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ICHIGAN BEAN 'JOBBERS assembled
for -their727th annual convention in De-

" troit, last Wednesday and Thursday, expressed

general sentimmits which are at last just about
in accord with what the bean growers of Mich-
igan have wanted for many years. Represen-
tativeswof the bean growers were given full op-
portunity to present their side of the’case and

- they did present it. As Nathan Simpson, gen-
. eral manager of . the Gleaner Clearing House,

and also representative of the bean growers,
expressed it, both bean jobbers and bean grow-
ers want the following:

1.,IMichigan'beansshould be developed to a
quahty'whichvwill always make them demand-
ed in preference to other kinds.

' 2. "Steps shouldbe taken, to produce the larg-
est quantity possible per acreage planted.

3. Cost of production figures should be care-
fully kept so that both growers and jobbers
can figure, on agfair profit. Otherwise .under~
paid growers Would raiseother, better paying
crops and the jobbers would have to handle
something else or go .out of business.

4. ”And educational campaign should be be-
gun at once'to carry out the above aims among
both growers and jobbers, and the public all
over the world should be taught to admire the
Michigan brand as the best. '

,Other aims were set forth, but those just
mentioned were among the most important. Al-
though, little action was taken at ' the conven~
mom-sentiment seemed to be well crystallized
along these lines. f ' ‘ T' ' '.

, ’_ ,$olution for High (Costs
~ Everyiarmer and every jobber. was urged
to..boost'Michigan beans until the‘ public rea-
lizes the'fact; that, beans are "the best‘ and cheap
eat food which; can benobtained.’ By stimulat-
ing the demand the price is, likely: te'insure a ,
more nearly .fair profit.~* Frank Gerber, presi-

_ dent Qf‘thé. National “Owners ”Association, sent '
slang telegram'from his 'rh'om‘e at. Freemont, ‘

Mich, to~ give “the messagefroin the'National

. Canners‘AsSociatiOn to the effeét that he and

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4 ' , . BEAN- Jobbers discussed'almost every
angle 'of the bean situation except that

__ in which the producers 'of beans at this
time are mostly interested, namely," the open-
ing price. Such talk as even remotely hint-
ed at the subject was guarded and leaned a
,little toWard the bearish nature. In justice
to the great mado'rity ‘of bean Jobbers we
must_a.nnounce our faith in the sincerity of
their motives in leaving the subject strictly
alone. At the same time we are not blind
to the fact that there are certain, large‘ Job-
hers in this state who, if they had the power,
would force beans down to a pro-war level,
and use every bearish argument at their com-
mand to excuse their action. 'What makes the
situation ticklish at this" time is. that these
gentlemen have' access to a number of per-
fecflr'zqod. rem!“ . . 81.11659“ mar-
ket. There is asavlng _, anent to the situa-

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MT. onnMENs, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1919

Michigan Bean Men Ask Duty on Jap Product

By VERNE E. BURNETT

 

 

; ' Bean Crowers and Jobbers to At-
tend Tariff Hearing

ONGRESSMAN Joseph Fordney, as ,
chairman of the \Vays and Means
' Committee has wired the Michigan }
Bean Jobbers’ Association as follows:
“Hearings before the Ways and
Means Committee relative to import
duties on beans will be held on Mon-
day, October 18, at 10 a. m., Room 321 b
House Office Bldg.. Washington, D. C."
An invitation has been extended to the
Bean Growersl- Association to appoint a
t committee to act in conjunction with the
. Jobbers' committee in presenting the

an import duty on Japanese beans. Rep-
‘ resentatives of the New York, Rocky Moun- L
tain and California Bean Growers‘ and
i Jobbers’ Association are also expected to
‘be in attendance at the meeting.

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the association are eager to carry on the edu-
cational campaign for better beans in Michi-
gan. He advocates for the bean jobbers an ad
ucational department to
co-operative work, study of soils and soil de-
velopment—all - of which would benefit the
bean industry of Michigan.

Representatives of the growers pointed out
that Michigan formerly was in the lead of all
states in the quantity of beans produced. But
California has pushed ahead so rapidly that it
has twice as many beans for the market this
year as Michigan, when thewestern state’s car-

.ry over stocksareincluded. Thesurvey being

conducted by Michigan. Business Farming
through the .Michigan b'ean belt has already re-
vealed'the fact that aereages are almost every-
Where reduced. The first twenty-five farmers
who sent in the questiOnnaires filled out report-

» ed that'all but six of the twenty-five had re-

duced their”acre'agelbetween twenty-five and

stimulate meetings, -

fifty per cent. Each mail brings in heaps more
of the questionaires showing striking results
which will be tabulated in later issues of M.
(B. F. '

The convention was opened by President
Christian Breisch, of Lansing, who showed the
accomplishments of the past year and the ac»
robatics of the bean market. He recommend-
ed more accurate inspection of beans to make
for a higher quality, better price and better
reputation for Michigan beans, which are now
facing some troublesome competition. Anoth-
er recommendation of the president was that of
crop reports, so that those concerned in the
bean business in Michigan could be kept in-
formed to the fullest possible extent. G. A.
Brown, of the Isbell Bean Company, of De-
troit, gave a. talk emphasizing that the public
should learn more thoroughly the fact of the
chanzpneps of beans as a factor in stopping the
hue and cry about high cost of living. ‘87

Business Must be Rebuilt " 2

“We must rebuild business on a more hon t,
efficient basis,” was a high light in the speech
by Guy W. Rouse, of Grand Rapids» repre-
senting the National Wholesale Grocers Asso-
ciation. He pointed out the uncertainty of
market conditions during the war and recon-
struction periods we are passing through and
the difficulties met both by growers and job-
bers, some of whom seem to have had plenty
of troubles. -

Nathan Simpson, specially called upon to
speak by the president and Secretary Frank B.
Drees, of Lansing, defendedthe unrest man-
ifested among. the farmers. The Non-Parti-
sans of North Dakota, he ,said, were mostly
good men forced into their action because of
unscrupulous'bankers and elevator men who
charged more than traffic, could bear. The
Non-Partisans are being purged of the bad ele;
ment Within~ itself ’and'it will probably work
out excellently, but the same condition, will
never exist in Michigan, where, thefarmers are
already shpplied with organization which can
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'1"; r: Biennilobbers Fight Shy ofPlan ,to Fix Opening Price offlBeans I H

using their best encrts to keep the market at
a safe high level. 'Were the profits ‘of the
bean Jobbers determined by the selling price
of beans, they would doubtless be willing to
take a chance on the future of the market
and stand for a definite price. Since, how-
ever, this is the farmer’s funeral and the job-
bers’ net profits are about the same regard-
less of the selling price of beans, they are not
so interested in a. high opening price.

