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State-Owned Elevator Pays for Itself

" PHASE OF PUBLIC own-
ership in Louisiana, which
deals concretely with the needs of
Michigan, is the public grain ele-
vator at New Orleans, because it
applies the system to one of the
specific products which Michigan

. has to handle and store. It proves

that the farmer can market his
grain better, and without paying

K extra taxes for the service.

Prior to the building of this
grain elevator, the situation in
Louisiana was m'uch'the same as it
is in Michigan now; All the ele-
vators were owned by railroads and
private interests and were oper-
ated primarily to promote the bus-
iness of these interests and used by
them for competitive purposes.
When the grain industry began to
increase in the South, it became
apparent'that new grain facilities
must be instituted, either by
grants to private corporations to
build elevators or by the erection
of a state-ownedpublic elevator.

King Cotton.

cient to cover the‘cost of the plant.

The plans first presented provided for a storage ca-

By MARTHA CANDLER and
WILL BRANAN

 

 

_"Solution Found for Michigan’s

Marketing Problems

N THIS, the second story on the
[state-owned marketing facilities

so successfully worked in Louisi-
ana, and now urged by many farm-
ers in Michigan for our own state.
the authors state:

“The Louisiana state elevator is
the most perfectly equipped grain
elevator in the United States. Its
rates are reasonable. It pays its own
way. It has never cost the people of
Louisiana. one dollar in ‘taxes or oth-
er assessments. And at the present
time is prpmises never to do so.”

The evidence in this article from

brother farmers in the South refutes .

the arguments made by the enemies
of the farmers in 'Michigan in the
battle in the Michigan Legislature

..for state—owned marketing facilities;

 

 

The unqualified suc—
cess of public ownership, as exemplified in the public
"Wharves and cotton warehouses, decided the preference States. Considering this fact, a somewhat detailed des-
of the people for the state—owned elevator which could '
serve all interests on equal terms.
it may Surprise the Northern farmer to know that the
value of the South’s grain crops now exceeds that of

In this connection,

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insurance rate'of 133 cents per /
hundred on grain in storage. It
has a wharf 1500 feet in length,
and a marine leg whichvmakes it
practicable to unload grain from

YG‘N‘ «it.

s state-owned elevator-and annex.

pacity of 1,000,000 bushels, witi
four shipping legs, two receiving
legs, one utility leg and adequate
conveyors which would make it
possible to unload 160 cars in ten
hours, and to load a vessel at the
rate of 100,000 bushels per hour.

After considerable discussion
these plans were finally accepted,
with the provision that they would
be so arranged that the plant could
be enlarged from time to time as
the demand for space increased.
Since that time the plant has been
increased to a storage capacity of
2,622,000 bushels and covers thir-
ty-seven acres of ground. In 191%
it handled $40,000,000 worth of
grain not only from the South, but
from the Middle West and Califor‘
nia as well. So far, it has cost $3,-
200,000; and it has paid its cur.-
rent operating expenses, intereSt
on its bonds and has set aside a
reserve for a sinking fund, in spite
of the fact that the rates are most
reasonable.

In addition, it is considered by authorities to be the
most perfectly equipped grain elevator in'the United

cription of its facilities may be of interest to the reader.
It is built of reinforced concrete, is fire-proof and ex-
plosion proof, besides having the most modern fire
sprinklers and Zeleny thermom-
» eter system in all
The project of building the elevator was, like all the ‘ bins. This enables it to give an
other port'facilities, placed under direction of the Board
of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, and was
financed by the issue of bonds backed by the state suffi

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1 ;hrmrs oi! the. state.
,W is on the boards for Friday, and

V ’t” a well as from a car, an ap-

mm which bnings river transporta-

, than at grain into competition with

tie railroads, to the. very obvious. ad.-
vantage: of the producer.

Emciency Rdgns Supreme

There as a daylight basement. seaw-
ates! feet. high, equipped with a
steel drain at the lowest place, which
insures dryness. The drainage- is
taken. care of by an electric pump.

~ There are flour inclined gallery belts

M head to the marine tower or di-
am into the their spouts These;
can be discharged into one. held or
am and discharged intens- many as
at: holds, either in the same vessel‘

a ll three separate vessels.

In order to increase the efllciency
at the elevator in loading and unload-
lag vessels it has been decided that
a pneumatic conveyor will be install-

' ed. in the near future.

When grain is unloaded from the
care, it is weighed. For this purpose
the elevator has three automatic
scales: and seven Fairbanks’ Register-
ing Beam Hopperscales. All ’wei‘gh-
ing. is. done under the supervision of
the New Orleans Board of Trade. In-

spection and Weighing Departments.

Drying is done by means. of two.
Morris‘Dryers, each having a ca-
pacity of 1,000 bushels per hour and
connecting with the utility leg di-
rectly and indirectly by reversible
conveyors with all the other legs.
Alter the grain has. been dried it is.
sent through the conveyors to the
department where it is sacked. This
is done on a floor built for the pur-
pose ten feet shove the main: floor;

   

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STATE FAIR OPERATING
BEFORE RECORD CBOWDS

.Hundreds of thousamfi at tarm-
m Ind city folks have. been warm-
#3: day and night into the biggest
mition in America, which happens
in be the aflair gotten up due to the
m business of Michlgan. In oth-
er words the Michigan State Fair is.
“I: packed to the gates with what
it considered to be by far the biggest
onward in its. history.

. Wiemen’ 3 activities. marked the

i m 301' Wednesday. and the Glean-

ug-Dey, of Thursday, was: probably
:fixqflzgest single eulogy pain to the
‘Mkhign

“any h styled “Chadian m.”

:m, the olefin Mr. 1“ to 5"
mm:

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at planting clean seed, has

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“hi a; bouncy mum at m- u.
G. to establish a free wheat test-,

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villus-embed

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'mn this last year. and the im-

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in this way. the cars can be loaded

by gravity at the. rate of two per,
hour without congesting the other

operations.
Modern Appliances Galore

When cleaning and clipping are
necessary..itiadomhy meansoll‘a.
Monitor mm with a capacity of.
3,590? bushel: per hour and two
Monitor Oats Clippers, each with a
capacity of 1,500 bushels per hour.

There ma great, many other mod-
ern appliances. which go to make. up-
the equipment of the plant, such as
the ball-bearing! motors, the splendid
Journal Alarm System. et cetera,
which. might be dismrihed here, but
this article. is intended to deal pri-
marily with. the economic and com-
mercial. advantages of the elevator,
rather than the technical details
which enable it to do its work eiil-
ciently. It is sufficient to say that it
has. done its. work well and has prov-
en in every way satisfactory.

Since its opening on February 1.
1917, the Public Grain Elevator has
handled:

B‘ushels
Wheat ...... . . . . . 6,840,000
Barley ........... 11,345,000
Corn ............. 4,106,000
Oats ............ 7,963.0'00
Total .... . . 30,154,000
Of course, had this elevator be—
longed to» private interests, they

would naturally have charged a con—
siderably higher rate: than has pro-
veiled—7' in fact, all that the traffic
would steam—but because this: fissil-
ity is public; the rates. are; even more

reasonable than those of inferior
warehouses, as these rates are mere-

‘Iy for the purpose of paying running .

expenses. interest on. bonds. and. cre—
ating a sinking fund suificient to pay
the bonds when they come due. It
has nevm cost the people of Louisi—
momdciilm- in tumorotherasr
segments and at the present time
bids fair never to do so. ’

Because the Public Grain Elevat-
or furnishes the best storage xcondi-
tines: for grain, its warehouse». re-
ceipts: form as perfect collateral as
those of the Public Cotton Ware—
house. Let us. take a specific ex-

' ample of just how this is an: advant-

age to both the prbducer and. bank.-
er:

“A" in New Orleans buys a ship—
ment of. grain from ”B” in: Kansas
and in paymenzt arranges with his
New Orleans bank for “Bi" to draw
on that bank at sixty days sight, doc—
uments attached. The bank accepts
the draft when presented, payable in
sixty days after that date, and then,
returns it to “B" who, can sell this
acceptance immediately in New York
or Chicago, realizing its face value,
less the current rate of interest for
sixty days on this kind of paper. Thus
the producer would be paid for his
grain while neither “A” nor the
bank would have as yet paid out any
money.

Excellent Security Provided

When the grain arrives in New
Orleans. the bank has it stored in
the Public Grain Elevator and gets
a warehouse. receipt for it from the
Board oil Pent Commissioners and a
certificate as to the gradie o! the

 

grain from” the New Orleans Board
of TradeQ This gives excellent se-
curity if a good margin above it].
market price. of. the grain is. main»
tained.
expired. “A" must have the amount
of the acceptance in the bamk; or. in
case he should» wish to reship - the
grain, he may substitute any other
satisfactory collateral to the bank as
security for the acceptance.

In addition to the advantages al.-
ready mentioned, this elevator hm
'nurnishad the state. of Louisiana with
waterside grain storage equipment
which corord‘inates all river, mil and

sea-going activities.

Other grain states need state-owe-
ed grain: elevators as much as Leuk-

iana. Public elevators medn that
grain is stored at lower rates uni!
under . better storage conditions.

They mean a better balance oi." distri—
bution and than more stable market
which must inevitably result. Gram
storage facilities could be. operated
on a larger scale—operated. for the
building up of the grain industry, so
that every producer would benefit,
however small his. production. In a
word, public grain elevators have al-
ready proven a business success. and
are new proving almost a business
necessity. It is only by means of
them that the farmer can enjoy the
greatest benefits; of his produce.

(Tim‘s is the second: of a series- of
three articles on. the terminal, state-
med marketing, fiasz’h‘ties at Lord“-
ana, showing a. Way out for Michigan’s
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With. Michigan’s County Agricultural Agents

More-than 65.0 on farmers in. Wayne
County and from all Southern Mich-
igan assembled at the Avondale Stock
Farm in Wayne (Manly. where. Coun—
ty Agent. Gregg hud.l arranged. a big
Farm Bureau Picnic, with a tracto;
denomsmflen in the morning an
with speeches by W. tam
leaders in the afternoon Bate? s
meet Male, Form. Mud, Ti-
to... medias, all-Pull, Case and Bumps
son were on the list at the machines
sounding. A track meet mm
tor Wand glrlb. Grange“. Gleam
ere, Eamon? Clubs. and other com»
m W ta. W- the
W‘gut.- toms- to- win
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In m m step this your. were;
to A. G. Lytle. Otsego Go ty Agent.

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state. The Farm Bureau picnic was
held August 29
t O'- O’ I'

Maccmb County is to have a new
county agent, due. to. the. resignation
which took effect Sept. 1. of H. V.
Kittie, who but been working. in the
county for a long. tune. (Mr. Kittie
has. shown tremendous activity in his
work for organizing; clubs and can.»
tests, in securing labor. for terms, in
work for the Dairy Wells and in
numerous: other. M. which has won.
him a large. number cl friends. among
the m, Re intends to resume.
hm farm work in- IAvingsmn county.

tcet'

gen, and writes. of the purchase of a

large number of purebreds in Ontar-

in.” which. were taken to Mecosta.

  
   
   

 

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LEAF HOPPERS DAMAGE
NORTHERN SPUD OUTPUT
Leaf hoppers are doing great dam~
age to potatoes; in the northern part
of the lower peninsula of Michigan
and in the upper peninsula. Dry
weather is said to be» responsible for
the excessive number of the posts,
which have caused a million dollar
loss in. the. Upper Peninsula alone.
The hopper causing the injury is a
little green leaf-hopper which causes
the leaves to curl and become brown
at the tips and edges. producing tin-

 

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John G. Krauth. of mnershurg,
Bream Ida County... writes: that the

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National Agric ltural Commission of
the American hikers ”Motion
' and the seem-Men’s state agricul-
- . turd committees benvened in joint
.. \. , ‘ conference in Washington recently
3 ' ~' with oficiaie or the Department or
-. _ _ Agriculture, the United States Bu-
‘ ~ mean of Education and the Farm
W'Board. Theme were present six-
ty bankers representing the agricul-
tural committees of thirty-seven
state. bankers’ associations, including '
thirteen state secretaries, two state
1 presidents and representatives of a
number of clearing house associa-

tions.

Historic Conference Held

. That conference, in my oplnion,
will go down‘ln history on the most
remarkable of Its kind ever ”held in
American banking. Fer out out has
emerged 'a program more specific
than any yet conceived whereby the
bankers of America may be genuine-
ly helpful to the farmer in his time

1. of need. It means, virtually. a
standanl‘ization 01' «short with the
bankers and as government as
partners; :1 clear outline of the spec-

_ iflc things the banker must do in
every- phase of banker-farmer help-
tulnes‘s in order to accomplish the
desired results: and it ' «establishes
.ietinibe sources of information—
egenm which or from whom
the individual may seek and find the
solution or the problems peculiar to
his own locality.

First, it ’is recogr'rlaed that the

. 'hborqaefloniseodependentuwn

(. . f the high cost of living that all our

muons] social problems can be safe-

ly laid. to its successful solution. To
this end the bankers are working es-
cape-rote 130-1011th e”!-

tort In evéry agricultural locality in
the United States, outlining such
plans that an active and constructive
program can be worked out by the
local bankers, and helping to solve
the problem existing in their own

' home communities. The plan 'of

. ' organization adopted by the Michigan

2 . Banker-3’ Agricultural Commission 'is

‘ the plan to be suggested to all state

associations that are not so organiz-
ed.

Farming Source of Prosperity

If the foundation or national pros-
perity rests upon agriculture—that
is, the production of food at lower
cost to the consumer and with more
profit to the producer—agriculture
must prosper, and in order 101‘ agri-
culture to prosper, it is imperative
that: _

1. The boys and girls must
‘kept on the term.

2.
home condit’mns must be vastly ‘im—
proved, alfording the young people
‘ on the farm the same facilities mak-

' ing for comfortable and happy liv-
ing that the city boys and girls e11-

. ‘ 'ioy

*‘, 8. Rural education must “be hot-

“ 1 ' . taped and broadened; consolidated

schools must be installed. '

.. ii. Good roads must be construct-

Mfled to make em access to the social
and wheational advantages of the

city; the use of the automobile (and

. . the good weds resulting) occupies‘

' ,1 an important piece in: relocating the

. {Wind WmnRy advantages of

We: country.
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In order to keep them there, ‘

~- jg LEON 1:. nws , »
Cashier Fh‘st Notional Bani, Traverse City, Michigan, and Chairman

 

Agricuflunl W W Banker! Association

”entire program. In every phase of

each of the points mm the

banker is among the active factors
results.

beingohtfludmtaeawfltly as

“might be desired in some quarters.

perhaps, but none the less surely.

Di! inestinla‘ble Importance in the
method of operatiOn proposed is the
county agriculture-l agent.

012,590 WWI-ell counties in
the United States, 2, 200 now have
county agents, all madam
performing their duties.

Only a low at the counties in Mich-
igan have no county agents and the
‘Michigan Agricultural Commission
is now preparing to supply them and
“make it unanimous." A bill has
already passed the house of the Mich-
igan state legislature and will prob-
ably pass the senate, repealing all
former and contradictory laws
providing authority tor boards
supervisors to co-operate with the
Michigan Agricultural College and
with the federal government to ap-
propriate money to be raised by tax-
ation for this purpose. Under the
bill the county board may establish

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a farm bureau to act 113 represents.-
mum board in co—operatIVe Work
or this character.
Bea] 00-me Wanted
have passed by other Mes, not-
«ably 1m and Kansas, are somewhat
of the mania-bury character and have

mm automatically reacted awn ,

the thaw :eenument so as to prevent
the W nebults be some extent.
In some cases the opposition oi! eu-

has resulted in litigation.
Intheepdniem ottheathorneygen-
oral a! Michigan such‘a measure was
W unconstitutional for Michi-

Am heme and community condi-
bions have been corrected, the next
Important snap in promoting 'tarm
prosperity its improymat of condi-
tions that govern marketing.

While the home market is the one

upon which the individual depends,
the constructive program starts in
Washington, the Bureau 01 Markets
having Outlined plans the success of
a farmers marketing association de—
pends on the quality of co-operation
received from the farmers and bank-
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_ Bankers in Michigan have begun a campaign to provide real compaction

Vegetable Growers of America Will Convene 1n Detroit Next Week

' “Devel-
oping Improved Strains of Varieties
0.! Vegetables,” Prof. J. W. Crow,

HE VEGETABLE Growers As-
I which holds its eleventh annual
sociation of America,
convent-ion this ball, will convene at
the Statler Hotel. Detroit, Sep. 9 to
12. Many Michigan members are ex-
pected to attend the elaborate pro-
gram. The program follows:
Tuésday. Sept. 9: 10: Oils. 111., Ad—
dress of Welcome, Mayor Goazens of
Detroit; response, President How-
ard W. Why; business session; re—
port 01’ Secretary; report of Treas-
um Wat's Addness and an-
nouncement of annual committees.
11:00a.m.,1eportcdetandingoam-
mitteesl, membership, R. W. DeBaun;
Vmet-able Noemenc'lature, T. C. John—
,tAgricultural College, A. T. Er-
win; Weigdlts and Measures and 01"-
gam‘zation C. W. Wald.
My alteration: 2: 00 11. mt,
“Commutation Among Producers,’
Hale Tenant, in charge of govern—
ment and state co operative work in
Michigan, East Lansing; 2 45 p. m.,
“A Pmduoers Organization that Co~
operates," Dorr Buell, manager of
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange,
,Cadillac, Michigan; 3:15 p. m. ., “The
Ashtabulza Lettuce Gnowers Associa-
tion.” E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabulza. 0.;
3: 45 411.111., “Co—operation Among To-

lode Gardeners,” Louis F. Miller, To- _

ledo, Ohio; 4:15 p. m., “Co-operation
in New England, ” Howard W. Selby
' Tuesday evening. 8: 00 p. m.. “Veg-
”stable Growing in Foreign 'Coun—
tries, " illustrated lectule,
Vivian, Columbus, Ohio.
Wednesday,se:1t.10, Market Gar-
deners’ Section, H W. Selby, chair-
man: 9. 30 a. m., , “Experimental
Work in Connection With Onta'rio
”Vegetable?“ Growing, " Prof. A. H. Mac-
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Alfred

Wednesday. 10: .15 ..a m.,

Guelph Canada;1'1:0'0 a. m., “The
Use of Commercial Fertilizers and
Lime in Connection with Vegetable
Growing, ” Prof E. O. Fipspinfl Ithaca
New York.

Greenhouse Section, Prof. H. F.
Thompson, chairman. 9. 90 a. m.,
_ “Past, Peasant and Future of Veg-
etaihle Forcing,” Mr. Frank Luce,
Aflttabula, Ohio; 10:15 a. n1, “Veg-
etable Forcing at Cleveland, Ohiq,"
H. H. Richardson, Cleveland. Ohio;
11 :10!) a. m. ., “Better Crops tor the
Greenhouse." an experience meeting
led by Charman Womb.

