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Gleaners, iGrang'lers and Farmers' Clubs Unite
" :1, :03 I“ W- Watkins and Mrs. Dara Stock-
manas Candidates for-Board

" V .' of Agriculture.~ ' A

 

mmns CANDIDATES FOR
BOARD or AGRICULTURE

 

I L Whitney Watkins, farmer, Manchester.
Mrs. ’Dora Stockman, Grange Lecturer,
Lansing...

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In ‘a’. precedent-breaking [and epoch—making

. meéting of the legislative committees of Mich-

igan’s .leading farmer organizations, the
’Grange, Cleaners and Farmers’ Clubs, held
at Lansing Tuesday afternoon of this week,
the above names were unanimously agreed

7 upon as candidates, acceptable to the farmers

of Michigan for the Board of Agriculture.
L. Whitney Watkins is a farmer as were

him, and he manages the same farm in J ack-
son county which his
in 1834, and which is one of the largest farms
But Mr._ Watkins has had time

to serve the people, having been a member of

.1 ’ the board of agriculture :from‘1899 to 1905,

a meme‘,of‘,the.state senate two terms, 1909-
,13}; Progressive candidate for Governor, in
. Hls interests are pre-eminen‘tly agri-
amen-ad and he should have the undivided
:gupport of the farmers. '
‘ 1 .Mrs. Dora 'Stbckman is well-known to the
people of Michigan as ‘ lecturer of
. _ . _ She is the wife of ”a prom-
~ment-Lans1ng farmer, has always taken a
keen interest in the afiairs of the College. and
. . admirable representative on
the Board of Agriculture for "the farmers.
”The two expiringfterzns .f0r- which the
farmers Will support Mr. Whitney and Mrs.

both his father and father’s father before ‘

grandfather purchased 1

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25:11, 1919
. L . I I. l \J

7 Stockman are those of Robert Graham, a
banker of Grand Rapids, and A. J. Doherty,
Clare merchant. « Having enjoyed the honor
of serving the'people of Michigan for six

. ‘years'on the Board of Agriculture, these two

gentlemen Will now no doubt be glad to step
down and cut, and make way—fir the candi-
-. dates proposed by the farmers. ,

Among other actions of the farmers’ legis-
lative committees was to endorse the submis-
sion of Sen. Cennelly’s $50,000,000 bond is-
sue. Get it clear in mind that this does not
mean endorsement of the issue itself, but
merely the submission. Farmers believe that
the people as a whole can be trusted to vote
intelligently and for their best interests on
any referendum matter; hence the willing-
ness of the legislative committee to refer the
bonding proposition to a vote of the people.

The farm organizations are going into the
Board of Agriculture sorap to Win, and will

 

 

Farmers’ Week at M. A. C.

Michigan Improved Livestock Breeders
and Feeders Ass’n _______________ Feb. 5-6
County Farm" Bureau ConferenceerbM 4—5
Michigan Crop Improvement Ass'n Feb. 4-5
. Michigan School Commissioners __-_ Feb. 4
Michigan Muck Farmers’ Conference Feb.4-5
Michigan. Poultry Breeders ______ Feb. 5-6
Michigan Syrup Makers' Ass’n ____ Feb. 5
Michigan Drain Commissioners Ass’n Feb 5
Boys' and Girls’ Club Conference _ Feb. 5—6

(See story on page 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

back up their verbal, promises of, support with
all the, funds necessary to. carry on an effec-
tive campaign. The farmers in Michigan or
any other state for that matter will never get
the recognition they deserve until they take
off their coats, roll up their sleeves, and go
after'it. ‘ ' ' .
Thesentimenit expressed by the representa-
. tives of the farm organizations was that there
should be a more friendly feeling between
them and an active co-operation'on matters of
mutual interest. Each committee pledged its
respective organization to stand with the
others on all legislation, thus creating a power
that must be reckoned with in all future state
issues.

Free List or Clubbing Olaf-1..

BROKERS RAISE 11111012:1
WITH BEAN MARKET

New York Commission Houses and Wholesale
' Grocers Deliberately Plot to Defeat Plan
of Jobbers and Food Administra-
tion to Stabilize Market

  

 

  
  

 

 
    
    
    
  

 

   

Something has happened to the bean mar-
ket. Despite the best laid plans of the Mich-
igan Bean J obbers’ Ass ’n and the “U. S. Food
Administration to stabilize Michigan beans
at $8 per hundred the market has declmed
to such an extent that local elevators can of-
fer no more than $7 to $7.50 per hundred,
while many, complying with the request of
the association, refuse to buy at any figure,
so long as the market does not warrant the $8
price. ,

There is consternation in the camp of the,

growers. Farmers who have taken the ad-
vice 'of the bean jobbers and fed the market
gradually are alarmed lest the present slump
prove to be a permanent one and they may
have lost their golden chance of securing the
season’s top-notch price. The letters publish-
ed in the boxing below are typical of the ap-
peals received from our readers during the
past ten days. The purpose of this, artlcle
is to anSwer the questions they have ralsed
and if possible to reassure all those readers
who still have beans to sell.
- The day the bean market slumped 25 cents
a hundred, We wrote the Michigan Bean Job- ,
bers’ Ass’n and the Food Administration.
We bluntly asked the former to give us what-
ever information they could upon the new ‘
and unexpected developments of the market,
and for their best advice upon the future of
the market. A day or two after that Chris-
tian Breisch, president of the Associatlon
called us on the telephone and proceededto
explain the latest vagaries of the bean mar-
ket. ‘ ‘ .

‘The‘ New York brokers and wholesale groc-
ers,” said Mr. Breisch, (continued on page .20)

    
     
            
    
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
    
  
      
       
      
   
     
    
    
        

 

 

 

 

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teed ‘38 19:91:11?»
some Ithaca fellows‘get,
' litholoft'forgflte tuna w.

dope 3;

many farm papers but you have.
them all beaten in getting reall
facts; I feel, as most all farm-
’ ‘ ersdo, that we are. getting a raw.

.. ; and, price of beans. ,I see that ’
; ' . ’ price of beans has dropped {to
__7.50 cwt-gat ‘ the .Twlnlng ,elevator,. Tv’vining,’
Mich.,~Arenac county; How is this“ Mr. .Edi- .
a tor, when the price Vegas; at $8'per .cwt? Why;
3 , .1sxf1t-burmarket should; lie-plugged‘i like this ,_
senaxnulltonsgot pearls ionithapverge pf 'tarva:.i‘
:when’ there; is 'so,“
1133, and“ at that -
a cranes '- stills"

; I “Elevators,willinotI‘Bu-y Beans; What Shall We Do?” is Cry of the Bean Growers

I have Just received my first
, coprof M.,B.-F., endlamisurely

vided a corner for us common chaps in the M.
B. F.,.where we can state our candid opinions.
.——F. 'J. H., Arenas county.
# # ill
.' Justa line about my beans, as in my paper
I saw Where bean dealers had to pay $8 per
cwt. for beans it dry. As I only had a few I
took them to Avoca. The beans picked 2 lbs.
DB!“ cwt. and they would only pay $7.50 for
them, so would like to have somevadvice or
kEQWhow he ”could do so.——R. M., St. Clair
county. _, ' ~ '
’ o u o .'

' ilLooalmnlevator here (Michigan Bean Co.) '
startedrinQb'uy'ing beans at $7.50 per cwt. this

‘f-xnorniiig. Passe, report ”this to officers of the

Michigan Bean .Jobbers’ Ass’n. Supposed it
1111119198" " ” remit toiliave less than $8.

1 "advance. for the favor. M.

s ,th'erbest farm paper in our

takings number of others.

you are doing alsood Work.

\ st‘to get people --interested.—.-"-

 

    
  
   
 

- on us again, or is" it true ’that the Government

  
 

Some time ago‘l saw an arti-
cle in your paper that the Bean
Jobbers’ Ass'n were trying' tc
make all elevators pay one price
for beans. In Copemish, Mich, .
my market town, the two eleva-
tors there retused to pay but
$7.26. Can you do anything for
this locality? For God’s sake '
try, as half the farms are va—
cant’now.——A. 'G. 8., Manistee county.

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,We would like to ask if you can give any in-
formation in regard to the bean market. We
have followed the reports and advice'ln the‘
M. B. F., by selling a few along, expecting that
$8.00 would be the prevailing price thru the
winter, but now we want to sell more, and
find that there is absolutely no market at all,
the elevatbrs will not buy a been at any price.
Are they getting. ready. to put something over

        
      
     
      
      
    
 
 

 

  
  
    

   

  
  
  
  
    
  
 
 

   
  
 
  
 
 
  
  

 

 

 
    

 

 

 
 

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isms RULES HANDICAP, SAYS
WELL-KNOWN POTATO EXPERT

 

' ‘The United States potato grading law provid-

ing grades for potatoes has proved a boomerang

' for the potato growers and has given the indus-
- try a great set-back.”

This was the answer of Eugene H." Grubb, the-

well-known potato specialist in response to. an
inquiry from The News wired at his Colorado
potato ranch. The News asked Mr. Grubb for his
observations as to the workings of the new law as
a practical proposition. Mr. Grubb returned to
n his Californiahome last week at [Princeton from

("which point he has given The Nerve his views
in a recent letter. No man in the country has

‘ given more of his time and‘ energy to the cause

'of the American potato than Gene Grubh, whose
, hams is almost a household one in scores of
7 . ' states where he has gone the rounds preaching in-
’ ‘ creased production as one of the methods/to help
the Unitedsmswinthem. When it isre-
called that nearly, if not all, of this work of talle-
ing daily to hundreds andthousands of people at
these school house meetings has been done as his
“bit" and without official recognition as one of
Uncle Sam’s “Dollar-a-year" corps, what he has
to say will be of interest.

“In Colorado," says Mr. Grubb, “the present
rules prevent the poor people from utilizing the
small or rough scabby potato since they keep such
stock from the m rkets. Rough scab is only skin
deep and do no triment to the eating quality
since 90 per cent of the potatoes consumed today
are pared before cooking. The present rules lay
great stress upon the attractiveness of the potato
to increase sales. No mention is made of quality,
flavor or delicacy of texture.

“We are now down to two bushels per capita
‘where it should be eight. There is little chance
for an increase. The losses to the potato grower-s
of Colorado during the past two years from high
cost of production, from disease, higher cost of
transportation and still higher cost of distribution
will mean a loss of -fully 40 per cent of acreage
and production. The same rule will follow all
over thc country where potatoes are produced by
hired labor in a commercial way. The sufferers
will be the brokers, the dealers, the transportation
companies and the people of small or limited
means and small incomes in the larger cities.
Idaho and Colorado pototo growers are getting
$1.20 per 100 lbs. for their potatoes, while con-
sumers are paying $2.50 and $4. All of the po-
tatoes grown in this country during 1917

or conditions, that many Matias died out be-

cause of insumcmmt soed ripening to make re-
planting of their: possible.
means of the corn show to attract exhibitors who

‘ have strains of Michigan corn suitable for re-

placing those that were lost. A number of at-

. tractive prizes have been offered by various per-

sons and organizations to stimulate interest in
the projected grain exposition and to induce grow-
ers to make entries.

The grain show‘will'he one of a number of or

. positions to be staged on the campus during the

Farmers’ Week and Housewives’ Congress. The

barracks, which in war’days were 'used to house

the student army training corps, are being em-

ployed as exposition buildings.

GRAIN DEALERS. PROTEST -
FURTHER GOVERNMENT CONTROL

 

Last week the members of the Michigan Hay and
Grain Ass‘n held their annual convention in De-
troit, P. E. Goodrich, president of the National
Ass’n. scored the government for its slowness in
relinquishing control of private business enter:
prises, and warned his audience that the increas-
ing tendency toward socialism and paternalism
was a menace to the nation.

Opposition to government interference in the
grain trade in this country and with the allied
countries, with the exception of control of trade

in Wheat, the price of which had been fixed for.

1919, was urged by Mr. Goodrich. He advocated
immediate protest to their congressmen at Wash-
ington by members of the different grain organ-
izations of the country.

Do you get the point? About the time the farm.
ere began to wake up to the fact that the miners,
feed manufacurers, grain dealers, et cetera were
profiteering on wheat mill fads. the aforesaid
manufacturers and dealers had an eye on the
awakening and they are losing no time be fore-
stall any move on the part of the farmers to bring
the grain trade back under government control,

which would mean less profits to the dealers and -

lower prices to the consumer. We’ll wager that
two-thirds of the grain dealers in Michigan will
wire their representatives at Washington to op-
pose any legislation for further control of grain
and by—products, and we’ll also wager that not
one out of a thousand farmers will write or wire
his view of the case. That’s why the fellows who
stand between are always heard and usually
obeyed, and why the farmer's last minute pro-

'tests make no impression.

It is expected by,

.two years. This was farsighted business.
secured“ 60 or 80 per cent by the transaction, as -

 

“W. .
A drive is being focused on the scrub bull in-

Wisconsin, and if the work of the “Better Wiscon-
sin Campaign,” which was launched under the di-
rection; of the State College of Agriculture, the
United States Department of Agriculture, and the
Live-Stock Breeders’ Ass’n, is successful, thous-
ands of these mongrel animals will be replaced by
pure-breds. The retreat of the inferior sires al-
ready has begun in seven counties, while author
ities in other counties are making plans for the

crusade. The first gun to be fired in the Wiscon- ,

sin campaign was in Fond du Lac county early in
the year, when school house meetings were called
by the county agent. At these meetings some of

j the leading breeders agreed to exchange pure-bred

bulls for scrubs without additional. cost, providing
the new owners would use the pure-breds for

they would lose in subsequently selling the scrub
forbeef, but it meant better stock in the future.
A census of the cattle herds in the county was
made principally by the pupils in the rural schools
who secured the names of about 1,100 owners of
scrub and grade bulls. To each of these 1,100 a
letter was written outlining the trade oifer and in-
viting the farmer to meet with the committee
heading the county campaign to discuss the propo-
sition. Many farmers have availed themselves of
the opportunity.

ADRIAN COMMUNITY MARKET
REPORTS SUCCESSFUL SEASON
At a recent meeting of the directors of the
Adrian Community Market, reports were submit-

ted by Manager Braden showing that during the _

first eight and a half months. of operation, nearly
$79,000 worth of business was transacted, and it
was freely predicted that the first year of the
market’s existence would show. a gross business
of $100,000: which more than justifies the faith
of the farmers and the city of Adrian in the
venture '

FOREIGN FARM NEWS V

 

_In the three and one-half month period between
September 1 and December 15, 1918, 29,701 head
of cattle valued at more than $3,000,000 were
shipped from Alberta, Canada ,to the Unit-

 

and 1918 were grown at a loss by the

ed States. According to the American Con-

 

growers who employed labor. With black ‘
wart now found in nine counties of Penn-
sylvania and an embargo on all foreign
countries the immediate future is not
bright and sunny ‘for the industry. For
the consumer the outlook is not the most
healthy. ‘

“The grading rules tend to place the po.
tato in the luxury class of foods—this
means to such an optimist as I have al-
ways been that we are tampering with the
future food supply of the country. Pota-
toes were never intended to be handled
like oranges.

“Unless there is some provision made to
get the small and inferior potato into c.11-
sumption there will be trouble~all around.
There should have been provision made for
the wide sale of ungraded tubers which
should be sold simply on their merits.
Unless we are careful we wfll keep on
grading down so finely‘ that after a while
, the potato will become a rare luxury only

obtainable by the rich people.”

' »PLAN CORN-SHOW TO HELP MI!
' GRAIN BACK TO OLD FAVOR

 

A com show, thru the medium of which
' ‘ it is expected that Michigan, varieties of
Q ' the tasseled crop will be helped back to
their old-time prestige, has been planned
by the Michigan Crop Improvement Asso-

in: here during Farmers' Week and the
ousewives’ Congress, from Feb. 3 to 8. _
During 1917 Michigan’s corn crap suf-

 

fiumémo ABOARD _

 

J sul at Calgary the chief causes underlying
this noteworthy movement of cattle were

ern part of Alberta, and the attractive mar-
ket prices in the United Saes.

U C O

To correct a misunderstanding among
farmers the British Board of Agriculture

1919 crop at cereals then controlled (last
December) would in no case be less than
the prices than in operation for the 1918
crop will be -at least as follows:
and wheat, per Quarter of 504* pounds,
$18.35;, oats, per quarter of 306 pounds,
$11.54; barley, per quarter of 448 pounds;
$17.01 in the case of brewing barley only.
, The price of other, barley will be $16.28 as
during the last season.
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by the record of auction sales recently pub-

 

up to the time they were realized Th
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tered so soverely from unfavorable weath-

. ‘ m is xcn
puss-Base suits res scanner

They _

the scarcity of feed, especially in the south— ‘1

made the statement in the middle of De- '
cember that the price to be fixed for the .

Rye,

The ‘ popularity of Scottish Shorthorn .
cattle is proved, thinks the London Times, 43

lished in Scotland. The animals sold last i
‘ year numbered 1.662, and the want real- _

     
     
    
  

 
    
       
   
         
     
     
     
   
 
      
       
     
   
  
   
   
 
  
 
   
    
 
  
  

 

  
  
  
    
  
  
   
 

    
       
   

  

    
    
 

  

        
     
     

  
 

      
     
     
   
     
 

 

 
       
     
       

 

ized was $1,115,683, an arm of $871. ,
This average compares with $494 for 1,507 _,
animals in 1917 and $381. for 1,516 cattle '
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is THE DECEMBER 14th issue of MIomaAN Bfismnss' anmne
"commented as follows upon, the political,_,_amliations that had .

' “The

- so to speak, with. organized labargnd will tryto’ control the neat pres-
iderftial election. For a long time organized ‘labor has been trying to

control of national politics, Alone and unaided it has made little
progress. Now it is perfectly willing to use the Non-Partisan League
and emulated bodies of organized farmers as a- cat’s-paw to clear the
hot coals that lie in the road to the national capital. Once enthroned,
organized labor will have no more use for organized agriculture than,

get

it has had for’orga‘nized capitalism.

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A - HERE IS and always will be a bond of sym- _

V pathy between labor (meaning by that the
. ' wage-earning class) and the farmers. Both
- classes subject themselves to great physical toil,
’ both lead the simple life, and both-alike are en-
gaged'in the production of commodities.

' In larger political problems there is likewise
a unanimity of belief, relating to such matters as
the freedom of the press, freedom of assembly
and of speech, universal education, and the curb-
ing of predatory wealth. But in' the concerns
which govern political action, especially in its
economic phases, they are far apart, and there
should be no attempt on the part of farmers at
solidarity of political organization (it ’concerted
political actiOn except the temporary federated
action of distinct groups for specific purposes.
The differences are so great and fundamental and
the modes of action so diverse, that the uniting
of the farmers and laborers is to deliver over all
the interests of the farmer to the control of the
latter. - _

First, the American farmer is distinctively,
whether owner ,of land or renter, a capitalist.
The laborer is a non-capitalist.

A capitalist is seldom a rich man. The vast
majority- of capitalists have very moderate
amounts of this world's goods, and are not called
rich men, but .“middle-class" men. A capitalist is
one, who possesses “instruments of _production;”
that is to say, so far as agricultural production is
concerned, one who has land and work stock and
tools and harness, and machinery and feed and
livestock, or some of these. A capitalist is one
who adds to the strength of his own body other
things which will enable him to produce.

A laborer, in the modern sense, is a wageearn—
er; one who sells his service as a workman to
someone who controls capital or the “instruments
of production." Millions of men labor and toil

for long hours daily who are not laborers in the

.modern sense of. ,that term. Farmers are the
largest class of-these, and who works harder than
the farmers?

Thus, farmers and laborers belong to distinct
"classes. Both are useful. Both may be happy and
successful. Both have many interests in common,
but also many in which their interests clash.
Among these is the regulation of the hours of
labor. The farmer’s work is seaSonalg' the labor-
er's work is not seasional. The successful factory,
transportation lines, mining, mercantile business,
operate continuously; the farmer has light and
heavy work, according to the season. Long hours
and a severe strain at times are inevitable to him.
Under 'the ideal conditions, the farmer and his
0“ family, with a limited amount of help, except
at special seasons, do the 'work and must often
endure‘long hours or lose the fruits or the labor.
The drasticregulations of the hours of work
which ‘ labor deems ~essential ,to its protection,
would be disastrous it applied to the farmer. Sec-
7ond, the farmer is' necessarily interested in a high
price'for food supplies and the raw materials of
colthing, cottbn, wool and flax. The interest of the

wage-earner, on the other hand, is in the lowest!

possible price for all things which it consumes.

The farmer is primarily a producer; the labor-
of is primarily a consumer. The laborer has at
the outset commuted his interest in his product
”1-, his'wage, and the largerquantity of food and

0111198.. he,_;can get for that wage, thenbetter. Thus,

the two classes with? diverse ”economic

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Blsvland, his ’VIXYOBth.

ryhody, including the:

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a1 formed betWeentthe Non-Partisan Leagusand'liOrganized labor:
National Non—Partisan League has famed a ctr-partnership,

“There is little in common between the employingfarmer and the
union laborer. The farmer is first a capitalist and second a laborer. A
capitalist because he must have money, or capital, to run his business;

. a laborer simply because he at. times prefers to do his own work

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cases are exempt. He is, therefore, for higher
taxes. More and costlier public works makes more
demand upon labor and hence higher wages. The
farmer, on the other hand, is proverbially against
increasing the taxes. The‘wages of the laborer

and his tools, if he has any, are exempt from tax-

es. The fruits of the farmer’s labor, which are
his real wages, are all taxed—the calf, the colt,
the yearling, the 2—year-old, the 3-year-old, all are
taxed 2 or 3 times before he realizes on them.

Then again, the two classes differ in the possi-
ble rapidity of action in bringing to bear on legis—
lative and executive bodies their wants'and needs.
The farmer is an extreme individualist; class sol-
idarity reaches its extreme among wage-earners.
Think of how ridiculous the strike or lock.out
wduld be among farmers as a class. how absurd
the boycotte would work out among them.

It is unfortunate when a country must array \

class against class. It has long been America’s
proud boast that she knew no class distinction,
and the rapidity with which men moved from class
to class, down as well as up, and from one indus-
trial occupation to another, has long postponed
the day of group organization, based upon common
economic interests. But the day has come. The
most powerful single group is the labor group,
and no one can deny that the common interests
of this group are far more powerful than old party
allegiance. Their members belong to each and
every party in order that they may the more per-
fectly subject them to the interests of the labor
group.

No one will deny that the solidarity of interests

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rather than him it done. The laborer has nothing to sell but his labOr;
and labor is the least of the commodities that the farmer sells.

“As a strictly, agricultural organization, the Non-Partisan League
could win great political victories and thru them greater economic
justice for the farmers. Harnessed with organized labor it. may win ,
victories, but the scales of justice will tip nearer to a balance for the .
farmer than they do now.”

Fully a month after that editorial was published there appeared an
article in the Washington Farmer upon the same subject.
of that article was Dr. E. A. Bryan, who was the president of the:
State College of Washington for 20 years, and is now at the head of
the state educational system of Idaho. Dr. Bryan owns a. large farm;
is intensely interested in the struggles of both farmers and laboring
men and'knows from years of study and observation why farmers and
laborers can never lie peacefully together in the same political bed.
The article is a timely one, and we are reprinting it

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in transportation, manufacture or mining makes
groups of those engaged in operating these, with
a solidarity greater than any allegiance to his-
toric parties. So also of commerce andtrade. For
these there does not need to be an oranization,
a Constitution, officers, by—laws. They act togeth-
er without them.

Farmers—agrarians—are dimly class-conscious,
They are in the stage where they growl and com-
plain." They are suspicious of everybody else
and vainly imagine that everybody is plotting
against them and is acting on other motives than
animate them. They assume to themselves a
superiority of motive, of unselfishness, of honesty
and of public spirit, which do not exist. “Some-
body come and organize us,” they cry, and the
demagogue hastens to undertake the task for his
own selfish ends. They strike out blindly here
and there—at the railway ,at the middle man, at
the miller or who not—and think everybody a
d— rascal, but the farmer. But we are all very
much alike and all very selfish after all, it is
time, and it is high time, that the agrarians, farm-
ers everywhere—west, east, south and in the mid-
dle—should unite into an agrarian or farmer
group. If the tie of old historic party names still
binds, it is no great matter. Like the laborites,
like certain churches, like the owners of preda-
tory wealth, they may be attached to great polit-
ical divisions in order that they may control the
action of these and direct them to the common
and of serving the economic and social interests
of the agrarian so long as these do not conflict
with the general welfare but minister to it.

Law-Making Farmers of Dakota

'If the Lord Helps those who helps themselves, He’ll be mighty good

to the Western Farmers

HE North Dakota legislature is in session.

I There is nothing unique in that special fact,

except that the legislature of that state is
the only one of the U. S. that is absolutely control]
ed by farmers. For two years now the politicians
from coast to coast have bewailed the fate of this
sister commonwealth, in being turned over to the
merciless and inexperienced hands of the farm-
ers, and they cannot quite understand why North
Dakota’s good ship of state still plows serenely
on, when according to all the “dope" of the pro-
fessional law-makers, it should have long since
foundered on the rocks of class distrust and bank
ruptcy. .

But except for the fact that the state capitol is
now thronged' with horny-handed and lean-faced
farmers instead of soft-fingered and fat-checked
lawyers and lobbyists, everything seems to be
going along about as well as usual. And for the
first time 'in years the people of that western
state are getting some really progressive legis-
lation. ~ ‘ - '

Governor Frazier in his annual message recom-
mended legislation that to the easterner appears
like the rankest kind of socialism and paternal-
ism which all good disciples of private monopoly
(Mite properly'shun. Here are some of the things
Gov. Frazier urged the legislature to consider:

'1; Creation .of' an industrial commission to es-
tablish and operate all public utilities undertaken

by the state.

2., A Terminal Elevator and Flour Mill Ass’n,‘
grorgtlilge.~numséi of, buying, selling, storing and
m hufactiiring“ farm products. Finances, 'to be

.osrryins out edmpulsory state

, . missehx- as! of? state bonds-
H}, lug!” .

