The only Independent Farmers Weekly owned and Edited in Michigan

 

 

MT CLEMENS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30,1919

 

 

.lchlgan 8 Fair Season Opens in Blaze of Glory

M IGHIGAN ’S season of fairs has opened
with a sudden splurge. In these weeks
when the hardest of farm labor has lulled

a bit, the gates of scores of fairs are opening or
. preparing to open to the eager- eyed folks of
Michigan, chief of all for theo farmers, for they

‘ l are the ones who make the fairs p0ssible. Old
, folks take on the spirit of youth in the glory
Of the fair—the peanuts and pop- -corn, the
gambling wheels of the midways, the red lem-
Onade, the pat-apat of the race horse, the roar
of the auto daredevil, and the rattle of the air—
planes, and so on through the thousand and

one things of thrills at the fairs of Michigan. '

Then there are the halls of Agriculture, with
exhibits of the power of the soil, and of all the

Wonders resulting from brain work and hard
toil.

Fourth of July has nothing on a noisy fair
for. racket. Easter can go it no better for
style and colors in the crowds Circuses are
*outshown by the fair which runs along for days
with so much to see and hear and learn—and
eat, that there’s no comparison. The military
. parades and displays of war relics outshine
. Decoration Day. And if one doesn’t watch him-
self he’ll eat more during a fair than he would
at Thanksgiving.

In fact Michigan’s season of fairs this year is
a sort of Victory Celebration. Crops have been
at least fair to middling, and compared with
the farmers 1n most of the rest of the world, we
are the richest and luckiest and with the bump-
eriest crops of them all. The splendid victory
of- the great American armies came too late last
year for their formal celebration during last
fair season. So this year joy is to be cut loose
in great quantities at the fairs to let the eagle
scream with just pride over America’s achieve-
ments.

More Than 70 Michigan Fairs

There are more than 70 fair associations in
M i c h i g a 11
holding fairs
o n a b 1 g
scale. The y
are 11 eaded,
of- course, by
th e g r e a t
M i e h i g a 11
State Fa. i r

BY VERNE E. BURNETT

which will continue through September 1 The
W est Michigan State Fair also ranks high
among the fairs of the nation. This fair, held
at Grand Rapids was given $8, 000 allowance

 

YOu’ll Find In This Issue ~7—

MI(.‘HIGAN’S FAIR SEASON OPENS, men-
tioning more than 70 fairs oper-
ating in the state ........ pages 1, 5

JOKES IN MICHIGAN POLITICS. intro-
ducing a series of articles written
by James Helme, prominent in
the state Grange and state pol-
ities ............. ,. ....... page 3

DOLLARS IN DRAINAGE, as demonstrat-
ed to sever 11 hundred farmers
in St. Clair County . . ....... page 5

JUSTICE FOR DAIRY FARMERS is set

{or by the Editor . . . .page 4

News from all sections of Michigan:
notes on the Army worm. hog cholera
and grasshopper eradication; live
editorials by readers and editors; late
market quotations; live departments
for women and children; crop reports
from all parts of the state; these and
other contents make this issue of M.
B. F. worth reading from cover to
over.

 

_Huron, Hill lsdale and Houghton counties;

 

 

for premiums. by the Michigan Agricultural
Fair Commission last year.

Right here it should be mentionedthat Mich-
igan has been looking after the interests of
the farmers in at least one respect, that is in
the agricultural fairs Some states no doubt,
do better, but the $50, 000 which the State
Treasurer turns over each year to the various
fairs in the .state is surely
an encourage ment. The

hflichig'an Agricultural l’air i'onun'ssion,
organized in 1917, is now attending to its ihrd
annual distribution of funds among the fairs
in our state.

State Fair Heads List

The fairs which lVlichig'ni Business Farming
has heard about include the list given here-
with. There no doubt are new ones which will
be reported later. The list. follows: Michigan
State Fair, Detroit, August 29. Sept. 7; \Vest-
ern Michigan State Fair, Grand Rapids; fairs
managed by the following agricultural so-
cieties: Alcona. Allegan, Alpena, Antrim and
Arenac coutincs; Baraga and Barry counties;
Brevort: Croswcll, Clown-land, Clinton county,
Chippewa and l‘xlackinaw District; Caro, Clare,
Chippewa, Calhoun and Charlevoix counties;
Davison; Delta county , Emmet eountv; Flint
liiver Valley; Grangers Gleancrs and Farm-
ers ; Grangeis Fair St. Joseph County; Green—
ville; Gratiot and Gladwin counties; Grand
Traverse region and Grange Fair Association;
los-
co, Iron and Isabella counties, and lmlay Citv;
lackson county; Kalamazoo countv; Lenawee
and Luce counties; Marquette, Masoii, Missau-
kee, Midland and Manistee counties; Milford
North Branch and Northern District; Oceana
and Osceola counties; Ottawa and XVest Kent,
and Otia; Presque Isle county; Saginaw, San-
ilae and Schoolcraft counties; South Ottawa
and West Allegan; Tuscola, Huron and Sani-
lac; Tri-County; Van Buren and \Vashtenaw
Counties.

Washtenaw is one of the new fairs to be
added on the long brilliant list of interesting
fairs in Michigan. Saginaw county’s fair
has been given $400 by the Bank of Saginaw in
order to aid the farming inteiests in Saginaw.

Michigan State hair, opening at Detroit is
greater than ever and farmers seem to be

showing more in-
terest than usual.
The Fair’s his—
tory is of special
interest this

year.
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minim mun
, Fort FARMNGWROVEMENT
,, Fohr‘éounties‘ ‘ e§covered in a
ftour oi? farm‘erg; the interest of
wagons:- Live ”5nd Better Farm-
1 g, Iacksdp, , mi‘awee, Washtenaw
andLivingston” being the counties
visited. ‘ ‘ County agents co-operated
all along the way and many farms
were inspected. with interesting re-
_ suits. Frank Sandhammer, assistant

  
 
   
   
    
   
     
     
 
   
   
   
    
  

state leader of county agents, was
with the tour during most of its
course. and. he is enthusiastic over

some of the results of the work.

In Jackson county, J. A. Waldron,
in charge of the Cow Test Associa-
tion at the M. A. C., was secured for
talks and demonstrations. Scores of
autos left the court house at Jack-
son, the rendezvous of the tourists.
Here is the Jackson County program,
arranged by County Agent J. V.

. Sheap, county agent for Jackson:

Eight—thirty a. m., August 12, au-
tos leave court house at Jackson;
9:15 a. m. Rice Seed Farms 2 1-2
miles "S. E. of Grass Lake. Geo. Starr.
Prop. Inspection of 1200 acres of
seed crops; 10:30 a. m., M. L. and
John Noon. 2 miles east of Michigan
Center. Duroc Jersey hogs and self
feeding experiments; 11:15 a. m., H.
F. Probert, 2 miles south of Jack-
son. Inspection of Jersey herd' and
dairy barns; 12:10, dinner at Jack-
son; 1:30 p. m.. St. Austell Farms,
three miles north of Jackson. W. E.
Parnall, Prop., inspection of Guern-
sey herd; 2:00 p. m.. Boardman
farms, inspection of Holstein herd;
2:30 p. m., W. E. Livingston farms,

‘ inspection of Poland China herd;

3:20 p. m., J. A. Campbell & Son,

three miles north of Parma. In-

spection of Holstein herd; 3:50 p.

m., J. F. Thomson & Son, three miles

southeast of Tompkins Center. In-

spection of Hereford cattle and Per—
, ‘ cherons; 4:15 p. 111. home.
'2» Wednesday, Aug. 13, Lenawee
county. 7:00 to 8:30 p. m., commun-
ity market at Adrian.

In Lenawee a herd of pure bred
Holsteins were tested and six react-
ed to the test for tuberculosis. A. E.
and E. R. Illenden demonstrated the
cost of production of corn. showing
how dry weather causes the failure.
After the visit to the Harwell farms,
with pure bred Holsteins, a picnic
dinner was served at the Harwood
farm, at which Mrs. Dora Stockman,
of the State Grange. gave a talk.
ShorthOrn cattle were later in the
day inspected at the Bridewell farm
near Tecumseh.

In Washtenaw county, the follow-
ing schedule, prepared by the county
agent. was followed out: August 14,
Arrive A. A. Woods & Sons 9:00 a._
m.; this farm has two carloads of
rams at Salt Lake City consignment
sale. Sells about 800 breeding sheep
per year. Leave A. A. Wood& Son
~ 9:30 a. m. (Rambouillet and Hamp-

shire Sheep.) Arrive Jay Smith,

10:00 a. m., leave Jay'Smith 10:30

a. m., Shorthorns. Arrive Brookwa-

ter Farm, 11:00 a. m., leave Brook-

water farm 12:00 a. m., Duroc Hogs
and Jersey cattle. Dinner, Ann Ar-
bor. 12:30 to 1:30. Leave Ann Ar-

bor 1:30 p. m. Arrive C. & 0.

Deakes, 2:00 p. m., leave C. & O.

Deakes, 2:30 p. m.,‘Jerseys.

Bazley Stock Farm. 3:00 p. m., leave

Bazley Stock Farm, 3:45 p. m., Hol-

steins. Arrive Ann Arbor 4:45 p. m.

Livingstone county showed some
splendid results. It’s program was
somewhat similar to the other coun-

ties mentioned above. Only pure

bred stock was visited by the farm-
ers making the tour. The need of
making the tuberculosis tests 15 _
stock was one of the chief points erg

. phasized in the trip. It is believed
that much good was accomplished
for theicause of better farming and
live stock during the four days'spent

.. z. . in .the work.

   
     
   
     
    
      
     
    
    
     
     
    
   
   
    
     
      
     
      
      
   
     
      
   
      
       
    
       
    
    
    
     
       
     
     
    
    
     
 
   
     
   
   
      
      
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
 
 
  
   
  
  
 
 
  
   
   
  
    
    
  
   
 
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
 
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
  
      
      
     
      
   
    
    
   
      
  
    
      
     
    
  
 
  

 
  

  
   
   
        
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
  
  
   
  
   

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. Emmet Booms Livestock.

Livestock improvement was one of
Vtheafeaturesof 'work laid out for
‘= 1919-3by the executive committee of
the' met County Firm Bureau,

  

 
  
  

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Army Worm Control

RMY WCRM troubles are breaking out in the Thumb district ' ’
of Eastern Michigan, causing much alarm among
The pest spread§ rapidly. and precautions are imperative. Two .
methods are in common use in restricting the" progress of army

worms. One depends on a barrier to keep the worms from spread-

.ing into new areas and the other is by means of poison bait which

The barriers-or ditches are of most use

when the worms are marching and threaten new fields.
monest barriers used consist of two or three, deep furrows, plowed
around the area infested, and spaced 8 or 10 feet apart.
furrows toward the advancing worms, in Order that when the worms
tumble in the furrows they will have to climb up thesmooth, land'
side in order to get out. then when these furrows fill up turn them
fresh furrows for the worms to fill.
army worms work at night and during lowery weather and there-
fore, it will be necessary to keep watch of things all night for the
few days that elapse before these worms get full size and descend

Poison baits are most useful when the worms are scattered
and also, they may be used in addition to the ditching.
ing formula is one that has been very successful in the past and

Mix together 1 pound of paris green or 3-4 pound of white ar—
senic (not arsenate of lead) and 20 pounds of bran; add half a gal-
lon of molasses or syrup and a little water and stir in three oranges
or lemons, ground fine' in a food chopper, skins and all.
be broad-casted over from 2 to 5 acres of land.
to both cut~worms and to grasshoppers.
any other poison for the paris-green or white arsenic.
senate of lead or arsenate of calcium will do the work unless very
large quantities of the poison are used. Neither should one use this
bait where poultry are likely to pick up much of it. although
bait should be distributed in a finely broken up condition
than in lumps—R. H. Pettit, Professor of Entomology, M. A. 0.

 
 

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ship bought four pure bred Holstein
sires, thus making the first towuship
in the county to standardize upon
one breed. Since that time, three
more Holsteins have been brought
in. four Shorthorn sires, and “two
Guernseys. In Bliss township some
Shorthorn females were purchased.

In order to further the livestock
industry and furnish credit for get—
ting better livestock, the Emmet
'County Livestock Credit Association
was organized. This association is
composed of 54 business men of
Emmet county who have loaned their
credit to the amount of $21,000.
Three agents, G. N. Gould, Harbor
Springs. A. H. Buttars, Pellston, and
C. A. Andrus, Petoskey, pass on the
applications for loans. Sixteen head
of dairy cows and three Holstein
bulls have been purchased by this
plan. Interest is growing in the
loan association and it is expected
that more pure bred livestock will
be brought in this fall.

The latter part of August, the
Shorthorn breeders in the county are
planning a trip to Grand Traverse
county to visit the shorthorn herds.
The object of the trip is‘ to see the
herds there and to buy females and
bulls where the same are available.

 

Twenty-Nine Counties Picnic

Twenty nine Michigan counties,
scattered over the entire State, are
holding midsummer picnic gather—
ings during the month of August. At
these meetings the work of the past
year is being reviewed and plans are
being laid for a more progressive
farmers organization during the
coming seasons, the farm bureaus
having reached a point in their or-
ganization where they are ready to
take up various farm problems from
a state-wide point of view. During
the last four years the number of
county farm‘bureaus in Michigan has
increased nearly 400 per cent. At
the present time there are nearly 75
activebureaus in the state, with a
total of ‘570 local community com-
mittees serving as district organiza-
tions under the county groups, and
being affiliated with .the’ county
bureaus. The impetus given agricul-
tural work by the war, together with
the demand, iron: the farmers of
Michigan for better organizationmas
been responsible - for the remarkable

.growth of the farm bureau system. .

At the picnics which_,are being held
over the state as midsummer gather-
ings, the farmers of’rthe " diffeent
counties, will» compare. notes on

‘running of their business. and. also

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Mecosta Breeders Organize
The Mecosta County Farm Bureau
pro-
gram of work the improvement of
livestock in the county and in-
structed the agricultural agent, Paul
H. Smith, to spend considerable time
along this line. '

As a result of this work there was
recently organized the Mecosta
County Jersey Breeders Association.

Very few of the charter members of.

this association owned registered
Jerseys at that time.
selected a committee from the mem—
bership to purchase a carload of reg~
istered Jerseys for distribution
among the members. The commit-
tee spent two days driving thru Kal-
amazoo County, piloted by County
Agent Jason Woodman and One day
in Allegan County, under the direc—
tion of County Agent Bentall.

Twenty—four head were purchased
as follows: from C. B. Wehner of
Allegan, 5 two year old heifers, 1
three year old cow, two four year old
cows, and one yearling bull. From
C. F. Maskey, of Allegan, two two
year old heifers. two yearling heifers,
four three year old cows, one five
year old cow and two six year old
cows. These were distributed among
17 members of the association and
in most cases are to befoundations
for herds.

 

Form Co-Op. Elevator in Clintou

“During January and February
about 300 farmers subscribed over
$35,000 for a co-operative elevator at
Fowler.” writes Theodore Bengel,
Clinton County, “and during the
month of March we were incorporatg
ed and also obtained the consent of
the Sureties Com. for issuing stock
to the amount of $50,000. ' We have
bought about 3 acres of ground, and
have nearly 300 yd. of gravel on
hand for ourbuilding which will be
started as soon as the sidetrack is
surveyed by the R. R. surveyor. We
have made an offer for the old elevat—
or and flour mill and if this offer is
*not accepted by the owners, we will
start building our elevator at once.”

 

Farm Bureau Drives in Jackson

A matter receiving attention of
farmers of Jackson county is that of
the Farm Bureau agumenting‘ its
strength in the State of Michiganby
forming new bureaus in countiesiand
addingmaterially-to the strength of
those in existence.
membership in the organization '0!
Jackson county will be launched now

soouand it has been stated 13?. Conn- ; ‘

ty Agent Sheap, that present. condi-
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‘sease.

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Hog cholera hasagain .broke'ii-fou‘t

in Michigan, ands-farmers are taking , V

precautionary measures against iftha

spread of thisdread disease. ' News '

reports form the Central part ‘ of"
Michigan say that. with thefiarriyal of
the season when the dreaded" hog

"cholera seems to be most prevalent, .
Dr. C. T. Tawney, federal veterinary

ian for Michigan, with headquarters
in Owosso, is taking every precaution
to isolate any cases that appear and
will soon issue a statement warning
farmers of the dangers of hog chol-
era. giving the symptoms and telling
what should be done. ‘

Thus far, accOrdlng to Dr. Tawney,
there is only one caSe of hog cholera
in Shiawasee county. It is near
Durand. However, there are nine
farms in Victor township, Clinton
county, northwest of Laingsburg
which are quarantined for the (di-
The losses numerically have
been small. but with hogs at record
prices, the financial loss has been
large. Local veterinarians are vac—
cinating the heal-thy herds near the
quarantined farms.

“No one has yet been able fo say
positively why hog cholera thrives at
this time of the year and why it
spreads so easily," said the doctor.

“However, I believe thatone reason_

that it spreads easily at this time of
the year is that farmers are moving
around more than at any other time
and as the cholera germ is easily
spread, it is probably carried in this
way. The arrival of cold weather us-
ually checks the disease and there is
as a rule little of it during the wint-
er or spring months."

 

Meridian Road 9. “Lemon"

The Meridian Highway is a lemon
declare papers in Northeastern Mich-
igan. The Meridian line not only
failed to connect communities, says
a dispatch, but in many ways it was
a “lemon” for the counties through
which it passed and which were
obliged to contribute quite large
sums to help pay the cost of its
constuction. and on top of all that
its construction presented many diffi-
cult engineeriug problems, costly if
solved, which could be avoided by
taking routes- which often diverged
from that line and which would at
the same time reach cities and vilL
ages along the route which needed
the good road.

 

Chippewa Honey Crop Injured

Forest fires this year have cuyt
Chippewa county’s output of hone
in two. The fires have swept over
the clover land and raspberry bush-
es, from which the bees derive their

principal living. and the result has '

been disastrous to the bee raisers.
These statements are made by E. L.
Kunze, county agent, who has visited
some of the ecunty’s principal bee
raisers recently. Had there been no
fires Mr. Kunze declares that the
raisers of bees would have had their
biggest year in history.

Chippewa county is recognized as
an ideal spotfor bee raising.

 

Macomb Threshermen Meet
At a meeting of a goodly number
of’th-reshermen from Macomb county
recently in Lowenstein’s' hall. a
precedent for all threshing prices was
established. Also the opinion of
those present that while they would

not make much money this fall,
never-the-less they could operate
their machines for» 4c for oats and

barley, 5 1-2 cents for wheat, and 7c
for rye and $7100 for a-set job,
While there were some objections to
this price, this decision was reached
by the threshermen themselves.

Chebo‘y'gan Creamery Busy
Fertile first timeinx itsihistory. the
Chebbygan Cooperative. creamery
. has so‘heavy a demhnd for its butter
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on the late Michigan Legislature,

, N’WRITING a series of articles

it is .well that readers of MICE-

. . ism Busnmss mee should at the
,outset get my view of legislatures in

, general.
' years in the Michigan State Senate

At one time I served four
during the Ptng‘ree administration—

sessions that were historic and still

, _ referred to.

”Mr. Frank sendhammer,
“.1It'ate leader of county agents,

_ As a state official and, officer - of '

theAState Grange, I have been a con-
stant attendant at many legislatures
since that time.

I have then, had 'a great deal of
experience with legislatures, both
from the inside and outside. Up to
four years ago I used to take legis-
latures seriously as most people do
now, but for the last four years I
have regarded legislatures as a huge
joke; even the members of most of
them do not realize how little figure
they cut in legislation.
seldom reflect the will of» the peo-
ple; the big business interests acting
in conjunction with the party bosses,
state and local, run the legislature
and suppress such legislation as they
regard as undesirable. Witness the

fate of the income tax bill and the -
farmers' warehouse bill.
Legislators Are Human
The reason is simple. The aver-

age legislator is just a human being
who is ambitions and wants to use
his legislative career as a stepping
stone to higher honors. He looks at
the past and what’does. he see. Do
you know of any reform legislator
who persistently fought for the inter—
est of the people—who persistently
fought against the greed of corpor-
ate interests. the grafts of state of—
ficials and the waste of public funds,
that ever attained higher positions?
I cannot recall any. But I can name
dozens of ear—legislators now holding
high positions whose legislative ca-
reers and votes were such as to re-

Legislatures.

‘ * ‘ iHow Farmers in Fight:
Other Politically Are Lesing but

 

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salve universal condemnation. But,
you say, good substantial farmers
that we send to the legislature fail
,to represent us properly.

Certainly, the farmer is just an av-

erage human being who is ambitious.
He looks around and sees that his
nomination and election came not
from the farmers generally. but he. is
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AMES HELME was born
more than half a century
ago in the city of Adrian
His- father was a business man.
.but he retired from business
l. and moved to a small farm
when “Jim" was only five years
old. So it cau.almost be said
that James Helme was born
and: raised on a farm. It was
a pretty small farm, however,
and even after it was enlarged
its greatest size was 54 acres,
which has run ever since as a
dairy farm, wintering 40 head
of cattle and three horses, with
all the feed produced on the
same farm. .
. Mr. Helme’s farm sits just
30 rods west of the court house
in the city of Adrian.

front porch.

Adrian
detriment.

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It can be identified from

and a pair of “Jim" Helme’ s rubber boots which usually grace

Graduated from Adrian high school at 15 years of age, he ended
schooling, because of lack of funds.
teaching school for three winters, at $20 per month. At 21 he
admitted to the bar. and then served for six years as City Attorney for
Never- the- less he clung to his farming, much to his financial

After serving. four years in the Michigan Legislature in the State
Senate, he says with a grin that he reformed and is now leading a
He Served two years as deputy dairy and food commis-
sioner under Governor Osborn and four years as commissioner of
that department under Governor Ferris.
the Michigan Patron, the State Grange paper.

