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Milk ProducerS Split 011 Detroit Survey

RACTICALLY the only factor
of discord in nearly two .years
of harmonious relations between

the milk producers of the so— called.

‘Detroit Area, ” and the distrib-
utors of Detroit has been the sur-
According to the
contracts between producer and
distributor the latter must buy all
of the milk of the former or none
at all. Consequently at seasons of

f the year when the milk flow is large
' (the past two years this has been

during the months of March, April
p‘nd May) there exists a surplus, or
theoretically at least there exists a
surplus, not only in excess of the
normal daily consumption of the

\whole milk but according to the

claims of the distributors, a surplus
which is in excess of the local con-
sumption of whole milk and all the
products manufactured from milk
And because the dis-
tributors were able to produce sat-
isfactory evidence that such surplus
could not be disposed of profitably
when purchased at the contract
price, the Detroit Milk Commission,
acting upon the evidence placed be-
fore it, ‘ fixed the prices which the
distributors must pay for the sur-

, plus at an approximate average of

$2.65 per cwt. pounds or 50 to 60
cents per cwt. less than the price
paid for the regular supply during
the' same months. Of Course, the
producer meets a loss upon milk
sold at this figure, and, of course,
he complains and has a right to
complain.‘

Probably no other factor has
played so large a part in disclosing

the weaknesses of the compromise .

lan between the
ducers’ Ass’ 11 an
distributors as the surplus question.

chigan Milk

Under this plan, enormous quanti-'

ties of milk, called surplus, were
bought from :11
away into coo rooms
(a etcries, butter factories, i
factories, poWdering
and be transformed
capable of being trans orted to all p

cheese

distributors have alga s claimed that they made no‘ profit
on the surplus, the Detroit Milk Commission took their .
_ word‘; the Michigan Milk Producers accepted the Verdict,
, , and everybody was satisfied, but the farmer who produc-
'l ed the milk and sold it at loss. '

 

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BIGGEST BEAN BOOST

. 0 TIP OFF readers of MICH-
I GAN BUSINESS FARMING to what7
is perhaps the biggest scoop of’

the year, the editors have held up the
presses to insert the following long-

reliable source:

From a survey it has just been dis-
covered that Michigan’s bean plants
are defective this year, so that it will
be impossible to produce a full crop.

The demand for last year’s hold-
over is coming and coming fast. For
instance, dealers have received more
orders Within the last twenty-four
hours than they received in the last
thirty days all told. And one big job-

got mo 013°“, _ ,_ "o t day

an he he e la a of. Dur-
ing a five-minute telephone conver-
sation, this same jobber just receiv-
ed one order alone for four c’arloads.

California growers are sitting tight
absolutely, and it looks as it the ex-
port demand taken'wlth our short
crop is bound to ..torce prices 11 and
keep them up, «spite fact cer-
tain elements are fighting to break it.
. One big Michigan dealer is out
right now buying all the beans he can

public.

It is a case of supply going down
and demand going up, making high
or prices loo-k sure.

This tip to hammers on bean (and
other) prices is one of a erie . The
scoop given in this issue 1: pre-
vious arguments of M. B. 13‘. that
beans were likely to go up.

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Not only are Michigan bean men
optimistic, but also p7'ivate reports
from the Pacific Coast tell of bullish-
ness lathe bean business. lip 110th
has been stirring along the flc.
With the treaty approved in Great
Britain and with Clemenceau given a
- got? of confidence in France, Pacific

ea ers bean We! m o-
in? 10%“ \ 3

Reports from Detroit markets show
an increase of 15 cents in bean prices
during or hours.

Sonic u
sure, but the trend looks encourag-
in: to farmer; with beans to sell.

 

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farmers, whisked ,-

ce cream plants, condensing
flants, etc., there to lose

to semi oi- noggerishable products

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He wants to examine the proof of
the dist1b1tors’ statements that
they make no Vmoncy on the sur-
plus; hc wants to know how many
tons of cottage cheese, ice cream,
powdered milk, etc, may be made
out of a given quantity of whole
milk; he wants to know what it
costs the distributor to manufact-
ure these products; where they ul-
timately go to, and what the dis-
tributors get out of them.

The 10 Per Cent Bugaboo

The recent organization of Dairy
Councils in Oakland, Wayne, St.
Clair, Macomb and Lapeer counties
came about as the result of a desire
among the producers to know more
about the distribution of their
product. An officer of the state as-
sociation is ‘said to have declared
that so long as the producer got
cost of production plus ten per
cent it was none of his business
what the consumer paid or what
profits the distributors made. Of
cBurse, any farmer will take excep-
tion to that statement and show
that under a supposedly equitable
arrangement between producer and
distributor the former is entitled
to as large returns as the latter.

By the way, who started the bug-
aboo that the farmer is entitled to
no more than ten per cent on his
investment? Industrial concerns
may legitimately collect profits,
ranging from 20 to 50 per cent;
why confine the farmer to 10 per
cent? If the Detroit distributors
are making 20 per cent on their in-
vestment, the farmers should have

t2hOmper cent, and any compromise

glves them less is not fair. At
least, so argue the producers.

As stated in a recent article in
M. B. F., certain of the locals ap-
plied to the federal authorities to
make a survey covering an entire
year to determine the amount of
the surplus and its final disposal.

' This plan received the opp sitlon of
certainofficers of the state association because
had not handled the matter through the proper heads of
At least that is the reason that is given.

It is known, however. that several members of the Board .
of Directors of the association opposed the plan because
. it savored of a reflection upon the ability annd decisions
of the Milk Commission.
heads had. a right to be offended at this isregard of their
posfizion but the producers will not (Continued on page 11)

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. f :2! T , B Claim..,5o.5‘a;pi.1,isio~,,. ho, pal, m Iflvésior8:1‘Prom0ters;
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' takescme sheep under the 50-50 plan .
discussed in our issue of May 17th.“ " '
But they cannot know their own minds, for the
MICHIGAN FARM under date of June 28th says
f‘No intelligent farmer would think “of feeding
and caring for a flock of sheep during the year and
giving some slick city promoter one-half of the
income from the business." Coming from such
high authority this statement will undoubtedly
throw a wet blanket over the entire scheme; the
farmers who have wild land they would like to
pasture to sheep will be spared the labor of car-
ing for them, and the “slick city promoter” will
be forced to ply his evil trade in other fields.

 

A GRAND ENTERPRISE

I think that the Sheep-Wool Society is the
grandest enterprise ,,I ever saw, in print. Now
there are thousands of acres right here in Antrim
county, cut over land, well—grassedrabundance
of good Water and close to railroad. I don’t see
why any man with ambition coudn’t do well up
here with sheep on the plan you suggest, Poss-
ibly I could take 50 head or more. M. B. F. is
0. K A. W., Mancelona, Michigan.

 

 

 

Money in Sheep on Cheap Lands

Having been‘the only farm paper in the
state of Michigan to show any interest in
the proposition of organizing a sheep-wool

society, Business Farming feels called upon to
explain its sponsorship. During the last two
years the farmers of Michigan have shown a
great interest in sheep raising. This‘ interest
was greater in the northern sections of the
state but was not entirely lacking in the south-
‘ern sections. Literally millions of acres were
lying idle, either too poor to grow crops or the
owner too busy to cultivate them. The price
of wool and mutton were high.‘What better way
to use these lands at a minimum cost and
effort than by turning sheep out to graze upon
them? Many farmers who had the capital
bought foundation flocks and have made good
money, but as everyone knows, or as everyone
ought to know who is “familiar with sheep
farming here in Michigan," (again quoting our
solicitous contemporary) and likewise familiar
with the financial circumstances of many farm-

 

 

IIAS 860 ACRES FOB SHEEP GRAZING

Have beon reading about the Sheep-Wool
flociety M. B. F. and am writing to get lin
up for a bunch of sheep. I have a ranch of 88
acres all fenced andloo acres cleared and stump-
ed and the balance well watered and good pas-
ally good success with them, having wintered
them on roughage mostly and have raised twelve
good lambs, I 0 which are ewes, As I have not
sufficient capital to bug more I would like to
get from 25 to 100 more reading ewes as per the
ture. Have been keeping cattle, but last June
I bought 10 Colorado yearling ewes of the state
thru Mr. John I_ Gibson and have had exception-
plan suggested. Please send me full particulars.
I would respectfully refer you to Mr. Simon
Harkama, Newaygo County as as to my
responsibility. — W. F. ,W'hite loud, Mich.

 

 

 

ers, large number of land owners were unable
to get a start with sheep because they did not
have the money for the original investment.
Moreover, few of the banks in Michigan will
loan money against live stock, at any rate of

interest, and so what could not be cured had
to be endured.

Promoters Motives Expained

The first of May three gentlemen, Messrs. C.
C. Quinlan of Petoskey, S. R. Corbitt and John
W. Talbot of South Bend, Ind., called at the
offices of Business Farming and explained a
semi-co-operative plan they wanted to launch
in Michigan to help build up the sheep indus-
try. We immediately recognized that the mov-
ing spirit of these gentlemen was based upon
a desire to make money, but inasmuch as all
human beings are actuated by pretty much the
same motives, we gave the plan a careful con-
sideration. The gentlemen assured us that they
would encounter no dilculty in getting farm-

. ers to take all the sheep they could supply, cit—
ing a similar experience in Indiana, but there
was some question whether they could secure

 

WANTS SHEEP FOB 1,800 ACRES

Was much interesed in Sheep—Raising matter.
I am a farmer with three grown sons. Have 300
acres of land and 1,000 more that can be
Understand sheep thoroly and would like 50 for
myself and 60 for each of my sons, making 200
in all. Wha information can you give me?.-—-
Wm, Y., Traverse City, Michigan.

  
    
 

 

 

the necessary capital to finance the propositiOn.
We made no promises to these gentlemen, sin}-
ply saying we would go into the matter.

Under date of May 7th, our editor, Forrest
Lord, wrote to Mr; Talbot as fOIIOWs. “I regret
that I have not yet; had the opportunity to go
into the merits of your plan for. organizing

 

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’ FARMING that they would like will SBBkther P lanSfor’Helping‘Farmers to .‘ \‘CBhServative part of ourvs'oci‘al bod
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Farmers Ask" ior 5,060 Sheep I

letters M. B. F. has received from
I farmers desiring to“ take advantage of.
the ShoepWool plan have come-from a
widely scattered territory. .Two vapplican
ticns are from Houghton county. one from
Chippewa, a dozen or more from the cen-
tral and southern parts of the state and
the balance from counties in northeastern
or western Michigan. .Requests are for
10 to 200 sheep for grazing upon tracts u
varying in size from 85 to 1.800 acres.
Some are from men who have never raised
sheep; the majority are from those who
had experience in the sheep business and
want to get another start or wish to in-
crease the size of their present flocks.
One or more application have bee‘n receiv-
ed from the following counties: .Osceola,
Montcalm, Emmet, Otsego, Mecosta, Sag-
inaw, Cheboygan, Wexford, Presque Isle,
Houghton, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Man-
istee, Antrim, Charlevoix, Ogemaw, New-
wa‘ygo, Gladwin, Gratiot, Midland, Huron, _
Eaton, Shiawassee, Chippewa. .Every'let-
tor but one is from an actual, resident
farmer, and is convincing proof that our
readers think well of the proposed plan.
Below we publish a few. of these letters.
The originals, together with other letters
which we have not the space to publish,
are in our files and can be produced to
satisfy anyono’s doubts as to their authen-
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sheep-wool societies. I am favorably impressed
with the idea itself but have not yet decided
to my own satisfaction whether or not the
proposition you make to the land owners is a
fair one. I can promise you, however, that
before entering into any discussion on this
matter, I shall become thoroughly familiar with
the merits of the scheme, and if satisfied that
it is a good thing for the farmers, shall want
to get actively behind it."

Talbot Defends Plan

Mr. Talbot replied to this letter as follows:

“I note you say you have not decided to your
own satisfaction whether or not the proposition
made by' our society to the land owners is a
fair one. I take it that matter must be regulat-
ed by custom. One cannot wait, however, in
promoting a movement of this public and ad-
vanced character to settle all the details of
each contract for the society. Naturally condi-
tions may depend on the quality or the number
of the sheep and in other things. But one must
start with some tentative plan. That can't be
doubted. Samuel Johnson is reported by Bos-
well to have said ‘no proposal can be brought
to success if before its launching every possible
objection has to be removed.’ The custom in
Berrien county and Cass county in which I

 

 

 

500 SHEEP FOR ONE LOCALITY
I am interested in the plan of the Shoe
Wool Society. I would like to get at least 5
and I am sure that 500 sheep could be placed in
this locality. G. P., Kenton, Mich.

 

 

personally have flocks out on shares is a 60

per cent rental. There is a man in Cass county

who is called Bill McGill. Bill is a fellow with
no 'encumberances or responsibilities except
himself and for years he has been helping his
neighbors. It began years ago by his loani

a cow to a man who had lost one and'coul
not replace it. And he followed that by renting

‘ another fellow a team and by and by he began

renting out sheep and prior to his beccmi
very old and ‘quite feeble while he was I:
able to go about in a buckboard looking after
his little flocks here and there he informs me

he had several thousand sheep out on shares/

in Cass county and he sti has considerable.
The good that Bill McGill has done for poor
devils here and there who undertook farming
With small means or who overloaded themselves
with debt in purchasing their farms and who
had 'a hard time to dig out, can never be esti~
mated. ,

‘We are on the right track‘and if we‘don’t v

keep on the right track, the farming and land
question in America will become as serious as
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that stands between _the._countr
and B01 evism.

.ing' in this connection that the

this time should not be, underestimated." '
Mr. Quinlan Makes Plea for Farmer

Upon a little investigation ".We found that” . ‘V _
had made numerous 'ei'iorts- 1 .
launch " Wpiect- of this

in. c. c. Quinlan
to induce others to
kind, and we were unable to discover wherevhe

hoped to secure any immediate financial bone?

 

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WILL PUT MICHIGAN 0N MAI? AS SHEE
. RAISING STATE '

  

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In your issue of May 17. 1919 I read with ‘

much interest your article on Sheep-Woe! Soci-
ety If this project is put over Lthink» it will
Wt Michigan on the map as a sheep state. I
have ample pasturage for a flock of sheep but
not. the capital to invest in sheep. If I can ob-
tain sheep from this Society would be very glad
to contract for 10- head of ewes. Wishing the
M. B. F. the best of success—F. B. (township
clerk) Marilla, Michigan.

 

fit therefrom. For instance as early as Nov-
ember and December of 1916, Mr. Quinlan'sug-
gested to the Detroit Board of Commerce that
it organize an industrial company, similar to
the company launched by the Cleveland Cham-
ber of Commerce, the objects of which Would

.be the development of unused resources, of

both industrial and agricultural natures. But the
Board Of Commerce took no action. Jan. 16, 1917,
Mr. Quinlan wrote to Edwin Denby, president of.
the board, as follows: . ‘-

“In view of the fact that the board has taken no
action, at least to my knowledge, I have under-
taken the responsibility of organizing a private

corporation to carry out the purpose, as far as '

possible contemplated in my former suggestions
to you, and in addition thereto, the development
of the agricultural, industrial and financial re-
sources of the entire state of Michigan.
“Members of our firm at Petoskey have‘ been
actively identified for years with the Western
Michigan Development Bureau and various other
improvement associations and have spent time,
energy and money in advancing the resources of

 

LIKES SHEEP AND SHEEP PLAN
I sold my flock of sheep here several years
ago and now I could not buy an to save my
soul. You can easier buy a cow an sheep for
there is not much difference in the pr Tell
0 society to send me a bunch of! good
Wewesandlwilidotherest.
for I like to be around sheep. I always for the
past 18 or so years had sheep except now. Can.-
not buy them for love, money nor marbles.
Your subsoriber,— F. E. 8.. Rhodes. Midi.

 

 

 

our vicinity. The progress achieved thus far is
gratifying. We are convinced however‘that the
time has come when we must devote ourselves to
the establishment of an institution that will as-
sist and carry on the financing of this work in a
concrete and substantial manner. " * *.

“That a closer relationship between the agri-
cultural, industrial and financial interests must
be created, not only in this- state but thruout the
entire country, needs not the vision of a prophet
to discern? ,It will help solve the problem of the
high cost of living. In the state of North Dakota,
the“ government is absolutely under the control
01 the Farmers“ Non-Partisan Leauge and affairs
are on the verge‘ of socialism. The hand-writing
is plain to those who care to read.

“We own and operate several farms; I there'-
fore, am advised first hand of the farmers’ strug-
gles against the greed, vanity and selfishness that
have stalked the earth: My sympathy is with the
farmers as they have been unorganized, hereto-
fore, for their own protection.” ' r *

The above letter was written over two and 'a
half years ago to a man who by neither nature or
training could be expected to be moved by Mr.
Quinlan's plea for the farmer The author could
not have known that it woul ever be made pubv
lie. We note it here withou either permission
or reqnes merely to prove t e_ sincerity of his

PETOSKE’Y FARMEE WANTS SHEEP
I was much interested in the Sheep-Wool sss’n
gout to be formed and so concluded to write yo‘
:- some information How old wonid those she's:
be? If between the ages of two and six I th.
I could handle about 100 ewes this fall’ if the
proposition goes thru. I live 11 miles east of
Petoske and had been considering writing to
Mr. Q before r ,, of this movement. .
N, R. P.. Wolverine, )1! . ’

 

 

 
 

motives and to remove the stinna ’of a f‘sliok

 

promoter” which our contemporary has placed my
on him. A further purpose which it wil “
is to convince the farmers that there are

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about this. preposition I cannot being-says
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. ' I have been readng in M. B. F. about the
‘ , sheep-Wool Society and I think it would be a
gm; thing for Michigan, and if they are 100le
‘ 3;, .' :- farmers to contract for sheep according to
“ ;. amended in paper I would like to get It
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féQ‘I-ettract them. One banker frankly stated that

“ iinwhich Henry Ford is interested. was impressed
:g-‘wmi; the idea but thought it should be broadened
E'td1include the loan or all kinds of livestock or
preferable loans upon live stock. This firmxshx-

   

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ers for the purchase .of live smk..,8u_ch .a company,

 

,IAISEQ SHEEP Ion YEARS
yer-rmuch interested in plan. Haveraish
edsheep for years but in clearing up the land
have gotten rid of them. Have been think! I
would like to contract for about 85 ewes an e.
buck. --’ J. M., Harbor Beach, Michigan.‘

. LAOKS CAPITAL; WANTS SHEEP
I would like about 30 head of sheep as a start.
I have been out or the sheep busness for want of
_ capital. The M. B. F. has helped me in more '
- _ wayst'han one. — G. J. 0., Posen, Michigan.

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if its interest rates did not exceed seven or eight
per cent, would do a powerful good in Michigan
and speed the day when the peninsula state shall
. take front rank as a live stock producer:

,, ‘ ~ As a later resort, Mr. Quinlan asked the Michi-
, ' gan Community Council Commission to take hold
of the project in the interests of the farmers, but,
Mr. Sweet, the chairman of the commission, was
unable to see how such an undertaking would come
within the scope of the commission’s work.