It will be difficult for the grower to difler-
entiate between the actual effect of bearish
conditions on 'the bean market «and the, arti-
ficial eflect created by certain of the big job-
bers. A rushing of beans to the opening
,marketvvill be a play dirth into the hands

, of the big bears, who are deliberately plan-
ning on a,“killing” this year. Moreover, it
will aggravate the bearishness of the market.
But a gradualhgmevement of ‘the crop will go

.3 has Ways taward stamens the ’muket

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price that farmers must have to break even.
When this price is known. it would be folly
for the farmers to sell fer-less, and it is our
opinion that Michigan beans still hold a high !
enough position to
price in competition with the beans of other
states.
where in this issue, and it is important that
every bean grower fill it out at once and re-
turn it to us. - -

As we go to press the market is sagging, and
it appears that the bears have the upper hand.
But av.- “Nate” Simpson told the bean jobbers,
“Go as far as you like in bearing this mar-
ket, gentlemen. Remember, the farmers are
the men who have the beans and they are
in a position to withhold them from' the mar;
ket and keep you guessing as to Where you
are going to get the beans to fill your orders.”

Within another week Business Farming
willhave its survey of bean production costs
completed, and will be able to announce the

 

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AIM
OF MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

v"Dissatisfaction‘and unrest over
high costs is as prevalent among the

' ,farmers. of Michigan as among the

worklngmen in great industrial cent-
ers of the country " according to a
despatch in a t newspaper,

. “but the condition in the rural dis-

tricts is of perhaps greater serious-
ness, because if it brings about de-

. 0 seed farm production, as agricul-

tarists fear, efforts in the cities to

; reduce costs of living are bound to

' fail.

“This grave situation has been
recognized by the executive coun-
cil of the Michigan State Farm Bu-
reau. an organization subsidized dur-
ing the war by the government to
increase food production. and a cam-
paign has been started to weld the
farmers of the state into a great un-
iOn with ample funds to fight the

. farmers' battles, procure for them

' better marketing facilities

and en-

deavor to put farming in Michigan

: on a basis where it will be a profit-
; able business instead of merely a

vocation.
“In this campaign it is planned to

. canvass the 200,000 farmers of the

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state and afliliate them with conn—
ty organizations that will be feder-
ated as a state body. As planned by
the executive board of the state farm
bureau, consisting of Roland Morrell,
of Benton Harbor; C. A. Bingham, of
Birmingham; R. G. Potts, of Wash-
ington; Frank Vanderbloom, of Mar-
quette; Fred Van Norsdall, of Three
Rivers; A. J. Rogers, Jr., of Ben-
lah; Fred Cornair, of Chesaning; J.
P. Munson, of Grand Rapids; A. E.
Iilenden, of Adrian; Alfred Hendrick-
son, of Shelby; James Nicol, of South
Haven; Robert Montieth, of Martin;
Mrs. John Ketcham, of Hastings;
Miss Flora Buell, of Ann Arbor; Ar-
lie Hopkins, of Bear Lake. and J. A.
Hasselman. of East Lansing, the
work of organisation will be done
by counties, Oakland being the first
visited. Activities here were start-
ed last week.

“The Michigan Farm Bureau, as it
exists now. has neither the member-
ship nor funds to promote the farm-
ers' interests in a comprehensive and
profitable way. The membership
campaign is expected to line up a
majority of the agriculturists behind
the movement and if this success is
attained the treasury will contain
money enough to get a ‘square deal'
for the farmer economically and po-
litically.

"According to C. A. Bingham. state
secretary, the idea of a union of
the farmers-.is being eagerly receiv-
ed in every part of the state it has
reached, particularly when the ex-
planation is made that the new or-
ganization will work in harmony
with all other farm organizations,
such as the Grangers and the Glean-
ers.

“In many ways the contemplated
organization resembles the Non-
Partisan League of the Dakotas, but
instead of being primarily a political
organization like the Non-Partisan
league, it is designed primarily for
the economic betterment of farmers.
Its political activities will be limited.
No candidates for public offices will
be put in the field,‘but the sessions
of the legislature will be closely
watched for measures inimical to the
farmers’ interests and measures fav-
orable to them will be promoted.

“It will have absolutely no affili-
ation with the Non—Partisan league,
but willlbe united with a national or-

anization of the various state farm

ureau federations that will be form-
ed at a congress in Chicago in Nov-
ember.”

 

BEAN COMPANY SELLS OUT

”The Michigan Bean Company locat-
ed at Port Huron, has recently been
sold to a new company, consisting of
several well-known county grain
men. all of whom have had years of
experience in a local and in a job-
bing way. The new company will be

, known as the Chamberlain-Holmes-

ieflords'Oo" and will handle whole-

sale beans, grain, hay and potatoes.

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Michigan Man Solves Ditch Problem With Dynamite

‘

By GUY G. MEANS

ITCH CONTRACTORS and
farmers in the southern penin-
sula of Michigan tell me that
of all ditching and drainage problems
that confront land owners of the low
lying sections of the state. that of
ditching muck is the most difficult.
In connection with Mr. H. L. Ostrand-
er, of Legrand, Michigan, I made a
study of this problem. We decided
to try out ditching with dynamite.
. Mr. Ostrander was advised by the
explosive manufacturers to purchase
60 per cent

straight dyna-
mite for the Job.
since in using

this more sensi-
tive dynamite, it
is not necessary
to use more than
one cap in a con-
siderable yard-
age of ditch. This
method is called
the propagated
method and will
work only in very
moist, wet or wa—
water c overed
soil. Since muck
is always in this condition the meth-
od is always the best.

The ditch which Mr. Ostrander de—
sired dug was about thirty rods in
length and ran through the worst
strip of log and stump infested piece
of wet land that I ever saw. The
neighbors of Mr. Ostrander were not
at all reluctant about questioning his
sanity when he talked of blasting a
ditch.