. “I have fought all my life for the underdog, especially the farm—
says Mr, Helme, “and expect to continue to do so until called to
" that place where there are no profi teers or potato bugs.”--The Editors.

which

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stands out on the front lawn, the goslings which sit on the front steps

mower

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Then he boarded round while
was

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party machine composed generally or
mailed business men in the cities .7 g.

and villages of his district; these he
must cater to or loose all chance of
political preferment. His farmer
friends will vote the ticket anyhow,
so why try to please them. And in
these ideas he is absolutely correct
and acts accordingly.

Year after year we denounce ‘lm
legislative acts of various members
and then they run for re-election and
are re-elected in spite of their rec-
ords by the same substantial major-
ities. 4
Mr. Farmer is to Blame

And you, Mr. Farmer voter, are
to blame for this very state of affairs.
For years you have been voting par-
ties into office instead of voting ideas
into action. Regardless of how good
or how bad the record of your rep-
resentative may be. you continue to
vote your respective party tickets
and then you are surprised at the
results. To expect legislators elect- ‘
,ed under such circumstances to vote
for reform --or progressive measures
is a good, big joke and the Joke is
on you. So I am not going to cen-
sure the members of the last legis—
lature very much for their sins of
omission and commission. They did
what they did because of your failure
to rise to the heights of good citizen-
ship.

But if I can show in these articles
the inside workings of legislatures
and show how the average voter ne-
glects his duty as a citizen, then
something will be accomplished. At

‘present the farmers of Michigan are

divided in voting strength between
the two leading political parties. Vir-
tually they are voting against each
other and as long as they continue to
do so they can expect nothing from
their legislature. When they can
arise and find some way of voting to~
gether for good men and good meas-
ures, then their influence will be felt
and respected, until then their influ-
ence will be zero.

Will that time come? Eventually,
yes. But until that time legislatures
will continue to be jokes and in fu—
ture articles I will endeavor to show
you where the jokes come in.

, Dollars in Drainage Proved by Successful Demonstration Held in St. Clair County]

for farm lands. in many parts

of Michigan. This fact was
driven home forcibly to several hund-
red farmers gathered Friday after-
noon, August 15, on the farm of Chris
Stein in St. Clair county. The same
conditions of bad drainage applies
to a whole series of counties along
the shores of the Michigan peninsu-
las and to a great extent to counties
not bounded by lakes. Bay and
Saginaw are two counties greatly in
need of better drainage, according
to Prof. H. H. Mussulman, of the
Michigan Agricultural College, who
was on the program at the St. Clair
demonstration.

Tiling will increase the value of
farm land from $50 to $75 per
acre, according to figures produced
at the demonstration. The increased
value of the land pays for the in-
vestment of tiling, and then the bet-
ter crops are clear profit above the
installing costs.
Clair county already have been gone
over by the Buckeye DitchingMa-
chine operated by ,Mr. Walter Van-
Hatzma of Zealand, Mich.. for the
M. A. 0., and other .farms will be
similarly improved according to

DRAINAGE MEANS DOLLARS

_Professor Mussulman, not only in St.‘

Clair county, but in other districts
where demonstrations are arranged.
Farmers who have offered their

' farms for these demonstrations us—

ually are greatly pleased with the
results.

Mr. C. L. Brody, county agent for
St. Clair had drummed up the affair;
Ind besides PrMessor Mussnlman,

was
red to give a talk on the various
of drainage. in mm!” is

Two farms in St,

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These St. Clair farmers brought their families to the successful drainage show.

cement tile is all right in many cases,
but certain makes of- it have been
too sOft or weak and have crumbled
up. impairing the drain system where
used. Certain kinds of cement tile.
however, they declare may be 0. k.
40 Acres Drained Quickly
About 40 acres of the Stein farm
were drained in quick time. The big
Buckeye ditcher clambered over the
grounds at-a good rate of speed lay—
ing a neat, narrow trench at any
depth required, down to the depth of
five feet. On first speed the “tank”
goes through two feet a minute; on
second- speed, five feet; third speed
seven feet per minute; and on fourth
speed it shoots through 12 feet in a
minute. When going along the road.
the‘ditcher goes a mile and one—half
every hour. It only consumes 10
to 15 gallons of gasoline when used
through an entire day. So it can be
seen that the upkeep of the machine
need not be/great, "considering the
large amount of ground it can drain.
St. Clair farmers are discussing the
. possibility of throwing in together to
get one at these machines on a co-op—

erative basis, or else hiring the ser—
vices of one.

“We’ve simply got to do some—
thing in these counties on the lake
and river front here.” one farmer
said at the demonstration. “This is
thefirst time in several years I have
seen a decent corn crop around these

parts. Drainage seems to be the
biggest trouble."
Ten feet of tile per minute for

100 rods of tile was the speed used
at the meeting. A number of at-
tractive signs had been arranged
around the field by the M. A. C. and
the Farm Bureau. One of them read
“DON’T GAMBLE: GET IN A
DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND STOP
WORRYING ABOUT STORMS OR
DROUGHT.”

More Demonstrations Planned

Farmers present were'free in giv-
ing credit to the work along drain—
age improvement done in- St. Clair
county by County Agent Brody. The
night before the meeting, Mr. Brody
did some Work which farmers say he

is doing habitually. He attended a '
" meeting of 3'6 dairy farmers in .‘

‘151470

local of the St. Clair Dairy Council
and obtained 23 of them as new
members for the County Farm Bu—
reaus, dues for which are only $1 a
year, and only 75 cents when taken
out in groups. Drainage and fer-
tilizer problems are being tackled vig-
orously by the farmers in St. Clair
county and more demonstrations are
planned. The value of a farmer’s
land usually jumps in value after
one of these ditchings and the crops
are practically certain of being much
better. Farmers in other counties
will no doubt be holding even bigger
events of this sort to help make
farming pay.

Here are some of the facts wh‘ ‘1
good drainage systems have estab-
lished in farms already gone over:

Drainage usually increases the
yields and profits of crops.
It makes lands of uncertain pro-

duction produce crops every year.

It brings worthless lands into prof-
itable cultivation.

It improves soil by making it more
granulated, porous and arable.

Drainage warms the soil, causes
seeds to grow faster and makes a
better stand.

Drainage permits earlier plowing
or cultivation after rains.

Two excellent bulletins are avail-
able free to any farmer merely for
the asking. They contain a lot of
facts from actual experiments and
.give helpful suggestionsupon drain—
age. They are: “Tile Drainage on
.the Farm,” Farmers bulletin 524,
Department of Agriculture, Washing— .
ton, D. 0.; “Tile Drainage,” special_
bulletin 56, of- 1911, M. A. 0., East.
Lansing, Michigan. Even those who
don’t have much use for book:
might find these worth looking oven
They prove there are dollars II. .
, drainage.

  
 


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‘ eoonnmc to inhe
Apart published in the August

.9th issxie‘ of the Detroit .Free .
Press. the Detroit. Creamery Com-
'pany's net earnings last year on a

capital stock of $1, 600, 000 was 18 per
cent., or $288, 000‘. In considering
these earnings, the reader should re-
member that they were made during

a period when thousands of farmers .

actually lost money and the distribu-
tors claimed they were barely able to
make both ends meet. But 1918 was
not the best year of the Detroit
Creamery Company by 'any means.
In 1903 it earned 24 per cent. on a
capitaiiZation of $125,000; in 1908 the
(m 1oend was 50 per cent; in 1911'. 50
per cent. Other interesting side-
lights on the earnings of this one
company are found in the followmg
figures which we quote from the re-
port:

“The capital structure 0 fthis com—
pany consists of $1.600,000 common
stock all outstanding with no funded

.debt. Its capitalization was increas-

ed from $125,000 by a’ 24 per cent.
stock. dividend in 1906 increasing
c-ipitalizatiOn to $160,000. An addi—
tional increase to $200,000 was made
by sale in 1906 and in 1907 to $400-
000. A stock dividend of 50 per cent.
in 1908'and one of 50 per cent. in
1916 with other increases by sale of
stock in 1912 and 1917, a total in-
crease of 1,280 per cent. has brought
the capitalization to its present val-
ue. The stock has a par‘ value of
$10 and an actual book value of $13--
82 with dividends payable quarterly.
The annual dividend rate, starting
from the company’s incorporation,
was 8 per cent with 1 per cent. extra

up to 1912 and then 8 per cent plus 2

per cent. extra. for the years 1912 to
1917. In 1918 the rate was 12 per
cent and to date in 1918, 6 per cent.
in dividends have been paid, which
suggests the annual rate of 12 per
cent. for this year.

Surplus of $612,313

“The total assets back of this stock
at the ciose of its last fiscal year, were
$3,024,663. After deducting all lia-

bilities. except the capital stock, and -

a surplus of .612,313. there re—
mained net tangible assets of $2,-
212,313, which is an unusually sound
basis for the amount of capitaliza-
tion. At that time current assets
were $1,047,524 against current lia-
bilities of $793,351, which left a
net working capital of $254,173.

“Asset values have shown a steady
increase, having gained approximate-
ly $700000 in' net tangible assets
from those of 1916 and with a gain
of over $250, 000 in net working cap-
ital. The net earnings have been
most satisfactory having averaged
15. 7 per cent on the present capital
stock at par, fo1 the last six years.
The last three years have shown
earnings on the present common
stock at, par of 16 1— 2 per cent in
1916,» 148.9 per cent in 1917 and 18
per cent in 1918 after all federal tax—
es were deducted.”

Dairyman interested in Figures

We may accept these figures as ab-
solutely correct. They were compil-
ed by the statistical department of
the well-known firm of E. E. Mac—
Crone & Co.. and published in a
newspaper the controlling stock in
which is owned by a large holder of
Detroit Creamery stock. They are
figures which give the lie to the re-
peated statements of spokesmen for
the distributing'concerns before the

Milk Commission to the effect that-

the distributors were not making any
money. Every advance authorized
by the Commission to the farmers has
been met by the milk trust with
the same old argument that the milk
dealers were losing money. And
while the farmers were expected.to
and did sumit authentic cost figures
to substantiate their claims for high-
er prices, the Milk Commission has
not to our knowledge secured similar
data from the distributors. The Com-
mission certainly would not care to
have the dairymen think that they

were in possession o fthe above fig- '
ures when. they at timesrefused to'
authorize the. rates asked 'by the

farmers because it was necessary to

allow the distributors a1 part of the

increase put upon the consumer. So

.then our only conclusion can bethat

Concern Not in Keeping “With Claims
Made to the Milk Commisszon

 

 

NDER THE caption, '. “Most

Heartless Message Ever ' Writ-

ten. " the New York American—
“A Paper for People who Think ” pub-
lishes a. telegrorn which Mi 0 Camp-
bell as President or the Natl a1 Ass-10-
ciation of Milk Producers sent to the
Dairymen’s League of New York. The
mesasage was short but graphic It-
rea

' .“Neither poverty nor want of milk
in New York should compel farmers to -
“ell milk. ” .

0n the face cf it, it is a “heartless
mess age." Nothing but- a heart ~ of
stone could fail to be moved by the.
picture of famished. blue-faced child;

milk which the president of the nation-
al federation says they must not have.
It iq great “stuff" for the press. It has
a wonderful appeal to those who know
nothing of the hardships and dreary
lot of many a dairy farmer, who has
on duced milk for the children of New
York and other American cities many
years without a cent of profit. The
picture touches the heart strings of
those who do not know of the long,
bitter struggle between the Dairymen’s
League of New York and dairymen
organizations everywhere with . the
great selfish combinations of capital
which have a monopoly of the distribu-
tion of milk and its products. And
those who are not acquainted with the
fact that, during the strike of the
producers last year, the producers of-
fored to sell thru stores and independ-
ent dealers the milk needed for the
babies of New York, will gnash their
teeth and see red as they read the
Campbell telegram.

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the Commission did not have these
figures, that it accepted the word of
the distributors without question.

It has been established beyond a
reasonable doubt that the majority
of farmers in the Detroit area have
been making not only very small -
profits if not actually losing money
on their operations. The fact that
many of them are selling their cows
and quitting the dairy business is
pretty good evidence that the re—
turns are not satisfactory. It. has
been the claim of certain oflicers of
the Producers Association that the
farmer should be satisfied with ten
per cent profit; and receiving that
return, should not be concerned with
the price the consumer has to pay or
the profits the distributors" earn.
That, of course. is not sound econ-
omic theory and should not be so ac-
cepted by the farmer. When the
books of the leading milk distribut-
ing company of Detroit shows that
it earns 18 to 50 per cent in; dis-
tributing an article to produce which
the‘farmer lost money, or at best
earned ten per cent or less, it shows
a decidedly unbalanced and unfair
condition of things which must be
righted before all parties,——producer.
distibutor and consumer,—will re-
ceive equal consideration.

Figures Show Profiteering
While the government is investi—

New Yo'rk Press "Calls Milo campbeu "Bolshevist.”

publicity campaign carried on by the ‘

‘ shortage, strikes, etc.. upon them. Oh

‘ milk may find a champion among the

ren. stretching out their hands for the .1

It is a.’ long atoms-the. fight ‘be-
tween the producers or New York
state and the distributors of New
York City And despite an expensive

producers in the New York press to
show that they were losing money at
existing prices, the public continues to
put the blame for high prices and milk

for the day when the producers of

people or the press of the cities who
will insist that the milk distributing
tru'st show its hand and that ‘ the
farmer be given a square deal. There
is :no corporation on the face of God's
earth which would think of supplying
clothes to freezing children or milk to
famishing children at a. constant, con-
tinued loss to its stockholders Why
then, in the name of common sense.
do the people of New York City, of De-
troit, of Chicago, of Cleveland and any
other American city where there have
been milk troubles expect the farmer
to sell milk at. a. loss that the consum-
er may buy at a reasonable price and
the distributor pile up fat profits?

If there is poverty in New York City
and children go famishing for want of
milk, the blame will not be upon the
heads of Campbell and the Dairymen’ s
League. Not at all. It will be upon
the stupid heads of the New York pub-
lic and the New York press who with
asinine indifference to all laws of
economy and justice insist that the
farmer shall accept for his product a
price dete1mined by the milk combine
of New York City.—-The Editor.

 

 

gating the high cost of. living and
profiteering in foodstuffs, it might do
well to scrutinizethese figures show-
ing the profits of the Detroit Cream-
ery Company. On the very face of
them they show a condition of
shameless prdfiteering. Not on a
luxury, but upon one of the _ most
vital: of human foods—milk. These
huge profits were piled up at the ex-
pense of those who could not afford
to contribute to the money chests of

the Detroit capitalists who hold the“

bulk of the stock of this concern.
Hard—working farmers went without
profits altogether and the poor peo-
ple of Detroit were obliged to cut
down their consumption of milk that
the milk trust might earn its 18 to
50 per cent dividends.

These figures constitute one more
argument why'the earnings and the
methods of the.Detroit milk concerns
should receive. the attention of the
federal authorities. They constitute
one more argument for the total elim-
ination of this huge trust that stands
between the producer and the con-
sumer of milk. This piling up of
profits with total disregard for the
welfare of producer and consumer
menaces the great dairy industry of
the state, and unless some plan may
soon be arrived at whereby the pro-
ducer of milk may absolutely control
the selling price in conformity with
the cbst of production, he certainly

 

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, Farmers in the dairy business in ‘Mlch- ‘
, lgnn have been producing .mllk below cost

of prbductiou They have to burn the.»
“night on to figure how to make both ends-
111th In spite of 4:111. the yellow City.

newspapers use“ the firmer: for holding

- out to gain full- ”in”, for. their product.-

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loss to the farmer.

Enomles of the farmer’s cause would

cement“ 91¢thwa has '
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have the mibne Believe that the din!!! "

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Agricultural Briefs

(Continued from page one)

Farmers See Tractors at Work

Farmers from all. over Wayne
county flocked to the Avondale stock
farm east or mine on Michigan

avenue last Saturday to attend the.

all day picnic of the Wayne County
Farm Bureau. The picnic was the
first annual event of its kind under
auspices of the bureau, and a pro-
gram apportioned with educatidnal
and amusement features held forth.

A practical tractor demonstration ‘

was. held on a 20-acre field at 10
o ’clock in the morning. An athletic
meet for the sons and daughters ,of
the farmers followed. An old- fash—
ioned country dinner was. served at

'noon.

In the afternoon talks on topics of
interest to the farmer was given by
G. B. Branch, municipal market di-
rector of Detroit; C. A. Bingham, of
Oakland county, secretary of the
Federation of Michigan Farm bu—
reaus; Miss Estelle Downing,_ Ypsi—
lanti Normal and Milo D., Campbell
of Coldwater.

A ball game between the East
Nankin team and a nine from New-
berg closed the day's program.

 

“Old _ Gratiotj’ Isn't Starving

“Old Starving Gratiot” has mighty
good crops with plenty of rain this
year as a general thing,” writes
County Agent, J. H. Elliott. He says
the largest corn crop in the county's
history is foreseen, also wheat and
oats were pretty good. Barley‘was
so short the farmers harvest it with
the bean pullers. Farmers are busy
with threshing and hauling to mark-
et. ' ‘

Highway Election In Isabella

The voters of Isabella county are
called upon to-determine at the spec-
ial election on Sept. 2, whether the
county highway system shall be
adopted, Practicallyall counties of
Michigan have adapted the county
system as outlined in the county road
act of 1917.

 

Sanilac Flax Harvested

Frank Smalldon. of‘Sandusky, re-
ports that good pogress is now be-
ing made in harvesting the flank
crop. The crop has ripened unusual-
ly fast this season. Mowers are being
operated by big crews, he says.

U. P. Ranch Exhibits 500 Sheep

The big sheep ranch of the Clover~
land Sheep and W001 Co. at Spread
Eagle Lakes was represented at the
Marinette County, Wisconsin, New
Settlers’ picnic at Marinette last
week-end, by an exhibit of 500 head of
sheep which will be sold as breeding
stock to farmers of upper eastern Wis-
consin and Michigan points. The
sheepexhlbit and sale was only one of
the several live stock features of the
picnic. Another feature was a dairy
cattle auction sale at which over 100
head of pure- -bred and good grade
dairy stock were disposed of. This
was the largest dairy cattle sale ever
known to occur in_this part of the
country. Col. Wesley Grages, of Ocon-
to county, was the official auctioneer.

 

Farmers Buy Grass Lake Elevator
The Grass Lake" Farmers" Co- -0per‘.
ative Elevator Company recently was
organized with a capital of $40, 000
completing the purchase of elevat-

or in Grass Lake owned by McLaugh. .
Jim Ward It Company. 61 Jackson cl. ,
Francisgiic. Passes. ' , .

fainter is making will; profit» @11de 111-,“ .. ..

_,eflg,clcnoy and product-ing of the. autumn-'-

min system are responsible for .iaixéh of
the high prloGI' t6 the ecu-usher; and. dead

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, . fhniilzhtf'ls_'nm‘nha3ized brim '- ’1qu “Y“

_: , 116W and modern methOdSof ’advanc.‘ ‘ . ,.

swam ;. are; Synonymnus' .fiifih f. .
of the people of Michigan-: This. '

 

ds',".ilicluding many? . farmers.
ging into the‘fair-‘Wh-ichris now~ Z
,en. -- , " ,.
{Sincethe inceptidn-.,of;the “fairgin; ,_.
Vii 1849.,the object, hashbeen :twofold; ..
First,“ the a'nnualiexhibition ,tries to '. '
.~ ’_:b_e;a physical report- ~of~theMichigan r; ' '. '
. 2,,Stafte Agricultural”Socie’tyz‘o'n' the .ac—" ‘ :
j‘coiilpllshments- of the state .' during;
'-.th‘_e;preceding year._ Secondly, nits}
Efuhctibn‘ is. ‘eduCational ‘and all the ' ' ’

"dug" the agricultural and ' industrial '
industries-are eXpla'inéd and demon-
, strated, before theipeopleu . » ‘ . -
=The one-phase'ofits objective fol-
lows in the-footsteps of the' state,
while the other precedes as a guide. .
Students of the state fair readilyc‘an“ 7 .
trace the influence of the fair in the
phenomenalprogress cf the common-f
wealth,‘and as the State of Michigan
has come to be recognizedto be One
of—the greatest communities in the
union, so has the Michigan State Fair ’
arrived at. that station,where4 it is
conceded to be the greatest exhibi- r
tio-n'in the United States. ‘

 

When the annual exposition for '
1919 opens in Detroit. on August 29,
the ratio of advancement or the

state during the past twelvemonth
will be shown to be greater than at
any time during the past half cen-
tury. Michigan has gone forward by.

History 3 Interesting One.

  

    
 

_. ,Z-Jfist“0berrcd gag p..-
by Farm Fdlks'; my,»

“Dick,” the grand champion .

, last yea.r..was put up at public auction during the exposition.
bid price for fatsteers on the hoof happened as
hammer fell. He netted the owner $896. This fall at the fair, Au-

gust 29 to September 7, a great fat stock sale is to be held which all
buyers should attend.

s - leaps and bounds during the
year and as the state progresses
, does the state’s institutions.

