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FOR CLOSE to two monthsthe
'- ' iSenatev'Committee, on A 'cul-
_;;ture and Forestry. and the ouse
._ . QOmmittee' on Interstate and For-
; *eig‘n‘ ”Commerce, have been conducting hear-
; fin“ 'on'the meat pac‘kin" industry and allied
misustrim. Those hea gs following upon
the investigation of the meat packing industry
mam TRADE COMM'N RECOMMENDS
' LjThat the government acquire all rolling stock
used for'the transportation ofrmeat animals, the
principal and neces stock yards ‘of the
coun
and necessary equipment for their proper
, Operation, and that such ownership be declared
a government monopoly, also that the govern-
-ment acquire such of the branch houses, cold
storage, plants and warehouses as are necessary
to provide facilities for the competitive market
ing and storage ,of food products in' the prin-
ciple‘centers of distribution and consumption.

 

 

 

3y the Federal Trade Commission, have been
' ‘ e meet searching and illuminating expose

' of business methods. in America since the
' famous investigation of the United States

But Congress has adjourned and no legisla-
tion has been enacted to meet the conditions
shown b the Federal Trade Commissionand
by the earings. The American voter will
' ask himself “Why!” Some twelve? thousand
‘ , pages of testimony have been taken on Capi-
', tel Hill, most of. it relevant and some of it
, irrelevant. With minor exceptions the find-
I ings of the Federal Trade Commission have
been corroborated at the hearings and the
necessity for the prompt enactment of legisla-
tion to make the four recommendations. of
i‘ the Federal Trade Commission to deal with
“ the meat "packing industry the permanent
_» ; policy of the country. have been confirmed.
; Mr. Francis ‘J. Heney, special investigator
, ~, for the Federal Trade Commission was re-
; ’tained as counsel for the. Farmers’ National
' ‘ 3 Committee on Packing-Plants and Allied In—
‘ dustries in these hearings and was asked by
. 5 the Senate Committee envAgricuiture to act
as its counsel and he conducted most of , the
examination of the principal Witnesses. In-
terest naturally centered around the testi-
mon of the four of the big packers, Louis F:
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Hav'ethe farm‘women of Michigan done as well? ‘ ., L.

. I. .. . ,f On‘April'Yth, thecitizenq of Michlfian will; be called upon‘ito Vote

on .twoive‘r-y IMPORTANT amendfizen _
‘maiwidefiprohibition andVléealize the-sale of light. win

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‘72: if In‘Vestibl ation Shows Packers Exert Virtual
Control Of Foodstuffs

By A Special ' Washington Correspondent

J. Ogden Armour. Mr. Armour ’s counsel,
Levi Mayer, and Mr. Swift’s counsel, Henry
Veeder, also occupied a conspicuous place in
public interest during the hearings. The fic-
tiOn of big business efiiciency received sev-
eral blows. One was led to wonder how the
packers ever developed such marvelous ca-
pacities for for etting and how they have
completely avoided possessing any public
conscience. -

Mr. Thos. E. Wilson gets a salary of
$125,000. He Was asked how much of the
capital stock of his company was paid in and

how much represented surplus converted in- ’

to capital and'frankly admitted, “I do not
know, Senator,—Mr. Heney and the Federal
Trade Commission have the complete record-
of all those transactions up to the time I went
into the business. I am not interested ,in
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. WHAT THE PACKERS CONTROL

Commissioner Colver introduced evidence
showing that the big five packers now slaughter
70 '. per cent of the animals slaughtered by
packers engaged in interstate commerce and
control 65 per cent of the interstate poultry
and egg trade. 75 to 80 per cent of the cheese
in Wisconsin, the cheese-producing state, hand-
led more than 6 per cent last year of the poul-
try pack of the country; manufacture more
than 60 per cent of the Oleomargarine made in

the United States, and went into the butter

business to enable them to put the prices of
oleomar urine higher than was otherwise pos-
sible.. They have one into the fish field and
secured control of e canned fish business.. In

~ one year, 1917, Armani- & 00. became the sec-

ond rice dealer in the world, and in the same
year that company handled 25 per cent of the
grain produced in the United States.

 

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and- have ot plenty to do to take care of it
from the . e I got in there.”
On cross-examination Mr. Swift admitted

that in 1917 the capitalization of his com-

panyincluded twenty million dollars of com-
mon stock, ten million, four hundred thous-

.. and of preferred stock and that the surplus

I A Last Appeal to Michigan’s Farm Women to Register and Vote

'1‘ IS estimated that three-fourths of the women .of Michigan towns
and cities have already registered with the, intention of voting

    
  
 

   
  
   

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- the packers, notably Mr. Armour, admitted

the saloon business who hepe to have their support of the light wine
and beer amendment. It is difilcult to say how these women will vote.
Many of them who have been accustomed to beer drinking from child. i
hood, will undoubtedly vote for the amendment. But no matter What
may we THINK they will vote, the people of the country CANNOT
TAKE A CHANCE. They put Michigan into the dry column in the
first instance, and they must work and vote to keep her in that column.
If the light wine and beer. amendment asses at the spring election;
it will be the fault cf the FARMERS KN
” ‘and‘ nobody 'elsle’s. ' If all'th‘e‘fariners and farm women, of Michi , ,
REGISTER and VOTE, the beer amendment will be defeated. If
' .‘ part of them stay-at home it may win. _
' ‘ PLEASE DO YOUR PART, Michigan farm women. REGISTE

was fifteen million dollars. Mr.
Wilson objected to the licensing
system, as he thought that it would
, be detrimental to the business to
have such close supervision by any govern-
mental agency. _ . , , .

As part of their campaign to educate the
public on their generosity, and the hard work

 

THAT “DOLLAR PROFIT" PER HEAD

The dear public has been informed through
the advertisements of the packers that the pack-
ers made only a dollar per head. Mr. Honey
read into the record a statement of Libby on
results for eight months in 1915. Libby, it is
admitted, was 99 and a fraction per cent Swift.
The average profit of 135,284 cattle, according
to their own figures, out in three different plants
was $6.14 per head. 26,752 cattle yielded a
profit of $1.25 per head; 97,310 a profit of $7.01
per head; 11,222 cattle a. profit of 85.04 per
head. Mr. Swift admitted a profit of 88 1-8 per
cent on the capital in 1917, which they figured
at thirty-four millions while the Federal Trade
Commission reported a profit of forty-seven
millions. .

 

 

the have done to prevent themselves from
maging any profit, the packers have adver-
tised that their profits were less than those
permitted by the Federal Trade Commission.
Under careful cross-examination several of

that they were making much larger profits
than advertised, and that they had been clev»
erly concealed. The truth leaked out that
for several ears before the war several of the
five big pac ers had been making profits yery
similar to those which have been sup osed to '

be the exclusive privilege of the “war rides.” " '
Mr. J. Ogden Armour in a printed statement : ‘ "

which he submitted at the hearin , in justis
fication of the enormous profits wh1ch his Own
company has made, declared that the profits
of Armour & Co. were moderate, and seemed
to think that they were shamefully out of the
running with the other profiteers. In 1917 M
his company earned on the capital stock, ac: 1:
cording to Mr. Armour’s figures, only 21.29
per cent, while the American Beet Sugar Co.
earned 38.84 per cent, the American Woolen
Co'. 20.22 per cent, the Anaconda Copper E
Co. 29.04 per cent, the Bethlehem Steel Ce. L
43.02 per cent, the Standard Oil Co. of Indi- f
ana 89.36 per cent, and the (Cont. on page 19). ,

 

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year ago, there is a strong feeling on the' part,
a ct leading growers-thatthe action of the Rich-

igan Potato GroWersf Association demanding
a, grade calling for the use, of an inch and'three—
quarters round mesh screen and naming such a
j ‘1f'-_grade of potatoes “Michigan Standard Grade,"
is just the way Michigan's great commercial

crop should be marketed. . > ' '
. _ After studying the potato question from every
L angle, the writer is firmly convinced of the opin-'
ion that such a grade is what we should all
'work ior as the grade to be adopted all over the
United States for marketing the bulk of the
potato crop. The experiment of two grades has
. been tried by the Bureau of Markets and the
--resul_t has been that No. 2 grade has not fig-
ured much in markets and that the bulk of
the potato crop has been marketed as No- 1’s,
and that there is really no demand for No. 2

HE ORGANIZING of over iorty local mar-
keting associations, federated under the

. control of the Michigan Potato Growers'
’Exchange, by Hale Tennant of the Bureau of
Markets was a remarkable co—operative achieve-
ment. The combined membership of these as-
sociations is nearly 5,000,- and their total capi-
talization nearly half a million dollars.

These associations have had their troubles as
all cooperative ventures do, but with a few
exceptions the members have stood loyally by
determined to see the thing through. Despite
a most discouraging marketing season and the
best eflorts of the old dealers to undermine the
morale of the associations, they have weathered
the storms of adversity and are looking for
ward to a very prosperous second season.

Below is given a list of the forty—odd asso-
ciations, together with the names of the man-
agers“ The location of each association is in-
dicated on the accompanying map by a dot.:

Alba Marketing Ass'n., Alba, Mich, Mgr.. A. 1!.
Watson; Alden Cooperative Marketing Ace's,
Alden, Mgr., Geo. Angell; Benzie Farmers' Oo-
Operative Ass’n., Beulah, Mgr., H. H. Blaine; Bar-

ker Creek Cooperative Marketing Ass’n., Mgr., H. .

W. Copeland; Barryton Co—operatiVe Ass’n., Bar-
ryton. Mgr., Andrew Nelson; Bellaire Co-opera-
tive Market Ase’n., Bellaire, Mgr., Sec’y. L. Van
Liew; Bendon Produce Exchange. Mgr., R. B.
Reynolds; Boyne City Cooperative Marketing
Ass’n., Mgr., F. W. Dilworth; Brutus Co-opera—
tive Market, Brutus, Sec’y., Tom Struble; Co-op-
erative Marketing Ass'n. of Cadillac, Mgr., A. .A.

Suggestions for Preparing Perishables for Market with Less Loss to Producer“.

OR THE benefit of farmers, inspectors of the

express company have recently prepared a

number of concrete suggestions as to how the
express shipments of a perishable nature from
the country districts can best be prepared for
movement by express. Among them are the fol-
lowing:

Always sh‘ow your own address as well as those
of the person or firm to whom you are sending
your goods. As an additional precaution, it is
well to enclose your name and address inside the
shipment.

Place plain, legible marks directly on each
shipment by use of crayon (not chalk) brush or
stencil. Always erase old marks of every des
cription. In marking shipments of iced goods,
place the marks on some protected part of the
. shipment'where it will not come in contact with
any other package. Nevera'ely on a single tag.
Avoid the use of tags if possible, but never be
satisfied with lees than two. Never use a tag
» when the address can be written directly on» the
article. '

Regarding the shipment of eggs, do not use
second-hand egg cases, unless they are reinforced
and all old remarks are removed. Do not use

I . ascend-hand fillers.

' As to the' handling of poultry, the express om-
_ cialg have several suggesnions to maker In pack-

‘ , i'ing, they advise that farmeri wait a suincient time ;

1°." 11“ poultry to cool before placing‘it in barrels.
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.;-the‘ W dinetistaction’ With the 1570?»?! enemas ‘01’, estate“? 101‘, the great," .,
' commercial crop-and all shippe’rsng? have talked.

with are or. measure opinion.
'When only one grade of potatoes in marketer

ed. it is’obvioiu that the grade “should include

" , all good edible stock. Thereiore, such a grade
‘eiclndingetock ‘too small .to be acceptable to

the consiiming public, Oneseighth .inch change,

. in the size of a screen seems very little, but it
is surprising what a difference such a change
made this last season. Now one more change
to what the growers want would fix the potato
situation as far as grading is concerned to-‘the
should include smaller potatoes than the pres-
ent U. 8. grade No. 1, while at the same time
satisfaction of both growers and consumers:
Proflsion might be made for a special grade to
supply special trade, but that is a secondary
matter. The specialists'oan take care of that
to suit themselves.

' Co-operative Venture has 43 Local ExchangeSu-Combined Capitalization Half Million .

Smith; Cedar Produce Exchange, Cedar City,
Mgr., W. 0. Ashmore; Central Lake ,Marketin’g
Ass’n.. Mgr., W. L. Burns; Cheboygan Co—opera-
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Each dot represents a cooperative, marketing
association that is a member of the Michigan Po-
tato Growers' Exchange.

obs; East Jordan Cooperative Ass’n., Mgr., R. C.
Supernaw; Elk Rapids Co-operative Marketing
Ass’n., Mgr., C. 1. Wood; Banks Township Mar-
Co-operative Marketing Assn, Sec’y., Matt Jac-

overlcaded, and all old marks should be erased,
as they always cause trouble. Instead, a strong
tag should be tacked on each end of the coop.
Never use what is known as a. “one trip” coop a,
second time. Always show the shipper’s name
and address. On this point, the comment of the
express experts is as follows:

"We believe that a general practice of showing
shipper's name and address on every shipment
made, perishable or otherwise, would result in
much quicker returns to shipper and much better
service generally. This is particularly true when
the shipments are forwarded to large cities, and
it does not take much power of imagination to
comprehend the dimculty a commission man in
New York or Chicago has in trying to pay for a
shipment of eggs or poultry, which does not show
clearly the name and location of the shipper.

- Hence, we, urge shipper’s name and address on

every piece, of every shipment."

In shipping fruit and vegetables, the express
company again emphasizes the vdlue of direct
marking on all crates, and other containers used,
and urges shippers not to fail to give their names
and addresses. _ ,

“Ithas been demonstrated that it is inadvisable
thank, pack and forward fruits and vegetables
whammy alter a rain. Pack such commodities

in suitable containers. It is preferable 'to spend
_; Magneto money tor a good package" and that?-
by is» the fruit‘and vegetables present a good
W when they arrive on’ the market than

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metal tags. as the-calves eat the tags attached to -
animals beside them, rendering it impossible at , ‘ ‘
destination to tell to whom they belong. ‘ ‘

‘to ship to apiece reached by a local line; and- _
avoids transhr orally-ever in one entire larger ,2 _ ’
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'eral _ states adopt one", gym“ and‘ilgthrefi
qaartersjincm—that the Bureau «or. gruarkeu
,. would make-theirvrul'este conform to‘the wish- '
es of the gr‘owera‘for' government by'the: people
is according to American’ ideals. ,7 "
Other provisions of ’the Burden of Markets'
grading rules dealing with such matters as sun~

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burnrcnts, scab,>rot,‘ etc, have been recently ' " 7

amended to make more liberal provisions and,
are now fairly acceptable to growers; , In fact,
no honorable grower want-sate sell worthless
potatoes, but all growers do‘ object to rules
shutting out of the markets or putting in an;
inferior class sound, edible stock which is just
a trifle too small to go over an inch and seven-
eights screen, bbtwhieh would go over an inch
and three-fourths screen. 'One grade of spuds
is what we ordinary growers want. Let us keep
at it until we get what we want—A. M. Smith. ‘

ket Ass’n., Ellsworth,'Mgr., F. M. Skew; Elmira
Marketing Ass‘n.. Elmira, Mgr., Frank 8. Jordan;
Empire Produce Etchange," Empire, Mgr., Thee,
I. McCormick; Evart Cooperative Shipping
Ass’n., Mgr., Joe Cockerton; Garfield Marketing
Ass’n., Fife Lake, Mgr., 0. '1'. Hart; Gleaner
Farmer Producing 00., Fit. Lake, Mgr“ George
Stults; Falmouth Cooperative Marketing Assn,
Mgr., A. J. Felter; Otsego County Co-operative'
Ass'n., Gaylord, Mgr. A. C. Ward; Hart Co-opera- .
tive Marketing Ass'n., Mgr., John Wachter; Ho-
bart Cooperative Marketing Ass'n., Mgr., J. Loom-
is; Kalkaska Produce 00.. Kalkaska, Mgr., Burt
Wright; Farmers' (lo-operative Ass’n., Kingsley,
Mgr., A. B. Stinson; Lake City (Jo-operative Mar-
keting Ass'n., Mgr., A. E. Armstrong; Levering
Cooperative Market Assn, Mgr., B. F. Stone-
burner; McBain Cooperative Marketing Ass’n.,
Mgr., Wm. Kennedy; Mesiok Co—operative 'Mar-
keting Ass’n.,‘ Mgr., J. 0. Pei-cell; Manton Oo-
operative Marketing Ass’m, Mgr., Ival Shirley;
Mancelona Marketing Ass’n., 'Mancelona, Mgr.,
Frank Hopkins; Petoskey (lo-operative Market
Ass’n., Mgr. 0. C. St. John; Provemont (Jo-opera-
tive Marketing Ass’n., Mgr., Joe Burns; Posen
Cooperative Marketing Ass’n., Mgr., Peter Prszyq
1a; Rapid City Cooperative Marketing Ass’n.,.
Mgr., M. F. Whitem'an; Rodney Cd-operative.
As»s’n., Mgr., A. C. Ledin; Stanwood Co-opera—‘
tive Ass’n., Mgr:, T. J. Horger; Leele-nau‘ Potato
Growers’ Ass'n., Suttons Bay, Mgr., C. A. Richner;
Farmers’ Cooperative Ass’n.. Traverse City, MgrL,
C. M. Buell; Wolverine Co-operative Market
Ass’n., Mgr., Henry Sowton. Associations have
just been organized or are in process of organiz-
ing at Millersburg and Onaway in Presque Isle
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to save a few cents in 'the initial cost of the pack‘
age. Comparison of the returns received by the
man who packs well with those of the man who
packs poorly will prove the’ soundness of this ad-
vice. Keep the over-ripe fruit and vegetables
at home.‘ - .

A tremendous amount of milk and cream trav-
els by express, and there has been so little diffi-
culty in keeping the milk cans going so that they
are returned promptly to their owners. This has
been due largely to the fact that it has been dil-
flcultto find an effective method for keeping the
identification of the owners clear. It is claimed
that the best way is for the owner to have his
name permanently attached to the metal plate of
each can. One strong tag should be tied to every
can, showing the name and the address of, the
consignee. "

When shipping dressed animals, such as hogs,
sheep and veal, see that the meat is fully protect-
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keeps it clean, and it brings a better price when
sold. ‘ ' ‘

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2 some Bounces/Panama.) Congressman Creation in-
! troduced e. resolution in the house cl! represent-
. ethos asking for Auscontrcmional’il‘vefiflcatian of
- Muslim-amen .by m. Spinach against
. Secretary Houston or the Want oi Agricul-
; . tore. riflese charged‘wersxpubiishedin last week’s
H.213. E, and Wooten conditioner :aiiairs which
Vocrtainly ought to .bssmdied at once.
l‘ We are in receipt of the {allowing letter from
i Mummies: _ ‘ \
i“:uponwastastes!solar telegram I secured a copy
otflpiilmnn address; and the readingof it con-
& winced moot jibe importance-or the statements
- i ' therein made, and thojneed oi a thorough investi~
, ,, infringe: hischarges' by.a committee of Congress.
.. the charges, therein made are untrue, they
should be refuted. "If the charges are true,“ they
. w indicate a condition ofvthings in the Department
; of Agriculture that should not be permitted tocon-
tinue, and Congress should be advised of the facts,
, and should be prepared to take any action neces-
‘ L sary to secure “the desired results.

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“Unless the Department of Agriculture can have
the confidence of the agricultural interests of the
county, its usefulness is limited, and unless the
secretary of agriculture is in harmony with the

, aspirations and desires of the agricultural inter-.
eats, the department will cease to be the aid tothe
development of agriculture it was intended to be.

“While it is of course impossible to secure ac-
tion under thisresolutiorr at the present session
of Congress. which is to close next Tuesday noon,

‘ I have no doubt that if the' attention given this
resolution by the farm interests and farm organi-
zations of the country indicates a substantial in.
terest of the farmers in this movement, that, at
the next session at Congress, action can be secur-
ed. .

i‘I thank you, for bringing this matter to my at-

tention. I will be glad to have‘any assistance that
you can give in bringing about the investigation in
question and establishing the true iacts.'3—Louis
. Mr. 'Cramton‘s resolution embodies the com-
plete’text‘o‘t'the Spillman'charges and concludes
,. with the renewing;
‘ “Whereas, the statements thus publicly made
by a'man but recently in a position of high “re-
sponsibility in said department constitute
charges against the conduct of said department
by the Hon. David l“. Houston, as Secretary of
agriculture, ‘and his policies‘w'lth reference to
matters of vital interests of the Nation which, if
true, should bathe basis of action to secure the
adoption oi-new policies in said department to
bring it in harmony with the purposes for which
“was created and is maintained, and to secure
such further action as will insure the confi-
dence and co-operation_ of theagricultural in-
terests or the nation'in said department: There-
‘. fore be it > - ,

“‘Resolvde, that the Speaker of the House is
hereby authorized to appoint a select committee
‘ of nine members of the House, .whose duty it

shall be to make a thorough investigation of
the statements and charges so made in ‘
speech above est “forth, and the administration
of the said Department of“ Agriculture, and to
report its conclusions and recommendations "to
‘the'1House." “‘ '-"' l“ , ‘

'It should notbe necessary to explain MB
Fis‘pos‘ition in this ~matter. ,Z'We wish “the Be-

tary no ill luck. The ordained wo'rrk of this (13"
partment' is of the highest'importance and value
to the farmers: or the : United States. The de-
partment; of agriculture sh'ould’be so conducted
, as to have the» merit enthusiastic support from
the; farmers and ' render them the greatest pos-
. sible service. ’If the Splliman'mharges-are cor:
» . rest, the department is not so" being conducted,
and every farmer, farm organization and farm ‘
~ paper should rise and demand that‘the facts be
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,i‘theifiis’tributiouloi' this business will. “pass up” ,

. miststhesfisnlevstsrs. In fact" venue a letter
”trod-roi‘eaefrtkeni elevators claiming that it is lot
to fiscal“ any of the government orders. This el-
evator has endeavored to keep the faith with the
farmers by paying them $8 per cwt. for beans
even when the market did not warrant, and it has

numbered: cars new on bands which it must

move in order to save itself from a large financial
loss and enable it to buy the balance of the crop
in the handset the farmers of the locality.

We have wired the Grain Corporation at New
York City a statement of this situation, and we do
not believe thatanyone will be permitted to get
away with an unfair share of the business. We

' ask that every elevator in Michigan which is de-
nied a portion of the government business prompt-
iy notify us'that we may place the facts before the
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OLEO, THE DAIRYMAN'S GREAT ENEMY

“One of the special needs at this time is the
awakening of our people against the encroach-
ment of the packers in their eifort to get the peo-
ple to using oleo,” says R. C. Reed- “A cam-
paign is on now in the United States, and the
workers are on every field. In the last week
the smaller towns of Michigan have been visited
by the agents or demonstrators in various stores,
trying to persuade the people to use oleo in the
place of butter because it is cheaper.

“The farmers have bought hundreds of thou-
sands oi pounds of oleo——in this way destroying
their own industry. We beseech of you to stand
by your own interests, urge the use of butter

, and dairy products, and under no pretence what-
ever allow oleo who served on your own table.”

Big Rapids—At recent meetings of farmers in
Mecosta county the £81m bureau has received
unanimous endorsement. The interest now being
taken by the bureaus and county agents in the so-
lution of ,marketing problems appeals greatly to
the farmers and it is believed that the majority
of them will stand behind the farm bureau in this
county from now on.

St. Joseph—About one hundred and eighty Ber-
rien county farmers attended a joint meeting of
the Berrien County Horticultural Society and the
Farm Bureau held on Monday of this week at the
court house, and listened to a most instructive
program. ‘

Meet Senator 'DeFoe, who Played Important Part
I in F armers’ Great Victory at State Convention

AD YOU been in the State Capitol on the

Friday just preceding the Republican

State convention, you could not have help-
ed noticing an alert, yet calm and dignified
gentleman bustling about the Senate chamber,
‘ ‘ the House
a n d t h e
c o r ridors,
and inter-
cepting cer-
tain of his
colleagues

  
  
  
  
   

- drawn near
t 0 th e m,
you would
have heard
this gentle-
man argu—
ing and ex-
. postulating
with his “victim." Listening, you would have
undoubtedly caught some such words as the
following: ‘ .

“Thevxarmers 70f this state are certainly en—
titled- to representation on the Board of Agri-
culture, end it’s “up to us follows in the legis—
lature to do our part in seeing that they get it.
,Do you agree with me?”

“Yes-yes,” you would have heard the “vic-
tim”. mutter. ‘ ‘ .
_ “All right, thanks, good-bye,” and the alert
gentleman would'have passed on to thenext one.

   

SENATOR DE FOE

ltis genes-Ally conceded among [those who

. took :"an active part in'_-sec,uring the "nominations

.of Mrs. ~Stockman..and' Mr, Watkinsthat Sena.-

tor Merle .DeFoerv—the alert} gentlemanr—d—id

or}

.eral FoodAdmlnistration here in Michigan‘ ‘

Michigan’s coming young men and we are:
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Albion—A. B. Cook and Halo Tennant Were... he
principalspeakers at ‘thé‘mid-winter picnic or the ;
mrmers 0: this locality. Said Mr. Cook on this oo- ,
oasion: “There is nothing wrong "with the farm-s

iingl game. Ii: things don't go right, part of the

V fault is with the farmer himself. No- business runs.
itself and farming is no exception. .It is halted
important to market produce as it is to produce it. ,
The farmer must have the assurance of a fair price ,_
and he should not let go oflhis produce until he
can get more than cost of producing it. ,The farm-g: y
or is coming into his own.” ' ,

Dowogiao—Grand Parent, local manner. is sign-_ f
ing up contracts for small fruit acreages the com-
ing season. He finds hundreds of acres of suitable
truit'land in this vicinity, which could be made to
yield magnificent profits from small fruits. He re-
ported cases where last year an acre of dewber- .._
ries brought a harvest worth to the owners from
$600 per acre up, and believes that ten acres of
this fruit properly cared for would yield larger
returns than the average ISO-acre farm.

Pompeii—At one of the largest gatherings of
farmers of this community in recent times, Mrs. _ :
Dona. Stockman, the farmers’ nominee for the
Board of Agriculture, gave afine address. Others
who participated in the program were Charles
Kerr of Ashley, J. W. Nicolson of the M. A. C.,
Austin E. Cowles, Arthur W. Simmons, Hugh G.
Aldrich, Livingston county school commissioner,
and Mr. Townsend of the State Highway Depart-
ment.

G’omnna—It seems at last that the difficulties of
the farm bureau and county agent in Shlawassee
county are to be ironed out. At a number of mass
meetings held last week throuout the county, the
farmers expressed great enthusiasm over the work
of the bureau, and pledged it their support. A
membership of one thousand is sought, each mem—
ber paying in an annual fee of $2 to help support
the work, the balance of the expense coming from
state and national sources. .

Grand Blane—Commencing at 10 o’clock Satur-
day, March 8th, 1919, an all~day get-together meet-
ing oi the stockholders of the Grand Blanc Co~
operative Elevator Company will be held at Grand
Blanc. Forrest Lord, editor of! MICHIGAN BUSINESS , 3,
Fumble, and other speakers not yet scheduled are ’ ‘
expected to address the meeting. Dinner will be
served free to the stockholders thru the courtesy
of the company.

  
       
  
 
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
  
   
  
  
     
   
  
    
    
   
 
  
  
    
   
    
   
     
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
   
 
     
  
   
  
 

vidual to marshal the “powers that be" in sup-
port of the farmers’ candidates. For several : ,
days prior to the State Convention, Senator De-I
Foe went about among the senators and repre-- ,
sentatives pleading the farmers’ cause. Mr. _,
DeFoe is a popular and well-liked member of the ,
legislature and his colleagues listened with .re-
spect to his arguments. The most of them conced-
ed that he was right, and promised to do what
they could “back home" in arousing sentiment, 'f
for the farmers’ candidates at the county conven-
tions. .

The result of Sen. DeFoe,’s work is now well-
known and MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, in be,-
half of its 80,000 readers, extends to Mr. DeFoe
the thanks of the farmers for his unselfish inter‘“
est and efforts in their behalf. '

"Merle DeFoe is editor of the Charlotte Republi-
can, one of the brightest and most influential
Republican weeklies of the state. He isa young
man, independent in his views, aggressive and pro.
gressi've, and standing uncompromisingly by his
convictions. He is a close student of state affairs
and is performing valuable service in the senate
not only for his constituents but for the entire
state as well. He is not a farmer, but his sympa:
thies are largely with the agricultural interests, '
because he believes in rule by the majority and ,
in legislation that will protect the , majority’s
rights. 7

Senator DeFoe has for a number of years taken :3
a leading part in the counsels of the Republican"
party, altho he is not strongly partisan and‘does
not believe that because a man embraces com
other political faith that he is a heretic Or a tan,
ic. Mr. DeFoe was-publicity manager of-theF,

 

 

 

 

       
       
  
 
 
 
 
  
 

   
  
 
 
 
 

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Pr'eecottis administration a successful one; ’
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a who furnish the money on credit.

donates , to, bettering the *conditiefn’
5.01 farmers in Northeastern Michigan, H ' i
and of further development" of agriculture
inejathat locality. ‘ ’ f t .
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..I tried to explain what, to my mind, was
~ necessary in order to work out success-
fully the settlement and improvement of
«thattportion of Michigan, or any other new
portion of Michigan. ' .

