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Vol. VII, No. 4- . _ . :1,

MT CLEMENS ,SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 27, 1919.

$1FOR ONE
(3 yrs $2. 5

When the Great Lakes Become a Mediterranean

HE GREATEST commercial

waterway 'fof ancient and me-
dieval times , was the . Mediter- ~
ranean Sea Upon its bosom count-
less vessels, from the primitive barge
of early ages to the medern steamer of today,
have carried 1111told wealth. The value,.of the
goods transported over the- Mediterranean sea
at the present time between- ports of Europe,
Asia, Africa and the minor countries having
access to the great Water-way, reaches a stag-
gering total. The Mediterranean sea is, in
fact, the source of the commercial life of a vast
part of the eastern hemisphere. A score or
more of countries, producing almost every
conceivable kind of product used in modern
life, are wholly dependent upon that sea for

‘an' outlet to the centers of consumption. Be-

cause of the variety and value (if goods carried
0n the Mediterranean, and the part it plays in
the commercial scheme of Europe and Asia, the
great body of water furnishes a striking ex-

ample of the incalculable possibilities of navi»

gable streams, and lakes as media of trans-
port. '

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ECRETARY of the Inherior Franklin Lane

. has referred to the Great Lakes as ‘a po-
tential American Mediterranean. What great-

er promise could be made than this? What,

greater vision could be painted before the peo-
ple of Michigan and other states bordering
upon the Great Lakes than the vision of the
Titans of the oceans anchoring at our Lake
ports and taking into their enormous holds the
products of our farms and factories fer trans—
pertation to the foreign markets? We can
conceive of no greater development more im-
portant to the material wealth of agricultural

A Pictureof‘LA‘gricultural Michigan When Ocean-
GOing Vessels Ply the Great Lakes

Michigan than the development ofgthe several
water-ways feonnecting the Great Lakes with
the~Atlantic ocean that ocean-going vessels
may penetraate them.

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EW YORK CITY is 110w the greatest ex-
port city on the American continent.

— But a large part of the products that leave

that port are now transported thousands of
miles across the continent over congested rail-
way systems. Right now we are confronted
with the problem of inadequate transportation
facilities. The railroads are breaking down

under‘a load they were never intended to car. .

ry; This load is growing more burdensome
every year, and the cost of carrying it is also
increasing. Something must be done soon to
supplement the present rail and water- -ways
’for they have not been keeping pace with the
expanding industry of the conutry. The cost
of carrying freight by water is only a small
fraction of the cost by rail, so it is logical that

our captains of industry and our government ,

should give its first attention to the devolp-

,rment of connecting links between navigable

lakes and rivers.

- The only obstacle to navigation between the
.Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean is the
river from Montreal to Lake Ontario, and
possibly the "St. Clair river, according to Sec’y
Lane. 'The entire preject of deepeningthcse
waterways would-cost in the neighborhood of
$100,000,000 a part of which would be borne
by Canada. Nevertehless Secretary of Interior

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‘ ducts that are

Lane believed this is a very trivial
cost compared to the vast benefits
that the entire middle west would
secure when the project is once com-
pleted. Mr. Lane urges in a
letter to the President that
undertake at the earliest feasible moment the
development of these waterways.

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E DARE not paint the pictures that our
imagination conjures up before us

when we contemplate the material benefits
that would accrue to the state of Michigan
were this thing to be done. We are sure that
it would usher in a period of unprecedented
activity and prosperity, both industrial and
1gricultural \Vc would expect that Michigan
\1 ould, in fact, become the industrial and agri-
cultural center of the Middle West. Oppor-
tunities of~all kinds would exist here in abund-
ance. Raw products that are 110W shipped
into other states to be made over into the fin-
ished product could with great profit to the
producers be made ready for market near the
place of productiOn and placed upon vessels
bound for London, Liverpool and other great
European markets. Consider, if you please,
the enormous quantities of agricultural pro-
now shipped outside of the
borders of our state. Imagine, if you please,
the value of ‘meat products that are produced

gin Michigan and should and couldbe packed in
Michigan for foreign trade.

Imagine also the
opportunity that would then exist for. canning
factories, elevators, de-hydrating plants, sugar
refining factories, flour mills. tanning factories,
shoe factories and innumerable other indus
tries that are intimately related to agriculture.
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‘BEBRIEN MILK BUSINESS .
EXPLA’ INED‘ TO PROSECUTOR
Milk came under the spotlight of
"the prosecutor’s investigation of the
high cost of living at the opening of
the official inquiry at Benton Har-
bor according to papers in Berrien
ounty. Chris Anderson, manager of
'the local Milk Producers’ association
and plant, located on West Main st.,
was witness.

Mr. D. Thornburn, a dealer, told
the prosecutor that he was forced to
raise the price of milk or the produc-
ers in the association would not fur-
nish him with milk He said he rais-
ed the price one cent because Earl
Hemingway, president of the associa-
tion asked him to and because he had
' to pay more for the product.

The witness said he paid the milk
producers 35 cents a gallon for pas-
teurized milk and non-association

‘,members 28 cents, a difference of 7
cents.

Chris Anderson, manager of the
milk plant, said that the association
was paying 25 cents a gallon,‘ the
same price that prevailed before the
retail prices were boosted on August
lst. ' Increase in operating expenses,
per month, he said amounted to $169.
'There was no increase in the general
overhead, he said. During last month
he” said the local distribution of milk
amounted to 1,400 gallons per day and
that now it is running between 1,290
and 1,300 gallons daily. Paying 25
cents a gallon, it was brought out the
association is getting 56 cents a gal-
lon. The witness said that about 700
gallons are sold daily at the retail
price of 56 cents, making a. profit of
31 cents a gallon. The wholesale
price to hotels, restau1 ants etc., is 48
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St. Clair Gets Feed Cheaply

The Farmers’ Co—operative Associa-
tions of St. Clair county ale attack-
ing winter in a manner that will
mean much to the dairy industry,
writes Editor Roberts, of the St. Clair
Press. They are buying feeds in car-
load lets at very attractive prices,
and with the assistance of the. Farm
Bureau are compounding their own

rations in a way that will bring about.

the largest and most economical pro-
duction. Some or the men will feed
a mixture of 400 pounds of cats, 20
pounds of wheat bran, and 100 pounds
of cottonseed meal. At the prices at
, which the feeds am being bought,

this ration is being secured. ready to
feed at a price of $55.00 per ton.

Fruit Law Being Enforced

“No grapes which are not ripe or'

which are the fruit of unhealthy
vines, or are for any reason unhealthy
or in a state of decay, shall be packed
for shipment by any grower, packer
or shipper in any package or ’4: skot
of less than 16 pounds capacity. That
is one of the Michigan fruit laws
which must be followed to avoid dif-
ficulties with the state food and drug
department. That the state is on the
lookout .f0r violators of the fruit reg-
ulations, is very evident from the fact
that Robert F. Brown, state food in-
. specter, visited the shipping points
. at Grand Haven and Spring Lake,
and as a result of his inspection, a
number of growers hauled their fruit
back home, with a warning that it
was to be packed and shipped accord—
ing to regulations or the state would
begin prosecution.

3,000 Attend Romeo Celebration

Three thousand people attended
Romeo’s home coming and farmers
field day for the former service men.
Veterans of three wars were . the
guests. There were 125 soldiers of

‘ « the world war present, including 60

., of the 125 men of Ambulance Co.
_, 335 which was organized two years
‘ ago. The celebration was marked by
a parade a milelong and a picnic on
the high school grounds. Governor
Sleeper spoke at 1 o ’c1.ock In the

' La baseball game, 19 to a. At 11
109‘: soldiers. sailors and marines

W as;

SolutiOngof the high cost of living
problem, so far as basic foodstuffs
are concerned, through a political
and economic combination of organ-
ized labor and the farmers of Michi-
gan to compel the legislature to es—
tablish a chain of state-owned ware-
houses was. advocated by Rep. Carl
Young, of Muskegon, president of
the Michigan Federation of Labor, at
the annual convention which was
held in Lansing recently.

- These warehouses, Rep. Young
said, would furnish the necessary
machinery for direct sale of food-
stuffs, such as potatoes and beans,
by the farmers who produce them to
the workers and inhabitants of cit-
ies generally. The farmers are ready
to go ahead with the program, the
president said, and organized labor
in Michigan should pledge itself to
assist them.

Co—operation between the unions
and the organizations of farmers in

Labor Chiefs Advocate Combine With F airmer"

be taken, Rep. Young said. Candi—
dates for membership in the next leg—
islature should be' pledged'to favor
the warehouse scheme. The farmers
should be assisted in initiating and
passing the amendment to 'the con-
stitution required before state mon-
ey can be used for this purpose.
Refers to Radicafism

Rep. Young complimented the
Michigan Federation on the fact that
it has had practically no important
strikes during the last year. “Labor
generally is to be commended for its
ability to maintain industrial peace,’-’
he said, “in the face of present coats
of living.

“This critical period has given
rise to extreme radicalism in some
directions. The high cost of living
and industrial conditions in some 10-
calities, coupled with refusal of some
of. the big captains of industry to
confer with their employes have ad—
ded fuel to the fires of the I. W. W.
and the one big union idea.”

 

the political field is the first step to

 

Chippewa Farmers Plan Mill

Prospects for securing the neces-
sary financial support among Chip-
pewa farmers for the erection of the
Soo’s new flour mill are bright, ac—
cording to E. L. Kunze, county agent,
who attended a farmers’ meeting at
Pine Grove, at which time the prop—
osition was discussed. The farmers
endorsed the proposed- plans and
several, who were financialy able,
signed papers to subscribe certain
amounts to launch the new enter-
prise. “Jack” Taylor. who will man-
age the ne mill, explained to the
farmers th they had nothing to
lose and everything to gain. A per-
sonal 'bond of $5,000 has been put
up by Messrs. Taylor and Forgrave,
who will be actively engaged in
handling the new mill.

Owosso Bean Elevator Prospers

Tht Isbell Bean Co., which about
a year ago bought the elevator busi-
ness owned by Fred Welch in Owos-
so. is spending about $10,000 in the
installation of new machinery. When
the work is completed, the elevator
will be excellent in equipment and
capacity to handle grains.
the local manager has made many
friends among the farmers.

L. C. 'Sly,,

Adrian Mill Organized

A new concern, the Maple City
Milling company, will soon— be added
to the business interests of Adrian.
This company. being organized by
Fred A. Schultz, will be incorporated
with a capital stock of $50,000 and
will construct and operate a flour
and feed mill on the site of the form—
er Gibson House. The company will

deal in grain, seeds and farm sup- ’

plies. Stock in the company is prac-
tically all sold, according to Mr.
Schultz. Two buildings of cement
and brick will be erected.

Profitable Pigs at Sturgis

Elmer Mathewson, who lives near
Sturgis, not long ago started in the
hog industry. He began in a modest
way and although he has not‘been
very long in specializing in porkers,
he has a fairly good start in raising
standard bred stock. This is s-hoWn
when Mr. Mathewson and his helper
brought to Sturgis “.55 pigs, and these
porkers weighed 5,655 pounds, an av-
erage weight of 222 2-10 pounds.
These hogs would bring at the pre-
vailing market price in the neighbor-
hood of $1, 400.

 

 

Mr. Business Farmer Dreams of the Future

 

afternoon Romeo defeated Richmond _

lgogueats at 'a banquet 1111:th Gon- ‘

 

 

 

  
   

  

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today hare made
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W farmers, who will be feeding the world when your grand-

s son is a landowner, will be SOME farmers, it is prophesied.
' rovemo‘nts that would have amazed an old Civil
owing we expect big thing of the

Who and when”.

Folks

  

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TUBERCULOSIS FonNn

IN roman spoons
“Tuberculosis has increased so rap-

idly among the farm poultry flocks
of Michigan that the disease has be-

 

. come a serious trouble to thé drum
0: the state," says M. E. Dickson, of ,

the Poultry Department at the Agri-
cultural College. Reports fro'm var-

‘ious parts of the state indicate that

the disease is very general and that
it is apparently on the increase.

It is difficult to diagnose a case of
tuberculosis in poultry until the dis-
ease is in an advanced stage so that
the symptoms are prominent. A
rheumatic condition or "dun1pish”ac—
tions on the part of the bird are am-
ong the signs of disease.

spleen, intestines, and rarely the

lungs and kidneys are covered with ‘

masses of tubercular lesions, varying

in size from a mere speck to the size ,

of'la'rge peas.

"‘While cooking kills, the disease
germs in an infected fowl, the house-
wife is, nevertheless, exposed to con-

tamination when she draws and dres- '

ses the bird," declares Mr. Dickson.
“The personal danger is so great that
one should not attempt to keep any
fowls that have even been exposed to
contamination. All birds that have
been killed or have died from tubercu-
losis. together with sweepings’ from
the infected poultry house, should all
be completely destroyed by burning,

as a step in controlling the spread of

the disease.”

Hessian Fly in St. Joseph

A number of farmers in St. Jos-
eph County are not taking the Hes«
sian Fly very seriously this fall and
are putting in their rwheat before
what is known as the “fly free date,"
says County Agent. J. M. Wendt. By
doing that one is liable to not only
increase his own damage but he en-
dangers the prospects of an entire
community for getting a good crop
of wheat as well, says Mr. \Vendt.
“No one can say positively, that
whole crops will be destroyed by the
Hessian Fly next year, but we do
know that the fly is on the in-
creasef’

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. Beets Aid Northeastern Farmers

The part played by the beet sugar
business in the development of North-
eastern Michigan has been a big one
and while the farmers of those coun-
ties nearest Bay City and Saginaw
have benefited the most through the
growing of this big cash crop, those
of the northern counties have also
come in for a share of those benefits,
the territory in which the sugar fac-
tories have sought contracts having
gradually expanded until it now
reaches as far as Cheboygan county.

$2, 000 for Alpena Premiums

With the issuance of the premium
lists for the fortieth annual Alpena
County Fair, offering $2,000 in prem-
iums, interest in the coming event is
reaching a high point. The dates of
the Fair are September 30, October
1. and 2. Ofilcers and directors of
the Alpena County Agricultural So-
ciety hope that the approaching fair
will be the biggest and best in his-
tory for the people of Alpen‘a county

Farmers Buy Ogemaw Elevator

The George J. Diebold' elevator
was purchased by the Farmers’ Co-
operative Elevator Co. who have tak-
en possession of the new business,
and will handle the entire‘products
of the farm. such as potatoes, hay,
grain, wool, cream, eggs, apples and
produce. They will handle all of
the elevator business in town. Other
than 3 seed business operated by
E. E. vans. Luther Jones, has been
employed as manager and will take
charge at the start.

 

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m sinner. dairies the past are
years

Prior to the world war which
turned everything topsy turvy, these
situations had not prevailed to in-
fluence the market, and Rio unlike-
ly that such a combination of cir-
cumstances shall ever again prevail.

Before the war, domestic supply
and demand were practically the only

- factors to govern market prices on

not only beans but most of the other
farm crops as well. But since the
war has made half the world de-
pendent upon the United States, up-
set long—established customs of crop
production, and encouraged speculat-
ors to manipulate the market irres-
pective of the forces of supply and
demand, we find that the market is
at the mercy of a large number of
new and artificial conditions.

To Speculate with a fair degree of
certainty upon the future prices of
farm products before the war, one
needed only to know the estimated
supply of the product. The demand
was practically a constant figure,
varying only as the population in-
creased o rthe supply fluctuated in
quantity. But. all this has been
changed, and now to understand the
influences that have made the- mar-
ket price the past two years, one
needs to know a great many things
which at best can only be guessed
at. Tracing these influences one is
led to the war-stricken countries of
Europe where farm lands lie idle
and barren of crops. Thence he
must traverse the Orient where” the
cheapest human labor in the world
is feverishly at work. planting, till-
ing, harvesting vast tracts of beans
to be thrown upon the market at the
highest prices the oriental farm own-
er has ever received. He must needs
also visit the pinto sections of New
Mexico, Colorado and other states
where hundreds of thousands of
acres of land that have never before
grown beans are bearing a huge
crop of a cheap variety that will
help to fill the world demand, and
enter into ruinous competition with
the navy variety. If one is curious
over the elaborate preparations that
have been made to embark in this
venture on so stupendous a scale, he
may travel to Washington where, if
he be a persistent investigator he
may discover correspondence and
documents to show that men in au-
thority had entered into collusion
with those financially interested in
pinto beans, to advertisemnd popu-
larize that variety at the expense of
all other varieties. But even then

'he shall not he possessed of the full

secret of the‘ undermining of the

- one“ encounters many
<~ .strangetsitustions? which insane
smanner cr'otherhave attested the
market either favorably or adverse-
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Washington.

er the opening market.
Kimball administration.

the ‘United States.

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Bean Growers Should Take- Quack Action
Hm TARIFF schedule .is being rearranged and readjusted at
Manufacturers are asking for'protection; commer-
cial lines' are seekingaid to. prevent after-war competition, but
so far no steps have been taken to protect the Farmer iron the pro-
duce grown by the cheap labor of the Orient. . -

When Kimball, of the Bean Division, of the Food Administration,
advertised the use of Pintos and Kotenashis at government expense,
the doors were thrown open. and these substitutes for real beans have
been entering this country by the ship load, tariff free.

Five million pounds of kotenashis reach San Francisco last week,
and have been thrown upon the market in direct competition with beans
grown in this country. The bean crop here is light, and the quality
excellent, therefore there will be a demand sufficient to care for every
Michigan bean at profitable prices. ,

' However these constant importations from the Orient, give
“bears" their opportunity and they use this additional weapon to low-
It will take years to undo the work of the
You well remember howthese beans were
advertised as not only cheaper; but superior to our beans.

A substantial protective tariff, enacted at once will stabilize the
market and give Michigan growers a reasonable profit on the crop. The
California Beans Growers ask Michigan Growers. through M. B. F., to ‘
aid in getting a tariff law enacted at once—Our Farmers can not com-
pete with the cheap labor of the Orient.

Will YOU write Congressman Fordney today, asking him to get
busy on a special tariff bill for the protection of the Bean Growers of
We must not wait for a special tariff bill, covering
the whole list of protected industries—we want a tariff on beans, and
to be of any use that bill should be rushed through Congress within

  
 
  

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navy bean market. For there are
other reasons, more cogent than any
of those stated above, why the move-
ment of navy beans has been re—
stricted and millions of dollars lost
to the producers of those beans.
Manipulators Injure Market
The key to this secret now lies in
the hands of the department of jus-

tice at Washington, D. C. Enough
of the cat has been let out of the
bag, however, that we may perceive
its color. This secret guards the
full story of the efforts of men held—
ing official positions with the Grain
Corporation and having financial in-
terests in the bean industry, to with-
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statements' and otherwise depress M

use large quantities of cheap beans ,
and hold them against a .denandifi
which, in . their positions of trust .
they knew would develop.

Our artist has well, if humorously,
portrayed the various influences that ;
have kept the bean market in a con-
tinual state of uncertainty for more
than two years. Considering .these'
facts, we are sure that our readers

‘ will understand the dimcultiee that

have surrounded the marketing of
navy beans, and have baflled even
those long expert in forecasting the
approximate trend of the market
Michigan Business Farming has fol-
lowed this market scrupulously; and
believes that it has been in-posses-
sion of the vital facts pertaining to
the market. We have recognized
the impropriety and the hazard of
advising our readers of the action of
this market. or it has frequently
happened that the market has drop-
ped or jumped as high as 50 cents to
$1 per bushel over-night. and that
rumors of a bullish nature were fol-
lowed by rumors of a bearish nature
within less than twenty—four hours
after having been spread about.
Farmers, jobbers, market editors,
and others interested in this market
have admitted the futility of trying
to follow the market with any de-
gree of accuracy. In the light of all
these facts, it is surprising that the
market is in so good a shape and ;
that prices remain so high.

We have endeavored below to
chart the trend of the bean market
since Oct. lst, 1918, and to give the
reasons for the wide fluctuations. As
will be noted on the chart, Detroit
jobbers were paying $9.75 per cwt.
the first of last October. This price.
was higher than conditions seemed
to warrant, for the largest crop of
beans on record was in prospect. It
was our opinion at that time that
beans would be lower.

M. B. F. Suggests Government, Buy
Michigan Beans

In our Oct. 19th issue we said:
“Whether the buying agencies of the
government will consider it their
duty to purchase Michigan beans at
a price to be suggested when other
beans may perhaps be bought cheap?
er is a matter for serious speculation.
N0 assurances have been received
that they will, yet it is the firm con~
viction of this publication and all
others interested in Michigan’s great
navy bean industry that there is no
other course by which the federal
government can make amends for its
discriminations of the past year
against the navy bean than by an
outright purchase of Michigan beans
that will stabilize the commercial
markets at profitable prices to the

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strengthened market temporarily.

at lower prices upset market first of January. ‘
beans in‘ attempt to break market and force down prices, and immediately subsequent action of the conspirators in the bean division of the Grain
. . , Disclosures of the manipulation of the market by trusted government agents that were made duri
.6 menu; (it Febmmry accounted for the utter demoralization of the market which» reached its low point about Feb. 22nd. (G)

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Government requirements filled and private trading fails to take care of enormous stocks offered.

(J) ,Caiifornia disposed nearly One-half crop, to Sweden- (K) ..

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gan. (Bi Government released tin for conning purposes, and canners began to buy Michigan stock in quantity.
~ markets;

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Reaction from uncertainty following end of war, and rumors that government would protect domestic growers against Oriental irnports
Michigan bean jobbers in executive session pledge to pay growers $8 per cwt. (E) '
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marketing fa'rm product.
are many theories, many sug—

  
 

  

,or 1ater1dev'elop serious de-
moss who are beneficiaries
the old system, or rather the sys-
V ' {new in "vogue, claim this is the
‘ _t.system that man. can devise for
" captand equitable distribution of
11: But the facts and the farmers
are all against them. Over-produc-
tied. glutting of the markets. food
citing, fluctuations in prices, hoard—
111‘s, profiteering are evils now be—
'mjjy'od to be directly traceable to the
«mahhess and inefilcie’ncy of those
whotdeal in farm products.
1 :81) we are looking about for a bet-
tor-3981:6131 or distributing these foods.
** ”one thing we want‘ the farmer
. tab-have some control over the sup-
ply And then we want him to have
some contrbl oVer the selling price.
We; don’ t want to encourage him to
hated and speculate upon these nec—
_V fies-arias of life to the detriment of
' wthe consumer, so we are willing that
‘ "the- consumer shall have something to
; say concerning the uniformity and
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cost of distribution. We are willing,

even, that the consumer shall be giv-

en the means to protect himself
‘ against the possible greed of organ—
ized agriculture, 01’ the necessity for
gwh'ich, however, we hold no fears.
. 'But in a word. we want to see such
; aaystem established as will eliminate
; so far as practical and possible, ev-
V.'V ery individual who» stands between
T-i'fproducer and consumer. For the in-
; “tests of these two are paramount.