It took the war to bring Michigan

SO-

past

a

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steer at the Michigan State Fair
A rec-
the auctioneer’s

 

 

bringing these extraordinary results
to the notice of everyone during the

., , gilto its rightful prominence. With 1919 fair
é ' e vast natural resources of the . ' . .. . .
' state necessary to the successful pro‘s— In this gigantic task Mr. Dicklnson
I ’ ecutiOn of‘the war and‘the cry of has the unlelded support of John S.
H the country for assistance, the peo— Haggerty, 0f Detr01t, one Of the
. pie-of Michigan buckled down to outstanding large manufacturers. of
l (1: . show the world their patriotism and Michigan who is .closely identlfied
‘4 . as a consequence'Michigan jumped With and Vitally interested in the

into the, foreground as a leader . in
furnishing'supplies for the boys at
(the front. And ,now,. in this year of
peace and plenty‘ this initiative gain-
ed ,during the .world’s struggle is
carrying the state’s industrial and
agricultural activities into greater
t fields. - ' ‘

Productsof the farms, fisheries,
the factories and the mines have
not only increased in quantity but
their quality has improved marvel—
ously.
manager of the fair association, who
is a cIQSe student of andan authority
0n the activities of the state, declares
the people do not realize the wonders
they-have accomplished and he has
accepted as his duty the task of

Kenyon Bi

. , , * HE ‘KENYON’ bill, while aimed“
I -l , directly at the abuses in the
packing business, Would also

regulate the buying, selling, keeping

for sale and distribution “of " live

stock, dairy products. poultry and

_. ’ poultry products. As stated in re—
, , cent'issues of, Business Farming
“ - many‘powerful interests are '
to this bill on the grounds that it
Would‘put a dangerous Weapon" in
the hands of the Secretary of Agri-

 

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an, injury to legitimate, business en!
terpriSes conducted in a legitimate
manner. ' ~ . ‘ "

,orl'gin of the Kenyon Bill "

It is probably safe to say that had.

not'tlreuFederal Trade Commission

. ,uncovered‘certain. practices among

the ”timeEire”--=Jna'<’=ksrs.which, ' had]

, .1 ‘ actor-throttling. 'cgmp‘etit
o

 
 

G. W. Dickinson, secreta‘ryr

 

opposed '
culture”, which if abused. might work ‘

. ijssess it. .

, stock ”and, ,4le suite
3 ii for ether . precise"
,. nearer " ,

agricultural projects of the state. As
president of the state fair he is in
constant contact» with the farming in—
terests and he spends a great deal of
his time on his model farm near De—

troit.

The State Fair president is an act—
'lve worker in the good roads move—
ment and is a member of the Wayne
County Good Roads Commission. He
believes that good highways are one
of the greatest benefits to the agri—
cultu‘rists. Mr. Haggerty is the act-
ive» head of one of the largest brick
manufacturing companies in ‘Michi-
*‘gan. but despite his'busiuess require-

ments he finds time to fulfill his dut—
ies as president of the State Fair.
in this great era of'redonstruction,

b'itions of .the‘packers, as well as dis .
‘cour'agelothe'rs‘ from engagingin en—
' terprises of ,.mo_nbpbly,_fhoarding ant"
speculating in:j articles of food. It
ought 'no'ti'tc be necessary to engage
in any considerable discussion upon
this subject to convince the majority
of people .that’ it is-not safe to permit
the packers or any other combina—
tion of great wealth to .use that
wealth as theysee fit. National wel—
jfare demands: that restri‘ctiOns
placed upon the. avarice, of capital,
for otherwise .allo‘that makes .‘ life
Worth living might beusubjeoted . to
‘ the arbitrarydiSpesal'E of those Who

‘ ’Let- us exmmethe provisions .-.'of
. the-K'e‘nyonv‘fbill. -.Broadly' speaking
_ it is in .: magnet; Placer tantalitirtrust

' - _ Provisions} (if the ' nasal f'Bnl

.- . bill but ' . applying , «duly; to: ”cofiinielfm‘

‘ in certain 're'stri‘etEd dines. rhesus;
.p‘ose‘ of '- the bill as specsilediin‘

'.dufetion, _ Sale and dis

  
 
  
 
  
  

blast t‘o .t;

  

’be‘“

‘ its
title is “a. billmonumentsgig-amp; '

  

. anoté‘tions— or glive-stockfl

iii. .
We Elma}.

- suddenly an
“the bust '

through which the nation is being

transferred from a war to a peace
basis, the state and county fair of the
country have assumed additional im—
portance. While there can be no
dispute about the influence they have
wielded in industrial, agricultural
and livestock enterprises during the
past year, in the present revamping
of commercial and social activities
they have become the great clearing
houses of ideas; the marts Of indus-
trial and commercial enterprises; the
congresses of agriculturists and play—
grounds of the masses.

Throughout the United States the
fairs have never had a season which
opened under more auspicious cir—
cumstances. From every corner of
the country it is reported that the
expositions will outstrip all previous
records during the 1919 season.

With the world to feed, intensive
farming was never so necessary.
Never before has there been such
enthusiasm among the farmers of the
nation to secure record—breaking
crops. At the fairs the latest and

I, Would Prevent "Foo

engaged in the business of slaughter
ing live stock or preparing live stock
products for sale, or of marketing
live stock products as a'subsidiary of
or an adjunct to any such business.
shall engage in or carry on any bus-
iness in commerce of buying, selling
or shipping live-stock for slaughter.
or live—stock products, unless he shall

,secure‘and hold a licenSe which shall

be, issued by the Secretary ovagri—
culture upon application in accord—
ance with regulations prescribed un—
der this. Act. ‘ .

Sec. 4 provides “that all persgfis

shall also secure such" afllic'ense who

engage in‘or carry on‘ the'businessvof
(a) conducting-(or operating a stock—
ya-rd .. in’l’iyhiCh ‘l-ivegstock is fiuhandled
in commence; -(b) "’p‘erferming ser-
vicesin commerce with respect to
live-stooli’ handled on a commission
basis in: or in ‘c'onnec'tion with a

,stockyard; (c) collecti'ng'in c'onh‘eci?

tion with a stock-yard and distribut-
ing incommerce live—stock. ‘m’arket'
.. _ - , market
W-ttsrgrjgd) buying, selling or ’hipping
ry_._p5md_lrctst_in corime‘r .JPro-
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most improvedmethods of securing, .

the soil'is' to be one of the major ex-
hibits. The government is taking a
particular interest in this phase of
the educational work of fairs and is
lending every assistance to bring
scientific farming to the direct' at-
tention of the people. ,

Industrial plants have finished
their war contracts and are now able
to give their undivided attention to.
the manufacture of their respective
products. . .With. capacity production
in full swing they are turning their a
attentiOn to bringing these products
before the people. These exhibits at
all fairs will greatly exceed any pre—
vious records. ' ~ - -

Now that the peace treaty has
been signed and the war clouds,
which have hung over the world since
the armistice, have disappeared, the
people can turn their attention to a
certain amount of pleasure. Recog—
nizing this fact the fairs are expend—
ing greater efforts and more money
on the amusements this year.

Outstanding among the fairs of
the nation, as a striking example of
the prosperity. is the Michigan State
Fair. The hlichigan State Fair is
recognized as the largest and most
influential exposition in America. As
early as June 1 the sale of conces-
sions for the 1919 exposition had
outstripped that of the 1918 fair, the
banner season of the seventy years
the organization had been in ex—
istence.

Mr. Dickinson declares the influ—
ence of the State Fairs is on the rise.
He asserts that the people of the
nation are just awakening to the bell—
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exhibits at the expositions of the
country.
“It is but within the past few

years,” he says, “that the great per-
centage of people have begun to
realize they could learn anything at
fairs. In the past thousands have
attended expositions merely as an
amusement, but they are now realiz-
ing that in addition to being able to “
witness the world’s premier attrac-
tions, they can come in contact with
the great progressive ideas and inno-

vations in all lines of human en-
deavor. ,
“The Michigan State Fair has

never had such glowing prospects as
it has this year. During, the war, in
1918. we entertained Over one—half
million visitors and this year we ex-
pect the attendance to increase at
least fifty per cent. We have been
forced to put ill many additional
pavements and open up new streets
on the grounds in order to take care
of the concessions. ‘
“The space in our buildings will be
unable to take care of the exhibitors
and the overflow will have to be
placed in tents. This condition did
not exist in one or a few departments
but in every department of the fair.”

‘ Monopoly

products or of preparing poultry or

poultry products for sale whose bus-

iness shall exceed $500,000 per year.
Why a License?

There is no practical manner in
which the people may regulate the
conduct of a business excepting thru

the power of the license. The li-
cense is the people’s authorization
for conducting a. business. In this

case the business is that of distribut-
ing articles of food that are neces—
scary for human life. The import-
ance of milk and its products to the
human race is, in fact. so great that
many have argued that the govern-
ment should takeover the delicate
task of distributing these products

   
  
     
   
     
    

  

  
 
 
    
 
 
  
   
  

instead of delegating itto private
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fair thatprivate .capital should .--be--,..,..:
givenevery chance to continue _ :.it,-..«w~».
providing .the people can reservetto ,.
themselves the.right to regulate-the:~z:,.l._
discharge of that responsibility. Iggy ‘
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Germanium. 1. ms. with The Gleaner
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30. 1919

Published every Saturday by the
RURAL PUBLISHING OOMIAHY. Inc.
Mt. Clemens, Michigan . ' . -
GRANT SLOCUM. . . .Presldent and Contributing Editor
FORREST LORD ........... Vice-President and Editor
GEO. M, SLOCUM. .Secretary-Treasurer and Publisher

. . ASSOCIATES

Verne Burnett ................... Editorial Department
Mabel Clare Ladd. . . . . . .Women’s and Children's Dep t
Milon Grinnell ..... . . . . ......... ‘ ...... Art Department
William E. Brown. . . . . . ............ Legal Department
Frank R. Schalck .............. Circulation Department

 

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Advertising Rates: Forty-five cents per agate line, 14
lines to the column inch, 764 lines to page.

Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: 'We offer
special low rates to reputable breeders of live stock and
poultry; write us for them.

OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
' We respectfully ask our readers to favor our adver-
tisers when possible. Their catalogs and prices are
cheerfully sent free, and we guarantee you against loss
providing you say when writingor ordering from them.
“I saw your ad. in my Michigan Busness Farming."

Mch.

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Entered as second-class matter, at Mt. Clemens,

Watch the Machines Go By 1 '

 

THIS IS indeed a great machine—buying
age for the business of farming in Mich-
igan and neighboring states. Out of the great
heaps of letters which the farmers write to the
editors of these columns are numerous men-
tions of the vast amount of machinery of all
kinds being bought, often by co—operativc as-
sociations, for advancing the cause of making
agriculture pay, irrespective of shortage of
labor. One farmer writer complains that
there is too much buying at war-time prices—4
but there seems to be little hope that prices of
hardly anything are going to drop materially.
And this farmer seems to be against the sen-
timent expressed by the majority.

Some reason the situation out this way:
Even suppose it were a little extravagant to
buy farm machinery; well, what in tarnation
is a fellow going to do when he can’t get any
man labor at all? That was just the case with
ever so many farmers this year—~great shortage
of labor, especially of competent labor and of
labor which farmers can afford to pay. Next
year it looks as though the shortage of man
power is going to be even greater for those on
the farm. So when Mr. Farmer, or club of
farmers, buys a machine which will do for
many years what several horses and men
would do, it doesn’t look so very foolish after
all. In fact, it is a relief in some sections and
on some farms.

Take the interest being shown in tractors in
our fair state. Early this month there was a
tractor demonstration at Marshall, which 5,000
farmers attended from all parts of southern
Michigan. Then the next day 3,000 farmers
thronged out to a similar event in Monroe
county. These were among the biggest get-
togethers of farmers in the history of the
state. The glib talk of agents was substituted
at, these demonstrations by the actual compe-
tition of the various tractors on amounts of
ground
bers of plow bottoms used. So
could judge for themselves as to actual re-
sults of the various kinds of machines. And
when they buy, if they do, they will be satis-
fied that they are picking the one they like
the best. .

There are many tractor shows on the list of
coming events in Michigan. A number of
them will be in connection with the State Fair
and county fairs, and others simultaneous
with farmers’ picnics and meetings of various

sorts. Tractors and machinery of all kinds,

the farmers

- 7 infect, will be demonstrated. So if youare
’ manning: to 1.31131, it iqurd to .the. whens.

. re éféund'i’to . .
least moss stone“ or more of the fair

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of living. Eggs, held
ply the winter demand
than $300,000 were recently taken from a single
cold storage plant in the city of Detroit. And
‘when the news became
acclaim and the cold storage proprietors were

allotted in accordance with the num-,

"the” various. (immunities-i» ' at
s, in order

     
 

,. Food mime" Grail-timent“

T " HE GOVERNMENT is seizing vase... .. .

of hoarded food, and forcing it ' on the.
arket in hopes of breaking the " high cost
in cold 'ystorage to sup--
and Valued at more 4'

known there was loud

appropriately scored in press and pulpit.
The action of the federal agents in this and
many similar. cases looks like a piece of grand-
stand playing. One might think that these
sleuths, intent on the trail of the high cost of
living bugaboo, had inadvertently stumbled
upon hoarded food and like the hero in the
play exposed the whole plot with a single turn
of the hand. But the records of the Depart-

 

 

Who Will Sell a Horse?‘

HE PRICE of horses has jumped up
$50 a head. At least, that's what dis-
tributors said. telling their hard-luck

story to the Detroit Commission just before
it fixed the price of milk. Now here is a
chance for farmers to sell one or more
horses at a good price it they want to. A »
Detroit distributor has just written us the
following letter: ‘ ‘

“At the last meeting of the Milk Commis-
sion in figures produced on the rising costs
of the distributor, I made the statement that
the price of horses was from $250 to $275.
This is for a good, sound horse, from seven
to eight years old. weighing about fourteen
to fifteen hundred pounds, and 16 hands
high. (These specifications, we understand,
were not made at the Detroit meeting.)

“Some of the delegates who were, at the
meeting questioned my figures and stated
that if I would come to their district, I could
buy this grade horse for $150. Mr. Bryce, of
Romeo, was one of them. The other gentle-
man I did not recognize, and possibly you
could furnish me with this information, as
we are in the market for some eight to ten
horses of this description, and would like to
purchase them before September let.

“I, will appreciate it very much if you
will furnish me with the names of these par-
ties who kindly ofi’ered to sell this grade of
horse to me for $150. I will even go farth-
er than this, to pay ‘from $175 to $200 for
this grade of horse. as they cannot be
bought in Detroit for less than $275."

' Do you take up the challenge, Mr. Farm-
er? .

 

 

 

 

 

 

ment of Agriculture show that the government
is familiar at all times with the amount of
food products in cold storage, and that it
knew of the hoarding, if such it may be called,
and permitted the hoarding of the very prod-
ucts it has now seized. If the government now
has the authority to seize food products in stor-
age did it not have the authority and the means
to prevent the hoarding in the first place? And
if it did have such powers why did it not ex-
ercise them if it deemed the hoarding to be
injurious to the interests of the consumer?
Having permitted cold storage firms to lay in
enormous supplies of eggs, dairy products, etc.,
should it' now with one fell swoop glut the
market with them for the—sake of artificially
and temporarily reducing the cost to the con-
sumer? The farmer whose markets are affect-
ed by the sudden flooding with stored produce
has a right to ask these questions.

 

A Case of Poor Judgment

E MUST admire the President for his

courage in vetoing the daylight saving
repeal bill against the expressed wishes of the
~ united farmers. At the same time we feel sorry
for ‘him because of his fatally poor judgment.
A lesser man would have subordinated his con—
victions to the will (if so mighty a political
factor as the agricultural masses, who are op
posed to daylight saving. » ~ .

A greater man In ht have used better'éudg-
ment in so ticklish a situation. ‘
saving issue is 9 ~31an matter compared With
' many Other issues new and 'to' he befOre' Corr
gross. But we have. ahrfeejling t?“ th ‘ '

    

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American mu! filled Its life-Md “£01." -
freedom. When the. Germans ' sounded the"
last retreat and signified that‘lfor them the
war was over, we "as, i nation-"saw stumbling
along in the wake of'that 1‘ retreat the human
leeches ,and innkers‘tvho thrive upon the'blood
and the profits of war. denew that Ger-
many was a nation of militarists; that 'inen
lived there who held human life so lightly that
they , would use it as a pawn for self-advance—
ment. We knew that German militarism had
to be crushed before there Could be peace and
justice in the world. And when we crushed
it, a great sigh of relief swept over us, for we
were sure that we had torn the spirits of mil—

' itarism out by the roots and that it could never

again raise its ugly head. But we reckoned '
without the junkers inside our own borders. ‘
We shudder'for the future of the race when
we behold the amazing tactics of the American
junkers to embroil this country in a war with
Mexico, Japan and Russia. ~In certain news--
papers we read bold headlines like these, “U.
S.—-Japan War Sure to Come,” “Germans as
Arrogant as Ever—Talk Revenge,” “Roose-

gvelt Called League of Nations Quack Remedy

—-Wanted America Well Armed.” Follow'the
newsstories of these newspapers day after day
and it is easy to detect the purpose of them
all. And that purpose is not good. It be-
speaks a policy that would repudiate the most
important things gained by the war—a policy
that makes a mockery of the colossal sacrifices
which men and nations have just made. It
respects the money-bags of the American junk-
ers. It despises the heart’s-blood of the Am-
erican youth. Those who see war imminent

with Japan, Mexico or any other nation are _

for the most part. those who desire such a war.

 

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THE CHICAGO Tribune said Henry Ford
was an anarchist, but a. jury of twelve
men in this little city of Mount Clemens,
where Business Farming is published, said
that he was an‘American.

The Tribune is a great, powerful paper that
has a wide circulation in Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin and Michigan. It calls itself, the
“World’s Greatest Newspaper.” If to be
great is to pursue a policy always consistent
with the wishes of the advertiser, then the
Chicago Tribune is great. If to be great is
to enjoy the confidence of the large financial
interests of the country, then the Chicago
Tribune is great. If to be great is to be a
constant thorn in the side of the national ad-
ministration because it differs in politics, then

it is true—the" Chicago Tribune is great. But'

if to be great is to have "a heart that compre—
hends the problems 'of struggling humanity
and sympathizes with the under dog, then we
deny that the Chicago Tribune is. great.
\Ve’suppose Henry Ford would admit today
that he said and did many unwise things just
prior to the entrance of this country into the
war. But there are many more men. promin-
ent in the nation’s affairs who would admit
the same thing' of themselves were they hon-
est with themselves. It would be very amus-
ing to go over the public utterances and records

of our leading men the past

If Henry’Fordhad it, to
probably be Wouldghave done it difierently
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.. .mtbrmeu of the str nu-
. “veins"
mom their agricultural
“out; 'or‘other‘anthorined agent rep-
. 7,.mlfig.;organiutinns, I immediate-
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'1: Federal Manager to assist, . in
fuming the "hopper” on “our right-
‘ ‘Ofrmn. I‘ram pleased toadvise. you
that- Ihave this authority and have
.alrgeadyrstarted a dampaign for the
‘ benefit of thosecounties north . . of,
f - City through which our railroad
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It is a recognized fact that the
J proper, mixing of the poisoned bait is
of greatest importanceln order ‘ to
, secure most satisfactory'results, and
since the county agricultural agent
. or any authorized agent representing
organizations already Combating the
pest, have gained a greater knowl-
edge through their practical experi-
- ' encorand also have the material on
‘ i hand. I have decided to purchase the
‘ .. , ‘ poisoned bait from these people and
have our section men distribute it
along the right-of—way. This plan
should insu‘re more satisfactory re-
sults than would be the case were we
to have inexperienced men prepare
the bait, and as you realize it is
practically impossible for me to be
in so many different points when the
mixture should be prepared.

_ I. have been advised that the bait
costs approximately 120 per bushel
prepared. I am offering to purchase.
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section foremen.

I hope by this plan to be of ma—
terial assistance in the fight to elim-
inate the pest. -

Lnote that a great many forces are
being brought to bear in the fight
against the pest through the efforts
of the Farm Prgss. County Agricul-
tural Agents, etc. I believe it is a
campaign worthy of everyone’s con—
sideration and I shall be pleased to
advise you of the results we obtain
froin‘itime to time. Very truly yours,
«W. H. Hill, Agr. 'Agt. M. 0'. R. R.

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THE ’BOLSIIEVIK DOCTRINE

If the M. B. F. will grant space to
,lend a blow at the Bolshevik doctrine
it may throw some light on same.
Last April, reading an item that the
government was going to crush Bol-
.‘ ’ shevism out of existence, I saw that
i the same article stated that said doc-

trine came from the United States.

In the M. B. F., of June 7th you
will find an article headed, “The
League Of Nations.” Article 3 reads
) - as follows:—.—“Find the right autocrat
Or as many as there may be, and
bring them to a strict account; -yvho
should feel alarmed abouhthat, ex-
cept the professional war makers, au-
tocrats and evildoers?”‘ '

How did the Russian people get
said doctrine in September, 1917? The
document I speak of," was drafted and

. mailed to the‘proper authority, Hon.
William J. Stone. chairman of for»
eign affairs, with the request to give
it a fair consideration and apply the
appeal and demands made therein at
the most convenient time to bring
this man-slaughtering war to an end;
punish the guilty and place a bar to
prevent future war. From September
to "November or same year. the so—call-
led Bolshevik government overthrew
the Kerensky regime (which repre-
sented the Russian war lords and au-
tocrats.) On Nov. 10 ,1 read an item,
that the Lenine and Trotzky. govern-
ments were applying and enforcing
this very doctrine. , ~

The -- investigations which are tak-
1118 place now, expose the evil-doers
and they realize their favorite song
about “Poor Little Belgium," is play-
Ed out. So, they resort to the wild
cries, “Bo‘lshevik, Bolshevik,” to keep

a people excited ‘and alarmed.