I am thoroughly convinced that the chief
difficulty in the progress of the settler on
new land is the want of capital sufllcient
to successfully carry on his operations. He
purchases the land at the outset because
it is cheap, with practically no improve-
-ments; he pays the larger portion of his
savings as a first'payment on the land,
and by the time he has the most humble
of homes and outbuildings completed he
is absolutely out of funds, and starts in
to make a farm with his bare hands, as
it were. Perhaps somebody has trusted
him to one or two old horses that are ab-
solutely worthless, and that in the winter
eat twice as much as they can earn dur-
ing the summer. He may have a cow ,so-
called, that has been tested out and found
unprofitable, and with a pig or two he
starts out to make a living for himself
and his family, with but very few, if any,
acres of land cleared, and it is no wonder
that he gets discouraged and comes to

- Flint to work in the factory‘where the high
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can be done with absolute]
and
service on the part
this man lives.”

( for instance) ,

write the credit of wor
gun county and provi
selves who should pass
cant for credit. " ' *
that if they were to ado
carried it out for ten
the entire loss

the addition to the property value 0
would run intothe millions by reas

oration ameng the people of
of all because it is the people insteag of the lands and
the houses that make communities". Every persbn who
produces something and improves the co
asset and should bevencouraged."

A NEW .onnnn FOR communes

“If the settler " * " ‘ * ”is worthwhile. 1,1;
he is .‘worth saving. and his industry wen directed
would add to the wealth of the community and of the ‘
county, I would help him work out his problems. which
y no expense .so far as. dollars ‘
cents are concerned. but will require eifOrt, and and
of the citizenship of the county where

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“Suppose the men and women

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“It all resolves itself back to the problem of oo-op-
communities in the interest

of Cheboygan county
are interested in its welfare, of building
it up, promoting its interests and increasing
and prosperity should enter into an agreement to under-
thy and’ needy farmers in Cheboy-
de same committee among them-
upon the eligibility of the appli-
I would venture the assertion
pt the plan I have suggested and
years in Cheboygan county, that
for all the underwriters .put together
would not be one per cent of the and

its Wealth

erwritings, and that
f Cheboygan county
on of their efforts?

ndition is. an

  

of theirpm ~“

g farm» lands. - “

ed in the welfare of the city. of the-com-
‘munity and of its future progress, agreed

sponsibility for the extension of credit up
to a certain amount.

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where he feels he can enjoy some of the -

blessings. of civilization, and with at least as
much chance for the future as he would have
on the farm under existing conditions. In my
own judgment there is no excuse for this. If
this settler is indolent or lazy, or a man of vic-
ious habits, or treats his family illy, I would
banish him from the community, but if he is
worth while, if he is worth saving, and his in-
dustry well directed would add to the wealth
of the community and of the county, I would
help him work out his problems, which can be
done with absolutely no expense so far as dol-
lars and cents are concerned, but will require
effort, aid and service on the part of the citi-
zenship of the county where this man lives.

Future Hope of Northern Sections Rest on
Agriculture

ET ME TAKE, if you please, the county

with which I am most familiar—Cheboygan,

in Northeastern Mich., rich and fertile prac—
tically the entire county, new and unsettled the
major portion of it. Practically no wealth is
being created'in the county of-Cheboygan ex—
cept that taken from the soil either in crops or
stock. Then the future hope of all the people
of Cheboygan county rests in the success of
agriculture and animal industry. As that com-
munity hopes to prosper so must it expect to
see prosper, agriculture, and the 'men and wom-

Ien of Cheboygan county ought to .be willing,

and I believe they are, to render any reasonable
service that will'make their community more
progressive and successful, and lend to the gen-
eral welfare of the community. ..
You ask me how the condition of these per-
sons can be bettered who have gone on this land,
paid out all the money they have, and have not

sufficient with which to finance themseIVes to

carry on their operations, and what-security is
the person to have who furnishes the money?
Now let us analyze the situation and see if we
can determine where the security exists, for
that will be a very important item with those
The man’s
labor on the farm is directed to the production
of his crops, the raising of his stock, and the
imprdving of his land. In, the city of Flint as
a common laborer he would be paid $3.00
or $74.00 a day for that work, and I believe it is

' conceded' that “well-directed effort in agricul-

.culture, ‘in the improvement of land for agri— .

» , ‘ cultural purposes, and in the raising of animal
,7 feed is as valuable as if directed in any other

particular, and the great mass of\th.e people be‘

here‘that the farmers have been paidbe‘tterffor

heirlabors than any other class ofpeoplejdure'
«the last three years. . Conceding, however,
it the , result :«of the farmer's. labor/is? worth g...

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as much to his land, stotk and crops as though
it were sold in the market of Flint or elseWhere
for other purposes, then 300 days of'labor is
put out upon the farm; this man’s entire fam-
ily, probably, has not consumed to exceed $300
during the entire year, while in the city of
Flint it would have cost him to have lived the
whole $900, or $1,200 if he had gotten it for
his labor. The farm improvement, the cattle
improvement, and the grain raising should

simply represent on that farm the saving out of .

the man's labor sale, and if this argument is
not good and the saving is not reflected in the
improvement, then the man is either useless in
the field of labor or the land of Cheboygan
county is not worth improving; ‘These would
be the only conditions under which therewould
be any hazard to the man'who furnished the
capital.

I do not mean to say that every settler in,
Cheboygan county is a good financier, and is
competent to administer and handle money in
.large amounts, but I do maintain and say that
if a man on a piece of new land in Cheboygan
county has a worthless cow that is producing
milk at a cost in excess of the selling price, and
you want him to succeed you must help him
make an exchange for a cow that will; produce
the milk for half what he can sell it for, and
with the same amount of feed as the poor -cow.

‘If he has poor seed and is using it because he

cannot get credit to get better seed, then that
credit should be afforded him. If he is raising
inferior animals of any kind he ought to be put
in a way where he could bring about improve-
ment through herd sires of pure blood. There
are a hundred ways that he could be assisted
in a financial way that would make possible
him working out his problems and paying for
his farm in half the time that he could hope to

do it even though he struggled through without '-
‘any assistance. . ~

Better Social Conditions Needed

HEN I'r ought tobe' aimed to better the so-
cial conditions. I have sometimes wonder-
ed what the result w0uld be on these new

' farms'where ’the'father and mother had been

working frbm daylight until dark with no more
prospects )thanuare oftimes apparent, if they had
not been physically flied out atnig’ht‘sothat
they could sleep and forget, because”, Mr. Editor,
I can appreciate somewhat the canditlons on
these new lands" wheref3‘these ”people have-so“

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the bank which was to extend the credit,

on, an endorsement of a committee representing ,

all these underwriters, that investigation should

be made of any industry that wished credit, and-
if the committee, upon investigation, determined-

. the industry was worthy of credit and reason.
ably sure'of success, then this committee repre-'

senting the underwriters was to endorse the'_

. paper and the bank was "to advance the money.
If any loss did occur then it was to be made up

by these underwriters in proportion 'as the loss,

might appeal to their undertaking; for instance,

if a "loss was $1,000 an an underwriting credit
of $500,000 then that endorser ivould ‘be'out _

£2.00 and that would be the relative propor’
'tion. ‘« . ' . ' ,

Home Communities. May Help Their Farmers

AM UNABLE to understand why this same 1

problem can’t be Worked out in a county like
Cheboygan, if you please. Suppose the ,men
and women of Cheboygan county are interested
in its welfare, of building it up, promoting its

interests and increasing its wealth and prosper.

ity should enter into an agreement to under-
write the credit of w'orthy'and needy farmers in
Cheboygan county and provide some committee
among themselves who should pass upon the
eligibility of the applicant for credit. First, he
must be an honest, industrious man and must
be working under conditions and purchased his.
farm under such conditions that showed, a good
reasonable probability (of his making a success
of it if he received necessary assistance in the
way of credit. He might need some piece or
.machinery on his farm with which he could
accomplish twice ‘the work that he had, been
able to accomplish. with his previous machine.
‘You might find that by putting on eight or ten’
cows of large producing capacity that'they would
not himla large'profit_because he had elegant;

pasture, a'large amount of. coarse food and land' ,
that would successfully grow alfalfa and en- _

silage, He might'have a large tract. of cut-over
land that was, fenced and could handlegyia ‘rea-e

sonable number of sheep 'because’ofliis soil be- . "

ing adapted to clover. ,. Then he couldfbe' safely
j furnished credit with which to purchase sheep.

Highlight have ,20 Or 40 acres of good pasture _~
. with runningfwater, and be in la ’ conditionr
_ whegeiif .he ebuld buysix or eight steers he

cauldron them} through the Summer. help keep '

   
  

 
  

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Viaith, and it is: 2:11p to those who have ;
charge of these landdevelop‘ment preposif. '5 J :
stylus, and «:the people. who haveglived for; ” “ "
years furthesefcoznmnnities, “Ste: help worn; _ 2
' out this. problem, furnish . credit to“ the"
deserving farmers and social encourage- 1.,
meat to {the mothers of the sturdy racef .
that is being raised on these newly settled ~

Citizens of many cities 'for years :in ,‘the
past: have we'rked out diiferent problems
for furnishing credit to those who wished
’to start manufacturing. xI remember we__
had ”a plan submitted to our ‘Board . of",
Commerce in Flint some years ago where!”
by each citizen of Flint who was interest—

in ‘Writing that he wOuld‘ assume the re- ‘

writing whereby these 'men agreed among '
themselves,» and with each other, and with .

    

    
    
  
 
  

     

     
     
    
 
  
   
 
  
  
 
  
 
   
  
  
 
  
   
 
 
  
  
 
    
    
  
  
  
   
 
   
  
 
   
  
  
    
   
   
    
  
    
  
  
  
 
 
  
   
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
  
 
    
  
   
  
   
 
  

 

 

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lie would assume the responsibility \of ex-l
N tending credit up to the extent of 310,000,,
others $5,000, others $3,000, others~p$1,000‘e
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111 tors to buy groceries, he waffle ..~_
ohm. John could tell- the committee tom'csent-
.ging the undermiters about” h11n,*~:and that man
would not only get the benefit of incr6asi‘nig his

  

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(:HE PROPOSAL to amend the stats constitu-
1.1311 to permit the legislature to vote bonds
seems to be misunderstood in some

Artic1e X, Section 10 reads: “The State may
contract debts to meet deficits in revenue, but
such debts shall not in the aggregate at any time
exceed gtwo hundred fifty thousand dollars.
State may also contract debts to repel invasion,
suppress insurrection, defend the State or aid the
United States in time of war. The money so
raised shall be applied to the purposes for which
it is raised or to the payment of debts contracted "
T119 preposod amendment is'to add the following
“The State may borrow
not to exceed fl-tty million dollars for the improve.
ment of highways and pledge its credit, and issue
bonds therefor on such terms as shall be provid-
ed by law. ”

Pert1nently, what does this mean?

First, let us see why such a step is necessary.
then why bond rather than raise such an amount

1 by direct taxation from year to year.

This is a period of the reconstruction era. The
issno or bonds will not only help to stabilize the
money market over a long period of years but will
give employment to a large body of men drawn in
the draft and now suddenly released who must
find employment almost immediately or throw 1a-
bor conditions in a violent agitation The recent
strikes in Seattle, Butte, New -York City are but
a tempest in a teapot compared with what can be
expected unless laboring men are, given employ-
ment. An early bond issue will give available
money immediately. While if left to direct taxa-
tion at least a year would elapse- before labor

‘ could be employed Bear in mind that Michigan is

only one o"! a number of states in this movement.
Already Pennsylvania has voted to Mod for sixty
millions, Washington is voting forty million;

Georgia forty million; Missouri for sixty million ,
Galifornia a third issue of thirteen and a half mil-

 

_ r _ 1glen: who will never-*4

to , 11a heeause they do not know any—9r --
" ’ they are afraid they will he;
daisy-.1111“ not courage enough to?
o it while 11101111 Jones who hoops 11 store-
"boy 11 and was (me of the underwriters»
are d talk t9'111m about it when hesitate into
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. any money loss.

Dept views Bending Amend’t‘

By Harley L. Gibb
Michigan State Highway Department

lion making a total of over forty-six millions of
dollars of bonds already issued; Oregon is vot-
ing a second issue of bonds for ten millious; Illi-
nois has voted
sixty millions and
Minnesotais mak-
‘ing a strong cam-
paign for a $100,-
000,000 bond issue
with strong pros~
,pects of passing
it by a good mar-
gin. Similar cam-
paigns are on in
Kansas, South Ca-
rolina, Iowa, So.
Dakota, Oklaho-
ma; North Dakota
for flty millions;
Colorado and Tex-
as for amounts varying from 6 to 90 millions.

Nor is this a movement to lend a charitable, arm
to the soldier suddenly returned among us.
war has shown the value of good roads as no othei
agency could have done

“What, would you have our soldiers go out on
the highways and exchange rifle and field equip-
ment for pick and shovel?” someone asks' who has
a. mental image or sewer construction where the
city engineer has been a ward politician. Road
building is not done by hand these days any more
than a farm crop is put in, cultivated and harvest-
ed by the primitive methods of twenty years ago
Road work is done in the same efficient manner
and ‘in the‘sar’ne magnitude as the factories are
operated. In fact the engineering work is so care-
fully planned and thecost 'of units of operation
so computed to fractions of a cent that the greatest
amount of work possible is produced from the mon-

FBANK 1". ROGERS
Michigan’s Efficient State High-
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and the lions s that'
gan county Every person ‘ who
. omething and improves the condition '
every
in Chsboygan county who commits a

,_ and the whole community has to enter for
:They could do away with the great major-
jity‘, of these liabilities if they will get together
‘ and work out some of these problems of turn- .
ing the fertile soil of Cheboygan county into
improved farms by co- operation, and without
I wOuld venture the asser-
tion that if they were to adopt the plan that
iI/have suggested and carried it out for ten
years in Chehoygan county, that the entire loss
for all the underwriters put together would not '

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the strain of “excess baggage. " High freight rates and poor service Mitre to:
cochlea: relation to the increasing problems
to perfect her- main highways and thus lay the foundation for

judgment, and dairy products are going to-
loWer, and it is going to be up to the farmer _
and dairymen of Michigan to have the best pos- ,,
sible machinery for producing the results, and
-the public can well afford to give credit to the.
man who wants to get rid of the poor piece 01'
machinery and get an efficient machine for pr ..
duclng his output. This would be done by e ,1

operation among communities. There is“
place in all the world where there are so for 1%
opportunities and so much that can be action?!
plished with a small amount of investment,
small amount of effort service as in these new.
farming communities where they have indusé
try—untirlng industry—and only want to be
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ey available. or the 5,000 miles of trunk line"
about 3, 000 are unimproved, the improved portions .
varying from 9- ft. gravel roads to the best types ,
known. To fill in all the existing gaps will re- ‘
require an approximate expenditure of forty mil-

lion dollars.‘ ‘ ‘ *

Legislation is now pending to provide a large
amount of financial aid in cooperating with the
counties. This bill (the Aldrich bill) provides that
counties shall receive aid in proportion to their}
financial need, the poorer receiving the most aid.

The amount of money which each county will.
be expected to provide is in proportion to the val-
uatlon of the county per trunk line mile according
to the following schedule:

County valuation below $50,000, 10% county, 90%
state; county valuation between $50,000 and $75,-‘
000, 15% county, 85% state; between $75,000 and
$100,000 20% county, 80% state; between $100,000
and $150,000, 25% county, 75% state; between
$150,000vand $200,000, 30% county and 70% state;
between $200,000 and $300,000, 35% county and
65% state; between $300 000 and $400, 000, 40%
county and 60% state; between $400, 000 and $500,-
000, 45% county and 55% state; over $500, 000 50%
county and 50%. state

The Federal government has just appropriated-
(February, 1919) $200,000,000 to aid the states in'_
road building in addition to $75,000,000 previously
appropriated in 1916. Michigan’s share of this
last appropriation will be about six million with- g
in the next two years. To get this allotment we
must put up an equal amount With a continug '
ance of this policy we can reasonably expect many .
more millions from the Federal government in the 9
next ten years.

This program necessitates a bond issue. The
State Highway Commissioner. Frank F. Rogers, '
recommends that the Legislature will make avail-
able during the next two years not more than ten: "
million dollars of this money, bonds for which
should be issued only as the money is needed for
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:l'N' A LITTLE Massachusetts city, manyyears’
.. the citizens were squarely ‘divided‘ into
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shout equal in number, it naturally became a mat-

,_in7~conforxnity with the principle of economic de-
"‘,iit‘erminism favored the freedom of the goose; those
who did not own geese, for the same reason op-
" posed. -
At the annual city election the goose question
naturally became. the “paramount issue.” Fear-
ing the ,popular decision of the matter might not
“be to their liking. the “best citizens" or the town
Who, of course were “no goose” men, resorted to
,a-"little strategy. They put forward as their can-
didate for mayor, a local character who stood high
" in the esteem of all the citizens, goose and no.
‘ ‘ égoose alike named Paddy O'Brien. Paddy had no
‘ record on subject to embarrass him, and while he
gowned no geese, many of his friends did. As the
, election approached, Paddy had important busi-
ness in Boston for several days and one Finnigan
. sallied forth as his champion. He went from
house to house extolling the virtues of O’Brien;
telling how he had fed the poor, ministered to the
sick. led the blind, c ~mforted the widows and or-
phans, and how he had even gone to the aid of
those whose errors had placed them in prison and
finally, says Finnigan, “O’Brien is right on the
goose.” At the election O'Brien was “triumph-
antly" elected and. later took his seat amid the
noisy acclaim of the people—and a few weeks lat-
er instructed the police to enforce an old ordi-
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Chapter II.

A FEW YEARS since the legislature cre-
ated the state Railroad Commission and

endowed it with great power with re-
gard to the railroads and the other ser—
vice 'corporations of the state. It was intend-
, . ed that this commission should compel observ-
ance of the laws made by the legislature, and
act as a arbiters between public ‘and private in—
terests in all questions arising out or the admin-
istration of such laws. It was vested with extra-
ordinary judicial and executive powers, and func-
tioning properly, would be one of the greatest
safeguards to both public and private interests,
conditioned always upon the personnel of the
board being men big enough and broad enough to
grasp its problems and sufficiently honest to go
straight away down the the pathway of Duty-
but: the members of this board are appointed by
.the gavernor, and in the exercise of their rate-
making powers, involving the passing on items to
be included or excluded in figuring the capitali-
zation or investment account On which they may
be permitted to draw interest or dividends. from
the contributions of the public, this board exer-
cises extraordinary powers. \

th is said that our'S-aviour in the exercise of
.his extraordinary powers, on one occasion, trans-
formed water into a grade of wine that got by
with the wedding guests, but this board in the ex-
ercise of its extraordinary powers with relation
to capitalization and consequent rates for service,
transforms pure water into real money.

The real basis of capitalization upon which
the public should pay a fixed interest charge
in arriving at the cost of service, is the
actual investment in the things used in pro-
viding the service. This would exclude franchise
values, the unearned incement in land values;
the mistakes, honest or dishonest, of present or
past managements as well as the pure water so
frequently and so generously poured into the cap-

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REPRESENTATIVE FRANK B. ALDRICH

Frank B. Aldrich, representative from Che-
hoygan county,
is ' serving his
“~flrst 'term‘ in the
House. He is a
j farmer and ex—
tensive producer
" of the “big red
apple” for which
his county is
famous, He is a
"good orads’j en-
thusmst', and au-
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italization of public utilities. No One could sue- YEASee-Baker, Bierd, Brennan,~ Bryant, Clark,

' cussfully contend against rates based onfthe cost C‘on'don, Davis, peFoe, Defend, Harvey, Hem
of service in which was included a fair return up- Lcmir e, McNaughton, "Milieu, Milieu Penney,

on the investment if it were figured upon this

basis. But to apply this principle, whichAttor-

ney General Groesbe'ck contends should be applied

would involve the depreciation of certain beauti:

boom, Watkins, Wilcox, Wood. ~ .

Fodowing is the joint resolution:'

the impairment of certain highly satisfactory _
sources of revenue in which Some of our “best. be known and designated as SOCtiOD 103.“ Said
4 peeple" are deeply interested. If the public inter- article 19, authorizing, the State to borrow mon—

. d
est should demand that the principle above men- fiznmormgsiziiafiorwmhggguvgfig; atlas oState,
tionod should be applied, the private interests “ .

and to ‘iesue bondstherefor.

involved, inspired by the instinct of. self-preseré “Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
‘vation would most strenuously insist ,that .it sentatives“ of the State of: Mchigan,,That ' the
should not be applied. Upon the. decision of the following amendment to article ‘tlen “km" 09"

ti hi hi th 1 f h d d f stitution by adding thereto a new section to, be
ques on wou ‘lge e va ue 0 un re s 0 known and designated as section ten-a of said
millions'of public service debentures. The power article m authorizing the State to borrow
to determine the matter is in the hands of the money, to be used for the construction and op-
state railroad commission. The railroad commis- oration 01' terminal W“? chances within- “P 3‘3“.

sion consists of three members, appointed by the and to’issue bonds therefor, is hereby prop: 'I

agreed to and submitted to the people of this? ,

governor and confirmed by the senate. Two mem- gm: '

bers control the action of the commission. , (Sec. 10., The State may borrow not to ex-

The dullest intellect can comprehend how im- 009‘! 1176 million dollars for the construction-of
portant to the private interests cencerned, is the iimy'tmggsfignsfi: 31393312156553:
personnel of that comm1ss1on. How can it becon- storage and sale of foodstufls grown in the
trolled? Simplest thing in the world. Get a small State and consigned thereto by the producers
bone politician of plastic nature in the governor’s

thereof or by co-operative associations of such

51 _ n _ 'producers and pledge its credit, and issue bonds _-

chair—one who will listen to reasbn and re therefor on such terms as shall be provided by
member his friends. Then some ‘mighty good -

. law.)”
fellow.” wh0se psychology has been developed in

_ And‘ thus closed, so far as the Senate is con-
the right environment can be appointed railroad cerned. -the greatest of the farmers’ battles of
commissioner. When this has been twice done

the session of 1919. The interests affected will
you can start the machinery for turning water 110W begin to hammer the members of the house.
into money and the courts are your only relief. and a few 0f theirletters may frighten 30m“
The ’question——And then suppose—but, perish the ~ members of that body as easily as they frightened
thought. The question arises, how are they to some or the senators. ,
get such a governor? That’s easy—A small percent- Wlth regard to fins matter I? should be remem-
. . . . bered that if this resolution is passed and sub»,
age of the water waiting the action of the com- , ,
mission to turn it into money, secure the gratuit- mitted t9 the people, and adopted by them then
ous (‘2) services of Paul King or some othenex- you have only commenced N“ a bond would be
pert at making whistles out of pigs’ tails, and let sold, not a dollar .would be spent until both
the state be flooded with literature telling how as branches of the legislature and the governor had
a boy he went to school with an empty dinner pail, agreed on '3 plan of operation. If the people adopt
later worked in a saw mill to support a family this plan, it should be entered upon With reason-
that perhaps never existed, how in young man- able caution. Senator hBoulanger suggests that
hood he once gave an old woman a sack of flour an initial expenditure of $50,000 should be made
costing 790, how as township‘treasurer he took on a warehouse at Detroit where farm products
hold of a busted treasury, took the money the fel- should [be handled by a state market director.
lows brought in ,paid the outstanding orders and Here the producer could consign his products, and
turned the office over to his successor with every- -here'the individual, or better, the organized con-
thing paid and a cash balance of $13.78; how he sumer could buy snob of these products as he
once lent his overcoat to somethpoor devil who needed. In this case there would be only the
was caught away from home without one, and transportation charges and the market commis-
how, as Finnegan said of O’Brien, he was “abso- sioner’s charge between them. . ' "
lutely right on the goose.”—The populace . take It would work to the advantage of both produc-
him up with a whoop and he wins in a walk. Then er and consumer, and finally we should-have them
if the fog rises and things look different than ex- in all our leading cities and perhaps in Cities 011t-
pected; Well, what are yougoing to do about it— side the state. It will interfere with the present
Now, this story is written to make our readers business of some people just the same as proh1~'
sit up and look for moves of this kind should bition did, but no one should get cold feet when
some of these smart Alecks who pull them off in their cry 017 W0”! W0”! is heard—~—
other states come along and undertake to monkey This legislature is within your grasp. It is up
with us Michiganders. No one thinks that any to you. Don't lie dowu and then damn the legis-
such stunt has been pulled in Michigan. At the lature. Poke up your representative with a peti-
same time an unfortunate situation has deveIOp- tion and some good sharp letters and watch re-
‘ ed in our railroad commission. Judge West by SllltS- This is a case where “GOdlhelpS him Who
injunction stopped the majority of that commis- helps himself.” ; ’ ‘
sion,- (Cunningham and Kiser) from unloading 0n '
the city of Detroit a decision that, it is alleged,

 

SENATOR CLAUDE M. STODDARD -‘-‘ "

Senator Stoddard lepresents Genesee and
L i v i n g s t o n
Counties. He is

. a real farmer,
living on a farm
of more than '400 .

"acres .. in Gene— -

'see county. He

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increasing telephone rates. Bills and constitution-
al amendments are accumulating in the legislatfi
ive hopper, to take out of the commission’s hands
every form of municipal utilities. ‘ .,
'Deep-seated distrust of the commission on’ the .
part of the legislators, is apparent. Theysenate
has unofficially refused to confirm Gov. Sleepers
reappointment of Com. Cunningham, and he will
very likely be requested to ask'for the resignation
of Com. Kiser, and'to avaid possible future mix-

  
 
 
  

 

 
   

 
 
   
    
  
 
 

     
  
 

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) . ' w < meat:toromoomumaonxobo voted-en.

' ionizing, an. issue..,e9f, . tats-phen‘ds in an; amount ‘
£\ , ~ not.th exceed, $5,000,000. for the erection of . >
terminal warehousesin the large cities of the

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*fi ‘ m state for the marketing direct, from“ producer '
By H‘ERB.BAKER . .to consumer, of" farm products; passed the

Rowe,"Scully. Smith, Stoddard, Tufts, “Winders“a
NAYS‘—Amon, Forrester, Henry, Hicks, McRae. .

“A‘ ‘ t luti' a endment‘
fully engraved bonds and certificates of stock, and to artifiilanlorfgtheogogzgimgfi 9:1 till: State “1' -
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ircmthe American consuls-general in Aus-
{Argentine and Canada. “ ..
.1011? latest information upon the subject Was
{contained in our circular on agricultural produc-
tion fited January 23d. It shorts Argentina has
3 available. for. export 185,000,000 bushels and Aus-
! tralia 210, 000 000 bushels. ‘ It also shows that
i canada has 100 000 .000 bushels "-—Socy Houston.
The Department ongriculture, therefore, goes
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three countries now have available fer export
495000;!!!” bushels of wheat. Turn now to what
Senator (lore told the senate February 11th, in
debate Senator G‘Ore said that to ascertain the
facts he called to the United States consul-general
in Australia, wlib cabled back under date of Jan-
nary 9th.- saying that the available surplus 11‘:
Australia was only 120 00.0, 000 bushels. ‘
today, is too high. India will have no wheat sur-
Plus. I saw in London, three weeks ago, a tele-
gram from the Indian government advising the
Senator Gore further presented a cable from
our consul-general ot Calcutta, received January
5 11th saying there was no available surplus of
_ wheat in India, and that India is importing
, wheat Senator Gore contrasted this with esti-
' motes put out in Washington that India has an
exportable surplus of 150,000,000 bushels He also
said that the 120, 000 000 bushels available in Aus-
tralia has been seriously damaged by lack of stor-
age facilities. by exposure to the weather and by
rodents.

Senator Gore quoted a telegram from our con-
sill-general in Canada that the available surplus
there is only 75, 000, 000 bushels.’

It is thus seen that our Department of Agri-
culture is disseminating statements that Argen-
tine, Australia and Canada now have available for
export 495 .000 .000 bushels while Senator Gore'
has definite reports from the highest authorities,
the American consuls-general in those three coun-
tries that their available surplus is only 239 000, -
000 bushels, 9. Quantity less than one-half that
given out by our Department of Agriculture.

