as; more; when 50,000

he dity of. thca.

611W 6 We find living in .1134,“

rooms and ibsolutely udder-fed

are” "living on two meals

an is bad at heart: Environment ,

reasons; lo for a" majority of

\ Grim? 11nd nethiiig" Is more condu-IH‘V ‘

icive origin: liidng and keeping a. girl

and than in Ili'e country, where na-- - .
ge' nil three square meals a‘ day 511-: ‘:
i619? a. Woman to live as she ought to
“Bile effusions declare that. it the
minors are being paid Sta/rs ,

wages, it is high time the need
966“" 111111013 ”are informed o‘I su'ch'

I?“

W

ONE CENT I?ER COPY ( ”wright: )

or {your market is
Where you turn the

i

Andwi‘cmemmer YOU always pay the freight

Then Why ”notikeep ’ti‘ack of y6ur market—
the best market? The “Pink Sheet” gives you ' '
the key D6 you i136: 1t?

1
-\.

'. ,1!er on '

Get a small card rule it up as suggested above and
have it handy. Go to the Freight Agent and ask him
$61" the fréight rates to the cities named, on the several
commodities mentioned. 6

NOW go over to the Express Oflice and get the express rates on smaller
shipments Enter these rates upon 'the card, and await the coming of the
“Pink Sheet" ".'« ‘ . g . . I

For instance, you have hay to sell. The “Pink Sheet” gives you the
price in the several marke:s, and you know that that price is right Now
take your card, figure out the freight cost, and you are leady to “ask
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hast Moment Market Flashes

WGNDER Why the local dealers, are “rippin’ and tearin’ ” about the
“Pink Sheet?” The “Pink Sheet” ain’t d‘one nuthin’ —«just told the
farmer .611 the local dealer knows, that’ s all

 

“HE LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure quotations
' oi: the several- commodities from the principal market centers A
dflatailéd statement covél‘ing conditions our predictions and special

3.de Will be found With each commOdity on the following pages. The

very latest quotations are: » ' ..
Wheat No. 1 White (large mills paying) ...... $1. 04%
Wheat Nod 2__§edg(lnrge mills paying)”

" " 1.85
, s $16,351 New YOI'k), at. . . . ‘ 20.00
host market today ‘1? ‘ .48
‘ .33

18%

’1 ably lose in popularity-41nd

1. 05%
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WELCOME AN

INVESTIGATION

THE MILK PRODUCERS WHO FUR- -:
NISH TH‘E CHICAGO SUPPLY
‘ ARE NOT yFRlGHTENED.

Michigan Milk Producers Are Inter-
ested in the Fight' Their Brothers
Are Making—aWilson Administration
Favors thex Farmer

Through the daily press it has been
announced that a government investi— ,
gation of the Illinois Milk Producers’
Association is under way. E J. Fel-

lows, president of the Milk Producer’s

Association, arinounc'es that he would
welcome an honest investigation of
their affairs, believing that it Would
result in action against the Milk Deal--
ers’ Association. In an interview
with United States District Attorney
Wilkerson, of Chicago, he said:

"‘I know absolutely nothing of any
suit by the federal government
against the Milk Producers’ Associa-
tion. I have had no communication
whatever from the department at
Washington relative to such a suit,
or even to an investigation of the as-
sociation. The milk producers are
very anxious, however, that an inves-
tigation should be made, in connec-
tion with the method adopted by the
dealers’ association, which while or-
ganized ostensibly to deal with the
Milk Drivers’ Association, was in real-‘
ity formed for the purpose of con-
trolling the price of milk; and the
members of the assodation, which
comprises practically every dealer in
Chicago, have an understanding

among themselves that the price set

by the Borden Milk Company shall be
rollowed by all dealers.”

“The “Drovers’ Journal” comments
as follows:

“The alleged attack by the govern-
ment is regarded by some as a slap
at the farmers by President Taft, be—
cause they opposed him in his pet
Canadian reciprocity treaty. Others
see a shrewd poditical move having
for its object the embarrassment of,
the incoming administration. It 'is‘
pointed out, that if Attorney General
Wickersham did start this investi-
gation just before going out of office,
his action would leave the new ad-
ministration facing a most delicate
problem. If the new attorney gen-
eral should follow up the prosecution,
then he would most likely alienate
from his chief the sympathies oi the.
farmers all over the county, for the
latter would realize that in the Chi-
cago milk investigation was to be
found a precedent for anti—trust suits
against hundreds of other farmers’
organizations.

“If, on the other hand Attorney _
General McReynolds should drop the,-,
:prosecution oi: the milk case, the 7
Wilson regime would at once be sub.- .
ject to severe criticism on the part.
of manufacturers and others Who

- have had to go very carefully to avoid};

similar prosecutions. These men
would at once raise a cry of favorite-
ism and "paying for the tarmer vo‘te.’
Thus no matter which way it turned
the present government won

 

 


 

  

  
 

”heir charged,

ass for better conditions than we

   
 

, afrai
,L laid

   
 

have lost their hope and faith 'in the

 
  

that this has. been one long and
_. ‘strenuous fight and one of a most haz-

  

nature. There is no excuse, however,
2 for any man, whether he be 9. Gen-
eral, Lieutenant, or plain Soldier to
} _ lay down his arms at any time when
, there is danger to be warded off or
.. good to be done. Ii is just at such
L times as these that he real type and
7 stuff of which we are made shows it-
self The majority of us are able to
give one good hard wallop, to stand
a reasonable amount of depression,
but it does seem that very, few are we
who can stand behind the gun when
about us shot and shell is," not only
thick, but showing its effect in the

  
    
  
 

 
 
 

 
 

give up the ship, stick by it. There is
hope in the situation even as it shows
today. There is a battle to be fought.
. You are the Soldier enlisted in this
:1}: fight. To be true to your Country and
1:71 ‘ yourself, you should not lay down
your arms at this time. Conditions
are certainly disappointing, but they
are getting no worse and in some di-
rections, and in some ways, there is
.. a slight improvement in evidence. We
4,, are not going to be able to place on
the market this season all of our last
season’s crop. Without question a
certain portion of this will have to be
held over. About this there seems
‘I_ to be but very little question. This
being true you can readily appreciate
that it is right up to you as to the
manner in which you make disposi-
' tion of the remainder you have on
hand. Some of you will be left be-
hind. Let us not be individually sel-
} fish. Don’t say to yourself, “I am
going to get rid of my hay whether
anyone else does or not,” because if
,1. you all feel in that manner and carry
out your operations along these lines
you will absolutely demoralize and a1-
mostwipe off the map all possibili—
ties for any market whatever for the
remainder; but if you will stiffen up
your backbone and absolutely demand
a price which seems somewhere near
decent, somewhere near one of a
profit bearing nature, holding your
hay back until you get it, or at least
not marketing only a small percent-
age, then you as an individual will
have been doing that which will help
the whole and entire situation con-
fronting us. The general condition
still remains easy, in some cases life-
less, in most cases without any par~
ticular tone. We are able to report,
however, in the face of the above,
gthat there does exist a demand and
of a comparatively satisfactory na-
ture, for top qualities. These are the
qualities which have been so very
short during the entire season.
would seem to demonstrate that 5
per cent would more thin coverthe
amount of No. 1 hay this season.
We believe you will agree With us
that if the holders of this quality of
hay 'had‘ put up the fight which was
possible, much could have been done
Lto have bettered the situation and
‘oonditions in general. There are
doubtless many of you, as individ-
- ‘Who Will feel most disappointed.
01 that you have really made a

  

  

 
  
 
 
 

1141.515 01L the Generals we...
accustomed to seeing 1010., .
But little ‘.
in crest seeing to be manifest in the '3 LL "
great fight which should be in. progW-r‘

are now experiencing We are almost 4 L
that not only the General-s have ., ;
oWn their arms, but also that—
the Soldiers on whom we Would natu-V
rally look for real support, seem to"
situation We cannot help but admit much higher than 4Lnow ‘. $0111

‘,‘say that t‘ e “Pink Sheet” from the .
as advised the holding Lot-4..

ardbus, disappointing and depressed“ hay You are both right and Wrong"

way of cutting down conditions. Don’t.

It.

.4tiOn responds with

e in not having made dWLSpLOSiLLL :4
. Chews sot: to be wigs;
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inception;
if you so interpret the Situation and

outlines as< given in “Business <Far'm--

ing " We are continuously handling
a. proposition in whidh the entire
State of Michigah is interested We
don’t single you out as an individual

..and‘ say you better do so and so, it-
. is impossible, we must take the situ-

ation as a grand Whole and total,

and outline our defense and ocurse,
of action for best results as we see 4
them for the entire, but don’t you ap- 4
preciate that if you had stanted to ..

dump your.‘hay earlier that .just so
much earlier would you 1have placed
the market on” either its present basis

or possibly one of La more disappoint-W

ing nature. We have put up a fight, out-
lined a course of action, done the best
and all possible as advisers through
a medium of. printer’s ink. We know

that we can make mistakes, but we 4

feel most fortunate in not having
made one in-.the outlining of opera

tiOIlS' necessary for the best, possible

results on this season’s hay; crop.
This No. 1 hay is going to impr‘oVe.
We advise those having high quality
of bay to view the situation along

those lines and make a fight and take

a stand accordingly. Some of the
low qualities of hay cannot go on the
market at all.

particular time. Shipments will be
continuously subject to conditions
that exist at the moment. .There is
another season coming. If your :hay
is in stacks it‘ can’t damage much
mere, it won’t lose any more in
weight. If your hay is not baled Why
don’t you fight along until the last
moment and then if necessary either
make disposition or bale it up, in
which manner you can heuse it in a
mighty small Space. Men, maker a
fight. You can’t get something with-
out going after it, you can’t improve
a given situation without going at it
in a well organized manner.

 

HAY-L—MIClHIGAN ZONE Pmcss.

