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T h nlylndc p en dent Far Inc r’s Wic. c k l y 0 w n c d a n d E d i t c d i

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1919

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.Were' unanimously adopted:

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.‘ Agricultural congrats Session at Washing-
' ton, Demands legislation Favorable to

Farming Interests and Place in
x < International Affairs

 

Thirty-six ' states were represented ~-at the

National—Farmers’ Congress on Reconstruc-
tion, which closed a feur-days’ session at

glowlls‘hington, D. 0., on Friday last. All of,
r j gthegleading farm organizations of the nation
fiver-e represented and a large delegation of

farmers from the several states made the con-

errenCe one of the largest ever held at the

nation’s capitol. ‘ Thei'nterests have held con-
,ferences; labor has already sent delegates
abroad; the bankers have taken their stand
‘onJhe. reconstruction program; and it was
i-considered time that: Agriculture, the basic
industry, set: forth its program for the estab-
lishment of permanent peace and internation-

, 'aluafipwell- as national, reconstruction.

{Hon} Herbert F; Baker, of this state, was
. made chairman ; of . the conference, and his
Opening address was highly complimentedkby '

the Washington daily press. It so happened
that hundreds of convalescent soldiers and
many having lost
others badly disfigured

Hyshot and shell, and this fact gave peculiar

emphasis tothe slogan of the conference,

“the War to and war has been won; let there
be an end to allwars.” One is not obliged to

fitairry long in war-time Washington. to note
' - 'ar-ihftgefisrt thet hi
xtermasnd. immerse: prevent the adoption

being put forth by the in-

011919 Plants ‘orTgamzealeague of nations to

j prevent future were». “.s'Iaittleg'by little the
story of. profiteering’

. . . comes out; day by day
evidence is disclosed that millions have been
'made out of the nation 's war-time necessities,

mending a program 2ft reconstruction which

only prevent future : ’
,wars, but which Shall. remove
"lfo, _ ,er the cause of wars.
‘ , Q thesecond day of the con-
ferencethe following resolutions

““Pres,i_dsnt,Wiison has voiced the
aspirations and determination of
.61 the peoples of all countries to

,ment of astrong league of nations
rounded upon economic justice with-
in, as Well as between, nations. ' He
has encountered through his espous~
‘al' orthe common peoples, purpose.
the hatred and ’ opposition of the
finesse. ’pronteer's. and imperialists

.rldfs' real yearning ,for peace
hr. inflict), ' ~_ ‘

imitators; be - “resolved, That
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Ladd, North'Dak’ota‘T'“

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be,jgi§en a voice inhhe
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- tives of farinerst; 01‘ '

national selfishness—end to establish a stable

‘eQuilibrium of nations based upon friendship and

justice; and further, - _

"Resolved, thatwe warn the United States Sen-
ate not to attempt to imperil the President’s plans
for a League of Nations, because the peoples of the
world and not the governments of the world have
won this war and will not be cheated of the full
fruits of their victory.”

The following committee was appointed to,
present this resolution to the Department of
State for transmittal to the President in
France: J. Weller Long of Minnesota; Grant
H. Slocum, of Michigan; C. H. Gustafsen of
Nebraska. ,

This was done and Saturday afternoon the
committee received the following cable ack-
npivledgement from the President:

“WESTERN UNION CABLEGRAM
“58 Cohy Govt. PARIS 51
“Mr. J. Weller Long, Grant Slocum C. H. Gus-
tafsen, Farmers' National Conference.
Washington, D .C.

“Your message and the action of the Farmers'
National Reconstruction Conference has given me
the profoundest pleasure and I beg that you will
thank your associates for me for this evidence of
their confidence and disinterested patriotism.

WOODROW WILSON."

(The conference, after three days’ discuss-
ion, presented a program for reconstruction,
which. received the unanimous praise of the
press, the sanction of the labor delegations
and the approval of those who gave its several
provisions due consideration. We regret that
we have not the space to give the program in
full,"’but must confine this report to an out-
line of the several provisions and suggestions:

Natural Resources
The natural resources of the country, now in
public ownership—coal, iron and copper ores, wat-
er power, timber lands, phosphate deposits, pot-
ash, gas, oil, etc—are worth hundreds of millions
of dollars. It is a solemn obligation devolving
upon the country not to alienate any more of
these natural resources either by patent or lease,
but to develop and hold them in trust for this
and succeeding generations. Such of ‘these nat-
ural resources as are now in private ownership
should be acquired by the Government at the
earliest possible opportunity, payment to be only

for actual and prudent investment.

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FOOD ’ ADM’N WOULD
lUS’llFY FEED PRICES

Declares That Dealers in Bran and Middlings
Are Not Profiteering, Despite Abnormal
Advances in Prices Since Removal
of Price Restrictions

 

 

The attempt of the Food Administration
to justify the recent advance in wheat mill
feeds following the removal of price restric-
tions, shows either a lack of information upon
the subject, or downright disregard of the
facts. It demonstrates more clearly than any-
thing else that has come to our attention, the
total absence of understanding of the farmer ’s
end of the food control farce, and still fur-
ther convinces us that the Food Administra—
tion is a combination of gentlemen farmer.
and high~brows.

Bran and middlings are quoted today at
Detroit at $55.00, almost exactly $20 more
than when the price restrictions were in ef—
fect. Wheat is selling at the same old price,
or practically so; if anything the price of
flour is higher; therefore, the manufacturer
of or the dealer in the by-products of bran
and middlings must be making enormous prof—
its, at present prices.

We have read the following letter thru a
dozen times, but its meaning is still securely
locked within its wordy phrases. We are
prone to wonder if the gentleman who penned
that letter takes us and our readers for fools,
or belieyes we can be turned aside by his
show at an explanation. The letter is one of
words only, wholly devoid of common sense.

This we believe: That millers and dealers
in milled products, resenting government re-
strictions on war-time profits, are now taking
advantage of their new liberty andthe short-
age of feedstuffs, to manipulate the feed mar—
ket and profiteer .at the farmer’s expense. We
hate to think that the Food Administration is
winking its eye at the procedure if not actu-

 

ally aiding and abetting it, but

 

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Grant Slocum "Appointed Jo,Represent Farmers at World

Peace Conference at Paris

 

ence at Paris, France.

” I ‘ 5 “= =Wer, North Carolina;
Sueur, Minnesota.

RANT SLOCUM, Michigan’s

well known agricultural leader,
has been appointed as a delegate
. from the National Farmers’ Con-
gress on Reconstruction, which is
in session at Washington, to attend
the International Peace Confer-

'Other members of the delegation
Fare, George P. Hampton, Washing. .
. ton;',H.‘ A. Fuller Minnesota; C.

‘ ._ “H. Gustafsen, Nebraska; H. C. A1-
, Dr. E. F.

of the world, the farmers are to

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7" what other conclusion can we
come to in the face of such a '
lame explanation as follows?

I? profiteering in dairy feeds
is not halted at once, there will
be no limit to which prices may
go. The more the farmer has to
pay for his raw material, the
more the consumer must pay for »
the finished product, and it is
therefore, to the advantage of
both that further advance in
these feeds be prevented. Strong
petitions from the dairy organi-
zations of the state should be
sent to angress ; and the Mich-
igan legislature should be asked
to pass a resolution directed to
Congress. demanding an investi-

gation" into the wheatfeed. situ- ,
ation. Read the foodgdrplmstl‘ei if
‘ tion’s “ lanatiOn 0 present i '
feed‘prigfs? and tell us what you ' ;

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' , TOWNLEX AND THE NON-PARTIS- .
AN LEAGUE ARE VINDICATED

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We are not the spokesman of «the Non-Partisan

Ilseguabutbecanseltisprimarilyanorganizap
tlen of farmers which we believe to have been
grievously wronged and misrepresented by
’ agents of Wall Street and the controlledrpresav
maidWhlchlsbeingheldupinthestateofMlch-
inninashamefunyunhirnghtwemgladto
print ,the tollowing explanation of. the fedsra'
court‘s findings as tethe honesty of the business
methods pursued by Pres. A. O. Townley and the
Leagaawhichhavebeennsedesacloaktohide
the reel matters of the League's enemies:
' ”The record is full and has been honestly kept,
and it shows an honest purpose to give an accOunt
on an honest stewardship," says Federal Judge
(mar-lee F. Amidon, reviewing the case in a 4,500-
word decision. “The federal case was instituted
as the result of the fact that nearly five years ago,
when A. O. Townley was a flax farmer at Beach.
. N. D., he was forced to the wall when grain gamb-
lers forced the price of flex down. below the $1
mark. Towniey had been engaging for three years
in flax culture on a large scale, adopting the prin-
ciples of ‘scientiflc farming’ guaarnteed to bring
success to any farmer. He had contracted for
land and bought tractors on a large scale and was
pointed out as an example of what success ‘better
farming’ could bring, and was known as the ‘ilax
king.’ When the depressed price threatened to
bring ruin Townley pointed out to his creditors
that the price was bound to rise and pleaded for
more time to dispose of his crop, guaranteeing to
pay 100 cents on the dollar. The time was denied
him and he left Beach a ruined man, his entire
property in the hands of his creditors. Later flax
nose to more than double its price, justifying the
claim that Townley, if not forced to the well, would
have been able to repay his creditors dollar for
dollar.

“Nothing was heard of the claims against Town-
ley until the Non-Partisan League became a sue
cess. Then attempts were made to attach League
property and stories were set in circulation that
Townley and his wife had vast sums sequestered,
stolen from the farmers. Townley determined to
end the persecution of the Rogue and to demand
a showdown of the looee stories Of sequestered
funds and instituted bankruptcy proceedings, fil-
ing a complete schedule of his assets.
~ “Francis Murphy of Minot, noted as a bitter
League enemy, appeared in the case as attorney
for an oil company which presented a claim for
$900. During the year of litigation which fol-
lowed thousands of dollars were spent. detectives
were placed on the trail of Townley and his wife

   

 

books and records of the League, the Non-Partisan
Publishing company and other subsidiary organ-
mtions in an effort to find what Judge Amidon
terms this ‘hidden treasure.’

“In his decision Judge Amidon stated:

“The search has been pursued ‘not only with
the zeal Of creditors intent on collecting their
debts, but that of political adversdries seeking to
discredit a party believed to be dangerous. De-
tectives were hired to ingratiate themselves with
the wife of the bankrupt. ‘ " ’ As the resth of
months Of following up these clues by the trustee,
the creditors and their detectives, counsel for the
trustee stated frankly on the‘argument at a re
cent hearing that no secret deposit or specific
property held upon trust had been found. The
conclusion is justified, and the court so finds the
fleet to be, that the reason why this hidden trees-
ure has not been found is, that it does not exist.’

uJudge Amidon finds that the entire property of
the League and of the Non-Partisan Publishing
company belongs to the farmers who constitute
the Loans and this finding definitely ends any
atempt on the part of creditors to obtain such
property. Speaking of the investigation of the
books and records of the League the decision‘eays:

(Concluded neat meek) ‘

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ESTATE GRANGE FAVORS FURTHER

 

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.heve thereilroads turned back to their former
museum old conditions,and ate recent

 

and a complete investigation was made of the-

j TRIAL OF RAILROAD CONTROL 4

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meeting Of the executive committee,
resolution was adopted:

:ional delegation.”

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JOHN GmsoN URGES WEST. MICHIJ,

GAN LAND FOR RETURNED SOLIERS

 

John L Gibson, secnetary of the Western Mich-
igan Development Bureau, has listed with the St.
Paul representative of the Department of the In-
terior, approximately 1,300,000 acres of land in
western Michigan which is available for the re-
Some of this land
is fit only for reforestration, some for grazing and
quite a large proportion. for general farming. Mr.
Gibson also furnished the department with maps
mowing the location of the land, whether. it is
pine or hardwood, the condition 'of the roads in
the vicinity, the distance from railroad stations.
the names of the owners of the land, and the ap-
pruco-ote price. Mr. Gibson never does things
by halves. and so well pleased was the Department
of the Interior with the completeness and clarity
of his report that they sent Mr. Gibson 8. highly

turning soldiers and sailors.

complimentary letter on his showing.

The move to place sheep and cattle upon the
cut-over and”plains lands of the state progresses
rapidly. Ranchers of nearly every section of the

west, who never before thought of Michigan as a
possible grazing state, and now turning their at-
Scarcely a week goes by but
that the several development bureaus are not in
correspondence with the western ranchers who
desire to transport their flocks or their herds to
Michigan, and it is known that extensive plans
are already under foot to send several hundred
“thousand sheep to Michigan upon the coming of

tention this way.

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Orchardists who have an annual fight'against
insects and diseases of fruit and fruit trees can
probably secure some valuable information upon

the subjects from a bulletin that has just been

issued by the M. A. 0., and which may be Obtained
free by addressing a postcard to the Director of
Experiment Station, East Lansing.

Prof. A. J. Patten of the chemistry experiment

station Of the M. A. 0., declares that farmers are
paying high for cheap fertilizer. He says that

while it .is true many brands of fertilizer can be

bought quite cheaply, they are expensive in the

long run for they do not contain nearly the same
amount of plant food as the fertilizers costing a
little more money. Prof. Patton’s investigations
and experiments with fertilizers have been em-
bodied in a report which may be secured without
cost by writing to the Experiment Station, East
Lansing. '

The Agriculmral College announces a “garden
ing course" for those who wish to till their back-
yards and raise their own food-stuffs. For some
reason or other, we can't enthuse over the scheme.
It is perfectly all right for the city folks to raise
their own food-stuffs. but we can’t believe that
the M. A. 0. should spend any of the tax-payers
money or fool away its time upon a venture, both
the demand for which and the value of which is
very questionable. Ah, me! What have we at

East Lansing—e college of agriculture or a fin. '

ishing school for gentlemen farmers?

What are the best sell 3' apples? M H. J.
Eustace of the M. A. 0., claims to know. “In
1913.” It?! Mr. Eustace, “It was found that the
'best sellers' in the order named, were Northern
Spy, Jonathan. Wealthy,
Baldwin; in 1914, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Olden-

berg, Winter Banana, Grimes Golden, Baldwin;

1915, .Jom, wealthy! Oldenber‘, Winter Ban-
ana, Grimes Golden, _Baldwin; 1916, [the
Jonathan, Northern SDI. Rome Eeauty and Wag-
ener, McIntosh, Wealthy and Yellow Transparent;

11917. 0111mm Wealthy, Yellow Trans ’

paren
Northern SPY; W ., er andldclntosh; 1018. Jon»
Northern

. , Wealthy. Wagoner, nefa-

the following ANTRIM
, “Resolved that we favor a trial of the present \~’

management of the railroads for such length of
time and under such favorable conditions as 'wiil
afford a just and fair basis upon which to Judge
the comparative efliciency» and economy of the- var-
ious plans ‘01 management and a permanent policy
thereby be determined. And be it resolved, that
this resolution be communicated to our congres-

/ REVISION OF POULTRY RULE V

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The seed corn program we. the first. project '
taken up after the agent came on the Job the _.
first 01 the Year. Thig‘resnlted in all of the‘corn
in the county/being savedjor gee , and um rest: ‘; p . ., ,
of the demand being mostly supplied by state". -
seed corn which was brought in from Delaware. ‘
This corn did not equal the heme corn. for, grain
but produced fodder and silage worth sixty-eight

thousand dollars to the county on "a veryconser-
v’ative estimate. Anchor-e feedsbe‘ing high, this
corn has provided the flamers with a hirfeed
whichhas taken the place of :3: bay. .

Treatment of spring-sown grains wee advocated
and many dollars lost on oat smut prevented. ‘ ‘

The Petoskey Golden Russett orRussett Rural
Potato was advocated from first as being the
one potato to standardize on as the best Commer-
cial variety for this part of the state. This pro- ,
gram of potato production resulted in the pro-
duction of many thousands of bushels of the very
best ormmercial potatoes ever grown i-azthis part
of the state. It was else the means of‘ this county
having at the present time 18,000 bushels of field
inspected, disease-free Russett seed potatOes for
which the farmers expect to get twenty-five cents
more per hundredweight than they would receive
for commercial potatoes. These potatoes are all
in storage in cooperative warehouses and farm- ,»
ers' cellars and are being held for said this com- ‘
lng spring. ‘ _,

The condition of the markets of the county was
called to the attention of the county agent with
the result that today there is a marketing associa-
tion in operation in every town in the county:
These eight associations are at the present time
marketing everything the members'raise. Pota
toes being the largest item for market in the
county, more eflcrt was made along the potato
marketing. Some of the associations were not
able to “store one-third ., of their members’ potatoes,
but another year will see themprepared for the
large business they have developed. These asso-
ciations have been the means of obtaining higher
prices for “all produce sold’ here. In some cases
the‘growers were able to get one dollar per bush- _»
el for potatoes while in the unorganized districts
the buyers were only paying one dollar per hun-
dred. Three of these assOciations are new in. \
stalling steam cream outfits for handling cream in
a sanitary way, and the “farmers have the satis-
faction Of having their own representative “test
the cream and pay for it on delivery. , .

The Alba association has shipped six cars of j
cattle and have received very~iarge gains over ,, ~ ‘ ,
the price offered by the local buyer. One car net- . can“ L- "
ted the shippers $250 above that. price Offered by I '

. the buyer. The M-ancelona association compelled ~
the outside buyers to pay 35 cents more for rye l &

  
 
     
    
    
       
    
     
      
    
      
   
    
    
       
    
    
    
   
    
    
  

 

 
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
   
  
 
   
   
 
 
  
  
   
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  

 

 

than they started to pay. Central Lake association a ‘
and Bellaire association shipped a car of poultry V g"
for which they paid the farmers four cents per . r

 
 

pound more than they could otherwise get. Alden
association shipped 900'bushels of apples while
two buyers in the same town shipped 250 bushels
together.—-R. E. Morrow, Secretary Antrim County '
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINS

  
   
 
 

 

  
  

 

In response to numerous inquiries concerning
the operation of the‘rule, which prohibited the j
sale of laying. hens or pallets during the spring L
of 1918, the Feed Administration announces that;
this rule will not be operative during the egg- . .
laying seaSon 011919. ’ V - .8

This rule was designed to prevent the excess- ' " '
ive slaughter of poultry at, a 'time when flocks]
were being dangerously reduced‘on: account of the _ , _ ~
high cost of feed and labor and at a time when - A
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The situation was particularly hard! on the spec- _
ialized poultry farmers, many or whom, if they
were not altogether forced out, out their flocks in ‘
half.“ 0n general ntfllu terns. which produce 0,5
per cent ofthe eggs-and where the; cost of poul-
try feed and labor are comparatively smith
. the DrOductionwah‘fWflI lam. . , ed. the
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. _ a as
{- mil y affairs. ,_ ./
gummyr tookfmore satisfaction from reading

her even though be vigorously attacked site-value
piteifully “than thoughtfully, twisted teats. and
Zilliéqnently arrived at wrong conclusions. .‘But
no matter. He is thinking, anyway, and even
1., though he may never .get things quite light (and

'9’" 5" Of 118 d0), 1 am sure he will, eventually,

modify his economic beliefs on the taxation
problem so that he will more nearly parallel
,fitrut-h.:and Justice. ' Jr. . , ~
g .' I-am not a farmer. Yet- the first twenty-five
‘. *clints I ever earned was paidmejby a farmer for
1;, dropping corn._ I‘have lived in cities'most of my
*- llfe. and doubtless it has'3aflected my viewpoint,

i f but I have also lived in the country, and when the
tamily life. in the country included the ownership
0!" horse and cow I fed them and did all those
other-things needed to be done in connection with
the ownership or such personal property... Today
I‘ am living in what might be called a semi-tarm-

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7- I _ in: Immunity. Most _ot my neighbors are iam-‘

.ers er .iarm workers, and I get their viewpoints
and absorb considerable of their philosophy.
’These things are stated because Mr. Smith
seems to imply that I amtalking for the owner of
city property, rather than for the farm owner.
But he repeats what I have said many hundreds
of times, that “so many burdens have been piled
' on the farmers that there is a big emmigration to
the cities to the neglect of the farms." Still, he
insists that these burdens remain.
, He also says: “If you are looking for a chance
to increase business, just get.aiter the graiters,
idlers, speculators, etc., and see that men earn
what, they get, and get what they earn; and that
Will .lower taxes as well as increase prosperity,
andthe taxes will not be a burden to anyone."
Shake, Mr. Smith. We are in perfect agreement,
on this proposition. However, we\disagree on
the plan whereby people will get only what they
earn, and those who earn will be given full value
vior whatever they produce. He insists, in the race
‘ of all experience as to its harmfulness that taxes
should be levied on everything the farmer pro-
‘dnces; and he does this in the hope that such

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estimate 91“ obtainable, and valuable as]
hing-“9156? Smith} letter in the issue of Janr

4', 'than'i‘n ’any other one thing in thatnum- 1-"

tion.‘ 'To be sure he wrote at times rather z:

‘ into the Ring

business men who “go on
. .dreds on hundreds, thousands on
the _ dd andmilliona on millions."

Whatlram' advocating is a system of taxation
,,"that'_._;_..will immediately relieve the tarm-
ere/€61,113!“ on their personal property and im-

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The Farmer’s ~Dream

AFARMER had a funny dream—-
Of‘a navy and a pinto bean

Engaged in combat, “Well," says he.
' “With M. _B. F. as referee,

Small need for me to rant and rail,
And spend my hard-earnedscanty kale
To see the deal is fair and square,
Each one will get their rightful share,
With Lord and Slocum at his back,
A-‘pointing out the culprit’s track.
For pinto and his plotting friends

I prophesy untimely ends.”

The scene is changed; the fight is o’er;
The pinto lies upon the floor,
Proclaiming still he is the best,

And says, “’Twas not an honest test."
“You recollect in ’17,” .
Continued Mr. Pinto Bean,

“I was the chosen favorite.

For you they called, I guess so, ‘nzit.’
They said, ‘Just hand me pintos. please,
The navy’s with the luauries.‘ "

“The moral is," the farmer said,

Upon arising from his bed—-

“’Tis ill to be a pampered pet,

For when alone you’re sure to get

Like Pinto did, an awful shock;

A ‘knock-out' blow upon the ‘block.’

When on assistance you would lean,

Just think. of Mr. Pinto Bean.

And how his rival won a nation,

Thanks be to honest reputation."
—-C. S. D.

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provements, and that will prevent manufacturers
passing their taxes along to consumers, including
farmers.

Site-value taxation will accomplish this. Site-
values‘are not made by improvements. No mat-
ter how much a farmer may improve his holdings,
its site is worth no more in the market than be-
fore. But let a manufacturing center be built
upon or near his farm, and immediately its acres
are worth tens of thousands of dollars. In De.
troit today what was formerly farm land is worth

‘a million dollars an acre.

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embodied in the terminiieanned increment. with y'
‘the accent on theiirst word. Unearned increnient

can be taxed to complete absorption by the state.
and not harm a single wealth producer, and farm-
ers are real wealth producers. ‘ *

I say again, as I have said a great many times,
that site values do not lie in broad acres, no mat:
ter how well cultivated, but in locations made,
valuable by population. That is why the City of ’
Detroit has twice as much site value as all the-
farm lands in» Michigan today under cultivation."
Think of it: an area only a little larger than two
townships worth twice as much as the 18,000,000
acres of land in farms in Michigan. This shows
who would pay the taxes, under site-value taxa-‘
tion. Yet farmers stupidly insist on handing
this juicy "melon” over to city land owners, un-
der the mistaken idea that site-value taxation
will increase their own taxes.

Why, bless you, take the Mines made by im-
provements at the assessors' books of Mecosta
county and little would remain to be taxed. If
there are people who own large vacant areas in
Mecosta county, they would have to pay more taxes
under this plan than they do now. Are not some
of those just plain speculators, who like the pres-
ent system because it favors them? But the' poor
devil of a farmer, who has an 80-acre farm, and
whose value consists entirely of improvements,
except possibly the original government price of
$1.25 an acre, who does he insist that his improve-
ments be taxed? Site-value? You couldn’t find
site-value in his farm with a. hundred-power mic-
roscope.

Stupidity? It is worse than stupidity. It is
criminal negligence of his own financial interests.

Yes, "home owners are the saving force of the
nation." Our present system of taxation "robs
them of their homes,” and everything else they
work so hard to produce.

I am afraid I have already trespassed on the
space of M. B. F. The taxation problem has so
many angles that it is impossible to cover it all
in one or a dozen articles. But it Mr. Smith will
again attack the theory of site-value taxation, I
shall be glad to show where one or both of us find
a jumping—off p1ace.~—Judson Grenell, Waterford,
Mich». Jan. 1919.

American gun plants reached capacity of 500
guns of all calibres a month and would have
reached a capacity of 2,000 a month by June next,
in addition to work on allied orders and naval
guns. Shipments to French armies reached 1.000
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-_ SENATOR BAKER ATTENDING , ,_;"
FARMERS’ WASHINGToN coNGnEss‘ ,.

