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'spring frosts seems to be a matter of opinion.

 

U S Crop Report Unjust to Mlchi

Department of Agriculture is not

HERE IS NOTHING ENCOURAGING to Michi-

‘gan‘ farmers in the department of agriculture ’s"re-
cent crop reports; A liberal interpretation of these re-
ports would lead anyone not acquainted With the facts to
believe that Michigan’s apple prospects were ruined by
the frost, her peach crop nipped in the bud by the leaf
curl, and her grains and early planted vegetables are lan-
guishing from heat and drought. i

. Michigan’s Crops Far From Being Ruined

Now as a matter of fact none of these statements are
true. We have talked with farmers the past few days in
many diiferent sections of the state and have found that
all crops are in much better condition than usual at this

'eeason of the year. It is true that the first two weeks of

June were hot and dry. There have been no general rains,
but nearly every section has been visited by occasional

skewers which supplementing the heavy general rains of

late May have been sufi‘icient to meet the demands of the

' growing crops

The ,actual extent of this damage to the fruit by the

days following the frosts the press carried stories to the
efiect that the major part of the crop had been ruined
But a few weeks of warm weather disproved these state-
ments and showed that the damage was very slight except-
ing for a few limited localities.

Now comes the department of agriculture announcing
that Michigan’ s crops have suffered greatly from frost

HE LEADERS of the farm organizations are meet-

ing this week at Lansing to lay their plans for cir
culating initiative petitions on the warehouse amendment.
The farmers of the state are now thoroughly aroused over
the refusal of the legislature to let them vote on the prop-
osition, and are pledging their support and money to help
circulate the petitions. M. B. F. has on file several h
dred letters from every section of the state endorsing life

, Warehouse idea and absolutely disproving the argument of

many legislators who voted against it, that “the farmers
don’t want it.” Granges, farmers’ clubs and Gleaner Ar-
bors have passed resolutions criticizing the action of the
legislature and demanding explanations from those who
couldn’t trust the people.”
Nine-Tenths of Farmers Favor It _

The Warehouse amendment will be submitted to the

people either at the fall election of 1920 or the Spling alga-

1 tion of 1921. The friends of the amendment feel that it
would have a better chance of passing if submitted at the
»‘ later date.

It is freely predicted that the amendment will
receive a favorable vo.te Nine: tenths of the farmers Will
vote for it, and the farm leaders have received assurances

I from many of the labor leaders that the labor Organiza_

For a few. .

all the'points noted. ‘Farmers want the real facts.

 

Warranted in Depreciating Crops

and drought. In both general and special reports mis-
leading assertions are made which are bound to cause
much harm to Michigan’s great industry. Among the
weekly crop notes by field agents, dated June 11th, the
following report is given for Michigan, “too hot and dry
but recent rains are giving promise of much improvement
especially to meadows and pastures.” The state of Mary:
land. has been without rain, too, but the situation there is
summed up as follows: “Very little rain the lSt two
weeks. General crop condition promising.” Michigan is
one of the greatest producers of rye in the union and her
crop this year is very promising in all sections. We have
seen some rye six and seven feet tall, but the department
makes no mention whatever of our rye prospects. The oat
prospects in this state are described as iollows:
weather has been too hot and dry. The ground has be-

come very hard on clay soils and the stands are thin and

uneven. The acreage was not all planted because of delay
by continued wet weather during the seeding period.” We

' could‘ go on and quote many other extracts from this re—

port Which in our judgment are contrary to fact

Only Part of Reports Quoted
The government special report on apples and peaches
quoted on the next page. But we have not room to repeat
If the
reporters for the government, working in this field, are
only stupid and not crooked—well there me lots of in—
telligent farmers in Michigan qualified for the work.

Farmms Demand Warehouse Amend’t

tions Will get actively behind the measure and help to put
it through. With the combined support of farmers and
laboring men the amendment will be easily adopted.

Petitions will probably be ready for circulation with-
in the next thirty days, and every farmer who is Willing
to devote one or two evenings to help circulate the peti—
tions among his neighbors is urgently requested to send in
his name and address to M. B. F. or to the headquarters
‘of any of the farm organizations. It will require some
money to bear the expense of printing and mailing the pe-
titions, so any contributions will be welcomed. Here is an
opportunity for every farmer to help in bringing about
the first piece of legislation devised 1n this state for help-
ing to solve the marketing problem.

Work in Other States Studied

There will be plenty of time both before and after
the petitions are circulated in which to discuss the details
and the [merits of the plan. The editorial staff of the M.

'B. ,F. is now engaged incompiling the histories of ’ven-

tures of similar character in which other states and munic—
ipalities have engaged. All facts, both favorable ahd oth-
erwise, gleaned from these studies will be presented to
our readers all in due season.‘

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We in apples and peaches this year.
there will be only 60 per cent of an apple crop
ad 47 per cent in peaches.

, But reports from Manistee county state that a
~record.smashlng crop is on the trees. A despatch
doom Big Rapids, which is close to the intersec.
lieu of four counties, Lake, Osceola, Newago, and

' , 'Mecwta, tells of a bumper apple crep. Local re-

ports from Benton Harbor, which speaks for Ber-
leu, Cass and VanBuren counties, tell of a fair
crop- of fruit for this year. Far north, Grand
Traverse, Antrim and Charlevoix tell of bountiful
conditions. George Lardie, prominent grower of
this region, has made a tour and speaks glowing-
.ly of thecrop. ,

A leading Kent county paper tells of the farm-
. 'ene' ire being roused over the Gerarnment report,
'- and the Wexford and Missaukee growers declare
the statements exaggerated and harmful to this

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U. 8. REPORT ON APPLES
Condition I Condition
unemin'llJun. State June Fin'llJup.
1919,1918'1011' {1919 1918i10yr
Avg. 1 lAvg.
% I % % I % I % I %
64 18 87 Michigan 00 02. 75 ‘
55 30 64 Maine . . 88 3 86
75 88 78 N. Hamp. 88 4 81
75 80 7 8 Vermont 77 2 84
03 38 65 Mass. 82 60 84
3 so 64 n. Isl’d.. 92 s 82 ii
2 48 58~ Conn . 83 4 8
o o u N. r. a e 7 .
o s as N_ J. 70 e 76
78 84 80 Penn. 00 6! 7
81 48 63 Dela. .. 08 68 0
76 61 87 Mary. 61 0 67
73 d 7‘ Virgilio. 65 i 60
7 8 87 W. Va. . 58 7O 59
1 7 8’ N. Car. 28 47 68
70" '8 Georgia 30 65 66
75 7 Ohio . Cl 68 01
80 8 Indium 30 i 87 68
8 82 Illinois 36 29 63
8 7 ‘1 Bl Wis. .... 85 44 7
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region. Recent rains have helped wonderfully and
frest did little damage. Only unforeseen blights
can hurt the crop, local reports say.
Michigan farmers want the truth. Returns are
too incomplete actually to call the Department 0!
turn a lot of blankety blank names. But
doesn't it all look queer?

mchigan growers report a total commercial ap- ‘

pie crop of 1,380,000 barrels. according to the Fed-
eral report, as compared with 1,495,000 barrels
last year.

“This indicates a condition of 60 per cent as
compared with 62 per cent last year.

‘SMichigen's total used to be as high as 2,000,000
in some banner years. Frosts are blamed for the
bad luck in the last two years. ,

"the Bureau of Crop Estimates, through its
fruit cropmecialists, has issued the apple forecast
based on cmditions June 1. Only the condition fig.
urns are given as conditions are so changeable at
this lime mat any quantity estimate is certain to
be very temporary. The salient features of the
report are the prospects o: a record crop in the

   
 

Western states, and scrap tor Western New York
which will probably not exceed mush more than
one-half of last ”year’s crop. The indications from
Virginia, West Virginia and the heavy production
centers in the Middle Atlantic wate- promhe only
slightly better than olehalf 9. full crop. Much of
the middle western crop was severely damaged by'
frost and conditions throughout the'Ohio Valley
particularly, are very low. Arkansas and South-
west Missouri indicate about three_fourths of a
crop, while the same may be said of New Jersey
and Delaware. All indications in New England
point to a much better crop than last year, while
Michigan will have less than two-thirds of a crop

“The condition of the crop for the United States
is now indicated at 61.4 per cent as compared with
68.6 per cent as an average ten-year condition on
June 1, and a condition of 69.8 per cent June 1‘
last year. The final condition figure last year was
659 per cent It should be remembered that the
condition figure on June 1 will usually average
around 15 points higher than at the, end of the sea.
son . ’ ' -

“At this time growers and dealerssalike are par-
ticularly interested in the prospects of the early
apple crop. Thus wherever possible, quantity esti-
mates are given indicating the probable production
of this class of fruit this year. There are in the
United States certain well defined districts which
produce early apples in large quantities for the
early market. This report will apply directly to
those sections and states which produce a consid-
erable amount of early apples for,the commercial
market. . o ‘

“Michigan is noted for its Dhtchess and Wealthy
production. These varieties at the present time

show up very well, orabout 75 per cent of a crop ,
The pro-‘

as compared with 82 per cent last year.
duction this year will about equal in barrels the
crop last year due to increased acreage of this
class of fruit. The movement does not begin much
before September 15, The production is estimated
at more than 150,000 barrels."

“Peach conditions in Michigan, due to curiJeaf, '

correspond fairly closely to those in Ohio and the
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Im’ inventions, He converted Me old plowr into a grader

and ditcher by adding the, material flown above. The
expense was almost nothing and the practical results,
he writes, were excellent.

Traiiic in Bogus Nursery Stock is Threatened, by Bill oi

ERE IS A BILL with reference to shipment
and sale in interstate commerce of nursery
stool: ‘not true to name. Congressman Cram-
ton. who introduced the measure, writes thus:
"Many farmers in my district have called to my
attention the damages they have suffered from the
purchase of nursery stock not true to name. Par.
ticuiarl has this been true in the case of apple
trees ere farmers have bought their stock, set
it out and after waiting six, ei ht or ten years for
it to e to the period of bee ng have then found
the stock to be of interior or different variety
from what they desired.
“The loss in such a case is a very serious mat-
tor, but the evil is a difllcult one to reach because
of the period which must elapse between the pur-

: ' chase o! the stock and the time when the fraud or

mistake "becomes established . After full consult»
ation with authorities, I have prepared this bill,
which is vu'y possibly not yet in the best form,
but seems no me at least suflcient to be a basis
for discussion. , ’

“i should be very glad to have any suggestions
, or expressions of views». from uranium Bosmsss
“Fan-(me or from its reacts,"

i BILL,

' 7 To prevent the shipment and sale in interstate
, - commerce of nursery stock not true to name.
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any state or territory or the District of Columbia,
to any other state or territory or the District of
Columbia, or to receive in any state or territory
or the District of Columbia from any other state

or territory or the District of Columbia, and hav- .

ing so received, todeliver in original unbroken
package, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver

to any other person, any nursery stock which does '

not bear on each tree, shrub or ‘ lent, or on the
original unbroken package théreo a label stating
the true, accepted, and correct name of the varie-
ty of such nursery stock, the name of the person
who grew the same, and the place where it was
Sec. 2. That no person shall so ship or deliv.
or for shipment or so receive and deliver or oiier
to deliver to another, any nursery stock that is
not true to name or that is wrongly or improperly
labeled in a manner that will «tend to mislead or
deceive. ,
Bee. 8. That any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of this act or who shall forge,
counterfeit, alter, deface or destroy any label,
certificate or invoice provided for in this act or in
the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture,
made and promulgated under‘the authority of this

act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and ,

upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not ex.

ceeding $200 or by imprisonment not exceeding ,

six months, or by both such fine and imprison-
mentt, in the discretion of the court. Upon con-

- viction of any , 'on of violation of any of the
provisions of i1! ” not file secretary 0 Agriculture
shell publkll the we!“ poem. .. ~.

seal. mjnmnhiiema'mdk.

0‘ 8 0’00.” a’éé'ording, to the Foderal report. “The
fruit is not hanging on the trees well, and Ber-
rien county, perhaps the most important peach
county in the state, shows a low condition. _‘ ,

“The Bureau'of Crop Estimates. issues its second
quantitive forecast of. the strictly
peach production for theUnited States based upon
the condition of the crop June 1. These commerc-
ial shipments include cariot, express and truck
movement of commercial peaches. ‘ The condition
of the peach crop li’as undergone “considerable

change since May 1,; notably in the Eastern and .,

Northern States, where the amp will not reach
earlier expectations. This has been due to very se-
vere damage caused by curl leaf and brown rot .

‘The curl leaf has decreased the prospects of the

Northern Ohio peach crop nearly 150 per cent; New
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U. 3. 'EPOBT 0N PEACHES
m1 Commerehl Crop
STATE lJu - Fin'i- June l Final
|1919 1918‘ 1910 ”IL __
i % % Enamels Bushels
Michigan ........ 47 6 889,000 54,000
New Hampshire. . 80 112.000
Massachusetts 75 ‘1 0,000
Connecticut . . ‘70 147,000
New York ...... 65 15 2,028,000 525,000
New Jersey . . . . 72 63 756,000 640,000
Pennsylvania . . 60 32 467,000 258,000
Delaware .. z. 86 36 212,000 101,000
Maryland. . . . . . 58 20 408,000 144,000
Virginie. .. 81 30 201,000 90.000
W. Virginia . . . 60 42 648,000 459.000
N. Carolina . . . . 60 50 100,000 90,000
8. Carolina . . 50 75 70.00 102,000
Georgia 78 03 2.064.000 8,265,000
1 Ohio . . . 50 6 642,000 87,0
‘ Indiana .. 15 20,00
Illinibis . . . 66 287.000
Missouri . . '69 205,000
Kentucky . . 25 6 2,000 4,500
Tennessee ...... 58 42 188.000 100.098
Alabama . . 75 80 181,000 13:00
Texas .66 7 653,000 767,000
Oklahoma 78 1 842,000 77.00
Arkansas . . . . 86 6 1.462.000 87,000
Colorado . . . . . . 82 70 92,000 ' 719,000
New Kaxlco . . . . 18 30 2,000 7.0
Utah . . . . . . . . 90 70 1.008.000 735.000
Idaho .. .. .. as 10 187.000? 2.00
Washington 80 28 1,209,000 402,000
_0regon . . . . 95 18 76.0 0 81,030,
Caliomifa ' 96 75 15,802,000 11,663,000
Total U. 8. .. 80.0 58.4 30,820,000 20,671.500
‘Attention is called to the fact thlt aproxl-
mately 88 per cent of California peach crop is
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isee fully L000 care less than a month ago. West.
ern Maryland and other parts of the Middle At-
lantic states also have severe infestation of brown
rot and curl leaf. The Southern crop indicates no
notable change, the Georgia estimate increasing a
few hundred care. The most salient teature of
the report is the very large crop in the far west,
which promises to exceed that of formm~ years.
“There is new indicated in the United States a
total crop of 30,820,000 bushels as compared with
20,678,000 bushels last year or 50 pa‘ cent in-
crease over the comparatively light crop of 1918_
The crop east of the Rockiespmmises 16,550 cars
as compared with! 11,715 cars last year. This in
crease is due to the large crop in Arkansas and
surrounding territory. .

p

trict attorney to whom the Secretary of Agricul-
tureshall report any violation of this act or to
whom any director of experiment station or any
oflicial of any state or any other person shall pre-
sent satisfactory evidence of any such violation go
’cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced
and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United
States without delay for the enforcement of the
penalties herein provided for,

See. 5. That the term “Territory" as used in
thiseot shall include the District of Alaska and
the insular possession or the United States. The
word "person" as used in this act shall be cons"
strued to import both the plural and the singular
as the case demands, and shall include co ore:-
flom, companies, societies and associations. en
construinx and enforcing the pmviions of this act,
the act omission, or failure of any officer agent or
other person acting for or employed by. any cor;
pomtion. company, society or association, within
the scope of his employment or oiiice, shall in ev-
ery case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or

. failure of such corporation, company, society or

association, as well as that Of the other person

grown. The accepted name of a variety shall be
the name accepted by the recognized authority for
the class of nursery stock in question, such as. in
the case of fruit trees, the American Pathological
Society. Nursery _ " u: the purpmes of this
act, shall includ all edr and greenhouse grown

plants, such a ck, trees,
shrubs vines cuttings graze, uninhabuds and all

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ARMERS' MOTOR Truck Express prospects
are..being brightened by the news these days.
~ ' _With the good roads’ bonding issue War the
top and with 229 big U. 8. tracks, being delivered
- .. ' for.Michigan read work, along carries. the proposal
’ , from farm leaders to drum up the co-pperative
motor truck express work in certain parts of the
. . state where it is most needed.

' , . All sectors of the country send in reports of
' 7v ' successful operation .To aid Hichiganders, think-
- ing of starting up such lines, along comes the fed-

eral government bulletin with the following:
The motor truck as a medium for the earring
of farm products is now assuming a permanent
placein the general scheme of transportation. It
was to be expected that the motor truck would
‘ find its greatest usefulness in solving the problem

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of the “short haul,” one of the most dim-nu prob."