Zone N o. 1 Michigan.» , . . . . $10.00
Zone No. 2 Michigan. . . . . . . .~ . 11.00
Zone No. 3 Michigan . ..... 11.50
Zone No. 4 Michigan ...... .‘ 11.30
Zone No. 5 Michigan . ....... 11.00 ,
Zone No. 6 Michigan . . . 11.30
Zone No. 7 Michigan ......... 12.20

NOTE—Tho prices Ivan are on a
kaol- 01 No. 1 Timot 7 key in the

There, will be no '
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port quite some improvement 4:111 tho
general situation of the Pittsburgh
market.
quotations possibly, but it is true that
receipts are lighter. and 111,14 more
regulated nature With but very feW

in transit only normal. While no real

,definite basis can. be established on
low grades, still, in sympathy with
the general feeling there is an -im-_
provement all along the lined

 

HWAY—PITTLSBURLLGH MARKET.
No.1.'l‘lLlnoLt_ky flay...

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No. 2 Timothy hay“ 101.59
'4No.3'1‘lmotky...........=. {10,002}
. No. blight mixed hay. . . .. . . 13.00,.
No.1 Glover mixed hay. 1 .1. .«.N 13.00 ~
No. 1' Clover hay. . ..... . . 13.00

Fine Prairie PuekLingLHaLy. 10.00 _

No.1LOat straw..............* 00»
N0. 1 Rye ntrnw...t’...."....L.W 1.0100
4N0. 1Wkea1;straw.......:_....» 9.004

 

 

 

CHICAGO—AL feature of the silica.
go market for the last week has been
a decided Lf'allihg ch in receipts. This
is the one feature Which goes to make
up a pos’sibility of better conditibns
to exist. A number of sales have
been made during the past week at
500 to $1 over their former quota-
tions It might not be conservative
to make a change in quotations be«-
cause if receipts should again become
heavy We Would gradually Work back
to our former basis It is entirely a
matter of receipts from day to day
At the moment the situation shows
improvement on all grades."

 

 

 

 

affluent Michiga- 1rel‘k t
'1‘in give. you the price that nim-
xan loner- should be able to pay
for this commodity. t. o. b. their Itl- 4
“CID. Illn- ext-tin. mrket condi-
ticul-

 

 

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DETROIT—There is but 1111111 com-
ment to make on the sisuation con-

fronting us here in Detroit. The mar-

ket on all grades of hay excepting

high quality No.2 and grades better L

have no established basis of selling
value. If there happens to be a heavy
run of cars, sacrificing, etc, has to be
indulged in, in order to make move
ment. If receipts are light the situa

  

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returns being th
easy to hold your
if y0u have t

 

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It is very 4
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BOSTON—JI‘here is but very little
change'to report from that given out
in last Week’s isl‘sue. There is only
seven cars difference between receipts
this last week and one year. ago, only
three cars' difference in the export

 

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PITTSBURGH—Wile are able to re-L

We are not going to change,

cars lying at terminals, and billings 4'

. situation fr-Om new on in a marinoi:

chance for an improvement;

‘ day to day and determine at ondo
their definite bearing and influenco

4H AY--C4H|LCAGO. MARKET.
Choice Timothy ......... , . . . $17.00
. No. 1 Timothy . . . . ........ 1500
No. 2 'l‘l'nmthyl.... ......11250
Light Clover Mixed -.- , 4. ...... 12.50 4.
No. 2 Mixed hay. . ....... 11.00 4
No. 3 Timothy, ..... . ....... . . 11.00 .
Clover . . . ................ . 11.00,
Threshed Timothy ...... . 8.00:
Marsh feeding hay. . . .,. ., 7100,
Pack kin ............. '. . .1 . 1:233
Choice ‘AlLtalta ...... .' . . . . . .‘ . . . . ,
No. 1 Alfalfa ...... . 10.00
Rye ....... e aaaaaaa allocog~ca .00
On“ ........ ....... . ... I3300
Wkoa‘t ... 0.“

»- touch with the trend

  

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We 11th t wish "to
with Flag No 5. . " '
truly represent the situati
which confronts 11s at .athe 11min 1:.
but the idea in ”using it is 1:111 L
muét understand the general 31
ftion confronting this commodity,-w we

must appreciate the manner in Which :’
the outside trade Seem to be Work-
} ing an it and as a result determine-
iwhat is necessary for us to do .1
order to maintain .or human th'
situation which We are mow expert
enoing'. There is little question about
the unsettled and somewhat maiden.
out future for. the remainder of this
T'crop. we certainly must consider
that withmfi; some good loyal 110.111
and support, that the future may show
an added depression of the present
but it does seem that with regula~d
disposition, which means study on
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such as will, at least, maintain Lon
present standard of levels With:

        
    
  

 
  
 
   
   

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are angles to the sit-111111011 which’
quite impossible to ddtermine at the
moment. These will d0veloir’ from

        
        
    
         

on the possibilities 0f the future 4

main watch both ends of t

carefully, the stock as it is 1101111113

from pits, the amount anti '0 i
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gong coarse stock arid dark
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{gist-Cm rile—There is but little

Range to .repOrt on the general situ-
‘ _ existing- on this market. This
1 e market out of the entire num-
hich has been enjoying the al-
(Instant attent1on (it WiscOn-

1ppers1.w-ho- have evidently pick-_
ethe entire sea- .

' There ~ 11 t-“been a lapse of
when Mich gan shippers could
,1rket to any advan~

 

- sorArose—OINOINNATI
‘5 MAsK

2815”!- with. m.

'mh mm to cic- welt“. 1&6

Price quoted Include-1 out at jock.
about 10%.; pooh.

'47to.50

‘Sacked Iron, .50 to .55

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- i Speculum: Prion.

No.- 2 Red

July dolivoi'y ,
*May delivery
fit
a.
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was. In
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- ._ ‘*May delivery

seems to be Well maintained and con-
sta‘ntly so'. Promises». or a‘lmost every
nature are detrimental to the advance
of the situation at the preSent time.
The last Week has experienced one of

- situation Was“ a most bearish nature, but in face

of a11,-We can’t help but believe that
wheat will not show much turther de-
cline;

unquestionably decline.

feeling that the market was

vy, and likely to decline, they
h’ipment on their orders al-
ready secured, of beans of the very,

{higheSt quality and condition so that '

there cohld be no question abOut their
going through on the sales made.
., {may We‘re afraid, as they state, to
$31111) anyhing of a questionable qual-
ity because or facing a rejection
“based on a declining market. Based
on their contention this proves two
things, first, that they bought the
early run of beans at altogether too
,long a' profit, they exacted too long
a. toll, secondly, it demonstrates that
they were inviting a depression when

they loaded up the market with highs

iclassed beans on a high class price
and held back low classed beans to
'go On the market later, when they
themselves admit, that they felt the
lfuture market Was going to be an
~ easier one,. and in harmony with com—
-mercial nature, a harder one on
which to operate. Early shipments
went through with comparatively no
1 rejecti-Ons, “trading being very smooth.
1 As you remember, there was no ma-
terial change to the situation until
sometime after we experienced freez-
ing weather. Their contention is,
that a great percentage of damp or
low quality beans were threshed' dur-
ing this freezing weather, at which
time the beans were in a frozen state
and accordingly, not showing their
real condition, were purchased by the
local elevators, put through the regu-

 

WHEAT—CHICAGO NIARKET.
Ivo. 2 fiea $1.071
Speculatlvo Prlcoa'. ‘
J‘July- delivery

.-.s--nua.

unna-

. . *The price

and May delivery rare-est the m-
tin-o delivery meal. “I. Informa-
tion merely give. you the future
but. of this «modify no land
‘by thou. who neat-Into on future

lar finishing process and shipped for-
ward to the outside markets, every-
thing going along well, until the
weather warmed suflicieritly to thaw
them out. Since a great bulk of
Michigan beans go to southern mar-
kets, in this direction did the trouble
first show itself. While it does not
seem quite possible, still, it is main-
tained by the local elevator people
of the State, that this trouble based

 

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. "‘I think a great deal of the pink
.1 sheet. ”—Oscar Denscnberry, , Bron-

 

son‘. 11 1 . 1
It is our intention, and it will be
Our. aim, to give you what is termed

 

 

 

j.'--“inside done" on the bean situation,
- depe that comes direct from the bot-

-,tl1e of the organized. bean doctors. We

have read with quite seme interest

' ‘reports in our-“local newspapers of

on condition of damp beans, has
caused the trouble on the outside
market, serious enough so that the
whole bean situation is tied up and
held up pending a clean up of the
same. They claim that We cannot
open up an avenue for these remain-
ing beans whether they be good or
bad, until the outside markets are
cleaned of the beans that are now be-
ing held, which run to a very large
extent, beans of a damaged nature.
The elevators of the State of Mich-
igan are practically full of beans to-
day. Those elevators, affiliated with
the Bean Jobbers Association of Mich
igan, are going to put up one well

- ‘tutujre, be it from whatever cause it
smay. They may have a knoWle'dg'e of
=.th“e outside situation so that they can
determine quite definitely just When

the doors of the outside markets are
going to be opened Their organiza»

:tion and subsequent. strength would
.-warrant it

If you have good dry
beans we Would suggest following
along in the course of action which
will be set by the local elevator men

Consider holding back this class of

beans instead of dumping On any
classes of beans which are at all
damp you will have to make the best
disposition you can You wills have
to watch them most carefully in your
storage or they will become absolute- _
1y worthless. The present bean aim- 1,
ation certainly forms a concrete ex--
ample, explanatory of your position.
as a. producer and showing just
wherein you are lame in conducting-
both the manufacturing of a product
and the selling thereof. Men, you '
must have elevators so that they
can put the finishing touches on your;
product and have your “‘hired man"
sell them, instead of your “toll agent”
to toll them.

BEANS—DETROIT MARKET.
\Vhitc hand- picked basis ...... $1.85
Red Kidney . . .............. 1. 90

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. _
Zone No. 2 Michigan .......... $1. 70»
Zone No. 3 Michigan .......... 1.75
Zones 4. 5 6 and 7 Michigan.

NOTE—We give you above the
prices that Mlehixon dealer. should
be able to guy you for beans. hund-
plckod basin, in she dlfleront freight
zones of Michigan. The Pink Sheet
is: not the price for beans, hund-

pleked basis. at the IVerl‘e Mlehl-’
gun points, at $2. 40 per bushel.