Senator Herbeit F. Baker, who is to report leg7 .

islative proceedings to MICHIGAN BUSINESS FANM- ' I
. IINo readers has been attending the Farmers’ Con-
IIgresg on Reconstruction in Washington for the:

‘ . . past week and, was unable to give us a report this .

7 , week. Thru the kindness of Senator. Merle DeFoe,
3 however, we are able to present some of the Var-
ious matters .thai have been taken up in the
two houses of the state legislature.I The strictly
Inewintems are Mr. DeFoe's; the editorial com-
‘I'ments are our own Beginning next week We hope
’ to publish each week during the 1919 session a
strong letter upon legislative doin‘s from “Hérb”
" Baker's virile pen.

‘ I SENATOR CONNELLY’S $50,000,000
I ROAD BOND ISSUE IS UP

Senator Connelly’s fifty million dollar good roads
bonding bill is up for third reading. At Monday.
night’s session the Ottawa county solon did not
care to venture a roll call in the senate on, ac
count of a number of absentees, but the proposal
seems safe with a full attendance on both sides
of the legislature. The bill requires a two-thirds
vote following which the people must ratify the
proposition. The attorney general’s office has
ruled that the resolution cannot specify the type
of roads these bonds will build, but Senator Con-
nelly plans to have bills drafted and the contents
widely published in advanceIof the coming April
election when it is expected the question will be
submitted The author says only hard surface
roads will be built by this bond issue and every

effort will be made to giIve the voters all this in- I

formation in advance of the election. Senator
Davis of Lawton says these proposed great high-
ways will have a tendency to break down the
rural community center-s; that thesmall towns
are growing smaller all the time and better high-
ways will only tend to magnify this condition.

EATON SUPERVISORS URGE RE-
PEAL OF MORTGAGE TAX LAW

The mortgage tax law is up again as usual.
The Eaton county board of supervisors this week
adopted resolutions urging the repeal of the pres-
ent law and directed a copy mailed to eveiy mem-
ber of the legislature. The farmers’ clubs, if
they would stand solidly on the proposition might
repeal the fee idea which is admittedly inequit-
able and has failed entirely to accomplish what
.was claimed i01 it viz, lower interest rates. Tax-
ation ideas axe too plentiful, however, and this is
really the explanation why it is so hard to make
any changes in our tax laws. This is one form of
legislation that does not permit of much compro-
mise and heme its handicap. With taxes soaring
all the time lawmakers appreciate something
must be done to put more valuation on the tax
rolls. Mortgages would solve the question, but
the present fee plan is not without its legislative
adherents and prospects for its repeal are barely
even. Some day this mortgage tax question is go-
ing to be a state campaign issue. A few more
years of higher taxes and it will loom like a new
moon on the political horizon.

SEN. SCULLY INTRODUCES RESOLU- _
TION AIMED AT FORD TRACTOR CO.

Senator Scully of Almont took a wallop at Henry
Ford at Friday morning’s session when he sent up

' this resolution:

"WHEREAS, itshas become a matter of common
knowledge that certain farm tractors have been
sold within this state without the same being
properly equipped with fenders and other safety

appliances, the saving in the cost of manufacture
thereby permitting such manufacturers to under-7

I. sell competitors who have provided their tractors
, with such devices; and

Wmcms it has been the practice of said manu-
facturers of farm tractors to represent to press
' pective pu1chasers thab there would be furnished
as “an accessory to such tractors, at a reasonable

price, a suitable belt pulley for belt power pur— . I

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WHEREAS, such purchasers of said tractors para. ,

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" 1918 were practically assured that such belt pul-

icy; would be furnished them in time for fall uses;
an .
WHEREAS, said manufacturers have failed to
furnish such bel’t- pulleys as per their implied
agreement thereby causing loss and great incon-
ven-ience to such purchasers ;thereIfore be it.

Resolved, by the Senate (the House of Repre7
sentatheg concurring) that it is the sense of this
legislature that such practices are open to cen-
sure, and it is hereby declared the -sentiment of
this legislature that suitable legislation should be
enacted that will prohibit or prevent the continu-
ation of such practices, and will insure the safety
of operators of such tractors against accidents as
far as possible.”

e resolution was passed by the bare major.
itygof seventeen senators present,'without a pro-
test. In the House Monday night the resolution
was sent to the committee on agriculture where
it is already embalmed. Representative Evans of
LenaWee county has prepared a bill along
lines of the Scully proposal; not as a wallop
against the Ford, but as a measure of public saf-
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I . Important House Committees

Agricultural College __ Representatives
Wallace (chairman). Huron; Curtis, Cal-
houn; Braman, Kent; ,Ladd, Grand Trav-
erse; Town, Jackson.

Agriculture —— Representatives Evans
(chairman), Lenawee; Wells, Cass; Ewing,
Marquette; Braman, Kent; Averill, Ottawa.

Apportionment—Representatives Atwood
(chairman), Newaygo; Chew, Charlevoix;
Leighton, Schoolcraft; Holland, Gogebic;
McKeon, Bay; ‘Dehn, Bay; Chase, Osceola;
Bryan, Eaton; Aldrich, Cheboygan. .

Drainage—Representatives Rose (chair-
man), Gratiot; GalloWay, Hillsdale; Hun~
ter, Clinton; John W. Smith, St. Clair; Saw-
yer, Menominee; Howe,- Monroe; Averill, Ot-
tawa. ~r

General Taxation—Representatives Cop-
ley (chairman); Wayne; Person, Ingham;
F. A. Smith, Lake; Wlard, Isabella; Ewing,
Marquette; Galloway, Hillsdale; Holland,
Gogebic; Rose, Gratiot; Read, Kalamazoo:

Roads and Bridges—Representatives Da-
prato (chairman), Dickinson; Evans, Lena-
wee; Leighton, Schoolcraft; McKeon, Bay;
Johnson, Wayne; Atwood, Newaygo; Aldrich,

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the .

sorrow that has 0

I try since flip m3 of

dore Roosevelt, the t I
United States, was dished I9V9IrI.

. morning of January 8th,.1919,,1it

phasized throughout Miéhi'g
corded this foremost Am
lar maturity ever cast for

high office, and _ ~ , I ~.
WHEREAS, the citizenship of' our great state at

greatest IIpIopu-‘ ,
ahdi‘date for that .

every granted opportunity overwheimiugay en. _.

domed and appmVed of his program of civic rightI
cousness and political leadership, and _
WHENEAB, Colonel Ropscvelt’s‘ Iohg public career «

' and private life were marked by a refreshing

courage, prophetic vision, an inspiring devotion
to principle reinforced by 3; dynamic personality,—
9. pure heart and an active mind and body all of

Which he Combined to elevate the standards or; .

our political morale and in more recent years to:
strengthen and stabilize the ideals that recreated .
our national spirit fiom almost indifference to

one hundred per cent Americanism; and

WHEREAS, his voice and acts have done so much
to promote and stimulate the youth of this and
future generations along the pathway of clean
living, square dealing, respect for authority, in-
tellectual development, physical upkeep, military ,I
training, religious tolerance and devatibn to the
flag; and ~-v .

WHEREAS, all Michigan has a proper Isense of the
great constructive service Colonel Roosevelt-— has
given to mankind as a public servant and as our

nation’s most distinguished priyate citizen, and, .

having a desire to give expression to this com-
mon feeling of appreciation of a great and honor-'
able name, therefore be it .

Resolved by the legislature, acting for the cit7
izens of Michigan, in joint convention assembled
to pay tribute to the memory of our beloved ex- '
president, that these resolutions be spread upon
the journals of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, and that the same be suitably engross— '
ed, duly authenticated and forwarded to Colonel
Roosevelt’s family at Oyster Bay.

HOUSE WANTs'JIINKET, BUT , , .
SENATE SAYS “NAYM;._

The odiferbus junket is doomed.’ The Senate
Monday night held an executive caucus on the
propbsition After an hour’s discussion pro and
con, it was .voted to deter final action-until more
senators could be present which proposal carried.
As most of the absentees are said to oppose the
idea, the old-time junket has probably gone to its .
final rest. The House, it is understood, is quite ‘~~.
apt to follow the lead of the Senate —

Farmer-Legislators are after Drastic Dog- Laws

Of outstanding interest to the farmers, among
legislative matters, is the proposed strengthening
of the dog laws in order to give greater protection
to the sheep industry. ’ Scarcely a session of the
leislaturé has passed without its dog bill or dog
law amendment, but experience still proves that
no plan has yet been presented which will protect
sheep from dogs or sufficiently re-imburse sheep-
owners from losses. But sheep growing has he‘-
eome a very important industry in Michigan, and

' nearly every farmer-member has gone to Lansing

pledged to put through a law- that will amount to
something.

“Thereare hundreds of thousands of acres of
good grazing land in Massachusetts that produce
not a dollar’s worthof food of any kind. because
the sheep industry was killed by dogs,” Seriator
Bayard G. Davis, of Lawton, said.
experience'of Pennsylvania ”proves that sheep can

be protected without doing away with dogs altoy

gether We intend to use that law as our model ”’

The Pennsylvania law, after which the Michigan;
bill will be modeled, provides that all dogs six .
months old must be licensed, as does the present

law of this state. The fee, however, is from $14
to $2 for Ia male dog and $2 to $4 for a female. The

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dog killed and are liable to a fine of $2 for failure

to kill an unlicensed dog. '
Licensed dogs are to be, chained, confined in a;-

kennel or kept an a leash after sundown. ~Dogs

may be at large during the day only when accom- , ‘I

panied or within reasonablecontrol of the owner
or keeper. Licensed dogs found upon the streets
or in any place not accompanied by a keeper must
be seized by police officers. The owners may claim
an impounded dog Within ten days after receiving
notice of its detention. If he does not appear and .7

Day the costs of detention the dog may be sold or 2 ,r

killed.
Any person _may kill a licensed or unlicensed 7

dog caught in the act of attacking live stock or,

human beings. AnI unlicensed dog or a licensed
one not accompanied by a keeper" may be killed by _
the owner of any iield in which it is found.
Where damage to stock or preperty is done by
a dog it is not necessary for an injured party-Ito:
sue the owner of the dog Instead he reports

‘995 are paid to the" county treasurer and form 5.2.471.

I fund to reimburse owners of stock for damage ‘

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" .‘l.”5lhéle dampening
.tples eioll Year’thanhthe Julltlyfcele.

cashier his: entity that _rankéf'eiirst in its state in

has: orm‘in trees, first inmodueuohéci peach ’

its, plums,“prunes and cherries, and:_,3econd
itotéiimumber “or bushels -:oi.'1fruit‘produced. Ac-
turns to]; the” latestfcensus, Niagaraf-cOnnty pro-
: dlteed iii—190? mbre faiiplesthair'thet entire-state
"of Qr‘egc'n, -and5a {third as many peaches as all
Georgia, , f» . ' » , '
, ; Neyfane «lies attire very has; of this region
.of intensive fluitpijoduction, :Newfane- does a big
‘ bus’inessandz-hasprosperOus lacking farms and

"flarmfl‘lfiadsd ,A call“!!! observér." Doesing that way

is year or‘two ago, might have concluded that New.

farmer was but mat—less than" a hired man’s
.Wages—and that many of those who passed for

‘."eflicient ‘ farmers;..a1_ld~ ‘orchardists were making

no more than they would have received it they

‘ . had sold their farms at current valuati\ons and

' put their money‘in the bank.
What was the matter with Newfane?
In the first place, it was clear that low labor
-. income was due in a large measure to low yields
and poor quality of fruit, andth-at low yields and
scrawny fruit resulted from lack of knowledge
* as to the right time to spray,‘especially for the
control of apple scab. So the community commit-
tee, following but a-Ispraying program laid down
by the county farm .bureau,.set to workto do away
With the time-honored hit-and-miss system of spraY-
ing and to substitute therefore ‘a system worked
but with scientific precision to meet the partic-

"..ular needs of the community. This meant close

co-operation with the county agent and a spec-

ialist from the U. S. Department of Agriculture

”in the establishment of, spray zones: (determined
largely by 'distance‘f'rom the lake) and in the se-
lection of so-called “criterion orchards/{each ch03-
en as a representative of conditions within its
"_z'0ne. »_ It meant the establishment of a system of
telephone relays, so worked out that it the county

. agent were to.itelephon‘e to one farmer in a -zone

saying that criterion orchard in zone number four
would-be sprayed with lime-sulphur 1-8 on the fol-

.. lowing morning, every farmer in the zone got the

notice immediately. .

As a result‘of this campaign, three criterion
orchards were located in Newfane township, and
14QiI‘iru7it' growers had: the advantage of the best
obtainable advice; on When to spray. Now the
farmers of Newfane "are‘gettin'g returns for the
work 'in the shape of .fruit‘ that yields better,
grades better and sells better than the fruit they
used to harvest before the spraying system was

_ established.

'The ‘fa'rm_management of Newfane impressed
upon the farmers of the county. their "heed of cen-
tral packing houses, and the county farm bureau
launched a packing house project that resulted in

‘ the establishment‘of sevenc'ent’ral fruit packing

houses in the county. Two new associations of '

;",these were established, and one old onelrevived_
tin Newfau‘es In this work the community com-
~ mittee cooperated with the county agent and pack-

‘ing house specialists brought in by the, farm bur-

~ e'au,.to'»;hhelp in pushing the campaign. , The three
. Nveane.,-.1{30kiligl‘lhgouses handled this season
,_ _32.090fjb'arrels oi apples‘,;62,500 bushels-of peaches,

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'3 sandman eighth the orchards, which would and some of them have been able 1'0 ‘yme their,-- . ' If;
‘é‘f‘wkoOntario. is said to pro», _

vere Valley. 7 ,It is the or ‘ in!

farm was altogether up to snuff in its ways or doing ,
business; are: a ram. [management survey, in:
'y-augurated there five years ago, disclosed the fact
"that the iaverage.‘labor:‘income of the Newfane

‘ lowing: They assembled orders for 3,600 pounds ernment prices. As a matter of fact, in some 10-

 
    

      
 

  
     
 
 

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it": “ ‘ f ‘ - r‘ ' . ' rears W11 , if? Q‘hgltf-Blii‘flnzn :' .Jlué‘, "

L' : ‘ W . 7 ~ . ” ~ . 'vreau“ membership chmignthat brought tn‘figay. n
County Agent _ f . .. new members. ".IAt" (figment. tithes {they’hhvehr-f

Derntlvely about 40 tons of grapes. ranged for orchard pruning demonstrations, lime
fthe‘vheight of‘the peach marketing season demonstrations, wheat variety demonstrations and
tape: community committee found that ~ 03" 5m“ demWStmtions- _ * ~ .. ., >
.1‘0 '40: carloads of peaches at the trackf The members 0f the committee, whiledoing 390d '
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beetlered for shipment within five days. The \hObbles While working for the bettermentoflhe '

A community committee got busy. They got figures community. Mr. Harwood, the chairman, is inter. l

on carloads at track, in storage and still to come ested in drainage problems. He also owns 9‘ cold !

. trom orchards, and, through the county agent, storage plant, in connection with which the New- l

notified the National Car Service Commission of fane central packing house is run. E J- Laph‘am '
the situation. In fiVe days the congestion was is township supervisor and has been active lathe 1',
'religved. . membership campaign. G. L. Rice is identified .1

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Inca-operation with other community commit- With the Burt Shippers’ ASSOCiation- George
tees the Newfane committee helped to establish BOthWiCk was one Of the prime movers in the 93'
a farmers" market’in Lockport. This market has tablishment of the farmers’ market. C. B. Stout
beenrunnihg two years now and is proving Very is president of the Olcott Shippers’ Association.

. successful. It is held for eight weeks in the fall, J. A. McCullom is intensely interested in the farm
three days a week, the date of opening, the days loan association and is president of the Newfane '
per'week, and market hours being established Shippers’ Association. R- M- White is a promi~
by a' referendum-to all the farmers in the com- nent bean grower! a member 0f the county bean :
munity, taken by the community committee. The committee. and a leader in the Dairymen’s League.
market was not established without some opposi- Thus eaCh member 0f the committee has been
tion from certain city interests, but the Chamber chosen because he happens to be difffferent from
01 Commerce co-operated in the enterprise and the all members in his primary interests.
market now seems to be running on a permanent Newfane’s community committee is only three
basis. years old, but it has already done a big work. The

Foreseeing a ‘shortage of labor for harvesting methods and DraCUCGS that kept labor incomes -
the crop of 1917, the community committee SQ. down in the days before the days before the farm
cured the assistance om the county agent in bureau was organized and the community com-
launchlng a campaign to recruit transient help. mittee PM 011 the 3013 at Newfane, have 80118 into
Advertisements were scattered throughout the the limbo of outworn and outclassed things. On
state, a careful estimate was made of the needs of the farms of those who co—Operate with the com-
the community, and when harvest time came mittee spraying is now done in the nick of timcL—

296 laborers were obtained to help 63 farmers and all the wormy and scabby apples that come
care for 125 per cent peach crop. In addition out of Newfane come from the orchards of farmers
two camps of farm cadets were established, pro— who don’t spray When the WOI‘d goes Ollt- The cen-
viding 34 boys who were allotted to 12 farms. tral packing houses make far better grading and
Thus, in the face of a record crOp and an unpre— packing. The Dairy League helps the milk bUSl'
cedented shortage of labor, every orchard in the mess. Three hundred out of 402 farmers in the
community was cared for_ \ community are members of the farm bureau. The

Newfam has dairy interests as well as fruit community spirit is in the ascendency and New-
interests. So the community committee undertook fane folks in general are Wide awake to the hen-
to boost the dairy interests of the neighborhood. cfits that accrue from cooperative action.

An organizer for the dairymen’s league was invit- There may be some things the matter With New-
ed to visit the community and address meetings fane yet—one might think so if the program 0f
called by the community. The result was that projects its committee has up its sleeve is to be
two branches of the league were formed in the taken asa criterion—but broadly speaking. New-
town-ship,,_.with a combined membership of 23 fame is all right.
and a total of 237 cows. During the first nine

months" after the organization of these branches FOOD ADMINISTRATION WOULD
they saved their members approximately $3,400.

  

   
      
     
   
    
 
    

  

     
      
          
   
    
       
       
  
   
      
   
   
   
   
   
    
    
   
  
  
    
     
      
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
    
  
  
   
  
  

 

During the past three years the community com. JUSTIFY WHEAT FEED PRICES
mittee has been instrumental in getting a-ddition- “ (Continued from page 1)
al records for the farm management survey be; Michigan Business Farming,
gun in 191.4. In 1916 members of the committee Mount Clemens, Michigan.
helped in taking 81 records. 86 in 1917, and 74 Gentlemen:——Your wire of January 9th at hand.
in 1918. Numerous group meetings have been While it is true that with the cancellation of

held, chiefly evening gatherings at the farmers’ the milling regulations, including the Fair Price
homes, at which farmers discussed their records schedules, the price of feeds advanced materially, l
and farm bookkeeping problems. During the this does not necessarily indicate profiteering, as
past year eleven Of these group meetings were held when the regulations were in effect. the price of
at the homes of local members of the farm bu- wheat mill feeds was kept at abnormally low lev-
reau. From year to year farm management dem- el as compared with other feeds, and with the re-
onstration work is carried on under the local di- moral of the restrictions, the prices merely were

  
  
          
 
 

rection, of the committee. /‘ adjusted to reflect the value of wheat mill feed
A number of farms in the community neede as compared to that of coarse grain feeds.
tile drainage. The committee arranged with the Your statement that flour prices have increased

    
    

ceuntyagernt to get the assistance of a drainage is not substantiated by reports received. at this
specialist from the State Agricultural College, office. although. as you know, with the removal of
and for two years work along this line has been the regulations, it again became permissible for
in progress. Levels have been run on several mills to manufacture patent flours, which. neces-
tarms and detailed plans for drainage systems sarily must be sold at a higher price‘than the
have been laid. B. S. Harwood, chairman of the 100 per cent flour, which was the only grade per-
commiuttge, has taken especially keen interest in missible to manufacture under the Food Adminis-

  
     
      
  
     
       
        
      
 
 
 

thé work. , tration regulations. Possibly this explains the 111- '
Among other things that this busy community creased flour price you mention.
committee has done may be mentioned the fol. The farmer is not forced to sell wheat at Gov-

   
       

,or nitrate of soda, which was bought through the calities the grower is obtaining a very consider-

“ ‘ . able premium over the Government prices.

"x 7 .' When we take into consideration the fact that

x . with the release of Australian and Argentine
“ I " wheat following the signing of the armistice, the

the world Wheat price must drop to a point far

below that guaranteed to the farmer in this

country, it is apparent that he is in an enviable ,
position, in that he is assured of a price- far in‘
excess of that Which he would otherwise belable
to obtain for h s crop. . - 7 7 4 ~ -. .

The Food Co rol Act, which prohibitsqthe' my.

ring of unreasonable profits, is of course,.:,s’t‘ihl ,‘i ,
effect, and we are prosecuting all caseso'oi?’ halite
.ing that are brought to our attention, so”. ‘wgll‘
pleased to investigate any specific instanfces,‘
we d-o’not'feel that the increased. mill«feedim
indicate profiteering per se.—-(]nited States?
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FA ' , RS. GIVE US THE NAMES

YOUR LOCAL WOOL DEALERS A.

. I sold my wool for 65 cents. I asked the dealer
it that was all he could pay. He said that; Was
ill fly Of the wool buyers could pay, as the
. gore ment had set the price, shelving me the
I sold him the wool,
, about 326 pounds. if I remember right. Mr. J.
Brown bought some of the neighbors’ wool. and
he has given them since 6 cents a pound more, or
76 cents.—,-J. P. B., Emmett.

We advise all our readers who have not received
additional returns on their wool clip to wait un-
til Feb. 1st before reporting the matter to us. By
' that time the government will have settled for
most ofthe wool and dealers will know how much
is due their patrons. If you do not receive addi-
tional returns by Feb. 1st and your dealer will

give you no satisfaction, give us his name and ad- -'

dress and all the facts Of the transaction

CLAY TILE IN 36 INCH DIAMETER
IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH

Enclosed you will please find one dollar in
payment Of the M. B. F.. and please keep it com-
ing until you read my obituary. Through your
Service department could you please give me the
following information: What is the largest size
clay tile made? What is their length, thickness Of
shell and weight each? I have heard that clay
tile are made up to 36 inches in diameter and I-
have seen tile in Illinois that were 30 inches—-
i". M., Mctamore. 0.

We are unable to locate any firms who many-
facture so large a tile as you mention. One manu-
facturer advises as follows: “The largest size
tile we manufacture is 20 inches. This is made of
vitrified shale, as a soft tile in this size is not
strong enough. We manufacture sewer pipe as
large as 36 inches.”

WE CANNOT ADVISE INVEST-
MENTS IN MOTOR STOCKS

What is your opinion in regard to the Hackett
Motor stock Of Grand Rapids, as an investment?
An answer will be much appreciated—Subscriber,
Missaukce county. *‘

We think any farmer would be very foolish to
chance the earnings Of a life-time in motor in-
vestments. Let the big fellows do the gambling.
If they lose, they can afford it. There are many
reputable investments paying from 4 to 7 per
cent interest in which you might, better put your
money. We know nothing of the Hackett Motor
stock. except that the, promoters have had a hard
job to sell it. Take our advice; leave it alone. -

INFORMATION OF‘ INTEREST T0 .
THOSE WHO PAY DRAIN TAXES

I want to ask a question about the drain law, or
the paying of the drain tax. About two years ago
there was a drain let touching my farm. The
drain commissioner did not put the jobber under
bond for the completion of job and he quit but
the drain tax was spread and paid and last spring
the drain was re-let and another tax spread, and
the drain is not completed yet. but nearly so. Now
had the first tax that I paid ought to help pay the
second? .It was paid under protest. There is an-
other drain tax assessed against me that is about
two miles from me, but I have land that should
drain into that drain. Must I pay that tax?—J.
A. T., Allegan. Michigan"

I cannot pick Out of the letter enclosed just what
the party desires to know. He asks this question,
“Now had the first tax that I paid ought to help
pay thesecond tax. it was paid on the protest
plan.’_’ I do not get his meaning. Possibly the
following answer may be what is desired. Sec.
4905 ‘0. a. 1915, has the followtng provision:

“The commissioner shall have power to grant a
reasonable extension of time for the completion of
any contract. When any contract shall not be
finished within the time specified, or to which it

may be extended, the county drain commissioner.

shall declare such contract forfeited and shall,
withiniareasonable time thereafter, relet the un-
finished cpportion thereof, to the lowest responsibl
bidder,jby: public letting after not less than five
.days’ notice thereof, by posting only, as provided
for the letting in the first instance. 'or by private

ng When such can be done at a price per'rod
_ vthe uncompieted portion thereof not exceeding
the,,price per rod at which the job was first let:
in “he shall make contract and

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’must I go about it.

take security in of the sale .0; the. property

dammed ' also» ’mfltytreasareryand ‘ ,, -. ‘ '

placed‘to the credit of ‘such’drafin: Providbd. that .

in no case shall the county drain commissioner

declare any such contract forfeited.,.witlibut st

giving. five days" notice thereof. tothecon tor,

it he can be found. and if not found by or written , .

notice [left at his place of residence. with gems,

person of suitable age and discretion who analytic-4

informed of its contents, if such a contractor hav
a known residence within the county." .

