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-' 3 jig Figures Gathered by Dept. of Agr.
Indicates Nearly Half as MuCh More

’ ”- "‘Fo‘od on Hand Than Year Ago

 

The department of Agriculture’s recent’

survey of food stodks on hand December 1st,
if authentic, will give the farmer food for
thought. On the face of it, it shows, in sub-
stance, .that there is nearly if not quite half
as muCh more typed on hand today in the
United States than one year ago _

There is over twice as much wheat, a third
mere corn, a half more rye, not quite so many
oats, three- fourths more white flour, two and
a half times as much whole Wheat and gra-
ham flour, over twice as much rye flour, ap-
proximately two and a quarter times as much
corn meal, buckwheat and mixed fidur, one-
half more beans; a fifth more condensed milk,
in the hands of the elevators, ' warehouses,
grain mills and wholesale dealers today than
a. year ago- The only important items of
food shoWing a decrease are potatoes, oats,

f‘ rice, and evaporated milk.

Analyzed, however, this report does not ac-
tually warrant the conclusions that are made
off-hand. It is a fact that farmers have mar-I
ketcd- all prOducts much more freely this year
than ayear ago. Particularly 1s this true of
wheat, beans and potatOes A year ago many
farmers were loath to sell their wheat at the
fixed price, believing that the president would
raise the price, but this year that hope was
largely diss1pated and the movement of wheat
became so large and rapid that terminal
points Were congested fer long periods and
embargoes had to be put on._ This year the
movement of both beans and potatoes has
been remarkably} rec and there is no doubt
but what there is lmufl? remaining in the
hands of the farmer today than there has
been at the same date for a number of years.

The report follows In deta1l:

“The commercial stocks of wheat reported in a ’
survey made by the Department of Agriculture»

for December 1, 1918, amounted to 219, 434, 832
bushels.-

”dealers—were more than twice as large as the

- ‘stocks held by the some firms 3. year earlier the

These holdings by 10, 669 firms—ale- ,
, vators, warehouses grain mills and wholesale

actual percentage being 206.1 per cent of the 191:7
stocks. The figures refer to stocks actually re-
ported and do not represent the commercial stocks
of the country, nor do they include stocks on

' farms.

“The c'Ommercial visible supply figures, as pub-

lished by the Chicago Board of Trade for the,

nearest date (Noyember 30,1918) show 121,561,000
bushels, 01! Wheat as against 21,031,000 bushels a
year agd.‘ Corresponding Bradstreet figures for
1918 show 131,584,000 bushelsas against 29,633,-
000 bushels for 1917. As compared with the same
date of last year, these figures, as well as those
obtained by the more extensive survey, show a
verygreat relative increase in commercial stocks

, of wheat on December 1, 1918.

“The commercial stocks of other cereals re-
portedfor December 1, 1918, (Chat. on page "7)

HOW CREDIT UNIONS SOLVE
LOCAL CAPITAL SHORTAGE

 

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How frequently it hap pJJens that a farmer
needs $50 and doesn’t like to go to the bank
and borrow it. In many cases, particularly in

newly settled sections of the country credit

facilities are poor and 'banks charge exorbi-
tant interest on small, short; time loans. We
know how some farmers dread to go to a local
bank and ask for a thirty or sixty day. loan,
They don’t like the ofi’icious manner of many

bankers who always act as tho they were doing ‘

the applicant "a distinct favor by loaning him
money, pry into his personal aifairs to an hu-
miliating degree and finally make the loan
upon a note secured by chattel mortgage and
the endorsement of a neighbor, at anywhere
fro 12 to 20 per cent interest.

ese conditions are found in all states, and
in all countries and various laws have been

passed to remedy them and to afford farmers

a source of cheap'money without the attend-
ant em‘barassments which frequently accom-
pany applications foriloans to the established
banks. “

The most popular co- operative credit ar-
rangement in existence is the “ Credit Union,’
which system was first organized in Germany

”in the middle of the nineteenth century and

has since spread over considerable other
areas of Europe, Asia and the United States.
Today there are 17,000 credit unions in Ger-
many, alone, and the states of Massachusetts,
New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin,
and North and South Carolina all have credit
union laws for short- time credit:
mated that the co-operative credit societies in
the entire world do a business of seven billion
dollars a year. (Continued 0’" page 4)

It is esti-_

RECOMMENDSCHANG’ES

le POTATO GRADING:

Best Potato Authorities in Country Have.

 

Come to Conclusion That Grades Forced
on Farmers Last Year Need Fixing

 

It took but a single year to convince the

potato dealers and the agricultural professors

who forced the U. S. grading rules on the
farmers that Michigan Business Farming and
its readers were right in their opposition to
those grades Nearly every objection raised
by this publication a year ago has been sub—
stantiated. Those who criticised us, who call-
ed us agitators, because we refused to stand~
idly by while the farmers were being im-

posed upon, have- quietly faded into the back-w

ground as the working out of the rules provéd
conclusively that they were wrong.

In the December issue of the Potato Maga-l
zine, Mr. P. E. Clement, assistant county
agent leader, University Farm, St. Paul,
Minnesota, contributes a valuable article upon
“Recommended Changes 1n Potato Grading,”
Which would remove the major objections
growers have raised to the grades, and would
establish three grades of sufficient elasticity
to provide for practically all conditions in all
potato growing sections. He would have an
“extra” grade, of potatoes over two and one-
fourth inches in diameter. He would have

a“standard” grade, 50 per cent of any lot of
which might“ have a minimum diameter of
1 5- 8 inches, but the other 50 per cent of
which would have ”to conform to the require-
ments for the‘ ‘extra” grade. He would have
a “No. 2” grade, all of any lot of which might
be 1 5-8 inches in diameter.

‘ As a matter of fact the majority of Michi-
gan farmers have for years put up a grade
that conforms to Mr. Clement’s “standard”
grade. Even in years of abnormally small
potatoes the bulk of this state’s crop would
conform to the requirements of that grade.
Such a grade would be the “commercial”

. grade of the entire country and ought to sat-

isfy farmers, dealers and consumers alike.
We believe Mr. Clement’s recommenda-

tiOns should be taken under advisement by

the organized potato interests of the state,

' and that every possiblewontinued on page 7)

Milo Campbell Accused of; Fostering Non-Partisan League, Says: “It isn’t true, balm”

SOME THE AGOthe state press contained
a statement that Campbell of Cold-
Water and $113.11 of drian had been

  
  
  

 

 

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tion, actual or contemplated, with the Non-
Partisan League, and along came Milo Camp-
hell the other day with a similar denial. But

that doesn’t mean, by a long shot, that neither

Heine nor Campbell are blind to the potent
forties that brought the Non Partisan League

.’ mt? exism _e; or to the fact that it is a pow-

agamst industrial usurpation, -
Eventually prove to be the
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Campbell, Jas. Helme and many other agri- .

cultural leaders we might name stand un-
afraid and shoulders squared for the farmers.
We need more such men, who know not the
meaning of cOmpromisc where aught but truth

is concerned, who stand by the principle that ,

right is miglit and nothing this side of etern-

ity can swerve them from that conviction. '
Read what Mr. Campbell has to say in a

letter to Michigan Business Farming, in re

    

  
     

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“item Single Tax Proposition, so Successful
Fin England, Not Adapted to Michigan

’ Conditions, and Farmer Would

" Suffer From it.

; A Replying to Judson Grenell in the M. B. F. of
“Dec. 14,1918, I Will say that weyfarmers are not

an ignorant enough to leave our thinking to be
So _we want

there is of it

It is the principle of taxation. that when some
property escapes taxes the rest must pay more.
To illustrate, the average tax of our township is
new $7. 94 per acre and this is much lower than
it would be undpr the site-value plan, as. the

. cities would be sure to unload a lot of their taxes

on the country, making a probable tax of a dollal
per acre cu farms. Think of poor men on new
farms paying sucha “tax. These men often have
incomes less than the common laborer and yet
they work from 12 to 14 hours per day, while the
city man thinks eight hours is long enough to
work, and would not work at all at much 'of the
work these men do. Then think of the Bianchard
Bank, incorporated for $20,000, or paying tax on
only $100.00, and the hardware and universal
store is nearly as bad. City sites are dearer, but
the business done on them is larger. If it is
wrongto tax the products of labor why this dis-
crimination against the hardest worker in the
land? Mr. Grenell says land is not a product of
labor. " But it is; we paid for it by hard work.
just as we have done for our personal property.

Mr. Grenell talks of values caused by improve-
ment of surrounding lands. Well, we farmers
helped to make these improvements. By our
labor we made farms out of the slashings, roads
in place of trails, helped pay for public improve-
ments, and helped build the cities and towns by
our trade, so that too, is the product largely of
our labor.

Eighty-seven per cent of Mecosta county farms
are worked by their owners and many of the re«

 

 

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Mr. Greneil' says “taxation "of industries makes

it harder to do business.” Yet bdslii'eea men go
righ: on piling hundreds on hundreds, thousands

‘ _on thousands, and millione on millions, whild

many hard-working farmers oan' hardly make a
very poor living and do not think that there is}
any pity due to the Henry Fords or Morgans,
Rockefellers, Armours, etc. *

So many burdens have been piled on the farm-
are that there is a big emigration to the cities to

the neglect of the farms, making farm preducts;

scarce and high and yet the farmer is getting
no adequate returns for his labor and so the boys,
keep deserting the farms, making matters worse
and "worse. I! you are lacking for a chance to in-

‘ crease business prosperity just get after the gian-

ere, idlers, speculators, etc. and see that men earn
what they get and get what they earn, and that
will lower takes as well as increase prosperity,
and the taxes will not be a burden to; anyone.

. Income and excessive profits taxationwill help out

maining 13 per cent are owned by worn-out lab'or- -

ers, so that the county is almost entirely in the
hands of working folks. How different from Eng-
land, where the land owners are mainly idle
sports, who do nothing but spend their rents. and

they ought to be taxed heavy. Suppose that some

millionaires are opposed to this scheme, some
rich men have some conscience left and others
have sense enough to know that the home—owners
are the saving force of the Nation. Rob them of

Manager Wis. Potato Marketing Dep’t Exhorts Members to be Loyal to Co- Operation

HE path of the Michigan Potato Gr vs’ Ex-
change has not been strewn with roses. Like
all new-born co-operative marketing ven-
tures there have been thorns and disappointments.
But the large majority of the membership are tak~
ing the bitter with the sweet, convinced that the

'basic principles of the plan are right, and must

eventual-1y succeed.

Over in our sister state of Wisconsin the po-
tato growers have been having their troubles, too,
and at a recent meeting of the growers, the man-
ager of the potato department of the Society of
Equity made» the following speech which had the
effect of smoothing out the differences and arous-
ing the utmost enthusiasm among the members.
We commend the article to the members of Mich-
igan’s new co-operaflve marketing organization:

"Now I want to tell you, you probably know,
that the potato growers of the state of Wisconsin
wentto gather in convention, I think, September
181% and we termed a potato department of the
American Society of Equity and they hired me
in Madison as potato manager to manage this do-

the present taxation system, but should not be a
substitute for it as it has _its weak points, too.—
Francis G. Smith, Mecosta county.

UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING
NOT REMEDY FOR SH‘ORTCOMING'S

 

“The ideals for which the young men of America
offered their lives on the battlefields of France
were taught them in the schoolsand colleges and
homes," declared Dean Joseph V. Denney of the

Ohio State University in a recent address in Colw

umbus, Ohio, on “Education After the War."

“Youth is the "greatest thing in the world and
American youth the finest ymth in the world. The
spirit of generosity and fair play is its chief char-
acteristic. The remedy for its shortcomings is in
the ordinary processes 0! school life under the
best people that can be found for teachers, and
not in universal military training or the adop-'
tion of military discipline.

“Our youth has” proven that it can _render mili-
tary obedience when the time calls for it, but the

higher form of obedience which our schools inculr

cate is the kind that is self-imposed and adopted
because it is reasonable and _right. Rational
obedience is the only kind worth having in a
democracy. '

“The Prussian idea of a completely organized
and systematized- society, with everybody in it
scientifically placed and Obediently accepting his
position in the industrial and social machine for
the benefit of an abstraction called the state is
one of the ideas shot to pieces by this war. "

lar after dollar, from fifteen to forty dollars a
car for handling your potatoes. ' He isn’t only
taking fifteen to forty dollars a car for handling

your potatoes but the potbtoes are converted from . ,

Chicago a good many times to where they will
bring 20 to 25 cents over the Chicago market, and
he holds your money in the conversion until he

. gets the returns, and he settles with you at the .
rate of the Chicago market, and puts the 200 or

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partment,‘ and this department at first was to be "

managed from the Madison omce. After we got
started we found it was impossible to handle the
volume of potatoes through the Madison! ofiice, so
we established an office in the city of Chicago. I
have been on the Chicago market eight weeks
handling potatoes for the organized farmers, and,

. in these eight weeks handled 71 carloads of "o-

tatoes on the Chicago market for you. We take
one cent a bushel on these potatoes to pay the

I expenses of this department.

“You have got at least today, in the City of

Chicago, not less the forty men _who haven! got
ly. in a little desk and types.

' " "and a fleece char a week stenographer in
, who is taking from you gentlemen dol-

 

250 dollars profit in his own pocket. This is what
you find in the Chicago market, in the rings.
“They said when I first went there—I never like
to be profane before any crowd, but I will use the
words they used to me on the Chicago market—-
they said, ‘There is no damned little farm organi-

zation that can send a farmer dovm on‘ the Chi-

cago market to sell potatoes; we will drive him
off in less than two weeks.’ But I want to tell
you gentleme‘n that I went down on the Chicago
market to sell potatoes, and I will be on the Chi-
cago market next spring when the sun shines,
selling potatoes for the paltry farmers of the.
State of Wisconsin

“I want to say right here, gentlemen, that in
forming a business department here in the State
of Wisconsin or any other state in the Union: it
you want a farm business department and to make
an absolute success of it, that you as members of
this organization must get behind that depart-
ment and give it full cooperation.
thke your departments, don’t care what business
department it may be and use that business de-

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You can’t '

” this company or that company and they have al-

; ing to" trust them again, but let us see what Some
“of these square companies will do, if by some this-

’vestigat‘ion, found his seed and compelled the

. grower half way and giving him a square deal.

‘after every detail of their business and if others

‘cut the throat of the Wisconsin Potato department

at the shipping station.

we anticipate all manner at arouses from the _

{seed companies, why they cannot‘do this, but we
, have always round where there is a w
" a way, and it the seed acmpanies have 0 do this ,

in order to get the seed, they will find the way.
Some men will say they hm raised seed for

ways found them to be square and they are will-

take of theirs, they fiand to lose money where
there is a‘ chance to shift the blame to the
grower. Example: A grower shipped 30 bags oi
radish seed to a company, on instruction sent him
by them. It was received and stored with a‘ lot of
seed piled on top oi! it until it spoiled and the
farmer is still lacking for his pay. We have heard
other men say that this company was square and
a good company to deal with. Another grower
had the same deal tried, on him and after an in-

company to pay (or it. Others have been waiting
eight and __ten weeks for their money and some
find when the check is received they have been
docked to the extent of 35 per cent.

When the seed is paid for at the shipping sta-
tion and is the property of the seed companies,
they will see that it receives the proper care, if
it does cost them a little extra money, but if it
belongs to the farmer they will take a chance, if
it goes wrong the judgment is assessed against
the farmer.

Space forbids an account of all the troubles, but
we find. when the parties can meet taco to taco
and deal before the property has left the hands
oi the grower. there is always a better feeling
and we believe that the companies will find that
they‘ can get more and better seed by meeting the

There is no other body of men in this country,
except the farmers, who would ever think 01
doing the large amount of work which radish seed
requires, take the chances on the weather and
all of the other hindrances, which sOmetimes de-
velop, and then turn the goods over to another to
do with as he saw fit, and then abide by their
judgment as to What he should have.

It is time the farmers take some action to let
the business world know that the propose to look

wish to deal with them they must do business as
they do with other business men. ——W. G. Cribbs.
County Apr. Agent, Antrtm county. .

ment. Why is it? Simply because they want to
and drive your representatives off , the Chicago
market. And just as long as yOu will use the
leverage and allow those fellows to send buyers
and pick your stuff up at the warehouses and “not
ship your stuffto me j t so soon you are going
to kill your potato de ment. You must get
behind this department and give your managers
your full co-operation regardless of the prices you
are offered at home.

“New, at the present time I have been on the
Chicago market long enough that I have gotten
acquainted with the buyers, with the good, legiti-
mate buyers that handle from four to five and up
to six carloads apiece a day, and at any time now.
I am situated to handle any amount of potatoes.
you want to consign onto the Chicago market;
and you will get a statement back for every car
you ship to me of the exact amount this car sold
for, the freight on the car, the war tax and the
car rental, and the commission deducted“ I will
make a true statement of every
toes shipped to the Wisconsin potato department,
and I make than to every man that has shipped

cad oi pots,"

there is .

  

to me so far. and I think you have men in your ‘

audience today that I have sold potatoes for down

there. And furthermore, this potato department
is in a position to handle any amount from ten
cars to a hundred cars a week, it 3011 want to
ship them there; and it you want to allow these
commission men that are absolutely blood-suckers

partment as a. leverage over the other man‘s head on the producer to continue to suck 15 to 45 doL

help to cut your threat while you are getting 411e,
nickel“ I know through, this business department,

to get the other nickel out of him and hays me> his a car out oi the producer and maintain him

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_ > [instead :0! bankers, lawyers,~ mare:

_. and " manufacturers.

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figs , .. .
,Doherty. m_ chant and manufacturer; and R01)-

emD; Grab m, banker, whose terms arei‘seon'to

To this the Gleaners saY‘f'am'enf.’ and the
Clubs, "amen," “men’s ‘, .

Thélpresent personnel of the "Board or Agricul;

ture is as snow: Robert Dr‘Graham,-banker.
‘ chairman; Alfred, J. Doherty, merchant; 1. .Roy

Waterbury, editor: Wm.~H‘. Wallace, banker and

. sugar manufacturer ; John w, Beaumont. lawyer;
Jason Woodman, ex-iarmer.~ ”Only two out of these
six members can be said to. even remotely actu-
ally represent .the sentiment of. the farmers of
the state. Intact any number of situations might
'be conceived in which“, the majority of the board,
because oftheir'hnancial interest in other indus-

' tries «might votesdichtly opposite to the wishes

‘ of the farmers, and it goes without saying that

progress“ along marketing and rural credits lines,
_ in which,the board‘should take an active interest,
' is necessarilyvslow "because of the naturally un-
,sympathetic attitude of the board.

We are reminded that in this connection that
it was Mr. Doherty who, while on a visit in
Washington last spring solemnly assured the
Bureau 'of Markets that the Potato grading rules
were all right and ought to be enforced. And
‘this despite" the fact that every farmer within a

radiusof 100 miles of Mr. Doherty’s home town, .

Clare, was raising a mighty howl against the
«grades, and tlht Mr. Jason Woodman got up be-
. fore a farmers’ meeting, with blood in his‘eye,

and said, “Let them keep their hands on? our busi-

ness.” Oh, yes, Mr. Doherty is about as close to
the farmers of Michigan as hole to the Alaskan

Esquimo, and is about as well qualified to sit on

the board of agriculture. .

By all means, let us have a working farmer ,and
» if you choose, a working farmerette, on he board
of agriculture. Let‘s pick a man and a woman

.whose deeds are so well and favorably known

that, all farm organizations in the state can unite

. 01
flushimibe’ dominated . by rhonestbto-x ‘

, . .TWO. years-..mm°
7 hosted {or ”farmer candidates.. and fill? ‘-
‘in executive session jest closad,,snnounsa 1‘
that it “wants a working farmer and ' fa Worki,
farmerette to take the place or Messrs. A. J. a

”entitled to some representation on‘
. p , _ for agriculture, the there is some doubt”,
as _ that; but certainly agriculture should have
‘ the ’ It is high time for the state’s elec-
V‘ti'o-rate to open up the door‘snei the boar‘d of ag-
riculture and let in some men who know tarmer'sf -
problems and can heal up the ever .widening
breach. between. the college and the farmers.

REESE FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE
ASS’N DOING INCREASED BUSINESS

We opened our new elevator to receive grain
,Nov. 4th. and have had a very successful two
months’ business. Grain has moved freely up to
the 'present time, and beans are coming in now.
The beans have come rather slow on account of
the bad roads in the country, which hampered,
the movement of threshers; but since the freez-
ing weather has come. things have picked up in
this line and growers are hauling the bean crop
to market as fast as they can be threshed. There
,seems to be very little incli a ion'to hold the
crop for any advance among our growers here, n
account of the conditions which, prevailed $11
Michigan last year at the end of the season when
beans became a drug on the market. '

We are paying $8 basis for beans, and when
we cannot hold the price at this figure or more to
the grower, we will stop receiving them until
things adjust themselves, for in our opinion he
should have this price or better as he cannot af-
ford to grow them any cheaper.

Our paying prices for grain last week were as
follows: Wheat, $2.08 to $2.10; oats. 68; barley,
$1.85; rye, $1.45; shelled corn, $1.30.——Mamager
Reese Farmers’ Co—O‘pcmtive Ass’n.

FOOD DEMAND WILL GOVERN
THE NUMBER OF FARMERS

, Discussing the problem of land settlement the
Secretary of Agriculture, in his annual report,
says that with wise foresight and increased
employment of scientific prac'i~es, under the stim-
ulation of intelligent agencies, America can take
care of and provide for a very much larger popu-
lation under even more favorable circumstances
and in greater prosperity.

I Tramps the state’s“ industrial ' '

is": “traverses: ’

seitable'an‘drarallableg-tor agriculture has , y

lanes,“ saysth'e Secretary.- “It is ,
the'present time by reason of the suggestion ‘
desire that returned soldiers and others who may .
wish to secure farms shall have an opportunity,
to do so under suitable conditions. \ .
“That there is still room in the Nationl'tori
many more people on farms is clear. The UV ted-4
States proper contains about 1,900,000,000 acres.
of land, of which an area of 1,140,000,000 acres, or"
60 per cent is tillable. Approximately 3457,0905?
00d acres, or 32 per cent of this was planted in;
crops in 1918. In other words, for every 10,053;
acres now tilled 300 acres may be utilized when";
the country is fully settled. Of course, much of,
the best land, especially that most easily brought,“\
under Cultivation and in reasonably easy reach oi,
large consuming centers, is in use, though much
of it possibly 85 per cent, is not yielding full re~ '
turns. Extension of the farmed area'will conse-
quently be made with greater expense for clear-
ing, preparation, drainage, and irrigation, and
for profitable operation will involve marketing
arrangements of a high degree of perfection.
. “Increased production can therefore be se-
cured in twovways, namely, through the use of
more land and through the adoption of improved
processes of cultivation of all land and market- ‘
ing. The latter involves the general application
of the best methods used by the most skilfull
farmers and urged by experienced, practical, and
scientific experts. It will necessitate seed selec.
tion and improvement, plant and animal breeding,
soil development through rotation, the discrimin-
ating use of fertilizers the control and eradica-
tion of plant and animal diseases, good business
practice and thrift, and many other things. It
means that farming must be profitable and that
society must be willing to pay the price. Under
no other condition can farming expand. It means,
too, that only as many will or need stay on farms
as may be necessary to supply What the consumT‘

,ers will take at prices which Will justify produc- .

tion. Many people speak as if they thought there
Should be no limit to the number engaged in ag-
riculture or to production of’c’rops. The farmer
must consider his balance just as any other busi-
ness man. The number of individuals remaining
in the farming "industry will, in the long run,
continue to adjust itself roughly to the ec omlc
demand and will increase as it expands por as
relative economies are effected.”

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. Motor Power Machines to Learn Con-
struction and Operation in Four
WeeksIt Course '

  
    
   
 
  

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
      

f the M. A. C., advises us that his department
will offer two four- weeks’ courses in trunk and
’tractor operation. The first course will extend
pfroin. Jan. 20th to February 14th and the second
from Feb. 17 to March 14th. They will be similar
. and are arranged at different times to accommo-
daw‘the convenience of the student and the facil-
ities of the department giving the courses.

The course is designed to train operators of
farm tractors, gas engines and trucks. The re-
. quirements of farm conditions has guided in 'out-
7 lining the courses and will govern largely in
‘their'presen‘tation. The work will be thorough
enough to give a good understanding of the
‘ principles and mechanism of the machines stud-
led and should enable the operator to make ad-
justments and ordinary repairs with intelligence
and confidence. No attempt will be made, how-
ever, to develop expert repair and service men in
'these courses. These courses, however, would be
of value to the man who wants a good foundation
on which to build his mechanical training for
expert work.

Outline of four weeks’ course in Automobiles,
truck and tractor work. (The work is divided in-
to four ’groups. each of which is completed in one
week.)

The farm tractor and gas engine—One hour on
the gas engine and one hour lecture on power
application and power machinery. The remaining
time will be spent in practice work in correcting
troubles on the gas engine, assembling,
work, and in the study and operation of
tractor. Examination Saturday morning.

M. E. 66.——Truck engines and carburetors—one
hour lecture and seven hours shbp each day for
five days. Written examination Saturday a. m.
This work will consist of a study of several types
of engines both with and without carburetors.
Practical work will be given in adjusting carbur-
etors and finding trouble.

M. 11.. (ET—Electric ignition systems—one hour
lecture and 7 hours each day. Examination Sat-
urday a. m. This work will consist of a study of
several types of magnetos and electrical systems.
Practical work will be given in wiring up several
systems and finding trouble.

      
    
     
      
   
  
    
         
      
      
     
      
       
 
   
       
      
 
   
         
   
      
      
   
     
     
    
 
     
   
    
    
    
    
 
   
  

    

  

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all. spent in doing practical repair work 8 hours
per day and 4 hours Saturday a. In. Half time
will be devoted to making adjustments and re-
pairs of autos and trucks. The remaining time
will be devoted to making repairs requiring the
,use of the forge.

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merits of the work is provided, which is the same
equipment as that used in the Army school. A
number of new and used autos and trucks, engines
and parts, carburetors and other accessories, mag-
netos, batteries and ignition apparatus, farm gas
engines, used and new tractors and complete
forge equipment make up a part Of the facilities
which are available.

Instructors ~—This year we are fortunate in hav-
ing instructors, nearly all of whom are retained
from the, Army school. These, men are experts’in
their line and many of them have had years of
practical experience back of their teaching.