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. All of the co-operative marketing
1. ventures of the day worthy of the
1 name elin.inate the local buyer and
‘ endeavor to do business with indi-
‘ vlduals near the centers of consump-
; tion. The arrangement is not ideal-
; for these associations are still at
. the mercies of the jobbers, the com-
1 mission men and the wholesalers who
1 by their purchases or lack of pur-
4 chases control the market. But this
1 arrangement is a step and gives to
' the ‘co-operator a little larger share
1 of the consumer’s dollar. This plan
‘, should be encouraged and developed
1 that still greater economies may be
‘ effected.
’- The co- operative plan has been

tried Successtully with almost every
2’ 'fa-rm product with the exception of
milk In the distribution of nearly
all other foods, many operations and
many individuals are involved. But
traders in other food products have
lot cared to dabble in milk because
. qt its extreme perishabiiity and con-
sequent financial risk Could whole
milk be kept sWeet and pure for a
number of 'days we might expect
that it would be bartered about and

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' 'Ions, many plans-abut all of them '

.passed along by the same intricate

process that handles other products
But the very nature of this food de-

'mands that it be transported from,

producer to consumer in the very
quickest if not the cheapest fashion
possible. Producers of milk are
therefore confronted with a single in—
termedium, and because of this, their
problem looks. simple as compared
with the problem of the preducer of

' ortheless. .

wheat. corn, beans and potatoes who

     

‘Scme Suggestions for Strengthening Organization and
Going it Better Control of Selling Price
‘ "’ By FORREST Loan ‘ -

the marketing of their product. Nev-
they have accomplished
something which no other producers?

association in this state at least he's,
They' have deter-’

been able to 1111..
111111911 upon an approximate coSt of
production and through a board 01!
arbitration.
missiong .have .Bee'n' able to secure

.. from the distributors of milk a price
”that, comesacluse to what-11.13 produc—I

ers think they should have. So long ,
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Herds of splendid cattle like the above have made Michigan justly
famous in the dairy world. With the proper marketing arrangements
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are separated from the consumer by
many agents. But is it? Experience
has demonstrated that it is compar-
atively easy to eliminate the local
buyerpand in a few cases the whole—
sale dealers. Efforts to sell direct to
retail grocers have not been conspic-
uously successful, and we know of
no instance on record where large
numbers of farmers have been able
to dispose of any considerable quanw
tity of their annual crops direct 'to
consumers or consumers’ leagues. \Ve
wOuld not for a moment discourage
the hopes of those who believe that
ventually farm

deal direct with consumers’ organi-

organi'Zations will--

zations, but it has not yet been done '

with any degree of success to our
knowledge and there are many diffi-
culties yet to be surmounted. The

producer of milk is'only one day’s

distance from the consumer, because
of which proximity it would not seem
diificult for the two to get together.”
.The organizedrproducers of mi
in Michigan have not goneas far as

many would like to have them. go,

toward securing a firmer hold upon'

as this arrangement endures, it is a
very satisfactory one to the majority
of the producers.' But it has many
weaknesses which must be evident
even to its most enthusiastic support-
ers. It is kept intact only by tacit
agreement, and may come to an end
at any moment without a word of
warning to the producers. At nearly
every meeting of the Commission,
there has been considerable friction
between the representatives of the
producers and the representatives of
the distributors over the question of
wholesale and retail prices. It is
perfectly natural that the producers
should want the Commission to au-
thorize a wholesale price that will
pay'Ithem at all times cost of produc-
tion plus a reasonable
based upon the average herd of the
entire .area supplying Detroit with
its milk. The Commission has not
at all times been able to authorize
such a’ price It is also perfectly nat—

ural thattlle distributor would wish,

a wholesale price fixed low enough
and a retail price fixed high enough
to pay him cost of distribution plus

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the stock
dances that the Idistr
-, in the city of Detroit is a very profite
able business. Were not the distri-
bution of this produCt Ia profitable
thing to those engaging in it, they“
would_ without hesitation withdraw 1
their capital and invest in other .en-z '
terprises which they can .1 do much.
more readily and with less sacrifice
. But the point we
desired to make is that because there .
. is, dissens-ien and disagreement be—'
tween" these who appear befOre the
Commission in behalf of the several-
parties interested good logic per-
mits us to conclude that there may
possibly and quite probably come a
time not so very far distant when
one or more of these parties will- re~
fuse to accept the wise decisions of
the Commission and withdraw from
the agreement which is merely verbal
and not legally binding. .
This danger, we feel, is more im—.
minent from the side of the distri-
butor and the consumer.than it is
the farmer. The distributor appears
to figure that the consumer must
have milk and that the farmer must
have a market for his milk. And his .
logic is good“ Possessing as he does
a monopoly of transporting this milk
from producer to consumer. he feels
the power that he holds over both.
Again, his logic is good. If the
spread between the price he pays the
farmer and the price he charges the
consumer is‘ not to his liking he holds
that he is in a position to make it so.

‘ And once more his logic is good. And
now, merely because he has agreed
to accept the decisions of an impala
tial committee to avoid all the nasty
and costly strife of the past, it should
not be thought that he is surrender-
ing any of his rights or power to pro-
tect the interest of his stockholders
andkeentheir dividends at a satis-
factory level. If the distributors are
.not new line position to break their .,
agreement with the producers’ asso-
'ciation at any time they chootse, and,
if they cannot be very easily put in
the mood for so doing by some inl-
agined impartiality on the part oi
the Commission, or some temporary,
reduction in the size of their profits
’we are very badly mistaken and

would be pleased to be set right.
There is not entire satisfaction on
the part of all farmers in the De-
troit area with the present arrange-
ment between the producers and dis-
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.f' ‘ Newport. 3.].
"T'f' ”Prices for August

   
 
 
 
 
     
  
   
   
  
    
  
  
   
 
 
  
     
   
   
  
    
 
  
  
 
  
  

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-- weight for whole milk.

6c.

. redgveight
‘ N Atlantic City, N. 1.

Prices for. August. .

B.*160.;Icert1fied28c.
c‘ Creamed buttermilk,1_.50
milkwlh

Producer 5gets 120 per quart .or at the

per hundredweirht

" ' " Trenton, 'NV ‘JA é, .
'31. for August? ‘
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14c: Buter'milk. 13615;:

" . edu‘t‘ar fiets'l for whole milk.
.. 43.39 for four per cent and fo'i'l
5.1.1111 me, t 1:)?

_ I. . Retail: Whole milk pasteurized, 150;
"7' certified. 23c. Buttermilk, 8c. Skim
milk. 3c_

hundred-

Ne“ Han-11. ("onn.
Prices for August
Retail. Whole milk 160 to 18¢ But-
termilk. 6c and 7c Skim milk, 5c and

Producer gets 9 l—zc per quart at the
farm or at the rate of $4. 42 per hund—

" W'holc milk, AA 20c; A lac:~
Buttermilk, plain,
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whole: mus, grade A,1oc;l..- ,
skill] ,

Retail: Whole milk,
Buttermilk. Sc.
Producer gets $4.71.

Lexington, Ky; .

Prices for July.

Retail : Whole milk, 1 8c. Certified,
milk 200. Buttermilk. 25c to 35c per
gallon. '

Producer gets 40¢ per gallon in
or 600 in bottles or at the rate- of
$4. 65 and $6. 98 per hundredweight.Bu1-
tel-fat, 15c per pound.

1' Ashevllle N. 0

Prices for August
Retail: Whole milk, 17c.
6c. Skim milk. 5c

Buttermilk.

Producer gets 34. 20 up to $4. 80 per ~10c

41111011131 weight aButterietijilc .39.. 3.1.
per pound.

; Atlanta...Gn.V
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im milk, 6c.

  
    

   
  
   
   
      
   
 
  

grade B, ‘1 5c.

Brita-141111111: ~
Producer gets 40c per gallon or at the ‘
' 5 . undedavei gth

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1 A Comparison of Prices of Milk From Many Parts of the United States.

W" ' Boston. Mass. The ploducer get.q 9c per quart! \lemphls, Tenn. ' and 14c. Raw milk, 15c. Jersey I16.

1, . Retail: Whole milk, 15 1.2c. Butter- b. Philadelphia or at the rate or 84- 109 Prices effective for August and Sep- and baby: 200. Buttermilk and skim
vi} - rnAlk,10 1— 2c. per hundredwcight. tembe r. milk. 90.
' - Producer gets- 90 per quart f o b. for » 1“ I d V ~ Retail: Whole milk ~1-86.- Buttermilk Producer gets $3.35 for four per cent

E whole milk or at the rate of $4 19 per Prices for Aillgfl‘s’tn - a. and skim milk .100. milk, 72c forIbutterfat in sweet cream.

Produ,ce1:II,ge.ts .8408 per hundred-.
weight for 3.5 per cent milk.

“ ~ Moblle. "Ala.

Prices for August. _ _
Retail. Whole milk. 20c per quazrt
buttermilk that. is retalied for $1 per

gallon is made from whole milk

‘. ‘ Baton Rouge, ILa. ' x :
5Retail; Whole milk, 16c. Buttermilk,
1
Producer gets $4. 49 for four per cent
milk. . ..

Chicago, VIII.

Retail; .VWhole milk. 150. Buttermilk

Producer gets 33:52 re» 3.5 per cent
’e- mum“, ..

Minneapolis, *l‘fi'nai‘: we .. m,

-,,..2,='

k

Wmflk £1513 'per

:i’fi'“

"Wichita. Kan. ,
‘ Prices for August.
Retailr‘Whole milk, 13c to 20c. The‘
bulk is sold at 14c and 15c .
‘ Producel gets 83 per hundredweight
for whole milk.

' “ace, Texas , _
Prices for July ,

Retail. Wholey milk, 20c ‘Butte‘rmilk.
100. Skim milk. 50 4
Producer gets 50¢ per gallon for
whole milk or at the rate of 55: 82 per «
hundredwe‘ight, 20c per gallon 1'01 '.... .. .
milk or at the rate. of $2. 33 per- hundred.
Weight. Sixty- five cents per pound for I
butterfat. ,

.. ~Butte. Mont. -

Prices for August
1oB.etail,;IWhole milk, 1.6c
c .
P1 duccr gets '28c to' 301232.: 33111111
Tor hd‘lé “milk or at, the rate of $31
Vto SVV4V 39. per hundredweight'.

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OUISIAIN A has for several years
felt the necessity of state—OWned
warehouses ‘for the stor-

age of miscellaneous products. The
projeCt’ was discussed during the ad-
ministration of Mr. Ernest Loeb as
PreSident of the Board of Commis-
sioner's of the Port of New Orleans in
1916, but owing to the construction
of other facilities under way it was
impoSsible to put the plans of the
warehouse into execution at that
time;

The Board of Commissioners had
just begun to see its way clear to
build' the commodity warehouses,
and'the building plans were under
consideration and a site had been
chosen when the United States de-
clared war, thereby causing all pri-
vate censtruction to be indefinitely
postponed. .‘ At the same time the
federal government was contemplat-

. ingrthe erection of an Army Supply

Base at New Orleans; so the Board
of Commissioners turned over the
land'and also the plans of its com—
modity warehouse to the government.
and ‘with a few changes they were
used‘for the Supply Base which was
completed on June 15 of this year,
just a year after it was Started. The
Board of Commissioners did this
in the hope that after the war this
Supply Base could be utilized :
conimbdity warehouse plant Afihei
under federal or state control.

The present indications are, how.
ever, that the plant will? be filled to
capacity'with government stores for
a long time” to come; so the Board
is making investigations with a view
to "constructing other commodity
warehouses of similar size and equip-
ment and is new building one of re~
interced concrete two stories high
and with a capacity of 40,000 tons
of merchandise. This is expected to
take care of any produce that the
private cemmod‘ityflwarehonses can-
not’acc'o‘mmodate, and thus to facil-

itate storage until such time'as the-

Board'is-‘able‘to‘carry out its plans
for: -;the large plant which will event—

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By MARTHA CANDLER and WILL BRA: ~' AN

(Last of a series of articles on Louéswn’a 3 state ta mtnal facilities)

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000 bales; if used for tobacco 1'.
would hold 100.000hogsheads con~
ta‘ining 1,100 poundsfe'ach.

It is also equipped. with fifteen

. freight elevators, each with a lifting

.7,500 tons of-reinforcing steel,

capacity of 10, 000

speed of 100 feet per minute.
Serving this plant is a system of

steel wharves 2,000 feet in length

built on pile and lumber foundations

covered with corrugated iron. The
plant is absolutely fireproOf, and is
equipped with all necessary fire-
fighting apparatus, such as sprinkles
and automatic extinguishers
Big Variety of Storage

This plant has alread cost $13, —
500,000 and it is estimated to cost
$15,000,000 when. all installations
are completed. It is easy to see why
this is the case when it is figured
that 130,000 cubic yards of concrete.
9,-
000.000 pounds of stf'uctural steel,

and 5,000,000 board- feet. of creo— »‘

soted lumber were used, with all oth-
er materials in proportion; besides
a pay roll which went as high as
$190, 267 00 per week.

At present the materials stored
there are what might be expected in
an army supply base—that is to say,

. all kinds of canned goods, coffee, su—

~ly for the purpose of ’shipping sup- .

uall-y be built after. the general plans.

of the Army Supply Base.
Considering the fact that the plans
of this Supply- Base were intended
for state— owned commodity ware-
houses, a description of the plant will
be interesting to a state which may
be contemplating the erection of such
a tacin‘ty It is situated on the state-
owned Industrial Canal and Ship

Basin, known as the New Orleans

Inner Harbor that is now in course

of construction and has already cost}

$12., 000. 000.

inforced concrete warehouses, each

of which is six stories high and it: is
with the “whar'ves by c6v—- ’
ere‘d bridges four stories high and.
bu t of steel, and the various uriitsff~ _

     
  
 
  

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connected to ~ 0118’ another

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gar, flour, forage of all kinds—and
a million and a half pounds of
prunes ! In going over the plan one
may get a rather good idea of what
the doughboy haste eat—must eat,
in fact. While it was built original-

plies over seas to Europe, it will now
be used as a base for our soldiers in

Panama and elsewhere in case 1.
need.
And now comes the question:

“What has this to do with Michi—
gan?” Well, inthe first place, Mich-
igan produces potatoes. dry beans,
wool, etcetera. These must be stor--
ed in community warehouses. The
farmer wishes to get all that is com-
ing to him from these ”products and
he can do this only when he is able
to store them under the most advan-
tageous conditions and at the lowest

general rates; the best storage condi—~

tions can be obtained in such plants

pounds and 1:

as the one above—hence these plants

are a business necessity to him. But
one of this capacity and efficiency
costs approximately fifteen million

dollars, and the corporation that
built it would have to charge very
high rates in order to earn its inter—
est and dividends, so that what the
farmer saved through improved con—
ditions he would pay out in general
rates. The only way in which he can
get the best conditions at the lowest
rates is for the state to build a ser—
ies of such warehouses and manage
them through a board of commis—
sioners Who are responsible to the
people for its policies, and then 01:—
erate these plants at the lowest rates
practicable. They need not cost the
general public a cent; nor would they
mean any additional taxes. They
can be financed by bond issues and
not only will pay the interest 011 the
bonds but will provide a sinking fund
tomeet the bonds when due.
State Socialism Not Involved

Nor does it involve in the least the
question of state socialism any more
than state or county control of roads
and bridges. There was a time 1'11
the hiStory of our country when in
order to get his crop to market. the
farmer had to pay “tell” to the own—
ers of roads and bridges. But now
the‘roads and bridgesare owned and
kept up by the state as a public util—
ity, not to further any theories of
state socialism, but usa business ne-
cessity, and the state which failed to
do this nowada is would indeed be
behind the times. Why, then should
the farmer pay a private corpmation
high rates of storage and insurance
to leave his produce in its warehouse
until he has found a market for it
when the state could furnish him
with better storage at lower rates?
The state—owned warehouse and the
state-owned road are the same in
theory and in practice, except that
the people must be taxed to keep up
the road, whereas the warehouse pays
its own way. “But the privaterware—
house is traditional.” So was the
“toll" bridge fifty years ago.

'A’few things are necessary in or—
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plans ivVere taken frOm those to be used for a terminal commodity—warehouse ututhe port of
The ground and plans were given by Louisiana to the government during the war.

.fingké?‘

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ommodlty Warehouse as PubliC Utility Pays

ership a success. In the i‘11st place,
them must be a clear distinction be-
tween the adminsistration of the fa—
cility and the politics of. the state,
and the members of the beard of
commissioners must be successful

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business men or farmers experienced

in the management of warehouses
rather than politicians. While the
members of the Board of Comission-
ers of the Port of Orleans receive
no salaries or other renumeration,
there is some doubt as to whether
this is a wise policy to follow in all
cases, as the position demands ad-
ministrative ability of a high order
and comparatively few men of this
character can afford to devote the
required time to the work without
recompense.

In the second place, there must
be complete co—operation between the
management of the facilities and the
public; for the warehouse being a.
public enterprise
benefit of the people must have the
whole-hearted support of the people
if it is to serve them to the best
advantage.

*In the third place, it is absolute—
ly essential that these state-owned
warehouses be 011 a sound financial.
basis—that is, financed by interest
bearing bonds of the State. Strict
accounts of all receipts and expendi-
tures are necessary and. such ac-
counts should be submitted to the
state treasury department at regu-
lar intervals.

Another essential for the success

of the plan is that the responsibility ‘ ’

be placed on some one man or small
group of men. In this way the pub-
lic can keep in touch with the poli-
cies of those intrusted with the man—
agement of their facilities. If the
warehouse is mismanaged, if the
rates are too high, if favoritism
seems to be shown to certain railroad
or private interests, someone must
be held accountable to the people
through, the governor. It will there—
fore be to the best interests‘of those
in authority to operate the plant
with the maximum efficiency at the .
minimum cost.

, Some‘of the obvious advantages
to be derived from the system are:

(1) Better storage at lower rates.

(2) The possibllity of assembling
miscellaneous commodities in inter-
ior storage, thus making it possible
to buy during periods of no‘rmelly’
low value and to sell during perirds
of 101 mallv high value '

(3) The ability to use standt‘id.
warehouse receipts and certificatrs
of inspection which would facili a e
banking.

(4) The ability to hold surplus
commodities in large plants rather
than in secondary distributing cen -.
ers, in this Way balancing and co
centrating the market.

» (5) .The plant being public would
not have to earn dividends on the
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' yet the earth have been crying for peace.
, Tithe msitice was signed, bleak winter
came and gone and now the earth‘is Once
more new being slowly but surely clothed in
"'ts .fall garb, for winter again approaches—-
and yet there is no peace.
There is discontent and unrest throughout
“the civilized world. Social conditions abroad
’. are a hodge- podge of contention; labor condi-
tions both at home and abroad were never in a
.“Wcrse tangle. The winning of a strike for high-
er Wages results only in clearing the decks for
_. -' another walk- out for still higher wages, while
-,business and commerce is struggling on,- un-
able to anticipate what 1s going to happen next.
Truly “Kaiser Bill” mixed things up gener-
. ally when he set his armies in motion that
i. . event August day back in the year 1914.
Meanwhile the contest at Washington seems
"to have resolved itself into a fight between a
Democratic president and a Republican sen—
., ate. The other day a learned senator stated
,. that the question of whether the League of Na-
, '~ tions would be adopted or not could not be set-
tled before Christmas And therefore it is
quite evident that the present unrest will con-
tinue right along during the coming Winter; to
be aggravated, perhaps, by the troubles which
always accompany deprivation and suffering
from lack of food and fuel. It is quite evident
that we can’t get back to normal conditions
so long as normal conditions do not exist——
this nation cannot get back to pre- -war effic—
. _ iency in the distribution of supplies for the hu-
‘ - _ ‘ man family until all agencies can be extricated
from the entanglements of war.

.41..

One would be foolish, indeed, to say that the
‘ , League of Nations’ covenant, as presented for
ratification, is perfect; in fact it would be

-,,strange if it were. It is but the product of
human brains, working amidst the wreck al- c.
ruin of a four years’ war; which numbered its
dead by the millions; its maimed by the hun-
dreds of thOusands and impoverished the na-
tions of the old world. However this covenant
was framed by the representatives of twenty-
’ three nations; every line or section was discuss-

conference; and it will be adopted at the peace
other nation represented at the peace confer-
ence. It 1s to be regretted that this League of
Nations’ Covenant could not be presented for
ratification to the thiee million brave boys who
fought on the battle fields of France, and
trained for service here; rather than by sen—
ators and congressmen who talked through the
war and balked at its close.

Enemies of the League have said that it en-
dangers the Monroe Doctrine,
which prohibits foreign nations
from acquiring territory on the ”In", 3.
Western hemisphere. The, coven-
ant expressly states that this pol-
icy is not to be disturbed, for those
gathered about the peace table
knew that the desire for territory
was the cause for nearly all wars,
and they were unanimous in ex-
pressly' stating that “no nation
shall conquest the territory of oth-
er nations.’ Certain wise sena-
. tors have said that 1n adopting the
covenant the _U_nit'ed States will

get; entangled in the quarrels cf -
yother nations. We have had no ,
g League Of Nations, and yet this
.. nation did not get entangled in '
the Quail-role of other nations——~th1s 3
" statement can be verified by saint-"
., f mg the little white crosses over. ..1n<
France; by interviewing” thou-
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tional burdens now. being carried by the com
mon people. 1’." t ‘

'We entered into the war to “make the World
safe for Democracy.” Who will suggest that
we quit Where we are, with the task but half
begun? Would the results obtained compen-
sate for the sacrifices made? To bring this

world-wide question into the realm of party "

"politics 13 unwise, unpatriotic and smacks very

strongly of disloyalty. The one purpose of the

League is to prevent wars. If wars cannot be
prevented by a League of the nations which
are strong enough to enforce laws and if the

occasion demands; then all nations must pre-j

pare and be ready to enforce single handed
and alone, that which the nations represented
in the League cannot be depended to do joint-

1y. The best way to prevent war is to prohibg

it preparations for war—and the League can
certainly do this. '
O O O
The‘League of Nations’ Covenant is a, very

long document; it Covers in its scope nation-v

wide questions and problems. We should first
seek to find the underlying principle of the
agreement, and build our understanding upon
that foundation. Then it is our duty as Amer-
ican citizens to talk over the question from ev-
ery possible angle. We now have troops in
France, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Siberia,
Manchuria, Mexico and the Philippines, be-
sides more than twelve billion dollars of our
good money hopelessly entangled in foreign
pockets—and all this without a League of Na-
tions or any other kind of an agreement. This
being true it is quite evident that “entangling
alliances” are very liable to come in our way
whether we use a grappling hook or not.