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SUCCEEDED WITH SHEEP IN IOWA

I was a very successful sheep raiser in Iowa
but have been unable to get started in sheep since
I have lived in Michigan. I think that it is a
fine plan and wolud like to contract for at least
‘0 ewes. —- J. F. W., Kenton, Michigan.

 

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I have read of he Sheep-Wool Society and be-
feve it-to be a good plan. .1 would like to take
0 sheep. — A. T., Rhodes, Mc’higan.

 

 

Advantages 01' Sheep-Wool Plan
We believe with many. of our readers that the

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’E HAVE progressed just as far as we

_ thought we would in our efforts to get
' hold of a copy of the testimony submitted
' at tfhe hearing of the bean manipulators. The
- \ Grain Corporation says its only copy of the pro-
” ceedings is in the hands or the' authorities at

washington, and the Bean J obbers’ Ass’n passes
the buck by saying that the only copy brought
’ to Michigan is in the hands of a member of the
committee who went down to New York to press
the charges, and hence is not available" for use.

’ ' The above letters are published below to-
gether with our replies: -
' \Michigan Business Farming,

DearSirz—“You-r favor, of the 10th to Mr.
Barnes is"received. The bean controversy has
finally been adjusted on the basis of the elim-
ination of profit of the part of business concerns
which undertook to sell the Grain Corporation '
beans at excessive prices. ‘ -‘

“The record of the officers of the Food Ad-
,'beans at excessive pricesrsmgd excessive quantities.
ministratio _ connected with this transaction hhs -
'I now‘ been p aced before the‘legalvofticers or the
-governmen,t for consideration, .nd the matter

is therefore out of our hands.” ‘
' "‘United States Grain Corporation.
Watson S. Moore, Second Vice Pres;u

The U. 8. Grain Corporation, \
. 43 Broadway, New. York. City. N. Y.
“Gentleman—We regret to learn that the
record of the officers or the Food Administra7
tion, connected with the bean controversy, is nos
, longer in your hands. Surely, there must,be..a
w court record available to those who desire to
. , make a copyghereot. Can you advise us if this
; - 1, true, an-d‘alsoetate where such’a copy. and
transcript can besecured?‘ . fl . ‘.
, ‘ “Editor, Mich. Business Farming)? . .

* michigan'BusineSS\Farming, * - »
“Dear Sin—Answering your letter-of July 10:
' “Referring to the evidence in the investigation
of the Bean Division conducted in Washington,
- and New York by the attorneys or theFood Ad-
, Emu-attends which investigation adewcf the
Mgcmg-an Bean Jobbers rendered assistance: ~
«At‘:~the~*cl'(ise of the preliminary investigation «

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' “ 1mg;men‘lot_ thestiti- who have money , _ , .
at, but" despite the claims of our contemy' 'j’
‘ ypthe‘ potential profits are not large enough '

, countyfand think that a good plan as I have a

vatheecompany’s share was not large enough aconsuidg‘
' ring“ the risk involved, and refused to .have any-
Ing to do with it. Another banking institution, «

*gested the organisation of a Live Stock Damion .

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(If that» the interest is high;
sheep stands in a fair way
go (prom. "Is that any reason why
h idlegrazin‘gvlands should spurn'

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A USED T0.RAISE SHEEP
Please inform me all about the sheep moped-
tion started 'by Mr. .Quinlan of Petoskey. I -
would like about ten head of sheep to stat with.
I used to raisesheep in Shiawaesee county Mich,
' and would like to get stated here in Otsegc

', very limited amount of capital, -— G. 3,, Gay.
lord, mchlgan.

 

 

 

' the chance to make a fair profit himself? The loan
oftheocw sheep is not to be compared " in any way
With the loan of money. When a farmer borrows
3 money at a bank he signs a conntract to return
every penny of that money together with interest.
. If he invents the money in an unprofitable enter-
prise. that does not lessen his obligations to repay
it. He takes all the risk; the banker who loaned
the money on good security takes none. Under
the sheep-wool plan, the farmer promises to feed

 

WANTS 75 BMEEP FOB “GEL! AND BROTHER,

Regarding the Sheep-Wool organization, I
know of a number of men that would take sheep
on such a plan. My brother and I could use 75
sheep each. G. M. P., Lupton, Michigan.

LOTS OF FEED AND WOULD LIKE SHEEP

We have 160 ‘acres of land and part is cut-
over and we have lots of pasture and raise lots
of feed. We would like to get 50 head of sheep
under. the plan mentioned in your paper.
MRS. M. A:.0., Bannister, Michigan,

 

 

 

 

and ~care;for a certain number of sheep for a cer-
.,,.tain period of time. If anything happens to de-
stroy or cause losses among the sheep, the farmer
is out nothing except his time and feed. He takes
practically no risk; the company that loaned him
sheep without security takes it all, so far as the
original investment is concerned.
We consider it no sign of a lack of intelligence
if ‘a farmer' of limited means is willing to graze

 

COULD USE 75 TO 100 SHEEP
Regarding -the Sheep-Wool Society, this seems
to be a plan that should appeal to the farmers
in the northern part of our‘ state. I would be
interrested in handling 50 on my ranch, but
could carry 75 to 100 depending somewhat on
the kind of contract they ask me to sign.

en
the association is ready to give this Ian I shall ..
be pleased to hear from

Michigan.

 

you. —-— Wm. ., Saginaw,

 

sheep on a 50-50 basis. .Let us suppose even that
a farmer may have enough cash in bank to engage
in the sheep business, but he hesitates to invest
his all in a new enterprise when there are other
branches of his business that are in need of fl-

Department Of Justice Has Bean TeStimony, Reports United States Grain Corporation

 

 

BEANS To 00 Hrormn

THE Vancouver Milling and Grain Company
Limited, sends a. report from the Pacific Coast
indicating that bean prices will be higher. .The
company’s report follows:

“There is practically nothing doing on the
Coast at the present time. It seems that we
might expect with the Peace Treaty to see an
improvement in bean prices. Personally I feel
that it will be at least July 31 before any ma-
terial advance takes place, as it will take con-
siderable time for European Government or
private interests to arrange finances and steam-
‘er space for any goods.

“On the other hand I Would not be surprised
if the Japanese market advances to a point
where business would be impossible here. I

understand foreign buyers are now scouring the

Orient for green peas and they are ‘expected to
enter the market for beans, bctli white and color-
ed at any moment. .Our Kobe manager reports
in his letter just received, that he feels inter-
national financial arrangements will be complet-
ed whereby Japan will loan sufficient funds to
numerous neutral countries such as Spain, Swed-
en, Norway and Holland, which enable these
‘,countrles to make purchases of both food stuffs
:jaud.-mnuufactured articles in Japan. We know
for a positive fact that a heavy movement of
goodshas already started for direct shipment
from Japan to Europe.

 

 

 

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ETWEEhington and New York by the—attorneys
of thev‘Fcod Administration in which investiga-
tion a tower the Michigan Bean J obbers render-

ed'assistanc'e:

“At'vthe “close otvpthe preliminary investigation

in .Washington.and :New Yorke. copy of a part
of the testimony-was delivered to one of the com-
mittee of the Mic .
,We have not the copy, of that testimony in our

office andlulgto the ‘preétent date hallo been un-
able. tosecu _,

at' the later _ n .. gs.
able to comply»; j ,th your request.‘

,Bean- Jobbers Association.

15 fizLQidbnce which was developed

Consequently we are un-

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“I am under "the. impression that you publish-

- ed quite). lengthy article copied in part from the
“San Francisco 'Call.”
{the matter" I am under

, only place where

,. ; that you, ask for
a justice at Washington. .

While I am'positive in
the impression that the
you can secure the evidence
would.be a? the Department of

“r. n.» Drees, sec, MichLBean’Jobbers Ass’n.”

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

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. assistance you can give us in shearing this

thing resolves itself into a matter of capital and
risk. '

amount of labor and feed and one-half the profits,
that would result from the feeding of his own
Fromthe farmers’ viewpoint, the whole .

  
 
 
 
   
  
 
  

It is plain to be seen that, such a society would

have no difficulty in placing its sheep and, thereby
giving many farmers the only chance they might
ever have to get started in the business',
pity that there are those whowill permit ulterior
motives to lead them into opposition to ,meritdr-
ious measures intended to help the farmer, while
they pose as friends to protect the “ignorant tar-
mer” from himself. Such tactics are a bar to eg-
ricultural progress and should not be counten-
anced. . . -

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APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP [N m

sum -woor. scam TI

The following coupon is published for the use
of those who desire to get a start with sheep.
The Sheep-Wool Society has not been organized;
it may not b3 organized; but” it is organized
the applications of farmers will probably be fill-
ed in the order received. We want our readers
who are familiar with the proposed plan and de-
sire to take advantage of it to fill out this cou-
pon and forward it to us, upon our pledge that
it shall 'remain in our hands until the plans of
the Sheep-Wool society are completed. This
coupon is not binding in any way upon the
signer. It merely gives the M. B. F. the assur-
ance that our readers'are with us in our modest
efforts to assist in the development of the sheep
industry in Michiga . If there is a sufficient
demand from farmers for sheep, Busmnss FARM.
mo will endeavor to launch some kind of a plan
either thru a Sheep—Wool society, or a Live
Stock Development Company, to satisfy this de-
mand. Use the coupon at once!

 

MICHIGAN BUSINESS karmc,
Mount Clemens, Mich.,
Dear Friends: I would like to get started

in the sheep business. I have

ably use ____________ ewes. I would he will—
ing to take sheep under the plan discussed in
the May 17th issue of BUSINESS FARMING,
or under any other plan fair to the farmer.
It is upon the understanding that this ecu:—
pon is not binding upon me in any way that ‘
I affix my name below. ' I
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Mr. F. B. Drees,Sec 'y Michigan Bean Jobbers’
Ass’n.,
Lansing, Mich.

"‘Dear Sire-J note from your letter of July 14
your apparent inability to provide us wfth a
copy and testimony taken at the New Yorkhhear—
111g. I am unable to understand by what license
any member of your association, or any other
individual in Michigan, for that matter. returns
in private possession a record of_ information
which properly belongs to the public, and I m—
snoctfully request that you not only provide us
with the name of any member you know who
has this information, but also use the good. '
graces of your office to induce him to part with
it temporarily. I repeat, I am sure that you (an
not disagree with me, that all the facts uncover—‘ .
ed at the New York hearing should be made pub-
lic, and that no one has the greater right to their
possesion than the farmers of Michigan.

“Once again. I most respectfully ask-you, as
Secretary of the Michigan Bean Jobbers Ass'n. ~
to place in our hands such information the you,
have access to, as was secured in New York.

“Very truly yours, .
Editor, Mich. Business Farming.”

 

Department “of Justice,
Washington, D. C. , , . . _
“Gentlemenn:~You will find enclosed hereWIth

a copy of our letter written July 10 to Mr. Julius" ‘

H. Barnes, Pres. of the U. S. Grain Corporation.
which is self—explanatory. There is also enclosed 7
a copy of the Grain Corporation’s reply under
date of July 13. '

"Inasmuch as the Grain Corporation-is und
able to give us the information requested, our
only resource is to turn to you, and we respect:
fully request that you advise us whether or net 1;
copy 01' this record can be procurred, and from" _
what source. 1 .2,

“By all the rules of Justice, the been pro— V,
ducers of the U. S. are entitled to the informa-
tion contained in this record. » .

 

 

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formation for the benefit of our readout.

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ILo CAMBPELL, of Branch County.
Michigan, president of. the National Milk

Producers’ Federation, Dr W. J. Spill-"

man, formerly head of the Department of Farm
Management of the U. S. Department of Agri-
ciilture, and other farmer leaders made a tour
through North Dakota recently, during which
some startling statements were quoted in the
Nonpartisan League press as coming from the
distinguished guests.

“What the Nonpartisan League ds‘doing‘ in
North Dakota is just what the farmers every-
where want,” is among the'statements attrib—
‘uted' to Mr. Campbell. “If I lived in'North Da-

kota, I certainly would be a member of the,

Nonpartisan League. Dr. Spillman, who accom-
panied Mr. Campbell in his visit to Bismarck,
the state capital of North Dakota, backed up
his .friend in these statements. It will probably
be remembered by all that Secretary of Agricul-
ture Houston was accused of suppressing Dr.
Spillman’s figures, showing that the farmers
are not receiving’the :cost of production for
their crops in many cases, and following this
act Dr. Spillman resigned.

Dr. Spillman said that.farmers all over the
nation are intensely interested in the work of
the farmers of North Dakota and are watching
with curious, eager eyes.of‘My heart is with
the Nonpa‘rtisan League," he said. “Everybody
is looking at the movement in this state. If
you succeed here, the idea is certain to spread
to all parts of the country. The farmers of
North Dakota are putting their program into
effect constructively and conserfvativelv. ” This
statement was made following many hours of
investigation at the state- house, while visiting
Director General F. W. Cathro.

Mr. .Campbell and Dr. .Spillman were ac-
companied by Senator Thomas P. Gore, the
famous blind senator of Oklahoma, until re-

cently the chairman of committee on agricul-
ture in the senate, where he was a consistent
advocate of higher wheat prices and of other
reforms to benefit the farmers. Senator Gore
was the first speaker at a luncheon given by
Governor Frazier, of North Dakota, to the dis-
tinguished visitors. The senator praised Frazier
for standing out for a higher wheat price.
V Terminal Elevators _

“The eyes of the nation are upon you, readers
of the Nonpartisan League,” said the blind
statesman. “Remedies and reforms grow out
abuses and grievances. The politicians who re-

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Milo Campbell As Endorsing t

fused to abolish ant
clent wrongs h a v e
p a i d ’ the penalty.
The people of North
Dakota who resist-v
ed the demand for a.
state-owned system
0 f terminal elevatn'
_ ors are now willing
' , to see them‘estab-
lished, but too late

  

The people are now

.to build not only
elevators but a. l s o
xmills, and they have
.founded t he state
'central bank as
well.

“I a In making
new a study of the
Bank of North Da-
kota. Your legislat-
ors have been wise
in giving the man-

_ ._ agers of the bank
ample powers. In business a great
many things can be learned by experience; it
would have been a mistake to give men trusted

MILO D. CAMPBELL

with the enterprise as free a hand as the private ‘

banker.-

“The farmers have made up their minds to
try out an entirely new marketing system.
Every man is entitled to a fair trial. A tree"
is known by its fruit. In North Dakota the tree
is in full blossom, and the fruit is to bear soon.

“I joined the Farm’ers’ Alliance before I was
21 and have alway been an advocate of or-
ganization. The farmer has too long been un-
organized in this country, and no one except
the beats of prey can object to his organizing.
While the market monopoists have been the
beasts of prey, the farmer has been the beast
of burden. He is now learning how to 'get out
from under the burden. From my experience
in Congress, I know that when the farmers are
organized, and Speak, the Congressmen listen.
The farmers have numbers and they can ob-
tain whatever they want if they go after it, not
one by one but all together’

Charles S. Barrett, national president of the
Farmers Educational and Co— —operative Union,

echoed the senator in the statement‘that the ‘

world will have to scrap a lot of antiquated
notions as soon as the success of the Nonpart-

to hold their pbWel'.

   
   
 
 

lean League of the North Dakota 9.
comes. knovvn.‘ - ‘
Milo. Campbell Enthusiastic for Leagu .

kota press for his enthusiastic support of

  

League. He is in- a position to know the; 72:1} 4"

of the marketing system as it now stan
through the fighting dairy organizations

out the middleman’s profit and toward gs” in;
for the farmer the pay he deserves. 73

.‘In New York and Illinois the farmer f

strike to bring the middle-men to terms. Ther
remains much to be done in Michigan", how-

ever.

 

' “l have not the slightest doubt about Nerth "

Dakota's laws,” said Dr. Campbell. “In my
home in Michigan I have read these laws and
studied them. With two classes of your legis-i
latlon I am especially famil'uiar These are the
acts encouraging the dairy industry and the
insurance measures. I _was for Several years

insurance commissioner of Michigan andgth'ere“
learned much of the graft in the insurance busi-~

ness. I am glad to see North Dakota going in-
to the business of hail insurance and "hope that
before lonth will write fire insurance policies

also. You have already made a beginning in'

setting up state system for insuring all public
buildings on the mutual plan "

Farm leaders in North Dakota were gratl— ’

fied by the expressions of Mr. Campbell and

his associates, because it gave evidence of the ~

effect of their having stuck together through
thick and thin until they won out.
Washington, Mr. campbell is reported to have
said, whenever the question of agriculture
comes up the Congressmen, “What will the
Nonpartisian farmers think of this?” -

“I want to tell you,”
quotes Mr. Campbell as saying, “that the} Non-
partisn League has put money into the pocket
of every farmer of the United States. It is not
only in the states .where the League is organ-
ized that it is doing good work. In every Mid-

dle Western state the politicians have had their

car to the ground. .They know that if they do
not give their own farming population good
laws and reforms,
the League to come'in and organize them to
capture the machinery of government in the
next election " } '-

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Supports Farmers; Shows Guarantees are Harmful

. I CHRISTIE, assistant secretary of. agri-
G culture, caused a mild sensation at the con-
vention of the National Hay Association,
which was. 1101” at Detroit last week When he
arose to a :vigorour defense of the farmer and
told the hay men in blunt te1n1s what must be
done to satisfy the 11n1est now so evident among
the fa1n1ers. Mr. Christie discussed at some
length the wheat price and claimed that the far-
mers were justified in their disapproval of fixed
prices on their products while other articles of
trade were permitted to take their natural course
“There has been too much talk throughout the
country of the farmer getting rich, of the farm-
er getting an undue share of the advance in
prices all aloong the line,” 'said Mr. Christie.
“There has been too much talk of the benefits of
the government guarantees on wheat and pork
all going to the farmer.

“You hay men who are close to the actual sit-
uation,knolw that that kind of talk is untrue and
unjust. I tell you that the farmer would have
never guaranteed the prices of these things.

“When We guaranteed a price of $2.20 for
wheat it was selling at $3.50 in the open market.
And when hogs were guaranteed at $16.50 labor
delegates.came to Washington, saw the presi-
dent and the department of agricdlture and ev-
erybody else who had anything .to do with the
matter, saying that the farmer was being en-
riched at the expense of the workman. They do-
clared that if the guarantee were lifted the price
of pork would immediately drop. 2

Hog Prices Climb ‘1 .

were listened to and the
What happened? Un-

“Well, these men
guarantee was removed.

- der the ordinary law of supply and demand the

price of hogs began Jumping immediately until
now they are selling at $23!";

While we are upon the subject of fixed price:
we wish to call attention to a' bulletin just 13.
sued by the } department of agriculture which
contains comparative figures of the minimum
prices fixed or! wheat in the United States and
other countries, Out of twenty-two nations

 

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FARMERS URGED T0 EXHIBIT ,

1
' SUM of $10,000 w111 be presented in premi-
l ums for grain and .forage crop exhibits by
the Chicago Board of Trade at the first Interna-
I tional Grain and Hay show to be held in connec-
tion with the International Livestock Exposi-
| tion November 29 to December 6,1919.