In other case where certain officers were re-
quired 0 cause the contractor to execute a bond
and the Officer failed to require the bond and a
loss occurred“, the Supreme Court held the. (,1 the
ofllcer was personally liable for the loss. If the
drain commissioner neglected his duty in requir-
ing a security for the construction of the drain,
it would be a natural sequence that he would be
liable for all" the damages that occur by reason of
his neglect Of duty. _

If the party has assessed land for benefits in the
second drain, he would be obliged to pay the tax
assessed without regard to the distance from the
residence. The fact that he paid taxes for benefit
the construction of another drain. All land as
sessed for benefits have to pay taxes in the drain-
age district where assessed—W. E. Brown, Legal
Editor. . _ "

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The Aeroplane

FARMER’S busy wife of late

Ran on: to close the barnyard gate.
She heard a motors/clocking whirr;
She said, “It is the Peyton’s car.”
But when no car appeared, she thought
“It’s that new tractor Mason’s bought.”
She never thought to raise her eyes
Till to her very great surprise.
She saw the chickens flee in fear,
As if a hawk were hovering near.
And neighbor Brown across the lane,
Shouted with all his might and main.
“An aeroplane! An aeroplane!”

She waved her hands in sheer delight

At such an accustomed sight. .

Said she, “If this don’t beat the band!

A man to leave the solid land

And go a sailing in the sky

Like some great noisy dragon-11113

I feel as if I had mistook

Myself for someone in a book

Of fairy tales, and pretty soon

I’d eat my dinner in the moon.

Ye dreamers who have sought in vain

To fly, turn in your graves again.

“An aeroplane! An aeroplane!”
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“HOW SHALL I COLLECT WAGES
DUE ME?" SUE FOR THEM

Through your good paper I would like to ask a
question. This fall I worked on the’road for our
highway commissioner. When I got my order for
my pay it was four dollars short. I kept account
of y own time and so I went to him about it.

He found two little mistakes which be corrected, .

but still there was $3.35 short. Not being satis-
fied I asked him for.ar: statement or my account.
He said he would send it to me. Well, after wait-
ing more than a month I asked him again for it.
He made a dirty remark and said he did not have
to give it to me. Is there any way for me to get
a statement from him or not. If there is, how
I would be glad for a reply
through your paper.—G’. L.. Mcsick. ..

In answer to this matter would say that the only
way by which he could! obtain a statement of his
time from the commissioner is to bring'Suit for
what is coming to him and put the commissioner
on the stand as a witness and make him testify in
regard to such matters as are Within his knowl-
edge—W. E. Brown, Legal Editor.

FORCED SALE DOES NOT BRING
ENOUGH TO 'PAY ~MORTGAGE
If C. gives A a chattel mortgage on a certain

amount 0; property to secure a debt, and A fore-
closes the mortgage and this property does not

”sell for enough to pay themdebt can A takeany

other property that C has, and enough to’i‘square
the debt? This is a second mortgage that. Chas.
There is also another party wlio..,h_olft‘isj a first
mortgage on the same property. _:Wil_l yOu kindly
answer through your next issue of M. B. E's—J.
R. H., Glodwin, Ifidhtpan. , . _ , .
‘The giving 'of‘ac‘hattel mortgage is only as se-

“SANCTITX .OFQBALLOT AND SAF- ,-
> my OF. 'DEEoCRAcY AT STAXE”‘_
(Continued from page a), in considering'this’ sub
sect. The ‘indiyidusll, or area party interests are a
of but little note when the sanctity bribe—ballot“ .
and safety of ”deniocracy are at stake. From 211- .

most every part of the state have‘come to me '

pleas that this legislation make it impossible in *
the future to" Iitness the sale of a public office .
on the auction block.‘but rather that the laborer,
the farmer,"the business or professional voter.
however humble but; able and respectable, may
have a chance with the man of millions. The
war’s end has beenf‘ternféd a victory for safe y
democracy. NO democracy is safe with a polluted”,
primary or election. made so by money or other-

wise. And no 'great/ amount of money will be ,
used except for the purpose or making votes and
to make votes by the use of money is polluting,
corrupting, And the user should be treated as a
baser criminal" than the laborer who steals a sack
of flour for his family. It has been said that
these things have been done by all parties in the

. past. If. this be true article 3, section 8 ,Of the

state constitution. as well as the new epoch, de-
mands better things and in accord with organized
society action already taken we are obligated as
far. as legislation can do to clean up on this line.
It must be done if we are to preserve our party
from‘political filth and do our part in making
democracy safe, and it should De done before our
women hate ”experience at primary or election
that they may never know by observation these
things that have influenced past elections.

From present indications an unusual amount
of work is before you. You. may be tried to the
limit. Subtle influences, not uncommon to past
legislative halls, may emerge from the past epoch
and not knowing a change has taken place, may
ply the arts of the old school. In each conflict
remember the war has passed to us new responsi-
bilities that must be decided by close scrutiny
and conscientious decisions. You must be on
your guard. In the confusion, to be‘sure youare
right. it may be well to ask the. aid of Almighty
God. Hundreds of thousands have done this dur-
ing the war that never did before. Washington
did. Lincoln followed the same course. Foch
didn’t feel safe from any conflict without it. I
am not ashamed to say that this has been my
course in all the important things of life, polit-
ical or otherwise. and I don’t want the people to
elect me to an ofilce the duties or which I cannot
decide by such a course. From the standpoint from
which the average citizen views the legislature
this may seem strange advice, but this may be
the course that is needed to let us know that we
must meet new conditions or the war as far as
our duties are concerned has been a. failure and
millions of lives .and billions ofmoney sacrificed
for naught. . .

The most cordial relations with the Governor
and House Of Representatives should. be main-
tained. I desire to be Of assistance to you in every
way possible and ask your cooperation and .help
in the duties that will fall upon me. From ac-
quaintance with most of you I am convinced you
will meet responsibilities _ manfully and your
friends will have no cause to apologize for your
legislative acts‘of the session of 1919. '

FOOD ADMINISTRATION EXPLAINS
REVISION OF POULTRY RULE, .

Thus the prohibition accomplished all the par,

" poses it, was designed to meet, and although there

' cently that it be put into eflect again next; spring. _. , 91,. “

was considerable protest in some quarters upon its
first enforcement, the benefits have become- so
apparent that there have been many requests re-

The'situationis so diff
continuance of magma
‘essary. .There age , N.

waver, that the

curity for the debt. Upon'forec'losure rota chat- , ’
tel , mortgage. thermal-tacos. out-lot the proceeds ’

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fifth! cribs“ country, and Mtha
‘ Operate pipe as

and 1re1ght as a Government service.
should be rendered at cost, with thé

view of reducing cost of transportation, sew
nan- treatment of those employed, and £931!“
ascension or denies- ‘
Manufacturing, and or domestic and foreign
V In making payment for railroads and

g the development and

. merce.
he; means of transportation, the guaranteed

theceof only for prudent investment.

> " Packin Plants

The revelations by the Federal Trade Commis-

sion of the/monopolistic control which the i‘Big
Five" packers have estabfished in the bnSiness of
the manuiacture and preparation of meat, their
bifort to control the entire food supply of the
country, and their" entrance into allied and unre-
lated lines of busin
direct connection an vital identity of interests
at the packers and big financial interests of the
country-make it clear that the privileges Which
have enabled the packers to build up such a man-
opoly must be immediately terminated. The four
following recommendations of the Federal Trade
commission to deal with the packing situation
should be adopted as a permanent policy of the

‘ country ~

That the Government acquire:

“(1) All rolling stock used for the transporta-
tion of meat animals and that such ownership be
declared a. government monopoly;

' “(2) The principal and necessary stockyards
of the country to be treated as freight depots and
to be operated under such conditions as will in.
euro openy competitive markets, with uniform
scale, of prices for all services performed, and the

quisition or establishment of such additional
yards from time to fime as the future development
of Eye stock production in the United States may
renuir'e. This to include customary adjuncts of
stock yards; '

“(3) All privately owned refrigerator cars and
all necessary equipment for their proper operation
and that such ownership be declared a government
gatzigoguch of the branch houses, cold storage
plants, and warehouses as are necessary to provide

'1 facilities for the competitive marketing and stor-

e ot food products in the principal centers of
gigstribution and consumption. The same to be
operated by the Government as public markets

7 and storage places under such conditions as will

outlet for all manufacturers and hand-

sdflordan Supple-

'Vle'rs of"n food products on equal terms.

e ting the marketing and storage facilities thus
” 'gfizired the Federal Government establish thru
L th9 Federal Administration, at rthe terminals of

all principal points of distribution and consump-

VT ‘ ‘tiOn, central wholesale markets, and storage plants

with facilities open to all upon payment of just

‘ 11d fair charges.’
a Slaughter houses should be constructed near

1801111368 Of supply; and municipal slaughter hous-
es in all important cities. ‘.

Demobilization . ‘
In view of the world’s shortage of food stuffs,

‘ 1 men in the army and navy training camps in this

ecuntry, and soldiers abroad who have had exper-

ki'en'ce in farming, and those essential to the trans.

rportation and distribution of farm products, should

be discharged first, and provision made to secure -

them employment in agriculture at the earliest
possible moment. Men not experienced in farm-

: ing but who wish to farm should be encouraged

to do so by the adoption of a system similar to
that which has proven so successful in the settle-

' A mom; of soldiers in the Province of Ontario thru

he; provision of training for agriculture, with ade-
dilate payment during such period. . .
, . ‘d'eral, state and local governments should
a” i’ mediately plan construction of public ink

gains—i economic crises any large 311111116?
. unemployed they

"here

‘11 exposure revealing the '

' the unemployment which.

.. how the end 0: the war.

~ Agriculture 1 ‘
' this country has the best naturap op-
_ for agriculture in the world, farming
most unprofitable industry in the
he farmer and the farmer’s family

uteri the largest share. They have toiled longer
hours and more arduously than any other class

of workers in the country, but with meagre finan-,

cial returns. They have always taken heavy

risks~ and gambled with nature, with the possibil-

ity of small gains, and the probability of large
losses.

Among the essentials to place farming on a.
' sound basis are the following:

(a) The establishment of a sound and econom-
ical method of marketing farm products. Exist-
ing wasteful methods of distributing farm pro
ducts belong to an out- -wo1n age. Thousands of
unnecessary middlemen intervening between the

[producers and the consumers of farm products

These must be eliminated and direct, free and
open channels established—either thru co- -opera
tipn or direct government operation~all the way
through, from farm producer to ultimate consum-
er. Municipal slaughter houses, warehouses, and
cold and common storage warehouses must be es-
tablished in large centers of consumption, as a
part of this system of distributing farm products
while centralized wholesale and retailing plants
must be established under municipal ownership
or control.

(b) Credit must be made as available and as
cheap to farming as to any other legitimate and
responsible industry. The farm land bank while
serviceable in this direction, fail in large measuxe
to make increased production possible Like (‘ol-
lateral loans in commercial banking practice they
rely for security upon existing values and fail

' to aid in productive operations in the way that

the banks through commercial loans aid in pro-
ductiOn and distribution. A farmer owning high-

, priced land is not the man in most urgent need of

Government assistance, but rather the man en-
deavoring to produce from land of initial small
value crops that require intensive cultivation and
sometimes the lapse of years.

The present unrestrained system of land ten-
ur9\ must be terminated Vast holdings of pro-
ductive fertile lands in a. single ownership is de-
trimental to all legitimate agricultural interests.
Tenant farming should be replaced by the more
responsible system of cultivation by owners. Tax-
ation should be used as a remedy to force into
productivity idle acres held forwspeculation.

((1) Terminal elevators should be considered a
part of a Government-owned or controlled trans-
portation system. They should be made the

”at hared appreciably in the increasing ‘
d! the country to which they have contrib‘ '

means of affording service Jo farmers and con-- "
(c) The present unrectrained system of land ten:
tion systems, they should be either contrdlled in-

’ _ the interest of public service or should be subject

to direct public ownership and Operation. Their
past history has too often shown them to be a"
power used for speculation and oppression. This

, must be ended.

(e‘) We as farmers appreciate that in a great -
measure the responsibility for carrying out this
pregram rests upon us. We commend the various
farm organizations for the work already (1 no. ,

It is only by organization with complete co-or—
dination of organized effort that success will.
crown our work.

We believerthat the foregoing measures will aid
the farmers in their indispensable task; that they
will break monopoly control and em unearned
profits from speculation in fa1m products; and
that they will effect a reduction in the costs of

"living that will enable productive consumers to

maintain and to raise their present standard of
living.

War Finance

The enormous outlay necessary for winning the
war will have increased the interest-bearing na-
tional debt twenty to twenty-five fold. The ending
of the war has incited those who profited enor-
mously by these war expenditures to seek to avoid
the payment of their fair share of its costs. The
making of large profits was inevitably under the
stress of wax times. The test of democracy is
whether those who have y‘ofited so enormously
from the necessities of their fellow beings and
f1 om Goveinment expenditures shall be compelled
to pay back the major portion of their exceSS war
DlOfilS as taxes, and whether the few who before
the wax owned a huge pr0portion of the wealth
of the country shall equally pay their share of
war costs. Tmerica’s wealthiest and most privil—
eged seek to escape their share of these costs We
demand that the iates of taxation on excess and
war profits incomes and inheritance-s which have
in a measure been imposed as Inged by the na-
tion’s wmkers for the wear period shall be levied
until the full cost of the war has been paid in or
der that the farmers and other workers 0 fthe
countly may not be compelled to carry the finan-
cial bui den as they have borne the major part of
the toil and effort in the winning of this wal and
that to this end there be applied remedial taxes
that will force into use unused lands and other
1esources now speculatively held.

Restoration of Personal Liberty
The espoinage law and all similar laws enacted
to render America unified in the war must be re-
pealed and abrogated at the close of the war All
acts of Congress and of State Legislatures restrict-
ing freedom of speech, freedom of publication,
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‘ There now exists and in all. probability ‘
will continue to exist for some considerable time
fa shertage of fertilizers. As near as can be esti-
mated 25 per cent of the orders for fertilizers for
the fall wheat crop could not be tilled. This was
not due entirely-to the shortage, since more fer-
_ tilizer could doubtless have been put in reach of
the farmers had orders been sent in early.. It is
' highly improbable that the demand for fertilizers
- in the spring will be any nearer met than was the
demand this fall. Such conditions will make it
imperative for the farmers to save every pound of
fertilizing material produced on the farm. The
most valuable, and perhaps the lfist conserved of
such materials is barnyard manure. If the plant

the form 1 commercial fertilizers at
prices it would cost approximately $10.

Much has been written and more said about the
value of manure as a source of organisms to hast-
en desirable decompositions of organic matter in
the soil. The humus-forming. material contained
‘ in manure has also been cited as one cause of its
well-know beneficial action. The findings of the
Ohio Experiment station are somewhat at variance
with the prevailing ideas and are summed up in
the Ohio Monthly Bulletin as follows: ”The results
of long continued field experiments at this station
do not indicate that the organic matter of manure
has any value beyond that due to the nitrogen and
mineral elements contained, the increase in crops
produced by manure being no greater than that
produced by equivalent amounts of nitrogen, phos-
phorus and potassium in chemical carriers. Ap-
parently, therefore, the larger crops produced by
manure or fertilizer with .their correspondingly
larger root growths, furnish all the carbonaceous
matter necessary to maintain the optimum physi-
cal and biological conditions of the soil, and any
such matter plowed under is so much withdrawn
from possible service in animal nutrition." Sim-
ilar results are reported by Dr. Russell of the
Rothamsted Experiment Station in England, who
concludes from field trials that the fertilizing value
of manure is indicated largely by the nitrogen con-
tent, that in the form of ammonia, being especial
ly important. ,

From the above investigations it is evident that
manure to give a maximum increase in crop yield
must be so handled as to save all of the plant
food possible since under the best of conditions
there is considerable loss. It is estimated that at
least 50 per cent of the plant food elements con-
tained in manure is lost by the ordinary method of
handling. If 1-10 of this amount is saved, as it
can be with little trouble and expense, the amount
of plant food would be equal to all the commercial
fertilizers purchased in the United States.‘

An examination of the analysis of manure shows

present

that the liquid contains 60 per cent of the potash,

43 per cent of the nitrogen, and only a trace of
the phosphoric acid excreted by the average farm
animal. It is also well to take into consideration
that the nitrogen in the urine is in forms or com-
pounds which are readily decomposed, yielding
ammonia which will escape as agas. The first
point to be observed, therefore, with proper hand-
ling of manure, is the use of suflicient bedding to
absorb all the liquid. If straw and similar mater-
ial used for this purpose are scarce dry muck may
be substituted to very good advantage. This ma-
terial has a very high absorptive power, not only
for liquids but also for nitrogen as ammounia and

 

when the decomposing mass is subjected to free
‘weration followed by conditions of limited air sup
ply considerable losses of nitrogen gas result. The
conditions to be sought in the storage of manure
are therefore exclusiomof air and protection from
rain, which would wash the substances formed
on the surface of the pile where there is free aer-
ation into the more compact portions where aera-
tion is cut oi! and formation of nitrogen gas can
proceed. Protection from rain is also necessary
since much of the plant food in manure is easily
leached out. » .

The value of proper storage of manure is well

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handling manure in eastern Pennsylvania, recent-

, 1y published by the office of Farm Management of

the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Mr. Brodie
states, “It is well known that there is a great dif-

_.fierence .in. the methods of management of‘barn-
M manure on individual future in tlie same ,lo.
guilty and’that the best yields are usually found
5 who're it is given the best care. Greater contrasts
feathers the methods or handling manurem‘be‘st.

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food in a on of fresh manure was purchased in». .

’for storage Involve

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”passable yeti! .
yields, are" highest?
results’r have been
tainpdrtions of eastern Pennsylvania; , Ten‘Chese
ter county farms in particular afford unusually.
good examples of "emciency in handling manure."
The following table shows the yields of corn,
wheat, oats and hay in 1912,” in Pennsylvania, com-
pared with 378 farms in“ Chester county, ne’io
farms selected as exemplifying the methods des-
cribed in this bulletin: ‘

Average yields per acre in 1912 for—

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at ’56; ’36s
Corn, busEEis __ 42.50 65.3 35.50
,Wheat, bus. -_ 18.00 24.8 29.75
Oats, bushels _ 38.10 41.6 «15.00
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* Only 3 of the 10 farms grew oats.

The much higher yields in’ Chester county and
on the ten selected farms cannot be attributed ven-
tirely to the method of handling the manure since
the soils of Chester county are somewhat better
than the average of the state and better systems
of farm management prevail. However, a better
method of ’handling the manure is a prominent-
feature in the system of management. on farms
where considerable manure is produced it has been
found profitable to construct sheds or covered con-
crete bins- for storing it. The sides of such struc-
ture should be sufliciently high .to hold all the
manure to be accumulated and the shed should
have an impervious bottom sloping towards the
center to conserve the liquid. Arrangements
should also be made to allow the spreader to be
driven in or alongside when the manure is to be
hauled away. If the shed is enclosed on two or
three sides it will serve as a shelter for stock
which will help to compact the manure, which is
very essential for best results. Hogs may also be
allowed to work over the manure with little 1088.
Such shed, should be so located that the litter car-

. riers may run directly to it from ethe‘stable. The

manure from the various kinds of animals should
be mixed since the colder manure from cattle re-
tards the too rapid and wasteful decomposition of
the “dry manure” from horses and sheep,

Some farmers are strong advocaters of small
covered feed lots where the manure is allowed to
accumplate under the stock, thus .being compacted
and protected from the weather.

In some European countries and to a less extent
in America cisterns have been constructed into
which the liquid manure drains. Such arrange
ments are admirable from the. standpoint of pre-
serving the manure, but oiler some inconveniences
in the matter of getting it on the land. Such ar-
rangements will doubtless come into more general
use in the future.

obtained *by‘ the ‘iarmers in car» ~ is

.to farmers because they increase the‘ purchasing

'American government ‘- find their bulwark. New

’ other countries, can we hope for the solid upbmld-

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barley, A lbs. ground
:12 in 15 lbs. clover h
barley straw in .

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3:5 lbs "come-611m."
19°de new day «it
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' The. snowmen-em rather bulky andritther
dimcult’to.ooinbingrsatisfactorily. . _ ., '
gest that youndd from one tatwo pounds 0.1.911
meal - or cotton. seed meal per day and feed .gne‘:
Donna-{018mm three or four pounds of milk.
EFZTé Ridden; Field Iwcstiabtor in Darrin, ’

FARMERS? couc‘unssmnmns .. ;
\ LEGISLATION FAVORABLE TO AGED}
(Confirmed from page i) freedom of choiceod resi-
deuce, or of occupation, and all executiv’ acts 0! E
the President and of Governors of states and terri- ~
tories, that have. their. foundation in war needs,
must be similarly repealed or terminated. VWe de- 5
clare for general amnesty for all political pris-
oners; ‘ ' . ‘

. Labor and Wages

The dislocation of industry 11le coals--
ioned by the whole-hearted commitment of this
country to the sole purpose, of winning— the war
presents, problems requir careful governmental
action. The principle ,m ’be fully Eelstablished
and universally recognized that labor is the first
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of the claims of property and investment in busi- -

ness and commerce. This is essential to securing
the well-being of our people, and the" industrial
and economic democracy for'which ourmen have
striven. Living wages to those engaged in indus- ‘
try, commerce, trade, mining, railroading, and in
all other legitimate activities, area direct benefit .

power of those so engaged, and not. only increase
the eiilciency of these workers, but provide the
mosteconomic and advantageous market for farm

products—a. home marks .

Equal Suffrage 7— , .
We urge passage by the United‘IStat'es Senate of
the pending Susan «B. Anthony Amendment“ the
Constitution giving full suffrage to Women. -

Education is the basis of all progress. Rural .
education sets the solid standards of our citizen- f
ship mid our patriotism. It is here the ideals of

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and higher standards of citizenship.must be set
up in Our rural sch-00.3 to meet the test of the
new international ethics that herald a new dawn .
for all humanity. Only as the rural citizen of the
future learns his true relationship to» industry as
a whole, to his country and to his fellowmen in

in: of our rural life which is the mainstay of our"
civilization. As measures calculated , té' bring
about this result we favor: '( Continued nut week) ,

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storage, it should be
borne in mind that
compaction is very
essential.

Some barns are
so constructed that
the manure may be
allowed to accumu-
late under the ani-
mals, large amounts
of bedding being
used. Bédanse.» of
the there tramping
such an arrangement
affords 800d condi—
tions for preserving
themanure. '

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edlate future. There was a strong sentiment in

Mar of a continued increased production of farm,

crops, and maintaining the morale now existing
on the American farm.

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Not Yet, but soon—Hobbs

': _ When your paper reached my desk today
é jny attention, was directed to the headline

of an article “.110va1 Shall American Agricul-

. Allow me,'slr, the privilege of compliment-
ins you upon the a.rt!‘cle. also thanking you
for acting upon my suggestion of a. short
time ago, when I wrote you something like
this, "Why not boost'the state and national
Chamber of Arriculture?”

I am a firm believer in the theory of this
plan, feterating together all the branches
of agricultural organizations under one head
for the benefit of political power, which is
the greatest power in the land‘today for the
purpose that it is intended to use it for.

Any time that I may be of service to you

in this rational movement, I am at your
command. I expect to see a meeting called
in the very near future to formulate this
plan into a working organization, and I
would like to see delegates present at this
meeting from every organization identified
with agricultural purpose.

'I stand for the betterment of the farmers
and farm life, in'my humble way, as best I
see it, and What small differences of Opinion
that there may exist between any two or
more workers for this cause are of but
' small moment compared with the great pur-
pose we are hoping to attain

With kindest personal regards and seas ,
enable greetings, I am—Ohas. B. Scully, AI-
mont, Mich.

, (mama’s Nam: The article to which Sen.

‘ ‘ Scully alludes was, not strictly speaking,a

. . “boost" for the National Chamber of Agri-
' culture. It merely suggested that such an

' organization might provide a solution for
‘ many perplexing farm problem. When We,
know more abbut this "National Chamber of
Agriculture" and the character of the men
and influences that are to control it we
shall be in a better position to defend or
oppOse, as the case may be. Till then we
refit- content in merely keeping our readers
advised of the early progress of the move-
‘ment. Undoubtedly we shall have much

sues.)