4. State-owned industries to develop state’s de-
posits of lignite coal.

5. A department of public-service patterned
after building and loan associations toassist re-
turning soldiers to take up farm operations.

6. Creation of a fund to educate and equip re-
turning soldiers for civilian occupations. -

7. State-owned bank, to perform same func-
tion for state as do federal reserve and farm land
banks for sections in which they are located.

Gov. Frazier concluded his recommendations ..
as follows:

“There is not a single measure in our whole '
program which will adversely affect any honest
and legitimate interest within this state. On the
contrary the adoption of this program will make ,
us independent of the out-of-the-state interests,
build up home industries and develop and widen
domesticamarkets, promote settlement, bring in
more workingmen and make it easier for our peo-
ple to own their homes—in short—to make North.
Dakota 9. state where the producer can retain his
just share of what he produces.

“The whole tendency of the times is toward
greater co-operation and the extension of democ-

-cracy in industry, and, in my estimation, this,

industrial democracy is just as necessaryas is
political, democracy. North Dakota in adopting;

. these measures is blazing the trail which me.

other states are sure to follow. These me
not only will promote general prosperity bu
encourage education, remove restraints .
ego and provide mere equal opportunit as
our childrenoand our children’s children"
to_..be better-citizens and to be bro

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.. ters, pertaining to public health.

_ which is greatest among the indigent.

"WOULD STRENGTHEN COUNTY ,' 4 / ,
. i . ' nEALTn ORGANIZATION ..

Full time county public health men who will

‘ be created by the prospective passage'of the State

Board of Health reorganization bill, would by
the terms of the act be expected to receive‘thT

- reports of all dangerous communicable diseases

directly from the physicians and to provide for
the immediate quarantining or isolation of the
cases—to prevent the spread of these diseases——
thereby preventing epidemics. Under the present

-. '4 system, diseases have to spread, causing epidem-
~ . 108, because the local health officers did not realize

the importance of prompt and strict quarantine
of contagious diseases. “If the first case of any
contagious disease .is promptly and efficiently

quarantined there is practically no danger of an

epidemic, which is so costly in health and lives
of the people, while financially, to the township
and county,” said Dr. J. B. Bradley of Eaton'Rap-
ids here Tuesday to attend a conference of physi-
cians to study the proposed legislation. “A large
percentage of the people who have recovered from
so—called pneumonia following this influenza epi~
demic, are foxfnd to be infected with tuberculosis,"
says Dr. Olin, secretary of the State Board of
Health. “These cases, together with those cases
of tuberculosis found in the discharged soldier,
would cause a great increase in the number of
our tubercular cases about the state. No county
is exempt from this plague. It would be the duty
of the county health officer to make a survey of
the county, locating these cases and instructing
them in how to live, so as to regain, it possible,
their normal health, and teach them how to care
for themselves, so that they will not be a danger
to others and menace to their community, It'
would be the county health officer's duty to co-op-
erate to the utmost extent with the Michigan
State Anti-Tuberculosis society.

“It would be the duty of the county health ofil-
cer," Dr. Olin continued, “with the aid of theRed
Cross nurse, who is to be placed in each county
where there is a full-time county health officer, to
make frequent visits to the rural schoolsfinstruct-
ing children in personal hygiene and other mat-

» It would be the
duty of the county health officer, with the aid of

this Red Cross nurse to instruct expectant moth-

”ers on personal hygiene, proper ”exercise, diet,

etc., so that their offspring may get the proper
start in life ;also to instruct young mothers'on the
care of the new-born. This is entirely with the
view of decreasing the terribly high infant ‘mor-
tality, which is a distinct menace to our race.

“It would be the duty of the county health of-
ficer, when requested, to meet with the different

social organizations of his county, assisting in

every way possible in rural sanitation, directing

_ .the construction of septic tanks, etc., in the rural
_ communities.

It would be the duty of the county

health officer to organize clinics for the treat-

_.ment of venereal diseases, tuberculosis, and other

ailments .of the indigent in each village as far
as practicable in his county. He will be commis-
sioned in the reserve corps of the United States
PubligI-Iealth service and will receive all the aid
possible from the public health resources of the
United States Government.

“The full-time county health officer will save
each county in the state many times his salary,
by promptly suppressing epidemics. by teaching
the rural schools personal hygiene, which will
prevent sickness among indigent children, and
by his instruction. will decrease infant mortality,
He will
give the tubercular patient a pleasanter outlook
on life, thereby hastening hisrrecovery, which in
many instances Will cut off an expense to the
county. And he will be a great aid to the county
poor commissioners, assisting them in determin-
ing the justness of certain bills rendered tothe
County for the treatment and care of the indigent
.poor.” .

noon OUT-FOR OLEO JOHN; HES

AFTER THE “BUTTER’S GOAT”

.Ald. John DehnE—beg pardon,——Rep. John Denn

of Bay" City, (he used to be an alderman before he
'. graduated.) has gone down, to Lansing with blood
' ~in his eye, and- his shirt-sleeves. rolled up, accord-

in; to'the Bay City. Tribune- Forth-e Han. John

, n. thinks f‘thatiflichigm #382b99fi 19818.13th 10’
swede class Munitizénfl .tthwita .331 W9");
' xéenongjlifand that-itis-now shout-.1196” be ‘

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come an honest-to-goodness legislator-it you didn’t

introduce a bill),—a bill to. take, the lid off oleo.
margarine and put it up on the same shelf with
butter. Mr. Dehn has it all figured out that the

state law requiring the serving of butter instead

of oleomargarine in the state institutions costs
the state something like $60,000 a year. .
Mr. Dehn also believes that “the manufacturers
of oleomargarine should be permitted under the
law to color their product and not be forced to
adopt subterfuges to get around the law." (Watch
out for this, farmer-members.) We wonder if Mr.
Dehn knows that butter is a food, and that oleo-
margarine is an adulterant; that to deprive in-
mates of state institutionsof this article of food
would mean the substitution of a less valuable
but probably more expensive article. In view of
the fact that the butter industry of Michigan in-
volves millions ‘of dollars. Mr. Dehn may have a
hard job explaining why the farmers are so strong
for a law that provides a market for a paltry

' PEAKER “Tom” Read may or may not correct-
ly reflect the sentiment of Oceana county when

he courageously indorsed Commander Newt

berry’s primary election methods following the.
sharp attack made by Lieutenant Governor Dick-
inson in his address Opening the senate. The
lieutenant governor was invited by telegraph to
make the principaladdress at the Roosevelt Mem-
orial exercises held at Hart, Mr. Road's county
seat Sunday night. Mr. Dickinson addressed one
of the largest public mettings ever held in the
town and came back to Lansing Monday night

quite satisfied his position on public questions, in- "

cluding the Newberry matter. harmonized with
.public sentiment in some sections, at least, of
Oceana county. The lieutenant governor says the
rank and file of republicans are expecting the
legislature to amend the cerrupt'practice act to
prevent another repetition of the Newberry scan-
daland if the legislature fails to provide the rem—
edy, the question he says will be a campaign issue
in 1920.
l O t .

Rep. C. A. Weissert of Hastings, chairman of
military affairs, put in a ‘bill Tuesday officially
creating the state constabulary as the police arm
of the state. Little opposition has thus far appear-
ed against the bill which is expected to pass both
houses. The proposal was warmly recommended
by Gov. Sleever in his message and the record
made-by the organization preserving peace in the
upper peninsula during the early stages of the
draft and subsequent success in enforcing prohi-
bition has made many friends for the suggestion

to make the constabulary a permanent institution.
3 t t

Many women readers of MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING-are probably wondering when they must
registerto participate in the spring primaries
and April election. The following official state-
ment by Deputy Attorney General A. B. Dough—
erty will be of interest: “In reply to your in-
quiry relative to the registration of women for the
coming spring primary and election, would say
that the same provisions of law relative to the
registration of men apply to the registration of-
women. They may register at any time prior. to
the 15th day of February in counties having a pri-
mary election or at any time prior to the 15th day

of March for the spring election."

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A bill has been ,drafted suggesting that the
Board of Pharmacy, nurses, harbors and dentists
come under the head of the State Board of Health.
The bill is under the guise of economy. “In the
first place,” .says Dr. Dennis Murray of Hastings,
the father of the bill, “the Dental Board has never
cost the state of Michigan One penny and in fact
it has to its credit with the state treasurer "over
34.000.00.1‘he United States Armand NaVy have
recognized'the ,_dentist‘and.haye received them in

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flags of dissatisfaction have"? I ,_1 heard ' the . '1 _

law-makers hit town "We fluke Itmlmt the
wholesale delivery of . prisoners the other night -.

“through a tunnel. was‘the'm my" -' Awolni " '

tion calling for amost exhaustive investigation ~ »
was passed by both houses Mondaynight without
a- protest; For several years or since the r8318!
nation "of Warden Simpson, there has beam
or less of a shadow of doubt hanging ov‘ertfhe big
prison. Wardens have charged their predeces-
sors with making “take” profits and the public
has never been quite satisfied as to these big man:
ey-making stories. It is well known that the pie-
on has “hacked" their bills creole as collateral
for eastern loans, which is not enthusiastically
approved by state authorities. At any rate, the
public will be paid in satisfaction no matter what

' this special investigation discloses.

Legislative Notes—4by Merle H. Berta '

The Federal Food Administrationgis being rape
idly-demobilized and will cease to officiallyexist
Feb. 15’. Federal Food Administrator Gena.»
Prescott, who has won the confidence and respect
alike of Michigan producers and consumers by his
administration,‘is in Lansing this week cloing up
the details. Frank D. Fitzgerald, who a, Mr.
Prescott’s executive secretary has had to handle
the burden of the detail, becomes deputy secre-
tary of state Feb. 1 to succeed Geo. L. Lnsk, re-
signed. Mr. Fitzgerald. made many friends dur-

,,/ing his fifteen months/in this war work and

hundreds of people in Michigan who have met him
in this capacity will be pleased to“ know of his
preferment. _ ' e» ' '
3 O t ' ‘
The State Board or Corrections and Charities
has a bill to permit all state institutions to serve
substitutes in lieu of butter if they 'ele'c‘t. Penal, V
institutions are already operating under. such an
option. Senator Vandenboom of Marquette, :one of
the largest dairy operators in the north country,
is opposed to the bill on the ground that packers
virtually Control both butter and butter] substi;
tute markets, but they are required to get the big
end of their butter direct from the farmers while
oleo is made from surplus slaughterhouse pro-
ducts. Consequently they would rather sell the
substitute for the perfectly obvious reason their
oleo profits are greater. J. C. Ketcham,- master of
the state Grange, who was a legislative visitor
Thursday, said- Prof. McCollough of Johns Hop-
kin University says the necessary elements of.
fats are not found in’ the substitutes and for that.
reason the state should serve its younger and
growing wards butter as a health measure. 0n
the other hand, the State Board of Corrections
and Charities offer abundant evidence‘that good
oleo is the equivalent of butter in all the dietary
properties and the financial'saving to the state
would be large. The annual report of the Board
of Corrections and Charities comments on this
question thus: ; . -'
“Recommendation for the repeal of the law pro-
hibiting the 'use of oleomargarine or. other sub-
stitutes for butter in state institutions. This law:
was amended by the Legislature of 1913 as apply— .
ing to penal institutions. ,An annualsaving of 1
approximately $60,000.00 would be effected in .the’
sixteen state institutions/by using'oleomargarine,
instead —of butter. ,
the effort made by the institutions to economize
during the last year. -In 1912 fourteen institu-
tions with a population 'of 9".834 used 357,600 lbs.

of butter, while iii-1918 the-same institutions with '

a population of»11.263' (13389 more than“ in 1912

- used, 295,398.;poundsfpi; bu
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. Farmers andhousewives of Michigan-andrfmem-
"begs; many. of the state’s most, active asricui-

:Michlélm Agricultural college for ; are, days dur-

~_i"h_8 February, 'c‘ommencing Februaw‘and- con-
, 'tinuing through February 7. Usually this week

_ V.‘""in East Lansing is'called simply'Tafnfiers’ Week

and thei-Iousewives’ Congress," but this winter,
. “say the announcements from‘ the coilege, the ses-
‘ alone. will be something more.

  

it" VLMichigaa Livestock Breeders and» Feeders

' For one; thing, as the completed'program dis-
closes, the week will be made the occasion for

A ‘ conventions" and "conferences by “many of Michi-

gan’s 'best known .associations. Livestock men of

the state will meet in force for the annual sessions '

0f the Michigan Improved 'Livestock Breeders’
and Feeders’- Association.
ven‘e on February 6. Along with this gathering
will be the annualconvention of the many asso-
ciations affiliated with the parent body. The
Michigan Horsebreeders’ Association will meet on
‘Feb. 5; the Michigan Holstein-Friesian Associa-
tion on Feb. 4 and 5; the Michigan Shorthorn
Breeders’ Association on Feb. 6; the Michigan

Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association on Feb. 5; .

the Michigan Guernsey Cattle Club on Feb. 5;‘
« the Michigan Jersey Cattle Club on Febxli; the
Michigan Red Polled Breeders’ Association on Feb.
5; the MichiganI-Iereford Breeders? Association
on Feb._5; theMichigan Swine Breeders’ Associ-
ation on Feb. 5; the Michigan Poland-China
Breeders’ Association on. Feb. 5; the Michigan
Duroc-Jersey Breeders’ Associatibn, on Feb. 5;
the Michigan Berkshire Breeders’ Association on
Feb. 5 and the Michigan Chester White SWine

' Breeders” Association on Feb. 5.

. Farm Bureaus to Unite

Another conference that promises to be of en
ochal interest will be the ~meeting'oi? officers and
members of the county farm bureaus of the’state
on Feb. 4, 5 and 6. It is the“ intention of the
farmers in‘ these Organizations—farmers who per-
haps represent the most active and progressive
agriculturalists in Michigan—to launch a central

‘ organization that will concern itself with matters

that touch the, civil, sociological and other affairs
of country life as well as the strictly agricultural. ,

. Crop Improvement Association
A third meeting of moment will be that of the

. Michigan Crop Improvement Association. The

members of this body, who are pledged to the con-
version of Michigan farmers to the raising of im-

proved varieti‘es of grains, and who are seeking

to procure for the farmer some of the direct ben-
efits that heretofore have accrued to the seedmen,
will meet onFeb. 4 and 5.

A principal feature of the' session, of the grain

, growers is to._be an exhibit of pedigreed grains,

and in. fact of all grains of merit. A number of
prizes have been offered, particularly for corn ac- '
climated to Michigan. ‘The sum of $100 will be

_ one, of the awards made for the best strain _of
- white corn that can be grown with success in
,. this state. Entries for the grain show, incidental—

ly, can/be made by fili g a request with J. W.

Nicolson. of East Lansin , secretary of the asso-
ciation. . V

* ' . Muck Farmers ,

Not a little interest, also, is cente; ing in the ’
proposed meeting of muck farmers of iMchigan.
A special Program has been"arranged .ror agricul-
turists whose interests lie in3~this direction by
Ezra Levin, specialist in .muc’k” props for the col-

J Iege.‘ This meeting‘of'the'muck farmers will run

for two days, Feb. Anna 5.,
Many - Other inflicting:

use 913;,919 Poultry: Breederst'QIAMIthgan, the-
an gyr‘up Makers’ Assoctsucn;1;§n€séng¢i_ 00m-
qners; of: Michigan, the Drain: commissioner's "
fun, the leaders ofrbOysi-and girl’s' blubg, ,
ith the youngsters who, during thongs» '

  

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. L” will be: of, improvedhtrains
w, ibe used, for "a poultry ,showr'eWit-h special
, places ‘ for winnermin recent .state contests; a
‘tbjrdfwill begs health show; a fourth will be taken
7119 with’E'e'hibits' of‘interest‘ to housewives and
housekeepers. '

- Many Prgminent Speakers

The conventions and conferences of the many
associ tions that will unite for sessions at the
East sing institution, will be conducted dur-
“ingthe mornings of the week. "During the after-
noons andrevenings all of them will join in the
general farmers’ week meetings. These meetings
will be addressed by many men and women of.
prominence not alone in the agricultural world,
but in industrial and governmental circles also.
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, Chicago; Dr.
I. W. Chamberlain, formerly president of Iowa
Agricultural ’College; 0. H. Benson, leader of
boys' and girls’ clubs thrn-out the United States;
Dr. E. G. Montgomery, professor of farm crops at
Cornell University; Lieut. C. R. Crozier, who was
wounded at Chateau Thierry; Dr. Arthur Evans,
of the Chicago Tribune, noted health authority;
F. M. White, well known as a specialist in trac-
tors; Miss Louise H. Campbell of Iowa State
College, and many' others, will be'K‘ among the
speakers.

During the week the college— with its lecture
rooms and laboratories, instructors and profes-
sorS-will be turned over to the visitors entirely.
The sessions will be open to the public irrespec-
tive—according to the invitation—of age, sex or
place of residence.

 
  
  

 

A FARM “BOSS” PROUD OF
HIS WORKING RESERVE BOY

 

I am enclosing a photo of Elbert Revis, an Okla-
homa boy who helped me last summer. He used
five horses on a double-bottdm plow and did it
more cleverly than the older men I have been able

 

 

to get. We have used many school boys during
summer‘vacations and find them first rate help.
I am all4for the Boys Working Reserve if handled
properly—Stanley Warner. Barry county.

About the time that demobilization began a
strong movement was inaugurated in this state
to retain and strengthen the Boys’ Working Re-
serve. The‘plan did not receive much encour—
agement. It was felt that the returning soldiers
would constitute a. labor reserve sufficient to care
for all needs, and already this conviction has been
justified. It would be manifestly unfair to the
men who forgot to preserve democracy to build a
labor ”force that might and undoubtedly would
usurp a place in the industrial world which could
be filled by ‘returning soldiers. The Boys’ Work-
ing Reserve was a splendid organization; it filled

a great need in the agricultural field during the

brief time of its existence; had the war contin-
ued long it would unquestionably have been the
one big source of labor supply for the farmers.
The boys who, moved by patriotic motives, went
out ontothe farms last summer and manfully
took up burdens intended for seasoned farm hands,
are deserving of a lot of thanks, and we are sure
that those farmers who availed themselves of this
help'appreciateboth the spirit and the assist-
ance, of those boys. But the emergency for which

,thev'Boys"'Working Reserve was built has passed,

and. it .is best for all concerned that 'the organ-

; ization be dissolved. The idea will not die, and '

(haboyswill be ready to spring to “arms" in any
‘future crisis.. ’ . » ‘ _ . f

Lennon—The State Association of Supervisors
11.1.1518 , (onFebruary '11, 12 and 13,]v’vhen the
in '«3f"interest to the township" heads

jPr’oblems regarding assessments.
‘ wads: agriculture, eta, will-be dis-
_1‘ Wu authorities.: 7

  

- $13,903,631 as compared with1315,729,160_ 50.1?" . _
the "imports were $38,389,372 as compareswi

$21,553,375 for 1917. ‘The total foreignj‘tmde‘ 1
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. Declare They Have 'Had Enough of Lift! in “I
the Open at $30 Per WithoutTtking n.
Life Job at Agricultural work ’Un- ‘ ’

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,“Going back to the farm, Jim I s’pose?” .1 ‘7

“Back to the farm? No, sir-ee; think I’Ve been
asoldiering twelve months for nothing? fused
to get $30 a month on the farm; and enlisted in,
the army at $30 'per, but I know fellows whomre
getting $100 a month and then some in cities, and I
enjoying life at the same time. Farm? I should
say not; Me for the bright lights and the weekly
pay envelope.”

V’Twill be a sad blow to Mr. Lane, secretary of
the Interior, when he learns that about 50 per
cent of the boys who used to work on the farms
are not going back to the farm, and that probably
less than 10 per cent of those who never farmed
can be induced to try the experiment. But such
seems to be facts, if the sentiment of the soldier ‘
'lads who have already returned is any criterion.
of how the rest of the boys feel about it.

Soldiers will not» farm, that is, no considerable
number of them will. The reasons have been
clearly pointed out in previous issues of this pub-
lication. While city-bred/people have laid elab—
orate plans for indu’cting returning soldiers into
agricultural paradises that exist only in thefertile
imagination of those who never lived on a farm,
those who [have farmed and know something about
the trying conditions under which men farm to-
day, have warned that the plans of the theorists
would go to smash on the rocks of hard facts and
actual experience. And now that the boys are com-
ing home, and snub their noses at farm jobs, the
well—meaning theorists clearly see that they should
have made other preparations for rel—establishing
the soldier in civilian life. _ ,

It has been feared that the Michigan legislature,
in its enthusiasm to do something for the ‘boys,
would fall headlong for Sec. Lane’s back’to-the-
farm proposal, and commit the state to a costly
and impractical land-settlement program before
consulting the men in whose behalf it was con-
ceived. But a canvass of state officials and
members of the legislatures shows fortunately
that they are quite cognizant of the difficulties
that would be encountered in carrying out Mr.
Lane’s suggestion in this state.

The only land in Michigan available in large
tracts for settlement and cultivation for farm
crops are in an undeveloped condition, and it
would cost the prospective soldienfarmer from
$15 to $20 an acre to clear the land of its stumps.
This added to the purchase price, and the neces-
sary money for tools and equipment would repre-
sent a sum far in excess of what the average sol- .
dier could put up. ‘ .

If, on the other hand, the state and the nation
had been forward enough to have provided six

months ago legislation that would create a fund
from which the development of these lands could
have been financed, permitting the soldier-settler
to reimburSe the state or federal government on
the amortization plan, We would be perfectly jus-
tified in encouraging our returning soldiers to take
up these lands. Under the circumstances, howev-
er, it is folly to~even contemplate such a scheme,
for it could not but end disastrously to both the.
proponents of the scheme and those it was meant
to help.

 

GAME LAW SUMMARY FOR
TRAPP'ERS AND HUNTERS,

 

To aid trappers and hunters the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture has issued Farmers’ Bulle-
tin 1022, “LaWS Relating to Fur Bearing Animals,"
which is a summary of legislation in the United
States,‘ Canada, and Newfoundland, relating to
trapping, open seasons, propagation. and bounties.
Under the stimulus of high prices there is always
danger that trappers will deplete the trapping
grounds and permanently decrease the number of
’fur animals, the Federal specialists say. Regula- p
tions and seasons. should be carefully, observed, I
so that the fur supply shall not be endangered.

Fer the“ fiscal year ended June‘ 30, 1918, theft
foreign trade of the United States in raw and man 3
ufactured furs reached the largest total in». e
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if TLE To LAND IS NOT CLEAR; g "

MUST WE PAY THE TAXES? .1

I have taken alrout a dozen different farm pap-
ers in the last five or six years and you sent me
p a ample copy of the M. B. F. and I have let the
_ other papers go for yours is the best. I hope to
[see it in every Michigan farm home.

- I would like to ask you a question and have you
My wife has fallen heir
to forty acres of land. The heirs had an admin-
.' istrator appointed and he held an administrator's
we and sold off all of the personal property and
divided all the money and the land but didn't give
her anything to show that she had the land, and
said he can’t until the boy gets back from the
war. What I want to know is, do we have to
pay the taxes on said land? It may be a year, or
it may be five or six years; we can’t tell for we
haven’t heard anything from him since he went
to France—R. K. P., Ithaca,_.Mlchlgan.

7- It is difficult fer me to answer this letter from
the information furnished. You do not state
whether the estate was closed by an order of the
Probate Judge and the property assigned to the
heirs. You speak of “administrator” but I cannot
tell from the context whether it is an administra—
tor with a will annexed or without. You do not
say who “the boy" is that is in war.‘ You do not
say whether the assignment of the estate by the
administrator was before or after December 1st.
Ordinarily an assignment before the 1st of Decem-
ber the one who takes the land pays the tax, and
where the assignment is made after the 1st of
December, the administrator pays the tax. I do
not know what prevents the record of assign-
ment of the estate by reason of the absence of
“the boy.” You state that you can’t get
anything to show your title because of the ab-
sence-Of the boy. This would not affect the title
of the others nor the recording of the orders of
~ the court in regard to the land. So little informa-
tion is given in the letter that the answer must
be indefinite—W. E. Brown, Legal Editor.

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WHY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
DETROIT AND FARM MILK TEST?

'Can you explain why, when Detroit only re-‘

quires milk to test 3%, the commission fixes the
test from farmers at 3.5%, thus allowing the deal-
er to separate 1-7 of the cream they pay for and
have it as clear profit and still conform to the city
I law? Also, why does the commission fix the
price of butterfat in milk test of 3. 5 at only 40c
per pound when it is worth 60 to 70 cents per lb.
to make into butter or sell as cream ?—Reader.

The state law provides that milk shall contain
not less than 3 per cent of fat, and prohibits
thinning, watering, or otherwise adulterating
milk. It is true that Detroit distributors equal-
ing their receipts. This is necessary in order to
put out a standard product. In certain instances
it has been found that certain distributors equal-
ize to standard “down.” In other words ,they
were found to take out a certain portion of the fat
Which constitutes skimming, and is contrary to
the law. These cases have been dealt with by
eitherthe Detroit Board Of Health or this De-
partment.

Concerning the question, "Why does the Com-
mission fix the price of butterfat in milk testing
3.5 per cent at 40 cents per pound, when it is
worth 60 to 70 cents per pound to make into but-
No good argument can be
advanced why this differential should not be based
on the market price of butterfat. It is, however,
a question upon which producers disagree, due to
the fact that the major portion Of milk produced
for market milk purposes test 3.5 percent or be-
low; This class of producers suffer whenever the

differential is increased «but in view of the fact ‘

that the percent of fat in milk is a fairly accur-
, ate basis of measuring the value of milk, whether
intended for buttermaking, cheese-making, con-
densed or market. milk purposes, there is no just

' reason why the differential per point should not

.. , be based upon the market price for the butterfat.
' '«E,,D. ,Wendt, in charge Dairy Division Food and
y_'- Drug Department. Lansing.