The picture here shows the char-
acter of the right of way for the
ditch as it was when the dynamite
was planted for the blast. The soft
muck under the stumps and logs
was about three feet deep and under
that was a hard layer of gravel.

The line of the ditch was laid out
so as to straighten the old crooked
creek bed which overflowed at every
rain and at no time thoroughly drain-
ed the several acres of fertile bottom
and the adjoining hillsides.

The farmers and laborers present
who had done that type of ditching
by hand agreed that no man could
dig even one red per day and that a
man could not be secured to work at

 

that type of work less than $5.00 per
day. .In other words, there was not
a laborer present who would agree to
do the work except for his NY.

We sunk bore holes 2 1-2 feet
deep along the center line every 1.8
inches with an ordinary 1 1-2 inch
crow bar. ‘ Into each of these was
placed one cartridge (1-2 pound) of
the straight dynamite.
three sections of about 10 rods. The
propagated method was used on all
and there was no trouble in firing
each section with
one cap in the
center.

The resulting
ditch was about
10 feet wide at
top; 4 feet at
bottom and from
8 to 4 feet deep.
Tliis was some-
what larger than
was actually
needed. The pic-
ture showing the
ditch was taken
the next morn-
ing after'the shot
and the curve at
bunch of small“ snags, or upper end
of the blasted portion where the new
ditch tapped the bend of. the old
creek. Numerous stumps at the
side of the ditch were white cedar
and on the right of way. Practically
no heavier loading was required to
move them over to the side.

The cost of the ditch was as fol-
lows: Labor, planting dynamite
only, no other required, $5.00; 125
pounds of 60 per cent straight dy-
namite at $23.50 per cwt., $31.87;
total cost of thirty rods of ditch,
$36.87.

In other words, the right of way
was cleared and the ditch blown at
one operation and required only
about five hours time for three men
By hand, one man could not have dug
it in a month.

The importance of this experiment
can be estimated when it is stated by
the college authorities and county
agents that there are thousands of
acres of this fertile muck land in
nearly all parts of Michigan. This
land drained is better for agricultur-
al purposes than out over lands.

 

 

CONTEST DRAWS CROWDS

The milking contest at the North-
ern District Fair, according to the
Cadillac News, attracted possibly as

much interest among the farmers as
any other exhibit. Owing to the fact
that the event was not arranged un-
til a few days before the fair there
are only three entries this year, but
the wide comment that is being
aroused is evidence that there will
be many more another year, now
that the conditions are thoroughly
understood.

JACKSON MARKET OPENS

Jackson opened recently its muni-
cipal vegetable market on the prop-
erty donated by Mrs. Leila Y. Post-
Montgomery, and which is located on
Jackson street, directly opposite
from Fire State No. 1. According to
Mayor Ryan all producers of vege-
tables or fruits may drive to the
market and without cost or license
sell their commodities to the public.
Hucksters or persons who buy pro-
ducts from producers will not be al-
lowed to sell at the market, the
mayor declared.

NEW WORKER IN “THUMB”

Bert Trumble, former editor of the
Review at Elkton, who recently sold
that paper on account of ill health,
not being able to stand the indoor
work has accepted the position\ of
field worker for the Gleaners. He
will have charge of the field work in
Sanilac. Tuscola and Huron counties
and it will be his duty to assist the

various arbors in their many prob-
lems, and to put new life into* the
meetings. His experience well fits
him for this position and the Glean—
ers of the local arbors may call upon
him at any time.

BIG TRACTOR TRY-OUT
BILLED FOR OCTOBER

Farmers near Allegan who are at
all interested in tractors and tractor
shows are urged by County Agent
Alfred Bental to reserve the after—
noon of Tuesday, October 7, for
what he believes will be a very inter—
esting event. , A tractor demonstra—
tion on the 'H. G. Weeks farm in Al-
legan township, will be given;

The following machines‘are prom-
ised: Heider, Titan, I. H. 0. 8-16
Samon, Fordson and Cletrac; other
machines are being arranged for. In
view of the continued labor scarcity
it seems as if machinery must come
more and more into play in farming
operations, and the tractors are sure
going to help solve at least a part of
the labor problems.

The Farm Bureau is of course not
interested in any particular make of
machine but this demonstration is
being arranged by the Farm Bureau
with the co-0peration of the manu-
factures so that the farmers may
have an opportunity of seeing the
different machines actually at work
in the field. '

BEAN MEN HOLD MEETING

An all day meeting of the Central
Michigan Bean Dealers and Jobber-s
Association was held in the parlors

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of the Wright House in Alma, which
was one of the best attended meet—
ings that the association has held in
the past few years. The meeting was

a special one called for the purpose ~

of arriving at some definite conclu-
sion of securing a bureau of final in-
spection for Michigan beans. a,

Plans were advanced and ther-
oughly discussed by the members of
the association, but nothing was
agreed upon by the time for the ad-
Journment and the president was in-
structed to appoint a committee to
work out some method of taking care
of the troublesome proposition.

 

MACOMB COUNTYV GREETS *

NEW AGRICULTURAL AGENT -

Macomb County farmers were glad
to learn of the arrival of the new
county agricultural agent, Erwin 0.
Anderson, succeeding H. V. Kittie.
who accomplished such excellent
work in Macomb. Mr. Anderson ar-
rived in Mt. Clemens September 23
and rolled up his shirt sleeves for the
big job confronting him. Through
various representatives of the farm-
ing industry of Macomb, he has been
eagerly greeted in his new work.

Mr. Anderson is a native of a Mich-
igan farm and worked on one for
about a score or so of years. He
was graduated from the Michigan
Agricultural College, specializing in
dairy husbandry. He continued his
education at the University of Wis-
consin, where he specialized in agri-
cultural economics. After further
farm work, he accepted a chair in
the faculty of Pennsylvania State
College, to teach farm management,
co-operation and marketing and cost
accounting.

During this period Mr. Anderson
farmed it during the summers and
never got out of touch with the prac-
tical end of the business. Two years
ago he answered the call of county
agent work and made and ace high
score of accomplishments in Caro-
lina County, Maryland. He was

- glad. however. to get an opportunity
to return to his native state, and

responded to the request from Ms.-
comb County.