Senator Johnson, of California,

. tells, the people now millions 0! mil-
lion‘s hays be p plaid out of the peo-

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not rest}: by' ~.the *

get authority from ‘

delivered to the headquarters of our “

 

ad? taken care 'of.
How could this all be done?

Our great nation represents a pow-
erful engine, the governor on said
. engine is Our Constitution;
that engine must have is “truth and

honesty.”

Remove any part from the governor
and the engine will run wild; take
the oil away and the engine runs hot
and squeaks. The man. who spoke at

the‘Potato Growers’ Exchange, gave

talk which is substitute oil; thae Es?
pionage' law has removed such import-
ant parts from our Constitution, in
fact, it undermines the corner stone
that ourgreat nation is built on and

has prospered for a centluy and
half.

reply.

highest law at all times.

Constitution.

citizen?—0. H. A., Iosco C’cunty.

 

THE COMMON MAN
0f hero president and king,
Of great and learned. rich and fair.
Our praises make the welkin ring
And they are honored everywhere.
’Tis well, but when of' self we
we think,
Consider our allotted span
So nearly spent, should We then
shrink
In shame from being common man.

As we recall our homely joys,

Our treasured scenes, our friend-
ships dear,

Our service for our girls and boys

.Whose faces still make heaven
seem near. ..

For them and theirs with seer’s
sense

We’ll present past and future
scenes

In promise rare find recompense
For common lot of common man.

For us from first creation’s dawn,

A laboring world has left it’s store

Of knowledge gained, of treasure
drawn

From nature, all its ancient lore

It’s science, art and literature,

It’s institutions nature’s plan

To supplement and make endure

The heritage of common man.

Our lives to guide we’ve deathless
word

‘Of Him who taught beside the sea;
Whom common people gladly hear
In far-off land of Galilee;

Who gave the world in life divine
The vision of 3. Father’s love;

In service bade our light to shine
On pathway clear to heaven above.

Our work. well done with hand
and brain

Brings pleasant word and kindly
thought.

And song to cheer, and living sane

And sweet repose, and there is
wrought

The substance of our faith
hope. ’

Into our souls, what riches can

Serve better on the upward slope

Than those possessed by common
man? ‘

and

As onward to our journey’s end,

Our. course we take, our duties
know 3

Our paths of service upward trend

And broader our horizon grow.

In large measure life unfolds,

Its guerdon to enquiring mind.
In active sympathy we hold
Our fellowship with human kind.

‘ The past, our teacher, calm we

'Quriffdfnretu‘sk, vet's tumult o'er, -

honour-"com? ”Tu-y “involved mm

m. . e ’ .

‘ This. Commission or National Defen
“so was clothed with unlimited pow-
er, buying ~war rhetoric! from. them-
selves at their own prices against our
law. Mr. Graham also states that at
the eleventh hour the War Depart—
ment called -“a.man,” Major-General
Geo. W. 'Goethals to take charge and
see that our boys were looked after

the 03.

I have asked the proper au-
thority the question and received no
Our Constitution is approved
by the people, and it stands as our
The Es-
pionage law is not approved by the
people by vote and is hostile to our
How are you going to
support both laws and remain a true

   

 

‘ To make-this world a better-place,
Where warfare's wowshali be no
more,

at fear-s, .

ban, .
To higher planes in coming years,
Lead thought and life of common

man.

—-Marttn Trapp, Benzic County

 

THE NEXT GOVERNOR

As the names of citizens who are
to come before the people for their
selection to the high and responsible
position of Governor of Michigan,
are being announced-in the state
press, it becomes every person pos-
sessing the franchise to become ac.-
quainted with the qualifications of
a aspirants for this position.

Michigan, being a Republican state
the next governor will, doubtless, be
selected from that political party.
Several of our very preminent and
worthy citizens have already “cast
3. their hat into the ring” and there
are others doubtless. who may be
contemplating a like venture.

In view of the fact that all wealth
comes. primarily, from the soil and
Michigan agriculture is, therefore,

the foundation up which rests the
prosperity of her citizens; would it
not be most wise and becoming to

place, in .the governor’s chair, a
practical farmer of which our state
has an abundant supply of well qual—
ified men. -

The various farmer’s organizations

will.

each succeeding year.

high this year.

 

Where faith“shall take the place-

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And. hope ,a world’s-despair shall .

 

Buy YourLSpreader Now
A

more on any average farm this year.
doing that, it gets you into the habit of fertiliz~'

GOOD manure spreader, properly used,
undoubtedly earn its full cost and

log your land regularly and 50 building
condition that makes your farm more valuable with

' Everybody expects prices of farm products to be
The market will absorb

‘; seesaw candida“ ,
" ’4, governor and this'mattor
> is now being considered... . ‘
by. the above organizations. '
The very worthy records made by
farmers who, in previous years, have
served Michigan as chief executive,
give assurance that from "the tillers
of the soil” a candidate may be se—
lected who will; by faithful discharge
of oflicial duties, more the wisdom
of the people’s choice in this matter.
It is to be hoped that this ques-
tion will be thoroughly canvassed
to the end that a wise and satisfact-
ory choice may result.

The above is respectfully submitted
for consideration—J. T. Dannicls, ew-
President of State Ass'n of Farmers
Clubs.

    
   

  
   
 
 
  
  
 
  

  

   
  
 
 

  

   
    
        
        
      
     
 
      
   
    
  
    
    
  
    
 
   
      
   
     
   
   
 
  
  
  
  
   
  
    
 
  
   
  
  
  
 
  
   
  
  
 

 

- HOLDER R‘OR BUGGY WHIPS

A good way to provide for a place
for buggy or carriage whips is to bore
Several holes in a small. hardwood
board and cut some old clothespins to
fit. Make the holes slightly smaller
than the shank of the pin, and then
cut off the heads of the pins, and tap-
er so that they may be driven into
place with a block of wood.

The slots in the pins should be in a
vertical line when the board is lacked
in place.

A small nail driven down through
the pin after it is in place will hold
them securely.

This may be nailed in some conven-
ient place and high enough so that the
whips will hang in a straight line.—~
Reader.

  

After all, what is success in life but
happiness.

Besides

up a soil

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you can raise and pay you well for it. Occasional
top dressings of growing crops will increase yields
this year, probably more than enough to pay. for
your spreader, and will also give you even greater
assurance of bigger yields next year. Buy your
manure spreader now and get busy.

For best results, get a light-draft Low Corn King,
Cloverleaf, or 20th Century spreader, whichever
the dealer sells. All these machines spread beyond
the wheel tracks, yet are so narrow they can be
driven right into the barn for easy loading. There
are three .handy sizes, .small, medium, and large.
Each can be adjusted to do the heaviest spreading
ever required, or for the lightest kind of top dress-
ing. The spread is wide enough to dress three rows

of corn at once. .
You cannot expect land to
stomach. This year it
Buy a. Low Corn King,
now.
books and have a 8 tea
will do good work
write us for catalogues.

will pay

if
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or that has cost you nothing and that
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VACATION TIME

0 MANY women on the farm—
I the word. “vacation” simply
brings to mind visions of city

relativhs flocking to the farm to rest
and add to the already heavy burdens
which the summer season imposes on
wife and mother. To her it is a round

of house work with the extra task of
canning, caring for little chickens——
and perhaps .just once in aWhile steal-
ing a thought of what a vacation might
mean, and wishing that she might
find time to take one. But what, with
with the chores, the young stock and
the thousand and one things, she
simply doesn’t see how this can be
done. And for the farmer and his
wife who are doing their own work
without assistance, a long vacation
will be impossible, but any one can
so plan it, that out of life's busy sea—
son. at least a day may be stolen,
when with the break of morn, they
pack their lunch and steal away, over
new roads either to the nearby city
to see the circus or just for a picnic
to some resort within easy reach. For
vacation doesn’t mean resting in the
sense in which we commonly think of
it as going to bed, but rather it
means a change from our regular
habits and the mind as well as the
body needs this change. -

To those who have a machine the
question of a trip which may be long
or short as the time will permit, is
an easy one. If you are a true sports—
man and love the out-of—doors, no
better change can be found than to
go a—gypsyingflcarrying with you
. one of those three sided tents which
fold up into a small compass and
are easily packed under the rear
seat when not in use, but which can
be quickly fastened to the side of the
machine and serve for a dressing
room if you pass a lake and desire
to bathe, or may shelter a bed of
boughs or one of those folding cots.
HoweVer for those who are at home
the year around a good change will
be found for the wife and mother to
visit a hotel and this can be done
without too great 'an expense if you
will stop at the small towns on the
outskirts of the larger cities. The
breakfast can be secured here and
then with provisions for the day. if

. your trip is over a country road
where you will
be allowed to
build a fire, no
more fun can be
found than the
picnic lunch of
hot weiners and
coffee with the
buttered rolls
, which you have
brought all wrapped. And the little
device shown here can be prepared
easily by ‘friend husband" and when
not in use, folded up and placed with
the rest of the luggage. ‘
If time and money will permit and
you can motor east, thenyour ways
will lead along pleasant paths .in-
deed for it is over the Lincoln High—
ney that the motorists will find the
best beaten paths. The way is mark—
ed all along the course and the trip
will take you through the famous
coal mines of Pennsylvania; the blue
mountains and the White moan". tins,
and through all those cities and vil—
lager. where history,,was made when
our own United States was in its in-
fancy. The trip east is well worth
your while and you “Will find '
people courteous and ever ready to
point you to the places of interest..

 

For those who love the lakes and ‘

rivers with the attendant opportun-
ity for trout and bass fishing, the
trip to the See and Duluth over Mich-
igan’s incomparable lakes will make
its appeal. At the S00 one of the
world's wonders can well claim your
attention in that wonderful engineer-
ing feat. the locks, while those who

" have never :before visited Duluth will .
marvel "at the never-to-he-forgotten ..

..-.. 1e crews, ”911mm . elevators which . .,

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ne:irlg:t'§je,.entraneé to: théf‘ harbor at .
the 5, ,

. Duluth ewhere.,.itheywheatmfrom4
lie-ids of “immature store. and

£1; . ‘A epat‘tme’nt

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of course this trip gives you an Op-
portunity also"‘-.to visit
copper mines and college of mines.

TIIPB of course there is the
——calling-——calling, ‘with
sistency which finally gets us all and
makes us yearn to view atleast once
the awe—inspiring snow capped Rock-4

ies, the
granduer of
the canyons,

of our Na-
tional Parks,
any one of
which may
well . claim
our trip as
its destina-
tion; the
w o n d e rful
Great Salt
lake, and in
fact, as the
booklets all
say “all the
glories of the
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Br 0. ‘ SHIRLEY
Up to her elbows in foamy suds, ..

Stood mother dear at the laundry tubs

When father said with at sudden jerk,
“Liza, I’m tired of all this work,

EDITED BY MABEL‘ CLAIRLADD

few of us are no
can resist the desire
those means where

curtai‘ n

not very superstitious as-to the evé

~Michizan’8 .eryday things of life, such: as be-
, " ginning a new undertakingpn Fri—

Wff‘t day or picking up horseshoes, still.

that in- ’ have a firm belief in astrology, and

t so human that we
to learn some of,
by the "so/called
fortune, tell-
ers _

"draw
aside'
of

the futur e

and foretell
'for us ‘
‘unkndwn.~

~, ‘ Astrolo g y
has
' practiced fer
. mafii’ .
‘ turie‘s,=' -- being

the _

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can—

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a Leta/us _f of
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tion by the
Egyptians,
from whom
it spread to
all parts of

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able west" Folks by the hundreds are spinning by the world
to visit any Bent on vacation, let’s you and 1 The ancient.
of which will Spend a couple of weeks in town, firml S -
. . . . . y b e -
furnish us We’ll mszt the movies and see the clown lieved' that
food for day And laugh with the rest of the foolish jokes. the position
dreams for Nothing’s amiss in vacation folks." of the sun
months to 7 . at the time
come. ‘M’ember the day that I bought the ring, of a child’s
Howev e r, Took in the opera and heard them sing birth was an
n.) m a tier Some foreign lingo they thought was grand unfailin in-
which way That nobody tried to understand; dicationg of
you go, and And how we went to the island park? the leadin
whether it be Life in those days was a merry lurk. character‘ g
north, east We’ve sort-0’ forgotten how to play, t' s of 1h?—
or west, if' ’Tis twenty years since I heard ye say nfit BIS
you are a ‘I will,’ as I clumsily held your hand—— lowurvte “a;
ggfdcrl-mcgié Gee ! but I thought you was looking grand briefly agfew
your ,farm Mother was filled with dread alarm, ghfaragtfleeis?
was cleared At dad’s antipathy for the farm, tics sur 0s—
by yourself And wanted to phone for the doctor quick; ed to beppos‘
and v 0 u r I reckon she thought that dad was sick. sesse d Db”
home ’ built But dad held on lilce a mongrel pup— the 1y
there. v o ii That blamed vacation. he wouldn’t'give up born Dec}? e
will return He gave us the wink and we all joined in. the su wi e.n
f], o m- th e ’Till the neighbors threatened to end the Leo 0:1 shin
ea s t a n (1 din. , tween 'J e-
. o i . u‘y
Vlew your Ma stopped the washing then and there August 22nd.

broad acres,

As though she hadn’t a want or care,

If your birth-

3:3: ltifiirelltiltg- And started packing her Sunday duds. gay, occurs
t1 She wanted to board at the Green’s or uringjlthis
f c p l a y Judd's, ' t1 m_,e‘,.§,:;.~,rsse e
33111.3? 3:: But dad'said ‘no sir, the best hotel.’ how rainy 0f
they with a Mo nearly fainted (and almost fell. the Warhol:
feeling of be_ Gracious, she blushedflike a bashful bride. themes 5““
ing king of And dad was that tickled he almost cried— 3:51;}er pas}:
all the earth. When four days later they landed home, you. _

Or if ' you
have visited
jack plains
and passe d
thru some of
the ‘travel-
ing farms”

as some of
those light,

 

Solemnly swearing no more to roam.

 

Persons

 

 

bor n b e-
tween Jul y
22 n'd a n d
, August 22nd
wh e n t h e
sun - is ' in
Leo, ha v e
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sandy soils

are spoken of with nothing on them
save some pine stumps, you will be
glad that your farm is all under
cultivation, and that the hardships
of blazing the trail have been done
by others. And unless you are en-'
amored with the west entirely, you
will return to Michigan to welcome,
the ever-refreshing rain storms af—
'ter being in a .country whose lands'
have to becultivated under the irri-
gation system entirely. In fact, if
. you are a true lover ofhome; the
trip will do you wo‘rlds‘o‘f'good. no
matter, whe_re_you go. But if your
trip leads you to the busy,
city, I vouch that you' will
and say with Riley: "

“I’d rather lay out here among the trees

With the singin’-birds and bumblebees,

A-knowin' that I can do as I please, ‘

Than live what folks call a life of ease
Up that in the city."

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control. mag—
netism, sympathy and _ . generosity.
They are good nurses. good cooks
and good story tellers. Their intui-
tion helps them often to escape from
the consequence of their actions.
They may become powerful,‘ .for
good in moulding the opinion of‘the
public by their . eloquence. Preju-
dice, arrogance, laziness. and a love
for creature comforts theymust fight
against; also a taste for borrowing
and prev‘a‘ricating: But if. their

faults are great, so are their'good-

qualities, andwhencarefully train-
ed, these, people are'the salt of the
earth.‘ . T , 1' ~
,, The :birthstones for" this?" period.
the. wearing of whichr'is' supposed fto'
bring good fortune to ;,the smarter are
rubies for diamonds, {and the Colers
which belong to-‘this sign” are “red and
green. :5: .1: ‘ 2
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, ‘jdowh'f‘oilt'o: the if}.

, , ”Kinsman—{figs as? :‘f . r; .

the regularrural-geckos], whéite‘ati-m , .
will not. permit ‘t'iiefbtieteacher to;
devote 'thegwhole day» to the'i'fkinder",
garten worku‘aifa. = ; ,- . "4:; "
And so toefls’etthis dimculty and.
to bring tof-th‘e: parents direct the
best" methods master/5111;. , successml
kindergartens, the: guy ’rnment‘ have ;
hired some' exnerts to prepare a sen-,1.

 

' desist-"helps for parents eofjthat they-

mayassume the role of kindergarten
teacher at home. Not only'wi‘ll this
help the ‘children with their first
schooling but if followed by parents, ,
will build a strong companionship 'bfi‘:

tween parents and children. 'It " is

certainly time well spent. ’

From time, ,toitime'.we will publish 1‘

these articles" and trust-that enough
good may bade-rived, from them to
warrant the;spac_e being used for .

.'If‘~,3iou engoye’themyif you would
like the series’piiblished, please drop
me a card, and the whole series will
be published. Remember, this is your .
section of the paper, and in it we
want to publish that ‘which will
bring to you the most good and en-
joyment.

Fit Your Punishment to the Child
and to the Act'COmmittieed. Do
' Not Punish in Anger ’ .‘
By Mary E. Dozier

A child of four years who was in
the habit of pinching her neighbors,
was asked by her kindergarten teach—
er: “Would you like to have Alice
pinch you?” “No.” “She doesn’t
like it either. Dorothy, and will not
care to sit by you if you continue.”

But the talk didno good, for the
little tot went on repeating her of—,
fense. Then the teacher quietly took
her handkerchief and. wrapping it
around the offendingmember, said:
“Suppose we cover up this little hand
and not let ‘it .be seen until it can re-
member not to pinch.” '

After a few minutes the child came
over to the teacher to_- say that the
hand could ’take' care‘ of itself now.
Smilingly the teacher unwrapped it
and said: “I am so glad i” ,

A mother, for‘a similar offense,
was seen to slap her child’s hand and
jerk his arm. Whitsh do you think
the better method to follow?

In a kindergarten room of forty
children, the story heur was in pro-
gress. The room was small, hence
the attentio‘n of all was a necessity.
,Two boys. half listening, half play-
ing, were continupdiy rocking their
chairs. The teacher’s efforts ..0 gain
their com te attention proved fruit-
lesfi'. ‘ She ’ ’oppe‘d long enough to
'say: "‘Those who cannot sit quietly
on their chairs must sit on the
"floor.” One of the boys immediate-
ly gave perfect attention, but the‘
other continued his noise. .When
the teacher reached 'over to take his
chair, he resisted, then went ,off by .
himself in a distant corner.

vKnowing 'the disposition of- the
boy, the teacher let the matter pass
until the next day when he asked for —
some work which he specially liked
to do. Then she replied: f‘I will be
glad to let you have it, John, after
you have obeyed about sitting on the
floor.” ‘ X

For three days the boy rebelled.
and for three days this teacher of
. forty children did not forget the in-
dividual problem, C'refusing all of

'John’s reqftests for‘the things he de-

5sired—alvmys‘, however, in a pleas-

ant manner. _:

The fourthday afdramatized storyf
boy

program and the

,was on the .
steeping-011." “May I

longed to be

fibe?!’ in hid enthusiasm he asked.’ “I

:am'.sure,.you‘vvould make a fine troll ~
"it"y‘ou. would first obey your teacher.” .
Heflooked ather smiled and slid”-

  
 

 

 

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., .K ' ' he is big ht Yf'firs old and in the 4th grade

EA ’ Childrenze- Fairs have
; eltherstartedor‘ai-e going to
start in practically
t‘ of, your state. Takegt'h'e " big

   

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-‘ StatecFair which has. just'open‘ed at
‘Detroit. :Ior instance,.and. Which will

continue “until September 7. It is

' .bY"n0‘means._,‘inte'nded only for the

grown-ups. You‘ng ‘men and women

. andchildren are taking as 'much part

in much ‘ofit-‘as are the old folks.~
There ‘arerthe physical culture stun‘s
and we-are showing here a pic‘ure
of Walter- ‘Heston, oil-Wayne county,

'who won the contest last year. He

is'just 6 years old. There is also a
school for boys and many fine. inter-
esting” and instructive things for
them to see. ' The boys also will be
interested in the agricultural exhibits
and demonstrations of all ' kinds.
There is some. mighty good stuff at
the fair about bee raising and dairy-
ing and fertilizing of crops, for in—
stance. For the girls there are of

' special interest the canning, sewing,

cooking and housekeeping demon-'
Of course both the boys
and the girls will find interest in
practically everything 'at the great
exposition. Most of these things ap-
ply to the county fairs. which are br-
ing held in nearly eVery county. in
the state.

Somehow it seems as though the
fairs are a great, glorious ending for
the big vacation of summer which is
just closing. Now we are going to
give two prizes for the best stories
‘written by our young reiders des-
cribing what they liked best about
the fair they visited. Send your
stories to Laddie, care of Michigan
Business Farming, Mt. Clemens, and
the prizes will be awarded quickly.

Now] we are going to run quite a
few letters. Some of them are some—
what old. And even nowthere isn’t
room for a half of the splendid let-
ters which have been written in. If
your letter fails to get in the first or
second time,- try, try again, and at
last you aréi‘bound to succeed.