ENDON FARMER CLAIMS ELEVA’I‘:
' OR SHORT-WEIGHED HIS GRAIN

I: am‘sendlng my dollar fer renewal to the best "

paper should reach every farmer in the state“
* ' F. ergh Jack t. .,

he gave my son checks 1911980 pound ‘” '
1, 690 pounds :02 rye, or 1, 020 pound
weight. My Son was in a bdrry to?

not h as
night and didn’t get the weights at the; time of,
delivery. but next day when;- -We went to Greed's

place he was gone and his then gave us the above
weights, and I told him they were short, but his
man would not do anything about it. Then on
December 6 we took another load of 38 sacks of
rye, which our scales made 4,210 pounds
this time I weighed the load myself on his scales
at the elevator and got 4,200 pounds even, or 75
bushels, and I called their attention to the short-
age on the previous load, but Creed himself was
still away and I could get no satisfaction. When
I did finally get to see Creed he positively refused
to do anything about it, and declared his weight
to be correct. Now, $1, 690 pounds at $1. 50 per
bushel is $45.26. His check called for $48.26, an-
other error of $3. And again 1,010 pounds of Us
at $1.50 is $27: and in order to get unt-angled,
Creed has made another weight check for the bal.

ance of my rye, either to himself or to some fic- '

titious person and draWn a check for $24 instead
of $27, to cover the error of $3, so his books are
again straight, and he has $24 of my money in his
pocket, and as he himself is “fireproof” I need

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‘How’Do You Tackle-Your Work?

0W do you tooklle your work each day!
Are you scared‘of the job you find!
Do you grapple the task that comes your way
With a confident, easy wind!
Do you stand right up to the work ahead
0r fearfully pause to view it!
Do you start in toll with a sense of dread
0r feel than you’re going to do it!

name:

You can do as much as you think you can,
But you'll never accomplish more;

If you’ re afraid of yourself, young man,
There’s little for you in store.

For failure comes from the inside first;
It’s there if we only know it;

And you can win, tho you face the worst,
If you feel that you’re going to do it.

Succass! It’s found in the soul of you,
And not the realm of luck!

The world will furnish the work to do,
But you must provide the pluck.

You can do whatever you think you can,
It’s all in the way you view it;

It’s all in the start that you make, yOung

man,

You must feel that you’ re gmng to do it.

How do you tackle your work each day!
With confidenCe clear, or dread 4'

What to yourself do you stop and say
When a new task lies ahead!

What is the thought that is in your mind!
Is fear ever running thru it?

If so, tackle the newt thing that you find/
By thinking you’ re going to do it. /

-—EDGAB A. GUEST

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some help to get my money. He buys for Little
Bros. of Kalamazoo, but whether they would help
me I don’t know, as so far as they are concerned
the account is straight. They have the rye and
have paid for it. Please let me hear from you.
My son and myself can both swear as to the
weights. —Sub8c1~lber, Mendon.

If the local dealer is acting as agent for the
Kalamazoo firm they are liable for the full
amount of grain delivered at the elevator and to*
prove the exact amount both father and son may
be witnesses to prove it. If the local dealer is
buying on his own account and reshipping to
Kalamazoo then the Kalamazoo firm would f not be
liable.
facts, to consult good local attorney. ——-W. E. Brown,

Legal Editor.

AHOW CAN I MAKE LANDLORD CAR-

RYOUT THRESHING AGREEMENT?

‘ I am a subscriber and I would like to have a
little information about what to do when the man
you rent from refuses to pay thresh bills. I rented
from my father and I was to have one-third of the
crops and he furnish everything and pay thrash
bills. -—E. W. C’., NeWaygo county.

You can pay the thresh bills and take it out of
the amount due the landlord or sue him for the
amount in an actiOn of assumpsit. ——W. E Brown

Legal Editor. . . , _. . .1

, ‘

Enclosed please fldd my check for a year’s sub-

Gen 11 01:
death and the insurance. -
- know is, will the government pay thi} insurancew
* to the father, or direct to girl, or will a guardian

Now, .

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It is advisable on account of dispute in,

some” .
father has

Now whatI wISh to‘ i '

‘b'e appointed2 I! so, what steps will she have to '1
take in order that she may receive this money, and

"take care of it, as it will be paid 316- 33 per month,

her share, and she wishes to keep 1t" to educate .
herself after she passes high school, and if it
passes to her father's hands the chances are she
might not get it .,--Reader Mason, Mich ’

The government is not liable to- pay any part
of the insurance belOnging to a minor to any but
a legal guardian If the minor is nearly four.
teen years old she should go to the Probate Court
in the county where she lives and petition the
court to appoint some suitable and responsible
person as guardian and who will be required by
the Court to give bond for the safe keeping and in-
vestment of the amount payable to her. The 3°“.
eminent. should be notified of the appointment of.
the guardian and ask that the amount be paid to
him. The “giving" away of a child without legal
adoption papers is of no legal force except that
the Court will take that into consideration in the

appointment of guardian, or in an effort to remove

the child from her foster parents. The application
for the appointment 'might be applied for prop:
erty only unless the judge saw good reason to re-
quire otherwise he would undoubtedly be satisfied

, to allow the- child to remain where she had been

for all these years and especially if the child ap-
plied for a guardian after she was fourteen. She
could express her wishes to the judge even though
she was not fourteen. —W. E. Brown, Legal Ed-
itor. . \

FARMER IS HOLDEN FOR
SERVICE OF STALLION

Two years ago I had a mare bred, and about
four months after I sold her to the army. Shortly .
after breeding this man sold the stallion. Do I
have to pay for breeding, or does the army man?
The stallion was sold before I knew that the mare

was in breed. ——A Subscriber.

Yes, you are legally liable for the service. ——W.
E. Brown, Legal Editor.

TIMELY INFORMATION FROM PRES.
FARMERS’ THRESHING ASS’N

I will answer Clinton county farmer regarding
co— —operative threshing thru the columns of your
paper. We were in the same boat as they are in.
We organized abOut August lst of last year, rath- '
er late, with 30 members, with $5, 000 capital
stock paid in, divided in fifty one hundred dollar ‘
shares, no member having over five shares: nor
under one share. We bought a 19-horse Longfel-
low Port Huron engine and 33x54 separator, Port
Huron. with the Hart belt and bucket weigher,
self-feeder and wind-stacker and tank and wagon,
also a Greyhound beaner, built by the Banting
Machine 00., Toledo, Ohio. I may say right here
that our board of directors is composed of the
president, secretary and two other members. As
I was in the threshing game some time prveious
to this they elected me president and general
manager of the company. Well, we started thresh-
ing on Aug. 23 and threshed until Dec. 5, getting
in 80 days steady work, we threshed all of the'
company work and filled their silos, and earned
$1. 250 outside of the company business We held
our. annual meeting last Friday, Dec. 10. Every
member was well pleaSed with the work done, and
after paying help and incidentals and storage for

our machinery we paid a 40 per cent dividend and

had a balance of $200 left in the treasury to‘ start
with next year. So we think co-operation is all '

right.

“*~ Some think thirty members are too many, but,

if they are ordinary sized farmers like we have,
you can have even more than 30. Now is Mr E.
A. 0., Clinton county would like further informs.-
tion write in person and I will be glad to help

him—G. w. Jerome Pres. odds Brldae Thrcshing'

scripthn to MIOHIGAN BUSINEss FARMING and tf, ,

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city friends cry.

We
,Bur'en county. ThiE
W .
he little farm-1mm” tremolo-

Because little is known by the forms
at of the state of the development of this
nt industry, and also because the Western

 

tf’ my discour inag gears in settling the one
problem that be les so many branches of agri-
culture 1712 marketing, ioe- concluded to tell our

. , we are indebted
the following excellent review of the progress

of the grape industry. Sen. Davis has agreed to
. "mitts other articles from time to time upon the
, grape growing industry.

HE FIRST grapes were planted by a Mr.
Jones of Lawton, seine fifty odd years ago.
One early days Mr. Jones’ only problem Was

to rains enough grapes to supply the demand and '

at goOd priCes. The farmers were quick to real-
ize that this section was especially adapted to
the growing of grapes, and in a short time there
Ninety per
cent of these vineyards grow the Concord variety
and at the present time there are vineyards of
frum five to one hundred and fifty acres owned and

V cultivated by one man.

In the early history of the industry there was
no trouble to dispose of the crop at a good price,
but as the planting enlarged very rapidly, the
problems of marketing grew more difficult. In
those days the commissiou men sent their agents
into the grape markets and bought for cash. That
system never proved s‘atixéfactory, as the buyers
would get together in the morning, settle on a
pr ce, which on account of the perishablity of
the product the farmers were compelled to accept.
This system was in vogue for a number of years
until public sentiment crystalized and the Mich-
.ig‘an Fruit Exchange was Organized. This asso—
ciation with a stock company or ten thousand dol-
lars capital, was organized under the laws of the
state. Most of the stock was held by the farmers,
the ofllners consisting of president, vice- -,president

  

of Lawton
iéditoed some of the"
,"lg fifty years ago, engaged in by a hal1

en formers, has grown into a mighty industry
M the investment and exchange of. millions- ~

gan grape growers have finally succeeded ‘

      
  
 

 
 

  

   
 
  
  
  
 
    
 

  

 
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

 

 
   

The Kind of Grapes They Grow in West Michigan

secretary and treasurer, and board of directors.
The members voted to levy a tax of one-half cent
~~-per eight-pound basket and $1.50 per ton for 20-lb.
baskets, to provide; funds for overhead expenses.
As this great industry developed other associa-
tions were formed, notably the Southern Michigan
..and the Wolverine Fruit Associations. These as-
sociations changed the marketing conditions very
materially and in a short time drove the cash
buyer out of business. Experience and growth
uncovered what turned out to be a serious defect
in all these associations. They all derived their
revenue from the basket and tonage, taxes and
their gross revenue so derived was at the disposal
of the different managers to defray the expenses.
The more they handled the larger was this sum,
and from this arrangement grew an intense riv-

. only the actual cost.

.a chance of over-loading any one market.

alry between the different associations and a great

- deal of bitter feeling existed that was distinctly ‘ h.

lnimical to the best interests of the industry. To
eliminate this condition the board at directors of

,the Michigan Fruit Exchange took action and,» .
placed our manager on a. salary and held back”
ten' per cent of our sales money until the end of

the season, to provide revenue expense. At the

end of the season we deducted out total mainten— -
ance/ expense from the total collected and the bah-‘7 "

ance was prorated back to the grower, in pro-
portion to their shipments. Our idea is ,to give
the grower a means of disposing of his crop,
thru a systematic and competent associati‘On at
As an example of how well
this system worked, our entire overhead expense
of putting this year’s crop on the market was
only 5 per cent.

The other associations in time also did away
with the commission feature and placed their of-
floors on a salary basis, and only charged the ac-
tual expense to the grower.

With three associations in the field, we found
another defect. The associations being competi-
tors on .the market the commission men were
quick to take advantage of this rivalry and were
continually hammering the price down and to a
considerable degree defeating the objects we were
attempting to promote.

Several attempts were made thru joint. meet-
ings of the directors of the different associations
to remedy this defect. Two years ago the differ-
ent boards met in joint session and voted to make
the North American Fruit Exchange, located at
Benton Harbor, as our selling agent. The differ-
ent managers of these constituent associations
are located at the office of the North American Ex-
charge, and agree and fix the price for the grapes
sold on the market that day. This system has
proved very sallsfactory, the different managers
being in constant touch with each other, watching
and observing the market and thus eliminating
This
plan likewise did away with three different prices
being telegraphed all over the country from three
distinct sources. I believe the grape market is in .
better condition than ever before in the history
of the industry, a tribute to the unselfishness of
honorable men bound by a common desire to pro-
mote and stabilize one of the great enterprises in
our category of agricultural development.

Mister Censumer Gets a Belated EduCation

VERY few days I have an argument with

city friends about the~~prosperity of the .

farmer. “The farmer is getting rich,” these
“Lookat the prices we pay for
food to

It is true that the price of food to the consum-
or is high—much higher than it ought to be—
much higher than he can afford to pay. No one
realizes this more than the farmer—no one re-
grets it more, for every rise in the price of food
means decrease in consumption and decrease in

. consumption means a surplus. of food on the farm-

ors' hands and that means disaster to the farmer.
We have no Scarcity of food; Government lig-

' urea recently given outshow that there is now in

storage warehouses in the United States more
beef, pork, lamb, fowls, eggs and land than at a.
corresponding time last year and yet food to the

consumer is constantly rising in price. Go to‘
" the farmer on the farm and he will show you by

figures of his own and by those collected by ex-
ports and agricultural colleges that at the present
prices paid him he is losing money. And other
statistics bear this out. _ »

In Lsnnwekcounty, the most prosperous agri-

V cultural county 111. the state, 262 farmers in 1913

Were tenants and in the great fertile state of Illi-

" do more than half the farmers are tenants. Ac-

   

 

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commissioner and editor of the Mich-

igan Patron, has undertaken to tell
the farmer’s story to the people of ‘Detroit.
Not merely to tell the story, either; but to
make the city folk believe the story, and re—
vise their estimate of the farmer according-
ly. That’s some job, all right, but we’ll have
to admit that Mr. Helme has made remark-
able progress in the first four articles that
have appeared from his pen, which are as
clear expositions of the farmer’s problems
as we have ever read.

As we have previously pointed out, appar-
ently no one knows quite so much about the
farming business as the man of the city. He
has been fed up with so many misleading
statistics from the department of agricul-
ture and so many distorted newn stories
that he ,has come to believe that the farmer
is a robber and a profite‘er. And it's hard
to make him believe any differently. How-
ever, Mr. Helme has grouped his facts and
figures in such an illuminating fashion that
we expect to see many converts to the truth.
We are going to republish this series of
articles, the first of which appears herewith.
Others will follow in later issues. Other
articles will be taken up in order in lates
issues

C‘JIM” HELME, former dairy and food

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had incomes suflicient to (Continued oniimflé‘ it).

ed for his year’s work and that of his wife and
children less than $1, 000; and out of this he had
to pay his living expenses and buy food and
clothing.

The average of the whole state would show a
cash labor income of less than $500. Compare this
income with the Ford worker, who gets $6 a day,
works eight hours instead of sixteen, has not a.
dollar invested in the business and is subject to
no risk of poor crops to affect his income and you
will understand why farmers leave farms for the
cities. The labor income from 25 of the best
farms from the 100 listed was $1, 976 and these
farms were capitalized at $11, 626. Out of this
$1, 976 must come depreciation and interest on the
capital invested.

FARM POPULATION Dnors _

Every decade the ceDSUS shows a decline in,
rural population in every farm district and a cor--»
responding increase of urban population. Farm-
ing, that most important of all business, is now
conceded to be the least profitable of all. Lured
by higher wages and shorter hours, the farm boy
abandons the farm and hastens to the city to be-
come a consumer instead of producer.

Recent figures show that there are now five
conSumers for every producer. The steady trend
of people to the city continues in spite of all the
cries of “back to the land,” in spite of the so-
called independence of farm life. There is just
one thing that will stop this great movement and
that is a more liberal reward for the farmer so .
that he can have enough profit to compete with?
the city factory in payment of wages.

ONE IN noun HUNDRED
According to the returns of the internal revenue:
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e‘iollowing table will illustrate this fact and
this same ratio can be applied to any farm equpi-
ment. The table here ‘given is for a 90-ton silo

with a price of $300 in 1914 and $400 in 1919.
' The market is taken in Chicago during the first

Week in January of each year:

moon's or FARM PRODUCE NECESSARY 'ro
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., January 1919
Price Am't. Req'd Produce 178 Bushels$ 2.16
3 .89 387 Bushels. Wheat 248 Bushels 2.25
.65 461 Bushels Corn 248 Bushels 1.41
.40 « 750 Bushels Oats 588 Bushels .68
.40 7 50 Pounds . Butter 57 1 Pounds .70
.36 833 Dozen. . Eggs 571 Dozeni .70
8.00 3750 Pounds Hogs 2222 Pounds 18.00
9.25 3243 Pounds Beef 2000 Pounds 20.00
8.00 8750 Pounds. Lambs 2500 Pounds 16.00
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By averaging the cost for both years, it will be
found that silos are 36 .per cent cheaper now than
before the war. This is in terms of the value of
farm products. From the table it will be observed
that while silos have increased in price they have
not increased in the same ratio as farm produce,
and as this represents the commodity in exchange,
it is safe to say that “silos are cheap.” The
farmer has a greater purchasing power than ever
before and the need of farm equipment especially
that which works for economy of production is
very marked. The scarcity of stock and stock
products; the high prices paid for all kinds of
fiorage make the silo more necessary than ever
before.

It is wise to order your equipment early wheth-
er it be a silo, a tractor, or any farm implement.
This is wise because it is exceedingly difficult for
manufacturers and jobbers to handle the trade
unless it be distributed thru the season. The ten-
dency is always toward ordering late and this
makes a rush at the end of the season, often re-
sulting in difficulty in delivery. Many companies
ofler discount for early orders. This will amply
offset any interest which might be involved. It al-
so affords more time for construction and slack

seasons can be turned to good advantage in this '

way.

Under present conditions the silo will more than
pay for itself every year. The great need of a
cheap succulent ration is recognized by every
stock keeper and with the silo this can be easily

obtained in any section of the country. Bulky

forage should be grown on the farm where the
stock are kept and if feed must be purchased it
should be in the concentrated form.

We are now working under a condition of high-
priced land which seems to be going steadily high-
er. This means that we must make more money
from our acres. The silo will make this possible.
To pasture even $100 an acre land is questionable.
This same pasture land put in corn and that si-
loed will feed six times more stock and naturally
will stand a much higher value. The silo makes
it possible to keep more stock on- the land and
works under in harmony with intensive farm
methods.

It is poor economy to hold off from the purchase
of any farm equipment on account of the price,
for the chances are that the prices-of .all such
equipment are lower in terms of purchasing powo
er of the farmer than ever before.——-A. L. HaecMer‘.

 

MAKING THE MOST OF
THE AVAILABLE FERTILIZER

(Continued from last week)

Under such conditions probably the best meth-
od of handling is to spread the manure as it is
made. Such a. practice, of course, subjects it to
thorough aeration and leaching by rains. In con-
sequence it is advisable to work the manure into
the surface soil as soon after spreading as pos-
sible so that the ammonia may be absorbed by
the soil. While undoubtedly much loss occurs
under this system of handling, it is infinitely bet-
ter than the common practice of piling the man-
ure beside the barn. If the land is quite rolling
the above practice is
fairly level land most of the plant food is worked
into the ground where it is fixed by the absorp-
tion power of the soil. When manure is spread
whenever a load is obtained a roof or shelter of
some" kind should always be provided for the
spreader, not only to protect the machine ’but to
prevent the leaching of the manure when" it is
left 'in the open and exposed to rain and bleached
by .thesu‘n.’ f ' ' 'V .
,It is a common practice in some localities. where

 

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war. in terms of values of term produce. ': being evenly distributed throughout the '3‘”?
. layer as it should 'be in order to: beeasily M696- '
“sible to the plant roots. _* In addition such small

     

piles offer ideal conditions for the loss of plant
food as ammonia and. nitrogen gas. , ', '

If it is necessary to pile manure in. the field
the piles should be large With the top sloping to
the center so, as to catch the rain and keep the ma.
terial as nearly saturated as possible. This mater-
ially cuts down the lossbut under the best of

conditions manure piled in the‘ field suffers large,

losses of plant food and the practice should be
avoided. , 4
There are many farmers in Michigan who do
not \have a manure spreader and large numbers
whose supply of manure does not warrant the
construction of special sheds or bins for its stor-
age. In fact a very large percentage of the man-
ure produced on Michigan farms this winter will
undoubtedly be throWn out back of the barn in
the“ usual way. I wish to call the attention of
these farmers to the great loss of plant food from

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3.5% MILK FOR WINTER 1918-’19
Data shows all items entering into, the
cast of producing 100 pounds of 3.5 per cent
milk during seven months of winter feed-
ing (Oct. 16 to May 15.) Data from three
different seasons on 7121 Michigan farms
representing 2,015 cows. All costs based on
present prices, Dec. 1, 1918.

Home-grown grains, 10.5 lbs. $48.00 ten 3 .25

Purchased grains , 18.7 lbs., $60.00 ton .56
Hay, 46.6 lbs., $25.00 ton ______________ .58
Other dry forage, 21.7 lbs, $12.00 ton__ .13
Silage, 149.1 lbs., $8.46 ton ____________ .63
Bedding, 17.6 lbs., $8.00 ton __________ .‘07

Labor, man, 2.3 hrs, 300 per hr._;____
Labor, horse, .12 hrs. 15c per hr. ______
Hauling milk, 25c per cm. __________ . 5.
Taxes, Int. and Dep. on cattle, $110.00

at 12 per cent for 7'months ________
Taxes, Int. and Dep. on buildings,

$117.38 at 10 per cent for 7 mos.____
Int. and Dep. on equipment, $12.09 at

$18.61 per cent for 7 months ________
Veterinary services and drugs ________
Losses due to death __________________
Miscellaneous costs __________________
Add 10 per cent for managerial ability,

risks and omitted items ____________ 1.37

 

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Credits for manure, 230 lbs. at $2__ .23.

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manure exposed to. the weather for several months.
The efi'ene of this loss is shown by the following
table: . .

Under roof

Exposed

per cent per cent

Loss of organic matter ____,_ _______ 60 69
Loss of nitrogen __________________ 23 40
Loss of phosphoric acid __________ 4 16
Loss of potash ____________________ 3 '36

It is evident that the losses of plant food are
materially reduced when the manure is protected
from leaching. It seems highly advisable therefore
to at least construct a roof over the manure pile.
This will require but little labor and there is suf-
ficient old lumber or roofing on every farm to
make such a. shelter. As thawriter‘ has traveled
about the state he‘has watched for some such
shelter, but incredible as it may seem he has so

- far failed to find one. Would it not be the part

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scarcely advisable, but on '

, saves time and labor, tell as Ghent min, your own

of wisdom in this, time of scarcity of fertilizers
and high prices for farm crops to make at least
this small effort to conserve the fertilizer we
have?—0.' E. Miller. '

 

 

HELPFUL FARM HINTS AND
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(Nora: We are stdrt'ing this new department
at. the suggestion of acubscrtber. It will be a
clearing house of practical ideas and experiences
in the discovery and application of time and labor-
saving devices. It , is 09% to contributions from
every reader. I} you have found an easier way

of doing (mg/pane! the farm work- ;if you have .

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littlewover fifty donors, laid down. Today, that.
madhixie runs smoother, quieter, and as 181' , 88 '
we can see. gives Just as good service as the day- .,
y' it was first run. Soot-ten in a shert time after j '
the'machinea have been in use, they begin t9 get

noisy, or require more power, or quit entirely,
, that this isjeasily attributed to one or two things.
In the firstplace, the Separator is in the base-
ment of the barn in aroom built for the purpose,
concrete Walls and floor, and there is no chance
for vibration of any kind. Two Zainch: planks

were, laid in the raised floor at'the» end of the"
room to take the larger screws of the machine,

and these have never worked loose nor beens'tam-
pered with.
perfectly level before the machine was installed.
Another thing Which might be partly responsible
for the quietness and smooth-running qualities of
the separator is the fact that the oil is changed

regularly and all parts kept tight and in, order.— ,

Dole R... Van Horn. '

 

' PAPER PROTECTORS FOR PLANTS
HAVE PROVEN THE BEST

 

About every spring. comes a relapse in the
warm weather with the result that the tender
garden stall is
meted. . .

One common method is the use of tin and glass
cans. But tin, especially is a good. conductor of
heatand’cold and its sides readily transmit the
{temperature within. Glass jars are better but
they, too, are more or less sensitive to tempera-

ture changes.

resorted to the following method: It is common-
ly known that paper is one of the best non-con.
doctors there is. Having purchased a few dozen
medium-sized sacks at the grocery store, I pro-
ceeded to erect them over the plants a. shown:
The short length of wire holds the sick firmly
to the ground. Even in a strong wind these sacks
will remain upright—Dale R. Van Horn.

TOWNLEY AND THE ‘NON-PARTIS-
AN LEAGUE ARE VINDICATED
(Continued from last week)
“The trustee has been permitted to go thru the
record of all these concerns as with a lighted
candle. He has found no trace of any grant of

League or its subordinate agencies to Mr. Town-
ley, except a salary of $300 per month. On the

contrary, the record shows clearly and aflirmas}

tively that the NaiePartisan League’ and its sub-
ordinate agencies : have never granted to Mr.
Townley any part of their funds or property as his

personal estate, and that he has never made any ,
claim to those funds or properties as belonging ,

to himself personally and he has never used them

for any purpose except that of a political leader, ‘

devoting them honestly to the achievements of
the objects of his party. ‘ . ~ ,

“The record is full and has been honestly kept
and it shows an honest purpose to give an ac-
count of an honest stewardship! ,

“Judge Amidon, who rendered the decision, is a
presidential appointee who never has had any
connection with the Nell-Partisan League, having
obtained a life appointment to the district bench
before the League became apower.

“The net result of the decision is that Mr. Town-

ley is ordered to pay $17.89, the amount by which
his own schedule of assets exceeded the statutory
exemption. The decision specifically denies cred-
itors any right to any funds or property of [the
Non-Partisan League or any subsidiary organiza-
tion." = ' '

I Hangman—The farmers of Houghton county

are showing that they are aliveeto the spirit of .

the times by their contemplated purchase " of a

flour mill and elevator. -At present-“there. is. no
‘ large commercial nonrwmill in Houghton.v‘hut in‘

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view of the fact that copper country tarmars v. are
now raising wheatin considerableumtmfiy "
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It was also seen that the floor was '

frozen stifl if not properly pro- ‘

(«And so, during the cold nights of this spring I .

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. - “11y folks Will pay good money to see things that
e 30 plentiful is more '11 I know. ’
Jest the 6the'r day I saw a butcher buy some

that was all he could afford, an’ then he sold
in, jest as they were, for 38 cents—an' b'g-o'sh“
as only one of the forty, an’ there’s a lot more
, 4 jest like him, too. When I want to buy anything

’ I go in a store an’ ask the price an’ when they
. tell me, I go cut and walk around an? then go
hick an’ the price has been raised, an' so I buy
before they can raise it again; ”an that’s why I.
gay I don't have to go to no dum show to see all
the thieves I want to see.