,_. lems which has confronted transportation experts
‘ , duringthe last decade. The steady growth of our
larger centers of population and their
demands for
Iatcd the development ox producing areas adjacent

to these consuming centers. - ‘
" Gardeners add dairy farmers who,- a few‘years
ago, were faced with a short ban] to the nearby
. market, now find the horsedrawn vehicle of other
- days entirely inadequate to {cover the increased
~ distance to' market. Here the motor truck has
, y offered itself as a transportation medium capable
. \ ' of working effectively within a much wider radius
, ,1 than the horse and wage . The: development of
, rail facilities for the short haul has not kept pace
with the development of crop producing districts
near the larger centers of population. The rapid
growth of the truck manufacturing business dur-
ing the past five years in itself would have direct-
: - ed the attention of manufacturers to rural terri-
, » 4‘ . tory‘as a profitable sales field.
’ Inquiries are constantly being received regard-
ing the practices and methods of successful oper-
ators of ruraltruck routes. It is a regrettable fact
. that there are practically no rural truck operators
\ whose general plans are worthy of study by less
experienced operators. Most rural routes are in

the formative stage.

r Preliminary Survey of the Field

Too many beginners delay 3 canvass. of their
field of operation until they are definitely commit-
ted to the establishment of a motor route by an
investment of funds. Such-
an unwise one.

In the first place, an investigation may disclose
the fact that it is unnecessary or undesirable to
start the route at all. Secondly, a proper investi.
gation may materially modify preliminary plans,
3 particularly with respect to the investment of

‘ funds and the selection of ipment. Enthusiastic
but inaccurate reports whiciqgave been
given wide circulation in many dis-

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larger quantities of, food have stimu- .

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the prospective operator, who will naturally in-
vestigate his local market. ,

The data collected by. the Bureau of Markets
show a very wide range in the gasoline mileage
for trucks of different sizes under varying condi-
tions. A study of about 60 typical motor routes
showed a mileage of from 6 miles to 9 miles per
gallon of gasoline for two-ton trucks, 4 miles to 6
miles for three-ton trucks, and 8 miles to 5 miles
for five-ton trucks. These figures are not conclus-
ive but will serve to indicate a range which was
found under actual operating conditions.

' Drivers’ Wages .

The wages paid drivers vary in different sec—
tions of the country and for trucks of different
sizes. In districts where the cost of labor is high,
opemtors have found it necessary to pay relatively
high Wages for drivers. Information gathered by
the Bureau of Markets on a number of routes in-
dicates a daily range of from $2.75 to $7-50. The
higher wages were paid for expert drivers of
heavy motor trucks in industrial regions where
the general scale of wages was high. Drivers of
small trucks in general farming districts were con-
tent with the smaller wage. Where the truck own-
er expects to act as his own driver, it is only fair
that a reasonable wage for this service be enter-
ed on the books before an attempt is made to cal-
culate profits. .

Depreciation

Depreciation as a feature of expense is little
understood by the average small operator, and
there is an almost universal tendency to accord too
little consideration to this important item. In—
vestigations disclose the fact that this constitutes
one of the heaviest items of cost per mile of oper-
ation.

Most operators who consider this item at all
are inclined to set aside from 20 per cent to 33 1-3
per cent of the cost of the truck each year to cov-
er depreciation, This is a very simple arrange-
ment but it is not entirely a sound one. It is ob-
vious that depreciation will be greatest on the
truck which makes the greatest annual mileage. It
will be seen, therefore, that unless the annual
mileage, or prospective annual mileage, is consid-
ered, the preliminary estaimate of depreciation is
am to be incorrect.

B .

The regular repair bill, when coupled with the
annual cost of overhauling, is often a serious one.
The experience of motor truck operators in. van-
one sections of the country show that this is an
important item of expense. Naturally it is impos-
sible to make an advance estimate of these costs
with any reasonable degree of accuracy. The an-
nual repair bill will bear a practical relation to
operating conditions. Where care is used in hand-

‘ Road conditions are a prime consideration. in deg

ling the truck, the cost of repairs will be much
less than where no attempt is made to exercise.
reasonable supervision over operation. . ’ , .
The cost of repairs increases with the age of the
truck. Those operators who have purchased’u'sed :
equipment have found their repair bills relatively
higher. Repairs/during the first year'of life of j
the new truck are not a very serious confident-
tion. When the meter truck is in more offices
continuous use throughout the year, it is usually
laid up once each year and given a complete over
hauling. The cost of this overhauling depends
on the age of the truck, the care which it has" re-
ceived, and its size. . ~ ‘ ‘
Data collected by the Bureau of. Markets show
annual cost of overhauling ranging from about
$100 to as high as $800 or $900. Those truck op~
.erators who make it a point to keep theirtrucks
in a constant state or repair have relatively small
charges to meet for annual overhauling. Those
who operate their trucks ‘as long as possible with
no regular repairs must often face an extremely“
heavycharge for overhauling at the end of each ~;
year . l ‘
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Tire cost is another heaVy item of expense. This ,
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termining tire cost per mile of operation. It is of- '.
often found that there is a very wide variation in:
tire cost of different trucks operating with vary»
ing loads and under changing conditions. Data'g
in the possession of the Bureau of Markets show
a range of tire costs of from one cent to tour
cents per mile where solid tires are used. -

These figures cover a large number of trucks of ,
different sizes, operating with different loads.
They are offered as illustrative rather than as any
thoritativc. It must be remembered that while,
the actual cost of the large truck heavily loaded
may be relatively high per mile of operation, the ,
cost per ton may be small, and in the final'analy- ’
sis the latter comparison is the only fair one.
Where pneumatic tires have been used, it usually '
has been found that the actual tire cost is rather -
in excess of cost where solid tires are used, but
in such cases the annual depreciation and the cost
of repairs are usually less.

Garage Rent

Garage rent is an item of expense which is often
not incurred directly by the rural operator. Where
the operator finds it necessary to rent garage
space it is, of course, easy to calculate the cost. It
is not so easy to make such an estimate, however,
where no actual cash outlay is incurred. Where
the operator is using garage facilities of his own,
which might be valuable for other purposes, the.
rental value of these facilities should be entered
on the books Where no attempt is made to house

the truck when not in use, the operat-

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tricts, have been responsible for some
4 » ' amateur beginnings which should nev-
* or have been undertaken. The motor
route which has a chanCe for success
must be founded .on a careful business
analysis of the field of operations;
” Consideratibn Should also be given
to the nature of the products that will
be hauled. Low-priced, bulky staples
may not stand the transportation
charges necessary to maintain a mot-
or route. For example, it is rather un-
likely that hay can be transported by
motor truck for long distances except
under unusual conditions with respect
to price. Perishables may stand the
motor truck tariff if the transporta-
tion service. to market is speedier than
- the customary means of transporta-
Ki - tion. Commodities like cream, milk'
. and eggs which are high in price as
, . compared to bull: may bear a reason-
ably high transportaticn charge if
more satisfactory facilities are offered.
It is manifestly impossible to out-
line an ideal investigation which
would be satisfactory for all districts.
‘ s It is necessary, to correlate the prelim-
‘ inary canvass with local conditions.
The items enumerated in the above
outline, however, may offer some sug-
gestions which will be helpful to those
interested in the establishment of rur-
al motor tranSport-ation routes.
‘ ‘ Estimate of Operating Costs
‘ One of the first questions to arise in
the mind 01 the prospective motor
'truck operator is: “What will it cost to
operate a truck?” Loads will be up
ranged, rates will be established, the,
route" will be planned and the truck
1.“er on the basis of this estimat-

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or may save on garage cost only. to
lose a still greater amount dim to in-
creased depreciation.

Taxes and the cost of a license and
insurance vary greatly in different
states. The prospective owner of a .“
motor truck should look into the mat- :
ter in advance and be in a position to '
meet these liabilities as they come:
due. Insurance of various kinds must
be considered. Theft, accident and fire
insurance should be taken out on the
motor truck itself. Reliable operators
now find it desirable to take out insur-
ance covering the load which is being
carried.

The item of overhead expenses in-
cludes ofl‘lce rent, office equipment, clay-
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_ detoers. All these signs, pointed up with “Detour” and ordering you to
drive around the long way, may make you peeved. But bear up a bit. ‘fl’hc
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stitnte a considerable expense for the
larger operator who finds it necessary
to maintain a business headquarters.
The above enumeration of operating '
costs may serve to call to the attention
. Of E"311163 beginners in the field of mot-
of truck transportation the need for
carefully considering the business el-
ements in advance of actual operation.
The most common error of the begin—
nor is to, underestimate some of the .
cost items. Many beginners either un- :
derestimate or fail to estimate stall
such an important item as deprécia~ .
tion. Such operators have been known.‘
to conduct their business for sever“
months under the assumption tn
they were making money, only to
that their apparent net profit was
ing absorbed by the lessening val
their rolling stock. Other ope .
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SENATE BILL No 47 which creates a state hail

. growing agricultural crops against damage by
1 hail,.is another measure which was pledged by.
the Non-Partisan League program The law was

" declared an emergency and, $50,000 appropriated

; to carry out its provisions. Hereafter the depart-
ment will be conducted at cost. This act con-
, cerns practically every farmer in the state and no
bill'passed by the legislature was given more care-
ful consideration. Yet it is admitted by all who
V had part in the passage of this measure that ex-
. Vperience may show the necessity of changes. When
.‘the-legisl-ature meets again it will give careful
_,V*consideration to suggestions made by the farmers
from all parts of th estate with a view of improv-
dug the law if possible.
The law provides that a tax of three cents per
. ' acre shall be imposed on all tillable land in the
state All tillable land must pay this three cents
per arie whether or not it is under cutivation.
The law will operate about in this manner:

.In the swing the fa1mer will make a return _

to the auditor as to the number of acres he
V expects to have in crop, but on June 15 if he

wishes to withdraw any of the land in crop
from under the operation of the act .he may
do so by making an affidavit to‘the hail in-
sumuce commissioner and the county auditor“
B1 June 15. his planting will have been done
and it will be possible for him to deteirnine -
the condition of his crops in the various fields
and decide whether he wants any particular
piece of land to come under the Hail Insurw
ancc Act. If he withdraws all his land he is
thru with the Hall Insurance Act. excepting
that he must pay the three cents per acre.

Make no mistake ”about that. Every acre of

tillable land must pay three cents per acre

Whether or not its owner withdraws it from

any furthe operation of the act. 'But if'the

owner ole to come under the act, then Octo-
ber 10th, after all the hall losses thruout the
state are adjusted, the total loss is spread pro
rate. over the number of acres under the act
and every man must pay his share according—
ly. The loss cannot exceed 50 cents an acre.

For instance, suppose the hall losses to be $5,-
000,000 in any one year. It is estimated that there
are about'30,000,000 tillable acres in the state The
3 cents an acre tax would thus raise $900,000, leav-
the land of those electing to take advantage of
the state insurance If there were 15,000,000 acres
thus coming under the Act the amount of the as-
sessment would be 27 1-3 cents per acre, with the
addition of three cents per acre In effect, the bill
creates a farmers' state-wide mutual hail insur-
ance, excepting that it is not compulsory. In case
of total loss by hail, the maximum insurance will
be seven dollars per acre. This law will mean a
saving to the farmer of this state of several mil-
lion dollars every year.

At the. present time there are some sixteen to
twenty-six private hail insurance companies do-
ing business in the state and on the average each
year they take from the farmers of this state from
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000 more in premiums than
they pay back in losses. Furthermore, it_ is esti-
mated that the actual damage done by hail aver-
ages between five and six millions dollars annual-
ly, whereas the losses paid by the insurance com-
panies do not average more than two and ane-
half or three million dollars annually, so that
there is a further economic waste to the farmers
in this manner.

The state can provide hail insurance more cheap-
ly than private companies, for each of the twenty-
- six commissions to its agents in the field, while
'the state only has one office and does a large
amount of its business thru the county officials.
The state will do business at cost and this will ef-
feet a further saving, for each of the twenty six
companies expect and naturally get a fa? profit.
NORTH DAKOTA HAS WISE GRADING LAW

An article on Dakota's grading is quoted:-

“Under the Grain Grading Act, all elevators in
North Dakota are licensed and cannot practise dis-

crimination, so that the state elevators will prace _

' tically set the pace for the old- line companies and,
in self-defense, these private institutions will be
compelled to treat the farmers just as fairly as
the state-owned elevators '
“But this will not be the greatest saving
brought about by the terminal elevator and
flour mill association, for when this system
V is in operation it is intended to establish an
entirely new method of grading North Dakota
V grain that will make the farmers of this state
independentof the Federal and Minnesota
. grades. both of which are unfair in what they
~11ndc1-vaiue North Dakota wheat.
. ‘ “The new North Dakota grain grades will be
_ determined by the milling value of the wheat. .V

Mother words if a mill test shows that No ,1 Hartlin-

em and grain now given an inferior grade make
;‘ilour 'of practically the same standard and amount
‘Vt-ho new grades will be fixed to shew the true
emparison of value and prices will adjust them-

insurance depa1tment to indemnify owners of'

This is the fourth of a series of articles on
North Dakota's new laws, about which so much
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selfish corrosnond ”This will man that the far. V} ,

eral cents more a' bushel for wheat, for it is nor

torious that thre is not nearly so much difference

Vin the value of flour made from wheat of different
grades as there is in the price paid for the grain

itself.

“For instance, in- 1916, when the Minneap—
oliss millers graded most of the North Dako-
ta. wheat crop Feed D there was a diurence .
‘of 40, 50, 60, 70 80 cents and in some cases 51 a
bushel between the price paid for Feed D and
No.1 Northern yet experiments COnducted by _
Dr. E. F Ladd in his mill at the Agricultural
college proved that Feed D wheat made flour“.
of practically the same value. as wheat of The
highest grades. .
strated there was but very little difference in-

the food value of a. barrel of.- flour made from - '

Fed D and No. .1 Northrn wheat, .yet the farm-
' received from $1. 80 to $4. 50 less to renough.
wheat of the lower grade to make a barrel of ’
flour. The millers absorbed the different-:31."

Is this $41, 000 ,000 an Acre ‘Farm’ Single Tax Argument?

of the averag $10, 000 farm in New York state does} __
not exceed $500.)wB11‘-t taking the high average of;.~_ - '
' 350 ans acre for the unimproved-- farm land value
we have a basis of eemparison with this New York};

HE RECENT_ SALE by Vincent Astor of the.

41.575 square feet of ground on Broadway, ..

between Forty- third and Ferty-fifth streets,
New York to a moving picture syndicate for :a
price of between five and six million dollars, is of

especial significance to the working farmers of

America. This is the plot where General Israel
Putnam and General George Washington are said
to have met for a conference on the .eve of the bat-
tle of Harlem. It is the purpose of this communi-
cation to bring this matter to your attention and
suggest the importance ofvyou'r emphasizing its re-
lation to the present day problems of the farmers
of your community.

When Col. John Jacob Astor lost his life in the
Titanic disaster, he-left to his son, Vincent, by his
first wife, along With other large wealth, a piece
of New York real estate, 200 feet on Broadway by
207 feet on Forty-third and Forty-fourth streets,
improved with buildings and bringing an annual
income of $320, 000. This preperty had been in the

Astor family for three generations and was prob:

ably a part of the old Long Acre farm. During
all the years since the original Astor immigrated
to America, and with keen “foresight" managed to
secure a large part of Manhattan Island, this prop.
erty has been growing in value with the growth
and development of the city. When the bare
ground sold the other day for about $3,500,000, the
people of New York made young Vincent Astor,
who has never known what it is to work for his
bread, a present of that princely sum.

The bare land value—site value or unimproved
value, as it is called—cf our best farms will not
exceed $50 an acre, and the average price of un-
improved farm land in the United States, is much
less than $50 an acre (Mr. James R. Brown, a
tax expert of New York, states that the land value

Mishigan’ 3 Output of Sweet Clover [1218 Increased Greatly ’

UE TO the shortage of red clover and to an
increasing knowledge of the value of sweet
clover, hundreds of Michigan farmers have
during the last two years sown sweet clover seed
for the first time
Some are intending to pasture this crop, but
thru the northern part of the lower peninsula,
where the greatest increase in acreage has been
made, the majority wish during the second year
of the sweet clover to cut a crop for hay and a
crop fer seed. Given a‘ good stand, two additional
points should be carefully consid'eled for success-
ful attainment of this object. These cue the time
of the first cutting and the length of the stubble
that should be left
Most growers agree that the best time to cut; for
hay is befbre the appearance of any blossom buds.
With a healthy, vigorous stand the best time is

' usually when the sweet clover is about twenty-

four to thirty inches high. Now if this crop is

cht as one would cut common clover or alfalfa the

second crop will likely be seriously injured and

possibly ruined. The second crop of sweet clover .
does not spring from the branches as is the case
with alfalfa, but is produced from new branches V

obtained thru development of branches from axils‘
of leaf buds on the lower part of the old stalk. So
it is absolutely essential for the production of a

second crop to cut the first One high enough So;

sufilCient buds will be left to producea
and crop.
state where the first cutting was made the same as.
with clover and second crop was produced but,
under these conditidns this second crop was prac;

good sec-

' tically never as good as could have been secured-

bby higher clipping, and more often instances have
been observed where practically all the plants
died’after the first cutting was made in this way

  

Scientific experiments demon» A

' acres in size.

{the city dweller

grown more extensively in this state.
excellent pasture crop, and will produce satisfac-

. tory yields of hay and seed under poor conditions '-
‘~ of fertility that will not give ad 3111111 results with ,
It is an excellent preparatory crop of:

Instances have been observed in this '

. V 3.11 legume.

this state out of millions of dollars in a singlf
Grain- Cannot be Under-graded

“The establishment of the milling value as the];

standard of grain grading will do to the wheat

business what the establishment of the Babcock ~'
butter fat test did for the dairying- business~ ~
make it impossible to pay the farmer less than the ,
fair and scientifically determined value of his .

grain.

consumer.