Perhaps it is wise that this grave question be

left for Congress to settle-but it must be set-
tled right. The farmers of the nation, their
sons, wives and daughters, are sort of a League
formed, which will aid in preventing future
wars. Mothers freely gave their sons; wives
gave their husbands, little childrein gave their
fathers, the poor gave of their scant store——
all to make the world safe for democracy. And
the world cannot be made safe for democracy
so long as natipns are permitted to make pre«
parations for war, and stand ready to strike
when the time is opportune.

Those who voted for the ratification of the
Declaration of the United States, did not agree
upon all of its provisions. But the statesmen
of that day did agree upon the essentials; and
liberty and freedom. since the adoption of that
document has been our portion. Benjamin
Franklin, voting for its ratification, said :'

“Mr. President: I confess that there are several
parts of this constitution'whlch I do not at present ap-
prove, but I am not Sure I shall never approve of them.
For, having lived long, I have experienced many in-

stances ot being obliged, by better information or full,
or consideration, to change opinions, even on import-

 
     
 
    
   
   
    
 
   
   
   
     
       
     
       
    
       
    
 
      
   
   
   
    
   
 
  
 
  
  
  
  

 

  

 
  

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other convention we can obtain may be able to make
a better constitution. For when you assemble a. ham;

ber of men to have ths' idvantaiio 61 their loin: gel;

 
   

dam. you inevitably assemble With; these men-sill “
prejudices. their passions, their errors ot- ,_‘ .

local interests, and their selfish views. ' mwgfi
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it will asto sh our enemies, who are
confidence to hear that our councils are confounded,
like those of the builders of Babe}; and that our states
are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter
for the purpose of Cutting one another’ s throats 'lhus,
I consent, sir, to this constitution, because I expect no
better, and because I am not sure that it is not the
best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacri-
flee to the public good I have never whispered a
syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they
were born. and here they shall die. If every one of
us, in returning to our constituents were to report the
objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain par—
tisans in support of them. we might prevent its being
generally "received, and thereby lose all the salutary
'efteotsand great advantages resulting: naturally 1n
our favor amon'g foreign nations, as well as among
ourselves, from our real or apparent unanimity.”
President Wilson was right on the job at the
Peace Conference from its openinguntll its
close. No one will doubt his sincer1ty.He re-
turned with the covenant as agreed upon after
weary months of discussion. In presenting the
document to Congress, he went carefully over
its provisions, and eloquently closed h1s ad-
dress with the followmg prephetlc words which
are worth remembering: .

"The stage is set; the destiny disclosed. It has
come about by no plan of on rconcelving, but by the
hand of God, who led us to this way. We cannot turn
back. We can only go forward, with lifted eyes and
freshened spirit, to follow the vision. It was of this
that we dreamed at our birth. America shall in truth
ShOW the way. The light streams upon the path ahead
and nowhere else ”

fi 1! i

Reconstruction should and must be non-
partisan. In the consideration of questions
which enter into the very life of our nation,
politics should have no part. No organized
agency’should be‘favored because of its politi-
cal influence. Right now every person is more
or less affected by the changed ,- conditions,
Workingmen are all employed and at higher
wages and shorter hours than ever before. The
wage-earner says his daily stipend must not be
reduced—4t naturally follows that the manu-
facturer must add this extra labor cost to the
price of the article manufactured.

If the cost of all manufactured articles and
all commodities that enter into building op-
erations be increased, rentals must be higher
—and on you go, ’round and ’round like squir-
rels in a cage. Two classes are caught in the
present mix- -up and extrication seems quite
impossible. The consumer with a fixed 1ncome,
and the producer who has no opportunity to
fix the price on the commodity produced.

When the spasm is over and the fever“ abat-
ed, it will be found that the cost of farm pro
ducts is high; and the future will move on to
even higher levels. When the consuming put»

lic awakens to the realization that

it costs real money to produce
farm products,- and then takes into
consideration that the farmers are
in “the farming business for profit;
not because they want to “witness
the rising of the sun and the set-
ting thereof, ” then and not until
then, will they think of bread,

11 heat potatoes, pork and beef as

real manufactured products;

grown on lands which cost money
and all owned by men who pay

. taxes,operating eXpenses, and take
chances ' on rain, storm and:

. droughts. - ' ~ ‘
1f,perchance the reader is {:11
city dweller a consumer, if 31' ‘
please who knows that the fair
here are getting rich, you can
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SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 37. 1919
.— . Published every Saturday by the
_ RURAL PUBLISHING COhIPANY, Ine.
Mt. Clemens, Mlchigsn
GRANT SLOCUM. . . .Presidént and Contributing Editor
FORREST LORD ........... Vice-President and Editor

GEO. ‘MASLOCUM. .Secretary-Treasurer and Publisher

, . ASSOCIATES
‘Verne Burnett ........ ' ........... Editorial Department
Mabel Clare Ladd ....... Women's and Children's Dep't
Milan. Grinnell .............. . .......... Art Department
7. William E. Brown .................. Legal Department
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a Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We offer
, special low rates to reputable breeders of live stock 'and
- _ poultry; write us for them. '

OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
We respectfully ask our readers to 'favor our adver-
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providing you say when writing or ordering from them,

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E C‘ANNOT get enthusiastic when it is
argued that the farmers of Michigan
should grow more wheat, more beans and more
potatoes. We have seen the disastrous effects
of almost every campaign to stimulate the
l production of these crops, in over-production,
glutted markets, low prices, impoverished soil
and the disarrangement of crop rotation. And
' while we corifess the necessity of slight annual
increases in the acreage of these crops, we want
to be very sure of our ground and put some
limitations upon our speech when we advocate
their greater production. But when the great-
er production exponent says, “We need more
live-stock,” we at once sit up and take notice
of the wisdom of his remarks. More live-

 

; enriched soil. More live-stock has not for
4* many years meant glutted markets or, over-
: production of dairy and meat products, and
we cannot see how it can mean this for a num-
ber of years to come. More live-stock does

not disturb the rotation of crops; it encour-
it.
fie do not have to go outside of the state
of Michigan to see the baneful' eifects of the
single-crop system, nor the eifects of gram
farming conducted separately from live-stock
farming. There are a few farmers, it is true,
who have become sufficiently intelligent 1n the
use of- commercial fertilizers that they can
safely and profitably farm without live-stock,
, but these are few and far between. The most
prosperous agricultural counties of Michigan,
without any exception to our knowledge, are
the counties that have ,a' large live—stock popu-
lation. In fact, we believe it possible to trace
out and prove that the agricultural prosper-
ity of the several counties of the state 18 in
direct proportion to the number and the qual-
ity of the live-stock they produce. The well-
knOWn facts, however, that the number of beef
and dairy cattle are constantlyon the decrease,
and the constant upward trend of prices,
’ should prove a powerful incentive for the
farmers of Michigan to engage more extensive-
ly~in this branch of agriculture. - ,
“ 'It is mere repetition to say that Michigan is
well ted to‘ the raising of pure-bred cat-'
fie. If we had not the grazing lands for beef
cattle, or markets close at hand for the dis-
- of their products, it would be useless to
about the. subject. But we have all these,
problem is very simple. If there is any-
in the way at the present time
fof farms and grazing lands to. en.
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stock never means impoverished soil; it means .

Mam," is a s1
andJMiehigan‘ Business
Farming pledges its efiorts to make that slo-
gan a reality. '

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HRESHING is over here, in ”progress

there, and on the morrow the threshers
move to the farms down the road where
the grain still stands in shocks. Threshing
is an anxious time for the farmer. He has
stood more than once and looked upon the
growing grain and examined closely ' the ma-
turing heads to see if they were filling out
well. Of small , ambition and imagination is
he who looking upon the grain speculates no;
upon what it may yield. Yes, and unusual
judgment, too, is he who reckons less than the
actual fruit that is yielded at threshing time.
To be sure, the farmer is disappointed in the
threshing returns this year. He usually is.
He expects to be. But is the farmer alone in
his optimistic habit of counting his chickens
before they are hatched! The threshing re-
turns were disappointing this year. Wheat
that promised to go thirty bushels to the acre,
yielded twenty perhaps under the merciless
beatings of the threshing machine. Rye that
anyone might estimate would yield fifty bu-
shels to the acre, lost its fatness. somewhere
between the feed table and the sack and emerg-
ed a thin, emaciated crop of thirty-five bush-
els or thereabouts. And oats,——well, they
got lost altogether in the bowels of the ma-
chine! Yes, the grain yield is disappointing,
but as I overheard one farmer remark to‘ an-
other, “it isn’t the best 0r isn’t the poorest;
it’s just fair and average and I haven’t got

any kick coming.’ ’

Needless Cautionings

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T A MEETING of farmers 'in Detroit,

the Rev. Dwight Hillis, formerly pastor
of one of the wealthiest churches in New York
City, but now engaged in the more profitable
profession of itinerant propagandist, harang-
ued his hearers for more than an hour upon
the menace of v-Bolshevism to American agri-
culture. In a most dramatic manner he told
of the scenes of riot, rebellion and bloodshed
that he had personally looked upon in different

sections of the United States, and would have..

had his audience believe that these scenes were
the outward manifestations of a spirit that is
typical of the times and that they must help to
quell. He acknowledged the debt that all the
world and all the sciences and' arts of *the
world owe to agriculture, and deplored the

, spread of soviet doctrines that ,he thought

endangered this basic industry. Altho en-
thralled by the former divinefs oratory, the
farmers did not appear to be greatly moved
by his arguments, and several of them at- _
tempted to defend agriculture against the
imputations that it was susceptible to th'e
fanciful theories of the Russian fanatics, or
the bull-dozing doctrines of the radical ele-
ment of organized labor. , .

Farmers are little concerned with ‘ the
clashes between organized capital and organ—
ized labor. , They find it difficult to sympa-
thize with either one. They know that cap-
ital has been selfish, arbitrary, greedy; that
as long as labor was plentiful and passive it
received little consideration at the hands of
the employers of capital, that as a usual
thing the great industrial Concerns had no

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- that the farmers and laborering en of the

ing and power. The farmers of Michigan are

., together? , ’

"orkmen now" have fertile .Ib

 
   

law to ; , fuel: ammo: against their
employers. They are more or less ‘ disgusted ;
with the arbitrary attitude oforganizeid' labor .
since the. war, and the strike" of- the Boston
police which was the signalfor an outbreak
of hoodlumism and outlawry seldom seen ‘in
recent times, has, it is natural “to conclude,
alienated Whatever remaining" sympathy the .
agricultural class might have had- for [the in:
dustrial labor-unionist. . , ..
The farmers should; not permit themselves
to be drawn into this contest, and should re-
sent any attempt on the part of either labor
or capital to enlist their support. Compris-
ing so considerable a part of the population,
the farmers would hold the balance of. power
.in a three cornered contest between the com
mercial classes, the laboring classes and the
agricultural classes. Being so well acquaing
ted pith the temper and records or the two'
former classes, we deem it. eztremely fortu-
nate for the good of the commonwealth that
the farmer is, in the majority and would
wield the ruling influence in case of a crisis.
rBeing both a capitalist and a ’laborer, a pro-
ducer and a trader, "the farmer embodies all
the functions of the other great classes of the
nation and is not~very likely to do anything
as a laborer that will injure his investment of
capital, or abuse his power as a producer to
the detriment of his market. »
If there is any need of preaching against
. the dangers of the social and political squalls
that occasionally disturb the economic scheme,
it should we think be directed to those who
are responsible for them, who are affected by'
them and who are in a position if they so do
sire to build up barriers against them. The
farmer is not in the path' of these disturb-
ances; nor is .he in any way accountable for-
t-nem. Cautionings and admonitions ad-
dressed to him generally fall on barren'soil.
' O t

Carl Young, president of the Michigan
Federation of Labor, is reported as saying

state should organize politically t put across
the state warehouse project which the last
legislature refused to let the peeple vote upon.
Is this necessary! Are net the farmers of
Michigan strong ’ enough numerically and re-
gardful enough of their rights and duties as
citizens to force this issue to a vote of the peo-
ple without calling upon organized labor for
assistance? After the farmers have secured
the submission of this amendment and admin-
istered the fatal quietus to the further politi-
cal ambitions of the men who couldn’t trust
the people, they will expect to have the sup-
port of every consumer at the polls, not that
they want the consumer- to do something for
the farmer but because it will be doing some-
thing for the consumer. If [state-owned ware.
houses are to benefit no one but the farmer, it
is not just to expect the state to underwrite V
them. But if state-owned warehouses are to
benefit both producer and consumer, it is the
state‘s duty to provide them, and it will be to
the selfish interest of every producer and con

sumer to vote for them.
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The farm bureau is at the threshold of an
inevitable expansion. It has things to do, big
things to do, for the improvement of agricul-
re. But it needs support. ' Money and
members are two things that will give it stand-

asked to supply this ammunition. Let them
not underestimate the potential possibilities of
the farm bureau movement, but stand ready
and glad to help in .its upbuilding,

O O .

After the strike ,. of the Boston police need
we argue farther why organized farmers anr
organized laborers cannOt lie in the same bed

C O O
The cross roads oracle says: “ Some oil on
the metal parts an’ some paint on‘the wood-
en parts- of farm machinery this fallwill -
save lots of money... a . _ . ‘ »

  
   
    
  
  
 

     
   

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each week. . perhaps by

‘ «must-alts, but”you"may be sure that I

"do not let that extra copy get away
but give it to someone each week,
where I think it will do the most
good. I am a farmer’s wife, liying
3 miles from ,the village of Chesan-
ing, it is a pretty little village and
prides itself on its pretty residences
and schools, etc., but it has no “pub-
' lic conveniences.” Is there not a
law of Michigan-that compels every
city or village to have one? I would
be very grateful for any information
along this line. This subject has
, been on my mind for some time and
several years ago the “Gleaner" pub—
lished a very interesting article, also
showing picture of “public conven-
ience” and rest room, and I was very
much taken up with it. I presented
the subject at the W. C. T. U. and
different societies, but they were bus-y
trying to get the state dry and did
not give it very much attention. Now_
we' have organized a Community
Welfare Association, and I would
like to present this matter to them.
I have lost the article I clipped from
the “Gleaner” and kept so long, and
if it will not be asking too much I
will be very glad for any help you
may render and get the ball rolling.
I think it would be a, boon to our lit—
tle village and a wonderful help to
the farmer‘people to have'a place to
go and get the dust brushed off be-
fore entering the stores. Perhaps
the merchants and clerks would not
think we were quite so “hay-seedy"
looking. Now if this does not find
its way to the waste basket I would
like to write an article for the De-
partment for Women for I have many
good suggestions that may help some-
one else. I have read the good ar-
ticles that have been, written by dif-
ferent women and have been helped
so much along all different lines of
home keeping and thought I would
like to write something too—Mrs. S.
B., Cheming, Mich.

The law does not specify that incor—
porated villages and: cities shall provide
. rest rooms. It merely authorizes muni-
cipalities to use the public money or bond
for that purpose, if they so desire. We
have long favored the rest room idea, and
as a reSult or articles that have been
published in Business Farming a number
of Michigan towns have been led to in-
stall these places of convenience. In all
cases, the have found it good business.
too. Sure y, we will be glad to assist in
any way possible to “start the ball roll-
ing," for you or any other subscriber who
wishes to take up this matter with the
. authorities of your trading town. By all
means ,write to the woman’s department
Miss Ladd will be very glad to hear it
you, I am sure—Editor.

RAM LAMB FARlleRS

The farmers who let the big fat
city fellows come out and kill the
game that was raised by those farm-
ers. as much as the chickens and pigs
on the same farms were raised there,
remind us of a bunch of sheep in a
clever lot. _ ’

You will see the wise old lawyer
sheep, as busy as bees at the clover,
while here and there a couple of ram
lambs are trying to butt their fool
heads ofl in a corner, for all the
world like a Democrat and Republi-
can “votin’ just as Pa did," which
suits the lawyer-politicians right
down to the ground. for you ,can’t
butt heads and see straight at. the‘
same time.

Party bigotry and hide—bound ig-
norance are at the bottom of the Re-
publican farmers idea that “no Dem-
ocrat can enter. the Kingdom of
Heaven” and of» the Democrats idea
that “no Republican could be painted
as black as he really is,” both relics
of the dark ages, but both ideas -
worth all kinds of money to the po-
litical schemers who make. capital
out of-the head-butting voters.

“Keep thefool farmers divided up
in two big parties and we’ll do the
rest," is the slogan of prefiteers ev—
eryWhere, and as long as farmers
have a five cent representatior at
Lansing and Washington with a fifty
per cent vote, orronertenth represen—
tation where the laws are made (but

full. taxation) Just so long will the

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during the winter months.
this department.

about the reading table.
nation and the world.

portunity speaks at every hand.
most to the, breaking point.

be state, national or universal.

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- ‘ .2 Let the People Read and Write

OMJsl TIME ago a subscriber complained
use he thought we were cutting
down the department. “What the Neigh-
bors Say.”
we could publish no more letters than
we received; that during the summer
months our readers did not have the
time to read as carefully or thought-
fully or to sit down to the more or
less tedious task of
We are pleased that our subscriber likes
We like it ou‘rselves.
best department in our paper, for it is contributed by the folks we
aim to please and must please if we are to retain their confidence
and good will. A long and hard summer is now waning.
look carefully you may see the tell-tale signs that fall is fast ap-
proaching on the never-ceasing Whirligig of time.
harvests are gathered in, and as the nights lengthen and grow cool-
er, the indoors invite the farmer and his family to spend more time
The season approaches when the farmer
may relinquish to some small extent the physical ardors and give
more attention to the weighty affairs which are now engaging the

As many have truly said, we are living thru one of the most
remarkable periods of all history.
Class consciousness is pitched :1]-
Men of small minds and small matters
feel competent to pass upon great issues which formerly only school-
ed minds were thought capable of judging. Unfortunately, schooled
minds are frequently so introspective that they lose their perspective
and do not comprehend the full purport of the great social changes
that are taking place all over the world.
are presented which seem to baffle all rules of ethics and precedent,
it is necessary that the utmost freedom of discussion should prevail,
and we are happy to see the growing propensity of both town and
country folk who think for themselves and transcribe their thoughts
to writing. We have been truly astonished at the insight of many
of our readers into the great problems of the day, to say nothing of
their aptitude in discussing them logically and understandably. We,
therefore, invite the freest use of these columns by our readers in
presenting their opinions on current afiairs, no matter whether they
\Ve hope as the fall and winter
months advance our readers will take more time to study the .dis-
cissusions in their farm papers and magazines, and write us their
If we know “\Vhat the Neighobrs Say" we will know

We explained to him that

letter-Writing as

In fact, we think it is the

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his father's corn for the city killer
and at every other injustice‘rubbed
into the men who grow the grub for
all the world, in the name of what
we call law and which has about as
much common sense in some of it as
God gives good grey geese.

”But,” bleats Mr. Ram Lamb farm-
er, “how can we help ourselves? We
can‘t form a new party or the old
parties will laugh us out of itand
we can’t stand it to have city felloWs
make fun'of us, so we’d, never be
elected Constables.” ,

No party formations are necessary
if farmers will use that boon to all
free Americans. given extra power
by the Australian secret ballot, the
split ticket.

Get up petitions in the farm lodge
rooms this fall and winter and print
all the signers’ full addresses in your
county papers. saying in those peti-
tions that you will support none but
straight farmer candidates not afraid
to publish their views in the same
papers on fall game laws. etc., in all
counties where farmers are the great-
est number of voters and tax payers,
thus serving notice on all party man-
agers in advance that tickets will be
split on either side that don’t get in
line.—0he§ter H. Merrifleld, Goble-
m‘lle, Mich.

That's the talk, Brother Merrifleld, even
if you do put it a little strong. When
we farmers begin to think of candidates
for office as Men instead of Democrats or,
Republicans, and put Principles ahead of
Politics, we'll be able to elect men Who’ll
remember and respect the wishes of the
folks who put them in office. If we can’t
do this, I’m afraid we’ll have to Jog
along in the same old rut—.Editor,

WHIMS OF THE DAY

I was raised on a farm and am
proud of it. 'Moreover I like to keep
in touch with the farmer. The large
profits derived from manufacturers.
m'aketit possible for them to pay high
wageshas they can increase price of
articles produced, accordingly.

Farmers ,,are not so fortunate.
They have to accept the price' offered
, of production.
leaving their terms for,

a We. -.xsame.

  
 

Very little government land is avail-
able, and many farmers do not want
their sons and daughters to follow
in their footsteps. They are educat-
ed and live the easier life. Immigra-
tion does not help matters, as very
few go to the farm. City life, with
its 8 hours, suits them. How many
millionaire farmers are there in the
State of Michigan who have made
that amount in farming? Yes, or
in speculating on farms, if you
please? Why not? Just for this rea-
son: the profits are too small. Noth—
ing more. Laws are continually be-
ing made to hamper the farmer as
game laws. Skunks can destroy
eggs and kill chickens. Squirrels
destroy corn. Wood chucks cannot be
molested under ground. There are
restrictions in building and housing,
etc. 'Mail boxes are put on right
side of road. There is no end of
salaries paid to look after the many
other such whims.~—G. E. W., Ann Ar-
bor, Mich.

You have a queer logic. Raised on a
farm, proud of it, but do not want your
sons and daughters to follow in your foot—
steps. Can I blame you? No, not if
farming is to be the despised business the
next fifty years that it has been the past
fifty. But will it? We cannot belive so.
Few people have made a million from
farming. But, thank God, few peoplz-
who farm want to make a million. If
money were the ruling passion of th-
farmer as it is with many of the city peo-
ple, the world would starve. It must be
a. kind dispensation of Providence that
men find other enjoyment in the business
of farming aside from money making.—
Editor. ‘ '

f‘CO-OPERATION”

“Help one another”, the snowflake
said, as they huddled down in their
fleecy bed, “one of us here would not
be felt, one of us here would quickly
melt. But I’ll help you, and you
help me, and then what a big white
drift we’ll see.” ,

“Help one ~another,” .the maple
spray said to his fellow leaves one day,
“the sun would witherme here alone

I’ll help: you‘ .1: innuendo- me. and.