01 course, Allies’ Baby might be cute an’ all
that, but babies are quite plentiful here, an' not
kn6w1n’ who Allie is, I'm not particular about

~ ‘ seein’ her baby, ’specially an’ so as I said. before,
i' I’m net goin’ to this dum show, not a-tall
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j or if consumers could buy direct from the pro-,

ddcer, there would be' a considerable difference

' . 7a fair sample of the way business is bein' done—-
1 the cost of .sellin’ the goods amounts to as much
as the cost of producin’ 'em, which is a little un-
reasonable, I think.

Now, I am gettin’ along in years—mebbe get-

, tin to be a back number—but, takin’ milk, for
‘1. example; darned if I can believe that it costs a
‘ l defler as much, jest to put the milk into bottles
“ ‘in' deliver it to his patrons, as it costs the farm-

‘or. to buy his cows, feed ’em, milk ’em, build

barns to keep ’em in, an’ deliver the milk to the
dealer; an’ yet it’s a 50-50 'go’with ’em here where
milk is sellin’ for 13 .cents a quart. An’ its
jest about the same with meat. A farmer will
. I raise a steer, feed an’ care for him two or three
I years, kill him an’ deliver him to the market an’
‘ the butcher will cut him up in half a day, sell him
, . out and get more for doin' it than the farmer gits
; 7 15’. for raisi’n him, an’ killin' him, an’ haulin’ him to
l market. Kinda comikle aint it? But jest the
F . , we it is true. An’ then folks will say, "on, the
1' . ‘ ~ farmers is the biggest robbers on top of the earth,
. they are jest a coinin’ money hand over fist.” An’
then some folks will deal right along with some of
, ,1 . the forty thieves an’ then pay good money to go

to a Show an’ see the rest of ’em.
Gosh, the more I see of human natur’ the less
‘ I know about it, an’ why ginger snaps has gone
‘ . . out of reach an’ oysters are 80 cents a quart, an’
_ _ ' 3" shoes six to twenty dollars a pair, an’ hides are
» dewn, an’ a lot of things like that, an’ coffee goin’
up every minute, an’ there was a time when every-
thing was laid to the war, an’ now its all on ac-
.. count of peace. An’ there you are, 9.11" then they
- _ . bring 40 more thieves into town an’ want folks

' to pay to go in an’ see ’eml'.

I never like to sling~b6kays around much for
fear the wrong ones will git ’em, but I jest want
to say this: takin’ by an’ wide, I’ve found the
farmers jest about the squarest sort of folks I’ve
ever mixed up with—by gosh I’ve eat with 'em
1 j slept with ’em an’ its darned little cause I've

‘ ' ever had to find fault with ’em in any serious
particular.
; . are jest about all right, an’ I’m free‘to say I den’t
m , care who knows I think so. ——Uncle Rube. ’

 

 

 

MISTER CITY CONSUMER GETS

A BELATED EDUCATION.

(dominated from page 7) come under the income ‘

 

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sweet:
sens 1") 9 Jill-’1

Usumer must pay less for his product.

than I’va already seen I’ll try an' keep away, an"

sod chickens an’ hepaid the farmer ascents, .

in the cost of livin’, but the chicken deal is jest.

In my estimation the farmer folks'

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'mnst have more for his products:
utime farmers realize that the con-

' seemingly impossible proposition to be brought

7 flight?

Milk in Detroit retails for 15 cents a quart. The
Denawee farmer receives 7/ cents a quart for that
same milk. The producer gets less for producing
the milk than the distributor gets for retailing
it; and yet the milk producer has $100 invested
in his milk-producing plant for every dollar the
distributor has invested and he works one-third
more“ hours. Is this a fair distribution of the-
- consumer’s dollar? Take potatoes. The Northern
Michigan farmer is selling his potatoes for 60
cents a bushel the Detroit consumer pays about
$2 a bushel. The beet sugar grower gets 4 cents
a pound for his sugar. It retails for 11 cents;
yet the factory and dealer combined does not have
one-tenth of the capital invested nor take one-
tenth of the risk that the sugar beet farmer does.

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DOESN’T GET HALF

The farmer gets 2%, cents fer the peas in a
No. 2 can; he gets. 2 cents for the tomatoes in a
No. 3 can; he sells dry beans at 7 cents a pound;
the consumer pays 12 to 15, cents for them.

The farmer seldom gets 50 cents of the consum-
er’s dollar and in most cases it is much less. In
fact, reliable figures show that an average on all
the leading farm products the farmer gets 35
cents of the consumer's dollar. The balance goes
to the middleman. Now the farmers realize that
some middlemen ”are necessary to economic dis-
tribution but they do insist that under our pres-
ent system there are too many middlemen. We
have brokers and jobbers and commission men
and wholesalers and retailers and WarehouSemen
and so on. \
HANDLED SIX TIMES

At Chicago the other day a grand jury began to
investigate the high cost of living. It ran down
a case of cold storage eggs. It found that the
farmer got 28 cents for the eggs last May and
they were bought and sold by six firms before
the consumer bought them for 55 cents. None of
these men made any exorbitant profits, but why
six middlemen to handle these eggs when two
would have been ample?

In a report issued by the United 'States Govern-
ment recently, it is shown that the percentage of
foods now in storage of middlemen on Dec. 7, 1918,
as compared with Dec. 1, 1917, was as follows:
Wheat, 206'; corn, 129; rye, 154; barley, 110; cats,
96; wheat hour, 170; graham flour, 249; rye flour,
245; cornmeal, 227; buckwheat flour, 220; mixed
flour, 243; beans, 154; rolled oats, 165; sugar, 125;
canned tomatoes, 140; canned corn, 133 per cent.

. PRICES GOING UP

There is no lack of food and yet prices to the
consumer are still going up.

Farmers thereforefmake the contention that
they must have more money for their products,
that the consumers must pay less, that our pres-
ent system of distribution is wasteful, costly and
inefficient. That" if we can cut down the cost of
distribution one-half and divide that half between
producer and consumer both can be made happy. \

How we believe this can be done I will explain

'in future articles with definite illustrations of

leading farm products.

' Wireless stations will be erected in remote parts
of China, one on the frontier of Cashmere and an-

other on the Chinese side of Siberia.

During the war 40, 000, 000 tons of— cereals and
6,000, 000 tons of meat have been shipped from
Chicago. .

Four army airplanes completed flight in forma-
tion from San Diego, Calif, to Jacksonville, Fla,
8. distance of 2, 400 miles, in 38 hours.‘

Transvaal “gold output in November valued at
$13, 990 ,000, lowest since February, 1914. \

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NOT THE RIGHT KIND '

A tramp was walking along one of the London . .
streets and met by a brother hobo, who reproach“, ‘3
him for his ragged trousers. ”1; .

“Why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, .
said he. . :1 ,
\ “But how am I to get a pair of trousers? They .
don't grow on trees.” ’

“Why, go into the first house that looks like;
one that might have an extra pair of trousers in .
it and ask for an old pair’

The ragged tramp took his friend’s advice, and
seeing a doctor’s sign across the street, he went”
up the stoop and lifted the knocker. A lady an- ‘
swered the summons, and he asked her if the
doctor whose name appeared on the door was in.—
She answered in the affirmative.

“Then," said he, “will you be kind enough to
ask the doctor if he has an Old pair of pants he
would let me have?"

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WHILE THE GOING was Goon .

A darkey was ushered into the employment bur-
eau of the Du Pont Powder Works and plied with
the usual questions put to all new hands taken
on at the works.

The old darkey stood the examination very well,
but was beginning to feel just a little bit “on-
easy" when one of the men suddenly asked.

“And who would you like to be notified in case
of a. serious accident?”

The darkey paused and scratched his head a
bit at this unexpected blow at his morale, but
after a little while he thought of two persons who
might like to know of his misfortune. Their
names were written down.

“And now," said one of the examiners, “where
would you like your remains shipped?”

"Where would I like my remains shipped?” re-
peated the darkey in a groggy sort of lvoice. "Boss,
Ise gwine to take’ em away from here right now.’

  
      
   
    
 
  
    
   
  
   
   
   
  
   
  
   
   
    
  
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
   
 
  
    
    
 
  
  

WHERE HE DIFFERED

“Your Honor,” said the policeman to the judge
as he prefered a. complaint against a colored man,
"this man was running up and down the Mill Riv- .
er Road, waving his arms and yelling at the top mg
of his voice, and otherwise raising the mischief, ‘y
at half past one in the morning. The people of
that district complained, and they had a perfect
right to ” The judge frowned at Rasmus, who
didn’t seem to be particularly worried.

“What do you mean by such unbecoming con-
duct?” his Honor demanded.

“Religion, jeedge,” was the response.

“Religion. Are you a Holy Roller or someth-
ing like that? I have religion, Rasmus, but I
don’ t get up at midnight and tell everybody about
it n

“Dat’s des de diffrunce, jedge.
ob mine.”

I ain’t ershamed

THEY LEFT HER

Miss Etta came over with her holiday order:
“1’ m after some more of your fine chickens, Aunt
Lucy.”

But the old lady emerged from the cabin and
hung over the fence. “Why, law, Miss Etta.
Didn’t yo’ know dere was a preacher' conference
down dis way? I ain’t got one chicken left. Dey’s
all done entered de ministry.”

GUESS THEIR COUNTRY

Two couples of foreign birth and habit had, af-
ter six months’ travel in America before the war,
returned home. One of the male members of the .
quartet was thus accosted by a friend the next; f"
day: “Did you have a good time in America?” ‘

To which was made the character illuminating“
reply. “Yes, but our wives got awful tired of those
upper births.” , _

Being busy does not always mean real work.
The object of all work is production or accomp-
lishment and to either of these ends there must
beforethought, system, planning, intelligence and
honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seemlng
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' SoClaims Grain Trade Journal
,_ Tryingbto Excuse Exerbitant'

 

Prices on ' Feeding .
Grains

 

.-N_’ot everybody thinks alike about
' tho "wh'eat mill feed situation. While

more are satisfied that somebody is
making‘huge profits out of bran and
middling» at the prevailing prices of
$63 and $65 a ton respectively) the
grain and feed dealers are sitting
smug and quiet, taking their profits
and saying nothing, while their spok—
esman, the Price Current-Gram Re-
porter, glosses the situation over in
the following honeyed fashion:
“High feed prices are no more to be
welcomed than high prices 011 other
commodities; but it is clear enough
that bran at $50 a ton is making money
somewhere or its sale at that price
would cease. But-such prices mean
better bred dairy cattle, closer study
of the feeding game, and Saving of
waste all along‘the line. There is no
man who needs more the learningin

his art that comes thru this season's "

experience with feed prices and condi-
tions than the \dairyman. It will do
him and his peculiar industry a world
of benefit which he may not at once
admit.” ' -

So then, farmers, there is admit-
tedly profits in bran at $50 a ton, and

more profits at $55 a ton which some '

dairymen have had to pay in this
state, but after all it is not the poor
manufacturer or the dealer who gets
the real benefit of these prices. Ah,
no. 'Tis the dairyman. The benefit
is a bit camouflaged, ’tis true, but it is
there. High prices will force the
dairymen to practice economy in feed-
ing, says our grain trade friend. He
will cease gorging his cattle as he did
in those halcyon days when bran could
be bought for $36 per. So on with me
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A number of middle west journals
are becoming alarmed over a statement
said to have been made by Secretary
of Agriculture Houston to theeffect
that uniess Congress acts, the Food

Administration will be unable to car- .

ry out its price guarantee ,on 1919
wheat. We shall not worry. We
haven’t the least fear that the gov-
ernment of the United States will
break its word to' the farmers. We
have faith in the printed word of
the law and in the written promise of
President Wilson that farmers will be
protected on their 1919 wheat crop.
There are no doubt some big problems
in the way of a satisfactory carrying
outof this wheat price guarantee, but
those problems will be worked out all
,E‘Ingood season. Farmers who are
planning spring wheat acreage should
notfbec'ome'alarmed at the press dis-
patchegrthey read predicting. failure

‘01 the-government to carry out its '
what program.

for wheat for milling. “pur-

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Demon

H K'Posos‘aohtinuesvery :strong. " and” in '. -

some sectlgns fully '20. yeasts. a bushel
er. basic" prices [arevbeing paid. _ At

My five «cents a bushel-more from
local elevators than they could

  

.corn to market.

threat that Argentine ”corn,

esent wheat'_ "prices “tax-mom asho. 1?
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DETROIT.~Hay $1 lower; .boansi very slow, dealers expect. better doifii’nd' u
soon; butter still declines; potatoeslowo'r'; oats ‘loworz'vveak’fbeling in all minis: ' -
CHICAGOr—Onionshrmor; apples hickory potatoes decline. 'they demand:
better and prices higher. Food Administration decides to retain hot .pl'loo min} ‘ ..

 

 

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The corn market is badly shattered.
In the big corn districts farmers have
been anxious to get rid of supplies and
last week visible supplies at primary
markets exceeded by 3,000,000 bushels
suppliesof the previous week, and by

“5,000,009 bushels the supplies of a

year ago. The uncertainty surround-
ing the fixing of the February price
on corn is having a bad. effect on the
corn market. Some farmers, falling
for the warnings of the market specu-
lators that the government will fail in
its promise to stabilize the hog mar—
ket during February, are rushing their
Others who believe
the government is as good as its word
and will fix the price as agreed are in
no hurry to sell. Shipments of hogs
are still enormous, and failure of the
Food Administration to fix prices,
would simply mean that the bottom
wouldgo out of the market with a
thud, and corn prices would -be af—
fected seriously in consequence. Last
week corn values on the Chicago mar—
ket declined as much as 17 cents - a
bushel,
steady this week, there is a lack of
confidence which is apt to have a bad
effect upon the immediate future of
the market. The speculators are bold—
ing over the heads of the farmers the
now in
transit, will send corn prices way
down. And» all of these various pre-
dictions and guesses keep the farmer
in a. turmoil and uncertain whether to
Argentine corn, which is only a drop
sell-or hold. But regardless of. the

in the bucket compared with our great .-

natibnal corn, 'we expect to see corn
values recover their former strength,
after many and sharp fluctuations
from high to low levels and vice versa.

ems Mamie cum. rm York ciumé on..." cue...
N .2r n 1.53 _
:41: ring 1.33 :3; 1.50 gong-W1 1. :3 1-2 a 37’:

. . . _ 3 o.» 1 w, . . '
No 4 Yellow 1 33 l 4 No. 4 While 68 .05 ‘ '1‘

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Oats, which slumped several weeks
ago, and declined three or tour cents
a bushel are still on the downWard
grade, and prices now are at the low-
est pOint since the market opened last
fall. But there is no occasion for
alarm in this situation. Corn is the
barometer which has measured oat
values all winter long, and. will con-
tinue to do so. Slumps in the corn
market, and whenever corn recovers
its former values, cats are quite like-
ly to do thesame. For'some w'eeks
past, export demand has been slow,
too, which has had a depressing in-
fluense on the market. Dealers ex-
pect this demand to pick up again in
the near future, 'in which event cats
are sure, to recover their former val-
ues. We reiterate our prediction made
several months ago, however, that cat
prices will not materially advance.
We expect. to see the bulk of the oat
crop go on to the market at from 74
to 77 cents avbushel.

WWWMW

RYE

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What we had to say in December
about rye is being verified in every
respect. Demand for rye is very limit-
ed, and the market continues to lose
a cent or two every week or so.
Whereas rye was quoted amonth ago

at $1.61; it- has nowdeclined to $1.53, .‘

and further declines would not be out
of the way, in view of the..small de-
mand. . ‘ ‘ .

The barley market which stren th-
ened and advanced ten days ago as
again gone back to sleep, and there’s
nothing doing in that grain just now.
The last leg having been knocked out

 

TH E WEA'J‘H 111R

As forecasted by W. T. Foater

 

Foch?- weather-“Chart for February, iii! '6

    

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Severe

WASHINGT(')N, D. (3., Jan. 25, 1919
—Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis—
turbance to cross continent Jan. 26 to
30, warm wave 25 to 29, cool wave
28 to Feb. 1. Temperatures of the
week centering on Jan. 28 will average
from about to above’normal, precipi-
tation from about to below normal,
force of storms about normal. -

Next warm waves will reach Van-
couver. near Jan. 30 and Feb. 3, and
temperatures will‘riseon all the Pa.-
cific slope. They Will'cross crest of
Rockies.,..by"closer_of.Jan. 31 and Feb.
4. plains sections Feb. land 5, 'mer-v
idian .90, great lakes, middlegult states
and Qh,io;Tennes_see valleys Feb. 2- and
6. eastern s ctions Feb.v3 andu- treach—
'ing vicinity of Newfoundian‘ , about
'Feb. 4 and 48. Storm W

       

  
   
  
 

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'waves'; F: a " - ~;~
averagebel
{es and’
‘ Precipitat-io
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H, - pmdimer‘s .. .-receiye».. for, - their products

. ’ saw 11. follow. ~
‘ about one day behind-tram waves, 9.12% 3
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FOR THE WEEK
for MwmoAN BUSINESS FARMER
normal. force, most severe near Feb.'.
4. Warmest week of February will
center on 15, coldest on 3 and 28. IA
general deficiency of precipitation is
expected for February. Not good crop-
wcather for winter grain. *

I am expecting a long, cold, dry win~
ter east of the Rockies’ crest. Great-
er part of the precipitation in the form
of snow, but not much snow< That
kind of cropweather does not promise
wellfor winter grain but it does prom-
ise that more than usual feed for live-
stock will be‘ necessary. ~West of. the
Rocky ridge the winter promises to be
warmer than usual with less than «usu—

al precipitation. ,

One of the greatest needs in ,Amer— ,
ion is more steady and reliable mar-
ket _values ofr agricultural products. in
Manipulation of these market values
is robbing producers. consumers and
legitimate dealers and enriching a few
speculators who ,are' already wealthy.
The vastmaioritiesot people who are
being robbed by thefew can not ex-
pect a‘ remedy till they become more

,thnr‘mighly cream, for self protec-
' tifii‘f. Thefdlftorence etween what the

and rtthnt’jtheconsumers pay is enor-
mous and the millions being made out
”of these _ differences are dangerous to
Hgovei‘n'ment. ~' __ ' ..

 

 

 

"“"Pr°8°nt'*“slump? isjlbelieved. to .beaqniy

‘ moderate on that market the

'they have on hand.

The»!
temporary. Barley prices _
tromj.:$1.86.to 32; according to ought

 

 

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Dana 26 so area 22.50 z: 0:. 21 secs.“

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than." 'u as 25 ’29-25 2115 . .,
Pitt-bunk 21 so 18 so 27 so 23 so 2; so 21 so,
New York as on 32 oo 25 no nos 26 on -23 no

lien-‘36 - ' - \ . . ,
There is a better feeling in the hay
market. The New York market which

has been over-stocked and sluggish for
a number of weeks is now in a better
condition and it is reported that sup-
plies 'are not ample to take care oi the
demands. Detroit is about the only
important hay market that is report'-
ing a quiet tone. Receipts have been
' past
week, and demand not very strong.
Prices rule firm/however, and node-
clines in values are looked for. Re—
viewing the hay conditions for the
.week ending Jan. 18, the Hay Trade
J oumal says: ,
“Supplies continue, to. run light at
nearly all the hay markets and "trade
is sufficiently ‘iactive to 'keep' prices
strong ’at a higher range of 'values
than a week ago; Country loading‘
dropped off sharply after the recent
decline, and the amount of hay mov-
ing since has been small enough to
force a sharp reaction from the prev- \
ious depression. The demand, since
the opening. of the year, has been
more active and fwith shipments low
the markets have cleaned 'up their
accumulations. The feeling at all

points" is much more satisfactory, than
at any time since thefwar closed”,

    

 

 

 

 

 

Chic-Io
.. .75 9.25 0.25
Prime 7.75 8.50 9.5.
Red Kidnen ‘2."0 ‘150 I3.“ .

 

 

The bean situation has been covered
so fully on the front page of this is-
sue that there is no needof/adding
anything here.
very poor, condition; eastern demand
isslow; and elevators are having a
hardjob to find a market tor'what
The.‘ government

has not been in the market for several -—
. weeks, 'but it is expected that they
will soon be in the game again, when
a better condition is expected. ‘

 

 

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Market: while-ea
Detroil 2.00 an. I so at
Chicago L’s I.“ ,
Cincinnati - 2.2. 2.00
New York I.“ 2.30
Pittsburgh a“ . ‘ . 2).: 2.20

 

 

 

   
        

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lett to ship before the new crop

(tinny: runawig
can construe that effect in no other

supplies at. consuming markets are

low, and that consequent-1y any r9duc-'
*tion in shipments must be accom- .
panied by an almost immediate in- ‘
crease in demand and raise in price.

The market right now is. shaky. Un-
less you absolutely need money, don’t

. comes stronger Farmer‘s make “
great mistake in selling crops on de-
clining markets. With Michigan deal-
ere shipping out from 40 to 100 cars

‘ ~a. day right now, the withholding of
potatoes from market at this time is
sure to' be ifelt.

 

. Readers Will recall that mg, middle

.v of December we predicted a. better on-

ion market after the first of the year.
, ‘This predictiOn has been verified and
the market now shows considerable
strength. The warm wéathermay set
""the market back temporarily, but a

, l change to colder weather will mean a

firmer tone and slightly higher prices.
L The demand is almost entirely con-
fined to the better grades. Off-grade
stock is hard. to sell. Eastern mar-

hats are quoting $1.40 to 51.75 per cwt.
according to grade.

 

The export demand is .unquestion-
ably the big influence in the apple deal.
The condition of the apple market has
been good from the harvesting seas-
on, with periodical advances. This
week saw another advance at some

1 points, and it looks as it there are not
' enough apples coming into many of
the larger cities to supply the local
demand Describing the demand ex-
isting in England for American-grown
apples, the. Chicago Packer says: “Ca-
blegrams n om England early this week
showed the apple market over there
to be just as strong’ as ever and maxi—

. mufii prices are expected for some time

to come. Prices quoted are $16. 07 a

barrel and $4. 70 for western boxes re- ‘

gardless of quality, Eastern Baldwins
haye been selling at $4. 75 to $5. 75 at
Boston; freight on barrels has been $5.

' Apples are Selling at wholesale in
Liverpool for 12 cents per_ pound and
15 cents at retail.

  
  

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New York Butter Letter
New York, Jan. 18, 1919.——The but-
ter market isv'erry weak. In fact, it
' seems to have had a very virulent at—

tack of the _“flu” and to have barely ,

survived. The old factors oi! supply
and demand are alone responsible for
the condition at present. There is an
over- -abundance of supply with practi-
. cally no demand. The only thing that

, will ward off a very decided drop in

price at the present time is a snow

‘:. ‘storm that will tie up tragic for a >
7 week or two and cut down production
. to a considerable extent.
on: have worked to cause "the pres-n
t .

Several tac-

  

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‘ or light 1'11an '

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1W ‘ ’ ,
.. as they have the last sixty;
ere will be mighty few pota-
"*‘onto the market We hope our
dime saw the significance of the
an: advance 1- potato prices imme‘
the curtailment of.
"intricate the first of January. We -

”my than an indication that storage

sell another potato until the tone be-l

"‘ the class been offered.

the quotation
dropped to 68553:. On Tuesday a fur-

ther decline of 1%c followed. There‘
‘ was no decline On Wednesday but '1

there were cuts of one oeht on each
of the days, Thursday and Friday.
Reports coming from the Mercantile
Exchange, whiCh is sitting as this is
being written, show that some high
grade extras have been offered at a
price as lbw es 6195c. Buyers are
many discriminating and many lots

' which formerly passed as of the high-

est scoring variety now barely pass as
extras. The fact is, practically no
butter is moving at all at present.
Following are the established quota-
tions on Friday: Extras 64% to 650;
higher scoring. than extras 65% to 66;
firsts, 621/2; to64c; seconds, 59 to 62c

 

The long decline in egg values has
stopped, and there is a noticeable
strengthening of the market. Sup-
plies‘are light and demand is better.
Detroit prices range from 58 to 60c
for candled firsts. The remarkably
warm January weather will, if contin-
ued, make for an increase in produc-
tion, so there is little hope held out
that egg values will go much higher
this winter. In the event of a late cold
spring, prices might advance some.
but those who expected to see dollar
eggs before another summer may as
well bid the vision good-bye.

 

Demand for both live and dres sed
poultry has been very light for the
past ten days and prices generally are
lower on all markets. Detroit prices
this week have averaged around the
following figures: No. 1 springs, 27
to 28c; small springs, 25 to 26-3; hens,
29. to 300; small hens and Leghorns,
26 to 27c; roosters, 20 to 210; geese.
28 to 300; ducks, 34 to 35c; turkeys,
34 to 35c per lb.

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. Chicago Live Stock Letter
(By Sp-ccio-l Correspondent)
Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Jan. 20
—~A run of practically 100,000 cattle at
Chicago for each of the last two cal-
endar weeks, followed by a crop of-
31.000 today has proved sufficient to
eliminate some of the bloom that ap-
peared on the market during the holi—
day period. The trade. however, is

still giving a remarkable demonstra-

tion of its underlying strength, prices
having been well maintained consider—
ing supply volume, and demand is at
most times brisk. It is probable that
a. cattle supply of such volume as that
of the last fortnight has never carried
a smaller quota of really choice beef
grades. Prime cattle have been con-
spicuous for their absence. and such
grades,,along with anything in the

“steer line that would class as choice is

as high as ever Last week’s top
$19. 75, was paid for a three- -car diove
of choice 1, 280- -pound steers compared
with which prime heavy bollocks
would havmbeen cheap at $21 altho
the latter price probably could not
have been obtained had anything of
During the
past week steers of value above $17. 50’,

_‘have held fully steady but the rank

and ills of current marketings consist

  

la ing around 250
loWer than a w 11 ago, with the
bulk at $13. 50 tb
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» 2097 Jefferson Avenue

d medium shortr ' p
11 1.200 Daunds. '

25;:‘~ Weight has '
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[to Order Lime

Thousands of Michigan farmers are going
to need lime this Spring.

Last year, hundreds were disappointed—-
had to plant in acid soil—because they placed
their orders too late for delivery. Don’t you
be late this year.