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The question of price—fixing was not discussed.
Some policies established'b'y other departments of
government during the war, and that have had

considerable publicity, were not cousidered. The

feeling .was that the sooner all restrictions upon
agriculture and other industrial pursuits can be
removed the more encouragement to greater pro-
duction will be given to the farmers of the coun-
try

It was a successful conferenc A review of
its discussions suggests that en h conferences
should become a permanent feature. The agricul-

. tural press needs intimate contact with the De-
_. partment of Agriculture

The editors should {be
more familiar with the Department's activities, in

" order that they might more clearly interpret them

to the readers of their journals.

" The Department officials should give more rec-
ognition to the agricultural press. The agricul-
tural paper is a medium of extension that has not
had the recognition from the department bureaus
and from the agricultural colleges which it‘ de-
serves and which, of right, belongs to it. The

1 ram paper is read by the iarmer and his family
, fishes other literature is cast aside. It is the busy

binds of; agricultural bureaus
ought'th to have been. ~~ If

re specmc,pur- .

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ministration of agricultural affairs in the .im- “ ”was that are “mum“ 1“

'_ ' surroundings in order that he may more fully

of Body by Kimball’
Dairy Farmer

be done, and what ought not to be done, there will
be a Better understanding all around. Less crit
icism will be eXpressed.
' The farmers will be represented better in the
behalf.

. The Department of Agricul ure can be more
. popular with those whome it serves, if it cares to
be.'. Considerably more confidence would be es-
tablished if the policies and activ ies of the var~
ions bureaus were more widely k own and more
definitely understood.

The agricultural press, too, could render :better
service to the farmers if better‘co-operation ex-
isted between the publications and the various
departments.

The press is a more serviceable connecting
link than it has been recognized to be, but, for
reasons which it is not necessary to express, there
has been a certain estrangement which had just
as well be cast aside.

The Department of Agriculture was created for
the purpose of serving the farming interests of the.
country; the agricultural press has no other func-
tion, and the two might just as well work togeth-
er for every factor that will improve the agricul-
ture of the individual farmer and the nation as a
whole. '

The principle applies also to the agricultural
colleges in the various states. There should be a
closer connection between the experiment stations,
the college evension work and the farm press.

There is atendency for government men and
college men to become fixed in their opinions.
They are not different from the editors of farm
papers in this respect. Too close attention to in-
vestigations and administrative functions. pre-
cludes an intimate contact with actual progress.
Too many young and inexperienced men are given
the authority to mould policies and administer
the functions obstate and government in agricul.
tural work, with the result that huge sums of
money are being spent, and vast problems are be-
ing undertaken without the -farmers’ knowledge
or consent

Too much has been said already about Improv.
ing the farmer and the farm. Too much initia-
tive and leadership have been assumed by men
andwomen who are unfamiliar with farm life.
Too much attention has been paid to lesser thihgs
while the big problems of farm marketing. farm
credits, and farm ownership have been neglected.
: Some day the farmer‘is going to demand a solu-
tion of his real problems. He is appreciative of
all that is being done for him, but when abnormal
times come he wants to be recognized in the plans
of marketing and distribution of the crops, and
the price that shall be paid for them. He wants
1 a system of finance established that will recognize
his personal security and that will enable him to
work his own land, to improve his equipment and

\clusive. ‘
enough to the people. The farmer's interest has ,

01130? the comforts which the prmnt system of
agricultural education vouchSafes to him.

The Department (of Agriculture has been so-
its representations have not been close

not been consulted. He has not been given the
opportunity to expresa his opinion relative to the
work that should be undertaken in his behalf.

The farmers should be consulted and the farm '_ ,
* press is their medium for voicing their all; roval

and disapproval of policies which concern them'.
Such' conferences as the one which has just been
held do much toward establishing a closer, more
human relationship between the department and
the farmers of the country. There should be more
of them/v-Kimball’s Dairy Farmer.

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National Board of Farm Organizations
Sounds Warning

”A nation-wide campaign to strengthen
,the farm bureaus and add to their member-
ship is bei}1g conducted by the United States
Department of Agriculture,” says the Na-
tional Board of Farm Organizations. “We
should especially strengthen the local farm
bureau and other organizations which sup»
port so effectively the extension forces and
assist them in their activities," says Sec-
retary Houston.

"Simultaneously with the campaign for
strengthening farm buIeaus locally, comes
the report that the National Association
of county agents is planning a national as—
sociation of farm bureaus to look after the
interests of the members.

“Such an organization mm prove to
wield an enormous power affecting event-
ually the lives of millions of country peo-
ple; therefore the plans of the county
agents will be viewed with careful concern
by farmers i‘he threads of influence radi-
ating out from Washington through the
vast net work of federal and state agricul-
tural agencies are certain to draw into the
far- -reaching arms of the Department of
Agriculture 21 power faI g1e.1ter than it now
possesses. This power must be used wisely
and the power must not be bureaucratic.

"Members of the local farm bureaus will
not knowingly permit of any abuse of this
power. In some sections or Ihc country,
members of the bureaus belong also to ed-
ucational and business associations of the

"self-help”<l1uracte1 and haw learned of
the influemes in the nation arrayed
against the agricultural (ti-operative move
ment. it is these members “110 will as-
sume the most active role in guarding that
their local, state and national association
of farm bureaus shall remain unsullied by
influences of an unfriendly and hostile
inature.”

(EDITORS Now: The author at the above
warning is Gifford Pinchot, chairman of
the National Board of Farm Organizations.)

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‘The Sanctity of the Ballot (ind the Safety of
Democracy, are at Stake.’ ’fiLieut-Cov. Dickinson

(Continued from‘last week.) Some may say it will
weaken the party’s machinery but the strongest
machinery of any political party is that by which
expenses are judiciously reduced or any other
benefits accrue to the state, and good men can al-
ways find jobs. It isn’t expected that we are to
endorse all the recommendations of this commis-
sion but from what has been said to me I am
thoroughly convinced that the people of the state
at "large expect this report will be the cause of
very beneficial legislation.

“Primary elections will call for action on your
part. From what has occurred during the past
political campaign it would afford metrelief if I
could pass by this question, but experience teach~
es that the disagreeable acts of an office are the
ones .the people demand the most strenuously
More communications on this line asking for leg-
islative action have come to me by far than on,
all others combined and almost without excep-
tion from-republicans, not only from all parts of
Michigan but from other states. This you know
is the outgrowth of the candidacy that doubtless
cost more money than ever before was paid for a
nomination for allies in all the world’s history.
You also know that this candidate from one of
the best known families of the state, a man of

the call with high standing, unquestioned integrity and ack-

nowledged ability. in the face of an abnormally

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have cleared the way for you; action.

large party majority came near an ig-nominigus
defeat through the resentment from nearly every
voting precinct, of the farmer, the laborer, the
business and the professional [voter because of
the enormous amount of money acknowledged'to
have "been used in his behalf and generally believed
to have been used contrary to laws, several sec-

— tions of which were enacted for the stipulated

purpose of restricting the use of large sums of
money in campaigns. The case Is now agitating
congress, the federal and Michigan courts with a
strong suspicion by many that, for political pur
poses, it will be there suspended as long as pos-
sible before the country at large as an unsavory
act of the republican primary in Michigan hoping
by such course to produce an effect that will de-
prive the party of. the majority secured at the
November elections.

If these courts had given a decision as to who
is to blame for this undesirable condition it would
If, how- '
ever, there is any que'stXOn as to violation of the
primary statute it should "be so'amended that the
int '1 pretation relative to restrictions in the use
of money and who to blame for violations,'shalh,l
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2.30 l - 2

2.26 .28
2.25 2.77

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There is no change in wheat. Inf»

nearly all sections millers are offer-
: ingvfrom three to five cents a bushel
_.over the basic price. Flour persist...
iently maintains the level/ fixed by
government control, in spite of the
positive declarations of the Food Ad-
ministration that it would go lower.
Wheat mill feeds continue their ad-
vance and there is no sign that they
are going to stop. Both the flour and
“feed situations will bear an investi-
gation, for the profiteeIS are busy and
will hold up prices as long as they are
unmolested.

. Mr. Foster, our weather forecaster,
urges farmers not to sell their wheat,
‘but he does not give very clear reas-
ons for his advice. Wheat will be in
short supply until another harvest.
The supplies from Argentine and Aus-
tralia that we have heard so much
about have as yet had no visible effect
upon the grain market. We look for
no material advances in wheat, as the
future aspects of the situation discour-
ages active trading and stocking up.
Buying for the next six months will
~ be from hand to mouth.

 

GRADE
No. 2 Yellow
No. 3 Yellow
No. 4 Yellow

Detroit New York
L57
1.55

1.50

Chicago

1.40
l 36

L47
L42

 

 

 

Mild weathe1 has facilitated the
movement of corn and cash grain is
lower on all markets The corn mar—
ket is following exactly the trend that
we predicted It has been an up and
down movement, usually
more than it lost and we expect this
situation to continue .

 

Detroit Chicago New Yorlv
72 L2 68
72 ‘ 6!
No. 4 White 7! 6 ‘

 

Oats are easier, in sympathy with
corn.
are very limited, but as demand is
.slow, there has been no advance in
’prices. There is absolutely nothing
doing in the rye maiket, which is
quoted 4 cents lowe1 than a week ago
or $1. 58 Barley is more active, and
the government has been a large buy-
,er the past two weeks. We cannot ad-
vise farmers to plan on raising any
considerable amount of barley for the
trade. as the future of the market is
very uncertain. Barley makes an ex-
cellent feed, however, and we hope to
see more of our dairymen producing
it for that pu1pose. Best grades of
barley have been quoted at $2 per cwt.
on the Detroit market this week.

 

Standard
Ti-othy
27 $0 28 00
‘ , . 29 00 30 00
2’ 09 29 25 28 50 2, .0
3. O. 30 50 28 50 29 5.
30 00 32, 90 29 00 31 00

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recovering '

Supplies 011 the Detroit market I

 

 

 

 

or; hay firm; eggs and butter lower.

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. DETROIT. when" feeling in all grains, except wheat: poultry .111 live s
easy; beans lower and inactive: potatoes firm ht recent advance; onions high”.

' CHICAGO .—Potatoes firm and higher; hay firm. Butter and eggs 13w“. '
NEW YORK .-Apples firm and advancing; potatoes firm, beans lower and

 

 

 

With the exception of the New York
market, hay is quoted firm in all sec-
tions, with slight advances at some
points. The market has recovered
from the holiday slump; receipts are
light and demand better. A Toledo
firm announces that it expects higher
prices within the next three months
as the crop is short. The mild weath-
er centering upon the week of Jan.
13th, it is believed, will have a bearish
effect upon the market and may cause
another slight slump, but the general
tendency seems upward

 

GRADE Detroit
C. H). 3.75

Fri-o 7.75
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Holders of beans are getting wor-
ried over the way the market is act-
ing, and we have received complaints
from many subscribers that their local
dealers will not pay the $8 price .The
market is lower and the feeling is
easy. Demand continues very light.
We have communicated with both the
Food Administration and the Michi-
gan Bean Jobbers’ Ass’n, in an effort
to find out if possible what the future
demands of the government for beans
are to be. Government purchases

have been the only thing that have,

held the market where it is today and
invariably within a few weeks after

the government hastaken its supplies '

the market has worked lower, only to
come up again when the government
again entered the market. We can-
not believe that growers have any oc—
casion to be alarmed over the present
slump. We cannot expect local deal-
ers to pay $8 when the market does
not warrant, and we can only advise
our readers to hold on and have faith.

-There are eight months left in which
to market the'balance of the crop,.

and there aren't many Michigan beans
left..' Next week we hope to be able
to give more explicit information upon
the market. .

Potatoes have climbed steadily for
the past week, but on Tuesday of the
present week reached the top level

was considerable of

New York Jan. 10 -——A.1thougl1 there

Jersey yards on decal}; 0.1 the height.

" 1111111113131 strike 111.31; 111913]: and the

1 receipts the first of the Week were

 

Choice rolal
white-lacked

 

Detroit
Chicago
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New York
_ Pittsburgh

 

 

 

 

 

and there has since been an easier
feeling. For a few days supplies were.

very light, and prices advanced‘30 to ,‘

40 cents a hundred. Now receipts are
more liberal, and we'would not be sur-
prised to see a temporary slump. How-
ever, the feeling in potatoes is'very
bullish. Farmers and dealers :alike
are lookingfor a higher market, “and
as we vi it, higher prices are“ inev-
itable. e expect to see potatoes
reach the dollar mark at local points
within the next sixty.days. The Mich.“
igan Potato Growers’ Ass’n will meet
some time in February or March and
the matter of grading ought to be
thoroly threshed out and settled. The
right kind of grading measures, if
strictly carried out will mean more
money for Michigan growers, but
the w1 ong kind will cost them a pret-

. ty Denny

URGES WIDER' USE OF
'POTATOES FOR FLOUR

Prof. E. W. Jackson of the Manitoba 7

Agricultural College has written a
treatise on potato'flour and its uses,
in,the course of which he says:
Japanese, who did not know what po-
tatoes Were at the beginning of this
war are now growing 35 000 000 bus.
or four times the Manitoba crop, and
last year shipped 400 000 pounds of po-
tato flour to the United States, where
the average selling price was 12c per
pound. In 1913 Germany preduced
1 750 fl00 bushels of potatoes. one-gt
of whach was converted into pota
flour or statéh to make it imperish-
able and therefore marketable. In
this way the plenty of one year can
be stored up f01 another or future
years and no doubt, these vast reserv-
es enabled Germany to withstand the
blockade.

 

 

THE WEATHER

Foster’s Wonk!

"'0 Cold'

Warm

WASHINGTON, D. 0., Jan. 18,—-
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbance to cross continent Jan. 20 to
23!, warm wave 19 to 23, cool wave 22
to 26. This will bring, warmest weath-
er, least precipitation, 'during week
centering on Jan. 20. of any week this
month. Storms will not be important.
Much of the snow that fell first week
in January is expected to melt during
week centering on Jan. 22 and this Will
not be favorable to winter grain.

I am still advising farmers not to
sell grain nor cotton. This advice is
intended to favor producers and con.
sumers and prevent the profiteers from
monopolizing these staple necessities.
Unless farmers take more interest in
their organizations they will suffer by
their-own neglect. Other classés are
thoroughly organized to protect the r
interests and the farmers and plant-
erse will lose out unless they show
more interest in protecting
rights. _

 

 

 

 

 

As forecasted by W. T. Faster for Mmumxn Busmnss thunn

'but we will be entering

their -

FOR THE WEEK

Next warm wavewill reach Van—
couver, British Columbia about Jan.
25 and temperatures will rise on all
the Pacific slope. It will cross crest
of Rockies by close of Jan. 26, plains
sections 27, meridian 90, great lakes,“
middle Gulf states and Ohio—Tennes-~
see valleys 28, eastern 'sections .129,
reaching vicinity of Newfoundland
about Jan. 30. Storm wave will follow
about one day behind warm wave and
cool wave about one day behind storm
wave. .

The weather disturbances such as
described above, cause all the weather
changes on this continent, except in the
southeastern states that are sometimes
affected by the tropical storms that .
originate on the Atlantic ,east of Cuba

Last week in January Will bring
rather quiet weather. ' Unusually
warm not far from Jan 22-, after Which
temperatures will wabble‘ up and .dovm
but more down than up, till _ near.
Feb. 3r near which cold Weather will
prevail Mord precipitation is expect- ,
ed during ten days, after Jan. 22 than
during the ten days before tlhat date,

led and not much precipitatfon is
pe‘.ected after Jan; 18. .

 

 

 

Twenty-Ounce selling at

,“The .

. mark this year.

fairly heavy the apple market showed

the lbcal and the demand for expert
was jvery active. There must have

1 been fully 75 cars of boxed apples on

the docks, a great part of which came
in for export. Prices were higher, al-

a range of from $2. 85 to $3.15. Choice

u-fruit was bringing $2. 65 to $2. 85, De-

acongeStion in ’"

increased strength and prices were
higher than at last Week’s close. Both

" though expert buyers say that stoum- ;- -
fiship space is temporarily short? Wine-
leaps were selling gene1ally at $3 with

licious were wanted at $3.50 to $1 ,

Stayman Winesaps at $2. 50. to $2. 85;
Newton Pippins at $2 50 to $3; and
Spitzenbergs up to $4. ,,

Barrel fruit was very strong and
fine Greenings which are scarce, sold
up to $7.50 early in the week. They
ranged, however, down to $5. Cold
storage Baldwins were very' active at
$5 to $7 with York Imperials' and
about the
same range. Kings were also bringing
$7. Ben Davis were steady at $4 50
to $5. 50. Poor and ungraded fruit
sold from $3 to $4. 50. This for all va-
rieties

Poultry is in heavy supply and the L

demand is light.
Jan. 16th, were: , N0. 1 springs,_28 to
290; small springs, 26 to 2712;191:111,
29 to ~.30c; small hensi‘and leghofiis,
27 to 280; roosters, 20 to 210; geese,
28 to 30c; ducks, 36 to 33¢; turkeys
34 to 35c per lb.

Our estimate of the
truth. Eggs will not reach the dollar
The sto1age supply
is» practically exhausted, but mild
Winter weather has increased the fresh

supply, and receipts are nearly sum;
cient to take care of demahd§. .

.Nors: Read the U. S. Bureau at
Markets review of leading markets
for week ending January 14th.

East Bufi‘alo, N. 17., Jun. 14 ~Re-

ceipts of cattle Monday were 170 cars,
including 25 cars of Canad1ans.; 15651-1

ket opened steady on modiumydght

and weighty steer cattle which Were
,. in very light supply; butchers steers
.and handy weight steers were in very

light supply, sold 250' louver; fat cows

and heifers were in light supply, sold,

15 to 251; War; bullsgof 311ch

were .‘in moderate Supply, so

lower; calmer: and cutters w s it:
1: 1111111131, sold steady

egg market ,
seems to have hit pretty close to the " '

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"50 ‘ heat veals? “were $1 under Bat-
‘ , soiling from $21)50 to $21. II
or cattle Tuesday were 10

  
   
   
 
   

115 ton ears of fresh sheep and
mj'b‘s“ and 35 cars of holdOvers on
sale Tuesday, best lambs sold from
51-75 to $17, which was 500 lower
an Monday; medium lambs, $16 to
6.50; cull lambs, $15 50 to $16; year.
i gs [$14 to $14. 75;, and a few handy
ht yearlings sold 111) to $15; weth-
$11 to $12; eWes, $9. 50 to $10. 50.
"300 calves on sale Tuesday best
N J sold at $20
7 .y Receipts of hogs Tuesday totaled
'TflgI4,000. .With very little outside de-
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* JZVrOughs, $15.50; stage, $1010. $13.

Chicago hivestock Letter
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Jan. 13.
- I ~.—~With receipts of live stock at Chi-
' {- cage last Week reaching a new record

9 , . outset this week estimated at 39 000
’ ; Cattle, 50, 000 hogs, and 30, 000 sheep,
declines in all branches of the trade
as compared with the high flying mar-
kets of the fore part of last week have
naturally been effected. Supply vol-
ume considered, however, the Warke
has needed no apologist. Evidence of
an enormous demand for meat pro-
ducts has .not been lacking and de-
blines have been due more‘to the lim-
itations of killing capacity than to any
other. factor. _
.- In the beef cattle trade an enormous
supply of nearly 100, 000 head last
Irweek and today’s big crop of 39, 000
, carried very few choice bulldcks. Such
kinds are as high as ever. The top
test week was $19. 85, a new January
record, and although few cattle sold

reached by steers averaging around
, , 1300 pounds that had:56en fed but 60
.4 ‘ to 90 days and which w0uld not dress
. Out better than 57 per cent beef. As
,; compared with last week’s best lev-
at; trade today on most of the steers
selling below $18 were 25 to 50c lower.
Still the market on these in- between
kinda bad advanced very sharply dur-
ing the previdus fortnight and is igh-

er than niost anyone who has Anot een

on the market can realize. Aspread

of from $14. 50 to $17 is taking a lot of

IL 000 to- 1, 200 pound steers of the

, ‘ warmed-up and shortfed variety, in-
. deed $14. 50 cattle of late have been a
kind that would ordinarily go to ‘feed-
or buyers without a protest. A few
crooked light steers Which feeder buy-

. ers Would not care to have on their
premises are going to killers down an
ound $11 to $12. 50 and a few knot-
lhead canners as low as $7. 50. The re—
cent action in the fat cattle market
has encouraged investment demand in

. I;~ of the trade although suffering some
., reaction teday is higher than a week
Iago and as high as it ever has been

at this season of the year. Kille1
‘.,:~competition has been too strong to

permit or any trade to speak of in

' WQ-pound or heavier steers on coun—

137 account an“. bulk of the stacker

, and feeder output during the past

“Week censisted of 600 to 850 pound

tn uif selling largely Within a range

gum $9. 50 to $11. 50, depending on

' eight andlquality. Common light

Scooters continue in small favOr and

many such are going to killers for

I nor purposes.

'o‘ipfs have carried a generous

ixedebutchegr still! and

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$10; on to ;

he market was full steady =

market. It is.- probable that receipts

in all; departments of. the trade ‘will
continue fairly liberal for a few more’

weeks but there is nothing" bearish in
the general situation and any inater-

rial leesening of; supply will be the‘
I I, signal for price jumps.

,, Last week's receipts of hogs at Chi.
cage tetaled practically 310, 000 head,
the second largest Week’s receipts on
record. But for the fact that supply

is being controlled by car allotment

there is no doubt but that a new
week’sII' record Would have been hung
up as there are still a lot of hogs to
come and shippers are clamoroug for
cars. Early last week the market was
on the up-turn,.due primarily to the
development of a strong eastern de-
mand. This demand however, fell away
subsequently, and receipts swelled,
forcing a break of 35 to 40c per cwt.

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will be curtailed for the balance of
this week in order to permit of a clean
up of the stale hogs in the yards.
,No action has as yet been taken rela-
' tive to establishing the February price
of hogs. It is understood that a meet-
ing will be held in Chicago on Jan.
23. at which this matter will be de-
cided. Meanwhile those in close
touch with the situation assert that
the producers need haveno cause for
alarm. .Best strong weight butcher
hogs sold here today at $17.65 and the
bulk of the good hogs ,at $17.40 to
$17.60, while light and mixed packing
grades were quotable at $17 to $17.35,
common heavy packers at $16.75 to
$17, throwout roughs at $16 to $16.50,
and pigs $14.50 to $15.50.
_ Live mutton trade after doing an
aviating stunt the fore part of last
week, has collapsed under a generous
supply attracted by the recent sharp

i to $16.25.

’lings are quotable at $14 to

   
     

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$13. 50. There was good call
ing and sheltring lambs,
feeders being in the market; '
of the former class were ma.
at $13. 50 to $15. 25. A few ,.
heavy shearing lambs shim Qr a:
quick turn have gone to tlm J“ try
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best fat ewes and quotable at
$10. 75. The market is expectefi.
act promptly from the as
shown the last few days, as supplies
left on feed are for the most part in
strong hands and trade sentiment in
producing circles much more bullish
than it was a few weeks back. Color-
ado fed lambs have yet .to put in an
appearance, being about month behind ,
schedule owing to the lateness of their .
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And what you will say is what
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already been applied to some other car
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It is endorsed and will be sold by the lead-

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the world.

Dealers of their type .do not take on cars

about which they have the least doubt.
‘ They do 1101: make selling contracts with

new and untried organizations.

The Ecsex Will Endure

A real car must have stability. It must
remain rigid and free from squeaks and
‘ rattles. ‘
I/You will see why this is so with
the Essex. Herd service cannot
loosen the body joints nor twist
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It awakens the pride of ownership. It has
dignity that comes from power and poise.
It will retain its smoothness and flexibility
and quietness throughout long hard service.
The Essex 18 light 1n weight and cost. It .
is rich in detail and refinement.

Everyone says nice things about the Essex. 1

We Are Not Asking You To Buy
Now. Just Ride in the Essex

Only a few cars are available for
each territory. The first ones are ‘
being distributed so as to reveal
their qualities to the greatest
number of people. When you see
by the newspaper that your dealer
is ready with his Essex, go look at
it and tell your impressions to
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season’s advertising campaign. A slogan :3
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SATURDAY, Justin! 18, 1919

Published every Saturday by the
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Entered as second-class matter, at Mt. Clemens. Mich.

Be on Your Guard _
HERE is an element in American labor
ranks that would bathe the United States
in the same sea of blood in which Russia and
Germany are swimming today.