 

Letters ‘From On: Boys and Girls.

ar Laddie—I have never written to
yolukbefore, but we are now'taking the M
'B. F. and I read the “Childrens Hour
every time. I am a girl 12 years old and
I amin the 8th grade. ,1 have ber eyes
and light hair. I have 6 pet rabbits and
a kitten. -We live on a farm of 80 acres
and have two horses and two colts. We
have 15 head of cattle. I see you have a
contest of the “Great Men," and I joined
it recentlyf'l‘he enclosure is about the
great man you have pictured in the paper.
——-Tere'sa ‘Gabier, Sherman, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—Thig is the first time I
have written to you, We take the M.'B.
F. an’d‘like it very much. We live on
an eighty acre farm. I have one brother
his name is Edwin. I also have a site)"
Florence. My brother Edwin is

old. I am eleven. I read the Children‘
page and like the Doo.Dads and the let-

, ters from the boys and girls very much

I have a mile to go to school. I am in
the fifth grade. I have .four little cat“
for pets, They are cunning to play. with
——Evelyn Manley, Meuwataka, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—This is the first time I
have written to you. We live on an eighty
acre farm and have four horses. and 513'
cows. For pets I have a dog and cat. I

.am nine years old and in the fourth grade

at Sahool. My father takes the M. B. F
I like to read the letters and Don Dads
My letter is getting long. so I will close
hoping to see' my letter in print—Vernon
Minard,‘ Mariette, Mich.

 

Dear'Laddle—I'have not written to you
before so I thOught- I would write. I am
a girl 10 years old and in the‘6th grade.
My friend is 80m: to write to you. Our
school teacher’s name was Oli-ve Foster.
.We live on a 40 acre farm. We have two

.horses and one COW and one' ’calf. We

have 21 hens. "I have one hen setting and
one hen-that has got 7 little chickens

N where are 7- children in' our family. There
. ' here are ‘ p
,the nam‘ea; Frances is 14 years old'and '_
in the eighth, grade but did not pass and.«

re ‘feur girls and three boys,

mu Edward‘is 12 and in the sixth

 

 

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ha sh "10‘months old. My birth-
" October. the:19th. We have-a
' y motherjs name-.15 Mabel

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every

three '
. »years old and my sister is sixteen yearr‘

grade
t and then .Wfllmgd 1

in'three ‘and then Ella "

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\Valter Heston, a \Vayne County
boy, 6 years old, is last year’s physi-
cal culture champion of the State Fair.
“’utch him this year.

 

 

 

the children of your members would write

to me. I stay with my grandmother
rights. We live the next house to her. I
didn’t put in my garden until late. If some.
of the girls would write to me I would
write back to them.
D00 Dads very much— Florence R'lxlvl'.
Vassar. Mich. . .

   
  
   
  
   
   
  
    
  
 
    
 
   
 
   
  
  
  
    
   
 
 
   
  
  

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WHITE should be used.

Dear Laddie—We enjoyed your letters
in last Weeks M. B. F. very much and look
forward‘to each issue of your interesting
paper. I am 11 years old and passed into
the sixth grade this year. I have one
sister but I have no brothers. After fin-
ishing my school course I hope to take a
busmess course. I live on a farm of 160
acres. I enjoy the flowers and the birds.
I am the secretary 0f the poultry club“. I
have 11 War Savings Stamps. I also have
a $50 Liberty bond. Hoping you will pub-
lish this letter which is my first attempt.
I am sincerely yours, Anna McGuigan,
Fostoria, Mich. ,

 

Dear Laddie—I am a boy of eleven
years of age and am in the sixth grade
at Gaines. I enjoy‘the Doo Dads in the
Wonderland of Doo. My father is tak—
ing the M. B. F. and we all enjoy reading
it. .I used to live in Gaines but this
spring we moved to the farm. My two
brothers my father. the hired man and
I‘ are going to farm two hundred and
Sixty acres of land; My brother lives on
our one hundred and sixty acre farm and
and we are living on a rented form 0"
one hundred acres. My brother and i
found an ox-yoke. We went to the wood:
and got hickory to make bows. My fath—
er keeps a jersey cow here and fifteen
head of registered ‘Holsteins. We also
have Six horse -=. ' Respectfully yours, 'Har-
01d Bronson, Gaines, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—I have been reading the
letters of the boys and girls and enjoy
them very much. I like to read about the
D00 Dads very much I am a little girl
eight years old. I go to school every
day and am in the fifth grade and will
be ready for the sixth grade next year.
My teacher’s name is Alta E. C. Field
and I like her very much. I go to Sun-
day school every Sunday. We have a
nice black cat at our house. I live on a
farm of 265 acres. We have SIX horses.
two colts, three cows, nine head of youn"

cattle. We have twenty three sheep, 32
lambs. We have chickens, turkeys and
geese. Trusting to see my letter in prim.

I remain your little friend. Gertrudn
Katherine Brennen, Brighton, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—This is the first I have
written to you. I am a girl, nineyears
old and in the 4th grade. Our school lot
out. the 16th of May. My papa takes the
M R. F. l IIICI‘ to read the Children's

. Lily White -

“The Flour the Best Cooks Use”

For exacting women who place quality above price; who real-
ize true economy is practiced when complete satisfaction is

Of course, a good cook will be able to bake good bread and
biscuits from the ordinary good flour.

But if you desire something A LITTLE BETTER, more light,
color —- LILY . '.

Splendid

Money back if it does not give complete satisfaction.

VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

hour. I have two brothers, Harold, age
seven years and Clair age 19 months. We
have a dog and a. cat We live on a farm
of 160 acres. We have three herses and
12, cows. Also 100 little chickens that I
help .take care of. I gather the eggs
every night. I have two war savings
stamps. Will close hopingto see my

letter in print—Ethel Detwilen ,Weston,

Michigan. _ 3

Dear Laddie—Thls is my first attempt
to write a letter to any farm paper or
magazine, but I am going to try my luck
in getting prizes. I am very glad vaca-
tion has come, but I will be glad when
school commences again. I am eleven
years of age and was promoted into the
sixth grade. Mto a village school. My
sister. one and a half years older than
myrelf have each got a hen and her fam-
ily of little chickens. We set 26 eggs and
we hatched 20 They all got sick and we
only have 13 left between us. We are
to have the roosters and mama the pull-
ets. We have 14 little guineas, five white
ones and nine brown ones, which will be
a speckled gray when they grow up. W2
also have ll little banties. My sister and
I have a garden all our own. We have
put it into pop corn. beans and a few pea-
nuts, and the rest into potatoes. We are
going to see how much we can get from
it, Afew days ago mama gave us a
penny for every burdock we cut down and
put a few drops of kerosene on the hearts

so that they would never grow again.’We - ‘

got $1.60 each. Last summer we drove
the horses on the hay loader, as I sup-V-
pose we will do this year. Mama is.
going to get us a pair of overalls so we
can get around better. Later on we
helped father plant potatoes with the
planter and he gave us four rows when
they were harve<ted we had thirty-four
bushels from them. IVhen we received
the. payment for them it amounted to

$23. We got a camera with some of the ' '

money and expect to have lots of fun
with it this summer taking pictures. My
father takes the M. B. F. and likes it
almost better than any other farm paper_ .
'We. have a beautiful span of horses. They
are bays with white feet and white faces.

1 take music lessons once a week. I like
it better than anything else. I have
(-om-p‘eted the first, second and third

grades of Matthews and now am neariy
half way through the first book of
Bach. I have taken about two and one~
half years.— Marian Dnvey. Union City.

 
  
 
   
   
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
   
   
 
 
 
 
  
 
    
   
 
   
 
  

    
      

 

 

 

 

  
     
    
   
   
   
 


  
  
 
 

   
   
  
    
    
 

”The who endure market seem
”dotting somewhat accustomed
to the}.government price agitation
and investigations. New strikes and

,i i troubles and demoralizin-
tiun of the fdreign exchange could
hardly have failed to cause some

influence on business and trade.
f'There have bran great orders placed
in the mercantile trades; in hides and
. leathers notable shinkages have oc~
curred. as well as; in other import-
ant lines.

' The efforts of various agencies to
lower the cost of nuns have been
~-es:-.......ly futile and may tend to
,boost it co; :iderably in the long
.run. Farmers as a rule show signs
,of beiLg unsettled as to future pros
pects. The attitude of both of the
_. government and the various state
' investigations has been on the whole
j hostile to the farmers, and as it is
' the city man who is at the helm of
the queries, it is natural that the side
of the farmer is not understood or
sympathizéd with. By glutting the
market with necessary reserve sup-
plies of foodstuffs in the big cities
the farmer's business is ‘impaired.
‘Many farmers have been giving up
dalrying gradually, and together with
bad seasons, the profiteer investiga—
5'tions and actions as unintelligently
conducted at present will be the las:
straw to some dairymen. Thus ir
the long run the consumer is the
sufferer.

One of the failings of investiga-
tions in too many places is the blind—
ness to the inefficiency of the market-
ing and middleman systems. A ray
of hope is seen, however, when our
state investigators make the retail-
ers in Lansing and Detroit and other
cities show their books without any
holding back or camouflage. When
the middlemen, the distributors,
‘Ihow their books face out to the

public, then the farmer can expect
more of a square deal in the setting
' " of prices.
Take for example the Lansing re—
‘ tellers. A shoe dealer admitted that
, he was making 50 per cent profit on

  
    
  
     
   
    
    
      
    
    
     
    
    
    
   
  
    
 
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
    
    
   
   
    
  
   
    
   
    
  
       
    
   
    
  
    
   
    
  
   
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
    
   
  
    
  
     
 
  
     
   
   
    
  

his business. The farmers in our
state average less than three per
cent profit.

Take an other example of the
findings of the investigations: The

prosecuting attorney in- Detroit rung
', the confession from the Detroit res-
taurant men that they are making a:
' profit of 183 per cent per glass on the
‘milk they sell to the public. The
item from the Detroit News follows:

Restaurants which sell milk at 10

,cents a glass make 183 per cent
" profit; those which sell it at 7 cents
-make 87 per cent, and those few
whi h- are still sticking to the lowly
hi‘c e1 get 25 per cent gain, accord-
ing to some problems in arithmetic
Iworked out today by Matthew H.
1 Bishop. prosecutor, from the restau-
irant men’s own figures.
And this is the profit after the
roost of labor and the loss in vol-
“nme are deducted. Milk costs the
:testauranteurs 52 cents a gallon of
012-8 ounces. The restaurant men add
10 per cent of this price for labor
find 5 per cent for wastage, making
:the total cost 59 8-10 cents a gallon,
9hr 3 7-10 cents a glass.

. The restauranteur gets 16 glasses
rout of a gallon, whether he sells for
‘75 cents or 10. At 5 cents he makes
fraction over 20 cents a gallon, at
' cents he makes a little better than
'52 cents, while at 1.0 cents. his net
ofit is an even dollar.

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1' to, 2' Red ....... 2.24 2.35%
also. 2 “’hito ..... 2.22 2.32
No. 2 Mixer 2.22 I 2.32

 

The who t crop, supposed to have
men such a bumper one, has wind]-
.5 and dwindled, along wit the
gospects. for other foodstuffs. Al-
ough 940,000,000, bushels seems
and, ‘pr'obably only 800,000,000
els will be fit for use. Smut and
integer. of various sorts have

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wxsfimoron. D. 0., August 30.—
The heavy horizontal line represents

the normal. of temperature. The 21:"-
zag line is the predicted movement of
temperatures up and down.
the top are for their time at meridian
90. If you are"east of that line these
weather features should reach you one
or two days later; if west of it one to
three days earlier. I marks date
of warm wave’s arrival at meridian 90.
' Last Bulletin gave forecasts of
warm wave to cross continent So ,
3 to 7, meridian 90 4 to 8, eastern sec—

tion .5 to 9; storm waves about one
day'behind warm waves and cool
waves about one day behind storm

waves.

Next warm wave will reach Van—
couver about Sept. 9 and temperatures
will ris». on all the Pacific slope. It

 

 

 

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mm mm. seesaw a.

will cross crest of Rockies Sept. 10
plainssectlons 11, meridian 90, great
lakes middle Gulf states and Ohio—Ten-
nessee vane”. 12, eastern sections 13.
reaching vicinity of Newfoundland
about Sept, 14. Storm wave will 1:]- ‘
low about one day behind warm wave
and cool wave about one day behind
storm wave.

The two disturbances described in
above paragraphs. will control the
weather of North America tram near
Sept. 3 to 14 The flu. dating tem-
peratures of the. two wee s will trend
downward more than the season sug-
gests and will reach the lowest of the
month during the five days centering
on Sept. 16. During those five days
frosts are expected to reach some parts
of Alberta Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Montana, North Dakota and northern
Minnesota. Not much' damage is ex-
pected. More. rain is expected From
Sept. 1 to 15 than from 15 to 30; most

. ram in cotter. states east of Mississip-
px and lenst in the state and provinces
mentioned in reference to frosts. ’

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inroads into the
wheat harvest. As forvspring wheat,
black rust and blight have made
such injuries that the condition by
a few weeks ago was the lowest on
record. Part of the poor wheat will
no doubt be used for feeds this year,
especially where the oats and barley

made frightful

have been so poor, as they have
been in Michigan. With «corn up
around $2 a bushel, wheat will be

about as cheap as most grain feeds
in many sections.

Had there been no government
guarantee. tying down the price of
wheat, it is believed that the price
would. soar high. When the fixed
price is lifted next spring, therefore,
it is hoped that the wheat markets
will take wing and soar Skyward. A
great deal more wheat is being ex—
ported this summer than last. .

The U. S. Grain Corporation an—
nounced there will be no . storage
premiums added to the basic prices
in its buying scale, for the present
nor until the Grain Corporation ac-
cumulates enough to secure a reserve
necessary for future home require—
ments.

Contracts are being refused which
foreign buyers are eager to, tie up
so as to assure their getting a large
amount of American wheat in the
future at the present price. ‘

On the basis of these and other
facts, it seems quite a safe bet to
put in winter wheat. Mr. Barnes
ought to know as much as anyone
about the wheat situation and he
says the price will go right on up af—
ter the guarantee lifts. There are
some, however, who are dubious for
high prices on grains next "year. The
present disturbances of strikes and
price agilations certainly complim
cate the outlook on the Wheat mar—
ket.

   

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Dct’o’t I Ch’go IToledo
No. 2 Yclow .I 2.10 I 2.00 I 2.1514
No. 3 Yellow ..... I 2.08 I 1.98 I 2.13
No. 4 Yc'low .. . .I 2.06 I 1.96 “.11

The month of July did some ter-

rible things to the corn yield, as
well as for other grains. Just in
the one month it is estimated that
200,000,000 bushels of corn. were

lost from the total prospectsin this
country. Corn continues to be of
a very high price. In Now York
corn sells at around $2.15 per bush:
el, which is only ,about 15 cents low—
er than wheat in that city. In De-
troit, the corn market has crept up
a little higher than a week ago. The
market opened this week in Detroit
at around $2.07 for Cash No. 3
Prices of corn have been jumping
up and down in one of the most
nervous conditions in history. The
news concerning labor, especially the
railroad unions, has been the de—.
ciding factor. Now that the noise

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about the railroads has hushed tem~
porarily on the surface, the prices of
corn have crept up again. But it is
felt that new startling news tending
to tie up transportation may topple
the price again. But old Supply and
Demand is going to keep the price of
most grains high for a year or so at
least, according to experts, due to
the shortages in the expected wheat,
corn and other cereals, in the face
of the biggest demands ever made
on the American market. Take the
ruinous weather for crops in Poland
and the crop fizzles of Russia. They
must get fed from somewhere. and
ultimately a lot of the grain of Mr.
U. S. Farmer is going to find its Way
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No. 3 “'hite . . . .791/2I .75 I .86
No 4 Whitey. i__‘.78‘1/2I «.34» I .85__

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Oats, as usual, rolled’and pitched
along with the storm in the corn
market. But the price ranges in
oats have been less than ten cents,
while divergencies of around 30
cents have been noted in the corn
section. The week opened with a
few cents gain over what it was sev-
eral days ago. Although the oat crop
has been poor, it'is coming out some-
what better than had been expected.
according to government reports, and
this tended to keep down the price.
Much more of the oat crop is need—
ed to meet pledges to foreign buy-
ers and an eager demand has ac—
companied a generally bullish tone.
Detroit received the least of the
eleven primary grain markets, dur—
ing two weeks of August, thus show—
ing the poor condition in the Mich-
igan oat fields. The price in De—
troit'for oats hovers just below 80
cents.

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The rye crop is about the, lowest it
has been for the past twenty years,
according to government reports, al-
though it was expected to rank high
with preceding records. Naturally
the effect on the market was bullish.
Likewise news of reduction of the
wheat prospects also raised the hopes
of the rye bulls. Rye did its share
of teeter-totter in the nervousness
caused by threatened rail tie-ups and
big strikes and unscientific profiteer
fighting. The demand for rye has
increased in Detroit markets. This
is partly due to the heavy calls from
Europe for American rye. Thus rye
is firm and expected to advance. The

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. sarong-mum tori-rye opened. this
week wan Cash ‘No.’7 {nth-"Mod
_ Most eitleoreport bullish or sfrongw
conditions in the barley market. In
Chicago the, reports are of lower.
prices for the common grades, al- ‘
though the choice varieties went
quickly to ministers and the indus-
tries. Barley prices have made a
steady gain for ,the last mm:
months. One of the bullish teeters
in most market just now is the trons
portatlon dimculty. Along with this
the crop prospects have fallen from
rosy prospects to one of the smallest
in the last two decades. Detroit
opens this week with Cash No. 8 at
around $2.46 per cwt.

    

Rains have saved. many farmers in
Michigan from losing much, on their

bean crops this year.' It has also
benefited bean growers in neighbor— '
ing states. California, however, has
reported less optimistic reports of
the crop of the Far West. The bean
market is steady and inactive. The
price has edged off a little again and
is around $8.10. With the harvest
of beans only several weeks off, there
is much uncertainty. Mr. Nixon, ed-
itor of the Bean-Bag, the only pa-
per devoted exclusively to bean in-
terests, writes us that there are so
many uncertain factors in the out-
look, that prophesy right now is hard
to make with much assurance: In
general, however, his letter is rath-
er optimistic for better bean prices.

  

Michigan’s potato report is not so
encouraging just now, when many
tell of small sizes and few to a hill
for the early potato ‘erop. Our
neighboring states have- suffered
from dryness and various posts. New
England, in several parts, reports
good weather for potatoes. As a
general thing the whole country re—
ports fairly good potato crops. In
the Chicago market potatoes are re-
ported steady with early Wisconsin
and Ohios. sacked and in carlots, sell—
ing at around $3 per cwt. In Do-
troit, however, the arrival of earlles
is knocking the market down. There
has been plenty of active trading as
well as good supplies with early
Ohios selling at over $5 for 150 lb.
sacks. New Jersey cobblers sell at
more than $6.

PEAS

Adverse growing conditions, chief-
ly the drought, have impaired the
pea output of the nation this year.
The Northwest growing sections have
suffered from lack of irrigation wa-
ter. It looks now as though the total
will fall below last year. Prices
ought to be pretty good accordingly.

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| Light Mlx.ISt’nd. Tim.| Timothy“
Detroit 131.00 32.0030 00 31001294") 31500
Chicagol28.00 30.00I26.00 27.00!23.00 24.00
N. Y. .|39.00 40.003500 39-00I32-00 30.00

I Light M'lx.I Clov. Mlx.I Clover. “
Detroit. |25.00 26.00I24 00 25.00I23.00 24.00
Chicagolzofil 32.00
N. 1?. 430.00 30.00|24.00 31.00!

HAY TRADE CONDITIONS

The market conditions during the
past week have shown a decided fall-
ing off due largely to increased sup-
ply at all points. The outlook is for
slight advances temporarily, due to
conditions affecting certain sections.
The car shortage in the West is be-
coming more acute, and lathe East-
ern market: the permit system in be-
ing restored to help control conges-
tion. The Price levels are due to
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Icnrcy 1‘ g y but ' Apples No. 1, $2.50 to $3 bushel;

No. 2, $1.75 to $2 bushel; beans, wax

$1.75 to $2 bushel; green beans, $2

to $2.50 bushel; beets, $1 to $1.50

bushel; cabbage, 50c to $1 bushel;

carrots, $1.50 bushel; corn. $100 to

250 dozen; cauliflower, $2150 doz-

en; cucumbers, 50c to $1.50 a bush-

el; celery; 40c to 65c dozen; local.
cantelopes, $1.25 dozen; endive, 50c

bushel; eggplant. $1 to $1.50 dozen;

elderberries, $1 bushel; huckleber—

ries, $7.50 bushel; kohlrabi, 45c to

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As a result of the abundance'of'poof
butter the margin in price between
an extra and a secondis widening to
a marked degree. Whilethe tend-
ency of the market has been upward
all the week, there has been no
change in the quotatiOn on seconds..
One can readily Judge from that that
seconds have been in very scant de—
mand. . In fact, there was practically
no movement of undergrades during
the week. On the contrary, extras
and higher scoring butter have been

in mgmclent supply to meet . the bushel; osage melons. $2.50 to $3.50
demand. As soon as there were dozen; Onions $2.25 to $3 bushel;
fresh arrivals they were, greedily DOI‘MOBS. 52-50 to $2.90 bushel; pep-
purchased by local buyers. 981‘s, $1 to $125 bushel; pumpkins

0n last week Saturday, extras $125 to $2 dozen; Pickles. 350 to
were quoted' at 54 1-20.’ On Monday. 500 hundred; peaches, $2.50 to
there was a- scarcity of high quality 33-50 bushel; pears' $3 to $3.50

bushel; plums, $2.50 to $4 bushel;
.radlshes 40c dozen bunches; sum-
mer squash, 50c bushel; spinach, $1
bushel; turnips, $1.50 to $1.75
bushel; tomatoes. $1 to $1.50 bush-
el live poultry, old, 32s; broilers, 36
to 37c pound. '

~ RECORD U. s'. WOOL. STOCKS

Manufacturers “and dealers held
more wool on June 30, 1919, than
at any time since quarterly wool
stock reports have been issued by the
Bureau of Markets. U. S. Department
of Agriculture. The report shows a
total of 674,000,000 pounds,ogrease
equivalent, on hand June 30. Com-

butter and the price advanced 1c.
On Tuesday, the scarcity continued
and there was a further advance of
- l—2cs. The market continued strong
on Wednesday but there was no
change in quotation. On Thursday.
the price again advanced 1—2c but on
Friday, because of a slight increase
- in receipts that advance was lost but
the market closed firm with quota-
tions as follows: Extras. 56c; high—
er scoring than extras, 56 1-2@57c;
Firsts 526353 l-Zc: seconds, 50@
52c.