If' you will order your lime now for January or
February delivery, we will date your invoice
April Ist, extending our usual terms of 3%
for cash if received before April 10th, or the'
amount in full by June 30th.

Order now—haul your lime while you have time
to haul it—pay for it when you use it.

Solvay Process Company
Detroit, Michigln

 
  

   
 

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Published every Saturday by the
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“Philly sent free, and we guarantee you against 105’
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. g The World is Growing Better
' 3 HEN THE Nebraska legislature, fol-

' : lowing the action of thirty-five other
legislatures, ratified the amendment to the
federal constitution prohibiting the manufac-
ll .ture and sale of alcoholic beverages Within
the United States, one of the most drastic, but
constructive, pieces of legislation ever propos-
ed, became a law. And a goal for which the
enemies of the liquor traflic have been striv-
l ing for nearly a century has been reached.

i The fight against booze has been a long and
5 hard one. Formerly the moral benefits of
j prohibition were the "only weapons used. The
; agents of the liquor trafiic told the tax-payers
I that the moral benefits were not worth the
millions in revenue that would be sacrificed
1:" by prohibition. The tax-payers believed and
c 2 went right on voting against prohibition and
1 I '. for police courts, lunatic asylums, poor houses
and other out-houses of the saloon. But
came a time when the advocates of prohibition
could prove that community sobriety was a
distinct financial advantage, and that the cost
of supporting the saloons and their crime-
annexes was far greater than the revenues
derived from them. Gradually there has been
i a moral awakening. ”Strong men began to
i realize thatthey were their weaker brothers’
keepers, and thousands who found no danger
nor temptation in the flowing bowl for them-
selves, gladly‘gave up the small social pleas-
. ~ me of the saloon, to halt the feet of those who

.! travelled the drunkard’s path.

2 This sudden conversion of an entire nation
to the moral and financial benefits of total ab-
stinence from alcoholic drinks upsets many
popular theories. For ten years the churches
have been decrying the growing tendency of
the American people toward worldiness. Pul-
pit orators have preached fervid sermons
against the modern temples of Gemorrah, and
have accused the world of renouncing godli-
ness and righteousness for sinful pleasures.
But how can we reconcile such a charge with
the facts that Within the past decade, the poo-
ples of thirty-two states have voted out the
saloon, the most prolific breeder of vice of

 

 

. \ished their houses of prostitution“; that the
_ _ licentious drama has given away to the chaste
moving picture; and that now,—crowning
"achievement of all,—the legislatures of thirty.-
‘ ‘ eight states have said that booze shall go for
all tinie. Let the alarmists say what they
jwm; the evidence proves that the world is
:i ' 'grOWing‘better. ‘ A.
‘ ’ A Good Roads and the Farmer
= ANT TO be called a “moss-back?” A11

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

  

 
 

    
   

 

Maud Morin: Wuklvfomd and EM‘IKW

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

modern times; that the great cities have ban- ,

. right; just stand out on the corn'erpandx
‘_ “verybOdy'who passes by, (and especially ‘
" people Who own _" automObiles) that you ~

  

  

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om which‘they setnobeeefit. . , _
they must help pay. They. are opposed to any
road-building scheme designed in the inter-
estbfthefewattheexpemeofthemany.
They are, opposed to. building inter-urban

roads for pleasure traffic .while badly needed

farm-te-market roads are neglected. ,

Sen. Connolly of Spring Lake, Ottawa coun-
ty, is the father of a bill to submit to the vot-
ers at the spring electiona $50,000,000 bond—
ing preposition to build “hard” roads. It is
proposed to construct all trunk-line roads of
concretettstateexpense. Thepeopleofthe
cities and the communities in the vicinity of '
the trunk lines will fall for this propOsition,
but it will require some strong arguments to
convince farmers living in sections far re-
moved frem the trunk lines that they should
vote for an additional tax burden of $50,000,-
000 from which they are to receive so little
benefit. . " ‘

We are strongly in favor of better roads.
The state of Michigan should spend, not 50
million'dollars, but a hundred million dollars,
on its roads just as rapidly as can be done.

But the cost of these roads should be borne
proportionately by those who use them. The
machine, be it truck, tractor, or automobile,
that travels a highway twelve hours a day
should certainly pay more for the maintem
ancc of that highway than the machine that
travels it only six hours a day or not at all.
A tax spread upon the assessment rollsmakes
no discrimination between the man who gets
a great deal of benefit from the good read and
the man who gets little. But a tax upon the
mileage of every automobile and truck would .
put the burden right where it belongs.

If Michigan’s road building program is to
go thru, some money will probably have to be
raised thru the sale of bonds, the redemption
of which should spread over a long period of
years in order to make the annual tax bur-
den as light as possible. ‘But supplementary
to this there should be a tax on gasoline. We
are quite sure that the adoption of such a
method of creating a road-building fund will
make much easier sledding for a bonding
proposition.

Leave it to Mr. Houston and the, “Experts”

R. HOUSTON, secretary of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, takes um-
brage at the many criticisms directed at“ his
department. But Mr. Houston scarcely. ever‘
makes a speech or issues a bulletin that he
does not lay himself open to well-deserved
criticism. Charitable as we would like to be;
forgiving of his mistakes as the unusual con-
ditions of the times might justify, we must
look the truth in the face and admit that the
department failed miserably in a great crisis
to render much-needed assistance to the
farmers. ~
Mr. Houston is not the right man for the
job he is holding. He is a square peg trying
to squirm into a round hole. He‘ thinks that .
all farming is conducted by the rule of three.
He looks upon farmers as children in a kind-
ergarten just learning their A ,B C’s.’ They\
must. be coddled and kept smiling; instructed
and tutored along certain, scholastic lines.
That they may perhaps have greater knowl-
edge of the subject than the professors who
do the teaching , has never occurred to Mr.
Houston. ,\ .
In an address before the Association of '

"American Agricultural— Colleges and Experi-_

ment Stations, Se'c’y Houston tried to justi-l.
fy the failure of, his department to provide
the Senate with the. accurate wheat-growing.

cost data, and .lie Wound up with this state;
.ment: \ , "

“I have already had the situation: canvassed ."1by
ableand impartial commifieem- I am now invok-

mg the assistance ”It‘lmnlbenot experts? I. 913311 M _
“ems wetness!

invite thehelp of thefbest ' '

   

but for which -

, Bureau.

  

1. Teoméh organization. “a.
, _ ILHGUgnTON County'farm' om
' ‘ 1' not to bejmpreswted‘ at the statemen- » '

\,.

mgoifambureauofiicers scheduled tobe
heldatthe Agricultural College during Em .

ers’ week. y"“The're’aIe getting to be so many
organizations presumably intended to proximate.
agriculture, that it is getting more and more

'diflicult' ' -toke¢3ptraekofthem”saidHoughton

county‘Agriculturist Gasman ‘ “I don’t see
that the federation will do any more than the
existing organiZations.” _

' Let that soak in. .If there’s one thing that ’s
worse than lack of organization, it‘s aver-or-
gamzation. Any movement that is so highly
organized that it has a half dozen difierent
heads to speak for it'is a much handicapped
animal and gets nowhere. There are too many
orgamzations’claiming to represent thefarm-
ers. During the war Washington was be-
sieged With [representatives from so-called '
farm_ organizations, but so divergent were
the opinions- presented and the concessions
asked for, that no step could be taken with'
absolute certainty that it would satisfy the

. majority of farmers.

If it can be shown that the county farm
bureaus of the state represent any consider-
able portion of farmers, and they want a-state
association, let ’em have it. But we know that
membership in county farm bureaus in this "
state is very limited, and that any actidn tak-
en by a state association of these bureaus, in
the name of the farmers, is as liable to be con-
trarytothewishesoftherank andfilaasit
is to be favorable. A

How They Estiinate Farm Crop Values

HE QUESTION has often been raised

as to whether the publishing of statistics
showing the annual production of farm crops
did not do the farmer more harm than good.
Were this information open only to the farm-
er, it would benf 'inestimable value to him,
but as common property, its value is question-
able. ' Compiled as 'it is . by a department
maintained at public expense, it must, of
course, be made aCcessible to all. Farming is
the only industry in the world that keeps the
public informed at all times of the quantity
and condition of the things it produces. How-
ever, we .are not prepared to say\that public
1nformat1on is not to be preferred to no in-
formation at all, when such information is
accurate. But the statistics compiled by the
Department of Agriculture are often woefully
inaccurate, leading the consuming public to
arrlve’ at conclusions not justified by facts.

For instance: The December estimate of

thel3ureau of Markets gave the average price I
received by growers for potatoes on Dec. lst
as .$1.19 per bushel. At that time the average
price to growers in Michigan was in the neigh-
borhood of 75 cents a bushel. Wisconsin and
Mnnesota growers were receiving about the
same amount, while growers of Maine and
New York were being paid 25 to 40 cents a
bushel more. we were unable to discover any
commercial potato growing section where
farmers were realizing the price announced
by the Bureau of Crop Estimates. We accord-
ingly wrote to the Bureau and asked for an
explanation of its estimate. The Bureau ’s ‘
reply is self-explanatory:
_ “T119 estimate ottho average price 01' potatoes
as paid to farmers includes all sales,» not only in
commercial regions but in ' all other regions. If

the average is above the general commercial price,
'it is because a large number otthereturne'repre,

sented‘ sales made above. thatprice‘.‘ Oursfigu‘res f .

1" December are based “pun reportstrom towné
Ship and county correspondents ,_ throughoutfthg”
diff-mm .Statfi~"+fie°" ll,- '_E§tqbrooly; .Q'éie'tfoi

   
 
 
 

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‘ny potatoes as can be disposed of
In the 'one ease the transaction is

mtncacles of an elaborate ,and costly mar-
ting, system are involved, which are paid for

g that the consumer knows nothing about,
and when it 1s announced thru the daily press
and other mediums that the average farm
price of potatoes on Dec. lst was $1. 19 per
bushel, and that the crop is a big one, Mr.
Consumer cusses the farmer under his breath
as a profiteer, and says, "No wonder he’s

getting ric
' If the Bureau of Crap Estimates figures
the total value of farm products from the
averages of the/ pr1ces being paid for the re-
spective crops in all the states, it is crediting
the farmer with about 25 per cent more wealth
than he actually receives, thus creating an

Beaverton Subscriber Still Wondering About
Election

I have been thinking for some time of writing
to your. ever watchful paper, the M. B. F.. I am
somewhat of an Uncle Rube. Some of the things
I have.been wondering about is how a man of

' New York City can run for senator of our state,
and when he is elected illegally how he can be
seated; and why the farmer or the penny politi-
ci_an, when he sits to rest for a moment or two
does not let his mental department loose long
enough to forget the standpat ideal and vote for

 

we can do that can we expect relief. Stay by your
text, brothers, we are coming to our senses slowly.
I will try and aid you in every way I can. I will
try and drop you a line now and then if you
wish—L. B. L., Beamerton, Mich.

our readers. Write us your opinion.

At the close of the senatorial campaign in
' Michigan, that much-fought-for office was given to
the republican candidate, such the vote said was
the people’s choice. But what of the democratic
nominee, the man whom the people said should
not sit as their representative in the senate,
the man whom it almost universally acknowl-
edged has done the most of any man in the state
, for the winning of this world's war, and the down-
ing of autocracy; the man who has done more for
the improvement of conditions of his employees
than any other manufacturer; the man who of-
fered his plant for the building of the submar-
ine chasers without a cent of profit for himself;
the man who built one of the most perfect hos-
pitals in the United States, and then offered to
take care of the wounded, the sons of these same
Michigan men; who voted agamst him. He gave
ships to protect their boys, and a greathospital
‘ to bring them back to health, and such was the
vote Of‘thanks of the Michigan men. Such was
their gratitude—0. A. M., Carson City, Mich.

Disagrees With Farmers’, Stand for (Higher
, _ Wheat Prices

Enclosed find check for three years subscrip-
tion to your most valued farm paper, M. B .F, I
am heartily in accord with ninety per cent you are
doing and saying to accomplish for the farmer
Just because I do not agree with you entireiy is

,y no reason for me to quit taking M. B. F. You
‘course in the Ford-Newberry contest was right
and showed .. great courage on your part to come,
out and take the righteous stand you did . and
the Newberry vote fall-ing nearly’ one hundred

. the independent-loving voter and those who put
right above party thot of a man who would allow
. nearly a quarter of a million dollars to be spent
for nomination and election 0n the other hand
I have not been entirely in accord with the fight
that you have been making for higher priced
‘ wheat. There has been a human side to this
wheat and sugar question that has appealed great.
1y to me. Supposing speculators had controlled

‘ the wheat situation during the war‘; think of the
Bi

those of some farmers having to sell early
season, say for $1. 50 or possibly $2. and

 

producer to consumer; in the Other, 1111 ;

A out Of the farmer’s pocket. But this is some-.

the man who is for his interest, and not until

(Enrroa’ 5 Norm: We’re always \glad to hear from

Doesn’t Like Michigan’s Brand of Gratitude

"highly.

thousand behind his ticket showed plainly what _
you voice the opinion of eVery farmer.

.g ,, that Senator- Townsend of
' ad good sense enough to vote with
th: ,fmajority to drop the disloyalty proCeed-
lugs against Senator LaFollette. While the
Wisconsm Senator undoubtedly said some
things that might better be left unsaid, they

were far from expressing disloyalty to the "

United States government. The vindication
of Senator LaFollette' 1s a triumph for demo-

. cracy and freedom of speech, and the Ameri-
can people generally will approve of the action

of the Senate.

Herbert Hoover aroused the admiration of
all red-blooded Americans when he sent word
to Baron von Lancken, governor of Brussels,

‘ who ordered the execution of Nurse Cavell,

“to go to hell with my compliments,” after
that gentleman had advised Mr. Hoover that
he would negotiate with him with respect to
food supplies for hungering Germans.

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EDITORIALS BY OUR READERS

(This is an open forum when our readers may ox-
preu their views on topics of general interest. State-
ments appearing in this column will not necessarily
indicate our own editorial opinion. Farmers are invited
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' There isn’t a farmer in the wheat-producing sec-

tion of Michigan but what no longer than six or
eight years ago has made this statement. “If I
only had a guarantee of $1 per bushel for my
wheat I would be happy, or satisfied, etc.” Well,
maybe I had better quit before I start something.
Anyway, let the good work go on.—W. A. Kala—
mazoo county.

 

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—Orr. in Chicago Tribune.

’One‘ Reader Discusses Secret of ‘Hog and

Potato Profits

I have been a constant reader of your paper
for some time and must say that I value it very
I have noticed that there has been con-
siderable discussion taking place in regards to

' potato grading, and it was treated by your paper

as an injustice to the farmer and I know that
However,
.I have coped with the situation with favorable
resulta,-,and that is not to raise potatoes. Pre-
vious years I.raised from fifteen to twenty acres,
while I now only raise three acres, and I know it
every farmer would do the same we would not be
bothered with having our potatoes graded.

'In your last issue I read of an incident of where
the farmer: made shot of twenty-five (minus) dol-
lars, on a as. My experience last year was prac-
ticully the same, and as a remedy I quit raising
hogs. I am sure if the farmer from Owosso will

‘ use this remedy he W111 find that it WOI'kS out , rmmpenge the Jersey man as it only gives
. :very satisfactory -_—-A. P., Sand Lake.

I

Leading pr York hotel menl plan chain of
h , tel'r es in Europe.

it a 1, 000-f06t pontoon bridg. across
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,' convention, the Marsh get up on th‘
ear pretty soon and ask Mark what it’ s all. .
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What an agricultural calamity it would be
if Mr. Houston should lose his cuifs,—-—the ones
on which are written “ The Things that I know
about Farming”.

  

   

 
 
  

     
 
 

 
 
  

 

Nebraska 1s entitled to an everlasting plud
in the sun. She was the thirty-sixth state to
put national prohibition, ‘over the top.”

  
 
 
  
 
   
   
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
   
   
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
   
 
 
  
   
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
   
   
 
 
 
   
 
  
  
   
   
  
  
  

' If the revolution in Germany continues;
much longer there won’t be any Germans left
to make goodsfor that Flint club to boycott.

Popular hymn in the brewers’ and distill-
ers’ church, “This World is but a Desert ‘
Drear.”

 

The National Grange is coming to Michigan.
Welcome, brothers, to our peninsula. _

A SEVENTY-YEAR—OLD FARMER ..
HITS FREE. TRADE POILCY

 

Before the war closed I was all for the Presi-
dent and the administration, and have been read-
ing your paper for most a year and will say I
was afraid you were a little strong on some of ‘

‘ your kicks, but now the war is over I am with
you. Mr. Wilson has done great things, but no
better than hundreds of other men would have
done in the same things, but he is no friend to
the farmer; he is doing more for foreign coun-
tries than for the farmers of America. I am no
politician, only on one point, and that is the ques-
tion of free trade. I can’t see how any farmer can
vote for free trade. I am seventy years old and
have lived thru several democratic administra— ‘ '
tions and under every one of them we had soup-
houses and hard times and would have had them » .. "
now if it had not been for the war. I have had
several free traders ask me before the last change 1' ,
what the republicans were going to do with so
much money in the treasury, but it was all gone.
before the war broke out, and we were putting.
war taxes on most every paper we made to keep
down expenses.

Well, this is my first letter to an editor and will
be the last. Please find enclosed my check for
three dollars to renew my subscription for one
year and one new subscriber.—-A. D. Jones, Oak-
land county.

 

 

LOWERING OF BUTTElZFAT PRICE
UNJUST T0 JERSEY OWNER

 

I am enclosing my check for $1 to renew my
subscription. Since it has expered I have been}:
lost Without the paper. It is absolutely the best
farm paper published because of the fact you have“
the farmer’s interest at heart, and give the abso- .,
lute truth and stand for our rights. ‘

I would like to express thru 'the columns of.
your paper my Opinion in regard to the additional
price for milk testing above 3.5 in the Detroit "
area I contend that six cents per one-sixth per
cent above 3. 5 per cent is not unjust. I make this,
assertion because I think the milk commission'to ;
be distriminating against the Jersey breeder when ,
they cause him to suffer by lowering the price
paid in January to four cents per one-tenth in. ~ ,
stead of continuing the five cents paid in Decem- L
her because of the claim that the majority of the i .
milk tests below 3.5 per cent. '

Now I fully appreciate the good work the M. M.
P. A. has done for us and I am, being a member,
in sympathy with all of their moves but this.
Possibly if you give my method of figuring this
proposition my argument may seem more‘logical.

Take milk selling at $3.75 for 3.5 per cent; 'allow
a liberal pride for skim milk, say $1.00 'per hun-
dred pounds. Then we would 'receive $2. 75 for;
3. 5 pounds of butterfat or 7. 8 cents per one-tenth;
pound of butterfat. Then why is not the butterfat.:
in excess of 3.5 per cent. milk worth as much as .1
that below? _

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more than the 3. 5 per cent milk produce'

Trusting that I may see in print the op
others in this matter and wishing you’ £11
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Suggestmns on Home Running
"EAR PENELOPE.
midnight, and something just comes to me
to Write to you some hel ful hints on nurs~
I had the influenza an pneumonia. The
first thing to do for influenza is to break the fev«
'er. “If you can’t get aedoctori give tincture of

. aconite, put a drop in a spoonful "of water, and-
give every hour until fever. breaks.

When the
fever breaks, watch the pulse, as sometimes people
, die 'with heart failure. Have a stimulant ready.

.Always'fa'n the patient when he feels faint.
11f the throat is sore, get this threat wash at
the drug store: tincture of iron, 10c; chloride of
potash, 5c; camphor, 10c. Just put a half spoon.
L‘.ful ‘of this in La glass of. water and gargle every
, ten minutes until the throat feels better. Never
» wait until the throat becomes too dry. Keep right
1 after it. 'I never go without this throat wash.

If the lungs and head feel stopped up, steam
them with peppermint and a few drops. of tur~
pentine. Have the patient put both hands' around
the cup and breathe the hot steam. Give lots of
hot peppermint; make good and strong and hot,
and grease the lungs. Then take hot cloths and
put on. Keep right at it. - Don’t just hear‘one or
two but keep them hot until the patient feels
easier. Grease every little while Where there is
severe pain in lungs. Take hot water and tur-
pentine, wring out just as hot as patient can stand
and keep this up until the surface of the skin
turns good and red. Then grease with pure lard,
warmed, and keep warm cloths on. I mean dry
ones, and see how quickly it helps. Lots of times
pounded onions are good, put in a sack and heated,
and put to throat and lungs.

'When the ears ache, take a small piece of bat-
ten and wet with chloroform and wrap in a larger
piece of batten to protect the ear.

When the back of the head and neck pain, keep
warm salt sacks. Where patient begins to vomit,
take a spoonful of ground clovesspour. boiling
water on and let patient drink. Lots of times a
few drops of camphor and paregoric in a little
water helps.

Well, I have told you a few helpful hints on
nursing influenza. I was awful sick when I had
it, but my mother was a nurse so I knew just
what to do for these little aches and pains. We

live quite a ways back and I know I would have

died if we had waited until the doctor got there.
The best way is to do something to help until he
comes. L

I hope these few lines help some of our readers

——Mrs M M. Reed City, Mich.

1 your valuable and timely suggestions. Some
‘ of the methods of treatment yOu describe I
have tried myself and found good; others are new
to me I would like to have the other readers re-
port theiruexperience in combatting the dreaded
and so often fatal influenza. Physicians claim
that much of the fatality is due to the common
ighbrance among both city and country people,
of simple and sensible methods of home treat-
ment. We would surely be performing a valu-
able service to all who read this page if, thru our
discussions of these methods, we could enlighten
others as to the proper care of persons afflicted
with disease. The epidemic in Michigan reached
its crest several weeks ago and is now rapidly
declining During the few months it raged it in-
varied every community, visited the homes of the
11ch and poor alike, and took its victims from
all walks of life. I presume there are hundreds
of readers of this page who have lost a member
3 of the family thru influenza and its twin— disease,
pneumonia. Probably no amount of nursing would
have saved the majority of those who have gone

AM DEEPLY grateful to you, Mrs M. M.. for

to. untimely graves, but in other cases prompt.

L ‘ {'LLLeommnmemm
‘ It is just 12 O’cloqu. L

and intelligent home treatment might have turna- ~

fed the tide of the disease in time to thwart death

V'Because so many farm women live in remote plac—

es”, too far distant to secure professional medical
‘services‘when mast needed, is one ofthe big

reasons why every famn housewrfe should school, ’

herself in the simple curriculum of home nurs-‘
ing.

:fise‘rie‘s of articles on this subject
3.“? haev me ?——PENELo'rE.'

Our Children Know Us Too WLellL

, If my readers would be interested in such .
a department I would be very glad to begin a ‘
Would you like“

L [HE REASON we cannot get along with our L i ‘ "

Penelope,“ Farm Ho '

bear to be lived with every day. one has to be

"very great and wise and noble to spend ten hours, ,
59’ day with any human being, and still love him. ffl

The baifling complexity of the soul" is too much 3 _
. for most of us; it confuses us, irritates us.

Of course; sickly and; anaemic children are not

,much botherinthey are quite simple.»-”B11t vigorouss,

growing, intense children come upon ‘ us like per-
petually new problems to be solved,_.new enigmas
to be guessed, new knots to untangle. L

And we arenot great enough for it.

I know of no more striking proof of the super-«
iority of woman over man, in real resources of
character, than ”the fact that she manages toler-

ably well. with a houseful of little Ones, and usu-

ally retains their affection.
They wouldldrive almost any man mad.

The cutting edge of the difficulty is that child“

ren make such extreme demands upon our moral
nature.

It would not be so hard if we could appear on ,

the scene, tell them to be geod and go away; but
the trouble is when one has to stay with them;
then there is nothing for it but to Be Good our-
selves, which you will admit is not easy.

And then, how they call upon our powers of

self-control, hovthey demand of us almost super- 3

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The Black, Sheep
I'VE never been a favorite
With anyone, I guess.
Folks sneering said, “you know it all.”
My manner. I confess,
Was trying and Sometimes extreme
To hide my aching heart. ,
0ft’ times the words like daggers flew
’Till I was left apart
4nd looked upon in cold disdain
By old as well as young.
They wisely said, “you' ll have no friends ” ~
You cannot hold your tongue."
Could they have known the breaking heart
Too proud to -own defeat.
Instead of bitter words they done,
They might have been so sweet,
‘Tis likelhe fable of the wind
And sun one summer's day.
Each one declared himself the best.
A stranger by the way.
Was counted on to end the quarrel.
In manner most remote-—
'7'was there they put him to the rest,
By taking 017 his coat.
The wind sent forth a bitter
The coat he fighter drew.
And thus he stood until the wind
Proclaimcd himself quite through. ‘
And then. the sun with gentle beams
0f sunshine bright and sweet,
(Voyrcssed the stranger tenderly,-
'Till victory Was complete.
And it will ever be the some,
One friendly word of praise
Is worth a million bitter ones
In changing culprits' ways. .
Remember this. to jeer and iannt
Is heaping fat on fire.
No child was ever made a. saint
By stirring up its ire.

gale. ,

—-C. S. D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

. 1. . .
human strength of will, how they pull the nerve
of patience! \

A child does not want to. know anything;
wants to know everything

I do not wonder that small, selfish, pleasure—

loving souls. who shrink from the struggle in-
volved in nobleness, buy ease at any price, I do
not wonder that such people want no children—-
Dr. Frank Crane.

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'1- The Voting Question

LAST WEEK just after our page was printed.

containing voting instructions, I received a
letter from a \reader reproaching me for

what she thought was my neglect in carrying out _

my promise that I would discuss voting matters on
this page and help our readers to register and
vote intelligently.
Week was very brief but I. hope to present other

facts and suggestions which will aid you all in'

voting just, as correctly as the. men folks. '-

I have an idea that most women who go ”to: the

  
   
   

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The information given last-~

home. ” _ New, Lthat a?

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if we ,but try, go to 1:
cast as intelligent and
have voted for years.