 

 

 

 

“Would say that the. ‘pink sheet’
is a dandy, only wish it were a
daily, but we must be thankful for
small favors and large ones in pro-
portion, May it live forever.”——E.
S. Sheets, Blanchard, Michigan.

OATS

Oats continue to be running
along on about a normal level
with-standards being gradually
set at previous periods. This con-
tinue-s to show a good tone to the
situation with every promise of a sub-
stantial future as an expectancy.
With all of the depression we are able ,
to note on. other commodities, ' oats
continue to fight their own battle and
maintain their own position. ’

(Muted on Page Six'

 

 

 

 

 

‘ as market cen- ,

’ . oefl'elght rate you
trolacesfl‘ou in a po-

tit lgcul dealer 1

t " L Bethe sure and ship a- full barlé

. , to es,

beans only: all kinds ohm-aims "lake-a
'di 61‘ hr .

’ car or- potatoes in 80 009 pounds;
-,‘ mi imam Weight

11
lmpthy hay is worth 11:6. 00 ‘per ton. -
The trelgh’t being 84. 40. would show that .
the. dealers in" Tuscola'. 'count'y should pay
311.110 pfei- ton, less sanding charge.»'1'_he
minimum Weight 9'1 ‘9. car 0 hey is
20, 000 pounds: the minimum weight ot-fia -
t o
of a c‘arlbt- beans; '
and you will have I; got;
ar.

40,
or ‘0: pounds in ode

00 pounds
to} that numb

given cover“ hay. route: a and

1 We w ill-ho glad to mi»-
u- wig: 1.1123321! tion hw1tl1mr‘otx -
. . n , mu m
sang: “:3 in

.11.?-

The;,'

j Zone Handusky.

Zone 3—Bay City.
New York City .................
Pittsburgh . . . .
Cincinnati

Zone Hireenville.
New York City ................
’ Pittsburgh
, Clnéinnati
1 Chicago
Detroit .

New York City. ........ ..
Pittsburgh . . . . . .
Cincinnati . .
Chicago
Detroit

zone Vicksburg.
€97}qu City . . . . ..

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MICHIGAN
FRElfiHT

WITH
APPROXIMATE
RATES To
LEADING 1 .1 -»

MARKETS, .1 ' '
(SEE
TABLE

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ZONES 1-“ , ' 2..-

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o neither friend not eoem '
- 135.11 er, itself'to solite theg
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E D I T" O R I A. L .
ELL, BROTHER, how do you stand on the “Equal
Suffrage’ question? True, we usually discuss business

matters in the “Pink Sheet,” and that is what we are doing.
-ight now And it s mighty important business, too. YOu- are

 

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Nearly one hundred citizen 6!
Jackson and Vicinity rhppodt’ed b'efdco

the senate committee at banning last
,5 week and strenuously 6bjected? Ltd the

appropridtibn of a. sufficient sum to
bnrchase two prison. farms. 1111's“

- gentlemen claimed that the citizens

going to vote on the question on April 7th—under present condi~

tions, yOur wife and your daughter and Indians can’t vote.

Bums, thieves, thugs, saIOOn'keepers, idiots
and t1 amps can vote, but the Constitution pro-
vides that our wives and mothers, yes and In—
dians with tribal relations, can’t vote. A “Big

“W IMMIN”
AND

“INIINS.”

ly refer to “Wimmin .and Injin tribes. ” .

Don’t call it “\Voman Suffrage” —-—you are going to vote on

“Equal Suffrage.” You are going to say by your ballot whether

your good wife and your daughter shall have a right to participate

in theb affairs of government on an equal with yourself and your 51311.

You will admit that the bumsa‘nd thugs. run things. 1n the big .
You have been reading of late of ”the investigation that is '

cities.
being made by the Illinois legislature into the vice .conditions in
that great city. Your checks have burned with shame‘ as you have
read of the hundreds of girls who have been obliged to live lives
5 of shame in Older to eke out a miserable existence. 1
You have mad about the “white slave’ traflic in the city of
Detroit, and the number of victims that have been sold into worse
than slavery by things called men, who are permitted to go to the
polls and vote on election day. And did you notice that Sixty per
cent of these unfortunate girls come from the farms?
I tell y,ou Brother Farmer, this question comes mighty close
’to your own fireside. Perhaps you have been thinking only of
:political parties; ” “petty politicians; ” “woman 3 place 1n the home;
“’woman s sphere” and a whole lot of such argument that has been

going the iounds of the daily press at the instigation Of. the hqudr

interests

But remember, a moral question is involved; We have a great,
big problem to solvemand the bums, thugs; thieves and tramps who
vote with us, are not helping but hindering us in finding the solution

Remember, every saloon in the state is a recruiting camp for the

“antisf’. .
Have you forgotten last November? You

What happened? The city of D _ 5.
allots, Grand Rapids turned in

lnjin’ without tribal relatiOns Can vote—I mere— 5

‘of

. of Jackson Would be glad to get rid

of the State Prisop, and the farmers

‘ who accompanied the committee said
that they did not want .to have 11.
~ prison farm next do‘orii-i .
It seems that the warden has been .

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renting farms near Jaeksdn 1301‘ the

past tWo yearsé and through 111111131111 5 73

has kept. the risonore busy;1t Will
be remembered that a; few years ago
law .Was pasSod doing aw'ay with

;a.
all contract labor in Michigan ’pusons, .

and as a consequence the board of

. control and warden ha‘we been at their

Wits’ end to 11nd Something that the
prieonors could do. Warden Simpsdn
hit upon the “rented farm” idea, and

, has made a. Splendid success of the

enterprise With Seven hundred and
eighty idle men on his hands, the
warden has a problem that Is hard
to solve, and unless prison farms are
secured, the convicts will be obliged

,cHIvoo PTAV an" ,
.51s GREATER

qulee Six til" Bio (3
p the Industry. 3.. . .
If the predictions. med

5G Leonard
~81;on Yard-f“

to languish in their cells night ands.“

day.

Warden Simpson had a. large num-
ber of witnesses. present from the city
Jackson, and several farmers
living near the prison farms; \Who

claimed that the prisoners behaved

well and were not a detriment .to the
Community. Reverend Laughor, chap-

. lain or the priSOn, challenged the pro:

testing delegation to prove its charge
of degeneracy against the prison
farmers and deClared that they were
as gentlemanly as any set of freo
farm hands.

«almost Wipeli Qui '
‘ is hardly ehual .
555111111. , 3h

;Vfianyyw .‘.
thé larses .
world," says: ‘ '
“It Will take six or seven par 1'.

":bu11d up the cattle raising
--to the point Where 9. mateni
tion of prices Will 1) h. b

 

It was plainlyVVevident thdt the war.- ;_
11‘ (V30

[den had; the. best of the argument;

and unduosttonably the appropriation M
will be allowed The prison should t

not be 1008.th in the city of Jacks

possible to

sufi'loiont to We.
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j,e Michigan Legislature
: , d“. ever With progressive ideas
" anti g the past week. In One 811.65%":
sfts'rnuon they considered four of the‘f‘

fairly

 

dryer come before any legislature 111‘“
America The ease with Which some"
of these measures were passed made
some of the “old~timer.s” gasp. On
the afternoon mentioned, the follow-

:' ‘ 'ing bi-1ls' were considered:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

Mclfil‘tntlon and '7’

Initiative and referendum on legis- .
lation. ,

Initiative and referendum on con-
stitutional amendments

The recall.

The short: ballot.

Surely no one can insist that Mich-
iganis not a progressive state! The
mere mention of any one of these

C bills ten years ago would have been

  
  
 
 
 
 
  

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,‘i , .11. 1111111 scion Which
112 We ,do not, ‘

 

an would lower p.111
believe Wg- Will .11an a panic the
sat; metres press of grain; and Cot-~
ion '2 little unsteady
. fiment reports indicate. a larger than
of grain in farmers”

  

j gave forecastgaot at I ‘ {3,27
'01; 'iwave' 25 to

 
  
   
  
    
 
 
  
 
   

The govern. /

. , usual amount
1151:1911 “will are age beloW nor- , 2 .

yrams Will‘tall ovema‘ . ,2
tions The most severe
cit. dangerous

Ii, The soil of the spring Wheat coun-
Iry in our middle northWestern states
and (fanatic is generally in- good con-
xpeoted toJ accpmpany dition as. to moisture and this prom-
ises Well for that cereal April crop:

. With5n a tow weather indipatibns are unusually fa-"
1. ‘varoble and the crhps 'Will get a good

d; ’s The early closing.

,. tooccurlnthe
. icentl‘ala. ,alleya
. . 2.351322! . .

,2 u bance will reach Milo
, 211 27;:c1‘oss

I. its" case 11228551621; central va
les 22 to 1313‘ eastern Sections‘ April,

 
  
  

:‘ of. En uro 11:39:11 War is tavorable' to
~. lower pgcss '01 wheat.
can gra' s new in into t 6
Walls Will @0153, Pacific slope" hats and has a’ defissging efte'ét. $111111
he 'April‘ Weather Will be favorable to
Cool Wave? farmers delivering their grain. Cot- "
ton prices are Ijust now rather uncer-

 

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MAINTAIN THE MILK YIELD.

Those Who are feeding beef cattle
know that ,big’ gains Cannot be main-
Itained late. inlthe fall on, grass alone.
“,They' 132811! {adding their: cattle corn
11 they desire“steady progress in {at
.tenjiing'.‘ Dalrymon must likewise teed
something to supplement the pasture
:i'n order to‘ maintain an uninterrupted
Imilk fldwj. We emphasize the fact
21,1111 cornstalks and timothy hay. are.
11,121 suitable for dairy cows.
titre ,inuSt' be, supplemented“ by some.
thing more nutritious
I fittesgood results, and as soon as the

“grass ,52ts short in the fall the silo

should be opened and each? cow given
,311-. liberal" daily allowance oi; silage.
Along With silsge they should- have ,
clover, , alfalia ,Lo‘r. 29129211 hay-‘11; as .
. 113159 51111110111131 Js tiliey
pen 9 9. W11 eaten tit silage
‘ ls teal-2‘: Wherever cqupea he}? is 1310-,
,d'nI9edl it has been' found to be one or, .
viz-lie: bfifljls cheap feeds for such. cattle
25551115 over a gal:

. d. be fed, grain, . in

fees £9311 this pur.