Tun DAIRY MARKETS
DETROIT—Butter: Fresh cream—

ery, 51 1-2 @‘52 1-20 per lb. pared With Stocks on March 31 of

Eggs—Fresh candled, current re- this year dealers‘on June 30 held
ceipts 42 1-2@43 1—2c; good fresh 170000.000 pounds more grease
eggs, 45@480, according to quality. W001. 15,000,000 pounds more so—

CheesemMichigan flats, 31@
31 1-2c';New York flats (June make)
34c; Michigan single daisies, 31 1—2c
brick. 35 1—20; long horns, 33c; Wis-
consin double daisies, 31 1-20; Wis-
consintwlns, 310; limburger, 23 1-2
@24 1-Zc ;domestic block Swiss, 40

cured wool, and 4,000,000 pounds
more pulled wool. On June 30 man-
ufacturers held 75,000,000 poui

more grease wool, 3,000,000 pounds
more scoured wool and 5,000,000
pounds of pulled wool than on March
21. Total stocks on June 30. 1919,

@420; domestic wheel Swiss, 45@ in pounds by class, were: grease wool
60¢ per 113, 455,834,958; scoured 60,626.823;
NEW YORK—Butter unsettled; pulled 32’439’943; tops 14,637,444,

and noils 12,406.916.

BOSTON “’OOL MARILET

. The market for wool has been dull
for the most. part during last week al—
though there is a fairly good de-
mand for choice fine staple wools.
The strong undertone is keeping
prices generally firm. London clos—

creamery higher than extras. 56 1-2
@57c; extra, 92 score, 55 1—2@56c;
first, 52 1-2@55 1-4; packing stock.
current make No. 2, 46¢. Eggs
steady; fresh gathered extras, 54@
55c; do extra firsts; 51@5'3c; do
firsts, 47@50c; state, Pennsylvania
and nearby .western hennery white,
line to fancy, 67@69c; do ordinary

_ ed with prices 10 per cent above
tag:Prégm'gastgggcfirggnbrggvnénfiig opening rates on all grades above
colbrs. 53656c. Cheese steadier' 508' The manufacturing" situation
state whole milk flats, current make, 25:51 and 3313232110.. 15 eXfiedfineg
specials, 30 1-2@32c; do average g' 8' are. 1c 1gan

and New York fleeces, fine unwashed
63_@64c; delaine, unwashed, 78@
82c; 1—2 blood, unwashed, 75@78c;
3-8—blood, unwashed, 68@69c.

run, 29 1-2@30c; state whole milk
twins, current make specials. .30 1-2
@310; do average run, 29 1-2@30c;
Poultry; Live steady; chickens, 38
@400; fowls. 38c; old roosters, 30
1—2 @ 81c; turkeys, 35@30c. Dress-
ed steady and unchanged. .

CHICAGO—Butter steady; cream- -
ery, 48@53 1-20. Eggs, easy; firsts ' '
41@41 1-2c; ordinary firsts, 36@
37 1-2c; at mark, cases included, 38
@41c; storage packed firsts, 42@
42 1—2c.

DETROIT PRODUCE LETTER

An improved demand on the part
of housewives, and a smaller supply
of tomatoes caused prices to advance
slightly over those which prevailed
the previous day, at both municipal
markets. best tomatOes selling freely
to fancy grocers at $1.50 a bushel.
A large quantity of good stock for
canning purposes sold at from $1 a
bushel up to $1.25. Some low-grade
cracked stock sold below the dollar
but the, tendency of the market was
towards. higher range of prices, as
canners are getting actively into the

- market.

Cabbage waswa drug~on the west- '
. ern market. and sold as low as 50c a
. bushel for some soft stock, with 900
for the veryubest- At the eastern
market .the" price. was 10c higher,
bestbringIng $1 a buphel, and good
“ W fistock';going well at from 80c
10:: a» bushel. Cucumbers con-
to move slowly. the supply be-
» Wt». 13’ moder-

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Live stock transactions have been
cut off considerably by tie—ups and
threatened tie—ups from labor troub-

168. The strikers‘in the yards at
Chicago were infuriated by the plac—
ing of military 'and civil police in the
yards, thus accentuating the trouble.
The situation is thought to have been
considerably cleared by this time.
however, and last minute news tells
of considerable jumps in price. The
high price on hogs is still about two
dollars lower than the record set just
before the H. C. L. investigations cut
loose full blast. Quotations follow:

CHICAGO—Hogs, generally 40 to
50c higher; top $21.85; heavy weight
$19.50@$21.80; light weight $19.60
@21.85; light lights $18.75@21.50
heavy packing sows, roughs, $17.50
@1825; pigs, $17.75@19.
native and western . beef feeder
steers, canners, cows. bulls and veal

unevenly lower; beef steers, medium
and heavy weight, choice and prime
$1.6.50@18.75; medium and ,good,
$12.75 @ $16. , 5; common, ' $10.25 @
12.76; light ' eight; good and

   
 

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Cattle: .

calveswsteady; fat She-SCOCK slow to

  

. ,- ; “mi“: _, p .
weight .-$19‘.7 5 @2135 , feeder steers
$8,613.75; stocker‘steers $7.25G11
western range steers, $9.50@16.50;
cows and heifers $7.75@13. Sheep;

lambs strong: sheep steady; lambs, .

84 lbs. down, $14.50@18; culls and
common $9.50@14; yearling weth-
ers $10.50@13’; ewes, medium. good
and choice $7.75@9.50; culls and
common, $3@7.25.

EAST BUFFALO. N. Y.~—-Market
slow and steady on heavies and 25c
to 500 higher on the lighter grades._
Heavy hogs sold at $22.00; medium
and mixed $22.50 to 22.75;
mixed and yorkers, $22.75 to $23.00
according to weight and quality.
Sheep and lambs. Choice lambs sold
at $17.00 with a few fancy bunches
up to $17.25. Cull lambs $12.50
@1300; yearlings 13.00@$13.50;
wethers $10.50@$11.00; ewes $9.50
to $10.00. There were around 1100
head of calves on sale. Choice
calves sold at $25.00 cwt. with a few
extra choice up to $26.00; throwouts
120 to 140 lbs. $18.00 to $20.00;
160 to 190 lbs. 13.50 to $14.50;
heavy fat veal calves $17.00@18.00
as to weight and quality. We quote:
choice to prime weighty steers.
$17.50@18.00; medium to good

weighty steers, $16.00@14.00;
plain and coarse weighty steers,
$13.25@14.00; choice to prime
handy weight and medium weight
steers, $14.50 @ 15; fair to good

handy weight and medium weight
steers $13.50@ 14.00; choice to
prime yearlings, $15.50@16; fair to
good yearlings, $14.00@-14.50; me—
dium to good butcher steers, $13.50
@1400; fair to medium butcher
steers, $12.00@12.50; good butcher
heifers, $12.50@13; fair to medium
butcher heifers. $10.50@11; good to
choice fat cows. $10.00@10.50; me—
dium to good fat cows. $9.00@9.50;
gair to good medium fat cows, $8

@850; cutters and common butch-
er cows, $7.00fi'7 .canners,

$5.50@$6; good to choice fat bulls,
$10.00@10.50; medium to good fat
bulls, $9.50@10.00; good weight
sausage bulls, $8.50@9.00; light and
thin bulls. $7.00@7.50; good to best
stock and feeding steers, $10.00@
10.50; medium grades of stock and
feeding steers. $7.50@8,00; good to
choice fresh cows and springers, $90
@120.00; medium to good fresh
cows and springers, $75.00@80.00.

DETROIT—Best heavy steers $13

@14; best handy weight butcher
steers. $10.00@11.50; Mixed steers
and heifers, $9.50@10.50; handy
light butchers, $7.50@8.50; light
butchers, -$6.75@7.75; best cows,
$9.00; butcher COWS, $7.50@8.00;

cutters. $6.50; canners, $6.00@6.25
best heavy bulls, $9.50; bologna

  
  

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lgher.’ Gunmen and been
steady. The quality continues»
improve and the meat inspector W
he now finds, few to condemn., Th“
drover is evidently wakening up , in
the fact that there is little use buys
ing those under age and unlit in: ,
food to have them taken away from
him here. . .

Prices averaging as folio we to?
the entire week:

Best grades, $22.00@23.00; culls.
$14.00@19.00; heavy. $8.00@11.00.

There was a good fair run of sheep
and lambs and the quality was bet-
ter, while good 'lambs brought last I ,
week's prices generally. The bulk _
of sales was from $16 to $16.50 for
good grades with a few bunches at
$17. Thin half fat buck lambs were
extremely dull. In fact, it was next
to impossible to dispose of them,
Sheep held steady to strong all week.
Closing prices averaged as follows;

Best lambs $16.00@17.00; fair
lambs, $13.50@15.00; light to com_-.
mon lambs, $11.00@12.50; fair to
good sheep, $3.50@9.00; culls and
common. $4.00@6.00.

PITTSBURGH—Hogs, higher. -
heavies, $21.50@ 22; heavy Yorkers,
$22.75@23; light yorkers and pigs,
$21@21.50. Sheep and lambs——
steady, top sheep, $11.25; top lambs,
$16.50. Calves—steady; top
$22.50.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
 
  
     
   
  
  
   
    
  
  
   
  
    
  
  
   
  
   
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
   
  
  
   
 
 
  
      
  
  
   

 

County Crop Reports
(Sec Crop Report Section, page 12)

JACKSON—Weather for the last week
has been rain a day and fine a day and“
has kept farmers guessing. . Crops still
out are doing well. Potatoes and corn
are the best, but blight has hit some
fields of late potatoes and will no doubt
cut the crop considerably, Farmers are
making marsh hay for feeding and bal-
ing, some threshing and other plowing_
for rye and wheat. Little being market-
ed except rye and as usual eggs and
cream. Very little butter made in this
locality—A. F. W.

MONROE~—Weaihcr same warmer, no
rain. Farmers are busy threshing, haul- ’ '
ing manure. (liscing oat stubble while .
waiting for rain to plow. Wheat acreage
will be small this year for the ground is
not in good condition and farmers are
afraid of the price next year. Help also
is very scarce. About every other farm
is for sale around here. Several old
places have changed hands. The prices
are from $150 to $200 per acre. M arket
for grain is still no good. No buyers,
which gives one not much courage for _
next year. _ . S

MISSAUKEE—Farmers are preparing
ground for rye seeding. The ground
since the rain is in fine condition. The
late potatoes and corn are doing finely.
Corn will need two weeks yet to be in
first class shape for the silo and potatoes -
will need until the middle of September
to be out of danger of frosts. Farmers
that have rye to spare are selling as
soon as they can at $1.25 per bushel. No
sale for live stock now. The buyers claim -
prices for hogs and cattle are going to ‘

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,_ 142-ACRE “SUNNYMEAD FARM,”—
35500, with 8 cows, 3 horses, 3 heifers,
sulky plow, s'ulky
cultivator, barrows, gasoline engine, wood
sawing outfit, horse-corn planter. fanning
mill, complete list machinery, tools, wa-

gons, harness, crops on farm, etc.,includ-

ed by owner to retire now. Two miles R.
R. station and near large city; lovely lake
50 acres warm, loamy tillage,
20-cow, wire-fenced, spring watered,
pasture, woodlot, estimated 60,000 feet
Good maple shaded

‘310-room house, barns, SllO, poultry. hog
houses. $5500 takes everything, part
caSh. Details page 40 Catalog, bargains

'19 states, copy free. Strout Farm Agency,

'814 .BE, Ford Bldg, Detroit.

 

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ACCOUNT
farm.

FOR- SALE
health, good 78 acre

cleared, 10 acres pasture, good orchard.-

Stone foundation.
Fine well. Two
x 50 and 30 x 35.‘ On good
Price $6.000—
Call or
HarrisVille,

7—room frame house,

barns, 3:0
road 11/; mile to market.

write to Fred Kruger. R l,
Mich.

 

FARMS FOR SALE—BIG LIST OF
farms for sale by the owners. giving
nis name, location of farm, description.
price and terms Strictly mutual and co-

 

WANTED—EXPERIBNCED, 'RELI-

able married man with small family to
work on dairy farm, wages $60 per month,
good house, garden, milk, etc.

 

well recommendedi Good chance for.
right man. J. M. Barnes R .F. D No.
2, Washington, Mich.

FOR SALE—RED ROCK SEED

Wheat at $3.25 and $3.50 per bushel. M.
C. I. A, inspection. Class 1, registration
No. 9012. Recleaned at “Fertiland
Farms,” ready to sow Slacks at cost. W.
T. Bandeen, R 4, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

 

CORN HARVESTER—ONE-MAN, ONE-
horse, one-row, self-gathering. Equal to a
Corn binder. Sold to farmers for twenty-
three years Only $25, with- fodder binder.
Free catalogi‘e showing pictures of har-
vester. PROCESS CORN HARVESTER
CO., Salina, Kan.

 

FOR SALE—NINE H P. ALAMO
gasoline engine. mf’d in I-Iillsdale. Mich.
ln perfect condition, an trucks, 24 inch
friction clutch pulley Easily operateS,
I3 in Papec insilage. Has filled only 12
81105. Having purchased a tractor I
have no use for the engine. Wil‘ demon—
strate on my farm on See. 29, Chippewa
Twp. W. T. Bandeen. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.

 

I'OR SALE—12 H. P. INTERNATION-

 

‘farm, good land. For description write
owner. Albln Beckstrom, Tustin, Mich.

PAY FOR FARM 0R RANCH LAND,
productive clay soils. with Alsike clover
seed or Canada field peas. Only small
03311 payment required. Money advanced
for live stock at 6%. Jno. G. Krauth.
owner. Millersburg, Mich.

 

EIGIITY ACRE FARM DIRT CHEAP
}ood3 soil and buildings, six miles from
Clio. Mich, on main gravel road. Big
deal for some one. J. N. Beardslee, own—
er, Clio, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—~40 ACRE FARM. FOR

particulars write Jno, S'eib, R 2, Kingston, ;~

Mich.

 

FOR SALE—80 ACRES CLAY AND
gravel loam, 50 acres cleared. Good
bui‘dings and fences.
man Kindt, Ossineke, Mich.

 

hIICII. FARM FOR SALE _B’Y OWNER
120 acres stock and grain farm. Clay
loam soil. Good buildings, fences. All
under cultivation. Choice location on
state road. Easy terms. Address Louis
Mott, Bran City, Mich.

FOR SALE—~40 ACRES GRAVELLY
loam soil, 33:13 acres cleared and stumped.
Cement‘b'lock-house. Small barn. Price,
31800—5800 d'own. M. J. Huber, Beaver-

 

 

ton, Mich.
113 ACRE FARM FOR SALE. SAND
and gravel soil. Good location. Fair

buildings. $6,000.
sego, Mich.

Chas. Weber, R 1, Ot-

 

SIXTY FIVE ACRES GOOD LOAM
land, located one-half mile from Ed~
more. Montcalm County. Excellent loca—
tion. All stumped. Seven room house.
hen-
3house, hog-house and windmill. W‘ater
_in,the barn and automatic watering dish—
es in stalls. Four acres of corn and two

I. acres of potatoes and all straw included

it sold at once. W'rite or see, Andrew W.

 

 

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MISCELLANEOUS
RED ROCK \VHEAT GROW FRQ'M
certified seed free from rye, no oul stuff,

10 bushel lots~$3.00. Bags, extra. Va1_
ley phone. Bruce W3 Brown, Mayville,
Mich.,’ R. 3.

 

.. operative between the buyer and seller al Harvester C03 portable gasoline en-
and conducted for our members. GLEAN- gme 0n steel truck. All in first class
ER CLEARING HOUSE ASS'N. Land condition. Price $350. C. W. Brown.
l')pt.. Gleaner Temple, Detroit. Pmckney, Mich,

FOR SALE—~90 ACRE IMPROVED

AVERY 5-10 TRACTOR AND JOHN
Deere 2 bottom plow. Too small for my
use. Price 3300' Moses Ropp, Imlav
City, Mich. . _ ‘

 

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM
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1 Seeds -Wantned

Michigan Grown

Winter Vetch, . Rye and Vetch, June
Cand Mammoth Clover, Alfalfa, Sweet
Clover, Alsike and Field Peas. Known

Price $2500. Her- §
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Varieties of Garden Peas, Beans and
other Garden Seeds, of High Germination
and 1919 crop. Send samples for test.

Pontiac, Mich.

 

Engines for Silo Filling

16 h. p, Huber Steam Traction.

16 h. p. Stevens Steam Traction.

15—30 Bates tractor. ‘ _

Here is a chance for you to get a good
serviceable engine at a bargain figure.
Description and prices sent on request.

THE HUBER MANUFACTURING (‘0.
Lansing, Mich.

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Plowing for Wheat And, 3
Filling of Silos Under 'Way

MONTCALM—The plowing "for wheat is
being done at the present time although
the soil is very dry and a. medium; aero-
age is going to be sowed. The digging of
early potatoes is nowi being .done, there
being a very small acreage and the haul-
ing to the market being done mostly by
trucks; Late potatoes are being cultivaté
ed the last time and there are many pros-
pects for a good yield, as the vines are
looking fine. Beans are looking fine and
the heavy rain which were received last
week have improved the growth of the
pods very much—W. L.

SANILAC—Haying is done and most of
it put together in good shape. Oat cutt-
ing is just about done. Some was cut on
the side on account of the grasshoppers
which cut the kernels off. There are
some army worms at work but not doing
much harm. Have had good weather for
cutting the first of the oats and there has
been some put in stocks and barns but
most of the crop are in the fields at this
writing, with a good deal of rain the last
few days. It is hoped. that there is not
too much rain to spoil the crop. The
winter wheat is all harvested and some
threshed out and is turning out 15 to 30
bushels to the acre. There are some
farmers with whole grain crop thresh—
ed. Oats are turning from 30 to 60 bush-
els to the acre. Some nice fields of corn.
It looks at present as if there will be
some grain on the stalks. Early potatoes
were not very good but the late ones
promise to be better.——A. B.

PRESQUE ISLE—We have had a
couple showers, this week which will help
the late planted potatoes, but too late
for the early planted late potatoes, as
they are drying up, and not many pota-
toes in the hills. Harvest is about done.
Some have threshed alsike with a. fair
yield. There will be a small acreage of
fall wheat sowed. The new seeding is
about all dried up.——D. D. S.

INGHAM—Th‘e rains of late have help-
ed everything in these parts. Harvest is
over and threshing in full blast. Some
good yields of wheat, but as a rule not
as large as expected. Lots of straw, both
of wheat and rye Wheat from 18 to

35 bushels; rye 8 to 23 bushels per
acre. Corn doing fine. Ground in good
condition for seeding or plowmg. Pas—

tures coming on. Some stock is being
sold at good prices. 3 Grain being sold in
large quantities—C. M.

GRAND TRAVERSE—Farmers in this
section are all busy .with hauling fruit.
apples plums and pears now being har—

vested. Still very dry. Corn doing very
well and a rain would still help late
planted potatoes and beans, but the

potato and bean crop will be short at the
best now. Pastures and meadows pick—
ing up somewhat. Berry growers festi~
val and picnic at Bower’s Harbor, Sat—
urday, August 16, very nice time. Farm-
ers are organizing here for the purpose
of selling produce and buying supplies

more direct, from producer to consumer.—-—3

A. C.

lSABELLA—Farmers in. this vicinity
have mostly get other farm work caught
up and are doing their road work or
any odd jobs they may have to do. Some
are threshing grain, Rye is good and
winter w eat is good but spring wheat is
poor C rm and potatoes look fine. Corn
is too hard for wasting ears and potato
tops cover the ground. Not many beans
planted in this neighborhood. Hay was
a short crop too. .The weather is fine.
Had a good shower of rain this week and
is nice and vwarm since. Some of the
farmers are talking of blight on the po-
tatoes but I haven't seen any so far—-
E. B .

KALKASKA—The farmers are thresh—
ing and plowing for fall grain. The
weather is s. little dry and cool. The
farmers are selling grain as fast as it is
threshed out. The corn is looking fair.
The potatoes are looking poor. The pas-
tures are short. The farmers are going
to have a barbecue at ~Log Lake. They
are going to serve roast ox and a thou-
sand buns.

MASON—Threshing is the order of the
day. Oats are proving light as was ex-
pected. Wheat is not yielding as well as
it was estimated it would. There is con-
siderable smutty wheat and the berries
of the clean, bright wheat are not as
large as is usual Showers are frequent.
Wheat is moving, also early apples. The
Mason County Co-Operative Association
is buying jell apples at one dollar per

cwt. to members and eighty five cents to ‘

non-member's. Chas. Dahn~has purchas—
ed a Fordson tractor.

greatly interested. in the investment and

others" have expressed their determina-'

ation to“make a similar inVestment should
Mr. Dahn’swtractor» prove. satisfactory—#-

MONROE—The weather is a little
cooler since the rains. A little more
rain. is neededgto' make» good‘ ploughing.
Oat threshing is getting. along .in

while other a‘_poor field. 'Corniis'e’aring
seed. and looks aafliouthmit. would make
a fair crofp. 3 Date potatoes, also which

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ings are being marketed. Soil is dry.
weather unchangeable Beans and corn
are advancing fast. Some beans already
being pulled. Corn will be a good crop
in most places. Farmers are buying their
supply of coal through the Farmers Or-
ganization. Some hay is being sold at
$22 per ton—A. G. . .