‘ “It. is not likely the state will use this pow
er, but it :is giyen this authority to protect? it
against any attenipted boyéott -‘of state-made“
products by outside wholesalersyr retailers

city block of less than one acre

' Here is a “farm" of less than an acre, 41, 575
square feet, selling at $84 per square foot, or
about $4, 000, 000 per acre. Do you know of any

highly improved farms worth anYthlng. like this . 1'

figure? If .t_h'is were translated into actual farms
at $50 an acre there 'would be 800 of them, 100

conflict between the interests of the farmer and
'From these figures it would
seem that there is some justification for the
charge, but the conflict is between the holders of

the big land values who are able to cut down

the purchasing power of the city worker by high

rents based on speculative land values, and the V

working farmer who has produce to sell and finds
his market restricted by the above named factors.

The worker in the city and the working farmer in V

the country have a common enemy.
A study of realty values in the vicinity of the

, Astor property shews a tremendous clim-‘bing' 6f

values sinCe 1905. The New York Times site
(building not included) is estimated as being
worth $250, 000 more than it was fourteen years
ago. The KnickerboCker hotel site is worth $1.-
450,000 more than it Was in 1905 And so the st01y
goes, with increases in the value of the ground
alone of from 100 to 150 per cent. All of which
means that the men who happen to be the owners
of‘theSe sites are enabled to make large profits
without labor on their part and with very small
payments to society in the £01m of taxes for the
great advantages they enjOy. —0arl Brmmin.

varies with the rapidity and manner of growth of
the plants but usually the stubble should be left
eight to twelve iches high A special sole for the
shoe which will hold the bar of the 'mower higher

'sould be used and either a larger wheel should be

used on the outer end of the bar or the upright to

which the wheel is attached should be lengthened. :

Some good information on this matter is given in

- U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulle-

tin number 820.

In regard to the time of cutting, sweet clover
must be cut early for hay if the best results are to
be obtained. 'If the chop is allowed to blossom
before cutting the stems will be quite woodyVaVnd
unpalatable and furthermore late‘cutting impairs
the chances 'for a good second crop.

Sweet clover at best is net as easy to handle as
many other forage crops and beside the above
points some others,. which we will not take time
to discuss should be considered before starting

growing the crop too exstensively. Some of these .

are time and method of seeding, necessity for cur-

ing hay in cocks, time of cutting and method of
handling the seed crop. A good discussion of most-
of these points is giVen in Sweet Clover Circuiai

Number 23, Michigan Experiment Station and in
U; S. Department of Agriculture Faimers' Bulle-V

tins Numbers 820 and 836 on Sweet Clover
Sweet clover is a crop that should and will be
It Vis an

alfalfa While grown with plains results on 1113.. V
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“The terminal elevator and flour mill associa"

on also has the power to market the products of '»
The state. dour mills and this means that if neces
.sary it may lease, buy or build a structure in Si “
.‘Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York or Vany oth;_
‘ or city or the United States, establish a bakery,»

ship state-made flour. to that~ bakery make it into-x
* Fbr’ead and sell this braced direct to the ultimate ‘

1 It has been said that there is a

    

"Jivheap and Safe Guaranty Against Damage is Provided by the State for F owners,» ’

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. ébdmh‘bi What he considers greater opportunities.
‘ *4 Something. must be done to supplant this; outgo-
in supply of farm labor.

'V always, men coming from the city to the farm,'but

'V cording to .wage and industrial conditions: in the
city. :iPowermac-hinery will take the place oft'this
ever increasing stream of young men flowing from
the farm to the city, and, at the same time, permit

.Vmore intensive farming. " ‘ ' ’ . .

- -Rev,olution'of Farm Methods V ,1

z‘ ‘ Power machinery is just beginning'to Come into
its own. V

riculture, just as

power revolutionized American"
' manufacture. . -

it will be possible for one-fourth or even one-fifth”
. .ofvthe population to take care of the food produc;
;‘ tionvof the nation, and the country will not be any
. ‘. the less. prosperous. . , - _ . » ’ ~ »
. Whenever I hear a sociologist or a reformer
' prate about our rural population leavingthe farm
and picture the United. States on the wayflto the
fate of the Roman Empire, which had to import
' its entire subsistence, because .all the farm folks

wine and circuses,‘ a circumstance which’lay ,at the
-_ ;-bottom of the politicalfevents that caused .its
V: downfall, I‘want to suggest that‘they 'turn their

: eyes more closely on American history, especially

on American industrial history.‘ They will find that
they have overlooked 'two important facts; that
~'though the farming population has decreased, the

. ITH A RECORD-BREAKING grain crop
about to be harvested, I wish to call atten-

' tion to the experience of one community in
doing its own threshing. There'were several rea
sons why the farmers of this neighborhood wanted
to have a thresher of their own:

1. To get their grain ‘thresh‘eVI. for less money.

2. To have thresher came when they wanted it.

3. There were several tractors owned nearby
and they furnished operatingpower. ,

‘4. Practically the entire. community was rais-
ing pure varieties of wheat, rye and oats. They
wanted to keep these pure. . ,

5. There would be less danger of distribution
of harmful weed seed.

How the Farmers 'Got Together. ‘

The situation was brought to a head by the high
prices announced by the local threshermen for the
season. The owner of a new tractorsaid that he
woulé take the Job of threshing if a machine was-
purchased, so we decided to try it out. A telephone ~
call was sent out to the farmers surrounding our
little three corners; and one hot evening in Aug-
ust, we met on the lawn of the district school-
house. A motion was carried that an association
be‘ formed for the purchase and operation of a
grain thresher. ' , ' . p .
Ten shar f stock, at $10 per share, were sign-
ed for by si een farmers. The usual officers and a
board of directors Were elected to look after the
business of the organization.

The tractor owner was hired to furnish the pow-
er 'for operating the thresher, to furnish thelub.
ricating oil for his engine and to look; after the
running of the separator, for $12 per day. It was
decided that each member should pay for the ker-
osene used in threshing his grain. The association
. agreed. to thresh for no one outside of the member-

ship. The price of threshing for the saseon was
set at 4c for cats, So for wheat and tie for rye.
The arrival of the separator a
few days later was made the ex-
cues for a half holiday and cel-
ebration. Early in the morning
the sixteen members arrived at
the freight station with ropes,
jacks and a light _truck, happy
as a group of boys about to un-
crate a new bicycle. Theyvsoon
had the machine neatly. unloaded
and coupled to the tractor.
With a big American flag float—
ing'ouer the separator and the
autOmobiles of the party follow-
ing, the procession filed up thru
the main street of the town.

. Profit Sharing is Employed

‘ A week later the contract was ‘1
9 . signed for the purchase of a -.

. small 20x36 thresher. The price

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HERE HASBEEN a decided .tendency =15 ’

.‘many states for the young man who figrows- ‘
up on the farm to go to the larger city in»

It is true thatithfére are
' ;_ atbestthis labor cannot be depended 013; fittest»,

causeflas a rule ’th’ese'men are, net Jillidulstfiduls and V .
‘ second because the supply of‘x'nan power wanes ac: .

It is going to re‘volutiOnizeAmerican a‘g-' "

It now takes _over one-third ofthe population to '
' =i'eed the nation. There may be a day coming when -

1 flocked _to the cities to get their share of free corn, ' '

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area of land under cultivation has considerably in-
creased, and, that we produce more in proportion

to persons engaged in agriculture than any nation .

on earth.

They may discover that our enormous industrial
prosperity is largely due to the fact that compara-
tiv‘ely so few of our people are needed on the farms
that vast numbers are released to carry on manu-
facture, which is, all said and done, the mainstay
of our greatwealth. The agency that released
them is power machinery. A small tractor of the
type illustrated can easily take the gplace of from
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0rganize a Threshing Association

ECAUSE THE price of coal, labor and

repairs went up, the thresher’s last year

advanced their charges, and because of
this advance the farmers everywhere kicked,
and kicked vigorously. A part of thein-
crease was justifiable. Threshers simply
couldn't do business on the old scale.

But there is considerable question as to
whether they were entitled to as high prices
as their county and state associations de-
termined upon.- Most of the farmers think
they Were taking advantage of high costs
and high prices for farm products to pro-
fiteer, and we think they are right.

Anyway, it’s the old story of the organized
forces pitted against unorganized forces. The
former is in a position to exact what they
please; the latter are powerless to protect
themselves. Now in some sections Of the
state the farmers have organized assoma—
tions, purchased threshing machinery and
are doing‘their own work atone-half to two-
thirds the customary charge. Moreover,
they’re doing better work and with less fric-
'tion. V

The accompanying story, written by the
secretary_treasurer of the Greenville Co—Op-
erative Threshing Ass’n., is typical of a score
of similar associations within this state.
With scarcely an exception all are .success—
ful. ‘If you are having trouble With the

 

thresher‘ men of your county, get your neigh-
bors together and organize an association.
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Tractor Great Aid to English
implant the lessons of labor economy the world

'tion of ‘the' war, England raised .more food than
she ever had before.

if they had not called the tractor to their aid. If
a land army of inexperienced girls headed by a

fewagricultural experts can raise larger crops,

than three or four times the number of men,“ by

the use of the tractor and advanced methods-g
for the American farmer to

would it not be wise
profit by the experience of a nation, and apply. to
his own domain advanced methods and tractors?
. There is a man in North Dakota who believes in

“power farming” so thoroughly that he has on the

heading of his stationery “Power Farming Exclus-
ively.” His views and figures on the subject are
well worth while.

“Yes, I have farmed for seven years, using only
tractors for power. There have been no horses on
the place except at threshing times, when my
neighbors helped in hauling bundles to the ma-

chine and in taking the grain away. The figures

-. given below are correct, and indicate the nature
and extent of the farming operation I carried'Out,
in 1918, with the cost indicated of doing the work
with a tractor. My tractor is of the, size known as
16-30, and it handles four plows with the greatest
ease. . . '

“This does not include depreciation. This item

I should not put at more than six per cent for the
whole outfit is practically in as good order as
when I bought it; in fact, I sold one binder last
‘ - (Continued on Page 12) ‘ ‘

Everyone was forced to know that a group of farm-
ers was really operating. '

The first year of the experiment was a great
success. 10,624 bushels of grain Were threshed'in
eleven days for the sixteen members. And the
housewives approved. No big threshing crews for
breakfast, dinner and supper. 'The noon day meal
was decided to be the only one necessary for these
men, the others were had at home.

At the fall meeting $20- were paid back to each
member as his share in the profits. Many other
communities should try this and with so much
grain to be threshed‘ why is not this a good year
to start?

Ashley M .Berm‘dge, author 0
secretary-treasurer of the Former
sooz‘ation of Greenville, Mich.

f the above, is
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Buckwheat is Worth Two Dollars

Buckwheat is worth close on to $2 a bushel at
this moment, and last winter buckwheat flour cost
us 100 a lb. when we bought it at the mill.

It would not be a bad idea to sow a little buck-
wheat on that ground which was too wet when it
was time to put in the oats or corn. Perhaps we
ought to plow up a piece of that back field where
the grass is so thin. This will be a good time to
do it and plenty Of time for the buckwheat.

Fifty or a hundred bushels of buckwheat will
come in mighty handy next fall; some for flour,
some for the chickens and some to sell at-a good
price too.

It will pay to put on about 200 pounds of fer—
t' izer when you sow that buckwheat, hustle it
a ong, ripen it uniformly and insure a good crop.
Use a fertilizer analyzing
12 per cent
potash.
“stand up” and will produ
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Buckwheat unlike 0
never straightens u
once falls. P
stalks strong.

Three varieties of buckwheat
are commonly grown—Japanese,
Silver Hull and Common Grey,
the first two being the most gen-'
erally used. Japanese has a dark
colored seed, while the Silver
Hull has a smaller seed, lossy
or silvery in appearance. hese
two varieties are of about equal

vzlue, when yields are consider-
e .

ther grains
p after it
otash makes the

 

Buckwheat is usually seeded
at the rate of three to five peeks
per acre. If a drill is used and
the seed is of good vitality, as

Show . Ecomony;

. ing the past four years of the great world. war. ~-.
It would have'taken half a century possibly, to

has learned from this war. With nearly four-fifths,

of her able bodied men .either actively engagedin ’

the war or in industries necessary to the prosecur.

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ficient if the soil is fertile. It is .
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Michigan Crop Reports ..

EVERY YEAR the Department of Agri-

culture tips the farmers’ hands off to the

consuming public. If crops are good and an

I abundant yield in prospect, the department

heralds the glad tidings from one end of the
country to another and prepares the pubhc
for the advent of low prices which always fol—
low in the wake of over-production. Of course
the .department is likewise the harbinger of
crop failures and under-production, but for

”some reason or other, the “great, fair-mind- ‘
ed” press of the country which so gladly and
purposefully pointed out in elaborate detail ‘

the connection between over-production and
low prices, quite frequently overlooks the
connection between under—production and
high prices. That is why despite the wide-
spread publicity to the department’s reports

the farmer gets cussed when crops are short.

and prices high.

There’s a diiference of opinion about the
value of the crop reports issued by the depart-
ment. Were all these reports accurate and
available only to the farmers they would be
of, considerable help to them. But when they
are inaccurate and the common property of

~ all, their publication is a positive detriment

to the entire agricultural industry. _
We have never placed much faith in the

. accuracy of the crop reports issued by the de-‘

partment, for we have frequently observed
that the reports for Michigan did not harmon-
ize, with the actual situation covered by the
reports. And if Michigan reports were wrong
how could anyone expect that the reports for
otherstates would be right. The latest reports
issued by the department are so‘contrary to

' what resident farmers know to be the facts

as to, call forth the cemment of all interested
in the state’s farming business. ,
Wild rumors have been afloat from time to
time that the crop reporting service of the
government was at the mercy of certain in-
terests which for mercenary reasons desired
the reports to be misleading and exaggerat-
ing. And the Splllman disclosures have given
much credence to these rumors. _We brand
them as absurd. While not entirely familiar
with the department’s source of information,
we know that many actual farmers are sup-
, plying at least a part of it. The only satis-
factory explanation of the discrepancy be--
tween the departinent’s reports and the actual
conditions is that the department is in touch
with only a few localized communities and
endeavors to apply the facts pertaining to
those communities to the entire state. Michi-
gan, with her myriads of lakes, her high alti-
tudes and low levels, has all kinds-of weather

' conditions and it is an unusual season that a.

\territory here and there does not get hit by
frest or drought. . But the state as a whole

boasts of favorable weather. and crop-growing.
conditions which are not surpassed east of "the -
' Rocky- Mountains. 80 when the department
' % ofhgriéulture announces that Michigan crop

    

* . Workforce Grandju‘ry "
T HAS BEENsuggested by the state press,
that the. reason why Governor Sleeper did

not call a grand jury to investigate Jackson
prison conditions was became he feared the
interests of certain individuals with friendly
political leanings might be injured. Were he
to comment at all upon the relations existing
between Gov. Sleeper and those for Wham it
is charged he entertains friendly feelings we
would say that they were decidedly antago-'
nistic, and therefore could not possibly be the
reason why the governor has deferred calling
the grand jury.

Perhaps a grand jury would have been
called many months ago except for the fear
that the grand jury might not confine itself
to Jackson prison affairs. A grand jury has
wide jurisdiction. It Scrutinizes every situ-p
tion against which there is a breath of suspic-
ion. Once in session it has an annoying fac-
ulty for probing into affairs, looking behind
curtains, peerign into legislative chambers,'

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The Peace Terms
By 0. Shirley muenbcwk.

HEY MOSTLY talk about the Ger-

. mans and. tell how they shall pay

' their debts; and of their land likewise

determines what shall remain from Keil to
Meta

A simple thing these rules to follow and
win a name of high renown, and 'til they
drag out of the wallow on them the League
of Nationaltrown. ‘

“Mine Gott." cries out the frantic Prus-
sians, “Is this a treat you’re handing out?"
“It's something like you gave the Russians,"
comes back the answer with a shout.

They further state the former kaiser shall
migrate' from his Holland home until the
. allies make him wise concening sacred
rights or home.
Two hundred-thousand in the army, where
once ten million proudly stood with. dreams
. of Belgium and Killarney and Holland too,
he understood. Who knows but maybe
Erance and England were destined to feel
the fist and maybe Italy and Finland would
too be added to the list?

Poor Kaiser William's dream is shattered
in hits it lies about his feet, the while he
strays in garments tattered and says, “Such
justice can't be beat." He matters in a for-
eign lingo, concerning all the Huns must
do and in his fury says “By jingo, I've done
what Bismarck said I’d do." He takes a
swipe at France and England, and Belgium,
too. he thus berates, but right down mean-
nose pure and simple, he credits to United
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invading private rooms Where secret lobbyists
are at work, and mysterious suit-cases are
filled,—-and opened. ,.

Yes, there’s Work for the grand jury. Let
it be called without delay.