 

,, 51 at r pei'led W111 con-I ~‘ -
age: (116 of April and all wreath:
.;features will Cbntlnue to be out

   

 

..; , “pluses thanwmge rainfall Will
I, iii-ire ts. be 1223. than usual. Tern
.jperatures of the Warm Way's accum- ‘
partying this disturbance Will go to
’ Storm. Waves Will fellow each other
pd succession from about Mereli
April 9 and another disturbande

 
  

*1’ 526m: centralf'yval Corn silage

I._eastern sections 5 , ,,
“Will cross Pacificls'lppe about March
3'1; great ochtral valleys April 2 casts
, ' 'Itions"3.- Cobl were will cross
«with: slope about April 3, great cen-
" 5:11 5,; eastern sections .,-
, Malice Will continue the
ijerh‘tures, heavy rains in a
‘ , ere 111611111 111 large sec—
”‘2 5:1; followed any eccler"
sassrous storms of
11‘ 21‘ $5 and or.
is my

desire About

 
 
 
  

 

 
 

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102 61 milk a:
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1 sufficient to brand a man as a revolu-
tionist, socialist or a feeble- minded
,.theorist.

4' ‘,' ' I It II *

Here isthe way they voted on some
of the important bills of last week:

Short ballot—Senate, 29 for and
one against.

Recall~Senate, all for and none
against.

Initiative and referendum favor-
ably .voted on second reading by Sen-
ate.

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' And now comes the great shock.
Just when our law-makers seem to
,be inoculated with the progressive
germ, something gets under their
skin—counteracts the progress of the
disease, and behold! Presto change!
Our progressive measures go glim-
mering! ' The recall bill was recalled
~ from the Senate for the purpose of
correcting anerror. The House then
needed 67 votes to make it law. It
was Friday morning, and the bill had
to be passed then in order to be legal—
1y submitted at the Spring election.
There were just 67 members of the
House in their seats. During the
time that ‘the bill was being brought
back from the Senate two members
decided not to vote for the amend-
inept—and THESE TWO VOTES
WERE ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE
PEOPLE OFIMICHIGAN FROM SAY-
ING WHETHER OR NOT THEY
’WISH TO HAVE THE RECALL IN
THEIR CONSTITUTION!

. l l
’ The short ballot has taken up con-
siderable of the time of our present
legislature. It passed the Senate, :11-
though some of its members said they
voted' for it with their eyes closed
and their noses pinched. When the
proposition came up to the House for
‘ immediate action, it was voted down
by a. vote of 48 to 37, the Republicans '
voting against the amendment on the
grounds that the people Were not suf-
ficiently educated to receive this
amendment

It 8

What is to come of all the ”hot-
air” and pseudo progressiveness of
our legislature. What do they mean
y passing progressive measures on
first and second readings, and then
holding them up on technicalities
when the crucial test comes? Do
they think that this sort of law—mak-
ing is going to fool the people? Do
they think that the people are going
I50 be satisfied in having them spend

‘9 #1511611: time, in oratory abdut these
nighsuresl‘ The record 501‘ the past.

   
   
 

 

331913111111 reaction—sot, going .
, They ave. defeated every
’ I‘ive meanings considered I:

or 54111:; must b‘ dad’s.
,3” {3,8 t 10,! the} legit; stops. , '
'jIIIe‘dI: gin; sclerotic jI

    

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years are counting for.
men to the Legislature‘Who proml
,to be progressive.
they seem to be progressive . .j I
jwhen it comes to a vote; and tipsy, I,",_‘
see their old-time machines breaking“
,dowjn’,’ out comes the real spirit
‘Iprogressive idea hasn’t yet rose,
the hearts or our legislators
seem, to be still playing with us- for .
. votes, and for j-.Iobs
going to insist that they not Only-II:
progressiveness,
‘ really give it to us? , ,

In their j'Ispje' all;

 

H1621: progressive measures that have.

When are We,

The notoriety which some members
of the Legislature created over Pres-i-
. dent Snyder of the Agricultural Col-
lege has come to naught
Board of Agriculture met with
Senate and Housa committees‘ on the
Agricultural College last week, and
the Board stood by the presidents.
Those members who intended to work:
off a personal spite by holding up the
appropriation for the college found
that the people considered the Col-
lege bigger than one man, and they
finally had to give up their unfair hat-

The public was given a hearing on
Uniform Text-book B-ill
Edward Lichtig, presi- ,5
dent of the Board of Education 01,735
Bay City, created a sensation when hells: '-
declared that the Book Trust Spent if]
money to elect members of the boards
He claimed that 11' Cost I'~.' If}
him I$l25 to defeat the trust in his
No action has been taken?
on the bill with the exception that .
the bill has been reported out of com-

of education.

In connection with the unifbrm 'and. "IjjI'I;
free text- book discussion which
rampant in all parts of the State, the
following 115 ures may prove interest—

 

The following cities have free text-
and this table indicates the
average cost of books per pupil under -"j
Battle Creek,
Negaunee, all grades ......... , .. 448
Flint, all grades .
,eight grades .......... ' .
Owesso, eight grades ...........
Muskegon, eight grades ........
Saginaw, all grades ............
Sault Ste. Marie, all grades.
Grand Haven, eight grades
Cheboygan, eight grades ..... ,. . .‘I
Alma, all grades ...............
Menominee, eight grades ,
Detroit eight grades

. . ............. $0. 5
Do you remember what you paid for
school. books last year? Think it over
and see if there isnd ’t
wholesome economy in the free text

...............

 

Average cost .

The House passed a bill
promises to be of great importance It
the farmers of the State. '
the Rayburn bill and provides that
butter must contain at least 81 11
cent of butter fat, and that or 33‘ ,
must contain at least 18 pen cent 1,1319:
The House paSsed the bid "
by a votee of 87 to 2 and sent it map I ,
The advocates 51.2, g. ,

bill claim that these are, the stench, I;
. ards set, by the federal. governntg (3%:
and that if. adepted Will give. Mic

gap butter a'boost1jas Wells '
técti‘ng the Consumér'
.“ltarge quantities of I'W'até Pi

to the Senate.

 

      
    
  
  

 


 
 
 
     
 
    
  
 
    
   
 
    
   
 
     
  

 
  
 

  

  

     
        

  
      
      
    

 

   
  

'5 form.
comixziOn qualities.

 

ively light, trade taking hold on

'On the Whole the

 

OATS—CINCINNATI MARKET.
Standard . . . ................ , .3534
No. 3 .Whlte . . . ..... . . . . MIA;

0. 4 White ................. ‘ .33
No. 2 Mixed ........ , ........... ‘ 34%
-No.'3-Mlxed ............... .‘ . . v .34

 

 

 

of the receipts Were made up of Vin

-V"fer10r grades which were hard to

place. The opposite condition exists

" on good oats, being placed at quota.-

tions, and readily.

 

Vly (lower prices being made.

' dence. will '

rieties.
color are subject ‘to discounts, but-

OATS—y-PlTTSBU RGH MA R K ET.

Standard ........... .36'
No. 8 White. ................. .35
No. 4 White .......... , ....... .3334;
No. 2 Mlxed.. ...... ..... ..

No. 3 Mlxed........ .........

 

A “We are pleased with the paper
and hope I will not miss any is-
sues.”~——Wm. H ill, Brown City, Mich.

CLOVER SEED

While it is evident that some
D sales are being effected at

a slight reduction, still, we
cannot see anything in the future
situation that warrants material-
The
that Will be in evi-
be the feature of grad-
ing shipments and samples more

 

 

 

 

 

first thing

' closely. We are aware that this con-

dition is with us now. This is the
first sign of a little easier feeling,
a feeling of uneasiness being dis-
played on part of the receiver. It is a
Condition which can be handled as
the receivers see fit. There is noth-
ing to warrant a material cut and We
don’t look for it.

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT

MARKET.
June, prime ................. $12.00
Mammoth, prlme‘ ............ 12.00
Alslke, prime ................ 12.60
Timothy Sec-(1. lirlme ........ 1.05

 

 

 

“The pink sheet is the best paper
ever put on for the farmer; it could
not be better.”—-—John Dagen, Lalce

APPLES ' '

 

»

Our prediction that good apple.
stock was going to be looked on

with real favor is gradually be-
ing brought out in the way of actual
trades being made. The situation is
on a very healthy basis as concerns
high qualities and of standard va-
Mixed» packages, inferior

storers or . individuals having high

Wolass stuff are going to draw high

class prices. With the inquiry, and

*4 hunting for this class of stuff that is

goingcn we Would not be surprised

*to see an advance well beyond our
. expectancy at the present time.

 

. APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.
Fancy, per barred. ....... 2.00 to 3.50

 

 

 

ordinary. her barrel
" “‘I got your book,

 

 

”lght heavy Qualities in 8006., true, .1;
Inaetivity was noticeable on »

No.2 mixed, ”2»

PITTSBURGH—Quite a percentage 5‘

1.00 to 2.50 >
How to Mar-1», '

 

Gnu-proyol-‘Iouiouo (if, '.

t lvrlnoooopo‘DQQIooA‘.’ pi‘
. h" .......‘._VV...'..V.,.. .r‘zr,“
No.2 yellow...
No. 3yellow
No. 4 yellow

 

No. 3 mixed .... .
NQ-4mlxcd. ....VV.V....

cons-acmcmnxrl MARKET.

N0. 3Whlte..-.’........".

......

nyoa'

    

No. 3 white. .

1N0. 4whl’te...‘.‘.;’: " '.. ,

No. 2 yellow... ' J . ‘
No. 3 yellow .. “5.2. . . .".“. . .' . .51 -
No. 4 yellow. . . . . . .‘ ., ......... g, .40
No.2ml'xed ..... .'
No. ‘ mixed. '. . . '.' ........... .50
No. 4 mixed. . .2 ........... -.~. [.49

com—Plfissuno MARKET.‘~
No. a whlté. ~
No. 8 white. . . . .
No. 4 white ......... . . . .' .....
No.2yellow“ .5316
No.3yellow.. ...... .......V.
No. 4 yellow. ..... .....
No. 2 mixed. . . ............. . .
No. 8 mixed. '
No.4'mlxed. ..

