload their
axes on someone’else. The wealth of the Mer-
j‘ans and other'bankers, the Goulds, Vanderbilts,
heRockefellers, the great insurance companies,
he wholesalers, the catalogue houses and the big
_manufacturers would .by this scheme escape almost
entirely fromtaxa'tion while the men that owned
unimproved land. would ﬁnd their taxes increased
many. times. The; poor man who has bought a
piece of wild-land, cleared a. few acres, built a
:sh‘ack for his family and'perhaps a‘straw she'd for
:his stock would be taxed for-«more than it. was

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,worth, and being. unable to pay," his home would"

‘be sold to pay. the takes . that ,the great greedy,
- grasping monopolists might escape their -just
etai'resu' . —‘ , \, .
With greatly increased land taxes many partly-
,ecome ' worthless to their
. owners and so deserted by them. " - .
' _{<3Do' the [consumersi‘m farm products want them
”to "became any scarcer thanfthey are now?' All
this talk of exempting the product's'of 'labor from
taxation is verbal camouﬂage. Who owns this
. product of labor. now? Is it the ones who work

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Themes
, ,erﬁnless oxie‘ makes one’s plans for raising tur-

~ keys a considerable time'in advance, the best re~
suits cannot be achieved. '
"to realize the highest price for turkeys at Christ.
mas unless the _birds are heavy and carry a large

ntly their early treat-

, .Turkey-s cannot be, raised like other domestic'
’blrds’tecause theirdchhestication has been coni-
paratively recent, in fact, they, have never been
“(completelydomesticated, but still—retain many of
vtheir wild habits, They should be allowed to
-’ , arting at‘o’ﬁe end of aﬁeld,

land'spreading out, they will devour every "worm

Jo ave the ﬁeld. -To Iraisé_.i.urkeys~jsu'ccessfully.9-1
‘ ”of'space;is*nec'e§saryzj :Unless they »
in: which to . roar/n,” development .

» « ~ V;and,;qcare

arid;gras‘shopper. Ag'ood plan is to. run a four;
. foot ' woyen-Wire'- fence around, the "fields, and
,; barbed-wire above that." The birds. will light on
if jibe fence, ‘but Will ,soon-lea’rn that the barbs

' herepand will¢ouickly abandon all attempts

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"of mortaii

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, f'butsde'splte the-host: uteri--

' The rich man, . has ‘- alweys com»

‘ It is useless to expect -

.. have-their , .
taxes are ---to: support the government and the
.1 .. protect its people and their
Some kinds of property needs
uires'protection of title, for buildings must be
bedded; protection from incendiarism and ,move-
- Fable property must have protection from thieves
besides.» ,Why should property that requires trip-
ile protection from the government escape all costs
of governmental protection,_ while the kind that
‘ only requires one kind of protection pays for all
of the protection? Is there any justice in that?
If a man stole-a horse we would not think of
"passing a law to let him steal all his life. Why
then should we help the tax-dodger dodge taxes all
his life? Why not say to the taxdodger that we

. will. put the matter on an honest business basis
..“and that a man has no right to expect anything
from the government that he will not pay for?
If you hide your valuables from .assessmentthen
the government will give you no protection for
them. If taken by others they cannot be replev-

' ined or the taker called a thief and no insurance
can be collected in excess of the assessed valuation
and no action of any kind for any property shall
be legal unless proof of assessment is given or
the property is legally exempted from taxes. Such
laws Would be easy to enforce and make tax-dodg.
ing unpopular—Francis G. Smith. Isabella. county.

FARM VALUES HAVE NOT INCREAS-
ED, SAYS VAN BUREN FARMER

In response to your suggestion regarding the

increasing or decreasing value of farms I am
sending the following table compiled from my per-
sonal knowledge as an appraiser for an associa-
tion. The ﬁgures show that the farm was sold for
that price. Asterisks indicate land contracts or
speculation. _

, All of these farms have been sold at least once
in the six year period. The improvements have
remained the same on all of them. They all
show a scaling down in price except No. 7, which
is "one of the famous farms of. the county, but the
owner is not able to get what he paid for it six
years ago. No. 8, while sold every three years for
$20,090, is never really sold because it is in the
”bands of speculators, and the original owner who
'holds a $6,000 mortgage, is the real owner until
the speculators get tired of trying to ﬂeece one
another and a real farmer gets the land. The
appraised value was obtained through general
government agencies acting under the Federal
Farm Loan Act‘. The dagger indicates that the

farm was sold for that price~Jolm (V. Stafford,

Lawrence.

 
[Ac] 1912 l 1915 I 1918—l—A‘p’r’1'.
42” $ 4,500 r 3 4,0001 8 3,700 8 3,5W)
80 8,000 8,000 5,000 4,500
80 8,00 6,500 5,400 5,500

_ 120 1 8,000 8,000 1 7,000 7,000

100 10,000 8,000 1 7,000 7,000

_ 120 , 8,000 7,000 5,500 5,500

_ 160 t 20,000 20,000 20,000 18,000

_ 160 *r 20,000 8+ 20,000 "r 20,000 12,000

20 2,000+ 2,000 2.000; 2.000

_ 120; 10,000 r 7.000 7,000! 7.000

 
Money In Turkey. «fLearn ' How to Raise Them

Mature turkeys ought always to. be used for
breeding, and male and female ought not to be
related. ' Turkeys do not attain full maturity till
they are three years old, and. to ensure vigorous
poults, two to three year old parents ought al-
ways to be employed for breeding purposes. In-
breédin‘g has a most injurious effect upon turkeys

'causing, the young "to be delicate, stunted, and
most difﬁcult to raise.

In [February ﬂocks should be mated and turned

'intofa three-acre ﬁeld fenced as described above.

-' Tezi‘h’ens and one male constitute a ﬂock. Fresh
., water should be before the birds all the time, but

{very little grain is- required after the grass has
‘begun to grow. When grain is necessary, wheat
is most suitable. 'During cold weather, eggs
sh'ould'b'e gathered every day, but as soon as warm

[days arriveydhe'y should be gathered only at

, night}; ”They; are best. kept in. a coil place. and
should bé'turnedonen.

Raisinﬁ

turk‘e ~_poults requires both knowledge

W can learn from nature that mother-‘

k‘es: h’érn'esf “in- a secluded spot, "safe
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third day after h‘atChin'g the young birds can be.

watched and are brought home at [our o’clock in-

;turned into a ﬁeld, provided they are/carefully»

They should then be put in coops 5

for the night, and the coops should be moved-every ‘
day so that fresh ground is always underneath“

each bird.
youngsters are sufﬁciently old to roost.

Turkeys are voracious eaters, and when the
are allowed to, wander as freely as possible over

arable and pasture .land, by eating worms, grube
and insects, they build up strong, ﬂeshy frames.
;at small cost to their owner.

Upon the other
hand, if they are confined to a small piece of
ground, and are fed on grain, they are very liable

to disease of the liver, which, unless given suit-'

able attention when ﬁrst the symptonstippear,
will probably‘kill' as many birds as are attacked
by it. f
A roomy house is necessary for turkeys _,to
roost in at night, and it should have either a
large wire-netteddoor or a big window, for it is
almost impossible to fatten turkeys unless they
are housed in comfort.

turkeys of all ages. ~

During the six weeks immediately preceding
Christmas (or Thanksgiving), it is advisable to
conﬁne the turkeys, because they fatten more rap-
idly, and, in addition, quality and ﬂavor of ﬂesh

 
Giant; Bronze Turkeys raised by N. Evalyu Rams-
dell. Innis, Michigan.
are iniprdved. The less exercise the buds take,
the quicker do they fatten, consequently conﬁne-
ment is advisable during the fattening period,
although it is detrimental 5,0 long as the birds,
have not attained their normal growth.

The shed in which the birds are being fatten-
ed must, of course. be large and well ventilated.
This point is of even greater importance when

they are inside all the time than when they are“

merely roosting at night. Overcrowding must be

avoided, for if turkeys have insufﬁcient air 'or

floor space, ingtead of gaining ﬂesh, they are

likely to lose it. To. specify how many birds can -

be kept in a house of a given size is impracticable,
because so much depends upon the form and ar-
rangement of the house, and upon the size and
variety of the turkeys. In no circumstances,
however, should there be less than twelve square
feet of ﬂoor space per bird. . ',

To stint in feeding turkeys that are being fat-

Above all, the place must _.
be dry, for dampness invariably proves fatal to'

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that precede killing, they should be liberally sup-'

plied with foods of a ﬂesh'producing character.
There is no food more suitable for adding ﬁne
quality ﬁesh to the turkey’s frame than,ground
oats mixed with skimmed milk. It forms ﬂesh of
excellent— texture, color and ﬂavor. Such high
prices are now obtainable for well grown, ﬂeshy
turkeys. especially at Christmas, that, notwith-
standing the high cost of’grain, those who raise
these birds in quantities can afford the most sat-
isfactory foods. Ground cats are expensive, and
only pay to use when raising the very best grade
of birds. Barley meal and middlin-gs are good
foods for fattening, but they produce ﬂesh inferior
in quality to that produced by .ground oats and
skim-med milk. A very fair ration for turkeys
duri g the last few weeks of their lives consists
of equal parts ground oats, barley meal and mid-

 
dlings, with skimmed milk. Although this com-.,.,
bination does not produce ﬂesh of such ﬁne quaig
ity as grOund oats alone does, it answers wem”

For size, the bronze turkey is the' most desir:

able.

This variety has been evolved immiwildCQ

Stock of a hundred years ago, or longer. , Bourbon '.

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Farm Organizations Against Compulsory
‘ Military Training

E ARE indebted to Jennie I. Buell,
secretary of the Michigan State Grange,
for a bulletin issued by the American Union
against Militarism, upon the subject of com—
pulsory military training in England
“Detailed reports from London,” says this
bulletin, “regarding the great flew Educa-
tion Act which Parliament has passed. re-
modelling from the ground up England’s

, entire educational system, show one striking

omission, an omission upon which Americans
may well ponder:

“The Act contains no provision whatsoey-
er for compulsory military training.

“This omission is all the more signiﬁcant
in that England is infested with so-called
“defence leagues,” differing in no respect
from those in the United States, which have
been campaigning furiously for compulsory
military training. They have argued its al-
leged military, educational and industrial ad-
vantages, and the powerful London Times
has given themm chh space and prestige. But
lLA ..L Fisher, the Minister of Education,
told a delegation from the Miner’s Federa-
tion some months ago that the Government
had canvassed the question of compulsory
military training and had decided that the
innovation had neither educational nor mil—
itary value and‘Would not be adopted.”

This information must° be a blow to the

American militarists who want to saddle the

people of the United States with the same ob-
noxious military system that brought on the
great war just closed. There is no doubt about
it,—we are soon to be faced with the necessity
of choosing for or against compulsory mili-

_ tary training in our public schools. The most

powerful forces of capitalism in the country
are back of the move, and one of the country’s
leading private citizens, Mr. Roosevelt, is un-
equivocally pledged to a rigid system of mil-
itary training and a large standing army and
navy that will keep this country armed to
the teeth. . 7

Manufacturers of war supplies will plead
for compulsory military training of Ameri—
can youth. Large training camps, standing

armies and navies mean a permanent market

for their products. ~~

Certain army ofﬁcers who during the brief
period of the recent war, have acquired a
taste for things military will plead for com-
pulsory training. They want to perpetuate
their jobs. The majority of them, we can
thankfully say, are, tired of war, disgusted
with'the false standards of the military sys—
tem, and praying to get back into civil life.

But the great mass of people will oppose
any legislation that will force their sons to

spend two or three years of their lives in a 'i
training camp for the sole purpose of learn- ,
4 ing how to kill imaginary enemies. . .

believed then and ﬂ.

caste and ﬁnitely males? are :2 Mat

tions are the same, its arrogance the same, its
results the same the world orer. To destroy
militarism in Germany and perpetuate it in
America would be, to threaten the independ-
ence of other nations, as Germany» threat.-
ened it. 1 '
We are glad to note that the grange, in na~
tional convention just closed, re-aﬂirmed its

pro-war opposition to compulsory military

training. The Gleaners have also placed,
themselves on record against it. With the
active opposition of these two powerful or-
ganizations of farmers, and with the assist-
ance of all other farmers, the militarists will
have a hard job to build the military machine
they have secretly planned.

Class Consciousness and Class Prejudice

“I DON’T think you should appeal to
farmers as a class to support or oppose
any measure or man,” said a city acquaint.
ance recently. “You only, arouse class preju-

.dice which is a bad thing to ﬂourish in any

nation.” 1

Piffle! Strange, isn’t it, that the farmers
and laboring men are the only ones to be ac-
cused of having class consciousness? The

'fellows who have a corner on about two-thirds

of the nation’s wealth and travel in silk hats
and limousines are the only pure democrats
in this great republic, or so we might infer

 
Hold That Liberty Bond

There is every indication that Liberty
Loan Bonds, issued during the war, will
greatly rise in value with the establishment
or peace. In 1888 a $100 United States bond,
bearing 4 per cent interest, sold in the open
market for $130. In 1901 it brought more
than $139. The most conservative will agree
that Liberty bonds are sure to‘go above par
in value, now that the Allies have brought
the war to a victorious end.

 
from some of the inane remarks passed
about the “class prejudice” of the people who
work.

Could the socialist dream of equal rights,
privileges, opportunities, intelligence, ambi-
tion, wealth, etc., for all, be realized, then
class would be no more. But so long as nat-
ural ability and enterprise are awarded their"
just deserts, there will be class distinctions.

Adam felt no class consciousness except
when Eve was around! But Cain and Abel

did. And thenceforth society has been clas- '

siﬁed into the rich and the poor, the high-
born and the low-born, the west side and the
east side, the gentleman of leisure and the
man who works, royalty and peasantry, aris-
tocracy and the common people.

Class distinctions are ferced upon society
by those who want to be looked upon as being
just a little better than their neighbors. A
poor man’s neighbors do not orsake him when
he suddenly comes into e possession of
great wealth. He forsakes them. His wealth
qualiﬁes him to travel in another “class.”

The “common people’ are in no \Wise re
sponsible for this class consciousness They
take a mutually defensive and some times of-

. fensive position in order to protect themselves

from the selﬁsh of the
“classes.”

The liberal forms of g0vermnent under

seekings higher

which peoples of the present day live are the.

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result of the - “common peoples revolt
against the established order. History re-

, cords no instance where nobility or aristoc-
racy has “revolted” because the common peo— '

ple as a class had made life unbearable for

them.