ARMY WORMS IN MICHIGAN

Reports of a dangerous outbreak
of army worms in the Thumb dis-
trict of" Michigan, chiefly in Sanilao,
Huron and Tuscola counties, have
been received by the Michigan Agri-
cultural College. The army worms,
which derive their name from a habit
of marching like an army from one
field to another, destroy all crops
they come in contact with. eating or
cutting down practically everything.
Reports indicate slight outbreaks in
other parts of the State, but the
chief danger seems tobe in the so-
called Thumb‘counties. The worms
are later than usual this year. ac-
cording to Prof. R. J. Pettit. M. A.
C. Entomologist.

That the worms be checked in
their efforts to spread or march to
new fields is extremely important.
Prof. Pettit advises this recipe:

“Sift together one pound of paris
green or 3—4 pound of white arsenic
(not arsenate of lead) and 20
pounds of bran; add half a gallon
of molasses or syrup and a little wa-
ter, and stir in three oranges or
lemons, ground fine in a food chop-
per, skins and all. This may be
broadcasted over from 2 to 5 acres
of land. It is very attractive to both
cut-worms and to grasshOppers. Do
not try to substitute any other poi-
son for the paris-green or white ar-
senic. Neither arsenate of lead nor

arsenate of calcium will do the work

unless very large quantities of the
poison are used. Neither should one
use this bait where po‘ultry are like-
ly to piCk up much of it, although the
bait should be distributed in a finely
broken up condition rather_ than in
lumps.”

A man might travel the straight
and narrow path in a big place for
weeks and meet nobody he knows;
but let him once step aside and start
to do something foolish and every-
body he everlmet seems to be aware
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_ extending through several coun-
ties near Detroit will get noin-
1 in the price of, milk for the
. time being. according to the ruling
' of the Detroit um: Cemmusion at
‘ mien last Saturday morning in

t. Likewise the price will re-

the lame to the consumers in
it cents

re

a cave lorcetul arguments to show
t the public would not at this

endure any, in price.
Thopublichasbeensetonedge by
months of the impassioned talk

about the high cost of food, in the
city newspapers, and seldom has the

mer’s side of the question been
presented. The distributors assert-
ed that the pnblic’s impatience had

Admits Price Insuilicient
Prof. A. C. Anderson. of the Mich-

igan'Agricultural College, member of -

the Milk Commission and famous as
an authority on production costs,
gave the statement which appeared
in the press in Detroit as follows:

"The Commission realizes the pro-
ducer is not getting enough for his
milk to cover the cost of production,
and that the distributor is working
on too close a margin. But it is
also clear that the public will not
pay for. dearer milk at this time."

This was in line with the argument
presented by the spokesman of the
Detroit distributors, W. J. Kennedy.
of the Tower Creamery Company. Mr.
Kennedy said, “Don’t kill the goose
that layed the golden egg. The pub-
lic will stand for just so much and I
think the limit of its patience has
been reached.”

.. What Does

to ask for an import duty on

Japanese beans.
why this is?
are produced by the cheapest labor in
the world, on cheap land, and can be
sold at a great deal lower price than
beans grown in the United States.
Moreover, having free access to the
markets Of this country they are be-
ing sold and have been sold for some
time in ruinous competition with the
home-grown article.
seen that the Japanese article will
eventually destroy the bean industry
in this country if the government

continues longer to admit it free of I

duty to our markets.
those interested in Japanese beans
wants this to happen, and the only
way to prevent its happening is to
put a high enough duty on Japanese
beans so first Japanese growers can
not sell at less than the domestic
produce. ’
Congressman Joe.
man of the Ways and Means commit-
tee, has arranged a hearing for Man-
day, Oct. 13th, before which the bean
men, both jebbers and growers,. of

appear and present their claims for
an import duty on Japanese beans.
Naturally this committee will not
take the mere word 01 these bean
men that such a duty is necessary.
They must have FACTS. They must
have facts to prove that the bean
growers of this
produce beans in competition with
Japan growers.
facts to prove that the cost of pro-
duction in‘this country“ as high if
_ not higher theatbeflhobcele price
”of? Japanese him. I'm will want

-‘ COST ESTIMATE PER ACRE I
Do you know General Information
Because Japanese beans I _ Bushels Seed per acre
vHow many acres of beans this year? @ ...... per bu. $ ........ I
Ans. ....................... . . . . Cost of Plowing per I
I Ho bea l t ? acre ........
ear
W many acres ”8 as y Cost of Fitting the I
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acreage was r u s .
Iti 1. y Cost of Planting..-........l
s p am to be reason why? Ans. ................ Cultivation (four I
I What is condition of present crops? times) ......... 3 ..... . I
Ans. ............................ Pulling ...... S. ......I
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mate? Ans. .................... Drmun' g """"" 3 """" I
I Threshing (include
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.. -‘ - , '- . ' gang and fuel for
_ Ans. ................ . ........... machine \ ....... 3 ..... . . . I
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Michigan and other bean states, may Ina", you had an otter for beans when Vague of farm, per I
» . . ere .......... 8. . . . . .
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Ropucnns or MILK in the area

l etroitV : ' ommlsswn Keeps Same Milk Pric

Members Admit Higher Price Would Be Fair, But
' They Feared Wrath of Public

He went on to show how other big
cities were not charging more than
Detroit. some of them even less. To
besmhemodolittleornorofer-
encetodceens ofbig centersinvar-
ions parts of the nation which are
W more than Den-otters
are figures may be round in
the last issue at Incision Busnmss
Fm

Hr. Kennedy stated that condens-
ers were able to buy milk from Mich-
igan producers for around 88.80 a
hundred pounds. He said that con-
demed milk prices had gone up in
Detroit“ percentinthepastso
days. Picking out the cities paying
lower prices than Detroit, he enum-
erated: .

Cleveland, $3.69 a hundred pounds
to producer. 15 cents a quart and 9
cents a pint to consumer; St. Louis,
$3.40 to producer, 16 and 9 cents
to consumer; New York. $3.31 and
16 and 9 cents; Cincinnati, $3.45

and 14 and 8 cents; Chicago. $3.63
and 15 and 8 cents. '

The question of changing the ex-
isting rate of 4 cents a pound in
crease or decrease in price to

the

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producer. as the milk varies above
orbelowthestandardor 8.5 per
cent. butter fat. was over to the
December meeting a: commission.