   

long enough ’ere the day is gone ; but

breeze would dry me’way
and I should be gone

, . another,
the dew‘ drop cried seeing"
another, drop close ,to its ‘
south .

  
  

    
  
  

ere noon to day; but I’ll help you, and ,

you help me, and we'll ,make a brook
run to the sea." '

And So the snow flakes grew to
drifts, the grains of sand to moun-
tains; the leaves became a pleasant
shade, the dew drops fed the foun-
talus.

What is co-operation? This poem
answers the question. The coopera-
tion and combined efforts of home,
school, church, and all community or-
ganizations in the fight against cap-'
italization, is the only sure way to win
that would be socialism. Socialism
would abolish capitalism, and make it
ea.5y for every man, woman and child
to live better, get better results, ggt
paid for what they produce instead of
all poverty—S. H. Slagle, Wexford'
county.

1

You have a clever way of explaining
your definition of co—operation. As to
whether or not co—operation should be
used as a weapon to destroy what you
call “capitalism" will be seriously ques-
tioned by the majority of farmers. Is
not the farmer a “capitalist?” Is not,
in fact, any man who earns money from
money or the sweat of his labor, and in-
vests that money a “capitalist?”——Editor.

THE LABORER’S DOLLAR

There is so much being said about
the high cost of living and city peo-
ple appear to think that the farmer
is to blame for all the trouble. The
workers in the city are never satis-
fied and are always asking for more
wages and less work or shorter hours.
If you will stop to analyze conditions
you will find there never has been
a time when the laborer could buy so
much farm produce off of the farm
with eight hours common labor as he
can today. Of course by the time it
gets to the consumer it may be a dif-
ferent proposition. Something that is
entirely out of the farmer’s control.
We need only go back five or six years
to demonstrate the fact common wages
at that time were about $2.00 a day,
usually for ten hours work. Then
flour was worth about $5.00 a barrel

and a day’s Wiage would buy about 80-

pounds. For ten hours work now——
wages in the cities are $66.00—«and an
hour day will buy 100 pounds of flour
at'$12.00 per barrel Pork was worth
8 or 10 cents a pound and the ten
hours work would buy 25 to 20
pounds. Today eight hours work will
pay for 30 pounds at 200, about the
price paid by our local butchers. We
could usually count on 40c for pota-
toes, although thousands of bushels
have been sold for less. This would
give him five bushels for ten hours
work while his $6.00 for eight hours
today will give him an extra bushel.
Butter was sold at 200; he could buy
ten pounds for $2.00 that he earned in
ten hours, while the $6.00 he earns
now will buy twelve pounds. Beef
was So and he could buy 25 pounds,
while at 15c his $6 will buy ferty.
Eggs brought about 20c and his $2.00
would pay for ten dozen; at 400 his
$6.00 buys 15 dozen. His wages are
three times more than they were for
eight hours, while the farmer’s pro?
ducts that he buys brings a little over
twice as much as they did, while he
works from 12 to 16 hours. I think
where much of the trouble is, eve-i"

thing the farmer grows in a commer-
mercial way pays freight twice now.
The buyer always subtracts the

a

freight to the market, when he buys I

farm produce he sells to the jobber
and he to the retailer who in fun
adds the freight when he sells to the
consumer.

tail production, thus reacting on the
consumer and compelling him to‘psy'
still higher prices in the future, or
consent to a lowering of his own

wages, thus bringing him nearer on 9.5.x

par with what farmers can earn by
continuing production, in fact help on
the farm is becoming so scarce reear
less of the wages paid that it will he
a physical impossibility to continue
production on a normal basisr—l-Bub:
scribe-AM]? Lake, Mich. " i

 
    
 
 

You have hit upon some vital t .,
and have discussed your point so.“ '
that comment seems unnecessary.
\if you will suggest a remedyfor t}:
nation. friend, subscriber. ”we til
you craze pen ions—Editor

      
  

   

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present agitation can have is to cur— ,

  
 
 
   
  
 
  
   
     
   
   

 

  
 
 
  
 

  
 
     
    
 
    
   

  


     
 

.. BUSINESS AND. TRADE
_ “The outlook in the realm of busi—
.hméss- mud tradein our nation and the
test of the world. is indeed uncharted
aaa'd befogge'd.ThVe'1-e is little that
am can count upon definitely fer the
next several months; although Tthe
“present conditions fortify some pretty
..V.V.Vs'gund optimistic conie‘ctures.

In. general. it is believed that we

    
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
    
  
    
 
 
  
  
    
  
  
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
   
   
 
   
    
  
    
    
   
  
  
    
  
   
    
 
 
  
    
  
   
   
   
  
 
    
 
   
  
 
    
  
     
   
  
  
   
  
   
   
 
   
  
  

.ied by the groWing pains of readjust-

    

price. must forge ahead
force of her own momentum, .now
"that my. already lead the world.
Great industrial barons from Eng-

World trade, have just made inspec-

and of the nation to the other, and
Riley] sexiert that the average produc—
tio‘n of the .American worker is three
times that of the British worker at
the present time. ~And certainly
(Vrrea't Britain is no more demoraliz—
'ed than Germany, France and Italy
in its reconstruction. All Europe is
Obliged to import the products of
the American farm and factory,
\1he1',eas a few years ago this was
ley no means the case. There is too
great a demand for American goods,
American brains, American skill and
untapped resources, both natural and
human. for anything but a bright
future for America.

But though the general outlook is
rosy. there are many clouds for at
least the next several months. At
the base of all these lies the peace
treaty and the League of Nations un-
settled problem. Even the labor
troubles to a considerable extent are
aggravated by the undecided world
issues hanging on the treaty. Presi-

_ dent Wilson is stumping the country
to create‘suflicient public force to
settle once and for all the funda—

,. mentals of the world relationships.
; Senators Johnson and Borah are hot
, on the President' s trail, and they ap-

pear to be offsetting somewhat the
favorable feeling created by the

Chief Executive in his tour of the
' West. Farmers generally seem to be
-' overwhelmingly eager" to get the.

whole world n13ix— up settled quickly

.. .

come more clarified and staid—so
that there will be some definite legal
check on war, and that promptly.
Farmers, more than any other class,
seem to have little use for partisan
, politics in the f.ace of mighty issues
When the treaty and the league ques-
.‘tion are set aside, the administra-
ition’s attention can be given more
therough attention to other affairs.

Much is hoped for in the coming
economic congress called by the
.President for October 6. It is ex—
pected that workers and capitalists
’VWill throw down their cards on the
council table and work out more
complete rules of the game, so that
continuous strikes need .not continue
to upSet the nation’s business. The
great strike of the steel workers

.m—A...

_ week is an offshoot of the condition
- of failure to get together by capital
- and labor. Wall Street has hinted
'. that it is going to punish labor for-
.its boldness and labor was never
'more stoutly championing its own
demands. Even the efforts of the
President of the Nation and those of
Samuel Gompers, the labor chief, ap-
peared to be unsuccessful at the
opening of the week. to
. agreement betWeeri Judge Gary, *3 o
most prominent figure in the steel 2
vvdustry

    
   
 
 

out. of their Jobs Wheii 1115'“

    

-"Fit'zpatriek, .1112 111.119 is der,- .sté‘isfs‘;
11st» 3: majority of th% ”v? rlrgrs"

  
 
  

1-3110; .lnCIMinfl
..._fl3e factories » fkf'.“

.are entering upon »a golden age of
business and trade. to be accompan- .

enema of Wages and marketing Am-Va
5 ' frOm the

land. formerly our biggest rival in .

NW of American industry from one 3

so that the market outlook may be .

‘V'Which started at the opening of this

get some “

-G&ry'"?stntbs' that“b‘l’il3 ”1"”
;_per cent of the steel Workers will be .
. strike
Veaches ‘its full string-,- Whereas John":

‘li t;'of 1'. 000.000 menawill; be. out-.3»
sets using steel. supplies. 1033! be

* 1111 Beme

EANS IN Michigan - ‘-.have been
B turning out well, according to
various reports on __the acreage
and quality. ~There

at a good round profit.

gard to the bean situation in Mich-
igan: ‘

ing counties—Jackson,
ham,

Berry.
Eaton and part bf Livingston,

cured in fine condition.
has made heavy screenings on some
fields. The quality will be above the
average.- The acreage is: small... 1but

when these beans-Ware delivered to

   

1' have had in. years.
isv no reason»
why farmers can ’t market the. crep.
Num‘erOus
tips on the bean deal are given ear-:
lier in this issue, and readers may he
sure that the “dope” is good Here?
is a sample of a letter receiy'ed‘ in re-'

“A thorough survey of the follow- 'V
111g»;

shows that the Crop is nearly on se-‘"

Dry weather. comifig upon ”the market through San

R'YE DECLINES .

ured in Fine Shape

the elevators. Michigan bean dealers
‘-‘will get the greatest surprise they
Fifty per. cent 30'!

ran.
good. Quote $1 41 for Cash No.

 

 

the aver '33 output is all they will-2 .r'g
set in the, above mentioned coun- SMALL OAT CROP. » ‘ '
ties.” ‘ . ' » 11.1.1. lug?“ 0115111 11.7.1353:
,. . There .‘W'asn ’t much doing .in the 'ttgnfi“%%h,t. ‘3‘,ij \ :71 .. I” ' I ' '

 

 

.. Detroit been market- before the open-3;
Ving this week. The quotation reads.

...'.immediste ' and prompt. shipment, V commercial oats of the country, and
$37. 50 With .v_aried- fluctuations around the total. this year is the smallest
that p0int.‘:. ' since 1914, 'and When everything is

considered the yield 'is probably
Smaller than at that time due’ to the
light weight of this year's
which has been averaging

29 pounds per bushel.

. summit states Which raise con~
Zsidéra'ble “creps of beans are report- .
. ing greatly reduced -.acreages, which around

Will offset the *flood of oriental beans
We: aceleravdo reports that .ils.
output of, beans Will be only one-
fourth of What it was last year

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"With“an‘ extreme shortage or supplies
there for this Winter may turn—scon-
siderable quantity of oatsfrommthe
Northwest into the less fayored sec-

 

 

cess. “In the longaruii the markets
are bound to rise, but few dare "ats
tempt to tell the immediateruture.-

. WHEAT

It is somewhat surprising to“ some
that the prices of Wheat in "many
markets are- actually higher now
than befOre the rush of the grain to
market.
foreign countries is one of the chief
factors in this increase, 1,000,000
bushels being exported each day. The
amount of ocean room available
seems to be the deciding factor in
how high the price of Wheat can
climb, inasmuch as the foreign de-
mand is so great. The United States
Grain Corporation has issued. a. tip

that it may be unWise for farmers to '

go too‘ strong on Wheat for next
year. because foreign farm lands Will
probably be productive of much larg—
er crops than during the war.

The International Institute of Ag-
riculture has just sent to Michigan
Business Farming some Valuable ma-
terial on the foreign Wheat situation.
Although Canada and the United
States produced more this year than

last. Italy produced only 84 per cent‘
Japan produced.

of last yeax ’s crop.
only 96 per cent of last year’s crop.

Northern Africa. produced only two "

per cent of what it did last year, and
B1itish India, only 78 per cent. Fig—
ures 011 other countries were not giv-
en, but other sources provide the i11—
formation that Russia and the Balk-
ans have failed in their crops

her. 2, and it is not long before the
other foreign markets closed by the

war, will reopen. Detroit quotes Red‘

No. 1, $2.25. .
CORN

_ 7.71111; ”“hwlfiiéifiltl'fih'gol N: “Y?

No, 2 Yellow .. . .I 1.533 I 1.5 50 I. 1.66

No. 3 Yellow . .l 1.53 I 1.5 50' I " ‘

VNV11.V 4 hollow . .' .I l. 51 I l_. 49 I

Grains, provisions _ and hugs are

commencing to sell ex-war inflation. V'

The heavy demand from“

Trade.
«was resumed with Hungary septem-:

' Situatmn might result in heavy ex—

the interior is very small for

tions. which will cut. .down‘ the
amount available for the East. The
latter suffered fro-m the same causes
as curtailed the yield in other sec-

Readjltstment~from.‘a' war to a peace
‘basis is well under way. Cash corn
. has dropped more than 75c, over 30

- per'» cent-fromV the top, -and “.11” tions, and there is still a strong

grains are 03.1“. proportion; “73,8“ feeling that eats are destined to 111*
the war broke out in Europe grains timately sell comparatively high.

' and prov1s10nsstarted upward, an Cash No.2 white sells at 7-2 cents in

continued-to advance for some years.
nether commodities were slow in get-
ting _started :upWard snd. continued
to advance for some years. Other

commodities were slow in getting
started, andvit is only natural that
they should be the last; in turning‘

Detroit.

HAY TRADE CONDITIONS
There is little change in hay mar-
ket conditions from that reported a
week ago. Values have not strength-

downward. but grains are a baro— Vened much. but are holding firmVV at
meter of general business at the about the same range, Supplies are
‘present. time, and sooner or.“ later not mov1ng forward from country

.points in any volume but indications
are that there will be some increase
from 110W on as producers are chang-
ing their views as to values. Embar-
lgoes have had a tendency to sustain
prices, but supplies at‘ distributing
points are working down and restric-
tions will be removed in a short time;

The large hay crop this. season Will
create an easier feeling throughout
the year and this with lack of gov—
ernment buying will keep hay at’ a
lower range than during the war per+
iod regadless of the general high cost
of feedstuffs Shippeis should keep

there must be a readjustment in
manufactured goods and in labor. All
must liquidate and seek properlevels.‘
The‘corn crop is practically made.‘
Frost now would do little or no dam~
age. While some sections have been
hard hit by the continued dry, hot
weather it has forced the crop along
at a very rapid rate in others that
had sufficient rain, and much cutting
has been done, even in the central
portions of the big belt. The largest
crop was secured in the parts ‘of
Illinois and Iowa that ship the bulk
of the commercial grain to terminal
markets. ’ -
How far corn will decline befnre
all the bearish conditions are dis-
counted cannot be forecaSted, as the
chaos abroad must be taken intd‘
consideration - However, there' is
.now more disposition shown in Eur--
ope toget to work and less to strike.

railroad deliveries and that the de-
mand will be apathetic at all times,

tie and the market is _
stead-y. No. 1' timothy, .329.50@-30;
‘standard and light mixed, $28. 50@
29; No. 2 timothy $27. 50_@28V; No.-
3 timothy, $23@";25-No'.1 mixed $24
@25,No.1 clover...‘_$24@25 per ton.

 

' EUROPE WANTS BARLEY

Europe Would undoubtedly take- a
large quantity of barley. were con-
ditions right, but of late there have
been no sales reported. A liberal
quantity, however, was sold some
time ago, and the clearing up On the

NEW» YORK BUTTER LETTER
One or two' years ago.,peo3ple in
moderate circumstances were satis-

tion that would score no higher than
a firt. As Va result. the demand for
firsts, and often even fo1 seconds,
was equal to that for extras. By go-

: Mfwement from
this
Detxoit, Gash No. 3, $2. 45.

ports for a time.

season .
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TRUCK GROUND (imprints

 

As Forecastcd by W.

Foster’s Weather CM
VI 3'
Moderate

 

.3'

91 ——'Warm waves are expected to

   
 
 

4 and temperature will rise- -on
the Pacific slope. They. will cross '
eras: of Rockies by «noise of cSept.
taut!” Oct. 6, plains‘bdet‘ioné 1
_-.a,,6. meridian 90,1; - 1141
Gulf States. and" hi
$163.03“ 2 and 731:“;
'~Teach.iniz.‘vdeir ity‘

too out:- (>ch

will follow. ab'o
waves and- cool
hind stormV waves.

  

 

 

    

     

THE WEATHER FOR “THE“W‘EEK
T. Foster (01' MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

- northern parts of that section. V
. will be a 'cool wave not far‘ from Gov.

3 a. northern cool Vwaye near October 8

0
. ,.WA.SHI\G'I‘V.QN.1 D” .0..- “Sept-“317» ~ during“ ”August and September we
.reach Vancouver about Sept129—anflVVv-nbrtlr .6 ’ la‘fltu do 30,

Problems having to do with the

t d d on the farm and on the road. have
.100 and light frosts are expec e 11“ ent be t
ing the week follm'ving Oct. MST-hm appar 1y en sowed by the F1110“

1‘3""

Long Island.

    
 

   
 
 

;°bc%r1fi8'Iva—c335335uiegm1n11§tvefiflll“ : pany has just announced the Fulton‘
twenty degrees and the cold wave Ground Grippers, designed to bro-2
must go to freezing point I expect mote the wider use of the meter

  

truck in direct transportation frame
the fields to the market. ' Nothing of
late years has excited quite as much

and a cold' wave near Oct. 23. .
esterms will start an increase

of Trafffail that will be heavy near

ct 24. Large. sections- of mum-iv

    

          
    
     
   
 

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short on moisturobeeause mystermsg? “V'-- guises little less soft time dorsapp
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Rye declined; in Detroit recentlgw',
but has been more hopeful since itsilf.
The foreign demand remaiiii ‘f

  

Five states raise the bulk of the-

crop. "

The prolong-2'
ed drought in 3. the mountain states..

. - this in mind, that the market values
this year will be governed largely by “

In Detroit receipts increased a lit— ‘
quoted as

fled to get butter for .home cons11n1p-.

ing back through price records for

use of the motor truck in soft going, '

Motor Truck Company, Farmingdal'ef‘
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In years to come, 5 o’clock on Tuesday
afternoon, August 6th, will be pointed to as
the critical point in the history of Michigan
Agriculture. _

All day long the Executive Committee of
the Michigan State Farm Bureau had been
in session, considering the important ques-
tion of putting the Michigan State Farm
Bureau on the same strong, financial and ’
organization basis which it occupies today

' in other states.

All day long the discussion had gone on.
They had listened to a great address by Mr.
Saylor, head of this organization work in
Illinois. ‘

They had heard him tell of the tremen-
dous strides taken in Illinois during the past
few months—How over 75% of all the farm-
ers in the counties worked had joinedtthe
organization at minimum yearly dues of $10
each—H ow the Legislative Committee at the
last session secured the passage of every
measure which they backed and the killing
of every measure which they objected to.—
How the Marketing Committee has secured
results never before approached. For exam-
ple, getting 650 a pound-for the average grade
of Illinois wool as~against 450 bid by brokers
—How the Educational work throughout
the state was progressing as it had never
done before.

This was the question as it finally came up
for decision:

Should the Michigan State Farm Bureau ,con-
tinue as it has in the past, Without ample funds or
membership, to accomplish the great work it is
doing , in other places or should Michigan. 1 get
squarely in line and put over this organizatiomin a
big way by changing the yearly dues to a minimam
of $5. a year in the State Organization—recom-_
mending similar yearly dues to the County Ugan-

‘ izations—and beginning an intensive state-wide
advertising and soliciting campaign to enrofl in the
organization every farmer in the state, ifpnssi-ble.

The question was put and carried without
a dissenting vote. ‘

The die was cast.

Michigan is now lined up squarely with
this greatest movement in the history of
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Every practical Michigan farmer knows
that today we are facing conditions which
no farmer can meet successfully single-
handed.

It is the day of organization.

Labor is organized. Manufacturers “are
organized in every line of business.

The farmer alone is still working single-
handed.

But he will no longer be compelled to do
this. i .

With the majority of Michigan farmers
enrolled in this great organization, we will
have the means of correcting every condi—
tion which now makes profitable farming so
extremely difficult instead of being, as it
should be, the most. profitable and pleasant

occupation in the world.

This is actually being done ,in Illinois and
other states. It will'be done in Michigan.

The work of .the “greater” Michigan Farm
Bureau will divide itself into three very defi—
nite classifications—educational, legislative
and marketing. ‘

This question may be asked—exactly

‘ what will be done along these lines?

A fairer question would be—“What can’t
be done when the farmers of Michigan are
organized into one strong, compact work-
ing unit P”

We know of the great things which have
been accomplished by Michigan organiza-
tions working along certain restricted lines.

Imagine the results that will come from
all Michigan farmers working together.
Imagine the force behind the voice of 200,-
000 Michigan farmers, speaking as a unit on
matters of legislation. Imagine the power.
of this "great body in 'changing marketing
conditions so that every farmer. makes a
legitimate profit not only on.his investment,
but on every day’s work. _

Imagine the improvements and the educa-
tional work which can be. done on crops and

production. , '

The State Farm Bureau, however, has no
intention of supplanting the work of any pres-
ent organization. It will help all of them and
make their work more effectiVe. It will take
up tasks that no one organization or one
group has ever successfully accomplished.
Its scope is n‘ot‘state-wide, but national.

These are not intangible things. They are
definite returns and large returns, which
every farmer will share in from his invest-
ment of a few dollars in the State Farm Bu-
reau membership.

An efficient organization has been com-

pleted and the plan of publicity and solic-
iting laid out which will cover the entire
state.

This is the first announcement of the

series which will carry the message to every
Michigan farmer.

The active campaign of solicitation will
be carried on county by county, beginning
with Oakland County on the morning of
Octbber 15th. '

Other counties will follow rapidly, as fast
as the organization can be expanded. ‘Every

farmer in Michigan will be called on and
asked to join.

The Michigan organization will be but

one unit of a great national organization'

composed of similar units, presenting a

'united front on all matters pertaining

to the well being of the farmer.

We suggest that every progressive Michi-
gan farmer begin immediately to discuss

this among his friends. Arouse their enthus— .

iasm over this great work. Get your county
and township organizations completed well
in advance of the work of the State solici-
tors. Communicate with the State Secre-
tary, Mr. C. A. Bingham, Birmingham,
Michigan. He will be glad to supply you
with further details and plans for the work.

Michigan State Farm Bureau
‘ Executive Offices

Birmingham, Michigan

 

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i now that we have the right to

   
    
    
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
  
 
   
   
  
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
    
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
    
   
   
   
  
    
   
    
    
  
  
    
   
   
  

right of it and we can’t use the bal—
« lot intelligently unless we study the
questions before our nation and our
community as they come up for de-
clsion. And the best way to study
them is to get the opinions of both
sides of the question and then let
your own common sense he the de-

the men have accused us of, vote as
four men folks do.