The farmers of Michigan should be able to win
the majority of the premiums given in tho‘ class-
es eligible to the residents of this state.

The Michigan Agricultural College will have
an exhibit representing Michigan’s ability and
'possibilities in crop production, but this exhibit
will not compete for premiums. The 'BIichigan
Crop Improvement Association will help look
after any crop exhibits to be entered by farmers
of the state and in fact urges that a large and
representative number of exhibits of all kinds of
grasses both sheaf and thrashed be saved now in
preparatlo'n for this show which will give oppor-
tunity to the farmers of this state to show Just
what they have been able to do with improved
varieties of [IMIL and to show the diversity and
excellence of Michigan’ 1; crops.

Besides this show, the Michigan State Fair at
Detroit, August 28 to September 6. otters three
premiums to farmers in EACH COUNTY for
each kind of grain and forage crop comnon to
Michigan. The winners in the county classes
will then compete for state championship. Tho
name and address of the grower will appear on
each sample.

All exhibits sent to State Fair and desired to
be sent to West Michigan State Fair will be for-
worded there by the Michigan Crop Improvement
Association ..—-J \V. Nicholson, Extension Special-
ist, M. A. C.

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ten of
them fixed prices'higher than the ,guaranteed'

, minimum in this country. The fixed price in

France was $3.94;
63. 96. '-

The Bureau of Crop Estimates on June 14 '19, '
estimated the yield 0f Winter ind spring wheat
for the season 1918- 19 as 1 236, 600, 000 bushels

in Italy, $4. 33; , in Spain

which would provide an export surplus of ap- '
proximately 636, 000, 000 bushels.

It is estimated that the removal of Russia, In-
die, and Roumania from the 'list of exporting
countries reduced -the world' 5 export surplus o:
wheat about 300 ”0000.00 bushels.

Thy estimated total exportab'le surplus oi old

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'he'd get wallvto-do a, he.» sooner. _

and new wheat from the principal exporting
countries of the world available for 1919 (July
1919—June, 1920) may be summarized as fol-
lows:

Argenltma bushels, 156,095,000 bushels; Ans;
tralia bushels, 195,017,000; Canada bushels, 299-._
543,000; Algeria bushels, 1152, 000; United States
bushels. 636. 000 000; total wheat for export bush-
els, 1,287,807,000.

In this connection' it is of interest to know
that some of the foremost grain experts of the
world have estimated the import requirements 1"
Europe for the season of 1919 at a minimum of
560, 000, 00‘.) bushels arm a maximum u; uxU,UUO‘
000 bushels, and this appears to be in agreement
with the estimates of the Inter-Allied Food Cem-
mission of from 700', 000, 000 to 850. 000 000 bushels
of bread cereals, including both wheat and rye.

4..

DID YOU GET YOUR STATE FAIR BOOK
Secretary G. W. Dickinson oners in the an-

 

 

finouncement which appears on another page of

this issue t'oo send a‘ copy of this year’s Premium
List. containing over 900 ilhistnatedr pages Joe-w

reader of Business Farming who will use the '
» cooupon.

“These books cost us' a lot of money," said Mr
Dickinson, “but it’s the farmers we reach that
will want to have them. This year we axe bending
every effort to make this a 1eal farm exposmo‘u,
the best of its kind ever held in America and
one that no real business farmer can help bring-

ing his family to for a day or two at least. We

are going to make ample provision for accom’mo- -
dating all of the up- -state automobiles, and with

the good roads and good crops in sight, there is

not a real business farmer in the state w’i'i can:
' refuse his family this educational vacation "

Get ycur copy of the Piemium Book, by using "
coupon appearing in the last M. B F.‘ issue—~11.

   
 
 

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I, getting, at good foundation stock. And I was
niighty particular and looked everywhere before

and, of thoroughbred Holsteins, be-_,

‘~ . ‘John- A. .Rinke, a farmer in Macomb
.- Mr. Rinke says the bull is positively
not, for- sale at. ”any price. '

f underarm; the remarkable story of the

Rinkej‘herd, one should know that. When Mr. Rin-
.. ,. ' ed out eleven years ago to raise thorough-
bred 7. stock, he got the merry haha from many
neighbors. In those days he. had only $200
but now his farm alone is worth more than $15,-
? 000; and the value of his herd of cattle can not
'- .be accurateely figured. But it surely is high. This
-was achieved through hard, intelligent toil and
study in eleven years.
7 more ’in Michigan and other states have a record
' at surprising. and perhaps they have better herds
' and, greater fame and fortunes; but the story of
John ,Rinke is one every farmer should know.
'Many ,a night he worked beside .

Perhaps a few. other far- ‘

investing money. Finally I bought from -D. D.
Aitkins, president of ' the Holstein-Friesian As-
sociation. While looking for foundation stock, I
wasn't so particular about pedigree as a lot of
fellows are. . I.found many world wonders as far
as pedigree was‘concerned, but in many of-them
there was no cow too speak of. I wanted first of
all toget a real cow and a real sire, and if‘they
had .flne pedigree, so much the better. A lot of
fellows used to ride me for not being more par-
ticular about pedigree, but now I have got the
cows and good pedigree besides.

“I didn’t have hardly anything to invest, even
after years of working, and I never could buy
more than one or two at a time. Perhaps that
wasjust one of the reasons I learned a great
deal. Some fellows borrow and invest heavily at

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Head of His Herd -

Flint Maple' Crest Butter Boy is surely no
slouch when it comes to pedigree and besides
that he is a fine sire to head a herd. His five
nearest dams averaged 30.50 lbs. of butter in?-
day tests. He is a grand champion of the Michi-
gan State Fair and certainly is a beauty.

Old Belle, as Belle De K01 Colantha is me-
tlonately named, is now 16 years 'old but she is
producing better than ever before. A record
of this remarkable cow is being reserved for an—
other time . Old Belle was bought in December,
1912, by Mr. Rinke, who says the neighbors told
him he was a plumb loco and nuts for buying
such an old beast, (she was then 10 years old),
an especially for paying such a high price. But
Old Belle seemed to like her new boss and she
has presented him with four heifers and three
bull calves, and in 1918 produced 15,157 lbs. of
milk in six months. One of Belle’s daughters on
some days gave 102.3 lbs, of milk, thus realizing
Mr. Rinke’s ideal of a cow able to produce 100
lbs. From Just 10 cows in the herd Mr. Rinke
sold 68,450 lbs. of milk between
Jan. 1 and July 1. This is over

 

the kerosene lamp to study the
.blue books of pedigrees and the
black herd books. He signed up
for all the current literature on
the subject of raising thorough-
breds, especially ~' the Holstein-
F'riesians, and he read every arti-
cle and wrote questions and at-
tended shows and meetings deal-
ing .with live stock. In short, he
became an export in his line of
farming. And did he “succeed?
Well, you just ought to, see his
bank account, and his farm’ and
above all, his herd, not one head-
of Which is for sale, he says,
from; Maple Crest, down to the
youngest oflspring.

Perhaps as many as fifty ribbons
hang around the walls or ,his of-
fice in his farm home in Warren
township. Sure, he has an ofllce
i with a roll-top desk and with book
cases and lodgers. It pays, he says
and he did not’learn that in any
college either, except the school of
hard knocks. Silver, cups galore
decorate the farm office. For ex-
ample, he holds the grand cham-
pionship cup, for 'female, from the
1915 Michigan State Fair. He holds both the
male and female grand championship cups for
the Michigan State Fair Of 1917. We might go
on through a long list of successes which have
poured in fast during the last few years. But it
was not until after a mighty hard pull that suc-
cess blessed the Rinke farm.

How He Made the Business Boom

When asked how he had made such a big suc-
cess of raising of thoroughbreds, Mr. Rinke rath-
er bashfully gave the usual answer offered in
such cases, “‘Oh, I don’t know.” But when press-
ed as to details, he pointed to a long row of the
famous blue and the black, herd books, all es-
sential in his profession. He had taken these
authoritative books every year and studied them,
so that he knew how to go at it to treat the herd
right and .to' get highest results. Then he point-
ed to a certificate on' the wall. He had joined
the national association of Holstein men in 1913
and had kept posted on the situation throughout
the world. >

“I mix up my own feed)? Mr. Rinke emphasiz-
ed. “For thoroughbreds, I avoid much commercial
feed. I avoid cottonseed feed except for short
term tests. of course. I always watch out for
the stock myself. because if you want a thing
well done do it yourself.” .

“The big factor, as any farmer knows, is the

 

FLINT BIAI‘IJCCR EST BUTTER BOY,
4-year Holstein, heads Mr. Rinke’s succes iflll herd.

first and sometimes lose heavily because they
haven’t had years of experience with smaller in-
vestments. I learned little by little and was al-
ways pretty sure of my ground before going a-
head.”

Mr. Rinke laughingly told of hearing Nathan
P. Hull, now president of the Michigan Milk Pro-
ducers’ Association, giving a speech about ten
years ago in which Mr. Hull said that he wanted
to get a cow which could produce 50 pounds:

“That ideal, though high in those days, was
too low to suit me,” said Mr. Rinke, with his con-
tagious grin. “I doubled Mr. Hull’s figure and set
out to get a cow producing 100 pounds. And
b’gosh I gotione."

Only One Cow Sold This Year

Mr. Rinke sold one cow this summer for $1,200,
due to friendship with a farmer living nearby,
who was eager to start up a similar herd. But
none of the remaining cows are for sale. Just
to give an idea of what the herd is like, look
over the record of this Junior four-year-old which
was sold this summer. The cow was the daugh-
ter of Pontiac Warren DeKol and Belle De Kol
Colantha, the dam, and had a record of 669.7 ms.
of milk and of 27.15 lbs. of butter in a 7—day test,
and had won second prize at the Michigan State
Fair. William Moxon, Macomb county, was the
purchaser.

 

 

 

 

 

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3

MANGER.

and above the amount consumed
on the big farm.

Mr. Rinke’s story is only one of
many amazing accounts of farm-
ers making good with thorough-
bred stock. Some rivals may scoff, -
but the rank_ and file or farmers
will rise in a body to hand it to a
man who has succeeded well after
a hardfight backed by no capital
at the start.

Other stories of successful busi-
ness' farmers in the circulation
area of MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM-
ING are not only interesting but
helpful when printed. So all are
invited to contribute stories of
successess agatnstodds by real
farmers.

PEACH SUPPLY IS MODERATE
HE PROSPECTIVE commer-

l cial peach crop of 30,082,000
bushels forecasted in July by

the Bureau of Crop Estimates ap‘
pears liberal beside the very light
crop of 20,000,000 to 21,000,000 last
year but the present crop is mod
erate when compared with those or recent years.
Probable shipments appear more limited when it
is considered that fully half the crop or over 16,-
000,000 bushels is credited to California. Nearly

90 per cent of California crop is commonly used
for drying and canning which would leave only

 

. aboout 3,600 cars to be shipped as fresh fruit.

Actual shipments may equal 43100 cars. Michi-
gan’s crop is nothing to brag about this year.
Berrien county, however, was the only big fruit
county which lost disastrously.

In previous years the California crop has not
been over one-third the total. Georgia the lead-
ing southeastern producing. section, according to
early indications will ship about 7,700 cars in-
cluding 3,000 cars of Elbertas compared with 8,-
I100, last year’s totals. Arkansas leading in
south-Central section may ship 3,200 cars, or
nearly half as many cars as Georgia. Oklahoma
promises to become a fairly heavy shipping sec-
tion for the first time with possibly 800 cars.
New Yor_k, usually the heaviest shipping state of
the Northeast may have twice the very short crop
of last year. Forecast of carlot shipments indi-
cates possible 34,000 cars compared with 15,903
carsr shipped last year.

' About one-third the Georgia peach shipments
in 1918 and about the same proportion in 1917
went to New York City.

 

KICK OUT THE
DOG IN THE
HANGER

One way of

getting reforms
in Michigan's
marketing ems
In t o s t a r t \
house cleaning
at home. The \‘
politicians o f “if \
certain interests "\~ \
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of the do: in ’2' w
the manter- T110 _1
artist’s conclu- ~:\
sions are obvi-
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lose in the neu-—\ -\\\
usury work of ‘.
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the manger.

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Louisiana’s Marketing Facilities _
WILL BRANAN, editor and publisher
. ' of the Merchants’ Trade Index of New

Orleans, who has been engaged by Business
I Farming to prepare a special series of arti-
cles upon Louisiana’s state—owned marketing
facilities, makes a most illuminating admis-
sion. He says: . '

“The original plans for port development
at New Orleans did not contemplate the con-
struction of the cotton warehouses, public
grain elevators and commodity. warehouses
but only shipping facilities, which were of
immediate benefit to the export and import
trade.” We are then reminded that of all
the states in the ‘union to embrace any prO‘
ject savoring of state socialism, Louisiana
would be expected to be the last because of
the traditional conservatism and individual-
ism of the French and Spanish forbears.

When we gave Mr. Branan an outline of
the information we wanted from Louisiana,
we asked him whether or not any objections
were raised to the state’s initial 'venture in
state-owned utilities on the ground that it
. savored of state socialism. “No, indeed,”
replied Mr. Branan, “not an argument of
that kind was heard.” Very strange, we
thought, that the commercial interests of
Louisiana would sit quietly by while the peo-
ple amended the constitution for such pur-
poses. But the mystery is solved. The, peo-
ple amended the constitution in the interests
of the big middlemen, who were perfectly
willing that the people of the entire state
should stand the expense of constructing
wharves and railroad yards for the use of
the import and export trade centering in the
city of New Orleans. Many years later when
the farmers asked for terminal storage facil-
ities and it was found that the same machin-
ery of administratioon and system of finance
governing the port facilities could be used
. for maintaining the facilities asked for by
the farmers, naturally no valid objection
.could be raised. That’s how the farmers of
Louisiana became beneficiaries of the state
without a struggle.

The cry of “state socialism,” “Bolshe-
vism,” etc., that was raised by the middle-
' men of ,the state and their servants in the
legislature against the warehouse amend-
ment came from the depths of pure selfish-
ness. It was not that these moss-covered
antiquitarians feared that the precious liber-
ties of the people were about to be encroach-
ed upon. Nay, nay. 'Twas that they feared
they might be deprived of the opportunity
to hoard and speculate upon-Qadstufls, and
their lamentations and, crocodile tears won
' the hearts of the people’s representatives
1: who could not. bear in reduce-the middleman
" > tonominal profits While their former and
‘b'o pastimes were rolling in Wealth!
noes Wane Withan ounce‘of commonsense
,. sand: ,that,‘ the warehouse _ and. elevator inter-

 

 

 

  

  

 

   

 

   
 

gi‘oviding you say when writing or ordering from themr “

' ter two jumps ahead of the elements.

 
 
 

 

. e,
for. the fanners?

" ‘ The, pi'gsWho squealthe ‘lcudest' are-these. ,_ .
farthest away from ”the trough. Millions

{feed cut of the state and national patronage ~
troughs each year, but~there are. no squeals ,
from them; nothing but grunts of content”

ment. State socialism is an argument only
for those who because of supporting an arti—
ficial system or performing an artificial ser-

vice cannot benefit from its applicatiOOn. The ‘

term in itself means nothing. It is a mis-
nomer as applied to any state-owned enter-
prise that reduces, the high cost of living,
eliminates wasteful and useless competition,
prevents speculation in food products, and
performs other valuable service for the ma-
jority of the people. ‘ . .

State-owned marketing facilities in Louis-
iana have injured the legitimate interests of
none, and have brought great benefit to the
farmers and the majority of the, commercial

groups. Would they bring the same results
in Michigan? Well, We shall see what we
shall see.

 

Are You Insured?

 

J BY STRAINING every muscle and work-
ing like beavers the men got the last of
the Wheat into the barn. Lighting their pipes
they stood around the doorway watching the
flashes of lightning in the distant sky, with
that feeling of contentment that always
comes over one who has just got under shel-
After
a brief rest from their strenuous eiforts the
men began to stack the wheat while the storm
raged on. '

“That was a- fine piece‘ of work, boys,”
says Farmer‘Jones as he pitched a bundle of
wheat into a far corner, at the same time
pridefully plumbing the depth and the width
of the fast-growing stack. ‘ ‘ Soon ’s we get this
unloaded We’ll knock 01! for the day, and I’ll
have the wife get a little somethin’ extra for

_ .” He never finished the sentence. A
red streak of fire shot thru the roof of the
barn and struck him where he stood. His
helpers were thrown to the floor and by the
time they had gained their feet again, the
fire was all about. In two hours’ time Farm-
er Jones’ body was burned to ashes upon the
red altar of his burning wheat.

The burning of many barns which were
struck by lightning during last week’s thun-
der storms brings up the subject of insur-
ance. It is surprising the number of farm-
ers who carry no insurance whatever, either
upon their lives or their property. Of- course,
disaster or fatal illess always come to make
them regret, but all the regrets in the world
do not provide a livelihood for those who are
left victims of the fire or death.

Insurance against fire, the fury of the ele-
ments, and death is an investment which ev-
ery farmer should make. Many companies
will insure newly harvested crops held in\
storage for threshing or marketing. The cost
is slight compared to the risk that every far-
mer takes during July and August from elec-
trical storms. If you must stack your wheat
or hay in the barn have it insured just as
soon as you can. Lightning will go 333
miles out of its way to strike a barn ,

with freshly-cut grain.

A SPEAKER at the recent. convention of
the Hay Trade Ass’n. held in Detroit,

asserted that reciprocity with Canada was

very near, and urged the hay dealers to work

 

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Reciprocity With Canada

' or significance far

of salt, and ju
tained beyond

   
    

,_ , _, nowe'Xports, and vice verse; ‘f
balanee‘fof‘trade would haire to be vé, are
1y equal on both sides to make itan ”39
for both piccountries to sign a .zreci-prec
agreement. Tariff walls are barrie 7’ ’ If

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without endangering the interests of’thede
mestic producers and manufacturers; Th
most ardent opponent of reciprocal trade; re.
lations with any country must admit that
free trade between Canada and
States; separated as they are by
lines or easily traversed natural
bound to come sooner or later.-

  

 

Propaganda

B EFORE THE WAR we vulgarly called it , "

“bunk” (short for buncombe), but’Since
the.(}crman government dignified the fine art
of deceit and its agents'used it so effectively .
in this county, we have fallen into the habit
of calling it “propaganda.” Most propa-
ganda is unadulterated bunk. , . , '

We Americans take great pride in theas- '-

sumption that we are a well-informed people.
'We point to our great newspapers, to our
‘ powerful national. magazines, to our lecture

platforms and all- other media for dissemina' . L

tion of information,. and tell ourselves that
there is nothing known to the civilized world
which is not the commongproperty of all who
would read and listen. But'the sad truth must
cut. Wears not a well-informed people. We
merely THINK we are. p 7 V . '
Know you that a (large percentage of the ,
“news” that is published in the daily press of
the country is propaganda, pure and simple: ,
Perhaps the base of a’story may rest upon a
fact, but in many instances a skillful reporter
has colored and twisted and exaggerated and
deliberately lied to give the story a meaning ,

the facts would warrant. Why! To please
an advertiser, to satisfy the editorial polio
of the newspaper, to gratify a powerful p0 -
tician, to distort the public mind upon import'
ant issues. A score or more reasons might be
stated as to why a great deal of the daily
news matter. is not in keeping with the facts.