So let us deride any commamt that the
farmers are unnecessarily emphaslzmg class

' dlstlnctlons That they are now in a separate ,

vmenace to mankind. Militarism 1‘s militarism? " I,
no matter whether it is conﬁned to Germany,“ '
England or the United States. Its tempts»

A Katinal Chamber of Commerce

"‘1 would regret missing an issue, as you are-'1 ‘

publishing ascend ‘spic‘y term paper, intended to
materialiyasalst the tanner,” writes Chas. B.
Sully, Weider“ e! the state Man of farm-
ers’ Clubs. “Whynotboom-the proposition eta
mrgndh national chamber of agriculture in your
sane way to beneﬁt agriculture. "
IF MB. SCULLY or any of our readers will
turn to the. earlier issues of M. B. F. they
will ﬁnd frequent editorial mention of the
need of a national organization which would
investigate and solve national problems, such
as overeproductionf crop distribution, mar-
keting weaknesses, etc. At‘ that time, no one,
to our knowledge had suggested a “national
chamber of agriculture,” but we ﬁnd a few
months later a number of articles appearing
in agricultural publications setting forth in
a more‘or less vague manner the anticipated
beneﬁts of 'such an organization. .

The department of agriculture has failed
miserably to “deliver the goods” It has
never bothered itself with such problems as
production costs and simpliﬁcation of the na-
tion’ 8 marketing system, and as a consequence
we are just as far from settling these prob-
lems as we were ﬁfty years ago. Had the de-
partment of agriculture been abreast of the
times, Mr. Houston would have been able to
go before the congress when the Wheat price
was under discussion and tell that body ex.-
actly‘ what the farmers in every section of
the United States should have for their wheat
in order to pay them a proﬁt.

The department of agriculture ought to
have a ,good shaking up, and out of that shak-
ing there might develop ,a national chamber
of agriculture, directly accountable thru the
county agent organization to the farmers of
the nation. We may all “stand up on your
hind legs and bowl against existing condi-
tions, but if our voice never gets any farther
than the city limits of the national capitol,
our howl is in vain. What must be ’done is
to establish a direct mednlm of communication”
between Washington and. the farmers of the
nation If the proposed national chamber of

‘ agriculture 1s what we think it is meant to be,

it can be made the connecting link between
the farmers and the .menwho make laws to

- govern the farmers.

The boy who has a longing for the bright
lights of the city can’t be kept on the farm.
Despite mother’s pleas and father’s promises,
he will sooner or later embark upon the great
experience that makes some boys and breaks
pthers. Except in rare cases, the right kind
of handling' 1n early youth will force the boy’s
entire thought and ambition upon farming.
Given a calf, a pig, a colt or a piece of land
in early boyhood; made to feel that his pres»
ence is needed on the farm, that he is a part-
nerin the business whether actually so or not,
and the average boy takes a proprietary in-
terest in things. As the boy grows to man-
hood, if his services are valued at all, he should
be given a share of the farm proﬁts and a
voice in running the business. If the oppor-
tunity of the farm is presented' 1n its proper
light, the average boy Will have no desire to
leave it. But Without any incentive to work
and show an interest in his work, the werst
dullard will eventually turn his eyes city-ward
and follow his nose to the nearest employment.
oﬁice. The moral of this observation 1s plain.
We need not name it.

“When Johnny comes marching home
again, ” there won‘t be anythlng too good
about the old farm for him, will there, dad! ‘

If anyone can helluswhythe Kaise
not be trieéh and has

my opinilm it is the one and only “

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the "run out of m:
., need it. I will 50011 add a few more;
'~ nines to your roster to prove I am with you.—
L. R. F., Fulton, Michigan.

"an.Iwnntedtopleaaemm,tn,_ West Mi an B
' e do last as he asked me to do. but? Central chig can Crop Poor
In reply to your request to help you get the:

one! of the darned thing's along to: '
_ .-,. to» into, ”I. altho I had one of myg own inside facts on the bean situation, I want to say

A Washington Government ofﬁcial likens the.
mystery of the real orign of the present War to

, “the dark and impenetrable mystery of. the pure'
loined pork." T’wo colored men bought a piece,

- of pork in partnership and Wash took charge at
it. The next evening he led Cal aside and said;
“Strange things done happen to mah house las' ,-
night. Hit shorely am a mystery to me.’ ,

  
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till I git to town an’ get a hang- -up brand new

, “ § ‘ vernacular of the latest on most approved style.

An' in the meantime I’ll jest ansiver a few letters
rye received )ater from young farmerettes an'
others an' maybe the editor will overlook the
vernacular part of it on account of the great good
L thus answers will do.

‘ 116.1 ."Dear Unc. Rube: I am. a larmerette,
an old mold, on’ I want a. little advice which I
know you can give. I have a cow which has given
no milk in over a year She is in good order but

" g absolutely refuses to yield any laeteal ﬂuid. What

" Can I do to make her produce milkl—Jone.

'IANow. Jane, you say you are an old maid, but
your name would not denote your age for *1th
‘only within the last few years that girls have
been, named Jane, but takin’ it for granted you

‘old maid, too, and unless you can kind 0’ coax her
to raise a calf she probly won't amount to no
great site as a milker—the calf. must be her very

milk for no adopted calf, brt for one of her own
the milk will be iorthcomin’ almost as soon as
the calf puts in an appearance. By the way, Jane,

been Spendin’ so much time admirin’ yourself

your hens produCers of hen fruit which you seem
to desire. The ﬁrst thing to do is to git a price
list of eggs an' hang'in your feedin' pen where
your hens can see it constantly, then git a price
list of feed ,an' hang beside it, an’ every mornin'
when you feed 'em jest call their attention to the
two price lists 311’ when you find no eggs at night
show 'em the price lists again an’ th/en it they

in' ’round out their darned heads off an’ sell ’,em
license you can make up your mind they’ re among
the non-producin‘ class an absolutely wuthless.
'To tell the sex of young chickens. jest scatter a
little teed where they can git it then watch ’em
closely—if he eats it he’s a rooster—if she eats
it it's a. pullet This test is absolute an’ has never
been known to foil An’ now.1_‘est a few words
Inbout the egg business: Sixty-ﬁvecmits a dozen
lookg’like 11 (111111 big price to be payin‘ for eggs,
an' it is a big price, 1111’ many families will be
obliged to do without ’em, 1111' farmers an’poul-
try raisers will be cussed an’ dain’d ’bout as much
as 01' Kaiser Bill ’cause folks in the city know
so little about the cost of producin’ a. dozen eggs,
.. 1111’ they think farm‘ers are jest gettin’ rib-h off’n

eggs alone, an’ that the other stuﬁ they raise is
plum- clear velvet. Gosh. they don’t stop to ﬁgger
that at this time of year an’ up to ’bout the ﬁrst
"of March it takes approximately the following
amount of labor an' rations for every dozen eggs
that are sent to market' 4 bushels shelled corn,

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2 bushels of wheat. 1 bushel of cats, peek of buck- ,

wheat, 40 pounds bran mash, 4 pounds beef scraps,
250 pounds of clever hay, an’ a month of hard
L‘labor. Jest ﬁgger this up. folks. an' then deduct
6795 cents. for the eggs an' b’gosh you’ll know jest

eggsac'tly how much proﬁt putty near, that the

'money-graspin', ol'- titow'aee of firmers is a slip-
”pin in or out of their loans every time they mar-
‘ket doses ”311.01 course, you know this is the
, .‘e an" dues not apply to’ any one individual.

up too little bit ago, somehow the pesky thing
was main in I ma 11mm the I've hunted
I have a. faint recollection of.
'lend-in’ the dun: thing to a school norm last man .
mar, an 111:0ny she haint returned ltd-forgot it
.illlkely. so I'll jest have to write on common paper

' this world

' are what you say you, are, your cow is probly an

own too, not an adopted one, for she wont g1ve- say they will never try them again.

your hens are not properly eddicoted; you hav‘e ‘

that you have neglected the main chance in makin’ -.

don‘t git ashamed of themselves an’ quit monkey- '

   
, the bean crop in Newaygo Muskegon, Oceana and

Kent counties Was poor; I think about 6 bushels
per acre taking the whole acreage planted.
Not as many planted as commonly. I have lived
on the same farm in Newaygo county for nearly
60 years, and I think I ought to know beans, at
least when the bag. is open. In conclusion I
want to say I like your pape1 fine. I am glad to
think that we farmers have at least one friend in
I agree with everything in your paper
except the weather. Mr. Foster says the winter
will be hard. Now I think from previous obser
vations this winter will be mild but we won’t
quarrel about thatH—P L. Holton. Michigan

 
Excuse me for the seeming trespaSS on the
rights of the M. B. F., but I just can’t help it after
reading Mr. Ezra. Levin’s article on “Farming as
a Paying Business.” He certainly has it right
down “pot” and there are a great many “pats" In
it. too. I have been on my farm for 45 years, and
I have my farm yet, and that is about all. I had
to hire $200 of the three hundred and ﬁfty dollars

,. I subscribed to the Fourth Liberty loa11.~—(7. P. I).,

Birch Run Mich1gan

The bean acreage around here was very small
this year, and the yield from 4 to 8 bushels per
acre. There are ﬁelds here that were never har-
vested ﬁuite a. lot of farmers around here who
I think M.
B. F‘ is the best paper we take-~41. Mold. 5177111171,
Michigan. .

 
Fowl Cholera, etc.”

No. 997. “Terracing Farm Lands.”

No. 993, “Co-operative Bull Associations.”

“Lining'nnd Loading Cars of Potatoes for Pro-
tection from Cold.” Every farmers’ co-operative
warehouse in Michigan should have a copy of this
bulletin.

Copies of any of these bulletins may be had
free of charge by addressing the Division of Pub-
lications, Department of Agriculture. vWashing-
ton, D. C.

 
‘What a Classiﬁed Ad Will Do

HAT little classiﬁed ads will do for
Wiarmers in emergencies; has been dem-

onstrated time and again. A Missouri
farmer who recently decided, to sell a calf.
some hogs and some poultry. put an ad. in
his local paper, and over half of the sale
was completed within twenty~f0ur hours. A
Kansas farmer sells 300 eggs 3 week to buy-
ers who see his small newspaper advertise-
meats.

Out in California not long ago a former
was strikingly convinced of the power of
publicity. This man has a big apricot or-
chard nea1 San Diego California. and in

, advance of the harvest season he an ranged
With a San Diego commission ﬁrm to ban
dle his crop. ’

A thousand new acres of deciduous fruits
came into bearing that season. The com
mission house was absolutely overwhelmed
by the amount of fruit that came in from
all quarters. They had to phone this orch-
p‘ardist to either dry his fruit or market it
through some other channel
, The grower was in a quandn He had 110
drying facilities, and his fruit was ripe and
unﬁt for shipment to a distance In des-

 
' , machines stopped at his ranch and/bought

 
par he appealed to a friend who was editor
_of a San Diego paper The editor wrote a
very small item outlining the situation and
“stating that automobilists who would stop
' at the orchard could secure the ﬁnest ripe
apricots at low prices. The next day 80

nearly two tabs of fruit, and his sales had
= 1.2 tens within a very short time.

 
g Why don’t you git married an’ stop bein an old ,

g mam? _ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE , mm, mm m 3,“,

> g No. 2.-- “Dear Unclez—I am a young farmerette. :ISSUES NEW BULLETINS \n elderly farmer hitched his team to 11 tel-

; 26 years of age, 5 ft. 4 inches in heighthave — .gpaph- post

g henntifulhairandlight blue eyes, and am called ‘ Some of the recent bulletins issued by the De- ‘,‘Here” 9111141111911 the policeman, “you can’t

3 real good looking. I haven ﬂock of 30 hens which partment of Agriculture, of interest to farmers hitch. therel’f .. ~ ..

g ‘Ifeed regularly but I get no eggs. What can I of Michigan are as follows: “Cant h1tch! shouted the 1rate farmer. ’Well,

E feed them to make them lay'L—Arabella " _ why have you a Sign up ‘Fine for Hitohlng ?

'2 , ' ' _ No. 998, ‘Culture of the Logan Blackberry and __-_n._

g ,Arabella, your good looks and beautiful hair Related Varieties.”

"5 "9‘11“ cut ”9 “gel" With "hens" 0r "ChiCkenS"’ ' No. 1006, "The Wheat Joint Worm and its Con- ‘ DEAL "m“ BEN GENTLEMEN
ex'cept to make ’em jealous, an’ the regular feed- ' “.01” ' One day an old Southerner salked into this
1,1 t 11th . <1" ih Th bl ' .. banker’s oﬁue The Southeiner was a typical
n s 110 a ere 18 to t at er- 9 “0“ e is No. 1018. “Stockyards Fever, Swine Plague. gentleman (1f the 0111 school.

cow give a day?

“What dot, Washington?”

“Dis mawning, Cal, Ah goes down 10’ tar get a -

ece o’ hog fo’ breakfus’, an’ Ah puts mah hand 5

dc brine, an’ (ler hain’t no hog dere. All gone. . . »
80 oh turns up do bar’l and, Cal, sho’s preaching,
do rats had et a hole iroo de bottom of de bar'l ,
an' dragged out all do meat!”

Cal at this news was frozen with astonishment ' .
for a moment, then he said: “How comes de brine“ '
didn’t run outen de hole?” -‘ .

“Why, 3111' see, Cal," sold Wash, scratching his
head, “dat's do mystery.” ' '

 
91111100311110 1 .

A Battle Creek lady danced three times with 1»?

a good—looking ﬁrst lieutenant, and then said: ‘
“Pardon me, sir, but your face is strangely
familiar. ‘Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?”
“Yes, madam, you have," responded the ofﬁcer.
\“I was your milkman for more than three years.”

 
AT THE CANTONMEN’J‘}
Camp cookz—“How is that for milk, eh?" '
Private Snugginsz—Raised on a dairy farm-—
“All I can say is that the cow thatgaye it was
sired by a pump.”~ﬁ)xchange.

       
y-nlnllll u

 
NV?"

   
111a COULDN’T TELL A 1.115
Inquiring Lady—How much milk

 
does your

 
.111: 21:

 
Truthful Boy~-About eight quarts, lady.

Inquiring Lady-~And how much of that do you
sell?

Truthl‘ul Boyv—r-About twelve quarts,

  
lady.

 
“What can I do 1'01 )(1u?' asked the banker
“Well,” replied the Southerner, “about thirty- ,
five years .ago I loaned 51 1112111 down South some i
money—not a very big sum. I told him that
Whenever I should need it I would let him know
and he could pay me the money. I need some
money now. so I shall let him In my, and I would
like to have you transact the business for me.”
“My good friend,” replied the banker. “you have
no claim on that money. The statue of limitations
has run against. that. loan years and years ago."
"Sir,” replied the Southerner, “the man to who“ '
I loaned that money is a gentleman. The stat”
of limitations never 1uns against a gentleman." .
So the bankex sent for the money. And within
a reasonable time thereafter the money came.
There was :1. gentleman :11 the other end of tile
transaction also—Kansas (7in Journal.