 

Editorials by Our Readers
“ HERE WAS a man in our town who
was so wondrous wise, that he had no
use for the opinion of others. He quarreled
with his wife and his neighbors and Quit his
farm paper because they did not agree with
his views. We speak from experience. An
yet we hate to admit that ther are some read-
ers of M. B. F. so narrow-minded that they
would not let us think differently than they.
Oh, yes, we expect to be differed with. We
have never had the notion that we could sat-
isfy everybody. We think none the less of
our subseribers who do not agree with us and
tell us so. We like to hear their side of the
story, and we respect their judgment. And we
do not criticizs our critics nearly as harshly
as our critics criticize us. ’

‘It is because we believe in open dmcussion
that we give over ,a considerable part of our
paper to enable our readers to present their
opinions. Adverse criticism of our policies
or arguments contrary. to our own opinions
are as freely welcomed and published at those
which are favorable. _We don’t like brick-
bats; bouquets are-more fragrant. But we
preferabrichbattoastabintheback. So
let ..’em come. -

def» a.

    

. 4 . ' .. .‘é pill
reader may 'b¢*t3§€n.’as .

the paper When, as, a matter of fact they may ’
_be exactly the opposite. " 'Th‘ef'page which 'we'
have labeled, “What the Neighbors Say,” be-

longs to our readers. We invite them to use ‘ I
1t. But this page upon Which these words are ‘

printed belongs to the editor who studies ”the

topics and the problems of the day and en- .

deavors to discuss them impartially.

«Many farm papers deny their readers the
privilege which we have granted. They 'p're-
fer to force their readers to accept their own
opinions and give them no chance to take is-
sue. But this is not fair. We let'no one dic-
tate our conscience or editorial policy. Natur-
ally we' don ’t expect our readers to let us die—

tate to them. «If we cannot agree let us take '

issuein a friendly, dignified manner, remem—
bering always that we are all committed to
the same cause and must think and work in
harmony so far as possible.

Farmers Overwhelmingly Favor League

A CCORDING TO a poll taken by the Am:
erican League to Enforce Peace, the Am-
erican farmers are overwhelmingly in favor
of ratification of the League of Nations cove-
, nant in its present form. '. The League cites
‘over a hundred of the leading farm journals
of the country, among which. are listed Coun—
try Gentleman, Successful Farming, Michi-
gan Business Farming, etc., to show that the
farmers are satisfied with the covenant and
will resent anyeiforts on the part of its op-
ponents to defeat its adoption by the United

States senate. ’ The result of the poll was ab- f

solutely non-partisan, the major part of the
farm journals reporting being known to have-
strong Republican proclivities. . ‘
Since-the first opposition to the League cov-
enant was voiced by Senator Dodge, both Re—
publicans and Democrats have been making
‘ desperate efliortzgo make the covenant a po-
litical issue in 1 0. Both parties have been
guilty of un-Ame'ri‘can and unpatriotic tactics
of deceit, prejudice and partisanship to befog
the bigfimportant issue involved in a maze of
inconseduential discussions. Men "who before
the close of the war talked like zealots of a
world made safe for .democracy and a league
‘of nations that would put an end to war for-
ever, now unblushingly parade under the ban-
ner of nationalism and scoff at the idea of a
world democracy. ‘ '
We are in for a shameful period of intrigue
and deception. It is far beyond the compre—
hension of the average man to understand the
tremendous world forces that are_at work to
put. at naught all that was accomplished by
the Great War. .. Commercial interests of vast
a magnitude and power desiring to exploit the
natural resources of other and smaller coun-
tries are opposed to the fathering of these
countries by nations which will have irrevoca:
bly committecd themselves to the principle
that “right is might." - If the great nations
of the earth ratify the League, covenant they
must protect the little nations from exploita.
tion and that would be bad for the big com—
mercial interests. Hence, they will stop at
nothing to deceive the American people and
corrupt the public men to prevent the ratifica—
tion of the covenant. ‘

Graduation Days
RADUATIONS from schools and col-
leges have been occurring in many parts

of the state during the last few weeks and,

many are happening this week and next.
Michigan has one of the finest school systems
in the world from its state university and ago
ricultural college down to the small rural
schools..'l‘he percen e of folks who can read
and write is now sai to be much higher on

Michigan farms than in the cities. To the’
.June graduates who are going to make farm- .

ing their profession, we' wish to offer our con-

‘ gratulations. Big business and political ad—'
vances for agricultuQ'are at. head, and to

graduates lie open opp’ortumm ‘ . . r highest
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_ ; Jackson Prison, the Old Bone of 0 onoention
HE FARMERS of the state are not going‘to get unduly excited over tl'g
very latest pow-wow stirred up over that 'old bone of contention—the Jack-
son state prison. They have watched the little game as it has been

played since this state institution first attempted to enter into competition with

,..,the‘ combinations and have noted that with clock—like regularity these spasms

' occur. bi_ennially——set in motion alternately by the combinations and pea-nut
politicians. » . -

The professional politicianswere ,quiet, and the combinations quite satisfied

_ so long as the thousand human beings confined in the 01d hulk of a prison were

placed upon the auction block, and their. labor sold to the highest bidder. Like

, chattel slaves they worked day after day and year after year for mere pittances

that went to the state, and with no hope of reward for themselves. ,The con-

'_ " tractors gathered in the shackles; the state paid the cost of maintenance; while

,. ’ , , the poor unfortunates lelt‘the prison gates at the endof their term, determined,
hardened humans, hopeless and homeless. ’ ' '

Then the awakened conscience of the people eased the legislature to pass

a law doing away withgthe contract system, and preventing the further sale of

prison labor; the turning over of “these fallen brothers to the mercy of the

heartless task masters, whose only ambition was to get all they could out of the

prisoners. From time to time they were driven,glike cattle from their pens, to

the workshop where they toiled during the long day, to the hour when they

. were huddled together, and driven back- totheir dingy cells for the night. They

toiled under the bosses’ lash, hired by contractors, to exact the pound of flesh.

Then came the period or transition. As the contracts expired and work
ceased, Jackson prison became an idle house. Caged human beings, confined in
their narrow cells during the night, saw no hope with the coming dawn. The
long hours of the day must be spent in idleness in their cells, except for a brief
period when they were permitted to exercise in the corridors of the prison.

' From Pillar to Post For. a Product

Hope of tine hopeless. Then followed the effort to establish industries on
state account;‘to establish some sort of manufacturing which would give em-
ployment tothe prisoners. As wards of the state, their earning to be used to
support them, any profits made to be divided between the prisoners and the]
state. Here was an opportunity for service; a chance to redeem the poor unfqr-
unates and return them as useful citizens to society; a chance, if you please, to
build men, as well as a state institution which would be self-sustaining. And

. men were found who were willing to make the sacrifice and attempt the job.

-f What kind of manufacturing business shall the prison engage in? No mat-
her which way the warden and board cf control turned, they either found the
way blocked or stirred up wrath of certain combinations. A canning plant was
suggested, and immediately the organized canners’ combination of the nation,

- O jumped with both feet upon Jackson prison. Do you remember the “scandal and
the investigation” when the daily press announced that the cannery was unsan-
itary; that diseased men handled the fruit; and don’t you remember that the
warden was obliged to throw open the doors of the cannery and invite the pub-
lic idn to see conditions with their own eyes and give the lie to the trust propa-
gan at.

And then “the thought came to the warden that brick and tile could be man-
ufactured by the prison; surely this line would‘not interfere with regular trade.
Do you remember that union labor refused to lay “prison made brick'” that the
tile combination and the brick makers of the Detroit district raised 5 bowl and
ano-her invatigation followed? And next an’ attempt was made to manufacture
tomb stones—markers for the dead—and the monument dealers and manufact»

urers cried “robbers,” and again an investigation.

Michigan had no hinder twine manufacturing plant; so here was an indus-
try that would interfere with no established institution The organized farm—
ers or'Michigan fought the good fight and won, and under the Warner adminis

‘ tr-ation a binder twine plant was established in connection with the prison The
powerful binder twine combination armed to the teeth entered the fray I The
‘ first. year eight hundred tons of twine were manufactured, and when the cost
was determined, the dealers of Michigan were asked through their organization
to distribute the twine. How well the writer remembers that morning at the

prison when the fate of this new industry hung in the balance.

President Glasgow, of the Dealers' association and five e' .
mittee‘were present. Hon. Fred M. Warner, then governogj 3:25;; ghethcisftorgf
prison twine, and asked the dealers if they would handle the prison twine The
committee retired for consultation, and upon their return stated “that. she
could not answer the question until the binder twine trust made its price ” Hery
a state institution, with twine manufactured and on hand' ready to behold et
cost plus a reasonable profit for the state—«held for the action of the price ii:
ling guillotine of the' powerful binder twine trust—anotherdread for the basket~

No state institution could compete .with the combinatio .
set in different states to meet local competition—if tho trus
mg agglow priceto Ngchigan farmers the farmers of Iowa
enou more to me. e the difference. The writer waited-

, ‘ , the dealers to answer the appeals of the governor and pris’o:%$$81g)rwfgieg 158:
they shook their heads, and the first output of the prison factOry if Soldp’t ll

- must be sold at a loss; and then would come the cry: “Close th d ‘1 a
.Ibinder twine factory, it’s a losing venture.” e core 0 the

The writer assumed the responsibility; appealed to the farmers

11; for the price was
t lost money by nam-
and Kansas would pay

of the state,

and that year and the next, yes and the nextfthe farmers purchased the twi
without one cent of cost to the state. And from that day until this the. twins has
been distributed to all farmers, through all farm organizations and through the
eight thousand school district directors of the state—on absolu‘ely equal terms,
and at a cost of less than two and one-quarter per cent for central distribution
and two per cent for local distributors. ‘

These transactions have reached millions of dollars and the state ‘has never;
lost one dollar in poor collections from the farmers The farmers of Mishlgafl
have so perfected their distributing organization that they have practrcally
handled the out-put of the prison at cost. From the day that the loyal farmers
trudgedfihrough the snow more than a decade ago, to get signatures to pelt-3;
tions asking the legislature to establish the plant at the prison and thus per
form a double service: “Give employment to the idle prisoners and free. thef»
farmers from the gragp of the binder twine combination;” to this very day they
have been loyal. .

They have uncomplaiuin’gly paid the price which would give the state a .-
profit’ and asked no questions. They have secured orders and made collections
for a mere pittance. No factory on earth ever distributed its products at so low a .
costs—and yetthe combinations, with the aid of the pea-nut politicians, have~
caused so much trouble and annoyance, placed so many obstacles before the
board of control, and the wardens, that it is now quite impossible to get men
who are willing to tackle the job. The board of control made up of good clean,
citizens, who work without pay; and wardens who are willing to move their
families into the old bulk of a prison and bury themselves with ten hundred
prisoners within the prison walls—to receive for their conscientious efforts,“ '
naught but criticism and to have their honesty and integrity attacked by a-bahd
or as bold pirates as ever scuttled a ship. ‘-

It has been ever thus, so that none need feel discouraged. The steps to ev-
ery reform lead through tortuous passages; through annoying thickets androver
precipitous cliffs. For one who will stand by with a word of cheer and encourage-
ment and bid you press on, there are nine to criticize, condemn and throw up
their hands. The Jackson State Prison furnishes an apt illustration of What. is
bound to occur when the citizens of a state attempt to do something for them-3
selves and by themselves for the common good. Long term contracts were made -
for prison labor at certain Michigan prisons; some are yet in existance after ten-
years. .

Contractors have grown rich through the very sweat and blood 01 the poor
unfortunates, whose brain and brawn were knocked off to them through a bidf.
made while the defenseless prisoners stood trembling upon the auction block.,‘
But Mr. Taxpayer, have you ever heard of an investigation in connection with
this iniquitous system? No, these contractors, after having exacted the very
pound of flesh from the prisoners, as nominated in the bond, are now classed as
representative citizens, and with their money—bags in view command respect;
while honest, conscientious citizens, members of the Jackson Prison Board and
Wardens, are made the targets for cruel criticism and unwarranted and uncall.
ed for attacks.

  

     
    
  

  

       
  
  

  
  
  

 
 
  

   
 
 

  
  

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Jackson Wardens Should Not Be 813 med

No doubt mistakes have been made in conducting the affairs at the Jackson
prison. This can be said of any business or of any state institution; but the cit-
izens of Michigan know that both the board of control and the wardens have
been honest, earnest, upright men, who, having lived their lives and gained their
reputations in Michigan, would sacrifice their very lives rather than be a party
to any wrongdoing in connection with a state institution. He is indeed blind,
who cannot see in this wholesale attempt to blacken character of good citizens
and destroy the usefulness of a state institution; both the cunning of the pea-
nut politician, and the snarl and growl of the combination, which tiger-like, has
been poised ready to spring since the first state operated industry was institut-
ed. V

"God must have loved common people because he made so many of them,"
said honest "Abe” Lincoln, as he placed his destiny in their hands. Let the in-
vestigation go on; let the combination and the pea-nut politicians go to the bot-
tom of the whole matter—God knows if the state has been robbed, the people
want to know about it. Figures will not lie. but liars will figure; and when the-
investigation is over, it willbe found that if mistakes have been made they are
but such as are Wont to occur in building a business under such handicaps. The
reports sent out through press show the cunning of the ward-healer in every
line, and the slimy trail of the combination manipulators in every paragraph.

Finally the common people of this commonwealth must and will be the court
of last resort. “Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbage, like the slanderer‘ over
a good name.” "You may kill them, it is true, but there remains the slime".
says Jerriod, and while in the end it will be proven that those attacked are
guilty of no wrong doing, fibre slime left by the combination slugs remain. Is 1
it any wonder that it is most difficult to get good men and true to accept state.
positions where reforms for the common good are necessary? Is it any wonder
that Warden Hulbert, having just entered the service at Jackson prison exclaim- ”
ed: "Is this What a warden receives for the sacrifices he must make in caring
for and living in a prison with the ten hundred poor, friendless fallen men left
in his charge?” . '

“Politics in practice too often mean all for party, nothing for the people;
all for policy, nothing for principle; all for office, '
nothing for honor; all for power, nothing for
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Resolution as ofi'ered:
WHEREAS: a change in the Macki-
; naw Trail from its present proposed
route to run east from the Wexford‘

WH Af‘fiiE

 

 

NEIGHBORS SAY

   
  

in May, 1919, at Mt. Clemens, “his,
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county line south of Walton Junction,
about four miles, to come in line with
the Kalkaska county road and connect
with said. Mackinaw Trail at the town
hall in Springfield township would
furnish a market road for a large
“community now compelled to draw
large amounts of farm products over
. long hauls of bad roads; also furnish-
: ing six miles of old established mail
route and being on one of the school
~ routes of the'county, and ‘
*‘annnns: , The change will avoid
:3‘ a1 yery dangerous railroad crossing, at
Walton and will not hurt the farmers
westand nerth of Fife Lake who are
. ‘lnead upplied with good roads and .
s ' .111 ,t, ..
’«Kalkaslm Arbor,

‘ of the Ancient Order of Gleaners of
Fife Lake do heartily endorse this
change. -

Be it further resolved that this en-
dorsement be sent in to the MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING for publication.

I hereby certify on my honor that
the above letter and resolution were
read at a regular meeting of Kalkaska
Arbor held on the,evening of May 24,
1919 and adopted without a single
negative vote~—-Alzom A. Haskln, K (12- *
kaska County. ' ”

 

OATS AND DOGS

In a recent issue R. P. Swisher
urges .a low tax on castrated and spay-
‘ed dogs and. high " tax ,on others "as

   

   

  

 

, sonable
“ Jon'ia County.

,mortal fieosevelt fought for his. mor-
al life against “friends” who tried

    

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  

life," against “friends” who fain~
would destroy him. with charges of
anarchism. Anarchism, I forsoothl‘

cure for the stray dog nuisance. Cas-
tration is a simple, quick and safe 0p»_
oration, but spaying is cruel and un-
necessary. Instead of excessive taxa-
tion, simply prohibit the running at
large of uncastrated males. This
should apply to cuts as well as dogs.
Unspayed females are much the nicer
pets and more efficient in business.
Keep the uncastrated male at home,
where he belongs, and our cat and
dog population will soon assume rea.
proportions—Stacy Brown,

This coincidence is remarkable ina
much as we remen‘bor the Hand oi”—
God in history. '

Theodore Roosowl? and , He
Ford, the world’s irrozttest social
formers. And so disvi nilar. you so? ’
Yes, dissimilar! To accuSe Hour
Ford of anarchism is 21. paradox \ul
out parallel. un‘oas. the smearing.-
tort of Lawyer Stevens on thatli‘ '
war-cot six coliars was made’in.
aileritaiicit—wean compare—Georg
Barrie. Huron (.'()'ll.‘ill"_)/. '

    

  

  
      
    
      
 
 

 
 

    

 
 

     
 
  

  
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
  

  
  

 
 
  
   

 

 
 
    

IN DEFENSE 70F FORT!

' _ . lnclosed you will find one dollar J
In May, 1913, at lshpemmg, the 1111. which pleax e extend my subscri ’,'
M. B. E, which 1 say is th‘
bestfarm paper in t e. Utuitem

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'THow ABOUT A PROBATION FARM?