Column after column of propaganda has
been published in the press the last six months
upon the Mexican situation, Bolshevism, the
Non-Partisan League, the League of Nations,
prohibition, industrial and agricultural un-
rest ,and other current and important issues.
These have likewise been fruitful themes for
professional and paid agitators, who have
formed organizations for spreading the prop-
aganda upon a large scale.

It is a tragic thing'that the public mind be
deliberately led into an erroneous conception
of vital affairs. And we call it nothing less
than a crime against the people and the gov-
ernment that an individual or a' newspaper
should lend himself or itself as a medium for
the giving out of this misinformation. There L
is onl one way to stem the powerful and

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growing influence of the professional propa-

‘r‘w

the. United}? /
imaginary-c
barriers,,, is j, ‘
If it is true ,5‘
that Caandian reciprocity is again enga’gi g A; -‘
the serious attention of our statesmen and i? .
economists, it behooves the farmers to keep 6’ '

their eyes open and see their own‘interests .
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gandists. The receding public must not be
so eager to swallow bait, hook, line and sink-
er. News stories on the ' t issues and prob
lems of the dag should taken with a grain

gment suspended until the eat-
every. development an man"

ual facts of

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for it, as it Would open "11 a new and profit-
able line of business” for trade. In many
respects iceip'rocity with Canada might be a

jections to the
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appearance of the symp-
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enigma of statmnfl knows

 
 

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ibi and the patient dies. 11“.: is
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‘The average than dhltkes to be
certain modes of living will

 
 

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d'germ of decay. And notwithstand-
in; that there are these gone before on
account of like Indulgences he 1efuses
to submit to necessary operation or to
change h s mode of living. The life of
a nation rests upon a like principle. It
can be saved by refraining from cer
tain practices or checking untoward
_ .- symptoms which point to decay. By
‘ ‘ ’13:; taking account of the causes which
'f . wrecked other nations we are in a po-
; ‘ ' sition to diagnose accurately our own
national condition and prescribe the
_ , needed remedy.
_ BAD EXAlVIPLES FOR_ AMERICA
When Babylon fell, one per cent of
the epic owned all the wealth of‘
Babyon When Egypt was wrecked,
the wealth or the nation was in the
possession of two per cent of the peo-
. ople-x Rome fell at a time when allvof
-. ' the wealth of Rome was in the hands

 
 
  
 

day must
“ owned en

per cent of its wealth is
controlled by ten per cent

  
 

the people own sixty-five per cent of
the wealth. '

What a striking similarity of condi-
tions! It must give us pause. Ameri-
tca gives promise of a great and hap-

py future, and the poisonous fangs of

centralizing wealth must not be any-
where fastened to impede the health

and growth. There must be a check

‘ . on such vast fortunes piled horde up-
on horde if we are to. escape the fate

or Babylon, Egypt and Rome. The
great masses of Americans 'are agieed
there must be a check, but the method

‘ rem s a puzzle. The mere suggestion
,of‘ ‘change meets with violent op_
position from the money barons. Any
proposal to stop the deal is at once
branded with the mark of "socialism, "

 

 

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filimato to devour the body politic. The
' ipowers-tha-t-be have heaped odium on
the word socialism until
have come to view its approach with
alarm. All proposals for the common
.906.‘ Which in any way change the
’ existing order of things, are rejected
7 "by the muck worms of greed as “so-
‘g, cialistic. "
.133 . en the powers want to crush an
id or an ideal which in any way in_
"fring'es on their specially privileged
preserves the cry “socialism, " is heard,
, . and the idea and the ’ideal sink into
1,, ' "innocuous desuetude." And all this
‘fwithout any attempt to inform the pub
941m as to ‘what socialism stands for!
'a‘érThey have made the public believe
without definition that socialism isa
hydra-headed monster and they have
assumed the role of Hercules.

  
 
  

 

 
 

 
   

 
 

  

 

kill it! The wrong and handicap to-

  

  

jocialisni really means

 
 

can use it as an effective weapon

  

5‘: ‘ nit-liens.
political party we are not pro-

. lightenm‘ent is unsought.

our He refuses to refrain ’trom -

of six hundred people In America to- .

or the people, while two per cent of...

.as if socialism were a corrosive sub"

the people .

'Just leave it to them and they will '

incl 9 publicity Literature designed. to;
'i and inform the public as to -.
.cunzgg

:3 hit what. it, means so long as “ “I a!” bated, d” t ° casted “m”-

y encroachment! on their ‘ '

a mission. Neither m,

said, "‘We approach democracy by

inches. " and it is more than likely?

that socialism proposes another inch
toward that much-desired goal.
Furthermore these are so-called so-
cialists who are misguided and mistak-
en as to its, intentions. They call upon

‘it to perform service which it has not

yet gained. the strength to render.

, We must have enlightenment on its
true aims The trouble is that social-
ism has been clouded with gross mis-
represontation and painted with such
horrors that further and genuine en-
. It has been
confused with communism and collect-

ism, and frequently put next door to.

anarchy.

The powers have left no stone un-
turned to characterize, blockers and
"distort its true aims. But if they
think they've crushed it and kept it
tram coming to light they a e doomed
to disappointment. Some short day it
will emerge, stripped of the mask with
which sinister interests have disguised
it, and we shall. know its real worth
and understand its purpose.

SHAM OF POLITICAL PARTIES

That a new order of. humanity is
coming under some such name or form
as social democracy “is certain. And it
is coming sooner than any of us may

 

now think. Political parties and sys-
tems will undergo radical cilanzes. The
dominant parties of the times are
styjed Republican and Democrat, and
VERY
MUSICAL
M rs . Mouse:

It certalnly does
Improve o'n‘e ’ 8
'musical taste to
live In a ukulele.

 

 

have distinction in political terminol-
ogy, but in fact disticntion is without
difference. Each desires control for
the sake of the prize and pride of of
fice with scant regard for public ser-
vice. Each is controlled by a party
organization of office seekers and
hangers-on, and both organizations are
in .turn controlled by BIG BUSINESS.
The electors follow the one or the otll‘.
_cr because their fathers did and not be.
cause of principle. The allegiance is to
party name and tradition rather than’
to party principles. Party allegiance
is a little short of the fetishism of the
savage, who bended his knee in w0r_

ship of a stone image. Such allegiance
is soon to pass. The new parties must
hold to something more than a label.
The new alignment will be along lines
of liberalism and parties must be in
practice and service what they profess
in name and principle.

Social democracy contemplates more
than the abstract right of popular gov.
ernment——more than the more right to
vote and have a voice in shapingthe
destiny 0: the? nation—it demands par-
ticipation by all the people in the hen.
eflts derived from.'all the resources and
industry of the nation. ' Here is the
bone of contention. The scope and
character of the dividing line between
public and private ownership.

Do the natural resources of the coun-
try belong to people or are'they sub-

3 ject onlylftto private ownership and ex-

ploitation Private money didn’t buy
them; they were purchased with the

' lifeblood of the forefathers and devised

to all the people of all coming gener»
e for use and enjoyment And
use and enjoyment must be equita-

m becomes a mockery.

eminent would base as to under-
take the lottation of a natural re-
sources for the ri-

‘ exploitation by a ems

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5‘ ' eddln the Opposite streams. Jefferm

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on under 013' hoses. Benefits are
flowing by countless millions into the
pockets at special privilege. Just in
proportion to the centralizaton of

'Wealth is the impoverishment of the ~

masses. The people by law have never
granted any such right nor delegated
any such authority. How then, is it
accomplished ?

The people allowed‘the "creation of
the-corporation 'for the purpose of
combining units of capital that devel-
‘opment inight be undertaken on a scale
impossible for the individual. The cor-
porate method contemplated a more
rapid and necessary development to
meet the growing needs of a constantly
increasing population. It contemplat-
ed ownership of stock through the cor-
poration by the people and the opera-
tion and management of the corpora-
tion for t‘j" benefit of the people.
It further contemplated reduction of
cost of development reduction in cost
of production and marketing, and 'in
consequence reduced cost of ,lving.
The shame of it is that the scheme has
not been honestly carried out as it
was honestly created.

The system discovered that it could
secure other people’s money from the
people’s deposits in banks, thereby ob-
viating the necessity of c’ollecting it
through the people themselves. This
appears legitimate enough but the
fact is this scheme puts the huge carn-
ings and profits into the pockets of
the men ofthe system instead of a
wide distribution among the people
who really oWned and furnished the
money”. Thus they defeated the 1eal
object of the creation of corpmations.
VICTORS DIVIDING THE SPOILS

Big bankers and big business join-
ed hands and circled around the cor-
poration. Interlocking directorates
became common The heads of big
banks and {he heads of corporations
were one and the same. The people's
money in banks earned an average of
three per cent. In industry and devel.
opmen‘t, the same money earned twen-
ty-eight per cent. So they took the
people’s money through the banks and
made twenty—five per cent for the sys-
term.

The banking fraternity thus be-
comes the agency through which the
system operates. The ocean of money
representing the savings of the masses
flowing through the Ehannel of small
banks to the financial centers and
there manipulated by the heads of the
‘banking fraternity for their own pri-
vate benefit.

As a matter of law, good faith and
conscience, banks become trustees for
the safe care of the people’s money.
Banks are entitled to afair margin on
account of the trusteeship and for
lawfuldnvestments on behalf of the
people, but beyond that the profits
should go’ to the people. Banks are in
reality government agencies and as
such are public servants. Therefore‘
bankers have no mono right to take
advantage of, their opportunity than
elected’oificers of the government.

It is the system by which the vast
wealth _of the nation is being central-
ized. Because it is not a wilfully cor-
rupt and criminal method under the
laws of the land make it none the less.
a menace and, to continue is suicidal.
The wealth of Rome was centralized
through the unbridled power of the
Roman Senatejust at it is being can.
tralized in America through the bank-
ing fraternity. Not. that~the bankers
as a class operate the system, but that
the system operates through the
banks. Of course banking and bank-
ers there must be and there is here no
intent to indict the good faith and
honesty of all the men engaged in the
banking business. ‘On the. whole the
banking fraternity“ is composed of.
high—minded, public-spirited and patri-
otic citizens, and most of them are

content with the legitimate use‘of the ,

funds entrusted to their care and a
fair return for their service. This
however, is beside the point. It is the
.system and the. wrongful use and
abuse of the agency at which this

blow is aimed. The system that opens-

the deer o: opportunity to the favored
few and closes it to all others. The
system that centralizes wealth and
prevents the equitable distribution.

econ only judge of the future by
. elodxe of the past. We can avoid
m pitfalls and evils- which have
"mitt rain to other nations. The

has been managing the institution

ti - an get

’zenship and the duty of states new:
to eradicate the evils which“
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that “The law provides a remedy for
every wrong. ” Public sentiment makes
the law. Therefore we must look to
the people. Without doubt the people
demand a larger measure of publicity
on the inside details of corporate man‘-
agement, financing and operation and
a greater exercise of supervisory pow-
er by the state or federal government.
Prevent the centralization of wealth
and preserve democracy. —Mcrmn W. .-
Shultz, Mecosta County. '1‘

  
     
      
 
      
         
     
      
    

     

 

    

SOME NEWSPAPER BUNK

The Associated Press reports that
the Allies are planning to feed the
starving population or Petrograd, but:
that the Bolshevik government must
be expelled first.

Submit to the form of Government
we desire you shall have, or starve, is
the word of the “Democratic” allies of
Russia. People who believe in and
support a. form of government differ-
ent from that of capitalist domocra-"y
or capitalist constitutional monarchy,
do not deserve to be fed, is the evident
view of our christian statesmen.

It is a christian thought. Let us
pray.——S. Staple.

      
     
   

      
      
    
     
     
      
           
 
    
     
     
        
 

SOCIALISM NOT PAST DEBATqu
It seems that some of our friends
are not much acquainted with the
word “Socialism.” Of course we un-
derstand that there is no Word in
the English language that is abused
any more than that word. Look up
“Daniel Webster”, or any encyclo—
pedia, or furthermore get a copy of
"Ca1‘l,,lVlarX” and you can very easily
determine what the word means.

There is no sane man or woman
who would buck anything of this
kind if they only understood it. .

Of course, we understood why
why that word, and “the throng”
was in full force. It would end ex-
are tricked so hard ,—of “socialism,”
ploltation and graft. The “Big Fel-
lows” would sbon be getting off the,
backs of the workers. They would
have to work or not eat at either
manual or brain labor.

' “Socialism” implies that the Gov-
ernment own all railroads, tele—
graph, telephone, steamship lines
and factories, etc. It would give
everyone a chance to own a home...
without being exploited. Probably
you think of “Smith” or “Jones” has
two or three thousands dollars he
must divide up. But that’s not so.

It will also give the laboring class
a-little more recreation, a. chance ' ,"’
for a little leisure and not working ‘
their heads off to support a lot of
ldlers or cxploiters. The workers will

      
    
    
   
  
   
  
 
 
  
    
  
  
 
  
  
    
    
   
    
  
   
   
   
 
   
  
   
  
     
  
 
    
   
      
   
  
   
   
  
 
   
   
   

get paid for what he produces. ll'
workers produce $10 or $20 a day
they will get that and no more.

Things will be made for use, instead
of profit. There will be_a pension
provided for those who have per-
formed their function of work. They
will not be driven to the poorhouse. , ‘
as they are today. Because they have ‘o
been beaten on all sides and robbed. ‘
and the pound of flesh exacted, the
grafting system will disappear.
The “Socialist Party” believes in case
of war, that the question be put be-
fore the people to vote- on, and the
ones that vote in favor of war will
be the first ones put to the front.
That of course will end the manag-
ing, for the money power is the ones
generally that starts it and the poor
devil fights the battles for men and
they reap the benefits, and people;
gets the bullets for a reward, of
patriotism.———J. N: S. Eagle.

 
    
    

CHEBOYGAN (JO-“V'ORK .

The Cheboygan (lo-Operative Mar-
ket Association held its annual meet- . ,
ing July 12 £11 and were me 1.500“
320 members, this w on. of the
largest Market Associations in the ,‘
state. Manager H. T. Glezcn, who:

  
    
    
      
   
  

   
   

veiy successfully, halted in 111-, les-r
ignation to take afloat Aug. 1st.
The Wolverine Markot Associa-
tion in the first annual report show-
ed the following-: twenty-three cars
of potatoes marketed; $1,000 pail
on warehouse; all expenses met; and
$565. 00 in the bank. 3
The local Cow Testing Associati n
is the first one north of Oceania
County, in the State of Michigan.“
W. B. M.M.1.Ly, Coun.y

     
 
     
     
     
     
 
    
    
 
     
 

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“God made the countrv, and man
made the townfl—iWhat wonder then,
f . that health and virtue should most.

. vabound. and least be threatened in

-’ ; the fields and groves..”—Cowper

s THE TRAIN PULLED OUT

- A of the dingy Grand Trunk De-
pot the other day, it carried as

one of its passengers a frail girl,

who, though young in years, had

ditions for an untrained country girl,
in a. city. As the train sped on, she

.~ gazed wistfully at the‘fields of sweet-
smelling, new- mown hay, and farther
away at the waving fields of red- -gold
wheat and the barley with its fresh
green, veiled in silver, and slowly
the tears began to force their way
through her half- closed lids, and she
leaned her head back on the hot, red
plush back of her car-seat. And they
were more tears of relief than disap-
pointment, for in that short month
that she learned the true value of
the things in life which make it
worth while. .

She was a smart pupil, apt at fig-
ures and a fairly good penman, and
she had supposed that that was all
that was necessary to command a
good position, so she had written to
'a large manufacturing firm, Qwho
hired girls such as she for general
office work, where no especial train-
ing was necessary. The letter com?
ing to her advised her that they
Would pay 'her $65.00 per month——
$15.00 each Saturday night, and the
country immediately took on a very
drab appearance for her and the
city beckoned with its will-o—the—wisp
call. At home her mother had given
her money for her clothes or had
bought them, and she had gone to
school and helped about the house,
r 1 and during the fruit season and va-
cations had helped harvest and pre-
serve the crop, but here was an op-
portunity to make a fortune. Her
mother offered her the same wages
she would have to pay a hired girl
to stay at home and help with the
house work and the fruit—-but the
farm had lost for her its attractive—
ness, and so she wrote to friends,
asking if she might board with them,
and upon being told that they would
give up their one small, extra bed

I room, she had come on to make her
‘ fortune. ,

The friends had experienced the
lot, of all other renters,—had moved
and moVed to escape the higher
rents, until finally there wasn’t an
available house to move into at a

, lesser rate of rental, and they were
.~ paying $50.00 per month for five
' rooms in a upper flat—no garden
1 ‘ . space, and only half of the small
back yard in which to hang clothes,
etc. They allowed her to share this
extra room with a younger sister who
was living with them, and gave her
two meals a day for $10.00 per
. week. allowing her to do her own
1,.- ’ laundry work, but of course she had

' to buy her soap, starch and blueing.
These were the little extras she
had‘never thought .of when she left
home. And then there was the mat-
ter of car fare. That was ten cents
per day—and her lunches were the

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greatest prbblem of all for at home

, she had had her dinner at noon, and
. she simply couldn’t satisfy her ap-
petite for less than 40 to 50c per
'.day. One evening that first week
'she had the girl with whom she
roamed went to the movie in the
neighborhood, paying‘ 17c each, and
that was the extent of her pleasures.
And so the weeks stretched out in-

to a month The other girls in‘ the
oflice were wearing the new sport
silk hats and she wanted one, but

, they cost $5. 00 and she found that
.she couldn’t even afford one of them,

what would she do, if she couldn’t
own buv a. hot when her wardrobe
should begin to need replenishing?-

g‘rown world- -wise as to working con- ‘

”where the cost of food

 
 
 

and then the question came to her—~ tions, and in such hotels, in dormfior.
ies, accommodations can be secured
for from $6 60 to $7 per week. But

did you stop to think that they are too. ”-—-[Boston Transcript.

And she felt so hungry too—when
the excitement of the day was over—-
them was a. craving—not for ordi-
nary food, but for the privilege: 01 go-
ing out into the garden and picking
some red raspberries or gathering a
nice bunch of crisp lettuce and some
tender young green onions for sup-
per. She didn’t quite know whatshe
wanted~—she hadn’t exactly analized
it—but she was really hungry for
the woods and the fields—in fact for
God’s out of doors.

