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"‘WHAT DOES the farmer want of the banker?”
was ,the queer question which R. C. Rothfuss,
president of .the‘NatiOnal Bank of Commerce of Adrian,
propounded before the annual convention of bankers re-
cently held at Saginaw. We call it a rather strange com-
nentary upon the banking fraternity’s foresight that it
should be necessary to ask this question in the year 191.),
after hundreds of years of business transactions between
farmers and bankers. Mr. Rothfuss knew the answer to
that question. He asked it of his brother bankers and
answered it in their presence because he knew that many

There are several strange things

‘of them did not know the answer so vital to all of them.

Banker . Supports Cause of the Farmer

‘ Michigan F inanciers Warned Against Limiting of Agricultural Credits

Rothfuss’ article, and were every banker in Michigan to
accept the wholesome advice contained therein the greatest
handicap that agriculture has to carry might be lifted and

those engaged in the industry be greatly aided in a pro‘it
able expansion of their business—The Editor. ,

t O 1’

HE GREATEST—or if not the greatest, certainly

the most pressing and immediate—peace problem, is
feeding a hungry world. And, because of the devastation in
Europe and the disorganization of government and indus-
try throughout a large part of the civilized world, this job
will fall almost entirely, for several years to come, upon
the American farmer. America must feed the world, and
Michigan, as one of the leading ag-

 

about Mr. Rothfuss’ answer to that 1
question. The strangest of all is
that the answer was given by a .’
banker. You will know what I“
mean by this after you have read
the article. Mr. Rothst has tak-

er negotiable instruments in which 1
his bank has an interest and has ,
put on a pair which gives him a '
clear and almost absolutely impar-
tial vision. of the relations that ,
should, but unfortunately do not
always, exist between the farmer ‘: Say .....
and. the banker. " ‘
One of the most necessary essen-
tials in the farming business is
good credit. But the best of credit
is no good that will not secure mon-
ey at the time and in the ’quantities : "
needed. There are places in Michi- ‘
gan as M. B. F. has many times

 

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Some of This Issue’s Contents

 

“EXTEND RURAL CREDITS," is
the message of R. C. Rothfuss.
Adrian banker, to fellow bankers.

“BERRIES JUllfPING FROM so to
40c," and the reasons are told by
........... Page 4

“LIFTING THE LID AT LANSING”
is accomplished by Senator Her-
bert Baker. . _. . .

Editorials and What the Neighbors

. . . Pages 6 and 7

“Health Hints and Care of Children,"
by Mabel Clare Ladd for the Wom-

_, .......... Page 8

“Funny D00 Dads” and Prize Letters
and Stories by children

Market Quotations and Hints

. .Pages 10 and 11

V. E. Burnett,. .

.......... Page 5

.....

an’s Section. . . .

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Farmers’ Service Bureau

1 ricultural states, must make its
farms yield as never before, in or-
der to do its full share.
Because the food problem is one
which concerns every individual,
because an adequate supply of food

en Off hi - - ...... . ............ Pages 1, 2, 15 - 11 - n
. s glasses With which he . “THE US. WOOL DE AL" as explain- JS essential to the. we being a d
v1ews such things as notes and oth- _ ed by Milo Campbell ...... Page 3 continued prosperity of all indus-

try, and because the prevailing
high cost of living has focused the
attention of people of every class
upon the problem of increased food
production, the farmer has been the
recipient of reams of advice on how
to run his farm so that the markets
of the world would be filled to
overflowing with a bountiful sup-
ply of farm products. All of this
advice has been well meant, some of
y it has been sound, a great deal of it
has been wholly impractical, and
most of it has been promulgated
without any real knowledge of the

Page 9

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shown Where farmers are handicap-

‘ped in their operations by the lack of capital and credit
that does not meet the requirements of over-particular
bankers. The very success or failure of thousands of far-
mers in Michigan depends upon this matter of credit and
capital. And because this is 'so, it follows that scores of
communities develop or retrograde according to the abili-
ty and the willingness of banks to extend credits.

The average small-town banker has. a vision about as
long as his nose. When he lends a dollar to a farmer he
puts down among his assets the interest that accumulates
u on that dollar, and let’s it go at that. Yet the farmer
who borrowed that dollar and set. it to work earning other
dollars which in due season find their way thru unseen
channels into other local enterprises has added to that

’ bank’s assets many times the value of the interest which

he paid upon the loan. Since scores of communities
in Michigan are'dependent for their growth upon the far-
mers, it would seem the“ art of good business as' we have
many times ppinted out, or the bankers of those commun-

 

business of agriculture.

Agriculturejs the oldest profession in the world. It be—
gan when “man’s first disobedience and fruit of forbidden
tree, whose morfiil taste brought death into the world and
all our woe,” forced our common parents to leave the gar—
den of Eden—to give up all of those ideal conditions,
and compelled them to labor hard for their daily
bread. Ever since that time the farmer has been tilling the
soil and earning his bread by the sweat of his brow. With
all the accumulated wisdom and experience of the ages to
guide him, it seems, indeed, presumptuous for men in oth-
er lines of business and professions to be offering un—
sought advice and counsel to the farmer. Particularly
would this seem to be true of the banker, whose business,
by com arison, is still in its infancy, having been founded
only a few centuries ago by the despised Jews of southern
Europe, who, because of persecution, abandoned agricul-
ture and other recognized and respected lines of trade,
and took to money lending for usury. There are, I am
informed, some present-day bankers whose methods have

 

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3 Gilt of fill the, vast’
for the improvement of agricultural conditions
which have been ’offered to the farmer during the
last few years, very little has been put into ef-
fect which has accomplished real results. This
«is true not alone of the plans offered by the bank-

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E ’ors’ associations, but also of the work of. the De-

 

 

 

 

. qualified than anyone else to handle.

, ’partment of Agriculture and some of our agricul-
, “turai schools as well. One difliculty has been that

the plans and advice offered have been largely
theoretical, and have been aimed at only one
phase of the problem—increased production. They
have failed to take into account actual conditions
on the farms, as well as certain fundamental de-
fects in our system of marketing and distribu-
iton, which must be corrected before the farmer
will be entirely convinced of the desirability of. a
constantly increasing production, which he has a
strong suspicion may result in lower prices, 'with
more labor and less profit. '
The fact of the matter is that most of the plans
'for better farming have not taken the farmer into
account at all. They have been framed from the
standpoint of the consumer and for the purpose of
lowering prices to the consumer. All lines of bus-
iness have met in convention year after year,
speakers haveurged the farmer to do his patriot~
. ic duty-land raise more crops, resolutions have been
adopted to be bestowed upon the farmer, contain-
ing their pet formula for bringing about‘this
much-desired result, and then the conventions
have adjourned and the delegates have gone their
way filled with conscious pride at the big things
they have asked someone else to do. But they
leave up to the farmer the problem of getting in
his crops with an insufi‘chxt labor supply—insuf-
ficient because the farmer cannot compete with
the high wages now paid for even unskilled labor
. in other lines of business. They expect the farm-
er to buy tools and implements at greatly increas‘
ed prices, and after his crops are produced they
leave it to‘ the farmer to market them under the
same old antiquated system which makes him the
prey bf speculators and manipulators, and gives
him no assurance that he will receive a fair or
just price for the fruit of his labor.
It is a popular misconception that the farmer as
a class has been reaping a rich harvest of profit
out of the high prices prevailing during the war.
While those farmers whose land was in good pro-
ducing condition, and who have been fortunate
enough to have sufficient help, have made some-
what more than their normal profit, others less
fortunately situated, whose boys have been in the
army, have been compelled to pay high prices for
labor, if obtainable at all, or to leave their land
untilled. The cost of tile, fence, seed, machinery
*and everything which goes into the cost of ‘oper—
ating a. farm has increased so that the net profits
from many farms during the war period have
been actually less than under pro-war conditions.

Time for Bankers to 00th Farmers

In my opinion it is time that the farmer should I

be called into the consultation. Before any fur-
ther time is spent in evolving uplift and better-
ment schemes which have for their real purpose
not the good of the farmer—it is time, I say, to
ask the farmer what he wants and what he needs
to make it possible for him to increase produc-
tion on a basis which will yield a living profit for
himself and at the same tme provide the amount
of food necessary to feed the world and avert in
our own country and in other less favored coun-
tries the conditions of anarchy now spreading
from bolshevik Russia throughout Europe.

You may ask why I feel justified in criticizing
the efforts of bankers and men in other lines of
business to promote better farming and increased
production. You say that the efforts are well in-
tended. Then why should they not be well receiv-
ed by the farmer? I have talked with many farm-
ers in regard to the matter, and have read many
articles in farm papers bearing on the subject,
and the prevailing spirit seems to be one of ridi-
cule, if not of resentment, at which seems to them
unwarranted interference in those phases of prac-
tical farming which they feel themselves better
They do not
claim to be entirely selfssufficient or'independent,
and admit that they need the financial assistance
of the bankers. But they insist that, if provided
with proper financial aid and the proper co-opera—
tion of the various governmental agencies control-
ling transportation, marketing and distribution,
they will be able to work out their problems in
their own way for the benefit both of themselves
and the consumer.

The farmer asserts that faulty marketing facil-

“ ities, improper methods of distribution, excessive

transportation costs and excessive profits to the
jobber and middleman are more responsible for
the high retail prices of food products at the pres-
ent time than insufiicient production. He insists
that he is not getting his fair share of the consum-
er’s dollar, and that railroads and middlemen are
absorbing most of the profits of farming. Be-
cause of the failure of the Government or of pri-
vate enterprise to provide proper warehousing and
storage facilities, reliable statistical information

, regarding production of‘cmps'end demand for

them in the markets of the world, and propfr
Y

«M115 of distributing them quickly and cheap
' toffbe points where, they are needed, the. farmer

 

must offenthe fruits of his labor indepeculative

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in Buffalo or other live stock marks ts that! r
price has dropped while his shipment was in trans.
it, because the market happened to be glutted that
day by a few more carloads than the packers were
prepared to take. He has more than a strong nus-
picion that these conditions are not the result of
the law of supply and demand, but that prices are
being'manipulated by the packers for their own
benefit. Until the Government finds some means
of correcting these and many other glaring faults
in our system of distributing food products, the
farmer prefers to handle the production of crops,
but he does want assistance in producing them
more cheaply and in marketing them/ at less cost.

What Ails Our Program?

What, then. do the farmers want from the bank-
ers? What is wrong with our banker-farmer pro-
gram? It was conceived in good faith and with
the right motives, and a considerable amount of
real constructive work has been done. But for
some reason we have' failed to establish and main-
tain the,proper points of contact with the farmers
to make our efforts entirely acceptable to them.

Let us begin with fundamentals. The business
of the farmer is to produce crops. The. business

  

 

 

M3. 3. C. BOTHFUSS -

President Nation-l Bank of Commerce, Adrien,

has seen the light no for the need of extending
credits more freely to farmers and in other mat-

ters, explained In the accompanying nrticle._

 

 

 

of the banker, so far as the farmer is concerned, is
to assist him in financing his taming operations
and the various agencies upon which he is depend-
ent for the things necessary in the production of
crops. There you have the'crux of the whole sit»
uation. The banker is outside of his proper
sphere when he undertakes to do for the farmer
anything but to finance his proper requirements.
But, according to this line of reasonin , you as _

the banker—farmer movement is all misd rooted e -‘

fort. Most decidedly not. The banker-farmer
movement is all right, but the bankers like an
“awkward squad" of rookies have got off on the
wrong foot and are out of step with the movement.
The banker-farmer moverr int originated when the
U. S. Department of Agriculture proposed the or-
ganization of farm bureaus and the appointment of
county farm agents in every agricultural county
and asked the co—operation c" the American Bank-
ers' Association, in carrying out the plan. The

.Michigan' Bankers' Association was one of the

first of the state associations to realize the im-
portance of this plan, and went at the job with
the "will to win." Farm~bureaus were established
in several counties the first year and in 1916. The
slogan of the agricultural commission during the
last two years has been: "A county farm agent
in every county in Michigan." The ,work has pro—
gressed to the point where they are now only nine
counties without a farm bureau in charge of a
competent farm agent These counties are Hills-
dale, Gratiot. Ionia, Clare, Midland, Sanilac, Hur-
on, Ogemaw and Leelanau. A strong effort will
be made to bring these counties. into line during
the present year. . i , '

But having assisted in its organization, what
is the apparent attitude "of the bankers, both col-,
lectively and individually,,toward the farm bureau

 

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. lug Mal» organization in shah“, » x
f all farmers, whether members or not, might look“

   

‘It 18 in’ charge of a man who is acquainted with"
every\ phase of country life, and capable of giving
definite advice. and of securing information on all
matters pertainig to agriculture, such as soil fertil-
ity, soil analysis, testingof seeds, pure bred seed,
feeding and breeding 'of-live stock, prevention of .
disease, organization of co-operative marketing .as- --‘
' sociations and boys’ and girls' club work. ‘ The
. county farm agents have in nearly every instance
emeasured up to the Job-and are furnishing this .
kind of advice and assistance to all who apply, and
are seeking by every means at their command to
Widen the sphere of their influence. '
9 Where the Banker Fails

But the country banker, with a" shortsightedness
difilcult to understand, has consistently and per-
sistently ignored the farm bureau ever since his
first spasm of enthusiasm for the movement led
him to assist in its organization. Even the agri- ,
cultural commission seems to have overlooked the
purposes of the county farm bureau. At the annu-
al meeting at Lansing in February in our zeal to
do something real and definite for the farmer, we ~
authorized one of our members to prepare a plac-
ard, which in final form reads as follows: “Farm:
are: This bank by special arrangement with the
Michigan Agricultural College Will gladly furnish
you with help and information regarding your
problems in soil, seed, stock. You are very wel-

, come to this service." This placard was distribut-
ed by the association and is now displayed in the
lobby of every member bank in the state, when, in
every county but nine, we have a county farm bur-
eau which we helped to create, with an expert on -
agricultural problems in charge, ,whose principal
duty it is to ga er and furnish just this kind of
information to t a farmers. .Was this intended as
a. reflection upon the efficiency of the farm bureau? ,
Certainly not. But this case is a striking illustra—
ton of how little consideration the bankers have ‘
given to the farm bureau. The idea of the agri-
cultural commission was good, but the method of
carrying it out was wrong. '

We are ignoring the farm bureau in numerous
other instances. Read the current number of the
Bankers-Farmer and you will find articles describ-
ing the plan of operation of a boys' and girls’ calf
club or pig club or a corn or potato contest, fl-
nanced and conducted by some individual bank.
And to what end? Ostensibly for the benefit of

the boys and girls and to promote better farming, '

but in reality because it appeals to the cashier of

_ the bank as a good advertising stunt, which will
“put one over" on his competitor across the
street. And it is a good advertising stunt. and no
fault could be found with the bank which “put it
across.” If there were not a better way of hand-
ling the matter—one which would insure the per-
manence of the club and make it an annual insti-
tution of lasting benefit to the community.

The county farm agent is thoroughly familiar -
with all kinds of boys' and girls' club work. He
is anxious to assist in getti this work under
way, and the only thing t at he lacks is the
financial backing to take care of loans and prizes
and incidental expenses. Here is an opportunity
for the banks of 'every county to show their pub-
lic spirit and to do something which will be ap-
preciated by the boys and girls and by their. par-
ents, and result in lasting benefit to the farming
community. Forget for the time being the queer
tion of personal profit or advertising, try to get
the bankers of your county together on some plan
to finance the loans necessary to carry out a com-
prehensive plan of boys' and girls’ club work cov-
ering several phases of farming activity. But by
all means leave it to the county farm agent to

work out the details and let the farm burea have ll

all the credit. If this work is carried on un er the
supervision of the county farm agent it will be-
come a permanent institution.

On the other hand, it has been found that boys'
and girls’ clubs work conducted by individual
banks for advertising purposes almost invariably
falls down of its own weight after one or two sea;~
sons, because of the vast amount of detail work "
involved. The county farm agent is better quali-
fied than the bankers to select and arrange the
most desirable line of work, to look after the pur-
chase of the stock, to watch the progress of the -
contestants, to instruct them in proper methods
and to arrange for judging and awarding the '
prizes. Bankers who agree to underwrite this
work in the manner suggested will be doing a big.
unselfish thing for their community, and they will
not have long to wait for their reward, for there is
nothing \which has ever stimulated greater inter-
est in better farming, both among the boys and
31,15 and the “grown-ups” than club work of this

« kind properly conducted and placed ‘on a perma-

nent basis“, , '
~ “ Help in Other Ways

. There is anotherproper. activity lot the county

farm bureau which requires the cooperation of

the banks.- It hasbeen tried out with excellent

results in several counties, and should be made a

feature of the» work not every farm bureau. 1 re—

. forl'infdrmation-in regard. to all farm problems...“ ‘

 

 

 

 

for to the. purchase of pure bred seedsby the farm
agent for , ‘ nth! among the farmers. It '
would behard teammate manual loss in crops '
in‘this country throw ,(‘Ooncluded on page 15)

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,«mmonrs watchful eyes, the mm.
‘ -eer would not,be permitted to goal.

' that such turbidden profits had been

 

- action was taken. It would ,be, only

,ernment was confronted with an

‘ posal and settlement for the clip. 80

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* “canted

UDGlNfiL mm the innumerable disclosures

‘ ‘ which have been modelin connection with the

gorernrhent’mhsndling or anairs, there’s some-
thls’ rotten somewhere besides in Denmark. like
thement's sorry effort to market the 1918

. wool «Inter-instance. As an argument for gov-

ernment purchase and mm of this

from the price that belonged to the farmers. Ten
cents‘a pound would mean 870,000,000."
According to Mr. Campbell, “There was no more
flagrant attempt at downright swindling during
the war than this one. It was conceived and exe-
cuted by a series of incidents through which the

with Bureau of -Morkets; Reosons for Delay in Wool ' Settlement:

300,000,000 pounds, but as a matter of fact it
amounted to about, or more than 700,000,000
pounds. There are two or three things to bear in
mind to get a clear understanding of the way
these dealers got. hold of and now have in their
pockets, these millions that belong to the farmers.

"From the time the wool was

 

clip. it was stated that under the gov-

sheared from the back or the sheep

 

the wool growers. By .a simpler—pa.
per on pawn—systematic plan the
government ’ would designate author-
ized dealers, ill their profit at a fair
margin, and would itself dispose of
the entire crop at maximum "prices to
the grower. A very definite promise
was made, to the wool grower that
dealers would not be permitted to
take large profits, and that upon the-
submission of any evidence showing

  

taken, such dealers would he ordered
to disperse those excess profits to the
growers. ‘

M. B. F. took the information for
its face value, and when it became
veryevident that many of the wool
dealers had no intention of dealing
fairly with the grower and the gov-
ernment, but were buying wool at the
very lowest prices at which growers
would sell and disposing to accredit-
ed dealers at the government’s fig-
ures, we encourageed our readers to
report on their individual wool’salzes.
M. B. F. was the only paper in Mich-
igan‘ to discover the profiteering or ,
the dealers, and the only one that we
know of in the United States to pro-
test against it. Individuals and farm
organizations, however, a. little later
took the matter up, and sought re-
dress-“tor the growers.