Iodine-0o

 

 

 

“I find the little" pink sheet a
companion and friend and look for
it every week: with. pleasure.”—
Frank. J, Pearsall, Standish.

ONIONS

 

 

 

' There is absolutely no change ,
for the better to give out in

this weeks’ report The onion
situation appears to be absolutely de-
moralized and we are afraid, to so
far an extent, as to give no promise
of future possibilities along better-
ment lines. They are being dumped
right and left at any old price that
can be drawn. Inferior grades of
onions are almost impossible to place.

The demands are becoming more rigid

along quality lines with the discounts
longer on questionable qualities.

 

ONIONS. . I

betrolt. ‘ ~

Yellow Globe. sacked, per ewt.$ .60
Red Globe. lacked. per cwt. ..... ‘
Yellow Globe, bulk. per cwt. . . .40
Red Globe, bulk. ‘per cwt. ......

Clnclnnatl.

Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt .65
Red Globe, lucked. per cwt. .....

 

 

Yellow Globe; bulk, per cwt. . . .45

Red Globe. bulk, per cwt.. . . . . .
Plttéburg.

Yellow Gobe. sacked, per cwt.. .60

Red Globe. sacked, per cwt. .. . .50

Yellow Globe, bulk, per own. . .50 ..

Red Globe, bulk. per cwt ...... .80

 

“The ‘pinlc sheet’ is O. K. I‘only
wish it could be placed in every
farmer’s home ,in the United
States.”-——Daniel France, .Evart.

CABBAGE

 

 

 

the same

1* There continues to be just a _
little more outlet showing up

along definite lines,

being, however for Danish stock. "At." ,

times there is a suggestion of an out

let being made possible for the .re~'
. mainder of this crop and iii a reason».
1 ably short time hence
,, Very little faith in the ‘futnre poser.
.zbilities of the" cabba -m___et.'

     

 

We have but

 

 

  

Creamery No. 1, o'er 00mm,

Fanny bury. per pounil.‘~- , .

‘fI~ think your pink sh
‘fight”—¥8. Gates, I

EGGS

 

it.

 

 

 

 

situation in evidence
The

D There is a.- real tone to the flag:

present time.
of storage eggs Was going to start in
with last year’ s level 0r posSibly Just
a little above. We mentioned last
week that We eXpected the stOrers
of eggs would be disappointed in be.

ing unable to reduce the standard of .,
- levels. As the situation develops from

week to Week more and more are
We "of the opinion that this will be
the true Onto-.ome
that eggs will make any material ad- ‘
vance 011 the other hand, We should
expect they might decline This is
the way you will have to view the

situation in order to be conservative ,

 

and safe
EGGS-JGENERAL MARKET
”Large Iresh .. .-. . . . . . . . .$ 1.8%
Medium‘ fresh .. . . . ,- . . ._ ...... .17

 

 

 

“I am well pleased with the paper
and think every farmer should take" ,
it. Have pas‘séd all of my pins
sheets’ alon and would like a few
samples.” —- ohn Pettitt, Gaines, .
Michigan, R- -2. ‘ . . ‘

POULTRY

The poultry market is of a
D genuine runaway nature. The

 

 

 

., prices now have, gotten to a}

point where a few c-oops go quite a
long way. When you get poultry up
around 170 the trade commences to
hang back‘ The situation from now

on is going to be one of a "genuine

spirited nature. It is going to be im-
possible at any time to keep in line

with the demand. The po‘ultry situaa

tion is geing to make a. genuine whirl-
wind finish this season

 

 

 

 

at the F
. present
situation would suggest that the price

We can’t exDe'ct . ’
VtiVe and common kmd

POULTRYo—DETRQiT MARKET i

.No. 1 Turkeys” . . . . . .1 .19 to .20 0
No.2 Turkeys ........ ‘14W1 10
1130. V12 SslilV'lng %hl‘c‘;l;enu $35: .i’flé‘ j
No.2,»Fmip . . . . ‘ ‘ 1.3 'to 15, ,
.1ero’se‘ ...... .15 to .1531;
‘ .19 to 320 -

  

  

    
 
  

     
  
     
 
     
      
    
         
 
     

      

   

 

 

      
  

 
     
  

  
  

1y, but as the? Week ad the
a tendeDCy £61" a feeling" of in _
ence' to become in evidence pr t’i
ally all along the line. . .
able, possibly, was thisin the Vggm &

  
 
  
  

tended that an over

  
      
  
    
   

1n the next 10 days.' This'wasfio
count of Lenten sea's’o Killers“ ,
titude plainlr showed them' to be

no urgent need of the rank and. ii
of steers The disposition of: the Sell-
ers was to enhance their asked, for"
prices from the start. ”based onLtbe‘ '
Scent Supply of a Week ago. ”Buyers
simply balked whereyer stuff did not '
show :class to ml 11 criminating 0 "
ders killers igheldu About the top W
the week/ was a drove of choice .1 ,
pound Shorthorns at $9.15 very. fr. , x_.
regular was the basis 6'11 all hindsight
stock from prime Steer-s down. The?
demand was only fair On a portiOnr

   
 

  

     
 
   
  
   

   

» ’of the running, heifers ha‘d' a good call.’

but on the Whole‘ it Could be? called '.?.v_ ‘ I
only steady. OGod Weighty' Bologna , l" '

bulls were up to last week’s standard, ” '
and in some cases just a. little. abo'v
No general improvement in trade" r
campers and cutters in spite Of savory
short crop. There Was a keen Rooster-11..
demand for fancy ialves‘ Which put”
the trade in aet‘ro 3‘ position. The

trading on stockéts and feeders W .-
very uneven, same sales being
below normal conditions to 106
Very much stress was 19.1 ;
teature of quality and the app,

     
         
   
 
      
     
       
       
 
       
       
    
  

 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  

 

 

  
    


i'eeivable Way; 3

. good to V‘Vohc. can; was.”

"-9? 3...... 13:15 353

oooloool

.. .460“ 4.56

 

 

*There was little or no change re-
corded in the general sheep and year~
this"~ market during the past week.
li’ei‘e Was no urgent need manifest
for offerings The quality of the run
in general was good. Wethers were

tapedally desirable, the only conten-
tiqn being a little over weight.
Was a. scarcity of yearlings
Jewes Were fairly numerous, although

There
Good

‘ ‘ genuinely finished ones were not. The

 

 

With hackers trying in every
' eliminate 'the' gain

‘ set on huge the market continues to

rough. Sailing
as ever, find

' cline. Bulls
d ‘ ' ‘t

’gi‘ng top values.

and springers _

,. . Brooklyn was
’ ry. for them, prices be
'VV0@3 00 per head loWer,

Mat .
(131368 and selling higher

an fat Cattle. But the '

V Vi y yi ‘9: taking them and; the dope
is at y will come back, even at
orn 35@V40 0g§cents, to market and

st begin to move the lat— V

~V..n'ext month and dry fed

.: V to bring "
,0t 80 many V

but these

VJd make it bad selling for the north-=

V attle Packers take the south-
“some freely for cheap beef and a
:5 ramble may be expected for these"
trio year, with the. so rcity at? stuff in'
st id) ‘ V 611,8me this
‘as last tops bring

 

OATTLE—BUFFALO 8T66K
Y‘A‘BDS. .f 1

’ 31.3....
r. ’-‘.\- o ' voy’ 3050 ‘0 $941“,

. ~ ;.60 to 8.26

 

 

 

‘packers were taking.
‘ standes the only advance made Was

8311f;> fabulous prices, Com. ~V.
ttle, indicatin'ga scarc- ‘

= ism one throw—pus.

v.1 . , ‘7 ;~~er_

‘ advance to a $9.15”; point .which is the
higheét price established for hogs this .

year, or since last October.- Several
loads of light Weight hogs sold up to.
$9 10, the general run or selected-
hung around '98 75 to 99. 15. The trade
started off a little leW in mixad
packing which Was because of the
bearish influence for something the

lost later through their continued at

forts,,s'ales being made at $8. 55 to.

98.92.11. was the grades of hogs
used by butchers and shippers that
experienced the real advances on any-~
thing that could be controlled or af-

fected by packers, the advance set-

in the early run Was later lost

 

HOGSm-ICHIGAGO ST66K YARDS.

Mixed Packing . . . $8. 56 to $8. 82

Medium and Butchers. $8 86 to $8.90
Poor to good heavy

packing . . . . ......... $8. 40 to $8.72

Lightweixhts ......... ..$8.80 to $9.05

Selected commons: :2 » > V ., _

‘ $81510 $9.16

"fmhcke‘ ere ~. . _

.. 200150 8.85' '
‘ Hogs—Buffalo.

Seventy double deckb, or- 11, 200*-
head, were not enough to break prices
at Buffalo Monday. The ten~cent bag
has been predicted for some time.
He climbed the price ladder at Buf-
talc Monday.“ Demand, both from 10.
cal and outside buyers, was good,
Other market's shoWed improvement
and prices here Were advanced all the

_ _ way from a dime to a" quarter, $9. 65

taking some good mixed grades on
Monday that Were about the same:
kinds that held Saturday at $9.40, the
general market on yorker-s. lights and
pigs shoWlng a 1-V1@15c advance. ;
Packers paid from $9 55@9 70, heavies ,
maving at $9. 55,
going at :99. 65 and some 180@190-Ib
kinds going to: ‘order buyers at $9. 75,
which price took: the bulk (if/the york--
ers, lights and pigs. Bought: 98 5.0@

_ 9.75 and Stags 97. 005973.

 

‘IS—BUFFALO s‘roo, YARDS

 

.yearlings went at $7 .50.

Iii many in- V ‘

‘Eweo, choice handy
~ we!

bulk of the mixed '

“ Weth’ero. choice ........... 7. oo@7.5o

average sale of native ewes was.
around $6. 75, fair to good. lots going
at $6 25 to $6 50, inferior to plain
Sorts at $5. 25 to 955,7 culls ranged
between $4 and $5. A few heavy
Bucks found
a ready market at $5 to $51.25. Lambs
seemed to fare just a little better than

*sheep' or yearlings, several lots sell-

ing higher. The trading was strong
from the outset. Packers were steady
contenders for the finished handy

weight lots, all of these being picked

up in the early hours About the top
for native stuff was $9 with the bulk
of sales ranging between $8 and $8. 75.