HE OTHER DAY a letter came to my desk
I from a woman in the country, asking if I
‘ could get any information for her relative to
' her brother, who had been arrested in Detroit. He
was only a young man; just out of a school and
working for the first time, and had fallen in with
some bad men who had usedthis young man as
their foil, and of course the law had caught him.
I had our attorney make Inquiry into the case,
and found it was as she said; the young man had
. committed the crime, and was the only one whom
. the fevidence showed to be at fault. Undoubtedly
.., this—young man should be made to understand the
; harm in such" wrong-doing, but what punishment
_ ‘will be'meted' out to him? We are doing .what we
can to~help him as he has expressed a desire to
[have achance to make good, but in the meantime
‘ ’ the question comes up of other boys vlike'him and
. thgffinjustice of Our sytem of punishment.“ ,
i There are a few;.of us today, of either sex, who
‘ at, some timein our lives have not made mistakes
——m_istakes which we would not wish the spotlight
thrown On and the whole world to know of. Those
. Of us 'who have made mistakes'ha’ve either found
.out the" [folly 01: such wrong-doing Ourselves or at
’an early age haveb'een taught that the straight
' way' was the better way, by our parents, 86- that
since we have done our best to live clean,'npright

.‘lives. Commander Evangeline? Booth, of; tassel:

vatidn Army, thinks that it is the “aim and Will
" of Previdence that none of us should be sogood as
to be spoiled by self-righteousness.”

There are a few worldly-Wise men and women
who, while breaking every moral law known, still
manage to keep “within the law" as it is'written
on the statute books and so society allows them to
be free, while a youth_ making his first mistake, is
found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary.
And how shall we judge this young man who, per-

- haps, has not had the best of home environment;
who has had to get out and shift for himself and
has gone to a distant city and there fallen in With
a tough element who make him think that in or-
der to have a good time he must go with them
and do as they do, and, fearful of their laughs and
jeers, he goes on and on until finally he finds that

' he has broken the law and been arrested. Then
he is tried, convicted and sentenced to the state

. penitentiary to live side by side with the most
hardened criminals.

We have an Industrial home in the state where

unruly-boys up to eighteen years of age can be
sent and where they are taught a useful trade as

well as being obliged to spend a
y I certain number of hours each
/_ b day in study so that when they

I are again free to go out
I a

into the world. they are
fitted to make an hon-

. Colorado, by Judge Lindsey. He

Jere? William an em,

Edited by MABEL CLARE LADD.

est living. But What of the, boy who has finished ‘

school—the boy from eighteen to twentrone; that
time in a boy’s life when, if he is at an inclined to
go wrong, he is easiest led? Because he has made
a mistake—and perhaps it may be a pretty bad

one—must he be consigned to a penitentiary there,

to take a post-graduate course in criminology? Just

at present, in our fair state, there is no other

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, ,
T IHN’T in the things yOu own '
Which you must keep and use alone;

It isn’t'in the ‘gOals-you‘clatm,’ ' -
Nor is it ‘in‘a selfish-'-7'mne;._ ' ‘ ‘
It can't bejoundfl’upon a shelf,

You cannot seek "for joy ‘itsiflf

.And separate fit from "the things
Which are to every mortal .w‘ngs. , *'

No man can properly empress
Just what "is human happiness; ’ '
- Had you the‘vwealth"”of every mine
And every gift/ and talent fine
0} tall” the sages wise and gray
You could not give one single day
Alone to seek for happiness
, With any hopedofreal success.

, Who longs - for happiness (must learn
That it is something; he must éa'rn.
Not by a selfish-seeking 'way
But by his toil from day to day.

It comes from duty bravely done,
From struggles hard and ‘carrying on,
From standing firm and being ture,
It comes from everything we. do.

No man can happy be, unless

He helps another in distress,

There is no single road to bliss, -

Who seeks for it, the way will miss,

Who makes his happiness‘his goal \

Will always have a troubled soul.

Who would be happy first must plan

To bear the burdens of a man.
(Copyright, 1919, by EDGAR A. GUEST.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

place for a boy of this age, and yet this system is
admitted to be unsuitable and unadapted to the

needs of these boys.

You‘have read of the wonderful work done with

the boys in the juvenile court of

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loves boys and believes that nine-
tenths of them can be re—
claimed if the right meth-
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”I with .the boys he tries, and if there is. the, least » ~

promise he gives them a chance. They are sent
away on probation, andne'ry few or them fail to“
report at. the intervals named by him, and a very
large percentage never have occasion to be arrest:

‘ ed again. .

There are" plenty ‘of good, clean, fair-minded men-
in our state who, like Judge Lindsayr have faith
in boys and are willing ‘tb batik sucha movement,
could public opinion’beso shaped that it would d‘e- :"
mand such ‘a system in this state. And wewomen V

_ can help'to shape public. opinion by adyancing our

ideas along this line to. ourfamilles and acquaint- .
an'ces‘; 'One of thebest authorities in the: state on;
matters of this kind recently said: c

“What is 'n‘eeded-i‘sv‘akprobation farm which will . = :.. ' ‘.
- furnish heal-thyenvirpnment,’ remOVefthe' tempta- g: i,
, tionof the city; givefihemiight“ employment du‘r-" ‘
ingrhalt-Of . the «year use good‘ schooling" the "re- ‘
_§_; mainder. ‘ such a-farm ‘ceulaeasily‘be made self. -
. supporting, and-gin "lintensiyegiarniing “the . boys_~_

could learn one‘bf the'5'bést t7. e‘s on'earthfl _
.' Instance atteninstaqcescangbecited where great

V men of .tedayqas youthsjiwereggensidered by : their ‘-
* teaChers and ”parents as ‘bad boys,",but' some one

saw in them' the pent-up energy, seeking an eut-

‘ ,; let, and directedi'thelr;(hipster"iatldrig‘usefulI lines;

made them use théii-ibrains'an'd hands at he same
time until they were-so busy that they found no

. time' to, be mischievous;».andhave since-pr .ven t,

. : . i‘I‘

‘ the‘w'orl'd'that all'the‘y‘ neededfiwas'ais'ttfit'ixi’th‘d 1 ~ 7

right‘ direction; ‘. ' ' . :1, g. .y , . i
'* find We Women- ‘can- help-ewe-have' ia"right_ to '
demand legislation-along this- line. It-is a matter
of history that ELEmpress Eugenie was the first
woman in any country to reform the houses of
correction for children, " instituting- corrective
farms instead. ‘ Notonly did" she correct the meth- ;«
ods'of children's reforinpbutt all other-‘prison‘lrel ‘
forms in-Fra’nce were due to her'untiring efforts,
against politicians. . ' . . is

 

SUMMER PORCH, NEEDLEWORK',

ENTERPIECES for the table haves habit of
wearing out, and none of us have been doing

any fancy work for the past two years, so it

will be a relief once more to pick up a piece of
embroidery as we drop down onthe porch for a
breath of air and 'a little ‘rest. _
Among the attractive embroidery designs are
the ever popular flower baskets. ”This piece is es-
Becial-ly charming with fllet insets, which willbe
shown on this page. The flowers. are eyelets, rib- -
bon and leaves, satin stitch; and the stems and
basket in outline. The scallops are heavily pad- ‘
tied and buttonholed.

; PAINTING THE HOUSE

NE OF the first things to be done after
0 the carpenters have finished their .
work on the new house is to get it
preperly painted, otherwise» the lumber will .
shrink and as soon as that happens the rain
and moisture" will enter the wood and decay
will set in.. .And again, painting adds to the.
appearance of the new home. I have had;
people ask me what color was best to use in,
painting a house when they didn't tell me:
’the‘ design of the house. the . material of
which it was built nor the surroundings. In ,.
our country We usewhite lead principally
' for a base‘, but‘this will not'do on. the coast
or anywhere al—ongsalt water; as the saltin
the atmosphere will corrode the'base. In its ,
stead for} the outside work we, use zinc, but;
this will not do for the interior work.‘ ‘So in,
considering the kind or paint or the color to
be 'used, the locality and_s~urround‘ings as
well as the material from which the house is,
constructed must all be considered.

I have been one of ye olden timers, have:
had to drop old ideas and take up the new
ones and if you have problems along the line
of decorating either the interior or exterior
of your home, Ifshall be glad. to help you
out through the c'olumns of theV_M.. B. F_ I
have nothingto sell and am not looking for
a job.—-Thos. Harding, Oare‘M. B. F .

 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


    
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
 

 

 

    
    
 
 
   
 

 

EAR CHILDREN—Very interest-
fling [letters are coming in from
”all my. little nieces and nephews,

telling me of "their plans-when school

’iéttfi‘nishedf There will be several

ip‘rizes’,‘ the first prize story I am pub.
{dialling this week.

. 7 _ Now, remember
children, -‘ in writing these letters,»

make them true; don't copy what
V” some One elsewrote, just because that

techs p‘rize, butiust tell me in your

"ownsrwords What you aregplanning. to
do Whenyou :grow:up,.uand how; you
’ are planning to fit yourself for your

‘ ,Summer‘is, aft-ei- all, the loveliest

* time or all" the yesrfiog- it is- then that "
‘* ween]; hav’ejpicnifcs; can 3y. kités‘pgoj.

fswirnming and have :the .Whole out-ot-~ ,
- deer-s" for our playground, so__let's just. .

: .be‘ happy. like. the“ bit-(Ii and the lbees“.

and. you know the best 'way to be ha'p-
py ;is; to; be; .kind, ,_ to , everyone; help
your parents so they won't have all
theworkto do,‘as*you know they like
to“ play occasionally too, and you will .

' find" that ii‘ydu are‘ cheerful and do

your part,_-you will alwas have‘. the
bestkind of times. ‘ “ ‘ ‘

Next week, we will be getting ready

—/- for the Fourth oi July, which is, next .

to Christmas, about the best holiday
we have—Affectionately. your, Laddie;

 

FIRST PRIZE .

Dear~Laddie—We enjoyed your letter
in last week's M; _B. F. very' much' and
look forward .to each issue of your in—
teresting paper. I am 11. years old and
passed into the 8th grade in school. Hove
[one brother. George, 6 years old in the
second. After finishing my school course

. I ..ope to take a busineSS course, and am

helping mother raise chickens and re—
ceive a share 01: the money which I invest
in War Savings Stamps. which, when
they mature, will pay for my course. I
live on a farm and enjoy its flowers and
birds; also I belong to the Liberty Bell
Bird Club and am secretary of the War

5 Savings society of our school. Hoping

you will plbiish this letter which is my
third attempt, I am sincerely yours—4'
Grace Davidson, Eenton, Mich R..2.

 

Dear Laddie-—That was a very nice
stor‘y'of “Stumble and Tumble.” I am al-
ways glad when. the M. B. F. comes, for
there are manynice stories in it. My
teachersis Mrs. Adela Lince. She has a
child of her'own going to school. I get ‘
very lonely for my cousins have moved
away_ I am in the 4th grade and am 8
years old. My father taught me at home.
He taught my oldest brother, Paul, too. I .
think the pic ure of the man is Roosevelt
but I didn't know before that he was a
trapper. I love to read. Readin is easy
for ‘me. All the girls in the th rade
can read better than ,the bfiyn— hebe
Evangeline Dunlap, Lupton, ich.

 

. Dear Laddie—I think the man in the
M. B. F.. is John McCormack, the noted
singer.——Elizabeth L. Marvin, Ijolton.
Michigan.

 

. Dear Laddie—This is the first time I
have ever written to you. I like to read
'the lettrs of the boys and girls, I am 12
years old and in .the 8th grade. I have one
._sister and two pet cats, Buster and June.

.. .My school is out now and I am having

vacation. I live on a hundred-acre farm.
Well, I will close. hoping to see my letter
in print—Rosella. Curtis, Shepherd, Mlch,

 

: Dear Laddie—e-I am a little girl 11 years

old and will be' in the 6th grade when
school starts in September. There are five
in our family: Father, mother, brother, a
sister and myself.- My sister is 17 years
old in June and my brother 19 years 'old
in November. We live on a 30-acre farm.
and have three horses and two colts. I
have a pet dog named Towser and I have
a pet cat, My grandfather takes the it.
B. F. and I readrthe letters from the boys
and girls.——-Merien Wiley, Adrian, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—I have never written to
you before, so would like to join your
club. I am L1 yearrs old and will be in
the 6th grade. I live on a 121-acre farm.
we have six horses and four cbws. ,I will
close—Catherine Howell. Wanatah, Ind.

 

a- Laddle :— I have Written to you
heals! but did not ”see it published, We.
have three cows four calves and three
horses. For pets I have a. dog named

.‘LSh‘ep and neat and four kittens, which I

«shave not mined. I am 12 yyears Old and.

‘0’ e M153; F. and likesit yery'”much,

ll‘lgi‘ehe is 16 years old. My to. or tak
, :11: ottin uipngziso will closes—T3:
Benin Vinson * ..

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(Send letters for this Deptrdirect

girls' lettersin the paper. .
Red Cross...I live- on a 50-acr farm. We
have ,three'horses, flce cows and 12 lit—
tle calves;
prettydong so I will close, hoping to lee

have written to you. I am 11 years old

May 23rd. and I was glad. I have four
brothers and eight pets, two cats,._a d021,,
and four doves and a calf which our fath-
* gave .us, and he gave us an acre of land.
I- like, the D.
Attica, Michigan, :

Dear .Laddiez. I love to read the letters

  

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o Dads—Harold Russell, conning, kMichigan;

in the.5th grade. 0111' school let out-.Fri— cows andthree calves. I hope to see- my ' h |

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dabe‘ay 23.‘ Our teacher's name is Mr. _ letter in print. My father takes the-M. B ~ ggww up to be’ 'axivOrld-fame’dpsslxneler
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letters of the children's hour and (tihe Doo
. . Dads. I am a girl ‘10 years, oldari am in.
-and~10°k.at the 1,390 D-afds' I think they are the 5th grade.‘ I. live on a farm; of .60
,very funny. Wlsh tIhey would be lw the acres. I have two sisters and three
paper every weel.. am 0 years old and brothers; . We have three horses, seven ' is John'. McCorma'Ck, the- Irish-'-

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E4 Motorists Now Praise It

. In An Essex

No other proof is needed to win you to it.

. Thousands have placed their orders upon
thr lemonstration revealed in a short ride.

its performance is so convincing that one is
not. left with indecision as to its value.

Consider What
Thousands Say

On every hand you hear praise for the Essex.
Its newness created an interest that sent
hundreds of thousands to Essex stores to see it.
. 0n the first day more than 5,000 rode and were
won by its performance. ‘ ‘ 4
Every day of the past four months has seen
a swelling tide of admiration until now all are
saying. the finest things for it.

What: Is It
That They Admire? .

Is it‘performance 'or appearance—4o“; Cost
or economy of operation? . '
" One speaks of one quality, another of- some
other feature.

* That is accOunted for by the experience
'those persons have had with other cars.

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The man who has owned a good light weight
car recognizes in the. Essex a wider power
range. He sees a complete car. It has fea-
tures he had never hoped to obtain in any-car
selling within his price range.

The man experienced with fine cars sees in
the Essex an equal quality to that with which
he is accustomed but at an immense saving in .
operating and maintenance cost.

It Has Appealed
'To All Motorists

Interest in the Essex has come from all?
classes of motorists. .
That proves the fulfilment of the aim of its
builders. They intended it should be the car
that would‘ernbody all the advantages of the

two accepted types of cars.

It should have lightness as well as durability
—-performance as well as low first cost—easy,
riding qualities as well as economy of operation.

They did not sacrifice the advantages of
either—they combined them.

That is what all have recognized.

It is what We want you to know and thus our . '

statement “Just you ride in an Essex.”

Dear Laddie: This is the first time I

. I am eight
Years ‘old and in the 4th grade. I have
lwl? Sltsllerii air; done brother. My fathir
. a es e . .F. and likes it ver muc '
. Once there was a little girl who was I like to read the D00 Dads very vyell. Wé
my letter in print.——Melva Rendel, Brlt- very poor. Her mother Was very 5101‘ live on a 211-acre farm. We have
Mich; and there was not a. '

I have two rand
house, so she went to a g mas and, two

store and asked if grandpas One randma lives in th
. n she could do any work. They told her Sihe same yard. My gldest sister will gram:3
Dear Laddie: This is the first time I COUld sweep the store andthey WOUId 3 V9 ate from Carson City high school in June. ‘.
2:21; 1:13 afghan: a wackmgggywtgrlflgg 23th:: I resolved :1 nice present from my cousin
' . ave le . in etroit esterda ; ‘ r. _‘ ' " '. '
and in the 5th grade, My school let out her mother said she should go and work dolls-Emmi; Bell. {in 13:02? 18H: nlrgilacthaby I,
until she would get a . ’ “ f-
she worked there and t

Dy all. their lives—Frances Beck, Pin— Dear Laddie—The New”: in the next’

to the last paper I think was John -Mc—
_ _ Cormack. He is a great singer. I gues ed .,

- ‘all’th’e- men so far only the man w'lio't'e ‘
name was Burrougghss That week] was;
sick. so I couldn't find out who he jivnsz‘
I suppose I‘will stay at home thisvacap‘

. Dear Laddiect I think thatE the name of"

had the flu.— ' guess this-is all for this ~'-tlme‘.;.zrrlsile~“
Bessie‘Osborn, Samaria, Mich. I. ..

    
 

 

    
 
  
  
   
  
  
 
   
  
  
 
  
   
  
    
  
   
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  

 
                 
    

 

  
  
 
  
  
   


 

 

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pusnmss AND TRADE connrnons

Neither labor controversies nor for-
sign political uncertainties have caus-
ed deviations from the forward trend
of business and conservative elements
in the situation, which have under-
gone no essential weakening, fore-
shadow sustained expansion.

7 Where seasonal influences, such as
preparations for
.ing, impose restraint on operations,

midyear inventory-

the markets are now quieter, but noth-
ing suggests lasting abatement of ac-
tivities—and many more points of gain
than of loss are still apparent The
commercial recovery, in fact, has re-
cently been more rapid and far reach-
lag than seems to be generally realiz-

 

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago N. Y.
No. 2 Bed .. 2.45 2.60
No. 8 Red . . . .