Expenses.——A fee of $10 will be charged for the
complete course. Other expenses will include
. railway fare, board, room rent, books and work
clothes. Board can be had at from five to six
dollars per week‘and rooms can be rented from one
dollar and a half per week up. Some opportun—

expenses, but time for this will be limited.

Why take the course?—~How long does it take to
learn to harness, drive and properly care for a
horse? This knowledge is absorbed almost un-
consciously in years of living on the farm where
this knewledge becomes a. second nature. Then

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’ .on a hot day. An ignorant operator may allow
damages to occur to the tractor, the cost of which

 
  
 

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Michigan. .. .

,plendid Opportunity Open to owners of ,d

.. _ l gets four per cent ammo-money and likestb he
H. H M'usselman, professor of Farm Mechanics -

repair‘

M. E. 68. ——General Repairs —The time will be .

Equipment. —Excellent equipment for all depart-

ity may be had to do outside work to help defray -

should the green operator be expected to operate,

An inexperienced driver.
’ can render a valuable horse worthless in an hour'

. .years,‘I’m sure. that moat of the geod business
no may equal the nest of our course in the " '

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west is paid. Both we‘ll-to-do and poor I r

are members, the well-tone farmer because he's - ,

his neighbor; the poor farmer because he may
often be in neéd of finances and finds the credit
union a safe denository for his meagre savings _
A credit union may borrow money from any scurce
to the aggregate amount of the\s’nm e‘f its 921an
ital, surplus and reserve fund.1t may loan to any
member any sum not exceeding $50, Without sew
curity, but all sums loaned over that amount
must be secured by the endorsement of ono or
more neighbors. .

There are many other provisions, Of. course, in
the laws that provide for the Credit Unions. but
the above are the most important and gives to the
reader an idea of what the plan it. We believe
that it would solve many a perplexing monpy-
problem for struggling farmers in this state, and‘.
U after investigation, it may be found that Mich?
igan offers a field for such a system ’01 credits, we.
shall ask the legislature to take it under consid-
eration. Additional informatiOn upon ,co-operative‘
credit unions will appear in later issues.

FINE DEMAND—FOR AMERICAN

 

APPLES IN EUROPE NOW *

 

The exports of apples last week from all ports
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“Here’s how we are helpingrto raise food to .win the

war,” writes . A. Lumber‘tson of Kent County.

40,000 barrels, counting the boxes three to the
barrel.

There is an exceptionally heavy demand for ap-
ples in Europe and they cannot get enough of the
American fruit. The fruit is selling over there at
good prices and both barrels and boxes are net-
ting back a nice profit to the shippers. Cables
showed that all kinds of barrelled apples—made
no difference what variety or grade—netted back
here this week $14 to $14775 per barrel. The ocean
freight which is about $5 must be taken 011 of
that. The average net to the shipper is around
$9. The steamship companies are refunding 75c
per box of the freight rate on the first shipments
that went across. The rate was first established at
$2 per box, but after the exporters showed where
they could not do business except at a loss even
if they made the maximum price\ in Europe, the
steamship companies made the‘rate $1.25 per box.
There is no indication that. the foreign demand
for American fruit is going to let up this'season.

AN ADVANTAGE T0 SUBSCRIBE
FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR

 

In response to many requests we have had to
quote long term subscription prices, we have with
this issue made a price or ’

Three Years, 156 issues ______ $2.00

Five Years, 260 issues ________ $3.00
as you will note from regular terms quoted un-
der the title .On the editorial page. We agree
with one correspondent and ardent friend of our
weekly who writes: “Your weekly is worth more.
than a dimer 8. year to me and I never want to be...

'7 without its friendly help and up te-date news and
' views as long as I am farming in Michigan, but

I do not yam; to experience again what happened

this year when my subscription expired and I

missed several issiics before my name was safely:
back on the list.
advantage for one to subscribe for three or five

 

  

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. for a place at the peace conference for themann-

r. day When that- fact is; disregarded They do not i

II you would make it a slight _

‘To the [Edit * mu so
ginning to begafhttle annoyed:

a herse to him that was no joke’
"I supposed my pelifical- affiliations were» too
well known and too secure to be seriously ques- .-
tione’d. ~
' “I have had no correspondence with. the nationr
al headquarters of the league, nor with anyone
else about the matter, and knew 1101111113 or the
same, I am not in favor of such a movemen 11ft
and do not believe conditions can fer such action
in this state. The only mention I have made or
the Non-Partisan League has been in a couple, oI
addresses recently, one in New York and the
other in Chicago. I deplored the conditions that
gave rise to the organization Of the league. In
North Dakota the oppression of the farmers in
the marketing OI their grain and other produce
became such that relief seemed only possible
through such means. I called attention to some
of the daily happenings, that seemed to hold with
in them economic changes of great cOns‘equence
At the time there was a meeting in the city of
Bloomington 111., a labor convention with dele-
gates from all of IllinOis. The ’convention de-_
clared for an independent party. The chief plank
of their platform was ‘The democratization of
all industry.’ I called attention to the NatiOnal
Chamber of Commerce then meeting at Atlantic
City with 4.000 delegates in attendance, asking

     
 
   

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facturing and business interests of the country,
I cited the demand of Mr. Gompers, representing
the Federation of Labor, asking a'place at the
peace conference, and saying that labor‘ must not
be reduced in wag; nor hours lengthenedf If:
cited'the meeting of the Non-Partisan League, at 7
St. Raul, Minn, and the resolution to offer a union

of political forces with federated labor. I then ,_
referred to the indictment of the Chicago milk
producers, the farmers who at a little meeting / ‘
talked over what would be a fair price for their '
‘milk, and finally thought $3. 42 a cm. would be fair.

“Then to show the influences at work with the *»
o‘flicialdom of the great city of Chicago, I called
attention to the 'flve packers and the report of
the Federal Trade CommissiOn, Showing how
these men stay off the market when it is flooded
with meat, with late in the ,day, and then get it
at the low price. How they control a great por-
tion of the fond products of the nation, but go
unmolested by the courts or officers. These farm-
ers who were caught in the city were indicted
and are to be shortly tried for having the tem-
erity to openly talk over asking 50 cents 'per
hundred less than itcostythem to produce the
milk. while‘ a billion dollars‘of co‘mbined food
concerns to go scott free, with perfect immunity.

“Not a farmer was at Atlantic City, not a farmer
was at Bloomington, not a farmer is asking to
be present at the peace conferenCe. This Was the
statement from which I shall not recede until I
am shoWn my error: ,

“That the industrial properties,_the business
properties, the manufactories of our great citie es
would not continue in the hands of their owne rs

\10 years were it not fer the stabilizing vote and
influence of the farmers outside.

“The farmers never have carried and never
will carry a red flag. They are 50 per cent of the
population of the country: It is true they are
beginning to have a ciass consciousness ahd doe
mand the right to do cellective bargaining, the
same as all other industries. " ‘ ‘ '

“They are the stabilizers, the gerscope _ ~
' defiibcracy in this country,- and it Will be a sorry

 

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s of other boys whose home ties and loved

aiiel _ just as precious to them as mine are to
. at I‘lcnow, Uncle Sam, that. these boys will-
come back to you more quickly in time of need,

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1 Of reconstruction which are worrying your gray

111611 “1139' go through the 72 hot! {litigation “to-r.
gather 1.; '1‘? .1

.3131. tho navy is re-
leasing only men with depend tits; We had come
into the camp on Ftigigy,.1 passed a medical exam-
ination Saturday wording-L and from that time
on had1“stobd, byel.’ which is the approved navy

the time. It was Monday afternoon, a messenger
game into the barracks he had a list of names,
he started reading them and we clustered about
him until he had to fight for air. As he read the
name of the lucky one, that individual leaped in
the an", let out a war-7771001741117 lunged for his
baggage—remember now, we were all grown men,
all with ines, mothers 01: children dependent on
us or support; but be considerate, please, for
remember this was just two days before Christ
mas and! if ever you want to appreciate What
htat onéday of the year means to you, just be
threatened with having to spend it in an army
or navy camp! How about it, buddies?

Well, he had finished reading the list, my name
ad not been called neither had several others
we pleaded with him to read it over again, but in ,7
va1_n, for time is precious in the navy when it
comes to doing something for the other fellow.
If your “8. .0. L." which means ‘fsailor out’a-luck,”
you’re just 8. 0.1. and that' s all there is to it! There '
were eight of us in the same boat, so we scon dis-
,covered after the rest had beaten it for their
transportation One poor fellow, to whom my
heart went out, was a school teacherafrom Mon-
tuna. He had a wife, but won’der of wonders, a
seven—months old baby,_ that he had never seen;
. his name‘

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he left Chl-
cago at 8
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reach home.
Christmas
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securely
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we were in.
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prison, yet
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are not rev~

heads now, it you will let them out, let them get

out of; their khaki and blue and back into their 1

suits and overalls. It isnt fair to these men, to
keep them one unnecessary 24 hours. If there

are among them as there doubtless are, hundreds

of thOusa'nds Who like the military regime and are
willing to come back as part of your necessary

_ army,1slgn them up, give them a furlough and
bring them back to guard your camps and ware- 1
houses but don’t enmesh the boys who are chaf-

.- ‘ka in true" and if you ever had to . ~
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Brother, the sand flows back the samc

King, slave or courtly citizcn
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- tem or handicap them so that the slacker who

stayed out of uniform will get a head-start on

them for their jobs!

At Great Lakes. the only camp with which I am
personally familiar, there were, according to re-
ports, some 35,000 men, at Camp Barry, they were
issuing relea§es at the rate of 250 per day—on
the Wednesday preceding‘the day of my arrival
there they had released only eighteen! The ap-
proximate cost of keeping an enlisted man, fed,
warm and officered. md'St be approximately $5

'per day—figure out for yourself how muzh of a

'saving Uncle Sam can make by speeding up his
process of mustering out.

Of the seventy-two hours we spent in detention,
not to mention the weeks we waited to get in
there, the actual time for the physical examina-
tion couldgnot have been over three minutes per
man, the other details might have taken fifteen
1minutes more. They say that a man cannot have
his release" or discharge until his pay-account is
adjusted, and yet there are thousands who would
willingly sign a bond or make some other term
of a deposit to cover any possible amount they
were owing the government. While as a matter
of fact, in nine cases out~of ten the government
isowing the man, who would in this case willing-
ly have his pay voucher mailed to his home.

If there is an excuse for the needless waste in
keeping the millions of men in the army and navy

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where from camps who want to get out I would glarly have

it «pointed out to me but 1 cannot see wherein it
“Gs and because 1 have just “gone thru the mill”

, I bélieve I have caught a glimpse of what real

agony some of the boys who have been in over a
’1 East be going through.
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Dissipation

‘Long about the holiday season your uncle R
gets wild an’ reckleSS ’cause there’s 9. (111111 lot

«things that he tries to forget at this time, an“

order to do it an’ try to make himself thi
about the saddest old lunatic that walk ' 11
the earth, he just plunges into all sorts of
antics and dissipates jest something awful. « ,
year has been no exception-only we’ve went it

. little stronger than common owin’ to the

'prony that we’ve had more oppertunity,

in a place where we could go the limit, an' we" we

gone it, believe me.
Gos‘h! We" ve jest wallered in hot dogs—eat 'em
day an’ night purty near, an’ drunk buttermilk,

Whole gobs of it, two or three times a day some.
times, an’ went to Charlie Chaplin Shows, an’ rode:

in streeet cars an’ things to numerous to mention,
an’ seen Theda Bara an’ Fatty Arbuckle—oh, We
have lost all sense of shame, dum near, an’« ate
turkey for our Christmas. dinner; however, we
didn’t have to buy the turkey or we wouldn’t ‘a

(lone tlmt—-1voultln’t a went quite so far as that,
—~but we doi'le it an’ that turkey dinner was the;
It givesus'
so to speak, altho the doctor.
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end of 0117 wild and reckless career.
food for thought,
said we’d over-eaten an’ it was indigestion
somethin’ like that that made us ache so under
where our vest would a been

put on.

Well, no matter what caused the awful feelin"

as we lay on our bed moanin’ an’ sighin’ we was
brot face to face with the fact that a man could
make a foolrof himself without half tryin’ an’ by
gosh I jest got to thinkin’ of the nice letters I’ve
been gettin’ lately, of the kind things folks have
said to me an’ how good my friends have been,
an’ everything like that, an’ I sez to myself, you
poor old cootie, what you got to be sad about?
You’ve got good health, you’re not so old as you
will be if you keep on livin’, you have plenty to
eat; in fact, Rube, I sez, this old world is jest
what you want it to be, an’ jest what you make it.
Well, now, that thot sort, 0’ braced me up right
smart an‘ I decided right there an’ then that if
I survived that turkey dinner I’d never try to be
sad any more, cause it’s the hardest kind of a job
to try to be what you ain’t an’ it don’t pay either.

Well, with this determination firmly fixed in the
place where my mind would natcherly be if I had
such a thing, I have decided to cut out some of
the Wild 2111’
ley Chaplin 2111’ may dflip Theda Earn an’ some of
the buttermilk. an’ mebbe a hot dog or two—course
hot dogs without the Charlie ain’t so awful bad,
so I’m not so sure about droppin’ ’em, but anyway
from now on I‘m jest goin’ to confine myself rite
to work an’ shall commence by answerin’ the A.
K’s question about the sex of geese

A K. I (lont know who you me but I am glad
you .1111 t on old maid; an’ I don’t know where
Ashley, Mich, is. as I never took geography much
but I’m glad you asked me the question ’cause
that's where I’m purty strong—on geese.

Now the female of geese is goose. The female
does all the work towards raising the children,
the goslins, rather, as we are talkin’ of geese now.
She hatches ’em, runs with ’em an’ has all the
care 01“ ’em, an’ says nothin’. That’s why she’s a
goose. The male has no care of the children, or
goslins (confinin’ ourselves to geese) but he. does
all the squawkin’ (about expenses) an’ trouble
an’ things like that, an’ when the children—~the
goslins—are growin’, if they turn out well he
takes all the credit an’ he’s a gander, and that’s
the way you tell the sex of ’em—the one that
does the most an’ sez the least is the goose an’
the one that does the least an’ sez the most is the
gander, see?

Well, now that Christmas is over with an’ a
new year is right with us, let’s all buckle down
to business again an’ this year let’s make a record

for M. B. F.7Make it a welcome visitor in every 1

farm home in Michigan. An’ I know of lots of
city folks that are takin’ it, too, ’cause it tells
’em things they don’t get in any other way.

B. F. is sure a friend to the farmer and puts 119%
light for him and his interests such as has he "
before been attempted by any other paper'in‘

\ Cordially yours, Uncle Rube.

‘ i'stence.

Don’t be pessimistic! Get into the fight
a man ’3 part. Thefe never were so many,
tunities as there are today. '_You hear a,
fool talk about there being no Chen 1111‘
men today. Nothing is farther trdmZAth
Better chances forty years ago ‘
lieve in yourself. Have 8
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tinie'and think I can get a square answer
”your valuable paper, [would like to ask 9.
ER questions. First, when, if ever, do the farm-
, 186'. the balance of the pay for wool sold last
spring for government use? Wepsold with an
.ndvance‘of 65¢ per~l'b..with the, understanding we
would get the balance when the government grad-
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_ Second, what has become of all the soft coal,
such as Howard White Ash, Yellow Jacket, Asb-
ess, Pocahontas, and a dozen other kinds that we
‘ed to get at $2 to $3 a ton, less than we pay now
bi" nothing but steam coal? The main dealer
h‘er‘ewclaims to be selling all these kinds except
‘T-‘ocahontas, but it is not, and we pay as high as
, $6.97 for coal that is absolutely rotten.

. Also, why do we haveto pay 20c per pound for
crackers when flour is retailing for 6c?———W. H.
1)., Eaten.- Rapids.

Your first question has already been answered
in last week's M. B. F. If we had the wisdom of
both a Solomon and a Dr. Garfield we might be
able to answer that second question. We don't
suppose Solomon burned coal in his furnace and
Dr. Garfield has resigned, so the only two auth-
_"”ori_ties who might have given us some life on this

subject are no longer available.

The coal situation that has prevailed the past
two winters has never yet been satisfactorily ex-
plained to the American people, and those who
have sought information upon the subject have in-
variably given up in despair. We know that dur-
ing' the summer and fall of 1917 millions of tons
of American smokeless and anthracite coal were
shipped to Italy and,other European allies; that
certain grades of thebet‘ter coal t’heretofore used
as fuel for homes was diverted to the ocean-going
supply and war-ships. Unquestionably the great
demand for coal has had something to do with
the greatI/vy increased price. as it is unbelievable
that coal mining costs have advanced in the same
proportions as the price to the consumer. Of
course, the Fuel Administration set the price on
coal, and regulated jobbers’ and dealers’ profits,
but we all have a suspicion that the mine owners
reaped fortunes out of war's demand for their

, product. We hope some day to see cheaper coal,
and if the present winter continues mild, a sur-
plus 04’ mined coal is not out of the question, and
and this might have a tehdency to lower prices.

Another winter and better grades of‘ coal should

again be obtainable, but not at the oldatime

prices.

The following regulations recently issued by
the Fuel Administration may be of interest to

on:

“With changed conditions within the state of.

'- Michigan, the state fuel administrator hereby
withdraws all restrictions relative to the delivery
of anthracite and bituminous coal and coke, with-

! in the State of Michigan, for domestic use, except

, the following:

, ; "'1. All chestnue size anthraélte coal must be

; reserved for strictly hard coal base burner use.

“2. Coal dealers are required to make deliveries
to hard coal base burner consumers of chestnut

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w ing two tons each.

“3. Each coal dealer is uired to take care of
the same hard coal 'base burner consumers to
whom the first two-ton delivery was made by him
prior to this date. ‘

“4. Consumers having heating equipment other
than hard coal base burners, are permitted to pur-
chase and have delivered to them an amount which
_ added to coal delivered since April 1, 1918, shall

«not be in excess of fifty per cent of their usual
normal yearly requirements of anthracite coal,
via, stove and egg size.

"5. A consumer with any kind of heating equip—
ment may have his full requirements delivered of
any kind of anthracite coal except chestnut, stove
and egg. ‘

. “6. There are no restrictions whatever ’on the
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is normal requirements. .

f"‘,7._»Consumers are required to make applica-
" on the usual government blank'as heretofore
thracite coal. . - ‘
Communities where the receipts of anthra-
" seem to be rinsuflicient to take care' of

   
  
    
  
 
 
 
  

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'e'om'q ,

[shave been one of your subscribers for: a

er.orders, the'eounty chairman may re-'
‘ ' ,to The reserved for

enumeration , ,
up’tooneé’h'alf buses M . 316'ng , _
K. Pruddeu, Feasts! We! Adminiemdr

If your dealer wants. to-vcharge’yon: 20‘: cents a

pound for crackers, We know- to: no flyto stop
him. ~'I-‘he Food Administration centroi‘oame ’to ,1

an end Dec. 31st. We are, Writing theFood Ad-
ministrator, however, to ascertain if dealers-are

to be permitted to profiteer as they please and as,

many of 'them are undoubtedly doing?

,FARMER DOESN’T-LIKE BEANu ‘
PICK. Do YOU BLAME HIM?

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I want to ask if there is any price set 'on beans
for the picker, that is, How much the eleVator
should charge the farmer per pound. I sold my
beans here at Romeo and they charge me .15c per
pound for the coils and keep the culls and sell
them at $1 per bushel. All they pay the bean

pickers is 6c per pound, so that leaves 9c for the .

elevator, and I demanded to know why they keep
.that '90, but they would not tell me, would only
say it was customary for the elevator to charge
and I can see why they should get so much. Now
if there is any rule in regard to that let me hear
from you.
was charging 12c per pound for the picker. ~~If I
understand right along the

bean jobbers set the price f beans at $8 per hund-

red That was the standard price all over. I'

was also told" at the elevator after that that was
what they would pay me for my beans, but when I
was sent to the office the following week when I
took my beans all he would pay me was $7.50.
On December_7 they paid $8» per hundred and on
the 12th they only paid $7.50. I did not ask ,any
questions because I was led to believe that $8
per hundred was the standard price. One load of
45 bushels, 40 lbs. were 14 lb. pickers, so that left
me $3.24 per bu., and No. 2, 31.20 lbs. were 16 lb.
pickers, and were $3.06 per bu., and 20c per bu.
for threshing. So what does e farmer get for
his bean-s. You will find enclosed a stamp for
reply. Now if there can be something done in
regard to this it would do lots of good to have the
elevator I sold my beans to, the Romeo elevator,
looked after, becauseJ believe they have gone too
farwith them and it’s time they should be stopped.
—J'. P. V., Romeo.

The bean pick proposition has been pretty well‘

discussed in these columns, and there is nothing
new to add to the subject. At the annual meeting
of the bean growers last November, a resolution
was passed asking the Food Administration to in-
vestigate bean picking practices among the ele-
vators of this state and ascertain if the elevators
were making an excessive charge for this service.

We have never learned the fate of this resolu?

tion, but are trying to find out if-the Food Ad-
ministration took any steps in the matter. .

The elevators claim with a great show of sin-
cerity that they would much prefer to have noth~
ing at ,all‘to do with file picking of the beans;
that the expense ofipicking is greater than the
combined charges they make for picking and the
amount they get for the cull beans. We have fre.
quently accused the elevators of profiteering in
their picking practices, but they only smile, and
say “prove it.” And what if we do prove it?
There are no means at our command to compel-
the elevators to desist from such practices. For
in most localities they control the outlet of the
bean crop, and whatever they desire to charge
for picking those beans is beyond either our or
the farmer’s power to prevent. “Well,” we say,
“return the culls to the/farmer.” “Sure.” they
agree, “but if we do we’ll have to charge more for
the picking.” And we throw up. our hands and
quit. What else is there to do? Don't know?
Well, you jushround 'up the neighbors, organize
a co-operative elevator and handle your own
beans; then you can pick the beans any old way
you please. ' ’ .

We \are reporting the elevator you mention to
the““Bean Jobbers’ Ass’n, who have promised. us
to investigate all cases .where elevators accept

, beans at less than $8 per hundred, and help to
punish them ior‘ profiteering.

LAW PROTECTS FARMERS ‘FROM
TRESPASS BY NEIGHBOR’S CATTLE

'I have a neighborvwhose farm joins mine and

y-product, which a. consumer may desire up to” he has 8111.118 fence but hasn’t any fence ,on either '

end of his farmmand his stock canvcome over into
"mine from either end, as he just turns them loose

, and lets them go; Isdon’t ave my farm fenced,

 
  

as I do not keep‘anm $9.331: 7911.“; .1311 Shbum "Shut
; \ them'up and take cafgflof. thiamhow much con/Id, I
‘ chargenhim? I’have «taken-them home. and asked

him to take care of themseyeral times, andhay‘e _ ‘

'tried every way I know of
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st of December. The»

     

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such.“ 'ur'iti“ gas, the r lee of the jeommoniaw."
can give him, and terrespondfiin‘damages'jn’i‘ider .
those rules, if his beasts \j'co'mmit injur Ioniytlie“
lands of other persons; ' that . until-an a portion-
mentand division, neither occupant «isjreqiiired

- ., to keep .any fence on anypart of theglgine'between

(them. but each is, liable in trespass» if hiscattie,
go 'upon the land of the other, 3whether there; be
any partition fence or not: So whereathe cattle
of. C Went on the lands“ of A "and from thence to
the adjoining premises of B, there being no fence
between the lands of A and B,,n9r,any apportion '
ment of the respective parts of he" partition fence
to be maintained by each, hel ,~ that nogmatter
whether‘ C’s cattle Were lawfully en the land of
A or not, he is liable to trespass to B; _It would .
seem from the above that a proprietor is not re-
quired under any circumstance to fence against
the beasts of any person whose premises do not
adjoin his.” ’ . .~ , ‘
Sec. 14783, 0. L. 1915, provides for impounding
beasts doing damage and leaving ‘with pound
keeper a memorandum of theclaim for- damage
done. The following sections provide for keeping

the beasts if there is no public pound and for ,.

settling the amountrof damage if the owner is dis-
satisfied with the claim for damages. They also
provide forgiving notice and selling the animals
if the damage/is not paid. Each step must be
complied with unless waived by the owner—W.
E'. Brown, Legal Editor. "

DON’T BLAME YOU 'Eon KICKIN’;
WE’RE YELLING LOUD AS WE CAN

 

For some time I have been county crop corres-
pondent for the Government, and the Agricultur-
al Department has been sending out posters and
.bulletins urging the farmers to grow more hogs
and keep more milch cows on account of their
being a shortage of fats, etc. Monday I drove to
our local mill for a half ton of mill feed, and to
my surprise the” miller informed me that he had
just received a telegram~from Washington allow-
ing him to boost the price of mill feed $20 per
-ton. I protested vigorously but it availed me
nothing. The half ton cpst me just $10 more than

_. it would had I. gone after it Saturday. Now what
I would like to know is this: Did not the gov-
ernment fix the price of mill feed, giving the
miller a reasonable profit; and if the 01d price
was reasonable what would you call this new
one? And how does the government expeétfarm
ers to grow hogs at $16 and pay $55 for feed?»

I grew a bunch of hogs last winter onrthis feed

and sold them for $16. They cost me $25, and if
this hold-up game of the millers continues we
farmers will so cut of the hog business. Why
does thhe glazeit'ifiment-Hflx the price ; of our wheat

an en e ‘e m er char e w

for flour and feed? g hat he pleases

can givevus will be thankful] rece‘ .—

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U. S. BULLETINS OF VALUE
~TQ POULTRY RAISERS

The following Farmers Bulletins may be ob-
tained free of charge by addressing the Division
of Publications, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. 4 »

No. 355, “A Successful Poultry and Dairy Farm.”

No. 528, “Hints to Poultry-Raisers." ‘

No. 574, “Poultry House Construction.”

No. 585, “Natural and Artificial Incubation of
Hens’ Eggs." ‘

No. 624, “Natural and Artificial Brooding of
Chickens.”

 

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No. 656. “Community Egg Circle.”
No. 682. “Simple Trap Nest for Poultry.”
No; 684,_“Squab Raising.” ‘ .
No. 697,“\“~Duck Raising.”
» No. 767,, “Goose Raising.’_’
No. 791, “Turkey Raising." _
No. 801, “Mites and‘Lice on Poultry.”
No. 806, f‘Standard'Varieties of Chickens.” '

I. “The American Glass."

NO. 898, “Standard Varieties of Chickens." .. i
' H" “The Mediterranean, and Continental
Classes.” ‘ - . ‘ - ‘, _ ..