 

SHEEP —- CHICAGO STOCK
‘ YARDS.

‘La‘mbs, good to choice.
' Do fair 'to good . 8.40 to 8.00

Do call to common . 5.00 to 000
_Yearllng lambs. choice 7.60 to 8.25
‘ Do, cull to fair ....... 6.10 to 7.00
6 PiOto 7.00

. 558.00 to $8.85

Wethers, choice

glut ' . 6.00
6.75
5.50
5.00

Do choice heavy

 

Cull sheep .............
Bucks

 

 

‘ Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Monday 70 cars or 14, 000, including
six cars of holdovers. Lamb trade
very slow at last week’s closing
prices. Best handy weights brought
from $9. 15@9 25 while weighty
grades, which were heavily discrimi-
nated against, were very mean sale
and hard to get rid of. In some cases
heavy lambs were thrown out and
had to sell right dOWn around call
prices Demand in the east is for the
smaller, family cuts and these call
for the handy weight kinds Thele is
not the waste to them as to the
heavier lambs, hence their popularity.
Yearlings were steady, best handys
bringing from $8. 25@8.50, yearling
ewes not quotable above $7. 50. Sheep
slow and mostly quarter lower though
some early sales were steady with
Saturday. Few prime wether sheep
sold early at $7. 35@7. 50, but general
range was $7. 00@7. 25 Best ewes
$6. 25@6. 75, it taking a handy kind to
bring above 96. 50 and cull sheep $5. 50
down. Feeders will no doubt secure
better results with handy weights
than holding for heavier finish. Lambs
wanted now are those weighing not

' over 80 to 85 lbs, these bringing full
quarter above the 90-lb. ones.

 

SHEEP —— BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs. good to choice ..... 9.10@0.25
Do fair to good ......... 8.75 @9. 00
Do call and common. ...800@875
Do skips ................ 6.00 @750
fiYeot‘erin wether-s. choice” .8. 00@8.50
in, Do on 1 to fair ........... 5.00@7.50

Do 'eWeo. choice ........ 7.00@7.50
Mixed ......... .....6.775@

0 ehotce heav ......... 6. 5@6.50
l) ' ' ..Y....,;'....3.00@5.50

3.00 o 5.09

v 1-

can ,
press, choice handy weight 0. .20@6. .75. ‘

 

 

 

k1 that your pink sheet" is .
.rmerr just the" mfgrma- "
to help as m. Mace-‘1‘

‘ ' at flier

Qrogg‘ bailouts...

'nto‘ aux, .

contracts are. being renewed at
er figures than i
mum]; is good
spring- business. ~
The point is here that-V all Michigan
Business Farmers should confide: the " V
fact there will undoubtedly be a heavy i“
run of summer shipments following ~
the springz'husiness and will 6113115
dével'o'p’ that when the fall season
here there will be an increased do?
mand for coal, owing to orders cam-
ing in 761' interior shipments With no

r a heavy run 0 ,~

surplus of deal on hand in which to ' ‘-

take care of the extra tonnage being
ordered It will divert back to the
same old story, demand more than the
supply. Rush the mining of the coal
and produce quantity rather than
quality and aside from this—~up goes
the price The situation is getting
worse every year owing to the in-
creased demand for coal, both steam
and domestic lump. The large steam
consumers and jobbers are arranging
storage facilities so they can buy
coal and have it shipped early in the
season so when cold weather is here
they will have a supply of coal cost-
ing them from 500 to $1.50 per ton
les than if they waited until fall be-
fore buying.

A Business Farmer can increase his
yearly net profits each year by bury-
ing all old fashioned ideas and re-
opening prices are going to be. but
spend to methods adopted by large
wholesale buyers. You as an individ-
ual cannot buy in large quantities,
but by cooperating with your fellow
Business Farmer you can increase
your buying ability; thus placing
yourself in a position to get whole
sale prices on coal or any other com-
modity.

The anthracite situation is practic-
ally the same as last Week. Opela-
tors have a pretty good idea what the
“mum” is the word until the last
week in March or the first week in
April.

Soft Coal. F.0.B.

Kind of Coal. Mines.
Hocking rescreened lump ...... $170
Cambridge, 11/; lump ............ 150
Cambiidge, 1%, lump ............ 130
West Virginia split lump ....... 1. 50
White Ash block ............... 1.50
Kentucky, 4-inch lump .......... 1.65
Kentucky 4x2—inch e'gg. ........ 1.45
Harrisbulg 6inch lump ......... 1.60
Pocahontas lump and egg ...... 180.
Pocahontas mine run ........... 145
Michigan domestic 4- inch 1ump..270
Anthracite egg, stove or nut.... 3.70

Note: Quotations on anthracite coal
are based on gross tons.

FLOUR AND FEED.

There has been a slight change in
feed prices owing to predicted
changes in the wheat situation. We
do not look forward to prices varying
to any great extent for some time to
come. There may be a few daily or
weekly changes that will affect prices
from time to time. Flour prices are
the same. For a few days the indie“
cations were pointing to a. slight ad-
vance, but the large mills decided to
wait .until something more definite
showed up in the wheat situation be-
for changing the flour quotatious

Price

Kind per bbl.
“Blend” flour 1A;-paper sacks. .9 5:25
Spring patent .............. . . . , 4. 50
Toweling sacks or wood barrels

20c higher ' ,

Coarse corn meal. . . .
Cracked corn
Chen 3999‘

Fine middlings .

Bran (standard) .. .~
The) above prices: are if.

troll; Mich, on car lot shi
Tankage, avepagi-nVV '

..ooi‘ooe-n

 

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IAIOOonaolpodaoo-o4_ _' "

firttlveiy light trade taking hold on
. lotto.

situation was about normal with one
Week ago.

CINCINNATI-«Tho chlorine: of oats
f-tli‘oi Cincinnati market were 001114

5111. hoary qualities in shed true 1.
. Inactivity was noticeable on
Loommon (mantles. 0n the Whole the

 

 

GATT—CINCINNATI MAllKET.
Manguvgm. . . ............. . . M114
0 v ‘naoooc-oaoooolnh- "I

n. 4 wan: ................. ' it“
No.2 Mind... ............. 34%
No. 8 Mixed .................. .34

 

 

l’lTTSBURGH-‘dQuite a percentage

of the receipts were made up or in-

1 i‘erior grades which Were hard to

place.’1‘he opposite condition exists

on good oats, being placed at quota-
tions, and readily.

OATQ—PITTOIU RGH MARKET

 

standard .. . ....... .86
£0.3V‘lgg‘te“ ................ .361
o. te ................. .33
N“. a n“.‘ a on...-‘--unaa¢ %
No. a Mixed.

 

“We are pleased with the paper
and hope I will not miss any is-
sues. ”»~le. Hill B7 own Citle/Itch.

GLOVER.S

While it is evident that some
:1“ sales are being effected at

slight reduction, still, we
cannot see anything in the future
situation that warrants material-
ly lower prices being made. The
ilrst thing that will be in evi-
dence will be the feature of grad-
ing shipments and Samples more
closely We are aware that this con-
dition is with‘us now. This is the
first sign of a little easier feeling,
a feeling of uneasiness being dis-
played on part oi the rec'eive1.lt is a
condition which can be handled as
the receivers see fit. There is noth-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing to warrant a material cut and we 1

don’t look for it.

 

CLOVER SEED—~DETROIT
MARKET.
June, prime ................. $12.00
Mammoth, prime? ............ 12.00
Alnlke. prime ................ 12.60
Timothy Soul prlnlo ........ 1.65

 

 

 

“The pink sheet is the best paper
ever put on for the farmer; it could
not be bctter."-—-John Dagcn, Lake

APPLES '

Our prediction that good apple

stock was going to be looked on

with real favor is gradually be-
ing brought out in the way of actual
trades being made. The situation is
on a very healthy basis as concerns
high qualities and of standard va-
rieties Mixed packages, inferior
color are subject to discounts, but
storers 01 Aindividuals having high
clues stuff are going to draw high
class prices. With the inquiry and
hunting for this class of. stuff that is
going on we would not be surprised
; to see an advance well beyond our
' , expectancy at the present time. '

APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.

 

 

 

 

 

Fancy, per barrel. ..... ..2.00 “13.50
Ordinary. per barrel 1.00 to. 2.50 A
“-I go; your book, How to ‘Mar-

.. leer Farm Products for Profit: and ..
WW!” II pleased with it.”A—'——E. De:
finch. .f- Hope.

u

‘- bilities of the cabbage ma‘rket
t1M

 

 

N043* Gnu-ur¢.~,I-quuu‘-a
NOIB'htelo'I-conopovuqoi’

DOOGAIOIAIDC “can.“

No. 2 mixed ... .. .1)...” . .A.
No! 3 ml!“ to.“ o a . ._;l. . ._€ 3""
No. dunked .'.'...A-...

CORN-CINGINNATI MARKET
No. 2 wflte...................
No. 8 white” ‘
No. 4 white. in. . I: A
No. 2 yellow. . . . . .'.'
No. 3 yellow . . .".
No. 4 yellow ..... ‘. .‘ ..
No. 2 d ‘
No.

 

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coil'N—Prrrssuae MARKET.
No. 2 whlté. .

No.2yellow”
No.8 yellow.....«£......:.-...
No.4yellow......... .
No.2mlxcd. .. .........
No.8nixed..........'.,......
No.4mlxed.

 

 

 

“I find the little-Tpink sheet a
companion and friend and look for
it every week with pleasure.”-
Frank. J, Pearson, Standish.