Muck Land Section, Prof. H. C.
Thompson, chairman. 9. 30 a. m.,
“Promising New Crops for Muck
lands." Mrs. Osborne, Ann Arbor,
Michigan; 10 00 a. m., “Growing
Drug Plants on Muck Soil, ” E. L.
Woodhams, Mentha, Michigan;
10:30 a. m., “Muck Land Problems,”
Ezra Levin; 11:30 a. m., “Commer-
cial Fertilizers on Muck Land,” Prof.
E. 0. Fip-pisl, Ithaca, New York.

Wednesday evening. Theatre
nigh-t... “Pay ‘your money and take
your choice.”

Thursday. Sept. 11.‘
inspection trip to East Market, De-
troit. Market Gardeners’ Section.
Pres. Sheiby,cbairman. 9. 30 a. m..

“Work at thevirginia Truck Experi-
mentStation,” Prof. T. C. Johnson,

Norfolk, Virginia; 10:15 a. 111..
“Work .01.
- vegetable Farm," 11.. W.

Bridgman, N. J.; 11: 00 11.1111.
melon Culture ” illustrated, H. B.

Blandford, ' Fremont Michigan.

DeBaun ,

Greenhouse Section, Denis F. Miller,
.' chairman. “‘9 : 350 a. 111.,

7. 00 a. m.,“-

a, Two Thousand Acre
“Musk—

“moment

the county agent and the Wa-
an or the bankers determine the
efficiency or. the association and use
the only motors that limit the ass:-
Moe‘s scope. The licensing
Mailers affords protection at go
point or delivery—and the licensing
of handlers, by theway, is now an ac:
ambushed fact.

The Bureau of Markets is provid-
ing improved methods of d'stribu-
tion, refrigeration, etc., and t rough
this bureau it is certain that the
present wasteful cross—firing of trans—
portation will be eliminated even-t—
ually. Mman potatoes will be
consumed nearer home than Pitts-
burgh. New Jersey potatoes will not
be shipped to Indiana.
western—central potatdes be shipped
to other central potato— —producinx
sections.

It is the desire and the aim of the
Bankers Association working with
the Bureau of Markets cooperate

. with state authorities to bring about ‘

uniformity in warehouse receipts and
to standardize storage practice.
Eventually. too. the association ex-
pects to enable persons holding staple
non-perishable products to place
them in a warehouse and receive a
receipt showing the ownership. loca-
tion, quantity, grade, etc, so that
the receipt can be used readily as
security for loans at any bank.

Regulations for cotton warehouses
have already been completed and
regulations for grain and tobacco
_warehouses will be completed in the
near future.

For a long time bankers and wars-
housemen have realized the desirabil-
ity of having warehouse receipts as
nearly uniform as possible in all of
the states. Several years ago a com-
mission for the purpose of securing
uniform state legislation was organ-
ized. This commission is composed
of representatives of the American
Warehousemen’s Association, the
American Bankers Association, and

the American Bar Association. After
the subiect was studied carefully,
what is known as the “Uniform

Warehouse Receipts Act” was pre-
pared and, largely through the el-
i‘or'ts of this commission and the
associations mentioned, the act has
been adopted by thirty-nine states,
Alaska, the District of Columbia, and
‘(Oofltimwd on page 151)

of Vegetable Forcing at Toledo.
Ohio," Geo. Bayer. Toledo, Ohio;
10:15 a. m., "Experimental Work'in

the Greenhouses at the Ohio Experi-
\ment Station,” Prof. W. J. Green,
Wooster. Ohio; 11:00 a. m., “Some
Diseases of Greenhouse Crops and
.Their Control,” Prof. A. 'D. Selby,
Wooster, Ohio. Muck Land Sect-ion,
Ezra Levin, chairman. 9:30 a. m.,
“Growing Celery in the Kalamazoo
Region,” Ezra Levin, East Lansing,
Michigan; 10:15 a. m., “Onion Grow-
ing on Muck Land,” C. E. Downing.
Vermontville, Michigan; 11:00 a. 111..
Round Table discussion on diseases
of muck land crops, led by Prof. G.
H. Coons, East Lansing, Michigan.

Thursday afternoon 1: 00 p m.,
boat ride, courtesy Detroit Market
Gardeners’ Association.

Thursday evening,
banquet, Statler Hotel.
Pres. H. 'W. Shelby.

Friday, Sept. 12, “All Together
Meeting,” Pres. Shelby, presiding
9:30 a. m., “Storage of Vegetables,"
Prof. H. C. Thompson, Ithaca. New
York; 10:10 a. m., “Extension Work
for Vegetable Growers.” C. E. Durst,
Anna, ‘Illl; 11:00 a. m., “Possibilities
of State Association Work," Prof. L.
M. Montgomery, Secretary Ohio Veg—
etable Growers Association; 11:39 a.
111., Round table discussion of dis-
eases of vegetables and their con-
trol, led' by Dr. G. ‘ H. *Coous.
Lansing, Mich.

Friday afternoon, 1: 30 p. m., bus-
these session, report of special oom-
mittees; election of officers.

Saturday, Sept. 13,1nspection trip
to James B. Rice Seed Farms, Gr
Lake, Michigan. Courtesy of W
8 Rice Seed Company.

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6:30 p. .-m.,
Toastmaster,

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various :parts
’mafi

injhe [1 mass cf form-
ing are showing great
interest in. the new
. sstunt of ‘outwitting
. , _. drOut'hs
‘ rming pay in spite of bad weather.
In the Northern part of Michigan.
Lone may see these devices over p0-
.gttato tracts. In Western Michigan
they; are used in the Fruit Belt. In

Oeirtral Michigan, vegetable and seed
firming is made a paying proposi-
“3’.th fer many by the artificial rains.
3. 21-..“in Sput‘hern and Eastern Mich-
1 inn, various sorts of farming are
? known to he benefitted by sprinkling
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systems

lThe business of overhead irriga-
tion, of, cOurse, is really only an in-
fa‘nt thus far, but it promises to be-
come a powerful giant before long in
the business of farming. We have
yet to hear from a farmer in Michi-
‘ gan who has put ,in this device cor-

: rectly without getting profitable re—
! sults therefrom. Overhead irriga—

tion is not yet to be urged as a cure—
? all for the many ills of farming. by
any means, but when used wisely
over small areas of crops which
should pay especially well, it surely
1 is tried and true as a profit-maker.

Take, for example. the farm of M.
i W. Lennon near Ann Arbor, in Wash—
tenaw County. Overhead irrigation
_ is used not only in connection with
. greenhouses, but also over a very
3 large garden area, where the crops
are growing luxuriantly. The writ-
er passed the little farm one evening
about sundown recently when the
. water had been turned on. Of course,
i as everyone knows. it is better to
‘ water plants early in the morning or
1 in the evening when the sun is not
glaring full blast on the fields.

The fine sprays of water on the
s : Lennon farm. shot far and wide, cov-
I ering practically every part of the
‘ growing field. The sprays were fine
i so that they did. not wash out roots
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ofzthe plants, and still were sufficient
to insure good root—soaked irrigation.
It is best when the wind is up, as it
Was this particular evening. The
sprays were scattered thoroughly

over the flourishing crops. Two il—
6 lustrationsshown herewith, indicate

the appearance of the Lennon system.

i Many of the overhead irrigation
systems in use in Michigan are more
extensive and up-to-date (we under—

. stand that the Lennon'system has

1 been operating for several years.)
But it is typical of what can be done
with overhead irrigation.

M. A. C. Advocates System

‘ - The Michigan Agricultural College
1 has done some good work along the
{ lines of overhead irrigation and for
. l the asking will provide farmers who
are interested with much more com-
plete data than can be given here.
. i The same is true of the United States
1 ( Department of Agriculture. Washing-
ton, D. 0. Anyone interested in learn—
ing more of the practicability of the
various phases of overhead irriga-
1 tion is urged to write to one of these
1 . sources.
' The Michigan farm college has
_ provided an illustration of a truck
mi. farm in Central Michigan, showing
I the water turned on and spraying
over the furrows. The pipe lines in
these pictures are around 50 feet
mapar-t, which isconsidered a handy
«distance. They can be used to spray
the crops with paris green or almost
any bug poison. The cost is reason-
able, and the figures submitted by
various farmers show that often with-
a year the system pays for itself.
And after that time when the thing
'> ; paid for itself, the system brings
" clear profit ,
ome farmers in Michigan had a
ttie hope for the dynamiting experi-
outs " conducted near Battle Creek
w‘ years, ago.
ode dynnuflte or other high ex-
so as to cause sufficient corn-
utmosphere lite percipi-

    
 
    
  
 
 
  
 
   
  
 
 
  

   

   
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 

 

   
 

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Here is the Lennon irrigation sys-

tem used in Washtenaw County, near '

Ann Arbor. It has been in operation
for some years, and some excellent
results have been obtained.

 

it fell heavier in nearby districts
where no blasting had been commit-
ted. The theory was based on the
idea that great amounts of rainfall
occurred near a battlefront.

But overhead. irrigation with pipe .

systems is far more successful and
farmers are considering it seriously,
especially when they see a neighbor
really making the business pay. There

probably are a few who have not ‘

worked the thing successfully. al-
though we have not yet heard of any
specific cases where it didn’t pay. Of
course, there are some fizzles for
nearly every good kind of venture.

Schemes are being worked out

whereby big fields can be irrigated .

from overhead by movable pipes. In
seasons of excessive drouth a large
field could be irrigated a section at
a time, by removing the system. to
various parts of the field. Suppos-
ing a ”farmer had merely one long

This Isn’t a Garden ; It’s

that the crop is not one which covers
too extensive an area of ground, the
so‘called overhead system of irriga-
tion has proved itself within recent
years to be a tried and practicable
institution.
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This isn’t a fancy new kind of
fence. It is a row of parallel pipes,
several feet off the ground and about
fifty feet apart, which ,throws out fine
sprays of water over the crops al-
most any day when the ground gets
the least bit dry.

 

1y limited to greenhouse use and
truck gardening where the necessary
expense connected with the installa—
tion of the equipment can be justi-
fied by the forcing of profitable
small—area money crops.

“Overhead irrigation systems are
commonly called Skinner Systems,
because of the fact that the Skinner
Irrigation Co., of Troy,’ Ohio. has
been the pioneer in such work'and is
today the leader in overhead work.
Other reliable" companies are, of
course, in the game now, but the
name “Skinner" has stuck in the

_ general language of overhead irriga—

Part of an Irrigated Farm

 

 

 

 

The Michigan Agricultural College has furnished this illustration of a
truck farm actually being watered by the overhead sprinkler. or Skinner,
system.

pipe line over‘ his field. Say the wa-
ter squirted out 25 feet from each
side of the pipe, making a strip fifty.
feet across the field. When that
strip was wateredthe pipe could be
moved, it is suggested, to a new line

fifty feet away, and so on, till the

field was watered. The prop posts
could be left permanently in place
and only the pipe would need to be
moved. so long as the connections
’with the tank were .0. K_..

J. B. Hasselman, in extension work -

for the M. A. 0., has gathered the
. following data: ’

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tion. A new name has yet to come.

“The benefits of Overhead irriga»
. tion may be summed up as follows:

“1. The water falls on the crop
in a fine spray; thus preventing wash-
ing or caking of the soil.

“2. The foliage of tender crops
is not injured by the force of water.
as would often be the case with hose
or heavy Spray watering.

“3. The water is distributed un-"

ifcrmly over the area to be covered.
' “4. The overhead system effects

a very considerable. saving of labor~

in the care of a crap.

In Michigan thé,use of "

, for the

'the cost ”of ms
of a few years mtg
$150 as the average m p m.-
bu-t present day estimates have been.
given at around $260
. “Pipe lines are generaliy strung

‘ 50 feet apart in Outdoor irrigation at

this type, the distance varying some-.-

what with the water pressure avail-

able. The size of pipe used varies

‘frbm 3,-4 inch to 1 1- 2 inch, accord- ‘-

ing. to. the length: of “the lines. Sup-
ports'are commonly made of 2 inch
pipe posts. placed at .25 foot intervals.
The nozzles are setin the-pipe line

at about 4 foot spaces-for outdoor _'

' work.

“The water supply is of prime 1111-"

portance in the overhead system. A
pressure of from 20 to 25 pounds per
square inch is necessary for the noz-‘
zles to work properly, while a pres-\
sure up to 40 pounds is considered
better. This means that unless wa-
ter can be obtained from a city plant
some equipment must be installed to
furnish the necessary pressure.
Sometimes the water is fed to the
system from reservoirs which will
furnish the desired pressure. More
commonlyrhowever, the water is
pumped directly into the system, gas—
oline engine furnishing the usual
power.

“In many sections of the country.
especially in the East, overhead irri-
gation has quite revolutionized the
gardening industry. With the in-
crasing demand for large production
from small areas, it seems likely that
the overhead systems will continue
to increase in popularity. Aside
from other advantages, they are an
efficient insurance against the dang-
er of crop failure during dry sea-
sons.”

MECOSTA GE TS SHORTHORNS

Thirty- -five head of registered
shorthorn cattle were recently pur—
chased for distribution among farm-
ers of Mecosta County. Jacob Kline-
felter, supedvisor of Colfax Town-
ship, R. W. Wigle. cashier of the Big
Rapids Savings Bank, and Paul H.
Smith, county agricultural agent, for
Mecosta County, were selected as a
purchasing cemmittee and made the

purchases in the vicinity of Myrtle '
The car was made.

Station, Ontario.
~up partly of eight- month old heifers
which will be used for Junior Calf
Club work, a number of two year old
heifers, a few three year old cows
and three young bulls.. The cattle
arrived in Big Rapids Sunday, Au—
gust 24, and were exhibited at the
Fair Grounds until Friday. August
29, at which time they were distri-
buted to farmers from nearly every
part of the county.

CHESANING FARMERS SUCCEED

Saginaw County farmers who be-
long to the Chesaning Farmers-Ele-
vator. Company. made a' net profit
year of $11, 286. 31, upon
sales totaling $634 024. 31 for the
past year. A dividend on capital

, stock of eight per cent was declared.

Only $22, 660 of capital has been in—
vested in the last four years, and a
total of $33, 798. 56 has, been earned.
At the annual meeting in August the
farmers emphasized the value of
sticking together, avoiding petty
jealousies and working together with
anddeificient manager in order to suc-
cee

 

OAKLAND FARMERS S. 0. L.

Oakland County farmers. many of
them .are working long hours at the
"hardest kind of labor, but the high
prices prevailing everywhere are not
even sickle: decent wages for the.
‘ ‘ ' year, according to C B
p_ y' ‘ agent fer Oakland.
“in;.the newspapers. “The
kind of labor. but with his];
his success," he writes.

     
   

 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
 
 

     
 
 

 
 

  
     
 
 

 

   

 
   
  
 
    
   
     
 
     

  
     
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
   
   
     
  
  
  
    
 
 
   
  
   
  
  
     
    
     
   
 
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
   
   
  
  
   
 
 
   
   
 

 

 
        

 

  
   
   
  
    
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  

  


   
 
  
  
 
 
  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. ‘41: ,
._,o ,wheat acreage and corresponding-

.-'ly small or
would result r6111 discouragement of _’ ;

‘ discriminate

, pride .
_ afiect. it. reflected to the
, é very.11tt1e the cost of liv-
" average family .Aver-
cousumptidn in this coun-
~ about 6 12:2 shels per year,
erson.
$1.60- per bushel would mean a sav-

ing Of 34. 94 per person, or $24. 70 '

for a family of five. This is nothing
all Compared with the reduction

  

 

next season,.

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the producer. .
The high cost of living is not due
to “the storage of meats, vegetables,

I fruits, eggs and poultry in the sea—

«not when these are produced in sur—l
p‘I-us against the season of short sup-
ply, Popular as is the hue and cry
against storage of foodstuffs. it is
a palpable fact that modern storage
methods are the greatest food sav-
ers in the world; at One and the same
time saving food in time if plenty
and supplying it in time o scarcity,
and moreover, maintaing a steadier
level of prices throughout all sea-
sons for any given commodity. In-
restrictions on food
storage will serve only to wastefully
glut the market in the harvest sea-
son of meats, vegetables, fruits, eggs
and poultry. at a price disastrous to
the producer and create a dearth of
these products out of season at pro-
hibitive price. Food storage for
speculative purposes is intolerable.

. The high cost of living is not due
to exportation of food and clothing
any more than it is due to our heavy
exports of manufactured goods, ma-
chinery, etc., of which the farmer is
a' heavy purchaser. An embargo on
foodstuffs to bring down the high
costof living will be as demoralizing
to American agriculture as the em-

- .bargo placed on foodistuifs was to

French agriculture in the time of
Louis XIV. Moreover, the high cost
of living is not merely a local or Na—
tional consider-simian It is a world
matter. Applying a first aid remedy
at home to create an foster anarchy
and revolution abroad should not be
the policy of the United States even
at this critical. juncture.

The high'cost ofliving is not due

to lack of desire or eifort on the part ‘

of the farmers to produce to the lim—
it of their physical ability. Not with-
in theknowledge of the present gen-
eration have all the farmers of the
country extended their every energy

in a consecrated effort to produce to '

the last ker'nel'and pound all the
grain and wheat products needed to
feed a hungry world. The operation
of the short hour day in industrial
centers and a talk of shorter hours
and ever—advancing pay has made it
well nigh impossible for
near the normal supply of help to be
maintained on farms. The daylight
saving plan has mitigated against
.maximum production by reducing
materially the practical working
hours of the day on the farm, es-
pecially in so far as the hired man's
labor is concerned. Following a
beautiful promise of a bountiful
wheat harvest. a most destructive
attack of scab and rust cut~ the wheat
yield. very materially. Untimely heat
and drouth shortened the pat crop
and adversely affected the corn chop.
The long hours and strenuous dili-
gence of the farm operator have, in
spite of these adverse circumstances,
put the crop across; as he harvests
and markets it he wonders somewhat

if he, with his disregard of the time -
clock and his recompense based on

a gambling game in which the nat-

ural elements deal the yield and the '

middlemen deal the price, hasnot
been pulling the short end of the
”dutch. The farmer has not struck.
'.-walked out or otherwise slackened

tended- his operations to the

“physical- ability and financial *

11:19.50 per hush—3.: ’

   
   
 
 

Retinal; on +111 price to

which , A

anywhere .

’ edpotion He. has increased his '

 

l ‘ germ Bureau Federations Discuss
" dies for Hard Times

Who is to Blame ior it All?

. WHO IS- TO BLAME for the high cost of living! is the question every-
Naturally every individual wishes to put the blame -
upon another, so there is a general consensus of opinion that an unknown
entity called the. profited“ is at fault.
modifies is suspected of being a profiteer until he proves otherwise.
we think the answer is best provided by a group of state farm bureau fed-
«rations who have been investigating the causes of the high cost of living

andR

  

one is asking.

