w - Xbi‘l'ls were large and 'the few savings soon “disappeared. 'After a year or so the physicians said there must be an operation. After the op- “etion there was more sickness, and more bills. he interest on the mortgage was not paid and, the bank foreclosed. This was in 1913. The time 01 redemption was “about to expire when Mr. Sears applied to Jae. R. Postal, cashier of the Evert Sav- ings Bank of Evert for a loan of enough to redeem ”the mortgage and save his farm, offering to give ,. the same land as security and twenty additional acres, all assessed at upwards of $3,500, for secur- ity. At first Postal refused to make the loan from the bank of which he was cashier, but‘being a shrewd business man and appreciating the ex- tremities in -which Sears found himself, Postal finally agreed to get the money for Sears from his (Postal’s) wife, upon condition that Sears would pay a bonus of 10 per cent and interest at the rate of 7 per cent. As though that were not a hard enough bargain, Postal refused to take a mort- gage but demanded a warranty deed of the land redeemed and also the twenty acres besides. Wor; ried over the sickness of his wife and harassed by the need of money Sears submitted to the propos- al. The amount necessary to redeem was about $1,231 and Postal took two notes from Sears pay- able to Postal's wife, for about $1,359, or about $128 more than the amount actually loaned. “ Bankers’ Tyranny Mrs. Sears did. not get better and the financial troubles increased.‘ From time to time Mr. Sears made payments of interest and several times re- newed the notes with new ones each new one in- cluding more interest, until they amounted to near- ly $1,600. Mr. Sears, who was not well posted on business transactions, thought a good deal about the bonus he has paid and about the deed he had given, and one day went to the bank to ask Post— 31 to explain them. But Postal refused to discuss the matter with him, claiming that all was in good 7 or has __ , \ and mtryi get his 1! him. Hr; Sears ' finally reaching the s parently. Postal's exflination was satisfactory to the commissioner for when the writer met with Gov. Sleeper and Mr. Merrick-a few months later ~ in the hopes of securing their co,operatlon to bring an end to the charging of usury in this state the. commissidner seemed to know all about the Sears case and was Inclined to defend Postal. Banker Postal became angry at Sears' sitar-ts to learn of his correct status in the transaction and according to Mr. Sears he was called. into Postal’s . ofllce and, threatened ,into signing a. paper declar- ing that no usury had been charged. A few months afterward Mrs. Postal deeded the farm to one William F. Umphrey, an Evart attorney, who com. menced foreclosure proceedings claiming that the warranty deed and notes given by Sears consti- tuted a mortgage. , . . Mr. Sears saw that unless immediate steps were taken he would be dispossessed of his farm. Know- ing that the lawyers of a community are usually friendly to the banks or engaged in business relations with them. Mr. Sears hesitated to place his case in their hands. Instead he came to Mt. Clemens and asked us what he should do. We ap- pealed to the State banking commissioner without result and finally turned the case over to our legal editor, Hon. W. E. Brown, of Lapeer. The case came to trial before Judge Hal Cutler, circuit judge for Osceola county on February 4, 1919. The court room was crowded with interest- ed and sympathetic farmers from all parts of the county, many of whom had themselves been the victims of usurious banks. It was the claim of Attorney Brown, in behalf of Mr. Seers, that the ten per cent bonus charged by Postal was usurious interest and as such in validated every dollar’s worth of interest that had accumulated on the loan from the time it was no. gotiated. Postal attempted to defend the charge, putting up the claim that its was not 9 bonus upon the loan, but a commissioh he was charging Sears , wmade inquiries" or em friends ‘* ”aslto his rights in; the , fitter and these inquiries . banking: com‘missidne’r,’ he asked Postal concerning the transagtion. Ap- , ' court applied upon the principal. ‘ nominal and legal interest. matron-Postal‘se‘mitto‘aihat he was acting for his, . W119: and the. 301111? ruledthato-havins availed her-1.- sel'f of. the eflorts‘ajnd acts of her husband, Mrs._ Postal was boundipy‘those acts, and that if. the bonus were ‘ usury, , the 'entire' transaction:,was p usurious and-'in' ‘violatipn‘of the law. , ‘ : _, A pathetic, incidegit' tack place during ,the’trial ' when the ‘defet’ndan was asked what had become of his wife. He started- to‘ answer; then broke down and erie’d'like a child. saying through his ‘ tears that she had died a year before. And to the audience that was the sad climax of soars long g struggle to save the life ’of his, helpmate and at the same time keep the farm intact. , . In its findings upon, the right of the plaintiff 'to’ foreclose the mortgage and upon the charge ,of' usury, the court said :“It necessarilyfollows the, decree of this court ought to be: That the deed be construed to be a mtorgage, and that an order of sale be made in accordance with the prayer of the bill, and accounting had. That inlieu of the face value of the‘l'oan, the amount to be realized upon the mortgage foreclosure sale should be the sum of $1,231.29, minus the amount that has been paid, or $235.07. I make that $996.22, and the decree should be made for that amount." As a penalty for his usury, Postal not only for- ~ felted the usurious amount but all interest as well, and all the sums that Sears had paid to Postal as legitimate interest were, by the verdict of the Instead, there; fore, of the Posta‘lsreceiving the sum of nearly $1,600 which they claimed was due them and to which they were entitled to reCeive from the pro coeds of the mortgage sale, they may only receive the sum of $996.22. Sears had the use of the Post- al money for nearly five years without cost sim- ply because the Postals were not satisfied with ‘ It is understood that the Postals have filed a repeal to the Supreme Court, and having the money with which to foot legal costs they may make some more trouble for our friend, Sears. , U Argument made for Old Dobbin Against Invasion of Tractor into Business Farming RAO’TORS are splendid things, apparently reo- olutiomim’ng agriculture. But breeders. of horses have an argument all of their own gt en- herewith. M. B. F. doesn’t claim responsibility or the figures. For instance, the writer of this a ole seems to forget the important item of diffi- culty of getting farm laborers when they’re want- ed. The elements 0 speed and personal comfort tion on a tractor was figured Mr. Starr puts it at twenty per cent. here’s a plea for the “hose.” ATE IN THE WINTER and early in this spring, some research work as to what tract. ors were really doing was accomplished. Fairly representative areas in many counties were taken in Mich- igan, Illinois and other states, and efforts were made to see each farm- er who had operated a tractor for one year or more. In Tazewell county, Illinois, the townships of Morton, Tremont and Delavan were selected. At the time the canvass was made, the roads Were rather bad and the time was somewhat limited but in the three townships Anyway, six tractor operators missed. It must be remembered that only per- sons owning or operating tractors for one year or longer were sought. Through the courtesy of the De- partment of Farm Management, the Tazewell County Farm Bureau is able to give a short discussion of the results of the investigation. It must be clearly stated that there is no effort made either to knock or boost tractors. Only such state- ments are made as are clearly shown by the re- sults of going out and talking to the actual own- are and operators of the tractors. One Hundred Farms Studied Tractors on one hundred different farms were studied. The average farm size was 294 acres. ' ”In Tazewell county, the average size was exactly 300 acres. For the entire number of tractors, the average use has been 2.2 years. This point was valuable. After two years of use, an operator should have a rather clear idea of what the tractor has really accomplished. -_ The number of days of actual use in 1918 per tractor was 35 days, divided into 24.9 days for traction work and 5.1 days for belt work. During the 24.9 days of traction work, there were 117 acres plowed, 94 acres disced, 38 acres harrowed, 29 acres of grain cut and 1.2 days of road work. Substracting the days of road work there appear. to be the fact that the average tractor covered 11.7 acres per day, including the faster work of disoing, , harrowing, and cutfing grain. This work of not *qnjte 12, acres per day was done in assisting in By CHESTER G. STARR planting and harvesting 120 acres of com, 76 acres of cats, 27 acre of wheat and 23 acres of hay. In order to get thgalctor in shape for run- ning each day there was r uired about one hour of labor. How many horses did the average tractor re- .. place? This isthe great question, especially in horse-breeding districts like Tazewell county. Ac- cording to figures from the 100 farms, the average tractor replaced 2.38 horses. Turning the figures around, the tractor allowed the remaining horses to cover 5.6 acres per horse more of crops during the year. In Tazewell county, the tractor replaced 0 nonooonnnnnnorioo, working in the multiple- hitch, compete with thertraotor, the breeders our. Jld Dobbin may be doomed, but he dies kicking, accord. ing to the aoompanying article. ’ o...——.—-.i4 ' cess‘ful cron’? . 2.25 horses per farm and the remaining horses covered 5.6 acres more per horse during the year. Fimring Up the Cost " Suppose we figure costs a'bit. It is a“ conserva- tive estimate of the cost of feeding a horse, of in- terest charges, or death losses and other incident- al costs that $150 per year would be required. - If 2.28 horses were replaced per farm, a replacement saving of $367 would appar. 0n the other hand, the average tractor‘s, not counting plows, discs, etc., cost was $1184. Figuring interest at 0% and depreciation at 20%, the overhead cost of the tract- or would be $294.80. We will say, for an estimate, that it costs $4 per day to run the tractor, count- ing oil, kerosene, repairs, etc. the operating costs -would be $140 for the. 25 days of use. The total cost then of the av- erage tractor would be $434.80 as opposed to the horse saving of $357. If this be true, the tractor would have cost the average owner $77.80, more than if’he had done the ‘work with horses. ‘ Of course, this tractor survey did not include any tractors put out ' last summer and fall. It is planned by the Department of Farm Man— agement to Continue these surveys each year, going back over the same areas. ' It will be real interesting to fol< low these figures in later years. Ap- parently, so far, the farm horse has not been entirely displaced. Our Tazewell county horsemen need, not, as yet, pin funeral wreaths to their barn doors. I ‘ POOR QUEEN RESULTS IN BIG LOSS ) EAST LANSING, Mich—Many beekeepers 01. the state are losingoas high as one-third of their possible income because of the use of old queens and queens of poor stock, declares B. F. Kindig of M. A. 0., state inspector of Apiaries. Michigan queens are as a rule rather low in quality, and the importation of good breeding stock is necessary. “I know of one beekeeper in the state who lost not less than $2,500 last year because 0f poor queens and black blood,” says Mr. 'Kindig. “The proportion of scrub bees is as large as the'pmpor- tion of scrub cattle, and a similar loss results. The queen is usually the deciding factor in the honey . busineSs. and Micnigan farmers cannot afford to bread from anything except good Italian stock. , “It is out of the question for beekeepers to buy all the queens they need. 1 They must raise most of them “from breeders which have been bought ,-, mm the best of Italian Stock. A young Italian, queen at the head of a} colony will control Europe-~ an Foul Brood. and practically/guaranteed '3‘1‘3“? | ROPS of nearly all kinds are reported to be coming along in fine style in nearly all counties of Michigan. Recent reports from - many county papers and correspondents tell of , good stands everywhere. Recent reports from Washington tended to give ' the impression that Michigan conditions were bad, especially in the fruit belt. But more recently, ‘ Verne H. Church, a field agent of the U. 8. Bureau ' of Crop Estimates, has given to the press favor~ able crop reports which seem to accord pretty well ‘ with conditions as they actually exist in this state. 3 . ' Hot and dry weather during the latter part cf May was favorable for the growth of most crops, Mr. Church says, and for the planting of corn, po- tatoes and sugar beets. Corn is germinating quickly and is making excellent growth. ' Winter Wheat Above Average The condition of winter wheat is 97 per cent, one per cent below last month, 16 per cent above the 10-year average, and A2 per cent better than‘ one year ago. The crop is estimated at 21,063,000 ‘ bushels. If to this is added 1,261,000 bushels the estimated production or spring wheat, we have a' total wheat crop for Michigan of 22, 324, 000 bush- . els 1‘ The condition of rye is 97 per cent, 21 per cent higher than one year ago, and 9 per cent above the 10-year average. This indica a production of 9, 360, 000 bushels from the imated acreage of 571, 000. p» _ 1 Because of unfavorable weather a considerable ‘ acreage of oats on heavy soils was not seeded This , loss of acreage amounted to as much as 15 per cent or more in a few southern cohnties, which was partially compensated by an increase in others, the net loss for the state bein 6 per cent. The acreage planted is estimated t 1,559,000 which, from the present condition of 8 per cent, will pro duce 51, 618, 000 bushels. . The acreage of barley is estimated at 280, 000 which is odly slightly more than last year. There was a decrease in some sections and an in. crease in others. The condition is 89 per cent, the same as the 10-year average, and represents a production of 7, 851, 000 bushels. Clover seedings suffered severely from drought last year which reduced the acreage and lowered the condition of the hay crop, especially in the south- central and southwestern dis- tricts. Meadows and pastures have improved considerably since. the recent rains. - of $2. 