 

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There is absolutely no change
E for the better to give out in

this weeks’ report The onion
situation appears to be absolutely de-
moralized and we are'afraid, to so
far anextent, as to give on promise
of future possibilities along better-
ment lines. They are being dumped
right and left at- any old price that
can be drawn. Inferior grades of
onions are almost impossible to place.
The demands are becoming more rigid
along quality lines with the discounts

 

longer on questionable qualities.
omens. _. ,
Detroit. ‘ ~
Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt.$ .60
Red Globe, lucked. per cwt. .....
Yellow Globe, bulhAper cwt. .40
Red Globe, bulk, ‘per cwt. ......
Cincinnati.
Yellow Globe. sucked, per ctvt. . .05
ed Globe. lacked. per cwt. .....
Yellow Globe; bulk, per th. . . .45
Red Globe, bulk, per cwt. ......
Plttsburg.
Yellow Gobe, sacked, per cwt.. .00
Red Globe, sacked. per cw‘t. .50
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt... .50
Red Globe, bulk. per cwt.‘ ..... .80

 

 

 

“The ‘pink sheet’ is 0, K. I‘only
wish it could be placed in every
farmer’s home in the United
States.”-—~Daniel‘ France, Evert.

CABBAGE

There continues to be just a
little more '- outlet showing up.
along definite lines, the same
being, however, ,for Danish stock, At
times there is a suggestion of an out

 

 

 

let being made possible for the res
mainder of this crc‘op and ill a reason- A.‘ A
We have but ,

ably short time hence
very little faith in the future possi-

  

are very much of the
t ’ r

We A»

  
 
   

 
 
  
 
 

 

 

  
 
  

   
       
 
    
 
 
 
   

 

 

  

 

 
 

. “Is think your pink:
fight. ”*8. Gates,

EGGS

There is a. real tone- to the egg i

 

.232 {s all, I

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
    
 
  
    
     
 

 

situation in evidence at the -

preSent time. The present
situation Would suggest that thaprice
of storage eggs Was going to start in.
with last year’s level or possibly Just
a little above. We mentioned last;
week that we expected the storers
of eggs would be disappointed in be:
ing unable to reduce the standard of
levels As the situation develops trom'
week to week more and more' are
we of the opinion that this will be:
the true outcome. We can’t exbect.
that eggs will make any material ad-a;
Vance, on the other hand, We should
expect they might decline. This- is
the way you will have to view the
situation in order to be conservative.
and safe. 1

EGGS~GENERAL MARKET.

Large Iresh ...... .8 .1894
Medium fresh . .. .. ..... , ..... . . 7

“I am well pleased with the paper
and think every farmer should take
it. Have passed all of My ‘ink'
sheets’ clan and would like a few

 

of Steer-s.

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

samplesffl— ohn Pettiti ‘ Gaines, A-j/M
Michigan, .R‘Z' ‘ _ I » A th Weék/ wa‘
. ‘ A . ; ’ posh
POULTRY demand was only fair.
“The poultry market is lot a

genuine run- away nature The ' only steady

[1 prices now have gotten to a-
point where a few coops go quite a.

long way. When you get poultry upA

arotmd 170 the trade commences to ‘
hang back. The situation from now

on is going to be one ofa‘genuine'
spirited nature. It is going to be im-

possible atAany time to. keep in line

with the demand. The poultry situa’é

tiOD. is geing to make a. genuine whirl.- '
wind finish this season.

 

POULTRdeDETRQIT MARKET 'A 1,;

   
    

edit A
a tendency tdr a tooling oi:
once" to become in evidence

 
    
     
    
  
  
  
  
   
  

able, possibly, was th
for steers of quality or in t
“if

Monday" s run was one on:
Itive and common kind?“ It
tended that an eye; ~
Joug'ht Monday along wi ’ _
the facing Of: a short do and, for ‘e

 

no urgent need or the rank arid 1113
The disposition of; the Sam ‘
ers was to enhance their asked, for

prices from the start, “based cm the;
scant Supply of a week 3.30.7 .
1y balked wherever stall? did not = ‘

(1 Short orns‘ at $915. Vary ir: <
regular was the 1111.313 611 all “kin'dsa at

Stock from prime steers down.
On a. porno
cf the running, heifers ha'd aAgOOd can
but on the Whole it Could ' '

  
 

  
  
  
 
 
  
   
 
 
  
 

oGod weighty 589 g
bulls were up to' last. week’s stands.
and in- some cases .jbst a little (the
No general improvement in trade

the trade in 7' are 3'. position.- ,
trading on s _ kéi's and feeders Was

  
  
  
 

 

  

 

 

 

No. 1 Turkey... ........ .rro'mvao 0
No. 2 Turkeys . . i141!!!» 1‘ » 1‘ ‘
No. 1591111; Chickens. ‘ 1.6.10 617%
No._ 2 Spring 1110ka .1810 15“ .; , .
No; 1 Fowlo 1.011117% 1
No.2Fofv‘vlo ....‘1.A.v .lliflrzlg ’-
'No.1.(iéehe‘ ..... .. .lfito. %"
No. 1 Ducks. A...,. .19 to £20

  

pouurav CHICAGO MARI-car;

   
  
 
   
   
 

 

 

  

   
   
 
  
 
  


 

 

 

g a little over weight There
a soarcity of yearlings. Good

es Were dalrlY numerous, although

ewe
" genuinely finished Ones were not. The

 

' :83" "it” '
. .. . 9 to .15

 

Honk-Chicago. :2 .

,2 With packers trying in every ecu»
--".eeivable way to eliminate the gain

set on hogs the market continues to

g.

”mils. brought up
51:01: flesh iééders

2 Comedians: .
o ,

o .
aging fabulous prices, 0011:. :
_ t-l‘1 fat cattle, indicatinga scarce ,-

cadet mas and selling higher

ottion than fat cattle. But the ‘

33 may is taking them and the dope
’1 that the Will come back, even at
r‘ti 85@‘40 cents to market and

are expected to bring
prices. them? Not So many
. 0861's are expected but these»
'Tgxahs come in contact With; natives
and make it bad sellilrg for the nerth-
(Stern icattle. Packers take the south-
Westerns freely fer cheap beef- and a
;»sc'raml:le may be expected for these
this year, with the s circlty or stuff 111'
strongfl evidence dp steers this
Week ot as good as. last taps bring
mg ‘88. 75Q8. 9.0.1,;

 

CATTLE—w-BUFFALO STOGK
. 3 ,3 _, YARDS. 3 .7

to choice heavy
i ‘ $ 38.50 ‘0 ‘9‘“

1.3.33 is. 3:0 to s.40,
7.5013335

 

 

 

Fpaclr‘e‘rs Were taking.

8.75 and Stags $7. 00@7. 75

advance to a, $9.15 point .Which is the
highest price established for hogs this
*year, or since last Cotober
~‘ 300.31; of light Weight hogs sold up to
y 2:? 9

Several

the general run, of seIeCted
hung arOund '88. 75 to 89.15. The trade
started off a little Slow in mIXed
packing Which Was because of the
bearish influence for something the
In many in-
stances the only advance made was
lost later through their continued at
forts, sales being made at $8. 55 to
88 .82 It was the grades of hogs
used .by butchers and shippers that
experienced the real advances on any-
thing that could be controlled or af-
fected by packers the advance set
-"in the early run Was later- lost.

‘m.

s

‘ HOGS—CHICAGO STOQK YARDS.

Mixed Packing . . .' . . . . .88.55 to 88. 82
Medium and ‘Butchers. $8.85 to 88. 90 "
Poor to good heavy

packing ............. 88. .40 to 88.72
Lightweight: . ‘. '. . .88. 80 to 80.05
Seléct’eL 200-.300-1 b. 2

packer-g A........:..n.88,175to8915
Pig- and throW-outl 2 .00 to 8.85

.

‘ Hogs—~Buffalo.

seventy double decks, or 11,200
head, were not enough to break prices
at Buffalo Monday. The ten—cent hog
has been predicted for some time.
He climbed the price ladder at Buf-
£9.10 Monday: Demand, both from 10.
cal and outside buyers, was good.
Other markets Showed improvement
and prices here were advanced all the
way from a dime to a quarter, 89. 65
taking some good mixed grades on
Monday that were about the same‘
kinds that sold Saturday at $9 40, the
general market on yorkers. lights and
pigs shoWing a 11@150 advance ,
Packers paid from 89. 55@9. 70, heavies
moving at 89.55.11qu or the mixed
going at 89. 65 and some, 180@190 lb
kinds going to" order buyers at 89. 75,
which price toOk the bulk 01’ the york-
ers, lights and pigs. Roughs $8. 50@.

 

5 :1 Gish—BUFFALO s-rocx mass
.3 ‘ fluent; hea'vies 280 up. .1 .0.4o@o.55

.. .. .. 92.502@9.00 '
220 to 240 ..... . .9.00@9.270
£393.70

- @.

. . . ' :3:7 @9.75
93. 93.75
9.703 9,753
m 9 _

 

 

353% 2”
15

"from the outset.
contenders for the finished handy
weight lots; all of these being picked .

garage sale bf native ewes _ was

around 86 75, fair to, good. lots going
2» ,at 86.25 to 86. 50,

I sorts at 85 25 to $5. 75, culls ranged
'between 84 and 85..
,yedrlings went at $7 50:

inferior to plain

A few heavy

Bucks found
a'ready market at $5» to 85.25. Lambs
seemed to fare 'just a little better than
sheep“ or yearlings, several lots sell-
ing~higher. The trading was strong
Packer-s were steady

up in the early hours. About the top
for native stuff was 89 with the bulk
of sales ranging between $8 and $8.75:

 

cHEEP -— CHICAGO STOCK
VARDa

Lambs, good to choice. .8800 to 88.825
’ Do fan- to good ’ 8.40 to 8.60

Do call to common .. 5.00 to 600
Yearling. lambs. choice 7.60 to 8.25
‘ Do, cull total'r ....... 6.10 to 7.00
Wéthers, choice 37.00
'Ewea, choice handy

we! 6.00
6.75
5.50
5.00

8'
Do choice heu'vy
Cull sheep.............
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' Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Monday 70 cars or 14,000, including
six cars of holdovers. Lamb trade
very "slow at last week’s closing
prices. Best handy weights brought
$9.15@9.25, while weighty
grades, which were heavily discrimi-
nated against, were very mean sale
and hard to get rid of. In‘some cases
heavy lambs were thrown out and
had to sell right-down around call
prices. Demand in the east is for the
Smaller, family cuts and these call
for the handy weight kinds. Thel'e is
not the- waste to them as to the
heavier lambs, hence their, popularity.
Yearlings'were steady, best handys
bringing from $8.25@8.50, yearling
ewes not quotable abOVe $7.50. Sheep
slow and mostly quarter lower, though
some early sales were steady with
Saturday. Few prime wether sheep
sold early, at. 87.35@7.50, but general
range was $7.00@7.25. Best ewes

$6.‘25@6.75, it taking a handy kind-to

bring'above $6.50 and ‘cull sheep $5.50
down. Feeders will no doubt secure
better results with handy weights
than holding for heavier finish. Lambs

wanted now are thoseIWeighing not

over 80 to 85 lbs, these bringing full
quarter above the 90- lb ones.