   

and suggest remedies for the wine.

living, ’.' say- they,

 

v'tho'sc- stabcd 111 recent issues of Business Farming.
“is due to the failure of practically all folks to practice
even ordinary economy in public and private life.”
endorsed by officers of the Michigan, Ohio Indiana, Illinois Iowa and Ne-
braska Farm Bureau Federation is published herewi.th ——Tnn Emron.

Causes

 

 

 
 
 

Every man uflw deals in com-
But

Their conclusions are identical with
’ "The high cost of

The article, which is

 

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who, in their eagerness to find an.
answer where there is none, and to-
shun the real facts of the situation.
who point to him with scam and mal-
evolence, saying; “Thou are the cul—~
prit. ”

The high cost of living is due to a
stagnation in productibn or. menu-
factured goods and prepared food-
stuffs. Every labor strike that shuts

down any plant engaged in the prep-'

aration of foods or the making of
clothing, that shuts down a mine or
a mill, adds to the high cost of liv-
ing. Shertly after a strike of the U.
S. Yards and packing plant employ-
ees, the wholesale price of fresh
meats advanced 15 to 35 per cent..
directly due to the short mill and
consequent small supply of fresh
meats. In Chicago 100, 000 men have
been out of work for months and all
building operations have been at a
standstill because the carpenters re-
fuse to work for 92 1- 2 cents an
hour. This strike tied up building
operations in many small towns, with-
in a radius of 100 miles of the city,
as Well as in Chicago. Following
the Chicago street car strike, a
strike of the Aurora, Elgin and Chi-
cago Electric Railway employees.
which threw thousands out of em-

ploymeht on socount of lack of elect-
ric power in the towns along this
line, left the small Aurora meat

packing house without power to run

it's‘fefrigera‘ting plant. There were
about 10,000 pounds -of meat spoil-
ing. It is said the manager appeal—
ed to the head of the union for pow-
er to keep this refrigerating plant
running and prevent the spoiling of
this meat, and the insolent reply
hurled back was—“I don't give a
damn if all the meat in the United
States rots.’ ‘Such are few, the daily
press records the many instances of
premeditated stagnation in produc—

tion which shortens supply and plays

into the hands of those who fix the
price to the consumer.

The high cost of living is due to
price manipulation and extravagant
profits of middlemen Referring
again to a Chicago situation. A
small group of milk wagon drivers at
one of the milk distributing plants
struck for $44 per week and regular
commissioners. All the other milk
distributors at once declared a lock-
out against their drivers. After two
or three days of sparring, the em—
ployers agreed to meet the demands
of the men, and announced a 1 cent
per quart advance in the price of milk

Home of Na” Board of Farm Organizations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the first \Vashington headquarters building of the greatest
class of American business—namely, farming.

HE NATIONAL Board of Farm

Organizations, which represents

several hundred thousand farm-
ers at the national capital and has
been very active in shaping legisla-
tion of interest to farmers, has re-
cently purchased a building in the
city of Washington for the sum of
$60, 000 It is the first farmer’s or-
ganization to own a structure of that
kind at the seat of government It
is to be greatly regretted that all the
farm organizations of the country
cannot be represented by a single

   

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least twa big
agencies at Washington
claiming to represent the views of
agricultural America it is a lament-
able fact- that frequently they can-

while there are at

not agree upon important issues and

the strength of the farmers is there—
by diVided and brought to naught.
Organized agriculture will never

, get anywhere until the numerous or-

ganizations of farmers can act in un-
ity and conjunction. Members of
farm organizations should insist upon

  

 

         
   
  

,Lv'agen'cy atW hington. Bill: the: an early national federation of all so-
an rgan‘izationd have cieties. associations and fiber or-
lesions.“ ‘Jeal- \ ganizations claiming to; represent

or views and interests. .

to the consuming public. Analysis
of. the arithmetic of the case shows

that it teak about four—tenths of that
cent .to ‘pay the employees and that:-
. six-tenths of each cent Was added to.
the profits of the distributors Feed"
_ on the. table. costs but of all propor-

tion to the price to the producer
Part of the reasdn 1131‘- this is (his

to the short'hours and; high Wages
for labor. part to the exhorbitant
prices of the several middlemen be-
tvveen the producer and the consum-
er, and a considerable part to the ex-
travagant practices of the consum—
er in methods of purchasing supplies.
Without going into an analysis of
who gets it, compare the difference in
price of ch01ce beef on the hoof at
18c per pound with that of a mod-
erate meal for five at one of Wash-
ington’ s modest hotels, the meal con-
sisting of steak, potatoes, corn.
bread and butter and coffee and cost-
ing. $11. Of this $11, theprod cer
of the food, the farmer, get abov t as
follows: Beef, two pounds 30 cents;
potatoes, 1'3 cents; bread. 2 cents;
butter, 7 Cents; coffee, cream and
sugar, 4 cents; corn 20 cents; mak-
ing a total of 83 cents. This is about
7 per cent of the total cost. A 50
per cent reduction in the price of
these products to the producer would
have lessened the total cost of the
owhole meal on the hotel table only
41 cents; smaller by half than the
customary 10 per cent tip, which by
the way is not included in the above
price for the meal. This illustration
shows the extremes of exorbitant
profits of the middlemen and of ex-
travagant practices of the consumers
in purchasing, including probably all
the evils that are contributing in
large measure to the high cost of
living t othe consumer. A reduction
to the producer in the price of these
foodstufis to a point which would
stagnate production of grains, pro-
duce and meats, would have an in-
consequential effect upon final prices
to the consumer.

The high cost of living is due to
the failure of practically all folks to
practice even ordinary economy in
public and private life. A program
of hard road building. contracted at
almost twice pro-war costs per mile.
due to advance of price of material
and labor, has been delayed and in—
terefered with because of the fact
that delivery of building material has
been delayed by tying up transporta—
tion facilities.

This question of lack of economy
in public spending was brought with-
1ng the focus of the American pub-
lic’s attention early in June, when
the railway brotherhoods demanded
of President Wilson that he bring
down the cost of living immediately.
threatening a demand in vwage in—
crease amountmg to a total of $800,—
000,000 a year, payable necessarily
from one or two sources, revenues
from increase of freight rates or from
a deficiency appropriation, either of
which would add to the cost of liv-
ing. A lack of practicing economies
in private life may be illustrated
without‘end. Theatres and places
of amusement, resorts and watering
places are crowded with beautifully
gowned women and handsomely tail-
ored men. The price of shoe shines
has doubled and trebled. yet one
must wait his turn, though he could
shine his own shoes at home for less
than one cem. So illustration might
be multiplied, all showing that lack
of practicing plain economy is a
great contributing factor in main-
taining the high cost of living.

The high cost of living is due to
shifting indivdual responsibilty for
the present state of affairs and each
component of the people of the na-
tion seeking self—satisfaction rather
than the answer to the great world
question. This is our National state
of mind.

more goods, so that there will 'be
enough for all at alreason‘able price,
each is trying to better’his own con-
dition at the expense-of.the-nether
fellow. -- There is a limited-supplyin
theworld. Just nomwe are-quarrel-
ing .over the division of what .we
have.
and go to work, we would soon
crease production; isoéthat all 17
have plenty.

‘1‘

Instead of doing our Na- , ,
tional and individual best to produce _

If we would stop quarrell-ng ,2-

     

 
  


   

 
 

   

 

 

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. Where ‘Docs the Former Come In?
“NQNE 91F THE investigations to date, ”
. says a press dispatch, “have produc-
as any evidence that the farmer is guilty of
2' profiteering. ” The investigators probably like-
, who discovered that a few flamers are guilty
g of mofitingg, but hesitated to tell the public so.
i We are glad, however, for this hen-way «do-
{once of the returns received from the farming
2 business. It will put the farmer in a. better
2 light before the buyer of his products.
2 The farmer is not now nor has he ever been
‘. guilty of profitcering. There may have been
. yours when his profits seemed excessively
large, but these were always succeeded by per-

: 1y lacking the power of fixing the selling prices
, of his commodities to insure a fair return, a
power not only had but exercised and abused
by all other classes of people, the former has
boon obliged to take what other ofiered. And
i new when investigations are turning the light
of scrutiny upon those who handle the neces-
series of life and artificial means aie employed
to lower the cost of living the farmer is indi-
mctly paying a penalty for an offense of which
2 he. has been declared not guilty. Those who
2 deal in the commodities produced on the farm
, are not the greatest suifercrs from the govern-
, ment’s investigations. They may suffer the loss
‘fi excessive profits. but their legitimate profiits
2 will not be impaired. Individually and col-
2
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2
2

lectively, they will exercise such means as are
,' at “their command to reduce the prices paid to
' farmers, if for no other reason than to rc-cs-

tahlish themselves in the good graces of the

@Wblic. If the present investigations result in

any appreciable lowering in the cost of food to
, “fie consumer, a large part of the reduction will
cmne out of the pockets of the farmers.

The action of the grain markets the pest
' m weeks is pretty substantial proof so! the
2 "trufl of this statement. There is a desire on
' the :part cf everyone—farmer, dealer, consum-
1 :er ; the honest man and the prefiteer—«to les-
5 m fie cost of living, providing it can be done
2 it the other fellow’ s expense. With the mind
. .of‘the Whole nation turned to the subbed, it is
z entirely natural that there will be sonic adjust—
i meats, even tho temporary. We merely repeat
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whet othersh we said, that it is very necessary
Mthe gov nment should take cognizance of
Hate c‘fiect of these investigations and sentiment
upon The prices of farm products, and tube

V 11‘! depressing of the markets Which wdo‘llew:
23 _ e o o o o I

Farm Bmau movement Prosper . ,
«ERIE IS omiderflile significance to the
Went receift'br made .‘by a scum her of

extension departure-tibia
dfiemoushrmwmnfih

  

   

iods of very small profits or none at all. Whol-,

Wtom‘omctfiefemersfrmthequ-z

bureaus, organizeddim‘tly other the law went
into afloat hr than,
ship (if less than a hundred. Voters and boards

of 1115111“!th

to vote upon it. Mm of the most successful
farm bumiahsinthestate today war-commis—
edbyaverysmallgroupofncneud theooun-
ty agent paid by popular mbscripticn. While
it my be said with all truthfulness that many
farmers were needlessly prejudiced against the
county agent and thought his work all tom-
foolery, it is also quite true that more open—
minded formers were honestly of the opinion
that the county form bureau and the county
agent had yet to demonstrate their value in
dollars and cents to the community. It 18 not
at all surprising that so many farmers reject-
ed the county farm bureau idea as popularly
conceiveduptovery recenttimes. Thecounty
agents, directed by their superiors at Lansing,
“Who were in turn directed by their superiors
in Washmgten—oppointem of fie Begin Ecu-
orabl‘e David Huston, Secretary of Agricul-
ture—fanned}! proceeded upon that new no—
torious ,Hous'tonian doctrine that the farmer‘s
business 'n to produce, and immediately put
himself and his work ‘ ii bed with the people
whom he had honest hopes of, helping. '

But criticism came from the farmers and the
farm press and saved the county agent from
the penalties of this blunders. Gradually at
first but more rapidly as he saw the increasing
popularity of his work, the county agent aban-
doned the doctrines of Houston and began to
show a. greater interest in the farm help, credit
and marketing problems. In so «doing, he dis-
covered a new field of usefulness, and the past
year the greater portion of his energies have
been directed to a solution of these problems.

«The successful county agent is now doing the

things the farmers want him to do. That is
why he is Successful. He has helped to organ-
ize cooperating marketing associations, farm
loan associations, breeding associations and
many other cooperative enterprises that have
brought results which can be figured in d01—
lars and cents. We admit with pleasure that
many county agents in this state have become
indispensible to the communities which they
serve. We are glad they have thus awakened
to the full responsibility and opportunity of
their positions, and we hail the day when every
farm bureau and every county agent in Michi-

gan shall become so responsive to the wishes -

of the farmers that they can truly represent
his voice in afieirs of county, state and nation-
al scope.

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AVE YOU FED your silo yet? We have

seen many famous 11w Ming the
appetite-offices WWW. Sons
farmers are taking advantage of a lesson es-
pecially emphasized during the lastyosr or :so.
A lot of waste has occurred in the silo fiiiing,
due to lack of proper precautions.

Some of the best of silos have little chinks or

crack: in lakeside; through which the an en-
’tersaaimilsfiestorcdcmp In tryingto

{mike ram; 11‘ mingling} ,furmeis more
than ever «your are care nib, inspecting
flei'rsilos' ’b are filling. Owners of stave silos

mnglrtenmg them up suficiwtly to insure
the airtight meet,

11g Mic filling of the silo.

November

W
of hiring a county agent when given a chance .

. turns ever had. The prices of small fruits ”and

but not so fight that it.
buckles the stoves. Inasmuch as some of the -_
M moisture is absorbed by the stoves, the

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the cutter andbmflsr ‘,
overhauling daj their ' ' .
help is on the “Mb by hm'
chinery )tiptop and sure of mm
without unnecessary Me or mm- farmers
can often out doWnMH. U ofLi. flatbed“ j 2

Special kinds dpaint are neededbym-er if "
ous motel silos, depending largely on The malls.
Without these precautions metal silos often 7‘
rust and wear out in spots. ~’ 2

Numerous crop reporters write in that the 7
silo season is well under way and some big 2 .
hungry giants have eaten up their big banquet 2
of com and gone to sleep for the winter. ' .

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T HE PRICES of smell hints and garden
true]: have now become high enough to.

make the culture of those products highly
profitable if properly managed. The fruit 783d ’
vegetable grower may now make investments
for purposes of increasing the yield and qui-
iiy cf the products grown with some “swims
that he may secure proper returns from his ain-
vestment. Most of. the fruit growers (in this
state had fair crops this your and mode a. little
money. The weather was very dry in some
sections and the crops poor, but the high ,
prices more than made up for the lesser yeeld
and smaller size.

Small farms equipped with facilities for ar-
tifiicially watering plants and vines produced
crops that brought the owners the largest re~

some garden truck will remain high for a num-
ber of years, and the grower should concern
himself with ways and means for increasing
the yield and quality.

In many states, the overhead irrigation sys-
tem has been found to be an economical meth-
od of supplying water to furnished vegetation
during dry weather. It is coming into vogue
in Michigan for various kinds of farming. in-
ssmuc'h as the state stands on the front rank
of smell fruit and vegetelfie producing states,
it seems to us that more of our growers will
find it to their advantage to investigate the
merits of the system «and install it on their
farms. It "is for this reason that we store start-
ed a series of articles on overhead irrigation
for small farms.

 

‘O‘Ofiifi

Ono city paper in Michigan has just pub
lished an editorial commenting the datum to
produce more and ”more Its just Me ever so
many a fat city capitalist sitting on our fence
and telling us he needs more farm .wealth in
fie wwd in order final-him toakeep increasing
his mimons 1n the way he’d alike to have them.

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Megan his gone over the top sgsin, ' '
ing oil? "the beggest Me fair' in the “111;“?
haps its some of the big splendid fixings ”lie
first record that keeps more then m hum
owners in our state Mug am at Mr
jobs, althOigli most of film ill-unfit mhug any
profit to spec”.

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M am be" your ,W‘y
Wines and whenever”. renoun-

o‘t! have ‘ and mountain~ ‘ W1

memmwmm ham arse in:

dustrial democracy. organized in-
]: jdustry. has taken the control of in-
. dustry‘ out of the individual’s con-

trol, inst as political organizations;
have taken political control out of

shims. cruel infliction}; but
that/means only that in some way

" must do these alums together if

'we are to do them as all. ’

" New, Macy irinclnsivo in

‘ still another way. It must include

the right of every well-behaved Ym'
dividual to the toll dmlspm-ent of

/ his powers, limited only by the social
,good. Eyery well-behaved» individual
‘ 4that'inéeodis. implied in the last

clause of that defmition,_,but it is
mi: mossl‘y to state it, that ”well-
behaved”does not mean my stand—
ard of good. behavior, but socially
good behavior It oneis not socially
well behaved he must be dealt with
in other ways; for his citizenry this

. social organism depends on his good

social behavior. That is not an in—
fringement on»any man’s personal
liberty. Socially no man is free other
than to behave himself. No member
of society has the right to miscon-
duct himself‘ toward society.

Now, industrial democracy in—
cludes the same—tho right 0:. every
well-behaved individual to. his full—
est possible possession. limited only

any the social good. And that is not
socialism. Socialism to social wasn- '

ship, whereas democracy demands
individual ownership. Socialism de-
nies- hdtvid-ual ownessbb in any—
thing. It places ownership with the”
group and the individual becomes a
steward of the state: 0! course no
oneperhaps goes so for as to ex-
.tend socialism to everything, though
some socialists would» extend it to
such thins: as the M1139.- .
New. democracy is. widely differ—
ent. It is based on individual owner-
ship.- It declares the individual; to
he possessed of: “certain inalienable
rights. Those, that' is, these rights.

- sonnet and. ought not to be taken

stem him. The only limitation in
‘this ownership is the, social good,
that is, the individual cannot so pos-
sess. his rights, or whatever else, if
that denies the like right to any
other. He may be the social good,
"be limited in the amount 0! his pos—
sessions, but he cannot be deprived
oi the right to. such possessions :
do not intereiere with another’s right.
Lite itself. begins with indiuidual
ownership. I have an individmiism
that is individually my own and tar
which I am- indiriiually respem-
blie. Nothing can and nothing ought
to. hlur that personaMty nor obscure
M responsibility. 30ch in
theory does both. It has been the
.bmite illustration othome tom}:
“death as the telling of a m of
water into the man, but socialism
-denies oven the drop of watts. We
are always all in the ocean and im—
dllsting'uishable. 08 course, again no
socialist can go as far as that, but

fundamentally that is social”. It

seeks to deny ownership "in _ any-
thing, and yet it is only through

ownership in personality that l' he?» ,;

some anything It is only through
ownership, personal ownership of
things. that I ever establhh the
social theory of mine and thine, and
ethically distinguish between yours

and ‘mine, but these individualtlss .

must learn to cOoperate in ‘ their
either-shin of persorallty and'tmms.

ml is thehasis or industrial dapzy' .,
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dividualism' socially. socialism is an ,-
‘imp‘ossibility. I must on some

go'od’se-my clothes, for instance,
though some would even ”clam.
clatter—salsa I must own my even
Family, wife and children, though»
some would socialize these. Social-
ism semi. and ought not prevail.
Some socially needed things may and
ought to be socially owned, the high-
ms, tor instance, possibly the rail-
roads, etc... hut individual owner-
ship must. be recognized not only as
3 mm. but. as Recital tor the pur-
pose o! dissimlme
a l : .,

;Politic&hlv in a democracy i own
my «a vote or ought to; That vote
must not be socialized in the some
that i am denied the right to cast is.
if you deny‘ that right. then you
take awayvmy political right and citi—
zenship end‘s.