26 per bushel. , There are 5, 000 farms in Lenawee county. UDOn every farm Mr. Colleen estimated there would be . an average or 10 acres of grain which would bring the total wheat acreage in the county to 50, 000 acres. The farm director estimated that if favor- able weather continued and more rain came, the grain would average 25 bushels to the acre. That the grape situation in the fruit belt of Michigan is not as good on the whole as some have been led to believe, was brought out at a meeting of grape growers which was held at Law- ton, Mich, and which was attended by County A8- ent Harry J. Lurkins of this city and Fred Gleas- on of Sodus, the above named being the only Ber- rien county representatives. Several thousand' cases of strawberries were car'- ried from Benton Harbor to Chicago each night. The continued warm weather is ripening the crop fast and it is coming on with a rush. The growers are handicapped only by pickers. These are in good demand and anyone wanting a job berry picking need not look far. Prospects for an excellent crop are bright this year, says Clark D. Mason, Wexford agriculturist In most parts of the county recent rains have put the soil in the best of condition and the warm weather has brought crops right out of the ground. Corn and oats look especially good, said Mr. Mason. This section has a goodcorn crop only every few years, and this year will be one of the good ones. A state fruit specialist is quoted as having said in Traverse City recently: “The crop of buckle- berries alone will be worth one and one-half mil- lions to Western Michigan this year, and these berries require no cultivation nor care.” The American Steel and Wire Company, which conducts a very good crop report service, re— ports'as follows: Northern (Luce County). Pasture and clover good. Cats, wheat rye and peas g00d. Dairying condi- tions good. Hay is beginning to need rain. Northeast (Iosco County): Pasture and clover good. Haylands very good. Cats coming on good. Wheat good, but this is not a wheat coun- try. Rye and peas good. Dairying very good. Conditions fine. Eastern (Tuscola County). Grasslands good, clover fair. Oats and rye good. Wheat extra good. Sugar beets extra good. Dairying condi- tions good. Oakland and Genesee counties: Wheat, rye and hay looking fine. Corn and p0- tatoes planted. Best and bean land being pre- pared. Dairying carried on more extensively. Cattle scarce. Hogs high and in great demand. Michigan Crop Conditions Discredit U. S. Reports Except for a Few Districts Nearly Everything Good based fipon the payment of the government price Southeastern (Monroe County). Pasture and .clov " or fair. Haylands good. Cats very poor and . some seeding still going on. Wheat good. Dairy- ing conditions good. Southeast (General). Crops in general looking- fine, being pushed by the hot weather of the past‘ _ week. Corn coming up. Livestock looking fine, Southwest (Kalamazoo County): Pasture fairly} good . Haylands and clover half a crop. Wheat} pretty fair. Rye good. Apples about half a crop. Dairying good. Western: Fine rain did a great deal or good. , Wheat and oats fine. Corn coming on in good . shape. Everything doing well. . RYE is only one of the crops which are coming along ‘ fine in Mchigan. Farmer A. B. Cook is standing ing upright, but even so the rye tops wave above his head, some of it being 7% feet high. STATE FACES CLOVER TROUBLE The red clover situation in Michigan is serious, being one of the few sorry spots in our crops. A seed shortage is likely during the coming season owing to decreased acreage stands. Every effort should be made to produce more seed in Michigan. ,_ ,_ Early cutting of the first hay crop of June clover. tends to increase the seed yield in the second crop. v The grazing or clipping back of mammoth before blooming increases the set of seed. The first crop of June clover should not be allowed to get too ripe. Cut for hay when only a small percentage of . _ the heads show brown, or while in full bloom and before the heads begin to turn. The early cutting or pasturing tends to control the clover seed milge. .Future yields of corn, beans, potatoes and grains depend on good clover sods grown in rotation. Unless suflicient Michigan grown seed is produced our clover acreage, and hence our crop production and livestock production will suffer severely. From all indications a very good price for clover seed will be receiv- ed next spring. Sweet Clover The condition of other crops is as follows: Alfalfa, 94; field peas, 93; cabbages, 84; onions, 91; sugar beets, 91; apples, 60; peaches, 64; pears, 70; and blackberries and ~ raspberries, 95 per cent. The pros— . pect for fruit is generally good in ’the central and northern counties, where excellent weather prevailed throughout blooming period. The April freeze, which occurred during the blooming season in the south- western counties, left only a partial crop of fruit, particularly in Ber- rien county where the loss was much greater than in nearby coun- ' 1 ties. ~ This is all right but reports from Washington recently spoke. very de- preciatingly of the fruit crop in Michigan. Local Reports Encouraging G. 0. Adams, implement dealer or Olivet and Charlotte, states he nev- ' 5 er saw such crops as are to be seen I - l by a survey of the county this year. , .‘ He says wheat is looking fine. Corn, thofig‘h late, germinated well and there is a good stand generally. Rye » prospects are the nearest for a 100, and barley are looking fine. The \— 1'"! I IIIII b3”. IA IWMfi ”III“ II IIIII.‘ I (Wt; "Ila! IIH IIIIIlIIII N! IIII “VII/Ii II I'I‘ut‘.» WM” W «awn In "-0. F'. . 6" um )‘I Fig (. II I II I' a A \'\ _\ K; I II‘ . ‘ ‘x ' .. -. \(';:—- . v-I. 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Experienced growers practically ‘ all agree that this is one of the most successful and profitable ways to handle sweet clover providing the first cutting is made some time . before the first blossom buds appear ' and providing the cutting bar of the mower is adjusted so an 8 to 12 inch stubble is left. As the second crop springs from buds on the lower part of the old stalk be sure and leave enough of these buds to insure a good second‘ . 1 growth. It will probably be neces. . sary to use a larger Wheel on the outer end of the cutting bar and to have a special sole made for the in. side shoe. Some good bulletins on swee clover are, Mich. Exp. Sta. Circul j No. 23 and U. S. D. of Agriculture ‘ , Bulletin .820 and 836 at M. A. O. , To conserve a maximum of th, feeding value and to make hes 1' '- A O hay acreage is short, but the qual- well with favorable weather. The beans are just being put in and the . acreage of corn and beans is larger than usual. Despite the fact Lenawee county had somewhat" of a backward spring and considerable wet weath- er, 0. L. Coffees, director 01 the LenaWee county farm bureau, esti- .’ d, the yield of wheat in the this Year at 1, 250, 000 bush hich Will mean a gross in- ity is good and should turn out' ROP REPORTS from Washington, D. 0., don’t always give one the correct impression. At any rate the Federal reports for June would lead folks to ”HMO that Michigan’s 070198 were in a rather poor condition, whereas nearly every county sends in news refuting such; ideas. Most Michigan crops are splendid this year. Of course, certain zla'rts 01‘ the st to have lacked rain, for instance just south of the thumb district. ~From 50 milIes north of Detroit, a farmer criticizes us lhmply for being tea sweeping in condemning the government reports, because his farm has lacked rain and his crops are not doing well. But our criticism is based on reports from the greater part of the state, whiCh tell 01 fine conditions. In the last week the government reports speak more highly of Michigan condi- tions, but the early th reports from Washington gave a somber impression which was contradtc ed by local conditions. I As for fruit, very somber reports came from Washington, concerning Mich- -‘ igan, whereas glowmy praises have come from a vast majority of Michigans fruit growers. j ., quality of hay, sweet clover shou " be cured in cocks. Concerning Use of Rye As rye harvest nears it woul . well to look up the purest fields Rosen Rye as a source for fall’s seed. Mixtures can properly identified when the a nearly mature and still uncu The Michigan Millers’ Ass draws your attention to that Federal Regulations heavy discount on wheat with rye. Pretty good for pulling out the rye +3 ' M‘ was}: m1? , 2:. _._,«.-...;q= Jr, ‘ .i ‘OLG , D shows, Will be 17’s feature of '» cared for in ' : tion. Great V 4; mous sentiment among workers in favor of daylight ,saving." é . "'Equarters of the International Broth- ":'.“7.of"the union ‘do not think many of the fairs n o w being 1) r 64' M i- c h igan an d e’ l s e where thru- out the na- num-bers of entries a r e pouring in “stock, and GEBTRUDE’S noes ”other bran- Gertrude, daughter of Dr. W. A. ~ch‘es. Ewalt, veterinary surgeon, is mighty The 890- popular around liIt.‘ Clemens these days with her father’s litter of pure- bred Scotch Collie. puppies. They may be entered in the dog Diichi'gan State Fair this fall. and Annual _ Am e r’ican .Kennel Club 'L i c e n sed "State Fair on August 30, 31 and September 1. 7 This department of the exposition, which will be . in session at Detroit from August 29th to Sep- tember 7th, was established last year when the largest and best dog show of the summer and ' autumn season was staged. Present indications 'point toward one of the greatest shows in the country. the greatest fair year in Michigan’s history. The show will be held in the new Poultry ' - building, which was erected last year; but in- stead of one-half of the second floor used in 1918, the entire upper story will be comman- deered. George F. Foley, of Philadelphia, the veteran dog show superintendent of the country, will have charge of the department. The judges land. ing at fall fairs are gratified to learn that the United States Railroad Administration has re— cently issued rules governing the handling of exhibits for expositions and fairs, whereby live stock used for valuable breeding, racing show purposes and other special uses will be granted what amounts to a half rate in making the fair circuit. This applies to horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Michigan Farmers Joined ETTERS FROM farmers against daylight sav- ing laws have poured into M. B. F. The fol~ lo'wing opinions on the subject give an idea how the rest of the nation dislikes it although ex- ceptions are mentioned. ' t‘If'the controversy over the attempt to repeal daylight saving boils down to what one writer calls “a Contest betWeen rural and city workers," then it is well to know just where organized labor stands; The farmers have shown themselves solid for repeal, and their representatives in Congress have introduced more than a score of bills design- ed to sweep away ‘this freak legislation,’ “A repeal rider, it will be remembered, nearly slipt through the House in the Agricultural Appro- priations Bill. Some opponents of daylight saving delare that they are fighting the fight of both urb- an and rural labor as against the 01111 3’ M Rm Ten of 1... SEE. E E2: shows at the- Dog-Show will be held this year by the Michigan 1 The interest shown indicates by far, selected are Enno Meyer of Cincinnati, Paul C.‘ Blass ofNew York, and Charles Grosse, of Cleve- ' Live stock raisers, who contemplate exhibit? The rules stipulate that when exhibited atone exposition or fair, and then returned‘direct to point of origin, said livestock will be carried at full tariff rates goihjgl’a‘nd free returningpif re- ' turned within thirtyr‘days after the close (if the, exposition or fair at whiCh they areyexhibited : and the bill of lading‘thereof is accompanied. by certificate of "the secretary of such expoSition that-such articles were exhibited and have not changed ownership. This will apply where ex- hibitors make only one fair. "‘ ‘ ' . The rules further provide that when movin over a circuit of expositions or fairs, the arti- ,. cles will be ay-billed at the regular ,tariffjrate toveach point of exhibition, and at the close of " each fair, on presentation of a certific’ate‘frdm i the secretary'of the fair that, such tarticles’iwere » exhibited'thereatand that no change (if owner- ship has occurred, the inbound charges will be reduced to one-half of the tariff rates, and when reshipped from the last point of exhibition to the original point of shipment via direct routes and the bill of lading is accompanied by similar certificate from the secretary of the’last fair or - exhibition, one-half of the tarifl! rates will be applied on this final shipment home. This per- mits all exhibitors-of pure-bred live stock to . make a single fair» or a "circuit of fairs atwo‘ne- ' half the cost heretofore encountered, for the ma- jority of shippers, particularly horsemen, have" had to pay full fare both going and returning, in years gone by. The "‘joker” in the rules is’a stipulation that . the animals will be carried at this reduced rat- ing only when carriers’_ liability is limited to certain specified. valuations, to—wit, $150 on horses, $75 on bulls, etc., dowu the line. This will make it necessary for shippers to either ‘run their own risk of loss or carry insurance on exhi- bition stock in some of the regular insurance companies, but it will‘be far cheaper to insure exhibition animals and thereby take advantage of the reduced rates than to pay pull freight rates going and returning. ' All shippersshould proceed at once to see that their men in charge of exhibits have copies of the freight tarifl giving full details, ' to—wit, Boyd’s No. 145 showing rulesgoverning the handling of exhibits for expositions and fairs, page 5. Any local railroad agent can obtain this for shippers. Time to Choose Prize Grain Turning to grain‘exhibits, one gets the fol- lowing plea from the MyA. 0.: Just before or during harvest is the time to that ‘workers don’t lose or gain anything by it, so the benefit thereof does not concern the workers.’ “It seems to the Washington correspondent of the New York World that the controversy over daylight saving ‘has boiled down to a contest between rural and city .workers.’ ' Congressman King put it somewhat differently. before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, saying in part: ' ’ , “The fight has simmered down to a struggle be- tween the Common people and representatives of the large financial interests. . “It is the forerunner of a series of readustment ‘ struggles in which the common people are clash- ing with capital. “The charge that electric-light companies are back of the movement for the repeal of the law your. leisure? as? sheaffsamplesg for ;,.the-.,,.t§ir§fi Store where» not ’dajmp sadness than, extremely ] _ p . dry place, away fromabijfispndmire-E; a”- , ‘ savea few bundlesjof, grain toxbek flxedup at Local Reports Enema-Es That the Jackson deunty fair.- Sept. 8 to, 13. ' , . ' . will be the greatest in every sensethat has ever ‘ " '- ‘ been held in this city is th‘e'opinionlof W:-R. . Over» $6,00.0~worth of com .. _ ‘ " Burris, manager. ceSions have already‘been sold which is'm‘brefi than the total concession ,privilegednettedetha association for. the whole‘ season last year. From: . r $12,000 FOR NEW ,FAIn Gnaxns'rann ‘ , IONIA reports a storyof big fairimprovement . in'the following dispatch: .. g . “ “What camenear being a \knockout blow for ’ the three members of the Ionia Park commission was only‘an incident in connection :with' a. meet- ing ‘of that city board, held at the offices of the Ypsilanti Reed Furnituretfactory, , ' , “Mayor Green called. the , park commission. “E. F. Gallagher together: and started a discus-t. sion relative to the great- need for a new grand stand at the fair grounds. The mayor said the sum 1 was not Only needed but ‘the Ionia fair: ‘ management wanted it for the‘coming :fair‘ in August,» It would cost a.,mere twelve,.thousand 'or so. and the commission nearly overcame. itself wonder-in where it could dig up that little sum. “The dfscussion went on while‘the' commission ~. was regaining its composure. and it was then that th .mayor, withflusual suavity relieved the tensio by announcing that the Ypsilanti‘Reed: Furniture company. «:vveuld" donate the stand to.’ the city free of alLex-plensef’ -- ‘ > - » ‘ iums and value of prices have been increased from 30 to 50 p cent and unusual exhibits are being planned for the annual event. A meeting of the boardlof directors ’ or the‘ Gladwin County Fair association was held re-, cently, when it was decided to ,revise' the fair. premiums on all registered stock and pedigree seed 100 'per cent. The greatest event of the year, to the residents and farmers of Genesee county should be. the Genesee county fair that-will be held this year. in Davison. The Davison Agricultural and Her— ticultural Society is going to do its part, this year, in making the fair the best from an edu-. cational standpoint and should receive» the full, support of every resident of Genesee county. . by Many Others in Prete Against Daylight "Saving Law is a simple, plain, unvarnished falsehood The de- mand for the repeal is universal. Hundreds off thousands of pOunds of foodstuffs are lost on the‘ farm because of the necessity of working in wet fields.” . . The chairman 0: the House AgriculturalCom—i mittoe is quoted as asserting.that'ninety-niné per? cent. 0" the farmers .favOr the abolition 'ofgdafv- light‘saving. Some pf the farmers'mobje'ctions to; daylight saving have already. {been 'pre'sented‘in? our columns in a poll of thefarm press. Senator. Arthur Copper, whose papers haveledin the fight against .daYUE’hi saving, has received ‘ petitions" from scores of thousands of farmers praying fox-3- a repeal of the Delight-Saving Law. He is coug vinced, he says. in astatement in the New l’orve~ Commercial, that- . ' ' . -, ‘ ”The demand for repeal is based on sound, economir reasons. Waste professional and propertied men Who like daylight saving because it gives them-more time to play golf or ride about in their motor-cars. Congrsseman King, Of Illinois, one Of the leaders in the fight fq re- peal in the lower House, asserts that there is “a. virtually unanimous demand from the farmers and lab- oring people for the repeal of the insane piece of legislation known as the Daylight-Saving Law," and Mr. King is convinced by his talks ‘ with working people that “this law reduces their efliciency and Vitali— ty.", But the president of the Day— light Saving Association insists * that .