 

SHEEP -—- BUFFALO STOCK
' YARDS. .

Lambs. good to choice ..... 9.10@9.25
Do fair to good ......... 8.75@9 00
Do call and common. .8 00@8.75
Bo skips ................. 6. 00@7.50

Yedfllng Wethers. choice. .8.00@8.50

‘ Do cull to lain, .......... 5 00
Do ‘efwel. choice . . .

Wcth‘ers. choice . . .

Ml‘xed

6.25 @ 6.50

no choice heavy .
. . . 3.00 @5,50

"the price.

60 3,
Ewes, golochandy weight 0. 50@6.75. '

 

 

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Fine midd
Bran (standard)

figur s diam Ins
0'k-‘is good air a heavy 1:11.113 1:
‘ The psi... ‘is‘here, that 11.11. Michigan
Buéin'ess Farmers should censider the

_~ fact: there will undoubtedly be a heavy .

run of summer shipments following
the spring business and‘ will finally
develop that when the fall season” 13‘
here there will be an inereased de-
mand for coal, owing to orders com-
ing in for interior shipments With no
surplus of coal on hand in which to
take care of the extra tonnage being '
ordered. It will divert back to the

,' same old story, demand more than the
.‘supply. '2Rush the mining of the coal'j

and prOduCe . quantity rather than
quality and aside from this—up goes
The situation ,is getting
worse every year owing to the in-
creased demand for coal, both steam'
and 'dome'stic‘lump. The large steam
consumers and jobbers are arranging
storage facilities so they can buy
coal and have it shipped early in the
season so when cold weather is here
they will have a supply of coal cost-
ing them from 500 to $1.520 per ton
les than if they waited until fall be—
fore buying.

A Business Farmer can increase his
yearly net profits each year by bury-
ing an old fashioned ideas and re-
opening prices are going to be, but
spond to methods adopted by large
wholesale buyers. You as an individ-
ual cannot buy in large quantities,
but by cooperating with your fellow
Business Farmer you can increase
your buying ability; thus placing
yourself in a position to get whole-
sale piices on coal or any other com-
modity.

The anthracite situation is practic-
ally the same as last week. Opera-
tors have a pretty good idea what the
“mum” is the word until the last
week in March or the first week in
April. '
Soft Coal. F.O.B.

Kind of: Coal. Mines.
Hocking rescreened lump ...... 81.70
Cambridge, 11/; lump ............ 1.50
Cambridge, 3/1, lump ............ 1.30
West Virginia split lump ....... 1.50
White Ash block ............... 1.50
Kentucky, 4-inch lump .......... "1.65
Kentucky 4x2-inch e'gg.’ ........ 1.45
Harrisburg 6-inch lump ......... 1.60

.Pocahontas lump and egg ...... 1.80.

Pocahontas mine run ........... 1.45

Michigan domestic 4-inch lump.. 2.70

Anthracite egg, Stove or nut.... 3.70 '
Note: Quotations on anthracite coal

are based on gross tons.
FLOUR AND FEED.

There has been a slight change in
feed prices owing to predicted
changes in the wheat situation. We
do not look forward to prices varying
to any great extent for some time to
come. There may be a few daily or
weekly changes that will affect prices
from time to time. Flour prices are
the same. For a few days the indis-
cations were pointing to a slight ad—

2 vance, but the large mills decided to

wait until something more definite
showed up in the wheat situation be-
for changing the flour quotations-

‘3‘ .

Price '

Kind. per bbl.

“Blend” flour 1/3-D3.D€I‘ sacks.

Spring patent ................. 4.50

ToWellng sacks or wood barrels 3
200 higher.

Per ton

Coarse corn meal. . . . . . .' . . . 3. 23.3.3903:

Cracked corn
Chop feed

Qoarse mlddlings
lings

.$ 5.25

 


  
    

 
 

  
 

' stood as follows:

. .1 .
1:;a,r. being carried on in Indiana and

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1’ 'A "C C’,arton commissioner of
tha$tate Land Office, has Sent a Com-
m n'ication to the Legislature

which he recommends the abolition '

77the office of land commissioner He
maintains that, the necessity for this
flice has ceased and that its Work
could be carried on by the public do-
main commission
tion is receiving due attention .1.
. 1 :1: :1: al: ‘ 1
The statewide prohibition measure
. 7 is now squarely up to the House. The
7 committee has reported the bill ont.
1 The committee was not agreed on the
matter, howeve1 four‘ memebrs vot-
ing 'for indefinite action The vote
111 favor of report~
ing out the bill: Reps Skeels,Hu1se,
1 FIOWers, Middleton, Pray, Wieland.
Voting fo1 indefinite action: Reps.

Ashley, chairman of the committee
__-Sutton,F1eeman and Foote.

=1; #1 ‘4: 1
The bill which aimed to fox‘Ce hay«
wagOns and vehicles laden with st1aw
7 to carry lights when traveling at
night caused considerable discussion,
much of which Vi as of a humorous na-
ture. Some members insisted that
- baby carriages and wheelbarrows
should also carry lights since they
Iwere dangerous to the traveling pub~
1 10
,1 as *

Just one Senator, William N. Smith,
of St, Johns voted against the bill
providing $20,000 to send the veterans
of Michigan who participated in the
battle of Gettysburg to the reunion to
be held on the battlefield in July. '

 

“The paper is all right.”-M. Dar/1'3,
Farmmgton, Michigan.

Similar..invostigatious f

_7 and several other staths. ' 1

:1,

His recommenda— '

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cases. It 1the'Wntin

vorahle for production 11° the West it.
generally expected that occeipts
frein 110W Will be recOrd breakers, as
all dealers admit that there» is there
poultry in the country and estimates

1place production this year at least

20 per cent heavier. than last season.

.Even with the handicap of a late

start last year an unprecedented
amount of. eggs Were stored This
year with production beginning early
there should be plenty 'of eggs for
consumption and more than enough
for storage purposes. ‘

The eggs market all week has been

in a rather demoralized condition. The .

low prives have stimulated consump-
tion, but early advices showed free
collections and receivers Were not
willing to do much speculating. To-
wards the end of the week wires
showed lighter collections and because,
many shippers put limits on their
eggs,’ quite a few Were held off the
market so that betWeen 4161,0006350 000
cases will be carried over 1111111 next
Week On the decks and in the stores,
Tuesday a better demand developed
and the market‘ Was, advanced to
l8l/z@19c Wednesday. ‘Many believe
that if the market had been kept at
181/10 all week that better tradlng
would have resulted and the market
would have closed in much more
stable condition.
reached 181/20 Tuesday there was
quite free buying in anticipation of
the Easter holiday

 

    
   
  
  
  
    
  

“pink-s eet this Year.

DURING 1913

 

Man] this
COUPON TODAY AND JOIN .
THE RANKS OF OVER ‘

I0, 0000 fAflMERS

Who Will put extra dollars in their ‘1
pockets from folloWing the I

g EVERY PENNY YOU SEND NOW
WILL COME BACK IN DOLLARS

be a “Business Farmer!

  

  

  
  

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When the market

stored in 1912;111:1111 year the

holdings were light '
'7 mail; this year intends to, Hi
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This Means 181/41; in New York ,

' Purchased as Low as 161/ c—-—Big
Production PredicteduNo Ex- 1 1-
'1" tra egg Room. .

Chicago, March 1’4. -'—1Eggs' are the '

center' of attraction and the call of

the Butter and Egg Beard reduires
nearly an hour each day. Wednesday 1 p

 

  

  
  

 
  

      
   

   
 

 

 

15 cars sold for future delivery any
171/8@17$4.c; four cars were {sold .011? .
track, one at 18c; one at 18341: There '

were sales- for delivery Saturday at
17$4c. Yesterday, 011 the 11301111111117.4113
were sales of Several cars, delivery
Monday at 17$4'c. The large number
of .Ofterings show that there are more
owners than buyers. There is a speed
lative feeling among some buyers li'ut
the market has not settled sum cleat-

ply for any great amount of contracts,-
- The general feeling here is that 1711 7
is plenty high for Aprtl ...e

Chicago
packed eggs, The fact that an opera-
tor has bought eggs at 17%@17$4c,
April delivery, has created an impresfi
sion in the country that 1111971117 to .be
the price at Chicago, but if the other

' «speculators hold om it Will not take
-7 the Monarch a great While to fill its }_

holise at these figures '1‘ .1 ‘4

The fact that some 01‘ the operators
here Who were at the St. Louis con».
vention purchased April eggs, deliv

ere’fd Chicago as low as 1617“, took '

the Wind out of the Monarch' prices“
Ho'Wever, there were not enough sold
to out much of a figure; The general
impression is that. when April' comes
it will be pdsfsible to buy ghod storage-
eggs early in the month as lowa

1170 and by the middle of the month"

fully 1c 10we7r.E'ven at 17c here it

 

Will make the eggs cost in New York 'i h

181/1c and- the storage packed first

here does not always pass in New

Ylork as a, storage first

There will probably be a little tights
ening of the market next week, but
after that, receivers stay, prices will

large production , _ 1
There will he no extra egg? qin
eggs can be put way than

era did net go after eggs hard 11
The; man

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change With‘ a ‘
Francisc 1* and L032 Anséles‘.
towns are‘hgitating municipal mar
places scattered throughout the
deuce section. It is reported th
Angeles Will open up a
, municipal, markets at

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in Chicago this season although ore