Nathan Hull w Producers

Nathan Hull. [#81th of the
Michigan Producers’ Association,
spoke well in behalf ed the produc-
ers. IntherichdairyoountyotLivu
ingstone. he showed how it cost only
about “.03 to produce a hundred
pounds of milk. But other places in
the Detroit area he showed conclus-
ively that the cost of production is
around 84.87 per hundredweight. He
added 10 per cent to this figure for
profit which the farmer as an invest-
or shouid earn. That would make
a total of $4.30 which the Farmer
should get for his milk in order to
keep in the business and make it

Pa!-

Mr. Hull said that prices for the
producer must go up it the farmer
can compete with the employers “of
labor in the cities. Producers and
distributors may be driven out of

business by the low prices paid. But

can the consumers go out of busi-
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Professor Anderson also showed
that the farmer should get an in-
crease in order to get at least cost
of production. He is in charge of in-
vestigations which show that even in
Livingstone County farmers have
been losing on each and every cow
since 1916. Last year they last $18
per cow. -

What of the Future?

Farmer representatives went away
from the meeting sanded that they
were going to get at least part of the
raise they had asked for at the mac —
ed by the failure to get a better
price. The consuming public should
not be hurt, but it is really cutting
its own throat in forcing the farm-
ers out of business—out of produc-
ing the things vital to the consum-
ing public.

Farm leaders urge farmers to go
into the branch of the farming bus-
iness which pays them fairly. They
used to urge the farmers to plant
every available foot of ground dur—
ing the war as a patriotic duty. To
urge the farmers to continue this .at
a loss would be encouraging a bus-
iness suicide.

Go into the branch of the business
that pays a fair profit is the slogan
of various farm leaders to the bus-
iness farmers of today. The public
is bound to realize this fact sooner
or later and must give the farmer a
fair price in order to have anything
to eat. Encouragement is seen in
the fair attitude of the Detroit Milk
Commission. Such organizations
nearly everywhere are realizing that
the farmer is selling at a dead loss
and it is hoped that they soon will
have the cou; age of their convictions
and that *he publ , will be fair
enough to do the square thing.

The next meeting of the Commis-
sion is about two months away. In
some ways it will be a crisis for many
dairy farmers in Michigan—and
much the same problem applies to
all parts of the state as to the South-
eastern section. Buyers from Texas
and elsewhere are paying premium
prices for Michigan cattle and many
have been selling ofl? their stock in
this state ever since milk producing
ceased to pay. Unless the fair price
is granted soon, this movement is
bound to continue.

it Cost to Grow Beans in" Michigan

MICHIGAN bean men are going I“

to know what it costs the individual
farmer to grow this product, and
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING wants
to be prepared to submit this data di-
rect from the farmers themselves.
This publication will have a repre-
sentative at the hearing, but nothing
that We might say or any member of
the various committees who are to
attend might say, can have greater
effect than the statements of the farm-
ers themselves. So it is of the ut-
most necessity that our readers who
grow beans advise us at once what
their costs are. Do not think that
this is a matter of no importance. On
the contrary, we can think of nothing
that is of greater importance to the
average bean grower. For two years
we have grown beans in the face of
fluctuating and uncertain markets
and most farmers have lost money
at the prevailing prices. We have
cited what the past influences‘have
been to undermine the market, and
we now know that the future holds
no greater menace than the unin-
terupted flow of Japanese beans into
this country. Perhaps the futureof
this entire industry, so far as Michi-
gan is concerned, hinges upon the
action of congress in adopting an
import duty. Let it not be said that
a single producer of beans neglected
to do his part in helping to build
a protection against this industry by
tailing to give us at this time the
M infmmtion desired. Fill
out the coupon and mail to Edit-
“ “mm Farming. It.

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‘ of the chief trouble makers.

' to the city buyers.

lcal time.
-dus sections here and there, a vast
1 number of farmers are almost pushed

ROM TIME to time when our leg-
' islatures are in

of boxing,

These gentlemen are
ed that the state should supervise
these contests. They are against
prize fighting—perish the thought
that they should condone such a
brutal sport, which is, and always has
been against the law. on, no, they
want boxing matches so controlled
that there shall be no rough‘work.
Baxers must Wear gloves that weigh
at-least‘ three ounces each. Rounds
shall not be more than three minutes
with one minute rests between, which
strange to say. are therules of the
prize ring. Now. our members of
the legislature are innocent gentle-
men. many of them just out of the
brush .who are easily gullible to the
fine words and splendid sentiments
otthe aforesaid sporting gentlemen.
I‘recollect that when I was in the
Senate of 1899 some sporting gentle-
men picked out one of the Senators,
who by the way was a minister of the
Gospel and got him to introduce a
measure to supervise “athletic con-
tests", He was somewhat surprised
the next day to read a screaming
headline in a Detroit paper which
read: “Minister introduces a bill to
legalize prize fighting.” It gave him
a great shock and he dropped it with
a dull thud. Every session since
these gentlemen have been pushing
a similar bill without avail, but this
year owing to the fact that there
were an unusual number of inno—
cent and unsuspicious members in
our law making body. we now have
a law to legalize prize fighting. No,

Consumers

R CONSUMER is beginning to
M get at least half truths about

the farmer’s situation, thru
the columns of certain big magazines
and newspapers. Throughout the
summer and early fall in the clamor
against profiteering, the farmer was
blamed by city people as being one
This
blame was largely a result of propa-
ganda of the city profiteers who
“passed the buck” onto the farmers.
But many investigations are getting
somewhere near the truth and the
city manipulators who overcharge
and gamble are uncovered in their
lair. Thus editors who have been
learning the truth are beginning to
show the farmer’s side of it more
than formerly.

It is pointed out by one great mag—
azine, Collier’s, that the word “farm-
er" does not really apply to the per—
son who works five or ten acres of
truck on the outskirts of a city and
who perhaps charges excessive rates
But, it points
out, the real farmer is the man who
sows the wide fields with wheat and
corn, rye, barley. oats, beans, pota-
toes and other vital necessities. The
business of farmingis the vital bus-
iness. the basic industry without
without which no other industry
could operate.