 
THAT MUSICAL (7011'
“Oh, Jenny, put a record in!”
It was the farmer's cry,
And soon old Sukey visions had
Of “Comin Through the Rye.”
It made her mouth to water and
AHer nostrils opened wide
q "Breath Of New Mown H211" she caught
From fragIant rivex side.

“The Good Old Summer Time” called forth ‘

The pleasantest of dreams,

She chewed her end in calm content

7. At Jinks’ “Corn and Beans "

'And valiant “Wearing of the Green"
Made verdant visions pass,

And then knee deep she was “in Old
Kentucky's bluest grass.

  
When “Gentle Annie’s" springtime came
By "Banks 0’ Bonny Dee, ”
She ate her till, then sought. the shade
Of an “Old Apple Tree.”
Where ”Little Buttercups,” so dear,
Star- scattered she could see—~ ’ '
She switched her tail, and then she heard
"Shoo Fly, Don' t Bother Me”

  
And as old Sukey’s cultured ear .-
Took in each pleasant strain.

' She gave of milk each drop she had,
To that. wise farmer’s gain. _, j:

But fortune balked, there came an end
'20 what he set his pride 0n, .

When—sad mistake—he played one do;

”The Thus the 01d Cow Died 01:

      
to keep Europe from starvation,

 
3.22 2.21 2.34 l-2
2.19 2.17 2.30 1-2
2.20 2.21 2.34 l-2
2.20 2.20 2.33

 
, The elimination of the use of sub-
stitutes for wheat has naturally had
agood effect upon the market. While

9 the public has been educated to sub-
stitutes and can now eat them with

resignation, if not with relish, no

' satisfactory substitute has been found

in sufﬁcient abundance to take the

.place of the wheat mill feeds that

substitution has cut off from the dairy
industry. The removal of the ban
against the unlimited use of wheat
ﬂpur is a great boon to the dairy in-
dustry. Mr. Hoover says that. every

.bushe'l of wheat grown next year will
, be needed.

The supplies now avail-
able for export in Australia and
Argentina, added to the American
export supply, will be barely sufﬁcient
and
all wheat now in prospect for next
year..will be needed if the peoples of

.Europe are to be fed in abundance.

Winter wheat has never had a bet-
ter season than this year. The mild
weather, with plenty of rain, has giv-
en the crop a strong root-hold, and
it will take an unusually severe win-
ter to kill any considerable portion
of the crop.

 
GRADE Detroil Chicago New; 1 ml.
Standard, 75 1-2 .74 l-2 .83
No. 3 Will. 75 .71 .81
No. 4 Wits .14 :12 .79
Oats are just about maintaining

the level reached last week. The gen-
eral feeling just at present is one of
weakness, and we are inclined to be-
lieve that this ﬂuctuation from strong
to weak Will continue, until the arti-
cles of peace are ﬁnally signed and
the world knows exactly what way it
is going. Larger supplies are now
finding their way to the primary mar-
kets, and with practically no increase
in demand, the feeling is naturally

 
.WD
Chicago New York
1-4 1.63
1.58
1.56

 
The corn market continues, to ﬂop
around like a Thanksgiving chicken
with his head cut off. Realization
that corn will not be an important
export crop has frightened buyers
who earlier believed that the need of
Europe was so great that corn would
he wanted in large quantities.

Corn growers show little disposi-

tion to get rid of their new crop.‘

which is in excellent condition.

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Rye took a rather spectacular ad-
vance the last of the week, but was
lower again the ﬁrst of the week
Buying for export which was active,
last week has again fallen off, and the
demand is light. Should the for-
eign demand for American grains that
is expected, develop, rye will probably
be in good demand and the present
price will be easily maintained. With

the release of Australian grain, how-

ever, 110 great advance in rye prices
is expected. Rye was quoted at $1. 65,

.Detroit, on Tuesday.

Thruout the country the price as

 
ﬂrm. Oats higher and corn steady.

potatoes easy, prices slightly lower.

 
, DETROIT—Poultry, eggs, butter ﬁrm. Beans ﬁrm and higher.
Hay easy. -
CHICAGO .—Live stock steady,’.- poorer grades of cattle lower.

NEW YORK—Beans inactive, but better feeling expected.
higher, farmers holding for higher prices.

 
Hay ﬁrm; 7

Potatoes slightly- 8

 
last week. There continues to be con-
siderable buying by malting intei‘
ests because of the somewhat general
expectation of the lifting of the ban
on brewing. Barley in Detroit is
quoted at , No. 3, $2; No. 4, $1.95.

Buckwheat

A poor demand for buckwheat ex-
ists at Chicago, according to report
of the Bureau of Markets dated Nov.
13, with supplies too plentiful to be
absorbed. It is quotable at $3.75 f.o.b
Chicago per cwt.

At Milwaukee buckwheat ranges in
price $3.75 to $4. 25 per cwt.

Buckwheat is quotable at $4. 20 at
Grand Rapids Mich

The Ohio Department of Agricul-
ture says that the yield of buckwheat
was reduced this year by hot weather
prevailing for several weeks following
planting. The total estimated pro-
duction, theiefme is only about 442,-
000 bus. the acreage average being
only 17 bus

The Wisconsin Department of Ag-
riculture reports the average yield
of buckwheat in that state this year
as 16.5 bus., compared with 12.2 a
year ago, and the quality 90. compared
with 78 a year ago. '

 
No. 1 standard

 
M No. 2
"h" Timothy Ti-othy Timothy
Detroit 29 50 29 00 27 50 28 00 26 50 27 00

'13.“! 32 00 34 00 30 00 31 00 27 0’1 29 00
Chdnnaii 29 00 29 5028 50 29 00 28 00 23 00
Pittsburgh 31 00 31 50,30 00 31 00 28 50 29 50
Nchork 35 00 35 00133 00 34 00 31 00 34 00
Richmgnd

M 1. 1 No. 1 No. No. 1

u ' ' Light Mixodo Clovor Milled Clover

Detroit 27 51) 28 023 50 24 00 22 50 23 00
CLicngo 28 00 29 00 27 00 29 00l19 00' 23 00
Cincinnati 25 oo 26 00124 on 25 0&2; on 24 00
Pittsblrgll 28 N 29 00 £8 50 29 00
Now York as oo 31 oolza oo 32 oo 21 on 28 00
E2124 | -

 
There is an easier feeling in hay,
and some markets report lower prices.
The Detroit market is ﬁrm at the re-
cent decline of $1 per ton. Supplies
have not‘ increased very materially,

'but the demand seems to have drop-

ped off. Farmers who do not imme-
diately need the money they have
tied up in hay may safely hold off as
the near approach of cold weather is
expected to mean higher prices.

P in his comments.

Potatoes ’ I

 
They said that
present crop cost more money to pr
duce than any previous 0116.1
had passed up other precincts in . .
der to be 100 per cent patriotic. Ma ‘
~had borrowed to their limit to put in
. a‘ larger acreage. than usual. They

had been led tn believe the Govern-

ment’s needs Would take all the sur-
plus. With their crops now coming

~. ‘ - to the warehouses they ﬁnd the mar.

 
MI! Detroit Chicago
C. H}. 8.35 10.00
Prilo _\ 8.00, 9.00
led Kid-en 13.50~ 12.00

 
One of the largest dealers in beans

in this state advises us‘by wire that
he. expects to pay growers on $8 bas- _
agreement

is, according to selling
with government. If this action is
followed by other bean dealers, it will
stabilize the price for the balance of
the crop in farmers’ hands at $8 per
hundred. Inasmuch as this dealer is
one of the best repute in the state,
we have no reasons/ for questioning
the sincerity of’h-is statement.

As shown. in the leading article. in,

this issue. the navy bean is rapidly
coming back-into favor, and the de-
mand from eastern buyers is now al-
most wholly conﬁned to that variety.
Western beans are not wanted in the
eastern markets, and recent dispatch-
es from California are to the effect
that the growers of that state know
they are not wanted, and as a result
there is a general feeling of‘depression
in the western bean market.

Speaking of the western bean deal,
the Produce News says:

“Just now the bean deal is a tick-

lish problem from nearly any angle.”

California growers, who organized
last year, have been unable to make
much headway beyond arranging for
better facilities for cleaning and stor-
ing. 'Those in- the San Joaquin Val-
ley who had been assured of another
season of proﬁtable prices‘are .an-
xious to sell even for actual cost or
less. Reports from Stockton, Tur-
lOck and’ other points are most dis-
couraging. The state newspapers say
little about the actual situation since
they do not care to embarass the
thousands of real estate dealers who
are liberal users of space. In spite of
this, however, little items are‘now
creeping into the localpapers showing

a serious condition among the bean,

men. It is more than serious—the sit
nation is cxitical. .

“Bean dealers say that the farmers
are panicky without good reason and
all are wanting to sell at the same
time. For this reason the market is

 
THE WEATHER

Chat for Novornbor 1918

Severe

Warm .

WASHINGTON, D. /C., Nov. 30.—
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbance to cross continent Dec. 3 to
7. warm wave 2 to 6, cool wave 5 to
"9. This will bringvone of the two
warmest periods of December, begin-
ning near Dec.‘ 3 and continuing, with
ﬂuctuations. till near Dec. 12. The
storms will not have sufficient force
to produce much rain or snow and
therefore less than usual is expected
till, the severe storms come in near
Dec. 26. Temperaturesare expected
to slide far downward from near Dec.
5 tognear »Dec.. 15.

Next warm waves will reach Van-
couver about Dec. 7 and 12 and tem«
peratures will rise on all the Paciﬁc
slope. They will cross ~crest of Rock-
ies near Dec. 8 and 13 plains sections-

 
.9] 9 and 14, meridian 90, _great Lakes“,

As forecasted by W. T. -Foster for Micmexn Busmnss Fumes

 
FOR THE WEEK l

middle Gulf States and Ohio-Tennessee
Valleys 10 and 15, eastern sections 11
and 16, reaching vicinity of Newfound-
land near Dec. 12 and 17. Storm
waves will follow about one day be—
hind warm waves and cool waves about
one day behind storm waves.

This disturbance is expected to bring
a small increase of precipitation to'
large parts of the country and, fol-
lowing these storms the coldest weath-
e1 of the month. Muchxlndian Sum—
me1 weather is expected during Dec-
ember but the month following the
stmm of Dec 3- 7, will average cold-
er than usual and cropweather will
average better than usual for Winter .
grain, except near Dec 15, when cold
winds and lack of snow may do dam—_
age.

I have advised a large number of
farmers, in sections where I expect
cold weather, severe storms and a
shartage of snow and rain, following
Dec 5, not to sow Winter grain' and
--have also advised them what crops
will do best in 1919. I still expect a
shortage of the 1919 crops on about
one-half the farming lands of North
America.

 
hole was somewhat higher than .

 
‘r‘

 
lkets.
that the tendency to hold the balance“

. of the crop for higher prices is notice-
able in- nearly every potato growing _

ket is around 60 where they had every
cause to look for at least 10c.
ale no buyers.

‘ “One significant fact about. the Cali-
fernia bean deal is that the bean farm-
ers are not admirers of the federal
feed administration. As one man puts
it, “The whole thing has been a muss
frOm start to ﬁnish with a bunch of

' theorists in the saddle and a bunch

of food rules which’ the growers and
dealers have had to live under ” The

bean farmers say, however, that they "
' are the ones who now have to stand

the brunt of the tosses," and not the
dollar-a- -year men who had term of
autocratic power.

“The situation is simply one of the

several results of artiﬁcial price ﬂxx

ing, another case of trying to make
water run up hill theoretically
law of supply and demand, had it
been allowed full sway, would have
brought the-growers at least a fair
price—one above cost at least; On
the ether hand, it would put the stocks
of California beans into the markets
of the country as rapidly as they could
be absorbed. Or, if not, these stocks

would be held in the warehouses by.

dealers plenty able to ﬁnanceythe
proposition. . .
“In the meantime the new Californ-
ia bean‘growers’ organization is ﬂoun-
dering around trying to keep
growers of the state from rocking the
boat.

of the same type it means well, but

‘ can do little to steady the market or .
relieve\the situation. ~

 
C1101“ round ‘ Round Wink
“"h“ whim-mm i Bel
Dotti! I 1.85 cwt. ‘ 1.75 cwt.
Chicago 1.65 ‘ I 1.55
Cilciﬂllti 2.10 ' 2.00
New York 2.15 1 2.00 ‘
Pittsburgh 2.00 g 1.85

 
, ﬁle feeling in potatoes is about the.
same as a week ago. The farmers stop-
ped selling in large quantities two
weeks ago ,but the effect is only now
being: noticed in ' the primary mar-
The Bureau of Markets reports

state, but no material change in pric-
es is expected until after the ﬁrst of
the year. Daily shipments have de-

creased from 900 to 1000 cars a month ‘

ago to less than 500 the past week or
two. Farmers who have a part of
their crop still on hand will make
no mistake to hold them until after
the first of the year. Receipts are now
ample to take care of all demands,
and it would be well to avoid ﬂooded
markets at this season of the year.
Cars for shipping potatoes are ample
and expected to continue so thruout
the winter. Watch your local ship-
per. If he shows no anxiety about
getting his holdings off his hands be«
fore winter sets in, it is pretty good
evidence that he expects a higher mar-
ket. Of course, he often makes mis-
takes, but in the majority of years

his judgment is good. We believe we ,»
note an inclination among dealers to
hold onto the supplies they have. '

The .

the "

Like many other organizations-

  
1 f

‘ 1" “ -‘ ‘v . I ‘1 ‘
5' 1’. w .

 
. ware
barrels
, ' onathans
511 y' Ounce ($5; Grimes
to 38, Northern Spy, 36;
.1 York Imperial, 35 to?
man Sweets, 34: '50 to 35;
' $5.50 to 36; Winesa‘ps, $6 to
- I'I , meanings $5 to 35.50; Pippins,
“$5 xBaldwins 35. 25 to 35. 50;
er, 35 to $5. 50; Golden Bus-
.35 to 35.507 Ben Davis, 34. Bulk

    
pending on grade and variety; Jone"
titans, 32. 25 to 33. 50. Bushel baSkets,’
mixed varieties, brought $751: to 31. 50.
Western boxes of fancy; large stock
Ware quotable as follows: Jonathans,
3 .to $3. 25-, Tint'er Bananas, 33- to
I 13 .50; Grimes Golden, 33 to 33. 25;
Delibibus. 33. 50 to 34; ISpitzenberg,

$3.75 to 33; RomerBeauties', 32. 75 to 33.