“there is a practically unani- j“When we turn to the evidence , that labor is against daylight sav- ing we find but little among the re- . plies to our queries. From the head- ‘ erhood of Foundry Employees comes the assertion that the heads the 1WOr-kinginen of this country are in‘ " favor of the daylight-saving propo~ /j/IAW»{l.wtev,‘\E/6 fires // A vagina»: ' as m 12%“ ' f 7/ t 1/ 1. . _, I . I. - . {I‘M M“ amounting in the aggregate to a billion dollars a year results from the operation, of the Daylight-Sav- ing Law, it has been estimated. pn farms, in mines, in packing eStab- lishments, in numerous large indus- tries the law operates to curtail rather than increase production. the worker." The repeal rider;to the Agricul- tural (Appropriation Bill ' aroused SO much urban ire is usti— fied by the National Grange Head- quarters as due to the necessity for getting the law repealed before_har~ vest tithe. Cappcr's Weekly (Topev . ‘ ka)’, which hasdevoted columns to .~ ‘ protest '_‘against daylight ”saving; Show “What'mmen think 0“ “£5" ‘ ~ , where the, daylight. saving campsite: -» when aromas "313$?“ ‘23P 3m ‘ ~ ,nishrgtorfieifiet 1‘ ' s: sition." and the, representative of bts andDgConresE ‘ ‘ members, Messrs. K; RuSmith, :Art. Baxter and ‘ t ' . without a corresponding. benefit to - which .-- .. .,... ._.__. ....L....‘,. .» _,). ..-- . W*——" _-.~—— .— 4.” _, 7 ‘ t \ quotes—a Pennsylvania housewife to , . 3 2:3", «1 nations ,, $4370“ "‘9f3150é‘ther‘ca-op.‘ work can...“ . county and the association proposes orig“ «in ' 7 . . Gismi‘ded as apoiwibflfl '5 ‘. ‘ , The." proposition-20f- .: Grimm??? 9 . - county and? stats-:s‘hippins 388W -~ . ‘ ~ tians fives. launched.” fecenflx at...“ .- :.‘I ‘ conference of 11716er County; as- -. ,sociations. Three co-operatiis shin"; . {ping ‘clubs are fhei‘ng, termed. Lina .. , ;’_Chippewa county this'we‘ek. Sash. .I - - naw county iarmers around: MafikA-r - * enmuth- are. organising .to improve, - ' _ not only the-marketing, conditions . ._ butalso to study‘the‘iarmefrs' great- _, est needs. , , , - IAt Spaulding, the -;Saginaw Valley Produce Exchange, was also organ-.. ‘ .ized "for handling produce. » It may ' gcinto. buying later'on. Z " -- Anyagricultural,committee has ‘ been formed ‘ in ‘Houghton county by the, board or supe‘rviisors; partly inorder to afford county~a8sistance :to farm projects. ' . ’ ~ . _ In Pontiac .11 quiet campaign 5 go- are organizing in the vicinities of ,, Metz and «Bancroft to conduct co-_ operative‘work of various sorts. InPontiac a quilt campaign is go- ing on to raise tunds for a commun- . ity market as a go-between for Oak- ‘ land farmers and Pontiac consum- ers. . 'Montmorency county farmers are establishing at Lewiston, a co-oper— ‘ ative marketing center. Escanaba papers tell of 80 farm- 'ers of the Ensign vicinity meeting at the Alton Grange hall approving ‘a potato shipping association. Fifty farmers apprOVed a similar move at Perkins and many have signed the ‘ charter. . L , Calhoun County papers tell of the forming of a co-ope'rative marl as; ‘ >1 8» l Iv' ,, 344:, \ Q\ \ if??? K. peclally for shipping stock L LIVEAzsroflc , "S OCIAT’ONS W», \‘t. MICH ‘HIDPING . to._.branch out..Alltrui_t"sold will be' i i centrallypacked at the warehouse 7 .- and sold by a head salesman, ex-ff V '. _',_rIThe.director_s, and their wives of 3 pert in that work, All local,iruit' f . ' _« men are welcomed. - AVE you ever. seen the, ,oarni'val ' » , stunt of, the. sledge hammer 'n‘n'd'- ’ (the bell-ringing? Business. farmers’rin > . Mehigan are surely .rn'glng the boil in . forming co-operative. associations, es- '-“=D_elto'n and .Cressey marketing as ' church" in 'Hastings recently and .the 'Barry, Nashville, Middleville, ' ‘ sociations met at the Methodist ‘ I)” . considered the benefitswhich might be derived-from a county-wide and ‘ ’ state organization. _ Mr. Tanner, on being introduced :by’ ~ “the temporary chairman, ‘ at this meeting, explained it was- the first work of the Farm Bureau " in connection with the Live Stock Shipping associations. >A-fter.\con-. suiting with three of the directors ' from as many associations, such a meeting was considered advisable; ; The men present were representing ' 1,332 shippers from Barry county,.g who in 1918 shipped 460 decks val-rig ued at one million dollars. This; quantity will be easily doubled, in . 1919. past must be realized. Such‘a meet‘ ing as «this brings the different as- sociations in closer contact and,’ brings about mutual benefit; Mr. Raviler, of the State Markets Department, explained that the work of the state in this connection was the result of a meeting in Lan- sing in the late winter where all as- sociations got together and agreed, to work out mutual problems. He stated that there were one hundred and fifty local associations in Mich- igan, and they proposed to work out especially the railroad problem as it confronts the shipper. One of the things coming first is that of taking care of claims, and the injustice of sociation by farmers of Ceresco. , ' Emmet County is out for better live stock an business men are cooperating with the farmers to bring this about, chiefly by. making loans. to aid buyers of choice stock. . ' Jackson county farmers have met to talk over ESTS ARE by no means so bad as in some years, but many farmers report their- fights against locusts, corn stalk borers, berry ye]. lows or curl, peach curl leaf, onion blight and many kinds of worms, etc. This is not a pessimig. tic report—it is rather cheerful, in fact, because'it . indicates the vigorous,_scientific waybusiness tar- me'rs are going after pests. ing in this big fight to increase profits and com4 {arts for. farmers. The forty-fifth message, to Governor Sleeper sent to the legislature during the extra session" appear. ed in the house to urge poisoning of grasshoppers and similar pests.” . " With the bulk of important legislation stillbo- fore the legislature, the house paused long enough for this meissage from the governor to be read and suspended the rules to have the grasshopper bill introduced by Representative William L. Case con- sidered by the agricultural committee and jammed through on third reading without further proceed. ure. . forpoison or other means to kill grasshoppers and other pests. . ' Railroad Joins Campaign , The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad,_ through ' W. P. Hartman, its agricultural agent, has also joined the farmers in the fight against pests. Mr. Hartman writes the following letter to Prof. R. H.’ Pet‘tit, of M. A. 0.: ~ ’ 1 “Several of the county agricultural agents ask- ed me if the G. R. & 1. Railroad would co-operate in spreading pOisoned bait on its right-of-way in districts in which farmers lan an organized ' carapaign. I at once took the matter up with our , general manager who has been pleased ,to author- ' ' Jae cooperative work on the'. following basis: ‘ , ‘ , {Recognizing-that proper mixing’votthe bait is“ _ .-. cffirst importance and harm: been advised that saw cost would ,be in the neighborhood at ,12c- rhiishiel; and that it would require about eight mile of track: It the county, under the ' .the. county'? agricultural agent or. j is. it“ to our section foreman at ’ foremen' have , their i headquar- The state is co-operat. I ,It authorizes township boards to expend money , ‘elingi’tfhe' dry amnesty mixed uthcrized agent, Will prepare the mix. ' the problem of standardizing weights, measures and prices and methods of handling produce. The farmers aren’t satisfied and are going to get the things fixed the way they wish. 'Fruit growers already have organized in Oceana ' Farmers and State Join. in Fight Upon Grand Army of Pests InVading Michigan’s Crops ers, we shall pay for the mixture at the rate of 150 per bushel; and our section' men will spend it. “I am sending copy of this letter to county agri- cultural agents, to chairmen of boards of supervis- ors and to chambers of commerce in Wexiord, Grand Traverse and Kalkaska counties, where the greatest organized effort will be made. We shall, of course, pay for bait and apply it at points along our lines in Antrim, Emmet, Chlarlevoix and Missaukee counties where abutting land owners participate in the program.” Plan for Fighting Grasshoppers CaldWell township in Missaukee county, writes H.‘\S. Barnum, agent of Missaukee county, is a good illustration of what may be done in the way ~ of systema’tizing the fight against grasshoppers. Every farmer in this township, with two excep- tions, received a supply of poisoned bait, and this bait was applied on the grass land in the township during twO days. About twelve hundred bushels of the poisoned bait were used. The Caldwell Town Board took charge .of the campaign against the pests this year. Missaukee County furhished the white arsenic free, but the township paid for the other ingredients in the bait, also the cost of mixing. The work was all done in the town hall at Arlene, and each farmer in the township was notified to appear on a certain date and take away his share of the mater- ial. So impressed were the farmers with the ser- iousness ofthe situation that they turned out as requested, almo'st to .a man. At the town hall the process of manufacture ing theahait'was‘ carried out according to a well plannedrsystem under, the direction of the town- ship} supervisor, Mr..Frank ‘Bowerman. Screened saw-"(inst wasfshd'ieled thru a window from the wagonsf._.jou}t§idef‘and was measured and mixed with’thedny poison: in five bushel lots. After shov- . , .. ... .~_.,R1¥PEI9.P.1$0 an 01d sap pan, it W35 wet‘witnthemo ‘ again salt dissolved in water, . andifthen sacked, up for use. So "carefully was the work systematized that a 'continualgstream‘ of saw-dust passed in thru the window, thriifythe’ mixingboxes, and out or the door _to;the_ waiting farmers. . , Fighting grasshoppers is not an individual prob- s x 4 burrowed into the stock, the farmer sent the pest to Mr. Sheap for an explanation. “The borer works largely within the stem or ‘ 1 .81'8. the rates .on mixed cars where the, minimum is not considered, but shippers must pay for the maximum weight on the highest class of freight in the car, and the maximum rate on the highest class of freight. This brings about considerable loss which there appears to be no Justice for. lem, and the method used in Caldwell township shows how much more effective the attack may be made when the community meets the problem as a whole. e Corn Borer Pest Arrives Farmers in and near Jackson county are on the. watchout for a new pest which has just appeared in the corn. ' ' The discovery of a new pest to the corn crop was reported to J. V. Sheap, county agricultural agent, from‘the William Schmidt farm in Napoleon,.8um- mit townships. The pest is a worm, known to age riculturists as the “Larger Corn Stalk Borer" and its appearance in Jackson county is said -to be phenomenal in that heretofore it has inhabited the southern corn fields, never having been seen be fore north of Virginia or Kansas. . . One of the men employed on the farm noted something was damaging the young corn shoots soon after appearing above the surface of the soil. The ordinary grub was at first given credit for the damage but upon finding one of the Worms the plant,” 'said Mr. Sheap in discussingthe insect, “and is so concealed that in most cases, unless weather conditions make it conspicuous, the pres- ence of the pest passes unnoticed.” Barberry Campaign Active To illustrate the state-wide fight against bar- berry, we chose a. typical» county report. " The barberry eradication campaign which has been carried on in Macomb county during the last- tew months with County School CorOnissione'ri Will L. Lee co-operating with the state and gover’ ment barberry men, has resulted in the finding ' _ the disease-carrying bush in nine townships, .899: locations being reported from over the county, Th8 number of bushes found in each location has ied from one to 100. ‘ r ? School children or the county have done " work of the campaign, covering their 1009.} tricts under the efficient direction of their” ‘ The work will prove or great value to farmers of the county, as the native barb spreads the destructive wheat "rust. ' The growers are depending f upon the directors of these associa- tions to so ship and work out their , - problem that a profit exceeding the .‘ '1. ‘ (Widow rum. 1m, with no sums, ‘ ' SATURDAY, June, 28 1919 I ’V' , Published. every Saturday by the ., ' " 'nAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. 0 EMENS. MICE. ort St.‘ Phone, Cherry 4669. - . , , L troi omce: 11 ,F ' T SLOCUM. .g’resident and Contribut Editor Vice-President an Editor m 81* LORD .......... “JD. )1. SLOCUM.Secretary-Treasurer and Publisher .5 l; in I I building you say when writ H-n ;‘ . . . ASSOCIATES Home Burnett .................. Editorial Department ; oi Clare Ladd. . . .Women’s and Children's Dept. . lam Brown ................ Legal Department . . k R. Schalck ............ 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Abusing Appointive Power , .N CONFIRMING Governor Sleeper’s ap- " pointments to the Utilities Commission, the Senate ave scant heed to the interests of the ' state. f the legislature created the commis- sion for no other purpose than to prov1de jobs for five politicians, then Mr. Sleeper’s ap- pointments and their confirmation by the Sen- ate are both in good form. But .if this com- mission was created to serve the people and exercise intelligent jurisprudence over the public utilities of the state, no manner of ar- gument can justify the governor’s selection nor the Senate’s confirmation thereof. Here is a commission having broad powers of control over every public utility in the state. Some of its members at least should have both‘technical and practical knowledge of the operation of these utilities. The legis- lature which passed the law creating (this com- mission felt keenly the need of experienced ex- perts to serve upon the commission. More- over, they were satisfied that these experts would come high and so fixed the salary ac- cordingly, at $7,000 per year. But instead of appointing men who possessed some training for. the job the governor passed the plums around to his political friends, four of whom are lawyers and the other a merchant. The applications of trained engineers, eminently qualified to act upon the commission were turned aside in order that Mr. Sleeper might fulfil political obligations at the expense of the state. Whatever the personal qualities of the men appointed may be, their unfitness for the jobs to which they have been appointed is beyond question and generally acknowledged. The majority of the legislators agree that Mr. Sleeper made a “punk” selection and their sentiment is pret well expressed in the following remarks 0 Rep. Lennon who fought so valiantly for the warehouse amend- ment. ' “It looks to me that this legislature is be ing asked to swallow something. As a mem- ber of the private corporation committee, I tell you we were given to understand that big ‘ men, experts, would be named. I do feel this legislature has been double-crossed. We were informed that at least two experts would be named. I proposed in the amendment which I wanted to present to this bill that salaries -; illiquid be cut to $3,000. This is a blanket bill ,' and the ‘sky is the limit.’ I protest against ri'tha double-crossing methods perpetrated in this house.” -.Members of the Senate who voted to con- firm the appointments offer various excuses, but the fact remains that they have aided Al- , bert E. Sleeper to put the finishing touch to the magnificent political machine which he has consistently and assiduously builded dur- - ‘ ing hisadministration, and upon which Mr. carry him-to further - . Sleeper will depend to political heights. , ‘ We complain of high taxes and inefliciency ' in, the administration of our state affairs and, her and ~ appointed to once. More commissions: have been created during” the Sleeper administra tion than any other in our recollection. And” for the most part the members of these com- missiops are men who are in a position to some. day repay Mr. Sleeper for his favors. Which is the precise reason why Mr. Sleeper appointed them. ' ’ ~ . . Has the time not come for the voters to frown upon these practices 1. Must we go on, .