Another high authority, Julius Barnes, presi-
dent of the food administration's grain corpora-
tian, flatly disputes the high estimates of certain
witnesses befbre the‘ congressional committees.
When before the house committee on agriculture
on February 5th Mr. Barnes said:

“The 175. 000, 000 estimate for Argentina is too
high. the 8.50 000. 000 for Australia is absolutely
too high, the 50000, 000 for Canada, as existing

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HE BASIS of legislative action to remedy
a, alleged evils in marketing of Nebraska
fi farm products has been laid by introduc-

tion of two bills in the lower house. Around
them there promises to center one of the most
important and possibly one or the most bitterly
fought contests of the legislative passion. Both
are backed by the Farmers' Union, and one is
also supported by the Non-partisan. League. .
, One of the bills, H. 829, proposes to place all
persons and organizations handling farm pro~
I ducts under the control of the State Railway

‘ ‘ Commission and to provide for the licensing

system with regulation .0 insure fair dealing, to

,. prevent monopoly. Co-operative associations.-

. such as the Farmers’ Union. are specifically ex-
. — . :Wbmpted from its provisions.

The other bill. H. ”845, declares all grain, live
stuck. or other farm product exchanges to be
public markets and requires that they be open -
to membership of all who agree to comply with
the rules: Rules tending to create a monopoly
on to restrict the method of distributing profits.
ch as «Io—operative distribution. are forbidden.

< e introducers 9f this bill are represen-

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because India’s crop outlook was
enormous surplus large enough to supply the
United States “and foreign requirements inde-

pendent of the new crop coming up in the mean-
chairman 'of the cemmittee of agricul-‘

1:11:19 111 Canada, United States and India, is false."

The eflect of the exaggrated stimates given out
by the Department oi Agriculture is only too ap-
parent In the first place they convey wrong in-
Read-
ing these estimates and trusting in them, our
wheatgrowers naturally will say: "This is go-
ing to be a poor year to «grow wheat.” If our
farmers can not have dependable information on
world crops from the Department of Agriculture,
they would better have no reports at all.

 

$500,000,000 FOR FEDERAL
GOOD ROADS WORK IN 1919

 

Expenditures for highway work in the United
States this year are likely to amount to a half
billion dollars or even more, according to a
statement made today by ofi‘lcials of the Bur-
eau of Public Roads, United States Department
of Agriculture. On reports received from state
highway departments, the bureau estimates the
expenditure for 1916 and 1917. This estimate
000, or'8110,000,000 more than the average
expenditure for 191 (land 1917. This estimate
does not include, however, the additional Fed-
eral funds which will be available if the amend-
ment to the Post Oflice apropriation bill, making
$50, 000, 000 immediately available and $75, -
000, 000 more on July 1, is enacted into law.

Estimated work under control of the state
highway departments includes $45, 000, 000 for
the construction of 5, 000 miles of road now
under contract, $30,000,000 for 4,000 miles of
construction ready for contract, $100,000,000
for 16,000 miles of contemplated construction,
and $60,000,000 for maintenance of 200,000
miles. Expenditures of counties, townships,

‘ and local road districts are estimated at $100, -

000, 000 for the construction of 15, 000 miles;
$50, 000, 000 for maintenance of 100, 000 miles.

HERB BAKER ELECTED ON THE
POTATO EXCHANGE BOARD

 

“Senator Herb Baker, of Ch‘eboygan county, has
been elected to the meantime board of the Michi-
gan Potato Growers’ Exchange, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr. E. J. Smith.
Sen. Baker is president of the Cheboygan County
Co-operative Association, and a pioneer in the
co—operative movement. He will be a valuale ad-
dition to the executive board of the exchange.

If yeti think MiChigan Farmers’ UnreaSOnable, Look what

any other farm products" shall be deemed to
be charged with a public use and under control
and supervision of the state railway commis-
sion. 'Co-operative associations are exempted.
The railway commission is authorized to issue
licenses running two years, providing the appli-

cant for a license shall agree to maintain an

open market, to make no attempt to establish

.a monOpoly- or unfair or fraudulent methods of

“tempt to secure monopoly.

dealing, and to make reports daily to the com-
mission as to the amount of products handled
andthe price .paid or received. Before issuing
such a license the Commission must hold a pub-
lic hearing. at which protests may be offered.
The license is. revocable at the will of the com-
mission if the licensee violates any of the pro-
visions of this law or any rule of the Commis-
sionior if he is found guilty of any unfair,
fraudulent or unlawful practice, or of an at-
The Commission
need give only twenty-four hours' notice of a

" hearing of evidence on a proposal for revoca-

tion, and. may suspend the license at once pend-
ing a decision. ‘
: “9 Penalty for handling farm products with-

" out a. license is fixed at imprisonment for from

ninety days to a year. or a fine 9f not to exceed

no, oQQ. Q6 2': .

ression that we start teday with an.

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NATIONAL MILK AND DAIRY « L , ..
FARM ExposmoN non 1919

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AnnOuncement is made that New York
again be the scene of the National Milk” ?
Dairy Farm Exposition. It will be held in. ”its "
”list Regiment Armory during the week of ,1
April 21st, and judging from present indiéar :
tions. it will be far the best exhibition of i '
kind ever held. Nearly $100,000 is'being put
into this exposition to convince the ,milk 00 :, .
suming public of the food value \of milk; also i j
that milk costs are reasonable and that a bit .
milk industry is involved.

The Armory will be filled to overflowing
with exhibits of all forms of milk foods, milk
products, processes of milking, handling. ma-
chinery and equipment, and all manner of
things relating to the dairy farm and its allied
interests.

So successful was the exposition last year
that it is safe to say a greater success is in
store for the 1919 display. Never before has \,
the scientific and practical side of the industry
been promised such a complete show. There
will be numerous exhibits of live cattle as var-
ious cattle clubs have secured exhibition space.
The exhibits relating to the practical side of
.the dairy industry will be more interesting
than, ever and a great deal of .the machinery
will be in motion. This big . exposition will
cover all the ramifications of the industry and
will be complete in every detail. The show has
the backing of the allied agricultural interests
of the state and nation and special features are
planned for each day.

Because of the character of the exhibits and
the conditions that prevail in the dairy indus-
try today, the exhibition and the various confer-
ences to be held in conjunction with it will be
of inestimable value. The Exposition will af-
ford an opportunity which seldom comes in the
life of the average man on the farm. It is thru
co-operation that the best results can be ob—
tained in any industry and those exhibitors who
will display their products at the exposition
have shown the right spirit of co-operation by
arranging their displays so as to afford not only
the farmer but the layman an opportunity of
getting a viewpoint on the conditions as they
exist in the industry today. In general, the ex-
hibition will be in a large measure educational
and designed to teach better efficiency. Special
features will be introduced bearing on the fol-
lowing subjects included in the scope of the ex-.
hibition: Agricultural education, dairy farms,
cows, country milk shipping stations, railroad
transportation, city milk distributing stations,
infant milk depots, etc.

They’re Asking in NebraSkd

grading is penalized by imprisonment of from
ninety days to airs year for theindividual re-
sponsible, and a fine of from $1,000 to $10,000
for the corporation. Provision is also made for
the appointment of a state farm products in-
spector, salaried at $5,000, and for assistants.
H. 345 declares all associations or organiza-
tions which handle grain and farm products ex- '
clusively between members to be public mar-
kets. They must admit to membership any per-
son or organization that agrees to comply with ‘
their rules; The. bill forbids any rule which
tends to create a monopoly or prevent free com-
petition. It further forbids any rule affecting
the distribution of profits, The purpose of this
bill, in part, is to admit to membership on the
Omaha Grain and Live Stock Exchange the
Farmers’ Union. the rules of the Grain Ex-
change forbid division of profits of members of
the Exchange on a co-operative basis. Refusal
of an Exchange to admit members on the basis
provided for in the bill, refusal to trade with all
members on a perfect equality or adoption of
forbidden rules renders the Exchange offending
an unlawful monopoly under the terms of the ,
bill, and further trading is forbidden. The ate; Ir -
toriiey—general is required, in such cases, to in z
stitute proceedings to dissolve the Exchange and
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, . Published every Saturday by the

RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.

‘ MT. CLEMENS, MICE. .
Detroit Office: 110 Fort St. Phone, Cherry'4669
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Capital,—the Farmer’s Great Nbed

NEARLY EVERY farmer in Michigan
could use additional capital this year to

good advantage. The majority of them will

. have no difficulty in securing that capital at
a nominal rate of interest. But we dare say

that there are some twenty or thirty thous-

and farmers of ability and integrity who Will

find it difficult to borrow money at a rate of

interest they can afford to pay. Farmers

who can get money for a term of one year at

six or seven per cent interest will probably

make some investments this spring in more

land, machinery, live stock, buildings, etc.

days or perhaps six months at the outside
and are asked by the money lenders to pay
ten to twenty per cent interest, will have to
worry along somehow with limited funds.

We all recognize that the lack, of capital
and credit facilities in certain portions of
Michigan is a great handicap to agricultural
development. Many are the schemes that
have been suggested for remedying this con-
dition. Some of them are practical; others
entirely theoretical and without value. The
federal farm loan act comes the nearest to
any plan broached or attempted so far to
provide relief for any considerable numbers,

. and it does not go half way in solving the
problem.

D. D. Aitken, in this issue discusses a rath-
er, novel plan for providing worthy farmers
with needed capital. Its main appeal lies in
the fact that the capital would be furnished
by people who would receive some benefit
from the expenditure of the money. Mr.
Aitken, believes that individuals with good
credit ratings should underwrite the credit
of worthy farmers of their respective com-
" munities and thus aid in the deve10pment of
agricultural lands and in the creation of a
wealth, part of which would eventually find
its way mto the pockets of the underwriters.

The farmers on the newer lands of Michi-
gan frequently need small sums of money for
short periods of time. They need this money
to buy tools, seed, feed, cattle, etc. Or per-
chance, they need money to finance part of
their farming operations. In some sections
* . no matter how badly they need the money,
they can’t get it; while in other sections they
‘ , must. pay exorbitant interest rates and give -
' ~ » .' security that is ridiculously iron-clad. As a
result many improvements are delayed and
many investments deferred. For the lack of
, a little capital, great wealth is left undevel—

oped in the soil, and not only the farmer but
" fithe entire community is de rived thereof.

. We should like to See r. Aitken’s plan
given a trial. Itcalls for a faith in the in—
tegnty of farmers and in the future of local- '
agriculture, which most communities do not
’11 vs: They seem to lack the vision. They
What to appreciate how much their own
' are ' depends upOn the welfare of the

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go forward at a snail s-Irpace,
itself desires to loan“ the money:

rural credits law. If they need Such a law
in Illinois, how much more do we need ithere

in Michigan, where there are several million ,

fertile acres yet to be reclaimed from their
Wild state. Perhaps ‘Mr. Sleeper, who a fort-
night before his first nomination as governor
pledged himself to help solve this great prob-

‘_ lem, new has the solution up his sleeve and is

preparing to spring it as a happy surprise to
the farmers before the legislature adjourns.
And then, again, perhaps not. -
IF ALL mankind followed the path of least
resistance, there, would be no leaders, and
little progress would be made. Many mefi'have
great dreams and visions of wonderful ac-
gmhplishments, but few of them have the in-
itiative or the courage to take the steps ,which
are necessary to transform those visions ,into
realities. ‘

There are not many real leaders. Many
pose 'as leaders who are actually trailers.
They capitalize upon the ideas of others, pat-
tern their ambitions, their acts, their lives
after the leaders, and hope thereby to reach
a coveted niche in the hall of fame.

It is easy to tell the difference between the
leader and the trailer. The leader points the
way; the trailer follows. The leader express-
es a new thought, perfects a new machine,
performs a new service, always anticipating
the coming needs of the people, While the
trailer"'copies, copies, loudly proclaiming the
While that he is the original master of that
which he cOpies. ' '

Qualities of leadership are found not only
in men, but in the things that men make and
do. There is a leader in almost every branch
of business. There is a model machine, a
model organization, a model farm, a model
business, a model newspaper, etc., after which
countless other machines, organizations,
farms, businesses and newspapers are pat-
terned. . ‘ .

Leadership is woefully lacking in the great
field of agriculture. That is because other
fields of endeavor have offered better oppor-
tunities to men who possessed the qualities of
leadership. The result is that farming as a
business is far to the rear of the caravan of
progress and is only now after many centur-
ies awakening to the splendid possibilities
that lie before it. Those few who have de-
veloped as leaders in the agricultural field
have accomplished much against great odds. .
They have not been accorded the fullest meas-
ure of su port by those whom they have tried
to aid. armers have not always differen-
tiated between the leaders and the trailers.
Consequently there has been a lack of co-
operation which has been a great obstacle to
the development of the farming business.

It were well for farmers to study the aims
and efforts of men and newspapers devoted
to the betterment of farming conditions, and
to distinguish between those who lead and
those who trail. True leadership should be
encouraged and revvarded. Do not be de-
ceived. Follow the leaders and you will be
brought safely to the goal which you seek.

SIMPLY BECAUSE M. B. F. has, refused

to endorse allthat the farm bureau organ-
izations have attempted to do, and has in-
dulged more or less freely in criticism of

their methods, a few of our readers profess

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to believe that we are opposed to the farm

bureau and county agent mover'uent. ,
Nothing, of course, could be farther from
the truth- ‘ On the contrary we have time and

‘ again endorsed the general aims ofthe county

farm” bureaus, and havefno apologies to make
for criticism of particular» cases in which it

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scentinue to
unless the state
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that greatest of all agricultural states of the
Union,_Illinois, they are‘talking about a state '

  

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ority, we, hope to see ‘the day , come

when

farm bureau, helping to direct «and co-Operat-u
ing with “the Mark Eof the county agent. ' =

pendent of the
of his community. No deubt a score of cases
could“ be brought to mind in’ which county
agentsv‘assumed to representflthe Wishes Tof.
their constituents, but , actually misrepresent-

ed them. Who should be blamed in”'a case", ‘ "

like this, the county agent er the farmeri‘t

If the county farm bureau and the county
agent are to get their orders from East Lan-
sing or Washington, we shall oppose them.
If they are to be guided, however, by the
wishes of the majority of farmers themselires»
we shall help them, for We firmly believe des—
pite the indifference and opposition of large
numbers of farmers that the county, farm
bureau and the county agent have come to .
stay and are potential factors in the, upbuild-
ing of farming communities.

The Smell of Spring

- EATHER PROVERBS reversed them-
selves this past winter. When by all

the signs of the Zodiac and the convincing

' prognostications of the almanac, it should
have been. cold it was warm; when it should
have been warm it was cold; when it should
have snowed it rained; and when the winds

should have brought howling blizzards down .

from the north, they brdught soft zephyrs
from the south. And so, while ,March came
roaring in like a lion, and according to its
past performances should pass meekly out of '

the calendar like a little lamb, we are not al- ‘ “

together sure that it will do so. For remem-
ber, the ground hog saw his “shadderi”
This week spring is in the air. True, the
robins have not yet arrived, but surely' you
have heard the crows caw—cawing their an-
nual spring-time greeting from the wood-lot?
And you have felt that strange tugging at
your heart. and heard the call of the out-of-
doors to come out and get busy in the fields?
And even though the earth still shows great
patches of snow upon its bosom, and the
ground is- still frozen in places, and there is a
bite in the morning air, the smell of spring
is everywhere. The earth is breathing again
as thesnow melts and wears little crevices in
the soil and the frost breaks down the clods
turned up in last fall ’s plowing. ‘ The smell
of spring is the breath of earth, and for the
’ rest of March every south wind will be laden
with the perfume. ,

Wm. Howard Taft has arisen immeasur-
ably in the estimation of the American peo-
ple since he said: “The gentlemen in the
senate who are setting out to defeat this '
League of Nations are those I would not trust
over night. They are citing the Constitu-
tion as an argument against it. I reverance
and worship that great instrument. (Those
who remember the ofiicial words and acts of
that great jurist know that none loved better. ..
the rights guaranteed under the Constitution)
But it is a new story to me if the Constitu.
tion prevents this people from playing their
part in bringing peace and order and happi-
ness to ourselves and the other peoplesof the
world. " " " This is not a political question.
God forbid! I am glad President Wilson

  

every farmer‘willfbe a member of his county.

It is no. secret that until quite recently the“ l r ..
county agent frequently acted quite inde-‘v. ' 4 '
farm bureau and the farmers .

       
 
  

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papers at Washington, farmers of the whole
Ii Swans about to be urged to raise more food
this coming summer than ever before, to feed
vi‘the starving people of Europe, but what gets
They want the farmer to

do to raise this food on account of the scarcity
of farm labor.

After “we have this food raised Mr. Speculat~
01' steps in and takes it over at his own price,
which is never more than 35 per cent of con-
‘sumers price, and from that down to almost
gnothing.

' ‘. See where prices of farm commodities have

. gone and are still going. What is the cause?
‘VMostly selling “futures” by ,the'speculators, or;

speculation 'in farm produce ,if~you please. Do
prices of what we] have to buy take a tumble?

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According to the last U. S. census the aver-
age gross income of the American farmer is
$836, which is less money, by far, than the
poorest paid mechanic gets in the city for his
year’s work.

In earning that $836 a farmer’s wife and .

children work for nothing and “eat themselv-
es,” as the Irishman said.

It costs like h—- to manufacture farm pro-
duce nowadays. Does the average farmer know
what it cOsts to produce an acre of corn, oats,
wheat or potatoes? I don’t believe he does.
,When we sell, why shouldn’t we get cost of
production plus 10 per cent profit. Dog we get
I guess not. We farmers never
have
enough farmers in the state and U. S. legisla
tures to represent us, and keep the balance of

, power in our favor, or at least give us an equal

show with other people. This is all we ask _or

need. :Farmers of our state need state-owned

and operated warehouses, operated at actual
cost, where we can ship our product and get a
bigger slice of the consumer’s dollar, and at

, the same time the consumer could buy Cheaper.

Will we get them? Yes, if we have enough
farmers at Lansing to put McNaughton’s bill
across. Otherwise not. If farmers ,were prop;
erly represented in all our state and U. S. ‘leg-
ialatures how longwould there be Boards 6f
trade and packers selling futures, and other-

- wise speculating in farm commodities?

Where is the sense in farmers working doub-
le time mining their lands to raise crops to
let the “other fellow” have at his owp price?

What’s the remedy? Organize and combine
as all other classes have done; produce no more
than enough to cover cost of production and
a profit. See? People who produce what we

V ‘ buy would go bankrupt in a short time if they

did business the way we farmers do. Why
should a farmer‘ work for \nothing and “eat

‘ himself, " as he does a large part of the time?
' Does the other fellow do it?

notice. _

If we dig in this coming summer and double
our production, as they are asking us to do,
what will the result be? It will divide by two
the prices we have been getting the past’year.

It would also double the profits of the middle— \

man. -—A. A. Lambertson, Kent County.

 

‘ ‘ TO “EQUALIZE TAXES”_ »

. I notice you quote Theodore Roosevelt as say-
ing: “Upon the development of country life rests

[ultimately our ability, by methods of farming re-

quiring the highest intelligence, to continue to
feed the hungry nations ”

Mr. Roosevelt saw that something was the mat-
ter with the business of farming; something that
discouraged farmers to do their very best, either

for themselves or for the community. In hunting»

around for something worth while, he remarked:

' “It might be best to try" the graduated land tax,.
1‘? or else tolequalize taxes as between used and 1113-:

agricultural land, which would prevent form

V "and being held for speculative purposes."
, » chi an Site-Value Tax Leases I; trying g, .

and unimproved land
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to correspondents of various farm ‘

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adya‘nihge of thoaewho keep the land idle.

The farmer‘who'is a land speculator will stren-
uously object to this. The farmer who is satisfied
With the full fruits of his toil (and that is all a

..farmer or any‘other wealth producer is entitled

to), will say Amen.

By the way, it will be strange if the farming
“community of Michigan, which is the very back.
bone of the Republican party of this state, does
not nominate the farmers’ candidates for the state
agricultural board, it will be surprising evidence
of political imbecility.—4udson Grenell, Water-
ford, Michigan. .

A‘ DEFENSE 0F HENRY FORD

Just a few words to let Mr. Weaver know that
I read his seemingly somewhat prejudiced letters
in M. B. F., regarding principally, the value of
Henry Ferd’s activities during the war.

0f cOurse, Mr. Weaver, you must know and also
consider the fact. that the plant in which Mr. Ford
built his “Eagle" boats, was not the only plant he
had‘in use during the war and that of course he
must have received large profits from these plants,
which went in to make up the 200 per cent. divi-
dends which you spoke of, and remember, that to
make this up he did not take one cent Of profit
from his Eagle plant. L

Henry Ford finished and launched seven “Eag-
~les,” and it certainly was not his fault that the
war ended before he had launched enough ships
to satisfy some of his more critical observers.

Also when the Government asked for bids on
the manufacture of cylinder for the Liberty mo~

' tor, Ford offered to make and did make them for

nearly one-half of what his nearest rival bidder
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One Type of Business Farmer

I did not notice in your letter anything about

the great Ford hospital, or the good it has done,
but perhaps you were so intent on your criticism
that- you forgot to mention .any of the good he
might have done.
. You claim that you asked exemption for your
son until after the fall work was over and you
were refused. whereas, Edsel Ford was exempted
on industrial grounds.

Your claims were probably considered by your
local draft board and if they were refused, it
musthave been because in their judgment your
boy was able to do more good in the war than on
the farm. Whereas, it Henry Ford’s son was ex-
empt ed by the draft board, on industrial grounds,
they certainly must have knowu more about
where he could do the most good, than you do,
and as I understand it the work of the draft
board was to bring together in the shortest pos-
Bible time, an. army sufficiently strong to lick the
hun, and at the same time to accord to every man
the justice he has a right to expect under the laws
of the constitution.

And as for ,your criticism of Edsel Ford for
playing’go'lf, well, President Wilson played golf
and‘I defy you or any other man to nameany
man Who has done more for the cause of human.

, ity. or7for bringing about'victory, and remember,

that when you criticize Ford for- playing golf,
that no truly- great man ever lived who did not,

making with his work, find time for recreation— .
-0. 4 M Garcon Gay, Mich.

DOES Iona archway COMMISSIONER
mp WITH T1112: LAW?

   
   

o; our township commis-

. the hoops.
‘ and had it sawed into strips three inches wide

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$500. 00 more or less? “Priviso collusion among
bidders. " Has not the “collusion” been between
the township board and the commissioner in car~
rying out a kind of secret diplomacy? Why not
have 9, public sale? In this township-iG-kthey
have ignored the law, the commissioner taking”
charge of repair. as well as the improvement
fund, thus prolonging his days of employment at
greater pay than the men that did the actual
work, (and many times taking his son and team
off' of his harm to work on a section of road build-
ing). I might refer to many acts of injustice to
the public welfare, practised under the present
law but will refer to only one other.

In the spring of 1918 the commissioner con-
demned one mile of road but did not put up any;
sign—required by law—but relied entirely on tel- .
ephone as a notice to the public that the said read
was impassable. By observation I know there
were four autos stalled at one time, and one
truck“ at another. Did the commissioner apply
any road funds to repair said road during the
season? Not one cent. So far I have followed
the general trend of letters written by the sub-
scribers for the M. B .F.

Question: What is the remedy?

Ana: Each congressional district shall con-
stitute a road district administered by three coun-
ty commissioners in each county assisted by one— ‘
or more if necessary—civil engineers, to draw by
profile and specify all ditches and road improve-
meme—approved by said commissionerS—and
shall be known as the “Good road and ditch con-
gress." All expenses to be paid by the tax ongthe
district apportioned by the congress. Were the
congress tO' consider the issue of bonds for some
special improvement—assisted by the Agricul-
tural Bureau Washington and Lansing. Such
bonds to be paid on theamortizement plan not
to draw interest above 5%. (Due regards paid to
the Constitutional homestead where «not mort-
gaged). Article XIV Sec. 2. Qonstitution of Mich-
igan. Upon inquiry I find it would cost around
$50 to $100. possibly more to put in legal phrase- ’ »
ology a bill to present to Congress. So far I find 1"

  
   
   
  
  

 
 
 
   

    
 

    
 
 

  

    
     
     
     
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
    
    
   
  
  
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
  
   
  
   
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
   
  
   
 
 
  
  
   
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  

 

no serious objection to this plan, but I do find the
present law very unsatisfactory.”

Now, Farmers, think this over in detail; bring
out the objections and let us hear from your—N."
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ANTRDI GRANGE WANTS TERMINAL
WAREHOUSES

WHEREAS; It is reported that the Legislature
will not submit an amendment to the constitution
at the April election, for permission to bond the
state for $5,000,000 for State terminal warehouses, ,
and

WHEREAS! the farmers believe the interests of .
both the consumer and the producer Will be
greatly benefited by state ware-houses thereby sta-
bilizing our markets for produce, and

WHEREAS; We believe terminal ware-houses ~
are just as important as good roads to the con- "
sumer and producer.

THEREFORE; Be it Resolved, that; Antrim
County Pomona Grange No. 38 in session at Forest
Home Grange hall, Forest Home township, ~urg‘e
the Legislature to make provisions for the submit-
ting of this amendment at the April election 1919.
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I
A SILO EXPERIENCE

I have read about different silos in the M. B. - '
F., telling all about their good points. Now let
me tell you about my silo which I had built
seven years ago (a little idea of my own.) ' I
had been thinking of building a silo for a long
time, but never liked the idea of hanging on the
ladder every week to either tighten or loosen
SO this is what I built:

I took some black ash logs to the saw mill

by three-quarter inch thick, then dressed down
’Out of these strips I had
13 hoops made of seven strips in thickness,
perfectly sound. I had my wall made and the ._
13 hoops were all laid on thevwall, the lower ‘
hoop being bolted to the wall with eight 20-inch
bolts. Then a scaffold was built around 1:11
wall and the 12 hoops were raised and fastened
on the scaffold, the lower hoops a little clos
together than the upper ones. Now the ins"
of the hoops are sided up with Southern :1,
flooring, leaving an opening for doors th'
fitted in, and the outside with hemlock
lap, 8 inches wide. This makes an air
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ust for the material.

“pie 1:: finished 3 1- 2 feet wall, two coats of .'
‘1 int and roof, $149. 57. Both silos being 12280.
There are more silos being built like it every
»- . year and all are more than pleased with them.
" 1 -—R..)P Doll Isabella county.

SAYS SUPERVISORS MAY HIRE AGENT

Mr. Custer Higgins of Benzie county says
.that the voters of his county have twice vot'ed
down the county agricultural agent proposition,
but notwithstanding this, the board of supervis-
‘ors have employed a county agricultural agent.
Mr. W. E. Brown, your legal editor, answers
the query by citing Section 7868 of C. L. 1915,
which section, he says, deals with the question
‘ raised by Mr. Higgins.

While I am not a resident of Benzie county,
I am more or less familiar with conditions

i, ‘ ‘there, and if I understand the proposition cor-
-, . rectly, Benzie County last year acted in con-

junction with Leelanau county in employing a
county agricultural expert. These counties act-
ed in co—operation with the Michigan Agricul-
tural College under authority of Act 3 of 1',912
second extra session. This Act provides that
the supervisors in any county in Michigan are
authorized “to appropriate or raise money by
taxes to be used for co-operative work with the
Michigan Agricultural College in encouraging
improved methods of farm management and
practical instruction and demonstration in agf
. ruculture. "
voted on the proposition of employing an agri—
cultural expert, it has evidently been at the re-
quest of the Board of Supervisors.
Act 67 of 1913, which is the one to which
Mr. Brown refers and under which he says that
_ the supervisors “would have no right to appro-
priate money for such purposes nor order any
tax spread for such purposes until approved by
the electors first in adopting the provis1ons "
. does not apply to the conditions referred to by
Mr. Higgins owing to the fact that Act 67 of
1913 provides that the county may employ an
”agricultural commissioner” without 00— opera-
tion with state and federal governments. Under
this Act the county must pay, not only all the
salary, but all the expenses, while under Act 3
of 1912, the Agricultural College pays $1, 200
of the agricultural expert' s salary.

The mistake which Mr. Brown made is fre-
quently made and it is to be hoped that the
present legislature will provide a bill which will
do away with all of the possibilities of misun-
derstanding in connection with county. agent
work—J. B. McMurty, Oheboygan county.

QUITE ' A CONTRAST

Two prominent American citizens were heard
from the other day.

One stood on the floor of the United States
Senate and heaped partisan ridicule and polit-
ical invective upon Henry Ford, manufacturer
and noted advocate of the $5 day for laborers.

Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois, who
always placed party above patriotism and prog-
ress, halted the already overburdened wheels of

.1 Congress at the eleventh hour of legislation to
tell a handfull of politicians what he thought
of Henry Ford.

He wasted two golden hours of senatorial
time On sarcasm when it is action the nation
asks of its Senate.

0n the other hand that same day. Henry Ford
did this:

" "I am going to provide jobs for 4,000 dis-
abled soldiers," Ford announced, "and without

1 discharging any of the workers now employed. ~
- These disabled soldiers will be trained to earn-,
the same wages other employees receive. No ,'

disability other than the loss of both arms will
bar a returned soldier. "

And Henry Ford started hiring disabled vet-
\ erans that day!