Before me is a newspaper, ”The Labor De—
fender." Sticking out in prominent type
from its pages are such phrases as, “The Or-
gan of Revolutionary Unionism ;” “Break
Down the Jails;” “News of the American
Slave Market,” “Strike News;” “Miscon-
ceptions About the I. W. W.,” and that sin-
gularly, un-American un-democratic, violence—

encouraging I. W. W. preamble:
“The working class and the employing class
have nothing in common ‘ t ‘
"Between these two classes a struggle must go
on until the workers of the world organize as a
class, take possession of the earth and the mach-
inery of production, and abolish the wage system."

What do these strange words mean? Ex-
actly what they say. They mean that that
part of organized labor which has failed to
succeed because of its lack of intelligence and
habits of thrift and industry believes that the
principles of equality will never be establish-
ed until capital is destroyed, and the work-
' man, as a favored individual, seizes the fac-
tories, the stores and the farms.

That is what they have done in Russia; it

'. . is what they are trying to do in Germany; it

' is what they plan to do in the United States.
Labor is never so ambitious or arrogant as
‘ when ”it is prosperous. During the war per-
iod the wages of the American laborer have
. been nearly double what they were five years
, ago. .True, the cost of living has advanced;
today ’s dollar will not buy nearly so much
food, clothing, fuel, etc, as the dollar of 1912.
But actually, the average workman has much
more left out of his week’s pay envelope now
than he used to after the necessities of life
are paid for. . But he now buys of luxuries
and amusements which formerly he could not
,aflord. Labor is admittedly prosperous; labor
wants to continue prosperous and everything
possible within the realm of reason should be
~ done to see that labordoes continue prosper-

Labor’s present grievances are largely im—
aginary; it is the fear that labor will not be
.able to hold its present position that is giving
, 'mnmunition to the professional agitators and
‘ the long~haired anarchists. 1 '
, The program of the ultra-radicals of the
labor movement" does not appeal to the
thoughtful and intelligent labor leaders, who
are daily strengthening labor ’3 position thru
legislation and arbitration. But there IS dan-
éfifin the situation; nevertheless. A handful
men, inflamed by class hatred and the prod-
' ' agitators, can turn a peaceful

. m pomt one unfortunate
m" imam

workmen into a, seething bed of .
"t '6 than it takes to tell it, ..

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com. "momma
adjust the scales;

mine of justice-thansll thebombs and dyna-
mite and machine gunsever manufactured.
That weapon is organization; ‘ ' ’

._ . , a hand! MW in
class ofpobple liens peaceful and law-abiding 4'
weapon which hsscwon. more battles in» the

Thin organization labor can secure its-

rights; thru organisation the farmers csn'be
heard. Employ that weapon as you will; but
beware. of those who counsel violence and the
destruction of property. J ustice‘ for one
class can never be had by visiting injustice
upon another. . .

Unprepared for Peace, 1

LONG, LONG before the war ended, Can
ada began to make provisions for the re-
turn of peace. Her program for putting her
industries and her soldiers beckon a pro-War
basis is complete. Canada anticipates no in-
dustrial or personal hardships in taking up
once more the normal occupations. ,
But it is much different in the United
States. For months we have known, of course,
that sooner or later we would have to provide
for peace conditions, and now that they are
here we are unready for them. Thousands of
soldiers are returning each week to civilian
life. In some instances they find ready em-

ployment; but in altogether‘too many cases .

they are turned away, Lack of employment
creates an alarming situation, and unless im-
mediately remedied, seriously affects all in-
dustry, including farming.’

What should be done? At all costs, every
man released from the army and navy should
be given a job. If private industrial institu-
tions and agricultural occupations cannot ab-
sorb them all, both state and federal govern-
ment should institute at once such public pro-
jects as will insure employment to all who
want it. ‘ Rather than risk an over-supply of

' labor, which would positively mean an era of
hard times, the federal government could af-
ford to spend billions of dollars in highway
construction, reclamation projects, and other
constructive engineering enterprises. Then,
as rapidly as industrial institutions placed
their affairs once more upon'a normal basis,
these men would be gradually absorbed. The
prosperity of the United States the next two
years depends upon keeping labor employed
and satisfied, giving capital opportunity for
expansion, and making farming a more prof-
itable business.

A Frank Admission ~

OR A LONG TIME we have tried to drive
home the fact that maximum production
does not mean, and under present conditions,
cannot mean maximum profits. While the
Department of Agriculture and the Michigan
Agricultural College have chorused “produce
more crops and make more money,” we have
patiently pointed out that a maximum produc-
tion policy were adopted by every farmer in
the U. S., it would mean the ruination of agri-
culture. The world could not absorb the tre-
mendous food supplies that would result from
maximum efficiency in production. For a long
time we have argued in vain and alone. Now,
however, champions are coming to the rescue.
A few weeks ago State Market Director Mc-
Bride was quoted as saying something strange-
ly in lire with-what we have preached, and no
less eminent agricultural authority than
Dean Mumford of the Missouri College of
Agriculture, offers the following bit of Wis-
dom: _ .
“Increased farm production regardless of ' its

effect on farm profltS, is not advocated by the ‘
of Agriculture,

University of Missouri College
There should be no mistake in the minds of farms

ers on thispoint.~ The College of agriculturgfi

say Dean F. ‘B. Mumfordfl‘is‘ Working forum”
.ly he, same end as tho'tarmer himself:- Theta”?

wetlands of turning and of marketing-fa .
a which wi, , rmn * ,

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fer the

‘ seems.

fi‘purpose of an amen
" h; , law introduced by Sen

no: . obtain; in
mcmsum:
turemnbflm __ , , than. Mn:
«courtroom f f '_ ,
mono jot mummmw ;
acre . without regard» .16: :mom at. mansion .
would be unwise andnotintheinterestot the
tanner. The college is not instituting enchants-
paig‘n because in the longsrun,n"wmld ruin the
agricultural industry and lstrik‘egat the wary "foun-
dations of the economic life ot‘the natipn.” .‘ ' '

The Three Tailors of London

NCE UPON s. time three tailors 0f Lon-
don petitioned the king for redress. They
said, ‘We, the people of England,——” ‘
We thought of these three tailors when we
read what Secretary of Agriculture Houston

‘ \lmd to say before the Asso’ciation of Ameri-.

can Agricultural Colleges and , Experiment

‘ Stations, viz. :

“We shall have our troubles. We shall beconr
cerned with numerous proposals from the enthus-
iasts with limited knowledge. and less sense of di-
rection. We shall be pestered by the narrow, sel-
fish partisan and by the demagogues,—-the farm-
ers. of the farmers—their pretended self-consti-
tuted friends. These are already invevidence and
are revealing for ends of their own a willingness
to attempt by misrepresentations and cheap ap-
peals to prejudice to injure great constructive
agencies, such as the state agricultural colleges
and the Federal department. They will not make
much headway. The American farmers are not
easily fooled and we may trust them to assess
these people and their motives at their real worth.”

In view of 'the fact that Sec’y Houstoan
not a farmer; that the majority of college pro-
fessors and members of state boards of agri-. .
culture are not farmers; that a large majority
of actual farmers are totally indifferent if not, ‘
actually antagonistic to the “great construc-
tive agencies” Mr. Houston mentions; that
far'm organizations and farm papers in all
parts of the country have severely criticized
Mr. Houston for presuming to advise 0011ng
upon situations which he knew nothing about,
——Mr. Houston’s highsounding words lack
both point and weight.

He is right,—-in one respect, thOugh. The
farmers are not easily fooled They are wise
to one thing at least,—-that what Secretary
of Agriculture Houston knows about farm-
ing conditions could be written on his cufi.

‘ A correspondent in the Detroit News be- .
lieves that returned soldiers should be placed
on farms, ‘where they could increase produc-
tion of food and add to the nation’s prosper-
ity. ” So much for the blind ignorance of the
city people; Listen now to the sage advice of
Mr. W. J. Spillman, former chief of the ofiice
of farm management, department of agricul-
ture: ‘ ‘Any great and sudden increase in the
area of crops grown in this country would be ‘
disastrous not only to present farmers butto
the. men on new farms to be- created under
some of the plans now contemplated; What
would happen even now if Europe did' not
need the twenty million tons of food we .pro-
pose to Send: her this year.” " ‘ ‘

The percentage of increase in enrollments
in the Michigan Agricultural College for the
engineering loourse is much greater than for
the, agricultural course, which would seen to
bear out the rapidly growing conviction that .
farming is 11012 as Profitable 9. business as it

Will somebody please explain how the ends.
of democracy will be better served by pre.

venting}! man'from becoming a candidate on
- more than one party. ticket! This is the real

disentrto the primary
'th f Traverse City.

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the: handled the liquor question. The toast-1

1 amendment Which, it ratined'by 1. our more states._

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‘ ~ Obese .Osborn’s political speeches, or a smoked
herrin’ in the summer time. With only three
”votes against it, these men, elected by a vote of
the people. have declared this state in favor of
flat amendment, an' as far as they are concern-
ed the state of Michigan will remain dry.

_ This is sure a fine thing, an' the right thing,
an’ if it was‘to end there. all would be Well. But
this amendment is only good while this country
is in a state of war—or until peace is declared
between the warring nations. Therefore, our
people must not lose site of the fact that a body
of, -——we‘ll, we’ll say men, to avoid argument—have
banded themselves together under the name of
“The Hotel Men's Association,” to try'an' force
the saloon back into our cities an’ a vote will be
taken at the April election to decide whether we

‘ will/have the saloon or not. "We only want to
sell-beer an’ light wines," they say, “an' if you’ll
let us do that we'll be jest awful good an ’won’t
sell it to anybody 'less they’ve got the -money to
pay for it. an’ only jest beer, don’t you know,

~_' “9 me.ti .

Now, most everybody knows that ‘a teller can
git jest as drunk on beer as on any~other stuff
containin' alcohol. To be sure it takes a little
longer, but a man’s time ’aint wuth much] to
anybody When he’s gittin’ drunk, so that's a dum
poor argument at best. As long as a man can an’
will git drunk it don't make much difference
what he drinks—the only thing that counts is to
be able to git it—an’ the is what this nice. ben-
evolentfl) institution, the Hotel Men's Associa-
tion; wants to do—glve men a chance to git some-
thing to git drunk on. - _
fl ,Of course. the Hotel "Men's Association don’t

want to make any money'out of the saloons, oh,
my no! They are lookin’ out for the poor hard-
workin' man an' his family, you know; poor fel-
lers, they have to work live or six days in the week
an’ have no place to spend their money for beer,

1,. you see, an' then a man is never at his best with-

out booze into him. Oh, gosh all Friday, don’t it

kind 0' make you sick to think otlt? Altar eight
months without saloons; after seein' men who

II were almost total wrecks, now workin’ an' takin'

good care of their families; knowin’ as we do

_ know, that men are better on, make better work-

“ men, better husbands, an’ better fathers without

the saloon an? drink—then to have any man or

not of men—the Hotel Men’s Association not ex-
cepted—ask you or me to vote to put the damn—
able saloon back in Michigan? An’ that ol' gag,

‘f‘jest beer an’ light.wines”—-by ginger, what these
tellers want is to repeal the Anti-Saloon law an'

{it the saloons started once more, jest to sell beer
new, but as soon as peace is declared it would
be the same old thing, saloons doing business in

the same 01’ way, an?» nobody could do‘a thing to
stop 'em. .

Well, by jolly, our wimmen folks, the ones who
have had to suffer most an' do it in silence, in
times past—they will have somethin’ to say in
this comin' election, an" the Hotel Men's Associ-
ation (new), in~timesf gone by “The Model Li-
cense League," “The BusineSS Men’s Association,”
an’ a lot of other aliases—in reality the National
Booze Sellers’. Union, will find they have a force
to reckon with that can’t be hoodwinked. The
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,, ‘ . best farmvv‘pa‘per ever, the M. B, m: _,I
have". seen. ‘o‘hNeo many articles on [farm valua-
V‘ has for tax purposes. and at actual cash values,_
that“! can't understand what cash value means.
lines“ mean "what a men cansell his farm for?
Or does it mean what hemay ask for it? Or does
it mean what some other appraiser may value it
atl' Now I’ll tell you what conclusion I have come
to. Actual cash value of farm property "is what
a tender should pay taxes on. Say a farm that
will turn off $2,000 worth of crops and stock in
one year is all the value there is to that farm, and
is all the valuethe owner should pay taxes on.
The term itself lay. dormant until the next seas-
on so far as income to that farmer is concerned,
and as taxes are annual, so should valuation be an.
nual. The net income of the farm should be the
basis for the next annual taxes. Again. fences,
buildings, tools, teams, stock, utensil§, ditches,
roads, which have to be kept up, are a great ex-
pense that no other business concern .has to con-
tend with, and the farmer can turn his dollar
W only once a year, while almost all other business-
eSIcan tu their business dollar from twenty to
a hundred t mes a year. Although they are paying
taxes on actual cash value ,the same as the farm-
er. Nmsiree'" no value should be taxed any great-
or than it can make good to the owner. The net
income of my farm is all the value my farm is
to me. and it is about two thousand dollars a year.
I paid one hundred and sixty dollars taxes this}
year. Last year three hundred and sixteen, one
hundred and ninety-two ditch tax. Next year
they will be four or five hundred dollars, for a big
ditch and Dixie Highway and gravel road. My
valuation is $6,000 on 80 acres.

If the taxes keep on coming up it will take all
the income from the farmer, and there seems to
be something new continually coming to boost
taxes. The salary dodges and automobile sports
and new offices for the expense pushers. M. B. F..
I thank you for your “great effort for the farmer.
He needs get very much—Chas. P. Douglas. Birch
Run. Mich.

Please keep M. B. F'. coming, as I would not
want to be without it, as I think it. is the best
attacker of the problems manouvered against the
farmer. I believe that with you and the help of
the farmers that the farmers will some day come
into their own. I am a farmer and don’t like to
growl, but the way things have turned against
the farmers I do not see how any farmer can
help it. As I am in the potato country I want
to say a few words as to the grades. I think the
grades are all right, only they do not pay enough
for the No. 2's./ Today here at Blanchard the buy-
ers were paying $1.40 per cwt for No. 1's and 500
‘per cwt. for No. 2’s. As the price is advancing on
No.41 the No. 2’s have not advanced a cent in a
month. I think No. 2's should bring within 250.
or 30c per cwt. as much as No. 1's. With a year
like the one just passed, with its dry season for
potatoes in ‘this locality, they are grading one-
third No. 2, and digging from 25 to 100 bushels
per acre, excepting in a few favored locations.
As to beans, according to talk, there will be a
very small acreage next year around here.

Success to M. B. F. Let the good work go on.—
W. A. 8., Blanchard, Michigan.

Regarding the article on potato grading in your
issue of Jan. 4th, I would say that I have been a
grower of potatoes for the last 40 years, and a
commission salesman several years, and my opin-
ion is that one and three—fourths inch would be
the most convenient mesh in the interests of both
grower and salesman, and let any potatoes that go
thru that sized mesh be used as seed or hog feed,
according to the wish of the grower. I would use
only the largest of the culls for seed.

As a salesman, y experience has been that
what are known as seconds have to be sold much
below their food value, as they do not meet with
a. ready sale and occupy warehouse room. which
is needed for goods which meet with quicker sale.
I do not think the two and a quarter inch mesh
would be much advantage, except for special pur-
poses ,as large potatoes are apt to have hollow
spaces in them and buyers would fight shy of them.
A potato that will not pass through an inch and
three-fourths mesh is, in my estimation. equal in
quality and convenience to one of a larger size.—
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the river, but when it came his turn he was
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“Come right in." ~
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the person and still refused. “Don’t like do too
ob dat black object back oh you, person," said I!!!
negro. “Maybe alligator." I
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MUCH CHEAPER

A negro came into a Southern ticket once and
asked for two round trip tickets to Charleston,
The agent knew him and asked who was going
with him. _

“My brother," said the negro. .

“Your brother?” asked the agent. “Where is ‘ ‘
he?”

"Out there in a box. He’s dead," answered the . .
users. 3

”Well, if he is dead you don't want a return
ticket for him."

“Yes, suh," said the negro; “you see we ain’t
r:oin’ to bury him in Cha’leston; but we have about
forty kinfolks down there, and we reasoned that
it would be cheaper to carry him down to Cha’les-
ton fo' de fune’l service and bring him back, than
to bring all the family up here.”

   
      
         
       
          
     
       
  
 
   
  
  
  
   
   
 
 
  
  
   
  
 
  
   
   
   
   
  
   
    
  
 
  
     
   

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A man asked a friend who was hard of hearing,
if he would lend him five dollars to tide him over
a hard spell. ég

“What?". asked the friend. '

“Will you lend me ten dollars?”

“Oh, yes," replied the friend, “but I wish now
I had heard you the first time."

 

 

REVENGE
The druggist danced and chortled till the bottles

danced on the shelves. “What’s up?” asked the

soda clerk. "Have you been taking somethinl?”

“No, but do you remember when our water pipes

were frozen last winter?" “Yes, but what—" .
“Well, the plumber who fixed them has just come

to have a prescription filled.”

 

Self-trust is the essence of heroism. It speaks
the truth and it is just, generous, hospitable, tem-
porate, scornful of petty calculations and scorn-
ful of being scorned. It persists; it is of an un-

wearied out. . .

RECIPE FOR HEALTH -
"Sleep that knits up the reveled sleeve of care,
The death of each day’s life,
Sore labor’s bath, .
And balm of hurt minds,
Great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast."—8hakcspcarc.

ONLY AN ICE BOX
“I thought you could keep a secret," said her
friend.
“Well, I kept it for a week," was the reply.
you think I am a cold storage plant?"

“Do

HOW IT WAS GOING ‘

"Don’t you honestly think equal suffrage is h- _ ,
going, not coming cause?" asked an antisuffrag- , -
ist of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. . , .‘
“Yes," replied Doctor Shaw, "I do. ‘I thmfut 4c .
going. going some." ‘

    
   
 

It is harder to be a successful hypocrite than
to be a sincere, honest worker in the world's
great vineyards or productive shops, factories,"
printeries or offices. Accomplishment is much.
more stimulating and pleasurable than deceitful
“soldiering,” less wearing and more healthful.

  
    
 
      
   

   

 

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Will You Vote?

gistering in the cities in order to vote at the
. spring elections. In the municipality in which
» live less than one hundred women out of about
800 qualified to vote have registered. While I
I; presume others will register within the prescribed
‘~limits, I am certain that the total number will be
. , but a small percentage of the whole number of
‘ women of voting qualifications.
_ _ we women ought to do better than that.
j are a. number (it important offices to be voted on
in the spring and I think every woman who is able
“to go to the polls should" do so and cast her first
ballot. I urge upon the farm women of Michigan
' to perform their duty in this respect. Below are
2; given? instructions for voting. They are issued by

    
 
  

Ct'he Michigan Equal Suffrage Ass’n for the benefit

, 01.,Michigan’s half million new voters:

Qualifications for voters in Michigan: — Every
citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of
' age and upwards, who has resided in the state six
months and in the township or ward in which he
1 or' she offers to vote twenty days next preceding
election, is eligible to vote in Michigan.

~Women who may register to vote:—Any unmar-
ried woman 21 years of age and over, born in the

LUnited States. Any unmarried woman, foreign
born, 21 years of age or over, whose father was
naturalized before she was 21. Any unmarried
woman, 21 years of age or over, who has been nat-
uralized. Any married woman, 21 years of age or
over, regardless of where she was born, whose hus-
band is an American citizen.

Every voter must have lived in the state of
Michigan for six months prior to the date of the
election, and must have lived in the ward in which
he or she votes for 21 days prior to the date of
the election.

Every woman must register regardless of wheth-

er she has been registered to vote for school board
or anything else before this time. This means that
every woman, legally qualified to vote, must reg-
ister.
' :__A woman cannot vote if she is married to an
alien. When she marries an alien, even though
- she .was born in this country, she loses her citi-
zenship, and becomes a citizen of the country of
which her husband is a subject.

A woman cannot vote if she is foreign born and
is the daughter of a foreign-born citizen, who be-
came a citizen after she was 21 years of age.

What the woman who cannot vote should II(IO.~
If you are the wife of an alien, have your husband
go to the county clerk’s office, in the county build-
ing, or to the office of the clerk of the superior
court in the city hall, and start citizenship pro.
ceedings. If you are unmarried, and were born
in arforeign country, start citizenship proceedings.

# t #

The spring primaries will be held March 5th, at
which time the following state candidates will be
nominated:

.-Two Regents of the State‘University.

IOne Superintendent of Public Instruction.
One member of the State Board of Education.
. Two State Board of Agricultural Members.

Oge State Highway Commissioner

In addition to these there are numerous county,
township and city officials in their respective lo-
calities. These nominees will compose the candi-
datés for Republican Democratic and Socialist
tickets.

If a woman vote1 desires to name a candidate
at the primaries, she must be registered before
It is just as important to vote at
g the primaries as at the general election, for if
sirable candidates are not selected at the pri-
ries, it is too late to do much in the way of
é'Iiefieeting a change.
fterf the primaries there will still be time to

IS REPORTED that only a few Women are '

There

-a great surplus of wheat or t

. Australia and.
tap the great}

_ A Young Patriot
EAR PENELOPE
i I any longer; I have been reading your page
since it first "came out and I am very much
interested in it. This is the first time I have
written to you but I want to ten you (and some
others, if my letter is printed) what I think can
and should be done to help our country pay up
her big debt.

Yesterday one of my neighbor women was watch. '
ing me stir up a Johnny-cake and she thought it -

an awful idea to use substitute when you could
buy flour without it, and to use syrup in the place
of sugar. She said it was bad enough when, you
had to. I don’t do you?

I am a young mother; my baby is five months\

old and I am caring for her and doing all the

Work for ten men, so I aquuite busy’f‘and can’t I

write much. As soon as I can find a few minutes
to spare I’ll send you a few household hints, if

they are wanted. ——A Young Saver.

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Q
WAS GLAD as could be to get your letter, and
ever since it came I have been trying to figure
out how you are doing work forten men, caring
for a 5 mon-ths’ old baby, and still have time to
make j-ohnnycake out of substitutes. And yet
mention sending meva few household hints, "if

 

 

——A MODERN PARABLE

OU’RE just a little bird at best, a flighty
Bobolink.

By rights you should be in the nest with
mother bird, I think.

But since you’re bound to try your wings,
Choose fields with open ways;

For danger lurks in shady paths hidden by
false “they says ”

They say it’s light to tell a lie—perchance
it is to mother,

01- let the moonlit hours fly by. while stroll-
ing with another.

Choose well thy friends fo1 friendship’s
rare are of lifes choicest jewels;

And rathe1 of thy life-blood share than use
thy friends as tools.

Beware of flattc1y’s gilded words, they seek
to win by guilc.

Judge not by looks their honest worth, lest
they thy faith defile.

A name untamished is thy gift so guard
it well each hour.

To win lit—back. once it is lost, takes super-
human power.

Though you may seek in every land, no mat-
ter where you roam, .

You’ll find the words are ever true, “There’s
no place like home.” ..

However proved your many friends, you’ll
find earth holds no other.

That e’er can fill the sacred noble that God
bequeathed to mother.

And when your little wings are tried and
tiredof life’s fleeting, '

Fly back to home and mother, dear, where I
loyal hearts are beating,

Content to house among its ,boughs, and
share its meager pleasures;

-W1'thi11 the locker of thy-heart you'll find
them stored as treasures.‘

C. S. D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

you can find a few minutes to) spare.” Goodness
gracious, child; you must be a wonderfully good
manager to do all that work!

Now, about using flour substitutes. I hepe you

won’t think that I am lacking in patriotism when .

I say “don’t do it." 'It takes more time. to make
less nutritibus baked. goods out of the substitutes
than it does out of the pure-wheat flour And be-

sides, though you and many other readers may not ,

know it, there is no longer need for saving Wheat
flour In fact, the government is urging women

to use more flour, and to make more baked goods.

The reason for this is that next”? year glarewili b

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The situation with 5r ,
di’ifere‘nt. There is no large surplua
enough to" go around. If. yeti - d- I .
use syrup instead of sugar! do so Mailman? it
Will save that much more sugar for the “hungry
Europe. The Food Administration has removed

  
     

' all restrictions on sugar consumption, but admon-

ishes us housewives not to Waste it. a»: '

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have you send me whatever hbusehold hint ' ,
have found of value, and yea may rest assured’that
I shall appreciate your suggestions very much,
not only for their value, but because I. will know
that yen have spent precious time from your other
duties to be of help to me and the readers bf the
Farm Home page. PENELOPE.

 

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Will Some one who knows by experience please
tell me the best way to remove the paint and
varnislT‘on woodwork of rooms that were painted
and grained several years ago, but are now all
rough and checked up caused from using a peer
varnish, I am told?

course, I knew that there are preparations on:
the market for the purpose. But someone. who
has used them let me know if they Work all
right, and the name of such, and I will be very
much obliged. —Mrs. M. L. 9., Allen, Hit-711ml.