Conspicuous among these sham.
pious was Milo Campbell, of Cold-
water, who, acting in his capacity as
member of the Agricultural Advisory
Committee; wrote a number of strong
letterato the Bureau of Marks“ set-
ting forth the result of certain in-
vestigations he had conducted which
proved conclusively that such abuses
had arisen and should be corrected.
Mr. Cam hell's letters and charges
were pu lished in‘ these columns
shortly after they were given to the
Bureau of Markets. Yet despite the
very positive e'vidsnce that both the
government and the growers ”had
been swindled out o: vast sums, no

dealers

fair-to state, however, that the gov-

enormous task, far greater than it
had conceived 01, in making final die.

that there may be partial excuse tor
the delay in checking up dealere’ rec-
ords, ascertaining the profits and
causing a redistribution of those ‘
which appear to be in excess of the

 

 

T‘s—Bureau oi Markets,
U. 8'. Dept. of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.

Please send by return mail result of investigation of wool com-
plaints referred to you some weeks ago; also any information
upon final settlement for 1918 wool clip.
EICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING.

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LATEST WORD FROM GOVERNMENT

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM

Michigan Business Farming,
Mt. Clemens Hick, junc 25,1919

 

Gentlemen: In reply to your telegram ‘of june 25, we wish,
to state that all communications relative to the. handling of the
1918 wool which have been forwarded by you to us have had
our careful consideration and investigation has been made wher-
ever we deemed it necessary. In a number of instances we have
obtained from these letters the names of dealers who operated
without permits. Such dealers have been required to submit
rts of their transactions in 1918 wool, the same as

Reports have been received from approximately 3,000 country
dealers and from about One-half of the large dealers in distrib-
uting centers. These reports are being audited as rapidly as
possible in order to determine whether profits in excess of those ket'
allowed by Government regulations have been made. Some ex-
cess profits already have been” collected, but it is not expected

that we will start any distribution for several weeks.
‘ We wish to call your attention to the fact that under the regu-
lations excess profits are figured on the season’s business and not
on individual clips. For this reason the fact that 5 or 10c per
pound profit was made on an individual clip does not indicate
that a grower who owned this clip will receive any rebate. Such
in rebate would be made to him only when -the dealer involved
made excess profits on the entire season’s businss.

We will hold the letters which you have forwarded and check
up the information contained in them against re rts received
from dealers, but they cannot be used as a basis or rebates ex-
cept in a general way. Such rebates will be handled automatic-
ally through this Bureau and individual in
serve only to delay this work.

We expect to issue for publication within a few days a brief
article descriptive of the work of the Domestic Wool Section of
the War Industries Board, in which will be explained some of
the most commonly misunderstood
I of this article will be furnished you as soon as it is released.

Very truly yours,

CHARLES J. BRAND,
Chief, Bureau of Markets.

quiries in many cases

phases of this work. A copy

until it reached the government, it
was unwashed and unscoured wool.
It was never anything but wool in

the big dealer might have a dark cor-
net somewhere on the way between
the farmer and the government, he
provided a plan by which the local
wool buyer should buy the wool of
the farmer ‘in the grease’ and by
which the big Boston wool dealers

'scoured wool’ although every pound
of it was sold to the government in
the grease, just as it was received
from the local wool buyer.

"Remember also, that the local buy-
ers and the big dealers were all gov-
ernment agents, limited in their pro-
fits to the amounts fixed by the gov
ernment. The local agents or buy:.
ers were to receive 11,410 per pound
and this was to be taken from the
price paid to the farmer. The big
dealer was to get 5 per cent and his
commission was to be paid from the
United States Treasury. There were
two or three other small charges to
be taken out of the price paid to the
farmer~the freight to the central
market, the shrinkage, and interest
on the money till it reached the mar-

mission to the local buyer would be
less than five cents per pound. The
farmer was entitled to the price paid
by the government to the big dealer,
less flve cents per pound at most.

"The rules of the Wool Division
provided ‘that the books of the deal-
ers should be open to inspection.‘ But
there was no provision that the deal-
ers big or little, should keep any
books or accounts or any kind or ren-
der any accounts to anybody.

“These big dealers. as a first step
in the plan, secured from the govern-
ment at price for the scoured wool
WhiCh they were to turn over'to the
government (though not a pound was
to be scoured). The prices obtained
were to be as follows:—

“New England States, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland:

Fine Delaine,‘ $1.85 pound; .Fine ‘
Clothing, $1.75 pound; Half Blood
Staple, $1.69 pound; Half _Blood
Staple, $1.45 pound; Three—eighths
Clothing, $1.62 pound: Three-eighths
Clothing, $1.42 pound; One-fourth
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intervals we have written the Bureau
of Markets, asking when the final
checking up and settlement would be made, and
ineach case assurance was given that this was be-
ing doneas rapidly as possible. A large number
of letters received from M. B. F. readers were for-
warded to the bureau, and g promise were secured
that each complaint would be investigated and if
it were found that'excess pro-tits had been take

rebates would-be ordered made. .

. Milo'Oambell’s Activity ,
. Now comes Milo Campbell once more with

charges at a sensational character. The charges
in brief are, that the government needed the en-

. tire wool clip which amounted to about 100,000,-

000 pounds; that the War Industries Board had
much business on hand and accordingly created a
department of the board known as the Wool
Division inviting in the big wool dealers to ad-
vise the War Industries Board how to do the job;
that the wool buyers and big" dealers were made

government agents and helped fix the prices which .

the government would pay; that the wool was

I - bought from the farmers "in the grease" at prices -

ranging from approximately to to 07 cents per
pound and sold to the government as “scoured
wool" at prices ranging fig-.3110 to $1.85 per
pound; that not a single oi wool sold in

hat a was actually scoured by buyers or My.
,' its adetbat this plan was put into attest in orda-
4“, m a «woke barrage” under sov’er oi which
the buyers and dealers could nuke their hm

  
   

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farmers and the government were defrauded oi
untold millions. Patriotism had no part in the
drama, nox- does patriotism demand that silence
or protection. cover the actors who hold the ill-
gotten gains.

“We do not produce all the wool we need in this
country, normally. We import about as much as
we produce. Last year the government wanted all
of the wool clip, and so declared by mandate.

“The first mstak wasby the government in-
viting in the Boston Wool Dealers to advise the
War Industries Board how to do the Job. This
gang is notoriously the greatest trust on earth
in the wool business . The War Industries Board
had much business on hand an so it created a
division of the board known as the Wool Divis-
ion; and so it was in this little corner, the plans
were made to fleece not alone the sheep but the
farmers and» the public generally.

“We hear it talked that the wool clip was about

FARM REFORM VOTE IN NORTH
‘ ' ' DAKOTA
R EFORMS for farmers of North Da- .
kota seem to have won out accord-' '
ing to late returns on the referendum
~ Note. The balloting was upon, state hail

1 insurance, unification of the education- ,

s1 system an industrial commission and
other measures. ' .

 
 
 

fourth Blood Clothing, $1.30 pound.
Prices in other states were similar.

"As soon as these prices were fixed by the gov-
ernment and the big dealers knew what they were
to get for woo]. they bought, (plus the five per
cent to be had from the United States Treasury)
they next flooded the local buyers with instruc-
tions What to pay the farmer for his wool. These
instructions were vague and indefinite, but were
sent in such shape as to cause the purchase at the
lowest possible figures. The commonest grades
bought in the territory above were the Delaines.
the Three-eighths and Quarter Bloods, so called,
For these grades the prices advised would be ap-
proximately:

Fine Delaines, 65¢: per pound; for Three-eighths,
680 per pound; for Quarter Bloods, 670 per pound.

“Some Grease"

"That spells ‘some- grease between sixty-five
cents a pound to the farmer and $1.85 to the big
dealer for Delalnes; between sixty-eight cents a
pound to the former for Threeeighths, and $1.45
to the big dealer; between sixty-seven cents a

ound to the farmer for Quarter BIood,Wool and
1.42 to the big dealers. .
“The spread between the farmer and the govern. ,
ment price was so great that it meant pie to the
ton wool gang, and they began toget hungry
more of it. They began to reach for each 0th..
or on the sly. They altered the local dealers mere
the wool in their hands than they had agreed
arm, although the government price rem _ ,
a” same. They knew they had skinned the lam

er. and the m began to skin each other,‘hut‘
be late to l) the wool producer except in 'm

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the grease, and always is so, until it “
goes to the factory. But in order that .-

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' sion. But market experts, in”

’ STRAW’BERRIES have been sold for three

cents and less per quart to Detroit commis—

sion merchants, who have turned around
and sold the berries at prices ranging as high
as 35 cents or more, during the last few weeks.
Some of the commission merchants have'shown
their books, and to all appearances have dealt
honestly with the farmers, as well as the con-
sumers in the cities But what kind of system
is this anyway, farmers, are demanding indig-
nantly. in letters which are coming to Michi-v
gan Business Farming. In response-to these
protests, this farmer’s newspaper has made a
thorough research into the Detroit markets
and commission houses, looking into books and
receipts. witnessing higgling transactions and
shifty-eyed sharpers manipulating sleight of
hand to rob grower and producer. Also, com-

‘mission merchants have ”been found who seem

honest inen, eager to present their own griev-
ances and to open their accounts to the sun-
light.

Take a sample letter of complaint which an-
gry farmers write. The letter written by A. M.
Hendrix, of Baroda, Mich., ‘is a good example:

To the Editor, Mich. Business Farm-ins:

I am sending some records of berry sales
in Detroit to you. I think a firm _which
sells berries like that should be advertised,
so people could get their berries for five
cents per quart and less. People then can
see by such sales how rich the farmers are
getting. I would like to know about the
firm doing this business. It was giving
around 17 cents a quart, we were told when
we shipped them on Friday, June 13th,
but the firm ,did not send us the bill until
the following Wednesday. And when .the
payment came, it was only three and four
cents a quart. One of our neighbors receiv—
ed less than three cents a quart.

ARTHUR HENDRIX,
Baroda, Mch. R. F. D. 2

The firm referred to is Cullotta and Jull, 409
Russell St., Detroit, and one of the typical ac-
counts follow:

Sold for account of A. M. HENDRIX. Baroda.
Received June 16.
Car No. (blank)

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16 crates strawberries @ 80c 12.80
leaking and mouldy.

Express 3.97

Commiss’n 1.28

..... '. . .5.25

7.56,
Sixteen crates of 16 quarts per crate leaves
arOund four cents per quart to the farmer,
which does not pay the cost of paying the

pickers, in some cases. This condition is being
contrasted with the fact that consumers in the

towns are either going' without or paying as .
‘high as forty and fifty cents for a quart of

‘beiries. And any number of housewives who
ordinarily can berries, felt they could not at-
ford the high prices this year. ,

Investigating the Markets

A, complete tour was made of the Eastern

Market commission houses on Russel street a
short ways north of Gratiot, last week-end. One
who makes a visit there can see a reproduction
of scenes in southern France and Italy, with
the chaos of debris and the nausea of decaying
vegetables and the babel of nearly all nations.
The narrow store fronts, without windows or
doors. open on the street like holes in the
wall, from which sharp-eyed dealers, Italians,
Jews. Greeks and Americans peer out from
among the cartons and baskets and bags.‘Here
and there a prosperous looking individual bust-
les about with the atmosphere of proprietor,
and gives orders to trucks and wagons and
buggies lining the curbs before the holes in
the walls around the great oblong of the East-

. ern Market.

of the firm under the fire of the
welcomed _ investigation in a
and showed some of , his

to the investigator, and

Mr. Jull,
Baroda people,
gentlemanly way,
books and receipts

took him all'around the great market to re

veal conditions in other warehouses, wheie the
investigator asked the questions. The express
charges of the American Express Company were
as listed, according to the bills on file in the
commission house. These charges were $3. 97 on
a shipment valued at $12. 80, or nearlv a third
of the value. The commission was ten per cent
of the total value, or $1. 28.

- Although this commission seems high, inquiry

showed it to be uniform among nine out of»

ten of the other commissie ho
under the name of Jack.
take strawberries at only sixpor

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or, o and to
animal-

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Local Canneries, Retailing by F armesr and CO—op.Market1ng Urged to Sclve Problem

By VERNE E. BURNETT

case, said that it was probably because of the
acute demand for berries, the supply of which
is nearly exhausted. Further, experts state.
commission men who lower their commission
rate are likely to' make up their profit in some
other way

Investigation showed no fallacy in the fig-
ures on the Baroda berry transaction, as far as
express and commission are concerned. And it is
the impression that Cullotta and Juli are 0. k.
in those respects. But the questionableness in
practically all commission houses comes‘ in
this manner: There. was no lot number marked
in the space provided. This lot number is sup-
posed to be a keygwhereby the actual cash
transactions on both sides of the fence'c‘an be
determined. And right above the heading pro-
viding for a lot number is staitiped the g0vern-—
ment license numbe1, showing that it is the in-
tention that the lot numbers should be given
to the farmers, who could chase down. x'proiit'eé‘r-
ing claims.

The commission dealer stated that the her-
ries had come in a leaking and mouldy- condi-
tion. This was entirely possible due to the in-
tense heat and the delays in shipping. But the
word of his firm was the sole authority in this
case. Furthermore, he reports. that the ship-
ment was sold to a peddler and that no cash
record was kept of the peddler’s name or’ num-

_ her and so on. The farmers could request the
. express company to keep tab of the condition

and mark it on the bill, according to the com—
mission men, who say that this protection to
the farmers is seldom used. Mr. Jull offered to
make good to the farmers any discrepancies
which might have occurred: We feel that his
firm is as sound as any. The system is what
counts. . . -

“We are always ready for investiagtions,"
one commission man said. And the alacrity with
which commission men steered the investigator
around, the sharp scrutinies and exchanges of
winks. or sinister looks, indicated that the
eastern market is accustomed to perennial in-
vestigations. The stories are learned by rote and
the right things are Said at the right time.

The Solutions Offered

Several solutions have been offered whereby
the farmer grower and the city consumer , can
be equally benefited by adjustment of prices.

G. V. Branch, who has just been appointed
headof the new bureau of public markets in
Detroit, formerly of Petoskey and a graduate
of the Michigan Agricultural College, has issued
the following statement to the press:

“The first job Will be 'to organize and clean
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had felt safe before. But clinging to the solo hope for
re! rm; an per legislative representation, Mr. Fann-

I got 3 busy, planning a come-back at the cap-
ital. The initiative can help certain specilo measures,

but reopensiblo legislative representation will In the

means of escaping from tho holo- the .tarmor is. now in. -.

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the ground from beneath many stand-putters who .

go to the markets and the farmers to bring
their produce in to them, with the assurance 0!
advantage to both parties. .~
“Then we propose to work in co- -operation
with the Federal bureau, in its city market re-‘

porting service, which includes tips to house-
wives on fair prices, on the proper time to pur-
chase certain produce and on every other ele-.

ment of marketing, but Written in plain style,
rather than in the technical language of the
brokers.

“These reports will be sent to the farmers,
keeping them in touch With the city’s needs,

the prices to be expected and other facts of in- .,

terest. which will extend the city' 5 radius of sup-
ply from the farm's} ‘

The platform of Mr Branch contains - ele-
ments which the farmers approve. But it does

'not_ apply very universally. It surely will be

one solution for farmers within easy riding dis—
tance of Detroit Chicago, Grand Rapids and
other cities with public markets, to handle

.their produce themselves in the market 1111113118"?

and sell direct to the consumers, rather than

»Some of the heads of~ the biggest co—operative
clearing house in Detroit, -when -int‘erviewed,
stated that the problem or berries has », been
very acute this year. Troublesoccurre'd‘ when;
ever berries were shipped: from
distances, especially on" hot days or close to: the
end of the week,~when perishables came after.
the close; of the market. on Saturday or Mon-

day, after rotting all day Sunday. Thus ridicu- 11

lously ,low prices had to be returned‘to the
growers in some cases. But the lot numbers
and'cash entries were kept completely and any
farmer or consumer can) learn the'truth about
any particular transaction. It is considered that
co-operative market associations are especially
to be trusted.

One of the leaders of a great farm organiza—
tion advocated the erection of more local 0 n—
neries in order to relieve the problem of ship-
ping perishable goods “Canneries",‘ he sai-,d
“were frequently the salvation of bony dealers
in Chicago and other great cities this year and
in former years, whenever the market became
cluttered, especially after the close of the mar-
kets. " ~

Other experts advocate more of the direct
selling method, in cities as well as small
towns, whereby the farmer brings his produce
to town and has it taken through the residential
districts and sold direct to the housewives

There are other solutions offered, and many
solutions are required in order to settle the
various problems of our marketing evil. The
mere fact that the growers sometimes get be—

low 3 cents a quart for berries which may sell .

for 30 to 40 cents to the consumer shows. there
It is not alone the fight the farmers have
to wage, but also that of consumers. '

ASSOCIATIONS IN THE U. P.

iNE COOPERATIVE marketing associa-
N tions consisting of enthusiastic and repre~
sentative farmers from five Upper Penin»
sula counties met and organized under the direc-
tion of Dorr B. Buell, president and general man:
ager of the Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange
located at Cadillac} Michigan. The various coun-
ties organized on the given dates are:
Schoolcraft County Association. June 12; Delta
County with four associations, .June 13 and 14;

Baraga County Association, June 16 and 17; Mar- .

quette County ,two associations, June 18 and 19;
Menominee County Association, June 20.

Mr. Hale Tenna’nt, or. the Bureau of Markets.
made a trip through the Upper Peninsula in April
and in co-operation with the county agents start-
ed the preliminary work of establishing these 10-
cal co-operative marketing agencies. As a re-
sult these nine associations have been organized. "

' More are in the process of organization, and it
is expected by potato shipping time that every »

commercial potato community will be served bv
this central selling agency, Whose purpose it is
to do the selling for the local co-operative mai-
keting associations.

The object of these associations is to encour-
age better and more economical methods of pro-
duction; to standardize to secure better results in

grading, packing and advertising of potatoes; to

cultivate the co operative spirit of the community

and to perform any other work Which tends to
community betterment.‘

The work of the county agricultural agent Will
be enlarged through the work or this association
A premium will be placed on quality goods which-
has been impossible under the old system. Not

only will we have to standardize on adopted --v.ari
,eties, but attention will have to be given to seed
selection, sourceswf better seed, insect and dis- ‘
ease contrOl, cultural methods, rotation, and 0113 f ;
suitable f r potatOes. , , ,. . .1.

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’wlien .h'e'frep‘eats the Apostles’ Creed. He seems

to“thinkthat happenings of the day are-those set
dormer some automatic device incapable, of (118-
-.criminating [between things that would hurt or
' help this or that interest. . .. .
It is only when he comes to a realization that
speech along lines favorable to certain interests,
means-silver to someone, and that silence along

7;.some other lines, is really golden for those exer-

cising the option, that he gets a conception of the
power of the newspaper correspondent at the seat
of government» over. those who. make and execute
.the laws and how valuable an ally they become
to those who have something to “put over.”