- forever, slaves to a system of patronage which ignores the welfare of the state and distrib- utes responsible public positions to men whose only qualifications are that they are politicians with influence? If we are truly in- terested in economy in the administration of our public affairs we shall be very careful in the future to. support bnly men 'who have a clear co’nce tion of their duties to the people and who wi give proper assurances that they Wlll not prostitute their appointive power to selfish ends. « Reduced Acreages ARMERS WHO have reduced their, bean and potato acreage this year have shown good judgment. While the war lasted and millions of men were under arms, there was practically an unlimited market for beans, the greatest of all war foods. 'But the demobili- zation of these armies sent millions of men back to civilian fare and the more fancy foods. Soldiers who lived for months upon a diet composed largely of beans, welcome a change to other foods and should the demands from hungry Europe be satisfied before another harvest, we predict that the demand for beans next year will be very limited. Bean growers everywhere have sensed the situation and ev- ery bean-growing state reports a large reduc- tion in acreage. The potato situation the past year was fair- 1y satisfactory, the majority of ‘Michigan growers securing fair returns from their crops. The total production» was somewhat larger than the average and the large num- bers of potatoes which have appeared upon the market of late convinces us that the sup- ply was larger than the country needed. It will be for the best interests of the farmers if the acreage this year is reduced. ' The acreage of Wheat is large, many farm- ers taking advantage of the government guar- antes of. a fixed price to plant this crop, the only one with the exception of sugar beets, the price of which they know before the har- vest. The crop looks good in all sections and ‘ barring a visitation from the army worm which is causing such depredations in some of the other states, Michigan farmers will receive the largest returns in their history from their 1919 crop of wheat. The acreages of other crops appear to be about normal. There has been possibly a slight decrease in the plantings of oats and rye. The sugar beet acreage meets the maxi- mum requirements of the sugar manufactur- ers and the contracts this year were secured Without friction or parley over the price. Fortunately, there is a considerable in- creaSe in the acreage of hay and pastures. The farmers of the state have paid out during the last six months a sum variously estimated at between five and ten million dollars for high- priced hay. In many instances the value of the hay purchased exceeded the value of the crops grown on the hay land. This situation shows the folly of forsaking the crop rotation system. Farmers who persistently rotate their crops and maintain an even proportion year after year between the various crops grown usually win out in the long run. _ The Farmer in Politics HE FARMER. will be an outstanding figure in the state and national campaign 1 ; the maltose of themen'h'e has. . training ‘haainiade them" sympatheticwith the of 1920. _Hitherto he has contributed. a con- upon' to rap farmers or who are . absolutely "pledged to a definite program. In nearly every agricultur- al state things have, transpired during the past several years to arouse the farmers'lmd‘ convince them that it ighi'ghly essential for the protection of their interests: and in behalf of good government totake snore active par in‘political affairs. ‘ 7 ' . , Within a few months .the national cam- paign will be launched. Great issues will be involved which are of [vital interest to the farmers. These issues must be studied and men elected to omce who are capable and hen, est enough to solve them according to the wishes of the majority. . _ . Here in Michigan the fewers eagerly'await V» the word to launch themselves into the state , campaign. We have never before observed so great an interest in an approaching election as is shown today in the state election of 1920. The farm organizations have announced‘their intention of drawingup a legislative program. and will pledge their support tothose candi- dates who look with the most favor upon that program, and whose records show that they are to be trusted to do as they promise. . The strength of the allied farm organizations was shown 'at the state cenvention last February and it will be a mighty factor in the campaign ‘, of 1920. The'farmers of Michigan will be in politics next year because they can’t help themselves. Even those who have criticized M. B. F. for indulging in political discussions will find themselves swept along with the tide, and forced to take a hand in the 0°mp aign. Good government is the foundation of our social and economic life and should command the serious thought of every’individual. We can- ,not have good government unless we "elect good men to ofiice, and many good men are de. feated because a large number of the people take no interest in political matters. It is cer- ' tainly the part of good citizenship to study the state and national issues and to investi- gate tho claims and the records of the men who seek public office. If the farmers and their wives cast their votes the coming year strictly according to the merits of the candi- dates men will be elected who can be depend- ed upon to give the state an administration of which we may well be proud. Whooping It Up ORE THAN 20 live stock shipping asso— ‘ ciations are reported to have been or- ganized in community centers‘in Michigan in the last several weeks. That brings the total number above 150. The goal is 200 at least, and the way the farmers are whooping it up from one end of the state to the other indi- cates success of a state-wide movement. G. C. Raviler, assistant federal director in this state for the bureau of markets, is giving the farmers material assistance in organizing live stock shipping associations, and will help to federate the local associations into county organizations which will in turn affiliate with the state organization formed several. months ago. The risk involved in the formation of live stock associations is very slight and in nearly all cases the results obtained here have been up to expectations. * Live stock shipping associations teach at a very. slight cost the value of co-operative en- terprise and pave the way for more ambitious projects. When farmers unite to buy and op- erate elevators and warehouses a much larger. risk is taken and it is well to proceed cau- tiously. The past year many farmers’ elevat- 'ors got “bit. ’ Poor management was the fault in some cases, but the highly speculative ,, nature of the business» was the )prime reason :- for losses. gdeveIOp similar weakness. 17$ limits UNION"‘PEAO_TIOAL I’ve been reading 911 your paper in :regard'to farmers? unions. The farms 21ers have got to orgapize to protect themselves. think -95 per cent of them ten years ago would have laugh-s ed .at.‘ you for. talking ,iarmer organiz- ing._ We have a farmers' stock ship- pingassocfation here and it has prov- ed a'success, also a farmers’ elevator If there 'is" in which I am interested. anything I can do to help organize the farmers, please let me knows—Fred McNeil, Huron County. NO FREE U. S. D¥NAMITE1I Can you tell me how to get dyna- mite furnished free from the govern- ment for blasting. stumps?——Reader. In reply to your letter, I may say that I have no information regarding the use of dynamite being furnished to farmers by the Government. I t t h e r e i s ' familiar." Ogahize-each industry as a separate corporation, owned and man- aged by those who work in it, under - such regulations, as may be necessary to protect the rights of those employed in other industries. 4 These regulations ,should be estab- lished .-by an industrial congress in Which each industry is represented. Each member should be provided with run, up-to-date statistics concerning his :own industry. Together they could figure out with reasonable accuracy the relative cost 01 production and transportation [and establish prices and, wages which, would be near enough to absolute justice to satisfy all concerned. ' As Mr.-Shultz intimates we cannot expect to solve all the problems in- stantly and establish the new order by magicr~ Opinions will honestly.,.differ ' as to the best way to begin and what to do first. Think s o m e in o v e of . this kind on foot, it has n o t come to m y attention. .A mountain FRIEND collective ba, r. gaining shOuld be first, because through it we can —H. H. Mussel. man. Professor of *Farm Mechanics, M. A. C’. NOTICE OF A MEETING There will be a meeting 01' the Farmers’ Union 0 1' W i 1 l i a m s township on Sat— u r d a y evening, June 28, 1919 at the town hall in Auburn to hear [the report of the elevator commit- tee, and to take s o m e action in regard t o t h e. raise in charges of the Bell tele— phone 00. Every farmer, business In a n a n d sub'~ scriber to the‘ Bell telephone is invited to attend t h i s meeting.— ~Irving B., Dav- AN BOOHEB, '. a .{x D of has this profitable friend, a big giver of wool. It was posed, as {3. you see, before the hot spell. Sheep are profitable for many youngsters ease up on the high cost of liv- ing without wait- ing 1’ o r m u c h radical legis- lation. I believe that we, farmers, instead of organ—' izing by coun- tie s, ,should or— ganize by c o m- munities in con- nection with our shipping associa— tions. These as— sociations should extend their ac- tivities until not 0 n l y live stock buyers and ele- vator m e 11, but hardware dealers dry goods merch- ants and grocers as well, work on salary as agents of their custom- ers. City work- ingmen can or— ganize along sim— i l a r lines until producer con. sumer and trans- portation ~~ c o m- r Evart, Mlch., RE mmND —-yes, and old folks, too. . O u r neighbor Smith, of Utica, has the mental attitude of 50 years ago, when he won» rise about a paper favoring one party or another. The M. B. F. certainly whacked the Democrats good and hard when trying to do something for the Michigan bran and potato growers. It also goes after Houston, the secretary of agriculture, when he needs it. Yes, it did support Henry Ford in a Way and so did a large percentage of 11s,, Republicans. Don’t get politically hide- bound, Neighbor Smith. There are about a hundred issues of more im- portanceto us ’farmers than the tarifl. —John 0. Stafl'ord, VanB/uren County. SOCIALISM PAST DEBATING “A Farmer’s Wife” and Mervin Shultz have been thinking to some purpose. In my opinion the question, “Shall Socialism be established in the United States?” is no longer worth de- hating. The question now is “How and in what form shall it be established?" Shall beer—soaked theorists terrorize us into accepting a genuine imitation Russian Bolshevism "(made in Ger- many) or shall wework out for our- selves, by free public discussion and experiment, a truly American system and establish it'with the least possible . injustice to all concerned? The weak point in government owns ership is the possibility that business managers who know nothing about the business they are to manage may, be 'appointed because of their views on the tariff or their services to some . slick politician. To have all industries managed by 'one big corporation might I should hesitate 'to let railroad engineers and. ctory .workers vote on the‘ manage: out; .01 the‘larming’industry. Neither .1168ch , baton to vote on the man- 004 s or factories: Let ' manage thebxéarj » v has . en, , “6331s he is ' ‘ poration, along service and .road thrift stamprsystem, use the . panies deal di- rectly with each other and the risks of'merchandizing (for which every consumer now pays dearly) are mostly done away. While doing this we should agitate for scientific price fixing, standardi- zation of wages, and the organization of at least one great industrial cor— the lines suggested above.’ I should pick therailroad industry, not because railrotd work- ers are more needy or deserving than the rest of us, but because their bus— mess is a natural monopoly, public ownership of which is already advo— cated by many who still shy at the term ‘fsocialism?’ Let the national government buy the whole outfit at a fair valuation, organize it for public fix rates high enough to pay all necessary expenses, including interest on the investment. Then lease it to the workers, organized as a corporation, and let-them buy it from the government. Not being a corporation lawyer I will not venture to prescribe the exact details, but it occurs to. 'me that the government could collect theirsavings by a rail- money to retire the bonds given for the origginal purchase and, when enough had been retired to make the propOsition safe, sell to the corpora- tion, taking its bonds for the balance due. - , L ' Once get ha first corporation firmly on its fee nd the rest will be easy. To accomplish this first step. however, will not be easy. Those who undertake it will be bitterly criticis- ed at every turn, whatever they do. It is too big an idea to be worked; out by human' mind-s without some-blun- ders being made. The worst possi- ble blunder, however; would bé- to get scared at its-bignessand refuse $500 IN 1916 two 4o-acre fields of com grew side by side in Illinois. On one an International spreader had been used consistently for three years. The other had seen no manure for seven years. That was the only diii'erence between thosetwo fields. One produced a matured cro runnin 1151: over 80 bushels to the sore, the other averag barely bushels of soft com. If both crops sold ‘at the same bushel price the fertilized field , produced $2,000 more than the unfertilize one. Was that spreader worth $500? Yes, because Just scattering manure on a field will not accomplish the same results. That field of 80-bushel corn was properly fertilized by a man who knows his business. He feeds his crops a be anced ration. He feeds just the right amounts at the right time and that cannot be done without a good, wide-spreading manure spreader. A Low Corn King, Cloverleaf or 20th Century will, do it. That is one reason Why we sell so many of them. It pays to study fertilizing, to know what to do and to practice what you know. See the local dealer or write us for , a copy of “Feed Your Hungry Crops” and full information about our spreaders, or about any other machmes 1n the 1st below. The Full Line of International Harvester Quality Machines Haying Machines Cm Machines Mowers Tcdders p] 'ils Side Delivery Rakes c,fi?f§§fors D“ Motor Cultivators Grain Harvesting Machine: Binders Push Binders Headers Rice Binders l-larveslcr-Threshers Loaders (All Types) Rakes. . Bunchers Binders Pickers Lombmalm“ Side Ensilage Cutters Rakes and Toddch Shellers SWCCDRal?CS SIHCRCFS Huskers 8c Shredders Combination Sweep Reapers Shockers ' Thrashers Tillage lmplenents Disk Harrows Tractor Harrows Rakes and Stackers “I - a, Spring-Toothl-larrows Baling Presses 0 " Fara hm" ‘ Peg-Tooth Harrows Cream Separators Feed Grinders Manure Spreaders Orchard Harrows Soil Pulverizers Phniing&5eediuMachineu ltl at Corn Planters Straw Spreader CU V ors . Corn Drills Attachments PW" ““1“” Grain Drills Farm Wagons Kerosene Engines Gasoline Engines Farm Trucks Stalk Cutters , Broadcast Seeders Alfalfa & Grass Seed Kerosene Tractors Drills Knife Grinders Motor Trucks Fertilizer 8?. Lime Tractor llitches otor Cultivators Sewers Binder '1 wme 0 International Harvester Company of America , ‘ (Incorporated . e e U S A A farmer may read many farm papers, but remember MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING is different Read this issue and you’ll quickly see how different. I I” . 4 We ._ «4" .‘ V‘L- YOU WANT THIS WEEKLY IN YOUR MAIL BOX EVERY V SATURDAY, BECAUSE— ll , a a ” w~ .-——it brings you all the news of hiding the plain facts. ——-—i_t tells ydu when and where to what you raise! —.—lt is a practical paper written by Michigan men close to the sod, who work with their sleeves rolled up! -—it has always and will continue to fight every battle for the interest of the business farmers of our home state, no matter whom else it helps or hurts! Michigan farming; never get the best prices for ' One Subscrip- ONE YEAR. . . . . . .$1 No Premiums, tion price THREE YEARS. . .$2 No free-list, but worth to all! FIVE YEARS ..... $3 more than we ask. " MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Dear Friends:— ‘ t, _4 Keep M. B; F. coming to the address below “for. . '. . . . . .years for (or which I enclose herewith Q. . . . . . . in money-order, check of currency. Name IO0........_‘...‘OCCODICQOOOOICOUOD0......0'......’.....;é P.O.....a....no.n...........’.......