Farming, however, is facing a crit-
In spite of some prosper—

against the wall. ' There are coun-
ties where the. windows of the farm

homes are being- boarded-up and- the.
The,
‘ dragging of prices this season down,
3 below the cost of production is a-
. staggering blow. There is even ser-

families moving to the cities.

ions talk of a general strike by the
farmers.

The full page editorial in the “Na-
tion‘al Weekly” this week, does not
take up the farmer' 3 side so heartily
as Michigan Business Farming would

do, but the article has many goOd-

i'd'eas worth everyone' 3 reading.
Moreover the article is typical of an
encouraging tendency which has be-
gun to show itself in the press circu-
lating among the public at large. The
article f'o'iloWs: “ ‘ ~

' session appear-
various sporting gentlemen with
i bills to provide “for the regulation,

. control and supervision
'- sparring and wrestling exhibitions."
very smooth '
persons and they are greatly concern- '

’ oifenSive—“athletic contests.”

By J.A1‘1Es’w.~HELME

 

(Third 'of a series of articles by Hr.Helme.)

I should not make the statement so

law provides that we shall have a
State Athletic Commissioner at $3,-
500 per year, a board 'of four mem-
bers who shall receive a per diem of
$10 per day and traveling expenses
and $5.00 per day for

000 is collected, the balance goes

into the school fund to teach athletics ‘

in the public schools.

All bills under
take effect ninety days after the last

day of session, except appropriation .

bills and ”bills necessary for the
public health, peace and safety."

These sporting gentlemen persuaded
the legislature that the public health,

letic contests" be, supervised at once
and so the bill was given immediate
effect and is now a law and we are
having “athletic contests"

This '

hetel bills ’
when away from home. The bill pro- -
vides for a tax of 10 per cent on ad- '
mission fees to said contests to take ..
care of these salaries and if over $10, - ‘

our constitution '

properly

supervised under this law by our
Athletic commissioner. An athletic
contest was recently held under this
law at Kalamazoo The Associated

' Press gives the following account of

it:

“Kalamazoo, August
Brennan of Detroit and Jack Harri
of Kewanee, 111., middleweights. fought
10 of the fastest rounds ever seen in
Kalamazoo to a draw here tonight at
the New Kalamazoo Athletic Club. Her-

‘ rick led in the fifth, sxith and seventh

rounds. Brennan in the first second and
ninth, with honors slightly in Herrick’s
favor up to the 11111 when he ran into
a left uppercut to e jaw and went
down for the count of nine, again for
a full count, and barely weathered the
storm. Brennan tried hard for a knock-

‘ out in the tenth. but Herrick came back

strong and‘ the decision of a draw met
with unanimous approval."

Recently at Detroit an ”athletic

' contest" was‘held between one Shark-

.'e and ‘one Herman ~ .
peace and safetydemanded that “ath- 1 y ' who in other '

states are knOWn as prize fighters.
These gentlemen boxed each other

around considerably but didn’ t hurt »

each other whereupon the crowd in

attendance set up a howlthat they ,

 

  

 

 

Here is the farm home of E. N. Slough. Gagetown, Mich" a typi-

cal residence of the 200,000 business farmers in Michigan.

Begin to Learn Truth About Farmers

Business of Farming is the Basic Industry Upon
Which All Others Depend

A letter which the editor of a farm
paper sent recently to a new editor-
ial correspondent in the South has
fallen by chance into our hands. Here
is the concluding paragraph:

Remember that folks on farms are
very much like folks in the city. They
have the same hopes and wishes, the
same likes and dislikes. If you still
entertain the “hayseed” idea. get it
out of your head. Thereare no hay-
seeds any more. Generally speaking,
people on the farm are nowadays just
as well educated, as progressive, and
as fine— grained as people anywhere,
and usually- a lot better off physiCally
and otherwise than the majority of
men and women in the cities.

We are living in avtime of trends
and -of changing conditions. Some
are alarming.
ing . One thing we would liketo be-
lieve—and have much reason to be—
lieve—is that city people and country
people are beginning at last to. know
each other better; and, as a-result,
are taking a keen and intelligent in-
terest in one another's affairs.

Around town, certainly, there is
.much talk of “the. farmers} Every
now and then the hard. word, profit—
eer is used in this connection. But
the tenor of the talk matters little;
the main thing is that the city man.-
after all these years,- is new becbming
interested in the farmer and the
farmer’ 3 business

The farmer beyond dqubt s al-
ways been interested in“ the city man:
.For generations he has been envious
of the comforts of city life, with its
labor-saving devices and its short

years he has ecquir'ed many of these.

There is a realfarmer, a Kansas
business man of the sell, whotook
'a degree with distinction from an
Eastern college. He. comes to New
York occasionally. He does not re-
semble the old-fashioned farmer.-He

has the look 'and the attitude of the '
any. large:

successful executive'vin .

.0

Others are reassur- .

struggle

There fol-
he

manufacturing business.
lows a quotation from a letter
wrote the other day:

The barrier between the city man '

and the farmer has always been a
mechanical one. The moment we

gained the labor-saving machinery.

and the quick means of transporta-
tion and communication that city peo-
ple have had, we took full advantage
of them.

But they have not changed
natures. They have simply allowed
us to make farming the really organ-
ized,,eflicient manufacturing business
it’ deserves to be—the greatest basic
manufacturing industry in the world.
From our raw materials, seed, unfat-
tened stock, and the soil, we turn out
our finished products.

In the old days it was different.
The struggle then ,was a pioneer’s
The farmer was concern-
ed with getting land, which was
cheap'and plentiful, and with build-
ing a home. He couldproduce cheap-
ly because land and labor were cheap.

That day has gone. Land and. la—
bor are cheap no longer. To succeed,

a farmer should have many acres of 1

ground and a, working. capital
$10, 000.
fers a better return on a $10, 000 la-

(if,

' bor investment, the prospective farm-

er should go into that business. and
not into farming.
Above all, the farming man of to-

day should; know his costs of produc- ‘

tiOn. This- is knowledge the old- -time
farmer never dreamed of, because he

, was. running. his, place. not as a bus-
iness, but as a home.

hours of work- Within the last few.:».
-.business man who now rails at the ’

If we could only induce every city

farmer to come out in the country,
buy a'farm, and apply to it the meth-
ods he uses in running his store or
factory, how soon the misunderstand-
ing between the city man and farm-
ing man would disappear. "

So much for this farmer’ 3 point of
view... Itleaves us still-facing the

H wanted their meney back because the
. principals didn’t

2.0 —ank e. ,

'ture for. passing this law legalizing

' pushed the bill and toOk undue ad-

' fighting bill is on’ Brothers Slocum

, good an impression on the legislature

and producer over the cost of living.