  
‘ New York Butter Letter

" (By Special Correspondent)
New York‘ ,Nbv. 23 .—-Never before
1 111' the history of the dairy industry
Th'ave quotations on butter been so
I~high as at te present time. While
heretofore there have been times
. «when tendencies for values to rise to
"-~ extreme levels have been apparent,
the fastor, substitute competition, has
usually crept in and stopped the up-
Ward tendency before such prices as
I ‘prevail at present have been reached.
This year the consumer seems more
. '_ inclined to pay high prices for
.. his butter. than usual. This is prob-
' ' ‘ _ .? ably due to. the fact that working peo-
ple as a whole are receiving higher
-.- II . ; wages than ever before and,also be-
:' gj; -. «cause they have become educated I-to
i 1' , paying extreme prices because of the
-; , : _ high? cost of all commodities. There
.\ seems to‘be a tendency at present, how-
" . ever, for the consumer to curtail his
.. purchasing of butter which would in-
" “dicate that Values will not go much
’ ~ rihigher Jabbers are not taking that
, * condition seriously, hoWever, but are
e " continuing to keep Denough stock
9 ' "5 " available to supply their trade Ete-
ceipts are light ahd high quality but-

- ter is very scarce.

An advance of two cents on extras
and high scoring butter has developed
, this week, making the quotation on
' extras 05c, which is an unprecedented
ﬁgure. On Monday there‘was an ad-

4

 
s ' .~i '

quan.

7. grades of salted butter.

Rock sold at 31.25 to 31. 75 per cwt.,

"slightly less amount

"gled in Wednesday sold at

    
' ' Hire ving at pric.
es it's-10w as 59% to 601:; Seconds are
moving- fairly- only and several cars-
or centralized have changed hands
during the Week:- Unsalted butter is
111 demand and is quoted at the usual
diﬂerential above the corresponding
At the close
yesterday additional quotations were
as follow: Higher scoring than ex-
tras, 65%? to 66c; ﬁrsts, 591/; to 641/.»c,
andi‘seéonds, 551/2 to; 59c.

  
@ng‘ﬁku it!

Eggs continue to be very scarce on
all markets, the, demand far exceeding
the supply: The British government
is still buying eggs on the New York
market. 12, 000 cases were bought by
British buyers in October, and a
in November.

WhileIthe effect'of the exporting of
- large quantities of eggs is not imme-
diately felt. in mid-western sections,
it decreases the visible supply
means eventually higher prices.

and

 
332$”

 
The Thanksgiving poultry trade was
active and prices ruled steady up to
Tuesday night. Arrivals that strag-
slightly
lower ﬁgures than earlier receipts.
The carry-over of Thanksgiving stock
is very small and almost entirely con-
ﬁned to dressed fowl. Commission,
housefs‘ do not anticipate lower prices
after Thanksgiving. Pru es Tuesday
on live» poultry were. No 1 springs
26 to 27c; small springs, 24 to 25c;
hens, 25 to 260; small hens and Leg-
horns, 22 to 230; roosters, 19 to 200;
geese, 24 to 25c; ducks, 30 to 310;
turkeys,.32 to 34c per lb. Dressed
poultry sold from 3 to 4c higher.

p

.uvr srocn

 
EastBuffalo Live Stock Letter

East Buffalo N. Y.. Nov 26.-—Re-
ceipts of cattle Monday 260 cars in-

Wcluding 75 cars of Canadians and 35

cars left from last week's trade.

' heavy suppl

* sold from 315.25 .to 315.75,

in: .. .
lower; bulls .
Id. steady; canners;
and cutters were in moderate supply,
-sold 15 to 25c higher; freSh cows and
springers were in very light supply,
sold steady; stockers and feeders were
in very heavy suppiy', sold 25 to 50c
lower; yearlings were in very light
supply, sold steady. At the close of
the market about 40 cars of cattle
went over unsold.

The receipts of hogs Monday were
estimated at 100 cars of 16,000 head.
The market opened with all grades of
hogs selling at 318, with roughs out
at $16.

Receipts of sheep and lambs Mon-
day were called 75 cars or 15,000 head.
The market was from 50c to $1Iper
cwt. lower on all grades. Best lambs
which was
750 to 31 lower than Sat rday’s .close.
Gulls .313 to $14; yea ngs," 311 to
312. 50c lower; wethers, 310.10 310.50,
31 lower; ewes. 319 to 39.50, 750 lower.
There were about 20 cars of‘sheep
and lambs unsold at the close.

The receipts of sheep and lambs
Tuesday were about 15 cars fresh and
20 cars held over from Monday’s trade.
Best lambs sold from 315.25 to 315.50.
Which was a quarter lower than Mon-
day; culls. 313.25 to 313.75; all other
grades were about steady.

Receipts of calves Monday were
1200 head. The market was steady.
best veals selling from $20 to $20.50.
There were 250 calves on sale Tues-
do.) and best veals gold from 320 to
$20 50.

The supply of hogs for Tuesday to.
taled 6.400 and our market opened
steady on all grades. with the bulk of
the hogs selling, with the roughs out.

at $18: roughs, 316; common roughs
and piggy sows. $10 to 315: stags.
$121to $14.

With 60 cars 01' cattle on sale Tues-
day, the market was steady.

Chicago Special Live Stock Letter’

Union Stock Yards. (llzicaoo. Nov. 26.
—A record run of 109.692 cattle ex-
clusive of calves at this market last
week has been followed by an enor-
mous supply of 76,000 the ﬁrst two
days this week and the trade today.
after showing phenom'inal strength
and a full retention of values last
week is suffering from acute conges-
tion. The holiday coming on Thurs-
day is a bearish inﬂuence as killing
operations will be‘ suspended on that
day and as it will doubtless have the
effect of keeping prospective buyers
of stockers and feeders at home. The
country is showing an uncontrollable
desire to liquidate cattle as well as
other live stock despite the assurance

FIFTH ANNUAL

National F armors ’Exposition and State of Ohio Apple Show

Terminal Auditorium, TOLEDO, OHIO
December 6th to 14th Inclusive

The Great Mid- Winter Exhibition of Essentials Held in Honor of the American Farmer, the Backbone of the World.

    
for prune corn-ted bullocks and 3 .50”

. lute minimum price for hogs weighing

Ilargely from 317 to 317 65 and pigs,

   
for a‘ drove or very choice CanadiIn
rangers, both new price records . Th"
bulk of the medium to good cornfed
steers are selling, however, on a 50
to 75c break thus far this week at
314. 50 to $17, and plain to medium
shortfeds from 312. 50 to I314. 25, With
common light killers down to 39,8111
3. cannery sort to $7 or below For
the time being poultry, will take prose
edence over beef and unless the great.
rush of cattle to the shambles is:.cur§
tailed further declines may be logic:
ally expected. Butcher cattle shoW'éI
uneven declines from last week, the ‘~I
bulk being fully 500 lower, although
canners and cutters and a few top?-
notch beef cows and heifers are hard-
ly more than 250 down Veal calves
are about 50c lower than a week ago I. I
with good to choice now on a $17 "
to 317. 50 basis. Stockers and feeders
closed strong to 25c higher last week
than the Wind- -up of the week previous a -
but are now about 50c lower than last '
week‘ s high time with the bulk of the
600 to 900- pound classes at 38. 50 to
310. 50.

Government ofﬁcials have found it
necessary to take drastic action to.
prevent congestion at various Isf'ck
yards in the hog trade Receipts were-
coming faster than killing facilities
were capable of matching and curtail- -
ment of the run appeared an absolute
necessity- The action taken provide
ed for the inauguration of a permit
system for loading hogs and it has
been effective in checking the market:
wa1d movement to such an extent
that the established minimum price -
basis for Novembe1 and December is
no longer endangered. The permit
aims to hold receipts at Missouri riv-
er markets and at Chicago and at
eastern points down to volume equal
to yarding and killing facilities. In
order to relieve congestion at market
centers of light hogs action has also
been taken that raises the minimum
weight at which hogs ﬁguring in the
avexage packers’ droves can be sold
from 130 pounds to 150 pounds. In
other words there is no ﬁxed abso-

 
under 150 pounds. This should tend .
to keep underweight stuff in produc- ~» ~‘.
ers’ hands where it will make an ad-
dition to the future pork supply that
will doubtless be much needed. To-
day' 5 110g market on the run of 46, 000.
head showed an $18. 25 top. with bulk
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Newoygo (Bast)——~li‘srmers
.sre leaving corn stand in the.
m and are plowing. Very
rainy, mixed with snow.
Stock still in ﬁelds on pso-
ture. ‘lay scarce and high
in price. Not so many hogs
being marketed. as in former

 
years. Small pigs selling at
$4 each and hard to get at

 
that price. The following
prices were paid at White
Cloud this week: Wheat, 2.13"
oats. 70; ryQ $1.45; hay, $21"
to 29; beans, $8; red kidney
beans, $9; hens, 17; butter.
45; humorist, 58; eggs, 45;
sheep, 8; lambs, 8; hogs, 20;

 
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veal calves. 14—111. 8.. ,Br'g
Rapids. Nov. 22.

 
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The weather is cooler now
and lots of rain the last few days It
has rained now £01 two or three days.
It has been a long, nice fail, and
farmers in most cases have taken ad-
vantage of it. Farmers are selling rye.
The following quotations were made
at Bear Lake this week: Rye straw.

                         
are selling and storing potatoes. Some
apples are being sold. About 2 inches
of snow on the ground now. A car-
load of cattle wasvloaded at Williams-
burg last week. There are several
auction sales this fall. Some of the
farmers in this community expect to
go away to work this Winter, as they
cannot make wages at farming. The
following prices were offered at Will—
iamsburg this week: Wheat. $2. 07;
oats, 65: bay, $27; beans, $7 50; pota-
toes $1 20; onions, $150; cabbage, 4c
11).; butter, 52; buttert'at, 84; eggs, 50;

$10; butter, 47 to 50; butterfat, 590;
eggs, 45; wheat, $1.95; rye, $1.40; oats,
70; buckwheat, $3.25 cwt.; beans,
$7.25 to $7.50; potatoes. $1 to $1.10
cwt pork, dressed, 17; live, 14; beef,
dressed, 8 to 10; live, 4 to 6; chickens, ..
live, 10 to 12; dressed, 16 to 18; veal,
' Lake.

Normnbrir 22. ..
Grand. Traverse (N12,) w< Farmers

beef cows, 5; apples. $2.50 bbl..-—0.
L. 3., Williamsburg, Nov. 22.

C’larc (North)—-F‘armers are build-
ing roads and getting up wood,‘ and
some are stumping. The weather has
grown colder in the past 24 hours.
The ﬁrst snow of the season came on
Wednesday. The following prices of-
fered at Clare last week: theat $2. 07;
oats, 68; rye, $1. 53; beans, $8; hens,
22; butter, 50; butterfat, 61; eggs, 51;
sheep, dressed, $16; lambs, $14; hogs,
$21: beef steers, $18; beef cows, $12
veal calves $15—D B. Lake, Nov.. 22.

Mecosta (North)——Farn1ers thresh-
ing beans and pulling turnips and
plowing on the light land. The heavy
land is too wet to plow. Nearly every-
body selling their beans and potatoes
The following quotations were made
he re this week: Wheat,- $2. ()6; corn,
$1. 35; oats, 60; rye, $1. 45; hay, $20 to
$23; beans, 3?. 50; potatoes, $1. 10 cwt.;
bogs, 15', beef steers, 7 to 8; beef cows,
5 to 6..~.—L M., Hersey, Nov 21..

Jackson (West)——The following quo-
iations at Jackson this week. Wheat,
$2 12; com, $1. 70; oats, 69; rye, $1. 55;

hay, $26 to $27; rye straw $10; wheat-
oat straw, $9; beans, $8.;25 potatoes,

 
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owing-prices quoted here last week;
wheat, um; ’oata, 65-, rye, mo;
beans, $7.50; .potatom. $1; hens, 3.. ~
sprinters, 20;. butter, 50; buttermt,
60; ms 48;13mhs,$1450; 150391.918;
beef steers, 6 to 8; beef cows, 6 to ‘14 .
veal catves,15.——G 13., St. Ohm-lea .-
Nov. 22. . ~'

107““ (West)——Furms have their . ” ‘ r

tall work nearly done.
thrashed as most or them are m
keted, the price ranging 2mm $7.50 .
to $8 per cwt Several auction sales 1 I. ..
have been held within the past few ‘
weeks, everything selling high but
horses, hay going from $22 to"$25 per
ton in the ban. Several farmers in ‘
this part of the; county are winter .x‘
feeders of western lambs. One farm— '
er, 0. A. Lee, has received a shipment
which consisted of 900 lambs. Not so
much stock or any kind being fed this
winter on account'of the high price
of feed—Ax W. G.. Saranac. Nov. 22. f
Mecosta (SIM—There is a. good
deal of fall plowing being done in this
vicinity. Some auction sales are being
held. Feed is very scarce and high;
implements, milch cows and hogs go
high, horses and sheep are low good

farm horses are going as low as $50. -, . 24(-

I was glad to read that Gov. Sleeper
was in favor 0: a man who could not
make a. living according to law, help-
ing himself to his neighbor's goods.
as I planted state seed. corn last spring
and now I have no corn While my.
neighbor has a ﬁne crib full, so I am
going to help myself and it I am
caught I shall expect him to pardon
me. The remark that he made in re
gard to the small bank being allowed
to 'overstep the law is unworthy of a
man sworn to enforce the laws of
the state. It is the same-argument
the saloon men used to make in re-
gard to their business. 15 not a man
who breaks the laws of his country

weakening that country. and is not,
this treason in time of war? It is the ‘ ,
old . cry, “class privilege.” the very “

been
ﬁghting to overthrow. Would not Gov.
.Sleeper laugh at me if I should make
a plea before him for pardon on the
[ground that I could not make a. liv-
ing at my business and bad to take .
my neighbor’s goods? The man who .
breaks the law is a criminal whether
he takes 10 per cent. more interest. on
a note than the law allows or wheth-
er; he breaks through. from the other
side with a. crowbar and dynamite.
whether he runs his. auto over 25
miles an hour or goes spearing in a
trout stream, ,as some of our birds
shooting patriots (lid in this vicinity
last spring. The ‘following prices
were quoted at Millbrook this week:
Wheat-$2.05; cats, 65: rye. 1351.45;
hay, $20: beans, $8.25; potatoes, $1.10;
butter, 50; butterfai. 150; eggs. 44;
: '9 .——F‘. M.
1+}. Millbrook, Nov. 17.