Then a letter came from Mother
which changed the whole tide of af-

fairs. Cherries were ripening—the.
trees hung heavy with them, but
bushels would have to be lost as

.pickers couldn’t be secured for any

price. She was a wise mother—she
didn’t ask daughter to come home—-
but the very suggestion of. bushels of
food instead of small portions served
at long intervals was too much for
her, and so Saturday afternoon found

Edited by MABEL CLARE LADD.

not allowed to waSh out as much as

a handkerchief here and that such.

iomes are far too' few to supply the
demand. A survey of conditions in
our own city reveals the fact that
at the two best homes of this sort
they have had a long waiting list
for over a year. Therefore, unless

you are trained and, efficient, or else _

are willing to work in some one’s
home where board and room are
provided, think twice before leaving
your home in the country for the
tinsel of the city.

1: 4: as _ ‘
OUR READERS OWN COLUMN

RS 0. H. G. Manton, Mi.ch,
writes to compliment us on
the stand we have taken with
reference to the corrective farms for
boys, ‘
measure—this time a preventitive
one——which is Certainly good. We
had supposed that.allo‘ur side shows
at the local fairs had‘been properly

 

THEY sang a song of sum-

‘ mer time, but set it
to the tune

Of twinkling scythcs a-ring-

ing from dawn to burn.

. ing noon.

For their dreams were of

the harvest; they

glimpsed the golden

grain,

And toiled along in sunshine

and- thanked the Lord

for rain.

  
 
 
  
  
 

 

The world with music ring.
ing—-—_

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A Summer Song

 

 

The hills were in the sing-
ing, and the valleys ,of
the dreams

Soft-echoed back the music
as they caught ,the har-
vest- gleams, ' .

And the meaning of the sing-
ing by the summer choir
led,

Was in the toil that answers
Life's daily prayer for
bread.

   
   
  
 
    
 

A world with music ringing
The thankful song of Toil;
0, the summer’s in the sing-

 

 

 

The one glad song of toil, ing
Winds, ~rivers, joined the Where the plowshare turns
singing the soil.
As the plowshare turned ,
. the soil. . ’ —-FRANK L. STANTON.
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her, with her last pay clutched tight
in her hand, boarding the train for
home—where she could earn in a
month than she could save in the
city all‘ winter—and where 'She
would not be restricted to one room,
or a small flat, but to the whole
house; where she could go to the
parties with the school mates which
she now reluctantly acknowledged to
herself she had sorely missed.

This is not an exaggerated case.
Unless a girl takes some kind of a
buSiness training and~fits herself for
life in the business world, she can— ‘
not hope to earn a wage which will
permit her to live in a good locality
in a city, board..at a place Where
nourishing, wholesome, well cooked
food is served and clothe herself.
For what once was considered a
splendid salary is now merely a liv-
ing wage—while in the country,
is never
counted unless perhaps it may be‘
fresh meat: where agirl has her
own large, airy room, and the whole
house in which to live, she will find
that she is living, not merely exist-
ing, which is the case in the arid-.-
flcial boarding-house life of a busy
city. -

True you have read of the won-
derful homes for working girls in
the cities, where. both board and.
room can be"'secured, and where
chaperons are provided so that the
girls are living under ideal condi-

   

' witness,

censored so that the amusements

might be safely visited by old and,

young alike, but this subscriber tells
us of the side'vshows at local and
county ‘fairs where the sign “For
Men Only” advises that within those
canvass wallslthere 'is on display
that which, if it is indecent for wo-
men and children to See, should be
closed up.

For rightly conjectures this lady.

» that is just the kind of advertising

that attracts young men—they want
to do what seems to them a little
daring—and once inside, their baser
natures are appealed to. If you find
a show such as thsi on “your County
Fair grounds, there is one effective

way’ you can thwart it—just get up,‘

a petition and have it signed by
every law abiding man and women

00f voting age, addressing it to the~
your ..
. Fair- association and advising him

PreSident and Secretary of

that the Fair will not be patronized

until such show or shows as'the case. f;

mev be are closed.
We are glad to say that the State

Fair 61! Michigan at least has elimin-a
,atod this type of em and it public
spirited citizens everywhere will (lo-g,”
mend clean. side shows, they will get :1

them elsewhere.

 

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The Guip ‘Sprightly

“YOu there in overalls," shouted

the cross—examinind lawyer, “how
much are you paid for telling un-
truths?"

«“Less than you are, ” 'retorted the
“or you’d be in overalls

    
  

. yards of 36- inch material.

but wants to suggest anather _

  
 

 

  
        

 
 
 
  

   
  

  
 

    
  
  
   

2‘81—-— men 1 '
-3,4N 86, 88. 4328 44111114111“
measure Size 38 r mm as yards
inch material. Wld of sk’ rtat
edge is 1% yard.
No. 2886 -—Junio'r Dress. Out in »

 
  
   

sizes: 12, 14 and 18 years. Size 14 “will”
require 4% yards of 44- inch materia

No. 2569—Ladies' House DreSs C
7 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and
nohes bus measure. It requires for a
nch sizze, 6% yards of 36- inch materi'a .7
The dress measures about 2% ya ds ‘
the foot

No. 2872. --—Mens Shirt. Out 1
15.16%, 16,.161;§,17v 17%, 18 an
inches neck measure. Size 16 requir-

Cost

  
  

 
     
  
 
 
 
 
  
  

  
  
  
     
   
  

  

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42,
quires 2% yards of 36- inch mate
the 38 inch size. Skirt 2865 knit
sizes: 22 24. 28, 30,32 21
inches waist measure Size 26 redu -
4% yards of 44- inch material. Width of
skirt at lower ed s with plaits extended _
is about 2% yars Two separate pat.- i ,
terns. , , ;,
No. 2893—Gir1s Dress. Cut. in 8 . ‘ '
sizes: 12 14 and 16 years Size 14 re- , ’ '
quires 4% yards of 36-inch material. . .
l\ 23 33—Ladies Apron. Cut in 4'
sizes: Small, 32- 34; Medium, 3-6 38'
Large 40- 42, and Extra Lar’ge, 44-46
inches bust measure. Size Medium re-
quires 314 yards of 36- -inch material
No 2460——-Child Dress. ut in 4 sizes:
2 4, 6 and 8 years. Size4 4requires 2%
yards of 36- inch material.

   
 
  
 

    
 
    
 
  
   

 

 
 

  
  
  
  
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
  
   
   
   
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
      
   
  
  
 
  
 
   
    
  
 
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
 

 

 

 

 

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' Ina, CHILDREN: Every week

w thsfle'tters I receive from my

, 3 little friends become more in-
“ teresting and it is harder to choose
,~ -wl_;ifch ones to publish, as we haven’t
room for all you know. _
.‘_'The first prize of 3, Thrift Stamp
for t s best story of “How I Spent
fthe urth,” goes to_ Esther Seiter,
' of Rosebush,'whose letter'and story
appear below. . .
. Mildred Farrell, of .Blanch'ardv
Michigan, also gets a prize 'of 9.
Thrift Stamp for the best original
story. V ' ‘
_ g The story of General Pershing
which was'sent in by Alice Ambler
is so good we should publish it, al-
though- 'as Tshe has not guessed all
of the men whose pictures have ap-
peared so far, she is not eligible for
the-final prize Another one of our
contestants sent in a correct answer»
and will be COunted in the prize con-
test, but we,cannot publish the story
et-General Pershing she sends in be-
,cause 11'. An nun. In her own \vul‘uS.
Remember children, read all about
these men you can, and then put a-

’ " side ydur books and just tell me a—

'bout ‘them in your own words, not
referring to the books again except
for dates.—'—LADDIE.

A

‘of M. 15.

tam a girl

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Letters frorn Our Boys and Girls

 

First Prize

Dear Laddiez—I read about your giv-
ingja prize for guessing pictures of- great
men 1 think I wiil try to write anon. out)
one I received est-erday, June 30. Sun-
cerely yours— lice Ambler_ Brooklyn

The picture I found in the June paper
F., is General Pershing. He is
the greatest general of the World War.
You "should publish his picture because I
think if it hadn’t been for him we would
be havin war now. And as it is near
the fourt of July our thoughts as Amer—
icans, naturally turn to him, as we think
of the ‘war and who helped win it. Gen-
eral Pershing was always thoughtful for
others same as himself. He wanted his
country to get its credit that it had a

_right to have for helping in this war. .He

has always been loyal to his country and
his God.

Dear Laddie—This is the first time. I
12 years old and in the 7th
grade. My father takes the M. B. F. I
enjoy reading the ,children's page very
much. My father has 120 acres of land. I
have a colt and two kittens for pets.
I am trying to win the prize on how
spent the Fourth of July.-——Esther Seiter,
Rosebush, Mich.
How I Spent The Fourth of July

I spent the Fourth of July at Eight
Point Lake; it is about twenty-five miles
We went early in the
morning. We drove our car. > The lake
was too rough to 80 for a boat ride or
go fishing but we Went wading. We took
our dinner and supper with us and ate it
in the woods. There wer about twenty—
eight of us that went. We had fireworks
in the evening. I enjoyed that holiday
more than any other because it was the

 

 

 

 

 

day that the Declaration of Independence
was signed and the World War has end-
ed.‘
P, S
Dear Laddiez—I bought I would try to
\write again. I thank Miss Ena M. Fany
and iss Rosa Morrison for thelr let-
ters. - on’t some other little girls write
to me? I like .the D00 Dads and the
girls’ and boys’
0

I hope to see my letter in ,print.

 

letters I am 14 years
I am going to write a story and
try to win a prize. Please let this escape
the waist paper basket. Yours tr ‘y—-
Mildred Farrell, Blanchard. Mich.

.le The Fox and the Cat

~A sly old fox, who wa very proud of
his. cunning, one day me a modest cat.
“‘How do you do. Mr. Fox?” said the
cat. “Very' well,” replied the fox. “Come
now, Mrs, Cat, it is said that you are
very quick-witted; tell me, I pray you,
how many tricks you know for escaping
the dogs, the enemies of us both?‘ “Oh,

I know but one,” answered the cat, “and.

that is to scramble up a tree as fast as'I
can.” “Is that all?” said the fox; “why I
know at least a hundred. How I p.ty
your ignorance.” Just then they heard
the baying of.the hounds. “Good—bye,”
said the cat and running up a tree she hid
i the branches «where she could see all
that happened without being seen. The fox
tried all his tricks in vain.. The dogs
quickly. seized hm, As they were drag-
ging him away, he cat called from the
tree, “Good-bye Mr. Fox, how I pity you
and how lglad I am that I know one good

~ thing we

Moral—It is better we should know one
thing well than know lots of things just
51an ad ’we should never leave things un-

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Dear Laddiez—I have never writtenif
"to you before so I thought I would. I:
think the man’s picture who is in théii
paper is General Pershing. My school was?
UUL June 7. I passed to the 2nd grade.’
Well I will close;
hoping to see my letter in print. Chester};
Provost—Hartford, Mich. _";v

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. m‘Doo Da‘ds'sfe, having an
citing time of its: usual; Now that
.. they are free from any danger from
the Hun/Dads they have dolled their
- uniforms and seem. bent’on'no‘thing
else than . breaking each other.
' necks. One day the artist told them

1:31? his big city m
m ,n'gxr timeho mm m Won-

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' rotaBoolmpcm thethehedpm
'g. the people had on it. 'flu m

up a Roller Coaster ‘01 their own
and bad Just‘ started to put it in
operation. First they climbed up
that long crooked ladder and then
they crowded into the funny look-
in): boots. As soon as each best
use £1111},st it went rolling down
1 g m ,, But they made one
or!!! mu laughing their Roll-
‘er‘Oosstu': ' mm nothing” but

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“ The Dog Dads and Their Roller Coaster

boats. See what has happened to
the first boat when it hit the bum:—
er. It shot the poor little Doo Dads
right through the air. One 01' them
ilew head first against old Flannel
Feet, the Cop, and knocked the wind
out at 11113:. Old Doe. Sewbones,‘
who was climbing up the ladder
started out to give him first old but
slipped on the track and down he
comes sliding on his back. It that

next boat hits'him he will have tiff '
give himself first aid'before he ,9 ‘
attend to the cop. Poor-old Slee g;
y Sam, the Hobo, got on the us;

.and is running for his life to k».

out of the way. And what isg ,
up in the tree? If it isn’ta borne
nest. The hornets will make
warm for the merry-makers..gi'1t
to. be hoped the old Docuwillv not;
badly hurt for it looks “it; '
may be some braked bon’es “

  
 

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_. ducts since the- country
'- a war, the shipping trades,

a strike and the biggest 01
'11 ports are tied up, export

, tion and resultant depression
prices must be felt back in the
d-ucin‘g sections. They who claim
the, industrial workers and farm-
ave much in common and there-
should unite politically,‘ may be
6 how friendly Lies could be main-
: m when the laboring men to on
I‘Jkike and shut off the movement
[and products to the financial loss
the farmer. we cannot.

m..-E’uropean demand that we
.m'sisted would be felt has made
‘ ' manifest. From the United
0m, France, Belgium, Germany
, Netherlands even Russia, there
1;: at call for food and more food,
great ships loaded to capacity
awaiting at the: decks of ~ New
., City for the workmen to return
the engines, lift anchors
‘ start the ships on their journey.
on ships are lying empty and idle
hr: want, of the hands to lead. their
Ids with the treasures stacked a-
1'; the whurves, and still other
ps: are coming in only to lie at 11.11—
or. Shipping out of the port of

  
  

   

 
 

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gll' as we go to press and threats
trikes are menacing other export

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D. 2 Red ..... 2'. 25 2.24
Q. 3 White 2.23 2.21%;
2 lixml . . 2.23

 

Late harvesting returns are not
encouraging. Much of the win-
Whent in the big Wheat districts
solL; spring wheat 1.5 disappoint-
g, and black rust has destroyed a
, 1: deal. The total losses from soft
think, (1’. 1’ "E 3. v.0. \v. 1
ta! yield by considerable and
bile these losses 111'”: insignificant
Impared to the total supply, they
vertheless have a strengthening in-
Inence on the market and the de—
sand for wheat is as good as ever.
rhaps after all the p1edictions of
«1‘ Hoover that the world mice of
heat will no higher than the U.
guarantecd minimum, may -plOV8

l'n-']1:"‘ In

A- grave error was made in our
eat story-last ’week when it was
ted that t1.e 13:111311'1i::;;11 of prices
id for Wheat based on shipment
Detroit and on shipments to east-
ports showed a "~dis01iminato1y
This is not correct.
matter of fact,
es submitted by the G1ain Corpor-
i on, the price paid to the ("armor
wheat intended for shipment to
w York should be higher if any-
ng than on wheat consigned to
troit. A Monroe subscriber. wishes
know it $2.13 is a fair price for
1 Red Wheat at Monroe. We are
the opinion that it is a little low,
have written the (11 am C01 1111*

n for the exact price that should
paid. -
mers having diiiicnlty with the

grades should keep us inform-

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Yellow . .I
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IDdrolt tI Cl1lcu.goI—NY._~
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readers report an‘ excellent
ion of corn 11 all sections of
tats. Unfortunately, many farm-
1(it enraged because of their un-
lo experience with com the
coupons, cue to poor seed
frosts, did not plant

,, this year. AVLH'ZMQAS
nted their swell or a greater

   

  
 

  

.. ew York is practically at a stand-I

THE W‘EATHER

SEINMD.

‘_WA
1919..——1 a. t 11

ohm 80.
mm wave to m Wt
24 to 28,. storm wave 23 to 8'9.

coo;
wave 26 to 30

Next warm wave will reach Van-
couver about July 28 and tempera-
tures will rise on all the Pacific slopes
It wi‘l cross crest of Rockies by close
of July 29, plains sections 30, merid-
ian 90, great lakes. middle Quit es
and Ohio-Tennessee valleys 31,
em sections Aug 1, reaching vicinity
of Newfoundland about August 2.
Storm wave will follow about one day
behind warm wave and cool wave
about one day behind storm wave

The last great storm wave on my
charts Was set for July 3 to 11 and
the re- “1111 1.1, 3
tructive tornado in waste Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia an eastern

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1 As Forecasted by -‘W. '1‘. Foster for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING?

 

FOR THE WEEK

Ohio. The fragments of that. death-
deoling tornado ed over Washing.
ton. D. 0.. and air sngry clouds in-
lcatcd that a monster upheaval had - '
occurred westward Indications have
1alltthhemtfimo been’ that Sept . Au. and
- a of . I

Egberthergngvcro storm

less rainfall ythan Mav1

“hurricane $0191! did consider:

able damage on the Atlantic coast dur-
ing the severe storm p

August Will be a. tame weather
- month A moderate storm period cov~
ering 19 to 88 will no bring any such
danger-o stems as occurred July 5
to 11. e great rains of the Sum-
mer occurred in previous three
months and are not expected to be
so heavy in August. High tempera-
ture waves are cxpectedto cross con-
tinent July 30 to Aug. 3, Aug 10 to
14 and 27 to 31 Cool 'waves will cross
continent during the five days center-
ing'on Aug; 5 and 19. Most rain is
expected south' of latitude 45, east of
Rockies crest, particularly in the cot-
ton states.

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I-
acreage should realize a nice sum of
money from their crdp. The specu~
lators have tried to bear the market
the last few days, using favorable
reports and the eastern shipping
strike as weapons,
a temporary downward fluctuation,
the price has remained steady and
there are many who believe‘it will
continue to advance at least until
the new crop is harvested.‘ Corn
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Standard .. .. .82 $4,; I .91
No. 3 White .. .89 I
No. 4 White .. .781/4,
Oats are doing better. The condi--

tion of the new crop is very poor
not only in Michigan but in many
other states, and quite-a definite
1:;p01't demand has developed.

BEANS

The strength that developed in
the bean market last week is still
seen. The market has advanced from
ten to fifty cents a hundred in many
places, and the report is that the de-
mand is quite active. It is very evi-
dent that'the shortage of the navy
bean variety is now being felt. The
Detroit market quotes beans 'at $7.50

 

per cwt. Chicago quotes and,
per on t. lied Kidney ‘1‘.“ "113 are
very scarce and higher. We hope

many of our readers acted upon our
advice :111'1 planted a goodly acreage
of Red Kidneys this year. We are
assured from reliable sources that
the aceage will be small and prices
are sure to be good.

POTATOES

There is not much developing in
he potato situation of interest to
M. B. F. readers, and it will not be
until two or three weelzs when the
first 0L Michigan‘s new crop comes
on to the market that we shall have
much to say upon the 1919 crop
prospects and prices. New potatoes
from the south and west have been
none too plentiful. shipments rang
ing around 600 cars a day and prices
have advanced some during the last 1
two weeks. Farmers who planted
early potatoes this year will get a
good price for them. . ..