Now the same is needtnlly true
in industrial democracy. I must
have and. own a stake in the world’s
industry. You cannot have democra-

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more than you can has political
democracy while denying the 'own:
arm at tho vote to the individual.
The principal of oWnership‘is fund-
amental: and runs all through Hie.
I must mnyuwnbody,bm [must
not use it to buy the like right to
any other. _Jl must on some things
or life could not rise, and: no doubt
in the earlier stages of dievehopment,
indfvidual ownership is needtmh to

teach tire caution ochre, to provide

individual enterprise. Any of us,
whatever stage 9! development he
is in, will likely he more taiithlfluvl
with his own possesdbns than with
those of another, and we learn to
be faithful with others" possessions
only by first goat-ding our own“

As to how this ownership may be
attained. L refer you, the readers. of
the M. B. F.., to- my article printed in
the May 24th issue of M. B. 5‘. ad.-
veeating a cooperative industrial
conimonwealth through corporations
of the peeple, by the people, and for
the people—Melvin W. Schultz, Me-
costa Co. .

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.._'. {one are having, ' . ahead“
. _ . some had condigi ,
they always had, or course. but the.

farmer is the enigma]. optimist. He

isthekindmhastogrinznd‘bear
it more'than any other class. He’s
got the man hens,- hard new to

' um and by Shrines-her, he’ll some

day come outot it, all right. The
term. business is going through its
darkest period before dawn right
now, and it doesn’t want qui‘tters. It
wants fellows who - can take their
medicine with a. grin and keep on
working and organizing and improv-
ing things till we’ve won out and

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As- for the proposed Peace Treaty.»
articles 10, 11 and 16 would peeve a
war factory anda a sort of interna-
tional white salvery, headed up by
the Big-— Four nations. The Big Four
did not give even a pleasant hook- to
the American delegates to Ismail,
but the delegates went on their way
rejoicing. The: Big Four thinks the
Russian people committed a world
crime by overthrowing czardom and
autocracy. And so on. When Kill
the people get busy—0. A., 10500.

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SCHOOL TEACHERS
, vggiIiE ISN'T an
, ch the mother of the home
.' should have secondary to that
oi! the school in which her children
'recei'Ve their education. Now that
. women have the vote, they can eas-
Tidy group, together. talk over what
th-by want their children to have, and
then request that those studies
embodied in what is taught in the
rural school which your child attends.
It: is in this tender, impressionable
- age that the child will receive im-
pressionfs which will be life- lasting.
ind therefore the teacher who is se-
looted to spend hours with your child
eabh day should be selected with a
double purpose in view': first, be-
_ cause 'of her ability as a teacher; and
' Secondly. because of her moral stand-
ing and her patriotism.

Then you should co- operate with
the teacher once chosen The life of
the country school teacher is not a
bed 0f roses. Most teachers start
out, ambitious to please and with a
little encouragement and help, they
will be only too ready to help on
meet the problems which your child
presents.

Perhaps a foreigner has ' moved
into your locality with a lot of child-

' ‘ren, and the parents, anxious to
' make money. are keeping them out
of school. Then, as a citizen, it is
your duty to report it to your com-
missioner of schools so that he may
take the matteriin hand, for the
foreign born can only be taught to

' respect our laws and be good, demo-

  
 
 

  

structed in our laws. Little fear of
their children growing up to be Bol-
, shevlks if they are educated in a
good school where patriotism. is
taught along with the rest of 'the
_ lessons. We have the problem of the
foreigner with us, the same as that
of the negro. We cannot eject them
from this country ;we need their
-» . .help.» Then let's endeavor to help
them by insisting that they become
familiar with our laws, and that their
children are educated in our schools,
and then the future will take care of
itself.

The question of the consolidated
schools‘shquld receive your thought-
ful consideration. It is coming and
ceming fast, and it is simply a ques-
tion of Whether you in your district
will have this form of school this
coming year, so that your children
shall have the benefit of it. or will
you simply say, ‘Oh, doubtless it is a
good thing.” and then just do noth-
ing. If you do the latter, your child-
ren will be the losers, and will be

' just‘that much less able to cope with
the problems presented in the future,
and just that much less able to hold
their own with the children of some
surrounding neighborhood where the
consolidated schools with their at—
tendant advantages are enjoyed.

SCHOOL MEANS LUNCH BASKETS.

, o MANY MOTHERS the re—
l opening of school brings with
it the problem of filling a lunch
basket for the children. And, while
it is indeed a problem to provide a
f dainty, appetizing lunch, I frankly
,-eonfess my sympathies lie almost
’ wholly with the children who are
* obliged to eat them- -After much ob-
f..servation (and considerable practice
in eating them) I say the woman
[Who can daily pack a dainty. whole-
some lunch box is indeed a rarity.
~All of us are apt to fall into ruts
so far as the serving of food is con-
‘esmed. _It is easy to wait untid it is

then discover we have but a few
" ‘ and ends to put in.

  

  

. ch to school, you know then that
5., like days a erk a lunch must be
" arediiand so provide the materi-_

smacking 'it: well? Get some. _

    
 
   

interest -~

be‘

In many schools nowadays the
noonday lunch is served at school,
but in the vast majority of cases it
must be carried from home, and this
means a cold lunch. If such be the
case, I should consider the ,, money
spent for a small thermos bettle .a
necessary investment, for so many
things can be ‘carriedin it and n
gives the opportunity of having the
warm drink with the lunch.
don’ t fill, it with tea or coffee for a
child. A little hot soup, hOt milk if

liked. or some cocoa can fill it upon ‘

occasion. ‘ . -
Try These for Sandwiches

Ey MABEL GLABE LADD

. the lettuce is wilted by the

But

are improved by the addition of a
bit of crisp lettuce but in a lunch box
time
lunch is eaten,

Children should receive definite in— ’

structions about how to eat their
lunches. If, at the top of the box
are put a couple of paper napkins,

one can _be used as a little tablecloth ‘

and the lunch laid out on this. If

the thermos bottle contains hot soup, .
If a '

instruct them to eat that first.
hot drink, a little drink slowly before

- beginning to. eat‘warms up thestom-

son and starts. the“ flow. of digestive
juices- Then-if they eat; their plain

 

 

Sandwiches seem alWays to form sandwiches, follow_ed by a tasty or
the basis of the packed lunch, and a sweet one, a little fruit saw it
surely one . possible; and
can make a a few pieces
variety of of good
them. ‘But candy, eaten!
this week _I. at the close
am givin g of the lunch,

you a numb-
er of differ-
ent _ fillings,
enoug h t o
satisfy any

 

they. hav 6
va ri e t y
enough. Do
not In a k e
the mistake

cratic citizens by being properly in-'

appetite:

1. C h o p
pre s e r v e (1
fi gs
moisten with
lemon juice.
Use on gra-
h a m o r
whole wheat
bread.

2. M i x
equal quan-
titi e s o f
grape ja 111
and crea m
cheese.

3. Mix a
bit of lemon
juice wit h
ras p b e r r y
jam. Place
a thin slice
of banana on
and top with
a thin slice

of unbutter— ,

ed bread.

4. F0 11 r
boiled egg
yolks. one
tables 11 o o 11
butter, sev-
eral chopped

and

The Little Old Red School House

The little old red school house is the cradle
of our dreams,

The little old red schoolhouse that we see
from every train,

Standing bravely by the roadways, by the
hills and by the streams,

Is the birthplace of the splendors and the
joys we shall attain.

There the vmce of Freedom whispers mighty
secrets to our youth,

There the seeds of faith are planted in the

brave and sturdy hearts,
There tomorrow’s men and women by the
shining light of truth

Learn the majesty of service and .the joy
which it imparts. ”
The little old red school house, with the

teacher at the door,
Is the bulwark of our glory and the guardi-
an of our pride,

. From the feet of grim invaders it shall long

protect our shore,
And no vicious‘ reign
ones can abide.

of terror in its pres-

There all tylants meet their downfall, there

the force of might is stayed
There the hand of hate is withered, and the
blows of evil vat”,

'-of.

success
‘ the lunch in

of giving a
large variety
of things in

on e d a y.
Va r y t h e
lunch from
day to day.

but ”a simple
lunch is best
eac h d a y.
Just see they
have plenty

"of - it. And
then who 11
they com e
in 1' r0 111

school, make
a ' bargai n
with them if

_ necessary,

but see that

"each one has

a glass of
milk and a
thick slice
~‘bread
spread "gen—
erbusly with

butter . . mi
. brown sugqi”
tits.

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But

 

_.world in the wa’y of

the

olives or a In the little old red school house Freedom’s the ru r al'
little cho p- children unafvat'd ‘ , schools (1 e—,
ped pickle. Learn the paths which lead to glory and the pends in we
Mas h t h e goals they shall attain. large meas-

boiled yolks
and blend in
butter
and season-
111g. Cut the

—Edgar A Guest.

ure upon the
co- operatic 11
between the
mothers and
the teachers.

 

bread length—

 

 

 

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wise of loaf

cases a little

 

and pi a c e

slice upon slice. Wrap in a dam

cheese cloth and put between two
tins and press by putting a flat-iron
on top. Slice the layers into thin
slices.

5. Mix honey with nut meats or
cream cheese.

6. One—half cup flaked fish, one
hard cooked egg, one tablespoon
pickle. Season with salt and moist-
en with cooked salad dressing. Use
with dark bread.

7. Cook one cup chopped raisins
until soft. Add one cup chopped cel-
ery and moisten with one teaspoon
of lemon juice and. mayonnaise.

8. Mix together one cup chopped ‘

. and
Use

celery. one tablespoon walnuts
six olives, or a small pickle.
with dark bread. '

9. Mix one cup chopped chicken
with "one-half cup walnuts glidodsten
With mayonnaisb. ‘

IO. Spread braid lightly _ with

"chopped ham and thin slices of to- '
,._» mate and mayonnaise. ,

 

added labor
will make it attractive and healthful
even, especially to some of the deli-
cate children Who cannot thrive on
cold food alone.

The following sample lunches
were prepared by Mrs. Janet M.
Hill, the editor of American Cookery,
and will be of help as a basis for oth-
er lunches:

One cup Vegetable flavored Beef
broth in Thermos bottle.

Two Graham Bread and
Sandwiches.

Four Olives.

One Wheat Bread and Jelly Sand-
wich

One Cookie. ‘ '.

One Banana. "-‘ ‘

Four Chocolate Nougatines

Bacon

One cup 1111111 Cream of Corn Soup

in Thermos bottle

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Four small pickles. , ' _' I; ’2' .
Two J‘blly Tarts. - ,, '._'
Four Macaroons. ‘

One Orange. "

_ One cup Chicken Broth in Thermos
bottle. , . .

Two Dried Beef and Wholewheat
bread sandWiches.

Four sweet pickle Cucumber fringe.
One Wheat bread and jelly sand-,-
wich _,

One square Chocolate Cake.

1- 4 cup Salted Almonds.

Six date. . .

One cup beef b59111 'flavored with
Vegetables in Thermos bottle.

Two Bread and Cerned Beef sand-
”wiches.

Two Mustard pickles.

Two Rhubard Tarts.

Two Best Maoaroons.

Six English Walnut Meats.

One cup Tomato Soup in Thermos-
bottle.

One cup Potato and Eggsalad.

One White bread and Ham sand-
wich.

One Graham Bread and Ham sand-
wich.

Two Rhubarb Tarts.

Two Atlantics.

Three Stuffed Prunes.

One cup Tomato and Beef Bouil—
»lon in Thermos bottle.

One Cheese sandwich.

One Peanut Butter Sandwich.

One Graham Bread and .lelly sand-
wich.

Six Stuffed Olives. ..

Two Marmalade Tarts.

Two Atlantics. .

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EVENTFUL DATES IN SEPTEMBER

ITH THE IDEA of learning
W some new thing each issue, r

revieWing a subject which we
had forgotten, .why not take some of
the eventful ‘dat’es which occur in
September as a basis for study and
get up a paper for some organization
you belong to. ' .

Sept. 1,1850——Jenny.. Lind: the
“Syvedish Nightingale" arrived in Am-
Erica. The story of Jenny Lind and
what Sweden has contributed to the
music Would
form and interesting short paper.

September 6, Mao—fishes Pilgrims s-
nally left for Plymouth 111 the “May-
flower.” ‘

September 10 J..813 -—Per-’rys Victory
on Lake Erie, near Pu-t- in- -Bay. Let
each one of you folks who has visited
this historic spot, including the fam-
ous cave in which the'Whole of Perry’ s
army hid, write an interesting story
of that victory and then recount the
beauties of the spot today as a resort.
If pictures of the caves with their
histories can be obtained, it will add
to the pleasure of the study Every
visitor at the caves is supplied with

_llttle folders giving the story of the

caves. ..

Sept. ’ 12,1869—Convention of
500 delegates organized National Pro-
hibition party at Chicago. The pro-

, grass of prohibition from then until -

now, and ways ans means of keeping
our nation dry and enforcing the law
in your local community, are inter-
esting.

September 15,1769.—‘—jJames Feni-
more Cooper, American novelist born.
Let a list 1111- made giving the books
of Cooper's which also best known and

hich‘ givgtr e indigbt into early

   
 

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m {yacht-work antifplay-ahe‘ad or
; . , us. 'Do ' you know that school ot-
_ . tors more opportunities than simply
" , .‘l'ea‘rnin‘g the flattens each day? -It
. - offers more friendships. Ask your

‘ ' parents'if the/S?_.’dldn’t' form some- very
.dear~friendships during‘their years

~ . “.- - «in school, » and they may-tell you many
5... - : anvinterestingj story of'the“ boys and
- “ ‘ "girls‘who are-inew‘ men and women

who ‘Went to ,school" with them and

\ . the different occupations in Wthh , ~ AAffectionately yours you before so I made‘up my mind that I Fountain, Mich.
' , theymré ’now. engaged. Some are _ _ _ ' would. ‘I am a. girl twelve years. .. old D 'L dd‘ -—1 w uld like to become
‘ successful and-some'who didn't im~ ' ' . ' LADDIE‘ and am 1" the'seventh grade' I have 8are a flteh Child) ' H ur I h v
' . “ ., ' ‘ ' ' V three sisters and two brothers. We have a mem er ,0 e rens' ’0 - '9' ’
VDPOVB then? opportunities to learn three horses and three young colts. 1 been reading the Childrens Hour page 3
when“! SCthghagven't improved any V. . . ’ like the boys and girls page very much. over to my playmate IIelen’Cline. She ’3 if
opportunities since'and are just or- Ladd‘le' ‘ As my‘letter is getting long, I will write, a member 01' the Childrens Hour page. .

_ dinary men and women. Just make
up :your minds‘vto be above the aver-
age. man and“ woman. The first step
is learning yourrlessons well.

All of ‘our little folks tried hard;
some of them very, very hard to win
thebooks promised in the great men

_ contest, but there wasn't a single one
,- ~ .who won the Whole ten; The last
one, Dr. Crane, the famous minister,
seemed hardest of all. However. I
feel that I should tell you that Ar-

"‘lene Schutt, of Rives Junction and Three cu‘pfulis of flour -

~ " ' . head of ca e and two horses, I have mama. makes butter. Well our school will

, _ Elizabeth Martin of Holton, guessed». _. Three tablespoons of bakmg powd- two sistersqand one broth“ 1 am 11' start soon, in about five weeks I guess.
them all correctly. but one. And er. years old and in the fifth grade. My I will be glad when it comes. Our teach- :

" because of this I would very ,much
liked to have sent them each a,\prize

but that wouldn’t be fair to those Add three level tablespoonfuls of Underhlll. not sure. Well I think I will have to‘
who stopped as soon as they missed lard or cooking oil and work it in . -"—— 01059 as I have Homing 915° to say-
Dear Laddiez—I have never written to wish to see my letter in print, . I very

> the first time, for had they continued,
there might have been more who

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However, there is still a way you
can .win these books and there won't

”be any guess work about it either.

Just clip out the little coupon and
send it in and I will be glad to send

. you full particulars'and there will be

plenty of time to earn the book be-

' fore Christmas. , This couponappe ;

ed a coupleof weeks ago, but I am
publishing it ,again as some of you
mayhave missed it and I want every-
one' to have achance to get "these
beautiful presents in time for Christ—
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' Please send me full particu—
lars about the Christmas pres-
ents by first mail so that I can
get busy right away.

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THE JUNIOR COO‘K
Spoon Biscuit

Three-quarter's teaspoonful of sal
into a sitter and sift twice. ‘

well with the finger tips.
Grease muifin tins for 18 rings.

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Measure out‘one cuptul or milk.

Pour 'the .milk .into the flour mix-
ture and with a fork work it gently
into a soft dough. , .

Take a bi" spoon and drop the
dough into the mufiln rings.

Bake 18 minutes in a hot oven.

This isthe same as baking powder
biscuits except that the dough is soft-
er and is dropped from a spoon—-
much easier far a Junior Cook to
make you see.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Laddie—PI have never. written

 

to

my story. When I graduate from gram-
mar School I expectlto go to high school.
I am going to Battle Creek high school
and stay with my aunt who lives there. I
will stay there all the while I am going
to high school. After I get through hiv'i
school I will go to normal six months. To
normal I will learn to be a school teach-
er. After I am a teacher for a while I am
going to be an office girl for the rest of
my life. Yours truly, Ethel Evans,
Grand Junction, Mich. '

Dear Laddie—This is my first time I
have written to you. My name is Madge
Underhill. I live in Antrim county. I
am on a farm of 180 acres We have 17

. B. F. We haul 13
I would like to see my

father takes the
pigs and one dog
letter in print. Well I will close—Madge

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brothers and one little nephew. For pets
I have a dog. and eight white‘ rats.“ 1am
’in the fourth grade and have. one-half
mile to go to school. We keep four-cows
and four pigs and two horses. ‘We‘take
the M. B. F. and I enjoy reading the Doc
Dads and letters. I will close, hoping to
see my letter in print next week. Yours-
truly, Ernest L, Brown, Cass City, Mich.

Dear Laddie:-—I have never written to
you before but'thought I would like to.
I am a girl,’ eleven years old. . My birth-r
day ,was June 19. I have two sisters.
and a. little brother. My grandpa ha.
sold hisfarm and we are going to move
ina few days. My sisters and I will have
about 100 rods to go to school this wint-
er. I will close f0r this time, hoping to
see my letter in print. Erma Parshall.