“In 'thelegislature theyhave most of the mem-

l .bers. buffal‘oed .to_ such an extent that they dare

not support any measure opposed by newspaper
correspondents for fear of getting roasted, and
they dare'not opposeh'any measure they .are for,
for the samevreason.li , .. ‘_ . _ -
' Your newspaper correspondent, therefore, be-
” comes in a small way ,a sort of a d-ictator. His
voice (with some. notable exceptions),._is rarely
raise'd'in the public interest, and those with axes
to grind are usually found in his company. This
influence is ‘a valuable asset and. its importance
has not been'overlo’oked altogether by those pos-
sessing it. ' ,

This administration is frequently spoken of as
the most reactionary :of any, in the state’s history.
It has been said that it has advocated no reforms,
but that‘its chiéf.concern has been to make life
mere attractive for some of its friends. In. connec-
tion with this statement, it is pointed out that
its friends are mostly what Roosevelt used to call

these fellows back to the tall timber.
Newspaper correspondents know that a high
, state official and a high party ofi‘lcial made a trip

- to New York and on their return, one official

decision was promulgated which would take mil-
lions of’do’llarsfrom the people and give it to a
public service corporation. And did they open
their' beaks?‘ Not much. .

'All sorts of stunts were pulled off with the five
million dollars "the state gave the War Prepared-
ness Board, and did they hear of it? Not on your
tintype. ' .

The public is permitted to know only that things
which listen well. Jumping'J-acks are made to ap-
pear as real men‘ and real men are‘painted in off
color. For“ this service (i), the state pays well,
an evidence of the correctness of Barnum’s state-
ment that "the people like ‘to be humbuggedfl The
powers that be not only see that theyare proper-
ly humbugged but they finally pay not only the

HAVE BEEN requested to give an outline of
‘ how my farm is managed through a foreman,
. and I shall endeavor to. do so. I live some dis-
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members'of the family. Not residing on the farm
myself, but visiting it a few times in the year, it
is necessary to have a man therewho, understands
farming, and the immediate management: of the
farm, and able and willing to carry on the work
as I, in a general way, lay out and direct the
work. As we have no separate residence for the
foreman, we usually employ a single man and fur-
nish him board» and lodging at the farm residence. '
My farm is just mediumsize about '150 acres, and
we do general taming. We grow hay, winter
wheat, oats, barley, beans, corn, etc. and our stock
is the ordinary kind We keep work horses, and
raise some colts. We keep a few grade cows which
supply the house with butter, with some to sell.
Foreman , '

In the first place it is necessary that the fore-
man be a competent .man. He must 'be a man'of
good habits, good morals, sober. and temperate,
and a gentleman at all times. He must be honest,
agreeable,,and careful in’ dealings‘and in keeping
accounts. He must be able and willing to work,
readily, see and find work to do, plan the work
ahead and carry it through. He must understand

». how to prepare land for crops, and know when

land is in condition-to plow or cultivate, when

. and how to harvest the crops, how to use all kinds

of farm machinery, and keep them in "repair. He

..must know how to care for horses and Draperly
lwork them, how to fit collars and harness on
i horses, and especially collars, and hames, s 0, col-
"tars will fitlproperly and the draft be at the right.

use... He must know how to care for 9,11 11.".
stock, and ”readily observe any injury or sickness
‘7 ’ ngiet‘hem.” .He must be ableto finite and keep
'erv.a€med.-on the progress made, and mat-
WW? ' the farm, and make weekly re-

“predatory interests.” Proper publicity would send"

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fiddler but also the humbugger, by putting him on
the public pay roll. For faithful and efiicient
service along these .lines ROy C: Vandercook now
has a $5.000 job with the Michigan standingarmy
of 164 men, and H. N. Duff has the position of sec-
retary of the securities commission at about the
same salary, while Gurd Hayes, another of the
same class, is said to have turned ‘down a $4,000
job because he thought his services entitled him
to“ something better.

The public should‘always take their dope with a
liberal allowace of salt and put a club in soak for
their false prophets.

__,_.___

THE UTILITIES COMMISSION FIASCO

HE PUBLIC Utilities Commission is clearly

on its good behavior. The fact that in spite

. of the great. efforts to line up senators to
vote for confirmation that on part of the names
submitted, more than one-fourth of those voting
against confirmation is evidence'that this com-
mission starts out with full notice that it has not
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REP. GEO. W. WELSH, 0F KENT COUNTY
. Rep. Geo. W.
Welsh, 'publisher
of “The Fruit
Belt,” a n. alleg-
ed “farm paper.” '
Nevertheless he
led the fi g h t
against the ware-
h o u s e amend-
ment'in the last
regular seesion.

In t h e course
of his remarks,
he said in sub—
stance, “The pro— '
position to establish state—owned terminal ware-
houses to handle farmers’ products from pro—
ducer to consumer. is the child of a. disordered
brain. It is a socialistic, communistic bolshevik
idea." Then he takes a fling at “rural bol—
sheviks,” because he happens to be a rock-ribbed
reactionary. He has shown slight understand-
ing of the economic, vitally important issues
underlying reforms for the farmers’ welfare.

 

By J. L. SMITH

ports promptly. -He must be able to keep build-
ings, fences, and gates in repair, and in proper
shape. '

Spring Work

The early spring work consists generally of let-
ting water off the land, where ditches are blocked
up, so that the land will dry out quickly. Fences
are repaired, posts straightened up and driven
down, or re-set, while ground is soft. During the
spring, summer and fall, the foreman is usually
first up, usually about five o’clock. He starts the
kitchen fire, gets men up, looks over barns and
stock to see if all are well, feeds and harnesses the
horses ready for work. We have breakfast about
six. Start work at seven. He plans the work ahead,
and directs the help as to their work, and how it
shall be done, and takes the lead in the work him-
so .

Painting is .done, if any to do, farm implements
put in shape for work '(if not already done during
the Winter). As seen as the land is dry enough to
work, We begin working it. If the land plowed the
fall before is dry first, we work that up with disc,
or spring tooth harrow. If the land to be plowed
is dry first, We begin plowing. We make it a point
to sow oats as early as we can work the ground,
then barley, corn, beans, and lastly potatoes.

Care of Horses

Horses are watered and fed regularly, and in
proper amounts. We usually water before feeding
grain, and generally befOre feeding hay if not too
warm. Collars and harnesses are to be fitted
properly, especially collars, ”so as to avoid sore
necks. _Harnegg‘s are kept in repair and properly
hung up. 001 -, s are always buckled after taken.
off. ‘We :keep horses well bedded, and doors to

grain or. feed moms safely closed, so that horses

cannot get, to the grain :.We watch closely breeding
mares, both.for,breeding and} foaling.’ Horses are

“i :

tion challenged any senator favoring the appoint-

ments to name a newspaper in the state of more ‘

than local importance, that has endorsed the ap-.
pointments of this commission and received no

response and then challenged any senator to 887.7

that he. had not criticised these appointments

I with no takers, he established a case of general;

disapproval which the official roll call on conflrr
mation could not overrule.

If the governor had not been so eager to make '

the commission satisfactory to the predatory in-‘

terests which it is supposed to curbz—If he had '

not permitted his bonehead advisers to mix so
much politics up with the commission.

If he had kept his promise to name men whom
the public would instantly recognize as eminently
fitted both by training and sympathies for mem-
bership on this most important commission; if he
had named that sort of men it would not have
been necessary to have dragooned the senate‘to

When one of the senatdrs opposed to confirma- 1'

Farmer Living Away From Home

confirm men in whom it had little confidence.

The Utilities Commission is surely on its good

behavior.

THE DAY OF HIGH TAXES .
V HE SPECIAL SESSION of the legislature

 

has come and gone and the citizen 'Who has '

not yet looked for his pocket book should do
so at once, because he will need it about tax time
when he goes to chalk up his part of the nearly
forty million dollars of state tax he will be called
on to pay on account of appropriations made by
the legislature of 1919—Immense amounts of mon-
ey will be expended during the next two years on

roads. To care for Jackson prison will cost near-'

1y two millions; a million and a half will be used
in making necessary improvements at the Uni-
versity and about two millions in the erection of
the state’s new oflice building. All appropriations
for running expenses as well as those for new
buildings and improvements have been largely in-
creased because of the general rise in prices. It
may not be much harder to pay what we shall be
called on to pay in 1919 than it was to pay what
was asked of us in 1916 but what we are princi-
pally interested in is that these large amounts be
honestly expended to the end that the people get
value received for what they pay. They are in no
mood to parley with either grafters or thieves.

 

“PADDY" MILES

The Hon. Aaron Miles, of Mecosta, county, (Mr.
Miles is better known as “Paddy,”) is a general
favorite with those members of the legislatue who
do not take themselves too seriously.

Mr. Miles is one of those whom the editor
of the Fruit Belt denominated as “bolsheviks”
because they supported the terminal warehouse
proposition.

not abused or overheated on hot days. Our colts

get accustomed to eating grain before weaning,

and this keeps them growing after weaning; In '
the winter they are left out every day that is not

too stormy. ' '

Corn

Cleanliness in milking is necessary. We always
brush off dust from flank and udder before milk-
ing. Milk with clean dry hands, and avoid stir-
ring dust while milking. The cows are milked out
dry at each milking. Pay close attention to breed-
ing. Keep young calves growing all the time.
Keep stables well cleaned all the time, and cows
well bedded. They are left out every day in win-
ter when not too stormy.

Plowing

All land is plowed in lands about 18 or 20 feet
wide, and in striking out new lands this is observ-
ed. Where old dead furrows are used the widths
of lands will vary, but our desire is to get it all
back to 18 or 20 ft. lands as soon as possible. In
plowing, the furrows should not be more than 11
or 12 inches Wide, and 6 to 7 inches deep. Land
must not be plowed or cultivated when too wet.
Land should be worked up soon after plowing, so
it will not dry out too much. ‘ Plowed land should
be cultivated within a day or tWO at most after
plowing. All lands to be cropped should be plowed
in the fall, and cross ditches opened up in low
places, or in water courses, so water can run off.
In plowing lands we always plow the last furrOw
on the land side about half the usual depth, and in .
finishing the land we low the last furrow or sole
on the dead furrow si e, in this same furrow so as
to leave the dead furrow only one furrow wide. At
the sides of the field we plow towards the fence '

every other time so as not to ridge the earth up, 5 "

or make a low place, as it would if plowed the‘sam’e I
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SATURDAY, JULr 5, 1919

Published "erg Saturday by the
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The Bolshevik Bogey

‘LL SAVI
vou:

     
   

NO ONE has attended many public gath-
erings in Michigan the past year with-
out being obligcd to listen to a, more or less
learned lecture upon the evils and the menace
of Bolshevism and Non—Partisan-Leagueism.
They are related movements in‘one respect
and one only. They are organized protests
against certain well—known and generally ad-
mitted evils. In all other respects they dif-
fer. But to the man who is paid to 80W the
seeds of suspicion against any organized
movement on the part of labor or agriculture,
they belong to the same category and are fit
to discuss in common terms and upon common
occasions. So it is that Sunday school conven-
tions, Bible class gatherings, political ban-
quets, bankers’ conventions, farmers' picnics,
ladies’ aid societies, and all. other-gatherings
representing the professions, the trades, the
religious denominations and what not have sat
in credulous silence while some spellbinder
earned an easy dollar by playing upon their
fears and exhorting them to bee-ware of the
“dangers that lurk in the Bolshevistic and the
Non-partisanship doctrines advocated by long-
haired fanatics fresh from frenzied Russia.”
Here’s a story with which a certain profess—

ional agitator loves to thrill his audiences.

This gentleman, sleuthing one day in one of
the suburbs of Detroit, engaged a young lady
in conversation who confided to him that she
had dreams of earning $10 or $12 for only
four or five hours’ work. Ali-a! Our sleuth
sought the thing that was to make this horri-
ble ambition a reality. Bolshevism, muttered
the girl‘ betweenher teeth. Yes, Bolshevism
was the ma '0 lamp that was to summon the
demons of orce and wrest the great factor-
ies of Detroit from the hands of the capital-
ists and put them into the hands of the work-
ers, while the entire police force of the city,
the state constabulary and the United States
army stood helplessly by, their arms bound by
Sure, the audience
shudderod. Intelligent looking folks, too. A
sneeze or a cough at the conclusion of that
story would have precipitated a panic.

Not once, but many times, we have charm—Ii

terized the warnings of the platform parasite
and a good share of the daily press stories on
file menace of Bolshevimn in this country as
bunk, with no foundation as to fact and given
to the innocent public forthc sole purpose of
manufacturing sentiment against all organiz-
the common people.

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Mtraditions of ' ' _ laborand‘certaine

1y not in the leastdcrogabory to our ,instituq
tions of government; ‘ . " ~

’ Every great reform movement of ours has
exhibited radical manifestation which its en-
emies have seized upon to prove its weakness.
’Twill ever-be thus. The farmers and- the lab-
oring men, constituting the mass of 4390910,
will take a much larger interest in national af-
fairs from now on but we areless afraid to
trust the welfare of the country to them than
to certain organized commercial classes ’we
might mention. ‘

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The Peace Treaty

HE DETAILS of the treaty of peace .

which Germany has just signed are very
numerous and cannot be discussed here. The
Allies who as, victors in the Great War, dictat-
ed tho terms of peace, aver that they are fair
and in accordance with sound fundamentals
of justice. Germany, consistent to the last in
her eiforts to escape the full penalties of the
war which she precipitated, proclaims the tre-
aty a peace of violence and vindictiveness.
All transactions in the afiairs of men and
nations that are based upon that principle
which we call justice, are bound to survive the
corroding influences of time and change. But
it must be absolute justice to every partici—’
pant in the transaction. In civil suits, in crim-
inal actions, in war, a punishment that does
not fit the offense, is less than justice: If Ger-
many ’s crimes do not deserve the punishment
contained for her in the peace treaty, the trea-
ty isnot justand can never be enforced. But
in the eyes of the rest of the 'world the mind
can conceive of no punishment that Germany
might be forced to suffer which could wholly
expiate the great wrong she has perpetrated
upon mankind. Naturally Germany objects to
the peace treaty; but she would object to any
peace treaty which would disturb her territor-
ial possessios nor exact indemnities.

Germany should feel very grateful that the
successful Allies have not written a treaty ap-
propriating unto themselves many valuable
outlying districts that are integral parts of the
German empire. In nearly all of the interna-
tional were it has been the custom for the vic—
tor to help himself to the spoils. Germany has
done it in every successful war which she has
waged. But the Versailles treaty takes no
territory away frOm Germany proper with the
exception of a few hundred square miles of
valuable lands which go to France to partial-
ly repay her for the loss of valuable forests,
ruthlessly destroyed by the Germans d - ' '
their occupation. The most important ter -
torial changes effected by the treaty apply to
districts that were formerly wrenched by Go-
many from other countries and whose people,
in the majority of cases, desire self-govern-
ment or affiliation with some, other nation.

Were complete justice the sole object of the
peace treaty, Germany’s punishment would be
much greater. But the treaty leaves the em-
pire intact; it leaves the German people free
to work out their own form of government;
and it places very little restriction upon Ger-
many 's well-known commercial ambitions or
economic relations with other countries.

 

Land for Soldiers

HE MONDELL BILL, now before Con-

gress, would put into effect Secretary'bf
the Interior Lane’s ion for reclaiming waste
and cut-over lands or the use of discharged
soldiers and sailors. When Secretary Lane
first announced this plan as a means of “do
ing something for the soldiers, ” he was taken
at his word and it received the endorsement of
the city. recs. The agricultural press, with a
few not is exceptions, was not enthusiastic
over the scheme. M. B. F. painted out that
‘ were this plan to be launched on a sufficiently
broad soda to be of benefit to any considerable
number of soldiers, thereby-bringing under

 

 

 

 

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. as‘to be almostnegligiblo. But-the appropri-"C .
ation suggested was sufllciently large to devel- '~ 5 .

‘. turned soldiers. This would'mean that many

. be given an opportunity to own farms of their ‘

" rebut timestamps.
he " 1:81 number of soldiers:

mightreceive aid under the plan was so small. ,,

op and reclaim large areas of unused lands.
The Mondcll bill has merit; there-fern it
need not and‘should-not bepmisrepresented to '
the people. If the Mondcll bill is passed, it is -
a practical certainty that the gorernment will
clear several thousands acres of cut-over lands
in northern Michigan, erect ' buildings open
them, and sell the farms on easy terms to, re-

farm boys who have spent One or We of their
best years in "the service of Uncle Sam would

own. 'r We can see no reason why the Mondell

bill should not become a law.

 

The Legislature Adjourns V .

 

 

 

 

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. HERE NEVER was a perfect legisla-
ture. The people send'a strange assort- .
ment of men and near-men to the state capitol
to make their laws and spend their money.
Among the hundred and thirty odd men who
set as representatives of the people at the last
session of the legislature, we find many who
are high-minded, capable and unselfishly
pledged to the interests of the people. There
are others Who keep you guessing. One in-
stant they are proclaiming themselves as
champions of all that is good and pure in the
administration of government. The next in,-
stant they seem to align themselves with those
who are frankly seeking special favors at the
expense of the people. Then there are others
who do not attempt to mask the fact that they
are in the legislature for. no other purpose
than to lay plans for further political con-
quests. Thesc give scant heed to tho princi- -
ples involved in any measure. .Thcy vote to
please the
greatest support at the next election.
Contrary to popular belief the major part
of our laws do not originate with the law-mak-
ers. A large number of the bills that find
their way into legislative hopper are introduc-
ed at the suggestion or request of someone who
has an ax to grind. Of course, many of that!
bills are meritorious measures designed to .
meet real needs, but in tob many cases they"
serve only the interests of those who sponsor
them. At the last session of the legislature a
score or more of such bills were passed ml
the, people will never know anything about
them until some time in, the perhaps distant
future. Characteristic of these measures were
a number of insurance hills which. may or may
not stand scrutiny. , . .
We started this editorial with the statement
that there never was a perfect legislature. We
W111 supplement that by saying that there ncv

er will be a perfect legislature until some miru ,

‘ aculous change is. wrought in human nature.
But the 1919 legislature can be improved up—
on,-——if not in looks at least in quality. A
few who profess to represent the agricultural

interests and did a fine’jo’o of misrepresenting_~' .

them, should be placed in the political discard '
and from information we have received a
l‘them have already been tagged for

number 0 . .
political desuotude. It is not imposmble to

find men who will represent the people all the
time and keep themldvcs free from entang—

ling alliances." If that's a: man-in your com- I; ,
munity whose porno M, oddities and character . I, ‘
youadmirogethhnlnto politics. And for that.

  

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I rotect us from the grain combines,
.‘i-great packers and other business com-
'hiu'a'tions, formed to profit from the
fisher oi thorax-mars. This is not an
wlimuoss‘ih’ility, nothing is impossible in

 

 

In an dawn of history 5,000 B. 0., ”mum". to pay in n. as... a m.

people in the Nile valley learned the
i value of co.oporstion. Six thousand
nine‘hundred and nineteen years-have
- passed and the people 0! the agricul-
, .tural industry have not pushed co-op-
eration to a final success.