 

Helpful Household Hints

When baking fish line the pan with heavy broWn
paper and grease it well. When the fish is taken
up you can: burn this paper and yOur pan will
wash easily and have no fishy Odor.

A few drops of, vinegar in the waterfor poach- "

ing eggs will help hold the whites together.

A pinch of soda mixed with tomato before "milk
or cream is added prevents the milk from curdIing.

Flour raisins before adding them to the mixture
in order to prevent them settling to. the bottom.

Clear coffee by the addition of a pinch of salt just
before pouring. This not only settles it, but im-
proves the flavor and does away with the necessity
for using the costly egg. .

Lemons that have become hard Should be cov-
ered with boiling water and allowed to stand on
the back part of the stove for awhile. This will
make them fresh and pliable again.

Clean thesauce pan which has had meIted para-
flin in it by filling the pan with hot water Then
allow the Water to cool. The paraffin will form a
thin sheet on top of the Water and is then~easily
lifted off.

Save the fruit parings, boil them in just enough
water to cover them”, strain and set away to fer-
ment, adding to them a piece of vinegar “mother”
or vinegar plant whiCh you can get from the.gro-
cer. Add the rinsing from the fruit jars to this
and you will soon be well supplied with vinegar.

When a sack of flour is emptied into the bin 3.
great deal of flour clings to the sack and is wasted.
A good way to save nearly all of the clinging flour
is to turn the sack inside out, fold it and leave it
in the bin until baking day. Then spread the sack
over your kneading board and knead your‘bread
on the sack, thus saving the flour usually used for
kneading as well as saving the flour that adheres
to the sack. -

Cottage cheese is delicious with fruit preserves
poured over it. . I

i

For greasy plates rub corn meal oyer them be- ,I

fore washing, then schare it off and feed 1 to the
chickens. "“ ‘

 

  

When making cocoa, biltter the inside of :the

double boiler to prevent the cecoa frbm sticking
to the kettle. .

 

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also one colored.,.'one for? tins, Z : ‘

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No. 2715~e8tylish dress gfor misses
sixes 1‘6, 18 and 20 years. ize 16
ufre 6%. yer-deer 27 inch 'inEterial.

Jimessures about 1% yards.- For ,

'- . _, ~ , ,ayseveryone who must be
, out oxidants much should posSess one of
. ,_ 4, one-piece wool dresses.- The waist
an tunic may e made. in one, and worn
«way the separate, straight skirt. orI if
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" Te", onset-gei- , _ does reveresgive the
- {Vests may“-

. , w'iaek‘et.‘ and colored
e fused“ if desired. The dress hangs
. straight tom the shoulder}. held in place

. by a’ilooSely-fltted sash Which ties in the

hack, lacing .thru openings in the front.
semi-fitted slb‘eves add a~correspondingly
tarnished effect- > .

.lg‘o 123451;.Gir1s" Dress. Cut in sizes

,, _ 4 -213 “4‘10 YWS. Si 8'will require
.. use-the white ones for lifters” “3%"st 0‘ 36-well matggw- There are

many children to whom the straight lines
frocks are most becoming, and who wear
these little shirred skirts 'on the ’empire
waists well. This style is simple and
girlish ,and can well be used for girls of
8 and 10 years, The dress is comfortable
for school wear either winter or spring,
having long sleeves and a medium high
- neck. The neck is finished with a square
collar in back and made double-breasted
acrossthe front,» finished with a double
_» row of buttons. '

No. 2710.—-—Child's Dres. Cu -
es 6 mos, 1. 2. dead 43years.t 1gizgizz
will require 2 yards of 36-inch material
A baby dress that every mother loves.
Full. fluffy and dainty. Easily ironed and
no ruffles or tucks to bother with. This
style may be the basis of all the dresses
a. baby needs, until two years old. By

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will fire in it
t 731% » ial Withqp'evg .

. Vnd tp‘ri _ selling at a reduc-
tie ,‘z'fl is e.,--tirne.: to stock up‘ on
omens and house dresses for summer.
The ready-made aprons and dresses are
\of necessity made or a cheaper material,
,orvelse priced so high one hesitates to
purchase them, .and it is a'great saving
indeed,’ to buy the material and make
them. ‘ This .style made in a plain ging-
ham, bonnd with bias bands of a corres-
«ponding [stripped material or by the
white bias binding which can be purch-

ased by the bolt, gives one a practical

‘work apron. which may be used as a
dress;

'No. .2707.—~Ladies' House Dress. Cut
in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46
inches bust measure. Size 38 repuires
5% yards of 36 inch material. Width at
lower edge is aboutpzlyfi yards. Another
modification of the apron style is shown.
converted into this attractive house
dress, and a dress as suitable for after—
noon wear as morning. The dress is one—
piece straight from the shoulder with
belt separate or attached and the clos-
ingbeing made by laces down the front.
A large square collar and deep cuffs add
a finishing touch to the dress. ‘

No. 2730.——Girls’ Dress. One of the
most attractive models for little\ girls we
have shown this season. ~The waist is
very plain, semi-fitted and finished with
a stitched tailored closing and a small
roll collar. The long full sleeves are
set in without fullness and finished with
narrow cuffs. The skirt section is straight
but giving the flare effect by the plaiting
which is formed by box plaits, stitched a.
short distance, and left to hang full, a

‘ feature always becoming to young girls.

using different materials and trimmings .

the dresses will look as unlike as if

These simple school dresses with bloom-
ers to ,match or of black mohair or sat-

r ales... .
: years.

fleet. . , ..
I'T’Elrls' , ass .1? emcee

~ Hmr~>a€t2 mutants a.

sure». will appeal to_ many: .

plain, but well finished Hangs
from the shoulder and opened-In

lets side front. ("The colarless fineflt
course‘ an interesting feature, ”“541, .
like their clothes to look like 91
ter’s. The long sleevesar‘e; fit
finished with a narrow turné-back .. ,
The silk military braid'is used as the
trimming. .\ ~_ ‘ ' . z

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What Does Early Hatchingtfl. 1
Early hatching means chi"

are past the danger point befo

hot weather sets in. .
Early hatching means chicks, jlé

troubled by lice and disease. , V
Early hatching means morechickdé

raised. _ » _‘
Early hatching means a longer grows-V

ing season. ‘
Early hatching means better grown

chicks. »,
Early hatching means higher prices:

for the surplus cockerels marketed as; 1 :n

broilers.
Early hatching means well matured?

pullets which begin to-lay in the tel-1.5: 1,

Early hatching means eggs from ’
the pullets while the hens are molt!

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Seed» News
7 For the Housewife

Wartime Flour is a relic of'the past!

Delicious, Nutritious, Wholesome White Bread is again on the menu.
How good it tastes!

And how easy it is t9 make good bread from good flour compared with
the effort required to produce just ordinary bread from War Flour.

'Of course, we were. all perfectly willing to use war flour as a wartime
necessity. It helped our boys over there gain the Glorious Victory.

But‘everybody is delighted to have it all over and mighty proud of the

amazing record our own precious America has made.
is also good neWs to the particular housewife to know she may again

obtain the good old fashioned, high quality . c

' ‘ L’l '
,- , 1 y White
‘ “The Flour the best Cooks Use”

» \
fo‘r no better flour has ever been made or sold than LILY WHITE.

N o flour has ever given the housewife better satisfaction for either bread
or pastry baking than, LILY WHITE. .

There; have been mighty few flours that even equalled it.

We are making LILY WHITE in the] same old way, exercising just as

‘ 'inuch care in the selection of grain, being just as particular to see that
exactly the right blend of the different varieties of wheat is secured to '
produce the best flour it is possible to make. ‘

Your dealer will cheerfully refund the purchase price if you do not like
p113 WHITE FLOIilias well OR BETTER than any flour you‘ have
'eyerused for either bread or pastry baking; in other Words, if LILY

{WHITE does not completely satisfy you for every requirement of home '
»_ ond‘lawnt§€10;cw . j, .. s 3.8 gem to specify you do not want war flour, but the real old time
lens are terns-r3... . lush quality LILY WHITE FLOUR 11°“ “7 ”It

V ALLEY crrr MILLING COMPANY
Grand? Rapids. Mich.

 

 


  

 

   
 
 

”BOYS and girls: Ever
-, I began to write this page
7 u, we have printed things
‘1 interest only the- small
But from now on, I hope
a something each week that will
.. o the older boys and girls. As
c you may know, the Michigan
1~ura1 College is at the head of
great state-wide organiz‘ation of
and girls’ clubs which do many
er-iul things. I am told that in
1 47,000 Michigan boys and girls
part in the club work and that
for there were nearly 2700 clubs
' Of these 19 were com
86 potato clubs, 1,448 garden
‘ ' '648 canning clubs, 22 were moth-
hter canning clubs, 2 were sug
,, ,t clubs, 65 were poultry clubs.
were calf clubs, 22 pig clubs. 215
‘t-making clubs, 66 handicraft
, '40 bean clubs, 14 sheep clubs. 1
_ club, 16 hot school lunch clubs
13 rabbit clubs.
I wonder how many or my older
_ le‘S have ever taken part in club
fit, and h0w many would like to
= ‘ part? The club idea is a splen-
one for ambitious boys and girls,
- " y of whom are able to earn con-
"arable money as a result of the
one learned. It the boys and girls
fourteen years of age or over wish
know more about the club work, I
h they would write to me and we
start a little department devoted
rely to club activities.
am well pleased that so many
“fiendships have been formed as a re-
fill: of the letters that have been print-
in these pages. So many of my
readers tell me that they write to
ch other and are getting well ac-
ainted. I hope you will continue
that practice. AUNT PENELOPE.

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pepper duster in the Wonder-

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they would have been more care-
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The Giants of Lilliputania
“BELL BOY” BAPTU‘RED
CHAPTER VIII.

river he saw an immense crowd
of people gathered in the City

. WHEN. “Bell Boy" arrived at the

Hall Square on the other side. He felt

lonely and tired, as well as hungry.
He recognizedChiet Dulin in spite of
the fact that the Chief looked so tiny

.now——the Chief'was his friend. “Bell

Boy" was bewildered and lost. He
quickly decided to jump over the
stream and ask the Chief to take him
to the General's house. He jumped
and landed with all four feet on the
sheets of sticky fly paper that smart

Mr. Big Hed had thickly strewn abOut '

in Rail Road Row. “Bell Boy” was in
for it now—the more he tried to 'get
loose the more fly paper stuck to him.
The people scattered. Down Rail
Road Row. under the viaduct. into
City Hall Square rolled “Bell Boy"
until he landed plumb into the moun-
tain of dough that Chief Puff had in.
tended some how to play on him with.
the fire hose. "Now. brothers. all to-'
gether,” yelled Mr. Big Hed, “the ropes
quick!”

I was told it took only 50,000 Lilli-
put'anians to tie up “Bell Boy.” but I
guess after the exciting time he had
that night and the terribly sticky bill
of soft dough he finally landed into
that “Bell Boy" was very near worn
out—at any rate, he was helpless now.
But what were the Lillipufanians to
do with the terrible beast? Nothing
—Mr. Big Hed would take care of him.
His fertile brain had been planning
to add “Bell Boy” to Snarkenbecker‘s
Zoo-Hippodrome—Circus. He directed
Mayor Frickelschnitz to order the

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Minot 9. suitable cage. His own circus

‘ “Boil Boy” cooped up 9n the vacant
’ lot in’Front Street and a big billboard

ed this sign , ‘
runs EXHIBITION
“BELL 30!” I
ran amen or LILLIPUTANIA
‘ Caution! Do not ‘ tease

When this was finished the‘ sun was
just breaking over the hills. Mayor
Frickelschnitz made a fine speech,
thanking Mr.,Big'Hed for his great
help and presenting him with “Bell
Boy." . .
Mr. Big Hed expressed his delight
both on arriving at the right time and
in the gift of this great beast. “New,
my triends,"he said,“go to your homes
and get your well—earned rest; the big
parade of Snarkenbeck's ZooJ-IippO-
dromeCircus will take place tomorrow,
rain 'or sfiine,” And so they left.

——|.....

Dear Aunt Penelope: My father has
taken the .M. B. F. for a number of
years. I am interested in the children’s
page. so I thought I would write to you.
I go to the Cowden Lake school. I am a
girl .10 years old. I am in the 6th3rade.
The presents I received for Christmas
were a War Savings stamp, hair ribbon.
towel, white ivory tray, soap box, comb,
picture, perfume. and a. winter house-
blooming plant, some candy and many
other things. I live on a large farm. We
have six horses, their names are Dick,
Colonel, Prince, Dewey, Jessie and, Dick.
We have a nice bird dog and her name
is Put. The lake is frozen over and we
are planning on going skating before
long.—~—Erma Christiansen, Coral, Mich.

 

Dear Aunt Penelope: So many other
girls and boys are earning Thrift Stamps
so I will try for one. too. I am a girl
13 years old and am in the 8th grade. I
like the D00 Dads very much. I live on
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put a clothespin on his ndse. Poly,
like the mischievous young rascal
that he is, is tapping the pepper
duster with his ‘stick and scattering
the pepper in My direction. Flan—

nel Feet, the Cop,‘ is getting a good.»

dose of it. He is sneezing. sqhard 4
that his helm‘et is blown ,away up in
the air. Sleepy Sam, the Hobo, is
not snowing this time: His“ a“:

full at ‘ See - e hi ‘

  

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;‘3oelveaena8homf 8M
5W0“. . ' ; and“ em .
was haltjfi‘om school. a»; about.) . “:1
handkerchiets, and 35': ribhonssnd 3 boob
and, some stationery tor “Christmas.
wish; 1911.31.13 very happy’New tear. ‘
ammamiagdstwy which! have to use
in print—Marguerite Storms. W
Michigan. _ . .. =~ » . ‘ ,
’ Clara's Happy new 166?
was]. say-ant

little girl of ten years. ”Re is}???

to be ‘ cod and Quiet ‘l‘ ”Shier"
Marja 6, but never ‘ " _ed. , Of
Clara's favoriterholl‘days wasNow rm.

She could hardly wait until that honing .
came around. At last the New Year ar-
rived. Clara was perfectly delighted and
on New. Year’s eve stole the
staircase to the attic, where all was . ,, .
and still. She went t0‘3 little window
and lookd out and waited for the church .
bells to ring out the .old\- year and ring.
in the new. ' Marjorie m or sister
and ran up to the attic and found her
there. They stood together and talked a
long time. "Clara." said Marjorie, "what
we do on New Year’s eye we will do all
the year“ ’round." Clara listened came.
estly but“ Just then the church bells be-
gan to ring. Clara and Marjorie cried
goyfully. “Ring out the 01.: year and

in the new.“ rAi‘tern all, the bells
stopped ringing the two girls went down .
stairs to mother. Their. mother was a
sweet-faced and gentle lad who listened
to all her little girls’ tron les. “ "
she said, "we haven’t had such a' l

time this New Years, but we heardxhe

-bclls all the same. didn’t we?” Giana
laughed and ran off to some misc
which 'she almos did, when Mari

caught her and said, "Won't you ever be ,
any better? And besides, don‘t you re.- ' "
member ,what I told‘byou?" Clara on
laughed and ran off to her own bedroom.

for she was beginning to be :7. Mar-

jorie followed her sister and kssed he:
gently. Clara. awoke the next mo

and the first thing she thought about was

what Marjorie had told her. All day out

she controlled herself and helped e e -

body and did little mischief, for she «I

really want to be good all the year “round.

for Marjorie had said. “whatever you do

on the first day of the new year you will

do all the year ’rmmd.” Clara thou i

of these words every time, she was go In

to do something wrong that. day. She

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drops that he is shedding. Some of
the other little fellows are diving in-
to the water. Others would like to
\ follow them but they ar sneezing
so hard they cannot see w ere to go.

. Smiles, the Clown, who was out for

a pride en ‘mouseback did not escape.
. lieither. did his mouse. It‘sm’e’ezed.
vertwhard and threw him away up
"out of the‘saddle. The Old" lady

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she is gathering them-«around her.

makes
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Dolls at a safe distance.1 See how

and at the same time shaki her
broom at Rolyand .Poly. Old ‘Doo
Sawbon'es has heard the. D00 Dads
sneezing. . He hasn’t noticed ,the pop.
per duster yet and thinks they hm . ’
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j _ 7 Aunt'.Pes1elope:" This is- I the
. first .tim I have written to you. but I
,, hope it‘won’t be the man like read
_ the letters in the M. B. F. " Iam 1 years
2 . 71 balls a lot of pets, some of them
essmthree and??? their names pie Buster.
e u us. see av so e

. '_ white chickens 3:53. e m

I, Will haVe to tell
a box of paints, live handkerchiefs, ,
new dress and sweater, a box of writing
paper and a box of candy, three dollars
. /and twenty cents in money, a pretty little
‘ g and a pocketbook."——-Miss Ida DeBrel,

  
  
  
 
   
 

  

   
   
  

 

 

    

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. _' 3,, ' Dear Aunt Penelope: I thought I
. . J _ would write to the children’s page; this is
« gum-st letter. but have been reading
boys' and girls’ letters every week.
,HyhthertakesmelLB.F.and likes
it very uch.
there.- el,
I .live on a
. have 4 cows and 2
,. For a pet we have a cat. I help
my mother do the housework when I am

not at school. Our school has been closed

. . for the last three weeks on account of the
Influenza, For Christmas ot a pair

‘ of skates. hair ribbon, box 0, envelopes

, f and writing paper, and a ring, box of
> into and a $1 bill.‘ I will close, as my

. ' hotter isNgettigirg longl.D Ilwgrh gouBall g.
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Aunt Penelope: ' I am a boy 10 years

~ old..and in the ‘5th grade at school. I
llke‘to go to school, but we have not been
going since November because the influ-
enza‘is getting pretty close to us. They
a Christmas tree at our schoolhouse

a

y, ‘ ~ . but we could not go. We had a Christ--

mas tree of our own. You wanted all of

us to tell you what we got for Christ-

mas. .We had candy, peanuts, popcorn.

ice cream. bananas. oranges, gum; duck
and‘a Boy Scout book. I live on a farm

of- 60» acres. I the the D00 Dads very
much. and “The Giants of Lilliputania"

- too. ' I have two brothers and three sis-

\' . . tors. Their names are Wilbur, Elmer,-

, Gladys, Goldi and Sylvia. There are 8

Keeps in ou family. We .have two

mes, their names are Molly and Dock.

' We also have 11 cattle, their names are

Spot. Cherry, Bun‘tdow, Buttercup and

the. rest are all Boss. _Eight of them are

calves. Well, I must close for it is

breakfast time—Raymond Salgat, Caro,
Michigan. ..

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Dear Aunt Penelope:
girl 11 years old and in the 7th grade. I
ll e on an 80-acrefarm. I have ,been
ting to write to you for a 10 time

bu never got around until now. have
. never written to you before and. would

' like to join your merry club. I always
read all the letters in the paper. I have

four, brothers and one sister, the latter

is the youngest. only one year and four

months old. We got ”The Giants of Lil.

1111,3311?" and . it is certainly beautihil.

fulgame. TheM.B,.F.iscertai y a
great paper. Father said it is the best
paper ‘out. We have two horses and one
colt and six cows, two pigs. I have two
little kittens and one dog. 'We have not
had-the “flu" yet and hope we do not
get it. My aunt died six. or eight weeks
ago.» There were several cases in our
neighborhood but all got well. I must
closefor my letter is getting long. Hope
to see my letter in the paper. Wishing
you all 3. Ha New Year.—-—-Viola G.
Penney. Midlan , Michigan. ‘

 

Dear Aunt Penelope:' I thought I

would write you a letter, I have never

' written to you before. I a girl nine

void and the grade at
. ,I live one farm of 120.

take the. M. B. F. an like it very

I like to read’the otters in the

I 1133an other he tand ris write.

ve ur rothers we

and two hair
, to write this

_ but hope I will next time—Erma
y ‘ Cook, Elsie, Michigan.

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Dear Aunt Penelope: This is the n
time tint I rot

It!!! on very much interested
M' I‘mlglflllzrnoidandam
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garden. In June,‘
organized a cunning club. there
girls in it, their names are En: _
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hat Igot for Christmas. two books. '
a .

, have three horses. Queen,

B. ‘F. that you
write and tell you",what we received for
‘Chrishnaa-jand‘ what we did to amuse
ourselves in wintertime. r as
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I received W5 bottles of two
handkerchiefs and clbth for me a dress,
a dish, two books a lavaliere. In the

Winter I ride down hil and go skating. I
have gone skating on .e this winter, and
have ridden down hill 3. little this win-
ter. ’ I have written _uite a long letter,
so will close.—-Doroth Trieck, Assyria.
Michigan. ‘ ‘
' Dear Aunt Peneio I am a little girl
9 years old and in ,6th grade. I saw
in the M. B. F. where you asked us to
tell you what we received for Christmas.
I received three handkerchiefs. two/yards
of id ribbon, one sewing bag, a thim-
ble and bolder, locket. beads, flag, pin,
bracelekand [two rings and ,a pair of
stockings. We have four calves named
Whiteface. Rose. Star and Daisy. We
Dick and
We hav two cows, Mdiy and

    
   
  

 

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. [ . ‘ ,, , lope: Well.
this seeond‘r‘timre ghave wri‘
'the other time it , as a
’but- this is just a letter. Well. this was
a very merry Chrisnms
hope it was for all. I got a sled. croinole
board, a. little celluloid basket filled with
b ell two hand-
a box of station-
; cry. a little table, a tablet, and a book.

“Prudy‘s Story Book,’ and of course,‘ a
lot of candy and nuts. Most of my win-
ter sports are coasting down hill, sliding
on the ice, playing 'dog and deer and
“Fox and Geese.” I have two brothers.
one is eight years old, Lynferd; Merritt,
12 years old, an K my sister, 4

I helped» m a in the house
shewent out and hoed potatoes
to sell them and buy bonds. Well, I
guess I will close for his time. I will
write again—Amelia Wickerham, Har-
rison, Michigan.

   
 

     

     

    

     

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Dear Aunt Penelope: I enjoy reading
the children’s letters in the H. B. F. so
much that I thought I would write. I
am a girl 8 years old and in the fourth
grade at school. This is what I got for
Christmas: Some difiw dolls, sewing
basket. three han erchiefs.
ribbons, cap, slippers, bed, a pencil, night
dress, and .a testament I have four sis-

  
  

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The liefpy' and: IT.“ ‘
. , jrewas’a'gilnam _;:.I '
years. 1-1;; parents we ’6‘ very
she .was Hiking in the‘tront ya,
lug for a newsunbonnet acarri ‘5
up, w was drawn by'two,.w : .,
es. Amangotoutandaskedv,
he could dget- some water for hisi-fiho
Mary sai he might, so he went‘to
well to get some water. Mary w
to the carriage and saw a litt e‘ girl
ting there, who had on a silk dress
was dressed .very rich. , , -
her and asked her what her name
She said her name was Telitha and:
was a cripple. Looking at her. - ,
that_one of her legs was poor :thi
and the other one was the natural ,
and size. Mary asked her if about“
walk. She said she could not. and
this man took her riding every,
Mary had been crying and Telitha .
her what she had been crying about.
told her how unhappy she was.
litha said, “I think you would be
happy because you have nO' _ ~
limbs and you have a mother to love
while I am a cripple and my to
tlfiinks more of her riches than also
0 me,
unhappy. They bade each other good
bye and the carriage moved away. As
Mary looked after it she said, "Rich peo-
ple are not always as happy as poor peoo‘
ple."-—-Opal Denman, Sturgls. Mich. .

 

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you very much for the wanderw

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.the club had an exhibit at the “11039;.
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Eggs $1.99 a Dozen

DeEn‘i‘and argued in l'lsistory
s an oultry. to tay
At Top Notch Price

At no time in the history of the coupe
try since the Civil War have eggs and
poultry been in such demand. It is re-

ported by all the large cities that the
cold storage supply has been Just
about exhausted by the enormous de-
mand made by the European powers.
It is estimated that a milion cases of
eggs have been exported since the first
of September and unless dealers in cold
storage can get immediate new sup-z
ghee. it is predicted that eggs wi
ring a dollar a dozen this winter, an
that fattened poultry will bring from
80 to 400 a pound killed. .Right now,
fresh eggs are selling at 800 a dozen in
such cities as Philadelphia. Baltimore
and New York. and it is predicted they
Will sell for“ $1.00.

~’l‘heée top notch prices have excited a
great deal of activity, not alone in the
markets. but among the small poultry
raisers and among the farmers’ wives,-
who raise fowls. - One man who raises
oultry on a large scale has contracted
0 supply a New York hotel with guar-
anteed fresh eggs from now till Feb. 1.
It 60¢ a dozen. He says these prices
will be obtained very easily and that
the ordinary
bio and treble his profits, if he Would
keep his fowls toned up with a good

'aay'ing tonic and keep roup. out of the

. These are two simple precau-~
tions and wt": the present outlook
anyone who negilgcts these things is
simply robbing h’ self of Just so many
dollars per week. -

This is going to‘ be a great year for
the poultry raiser. both large and
small, and various sources dalready re-
port more scientific care a d study of
fowls, due to the above mentioned
rigid demand and the enormous call at
big prices for perfectly fresh eggs.