0111' ‘

' man who is in farming‘as a business.

_ man who takes an alarm clock

If. 861116 other business of— I in their own way;- this kind of soil-

"garden is an excellent thing When
“properly managed; every good farm

" man who preduc'es' our’ great supplies

' beef and pork and mutton and veal.

rmadeany‘mon‘eybefore;j ' ‘ j z! 5 . , ., .

   

fight. The mis-
guided croWd didn’t know that our
sapie‘nt salons had passed this law'
to prevent any rough w'ork. .
Hoy'vever, the crowd was appeased
by the reSult of a preliminary contest
between Ernie Berriean and K. 0.
Brown of Toledo. ADetroit sport-
ing editor after recounting that
Brown was knocked down- several
times duringthe six rounds the can;
test lasted. makes this statement:

' ”Brown collapsed from physical ex-
haustion- in the last round He was
carried to his corner where he crumpled
in a dead faint He was stretched out
on the floor of the ring and two DhX:
sicians called. They worked over his
gostrate body for quite a 'while before
became semi-conscious. Brown was
g” rried to his earner and placed on a
it only to become utterly uncon-
scious again in a few seconds "and coi— '
lapsed to the floor. The physicians
worked over him several minutes more
before he became semi-conscious , a
second time and could be carried out of
the hall.- Brovm was. taken to the Re-
_ceiving Hospital and spent the_ night

We are not criticising the legisla-

prize fights . . .Far from it. but our
condemnation can not be severe
enough on those sporting men who

vantage of some perfectly innocent
and guileless members of our legis-' ..
lature. _The only 'thing'we‘ can't un-
derstand is why these members gulp-
ed down all the hot air the sports-
m‘en handed out. to them but when
Sl'o‘cum and Ketcham urged them to
submit" the warehouse bill to a vote
they were afraid to trust the people.
The legislative joke in this prize

and Ketcham who failed to make as

as the prize fighters lobby.

present dispute between consumer

Who is to fix the final responsibility?
Nobody knows for the time being.
Our own guess is that both sides, to-
gether with the distributing agencies
that lie between them, are-all some-
what to blame. Apart from the hu-
man desire of the producer to make
more money, and the equally human
propensity of the consumer to spend
mbney unwisely, you have also a
combination of circumstances due
to the fact .that readjustment follow-
ing a war of the first magnitude in-
variably disturbs the normal balance
of demand and supply.

Not for a while yet will talk of the
rich farmer and the profiteering
farmer die down. Not for a while
will the suspicion that the city man
believes him to be culpable remove
itself from the farmer’s mind._ By
farmer, of course, we mean only the

The real farmer has nothing'in com-
men ’with the back-yard farmer, or
with the dabbler on five or ten acres
—-no more than the electrical engin-
eer has to do with the amateur ex-
perimenter, or than the president of
a high- -grade watch factory With the
to
pieces for 'the' fun of putting it to-
gether again. The home gardener.
and the fiVe- -a_.cre farmer are splendid

 

working Serves the purpose of health
and of individual economy. The home ~

has One. But the real farmer is the

of Wheat oat, hay and corn; our

He is the man who runs our basic in— L
dustry. He is a business man. or 1
real farmers there are about six mil-

liOn in the United States

Are these six million men making
enormous and unjustifiable profits
out of farming?

The facts do not show that they
They are making more money

   

are.
than ever before—~but they never ‘

      
    
       

  

 


  
   

   

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. EARLY EVERYONE realizes

that we are at' the beginning
-~ of .a new epoch or era." This is
a scientific ag'e'and Successful farm-

‘ ing‘ of the immediate future is no ex-

ception, and, in order to emphasize
this we need merely to mention the
necessity of making more efficient
man power, which, of course, involv-
eslsever‘al phases of farming activi—
ties, the desirability of ample work-
ing capital, the intelligent use of lime
and fertilizers, the marketing of pro-
ducts, and others.

Great'interest in the improvement
of soils and the maintenance of their
productivity is being manifested thru
out the'country. This is aslit should
.be as no other natural resources
compare rwith the maintenance 0f
soil'fproductjivity in its bearing upon
the future of the race. This is large-
ly an individual matter, therefore,
only as each farmer intelligently tills
his land and carefully and conscien-
tiously husbands its resources can the
future generations as well as the
present population be assured of
their food.

Now-in order to accomplish this.
we as farmers must learn as much
about our business as possible. In
order to provide opportunities for
those who read Michigan Business
Farming, there are to appear in its
columns during the year discussions
of all phases of soils. Many of these
will be fundamental and educational
in nature, such as are given to farm—
ers in the short courses at the Michi-
gan Agricultural 'College during the
winter months.

The origin and classification of
soils will receive considerable atten-
tion so that possibly a better under-
standing of the discussions that fol-
low as well as one’s own problems
may be had. Next will follow a rath-
er complete discussion of the physi-
cal properties of different kinds of
soil and their bearing upon their
management. By physical properties
is meant the chemical analysis of
soils and their bearing upon crop
production, porosity or soils, affect-
ing ventilation, drainage and reten-
tion of plant food as well as soil
structure or tilth. Soil moisture and
modern views and practices in con—
nection with its conservation and use
will receive a great deal of atten-
tion.