-......... B‘F.D.N0"'esr County ..... State ' Itthis is a renewal mark an X here ( ), 5nd 93°10“: the to consider fit—“Stacey Brown, Ionic address label from the front cover or this issue to avoid / r J‘ ”is .OUT or ‘ THE HOME THAT THE NATION IS BUILT 5UST BEFORE another year’s cele- bration of our nation’s birthday, it 3, 'is well for us .to stop'and think Xi‘vhat a wonderful opportunity and grave responsibility lies with the mothers of the land in the matter of keeping our nationa free land. It is the mother who makes the . , home life attractive so that the chil- g ' ' dren will be loathe to leave, and once away, will always, feel a tugging, at the lheart ' strings—re wish to return. Children's idea of home is what, will . give them their first feeling 'ofipatrioi” ; tism",for their country. The child of “ thewo’r‘phan asylum, with no memories of a-real home, Will wander from coun- try to country without being homesick but the boy. Or girl who has had a happy home. life,“ may travel far, but always—always he will feel a'tighten- ing o'f-the musCles in the throat when he’jthinks of home and when that home hasbeen‘in the United States, then to . him America-stands for home, and to i be a'good clean citizen means to him protection of his country. for his home is not safe if his country is not safe. ._ The responsibility lies also with the teacher and proud, indeed ,are those ' teachers,- who in after years, can look back to the days when they taught this , boy or that, to be patriotic—to respect 1;" ‘ his (home and his flag—and then that '3‘: boy has gone out into the world and ‘1? become one of our foremost citizens. There is still another phase to this .37, question of home. And that is the ,Ee'. environment. Cannot you picture a g; ' tiny little farm house where the own- 3' or may not have much of this world’s . goods, but that farm is neatness it- self. ' The fences are well kept up, the ., yard is neat; the trees trimmed, and trees, flowers and. shrubs make a set- 13‘, , ting for the little cottage, which set ‘ " " out in a lonely field, would be most un- attractive. You may not know who the people are who live beyond the gate, but this you are sure of; that they are neat, and that they love their home.‘ And loving their home, they love their country, Let's take time this year to cele- ‘ brate the Fourth. And .if the nearby town has planned no regular celebra- tion, call up your neighbors and ar- range;‘ for a picnic together. These community gatherings get us better ac- quainted with our neighbors——give us a stronger feeling of fellowship, and as naturally as night follows the day, bind ’us more closely together, as a Nation. ' ° THE STATUE OF LIBERTY EVER BEFORE in our lives have we heard so much or read so Imuoh about the Statue of Liber- ty as'within the past eighteen months, and it seems fitting therefore, while we are celebrating our Independence Be that we take time to read the his- tory of this statue. . “The Statue of Liberty was present- ed to the United States by France in commemoration of the good will which existed between the two countries. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was the artist, and the statue was unveiled on Bedlow Island, New York Harbor, Oc- ' l tober 28,1886 ‘ The figure is repousse, 0r hammered copper, 151 feet high, is crowned with a diadem and holds in its extended 1 _ hand a torch, while the left hand ‘ . " . ' clasps close to the body a tablet bear- . M ' ing the inscription, ‘July 4, 1776.’ f‘T'ihe statue weig'hs' twenty-flve tons and cost $200,000, whichwas raised by popular subscription in France. . .,.,.The pedestal is 155 feet invhelght and is of ‘ ' _ granite an d concrete. .- “ ‘1 'Itscost $250,000, which ’ 'was paid for by popu-- lar subscription in the 1'« United States. The nose _ long, the righ 1 long and five is four feet feet in circumference, and the head is fourteen feet in height. ___.—-—u-—-—-‘ EXPERIENCE WITH 19in ve to o flDeoarmImMn‘fie 116m Edited by MAI’B‘EL CLARELADD. , , . .. have used two kinds will give my ex- “GOVERNMENT AND FARM WOMEN" peri'ence. range, short burners the first year, except that the Wicks had to be replaced about every four weeks, due I think to the. intense heat ‘ range, short burners. ed they gave me much more heat for cooking than the long burner, which my friends who have 'used them seem to experience by their usex But after a . t forefinger is eight feet on STOVES «'“infiyeuri‘ssue of;Ma‘y,17{, Mrs.» B. S. if 'zMich‘ig'an.‘ requestsihiorma- - /, ‘ “93.3 andfifi'I" 'm I first purchased an _;9.il It worked well It worked well - year's use the stove began to produce a gas that was so offensive I had to discard it. entirely. No amount of cleaning'lthe‘ stove‘ would do any good. - I then purchased an oil stove, wick- less, that had to be generated withegas- oline, and it has proved very satisfac- tory-and has been in use three years. ,It is easily generated and easily clean- ed, and so made that I think will out- last the wick stoves. - , To soften the bones of fish in cook- ing, in answer to C .N. G., of Thom- sonville. After having them prepared, lay on a white. cloth, fold over, then lay on another fold again until all are swag “What do the women of the farms want?" is .the question that. the'Dé?‘ .partment of Agriculture wants to ._ know about all of’ a‘sud’den. Farm . women can vote now, remember. Theyfi can organize; they hold any election in the balance and can turn the scales in the way they will. ’ -._- We’ don’t just like theigovernmentis attitude in its investigations, although the idea is splegdid and we hope the farm women will let the world hear their ringing reply to the secretaryof agriculture-’s challenge; “Whatdo (the farm women want?” .We know many things the. women of the farm want. 'But. help us to know moree—tp hear from all sections and kinds of farm life. ‘ Do you want some concreteroadsso that your children can get to school and you to town, in all sortsof weath's er? Now, that 1.3 getting closer to facts. Women vote and can win any campaign, you know. - ‘ Do you want some of the best loo—V H AVE you thought when feeling weary With the trials of the day, Of the thousand wasted chances “'hich the hours have borne away; Of the useless lmprecations You have uttered to your shame, ‘Vlien it was your lack of foresight \Vhich alone should get the blame—- HAVE you thought about the blesssingg That surround you alktlie time, And that grumbling in their presence Is a weakness, nay a crime? ’ Precious gifts of sight and hearing,» » ' Have You Thought? Active brain and loving heart; 0f the wide, free world before you, There to make another start—- ' Have you thought? , AVE you thought of all you miss “’hile you waste time and complain And what. fortune may await you, If you only try again? . flow that all you o'er can hope for By yourself you may achieve, If you only strive to gain it And firmly in your strength believo— } Have you thought? thus wrapped. Place in a kettle and cover with water, salt, cook three hours or more, until bones are soft. The object of the cloth, is to keep them whole when taking them out. 'Serve with a butter or cream sauce—Mrs. E. A. N., Kingsley. Mich. SOME GOOD RECIPES ’Here are a number of fine recipes where there are small children as they are easy to digest—A Subscriber?” Oatmeal Drop Cakes _ Two eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup shorten— ing, 2 cups oatmeal, 1 cup raisins, 2 cups flour, 4 tablespoons sweet milk, 1 tea- spoonful s a 1 teaspoon cinnamon, .1 teaspoori sa t. Graham rockers One cup sugar. 1,4 cup shortening, 2-3 ' cup sour-cream,‘ 2-3 cup milk. (One cup of milk may be substituted in place of sour cream.) 1 teaspoon soda, 3. little salt and vanilla. Mix very stiff with graham flour. Roll htin and cut in squares with a knife. HOME NEEDLEWORK ‘ Last week we gave a design for a 22- inch centerpiece with insets of diet lace. Above you will find the' block pattern for this center— piece. No. 70 Crochet cot- ton is used, and when com- pleted, the piece . is very attractive, ““— and every lady. will be proud to one. I z turers in the nation to address your meetings? Theyran be bad if you only say, so. national extension services and many others. ‘ Do you want to have your neighbors organize and join with many other similar organizations to get state or nation reforms? The political libera~ tion of American women can include all these things and many, many more which we have not mentioned 01‘ have . stated with incorrect emphasis. Let: MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING be one of'the means through which the farm women of Michigan'will reveal ‘ their greatest wants to each other. And,,by Glory, whenthe women go out united toward a definite goal,iall the gumshoe peanut politicians and reform haters in the world can't stop 'em. ‘ No. 2866—Girl's Dress. 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. ‘Size 10 requires 3%; yards of 36-inch materiaL 32-34: 40-42; 44-46 Cut in 4 sizes: Small, Medium, 36-38; Large, and Extra Large, inches bust. measure. ’Size Medium requires 31/2 yards of 36—inch material. . No. 2864. Ladies' House Dress. Cut in 7 Sizes: 34, 36538, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches. « :Women‘: = Cut- in_~~8 sizes: years. . _ . ,inch.mate_rial.1‘-;Th"e skirt measures aboutgg; : 1% yard at the bot; ‘ ' " ‘ I " There are the state and, No. 2870. Ladies’ House Sack. pm no va Wetfgriieasure. .. 5% yards of 8.6,-lnch material. .Wid‘d yo, 7311635.: at lower pdgegis‘flt’; yards. - Not. 24387€mégs ,tor Misses ands-Small Site .158. requiress yards}! '86- No. 2875;4‘ir's‘nness. gut in 4.191263%..- 2 4 6 and 8 ears, Size 6 requires 2% , . , Y . (yards of ‘36rinch material. ~_ : , . . .. No. 271‘2—A comfo'rtdbieleeglig e. _Cut‘_ in seizes: Small, ‘32-‘84 ;/ edinm‘, 36-38; Large,” 40-42 ; and _ Extra,,,Large, , 46 . inoh‘e‘s‘ bust measure‘.‘f' Seize,'~l\liedtlum' re:- quires 6% yards of 36-inch; material. No.2869—A Smart Guimpe. andflSleeve-l less Jacket, Cut in risizes: _ 34'; Medium, 3.6-i38; Largey'iio 4233:1151 Ex-_ tra Large, {ii-is inches (hush measure. --.A'. Medium ’size will require 1%'_ yards ‘of de-ihch’ material for they guimpep‘anfl 2% ‘ yards of 30-inch material for ‘the’ "jacket. ' No 28904444. Ladies" costume. waist 2890‘-cut in? sizes; 3'4, .36., 38,"40,_ 42 M. and 46_-inch'es .bust measure. Skirt-Hint" cut in 7431225: 22.24, '26, ‘28, 30,432 any”, inches wais measure. Fpr'a medium-s ,, his dress will require 8'-"yai'ds offloublo' width material. The skirt measures 1% _ . ' cents .for which send, me 10c- each: I pcwaogkoo'ooonnolow-co unusual-it . s. _sue...'....f.~. six; (at? requig. ,~ to _ “16,518 august-ff, ‘ Small, '32:- , ~ Herewith find ' ‘ the'tonowing patterns [at w‘ we,“ '. _~‘....m‘;. “- . r i < . ‘ Mdbi-n.--,i .. x .. , , . , <. J‘f«—~'*L— ,v- . 2 . m- - :1 44,41”. , I z . t , -:.ra’ . u 4“,. .- M-- O. t l l 1 1 i v i Elf l" “ > ( 2 ways play, Quinn, 0: Caseville: . _ , an .1”... “M -__..‘.‘._ Lava”. . . EAR Children—Before another 'suexeaclies you. you will be all nxiously preparing to celebrate hheiFonrth .91! July. And What 3. won- dental primege is ours this year, be: pause We are a tree country; because ' We live beneath the folds of a flag Which has never be J1 conquered. - «The next prize gi 311 will be tor the best- story or "How I spent the Fourth oi d’ulyél and Why I Especially Enjoy that H oiday. "' " » There were so many. good letters re- ceived giging an Outline of the h'Opes and ambitions 01- our Club members, that I hays awarded another prize this week. a11¢ I am- not sure but there Will hare to be another lyet before we all get through With this contest. I am - so glad that so inany‘ oi our little folks » are planning to help. themselves and ’ earn eir“ own liylng We can't al- really gr’owf up,.a11d we do something towards our plan, it Won't be hard to be what we Wa’nt to be and do what we plan to do?" This week the prize of a Thriit Stamp has; been awarded to Helen But there are many other good ones and we will pub- lish all We have room for. ‘ Then too _'we' have our contest of the Great Men, one of whom is shown this week. In guessing who he is, tell me What you know of him, and why it is particularly appropriate that we pub- lish his picture at this time.~—-Affec- tionately yours “Laddie.” FIRST PRIZE Dear Laddie—I read about you giving. a. prize for the best story so I. thought I Would write you a letter. I wrote you two letters before but I think you would surely not be so unkind as not to publish this one. I hope they have reached you» by this time I hear how good and kind you are to children and hope you will pub- lish,my letter. I am in the 7th grade and am 11 years old. I had pneumonia 81) bad this winter I haven't been to school since February, so I can’t write very well T really hope I get the prize but don’t thlnk- Ilell. I would like to get it. Well, I will Write my story now. ——Helen Guinn, Cas‘eville, Michigan ‘ When I Graduate After I graduate I am going to Monroe college and I am going to get my father to give me enough until I’ m through high sohOol and college and then When I get so I can earn my own living or be of some use in this world and make my own w es I will pay my father back for his kin ness'.‘ I want to teach school he- cauS‘e it is helping children- to learn to be or so 8 use to the world. But I don’t want to torget he poor because my mother used to help the poor and everyone likes her now. And we all want to remember our mother, as she helped us when we Were in need and we want to please her ,in every way we can. In my vacation I will ; take care of the garden for mother and raise little chickens to help. n.1,. Dear Laddie: We have 16 head or catle in which are in the woods and " run in a pasture, and a‘ little out with 11v ohflin. We have ('Send letters tor. this Dept. direct to V _ Dear Laddle: ' at 'our church. known only one and if we plan each day. ~what we are going to do when we As I have never written 1‘ Cato you before I thought I would write. I ;m a farmer girl and live on a farm or name is Miss Helen Sobeslav. Here s a riddle. J‘Round. as an apple, busy as a bee, prettiest little thing you ever did see. Ans.———A Watch. I will close —-—Hilda Clank, Buckly, Mich. ~ I have written you be- fore but I did not see my .letter. in pprlnt .I am a girl 11 years of age .and am in the sixth grade. My school was out the 29111 of May and will- begin the second week i 11 September. I live on a large farm. For pets I have a eat. We had exercises I had a song to sing with my dollie sitting in a chair and I'm going to take her picture. I enjoy reading the letters of the boys and girls and thought I'd like to write, too, an of course,l like the Doc Dads. They are certainly mis- chevibus felloWs, and so comical They do their best to create fun, disturbance noise and all sorts of thin s. I haven't little glr that was among those who Wrote letters. Well, I think I will close, for my leter is getting rather long. With lots of love to the boys and girls. -—-Marguerite Simmons, Gowen, Michigan. I have never written to you before, so I will now. I live on a four hundred acre farm. We keep about 65 cattle, 27 old sheep, 68 lambs and seven horses. I am 13 years old and will be in the ninth grade next year. We have taken the M B F. to: only two weeks but we used to take the Gleaner. I once wrote a story for it and had my name put in honorary men- tion. I have one brother and one sister, my brother is older than I and my sister “Laddie," care Mich. Business .‘FnrmiulP is younger. I hope to see my letter in . print. —Gertrude Layton, Howell Mich. Dear Laddie: I have never wcltten to you before so am writing now. I am a girl 14 years of age and am in the 11th grade next year. Our school let out the 16th of May. I have about three and one-half miles to go to school. I_ have three brothers. One is in France. We have eight horses and four cows I be- long to the Red Cross. We ‘take Michigan Business Farming and like it very much. My letter is getting long, so I will close. , -—Iva May Tracey, Allen. Mich. What 1 Am Planning to ’ DOWWIHm I Graduate When I graduate I am planning to be a school teacher. I want to finish up high school and then go to summer school at Ypsilanti, then go to teaching in a country school. I have money of my own which I have saved, in the bank, and twenty dol- lars in War Savings Stamps to pay my expenses. Why I wish“ to do this work is I have always liked to go to shool and wanted to be a teacher. Dear Laddie—~—This is the first time that I have written to you and'I hope to see this letter in the M. B. F. I am 11 years old and am in the 7th grade. I live on a [lo-acrefarm. We did have 80 acres, but we sold 40. We have four horses and [our cattle. For pets I have a cat, named Tommy Tucker. We named him that be- cause he sings for his supper; and we have a dog named Rover. He plays with me very nicely. I enjoy looking at the Mt. Clemens, Mich. Doo Dads in the M. B. F., and reading the letters that:the girls and boys write. I have one brother and no sisters. My brother plays on the violin and I play on the piano. I take music lessons of Miss Bernice Whitney and I like her very ' much I hope my letter is not too long to be printed in he M. B. F.