We have been spending many happy hours
reading the M. B. F. paper. Our folks
and I was on a trip about two weeks ago.
We were to Detroit, Jackson, Lansing, Yp-
silanti and Mt. Clemens and other places.
We had a very nice time. I go to school
and I am 13 years old and in the seventh .
grade; I have two brothers, one 15 years ‘

name Harold, the other 17 years, named ;.
Harvey. 'Harvey is working on the road
for the Rice Seed Co. He likes it very ':
well. He was home last Wednesday "a
night. Harold works around home or on ‘
the farm. We have two little pigs, 39
little chickens, 14 hens. We get about
5 or 6 eggs 8. day. We have two little
pigs and a. cow. We get lots of milk and I;

 

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Donald. But I think this year our teach-
er’s name will be Miss Monroe, but, I am

much wish some of the member to write. ‘
My address is, Neva Jewell, Deckervillo,

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. . . ing going on among, the Doc Dads.
V ' .‘mlis- time it is a camera that is caus-_
' ing the excitement. [Somebody lost
lgoa’mera inl‘the Wonderland of Dec.
‘ RolYand Poly. the twinaand Smiles.
the clown; tannin. r They thought
' .- is. £89,043" fiance tomak’e some
" mo catching, pictures. Smiles 7 is

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The Doc Dads’ Out-Door Photograph Studio

ions to see what would happen that
they couldn’t wait. That young fel-
low. can’t keep; old Doc‘s whiskers
out of his eyes. Do you see the

. young Doo Dad hanging on the limb

by one hand? He is'bfou‘nd that he
will bein the photo”.., Those saucy
little fellows erase batik will be sure
to spoil» the picture making. those

scam-u, Flannelfeet

 
     

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tween his logs. .. The Doc Dad on the
stand "is 'also having tr uble. Some
arenlinedgupand getting their money
but but oasis getting around.
hind him without paying. That little

sim’pletonat t, .baclé of the camera

thinks fit-jib a dime. He is wonder-
ing why ‘nobody,.answers to _ his
knock, Look at that lad holding his
ear. Helis'iistening- to the tick of

  

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Dads will not get a photo this time.
for there is Sleepy Sam, the Hobo.
leaning right against the lens and
sneezing away peacefully. Allthey
will get is a picture of his big" ear.'
There 'is only one Doo Dad Whofihl
noticed the,sleep'y‘ head, and that”!-
the little fellow '_who is calling on the
cop to come'a‘nd arrest him..._81eepy
Sam might have “chosen some-other ,
place for his nap but-he iszsu‘ch D
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road adrdinistratibn. The
tone of Director-General, Hines'
, ion, his notification that any
anpt to interefere with tramc will
. severely punished,."and his an-
chment that all strikers who fail
report for duty on the set morn-
”will be regarded as having ter-
" looted their employment, and their
on will be filled," could hardly
' we failed to make a good impres-
don. This was naturally much em-

b'asized 1y the fact that in this ac-

on the railway union leaders are
“one with the government.

This controversy, it is true, has to

flowith a peculiarly aggravated case
"of violated contracts and disobedi-
use to orders. But the financial
community’s view was that it never—
‘theless reflected a far more sober
ind conservative attitude by the res-
I insible representatives of labor than
I ad been imagined to exist.
. Considerable nervousness and hear-
I ishness continues in nearly all mark-
I ets‘due to profiteer hunting. It is
I “It by most real thinkers that prices
I are bound soon to resume their up-
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No. 2 Bed ...... I 24 2.35%

I. No. 2 White . . . 2.22 I 2.32

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No. 2 Mixed ..... I 2.22 I

.m' 8 "SJ“: ‘
g tedly the dominont influ- .
the, financial markets was “the .

of California by the govern—-

one of the most interesting things

'01 the past week of interest to term-
are in Michigan with wheat on their
hands is the news from Grand Rap—

ids that premiums will be ven to,

farmers to hold their when for 30
days. .The full story on this matter
is given at the bottom of page 12 in
this issue of M. B. F. and its mean-
ing is great. For many a time Michi-
gan -‘wheat has been shipped out of
the state and then some of it is ship—
ped back in again, at prices enough
higher to pay all the freight charges
which have taken place. The Valley
City Milling Company is one which
realizes that this is in'eiilcient and
that the farmers might as well get a
higher price and the milling company
also save, due to the doing away with
needless freight rates.

Wheat has been reported quiet in
most markets lately.
ple concerned in- Michigan are taking
a sudden interest in the market due
to the premium news. Detroit has
stocks of 51.000 bushels on hand at
present, compared with 21.000 bush-
els at this same time last year. Spring
wheat farmers are reported to be
anxious to obtain a big crop next
year due to the losses suffered this
year. ‘

Missouri farmers, who realize\tlfe
same inefficiency we see in Michigan,
held a recent conference at the cap-
ital at which a protest Was made on
behalf of wheat growers “who are
the losers,” against methods and dis—
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The people of this country de—

mand of the Bell System the best
_ possible telephone service. The
" one endeavor of the company, its
' only reason, for existence, is to
give the best possible service.

1 Every dollar the Bell System
:=»_!eccives goes to provide tele-
phone service.

he entire receipts are expended
' on operation, upkeep and de-
, \ lvelopmcnt. 'More than half goes

‘ directly to labor. The remainder
misexpended for materials, for the
maintenance of plant and equip-
ment. for the interest on money
5; _‘ borrowed, for dividends on the

'1 investment of tens of thousands
of shareholders, and for the pay-
ment of taxes assessed by public

authorities. '

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Every Dollar Goes for Service

In its last analysis all telephone
money goes for wages; wages for
labor and wages for the necessary
capital which investors have put
to work in the Bell System.

'The telephone management is
the agent of the public. lt isen-
trusted with the task of providing
the quality of service the intelli-
gent public demands. The wages
of loyal, well-trained employees
and the Wages of the capital that
provide the finest of mechanical
equipment and most efficient
operation, must be paid. ‘As a

public servant, .one duty of the .

telephone management. is to 'ob-
tain rates sufficient to pay for
these necessities of service.

But the peo- .

 

. eluding almost

ed to avoid shipping wheat direct to
the Corporation for in so doing the
grower at this time loses the pre-
mium which is paid practically every

day by the mills and elevators. ” The *'

conference protested that the dis-
counts below No.1 are unfair “be-
cause they nearly double the . dis-
counts established for these grades
established by long custom of milling
and grain buying.”

CORN
- Glade I Det'o't I Ch’go 'I'l‘ogedo
No. 2 Yellow .. I.2.04 I
No. a Yellow .. 2.02 , I
No. 4 Yellow 2.00 I

After several days of weakness and
decline it was only to be expected
that prices would cover before the
double holiday. but they were hur-
ried up a little by a very bullish re-
port from Kansas which stated that
the state crop report just issued
made a cut of about 25 million bush-
els in. the prospective crop of com.
This decrease in the estimate was
caused by dry weather and many
earlier complaints have been receiv-
ed that might have warned dealers
of what was coming, but the decrease
seemed to be a surprise to nearly all.
The covering that followed gave the
corn deal the first good showing of
strength in a long time. Other con—
ditions were bearish, including 'low-
or exchange and another decline in
the'price of hogs.

Trading in the Detroit market did
not show much improvement. Corn
was as scarce as ever here and else-
where.

Some of these days when the in-
vestigations stop and temporary
measures against high prices have
worn out, the grain markets are like-
ly to cut loose from their meorings
and go high probably to stay high.-

 

' OATS
Standard ........ I .81 I .77 I .84
No. 3 White ..... I .ao I .70 l .83
No 4 White ..... I 19 .76 I .82

 

Oats have been only in moderate
supply while the demand has been
good in most markets thus making
the price fairly firm in spite of agh-
tations and labor unrest. In the Chi-
cago markets oats took a slight
slump in company with corn late last
week. due to the general bearishness
of the situation. In ordinary times
oats would probably be climbing
high at this time due to shortages
in the crop outcome.

In Detroit oats have struggled up-
ward a cent or so during the past
week. Prospects in this market are
for the present uncertain as they are
in nearly every other section.

Oats in Chicago held within a com-
paratively narrow range and showed
much more strength than corn.
There was considerable buying at
times that looked big against ex-
port sales, and liberal quantities were
sold to the seaboard from‘the various
markets. Country offerings were
small, threshing returns disappoint—
ing, and the average weight of this

year's crop is about 3 to 4 lbs. light-

er than in 1918. Foreign financial
situation is against a big export bus—
iness, but there is no great pressure
on the market at the time being.
farmers showing a disposition to
hold back their grain.

BEANS

Opening with .a rush the bean mar-

ket reached its peak of this season.

the early part of August, several
causes aiding in bringing the market
to a height that surprised many of
the wise ones who, when the jump
came. sold rapidly and bemoaned
their luck when the market contin-
ued to-rise‘, according to the Bean-
Bag, St. Louis.

“In discussing the probable cause
for the rise in price of domestic
beans, which. was influenced some-
what by the price of Oriental Pea
Beans, almost every c01 respondent of
the Bean—Bag reported increased de-
mand from legitimate sources,
every lar
wholesaler.” This is’ the g

.131, owner's d fir

Farmers, the clip sheet of the State ‘ -
Board of Agriculture says, “are urg- _

I about bay.

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beans “and, they bought,”

they thought“ the market- would rise
or drop, but rather becauso their
stocks were low.

“Grocer demand as the month
neared its end Aug. 23 to be exact,
was light: in some sections with some
activity reported from Michigan. No

heavy demand is expected until the‘

new crop begins to move. which will
hardly be under six weeks. Sales to
domestic jobbers and wholesalers
should be heavy. the high cost of liv-

ing being a big factor to consider at _

present, and beans at any price un-
der fifty cents a pound, retail, are
cheap when nutriment value and ease

of preparing for the, table are con- '

sidered in comparison with other
foods. '

“Export demand helped quite a bit— .

to bring about the price rise. and it is

now said that the falling down of ,1

some large export sales is one cause

of the drop in prices of Orientals, _
which became'so pronounced this

week. Ten telegrams to large ex-
port firms on both coasts, however.
fail to reveal the cancellation of any

contracts, and the Bean—Bag is in-

clined to believe that someone h
overestimated the export deman
and now is realizing their mistake.
“Michigan prices have declined
slowly for over ten days, and wise

jobbers were prepared for a drop in

price of Kotenas‘hls before it arrived.

The drop was quick, as it seems to .3

be the regular rule for these beans.
and one or two large firms were
caught without a great deal of in-
formation. Late advices from the
coast "report a steady market, and
one or two correspondents at press
day offer the opinion that the market
is as low as it will go.’

HAY

reports . are coming in
Indiana tells of practicolw
ly no surplus, and Kansas tells 0!
damaged conditions. In general in
.the central part of the country, the
offerings are increasing, but the de-
mand has not specially improved.
Farmers in some parts of Michigan
are disappointed with insufficient
prices. In the East stocks and re-
ceipts are light while in the South
the demand is very light.

RYE AND BARLEY

There is nothing doing in the rye
and barley market in Detroit. Cash
No. 2 rye hovers around $1.49 and

’ Bullish

barley Cash No. 3. goes at arou‘bd

$2. 35 per cwt

September rye in Chicago closed a
trifle higher. September corn in the
meantime decliped from $1.94 to
$1.82. The comparison is of im—
portance in showing a tendency of
the rye market to break away from
corn’s influence and assume an. in-
dependent position where its price
will be governed by its flour value.
A reported sale of 1,000,000 bushels
of rye for expert was the main feat-
ure of last week’s trading.

The new crop is not yet moving in
volume but with improved railroad
conditions, receipts should increase.

CHICAGO—The barley market hill
been very strong. Prices advanced
from day to day till the high «point
of the season was reached. site
which there was a reduction. It h
now dull and uninteresting.

POTATOES

Information in August bears out
earlier estimates of a general de-
crease in acreage from that of» last
year from 5 to, 10 per cent. Condi—
tions, particularly in the Rocky
Mountain states. are not. promising;
the standls poor, ‘and- the acreage b
consi erably less than last year. In
the East the conditions in Maine are
very good and the crop is reported in
excellent condition in Aroostooh
County In New York the condition
is rather poor, With the exception ¢

    

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. ,. _fi_ichi8an flats, 310:1 1-2c;
are ark-flats (June make) 3411-20

ichigan single daisies, 32c; brick,
4 1-2c; long horns, 33 1-2c; Wiscon-
sin doub daisies. '32c; isconsin

Vtwins, '31 1P2; limburger, 33 1-2@

84, 1-2; domestic block SwiSs, 40@
420‘; domestic wheel Swiss, 45@‘56c

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OHICAGO—Butter, higher, cream-
49@54 1-2c. Eggs, higher;

. .Irsts 4‘2@43c; ordinary firsts, 36.@

88 1-2c; at mark, cases included, 38
@41c; storage pack firsts, 43 1-2@
4'4. Poultry alive; lower; springs,
80 1-2c; fowis, 31¢. "

NEW YORK———But-ter, firm. cream-

9 er'yohigher than extras, 57 1—2@5Sc;

: rent make No- 2, 46c.

ereamery extras (92 score) 57c;
firsts 53@56 1-2c; packing stock cur-
EgsS. steady:
trash gathered extras 55@56c; ex-

‘ tra firsts 52@64c; firsts 48@51c;
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ern hennery whites, fine to fancy, 70
@72c; state, Pennsylvania and near—
by hennery browns, 60@64c; do
gathered browns and mixed colors,
nosec. Cheese, firm: state whole
milk flats, current make. special,
to 3-4@31 1-2c; do average run
89 3-4'@30 1-4c; state whole milk
twinscurrent make special 30 1-2@
21c; do average run 29 1-2@30.

DETROIT MARKETS

Spring chickens are coming to
market in liberal lots and an easy
market is quoted, but other lines are
scarce and firm. The tone in the
dressed hog deal is steady and in
dressed calves a little easier owing
to a moderate increase in offerings.
Jerseylpotatoes are in fair supply and
easy ‘ at lower prices. Demand is
moderate. A few Michigan potatoes
are reaching the market, but are
nbt attractive owing to small size.
Other vegetables are firm and act-
ive; ' Peaches are scarce and high—
er. California fruits are scarce and
line owing to lack of receipts.
Cheese is firm and other dairy pro-
ducts are not active.

'Berries, huckieberries, $6@7 per
bu.; grapes, Concord, 8c;.Niagara.
10¢ per 1b.; Oranges, California nav—
.els. $5.75@6 per box; Plums. 80@
95c per_1-5 bu. basket and $3.50@
4," per bushel; Pears, Bartlett, 539
2.25 per bu; small, ”@335 per
bu.; Apples, Michigan, best, $1.750
2; ordinary. $1@1.25 per bu.; Peach-
es, Elbertas, “@450 per bu.; white,
elingstones, 35@40c per 1-4 bushel
basket. Farm and garden popcorn,
shelled, 15c per lb. ; Green corn, 20
025c per doz.; honey, white comb,
92@33c per 1b.; celery, Kalamazoo.
20@22c per doz.; cabbage. home
grown, $1.25@1.50 per bu.; toma-
toes, home grown, $1.25@1.50 per
bu.; "lettuce, leaf, 120 per 1b.; head,
82.00@ 2.25 per crate. calves. dress-
ed) fancy, 29630c; choice, ,276
”(:0 per 1b.; dressed hogs, light, 26
@270; heavy choice, “@250 per
1b.; nut meats, Almonds, 600; wal-
nuts, 85c; pecans, $1.45 per 1b.; 'po-
tatoes. Michigan, $5; Jersey cobblers.
".50; Jersey giants, $4.50@4.75 per

:. I. “@350 ‘per lb.

, coitus“
.5 W m9: 09m
. leghorns, 36@‘
m;- lrsns, 3503“; small beam; 33

 

92‘ "2,50 "per: bu.;

ducks", §0@32c; spring ducks.

1. :gwgflc; roosters, 21-62%; geese, 18' -‘
' 20¢;

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’ BOSTON woon mimics

. There is a better tone to the mar—
ket this week. Sales have not been
of large proportions. but there has
been somewhat .more business, and
with the improvement in' exchange
and manufacturers a tang way from
"covered” on raw material more con-
fidence exists. ' The foreign markets
are firm and the tendency is higher
in" Europe. The manufacturing sit-
uatiOn is hardly changed, the call for
deliveries being very insistent.

Quotations are: Michigan * and
New'York fleeces: Fine unwashed,
63@64c; delaine 'unwashed,
82c; 1-2-b‘lood unwashed, 75@78c‘;

3—8 blood, unwashed, 68@69c.

LIVE STOCK
High cost“ of living: agitation and

,general unrest in the‘ labor situation

has again entered the live stock
markets as a bearish factor. Inten-
tion of the government to start a
chain of retail stores to undersell
others and lower the living cost was
looked upon seriously and worked
for lower prices.

DETROIT—cattle. ‘ receipts last
week, 2,217; steady; best heavy
steers, $13@14; best handy weight
butcher steers, $10@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, ”@950; butcher cows, $7.50
@825; cutters, $6.50@6.75; can-
ners, $6@6.26; best heavy bulls.$9
@915: bologna bulls, $8@8.50;
stock bulls. $7@7.75; feeders, $9@
10; stockers, $7@8.50; mllkers and

springers, $ 7 5.@ 1 25 . Veal calves:
receipts laSt week, 1,1 1 2; steady;
best. $22@22.50; mixed,» $8@18.

Gheep and lambs: receipts last week,
5,523; dull; best lambs, $14@14.50;
fair lambs, $12.50@13.50; light to
common lambs, $10@11; fair to
good sheep, $7.75@8; culls and com-
mon, $4@.6. Hogs, receipts last
week, 3.571; 50c to $1 lower; pigs,
$19, mixed higs, $19.25@19.50.

CHICAGO—Hogs: mostly 50c low-
er to $19.50. Heavy weight $16.25
@1850; medium. $16.75@19.40;
light $17.75@19.50; light light,
5175001850; heavy packing sows
smooth 515.25@16.00; packing sows
rough, $14.50@ 15.25; pigs, $16.00@
18.50. Cattle; native and western
beef steers mostly 25 lower; e
stock, yearlings ”and calves mostly
steady; feeders and buls 25c lower,
more in spots. Beef steers, heavy
and medium weight choice and
prime $15.50@17.75; medium and
good, $11.50@15.50; common, $9.50
@11.50fll light weight—good and
choiCe $13.50@17.25; common and
medium, $9.25@13.50; butcher cat-

tle, heifers, $5.75@14.50; cows
$6.50@13.00; canners and cutters,
$5.‘50@6.50; veal calves light and

handy 'weight 8195002050; feed-
er steers $7.25@ 12.75; stodker steers
$6.75@10.25; western range beef
steers, $9.00@15.75: cows and heif—
ers, $6.75@12.75. Sheep—lambs
mostly 500 lower. some medium
grades lower, sheep 250 to 50c low—
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WAfiEING’l‘ON. D. 0.. Sept. 5, 1919
, *Last‘ Bulletin gave forecasts of warns
' " wave to cross continent Sept. 10 to
" ltd-caching? g N about 12 and
sad _ “ii: storm viave fol.-

    

  

  

  

 

MIGHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING
plains sections 17. meridian 90, great
lakes, middle Gulf States and Ohio-
Tenneasee valleys 18, eastern sections
19, reaching vicinity of Newfo land
about Sept. 20. Storm wave wi fol—
low about one day beth warm wave

norm wave.

Disturbances described in
paragraphs. will control weather events '
from . 0 to . Temperatures
_wiiiocgverage lower than usual east of
R as cast and higher than usual
on Pacific slope. Light frosts ’in cent-
ral provimes and middle northern
states during five days centering on
field. 1 _ No very. severe storms.
About .norrnal rains. in eastern sec-
tions. decreasing westward. In plains
sections mos: rain south of the high
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A wide-awake farmer sees in his corn crop
. something besides “golden ears”. There
is also “gold” in the stalks, leaves, silk and
husks wherl‘ properly prepared for feeding.
These by-products represent one-third of the
feeding value of the corn at husking time.