PRESQUE ISLE—Farmers are about
done harvesting and are drawing in 3
grain and baling hay and threshing alsike
seed. We are having lots of rain which
will help the late potatoes. The lice are
working on some fields and the tops are
dying—D. D. S.

MONTCALM—Farmers are digging
early potatoes, sowing fall grain and
preparing to fill silos. Weather rainy
Sell in good condition. Ea y potatoes,
rye and wheat. Farmers olding hay,
building silos. Two large barns built; one
Fordson tractor bought by Frederick

Stewart Two barns built by Wm. With-

ers and Broedie Paulson.—G. B. W.
NORTH OAKLA ND—Harvesting is

about all the

in arwdwa good deal of
threshing done. heat and rye is not do-
ing as well as expected. Oats and‘bar—
ley avery light crop and quality notvery
good. We are all planning for wheat and
rye. Corn is doing extra well, some
ready to cut. Will have to fill silos in
few days. Potatoes promise a fair crop.
We ought to have more rain. Crops need
it. It is hard plowing. Apples are light
crop. Other fruit scarce, except berries.
Most huckleberries I ever saw. The usual
amount of wheat and rye.will be sewn.
got much produce going to market—E.

VAN BUREN—The grape narvest has
commenced, the first car load being ship—
ped on the 20th. Everything looks fa—
vorable for a good crop. There seems to
be a‘"‘basket shortageyas 'hr‘ts'been pre-
dicted early in the season. The juice '
factories have thelr333supply engaged of-
fering the market price of the ussoeia-
lion. It has been extremely dry all sum-
mer for everything exec-pt grapes. Early
potatoes are a poor crop, selling now for
$3 to $4 per busnel. The recent reins is
bringing the cucumnars on 3Iiioely. Very
few apples. They are selling from $1.50
to $2.00 per bushel—‘7. G. .- -

MANISTEE—F'armers . threshing, cutt-

ing and plowing. oats, picking cucumbers

and other work. Weather is wet, rained
last night and ground is quite moist and
damp. Don’t know as farmers are: sell—
ing very much now only cucumbers are
now bringing large returns. Some farm-
ers have made hundreds of dollars from
their sales. We have made33about $80

all told so far. Not much building or
buying being done as I know of. Beans
are ripening fast. Early potatoes are

not a large crop. I don’t think late po—
tatoes are looking fine now, 3 Look‘ like
a large yield.

GRAND TRAVERSE—Are having
lovely weather. Just had a fine rain.
Some of the farmers are sowing fall rye.
Some men are working on the road. Rad—
ishes are being cut Crops are looking
fine and corn will certainly “be a good
crop if we don’t receive a frost. The best
the country has had for two or three
years—C. L. B. '

MIDLAND3—The farmers are threshing
some good yields, some poor and .there is
some fall plowing being done. Nat Eng-
lish has bought a tractor and also a
threshing outfit and has been doing good
work. Corn will do to harvest. it is
past eating. You want thevreport sent in
on Friday and I forgot it two weeks now
It was too late to send it. There was no
crop report in our county paper so Just
wrote what I lmew.———J. H. M.’ 3

TUSCOLA—Farmers are plowing for
rye and wheat. It has rained eyery'day
for a week. There is about half of the
eat and barley crop out in the field yet.
It is in a bad shape, some ‘not Worth haul-
ing in as it is so green. You can seem
ten3rods away. Oats was a short {crop
anyway and with " half of that growing
in the field it looks like‘ the farmers

.will pay a big price3.for's'eed “niagt‘jspkiph.

We are not selling anything, but potatoes
now.—‘:—H. B. C. .3. 3‘
. LAPEERLFarmers are; busy plowing
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large : acreage ‘~ so'Wn this-fall; indispgi‘pats

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IFor.‘ list of growers. or for further in-
formation write the association secretary

r J. ’W. NICOLSQN. East Lansing, Mich.
5-,®00 _ Mile Guarantor! Tires

AT 1,4 THE U'SUAL TIRE COST
1 EVERW'EAR DOUBLE TREAD TIRES
are made deubly durable by oursecret r-e-
constructed process ”used in th emanufact-
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practically puncture proof, and rarely
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WEAR TIRES get~5,000 to
10,000 miles of service.

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mg order While stock is
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as long as you drive a car. -

When ordering state whether you want
a straight side or clincher; plain or non-
skid tire. Send $2.00 deposit for each tire
and $1.00 for each tube ordered. Balance
C. O. D., subject to examination.

We allow a special discount of 5 per
cent if you send full amount with order.
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BB 3935 WASHINGTON BLVD., Chicago
Illinois. Reference: Madison & Kedzie,
State Bank.

RUGSThe Mozambique Felt rug is
the best value you can buy for
the money. Size 28x58 inches approx, as-
sorted patternsz; reversible; wears like
iron. Gets brighter and better with wash-
ing. Your money back if you are not
satisfied upon receipt of merchandise.
Postage paid $5.00 each. Send money or-
der today. Clarence Coleman. Mail Or-
der merchandising. 2510 W. VanBuren St
Chicago, Ill., Dept. A-l.

I k Bump: waistcusmm. or;
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Swollen Tendons, Ligamente.
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ABSORBINE, 13., the amine tic liniment for
mankind, reduces Straine , Torn Ligm
merits. Swollen Glands. rVeins er Muscles;
Heel. Cuts. Sores. Ulcers. yo pain. Price
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the use of a conveyance can
make that amount right in
the county where they are now

living. taking subscriptions for
this weekly. , _ ,

Hundreds: of -tarmers are
only waiting for someone to
ask'them to subscribe for the
weekly that is the talk of all

Michigan. .

We want earnest, and above
all. honest men and women '
who, will devote all or part of
.‘tieir time to this work, we
can make any arrangements '
satisfactory to you, and will
give you all .necessary equip-
ment and help without a pen-
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everyday troubles. Prompt, careful at-
for information addressed to this depart-

 

Go-Op. Wool Dealing

In response to inquiries of readers
about a co-operative wool associa-
tion, we have obtained the following;

The-,Plainwell Association is lo-
cated about 18 miles from Wayland
and had nothing to do with handling
wool of the Plainwell Farmers Co-
Operative Ass’n, except that we used
their warehouseto take in wool. Mr.
A. “Bentall, Allegan county agent.
helped ,to organize them on a $10
membership fee and $100 collateral
noterplan. Mr. Walter Hazelwood,
Plainwell,.Mi'ch.. is president of, the
Association. '

tion organized 'on this plan in. , the
state'to carry on a general mercan-
tile business an'd‘ from the success
they? are meeting with. I think it
would be well-worth one’s time to
investigate their methods. In re-
‘gard to, the wool sales will say that
they were handled by a co-operative
farmers association known as the
West Mich. Sheep Breeders Associ—
ation, which has nothing to do with
any other co-operative association,
except that we are friendly with all
other co-operative movements. We
have just finished our sales for the
year and have made a. success of it
in every way. In the, near “future 1
will write you a full account of our
experience and you may publish
same if you think worth while. I
will send you a full account of the
wool sales in the near future—4}.
Heydenberk, Wayland, Mich., Sccctm-y
Treas., West. Mich. Sheep Brcl'ders
Ass’n.

Shall I Sell Steers Now-or Hold Them

I have four head of good thrifty
steers. Would it pay better to keep
them a couple of months or sell them-
sooner. I might have sold them for
8 cents the first of June. but they
will weigh 155 pounds each more
now. Please advise me. through
your paper.—H. M. D.. Manton, Mich.

It is almost impossible to advise
readers what to do in cases like this
where the information is so meagre.
In order to intelligently answer a
question of this kind it is necessary
_to know something of local condi
tions. such as the amount of. feed
necessary to use, cost to owner, con
:Jition of pastures, etc. "‘A bird i
the hand is .worth tw0vin the bush,"
is an old but very true saying. Pres-
ent prices on~young=steers are good
and the economical feeder should be
. able to make a fair profit. The next
two or three months will see cattle
of ‘all’kind rushed to the markets,
and we cannot see any hope of high—
er prices uniil the flush of the sea-
"son is over; Moreover, the govern—
ment's agitation against the high
prices of eatables, is quite likely to
have a bearish influence on the live
stock markets. You know what it
ccsts you to feed this stock, and
should be able to determine for
yourself what course you should pur-
tuc——’Thc Editors.

Outlook For Peas

i would like to see the pea market
.n the M. B. F. as there is a lot
grown around here.- Potatoes blight—
ed around here.———H. B. H., Arenac,
Co.

Michigan's July growing condi-
tions were as unfavorable as re-
ported on the first of the month. The
present growing'COndition is consid—
ered to be 45 per cent of normal and
50 per cent .of- last year. Growers
are reticent about estimating the
yield under existing conditions but
'it is thought that the yield will prob-
ably not exceed 5 to 6 bushels per
‘acre.’ > ;Reports would indicate that
;from“2_0‘ to'..25 per cent of the acre-
age planted'has been abandoned as
' a- total‘;_tailure.——-Thc Editors.

 

cure ,for'Sick Sheep' .
, Will iyou_'.‘kififlli let “the kno‘wli‘vha't
ails my sheeps'the following arethe
symptoms: The. eweS‘Llag behind, no
yicttdi chewing, run at the nose. ~ r4do»

 

 

gym; «5% llsltdlyfiliything; get. gaunt. ,,

     

I believe this 'iS‘ the" first 'Associa- _

~were on.~

I have raised sheep for a number of
years but this is a new malady to
me. Wish to state that these sheep
have all the fresh water, new pasture,
all the sulphur. salt and tar at all
times.-—-M. B. Russell, Twining. -

This ailment ordinarily results

from exposure to the cold rain; dip-,

ping or shearing too early. or from
an invasion of'parasites as I am in—
clined to think is the cause in this
case.

Treatment: Mainly consists in re-
moving the exciting cause. Pine Tar
may be smeared over the nostrils,
and‘ the animal given clean, dry
quarters. The following given for

. several. day may prevent attack of
pneumonia as a complication:

Rx.: Creosoti, Beech, two drains;
Spts. camphorae, one ounce; Ol. lini
q. s. ad, ounces eight. M. Sig. Give
one- tablespooni’ul three times a day

 

August [6, 19”).
Michigan Business Farming,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Dear Sir:

In answer to your letter of the 6th
instant in which you inquire whether
there is any law compelling the own-
ers of threshing machines to clean
their machines after evry job, or af-
ter threshing dirty grain, would state
that on examination we do not find any
such statute. This, however, wouul
not prevent farmers from stipulating
with the owner of the threshing ma-
chine that he must clean his machine
before he commences the job con-
i'racted for. '

Yours very truly,

A. B. DOUGHER'I‘Y,
Deputy Attorney General

 

 

 

Michigan’s Divorce Laws
What are the grounds for (ii—
vorce in Michigan?—Subscriom'.
Ana—Adultery, impotency at' the
time of marriafi; imprisonment for
three years in any prison, jail or
house of correction; habitual drunk-
enness; obtaining divorce in anather
state; desertion for two years; no»
glect and refusal of the husband [.0
support. the wife .Wnen of sufiicicnl.
ability so to do and ememe cruelty.
To the peison asking for the above
we wish to state that it is our opin-
ion that a divorce could be obtained
on the grounds Of non-support and ex-
treme‘ cruelty—Victor H. Hump/on.
associate legal editor.

 

 

Common Law DIVOI'C.“

Where a man and wrman m (13
up their minds to get marrfed and
thereafter lived as hlle-‘ild and wife.
holding themselves out to the pubic
as such, altho no license was obtain-
ed, and no ceremony performed by a
duly authorized officer, would a di-‘
vo‘rce be necessary if the parties stop
ped living together and either wish-

    

DETROIT
Aug. 29 -:-vSept. 7

The Mecca of ‘

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AMUSEMENTS

BATTLE OF
CHATEAU THIERRY
The Outstanding Pyrotechni-

cal Display of the World. A
Reproduction of that Famous
Battle with Fireworks. lie:
turned Soldiers will participate
each evcuing.

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RUTH LAW,

America's Celebrated MilPtary
Aviatrlx, in competition with

Louis Gortson and World's
Leading Auto Racers.

LOUIS GERTSON,
Dean of American Aviators,

who became Famous through
writing his name in the Sky
with Fire.

WILD LIFE'IN MICHIGK‘I‘I

This Second Annual Exhibit
of Native Mammals, Birds,
Fish and Forests will be one of

 

ed to get married?~A Reader.
_Ans.~—Yes. In our opinion the par»
ties have effected what is known as a
Common Law Marriage which is as
lcgaland binding as the one perfonn-
ed With all the formalities of the law
rlence before getting married to an
other a divorce would have to be ob-
tained or the party so marrviur
would be guilty of bigamyr—Victoi‘ II~
Hampton, associate legal editor.

N
Readers: Will You Help Answer Tht's

'Would like to know if there is anv
thing I might do to save the plums
on the tree. They become prematuri-
ly red and drop off. I find holes ea —
en in them. or just bored through
sometimes even in the stones or pits.
apparently done by a small worm.
Some plums 'see into be only pierced.
There are some plums on the tree
yet which are green and not dam-
aged. I sprayed the tree with Bor—
deaux mixture when the blossoms
Wouldnppreciate an ans-
wer by return mail but you may pub-
lish. it if it would help others.——-Mrs,
Imec. Midland County.

 

N0! .

. Where several farmersown a

grain separator can they be compell— -

ed to thrash thcgrain of anyone
elsef—H. M.._ Stan-wood. Mich. .

=Ans.——-No.-——.Victor H. Hampton. ”as-

sociate legal editor; ‘ ’

 

 

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ADDITIONA I.
AMUSEMENTS

Ilorse Races. Automobile Rac-
cs, Auto Polo, Horse Show. Ac-
robatic Acts. Free Vaudeville,
Many Bands, Hawaiian Sing:—
ers, Dancing Girls, Clowns,
Dog Show, Con T. Kennedy’s
Midway Shows, and innumer-
able other acts will be a part
of this

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Toavoid conflicting dates we will,
withouteost, list the date of any live
stock sale in Michigan. If you 3"
considering a. sale advise us at once
and we will claim the date for you.
Address Live Stock Editor, M. B. F»
Mt. Clemens.

61% flat}. CW'

. . ‘_ sired by": son or

a ves Friend Henge‘xl'veld

De Kol tier

day and by a non of King Bests De Roi

Kornlyke. from A. R. 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'l. . Napoleon. Mich

 

 

 

cat's-s Ho] .
Chicago, Ill. steins

- CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

Quality Holstein.

 

SIRE IN SERVICE

Johan Pauline De K01 Lad. sired by
Flint Hengerveld Lad, a son of Flint
Bertjuscia Pauline (33.111b.) and from
Johan Pauline De Kol twice 301b cow
and second highest record daughter of
Johan Hengerveld Lad and mother of
Pauline DeNiglander Mich, champion
twe year old (26.131b.) at 26 months.

Have for sale a. Grand—son of Maple-
crcst Korndyke, Hengerveld from a
19.96 lb. daughter of Johan Henge!“
veld Lad. A show Bull and ready
for light service. Average for four near-
est dams 24.23 lb. Dam will be re-
tested. ,

ROY F FICKIES Chesapingfilich.

 

 

 

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS-

We are now booking orders for
youflg bulls from King Plt’ii'i’ Saws
Lyons 170506. All from A. R. O, dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for Dl'lC-
es and further information.
Muslon.Bros., South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

, 5 MONTHS OLD_ AND
BULL CALF A lBEAUTY. 85 per»

cent white, straight as a. line. Sired by
31-11). bull and his dam is just one of the
best cows 1 ever milked, a granddaughter
of Colantha Johanna Lad. Price $150.00
for immediate sale. Harry T, Tubbs,
Elwell, Michigan.

TWIN BULL CALVES >

Born October 29, 1918: sired by Sir

Calantha Segis Korndyke 104008 dam’s

record, 24.35 lbs. butter and 621 lbs. of

milk in 7 days; fine straight calves. Send

for particulars—C. & A. Ruttman. F‘owl-
erville. Michigan.

$150 BULL CALF

Born June 3 Well marked. very large
and first class individual. Sire, Flint
Hengerveld Lad. Whose two nearest dams
have records that average 32.66 lbs. but-
terand 735.45 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam
of calf is a granddaughter of King Se-
gis and a perfect individual with a rec-

ord of 20.66 lbs. butter in 7 days. For
description write to
..L:" C. KETZIJCR, Flint, hilt-h.

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand and future
prices that have ever been known. Start

new wi'h the Holstein and convince
yourself. Good stock always for
sale. Howbert Stock Farm. Eau
Claire. Michigan

 

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS
good sales from their herd. We are well
pleased with the calves from our Junior

Herd Sire. “King Pontiac Lunde Korndyke.

Segis” who is a son of “King of the Pon-
tiacs” from a daughter of Pontiac Cloth—
ilde De K01 2nd. A few bull calves for
sale. T. W. Sprague, R. 2, Battle Creek,
Mich.

Holstemsof Quality
AVERAGE RECORD OF T\V0 NEAR-
est dams of herd sire' is 35.07 lbs. butter
and 816 lbs. milk for 7 days. Bull for
sale with 31.59 lbs. dam and 10 nearest
dams average over 31. lbs. in seven days.

«E. A HARDY. Rochester. Mich.

 

HEIFER ADVERTlSEI). T0 FRESH-
en in September is sold. I now have the
heifer to freshen in January and the 4 mo.
old bull. Also 3 heifer calves. Herd un-
der State and Federal inspection. Pedi-
grees on request. Vernon Clough, Par-
ma, Mich.

 

 

Choice Registered _ Stock

. PERCHERONS
HOLSTEINS
SHROPSHIRES,
,ANGUS

 

 

 

 

Dorr D. Bueil,_ Elmira, Mich.
R. F. D. No. 1 J

 

 

TEN-MONTHS-OLD-BULL

Bull last advertised is sold.
one born June 7, 1918. Sired wig:
son of famous $30,000 bull heading

Arden Farms herd, Kin Kor

Pontiac Lass. TWO nearegst (1811;12ng
sire of this calf average 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 days and 'over 145 lbs. in 30
days Dam, a granddaughter of King
of the Pontiacs. Sir~Gelsche Walker
Segis and DeKel Burke. A bargain
Herd tuberculin tested annually ‘

BOARDBIAN FARDIS, Jackson, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JERSEY

The Wiidwood Jersey Farm

Breeders of Majesty strain Jersey Cat-
tie. llerd Bulls, Majesty‘s Oxford Fox

 

’ 134214; Eminent Lady's Majesty. 150934.

Herd tuberculin—tested. Bull calves for
sole out_of R. of M. Majesty dams.
Alvm Baldcn. Capac, Michigan.

 

-FOR SALE—REGISTERED JERSEY
hulls ready for service, and bull calves.
Smith & Parker, R l~ Howell, Mich.

 

SHORT" ORN

 

N0 STOCK FOR SALE AT PRESENT.
S‘horthorn Breeder. W S. Huber, Glad—

win, Mich.

SHORTHORNS FOR SA! 5’. AT REA-
. . _ sonable prices, The

prize-Winning Scotch Bull, Master Model

576147, in many states at head of herd of

50 good type Shel-thorns.

E. M. Parkhurst. Reed City.

 

Michigan

 

TIIE VAN BUREN (‘0 Shorthorn
Breeders' Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding Write
your wants to the secretary, Frank Bai—

ley, Hartford, Mich,

 

THE B A R R Y C 0. SHORTHORN
Breeders’ Association wish to announce
their new sales list for about October 1.
of the best beef or milk strains. Write
your wants to JV. L.’ Thorpe. SGC’YH Milo.
Mich

 

SPECIAL OFFER SHORTHORNS—
COWS, $250.00 to $300.00. Bulls, $200.00
to $250.00. VVm~ J. Bell, Rose City, Mich.

 

HAT DO YOU WANT? 1 represent 41
s‘IIOIt'l‘llORN breeders. Can put you in
much with best milk or beef strains. Bulls

 

 

all ages. Some females. C W Crum.
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association. McBrides. Michi'
HICREFORDS
BOB FAIRFAX 494027
HEREFORDSAT IIEAD 011‘ HERD

11 heifers for sale; also bulls any age;
either polled or horned. Earl C. McCarty,
Sec’y H B Association. Bad Axe, Mich.

 

120 HEREFORD STEERS. ALSO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 800 lbs.
Owners anxious to sell. \Vill help buy 50c
commission. C. E Ball. Fairfield Iowa.

LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS

Not how many but how good! A va
Well—developed, beefy. young bulls for
sale, blood lines and individuality No. 1.
if you want a prepotent sire. that Will
beget grazcrs, rustlers, 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. 'l‘AY»
LOB, Frclnont_ Michigan.

’Sows and Gilts all sold,

 

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. and change

sired $1 extra.

HOGS

POLAND CHINA

 

. P.- c. s RING rice-.4
BIG "P RITE)“: sax "

A. A. WOOD & SON, Saline. Michigan

BIG TYPE 1’. 0. SPRING PIGS. EITH-
er 361:. .From choice bred sows and sired

 

» by a grandson of Grant Buster and other

prizeswinning boars. Prices reasonable.
L. W. Barnes and Son. Byron, Mich.