Homo (N.E.)——Bea11 threshing most-
ly done, average yield is about 7 to
8 bushels per acre. In spite of the
slump in the price quite a few are
being marketed. It is beginning to
iireeze slightly nights. The following
quotations at Muir this week: Wheat.

$2.12; ‘oats, 6'0; rye. $1.48; beans,
$7.50; hogs, $16.25.».J. L, 8., Ionic.
Nov.'23.

Gencscc (South ) ~~Furmers h usk~‘
mg corn threshing beans and plow,

ing. Weather has been rainy and the
soil. is too wet for plowing it is
quite a lot colder today and a few
ﬂakes of snow are falling. Roads are
in quite ,bad condition. Farmers are
selling apples, beans. potatoes ,and "
livestock quite liberally; Grain is
Some farmers are
holding their beans and potatoes for

'higher prices, but the majority are

selling. Auction sales are quite, plen-
tiiul Horses are going yer-y cheap , "
but cattle bringing good prices. Sev— " ' -c’
eral farmerNare trapping this tall'
and they are getting good prices fora"

The following quota~~

 
$2.24; white. $3.12

 
havobeen

lowing-none than areal. sugar beets
:3_ chicken-y nearly all picked up
' the weigh stations.

much at it hushed yet. Farmers have
heen doingallth‘ey can and a teWare
goingto work in the sugar factories,
those who can leave their farms to
-_‘tbe care of the wife and Children, so

out of the high cést of living, or roll-
ing in riches, as the town people _try
to make believe. The following quo-
i r I tatious at Bay City this .week: corn,
' 3 $1.25; wheat, $2.10; cats, 68; rye,
$1.;56 hay, $22 to $25; beans, $7. 50;
’potatoes, $1 to $1.;20 cabbage; 2c 1b.;
hens, dressed, 25; springer-s, 28, but-
ter, 55 to 58; eggs. 50 to 55; sheep.
1214 to 14; lambs, 118 to 19; hogs, 20;
beet steers, 18 to 19; beef cows. 15 to
16; veal calves, 16 to 18; apples, $1,
to $2._—J. 6'. A., Manger, Nov. 22.

9 . Calhoun (Weat)——Farmers ﬁnish-
ing their corn. Weather is ﬁne, some
“colder; soil in ﬁne shape. There is
some hay moving at‘ a good price.

‘ Farmers doing lots of fall plowing.

, ‘- Following prices oifered at Battle
' Creekthis week: Wheat, $2.15; oats,

68; rye, $1.50; hay, $26 to $28; pota-

, 'toes, $1; hens, 25; butter, 58; eggs,

3 60; lambs, 14; hogs, 16; beer steers,
8; beer cows, 6; veal calves, 14; up-
pies, $2. —0. E. B. Battle greek. No-

' camber 23,

Branch (North)—LFarmers ﬁnishing
their corn, getting ready for winter.
Rains most or time. Soil wet
cold. Wheat and rye ﬁne. Selling
.hay and stock and grain. Following
quotations at Union. City this week:
" , 3 Wheat, $2.10 to-,.$2.13;33corn, $1.25;
' ' fonts, 60; rye, $1.46; hay, $20 -to $24;
beans, $6;- potatoes, 70; cabbage, 21,9c
1b.; hens, 22; springers, 22; butter,
39; butterfat, 68, eggs, .60; sheep, 6;
lambs, 13; hogs, 16' beet steers, 37 to
9; beet cows, 6; veal calves, 16%.—
F 8., 171110» City, Nova 23. '

~ : Arenas (Eden—Peace in capital let-3

5' ters is something that the world has

~' been looking for and it has come at

last. This means that the American

farmers will again be asked to do

their duty in ‘feeding the peoples of

stricken Europe. .Can we do it? An-

Hx ‘ swer, “sure we can and wil .” Today

it is raining and the roads are in a,

, ‘ frightful condition, trafﬁc or. produce

again halted. ‘What seems to bother

the farmer now is that he is afraid

he cannot get enough fall plowing

hone. Prices are some lower on many

things. Followin quotations made at

Twining this Wee : Hay, $18 to $20;

, beans,” $7.50; potatoes, $1.25 cwt.; but-

ter. 45; but'teriat, 57; eggs, 46; lambs,

12; hogs, 141%; .—M. B. R. Twinin’g,
Nov. 16.

_ Monroe (West Central)—-We have

not been able to do very much on the
—. " farm this week on account of rainy
weather, we needed the rain for the
wheat, but it made the roads very
muddy :tor the present. There is a
lot of poultry being shipped from here
the price being 210 per pound for
chickens. The following prices were

  
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$2.10 to $2.12; oatsx" 70; rye, $1.50;
hens. 21; springers, 21; ducks, 22; but
'ter, 50; butter-tat, 63; eggs, '60; hogs,
$11.50; veal calves, $15. —-W. H L.,
Dundee, Nov. 22.

Monroe (seen—Up to the 16th oil
November we had a very nice 1311.4
good many are done bushing and a1
good deal of fall plow1ng done this
week. It has rained or snowed most
every day so far; this morning we

. _ . . V had (four or Jive snow sqhalls, did not

;, lastlon‘g. getting some colder but the

roads are muddy and rutty. The tol-

_lowing p rices were paid at Monroe

this week: Wheat, $2.15; date, 68:

- 170. $1.50; cabbage, 1c 1b,; hens, 20
' ’ Eng 22; springers, 23 to 25, ducks, live, "

 
021:0 22;. dressed, 24.120 25; td‘rkeys.
» {3

 
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mimwtumehock andnot,

that does not look like getting rich.

and ‘

paid at Petersburg this week: Wheat, '

1213127, dressed; 30 to 32; geese, live, I

l calms. live, j

 
W 0!: hogs
peak from here. Not
much change 3—way since the last
”pert. Who 4% the Kaiser?——C'. I

16.,Haoon, Non-23 . ‘3

  
‘ Wswford (Weat)-—The rain seems

to be ended with a little skin of
snow; The whining or the cold wind

isno‘t very acceptable. Farmers be-
longing to the association are getting

..{ron sec 10‘ $1 for their spuds, and

others» only 600. The middleman is
cui; out on the question; and it makes
some dili’erence, as you can notice.
The humming pri quoted at Cadil-
lac this week: Wheat, $2. 07 to $2.09;

corn, ourn$3A5; cats, 85; rye, $1. 50; hay,
$26 to $30; beans, $7. 35; potatoes, 60;
cabbage, 3c; hens, 17; epringers, 16
to 17; ducks, 15; geese, 15; butterfat,
62; eggs, 53; hogs,dre$ed,16 to 14;
beef steers, 10 to 14, veal calves .14.
———8. H. 8., Harriette, Nov. 21.

Missaukee, (North Carroll—Seli-
ing potatoes; some think they have
reached the top nearly one half of
them have been moved, regardless of
the bad roads. Week has been stormy
with a little snow. Not much fall
plowing done yet, but the rest of the
fall work is pretty well done. Lum-
bermen are short of men and wages
are high, ranging from $46 to $50
per month, are offered and $2 per
cord for cutting 4431:. wood. Some
farmers will take that in this win-

ter. Following prices were paid at
Lake City this week. Wheat, $1. 85
to $1. 95; oats, 70; rye, $1. 40; hay.

$30; potatoes, $1.10 cwt.; hens, 17;

springers, 16; butter, 55; butterfat,
60; eggs, 45, best steers, 61,42, beet
cows, 5.-—-H. E. N., Catcheon.

Ingham (NE. )——Farmers cutting
wood and getting ready for winter;
a few plowing. More plowing done
here than in years. Very little grain
or beans being marketed. Following
prices paid at Williamston this week.
Wheat, $2.05; corn, $300; oats, 64;
rye, $1.5;0 hay, $16. 50; beans, $7. 60;
potatoes, 75; hens, 20; butter, 49;
butterfat, 56; eggs, 50;

lambs, 10 to _

very little hay. Farmers are selling
off semen! their'stock on account of
the scarcity of rough feed. The fol-
lowing quotations made at Millers-
burg this week: ,Wheat,. $8;
66; rye, $1.335; hay, $20 to $88; wheat-
oat straw, $10; potatoes, $1 ewt.; but-
ter, 50; butteriat, 60; eggs. 50.——D.
D. 8., Minersburg, Nov. 25.

Armc (Earn—Threshing is near-
ly over in this vicinity and most all
seem quite satisﬁed with the yield of
beans and of the quality, too. The
price dropped twenty-live cents but

soon caught itself and came back. For -

a few days most of the county elevat-
ors stopped buying and let the new
cooperative elevator have the run-
Looks as though the bean market will
adjust itself shortly. Hay is off some
since peace was declared; oats also ~
M ..B R.. Twining, Nov. 24..

Tuscola (N. E.) -— The weather is
mild and rainy; farmers are doing
fall plowing; some grain is being sold.
Some are are getting up wood and
preparing for winter. The following
prices were paid at Cass City this
week: Wheat, $2.10; cats. 67; rye,
$1.45; beans, $8; hens, 18 to 20;
Springers. 18 to 20; ducks, 22 to 23;
geese, 1.7 to 18; turkeys, 23; butter,
50; butterfat. 60; eggs, 52: sheep, 4
to 8; lambs, 12; hogs, 13 to 15; beef
steers, 5 to 8—8. 8.. Cass City. No-
vember 22.

Have never seen but one copy of your
paper, but like it very much—John W.
Edmonds Washtenaw county '

 
Your paper is all right; should be in
every farmer’s home—E. N. Rockwell.
Jackson county.

 
I think your paper is all right, and will
be glad to have it come to me. -—Nelson
J. Benson, Allegan county.

 
We like your stand for the producer
and the way we have to sell.—-John Fen-
ton, Midland county

 
Your sentiments are mine, ”and may all
farmers co-operate together for their
own welfare—W. E. Newcomh. Allegan

. county.

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EAR . 'PENELOPErz—C'Phrough war disable;

  
: . . of others on a matter’that has been pressing
. buy-my mind and heart fer some time; I attend-
‘ed ‘the much-advertised. farmers fair in my heme
g‘to‘wn. Ongoing thru the grounds I came to a so-
called “Oriental” show for men and boys only.-
. .What I indignantly thought a place for my young
" : glean-minded boy, where 1, his mother, who is re-
sponsible for his moral welfare, cannot go. ‘Bro-
Uther and sister farmers, is this rightly called a
farmers’ fair‘:I Is this what you want for your
clear-eyed boys? I also attended the fair in Grand
Rapids, In Art Hall was a booth given up to
showing the awful'ness of veneral diseases. On
the grounds was an Oriei’ 1 show for men and
‘ boys only. The man(?) at the entrance said
women could go in, ladies wouldn’t want to. Clear
‘minded young boys, thru curiosity, are enticed
into such places. Are they ever again the same
clean-minded boys? Are not their ideals of pure
womanhood forever destroyed? On coming from
such places with their minds ﬁlled with licentious
thoughts are they not a menace to pure girls?
Has Uncle Sam no work for these exploiters of
females? The nation needs clean boys—A Sub-

scriber.
Ispeak so plainly upon a subject that many hes-
itate to discuss because they think it immod-
est or at least indelicate to do so. I know very
well that every mother who attends a county or
state fair where performances of a questionable
character are permitted has felt the same sense
of outraged womanhood. 'It is bad enough that#
evil things are permitted to ﬂourish in secret
and snare the unwary, but for public ofﬁcials to
permit them to be ﬂauﬁtedopenly before the

 
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they have never dreamed of
shudder with apprehension.
A few months ago I attended a street carnival.
Gambling games were in progress everywhere;
sensational banners announcing freakish attrac-
tions were strung in front of numerous tents. At
the far end of the show grounds was a large, sols
itary tent before which was a raised platform
and as I drew near, attracted by the wierd sounds
of stringed instruments, I-noticed a number of
half-clad women in suggestive poses and dances.
The “barker,” in his most seductive language was
proclaiming the merits of the “show” that was
about ready to start inside. I knew before he
announced it that the “show” was strictly for
men, as no self-respecting woman would have
entered the evil place. I turned away is the crowd
of men and boys,,many of them under 21 years of
age, rushed to buy tickets for the great “attrac-
tion." I am thankful to say that the single night’s
stand of that show was too much for even the
people of the liberal community in which I live
and the next day the Mayor gave orders for the
company to pull stakes and move on. ‘
I am told that almost every year, the ofﬁcials
of both state and county fairs are confronted
with the question of whether concessions shall be
sold for games cf chance and shady shows. In
most cases, where there has been no protest
against such public expositions, salacious per—
formances are quite the thing on the ever popu-
lar midway. But in communities where the wom-
en are brave enough to stand for community de-
cency, the fair oﬂicials‘ will not as a rule over
ride their opinion. '
Thefear of ridicule from the more liberal ele-
ments in a community often deter women who
burn with. indignation over the outrage of good
morals, from saying anything. “Personal liber-
ty” advocates call the defenders of law and order
and moral inﬂuences, “old maids," and other
names not intended to be complimentary. The
dread of publicity, the fear that motives may be
'misunderstood, have prevented many a good:
woman from coming right out and “speaking her
mind” on subjects that she knows ought to be
placed under public scrutiny.
. We can have a nice sense of'proprietyand de-
cency ,without being prudish. We can oppose
{things that we know are wrong, without being
snarrow. We should remember that many prac-
tices and habits that are considered strictly in
good form today were held in abhorance by our
and-mothers; but after making allowances -for
thefproperfliberalism of the age, there are ~many .
. cellist must be_drawn and many moral bar-
«éi-‘s. that must be erected to guide- the feet "of

 
going, makes us

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department ‘I would like“ toast the opinféns;

eyes of young men and tempt them into ways '

are to be stag'edat ‘the,191;9 fair. ‘ ..
the Many move thaws" made? along this line;

   
,. ._ , a ‘ . , , , f, "Diemu‘v
' our. children“; into 'hyéways "that leadto a sell, .

 
and respectable .nré -.

of children to every . evil habit and- . environment in
existence. “You might as well take" your My or

_ girl .to ’a bad show as to take a chance of their

going alone or i'n‘evil comp'any,""is.a doctrine I
have no use for. V'Why introduce'a yOung girl or
a yOung-man, with a pure heart and mind, into a
surroundings that is purposefully made to appeal
to their baser passions? No,""‘no, this is not our

duty to our children. As mothers we must see to it\

that every inﬂuence surrounding our ichildren
from the time they are bonn until the time they

leave the family circle, is one that arouses the

best‘ and purest instincts. Keep them away from
the things that contaminate and set strange
longings to work in hearts that are contented
with the better things of life.~ Lead them to the
threshold of life, pure in heart, and you have

 
The Evening Lamp ‘ V —

. HEN shadows come adremble from the
west »
Blent with the splendor of the sunset
gl‘eams, - -
And all the world is hushing into rest
And turning down the quiet path of dreams
Then flashing on the frontiers of the night
Through city streets and farms, and far-
017 camps, ‘
Come one by one the peaceful points
light-—
The golden glow of all the evening lamps.

of

The evening lamp! What hale and hearty
cheer

Its soothing radiance speaks to the one

Who sees its welcome glow as he draws
near
The home place when the weary day is
done! ‘ , -
What fair songsit has made; what mus-
ings sweet

The memory of it has brought to those
Who trudged through alien lands on laggard
feet
And mused of it when day came to a close!