No. 849, “Capone and“ Capéliizing." f .
~ N06889:. ‘Bwk-Yard. Poultry Keeping”. -
Noe4957‘, “"Imp'ortah' -2 1; Poultry Digs” .19.}: -. .

  
   

   
   

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two years, recommended a system 20f grading
which has been enforced by th6 Food Administra-
gg-f biog “g" the present market season

fl , «,Objections to Present Grades " ~ ~-
.. helm No. 11 BRINGS LESS THAN REAL VALUE

“The principal objection ”by the grower to these
grades is that he gets less for his grade No. 2
.‘f‘than he thinks is fair. The minimum diameter
of No. 1 is placed so" high that a large prepOrtion
of. the ordinary crop is screened out and must be
graded No. 2. No general market has been devel-
oped for No.2 potatoes, at prices at all attractive
to the grower. It is difficult to market any pro-
du etrof relatively low value per pound like pota-
to oes, unleSs it can be handled in full carloads.
Theihandling of No 2 potatoes is very difficult,
especially from sections where the potato industry
is not well developed. Usually in such sections
fr om two to several diii‘erent varieties of pota-

oes are groWn. A number of cars of No.1 pota-

  

  
  
  

 

of No. :2. If early potatoes, Rurals and Burbanks.
are all being shipped fr8m one point, lots of No.
2's of each sort muSt be accumulated and kept
separate. This requires ex'tra handling and sev~
eral separate bins. ‘

'DEALEns HESITATE T0 HANDLE No. 2

“These difliculties have caused dealers general-
ly to hesitate to handle No. 2’s. As a consequence
growers have had to keep their No.2 stock for
feed, sell for starch, or sell at a price that has
be con unsatisfactory. This means that a great
many potatoes of edible size must be sold as grade
No.2 at the buyer’s price. In the year of short
production there would be a narrower spread in
the price paid for the two grades, naturally, but in

ayear of good production like 1918, it is doubt-
ful' whether these grades will help the farmer.

“The growers feel that the minimum diameter
of ,-.U S. Grade No.1 should be lowered so as to
em a larger proportion of the edible sized pota-
to so, or that the price of Grade No.2 should be
more nearly that of No.1 and the buyer compelled
to handle both grades. During the present season
the market for Grade No.2 has been unsatisfac-
tor'y “ _,

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‘ for seed stock. It is generally recognized that
potato of good type of 1% inches in diameter
akes as good seed as the larger tubers, provided
ther conditions are good. Some districts, like
he Red River Valley, market their crop, very gen-

no grades tor this class. Such stock, when in-
cluding the No. 2’s, cannot be sold as graded
stock and in case of controversy the shipper has
no recourse. .

, “Under the same objection it is obs ved that”
the Federal Reserve Bank has ruled that potatoes

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with the Federal Reserve Bank. Under the pres-
ent system, warehouse receipts on seed potatoes

Federal Reserve Banks as security.

“A third objection raised by tthe who wish to

, -, e. is no incentive offered for producing.
odd Stock; The: grower who brings to

   

grading of potatoes, the Bureau of Markets U. S.
Denartment of Agriculture, has, dining the past , ' ‘

to
toes must be marketed to accumulate a full car»—

" "Ariother objection is that there is no provision

erally, for seed. The present system establishes

properly graded, packed stored, and insured and ‘
stitute a readily marketable, nonperishable Staple
and an "
member bank may make a loan against such ware

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N0 INOENTIQ FOR PRODUCING GOOD STOCK

‘ chenlcal means.

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Present Potato Grades

r “U, S. GRADE No.1 shall consist of sound

' potatoes of similar varietal characteristics,

., which are practically free from dirt or other
foreign matter, frost injury, sunburn, sec-

, 0nd growth,- cuts, scab, blight, dry rot and

damage caused by disease, insects or me.
The minimum diameter of
potatoes of the round yari’éties shall be 1%
inches and potatoes of the long varieties
1% inches. In order to allow for variations
incident to commercial grading and handl-

..ing, 5 per centum by weight of any lot may

be \mder the prescribed size, and in addition,
3 per centum by weight of any such lot may

. be below the remaining requirements of

this grade."

*U. S. GRADE No. 2 shall consist of po-
characteristics,
Which are practically free from frost injury
and decay and which are free from serious
damage caused by dirt or other foreign mat-
ter, sunburn, second growth, cuts, scab,
blight, dry rot or other disease, insects, or
mechanical means. The minimum diameter
shall be 1%. inches. In order to allow for
variations incident to commercial grading
and handling. 5 per centum by weight of
any lot may be under the prescribed size,
and in addition. 5 per centum by weight of
any such lot may be below the remaining
requirements of this grade.”

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New Grades Proposed

“U. S. GRADE No. 1 EXTRA. shall con
3 st of sound tubers of similar varietal char-
a-teristics, which are comparatively smooth,
practically free from dirt and other foreign
matter, frost. injury. sunburn, second
growth, cuts, scab. blight. dry rot and dam-
age- caused by disease, insects or mechani-
cal mean-s. The minimum diameter of po-
tatoes of the round varieties shall be 21/4
inches and of the long varieties 21,4; inches,
and the maximum diameter shall be 314
varieties and 31/8
inches for "the long varieties. In order to
allow for variations incident to commercial
grading and handling, 3 per centum by
weight of any lot may be outside of the
prescribed size, and in addition 3 per cent-
um by weight oi’ any such lot may be below
the remaining requirements of this grade.”

“U. S. GRADE No. 1 STANDARD shall
consist of sound potatoes of similar variet-
al characteristics, which are practically free
from dirt Or other foreign matter, frost,
injury, sunburn, second growth, cuts, scab,
blight, dry rot and damage caused by dis-
ease, insects or mechanical means. The min-
imum diameter, of potatoes of this grade
shall be 15/8 inches. In order toallow for
variations incident to commercial grading
and handling, 5 per centum by weight of any
lot may be under the prescribed size, and
in addition, 5 per centum by weight of any
such lot may be below the remaining re-
quirements of this grade. This grade shall
contain a minimum of 50% by weight of
tubers with‘a diameter of 2%; inches for
the. lOng varieties and 21/, inches for the
round varieties.”

“U. S. GRADE No. 2 shall consist of sound
potatoes which are reasonably free from
dirt and other foreign matter, frost injury,

. Sunburn, second growth, cuts, scab, blight,

.dry rot and damage caused by disease, in-
sects or mechanical means. The .minimum

-, diameter ‘of potatoes of this grade shall be

1% inches. In order to allow for variations
incident to commercial grading and handling

- 10 per centum by weight of any lot may be

under the prescribed size and, in addition
10 per centum by weight of any such lot
may be below the remaining requirements
of this zrade. Potatoes with a 5 per centum
admixture of tubers of different varietal
cNhargc'teristics shall be classed as Grade

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SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS

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really first-class article. This grade to take c
of the product from farmers or communities who:
potatoes of extra quality are produced and when;
growers and dealers wish to take particular pains
with their product andvsnpply a fancy trade at a
price commensurate with the’. quality of the stock.

Second, another grade, probably known as No.
1 Standard, shall be established to take care of the
general run of potatoes. This grade would be"
about equal to the present U. S. Grade No. 1, ex-
cept that a screen of 1% inches would be used sb
that all of the good edible potatoes or normally
good seed stock .would be left. This grade Would
leave no No. 2 stock of value, only culls for
starch or feed.

“Third, the potatoes left from Grade No.1 Exs ‘-
tra, and other inferior stock would be designated}
as No. 2. These would largelycome from sections;
where potato growing is highly speCialized and '
where facilities for handling would be available.
Besides, there would 'be a much smaller quantity
of them than under the present system, and only
in years of scant production would it be necessary
to use these for food.

“A grower or shipper will not attempt to grade
his potatoes No. 1 Extra unless he has an espec-
ially fine quality and this grade will give him an
opportunity to sell at a pricecommensurate With
the quality of his stock.

“The question which arises regarding the grad-
ing of potatoes with, the varietal admixtures as
No. 2’s can be answered by stating that it is un-
necessary for the grower to raise that kind ‘of",
stock, and if he persists in so doing, he should be
penalized.”

    
      
   
     
 
   
 
  

    

     

   
 

 

     
 

 
 
  

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(Continued from page 1)according to the depart
ment statement, were as follows: Corn, 13,193,789
bushels; oats, 61,670.351‘bushels; barley, 74,400,-
787 bushels; rye, 13,936,010 bushels. These stocks
represent the following percentages of the corres-
ponding stocks on December 1, 1917: Corn, 129.0
per cent; oats. 94.6 per cent; barley, 110.8 per
cent; rye, 154.2 per cent.

“The commercial stocks of flour and corn meal,

as reported for the survey, were: Wheat flour,
white, 6,397,490 barrels; whole wheat and gra-
ham flour, 133,189 barrels; rye flour, 266,107 bar-
rels; corn flour, 51,676,911 pounds; corn meal. 72,-
825,916 pounds; buckwheat flour, 13,548,309 l-bs.;
mixed flour, 26,623,397 pounds. These stocks rep
resent the following percentages of the stocks
on hand a year ago: Wheat flour, white, 170.4
per cent; whole wheat and graham flour, 249.1
per cent; rye flour, 245.8 per cent; corn meal,
227.8 per cent; buckwheat flour, 220.4 per cent;
mixed flour, 243.5 per cent.
7 “Elevators, warehouses and wholesale dealers
reported stocks of beans amounting to 7,285,713
bushels, while wholesale grocers and warehouses
reported the. following commodities and in the
amounts indicated: Rice, 49,998,810 pounds, rol-
led oats, 80,489,666 pounds; canned salmon, 96,-
893,624 pounds; canned tomatoes, 245,489,204 1bs.;
canned corn, 111,336,010 pounds; sugar, 164,356,-
634 pounds. These stocks represent the following
percentages of the corresponding stocks on hand
December 1, 1917: Beans, 154.5 per cent; rice,
62.6 per cent; rolled oats, 165.7 per cent; canned
salmon, 94.3 per cent; cawed tomatoes, 140.3 per
cent, canned corn, 133.5 per cent; sugar, 125.0'
per cent.

“Stocks of condensed and evaporated milk were 1 ‘
reported by condensaries, cold storages, warehous~
es and wholesale grocers, as follows: Condensed,
milk, 49, 878,129 pounds; evaporated milk, 146,-
757,968 pounds. The holdings of condensed [mi V.
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Affirming business, for as State Market Dir}

_.;McBride-has pointed out ,and has been repeat-
dly-‘emphasized in these columns, the removal of
all preduction problems in farming and the in«
creasing of efl’iciency in production to the very
maximum may not necessarily mean greater prof-

its. On the other hand, it is essential that W;

produce as cheaply as possible, just like men en-

; paged in other lines of business, and every prouen

Method of lowering production 'costs should be
carefully considered and adopted wherever teas.

ible. From now on, we hope to publish an entire ..

page devoted to general problems of production.
On this page we will present the methods used by
the best authorities ,including both actual farmers
and men professionally engaged in studying pro-
duction problems. Letters upon any problem in
any branch of agriculture, will receive careful
attention.). ‘

FARMER EXPLAINS DIFFERENCE
‘ ' BETWEEN SPRING AND FALL RYE

 

In» reply to‘J. R. B., Alma, Mich, in regard to
Spring rye and fall rye, there is just as much dif-

' forence in spring and fall rye as there is in spring

and fall wheat. The fall rye if sown in the
spring will never grow a crop the same year, but
it will grow all over the ground and can be pas-
tured all summer and if not killed by drouth will
raise a good crop thefollowing year. Spring rye
can be sown in the fall if sown very late so that
it will just come up, or not‘come up at all before
snow or frosty weather. Spring rye is grown in
this neighborhood for the reason that it is too
late to sow'fall rye or fall wheat after corn, beans
and potatoes are taken care of., and it bears more
per acre then. Some farmer who wants to put in
oat seed can buy it of the Argo Milling Co. of
East Jordan, or I have some for sale, but not
tested yet. Spring rye is very good to seed with
if sown in spring—J. T., East Jordan, Mich.

FIND MARL VERY USEFUL IN
AIDING THE CLOVER CROP

Wider use of marl, found so commonly in many
parts of the state, will help much to remedy acid-
ity of the soil, declares Dr. M. M. McCool of the
department of soils at M. A. C. .

On one farm in Ingham county, where analysis
by the college of samples of soil showed it to be

 

' of a depleted sandy t’ype, use of marl increased

the income from the land as much as $15 an acre.
The soil on this farm was in such condition that
it had been impossible for a number of years to
secure a good stand of clover from it. Where no
marl was applied, the first cutting gave 1648
pounds to the acre, a large share of which consis-
ted of weeds. On that part of the farm where marl
was used, 2764 pounds of clover were secured
from each acre. The second growth was allowed
to mature seed, yielding about one bushel to the
acre. The profit on this farm from the use of
mar] to remedy an acid condition of the soil, was
515 an acre. I

WHY NOT MAKE THIS “DREAM
OF ALFALFA” COME TRUE?

M. G. Braden, manager of Adrian Community
Market and editor of the Community Bulletin has
an eye for both the practical and beautiful, and
in the following article makes some suggestions
that may well receive the serious attention of all
rural committee:

“It appears to us offhand that our many road-
sides thruout Lenawee county could be cultivated
and that in a manner which would not inconven-
ience traffic, neither would it be detrimental from
an artistic standpoint, and in fact we believe that
with all the thoroughfares throughout the country
bordered with alfalfa we would be adding attrac-
tiveness to the roads. as well as advancing a move
that might develop inta a true example of econom-
ics, thus in a measure cooperating with the larg-
er crop movement of our food administration.

“Looking at it from a standpoint of attractive-
ness we are positive that a roadside adorned with

 

' alfalfia would be far more pleasant to the eye than
iron weed, wild briers and burdock.

“We cauld also apply the same to the sense of

I smell, for when the question of odors comes up/
‘ We would far prefer that sweet smell of alfalfa to

that of ragweed, wild mustard and thistle.

. ‘fF‘rom an economic point of view it is useless to
argue, as anyone who has traveled cur highways
{any appreciates the greatamount of terra firms.

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fluous. And it matters net how diligently "the
road supervisor attends], the cutting and burning
of this “sure pop" crop, ther' remains a sufficient

amount to infest the adjoin g farmsand sooner,
or later We find along the roadsides weeds of the

noxious ”character, supplanting,
oats, corn, etc.

“We might add also that the blossom of the al-

wheat, barley,

falfa is far more pleasing to the busy bee, and'

also offers a. fountain of sweets. such as weeds can-
not supply, and it would mean a great deal to this

 

 

How Straw Protects _
Y APPLYING straw to wheat as a top-
Bdressing, winterkilling is reducedprobo
_ ably in the following ways: The straw
catches and holds snow, prevénts soilblowing
to some extent, and reduces the losses from
freezing and heaving of the ground, which
upxnnts the plants. Straw can lie applied
with a fork or by means of a spreader, es-
pecially designed for the purpose. The prin-
cipal thing to consider is that distribution
be made evenly and not so thick that it
smothers the plants. It is best to spread it
soon after sowing, so that the plants will
grow up through it and hold it in place.
Aside from this, much later spreading is as
effective, but is more likely to be hindered
by freezing of the straw and by unfavorable
weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

county in honey alone, were our roadsides cul-
tivated into this samementioned alfalfa, that
might prove a source of supply to even the bee.
“And we believe it would mean better roads also
-——by the cultivation of alfalfa on this idleOsoil.

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the‘tlres would chimes p’obviat‘efl e .,
a team, to‘haul you out, ’hnd‘also“provo‘much bet,-
ter. for the roads afterwards: than“ excavat’mn, the

filling in with/rocks 'or tree branchedfwhich are

often resorted to whenone'istcanghtgfn'this' pre-
dicament. Were the embankments: spoken of
planted with alfalfa, théy would be protected, and
within a year or so they would cease to deposit

\any loose dirt in the ditch below, addLalso~ieave\

a more artistic touch for these more slopes than

sand or clay—Adrian Community Bulletin.

 

WEIGHTS OF MILK ANDYCREAM' as

DETERMINED BY THE ’AGR. DEP’T 7

 

Investigations by the U- S. Department of Agri-
culture show that the weights of milk and cream
containing various amounts of fat are approxi-
mately as follows, at a. temperature of 68 degrees:

Skimmed milk of a fat ooptent of .025 per. cent
weighs 8.63 pounds per gallon, while milk which
tests 3 per cent butteifat weighs 8.06 pounds per
gallon; while 4 per cent milk weighs 8.58 pounds;
,5 per cent milk weighs 8.58 pounds; and 6 per
cent milk weighs 8.57 pounds per gallon. Mixed
milk and cream of a 10 per cent fat Content weighs
8.53 pounds, while a. similar mixture of 15 per
cent fat content weighs 8.47 pounds per gallon.
Twenty per cent cream weighs 8.43 pounds, 25
per cent cream weighs 8.39 pounds, 80 per cent
cream weighs 8.85 pounds, 35 4 per cent
weighs 8.31 pounds and 40 per cent cream. 8.28
pounds to the gallon, For all practical purposes
the weight of milk testmg from 3 to 5 per cent
butterfat may be figured it 8.6 pound-s per gallon.

’A Farmer with a Small Herd of Cows Tells How

Cream Separator Helped Him Make More Money

The following is from, the conversation of a
man who has recently gone into the dairy busi—
ness. He is a believer in the cream separator.

“For several years we have been keeping three
or four cows, raising a calf each year, but letting
the calves suck the cows until they (were from
four to six months old, and not trying to milk
them until after the calf was quite large; and then
after we did wean them the cows did not seem to
do well and giving milk, and it also seemed that
the cows were making a very small amount of
money this way. ‘

“Three years ago I chanced to be at a-place
where a cream separator" was being exhibited.
and, seeing its workings and getting a few figures
about making butter and selling cream, and also
feeding the skim‘milk to the hogs, it appears to me
that I should like to have a good separator. So
when I returned home, wife and I talked it over,
and it seemed as though we were not financially
able to buy the machine; but at that time we had
four cows, two of which were fresh and the other
two would be fresh soon. After talking the matter
over considerably we decided to try the machine
anyway. /-

“Following our decision we bought what we
thought was a good separator. Bet re we bought
the separator the most butter we had ever made
any one week was only eight pounds, a very small
amount, of course. But with the help of the sep-
arator we made twelve pounds the first week from
the same cows, apparently giving the same amount
of milk on the same feed.

“For the year beginning and ending with the
time we bought the separator we sold butter and
cream to the amount of $225.50; the amount, min-
us $137.50, the value of our outlay for the years
before, leaves $88 for. the cream and butter, to
which may be added the sale of the calves, which
was $45, which makes a total of $133 for the first
year with the'separator. This sum is not large,
of course, but it is at least twice what we were
getting from the same cows by letting the calves
have the milk.

“The number of cows milked during this time
one of them proved to be a failure by holding up
her milk, and I replaced her, buying one that was
about dry, but to freshen soon, and selling the
worthless one later on for beef. 2

It is much more work to milk_thanfi_ to turn the
calves to the cows fiw‘ice a day; but the extra

amountxof milk 'fo‘r‘th’e, pigs" and also the skim

 

 

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spent in milking. The experience we have had.
_ has proven to me that a good cream separator is

a most paying investment on the farm. It. is also
a great labor-saving device, being much easier to
wash d handle than crooks or cans. But what

' is more astonishing to me is the difference in re»
turns between the use of the separator and letting ‘

the calves have the milk.

“My income is fully doubled ,and I’believo that A

it will be higher in the future; and the labor is
not great any‘way. It is also a much more sanitary

way of handling the milk than the old waygtai '

the separator removes many impurities that other-
wise remain in the cream or milk. If anyone can
make good butter without a separator, he will cer.
tainly make better butter with. one, and besides,
get all the cream, instead of just a part. A small
size separator will pay for itself in one year with
the same milk from but just two or three cows.

“I have already learned that good cows, properly
housed, fed and milked, and a good cream separa-
tor with which to separate the cream from the
milk are a continued source of income."

1 am always glad to meet such men and talk
with them. It makes me feel good down deep in
my heart. I know they are doing business in a.
business-like manner and success always comes
under such conditions, and the farmer and his
family are made happier, as nearly always is the
case when they get out of the old rut and get
to making money so that they can have some of
the good times at life. If there is a person on
earth who should have an enjoyable life, it cer-
tainly must be the-farmer. who must- toil from

early morn till late at night to produce sin! to

feed and clothe the world, and when he gets to

making money encugh so that himself and family"
can live comfortable, they are much better satis- .
lied, and the young folks of the form will be much ‘

better satisfied tomstay with “dad” and help him

about the cows. Really, I don’t. blame any ambi- “
tious. young man to want to leave the farm where,

nothing but the old-fashioned ways of doing things
are followed.

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wagon and put in ways to handle the farm. easier,
and' you will find that John and Jane mu not w.

ry long in town when they go to take the cream . . ,
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_ finer; United states Food Administratign
ends‘witn themroclamatlon of peace by” the nine
iridescent-epochs that abrief- statement oi§_ta¢ts.
\asfithey now appear in regard to livestock find-061'- -~
.eal'poss‘ibilitles for the'Unvited States in register.
may be of interest as a basis for suchi‘deductions
on your part on behalf of agriculturalhand live-
stock ‘inferestg as present evidence warrants.

' In peace timeEurope, excluding Russia and
Turkey, consumed twenty'flve billiOn pounds of
”meat per year. As compr hensive a survey as it
is,‘ possible' to 'make with the prevailing chaotic
European’conditions indicates that in the coming,
year the meat supply of the European countries
from home scurces‘will total. aboutseven and one-

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half billion pounds—at the most not more than ten _

billion/pounds. .' -,

Surplus meat supplies throughout ' the world
indicate that ‘a total of seven and onahalf billion
"pounds can ‘be supplied to Europe from_ outside
’s'ource's,1of which about four and one-fourth bil-
lion pouii'dsfian be sent from the United States.
There is not pork enough in the-world to nearly
supply the demand. ’ .

01 course it is not safe to ‘assume that meat
consumption in Europe in the coming year will be
normal, even if normal supplies could be furnished.
However, 20 per cent reduction in consumption
demand would still leave a 25 per cent deficit.

The future of cereal demand is in some degree
dependent upon thermachinery which will be set

, up in Europe for food distribution. If finances
can be arranged and equality of distribution pre-
vails it 'seems safe_to assume that the surplus
stocks accumulated in various points of the world
will be almost entirely consumed this year, and
safely out of the Way‘when the next harvest comes
.in.‘ An increase in food production is to be ex-
pected for the coming year. However, it seems
improbable that the entire increase will more
than equal the surpluses rwhich were released
when ‘the armistice was signed. Therefore, the
total amount of food from the coming/world har-
vest will probably only about equal, that of the
best. harvest, plus the accumulated ; food supplies
released in India, Australia and the Argentine.

 

28TH ANNUAL MEETING LIVESTOCK
BREEDERS ANDHFEEDERS ASS’N

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Mich-
igan Improved Live Stock Breeders’ and Feeders;
Association has been postponed, owing to prevail-
ing conditions, to February 5, 6 and 7,.1919.

Wednesday, February 5, will be devoted to the
meeting of the various allied organizations, in-
. .cluding the following: ' .

-Michigan 'Horse Breeders' Association.
Michigan< olstein-Fries‘ian Association.
Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Association. .
Michigan Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Ass'n.
Michigan Guernsey Cattle Club.
Michigan Jersey Cattle Club. .
Michigan Red Polled Breeders’ Association.
Michigan Hereford Breeders’ Association.
Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders’ Ass’n.
Michigan'Shropshire Sheep Breeders’, Ass’n.
Michigan'Hampshire Sheep Breeders’ Ass’n.
Michigan Oxford Sheep Breeders’ Association.
Michigan Sheep Breeders’ and" Feeders’ Ass’n-
Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association.
Michigan Poland China Swine Breeders’ Ass’n.
Michigan Duroc-Jersey Breeders' Association.
Michigan Berkshire Breeders’ Association? '
Michigan Chester White Breeders’ Association,
Michigan Hampshire Swine BreedersgAss’n.
Thursday, February 6, will be taken up by the
meeting of the Michigan Improved Live Stock
Breeders’ .andFeeders’ Association which} includes
all the above organizations. I ‘
T ’
y will be held from February 3 ‘to February 7, in-
elusive, and Thursday, however, will be devoted
largely to alive stock- program of general inter— "
est to 9.11.. ' ' , . ' .p '
Aditional details ,or this important gathering
will be~published in early issues of M. B. F-

 

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annual farmers' Week out at the Collegef-

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"of Ahtrim COunty to take this matter up With the

:‘gi'o'wer‘a. The ”plan is to hold meetings in the
different sections of the county where radish seed
is grown and place an organized plan before the

mgrOWers. This plan will constitute the organizv '

.ing of .the growers and their agreement not to
raise radish seed for any company that will not
receive, test and pay for the radish seed delivered
at the grower’s station here in Antrim county.
Any seed companies who are dealing fairly with

the farmers would not object to settling with the .-.-L

growers for their seed upon delivery at the rail-
road station... In this way, should there be any
dispute as to test. or weight, the grower would
still have the seed under his control and would be

* able to make a satisfactory settlement at that
time. We believe that this is the only way where-
by the farmer can get a square deal.

ANNUAL MEETING MICHIGAN
CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

 

The annual meet. g and grain show/of the Mich-
igan Crop Improv ment Association will be held
Egbruary 4 and 5 in connection with Farmers'
Week at the Michigan Agricultural College, East
Lansing, Michigan.

One of the eight large barracks to be used for
the week’s display will be devoted to crops and
soils. Many instructive and interesting exhibits
will be‘placed in this building together with the
corn and grains which the farmers bring in. The
Crop Improvement Association has discontinued
charging entry fees on any exhibits. The only
requirement for entry is that the given grain be
shown and grown by a farmer of Michigan.

Some of the best authorities in the country will
be present to judge the grains and give talks at
the meetings on Farm CrOps day, February 5.

The crops exhibit Will only be one of seven
others along lines of interest to the whole farm
family. For premium list of the Michigan Crop
Improvement Association show or other informa-
tion write to J. W. Nicholson, East Lansing, Mich-
igan.