The State of Nebraska has passed
a potato grading bill embodying
many of the features of the federal
measure. We have written for a-copy .
of this act and will present it to our
leaders. We ought to have a law in
this state Which will insist upon
proper grading of potatoes and lion-
1 t methods 01: made, .At' the next
session of tilt legislature the potato
interests should certainly see that
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ILight Mix. ISt'nd. Tim. ‘ Timothy
Detroit 32. 50 37. 00 3] .00 32. 00 29. 50 30. 00
3Ilicago 34 00 35. 00 32. 00 33. 00 30. 00 32. 00
Pitts H37 00 37. 50 33. 00 34.00 25. 00 29. 00
N. Y. ”33 00 39. 50 26. 00 36. 0021.00 30.00

I Light M'ixl Clov. Mi '1 l' in
Detroit 31.50 34 00 31.00 31 50 32 00 :3-00
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Pitts .33. 00 34. 00 28. 00 29. 00 25. 00 26.00
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HAY TRADE CONDITIONS 011
THE WEEK

Eastern markets continue to de-
cline on account of the interior of—
ferings of old hay. Receipts have
been somewhat lighter this week as
farmers gre all busy in the fields
harvesting the new crop, the weath—
er in most sections being reported
fine for curing. New hay receipts
are increasing especially in the
West and South, where ,the hay is
reported generally in good condi-
tion. The receipts of new hay in the
East have been in pretty poor con-
dition and are not influencing the
market to any great extent at yet.——-
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Eyelis quiet and, steady, accord-
ing to Detroit market reports, with
’prices hovernig around $1.60 for
‘cash No. 2. Barley is quoted at $2.30
‘@_$2 40 per cwt. for cash No.3.

DETROIT PRODUCE LETTER

POTATOES—There are some re-
,ceipts of new potatoes arriving on
the market. They are worth about
$7.00 abarrel. .

BEANS—The bean market is not
as yet good. Hard to dispose of car-
lots. ‘Prices on small lots somewhat
improving. ..

FRUITS and VEGETABLES —-‘
Michigan 1‘113p)er‘.:1. 111d caeiries
demand good; receipts light.

WATr—Veal market higher
good quality. Receipts' light
there is a good demand.

DRESSED HOGS—Dressed hogs
are in good demand and bringing
better prices. ~

EGG S—Market firm. Weather con-
ditions uniavurable for freight ship-
ments. Fresh receipts by express are
preferred. Good quality bring good
prices.

POULTRY—Receipts light but
good demand Broilers in good sup.
ply. Large varieties bring top prices.
Market lower on broilers. Hens sell
on cl: at quotation. '

Bumapnsiry butter in good
demand but remain are light. Prices
ranging close to. t not. Good
quality of dairy in 11mm.

for
but

building construction the

'1

, 1y undesirable quality,

so f~r

- ing with rapid
"advance. A few Virshington Bing:

, 2. 40. Burbanks rule stead, $2 2‘5 o .
2. 50 and Tragedy “and m sale. 88 ',
Illinois wild guess in - 21l- nut

.Mm

‘BHSINDSS AND TRADE

Business momentum is so
and demand .is so heavy and so eager
that reflection is hardly yet visible
in either trade or industry of the
mbre disturbed outlook in the labor
stiuation, or of the further shading
of estimates of early planted crops,
notably wheat and oats, according to

Bradstreets. Of the latter it may be ,

said that winter wheat yields have
ago. nibeen shaded, while droutb.

‘ ‘scab, or other troubles in the west.

northwest has cut spring wheat and
other crops’ prospects and caused
Ve1y large manna-1.....- 0L half. matur-
ed ‘csttle from Montana and North
Dakota to better feeding grounds
eastward.

The crop Situation, however, finds
an almost complete balance in the
much improved reports as to corn
and cotton, which have continued
the gains previously noted. The
labor situation is serious, first, be
cause of the practical tying up of
shipping on the upper» Atlantic coast
holding threats of serious interrup-
tion of export trade, already feeling
the bad effects of demoralized ex—
change markets, and, next, because
the threats of a lockout of building

hands at Chicago is a sign of unrest '

of this class of labor at a time when

“vi/“m”
over was never so active. eekly
bank clearings 'were $8,831,626,000.

GOVERNMENT REPORT
Ham—Receipts in Michigan’s "sec;
tion light, prices somewhat higher
for all grades, most .of arrivals new
crop, quality good, demand generally

good for all giades old a1 1d new.

Ground Fecds:-—Whut food prices
higher, supplies not equal to demand
caused by flour mills not operating

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to capacity. Cottonseed meal almost '

unobtalnable. Grain: Cornz— Corn
seems active and prices higher. Ro-
ceipts light, demand moderate,‘prices
lower than a week ago. Oatsz—Oats
are in good demand with prices

higher than a week ago. Ryez—Ryob ,.

market not active, prices lower. Bar-
ley: ——-Prices lower With liberal re-
ceipts.

CHICAGO ‘ FRUIT REPORT

With cantaloupes losing out in
popularity because of their general-
fruits are.
gaining the upper hand. Apricots
and cherries are winding up, late
fruits are just beginning to move,
and with other seasonable varieties
arriving in modei: e r ant/'11.". to
market is satisfactory. The demand
is lively for everything, and
supply far too light to satisfy
h" 5'1: l‘ (it. \v’ 1.1 1
tions combining in its favor the
fruit market is ruling firm on all
uni-dies and a feeling of strength
is noted.

California apricots are practically
cleaned up, 11'L.,..y 1- "cw tsilenrl-
crs arrivin. These, when sound
and of goo quality,s sell quickly, 88
cxate wh 1-3 fancy in Royal lugs find
fast disposal, $1. 75@2. 25. ,
'Receipts of Northwestern cherries

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the

V f"

are decreasing, the deal from Wash- ,

ington being about 1‘1 zed. Only
four cars of Northwestern-i arrived
th's week and the result in 8
market iully 500 stronger and um.

Oiegon Lambers. in 16 ll. lugs

ma 3.75 4. 5. and smoot-
com ”A ’ gisnosal, avg at the

are moving last, 83. 75 @ 4.16 lb.
lugs. :-' r 1,
Offerings of northern Michigan.

cherries are also very moderate, audi.

as they are generally of nice grad;-
ing, they are in good rmumi

the market rules firm and stronger.
Fancy Mountmorency in 16-ouoi-t
cases command $4®4 '.25 Black

gcctm Windsor: do not so herein. .

The @supply of plums is moderate. '

but just enough to supply buyers.
Good Climax plums bring 81. '850

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“ur. so bolus.- _
eyg sold readily. _ , $505.25

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Inder h‘eavier receipts of grapes

_ Tithe market has" taken on a‘ some-
gwhat easier tone. Imperial seedless

are being Offered, $3.25@4.50 crate.
Malages are.opening up and are
high as yet, quotations being $4.25
£05.50 for four basket cases. Some
arrivals show decay and prices are

governed Over a fairly‘wide range.

LIVESTOCK

Detroit” prices opened this week as
follows: . .

Cattle—Market steady. Best heavy
steers, $14@14.50; handy weight
butcher steers, $12.50@ 13; mixed
steers and theifers, $10.50@11.50;
handy light butchers, $9.50@10;
light butchers, 8.50@9; best cows,
‘$10.50; butche cows, $8.50@9.50;
common cows, $7; canners, $6@ 6.-
5’); best heavy bulls, $10; bologna
bulls, $8.50@9; stock bulls, $7.50@
8; feeders, $10@10.50; stockers, $8
@ 9; milkers and springers, $70@
100.

Veal calves—Market dull. Best
grades, $18@18.50. »

Sheep and lambs—-—Market dull.
Best lambs, $17; fair lambs, $14@

. 16; light to common, $12@14; fair

to good sheep, $8; culls and com-
mon. $4@6.

Hogs—Market steady. Yorkers
and heavy, $22; pigs.°$22@22.50.

Fat hens 85c; light hens 82c; old
cocks 200; broilers 35-40c; geese
23c; turkers 38c; ducks 30c; spring
ducks 850; No. 1 veal 27c; No. 2
veal 23-260; dressed hogs, light
weight 260,‘ heavy 23-250; Maple

syrup, extra grade $3 per gal.; dairy'

butter 40-50c, according to quality;
eggs, new laid, candled, poultry farm
whites 50c; poultry farm brown 49c;
current receipts 46c.

LIILK PRODUCERS SPLIT 0N
DETROIT SURVEY

 

(Confirmed from page 1) .
consider hurt pride as an alibi for
the failure of the oflicers of the as-
sociation to welcome an-nd assist in
a. survey. So far as the members of
the Milk Commission are concerned
they have done their best in a very
difl‘lcult and trying situation and no
blame will attach to them if federal
investigation shows that the figures
of the distributors are not reliable.

A Job That’s Too Big

”the Michigan Milk Producers’ As-
sociation has had a representative in
Detroit for some time who 'makes an
occasional cursory survey of the milk
receipts, surplus, etc. He is Mr. Geo.
W. Burt. Mr. Burt is a dairy farm-
er; owns a fine farm in Wayne coun-
ty, and is withal a very conscientious
worker, and it is no reflection upon
him. to say that he has neither the
training n-or help required to make a
complete and authentic survey. In
fact Mr. Burt frankly” admits that
the field is altogether too large for
him to compile dependable data upon
the subject.

Several months ago so we are ad-
vised, Mr. Hale Tennant, federal mar-
ket director for Michigan, was inter-
viewed concerning the Detroit milk
situation, but inasmuch as his ef-

. forts did not receive the friendly co-

operation of oflicers and distributors
upon Whom he depended to assist
him, he dropped the work. The re-
port has 'been circulated that Mr.
Tennant made the statement that the

producers were already getting .25‘

per cwt. more for their milk than
they were entitled too and a federal
investigation could only result in a
lower price to the producer. Mr. Ten-
nant emphaticall denies that he
made any such 5 ement, declaring
that such a survey could result ohly
in good to the producer. His opin-
ion is, however, that the producers of
the Detroit area are not getting what

they should for their milk, or that the ,

producer is entitled to every, cent he
can receive for his product. ‘
Unfortunately, there are those who

I _,do not take kindly tothe proposed

gryey-end are trying to'discourage
e

     

ands. Should they‘persist in these
it is almost certain to result
reach among the ranks, ,wh ch
lg ime Would'be calamitous. The
at» the producers can hold

. farmers from pressing their _de-.

" ’ ‘ recent.

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price for their. product. ‘ The «die-
"tr‘ibutors "have repeatedly threatened

 

to break their contract "with the Pro-
ducers' Association,+-——'-and there is
nothing to hold them to" it—Aprwid—
ing certain concessions are not made.
Familiarity breeds contempt, it is
said, and it is entirely possible that

the distributors may have sensed a

spirit of compromise on the part of
the association heads in their close
contact with them, and' are taking
advantage of it.
Dairy Councils Slapped.
Members ' of the Dairy Councils,
now powerfully organized in much

'Of the Detroit area, received what

\

they considered a bitter slap in the
face, in the following letter from
Sec. R. C. Reed, sent to all locals of
the Michigan Milk Producers’ Asso-
ciation: '

July 16, 1919.
“My Dear Sir and Friend:

“As you are possibly advised by
this issue of the Michigan Milk Mes-
senger that there will be a meeting
of the Detroit Commission at the
Chamber of Commerce, July 30, at 1
p. m. It is most desirable that every
local shall have two representatives
at this meeting. You cannot afford
to ignore theSe things for the price
of your pro-duct and the life of the
organization depend upon your at-
tendance. Every part of the Detroit
area should be represented. We urge
you, if you have not been in the hab-
it of sending delegates, to see to it
that two delegates attend this meet-
ing. Come prepared to express your-
self in a brief and concise way, if
opportunity may present itself. Per-
sonally, I shall endeavor to give to
each local, the opportunity‘ to have a
voice in this matter. This is your
business and We awant to co—operate
with you to the limit in securing
what is due the milk producers of
the Detroit area. We are very anx-
ious to have delegates from each lo-
cal so that they may get correct im-
pressions of what is being done and
convey these back to their locals. It
is not all the impression: you give,
but also the impression you receive,
and we beg 0f you not to delegate
your authority to others, but have
"your own local representative. '°

“Trusting that we may meet you
there, I- remain as ever,

"Very truly yours,
' ”R. C. REED."

The letter may mean trouble, say
dairy council leaders. Macomb coun-
ty, has decided to live up to the
ideals of the Dairy Council Move-
ment—namely to strengthen the
state association. It is expected that
the other counties will fall in line.

STANDARDIZE THE POTATO

In growing a. quality potato suited to
this section of the‘state, the Green
Mountain type has been found to be
generally satisfactory. If all members
grew the same variety of potatoes we
could put up a large number of cars
just alike on the market and create a
demand for quality potatoes, “Clover-
land Green Mountains." The Daggett

Association adopted the name “Clover- ‘

land Market Association.” Some such
name might be adopted as a trade
name for the Green Mountain potatoes
0: the Upper Peninsula, and perhaps
become quite as famous as the “Maine
Green Mountain" potatoes or the “Sun
Kist" oranges of. California.

On June 6th, Maine Green Mountains
were quoted on the New York market
according to the Bureau of Markets,
Market Report, at $1.27 to $1.45 per
bushel, while the Michigan Round
Whites were $1 to $1.20 per bushel. The
54 organizations in the northern part
of the Lower Peninsula have adopted
Petoskey Golden Russets. The nine,
or we be e at least twelve associa-
tionsrin t e Upper Peninsula could
take steps to standardize the r pota—
toes. It would be to our advantage
to do so; an advantage of 25c to 27¢
per bushel in car load lots.

If e. large enough volume-of busi-
ness‘is developed here, President Bu-

Vell stated that a branch of the‘ Cadil-
' lac Exchange might be placed here to

handle the business of the Upper Pe-
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ers. B gym- I tame—Leonard Baker,
Grand _ . , . _ l

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LIKE all progressive farmers you are sold‘on
the proposition that a silo full of chemo
ensilage pays» handsomely. The less it costs the
better it pays. May we talk with you .for a minute
about the easiest and cheapest way of filling your 5110?

Silo filling cost depends upon three things —— the
cutter’s capacity for work, the cost of power and
the length 01 time the cutter lasts. A cutter w1t_h
capacity keeps your men and horses busy ——that is
one saving. An International ensflage cutter, usmg
little power, feeds easily does not choke and ele-
vates the silage in a-steady stream into the highest
silo. With ordinary care you can use an Interna-

nation-al more seasons than you W111 believe.

There are five sizes, all of the knife and blower on flywheel
type, one of which will do your work at little cost. Every
International cutter can be depended upon for satisfactory
work-every one is backed by a service that keeps it gom
throughout the filling season. To be sure of economyen
satisfaction in your silo filling this year get in touch With a

nearby International dealer or write 11's for catalogues.
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counterfeit imitations.

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imitations. .
Demand the (canine by full name
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810 extra. for each insertion of your ad. you can have a photo-
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PAY FOR FAR}! 0R RANCH LAND.
productive clay soils, with Alsike clover
seed or Canada field peasp Only small
eash‘paym’ent required Money advanced
for live stock at 6'7... Jnn. i: Krauth.
owner, Millersburg, Mich.

FARMS AND LAND

' IMICHIGAN COUNTRY HOME IN
the College County” for sale—-Immedi—
e possession; spring crops in; onlong
erm contrac if desired, fully equipped
-_aere <..i.ll'y farm with established
H to inspected ll{"l"(], registered Holsteins.
_ eaded by 34—1b. King Korndyke Sadie Vale
.huli; two good farm homes within 15
minutes of State Normal College. 40
”.minutes- of University of Michigan, 60
minutes of Detroit, 90 minutes of Toledo.

 

FOB SALE—SO-ACRESIle-H‘V AND,
denesee county,Gaines Twp. Est of
land. 2 1-2 miles to RR station. Metho-
dist and Polish Catholic churches. High
school. Wire fenced drive, well and wind
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.j’over good roads. With or without cat- E41113; Martin" owner' swarm creel"
g; ililgidt.eqltxfiprrilient. William B. Hatch, '
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240-ACBE RECORD CID-0P, MICHI-
. gan farm, $7,700, 120 acres smooth
gleam tillage, clay subsoil, has grown 100
bu. corn per acre, 40 bu, wheat; 60-cow
“wire-fenced pasture, 15 acre. wood, -
- ber fruit; near RR town, lz-room house,
lilo-foot 'cow barn, horse hm“) (‘W‘l’l 1“"

 

 

CORN HARVESTER—ONE-MAN, ONF—
horse, one-row, self-gathering. Equal to a
corn'binder. Sold to farmers for twenty-
three years Only $25, with fodder binder,
Free catalogue showing pictures of bar-
vester. PROCESS CORN HARVESTER
CO.. Salina, Kan.

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'anary, etc. To settle affairs, quick

uyer eta all, $7700, easy terms. Details HERDSMAN WANTED BY MICHI-
, page 3 Catalog Bargains, 19 States, gan School for the Deaf, Flint, Mich.
3 WP? free. STROUT FARM AGENCY, State experience and salary expected. W.

814 F, Ford Bld., Detroit. L. Hoffman, Steward,

 

mans son SALE—BIG LIST or no I nor. in amusing- ,
‘ farms for sale by the owners, giving pert , 0 :il on, Durwarm ob roug g
I his name, location of farm, description, it. Wil emonstrate what "it will do on

price and terms Strictly mutual and eo- level ground. Fred K Dibble, Frankfort,

 

,' operative between the buyer and seller Mich.
’; and conducted for our members. GLEAN- .n
l ER CLEARING HOUSE ASS’N.. Land WANTED —- GIRL FOB GENERAL

Dpt.. Gleaner Temple, Detroit.

FOR SALE—ao-ACRE FARM;
good pasture; 85 ‘a. cleared; 25 a. clay;
alance black loam subsoil; small orch-'

, housework. 49 Stimson Place, Detroit,
Mich. .

 

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AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE
I want to sell my 1918 series, six-cyl-

gresired. Bert Greanya Standish Mich. R. good condition, will last easily five to
o. 8. eight thousand miles. This car is easily
worth $1,250 (to duplicate it in size.

 

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would cost more than $2,000); but I will
sell this car for $975 cash, or $1,050
terms and take Liberty bonds or bank-
able paper. I will deliver and demonstrate

to exchange for a Poultry a
southein ..ll(1l'llgitli. 1..

HAVE A DANDY 80-A03E
' in ..
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l ard post barn, stanchions for 14 cows, inder, seven-passenger Studebaker. I have
i ood cellar, anary, hen house, medium driven this car one 'season' only. It is
4, ouse locate near Standish; three miles in fine mechanical condition, was painted -
2' northeast Pine River depot Will sell dark rey two months ago; looks and
i. farm alone $4,000 or stock and tools it drives ike a new car. Cord tires, all in

power and appearance with a. new car‘

FOR SALE—IGO-ACBE FARM, CLAY
loam, all improved. well fenced, A-l rock

‘ Well, 8-room brick house bank barn 44x67.

Other buildings all first class condition.

f Eight miles from Bad Axe and 4 miles

from Ubly. Wm. Franz Sn, Ubly, Mich.,

NR. F. D. 2.