No. 2 White 2.48
No. 2 Mixed 2.48

 

Wheat has been dull and easy most
of the past week, Prices slumped a
few cents in the Detroit market, but
New York quotations show no change.

Shortage of labor in Wheat, states
may have a slight effect on prices. Fol-
lowing is an example of labor short-
ages:

“Clarence Ousley, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, reports to the de-
partment from Kansas City that Kan-
sas needs 100,000 laborers to help her.
vest the record wheat crop. Whether
Kansas will save her 200,000,000 bush-
els—about one-fourth 0f the country’s
winter wheat crop—depends on her
ability to get adequate labor within
the next few days. ,

   

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Detroit Chicago N. Y.
1.82 1.98%
1.82 1.76%

1.80

Nervousness over the crop outlook
has led to active trading in corn and

 

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No. 2 Y llow . .
No. 8 Yellow .’.
No. 4 Yellow ..

 

 

prices touched the topmost level yet I

this season by the first of this week.
Notwithstanding that weather con-
ditions were better, misgivings in' re-
gard to the progress of the new crop
seemed to have attained greater force.
The far; that receipts were diminish-
ing drew attention more sharply than
ever to the reduced acreage, the de-

layed start and the smallness of the

carryover.

Besides, there was a further ad-
vance in the hog market and this was
deemed especially significant by many,
although feeding of corn at present is
not extensive. After the market had

risen to about eight cents above the
low point of several days ago, profit
taking sales took on large proportions
and there were reports that rural of-
ferings had increased.

 

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GRADE Detroit Chicago N. 'Y.
Standard . . . . .7234 .71 .81
I ,No. 3 White.. 371% .70
N0. 4 White .. 370%

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smart in the Chicago market
prices raised ellghely. - Rye is report-

 

 

 

 

Oats are reported to be late and in
need of fine weather for best results.
But there has not been much damage
and the crops look good, so the price
has fallen somewhat, though it rose
when corn bumped its record height
last week-end.

 

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Corn rises to highest’prices of the season. Oats also reach rec-
0rd IeVel. Old potatoes easy and abundant.

 

 

 

Milk and Cream as Defined by Government

WASHINGTON, D. C.——Defl'nitions
and standards for milk and cream
adopted by the Joint Committee on
Definitions and Standards and approv-

' ed by both the Association of Ameri-

can Dairy, Food and Drug Oficials
and the Association of Official Agricul~
tural Chemists, to be used' as a guide
for the enforcement opthe Food and
Drug Act, have been published by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture in a circular, “Food Inspection
Decision 178."

Mil kis defined as the whole, fresh,
clean, lacteal secretion obtained by
the complete milking of one or more
healthy cows, properly fed and kept,
excluding that obtained within fifteen
days before‘and five days after calv—
ing, or such longer period as may be
necessary to render the milk practical-
ly colustrum free.

Pasteurized milk is milk that has
been subjected to a temperature not
lower than 145 degrees Fahrenheit
for not less than thirty minutes. Un-
less it is bottled hot, it is promptly
cooled to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or
lower.

Skimmed milk is milk from which.
substantially all of the milk fat has u

been removed.
Buttermilk is the product that re-
mains when fat is removed from milk

or cream, sweet or sour, in the pro-
cess or churning. It contains not less
than eight and five-tenths per cent of
milk solids, not fat. ‘
, Cream, sweet cream, is that portion
of milk, rich in milk tat, which rises
to thesurface of milk on standing, or
is separated from' it .by centrifugal
force. It is freehand clean. ,It con-
tains not—less than eighteen per' cent
of milk fat and not more than two-
tenths per cent of acid~reacting sub-
stances calculated in terms of lactic
acid.

Whipping rceam
contains not less than thirty per. cent
of milk fat.

Homogenized milk or homogenized
cream is milk or cream that has been
mechanically treated in such a man-
ner' as to alter its physical properties
with particular reference to the condi-
tion and appearance of the fat glob-
ules. .

The composition of the milk produc-
ed by different breeds of dairy cows
varies so greatly, say the food oflic-
ials, that it is not practicable to fix a
standard which is applicable in all lo-
calities in the United States and its
territories. It is therefore, left to the
state and municipal authorities to
adopt such standards as their local
production conditions may warrant.

 

 

ed to be in fine shape from most of
the leading states handling that crop.
In Michigan especially the stand
seems to be splendid. Minnesota fur-
nishes a pessimistic rye report.

Detroit quotations are:

Rye, .cash No. 2, $1.48.

Barley, Cash No. 3, $2.30@$2.4,0
per cwt.

 

Foreign countries continue to lift
bans on agricultural imports, and
prospects of heavy sales of American
beans to Europe continue strong. In-
asmuch as Americans are not such
great bean eaters, and since Euro-

‘peans have become such confirmed

users, the foreign bean market looks

, I
fine. It looks as though good prices
are assured especially in view of
small holdings and because farmers
are planning to reduce acreage of
beans somewhat.

“is; 0&4 p; “(,3

        

 

Markets [Choice R’d It’d White
iwhite—sk’d Bulk

Detroit . . . 2.40 cwt.! 2.33 cwt.

Chicago . . . . . . . .| 2.05 cwt.! 200 cwt.

 

The potato market has been rather
dull lately, Detroit reporting slow
movement with prices around $1.20
per bushel. Some choice stock went
as high as '$1.40, while some’sorry
stuff went at $1.10. There are
still heavy holdings expected to be
unloaded soon.

 

 

 

Foster's outlier Chart for June-I919

 

WASHINGTON, D. (2., June 21,
1919.—Last bulletin gave forecasts
of warm .wave to cross continent
June 26 to 30, storm wave 27 to

, July 1, cool wave 28 to July 2

Next warm wave will reach Van-
couver about July 2 and tempera-
tures will rise on all the Pacific
slope. It will cross crest of Rockies
by close of July 3, plains sections
4, meridian 90, great lakes, middle
Gulf states and Ohio Tennessee val-
leys 5, eastern sections 6, reaching

, Newfoundland about July 8. Storm
wave will follow about one day he-
hind warm wave and cool ane
about one daybehind storm wave.

These two disturbances cover a
cropweather period from June 26
to July 9, one of tin most important __

the season. Indications are
somewhat favorable to hail during
the eastward drift of the last of -
these storms. Hail is caused by

 

 

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
As Forecastcd by W. '1‘: Foster for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

upper air tornadoes that do not al-
ways come down to the surface.
Like tornadoes I am not yet able
to locate hail storms, but if hail or
tornadoes orboth result from these
storms I expect them not far from
meridian 90 and north of latitude
37 during the week centering on
July 7.

Heavy rains are expected in the
cotton states during the week cen-
tering on July 5; lss rains between
latitudes 37 and 45 and still less
north of 45 With the exception of
hail in a few small localities and
too much rain in some of the cot-
ton states, this .will be a. good crop-
weather week for crops that are
still growing. Fair cropweather is
expected in Canada.

But some damage may be expect-
ed fo crops that are being harvested
east of Rockies and not far from
latitudes, 37 to 40. This will be
the most dangerous week ,to winter,
wheat htat is being harvested. Not
much rain west of Rockies crest.
On Pacific slope where sufficient
moisture has heretofore fallen this
week, July 2 to 8, will be favorable
to crops. -

 

 

 

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~. Light Mina Bend Tim. The
Detroit lasso 30.00,”.50‘33303050 37.

31330880 30.00 37.00854“) 30.00 "84.06 35.00-

 

 

 

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Markets

Light 010v. Mix. i Clover :
Detroit $311.50 $0135.00» 30.00.03.110 38.00

Chicago $35.00 so.00|u.00u.00 10.00 00.00
cm. ...140.00 41.000100 30.00 84.00 as.»
~ N. Y. ..ms.00 40.00 42.00 44.00 y

 

luv TRADE eonmrrroxs ' -
The hay markets are steadybut the

previous strength seems to be ; 01,-"

haunted. Receipts continue . light”,
however, and there is not much like—
lihood of a sharp ‘break in values be-
fore the new crop is marketable, but
the prospect of a record crop has cre—
ated an easier feeling. Pasturage
conditions are indicated at 97.4
against a 10—year June average of

89.3, which accounts for the slow‘

trading on the part of feeders.

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New York Butter Letter

New York, June 14.—-—In previous
years, June has been the one month
during the year when there has been
a minimum of price fluctuation. This
year seems to be an exception to the
general rule. The reason for this is
that the production of butter is far
gr ter this year than that of any
ot er season in the history of the
creamerw industry. At the present

time, receipts show an increase of 25 _

per cent each week. On the other
hand, demand seems to work irreg;
ularly. While at times buyers are
very active, at other times they seem
to entirely cease working. The law
of supply and demand always governs
quotations. With a greatly increased
supply and with an intermittent de-
mand, it is only natural that there
should be great accumulations at
times. The way the market is work-
ing this year would lead would lead
one to believe that we will see price
fluctuation thruout the season. Re-
ceivers are very nervous and as soon
as they see butter accumulating in

their stores they become more so and -

begin shading prices. The result is
that there is a sharp decline in price
and when the quotation becomes low
enough buyers become active and the
prme goes up again. Many creamer-
ies undoubtedly feel that they are
not getting the advantage of the rises
in price which occur, but the fact is,
when the price advances, buying sud-
denly ceases and butter starts accu-
mulating again. The result of such
procedure is that the majority of the
butter is sold at present when the
quotation is low. It is indeed a try—

ing situation, in some respects, but it '

is hoped that as soon as shipping
space becomes available on ocean
going vessels, the fluctuation will
cease. However, it is problematical
as to what will happen during the
next few weeks. Many predict that
the export trade which is .bound to
come later will work to stabilize the
market and keep prices at a high
level. ,

The same conditions htat prevailed
last week seem to have been pres-
ent throughout the greater part of
this week. On last week Saturday
the quotation on extras advanced one-
half cent, making the price for that
day,,541,4 @543fic. On Monday there
was an excess of receipts and scarcity
of buyers and the price declined 1 1,4,0. -'
On Tuesday there was a further de-

cline of $40 and on Wednesday the

quotation went to 51 lite. During the 3

first three days of the week there was

practically no builds and the sites. .
tion» seemed"; almost hopeless. Y 3‘01:

Thursday, however, because of asp.
ulatf‘vo 'demard; the .market

 
 

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» market steady;

, lambs, :10

. $21.05:

been a race it ~

"of butter. me noticeable fea-
at the present time; is the large
ntity of butter that is soldiunder
' call fen theEx‘changer. on Friday
‘0 tubs of butter changed hands in
tit way. ' ‘Theztradlng in general
was very active and atthe 01039 Fri-
y'iihe-market was very firm with
' llshed quotations. as f0110ws:

 

dram/530; hig'her' scoring than ex-

ams-54°: first“. “@W’W
no». V

. . _ 48% 50950.. Unsalted
butter is in med um demand and is
selling at adifferential of about 2 590

L' infertile quotation of corresponding
-. grades .of salted butter. "

 

Detroit.——Eggs; fresh ,lirsts.’ 386;
extra firsts in new; cases, 3915c; can-

i . died .storage packed firsts, ‘in new

cases, 42c per dos.

 

. Don-on Live Stock Market

Receipts last week, 1,418;
best heavy weight
steers, $13 @ $13.50; best handy wt.

Cattle :

' butcher steers, _$11.50@$12; mixed

steers and heifers, $10.50@$11.60;
handy light butchers, $10 @ $11; light
butchers, $9@$9.60;best cows, $9.50 _
, 11; butcher cows, $8@$9; cut-
ers,7$7; canners, $6®$6.60; best

1 heavy bulls, $9 a $9.50; bologna bulls

$8038.50; stock bulls, $7.50@$8;

V . feeders, $10®$11z stockers, $8 $9;

milkers and springers, $65@ 25;
fancy. $160. Veal calves: Receipts
last week. 1,961; market steady ; the
best. $17.60@$18.50; others $7@
$14. Sheep and lambs: Receipts,
last week, .873; market dull; ‘best
dry ted lambs, $14.50@$16; fair
lambs, $12 $13; light tocommon
$11; spring lambs, $17
@318; fair to good sheep. $7@$8;
calls and common, $5@$6. Hogs,

, Receipts, last week, 6,056; no hogs

on sale: prospects higher
' Chicago Live Stock Marion

‘ Hogs: Receipts, 25,000; late top,
bulk, $20.75@$21; heavy
weight, $20.75 $21; medium wt,
$20.65@$21: ght wt., $20.25@
$31.05; lights, $18.7:{@$2o.75;
heavy packing sows, smooth, $20@
$20250: “packing sows, rough, $19.50
@689; pigs, $17.60@$18.50~. Cattle:
Receipts. 2,000; beef steers strong
to 150 higher; she stock slow, mostly

, big quarter lower; calves, 25 to 50

cents higher; bulls and feeders about
steady; beef steers, medium and hvy.“
wt.. choice and prime, $15@$16.50;
medium and good, $12.25@$16:
common, $10.75@$12.3-5; light, wt.,
good and choice, $12.60@$14.75;
common, and medium, $9.76@12.75;
butcher cattle, heifers, 7,-25@12.25;
cows, $7@$12.50; canners and cut-
ters, $5.75@$7.25; veal calves, light
and handyweight, $15;75@$17.26;
feeder steers, $9.75 @313; stocker
steers, $8.26@$12.25. Sheep: Re-
ceipts, 18,000: lambs uneven; mostly
260 lower; some down 50c: sheep.

‘ steady; lambs, 84 lb. down, $18.50@

$15.50; 85 lbs. up, $12.25@$15-50:
culls and, common, $9@$12; springs,
$16@'$18.60;_ yearling wethem, 13.60
@$12.75; ewes, medium, good and
choice, $7.50@$9; culls and com-
mo‘u, $3.25G@$7.26. .

‘ EastBu'fl'a-lo Live Stock Market

. Dunning & Stevens report: Re—'

. I “twin“ of cattle, 10' cars; market is
Receipts, 10 cars: ~

steady. Hogs:
*‘mnrket higher; heavy and yorkers,
igspas'zus; pigs. szooszoas.

Sheep and lambs; Market steady;

ismas. his; yearlings, 12-@ 12.50 ;
m 319506311; ewes, $90
‘5". "L . _‘ » .

n a ., f .,
“Will- 80.“ downm
what beef cattle Will

sure. He said the Whole beef cattle

market was uncertain: ‘Ifexport trade. ,

with Germany is resumed, best prices
may stay up. If the laboring men are
kept employed they will consume large
quantities of meat, which will have a

'steadyirig effect on the beef market. So

many its stand in'the way ofa defin-
ite_ answer.

‘ The feeder who buys stock cattle
this spring, runs them on good grass
this summer, and sells them next fall,
must figure on receiving a lower price
for them, in' the opinion of Mr. James.

The lower-grade of cattle will have to '

compete with the Texas and other
western stuff. ’ ‘ ,

The feeders expressed great inter-
est in the future market—the- next few
months. The discussion was summar-
ized’ in this statement: “It is very
hard to predict the market at any fu—
ture time. We have had, in the last
two months, violent fluctuations from
Week to week—a'very irregular mar-
ket. , After all, the future market for
the next four, five or six months de-
pends upon the supply, depends upon
the business of the country. If we

. keep our labor employer and keep high

Wages we will expect high prices for
beef cattle. and pork. There is a pos-
sibility that at any time we might
have increased export trade. It might
be possible to get some of our beef in-
to Germany. It might be possible that
the packers. would get a small govern-
ment' contract]; ' ,

EXAMINE. WHEAT FIELDS FOR
HESSIAN FLY .

Hessian fly infestation which has oc-
curred from the spring brood of flies,
can be most easily determined by ex-
amining the wheat fields just previous
to harvest. The spring brobd of flies
lay their eggs after the wheat has be-
gun to joint. These eggs are laid on
the new leaves and most of the mag-
gots come to rest'at the first, second,
orthird joints.- The injury which re-
sults causes the wheat stems to be-
come weak and brittle at these joints.
in addition, infested grains are usual-
ly smaller and may!“ not have the head
filled with grain. Fields infested with
Hessian fly always lodge badly just
previous to harvest.

By examining fields after the wheat
has headed output before it is cut,
fly-infested plants can be found easier
than at any other time. Examine first
the fallen or lodged plants and the
plants with small or unfilled heads. If
a large percentage of the wheat is
found infested, and the condition is
prevalent thruout “the neighborhood,
the farmers should co-bperate to rid
the community of this post.

The wheatjoint worm and the-

wheat. joint straw worm also cause
blighted and until-led heads and some-
times, lodging . While examining
fields for Hessian fly examine for these
insects also . The joint worm usually
occurs at the joints, . often ‘ causing
knots, swellings, and tWistings to form
at the infested points. When the in-
tested section is split with a knife it
is fouIi’d to be brittle and woody in
character, and contains 3 or 4 to 20 or
‘more yellowish larvae about one-
eighth inch long when full grown. It
occurs inside the wheat stem at the
joints while .the Hessian fly is found
outside between the stem and the leaf
sheath. This wheat post is found most
commonly in south and southeast Mis-
gaitrg but may’occur over the entire
3 . I

The wheat straw werm differs from ‘

the Wheat joint” worm in that it is
found in the center of the .wheat stalk
between the joints. .usually only one
larva to a stem. The larva forms no
gall, nor does it harden theatem with-
in which it develops. The eggs of the

second gnoration are laid about the.

time the wheat is heading The larvae
from these eggs do not, as a rule, kill
the stem. but their effect is‘ to curtail
the yield by reducing the weight. Look
for blighted. or unfilled heads. ,

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“The Distinguished, Service”
_ CREAM SEPARATOR _, (i

There is service built into every part of a
De Laval. Forty years of leadership in cream
separator construction have made it the un—
questioned leader_ in close skimming, light
running, easy cleaning, and durability.