Low in the east the first great star of night

Sweeps up and up as onward speeds the
shade, ‘ ‘
And timed with it there comes the mellow
light

In hut or house, in cot or palace made.
Of all fair lights that glad the hearts of
men, -
Of all fair lights that glimmer near or
far.
Across the mountains,
glen, _
The evening lamplight mocks the evening
star.

through the vale and '

 
done your duty. What comes after is no fault of
yours. No one can convince me'that the young
,man or young woman who has been brought 'up'
to respect virtue does not have a better chance
to overcome the temptations of life than those
who are worldly-wise in child-hood. '

A million sermons could‘ be preached, and have
been preached on the duty of parents to children.
The education of children to the functions of
sex and the secret of lifefso long deferred bymis-
guided parents, is now recognized as a moral ne-
cessity. The time 'seems nOt very remote when
children will be taught in public schools the
things, they now learn in secret. This is as it
should be, but the public parading of suggestive
practices for the "sole purpose of sensual enter-
tainment should meet the ﬁrm opposition of all'
who love purity. ‘

I have great hopes that the giving of the ballot '
to women will be the means of correcting many
abuses of this nature. Whether this proves to .be
so or not, I wish that the women of every rural
community would organize, go before the next..

meeting of thedirectors of the local agricultural"

society and i-nsistthatthey have something to; say
about “the charac-ter‘otthe entertainments that
Please. advise .

With love, Phantom, i. .

   
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in the vices of the world; advocate. the “education? .

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is ' tried out? to coiﬁpletéh‘ cover the-meat? The .
‘> it least-aside. to: cool." ; It will keep allsummgrifg _‘
"preserved in this Way. rw'Sausa'ge Vis" t/reated'thef
same, Way. 7 , , , .L , . / 1.5 ‘
’ ‘I can a. good share of my beefand'it there 493;.» ‘
.lot of. surplus fat I try it out'and'pack halqtgganonw
crooks-with. fried beefsteak and pour-the fat‘oven

  
it. :This will also keep for weeks. .
’ Just a ”few. words about household ‘helps. I,
think my" greatesthelp began when I did away
with the everlasting" wash day. Clothes soaked;
over” night and washed it: the morning seem- a].
west likeno washing at all. Each night I put my
I clothes to soak and in the morning I wash‘t'h’emj
out. Then pieces which must be ironed are done
"while the dinner is cooking. I ﬁnd thisfsaves,‘
' many a backache on wash days and does away
with the usual Sunday basket of dirty clothes.
Yours with love to the M. B. F.~—Mrs. L. Y.';.

.3; j Keep the Shelves Full. .

Every surplus fall apple has 'in it possibilities
for winter desserts or relishes. With the drain
on transportation during the coming winter, like-‘
1y to make the importation of fruits more-dith-
cult, the pantry shelf should be well-stocked with
localmhome products preserved in some form, as-
‘jelly, conserve, juices, or dried. - ' '-

Canned fruit, canhEd tomatoes, dried fruit and
bottled juices may be ade into winter preserves.-.
Let nothing go to waste at this season; pumpkin,"
squash and carrots combine well 'with fruit in the
,making of jam. So can any surplus that can’t be-
taken care of in other ways. ' ’ ~

c'HIPPEn APPLES on FEARS

Hard fruithapples or pears, 8 pounds; sugar, 1 1b.;
syrup, 3 lbs.; ginger .root or crystalized ginger; lem-
ons, 3; water, 2 quar s.. ' .a

Wash‘and prepare friiit. Weigh after it is prepared.
Add sugar to water and syrup. Add'lemon juice and
chopped rind and fruit. Cook slowly until fruit is
tender, and‘product is thick and dark. ' ,

APPLE AND “CARROT CONSERVE
Carrots, ground or diced, 1 quart; tart apples, dic-
ed, 1 quart; oranges, sliced. 2; syrup, 2 cups; salt.
Cook the carrots in sufﬁcient water to cover them,‘
until they are tender; do not‘drain them. Add the
other ingredients. and cook the mixture until it is
c ear. ' '

 
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p VAPPLE AND BEE'I‘ CONSERVE

\Tart apples, '-diced,,1 quart; beetS, diced, 1‘ quart;
syrup. 1-2 cup; juice of ‘one lemon and chopped rind
if desired. - ‘ 7*

Pare and dice the beets.
and cook them until they are
cores from the apples and dice. Add the apples, syr--
up and lemon juice to the beets, and cook the mixture
until it is clear. Instead of storing the conserve in
jelly glasses, it may be spread on a platter and dried
in a slow oven or in the sunshine. It should then be 4
packed between parafﬁn paper In containers that will
be free from dust and insects.

APPLE AND TOMATO CONSERVE

Sour apples, diced, 1 quart: Tomatoes, ripe, cut, 1
quartr syrup. 2 cups: grated rind, and juice of one
lemon. . . ~
Cook the apples and tomatoes until they are tender,
without adding any water. Add the syrup and lemon,
and cook the mixture until his clear. This conserve
is slightly tart and is excellent with meats or with

bread and butter. .
‘ APPLE-GRAPE JELLY . - .~
Apple juice, 1 pint; grape ju e; 1 pint; sugar, 1
cup; sorghum, cane or any light 5 rup, 1 cup. .
Heat syrup'and sugar together and add to the boil- ~
lng juice. Follow usual directions for jelly making.
Cook until the mixture “sheets of! the spoon," or gives
the jelly test. It is a slightly higher temperature:
when using syrups than when using all sugar. ..

APPLE-CRANBERRY JELLY -

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Apple juice, 1' pint; cranberry juice, 1 pint; sugar, E
1 1-2 cups; syrup, 1 1-2 cups. 3
(Follow directions as given above.) «E' ..
‘ APPLE LEATHER. - g .._. ,
Cook apples in very little water until tender.‘ Mash :

and drain thru jelly bag. Cook' juice until it be-
comes as thick as a.,very\ heavy syrup. “Pour in pans
and let it ﬁnish drying out. Then rolluupsheet and
Slice in circles or cut out without rolling up in fancy
shapes. If thickened syrupwis poured in smal glasses
it may he turned out after it is set and sljc in los-
enge shapes and rolled in ‘ﬁnely chopped cocoanut. ,
“The syrup when concentrated may be combined with "
the pulp and, then dried but-product is not as at:
tractive. . , ‘ .. , . .

‘ CANDIED APPLES ‘ ‘. .- .
Apfﬂes may be‘Dre-
circles. ' 'Any‘ syrup
may be_,used, sorghumhcane, corn or maple, syrup or
honey. Heat to thee-boning point and add apple' sec.
tions. .Cook very slowly until almost tender. set
aside for 24 hours. ~Then reheat and cook very slowly
until tender. Cool slightly. drain completely in Strain-
.‘er or on fork and roll or dip in finely chopped cocoanut;
Use as a confection or; fog-ca deSse'rt. . The process
maybe completed in one day but fruit iant 2.3m

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Select ﬁrm and perfect apples.
pared by cutting in eighths or in

  
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1131a made, one such pattern once
. . serve fo‘r many times and say
mother and daughter the trials m

and ﬁtting. Without the pack--

15,911. this pattern is 1\trhe yen/mole.

mungal‘ow apron.
tri mmdin acombination plaid of
1111 blue 'asilk makes a serviceable;
tractive dress for school and street

. — Girls’ long-waisted dress

10 and 12 years. These
models are as great-1y fav—
' “131‘ chilﬁrenis glgh 133$ rfogewo‘oé-

11a; '3 O -

e11 y rufﬂed‘g Skirtsis al-

and ores-ova for’ children

, . e model borderi 11g on the pop-

' ch dress of a season ago will

zones, 11nd furor .for’ the young girls.

' t deep! roll collar follows the

he neck and the dress buttons

casted front at the left

he. is two-piece and gathered

around to the loosel eﬁtted waist at

0 hip line. 'A narrow elt which comes

, _ part way around and is held in place by

tinyi lacings serve es to break the long

t line’s adding at the same time

tho'ing in itself. As shOWn in the

cut thopaxtern is well adapt-ed to use

with bordered materials altho the plain

materials with deep hems or perhaps 1
tuck are often used.

No. 9Q16.-Ladies' blouse. Cut in siz-
es 3%. 8.4, 36, 38, '40, 42. and 44 inches
bust measure. The old fashioned softly
draped ﬂohu collar will always. be dear
to the heart of the thin-faced woman,
because they are so very becoming. The
plain tailoreyd shirtwaist pattern may be
used and with the addition of one of
these dainty ﬁchu effects the waist is
- converted into a. dressy afternoon blouse.
The collar is edged all around with a
gathered frill or narrow that lace, and

notted at the front to give the effect of
a. tie. If sheer material is used these
tie ends may be a continuation of the
. shaped collar or more simple to make
.. 'if the pattern is not handy is the fichu
_ cut to desired width on the bias of the
good-5.1 have used this suggestion on
" many a bl.ouse .to the best advantage and
have even used pique. lined with a thin
cotton out about a quarter of a. yard
wide. I stitch the collar to the neck
as mi- as the waist is to be opened then
. finish the rest of it for‘ ti es

No. 9629.—Ladies’ dress. Cut in sizes
36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust
measure. The surplice front still re-
.1m1ilns. one of the favorite styles for af—-
"tel-noon or house dresses and promises
to be amOng the popular spring styles.
The draped e ect in the front serves as
the only trim ing necessary for the en-
tire dress it ﬁnished with a;soft roll col-
lar and makes a suitable dress to wear
on most any occasion. The surplice ends
are extended around to the back and
"tied in sash effect over the gathered
skirt, A two-gored skir pattern is
belt at the

sizes 4, 6,
hinted

normal .waistxline.

:, exCellent as atisu
- panels and 1111

. surrounded with fond

d toward
your lac ev-

he moggﬁ‘wouldl be
0" Th e‘front and

ed smoothly in wide
' to the side seam giv-
‘e inset pockets. The
thered and the Skirt

‘ ntto _
er separate skirt

back are

.. One-piece. dress.
at in' sizes ll and\;l’8 years. and 32, 34,
36 and 38 ,st measure. The back of
thlsdr as Semi-ﬁtted, and ﬁnished with

.1 buttons hich may be used
, g or the 61‘ SS may be made
all Sjﬂl'lOWn in the. cut. The front is
in 't opular over-blouses coming to
aboitxt I inches below the waist. line, and
out out to meet the— back at the hip
Loose klmona sleeves are attractively

~'u'sccl in this girlish frock and the neck

shed with a sailor collar open in

févﬁ
nd worn With a bow. The skin

" is two-gored with the front gore ﬁtted

and the back shirred A wide bias fold
may be used to give the effect of the
tunic much seen on these dresses

IVS-‘EARCH GARRET AND'

, . HELP RED CROSS
" Few, words there are that we rever-
ence more than the word “home.”
Home means everything to real peeple
and in no walk of life does it mean
so much as it does to the great Amer-
ican farmer.

Home is the one place to which we
can all look for shelter, comfort, pro.
tection and assistance no matter what
the circumstances or what the call
may be. ‘

There is one place in the great mar
jority. of American homes, and only
one place, that ever shows a shadow
ofselﬁshness. It gathers into its con—
ﬁnes the cast-offs and greatly cher—
ished old things, many of which are
recollections.
and once these treasures pass into
its possession, they are seldom given
up. We call it the garret.

During all this great international
conﬁict'an appeal has been made for
assistance in nearly every department
of our American homes. "The kitchen
has 'been,asked to economize in the
serving of food. . The parlor has been
called upon to restrict its entertain—
ments. The hours of sleep in the bed-
room have been limited that people
might serve longer in our many char-
itable works. An appeal has gone forth
restricting even the use of the night
light in all parts of the house.

Now, it seemsas tho the garret must
do its share. It is hardly fair that
every other part of the house should
be‘rendering some assistance to the
cause. of World’s freedom, while the
garret escapes. For ‘ generationse
these American gairets have been
waliting for then opportunity, and
here it is. All that is now necessary

‘ is for the great American farmers to

realize what inestimable beneﬁts can
be wrought by that garret.

It doesn‘t make any difference 110w
old, how faded,‘01" how tattered the
garments may be, they have well or
ganized bands of workers in Europe
who will be Only too happy to patch
things up.

Neither does it matter whether it
is old shoes, old hats, dresses, under
clothing, linen or bed clothing, the
babies and children of Belgium and
France are positively crying for any-
thing that will protect their poor lit-
tle bodies.

It is inconceivable that any farm
wife, mother or sister will permit a
single garment to remain in the gar-

ret when she knows that it might add-

one grain of comfort to a poor soul in
Belgium who has been bereft of every-
thing because of the s't‘and they took
in the interest of world- Wide democ-
racy, and the protection of h61nes'.‘ '

Let us not lose sight of the fact

'_ ing of Belgium and it

to expect that our g
and even the men, by

.. that the garretis’very much more of

an institution in the farm home than

in the city. Most of our city homes
are cramped and there is no place for ‘
New York, Chicago, Phila- '

storage.
delphia and Other big cities are fam-
ous for their ﬂat dwellings. In these
city ﬂats and apartments they keep

a.

' into the rural districts

with more, _,
thoroughness iii order" to relieve the "
suffering 9? these people.- ' .. '

Let every garr'et be searched and
every ounce- of clothing that can pos-
sibly be spared shipped immediately
to the nearest Red Cross headquar—
ters.

 
AN TlOUR WITH OUR 13015 AND aims;

 
-EAR CHILDREN: —- Another
D Thanksgiving has come and
gone and Father Time is bring-
ing Christmas and the New Year to
us as fast as he can t1‘.avel We all
have fun at Thanksgiving, but. no day
of the whole yeai means as much to
any of us as Clnistmas. Less than a
month and Christmas will be here.
All boys and girls like to read
Christmas stories, don’t they? Well,
1 want every one of my boys and girls
to WRITE a Christmas story betwéen
now and Christmas. Don’t make it
too long, 110' over two or three hun-
dred words For the best story I
will give ﬁve thrift stamps, for second
best story three thrift stamps and for
the third best story. one thrift stamp.
Stories will be published as fast as
received, but no stories .3111 be pub-
lishcd that are received after Dec.