' I wonder if that registration matter is entirely

clear in your minds. The purpose of registration;

as I under-stand it, is to insure that e'verybne who
votes is an actual resident of the precinct in
which he or she votes. This is to prevent the
floating population frdm voting on local matters.
which is a. good thing as I am sur you will
agree. If you are goin to vote April th and I
hope you are, you must register before February
11th. And this is what .you do to be registered:-

If you do net already know, ask your husband
.who the clerk of the township is in which you
live. No doubt you will be acquainted with him.
Just go to his home on any day before February
11th and tell him you want to register. The only
information you will have to give him is~your
name and address. Simple, isn’t it? Then when
you go to vote on April 5th, you will merely have
to give your name, if the election inspector does

not know you, and he will look it up in the regis-r
tration book, hand you out the ballots and you ,

go in the voting booth and vote. Some time before
the spring electiOn we will reproduce on this page
a sample ballot with complete instructions on
how to vote, so as- to make it as easy for you as
possible. -—PENEL0PE. ~

“Baking a Cake. in a Saucepan

ONJURING Trick Cookery!
by which an elderly cook of my acquaint-

; ance described the cooking of today. Bread

and cakes cooked in a steamer and meat roasted
in. a pot! Whoever heard of such notions! The
other day I escorted her to the Fuel Economy Ex-
hibition to learn from an L...CC.de1nonstratLér

how to perform still another conjuring trick——-_

namely.

" How to bake a cake in a saucepan. To achieve “

this feat it is necessary to have a perfectly clean,
unlined, iron saucepan. A tin or enamel lined
pan will not Serve. The pan must be of Sufficient
size to hold a wide shallow cake tin and have a
well— —fitting lid. ' ~
Make the cake, grease the tin and fill it three
parts full with the mixture. Meanwhile make the
saucepan bet. If the empty pan is placed over a
fierce heat it may crack, but if heated gradually
the pan does not suffer When quite hot place an
iron trivet or inverted pie dish in it and stand the
Put the lid en the pan and after
the first ten minutes 10wer the heat andrleave for
one hour. Do not lift the lid. At the end of the
hour test the cake With a clean skewer; 'If it
.comes out clean, the cake is done. If not cooked
replace the lid quickly. Increase the heat for
five minutes, lower/3. and leave for 10 or 20 min-
utes.
rack or sieve to cool. Let the pan cool? gradually.
Any cake mixture may be used. A cake of moder-
ate size bakes best, and the tin should be wide
Land shallow rather than of high shape
The following plain curr‘ant or seed mixture is
admirable when pan-baked: 8 oz. flour, 1% 02.
fat, 2 oz currants, 1 large tablespoon of baking

powder, 1 egg or dried egg (used prepared accord- L L LL

~in to directions), 1/2 gill mjlk,1/i teaspoonful of
spice salt, 1% oz. sugar.
and baking powder, rub in the fat clean and add
the currents and sugar. Beat up the egg and milk
well and mix thoroughly.

» obtained use caraway seeds.

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on be added.
”Girls ;dress. 3 .,
. 3319.? t
3 pinch" material.
school dress, that i
made‘ and easily ironed. here is
celient suggestion. ;
yet simpleand plain'with onl
shaped collar and belt. ~

No. 2709.—-—Ladies’ dress. _ ,
34, 36, 88, 40, 42, 44 and vile-inches b
measure. Size 38 requires- 6% yards of
36-inch material. The skirt mea_.,;os
about 214 yards at the foot. 'One ‘ . ,s',
a few dresses that areas suitable. 91";-
town wear as boluse wear, {and @11th re- ,
qu res ticolain s irtwa stvs ,e‘ - . . ,
with straightline two-piece lei .» cam
gabardine or linen or gingham is amass,
good looking in such a dress: . 6.3;

No. 2713.——Ladies’ combination._ Gil
in sizes small, 32.34 ; medium, 36-38:”1atze
40-42; extra large, 44-46 inch bust meta"
ure. Size medium will require 2% yards.
of 36-inch material. After a woman 11,88?
once Worn a combination suit she seldom 1
goos back [1' the old drawers and corsetfi
cover. The pattern shows a- straight»
piece corset cover set into the full skirt '
which buttons together at the hem.

3 .w-Myisse urn, grigss'lscuill in sizes
. u ”s. e w ‘r uire
3% yards 01.44 inch «material. Theegress
measures about 2 gardsat the foot. Sim-
ple'and tirlish, an what a sensible dress
,for school“ It hangs straight from the
shoulder With the wide tucks giving the
effect of panels in front and back, and
trimmed only with the braided belt. Wool
jersey‘made in these simple styles is
most desirable. Note the collarless neck.
For those who prefer collars the young
lady might knit just a straight strip 52
stitches Wide and long enough to gc
around the neck and meet as any roll
collar. Needles used for stockings will
be about the Size for such knitting.
No. 2338.——Girls’ dress. Cut in Sizesz
4, 6 and’ years. Size six requires 3:
yards of 36-inch material. Nothing adds
more to the daintiness and

, , } .ie and.

lied, . sneefinsWeII

' g; auras "This plan will

3 '35 ‘ ering over the

:u. .. .. noses ~ ,

:isthe timefto .li‘e-

, ;, __shl.,mt>'derately Stiff,

‘ " at'the bristles do not

‘ ‘ fribhon (tooth paste

fragrant‘and'haa an agreeable

sever waisprommy please the child

and not bQWastedfaspowder is apt to
It: is impatient that tooth brushes
, 'ld‘:"7be”_w§shed"in running Water
beoregand, after using, and the teeth
need “brushing before and after break-

]fast,_; after dinner and after supper. ‘
So many diseases enter the body
through the mouth _tha_t frequent
{mouth and tooth cleansing is essen-

3.. tial. ., '

shoulders. .

Removing Grease ‘ Spots

Y ABSORPTIM': Lay the meter-

is] one flat Surface, with the spot

between two very soft blotters,
and apply-1 ‘warm iron. It this is not"
.eflfectiyew'rub the wrong side of the
spot—«With powdered magnesia, French
chalk”, Fuller’s, earth, cornstarch, or
white talcum pdwder, brushing it off
and applying-a fresh supply as it be-
comes gummy. When most of the
grease has been removed, a fresh sup-
ply of the absorbent may be applied
and the garment hung away for a day
or two. The powder should then be

I should use the colored
thread as used in the shirring to outline
the collar and cuffs instead of lace r es,
unless it Would be on a dainty fluffy baby

 

 

 

 

. Chamber Fittings
OR a bedroom, sash curtains . of
Fcrinkly crepe are pretty and prac-
, , 'tical. This material _ hangs well
and needs no ironing.‘ The overhang-
ing may .‘be made‘ of gray-blue ging-
' ham-,J stenciled in a. conventional de-
, sign in dark blue. .
”To. facilitate thework of tying com-
forts or of embroidering, have severaL

shown gill?” the suit. ufii
re :9 - ones eev s we
' fugitive“ ”BIOu ‘ e ,;

saves much and as

_ 36 inch material.

‘ " No.- 27 14233-27.—
31.".

removed by a thorough brushing.

By solvents: When using a solvent,
great care must be taken. or a ring
will be left around the spot cleaned.
Place very soft white blotter or a.
soft, C can cloth under the spot to be
cleaned, changing the cloth or blotter
as it becomes stained. Sponge the
spot with a pieceof cloth. like the
material when possible, moisten with
chloroform, carbon, tetrachloride. eth-
er,‘ gasoline, naptha or benzine. Keep
the bottles well corked, have plenty of
fresh air,‘and do not work near heat
or a flame, as most grease solvents
are very inflammable. '

To prevent the spreading of the
grease and solvent, work with a small

amount of the liquid at a'time, and

work' from the outside toward the
center. The spot should be rubbed

gently with a clean cloth until dry.

LATEST STYLES
fl

1:‘
V '7=lll-_”:J
ADVANCED SPRING STYLES

T MAY seem a little early to begin
planning one’s spring clothes in
January, especially in this climate,

I

' but I am suremany of us do it and a
great many women will appreciate the

suggestions and styles now being
shown. By buying new one often
"the merchants
promise equally as high prices on all
yard goods this spring'as we are now

paying, surely a few cents a yard is

_, worth saving.

'No. 2728.-—A smart negligee. Cut in
sizes 34_ 36, 38. 40, 42, 44 and 4'6 inches
bust measure. Size 38 requires 4 yards of
Tho not as common as
the once popular dressing sacque, yet
every woman today appreciates a comfy
negligee: These make such appropriate
birthday gifts, or if you’want to makc
one for yourself, just a few yards of
Scotch flannel or wool chalais will make
a. jacket of comfort and dainty enough
for any house wear. The long wool bath-
robes are heavy and awkward to wear,

but these short jaékeis are justthe thing’

when one is tired'or perhaps recovering
from a sickness.’

.No. 2735.-—A set of three attractive
dress accessories. Cut in sizes, small, 39-
34; medium, 36-38: large, 40—42; and ex—
tra large. 44—46 bust measure. It will
require‘fdr No. 1, 1% yards, for No. 2,
1 Yard, and for No. 3, 1%, yard ,of 36 in.
materlalg Often it is the trimming and
‘exiras". on a costume that make the

.dreSS. and‘particularly is this true in to-

day‘s severely tailored models. .
the tucked vest and monk style of Collar,
may be used with any ordinary blouse
pattern, using same or contrasting mater—
ial. This style of collar must be worn
over a-plump well-formed neck. The

No. 1

pattern shows a plain 'back and plaited -'

frontpsuggesting the panel style of back
by lengthening the back and allowing. it
to hanglogse from-the neck. No. 2. the
morelordinary style" of square sailor col-
lar and short vest-tome worn under a
waist which is too low in the front. No.
3,.»the sleeveless waistcoat of a heavy cor-
duroy silk or velvet. worn with georgette
sleeves, is a note so! fashion which is
finding-favor moreand more asspring
styles appear. ~The’ vest, may, be simply
ll pped_.on_ over a waist and worn with
a_,suit or it may be a? part of the waist.

. White satin char-mouse with black facings

and: tiny ‘blaCk buttons is ~: delightful.
ray’Velvet with
,make ,an at-

o

costume. Waist

6, = .' Skirt2527 cut
. .. ' " ' Q;32a—nd 34 in-

’ , trams of,“

regulated for the

sill-1. at» lower

attains. '

 

 

 

 

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because:—

 

the resources of every
Sky~highl

ing years.

But now peace is here,

cooking. as only boys can!

new set of dishes on your table!

 

 

MlCHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,
- Mt. Clemens; Michigan.

Isn’t it about time to get that new dinner set you
have long been thinking about? ~~

No use putting it off any longer-—

the war’s close brings good news—now we can offer a
beautiful set of dishes to every lady friend of Michigan
Business Farming! Don’t Miss this Opportunity!

HEN WAR CAME, shipments of dishes and china—ware
from England and France were cut oil'. Our army taxed
American pottery and prices went
Consequently, few indeed, are the farm homes that have
added a beautiful set of new china to their tables during these try-

we have so much to be thankful for, that we
all want to brighten up inside and outside our homes.
ing back and we want to greet them with the" wonderful spreads they are
dreaming of over-there or over-here, where they are longing formother’s

Let’s dress up our tables—and what. tell me. can add more to the spread
than a wonderful set of beautiful dishes, white and glistening with ,_a se--
lected design, embellished in natural colors or gold? 1

A NEW SET FOR EVERY BUSINESS FARMEB’S HOLI'E

So we have scoured the market places» where good dishes are sold for
the most modern designs and beautiful sets, and, have selected the 42-piece
set illustrated as the one we belieVe will be most satisfactory» in every way.
It can easily be earned'by passing out a few copies of our weekly, MICH-
IGAN BUSINESS FARMING, among your friends and neighbors who are
waiting for an opportunity to subscribe. You have no idea how easy it is
to get subscribers for this weekly unless
1y, you would be willing to give up a few hours' time to place a beautiful '

Just mail this caupdn for color plates and our offer, Free! “i'

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you have actually tried it. Sure

 

 

I I W011” like to 83151118. new setof dishes by getting a few new subscribe
ers to your‘weekly.~ Send me col’or plates of the sets you offer and-your
I terms. free, andl’ii do my best to win a set. '

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uThe Boys Are Hem Frcm

"EAR Boys and Girls: The best—
surprise I have had in a long
‘ ' time are the fine letters I am
receiving from the boys. I used to
, ink the boys were bashful and
didn’t like to write letters, but I have
changed my mind about that now.
u The last few weeks I have had a dozen
; for more letters from the boys, and I
'gknow my young lady readers are as
. pleased as I that the boys are taking
fjso, great an interest in our page. Per—
haps it has been my fault that the
boys 'were not interested before. I
item no little boys; both my children
'ar'e"girls, so it is quite natural that I
vfiho‘uld write about the things that
interest the girls most. But, I shall
try to correct this fault, and if the
boys will be good enough to offer sug-
gestions of what we might print on
this page that will be of reat interest

' ‘ to them, I shall certainly be glad to

decept their advice.
'3 For some time I have been trying
to find enough space to begin a series
5f articles on home-made toys, but I
aven’t been able to do so yet. How-
ever boys, if you will just be patient.
énd’lwait a bit longer, I can promise
outwe‘ll have some stories on this
gage that will keep your minds and
ands busy for hours. Just watch for
them, and whenever you get a good
idea: about anything, be sure to write
it tb your Aunt Penelope.
‘ What a queer winter this is, not
much like the winters We had when I
was} girl. My, how I used to tramp
in the snow and coast down the hills.
andlgo skating on the pond. Boys and
girls surely cannot have .much fun

 

" "LEEPY SAM, the I—Iobo, is get-
ting the D00 Dads into all sorts
of trouble. Someone gave him

 

needed :to cook his dinner. He made

 

ye he is, roasting his sausage,
ith, no idea of the/excitement he
‘5 using. ‘It. started in this way.

‘1 .Wke. went up thru the hollow

  

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Va big,“plump sausage and he pro- .

fire in the hollow of a big tree and '

”fthe tree. in which some of;

  

this kind of weather when it’s too cold
to go barefoot and play in'the send,

but too warm for snow and ice, Oh,

well, I suppose we'll have lots of snow
yet, before spring and flowers come.

Don’tlyou hope so? With love, from '

AUNT PENELOPE.

I The Giants of Lilliputania

CHAPTER I}: ,
0U are, no ; doubt, wondering
where old General Dis Satisfac-
tion was all this time. I do not

understand either how he could have
slept with all the excitement and noise
going on, but presume his many, many
weeks of hard unusual work and wor-
ry had tired him out completely. His
frightened wife had forgotten him as
she rushed from the house when whole
Lilliputania was aroused and followed
the crowds as they surged to City Hall
Square. It was she who remarked to
Mr. Big Hed that the terrible beast
had a striped coatelike “Bell Boy,” her
'pet cat. iMr. Big Hed liked the name
and said, “Mrs. General, we will call
him ‘Bell Boy’ in honor of your pet."

Mayor Frickleschnitz, the gallant
gentleman, offered to see the General’s
wife home and along trooped Profes-
sor Plus, Heave Ho, the sailor, Dave
Dough and his wife and daughter, also
John Bull, Mrs. Bull, their son Henry
and John Lung, the Chlnaman. They
soon ran into Mr. Spaget who had been
chasing little Joco—the little monkey
got away from his owner and had led
him a merry chase. As they reached
the General's house his wife said,
“Friends, I thank you for seeing me
home safely. Wait a few minutes, I
am sure you are all hungry and thirs-
ty; rest yourselves on the lawn and I

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drink." And so they’did. In a little
while the good woman came out of the
house with a big platter of, cheese

sandwiches and the BIG‘PITCHER OF ,

MILK—the same milk, some. of which
had played such havocwith “Bell Boy."

Of course she didn’t know that this ‘

was the milk prepared with the MAG-
IC FOOD by the General! How could
she have known? All were very hun-
gry and thirsty as the General’s wife
had guessed and eagerly ate the sand-
wiches and DRANK A GREAT BIG
GLASS OF THE MILK—all but Mayor
Frickelschnitz—he said he could not
drink milk. As they ate and drank
they laughed and joked. They gave
cheer after 'cheer for the General’s
wife as well as the heroes of the day,
Mr. Big Hed, Chief Dulin and Chief
Puff. .

Their noisy jubilee right under the
General’s bedroom window finally

aroused him and he came out to see

what it was all about.

By this time the buttons were pop-
ping off Chief Dulin’s and Chief Puff’s
coats. Their hats sat on their heads
like little toys and they were looking
at each other in astonishment. “Hey,
what mailer me?” yelped John Lung.
Mrs. Bull and Mrs. Dough tried to run
into the General’s house and couldn't
get into the door. The General was
just coming out and Professor Plus
almost stepped on him. The General
saw his wife with the empty pitcher
in her hand standing horrified and al-
most unable to move with fear. This
was enough for the General, he instant-
ly knew what was the matter and ran
down Fountain Lane Street, his Wife
after him, with Mayor Frickelschnitz
trying to overtake them.

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Sleepy; Sam Causes; Excitement Amongihe Doo Dads

the Doc Dads had their home. They
thought for sure that their house
was on lire. Then the scurrying
began.. Percy Haw Haw, the Dude, .
raced to the fire bell. He is ringing
it with all his might. Out came the
D00 Dads. One has the pet bird
and another the grandfather’s, clock.
Some are holding a blanket and one

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‘ poor little fellow has been thrown

out right on his head. That baby
,Doo Dad'will wake up when it lands
“in the blankets Roly‘is working the
.pump. When'the water starts to.

spout out thru the nozzle,.Poly'will '

get it rightrin the face. Smiles, ti;
Blewn, is running With’. ,a' ’9 ater
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bell andflcOme‘s rushing to the scene
Vwith'hi's grip ,fu inf plasters, Sleepy _

V There isn’t much more to tell fill“

you can, imagine from Bell Boy’s ‘ex-

perience‘ how big the few people who
partookv of the . General’s "Magic ’ Food ’

grew. ‘rThey-grew until they Were the
GIANTS. ‘OF- LILLIPUTANI‘A. and

' when they wandered abut the city the

other Lilliputanians'fled. Where they
went and what became of them Icould
not learn. General Dis Satisfactio
disappeared. I don’t think he is de .
Once in awhile I meet people who
mention his name and say that both
he and his wife are still roaming about
the earth. This may besso. If you
ever meet him, I advise you not to
have anything to do with him, for I
believe he is still trying to get control
ofall good people.
. (THE END)

 

Dear Aunt Penelope: This is my first
letter to the M. B. F. I like to read the
letters from the boys and girls. I like
to look at the D00 Dads. Hope that none
of you get the “flu.”i’I go to school and
am in the 6th grade. My teacher's name
is Miss Lillian'Lyman; I like her fine.
I have five sisters and one brother. I
will answer any letters from the boys
and girls.—Mirla Herrington, Petoskey.
Michigan. ‘-.

 

Dear Aunt Penelope: I have never
written to you before so thought I would
try one letter and if that is printed maybe
I will try again. I live on 3. 40-81311
farm. I am 13 years old and in the 8th
grade. The school I go to is the Ball
school; my teacher’s name is George
House; there are just 11 scholars. ‘I
have three brothers, one of whom is in
the training camp at Stithton, Ky.. his
name is Myrle. My other brothers' names

are McKinley and Clarence. We have 4‘
cows, their names are Lucy, Teny, Queen“

and Beauty. We have 3 horses and 2
colts; the horses' names are Fannry, Jes-
sie and Bob, the colts’ names are Flossie
and Jim. My brother has 3 horses and I
colts; the horses"names are Bird and
Molley; the colts’ names are King, Buster

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here comes the fire engines Don't
you hear the gong ringing? Old
Doc Sawbonesi; has heard the fire ..

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litgi'e a little gir
,. about
. . . of thing?

gp'ulled her best do '

-_ _' ,what it was studied with, and
“picked out its eyes to see what made
_,them move. One day Sarah

.zghé kitchen with her mother. Her moth-
er had‘told her that if 'she would not ask
a « question or pry into anything while
she was busy she would make her a little
cake. » Sarah thought that would- be very
nice and tried hard to obey her mother.
She stood beside her mother while she
' chopped the raisins and thOught how
much she would like to‘taste them. Sarah
looked at the raisins for a. long time and

 
     
   

 

 

   

when her mother turned. away to get.

something Sarah reached down and was
just about to take a raisin' when her
mother turned again to the bowl, and

not noticing Sarah, brought the knife .

down accidently on her wrist, making a
deep cut. Sarah screamed out with the

_ pain and her mother ran for some cloth
and bound up the wound.
scold Sarah a bit, and finally the naugh-
ty lPttle girl threw her arms about her
mother’s neck and sobbed out, f‘Oh. mo
er, I am so sorry I disobeyed you; mam-
ma forgive me and I’ll never do so again."
Sarah never forgot the lesson, and‘if she
was tempted she would look at the scar
on her Wrist and remember her promise
to» her mother. When she grew up and
”hail little girls of her own her children
were told the story and were shown the
scar on mother’s wrist. . helped the
little girls to learn the lesson not to
meddle and to .mind what their mother
told them—Thelma Ingersole, Brecken-
ridge. Michigan.

Dear Aunt Penelope: How are you?
I am well and hope you are the same. I
am sending you a picture of Old Santa

-- Claus and a verse. I have one sister and
one brother, air names are Vera and
Evert. We have two horses, their names
are Bill and Colonel. We have a dog,
his name is Colie. I wish you a. Merry,
Christmas and a Happy New Year._ I
like the story of the Giants of Lillipu-
tania very well—Inez Fox, aged 10, 4th
grade, Blanchard,.Mich.
-Winter
Little fairy snowflakes
Dancing in the flue,
Old Mr. Santa Claus,
t is keeping you?
Twilight and flrelight,
( Shadows come and go:
Merry chimes of sleigh~bells
Twinkling thru the snow.
M other‘s linigténgafitockmgs.
Pussy's go t .
Delft you think that winter
Is pleasanter than all?

.I am very, sorry, Inez, that your lit-
tle poem and the picture of Santa
didn’t, get to his earlier. Next time
you must mail your Christmas letter
._ Boomers—AUNT Prisoners.

Dear Almt Penelope: This is the sec—
ond time I'have written to you. Was so
pleased to .see my other letter in print
so thought I would write again. I like
to read the letters from the other child-

. ren. I go toschool every day; my touch-
er‘s name is Miss Blanch Stroud. I like
her very much. My friend’s name iis
Myrtle Matthews. she is in the same grade
mailman. Ourteachergaveusalla
box of writing'paper and an orange. We
land a Christmas 'tree at our school this

I was away for Christmas and was

 

. =Manie and Sadie: my brothers‘ names are
Charley and ralph.‘ My sisters are all
and one brother is away. They all
me some place. I have one
brother at homo‘ and no sisters at .
PapataJflbsthelLB.F.andthinksitthe
best farm p ‘ . We could not do with-
out lt—Josep no Coons. Akron, Mich.

Dear Aunt ‘P‘enelope:
.te receive the Thrift S

 

was very glad
I did not

second
“flu" we got the M. B. 19‘.
Dads were so comical that I oould.not
help but' laugh, even though I

did not
feel like it. I enjoy :- the stories
from the other boys and girs. I, am 14

yoarsoldandinthetthgradeatschool.
‘Thereisamxtafootofsnowhere new,
but it is met we have had. I like
the “Giants of Lilliputania” very .
{and like thetstorytgoo. We a; J
un putting hem, era— et ar—
man. East Jordan. la‘higan.

Dear 'Aunt Penelope: ,'I am a little
girl 9 years old.‘ We live on a 40-acre
farm. We have two cows and 2 heifers
and two calves. We have two horses. / I

 

have- one brother and three sisters. My
brother is in a hospital in France. He
. enlisted in the seswicefonr years ago and

was wounded the first time last August.
He is sergeant now and name is
Louis. .I had a half brother, John, who
swas killed in France August 30th. I am
in the fourth grade at school. We had
no vacation on amount of the “flu" and
' I think we did very well. Well, this-is
' 'ono h for this time: I wish on a. 'Mer-

ry , ands. .Happy w Year.—
ear Gaunt, East Jordan, Michigan.

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\Irene. ~M’ have-twin horses and
the horwcaegsnamod are
e co names are
We ha
cats. "
cats' names are Tommy, Tabby ,
Teaton. We live on a square o‘frty. We
have a Ford car. I haven't written to you
before so I am writing to you now. A
Merry Christmas and a Ha y New Year
to you. Ma be you thi that I am
not patriotic ecause I have not written
to you before, but I ant—Thelma. Mid-
daugh, Nessen City, Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt Penelope: I am sendi you

a letter to thank you for the Thrift lEtamp
which I did not expect as my story was
.very short. The day I sent my letter
the mail man came before I expected him
so I could not end up my story the way
I wanted to. On Christmas day I~was
sick with the “flu" so, did not have a good
time. Our school has been closed ever
since- Dec. 19, 1918, on account of the
‘flu.’, Our teacher’s name is Miss Eileen

Gunsolus. We were got to have a
Christmastree at the sch but the "flu"
came to the neighborhood. Last summer
we farmed some land for anoth man and
we raised one acre of buckwgreat, three
acres of beans seven

I am 11 years old and in the
6th grade. There are 21 in our school.—
Dorothy Jannan, East Jordan, Mich.