The De Laval is sold through local agents \ '
who are well informed with regard to the ma—-
chine and the Company’s policy. These ag- ‘
ents localize the Company’s service. They
carry repair parts in stock and are trained to i
give intelligent advice and prompt help, in or- 1
def toyinsurc complete separator satisfaction
and continuity of service.

 

There is a Dc Laval agent in every dairy
community throughOut the world—a constant
reminder of the fact that when you buy a De
Laval, the Company feels that its obligation
to you has just started.

It is because of these facts that
the De'Laval has been justly called.

“The Distinguished
Service Separator."

The DeLaval Separator Co.

29 E. Madison St.
‘ Chicago

 

 

 

165 Broadway
New York

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Go ahead S—Everett C. Parson. t. Clair. 1‘

Couldn't a.ord to be without the paper.
She beats them all.—Frank Hill, Capao.

 

What the Neighbors Say

M. B." F. should be read not only by
the farmem‘but by every city dweller
too. Your “Eat and be Merry, To-mor—
row you may Hunger," hit the nail
square on, the head. The farmer has
known all this for 8. Ion time but the
city dweller kn’bweth no hing. .It cer-
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living and accusing the farmer of get-

ting so much for his products. Mr. Slo- Hair Brue
cum, circulate your editorials among the h—
“clt ’61 select" and you will do double Ha, ha, “,9" .g
goo to the farmer and city dweller.—Is- old Mr. Comb.

  

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old all of Me'
teeth are com-f:
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abella County.

  

 

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only farm paper that I know of that 1‘rles
to help the farmer anyB G And the Lord

  

  

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810 extra. for each insertion of your ad, you can have _ a phote- ,

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FARMS AND LAND

862 ACRES, $8,400; WITH 34 HEAD.
Holstein Cattle and good farm team, har-

 

.,_ness,. implements and . tools, short walk

School, handy RR town, milk 'station etc.
About 200 acres big crop tillage; 75’-cow
wire-fenced pasture, much wood,, timber,
fruit; 7-room house, big painted base-
ment barn, running water‘house, barns.

_Distant owner’s other‘ business requires.

quick sale, hence low price $8,400, part
cash. Details page 35 Catalog Bargains 19
States, copy free. Sti‘out Farm Agency,

'814BE, Ford Bldg, Detroit. '

 

FABJIS IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
Dakota; Stutsman and. other counties,
many highly improved, in well settled
"communities, near market, school and
$25 to $50 per acre, 15 per cent
cash. balance crop payments or easy
terms. Write for big list, Jciljin B. Fried

‘Cm, owners Jamestown, N

 

PAY FOR MY RANCH 0R FARM
land with clover seed. Money loaned for
live stock at 6 per cent, in amounts equal
to first payment made upon purchase.
_Jno, G. Krauth, Millersburg, Michigan.

FOR SALE—160 ACRES 1,9 MILE
east and so mile north of Morley, Mecos—
ta county, Michigan. ,Nearl-y all level,
Nice place for tractor
farming. 130 acres under cultivation;
30 acres wood lot and pasture. Nice or-
chard; good seven-room house, cellar, nice
shade. Windmill, water in house;double
garage; good barn; silo and other build-
ings; good fences. Nice location. Bu
«l.rect from owner. Price, $11,000 half
cash. For particulars write, Route 2, Box
2., Morley, Michigan.

 

FOR SALE—A iii-ACRE FARM, 24
miles west of Detroit, 36 mile from thru
cement road, and electrc railway, two
miles from Ypsilanti; nine-room house
with furnace and other conveniences, elec—
tricity available; barn and poultry houses
for accommodating 1,000 hens. Would.
sell poultry also if desired; 10-acre wood
lot; soil, sandy loam and muck. Box 90,
R_ 3, Ypsilanti, Mich.

 

 

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non sanHvss-nonin use; 0N

account of poor health, tor” uick’sale in}:
cluding crops; will take ’8 460,781,000

down, from one toflve years on balance;
35 acres cleared, -'ba1ance. easily cleared.
Come and look it over or write. . ”John
Rose, Billings, ~Mich. , -- _ . .

 

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FOR SALE ,0]! TRADE—280 ACRES

or land in Ogem'aw county; meetly river.

flats, 40 some improvements, 20’0 tain‘e
pasture, 40 timber; good roads, 1% ’miies

to‘ general store; frame house, timber for,

barn; some fencing. H." A. Benjamin, Rose
City, Mich. ~ 5 '

 

FARMS FOR SALE—BIG LIST on

farms for sale by. the owners. giving1
his name, location or ”farm, «description.

price and terms Strictly mutual and do-
operative between the buyer and seller
and conducted for our members. GLEAN-
ER CLEARING HOUSE ASS’N., Land
lapt, Gleaner Temple, Detroit.

 

WANTED—5 to {.0 ACRES OF. HIGH,
well-drained, gravel loam, sloping to the
south or west, close to shippin point.
Not more than 50 miles from etroit.
Will deal with owners only. Address N.
Grant Currie, 153 Harrison Ave. De-
troit, Michigan. . . -

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

CORN HARVESTEB-ONE-MAN, ONE-

horse, one-row, self-gathering. Equal to a
corn binder. Sold to farmers for twenty-
three years. Only $25, with fodder binder,
Free catalogue Showing pictures of har-
vester. PROCESS CORN HARVESTER
CO.. Salina, Kan. - .

 

WE’ CAN FURNISH BED ROCK
Wheat and Rosen Rye in carioad lots.
Write us for prices. Coopersville Crop
Improvement Ass’n, Coopersville, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—1540 BATES TRACTOR
with four bottom plow. Will consider
good car in trade J. H. Krause, Box 125,
Lansing, Mich. ‘

 

 

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no matter whom else it helps or hurts!

FIVE YEAR-S. .

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summit ‘ «win the > war," I propagate

My . this ‘ sum? of L.‘$;_-_'_;_'_per7' month;

from May 1, 1918,'to January 1, 1920;
to the treasurer of Barry County Loy-
alty. League. 01' tethe township col-

: . lector 'of said__ league it there be one,

for the support '0‘: the war work of

~ _ the American; .Red Cross, the Y.’_M." G.
. ; I... auditor, such‘other warworit as

- the National‘War Department and the
. Michigan, War Board may endorse and
recommend. _ , .. .

. It is agreed that .t'he signing. at this
pledge and fulfilling the same gives
me membership in said league, with

all the privileges thereof.

ua’ry 1,’ [19.20, and should there be
. funds, in the League Treasury thereaf-
VterLafter paying allits expenses, that
,the balance will be distributed among
the; contributors: to the, league pro
rata, according to what they, may haye’
(paid in . ~ ’ ’

It is'furt'her agreed that anaudlt

of the league treasurer’s books shall
be made each year by a disinterested

_ outside auditor, and his report be pub-

lished. _ , .
In order. to save time and expense in
collecting, I will also endda'vdr to
make payments once each three
months in advance. - ..
Signed NAME _________ l ______ '___
I am of the opinion that a subscrib-
er to the subscription blank. can be
made to pay if he is worth it in prop-
erty—W: E. Brown, legal editor.

POWER FARMING [IS REV- .
OLUTIONIZING FARMING

(Continued from page 5)
summer for just what I paid for it. I
realize six per cent is low, but it is
my honest estimate: My crops last
year amounted to 2,400, bushels of
wheat, 1,724 bushels of rye, 910 bush-
els of barley and 1,100 bushels of cats;
in all, 6224 bushels of the principal

 

. North Dakota small; grain crops.”

Seeding and Dragging ~
Double_dragging in one operation 16
acres.

Time, 2 3-4 days, at $8 per day
for fuel and labdr __________ $ 22.00
Seeding and dragging, one oper-,

ation. Time, 41-2 days, at $8
per day for fuel and labor_ 36.00
T Harvesting
Two eight-foot binders, 40 acres
per day. Time for harvesting
220 acres—60 acres seeded for
previous year—5 1-2 days at
$14 per day for fuel and labor 77.00
, Threshing .
25 by 46 thresher. Time 51-4
days at $11.20 per day for fuel
and labor,__ ,,__,_.___I__ 58.80
. Fall Plowing
Four bottoms, .7 inches deep.
Time, 18 1-3 days at $1028 per
day for fuel and labor_______,188.47
Total cost for one year $382.27

“Just to Show what an expense
horses would have been,” continued
he, “I will give 'an estimate of a_ few.
items of their cost I could not have
done the work with less than six
horses and I should have had to feed
them the year round, besides having ta
take care of them in the Winter
months.

Oats for six horses 12 quart sper

day for one year—aarmy ra-

tion—about 820 bushels at 60c

per bushel—local price ______ $492.00
Hay, 14 pounds per day—army

ration—about 16 tone at $15 .

per ton______~______________' 240.00
Care for five months at $15 per

month ’

 

Total $807.00

“This shows that, in my case at
least the cost of crop production would
have been more than doubled if I had
used horses; besides, I would have had
more difiiculty in doing the work, and
vaould not have had so steady and
reliable a source obpower.

"In addition to the regular farming
work which I carried on I have bought
grain for be local elevator, something
I know I could not have done had I
farmed with horses. I also haVe an
agency for farm and threshing m-a-'
chinery. - .

“I, think'you will 'see which-way I
like to farm. _ I cannot imagine myself

   
   

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threshing. Write for Circulars. ' .

Niellois &. Shepard Co.

In co-tinuouo Inches: Sine. nu
Quilders exclusively“ Red‘River Spe-

Thresh Wind MFeedm,
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piece? is a one
could come here and
buy the whole .
12.000. yet I could
not shade the price
one bit. because
the price of one
lab-sea on the bin

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In this booklet our guarantee is
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The Aborno treatment consists ‘of '

two hypodermic injections, given
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ING ANIMALS “

set amount of damage "is done
_, ops. especially in certain sec-
, " of thecountry, by ground
‘ _ reis. sagerrats, rabbits, prairie
skunks: badgers. rats, snakes,
63,1Cand'. other burrowing ani-
According tO'U. S. statistics,
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" There is now on the market what
".-is;.gpswn as an exterminator cart-
ridge-that is sure death to. burrow-
. ers‘.‘ , It is simply a tube or cylinder
,"on‘eginch in diameter, eight inches,

' ipng, containing a composition which

“in burning. creates a pewerful gas

{which when confined, as in a burrow

in the ground with-aulimited supply

or air, produces a fume deadly to
:3 any" animal therein. ' ‘ ’

f _ The composition producing the
gasf is backed in the cartridge by a
“charge of slow action powder which
drives the fatal gases throughout the
passages of the burrows.

, The- gas from the lighted cart—
ridge burning in the open air, be-
.,‘ fore .conflningin the holes of the

I animals, is not injurious nor irri-

tating to the operator. ‘

The principal- gas generated is
sulphuretted hydrogen, well known
to scientists as fatal to animal life.

Furthermore, the animals cannot be

,; revived by taking them at once into

the fresh air. "Death is due to the

«2:; _ f“ 'poisonous action of the gases on the
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‘ SPRAY FOR CABBAGE WORMS

Cabbage plants are often seriously
injured and the crop entirely destroy-
ed by ’a number of cabbage worms.

'Some of these are the common cab-
\bage worm, the cabbage looper, the

 

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cabbage plutella, and cutworms.» The
5' - , adults of these are moths or butter-
' ' , flies, which lay their eggs on the cab-
. " ' - bilge leaves. These eggs hatch in a
V few days and the. young worms feed
on the foliage. They grow rapidly and
by the time the cabbage is beginning
to head they may be very numerous. It
_,-is then that they do the most damage
by causing imperfect heads or heads
which ’will not keep.

These worms may be killed by spray-
ing the cabbage plants with an arsen-
-ical poison . Dissolve four pounds of
., laundry soap in several gallons of
A water. "Add enough water to make 50
gallons. Then stir in 1% pounds of
"powdered arsenate of lead or three
pounds of the paste form. The soap is
to make the liquid spread better and
' ‘to make it adhere to the smooth sur-

' face of the cabbage leaves.
. , To make asmaller amount of the
ggélpray use 1/.» ounce of the powdered ar-
:‘isenate "of lead or one ounce of the
,fpast‘e, an inch cube of soap, and one
big lion of water . Spray on the foliage
ns'to: get all parts of the plant pro-
j’c'tem, Apply as soon as the worms
bite V'n‘o‘tic‘ed doing damage or shortly
”" .,;,uze. plants begin to grow well
applications at intervals of
:or- two weeks may be neces-

     
    
    
     
   
        
     
     
      
    
       
     
   

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end where to find it. There is no guess work. Consequently
USL men repsir many batteries pronounced worthless by.others§ ,

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And USL Service-Stations do more than repair. 'They guarantee '
» their work on any make of battery for eight months on an adiust-
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But if you need a new battery there is a brand new factoryu
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bag, or a can with nail holes in the
top. Apply thinly while the dew is on
the plants. '

Since the cabbage head grows from
the inside there is absolutely no dan—
ger from poisoning by eating the cab-
bage. If outer leaves are removed
(and they always are) spraying is safe

Spray early in ”the season and it will
not be necessary to spray when the
heads are forming.

“T" squares and drawing boards
may be primarily intended for the use
of the engineer and the draughtsman,

farm if properly used.

With, some fairly good paper, board
square. triangle and a compass. the
farmer can plot his _new buildings
which he is contemplating, can lay off
diagrams to scale representing various
fields, and can evenndraw_ the plans,
in rough, at least, for new structures.

With five dollars invested in this
sort of an equipment, seemingly hard
problems can be worked out in a jif-
t‘y. If that old hickory evener that
has done service for years finally gives
out, a new stick can be drawn to scale,
the hole locations found, and the new
one cut from the rough, and accur-
ately, whether'it be of .the same dimen-
sions of the old one or not.

If a new building is planned to set
near the hog house, and the height and
width and length having been' decided
upon, separate elevations of the side

if the size planned is satisfactbry. ‘
The saving on the figuringofone

oftentimes a new. idea l8.,'«h1t upon

.a valuable one.

aboard, a straight strip,_ with a‘bleat

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up until time to harvest the crop.

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' 7' Sheep and Hogs brings certain success. It’s easy to prosper where you
can raise 20 to 45 bu. of wheat to the acre and buy on easy terms,

Land at $15 to $30 Per Acre-
—Good Grazing Land at Much Less.

Railway and Land Co's. are offering unusual inducements to home- _ ,
seekers to settle in Western Canada and enjoy her prosperity. Loans made .
f stock or other farming requirements can be had at low interest.
The Governments of the Dominion and Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta extend every encouragement to the farmer and ranchrnan. , .
You can obtain excellent land at low prices on easy terms. and get high prices
for your grain. cattle. sheep and hogs-low taxes (none on - . »
improvements). good markets and shipping faCllltXES, free
schools. churches, splendid climate and sure crops. w
1' sale in Manitoba, /

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For illustrated “team". winpltlgsgfigbgl; :tc.. 8991! to Superintendent:

M. V. McINNESS

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(SPECIAL ADVERTISING new under this health; 129’ m breeds: of live Mud
still, write out whatyou have to odor let nepotithtype, chow ymaprooiandtcfiyoawhetit wflcdstifor 13," 26 orfifitin‘ee You ‘
can change size 08 ad. or copy so one: a you with. Copy an we -st be W one week before date of issue. Breeders’ Auction '
Sales advertised here at special low rates; at for than. Wrfle today!

WNW DmmRY. We]! BUSINESS FARMING, It. cm Micmm,

 

 

 

CATTLE

Homrmru,mmman

has for sale one Registered Holstein Cow
:lygairs 011d. 6;: July he; about half and;
1. 11 co or eight are} the back and a
good individual Dam lull sister to the cow
Mr. Piper sold for $3, 000 and Mini. Bert:
fume. Pauline, 33 lbs. 7 days. and 1.001
lbs butter 305 days Size is a one-ban
brother to both of the above cows Would:
consider highchair. bull: in l
w. Eli also sell a yearling daughter of a 23-
lb. bull and also 2— ~year-old daughter of

 

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PERCHERONS,
Ham
SHROPSHIRES,
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. EEK, IMLAY a. goo
3 HIGH 1 and pedigree. Also a 1m females. Va-
..A . , non Clough Puma, Michigan.
E L samba" Brew” m3“ Ch” ‘ unmnn CAnvns son). 3m

Holstein-Friesian Cattle V
Twenty (15:31:00! our herd sire
:- L yous
'Irzggage 30 11 lbs. of Jrbutter in seveb'

Not)! for sale at thi t'
U. young blfif carve”,- S Lille

’ "' 9“ Nun-y, Shepherd, Michigan.