While the country is begging Congress for
reconstruction and prosperity legislation Law-
' rence Sherman gives us “hot air" and peanut
“ politics.
' ‘ While the nation vainly waits for Congress to
help solve the unemployment problem facing so
=many returned soldiers. while many big employ-
era are shutting down because they won't pay

_ 1 prices and high wages, Henry Ford opens
shop, at good wages, to 4- .000 soldiers-Hind} '

bled heroes, at that!

If the voters of Benzie county have

Mine cost me com-r

the war” slog 1

mass
thousands of farmers this

day of the horseless term had arrived. For

‘ 433 My ..
11am; that the.

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nearly two Years magazines and other paper;
11“" been literally filled with "catchy" photo. Z *’

graphs and sensational tractor articles until
almost every farmer as some time or other has 1
been afraid that running a farm without a .

tractor might stamp him as a "hayseed. "‘ Mag-
azine writers have been especially skillful in
picturing farms run without hired help and
tractors harnessed to do the milking and churn»

ing and the sweeping and family washing. To'

get this "Jack-of-all-trades," thousands of farm-
ers went into debt ,and most of them did it out
of patriotism, for all of them Were anxious and
willing to plant the biggest crops they ever
raised, regardless of any scarcity of labor.
Tractors have been successfully used for
many years, but in all this propaganda there
has been a careful avoidance of explaining
that there are tractors and tractors, and thous-
ands upon thousands of dollars have been wast-
ed in the belief that any tractor will do, as long
as it is a tractor.
newer sections of Northern Michigan and other
regions where farms upon which tractors might
be used, have cleared areas ranging from forty
to upwards of a hundred acres On such farms

two or three horses are generally used and any ‘

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,times faster.
for it is not expected to pull more than two.
plows, and 'if it is to do a good job of plowing,
it cannot travel faster than horses any more‘

——Orr, in the Chicago Tribune.

kind of a tractor is merely an additional ex-
pense, for the same number of horses are need—
ed to do the work during late fall and winter.
It is not a question of whether the “Red Devil"
is a better tractor than the “Blue Bird, ” nor
whether the “Swift Kid'.’ is cheaper than the
“Fast Pull.”

which ‘has been in use for many years, and the
so—called light tractor which is of recent origin.

The heavy tractor which pulls at one time six.

to a dozen plows, two or three harrows and as
many seeders, takes the place of many horses
and several hired men and does the work many
The light tractor cannot do this,

than the heavy tractors can. Whether the light
tractor will pull even two plows in any kind of
soil is still to be proven.

As far as harrowing is concerned, the light
tractor will work faster than horses, for, even

though the .speed is increased, the narrow will; I

do good work as long as it hope close to the

. ground, —and the same is equally true of other

work of a similar character.j This, however,

- is of questionable value on farms which. are
operated with two or three horses, for, on such 7’"
farms a tractor is practically useless if these"

horses are needed at such times of the year:

when tractors cannot be used ”

”_onestly, folks, we believe‘this land of ours . 7 , ) ,

This especially applies to the .

The main) question is that there"
is a vast difference between the heavy tractor

, more

“In a recent issue I saw an accountant some ‘

legal points Attorney- Foster has spoken of, and ‘ ‘

as prohibition is a direct blow at the poor bless
of farmers. and being one of such,1 feel it my
duty to contradict Over half of his statements
First, No. 4. The locate on law was repealed 3
when statewide prohibi 11 became ‘ a _ ‘

traffic. Point ‘,14 we already have laws to take
care of such points raised in this point. Point
15 contradicts point No.7 Point» 19 is a sim-
ple falsehood, as it is illegal to give or sell
liquors of any kind to a minor or habitual
runkard, or prisoners in jail. Point 21, at
person may be charged with a misdemeanor or
disorderly conduct for being drunk. Points 22
and 23, with the high cost of beer and wine it
is very doubtful if anyone would give it away.
Point 24, we have a law that compels saloons
to close at 10: 00 pm in this state and they
may open_ atx7: 00 a..m Point 27, the state law

. already provides for the number of saloons,

according to population, and also district in
which they may operate, and also use of screens, '
employment of girls and dance halls in connec- '
tion. Point 34, the legislature may at any time _
pass laws to put in force other laws Which, of
course, as has always been the case, Would be '
subject to referendum. Point 35, under our
present laws one must not sell beer or wine '
without a license. Point 38, a person should '-
have the right to keep what he on she wishes in
their private residences, providing it is not a
public nuisance. .
beer amendment is defeated at the spring elec- .

‘ tion, it will be illegal for a farmer to have cider

in his possession, and the price of grain will
continue to decline, so I feel it is to the interest
of all farmers to vote “yes” April 7th, and let "
the country continue to be free. —-—F 0.D1mston,‘*
Olarkston, Michigan. , :

OPPOSED T0 BOND ISSUE

I would like to say a few wordson this bond-
ing matter. I think, to begin with, the state
highway commissioner had better find out what
constitutes good roads. form some definite plan '
for building good roads and for raising money
for building and plans for the expenditure of
the money after it is raised, then publish the
plans in diflerent papers so they will get before
the people, so they will know Just what they
are voting for. Under the present system of
road building there is a lot of money spent
without accomplishing much benefit. Under
the present system, as I see it, the money is
spent to benefit the few, not the many. These
trunk line highways benefit the auto tourists,
not the farmer, and the farmer pays the largest
per cent of the cost. So to sum up the whole
proposition, I think the only wise thing to do
is to turn down the present bonding proposi- -‘
tion until we have a few facts and also some
specifications to tell us what we are voting for.
-——Robert F. Kelly, Newayao county.

1 HOW To “SMOKE OUT THE HOG. ".
Please pardon the intrusion on your time ones
However, the article, “Who Owns the Chi-
cage Stock Yards?" interests me; I don't care -
“how- old Ann is, " but I submit the following for '-
your Own amu’sernent. So far as evidence shows,

no one Owns the yards, very well, let us then as
sume that they must be owned by German capi-

'1) that being the conclusion, let whoeverfi

with the proper authority, requisition the ; J

rds the same as they did certain other Gor-
’i‘ests during the war. This is using ex:
eras, of course, and delicacies .

 

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’ is hardly practical and most? eyerybody feeds- the

‘ grainthe very‘hrst thing, then they feed hay and
;_ [after breakfast the horse is harnessed." and taken

‘ —, cut and watered before they 'go to work. Now
" this. seems _to:work out well in “practice. Horses

Seemjto do well and so far as~one can telllno food
My judgment'is, that more food is

. \erly‘masticating theirr‘food than there is by its
being washed through the stomach by water. I-
-really~don"t believe that it-makes very much'dif;
fer-once. “Nature has taken" pretty good careof

‘ it can get it‘and eats when it is» hungry if it can
get it, and-so do all ofus. and the results seem

much mere' in feeding a. horse or any. other‘ani-

. mal regularly and systEmaTtically, feeding them

every day as near. alike and/as near the same
”time as“ you possiblypan, than there :is in this
- idea of whether ‘it should-beéfedw’grain be-
_ fore watering or after watering.:—Oolon C'. Lillie.

 

 

 

 

  
  
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
  

fi’alfalfa' the following year] and put

’ much: on the aCidity.,_of thesoil ‘in , 2‘

- Ibrin‘gfthe marlin direct "contact with
7 iii? "tilfaffa and; also appoints little

 

- LAND’FOR BURYING GROUND

.’ ‘ Is there'any law by, which a cemetery associa-
‘ ~ tion may compel. 'a land owner to sel-ljground to

renlarg'e‘arcemetery? 'NOW, fivhen 'we bought this
farm, the agents agreedto furnish clear‘abstract
to 40 acres ‘of land in Sec. 35 and when settling
_ pp thetrade we found a plot 12x8 rods had’been
deeded tothls cemetery associationand was re-
, bated $300 forsame. Now they‘want to buy more
, land Jfrom. us to enlarge this cemetery and it is
only}; dietric‘t’ assdciatiOn. As" we only have a
small'plac'e of 50 acres, ,1 don't feel that We could
, sell any more.‘ Nowgwhat I wish to» know is, c n
theyiforce‘fib to sell it? Please answer through
the Legal Department , of MICHIGAN ananss

.. .thnrrnojandjoblige—JLZE... Milbrqolc, Mich.

Mislection‘r 5123; c. 'L. 1915,;provldes that boards
of health "Otthe townships may take land for bury:

' inggroiinds and the following sections point out
the way. This, however, must be a-township'
burying. ground and not for private bu'ryirig'
grounds—4W. E. Broom, legal editor. .' 7."

 

WHEN TO APPLY gMARL' TO LAND ,
, 'Would like a little advice. in the line of putting
marllcn the ground. I have a. piece'of clover. sod
which waging hog pasture for- the‘ last season. It
is very rich- 5011 and I am going to put itto corn
this spring. Now,bwhat'wo,uld berths ' »

  

 

out this "question then: -
sea It {1512‘ one thatwe;canggiyefrppina? »
spot we: really .knowfa'rlery; littiejahout it .
, ,_.-i.1ble ,Of itgis there 518.111 ails” meet???“
’of' finding out whether ibur‘ theoryf‘ig cerre‘ct

tandem be“ waShedor‘di-enchedgout of the 'Stdm- "
ebb before it is preparinfibjte‘d .uponsw the 338*

greet from/the . tomach. ”very little 'offl‘it goes . -.
*fi‘throughf’the, stomach into the, bowels. The theory,
Vet coarsely; that the horse should be watered, say

’ ‘ ii; .2 iinithe' morning'beiore ’itL-is‘ifed its grain, but this

such things. A horse drinks when it is thirsty if .

to be satisfaptory. I really think that there is ‘

  

~li‘z'e‘fijiy acidity that will begpresent.

iljnot affect the soil turned by the plow. But if
yo put it on top every rain tends to wash some of

, it own antihin that way it will neutralize the
. * acidity in the surface Soil.

Merl Will begin to correct acidity just the mo?
ment it is,applied to the' soil. It is one of the
bgstiorms of limeto be applied. It is very fine
and yen get action at once but of course it will,
as you say, probably take one year for the lime to
correct all the acidity in the first six or eight
“inches of the surface soil.

. Of course, marl or any other fertilizer ingredi—
ent would not leach away as fast in clay or soil
, with a clay subsoil as it would where we have
- sand or gravel subsoil but it does leach in this
soil after a time—Colon 0'. Lillie. L

 

‘ DISPUTED EXPRESS CHARGES

As a subscriber of the M. B. F., I would like to
ask if'I should pay this express bill. In regards to
,the Fordson tractor. It wasn’t right when I got it.
The man they Sent out to fix it it said it was
doped before it left the factory. When I found
out. that my tractor wasn’t right I telephoned to
Dearborn for a. man. It took two weeks and I"
had to telephone to ~Dearborn three times before
I got a man here. :He ordered a new engine and
it was two or three weeks before I got it. During
this time I sent‘a man to Dearborn to find out why
I didn't get it. Wm. Ford/said the engine had been

.-.shipped a week ago but he would telephone to
Lapeer Monday morning and if. it wasn’t there
he. would send one out with a truck Monday. I
waited until the next Thursday and then two men

» came from Lapeer with it and put it in. The same
day itcame I got notice from the express com-
pany that it was shipped the day but one before.
,They asked me if I would take the old engine to
the, depot‘and 'I did. Now should I pay this ex-

- press bill or not?—~A. N. 8., Lancer, Mich.

If, as appears from the letter, nothing was said
about the method of shipment, I would be of the
opinion that shipment by expreSS would be prop-
.erLin view of theyne‘ed ofprompt delivery. I am
‘of the opinion also that a delivery to the express
company at placewof manufacture would be a de-
livery to. buyer and that he would be liable for
the express charges to place of destination—W.
.E. Brown, legal editor.

WHEN TO CUT OAK POSTS ,
would you pleae'advisdme through the M. B.
F., the best time of the year for cutting oak posts
to-make them last best?——0. E. 3., Midland coun-
ty, Mich. - _

I never knew. that it madé'any particular dif~
ference the time of the year that you cut oak for
posts to increase their resistance to decay when
set' in the soil. It may be that this is something
that has net'er been called to my attention or
that no due with whom I am acquainted ever had
any'rexperience, but the fact is that I never heard
ofthis idea before. You can treat oak posts or
any other kind of posts with certain preparations
like creosole which will make them more resist-
ant to decay but it is, a question whether any of
this work pays when we take into consideration

\

' the extra cost.

. I should cut the oak and split the posts when
I had the most time to do so and pay no atten-

. tion to any idea of this sort—Colon 0. Lillie.

1.3 ,WhIthiejfitop‘surface‘of the soilso that it .

plpwfthelime'down it cannot come up and ’

 
  

‘ department’s supp}
lasts: L T “ . ~ 1 . ’ .
Canada» Thistle and Methods of Eradication,
No. 1002. 'By Albert A. Hansen. ., ‘ A .
Sweet Clover on Corn‘Belt Farms, No. 10~Oli~ '
By J. A. Drake, ’Agriculturalist, and J. C. Run-
dles ,Scientific Assistant.
Practical Hints on Running a Gas Enginei
No. 1015. By A. P. Yerkes, Assistant Agricul
turist. . ' . _- '
Farm Practice in Growing Sugar Beets in-
Michigan. and Ohio, No. 748. ‘By R. S. Wash
burn, L. A. Moorehouse, and T. H. Summers,-;~'
Office of Farm 'Management, and C. O. Town-h
send, Bureau of Plant Industry. . .
'Agricultural Production for 1919, with Spec-
ial'Reference to Crops and Live Stock. (Circui '
lar 125, Office of the Secretary.) A resume of
existing conditions and statement as to food re-
quirements for 1919-20.
The Monthly Crop Report.

 

   

 

Contains data

relating to agriculthre, including estimates of, . . j:

acreage, conditions, yield,“ prices, and value. of
crops and live stock. For free distribution. .

INFORMATION ON INCOME TAX

Everyone seems to take all their troubles toyou
so I am going to ask for a little information. I;
was unable to get it at my bank. ' ‘

In making a report for the income tax ‘what are '.
the dates from January to January or March'to“
March, and is a farmer allowed any exemption for
the capital he has invested in his farm, any in~~ '
terest I mean? Ordinarn‘y I wouldn’t have to pay
any attention to the income tax but this year I
had three years’ hay to sell and so may have a
small tax. I am unable to find any sale for my
beans. We think a great deal of your paper and
after reading it we send/it to some one else and
hope you have secured several new subscribers
this way.

Thanking you for the information I have asked
and wishing you every success—J. D., Almont,
Mich.

There is not information enough in the letter
for me to base an opinion concerning the allow-
ances and deductions and interest charges. I be—
lieve the representative of the treasury depart- i -
ment will be in the county for the purpose of aid-
ing—W. E. Brown. legal editor.

(Editor’s Note): The federal income tax is
compiled on income for the calendar year, that is 1
January to January. The tax is due and one-fourth '
is payable on Mhrch 15th).

 

‘VHAT GRAIN TO BUY FOR DAIRY COWS

I have read many questions asked and answer-
ed in your paper, from which I have received
much benefit, and thought I would ask one too. I'
would like to know what is the best ration 'to'
feed my dairy cows for which I have ensilage,
clover hay, oats. and a limited amount of dry
corn fodder. The cows are grade Durham and .
Jersey, three being heifers weighing under 1,000
pounds, and six being matured cows weighing
over 1,000 pounds—R. 0. Ma, Scotts, Mich.

[You have two“ of the best basic dairy foods in
your roughage ration that can be obtained in
Michigan. There is nothing better or more eco-
nomical to feed a dairy cow than corn silage and *'
clover hay and one supplements the other. That
is, one, the corn silage. is a carbonaceous food
and the clover hay contains a liberal amount of
protein. But a cow cannot do her best on bulky
food's alone; she must have concen-

 

freeway to apply the marl, on ”the,
"furrow or plow it under? My inten-I
tions are to sow‘ thissame “piece to“

barley :as‘ a cotercrop with‘it. .
‘ .'As you know, the marl will :ndt act ,

the first year so .I thought by plow-
ing it undenthis year ' and then turn:
vingfit up the' folloWing year would

_ were- .3 Would the. maxilseep. away

. when stoned undone: not 4 our

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,trates. The rule is that for every

pound of concentrates We should

have two pounds of bulky food to

give the best results. You have. in '
oats one of the best concentrates

that you can get for dairy cows;

there is nothing better. But this '
concentrate doesn’t contain a large‘
enough amount of protein to balance
the. roughage and make a balanced
ration, especially where you feed
one feed a day of dry corn fodder._I
would suggest that you feed two
pounds a day per head of cottonseed .. f
meal and a sufficient amount of
ground cats to give each cow. on
pound of grain for every four pounds ‘-
‘of 'milk produced in a day. T1153.“
cottonseed meal will supply yo ‘
a. ‘suflicient amount" of , protein ‘“
ance the corn fodder and the;
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_ Eight Good Reasons
’7. , My You Should Buy/a

DE LAVAL

  

GREATER CAPACITY: Capac-
ities have been increased 10
%, without increase of speed
or effort.

SKIIIIS CLOSER: The improv-
ed bowl design gives greater
skimming efficiency.’

‘ EASIER TO. WASH! Simple
bowl construction makes the
bowl easier to wash.

EASIER T0 TURN: The low
speed of the De Laval bowl,
the short crank and the un—
usually large capacity make
it the easiest and least tiring

‘ to turn.

SPEED - INDICATOR: Every
De Laval is equipped with a
Bell Speed-Indicator, the
“Warning Signal" which in—
sures proper speed, full ca-
pacity, thorough separation
and uniform cream at all
times.

THE MAJORITY CHOICE:
More De Lavals are sold ev-
ery year thanall other makes
combined. More than 2,325,-
000 are in daily use——thous-
ands of them for 15 or 20
years.

, TIllIE TESTED: The De Laval

\ ' was the first cream separator.

\ It has stood the test of time

“ and maintained its leadership
for over 40 years.

DE LAVAL SERVICE: The ,,
worldwide De Laval organiza-
tion, ready to serve users in
almost every locality where
cows are milked, insures the
buyer of a De Laval quick
service whenever he needs it.

      
   
  
  

‘ Order your De Laval now and let
It begin saving cream right away.
A De Laval may be bought for
cash or on such liberal term; as to
save its own cost. See the local
De Laval agent, or. if you don’t
know him, write to nearest oiflce.

The De Laval Separator ‘Co.

‘165 Broadway 29 E. Madison Street
NEW YORK CHICAGO

TIIE SELF-Olllllli WIIDMILI.

become so pu ar in its firstf our years that
thousands have Eeenl called for to replace. on their
0 towers. other makes of mills, and to replace. at
Imall cost, the armg of the earlier
Aerrnotors.m airing them sell- oil-
Lug Its enclosed motor
l‘eeps in the oil and

‘ keep. out dust and
rain. TheSplash Oil-
ing stem constantly
, floods every bearing with oil, pre-
venting Wear and enabling the
' mill to pump in the lightest breeze.
ebil supply 1. renewed once a year

1 ou le Gears are used, each carrying hall: the load.
We makeI Gasoline Engines, Pumps, Tanks,
Water Suppl py Goods and Steel Frame Saws.

Writs IEIMOTOR 00.. 2500 Twelfth St, chicago

 

 
 
  
  

 

      
   

    
 
 
  
  
   
 

  

~ “iii.“ Silo

Build your silo to last as
long as you live to run
at term. Durable tile-—
,ést cost only cost. "Ship-
lap”blocks—stronger
Lessmortuexposed—silage
cities and to e a better.
sl‘wiated steel re nforcinz—
”writ?! root‘steel chute.
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\war fought and lost, as well as her mental attitude changed toward all wars.

HE FEDERAL AID ACT was ed by Congress in 1218. in answer
to an almo universal demand throughout the United States for
rederal aidr in building the nations highways. Under the provisions
oi this act an appropriation of seventy-live million dollars was made.
or this amount $5, 000, 000 was to be available during the fiscal year 1917
and an increasing amount each year until 1-921, when $25 000. 000 would
be available. It was made conditional that each state receiving aid shOuld
contribute an amount equal to that drawn from the national treasury.
Uncle Sam thus pledged himsglf to build rbads on a nifty-fifty basis.
No doubt the war had much to do with the very startling statement in
recent reports to the effect that less than forty-five miles of road has been
constructed and accepted under the Federal Aid Act. The appropria-
tions thus far made by Congress to aid in road building has now reached
$18, 000, 000 and will pass the $200, 000,000 marl: within the next four
years. It would seem from these figures that Uncle Sam has been indeed
generous, and that it is up to the several states to ,make good their
“bluff” that good roads would be censtructed if the Federal Government
would lend a hand.
The farmers of Michigan should study well the proposed amendment
to the constitutidn oi the state, which would permit the issuing of road
bonds. Before the State of Michigan can get one dollar for road build-
ing from the national treasury she must promise to match this amount
with a dollar from her own treasury. This appears eminently fair, and .
now that the war is over, there will no doubt be a rush for the Govern-
ment’s half of each dollar expended. Minnesota is asking for sixty mil-
lion dollars; California is asking for a hundred million, and other states
have the matter under consideration.

Tl‘ere is a limit to the amount that may be secured from the Gov-
ernment, and it would seem the part of wisdom for Michigan to get busy
and start her good roads program without delay. It is true that the
farmer is not the only one benefited by good roads, but it is equally true
that good roads mean more to the farmer than to the manufacturer or
city dweller. The system of good roads proposed would not reach the
door of every farmer, but it would place every farm within a short dis-
tance from a trunk line, and the distance from his home to this line could
be easily cared for through our present liberal and efficient road laws.

.No question now before the farmers of Michigan is of more impor-
tance than the good roads amendment. The time for considering the
question is limited, and yet any voter’seeking information can get
squared away long before election day, it he will do less talking and dis-
cussing and secure the real facts. If Michigan ever expects a system of
good roads, the time to act is now. We borrow money to build homes
that we might enjoy them while living. I see no reason why we should
not borrow money to build roads that we may use them while living,
though our children may also be required to help pay for the good roads
they are privileged to enjoy after we have left our “fliver” and gone
hence because of a “bad liver." Think it over, brother.

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PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE WAR IS NOT OVER

RUE, GERMANY as an armed enemy of civilization does not at ,this

momentcause unrest among the nations of the world. She has signed

the armistice; turned over a greater part of her war machines, and the
army is partly demobilized. She is asking for mercy and awaiting the terms
of the Peace Conference but at heart is unrepentant and unreformed.

Surely the" reports from the German prese would lead to no other conclu-
sion. Her soldiers marched back home; were welcomed by the populace and
found things in town, village and country-side just as they were when they
marched away in July, 1914. A striking contrast to the home-coming is that
of the soldiers of France and poor, stricken Belgium.

An American writer says: “Germany apparently is not sorry ior out-
aged, pillaged Belgium and Northern France; for the brutalities practised by
her military dictators; for the millions of lives lost in opposing her organ-
ized raiders and plunderers; on the other hand she really seems proud ‘0!
her medals given for U-boat sinkings and the Lusitania and other cold-
blooded murders. " .

The American people must not go to sleep; German propagandists are
still among us. The cost in blood and treasure has been too great and we
shall be wise indeed if we keep our national lines taut, while Germany is
stripped of her power and those responsible for the world conflict have paid
the extreme penalty. We don’t want the German military tribe to change
their skin and then pose as a republic.

It is to be regretted that in the light of certain recent events. that Ger-
many was not obliged to take some of the medicine of her owu gun cotton;
something of an “eye for an eye" order. But perhaps this savors of revenge;

nevertheless our soldier boys now sleeping where the poppies grow “over
there” asked us to “carry on, " and we must do it at all hazards, until the en-
emy is made powerless forever.

We fought to make the world safe for Democracy. therefore Germany must
not be turned loose until she is tried, bound, defenceless and penalized for
damages inflicted, and what is most needed is evidence of penitence, sorrow
for her wrong— —doings and the German mental attitude changed toward the

Let us remember “Over Here” until it is all over “over there.”
II It i

Up in the “Thumb” of Michigan there’s a Wheel within a wheel. A:
big condensary wants milk, and they can’t get milk unless. the farmers
keep cows. So a lesser wheel goes down into another state and buys cows
These cows are sold the farmer who gives a chattle mortgage in payment,
and the chattle mortgage is paid through turning over the milk checks
received tor milk delivered at the condensary. There you have the old
merry-go- round, “buy more land to feed more begs to buy more land to
feed more hogs. " But why let the other ielldws buy the cows? Here’s
a place where a few farmers could buy their own cows and have the sat-
isfaction of knowing, at least, what the cows cost; that require the
mortgage, to get the milk to turn over the milk-check to pay for the cow
that the condensary bought. Perhaps you donit un-

 

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-‘with any large quantities. They are
holding off in hopes of getting Argen-

“u”

prices.
not be so great a' surplus of, Wheat
‘as at first supposed is growing. What
the spring acreage may be is yet in
doubt. It is almost certain that many
acres usual-1y planted to corn will be

_ . turned over to wheat this spring.
1 Michigan farmers will do well to
a ‘ watch this situation closely. If good

seed can be obtainedva’nd planting con-

ditions are favorable, it may pay the

> Michigan farmer to plant more corn

and less wheat. The world has a plea-

titu-de of wheat. There is a shortage

-0! live stock and live stock feed. COrn

- . prices should be good next year and
' ' - . the established wheat price will have
t . an effect of keeping up corn prices.
Corn will be in great demand both in

our: own country and in Europe. Mich-

igan is neither an ideal

, spring wheat state; it's about a toss-
’ ' .up between the two, .but this year, we
’ believe the odds are in favor of corn.

 

   

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The fluctuations in the corn market

are so frequent that prices we quote

' today may be incorrect by the time
this issue reaches you. There has been

a steady the small advance in corn

.. prices for a week. The belief that hog

' prices will remain practically 'the

‘ same for March as February: the de-
' , cision of many farmers to plant
' , '. spring wheat instead of corn; the re-
- , meal of producers to sell at present
prices, have all been bullish factored,

(and may succeed in maintaining the

present corn prices. There is the same

uncertainty about the corn market

that has existed since the war closed.

No radical declines or advances are

'noted, and this condition 'may be ex-

cted to continue until such time as

6 European countries begin to bid

in earnest for Ainerican food pro-

‘ I

ducts. It is announced'that strikes in
. Argentine are holding up the ship-
“ ments of grains from 'that country,
, _ and that threatening strikes in Great
Britain will speed up her demands for

American products. .

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

6 ,.
.. . no 3mm. 61 :59 :61
I . - e.4White , so , .58 .65
2 ' , For the first time in many months.
__' ‘3 the cats market has refused to follow

the corn market. . The demand for
1’ = oats is poor. .The knowledge that
'* v' ,, there is a huge crop influences deal-

‘ ers to buy from hand to mouth and
this week prices are quoted slightly
lower. ' ' ,

  
  

nce‘ of four cents per bush-

"t. ' 'llas...,b'een sustain-
activity. .Some
and

  

. tine and Australia wheat at lower" .
The conviction that there will.

corn. n0r ’

. : American wheat is in good demand; .
7,”. butlthe. buyers are not stocking up“

 

 

 

 

 

Grains steady. .

uncertainty makes hog market erratic.

 

 

DETROIT—Potatoes slowly strengthening. Eggs lower but trading active.

firm;
. CHICAGO—Hay firm and advancing.
ing: in beans. Grains firms, with higher corn prices in prospect. March hog price

NEW YORK—Hay firm, higher prices expected. Potatoes in better
prices :gflj'ghtly higher. Apples and onions Hold firmness.

Potatoes firmer and higher, Little do-

 

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able hay left in some section-s, but
there are many others that have less

than usual. The future is hard to >

foretell, due to the reticence of con-
sumers.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 1 Standard
”h“ Timothy mum
Detroit 20 50 27 00 25 u :0 00 ’4
Chicago 2‘ 00 28 00 25 00 27 00
CHM“ 30 25 30 75 29 50 30 00
M 30 00 30 50 29 00 30 00
"WYOI'E 28 00 30 00 27 00 2, M .
m w florists Choice round E Round Whit.
lil “6-1 GMI“ 30.1 - g Bulk
' . i ever ever , r
Isleslt‘ "fiuz‘i'uuu $002450 2500 Dunn i.7s an. m m,
Chisels 1400 2500”“ 24001100 2300 Chicago 1.70 1.70
Clldlltli 27 00 28 00 17 00 27 50 2350 24 50 MI!“ I.“ l, 5
nab-ul- as so 29 oo 28 so 29 oo 28 on 28 so Harm; 2.03 1,9.
New York 25 00 27 00 22 00 24 00 Z! 00 23 00 Pittsburgh 2.00 I Loo
Rich-end « .
The Detroit hay market 18 firm, are higher. Prices have advanced at

with little trading. Receipts are small
and demand fairly active. The Hay
Trade Journal gives the hay condi-
tions for week ending March lst as
follows: .‘

,. “The amount of hay moving mar-
ketward this week is lighter than it
has been at any time in months and
stocks on hand have worked down
very low. —Shippers’ stocks are pretty
well exhausted, although there is still
some high priced hay held back.
Farmers did not take kindly to the
lower prices and held off for some
time, but reports indicate that ship-
p'ers are now purchasing again,.a1-

. though not in a large way because of

' judgment.