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The United States in the first half of 1918 pro-
duced 17,576 flasks of quicksilver.

Eggs sold at $1.00 each in Brussels up until
recently.

The quantity of tea imported into the United
States in the fiscal year 1918 was 151,000,000 lbs.

In Paris ham costs $1.80 per pound, bacon $1.10
and butter $1.40,

There are 12,000,000 negroes in German colohies
and other African states.

Large coal deposits have recently been discov-
ered in Ireland. .

There are more than 56,000 post-offices in the
United States.

A drop of blood that might be suspended from
the point of a needle contains about 1,000,000 red
corpuscles.

The present population of Paris is estimated at
5,000,000, compared with 3,000,000 before
war. .

Air passenger and parcel post service has; been
started between larger German cities. Passenger
fare is about $1 a. mile.

—- The Emergency Fleet Corporation will deliver
8,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons of new shipping next
year. '

It is estimated that from 300 to 750 pounds of
coal are consumed in stopping and restarting an

- ordinary. freight train.

About 8,000,000 women contributed to surgical
dressings, knitted garments, etc., valued at $59,-
000,000 turned out by American Red Cross in past.
tWelve months.

.The Ordnance Department has produced 2,014,-
815,584,.‘cartridges, 1,886,769 rifles, and 82,540 ma-
chine; guns since the United States entered the
war- , . , y .

. f- Before the war' there‘vere less than 600 doctors,
--300nur§es and 3,000 enlisted men in the medical
department oithe American Army. Now the army
hes"~.over=gao,ooo physicians and surgeons and
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:ment commandeered, 2,200 acres of
*'.ad,ngd., for the-purpose of en-

rygI' proving grounds there and the
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT .
' ADRIAN COMMUNITY MARKET ..

The only community market in the state of
Michigan. . p

The second community market organized in the : .
United States. f

Within the first seven and a half months of the .;
market, 2,879 checks were written. ' . ’
Within the first seven and a half months of the _,
market, 4,063 patrons], had marketed products “
with us. ' , _ ,

Within the first seven and a half months of the.
market, over 1,000 different patrons had marketed
products with us. ,

Our oflice answers over 50 telephone calls daily ,
(notwithstanding the poor service.) '

Within‘ the first seven and a half months of the
market $66.825.69 was paid for products and runs ,
ning the business.

Within the first seven and a half months of the
market over $60,000 was paid for produce a10ne.

Is patroni‘zed daily from distances exceeding 25
miles. ‘ .

Delivers with its own truck, a distance of 70
miles (the longest haul of any produce house in
the United States.)

Uses exclusively the Acme Auto truck. ‘

Has a. monthly periodical which has a circula-
tion of 6,000.

The only produce house in the United States
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DECIDES CONCRETE

GREENVILLE
' ROADS, COST TOO MUCH

 

Greenville, in Montcalm county, is facing the
same road problems as many other sections of the
state, as the automobile and truck/traffic increas-
es. Pneumatic-tired automobiles are hard enough
on gravel and stone roads, to be sure, but it takes
iron and solid rubber-tired trucks, carrying one
to four tons to grind the gravel highway to pieces.
So ruinous has truck traffic proven to gravel
roads that many rural districts have been inves-
tigating the cost of concrete, but in most instances
have found that the cost would be prohibitive and
have invariably returned to some adaption of the .
gravel road. ‘

Concrete roads cannot be built for less than
$20,000 to $25,000 per mile, and as yet traffic in
rural districts is not great enough to warrant so
large an expenditure. The Greenm'lle Independ-
ent claims that gravel roads if built right, will
Withstand the ordinary traffic of rural districts.
It tells of gravel roads built in Indiana upon a
foundation of crushed stone, protected with a
strong shoulder to prevent the sides breaking
Wexford county road commissioners have
skirted the gravel roads with coarse stones which
prevents motorists from wearing down the edges ,
of the road in passing and has a tendency to our. . .
tail‘fast driving. '

The truck is becoming a. very popular mode of
transporting farm iroducts and the roads of the
future must be built to withstand the powerful
pounding of these heavily loaded machines. There
is absolutely no question but what eventually all
main thoroughfares in the most thickly settled
rural regions will be constructed of concrete, for
the constantly increasing traffic of heavy trucks
gravel roads will wear out almost as fast as they
can be built. ‘ '

REPORT ANNUAL MEETING OF ‘
ANTRIM COUNTY LEARM BUREAU

 

. The annual meeting of the Antrim County farm
bureau was held in the court house at Bellaire,
Friday, December 20th.

It was decided to put on a campaign for mem-
bers to the bureau in this county. The cost of be-
coming a member is fifty cents annual member-
Other counties have already begun
this movement and Antrim county :hortld be
among the lead in number of members. 1,000
members should 'be secured this winter and’ then
Antrim county will be known as a leading county
in this work as well as in the Russett Rural pota-
to and marketing associations.

The election of officers and committeemen reg;
sulted in the following men being elected for one.
year: . ‘

President, A. B. Large, Bellaire; Vice—Pres, Frank.
Lesher, Mancelona; Secretary, R. E. .
Lake; Treasurer, A. H. Thomas, Bellaire.
'utive committeemen for each township are: p _>
E. R. Harris; Central Lake, Wm. Bowers; thsggfi
Geo. Tobias; Custer, Dan Kauffman; Echoinm . ,_
Hebden: Elk Rapids, Henry Hannel; Forest“ ”5”“9'

 
       
      
     
     
     
   
  

 

 

    

  
    

  
 
 
 
   
  

 
 
  
   
    
 
 
   
 
  
 
   
   
 

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Confronted With Huge Task in
‘ Maintaining its Guranateed
Price Without Finan-

cial Loss.

One of the ‘biggest after-the-war
problems with which the nation has
to deal is the fulfillment of its guar-
antee on‘the price of 1919, which as
VSec’y, Houston writes to the House of
Representatives must be made ef-
teetive.” following are extracts from
the recommendations made by the de-
partment of agriculture for carryi 1g
out the guaran .:I.-e

Wheat Crop of 1918
The United States Food Adminis-
tration Grain Corporation has under-

taken “to carry out and make effec-v

tive” the guaranteed price of wheat of
the crop of 1918, and with its capital
.of $150,000,000, and its credit, com-
bined with the export demand for
wheat up to this time, the Grain Cor-
poration has been able so far to main-
.tain,‘in its integrity, the‘ guaranteed
price of wheat of the crop of 1918.
The crop of wheat of the harvest of
.1918 is estimated to be 917,100,000
bushels, and this resulted from the
planting of 42,301,000 acres of winter
wheat and 22,406,000 ”acres of spring
Wheat, or a total of 64,707,000 acres.
Up to the last day of November
1918 there had been a movement of
530,000,000 bushels from the farms
and of this amount there was in stor~
age in elevators, mills, and terminals
287,000,000 bushels, leaving a‘balance
of the crop of about 329,000,000 bushels
yet to \be moved from the farms, and
on the same day there were 254,000,000
bushels in elevators, mills and termin-
als, so that it will be observed that
‘ there is a very large amount of the
.1918 cr0p yet to be moved from the
farms, and it will take all the resourc-
es of the Graini'Corporation and the
most careful attention to every detail
to carry out the guaranteed price of
Wheat of the crop of 1918, made by
-the executive proclamation under the
authority of the Act of Congress. In
fact, it the export demand for the
wheat of the 1918 crop should dimin-
ish, it is possible that in order to
maintain the guaranteed price it may
be necessary that there be a fur-
ther apprOpriation by Congress On
the other hand. if the demand for
wheat for export should continue, it
is hoped that 611 the first ylay of June
1919, the Grain Corporation may have
been able to carry out the obligations
of the United States as to the crop of
1918 without impairing its capital of
$150,000,000. ‘

Wheat Crop of 1919

The carrying out of the guaranteed ‘

price of wheat “harvested in the Unit-
:ed States during the year 1919 and

~..0ffered for ‘sale before the 1st day of

. 'June 1920,” fixed ‘by the President’s
7~ proclamation of September 2, 1918. in
'svpursuance of the direction of the ct
, of Congress of August 10, 1917, pre-
sents a much more difficult situation,
of which Congress should be advised.

'and such agencies should be created .

,nd appropriations made, by Congress
as will insure the carrying out of the
guaranteed price “to every producer
of wheat," in its integrity. We, there-

re, deem it advisable to call the at-
tfintion of Congress to the situation,
t, appears at present.

following table will indicate

'ssible outcome if.” we assume the
.al abandonment for winter wheat

he {ire-year average and a plant- \ ‘
’lllal t0 15.31:

‘ in the 5 ins 015,191

 

 

 

 

demand.
firmer.

abundance of hay with lower prices.

 

 

 

DETROIT—Potatoes. henna, hay firm.
CHICAGO—Potatoes 15 cents cwt. higheli Hay firm, beans Inactive, _onione~ V'
NEW YORK-vApples firm, higher prices expected. Bean demand slow._

l’lTTSBURG—‘Potatoes firm and higher.

Eggshlgher. Poultry firm on good:

_ \\./

 

 

 

 

.77 ,

year with the average for the last
five years:

Winter wheat, bushels __ 697,900,000
Spring wheat, bushels __ 303,000,000

1,000,900,000

\

Total ____ _
Deduct seed [and domestic
consumption *-__ _.__ ____

\ 360,900,000

VIt would be-unwise not to make
provision for the possible maximum
quantity to be handled.

In order to meet the competition
from Argentina and other countries,
it seems apparent that our wheat of
the 1919 crop, for export, must be paid
for here at the guaranteed price and
perhaps sold in competition at a price
considerably below the guaranteed
price. It'we sell export wheat at a
price below the guaranteed price there
would be difficulty in holding our own
people to a price for flour based on the
guaranteed price of wheat, even if this
were desirable.

The total estimated elevator capac-
ity for carrying wheat is probably at
a maximum as follows:

Public terminals, bushels 150, 000, 000
Country elevators, bus‘,hels 100, 000 000
Mill elevators, bushels __ 100, 000, 000

350 000 000

If the crOp of 1919 should beg to
any considerable amount in excess of
the 1918 crop, as now seems probable,
it will be necessary to provide addi-

640:000,000

tional wheat-storage capacity to carry.

out the guaranteed price of wheat for
the 1919 crop. Storage capacity is es-
sential, for the guaranteed price is
limited to the first of June, 1920, and
producers" will certainly rush their
wheat to market, in order not to be
caught on June 1, 1920, with wheat

. on hand, and the United States must.

take the w‘1eat when offered.
In conclusion we submit the follow-

' ing:

The guaranteed price of “ev-
ery producer” is only effective pro—
vided the wheat is “oifered for sale
before the 1st day of June, 1920.” It
will be impossible to carry out this
guaranty as it is intended by June 1,

(a)

r

1920, and it producers cannot sell their
wheat to the United States before that
date and are left with wheat‘on hand
it will be felt that the obligation of
the United States has not been car-
ried, out in good 9 faith. Therefore,
Congress will have to extend thisldate

with such provisions and safeguards

as may be necessary to protect the
government from wheat harvested in

1920 being mixed with wheat of the

1919 crop. .

(b) Present agency will have to be
continued or a new one created with
pewer to bu , store, and sell, such
wheat of.the 1919 cr0p as may be of-
fered to it, and sufficient appropriation
will have to be made to furnish such
agency with ample ,. funds to at all
times purchase throughout_ the Unit-
ed States, at the guaranteed price, such
wheat of the 1919 crop as may be of-
fered to it and also to provide storage
facilities to take care of the same 'by
lease or purchase of facilities now in
existence or by building additional fa-
cilities or both. The appropriation
will have to be on a basis to enable
the guaranteed price' to be maintained
at all times by purchase of wheat with
funds provided by (the government and
without relying on outside credit.

(cl Provision may have to be
made by Congress for the protection
of the Government against wheat ',\or
flour brought in from other countries

during the period when the guaran- -

teed price is effective, and also to pro-
tect purchasers of such wheat so long
as the same is in the country and not
consumed. Such provision was made
by Section 14 of the Act of August 10,
1917, but the same expires with the
proclamation of peace.

 

2.30 1-2

2.3
2.28 2.34 1-2
2.77 2.33

No.2 Red
No. 3 Red
No. 2 White
No. 2 Mixed

There is still a very active demand
for Wheat, tho the price level that was

2.20
2.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WEATHER
As forecasted by W. '1‘. Foster

Poster's Washer Chan Jenner, 1919

"V" Ce’ld‘ ,
. i

u:
Warm

rt:

WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4, 1919.
~Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbance to cross continent Jan 8 to
12, warm wave 7 to 11, cool wave 10
to 14. This starts in with low tem-
peratures on meridian 90 and, fluct-
uating up and 'down, the temperature
averages will rise to—a high point on
meridian 90 about Jan 22; earlier west
of that line, later east of it Not
much precipitation during passage. of
this storm. Not much force in the
storms and therefofe not much wl

Winter ain has grown too rapi-
ly and I expect a long, cold dry Win-
ter to damage it. he hogs,
feet in the trough, the big specul’ator
profiteers in grain a
. been depressing prices

hue th be?
buying the BL 111$ farm products

low ' Better hold your grain artdc
ill the rig etc i l in

 

 

 

for MICHIGAN Busmnss FARMER

.‘ Not 111 10h precipitation; a. little

, they will get sumciebth ta
with

cotton. have . .
é‘ . of Winter grain for 1919.

and:
again I advise ampere not to soil when '
_ the market appears to be unreasoflitbly ,

FOR THE WEEK

had any grain or cotton I- certainly
would not sell it now.

chtwvarm wave will reach Van-
couver about Jan 13 and temperatures
will rise on all the Pacific slope. It
will cross crest of Rockies by close of
Jan 14, plains sections 15, meridian...
90. great lakes, middle Gulf States and
Ohio— Tennesee valleys 16, eastern
sections 17, reaching vicinity of New—
foundland about Jan Storm
wave will follow about one day be-
blind warm wave and cool wave about
one day behind storm wave. .

Moderately low temperatures on .
meridian 90 near Jan 13, higher near

uv a; -.' n near 19, bLt the av-

erage going to higher points till near-V

rain south and a little snow north.
Same for Pacific slope. -~ Precipitation
will begin to go to South America, dry
weather for North America 3.11 come
in slowly. This is the eight! 3p:
the cropseason for South Aurerica‘ and.
11118 our
‘Winte’r grain will be sh 0 -0t “moisture
and the northern part 013» it; short of ,
snow to r tecuit. Fagmers Should-

not loan 0 heayfly hn" Wfi‘ ,

 

 

 

lover-i.

. ve're can... ~

in quantities“ ,
unseasonahly warm
a lot of winter-killed who

 

1.00 .

11.55 l .-
, 1.52

1.50'

 

 

 

 

N: 4 Yellow

 

Corn reached the highest level or
the season on the Chicago market
Monday, tho demand in Detroit was
rather draggy with no price changes.
A storm last week in the corn belt
tied up some shipments and the fear
that additional mid-winter storms
would result in short supplies had a
very bullish influence on the market
Both dealers and growers now have
visions of $1. 75 corn before another
six months", but at that most of them
are willing to sell when the chance
comes. The crop is short, there's no
getting around that and the demand
for hogs that is almost sure to prevail

all next spring and summer ought to ,

keep the price of corn pretty well bol-
stered up.

 

Detroit

Standard 73
No. 3 White
No. 4 White

Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

.79 1.2’
. .11 9
71 1-2 . .71

"Ii 61' mess it remains '
spect; to" see!

Oats are lower on the Detroit mar- ‘ \

ket, tho the situation generally is one
of firmness. The re- selling by the
government has taken care of a large
part of the export demand. Reports
indicate that there are less oats in
dealers’ hands today than a year ago
despite abnormally large production.

There is a trifle stronger feeling in
the rye market and the grain advanced
on the Detroit market one cent Mon-
day, making the Detroit price $1. 62.
No one expects any large advance
in rye. In fact, it will be surprising
if the present l‘eyel can be maintained.

Barley is inactive, little demand, with

no change in the price reached sev-
eral weeks ago of $1.80 to $1.95.

 

- - Detroit

Sinderd
rimolhy - "loll"
2.7-5. 20 00 2‘50 27 .0

‘ Method

28 50 20 S0 27 50

 

 

 

" No.
04 l Clover
22 5. 23 00

23,» 2100 290010 to 2500
Chas-ell «.1025 21252525 212524 25 2515
“11351202651 «21.51
an onset 21001.10: zuo

 

 

 

 

There is morally a rather weak
gaging in . ,ay' wit “

«11.2 —~ '
405416 . ' ' . 2 o 29 g;
’ rims-us

‘ NwYoflt .

Rich-mud
' “i _

1

_3l00330030‘0 3200 I

 


‘ l

Rift, ,- grade, 2’ 112
5.50 per barrel; same,
up, $4.75 to 5.25; same, B um , ‘
, nch“..up,' $.25; ungraded, WW?

.unaless‘; ‘ , ..
" "p .54.; .same,.uii'graded, 2 £01?!"

[Lyeolder‘
at lip} $3.50;bulk“ handpicked, Elms. - .
“ 4”"inch up, $2.25 to $2.40 . Wmfi" '

yen Davis, A» grade, 2 1-4 I . , . was. '

mp, .3275 to-4.00 per barrel; same, '

. . .1 1. a‘ndplckedi culls out! $2.05 to
; ».,2.’}Qa_1per.cwt; m xed variet es, ware- _ . _- ‘ ..
*1,;.-ii;pass_aqrts, bulk, $1.50 to 1.60 per - ' 1 g, , E'L'WEd‘ok’das
now/tisc'ider apples (few moving) 80c . 11’ u ‘ . . ‘ J" ”'
‘Tper.r=vc_'9‘vt.;_cold storage, 'Greenings, A ‘
grade, 2 .1-2 inch up, $5.50 to 6.00 per
{bar-rel; BaldwinsFA grade, 2 1-2 inch
up, $5.50 £06.00 per barrel; same 2 1-4
'findhuup, $5.25 to 5.50 per barrel;
same 2 1-4 inch up, $5.25,,to 5.50 per l
barrel; Northern Spies, A grade, wide l

 

 

 

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.9 The department‘s: agriculture’a 1‘61 "
_, 'fcent iood‘ survey shamingreman halt- ,_
seamen? beans‘:in;.;~theg ’handsvrjotg..the, 1,
- . ,dealgrs .on“Dec.j let-T, 191$, Ithagqffon/jthe
"fl same date a yeari’ago,__'~g;l?hislmay sig-

 

‘ continue firms '

» niiy much or, little;

compared ‘ with"; a» year ”ago? i not only
in Michigan shut in}al;l.~sect~ions, so

.‘ - while theré'are ;.a.ctue1"1¥'m°r°“beans

in dealers fhands'there‘mayi‘not be as

‘6‘. I ”many, in :thég-hands {of the ' growers.
- L L“ It lee-fine secret that the I'veleyators of

. Michigan‘ijhave gamble- bean holdings
“:to-ta‘ke care of all ”current orders, and
'4 we-eannot see, in view of this situa-
' ' lion; how pricescan' advance very much
for at” least a? couple: or three months;
if at all. " The navy. bean enthusiasts
can say What they may we know that
the enormous crop of pinto beans has
hurt the navy bean market, and Will
continue to‘ , fill a certain demand.
1 Farmers are still cemplaining of bean
picking practices and we hope to have
some authentic information to present
along these lines in theglear future.

 

I Click. fol-d. -

R .
,............ swarm

 

1.80 ewl.
. 1.80 ‘
2:50
2.00

 

 

 

 

 

The Chicago Packer says with ref-
erence to the potato market: “De-
_'s‘pite all..pnedictions to the contrary,
thevpotato market showed advances in
price the days. immediately preceding
and following Christmas."- This was
mashed a surprising situation to every-
body, somewhatdi’fferen‘t than usual
it that season of the year, and is being
:taken [generally as asign that the ,po-
tato market is in good shape and Will
. I“ On the Chicago mar-
.ketfql‘ast‘ week prices, were Slightly
higher. 1. The/”Detroit market has
hanged firm'and ‘ ‘
~weeks.‘i’f «Receillts have; d'ro on. w

eff-and buying is limited. RD ay
her is still: a'bearish factor. ‘ Better
prices need :not be looked for in the
immediate future unless the weather
gets colder. Reports from 'Wisoon-
sin, Minnesota, New York-and Maine
all indicate a strengthehins .of the po-
tato market, and there
“among farmers ..to hold for higher
prices.“ Farmers don’t like the U. S.

grading rules any better this year'

than they did ‘Iast. The rule; Ought
to be changed, and will be, little or-

' sanized growers can decide and act?!
" 62% cents.

g'folgeth'er ‘upon thé desired challgeSm

Chicago reports .4 lightly better tone
in onions, but, the Onion deal else-
~ ,where is about the same as it has been

‘ ‘ ,ior- some time; "deaderr'nfla door nail".

' V‘Jafiuary. hbWevé'r. usually; ushers in
, titereason's demand for ,onic‘msand
1 while: there may ‘be no.1 idmedi-ate. ad-

{Estimator or,
rbeans‘mas been wary £1.89. thissyear as

steady forQnea’rly two '

The _ weatm

is attendancy

' plentiful.

, range quality, 2 1-2 inch up, $6 to 7.50

per barrel; Russets (just beginning
to move) A grade, $5 per barrel; Ben
Davis, Agrade, $4.25 per barrel;
mixed varieties, bulk, handpicked,
culls out, $2.50 per cwt.

mm. 6

:3

New York Butter Letter

‘New York, Dec. 28.—As usual dur-
ing the holiday season the market is
rather inactive. There is a marked
tendency for all buyers to be conser-
vative and to add very little to their
stocks outside of11what is actually
needed for current supply. However,
there has been some out-of—town buy-
ing, but it has not been enough to
materially affect general conditions.
Considerable more butter from the
west coast has arrived during the
week which has tended to keep the
supply a little ahead of demand. There

.has been the usual nervous feeling

which has prevented any great feel-
ing of confidence in the situation and
t is difficult to predict what may tran-
spire during the next few days.
Prices of butter took a sharp dc-
cline on Monday when quotations
on higher grades fell 11/2c. Practi-
cally no butter moved that day. How-
ever, on Tuesday a measure of confi-
dence returned and the market
strengthened and quotations advanc-
ed a half-~cent. On Friday there was
no further advance but the market
gained strength and could be" said to
be firm. Demand for unsalted butter
is not so strong as it has been for the
past few weeks but the usual differen-
tial in quotation above that of cor.
responding grades of salted butter is
being maintained. The established
quotations : the close Friday were
as. follows: tras, 681/2c;
scaringrthan extras, 69 to 691/2; firsts.
63% to 68; and seconds, 53 to 580.

W .. 1.:».- V's

~-‘Eggs are firm and slightly higher.
The storage holdings are beginning to

4"Show the drain that has been made

not
‘ Fresh candied firsts were
bringing in Detroitthis week 61 to

upon them; and offerings are

.-‘=’ poultry market is strong. Re-
ceipts do not quite keep pace with
demand; Price‘s prevailing {he first
of the we‘ekwé‘reas. follows: No. 1

,springs, 30' to ’3ilc; small springs, 28,

to 29c;”hens,v 30 to 31c; small hens

andLeghorns, 27. try-280; roosters, -20

to 21¢; geese, 29 to 306;.a’duck5. '33'to
b ‘- f

. 34¢; turkeys. 38 to .40 per

higher ‘

 

I
l

i

mongrel hens lay high priced eggs.

analysis on bags here illustrated.
demands have caused a shortage.

him in the. same car
your dealer cannot

 

ORDER YOUR SUPPLY NOW— Feed will be scarce.

3“

ns Lay ~ -
HE high prices on poultry and eggs right now are sufficient to

encourage poultry raisers to strive for big production.
sential item for big production is the right kind of feed.

The es-

Poultry Feed

is a ready-made solution of the feeding problem. His Poultry Scratch Feed ..
contains no weed seeds, and is a clean, properly balanced feed' that will make
Wellman’s QUALITEED Chick Feed
contains just the right elements to develop chicks at‘a rapid pace. .These
feeds are low in price by all standards of comparison.

See- the guaranteed

Extraordinary
See your dealer and tell him how

many tons you will need. Give: him time to order a car. We can ship
ALITEED Dairy, Hog and Horse feeds. If
pply you, write to us direct.

E. L. WELLMAN, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

———have X213. Pmfltry or
hatchingcggs to sell C i

".‘u

then read Mr. Woodruff’s

letter just received:

M. B. F.2—Please stop my advertisement as my poultry is all
gone and letters are piling up. D zens come on every mail. ’We
are more than pleased with results.
advertising from me later on for hatching eggs. _
taking extra well as I have received orders for as high as 100
p'ullets, and everyone Seems well pleased with them.
got poultry of quality, and at the right price.

 

 

 

vMelvin, Dec. 27, 1918.’
You shall receive more 1.
My poultry are
I sure have "

Yours very truly. _
R. S. WOODRUFE.

 

 

 

this was Mr. Woodruff’s ad
that cost him just $7 for »13
insertions in our Breeders

Directory:

F YOU have eggs or breed-
ing stock for sale, don’t
wait another minute! Now

is the time to start your adver-
tis ng and our Breeders’ adver-'
- ‘tis g rates are so low that
' every poultry raiser -iu.Michi-
gan can word to letter what he

 

 

 

.F

v

OR SALFr—Single comb White Leg-
horn Cockerels and pullets; Barron
300-Egg strain.,- Also one oat sprout-
er 300-hen size. Cockerels, $1.50 each in
lots of two if taken at once. '

S. Woodruff, Melvin, Michigan. ‘

 

This ad. measured just 5 lines, whidh’
would cost at 15¢ per line, 750 per week,
or $7.00 for 13 weeks; larger or smaller
ads at proportionately low cost. Sen

 

for Breeders’ Rates.

has to‘ sell through this departmén'
our. Weekly. SIMPLY WRITE: US‘WHA‘T YOU "HAVE TO SELL,
-_ letterrwe; will ,s.et,,y0ur ad in type, tell you how many lines it,

 


Three
513's, Ion-s, /
No Premiums. Free List or Clubbing OfterS. but‘ 3

2:61:13? .worth five times what we ask for it. and 8113?-

m aid-udrlee’wu‘uu Owned and sumac. £4.35... "
éarunnar, JANUMLY 4, 1919‘

— - - -

 

 

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Is This What You Call Justice?