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the car to purchaser anywhere in the
lower peninsula. This is a bargain for
any farmer with a large family who
wants a big car at small car price, If
you are interested write at once to Box
12, care Michigan Business Farming, Mt.
Clemens, Mich,

Read this letter

Monroe, Mich., May 15, 1918
Gentlemenz—I sold my farm near Wolver-
ine through the ad in M. B. F.

I received over

E. B. GRISWOLD.

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Western Canada offers the
* Large profits are assured.

   

. ushels of wheat to the acre.

merits of the million and

greatest advantages to home seekers.
on can buy on easy payment terms.

Fertile Land at $15 to $30 per Acre—

land similar to that which through many years has averaged from 20 to 45 ,
_ Hundreds of cases are on record where in Western \.
- anada a sin lg crop has $8“!th coat of land and production. The Govern- \

rovmces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta want '

Grow Wheat in Western Canada

. One Crop Oiien Pays“ ior

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rain Growmg and Stock Ralsmg.
~0ughWestern Canadaoffers land at such low figures. the high
: of grain. cattle. sheep and hogs will remain. '
Loans for the urchase of.stock may be had at low interest:
- are ‘ .. g facilities; best of markets; free schools;
1 89! fit» _ age; lgwt‘sfiitiog (none or: improvements). ,
. Mvnt'e‘c. etc" appl‘; to Suptfiff 1:13ng 6:33.. Com. ct:
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The recent rains saved the berry
crop. , Oats are ‘light. Corn fine. Po-
tatoes also look promisfiig. ‘ Three
car'loads of sheep have been ship-

ped into Fountain and distributed-

to farmers in the northeastern sec-
tionot the county. Telephones are
being'discarded by both
men and farmers in Freesoil, Foun-
tain, Custer, Scottville and surround-
ing country. The cause is an increase
in rates and a toll for any message
going through Scottville Central.
The farmers feel that increased rates
are justifiable, but that free service
should be maintained Within the
county. It is reported that the Tele-
phone company has a crew of men
busy taking out the discarded phones.
The farmers of this county are get-
ting organized and are learning the
value of co—operation. They mean biz.
———B. M. Ludington, Route 2.

MONROE, (N. EJ—Whenl nut.
‘hay.done, wheat, plenty straw, poor-
ly filled. Oats and barley, outlook
poor—small acreage. Some corn in
tassel and corn on spring plowing
poor on account of drouth. Light
shower the 15th., with some wind
which damaged some corn. Lot of
land idle, on account of wet spring
and dry summer—impossible to plow
it now. Crops about all sold out. A
farm sold at $200 per acre. Wheat
threshinghas begun. Small turn—out
and of poor quality—all shrunk. The
follownig prices were offered at New
Port on July 11:-—Wheat 2.18;’corn
2.40 per ewt.; cats; 65 to 70; hay,
No. 1 timothy, no market, No. 1
light mixed, no market; potatoes
2.60; hens 25 to 27; springers 40;
butter 37 to 45; eggs 42; sheep 7
to 10; lambs 14 to 15; hogs 18 to
22; beef steers 10 to 12; veal calves
16 to 19. ——G. L. S., New Port, R.
F. D. 2.

MONTCALM (s. W.)——The bar;

vesting of wheat, rye and barley is
nearly completed, there being a med-
ium acreage of wheat and many fine
fields, which are expected to yield
much better than last year. A large
acreage of rye which is yielding good
on the average,'as most farmers are
threshing from the field and draw—
ing from the separator to the mar-
ina". There is a small acreage of bar-
ley, the straw being very short and
although many fields are not out yet
and the yield is not expected to be
large. The cats are poor in this sec—
tion of the county, being very short
and will be readv to harvest in
about two weeks. The following
prices were offered at Greenvllle, on
July 16z—Wheat, $2.15; corn $1.85;
onto 70; rye 1.40; bone 20; butter
50; eggs 38 to 40; sheep 10; lambs
15; hogs 19 to 29; beef steers
0; beef cows 8; veal calves 9 to 11-,
W. L., Greenville, Route 1.

ARENAC, (E).—Whoa! Glad dear
friends to be with you again. Never
missed anything so much in my life
as I did the county correspondents.
Well, to begin with, it looks as the
farmer in this part of Old Arenac
would be a. little the loser this year
as the prospects for cats, — sugar
boots and such are very poor. Oats
are very short and in places will not
be worth'harvesting, while sugar
beets, the farmers’ cash crop, will
be poor because the lateness of them
will make the tonnage light. In our
immediate vicinity wheat, corn and
beans look good, also rye. Everybody
busy haying now and news is a little
scarce as the writer is also haying.
Will try and givve you more news
next week. The following prices were
offered at Twining, on July 11:--
Oats 60; beans, (C. H. P. Pea) $6;
hens 20; butterfat 46; eggs 35;
hogs 19; wool‘58.—M. B. R. Twin-
ing, Route 2. . ,

ST. JOSEPH, (EAST).-——Grain all
out but cats'and-barley. Wheat 3. fair
crop and rye-good. Barley and oats
almost a failure. Mostly whiskers to
barley. Buildinggoing on as usual.
Ready to: Wheat plowing and some
threshing. Fruit good here. The fol—
lowing prices were offered at Colon,
July. 11:——Butterfat 46; eggs 40.-—-—
W. H., Colon, R. F.-D. 2. - '

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_ is good. Untreated wheat‘is badly'ab“
_ Plect'ed by smut. The drouthg has
' «been broken and crops are picking '
up. Raspberries are being marketed-

   

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’th‘anlast year". ,The boy market is
. just opening up” and the'buyersare ,
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short? crop-as yet.“ = acreagefl' is le‘s

ley are growing fine now. ’1 The fol-
lowing prices were offered at .Imlay.
City on July 16:7—Oats, Old 75c;
hens 23 to 25c; butterflc; butterfat

500; eggs" 43c; sheep 6, Lott-lambs?
12 to 13; hogs 18 'to 21;y'beef-steers, ’ '

8 to 12;* beef cows 5 to .8; "veal

C. A. B. Imlay City, R. F. D. 2.5»

_ MONROE. (W. C.)-—We are hav—
ing some very dry weather in' ~this
part of the county. Corn and late
potatoes are looking fair; early po—
tatoes are almost a failure. Hay Was
a good crop, and was taken care of
in good shape. Oats and barley are
short on account of the drouth.
Wheat has a large growth of straw,
but the grain is not what we expect-
ed. The kernel is small and some are
shrunk. The yield is 20 to 90 bushels

.per acre. The following prices were

offered at Petersburg, on July 189-»-
Wheat $2.12; corn $2.48 per cwt.;'
oats 68c; rye $1.30; hay, No. 1 tim-
othy $30; hens 34c; springers 400;
ducks 28c; geese 280; turkeys 29c;
butter, dairy 45c; butterfat 52c;
eggs 41c; hogs $20; veal calves $13.
W. H. L., Dundee, Route 1. <

WEXFORD, (C).-——-Grain in this.
part of the country looks excellent
and if nothing happens there will be
a big yield. Corn and potatoes look
good. Thererare some. grasshoppers
in the northern part of the township

that are doing lots of damage. The -

dope that some are selling don’t
seem to have much effect on the
hoppers—S. H. S., Harriette, Route 1

SANILAC, (N. E.)—-—Farmers are
busy in hay and wheat, both crepe"
being good. A good rain recently.
Most of spring crops coming on nice-
ly. Corn promises good. Commercial
Fertilizer used quite generally. Some
'red berries being picked now. Help
of all kinds ‘scarce. Almost every one
is selling milk, or cream. Stock do—
ing well. Only a few pigs about here.
Potatoes and beans, light plantings.
Spring grass seeding doing fine so
far. Fruit'a light crop, especially ap-
‘ples. ~ ,

ISABELLA, (S. W.)—Hay is a
small crop in this vicinity. Cats and
spring wheat damaged by dry weath-
er. Corn looks fine and far advanced
of previous years. The following
prices were offered at Blanchard,
on July 12;—Wheat, $2; cats, 65;
rye $1.40; hay, No. 1, timothy 25:
beans, (0. H. P. Pea) $6; uter-
fat 48; eggs 40; hogs 20; best.
steers 10 and down; beef cows 7;
veal calves 12; wOol 70.——W. D. T.
Blanchard, R. F. D. 1.

OSCODA. (S. W.)———The farmers
are busy cutting hay. Quite slot of
rain. Soil is good. The following
prices were offered on July 15:—
Oats 80; hay, No. 1 light mixed 9‘);
potatoes 75; hens $1.00; butter 45;
buttertat 50; eggs 80; sheep, high;
lambs, high; hogs, high? wool
M. E. 0.. Duzerne. '

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BAY, (North)——‘Farmers are har-
vesting wheat and barley. The re-
cent rains are helping beans, corn,
beets, and oats. Soil is dry and hard.
Cats and barley will be rather light.
Beans are looking good. The pass.
lures are pretty well dried up. A,
little plowing done. Wages are high
and labor hard to secure. Not much
being sold_but a few-oats and corn.
Some alsike clover is being threshed
at this time. The following prices
were paid at Bay City July 17:—.—
Wheat, $2; corn, $1.75; cats, 70; rye,

»$1.20; buckwheat, $2.50 cwt.; barley,

_ July 19- ,.

$215 cwt; beans, 8650;..potatces.,.$275

hens,‘ 22; springerSLSO to, 32; but... ’
ter. 53; butterfat, 43;».‘19889-‘40kshgep:

dr_essed,- 16, to 18;“ lemma; 25- to, .28
hogs light,- 24; heavyr‘lii‘irtolB,”
steers, ‘15 to. 17; best Cow‘s, lite?"
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. . MORTGAGE ~DIFFICULT1ES

I gave my .wife a joint deed tor-11y...
farm. Her, father paid a mortgage of '

,' $500 in 1910 which was placed on the

farm to' build a house. .The father gave

‘ her-”this mortgage. ,The house burned
and she received $275 insurance; No
interest has been paid or nothing~ has

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i. ‘ "A. to ”put {a woven wire fence . to keep.
".fB'sstock‘ciut when a barb_wire fence
Twill“. hold ’ A’s’stock
, p‘an County; ., . . g.
‘ TI! the land ofeach is improved and
‘ theportiOn of-the‘_llne fence has been
'assignedpflto eac ' then A ‘must build
"such a. fence as 3 ill be' a- lawful. fence
as defined in the statute. He does not
have to do so until .the land of each
has been improved and the portion be;
longing to each has been assigned.—

in?—-L. 3401,1619”

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‘ ’nfih Its for harem-tion addressed. trilli- donne-

been done to this‘mortgage since. 1910
when it was paid by her father. Have

I got. to pay intenest since that date
and also the face of the motgage? Will

you kindly give me full information?—-~

F. 16., St. Charles.

_‘If the mortgage was assigned .to the
wife and. not“paid" by the father then
she“ will own the mortgage and may

foreclose for the amount due.

The

amount‘due will be the face with in-
terest to the' time of the payment from

the insurance.

Then deduct the in-

‘surance and compute the interest to
date. 'Upon,foreclosure enoughof the
land may be bid off to pay the mort-

half, and discharge the mortgage.

the husband may file a bill to redeem.
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COUNTY CROP REPORTS
MISSAUKEE; (N. 'E.)—Farmers

\are.,cultivating, and poisoning grass

hoppers. Rye and wheat harvest are

.. o‘n.'Haying is all 'done and very lit—
-. tle of it. Late potatoes are on a poor

stand, owing to the hot, dry condi-
tion of the soil when they

planted. Grass hoppers are eating

' the millet and buckwheat as soon as

it comes up and in some places they
are eating the potatoes. There will
not be many apples this year. The
following prices were ' red:—
Oats 80c; potatoes, no mar t; hens
280; butter 450; butterfat 490;
eggs 36c; hogs ,17 to 180; beef
steers-7c: beef cows 5 1—2c; yea]
calves 150. H. E. N. Cutchedn,

CLARE (N).——Farmers are busy
haying, and harvesting with light
hap crop, and good rains recently.
Little produce being sold. The fol-
lowing prices were‘ofiere‘d at Harri-
son, July 12:——Wheat $2; bats 70c;
hay, No. 1 timothy $34; No. 1 light
mixed $30: stray, rye $1.0; hens 200;
springers 24c; butter 450; butterfat

beef
steers' 7 to 8,0; beef cows 7c; ~veal

calves '20c; wool, 58.s——S. J. M. Her.
~ .rison. , . .
’ GRAND TRAVERSE, (south),

.' We are having nice‘ weather; had a
: nice rain

last, Monday but could
stand some more. Farmers, are har-

‘;.vest_ing rye and cultivating. Hay was

a 'yeryvlight crop, owing to~the dry

. potatoes. '-

. , "thins. .
PROBE. - A silo blew over last weeki'at
" win‘i‘abig‘ wind storm. The following
7 {prices were paid at Grand Traverse:
' Oats,
""butterfet, 54; eggs 38.—C; 1.. 13.; wu-
Hamburg, July 18 .

-, (Central)-—The thresh: -
gins has .just

weather. Nothing doing yet in new
Crops will have to have
more rain if they amount to any-

Grasshoppers are very bad in-

$1; beans, $6.50; butter; 40;

KSON,
started.‘ Eye .is not
ing’ as: good as expected, about

. er' acre. Not much wheat
"'re' ndt heard of any

The following prices
at..lacnson July '18:—

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Wheat, $2.10: corn selling; oats, 71;
rye, $1.30; hay, No. 1 timothy, $27;
No. 1 light mixed, $26; straw, $11;
wheat-oat, $10; potatoes, $1.35; hens
27; springers, 35; butter, 54; butter-
fat, 55; eggs, 44; sheep, 9; lambs, 15;
hogs, 19; beef steers, 11%; veal
calves, 16.~B. T." Parma, July 18.’

OAKLAND, (North)—!I‘he haying
is about all done. Hay is a light
crop but good quality.
wheat and rye cut, and it is a fair
crop. Some wheat sold for $2.10; not
threshed yet. Corn is coming along
well. Potatoes that were planted .in
season are doing fine and no bugs
yet to bother. Pasture is getting
short. Help is a scarce article. There
is not much to go to market, only
some beans and no market for them.
Beans will be a small crop here as
noone planted.

ST. CLAIR, (Central)—Wheat and
rye nearly all cut; Rosen rye and
Red Rock’wheat stand ahead of oth-
er varieties by a Wide margin. Hay
is a good crop and about one-half
harvested. Oats and barley look

_. good altho a little later than usual.

Cern is the best for, a number of
years, many fields beginning to tas-
Potatoes re good but a
small acreage. Beams are a very
small acreage here but look good.

,Pasturef drying up owing to contin-
ued 'hot dry weather.
‘pric‘es were palm—Oats. 66; hay, No.

The following

1 timothy, 30'; No I light mixed, $28;
p‘otdtdes, $2 bu.; cucumbers, $2.20
(my; hens 33; springers, 40; butter,

'55; butterfat‘ 52; 6888, 40; wool, 65.

-—‘-H. E. R., ~Goodeils, July 12.
CALHOUN. (S. W.)——Most of the
grain-cut; threshing will commence
next. week. A\bad wind storm pass-
ed over this vicinity "Wednesday do-
ing. some damage toxsiIOs and mills,
etc., also blowing grain down. but the
rain was much needed, Corn is look—
ing fine Oats, are very near" a fail-
ure. Late potatoes are looking gbod
but the early ones wilfybe; late on ac-

count (of the dry ’ weather. The iron; ..

lowing prices were ohms ‘st Athens ‘
July 11':‘-—4-Bu-tter £5; butter-fat, 50;
eggs, 40:53:. E.

gage and the balance will still belong
to husband andwife. 'It can not be
said ~.th‘at eac‘h owes half -,as this is an
estate by entirety but it would be
about as fair as any for each to pay
If
the wife‘réfuses to adjust the matter

  
    
     
     

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light, compact and easily carried in the hip pocket.

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pendent farmers’ weekly owned and edited in Michigan. ,Y?“
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sale In Michigan .12 you are
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CATTLE

_ HOLSTEIN-FEIESIAN

 

’ A GENERAL
PURPOSE BREED

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; The Holstein-Friesian breed excels
.in milk production; it is superior for
Neal production and valuable for beef
production. ‘

I IIOLSTEIN-FIUESIAN ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, Box 295 Bratileboro, Vt.

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seriousness. f
HOLSTEINS, ’
SHROPSHIRES, .
ANGUS.
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fluidised Idea at special low rates; ask for them. rite toéflayl , __

. _ 3111111111111st mec'ronx. MICHIGAN. seamless PAEMING, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. , ’ ;' ’ ‘ * ’

an BA 1! B Ye C 0. SMOBTROBN

' Association wish to announce

their new sales list for about October 1,

beef or milk strains. \ Write

1 if L. Thorpe, Sec’y., Milo.
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BHOBTHOBNS, 10. READ [’0 SE-
lect from. Write me ydur wants. Prices
reasanable. Wm J. Bell. Rose City. Mich.

HOB'I'EOBNS and POLAND CHINAS
all ooh! out. None for sale at pres
eat. 3‘. M. Piggott I: 860. Fowler, Mich

our wanbegts to W.

 

 

Homrsms or QUALITY

estAVERAGE RECORD OF TWO NEAB-.
, s sire is 35.07 lbs. butter .
and 810 lbs milk for 7 days. Bull. for '
sale with 31. 59 lbs. dam and 110- nearest .

oilseed

dams average over 31 lbs. in seven days
E A. HARDY, Rochester. Mich.

 

s1 ired by a son of

a alveSD Friend Hengerveld

K01 Butter

Boy and by a son of King Segis De Koi

Komdyke, from A. . O dams with rec—

ords of 18. 25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25

at full age. Prices reasonable breeding

considered.

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM

W. W. Wyckoi'f, Napoleon, Mich.

 

 

SIRE IN SERVICE

”1 Johan Pauline De K01 Lad, sired by
.Flint llungcrveld Lad, a son of Flint
Bertjuscia Pauline (33.111b.) and from
Johan Pauline De K01 twice 301b cow
and second highest record .daughter of
Johan Hengerveld Lad and mother of
Pauline DeNigiander Mich, champion
two year old (213.1311).) at 26 months.

Have for sale a Grand-son of Maple-
crest Korndyke, Hengerveld from a
10.96 lb. daughter of Johan Hanger-
veld Lad. show Bull and ready
;w for light service. Average for four near-
3-2‘ est dams 24.23 lb. Dam will be re-
. bested. .

ROY F FICKIES Chesaning,Mich.

 

 

 

 

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

We are now booking orders for
{oung bulls from King Pieter Segis

Yons 170508. All from A. R. O dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
egand further information

Musloil‘ Bros., South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

FOB SALE—HOLSTEIN BULL CAL‘B'
_. - om good ”producing cow and first qual-
1;" ty sire. for quick sale F. W. Alex-
‘ ander, Vassar, Michigan.