 

I have never
am very inter-

Dear Aunt Penelope:
written to you before but

ested in other letters. I am a girl 18
year-soldandinthe 8thMatschool.
Illivo onaa farm 2f ’3,ng VVie have 3
. arses, we, v p gs and
chickens. f0 have 3 cats, names are
Snowball. Polly and Myrtle. We have a
home-made talking ; our father
made it; it plays real San Claus

remerrfbers me every year: he left me a

hair ribbon, book, game of fortune tell- -

ing cards, box of handkerchiefs,
nuts, oranges this year. Well, my letter
is getting long so I will close.-—-—Edna
Graves, Sandusky, Michigan.

candy,

 

Dear Aunt Penelope :——I thought I
would write to you. I live on an 80—acre
farm. I help papa on the farm. I can
cultivate, drag, plow and plan potatoes
and do anything else on the
gldn’ittl do any he

an

canines ham , T

Ople, Poll, Pu- and Jack. e have two
gigs. Papa and Allen butchered Satur-

y. We have 2‘1 hens. I have three sis-
ters, 11- names are Florence; age 18;
Grace, age 14; Rhoda, ago 1%. I have
four brothers, their mamas are Paul, ago
4; Oliver, 12; and Allen, 19. The leaves
arealloif. Iam16 yemoid. Iamnot
going to school until after Christmas be-
cause I am going to help papa get wood
for this winter. I have a dog and a. cat
for pets—Miss Beatrice Lewis. Vander-
bilt, Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I am a girl 9
yearsoldandIaminthenfthgradal
go to school every ' my teacher‘s
name is Miss Grace Foster and I like
her very much. My father takes the M.
B. F. I like to read the children’s stories
and letters. I have two brothers and two
sisters, their names are Glen, Harold, Ber-
tha and Alice. We have'two horses and
their names are Bird and Badger.——Es—
ther Artibee, Marion. Michigan. _

Dear Aunt Penelope :—Well this is the
first time I have written to you. I have
been reading the children's letten in the
M. B. F. and think I shall write to you

. also. I am a girl 12 years old. I live
on a. farm of 200 acres. We have seven
horses, their names are Topsy, Maud,
Flori Jeff, Molly, Dan and Prince We
milk 1 cows and I milk five of them. The'
five I milk are Dado. Star, Brindle,
lie and Beanie. We
chickens, 8 calves and
Dots are two rabbits, " ose'naines are

0, and one horse named
t lamb. I wash the dishes

er, sweep. wash milk pails
take music lessons;

my t name is Miss Carson and I

am invited to a musical at her home on

Thanks I like to help my father

Yfi . ti driye our teams El often.

moo ng 0 to % ristmas.

Myfatherytakestheld. _. and likes

itfine. Iaminthemgrade;

t name is Min Toatont Well. I

, Bentley, Mich.

 

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Dear Aunt Penelope °—I
years old and in the fifth
in Big pids but
ma’s or a while.
and like
»;the city; Grandma lives
but w? live 13v them city.
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M‘ B. FTNY FARM FOB SALE - d
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anarticloinregardtoapoultryfarm
from a subscriber from Shepherd, Mich.
you. as I bdiove I have an

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ed oung married man with small
36mm a y to work at Breakwater farm.
No man who cannot furnish best of refer-
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need apply. Wife must be a good cook
and willing and able to prepare meals for
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THIS IS A high class Farm proposition
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a; well fenced. ,8 barna tool house,
griy-anary, corn barn, hog house, poultry
house, garage and 9-room house,

with we and ice honor in connection
All boil in good repair. Farm could
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tools. Reason for selling is other busi-
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. crops of ensilage corn, clover, and
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bring, you one.

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joying some beautiful weather at the
present time. Wheat is looking find
at this writing. Some hay being

sold. The folloWing prices were ot-

red, $2.20; white, $2.17, corn, $1.;80

oats, 66; rye, $1.43; hay, $24; buck-
wheat, $2.75 th.; barley, $2.08 cwt.;
hens, 25; springers, 25; ducks, 30;

geese, 25; turkeys, 29; butter, 4,5 but-
terfat, 70; eggs 60; hogs $16.25; veal
calves, $17..—-W H. L., Dundee Jan-
uary 18.

Tuscola (NE.)——Mild and dry Not
much grain being sold and no market
for beans. Folldwing prices offered
at Cass City this week: Wheat, $2.10;
oats, 63; rye, $1.48; hens, 21 to 23,
springers, 21 to 23; ducl' , 30 to 32;
geese, 20 to 22; butter, 50; butterfat
67; eggs, 55; sheep, 5 to 7; lambs, 13
to 15%; hogs, 14 to 16; beef ,steers, 5
to 10; beef cows, 4 to 5.——S. 8., Cass
City. Jan. 18.

Genesee (South)——Weather warm
snow about all gone. Thawing days
and freezing nights bad on crops. The
roads in good condition and farmers
selling large amount of beans. Pota-
toes and rye moving steadily. Several
farms are vacant and there will he
more before spring unless conditions
improve. Following prices quoted at
Flint this week: Wheat. red, $2.23:
white, $2.22 corn. $1.50; oats, 62:
rye,‘ $1.45; hay, $18 to $25; beans
$7.;75 red kidney. $9; potatoes 751'.
to $1; onions, $1.50 to $1 75 per sack:
cabbage $15 to $18 per ton; hens 22
to 26; springers 25; ducks 20 to 22;
geese, 20 to 24; turkeys. 32 to 36;
creamery butter 67; eggs, 64; dairy
butter 60; sheep $8; lambs $14: hogs
$15 to $16; beef steers $8 to $9; beef
cows, $6 to $7; veal calves, $15 to $17;
apples, $1 to $1. 25. —(7. 8., Fenton
January 18

Berrien (West)——Weather fine; the
farmers are cutting wood hauling out
manure and hauling logs. Wheat and
rye looking fine. Baroda’s fine new
canning factory which was greatly
extended since the canning season
closed last fall, was destroyed by fire
last night; the loss included several
hundred cords of box material. Many
farmers who have soft" wood timber

send it in.

your dollar now-or later.

M'r. CLEMENS, MICH

Monroe (West 0entral)-—.We are en-

loaded on cars, also some stock being .

fered at Petersburg this week. Wheat, '

' rye, 1.40;

  
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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have‘ been hauling bolts to the fac-
tory at $2.50 to $3.50 per cord. The
roads except the stone ones are al-
most impassable. Not much produce
moving to market. The following quo-
tations at St. Joseph this week: corn,
$1.60; wheat, $2.15; oats, 70; rye,
$1.50; hay, $28 to $30; rye straw, $12;
wheat-oat straw, $13; potatoes, $1;
onions, $1.26; hens, 18; springers, 20;
ducks, 30; geese, 30; turkeys, 28; but-
ter, 55; butterfat, 70; eggs, 60; hogs,
dressed, 20; beef, dressed, 16; beef
cows, dressed, 12; veal calves, 20; up
pies, $2.—O. 0. Y., Baroda, Jan. 16.

Calhown (S.W.)-—Open with no snow
to speak of, which is hard on wheat
and rye. Same oats are moving; not
much wheat in farmers' hands. Some
stock being sold. Horses are not
selling very high as feed is high and
hard to get. Following prices were
paid at Athens this week:. oats, 62;
butter, 55; butterfat, '66;
eggs, 56.——E. B. H., Athens, Jan. 18.

Jackson (N.E.)——Weather has been
quite springlike all week, cold the
fore part but mild the latter part.
Farmers are cutting wood, some draw-
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bare, and the thawing and freezing
'while not beneficial, so far has done

no harm. Detroit qimtes beans 25c
lower the pastxweek. Three elevators
in this locality refuse to buy. With
the quality high “will go straight”
how are the farmers to break even

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tar, ., liutt erfdt, 65; eggs, 52 to 58'
sheepkw
_-—W., Moduli, :Jan. ‘18

Ottawa (North)-—-We are now havi- j,
ing a January thaw. Sleighing all -'
gone exec t on the cross roads Quite, ,
a few catt 6 bays been sold lately, two-

different parties loading at /Cooperst

ville this week. The followélfi'g prices

paid at Coopersville this week:Cor1'1,
$145; wheat, $2.20; oats. .70, , rye,
$1. 35; hey, $30; beans, $8; potatoes,
$1; onion‘s, 60; cabbage, $2 50 cwt.;
hens, 23; springers, 24; ducks, 2‘8'

geese, 20; turkeys, 30; dairy butter, '

48; butterfat, 68; eggs, 48; sheep, 18;
lambs, 24, hogs, 22' beef steers, 17;
beef cows, 13 to 15; veal, 20; apples,

$1. 50 to $2.—J P. Coopersville, Jana

wry 17.

N'Gwoygo (Eden—Mild winter so
far. Sleighing poor for drawing tim-
ber and wood to market.
begging on market at $3; green, $2.50.
Stock in good condltlaon not requiring
the feed as in severe winter weather.
Farmers are wintering more pigs this
winter, corn being more plentiful. The
following prices offered at
Cloud. this week: Wheat, $2.13; corn,
$1.30; oats, 68; rye‘, $1. 42' hay, $27;
beans, $7. 50; potatoes, $1. 30 cwt.; hens,
20; butter, 50; eggs, ';50 hogs,16;
beer steers 5 to 7; veal calves, 7 to
12 live—F. 18., Big Rapids, Jan. 17.

Maniste‘e (N.E.) —— Farmers busy
breaking roads.
until today. It has snowed for a week
or more steady. Scarcely any travel-
ing, roads are filled Most of farm

produce here sold. The following quot I

tations at Bear Lake this week. Corn,
$1; wheat, $2; cats, 75; rye, $1.45;

hay, $26 to $28; rye straw, $10; beans,"

$8, red kidney, $9; potatoes, 75 to $1;
onions, $1.25; hens, 18; springers, 22,
butter 60; butterfat, 65' eggs, 55;

hogs, 16%, beef steers, 11 to 12' beef _

cows, $8; . apples, $1 ..——H 4., Bear
Lake, Jan. 11.
Ing‘ham (Central) ——Warm April

weather, frost all out of ground in

places, freezes a. little nights; quite

foggy in mornings. Dull season for

farmers, or some of them just now, so ‘
they get together, talk politics, chew'

tobacco Whittle and tell each other
how things ought to go, but what is

, needed is getting together and make

thins go with a big G. It’s up to us,
brother farmers, to have our say. The
following prices were offered at Ma-
son this week: Wheat, $2 .07 to $2. 09;
oats, 65;
$8; potatoes, $1; cloverseed, $18 to $20;
alsike. $15, butter, 50 to 60; butter-
fat, 68; eggs, 56 to 60; sheep, 7%;
lambs, 15; hogs, 16175; beef steers, 8
to 13; beef cows, 8 to 9; veal calms,

161/2; apples, $1.—0 I. M. Mason, Jan—
uary 18.

Mason (Wan—Weather very mild.
Sleighing about gone.
farmers are selling their cream. The
most of the potatoes have been mar-
_Only a few are holding for
higher prices. The following prices
were quoted at Scottville this week:
Wheat, $2.11 to $2.13; oats, 65 to 70;
rye, $1. 40; hay, $25 to $30; beans, $7;

red kidney, ss~ potatoes, $1.40; hens, ' ‘

22; springers, 22; butter, 50 to 55;
butterfat, 72' eggs, 50' veal calves, 14
to 15 ..—B M., Dudington, Jan.l17

TI-X TON OFFICERS
ELECTED FOR 1919

Parsons Chemical Works,
Ledge, Michigan, elected omoers for
1919, are president, Harry 8. Reed,
professor of industrial chemistry,
East Innsin8; vioepresl'dent, Game]-
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,tions, of the Carburetor _ ' , ‘ .= g ' i ,
apon'tfilamcvthe Carburetorfor the Shortcomings of the East
ENSUFFICI-ENTLY volitiie or "high test” gasoline is used for motor
(301» the ordinary spraying carburetor acts only to admit to the intake
.» > , .systemrcorrectlyfmeasured amounts of air and fuel tomcat varymg mix-
compounds; h'u’t‘it also acts as a mixing device, that is, the fuel-sprayed 18
,,,'qilttetth,o_roughly taken up in the vaporizing chamber of the carburetor forming,
. at coronary temperatures, a quite homogenous and fairly permanent combustible
mixture. With old-time straight run ’74 degrees gasoline, the carburetor was
able“ perform this double function with substantial completeness and compara-
th'elyliable carburetion trouble was experienced. When, however, “low test
,fue'lf",containing a large proportion of 'quite involatile hydrocarbons, is used,
the-conventional spraying carburetor, while it performs successfully enough its
funkoflonfof proportioning' the amounts of fuel and air supplied to the intake
systems, fails quitemarkedly 1 its mixing function. The fuel and air do not
form, at >the carburetor, a pa neat and homogenous combustible mixture,
for-the heavy gasoline constituents altho well atomized at the carburetor jet,
.and ’persisting as\‘a coarse mist for a time, too often return to-liquid form in
“the intake‘piping and it is only towardthe end of the compression stroke that
anything like a vapo‘rous mixture of uniform quality is produced. Even then
“the conditions are often unfavorable to complete‘combustion. _ In order actually
to vaporize gasolineue.‘ large amOunt of heat is required, exactly as heat is. re-
dumd to-sboil water and this is especially true of low test fuels. What little heat
ban, be supplied by iacketing the carburetor throat or by supplying warmed air
is inadequate. Heat must be supplied after the mixture leavesthe carburetor
in order to secure even approximately perfect vaporization and uniform quality.
This is the reason for the recent adoption of exhaust and water-jacketed mani-
folds and those of the hot spot type and these practices are a recognition of the

-- fact that thespraying carburetor is essentially a fuel—and air measuring device,
with very slight vaporizing ability, and that vaporization must be very largely
effected by heat furnished the mixture from the surfaces past which it passes
after leaving the carburetor. It is the relatively involatile character of commer-
cial gasoline which gives the above facts their present importance.

   

lugs and water manifolds attributed
to their use and, for that reason, we
hesitate to assume the responsibility
of recommending them in ‘a general
way, although we have known of many
instances of their successful use. In
a theme-siphon cooling system with
a tubular radiator, it appears that the
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BEST ANTI-FREEZE MIXTURE

What is the best thing, price consid-
ered, to use in my radiator to keep it/
from freezing?—A. H.-L. —

We generally recommend alcohol °‘
and think highly of the half-and-half
wood ' aib‘ohol-glycerine solution, 33
per cent of this mixture and 66 per
cent water, giving protection down to
10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit below zero.

A 40 per cent mixture or wood alcohol ..

will protect down 'to 20 degrees Fahr- "
enheit below zero. The reason we re-
commend mixtures like the above is
that they are perfectly free from any
ill effects upon the metals of which
the radiator and other parts of the
cooling system are constructed. Pro-
prietary anti-freeze liquids, which are
generally calcium chloride solutions,
are themselves less expensive than al-
cohol mixtures, as they-do not lose
strength through evaporatiOn, but
there has been considerable serious
_ corrosion of the soldered joints of
radiators and of aluminumpump hous-

Qnestions of general interest to motorists will be answered in this column
space permitting. Address, Albert L. Glough, care of this office.

 

 

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DEMOUNTABLE RIMS OE SPARE
WHEELS

, Which do you recommend me to put
on my Ford, demountable rims or
the spare wheel equipment?—S. H. T.

Both types work out very well but,
if standard wood wheels are to be
used, we rather favor the demountable
rim, because the spare equipment car-
ried is so much lighter and the chances
of needing a complete wheel on the
road are rather small. If .wirewheels
are to be used, we fancy the spare
wheel arrangement. In selecting a
demountable rim, be sure to obtain
one with thoroughly reliable locking
devices, which will prevent the rim
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I feel a personal interest in your efforts
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" January.

' $25 to $30 per ton bulk f.ob,

  
  
 

fruits
, this: December and the greater "
apples, celery, lettuce and slang
most everything of much importance

in price. except field beans, but over-
supply in some lines caused reaction
and losses of a portion of the ad-
vance. Average volume of produce

10 to 15 per cent greater than a year
a-,ge the increase being chiefly in po-
tatoes, onions, cabbage, apples and
oranges. During the latter part of
January the movement became about
900 cars per day compared with 600
average at. the corresponding time a
year ago.

Potatoes Advance and React

Carlots northern sacked-White stock
at Chicago rose about 500 per cwt. then
lost most of the advance.
eraged not far from those prevailing
a year ago. The range recently has

to 32.25 f.o.b in the east. Consuming
markets ranged 31.75 to 32.50 in the
west and 32 to 32.75 in the east, com-
pared with western consuming mar-

and eastern at $2. 25 to 32..75 Ship-
ments in January were liberal for the
time of the year and the supplies ac-
cumulated in some distributing mar-
kets, causing prices to react sharply
from the high point. Official estimates
of stock on hand in 21 ,northern states
including most of. the larger shipping
sections,‘120,769,000 bushels, or 172,525
cars of 700 bushels each, compared
with 215,237 cars Jan._1, 1918., Last
winter, 1917-18, about 50,000 were ac-
tuallysh‘ipped from principal north-
ern shipping statesa The rest of the
stock is accounted for by home con-
sumption, wagon sales, seed stock,
starch manufacture, dehydration, and
loss by freezing,‘ waste and natural
shrinkage. In average years not
over one-third the estimatedpotato
crop is shipped in cars. Figures avail-
able ‘show that about 36,000 cars of the
northern crop were shipped'Jan. to
June inclusive in 1917, and about 75,-
000 cars January to June inclusive, in
1916. Loading per car averaged much
lighter. before 1917 than during the
past two seasons.

Onions Higher,
The markets gradually strengthen-

'- ed in December and advanced further

in January, reaching an. average top
of 32 per cwt., sacked in consuming
markets, having gained about 50c over
low points in December. Choice red
and yellow stock reached 31.50 to 32
per cwt. in producing sections. The
‘strength of the market in the past

parent reduction of stock on hand.‘
While the crop Was estimated
about 1,000 cars larger than that of
the preceding season, shipments,have
been nearly 3,000 cars larger ti’is seas—
on, thus improving the position of the
remaining stock available ,for ship-
ment. Acreage of Texas onions is re
ported less than last year, but condi-
tirw r! the growing crop is excellent.

Cabbage Values Still Advancing
The upward movement in December
was continued in January, reaching
in the
New York State producing sections,

340 per ton Shipments increaSed of
both old and' new stock. California,
Florida and Texas cabbage reached a
volume over, one- fifth that of the total
cabbage movement. '

B' 1: Markets "Weak
Drag'g ness and tendency to declin-

ing values continue the chief charac-
teristics of the bean market. About

5 the only brisk 1111de is for export, ' ‘
the U S Grain Corporation having ._

‘ 1500,0110 cwt. for this .

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P“imm- came. onions 5
made beuflent gains in 7811198 Air", ,1} .,:
at this “m0 or the year had its rise;

shipments week brweek was from.

Prices av- .

been 31.50-31.90 f.o.b, cwt. sacked, in ;
western producing sections, and 31.90,

kets a year ago ranging 31.90 to 32. 50 ,

two months resulted partly from ap: ,

only .7

and $28 to 332 in Wisconsin. Consum- ._
ing markets ranged generally 330 to ,.

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fruit: Values for good stock are,
1y held, some markets showing
vances. Northwestern extra “1511c

ing markets ranged about steady, most-

ly at 33 and 33 25, reaching tops ~01"

, 33. 50 in some markets.

SPEcuLAToRs RAISE .
Havoc wrrn EEAifts

( Continued from page 1)
“are trying to break the market. They
are in an agreement not to buy Micl'r
igan beans at present prices, and are

deliberately trying to defeat the plan,
of the, jobbers and the Food ,Adminis- .
tration to keep the price ”of beans to '
They, .

the grower at $8 a. hundred.
simply refuse to buy beans in any
larger Quantity than to,Supply imme-
diate demands. They are the' [ones
who are under-quoting the market.
The purchases of these brokers, and
grocers usually. are a big influence,
and in normal years they just about
control the market, but this year 'the
purchases of the..,Food Administiiation
will defeat their plans, providing the
growers and jobbers sit tight and wait
for developments.

“I learn that some of our members
are paying less than 38 a hundred, for
beans,” added Mr. Brelsch, “but that
is usually only in cases w-here'farm-
ers must have the money and Insist
on their buying. ‘Most of our mem-
bers are,urging the farmers to 'hold
until the market strengthens and they
can again pay the 38 price. If I were
you, I. would advise your readers’ not
to worry. The Food Administration
has agreed to buy more
beans, and I am in a position to'know
that the p'rice they will pay will not be
less ’than the old figure." .

There is every reason in the world
why the Michigan Bean J6bbers'IAs-
sociationshould want to see the farm-
.ers' of Michigan get 38 or moretor
their beans this year, and no reason,
so far as we can discover, why they
should attempt to deceive-thalam-

‘ers upon the prospects of the market.
We are absolutely convinced that the
jobbers are sincere in their efforts to
stabilize the market _ and . eliminate
speculation, even tho it may mean
only moderate profits on their tran-
sactions. We are convinced, moreov-
er, that the abnormally large crop of
beans will not warrant entertaining
any hope of 310 or $12 beans, and that
it will be only by the most careful
and closest co- operation between grow

ers and jobbers that the market Can
be maintained at the 38 level. '

In some localities elevators are ad,-
vertising to buy beans at less than 38
a. bushel; in other placesthey refuse

\to' buy them for less than that. In

' the one insta‘nce, growers who desire

to hold their beans for better prices,
complain against the el;evators in the
other instances growers who must
get their money out of their beans,
also complain. The first- mentioned
elevators -are going exactly opposite
to the wishes of the jobbers' associa~
tion and should be reperted. No ele—
vator, for its own future welfare.
should attempt to sweet the p

  
 

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1.. the bologna bulls are"

“ : ,manent reactit’m

i->,‘hnrveinent or hogs to Chicago last week
_, ,5. made in; order 2 to relieve congestion
_ ‘.,,at‘.,,last week's opening, .30 reduced
f supply, as “to permit of a good Clean-up '

«41,009 received further
» " ”1°31 ‘13. Values was noted. -The .top
.-:i:_hoggj compared with $17.65 a week ago
$17.62. Was 12 cents
previous Monday. Now that the crop
.3“ ’of stale hogs in the yards has been re-
duced it iseipected

closer to the established
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grade around. $1
tram $141 down.

for ’ feeding‘flam , and prices ' on this
class have been“ mil maintained, ‘good
and choice viiseflihg $14.50 to $15.25.
Matured. sheep have been relativgly
scarce, butvdemand has lacked breadth.
Meet attire good. to choice ‘fat ewes
are selling from $10.25-to $10.75.

looks with :weight
., , a substantial premium
oaths, townie. A" good market
levels, in fact is..indicated for,
use as supply pressure will be
renounced during the late win-

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Washington, D. 0., Jan. 17.——The
monthly report of the Bureau of Mar-
kets, department or agriculture, shows
storage holdings of apples on Jan. 1,
1919, as follows:

The 534 storages that reported show—
ed total stock of 4,887,907 boxes and
2,554,800 barrels apples. The 523 stor-
ages that reported for Jan. 1, this year -
and last, .show present holdings of

I4,730.473 bogs and 2,548,424 barrels
as compared with 5,534,220‘boxes and
2,753,784 barrels last year, a decrease
of 803,747 hexes and 205,360 barrels,
or a total decrease of‘10 3—10 per
cent.

;i}wif&s"stability of the fat cattle market
m bynthe recent dip in? corn values.
,1 :ieuafltyémeder steers of fair wt.
to savinmsaa to 50c during the
"i’a_s1;':fwo_,,waaks2 and are at the high
‘ . , history. Choice
._ hygiee’ders ,weighing 900 to 1,000
1113,1113. quotable up to $13.50 to $14,
i‘bntgthé. output has consisted chiefly
‘01 thin’-‘and'~ligh't flesh 650"to 850 lb.
" cattle that have sold mostly at a r ge
261' from $9.25‘to $11.50.. dependi on
quality and weight. Killer competi-
tion has for the time being at least,
virtually strangled the output of med-
ium heavy' feeders. Common . light
smokers are in, slack call, moving
around $8 to $8.50, and many of them
go ngy‘to. killers for canner purposes.
“The trade anticipates a verybroad de~
mand iorstockers and feeders, as the
Winter ages and the grading season
app-rt aches .
, Butcher cattle trade has acted much
after the ‘fashiOn of the »-beei steer
market. Choice cornted cows anl heif—
ersare rare and are selling in a class
alone," fully as high as a week ago.
~‘Medium ,and common grades have
. 2meanwhile lost 225 to 40c per cwt. with
selling relatively bet-
.ter than the lower grades or butcher-2
cows. ‘An occasional, prime, heavy ,
.cow sells up around'$14, and prime
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Onion Markets Show Strong Tone

Values strenthened further in New
York producing sections, ‘ reaching
$1.75 to $2 f.o.b, for best yellow stock.
Consuming markets ranged from $1.75
to $2.25 per cwt. for eastern and mid—
dlewestern sacked yellow stock. Ca1-
ifornia brown and yell-ow onions aver-
aged 25 cents higher ior‘fancy stock
from dry storage, reaching $1.65 to
$1.85 i.o.b.

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MR. MARK STIMER, .
',ONE OF M. B. F.’S AGENTS

A busy season, pulling and removing
stumps on anew farm in Mecosta,
county and incidentally lookingr after

__ his duties as treasurer
of Morton township has
still allowed Mr. Mark
Stimer to find a pleas-
ant and profitable ‘00-

 

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common butcher cows down

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cutters from $6.60 to $7.40. Most' of
selling .
tat bulls up-
. . 2The calf market has
declined $1.50pe‘r 'cwt.- during the past
, week, with the ,best vealers now going
"at ; $16. The vanguard or the spring
g-run of calves is 'shovving up and a per-
toward higher lev-
. els is not at this time expected. ‘
731' Reduction in 'c'a/r allotments for the

cupatiOn of such spare
time as he finds avail—
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does not act as our subscription agent
only because it pays him. He does it
mainly becauSe he is heart and soul
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the interest of the farmers of Michi-
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when he asks them they subscribe.
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The Rayner Field Mfg. Co.
Jackson, Mich.

  
   
   
 
 
    
    
   
  
  
  
    

 
   

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The Milking Shorthorn

Milking Shorthorn Congress Show and Sale

at Erie, Pa., March 20 and 21, 1919'

If youare thinking of attending this meeting or wish to know. more

Chas. ‘Bray, Okemos, Mich., Breeder of Milking Shorthorns

 

 

 

 

If you would like to do some farmer friends of yours a favor
and at the same time give MICHIGAN BI'SINESS FARMING, which is
building to fight in your interests, a big, helpful boost

SEND US THEIR NAMES

and whether you send 5, 10, 25 or a 100 we will mail to each ad-
dress you send us THREE SAMPLE COPIES of MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING, free and postage paid.

Let the
1y is doing sane farmers of our great state and ten to one

they will add itheir names to our list and thus increase the
power for good we can accomplish.

 

 

 

editor" themselves. just as you did, what this week- .