Practically every industry and trade
has its association or union for its
own ‘ protection. These industries
have sprung up as man progresses.
Agriculture so far as we know is the
first occupation taken up for. his
maintenance as he progressed from
his savage state to civilized culture,
and the farmers have struggled on
through all these centuries to supply

the increasing millions of people.

Laws have been passed for the protec-
tiou of the important. industries in
. the different lands, but none of par-
ticular value to the farmers. You are
all aware that without agriculture the
human race must soon cease toexist.
Washington pointed out the import-
ance of agricultural development to
the people 0: that time in: regard to
the development of theUnited States.

Another great statesman once said

the integrity of this country lies in ‘

'the American farmers, but the advice
of these great statesmen has so far,
been of little value to the farmers of
this country We have in the United
States today several farmers’ organi-
zations: Gleaners, Grangers and
county farm bur-

sary for human consumption, in order
to realize greater profits, causing the

 

price paid to the‘ farmers at this "
country. Naturally the consumer,
having little of these conditions, .
plied the blame upon the farmer.
‘ film placing the fame between
m. man‘s: forces which will con-
trol the reconstruction . period of to-
day, oganised capital and _, organised
labor—Arthur Gillian, Saginaw Co.
BEDS 00mm SHIPPING
- ' PAYS

We have just formed a shippers’
union; Kay 24 we completed our
organisation and elected the follow-
' in; oflicers: President, Ellis Peck;
vice president, Frank I. Stephens;
secretary-treasurer, Ernest Bush. We
have shipped three cars oi stock and
.receiyed better returns than we did
before—Ellis Peck, Ottawa Counfl.

GONmRN’ING A FARMER CANDI-
DATE

. Just a few words to Michigan Bus-
iness Farming. In an issue of your
paper which comes to my home, I
saw the editorial about a farmer’s
candidate. By the way you ask the
question you seem to think that the
farmers have come to a standstill.
.Then you ask tlie question, “Have
old jealousies crept out anew?
Have the old wounds of distrust
opened up attain? ' My friend, I will
say, “Yes.” And

 

eaus numbering
in members soy.
era] hundred
thousands. Vari-
ous u hi 0 n s in
the" United States
have tied up dif-
ferent industries
in their strikes,
for better work-
i n 3 conditions,
and have obtain-
e (1 these better
conditions 0 n 1 y GOING
by co-operatm- “Your llttis ils
The farmer n o t
only has his lab—
or it

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pretty wise new-days.”
You in a y t a 1 k
volved b u t "“9 M Isouth-c s little fly.” .

.why not?
"‘ It is not jeal-
‘ o u s i e s t h a t
creep out. It is
a square deal at
the present time
that we farmers
want. How will
we get it? ,By
“311de a bunch
of men like the
bunch I have the
. .' pictures of that I
COME cut from Busi—

ness.Farming? I
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stances, t ou- ‘ ,
sands of dollars. Unlike the great lab-
oring classes in otherindustries of
this country he works for months at
s. time; invests his capital for the
welfare of his fellow creatures with-
out a guarantee of any set wage.
We, my triends, are the only class
of laborers who work under these con.
di-tions, with the exception of convict
laborers. Are we to undergo these
conditions forever, and ~ handle the
short end of the whims tree, through
the centuries to some, as we have
done in the past?
'Many of you, my fellow farmers,
may say that co-operation could not
be attained in the early development
of this country. But things have
changed from the days of fifty years
ago. There is practically no industry
in the United States today that em-

‘ plays the same business methods as

in the earlier times, but with few ex-
ceptions, we are still following the
path of our forefathers. Human life
cannot exist without agriculture un-
der the present conditions, therefore
without it, man must return to his
former savage state. It should then
be apparent to you all that we hold
the key to the situation. But remem-
ber only through co.operation.

Our only means of obtaining the.
needed reforms, are through our lec-
islative bodies, our state legislature.
Congress and United States Senate.
Appoint only men who will work .to
benefit the farmer. We do not ask any
more than has been given any other

" industry. All ‘we ask is what we have
' toiled to attain and deserve,

Let us co—operate, fellow farmers, to

e twentieth century.

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Summer Advantages,

      
      

of the .
< i ““2. The superiority “of the De Laval
f . Cream Separator is more apparent and

   

   
 

   
    
  
    
  
 
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
   
   
 
  
  
   
    
   
  
  
   
   
   
   
   
  
  
  
 

‘ ‘ is more appreciated during the summer
‘ months than at almost any other time of
the year.

 

Farmers appreciate
the De Laval during

the busy summer sea‘
son because of its
large capacity and
the fact that it is easy
to clean.

With a De Laval,
the milk is taken care
of in the shortest time
and with the least
effort — both impor—
tant in hot weather
when a. number of
other things have to
be done.

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Quick handling of milk and cream in hot weather maintains the
highest quality of both, and often means the difference between
profit and loss.

Over 2,500,000 De Lavals are in daily use the world over—
more than all other makes combined. More than 50,000 local
agencies look after the needs of De Laval users.

If you don't know the De Laval agent in your
community, write to the nearest Do Laval since.

THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.

165 Broadway 29 East Madison Street 61 Beale Street

 

do no good till you bind the candi-

NEW YéRK CHICAGO SAN FRANCIsoo

  

 

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more want them‘to do or fire them ‘
immediately.

 

  
 
  

 

You have been voting for that good "
man all your life and the good men
have made the laws that have made
our nation so rotten that it can
scarcely hold together. Do not vote

 
  
  
    
 

A farmer may readmany farm papers, but remember
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING is different
Read this issue and you’ll quickly see how different.

 

for a good man who does not want to
watched. For it is written, "There is
none good but one;” that is our Uni—
versal God. The farmers and the
toiling classes are divided and they
will remain ,weak till they come tb-
sether and stay. ,

You say» the farmers should get
busy or remain silent. I agree with
you, but there are a great many
people on the fence just about to
fall. It does not do any good to kick
and stay with the same old humbug,
for “It the blind leadeth the blind,
all shall fault: the ditch.”

I hear different ones say they will
remember dirty fellows. What good
does that do? Surely they want us
to remember them.~N. Meachum, Ben,
rte County.

m
ATTENTION STOCK SHIPPERS!
I would like to hear from you or
some member of a co-operative ship-
ping association in regard to how
they handle a member who promises

to ship and then, when the drover r

comes and gives him a good talk and
otters ,a little more for his cattle, he l

out to the drover. That spoils
the earlosd or puts it all and so I
he) to kill the association—Jam '
J. rakenburgfllwa County.

of burlap ('1 or 8~tt.)v,.to lath at the
ends. From one and fastens rope to
ring, set in the middle of the other 3
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YOU WANT THIS WEEKLY IN YOUR MAIL BOX EVERY
SATURDAY, BECAUSE—

——lt brings you all the news of Michigan farming; never
hiding the plain facts.

-———it tells you when and where to get the best prices for
what you raise!

it 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 also it helps or hurts!

One Subscrip- ONE YEAR ....... $1 No Premiums,
tion price ' THREE mus. . . No free-list, but worth
to on: YEARS ..... .3 more than we III.

 

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KEE PING \VELL

_ “retired” from the farms and
moved into town, there to enjoy a life
of ease without murmur, took up work
againand helped to keep us in food,
and much to their surprise, found
they were feeling better than they had

V u since they gave up this work.. It’s the

old. old story. Our muscles and minds
were made to be used, and if'they are
' allowed to be idle for long, they begin
to get soft and flabby, and we pay the
price in brdken heath. We were never
intended to live a life of uselessness.
:Even our vacations are spent in more
. strenuous exercise usually than our
regular routine work calls for. Un-
f"que,sti0nably, one of the first requis.

" lies for good'health, is exercise, and‘

happily, the farmer and his family do
not lack in this respect.

Fresh water is the next best health-
giving medicine. And again the farmer
and his family, who work and exercise
will not have to be admonished to
“drink more,water," for nature will
demand this refreshment and thus the
poisons will be kept flushed out of the
system. .Then there is the question of
.frequent bathing as a first aid to good
health The pores of our bodies are
constantly sending out the poisons and
wastes and frequent bathing keeps the
pores open so that the air can get to
our bodies. '

Next to these two greatest God-given
health producers, there are a few sim-
ple'first-aid remedies which are pro-
vided for our benefit and if we pay at-
tention to the signs nature gives us,
we can prevent suffering and doctor
bills.

Constipation is perhaps, one of the
most frequent of the minor ills to

. which man is heir, but proper dieting
can do much to correct this, and regu-
lating thefood is much better than
taking medicine and then going thru
‘ the dlscomforts attendant thereto. The
natiVe Scotchman rarely ever has any
trouble along this line, and do you
know that year in and year out, he has
his dish of oatmeal porridge for his
breakfast? If yen are troubled this
way, eat oatmeal for breakfast at least
'three times a week and see if you
.won't enjoy it more than salts after
breakfast. Again cooked onions, mo-
, iasses .cookies and molasses ginger-
breads and cakes are all delicious med-
icines to take for this trouble, and if
eaten at regular intervals, will do
much to permanently correct this dif-
ficulty. Avoid either store or cottage
cheese. ' '

And if perhaps, the fresh fruits have
tempted you and yon have eaten too
freely and nature is getting even by
imposing on you the popular so-called
“summer complaint". or dysentery, do
not get excited. but just stop eating,
take a good dose of castor’ oil, which is
healing and perfectly harmless, and
then, after taking this simple remedy,
wait a day and then begin to eat hot
milk toast; avoid all fresh fruits for
a while, and unless your case is a very
exaggerated one, you will need no oth—
er treatment and by this easy remedy
will avoid a doctor bill.

Stomach trouble is much less preva-
lent in the country than in the city,
where all sorts of combinations are
served up at restaurants and hotels,
but if you are afflicted with this trou-
ble, you have one of the best medicines
on earth right at hand. Every time
you want a drink. drink buttermilk in-
stead of water. And if you don’t want
to drink often, coax yourself into the
habit, and unless the trouble has be-
come chronic, you can affect a cure by
this simple experiment.

Men who are hearty eaters of meat,

sometimes become afflicted with a high ~

blood pressure. go to their family phy-
sician ,and‘ are scared to death _by he-
g’lng' rdered off to a sanitorium. If
:yOu vs the will power, youcan do

' ' , forvyourSelfpractically all the‘sanitor-'

,m‘ca’n do. - In the first place, out out
all red meat. Eat chicken and all 0th.
cowl instead, and vary the menu
[it]: fish of all kinds. Eatallthe green

. HEN THE ' WAR called our
VV young men, those men who had

Edited .by M‘ABEL ,CLAR‘E LADD.

farm. Whole wheat bread, or bran
bread is served at these sanitoriums
and is undbubtedly much better than
the more refined product while in some
cases, quantities of bran are prescrib~
ed. Well, that is cheap. Why not eat
it at home? And lastly, after having
good food and refraining from eat-

ing those foods which you know are.

not good for You; get to work and for-
get yourself, for it will do harm in-
stead‘of good to worry about yourself.
Work won’t hurt you—worry will.
And have you tried the simple reme-
dy of a hot mustard bath fora head:
ache? It will draw the blood from

your head and many times bringrelisef ,

very quickly; . .

And if you have been readingmr’ “.3“
ing your eyes constantly either insides

the house or out and find that they
ache painfully, just wring-_‘a cloth out
of cold salt water and-place it over
them when you go to bed and you will
find them fresh asever _in the morning.

.of saying its.

had a “singing party’f every day at five
and sometimes the neighbors came in
and sang with them. Their mother

. grew to be such a strong influence in

the community that many persons
went to her for adviée and refresh-
ment. ‘ ‘ ,

Nagging is often simply a lack of
something better to do. A friend of
this. woman in speaking of her home
life said, “She hassubstituted singing
for nagging."

Joy is the best tonic there is, and

happiness creates health. ' The chil-
dren’s song-hour will affect the atmos-‘
phere .of the whole house .

Any mother who. has. had the regula-
tiorg‘fi'gusic lessons can play; simple
songsg'and can'learn to guide her. ch11.
dren into-a singinglife, ~ . _ . .‘* .. :'

Sing “Come and b washed," instegfid
Here is. a. little June

 

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The Courtship
. , By, C. .SHTRLEY DIELENBACK.

[SHOULD LIKE to be the sweetheart of the saucy Bob-o-link,

He is courting near my window in the dearest way, I think—-
I just wonder, can 'shc doubt him as he nods his pretty head
“I mean every word I've said."
“Sweet, sweet, sweeter, sweeter, sweetest." ‘

SOON a home they will be building, they have startcd'now in fact.
Just this morning while out walking I espied them in the act——
Though they fancied it was hidden in an older I deserted,
Just the dearest home a-buildlng how he swelled with honest pride.
“Sweet. sweet, sweeter, sweeter, sweetest."

SOON the courtship will be ended and in silence he will roam,
Bringing back the choicest morsels to her lddyship at home;
Soon the tiny eggs will vanish and th
Open wide in anxious, pleading;
All too soon the summer ending finds him bound for southern climc
pouring forth in tones sublime,~
“Sweet, sweet, sweeter, sweeter, sweetest."

THOUGH I love the cheerful robin and the bluebird and thewren,
And the oriole and martin and the drummer in the glen,
And the song the ldrk is singing, hidden on the grassy brink
Still I’d rather be the sweetheart .ofjhe jolly 'Bob-ollnk.
He alone of all the songsters has that ardent, saucy way;
to find him courting this is what you’ll hear him say,
“Sweet, sweet, sweeter, sweeter, sweetest.

rec hungry mouths instead
he must see that they are fed.

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KINDERGARTEN HELPS FOR
MOTHERS .
HERE ARE many mothers who:
would like to start their little
, folks with first music lessons at
home, before they are old enough to

take lessons of a teacher. It is a sple‘n-:

did plan, even for those children who

show no ability, as it will give them an;

appreciation ' of good music.

The following article is the second

in a series issued by the Government
on this subject. The first was publish-
ed some time ago, and if sufficient in-
terest is shown in the subject- of kind-

ergarten helps for parents, the Series,

will be published as we have space.
Music is like sunshine, a necessity.
The question is, What shall we give
to tiny children before they are ready
for actual lessons? ,
By Mas. HARRIET Areas SEYMOUR
I know a mother with four children
who made up her mind that home
should be a very heaven. To her, mus-
ic was God’s special gift to mothers
and childrens, and so she began sing-

ing regularly with each of her babies.

babies.
There are many lovely songs which

a mother can learn, .and the best of all

are the folk songs of different coun-
tries. , . -
Archibald T. Davison and T. W. Sur-
ett have collected some excellent and
familiar ones in an inexpensive book,
called “Fifty Rots Songs" published by
the Boston Music 00. These include
English, French, and other foreign folk
songs.

A gay song for baby as he eats his
breakfast and a quiet one as he lies
down to go to sleep—these will sink in
deep and form a wonderful foundation
for the music 01- his life. - . ,

; With the older babies have a reguiar.
singing time.

Five o'clock isa good
hour. The children of whom ‘I speak

trouble is, most of ’us do not listen.

- Ask your question inlsong, Mother.
and soon you..will be answered. by. a
cheerful singing reply.

' ‘fBabY, where are you?" sung on a

simpleascending scale will soon bring
a musi’cal'reply from a hidden child or
“I am hiding here.”

- .Play softly, sing gently and listen.

During the day take some familiar
“tune and swing the rhythm with the
arms. Let the children step it, finding
out where the slow and quick steps
come. .. Afterward, have them» draw
lines on the blackboard to show this
duration, thus: _ __ ___ __ __. Let
them find in which direction the tune
goes, up or down, and make pictures
of it either denoting the direction with
a sweep of the hands or drawing a
sweeping line on the blackboard.

Singing, swinging, stepping, make
the children live in music as fish in
water or birds in the air.

If there are quarrels and tears, play
something pretty and think the Word,
Harmony. See how this calms the at-
mosphere. The mother I speak of, con-
trolled her -children almost entirely
thru power of constructive thought
and ,music. They easily, yielded to the
word Peace sung gently over and over.

Mothers, if they only knew it, have
the making of a new world of love in
their keeping, and music is a torch to
light them on the way.

To a mother Who does not know any
music, I say, if you can, get someone to
come for an hour every day to sing
with your children at twilight. Sea
to it that the Words of'the songs are
constructive and beautiful and learn to
sing a little yourself. -~Eve'ryone can
sing a little. ‘ ._-_
' Join the community chorus and if

* there isn't one, start one. '

Small. 82-84 ;, Medium.

; Pam'No.

\

2846. infant's Set_' Cut in One sze only.
The dress will require 3 in. yards w1th~ _
ruffle and 1/2 yard less without ruffle. or

"2 1,é‘yards of lace edging for ruffles, Dia-
. per Drawers % yard. Long Kimono 2 ’l‘

yards. Short Kimono 1 97$ yards. Petti—
coat 2 174, with ruffles, and 1 5%, without,
or 2 1/2 yards of edgging or lace, all of
27 in ch material.

2844-2854. A Stylish Costume. Waist
2844, Cut in 7 Sizes: 34. 36 38, 40, 42, 44
and 46 inches bust measure. Skirt 2854
Cut in 7 Sizes: 22, 24, 26,28, 30, 32 and
.34 inches waist measure A medium size
will require 6 V2 yards of 44 inch mater-
ial for the entire dress, The skirt meas-
ures about 1 773 yards at the foot with
plaits extended. Two separate patterns.

2854. Girls' Dress. Cut i‘n.3 sizes: 12,
14 and 16 years. Size 14‘4requires 6
yards of" 44 inch material.

2477-——Ladies' Work Dress. Cut in 7
sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches
bust measure Size 38 requires 4 97" yards
of 36-inch material. The dress measures
about 2 lé yards‘ at the foot.

2833. Ladies’ Negligee. Cut in 4 sizes: 1
Small. 32-34; Medum. 36—38; Large, 40-
41; and Extra Large, 44-46ginches bust

easure. A Medium size requires 3 5%.
yards of 36 inch material _

2832.*Misses Dress. Cut in 3 sizs: 16,‘
19 and 20 years; Size 18 requires 3 %
yards of 40 inch, material .for the dress,'_
and l 1,4, yard for the jumper, Width bf

skirt at lower edgeg, s about 1 of; yard. 'T ‘5 ‘

2525—Girls’ Dress with Bloomers. Chit.T
in 5 311383 4. 6. '8, 10 and 12 years: Size ~
10 requires 3 yards of 36-inch material
to rthe dress, and, 1 81" yard for the
bloomers. * , ,

2446—Lades’ Apron. Cut in 4‘, size‘::
4!, and Extra Large, 44-46 inches bust.
measure. Size Medium requires 4‘, art
yards of 86-inch material. _, -,

Korewith find cents for‘ which
can one 'thelfollowing patterns at 110° _

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’EAR CHILDREN: There were

,_so many" excellent letters re~-
-.‘ceived in which you children

gtOldl’of your ambitions when you are

grov‘m, that I simply had to award '

» more than one prize, so this week
,.another*prfze of a Thrift Stamp will

so'to Lillian Pendill, of North Adams

«Mich.,;nfor-‘the letter which we pub-
lish below. I, do hope that when you
. little folks who‘hadn't thought much

about the fut-ure,vrea’d these letters.
that you too, will want to plan 'for

your lives when you are «old enough

to'earn your own living, _ for you
surely will make more of a success of
your lives if you plan ahead. Father

wouldn’t" think. of expecting a crop of
‘wheat next; fall unless" he planned,
way ahead in the spring and planted
his se.edT,~_'lan;d ,soiwe must plant the
seed for our future work.