~—Mlldred Chap- man, Breckmrldge, Mich. Dear Laddie—In my near future I hope to go to high school, and prepare myself for a teacher. I will take sub- jects which I will need in school. When I graduate from high school, I will teach one year in a district school then go to college. When I graduate from college will teach in a high school. When 3 I save enough money I will buy a farm and have flower gardens, vegetable gun. -' (ions and fruit orchards. ~Jocelyn Free- ' man, Plymouth Michigan Dear Laddle: I am 10 years old and in the 6th grade and taking music lessons;- When I graduate I think I would like to be a music teacher -—Ethel Albrecht Cedar Springs, Michigan. Dear Laddie: I have never written to you before so will write now. You asked us all to write to you telling you about what we are planning to do after we“ graduate. Well, I am going to be a clerk" until I get enough money to learn nursing, . then if war happens to break out again, I 2 can go for a Red Cross nurse over to France and care for the wounded soldiers. 1 —-—Elsle Sanger, Sanford. Michigan. ff Do Not Waste T imc and Money They a e precious and it is a crime to waste either. If you have the money to spare and time to give, employ both in-recrca— ton or benevolent " ‘enterprises. Then you or semebody else is deriving benefit from the expenditure. Don’t waste them by purchasing inferior quality geods because they may be bought for a few cents less for, in the long run, the best is none too of it. n good and plenty expensive enough. When you buy flour insist on having- Lily White “The Flour the best Cooks Use” When you buy flour you want flour, all flour, and that is just what you get when you buy LILY WHITE, “The flour the best cooks use " "Furthermore, spoiled bakings and disappointments because of unsatis- f factory results will be a thing of the past. . ’Be contented, be haippy, be richer by using LILY WHITE FLOUR, “The , When: the best cooks use.” VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. The first cost is generally a little higher but when the totals are all figured up you will find it less expensive than the lower priced flours. There is no waste to LILY WHITE FLOUR. It is all flour, every bit‘ . All undesirable material is eliminated during the process of making. Of course if the cheaper material were to be left in the flour instead of being separated the flour would sell for less money, but it would not all “be flour. ME AND TRADE CONDL " " " ‘ 'TIONS 3" Business in general is encouraging and the public optimistic. Detroit at last has all the" labor it needs and Michigan farm labor maybe much easier to get if the present tendon: cies continue. The Government gives out a rath- er somber report as follows: ‘ j 'the declaration (by the Reserve Board that more than $3,000,000,000 of new funds must be provided during the next few months .to finance the foreign trade and assist those European countries which require American exports but Federal lack the funds to pay for them has .. afforded not only food for thought but an incentive to deep study. The 'board estimates that from. $3,000,- 000.000 to $3,600,000,000 must be raised to finance new ‘obligations and perhaps $600,000,000 of old ones must be renewed, if the export trade of this nation is to be main- tained at its present high level. This the board truly described as “a gigantic, probably an unprece- dentedpfinancial problem.” Will it be possible to ask the financial ex- perts, to devote this vast sum to financing foreign nations without sorely depleting the capital require— ed for industrial development at home. On the other hand, if Europe is not loaned the funds with which to buy American goods, must there not ensue a period of industrial cur— tailment with seriously detrimental effect on the demand for labor, to say‘nothing of the deterrent effect on Europe’s economic recovery. While the bankers and financiers are devoting their best thought to this grave problem, the one point which is declared to be clear to all, including the members of the Re- serve Board, is that rigid economy and extensive saving on the part of every individual in this country are essential to any successful solution. Reduced to homely phraseology, the injunction of the Government finan- cial experts is, “Don’t spend pen- ny needlessly. Buy more Govern- ment bonds. Invest your coupons in War Savings Stamps. Nothing short of united effort will enable the na- tion to weather the stress of the reconstruction period and insure its own safety by defending Europe ‘ from industrial and pecuniary chaos and Bolshevism.” Quotations on wheat in Detroit re- .main the same as last week, though the Chicago market fluttered up a lit- tle with hopes Germany would sign the peace treaty. Detroit prices a year ago were $2.17 for No. 2 Red Wheat, show- ing a 3.27 increase for 12 months. Deterioration in both wheat belts is. reported. Harvesting was check- ed by rains in Oklahoma and some wheat is tough in consequence. os- ses are noted in Nebraska by or- " ange leaf rust and further deteriora- tion is feared. Red rust is also prevalent. Cut worms and grasshop- pers have damaged wheat in Minne- sota, South Dakota, and sections of North Dakota. Damp weather has been favorable for army worms and invasion is feared in States east of the Rockies. Inadequate rains in Montana have caused poor condi- ' tions of wheat and rye. Wheat is heading in Iowa and Nebraska. Cut- ting is on in Southern Kansas.— , Modern Miller. . \: . GRADE IDetroitl Chicago! Toledo, fimcxenow ”l 1.34 I I 150'. 3~Yellow .. 1.82 1 Increased confidence that the Peace Treaty would be promptly signed gave fresh strength to the. :a-es . I . ,4. Corn ascends tonew record levels» on neWs that peace Would be signed. Potatoes, dulL Eggs are wanted badly in Detroit. U. S. High Prices for Choice Who—l: Report High prices are being maintained on choice wool, particularly medium and finer grades, according to the detailed wool market report just is- sued by the Bureau of Markets, De— partment of Agriculture. Buyers are showing a willingness to pay for quality. Some large operatcrs have new clip at prices asked by the pro- shown a hestitancy to purchase the ducer, while others are free pur- chasers. In some cases, lower prices prevail in the seaboard markets for the same class and grade of wool than at country points. That condi- tions are again approaching normal is indicated .by the fact that on May 1 about 83 per cent of the woolen cards and spindles and 75 per cent of the worsted combs and spindles were in operatiOn compar- ed with approximately 73 per cent and 65 per cent, respectively, for April. The machinery on Govern— ment orders is a negligible quantity. Wool consumption decreased steadi— ly from the time the armistice was signed until April. The figures for April exceeded all previous months 32 per cent .over the preceding this year and showed an increase of month. The May series «of London Wool Auctions closed with advances from five to ten per cent for choice combings, and crossbreds recovered and finished firm. During the May series, and only a small portion were with- drawn. The wool quotations follow: Bright fleece wools, Ohio, Pennsyl- Chicago market. Buying was also encouraged as a result of a sharp_up— turn in the valueof hogs. Realizing sales on the part of holders operated as something of a check against any tendency toward a radical advance. Detroit markets raised during the last week, but in general were quiet and firm. GRADE Detroithhicagol Toledo Standard . . . . .75 .75 No. 3 White .. .7434, 31% Oats are quoted above the prices 107,000 bales were offered - .vania, West Virginia, Michigan, New England States and similar wool—Fine Delaine 69 to 73 cents, a Blood Staple 62 to 70 cents, 56 Blood Staple to 60 to 65‘ cents, 56 Blood Staple 58 to 63 cents, Low 36. Blood Staple 40 to 47 cents; Indiana, Missouri, New York, Illinois, East- ‘ ern Wisconsin, Southeastern Iowa, Northern Arkansas, and similar wools—Fine Delain 60 to 66 cents, 1x5 Blood Staple 59 to 65vcents, 96 Blood Staple ‘56 to 63 cents, 34 Blood Staple 55 to 60 cents, Low 34 Blood Staple 39 to 46 cents; Semi-Bright wool, Wehtern Wisconsin, Western Iowa, Minnesota, parts of Kansas and Nebraska, and North and South Dakota—Fine Staple 52 to 60 cents, it Blood Staple 59 to 65 cents, 96 Blood Staple 49 to 55 cents, l4 Blood Staple 48 to 53, cents, Low 1:4 Blood Staple 37 to 44‘ cents; Southern wool, Clear wool—— 55 to 59 cents, Light Burry 50 to 53 cents, Medium Burry 37 to 40 cents, Hard Burry 25 to 35 cents; Territory wool—Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah, Graded it Blood Staple 55 to 63 cents, Graded it Blood clothing 44 to 52 cents, Grad- ed % Staple 51 to 55 cents, Graded % Clothing 42 to 49 cents, Graded 1/4. Blood Staple 46 to 53 cents, Graded Low 54 Blood Staple 40 to 44 cents; Texas 12 months Fine 35 ~ to 49 cents, 6 months Fine 39 to 48 cents, California 12 months Fine 46 to 57 cents, 6 months Fine 44 to 54 cents. of a week ago. The same news af- fecting the rise in corn boosted the oats market last week-end, ,but the week opening this witnessed ' a ‘ slight decrease. I g St’nd. Tim.| 'Témostg‘fio VIM-trait l36..”.0- 39.00 37.50 38.00 36. . Chicago 34.00 86.00 33.00 34.00 32. 33.00 N Y 46.00 410014530 40.00 41.00 43.00 Markets] | I Ll ht Mix. Markets LightMix, Clov. Mix. Clover Detroit 87.50 38.00 35.00/36.00 32.00 33.00 Chicago 83.00 34.00l32.00 33.00117430 27.00 N. Y. .. 44.00 46.00l40.00 43.001 THE WEATHER' Foster‘s, Weather Chen for 191. 'l arm storms. .1. K '. l 1 WASHINGTON, D. C. June 28, 1919 -—Last Bulletin gave forecasts of warm wave to cross continent July 8 to 7, warm wave 2 to. 6, cool wave 5 t0 9. , \ Next warm wave Will reach Van- couver about July' 7, and tempera.- tures will rise on all the Pacific slope. .It will cross crest of Rockies by close of July 8, plains sections 9, meridian 90, great lakes, middle Gulf eastern sections 11, reaching v cinity ‘ of Newfoundland about'July 12. Storm wave will follow about one day be- hind warm wave and cool wave one day behind storm wave. _ These. two disturbances will affect all parts of the continent and be the month; probably the most important most radical "and important of- the As Forecasted by “7. T. Foster for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING States and Ohio Tenneseevalle s 10,. FOR THE WEEK cropweather period of the season. It covers July 2 to 14 inclusive. Un- usually severe storms are expected but these dangerous storms wi not “strike more than one count out of a hundred. Most rain of the month expected reaching about half the counties east of Rockies crest and a’larger amount than usual west of that ,line. Temperatures will go to extremes, averaging near normal. Temperatures are expected to be high- st or the month just bfore first of thee storm waves reaches yourrdocal- ity. Falling gradually and varying up and down, lowest temperatures 0 the month are expected during the week centering on July 16. ' " those Sates very heavy rains, in other During the 14 days mentioned above more than usual rain is expected in the cotton States ‘; in some parts of parts less than normal. From latitude 37 to 45, east of Rockies. same kind of weather but less rain. in either of the more southern’reeotions. On Pacific slope same as in the_ other three sections except less than usual .rain. era] average of crop-Weather will be fair. i; 7,.Newm‘ ‘ d, gsnmmnmeaammshn An easier feeling prevails iii near-g,‘ 1y ialli the hay markets. Supplies it is becoming increasingly. difficult? to effect sales at outside figuresn The prospect .of a large hay crop , h 3 caused buyers to resent the pr' ent high prices and in the past, two weeks, since the figures were given out, trading has" been, reduc- ed as much as it Was possible for“ consumers to do‘ so. All reports in-‘ dicate a crop of unusual size and of good quality; the growth has been heavy and rapid and‘there are some reports or early ripening and lack of time 'to harvest.-——Hay Trade Journal. . REPORT ON MICHIGAN June prospects for the, new crop, of hay in Michigan are reported by dealers to be excellent over the greater part of the-state, from 90" to 100% normal. The acreage” is somewhat smaller but the yield will be above normal, due to excellent, weather conditions.» Work of harvest- ing the new crop of hay will com- mence about July 1, and no great movement will take place. until the last of August or first of Septem-’ ber. It is probable that some hay . will be baled from the windrow and placed on the market to relieve the situation in some sections. Clov— er withstood the cold open winter and is reported in excellent condition.‘ ' Grain crop conditions of wheat. oats, rye, and barley are reported very favorable. The acreage of wheat and barley-is reported larger than for several years—U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. xQJIIJEJK . ‘\ \ reports demand. market light Detroit’s rye steadiness and a' Michiganls rye crop is coming along splendidly, promising to have con- siderable efiect on Michigan kets. ~ . Rye Cash No.” 2 is quoted at'$1-48., showing no change from the iweek before. Barley is quiet and scant news is available on the market. mar- Little of special interest has marked the bean market for the last week in Michigan. ' > San Francisco’s bean market is re- ported as easy with prices practically unchanged. Carlct shipments from the market to Eastern points are reported by dealers as being moderate'whlle the quality of the 'receipts are princi- pally of the smaller sizes. During the" week 27,476 sacks arrived at this dis- tributing point. Quotations per car- lots for Limas are around $9.50. Large whites about $6, small whites, $6.75, Blackeye about $3.45, pinks about $6, ‘ Red Mexican about $5.40; Cranberries about $5i Red Kidneys. about 310;, Tejaris about $2.50. .Chicago gives the ~following quota— tions: Beans: Green La. hpr., '50 to 31: Miss, '50 to 51; Ill. bsk., 50 to 60; Tenn. bsk., 50 to 60; Wax, La. hpr.‘ 25 to $1; Miss, a to 60; Tenn. 50'“ 60; Ill. hpr., $1.25 to $1.60; Ill .bsk., 50 to 60. Beans, Dry—per 100 lbs. Hand-picked, $7 to,$8.26; Brown Swod ish, $5 to $6; Red ‘Kidney, $11 “to $11.50. 0 . <2: . > X i " om' Mediate d'un and‘my‘x” gm ' cerd1n8tethc Detroit market 1' have increased. to acme extent, but / trading is decidely easier. Prices do'- '1 not show. any market reduction but . . I .. p ‘ W‘m—“r—‘Ww—mmwn -EE§§_ a §§EE§E§E-E§§EE tin 4 6, thr B 35233.; imam. 7 .117 in Sunday morning were insured in Hummus threeherthat 'n Maggi-h cube! elem .ltxig .save your an timetopqynzourthrefhilnl. ._ 'l‘hsree work about this. 'lbeR River Special is ”the thredher with the famous “Man Behind the Gun. " ft m Out the Grain instead waiting foritto fall out. it alone s more clean se ar- tion than some other thte ers get from end to end. ‘ ‘ _ . tyour thresherman the name 0 his outfit. Tell him you want your grain threshed with the Red River Special; Don’t let him expenment with some unknown machine when it costs no more to be sure of saving all our grain y If u went a thresher your own' for use. earn about our "Junior" Red River Special. Writefor Circular: Nichols & Shepard Cc. l.ullders exchmlvely of Red River-alga. B - . d “511.6“ Maxim -, Mon comm rm lint. Mich... June 17.—The four autism-kiln that were in the garage the Citiueu’s Mutual Automobile In- surance Company of Howell. The adjuster for the company met with the owners of the automobiles . and male a satisfactory settlement, making a total cash settlement of- 83,140..00. The owners of the cars were very much pl with the prompt and satistactnry adjustment. The Adjuster for the company said theywezm able to pay in cash because they had accumulated a surplus dur- ing the five seasons and had on hand. over $30,000.00. Automobile own— ers who take a policy in the Big Mu- tnnl know that when a serious loss occurs the company has the money on hand to pay promptly, and the fact that the company has written over 45,000 policies gives each member thebenontofaverylowrate ofin- serum due to quantity production. things. . cuter. : rubbish are the ‘ out» that an seduce-producing new stock are shipping at once. _snd‘a1so because of__ the oversupply of cheap old stock that is still-on the market. The old‘ potato market was pretty well- shot to pieces. this week with continued liberal receipts and much of the oflerings_comlng in badly sprouted and otherwise in an inferior condition. Chicago’s quotations read: Potatoes—{arias Wis, white, round, bulk, 75 to $1540; Wis. white, round, skd. 76 to $1.40. New Pota- ' . toes. Tex. Triumphs, 100 lbs. Skd., .. 