' 14th.

Now that the war is over there
will be no more need of our sav-
ing the pits and shells to be
used in making gas masks for our sol-
diers, but I am sure Uncle Sam is very
grateful to each of you who helped to
save them. i feel our contest for
suggestions on saving the pits was
most successful and I am very proud
of the way all of you boys and girls
worked as told in your letters. It is
always hard to decide who writes the
best letters. but as l have read them
all thru I feel that. Miss Linda Mae
Hope of Le Roy, Mich, gave us the
best suggestions and I am very glad
to send her the Thrift Stamp she has
so well ear11cd.--~-A17.\"1‘ PENELOPE.

The Giants of Lilliputania
The General Finds the Magic Food

(‘IIAP'I‘I‘IH III.

EN. Dis Satisfaction straightway

marched off to the hardware

store and bought a bright new
spade. With the spade under his arm
he took the ﬁrst, Main Street car that
came along and rode to Capitol Aven-
ue; there he got off and walked to-
ward tbe 1.1” that you will notice near
the bluff on your right. On the top of
this bill was the tallest tree in Lilli-
putania. “I am going to ﬁnd out what
made this tree grow so big." said the
General to himself. “even if it takes
a year."
and days he dug and dug. Every night
he would reach home tired out. He"
kept at it, however, until his poor
wife was almost beside herself with
worry. When the General came home
at night his little tiger cat, “Bell Boy,"
would rub his back against the Gen-
eral’s legs and purr. as much as to
say, “Where have you been all day.
Gene1a1?” The little old man was very
fond of ”Bell Boy~—" “at least.” said
the General to himself. as he gave
“Bell Boy" 3. big dish of nice warm
milk, “Bell Boy" does not believe that
I am losing my mind " “'3ell Boy‘
would lap up his milk. after wbi<b he
would meow and meow. 11 inch meant

He started to dig. For dayso

I want to take a walk and call on a.
few friends~—so the General would say

,good night to “Bell Boy” and let_ him

out.

The General had been digging and
digging at the roots of the tall tree
for many weeks until he had made a
very deep hole. He had resolved that ‘
at the very deepest root he would sure-
ly ﬁnd that wonderful something that 1
made trees grow so big. Once hethot '1
he had found it. It proved, however, j
to be a new ore; no one had ever seen
anything like it before. It probably -,
was what we call Radium. Every time
the General found something that .

’ looked strange to him he would eat a.

very little piece in hopes that tomor-
row he would wake up twice as big as
he had been the ‘day before and-in a
short time grow as tall as the tree
under which he was constantly dig-
ging. Every morning he would wake
up still little General Dis Satisfac-
_tion.

One gloomy. dismal day, his spade
struck a very singular powdery soil.
There seemed to be a good sized pock-
et of it. It was so soft and ﬁne that
it ﬂew all about him like the ﬂour in
mother’s ﬂour bin does when you
blow at it. As the General breathed
in this dust his throat became dry and
his tongue seemed to swell. “By the
Beard of the Prophets,” almost scream-
ed the General, “this powder must be
what I am looking for.” He hastily
ﬁlled a bag that he had brought with
him and his coat pockets. “Hurrah!”
he shouted. “I've got it at last. Now
I will show Lilliputania who General
Dis Satisfaction is.”

He hastened home and found “Bell
Boy," the tiger cat, in spite of the

“late hour, waiting for him as usual.

“Bell Boy,” cried the General. “you
won‘t know me tomorrow!” He Was
so excited that be forgot to feed “Bell
Boy." The General’s wife had gone
to bed. What should he do? Should
he awaken the good wife and tell her
the news? If this ﬁne ﬂour-like sub- ,
stance was what made the big tree"
grow—if it was the wonderful Magic
Feed that he was looking for—«he.
General Dis Satisfaction, wouldsoon
be the rulei of Lilliputunia. 0, well
be was dreadfully lllC(l—~—lt had been a
very baid day. He wOuld mix some
of the \Iagich d with the milk to-
night and tomorrow morning he and
his wife would make their breakfast
of it. and iben~-——well, to-morrow would
lcll. ‘
(To be Continued.)

in 11 \uut lenelope: -—I 21111 :1 little
boy 8 1e.11s old and in the second grade
at school. We live on a farm We have
5 001115 and 3 canes, thel1 names are
Ruth, Mice, Smut Mildred and Rosy.
The calves are Brownie, Lillie and Dor-
othv, We have. two mules artdﬁlmo horse.
Molly is the horses name; Maud and '
Fred the mules. I have a Sister Marion,
6 years old, and a baby brotl1(1.\irgc
eight months old —~ Eruin F. Hawley,
Vans Lake, Michigan.

 
“CHILDREN Loom.—

'Read the wonderful story on this page

GIANTS OF LILLIPUTANIA

. Then, ———when you have read the story
TURN TO THE BACK COVER OF THIS PAPER

' and read just how you can build the fairy city, with all its people and '
" buildings, right in your oWn home, and exactly as it ._ _ . ~
‘ _is described 1n the story ‘ ‘

 
'1: well worth studying by any
' 11, because it proves beyond
onWe doubt that the sire has a
tag-mentions inﬂuence upon the pre-
'diction of his daughters. It shows
but a good sire iucreasas the pro-
1 Motion of milk and butterfat by dau-
ghters over their dams and how, a
poor ,sire causes production to de-

   
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This story is based upon the rec-
ords made by the Jersey cows at the
Missouri station. It is the story told
by the scales and the Babcock test of

p the performance of these cows at the

milk pail. It/ is not based upon any-
’body’s idea how they should produce,
but how they actually did.

a men. BULL nnonnnsns run-
PRODUCTION

One of the bulls used was Missouri

 
COTTON 'SEED ’ MEAL

Buy a our lead and divide with your
neighbor. Price, $62. 50 delivered—30
Iton lots, for 36% meal or $48. 00 for
20% meal. Ton lots 36% $65. 00 or
@ $50. 00 ton fob Jackson.
Prompt shipment:
JACKSON

" J. E. BARTLETT C0.,

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111111151, but tnere are no records or
whatbisd’ampreduced. Mathis
daughters were kept in the herd, me
the following table ﬂows the diiter

enee between them and their dates: ‘

Ayerage milk pro- . . .
auction .380155. 4,381 lbs.

Average butteri'a t” ’
production . . 234 Lbs. .216 lbs.

These records are taken iron 9. to-
tal of 26 milking periods of the daugh-
ters and 23 periods of the dams. With-

out exception every daughter was a‘

lower producer than her mother, and
certainly Missouri Rioter was a poor
sort of a bull to use at the head of a
herd.

Hugorotus .was the next bull used,
and he, too, had no records to indicate
the performance of pills ancestors.
Eleven of his daughters were kept in

.the herd, and the following table

shows what they produced at the pail
as the average of 50 milking periods

‘ compared tj) 62 periods of their dams:

Dams Daughters
Average milk pr 0-
duetion . . . .,4 969 lbs. 4,576 lbs.
Average butterfat 10
production. .82 lbs 245 lbs.

Six of Hugorotus’ daughters were
much inferior to their dams in pro-
duction, but two or three of his daugh-
ters were unusually good and this
brought up the average. There was
thus a. great lack of uniformity in per-
formance, such as one would expect
from a bull with nothing to indicate

 
owners,

Julv 5,th 1917.

them are dead.

Colon C. Lillie, President

 
Michigan LiVe Stock insurance Co.

A Michigan o1ganiaatilon to afford protection to Michigan live stock
We have paid ove1 $17, 000 in death losses since we began business

Is there any stronger argument for this class of insurance than
$17,000 of losses on $1.500,000 of business?

Your animals are well and sound today but tomorrow some of
ENSURE THEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

We indemnify owners of live stock~horses,
hogs, for loss by accident and disease.

See our agent in your vicinity-

819 Wid‘dicomh Bldg" Grand Rapids. Mich.

cattle, sheep and

Herman J. Wells. See. and Trees.
Grnebner Bids“ Saginaw, W.S., Mich.

 
packages.

If a cow could speak she would talk about her health
as people do—because cows suﬁer from ailments, little .
and big, same as human beings. ,

The most common cow a1lmeni'a. such as Abortion. Retained
Afterbirth. Loot Appetite, Bunches, Scouts. etc.. result from a
diseased condition of the digestive or genital organs. Any of
these diseases and many other:
prevented by using Row-Kare. the great cow medicine.
Feed dealers and droughts sell it—Gﬂc. and $1.20 /

Free book. "The Home Cow
Doctor," sent on request. - '

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[riding and nations to ship to me. Money 1: sent you some day I receive your implant. You cannot nflord to
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BENJAMIN DORMA

 
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BEHR BROS. Co.
351-359 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Ask the man that has used this tag.

WOULDN’T YOU LIKE BETTER RETURNS
If so ship your FURS to

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Considerable increases in ﬁm‘

 
records were scored by the daughters-
otLorneotHeri‘daie, aschoiynby
these records taken from 67 milking
periods 0112 of his daughters against
66 similar records by their’dms:' '

‘A ' milk

»Am*f£u ham“ 4.5591“ Luann
‘11" mean .'. 12111111. mun.
This increase of daughters over‘

mothers was thus 30 per cent in. both
'butterfat and milk production and
shmvs that a good bull from proves:
ancestry is worth many times what
cube of the other two bulls are as a
herd-header.

Missouri Rioter 3rd waswa son of
Missouri Rioter from the bat produc-
ing cow in the Missouri herd. His
three daughters producedabout 60 per
cent more than their dams, thus:

A Dan

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A butternut

pro uction .. , zzsibs. 384 lbs.

Unfortunately Missouri Rioter 3rd
Was sold beiore his breeding value was
known. It can readily be appreciated
that he favored his mother‘s side of
the family, and proves again that the
best indication of what a bull will do
may be found in the record of his
mother, whereas the best indication of
what a heifer will do can best be told
from her sire’s records.

While Minette’s Pedro had great rec-
ords behind him, his daughters disap-
pointed by not producing more than
their mothers. It sometimes happens
this way, and cannot be explained. He,
however is an exception to the gen-
eral rule. His 20 daughters and their
dams had the following records:

Dams Daughters

A \ e1 age milk pru— ,

duct tion .. .... 5.321 lbs 5,376 lbs.
Average butterfat

pioduction . . . . 268 lbs. 271lbs.

B1oun Bessie Registrar had the
same effect on the herd as Missouri

- Rioter, an dthe herd went down rap-

idly, as shown, thus:

Dams Daughters
Average milk pro—
duction .,6 029 lbs. 4,295 lbs.
Averagen butterfa at
production . . . . . 293 lbs 217 lbs.

The decrease is about 25 per cent,
and shows that the sooner the Missouri
station replaced this bull the better
they were off.

 
DAIRYMEN ARE SELL' -
ING THEIR ‘COWS

I notice that one of’the correspond-
ents ot the C'ountryman from Kent,-
County, Ontario, reports whole herds
of cows being sent to market because
of feed and labor shortage. and that
he intends to sell his herd, which he
has been building up during the past
ten years. Without knowing all the
circumstances it would be unwisetor
an outsider to “butt in” in a. case of
this kind, but perhaps I may be al-

 
. lowed to say that the man who sells

his cows. now will su1ely repent of it
in less than three years from this
date.

The southwestern part of Ontario

appears to have been badly hit with '

the drouth, but I understand that the
corn crop is good. It is rather strange
that in those counties (Essex, Kent
and Elgin), where corn grows best,
there are comparatively few silos.
The corn stover crop 's largely wast-
ed. While farmers in those sections
may consider it presdmptiousforone
who lives in the “North Polar region”
to offer advice to men who. live in the
\“Banana Belt," it Would seem to the
writer that the remedy for the feed
and'labor shortage‘complained of is
to build silos and preserve for winter
and also summer feeding large stores

2 Of corn stalks \and stover which are
. now practically wasted in these corn»

“fgrowing ﬁstricts By so doing it viii,
enable. these more o ' *

   
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-01 the dairy business to be present.

  
tion when you

  
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Lake Erie Penhzsnla forms. will W3 1 :
to solve the Labor prom on m7
terms." more especiaﬂy me a w v_
mberofcowsamnimaﬂﬁei
yee'r. This modern \dairy machinery

w-il-l not be preamble/on terns where

“woodchuck-mrxiing" is the method .
followed. We have‘ ‘woodchuck” m 5
srsin alipartsotontario; that.
they work hard all summer, the! M‘

up” for the whiten—H 1111,53 Cow
adian C'ountrymam.

T0 LIFT EMBARGO SHIP-

 
mam sausage ms

The embargo on express shipments
oi: live steel: and poultry for breeding

purposes from December 10 to 31 is , ‘

to be lifted, according to word receiv-
ed yesterday item the Railroad Ad-
ministration by the United States De:
partment of Agriculture. The de-
partment pointed out to the railroad
and express oﬂicials that its food pro-
duction campaign would be retarded
materially if an embargo wereplaeed
on the shipment by express of live
stock for breeding purposes. This
embargo included all territory east
or the Missouri river, including Min-
nesota. The placing of the embargo
would have a particularly unfortu-

. nate effect upon the increase in pork

production next \‘year. The swine-
breeding season is short, and it breed-
ing animals could not be shipped by
express during the proposed period, it
would delay the season and have a
serious effect upOn next year’s pig
crop.' the department pointed out. or
else it would result in the use ol‘ a
poorer grade of sires which can be
obtained locally.

The embargo covers a large portion ‘
of the south where there is particular _

need for improved breeding of swine
and the shipment of good stock from
the north in order to grade up the
local hogs. Heavy shipments of breed-

ing stock from the northern to the ‘

southern states usually are made dur-
ing December. The unfortunate effect
on northern breeders also was point-
ed out to the Railroad Administra
tion, as it would leave them with a
considerable part of their stock on
their hands.

MICHIGAN ANNUXL Poor.-
TRY snow JAN. 27-min. 1

The annual exhibition of the Mich
igan State Poultry Association will be
held in Detroit January 27 to Febru-
ary 1, 1919. Arrangements are being
made for the largest and best meet-
ing the society ever held and among
other att1 actions moving picture iilms
furhished by the Department of Ag-
riculture showing various phases of
the poultry industry will be exhibited.

The following are the newly elect-
ed ofﬁcers of the association: Presi-
dent, Joseph Toynton, Pontiac; ﬁrst
vice president, William F.’ Began;
second vice president. B. D. Collins;
secretary, F. M. Crowe, Owosso; treas-
urer, Prof. C. H. Burgess.