Q-‘And; you » know, just like those
funny;.l§it’tle fellows the“: D00 Dads,
we canijlay ,at"work. , They have
justfas; much'fun when they go in
for actualIJWOrk as they do wheathey
simply take up frog.busting,.asf they do
tints , week.-Aifectionately. yours, “Lad-

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'Dear Laddiez—I have never written
to you so thought I would now. My
father takes the M. B. F. and I enjoy

.readngthe ,“Children's Hour”; I like the

DooDad's very much. I will be’12 years

old ‘N0V57'13 19119. I will be in the 8th

grade n‘e’xt._ryear. Our, school has closed
forgivacatiortl'l' live on a (JO-acre farm.

Wei. have-a cat-am four kittens two. pet

lani‘bs and we had a pet chicken, but it

My Plans After I Graduate
I plan to go to college afterI graduate.
If I cannot obtain the money to go to col-
legs for even two years I intend- to
teach until I save enough to go the rest
of the way through college. My father
said that maybe if he could he would

Lhelp me through college. But the money

matters cannot very well be decided up-
on until then,-I plan to take up langu-

ages. ‘I may work for my board and
room if I am strong enough, which I

hope I will be- After I have finished my
course in college I plan to try and get
a good position and then I will try and
be the best teacher that I can. I am go-
ing to try and be firm but gentle. and
try and be good and patient so that
everyone will like me.-—Liilian Pend’ell,
North Adams, Michigan.

 

Dear Laddie: ‘I have never written to
yaubefore so I thought I would. I‘am
a farmer girl. )0 ’years old'and in theveth
gradc‘and weigh. 100.
brown hair and am 4. feet and 11 inches in
height. I go to the Watson school. I have
win sisters. Their names are Bertha. and
Bernace. We have 60 acres; 3 horses,
4 cows. We have an Edison phonograph.-
We have 48 records. As my lette'r'is get-
ting long I will close hoping to see my
letter in print. Love to alt—Marion Woll-
pert, Grand Ledge, Mich

 

Dear Laddie: This is thegsecond time
I have written to you. I am a boy 11
years old. I live on a. lOO-acre farm, For
pets I have a white rabbit, Twinkle, a
cat and two lambs. My papa takes the
M. B. F. and I like to read the children's
page. I will write a small story. ._ .

How the Crescent Became Bed

Once upon a time there was a little
brown bird flying through the air. He had
heard two men talking about going around
the world so he thought he would try.
He flew until he came to a wide bay
which he started to Cross, When he was
still on the water it became so hot he
didn't know what to do but he stood it

I have blue eyes, 1

(Send letters for this Dept. direct'to "Laddie." care Mich; Business Farming, Mt. Clemens, Mich.) F

I hope to see this letter in print as I
did not see my other} one.—Menno Rey-
nolds. Vermontville, Mich.

Dear Laddie—I haven’t written to you
before so thought I would now. I am a
boy, 11 years old. My school is out now;
it let out last Friday and I will be in the
5th grade next, year. We take the M.
B. F. and like it. We have 12 hogs and
we milk eight cows. I have four brothers
ers and one sister. One brother Just re-
turned from the war. My letter is get-
ting long so I will close for this time.—

‘Paul Marquedant Leslie, Mich.

Dear Laddie—‘l‘ am a little girl 11

«years old, This is the first time I have

written for you. .‘Our family takes the
M. B. F. and like it very much. I have
six brothers and four sisters. We have a

poultryaelub in our schoolvbut our school --

has cloned .now so we have it in our
'homes.‘ I .lia've 14 little chicks and one
hen is hatching yet. -' My sister, Esther.
joined our club at the last meeting, Well,
as- my letter“; quite long I will close.
A—Elma Gusta son, Chief. LIICh.‘ ,

Dear Laddie—Thls is the second time
I have written to you. Well, I will tell
you, some of the things I help with.- I
hoe the thistles out of the fields, pump
the water, wipe the dishes, feed the
chickens, and gather the eggs. My fa-
ther takes the M. B. F. and enjoys reading
it: I do, too. I wish some of the boys
or girls of the M. B. F. would write to
me. Well, I will close, leaving the rest of
the space for other boys and girls—Ruth
McShea, Rosebush, Mich.

Dear Laddie—This is the first time I
have written to you. I am a girl 12
years old. I will be 13 the iirst of Aug-
ust. We have three horses and one colt,
four cows and one calf. I have one
brother and one sister, We are in hopes of
having three lambs from a man who
owns a sheep ranch. I read about the
contest and I thought I would try it. My
father has taken the M. B. F. for almost

 

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special course in learning how to cook
and sew. 1 plan to earn the money my-
self. I am going to raise potatoes every
year so I will have money to put me
through the domestic school. I want to
do this kind of work because it comes.
more natural to me. I am also going to
take a special course in music. I have
been taking music lessons but I gave it
up just for this summer, but I still play
the piano. We children have one acre
of'potatocs in this summon—Effie Hill.
Cocks. Mich. ..

 

Dear. Laddie: .I though i would try .
again and see if you would print my let— a
ten, This is the third time I have writw k",
ten. I would love to see my letter inr-
print, “My- school is out. I will be.in the.
8th grade next year. I live on 40 acres of
land which my father works. I help
him drag and plant. I like the farm.
Will some of the-children please write to
me? The boys and girls I know will have
time to write. 'I will-close as my hatter
is getting long and I would love to‘ see
" it .in print next 'week. Here. is armory-o! :.

‘-‘Tom Boyl’ Children write to Mildred 7

 

 

Farrell, Blanchard, Mich, I1. 3.

“Tom Boy» 2‘

Once upon a time there lived a little
boy with hisfather and mother in a for-
est. His name was Tom. His father call—
ed him Tom boy. He'hadr a sister older
than he, .named Sally. They called her
Sally Spunks.“ One day TOm and Sally
could not be found. They hunted over
the whole place but Tom and Sally were
gone. Their mother and father were sad
and could not seep that night. The next 5?»;
morning-the children came down stairs yea
singing and said, “You don’t know where
we sleep." Mama andpapa said, “No." .
The children said, “Up stairs in the "11*
churn." ' ‘

 

 

Dear Laddie—This is the first letter I
have written to you, I am a girl 11 years
old and in the 7th grade, We take the
M. B. F. I like to read the storiesand
letters very. much. The Doo Dads are

 

 

 

     

  

  
  

 

 

    

    

     
   
 

 
  

     

 

 

 

 

 

WILD West Showin the Won-
derland of D00! Whoever
would have thought of such a
thing!- The rough rider is Poly. Ever
since he saW~thé movi

“ thought of trying imitate him.
» There are no ' horses. 11 the . Wonder-

" land of Doc 50 he had to get “1:3‘
7. '
shitting brother, thinks he isa wow

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picture of.
" Dashing Dick, the (low or.» he has

derful rider. He is rattling his pan
and scaring the bull-frog to make it
Jump'harder. The young fellow with
thercataplilt is also doing his best to

make th ‘ ' lively. Flannel Feet, the '

COD. is-rlg. ,on the wow keep the
crowd back. but some of the D00
Dads are in the way, Mid'th'ey are

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died. I thought I would-try’ for the until he reached the other side. He hap— . having a fine time. I belon to the Jun—
prize on Our Plans after we graduate, pened to look in the water and what did 32:},yggfi'chw e‘vcglilldrrelr;llfiettéheigogoflagg ior Red Cross. We have 2 little chick-
I will close now hoping to see my letter he see but a red bird. Then he said “I long, so hguess '1 had better write on ens. Well I guess my letter is getting
in'print Lillian Fendell, North Adams}, am not an old brown bird any more, I am what 1 am planning to do when I grad- long. I hope to see it in print—Chris» .451
Mchiganr- a crescent." \ uate. After I graduate I plan to take a tina Florian, Shepherd. Mich. 1.;
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likely to get hurt. That little fellow
that has fallen in_ the water is get-
ting a good sousing. See Percy Haw
Haw. He is a great sport and is
clapping his hands at this wonderful
exhibition of Poly’s. Old .Doc Saw-
bones thinks there will be trouble.
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sharp enough to make an operation.
Sleepy Sam, the Hobo, has been
sneezing so long that aibig, spider
has; spun a web on him. The old
lat}: Doo Dads and. some of the D06 "
Dolls are looking on at a safe dis-
tance. They think that Poly is a very
gallant young fellow. But the show
is‘ not over yet. When the bull~frog ;
dives into that deep \vatorhole what
will become of its daring little Filler?

 

 


 

 

 

 

  

 

Business m min: cosm-
.. : With the signing of the peace

' treaty, which is now achieved after .

- months of waiting, gateways of com-
7 Irene that have long. been closed
’ will be reopened, permitting breeder
international trade relations, accord-
.fng to Dan’s Review.

Behind the domestic business revival
val now vigorously in prowess there
is not only the practical assurance
of another year of agricultural pros-
perity and the present exceptional
retail distribution in this country
but also Europe’s dependence upon
American markets for produce need-
ed during the reconstruction era and
it is significant the export call u
already expanding in many quarters.

The result of the enlarging home
and foreign demands is clearly seen
in the increasing scarcity of supplies
of various articles notwithstanding

the rising tide of production and re-*

ports of goods being withdrawn
from sale are more common, while
manufacturing capacity is engaged
further ahead and still higher prices
appear inevitable.

Bank clearings are $6,903,659,627,
increase 18.1 percent;

 

GRADE I Detroit lChjcagoI N. Y.
No. 2 Red ..... I; 2.40 2.50 2.34%
No. 2 White .. 2.38 ‘
No. 2 Mixed .. 2.38

 

 

The marketing of wheat in thesouth-
west has begun. Yields are for the
most part good. Very little damage
has been reported to the full sown crop
.but the spring wheat variety has suf-

fered some set-backs in numerous lo-
mities . Michigan wheat is well up to
the average if not better. It is expect-
ed that the total yield will be far in
excess of any previous year. Careful

reparations are being made to mar-

t the wheat crop without undue
congestion, but it would not be sur-

sing if the farmers have difficulty in

oslng of their crop at precisely the
time they desire. The warehouse fa-
eilities of the country will be taxed
to the limit and long before the crop is
out of the farmers’ hands we expect to
see the seaboards congested and this
ooniestion run back to the small town
elevators. But except for the delay in
securing his money out or the crop, no
farmer should be apprehensive if his
dealer will not at certain periods pur-
chase his crop. The government has
said, it would protect the farmers and
we believe it will keep its word. The
'- grain corporation, . which will have
charge Of the marketing of the crop,
is cautioning the grain dealers against
profiteering. Warnings against this
practice would indicate that there is a
strong possibility of prices going high-
er than the guaranteed minimum, ow-
ing to the foreign demand; However,
this is a much-mooted question.

The farmer will get the govern-
ment price, less freight and handling
charges and dealers’ profits. '

If European demand is as great
as many predict the price may go
some higher. But it cannot poss-
ibly go the high levels of 1916 and
‘17. It will be a wise farmer who

gets a part of his crop on the market
Otherwise,
turn and

as soon as harvested.
he may have to take his
wait for his returns.

 

 

 

 

GRADE [Detroitl Chicago] Toledo
Standard . . . .I . I . L .80
No. 3 White ..1 .72 I .68$§@.69%
No. 4 White H} .7185 f

There is a slight depression in

the-oat market, which in our judge-
ment is wholly unwarrented. The
”Rage of oats was cut this year,
find the condition of the crop is none
too, promising. It is true that there
8 plenty oats of the 1918ch to
m “forward yet, the visible sup-

' are no more than normal. Un-

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Commercial Wheat Stocks Reported

‘ Three Times as Large as Last Year’s

OMMERCIAL STOCKS of wheat
‘ :reporteainasarvoymade-hythe

Department Agriculture for
June 1, 1919. amounted to 51,392,898
bushels. These holdings were report.
ed by 8,684 firms, comprising elevat-
ors, warehouses, grain and your mills,
and wholesale dealers; and represent-
ed nearly three times the stochs’held
by the same firms on June 1, 1918, the
actual percentage being 274.5. per cent
of the 1918 stocks. .

The figures refer to stock: actually
reported and do not represent the to.
tal commercial stocks of the country
nor do they include stocks on farms.

The commercial - visible supply fig.
ures, as published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for May 31, 1919, shows
23,702,000 bushels of wheat, as against
1,146,000 a year earlier. The corre-
sponding Bradstreet figures show 27,-
626,000 bushels, as against 4,379,000 for
1918. As compared with the same date
last year, these figures as well as those
obtained by the more extensive survey,
show a very great relative increase in
commercial stocks of wheat on June 1,
1919. ,,

The commercial stocks of other cer-
eals reported for June 1, 1919, accord-
ing to the department’s statement were
as fOIIOWS: Corn, 17,254,576 bushels;
oats, 45,770,543 bushels; barley, 20,-
043,375 bushels; rye, 14,624,331 bush-
els. els. These stocks represent the
following percentages of the corre-
sponding stocks on June 1, 1918: Corn,
476 per cent; oats ,90.6 per cent; bar.
ley, 207.2 per cent. ; rye, 346.1 per cent.

The commercial stocks of flour and
corn meal, as reported for the survey,
were as follows: Wheat flour, white,
5,653,051 barrels; whole wheat and gra-
ham flour, 82,065 barrels; barley flour,
17,822 barrels; rye flour, 165,243 bar-
rels; corn flour, 6,128,427 pounds; corn
meal, 40,297,627 pounds; buckwheat
fluur, 20,351,650 pounds; mixed flour,
15,299,679 pounds. These stocks repre-
sent the following percentages of the
stocks on hand a year ago: Wheat
flour, white, 121.8 per cent; whole
wheat flour, white, 121.8 per cent;
whole wheat and graham flour, 31 per
cent; barley flour, 4.6 per cent; rye
flour, 31.1 per cent; corn flour, 14.3
per cent; corn meal, 29.1 percent;
buckwheat flour, 326.8 per cent; mix-
ed flour, 158.5 per, cent. .

Stocks of Selected Commodities

Elevators, warehouses and whole.
sale dealers reported stocks of dry ed-

ible beans amounting to 5,291,550 be.

while wholesale meal and were-
houses reported the following commod-
ities in the quantities indicated: Clean-
ed rim, 90,013,987 pounds; rolled oats,
87,641,129 pounds ; canned salmon,
119,292,642 pounds; canned tomatoes,
199,998,”! pounds; canned corn, 86,-
649,754 pounds; sugar, ' 225,345,574
pounds. These stocks represent the
following percentages of the cot-re.
mending stocks on hand June I, 1918;
Beans, 96.5 per cent; rice, 99.1 per cent
rolled oats, 77.7 per cent; canned sal-
mon, 120.1 per cent; canned tomatoes,
202.3 per cent; canned corn, 691.8 per
cent; sugar, 95.4 per cent. ,

Stocks of condensed and evaporated
milk w‘ere reported by, condensarles,
dlcocold storms. warehouses and
wholesale grocers, as follows: Condens-
ed milk, 68,388,528 pounds; evaporated
of condensed milk reported for June 1,
milk, 110,159,055 pounds The holdings
1919, represented 105.6 per cent of the
stocks held by the same firms a‘year
earlier, while the holdings of evaporat-
ed milk represented 79.7 per cent of the
June 1, 1918, ctock.

The figures representing .the stocks

reported to the Department of Agricul- .

ture for June 1, 1919, as given in the
paragraphs above, are summarized in
the following table:

Stocks reported for June 1, ,1919
with percentage of stocks held by
same concerns on June 1, 1918:

 

 

Commodity Stocks reported June 1, ’19
Per cent
of 1918
Quantity stocks
. Jun. 1).
Wheat (bu.).... ....... 51,392,898 274.5
Corn (bu.) ............ 17,254,576 47.6
Oats (bu.) ............. 45,770,543 90.6
Barley (bu.) ........... 20,043,375 207.2
Rye (bu.) .............. 14,624,331 846.1
Wheat flour, white (bbls.) 5,653,051 121.8
Whole wh’t, gr. fir (bbls.) 82,065 31.0
Barley flour (bbls.).... 17,822
Rye flour (bbls.) ...... 165,243 31.1
Corn flour lbs.) ....... 6,128,427 14.9
Corn meal (lbs) ...... 40,297,627 29.1
Buckwheat flour (lbs) 20,351,650 326.8
Mixed flour (lbs.).... 16,399,679 158.6
Beans dry edible (bu.) 5,291,550 96.5
Rice cleaned (lbs) . . .. 90,013,887 93.1
Rolled Oats (lbs) ..... 37,641,123 77.7
Canned salmon (lbs.)..110,202,642 120.1
Canned tomatoes (lbs) 199,998,969 202.3
Cannd corn (lbs) ..... 86,649,754 191.8
Sugar (lbs) ........... 225,345,574 95.4
Condensed milk (lbs.).. 68,388,528 105.6
Evaporated milk (1bs.).110,159,055 79.7

'Percentage of increase, as compared
with one year ago, can be obtained by

subtracting 100 from the percentage given ~

in this coumn; percentage of decrease, by
subtracting the given percentage from 100

The Boston Wool Market’s Quotations - , '

There has been a steady demand

for wool in the market during the'

past week, especially for wools grad-
ing three-eighths and finer,
which prices are firm and tending

~higher. There is a steady movement

of wool in the west
strengthening market.

also on a
The foreign

. markets are all strong, except per

for

haps for inferior, wool, and the
manufacturers in England, like
those in this country, are sold
ahead for several months. .