32: o 83; La. Triumph, $2 to $2.50; Ark. Triumphs, $2.75 to $3; Va. Cob- blers, bbl., $8 to $8.60. ' NEW YORK BUTTER LETTER The butter market during this week has been one of uncertainty and irregularity. There continues to be anincrease in the receipts, and the flush of production has proba- bly, been just reached. All reports from butter producing areas indi- cate that conditions could not be better for a large production; but it is anticipated that within the next week or two there will be some shrinkage in the amount of butter made, as hot weather has prevailed in some sections. The ef- fect of the hot weather is already apparent in some sections. The ef- fect of the hot weather is already apparent as the quality of the but- ter being received at present is con- siderably lOWei' than that of the butter during the first days of June Naturally, quality is quickly noticed under present conditions as buyers are ex- tremely critical when there are large stocks trom which to make their purchases. To the butter receiver the week has been rather discouraging. On some days there would be no buy- ing at all. During the week' there has been a decline in the price of most grades of butter of about 1 ,Ac. Considerins the weak feeling that has prevailed all the time it is sur- prising that there has been no greater decline than that. The reason for the small decline is that with each tailing on' in price, theru would be a renewal of speculative in— terest, which would have a tendency to keep the price up. It seems that speculative buying is somewhat be- low normal this year as compared with other years but without doubt“ the great production of this year causes it to seem that way as three million pounds 01' butter each week are accumulating in the warehouses. Mold is very prevalent and is caus- ing receivers a. great amount of extra work and worry. It is very apparent that the shortage of ice this year is having a marked in- fluence on the condition of the but— teras it arrives in the market, as much of the butter is very soft upon delivery, which shows that railroads are rather sparing. of ice. The week opened with a very in- active market and on Monday the quotation 461! 1c. There was a fur: ther decline of 1c on Tuesday, but, on Wednesday a better tone devel- oped and 1-2c was recovered but that gain was lost on Thursday and since that day there has been no change in quotation. There was con- siderable activity on Friday, as spec- ulative Operators picked up consider- erable quantities of butter for stor- age The market closed on Friday with quotations as follows. Extras, ‘ 51 1A @51 1he; Higher: scoring than extras, 52@52%c; Firsts, 51c; and, Seconds, 47 lie. has been a very active trade in un- salted butter as large quantities have been placed in storage by he cream manufacturers. The price dire ’ferential oi unsalted butter over corresponding grades of salted burr, ter’is 2@2 12420. 49 no to 'severni' i any lowering of . There ‘ market is reported with decreasins receipts and fair buying. Butter is a trifle lower and is dull. . Fresh candied eggs, current, re- ceipts, 400; fresh firsts in ' in new cases, 43c per doz. EAST BUFFALO—Cattle,—-— Re- ceipts, 250, slow. Calves—Receipts, 450, 60 cents lower, Hogs—Receipts, 2,400; 50 cents to 65 ce’hts higher. Heavy, mixed and yorkers, $21.65; light yorkers and pigs, $20.00 roughs, $19.00@$19.— 50; states, $12.00@$16.00. Sheep and lambs—Receipts. 800; slow. Lambs, $12.00@$18.25; yearlings, $10.00@$15.00; others unchanged. CHICAGO—(United States Bur- eau of Markets)—Hogs———Receipts, 3.000;” desirable mixed and light butcher hogs, fully 50c higher; few packing hogs s01d; top, $21; bulk, $20.25@21; heavyweight, $20.40@ $20.90; medium weight, $20.40@ $21; light weight, $20.30@21; light lights, $18@20.80; heavy packing sows, smooth, $19.65@$20.— 25; packing sows, rough, $19@ 19.50; pigs, $17@18. Cattle—Re- ceipts, 500; compared with week ago, choice heavy steers about steady; medium and light weight mostly 25@50c higher; choice heif- ers, 50@70c higher; other she- stock 25@50c higher; salves, 50@ 750 higher; bulls mostly 25c lower; good light weight feeds and. stock- ers mostly 25c higher; others slow and 250 lower. Sheep—Receipts, 8,- 000; all direct to packers; compar- ed with week ago, lambs and aged sheep mostly 75c@$1 lower; year- lings around $1.50 lower. DETROIT DRESSED MEATS Detroit gives the following quo- tations on dressed meats: Dressed hogs — Choice country dressed under 150 lbs, 24 @25c; over 150 lbs, 24c per lb. Dressed calves—Fancy country dressed, 23 @ 24c; choice, 24 @ 250; common, 19 @ 20c per lb. ’4 QUQTATIONS ON WOOL BOSTON—The Commercial Bulle- tin says: “While there has been no marked change so far as prices at theseaboard w001 markets are con- cerned, the tendency of values is still upward, more especially on fin- er wools. ’ “The markets aboard are in. firm, especially in England, except on me- dium ’wools grading below fifties. “Buying in the West has contin- ued steadily with prices firm for the best wools and in the fleece wool sections a. little higher for de- laines.” LONDON WOOL AUCTION The offerings at the wool auction sales amounted to 9,000 bales per day last week. Choice greasy combings were often five per cent dearer and seconds advanced 1d a pound. New South Wales scoured touched 6s ill/ad. A merger of the Grand Detour Plow Company 0: Dixon, ,Illinois, in the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company of Racine, Wisconsin, has been an- nounced by the latter concern, all ar- rangements having been completed to take effect as of July 1st. » The J. 1.. Case Threshing Machine Company has handled Grand Detour plows for several years past, and the — line has proves so entirely satisfac- tory that it has seemed the part of wisdom to merge the two concerns. By this transaction the Threshing Mm chine Company acquires the plant and the entire property and assets of the Plow Company‘. The Threshing Ma.- chine Company will continue the oper- ' ation “or the plant at Dixon; Colonel ,Brinton, former-head or the Plow Com- pany, his son, Major Bradford Brinton, and A. ~W. Leland will continue with the business at Dixon under the new ownership in practically the same ca- pacifies as heretofore. — In the Detroit eggx'marke-t" til." 4 is more activity or late. A firm; ' . new ,, ‘ cases, 42c; candied storage packed $6©$19.50. ‘ Manure Pit ‘ will cost you i nothing The horses and cows will pay for it. Unless stable manure is kept so that the val- uable llquld contents are saved, 50 per cent of the fertilizing value of the manure is lost. An average horse or cow produces annual- ] manure worth $35. he hquid ortlon lS ‘ worth near y half of fins. A concrete ma: , nure pit will save it . all. So you see how ' the horses and cows can present you with - a concrete manure pit free of charge. Build one now and et the profits from form of saving. .13]: for our free booklet ou- , [fag how to bu Concrete anure Pits. W teour near- est district 00in. PORTLAND 4, ZCEMENTL ASSOCIATION Offices Iii 1‘. 1. Atlanta s.“ limes st: 888 ' Den? wank See ' I ‘ lDetroi m on“ W Co: uté‘rsi .1 . " ll ’ roller, ' «sinuses, rm '2’ a a 0m, muetr'meh'urbr .Weaneeday , Mundane our” , 1010 state, byx‘flu‘kifil’ Vii!" remit“ e .rV ‘ "Sacra! - . 810 ' ., -_ not you ad. [purpo 0; ' ~~7 ', ’ FARMS AND LAND ‘ . 51173-11anawait-mutant, WITH 10 . C9W3- 3 “Homes, ~» and . Manure: Spreader, - reaper, drill, potato digger, mowing ma- chine, rakes, sulky ' and walking plows, . long ,list implements,’ in heart ’ high-grade farming section, short walk * 's_cho()l,'1 3-4 miles RR’town. . Loam til- lage for good crops, wire-fenced, spring; watered pasture for 30 cows, home—use wood, fruit. 10,-,room house, 110-ft. stock barn, horse barn, corn house, etc. Owner retiring makes,quick sale price. $5500, easy terms, gets all. Details page 35 Catalog Bargains 19 States, copy free. SFROUT FARM AGENCY, 814 B 13., Ford Bldg, Detroit, Mich, PAY FOR MY RANCH on FARM fimd with clover seed. Money loaned for to via stock'at 6 per cent, in amounts equal . first payment made upon purchase. Jno, G. Krauth, Millersburg, Michigan. .,_FOR SALE—160 ACRES 1,9, MILE east and % mile n‘orth of Morley, Mecos- ta county, Michigan. Nearly all level, gravel loam soil: Nice place for tractor farming. 130 acres under cultivation; 80 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. Buy direct from owner. Price, $11,000 half cash. For particulars write, Route 2, Box 2, Morley, Michigan. FOR SALE—67.85-ACRE FARM, 0N account of poor health, for quick sale in- cluding crops; will take $2,150, $1,000 down, from one to five years on balance; 3:6 acresdcifarfid,1 balance easily cleared. ome an 00 t over or writ . Rose, Billings, Mich. e John FOR SALE OR TRADE—280 ACRES of land in Ogcmaw county; mostly rivcr flats, 40 acres improvements, 200 tame pasture, 40 timber, good roads, 1% miles to general store; frame house, timber for barn; some fencing. H. A. Benjamin, Rose City, Mich. “flywmmf Kwanzaa mm, m. can; Albumen-attenu- helps, greatly . to sell ‘ h! a-‘t'or each insertion of' Your ad. , , ._mp _o reproduction, otyour. house or barns printed-at the ,._-Be sure to send us a; good clear photograph ‘ or . 4“" r_ 1 .1 ‘f m ropert‘,:‘:. 31:33]!!an gin ”gun he?“ a photo- m ‘Qx‘u . ,FABMS F01! sALnfjenm . , , farms for sale’ by the owners... V193,, his. name, location I of :farm, 568C. lit-193v? price and terms .Strictl mutual and co- ”operative between the . ’ uyer and 511%:- and conducted for our-members; moss. non a. now. one, men. 7 l. r. o. la. a . ' sired by' a son of a veSFriend He erveld a a. b .i iii as. will“; oy y a' son Kernd ke from A. R. 035nm. wi‘h' ree- ords o it.” as Jr. two year old to 28.25 at full a e. Prices reasonable breeding consider-e . WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM W. W. Wyckon, . Napoleon. Mich. REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL OLD. enough for service. Sired by a grandson of Colantha Johanna Lad; his dam has a good A. R. 0. record. Write .for prices $150 and $250, C. L. Hulett & Son, Oke- mo, Mich. ~ _ JERSEY The Wildwood Jersey Farm Breeders of Majesty strain Jersey Cat- tle. Herd Bulls, Majesty’s Oxford Fox 134214; Eminent Lady’s Majesty 150984. Herd tuberculin-tested. Bull calves for sale out of R. of M. Majesty dams. Alvin Balden, Capac, Michigan. GUERNSEY GUERNSEYS WE HAVE A FEW Heifers and cows for sale, also a number of well bred young bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms. Grass Lake, Michigan. > ' G , B 11 Registered Farm: ‘1 / Born April 26,1919 Price $50 Last one left! All the others adyertis— ed in M, B. F. have been sold. Wm. T. Fisk, Vestabnrg. Mich., R. 2 ABERDEEN-ANGUS ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE We are offering at attractive prices, a number of high-class young bulls, well able to head the best herds in the land. Best in blood lineage on either side of the ocean. Write for price list, or call and see us. Woodcote Stock Farm. Ionia. Michigan. SHORTHORN SHORTHORN FOR SALE AT REA- sonable rices. The prize-winning Scotch Bull aster Model 76147. in manz states at head of herd of 60 good type S orthorns. - E. M. Parkhurst. Reed City. Michigan. snon'rnonns, 100 HEAD 1‘0 {513' lect from. Write me your wants. Prices reasonable. Wm. J. BellrrRose City. Mich. THE VAN BUREN CO. Bhorthorn Breeders’ Association have young stock for sale, mostly Clay breeding. Write your wants to the secretary, Frank Bai- ley. Hartford, Mich. 'SHOR'I‘HORNS and POLAND CHINAS all sold out: None for sale at pres- ent. F. M. Piggott & Son, Fowler. Mich WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41 SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls all ages. Some females. . W. Crum, President Central Michigan Shorthom Association, McBrides. Michign. NO STOCK FOR SALE AT PRESENT. Shot-thorn Breeder. W, S. Huber, Glad- win, Mich. I nnnnroans 120 HEREFORD STEEBS. ALSO know of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality Shorthorn and .Angus steers 5 to 800 lbs. Owners anxious to sell. Will he]? buy 500 commission. C. F, Ball. Fairlie d, Iowa. LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS Not how many but how good! A few well-developed, beefy, young bulls for sale, blood lines and individuality No. 1. If you want a prepotent sire, that will b et grazers, rustlere, early maturers an market toppers, buy a registered Hereford and realize a big profit on your investment. A lifetime devoted to the breed. Come and see me.—.E. J. TAY- , LOR, Fremont, Michigan. RED POLLED CATTLE Both Sexes ’ . I RAM! 1’ v and pedigree. Also a few females. Ver- non Clough. Parma, Michigan. HEIFER CALVES SOLD. BRED Yearling and young cow for sale. Price, heading to benefit breeders . , ype, show you a stormy as‘ often, as you wish... Copy Sales advertised here at special low rates; ask for them. Write to-‘ayl, BR"EDERS’ DIRECTORY, MOBIGAN B of mm mi canvass mama. Mt. Clemens, mm . HOGS , ' POLAND CHINA . paws! wins-mm... Proof and tell you what it Will cost for .13, 20 or Bantlm'es. ,Yon . -. or changes inn-the recdve’one week below date of issue. Breeders’ Auction . BIG TYPI P. 0. SPRING HOQ."IITH- :- sex. From choice bred sows and sired a grandson of Grant Buster and other are-winning boars. Prices r ble. W. Barnes and Bonunyron. M , Aungfgt mlgi g. GILT! BIRD FOR a arrow. Son, Saline. Michigan. POLAND MIRA now 3 ed A it D EIGHT i . . sired by gamma by the . to Big not. Price if“. “mural; 3°”‘i’iztm‘k'diamé‘i’i3 O I I , as are «can. 0.1.wmeJonmniem. A. A.- Wood fl §.., SAGINAW VALLEY mum 01', 0.1.0: Boar pigs, grandsons of ‘ . Perfection 5th. Scws all sold. Gibson, Bridgeport, Michigan. .. HAMPSHIRE ' “ 8784. runsnmns RECORDED. .: 1 the association fro Jan, 1 to Anal.) . Did you first one; oar pigs only for any?! .1: W. nyder. St. Johns. lieu. . 0. - t . . onns'rnn wanna ,[ .. REGISTERED . CHESTER ‘_WHIT PIGS for sale at prices that will you. Either sex. rite today. 0080M Levering, Mich. ' RABBITS WALNUT ALLEY m mn- Gm , . all sold. Keep watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Sena- tor and Orange Price. I thank my cus- tomers for their Ypatronage. A. D. .GREGOR . .- Ionia, Mich. Bull, calved Sept. 25, 1918. Write for price, or call on Eldred‘A. Clark, R 3, St. Louis, Michigan. MICHIGAN CHAMPION HERD OF P. C. orders booked for spring E. R. Leonard. St. Louis. Mich. L. S. P. C. BOARS ALL SOLD. HAVE a few nice fall Gilts, bred for fall far- row.———H. 0. Swartz, Schoolcraft, Mich. EVERGREEN FARM BIG TYPE P. 0. Bears all sold, nothing for sale now, but will have some cracker jacks this fall. Watch my ad. I want to thank my many customers for their atronage and every customer has bebn p eased with my hogs. Enough said. C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rap- ids, Mich, Write that inquiry for L. T. P. C. serv- iceable boars to Wm. J. Clarke. E310“ Rapids, Mich, instead (if Mason. I have sold my farm and bought another. one mile west and eight and one—half miles south. Come and see me in my new home. Free livery from town. WM. J. CLARKE, . R. No. 1, Eaton Rapids. Michigan DUROC REGISTERED ABERDEEN -ANGUS' “Large Type Poland China Hogs—l PEDIGREED nor-us man nmdifi Hare bucks: Prices reasonable. Satin- faction guaranteed. Hanley Bros, R. 8. St. Louis. Mich. . ' ‘ ’ . DOGS. WRITE DR. W. A. EWALT, Mt. Cletu- ens; Mich, for those beautiful Sable and are from farm-trained stock; also a few purebred Scotch Collie Puppies; sired by “ alt’s Sir Hector,” Michigan Champion cattle dog. , POUL'l‘RY . 