E USED to think we had a pretty fair
grasp of the English language. But

we learned how meagre our vocabulary real- "
_ 1y was when we attempted to comment upon
the removal of price limitations on wheat mill
9 feeds.

Last week we predicted that the taking off
of these restrictions meant higher prices on
wheat feeds. The article was scarcely in type
before bran advanced from $35.50 to $47 and
middlings from $37.50 to $50.

Prices were fixed on wheat'feeds long after

the first crop of $2.20 wheat was placed on

the market. These prices allowed fair profits
to all engaged in the manufacturing and sell-
ing of these products. The war over, these
prices were removed by the Food Administra-
tion, with the result above noted.

By the fixing of a maximum price on wheat
and flour, the interests of the consumer were
nicely taken care of. The welfare of both

‘millers and dealers was also provided for by

the allowance of liberal profits. No guess-
work about this at all. From the miller down
to the small-town dealer, every individual
who had anything to do with the manufac-
turing and selling of flour was allowed a. fair

profit. But how about the farmer? Oh, the

fellows at Washington made a guess at what
the farmer ought to have, and that is what
he got.
I

But the farmer is also a consumer. Oh, to
He not only consumes the finished
product of wheat, flour; but he consumes
large quantities of the by-products of wheat.
Up to the time $2.20 was fixed as a fair price
on farmers’ wheat, they had been buying bran
and middlings at prices based or $3.50 wheat.
They sold their 1917 crop of Wheat at about

$2.05 a bushel, but went right on buying bran

and middlings on a $3.50 wheat basis. After
awhile the Food Administration attempted to
bring the price of bran and middlings down to
a $2.20 wheat basis, but it was not until the

‘ spring of 1918 had come, fully six months

after marketing of the 1917 wheat crop be-

gan that any farmers in Michigan could buy
bran and middlings at a fixed price.

There is a great scarcity of wheat feeds.

With the price restrictions off, they naturally.
. respond to the laws of supply and demand.
' jA‘nd in so responding they net the lucky deal-
- ers who happened to have in a supply of these

feeds a handsome little fortune. Is it any-

thing but profiteering in the raw materials

that go into‘ the manufacture of the world’s

. most essential food, milk, when dealers boost
‘ thepri'ces of these materials which they bought

a; $31)de $32 per ton, to $47 and $50 a ton!
‘ ‘ dairymeng have had a long and only
.‘ ‘Successful fight for profitable milk

and no .

act shoulr3 be carefully co _

choose. "-11; is . simply another cuse of .
discrimination that unsympathetic and 1111-!
informed minds have shown against the farm-

er from the minute ’the' nation entered the:

war. We farmers get tired of ”complaining,
but theres a cog loose somewhere that-ought
to be fixed {there are causes for all this dis

crimination that should and must be removed ;‘

and when that is done and farmers get the
same kind of deal as other {people they will
quit their fault-finding, and not before.
“When tlie B‘oys Come. Home”
6‘ F THEY db come home,” has been a
' popular refrain in America. Thous-
and of them will never come home for they
sleep peacefully in death among the poppies
and the charred ruins of No Man’s Land.

They have fought the good fight and now rest
in eternal repose.

But there are something like three million

American youths still under arms, in Europe
and the United States. Many of these have
work yet to do; many of them will probably

'cast their future lot with Uncle Sam’s stand-

ing army; but the great majority of them
have finished their job and are waiting, wait-

ing, waiting for the order that Will free them-

from their military bonds and send them
home rejoicing to the open arms of their dear
ones. _

How slowly it reverses, this gigantic ma-

chine that only a few short months ago reach-
ed out its fingers, gathered in the boys and
men from all walks of life, from field and
factory, farm and office, and fashioned them
into a compact, efficient fighting force. To
those waiting back home for the return of
the father, son or brother whom they willing-
ly gave when the nation. called, the dissemb-
ling of that great machine seems intermin-
able. ' ,
We can easily appreciate the danger of a
wholesale discharge of soldiers who must of
necessity seek occupations in civil life. The
industrial balance would be quickly. over-
thrown were this great army of men to re-
turn in the short period of a few weeks and
demand reinstatement in civilian positions.

But nevertheless we are constrained'to ask
whether the demobilizing is taking place as
rapidly as it might. Back home there is
work to do; industrial centers are still short

of help; spring will soon be here and th?

farmers will need their boys. There ar
abundant jobs right now for hundreds of
thousands of men. Speed up the machine;
return at the quickest possible moment the
freedom that has been taken away from the

' soldier boys; keep them no longer chafing in

idleness under military discipline. They
have fulfilled their duty to you, Uncle Sam;
now fulfill your duty to them.

What Will Michigan Do for the Returned
Soldiers?

VERY SOON now the soldier boys will be
returning home, each seeking the occupa-
tion for which his talents are suited. The
government would place all men who are un-
able to secure jobs in their chosen line of work,
upon farms. From the gofernment’s view-
point this is an easy solution of a perplexing
problem, but it can hardly satisfy the public
conscience or repay the nation’s debt to the
men who have fought its battles. Before
state and national governments rush headlong

into a half-hatched plan to make farmers out.

of returningtsoldiers, the

consequences of the

.ed. ' 1 ' ,
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It will not do to putrin .

training and habits aregof‘theiclty’. -Non;e' who ,
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tainties .of pioneeriu’mifig would. thifik
doing suchfra thing. B

have experienced the: hardships and uncer-

‘pf this. movement are

theiuqélver; and. he ..

*is one of «the reasons why "the maiorityr’of‘re;

turning soldiers, unlem they, went from the '
farm into the trenchesflwill‘fail’at’f farming. ~

It—:~ will , be the .1 height; of 'ing'ratitude if ' the f
. United -Statesn and, the . state of,;-»Mi0higan'r

gives the returning soldier ,no choice ‘but. a
job On a farm or enhance. to buy an eighty of
cut-over lands. It would be a fine thing for
Michigan if its several million acres of unim—
proved lands could be thus mag' ally peopled
and set to work. But be it-remembe'red that
there are many practical problems that stand
in the way of the successful consummation of
that plan. In‘lthe first place, no“ soldier should
be expected to make a living on a farm unless
. he is provided with ample ~funds at a low rate

of interest, with which to Nelear the land, build '

himself a home, yp-farming implements and
pay for his first year ’s‘ operations. 'He should
neither be expected to make“; any payments
whatever on his land in less than two or three
years after he settles on it. So then, any
plan, .whether fostered by state or national

government or both, must be successful and

fair to the soldier, provide for these contin-

gencies. _ \ .
Just Junk, That’s All.

NOTH NG but an imperative order from
the ,enchgovernment saved 150 car-
loads of explosives that had been sold to the
French from'being dumped .into the ocean,
having become a menace to the surroundings
in which they stood.

All of the nations that took part inrthe war
have got enough gunpowder and high ex-
plosives on hand to blow themselves off the
map, and the funny part of it is, they don’t
know what to do with the blamed stuff. Re-
minds us of a man with a box of dynamite.
He’s afraid to carry it on his shoulder lest
it blow his head off and he’s afraid to sit down
on it lest it blow his—pants off. _

But the left-over explosives and the costly
machines for discharging it are now for the
most part, nothing but junk,———just junk. It
is dangerous. to have around; it ought to be
moved so. far from the sight of man that he
may forget. what the stuff looks and acts like.
Sure,‘it’s a waste to feed it to the fishes, a
terrible waste, probably running up into the
billions of . dollars, but it"s merely the price
that war exacts. .‘ ,

Dump it into the ocean, and don’t weep
any tears over its remains. Pay the price and
grin. But kindly erect over its last resting

place a tall and sightly spire to which we '

farmers may point in eloquent silence when-
ever we are reminded of the “turrible”
chances Uncle Sam is taking in paying us
$2.00 for our wheat.

Both Senators Smith and Townsend and
nearly all of the ’Michi‘gan congressmen have
assured M. B. F. that they will give that por-
tion of the Gore bill relating to the adultera~
tion of dairy foods their careful considera-
tion and support. This was in response to the

petition sent them by this publication asking .

them to support the measure.

After keeping the mice of the . farmers
wheat dawn to less than cost of production
during the two abnormal waryearswhen the

"\prie'a'nf. everything else Scared sky -high,,.the
‘ "Food Administration is; now reminding him

’ hats lucky dog 11.10 15 that 1};
his 1911;311'013 mcompeti

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stilt; ReadeIS? ,.~ ..
. _ psi-rcwhich asked"thru.._‘-"
.{wliatF-thfe farmers of" Mich“ _ _ ,
’ jcareful estimate the values have declined about:
' '20 per cent in the last four years, or since 1914,
there are very few buyers and very few can sell

6 ‘igfbne thing we want',and‘:l_.a‘i{k

a 13'. take it up far us. .It.i‘s%that.tall.

facets be 'cu‘t but at oncerand thatgwe'h’b’e 2

.‘pay’ our; taxes to the . county‘tre‘asfirer'

wany percentage for eightnmonths; of “the. ,

andthat in county o'fiicers'be put rgn‘ja‘jssi.

anyinst-the same'as the man workingforafcomi ..

pany\or anyx'pnivate person, and ,his ”77.3333 the

"same from the circuit'judge down. Make them.
furnish their own fuel and; light, or pay for it, ~
" and .that all state and county officers 9. er this,
0. commencing at. ournext presidential e ection be

'iel'ected for, four years and‘cut out all this unnec-
essary expense imposed on the people. Let the
"state ,hahdle on» building and repairing, of high
'Wages'.» Thef'state _ appoint a man in each town-
ship todo tho-war}: of that township, his wages
L not toibe more than $3 a day and he to hear his
own‘expe'nses, and, must get allof his repair work

’ ‘acnein' 90. days’ time, say from the first of June
‘ 1 ”until the 1st offS‘eptember.. Any thwn work he

. hires dene is: not toflbe paid over four dollars a
"dayQan‘d. stand his own expenses-and must work
" full ten hours fora day's work, go and- come on
hisvown time. Four dollars a day for man and
team for full 10_hours’ work, alsoythe employees
of state’s wages be'c'ut right in two in the middle,
and the house of‘representatives cut out. Let the

‘7 “judge of the supreme court say if the senate’s

‘work is legal or not. \Cut out all this red-tape
work. There is no use. for half of it. Make the
taxes of everybody throughout the state 2 per cent

' [on his or her valuation. this to be the outside

limit; The state at large make all improvements

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’ too much expense on the people.

on highways and pays for them; also ditches and
, bridges and culverts; the state do the work ‘and
pay for it. Abolish and do away with all town-
ship emcers at once. Don’t let them last a month
after the first of the year, and give the people
until thelfirst of September to pay their taxes
without any percent, and hereafter make laws to
do” away with so much expense on the people. There
are too many men livingand getting rich on the
tax-payers and doing nothing and are causing
I‘iknow, of four
men in Lee township who are not assessed for
as much as they are insured for. That is not
right. One man I know is not; he is insured for

.Sz,500 in the State‘Mutual and is only assessed
,. $2,200 and $450. We kindly ask that you people

take this matter up at once and get the township

oilicersabolished at once. Let us pay our taxes
to the county treasurer, We kindly ask that you
give this your immediate atte. ion and consider
it the request of the people and your readers—-
,, W. H. LL, Midland county. '

Good Words :From Hillsdale County

I am veryamuch interested in MICHIGAN BUSF

"nose FARMING andwill do all I can to boost it

in this‘section., :1 recently tacked up ’one of your ’

subscriptiojnposters on my,.barn rwhich I got at
the Adrian fair and often call attention to the
merits of the publication, as compared" with an
other, so—called' farmers’ organ, in the state, thru

' which I hate at times made fruitless eflorts-u to
' bfing about progressivemeasures
of the state. . ' . ,
I wish you success in your various activities
and if I can do anything to increase your influence
in Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee 7'count-ies in

whose farmers I am especially interested in every ‘

phase of their prosperity and welfare, I shall be
..glad to do what I can.
I enclose one dollar for my own subscriptron and
-‘hope iou will get a. lot more in these counties. You
may get something from the enclosed items which
' I am néwsending to the press. '
to write..you some special articles as you re-
quested and may get time to do so.——'~Gco. B.
_Smtth, .Hillsdale county. . "

. Here is‘AnotherMan’s View on Square [ Silo ‘
' - I see ’in' the Dec. 14th M. B. F. that a Mr. w. P.

H. of Walkerville is asking about a square silo be-
ing a. perfect silo. ,

' number of square silos and‘they do not give per;
. feet. satisfaction as the silagerwiil not pack thoroly
lathe corners. \Thereis nothing any better than
the round wood silo, according .to my judgment. I
ave‘two round silos; Iv feea‘thevyear 'round from
em,fiand=the bestis none too good for the Irish.

for. the farmer;

I have wanted .

I have been. acquainted with a) I

gays: Countyn'Farm Values Have Declined»-

Twenty Per Cent

{In regardto‘ the prices of farmsti this part
the county would say I believe in my best and most

though there areimany places for sale—J. 0. Ar-
mour, Merritt, Boy county.

War to End War

‘ (Printed by request)

That is what we are fighting for. We joined
the Allies to put an end to military autocracy
and personal ambition of an insane ruler. We

- have no right to conclude peace until there is un-

conditional surrender. There must be complete
annihilation of the Kaiser’s world-power am’bi-
tions, and of all his war equipment. There must
then be formed a' league of nations to enforce peace.
This being accomplished, we have “fought a good
fight,” as Paul said. In such a war there is honor.

What then will be the excuse for the mainten-
ance of, our National training camps? There are
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A Clinton County Subscriber Says:

Have kept four different farm papers, but
found that the M. B. F. is a mile ahead. It
comes out with the goods. Enclosed find
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plan of training every man for war. The “prepar-
edness" crowd will want to call every able-bodied

man into camp every year for military training.

Grant that the training has done a wonderful
amount of good to our younger manhood. Out
of it has come fine physique,
broader sympathies through travel and a general
mixing of our population. That alone is worth
while. But we have trained men under the stress
of. war. We have fortunately had a man as see-
retary of War, also a secretary of the navy, who
have seen beyond the mere battle-line. They have
safeguarded the health and morals of the men in
a, remarkable degree. The whole forces of the
civilian population especially of the good women,
have been spent to keep our soldiers and sailors
in these training camps clean for a return into
civil life as companions and as future husbands
of the girls of today.

Remove the spirit of intense patriotism stim-
ulated by an unselfish war. Remove all these
restraints by the government and civil population.
What then? Just as sure as military training
becomes an annual event as a fixed policy just
so surely will the people in the training camp
cities cease to give heed to the so-called soldiers—
the men in camp for physical training. Merchants
will profiteer on them without restraint. Officers
will come from the rich and those who will have
a pull. There will be no weeding out in conflict.
All the evils and none of the good of army life
will run riot if we adopt a preparedness policy
after winning the victory for which we fight—
abolition of war. _

Worst of all, it will be in direct contradiction
to our world-known national policy—~a democracy
without a great trained army—a national hatred
for" military autocracy. Can we fight German
militarism and straightway turn our country over
to the same folly? If universal military training
lowered the morals of Germany dare we think it
will not do the same for us?——Successful Form:

my. »-

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. no ‘rwiii‘yresn‘ze'ithinks good deal of them. B. x '

also_'find enclosed. $1 to renew my subscrip

he” 1' resent subscription; runs ‘o_ut.—'.—I

Lolita/h, Mich.

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' our Defense

or ”
“rare comfort that someone has spoken:
can-carry his burden, however heavy ,until nights ,
Anyone can do his work, however hard,vfor‘

one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, till._-
the sun goes down. And this is all that life over ‘

‘ to bear the burden alone.

splendid health, ,

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TILL NIGnmrA'LL

" Today’s burdens will last only through today,

They may be removed before' tomorrow; but if
they should be renewed tomorrow, strength to

bear them‘will also be renewed." Today is. all.

that we need to think about during today, and

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one day is not very long.’ Here is a message of .

fall.

really means." But it means one thing more, that"
even bptween now and nightfall we do not have

WHAT PART OF HIS KNATOM'Y?
"Ma! ma!" sobbed Willie, “do my ears belong
to my neck or face?"
“Why, what is the matter?” was the temper-
izing reply.
“Well, you told Mary to wash my face, andvshe's

iwashing my ears, too.”

Indeed I would, if I were you,-
Indeed I would.
I‘d have the best that life can give,
If I were you;
And use it hourly while I live,
If I were you. .
I’d glean joy from waning years,
I’d cull laughter from my tears,
And a courage build‘on fears,
If I were you. .

HUMBLE PIE

“ You don’t appear to object to these food re-
strictionls.”

“I don’t see any restrictions worth mentioning,"
replied Mrs. Cumrox. “I have been for years wish,
ing I could sit down in the best restaurant and
orderl' C(dm bread and cabbage and potatoes right
out on .”

THOROUGHNESS

Do it better!

Letting well enough alone never raised a salary
or declare an extra dividend. .

And what was well enough for yesterday is poor
enough today—do it better.

Rescue that little task from the mint of dull rou-
tine—do it better.
t’eSeek out that automatic act of habit—do it bet-

r.

Put another hour on the task well done—and do
it better. *

Strive not to equal—strive to surpass.

Do it better.

SUIT YOURSELF

Old Mrs. Donahue managed to get along in the
world in spite of her educational deficiencies. One
day she was called upon by a lawyer to sign her
name to a rather important paper.

“You sign it yourself, young man, an’ I’ll make
me mark,” said the old woman. “Since me eyes
gave out I’m not able to write a wurrd.”

“How do you spell it?" he asked, his pen poised
above the proper place .

“Spell it whativer Way ye plaze,” said Mrs.
Donahoe promptly. “Since I lost me teeth there's
not a wurrd in the wurrld I can spell."

OUGHT TO BE CURED

Doctor: ”Sore throat, eh? Have
gargling with salt water?”

Naval Patient: “Good heavens! I’ve been tor-

pedoed six times!” . '

you tried

If you are afraid you will fail you are half-way
to the land of the Has Beens. Stop thinking you
can’t succeed, and you’ve turned your back on”,
Failure. ‘ .

AS TO THINKING RIGHT .
If a. man thinks everyone is against him he will
treat them so they will .be. If he thinks every-
one is a friend he will treat them nice and they
If a. man is suspicious of every-
one they will be suspicious of him. You get just
what is coming to you, goo-d or bad, that’s sure.
If you keep on fighting, you’ll get licked sometime,
good and plenty.

TACTFUL .
Head of the house (roaring with rage):
told you to put that paper on the wall?”
Decorator: “Your Wife, sir."
Head of the house (subsiding):
it?”

" '11:)
“Pretty, iéh’t

Drudging 13 the gray angel of success: Look
at the leaders in the profession, the solid men of
business, the master-workmen who begin as poor'

' . boys and end by‘building a town to house their-1

factory bands; they are drudges-of the single ai 7.
V—“One thing 'I do.” Mr. Maydell, the hamm
maker of Central New York, was an artist. “Yes;

. . mid-hd-"I have made hammers for twenty-fig , ,
. , ””83.me then, you ought to be- ableto-mak " ' '

‘ a pretty good hammer by this time." "N

as the answer; “I never made a pretty; ‘
inter: ”I make the best hammer mad, in;

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Raise. Ou’r Standards , « ..

' EAR PENELOPE :=

, would like to add" my mite to your valuable

. department. As ’you have asked us \to ex-

press o’uréselves on subjects of interest, I am writ-

ing, wondering if what I have to say will merit

the waste basket. The "beauties about us and the

commonplace things have a way of getting mixed

up so that often breaks tit: monotony of farm
life-

As I looked out upon the boar frost decorations ‘

this morning it started a train of thought. As I
see the ash tree in the barnyard looking like a
giant white fern, and the tiniest twig on the
plum trees wore ermine to dear for an earl, and
the commonest Weeds were decorated like a. beau-
tiful fairy flower, then the remembrance of the
promise in the Good Book that all our sins should

[be covered and this mortal put on immortality, I

’ wondered if the transformation could be anywhere
near as beautiful as the hoarfrost decorations.

= Then coming down to commonplace things, I thot
how far short many of us come to measuring up
to a standard of quality.

We take cream and make an article-we name
butter, and take it to market and tell the pur-
chaser it is good butter, and demand the price of
good butter, and oftentimes it can only be used
for frying. Dear farmers’ wives, let us raise the
quality of our butter, and make it so good that it
will measure up to a high standard; take extra
,pains with the cream; keep it where it will not
become tainted, and churn as often as possible,
washing out the buttermilk, salting with pure
dairy salt, and as soon as salt is dissolved work
and pack, covering packages with butter paper,
and cover to exclude air, as nothing becomes af-
fected sooner than exposed butter. But I do not
think that we are altogether to blame for the
quantity of tainted butter there is. When butter
is taken to the store the clerk or merchant will
remove every bit of butter paper and allow it to

stand exposed to the smoke and smells common

there, no matttr how choice an article; or it will

‘ Communications for this page should, be
3 I have often thought I i

‘1

Penelope, Farm Home Departure 1..“
be dumped m' a rancid receptacle; or 11.111011 11911

.descript collection, and Soon all has the

me-

flavor. We belieye we ought to make a protest

against such work. Yours fer more and better
butter. ——M. A. M. , '

I am well pleased to receive your kind— letter .

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A Good_'Nightf _
”He giveth his beloVed sleep.’r _
——Psalm cxxvii" 2.

“S LEEP dwell upon thine eyes, peace in
thy breast”—- -7
The stars drift slowly down into the west,
The drowsing breeze sighs faintly on the ,_
hill; '
Save for its song the wide, wide world is
still. .
Night has one cure for Day’s one thousand»
cares, .
One healing balm within her clasp she bears, ' '
The blessed sleep that makes our frowns“
grow smooth, ,
The blessed sleep ,to comfort and to soothe. .f,

The battles of the day have left their scars;

The? e is no warfare now; the marching stars

Wheel patiently and surely from the easi’

And all Day 3 trumpet challenges hd’be
ceased.

From the illimitable depths of night

There breathes a lullaby no pen can write;

A melody that lives through ages long—

The half-hushed ifiystic, wistful slumber
sung. . ,_ :'

There are no wounds that ache. no stings .
that smart

Once sleep has flung her spell about the
heart. ‘

Ivmgct the weary road, the endless quest-

“Sleep dwell upon thine eyes peace in thy
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:— you have;

-, creature,

1191111111. thought
" " an .is ‘a very
am sure there 1s room improvement in
our lives, and '- for one resolve to do a little

some times

‘ better work this year than I’ve ever done before.
‘PENELOPE. ., ' _ a. , - ‘ . .. "

V

A Cheerful Face
EXT to the sunlight otmeaven is the cheer

ful face. There is no mistakifig it—vthe _
bright eye, the“ unclouded brow, the sunny

_ V smile, all tell of that which dwells within. Who
"“has not felt its electrifying influence?

One' glance
at this face lifts us out or the miSts and shadows, .:.
into the beautiful realm of hope. One cheerful
face in the household will keep everything warm

' .- and’ light within

It may be a very plain face, but there is some-
thing in it we feel, yet cannot exprés, and its
cheery smile sends the blood dancing through
the veins for very joy. Ah! there is aworld cf-
magic in the plain, cheerful face, "and we would

',Il0t exchange it for all the» soulless beauty: that

ever "graced the fairest form on earth. It maybe
a. very little face, but somehow this cheery face
ever shines, and‘the shining is so bright the s‘had-
0W8 can not remain, and silently they creep away
into the dark corners It may be a wrinkled face,
but all the dearer for that, and none the less cheer-
ful. We linger near it and gaze tenderly upon it,
and say: “God bless this dear, happy face! We
must keep it with us as long as we can, for home
will lose much of its brightness when this sWeet
face is gone " And ever after it is gone, how the
resemblape of a cheerful face softens our way!

. . Lace Collar
This block pattern is for a pretty and dainty

A lace collar, which can be quickly crocheted owing,

to the simplicity of the design. The work is

commenced at the back and crocheted up to the'
.neck and then to one side and thread broken.

The second side is made last. At A the sides may
be increased in length if a longer collar is de-.
sired. Crochet cotton No 70 is used. The.
cuffs of this set will be given in a succeed-
fiig issue. , ~

2.,Where Can I Sell Children’s Stories?

EAR PENELOPE: For the past few
months I have been writing short stories
for children. I have never had. any pub-

lished as I did not know Where to send"them
or the form in which. to send them. Will you
tell me where I can send these stories, and,
.what price I could expect? Would they have ‘
to be typewritten or just written by hand. Will
, you please consider my letter and any help will.
be greatly appreciated. ,
. -Wishing you a happy New Year, I remain——
R. 0., Marion Mich

I am glad to give you whatever information
I can as to possible purchasers of your stories.
Submit stories of interest to boys to Youth’s
Companion, Boston Mass; Ameiican Boy, De-
troit; Boys’ Magazine, Smithport, Pa. Submit
stories of‘intereSt to very young children to
Little Folks" Magazine Salem, Mass; . The
. Child’s Magazine, Garden City, N. Y.; St Nich-
olas, New York City There are a number of,
”syndicates which also buy' children’s stories.
Write to King Feature Syndicate, 35 West 39th
street, New York City; also InternationahSyn.
dicate, Baltimore. Publishers much [prefer
manuscript written on the typewriter; in fact,
I would suggest that if you have a machine
available that you use it. You write a good“
I " legible hand, however, and I think a story writ- ,
- ten‘by band would receive favorable, attention:
. ,Wbenever submitting manuscript, always en?
’ close poetase for return, and I Want to warn
you not to be too greatly disappointed if pub~ .

I -_ lishers do not at first accept your stories. Many-

. of the most famous story Writers of the, daI
' ‘..have gone through a 10-113 perIOd of disapnomt-
ment and trial?” only to brilliantly succeed after
perseverence I should yery , ~ g‘

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._ ang tried to find out;
are I Study the subject

jitThe‘common the wise and the great
5- And each one had an opinion '
Which he was glad to relate.

fThe first one of whom I queried :-
Was a man you would style self
made;
‘Wlégg, ’tis plain enough, ” he answered, ‘
u- plant too much in the shade. ”
Another told me that sunshine
‘ Upon the seed would bring

.Haoe every potato perfect—

of
He said that down in York State
All around his" old home,
They raised their best potatoes
On a light, gravelly loam.
Same said too much rain had fallen
After the tubers had set. ‘
Another that they needed all the mats-
lure
That they cauld possibly get.
“Did you treati your seed to a solution
0! corrosive sublimate?” said one;
“If not, friend, let me tell you ‘
That there’s where the mischief was
done.”