Boston quotes: Michigan and
New York fleeces: Fine unwashed,
59@60c; delaine unwashed, 75 @
78c; fi—blood unwashed, 7‘0@72c;

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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19,19.
—Last Bulletin gave forecast of warm
wave to cross continent July l'to 12.
storm wave 9 to 13, cool wave 10' to
14. *

Next warm ways will reach Van-
couver about July 12 and temperatures
will rise on all the Pacific slope. It
will cross crest of Rockies by close of
July 13 plans sections 14, meridian 90
great lakes, middle, Gulf States and
Ohio Tennessee valleys 15, eastern
sections 16, reaching vicinity of New-
foundl mi about. July 17. Storm wave
will f low about one day behind
warm wave and cool wave about one

These two disturbances cover July
5 .to 17 inclusive; probably include the
most important cropwcather period of
the season. Temperatures of first port
of this neriod are expected to be high

  

 

 

 

 

  

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK fl
As Forecasted by/W. T. Foster for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

   
 

   
 
      
 
 
     
      
   
 

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day behind storm wave. .

on meridian 90 near July 6; one to
three days earlier west ‘of that line
and as much later east of it. All weath-
er features will move eastward and
the reader must anticipate their loca-
tions by the dates they are to reach
meridian 90. m

Near the end of this weather period,
July 16 or 17, the lowest tempratures
of the month are expected on meridi-
an-90, drift eastward, and as the
temperatures uctoate up and down,
but mo down than , meet rain of
the men is expects . All Me
weather eatures will move from
westward eastward, reaching
ian 90 near the dates stated.
period will contain the most severe
storms (of the month and they will be
unusually severe. , _

Not so much rain is expected last
half of July. Temperatures will go
higher from middle to, last half ofthe
. Some hail is expected from
12le 5 to 15 in northern sections I
expect drouth conditions in a large
section east of Rockies crest during,
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change considerably the crop is apt
to be far short of the anticipated de-
mands. Some sections of Michigan

report a poor stand though reins of;
last week did much to help

the
crop along. Far-nee“ having oats to

can this year should. realize a fair pro.“

fit. As yet there is no reason why
the priceshonld be higher thanthe

top of the past season, if, indeed as-

high. But even in this period of
high production costs, oats "at 65
cents a bushel yields a fair profit.-

  
       

 

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Re. 8 Yellow . . 1.85 1.77
No 4 Yenow . . 1.83 1.73

 

 

 

Nothing" has happened during the
last month to interfere with the slow
ly advancing corn prices. Argentine
grain continues to come to this count-
ry in more or less volume, but it has
long been discarded by the “beam"
as an argument for lower prices.
The condition of the new crop is non-
mal'in most of the states but some sec-
tions report a backward condition.
We‘see no hope of much lower corn
prices. There may be a. temporary
slump when the new crop is offered
for sale, but the foreign demand for
the grain products and for the meat
products that are raised by the grain
in this country should keep the price

eat-producing sections of the «a H '

at somewhere the average of the pen

year.

    

Nothing to report on beans. There
are few sales in this state and it is
easy for the speculators to run the
price up and down as they chm
The demobilization of troops, the re,

‘ sale of government holding of the

canned product and the warm we.
ther are all reasons for the compar-
itive inactivity of the market. Job-
bing prices in Detrbit' are quoted at
around $7.15’@$7.25.

   

BAR’LEY

., N‘WWKW

Although the barley' market has
been praCtically motionless recently,
the price of rye. has shot downward.
Various parts of Michigan report, in
general, that the rYe crop is excellent,

and with this in sight, the prices in ‘

Detroit have fallen 30 ‘cents on Cash
No. 2. The Quantity to be taken by
Europe is still uncertain, thus mak.‘
ing the rye market’s future one of
doubt.
reports that European demands may
make the market brace well. Europe-
ans consume enormous quantities of
rye both for bread and for drinks. In.
asmuch as the armies have been kept
in camps during the planting periods,
the chances of even a fair cmp are
poor in Europe. A great agricultural
country 'like Russia, doing little along
farm lines at present, still further
dampcns Europe‘s hopes for enough
rye. K

Detroit quotes rye, Cash No. 2 at
around 31.45 and barley, Cash No. l
at $2.30 to 82.40 per cwt. "

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Detroit 1.00 wt. 1.15 to“:
Chicago 1.10 cwt. 1:50 ewe.

The old potatoc .markcL is de-
moraliud, and. it is altogether too
late to entertain any hope that the
market wil comeback. A few far-

    

 

 

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bytheaovernor. Inatalkwith Mr.
Greatest. he advised that the bill be
remedied, not destroying the pur-
pose. Undoubtedly a hill similar in
nature" and scope will be introduced
at the next session. Such a law would
be the best protection co—operative
associations could have against cut-
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38.50 89.008150 83.50 30.90 37.00
«.100 40.50 81.00 “‘0 “.90
. 44.00 45.00 41.00 4‘... 37.00 41.00

I “Kilt Mix.
Detroit lsfiflfl 37.00q35.50 '86.” $3.32 84.00

 

 

 

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murmur, 010mm Glover
ems 033.50 35.. 38.00 “.00 so.» 31.00
Chicago 31.00 32.00 29.00 31.00 10.00 20.00
Cncin . 35.00 31.00 34.00 35.00 24.00 31.00
PM: .. 341.00 31.002010 :5 .

N. v. . . 31.00 41.00 31.00 36.00

The hay markets show decidedly
weaker tendencies and values have
fallen ofl sharply. The new crop of
hay is coming on rapidly and what old
hay isieft is being moved forward as
rapidly as possible, both because of
the high prices and of the necessity
of making room for the new crop“
New hay will be torced on the mar-
kets earlier this year than usual due
to the shortage 01 old stocks and be-
cause the crop is further advanced
than it was last season. Some of the
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' ceptioneily poor quality, being pressed
fromflle’ field and is wet and heated——

Hey Trude Journal.
new. Hay Ins-inst

Timothy is scarce and firm- The
feeling in clover is easier owing to 0
decrease in demand. Receipts of hay
show a small increase but not sum
out to make any change in condition
A firm market is quoted.

new Iow- From (micago

Continued heavy oflerings of hay
havedepressed the market and al-
though trade ' increased somewhat
last week. it has not been suflcient
to reverse the tendency. Country
loadings are lighter but there is a -
considerable supply moving this

. way. "The prairie market is weak, al-

thought the arrivals are small. Buy-
ing is very indifferent Offerings of

straw are moderate and the demand
is fair. The receipts of hay for last
week were 7829 tons, against 6061
tons the week before. Shipments for
last week were 1050 tons; against
17 43 tons the week previous.

    

New York Bum 1m

New York, June 28—‘The mar-ltd
has continued very nervous and
Mable throughout the week. At
flmese there have been periods of
marked activity and at other times
the reverse has been all too true.
The week opened briskly as several
speculators who had been holding
of! decided that it they were to get
any butter of J une make they must.
make purchases without delay. Oth-
ers, too, decided that they should

lay in larger stocks of June make.

In ada'tion, on Tuesday, there were
many rumors of export demand
which also had an eiloct of strength-

. enjng gthe market during the middle .

of the week. However,, while export-
ers' were making inquiry, only one

sized sale was \made, that but-
‘ter being. placed in storage for tut—
IED mm: to ,Frsnce. As usual

the general activity the price ad-
venced is. That quotation continued
throug e Tuesday and Thursday,
but on the latter day it was readily
seen that a decline. in. price was in-
evltable, as practically all buying
had ceased and the arket seemed
very ‘Wesk. On Friday, 1.11 receivers
were anxious to sell and the price
declined 1c. but buying was ‘ very
limited. The market closed very
weak on that day with established
quotations as follows: Extras, 61 it
6 51 the; Higher scoring than or-
tras. 58 G 52 iAc; Firsts 50 @ 51c:
and, Sounds, 48 @ 49 56c. Unsalt—
ed butter is sellingg readily, mostly
for storage purposes, at s dines-ent-
ial price of 2 @ 3c over correspond-
ing grades of salted butter.

Detroit,—-Butter: Fresh creamery,
48 V: @ 50 Etc per lb.

Chicagoo—Butter steady; cream;
ery, 46@51c. Eggs higher; receipts,
14,226 cases; firsts, 40@41%c; or-
dlnary firsts, 38@38 like; at mark,
cases included, 38@39c; storage
packed firsts, 41 %@42 lie; extras,
42 st @433“.

 
 
 
 

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Extra Help
‘ Wages, or -—

’ I ‘HB old way of cutting corn by hand I
was the nightmare of the farmer It
‘ meant a big force of men, a big expense

and gruelling, slow, irksomc work.
not alWays possible to ct the men need-
ed. But times have Ci
way has stopped aside forrthe now, better,

McCormiCk and Deering Corn Binders

cut the corn swiftly and neatly when the
sweet, nutritious juices which make the
fodder palatable are still in stalks and

McCormick and Deering corn binders are
clean-built, sturdy, compact and easy running.
They have Sufficient traction to operate success-
fully in the loose ground in
'cut readily the toughest-fibered cornstalk. One
of these machines drawn by a tractor or three
good horses, a tWOoman outfit, will harvest from

ve to seven acres a day, cutting and binding
the Whole crop in neat, convenient bundles.

The many unusual features of these machines’
that are responsible for their time and laboro'l
saving qualities will be shown you by a nearby
International dealer, or you can get full informa-
tion by writing the address below.

Chicago

ecoipts test

heavy steers, 818; best handy
weight butcher steers, $11.50@12:

mixed steers and heifers, -$10@10.- ;

50; handy light butchers, ,$9@$9-503
light butchers, $8.850: best cows,
”@950; butcher cows, $8@8.50;
cutters, $7; canners, $6.25@6.50;
best heavy bulls, “@950; bologna
bulls, $8@8.25; stock bulls, $7@7.
76; feeders, $9.60@10; stockers, $8
@9; milkers and springers, $75@
126. Veal calves: Receipts last
week, 8,008; market steady; best,
$18©18.60; others, ”@16. Sheep
and lambs: Receipts this week 716,
last ’18; market steady; best lambs,
$17.60@l§; fair lambs, $18-@16.—
50; light to common lambs, $140
15; yearlings, $13@-$14; fair to
good sheep, $7.50@8; culls and
common, $4@6. Hogs: Receipts last
week, 5,518; no hogs on sale.

East Buffalo
East Buffalo,——Dunning & Stev—
ens report: Cattle—Receipts, 30
cars; slow. Hogs: Receipts, 30 cars;
steady; heavy and yorkers, $22@
22.10; pigs, $19.75@20.25. Sheep:
Receipts, 5 cars; strong; top lambs,

 

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anged. The old

the cornfield, and

, 'Chmo~—Hoeofnecoim to”.
‘ market active. full-y 30" to warm.

or their previous general average}.
321.40; bulk, _ 320.606 81.36:]-

market dull; best. ,
heavyweight, $20.85@21.36; medo

 

Chicago

top,

ium weight, $20.40@21.40; "li'g
light weight, $20.60@21.40;

lights, $18.75@21.15; heavy pack-

.iight' ‘

lug sows, smooth, $20@20.60; pack— -

ing sows, rough, $-19.’25@20; piggs,
$17.25@18.50. Cattle: Receipts, 4,.
500; beef steers steady to strong;
butcher stock steady to 250,10Wer;
caves and feeders steady: top‘steers,
$14.75; bbeer steers, medium and
heavy weight, choice and prime,
$14.60@$15.50; medium and good.
312.60@14.60; common, 311012.-
60; light weight, good and choice,
818.40@16; common and medium.
$10@l3.50; butcher cattle, heifer.
$7.76@$13.50; cows,
26; canners and cutters, $6@7.40;

$10.60@ 12.- '

veal calves, light and handy weight, 1

$17.50@18.50; feeder steers, $9.25
@1275; stocker steers,
Sheep: Receipts. 16,000; generally
steady; top lambs, $17.35; lambs,
84 pounds down, $15.25@17.50;’
coils and common, $8.50@l4.75;
yearling wethers, $10.25@13.75;
ewes, medium, good and choice, 86.-
50@8.25; culls and common, $2.50
@6; breeding ewes, $761,713.50.

 

 

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Mowers Side Deliver Rakes
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Other Farm Equipment

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FARMS AND LAND

 

_ FOB SALE—120 ACRES, 80 CLEAR-
ed, balance good land, naturally drain-
two good wells; fair
buldings, .main roadwmile from town, 70
res from school. $30 an acre.
health reason for selling. Raymond Gar-’-

rity‘, ’Alger, Mich.

 

PAY non FARM
productive clay soils,
seed

on RANCH LAND,
with Alsike clover

‘ cash payment required, Money advanced

for live stock at 6%. Jno. G.

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owner, Millersburg, Mich.

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Iron SALE—67.85;.ACRE FARM, ON
of poor health, for quick sale in-
crops; 7 will take $2,150, - $1,0Q0
own, from one to five years on balance;
acres cleared, balance easily cleared.
e;and~look it over or write. John
Bose, Billings, Mich.

 

FAB-MS FOR SALE—BIG LIST OF
farms for sale by the owners, giving
his name, location of farm, description,
price and terms Strictly mutual and co-
operative between the uyer and seller
Bi! conducted for our members. CLEAN-
CLEARING HOUSE ASS’N.. Land
Dpt., Gleaner Temple, Detroit.

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844-ACRE STATE ROAD, MICHIGAN
Farm $5,000, with splendid 10-room resi-
dence, steam heat, improvements, house
alone estimated worth $7,000, large
barns, etc.; near hustling RR town and

tillage, stream-watered _60-cow pasture,
Wood timber, apple Orchards. Borders
beautiful river, motor bus passes door. To
settle now, low price $5,000, only $1,500

Catalog Bargains 19 States, copy free.
STROUT FARM AGENCY, 814 B. E.
Ford Bldg, Detroit.

MISCELLANEOUS

CORN HABVESTER-ONE-MAN, ONE-
horse, one—row, self~gathering. Equal to a
corn binder. Sold to farmers for twenty-
threeyears. Only $25, with fodder binder,
Free catalogue showing picturespf har.
vester. PROCESS CORN HARVESTER
CO., Salina, Kan.

_ WANTED '

EVERY roan OWNER TO- WRITE
us for a descriptive circular of, Hassler
shock absorbers for Ford cars. This
circular will tell you how to save one-
;o isoo cu; ‘esuedxe' em Jnoxw 30 p.111“
your gasoline, and the upkeep of your
car. We want men to sell Hassler shock
absorbers to Ford owners in every lo-

 

 

 

 

cality. ROBERT H. HASSLER, Inc.,
Indianapolis, .Ind. , ‘

 

Saginaw

 

Michigan Live Stock Insurance Co.

INDEMNIFIES Owners of Live Stock—Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs
Against Death by Accident or Disease

Grand Rapids

 

 

 

per
day .—

5

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
weekly that is the talk of all

Michigan.

We Want earnest, and above
all, honest men and women
who will devote all or part of
their time to this work, we
can make any arrangements
satisfactory 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 pm-
for and let us make you a.
delnite and fair pro osition
to act as our agent n your
locality during the next few
weeks or months.

Address, Circulation
er, Michi an Business
lng, Mt.

Manag— '
Farm-
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“—I sure did get lots
of orders from
your paper!”

Michigan Business Farming...

Dear Sir:

Please stop my ad. I can-
not iill any more orders.
Bronze Turkey Eggs for
sale“ I sure did get lots
of orders from your paper,~
[and I thank you—Mrs.
waiter Dillman, Dowagi-

ac, Michigan.

 

 

 

county. _

WATER FOR EVERY
HOUSEHOLD NEED

VERY farm home needs

an ample supply of water.
To depend upon a hand
pump often located some
distance from‘ the house is
inconvenient. Running wat-
er, under pressure, as pro-
vided by HOOSIER Water
Supply System is the mod-
.ern convenience which has
banished the drudgery of
hand pumping.

 

use any kind of power, wind-

mill. gasoline engine or elec-
tric motor, and are suitable
for deep or shallow well
pumping. Bulletin F des-
cribes our complete line of.
Hoosier Systems. This bul-
letin sent on receipt of your
request.

Flint & Walling Mfg. Co.
Dept. D.
Kendallville, Ind.

   

Hoosier
Pumps

 

 

I think ‘yOur market reports fine—Bert
P, Welch, Qakland county. _

Just received a. sample cbpy, first ,1
ever saw—Elmer ‘Ri‘chmond, Kent coun-
ty" . .
it is very good—Henry Eichler, Huron

_.-rocts 5n n'

only 8 miles large city, Productive loam.

down easy termsgets all. Detailspage 78-

grass.

 

PleaSesend me the paper as I think. '

spread; more. profusely fjby tillage im-
plements than in,
the root stocks being
infested areasand‘ left to form new

centers. First Of all the possibilities

  

 

,- of further-spreading should be avoid.

ed .. . , ._

Quack grass can be eradicated» in
one season by summer fallowing, but
this is not recommended except in ex-

produced during that
quack grass should be allowed to just
begin to head out but not mature its
seed then cutting it for hay before
plowing. Ifthis is done, the plant ex-
hausts itself and is more rapidly. do-
stroyed. The plowing should be fol-
loWed by persistent cultivation, using
broad shovels or thistle sweeps to pre-
vent any shoots from living above the
ground. If conditions are. favorable,
buckwheat may be planted thickly lat-
er in the season and then plowed un-
der for fertilizer.

.W-here conditions are suited -to the
growth. of cultivated 'crops, suchas
corn, potatOes or roots, quack grass
can be eradicated by growing two cul-
tivated crops in succession, but not en-
tirely so in a single year, as the root
stocks will get into the corn hills and
potato rows out of me reach of the
cultivator and hoe. Where quack grass
existed in two or three well defined
patches, We have destroyed it in the
following manner:

The case in‘mind consisted of a
twenty-four acre fleld’contai‘ning three
welLdefined areas of quack grass of
from two to four acres each. One year
it was planted to corn, care being ex-
ercised to prepare the quackgpatches
separately to prevent distribution of
roots by implements. Then On the
quack areas cultivation began before
the corn was up, following the drill
marks. During the growing season
the infested areas received more fre,
quent cultivation than the balance of
the field. A few quack plants were
found in the corn hills at the end of
the season. The following year, non-
i-nfested part of the field was sowed to
cats and seeded with clover and timo-
thy, while the quack areas were plant-
ed to mangels and sugar beets and cul-
tivated and hoed thoroughly up to Aug- '
'ust 15 when timothy and clover were
sown among the roots and given a
light cultivation to cover the seed. At
harvest time, the roots were pulled by
hand. The quack grasa had been erad-
icated without breaking up the rota-
tion, a crop was procured'both sea-
sons, and the third year the field was
all seeded. We realize that unfavor-
able conditions may thwart an at-
tempt of this kind, but it is worth try-
ing. .. .

In the case of small areas solidly

matted with roots, it will pay to take
out as many roots as possible with
a manure hook or potato litter. and
haul off the ground, but this is im-
practicable on areas of any considera-
his size. The ground may beso mat-
ted with roots as to prevent cultiva-
tion from doing its work.
Where quack grass is not generally
spread over an entire field, but limited
to well defined areas, it will pay to.
look the field over with a six_tined
fork in hand and dig out any scatter-
ed .plants that may be found. It will
not pay tovattempt to remove the mots
in this way, except from very small,
scattered patches of a few square feet
each.

If quack grass is so located that‘s
temporary fence can be put around it
and pigs put on to pasture, they will
dig up and eat out all roots, making a
complete job of eradication. It makes
good hog pasture.

Very small patches ofquack grass in
isolated places can be smothered by
covering deeply with straw or manure
or tar paper, weighted ‘down ,with
stones, but "this should not be attempt-
ed except with very small areas. ‘
Nothing but persistent effort and the
constant use of the cultiav'tor and has
will win out in the struggle with quack
Unfortunately for the farmer,
labor has been so scarce and expensive
that he has been unable to carry out
all. his plans and many things have

had to go' undone during. the busy
summer season.