Keeping the hens toned up and in
good laying condition is going to pay
the poultry raiser better this winter
than ever before.

1200 Eggs" ‘ ' \
frOm 29 Hen

Edward Mekker. Ponti Michigan.
writes: "The ‘lltore Eggs' onic I re-
ceived from you one year ago did won-
ders. I had 29 hens when I got the
tonic and was getting 5 or 3 eggs a day.
April let I had over 1,200 eggs. I never
saw the equal.”

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“Hell ch MM“ \

I never saw such a transformation as in

my hens since giving them “Mord Egga':
They av'layilg straiglfi on every da .

u '1‘. 'r. BAN
10’ Man 8t... Fayetteviilo. N. 0.
.‘Poultry raisers in , every section on
the coun . according"? their letters.
marve

are obtain 9 results from
me. '

age. Lam getting 45 ecu
tting 8 or 8 II:
by. less»

we it. we were only getting one
at a day: after um it three week we get
‘ 42:. ,_ . , . MARROW. Gibeosie. Pa.

 

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W'Touo until last
* . o: okage

poultry raiser could dou- .

  
 

   

Pulotry

. Authority
Makes Prediction

, It is my opin-
' ' ion that this is
' going to be the
largest year that

poultry raisers
have had. I pre-
dict that eggs
are going to re-
tail for , $1.00 a
dozen this win-
ter. I base this
prediction on the
fact that right
now eggs are selling at 65c and 75e in
some of the large cities.

This means $1.00 a dozen for eggs if
previous seasons can be taken as a
basis of calculation.

The poultry raiser. amateur andpro-
fessional. who gives his poultry busi-
ness his serious attention. this Winter,
and who spends a little money on the
upkeep of his hens, is going to cash in.
in a way never before dreamed of.

As America's foremost poultry ex-
pert. the foregoing are my serious con-
victiona

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'15 Pa- tient Layed Every Day
The “love Eggs" I ordered from on last

winter proved out very satisfactory. lly 75
per cent of ma. hens laid every day.
3. RAD“ Greenville. Tenn.

lnsteadof20r3

_ , “Here The. Doubled in Eggs".
I in: very much pleased with your “Kore
Eggs" Tonic. ,lty hens have, more don-l
Ned up in their eggs. _
L. D. NICHOLS. modes. 111.

ha

I started using it they dig

not lay at all. New I get 8'! eggs I. day
EDGAR A. J. LINNIGER. E wood. 1.3L

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v usingn'ld‘e- £354 tthll:
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one chicken that is notolaly‘fng. We
«teueggsperdey. Betceeusing

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there is
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Got 117 Eggs

instead of 33

Says One of Our Readers

Any poultry raiser can easily double:

his profits by doubling the egg produc-'_ »

tion of his hens. A scientific tonic has-
beeu discovered that revitalizes the
flock and makes hens work all the time.
The tonic is called “More Eggs."
your hens a few cents’ worth of “More
Eggs," and you will be amazed and dew
lighted with results. “More Eggs" will

double this year's production of eggs.
so if you Wish to try this great profit-u
maker. write E. J. Reefer, poultry exe'

pert. Reefer Bldg, Kansas City,
Me, for a 31 package of “More Eggs"
Tonic. Or send $2.25 and get three

regular 5] packages on special Winter dis-
count for a. season's supply. A million
dollar bank guarantees if you are not
absolutely satisfied. your money will be
returned on request and the
Eggs" costs you nothing. Send for
your “More Eggs” today or ask Mr.
Reefer for his free poultry book that
tells the experience of a man who has
made a fortune out of poultry. ,

One of our customers says. “More
Eggs’ increased my supply from :3 to

117 eggs."
‘3 . . .

8,988 Eggs—125 Hens. _
Since using "More Eggs" Tonic I have got
more eggs than at any time I have been in
the poultry business, about so years. From
March to November I sold 749 dozen eggs
and I have only 126 hens. I highly recom-
mend “More Eggs“ Tonic to all poultry
raisers. MRS. W. H. DEAHL, Exline. Is.

“160 Hens—1.500 Eggs”
I have led two boxes of “More Eggs”
Tonic to my hens and I think my hens have
broken the record for eggs. I, have 160 White ‘
Leghorns and from March 25 to April 15 I
sold 125 dozen eggs. MRS.‘H. M. PATTON

Waverly. I'lo. _

“126 Eggs in 6 Days”

.I wouldn't try to raise chickens without

"More Eggs." which means more money. I'

use it right along. I have 33 hens and in 5.1..

days have gotten 10% dozen eggs or 12.. _
MRS. J. O. CAKES. Selina. Oklh.

“15 Hens—310 Eggs” ‘
"More Eggs" Tonic and in the
month of January from 15 hens I got 310 eg

unseat. STOUGHTON, frurners Rename.

Order Today"

Send a dollar today for a full-size peek-
age of “More Eggs” tonic. or better yet,
send $2.25 at special discount on three
packages fore season’s supply. Order now -
and start your hens making money for you. *
You run no risk. A Million-Dollar Bank out; ."
refund instantly ifyou are not entirel sell?“
isfied. [Whether you order “More ,’.
now or not, mark on the 5

 

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Or send $3.95, which will guarantee :3; _
season s egg supply. Send for this hash-
guenuteed egg producer NOW. W
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“ es have been shipped compared
» last .‘season‘to‘date. Boxed ap-
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rfie's have likewise been in much
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tj‘lines show decrease in volumes.

eminent increased this week for pc-
toes, apples. cabbage, celery, onions,
Meet potatoes and grapefruit, and de-
g fined for oranges, dry beans, let-
tnce and spinach. Total shipments
,“A'Were‘:6,835' cars. compared with 4,789
j-‘last week, 3,910 the week before, and
{4,410 the corresponding week last
j year. -

4 Apples Still Show Strong Tone

, Ontario and British Columbia ap-
ples some r‘frosted, reported all sold.
in Glasgow, and London, Dec. 28, and
Jan. 7. at maximum legal prices. No
15Baldwins in Montreal and Quebec
311 ,Jan. 9, quoted $6.50 and $7 per
' barrel. The 534 storages that report-
ed- showed total stock of 4,887,907 boxes
, and 2,554,800 barrels of apples. The
' 1523 shorages that reported for Jan. 1.
this'year and last. show present hold-
ings of 4,730,473 boxes, and 2,548,424
Hbarrels as compared with 5,534,220
boxes, and 2.753.784 barrels last year,
a decrease of 803,747 boxes and 205.-
360 barrels, or a total decrease of 10
3-10 per cent. Decrease on barrel ap-
ples 7 per cent, box apples 14 per cent.

Movement continues much more ex-
tensive than last year. The remaining
’stock of barrelled apples seems‘ to be
chiefly in New York.. Virginia, West
Virginia, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Maine,
and Wisconsin.» These states at the
Bend of 1918 had shipped 23,889 cars
,out of an estimated commercial crop
““201 62,045 cars. The same states at the

lid of 1917 had shipped 10,340 cars
front of an estimated commercial crop
‘agot‘33,495 cars. The principal boxed
'applé states, Washington. Oregon, Col-
;orado, California. and Idaho. before
the end of 1918 had shipped 21.927
cars out of an estimated commercial
boxed crop in these states of 33.488
,, cars. The, same states at the end of
1917 had shipped 20,616 cars out of a
,: commercial crop of 40,570 cars. New
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0 $7.25 per barrel in consuming mar-
_kets and reached $6.25 to $6.50 fob.
western New York shipping sections.
ommOn storage stock on account of
_ y. iable and often over-ripe condi-

‘i'ons followed a wide range of $5 to
6.5.0 in consuming markets, and $5 to
5.50 if.o.b. shipping points. Virginia
Yanks. A21/3, also showed variable con-
i'tions with general range of $4.50 to
50 per barrel. Virginia and West
,irginia Ben .Davis, A21/2, strength-
ed to $5 to $6.50. Northwestern ex-
iaIfancy boxed winesaps ranged about
teady at $2.25 to $2.60 and followed

extremes of $2.75 to $3.50 in consum-
‘ :13 markets, m0stly $3 to $3.25. Spitz-
nbergs sold about 250 above wine-
«gaps. Shipments were 795 cars chm-
’fpared with 672 last week and 422 for
the corresponding week last year.

Potatoes Higher

Florida potato acreage. St‘. John,
_. Flagler, and Putnam county, Florida,
" ,o‘mcially reported 12,500 compared with
15,500 last season. Acreage for pota-
We. in‘Virginia,. Norfolk section, ex-
, ted materially reduced.

“ ' ices showed advances oi.’ 10 to 250
In shipping sections and 10 to 30 cts
, consuming markets, but weakened
u:"nday oWing to accumulated sup-
"' as at some points. Garlots, Nefw
' Michigan and Wisconsin No. 1,
id white stock advanced 25c in
to, reaching” to $2.25 per cwt.,
sed weaker at $2 to $2.10. Oth-
lot‘ markets] made similar gains

  

  

  

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"1 ti! other hand some of the less impor-v -

stock ranged a little stronger at $6‘

jabbing sales of this stock ,ad- .
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e‘r-Iri. tracksidejale prices to:

wc’ldsed at iro‘m $1.20 sackedatfildahof
Falls 11:31.25 to $1.60, buik;;in Mich-
igan and Wisconsin producing 83.63,...
California fancy sacked white'

tions.
stock advanced 30c to a range of $2.10
to $2.35 f.o.b.~' shipping .points.
York round whites, in bulk, reached
$2.17. to $2.27 per cwt. f.o.b., closing
strong, and advancing :sharply in con-
suming markets, reaching $2.40 to

$2.60! Maine Green Mouhtains ranged ‘_
slightly higher in producing sections

at $2 to $2.08 per cwt. sacked f.o.b.
Jobbing sales ranged about steady in
Boston but advanced to a top of $2.75
to $2.80 in New, York. Shipments in-
creased greatly with 2,906 cars com-
pared -with 1,449 last week. Oflicial es-
timate—stock potatoes on hand in 21
northern states Jan. 1, 1919, is~120,-
769,000 bushels, or 172,525 cars, com-
pared with 150,666,000 bushels or 215,-
237 cars on Jan. 1, 1918, and with
60,603,000 bushels, or 86,575 cars on
Jan. 1, 1917, and with 110,810,000 bus...
or 158,300 carson Jan. 1, 1916. Of this
stock the amount estimated held by
growers was 82.4 per cent this year.
84.6 per cent the preceding year, and
74.9 per cent on Jan. 1, 1917. Last
year after Jan. 1 about 50,000 carloads
were actually shipped from the prin-
ciple northern winter and spring ship-
ping states.

Onions Advance

Onion crop condition in leading Tex-
as districts reported 90 to 96 per cent.

Eastern and western sacked yellow
stock advanced 25 to 50 cents reaching
a prevailing range of $1.75 to $2.25
per cwt. in consuming markets. New
York yellow and red stock reached
$1.50 to $1.85 f.o.b. shipping points in
producing sections, closing strong.
California brown and yellow stock
strengthened to $1- to $1.50 f.o.b. in
producing sections and ranged steady
at $3 to $3.25 in south central man
kets. Shipments doubled with 313 cars
compared with 153 last week.

Cabbage Rise Continues

The key of the cabbage situation
season seems to lie in the rather
poor—keeping quality of much of the
northern crop. This condition has im-
proved the 'market position of late
stock suitable for long keeping. Pric-

es continue to gain. New York Dan-' .

ish seed stock advancing $3 in ship
ping sections, closing at $25 to $30
per ton bulk fob, Many consuming
markets advanced with prevailing
range at the close $30 to_$35, but Bal-
timore reached $35 to $50. Wisconsin
Holland seed stock sold $28 to $32
f.o.b, and reached a top of $40 at Chi-
cago closing weaker at $35. Ship-
ments, old stock, increased to 473 cars
compared with 207 last week. New
cabboge comprised about one-fifth of
the total cabbage movement, with 129
cars compared with 26 last week.

Bean Market Continues Weak

U. S. Grain Corporation has bought
this season about 1,500,000 cwt. beans
for export. All offers of stock for sales
with, descriptions, shouldbe address-
ed to the oilice of the corporation at
42 Broadway, New York City.

California small whites held firm
at $8.25 to $8.50 per cwt. in produc-
ing, sections. Recleaned stock again
weakened, ranging $10 to $10.25 in
Boston, and $11 to $13 for small lots
in south central markets. Michigan
hand-picked pea beans weakened to
$7.507to $8 and New York pea beans
still ruled $7 to growers in producing
sections. Choice re—cleaned Michigan
pea beans ranged slightly Weaker at
$9 to $9.75 per cwt. in consuming mar-
kets. California limes again' declined
25c in producing sections at $9.50 to
$9.75, and declined 50c in consuming
markets, ranging $11.50 to $12. 001-
orado pintos held at $5.60 to $6. per
cwt., bulk, in producing» sections and
ranged slightly weaker in consuming
markets, although holding at $7, to

$7.25 in Kansas City. Shipments, were “ I -
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OUT of every five bushels of whole grains fed your cattle. , , , ' i
one bushel goes to the manure pile without being digested and is . 1'". r
a total waste. ' " ~-_-* ,~ ‘.
But ground feed is all digested. Feeding it. means a 20% cut in feed . '
costs, also fatter. higher priced stock. Come in and let: no show you with- , » _. ’
out any obligation. how easy it is to get these results with the _ ‘ '

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mmfirior W of all” parts in a suitable” condition, but there are
m 013 $31.31! are used for commercial an other purely utilitarian
f ._ Finnish are sadly neglected in this regard." It seems not tobe fully

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location and that the function of varnish is to protect the paint. Here 3" 3
_ .véfswsug “_ one along this line: Frequent vsrni ,g of a properly painted
" suffice f, greatly postpone the necessity of repainting. Sheet metal parts,
’ much as hoods, tenders and shields-kwill soon rust or even rust through, where

the "Will, or enamel has been chipped off and then the only remedy is an ugly
" 9“. These spots should be enameled over. Wood wheels deteriorate rap-
. idly and loosen up noticeably if not protected from the weather by perfect

"painting. Top fabrics become lifeless and even lose their waterproof quality
mess properly dressed. Upholstery materials crack prematurely unless given
, _ ' attention; TOp lining materials become permanently stained if sub-
‘ looted toleakage from imperfect tops. and, if the dirt which collects upon their
whose is not frequently removed by thorough cleansing, become incurably
spotted. Fortunately the correction of such conditions, which go so far toward
_ WK 8.: car like new, with the possible exception of a complete painting job

. can be accomplished by the ordinary motorist and, moreover, the required ma
,terials are upon the market in convenient, ready-tones form.

Differential locks have been fitted
upon a few makes of trucks, to en-
able both drive wheels to exert equal
turning efiect, irrespective of their
footing, but they have never been ap-
plied to passenger cars. to our knowl-
edge. However, special forms of dif-
ferential gears have been somewhat
used upon passenger cars, which pre-
vent in a measure at least, the objec-
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that ’tho'chlef object of paint is to prevent rusting or other deter- ;

engine is slightly leaky is there any
harm in' running it until a new gas-
‘ket can be secured?—P. W. A.

The only danger is that if there is
a leak from a jacket. space into a
cylinder, water may pass down into
the crank case and get into the oil.

tial in permitting the full engine pow-
er to be transmitted to a wheel that
is spinning uselessly on slippery foot-
ing.
use of such diflerentiais will increase
in the near future.

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It you take care to draw off any such . -
water through the drain cock in the
bottom of the lubricating system, at
frequent intervals, its accumulation in
harmful quantities will be prevented
and you will have no trouble. We
hay. known of an instance in which \
such a leak‘was only discovered by
the operator’s noticing that the oil
level in the crank case was rising in-
stead o-f falling, this effect being pm.
duoed by water more than taking the
lines of the oil which Was used. In
this case burned out hearings were ‘
narrowly averted. ’ ,

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CYLINDER. OIL

Should we use a' lighter grade of oil

in our truck engines in winter than
in summer?———P. M. 00.

No, it is no longer considered ad-
~visable. If the oil, which you are
using in summer, is of the grade best
adapted, to your engines you should
continue its use, the year around, for
the reasons that the running condi-
tions of an engine, as to temperature,
are or should be kept practically the
same in winter as in summer, and
thus the oil is used under the same
conditions. In order to obtain good
' fuel efficiency and effective lubrication
\as Well. you should so control the
water temperature of your engines
that it shall be as warm in cold as
in warm weather. This you can do
by shielding the radiator, reducing the
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NON~STALLING DIFFERENTIAL

. I understand that some trucks ‘are
fitted with an attachment for locking

the differential, so that both rear
wheels can exert their power in slip-
pery places. Can anything be applied
to a passenger car to produce the same
enact and prevent the spinning of one
driving wheel and the stalling of the matic thermostatic valve in the cool-
othsrl—W. P. ing ‘gystem.

~ Questions‘of general interest to motorists will be answered in this column.
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When you sow

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fifflding well-known standard sorts,.smooth and
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Calhoun (N.W.).——Things qii‘ie‘t on

the farm: . ,
snow. Prices in Battle Creek» this
week are: Whéat,‘ $2.18;

rye, $1.50; hay, $28 to $30; potatoes,
$1; hens, 25; springers, 25 ; butter,
62; eggs, 68; lambs, 14; hogs, 16; veal
calves, 14; beef steers, 8; beef cows, 6.
——0. E: 3., Battle Creek, Jan. 11.

Jacksort (N.E.)-—"During the past:

week the farmers have done little on
account of. bad weather, high winds
and snow- Some butchering and oth-
ers cutting wood and a few' drawing
gravel for a. “good road." Roads are

frozen and a good track but‘no sleigh-,

ing. Not much being sold or purch-
ased owing to bad weather. The fol-
lowing prices quoted at Munlth this
week: Wheat, $2.17; porn, 75; oats,
65; rye, $1.64; beans, $8; hens, 28;
springers, 30; butter, 50; butterfat,
68; eggs, 5.8 to 63; sheep, 10; lambs,
15; hogs, 16.50.—W., Munith, Jan. 11.

Wexford (Ween—We have had a
blizzard for three days; roads are
drifted quite badly; snow is probably
a fOOt deep on an average. The follow.
*ing quotations at Cadillac this week:
Wheat, $2.07,t0‘$2..09; corn, $3.25; rye,
$1.45; hay, $30; potatoes, 45; onions,
$1.50; butter, 55; butterfat, 74; eggs,
60.--—S’. H. 8., Harriette, Jan. 10.

'Bay (S.E.)—.The weather is fine for
Winter, not much snow on the roads;
the wheat is nicely covered. There is
not much doing on the farms now,
some are selling hay. There have been
a good many sick with “flu” and a few
deaths but the worst seems to be over.
Building material and fencing are too
high for farm prices. The following
quotations at Bay City this week 1'4
Wheat, $2.15; old corn, $1.40; oats, 66;
rye, $1.45; hay, $22 to $25; beans, $8;
potatoes, $1.15; cabbage, 2%c; hens,
19; springers, 20 to 21; ducks, 19;
geese, 20 to 22; butter, 63 to 64'; eggs,
64; beet steers, 16 to 18; beef cows,
12 to 13; veal calves, 20.—J. O. A.,
Munger, Jan. 10.

Saginaw (S.W.)—-.Nice winter weath- ;

er; the roads are good. Farmers are
selling quite a lot of stock and some,
grain. A few auction sales ,with all
goods bringing a good price. The so]-
dier boys are returning; we hope labor
won’t be so scarce next summer. The
followin quotations at St. Charles this
week: Wheat. $2.10; com, 65; oats,
60; rye, $1.50; hay, $17.50; beans, $8;
potatoes, $1; hens, 23; butter, 60; but-
terfat. 66; eggs, 55; hogs, $16; beet
steers, 6xto 8; beef cows. 5 to 7; veal
calves, 16.——G. L.. St. Charles, Jan. 11.

Kent (N.E..)-Farmers are doing
nothing excepting living in hopes that
better weather will come in the fu-
ture. They are busy keeping their
families warm and the roads open for
the mail man and school children.
The roads are very had, neither good
sleighing or wheeling; lots of snow
drifts even on the main county roads.
Some potatoes have already frozen in
cellars and Water pipes are already
If. the
high winds which have been preval-
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are stronger with none 1110171' . .The
following prices were quoted. a Green
ville this week: Wheat, $2.15.; corn,
$1.50; oats, 65; rye, $1.50; beans, $8;
potatoes,.$1.50; onions, 65; h. 's, 20;
springers, 20; butter, 52; butterfat,
68; eggs, 52 to 55 ; sheep, 10; lambs, 15;
hogs, 15 to 16; beef steers, 8; beef
cows, 7; veal calves, 11.—G. M. W.,
Greenm'lle, Jna. 10. ' -

Geniesee (North)———Farmerg cutting
wood, threshing beans and doing
teaming. The weather has been. cold
but we have not had much snpw. and
the fields are quite bare. The"? . ound
is frozen several inches and (3&5; need
snow for protection. Ryean ,wheat
were in good condition'when the win-
ter weather set in. Farmers a sell-
ing beans, rye, potatoes and 1:... stock,
and are not holding for highfii‘prices.
They are buying flour, feed, and coal.
Roads are mostly in good cohdition.
The following prices were quoted at
Flint this week: Wheat, red, $2.23;
white, $2.22; corn, $1.60; cats, 66; rye,
$1.50; hay, $18 to $25; beans, $8; red
kidney'beans, $9; potatoes, 75c to $1;
onions, $1.50. to $1.75 per sack; cab-
bage, $15 to $18 per ton; hens, 22 to
26; springers, 25; ducks, 20 toi22;
geese, 20 to'24; turkeys, 32 to ‘36; but—
ter, dairy, 60 to 65; creamery, 66;
eggs, 65; sheep, $8; lambs, $14; hogs,
$15.50 to $16.50; beet steers, $8 to $9;
beet cows, $6 to $7.50; veal calves, 15
to 18; apples, $1 to $1.25.——0. 8., Four
ton, Jan. 9. ' .

Ingharn (N.E.)—Weather good for
cutting wood and logs. Farmers are
doing some lumbering here. Ground.
covered with snow. Stock doing Well.
Grain and beans about sold. The fol-
lowing prices paid at Williamston the
past week: Wheat, $2.12; corn,'$2.70
cwt.; oats, 64; rye; $1.50; hay, $18;
beans, $8; potatoes, 90; butter, ’50;
butterfat, 60; eggs—55; beet steers, 8
to 9; sheep, $7.50; hogs, $16.26; veal,
calves, 10 to 17; apples, $1.———A. N.,r
Williamston.

Tuscola (N.E.)—Weather is, fine;
quite a lot of snow, so craps are well
hovered. Prices offered at Cass City:
Wheat, $2.10; Gets, 67; beans, $8.00;
cattle, 5 to 8; hogs, 13 to 15; eggs. 55;

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.eljpgzo tapas ducks, ‘ 22; geese, 18;
turkeys, 26;, butter, 50; eggs, 52;

sheep;
16.50 to 17._——~A. E. J., Bannister, Jami

grand), (North) -—, Farmers doing
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;;_nearly._pare, for wheat. ‘Selling hay,
stock am! some oats; Wheat and; rye

looking-good. Stock looking fairly
good. Following prices, paid, at Union
City. this week: Wheat, $2.13; ,corn,
$1.25.; oats, 60; rye .. $1.45; hay, $25;
beans, 36; potatoes! 80; hens, 22;
butter, 50;~ butterfat,
68'; eggs,- ‘58; lambs, $14.50; hogs,
$16.25; beef steers, 7 to 9; beef cows,
6; veal calves, $17.50.—F.
city, Jan. 11.

IOheboygan (Swim—Nice winter
weather; very good sleighing. Most
farmers only doing chores, a few are
'tcuttingwood for market, $3 per cord

for stove. wood seems to be the pre- .

'vailing price. Farmers have about
5,000 bushels of potatoes in .their
Warehouse at this place, but are ship-
ping as’fast as they can procure cars;
three car loads went forward this

' week, two to New York and one to

Philadelphia. There will be an all-day
meeting 01' farmers at the town hall
in.Wolverine Saturday, Jan. 18. The
following prices are offered here this
week: Wheat, $2.07; cats. 85: com.
$1.75; butte‘rfat, 59; butter, 50; eggs,
'55,.—2Jan.. 11.