 

 

' MUSOLFF BROS.’ WEINS

We are now booking for
voung bulls from King Pieter Segis
LYons 170506. All f10m A R. O dams
with credible records. We test annu—
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-

es and further information
Mnelofl' 3103., South Lye-he, Michigan

order s

 

 

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rtmm 11cm:¥ gramme mm%°fi
1 y are for , , . _
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Just old enough 1' service. H m
one of (behest 8’] lb Win; k
his dam a. 23““
His threeneu

.per cent; 514.6 mill 1' days.
$200 Wit sold: soon. Ham '1'.
wail; Michigan

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TWINE BULL CALVES
Born October 29 1918; sired b Sir
Caiantha Segis Korndyke 104008; 3811118
record, 241.35 the. Miller amid ”M21 at
i"”k..;":13 ‘31:" “m %“""M ““6
or en ra—C. I: A a; _,
”ville, Michigan. ll ”‘1‘

 

8.3—1.3, ANGIE“!
F‘OR SALE—~ Bull calf horn M G,
19: 9. Sire Flint Hengerveld‘ Lad”. wheat
dam has a. 83.105 4-1" «ltd record Dam
17 lb Jr. 2-y1r. mid daughter 01 Ypsilanti
Sin Pontiac DeKoli whose dam. at 51 yrs.
has a. record of 35.17.43 and 756.26 lbs. in
7 $htP¥icm SIWF 0211.
e or extended pedigree and. who!
L. C, KET7LER - Eli-tit Michigan

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PREPARE

For the greatest Maui and. mum
prices that have ever been: known. Start .
' mw with the Holstein and con "
yourself. Good stock always will:

Howbert Stock Farm
'Clai're. Michigan I Eat],

   

 

 

 

Bull Calves? mismx “was“: '

K0! Bu tier
may and by a son of King Seals De Kori
ix’orn lyke from A. R 0. dam with ree-
0rd; of 18. 25 I; gr. two year old to 28 25
at 11 age. r ces reasonable can;

onsidered. hr“
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM

W. W. Wyclmto n'. Mitch.

 

 

TEN-LIONTHS-OLD~BU’LL

_ Bull last advertised is solid. This;
‘ one born June 1,1918. Sired by best
- on of famous ’30, 000 bull heading
Arden Farms herd King Korndyke
Pontiac Lass Two nearest aamt to
' sire of éhis calf average 37'. 76’ lbs. but-
itor 7 aye and over 165 m 3191
'. ayg Dam, a granddaughter of King
‘ rf the Pontiacs, Sir Geleche Walker
Segis and DeKol Burke A bargain
Herd tuberculin tested MinuaH-‘y

BOARDMAN FARMS, Jackson, anon. '1

 

 

 

 

 

 

\VOLVE-EBNE STOGK FARM

I want to tell you about our J-unim'
Herd Sire, “King Pontiac- lam Kern-
dyke aegis, " e son 0! King of the Ponti—
ace, his dam in Queen Seals of Brookaide
a daughter of Pontiac Clothullide De Kai
2nd and Prnce Segis Rorndyke, a: great
Lombination oi! breedu

We are breeding this young sire luv
the do him of Walker W,
our. Sen n01 Herd Sire whore nut five

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Yearling and young cow for sale. Price,
$150 and $250 C. L Hulett A: Son, Oke-

mo, Mich.
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The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Breeders of Majesty strain Jersey Cat-
tle Herd Bulls. Majesty's Oxford Fox
134214; Eminent Lady’s Majesty 158934.
Herd tuberculin- tested. Bull calves for
sale out of R. of M Majesty darn:

Alvin Balden, Came, Wu.

 

 

 

GUERNSEY
A V E A FEW
GUERNSEYS gefierg and cows for

sale, also a number of well bred young
bulky—write for breeding. Village Fame,

Grass Lake. Michigan~
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G I! 1]
Registered ;,;'“';‘: “
Born April 2- 1918
Last one left. All the others advertis-
ed in M B. F. have been sold.
Wm. T. Fisk, Vestoburg. Mich“ B. 1

Price 8501 h

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.mtnm,

"17mm: ”unlawful: 1‘.

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also Jersey

n.

I». 8. 0‘. BULBS ALL GOLD. HAVE
a few 111%: fall Grits, bred for fall far-
row :-—H. .Swartz Bchoolcraft, Mich.

twain now, but

will have some cracker jacks this- fall

Watch my ad. I want. to my many

cm 1'4: their a and every

customer has been pica-Jed with my hogs-

figoufih halide - Gamant, Eaton Rap-
. 10 .

'3 I.“ m "PE 1’. C.
”Ilium

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Lilac Type Poland Clio Hogs
P C. serv—

J Ham 113:3:
m d

m been tow
”is” 3% another, one

and

line went and em and! one-half miles
new}: Gone.

and no me in. my new home.
Free "vary from m.

WM. J. CLAR R.KE
R. No. .1. Dion Rapids, Michigan

 

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HEAMWW FARM REGISTERED

1 Bean Spring pigs. for sale;
.3 Morris, Farming-
ion, Michigan

 

APRIL MISTERED DUROC P1639.
nice wgrowthy bunch. Prices reasonable
English RED. 2. Rochester Mich

 

BUM J'EISEY 8\VINE.. BREED
Sows and Gillie all sold? lece bunch of
fall pigs; both sex, Bmokwater
Tippy Orion. No. 65421, byb py 001., out
of dam by the Principal 4th and BTOUk-
water Cherry King. Also herd boar 3 yr
076. Write for pedigree and priiee Sat-
iefactlon guaranteed. Thus. Underhill &

n, Salem, Mich.

 

DOE“ MARS READY 105R SER-

new Mow to 08903: P King, the
biggest gig 0 his age over at nternatlon-
al Fat took Show, Newton Barnhart,

St. Johns, Mich.

 

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ABERDEEN-ANGUS BATTLE
We are offering at attractive iees,a
number of high- -cIas:s young bul is well
able to head the host ailments in the
Best in blood lineage on either side of the
ocean. Write for price list. 01 call and

Woodcote Stock Farm. Ionia. Michigan.

 

MONROE!

31101113011115 m ”.33.: 3::

prime-w Scotch Bull Master Model
8-7614"- in marry states; at Lend of herd of

50! good: mm
B. K. Parkliurst. Reed City, Michigan.

 

 

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0 tom rite me an: Wm
33f Rose City. mach.

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(rum VA) mm 00'
Breeders” Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding. Write
your wants to the secretary, Fran-k Bai-

Fey,Hart1ord, Mich

BORTHOBNS and POLAND CHINAB
all sold mt. None for sale at pres-

 

 

WHAT [30 YOU WANT? l rmeufit 41
SHORT‘HORN breeders. can put: youin
touch with: best milk or beef strains. Bulls-
all ages. finale temales. C W Cram
rmieem ‘cmizai Michigan snail-thorn.
Association. McBrides. Michir 1.

NO STOCK E03. SALE AT EMT

 

land,

. F. M. Planet & m, Fowler, Mich _

wm haven

HURON; m ”001! ALL SOLD.
number of yearling

Herbs-ed August furrow. Order early.
h:3?th & Blank, Hill Crest Farms. Per-
1‘ on, ~.

 

“TWO YOUNG BBOOKWATEE, DUB-
00 Jersey Boars, ready for service. All
stock shipped; express prepaid, inspection
allowed. Ericka Dairy Co. Address 0-
h 1)“!be Arthur W; Mumford
Maul liens!

 

mm BURCH) FOAM “OM
prize—winning Golden Model family
smash type, adapted- f‘or mating with the
coarser—boned features for early matwnng

pigs. Subject to immediate. In:

_ and} without notice I will crate
an era if de-
sired- 8 extra. 8.136;». Jill rem'nd
alliance or return . cc if

7 reduced otter is cancelled Pigs. will
weigh. from 150 lbs hto 800 lbs. Geo B.

we 11mm
PEACH HILL FARM

 

: REGISTERED DUROC JERSEY 811.138,

bred for fall fariow. Protection and Col—
onel breeding Our prices are reasonable
Write or better still, come and make your
own selections. Vinita” wekonu. 1m-
wood Bree". Romeo Mich.

 

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‘VEITE DR. W. A. EWALT “L m
cm, Mich, for those beautiful 835k um!
Wit Shepherd ; natural! heel-r
or: from farm-trained stock;
purebred Scotch Collie Puppies; gird by
‘Ew'alt’s Sir Hector," Michigan Champion
was dog. .

. POULTRY

HOMESTEAD FARMS

Pu! Chicks for Spring Layette—m 8R4

 

 

delivery
Rabbits—~Belglana; New Zeeiand's
km] tor alienation a! tall chid- and

3 new catalog,

mechanism-1.1: FARMS ASSOCWIIOR
Bloomingdale Mich"

PLY‘HOUTE were #

CHICKS—DOSE AND SINGLE—MB
' Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks, 25 for
54‘ 25; 100‘ for 3116’; July} and August flea

Circular nee. mm Puma.
Lawrence, Mich.

 

 

MUD- WAY- AUSH- KA FARM OFFERS.
Hatching Eggs 1mm Parka heed-today
Barred Rocks and "Regal Dorcas" White
Wyamdottes at $1. 50 per 15; We Run-
nier ducks; 315' per 11;. White Chinese
' geese 40c each. Orders filled in him as

received Order now Dike C Miller.
Dryden Mich.

 

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1 Best Grade. My
BABY C“ m strains. White
Leghimme $18 per hundred. Barren Rocks,
. Liv-cam guar-
at same rate. Mic
’ Poultry Cu. Clinton. Ho

. “,0“ FIN HUSKY, wnm m,

h“ ' 3 grand laying m for
June and July delivery. 8m nicely
everywhere by mail at $13 per 100'; $6.50
for 6'0 01M fir m
guaranteed. Free catalog. Holland tob-
.ery, Holland Mich” R. 7,,

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ROFI Md

went pe not
”5'30““ 3%.”: can”... 3:.
hib t on a r . ‘
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fw’ fl. Villa“ firms

(ii-m Lake. maxim
WYANDO'Z'I’I!
GOLDEN tum 'wm'rn'. ,

eggs from especial mat-
;$5per3'a", $3,659; by

SILVER,
WyandotteS' ,
' ing $3 per 15
parcel post prepaid. 'Ctarmce

Portland Mich.
CHIEII

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‘ 33.2%.“. Box “1. Freeman. Mich.

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POLAND CHINA

BIG TYPE 1’. 6. SPRING PIGS. EII'H—
er sex PM choice
by a grandson of Grant Bustier and other

lee—winning boars. Prices reasonable

.W. Barnes and Son, Byron, Mich

316 rm P. 0‘, GILT5 FEED FOR
August and Sept. flmow. A1.A. Wood! &

~ Son, Saline, Michigan
POLAND CHINA 30W AND EIGHT“ _

l 28; sired by

l f owed. A
D“ mm a’" Big B'ob. Price

Bom~m11k by the 2

$200 otter Bob-o-Mnk,14 months .
' old at :1

bargain Ha: litter: or 13 to his
0 L Wright..- Jone-111,160 Mich.

credit.
"PE, Gilts

‘W mm all saw. Keep

watch 01! 3919 crop sired by Art: Sana-

 

tor and Orange Price. I thank my cus— .

f era for their patronage.

our. - 1m. flick-

 

bred sows and mixed

 

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m, Mich. O. I. c,“ ‘
Bred Gifts in“ Boom 352,, “g;
an aluminum) me. .1150 Boxing Pitt!- Everything Iihlpped‘ c. .D.
at m or 15 leads tam ty "“5 Wm ”WW, name. If
and: Angus steers 5 to . 113, you want the but, u
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commission. 0. E Bali. Farr Iowa.
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Perfection 5th. Sewn all sold

Gibson. Bridgeport, Michigan.

 

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the automation. from Jan 1 to Apr. 1 '19.
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for sale
no'wN Jghn W. Snyder 811. 3011115, Mich,

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REGISTERED CHE!!!“ WHITE

, FIGS!” sale at prices that will Mere-t
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Either sex. Write today.
Cosene, Levering. Mich.

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MY “MED P. ROCKS ABE 6m!
w‘inners extra layers, and yellow NE!

Dr. V ’lrarnea!
R'CR 13:3. Pekiin chick.

mat.

W Chne nese 300.9ng eggs £0 cents each. Mu.
(Wendie. Bette. Hillsd'ale, Mich .

 

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ins sham. $1 to per 13 eastern. mamas

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Wyandottes. All ’Breeds ham “5;!- .
Tel-kayo, Geo” muscle, fan

enable prices. Our Iall“ villi interest you '
all

Browning, > 1

chicks shipped Mrs. W 0. W. ,..
Deckerville, Mich“ Route 1 ex 69. I
HATGIIING noes —- amount? ,

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devoted to seed crops

every year
county probably grows
other

Jackson
' ;more squash seed than any
county in any state in the U. S.

Squash is grown with comparative- 7

1y little work and the returns in money

for the seedcrop prove highly satis-
.tactory t0 the grower, in any normal
.Season.

Besides the net returns for seed, the
grower can utilize the meat of the
fruits for feeding to stock and hogs.
Many farmers, who have grown
squash for a number‘of years and are
imposition to know, claim that the
feeding value of the squash equals
'the money value which they receive
for the seed crop.

Mr. Frank Smith of Jackson county

has grown squash seed for S.‘M. Is-
bell & Company, seedmen, Jackson,

Michigan, for several years and con--

siders this a highly profitable crop.
111.1918 he harvested at the rate of
224 pounds of seed per acre, besides
the feeding value of, the fruits which
Mr. Smith says equals another, $100
per acre. One cr0p of this kind more
than pays for the land on which the
crop was grown. It should be stated
here that the past year was not very
tavorable for squash. In‘a more nor-
mal season .the yield of seed is much
greater

When grown on a commercial scale
squash is planted as soon as all dang—
er from frost is past in the spring and
the ground has become warm. Seed
is usually planted 4 to 6 feet, using 4
pounds of seed :per acre. Three or four
cultivationg should be given before
the vines grow too long and hinder
such work. The fruits are allowed
to mature fully and left in the field
until danger of a severe frost appears,
when the squashes are put under
shelter. Seeding the fruits may be—
gin at any time after they are fully
ripened and may be prolonged for
many weeks, so as to feed the squashes
to the stock and take care of washing
and drying the seed at the same time.

Methods of, Stump Eradication

When I first commenced the remov-
al of stumps from my land a number of
years ago I gave most all methods I
could learn of a trial using chemicals,
acids. burning, stump pullers and
blasting and have found the latter
method most satisfactory to me for
several reasons.

A saturated solution of saltpeter can
he used-in burning stumps by drilling
holes into them and pouring in the
solution. After it has penetrated the
wood and dried it assists in the burn-
ing process but I never thought it did
suflicient good to pay for the neces-
sary trouble and expense, while with
green stumps I never secured any
success to speak of.

A fair-sized hole can be dug under
either green or dry~stumps, be filled
with coals and kept blazing With brush

or wood and this will quite generally,

remove the part of the stump above
the ground and parts’ of the roots. A
small hole should be dug on the oppo-
site side to act as a chimney. This
method especially with dead stumps
gives quite good results in removing
the stumps but usually only removes
a small portion of the roots and those
remaining are a great detriment to
machinery for being hidden from view
they are hit quite hard at times with
occasional breakage of tools. Aside
from digging the holes it is necessary
to give considerable attention and
keep the fire burning. Where blast-
ing is being done too, the shattered
stumps can be used nicely. for fuel.

Some advance the acid theory, gen-
erally sulphuric, but from my exper-
ienCe they are absolutely worthless,
expensive and extreme care must be
practiced in handling on account of
the acids’ burning and destructive ef-
fect on hands and clothing.

‘The' stump puller does “its work

  

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‘- .mm‘s, sweet oorn, radish, squash and

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pense of the outfit as well 'as repairs
from time to time t‘oo costly for the
average farmer. If the main roots

are chopped suflicihntly low When pull-'

ing both the stump and the majority
of the roots are removed. 1

At first my blasting did not give
me just the results I thought it ”should,
yet‘l kept on,-as others'mad’e it do
the work, and I soon’ found out it Was
my fault and not the fault “of the or
plosiive since I was not using it cor-
rectly, for either green or dry stumps,
large or small can be entirely re-
mOved with agricultural explosives if
the WOI‘k is done right. '

In using dynamite I have learned
several things to keep in mind. The

was from too shallow shots and from

  

charge A; twenty per cent ' {mite
placed in one hole drilled under the
.;crown of the stump and fire with can
and fuse For the larger dead stumps

{I usually use a higher grade ofcegplo-v
; sive while for green stumps either
ilarge or small, I use the sixty per cent

As green stumps are very much

rmore tenacious than dead ones only
fparts of them are apt to be split (if! ;m antes
.and bl'oWn out frOm using a singlé
.charge so I drill holes under each of

the large lateral roots centering them

;under the crown ofthe stump, load,

connebt together and fire electrically

with my. blastingmachine whereby
{Each of. the charges are exploded
’simultaneously and'the eXplosive ex-
erts a pressure under all portions of'

   
    
  

  

 
 

   
  
    
 

  

   
   

timothy, rye grass, and 9th
Which are undesirable. f ‘
being sold in the state _
packages, according to‘ B " dis
“ lister, state seed analyst at asst Lad?"
Eing Miss minister has found that

ous r" gtores other than @391

' dealing in grass
turns at t ‘s time Of year, more: ,
§adyerti81ngh than for profit, and thi
«these stores are often very carelesi;
:abo t the Quality of seed seld. An
eie trio light agency in Detroit was
,found to be doing a large business in 3
inferior lawn mixtures. ‘ .f. ..

The remedy for the condition is for .s t.
prchausers to buy only carefully label-'7
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