In McCormick andDeering huskers and.
shredders wide—awake farmers see a quick, ' '
easy, economical way to save this stover.
"There is no waste.

As a husker the ears are stripped clean.
The snapping rolls cannot get out of align-
ment, no matter how far apart they are forced
by the com. In hard or frozen corn, bars can
be set opposite each other. The shaker sepa-
rates shelled corn, weeds, seeds, dirt, etc., from
the Shredded stover. Cast rolls, equipped with
agitators, keep the ears straight so that more
effective husking can be done, 'helping also to
keep the snapping rolls free from short or
broken stalks. .

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into fine pieces, turning them into an excellent

roughage that cattle like.

. These are only a few of the features that make
McCormick and Deering huskers and shredders so
favorably known. You have put in a lot of time on
that corn crop. You cannot afford to sacrifice any
of it. Write us for catalogues and let us Show you
why you need not lose an ounce of it.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY

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AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

The Automobile Protecitve Association policy covers more and costs less.
Imitators give only partial

We are the originators of Collision protection.

Live agents wanted.

AUTOMOBILE PROTECTIVE ASS'N.
4 Turner Blk., Battle Creek Mich.

Collision protection.
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. “The Show Window of Michigan ”

WES; MICHIGAN Fill
Grand Rapids, September 15-49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete exhibits in' every department of as'good- an agri- ‘ -‘
cultural and live stock show as was ever known.

 

 

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the} only aviator who changes planes in mldair and whose act

  
    

 

  

Not much on mere spectacle but for a thriller we have beek-
ed for three days, Sept. 16, 17, 18 ,
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is the one big sensational thing of the. year. 'He amemfl’no.
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road administration. The

. m'pt to interefere with traffic will
he severely punished,.and his an-

_. will be filled," could hardly
failed to make a good impres-
don. This was naturally much em-
glzrsized by the fact that in this ac-
' ~ the railway union leaders are
’Olone ' with the government.
.;- This controversy, it is true, has' to
‘ . do with a peculiarly aggravated case
of violated contracts and disobedi-
qxce to orders. But the financial
Community’s view was that it never-
theless reflected a far more sober
ind conservative attitude by the res-
lnsible representatives of labor than
rad been imagined to exist.
Considerable nervousness and bear-
ishness continues in nearly all mark-
ets due to profiteer hunting. It is
. felt by most real thinkers that prices
are bound soon to resume their up-
ward journey again.

WHEAT

 

.7 Grade lDet'othhg'o‘ N. Y.

No. 2 nos ...... l 2.24 2.35%

No. 2 White 2.22 | 2.32
2. 32

 

No. 2 Mixed ..... l 2.22 |_

.hea A.» an ~ -

Iof californiia hy the govern-~

one ‘of the most interesting things

' oi the past week of interest to farm-

ers in Michigan with wheat on their
hands is the news from Grand Rap-
ids that premiums will be
farmers to hold their when for 30
days. .The full story on this matter
is given at the bottom of page 12 in
this issue of M. B. F. and its mean-
ing is great. For many a time Michi-
gan -wheat' has been shipped out of
the state and then some of it is ship-
ped back in again, at prices enough
higher to pay all the freight charges
which have taken place. The Valley
City, Milling Company is one which
realizes that this is inefficient and

that the farmers might as well get a'

higher price and the milling company
also save, due to the doing away with
needless freight rates.

Wheat has been reported quiet in
most markets lately.
ple concerned in- Michigan are taking
a sudden interest in the market due
to the premium news. Detroit has
stocks of 51,000 bushels on hand at
present, compared with 21.000 bush-
els at this same time last year. Spring
wheat farmers are reported to be
anxious to obtain a big crop next
year due to the losses suffered this
year.

Missouri farmers, who realize the
same inefficiency we see in Michigan,
held a recent conference at the cap-
ital at which a protest was made on
behalf of wheat growers “who are
the losers," against methods and dis-
counts of the Grain Corporation.

 

  

 

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The people of this country de—

mand of the Bell System the best
5' _ possible telephone service. The
" one endeavor of the company, its
only reason for" existence, is to
give the best possible service.

Every dollar“ the Bell System
infectives goes to provide tele-
phone service.

its entire receipts are expended
‘ on operation, upkeep and de-
.. velopmcnt. More than half goes

‘ directly to labor. The remainder
wisexpendcd for materials, for the

maintenance of plant and equip-
’ ment, for the interest on money
'borrowed, for dividends on the
investment of tens of thousands
nit-of shareholders, and for the pay-
'ment of taxes assessed by public

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f " Every Dollar Goes for Service

ln its last analysis all telephone
money goes for wages; wages for
labor and wages for the necessary
capital which investors have put
to work in the Bell System.

'Thc telephone 'management is
the agent of the public. lt isen—
trusted with the task of providing
the quality of service the intelli—
gent public demands. Thc wages
of loyal, well-trained employees
and the wages of the capital that
provide the finest of mechanical
equipment and most efficient
operation, must be paid.‘ ‘As a
public servant, ione duty of the
telephone management is to .ob-
tain rates sufficient to pay for
,these necessities of service.

you to

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wholesaler. .. This is tbfight

If . Farmers, the clip sheet of the State '

Board of Agriculture says. “are urg-
ed to avoid shipping wheat mum to
the Corporation for in so doing the
grower at this time loses the pro.
mium which is paid practically every
day by the mills and elevators.” The
conference protested that the dis-
counts below No. 1 are unfair “be-
cause they nearly double the . dis-
counts established for these grades
established by long custom of milling
and grain buying.”

CORN

Grndo I Det'o 't | ”Ch’go'l'roledo

No. 2 Yellow .. .l 2.04
No. 3Yellow ....|2.o2 i , I
No. 4 Yellow ...l 2.00 l

 

After several days of weakness and
decline it was only to be expected
that prices would cover before the
double holiday. but they were hur-
ried up a little by a very bullish re-
port from Kansas which stated that
the- state crop report just issued
made a cut of about 25 million bush-
els in. the prospective crop of corn.
This decrease in the estimate was
caused by dry weather and many
earlier complaints have been receiv-
ed that might have warned dealers
of what was coming, but the decrease
seemed to be a surprise to nearly all.
The covering that followed gave the
corn deal the first good showing of
strength in a long time. Other con-
ditions were bearish, including low-
er exchange and another decline in
the 'price of hogs.

Trading in the Detroit market did
not show much improvement. Corn
was as scarce as ever here and else—
where.

Some of these days when the in—
vestigations stop and temporary
measures against high prices have
worn out, the grain markets are like-
ly to cut loose from their moorings
and go high probably to stay high.

 

' gOATS
Standard ........ I .21 | .77 | .34
No. 3 White ..... I .so i .20 l .11:
No. 4 White ..... | .19 .75 I .32

 

Oats have been only in moderate
supply while the demand has been
good in most markets thus making
the price fairly firm in spite of agi-
tations and labor unrest. 'In the Chi—
cago markets oats took a slight
slump in company with corn late last
week. due to the general bearishness
of the situation. In ordinary times
oats would probably be climbing
high at this time due to shortages
in the crop outcome.

In Detroit oats have struggled up~
ward a cent or so during the past
week. Prospects in this market are
for the present uncertain as they are
in nearly every other section.

Oats in Chicago held within a com-
paratively narrow range and showed
much more strength than corn.
There was considerable buying at
times that looked big against ex—
port sales, and liberal quantities were
sold to the seaboard from'the various
markets. Country offerings were
small, threshing returns disappoint-
ing, and the average weight of this
year’s crop is about 3 to 4 lbs. light-
er than in 1918. Foreign financial
sit’uation is against a big export bus—
iness, but there is no great pressure
on the market at the time being.’
farmers showing a disposition to
hold back their grain.

BEANS

Opening with a rush the bean mar-
ket reached its peak of this season
the early part of August, several
causes aiding in bringing the market
to a height that surprised many of
the wise ones who when the jump
came, sold rapidly and bemoaned
their luck when the market contin-
ued to-rise, according to the Bean-
Bag, St. Louis

“In discussing the probable cause
for the rise in price of domestic
beans, which. was influenced some-
what by the price of Oriental Pea,
Beans, almost every: correspondent of

   

they thought the market would rise
or drop, but rather . because their
stocks were low. ‘

‘ “Grocer demand as the month
neared its end Aug. 23 to be exact,
was light in some sections with acme
activity reported from Michigan. No

heavy demand is expected until the"

new crop begins to move. which will
hardly be under six weeks. Sales to
domestic jobbers and wholesalers
should be heavy; the high cost of liv-

ing being a big factor to consider at ,

present, and beans at any price un-
der fifty cents a pound, retail. are
cheap when nu-triment value and can

of preparing for the table are con- '-

sidered in comparison with other
foods.
“Export demand helped quite a bit

to bring about the price rise, and it is

now said that the falling down of .

some large export sales is one cause

of the drop in prices of Orientals. ~,
which became‘so pronounced this .

week. Ten telegrams to large ex-
port flrms on both coasts, however.
fail to reveal the cancellation of any

contracts, and the Bean-Bag is in-

clined to believe that someone h
overestimated the export deman
and now is realizing their mistake.
“Michigan prices have declined
slowly for over ten days, and who
jobbers were prepared for a drop in
price of K-otenas'his before it arrived.
The drop was quick, as it seems to
be the regular‘ rule for these beans,
and one or two large firms were
caught without a great deal of in-
formation. Late advices from the
coast 'report a steady market, and

 

beans and they bought,“ not. because? ‘1

one or two correspondents at press .

day offer the opinion that the market
is as low as it will go.’

HAY

. Bullish reports are coming in
about hay. Indiana tell! of practical-
ly no surplus, and Kansas tells of
damaged conditions. In general in
the central part of the country, the
offerings are increasing, but the de—
mand has not specially
Farmers in some parts of Michigan
are disappointed with insufficient
prices. In the East stocks and re-
ceipts are light while in the South
the demand is very light.

RYE AND BARLEY

There is nothing doing in the rye
and barley market in Detroit. Cash
No. 2 rye hovers around $1.49 and
barley Cash No. 3. goes at around
$2. 35 per cwt

September rye in Chicago closed a
trifle higher. September corn in the
meantime declined from $1.94 to
$1.82. The comparison is of im-
portance in showing a tendency of
the rye market to break away from
corn's influence and assume an. in-
dependent position where its price
will be governed by its flour value.
A reported sale of 1,000,000 bushels
of rye for expert was the main feat-
ure of last week’s trading.

The new crop is not yet moving in
volume but with improved railroad
conditions, receipts should increase.

CHICAGO—The barley market but
been very strong. Prices advanced
from day to day till the high point
of the season was reached. aftu
which there was a reduction. It 3
now dull and uninteresting.

POTATOES

Information in August bears out
earlier estimates of a general de-
crease in acreage from that of last
year from 5 to 10' per cent. Condi-
tions, particularly in the: Rocky
Mountain states. are not promising;
the stand is poor and the acreage h
considerably less than last year. in
the East the conditions in Maine are
very 360d and the crop is reported in
excellent condition in Aroostook
County. In New York the condition
is rather! poor, with the exception d
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benr-fiichig’sn fists,.31031 1-3c;

Alfiewvvbrk flats (June make) 34-1—20

Hiichigan single daisies, 32c; brick,

84 1-2c; long horns, 83 1-2c; Wiscon-

' twins. 31 1,4;

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_, .lrsts &2@43c; ordinary firsts, 36@

daisies. 32c; isconsin
limburger, 33 1-2 @
I4 1-2; domestic block SwiSs, 40@
420’; domestic w’heel Swiss, 4,5@56c

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CHICAGO—Butter, higher, cream-
49@54 ,1-20. Eggs, higher;

.8 .1-2c; at mark, cases included, 38
@41c; storage pack firsts, 43 1~2@
‘4. Poultry alive; lower; springs,
80 1-2c; fowls, 314:.

NEW YORK-—Butter, firm. cream-

' sry higher than extras, 67 1-2668c;

. rent make No.2, 46c.

sreamery extras (92 score) 57c;
firsts 53056 1-2c; packing stock cur-
Eggs, steady;
tresh gathered extras 65@56c; ex-
tra ilrsts 62@64c; firsts 48@51c;
state. Pennsylvania and nearby wes‘t-

: srn hennery whites, fine to fancy. 70

@72c; state, Pennsylvania and near-
by hennery browns,"‘ 606640; do
gathered browns and mixed colors,
“one. Cheese, firm: state whole
milk flats, current "make. special,
lo 3-4@31 1-2c; do average run
I9 3‘4.@30 1-4c; state whole milk
twins current make special 30 1-2@
81c; do average run 29’1-2@30.

DETROIT MARKETS

Spring chickens are coming to
market in liberal lots and an easy
market is quoted, but other lines are
scarce and firm. The tone in the
dressed hog deal is steady and in
dressed calves a little easier owing

: to a moderate increase in offerings.

Jersey potatoes are in fair supply and
easy ' at lower prices. Demand is
moderate. A few Michigan potatoes
are reaching the market, but are
nbt attractive owing to small size.
Other vegetables are firm and act-
ive. ‘ Peaches are scarce and high—
er. California fruits are scarce and
firm owing to“ lack of receipts.

V. Cheese is firm and other dairy pro—

    

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ducts are not active.

‘Berri-es, h-uckleberries, $6@7 per
bu.; grapes, Concord, 8c; Niagara,
10¢ per 11).; Oranges, California nav-

sls. $5.75@6 per box; Plums. 80@

lfic per.1-5 bu. basket and $3.500
lj per bushel; Pears, Bartlett, 330
3.25 per bu; small, $268.25 per
hu.; Apples, Michigan, best, $1.750
I; ordinary. $1@1.25 per bu.; Peach-
es, Elbertas, $4@4.50 per bu.; white,
slingstones, 36@40c per 1—4 bushel
basket. Farm and garden popcorn,
shelled, 16c per 1b.; Green corn, 20
625c per doz.; honey, white comb,
32@33c per 11).; celery, Kalamazoo.
20@220 per doz.; cabbage. home

_grown, $1.25@1.50 per bu.; toma-

toes, home grown, $1.25@1.50 per
bu.;”1e'ttuce, leaf, 120 per 1b.; head,
82.00@2.25 per crate. calves. dress-
ed) fancy, 2963M; choice, 276
”cc per 1b.; dregsed hogs, light, 28
0370; heavy choice, 24®260 per
11).; nut meats, Almonds, 600; wal-
nuts, 85c; pecans, $1.45 per lb.; po-
tatoes. Michigan, $5; Jersey cobblers.
".50; Jersey giants, $4.$0@4.76 per

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g roosters,_2rfinc;fgeese, It
m: d : mew: mm: ducks

’ BOSTON eon mm -
, There is a better tone to the mar-
ket~ this week. Sales have not been

of large proportions, but there has

been somewhat .more business, and
with the improvement in exchange
and manufacturers a tang way from
“covered" on raw material more con-
fidence exists. The foreign markets
are firm and the tendency is higher
in‘ Europe. The manufacturing Sit-
uation is hardly changed. the call for
deliveries being very insistent.

Quotations are: Michigan ‘ and,
Nevaork fleeces: Fine unwashed,
63@64c;~ delaine unwashed, 78@ ,
82c: 1-2—blood unwashed, 75@78c‘;
3-8 blood, unwashed, BBQ 69c.

LIVE STOCK

High cost of living agitation and
,general unrest in the“ labor situation
has again entered the live stock
markets as a bearish factor. Inten-
tion of the government to start a
chain of retail stores to undersell
others and lower the living' cost was
looked upon seriously and worked
for lower prices.

DETROIT—cattle. ‘ receipts last
week. 2,217; steady; best heavy
steers, $13@14; best handy weight
butcher steers, $10@11.50; mixed
steers and heifers, $9.60@10.60;
handy light butchers, $7.50@8.60;
light butchers, $6.75@7.75; best
cows. $9@9.50; butcher cows, $7.60
@825; cutters, $6.50@6.76; can-
ners, $6@6.26; best heavy bulls.$9
@9375: bologna bulls, $8@8.60:
stock bulls. ”@7375; feeders, $9@
10; stockers, $7@8.50; milkers and
springers, $76.@125. Veal calves:
receipts last week,. 1,112; steady;
best. $22@22.50; mixed,-$8@18.
Cheap and lambs: receipts last week,-
5,523; dull; best lambs, $14@14.50;
fair lambs, $12.50@13.50; light to
commOn lambs, $10@11; fair to
good sheep, $7.76@8; culls and com-
mon, $4@6. Hogs, receipts last
week, 3.571; 50c to $1 lower; pigs,
$19, mixed higs, $19.25@19.50.

CHICAGO—~Hogs: mostly 50c low-
er to $19.50. Heavy weight $16.25
@18.50; medium, $16.75’@.19.40;
light $17.75@19.50; light light,
$17.60@18.60; heavy packing sows
smooth 316.25@16.00; packing sows
rough, $14.60@16.25; pigs, $16.00@
18.50. Cattle; native and western
beet steers mostly 25 lower; e
stock, yearlings 'and calves mostly
steady; feeders and buls 25c lower,
more in spots. Beef steers. heavy
and medium weight choice and
prime $16.50@17.75; medium and
good, $11.50@15.50; common, $9.50
@11.5om light weight—good and
choiCe $13.50@17.25; common and
medium, $9.25@13.60: butcher cat-
tle, heifers, $6.75@14.60; cows
$6.60Q13.00; canners and cutters,
$5.50@_6.50; “veal calves light and
handy weight “950020.50; feed-
er steers $7.86@ 12.75; stodker steers
$6.76@10.26; western range beef
steers, $9.00@16.76: cows and half—
ers, 3631501176. Sheep—lambs
mostly 60o lower. some medium
grades lower, sheep 26c to 50c low-
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g—Last Bulletin gave for . of warm
. " wave to cross continent. Sept. 10 to
' 14,».reac . ‘ meridian ”about 12 and

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FOR ‘THE WEEK

plains sections 17, meridian 90. great
lakes, middle Gulf States and Ohio-
Tennessee valleys 18, eastern sections
19, reaching vicinity of Newto land
about Sept: :0. Storm wave wi fol-
low aboutone day behind warm wave

EA 1“,wa about. one day: behind ~ .
Disturbances described in above '

paragraphs. will control weather events ‘
from mt. 10 to 20. Temperatures .
will garage lower than usual east of
B, crest and higher than usual
on Pacific slope. Light frosts 'in cent-
ral provinces and middle northern
we during five days centering on
. 16, No severe storms.

   
    
 

 

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wide-awake farmer sees in his corn crop
~ something besides “golden ears". There
is also “gold" in the stalks, leaves, silk and
husks when properly prepared for feeding.
These by-products represent one—third of the
feeding value of the corn at husking time.