In order that this paper may serve
women in every sense of the Word,
we have adopted the policy or giv-
ing a Varied page, and so shall have
with our fancy work and our recipes,
3. series of articles dealing with the
subject of women in politics and en-
deavoring in this way to come to
some sort of an understanding of
our duties as well as our privileges.

also a Captain said at a meeting last
week that what we needed was “Am-
ericanization," and to have our coun-
try thoroughly “Americanized.” we
must first know Our own laws, and
he suggests securing a copy of the
constitution and thoughtfully sitting
down and reading it. Also the M011—
roe Doctrine which is so much dis-
cussed of late. Do you know why
they say that the League of Nations
will interfere with the Monroe Doct-
r-ine if adopted? The only way to
find out is to read the Monroe Doc-
trine and then read that part of the
League of Nations treaty as affects
our own government.

Each week we will have a short
article on this page. This week we
are showing the picture of Mrs. Har-
'riet Taylor Upton, the President of
the Ohio State Sufirage Association,
who states that we women are all
"dressed up and no place to go,” and
goes on to explain her statement by
stating that women are not partisan
and now that they are ready to vote,
asking “where will they go?” We
as women have no political inheri-
tance. True our husbands and fath-
ers may have been Republicans or
Democrats, but where are we to go?
And then she goes on to state a very
vital fact which is so good that we
quote it:

ed at the high cost of living; they
know what the trouble is. They
know that the men at the head of
the great trusts are grinding the
people. Everybody knows that, even
the children know it. The Sherman
anti-trust law was enacted to pre-
vent combination. but it was only.
enforced on local milk dealers and
other helpless groups. Why is this?
Because men who are ordinarily
brave are not POLITICALLY brave.
The powerful corporations Vcontri—
bute vast sums to the treasuries 'of
the political" parties. No...politician
has the courage to jeopardize his
political party and so he votes to
“investigate” and “investigate” and
that is the end of it. .
Women care for their families.
They know that it is not right for the
, father to toil unceasingly while the
”family barely subsists. Women are
saying: “if the political parties as
now constituted can not be divorced
,trom beef and steel without dying,
then let them d1e ” Let us get a
*neW party, one that is not afraid.
‘; When men open their state cam-
‘pa'i'gns they have bands and fireworks
and. sometimes a little lady falling
fro a ballon with a parachute—to
enthuse the Voters. The new Voters.

   
  
   
    
 

Jb'w‘er prices, and the militias] party
bich realises this Will be the suc—‘

ul party of the near future.

gain, wome m unaltsrably op.-

 
 
  

' vote, we are responsible for the '

ciding factor, and not, as seme of."

One of the returned heroes and,

The new women voters are shock-

Maud, not bands and fireworks hilt"

hey said-- little. about .

Edited 1;y MAsEL CLARE LADD

censored and the lips of men sealed,
chloroformed lest

but people were .
they should think. Women were si-
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MrsHamet'Iéi lorUpton.
President-Ohio State
Suffrage A550 ciatiom

themselves; they sent their sons and
prayed and hoped.

The new woman voter is all dress—
ed up and nowhere to go. The ques—
tion is: “Is anyone wise enough to
prepare a place for her?”

HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS

S PER our promise, we are con
Atinuing our Christmas sugges-
tions.’ So many beautiful things
can be made from ribbons that we
were unable to tell you of one-half
of them last week, so have secured

      
           
    
     
  

   
        
      
      
      
      
   
         
      
   
       
     
     
       
   
     
      
        
   
     
       
      
      
      
     
     
 
   
  
   
 

some more illustrations this .week;
this time of bags.
doesn’t love bags! There are bags
for shopping, bags for sewing and

' then the small purse bag. made of the

expensive velvets and gold or silver
embroidered ribbons which defy any
store made bag to come up to them
in beauty. ~
The upper girth hand bag is a
Rose Matinee bag and requires 1 1—2

,yards of the wide deep rose ribbon

and three yards of the next shade
lighter rose ribbon in a narrower
width for the bottom and the petals
and 6 1 4 yards for the neckband
and handles.

No.2 is a sewing bag, requiring
4 1- 4 yards of the wide ribbon and
one—half yards of the narrow ribbon.
Oblong cardboards are used at the
ends, covered with the ribbon and the
bag is lined with a sateen to make it
firm.

No. 3 is a Tucked Hand Bag and
requires only 1 1-4 yards of ribbon.
The top and chain should be pur-
chased at the store. This is beauti—
ful made of a ribbon to match your
suit, or dress.

No. 4 is made of 1—2 yard of me—
tallic ribbon and 1 yard of black
velvet ribbon, ‘using a metal top and
chain.

No. 5 is made of a fancy ribbon
combined with a plain satin ribbon
and is~very effective. It requires
5—8 of a yard of the fancy ribbon and
one yard of the plain wide satin rib-
bon, finishing at the top with the
metal clasp and chain.

 

THE PANAMA CANAL AND .
OUR OWN s00 CANALS

T WAS just six years ago this
month—4to be exact, Sept. 26, 1n
the year 1913, that the first water

entered the Panama Canal looks at
Gatun. It is interesting to note just
what this canal has meant to us since
that date, not only in a financial way,
but in its value as a. factor in pro—
tecting this country in the recent

    

   
  
  
 
 

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war.

who has made a study of the sub»
ject-:-.

'1 Unusual attention is focused Just
now. on the Panama canal because
it has been threaded by that half of
the United States navy which is on
route to the Pacific. So long was
taken in discussion and then so long
in construction that it is hard now
to realize what an actuality the isth-
mian waterway really is. The warb
ships have demonstrated its protect—
ive value to the country Which built.
it; but the commercial value, great-
though it is, suffers by comparison
with that of the fresh Water canals
at Sault Ste. Marie Which make pos-
sible uninterrupted traffic between
Lakes Superior and Huron. , ,

During May, this year; the total
number of vessel passages through
the Panama canal was 188, includ-
ing seven United States government
ships on which no toll was levied, one
other naval ship and four launches.

The remainder, 176. were vessels
of commerCe and their net registered
tonnage was 468, 030 tons. During
the same month of May there passed
through the United States canal at
the Soc, 1, 957 ships, aggregating a
net registered tonnage of 6, 356,185,
through the Canadian Canal ‘87
ships of 1, 292, 217 tons. 01 a total for
the month of 2, 644 ships. of 7 .648.-
402 net registered tons. The cargo
tonnage through the Panama canal
was 720 000 short tons and through
the Sea 10, 566, 326 short tons. The

”average registered tonnage per ship
through the Panama was 2, 650 and
through the Soc. 2, 930 The aver-
age cargo through the Panama was
4,070 tons per ship and through the
Soc, 4, 000 tons

Some idea of the saving in dis-
tance made possible by the isthmian
route is to be had by the compara— '
tive distances via Magellan strait and
via Panama canal from Guayaquil to
New York—10, 215 versus 2, 810
miles;
9, 613 versus 3363 miles;
Valparaiso—8, 380 versus 4 623
miles. The latent foreign trade op—
portunities in South America are not
to be overlooked, nor the Atlantic-
Pacific possibilities, generally, and in
the coming years there may be great
increase of ocean commerce through
the Panama canal, but the infinitely
greater commerce of the inland lakes
stands out in its immensity by com--
parison with the grand total of all
the World commerce which passed.
during the month of May, through
the $400, 000, 000 Panama canal.

and from 1

 

Back Yard Strategy
Mother—What a dirty face ! Go
right in the house and wash it this
minute! I
Little Jack—I don’ t want to wash'
my face, 12m attacking an army in
the next block and this is camouflage.

 

, One of our readers wrote me
the other day; said she had no
children, but had been-1; reading
the Children’s H;0ur notiCed the 1
offer to the kiddies of free Christ-
mas gifts for Just a little work,
and wondered why I did-11’ t make
an offer to the Women. similar to
the one for the youngsters. u. :80- ..
agreeable to our policy ’tavgivs .1;
.0111} readers what they want; '~
have procured a few choice :artie
cles which every woman wants,”

   

 

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tiered? live stock under. the law,
'11 Ii‘VfJVVtz" ”why hot. Damages to be paid

Ml! 01V the :Vdo'g tax. (find—8 :yU Mida

mam- _, """ ‘1

Ana—(1) It is my opinion that
the school district could not recover
tuition paid for t.he tuition of the pn-
911 if the graded school stood ready
;to carry out the tuition contract and
the pupil was not prevented from at-
finding- the graded school :by' any

, reason or regulation *1)! the graded
' school. That is, if the graded school
held itself ready to take" a pupil and
comply with the ' arrangements.
think there is no obligation upon the
part 01' the graded schools to return
the-fee. (2) Your tame rabbits are
pal-shun! preperty, and any unlawful
7- damage to' them may be recovered in
In action against the owner of the
dog. As I recall it in the statute,
however. it does not provide for the
payments of such damages out of the
.110: tax fund.

Trees on Highway
I have trees planted about four
feet from read line. The township
has straightened the road but they
went around the trees and left them,
but when the county survey was
made this spring they claimed the
trees are in the road. Will you give
me advice what I can do. Can I col-
lect any money for the trees if they
taken‘themr—Y. 0., Saginaw (,‘o.
Ana—Trees planted on the side of
the highway, and growing there be—
long to the adjacent owner, and are
his property. They may however, in
the straightening of the road become
an obstruction to the highway,’and
the highway authorities may order
them removed. They would be
obliged first ”to notify the adjacent
. owner to remove the obstruction and
tothat extent the trees belong to
him. If he does remove them with—
in the time specified. if such time be
reasonable, then the township au—
thorities may remove them, them-
selves. Should the township author-
was remove them Without giving the
adjacent owner an opportunity to re—
move them, and take them himself,
they would be liable in damages to
the adjacent owner. ‘ .

. Division of Crops -

A contracted a farm of B for a
term' of three years and for seven
years thereafter A worked under the
old contract and such other verbal
contracts as were made from time to
time. In the fall after A bad sow-
ed fall crops B sold farm to C. ' Can
A hold one half 'the straw? . There
was nothing mentioned in written or
verbal contracts pertaining to straw.
A moved several loads of rough feed“
and straw on place with him. If‘pos-
sible answer this in your next issue:

..R, Cass C’o.

Ans. V—VA has a right to such pro-
portion of the straw as he was to re-
ceive of the farm products according
to the lease. Straw is a product or
the farm, and unless agreed that it
should remain on the farm, it is in
be divided the same as other pro-
ducts. .

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'l‘hrestiing 'VC'harges

If a man agrees to thiesh oat-77s, etc. ._,
for a certain sum can he charge more
and can he charge one person more .
than another?--A. 0.‘ M. Byr'On, Mich.
an. .d-v—He can charge more, V'IVVVth if

there was an. agreement to do it for.. :1

a certain «8am he would 119 name

perform» Emory m'a ..
W;

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, ‘ reason-- 11111.net attend rsawiti iii-sh
.01th ascend, can :1 owner. of Lpure
bredtame rabbits recover damages '

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will» be given.
mug? Michigan Bus

.What kind Vof formula would
~to‘t'reat it? After it ls'treate1 l- it

safe to feed a little of it in piece of

bats to horses? 1 tht land 0 “AM 11
this wheat was grown were again

IsoWed back to wheat would there be '-
any danger of it . becoming infested."

 

“FILLING 'Vrnn $11.0"

.7 "-'Ws can briefly sum up the sub_-‘
Jest as followss

- fins your 11119., -.
. luspd'ct the cutter thoroughly be}. 77--
, fore starting. , . ., 7 '

Cut slpest' corn first. . '
out will smalI’bu'ndlas. ' .- '
. Ba ears to do a clean dob Iu’d cut
flnV'e.V
Oil all running parts frequently
and keep rollers adjusted to hold
silage tightly.
see that‘ cutter is given propel,"z
- speed. This should be figured out",
photons, starting and proper pu'lley 7'
secured. ,
Tramp ensilage thoroughly.-
Keep the knives sharp—411's cutr
ter bar sharp and keep the knives .
adjusted close up to the cutter bar.
Feed avanly—ddh’t over-croud
the machine but keep it full. - .
When filling a silo partly filled
the day previous, run the blower a
few minutes. before allowing any—

~ one to goinsfde. This blows outihe

gas accumulated over night.

 

 

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.with the smut, than if otherwise sewn
on a different field for instance under
the same Climatic conditions?"—Sub-
scriber, McBatn,

“It is not advisable to plant wheat
which is badly infected with smut. If
the wheat shows numerous smut balls
and if the smutty smell is very mark-
ed, it would be best to secure clean
wheat from another sour.ce

If only a few smut balls are pres-
ent, we would advise the following
treatment recommended by the De-

 

 

 

 

Llily White  

“The Flour the Best VCooks Use" V _ , . 'V’.

 

The method of blending the choicest varieties of wheat gives it 77 Q
a most delicious flavor whiCh is imparted to everything baked V.~-
from '.j:it t:
V . The wheat-‘ is all cleaned three times, scoured three times and act- , 7V .
711.7aily7 washed Once before going onto the rolls for the first break. , :57 ;T
'7 _ . "The, result‘VVisV‘ perfectly Pure, clean flour. ‘ And it is perfectly :1.
'r ‘ 7 ground with the. utmost uniformity. ‘1‘:
. These arcVVVthe reasons why We guarantee LILY .WI-IITE. .7an T.'

4-9..” fifigfi 35;?” 3.1-1.

ring" "house for funnel-11’ everyday troubles.
Correspondence should be addressed to
mess Farming, Mt. 0..lema‘n‘s, Michigan. '

"a use V

Pia-.11 esriy- for the details 111 1111.7 V

tion to directions.

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Prompt, careful attention
"Farmer’s Service Bu-

partment of Botany, Michigan Agri-
cultural College. ’

“Fan .rthoroughly to remove . all
light shrivelled grains and smut balls.

Disinfect the drill with the Formal-V

dehyde solution. Avoid infection
‘from old sacks. Do not treat more
than you can plant in any one day.-

Dilute Formaldehyde Method.

Sprinkle the grain until thorOughly
wet With solution if 1 pint of Formal-
dehyde to V40 gallons of Water. Cover
with blankets 6'1 sacks for 2 hours.
-.SpreadV oiit thinly to dry and sow

, .within L2 hours. Formaldehyde
‘treatments are necessary for crop
pxotection but .lhey. must be , given

carefully and with scrupulous atten-
Allow for swollen
condition of the grain.”

It is safe to feed treated wheat to
horses. It is not advisable to ieplant
'and on which smutty wheat was
'grown last year for there is a likeli-
hood of the smut being carried over.
“J. F. 0011'. Professor 0] lv‘m'm Crops.
M. A. C.

 

Concerning Nut Trees

Kindly inform me whether any per-
son has a right to gather nuts along
a roadway when the trees are on
my property. These trees all stand
inside the fence so we consider we
have a right to all nuts on said trees.
——C'. H., Byron

The adjacent proprietor owns the
trees in the highway in front of his
premises and along the highway on
his premises. No one has a right to
pick the nuts therefrom and any one
who does so is liable therefor.—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.

 

Sterile Land Spreads .
I have a spot on my farm that is

bare. and nothing will grow on it.

 

:V have a; ietie 7 7
' there, if you could along that l 7

 

' what;

F. VK., ElktoVfl.

We suggest that you might send a V
sample of this- soil, With a. careful
description of conditions to the Mich-
igan Agricultural college East Lannf
sing, Michigan; where 1 soil experts
Will investigate the matter.

If the land was formerly fertile, it
is quite possible that the soil needs
considerable fertilizer. Sometimes, _
.by plowing very deeply, ‘worn nut

land is temporarily freshened. ~—Ths

Editor. ‘

 

 

Trees Along Highway

A state road is being built by s
pi ace or timber which I own. Some
t1 ees are near enough so as to be cut.
If the road builders cut the trees. to
whom do the trees belong?—Subs.crt-
bm. Munith. ‘

Trees in the highway belong to the
adjacent owner, and if they have to
be removed they belong to the adja-
cent owner. They howeve1 have no
right to remove them without giving
notice to the owner.——W Iv}. Brown,
legal editor. .. -

Everbearing Strawberries

Could you inform me where I could
purchase ever-bearing strawberries
and what is the best kin'd?—-A. M. F.

Two of the most reliable dealers in
ever-bearing varieties of strawberries
are R. M. Kellogg, Three Rivers,
Mich., and the Baldwin Nurseries,
Bridgeman Mich. The “Superb” is
one of the best of the older varieties,
although there are two or three new-
er varieties which promise well but
are yet to prove their value. The
horticultural department at the col-
lege does not recommend ever- hear-
ing varieties for commercial grow-
ingH—J B. Hasselman Director Pub-
licity, M. A. 0'

(Editor’s note: Advertisements of
reliable every- bearing strawberry
producers may be found in the ad
columns of Business Farming.)

 

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, ' ' EAR CHILDREN—This week I
I want to tell you about the
. State Fair which was recently
1 held in Detroit. Perhaps you know
that out of each county, the boy who
passes the eighth grade examination
- twith the highest marks is taken to
'the State Fair for a week, and while
there he is fed and housed in beauti-
ful clean white tents right on the
grounds. And he is allowed under
. _ directors who man each squad, to go
~through all the exhibits, is taught
‘how to judge cattle, how to prune
trees. how to build a campfire, is
taken on the grand stand for the af-
ternoon one day and allowed to see
{the races and in the evening to see
x _ the wonderful fire works, and then
' ' also has a free motor ride around
the city and besides all this sees the
best side shows down the midway,
and during his stay hears the 'very
best speakers in the state. It was
my privilege to hear one of these
speakers address the boys one day
and I guess I got as much good out
of what he told them as any one of
the boys did.

He told them how they had won
this great treat by just doing the
right things in the right way; by do—
ing everything they did just the best
they knew how; by shirking nothing

and then he went on to tell them«

that they could win all the big bat-
tles of life and win a good position
in life for themselves by just doing
everything in a manly way, and in
closing he gave them such a good
little thought to remember that I
want to pass it on to you and if you
are one of my little girls instead of

 

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.fl OEVER could have lost an
.‘Wice cream cone in the Won-
derland of Doo? It must
have been someone who was, out
with‘a, picnic party. But whoever it
s the Doc Dads were not long in
shading it. They were hiding in the
Miles and noticed that it had been
behind, for, just as soon as it
seen,~~out they rushed and hero
' gondo’rfui time of

Ware; having a.
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a boy, remember what is good for

boys in this way is good for girls
too. He stated that there were four
cans every boy should know all
about, and that they weren’t glass
cans, tin cans or any can which any
one made except yourself, and here
they are. Let’s memorize them and
adopt these four little cans for our
own:

“Do all the good you can, to all the
people you can, in every way you
can, every time you cam—Affection-
ately yours. Laddie.

FROM OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Laddie—I have never written to
You before. I am a boy 10 years old. I
am in the fifth grade. I have two broth-
ers in the third grade. I have two sisters
to home. We have a mile to go to school.
My teacher’s name is Miss Grete LeVal-
ley. I like her very much. We take the
M. B, F. We live on a farm of 80 acres.
We have three horses. One horse is
twenty~three years old. We hitch him
in the cutter in the winter and drive him
to school and he comes back alone. We
have seven milk cows and'one calf.~—Earl
Lamb, Stanton, Mich; '

 

Dear Laddie—This is the fourth time
I have written/to you. The first two
times I wrote I got my letters in print,
the third time I didn’t and hope to see
this one in print. I am in the 5ih gratb
at school and hope to pass into the 6th
grade. My teachers name is Miss Verna
Campbell and I like her quite well. i
will write a story. Love to all the boys
and girls—Ruth McShea, Rosebush. Mich.

A Bad Boy

Once upon a time there was a little
boy and his name was Jake. He was
never a good boy.

One day his father had gone away and
his mother and he were there alone, His
mother had some nice plates in a box that
she wanted to save. He,got mad and

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The Doo Dads Find an Ice Cream Cone

to begin his feast when the wasps
and mosquitoes began swarming
around. See how he is trying to
beat them off with his stick. How.
ever, they do not seem to be any
more afraid of him than the. Doc
Dads usually are. Poor Roly has

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broke all of the plates. When his rath-
er come he ahead 3. hard whipping
was neat to without any supper
any! alter that he‘wu always a good

Dear Laddie—I am a girl 12 years old
and in the fourth grade. I live on a farm
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cows mares:- ealves, also dive pigs

. I
go after the cows at-night. I teed and
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cats and five kittens. I he the Doc D -
very much, they are .mnnruttle'xguowx
indeed. My papa takes the M. B. .I ~
likes it ve much. Hoping to see ,
letter in f . t.-—Gladys Griflin, Mariette.
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MILK sum

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This is a fine and very nourishing
drink that you will enjoy after hard
work or play.

Separate the yellow and white of
one egg. '

Measure out one cup milk. two
teaspoonful sugar.

Put the yellow with the sugar into
a small bowl. ’

Add one-eighth teaspoon salt, one-
quarter teaspoon vanilla. one-eighth
teaspoon grater nutmeg;

Beat with a dover egg beater till
pale yellow and very creamy:

Put the white of the egg on a big
plate and beat till stiff and white..

Pour the milk gradually onto the
yellow mixture and beat it in well.

When all the milk is mixed add
fliree-quarters of the egg white and
beat that in. ‘” -

‘Pour this mixture into a glass.

Put the one-quarter of the egg
white on top. Garnish with a bit of
grated nutmeg or cinnamon and
serve at once with a cookie and two
straws to drink through.

It is just as easy to make several
at a time for there is no more work—
just increase the recipe by as many
times as you wish to serve glasses.

EGGLESS MUFFINS

Measure out:
I cup flour.
1 cup bran.
2 tablespoons of sugar.
1 teaspoon salt.
2 tablespoons butter substitute.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
1 cup milk. .
Put the sugar, salt and butter sub-
stitute in a bowl and mix. well.
Sift the flour. and baking powder
and add to mixture. ,

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of the -,D00 Dolls. Percy Haw Haw, '
the dude, like the gallant little gen-
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Grease a muflin tin of twelve rings.

Add the bran and milk and beat
till the dough is smooth.

Turn at once into the muffin rings
and bake 20 minutes in a-moderate
oven. .

Turn out onto a napkin covered
plate and serve at once.

If any are left over they are fine
when split open. spread with jam and
made warm in the OVen. ‘

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feeling the ice cream with his finger?
He doesn’t know whether it is cold
or hot. That other young'fellow is
sure that it is hot forfsee how he is
blowing on it to cool it. All are
greatly excited except Sleepy.3am,
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one Year.

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- ' DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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cost money these days.
~ Your old fur coat can be
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and Rips sewed and wear
a good many seasons yet.
Our Catalogue, samples
of linings are free.