 

 

 

 

 

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v-cherhogs-sold rfrom- $17.65-to $17.95, ' c, g ”

and mixed grades

 

 

 
 
 

from 3.11.45 to $17.60.? the common,
,, $16.60“ to” $16.75,.
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It pays to buy

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: 391::- ~‘m't71fi4‘l',

" Z crow Flock

WM; with salt the year
around keeps flock healthy and
free from stomach worms and
ticks. A $5.00 box makes $60.00
worth of medicated salt—saves you

' , . . big money-A‘ $1.00 size box of

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.mediCate % barrel of salt. ~

“Nature and Care of Sheep”

 

write for club offer—bookleton ,.~. ' .2 2‘

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Day Old Chicks

e are now at the beginning of another
. semen. Our new poultry Cata:
ill ill tions and full description
each will be ready for distribu-
tion about January:
.- If you want to buy Day Old Chicks
spring, write to us so that you may
of our Pure Bred Prac-
Poultry: each breed in a colony en-
\. ‘ separate from every other colony,
;. n free. farm- -range stock.

Breeds for the Season are:

  

  

outh Rocks. Buff Plymouth Rocks, R. C
Rhode Island Reds, S. C. Rhode Island
Beds, White Wyandottes, Silver Laced

dottes, S. C. RBléckvvh Minorcas, S. C.
teLe herns,R White Leghorns,
CLeghorns,S . C. Brown Leg-

horns,"B C. Brown Leghorns, S. C. An-

oonas. Sicilian Butter Cups.

, Eggs for Hatching

. Em from the foregoing breeds in quan-
titles for incubators and also in single
oi We would appreciate corres—
ndenoe with any person who will need

cubator eggs this spring.
Plymouth Rock Eggs for Early Broil-
ers also in quantities and at lower prices.

Oookerelsa—A few Cockerels of nearly
all the foregoing breeds.

We will send you illustrated catalog
and price list; ready about January 25.

BLOOMINGDALE FARMS ASSOCIATION
~ Bloomingdale, Mich.

POULTRY

 

 

 

BARRED ROCK

——Cholce Barred Rock Cock-
erels, bred from Detroit

 

FOR SA

Winners. Also a few pullets and year-
ling hens. Tolles Bros. R. 10, St. Johns,
‘ Michigan.

 

OHN’S BIG BEAUTIFUL Barred Rocks
are hen hatched quick growers, good
layers, sold on approval $4 to $8. Circu-
lars. photos. John Northon, Clare, Mich.

Barred Rock E 3 FM“ Sim" with
88 records to 290 eggs
per year. 82. 00 per 15 Prepaid by par-
cel post. Circular free.
Constantine, Michigan.

For Sale Thoroughbred Barred

Rock males and fe-
males, also eggs for
hatching after Feb; 1st.
Bred-to-lay. H.‘ E. Hough, Hartford, Mich..

 

Fred Astling,

 

Bradley Strain

 

ORPINGTON

For sale WHITE ORPINGTON COCK-
, erels $3 and $5 each. White
African guineas $2 each.

Odell Arnold, Coleman, Michigan.

 

 

LEGHORN

BOFITABLE BUFF LEGHORNS—We

‘ haVe twenty pens of especially mated
Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prof-
itable egg production. \Eggs at very reas-
onable prices. Our list will interest you
-—please ask for it. Village, Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan. '

 

 

WYANDOTTE

 

ilver Laced, Golden and White Wyan~

dottes of quality. Breeding stock after
Oct. 1st. Engage it early.
Browning. R. 2, Portland, Mich.

Clarence

 

 

COCKERE R. C. It. 1. White. Large
. pure white husky fellows.
prices reasonable, satisfaction guaran-
teed. E Hawley. Ludington. Mich.

STANDARD BRED COCKERELS -'—-
Mated Anconas; Buff and
Partridge Rocks; Ronen Dr‘akes. Hatch—

ing Eggs in season. Sheridan Poultry
Yards, Route 5, Sheridan Michigan.

. r 6‘ BREED: Most Profitable chick-
ens, ducks, geese and tur-

.g, km Choice, pure- e-bred, northern raised.

‘ Fowls, eggs incubators at low prices/ Am-

aica’ :- greater: poulir farm. 26th year. Val-
uable new 112 page 00k and catalog free,

R.F. NEURERT Co. .30qu Mullah. Mill

 

 

  

 

TURKEYS

 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS _
Strictly thoroughbred, for sale Gob-
blers weigh 15-38 lbs. Hens 9- 16 lbs
Price, $7.00 to $25. 00, according to
weight and beaUty. Eggs $4. 00 per
setting of ten. John Morris, R. 7,Vassar,
Michigan.

  
 

CHICKS

' . We ship thousands
CHICK each season, different
varieties booklet and

testimonials. stamp appreciated. Freeport

   

 

 

 

  
  

Hatchery, Box 10.. Freeport. Michigan.
Chickens Sick or Not Doing Well?
0“": comb I stand-

  
  

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can more? And we
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matron of Interests

-Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Plym-

 

lamb ow:

 

GIVE THE COWS WARM
WATER IN WINTER

 

Every hundred pounds of milk
contains 87 pounds of. water. " The
cow requires in addition, large quan-
tities of water for carrying on her
body functions. This water cannot
be of any use to the cow until it is
warmed. If it is swallowed ice cold
it must be warmed inside the body.
This gives the body a severe chill and
requires a great deal of energy from
the food to return it to the proper
temperature. What are the results?
W. W. Swett of the University of Mis-
souri College of Agriculture, answers;
First, the cow does not drink as much
as she should and the milk production
is limited. Second, a part of the food
which should go to make milk is used
to warm the cold water taken. into the
body and to overcome the decided chill
imparted to the body. There are other
more economical ways of warming

water than by the/ use of expensive -

grain.

A group of cows drinking from an
icy stream is a common winter/sight
in many parts of this’country. In
many cases these COWS are driven half
a mile or more for this privilege. 'In
many cases the cows refuse, under
such conditions, to drink as much as
they should and are driven back to
the barn to wait until the following
day when they will be offered the
same thing [over again. A cow can-
not be a heavy producer of milk un-
der these circumstances.

The best place to water dairy cows
in cold weather is in the barn. -When
running water is available this can
be accomplished by installing individ-
ual drinking cups or by watering them
in a gutter-like manger. In this case
the water will not need to be warmed
as the water in pipes is not too cold.
Individual cups have another advant-
age by allowing the cows to take small
quantities at frequent intervals.

On many farms these conveniences
are impossible. In such cases it is
always possible to use a tank heater.
There are several different kinds of
tank heaters on the market which may
be purchased at a moderate price.
Most of them are satisfactory.

Another possibility for a tank heat-
er is to use a small water-tight iron
stove so constructed that it is entire-
ly immersed in the water. It extends
thru the wall of the tank and is fed
from the outside of the tank. The
tunnel which must be of heavy iron
extends at least twelve inches above
the top of the tank. Draft is sechred
thru the front that extends thru the
tank wall. Coal or wood may be
burned. Don’t compel dairy cows to
dring ice water. They cannot be high
producers if you ‘

HOW TO PROPERLY FEED

  

THE DAIRY BULL

 

Although the bull in the dairy
herd is often looked upon as a neces-
sary evil it should not be forgotten
that the calves inherit half their blood
from him. M. H. Fohrman of the Un-
iversity of Missouri College of Agri-
culture says that too often the bull is
housed in dark, dirty quarters and lit-
tle attention given him. The hull at

all times should have a proper feed, ,.

and the kind will depend somewhat
upon his age. Young growing bulls do

well when fed legume hay and .4 to 8
pounds of grain daily. A suitable
mixture to be fed with clover or alt

falfa'. hay is four parts or c orn chop, _

one of oats, and one of bran. Older
bulls as a rule are not as active as

_ young animals, and there is more dan-

ger of overfeeding them. After the

 

summit feed“ to keep 1 him in good '

breeding condition and to keep him
warm. Thelherd bull should not be
allowed to become fat as this results
in sluggishnels and. early loss of
breeding power. ,See that he has an
abundance of drinking water and am-
ple opportunity for exercise. ‘
While care should be exercised to
avoid overfeeding, do not go to the

\other extreme in the case of young

bulls, as underfeeding checks growth.
Size is always a desirable quality, and
it is poor economy to underfeed. a
growing sire. Feed him a suificient
amount of grain to furnish ample
material for growth and regulate the
quantity according to his appetite and
condition.

SHEEP FARMERS NEED A

JUST DOG CONTROL LAW .

One of the greatest draw—backs to
sheep farming in many regions is the

, sheep-killing dog. The dog not only

kills sheep but keeps out of the sheep
business many farmers who Would
otheerise go into it. Remarkable
progress has been made in several
states in enacting good dog laws, and
others may take similar action at
the meeting of their legislatures this
winter. But let it be understood that

, no law, however well worded it may

be, can be effective unless it is enforc-
ed and has the moral support of the
people who are alfected by it.

Wool and mutton are commanding

higher prices than ever before and our ‘

wool supply is. being reduced so rap-
idly that even tho peace has come it
will take a long time to restock the
wool trade of the country. These facts
alone should be sufficient to make it
clear to any fair-minded citizen that
we should provide reasonable protec-

tion for the sheep farmer against the'

The Storyoi the

The Hampshire created a sensation-
al record in Denver, Colorado, in 1917,
by winning over all breeds in carload
lots and single classes. They have,
on several different occasions created
the same sensational record in the
Chicago International Live Stock
show. They created the same, sensa-
tional record in the palmy days of St.
Joseph, Missouri, when she put on
one of the greatest live stock shows
in America. In Pig Club classes in
the state of Georgia, where. Pig Clubs
have developed to as great an extent
as any state in the Union, Hamp-
shires ,have been grand champion over
all breeds for the past two years. In
the state of Indiana Where" Pig Clubs
have grown to great prominence,
Hampshires have been grand champion
over all breeds every year excepting
one. This breedds very prolific. The
average of more than 40,000 reported
in the last year has been better than
8 pigs to the litter raised, showing an
average of 11 pigs to the litter farrow-
aid. The Hampshire sows are very
kind, good natured mothers, giving a
very heavy flow of milk, and taking
most excellent care of their young.
The Hampshire has entered many feed:
ing contests and has won. In our re-
cent days of war; through the public
sale system of giving 3. Hampshire to
the Red Cross, more than $168,000
have been raised for that great assist-
ing body in the protection‘of our sol-
diers; more than $68,000 have been
raised for the Y. M. O. A. The breed-
ers who have promoted this breed of
hogs desired to haves—a new home.

AbOut a year agolthey commenced the
erection of that home; they have ex» ’
pended $14. 000 and have paid for. it
. by popular subscription. ‘ «
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' College of ‘Agriculture says R.
farmers talk among themselves «the ' ‘ ‘
troubles they have with dogs, but 111' ‘ ,-

 

ravages of prowling and uncontrolled ,5

rings.

D A. Spencer, sheep extension spec-l

ialist to the University of Missouri

      
 
   
   

sheep, y’

order that their stories may accomp‘

lish something worth while the facts ‘

should be told to their senators and ,

representatives with all possible def-’

initeness and emph

Those interested in securing correct

legislation on a just and reasonable
dog control, will find helpful informa-

tion in Farmer’s Bulletin 935, “The

Sheep—Killing Dog.” This bulletin
contains a digest of, the dog laws of
all states, together with many‘use-

facts and suggestions. The bulleti

may be had free by addressing the
Division of Publications, United States
Department of-Agricu1tu're, Washing
ton, D. C. ‘

 

Hatch Early

If the pullets are not fairly well ma-
tured and settledin their winter quar-
ters before the severe cold weather
sets in, it is more difficult to get them
to start laying. It requires on the
average six or seven months for pul-
lets of t e general purpose breeds,
such as t e Plymouth Rock, Wynn-
dotte, Rhode Island Red and Orping-
ton, which are so commonly kept on
general farms, to mature and start
laying. If these pullets are to start
laying by the time desired, they must
therefore have been hatched six or
seven months previously, .and this
means early hatching. Hatch early,
therefore, and secure well grown, ma-
ture pullets which will begin laying in
the fall, will produce the high priced
winter eggs, and will be profit mak-
ers.

Hampshire Hog

the Record Association and the breed-
ers. as special premiums every year
in the large state and national shoWs.
The National Swine Show where all

breeds meet in friendly rivalry and.

competition, has found the Hampshire
breed to exceed all other breeds in
numbersf‘they were first in numbers
in 1916, 1917 and 1918. They have
been much talked about for the qual-

' ity of their show as well as superior

numbers. They are a breed of hogs
which is given very much to making
their own living onJorage and cheap
foods. Those who knew them best
like them ‘best. Those who tried them
to prove they were not superior have
in almost every case become one of
the greatest breeders and promoters
of the breed who have entered pedi-‘
grass for record in. the Association.
Some of the most prominent breeders
oLother breeds have decided to try
the Hampshire simply to prove they
do notp'ossess superior quality which
is claimed for them. Whether they
fooled themselves or whether . they
were converted, it is hard to tell, but
in every case ever reported to the sec-
retary’s office where such a thing has

,been tried, it only took from two, to

three years to find there Was nothing
on the farm of such a man except, the
Hampshire breed of hogs. They are
prolific, they are kind to handle, they

'are very thrifty and insist on doing

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a part of the work. They are always '

able to gather their own. feed in the.
field. grind their own feed, make their?

own bed, and after all of. this is do
carry their cameos to market :u
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has sold two different toe. of cattle I - A. R. 0. dams for sale. , ALLNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE poiand
have entered. I now offer heifer calves ARWIN KILLINGER, China. Gilts. Sired by Arts Big Bob. .
from heavy milking dams for $100 Fowlerville Mich" HORSES Will be bred to a. son of Giant Sen- ;
“gechhasnd the same kind of bull calves . lgan. atm. forthAphil tfa?%w_ dK you are 100k_ ,
N or . . a ing for e es 0 rec ing and the ki :
ROBIN CARR JERSEY SHETLAND PONIEP that gets big and has quality here is $2 .
F S l Writ place to find it. Please give me a chance '
FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN gULLS ready for ser- SHEHAND PONIES “fags-Won a: to tell you more, about them. A D,
co for sale. Sired k B C d H 11 Mi h Gregory, Ionia, Mich1gan.
and out of R. ognfles g (infloidaj pox. prices. Mar . ur y_ owe . c .
‘ ' offers a. v nice - 3-1118 y 615th
Clover Dairy Farm str t Igdsome. Wonder. Herd tuberculin ‘33th and HOGS L S P BRED GILTS now ready to
bull, be free from abortion. Our aim is size with . . ,, . hi - ,
In March 15, 19 . Six-ed by good type and roducu W s pat prlces any 800d farm.
Johan Hengerveld Lad, wi 63 A.R.O. Jersey Farm Alvirli) B 1d 011-0 Wood er can afford to pay._ Also dealer in Raw
daughters, with records up to 811m. The ' a en, apac, m‘ 0' 1- 0' Furs. Write for prices.
1gamma. 16 1 granddaugihm of P131}: 0. Swartz Schoolcraft, Michigan.
ee Bake]. 0 AR. . aughbers w
idiot” up to 32 lbs. Price 100, Loib. O. I. C. GILTS BlG TYPE r. o. Cléoicétbrtedhsogvs r391?
11 Extended edigree p- arro also owa’s rea es er s. e
tion on “flan? Bred for Mpg}: and April 1 w' big bone prolific kind with size and qual-

W. W. Wyckoffu

'7 lithium-missus Assocmiou or

. milling ..
u M >1aexpor‘ e
, 1.11 .3”,
. . . and“ more per acre.
hit our any other country export.
ad for.“ our booklets-v they contain
hch giraluable, niformatiom‘ ‘

   

Bratileboro, Vi-

 

. durum, so: .295

 

 

Two Young Bulls

One from‘a 25 lb. cow and one from .1 _
‘22 lb. four year old. Write for pedigrees

for Sale, Ready for Service

end prices. a. L. SALISBURY

   

 

  

GSt breedersof litestock a
still, write out what you

 

BREEDERS‘

HTG ., RATES under-
nd poultry will bexsent on request. Better
have to offer, let us put it in type, show you
a proof and -tell you whatitvwfll cost for 13, 26 or 52 times. You-
can Changesizo- of ad. «or copy as often as you'wish. Copy or changes
must begreceived one week before date of issue.
‘DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN BUSINESS. FARMING,

    

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Write to-day!

 

 

,, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.
Holstein-Friction Cattle
' SHOBTHOBN Calves
Under the present” labor conditions DUAL {fifrglgg from good milking

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, DIichigan

 

 

 

We Sell at Breeders’ Sale

 

Shepherd. Micki!“

 

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MUSOLFF BROS. l_-iOlr:1$Tlill:0$r
~ ..»W.e now boo o are
young ‘bliolls from Kins Pieter 86!“
Lyons 170500. All from A. R. o. ems
with credible records. We test annur
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information.

Musolfl' Broe., South Lyons, Michigan.

 

 

at College, Feb. 6th, Good Foundation
cow, A.R.O. record as 3—year-old, 40%
lbs. of milk 18.77 of
sister, bred to 30 1b. bull.

 

 

 

 

cows, for sale at reasonable prices.

\ Roy Finch, Fife Lake, Michigan.

on IALE-Jlieg. Shorthom bull, 14
breeding. Will te and ship. satis-

faction guaranteed or money refunded.

Could use Liberty bond in part payment.

Wm. D. McMullen, R. No. 1, Adrian, Mich.

  

ding to hon:

 

~mos. old, color red, white marks. Bates
era

 

re fireman omens"
bi ban“. boar pigs narrowed; ,_
can Buster. Giltshped 10'

   

sire) lchi' . . obs-
2.13mi?) Gerst‘dale Su ‘erior and Cereal“.

  

L. Wright, onesville, Michigan. ,

FOR 25 YEARS ,
This establishment has\been head quarters
for .Big Type Poland,rChinas. We have _
a. nice lot of bears and sows of» strictly
big type breeding at very low price. Let; V,
me know what you want Bell phone]. ' .
JNO. C. BUTLER - Portland. Mich.

IQ TYPE P. (3. 30mm, all agents;
kind that make good. Meet me at the. ~‘"
fairs. E. Leonard, St. Louis, Mléhg. I -'

Large Type Poland China Hogs

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

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

 

 

  

   
  
  
 
    
   

   
 

  
       

 

          

 

 

 

FOR SALE—Two Shorthom Durham
bulls, Bates strain and good individuals.
One 3. years old; one 6 months. Geo. 'W.
Arnold, Bates, Mich.

 

 

 

Shorthoms 100 head to select gem.
Write me your wan s. ric-
C' 1" Hulett & Son, Okemos, Mich. 'es reasonable. Wm. J. Bell, Rose- City,
~ Michigan. . .
EG. HOLSTEIN BULL CALIF from
§%od1gr(ildu§1?g $37031?! 3‘1?ng 3. HEREFORDS
. u . r ce . or qu sale. .
h d d b B b F tr—
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MICHIGAN BUSINESS \FABMING

‘sum PLAINS Hams?

Type, Quality. A few bull calves from

you' with males or females, Poiled or
horned. Write for prices. Earl C. Mc-
Carty, Bad Axe, Mich, Sec. Mich. H. B.
Association. ' -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Kettler, Flint, Michigan

 

 

- now with the Holstein and convince

 

PREPARE '

For the greatest, demand. future
prices that has ever known. Start

yourself. Good stock always
sale. Howbert Stock Farm,
Claire, Michigan.

for
Eau

   

Jersey has ever been
Nautical-oat breed. But

gh-prleed feed
even more fun-
out. You III-t look into thin
Jeney . It will show you
the difference between he '11;
I eowend uvh the cow Rep
you. Ark 5100ng for prices
nnd pedigrees. Write us 1'
Important Jersey teen, free.

The Auction Jersey Cutie an
357 West an 51.. low York Qty

       

 

 

 

 

 

Boy and by a. son of King Segls De
' Korndyke, from A. R. 0. dams with rec-
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old,to 28.25
at full age.
considered.

sired by a son of
Friend Hengerveld
De Kol Emitter1
o

GUERNSEY S

sale. also a number of well bred young
bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake,

GUEnNsnr

Heifers and cows for

'. iichignn.

  

 

 

 

 

   
         
   
      
   
   
    
 

P. 0.. The best lot of big,

BIG TYPE long bodied, heav -b
boars; the prolific kind; litters aim-222$
better than 10 the past 3 years.
H. O. Swartz. Schoolcraft, Michigan.
BIG TYPE P. C. BOARS, Rambouillet
and Hampshire rams and

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

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Sprfi

boars all sold. Bred glilltg.
ready for shipment. Inspection invited. .
L. L. Chamberlain, Marcellus, Michigan. ‘.

 

 

 

 

 

 

choice 18.11

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM

 

Monroe, Mich.
1 Two last spring boars,
S also 2 June boars, a. good

' ' ° lot of last spring gilts
bred for next spring fan-ow. Also last
fall pigs not akin. All good thrifty stock.
Schulze, Nashville, Michigan.

 

 

 

o B.
Cftizens‘ Phone. 134.
SPRUG GILTS, bred to good

 

WE HAVE A FEW '

0' L C- son of Grand Champion Cal-
loway Edd. Priced ri
Dike C. Miller, Dryden, Michigan.
FOR. SALE, pure bred Shorthorns and
O I C iga

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RayWarner. R. No. 3, Almont, Michigan.

 

 

Prices reasonable breeding

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
Napoleon, Mich.

 

LANGHURST STOCK FARM

ABERDEEN-ANGUS ‘

ABERDEEN ANGUSaCAT'l‘LE
We are offering at reduced prices, a.

number of high-class young bulls, well
able to head the best herds in the land.

can “ Holstein - 115-19 13 Best in blood lineage on either side of the
from dams wix records up to 234 111135.823: ocean._ Write for priCe list, or call and
sir dams u to 46 lbs. Write it - see us. .
igrees and cos. 'Fred J, .Langefrsfifii Woodcote Stock Farm, Ionia. .Michigan.
,walng, Michigan. ,

 

0 Bred dGilts

(I, Serviceable Boars
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

        
  
 
   
   
    
  
 
   
  
 
  
   
    
  
  
   
  
  
 
  
  

 

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BERKSHIRES

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 f
know why Michigan buyers 1001'! 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 :4‘
breeder with nerve enough to spend a.
few hundred dollars annually in adver- '
tising can have all the live buyers
Michigan looking to him when they Wan
something in his line.

 

 

 

REGOBY FARM BEBKSHIBES for f ‘
Profit. Choice stock for sale. Write

your wants. , .
W. S. CORSA, - White Hall, Ill.

 

 

 

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HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
Sires dams average 37.76 ,lbs. but-
ter 7 das. 145.93 lbs. 30 das. testing
5.52% fat. Dams good A. R. backing.

white.
Price $65.00 each While they last.
Herd tuberculin tested annually. '
Boardman Farms. Jackson, Michigan.

 

 

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WOLVEBINE STOCK FARM

OAKWOOD
10 to 13 mos. old.
Collar Bros, R. No. 3, Conklin,, Michigan.

0f Quality,
Maxwalton Monarch and
Jupiter in service.

SHOBTKOBNS. Three
bulls from Bates cows,

Iron WHOETHOBNS d.
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. I want to tell you about our' Junior JOhn S at 8‘ Son, City, Mich.
‘ dyke 8891:? a. son 51. 1Sign; but? 1gb"- ‘
5" e onti- ‘ man
we seem taggers; F 01‘ Sale that...” aim”, . “1°“
3 . 0 orn
' 2nd and * Bun Cal mm 33‘
L combination of main .' treat Paul Q Saint 3“- Marie, e “h-
:hu‘l- ‘3 ' ”1&le snonTnonNs and round
, - W“ .M” Wm a“ _ 1) 0111mm.
dams each sham B heifers and spflng pigs, gnu.
, ”numb ., ' Mg—sexnormum-mm. F.1d:
you M by“ ., , ’ of Pinott & Son. Fowler. Michim an.-
: . . TAW- W’ Battle Cheek. Mich. SHOR'l'HORNS hawkboenhn upon
Home or QUALITY. I'm nenr- since 1867 "m Bates 11%” red
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DUROC

DUROC BRED SOWS

and growthy big type last fall boars.
State Fair champions and winners. Or-
ion‘s Fancy King 83857 heads herd.

Newton Barnhurt, St. Johns, Alichigan.

 

 

PLEASANT VIEW DUROCS

Three choice bred gilts priced at $80
each for quick sale.
W. C. Burlinghame. Marshall. Michigan.

  
  
    
     
  
    
  
   
 

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AMPSIIIBE SJBING BOABS now at
a. big bargain, bred gilts now ready to
ship. John W Snyder, REF. No. 4,
St. Johns, Michigan. .

 

 

CHESTER WHITES

HESTEAB wanns—ctnt- bred: rut:
Man, pr., and May arrow 0: ~
large owthy We find right.

F. VEAlexander, Vassar, Michigan. .

 

Du Spring Boar-s and glits. Ten years
recs experience. few black top
Rams left. Newton & Blank, Hill Crest
Farm, 4 miles south of Middleton, Mich.

 

 

DUROC BOARS, GlLTS

We are offering 'ome flu. Big type. fail and
Infill! Bears and Gil". A! Farmen‘ Prices.
F. s. EAGER and Son

HOWELL, - - MICHIGAN
SWINE. Boar Sow

DUROC JERSE Gm, and F311;,

for sale. Choice spring boar sired by

Brookwater Tippy, Orion No. 55421. This

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. on approval. Fall pigs :18 each, eitheli2

n has? on.
m Pest Bates
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sex. Home Farm. Thos. Underhill. &; 8
Props, Salem. Michigan on,

PEACH, HILL FARM

We are now otterin Registered D-
Jersey tall p188. ‘ 91 or sex. ‘ We
furnish you unrelated pairs e2;- bins.
Write to us.

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' “ Inwood Bros}, Romeo. Mich.
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' ' A few hr;
Registered Shropshire: mu um;
threeandfour- eu—oldewesbredtohlzh;
classmmto inMar. andApriL

mglished 1890

LEMEN, Dexter, Michigan. . .

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Complete HOG TRoucHs. New Wire NAILS

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