In McCormick and . Deering huskers and
shredders Wide-awake farmers see a. quick, "
easy, economical way to save this stover.
There is no waste.

As a huskcr the ears are stripped clean.

' ,The snapping rolls cannot get out of align!—
ment, no matter how far apart they are forced
by the corn. In hard or frozen corn, bars can
be set opposite each other. The shaker sepa-
rates shelled com, weeds, seeds, dirt, etc., from
the Shredded stover. Cast rolls, equipped with
agitators, keep the ears straight so that more
effective husking can be done, 'helping also to
keep the snapping rolls free from short or
broken stalks.

The McCormick saw-tooth shredder head
slits and shreds the stalks, leaves and huskrs
into fine pieces, turning them into an excellent
roughage that cattle like.

. These are only a few of the features that make
McCormick and Deering huskers and shredders so
favorably known. You have put in a lot of time on
that corn crop. You cannot afford to sacrifice any

of it. Write us for catalogues and let us Show you
why you need not lose an ounce of it.

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The Automobile Protecitve Association policy covers more and costs less.

We are the originators of Collision protection. Imitators give only partial
Collision protection. Live agents wanted.
THE AUTOMOBILE PROTECTIVE ASS'N.
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' large city.

 

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NOTE:

». '3raphic reproduction of your ho
" of your ad. Be sure to send us
purpose

FARMS AND LAND

 

100.11an BITCHIGAN. FARMI, .5500;
miles
00 acres dark loam tillage,
c-lay subsoil 40- cow, woven wire, fenced
Pasture, home wood; good apple orchard,
fruit 8-room heuse,1arge medern stock
barn. silo, poultry, hog, corn houses, all
ood.. Owner retiring offers quick sale
argain, $5500, terms. Details page 85
Catalog Bargains 19 States, copy free
Strout Farm Agency, 814 B E, Ford Bldg.
D'etroit. ,

 

FOB . LE ACCOUNT OF ILL
”health, goo 78 acre farm 68 acres
cleared, 10 acres pasture, good orchard.
'7-room trame house, stone foundation.
Cellar and wood shed. Fine well. Two
barns, 30 x 50 and 30 x 35. On good
road 1% mile to market. Price $6, 000——
$3, 000 down, balance payments. Call or
first}? to Fred Kruger, R 1, Harrisville,

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CLASSIFIED ADVETISING

k-k i . to our tonne on em
to eliminate 311 boo eon 3...”?3u'1'. on word .
both in the hoary“? thef 31d eating}? ems
'- . h i o, Is .0 a
“trillion-ope eon riot-5h!“ :m .1.

. A illustration helps greatly t5’ sell farm property 'By. 36¢“!!! ,. .
810 ezilra for each insertion of Your ad. you can have a photo- -, ~ . :

To mains-In “iii low 1-3“- W' .

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uso or burn; printed 'at the head ' _
3' good clear photograph for this .

FOR SALE—100 ACRES IN GRATIOT
County, 5% miles from Merrill on intend-
ed trunk line, 15 mile to school. Good
land, ‘1‘.» tiled. and fenced, with new 8 room

house. ~ Good barn, 36 x 60. New silo:
granary tool shed; garage; corneribs.
Out-d00r cellar. ’ TelephOne,'140 fruit

trees Bargain if sold at ohce. Inquire
of Jerry Fry, R No. 1, Merrill, Mien.

 

FOR SALE—4140 ACRES,100 IMPROV-
ed, rest pasture and woods. Black loam
'clay Mostly level. Orchards. buildings.
$65 per acre. Julius Belts, Mariette Mich.

5' one of tie startling. its or have

  
 

  
  
   
  
   

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soil, mostly under cultivation. Plenty of
good buildings. $100 per. acre. Come; see
or write,'G P. Andrews, Dansville,'Mich.

80LACRE FARM FOR SALE. NEW
8 room house, new barn, fine well, good
roads. A No.1 land, 1- 2 black gravel
loam and 1- 2 clay loam, excellent drain-
age, good for general farming. 12 miles
north of Mt. Clemens. Charles Eichbrecht,
R 1, New Haven, Mich.

 

 

FOR SALE—90 ACRE IMPROVED
farm, good land. For description write
owner. Albin Beckstrom, Tustin, Mich.

 

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

MICH. FARIVI FOR SALE BY 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, Brown City, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—40 ACRES GRAVELLY
loam soil, 33 acres cleared and stumped.
Cement block house. Small barn. Price,
$1800—$800 down. M. J. Huber, Beaver-
ton, Mich. ~

 

FARM FOR SALFr—290 ACRES SAND
loam soil, in good potato and corn grow-
ing locality 15 acres of wood timber.
200 acres cleared. 3 big barns and 2 good
houses and out buildings. Excellent op-
portunity for stock raising. Will sell
all or part of farm as desired. For full
particulars write, George Cooper, R. 3,
Tustin, Mich.

 

WANT TO BUY A FARM, 40 T0 80‘
acres, good location, good buildings. Near
town with high school. Railroad town
preferred. H. Lee, Dansville, Mich.

 

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—120—
acre improved farm; good soil; good
buildings. 1% miles from village. For
particulars write Theodore Andreas.
Walkerville, Oceana County, Mich.

 

FOB
mile from Ann Arbor.

SALE-—140 ACRE .FARDI, 3-4
Good buildings;

- best of land; cattle; tools and machinery.

Also hay and grain.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

James Miller, B 2.

 

FARMS FOB. SALE—BIG LIST. OF

farms for sale by the owners. giving
nis name, location of farm, description,
price and terms Strictly mutual and co-
operative between the buyer and seller
and conducted for our members. CLEAN-
ER CLEARING HOUSE ASS’N.. Land
Dpt., Gleaner Temple, Detroit.

T0 RENT—160 ACRE FARM. NEAR
depot and school. Good buildings, or-
chard, windmill, etc. R. R. No. 1, rBox
44, Allenton, Mich.

 

FARM, OR BUILDINGS . ALONE,
worth more than I ask for entire proper-
ty. 160 acres, 100 cleared, 20 pasture, 40
acres fine hardwood and white pine timb~
er, 2 orchards. 10 room house, large bank
barn, granary and other buildings. Roded,
good markets. Seven miles from Rogers
or Hawks. For $5000 if sold at once. Will
sell personal cheap if farm is sold. Paul
N. Domke, Rogers City, Presque Isle
County. Mich.

 

MSCELLANEOUS

 

FOR SALE—NINE H P. ALAMO
gasoline engine. mf’d in T-Iillsdale Mich.
In perfect condition, on trucks, 24 inch
friction clutch pulley Easily operates
131 in Papec insilage Has filled only 12
s1 os.
have no use for the engine. Will demon-
strate on my farm on See. 29, Chippewa
Twp. W T. Bandeen Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

 

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM
forest. All kinds. Delivered prices. Ad-
dress “M. M” care of Michigan Business
Farming, Mt. Clemens, Mich

 

FOR SALE—PEDIGREED No.1 ROS-
en Rye and Red Rock Wheat seed. Ralph
MacVean, Plainwell Mich.

FOR. YOUR. SUNDAY READING—
write Silver Publishing 00., Dept. 11, Bes—
semer Building, Pittsburg. Pa” for “Give
God a Chance. " McConkey' s vital little de-

 

votional booklet. Sent absolutely free.
Postpaid
FOR. SALE —-— RED ROCK SEED

Wheat at $3. 25 and $3 50 per bushel. M.
C. I. A inspection. Class I, registration
No. 9012. Recleaned at “Fertiland
harms,” ready to sow Slacks at cast. W.
T. Bandeen R 4, Mt. Pleasant.‘ Mich.

Seeds Wanted

Michigan Grown
Winter .Vetch, Rye and Vetch, Jun
and Mammoth Cleyer,A1falfa,Slwee?:
Clover, Al'sike and Field Peas. Known
Varieties of Garden Peas, Beans and
other Garden Seeds, of High Germination
and 1919 crop. Send samples for test

The C. E. Del’uy 00. Pontiac, Mich.

 

 

 

CONSIGN YOUR

LIVE STOCK

Chicago

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CLAY, ROBINSON & CO,

South 8!. Paul South Omaha Denver Kansas City
East Buffalo For: Warts East St. Louis Sioux City
.- El Peso South St. Joseph ,

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MNIFIES Owners of Live Stock—J-Iorses, Cattle. Sheep and Hoes

  
  
 

'FOR- SALE-146 ACRE FARNI. RICH' '

Having purchased a tractor I~

  

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count. until a
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~in' the crop reports this week .
the .1 G

. W
n; thicken

in Olin-ton. and Shiawesee. counties,
send the week preceding that, the

in the Thumb district. Farmers are
taking . precautionary measures
against the spread of these pests.
The northern part of the state has
been suffering greatly from the green
leaf hoppers. the total damage to the
Upper Peninsula alone amounting to
more than a million.
The national crop report follows:

There. is a little change in the condi-
tion of last week in the national crop con-
ditions. Corn is holding its own. Thanks
to the good- results obtained in winter
wheat, the wheat crop will prove itself
better than average
certain. Potato estimates declining.
Sweet Potatoes good. Numerous states
have improved by more favorable weath-
er conditions. ’

ducing states the general conditions are
as follows: five states good to very good; -
one state very fair, three states fair: and
two states poor to 66 per cent. Taking
the minor corn producing states into con-
sideration, the crop in general is well
above the average.

WHEAT—The ten states, producing-the
major portionof winter wheat range, one,
fair to good; eight, fair; one, poor to
fair. The five spring wheat states range
two fair; three, poor~to fair.

POTATOES—The estimates on the
Irish potato crop are still declining. This
is particularly true in Utah and some of
the heavy potatoproducing states in the
east.

COW PEAS—As pointed out in a form-
er report this crop is proving itself to be
scarce.

GRAPES—All report on grapes indicate
that this crop will be rather heavy.

APPLES—The early varieties of' west-
ern apples such as Jonathan and Kings
are of good size and are coloring rapid-
ly. Canning plants in the west have been
receiving fruit in such abundance that
part of it had to be placed in cold stor-
age for the canncries to catch up. This
was due to warm favorable weather ma-
turing crop all at once.

TOMATOES—This crop was heavily
damaged in the large canning centers of
Maryland and New Jersey by severe
storms. Crop probably having been cut
to one—third of the normal.

COUNTRY AT LARGE——A recapitula-
tion of forty-one states reporting indi—
cates that eleven, are good ;sixteen, av-
erage or better; fourteen, fair. This sum—
marized indicates that the country as a
whole is in a good average condition ag-
riculturally,

JACKSON (S)—Drought is broken by
rain but not so much rain as is needed. It
is too dry for good plowing Wheat was
a god yield, but rye did not turn out
well. Heavy straw. Light yield of
grain. Light supply of vegetables. Many
farm gardens entirely ruined by the
drought. Not much fruit except black-
berries and huckleberries. Many small
farmers are disposing of their young
stock and extra cattle as they do not
think it will pay to buy hay to winter
them. _Hay is scarce and will bring a
fancy price. An epidemic has broken out
among chickens in Liberty Township. The
state inspector diagnoses tubersulosis.
On one farm where about all the old fowls
were found to be in various stages of the
disease. The fowls had been fed rye.
The symptoms are about the same as in
what used to be called cholera. Sick
fowls are to be killed and their bodies
burned and the well ones disposed of, and
the' crops thoroughly disinfected with a
coal tar disinfectant The little chickens,
ducks and geese are immune to the dis~
ease—G .

Ofl'ers Premium for Wheat Hold
The farmers of Michigan have been
marketing their bumper wheat crop much
more rapidly that the grain can be cared
for with the realt. it is said, that when
elevators and warehouses are filled t...
grain is being shipped east. If this is long
continued the reserve stock of grain in
Michigan will not be sufficient to carry
the state through to next harvest and
mills will be forced to buy outside and
ship in to supply the ordinary demands.
It is stated with the view of checking
the marketing of the grain by making it
an object to the farmers to hold it back
the Valley City Milling 00. announced
recently it will pay 2 cents above the
government price for wheat that is mar-
keted in October. This in effec t pays
the farmer 2 cents a bushel for carrying
the grain a month he furnishing his own
storage.

This action was taken after correspond-
ence of President W. S. Rowe of the Val-
ley City Milling Co. with the United-
States Grain corporation. Mr. Rowe set
forth the conditions in Michigan and the

and asked of the. government had any ob- *
jection to the payment of a storage pram." ,
ium to rowers. 'The grain cargo i ' ‘
at the Nov
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We will send you a booklet on the
treatment of mange. eczema or pitch '
mange. arthritis. sore mouth, etc. ,

We will fiend you a booklet on how
to build a 0g wallow. which will keep
hogs clean and healthy. .

We will send you a- booklet on how

free hum insect i

to keep your hogs W9-
sites and disease. .
Write for them to '
Animal Industry Department 0‘

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DETROIT. MICH."

 

 
    
     
     
    
        
   
   
  
  
      
 
 
  
    
     
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

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to ‘ . " ’ partitioniie‘ncm‘ih‘ere
me etc; ~ own and... maintaining»
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:the owner of all the fence between A

'.and 'B. , Can A have fenée viewers di-

vide the line fence now between the
7 ‘ Could A remove onerhalf
of the fence?—B. L. P.-, Pewamo, Mich.

Ans—Without more facts ‘con-
cerning .the agreement entered-into
it is impossible to answer the ques-
tion definitely.’ Where adjoining
owners enter into an agreement as
to a partition their rights and liabil-
ities are controlled and determined
by'the agreement. A could not ’ re—
move the,fence. ' It is poSsible that
Aimig-ht have fence viewers divide
thefence in spite of the agreement.
Section 2210 provides that when
any'controversy shall arise about

obligation .. to maintain the same
either party 'may apply'to two or
morefence viewers who may after
due notice assign in writing to each
his share. Section 2211
that if any party refuses or neglects
to erect and maintain the part of
the fence assigned to him by. the
fence viewers he may erect and main-
tain the same and shall be entitled
to the value thereof ascertained as
directed by the statute—Victor H.
Hampton, associate legal editor.

 

Trespassing Cattle

'I am a buyer of property on land
contract and took into custody cer-
tain cattle trespassing upon the land
and kept them for two days when the
owner came and got them in my ab-
sence without paying damages. What
can be done—J. H. P., Hanover, Mich.

Ans.’ In answer to a previous
question we have discussed the right
to take trespassing cattle for dam-
ages done _at‘length and refer the
writer of the above to same for
provisions of the statute regulating
the right. If you have complied with
the statutory provisions requiring
written notice uponthe owner so
that your taking of the beasts was
lawful you could under the provisions
of Section 14793 retake the beasts
within seven days after the owner
rescued them and hold and dispose
of them in accordance with the sta-
tute as if they had never been taken
away.
has. elapsed hence this remedy ~ is
not open. You can. however, bring
an action’on the case against the
party taking the beasts for all dam-
ages sustained by you by reason of
the rescue and all fees and charges
which shall have been incurred be-
fore the rescue in addition to a for-
feit of. a sum not less than $5 and
provided for by Section 14794, C. I.
1915 and the Supreme Court in a
case similar in facts sustained‘ the
injured parties hight thereunder.—
Victo‘r H. Hampton, associate legal ed-
itor.

A Widow’s Pension . '
Please inform me about a widows
pension in Micigan?———W. M. 3., Jack-
son, Mich. »
Ans—We take it. that the writer
has reference'to the law providing
for the payment of money to the
mother of dependent-children for
their care, not exceeding $3 for
each child. This amount is payable
where a ‘child has been found to be
dependent by the probate court un—
der the statute and the mother of the
child is unable to properly care and
provide for said child but is a prop—
er guardian. To take advantage of
this law it is necessary that a peti-
tion in the probate court be filed.-———
rotor H. Hampton. associate ifigal ed-
tor. . -

Filling a Silo .

I am writing you in regard to us-
ing the engine of the auto to' fill the
silo. Will it'be practical and profit-
able? .Has anyreader in M. B, F.

men in this neighborhood own a silo

do ‘thefliling,*s.thoug, .i

i ' “filler but have to ' hire an {engine to:
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H OLSTEIN—FRIESMN

 

$150,000 . for Prizes
Publicity and Exten-
,sion Service.

Breeders 01' Hol-
~ stelns unanimously
voted to quadruple the fees for record-
ing transfers of their cattle sold and
spend the income therefrom to place
the merits of this greatest of dairy
breeds before the public. If interested. 1n
1 HOLSTEIN CATTLE

send for our booklets and inform your-
self on how to make money in breed-
ing dairy cattle. . '
Hoistein-Fn'esian Assocmuon of

America, Box 295, Brattleboro, Vt.

 

 

 

 

SIRE IN SERVICE

Johan Pauline De K01 Lad sired by
Flint Hengerveld Lad a son of Flint
luscia Pauline (33 11111.) and from
. JOhan Pauline De K01 twice 301i) cow
; and second highest record daughter of
Johan Hengerveld Lad and mother of
Pauline Denglander Mich champion
two year old (26 13111.) at 2: months.
Have for sale a Grand-son of Maple-

cnot trun-

;- mm,
,2 19. 96 lb. daughter of Johan Hanger-
. veld Lad. A show Bull and ready

 

est dams 24. 23 lb. Dam will be re-
tested.

ROY F FICKIES Chemniandich.

 

 

} for litht sorvlce. Average for four near-
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BULL CALI” most-35101.1) AND

85 per
3‘ cent white, straight as a line.

Sired by
31-ih. bull andhis hisdam is just one of the

r best cows I ever milked a granddaughter
.- ‘d Johanna Lad. Price $150.00
5. for immediate sale. Harry '1‘ Tubbs,
l Elwell, Michigan.

30 HEAD'w

Registered Holsteins

Will se‘l singly or whole lot of
fine large cows that will suit you.
All Federal tuberculosis tested.
’Don’; bother to write about this
lot, come and see for yourself
what I offer.

 

 

 

 

 

Mm, Mich.
(Telephone)

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWIN BULL CALVES
Born October 29 1918; sired by Sir
Calantha Segis Korndyke 104008 dam's
”0111.24.35 lbs. butter and 621 lbs, of
nilk in 16am fine straight calvu. Send
M articulars.——~C. & A. Ruttman. Fowl—
u'vi 10. Michigan.

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand and future

, prices that have ever been known. Start

now wi‘h the Holstein and convince

- yourself. Good stock always for

sale. Howbert Stock Farm. Eau
‘Claire. Michigan

 

 

WOLVEBINE STOCK FARM REPORTS
good sales from their herd We are well
‘ with the calves from our Junior
Herd Sire. “King Pontiac Lunde Korndyke
aegis” who is a son of “King of the Pon-
tiacs" from a daughter of Pontiac Cloth-
llde De K01 2nd. A fe1v bull calves for
sale. '1‘. W. Sprague. R. 2, Battle Creek,
Inch. »

 

 

Choice Registered Stock

, {PERCHERONS
-' ‘ HOLSTEINS
SHROPSHIRES

 

 

:: . g- _ ANGUS
'1); Been. 131mm? Mich.
"12.1?“ no 1

 

n. A. HARDY. “ ‘

son of

‘ Bull Calvesigw gamer“:

Boy and by a son of Ring Set” DOKD

‘Korndyke tromA A. with

186.36 as Jr. two year old to 86.26

at mini! ces reasonable brown!
holnm‘ ’

rumor anon: s-roox mm
W. W. Wyckgif, Napoleon, Mien.