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of of repairing and mak-
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.For reliable quotations send a postal
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MONROE, 1(W. C.)—We are hav-
ingfine weather here and the farm-
ers are very busy these days-getting
the wheat ground ready ,todrill, {a
‘few have their- wheat drilled. There
have been severalnew silos built in
this. part and they are waiting for
their turn to fill. There have been a

number of farms changed hands this ‘

fall in this part. the~price ranged
from $140 .to $180 per acre. A few
sales have started and they are sell-

ing well, excepting horses which go,

at a small figure._—W.‘H. L.
EMMET, (C)—Emmet County-—-is

still on the map, though badly dried .

up and somewhat-grasshoppered. We
will pull through With aniavei‘age
crop all told.
and beans fair. Small grain .was
short. Hay was goodand is selling
now around $30 per ton. We are hav-

ing the first real rain today. we have,

had inmany weeks. It is needed for
the pastures. Butter" 55c; eggs. _45c
at local store—W. H. C. . .

' MONCALM~The farmers are cut-
ting corn, marketing 'lima beans and
putting in grain.
some much needed rain now.- The
soil has been very dry. We have had
very little frost. so far, very
places on low grounds. The farmers
are marketing early potatoes and
Some grain.
being built,

some repairing Idene.

Some tractors have been purchased.

'Many from this-district are attend-
ing the West Michigan fair at Grand

‘ .Rapids‘last week.—"-G. B. "W.

MASON—Everybody’is busy cut-
ting_ corn ,or flllin‘gsilo‘sm Corn is
drying up but Will be best it hasbeen
for a number of years. ‘ Dry weather
is hurting potatoes. West Amber
Community Club'met at the J. Claus-
enhome ,Friday evening, _ .
County Agent W. J.“ Cock was pres—
ent.‘ Mr. Cook l‘ ‘3 been," organizing
the Mason'Co. er Bureau and
getting it in working order. ".A meet;
ing of the chairman of thenvarious
units of the Farm Bureauare to hold

a meeting in the near future, for the ;

purpose‘pf mapping out‘a program
and‘unifying‘ the“ Work. "T‘hrefe‘ bus-
iness men will. also" meet, With. the;

chairman. -We are {wondering lif’

they’ll have some farmer representa-
tives in their business menfs or
bankers’ associations. The. follow-
ing prices were. offered‘at Scottvllle
on Sept. 1: Wheat, $2.13; bu’tterf‘at.
550; eggs, l40c.’_—B. M. ., -'"

~ISABELLA—"—.Ver’y dry inf—tin ‘
cality not much -;falljépldu{ig ~ done. on" t
that account. ,Gorn;.ra~very.goodr crop
best in a numbergofyearsy Potatoes
damaged by dryssveather}; They ”are
bf a good smooth‘quality, no knobs as
of last year." Price'otifpotatoes drop—

 

ped on accouhtof green stock com-"-

ing in. No frosts yet although’gone
would do lots of good‘now.’ Very
much sickness around here; Some"
call it the summer f‘l‘u.—'—‘W.:‘D; "

OCEANA——The farmers-"are [pull—
ing beans putting in grain, thresh-
ing "nearly all done. Corn nearly all
cut."
promise of rain. Soil is still very
dry for plowing. Not much grain
sowed yet. Farmers not selling any—
thing at present. Farmers are hold-
ing rye for better prices . Rye did'
.not do very well this summer, only
about 10 to 15 bushels per acre. The
following prices were offered at Her—
peria‘ on Sept. 10: Wheat, $2.11!;- rye,

_ _ $1.15; 'No..1..tamothy’,g§28gj.‘_No§-f;€élr_
r ' .li htmixed, $13,}. EYE“, "is 91.8 3’22... .. , . . .. . . . ,. .
if P. .Eea),,,_$16;,’potatoes];§_2.-1g0n:-“g-;on-j~n~rejfinished-j ~Weatherlis cooler. Had»=- Creek are: Wheat,»white,._ $2.90; red.

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ions, $2.00; cabbage, “:5? v.1b2f:-.~bfu; er:

40c5' .buttqrtat, "58¢: -.eggs. £114 map
p.168, $1; peaches, $1-EQ‘@2-5Q53 pears

$2.00.-—”—H.B._3 T -. .
4 MQNTCALM——T«heL ~. - farmers .' . have

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ceiv'ed for some"time and it is ex-

pected they. will ~be a fine quality 3.1- _

though there is a small acreage. The
digging'of earlypotatoes is now be,
ing done and_,are averaging poor but.
most of.the'. potatoes are being taken
,to- Grand Rapids by trucks, the local
market is now quoted at $1.50 per
bushels—W. L.

ARENAC (El—~Weather has been'
very warm and dry, but one little-
shower in. several, weeks and those
who have been planning on‘ sowing
rye and wheat find it a- hard matter
to_plow at all _on heavy ground.
Threshing is on and yields are small
"according to reports." 'Many farms
changing hands/moving to the city
and, quitting farming as ‘they claim

’_ theycannot make a go of it owing

.to the high cost 'of.labor and'pro-
ducts "going down.» Beans. took an.-
other drop; cats are lower, but, oh
my, ask the price. of middlings .or.
any kind of feed—«the answer is go-
.ing higher. .Cattle and hog prices
are very low while the market on
sheep and lambs are off entirely this
Week. Pastures are very dry and
stock is thin. Auction- sales are
"‘ thick and if all have them that are‘
rplanning; most everyone expects to-
q'u'it.——lVI. B. R. ,

Were ofiered at Jackson‘on Sept; 13!

Wheat, $2.10; oats, 85c;v: rye, 35,1325;

No";"»1'timothy.' $26; No. 1‘light‘mix-‘
_e.d,-:.$125;, rye‘straw, $10; wheat-oat,
$10; potatoes,~ $2.40; onions, $2.25;
cucumbers, $2; hens. 28c; springers,
32c; butter, 56c; butterfat, 58c;
sheep, 9c; lambs, 13c; hogs,-~190;

beef steers, 10 14720; beef cows, 7c; '.

veal Calves, 18c; apples, ‘$2.25'.———“

”B. T. -

‘éfiGRA—ND ~TRAVERSEfi—Are ,. hav-
- ing a fine rain.
ers have their corn out "and are now "
filling silos. Had a light frbst here
a few nights ago but did not do much
damage. The following prices were
offered at Williamsburg on Sept. 19:
Oats, $1.00; potatoes, $3.00; onions.
to per 1b.; butterfat. 580; eggs, 40c;
apples, $1.25 per cwt.; peaches, $3;

. JACKSON 5 ,N;«;~n.;);:—.~"13he Weather

' has been clear and fill-1,3 fulfill" yester-

day when we had ,a'L'geogiIJaiii...With‘
:'high winds: Corn cutting ,is better
than half done, nearly all" silos filled
and the work nearly caught up ex-
cept for the winter grains'bu‘t farm-
ers will be able to get this work dbne
as the rain has helped a lot. Pota-
toes look good and bid fair to pro-
duce well. Corn is good. except lots
of: smut. Price still falling, but on
buying they are raising. Who can
explain7—7—A. F. W. , “ “

L" ST." J—OSEPl—IT—Earlnfls are about .

.gon’e-cutting corn arou‘hdhere. Some

.g‘dlbvely ‘rainl-yGSterday, ‘very much

needed. gsmeere selling potatOes
and-~wheat. 1..wa little building be- '
ing. done but,repa‘iring kept up. A ‘
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lation ishneeded to limitvithe profit
and the number of hands aj'commod-
ity passes through, all_the way from
the farmer to consumer.
are known. of ,a‘numbierof commodi-
ties passing through six. different in-
depedent “dealers‘to' ‘reach the cen-
sumer: eaCh getting a. profit at the
expense of- the city- buyer and the

» farmer, besides the usual freight and
» xcartagetand war taxes.—.—’Af "F; W. ‘ "

CALHOUN (S. W.)——On the 9th
we had a much looked for rain the
first since May that did any good. It

came too late to.do any good, only ‘

to late potatoes, if no frost comes.
Some corn to out yet. Most of it is
It has been too dry and
hard to work the wheat and rye
ground and will cut the acreage
down the coming year. The follow-
ing priceswere offered at Athens on
Sept. 1: Wheat, $2.10; rye. $1.20;

“No. ltimothy, $30; potatoes, $3.50;

butterfat, 540; eggs.' 42c.-+-—E. B. H.

CALHOUN (N. C.)——The farmers
are busy filling silos. sowing wheat
(and cutting corn. Weather ideal ex—
'cept a, little dry; for seeding. The
tray and; grain is. nearly all market-
ed and. gone but of the county. Never
saw the county stripped so early be-
fore. .Not muchbuilding or buying
being done except several silos. There
was a bad. aCcident at the farm of
Chas. R'undle, Tuesday, Sept. 9, when
Chas. Rundie got’his left hand under
the belt. and. twist-ing it loft. being
amputated just‘: below the elbow.
The Farmers Elevator Co. at Olivet
is doing a very large and satisfact-
ory-..business. . They' began, operating
J uly; :21 and-the first five weeks they
brought more wheat‘than the Long,
Cobb:*‘&_: COL, diddn the whole year
last season,,besid‘es selling two can
of cement,»ab_out ".7 art cars of coal
and a. quantity of lime, plaster, salt,
fertilizer, mill feed, and- sold about
1‘00 barrels Lily White flour in tiro
days,;but just" new they can't take

. in" grain on account bf being fulland

cannot get permits to loadbut. how-
ever, the two men there' seem to be

. very busy taking care of the hay and'

coal and other commodities. The
following pricesr‘were offered at the

Olivet Elevator ‘00., on sent. 15;

. , . . . , » Wheat, $2.13«;=oa;ts~ 62 t Z -
JACKSON—The following. prices .. r 0‘67c’ rm

$1.25, @ 1.28; Mg. J1 light mixed, :24.
—.’G-‘R"-;. L“

CLINTQN' (mi—Sept. 20, and no
frost. something unusual. gCorn is
nearly all‘Cut, silos filled and beans

j harvested: "_ Not ,"much wheat son

as yet, ground extremely dry. A light
shower today, the first for many
weeks. Beans are of a splendid
quality, but-light in yield. Potatoes
nearly a total failure for want of
moisture. Thefollowing prices were

Wheat." $2.12";foatls, 66c; rye, $1.35;
beans (C. H.‘ P. fPea) $6.60; hens,
20c; springers. 20@23: hatter, 570;
550; eggs, 44c; sheep, 4

@6c; lambs, 10@12c; hogs. 15 1-80
beef steers, 5c@ 10; veal calves, 80c.
—-A. EgJ. ‘

- CLARE—~Farmers are sowing
wheat and rye, cutting corn and fill-
ing silos. The ground is dry and
needs rain had. The following prices
were offered at Harrison : on Sept.
.17: Wheat, $2.00; No. 1 timothy,
$28; rye,‘$10; wheat-oat, :'$7; pota—
toes, $1.25@1.50, cwt.; hens, 22c;
45c; butter-
fat, 530; eggs, ,37c: apples. $1.00 bu.;
peaches, $3.00 -bu"shel'.—'—S. J. M.

"CALHOUN—Farmers "are cutting
corn and getting ready to 80W Stain.
There will not be'as much sown this
fall as last.- The" weather, is warm.
Soil is’ dry. Pastures-are all dried
up. ,Corn isfairiy good.i Potatoes
are; no.‘.‘ looking ,yery good "in this
sectibn. The. prices iofl'ered in Battle

12:15; seats. 17512.1? ~rye, $1.25.; No." 1

tim_othYQ*‘$.28;..TDdtat’oes.‘ 32.7.0; “but-1 '

tar, 40c-;_‘eggs, 45c; .lim-bs,§10@14c;
beegs steers,- $86510; beef cows, $5
@‘Jmesl .calvea.g$‘10@13--"—C. 19. B
i GENESEE—éflarmers" are , plowmg.

narrating bans,“ cuttingf (torn . mm. ‘

  

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further entrenoh. themselyes. ' Legis—

Ins-tances '

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w an .quateaarsazs on

‘ ‘marlset, we, stated,

n'g fr _ ‘prese‘n‘t indications

th , are“ more" chances "that b‘ea‘ns
wilt: go lowerqth‘an' higher)? , Shortly
thereafter, the price dropped to $8.85.

Agaii‘i“‘in.dur' "Nov. 2nd issue we

warned '_ against ‘ still lower prices.
“Beans undoubtedly trill go some
lower,” we‘said; Just about this
time the government released 'a
quantity of tin for canning purposes

and a number of big'oanning' com-,

panies placed orders for Michigan
beans. This stimulated the market
to such an extent that the‘Michigan
jabbing prices advanced to around
$9. This we felt was a good price,
all things considering, and in our
Nov. 9th issue we“ advised our read-
erslas follows: “‘We believe that
farmers will find it good business to
dispose of a part of theirholdings
now rather than carry- all Of them
over.” ‘~ '

War’s End Brings Lower Prices

The signing of the armistice in
November changed -.‘the complexion
of the bean market very materially,
for it "practically destroyed the fu-
ture demand for beans to feed fignt-
ing’ armies. Immediately the price
began to" drop, and western and Jap-
anese beans produced at small cost,
began to flood the market. This
glutting and consequent depression
lasted for a few weeks, but early in
December the government recogniz-
ing the seriousness of the situation
voluntarily advanced the price on its
own purchases so that the Detroit
market was soon again quoted at $9.
A further stabilizing influence was
the decision of some of the bean
jobbers to maintain the $9 price if
possible. During the latter part of
December the market ruled around
$9. and the tenor of our advice to
growers that time was: “keep beans
moving to market.” '

’But'about the middle of January

California growers began to tire of‘

holding their beans and large quan:
tities were. harvested. We must here
remind our readers that the market
Was in such a Sensitive condition. the
supply so large and the demand so
uncertain and spasmodic that the of-
fering of a few 'carloads of beans
raised havoc with the price. So with
California growers in a mood to sell
a large part of their holdings, it is
natural that the price began to de-
cline. Then followed the alleged
conspiracy on the part of the brok-
ers" and wholesale grocers to refuse
to buy Michigan beans in an effort to
force down the price. Shortly there—
after, about the last of January, the
effect of the manipulations of the

speculators in the Grain Corporation
began to be felt and in less than a
month prices dropped almost $2 a
hundred, .and for a brief time the
market was characterized by extreme
dullness, and practically no move-
ment.
Govermnent Announces Purchases
But in our Feb. 22nd issue, we
announced that the government
would buy a'large quantity of Mich-
igan beans atv$9.25 to the jobbers,
enabling them to pay the growers
$8 per cwt. The mere announcement
caused..a furor among the bean buy—
ers of the state, and for a time there
was active bidding for business, and
the price advanced from $1.25 to
$1.50 per cwt. in a single week. The
government’s requirements were
soon filled, however, and a slump set
in in earnest. By March 22nd, the
jabbing price in this state had de-
clined to $16.75 per cwt.; in many
sections elevators refused to buy at
all, while in other parts farmers who
hadtohave money sold at ruinous-
1y, lowfiggures. ,
Realizing'that farmers could ‘not
afford. to. sell their beans « at the
prices that prevailed the last. of
March,n~we sought :the advice of. many
different persons. who make a “busi-
nessgefstudying the market and pos-

epcea;that.~ivera.-.keeping~-,.—the market
It. gm: shepumimmvmmr
'mimar. j .- , aus-

  
  

  

  

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' than“: ‘ .

a, . ,the 5etter__in the bean
market fund we cannot advise our
readers to sell asinglebushel at the
prices now being offered by the ele-
.vatorsJ'. '.And that advice was good,
for in less than two weeks ,the price
again advanced and continued up-
ward until the middle of June when
the Detroit market was again quoted
at $8.26. During all this period we
urged our readers to “keep beans
moving,” and in issue after issue re~
minded them of the enormous stocks
yet to be harvested.

Present and Future of the Market

The market'since June has been
up and down from varying causes. It
has never reached the high marl;
which. we frankly admit, we thought
it would reach. But we were not the
only ones to err in our estimate 'of
this market. Men who had grown
old in the bean game, ofiicers of been
jobbers’ associations. and thousands
offarmers were equally convinced
that the shortage of food stocks was
so great and the value of beans as a
food so high that the foreign coun-
tries would rapidly absorb our sur-
plus at high prices. The condition
in foreign countries was probably
not over-estimated, but we now rea-
lize that had people actually starved
for want of our foods, we could not
have transported all our surplus be-
cause of lack of ships. Examination
of our columns will show, however,
that our predictions as to the future

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_ , rep is',gc-Iu_.‘3:t_o h
in three years "andprices should loge
ically be ’good'. But the outcry against
the high cost of living and the dis-

  

., position of many bean jobbers to

forcedown the price is having a bad
effect. Moreover, the carry-over
from last year, 6,000,000 bushels, is
the largest on record and naturally
exerts a bearish influence. On the
other hand, reports show that 1,700,-
000 more bushels of beans were mar-
keted last year than will be avail-
able this year, including the carry-
over, so there’s really no fundament-
al reason for lower prices.

As. we stated in a recent issue ef-
forts will be made to open the buy-
ing season on a low basis, but if the

bean growers are wise they will re-'

fuse to sell until the market has be-
come more settled and the actual de-
mand for the new crop sets in. Nor
are we alone in this opinion. A
Grand Rapids firm of Jobbers recent-
ly sent out a bulletin containing the
following statements which we think
are as fair statements concerning-the
relations that should exist between
producer and elevator owner as we
have seen:

1919 Crop Year as We See It

A few weeks more of favorable
weather will put across the entire
Michigan Bean crop. Four weeks
should see harvesting completed.
New crop is now moving to the trade
in a limited way. We estimate the

  
 
  

  

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the shortest

: 0n Augu ‘
mated the crouat nine busheldmfer ‘ .
acre; . decrease is due to; quality... j:

Quality? Will not be equal to that
of last year. _ It is showing both _,_An-
thracnOse afnd‘blighL, This‘is ' the
case for decreaselinour original'esti-
mate.

Year Total U, S. 3 Hold~ Total St’ks

~ Crop over-Stk’s Available
1917 14,967,000 3,000,000 17,967,000
1 18 19,506,000 74,824,000 24,330.000-
1 19 10,030,000 6,000,000 16.630.000

Note: Subtract this year’s holdover
,from last year's total stock available
and you find that last year 18,330,-
' 000 bushels were marketed or 1,700,-
000 bushels morethan‘ we have avail-
able this year. ,

Market about Sept. let for three
years: 1917, $12.76 per cwt.: 1918,
$10.25 per cwt.; 1919; $8.15 per
cwt.

Growers prices: In our telephone
conversations about the state with
elevators we find they are paying
from $7 to $7.50 OHP basis. and
most of them seem to think that
$7.50 is a fair price to the grower.
We do not believe this figure out of
the way, the grower should have this
amount to show him a profit. Profit
is the only thing that will induce him
to plant beans. You wouldn’t expect
your butcher to keep furnishing you
meat below cost, if he did wank-
ruptcy would be his end. Likewise
with your grower. In addition We
find the trade willing to pay around
8 1— 2to 8 3-4 cents f. o. b. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

breeds.

profits.

 

 

New York cow),
year—126 lbs. in one day.

always made geod?
cow and to produce results.

“Unicorn” cows make the biggest ’yields and the biggest

They keep well and in fine condition.

The History of Unicorn

ELEVEN years ago I became convinced there was an,

urgent need for a high grade dairy ration, made out
of the purest materials, combined according to the practi-
cal common-sense methods of successful breeders.

This was the origin of Unicorn Dairy Ration.
It was a success from the start.

With no special effort, the owner of Lunde Korndyke (a
in 1910, made over 26,000 lbs. in one

Since that time, Unicorn has fed over seven “1000-1b.-fat”
official test cows, and hundreds of hi

Why is it' the best breeders feed Unicorn, and why has it
Simply because it is made to fit the

Our knowledge is the result of thirty years of practical
handling of feeds, and careful observation of feeding.

We use the best materials that are made -— no inferior
substitutes—and above all,“try it on cows” before we sell
it. ~ This is how we keep on making it better.

You should learn all about Unicorn.
for information and books — free? A. '

Chapm e , Co Dept." B Chzcasollt

gh test cows of all

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FOR SALE—140 ACRE FARM. RICH
soil, mostly under cultivation. Plenty of
3100 per acre. . Come, see
or write G P. Andrews, Dansville. Mich.

FOR ~i-lALE OB TRADE—4A ShIALL
farm houSe and lot between St. Louis and
Alma. Address, J B. Moening, R 2, Al-
ma, Mich.

 

F013 SALE—410 ACRE IMPROVED
farm, good land. For description write
owner. Albin Beckstrom, Tustin, Mich.

 

FOR. SALE-80 ACRE GRAIN AND
fruit farm. Gravelly loam. All cultivat-
ed. Good buildings. Clyde Robinson,
Hartford, _Mich.

 

IDEAL SHEEP LAND IN HEART OF
Lowe? Michigan’s Clover Seed Belt—_-
whcre settlers are paying for land with

Clov er Seed. Fertile soils that grow
wheat. corn, oats, barley, peas, clover,
alfalfa, vetch. fruits and vegetables.

Where total crop failures are unknown.
Price $10 to 315 per acre. One dollar an
acre down—long time, for balance at 6
per cent. John G. Krauth, Millersburg,
I’resque Isle County, Michigan.

 

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

ative between the buyer and seller and
conducted for our members". CLEARING
HOUSE ASS’N, Land Dept. Palmer and

“Woodward Ave.

 

FOR SALE—ACCOUNT 0]“ OLD AGE.
good 811 acre farm in Clovcx'lnnd located
in W’s-stern Mackinac county. Mich. Cool
soil. 35 acres cleared, balance 'pasture‘
with some timber. lood six room frame
house, good orchard, fairly good barn.
bmhouse. hoghouse and tool shed. in
good farming community, 1—4 mile to
s-‘noolhouse. on star mail route. 7 miles
to R. It station. Price 32,200. half
down. Write for particulars, Address
owner, John Carl-'on, Gould City, Mich

 

Nil-ACRE MICHIGAN FARM, $9500,
with 8 horses, several cows, all kinds of
farm machinery. crops, etc. near big
town with all advantages. lll acres fer-
tilc tillage, last year's hay crop 150 tons
3 big cuttings alfalfa each year ,river-
watered 40-00w pasture, wire-fenced:
wood. timber, orchards Farm inconn-
last year 35.270. ll—room house. ovor—
looking lake 80 rods away. large cow.
horse and hay barns. Owner retirinrr
30 500 gets all. only 32.500 down on ‘5
reuuired. Details page 80 big 100 page
Fall Catalog. just nut, farm bargain-
Maine to Florida and west to Nebraska:
copy free .STRflllT FUD-l AGEVCY
814 B E, Ford Bldg. Detroit.