 

A REAL BULL
Just old enough for service. His sire is
j ne of the best 81 lb. bulls in the state;
‘» . gig dam a 23 1b. cow of great capacity
is three nearest dams average fat, 4 46
Priced at

Tubbs, E1-

er cent; 514.6 milk 7 days.
£200 if sold soon Harry '1‘.

ell Michigan

 

TWIN BULL CALVES
. Born October 29,1918: sired b Sir
’Caiantha Segis Korndyke 104008; gems
record,’ 24. 35 lbs. butter and 621 lbs of
milk in ‘7 days; fine straight calves. Send
for particulars—C. &.'A Ruttman, Fowl-
erville, limnigan.

 

F R 33-LB_ ANCESTRY

' O SALE—Bull calf born Feb. 6,
1919. Sire, Flint Hengerveld Lad whose
am has a 33.105 4-yr. -old record. Dam

_ 7 lb Jr. 2-yr..—old daughter of Ypsilllmi
11- Pontiac DeKol whose dam at 5

.j‘ as a record of 35.43 and 750. 20 lbs.y in '-

g3..tePif'ice,$t100dFO
, 3. 1-1 or ex en ed peBdigree and photo.
. L. c. KETZLER, - Flint. Michigan

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PREPARE
For the greatest demand and future

prices that have ever been known. Start

now with the Holstein and
1ygllérself. HGogdrtstgck awaoygn “111's-
. . ow e tock

Claire. Michigan. arm, Eau

 

 

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For . Two finely bred
Holstein cows; good individualsrfwhsrtgfi’otg
1‘ 32- lb. bull; due soon; ages “a 4

cars. Price $300 and 32
ett 8: Son Okemos, Mics a C L'

WOLVERINE SMCK FARM
1‘, want to tell you about our
Herd Sire, “King Pontiac Luna. Junior
yko Segis," a. son of King of the Ponti-
(:3, his dam is Queen Segis of Brookside
daughter of Pontiac Clothilde De K01
‘nd and Prnce Segis Korndykg a treat
whmation of breed. mg.
g are breeding this young sire
guitar liters of Judge Walker Pietertje
- Herd Sire whose first flvé
, each have records above 30 lbs. he
. has two 80 lb. sisters How can
11 80 W0!!! by buying a bull calf of
popular line of breeding?
1', w Sprague, Battle Creek. won.

Hu-

   

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£10 good type Sher-thorns.
, M.

 

HERE’S SOMETHING

THAT WILL BE \VORTH 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, 1'9, color
80% black , price, $250. A registered Hol-
stein cow 4 years old; bred to same sire
as mentioned above; due to freshen Sept-
11. ’19; 00101 80% white; price, $250.
Guaranteed free from disease.

H. E. BROWN, BREEDS‘ILLE, l‘IICH.

 

BULL RECENTLY ADVERTISED IN
M. B. F. is sold. I now have a fine 3-
month old bull, 7-8 white. his,dam an
untested heifer, grand dam a 17-1b. 4-
earold. Sires dam a 24 lb. cow. I also
have 2 heifers near 2 years old. —one to
in September and the other, in
January. First check for $400.00 takes
the 3 animals. Photos and pedigree on
request. Vernon E. Clough, Parma, Mich.

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. TEN- MONTHS- OLD- BULL

Bull ”’3’ edgerilffd 1% Sold.
one born 11118 . ired b
son of famous $30, 000 bull 11323318;
Arden Farms herd King Korndyke
pontiao Lass. TWo nearest dams to
me of this calf average 37 76 lbs but-
ter 7 days and over 145 lbs in 30
days Darn, a granddaughter of King
of the Pontiacs. Sir Gelsche Walker
Segls and DeKol Burke. A bargain
Herd tuberculin tested annually

BOARDMAN FABMS,_ Jackson, blich.

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E. L. Salisbury Breeds High Class
Holstein-Friesian Cattle

Twenty dams of our herd sire
“'nlter Lyons
average 30.11 lbs. of butter in seven
days. Nothing for. ale at this time
but young bull calves.
E L. Salisbury, Shepherd, lilichlgan

 

 

 

 

JERSEY

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MEADOWVIEW I'ABM REGISTERED

Daren Je Hogs. p for sale:
also Jersey ulis. I. orris. Fanning-
ton, Michigan.

 

" PEACH 1111.1. FARM

' ' REGISTERED ounce mass! cums,

bred for tall farrow. Pretectlon undue

onel breeding. Our prices are reasonable.
Write or better still come and e your
own selections. tors welcome. In-
wood Bros“ Romeo Mich.

”‘TWO YOUNG BBOOKWA’I‘EB. DUB-
Boers. ready for service. All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAT “DO IOU WANT?‘ I represent 4 stock Bil ,:x “usage”. 1mm
anon; MN breeders- Can put you n} allowed. yawn m-
Mm beet milk erlveet strains. 1311113 Re Dairy 00, .or anArthur W. Mumford.
ail agesi meme-lea. Perrinton.M
Men Gen 'NWM Shot ham '
Association. Mal-ides. Michig‘ .4_._ t - O. I. C.
no stock non SALE an PRESENT. ’ ;
“emigre 81W“- W 8- Huber. GM- Sh adowland Farm .
n , . ‘ .
nmnroans 1.9 I, C". _
120 nEnEPoan sauna s. ALSO ' ' 3“ my "“1 Jum-
know of 10 or '15 loads fancy quality 879d GIIIS Booking orders for
Shorthcrn and Angus steers s to 800 lbs. Spring Pigs. Everything Shipped 0-0-0
Owners anxious to sell. Will help buy 500 and registered in buyer 8 name. I!
c0mmission. C. F, Ball. Fairfleid, Iowa. YOU want the best, Wl‘iffi .
.1. .CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.

LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS-

Not how many but how good! A few
well developed beefy, young bulls
sale, blood lines and individuality No 1.
If you want a prepotent sire, that will
beget grazers, ru'stlers, early maturers
and market toppers, buy a registered
Hereford and realize a big profit on your
investment. A lifetime devoted to the

 

 

 

breed. Come and see me.———E. ‘J. TAY-
LOR, Fremont. Michigan.
HOGS
POLAND CHINA
BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING P . EITH-
er sex. From choice bred nd sired

by a grandson of Grant Buster and other
E‘izvve- winning boars. Prices reasonable.
Barnes and Son, Byron, Mich
BIG TYPE P. C, GILTS BRED FOR
August and Sept. farrow. A. A. Wood &
Son, Saline, Michigan.

POLAND CHINA SOW AND EIGHT
gigs, nine farrowed April 28;

oh o—Link by the 2nd Big Bob. Price
5200. Also offer Bob—o-Link, 14 months
old at a Obargain Has litters of 13 to his
credit L.Wright, Jonesville, Mich.

WALNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE Gilts

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

LIICIIIGAN CHALIPION HERD 0F
Big Type F. C. orders booked for spring
Digs E. R. Leonard St. Louis, Mich.

L. S. P. C. BOARS ALL SOLD. HAVE
a few nice fall Gilts. bred for fall far-
row.—H. O. Swartz, Schoolcraft, Mich.

 

Ionia,

 

 

EVERGREEN FARM BIG TYPE P. o.
Boars all sold, nothing for sale now, but

will have some cracker jacks this fall.‘

Watch my ad. I want to thank my many
customers for their Patronage and every
customer has been pe ased with my hogs.
Enough said. C.E .,Garnant Eaton Rap-
ids, Mich

 

The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Breeders of Majesty strain Jersey Cat-
tle. Herd Bulls, Majesty's Oxford Fox
184214; Eminent Lady's Majesty 150934.
Herd tuberculin- tested. Bull cah’es for
sale out of R. of M. Majesty dams.

Alvin Balden, Capac, Michigan.

FOR SALEwREGISTEBED JERSEY
bulls ready for service, and bull calves.
Smith & Parker, R, 4 Howell, Mich.

 

 

GUERNSEY

e Guernsey Bull

Reglflered For Sale
Born April 1’19

“one. £31 All the others
M.

an, have been so
I. 121131!-

Price
adve

50
is-

ABEBDEEN-ANGUS .
ABERDEEN-ANGUS CAT'I‘ ’
We are Ooifering at attractive $39.5.
number of high-class young bu is 1
able to head the best herds in the lan
Best in blood lineage on either side of m.
ocean. Write for price list. or call and

see us.
Woodcote Stock Farm. Ionia. Michigan.

 

 

 

SHORTHOBN
SHORTHORNS $32.15.“.3‘ila‘é “it;

         

riZe-winning Scotch Bull, Master Model
78147, in many states at head of herd 0‘.

Reed City, Michigan.

THE VAN BUR‘EN (:0 Shorthorn
Breeders’. AsSociatiou have
for sale, mostly 018-? breei
your wants to the secretary, mm Bai—
ley, Hartford, Mich. " -

Parkhurst.

 

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and $236!??an

Large Type Poland China Hogs

Write that inquiry for L. T. P. C. serv-
iceable boars to Wm m. J- Clarke, Eaton
Rapids, Mich. instead of Mason. I have
sold my farm and bought another, one
mile west and eight and one- half miles
south. Come and see me in my new home.
Free livery from town.

 

 

J. CLARK E,
R. No.1 1, Eaton Rapids, Michigan
DUMC
DUROO JERSEY SWINE. BRED
Saws and Gilts all sold. Nice bunch of

fall piss, both sex. sired ’31? Breakwater
rion Noo. P551421, by ippy 001., out

of am byth Brook-
water Che so herdand boara
or moxlée’sm
Salem. Mi ch.

him m M Padilla... ’i:

DUBOO BOA" READ

for farrowi toOrion’ s King, the
est tglgck 0 his age ever at nternation-

how, Newton Barnhart.
312.3011118, Mich. a

DUBOCS; BBED STOCK ALL SOLD.
Will have a limit ed number of yearling

its bred for August arrow. Order early.

ewton & B1ank.HiI Crest Farms. Per-
rinton, Mich.

REGISTERED DUBOC BOABS FROM
prize-winning Golden Model family,
smooth type, adapted for mating with the
coarser-boned females for early maturing
pg? Subject to humediate acceptance
without notice I will crate

Se“pound. Papers if de-

0. Will refund

morocco or return entire remittance if

, ‘ is cancelled

 

FOB SEB-
a[red for sum-

 

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SAGINAW VALLEY HERD OF 0.1. C.’s

Boar pigs grandsons of Schoolmaster and ‘

Perfection 5th. Sows all sold. John

Gibson, Bridgeport, Michigan.
' HAMPSHIRES

8734 HAMPSHIRES RECORDED IN
the association from Jan 1 to Apr. 1 ’19.
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for sale
EOWN thn W. Snyder St. Johns. Mich"

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BERKSHIRES

GREGORY FARM BERKSHIEES FOB
profit. Choice stock f0r sale. Write your
wants. W. S. Corsa, White Hall, 111.

CHESTER W HITES'

REGISTERED
PIGS for sale at prices that will interest
you. Either sex. Write to.day Ralph
Cosens, Levering. Mihc -

SHEEP.

NINE FIRST — CLASS REGISTERED
Ramboulette ewes for sale; also four em
lambs. E. A. Hardy. Rochester,-l\/Iich.

RABBITS ‘

BELGIAN mums AND PLEMISH

 

 

Giants. Healthy and well- bred. Stock for.

sale. Sheridan Rabbitry. R.
Mich

5., Sheridan,

 

DOGS

WRITE DR. W. A. EWALT, Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich, for those beautiful Sable and
White Shepherd Pupppies; natural heel-
ers from farmztrained stock; also a few
purebred Scotch Collie Puppies; sired by
“Ewalt’s Sir Hector.” Michigan Champion
cattle dog.

 

POULTRY

_S. C. WHITE LEGHORN
400 Yearling PulIets ’

S. C. Leghorns with colony laying record.
will be sold in lots of 6,12 25, 50 and
100—August delivery.

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

Cockerels Ducks, Geese, Turkeys.

Belgian Hares, New Zeelands, Flemish
Giants.

BLOOMINGDALE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Bloomingdale, - Mich. ‘

 

 

 

PLYMOUTH mcxs .

JULY CHICKS SOLD.
August delivery. 25 for $4. 25, 50 for $8,
100 for 810 Pare-bred Rose and Single,
Comb 111%: and Barred Plymouth Rocks
”from id

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MUD-WAY— AUSH-KA PAnM orrnns ‘
aint- ‘

you an- opportunity to become
with the Parks bred-today med
ks at small cost; breedin pens of live

CHESTER WHITE.

ORDER men 3 ,

parcelpost. Circular tree. In~ ,

    
      
      
       
       
       
    

 

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yearling hens and male bird at $20 for"
quick sale. Dyke C. ‘Miller. Dryden, Mich.

 

LEGHOBN

NE, HUSKY WHITE LEGHOBN
chic s of grand laying Strain ship at!
safe elymeverywhere by mail. Price 31
per
order dIrect Last hatch due A
Full satisfaction gaurenteed. Catalogue.
Holland Hatchery. Holland, moi... a. 11',

 

   

 

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Wy andottes; gshom
ing 83 per 15; “$5“ per £1.33.”

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”Good LOW-Priced F arms

can be had in Vermont. The tide is
running back to the fertile, home-like
valleys of the Green Mountain State.
Right at the door of the rest eastern
markets, with productive armlands at

surprisingly low cost, Vermont holds
biz opportunities for Andustrious farmers.
Vermont: average ylel per acre for nine
staple ore are nearly two and one- half
vera‘e return or the same crops
13m: nited States. Ver—
. non is among the leaders
er-aore production of
coo fictatoes, when.
wheak hex-13y and
-08°t .- rel. and gap
lation ooneid‘e 3
Vermont the flrsl
_ airye to in“ the Union.
your 1: farm

fizmunfi t! fivrmwflgfilfix for

Sal?“— b
State of Vpuon 11-1103t bym the

57?“:- gu.rea'u. [esteem

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'Don’t Wear a Truss

BROOKS’ APPLIANCE,
be modern scientific
invention, thewonderl'nl
new discovery that re-
lieves rupture will be
sent on trial. No ob-
noxious springs or pads.
Has automatic Al
Cushions. Binds an
draws the broken parts
together as you would a
broken limb. No sal’ves.
No lies. Durable. chea

e and address today.

IE. BROOKS, «at State Street. Marshall. Mich.

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continued 'From Wornen' s Page

SEEN IN CITY SHOPS

VERY. SEASON. just ‘ about
when we get our hot weather.
our summer clothes all ready to
wear, the stores begin displaying the
-fall millinery. Oh well, it wont do
any harm to windowshofl and see
what the advance styles may be,
even if we are conservative and wait
until the crisp fall days make our
lighter head wear give way to the
heavier styles. .
Again this year they are displayL
ing the Tam-Oahanter Every year

' * this comfortable little cap~hat ap-

pears, and for the younger folks it
has many adyantages. It is not ex-
pensive, sticks on easily, is well
adapted for motoring in the early
fall, and when winter sets in make.
an ideal skating or sleighriding cap,
so that its sphere of usefulness is
somewhat longer, than most of the
headwear. Then they are displaying
the tight-fitting little feather nnd
velvet toques and turbans. They are
always gobd style, are comfortable
to wear in the fall winds or in a
machine, and a veil can be worn
more satisfactorily with one than
with any other type of hat. With a
neatly tailored suit, nothing is pret-
tier.

With linen still climbing, it is
not to be wondered at that the art
shops are diaplaying the dresser sets
of some other 'material. More popu-
lar than ever this year are the, sheer
flowered materials combined with
imitation filet msertion and lace,
the edge to be put on perfectly flat.
The sheet is very pretty, especially
when it is used to oarrv out a color
scheme in a bedroom, and when made
at home, not expensive. If all white
is desired, then dotted Swiss can be
combined with the fllet insertion
ahd edge, and the result is very
dainty.

Last week we predicted that skirts
were to be shorter—the tip came
from the buyer in a skirt department
of a down town store, and this week
we are informed that all the stores
are having sales on their narrow
long skirts and dresses, for
Wilson, our President’s wife, return-
ed from Paris wearing a skirt five
inches from the floor and wide
enough so that she could walk in it
with comfort and not have it split
at the seams.

 

WARNING

business women of the farm, who
hold the family strong box:

We are most of us born with some
sort of a gambling instinct and the
desire to make money quickly is a per.
fectly natural one. It is this knowl-
edge of human nature which the fak-
irs play upon and right now they are
playing a pretty profitable game with
the Liberty bonds, so we wish to can-
tion you.

Haven’t you noticed that everyone
who has anything on earth to sell is
overly anxious to accept your Liberty
bonds in full payment thereof, and es-
pecially are the promoters of oil stocks
making very attractive offers of doub-
ling money within a short period. But
they are careful not to put these prom.
less in writing Their
matter is cleverly worded so as to
evade prosecution by the Government.
The Government has been fighting
these unscrupulous salesmen for some
months, but in spite o: strenuous
efforts, reports come in of their activ-
ities and it is to warn persons against
these fakirs that the Associated Ad.
vertislng clubs of the world have is-
.sued the following statenrent:

"At least 95‘ per cent of the oil ad-
vertising is flambuoyant- misleadiu
and deceptive. It 11." becomes]: 01'
of lurid words and bombastic p
.ures. It not cal contains false m

in the opinion of well—informed all, men

and financiers do not stand one

in a thousand of some thinned.“
Considering na'tnre of the trio-so

tion, before you change your Li

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N NC). STATE is auto-'thievery more‘ 0 common than in
Michigan. A fewmonths ago it was common only in

. the larger Cities, now it has spread through towns, 'Villag-

es and even to the farmer’s yard. -
passed recently, but they cannot protect the auto

Rigid laws have been
owner 1n this state.

Small cars are less conspicuous and therefore most popular with the auto-thief who must drive several
hundred miles away to sell it through some regular “fence,” who may convert it by changing bodies so
that it is almost impossible to ever find it. ' '

The autos that have vanished as if ’swept up by an unseen hand are counted now in thousands. ,

Last year, the auto owners of United States, lost
Over ’0 $1 3,700,000.00

In stolen cars and by fire that was not covered by insurance!
What are we to do about it? Only this; be sure that the automobile you own is covered by insurance

no that you do not bear the risk. . .
Luckily here in Michigan we have built for you a great mutual organlzation of over 50,000 auto own-
ers, like yourself, who live outside of the great cities, so we can sell you insurance on your car that Will

protect you in case of Fire, Theft or Liability at
$1 for POHCY and 25c Per Horse Power. -

So we send out this message. to warn you time and time again that no business farmer in Michigan
can aiford to drive an automobile; which is not insured, g '

The next important thing is to insure in the right company—we are the oldest in Michigan and today
the largest of our kind in all America. Our courteous agents are located everywhere in. Michigan to help
you when trouble comes. Please accept our warning, don
when a card today giving us the name, model and year of
and.without obligation the cost of insuring it with us. . _ ., ,

“WM. E. 'hRO‘BB, secretary.

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