 

 

Quack grass thrives on an occasion-

 

any; other Way, "
dragged from the

tremely difficult cases, ‘as no crop is
season. The,

_ 8h . .. , ficufidatéi,‘ , . . ,

  

aners.Bay;mo
.‘ton. June 2§th. _

day 'over‘; the death of Mrs. Ray.-

train No.16 ran ’into'their auto-
mobile, wrecking _the car, and
carrying it down the track: about
fifty feet. ,
Gerald Sumner, a. boy { of Six
years of age, waskilled instantly,
and ,his mother, Mrs. Sumner,
lived about three. hours and died
as ther‘result of the injuries: four
others in the car were “badly in-
,iuredn ' ‘ ' i

shocked to learn of the frightful
accident. A coroner’s-inquest". was
held, Clarence Tinker appearing, as
attorney for Grand Trunk Railway
and,,W. E. Robb, secretary bf‘Wthe'
Citizens’ Mutual Auto Insur‘dnc‘el‘Co.
appearing for the Sumner. family,
It appeared that, on the. main'
street of Fenton- agatekeeper Was
employed to protect the public on
week days but that _th'e"gates .‘were
not operated on Sundays..-_,A num.—
ber of the leading business men.
of Fenton testified thatithey‘ had

people relied on the-'gates'jbeinr
up as an invitation to pass over
the track in safety. They also
testified that the traffic ,on' Sunday
by automobiles was much greater
than on week days, and that
there was a greater necessity for
a watchmanflto protect the public.
The jury, consisting of, s'ome of
the best men in Fenton, brought
in a verdict placing the respon-
sibility on the railWay company
for not operating the gate to pro:
tect the public. .

Mr. Sumner was insured' in the
Howell.company for collision in-
surance. This accident shows the
necessity of carrying automObi‘ie
insurance to protect the car in
case of a collision with a railroad
train or other m0ving‘ob1ects, and
the complicated, matters _.arising
from the‘operation cf automobiles
shows the necessity of havingan
attorney in charge ”of an automo-
bile insurance éompany who can,
give its members advice and as?
sistance when the serious claims
occur.

 

_ "over the deathiof-Gerald’Sum der:
ndsumner, Fen V,

A. coroner’s inquest washeld'bejf
fore Justice Charles Corriganr t6~'i.:_ ~

'mOIidx'Sumner' and herSoni'Geg-‘ald -:

Sumner 'who were killed "Sinnd'ay'
morning when the Grand Trunk

The entire-"communitiy- was ‘

witnessed narrow escapes as :most“ , ‘

 

 

 

 

 

a1 plowing and stirring of the ground
thereafter. '

The following method of. quack
grass eradication has been used suc-
cessfully on the College Farm, viz.:

Infested areas have been either fall
plowed or plowed in the spring, follow-
ed up by occasional cultivation with
the disc barrow.- About the latter part
of June er the first of July amber cane
sorghum was sown broadcast and cov-
ered by insane of cultivation, the
amount being 60 or 80 pounds of seed
per acre. The sorghum springs up
quickly and thickly and grows rapidly
and will completelysmother the quack
grass in one season. _ The sorghum
may be cut and cured for hay, or cut
and fed green. to cattle in‘ yards or on
pastures—M. A. 0. Botannical Depart-
ment. . . '

 

a1 like your paper.———Wm. Frank, Ave-
0 .
Like your paper very much. ‘A

good
paper for the farmer.—G. Gastner,
er. ‘ ‘

owl-

I like your stand on the
ing question: .Stick ~ to it.—M.
nolds, Kent county. .

  

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anxious to‘ get it.
county. ,1 ,:
>We think ,the B
the thing for ; the
Jugham scanty.

[tarmac—J Corhlt

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, . , ,r REGARDING- DRAINAGE

: 'r‘v’h’rhave at oneside of my farm
' lustanzdingwater. It'lles between two
”hills, from 'ten rto fifteenrods‘long,
gwith-irditch on each side of the road
gxceming onto my land. I am not able

    

sateen standing there to dry out.
(when a dry summer comes. I could
I. uplowrit but too late to put any crops
in. In a rainy season it is never dr

Ir’h‘ave been after the town to take
that water away and wanted to give

the right-Of-way through my land tree ’

t . or charge. as, they run a big drain
through my farm.

They always promised me . they
would do it. Now the road commits:
sioner tells me that the county drain-

' commissioner told him they do not
have to take that water away, as it is
.aistanding water and that «I, myself,
have to take it v-‘away ii I don't want it
there. HE‘is' willing to put a culvert
in and fill up the roadhigher so I
would have all the water.

Please inform me thru your paper
what the law is and what I can do to
make them take it away, if there is a
wayH—A Subscriber.

The-letter is not sufilciently explicit
for .a definite answer. I: the two
ditches spoken of gather the water
and let more water on the premises of

' . the Writer, the person who dug them

would'be liable for damages, even the'
he is: a highway or drain commission-
er. It the water stands on the man's
farm, and does not come from the
ditches and is not prevented from
leaving his farm by any artificial
structure but is the natural condition
of the premises, then he must take
care of the water himself_

The Supreme Court of this state has
held that no. one has the right to dig
ditches o_r furrows that will cast any
more water upon another's premises
than would go there in a state of na-
ture. No one has the right to drain
cat holes and swamps (upon him nor

, can they compel, him to take care of

the water, except through drain pro.
ceedings.-—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

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. REMOVING A FENCE

' Having some trouble with my neigh-
bor-ove a line fence two years ago,
we measured land and staked out the
Line and I built my half of the‘line ac-
cordingrto the line that We both agreed

{on before witnesses, and now he says

‘ ~ .the line isn't right andhas just built
'his part of the line tense over into my
meadow about a foot after I forbade
him. What I want to know: is whether ..
the. line that we both agreed on before
witnesses is binding and if I called
, county surveyor, would he have to
. stand his share or expense?—T. M. D.,
Kenton. . '> ,

It is my opinion that'lines between
two parcels of land cannot be changed
by an oral agreement between the par-
ties, unless such an agreement is car-
ried into effect. and acquiesced in, for
along time. The way to test a bound-
EI‘Y line is by suit in ejectment, and
the loser in the proceedings must pay
the cost; A boundary line may be es-
tablished by long acquiesence, and 'a
temporary change will not affect it.—
W. E.»Brown, legal editor.

 

MUST BE IN ,CONTRACT
If a party rents a farm one year
from March to March and he sows a
fall crop, can he claim same when it is

Q ready to harvest, or even two-thirds of .

- crop?—-L. H ., St. Clair County.

I: one rents property for a definite
period of time without contracting for
-2 ‘ * the right to harvest any fall crops put
’ ~ in, he does not have the right to do any
’ harvesting after his time expires at.
'- the'period stated.———W. E. Brown, legal

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WIFE‘S‘PROPERTY HER OWN
Cane man hold any of his wife’s
“d. i it is deeded to her by her par-
' 3., Calhoun County.
its: of the wife the prop-

subject only to
disstwlthout will

‘ n the whole
- ild or, chil-

5t-e- user my land there, because the

one or both, parents survive, then one
half goes to the husband and the oth-
er half to the parent or parents. If no
parents, than one-half goes to the bro-
thers and sisters, but if no brothers
nor 'children of deceased brothers or
sisters, then the whole of it to the hus-
band—W. E. Brown, Legal Editor.

 

,OOULDN'T PAY TILL DUE

A builds a house and borrows money
from B to do it, making necessary writ.
ings to protect B. When interest is
due A wishes to pay interest and all
of principal, but finds B is away and
,will not be home for two months. B

informs A to pay interest to C when,

due, 'and‘as soon as B gets home he

will notify A and B will make the"

necessary writings and take principal
at that’time. Now as long as B was
not here when A wanted to pay when

due, can B legally collector demand,

interest those two months after date?

, ——-M. F.‘, Montcalm. County.

A has no right to have B accept the
principal before. it is due and if he de-
sires to pay beforeit is due. he must
do so upon such terms as B demands
which shall not exceed the interest
agreed upon for the full period. If the
obligation was payable on 'or before a
specified date then a tender to the rep-
resentative of B would release further
interest—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

SHOULD SUE FOR DAMAGES

Last spring, a year ago, we made ap-
plication through the local Federal
Loan Association for a loan and were

. rejected. We gave the local secretary

our abstracts and have asked him to
return them. He said he had sent
them to the Federal Land Bank. We
wrote them and they said the abstracts
were not there. Then we wrote to the
Flint Abstract 00., and they said they
had sent them to the county clerk. We;
wrote him and he says they are not
there. Now, what steps will we take
to get our abstracts? Isn’t the local
secretary responsible for the return of
those abstracts?—J. R. H.. Gladwz‘n
County.

I would advise you to make a de-

, mand upon the person to whom you de-

livered your abstract, and say to him,
that you want it returned forth-with.
And that, if he does not return the ab-
stract to you, that you will procure an.
other one, and sue him tor the cost,
which would be your damage.-——W. E.
Brown, legal editor. - .

 

ANOTHER DRAIN PROBLEM

A certain drain running through A’s
and B's property was. let to be cleaned
out. B not being at home day of sale
told. A to bid it in and'he Would help
him and a short time at! - ditch was
sold B decided he would like to put
in a 12-inch tile instead of cleaning out
open ditch through him, (B), which
was of a mucky soil. He agreed with
the people to take the money fer clean-
ing out open ditch and buy 12-inch tile
and put them in at his own expense
which was a benefit to' his land it they
had been put in right. But they were
not. The tile has not carried the wat-

‘ er. Now there is a petition up to have

these 12-inch tile removed and a 14 or
15-inch tile in their place. To whom
does this old tile belong?—-—An Interest-
ed Reader, Washtenaw County.

If the expense is not assessed against
B for thewhole expense so that he has
to buy the new tile, then the old tile
would belong to the drain and be sold
to defray ‘part of the expense of buying
the larger tile. If B is required for any
reason to bear the whole expense, why
of course he would have the small tile
as he also pays for the larger ones_
W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

. Please give my name and address to
the reader who inquired in the issue
or April 19th. I contributed the phi]-
esophy article in ‘the issue
26th last—Mrs. Earnest Ihgersoll Bez.‘
lair-c, Mich. _ ' '

 

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Pioneering Wireless» Speech ;
Onthc morning of October
22, l9l 5,”$n,en-ginecr speaking
at Arli‘ngtOn, Virginia, was
heard at Eiffel ToWer, Paris.
and at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian

islands. .This was the first
trans-Atlantic and trans-conti-

from aviators flying overhead
and long distance speeches
from Government Officials in
washington. Messages were
often magnified several billion .
times. This demonstration was.
the first of .its kind in the: his- -
tory of the world. It also was
an achievement of the Bell

System.

Historic also were the war

nental message over sent by
wireless telephone. 11: was an
achievement of the Bell
System.

During the Fifth Liberty

Loan nearly a million people in

time uses Ofwireless telephony,
giving communication between
airplanes and from mother

throngs of ten thousand, heard _ .
ships to submarine Chasers.

speeches and music by wire
and wireless. The loud—speak- All these accomplishments
. and uses were made possible
by the work of the research

laboratories of the Bell System.

ing equipment was a main
feature of “Victory Way", New
York. Wireless messages came

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Western Cane !

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In Western Canada Grain Growing is a profit maker. Raising Cattle.
Sheep and Hogs brings certain success. It’s easy to prosper where you . ,
' can raise 20 to 45 bu. of wheat to the acre and buy on easy terms. ,

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

Railway and Land Co's. are ofierlng unusual inducements to home-
seekers to settle in Western Canada and enJoy her prosperity. Loans made

('0

ft the purchase of stock or other fanning requirements can be hadnat low interest.
The Governments of the Dominion and Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche
Ivan and Alberta extend every encouragement to the farmer and ranchman.
You can obtain excellent land at low prices on easy terms. and get high prices
for your grain, cattle, shig) and ho s—low taxes (none on - ,
s

improvements). good mar _ and ipping facilities. free
schools, ghurches. splendid climate and sure crops.

‘Il tr ted .‘iteratnre. maps description of lands for sale in Manitoba. V '
‘ Saslmtv.‘£<:.):v:alnuflndfiAlberta¢ reduced railroad rates. etc... apply to Superintendent
of lmmigreticn. Ottawa. Luanda. or .
M. V. MCINNESS

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‘ I am sending l’. U Ui‘llt'l‘ for 51 gm
l'payment for-our paper. We like it better
I each time it comes. We thank you for'
i the interest you take in our problems; we g
, need someone with influence to ..
l intercede for us. as they seem to think
, l we don't amount to much. As for Liberty
, r. fi%‘ 2 bonds we would like to buy them but ‘
gas caninm, ' 9 can’t do it without using the moneywe,
.sunlyne. EASY; . ' must have if we farm this year. But at»;
- "ERFLY CLEAN ,. , l tho our potatoes lay in the cellar yet and .

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mdgoa'flitixihti‘éh‘é‘. ' bring to us, we are going to plant every

I) C’IFREE acre and produce all the crops we 998

{,fi '9" bly can for we know it will be’nceded“

~ / fore another harvest more than i

needed now,—-~Mrs. Ray Lillie. Men on;
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Bmm’ DIRMORYJ momma: BUSINESS FARMING, lite/Mons, Michigan.

(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under flit heading to honest breeders of live stock and poultry will be sent on request. Better
still, write out what you have to ofl'er, let us put it in type, show you a proof and tell you what itwill cost for 18, 26 or 536mm. You
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E. L. Salisbury Breeds High Class

Holstein-Friesian Cattle

Twenty dams of our herd sire
Walter Lyons
average 30. 11 lbs. of butter in seven
Gal’s. Nothing for sale at this time
but young bull calves.

E. L. Salisbury, Shepherd, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

.MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

W on m a booking orders for
oung bulls from King Pieter Seg1s
yons 170506. All from A. 11.0. dams

with credible records. We test annu-~
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information.

Muslofl Bros" South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

 

HOLS'I'EINS OF QUALITY ‘
AVERAGE RECORD OF TWO
est dams lgtmiik herd lie is 35. 07 lbs, Nbutter
and 310 2,1 days. Bull for
eels with 31. 58 lbs. demand 10 nearest
dams average over 31 lbs. in seven We.
3- r. . Minn.

 

Bull Ci wwwa
- r engerve
a ves De Kol Butter .

Boy and by a son of King Segis DeK Kol
Korndyke from A. R. O. dams with rec-
ords of 1 .25 as Jr. two year old to 28. 26
at full a e. Prices reasonable breeding
considers .

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. Wyckoil, 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. rite for prices
and igree. Also a few females. Ver-
non lough, Parma, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE—HOLSTEIN BULL ()AL‘iiI

1 from good producing cow and first qual-

t one of the

 

 
 
 

ity sire. 375 for quick sa‘e. F.

Ale;-
ander, Vassar, Michigan.

 

A REAL BULL

Just old enough for service. His sire is
t 31 lb. bulls in the state;
his dam a 8 lb. cow of great capacity.
His thr nearest dam average, fat. 4. 43
or con 1 514.6 milk g days. Priced at
£20 it sold soon. Harry T. Tubbs. El-
wel. Michigan,

 

TWIN BULL OALVES
Born October 99,1918; sired b Sir
Calantha Segis Korndyke 1 4008; am’s
record, 24. 35 lbs. butter an 621 lbs of
milk in 7 days; _d0ne straign calves. Send
for particul uttman, Fowl-
erviile, Mic

 

ss—LB, ancnsrnr

FOR SALE—Bull calf born Feb. 6,
919.81re Flint enge eld Lad whose
amb has a 33 record. Barn

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71 Jr. 2- r.—old, gught r of Ypsiland

ir lPontiac eKol wah ose tyr5

as a r cord “Biff? 03543: and 750. 20 lbs. in

W.rie or tended pedi res and photo.
cigngrozofim It‘lint. Michigan

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand and future
prices that have ever been known. Start
now with the Holstein and convince

‘ yourself. Good stock always for
, sale. Howbert Stock Farm. Eau
. Claire. Michigan.

 

 

 

E. L Salisbury Breeds High Class

Holstemaneuan Cattle
Twenty dams of our herd'sire
Walter Lyons
average 80.11 lbs. of butter in seven
‘ Gays. Nothing for sale at this time

but young bull calves.
E. L. Salisbury, Shepherd, Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

TEN-MONTHB-OLD-BULL

Bull last advertised is sold. Tm;
«me barn June 7, 1818.81red by best
son of famous 330, 000 bull heading
, Arden Fm! herd King Komdyk’

Pontiac Two nearest dams to
sire 01, this calf average 87. 78 lbs. but-
ter 7 days and over 145 lbs. in 3.
days. Dam. a rranddauzhter of
of ythe Pdontiacs, Sir Gelscho W
. aegis and Delis] Burke, A
Herd tuberculin tested annually

noannmx reams, Jackson, men

 

 

wonvnnnm 8100]; pm

I want to tell you about our 3
Herd Sire, "King ”the Louis om-
dyke Segis," a son of Kin
ace, his dam is Queen ago: .0:
a daughter of Pontiac
2nd and Prnce Segis Korndy e, ._ treat
combination of breed Jag
. We. are breeding this young sire to
the daughters of Judge Walker Platonic,
our Senior Herd Sire Whose first the
dams each have records above 80 ll... he
also hes two 30 lb. sisters. How can
ran so won: by buying a 1m}; an 0,
this popular lineal breeding?

' 'r. W. Borer-e, m creek, u

was earn some. 3m

0Ponti-
rookside
eDe Kel

17! he
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HERE’S SOMETHING

THAT WILL BE WORTH MORE MON-
ey in a few weeks. A registered Holstein
heifer. bred to a grandson of the $50. 000

bull; due to freshen Aug. 21, '19; color
80% black' price, $250.11 re istered Hol-
stein cow 1 yearso bred same sire

as mentoned above; Idue to freshen Se L

11. '19; color 80% white; price, 32 0.

Guaranteed free from disease.

II. E. BROWN, BREEDSVILLE, MICH.
II. E. Brown, Breedsville, Mich.

 

JERSEY

The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Breeders of Majesty strain Jerse Cat-
tle. Herd Bulls Majesty’s Oxfor Fox
4214: Eminent Lad 5 Ma esty 150934.
erd tuberculin-tests. Bul calves for
sale out of R. of Majesty dams.
Alvin Balden,M Capac, Michigan.

 

 

FOR SALE—REGIITEBED JERSEY
bulls r orig” for service, and ull calves.
thl ker,R Howel, Mich.

GUEBN S “Y

GUERNSEYS n a"! A "W
Heifers and cows for
sale, also a number of well bred young

bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake. Michigan.

 

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Registered 3'33: "
B A l 26,1919 «‘50
L351“ onzefilefti A119 the others advertis-
ed in KB F. have been sold.
Wm. T. risk, Vestaburg. Mich, R. !

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE

We are offering at attractive r1ces,a
number of high-class young bu le,we]1
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
Woodcote Stock Farm. Ionia. Michigan

 

REGISTERED ABERDEEN —ANGUS
Bull, calved Sept. 25,1313. Write for

rice, or call on Eldred A Clark, R 8,V

t. Louis Michigan

DHOBTBORN

 

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AT REA-
rices

SHORTHO

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Shortlist-us.
Perkhuret. Rged City. Michigan.