4oo WHITE. LEGHORN , Yearling Pullets . S. C. Leghorns with colony laying reeor will be sold in lots of 6, 12, 25, 50 an, loo—August delivery. ~ Fall Chicks for Spri g layers—White and Brown Leghorns; arred Rocks. Cockorels, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys. Belgian Bares, New Zeelands, Hamill Giants. chicks. , BLOOMINGDALE FARMS ASSOCIATION Bloomingdale, Mlch.. PLYMOUTH ROCKS CHICKS—ROSE AND SINGLE-COME Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks, 25 for $4.25; 100 for $16; July and August do. livery. Circular free. Interlakes ..Far;n, Box 4, Lawrence, Mich. . ‘ .' MEADOWVIEW FARM. REGISTERED Duroc Jersey Hogs. Spring pigs for sale; also Jersey Bulls. J. E. Morris, Fanning- ton, Michigan. APRIL REGISTERED DUROC PIGS. nice growthy bunch. Prices reasonable. H, W. English, RED. 2, Rochester, Mich. DUROO JERSEY SWINE. BRED Bows and Gilts all sold. Nice bunch of fall pigs, both sex, sired by Brookwater Tippy Orion No. 55421, by Tippy 00]., out of dam by the Principal 4th and Brook- water Cherr Kin . Also herd, boar 3 yr. 1d. Write or no 1 no and prices. Sat- isfaction guarantee . Thos. Underhill & n, Salem, Mich. . DUROO BOARS READY FOR SER- vlce, also high class sows bred for sum- mer farrowinfg to Orion's Fan? King, the' biggest gig 0 his age ever at nternatlon- al at tock Show, Newton Barnhart. St. Johns, Mich. DUROCS; BRED STOCK ALL SOLD. Will have a limited number of yearling glts bred for August farrow. Order early. ewton & Blank, Hill Crest Farms, Per- rinton, Mi’ch. "TWO YOUNG BROOKWATER, DU - 00 Jersey Boars, ready for service. Al stock shipped; express grepaid inspection allowed. Fricke Dairy. 0. Address Fric- ke Dairy Co.,' or Arthur W. Mumford. Perrinton, Mich." REGISTERED DUROC BOARS FR prize-winning Golden Model family, smooth type, adapted for mating with the coarser—boned females for early maturing pigs. Subject to immediate acceptance and chan e without notice I will crate and shi or 25c per (pound. Papers if de- sired $ extra~ Sen 850. Will refund difference or return entire remittance if red???offeiisolsibcancelzlsg, b Pi s will we rom s. to . l s. so B. Smith, Addison, Mich. ' PEACH HILL FARM REGISTERED DUROC JERSEY GILTS, bred for fall farrow. Protection. and Col- onel breedi Our prices are reasonable. Write or bet or still, come and make your own selections; Visitors welcome. In- wood Bros" Romeo Mich. T' . o. 1. o. ‘Sha'dowland Farm“ J enabler prices. MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM OFFERS Hatching Eggs fro Parks bred-today Barred Rocks and “ egal Dorcas" White Wyandottes at $1.50 per 15; White Run.- ner ducks, $1.50 per 11; White Chinese. geese, 40c each. Orders filled in turn 8.. received, Order now. Dike C. Hillier. Dryden, Mich. “ , Lnononn BABY\CHICK Best Grade. Heavy laying strains. White Leghorns Slsvper hundred. Barred Rocks. Reds, $17. Postpaid. Live arrival gear. anteed. 25 or 50 at same rate. Triangle Poultry 00.. Clinton, Mo. 30,000 FINE, HUSKY WHITE LIO- 'horn chicks of grand laying strain for July delivery. Shipped safely everywhere by mail. Price, $12.00 per 100: $0.50 for 50. Order direct. Prompt shipment. Full satisfaction guaranteed. Free catalogue. Holland Hatchery, Rv7, Holland, Mich. For best-results ship your farm products to LE DUFF LEOIIORNS—Wo P £3?ng pens, of especially mated Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat- ed for exhibition but, above all, for prot- itable egg production. E888 at V637 reac- ' Our list will interest.on . Village —-— ace ask for it. Graig; Lake, Michigan. WYANDO'I‘TE ’ GOLDEN AND affixing:- ' d ttes; eggs from espec _ . ._ 333;; cper 15; $5 per 30; 38 p 60., by parcel post prepaid. Clarence rowning, Portland, Mich, R 2 ‘ smvnn. CHICKS 011me all]! THOUSANDS. DI,- rent varieties; Brown f horns, “go hundred; booklet and :35- 1. Stamp appreciated. Fre 'figtgheiy, Bo: 10. Freeport. Mich. - nucfimo}, EGGS ‘ MY BARBED P. ROCKS ARMS”! > ‘ 188' winners extra layers. and yellow . ' s by express, $1.50 pet. fin} bbeaks. Egsg, $2 r 15. G. A. Bauxite rcelpo , ‘gardnyerwlflddleville, ich, R, 2. FOR SALE—EGG! FOB EATON... fro Barron Single Comb White. , horrgs; 300 efigs strain 7-111. cock. 321-- a .3 er'50: chicka 2" f par listflbngoodfifE Melvin. Mich.- 5_ . o.I.'c'..' 'Bre'dGilta _ Dr. 1.2... ‘m. 31:5. ('2 ‘15; R'c‘credfaem. Pekin duchngfgd t“; Claudia mtwnmieiw in]! Send for catalog and explanation d or an . ' John \ 1.1"?» White Shepherd Pupppies; naturalr‘heel- - '- ‘7 L hat she tot: fro clir or of : pro a101 con mai that sigx wor Bell iH sees: 1,326 ,_ x1 ,:,:rs‘ss-I . 5 ‘ seamen. :er rm » - mu, Estuary; n ‘2,W . FOE satin—as 'is'rnnnn .J‘nns‘nv bulls ready for serglce,‘ and bull calves. 3mm a Parker, R, 4, Howell, Mich.» 'TO' DEW?! AGRICULTURE IN A station opened recentl! near Grayling, in Crawford county. I: the first of a series of demonstration tracts Which are to be established throughout the counties of Nor-thorn Michigan for the purpose of develop- ing the ‘agricultural " possibilities of the section. The work is being on — ried out under the directidn o! D . M. M. McCool, head of the soils section of the experiment station it the Ag« ricultural College, working in co-op- eration with the northeastern Michi- gan Development Association. . The work will demonstrate the prop- er agricultural practices for" the “sand plains” of the northern part of the state. Proper cultural methods; the ‘most, successful forage and other. crops for the medium sand lands; and the fertilizer requirements for the adapted crops are the phases of the project which will be pushed. Oscoda, Crawford, Roscommon. and adjoining counties will be those reach- ed first by the demonstration work. SHEEP ‘DECLINE SINCE 1914 Before the war the United States had approximately one-tenth of all the sheep in the world. Since then the total‘number of sheep has decreased from all Causes about one-tenth, pos- sibly more. That makes the world de- cline in excess of 50 millions of sheep, or slightly greater, than the number of sheep in the United States. The Canadian Food Board places the probable decrease in sheep in Europe alone in excess of 54 millions. That is considerably higher than other esti- mates. but it is fairly safe to conclude that at the time the armistice was signed there were fewer sheep in the world by many millions than when Belgium was invaded. - ' per day. Any man or woman who has the use of a conveyance can make that amount right in the county where they are now living, taking subscriptions for this weekly. Hundreds of farmers are only waiting for someone to ask them to subscribe for the weekl that is the talk of all Mic igan. We want earnest. and above all, honest men and women who will devote all or part of their time to this work, we ' can ake any arrangements sati actory to you, and will give you all necessary equip- ment and help Without a pen- ny’s outlay on your part. Write us fully about, your- self, in confidence, if you pre. fer, and let us make you definite and fair propositiom to act as our agent in- your locality during the next few weeks or months. , . Address, Circulation Manag. er, Michigan Business Farm- mg, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. \ ‘ a.— o “——I sure did get lots of orders from ‘ your paper!” Michigan Business Farming. . x 'DeanSir: . , fl 7 Please stop my ad.’ I can- ' not “fill "any more orders. Bronze Turkey Eggs fer _ sale. . I sure did get'lots ._ of orders fromlvyour paper, . @1151, ll .thank you—Mrs. ; ,. Walter Dill‘man, Dowagi- ‘y 0%,.1‘4191113943- ‘ _Livingston,‘ a member of the . partment of Agriculture since 1903 (Ioniaconnmwhfie . ‘ West Mich, . ‘lt‘tn consignment so not, registered nia. Beach had $685. ' , Mr. Smith and Mr. Beach are building up very tine high class herds ‘ of registered Holstein cattle which are 3 becoming more popular “year after year With their high production of - milk and butter. Mr. Smith's herd sire Butter Boy Pontiac ,Alcartre, Duke. is one of the best herd sires in this pant of the country. His dam has a rec— “$0032.26 pounds of butter and 662.6 pounds ,of milk, in seven days . and 110.33 pounds of butter and 2,680.6 pounds of milk in 80 days, and sold for $1,200 at the Central Michigan con- signment sale last February. She drew better than $26 of national prize mon- ey for milk and butter in 1917. ' He also has a full sister who has just‘completed a 3-year-old record of 29.33 pounds of butter and 525 pounds of milk inseven' days. His sire is a son of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra, the $50,000 bull and whose dam is also a 32-pound cow with great ’individuab ity. Mr. Beach’s herd sire is a grandson of the noted century milk sire Colan< the. Johanna Lad which has 117 pounds of butter in seven days and 1,- 315 pounds of milk in one year and he has 24 daughters above 30 pounds of butter in seven days, and more daugh- ters above 600 pounds of milk in seven days than any other sire. RABBIT RAISING HINTS Rabbits do not do as well when per- mitted to run on pasture as they do when kept in neclosures, C. S. Gibson, secretary of the National Breeders and Fanciers' Association, writes to M. B. F. During the summer months it is possible to have small portable hut- ches, with one end containing a nest box built a few inches 01! the ground to protect them from dampness and storms. The bottom of the hutches could be made of one inch poultry mesh, which would make a self clean- er, and also permit them to eat the grass through the wire. They should have some grain, as thus the flesh is flrmer and better for market. It is possible to raise rabbits for the ‘market at a cost of 10 cents per pound even though all the feed has to be .pur- chased. Our members in different parts of the country have made experiments as to the cost of production, and we find that 14; of a pound of grain and 1-16 of a pound of hay will produce good meat stock in the winter. During the sum- mer we greatly reduce the cost by feeding dandelions, carrot tops and the tops of. nearly everything grown in . the garden. We do not recommend cabbage, as it is a very poor food. Rabbits for the market should be .. Hammers-Ms cattle held at'ConIr stock Park. Grand“ Rapids, in which there were ”58 head of very choice high bred, animals sold. bought over $17,000 accoéding to reports from Io- In this sale Mr. Smith had four head which brought $1,125 and Mr. four ' head that brought COCA-COLA imitations. -_fl ‘k 22’ \wN ._, WM“ 5““ in «r, » _.._. t. to thirst that no imitation can satisfy. 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Use ”For-do” 0 day you find it does eve . . , send only 83. if you' are not leased, Just say so—mail it back an no charge will be made. 0. E. COLBY 00., Inc., 33 u. to live. Haywood. III. _ attach. You “tilt"; it on rec. If ing we claim. and you want to keep it e take all the risk. Send today. .- t l CONSIGN YOUR Chicago South St. Paul East Buffalo For: Wont El Paso a' CLAY, ROBINSON & CO. LIVE STOCK COMMISSION South Omaha LIVE STOCK TO Denver East St. Louis South St. Joseph Kansas City Sioux City A DITCH IN A HURRY In these times of labor supremacy, when everybody wants a “think" job bossing somebody else, it is next to impossible to employ ditch diggers and any labor-saving method of. ditching deserves serious consideration. A description of the way the ditch shown in the accompanying picture was recently dug on the farm of F. M. Gaines near Dothan, Alabama, should prove of interest. The ditch is 750 feet long and aver- ages 7 feet wide and from 3 to 5 feet deep according to grade. It was cut ‘ through a bay and gum swamp covered with water and a great many logs lit_ dressed at 90 days or age, and weaned at about five weeks of age. ‘ GRANGERS CHOOSE MICHIGAN The National Grange of the United States will hold its national convention for 1919 in Grand Rapids during the 10 days succeeding November 16. . This is one of the biggest ath which Grand Rapids has evir hailing: its calling list. Not less than 5000 visitors, representing 10,000 subordi- notes grange in 33 states, will‘ be in attendance. - ’ U. S. MARKET CHIEF QUITE Charles J. Brand, chief of the Bur can of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture. since its inception in 1913 has resigned, to take eifect at the close of business on June 30. He will be- come vice-president and general man- ager of a commercial concern, With headquarters. at Pittsburgh, Pa. Geo. bureau staff, will be designated to act as chief of the, bureau until Mr. Brand’s suc cessor is appointed. ‘ -Mr_. Brand has been with the De- and had charge of the forage crop and. paper tered the surface and were submerged throughout its course. There were al- so many cypress, pine, bay and gum stumps, also many small saplings in the line. None of the logs, stumps, or small growth were removed by hand. The ditch was blasted with forty per ‘ cent ammonia dynamite. Holes were punched in the'earth 30 inches apart and 21/2 to 41/2 feet deep depending up- on desired grade. The shallow holes were loaded with a halt” to threequnr- ters of a pound of dynamite and the deeper holes with from a pound to a pound and half of the explosive. No ptaming was necessary as water filled the holes. An electric blasting cap was inserted in, each charge and the charges connected together in series by means at the cap wires. As a No. 3 blasting machine was used to fire the charges, it was necessary to do the work in thirty hole sections because that is the capacitl of the blastng ma- I chine used. . l j The total 00st of the ditch including labor was $105 or 30 cents Der lineal yard. . Mr. Gaines had been trying for some time to secure laborers to dig the ditch but failed for reasons well known, to all who have been endeavoring recent- 1y to employ men for hard disagree- able tasksz . “ Good Low-Priced Farms can be had in Vermont. The tide is running back to the fertile, home-like valleys of the Green Mountain State. Right at the door of the great eastern . markets, with productive farmlands at surprlsmgly low cost, Vermont holds big opportunities for industrious farmers. Vermont's average yield per acre for nine staple crops are nearly two and one-half times the average return for the same crops in the United States. Ver- mont is among the leaders in per—acre production or corn, potatoes, wheat, buckwheat, barley and Area and popuA o o n s i d e r e d . Vermont is the first dairy state in the Union. Learn about your big farm opportunity by writing for free book, “Vermont Farms A for Sale"——published by the ; ' State of Vermont. Harry A. Black, Secretary of state Publicity Bureau, Montpelier. Vt. ’ Don’t Wear a Truss B ROOKS' APPLIANCE, the modern scientific invention,thcwonderful new discovery that re- lieves rupture will be sent on trial. No ob- noxious springs or pads. Has automatic Air Cushions. Binds and draws the broken pans together as you would .1 broken limb. N0 selves. No lies. Durable. cheap. Protected by U. S. pa:- ents. Calsl-cgueand mt '- urc blanks mailed free. :3 ...l ounce an address today. Mr. POULTRY FARMERv We make a Specialty, of White Hennery' Eggs and have created a profitable mar- ‘ ket for-your eggs the year around. We pay the highest premium for your Hen- nery Whitest—We remit same day hip- ments arrive, Snip Often. Ship by It's-press GEO. R. ELDRIDGE (‘0. 494-18“: Street, Detroit, Mich Remember: We guarantee you sati.::factiei'.~ swimsevery slimmest. . - t.” i Sent on trial to prove it. ‘ aesaodks, 1653 Stein “ma. Manila“. "in“. , >~ «nu: 5": - .. 'NEARLY every hour in the day an‘automobile costing from $600 to. $6000 catches fire from some one of the many causes and aided by the many gallons of gasoline contained in its tank becomes in a few minutes a charred mass of junk. ‘ I One-half of the automobiles you see on the road are insured. Last year, says the New York Journal of Commerce, uninsured fire and the theft losses to automobile owners in the United States amounted to ' Over $13,700,000.00 ] > Will you run this risk when our big mutual company stands ready to insure your automobile againist not only Fire, but Theftand Liability for $1 policy'cost and 25¢ per horse power. ' A " Collision insurance too, if you want it, at a small additional cost . We have more than 400 courteous agents, scattered over every county in Michigan, 'to protect your interests and help you in time of trouble, if you own an automobile write us giving the make and model, our agent will gladly call, Without any obligation on. your part. ‘ Don’t put it off---tomorr0w is apt to be too late! ‘ WM. E. ROBB, Secretary, \ \ Citizens’ Mutual Auto lnsurance C0,,“ Michigan’s Pioneer and Largest Mutual Auto Insurance Company in the World ' HOWELL \ :‘i'g: - u" Q“: 1...!} u 2 . .9: .J n 4-m- e ‘r in: 'éf-igmzmfi . a“, Our modern“, Ifik‘eb’ridoi" x»‘ ' 14:! 1‘; ‘ bfiildingat 0:0rIF-Iowell, to which} outnumber; - am; guteownars eve names” *a'IWaye-ivvelysmei Gémrf Q v'dfir MHZHI‘GAN .. t. "a. 3‘" "I 313-115 .gt'fl'm‘ ;._ LA" 5 1-1 V v."- r . ‘ . L . 5 V afigéq’ :i") ; ... f, "i