/

the uncertainty of the general situa-
tion. Offerings are firmly held and
values have made substantial gains
during the week. Reports as to the
amount of hay still available are con-
flicting. ~There seems to be consider-

Cheer up, spud growers, potatoes

nearly all points with the exception
of Detroit. where the market is still
in a 'more or less unsatisfactory con-
dition. It is very evident that sup-
plies both in shippers’ and growers’
hands in many sections are being
cleaned up and a stronger tone is ex-
pected from now on. Farmers should
pray for a couple weeks of cold weath—
er. A short spell of freezing weather
would put “pep” into the potato mar-
ket and shoot prices up several
notches. Despite this extraordinarily
warm weather, the situation is en-
couraging. '

This week we received the follow-
ing letter from a Kent county sub-
scriber:

"I notice what you say about pota-
toes this week. ,Now, as I am a bit
of a sport will tell you what I will do
if you dare go me. I say potatoes will
go to $2 before the season is over. If
they do not I pay you $3 ‘(for the

 

 

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The Menth 5 Market and F manual Revrew
ITH SLIGHT variations, there is and always will be a direct ratio
between the prosperity of those who produce and those who consume.

Therefore, the financial condition of manufacturers and commercial—
ists are of interest to farmers, just as the financial conditions of farmers are

1109

of interest to the commercialists.

fio long as the cities are prosperous the

farmer may feel reasonably sure of a profitable market for the bulk of his

produce; .
means a panic in agricultural circles.
the business barometer.

The month of February has passed
in the business of the nation.

barring large over-production;

but a panic in business circles
So keep your eye, Mr. Farmer, on

into oblivion with scarcely a tremor

The month was generally looked forward to

with a great deal of apprehension; and many business failures were pre—
' dicted, which did not, however, materialize to the extent expected.

,In the survey made by theNational Bank of Commerce of Detroit, 20
per cent of its correspondents reported business conditions for February

above normal; 30 per cent, normal; 50

per cent below normal. 49 per cent

reported conditions improving; 38 ‘per cent, stationary; 23 per cent, declin-

ing.

ities. The greatest declines were in

The month~ witnessed a gradual decline-in prices of most farm commod-

butter and eggs; there were slight

declines in potatoes; advances in apples and onions; declines in most grains;
practically stationary prices in live stock. »
Export trade for February while apparently showing an increase over

January did not come up to expectations.

exports of farm products.

Particularly was this true of the

Manipulations of various markets during normal

marketing ‘seasons have caused irreparable harm, to these markets, and
delayed the marketing of many important crops causing great loss to

producers.

It is with a feeling of confidence and optimism that the American people
enter the months of March. Nearly everyone held his breath during Feb—

ruary, and nothing happened.

The world moved -on just the same, with

few people much poorer or richer than at the end of January. With their
fears thus quieted and the real financial strength of the nation exhibited,
it looksas ifeveryone would throw gloom and pessimism to the winds, roll

.I ”up hissleeves and start in with a vim on the great work of reconstruction.

The month of March opened with advancing prices on almost all farm

commodities,

Which) have been sustained thruout the first week.

The

weather is still against‘the farmer, and it is surprising to all that prices

held to their presentlevel.

But there is nothing now to indicate thatthere

will be any'material decline in’ these prices.

There is talk of great-activity in industrial circles.

Manufacturers are

preparing‘t‘o increase their outputs; builders are placing contracts; the

number of unempoyed is oaths; decrease,

Farmers-.should‘plan 't‘o'rfthe- coining ‘season with the utmost care and

to the kinds of farm produce that-Will

to the. safest crannies ~

  

,It’will be easy‘ito <ove'r1pr6duce, and we are not yet certain as

belingreatest demand and smallest

. supply. next fall. ’ Nora-re We .altcigethersure that the 1918—19 a ccumula-
to permit forming unintelligensopim

 

know, didn’t begin to pay expenses.

‘bers of California hold 2,934,000 3..

' of the season is expected to be abnor'

  
  

names of three subscribers he sell .
with his letter). If they do you sen _
the, paper gratis. . .3:

"We have about 15 papers coming;
to our place, all farm papers but one
-so you. can see I have a chance to;
keep pretty well posted. I keep tab on ,
the potato crop from start to finishsk:
Number of acres planted, condition. r,
all through the season and final yield f:
in the Fall. What ails potatoes nowrg
is this: A year ago the best price .
was early in the season before they *'
sprung the grading racket on to us. ,

“This last Fall farmers remember-
ing how they came out the year be- .V
fore rushed their crop to market as
fast as possible and the weatherbes
ing favorable all the time up to now
they have kept that right up.- The
wonder is that we have any market at
all now. -
“The .last crop in the south; as you

  

 
   
   
   
 

 
 

 
     
     
 

 
 
  
   
   
  
  
    
    
  
   
   
  
  
    
  
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
  
   
   
    
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
   
    
   
  
 
 
  
  
   
   
   
  
 

Result, 50% cut in acreage for 1919.
Prospects are, Virginia will do the
same and there you are. '

“Tell me, if you can, why potatoes
will not go out high at end of the sea-
son? I really think. though I "‘das-
sent” say it right out loud, that they
will finish way above $2, Winter kill:
ing of grain will cause an excitement
I think later on which will affect the
the price of potatoes to a considera-
ble extent. ,

“Here is another forecast I wish to
make and it is coming just as sure a!
the sun rises and sets. ’Tis this: ,If
the Government continues letting the
farmers be dominated by the Rocke-
efellers, Packers, and other monied
interests it will not be long before
every state in the union will be con-
trolled by the Non-Partisan League.
You see if I am not right."

We can't refrain from accepting
such a tempting offer. While we don’t
believe that potatoes will go to $2 a
bushel, We do believe that they will be
higher than they are now. Anyway
it’s a good bet. We take you up, old
sport, and if potatoes do go to 52- a
bushel. the editor will pay those $3
out of his own jeans, and be glad of
the privilege of celebrating such _a
happy development at so small a cost.

 

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
C. HI. 7.75 6.75 7.50
Prime 7.00 6.00 7.00
Red Kidnevs. 10.25 1150 11.50 /

 

 

 

 

The bean market has not reacted.
to the government purchases as rap-
idly or to as great an extent as‘hoped
and believed. The mere announce-
ment that the government would buy
strengthened the market for a time, .
but there has been a slight slump of-
25 cents on the Detroit market since,
and therewis a most discouragingly.
easy tone to the situation. Prices at
local buying points have been stimu-
lated only a little, as most of the
elevators are filled up with beans
bought at" the $8 price, which they
naturally want to move on the gov—
ernment order before buying any
more. We are unable to advise at
this time how soon the government
expects to complete its purchase of
these beans. It is possible that the
effect of their buying is yet to come
in which event the prices would nat—
urally tend higher.

Ever and always we must keep'
in mind that there are enormous
quantities of beans in the hands of
growers 'of western states and the
market is bound to be a slow and,
unsatisfactory one until the major-
ity of these beans are moved. It is
estimated that the buyers and job: .

  
   
    
   
 

bags of beans; that in the hands of:
the organized growers there are still)
500,000 bags of white beans and.
800,000 of limas. Idaho, Colorado
New Mexico, and the Orient, all have
large quantities yet to,dispo'se '0‘
The demand for beans the bale."

   
   
 

  
   
     
   

 
  

many large, but the supply is
abnormally large, and then:
We now know that only th
marketing of-beans,‘ by

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But mummm

.Amtu stools More‘s-imam
. To gate the Redeeswr‘e throbbing

That bird “6 what she could; His blood,

'tie
a. dried her tender bosom red.

Since then, no wanton “boy disturbs her nest,
Weasel nor wild cat will her young molest;-

All sacred deem the bird of ruddy breast "
. O O O
ERY SOON now the birds will lie-return-
ing from the south to build their nests and
welcome their little families. We always
greet them as the harbingers of spring, but
what do we do to keep them with us, to pro-
' tect them and their young during the breeding
’season?
Millions of birds are killed every year by cats,
as shown by actual census, and yet the birds are

. the greatest destroyers'of insects and weeds.

upon which the birds depend for their main sup-
ply of food. True, there may be a short season

' when cherries are ripe when Mr. Robin Wants

.to have his share, but which would you rather
lose a bushel of cherries from your tree or a

V whole field of grain which can be lost in a short

time when gthe cut-worm gets to work, and the
cut worm is the favorite food of Mr. Robin red
breast, as shown by actual test.

Many farm homes house as many as six cats,
and it would be an interesting subject to com—
pare their loss through insects with that of the

 

farm home where the fa u ly cat was a thing of
thepast. Kittie may kill a ew rats or mice for
you, but a mouse trap with a bit of cheese is
far cheaper and cleaner than Tabby. A single
bird often eats more than 100 insects at a sin-
gle meal and sometimes consumes several thous-

and small insects, and the bird will not spread,

disease, while the cat is'known to be one of the
worst carriers of disease known. And the birds
that are destroyed by the cats are mainly of the
species that are most common about gardens,
orchards and fields.

It is the mother in the home who shall say
whether or not she will have cats or birds, and
it is the mother who will influence her children
to help the birds care for their young, rather
than to destroy their nests. The study of birds
their habits, food, and for the boys the building
of bird houses is very interesting. There are
many bird houses which can be built by the
average boy right on the farm with the mater-
ials he has at hand, a few of which we are show-
ing. Children become intensely interested in
the study, especially if they learn to tell the dif-
ferent birds by their plumage and their calls.
If interested in this subject and you desire
further information, just write to the Home De-
(MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM-

 
 

Edited byMABEL CLARE LKDD

men are going about telling you what good tel-7

, lows they really are. but do not be deceived, it’s
only another form of political graft. Be sure
you know all about the man for whom was

would cast your vote, not what he claims to be.’
but what he is; what he has stood for in the
past. for we are going to be watched now very, '

closely.
Surely the old order of things has passed

“away, and Very blind is that politician who will

not smilingly concede this point and adopt him-
self to the new way of doing business.

 

NAME YOUR FARM ,
N THE EAST a large proportion of the farms

are named, and in the west the ranches are,

named, but we who are just between the
two have not seemed to pay much attention to
this showing of individuality A neat sign hung
above the driveway, or placed above the mail

box, serves to attract attention to the farm, and ‘

most especially so if that name conveys some
idea of what the farm, specializes in. For in-

 

 

“ROBIN, THOU SINGEST ALL DAY"

ROBIN, thou singest at break of day!
Robin thou singest all day]

Where are the sorrows—the tears of today——- ‘

Where all the grtcfe of dead yesterday!

Flown like the thistledown, for far away

Over the shadowy void astral/l

Robin, thou singest all day!

Teach me thy song a] Love,
Robin,1 pray!

Peace. hope and faith from above,
Robin, oh stay!

Guide my soul ever to love,
Robin, thy lay!

Heavenly blessings enough

My prayers repay.

Robin, thou singcst at twilight hour—-
Robin, with sweet soothing power, -

0/ a theme sublime—of a peace divine—
In the mellow light of the day’s decline,
OI dreams that entwinc in the silence of time
And love, love love in perfect rhyme——
Robin thou singect all day. ——Ross Wonz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

stance, on a farm where a large herd of dairy
cattle are kept, and this farm is rolling, as it
often is, a very suggestive name would be
"Dairy Dale Farm. ” No ‘one passing would fail
to know that the owner of the place was an up-
to- date farmer and that he was a specialist in
his line—a business farmer, if you please.

If the farm boasts a maple grove. then "Maple
Ridge, " or "Maple Dell, " are pretty and appro—
priate names, while if the farm is a large one
and the view an especially fine one, “Fair
Acres" is a distinguishing name. A: farm that
boasts a fine peach orchard might depart from
theregular form a bit and name it the “Peach
Blow.” Every other business‘advertises
goods, why not the farmers" wives, for it is us-
ually up to the women and children of the farms
to start something like the above, theman of
the house thinking he is too busy to bother with
these things. However, we notice the men like
the looks of the attractive farm home and yard
quite as well as the women, so with the rest

_of the planting for spring why not get an indi-

vidual name for your farm home and when the
yard is cleaned up this spring, add the farm
name.

 

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some other as and just know that you hsdi
”seen it somewhere,” and only wish you had

kept it? A new scrap been at the book store.

doesn't cost much,‘ bait you can make one at 4
home which will answer the purpose in a crude
way by taking some large book which you are

V not using and cut out every other page, leaving.

about one inch margin on the leaf Which you
cut out, so that the book won't come apart.
Now classify this book, putting games. eta, in

. one section, hints on how to arrange vegetables , , ‘7 H

and fruits for the county fair in another, for
almost always right' after the fair there are.
plenty of good suggestions with pictures avail-
able, but it is nearly a year tbsfore' you will want
to use them. Then there are the special holi-
days which we celebrate, and the material can
well be clipped and saved for the following year.

Then, too, there are the bits of poetry which
we would like to read again Really, some one
has said that you could tell the character of a .
person if you could read their scrap book clip-
pings, or their diary.

 

WHAT HAVE YOU TO summer?

I want your help for I would be glad to
find a pattern suitable for a' big girl, in years
old, but 16 inch size; has 86-inch bust, and is
above five feet tall. I would be grateful to the
editor of this department or to other mothers
for suggestions as to how to dress children
large for their age. ——Mr:. E. A. 0.. South Lyons.

. Michigan.

O O .0 I

NDERseparate cover we are making some

suggestions as to patterns to this subscrib-

er, and would suggest that she buy ma-
terial for spring with a strips; the striped gins?
hams are beautiful for spring, and then if it
is made in the long straight lines so favored V
this spring. the tendency will be to lengthen
out the lines of your daughter and make her
appear more slight. Be sure and not choose a
pattern with a‘ peplin, 'with sashes or that. is
very closely fitted, as these would not be be-,:
coming to this child. However, the style which
favorsthe apron effect, if it drops from-githe
shoulders and extends almost to the hem of" the
skirt in back and front with a straight panel
front is both youthful and pretty. What have
our readers to suggest to help this reader?

COMES WITH HERSPINNING WHEEL
. I have never written to this department be~
fore, but I am“ coming with my spinningjwh‘eel
to help Mrs. H. H., of Bayshore, Mich” as I
have done some spinning last winter for one-
half or one dollar per. pound. Now I do not
know if this is right or not, but the neighbors
were glad to give this amount for spinning. We
have been readers of M B. F. and like it very
much, as it seems to be fighting for the farm~

ers’ rights. ——Mrs. Wm. Behrcns, Mason county

 

 

 

 

 

LESSONS ‘IN HOME COOKING;

(Conducted by Miss Elizabeth Mathew the
Valle Oi ty 00., who will answer mall questions
asks if they are sent her in care of this department).

DESSERTS
No- matter how often we decide not to have
desserts I think we all agree that the family
likes them and sooner or later we go

 

 

 

 

me)‘ and I shall be glad to give you ,
more complete information than
space will permit here.

WOMEN IN POLITICS
ALK ABOUT due deference not
being shown women if they were ‘
accorded the right to vote—-did

you ever receive so much attention

from the men in politics in your life,
as you have within 'the past month?

rely_ merely on hearsay; V‘ that she
stands for. what is right and honor-~
able and therefore, theofllce—seeking

 
     
 
 
 

back to them; for I believe we all
like to leave the table with the taste
of a good dessert in our mouths. Just
what that dessert shall be depends
, upon two things—the family and
what you have served for. the balance
.of the meal. If the meal has .been a
hearty one then the dessert should be
. a light one, while if the meal has been
light in character a hearty dessert
can beeaten.» ~
But an 2; the season when eggs

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6 6d proportion > ‘

”manned recipe of
three 6333 to a pint

, But eggs Wer6 cheaper in .

ye. ,j Probably {a shorter of

_ :6 sugar for each can of milk,‘
more it ampby sweet for most _

midi: Have the balance of ,

ilk‘rf hot and stir into it the

,.and stir c6nstantly until a
ting forms :66 the spoon.; Then
renew instantly from the hot water.
Flavor to taste.-. Be caretui not to
adult £66 long for it you do the egg
rattle and tbs custard is not
both, and remember one can never

“ ncooh an egg.
' are used in the custard it probably
.__4Iill be somewhat smoother

 

 

 

 

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than.

 

ltd
.v-give’ ‘a pleasant fla- .

the ustard can be cured
beaten well
eater and then the
n Whites beaten in. This
“ ry light frothy custard.
It one wants a firm custard it
must be baked; Use the same pro-

’ portions oi egg and milk as given

above; set the custard in a dish of

hot water and put into a very slow
. oven.

The water in the dish must
not boil or the custard becomes too
hot. Flavor a baked custard with
a few gratings of nutmeg. If bak-

‘ed in cups or individual dishes it is

more easily managed than in a large
dish.

The question of using cornstarch
for part of the eggs is one that

every woman must’ decide for her-.

self but she ought to know just
what she is doing when she changes.
Two level teaspoonfuls of corn-

.starch’ '- have practically the same

thiokéning ,‘properties as one egg
has. but their similarity ends right
there. As said before an egg is a
protein or a body-building food and
contains besides some valuable min-
eral salts. Cornstarch. isa cereal
product and a pure carbohydrate or
energy-producing food. An

th the"

988

‘ "puddings is the fact
61 so frequently are not sui-

‘ ‘ flciently cooked.-
. inane man on oonnsrancn

» n 6
over hot .
i thickens. a
fiteen' or twenty 'min-
prov the flavor. Flav-
pour to a cold wet mold
en.

You will mmsth somethingm to serve with

this used
ened cream, erW mlilkma'y avored with
a. or nutmeg cream. or
soft custard are
The pudding itself can be varied in
ways ust before pouring nto the
.osome broken nutmeats may‘
Org-gait a square of ohoooia
a cave
in. dAi chocolate is1 bitter add more sug-
ar an also an extra tables nful of
cornstarch for on have aded more
liquid than: u ding. If you wish Jo use
cocoa cup of cocoa soalde with
a bit of boi ng water will giv about
lthte same flavor as the square 0 choco-
a e.

h. 006:
constantly unti
minutes. thou
utes' cooking
or to
to

man

Peanut Brittle

Bell 1% our granulated sugar, 34 cup
of Karo and 8 cup of water until brit-
tle in cold water. Add 2 tablespoons
butter and 1 cup peanuts. Stir thorough-
ly. then add 1 teaspoonful soda dissolved
in a tablespooni'ul of cold water, and stir
vigorously. When the mixture is through
foaming, turn onto an oiled platter and
let cool a little.' Then turn it with a

Don’t Scold
Your Wife

1 In the first places good many wives won’t be scolded.

Then again, the vast majority do not deserve to be.

Furthernfore, wives as 'a general thing, are more nearly living

their responsibilities than are husbands.
Besides scolding anybody is a bad practice and generally result in in»

will, bad feeling, and a lot of other disagreeable things.

Betterya great deal, buy her

Lily White

“The Flour the best Cooks Us‘e”

oht water an pour -

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1-.:._n_

(Nos 2758— 2763-—

 

Lndies‘

a lower 6 e is shot: M. “Yflrflz.
separate pa am

No. MISS—Girl! Dress. noggin
esx 8,10 12 and 14 2mm
require 3% yards of 4. inch material

No. 2519—Ladies’ Kimono. Cu t l
sizes: Il. 32-34‘ Medium, 264,
Large, 40— 4 and Eixtra
inches bust measure. Size Me ium4. will
require 5% ards for full len -land ‘

yard lss or sack length. 88-1 ,

mater!

No. 22746—Ladies’ Skirt. Mai?
sizes: 2,2 24, 28 28, 30 82 and 3 g -
waistm slur? Bisez 24 will re uire 8
yards of non matelri
skirt at lower edge, isl 1
No. 2602—Ladiess 'Dres
sizes: 8 , it, 44 and 46
inches bust measure. 0Blue 88 will re-
uire 5 yards of 44- inch material. The
1green measures about 2% yards at the

Cut in 7

No. flfi—Glrls' Dress. Cut in 6 sizes: ‘
8,10, and 14 years. Size 8 requires
3%, yards of 44- inch material.

No 2766——Ladies’3 4Apron. Cut
sizes. Small , 3 Medium,
Large, 40- 42; ant-13 4Extra. Large, 44-4‘
inches bust measure Size 38 reguires
3% yards of 36 inch material The leeve
protectors require % yard.

No. 2746—Ladies' Waist. Cut in 7
sizes. 84, 86, 38 40 42, 44 and 46 inch
bust measure. Size 68 requires 2% yar .
of 40 inch material.

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and give, her a real chance to show you what she can do in the [way of
providing you with good things to eat.
She can do it with LILY WHITE FLOUR, and don’t you forget it.

. And you will discover that you have one of the best cooks in the land.

In fact you will have to watch yourself or. you will be bragging just a
little bit» aboutwhat good things you have to eat at your house.

Now bragging in’a way is all right.

For instance tell your wife first

what a good cook she is and how much you appreciate her, and your
friends afterwards. .
Don’t, toll your friends and depend upon them to tell your wife; they
might forget,- and your wife deserves to be told—by you.

inon't scold her. say her LILY wHIrs FLOUR instead.

 

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EAR CHILDREN: So many of
" you “little. folks have taken
' such an interest in'Longfeliow,
t e Children’s-Poet, that I have de-
fiided‘to give a little more space this
weekto a story of this peet. He
was born February 27th, 1807, and
:d’i‘ed“March 24th, 1882, .long before
gem of our little folks were alive,
.butinasmuch as his birthday and
Lthe day of his death came right at
-‘ this season, it is a good time for us
’ to learn something more of him.

' ‘ t O l

3 - N Cambridge, Massachusetts, there
‘ - stands, on a quiet street, a large
old house, famous the country

. j‘Poet.” Longfellow loved children
. above“ all else. Many of his best
: oems were written for and about
, is little friends who used to come
.- 40 visit him and beg for his signa—
ture in their autograph albums. Of
his many poems perhaps the best
beloved by children is “The Village

Blacksmith.” This blacksmith was

a real man who lived on a real street

near a real spreading chestnut tree.

Longfellow loved the old tree with

its great branches and when the
street in which the tree grew was
about to be widened by the city of-
flcials it was decided to cut the chest-
nut tree down.

The poet was among the loudest
protesters but in vain. Much to his
sorrow the tree was felled and
mourning filled the hearts of all the
Cambridge children, who, like the
poet, had learned to love the chest-
nut tree from beneath which:

“..-..ohildren coming home from school
Look in at the open door;

And the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing floor."

of the Smithy’s famous shop. Then

some of Longfellow's friends con-

ceived a great idea. In secret they

, went to the school children of Cam-
’j' bridgeand told them of their plan.
\It was to have a large arm-chair
carved from the wood of the old tree.
The children thought that this was
a beautiful idea, and each child con—
tributed ten cents to have the chair
made. As there were nearly a thous-
and of them they collected quite a
sum, and had a handsome chair made
designed by Longfellow’s nephew.
The wood was ebonized so that it
was very black and it had chestnut
leaves carved upon it.

The poet knew nothing at all of
the surprise that was in store for
him, and when he walked into his
study on the morning of. his seven—
ty-second birthday, on, February 27,
just forty years ago, there stood the
beautiful chair for which the boys
and girls (they are all grown men

 

 

 

 

and women now) had saved their
pennies. Beneath the leather cush-
ion is a» brass plate bearing the fol-
loWing inscription: ’

To
The Aluthor
.' ' o " \
“The Village, Blacksmith”,

6 chair, made from the wood of the
Spreading Chestnut Tree, is

   

presents.
as»:

  

 

 

atiover as the home of “the Children's . ‘

. old’and live. (in an 90

signal fie sgmhip ‘af ' ,

    

(Send en Stories and lettersfor'gthisfbep’t dines-to

THE campaign ’61- omnibus:
who with their Mond- . Join in best
wishes and «munitions

this anniversary, .
February 21th. 1879.
Every child that'came to the house

to see the I?” was allowed to dose, ,

and for any. days the house was
full of children who had come to see
their gift to their beloved poet and
friend. Many children sat in the
chair, just to try it out, and Long-
fellow encouraged their coming. He
had copies of “The Village Black-
smith,” printed and gave a copy to
each child. ‘

 
 

~All his live hekept 'a‘warm spot
in his heart for his. little friends. His
last visitors Were two little boys
from "Boston who had came to ask
for his autograph. in their album;
and one of the last letters that Long-
fellow ever wrote _was- to a little
girlwho had written a poem about
him on his last birthday.
Longfellowhdied March 24th, 1882,
but his memory will live in the
hearts of children forever, for he
wasthe children’s poet, and child-
ren the~ world ever love him and rev-
erence his name. .
Affectionately yours, “LADDIE.'

I

Sleepy Time Steries

Written especially for Michigan Business Farming

T WAS in the early summer and

Jack and his little sister Edith

were playing in the shade, while‘
their mother was busy cooking and
baking'in the kitchen near where
the children were playing. “Edith,"
called her mother, “I wish you would
take this basket and go down to the
orchard and gather it. full of those
nice harvest apples. I want to make
a couple of pies for dinner.” “Can't
Jack help me?” asked Edith. “Yes,
I am sure that Jack will be glad to
go and help you pick up the apples
and carry the basket to the house,”
replied the mother. So the two
children started out on their errand.

In order not to have to climb the
fence or open the gate, the children
thought they would crawl under the
fence, for they were not very large,
you know. As they crawled under
the fence Edithnoticed a whole lot
of little black ants crawling rapidly
toward their little hm, which was
their home. One of the ants was
tugging at a huge crumb, or at
least it‘seem'ed huge for such a tiny

little ant to be pulling. Soon an-
other ant joined his broth-

er, then another and still (If
another until as many as 155 3‘

could surround the crumb
had taken hold and were
helping to pull this parti—
cle of food to their home.
“Oh, let’s watch the ants,"
said Edith to Jack, “How
do you suppose they ever
hope to get enough for a
meal when there are so
many of them and they
travel so far for their
food?" Just then the lead-
er of the ant family an-
swered: “We always feed
our family and there are
never any hungry little
mouths at our home. But
we all work, and we all
help each other. You never
see us sitting in the sun,
doing nothing. We are
just as busy as we can be
all the day long. and if the
load is too heavy for one,
we call on others to help
us, and we never quarrel
about it, for we would lose
time then. Sometimes we

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carry~a load several times our size,
because there are so many of us to
do' it. ‘ If we tried to bring home
our food alone we wouldn't succeed.”

Just then came a clear voice from
the house, calling Edith. “Where
are my apples, dear? Don’t you know
that themen will be up to dinner
and the pies won’t be cool if, you
don’t hurry?” Hastily the children
scampered to their feet, filled the
basket and started for the house.
It was not until they were within
sight of their mother that they stop-
~ped long enough to discuss what
they had just seen. “Isn’t it funny
what .big things Just little ants can
do?” said Jack. “Yes," replied

< Edith. “You know father talks about

co-operating or Working together so
much, and I have always wondered
what he meant, but I know now, for
that is why the Ants can do so
much." And mother didn't scold
when she came to take the basket of
apples, for she had heard what the
children Were talking about and
knew they had learned a more beau-
tifullesson than they could have,
even in shooi.

  
   
   
 

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Letters from 0111' Boys and Girls

 

 

 

Dear Laddie—I am afirl 12 years old.
I am in the 7th grade. go to the East
Side school. My teacher's name 13 Mar-
guerite Carrol. I like her very much. I

live on a farm of 8.0 acres. Myl father‘
owns 120 acres of land. We ave 12
cows, seven of which. we are milking.

Their names are 01d Vhone, Alma. Cher-v.
r , Brindle Daisy, Meggy, Peggy, Ruby,
Jigger, Nellie, and Jenny. We have 17
calves, three horses, Fred, Benn and Nan-
oy. We have 12 pigs and 40 hens. I
have three sisters and one brother, Their
name are Vera, who is 1 , . aged
two, oroth ,'8 months, and,Maurice, 5.
We have a 0rd car. I like the D00 Dad

very much. My father takes the M, B. F.
and likes'it .v much. I will give an a
riddle. "'What k ad of tables has no ogs?’
Ans, Multiplication table. ' letter is
getting ion so I will close—— ilda Hen-
nen, West ranch, Mich. * “

 

     
  

   
  

Dear Laddies—I am a little y. 6 ms
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f gig and boils;
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cows. I have a dog named Tige and a
cat named Susie. I have four brothers and .
one sister. Their names are Ronald, Wilw
Ilclam, Jamesl,tI-Iugih, and Kathryn. Hope
0 see my e er n print—Francis Mc-
Donald, St. Charles, Mich” ’

Dear Laddie—I have read the boys’
and girls’ letters in the M. B. F., so I
thought I would write too. I live four
miles from town. I am 8 years old and .
am in the 8d grade. I have a good teach-
er. Her name is Ione Bacheller. I have
one brother who goes to high school at
Grant. My brother and I have some nice
pets, two white rabbits and one 'red, 3.
big yellow dog named Carlo, and a cat,
named Cotton, two goldfish, and 1. Mile}:
vponywvhose name ‘wis Kitty. I would be
yet? giad'to hear, from some of the M.
Bi, , _girls.—-Earma Fern Kohler, Grant,
Mich. ,- , ‘ 1 '_
,-.Dee.r. Laddie—«I have been reading the.

ism 1.1m ' in 1.
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'_ and 18 hogs,
Well,

. Club.