 

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wants s
so 0111.

CITROEN!
from. Write In
reasonable Win 11131.

 

THE VAN RUBEN CO. Shorthorn

ior sale, mmostamay hat-sea?“ wfioto

Freak Bai-
mklbrtford Mich

 

all sold out. None for
out. 1'. M. 1’th A Son. Fowler, Em

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wsnorrnonn breeders. Canpm you“;
thbest milk or beef strains? Bulls

Sane females. 0. W. Erma.

dental w
Association. MeBrides. Michiga ,

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Bred Gilt;13mm m M" $321.5,

Spring Pigs. Everything shippedc.
and registered in buyter’s nemao it

 

 

 

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oxronn Down nus

LARGE YORKSHDE PIGS
E. S. CARR, HOMER, MICE.

 

 

HOGS

 

POLAND CHINA

BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS. EITH-
er sex From choice bred sows and sired
by 8 grandson of Grant Buster and other
{risewinning boars. Prices reasonable.

W. Barnes and Son, Byron, Mich

 

 

mo TYPE 1?. 0, cars BRED FOR
august and Sept. farrow. A. A. Wood &
on Saline, Michigan. '

POLAND CHINA IOW- AND EIGHT
18!. nine tan-rowed A ril 28B; sired by
gobm- -Link by the Zn Big Bob. Price
200. Also otter Bob-o—Link, 14 months
old at a bargain Has litters of 13 to his
credit. 0.11. Wright, Jonesville, Mich.

WALNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE, Gills

all sold. Keep
watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Sena-
tor and Orange Price. 1 thank my cus-
formers for their patronage.

 

A D. GREGORY, Ionic. Mich.

MICHIGAN GHAMPIO HERD 01‘
Big Type P. (1. orders ed for M‘g‘ring
pigs. R. Leonard. 8t. ouie,M

 

1» S. r. c. BOARB ALL sou). Earn
a few nice fall Gilts bred for fall far-
row.-—H. O Swartz oolorsi‘t, Mich.

EVERGREEN FARM BIG TYPE 1’. O.
B are all sold, nothing for sale now. bu t
fi ve some . its this fall.

I was 0

ate my m3 many
l“or their page en
orherha

customers
“,1... ~ ”a“. a“ me
Large Ty'pe Poland :China Hogs

Write that inquiry for L. T. P. C. serv-
i able boars to Wm. J. Clarke. Eaton
Ra ids, Mich instead of Mason I have
861 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.
.3. CLARKE,
R. No. 1, Eaton Rapids. Michigan

DUROG

MBADOWVIEW FADE. IEGISTEBED
Duroc Jersey Hogs. Sgt? pigs for sale;
also Jerse Bulls \ J orris, Fanning-

gan.

ton, Mich

DUROC JERSEY SWINE. JRED
Saws and bGilts all sold. Nice bunch of
fall pint» Breakwater

 

 

 

 

by the Principal 4th and Brook -
Kin. Also herd bear 3 yr.
old. W e or e and prices kt-
ledeotion guarantee Thee. Underhill a
Son, Salem, Mich. .

DUROO BOA“ READY FOR on.
rice also high clan sows bred for em—

 

' tan-owin to Orion' s Face! King the
:3an 1g 0 his age over at Mex-nation-
1“: Newton Burch-fl.

 

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creams

id
. Add". $3-
2 W. M or .
300 no
is.

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coarser-boned

ans ouhaoer Btbom notice?! “willslm
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reduced oft”: r is cancel] p18“, 1
from 150 lbs. to 200 lbs. g?
W Addison Mich.

PEACH HILL FARM

REGISTERED BM JERSEY GILT!
ecticn and l:

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Boar ms. gran as or Schoohaaster an}
Perfection to: wages.) all sold. John

Gibson, Bridgeport,so Michigan.
‘ HAMPSHIRES

8734 HAMPSHIRES RECORDED IN
the association from Jan 1 to Apr-1 '19
you get one? Boar pigs only for sale
£03 thn W. Snyder St. Johns, Mich.
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BERKSHIRES

GREGORY FARM BEBESEIBES' FOR
profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your
‘wants. W. S. Corsa, White Hall, Ill.

 

CHESTER WHITES e

.. REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE’
PIGS for sale at prices that will interest

 

 

 

 

you Either sex. , Write today. Ralph
Cosens, Levering, Mich.
RABBITS
PEDIGREED RUFUS‘BED BEL IAN
Hare bucks. Prices reasonable. tis-

faction guaranteed. Hanley Bros. It. 3.
St Louis. Mich.

 

 

DOGS

' WRITE DB. W. A. EWAL'I‘, Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich, for those beautiful Sable and
White Shepherd Pupppi-es; natural heel—
ers from tamtrained stock; also a few
purebred Scotch Collie Puppies; sired by
“Ewalt’s Sir Hector," Michigan Champion
cattle dog.

 

 

THE AIREDALE
MOST WONDERFUL D?
aartlL—Great watch, stock an skiing
cg Does anything any dog can
does it better. Thoroughbred pedigreed
puppies at farmers' rices. Descriptive
(fill-cums free. P. H. ragus, Haywood,

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POULTRY. .
s. (1 WHITE .LEGHORN
400 Yearling Pallets

B. (I. Leghorn with ,oolony laying record.
will be sold in lots of 6, 12, 25, 50 and
loo-August delivery.

Fall Chicks for Spring layers—White‘and
Brown Leghorns; Barred Rocks.

Cookerels, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys.

Belgian lures, New Zeelands, Flemish
Giants.

. HOOMIGDMI FARMS ASSOCIATION
Bloomingdale Mich.

 

 

PLYMOUTH BOOK.

 

CHICKS—ROSE AND SINGLE-00MB
Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks, 25 for
$4.25; 100 for $16; July and August de-
livery. Circular free. Inter-lakes Perm,
Box 4, Lawrence, Mich. ’

 

MUD- WAY-AUSII-KA FARM OFFERS
you an opportunity to become acquaint-’
ed with the Parks bred—to- -lay Barred
Rocks at null coat: breedin pen- of five
yearling hens and male bird at 320 for
quick sale. Dyke C. Miller, Dryden, Mich.

LBGHOBN

80 000 FINE, HUSKY WHITE LIG-
horn chicks of and laying .strain for
Julynnaillmlgioe 31 N ““100. 325013:
. - pr or‘

Order direct. Promptshipmeut. ‘
satisfaction guaranteed Free catalogue.

olland Homing R 1, Holland. Mich

r best results 1p your arm mane

ROFITABLE DUFF LEGIIOIINFW.
have twenty us of especially mated
1e Comb that are .not 022: mat-

e . yet.
1 production. Eggs. at vs res -'
iteb 0 egg Our list W s

    

  

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“i3 .1 , ,‘.

  

, nine. of dollars Every county
‘ arm agent, through his various
sources of information, is" in posi-
thin to obtain pure bred seed of any
§k‘ind desired, and it has .been de-
monstrated, where the plan has been
l'trie‘d that the farmers .are eager to
take advantage of" the opportunity
to ‘try'out any seed purchased and
recommended by the farm bureau. =
In one county a number of the bank-
ers‘. personally, signed an agreement
guaranteeing the farm bureau to the
extent of $5,000. With this docu-
ment as collateral, the farm bureau
was able to borrow sufficient money
to purchase several carloads of seed
potatoes, and later several carioads
of Red Rock wheat. Orders were

7 the purchase of the seed in each case.
.and’ as soon as the shipments arrived,
.the notes at the bank were paid out
of the proceeds, leaving the guaran-'
’tee agreement available for further
use as the occasion required.

[I have undertaken to give you on-
ly a few illustrations 'Of the various
ways in which the banks may render
real service to thefarmers through
the medium of the farm bureau._ I
mightgo further and suggest plans
for assistance in the organization of
farmers shipping associations and

 

local marketing plans and many
, other lines of work. But enough
has been said to demonstrate the

futility of trying to put any of these
projects through on our own initia—
tive, and the value of co-operating

them and putting them on a sound

and permanent basis. .Whenever we
. . have any good ideas along these

.- lines in the future let's talk them
over with the ‘ county farm agent
and then lend our backing, both fi-
\ , nancial and otherwise ,to his organi-
zation to help put them across.

Cattle and sheep feeding is an-
other phase of agricultural activity
to which the bankers in some parts
of the state are not giving .their pro-
per support. , and by their neglect
or failure to do so they are overlook-
ing a very great opportunity. In Lena-
wee county , where the feeding of
livestock and perhaps become more
general than any other county in the
state, during the last year more than
1, 000 carloads, or approximately
$3, 000, 000 worth of cattle and of
sheep were shipped in, fed during the
winter and shipped out during the
spring, worth more than $5,000,000.
It is estimated by Mr. Coffen, farm
agent for Lenawee county, that the
total value of live stock of all kinds
shipped out of the county in 1918
was nearly $10,000,000. Add to
this a monthly payroll of $600,000
or$7,000,000 annually and you have
-Lenawee’s gross income from live-
, stock operations.

The banks have found it necessary
to‘arrange their resourses so as to be
prepared for a heavy demand fora
The loans are carried until May or

 

 

 

CHICKS;

CHICKSWE SHIP THOUSANDS, DIF-
ferent varieties; Brown Leg-
horns, $13 hundred; booklet and testi-
monials. Stamp appreciated. Freeport
Hatchery, Box 10, Freeport, Mich

'1 - HATCHING EGGS

MY BARBED P. BOOKS ARE GREAT
Winners, extra layers, and yellow legs

 

 

 

 

 

‘ ' and beaks. s by express 1. 50 per

1 15 :by parcel Easel r 15.R .Baum-
gardner, Midgflwlll‘e? loh..

. FOB HALE—E 05 FOR HATOHING

1 from Barron Single (:ornll:b Whiit: Iieg

7- coc .
.>_ i»? 15' Rbgw omfi'm :4 chicks '2 for
- 6olvin, Mi loll.
Br. Le horn eggs $1. 50 r 15
K . r 10. Pekin duck, .f'e... ”a.

W.Chnes

2340 cent
Claudia Betts. a “'ch Mr:

“031181511318, Mich.

‘_ ‘ BARBIE!) ROCK EGGS FROM LA!-
‘ ., itng strairf, $1.150 per ha Otustohm mha

, or peophe w 0 won no aveto have
. chicks s hpeip Mrs. Georg C. Innis,
lilieokerville.De Mich, Route 1, Box 69.
f HATCHING EGGS -— PLYMOUTH
.. Rooks. all 1varieties, and Angoslas: 1gins-
~§am ”.mcli. .Bheridan 0 try ards

 

  

       

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rec-ems condition by
we: list that:

large line of short time investments
through the summer months, but the
result of their foresight in encour-
aging this demand has justified this
inconvenience and the sacrifice of ..
interest rates. " For today the two
banks of Blissfield, located in a pure-
ly agricultural community, and with
keen competition from banks within
ten miles in every direction now
have total resources of over
$2, 200, GOO—more than eleven times
their totals when the cattle feeding
' industry had its inception.

Furthermore, the benefits from
feeding cattle or sheep do not begin
to be measured by the increase in
banking resources. TheincreaSe of
the fertility of the soil is of inculable
value. Ithas come to beaalmost a
part of the religion of every farmer
around Blissfield, and of many farm-
ers in other parts of the county, that
the only way to sell anything pro—_
duced on the farm is “on the hoof”.
The natural consequence is that the
farms Of .these cattle and sheep
feeders are supplied With an abun-
dance of natural fertilizer, and are
so rich in nitrates and other elements
of soil fertility that they never need
commercial .fertilizer of any kind
excepting acid phosphate.

N o Excuses Accepted.

I have devoted so much time to
this matter of cattle and sheep feed-
ing because I am reliably informed
that there are sections of this state
in the immediate vicinity of Saginaw
as well as elsewhere in which the
farmers are unable to secure the
necessary accommodations from the
banks to purchase and carry live-
stock which they are well equipped
to take care of and for which they
have ample feed. The excuse which
the bankers afford is that their de-
posits are not sufficient to take care
of the demand. I want to say some-
thing for the benefit of this kind of
banker, Whether present or absent-
For a banker who, at this day and
age of the world, pretendsto be
serving his community as a banker
should, that is no excuse at all. If
you haven't got the money to loan
your customers when their business
requires it, go to your city corres-
pondent banks and borrow it. and if
you can’t get it there join the Fed-
eral Reserve System and put your-
selves in line to serve your customers
as they are entitled to be served. it
your deposits are less than require-
ments of your community now, how
can you expect that you will ever
becgreater unless you do something
to 'make the agricultural industry
realize its full possibilities. Unless
something is done and done immed-
iatly, to put livestock on the farms of
those sections, the bank deposits
will be less ten years from now than
they are to-‘Qay. Your farmers are
not farming. They are mining the
soil. They are trying to keep up the
fertility of the soil with commercial
fertilizers; they are paying out thou-
sands of dollars annually for some-
thing which would be furnished
without cost, and as a by—produot, of
the farms were stocked with all the
livestock they could carry.

Perhaps you are afraid of the secur-
ity but if you are dealing with farmers
of established reputation you need have
no no fear of loss on loans secured on
lvestock. The banks of Lenawee coun-
ty loan hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars annuallyfor the purchase of live-
stock, and losses are practically un-
known. If you are not familiar with
the method of handling this class of
transactions I can assure on that
there is no mystery connect with it.
The bank takes a note, according to
the terms ofwhich the title to the stock
is vested in the bank until the note is
paid. The notes thus become self-
liquidating and are eligible for redis-
count with the Federal Reserve Bank,
if maturing in six months or less. You
owe it to yourselves and your communm

ities' to stimulate interest in cattle and

sheep feeding and to be prepard to take
care of-the demand for loans for this
D

In this somewhat rambling discourse
I have perhaps not proved anything or
arrived at any very definite conclu-
sions. But what I have tried to do is
to point out, especially to those bankers
w ose customers are largely farmers,
and who come in direct contact with,
the'mdaily, ”a few of the ways in which-

 

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. up I saith
and the deposits of his bank.

.What Neighbors Say (cont)
TARIFF AND ORGANIZATION
I was struck by a couple of expres-

; sions in the last issue of MICHIGAN

anmnss FARMING. Both were made
by correspondents. John C. ,Staflord,
'of Van Buren county, remarked:
“There are about a hundred issues of
more importance to us farmers than
the tariff." And StamwBrown, Ionla
county, reminded me 0. a passage in
the Scriptures. The Savior said: “Go
disciples of all nations, beginning first
at Jerusalem." And Mr. Brown, talk-
ing of proposed reforms, thinks farm-
ers should begin by “organizing by
communities in connection with our
shippig associations."

First as to the tariff: In my opin_
ion our so-called “protective tariff"
has cost the farmers of. the United
States many extra hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars for everything in the
shape of protected manufactures
they have consumed, from clothes to
reapers; and at the same time thetar-
iff has had very little ifany effect in
increasing the prices of the things
farmers produced. In a word, farmers
have been in competition. with the
whole world in finding markets, while
they have bought in a monopoly mar-
ket. They have paid the highest mar_
ket price for their purchases and re-
ceived the lowest market price for
their produce. Truly the most import-
ant thing about the tariff and the far-
mers is its abolition.

I agree with Mr. Brown that “or-
ganizing by communities" is one of
the chief deslderatums at this time,
for other purposes as well as for ship—
ping Organization was the founda-
tion of successful reform movements
The individual is impotent the com
munity is strong. The farmers of a
township, if united, can accomplish
any real local reform in any direction
that is within their rights; but they
can talk individually until doomsday
without making any headway.

Returning to the tariff issue for a
moment, it is easily proven that it has
made millionaires of many in the man_
ufacturing busness; out What farmer,
as a farmer. has become a millionaire?

When the farmers are thoroughly
organized by communities, as the
should be, and get the benefit of co-
lective bargaining, as they will when
they are wise enough to practice it.
There is no doubt that they will en-
large their mental horizons and suc-
cessfully attack other problems con-
.nected with the production and distri-
bution of wealth including the prob-
lem of equitable taxation —Judson
Grenell, Washtenaw County.

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPING IN
NORTHERN MICHIGAN

A station opened recently near Gray-
ling in Crawford county, is the first
of a series of demonstration tracts
which are to be established throughout
the counties of NorthernMiohigan for
the purpose of developing the agricul-
tural possibilities of the section. The
work is beig carried out under the
direction of Dr. M M. McOool head of
the soils section 9f the experiment stag
tion at the Agrirultural College, work-
ing in co_operation with the North_
eastern Michigan Development Associ-
ation.

The work Will demonstrate the prop—
er agricultural practices for the “sand
plains" of the northern part of the
state; proper cultural methods; thte
most successful forage and other crops
for the medium sand lands, and the
fertilizer equipments 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 demostration work.

 

NOTICE OF FABMEBS' MEETING

There will be a meeting or the Mer-
ritt Township Farmers' Union at the
Merritt town hall at Munger on Satur-
day evening July 12, at 8 o 'clock. Im
portant business to be transacted. All
farmers are kindly requested to be
present—J. P. MoAundon, President,

In No Danger _
Wife: The fact there are germs
on money doesn’t worry me.
Hub: No, my dear. It would take
a pretty active germ to hop from the
money to yen, during the brief time

You have it. -Boston Transcript.

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Grand Rapids. Mich.

 
 

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Kreso Dip No.1

(STANDARDIZED)
Parasiticide. Disinfectant.
USE IT ON ALI. LIVESTOCK

To Kill Lice, Mites, Fleas,
and Sheep Ticks.
To Help Heal Cuts, Scratches and
Common Skin Troubles.

USE [1' IN ALL BUILDINGS

To Kill Disease Germs and Thus
Prevent Contagious Animal Diseases.

mmusn EFFICIENT. ECONOMICAL

FREE BOOKLETS.

We will send you a booklet on the
treatment of mange. eczema or pitch
mange, Wtis. sore mouth. etc.

We will send you a booklet on how
to build a ho wallow, which will keep
hogs clean 11.11% mm.

”Vie will seat! you shbgoklet on how
691’ 088 tree In W but
sites 1mm.

Write for them to
Animal Industry Department 0‘
PARKE, DAVIS & CO.

DETROIT. MICK.

 

 

 

 

 

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will reduce inflamed. swollen
" , Joints. Sprains, Bruises, Soft
\‘x Bunches; Heals Boiis, Poll
Evil. Quittor, F istuls and
infected sores quickly
as it in a positive antiseptic
and germicidc. Pleasant to
me; does not blister or remove
the hair. and youcsn work the bone.
82. 50 per bottle. delivered.
Book7Rfree.
ABSORDINE. JR. .the antiseptic llsiment for mankind.
reduces .Psiniul. Swollen V Webs. Strains. Bruises.
atop: pain and Inflammation. 0‘1. 25 per bottle .
dealers or delivered. Will m 70: more if you write.
Liberal Trill Bgnie M 1.3 in men.
W. F YOUNG. Inc.’ “fillets“.MHIInfleld.“

          
 

 

 

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{he better I became, so I sent it
keep them coming. ——Harry B.
Wextord county . , ,

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Austin.

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