DUBOO BOARS READY FOR SEB-
vice. also high class sows bred for sum-
mer farrowing to Orion’s Fancy King, the
bi est pie 0! his ageeyer at internatiow
at it Stock Show, Newton Barnhart.
St Johns. Mich. ~ .

Big Type Poland China Beats
of April lst farrow at farmer's prices.
sired by Foxy Commander, first prize J un-
ior Yearling at West Michigan Fair 1918.
from litters of‘7. 11 and .12. f

W. I. WOOD, Middleville, Mich.

 

FOB SALE—PURE BRED POLAND
China boars, four months old. Prices
fissionable. Jas. H. Collins, ,St. Charles,

1C . .

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA PIGS,

 

sired by Bob—O-Link, by the 2nd Big Bob,

Michigan Buster by, Giant Buster, and
Big Des Moines 5th, by Big Des Moines.
Also sows bred to these boar. O. L;
Wright, Jonesville, Mich. Jonesville is lo-
cated 25 miles north of the Ohio and In:
diana line.

 

WALNUT ALLEY 51‘“ Sam- Egg;

watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Sena-
tor and Orange Price. I thank my cus-
formcrs for their patronage.

A. D: GREGORY. - Ionia, Mich.

MlCHIGAN CHAMPION HERD 0F
Big Type P. C. orders booked for spring
pigs. E. R. Leonard. St. Louis. Mich.

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

I HAVE A NICE FALL GILT

will farrow in September, priced at $1.00.
Also a yearling sow, had 9 pigs this
spring, price $150.00, that will farrow in
September. ' <
(l. E. UARNANT, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE—LARGE TYPE POLAND
China boars. April and May farrow. The
farmer’s kind at farmer's prices. F. M.
Piggott & Son, Fowler, Mich.

‘—Wonderiand Herd'?

 

LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS
Some cracking good spring boars
and a few June sow pigs at private

ti eaty. Holding a few boars and all
my early sows for my sale Nov. 11th
and Col Ed. Bowers. South Whitley,
1nd., and Col. Porter Calstock, Eaton
Rapids. Come and see the two great-
est boars living. Free livery any
time.
“'m. J. CLARKE

' Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

11 No. 1
POLAND cnpms

BIG TY P E wnn QUALITY

Pigs, from L's Big Orange 291317, both
sex, for sale. Prospective buyers met at

 

 

St Johns. J. 'E. Mygz'it'lt§, St. Johns,
Mich.
O
DUROC
DUROC JERSEY SI‘VINE. 3341)!)

. Nice bunch oi
fall pigs, both sex, Sired by Brookwater
Tippy Orion N . 55421, by Tippy (301,, out
of dam by the Principal 4th and Brook-
water Cherry King. Also herd boar 8 yr
old. Write for pedigree and prices Sat
isfaction guaranteed. Tins. Underhill &
Son, Salem, Mich.

 

REGISTERED
prize—winning Golden Model family.
smooth type, adapted for mating with the
coarser—boned females for .early maturing
pigs. Subject to immediate acceptance

without notice I will crate
and ship for 250 per pound. Papers if de-
Send 550 Will refund
difference or return entire remittance it
reduced offer Is cancelled. Pigs will
\veigh from 150 lbs. to 200 lbs. Geo B
smith. Addison. Mich.

MEADOIVVIEW FARM REGISTERED
Duroc Jersey Hogs and Jersey Bulls. J.
19. Morris, Farmington, Michigan.

 

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“—very much pleased
with results and

did not expect the . -

number of inquir-
ies and' sales in
such a Short time”

 

 

 

Bloomingdale. Mich,
August 14, 1919.
Michigan Business Farming,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Gentlemen:

I have made some very good sales
and have closed out all the stock I
can spare for the present. ‘ ' ‘ ' t
I will again send you some advertis-
ing later on as I am very much pleas.
led with the results and did not ex-
pect the number of inquiries and sales
made in such a short time. ‘

Yours very truly.
Valley Ridge Poultry Farm,
Frazer Miller, Prop.

 

 

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DUROC BOARS FRO M

DUBOCS: FOUR AUGUST BOAlts
ready for heavy service. Pedigrees sent
on application. Newton & Blank. Hill
Crest Farms, Perrinton. Mich. Farm 4
miles south of Middleton, .

Peach Hill Farm I.

Meet us at the Fairs.
Bred Gilts all SOLD.
INVVOOD BROS. - ,‘ Romeo, Mich.

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SAGINAVV VALLEY HERD OF 0.1.039
Boar pigs grandsons of Schoolmaster and
Perfection 5th. » Sows all sold. John
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Bred Gilt-5 iIglookl‘l’hagy :rrders for

S ring Pigs. Everything shipped C.O.D,
, agd registered in buyers name. 1
you want the best, write

.I. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1’ Extra Large Boned.
o. I. c. SWII.E (m 1...... ”my. 2
years old. Also fine lot of spring plg=.

sh' ed C. O. D. E‘m Front Stock Farm,
wiiip Thorman, Prop, Dryden, Mich. -

“AMPS HIRES

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8734 HAMPSHIRES RECORDED ,l
the association from Jan, 1 to Apr. 1, 11.
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for so 0
new John W. Snyder. St; Johns, Miph..

R. No. 4 .
HAMPSHIRE BOARS

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The kind that please. of superior bree
ing and good quality. Sired by ‘Moses boy
and col, White. The latter 'has never
been defeated in the show ring. For
price and description address, Gusv'I‘hom—

as, New Lothrop, Mich.

nEnnsnmns
GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOR
profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your
wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall, Ill.

CHESTER WHITES
NOTHING TO OFFER AT PRESENT.
Orders booked for Sept. pigs. I Wish to
thank my customers. Ralph Cosens, Lev-
ering, Mich.

CHESTER WHITE MALES.
Big type Chester White spring male pigs,
Registered. Write for reasonable terms.
J. T. ’Yaukle Breckenridge, Mich.

'rnn WHITES—A FEw MAY
inogigfggall pigs in pairs or trlos from
most. prominent bloodlines at reasonable
prices. Registered free. F. W. Alexand—
er, Vassar,Mich.

SHEEP

KOPE-KON FARMS

Goldwater, Mich, will not exhibit at any
' ., . Fair this Fall _
We are offering about 100 Shropshire
and Hampshire rams and ram lambs. Bet-
terthan ever and as good as you can
buy. Order early it always pays. Also

 

NINE FIRST - CLASS REGISTERED
Ramboulette ewes for sale; also four ewe
lambs. E. A. Hardy. Rochester, Mich. .

‘ SHROPSHIRE RAMb .

Sire McKerrows-Holker 276 (01425911)

377379. Limited supply. Dan Booher,
R 4, Evart, Mich.

LAWNDALE FARM HAMPSHIRES

Spring pigs for sale, male and female.
W. A. EastWood, R. 2, Chesaning, Mien.-

REGISTERED HAMPSHIRES

Big, Lusty Rams—Ewe Lambs ' ‘
Yearling ewes and age Ewes '

J, M.» Williams, North‘Adams, Mich.

DOGS ,

Win!!! In. w. A. EWALT, Mt. clem-

em, Mich" for those beautiful Sable and .

White Shepherd Pupppies; natural heel-
ers from, farm-trained stock: also it flew
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bred ewes for December delivery. ’_

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Yearlin ‘Pullsts and Cookerels

We often .09 s. c. White horn Year'-
lings-éssock‘ guaranteed to, p ase you.
emanate—Barred and White Rocks;
White Qrpingtoris; S. C. Black Minorcas;
8/6. and R. C. White and 3mm Leg-
Ducks,’ Geese, Turkeys,
Rabbits. four breeds. Please send for
price list. » ‘ '

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Bloomingdale, Mich.

LEGHORN

 

 

 

DIAPLECREST FARM OFFERS A
limited number of May hatched Barron
S. C. W. Leghorn Cockerels 275 egg strain
@ $1.50 to $2.50 each. Order direct from
this ad at once_ Satisfaction guaranteed.
BRUCE w. BROWN, Mayvme, Mich., R3

SACRIFICING 2,000 PURE BBED EN-
ish Strain S. C. White Leghorn year-
ling pullets with long deep bodies large
combs at $1.75 each. Weight 5.1bs. each.
Most profitable layers. Records from 200
to 272 eggs pr year. Large valuable cat-
alogue free Write us your wants. Fruit-
vaie‘Leghorn Farm, Zeeland, Mich.‘

I" SALE:
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SINGLE COMB W'HITE
Cockerels; 12 weeks old, $1.00
. E. Terry. Remus, Mich.

RHODE ISLAND~ REDS
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erels. Both Combs. Write for prices and'
order early. Interlakes Farm. Box 4.
Lawrence Michigan.
WYANDOTTES
SILVER, GOLDEN AND WHITE
Wyandottes; eggs from especial mat-

ing 33 per 15: “per 30; $8 per 50; by
parcel post prepaid. Clarence Browning,
Portland, Mich. R 2

 

HATCHING EGGS

FOB SALE—EGGS FOB IIIITCHING
from Barron Single Comb ,White Leg-
horn1s5;b800 eglgssiatrainsg-lbmcock, $1.65
per max ; er, ; c cks. 20 for
36. R. S. Woodrufg Melvin. Mich.

 

 

KENYON BILL WOULD
PREVENT FOOD MONOPOLY

(Continued from page 5)

in a position to revoke the licenses
of the guilty ones.

When Licenses May Be Revoked -

The packers profess to fear plac—
ing the licensing system in the
hands of the Secretary of Agriculture
lest he abuse the authority. As a
general thing public 'oflicers lean
quite the other way—they are if
anything, lax in the performance of
their duties. But the Kenyon bill
gives the Secretary of Agriculture
few discretionary powers. The
grounds on which licenses may be re-
voked are specified- in the bill. If
the packers or any other group of
men desire to do' those things which
the Kenyon bill would make unlaw-
ful, it is high, time that the people
know about it. The bill provides
that it shall be unlawful for any li—
censee, to

(a) Engage in any unfair. un-
justly discriminatory or deceptive
practice or device in commerce; or

(b) Sell or otherwise transfer to.
or for any other such licensee, or
buy or otherwise receive from or for
any other such licensee, any live—
stook or live—stock products for the
purpose of apportioning the supply
between any such licensees, or un-
reasonably aifectlng the price of, or
creating a monopoly in the acquisi-
tion of, buying, selling, or dealing in,
live-stock or live—stock products, in
commerce; or '

(c) Engage or participate in any
manner, either directly or indirectly
in the business of purchasing, manu-
facturing. storing, or selling any
foodstuffs other than live-stock pro~
ducts, whege the effect of such parti-
cipation in such business may be to
substantially lessen competition, or

' to restrain commerce, or to tend to

create amonopoly in any line of
foodstuffs. or ;

(.d) Conspire, combine, agree, or
arrange with any other such licensee
to apportion territory «for carrying on

business. or to apportion purchases

or" sales of any livestock or live-
' ‘ or to control pric

: IV .
’ ether person todoor' aid or abet the ,
oping of any act contrary to the pro—.

 

ise "act .or’] refuse. .n‘e.

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sum, or arrange. with any

"visions" 'of this ,Act and the regula-
tions- made hereunder. ‘ -

Are these the provisions to which
the packers object? Do these gen-
tlemen'w‘ish the public to understand
that they want. to be left free to em-
ploy or to continue such practices as
the above provisions expressly for-
bid? Is this the reason why big
business has a powerful lobby at
work in Washington to defeat the
Kenyon bill?

Licensees May Appeal

The authority .of the Secretary of
Agriculture in imposing the penal-
ties of this act is not final. The bill
gives the licensee ample protestiin
in this respect. Any licensee whose
license shall be cancelled for alleged

violation of the act may have. re—
course to the Courts. By petition to
the United States Circuit Court of

Appeals he may require that the evi-

dence upon which the Secretary of
Agriculture revoked his license be
reviewed and this court may have

jurisdiction to affirm, modify or set
aside the verdict of the Secretary.

0n the part of the Secretary of
Agriculture. he is required to assist
all licensees in various ways. He
shall—

(a) Prepare standardized plans
and speCifications for grounds, build—
ings and other facilities suitable for
the business conducted by a licensee

and shall furnish same to licensee
without charge; .
(b) Furnish to licensees reports

embodying existing knowledge con-
cerning satisfactory and economical
appliances and methods of‘food pres-
ervation by cold storage, freezing,
cooking, de—hydration or otherwise;

(c) Co-operate with licensees in
procuring for them adequate service
by common carriers by rail or other-
wise, including provision for special
cars needed in the transportation of
live—stock. live—stock products, or
perishable foodstuffs;

(d) Furnish to licensees all avail-
able information as to supplies of
foodstuffs handled by such licensees
and the location and movement and
transportation of such foodstuffs.

Bill Has Many Merits

These are the most important pro~ .

visions of the Kenyon bill. It is
the first attempt to commit the gov—
ernment to a policy of regulating the
commercial handling of food.
other country in the world is quite so
liberal as ours with respect to the
investment. of private cwital in en-
terprises having to do with commod-
ities that are necessary to the public
health. comfort and‘even existence.
The governments of nearly all for-
eign countries have adopted meas-
ures for the close supervision and
regulation of the marketing of farm

products and have reduced the
spread between the producer and
consumer to a minimum. Many of

the abuses now existing in the dis-
tribution of food could be done away
with an enormous saving to the
consumer and less less to the farm-
er, without endangering one whit the
legitimate investments of private
capital.‘ The Kenyon bill, it appears
to us, is a step in that direction.

OGEMAW COUNTY REPORT

‘Way up in old Northeastern Mich-
igan, writes XV. E. McCarthy. county
agent of Ogemaw, is a county that
until recently has been heard of but
little. Ogemaw county is now on the
map and is fast taking its place
region. Over 80 per cent of the
among the foremost counties of that
county is of the heavier type of soil.
Ogemaw has the organization “bug"
and the population being made up
of the farmers of the strong, per-
manent type, they have gone in to
make agriculturepay, and they be—
lieve they can do it. Last spring
they organized a county farm bureau,
hired a county agent, and the prog-
ress has gone on rapidly. One strong
marketing organization has been or-
ganized at West Branch, in which all

farm produce that can be handled by .

the local ”has been pledged. Another
local is in the process of organisation

at Rose City. Both of these locals »
- will tie up with the

Cadillac Ex!
change. for the disposal, of ‘--their .po—_
tatdesiri’andu probably other thing-bi"
The. county has a strong, ive Stock-
Sly. :. die on. whlc

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No‘

   

oiling but once a year,

Department I)

Write today for catalog N o. 95 or see your dealer.

FLINT & WALLING MFG. co.
STAR WINDMILLS —— HOOSIER PUMPS
KENDALLVILLE. INDIANA

Wind power,béing
free power, is .
most econom1cal
power. '

Use it with Model 12
Star Windmill and eliminate the
cost of fuel oils, new high in price.

; The NO-OIL-EM BEARINGS pro?
‘ vide effective lubrication and require
saving you many trips up the tower.

maintain.

OOSIE
svsrsMs

Provide an inrlcpondentsupply of
Water for farm homes.
install~ simple and economical to
Write for Bulletin F.

the

Easy to

    
 
 
 
 
  
   
  
 
  
  

  
  
    
 
 

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Put that com in a Saginaw Silo.
Order today ‘and be sure of 2e!-
Onlv a few Saginaw:
left for immediate delivery.

McClure Company. Saginaw; Mich.
Saginaw Silos and Whirlwind Silo Fillers

        
      
      
       
    
   

 

 

 

DOUBLE

OWENS. mm.

Bean and Pea Threshers

Are Made in Six Sizes

From the largest to the smallest embody
the essential features necessary to thrash all
varieties of beans or peas directly from the
rankest vines without splitting the seeds.

1 00% Perfect

Durability coupled with simplicity. plenty
of separating space, cylinder surface, and
exclusive patented devices has made the
Owens the Standard Bean and Pen
Thresher the world over,

Safeguard Your Investment

Buy the Original that has stood the trials
and tests under all conditions for over30 years
and always maintains the lead.

Absolutely Guaranteed
Manufactured by

J. L. Owens Company Minneapolis, Minn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTIRELY NEW
APPLE PICKER

StOui and old people also

children can pick fruit

WITHOUT LADDERS

The use!
of the)
Mas is r)"
Pl Cker)

.voids

(Bruised Fruit
Broken Limbs

fill ((865 CI men

(Tom clothing

Price $2.50 Post Paid.

Pole not furnished. Money back
if not satisfactory.

Inquire of ,

Local Hardware Dealer or

write to us

THE MASTER C0.,

(Submb of Cliicagol

 

Des Plaines, lll.

  
    
  
 
 
   
   
 
 
   
   
  
   
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 

 

 

 

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Any subscriber who

if. can

xilar reader.

happens
week to receive an extra copy of M. B.
“boost the cause” if he will hand
it to a neighbor, who may not be a reg-

   
   
 
  
 

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EGGS

. This price good until week end-
ing September 6th. Watch our price each

farmers.

week.

cases

eggs.

express

AMERICAN BUTTER
Detroit, Mich.

We will pay 530 per
dozen delivered
included.
strictly fancy

direct

& CHEESE CO.

newlaid.
Shipments via.

 
   
  
  
  
  
  

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Chicago South St. l’aul
East Buffalo For Worth
El Paso

CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK .To'

CLAY, ROBINSON & CO.
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

South Omaha
East St. Louis

Denver

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Items before spring.
for the coming season.

DAIRY FEED
DYNAMITE
ELECTRIC LG’TS
GAS ENGINE
GUNS

FANNING MILI.
FERTILIZER
It‘l'R BUYERS
FAR’M LANDS
FORD ATTACH’M
FURNITURE

AUTOMOBILES
AUTO TIRES
AUTO SUPPLIES
AUTO INSUR.
BEE SUPPLIES.
BERRY BASKETS
BUILDING SUP.
BICYCLI‘IS
BINDER ’I‘IVINE
CHEM. CLOSET!
CLOTHING

CULTIVATOR HORSE COLLABs
CREAM snr'n HARROWS
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SAWING MACH.
STOCK FOOD

(Write on margin below anything you want not listed above.)

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What are You in the Market for? Use this coupon!

Every reader of M. B. F. v'vill be in need of one or more of the following
The next few months I- the time you will do your buying
Check below the items you are interested in. mail it to
us and we will ask dependable manufacturers to send ylou their literature and
lowest prices free and without any obligation on your part

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Knnosnrm ENG. STOVEs
LUMBER STUMP FULLER
LIME SEEDS

MANUBE SP'I)'B srnavnns
NURSERY STE st0
MOTORCYCLES TANNILRS
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AUTO TRUCKS VET. SUPPLms
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-—But You Must Act NOW!

We will accept the coupon below the sameas
cash for full first payment of $2 on any 1919
model New Butterfly Cream Separator. Don’t

send a single penny in advance. Just llout the coupon
telliiag us wllliicih sizef machine you 3wa‘xlit (see list below)
an we W1 5 1p it or you to try 0 ays in your own
1 5 030 0 0 home. Then you can find out for yourself just how
New utterfly ‘ ‘ much a New Butterfly Cream Separator will save '
Cream Separa- .. and make for you You can see for yourself before
tors Now in Use you pay acent how easily this great labor-saving
money-making machine will save enough extra
cream to meet all the monthly pay-
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How the . In this way you won’t

EOUPQN feelothe cost at all. You

W111 have the Se arator
Saves You $2 touse on yourfarmgnd your

money in your pocket.

By ordering direct If at the end of
from this advertisement 30 days’ trial, you

you save all expense of cata- are not Pleased

logs, postage, letters and time. And we just send the machine
give you the benefit of this saving if you back at our expense
send the coupon below. Furthermore, isn't and we will pay the freight
it better to have one of these big money— charges both ways. You
making machines to use instead of a catalog don't risk a single

to read? Wouldn’t you like to compare the penny.

New Butterfly with other Separators in your

neighborhood regardless of price? Wouldn’t you

like to see just how much more cream you would

save if you owned a prarator? We believe you would,

so we send you a machine from our factory to try 30

days. Then if you decide you want to keep it the coupon

counts the same as a $2 payment. You take that much

right off from our factory price on any size Separator you

select. For example—if you choose a $38 machine, you have

only $36 left to pay in 12 easy payments or only $3 a month.

If you select the $47 machine you will have only $45 left to

pay in 12 easy payments of only $3.75 a month—and so on.

The Coupon Makes First Payment
And the Separator Itself Pays the Rest

You get the benefit of the great saving in time and work while the sepa-

rator is paying for itself. After that the profit is all yours, and you own one No

of the best separators made—a steady profit producer the year ’round—a ma- .

chine guaranteed a lifetime against all defects 1n material and workmanship and D'scs

you won ’t feel the cost at all. If you decide to keep the separator we send you, to Clean
you can pay by the month, or you can pay in full at any time and get a discount for

cash. The coupon will count as $2 just the same. The important thing to do now is to The New Butterfly is
send the con :1, whether you want to buy for cash or on the easy payment plan. We have shipped the easiest cleaned of
thousands ofl ew Butterfly Cream Separators direct from our factory to other farmers' in your State on a“ Cream Separators It

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Order Direct From This Advertisement on Thirty Days’ Trial. Ilsa the coupon. . in oil. F... c1rcu ar 1.1.

all about these and many
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You have 30 da 5 in which to - .. here. Capac1ty up .to 500
try the New Butfierfly we send - , lbs. or 250 qts. of milk. . _ .- - — - -

you before you decide to keep .. , _ per hour. Price, $56.
it. Every machine we build '- - .1 _ Terms: Free $2 cou- I
carriesawritten Lifetime Guaran- - .. ' ' . pon with order. Bal-

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workmanship. . . __ . months. o ' coupnw I .

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