 

l‘ \‘I?! FOR S‘LE—i)? ACRES, '90'
cleamd balance No.1 second growth. Also
somn >aw timbm 7 acres ;\'0. 1 orchard.
Good frame interment barn with 30 ft.
silo New garage and shop. 14x28. \Vell
with wind pump and 80 barrel
tank. 6 room house with good cellar and
all necessary outbuildings. 'Soil, sandy
clav loam. [land in 2:001 state of culli—
vation and practically level. Price $85.00
per acre, tea on f0) selling: Am going
to quit farming. A. G. Berg. Bellairc.

Mich.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

FORSALE—AUT!).\I()B1LE. REGAL
light four, fully equipped. Spot light.
new ti1es ,t bargain. 5400.00 . Must
sell. A T. Harris, Rivertiaie. Mich.

 

FOR PARC AINS l.\' .Nli‘ll' AND USED
watches write the Clare Jewelry Co.. for
special l1u1gain sheet We also do watch
repairing. Lock Box 535. Clare, Mich.

 

FUR SALE—MOLINF
perfect condition; our farm is too rough
for it. Will demon trate what it will. do
on level ground. Fred K Dibble, Frank-
fort. Mich ,

TRACTOR [N

 

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Seeds Wanted

‘ Michigan Grown

Winter Vetch. Rye and Vetch. June
and. Mammoth Clover, Alfalfa, Sweet
Clover, Alsike and Field Peas. Known
Varieties of Garden Peas, Beans and
other Garden Seeds. of High Germination
and 1919 crop Send samples for test.

The 0. E.‘ Born: 00. Pontiac, Mich.

 

9.8.9 Your Auto

GRIND YOUR Flu
PILL YOUR. IILO
WVOUI WOOD
SHELL YOUR COIN
”GU WA TER
ELBVATI YOUR GRAIN

 

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Ward Work-a-Ford
Sean'sstipufizss'atgremaé

mobile has a powerful engine—it will outlast the car
and ]you might as well save your money and use it to
r

doai your farm work. No wear on 1 ea or trans-
mission. Hkoo 5 again 8 minutes. No permanent

attachment to car. nnot 1nj ure ear or engine. 0
Friction clutch Pulley on end of shaft. Ward Gover-
1 nor, run by fan beltgives perfect; control. Moneybnek
I! not satisfied. Ask for circular and special price.

WARD MFR. 00., 2066 N St,l.inool11, Hell.

 

 

 

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Got 17 7 Eggs Instead of 3

Says One Subscriber

Any poultry raiser can easxly
double his profits .by doubling the
egg production of his hens. A scien-
tific tonic has been discovered that
revitalizes the flock and makes hens
work all the time. The tonic is call-
ed “More Eggs.” Afew cents worth
of “More Eggs’ brings amazing re-
sults.

During Moulting
your hens will need “More Eggs” to

hasten the moult, revitalize their 0r-
gans and put them in fine laying con-

 

 

 

: profit maker
‘poultry expert, 4206 Reefer Bldg,

 

dition. if: you wish to-t-rythis great
write E. J. Reefer,

Kansas City, Mo., who will send you
prepaid,‘ a season’s supply of “More
Eggs" Tonic for 31. A million dol-
lar bank guarantees absolute satis—
faction or your dollar returned on
iequest and the tonic costs you noth-
ing Send a dollar today. Profit by
the 5.». perieuce of a man who has
made a fortune out of poultry.

Adv,

 

 

BOOK 0N

DOG DISEASES
And How to Feed

lulled tree to any address by
. the Author
H. CLAY CLOVER _CO., Inc.,
118 West 313i Street, New York

 

America’ s
Pioneer
Deg Medicines

 

 

 

 

 

BOOST. THE CAUSE,

Any subscriber who happens some week
to receivo'an extra copy of M. B, F. can
“boost the cause” if he will hand it to a
neighbor, who may not be a regular
reader. .

 

CONSIGN YOUR 1.11/13 STOCK To

CLAY ROBINSON & CO

,L'lVE STOCK COMMiSSlON ‘

 

,time.

, .higher;
'calv‘e‘s 50c to 31 higher "

sheep anti lambs. 21 5902. so.

icentl However, .
ditio‘ a changed to" -
ed degree. Seemingly, people in all
walks of lite wanknothing but the
very best in the line of food products.
If one _will Stand but a few minutes
in one of the grocery stores in... a.
large city and take note of. the. pur-
chases ot the patrons of that store he
will be surprised to see that with
products such as butter, eggs, vege-
tables, etc., the medium priced art-

which are of‘ the very best quality
and for which top prices must (be
paid. Possibly that state of affairs
may change with the readjustment
of conditions brought on by the
great war, which eventually must
come. but it is very doubtful that
there ever will be the demand to:-

butter.

The general condition of the but-
ter market has not materially chang-
ed during the past few weeks. The
price of extras and higher, scoring
butter has gradually worked upward
while there has been a downward
tendency to prices of undergrades.
Since last Saturday, the total in-
crease in the quotation of high qual-
ity butter has been 10, while the de-
cline in price of undergrades has
been an equal amount. There are,
doubtless, 50 cars of butter which
will score 88-89 in this city at pres:
ent for which no buyer can be found.
That goes to show the attitude of
the consumer toward anything but
the very best in butter. Quotations
at the close on Friday were: extras,
58@58 1-20; higher scoring .than
extras, 59@59 1—20; firsts, 51 1—2@
57 1—20; and seconds, 49@51 1-2c.

 

MORE INTEREST IN APPLES

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—More in-
terest is being taken in apples this
week. particularly in red fruit, which
-is meeting with an excellent demand
at somewhat better prices. Green
fruit, however, is not doing as well,
with the exception of a few fancy
Fall Pippins and Greenings. which
of the other barrel apples are moving
bring as high as 36.50@7.
slowly at somewhat lower figures.
The general range on No. 1 fruit is
$5 @7. according to variety and qual-

_ ity. Some exceedingly fine Wealthies

are bringing as high at $10, but
there are not many of these. Basket
apples are working out slowly at
about the same prices as last week.
Some fruit from Deleware is arriv--
ing and selling mainly $1.25@1.50
basket, "with off’grades and wind—
falls 50@1.25. ~ -

CHICAGO—Market shows a firm
tone, which still prevails. Buyers
want clean and sound eating apples.
Arrivals are fairly large and the
quality much better than for some
Barreled~ offerings are ,far in
excess of busheled and these clean
nicely when of desirable quality.

ers, 20 ounce and Grimes Goldens
command 37@7 50 bbl; Jonathans
up to $8;Wea1thies. $6.50@7; Green
Pippins 36600.50.

_ LIVE strocK .
CHICAGO—Hogs, , market mostly

steady; heavy, 316. 50@18; medium.
316. 75@18. 25: light, 317. 25@
18.25; light. .lights, _ 316@17. 75;

heavy packing sows, smooth, $16@
16.50; packing sows, rough, $15.25
@1575; pigs, 315@16.50- Cattle.
——-beef steers, stockers and feeders
steady to 250 lower. compared with
a week ago; she stock: steady to 250
bulls, 50c. to 75:: lower;
~ Sheep-—,
killing grades irregularly _81 to 32
lower, choice‘ Western iauibs declin;
lag least:- breeding and feeding

 

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icles are not selected but rather those .

products of medium ,quality that
there was in former years That
statement pertains in particular to .

_and in good demand.

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The bulk '

Maiden Blush. Alexanders, won Riv-. .

Iara, 30@35c per 6-11).

per 1- 5 bu. basket.

; will have a tractor demonstratiemon
., the farm of Bertrand Your)“;
1milés west of. Charlotte on _:F
IQOctober n8,- writes Count-y A39, ,
_C' xii-”en «tractors milk/filthy '
on 25 acre 01 sod: l'pnd; 0a er '»
having the same sized plot
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was offered moor. packers at. 318.25.:

W326 ‘81“? Said hard to' gain. Win; 1'
“One iyload averaging without! 300 lbs:—

 

but: was not bought ;. I» Pigs said new

to

‘ $17 50; roughs,~315@1t&50 :
310@13. 00 ."V‘Wi ~.' ‘3'” ..
, Receipts of sheep andiam’osfiioday-
were eight cars fresh. and .125. can
holdovers; Choice: Emits soldWI‘oni

   
  
 

3 1 4. 7 5 to 315.. which“? lb“ :12 5‘0 high-31" z"

, than yesterday; cull-2 lambs. 31-0. 50
@11. 50: i year-ling and sheep stars
quoted about steady with yesterday;
yearlings, $9:;@10 wethers, 38. 50.@
9; ewes: 37@7. 5'0. ' '-

Receipts of calves are 500 Gholre=
calves sold from 324. 60 to 3,25 with

'a few extra .choice up to: 325. ‘25
These prices. are 31:25 . to :3 1.5 0 above
Thursday; ~Throwonts,~'120: to 140
lbs., 3-1-8@20; heavy .th‘rowoutsi'lfio
to 190 lbs, ' 311. 50@‘12. 50: 'heavy

,fat veal calves, $14. 50 to 316-. 5'0.- as ;

to weight. and quality.

 

DETROIT MARKETS

Hens are quoted higher in" D
troit owing to an increase in'h 0;—
ing. The market will abSQT-b a large
number of hens this week. --Ghickens
are steady and not in special 'de—
mand, but there is a firm market fer--
geese, and an advance is quoted. Oil--
ferings of poultry are not any larger '
than the market needs. All'fruits
are firm and in small supply, especial-
ly the finer grades. Some cheap
peaches have been sold, but the best
are sCarce and firm. It- is the same
with apples. the finer grades being
scarce and firm. Potatoes are steady
All vegetables? '
are active. Dairy, products are steady
and not specially active. Fresh eggs
are scarce and firm, but the supply
is ample in other lines.

Apples—Michigan small, $1.75@
2; best 31.75@3 per bushel. ‘
Butter—Fresh cre-amery firsts,

‘3—40 1b.; fresh 'creamery in l-lb.
bricks. 55@55 1-20 per lb.»
Crabapples—33.50@-4 per bu.

Cabbage—Hume grown, 90c@31
- per bushel. I '
Celery—Michigan, 22 @ 25¢ per .

dozen.

Cheese—.New York‘ flats, 'Jun‘e,
34c; Michigan flats, June. 3413, brick;
34 1—2c; long born, 30 1‘-20; Might-I
gan single daisies, 30c._ Wisconsin"
double daisies, 290; limburger, "3-3

1—2c@ 34 ‘1-2c; domestic 'blOck'TSwiss‘fi

40@42c; domestic wheel Swiss,” 45f
@560.

Cranberries—Cape Cod, 310 per

bbl.; 35 per 1- 2 bbi. lot.

Dressed calves—Fancy countryi
dressed. 28@290; choice, 26@27c
per 1b.

Eggs—Fresh eggs,
doz, to quality.

Fresh vegetables—Carrots. 31. 75
@2 per bu , cucumbers, homegrown
32. 25@2. 50 per bu.; beets, 31. 25@
1. 50 per bu.; green peppers, 31. 75@

47 @ 50c . peIer

. 2 per bu. , rhubarb, 30@40c per doz.

radishes. 32. 25@2. 50 per bu. , green
beans, $2@2. 25 per bu.; wax beans,
$2@2.25 per bu.' , parsley, 50@60e
per doz.; egg plant, 31. 75@2 per
doz. ‘

Grapes—Concord 30'CP35c;
basket.

Lettuce~—Leaf. $1 25 per bu.; head
‘ 3175@2. 25 per crate ' ‘fif‘
Pears—Bartletts, 34 @4. I50 ' per: '

bushel. .. .
Plums—34605 per bu.' , "

   

Peaches—Elbertas. 33 50@4 per

. bushel.

Tomatoes—Home grown 31‘. 25@,

‘1 50 per bushel

EATON COUNTY TnAcTonssnowJ.
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lanrmostvef labois'. productivity of
cemsm’ethnds employed. etc.
ently. the figures of ne1ther the ma-
10111110134 thmminerity. can be used to

detamtne tins, selling price. of milk. —.

Ali that can. be doom is’ corstrike. an
average of: all production cost fig-
uris- and 1180 that; as a. basis It is

therclatm .0: many farmers living in.

the ivicintty at Detroit that the cost
of profiuction ngures' upon Which
the ..pr1ce to the producer has.- been
dotsmhined are not equitable toothe
entire Detroit saga.
that they ar9 based upon higher pro-

duoing cows than the average farmer.

in the area possesses. and that- full

consideration has not been given to --

the much greater casts of counties
adjoining Wayne; We do not posi-’

tirely know that these claims are just. -

but we have. heard them on every
side and have not been advised of
any contradiction to them. But we
must here impress upon the minds
of these' complaining farmers that
this difference in cost must always
exist no matter what the plan may
be for marketing the product. The
causes for them are fundamentaland
cannot'be'changed by the farmers
themselves. What the farmers in

the counties where the cost of pro-V

duction is unavoidably high should
aim to do is to increase the quality
of their herds and use extreme meas-
ures to, eliminate waste and ineffi—
ciency. In fact, they must do this
to compete profitably with the pro-
ducers of milk in counties farther re-
moved from the big cities which
boost the valuation of land and the
cost of labor. But until such time
as these farmers, upon whom a con-
slderable proportion of the people of
Detroit depend for their milk, can
effect the necessary economies sug—

' gested above, the milk producers as-

sociation and the agricultural college

» should.‘we feel. hasten their efforts

to make the cost of production fig-
ures upon which the Milk Commis-
sion bases Its rulings. more repre-
sentative of the entire area. This
done,- we believe the complaints of
the- producers would be largely sat-
isfied, and closer harmony would
prevail.

We have talked with farmers who
are satisfied with the cost of produc-
tion figures now being used in the
Detroit area We have talked with
others who are not satisfied Exam-

ination of the figures compiled in‘

other states shows a wide discrep-
ancy, and leads us to the belief that
the methods employed in determin-
ing production costs and the judg-
ment of the investigators as to what
should fairly enter

. Ohio Costs Higher

The cost of producing 100 pounds
of milk in Ohio, for instance, for the
month of July was $4.33; This is
in accordance with the figures rep:
resented by Prof. Erf of the dairy de-
partment of the Ohio State Univer—
sity, and presented in the Sept. lst
issue of the Dairy Farmer by C. W.
Holdson of that institution. We are
unable to give here the Very exten-
sive and detailed figures showing the
items which Prof Ert included
among his costs. but examination of
them cenvinces us that they are all
But we must take this
fact into consideration, that the Ohio
producers are not receiving as high a
price for their product as is the Mich-
igan producer, although according to
the above figures their costs are,
much higher:-- * ' ' '

Selling Prices in Other States .
It=-1s’€he proud claim of the Michi?
gan Milkr Producers’ Ass’n‘ that the

 
 

offline-fl” ’fi“ ious districts throughout Ithe United ;

Pate

It is the claim -

'secure something better, the farmers
ought to stand behind the commism

investigation . by every citizen, pro—

the legitimate.
- cost are a long ways from perfect.

experiment;
.method, a successful expedient for

'of storage are

has been _ most. thoroughly _ worked

or the confidence which Louisiana
:has in the specific application Lift the

.7..,‘}..
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-‘ hardly possible that Michigan would

‘1 fluthlch is no longer an ekpérig‘
‘ ,_ demonsgated practical
more .1le

~’consu1ner :aas wallets, producer;

sale and retail prices of milk in var-

States.
Michigan Producers Have

4 ' “ Cause to Complain 2 2
_ We have shown what we believe
are very material weaknesses in the
present plan of determining the sell-.
in'g price of milk in Detroit. We
have acknowledged the Worth of
thisplan so long as it endures; we
have given to wthe executives of the
Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass'n con-
siderable credit. for what it has ac-
coinplish-ed during its comparatively
brief existence. and we reiterate the
hope WeJiave- many times expressed
that the producers of milk. win stick
loyally to this association, and do
nothing. or say nothing that will lose
it the confidence of its members.
Whatever criticisms Business Farm-
ing has indulged in have been direct-
ed to certain fundamental inequali-
ties which we still feel exist. What
is Jw'rong is wrong. Compromise
cannot make it right. The plan we
have here" discussed cannot endure
forever. A substitute, based upon
the now generally accepted truism
that farmers must and will control
the selling price of their products,
should be planned. A large surplus
of money for this purpose should be
had and no further time should‘be
lost in preparing for the crisis that
we believe is 'sure to come sooner or
later.

So far as the Detroit Milk Com—
mission is concerned we have heard
nothing but praise for the work it is
doing. Its decisions have not al-
ways been satisfactory to' the pro—
ducers, neither have they to; the con—
sumers or the distributors; but these
decisions must have been remark-
ably just to all concerned else they
could not have weathered the criti-
cism that has been directed at them
from' all sides. We believe the pro-
ducers appreciate what the commis—
sion has done to give them a price
nearer commensurate with the cost
of production than they have ever
had before, and are of the same
opinion as a large producer Who re—
cently said; “This plan is the best
we have ever had. and. until we can

Little

sion and give it their fullest support
and co- operation."

COMMODITY WAREHOUSE PAYS
(Continued from page 5)
which would Iesult in a decrease oi

rates. ‘

,_(7,)_,,‘__P-ublic_ ownership means ab-
solute publicity, ‘an establiShed sys-
tem of accounting, and the right of

hibiting the probability of graft.
Phblic ownership is no longer a

philospo‘hy; nor it is any longer. an

it is a proven business

'meeting‘the certain vital needs
which exist in the industrial world,
at the present time. The problems
closely interlocked
with our agricultural and commer-
cial future as a nation. ,
(New Orleans, Where the system

out, feels thatsuch commodityware-
warehouses would n“‘ot only facili-
tate the QXQJWPE‘? of commodities
but would serve as a vehicle of ex-
ploitation for the port of New- Or-
leans throughout the Americas, just
as our cottOn warehouse plant has
advertised us throughout the Cotton
Belt and our publicgrain elevator in;
the grain producing states " The
foregoing quotation gives an idea‘

theories of state ownership is

regret the.adetion of such' a s33~

was. .
success of benefit ~'t'o fill

Aye all know that this rityfis as:
122181001111 . gopmg It».

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Jefferson Ave., Detroit

 

SOLVAY'S Three Essential lent Foods

 

25 Cords aDay

Easily Sawed By One Man.
Easy to move from cut to cut. Make
big profits cutting wood. Cheap
and easy to operate.

OLTAEVAIQE SAID!

Does 10 men’s work at one-tenth the cost.
Makes work easy. Engine can alsobe used for
running pumps and other machinery. Saw
blade easuy removed. Write for our lowprice.
0-Year Guarantee.
Ottawa
Mlg. Co.
o‘ “I? "Vood St.
Ottawa.
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IN YOUR MAI I.
BIGCA ['55)—

"IE SELF-OILIIIG WINDIIILI.

hon become so opul or 111 its first four years th at
thousands have con c led for to replace. on their
old towers.th other makes of mills, and to replace. at
am cost,th Hi sting of the earlier _
Aermotors, ma mg them so If- oil-
mg. Ito enclosed motor
keeps in theoil and
keeps out dust and
rain. e Splash Oil-
ing System constantly
Floods every bearing with oil, pre-
venting Wear and enablin the
mill to pump in the lightestireeze.
Thooil Illupp y is renewed once ayepr.
)ouble can are used. each canyin half the load.

We make Gasol me Engines. umpe. only;
Water Supply Goods and Stee tome Sewn.

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l’\ery \\'-,t|l wish:
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“it brings you all the news of Michigan farming; never

hiding the plain facts.

————it tells you when and wh

what you raise!

ere to get the best prices for

———it is a practical papex written b
y Michigan men close to
the sod, who work with their sleeves rolled up!
—-—it has always and w ll continue to ii
. . ght every battle to
the interest of the business farmers of our home stator
no matter whom else it helps or hurts! '

One Subscrip- I
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To avoid conflicting dates we will
without cost, list the date of any
live stock sale in Michigan. If you.
are considering a sale advise us at
once and we will claim the date for
you. Address. Live Stock Editor,
M. B.‘ IL. Mt. Clemens.

Oct. 2, Holsteins.
Farm, Gaines, Mich.

Oct. 0—8 Holsteins.
stein, Chicago, Ill.

Nov. 11. Poland Chinas, Wm. J.
Clarke, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

The Bronson

Quality Hol—

 

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CATTLE

( moms anvnn'nsmc RATES under this scam to some mm.“ livestock mid poultry
write 0 what you have to offer, lotus put it in typ'e,”show you a ‘ ' '
cm size of ad. or copy as often as you wish. Copyor
Sale-advertised hero “menial 10'9”; ask.ior:them.’Write to-d'ayl. ._

moans DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN Resumes name, Mt. Clemens. incl-loam

HATCH HERD. .

(State and Federal Tested)
. Ypsilanti, Michigan

Offers King Lunde Pontiac Korndyke
15th, No. 142,487 out of a choice daughter
of Pontiac Korndyke and a 80 pound son
of King of the Pontiacs and Lunde Kem-
dyke; over 1000 pounds of butter and
26,000 pounds‘of milk in year, '

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand and future
prices that have ever been known.
Start now with the Holstein and
convince yourself. Good stock always
for sale. Howbert Stock Farm, Eau
Claire, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

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 3 heifer calves. Herd un-
der State and Federal inspection. Pedi-
grees on request. Vernon Clough, Par-
rna, Mich.

30 HEADz-r'

Registered Holsteins

’ Will sell singly or whole lot of
fine large cows that will suit you.
All Federal tuberculosis tested.
Don’t bothei to write about this
lot, come and see for yourself
what I offer.

E. A. HARDY,

Rochester, Mich.
(Telephone)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM RE-
ports good sales from their herd. We are
well pleased with the calves from our
Junior Herd Sire, “King Pontiac Lunde
Korndyke Segis" who is a son of “King
of the Pontiacs" from a daughter of Pon—
tialc leothildle De K01 2nd. A few bull
ca ves or sa e. T. W. S ra u -
tle, Creek, Mich. p g 6., R 2’ Bat

 

 

MUSOLF F BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

We are now booking orders for
young bulls from King Pieter Segis
Lyons 170506. All .from A. R. O, dams
With credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for prio-
es and further information.

liluslofl Bros., South Lyons, Michigan

chances must be received one"

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NO s'rocx ron semi. AT rsnan-r.
Sherthorn Breeder. W, S. Huber, Glad-
win, men. .

SPECIAL OFFER SEOBTHORNS—
Cows, $260.00 to 300.00. _Bulls. ”00:00
to $250.00. Wm; . Bell. Rose City, Mich.