 

 

TEN-NfiNTHS- OLD-BULL

Bull last advertised is sold. This
. one born June 7. 1918. by best
‘son of Mons $30. 000 bull heading
. Arden Farms herd King ykg
Pontiac Lass. Two 11 s
m of this calf average 37. 76 lbs but-
ter 7 days and over 145 lbs. in 30
days Dam. a granddaughter of King
f of the Pontiacs Sir Gelsche Walker
aegis and DeKol Burke A blarxaln
Herd tuberculin tested annually

BOARDMAN reams, Jackson, mm.

 

 

 

 

$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-
ter and 735. 45 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam
of calf is a granddaughter of King Se-
gis and a perfect individual with a rec~
01d of 20. 66 lbs. butter in 7 days. For
description write to

L. C KETZLER, Flint, Mich.

 

HEIFER ADVERTISED T0 FRESH-
en in September is sold. I now have the
heifer to freshen in January and the 4 mo.
old bull. Also 8 heifer calves. Herd un-
der State and Federal inspection. Pedi-
grees on request. Vernon Clough. Par—
ma, Mich.

 

 

‘MUSOLFF 3303’ HGiS‘l‘EiNS

We are now booking orders for
young bulls from King Pieter Segis
170506. All from A. R. 0. dams
with credible records We test annu-
ally fOr tuberculosis. Write for pric-

1 es and further information.

Muslon' 31-03.. South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

PURE“ BRED
HOLSTEIN FEMALES

On and after September 25th, our herd
of 16 females will be on sale at our farm.
Rich in Friend Hengerveld De Kol But-
ter Boy and Pontiac them Korndyhe
breeding Ten cows. ages. 2 twe- -year-
olds 3 three- “yearbolds 4 five- -year—olds,
one six year- o-ld, 3 yearling calves and 8
calves under om- year. Few bull calves
for sale now. No abortion, no damaged. J
uddors and every cow is a breeder.
females has been oflered for sale from
this herd before and none will be sold be-
for Sept. 25th 1919. Send for descriptive '
list of animals. '

Ontonagon Valley Holstein Farm,

Bruce’s Crossing, Mich.

 

The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Breeders of Majesty strain Jersey Cat-
tle. Herd Bulls. Majesty’s Oxford Fox
134214; Eminent Lady’s Majesty 156984.
Herd tuberculin- tested. Bull calves tor
sale out of R. of M. Majesty dams

Alvin Holden. Capac, Michigan.

 

FOR SALE—REGISTERED JERSEY
hulls ready for service and bull calves.
Smith 8; Parker, R 4 Howell Mich.

SHOBTHOBN

-mfi
' N0 STOCK FOR SALE AT PRESENT.
Shorthorn Breeder. W S. Huber Glad~
win Mich.
FOR SAI-

SHORTHORNS sonable prices. The

prize-winning scotch Bull, Master Model
576147, in my states at head of herd of
50 good type Shorthorns.

E. M. Parkhurst. Reed City,

THE VAN RUBEN CO Shorthorn
Breeders' Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding Write
your wants to the secretary, Frank Ral-
ley, Hartford, Mich

 

1“. AT REA-

Michiza n.

 

THE BARRY CO. SHOBTHORN
Breeders Association wish to announce
their new sales list for about October 1,‘
of the best beef or milk strains. Write
your wants to W. L. Thorpe. Secfly. Milo.
Mich, ‘

 

SPECIAL OFFER SHORTHORNS—
Cows, $25000 to $300. 00. Bulls, 6200. 00
to $250 00. Wm J. Bell. Rose City, Mich.

1114! no too WANT? A meson: 41

supernons breeders. Canp‘ul you in

touch with best milk or boot strains. Bulls
stand-10 ,

 

 

E P esident Central. Mi
W nomad...

all MOI. lean

rec- .

J a few mée fsaéi Gilts bred for fall far-

  

,ior YMlinz’at . W st

" BOB FAIRFAX 49m?

HEREFORDS stamp 01' nun
otters tor one so balsam

m «human. Earl c. HeCar
Beo’y H' Associatlon. Bad Axe. Mic
—no Manson» sum. '
know of 10 or .15 leads My
51m thorn and Angus steers
Owners anxious to soil. Will

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LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS
1:11:73 how may but how seaguluA 1;:
we evelopod, beefy, mm: 5
sale blood lines and individuality No.1.
If you want a. propellant six-c.0131 will
moors, ration. early mature“
and market toppers, buy a rengte‘l‘ed
Hereford and realize a big profit on your
investment. A lifetime devoted to file
breed. and see me.-E. J. TAY-
LOR, Fremont, mm.

HOGS

POLA ND CHINA

 

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WONDERLAND HERD--LABGE TYPE
Poland Chinas. Some cracking good
spring boars and a few June sow pigs at
private treaty. Holding a few hours and
all my early sows for my sale Nov. 11th
and Col. Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, Ind.,
and 01' Col. Porter Calstock Eaton Rapids,
Come and see the two greatest boars liv-
ing. Free livery any time.

Win. J. CLARKE
Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

R No, 1
SPRING PIGS-—

BIG TYPE B Gammon SEX

A. 3. W001? a SON. Saline, Michigan

BIG TYPE

Pigs, from Us
sex, for sale
St. .101th

 

POLAND CHINA‘S
WITH QUALITY
Big Orange 291347.130“
‘ “buyers met at
J..E Imam. 8t. Joins. Midi.

FOB SALE—PURE BBED POL-AND
China boars, feur‘months old. Prices
warble. Jes. 11. Collins, St. Charles.

 

 

soon Abonsr points
ready vy service.“
on mica. 11. Newton & Bulk. Hill
Crest nuns, Brampton. Mi .- 4
miles south of Middleton
o. l. o.

 

BSAGINAW VALLEY HERD 017‘ 0.1.0.5

oar-pigs grandsons of Schoolmaster and

Pedection 5th. Sows all 136111 John
Gibson, Bridgeport. Mlch1gan ‘

O I C SWINE“ Extra bulge Boned,
years old. Also deem lot 0130mm ms,
shipped 0.0 D. Elm Front 8m Fern.
Will Thermal; Prop, Dryden. Mob.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L 0.1.C’s.
and June.

and one... 1.. May .......

figs. Everything shipped C. 0.0
Egdmfe‘istemd in buyers name. if
you want the best, write-

J. CARL JEWET'I‘, Mason Mich.

HAMPSHIRES

W

8734 HAMPSHIRES RECORDED 'IN
the association from Jan 1 to Apr. 1 19.
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for sale
new John W. Snyder St. Johns .Mlch.
R. No.

HAMPSHIRE BOARS
The kind that please, of superior breed-
ing and good quality Sired by Moss's boy
and Col White. The latter has never
been defeated in the show rim. For
price and description address, Gus Thom-
as, New Loan-op. Mich. ‘

 

 

 

 

316 TYPE POL LAND CHINA 11g.
sired by Bob-O-Link, by the 21141 Big”
u Buster natal-by Giant Bustier uni
Bic Des Hollies 5th. by Big Des Moines.
Also sows bred to these boar. 0. L.
Wright Jonesvllle, men Jonesville is lo.
cated 85 lnliles north of the Ohio and In-

diana line

WALNUT ALLEY m m. Gm
‘ all sold. Keep

watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Scon-

tor and Orange Price. I thank my cus-

formers for their patrons 11.31:

A. D. GREGORY, lama. Mich.

 

BERKSHIRE ‘

GREGORY rm 1'08

rout. Clio hr ‘1‘. Wm ’0'
5...». w. s an. m

Hm. (I no om. All
0111mm eater-Septm {Within
thank my Owens, Dev-
ering,

 

..T Yaukie Breckenridge. Mich.

CflESTEB 'mns—A. '1'EIV In!
boars, fall pigs in palm

 

most prominent bloodlines Int iambic
prices Registered free F. W. Alonnd~.

er, vassar Mich.

 

L. ‘8. P C. BOARS ALL SOLD. HAVE

row. —H. 0. Sclmolcmft, much

I HAVE A NICE FALL‘GILT
will tam in September priced at 81-050.
Also a yearling sow. hadl) pigs this
sprihg, price $150.00. that will farrow in
September.

C. E. GAINANT, Eaton Rapids, Hich.

 

FOR SALE-LARGE TYPE POLAND ‘
China boars April and May farmw The
tamer’s kind at 3 prices F. H. ‘
Pigmtt & Son. Fowler. Mich.

DUBOC

DUBOC JERSEY SWINE. ”RED
Sows and Gilts all sold. Nice bunch of
fall pigs both sex. sired by Brookwater
Tippy Orion No. 55421. by Tippy Col out
of dam by WK Principe 4th and Brook-
‘vater Cherry Also herd boar 3 yr
old. Write tor Kpfiigree and writes Sat-
infection guaranteed This flaming,
Son Salem. Mich.

 

 

 

 

R‘EGIS‘TERED ‘DU‘EOC 30AM FROM

for early mturlbg
Subject to immediate acceptance
M” w‘ «ma.
. 11s -
Will round
dilference or return entire remittance it
reduced offer is canoe“ ,1 will
weigh (mm 150 lbs to 200 1118.8.
S'rnith. Addison. Mich.

Peach Hill Farm

MM as at the Fairs
8nd mm d! SOLD.

inwoon nnos. - -’ mm... m.

MEADOWVIEW FARM REGISTERED
Duroc Jersey Hogs and Jersey Bulls. J.
E. Morris Farmington, Michigan.

DUROC BOARS READY FOR SEB-
vice, also high class sows bred for sum- ,»
met farmwing to Orton's F King. the
estlgg 1301' his age ever at ntematioa—
31 Fat took Show . Newton Barnhart.
.Johns. Mich. .

Big Typ‘e pain China Boats

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SEE-HP

KOPE-KOAN FARMS
Goldwater... ma; Wm not exhibit at my
19841- SH- run

We are {altering about 100 Shropshire
and Hampshire rams and ram lambs, Bet-
tert-han ever and as good as you can
buy. Order early it always pays. Also
bred ewes for December delivery.

Hampshire Rams

Registered yearling rams weighing
up to 260 lbs. for sale. Also ram lambs.
A well built growthy lot. Satisfaction
1 guarantwd. ‘

 

 

 

C, U. HARE.

West Branch. - I - Michigan

 

 

 

SHROPS. HIRE RAMS .
Sire McKerrows-Holker 275 (01’4259‘R)
377379. Limited supply. Dan Booher.
R 4, Evart, Mich.

 

LAWNDALE FARM RAMP-8111338
Spain pins for sale, male and female.
W. ALEa * Eastwood, .R. 2, Chesaning, Mich.

REGISTERED HAMPSHIRES
B13.My Bums—Ewe Lambs

Yearling ewes and age Ewes.

THESE A319 EXTRA GOOD—$25 to $40

J. Williams North Adams. Mich.

DOGS

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

 

 

 

 

RABBITS

BUF‘CS IdIE!) BELGIAN EAIES, PIE-r '
registemd are}; Prices ra-
aud satismcthn amfn ea or money re-
d gu ofstockk Write the

 

 

 

from litters
W

of April lst tarrqw at tanner prices, ”
sired by Foxy 51,:me first prize nu;- -'

Si: adowlend Farm 4' ,

Ron's-46.

  
    
  

     
    
 
  
     
   
 
  
   
  
   
 
  
  
     
 
   
  
  
 
  
   
    
   
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
   
  
    
  
   
  
    
   
 
    
     
     
   
    
   
    
   
    
 
  
    
    
   
     
   
   
       
   
   
 
  
 
 
 
   
   
    
    
  

  
         
   
     
     
 
       
     
  
   

      
  
    
 
  
   

   


 
 
   
      
    
    
       
 

  
 
  
  

 
 

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'All. stock shipped on approval.
Gonld,‘Cl_aref.Mich. . _ .

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Bullets and Cockerels

Weofler 09‘ S; 0:: White Leghorn Year-
lings-fitock' guaranteed '
{Jockerels—fian-ed, and
White gyms; S. '0. Elect linorcas:
as. s. R °- as; a... “r s

' cons. s, or e
Rabbits. tour breeds. Please send 3:}
price list.
STATE FARMS ASSOOIATION

Bloomingdale, Mich.

‘LMHOBN

SACRIFIOING 2,000 PU“ DEED BN-
ish Strain a C. White Leghorn year-
ling pullets'with long deep bodies m
climbs at $1.75 each. 'Weight 5 lb&
Host profitable .layers. .11st from 200-
to 272 eggs pr ear. Large valuable cat-
alogue free. rite us your wants. Fruit-
vale Leghorn Farm, Zeeland. Mich.

anon]: ISIAH» am
MARCH HATCH!!!» ll. 1. an em.
ereis. Both Combs. Write tor-prices and
order early. ’ akes Farm. Box 6.
Lawrence Michigan. ‘

*wrannonns

SILVER. GOLDEN A” warm
Wyandottes'. 6825 m * Mal mat-
in; :3 per 15; $5 per 30: $8 per 60'. by-
a i post prepaid. Clarence, Browning,
ort nd, Mich. R 2 ~

nATCHIsG secs

FOB SAWEGGS FOR narrows
from Barron Single Comb Whit.
horns: 300 eggs strain 7-H). cock, :1. 5
er 16 by mail; $4 per 50; chicks, 20 for
£6. R. S. Woodruff, Melvin. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

BANKERS PUSHING WORK‘
OF FABMER PARTNERSHIP
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the Phillipine Islands. This, as you
(will realize, goes a long way towards
accomplishing the desired results. It
should be remembered, however, that.
most of the states modified the act to
a certain extent, and it has not been
uniformly enforced in the various
states.

In 1916 Congress passed what is
known as the United States Ware-
This act follows the Uni-
form Warehouse Receipts Act in
most respects. It authorizes the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to license ware-
houses for the storage of cotton.
grains. flax seed, wool and tobacco.
In order to become‘licensed it is
necessary for the warehousemen to
agree to abide by the terms of the
act and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, his warehouse must be a
suitable place for the storage of the
product for which the license is .ap—
plied, and he must give bond to guar-
antee his obligations under the laws
of the state in which the warehouse
is located... under the federal act and
the regulations thereunder, and such

.warehouseman as may be assumed

by him. ' , ,
. So far as practical work for the
individual banker in his own locality
is concerned, it is the policy of the
national commission: -

First, to outline plans for nation-
al advancement in this fundamental
problem of national need.

-—./ Second. to pass this general pol-

icy on to each organized state, the
state in turn to reconstruct these
plans so as to meet to best purpose
the needs of the individual state and
of the state organization.

Third, to submit these plans to
the county organizations, when the
individual banker, co-operating thru
the cOunty agricultural agent, be-
cames the direct force that puts the
plane through and brings about prac-
tical results in the locality. Each lo-
cality has its particular lo'cal prob-
lem. And the banker who is wide
~ awake realizes what these needs are.
As heestudies the strontium the prop—
.er'steps necessary to who his com-
‘qunlty’s own special questions be-

. come know to him. .It is found that

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‘ j . Should Spreadi‘f'lfarm News ‘
' Every bank should see? that it is.
put en the mailihg list of the .pearest
district oihce 'to receive, the Bureau
of Markets’ daily marketreports on
the crops. raised. in the bears local-
'ity. These daily market lett’ere'should.
be hung in a prominent place in the
bank where they will attract the at-
tention of the farmer. The farmer,
also, should obtain these letters for
himself. .

Farm tenancy, which has always
been a severe handicap to progress-
ive farming, also received consider-
able attention in the discussions of
the conference. \

The entire subject of tenancy was
covered' most thoroughly in an ad-
dress by Joseph Hirsch, chairman of
the' National Agricultural Commis-
sion. He said in part: .

“As long as ‘40 per cent of the
farms of the country are worked by
tenants we cannot hope to attain a
full measure of agricultural prosper-
ity. The Federal Farm Land banks
have pointed a way by which tenant
farmers may he assisted in the pur-
chase of farms, and I hope that as a
result of this meeting we may formu-
late. some plan by which the bank-
ers‘ agricultural committees may
work more closely in touch with the
Federal Mum Loan Board and help
it in its great mission to convert a
nation of farm tenants into one of
I think it
quite possible for the bankers’ ag-
ricultural committees to engage upon
a nation—wide campaign to this end.

“I have in mind a plan for the
appointment of a banker in every
agricultural county in- America who
will devote his attention to this pur-
pose. I believe it entirely feasible
for the bankers to start a movement

   

.for the sale of farms by present farm

owners to existing tenant farmers——
picking men of character an dability,
especially young men—selling them
farms at fair prices, taking a mod-
erate cash payment and permitting
the purchasers to make use of the
facilities of“ the Federal Farm Land
Banks for the maximum amount
available. This money to beturned
over to the vendor, while the re-
mainder of the purchase price would
be paid for in a series of notes ex-
tending over a reasonable period of
time. In short, the sale of the land
on such terms as will permit‘the pur-
chaser opportunity to pay for it from
the proceeds of the crop yields.

Farm Ownership Drive?
“Why should we not start a nation~
wide farm ownership drive? Let's
take a lesson from the county oCun-
oils of Defense. Our great drives for

the Red Cross, Liberty bonds. War i
Savings stamps, and what not. were ‘
.put across by the county and com- {

munity unit plan. Let me remind
you that"for several years the Agri—
cultural Commission has been urg-
ing the state committees to adopt the
county unit plan of organization, and
I tell you now, emphaticaliy, there is
nothing unsound, nothing visionary
about this plan, if you will put a
banker on the job in everyone of
the 2,800 agricultural counties of
the Union and give him a quota. Gan
you not see the‘possibilitias ‘in such
a movement? If we could succeed

in getting even five hundred bankers ,

in five hundred counties to head this
movement. and if each of these com-
mitteemen' succeeded in making home
owners out of twenty tenant farmers
the first year, it means that Ameri-
'can bankers would have created ten
thousand new home owners. sPut in
motion the machinery that will per-
mit hundreds of thousands of farm
tenants to own their own farms and
you will have bound these men firm-
is to the soil. When they own it they
will enrich imbue-league. they
rentitand especially enthe vane
year leases which generalhv prevail
in this country, they will continue to
impoverish it. Sell the tenant farm-
er his farm and. you make a better
citizen of him, and then,’ when .you
furnish the educational facilities that

will permit his children to obtain as.

good an education as the children'of
the cities, you will have gone a long
way toward solving, the problems
which are now confronting American
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Why Pay the Paddler
Twice My Price? _
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Except in the far West, South and Canada.
Smaller packages in proportion.

DILBESS & CLARK, Ashland. 0..

Self-Feeder

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hogs in the self-feeder: or add it to the swiil. or the drinking water—

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