, grade is the Brick school.

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01443.1 Leslie, and little Clarence, the -
“St Mills a bably. I have had the flu and
didn't urea» 'am’ in’ 8d

mite-Nat. Grace L. Bulter and I like
but . We have 12 scholars—Lillian Wan.
derbura- Alamo, ich. - . -

Dear Ladaie—I have been reading the
boys’ and girls' letters and like them very ‘
much, so " thought I, woulg Write. I am »
10 years old and in the it grade. I hays .
two sisters and one» brother. ., elr names . ,
are, Noume, Albert *- and Kath rine. We .
live on an tic-acre farm. 'We’. have a do‘ - *'
named Snyder and two cats, Bob and Bil
We have five horses, 13 head of cattle,

I go to Otisville school. ’ g
I will close for this time—Lena - . -_ J
Lefl‘ler, Otisvllle, Mich.

Dear Laddie—.—-I was just reading the‘ *
boys’ and girls' corner. I like to read the ' ~ ‘
letters. I like to read the D00 Dads, too.

My mother got those “Giants of Lillputa- ,
nia” for my littlessister, Ilea. flea and ..
my brother Chester and myself had lots

of fun cutting out the men, women, trees

and flowers. I would like to have some '

one correspond with me. I am about five ,

feet tall; have browrr eyes and hair be- »
lug dark compleXioned. ‘I am 13 years ‘
ol . I have one and threequarter miles

to walk to school and am in the 7th

grade. I belong to the Junior Agriculture

It is a fine club, We' are going to

have a meeting next Saturday night. We

expect to elect new officers. We haven't

had very much skating this winter and

what We did have was so far away. I

think it’s fun to skate. Nearlz,r all the

children in our school can skate. Well, it

is nearly dark now, so I will close my let-

ter. Hoping to see it in print—Velma

Angel, Morley, Mich. .

Dear Laddie—As“ I have. never seen
any letters from Rogers I thought I
would write. We live on a farm of 120
acres of which 100 acres are cleared. We
have two horses, whose n as are Tom
and Dolly. We have six ead of cattle,

       

  

  
 
 

 
 

         
    
    
    
    
  
 
 
   
 
 
  
 
    
   
    
  
 
  
  
   
     
   
 
 
    
   
     
    
   
    
  
  
    
    
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
 
   
  
   
   
   
   
 
   
 
  
  
 
    
  
 
 
 
    
   
    
   
  
  
 

 

 

names being Boss, Gertie, Missy, Dolly,

Jilly, and Sam, also two calves, June Wil- ,
son and Betsy Ross We have about 65
chickens and four turkeys. We go to
school in Rogers which is two miles from
our lace. My sister and I are in the 9th
ra e. We have three bllo schools in
ogers because the brie school is so
crowded. From the 3d grade to. the 12th ,
The primary
and 2d grades are in the old school. Part
of the 5th and 6th grades are in the old
German school. In the Rogers public
schools there are 15- teachers. Two miles
east of Rogers there is a large limestone
chemical plant. This plant is said to be‘
the lar est chemical pla -t in the world.
It emp oys,beteween 4 0 and 700 men
each year and shi s about 26,000 tons
daily, funding at t e rate of 2,000 tons
per hour and piling it 80 feet high and 120

feet back from the edge of . e dock. The
stone is blasted at first to oosen it up,
then taken up with steam shovels and

loaded into dinkeys running on high tres-
sles. Then it is washed, dried and again
loaded into dinkeys and sent on the high
tresseis to the dock where it is loaded
into boats. This tEtone is used for almost
every purpose an ship ed to all ports in
the world, My father kes the M. B. F.
and we enJoy it very much. We couldn’t
do without it. I like to read the D00 Dads
and letters from the cousins. I will close
and hope to «see‘ this letter in print.~~—
Lydia Simons. Rogers, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—I am well and hope you
are the same. I saw in the Business
Farmer that the girls were writing so I
thought I would write you a few lines.’
My name is Frances Lashbrook. I go to
school every day and am in the 5th grade.
There are three in my grade, two boys
and myself. I have two brothers and
their names are Charlie and Guy. They‘
also go to school. There are 23 in our
'school, Our teacher is Miss Savage. I am
13 years old. I have an uncle lnthe war.
I have a walk of a mile and a half to
school. I am writing this letter at my
grandma’s. She lives only a little ways
from the school house. I stopped with
herhtonight.—Frances Lashbrook, Wales,
‘Mic .

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Dear Laddie~1 have never written to ~
you before so I thought I would .try. ‘I
like to read the'letters from the M. B. _

F. I am a little girl 9 years of age and
hay brown eyes and brown hair. I
wei t 70 pounds, wear glasses and am

in the fifth grade at school.
er's name is Miss Johnson, I like her
very much. I have one sister. Her name
is Leela Ezaleah Wall. She is 6 years old. - ,
I'saved for Thrift Stamps. picking up ‘
potatoes and running errands. My sister
and I have two War Saving Stamps. 1'
live in town. We have two horses whose
names are Dan and Kernel. We have
two pigs and 12 chickens. I have a ban- . -
tam hen. I have written you a story,
“The Belgian Children's Happiness.”—
Vera May.Wall, Mayville. Mich, ’

The Belgian Children’s Happiness.” 5

When the war was started the ' Bel-
fathers had to go and fight, and their
gian children were very sad. Their
homes werede troyed. One day the Ame
erican childrefis heard of their sadness
and said the would try- and (help them,
so their dad has could come heme. So
they bought War Saving Stamps and
Thrift Stamps. 13nd, so one day the war .
ended. and: their r addiesmame home. They ._
were 'ver :. find and thankedt-he Anise-1-.
can, tchil ren They ran around.- , their
daddiesgsingiug: ‘v r .

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tone is firm. .

k t tan also when»
pas to dothey Won

' " Jalizedfgthev market in short order,
”and'thousands would have been left *

-with.a far greater quantity on, their

hands; than they now have. , The
g * bean market. this week is; a disap-

pointment to us. There may be

A 1 _ causes for it which will be removed

.beforevanother week. We h'ave wired

, "to the Grain Corporation for cer-

tain information on, , the situation,
’ and, hope to be able to present addi-
’ .tional facts to our readers the com-
"ing ‘week.

Onions
Onions are still in strong demand
and slowly advancing. 1 The Pittsburg

” market went to $3.50 last week, and

advances were also noted at other
points. The Texas onion supply will
be. way below normal and this fact

. has a healthy influence on the old

onion market.

- . Eggs

Eggs show a temporary decline.
The higher prices encouraged much
larger shipments and despite an
unusually good demand, the receipts
have been more .than ample and the
price is down a few cents this week.
Prices are 40%@41c.

Butter
Butter holds its position and the
Detroit market was
quoted the first of the week at 53@
53%.

New York, March 1, 1919.—Un-
forseen agencies have tended to
cause an upward trend to the market
this week. Business has been ac-
tive the greater part of the week
and‘most of the accumulations have
been moved. The activity has been
due' largely to the desire of local
jobbers and retailers to stock up
but there has also been a keen de—

“ mand from out-0f—toWn sources. In

addition to the home demand agents
of foreign countries have been ac-
tive in picking up considerable
quantitiesof butter for export trade,
principally for the Scandinavian
countries and France. A“ small
quantity has also been accumulat-
ed to be shipped to England. Re-
ceipts this week have been slightly
lighter than for last week.

On Monday’ the quotation on all
grades of butter advanced 10. That
was followed 'by advances of 10 on
Tuesday and 1-2 cent on Thursday.
Friday showed less activity than any

”other day 91' the week but no de-
"cided weakness developed.

The one
particular. bright spot of the ‘week
has been the cleaning up of large
quantities of firsts. and seconds
which have been in receivers’ hands
for some time. A good portion of
such stocks were absorbed for ex-
port trade. Several cars of central-
ized butter have changed hands at
prices ranging from 50c to 52 1-2c,
although in a few instances 53c has
been obtained, but the stock had to
score? uniformly 90 points to bring
that figure. Unsalted butter is in
extremely light supply, there being
an insuflicient quantity available

. ' responding grades 41' salted.

 
 
 

  

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'DetrorlteLDi-essed hogs: Choice,
country dressed, under 150. lbs., 21@
220; over 150 lbs., ”@210 per lb.

Dressed calves, ~ Fancy country
, dressed. 236132“; choice, 21@22c;
common, 18@20c pe; lb. .

Chicago Live Stock Letter

Chicago, March 3, Hit—Trade an-
ticipated a fairly liberal run of cat-
tle for the initial session this week
which they thought would 'be cut
loose by the 50 to 750 advance in
prices last week, However, a big
storm west of Chicago offset calcula-
tions and held the run locally to 11,-
000. The market was a very active af-
falir Monday, of this week at prices
generally 25c higher on all classes of
offerings. ‘ Built of the steer supply
arriving is made up of medium and
short-fed stock selling largely at
$14.50 to $17.00, while a better class of
stock is realizing up to $19.00. Cattle
good enough to pass the latter price,
however, are forming only a very in-
significant quota of the run. A strict-
ly prime grade of weighty steers have
p value up to $20.25. Last Friday a load
of prime 1.196-lb. long yearlings sold
at $20, a new record for such weight.
It is the concensus of opinion that the
great bulk of cattle ready for mar—
ket have already found their way
to‘ the shambles and little relief is
expected before grass offerings are
ready for the trade, which will be
some time as yet. An occasionally
large run, of cattle is expected to
materialize from time to time when
advances in trade are quite pro—
nounced, but the big runs such as
we had not long ago are considered
out of the question until early in,
the summer. '

Cows and heifers shared in the
full advance registered monday of
this week, but, ruled very uneven
last week. Demand for canners
and cutters was very limited and
closed 25. to 50c lower than the pre-
vious week’s final‘basis, while fat
cows and heifers, although meeting
with slow call early last week, show-
ed an improvement toward week—
end and closed 25 to 500 higher than
the previous week’s flnish. Prime
'yearling heifers and select kosher
cows are selling at the year’s best
prices with a quotable top of $16
being in force for the right kind of
either class. Good meaty cutter
cows are selling up to $8 and fair
to good canners‘ $7.25 to $7.50. Bull
prices are 25 to 500 higher than a
week ago, with choice sausage
grades selling‘as high as $9.75 and
prime butcher bulls upward to
$13.50. Veal calves set a new high
mark for the year on Monday of
this week when prime reached
$17.65 per cwt. Prices are now 750
to $1 above a week ago. Increased
runs of calves are due to arrive from
dairy districts and prospects point
to a downward revision of prices.

The Government's delay in an-
(G'ontinued on page 19)

 

 

 

" THE WEATHER

 

Foeter’e Weether Chart for March 1919

Severe

 

WASHINGTON, D, (3.. March 8,
1919.——La.st bulletin gave forecasts of
warm wave to cross continent March
11 to 1‘6,'storm Wave 13 to 17 cool
« ave 14 to 18. This period will av-
“.erage coldest of the ,month; precipi-
‘ fatteniwill be more general than usual
and the storms will be severe. This

 

 

 

. gmrbance- will aflect all of North

~ ertc . ., .
'N ‘t armiwave ‘will reach Van-
t-Mareh" 1.7 and tempera-

  
  

on, all . the Pacific
, “crest of Rookies
’ - s sections

As forecas'ted by W. T. Foster for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

FOR THE WEEK

19, meridian 90, great lakes,. middle
Gulf States and Ohio-Ten'nesse Val-
leys 20, eastern sections 21 reaching
vicinity of Newfoundlan about
March 22. Storm wave will follow
ut one day behind Warm wave and
cool wave about one day behind storm
wave. ‘

A great rise in temperature will be-
gin not far from March 16 and bal-
ance of month will avera e‘ much
warmer than from 9 to 18. at much
precipitation is expected the last third

‘ of March. Severe storms near mid-
dle of March throws doubt on what
they will do to Winter grain and these
storms will increase in force till end
of Ma ._ The greatest .of these will be

_ near arch 17, April 27 and Mvaéy 29.

With a» very large crop of , inter
grain in the ground a considerable
acreage must necessarily be killed.
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tion for case of riding. People who have ridden in other light-
weight cars are amazed at its superiority. Get a ride in the
GRANT SIX. Prove for yourself that it is really a comfortable
light car. ‘

You will find the GRANT SIX has the most powerful over-
head valve motor of its size ever built—that every part is
accessible—that crank shaft and connecting rod bearings are
extra large. In every detail this motor is finely built. It is
now in. its fifth season, refined and improved, with a splendid
reputation for service and reliability back of it.

GRANT SIX owners average 20 miles to the

gallon of gasoline, 900 miles to the gallon

of oil and 7000 miles to the set of tires.
Some do even better than this.

The GRANT SIX typifies the latest style ideas in body
lines, in body "colors, in upholstery and details of finish. The
top has the popular "Gypsy" curtains with oval plate glass
lights in the rear. It is made of best grade "Nevcrleek."
The hood fits tightly and neatly on a handsome aluminum
ledge. Every detail reflects quality. At the big shows every-
where the [demand for the GRANT SIX, has surpassed all
previous records. For genuine value buy a GRANT SIX.

Select your GRANT SIX from these models

5 Passenger Touring Car ,3] I 20h-Roadsier $1 I 20
Coupe $1625—-—"All-n2eaihcr Sedan" $7625
Dcmountable Sedan $1400 /

All prices F. O. B. Cleveland

Write for latest descriptive matter and name of nearest dealer

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and our proposion.
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KEROSENE— 7 GASflLlNE

B-P. 1‘5?
Immediateo Shipment
Stationary, Portable 0
Saw-Rig—all at great
reduced prices. Bes

En e—lon est rec- .
«digitize? est? g Choose eyour own

cut in ality, 96but a big cut in price
or“ uiclfl :ction. $rite for new cut rlce esta-
-REE. postpslduED. H. WITT ,Pres.
ENGINE WORKS

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[“1 Oakland Avenue. Kansas City. Mo.
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We are Buyers
O f ‘

Marquis Wheat
Soy Beans

Cow Peas
Giant Spurry
Sand Vetch
Cane Seed

Mail samples to

S. M. ISBELL & CO

Jackson, Mich.

Build Your Broader

If you want to raise more chicks
this year build a Perr Brooder
yourself. Hundreds of M. . F read-
ers are building their own in a few
hours on the Perry Plan out on scrap
lumber. Send me {’1 for full plans,
license and ri ht to uild for others in
our neighbor ood. You'll say 1d was
be best dollar {you eveg invests

EB.

37 Henry St}:

 

 

 

 

 

DETROIT, MICE.

I Registered Seed

Pedigreed Outs
Barley and Beans
Inspected Corn
For names of growers write to the
Seo'y Mich. Crop Improvement Ass’n,
J. W. Nicholson, East Lansing. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“ .“lustration shows a method a ler
cling in such emergency. Fasten a;
clamp—a clothespinvwiil do—-to the

 

 

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CLOTHES .

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verticle arm and attach a plumb
bob, as shown.
between the string and the vertical
arm (x) is equal to the distance be—
tween the string and the vertical
arm (Y), the surface upon which
the lower arm rests is level.——.P. A.
B., Big Rapids.

PULVERIZER FOR PLOW
This attachment consists of three
cutting disks Which, it is claimed,
break the soil thoroughly before it is
turned and thus produCe a pulverized

 

soil underneath the ,furrow slice. (J.
0. Copeland, Ohio, U. S. Patent 1,-
283,679, 0. J. Lynda, Gan.

MOCCASINS FROM OLD SHEEP-
SKIN-LINED COATS

The service of the common sheepskin
lined coats which are worn so much,
needs not end, by any means, with the

 

 

wearing out of the coat. For after a
coat of this kind is beyond wear. the
lining will always be found in a good.
shape.

Such lining it properly cut. will make

moccasins, as may be bought for mon-
eY

To cut the pieces, use one shoe of the
person to wear the moccasins as a pat-
tern, and cut out a piece, an inch long-
or and a half inch wider than the sole
of the shoe, as in figure one. Then.

'A NOVEL ,SMOKEHOUSE

small hole in the grounr;
a hole in it over and set

barrel without any bottom

on the tin, and have a nar-
row tunnel in which you
put the stove pipe with flre-
place at end. Cover the bar- » ' ’
rel with carpets or old .
thing to keep the stacks in

 

 

 

 

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the barrel .—-M. A. w., Masts: ‘
tee 00mm], Mich. ’

When the distance '

two pair of as warm house shoes or ~ 7

I am sending an idea of a smoke-house that
can easily be .made out of an ‘old barrel and ‘a
piece oi! old stove pipe’._ It is as follows:
put a piece of tin with

These at then sewed together.
figure th
to even-peas.

  

R. Van Horn, Nebraska. - ‘ . —’

 

.. DAIRY AND GENERAL PURP65E .-

BARN

This barn is described with others
in Farm Bulletin No. 7’ “Dairy and
General Purpose Barns,".

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the National Lumber Manufaciltfrers
Association, Chicago, Illinois. Write
for it if you are interested ..--G' J.
Lynda, Gan. - _

 

GATE FASTENER
Buttons

on gates or .
doors a r e
apt to be-
come loose
and t h on
drop down
a l l o wi ng
the door or
the gate to
lwing open.
The ordin-
ary kind is
here shown
at (x), it is
loose a nil-
turned by

own weight. If made as shown at (y)

it will remain fastened even it it be-

comes loose on the screw or na11——A

 

 

 

 

 

_ Reader, Big Rapids, Mich.

AGITATOR FOR FEEDER
The agitator of this feeder is oper-
ated. by the hogs themselves; it con-
sists of a series of fingers attached to
an axle which in turn is attached to a

 

narrow platform in trout of each
trough. The hogs move the fingers
when they step On either platform.
(H. F. Brown, WashingtOn Court
House, Ohio. .U. 8. Patent, 1,283,464).
——C'. J. Lynda, Gan.

TO DRIVE NAILS IN HARDWOOD

As a. usual thing when one drives
nails into hardwood they bend over
and another nail must be started. To
overcome this drive the nail thru a
cork first and cut away the cork as
the nail is driven in. The cork holds
the nail steady and does not allow it
to bend in either direction—A Read-
er, Big Rapids, Mich.

 

WARM WATER FOR CHICKENS

The water for the chickens can be
kept from freezing very easily on
terms where electricity is available. A.
tin can and electric b is all that
is necessary. The sketc shows the
arrangement of the parts. The can is
soldered to the bottom of the pail. The
bottom of the pail is cut away enough

  
 
  
 
 
    

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and the edges trimmed _
There is enough elastic;

ity in the slipper to insure easy”: put-
.ting on and removal; and are well 9
~ Worth the time spent on them —.Daw

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TO Mom GAS ENGINE-EASILY

 

The gas engine can easily be moved .7"

by rolling it on the- iiy wheels. Place
timbers, of such a", size as to raise the

skid oi the engine from the floor a 4 »

in its construction, by the unify“.
that will result from its use. «A 3M5; ._

-trifle. under the fly wheels and turn a...“

the wheels.’ 1

timbers is four feet: The timbers can

be at any size, depending oi course, on ‘ 7

the engine. 4x4 inches will be suit-

able for most engines. The compree \

sion should be off so as to allow easy
moving at the Wh’eelsr—A Reader, Big
Rapids,1lich.

’ HINTS FOR MOTORISTS”

DRILLING, PISTONS non {nourishes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_I am rebuilding a. touring car into
a speedster and am thinking of light-
ening the pistons by drilling holes in
them. Can, this be done without den;
ger of weakening them?——8. P. . ‘

‘ In a-general way. this cannot be re-
garded as a safe proposition because,
in a well designed engine, the pistons
may be assumed to have been propor-
tioned with verylittle excess strength.
Still, pistons have been drilled in num-
erous cases without bad results. We
tdv-ise you to'take. advice from a first-

class engine man as to the manner ‘

and the extent‘of' the drilling out.
What holes are drilledshould be well
below the lowest ring, groan

A good7 length for the ‘ '

and V

not too close to the bottom flange of ' 7

the piston. They should nct’invoive

- any stiffening ribs which there may

be and they should not be too' large.
Each piston should weigh the same
after the dr-illing_out is finished.

REPLACING LOW WITH ‘ HIGH
TENSION ’MAGNETO

 

 

I am cenverting an old passenger
car into a light truck. The ignition
of this outfit is from low tension and
I have been advised that, if a high ,

tension magneto was put on. the en.
zine would deliver more poWer. Would .'

it pay to make this changeZ—W.

_, If your present magneto is in first ”
rat; condition or can readily be put
into such, we shouid not advise you to .
make any change. Arguments have
- been adduced to prove that the high
« tension magneto spark is superior ,

   
    
 
  
 
 
 

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- “Oil . ”70'
- amendment, wit
, ,fibd‘éfstfldihc 203‘ its: provisions...
_; ’ fore, invite the fullest pout
1) “WM cribs" subject and in.
‘ gig comm will answer any and an

     

. _ Why. Issue Bonds?-
fljWMt is #6". use of bonding to build
5 reads! Why’ not build them each year»
Ale »-w‘e~'«neéd them and spread the cost
an the talc rallsf—M. L.‘, Sam/tics coun-
‘tfl. '
4 - If: it was desirable to raise a suffi-
-',cient amount to build a state“ wide
syatem of roads and pay the enormous"
tax in one year, it would not be neces—
sary to bond. In making permanent
improvements that will live. with the
years and that' future generations
shall have the benefit of,
seem only just 'and right for those
who. shall come after us, shall help
.and asSist in paying .for the things in
which they have a direct benefit. By
issuing the. bonds of the state we are
enabled to carry the burden over ' a
number otyeers-r and-make the-tan
.. very light from year: to year: It a
township—1mm: to'build: ~a wooden
bridge-"that wfinld soon: wear out, it
would not be wise to issue the bands
of the township running: over =a num-
F her of yours: You would rather pay
fortit new because it is. not of a per-
5 "-‘i . moment character; If,~however,_ you
T . were to build a- steel bridge or one or.
concrete; it. would only be just and
right that such a permanent structure

_ 3.... should be paid for in part at least by .

cf .93: . ' those who shallcome after us' and

' ‘ share in the benefits. Are we ready
_ to make a Christmas present to future
* ' if. generations? ' -

   
 

Mitt: s" cm ’i
i to the Legislature 3011 inchigan. ftho

rigor-submitted by our‘ readers). -
. The Federal. Government has. and Will

it would _

 

we ~ will give .-

power and authority to issue road
bonds as necessity may require. .Our
main lineiroads must, be built first.

distribute to’ theiva‘nious. states a large.
amount of. money on. the basis of what
is called. 50-50. .The Federal. Govern—
moist? will give to Michigan a million
or ten million or whatever amount it
may be, conditioned,‘ however, that
Michigan shall put up a. like amount.
In other words, the Federal Govern-
ment pays one half and the State of
Michigan and the local communities
will pay the remaining one half. If,
however, our state neglects or refuses
to come across with its share of the
money, the Federal Government will
distribute the same‘ to the states more
progressive, and who are willing to
match the Federal~ Government .for
every dollar it is possible to so re-
ceive.

It would seem. not only unpatriotic
but a most senseless thing for us as
citizens to. turn down a-propcsition of
‘sc much importance.- ,The Federal
Government realizes the necessity of
building up the highways _of our
country, over which are carried more-
than ninety per cent. of'the products
of toil. The Government itself uses
more than half of our highways to
carry mail and parcels. post. and now
that the trucks have come into being
and that rural motor express lines
are being,established everywhere, the
necessity is so apparent that immedi-
ate action seems absolutely necessary.

 

 

- .; . , MARKET ELASHES
(Continued from page 17)

' price basis caused, much uneasiness
in trade last week and the market
was in very poor shape most of the
times On' the opening day last week

‘gbest hogs were selling at $17.85.

.. ‘ Runs then became exceSsive and pric-

 

~ j}, as headed downward: in fact, drop-.

ped to the minimum baSis, and con-
. . tinued th'atway until week-end, at
Which time receipts were curtailed,
. ’ the market then showing a small
advance. On the Monday session of.
this week receipts‘were exceedingly
f m-_ short, only 25,000 getting, in, ,and
i . activityieatured the trade at prices
. 15' to 25c higher than the closing
. session "of last week. Top Monday
was $17.95, while bulk of the prime
.mediu‘m weight stock suitable for
. shipping outlet sold at $17.65 to
‘4 $17.90. Light and light mixed grad—
* es which were such poor sellers, met
with‘better demand on Manday of
this Week because of the short sup—
' ply and sold at $17.40 to $17.65.
- 1 'Good packing hogsare selling, at
$17.40 to $17.65. The trade is ‘an—
xiously awaiting the decision of the
. Government as regards future hog
. j prices and guesses on what the final
7 l decision will be vary Widely. Ho'w—
-' ever, the general opinion is that the
$17.50 minimum will remain in force
until last year’s. crop of hogs are
marketed. ’ /
, A healthy dressed sheep and lamb
”market and very meager ‘ runs of
.ovine stock have been responsible for
, a record market so far as this season
' of the Year is. concerned. Local and
eastern killers are quite active com-
. petitors' for stock and sharp advances
4.3.1111 the trade are common occurrences.
Values ’«last, week showed. irregular
‘~l.,;gains cffrom 50c to $1 .per cwt.,.,and
added to those advances was another

 

    
 

 

i ~25c 'rise' in values on the Menday
, market of'thie'; date. Best fat lambs
arejseiiingat $19. to $19.25. with.

{it 25

smut. Isms- ot good: shearing ca-

moi but in light flashers sellingmp

to. while stock-int feeder 'flesh

re. 6:50.) “I: BEStage’d

. t0_'.$114-. and

' “7,317.50.

tat 31.3.33
.m‘.

 
   
    
  
  
  
   

  

to'flsflfixtaking'a. large part of. .

been . ._ from nearby 39,3300i toamafiwvw

lings realizing $15.50 and wethers
$12.50. Some Colorado lambs are find-
ing their way marketWard but the
run is a month or more behind in'
schedule. The tone of the sheep trade
is quite healthy and prospects are
bullish. . _,

 

PACKERS CONTROL: FOODSTUFFS
(Continued from page one).

United States Steel Corporation, 39.15
%. Pity the poor 21.29% profits.

Mr. Armour admitted, however, that
in 1900 the capitalization of his com-
pany was twenty millions and the sur-
plus thrity-three millions, while at
present the‘capital is one hundred
milions, and the surplus one hundred-
and sixty-nine million, three hundred
sixty-six thouSand dollars, all of it,
he claims, representing paid in capi-
tal. though he admitted the increasg
of capitalization of a few years ago
from twenty millions to eighty mil-
lions, saying, “All the new capital we
have bed has been earnings of busi-
ness.” The company has not even at-
tained the dignity of a close corpora-
tion, it is a family party, for Mr. Ar-
mour admitted on the stand, that six
or seven, members of the family own
the stock.

Mr. Levi Mlayer, reputed to be one
of the best paid attorneys in the Unit-
ed States, said to one of the commit-
tees: “When this committeb was ap-
pointed, Mr. Armour, and I, and his
attorney. hailed' with delight that
words cannot. describe, the opportun-
ity which Mr. Armour would receive
at your hands for the first time in his
existence—flan. opportunity to tell the
truth." Mr. Armour just threwihis
chance away. He said; “We do not
.make any money out. of curreiriger-
ator cars. They area necessary thing
for us. to have.—_-—it makes our other
business run smooth." " '
-.The Interstate Commerce sCommisu
sion, however, a view days-later» sub-
mitted figues- showingithat.‘ in"? 1916 -
Armour & (3.5.; on their car-depart-
ment; almost. exclusively refrigerator
cars; made-4375;969. and ”(in ,. 1917,
$270,026,; The commission also. show-3
.ed incidentally . that, Codahy+,Paoking

to. nearly 63143000 on :the L¥fifriseratorf

..cars in rc’cem years; and Morris&0o ,

 

1125' per bushel

‘Mic .'

' took sth prize at M. A.