And still there were niany'others
Whose advice I tried to heed,

Who told me that the only trouble
Was in selecting the right kind of

seed.

Smooth, clean and bright,

And you’ll never have any trouble
With either the scab or the blight.

'But the more I study the questl‘

The more bewildered I get -
And the potatoes I raised this sea-801}
Are by far the scabbiest yet ' =
80 I tell the wife and children,
As they gather ’round: thdtabz‘e
That we’ll eat the pesky, scabb‘y film ,
As long as we are able. " ‘ ‘
~—Contributed by E A. Ba 5'
Emmet county. \ _

I appreciate your paper and I would no
like to be without i.t —R L. Donovan.
Washtenaw county

I think your maiket reports one—g5
Bert P. Welch, Oakland county ‘

I have received sample copies of the M.
B. F. and think it the best paper for the ”
shusiness farmer that I know of. —J..A
Nelson Montcalm county.
We like the paper flne.-—Lewis Tait-
Bort. Benzie'county.

As to the paper, I am much planned
with it and will take it another year.—-——
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”'The- war’s close brings good news---now we can offer
beautlful set of dishes to every lady friend of Michigan

Busmess F armmg' Don’ t miss this opportunity’ .

HEN WAR CAME, shipments of dishes and china- were from England and France were
'cuth Off Our army taxed the resouiccfi of every American pottery and prices went sky-
Consequently, few indeed, are tho farm homes that have added a beautiful set of,

O‘their tables during these trying years.
t 0 peace is here, we have so much to be thankful for, that we all want to brighten up inside and
I Our boys are coming back and we want to greet them with the wonderful spreads they

of overvthere or over-here,whe1e they are longing for mother’s rocking, as only boys can!
- up 0111' tables—~and what tell me can add more to the spread than a wonderful Set of beautifui’dishes,
d 33 toning 'with a. selected design embellished in natural colors or gold?
' A NEW SET FOR. EVERY BUSINESS FARME’R S HOME

our 6 the market laces wheie good dishes are sold for the most modern designs and beautiful
41111“a lady. readers 316 choice of Blue Bird Halland Dutch. Colonial l',11ri1an Gold Band or Flowered
7Di‘eoe sets; Any set you choose for passing out a few copies of our weeky. Michigan Business
5" friends and neighbors who are waiting for an opportunity to subscribe 011 have no idea how

'rs for this weekly unless you have actually tried 11. Surely you would be willing to give up

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MIQHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING _
Mt. Clemens/Michigan .
I would like to earn a. new set of dishe by getting a tow;
new subscribers to our weekly. Send me color plates of the
sets you otter and yOur terms, free, and I’ll do my best to
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New Year is here, .,When we
. say that the year 1919 has ’come
t do we'mean? Do we mean that
'hly‘nineteen hundred and nineteen
ears have passed since God made
.13 eworld? Oh, no. For nooneknows

  

 
 

  

Icarth, the trees, the birds the animals
,and the first people. ‘Some of the
jlearned men think the world was made
,jhundreds of thousands years ago, but
none of them know. We figure time
3 ,now from the birth of Christ. So when
we say the year 1918 has gone, we
,mean that one thousand, nine hund-
red and eighteen years have passed
since Christ was born. My. that's a
. long time, isn't it? And yet we know
[from accounts in the Bible/and from
our history books that people just
' like us lived in those days and cele-
brated the birth of Christ on Christ-
mas day just like we celebrate it to-
day.

Many boys and girls make resolu-
tibns on New Year’s day. They usu-
ally resolve to be better boys and girls
during the new yeag than they were
during the old year. That’s a splen-
did thing to do, don’t you think? For
no matter how good we may be, it is
always possible to be better. Only we
ought not to wait a whole year before
changing our bad habits. Every night
of our lives we ought to think over
the things~we did and the things we
said that day, and resolve to do a
little better and say nicer things the
next day. I know when I was a little
girl I used to do things in school to
displease the teacher. or I used to talk
back to my mother, or annoy my little
brother, just like nearly all 'boys and
girls do sometimes. But I, knew it
wasn’t the right thing to do, and I
always felt ashamed about it after-

'L‘EAR BOYS AND GIRLS; The

”how many years ago God created the .

 

has»; alumna . .

. . _ . _
wards and resolved never to do that
thing again. . ' . ' , .

I hope that all 'the readers of my
page have made their New Year’s res-
olutions and will try every day-to do
some little service for teacher, father,
mother, brother or sister or even the
playmates. Boys will be boys ,and
girls will be girls, just as they always
have been and there will be times
when it will be SUCH fun to draw an
ugly picture of the teacher; to write
forbidden notes; to" whisper; and do
lots or other things like the boys and
girls in my day did; but remember
that it's just as much fun to do the
right thing, and it always brings more
happiness to both you and the people
around you. With love, from AUNT
PENELOPE" '

The Giants ofLilliputanias,

CHAPTER VI.

MR. BIG RED, THE GREATEST SHOW-
DIAN IN LILLIPUTANIA ‘

 

tell you that Lilliputania boasted

of having “The Greatest Show on
Earth.” Mr. Big Hed, the owner and
manager of this immense circus, would
lead the parade that always preceded
every periormancL and proclaim in
a. loud voice, "Ladies and Gentlemen,
Snarkenbeck's ZomHlppodrome-Circus,
the Greatest Show on Earth, will give
a gala entertainment in this city this
evening at 8 ,o’clock sharp. The price
of admission for adults is only 100, the
tenth part of a dollar. The children,
God bless them, will be admitted
free,” and he would go on and tell
the people of the ‘many wonderful
things the circus people with his big
show could do, and’ of the strange ani-

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ture'd and trained in the jungles Tot -
Lilliputania, ‘I think you wi'llagree’
with ‘me that Mr. Big Hed hadjthd
right idea in not charging admission j
for children. “Mr. Big H'ed’s kindness
and good nature brought- him great
success. “For,” said he, “it is only

by giving that one-can have." ' "Good
deeds come "back to us double."
Snarkenbeck’s little circus became

“Snarkenbe k’s . Zoo - Hippodrome-Cir-
cus” when- r. Big Hed boughbit. He
had been Snarkenbeck’s animal trains.
er and chiefplown. The previous win-
ter had been spent in the jungles by
Mr. Big Hed with some of his men, '
.where they had captured "Jumbo,"
an immense mama elephant, and her
tw0 children; a Zebra, a snow~white

horse for the bare-back rider, a cute‘

little party, a fine giraffe. two camels,
and a wonderfully big hippopotamus.
These; added to Snarkenbeck’s little
circus, made a really great show, and
when Mr. Big \Hed enlarged the name
to “Snarkenbeck’s Zoo-Hippodrome Cir~
one,” it seemed likeJt was the proper‘
thing to do. Now on the very night ‘
that “Bell Boy” was having such a
terrible time, Mr. Big Hed and his
great show were speeding to the cap-
itol city of Lilliputania on their spec-
ial train. The “canvass men,” as the
employee who erected the tent werer
called, had goneVahead at Mr. Big
Hed’s direction and put up the Big
Tent on Front Street. During the
early morning hours f‘Snarkenbeck’s
Z-H—C Special” would arrive. Mr.
Big Hed figured on giving the Lillipu-
tanians 0! Capitol City a big surprise.
He had secretly built the first flying
machine—a real air-ship. Tomorrow,
at 12 o’clock noon on the dot, “Amer-
icus,” the gian balloon, would go
up in ‘City Hall quare, and after ris-
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‘ The Doc Dads arehaving a hockey
match. There is not much winter in
the. Wonderland of Doo but one night
now tell and the pond froze over.
henext day bright and early the
33.00. Dads chose up sides and went
ntothegame with a will. They are
yet-y, poor skaters, aren't they? Per-
y Haw Haw, the Dude. was chiffon
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a good one. Two of the players
want to know what- he knows about _
Italy and Poly are the
goal keepers. Poor old' Sleepy Sam

is having a snooze, as usual. Even ~

Winter Sports. in the Wonderland'fongod

serving'h’ot: roasted nuts." "T ’

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' "General meningeal", wouldfiyua H 1‘

'eyes. humped ”noses and cracked ‘
heads, are the'or'der oi the day. But "

. \ , _' here comes oldDoc 'Saw'bones, ready ” .
enough to keep him awake. Flanneh
greet, the , cop, is’ abusing the. little

renew, who set too boisterous, Awhile;-
’Smiles, moms, now, all smiles ll?

 
  

_ will hams ,susyiumoficr it it p

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’nd "up until it' was aWay above the

silicon and then grandly sail round
and about, over enduunder it to show ~
Bil‘lfputfa’nians that ballerins‘fwerer a ,
“thing dt‘the‘ past; Mr. Big Hed,'how-"

~ever, was to be surprised himseli.:-—

Meanwhile he was peacefully Sleeping.
in the baggage car, dreaming of the
morrow's parade. _

_“Won't I surprise those Capitol, City ‘

people, thoughl’dreamed Mr. Big Hed.
"First, I will send on th two her-
alds, whose clarion notes Will bring
everyone to the street;- then the char-
iot racer with those fine prancing
white stallions. What a time that
R man driver will have holding them
do n; then Madame Vietta, the bean-
tiful bare-back rider, Will charm the
popul 9 with her gracefulness and

' darin . Next will come Mr. and Mrs.

Elegant, in their fine riding' habits,
both wearing high silk hats,,and ac-
tually dancing their horses in time
with the band music. Then will come
Arab Wanit and Arab Haset on the
fine camels that they captured them~
selves. Now, right in front of the
band wagon I'll put the cow-boy and
the champion lady rider .of the Wild
West, Miss Annette, who can ride a
bronco as good as any cowboy can;
then the big brass band, which never
stops playing—they shall play from
the start to the finish, for everyone
enjoys fine music—it even makes the
animals happy. Roaring Leo, the
King of the Jungle, the largest lion
in captivity, will follow, and after him
Mr. Murphee, the giant hippopotamus
—how the people will stare when they

see him. He looks as. though he fed
“on elephant’s and tiger’s ~bones, yet

all he wants is plenty.of water and ,'
graSS and hay. Now will come the i
wonder of wonders, the immense ele-
phant, Madame Jumbo, and her baby

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We‘ll, let’s'see, this” is going to be a
blipsrade )The two zebras in their
,, ' ' _ Coats will go behind the
”Trails; text theoute litt‘le pony; and
, .f‘i’Mr. Grunt," the trick pig, will .be-
‘ rhave'rhim‘self, Mr. Spaget’g little Joco
shill drivehim as a.etail-ender. Oho,
_. I“..mus,t not forget Prince George in

his" little, dog-cart'with Professor Dar-.

win driving. Of Course, the clowns
will have the liberty to go where the
' laughs. are. the thinnest [and
faces the longest. They look like
3 siniple folks. but I believe that. they.
are really the most important part of
my circus. Bang! Crash!’ The train
came t0» a . standstill and awoke .3
Big Red. a -
(7’0- be continued)

A Little Russian Boy

‘Nicholas lived in Russia.

, One winter’sday his mother sent
him to the market to buy some milk.

An English lady who Was boarding
with his mother, said, “But you have
taken no dish in which to, bring home
the milk.” '

“Oh, I don’t need any,” answered
Nicholas. .

"But how can you bring milk home
without a dish ?" asked the lady. "Will
you bring it in yOurbig pocket?”

‘ “Oh, no," replied Nicholas, “but I’ll

‘ get it here just the same.”
“Will you bring it in your cap?“
' asked the English lady. ‘ .--.
“Not that,” laughed the little‘goy.
“Then will you bring it in your
, .- mouth or stomach, you little rogue?
, Do you mean to drink up all the

milk?”

"You’ll see," laughed Nicholas, as

he hastened to the market.

And such a queer market as that

was! It will make, you shiver just to
hear me tell of how reod is sold dur-
ing the cold Russian winter. Frozen
fowl lay in one corner, Frozen fish
[lay in the scales. Frozen best was

there looking like an iceberg—so Niall...

olas ’thought, although he had never
seen an iceberg. As he looked at the
picture of the saint which hung in
the market he felt as if he were a
frozen boy. And ’ the milk was not
kept in cans, but in frozen blocks;
and into these cakes of ice milk a
string was frozen, so they cdhld be
carried easily.

Niobolas‘bought one of these blocks,
carried it"home, and said, as he show-
ed it to ,mamma’s English friend,
"Here is my milk. You can see I did
not take a’ single bite of it."

 

Dear Aunt Penelo

{ending ’ m- letters ’4

. three W
lugs ps and Iam going to
or one lcked ,up 800 ushels
ey Idlig themtI tiltink
. ave go a ow
. e pits and I am going to [get more.
Kgy brother and I have got some wal-
nuts and .when we crack them we are
going to save the shells. Here is o. story
have made up about Jack Frost:

look Frost's Visit to the Cornfield.
.Once upon a time a lon ti ago
Jack Frost V thou ht be we d 1:59 a:
visit to the coma elds. He‘was goin to
goo. all the a? a yellow no];
sts wife I! not the to have him go
anywhere, at night, because he was al-
ways tired in th morning. - But. he went
of! 3,: without \ber knowingit. First
he went 0 a farmer's house not far away
and painted all the windows' then , he
down to his cornfield and gave his
. corn a dress. He went on doing‘thie for
:1 1m dgs'until he got tired out. Then
he start home. Just at that time his.
wit. at home woke up and found out
m er u nnerg,’ Q , 80 0 On
” 'ot-bed‘in‘id waited for her husband. Who
m t home he was very fl
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Christmas eve . they ran. 1'
house carrying
doorbell and when someon
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p?"- i 'd e" {its hi h
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recess“, 1' Ciadb,"
toys and candy for
very-day they went
lid-candy from every
On the day before
worth of candy.
the toys and ringing the

be running away call-
When they met

' “2... Immense .

e r ' ld‘ . gm e. av
'2; I‘osufth Liberty . an button and hav/e
had no nut shells'to send to the soldiers,
but would if} hadganya . Our town has
a his service flag in the middle of the
street on a wire, an there is a Red Cross
flag next to the“ service flag. I? “t’lillel

service flag are twogo‘ld'stars.
try and get a subscriber for the M. B. F.
As ever your friend.——Zella Nelson, Spring-
port, Mich. .' -

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Dear ant Penelope:—
reading the letters right,
in the M. . F. and the ,
This is the second time t at I have writ-
ten. I am trying to help win the war by

 
       
 

      

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have been
ong that were
e came to the

ay they all said they had had savi old rubbers. porn and flour

a no tune. And they all agreed that sackg‘and also all king: of its. I like
the W3! to be happy was to the some- the Doc Dads very well a, wish they
thing away. So the club ended very were in every time. My‘father has all
haw-iv. . , his crops out and has been cuttlnz wood
\ ' for the wintierill I aim twig-give it'seairshgég
D 133’ .__. and in the s x e. or no ,
readeif-lr 1%“; ln"€y,’2"f}f, Bf Fmggm $333,: a little hen and e kittens. My hen s
and is and I thoucht I would ‘write name is Doris and my kittens namw are

one, too. I
eighth grade at school.
Savings Sta ps and I

some more. have readno?
etting Thrift St

am 14 years old and in
I have four War

s b‘ writi sto ’
or the Childrens emery; and IE “es

Spot, Tiger and Fluff. We have Red
Cross work at our school and I like it
very Well, and think it is nice for the
children. The name of the school I go
to is the Bondy school. I am saving all
I can to buy Thrift Stamps. Well,_1_g'ucss
I will close for this time—Bertha Sievert.

the

going to get
boys and girls

thought

I would try. I also have a good lan for . -
collecti ' . w nutp shells, Coloma, MIChlgan‘
etc. 0 er a_ cent a hundred tor the pits

and scenic a pound for shells.
you Will soon make a. big collection. A few

cents won't hurt a . .
save the lives of our boys

Tho‘ulthtnl Dog ‘ .
very cross, had
tha.

Once, a man who was
a hug St. Bernard dog
old. e thought the d
and so

That night he

0: ate too much
resented to kill it the
was awakened by
jumping on his bed and barking

 

Dear Aunt Penelopez—This is the first
time I have written to you., But I have
been reading the letters from the other
girls and boys for quite a while so I
thought I would write. My father sub—
scribed for the M. B. F. about a month
ago but have been reading my grandpas
paper for a year. He thinks it is the
best farm paper he ever read. I was
12 years old the 13th of November, and
am in the 7th grade. My teacher’s name
is Mrs. Jessie Crane. I have one sister,

This way

t l goes to
“over there.”

twasvery

next day.
his dog

very
loudly. He shoved the d _ Ethel, 9 years old, and two brothers,
and rubbed his eyes. 'I‘lfegn 0lire “$2.253 Bennie, 5 years old, and Victor, 2 years
flames cracklin in the top of the house. old. We have 2 horses, Queen and Bus-
He hurriedly slipped on his clothgs and ter, and 4 cows. I help do the house-

/

ran out of the house Just

as the roof work when I don’t go to school, and

cavedin. The faithful . helped pick up 40 bushels of potatoes
had saved his life. I St Belgi'argflggg this fall. Well“ 1- mum close—Pearl
t 9 do! he kept him and fed him the Ward, Brant, M lchlgaJl.

 

Dear Aunt Penelope:~1
reading the letters and like
I live on a farm 1‘

o 80 acres and We have

 

.‘ Dear Aunt Penelope:-—-—l have never
written to you before, but will write
now. I am a little girl 9 years old, in
the fourth grade. My teacher's name is
Miss Lamphere. I like her very much.

have

been
to read

them.

8 cows. ,4 110 W ehave five cows and two calves; the

school and lilggefit aligns infill 112%};‘13; calves’ names are Hoover and Bfitsy.

old. I have three sisters and 2 brothers- We have sumo sheep and lambs. We have

sew-ms an em... 20- so... an“ limb "assentedzmav:
: eta. 15: Archie, 1 ; ’ ' eo rses. , .

years old;' Well, I will 016080 rgilnfifi’kf Donor. The horses names. are Duke.

Ethel Balch, CharlevoixJMmhmn ' gladly and JC‘ripsyThtgleoorflualesmrgzemlgs 13:;
Dear Aunt Penelope:__1 am a'girl 1] ac and co.

1 ty. Papa.
years old. I am in the 7th grade at and the pony‘s. name is Beau _ th
School. M t c mm has a. big farm. I he] mamma in e
Spencer. beelggghsgz. club eHamid (1331:3335 house. We have a lot 0 not shells ready

l'en’s hour.

My father tak th .
F. and we like it very well.% e M B.

to take to town. I have a little brother

I live on a and sister, their names are Lillian and

 

arl. Pa 8. takes the M. B. F. and likes
D58 and 6 Haggai)! We $§V°Ofin° 10151 ill] very rrfuch. Well, I have written a
name is Jasephirle 3.113st little onespafi-z long letter so i Wlll. close—Erma Howe,
not named. I have a. pet kitten, mi; Allen. Michigan.
name is Mascot. We have six cows, their
names 81° MBOI‘W- Daisy, BOSS. Star, Dear Aunt Penelope:——I have never
Beauty “1d ROSB- We have a. lot of written to you so I thought I would try
young cattle. We have two horses. their to write now. I am a girl 14 years old
mes are Deadwood and DOWGY- My and I go to school every day and I am in
c “m5 “an” is Ida Mudget, I go after the 8th grade. Our teacher’s name 'is
the cows every night. My dog was shot Miss Irene Herron. We have 28 pupils
last spring. His 9 was MEJOI‘. We in our school. I have six sisters and

celebrated peace 1

by, Michigan.

Won’t you tell us abo

you belong to, the Children’s Hour

Olith? I should like to,
you do and perhaps some

boys and girls would like "to form one

like. it.—AUN'r rs.

 

Dear Ann:

0 e 0 go I

I thought I would

too.

to, Spot, Spottie,

and White Foot We

have
about 30 chickens. M

ni ht. H0 in t
see my letter in print—0 ith Wood: ‘ o

Ilive on a 160-acre farm.
hors , their names are Colonel, Frank
sndgm. We have six cows

calv : the cows’ names are Bessie, Dark-
Mollie and Ann
the calves' names are Nig, Blackie

brother has two

four brothers; their names are _Marle,
Julia, Anna, Lena, Alice and Sophie, and
my brothers' names are Leo, Anthony,
Martin and Stanley. We live on a .180-
acre farm. We have 8 cows, 3 helfers
and 7 calves, 15 sheep, 6 pigs and 3
horses, their names are Bill, Nell and
Queen. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. The
cats’ are called Johnny and one Tommy.
and we have 43 hens and 4 roosters.
We have a Dort acr. I think I will have
to close for this time. I will write again.
Your loving friend—Agnes W. Cisel,
Posen. Michigan.

Malt-
ut the club

know what
of the other

I have read

 

write to you Dear Aunt Penelope:——I have never
written to you before so I thought I
would write. I am 10 years old and am
in the fifth grade at school. My teach-
er’s name is Miss Murray and I like
her very much. I have taken out a Mr
Savings Stamp and hope I can take out
some more. My father took out a Lib—
erty bond. We live on an 80—acre farm

and four

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arie

two pigs and

 

et cats. I have two rothem and three and have seven cows Ind five horses. 1
half brothers and four 81 and two have two uncles and cousins 11:11?»le for
half sisters. rothe names are their country—V0133 W‘RSMN- Elwell.
:Ed . Si. Ernest and Michigan.
Fm?“- muy “material, “lino” ma Iiem' This 1 1 h n t
3-“ “3- on. se, 59 an 059‘ Dear Aunt Penelopo:— s t e rs
phine. I go to 00! every day. My - tten to on. We had a
teacher's mo :hMlss Sadie Werner. tlme I have m, 3nd 3,, beautflul rain-

am ten years old and in the sixth

e. e school is not a
mile from my home.

so coils in our and
are?

prizes at the fair. I:
aren‘t ' W

war 18' UV".

are are about

i Sund
31¢ mInlike t(& ego Iti'he Iother git-en’s
l tt in the . . . am 7
old mam! in the fourth grade. My um er‘s
name is Miss Mayme Royal. I e a?
a “acre farm. We have 8 cows and

quarter of a

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Dear Aunt me,.__1« h v b ”"M names are Bobsled and Sicilixlll‘ob.it
' the letter that '. ohil‘drgn his: father takes the M. B. F. and "In ev.
been writing and tho 1- Iowa w,“ much. My playmate lgn'l'helma 8d .
too. I am 14 years wag in the ii: I have one brotheBr inherent-vice gown;
is?“ 7- isI "Re A” Mich" m’ “’1' lay; 3:33:51: fem. lg Sylvin.—-Doris Mus-
fio-acro ‘ ‘ {gi- an”. gilt“ on " cott, Breckenridge. Michigan.
have " cat.’ 411.13%! to outjn t , .
”91¢ 31! (mt for . oo; e have tin-2: Dear Aunt Pendant—I am a girl :1)
cow ~ . dimer; 8 year-hugs ears old and in the fourth e.
2° Signalmanmu I now ve no sisters or brothers live with
13* fink.“ Ii .‘VO‘UIQ like or our pay; my mother and father on a lac—sac.

I SUBSCRIBERS , .
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anal] anny" ‘,
* Dick. have 310'6_yohiclsems,' .
*I’vofior’ written befpr. 3.60%
I-woul try. My Thrifts
filled and ‘I have one 'War' Vim;
My teacher's name is Miss vs, .v

I gather eggs every night and feed.
chickens. go out to helg husk corn. ,
sweep‘ and last summer olp'od flick
raspberries and strawberries. I vs. ‘
a little ways from school. We luv,“ .
any school now, on account of the . .. ’
ish influenza. I have a. piano and
take lessons. I guess this will be all ,
my letter may be rather long—Josephint
Bunday, Allbion, Michigan.

 
    
   

 

   
   
  
   
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 

 
 
 
 
  
   
 
  
 
  
 

   

    
  
  

 
 
 
  
  

      
  
 
 
 
 
   
  

 

  
 
  
  
 
    

Dear Aunt Penelope:—-I will try can,
write upon the subject "My Home.” ’
live on a 860-acre farm. My fatherta.

the M. B. F. and likes it very much-g“

have 8 cows, their names are Bess,

Roaney, Heart, Nig, Brindle Morrioe ‘
We have a dog, his

Independence. nann-
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a whole lot of young ones about a. mosey:
old. I help mamma. with the dishes. e_
have 23 pigs and have been so busy tint
we cannot name,them all. I have one
sister and 3 brothers, their names are
Ralph, Frank, Karl and Emma. Ralph
is 13 years old, Frank is 7 years old and »
Karl is the baby, he is 2 years and 5. .
months“ old; Emma is 11, and I am 10 '
years old and am in the fifth grade. There
are 15 pupils in our school. My sister and

I are going to send you a. story after
while. I think a good name for the
boys' and girls' page would be “Little
Patriots—Agnes May Keck, Wolverine.
Michigan.

We will be anxiously waiting tosee
the story you have promised us.——-.
AUNT PENELOPE.

 

DearAunt Penelopez—Jl‘his is the see-
ond time I have written but thoutht I-Uj
would write again. We are not having .
school now ‘on account of repairs. I have
not had the influenza yet, but Mamma "
has. I have a War Savings, Stamp and
am going to get tWo Thrift Stamps. My
sister also has a W. S. S. I helped pick
up potatoes for papa this fall and he
gave me ten cents. I pulled weeds this
summer for grandma and she gnve»m0 .
a quarter with which I bought a Thrift,
Stamp. It snowed here the other day. .
Did it down there? We have our beans '
pulled but have not got them threshod'w'
yet. We have most of our out-door work .
done now. I like to go to school. My
teacher’s name is Miss abel M. $1
Cor-mick. I like her ver much.’ 0
have eighteen pupils in school now. but
are going to have seven more after while.
I help mamma in the house quite a littlew
I help make beds, wash dishes, mm .
dust and help bake. I can crochet. ‘ “
knit and I am crocheting insertionflfor
a towel. I have an uncle in the war: the
last letter we had he was in bed If“,
drinking some poisoned water. W , " ‘~
my letter is rather long, so I will c103...
Your little friend—Maebelle Detwiler, Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan.