ANNUAL MEETING OF
‘ MICH. DAIRYMEN’S ASS’N

The Michigan Dairymen’s AssociaU
tion will hold its annual meeting in
the city of Lansing, Dec. 3-5, in c011-
junction with the Michigan Milk Pro-
ducers’ association’s annual meeting
which is. to be held on Dec. 3rd Sec- I
retary Seidel announces that the meet--
ing will be highly interesting audj'
invites all interested in anyxbran} ,

 
Milk producers: Check Dec 31:11
Your calendar. ‘
annual meeting

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Offers 31% Holitein-Frleszifrliba bulls
teem-m s u to and
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mount!) FAB)! HOMTEIN HERD
Average 13,605 Lbs. milk and bull calves
at former prices.

A. Rinke. Warren. Michigan

 
=1. . -' One from . 25 lb cow and one from a , HIG CLASS REGISTERED year-
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8"" 22 lb four year Old' Write for pedigrees FOR 8 Eleven hm ’1 Holstein ﬁllilcwgslioaatlgkhaﬂwl (1) iii? prize Jr yr oar ram of e iting Shropshire ewes bred to
, y . - , d ELSAUSBURY ‘ cows and heifers. ' Three . RM x ra quality. Also healthy, vig-
5! _ In prices. readings not de the rest to freshen CLOVER LEAI1 STOCK FA orous, well wooled. Ram lambs ready
' - . Shephegd.n_li¢hiun this fall and winter. good start reas_ Monroe, Mich. . for service. Flock established 1890.
k: a: ,__. enable 1m. some one. Write d Lemon, Dexter, Michigan.
~ 7' . ‘ . INS W. C. Hendee a Son. Pinckney. Michigan- 0 I .oCS ’ (SEESVS’steIspi-Ziligefgggi: (5155 111:1 AIVE
*- - , 9 [STE ’ ‘ ‘ ‘
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it "$05.51: nogkgimimmm 1.. o..c...1..1 Registered 11.1.1511: £er... 133...... 3“"8 “W" year 0“ [ﬁé’i‘ﬁ’fﬁ Phi: 3°". M“? .S‘X‘i
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8: young bulls from KlngAPiﬁtea Egg: Yearungg sired by 30 pound bull and \§:\”fwdx31:1?S$T?H;wgeﬁefgrggdaSt109c1k3 Blank Hill 0313?? 651111212“ leerivigtxbn.
.- Lyons 170506. All fromWe test annu- from heavy-producing cows. Also some crop Beardlegs Barley. White Oats. Mich. Farm situated four miles south of
. w th credible records. choice Dumc open gil ts. Frank Bar] in Michi an. Middleton.
1d ally for tuberculosis. Write for prie- J. Hubert Brown. anV Michigan. tett Dryde . g
1,. ' es and further information. DUROC 03 SALI‘Jt—liegiste1ed yearling Rams.
d' Mueolﬂ Bros., Soutl Lyons, erhizaﬂ- JERSEY glxlgglovi‘élVl Jlafclxl TVotV) pelagne Milli“:
.' ( «111'211'10 lel' Allllg'S ui‘g. ’ it?
.1 . P h H'll F ~
. BULLS ready for ser- eaC . 1 arm 11114.1“, 111:1 11 LurinED
e MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING JERSEY Vice for sale Sired by P tA d D . S W FOR SAL 11.101. F01) lulaine Merino
'3' has sold two ditterent lots of cattle I Majesty's Oxford Fox, "egés ”6 uroc Jersey wine e Rams V A 15““ 1““ (V 50“ PotteI‘Ville.
._ v and out of R. of M. .Dams b Ma.‘ est 8 are 0 ering choice fall pigs at $15 and Michigan Citizens P1101“.
have offered I now offer heifer 031 93 y 3 y 11 Write t us 11 tt still, come
it I o h ilkin dams for .510 Wonder. Herd tuberculin tested and p. 0 or 9 er , 4. . .
1- 92¢? aggvgliergamegkind of bull calves free from abortion. Our aim is size with 3:330:36 ghemV R Mi h FOR SALE ieiJF“ $3151.) and [)rfg‘s‘
o tor .3. 52:: ‘5” ”ii .pmsmc “1.53 °“‘°°- '3 ‘ m... . e
1- ROBIN CARR y arm vn Bai en. apac. 1 DUROC JERSEYle'FNE. dnoninsiVsows, F H Conley Maple Rapids Michigan.
.1 is an a p1gs
k FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN GUERNSEY for sale Choice spring boar sired by ELAINES bred on same falm for 50
- Brookwater Tippy Orion No 55421. This Sggfrssale Ssgifvégiﬁiityﬁletpment iams
,. r1 e
l- Clover Dai Farm Offers ‘- 10 months GUERNSEYS Haggis var‘ cgwsrrég i£303:1 I835:“;Etzliliild iggdthzlrliilctlilr ltowillseslﬁicii ”Sanders R NO' 2’ Ashtabula Ohio. ‘
Ty Old mndson 01 sale. also a. number of well bred young on approval. Fall pigs $18 each, either ..“x_ TON MIX’
Y Hengerveld De Kol sired by Johan Hen- bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms. sex. Home Far-n1, Thos. Ilmierhill, & Son, Mud h. Pmmk “$33353: W
t gervelzd5 Lad 61 A. Rho. dgoughtzﬁ 82151V Grass Lake Michigan. Props, Salem. Michigan. Viagra-d1 °§g~ bSaw an "1’" big money“:
a 15‘s)?“ Dag: 31:1 13851313353125“? of 12ng ,SHOBTHOBN DUROC BOARS Big long tail ‘.mw fr“§;§f£°‘§:ﬁfﬁ§g§¢g§§ ‘25;
Segis who has a. 32 lb. 4 yr. old sister. :11 ’ ’ 11 PARSONS TIX- TON C0 Gn arm .olilp
g This calf is a splendid individual, well add size and growth yto ’33:: 1131-3} 1:13.! I u 1d
1‘ marked and well grown, price 5100 f..ob. . EAT DO YOU WANT! I represent 41 M r h f _
gest a c arrowed pigs in the coun
3' Flint. Write for extended pedigree and SHOBTHORN breeders. (input you in try, 200 lbs. and not fat POULTRY
a description. L. c. 1- 1mm, Mich. ”“233“ best.mitlk 0301001 “1130133111118 Newton Barnhart. St. Johns, Michigan. WY A ND 0
Sam ems, - ’l‘TE
._ . Secretary Cont!“ Michigan Shorthorn PLEASANT VIFW DUROC“!
, 0 1 L 11 L. (l, G ld -
1 - Wolverine Stock Farm Amciation. McBridea Michigan Sﬁing soars athVIt gins oiVexcethiotiégl 5 (ﬁles stoi°gaii?y “33523553332.
» 01 Egg-ed quai y, prices rig , inspec 1011 Hum. . Oct n a t 1
l‘ , ggeliﬁdvgvg ls6:21.81ltaeliioult’igbtelrr'rtje. d'Thesa F051} SALn'imei bred Sher-thorns and W C. Burlingame, Marshall, Michigan. Browning. R. 2g: ﬁrtiancﬁarlﬁch. Clarence
B calves are nicely marked and light in 5125 t "31"5‘3ngaclﬁ’ Ii“?
‘ color and are ﬁne individuals. Write ° 3 LEG-HORN
i . tor’prlces and pedigrees Prttle Creek Whto ”’ R“ No' a. mum“ Michigan nomrABLE BUFF -.EoiionNs——We
'3 J Mich., 2. TWO r double DUROC BOARS: GILT‘S have twenty pens of especially mated
V We are offering some fine. Big type. fall and Single Comb Buﬂs that are not on] mat-
y
L _ or a e gandard red Polled . .
VV - . urham Short horn spring Boats and Gills At Famen’ Prices. ed bflor exhibitViion VVbut, algove all, for prof-
1 ‘ ‘ Bull Calves, calved my 2nd and June 4th. F. E. EAGER and Son ”3 6 egg pm “c “’n 335 at very ”639'
.~ onable price. Our list will interest 11
' " PREPARE Raukguzckéogagg Ste. Marie, Michigan, HOWEL. . MICHIGAN Epleas___§__akaSRMiﬂhli it. Village Fags,
rass e c gan. ‘
For th atest demand, future
. V prices a,“ em no“ sum snonmonxs and POLAND CHINAS. POLAND “In“ OR SALE—81W“ Comb White Leg-
.now with the Holstein and convince Buns. heifers and spring piss. either “0"" “were“ and Punets Barron
' yourself. Good stock always for sex for sale. at farmers’ prices. F. M. 300 Egg strain. Also one oat sprout-
l sale. Howbert ' Stock . Farm, Eau Piggott & Son, Fowler. Michigan. ‘ . er 300-1181! 8126- COCkel‘eIS $1. 50 each in
Claire ““11““ Let c T e Poland China Swine 1°“ °f tw° if taken at on“ -
l , SHORTHORNS ﬁve! bee?” kept 13:0“ A g yp ..S Woodruff, Melvin, Michigan; - . ,
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B l G l j legged deyHa son (£3 since 1887 and are Bgtes b .ge'l‘wo red Lagglﬁegggrg Shh? :Wlill‘iigikfrgg LIGHT BRAHMA
II] a veSD, 1°“ Glenna; heifers ’3" sale? 1 bu", 1° "‘05- 0m to 355 pounds. Will farrow in Aug PURE BRED LIGHT ”KARMA 000‘”

 
Boy and by a son of King

Korndyke. from A. R. 0. ”ms wi

Seogis De Kol
th rec--

ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28. 25

at full age.
considered.

Prices reasonable breeding

‘ » WALNUT GROVE s'rocx FARM

W. W. Wyckotf,

Napoleon, Mich.

 
5.52% fat. Dams good A.
Price $65. 00 each whil le

HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES

, Sires dams average 37. 76 lbs. but-
'7 das.1.45.93 lbs. 80 das. testing

Calves nice straight fellows % white

Herd tuberculin tested annually
Boardman Farms, Jackson, Michigan.

R. backing.

they last.

 
..Hols‘tein-Friesian Cattle

I feel the

bull.

 
Under the meatletiit lgbordconditions
necess y 0 re ucin my
herd. Would sell a few bred feignales
or a few to freshen this spring.
cows are all with calf to a 30-pound

J. Fred Smith, Byron, Michigan

These

 
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mt... p. ﬁe. Title displayed to best advantage.
I. Inger ads or be ad- to run 13 issues or m we will mlkO
Vt. Duel-fully!» em on application to the Advertl‘lr Dent.

lend in copy and

 
HOGS

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Bred VVGiits

Servicfeable Boats
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 
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8LARGE TYPE 0. l. C. ’

 
J. E. Tanswe'll. Mason, Michigan.

m SALESCOTCH and Scotch topped
Shorthorns. Maxwalton Mon-

arch 2nd by vondale in Service.

John Schmidt & Son, Reed City, Michigan.

BAT

 
BRED SHORTHORNS.
Jyoung bulls for sale.
B. Hummel. Mason, Michigan.

A few

 
RVED POLLED

 
OR SALE—Dual purpose Red Polled
bulls and Oxforddown rams.
L.,H. Walker, Reed City, Michigan.

. HORSES
SHETLAND PONIES

SHETLAND PONl For Sale. Write

“r description &
prices. Mark B. Curdy‘ Howell. Mich

 
. ‘ I: rm
3- J Iaarnbkin, Prop. ., Avoca, Michigan.

 
BIG TYPE r. c.. The best lot of
long bodied. heavy-b0
boars; the proliﬁc kind; litters averaged
better than 10 the eel: 3y
0. Swartz, choolcraft. earsMichigan.
HAMPSHIRE

 
SPRING 13011123 new
ready at a. bargain. Place
for bred gllts now.

W Snyder. St. Johm, inch. R. No. i

SHEEP '
snnorsnmns

SHROPSHIRES REGISTE‘EVVEV? 323:;

hire
elves. Write for prices or come to the

farm Dan Booher, R. 4. Evart, Mich.

REGISTERED SHBOPSHIBE RAMS

of quality. One im-
DOrted three— -year-old Ram. Priced rig‘ht.
Harry Potter & Son, Davison_ Michigan.

HAMPSHIRE

your order
Johan

 
and Sept. Will also stll a few spring
boars. Fall sale Nov.
Wm. J. Clarke, R. No. 7. Mason, Mich.

 
ALLNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE Poland

China Gilts. Sired by Arts Big Bob.

Will be,bred to a son of Giant Sen-
ator for April farrow. If you are look—
ing for the best of breeding and the kind
that gets big and has quality here is the
place to ﬁnd it. Please give me a chance
to tell you more about them. A. l').
Gregory, Ionia, Michigan.

Bill HUSKY POLAND CHINA BOAR
will weigh over 200 1b. Price $50 for
Nov. and ome ﬁne prospects in fall
Pig either sex ready to ship. Gilts all
sold. C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

BIG TYP P. C. BOARS, Rambouillet

and Hampshire rams and
ewes for sale.
A. A. Wood & Son, Saline, Michigan.

 
7 : SUNNY PLAINS 1101575153

A fewyoungbullelett.
pairheavydrafthorsee.

ARWINV KILLING

Also.
Phone, 581':

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”QWERmobigan. ‘

Registered" ggged 1»
te‘eerviec.

medm cog from
Writeto for pedigrees.

  
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Sindhnger Brothers, Lake Odessa, Mich.

 
PERCHERONS, ‘ '
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- ‘ SHROPSHIRES.

 
CHOICE REGISTERED

   
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CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

CLAY, ROBINSON & CO.

LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

Chicago South St. Paul ’ South Omaha Denver Kansas City
/East Buffalo ..th Worth East St. Louis Sioux City '
ElPeeo South St. Joseph

 
1:ch ‘with. salt the- year around keeps
"' ockhealtliy and free from stomach worme
and ticks. Aﬁﬂbex-ebeeﬁo. Olivetti of
medic-Id nit—i-eaves
51.02““ trial In: “of "TIX- 0N MIX" by parcel

11 big money—A.

medicateabarrelofs t.

 
- FOR SALE“

 
rels from Harvey Wood

 
strain. $3 to $5. Also a. few yearling
‘hens. Mrs E. B Willits, R.F..D No.1
Reading. Michigan. '
“'HI’I‘E ROCK
WHITE ROCK COCKERELS Fa;- .
ous Fischel strain;

Priced to sell. Mrs.

F J Lan e,
waing, Michigan. 3 seb°'

 
CHICKS "
We ship thousandl'
each season, dimerent
V varieties_ boo kle and I
testimonials Stamp appreciated Freemrti"
Hatchery. Box 10 Freeport. Michigan.
TURKEYS '

 
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