 

   

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I we 'r A than new. ad that

won‘t pui results in our “Want Coiumn."
ou want t? sell a farm, wr te.out
the hr of descrip ion, but ' the

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SEED OATS. BEST Michigan northern:
oats. Buy good seed and grow 80 to 1.005
bushels per acre. Price 900 per busheL.
Sample free. Mayer’s Plant N dreary“

 

 

 

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acts and send us 50 for e word. Get. Merrill. Mich.- ,

it in next week’s M. B. F. 31d fin a real . -.
farmer buyer amen our 0000 Weekly SENATOR. DUNLOP STRAWBERRY-
readers. Address ant Ad Don’t. Mioh- Plants—Money-Makers. $3.00 per 1.000;:
isan Business Farming. Mt. Clemens. 500, $1.75. trimmed. J. E. Hampton,
Michigan. ~ Bangor, Mchigan, _
CHAMPION BEARDLESS, lilanshur ‘

FARMS AND LAND

HAVE DECIDED to sell my home of
forty acres, well improved .new barn,
48x28x14 hip roof on stone basement. 3006
granary, good 8-room house. twO 800d
cellars. about thirty bearing an is trees.
Good well of water. P1303 mi? cleared

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but about two acres of woo tillable
soil is sand loam, fenced and or as fenced
and locate on aveled trunk inc road.
One mile 1' cm ersey, th county seat.
Will take 3 ,200 if I can eel soon. Write
or better yet come and see it. 01550 cash,
hfilznce on time. F, Beggs, Hersey.
c .

 

FOB SALE—80 Acre Farm, three miles
from Clare, modern frame house in good
condition with furnace, water in house,
painted, windmill, garage roundroo barn.

4x78, silo, other outbuildings, 6 acres
cleared, clay loam soil, f 11- fences deal
with owner only. Price 8 .500. ORA F,
PRUSLEY, Clare, Mich, R. 5.

Silvsrking Bearded Early Scottish chief,
White Oats, prices cheaper for" the best;
Seed. A little pure Marquis Spring Wheat.
Get circular and prices. Frank Bartlett,
Dryden, Mic igan.

 

I HAVE 1000 bushels of Worthy Oats
to offer at s .60 per bu. Sacks free 1’. o.
b. They are nice bright oats and free of
weed seeds, 10 acres of these cats yield-

.ed 90 bushels per acre—Elmer E. Smith,

Redford, Mich,

 

Blue Stem Spring Wheat. Raise spring
wheat that there is a. guaranteed price on
and let someone also raise 50c oats, Write
for prices and. information. Raised and
for sale b Ward B. Brown. R. F. D. 3,
Climax. M ch. ~

 

FOB SALE—About 40 crates of Seed
Corn, White Dent mixed a. little with
yellow Dent. Will guarantee it to grow,“
at $1.50 per crate. C. F. Nique, Homer,
Michigan.

 

FOB SALE—80 acres, 2 miles north
west of Gaylord 60 acres proved. free
from stum s, 2 acres wood timber,
. green. . Mo ern house with furnace, wind-
mill and cod ogtbulldings. well fenced
and will 9 sol at a bargain. Easy
'terms. Box M., Michi an Business Farm-
ing, Mt. Clemens, Mic .

 

, 107 85-100 ACRE MICHIGAN farm for
sale' fully equipped or farm alone. Lo-
cated in fine farming community, good
neighbors. 60 acres cleared, balance eas—
ily cleared, Would like to hear from par-
ties wishing to buy. All mall- answered
immediately. Address owner, John Rose,
Billings P. O., Glad'wln county, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—BO—acre farm 2 3—4 miles
from Alanson, 50 acres cleared, frame
house 20x40, with basement; small barn,
chicken coop 10x26; good well with wind—
mill. 'About 75 fruit trees. Price. $2,500.
Terms, Cash. H. E Kahler, Alanson,

v

Emmet county, Michigan, R.F.D, 1N0.

FOB. SALE—My 80—acre farm, good
land, good buildings, good water. pumped
by windmill in house and barnyard. 5
miles from good markets, good roads.
Sold at a bargain if bought at once. For
particulars write to August C. Borck,
Reed City, Mich. R. No. 3.

40 ACRES 11/2 miles from Wolverine;
23 acres cultivated, lacres seeded; about
40 bearing apple trees; 9 acres pasture
enclosed with 4-stran barbed wire with
cedar posts; tool shed 12x20. Price, $450.
For further particulars write owner, E. S.
Griswold, 412 Harrison St.. Monroe, Mich.

TWO HUNDRED FORTY acres ,good
clay. loam, three large barns, nine room
house,‘windmlll, large silo, mostly woven
wire fence. Price, fifty dollars per acre.
Stanley J. Sanford, Reed City, Michigan.

 

EJGIITY ACRES SUBSOI'L. New bun-
galo house, good basement barn; well
fenced, woven wire Price, forty dollars
per acre. Stanley 3. Sanford, Reed City,
Michigan.

' FOR SALE—Gentleman’s country home
148 acres, extra good. Ernest LaFleur.
Vermontvllle, Michigan.

IF YOU WANT to sell or exchange

 

your pro erty, write me. John J. Black,
100 St., hippewa Falls, Wis.
GOOD PBODUC'I‘IVE 80-acre farm.

address Charles Ichbrecht, New Haven,

Michigan.

SEEDS AND PLANT§
POTATOES

Did you know that our large yields of
Petoskey Golden Russetts are not a lot of
over-grown pumpkins, grown on overly—
rich land, but a. smooth, scabiess, medium-
sized potato, secured only by selecting the
heaviest yielding bills for eight yrs? And
did you know that this is the cheapest
seed on the market today, and that the
supply is limited? .

Twin Boy Form,
C. D; Post. Prop: Alba, Michigan

FOR SALE personally grown Late Pe-
' toskeys or Rural Russett
Seed Potatoes, field run, graded over 1%
inch screen. Field inspected; groivn on
new. ground, practically disease free,
sacked F.O.B. Supply
Order early _

A. M. SMITH, - Lake City, Michigan

EVERBEARING STRA‘VBEBBIES,
Progressive and Superb; 1‘00'plants $1.50
postpaid, 17 Spring Varietles at 500
per 100. Send for catalog of Small
Fruit Plants. Hardy Shrubs, Roses etc.
Geo ge H. Sclienck, Nurseryman,

 

 

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PURE. BBED SEED—Wis, Burley (6:
ROW) and. College Success Oats, passed
inspection in field and bin.
not inspected this year.

 
 
   
  
 

0. Grain‘ Show.

”swag-2?}: mite for prices, Earl C. .McCarty, Bad

9. Michigan.

   

Elsie.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Choice rural
collection. 50 early 60 everbearing,:50
late, all ostpaid, 82.00. Strawberry Farm.

‘ Niles, Mchigan.

 

PURE WORTHY' OATS—Free from
any foul seed at $1,00 per bu. sacks at
cost. Write A'. A. Patullo, R. F‘. D. No.4,
Deckerville, Michigan.

For Sale, Worthy Seed Oats;
$1.50 a bu. bags included.
M. H. KNOLL.

 

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I HAVE ONE Hundred and Fifty bush-
els of A No. 1 Spring Rye for sale at
$2.00 per bushel f.o.b. Mayville; sacks
not included. J. L. Borck, Mayville, Mich.

 

FOR SALE, WISCONSIN
Barley, 5 to 24 bushel lots,
bags extra

Pedigreed
$2.15 bu.;
Member of Michigan Crop

 

Improvement Association, Lee Fowler,
Fostoria, Mich. ,
MISCELLANEOUS

 

WANTED TO BUY. Old False'Teeth.
We pay up to $35.00 per set (broken or
not.) Send now. Prompt remittances.
Package held 5 to 10 days for sender's
approval of our offer. Highest prices paid
for old gold jewelry, gold crowns, bridg-
es, dental gold, platinum, diamonds, and
silver. Tell your friends. U. S. Smelting
Works, Dep't 43. Chicago, Ill.

 

OVERLAND ROADSTER BARGAIN——
4-cylinder, 1917 model, good condition
mechanically. Can be repainted and new
top put on for $50, but is perfectly servic—
ablc as it stands. Electric—starter, new
battery, two extra over—sized tires. Three
hundred dollars takes it, here at Mount
Clemens. Box G., Michigan Business
Farming, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

 

WANTED—MAN of good standing in
his community to take orders for trees,
shrubs, roses, vines, bulbs, old fashioned
flowers. Permanent. High commissions
paid weekly. No delivering or collecting.
Write today. FIRST NATIONAL NUR-

SERIES, Rochester, N. Y.
1 Fairbanks-Llorse h0use~

FOR SALE lighting outfit complete with
2 h.p. gasoline engine, generator, switch-
board and storage batteries, 40 volts,
12.5 amp, first-class condition, guaran-
teed; cost $200. J. M. Simmons, 28 3rd
St., Mt. Clemens, Michigan. '

 

 

FOR SALE 250-egg Cyphers Incubat-
or, used 4 hatches. Newton Colony
Brooder Stove, good as new. Tony Motz,
St. Johns, Mich., R. No. 1.

Paint Without Oil

Remarkable Discovery that Cuts Down
the Cost of Paint Seventy-
Five Per Cent

 

 

 

 

A Free Trial Package is Mailed to Every-
one Who Writes ,

A. L. Rice, a prominent manufacturer
of Adams, N. Y., has discovered a. pro-
cess of making a new kind of paint with-
out the use of oil. He calls it Powdn-
paint. It comes in the form of a. dry
powder and all that is required is cold.
water to make a paint weather proof fire,
proof, sanitary and durable for outsl e or
inside painting. It is the cement pririci-H
pie applied to paint. It adheres to any ,,
surface, wood, stone or brick, spreads and
looks like oil paint and costs about on
fourth as much. .

Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, anufact .
No. 13 North Street, Adams, ‘ . Yew ’
will send you a. free trial packager:
color card and full informatio oh
you how you can save a go
lars, Writs today. »,

 

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Wearers of these Rouge Rex high cuts kick their way through
storms, slush and bitter cold with a laugh. " ,

All men who work out- of- doors will appreciate these high- laced,
bellows-tongued Rouge Rex Boots. ,

They Keep Men’ s~ Feet Warm and Dry

These Rouge Rex boots are lighter, better for the‘feet than
heavy rubber footwear, and cost less per year. You won’t go back ,
to heavy Arctics and Lumber Jacks once you’ve worn them.

Rouge Rex Shoes Are Your
Full Dollar’s Worth.

We want to sell Rouge Rex shoes to men who count their Shoe dol~
We know that such men will save money and be foot- happy if
There are other styles

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lars.
they buy Rouge Rex shoes all the year round.
suitable for all the seasons of the year.

Rouge Rex shoes are made in our own factory, from best materials
throughout The Rouge Rex trademark is your guarantee. On sale
everywhere. If you don't find them at your store write us.

HIRTI-I- KRAUSE COMPANY

HIDE-TO- SHOE TANNERS AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS

Dept. G, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

Everybody wants a Camera!

With spring approaching now is
the time YOU would most enjoy a
camera. Whether boy, girl, man or
woman the Seneca Scout Camera
pleases all. It makes splendid pic—
tures and is light and strong. It has
a good clear lense and takes anic-
ture 214x314 inches. You can take
either time exposures or snap— —shots

Once you get. one of these handy,
roll film, box cameras you will find
any number of people and objects
you will wish to photograph.

' Just see a few of your neighbors
who are not now subscribers to M.
M. 3., get six of them to hand you”,
a dollar each for a year’s subscrip-
tion, and then as soon as you send
in those 6 subscriptions the Camera
will be sent you all charges paid. It won’t cost you a penny. Why not
go right out and see your neighbors now? Show them a copy of
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING. You will be surprised how easily
you will get the 6 subsriptions. Everybody is talking about M. B. F.,
and everybody likes it.

Address Circulation Manager
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, MT. CLEMENS, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

  
   
 
    
   
 
   
     

 

 

Just "the Chance You’ve Been Looking for!

1—16 H. P. Callahan Gas Engine ................................... 5235,00
2—5 H. P. Otto Gas Engine. . . . ; ................................... 125.00
—'—9 H. P. Otto Gas Engine...................... ................... 200,00

1——.9 H. P. Foos Gas Engine..........................". ............. 225.00'

Above Gas Engines have all been used for: a short time are good as new,
Prices quoted at 1,4; original cost. Can be fitted to use Gasol ne or Kerosene at .
small additional cost. Terms, net cash” F. O. B., Detroit for Engines only.
Write us for further information, or for Gas Engine Parts Batterhas, Battery
Renewals, etc. These prices are for quick sale in order to clear out balance of
our stock.

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extent.

‘30; butterfat, 35;

‘ 1 .99——'R 11.0.. Gare 2162,3911.

‘ ’eggs,

hens, 25 ’

1.1.1)

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Calhoun (Southwest)——Some March
-weather; high winds and cold, and
not enough snow to cover the wheat '

and "rye Some oats being drawn to

the elevator.

are looking for a good year. - The
following prices were paid at Ath-
ens this week: Oats, 50; rye, $1. 35;
hay, $20; hens, 20; butterfat, 45;
83 ..——-E B. H., Athens, Mar. 1.

Kent, (N. E.)—Weather very cold.
Hard frozen ground covered with
ice and snow. ,Winter wheat appears
all right.
the heaving of the frost time will
tell; quite a little of it was sown
last fall. This locality ‘has never
raised the spring variety and will not
start doing so this spring. Some are
talking of sowing a little spring
wheat with their oats to make their
ground feed a little heavier and help
take the place of corn, which the
past few years has not been a roar-
ing success here. Those who have
their beans yet now have hopes of a
living price for same. Those who
have their potatoes must have hopes
also, as they are not selling to any
Nothing moving on the
roads except the flivers. The fol-
lowing prices were quoted at Green-
ville this week: Wheat, $2; corn,
$13.0; oats, 50; rye, $1.25; beans,
$6; potatoes, $1 to $1.10; hens, ‘20;
butter, 40; eggs, 30; sheep, 10;
lambs, 15; hogs, live, 16; dressed,
21; beef steers, 10; beef cows, 9;
veal calves, 9 to 11.——G. M. W.,
Greenville, Feb. 28.

Jackson, (N. E.)—-The weather has
been stormy the past week With rain
and snow flurries, but hardly cold
enough to freeze the ground except
when the snow melted.
storm on Feb. 28th of hail and rain
and high wind but little damage has.
been reported. Farmers working at
their wood, chOres and baling hay;
some buzzing wood. A few silos
have been sold «for spring delivery.
Very little being sold as prices are

not satisfactory to farmers. The
following prices were offered at
Munith this week: Wheat, 982.13

to $2.15; oats, 51; rye, $1. 25, hay,
$20 to $25; butter, 35; butterfat,
38; eggs. -;35 hogs, $16. 50. ‘—A. F. W,

Munith M arch. 1.

Wemford (West).—Change of weath-
er Thursday, cold and blustery. A
enty of snow for good sleighing on
an average of 12 inches. The follow-
ing prices were paid at Cadillac this

week: Corn, $3.25; oats, 60; rye,
$1.40; hay, $25; beans, $5; pota-
toes, 500 bu.; onions, $1.25; hens,

13 to 16; springers, 16 to 17; butter
eggs, 25.—~—S. H. 8..

Harriette, Feb. 27.

Tuseola. (Central),—Everybody is
buzzing wood and cutting saw logs
and trying to put up their ice but
have a hard time cutting ice as it is
only about six or seven inches thick
and has to be floated to shore as it is
not safe to put a team out on it. Not

much going to market just now. There‘

were a few head of cattle taken to
Mayville last week. Lots of'. auction
sales around here. Cows are bring-
ing a good price; going from 875 to
$115 and good young matched horses

are bringing from $125 to 8175. That

is a good deal better than a year ago
but they must be good, big, well-
matched teams to bring that light
Light, old ones don’t get a bid The
following prices were paid at Caro on
February 28th: Wheat, _82. 10; barley,
$1. 75 cwt.; oats, 53; rye, $1.12; hay,
No.1 Timothy, 818; No.1 Light Mix-
ed, 816; buckwheat, 82 cwt. ., straw-
rye, 88; wheat-oat. 88; beans 88; po-
tatoes, 75; onions, 8.1; cabbage, 2c 1b.;

springer-s, 25; ducks, 24:;

g99599; is; butter, 42; eggs 33; sheen;
$6 m: 87; lambs, 810 to- 8152;159:911,
1515' 5éef steers, 810; boo: cows, 811:,{0
$5; year cifiives, 816, apples, 75 to. 8 '

 

The co-ops held their; ‘ I
annual meeting at Athens this» week. .
Mr. Ketcham gave a fine talk They. '

;if the roots are broken _by ‘

A heavy ~

‘ agreeable weather for
work. Several farmers haveinstalled'

$25; wheatroat $839 up

   

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. Calhoun, (N. ‘0.)—-r-The farmers are

having sales, attending sales and m0y-. _
ing A few want to put up ice but the "

crops seem poor. The weather is very

mild and dry and changeable for the .

farmers. ' It is bad for

farming in general. Level fields haVe

ing land is dried out and hurt some.

Not much to market in this locality.
Farmers are f:
The following '

now, a few cattle later.
buying lots of grain.
prices were paid at Olivet on 'Febru5
ary 25th:
$1. 37;
beef steers, 810; beef
cows 87. —G. R., Olivet, Feb. 27.
Tuscola, (N. E.)——-Weather is quite
changeable,

tie and some grain; Auction sales

Farmers are selling ~ cat~ '

wheat and ._

' not suffered much but the high roll~ '3"

Wheat. $2.10; oats, 509; rye;-
hay, $19; butterfat, 47; eggs, ‘
.32; hogs, 16;

nearly every day Thoae who have. a »‘

sugar bush are getti‘r ready to tap. '

As there is net much frost in the
ground not much of a run of sap is

expected. Quite‘a numberpf‘ farmers H
are getting ready to build silos thig

spring.
paid at Cass Gity on February 28th:
Wheat, $2.10' oats, 55; rye, 81.15;
hens. 22 to 25; springers,
ducks 25; geese, 25; turkeys, 25;
butter, 38; fibutterfat, :48; eggs-32;
sheep, 85 to 88; lambs, 813 to $1515;

beef cows, 85 to $8; veal calves, 810
go 815—8198.,» Cass City, Mich, Feb.
8. -
Newaygo, (East)-—Rainy and dis-
out-ofdoors’

22 to 25;’

The fellowing prices were.

hogs, 814 to 816; beef steers, 811%;

feed grindersand are accommodating "

the neighbors in grinding all- kinds of

grain for feed. Not very good season ‘ "

for putting up ice. The general can.

"dition of live stock is good. The buyr

erg are beginning to buy beans again.
A few horses are being sold but the
prices are lower than former years.
The following prices were offered at
White Cloud February 28th: Wheat.
$2.15; corn, $1.20;9 cats, 55; rye,
$1.18; beans, 87; potatoes, $1 cwt.;
hens. 21; butter, 45; eggs, 305; hogs
dressed, 17; beef steers, live,5 ;‘ veal
calves, live, 7; dressed, 12; apples,
$1.25.—-—F. 8., Big Rapids, Feb. 28.

Monroe (Southeast).—.—Cold, snap hit '
us on the 25th. Frogs and mud i‘froz f1

gen up and the walking is good. Farm-

era are selling hay and oats where
they are located, near the stone roads.
Others can’t get out. All are busy.

Some are repairing fences, trimming. -

orchards and making a general clean.

up. Very little snow, and wheat
needs the covering. thOugh not badly
injured as yet.
made for a large acreage of sugar

Preparation is being

beets, oats, barley and corn. The fol- I9?
lowing prices were paid at. Toledo on 1';

Feb. 26th: -Wheat 82.10

to 82. 20; “
corn, 81. 50; cats, 60 to 67; hay, No 1%.?

timothy, 827; No.1 light mixed. $23 to

99 9 999 999 9 3;?" $2 50 to
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. l‘yrandleets’f:'1engéz.v'¢§?5rit should be

CTLY Aihen begins, to " show

“ Thirst. signs T, on, becoming

to Oodypshe‘should' be transferr-
ad from the nest‘box to the broody
anomwith which all runs containing

‘sittiugvbre'eds should-be furnished. By _

this? treatment, pullets and hens gem
orally {re-commence laying immedi—
ately they are returned to the pen‘af-
terlthey have ceased to be -broody.i
which is in five to seven days, provid-
ed theyare given attention at once.

maximum and hens which are
not», required to sit become broody,

-th'ey“'should not 'be left on the nest,
but should be transferred ' immediate-
lyto" a coop Whichxhas bars across'

the bottomto prevent» the foWls
which'k’occupy it from sitting dbwn.
Along the. length of the coop a
trough 'should be placed for feeding
the birds, and a metal trough for
water is also necessary; The coop
should be placed in the run ‘occu-
pied by the fowls in full view of‘
their companions.

Exercise is an important factor
in successwhen birds are concerned,
and this is especially the case‘ when
breeds which lay brown eggs are
kept, for these birds have a tend-
ency towards that inertia which re-
sults in the accumulation of adipose
to the detriment of egg production.
Internal. fat causes sluggish~ liver,
and- prevents the egg organs per—
forming their normal functions.
Lazy-hens. are unprofitable, but no
hen should be condemned as lazy till
every provisibn for scratching has
'been made. _ '

Laying hens require shell and grit,
audfireanxious to get both. They
nee‘i‘l‘arun and'a scratch, and an op-
portunity to consume shell and 'grit’
before breakfast. If they get all
three they’feed much better than if
they? eat before they have had time
to scratch and pick up'grit. \

When hens do not run after their
food" greedily, a meal should be
missed“ and they will then be likely
to.eat their next meal with avidity.
If they do not, they should be given
3a'dose or warmed castor oil, follow-

: ledby a dose. of some reliable roup
_.powder every day" for a 'week. -

_ 3.1The value" of a dose of cathartic
medicine can. hardly be over-estimat—
ed. Many serious .cases of internal
stoppage could be entirely avoided
andthe lives of chickens saved, if
thisjprjeventive measure Was adopted
in time." When'birds stand around

~with' their feathers ruined around
their ,heads‘they need a dose of cas—
tor'goil,‘ as they are generally suf-

‘ferlhg. from intestinal inactivity.
yOne’ of the seerets of successful
poultry keeping is to feed the birds
deiti'fthat, they .obtain all
neurishment from their food, and

a, this is accomplished, by giving them
an ample" supply of grit. which is
«both hard and sharp._ Broken flint
answers better than any: other ma-

kept in avtnougjhuintherun; for the

‘ birds to "helpj‘tl‘rems‘elves. and once

a week a teaspoonful for each bird
should be‘added tenths soft food.
This usually-(prevents internal stop-
page, but slight derangement should
be treated by, giving each bird a tea-
spoon'ot warmed castor oil, followed
two hours later —by one of 'warined

‘ cotton—seed oii ‘(properly purified,

of course,) or corn oil. The male

, birds should each be given one and

stewed fiaxseed (linseed)
cure the trouble which caused the
. rattling.

a half teaspOons. Bottles containing
the oils should be placed in a bowl
of hot water after corks have been
removed so that contents may be—
come quite‘ liquid, otherwise there
is a risk of choking the birds when
administering the castor oil, for it
issometimes thick and liable to
cover the windpipe, and when the
bird breathes to pass down the wrong
channel, causing suffocation.
Shell-forming. material in .the
shape of grOund oyster shells or
flint dust is essential for chickens
during the cold weather, as at other
times. It can readily be mixed with
the soft food, and forms shells of _
good consistency—in fact, when
flint dust is fed regularly shellless
eggs are, practically unknown. It
can also be, used as bone-forming
material for young chicks and is as
satisfactory as bone meal. ~
For rattling in the throat or
wheeziness, Warmed glycerine and
quickly

Stewed linseed may. be
mixed with the soft food if the birds’
appetites are good, but when they
are not eating well it is wise to give
each bird its dose, five teaspoons,
every morning and in‘addition, one
teaspoon of warmed glycerine.
Diarrhoea in chickens, whatever
their age, must never be neglected.
The cause should be removed by a

.dose of'castor oil, followed \by a tea—

spoon of powdered chalk mixed with
half a, teaspoon of ginger (also
powdered, of course.) When the
birds’ appetites are good, the chalk
and ginger should be'mixed with the
soft food, but if they are not feed-
ing well, the ingredients are best
administered as pills. If, thru, ne—

‘ glect, any birds get dysentery, chlor—

possible ,

gjteriaiéldoes itswork more thorough- .

H 1‘
vv

anodyne (obtainable at any drug

. store) is the most satisfactory rem-

edy—five drops for a hen, seven for
a rooster, given on a lump of sugar.

[A teaspoon of tepid water should be

given later.

After diarrhoea chickens are lia-
ble to be weak. For a few days af—
ter they have, recovered, bread and
milk is the most suitable diet.

Change .of‘diet is always desir—
able when chickens show any sign
of not caring for their food. At
mid-day a little meat may some-
times be given with advantage.

,Ground oats may also be used, one-

‘third to two-thirds middlings

of
good quality not Oftener than three
times a week.—;—Lawrc-nce Iru‘eli.

L.

Limestone

Thebes: method of agplying limestone is to use a wagon for
carrying the lime and itch behind the wagon a lime spreader.
A special lime spreader may be purchased on the market or
built by any blacksmith or‘carpenter. It costs abOut $90, and
soon pays for itself, particularly if bought by a neighborhood.

Many farm owners simply apply lime with a shovel. This
method does not give an even distribution, however, espec-
ially in windy weather. ‘

A common manure spreader is often used, but the method is
laborious and the distribution uneven. An ordinary drill may
be utilized for light applications of lime, altho heavy applica-
tions require two trips over the same field. .

Whatever method you use. remember that limestone should bespread
evenly. Remember also that the largest single cost of liming land is the
cost involved in putting the lime on your land. Plan to do it easily.

gas” a

puLVERlz: ~
LIME STONE

Solvay limestone is so finely pulverized that 95% of it will pass through a
50 mesh screen. It contains a higher percentage .01 carbonates and mag—
nesia—it is furnace dried—and can be ordered in bulk' or in 100 pound
sac .

We will also be glad to quote on Arcadian Ammonium Sulphate,
(20.8% Nitrogen.)

The Solvay Process Company
2091 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.

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“Why should I use Southern
grown vegetable seeds in
my garden, (when I would
not use southern-grown corn, beans or oats on my farm?”
YOU KNOW THAT MICHIGAN-GROWN FARM SEEDS are the

best, and that’s why I sell them. They are acclimated, they are hard-
ier, the plants mature quicker, and yield bigger and better crops.
SAIER'S GARDEN BOOK givs definite reasons why Michigan planters

should use Michigan-grown seeds on the farm and in the garden. It lists
the prices and varieties that stand the tests I give. Write for a free copy.

HARRY E. SAIER, Seedsman

Box 19, Lansing, Michigan.

 

 

 

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as, till LI Nile. ANl

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all/FAQ‘L ° HAY
15‘ " . ..-~ ,y

Succeeds on all kinds of soil. Better than red
clover as a soil builder. Prepares the land for alfalfa and other clovers.

Does not winter-kill.

 

Equal to alfalfa in feed value. We do not handle Southern seed, but
offer choicest selections of Michigan grown; 99.75% pure; high germin-
ation, scarified, best in the world. Selling at about half the price of
red clover seed, every farmer should investigate it. A Special Bulletin
explaining cultivation and uses of this most valuable legume, sample
of seed and our 1919 Seed Book free. on request. We are headquarters
for Michigan Clover, Alsike, Vetch, Peas, Northwestern Alfalfa, etc.

THE C. E. DEPUY CQ., Pontiac, Michigan

 

 

 

 

MT. CLEDIENS BATH CITY KENNELS
Offers at Stud

uEWALT’S SIR HECTOR

Registered Scotch Collie .

Fee $15.00. . 1-1

Michigan State Champion. ‘ , j :33-

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Sh“) our females; satisfaction guaranteed, ‘
9.02.1 3puppies of all breeds bought andlsold.

W. Austin Ewslt, Mt. Clone”, Mic
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!. flame 3 with me to the Milking shortlist-n Congress ~”Show “and Bale

at Erie, Pa, March20and21,1919

If you are thinking or attending this mestins or wish.
about it write

 

to know mm 'L

am Bray, 0km, Mich” Breeder of acne... Sher-thorns

 

SAVING TB!!! LAMB
Lambing time is the shepherd's
sbusiest season. ‘Thesnceess of the
year" depends largely upon/the per-
centage sandwigor of lambs born and
saved, says D. A. =Spencer, sheepcex-
tension specialist to the University‘s)!
Missouri- Oollege of Agriculture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you in the market for a good
Holstein Calf from 38‘lb. Bull, a
son [of Reg Apple 8th.

ROBERT R. POINTER & soN
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

 

JERSEY cows

. .. .I offer for sale ten pure bred Jersey Cows, three registered; sired by Blue
Majesty 93,987, son of Royal Majesty 79,313. Dames sired by Stoke Pogis, of
Armada, 72,588 G., son of Stoke Pogis, of Prospect 29,621. All young. all in‘
good condition; all giving milk or soon to be fresh. Tuberculosis tested Would
sell a few heifers, not yet fresh.