————.A—._

Dear Aunt Penelope2—I have never
written to you‘before so I thought I
would like to. I am 10 years old and in
the fourth grade. My teacher’s name. in
Miss Royal. I like her for a teacher.
I have one and a. half miles to go to
school. We have 2 cows, their names‘
are Nellie and Daisy, and we have three
calves, their names are Dick Rodinl and
Jessie. My laymate is writing a otter,
to you, too. r names is Doris Muscott.
I live on a 75-acre farm. I have 6
their names are Tommy, Tiger. Gloves, ..
Whitefoot and InJun. We have six hors—
es, their names are Nig, le , Ned, ',
Bill and Belle. We have «I! pigs. We
have 30 chickens. I have one sister-and ;
one brother, their names are Ethel—and .
Ernest. This is all—Thelma Intersoli;
Breckenridge, Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I have not Wl‘lto- ,,
ten to you before so I thou I would
do so. I think the Don D mm
and I am glad they are publ once
a month. I have one W. S. S.
years old and in the fifth grade. We
have two horses named Nellie and Queen.
We have five cows and two calves; the-

Clover, and we have live cuts but
we gavetwotoono personand to
another. one come back, so we have so
and I have named two which are Tip
Tabby. I can tat. crochet am! . I -
am four feet and six inches hi and
have brown hair and blue eyes. I have
no sisters or brothers. My teacher's
is Mrs. Henry 8chrepp.—-—-Jennie
Summit City, Michigan.

    

namo
Yale.

     
     
 

 

 
  
  

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ggud, 26; Maud, 24; VVas'reAii 21' Ethe
19; Audi , 17; Rena, 14; La, la, and
I am 10 oday; Ezra. 7‘ Genevieve. 5;
monolanmnmseie Claudisin
Cam Custer and Warren is in France.
Man is a stenogrspher.

Dear Aunt PeneloBo:——There are eleven
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soulful: on account of the wt-
wee vWe .‘ letter is getting gum
long, so go .—~Mildred Lot-rain;
Bromley. Crystal. Michigan. ,

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Dear Aunt P slope'—-As I had
written before though: I would.
I am 12 years old. fifth
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nen to restrict hog

L 6 50 to 66. 75; best heavy bulls
eeipts of livestock

69. 75;“ bologna hill 3, $7. 75 to

  

; week previous

. ‘eep7 and lambs—Receipts, 2,355,
,3 arlEet' 25c higher; best lambs, $15 .50
"to 616; fair lambs, $14 to $15; light
to common lambs, $11 to $13; fair to

”Egg m- If. I. e

ock bulls, 66. 75 to 7. 25; feed- -.small volume, the run total othlmg .37 .
.75 to $10. 75; stockers, $6 25 to 425 cattle, 426Lcalves, 1101971 Mad
million and springers, $65 to and 31449 sheep, a sharp
" ’ all departments as comet. Mu: the. ,

The reopense or the
market to this curtailment to this]
supply was prompt and marked. Beef
and butcher cattle closed the. week at ~
advances ‘of mostly 75c to 61.25 over
the close of the week previous, calves
and good feeders advanced about 501:

 

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If so ship your FURS to

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351-359 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich.

All: theman that has used this tag.

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_ 11 the close or high time..-
that Week find the general run of beef ~

  
 

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and bu3;:_l_1e‘r cattle made prices that. ‘

compared favorably with any previ-

ens time J!uring fall and early: winter.»
Prime long-fed steers have _

f months.

continued a minus quantity. Some

strong weight venom sold today at' T .
$19. 50, but would not *g‘rade better; _ . . .5
At the sum time these 5*

than choice.
cattle pr'obablly represented as good
a grade of beef as is now left in feed-
as hands and very few steers of

their class are included ._in the mar- ._

'ketings Rank and file of the beef
steers now ceming are Warmed up

“and short fed cattle weighing fromf

1,000 to 1, 250 pounds and the bulk of

such kinds sell from “$13.50 to $16. 50, ‘

depending on weight, quality and con-
dition. Killers are gating a few light
fleshed light steers downward from

-. $11,b1it they are chiefly an off- colored

or cannery type that do not attract,
competition from feeder buyers.

The high altitude of the butcher
market is indicated by a_.canner

Most of the medium to good fat cows
and heifers are selling from $8. 75 to,
$1150 and choice corn fed 1Linds on
up to $13 and better. Bulls are meet-
ing a strong demand particularly bo-
logna and canner classes, and it is a
pretty scrubby light bull that has to
sell under $8. Veal calf trade has
acted better since Christmas owing
to lessening pressure from, poultry
competition. Good and choice veal-
ers sold today at $15. 25 to $15 75.

Holiday influences haVe temporarily
reduced investment demand in stock-
ers and feeders but supplies have been
light of. late and- the market has work-
ed to' higher levels on desirable clas-
ses

steers now sell between $8. 50 and

$11. 50, but feeders are having access '

to few cattle weighing above 900 lbs.
and selected heavy feeders are quot-
able to $14.

Temporary marked reduction of the
hog supply has put the trade in health-
ier condition than it has been in weeks
past and so relieved congestion as to
permit of a resumption of moderately
liberal marketings. Theplan 'of al-
lowing to eachtrailroad a certain num-,
ber of cars for 1103 shipments per week .
is working smoothly and promises to”
prevent such gluts at market centers
as recently occurred. Top bags on
Monday sold at $18 per (wt. for the
first time this month, and the bulk
Quality
is of fairly good average and weights
are being well maintained, the aver-
age here last week being 225 pounds.
Only common packing hogs are now
selling below 617 where weights are
above the 150_pound average on which
government'protection is as""“~d. Ow-
ing to a comparative scarcity of pigs
in current marketings this branch of
the trade is acting much better than
recently”and most of the good and

-‘ choice, pigs are'now selling from $14.

to $15. 50. The trade, ',however strong-
ly urges the retention of thrifty un-
derweight hogs in the country

Sheep and lamb trade has shown
a decided reversal of form during the
past week. Receipts have been light
all around the market circuit, and al-

though advices from the east indicate ,1

no material improvement in dressed
trade conditions, this is expected tof
follow the reduction in Slaughter.
Choice lambs sold here today up to
$16. 25 as against 614. 85 for their mates
from the same feed lot ten days since.
Few lambs of decent killing quality,
unless carrying excessive weight, and
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and‘ .
cutter trade on a'67.25 to $8.25 basis. ’

Bulk of the stock and feeding‘

     

       
    
   

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may; exist among many growe .~
principal reason for not absorbing th
$39 isv‘that if the Food Administra-

11 bought the pinto crop this year,
the entire bean crop. of the country-“‘2‘

  
   

would have a. just claim for the same“... :1“ ‘
of
. plates was an emergency meaisui'e jus-. 5 ‘

action Last spring's purchase
tified by special conditions then exist-
ing. Pinto beans are now able to
hold their own in the world’s market,
and it is up to the growers of Color.
ado and New Mexico to determine
whether this condition shall continue.

“Previous to the government pur-_,
chase last winter growers were re-
ceiving prices as follows: .

“Pintos, 5540 per pound, and no de-
mand; pinks, 71/2c per pound; Navies,
100 to 12c per pound.

“Pintos were recognized 'to

.worth‘ much... more than they. were
bringing. The . discrimination in‘
price being unjust, the government-
.purc‘hase wiped out this discriminafi
tion and it has not since reappeared.

GroWers at the present time are .re..
ceiving prices as follows:

“Colorado pintos, .6c, per 1b.; Cali- _ -
fornia pinks, 59740 to 6c per 113.; 'Mich»
igan navies, 71,430 to Sc per lb. _

“Japanese grown beans cempeting -
with pintos are offered hand-picked ..
and in perfect condition at $5 per
hundred delivered Coast points.

“During the past few- weeks there
has been very little demand for pinto

.- beans; We have just received anu‘or-i
der for 10,000,000 pounds of pintos
through the ' Grain CorporatiOn for
export. The price of these is 7c net
at shipping points, to be sacked in'
12-ounce singleflcks or 9 or 10-ounce
double sacks. They must come up to}
the government grade, which requires
that they contain not more than 1-2

be

per cent foreign matter, 2 pet cent .
‘, splits ”and 2 per cent weather dam _
The price 0f 7c at ship- '

aged beans
ping point, with the requirements;-‘
stated, should net the growers at least
6c per pound in bulk re‘cleaned. This
order must be filled by December 15th
.—that means recleaned, sacked and
actually shipped

“This order as well as others, is.
handled exclusively through the _gov--,
ernment licensed shippers. Anyone
properly equipped to clean and handle
beans may procure a license.‘ The.
government has fixed a margin of
profit to’the licensed shippers as tel-

”:10 per cent on the price paid _.

igvihe grower plus the cost of the bag. ,.
If the shipper also fln‘rinces beans to»
destination he is allowed an addi-
tional 5 per cent, based on the selling
price "
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I think )our paper is one of the, best.—- / '
Don Edwards Osceola county. — 7 1* f .

 

I like the way you oafter some peo-
plo.—Pcter V. Olk ,Ja son county.

 

Received a. sample cop of our a or
and think it is a y y p 33
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youth paper and think it fine. -—-Zerbe I),
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fprodil‘ced'fer a few cents 'petr-geiion3fichaps ”the form:

, ‘jeimposs‘ible achievement." buitgtt'éinjte 330.3...1981‘9‘1‘11.“ ”1°
"occasionallypmore or less ofiicial gxes‘ts?“of.€hese substitutes are
ieh make the reader long to possess himselfoga tank full but, and
ryvrecd'ndsv‘the fact that seldom is anflhlflifi further heard 01' these
an ndeS‘ilation “near kerosene" continuesto 'bethe only motor fuel
HBWever,"“hope springs eternal in theh'dman- breast” and the possi-

{g’i ,7 important developments _al :13 this life "should not be dogmatically

 
  

Nevertheless, it is well to re ember a-feivv‘ facts in this connection:

At the present-J1me our cars are practically all fllhnin'g on gasoline substitutes.

 
  
 

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. a-.._1Wh‘lch do you consider the proper
way of running a motor car around a
corner with the clutch engaged or dis-
engaged? Which is the more harm-

; ful to the engine?—'-M. ,E. M.

Withthe clutch engaged is the bet-
ter way. There is no ’use in throwing
out the clutch and it only results in
additional effort and wear and tear.
The' throttle should be so adjusted
that ‘a very low'engine speed is ob-

_ tainable——-a speed which corresponds
,to a car speed lower than is ordinar-
ily necessary to secure safety on curv-
es—rwhich 'will, when made "use of,
‘1' have a breaking effect upon the car.
f ‘ \ ‘~ Many drivers use the clutch too often,
t, {‘while the skillful operator, with an
« ‘ ,1 ,engine‘ capable of being slowed away
_~ down, seldom declutches except when
shifting gears and bringing his car to
' a standstill. Throttle control rather
‘than clutch 'operation is the proper
method of regulating car speed. At-
laytempts to control car speed by de-
clutching. rather than by throttling,

, Questions of genera i
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' Presque Isle (Oentra1)~——-We’ have
“ had every misty and rail week‘ and

   

. in the ground-and the roads are very
muddy, but .it is changing to a little
~_ colder.

feats to getthelr. tax money. and some

    

  
 
  
 

~scarce with. meet“ farmers. ,The fol-
. \ - lowing prices paid at Millersburg this
f week: Wheat 52; oats, 65; rye,»$1.35;
~ , my, $20 to$22; rye.‘straw, $1 ; wheat-
oat. straw, $10; beans, $7; ‘ otatoes,
.- :‘1‘30: hens, 24.; »springers,*25;'du’cks.
' 28; geese, 28; turkeys, 35; batten. 50;,
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lejrs‘b’ gig, Dec. 23. "

‘ tin;

the snow is all gone,“ with no frost_

Some are drawing peas and-

_ are'hunt-ing lip-hay and feed which is 1

They? are'run-ning on “cracked kerosene"-and casing head (natural gas) fuel,
' be '.“original and only genuine" gasoline, the
“straight run” distilled fiuid.‘ 1 f it had not been tor these substitutes, not
many cars would be in operation, today. Naturally, these came to us through
it is almost _impossible to conceive of any substitute
'. ,.,reaching, the public, 'in any large way ,unless it is handled by the oil companies,
,...';for‘. they are the only instruments-lilies that possess transportation and dis-

tributing systems, which reach every town and hamlet in the country. Unless

a fuel is universally obtainable, it will not be used to any considerable extent.
' A fuel .to'be usable in ordinary motor car engines, must give out, when burned,
- . the required amount of heat and must be capable of being mixed with air in
:a. finely. divided state. .80 fully are such materialsnbw known, that it is hardly
possible that any new substance of this kind will be discovered, although well-
kno'Wn ones may be worked 'over so" as to give better results in present-day
. engines or the requirements of engines may be changed, thus permitting the
; employment of: fuels not ’now usable. 7 There is little hope that by any mixture
r of existing'fuels or by adding any substance to gasoline any improvement can

_‘ be effected, for what is there thatcontains more available heat energy than

gasoline itself? There is, of course, the possibility that something can be done

”to-existing fuels that will fit them better to use in present-day engines.

indeed is just what was done 'to kerbsene when cracked
and this ground has been pretty well covered.

. This
gasoline was developed
(To be continued next week.)

 

usually results in racing of the engine
which is distinctly harmful.

 

FURTHER USE OF ILL-CONDITION-
ED ENGINE
The engine of our truck has poor
compression and it is pretty well car-
bonizedwour driver tells us, but it is
almost impossible to give up using it
until the arrival of a new one, which
we have ordered. Will it injure this
engine to keep it running for a month
or so longer?—B. & H. 0'0.

If this car is run with discretion.

' we cannot see how its engine is like

ly to be" harmed by thus keeping it in
service. Lack of cm “'"eseion will
cause no mechanical injury, but it
should not be run in such a manner
as to cause it to knock. as this is
hard upon the bearings and other
parts. When knocking commences, at
lower 'gear should at once be thrown
in. Why don’t you try a liquid car-
bon remover, to clean out the cylin-
ders? This can be applied over night
and will not throw the car out of ser-
vice at all

 

nt‘erest to motorists will be answered in this column,
.9 Albert L. Glough,\care of this Ofl'lllp.

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$71.45: wheat $2.07 to $2.09; corn,

_ $3.25 cwt.; oats, 950 bu.; hay, $30.00;

beans, $7.75; potatoes, 60; cab age, 3;
hens, '16: springers,‘ 16 to 18; ducks,
15;. geese, 15; butter, 50; butterfat,
70; eggs: 75.48. H. 5., Harriett 1., De-
cember 20.

 
 
 
 
    
    
   
   
 
    
 
      
 
 
   
  
  
  
  

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W0 HUNDRED MILLION

people eat foods grown largely
by the aid of commercial fertilizer. In
United States alone nearly 7,000,

- tons of fertilizer are used annually.

The Fertilizer Industry performs a
most valuable service in searching the
four corners of the earth for plant
food; in recovering waste materials
from slaughter houses. factories and
cities; in reaching up into the air and
down into the bowels of the earth for
newer and cheaper forms of raw mate-
rials; and then manufacturing the
whole into a product, definite in com-
position and convenient in form.

“fithout fertilizer, agriculture would
detenornte._ With more fertilizer, ag~
rlculturc will improve. Old theories
are being discarded. Have ou thought
of fertilizing that weed! run own~paltureT
Do_you know that fertilizer can help on
avmd soft corn? escape the Bosnian ly?
overcome drouth'! save farminbor? get higher

prices?
Write for bulletin; on fertilizer usage
Soil Improvement Committee
ofllu National Fertilizer Associatio-

$11412 The Munsey Bldg. Baltimore
12 Postal Telegraph Bldg. Chicago

  
  
 
 
 
 
   

 
  
 
 
 

  
 
 

 
  
 
 
 

  
 
 

 
   

 

 
  
 

 
 

 
    
   
 
     
     
        
   
       
   
    
  
 

 
 

 
    
     
 

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DAIRY. AND HOG FEED 1'

Farmers are paying $60.00 'to $80.00 ton for prepared 20% protein feeds.
Why this waste and loss? _

Our best grade cull beans analyze Moxsture 8.60%, Protein 23.35, Crude
Fat 1.38, Crude Fibre 4.82%.
Cull Bean Pickings ......................... $42.00 ton
Cull Bean Mllhngs ........................... 40.00 ton
Sacks included, t.o.b. Port Huron ,Mich. 10c each allowed on returned sacks.

You can produce a pound of pork cheaper on cull beans than any other feed.

Mix hundred pounds middlings with hundred pounds cooked cull beans and
reduce your feed per cow. including ensilage cost, to around 40c per day, and
increase your milk production from ten to forty per cent.

Other prices as follows:

Corn and Oat Chop Feed ..... K.’ ........... $58.00 Ton
Gluten Feed ..................... . ......... 60.00 Ton
Old Process Oil Meal ...................... 60.00 Ton
Cluck Cluck Scratch Feed ................. 70.00 Ton
Oyster Shells ............................... 25.00 Ton

Sacks Included, f.o.b. shipping point.
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Arenas (Eastleain and lots of it 33

and the roads are in flerCe condition,
and farmers have hard work to get

anything to market, and unless it

stops raining and freezes most of the
grains will need to stay in the gran.
aries. Most ”all classes of produce
seems to hold its oWn regardless of
peace. Most all who grew beets in-

; tend to increase the acreage next year.‘
Beans seem to be the talk of the day,

and some lively times occur in this
county—competition. The “flu” is
taking oh 3. good many of our citi
zens and. there are still a number of
cases here—ill. B. R., Twining, De-
member 19

Ingham (NE. )—Farm work is at a
standstill at present. W e have about
eight inches of snow, fair sleighing
The following prices were offered at
Williamston this week: Wheat, $2.05;
corn, ear, 60; cats, 67; rye, $1.50; hay,
$20; beans, $8; potatoes, 75;-hens, 20;
butter, 50; butterfat. 60; eggs. 55;
sheep. $7; hogs. $16.50; beef cows, 86;
veal calves, $16.50; apples, 750 to $1.—-
A. N. Williamston. Dcc’. 27.

Kent (N.W.)—F‘armers are plowing
and doing other farm work when the
weather will permit. It rains most of
the time. The roads are almost im

passable especially where they are not

graveled. A great many m 01' trucks
have been used this fall and are still
being used to quite an extent; Lhoy
are using up the roads. A good many
farmers are holding potatoes for more
money. A great deal of “flu” in this
vicinity and some deaths from the
same. A great many are trucking no-
tatoes to Grand Rapids, where they
get as a rule $1 per bushel ungraded,
amounting to about $1. 25 or $1.35 per
bushel if they were graded. The fol
lowing prices were offered at Green-
who last week: Wheat $214; corn,
$1.50; cats, 65; rye, $1.50; no bay for
sale here, that shipped in sells for $30

per ton; potatoes, $135; onions, 65;
cabbage 75; hens heavy, 210; butter,
52; eggs, 60; sheep, 10; lambs 15c;

hogs, live 15 to 151/._,; dressed, 18 to
19; beef steers, 71/3 to 81/_,; beef cows,
61/ to 71/._.; veal calves 9 to 11; apples,
750 to $1. 50..—G M. W. Grccnville

Tuscola (N.E )—~The following one—
iations at Cass City on Dec. 27 1918:
Wheat, $2.10; oats, 65; beans 88; rye,
$1.41; barley, cwt., $1. 75; eggs, 55;
butter 50; cattle, 5 to 8, sheep, 4 to
7; lambs, 12 to 13; hogs, 13 to 15;
calves, 10 to 15; hens, 18 to 20; gees-e,
23 to 25; ducks, 30 to 32; hides 12.—
S. 8.. Cass City.

Van Buren (East)——This has been a.
fine fall for work, with lots of rain.
More vineyards plowed this fall than

common. Grape trimming well com-
menced. Cutting and buzzing wood
.butchering; a few find time to hunt
rabbits Been a nice fall for sales,

and plenty of them. Tuesday’s bliz-
zard has brought a change ‘11. the

weather. Feed is high and-stock most-
ly poor, the fattest thing seems to be

the hog, he is bringing 161/30. Tax
time brings lots of them on the mar-
ket. The town has been quarantined

two weeks on account of the flu, not
raised vet—V. G. Mattawan Dec. 27

Gencscc~Farmers are threshing
beans and cutting wood. We are hav-
ing colder weather now and a few
inches of snow covers the ground.
Some farmers were plowing until a
couple of days before Christmas Sell-
poultry ’Ind beans
quite lively before Christmas. They
are buying dairy feed and flour and
coal The following prices \1 ere quot-
ed at Flint on Dec.26,1918: Wheat,
red, $2.18; white, $2.16; oats, 66; com,
rye, $1.50; buckwheat, $3.30;
red kidney beans, $9; navy beans $8;
potatoes, 75c to $1; apples. .90 to $1. 25;
onions, $1.50 to $1.75 per sack; .eggs,
63c; dairy butter, 63c; creamery but4
ter -;68 hens, 22; geese, 19; turkeys,
’;28 ducks, 25; hogs, $16; celvésl5 to 18.

Oakland (North)—-It 111ka ”as tho
winter had settled down td business.
Not much going to market
have all gone and 100.com. .t
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sorting, but a few carloads haVe been. L

shipped. Hay is scarce, not much fer
sale The order of the day is to pay
taxes. I have not heard anybody cem-
plain about taxes not being high
enough The following prices were
quoted at Clarkston this week: Oats, '
75; wheat, $2.10; rye $1.50; hay, $30;
beans, $8; potatoes, 75; hens/ 21;
springers, 25; butterfat, 72; ages, 70;

hogs, $16—E. F.. Glarkston, Dec. 27.

St. Joseph (EMU—«Farmers, are
butchering and working in the woods.
Weather has been fine, ground not
frozen yet. Selling hogs and cattle;
no need of holding for. higher price,
as the government looks after that.
Very little building done. The fol;
lowing prices Were paid at Colon last'
week: Wheat. $2.13 to $2.10; corn,
$150; oats, 65; rye, $1.50; butter, 54;
ages, 55; hogs, $17 80; beef steers, 9;
beef cows, 7.——-M.- W., Colon, Dec. 27.

Calhoun (S.W. )-—'The first snow of ~

the winter now covers the ground but
not enough for sleighifig. Wheat and
rye are lookfiig good. Not much grain
being sold now. Live stock mostly
sold. Hey is Scarce and high in price,
horses are Selling very cheap at the
sales, on this account will be higher
next spring, I am thinking The fol-
lowing prices were paid at Athens
last week: Wheat, 8210; cats, 62;
rye, $1.45; butter. 55; butterfat, 65;
eggs, 60."‘E. B. H.. Athens, Dec. 29.
'Ottawa. (N.E.)—Had one day, of‘
winter, the 24th of Dec. It' snowed all-
day and 'was cold. The ‘farmers are,
top dressing, their new seeding this

Winter. The following]. prices were
quoted at Coopersville,’ this _Week:
Wheat, $2.10; corn, $1.48 bu.;» cats,

70; rye, $1.45;»hay, $30,; beans,.$7.75;
potatoes, $1; onions, 500; cabbage,
70c bu.‘; hens, '21; springers, 21;
ducks. 25; geese, 18; ”turkeys. 25; but—'
ter, 45; butterfat, 70; eggs. 58; sheep,
16; lambs, 21; hogs, 1191/3; beef steers,
14; beef cows, 12; veal calves, 819, ap-
ples 81. 50 to $2 50.——J P., Coopers-
ville. Doc. 27. -

)rand Traverse (N. E.)~Have a lit- 3
tle snow

following prices were offered at Tray-5"

erse City this week: Wheat, $2.07; .
corn, $1.40; oats. 85: rye $1.40; hut-
ter, 50; butterfat, 75; eggs, 60.——— 0'

L. B. Williamsburg, Dec 27

Tuscola (West)~Farmers plowed
up until the day before Christmas, but”
we had quite a fall of snow the night
of the 24th and quite cold, -but it. is
getting warmer again.
selling oats and beans; and beef. Lots
of the bovs are trapping rats, skunk
and rabbits and are. getting a good
price for “them Two men paid for
U. S bonds here with. fur and game.
There is more money in 9111111115 than,
in bonus or potatoes. this h‘Year. Let’s.-
hear from some or you .‘oth or boys Who."

got rich tanning, that the M. B F. ,-
The following 15 fleets Were offered at:»

Caro this week: Whoat,4 43.82 to; buck- :
wheat. ~83; Ceaten, 65; barley, cwt. $185:
1111.12.31.50» 111134.311 to 5118'. .. fl 3

1115118,. 21; sprlfifers, 4.2
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‘il a change comes—0.. I. M.,.Masan,\
. l”12gfi‘1jie'h‘ (Ween—This ‘ locality 'was‘
visited by a. cold wave. and snowthe
day. before Christmas. '

' ‘ :Dcc._.28.

.to'qhani. Most .of thesaw timber left

here legbeinfg sold this winter as the'
‘ . price is :highran‘d.,trees have been go-

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down around zero.

prohibits work now. .The' following
- prices were"- paid at St; Joseph
’ " rweekaheat, $2.15; ,cOrn, $1.60; oats,
653 rye, $1.50; potatoes, $1; hens, 18;,

last

butter, 50 to 60‘; butterfat, 467; eggs,"
55; beef cows, 12 to 16; veal calves,
1&__to4’20‘; apples, $2.-——.O; 0.12 Baroda“

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Presque Isle '(Oentral)——We . have
about ten inches of “snow and it is
_ Nothing doing
but, getting up wood and some are buy-
ing hay which has raised two dollars
retail in the last two weeks. The

' following prices were offered at Mil~

Iersburg this week: Wheat, $2.00;

’-'ea_.ts,.67; rye, $1.35; hay, $22 to $25;

butter. 50; butterfat, 69; eggs, 60.—
, _'D. D. 8., Millersburg,_-Dec. 28.

_ 25153—0. L. 0., (Miss Village, Dec.’ 27.
improved the last week.
.good. sleighing.