THE BARRY CO. SHOBTEOJN
Breeders' Association wish to announce
their new sales list for about October 1.
of the best beef or nigh strains. Write
your wants to W. L. T orpe. Sec'y., Milo,
Mi ° '

THE VAN RUBEN 00.. Shorthorn
Breeders' Association have cung stock
for sale, mostly Clay bree ing. Write
your wants to the secretary. Frank Bai-
ley. Hartford, Mich.

 

nnnnronns
.BOB FAIRFAX 494027
HEREFORDSA'I‘ HEAD OF HERD
11 heifers for sale; also bulls any age;

either polled or horned. Earl C. McCarty,
Sec’y H B. Association, Bad Axe.- Mich.

 

120 HEREFORD STEERS. ALSO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 6 to 800 lbs.
Owners anxious to sell. Will help buy 500
commission. C. F. Ball. Fairfleld, Iowa.

LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS

Not how many but how good! A few
well-developed, beefy, young bulls for
sale, blood lines and individuality No. '1.
If you want a prepotent sire, that Will
beget grazers, rustlers, early maturers
and market toppers, buy a registered
Hereford and realize a big profit on your
investment. A lifetime devoted to the
breed. Come and see me.—E. J. TAY-
LOR, Fremont, Michigan.

 

 

BULL 5 MONTHS OLD. AND
'CALFA BEAUTY. 85 per
cent white, straight as a line. Sired by
31-]b. bull and his dam is just one of the
best cows I ever milked, a granddaughter
engelanthfi Johanna Lad. Price $150.00
mme ae sale. Harr
Elwell. Michigan. y T. Tubbs.

 

sired by a son of
Bull GalveSFriend Hengerveld

De Kol Butter
Boy and by a son of King Segis De K01
Korndyke. from A.. R. O. dams with rec-
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25
at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered.

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FA'RM

W. W. Wyckoff, Napoleon Mich.

 

 

 

 

Bull Last Advertised is Sold

now offer a yearling bull, sired by YP-
SILAND KING KORNDYKE CAN-
ARY, a 28.20 lb. grandson of KING
OF THE ,PONTIACS, and from'
RHODA CLIFDENS CROWNING
SHIELD 3RD. a 2497 lb. daughter of
BUTTER BOY TRYNTJE DE KOL,
and one of the most beautiful cows
you ever saw.
Price $200

ROY F. ~FICKIES, Chesaning, Mich.

 

 

TEN-MONTHS-OLD-BULL

Bull last advertised is sold. This
one born June 7, 1918. Sired by best
son of famous $30,000 bull heading
Arden Farms herd, King Korndyke
Pontiac, Lass. TWO nearest dams to
sire of his calf average 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 eye and over 145 lbs. in 30
days. Dam, a granddaughter of King
of the Pontiacs. Sir Gelsche Walker
Segis and DeKol Burke. A bargain
Herd tuberculin tested annually '

BOARDMAN FARMS, Jackson, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

JERSEY

The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Breeders of Majesty strain Jersey Cat-
tle. Herd Bulls, Majesty’s Oxford Fox
134214; Eminent Lady’s Majesty 150934.
Herd tuberculin-tested. Bull calves for
sale out of ‘R. of M. Majesty dams.

Alvin Balden, Capac, Michigan.

 

 

 

SHOBTHOBN

 

 

’IWVIN BULL CALVES
Born October 29, 1918; sired 0 Sir
Calantha Segis Korndyke 104008 am's
record, 24.35 lbs. butter and 621 lbs. of
milk in 7 days; fine straight calves. Send
for particulars—C. & A. Ruttman. Fowl-
erville. Michigan.

$150 BULL CALF

Born June 3 . Well marked, very large
and first class individual. Sire, Flint
Hengerveld Lad. Whose two nearest dams
have records that average 32.66 lbs. but—
ter and 735.45 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam
of calf is a. granddaughter of King Se-
gis, and a perfect individual with 8. rec-
ord of 20.66 lbs. butter in 7 days. For
description write to .

L, o. KETZLER, Flint, Mich.

 

 

 

ISHORTHORNS
HOLSTEINS '
JERSEYS

If your community needs a pure
bred bull, write us for our co-oper-
ative breeding service plan and we
will see what can be done to plaCe
one there.

We Specialize in Milking Sliorthorns
PALMER BROS., Orleans, Mich,

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Choice Registered Stock

p
, PERCHERONS
HOLSTEINS
SHROPSHIRES
ANGUS

' 'Dorr D. Buell, Elmira, Mich.
R. F. D. No. 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

.' RVFOR SALE—FLINT MAPLE CREST

Brady 30 lbs. backing. Bred by D. D.
Aitken. Warde Proper, Chesaning, Mich.

 

‘S’mithfi'elds Herd N

OVERSTOCKED "

.48 head cows. heifers. calves.
m .. . bull _ K

 

 

' was: we are. '

HAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41

SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef"strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. . Crum,
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association. McBrides. Michlr ti.

 

 

ANGUS

RAISE A $100 BABY BEEF
from your grade dairy cow by use of a
Thousand Dollar Angus bull. Less than
$2.00 service fee. Write for our co—op-
erative community plan; also our emethod
of marketing beef and milk, by use of a
Cheap home made calf meal. There is
money in it for the owners of grade cows
everywhere. Cows of Angus blood not
neceSsary. If of mixed blood, calves will
come black, thick meated and without
horns. like. sire.‘ Geo.rB. Smith, Addison,
Mich. ' §

RED POLLED
RED POLLED‘ CATTLE, OXFORD
and Tunis sheep and large Yorkshire
swine. E. S. Carr, Homer, Mich.

HOGS

POLAND CHINA

FOR SALE —- Big Type Poland

China boar. 18 mo. old. Won every-
thing in his claSS at the Ohio State Fair
in 1918. Liberty bonds or cash. Lone
Cedar Farm, Pontiac, Mich.

LARGE TYPE Poland Chinas,
BOARS AND GILTS OF APRIL
farrow, out of sows weighing 580
lbs. at 17 mo. old and from a sire of Size
and quality. Come and see them. G. H.
Carman, R 3, Grand Blanc, Mich,

 

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

“’m. J. CLARKE

R No. 1 Eaton Rapids, Mich.

. . s NG PIGS—
BlG TYPE P Ganglia: snx
A. A. WOOD a SON, Saline, Michigan

, Gilt
WALNUT ALLEY go gr“ 1...;
watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Sena-

tor and Orange Price; I thank my‘cus-
formers for their patronage.

 

A.. D. GREGORY. - lonia, Mich.
LARGE TYPE POLAND C II I N A
SPRING PIGS FOR SALE—

E. A. EISELE, Manchester, Mich.

 

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BREEDERS ATTENTION!

 

 

 

  
 
  

 

 

 

' ‘ If you are planning on a sale this, fall, write us now and
' ' CLAIM THE DATE! '

This service is free, to thelive stock industry in Michigan . “
to avoid conflicting sale dates . _

LET “BUSINESSFARMIHG’f',CLAIMflOIlR‘DA’I‘EiI

 

 

 

' {and tell mama will MIDI? ..

    

 

   

Bi G TY p E romnn (mum's
' . WITH QUALITY
Pigs, from L's Big Orange 291847. both
sex, for sale. Prospective buyers met at
St. Johns. J. E. Mygrants, St. Johns. Mich.

L. s. P, O. BOARS ALL SOLD. HAVE
a. few nice fall Gilts, bred for fall far-

 

'row.--H. 0. Swarts, Schoolcraft, Mich.

 

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

BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS, EITH-
er sex. From choice bred sows and sired
by a grandson of Grant Buster and other
prize-winning boars. Price reasonable.
L. W. Barnes and Son, Byron, Mich.

LEONARD’S 31‘ Type Poland Clair}:

Bears, all ages.
kind that makes good. Call or write, E.
R. Leonard, St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA PIGS,
sired by Bob—O-Link, by the 2nd Big Bob.
Michigan Buster by Giant Buster. and
Big Des Moines 5th, by Big Des Moines.
Also sows bred to these boar. O. L.
Wright, Jonesville, Mich. Jonesvilie is lo.
cated 25 miles north of the Ohio and In-
diana_line.

A New Herd Boar .
(his name)Big Bob Mastodon

sired by Caldwell Big Bob, champion of
the world in 1917. His dam is Mastodon
Josie; she is a daughter of A’S Mastodon
the Grand Champion at Iowa State Fair
in 1917. Ready to ship boars.

(Come and see him.)
0. E. GARNANT,

FOR 25 YEARSVVG have been breeding

Big Type Poland China
hogs of the most approved blood lines.
Our new herd boar “Michigan Buster” is
a mighty good son of the great “Giant
Buster" dam “Mouw's Miss Queen 2.”
Some breeding! Litter of 14.
fering some sows bred for fall farrow. J.
C. Butler, Portland, Mich.

 

Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

DUROC

Duroc Opportunity

We are now booking orders for July
and Sept. pigs cheap, ‘Also March and
April pigs of either sex. Shipped C. O. D.
EAGER, BROS.. R 1 Howell, Mich.

 

 

DUROC JERSEY SWINE. BRED
Sows and Gilts all sold. Nice bunch of
fall pigs, both sex, sired. by Brookwater
Tippy Orion No. 55421, by T ppy 001., out
of dam by the Principal 4th and Brook-
water Cherry King. Also herd boar 3 yr.
old. Write for pedigree and prices Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Thos. Underhill dz
Son, Salem,. Mich.

Peach Hill Farm

Meet us at the Fairs
Bred Gilts all SOLD.

INWOOD BROS. - - Romeo, Mich.

 

 

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

 

DUROC BOARS READY FOR SER-
vice, also high class sows bred for sum-
mer farrowing to Orion's Fanc Klnghthe
biggest pig of his age ever at nternatioii-
al Fat Stock Show. Newton Bariiliart.
St. Johns. Mich.

P R I Z E

DUROC BOARS {ligl‘ma STOCK

ready for service. Geo. B. Smith, Addi-
son, Mich. .

 

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

 

 

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Sb adowlancl Farm

. - 'in- May ' and June.
Bred Gllts .Booking ' orders for
Spring PIgS. Everything shipped C.O.D.

and registered in buyer's name. If
you .Want the best. write ~ >

J. CARL 'JEWE'I‘T. Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAMPSHIRES
’8784 HAMPSH‘IBES RECORDED IN

therassociation from Jan, 1 to Apr. _1, ’19. ‘
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for sale: . .
now 4 John W. Snyder. St. Johns. Mich. .

R. Net 4'

  

 

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2 HAMPSHIRE BOARS

The kind that please. of superior breed-
ing :and grind [1;th Sired by Mose’ s boy
and Col; The latter has never
been defeatedi- in the show ring. For
price and deseription address, Gus Thom—
as, New Lothrop, Mich.

 

 

BEnKsHmns

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

 

 

 

CHESTER \VHITES

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

 

 

CHESTER “’HITES—A FEW 'MAY
boars, fall pigs in pairs or trios from

most prominent bloodlines at r’easonable'

prices. Registered free. F. W. Alexand-

er, Vassar,Mich.

SHEEP
LINCOLNS Choke Regi8tered Sheep

of Both Sexes, from one
if; flour years old E. Knight. Cass City,
ic

 

 

 

 

SHROPSHIRE ‘RAMS

Sire McKerrows- Holker 275 (014259R)
377379. Limited supply. Dan Booher,
R 4, Evart, Mich.

MR. SHBOPSHIRE BREEDER.

Do you need a real sire? If so, I have

- a few rams that are in a class by them-

selves. Type quality, carcass and fleece
with Cooper and Buttar Breeding N0
cold blooded stuff here. First ten $100.00
to $400. 00 Balance of the rams includ-
ing some cracking Hampshires $50. 00 up.
No fairs this year but believe me we have
the sheep. . All good roads lead to the
arms.

KOPE-KON FARMS, Goldwater, Mich.

 

 

 

Hampshire Rams

Registered yearling rams weighing
up to 200 lbs. for sale. Also ram lambs.

A well built growthy lot. Satisfaction
guaranteed.

0. U. HAIRE.
“'est Branch. - - Michigan

 

 

  

'MAPLE LA‘VN FARM SHROPSHIRES
Rams and ram lambs. High bred, well
wooled and registered. A. E. Bacon &

Son, R 5, Sheridan, ,Mich .

FOR 30 Registered Shropshire Rams.
. 40 Registered Shropshire Ewes.

SALE Harry Potter & Son, Davison, Mich

 

Fire Reglstcied Rambouillet Rams.

Robert J. Noon R 9, Jackson Mich.

HROPSHIRE YEARLIVGS AND RAM
lambs of the best wool mutton type.

Also 0. I. C. hogs of all ages. Write and
get my prices. .
G. P. ANDREIVS, Dansville, Mich.

 

 

DOGS

“'RITE DR. W. A. EW’ALT, Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich., for those beautiful Sable and
White Shepherd Puppies; natural heel-
ers from farm-tr lined stock; also a few
purebred Scotch Collie Puppies; sired by
“Ewalt’s Sir Hector.” Michigan Champion
cattle dog.

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RABBITS

RUFUS RED IBELGIAN HARES, PED-
igreed and registered stock. I‘Prices right
and satisfaction guaranteed or money 1e-
funded upon return of stock. Write the
Vernon Hill Rabbitry. Lock Box 546,
Clare, Mich.

FOR SALE—A FEW REGISTERED
Rufus Red Belgian Does, at reasonable
prices. All stock shipped on approval.

 

C. H. Gould, Clare, Mich.

 

POULTRY

Yearling Pullets and Cockerels

We offer 200 S. C. White Leghorn Year-
lings—stock guaranteed to please y.ou
Cockerels—Barred and White Rocks;
White Orpingt'ons; S. C. Black Minorcas;
S. C. and R. C. White and Brown Leg—
horns; Anconas. Ducks, Geese, Turkeys,
Rabbits, four breeds. Please send for
price list.

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Bloomingdale, Mich.

 

 

 

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S. C. “’HITE LEGHORN COOKER-
els. English strain. Sired by Cock 296
egg record. Mrs A. J. Gmdon. R 3, Dorr,
Mich '

 

 

 

RHODE ISLAND ' REDS

 

AMERICAN DELAINE SHEEP

for sale, both sexes, young, large and bred
right. __.F H. OONLEY & SON
Maple Rapids, Mich

 

OXFORD DOWN.

RAMS AND RAM LAMBS
Best breeding. Arkell No. 3334 sire of
lambs. O. M. York, Millington, Mich.

 

40 LARGE, HEALTHY, REGISTERED
Shropshire ewes, mostly 2 year olds. Also
large, vigorous ram lambs, ready for ser-
vice. Flock established 1890. C. Lemen,
Dexter, Mich.

REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

Choice Stock for Sale

Ewes and,Rams, $25 to $50 Each

1.. M. WilliamsX No. Adams, Mich.

 

 

 

M'ARCH HATCHED R. I. RED COCK-

 

 

 

erels. Both Combs. Write for prices and .
order early. _lnt‘erlakes Farm, Box 4,
Lawrence Michigan. .
WYANDOTTES
SILVER, GOLDEN AND WHITE
VVyandottesl;5 eggs from eSDeCial mat-
ing $3 perl 85 per 30; $8 per 50; by

parcel post prepaid. Clarence Browning.

Portland Mich.

 

We will pay 55c per
dozen delivered here.
cases included, for
strictly fancy newlaid
eggs Shipments via

express direct from
farmers. This price good until week end-
ing October 4th. Watch our price each
week
ALIERICAN BUTTER & CHEESE CO.
Detroit, Mich.

 

 

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 | HOLSTEIN SALE

' Gaines, Mich, October 2,1919
14 HEAD HOLSTEIN CATTLE

' p , (12 registered)

Herd Site, 28 lb. Maplecrest breeding; .
6 Cows, mostly due about sale time. .,
3 Heifers, due this fall. , 7

These cattle are a good straight bunch and will be sold at
enema to, settle the estate of W. L. and Frank Bronson. .-

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issue or one 6: the leading’ trade jour-

‘ "nails, 9. statement was made by a cor-

respondent, who is a. creamery operat-
or and, was formerly a member of
'the dairy and food force or one“ of our
leading dairy‘states, that considering
the difference, in price paid for high
:quality butter and under-grades it
was not profitable for the manage-
ment of the creamery to exert ’tself
in an endeavor to improve the qual-
ity of or can being received. It is the
humble opinion of many of us that
that individual must have had a mo-
ment of hallucination, else did not
give the matter sufficient cursider-
ation before expressing himself. There
is no question but that ecertain part
of the year that is, when cows are on
fresh pasture and the days are fairly
cool, or during‘the stor 1ge 911119011 for
butter. the creamery which almost
habitually gets poor cream will turn
out a fairly good quality of butter.
Even though the ,butter made at the
creamery at that time may grade no
higher than a first it sells quite
readily because of the strong demand
and the price received for it is very

 

(JO-OPERATION ' ,

From the Community Miller

“Help one another,” the snowflakes
said, '

As they’ huddled down in their
fleecy bed;

“One of us here would not be felt,

One of us here would quickly molt;

But I’ll help you and you h°lp me,

And then, what a big white drift
we'll see."

“Help one another," the maple
spray

Said to his fellow leaves one day;

“The sun would wither me here
alone,

Long enough ere the day is gone,

But I'll help you and you help me,

And then, what a splendid shade
ther’ll be.” _

“Help one another,” the dewdrop
cri ,

Sending another drop close to its
side;

“The warm south breeze would dry
me away,

A1111 I should be done (are noon to-

\ day;

But I’ll help you and you help me,

And we’ll make a brook run to the
sea.”

 

“Help one another," a grain of
sand

Said to another grain Just at hand;

“The wind may carry me over the
sea

And then 0 1 what will become of
me?

But come my brother, give me your

ha n,d
“'0'“ build a mountain and there;
we’ll stand."

80 the snowflakes grew to drifts,
The grains of sands to mountains,
The leaves became a pleasant shade l
The dewdrops fed the fountains.

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little below that paid for an extra be-
cause quotations on firsts and extras
differ but little and the margin be-
tween low and high ‘first is narrow.
However, one has to glance at the
quotations on butter at present to see
that it pays to produce butter of high
quality. Is four or five cents

pound an item worthy of considera—
tion? If it is not one should make no
effort to improve the quality of the

- cream being received at the creamery.

However, if a creamery is making only
75 tubs of' butter per week, the differ-
once in value represented in that
butter if it were a medium first 01‘

anextra would be about $200. That

. seems :to' be Ian-fitem' worthy of con‘

sideration.

_It is profitable for the creamery
manager to work for a better quality
of product. Not only does he secure
a better price for the butter and con-
sequently a better return'to the, pa-
tron but he also causes the patron to
take a. greater interest in his cream-
ery. As a. consequence the creamery
community is alive from a dairy
standpoint and is progressive 1:1
every way. One has only to point to
representative creamery communities
.in the 3 tee of Wisconsin and Min-
nesota t see the proo: of the above
statement. No creamery can be an
entire success unless striving at all
times to improve conditions not only
within the plant itself but also in the
community about it. It is indeed un-

.tortunate that all who are dependent

on the dairy cow fer income, can real-
ize the value om 'an.

   

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is worth a doze: 011 the sick list.
-Keep your 11o? nos. cattle. sheep
and hogs in the pink of condition
by feeding them.

B‘CCKEYE

FEEDING

. MOLASSES

Scientific analysis of molasses
proves it to contain the greatest
amount of food for the cost. of
any known stock food. Make your
stock healthier and stronger and
at the same time save money.
Mix with the regular stock food.
One man says: “It has surpassed
all my expectations. Am feeding
a three year old filly and her
twenty year old mother and when
I hitch them up together it is hard
to tell which one is the colt.”

OUR FREE TRIAL OFFER

Write today for our free trial test
and proposition.‘

W. H. EDGAR & SON

520 Lafayette Blvd. Detroit

 

 

 

 

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Q'Ekmwéigfié in intact. itesiiufiy

F or Poultry. Pigeons. Dogs. Cars, Rabbits, Parrots Canary and
c1l1cr birds or not aim: I'IIS. (.ermozone ish universal and safe
rnnw iv; for colds, snu 1i -3 ..r1)up soretl1rost,lossofv01ce or sing-
1m; influenza bowel 11hul».1-111511111p1r s we cycsoreers. canker
glecr Inssollur or 1‘1 a1l1r1:1 5071.5 1.- \lilllds skin disease,-- or olliei
affections of skin or mucot .1 lllClilIirflllU.

”My hens have ncvcrdon“ so well as this your and haven' t
lost :1 single cl1'1ck"—-1Vlrs.“lora Knpplc V slkcr I11. Simply
Emmi for rabbits->1. W. Brownlng, Boone ls Cannot praise
(.crmozone 1 nougl1.l use it for cl1ickens.stork and household' '
~-Mra.Wm. llom1pel,Hugo. Oklu. My bird puppi s don' t'
know what distr 111p 1- is and I never had such good success
before with chicks" - (‘urly Smith, Kennett, Mo.

Germozone is sold by most drug. at ed and poultry supply dealers,
or mailed postpaid 1n 2511.750 and $1.50 packages from Omaha.
[look on treatment of discs" (For: w ”1 ch nut-kegs.

REG. 11. 1:: co. Dept- 416 0111111. 11:11
A 906 SPAVIN (III

YOU GAN’T GUT Gill 1.1101111111111111

but you can clean them off promptly with

A SORBINE

TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF

and you work the horse same time.
Does not blister or remove'the
hair. $2.50 per bottle, delivered.
Will tell you more if you write.
Book 4 R free. ABSORBINE. JR..
the antisepnc lm1ment for mankind,
reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured
Muscles or Ugnmcnts. Enlarged Glands. Weno.

Cym Allan pain quickly. Price 81.25 a bold.
as dmgzilu or delivered. Made in the U. s. A. by

W. F.YOUNO. In... lBSTethSl..Sorlnnflold.Man.

 

          

 

  
   
 
  
 
 
 

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Wlthout u Puncture FREE
on A NEW TUBE
Plight: Fugiturodl'roof Titrboe are !.just 113 (319631;. to
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your tire costgsen

for price list
today.

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Write out a plain description and fig-
ure so for each word, initial or grou of
figures. Send it in for one, two or t 00
times. There’s no cheaper or better way
of selling a farm in Michigan and you
deal direct with the buyer. No agents

your farm, send in your ad today. Don’t 1

commie-tom. If you want to sell or trade
not talk about it. Our Business Farming
armou' Exchange gets results. Add!
Michigan Business Farming, Adv. D
Mt. Clemens. ,.

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