W. E. DAY, Armada, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

   

Warm quarters are necessary in'cold
weather. A movable ripen, four feet
square, furnishes the best place for a

one or two days old. The ewe lsmore
sure to own her lambs, especially
.when she- has twins, if she and her
lambs are kept in this sort of a pen
until they become thorely attached.
.The‘ewe flock needs plenty of room,
12 to 15 square teeter floor space for
each animal. Feed the ewe lightly
on grain, about one-half pound daily,
till her lamb is three or four days old.

When lambs are coming rapidly the
ewes should be watched day and night

 

 

  
         

 

 

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LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

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flock healthyand free from stomach worms
and ticks. A $5.00 her make: $60.00 worth of
mediated salt—saves on big. money—A
$2.00 size In of ‘L'l'lx- 0N MIX” by parcel
post will medicate a barrel of salt.

 
      

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INDEMNIFIES Owners of Live V Stock—Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs
Against Death by Accident or Disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saginaw Grand Rapids
POULTRY TURKEY’S
AMMOTf-l BRONZE runners _
WYANDOTTE MStrictly thoroggghltiged,1§or sale. Gob-
. blers weigh 15- 3., ens 9-16 lbs.
SILVER LACED, GOLDEN and White Price, 571,0 to $25.00, according to
Wyandottes. Only a few Large Golden weight and beauty. Eggs, $4.00 per
or White cockerels left. Eggs in season

setting of ten. John Morris, R. 7. Vassar.

MATCHING EGGS!
FOR HATCHING, from pure-

EGGS bred Bufl.’ Orpingt'ons. $2.00 per
15. Postpaid. Tony Mott, St. Johns, Mich.
RED. No. 1. -

‘ 3.00 er 15, $5.00 per 30.
(silarenrce Browning, R. 2, Portland Mich,
I
OCKERE R. C. R. L White. Large
c pure white husky fellows

° : rices reasonable, satisfaction guaran-
‘ _' It)eed. O. E Hawley. Ludington, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

VALUABLE Poultry ,Catulogue
Eyes, pure bred poultry, our win-
mngs prove high class quality,
all leading varieties. Don't delay,

‘ L V - a COCKERELS .—
' ’ STANDAR £352.? Anconas: Buff and
‘ Partridge Rocks; Ronen Drakes. Hatch-

ing Eggs in season. Sheridan Poultry

 

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;.Yards.v"Route 5. Sheridan Michigan. '6 ' n - ry' Bdrm

Altoona. Iowa. ' '

J
\ DOGS

c» WTE WYANDOTTES "'Excluslvely”
" 3 . for 15 years. Fine Birds. Best
:zlam; Keeier’s strain. Eggs, 15, $1.25;

9.00., $6.50. Cockerels, $2.00.- >

mien fleck. , 6 Plymouth. Ind.

 
     

 

breeding. "Ernest LaEleur, » Vermont‘
“ville, Michigan. 3 "

      

For: SALE—Male Collie, extra one

a. :

  
 

 

' led with worms.

cno feed of

. male fern, follow in eight
~ hours by a saline» cathartic consist;

to avoid unnecessary losses. Occo-
sionally a ewe will have difficulty in
giving birth to her lamb. but it is un-
wise to give her help until she has
-tried for some time and appears to
be unable to effect a delivery. When.
help is given care should be exercised
not to excite her more than is neces‘
. sary. The essentials of aid are to see
that the unborn lamb is in a. normal
position with legs in such shape as
not to hinder the progress of birth.
When it is possible to draw on the
lamb do so as gently as possible and
pull only at the time the ewe strains. \
As soon as the birth is about com-
plete and it is possible for the lamb
to breathe, remove the birthsackfrom
the mouth and nostrils and blow into
these parts to assist the new thing in
getting its first breath. As soon as
the danger of smothering is past
leave the pen and let the ewe clean
and care for her lamb a few minutes.
If the lamb does not succeed in find-
ing the teat in twenty or thirty min-
utes give it some help by placing the
mouth of the youngster to the teat of
the mother. If it is a weak and in-
disposed to suck place the teat in its
mouth and squeeze some milk into it.
The shepherd should be very careful
to see that there is not excess of wool
about the udder of the eWe; if there
is. these locks should _ be clipped
away. This will prevent any trouble
the lambs might have in finding the‘
teat an-d from the sucking or wool
locks. Sucking these locks often
cause wool balls in the stomach of
the lamb and usually result in ' a
stunted or dead lamb.

After the birth of lambs, gradually
ncrease the grain allowance so that
the ewes will be getting about one
pound daily for each 125-pound ewe,
in ten days or two weeks after lamb-
ing. -A satisfactory grain mixture is
equal parts by weight of cats and corn
when it is possible to furnish a daily
allowance of two to four pounds of
good clever or alfalfa hay. Rather
heavy) feeding is advisable until sregu-
lar pasture season. Afford the flock
plenty of daily exercise.

-EQithraPSParW’m '

   

I have a Collie dog that is troub-
He has an awful
appetite, can’t seem to fill him up“
He goes around Stretching, then will
lie down on his stomach as though
he was sore. Would like to know
through your paper a good remedy.
——C. H. S., Eaton Rapids.

Your dog has Tape Worm:—
Treatment:——First give one ounce
caster oil, tie animal up and allow
any .descriptibn ’for
twenty-four hours; while stemach ..
is empty give One dram 'of oil or
to ten,

ing of Epson Salt four drains. Th

 

 

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ewe indher lamb until the lamb in

. breeder.

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scammed f comm cache ‘3'“
has. been expelled,‘ and iftnot th ; b? 3',
treatmentjshmid homestead instant}; n. 1..
I days. All worm segments‘as weligas": 2
~ the bowel discharges should be ‘burm’ _m
ed. ”'1 ’ ‘ ' ' ‘ \ MUS
Can you, advise me what is the 9‘";
matter with one of my plgs‘?’ I am. 'J -. wth .
fattening ‘a flock of 5&month~01d’s,~..“= :31;
and about a month ago one became: Mu”,
sick, vomited, and had ‘édtarrhoea. I .
took her away from the flock and ""'""'
she was better in a few-days. .I put M .
her back but she has not gained Giff};
' since and seems to eat good—Leo J. an ,
Hofi'mam. ’ , ‘show
Vomition is rather common in} JtAo' £7
swine and is the result of stimula- "
tion of the vomiting Center, Which is I
locatedin the brain. This stimula- ’
tion may be. direct tram irritation mo"
‘in the nerve center, but more .fre- 11811? g:
quently it is indirect from irritation £395,"
of some portion ‘of the intestinal. 2%“ t
tract. Vomiting is therefore, a sym— Pontiac
ptom of a variety of diseasecondi- gig-13“
,tions; it may be caused by engorge— L. o B
ment of. the stomach, nature having
provided this method of relieving an
overloaded stomach. Intestinal ob-
struction is another frequent cause ' F0,
of vomiting in swine, as is also irri- £31305,
tation of the lining of the esophagus, yours
intentine, and more especially the 01:36
stomach. ’Worms also cause suffi-
cient irritation to produce violent
vomiting, while chemical irritants Bld]
acting upon the digestive lining may Boy m
produce vomiting. Swine as a rule Kandy
vomit easily. The affected animals * fidiu‘ii
become uneasy and restless. They conslde
extend the head and depress the W. WA
nose; the abdominal muscles con— »
tract, and the stomach contents are LAN(
~thus forced out. ,The vomited ma— offer:
'terial usually consists of particles $193,?
of foodmixed' with mucus, altho it lgrees ;
may be composed entirely of a thin, walng,
shiny mucus. The expelled material '—
may contain intestinal as well as 1'3”
gastric contents. Wood Charcoal is “on,
the best treatment I know for vom— 3:1,:
iting in swine; give from one to wit}:
three teaspoonfuls ,(according to gh'd
the size of the hog) in the feed twice culin‘
daily. ' ‘ .
‘
I would like to ask a question in . . I WV;
regards to a heifer, that is 'two Herd S
years old and- has a heifer calf; dykohg;
Would the calf make as good .a cow N: u,
when grown up as an older cow’s 2nd am
calf? Please answer through your 00137211“:
good paper, M. B. F.——E. 0., Bilanch- the dew
ard, Mich. - our Se
If the calf from your heifer is of 2183191,:
the same'breed as the dam, there is {1.131% :3]
no reason why it would not grow to 'r
be a desirable size cow; provided, HOLE
however, the heifer has attained a est dan
good size for one of her age and LEE-kl)“
breed.
. 1110.
"“h" ‘00
I would like to know your opin- \ ‘ Iii.“
ion of a young sow which :weighs '—
‘about two hundredand fifty pounds, 5
which sometimes comes in heat '
about ten to twelve apart, and she £3101- E
will not get with'pig.——A Reader, Ma- ' '
son county, Mich. . ,
Your sow is, in all probability, 1
too fat, which condition would pre- Reg.
venther from being a. successful. Mich:

If this. is not the cause,
then she is affected with diseased '_.
ovaries, and will never breed. ‘

 

   

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All Alma; subscriber wants to get
in touchwith some one having goats»:
for sale, Name and address “~of.«.sub-
. bar. will be :gii'en to‘snxone inter
ested ‘Write' Editor‘.M_g..B. ~F. if

  
  
  
   
 

 

  
 
 
 

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,We are ndw' booking. orders tor
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entree. Inow

M .35 IT. has sold
offer a li ht colored-II : W M
milks up I0 60 than: . 8 50- The
best of well bred bull ‘ ”—bl‘ed 01'

show and production. ’F‘rcm dams» ill

“A. 0. records of 25 lbs. butter, 546
to 574 lbs. milk ‘7 days, $1.85. ,
ROBIN CARR

FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

Clover Dairy Farm offers a beautiful
light colored'straight and all
calf. born Dec 2,1918. VS e by Flint
Hengerve'ld Lad whose dam and sire’s dam
average sa'lbs. butter in 7 da 3. ' Dam is

b. Jr. 2 yr.‘ old, sired y a son of
35.48 butter and
days. Prl $100,_f.o.b.
Write for photo an pedigree.
L. O KETZLER Flint, Michigan

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand, future
prices that has ever known. Start
now with the Holstein and convince

yourself. Good stock always for
sale. owbert Stock Farm, Eau
Claire, Michigan.

 

 

x

, sired by a son of

a veSFriend Hengerveld

n .a b , .12? xi“. Suit".

oy’a yesono n egs e o

Korndyke from A. R. 0. Same with rec-

ords of 1§.25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25

at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered. -

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. Wyckoff, ' Napoleon, Mich.

LANGHURST ‘ STOCK FARM

Offers young Holstein-Friesian Bulls
from dams with records up to 24 lbs. and
sires’ dams up to 46 1:3. Write for ped-
igrees and prices. Fr J. Lange, Sebe-
waing, Michigan.

 

 

 

' BULL CALIF

Born August 15, 191;. Sire’s dams
average 37.76 butter days 145.93”
lbs. butter so days, testing 5.62% fat.
Calf’s dam a 21 lb. daughter of a cow
wit 4 A.R. daughters. Nice straight
cal, well marked. Write for price
and detailed description. Herd tuber-
culin‘ tested annually. -
’ BOABDMZAN FARMS

Jackson, lilich.

 

 

 

m. 0.117le crummy-.16!
3a Nothln for sale at one film

Mil-om Bro... South um, W ‘

. Br 3‘ l" l I!
“tie; Ecru: Bulls Majesty

own bull .

 
 
 

SPEIAL A VERTSINME-RAS under heading to. hon-

 

est breeders of am and poultry

will be sent on request.” Better

still, write outsmyou‘hm to offer, let us put a in typeshow you
3‘ Pmmm you what it will cost for 13,26 or 52 times. You
I

can change mic

must, be received one week before date of issue. Write to-dnyl
BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN ‘BUSINESS FARMING:

Ott-

., 3 Fox
£34214: Eminent Lad s Majesty 150934.
erd tuberculin-tests . Bull calves for
sale out of R. of M. Majesty dams.
Alvin Balden. Capac, Michigan.

strain 1’

 

.GUEBN SE!
W E A V E A F E W
GUERNSEY Regen and cows for

sale, also a 11 well bred young.
bulls—write foflmdgg. Village Farms,

Grass Lake. Mich

' I COWS. Bull
Registered 22?"? am... April.
Bull calves, b st of ceding; Write for

y .
particulars an prices.
A. M. SMITH, - Lake City, Michigan

ABERDEENKAISGUS

ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE
We are oflering at attractiveprices, Fa
number of high-class young bulls, well
able :0 head the beat her 5 in the land.
Best n blood lineage on ei er side of the
ocean. Write for price list. or call and

see us. .
Woodcote Stock Farm. Ionia. Michigan.

ANGUS BULLS d EEIFEBS from
choice re ered stock. Also
have some nice Registered Du‘roc Bears
read for service. Will crate and shi
for 50.00. Geo. B. Smith & Co.. Add -
son, Michigan, .

SHORTHORN

SHORTHORN For Sale at reasonable

prices. The rlze-win-
ning Scotch Bull, Master Model 76147, in
many states at head of herd of 50 good
type Shorthorns.

E. M. Parkhurst, Reed City, Michigan

MILKING SEOB'I‘KOBNS
Maplelane Laddie No. 0 725, a Grand-
son of General Clay 25 9 e, at head of
herd. Young stock of both sexes for sale.
Can spare a few cows
A. W. Theme, Fife Lake, Michigan

OAKWOOD FARM SHOBTHORNS
Bull calves of Bates Breeding.
COLLAR BROS, R. No. 2, Conklin, Mich.

FOB SALE—SHOBTHORNS
01' Quality. Scotch and Scotch top ed.
Maxwalton Monarch' 2nd & Maxwa ton
Jupiter in service.
John Schmidt & Son, Reed City, Mich.

SHOETHOBNS and POLAND CHINAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all sold out. Non, for sale at pres-
ent. F. M. l’iggott Son, Fowler. Mich
FOR SA BEG. SHOBTHORN BULL,

18 mos. old, of best Bates
breeding. W. S. Huber. Gladwin, Mich.

 

Mt. Clemens,

Michigan.

10 “PE P. 0., I have a
good Fall Boers l sired
So be. and out of 3°“
Their reading traces to t e beet herd in
111., Iowa and Neb. ' ’ ~
C. E. GARNANT, Eaton Rapids. Mich-

BIG TYPE P. 0. 301138. all ages. the
kind that make good. Meet me at the
fajrs. E. R. Leonard. -St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

extra
walnut!

 

Large Type Poland China Hogs

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

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

 

 

 

 

IG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Two
big boned boar pigs farrowed in June.
sire Michigan Buster. Gilts bred to Bob-
O—Lin'k, Gerstdaie Superior and Gerstdaie
Lad. O. L. Wright, Jonesville, Michigan.

THREE Registered Big Type Poland-
China. igs Sept. farrow. One boar, two
sows, 70. 0 takes the trio, $25.00 eac .
Certificates free. M. E. Hess, 111 .
Johnson Ave., Pontiac, Michigan.

IG TYPE P. C. gilts, bred for April
farrow, the big smooth kind. A. A.
WOOD &. SON. Saline, Mich.

BIG TYP POLAND CHINAS. Spring

boars all sold. Bred ilts
ready for shipment. Inspection invi ed.
L. L. Chamberlain, Marcellus, Michigan.

WALNUT ALLEY 3}“ so I?" {33.33

watch of/1919 crop sired by Sena-
tor and Orange Price. I thank my cus—
tomers for their patronage.

A. D. GREGORY, - Mich.

L s P C BRED GIL'I'S now ready to
' - - ' ship at prices any good farm-
er can afford to pay. Also dealer in Raw
Furs. Write for prices.

H. O. Swartz Schoolcraft. Michigan.

BIG TYPE 1’. 0. Choice bred sows from
_ Iowa’s Greates herds. The
big bone prolific kind with s ze and qual-
ity. Elmer Mathewson. Burr Oak, Mich.

0. I. C.

Ionia.

 

 

0 I C GOOD 125-lb. BOAR PIG, $30.
' - 0 Parks Barred Rock Eggs, $1.50
per sgtting -

. ike C. Miller, Dryden, Michigan.

RAY WARNER, Route 3, Almont, Mich.
Breeder of Pure Bred Shorthorn Cattle
and O. I. C. Swine. A few Oct. pigs
on hand.

 

 

 

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM
I want to tell you, about our Jumor
Herd Sire, “King Pontiac Lunde lam-
dykc Segis," a sonof Kinf of the Pan .
.acs‘iahis dam is Queen Se s of Brookgmb
g d ‘13th 1of PgntiacK othilde De Kol
n an rnce egs ornd
cor‘nvbinationbof gireedinhfi. yke, a float
eare reengts oun ’
the daughters of Judge Waiker‘Pizltfeg'tjto
our Senior Herd sire whose first 11%
dams each have records above 30 lbs he
also‘ has two 30 lb. sisters. ow 'can
you go wro by buying a bull calf or
this popular inc 0 needing
'1‘. W. Sprague, Battle

HOLSTEINS OF QUALITY. Two -
est dams of herd sire are both abovlfags
lbs. butter in 7 days, average 700 lbs.
milk. E. A. Hardy, Rochester, Mich.

EG. HOLSTEIN BULL CALF from
good“ roducing Cow and sired by a
No. 1 ull. Price'350.00 for quick sale.
1". W. Alexander, Vassar. Michigan.

‘ SUNNY PLAINS HOLSTEINS

Type." Quality. A few bull c l
A. -R. O. dams for sale. a yes from

ARWIN

 

KILLINGER,
Fowlerville, Michigan.

Re nonsrnm COWS;‘bull and heifer
8- (gives fm. Come and see
Mmich: , L. H dz SON, Okemos,

FOB SAL

 

Five 1- six

nac giowell, Mich."

reek, Mich. I, ..

DUAL PURPOSE SHOBTHORN Bulls.
One earling and two fine calves; all
roans; eifers all lgd.

ROY FINCH. - ife Lake, Michigan

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

run VAN ruins co. Shorthorn
Breeders' Association have young stock

 

for sale, mestly lay breeding. Write
your wants to t Secretary. Frank
Bailey. Hartford, ichigan.

 

’ 1 0 head to select
Shorthoms v31??? me your wants. golf;
es reasonable. :11. J. Bel, Rose City
Michigan. - '

FOR SALE

Strain and good indivi

old, one 6 months.
Geo. W. Arnold, Bates, Mich.
SCOTCH TOPPED

For sale SHORTHORNS, roans
and reds, both sexes. At head of herd
grandson of famous Whitehall Sultan.
Write for‘ rices and description.

8. H. PA GBORN. Bad Axe. Michigan.

OB. SALE—Beg. Shorthorn bull, 14
mos. old, color red, white marks. Bates
breeding. Will crate and ship, satis-
faction guaranteed or money refunded.
Could 11 Liberty bond in part payment.
Wm. D. oMullen. R. No. 1_ Adrian, Mich.

HORSES

’ SHETLAND PONIES -

am Bulls, Bates

5 Shorthorn Dur-
uals. One 3 years

' SHETLAND [DON-[ES 'For Sale. Write

for descri ti
prices. Mark B. ,Curdy. Howell. 1213.”
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. 8 fi’ .
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_ choice REGISTERED srecx

 

 

'EOGS ‘

' POLAND CHINA ’

, ‘ FOR 25 YEARS - .,

This establishmenthas‘

for Big Type Poland nae. We have

a nice lot of bearesend’ sows” of strictly

his typo at very low price.

me know what on want ZBell phone. .

J O. C. BU - ~ Portland .Mich.

F ALL aonrm will weigh 7 to 1O .
lbs, are e a 0d Pi s an Price:

so you.can 11 tom. .-E. t,

Eaton Rapids. chm ~ ,'

 

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“ Shadowland Farm

0. I. C’s. |_____._

Bred Gilts glows/£18? and June.

 

 

 

 

 

 

orders for
Spring Pigs. Everything shipped COD
and registered in bu er’s name. I
you want the best, wr to

J. CARL ann'r'r, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d. or copy as often as you wish. Copy or changfi

  

 

'n A‘- -r..s-n'r an s
Bred Gilts all sit“. ‘

sale at 18 cents per 1
John W.

CHESTER WEITES
“’ BESTEB WHITEs—Gilte bred for
Man. Apr., and May farrow of the
large growthy type. Priced right.
F. W. Alexander, Vassar, Michigan.

A new SPRING BOABS and bred guts

 

of Joe Orion and Defender. Breeding '0

at a bargain. Write for prices.

John W. Esch. R.F.D. No. 1, Honor, Mich.

 

 

 

 

SHEEP
SHBOPSHIRES V
83%]. BE ABLE to furnish for seas-
onmz 1919 anything needed in Regis-
te Shropshire S eep of the same
High Quality that have given satisfaoe

tion in many States since 1890.
C. LEMEN, Dexter, Michigan.

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POULTRY

HOMESTEAD FARMS

A Federation' of Interests

After a long delay our new illustrated
catalog is ready. In it we explain the
development of he Homestead Farms

Pure Breed Practical Poultry

Every farmer p ultryman and poul-
trywoman in the tate should have a
copy of this Catalog; it explains pdre
breed poultry stock that is practicable for
the farmer. If you are interested in
poultry. send for a copy.

Day Old Chicks

Everything indicates there will be
more orders for Chick'sh‘liis year tha
can be filled. Orders are already books
for future (1 livery; the e who want t
be sur of 0 aka shoul order now an
have t em shipped later when you wil
want them. Our breeds are:

Barred, W. and But? Plymouth Books.

R. C. and S. 0. Rhode Island Beds.

White and Silver Laced Wyandottes.

Black and White Orpingtons.

Single Comb Black Minoroas.

S. C. and B. C. White Leghorns.

S C and B. C. Brown Leghorns.

Single Comb Buff Orpingtons.

Single Comb Anconas.

White Pekin Ducks. Guineas.

EGGS FOR HATCHING

Eggs from any of the foregoing breeds
for sittings or in quantities for incubators.
Special price for 1 000 eggs during sea-
son; and for eg s for eary Broilers.

E gs from W ite Pekin Ducks,
Tou cuse and Embden White eese.

ares—Bel lane and Flemish Giants.

I you rea 1y want poultry stock this
season, especially Day Old Chicks" you
should order now; stock can be shipped
later. _

BLOOMINGDALE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Bloomingdale. Mich..
BABEED ROCK

OHN’S ‘BIG BEAUTIFUL Barred Rocks

are hen hatched quick growers, good

id on approval $4 to $8. Circu-
laggrs’hso‘tos. John Northon. Clare Mich.
From strain with

BaI'I'Cd ROCk Eggs records to 290 eggs
per year. $32.00 per 15 Pre aid by par-

Gray

cel post. ircular free. red Astllng,
Constantine, Michigan.
Thoroughbred Barred

 

males and fe-
also eggs for
Bradley Strain

Rock

For 8211 m...

hatching after Feb. ist.

' Bred—to-lay. H. E. Hough, Hartford, Mich.

BBED BOOKS. Winners at Chica-
ng, Detroit and Battle Creek Shows.

lists la ed 950 E s in one
Four pu y $53.30 for 30.

 

 

, 3.00 for 15;
WEI). Egggnasn, Benton, Harbor, Michi-
DUROC gan, R. F. D. No. 3.
IIOROUGHBRED BARRED ROCK
DUROC BRED SOWS TCockerels and females. Vigorous

last fall boars.
Or-

and growthy big type
State Fair champions and winners.
ion's Fancy King 83857 heads herd.
Newton Barnhart, St. Johns, Michigan.

Spring Bears and gilts. Ten years
Durocs experience. A few black top
Rams left. Newton & Blank Hill Crest
Farm, 4 miles south of Middleton, Mich.

Durroc Jersey Gilts $83133)!an fig?

1,0 0 und head.
Jog, S’CHUELLER, Weidman, Michigan.
‘ DUBOC-JERSEY SWINE
We have some choice big sows and
gilts for March, April and May farrow to
offer, also fall pigs, both sexes, and two
spring boars. Write for pedigree, descrip-
tion and prices, or come and see them,
Will ship on approval.

Thos. Under-hill & SonI PropI 8310.33" Mich.
PEACH HILL FARM

We are now offerin Registered Duroo
Jersey fall pigs. eit or sex. We can
furnish you unrelated pairs or tries.
Wait? to us.
on e. .
Inwood Bros" Romeo Mich.
SPRING GILTS and broo
sows. Gilts by a ood so ,
pecial. Newton ?
Crest Farms Perrinto -Mclt
miles s. of Middleton ratio

‘ MEADOWVIEW FARM
Registered Duroc Jersey Hogs. Buy

Your spring pigsnow.
. J. Iii. Morris, Vrarmington. Mich.

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man, Jr., No. 1, Pigeon, Michigan,
RRED ROCK WINNERS. Won 1
BA Pen, 2nd Cockerel and 4th

Cockerel at Chelsea Big Show. Hatching
Eggs from Pen $2.50 per 15; Pen 2,
$2.00 per 15, or $5.00 per 50. By parcel
post. Carrier returned. ..

SAM STADEL, — Chelsea, Mich.

LEGHORN

P ROFITABLE BUFF LEGHORNS—We
have twent pens of especially mated
Sin 1e Comb ui‘fs that are not only mat-
ed o’r 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.

SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHOBNS.
Bred to lay. English strain.
Large healthy, vigorous stock, farm range.
Hatching eggs and day-old chicks. Sat-

isf tion aranteed. Bruce W. Brown.
Bffi. No.g§,-Mawille, Michigan. »

S c White Le horn.

- eris Best train

01 Chicks April and a
about Hammons.

CHICKS I

testimonials, stamp e. preciete . M
Hatchery, Box 10. g‘re

cokerels from Fer-
8.00 to 5.00, (18.
$15.0 per 10 ,
lliamston, Mich.

    
 

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Thisls- March!-—-And History Repeatsltself \

SPRING IS ALREADY HERE! We are a little late with
our regular annual hurry-up message. »

ALWAYS AT THIS PERIOD we find it necessary to warn
tardy or indecisive buyers that only those, who place their
orders early—which means at once—can hope to ge t
Reos for Spring delivery.

REALLY, WE MIGHT save the trouble of writing a new
advertisement each year—the same copy would fit just
as well one year as another.

THE SAME STORY might be told in the same way—so
consistent and so persistent is the year-after-year demand
for Reos. -

FOR, NEVER SINCE THE DAY the first Reo left the
Lansing factory and went into the hands of its delighted
owner—~never since that time has it been possible to
make enough automobiles to supply all who wanted Recs.

ORDINARILY—and to a normal degree—that is from the
factory standpoint, an ideal condition.

BUT IN MARCH of each year the condition becomes

aggravated by an excessive over-demandothat is at times 7

discouraging to say the least.

CERTAINLY WE COULD-build twice or four times—~—
or ten times—as many Reos per annum as we do.

BUT THE REO POLICY has never been to build the
most automobiles—only the best. '

WE MAKE ONLY AS -MANY Reos as we can make and-

make every Reo as good as the best Reo that eVer came
out of the factory. . ,

THAT’S THE REASON for" the tremendoirs demand that
always exists for Reos. Rec quality—Rec low upkeep——
due to a strict adherence to that Reo policy.

REO IS FIRST CHOICE of discrirninating buyers. That’s
the kind of folk for whom we design and build Reos.

THEY ARE THE KIND of buyers e manufacturer and _
a dealer appreciates and therefore most dislikes to dis- ‘
‘ appoint or to offer substitutes. '

AND WHILE OCCASIONALLY a dealer who also ‘
handles some other line will try to sell a customer his
Second Choice, because he can’t get enough Reos to .
supply his local demand, he never really likes to do so. ‘

ALL DEALERS PREFER to sell Recs—because they stay '
sold. - And every Reo sold sells several‘more. L "

THEN THERE ARE the repeat orders from present Reo
owners. L . -

ALWAYS THESE HAVE constituted a- large percentage
* of the Rec demand. They are getting to be a larger
percentage from year to year because, of the larger
number of Recs that have been many years in service.
Longer than any other comparable car.

OF COURSE a Reo owner always wants another Rec-7- .
the percentage of re-sales to Reo owners is amazing and

'a' matter of which we are most proud.

To ALL SUCH, THEN, we issue the usual March warning
-——see your Reo dealer at‘once and place your Order.

MAKE IT DEFINITE’by paying him a deposit and speci-
fying a date for delivery. Else he cannot, in fairnessto
other buyers, reserve a Reo for you.

THEN REST SECURE in the knowledge that you win
. be one of the “luckyones” to get a Reo. this season.

THERE WON’T BE——cannot be made'iéenough to go
round. That is now as Certain as the same thing
always has been certain in all previous years since the
inception of Reo. ‘ - ‘

SO DON’T DELAY. Decide now. Order at once.

TODAY wen’t be a minute too soon. ,

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Rec Motor" Car Company, Igniting, VMi‘fchigan

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