’V .frozen'yet‘.
‘- dull, the'buyers seem to be loaded up

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- lurye straw, $10; wheat-oat straw, $10;

beans, $7.50; potatoes. $1.20 ,cwt.;
hens; 22; springers, 25;,duCks, 25;

Emmet ' (North) -—. Christmas has

7' chine and gone and r-stlll» the lovely
weather

. ground ‘is frozen there is -very little
; :_snow in Sight and the Weather is more »
' 220; springers, 250; turkeys; 30; but-

continues. 'Although the

like spring. A large percent ef’the
stock here, has been. sold on account
of the scarcity of and‘high price of

.. .- feed. Many farmers have their fall
, work done and have gone to the woods ,

and‘mills or factories,to‘ work for the
winter. 'The following prices were

~5paid at Harbor- Springs this ‘week: -
the‘at, $2.10;

, oats, 74; hay, $25 to
$26; beans, $7.25; butter. 60; butter-
fat, 70; beef steers, 6,; apples. 75c to

Lapeer (Eden—The weather has
With some
snow a very little more would make
The fields are not
The hay market is very

at present- ‘Cattle and hogs are im-
proving. The following prices were

fl offered at Imlay City this week:0ats,

65 to 67; wheat, $1.95 to $2.10; rye,

. $1.50; hay, $16 to $20; rye straw, $5;
beans,«$7.50 to $7.75: “potatoes, £0; ‘veal calves, 15—0. Rn Olivet, D60. 27. '

_ snow, six inches '
éflike j‘winter‘ after

Blitjiye- muSt grin and warn -

' taxed and lthe drain.

the :Eas'teiinixmehigan_ Elevator Co.’s
"atom last ”week and some «declare
thatthey—A‘ylill‘lgo better yet—we hope
so; TDeath’bas? taken several of our
, prominent . citizens.
areyeryflilrigh and scarce, 72 cents was
paid- by a Bay City Creamery last week
for ibutteriat, something the writer
has never. known of before. None too

. . . It‘ .15” “still i“ ' (iii if > th 'ee the farmer has to

.z: snoy’v'jng','~and~,ppgmises to be quite a mu or. e pr1

‘ snow; fall'at present._. This», will bea .
" , good thing; for farmersv'hpving logs

pay,. for his; feeds, etc., do you think
so?.. Some of our soldier boys are re-
turning and we hope that next season
will see help more plentiful.——ill. B. R.,
Bay City. . . I
Kalkaslca (wean—The weather is
fine- .The farmers are selling pow.-
" toes and cream. They are holding
their potatoes for higher prices. The
farmers are buying hay and grain.
.'The following prices were offered at
Kalkaska, Dec. 26: Wheat, $1.75 to

- 2.10; ‘oats, 80c; rye, $1.35; hay, $29;

potatoes, $1.20 per CWt.; butter, 50c;
butterfat,~ 68c; eggs, 50c.—-—R. E.'B.,
So.'Boardman, Dec. 28. ‘

Jackstm (South) Weather cold and”

.blust’eri‘ns. .Snow covers the ground
which is a greatprotection to wheat.
Hay is very scarce and baled straw
delivered brings $12.00 a ton.
is difficult to obtain. Taxes are very
high.
_000 for the Red Cross and the Grand
River drain tax‘ is a‘little over 15c per
acre on the average. There is much
dissatisfaction over the drain tax as

- the majority of the taxpayers will

get little if any. benefit from \it. Too
many dams between the land‘ that is
The ' farmer
boys are reaping, a. harvest from trap-
ping skunks and muskrats this year
as they are quiteplentiful and bring
a good price on the market. The
following ,prices wereoffered at Jack-
son, Dec. 29:.rye, $1.50; beans $8.00
per cwt.; onions, $1.00 per bu.; hens,

ter, 65c; butterfat, 710; eggs, 70c;
hogs, $16.40; veal ,calves dressed, 22.
‘-—-G. 8‘. Hanover, Dec. 29. ‘

Calhoun -,(N.0.)-‘—The farmers are
mostly/j chor’ins now; a great many
families are entertaining .the prevail-
ing epidemic, some are very sick. No
deaths and all gaining. The weather
is fine now, about 3 inches of snow;

, the fields: are not frozen at all, finest

weather for wheat. Not many farmers
marketing anything now. Avery few
oats being held, looks as though they
would all be used up locally. A large
demand for grain- of all .kinds here.
The following prICes were offered at
Olivet this week: Wheat, $2.13; oats,
65; rig, $1.48; hay, $24; beans, $5;
potatoes7$1;.hens, 18; 'springers, 22;
butter, 55; :butterfat, 68; eggs, 54;
beef steers, 4 to 10; sheep, 4~to 8;
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A Agriculture. averaged a

41 pounds of butter at bar I“.
his is considerably above the

production of all the dairy

hair: United States, which is es- . .
timed

160 pounds of butterfat a
year A study or the records of the
finsociatlod‘s showed that the produc-
- tier! of 160 pounds of bdtteriiat a year
gave an increase of $23 over cost of
feed, while the average income over
cost of feed from cows that produced
247 pounds was $47. or a little more
than twice as much.
' Though the dairymen who join
“ cowtesting associations are thought to
be more progressive than the average,
dairy specialists in the United States
Department of Agriculture say the fine
showing made by the cows in associa-
‘ tions must be credited, in large meas-
ure, to association work

Certainly the cow-testing associa-
tions return many more dollars than
they cost. It is encoaraging, they say,
to know that the cow-testing associa-
tion records show that the large pro-
ducing dairy cows are the least affect-
ed by the ihcreased cost of feeds.
Therefore, every dairyman should aim
to keep all his good cows, or to place
them where' they will continue the
economical production of human food.
This economical production can be ob
tained not only through careful selec-
tion. of dairy cattle and skillful feed-
ing. but through intelligent breeding.

While the cow—testing association
gives its members aid in each of these
three essentials ,it is particularly
beneficial in promoting better breed-
ing. This is very marked when the
members also belong to a bull asso-
ciation. Not every dairy farmer can
aiford to own a goon registered bull,
but the bull association has made it
possible for each of its members to
own a share in one. A farmer for
$50 may buy a scrub bull, but if five
farmers will join a bull association
and each invest $50 they may own a
$250 pure-bred bull;

IMPORTANT POINTS IN
CATTLE RAISING

The three most important points in
raising Holstein-Friesian cat-tie are
type, care and feeding and selection
of the herd sire.

Under the head of type the beginner
should study the ideal type of Hol-
stein until he is satisfied that he is a

good judge, One of the best ways to
do this is to visit not one, but all of
the breeders he can. All of them will
be glad to explain the ideal type for
which they are worikng and allow him
. to examine and study their herds. He

also should study score cards and
read‘ every bit of authorative literature
be can get. When he has satisfied
himself that he is a good judge, then
let him buy the cows nearest to the
ideal type his money can buy. There
probably is not an absolutely perfect
cow, or for that matter any other an-
imal, in the world but the points by
which a Holstein- Friesian cow is
judged in the show ring are not fixed
for “fancy" ideas, but for practical
reasons. That is. the more perfect
the animal te more perfect the animal
th more likely she is to be a large
NM and the more perfect her
offspri will be when bred to an an-
imal equally as good.

When the beginner begins to get
calves from these cows he must feed
them and care for them as good stock
deservesf A pure-bred or high-grade
, animal with poor feed and care can

do no better than a. scrub, so do not
' try to raise calves on a strawstack.

Feed» them abundance pf the best
., roughage besides the necessary con-
centrates, remember’that size and
ability due to large capacity for turn-

nghage into milk are among the .

im‘ ortant advantages of the H01-

So by all means. the .begin- ‘

ner must feed: hid calm“ MOP: ;‘
“ these poms. for they are i
No matter how good the“
parentage, a calf cannot develop and‘

In
his hanks.

become a perfect animal on ancestry
alone.

To preserve and better the type with

'which he has started, carefui selec-~

tion of’the herd sire is most impor-
tant. Nothing should be used, either

with graderOr pure-breds but a pure- .

bred sire, and by all means one that
can show a pedigree of higli produc-
ing ancestors. No bull is “good
enough;" get the best. is I have al-
ready said, there are no absolutely
perfect animals, so it is very impor-
tant that a. sire be used which is
strong in the points in which the cows
are weak.

Whether the object is to be a dairy-
man or 5 breeder, these three points
are all-important to success—Robert
H. Gray; in The Idaho Farmer.

The Story .of‘ the

T THE request. of Mr. John W.
Snyderp breeder of Hampshire
hogs, of St. Johns, we begin in
this issue a story of the Hampshire
hog. In subsequent issues the his—
tories of other breeds of hogs, as well

'as'cattle and sheep. will be published.

We aim to make this departmen one
of real value to our readers. Sen in
the pictures of your prize animals.

. t t I:

The history of the Hampshire hog
in America has been one continual
advance and success after another.
This particular breed of hogs has dem-
onstrated the fact that a person does
not need heavy financial interests or
does not need to be an experienced
show-man in‘order to win with a
Hampshire hog, either in the special
classes made particularly for
breed or in the classes where all
'breeds are in competition with one an-
other. ». ,

The recent International Live Stock
ShOW at Chicago possibly possesses
the most sensational record which
has ever been made with the Hamp-
shire breed of hogs. Gus Meyer of
Elwood, Indiana, is a young farmer.
His father has been engaged in the
Belgian horse business and to some
extent in cattle business, but has all
of the time made his largest and best
money through the production and
feeding of Hampshire hogs for the
market. He has always kept pure-
bred sires and pure-bred sows, but
never pays any attention to register-
ing or selling to supply the pure-bred
market. He has fedthe Hampshire
hog simply because they grow and de-
velop under Indiana conditions more
satisfactorily than any other breed
so far as his observation and feeding
have been tried. It is a fact, however,
that he has tried almost all of the

present day registered hogs as feed?

ers. He exhibited. the car of hogs at
Chicago International, slightly over a
year old, averaging 391 lbs. per head,
and they were easily the grand cham-
pions of the International of 1918.

this -

Cows should be bred do calve at a
time when their production of milk

and fat will be as great as possible.
Early in the spring theconditions are "
At

favorable for milk production; ..
this ‘time there is an abundance, or
green 'grass and the cows can be band-
led with little labor: In Missouri
this condition lasts only a very short

time and very often by the first or the ,
. middle of July the pastures are burn-

ed and almost useless. This is, the

hardest seasim in the year’ for the >
If the cow freshens in'

dairy cow.
the spring she soon finds that the food
supply ‘is fiery low she {conse-
quently fails in. her mil production.
It is not uncommon for production in
August to be not more than. one-half
What it was in- June. The pasture
shortage is not entirely responsible

Hampshire Hog

They were so superior to the 30 cars
which were in competition with them
that they were at once in theminds of
all who saw them, the grand cham-
pions of the show. It is common talk
among the packers and commission
men of the Yards that this was at
least one of the most perfect, if not
the most perfect, car of hogs ever
shipped into the Chicago st‘ock yards.
The exhibits in the single classes and
pen classes in the 1918 International
were given similar comments to those
on the most excellent carioad. There
were 30 cars in the carload class ex-
hibit—8 of these were Hampshires or
grade Hampshiree, most of them being
pure-bred and coming from farms
where they have f0und the Hampshire
to be the best feeder they have ever
had on their farms.

A great many people dust at this

time are asking for the early history.

of the Hampshire breed of hogs. We
have, through the assistance of G. M.
Rommel, animal husbandman at Wash-
ington, D. C., been permitted to see
the only volume of English history in
America, so far as we can learn, writ-
ten by Professor David Lowe in 1842;
he was professor of agriculture in the
College of Edinburg, England. He
describes these hogs as being the old-
est hogs in England. They first came
into prominence in Scotland where
theSe hogs were raised more generally
and more largely than in England. on
account of their superior killing quail
ity and great size. In the early days
of 1800 the only objection to the Hamp-
shire hog in England was that they
grew too large, but most of the hogs
of England grew too small and the
Hampshire was brought down from
the hillsof Scotland and in from the
particular‘district of England where
they had been grown pure-bred, to

mix with the small breeds of hog}

which were about the only kind raised
in great numbers in England, in or-
der to increase this small sizeyet not
reduce their ability to be early killers.
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cove freshening in all seasons.

, pe .
loiver 1n the mn..
than at any other season oi me"

.so. on while the milk prednetiou, . -
-:cc5vess severe ciit the fat protection .

in" men more sehonsly axect‘l.

.. .1 l " ‘
When a fairly regular milk supply w ,ii

is desired thrnout the year, have a {in
The
preferable time; however, is in the

fall because then the weather is cool "
; and most favorable, the files are not

troublesome, the declining pastures

~ are not a factor, as the cows are fed

in the barn, and because in the win-
ter months the percentage of tat in
milk. is at its‘ highest point. ' Still

'.%ll0ther reason for fall calving is that‘
, the calves can/be given more atten-

tion at that seasoon, because "the
farmer is not'as busy with out-door
work. »Flies and hot weather affect
the calves somewhat and the young
calves can do their best during cool

‘ weather

It at present M are following the
plan of having all your cows freshen
in the’spring, give the fall calving plan
a trial and become convinced ,advises
W. W. Swett of the University of Mis-
souri Collegeof Agriculture.

FRUIT GROWING HELPS
IN POULTRY RAISING

I find from my own experience that
fruit growing makes an excellent
combination with the raising of poul-
try. By this combination a man is
able to secure two crops from the
same land, besides the soil being im-
proved by the poultry droppings. In-
sects which are injurious to the trees
are devoured in great numbers and
kept in check and the soil under the
trees kept loose by the hens; while.
on the other hand,‘ the trees furnish
an abundance 0f shade for the poultry
which is so essential during/the sum-

- mer and fall.

Where you hafie‘a small orchard.

‘and wish to run poultry in. I think‘

it a good plan to fence the whole with
chicken wire of some kind. By hav-
ing the whole‘ orchard fenced, the
fencing does not interfere with culti-
vating the trees, and will prevent any
other hens from ranging on your land
and in this way the danger of getting
some contagious disease is much less.
The colony system is easily used in

4.

1
I

an enclhsure of. this kind, and this I I"

think is one of the most satisfactory
methods cf keeping poultry. The
houses need not be expensive, and
should be of a size that is easily mov-
ed ‘about when desired, and will an
commodate about twenty-five birds
very Well.‘ Having the houses mov-
able enables one ‘to have the houses
on fresh ground when desired. This
I consider one of the special good fea
tures of the colony system. When the
house is built so as to be constantly
at the same place it is almost impos-
sible to keep the ground fresh.»

The roosts should be made so as to
be taken out when desired, and by

painting the house on the inside with _.

crude oil two or three times a year.

mites can be kept down.

By a judicious use of the hopper
method of feeding in connection with
the colony system the labor in the

. house can be reduCed to the minimum

consistent with good profitable returns

The special beauty of this system . _ .
is that the birds are not free range . ,
have the advantage of free life and can. . ,. -
be cared for the same as when kept in '
confinement. This includes the advan "V-

tages of both without the worst di

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CATTLE:-
booklets-they contain
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for Sale, Ready for Service

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WOLVEHNE STOCK FAB-M
I want to tell you about our Junior
Herd Sire, “ling res-flee Ludo Korn-
dike Segis,” _n 9011' of King of the Ponti-
his dam is Queen Segis of Brookside,
a daughter of Pontiac Clothllde De Kol
2nd and Prince Segis Korndyke, a great
lcombination oib reedi.ng
We are breeding this young sire to
the dauglrilers of Judge Walker Pietertje,
our, Senior Herd sire whose first five
dunk each have records above 30 lbs, he
also has two 30 lb. sisters. How can
owroug by buy a bull calf of
this popular liney of bree in: ?
T. W. Sprague, Battle z,Creek Mich.

BULL WFOR SALE. Dam has 2
sisters that gave semi-of-

 

D1129 money as 2 and 3 year olds.
___L. Hulett & Sons, Okemos, Michigan.

 

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, young bulls from King, Piet
' é“, ' 1.70113 1705".

w th credible records.
~ ally for tuberculosis.
’ es and further information.

Hindi! BIO.» South Lyons. Mlehlnl.

 

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.. MICHIGAR BUSINESS FABMING
has sold two dimer-eat lots of cattle I
- have oflered. I now offer heifer calves
from heavy milking dams for $100
‘ rich: and the same kind of bull calves
or 35. ’

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.2... ' Offers a. 10 months
. Chver Dairy Fan“old grandson of
, HOW De Kol sired by Johan Hon-

1 ‘ dLad 61A.R..0 daughters, eleven
' from 25 to 31 lbs.A 19 others from 20 to 26
11'" agranddaughter of King

Segls who hasa a 32 lb. 4. yr. old sister.

This calf is a. splendid individual, well

marked and well grown, price $100 fob.

Flint. Write for extended pedigree and
GM. C. Kettler, Flint, Mich.

I

Wolverine Stock Farm

,Oflers two sons about 1 yr. old, sired

‘ by Judge Walker Pietertje. (these
-\ . calves are nicely marked and light in

k ‘1 ' color and are fine individuals. Write
' ,, gig prices 3nd pedigrees. Pattie Creek.
ch., R.

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand, future
-. ‘ ~ prices othat has ever known. Start
‘“ .now with the Holstein and convince

yourself. Good stock always for
. sale. Howbert Stock Farm, Eau
" '~ ' Claire, Michigan. - .

 

 

 

 

. Sired by a. son of .
Bull Calves m... 3...”...
K01 Butter

yand by a son of RI]??? Segis De Kol
Korndyke. fromA A . ams with rec-
ords of 18. 25 as Jr. two year old to 28. 25
at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considgred.
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
. W. W. Wyckoif, Napoleon, Mich.

 

\ ' ' KOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
if Sires dams average 37.76 lbs. but-
5: .- mg- 7 dos. 145. 93 11:15.30 das. testing
5.52% fat. Dams good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows 3% white.
P11053430 each while they last.
Herd tuberculin tested annually.
- 'B'oord-nn Farms, JSCRBOI. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Holsten- Friction Cattle
'« ‘ Under the present labor conditions
‘1' I feel the necessity of reducin my
‘ ‘ herd i sell a few used f on
.1 ‘ or a few to freshen this 3pm,»; The”
d“ cows are all with calf to a 30-pound
’ " bull.- J. Fred Smith, Bypu, Him”.

31311111 PLAINS Hoisrrms

Type, 3.8118111! fA 1g“ bull calves hen

m KILLINGER,
Fowlerville, Michigan,

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

this fall and winter. A stood start reas—
onable for some one. Wri
.C. Hendee & Son. Pinckney. Michigan.

JERSEY

, “, 1 BULLS ready for ser-
vice for sale. Sired by
Majesty's Oxford Fox,

and out of R. of M. Dams by Majesty’s

Wonder. Herd tuberculin tested and
free abortion. Our aim is size with
300d Wildwood

tygpe, and production.
arm, Alvin Balden. Capac, Mich.

QUEENS“

FOR 31111113311111.8133. 3.3.131. 1:215:

. Jersey

 

 

 

in; for; only $75. moren Dygert, Alto,
Michigan.
. snon'rnonN

 

hWHAT no YOU WANT? I represent 41
SHORTIORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some f es. . W; Crum,
Secreta Central Michigan Shorthorn
Aesociat on McBrides. Michigan.

FORI SACLE, pure bFri-da Shorthormonal“;z
I. ngs. 1mg blu s
to 9 montg 8126 to 150 each Ray
Warner, R. No. 3. Almont Michigan.
standard bred Polled

For Salem. ham Shorthorn

Bull Calves, calved May 2nd and J une 4th.
- Pauk Quack, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan,
R. No. 2, Box 70.

 

 

roan double

 

HORTHORNS and POLAND CHIN
Bu‘lls, heifers and spring pigs, eith
sex for sale, at f'arrners’ prices. F. M.

Piggott «I: Son, Fowler. Michigan.

SHORTHORNS have been kept upon
Maple . Ridge Farm
since 186.7 and are Bates bred. Two red
heifers for sale; 1 bull, 10 mos. old.

. J. E. Tanswoli. Mason, Michigan.

THE VAN RUBEN CO. Shorthorn
Breeders’ Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding. Write
your wants to the Secretary. Frank
Bailey, Hartford, Michigan. -.

FOR SALEREG. SHORTHOBN BULL,
18 mos. old, of best Bates
breeding. W. S. Huber. Gladwin, Mich.

HEBEFORDS

HEREFORDSIIerd headed by Bob Fair-
fax 494027. Can furnish
you with males or females. Polled or
horned. Write for prices. Earl C Mc-
Carty, Bad Axe, Mich” Sec. Mich. H. B.
Association.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RED POLLED
0R SALE—Dual pu1pose Red Polled

bulls and Oxforddown rams.
L.'H .1Waikcr, Reed City, Michigan.

HORSES

SHETLAND PONIES

5111311111111 r0111: For 3... Write

for description 3
prices. Mark B. Curdy Howell. Mich.

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flciall‘y over 17, 000 lbs. of milk, Winning '

 

FOR SALEEleven head of Holstein
cows and heifers. Three '
yearling; not bred the rest to freshen

 

HOGS

0.1. C. /

 
 

Thanks for your pat-
anage dndyo'u’li always be welcome.

Wu: J. as... R. No. 7 Mason. Mich.

 

   

 

BIG TYPE P. 0.. The best 101; of big

long bodied, heavy-bone

boars; the prolific kind; litters averaged
better than 10 the past 3 years

H- Swartz.

P. c. BoAns,,Rambo 11
BIG TYPE and Hampshire ramsu 91.31:!
ewes for sale

 

SLARGE TYPE 0. LC.

Spring boars. Also 2nd prize Jr. W- boar
~Mich. State Fair, 1918
CLOVER LEAF s'rocn In]!
Monroe, Mich.

BredéGilts

l Serviceable Boers
C J. Carl Jewell, Mason, Mich.

’ Two last spring boars 'd
0.1. C. SalsaZJuneboaraagoo
lot of last spring gilts

bred for next spring farrow. Also last
fall Digs not akin. All good thrifty stock.

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Otto B. Schuize, Nashville, Michigan
Citizens’ Phone, 124.
DUROC

 

Peach Hill Farm

Start the New Year right. Buy a rel-
istered Duroc Jersey Boar from

PEACH HILL FARM
Inwood Bros., Romeo, Mich.

DUROC JERSE

 

SWINE. Bears, Sows
Guts and Fall pits

for sale. Choice spring boar, s ed by
Brookwater 'I‘ippy Orion No. 55421. This
is an unusually good bunch to select

from. Come and see them or I will ship
an approval. Fall pigs $18 each, either
sex. Home Farm, Thos. Underhill, & Son,
Props. Salem, Mlchigan.

DUROC JERSEYS

Bred sow and gilts. Special price on
bred sow and big growthy fail boar, not
related to sow or litter.

Newton Bamhart, St. Johns, Michigan.

 

PLEASANT VIEW DUBOCS
Three choice bred gilts priced at $60

each for quick sale.

W. C. Burlinghamo, Marshall Michigan.

 

 

. DUROC BOARS, GILTS

We are altering some fine. Big type, {all
spring Bears and Gills. A1 Farmers Prices.
F. E. EAGER and Son
HOWHJ... . MICHIGAN

and

 

 

 

‘ Spring Boars and gills. Ten yea1s
DIH’OCS experience. A few black top
Rams left. Newton & Blank, Hill Crest
Farm, 4 miles south of Middleton, Mich.

POLAND CHINA

 

BIG TYPE P. 0.1301135, all ages, the
kind that make good Meet me at the
fairs. E. Leonard St. Louis, Mich.

BIG

Type Poland Chlnas. Spring boars
gilts. d
L. L

for sale. Booking orders for
Inspection invited. , 1
CHAMB BERLAIN, Marcellus, Mich.

Poland Chin: Hogs
Oxford Sheep
Toulu G e
White Wysndotte d1 Barred Bock Chieko:n:
S ‘J L CREEK STOCK FARM
. Imbkin, Prop" Avoca, Michigan.

HAMPSHIRE

HAMPSHIRE SPRING BOARS now

read at I. ha P
your order for bred ygilts nowrgain. lace

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

AMPSHIBE SPRING BOABS now at

a big bargain, bred glits now ready to

Ship John W Snyder, RFJ‘. No. 4,
St Johns, Michigan.

 

SHEEP
.snnorsnlnns

HIGH CLASS REGISTERED, year-

ling Shropshire ewes bred to

ram of extra quality. Also healthy, vix-

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

Lemen, Dexter, Michigan.

DELAINE

 

MPBOVED Black Top Delnins. Sixty
Reg. Rams to choose from. Newton 6‘:
Blank Hill Crest Farm, Perrinton.
Mich. arm situated four miles south of
Middleton. .
ELAINES bred on same farm for 50
years. Size, quality prepotent: rams
for sale delivered. rie
”Sanders R. No. 2, Ashtabula, Ohio.

 

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POULTRY

WYANDO’I‘TE

Silver Laced, Golden and White Wyan-
dottes of quality. Breeding stock after

 

 

 

Oct. let. Engage it early. Clarence
Browning, R. 2, Portland, Mich.
LEGHOBN

 

ROFII‘ABLE BUFF L'EGHORNS—— We
have twenty pens of especially mated
Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but, above all for prof-
itable egg production. Eggs at very reas-
onable price Our list will interest you

 

 

-—-please ask for it. Village Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan.
WHITE. ROCK
WHITE ROC COCKERELS. Fam-.
- ous Fischel strain.

Priced to sell. Mrs. F. J. Lange, Sebe—
waing, Michigan.

ORPINGTON

 

FOR 25 YEARS

This establishment has been head quarters
for Big Type Poland Chinas. We have
a nice lot of bears and sows of strictly
big type breeding at very low price. Let
me know what you want Bell phone.

JNO. C. BUTLER - Portland, Mich.

 

 

Chma. 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 g'ets big and has quality here is the
place to find it. Please give me a chance
to tell you more about them. D
Gregory. Ionia. Michigan:

wALLNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE Poland

 

WHITE OBPINGTON COCK-

For Sale erels $3 and. 135 each. White
African guineas $2 each

Odell Arnold Coleman, Michigan.

B’ABRED noon

d ROCK COCKEBELS from
Barre

my great laying .strain.

Four pullets layed 950 eggs
in one year. C
Coffman, R.

 

Prices reasonable. W.
3, Benton Harbor, Michigan.

CHICKS
We ship thousands
CHI K each season, different
varieties, booklet and

testimonials, stamp appreciated, Freeport
Hatchery, Box 10, Freepert, Michigan.

 

Chicago . “8km
M“. ”were
' ’ HP.

CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

lCLAY, ROBINSON & CO.

-’,L1VE STOCK COMMISSION
South. 0....

Denver Kansas City

East“. Sioux City
,Scnth St. Joseph

 

TURKEY'S

MAMIOT]! BRONZE my YS —-
Strictly thoroughbred, for sale. Gob-
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