1 fosco (East)~—Weather cold with
fairly good sleighing. Some beans
going to market whére. the elevator
fnenare buying. We had a good old
Grange meeting last night and took
in some new members and a good many
joined the live stock shipping associ-

, ,ation. __ The farmers‘are going to boost

the Grange and the association to ben-

- efltthemselves, and stick to it to the
- end. Some of the farmers are invest-

ing in tractors for another year, hav-

ing found out the benefit of the silos, .

alarge number are buying silos to
erect another year and that means

more cattle and will make it better

tor-th’e , livestock shipping association,
which ‘we think. is going to be a good
thing forpthe tarmers in the future.

We are getting tired of beans and‘

want a change to something else. The
following prices were Quoted’at Tawas
City this week: Wheat, ,3 .04; oats,
64;; rye, $1.43,; hay, 20 to S *; beans,
$8; potatoes, 65; oniODS,‘$1.50; butter,
55.; ‘buttertjat; 67; eggs, 50; beer steers,
dressed, 13; beef cows dressed,.13;,ap-
pies.‘$1.—f—A. L., Tawavs City, Jan. 9.‘

Og'cmaw‘ (South ) —Weather ~ cold and.
stormy with. enough snow for sleigh;
'ing. a Farmers are not doing much of
anything except chores and getting
up wood; not much producelbeing sold
except some hay and a few potatoes.
A“ few auction sales being held; every-
thing sells well except horses. The
following prices were offered as. West
Branchthis Week: Wheat, $2.08; oats,
64; r‘ye, $1.40; hay, $20; beans, $7.75;
apples, $1; potatoes, $1.20; 'butte-rfat,
p68;'butter- 50; em, 55; hogs, $15 to
$15.50; beet'cows, 5 to 7.—*—W. N.,,West
Branch, Jan. .11.".- .

Ingham (Centrally—Very nice winter
- weather; J ground frozen quite hard,

: sti-llcoveréd in most places. with snow.

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one as Jr. 2 yr. old.

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gentle and a Perfect Individual.

Tuberculosis.

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7 Thursday, Jan. 23,1919 ,
Consisting of Horses, Sheep, Farm Tools, and 30 head of

Pure Bred Registered Holstein Cattle

Headed by Forest City, Pontiac Ormsby
from Cleveland City Farms. Sired by Pe er Smalls Senior,
Sire Maple Crest Pontiac Hartog, withx4 yearly tested Daugh—
ters that have an average record of 16,600 lbs. milk and 813

j - 4 Jr. 2 yr., 3 yr. and 4/yr. olds with 24 to 6 lb. 7 day records.
.e ' First three dams of my sire average 27.65 1b. butter in 7 days,

His dam as Jr. 2 yr. old made 18370 lbs. milk 712 lbs. butter
in year. Her dam 25823 lbs. milk 1223 lbs. butter.

Sires dam Ohio’s first 30 lb. cow who in turn has two 30 1b.
daughters one of which has a 1200 lb. yearly record and a 30

My sire is a Grand son of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke, he is 90% white
15 cows 10 with A. R. 0. records
from 15 to 22 lb. butter in 7 days, 3 Grand Daughters of Pontiac
Korndyke that made 16—18-19 lbs. butter in 7 days as Jr. 2 yr. olds,
8 Great Grand Daughters of Pontiac Korndyke 3 due right after sale.
Large Perfect individuals, 10 will be fresh at ,time of sale, a number
of others to freshen at once. Everything of serviceable age bred to
herd sire, 4 young bulls nearl’y ready for service.
Also 2 single unit Perfection milker used only since
April. Farm 4 mi. west 1 mi. north from St. Johns reached by G. T.
R. R. and Electric line from Lansing. Free transportation from St.

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hatching after Feb.
Bred-to-lay. H. E. Hough. Hartford. Mich..

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A Federation of interests
Day Old Chicks

We are now at the beginning of another

ng season. Our new poultry Cata-

= log, with illustrations and full description

of each breed, will be ready for distribu—
tion about January 25.

If you want to buy Day Old Chicks

ROFITABLE BUFF LEGHORNS—We

have twenty pens
Single Comb Buflfs that are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but,
itable egg production. Eggs at
onable prices.
-—-please ask for
Grass Lake, Michigan.

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of especially mated
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Our list will interest you
it. Village Farms,

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FOR. SALE—A few more of those choice
pure bred light Brahma Cockerels.
B. Willits, Reading, Michigan.

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, something of our Pure Bred Prac—
Poultry; each breed in a colony en-
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Rhode Island Reds, S. C. Rhodc Island

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White Leghorns,'R. C. White Leghorns,
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testimonials, stamp appreciated. Freeport
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fonthnoe with any person who will need prices reasonable, satisfaction guaran-
ncubator eggs this spring. teed. O. E. Hawlcy, Ludington, Mich.

Plymouth Rock Eggsdfor lEarly Broil-
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Beans. Choice

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.Winners. Also a few bullets and year- ‘
ling hens. Tolles Bros, R. 10, st. Johns. Strawberry

barley. ’Instructive list free.
to. mail you one. ‘
Mayors Plant Nursery, Merrill, Mich.

PLAN s, as arieties,
Seed geans, /og.ts and
Pleased
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.vhen hatched nick mowers, good
are ' q to $8. Circu- -
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' THE LIVE sroox

"Will it hurt to let stock become.
thin in fleshfor want of feed?" 1g”;
question ofteh asked. 8. '1‘. Simpson
of the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture answers it as follows:

“As’a. rule, herds and flocks are,
wintered none too well. This'winter
should see them malneained in as good
condition as possible commensurate
with the feed available and the cost
of the operation. Thin and badly fed
females means poorly nourished and
poorly developed young. By all
means young and growing stock
should not be wintered in a. condition
that will stunt their growth. If ~any-
thing must be slighted let it be some-
thing which may. regain what was lost
when grass comes. Mature breeding,
animals, stock cattle and idle stock
of various kinds which will not. be
called on for active service or breeding
before next summer may come in this
class."

 

 

COULD nor no WITH-
our INCUBATods

Poultry raising could not be looked
upon as a business; it could not even
be considered a profitable side line, if
incubators had never been invented.
Nowadays, when every minute counts
for something, it is doubtful if very
many farmers’ wives by hatching and
brooding with hens would have time
to hatch and raise more than enough
chickens for home use, but with an
incubator and suitable brooding equip-
ment it is no great chore for anyone
on a farm to raise from 200 to 500
chicks in a season. On many farms
it is not uncommon for as many as
1,000 chicks to be raised each year.
Before incubators came into exist-
ence, poultry raising was never given
much consideration by anyone. Quite
a contrast with what is being done
now by the Government, agricultural
colleges, experiment stations and var-
ious other institutions in behalf of
the humble hen. The incubatorhas
revolutionized this business 0 fraising

 

  

and timeshare _

.gorgdmyapoulm. breeding is? be ’

' coming" more like live stock brood
- 1113.] It-will not be many, years until
every’buyer.’of’ a cookers! to be solid
in the breeding" yard ,wili insist .on
knowing the] sire and dam of the

many 8:83 the dam of the we
produced and how many eggs was,
produced by the dam of the sire of
the cockerel he is buying. Right now
many buyers—seine of them taming,
too —-are demanding to know what‘s
back of the birds they eontom‘plfio
purchasing- before laying down any
money. Theday of the scrub rooster
in the farm flock has just about
ranged. , ‘

One man says there is practically
no difference in incubators—but than
is. There ‘is just the some difference
in incubators as there is in planes, in
automobiles, in tractors, or in any
number or things that could be men-
tioned. True, incubators are all made
for the same purpose—to hatch chicks
—and they .do it when the attendant
.does his or her part of the work, but
people have notions. about the things
they buy. Even if the inside parts of
all incubators were alike, and only
the outside of the machines diners-t.
one person would buy one because it
was painted red and another person
would buy another because it was
pained yellow. Then, some people
want to pay a high price while others
want to pay a low price for what they
buy. There are so/many people tobe
served that there must be a variety of
things, incubators included, in order
for everyone to be satisfied. In bay-
lng an incubator, the thing to do is
to select one that suits your nation
and your pocketbook, and then get it.
The incubator catalogues, aside from .
containing descriptions of the mech-
ines, give a lot of good poultry in-
formation. Do.not delay sending tor
the. catalogs because baby chick tini- '*
will soon be, here again.

Will be along with my dollar in a short
time. I don't like to miss any of the

papers—Oliver C. Cassatt, Isabella 0..

 

A WORD ABOUT THE
GRAND CHAMPIONS

 

How were the barrows that won
’over all breeds at the 1918 Internations
a1 Live Stock Show fed. is a frequent
question regarding the grand, cham-
pion pen' of Poland China barrows It
can best be answered by Prof: L. A.
'Weaver of the University of Missouri,
and in charge of the swine husbandry
work at ’the Missouri Experiment Sta-
tion. He writes:

“These barrows were started on feed
for International August 2, 1918, at
which time their average weight was1
453 pounds. Their last ’wei’ghtwas,
taken November 22, or liter luggaysi
feeding at which time their average
weight Was 577.25 lbs. N “ _, .'

  

 

    
 

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ing period they wasted a ration of
ground corn, 8 parts; shorts, iparts:
bran, 1 part; tankage, 1 part.

“As the feeding progressed the
amount of corn they received ,was in- .
creased so that during“ the last month
they were fed a ration of corn, 10,
parts; shorts, 2 parts; tankage, 1 part.

' "While the gain put on by this pen
of barrows was not particularly large
it was put 0 nevenly enlist the time
of showing they—v“ handled unusaaily
well. This pen sold for $20 per cwt.”

Note that no patent or proprietary
feeds were used at any time. Iti‘la . '
particularly creditable to the Univer-
sity, that all "the barrows shown. .be

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0 ..ar" en,‘ g '_‘
ti: . olsteilirPFriesian breed-1

‘ cattle-M pr‘wuds of forty million

mile or butter per year is ex orted .
,. that little ‘country, wh ch is
.9“, er ’ cow, and more per acre.

M ’ oes any other country export.

‘ .

39M 101? Ollr booklets—they contain
3 ,mlich'Waluabie information.

_ holisrmrmi-zsnn Assocumos. or”
i'AlERlCA, Box 2.95

More, Vt.

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' ‘ .sPEcmL ‘ ADVERTISING

 

RATES under this heading to hon-

est “We” of (HR-$00k and poultry will be sent on request. Better
Still, write out what‘you have to offer, let us put it in type, show you.
a proof and "tell you what it will cost for 13, 26 or 52 times. You

can change size of ad- er copy as often as you wiSh. Copy or changes
-must be received one week before, date of issue. Write to-day!

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY," MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,

Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

 

. TWO Young Bulls
' for Sale, Ready for Service
One from a 25 lb. cow and one from 1',

22m: four year old.‘ Write for pedigm

and prices. E. L. SALISBURY .
. shODhCI'do Micki!“

 

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.cllOlCl-Z REGISTERED STOCK
rsacnenons,
HOLSTEDIS, .
sumsmass,
' mom
DUROCS.

DORR D. BUELL. "IRA, MIC".
R.‘ IUD. No. i

 

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FOR SALERQEG. SHORTHORN BULL,
18 mos. old, of best Bates
breeding. W. S. Huber, Gladwin, Mich.

DUAL PURPOSE SHORTEOBN Calyes

both sexes, from good milking

oows,‘ for sale at reasonable prices.
Roy Finch, Fife Lake, Michigan.

on SALE—Reg. Shorthorn bun, 14
mos. old, color red, white marks. Bates
breeding. Will crate and ship, satis—
faction guaranteed or money refunded.
Could use Liberty bond in part payment.
Wm. D. McMullen, R. No. 1, Adrian,Mich.

 

 

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unsom BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

We» are now booking ' orders for
* oung bulls from King Pieter Segis
{ions 170506. All from A. R. O. dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for Drie-
esand further information. ~
Husolii' Bros., Sontl Lyons, Michirnn.

Holstem-Fnesnn Cattle

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

 

FOB SALE—Two Shorthorn Durham
bulls, Bates strain and good individuals.
One 3 years old: one 6 months. Geo. W.
Arnold, Bates, Mich.

100 h ad to select from.
Shorthorns Write has your wants. Pric-

es reasonable. Wm. J. Bell, Rose City,

. Michigan.

 

noun» cunts
BIG TYPE -POLAND CHINA'S

big boned boar pigs farrowed in 111
sire Michigan Buster. .Gilts bred to ,
O-Lin-k, Gorstdale Superior and Gerstda:
Lad O. L.‘ Wright, Jonesville, Michiga

FOR 25 YEARS

This establishment has been head quarters
for Big Type Poland Chinas. We ,have,
a nice lot of boars and sows of sfrictly‘
big type breeding at very low price. Let ,
me know what you want Bell phone. ,,
JNO. C. BUTLER - Portland, MlchL-f;

BlG TYPE 1’. G. BOARS, all ages, the

kind that make good. Meet me at the.
fame. E. R. Leonard, St. Louis, Mich._

Large Type Poland China Hogs if

 

 

 

All sold out now, none to offer at pres-
ent, 68 head sold Nov. 29 at auction
for $4,440.50. Thanks for your pat-
ronm and you'll always be welcome.

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

 

 

 

 

P. ‘C.. The best lot of big,

BIG TYPE long bodied, heavy-boned

boars; the prolific kind; litters averaged
better than 10 the past 3 years.
H O. Swartz, Schoolcraft. Michigan.

p, (r. l OARS, R b '
£55: 11:? galaénd Hafmpshire figmgmggll , -
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¥

MICHIGAN ,BUSINESS FARMING
has sold two different lots of cattle I
have offered. I now offer heifer calves
"from heavy milking dams for $100
gauchhand the same kind of bull calves
. or .5. .

ROBIN CARR ,

F0 WLERVILLE, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

..
' offers a. very nice
Clover Dairy Farmstraight handsome
_bull, ‘Bbrn March 15, 1918: Sired by
-Iohan Hengérveld Lad, with 62 A.R.O.
daughters, with records up to 31 lbs. "The
dam a 16 lb. granddaughter of Paul
Beets DeKol. 105 A.R.O. dau hters with
records up to 32 lbs. Price 100, f.o.b.
'Flint. Extended pedigree and descrip—
tionion application.
' . , L. C. Ketzler, Flint, Michigan

.Wolverine Stock Farm

Offers two sons about 1 yr. ‘old, sired
by Judge Walker Pietertje. These
‘calves are nicely marked and light in
color and are fine individuals. Write
for prices and pedigrees. Pattle Creek.
Mich., R. 2.

 

 

 

PREPARE

‘ For the greatest demand, future
‘Drice's that 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
a ves Friend Hengerveld-
. De Kol [Butter
Boy and by a son of King Segis De Kol
Korndyke, from A. R. 0. dams with rec-
ords of 18.25 as .Jr. two year old to 28.25
at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered.
' WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
W.‘W. Wyckoif, Napoleon. Mich.

LANGHURST’ STOCK , FARM.

Offers young Holstein - Friesian Bulls
from dams with records up to 24 lbs. and
sires’ dams up to 46 lbs. Write for ped-
igrees and prices. Fred J. Lange, Sebe-
waing, Michigan. »

 

 

 

 

 

HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
Sires dams average 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 das. 145.93 .lbs..30 das. testing
-.s..52% fat. Dams goId A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows 94, white.
Price $65.00 each while they last.

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

‘_ ‘ SUNNY PLAINS HOISTEINS

Type. uality. A few bull calv '
,‘A. R. %. dams for sale. , es from

 

 

 

 

 

’ WOLVERINE STOCK IAIK
, . .I-want to tell you about our Junior
‘ _Herd Sire; ,“King Pontiac Lnnde Korn-
‘_ ark. Sod-,"aeonolengotthePe
' .. Andante Queen Sari-.0: Bromide,
rear charges a...“
r o co m y e. a t’
m ination of g . . _
‘ more breeding
. tors I“ do.

"Peasants. “

 

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écmannssrs

 

We Sell at Breeders’ Sale

at College, Feb. 6th, Good Foundation
cow, A.R.O. record as 3—year-old, 40%
lbs. of milk 18.77 of butter. 30 lb.
sister, bred to 30 lb. bull.

C. L Hulett & Son, Okemos, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EG. HOLSTEIN BULL CALF from
good producing Cow and sired by a
No. 1 bull. Price $50.00 for quick sale.
F. W. Alexander, Vassar, Michigan.
JEISEY ‘
BULLS for ser-
vice for sale. Sired by
9 Majesty‘s Oxford Fox,
and out of R. of M. Dams by Majesty's
Wonder. Herd tuberculin tested
free from abortion. Our aim is size with
od type, and production. Wildwood
ersey Farm, Alvin Balden, Capac, Mich.
Reg. Jersey bull 14 months
5: 01' sale old St. Lambert breeding.
. E. MORRIS. - Farmington, Mich.
“RITE. Jersey bull 14
For Sde old, St. Lambert brlgetlirlhlgs.‘
J. E. MORRIS -» Farming-ton, Mich.
ounnrism
Eff navgn A FEW
e ers an c
gillsjiafdta fnurrgbggd of well brgdvsyojg;
e. or r in . V
Grass Lake, Michigan. ‘ illage Farms,

and .

\ HEREFORDS

HEREFORDSHei-d 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.
Asso ation.

HORSES

SHETLA ND PONIES

SHETLAND PONIES For Sale. Writ;

"or description &
prices. Mark B. Curdy, Howell. Mich.

HOGS

0. I. C.

8LARGE TYPE 0.1.C.

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

Monroe. Mich
9 Two last spring boars
0 I C S also 2 June boars, a good

' . ' lot of last spring gilts
bred for next spring fax-row. 'Also last
fall pigs not akin. All good thrifty stock.

Otto B. Schulze, Nashville, Michigan.
Citizens' Phone, 124.

0 l ~SPBING GILTS, bred to
' ' ' son of Grand Champion
loway

ood
al-

 

 

annnnnN-ANGUS

ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE
We are offering at"reduced prices a
number of high-class young bulls, wen
able to head the best herds in the land.
Best in blood lineage on either side of the
335a; Write for price list, or call and
Woodcoto Stock Farm, Ionia. Michigan.

 

snonrnonn

OAKWOOD gfinTHOBNS. . Three
3 from Bate

10 to 18 mos. old. S cows,

Bros, R. No. 2, Conklin,, Michigan.

Ion sALn—s nonrnonns
Of Quality, Scotch and Scotch, topped.
Maxwalton Monarch 2nd & Maxwalton
Jupiter in service.
John. Schmidt & Son, Reed City, Mich.

 

es. calved May 2nd and
P3311 Quack Saul t . ‘
R. No. 2. o: 7:. 8 ° “”1“

SHORTHORNB
Bulls. heifers
sex, for sale, at
Pigtott &

Michigan,

and POLAND CHINAS.

and spring pigs, either

farmers"prices. F. M.

Son, Fowler. Michigan.

SHORTHORNS have been kept .upon
Ma le Ri

since 1867 and are 133m braggengagg

heifers for sale: 1 bull, 10 mos. old. '
J. E. Tanswell. Mason. Michigan.

m VAN nmx co.

Breeders’ hay, gang

H:
for sale, mostly Cla . Write
our _wants to the, _ . Frank
alley, Hartford. Michigan. ' , ”
HAT boron want.‘ 1 m 4
WSHORTHORN breeders. Can put {33 in}
touch with best milk or. Maintains. ils

Sac-2‘“ comm 5 - “m"

gAssociag' on, McBridoa. me I... - »"’
' Ti Wither s' and
slim 7

o. 1. c. ,3

t? $.3ng '. 2‘ ‘

“ DUROC JERS

 

 

Ed Priced right.
D' .C. Miller, Dryden, Michigan.

‘ ' Bred iGilts

§eniceable Boats
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUROC

DUROC JERSEYS

Bred new and gilts. Special price on
bred sow and big growthy fall boar. not
related to sow or litter.
Newto- Barnhart, St. Johns, Michigan.

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PLEASANT VIEW DUROCS
Three choice bred gilts priced at $60
each for quick sale.
W. C. Buriinghame. Marshall.
Spring Bears and gilts. Ten years
Durocs experience. A few black top

Rams left. Newton a: Blank, Hill Crest
.Farm. 4 miles south of Middleton, Mich.

Michigan.

 

DUROC BOARS, GILTS

We are dieting some fine. Bi: ("0. fall

spring loan and Gila. A! Parmen‘ Prices.
F. E. EAGER and Son

HOWHJ. - - . MICHIGAN

and

 

 

 

 

SWINE. Bo Bows,
Gilts and pigs
for sale. Choice spring boar. sired by
Brookwater y Orion No. 5542].. s
13 an “3.331111 y 100d. bunch to ~ «ct
from. 001:1}. and seem.“ I win big
on MDNV - F'fl-n each, Cit
sex. Home '1‘ Underhill. a Son,
Props..- Salem. M chigan.

PEACH HILL FARM

W. are w offeri Registced Dues
Jerseyf, pigaeiersex. We can
wish you unrelated or urine.
Wrgie to us. Our prices are very rear.
one. o. _- ‘ '
I’ll'OodLBIIL, Dome. Mich.

,\

A. Wood & Son, Saline, Michigan. ‘

BIG Type‘l’oland Chinas. Spring boars
for sale. Booking orders for bred

gilts. Inspection invited.

L. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Marcellus, Mich.

ALLNUT ALLEY BIG '1‘er Poland

China Gilts. Sired by Arts Big Bob.

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

 

 

Poland China glogs
xford Sheep
Tonlas Geese
White Wyandotte la Barred Rocl- Chickens
ILL CREEK STOCK FARM
S. J. Lambkin, Prop, Avoca, Michigan.

 

L S P C BRED GILTS now ready to
' - - ' ship at- prices any good farm.-
er can afford to pay. Also dealer in Raw

Furs. Write for prices.
H. O. Swartz Schoolcraft, Michigan.

THORO-BRED BERKSHIRE HOGS‘

We have an inquiry from a reader who
is in the market for thorobred Berkshire
hogs and of course we want him to buy
here in Michigan. Where is there a breed-
er of~-this variety in our state, and why
does he hide under a. bushel? This read-
er suggests that we give him the name of
some prominent Illinois breeder, do you
know Why Michigan buyers look to Illi—
nois? Simply because the breeders in
western states have learned the'value of
advertising and are not afraid to set
aside 5 per cent for making their names
and breeds known. Small. hidden space
or advertising once in awhile won't make
Michigan 3. great livestock state, but any
breeder with nerve enough to spend a
few hundred dollars annually in adver- _
tising can have all the live buyers in .
Michigan looking to him when they want
something in his line. .

 

RIC 1()IK\' FAR.“ BERKSHIRES for '
Profit. Choice stock for sale._ Write

your wants.
W. S. CORSA, — White Hall, Ill.

HAMPSHIRE
a big bargain, bred gilts now readyto

ship. John W. Snyder, R.F.F. 4,
St. Johns, Michigan.

HA'KIPSIIIRE SPRING BOARS now at

NO.

 

CHESTER WIIITES

 

HESTEB WHITES—Gilta bred for
Mar., Apr., and May farrow, of the
large growthy type. Priced right.

F. W. Alexander, Vassar, Michigan.

 

 

 

SHEEP

SHBOPSHIBES

 

Registered Shropshire: alrwflgggga
three and four-year-old ewes bred to high
class ram to lamb in Mar. and April.
Flock established 1890. c

C. LEMEN, Dexter, Michigan.

bred on same farm for 50
rams

ELAINES
years. Size, quality prepotent;
for sale delivered. Write

S. H. Sanders, R. No. 2, Ashtabula, Ohio.,

 

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usiness ; aimei, in ,
ecord for1918 is a 7 

‘ Message to 1 You

‘LEVEN THOUSAND four hundred'and twenty-five new members were added to
our membership during the year 1918, just closed! This means that, as a mutual
company, the responsibility 6f any fire, accident or theft has been divided juSt that
many more times. The safety and permanence of a. mutual company is measured “
by the number of its members and its actual. cash assets. '

 

We have today 35,867 members.

Our cash assets are $43,035.19.

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Two thousand, nine hundred and fifty-nine members, availed themselves of our newer
Collision insurance feature which protects you 'and pays for all damage to your own car, re;
sulting from a collision. ._ '

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During 1918 the company paid

118 claims for fire _- $29,546.95
169 claims for“ theft - 25,878.60
321 claims a”)? liability » ~ 32,742.40
_l_l_§ clairfis for collision 6,960.05
Total 721 claims -' - - - a -‘ -- $95,128.00

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It was during the past year. that our beautiful fire-proof building was completed and
equipped with the most up-to-date office appliances. ‘A Worthy home for .a successful, solid
institution. g . V_ ' , '

‘ N0 CHANGE IN RATES.

The cost of insuring your automobile with this strong company for- 1919 has not in-‘
creased—$1 for the policy and 25¢ per horse power-faltho almost everything else has increased

in cost during' the past war-years.

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May we repeat again, that no business farmer in‘ Michigan can afford, much less risk,
the liability of fire, theft or accident with his automobile when he can insure himself ‘\ so '

cheaply in . ..