In addition soil aeration and soil
temperature as affecting crop pro-
duction will be discussed. The mod-
ern views regarding the feeding of
plants and in addition the composi-
tion, value and use of commercial for-
tilizers are. to be fully discussed. The
composition and value and reinforce-
' ment of stable manure as well as the
value of organic matter and methods
of maintaining it in the soil will be
next considered. Other subjects
such as the rotation of craps and soil
surveying are to be taken up., Final-
ly. the management of light; medium

and heavy, as well as peatfand muck .

soils, in the lightof recent éx’perié
ence, will be considered.-

Chapter I.’
HERE ARE ., cetain .co'nsidera-
I tions with respect to croppro-
duction that should be dis-
cussed before we take up the proper:
ties and management of soils. In
this chapter we are to consider the
plant’s requirements relative‘ to the
climate and the soil duringits-var-
ious periods of growth.
Germination .
When good seeds are placed in
warm, moist, aerated soil they germ~
inate. During this period they do

not require food from outside sources.

inasmuch as the germs are supplied
'with that which is stored within the
seed. Thus, the proper water cen—
tent of the soil and warmth are of
chief-concern. Nearly every one has
observed that seed increases greatly
in volume, or swollen when brought
into contact with water and the swell-
ingi} especially rapid if the water is
warm. Very often seeds do not germ-
inate because there is not enough
water in the soil. pnd in some cases
because they aremot in close enough
contact with the sail particles, es-
pecially is this. frequently the case
with smaller ,seeds that are placed
sandy soils. ,,The desirable. "re-

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Study of Fundamentals of the Problem Means Dollars

and. Cents in Farming Business
By PROF. M.‘M. VMcCOOL '

 

 

M. Mc-

was born and
reared on a
large general
farm in north-
western Mis-
. souri. Later,
1904 to 1908,
he attended
the agricultur-
al college. He
was employed
four seasons,
from June to
October, by
the Missouri
State Soil Survey while a stu-
dent in the University, he be-
ing the leader of. the first soil
survey party sent out by the
University. Upon graduation
from the University of Missouri
he was appointed instructor in
Cornell University. While en-
gaged in teaching he was able
to carry on graduate studies and
complete the doctorate. Begin-

 

 

He’s From Missouri and Has Something 'to Show

 

‘ that time.

ning 1912 was
appointed As-
sistant Profes-
sor of Soils at
the Oregon
,‘Agricultu r'al
College, Cor-
vallis, Oregon,
in which capa-
city he served
until . 19 1 4.
While employ-
ey by this in-
stitution much
time was de-
voted to the in-
vestigation of
irrigation and dry farming op-
erations as well as reconnais-
sance soil survey in the foothills
of the Cascade Mountains. In
1914 he was employed as profes-
sor and placed in charge of the
education and experimental
work'in Soils at the Michigan
Agricultural College in whith
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firming the soil when clover or alfal-
fa are seeded on sandy soils are thus
accounted for.

The seeds of various crops differ
appreciably with respect to the best
temperature of the soil for germina-
tion. The lowest and best and the
highest temperatures found for sev-
eral crops are given in Table 1.

The relation of temperature to the
germination of certain seeds (in de-
grees Fahrenheitz)

Lowest Best Highest
Corn .............. 49 93 115
Beans ............. 49 93 115
Pumpkin -.. . .52 93 115
Wheat ............ 41 84 108
Barley ............ 41 84 99
Rye ....... much lower . . . . .

 

 

Be Sure to Innoculate Alfalfa Seeding

HERE IS no longer doubt of

I the value of alfalfa as a forage
crop. Farmers are producing it
rather extensively, and their results
have shown that its successful prol-
duction is only a. matter of clear-
ly understanding its requirements.
TheSe requirements are not so‘ un-
usuallU different from those of other
crops, save in one or two cases which
cannot be neglected.

Like 'othericrops, alfalfa does best
on a good loam soil which is deep,

sweet, well drained, free from weeds,

.and contains a good supply of organ-
' ic matter and mineral plant foods,.es-
peciaily lime and phosphorus. Quite
different from the cereal crops, a1-
falfa has at i least one special re-

cuirement which must be understood. -‘
This is its' need for inoculation; or.

bacteria which live on its roots.
Without giving some, attention, to
this requirement, the beginner-in al-
.falfa'inay find himself sorely disap-
pointed bU a failure in his first ven:
.ture to produce this great forage
crop.

Alfalfa, like sonQans, ,cowpeas,
sweet clover and other legumes, re-
quires special bacteria on its roots

for best growth. By means of these

bacteria the plant can feed on the
nitrogen of the air as well as that in
the soil and make better growth on
certain soils than crops like corn. Ni-
trogen so gathered from the air is
built into theyplant which when fed
on-the farm olr plowed under makes
the soil rich. Thru the bacteria the
farmer is not only getting a bigger
and better crop, but is also taking a
big step in maintaining his soil fer-
tiliti7. Without bacteria alfalfa is a
"soil- robber" the same as non-legume
crops and not’ a “soil builder.“

These bacteria are‘ not always nat-~

urally present in the sdil,_ For this
Lreascln, they must, be introduced "by
the practice known as “inoculation”
when’t'he‘ crop is seeded for, the first

 

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these control methods.

time. This can be done in either of
two ways. First, by the “soil meth-
and, second, by “artificial cul-

tures.” The surest and most practi-

cal way to inoculateds to secure some

soil from an old 'well-inojculated a1-
falfa field or from a place where
sweet clover is growing. Care should
be taken to see that such soil is not
infested with weed seeds” This soil
may then be scattered broadcast at
the .rate._of,three hundred to‘five hun-
dred pounds yper'acre and harrowed
into the ground to be seeded. Try

_ Take some of_ the soil .. (With a
gallon of water) and thoroly 'mix
this soil with the seed so that every
seed grain ‘has a thin coating of dirt.
Inoculation may also be effected by
mixing _a gallon] of solil with overly
bushel of seed‘to be sown, the there
may be sombfobjectibn to this method
because of injuryto the drill by the

v sandin the soil. ' ~
MArtiflcial cultures Will also serve

for, inoculation. These are special
bacteria grown: for the s'peCific pur-
pose by manly colmmercial firms and
most» experiment stations. They may
lose, their power in. shipping and
careless handling,‘but as a general
rule. are reliable. Directions for
their use are very simple, and can be
used profitably when no Well-infected
soil can be 'had.

Regardless of which method is
most desirable or most Convenient,
the important fact is that in the ma-
jority of cases where alfalfa is sown
fonthe first time it will need to be
inolculated by some artificial means.
Innoculation may be new practice to
some farmers but that in no waiy
lessens the advisability of seeing that
the soil to be seeded, to alfalfa has
the proper bacteria in it. Inoculation
is a simple practice and of such im-
portance in establishing alfalfa that

Uthe novice alfalfa grower can’t af-

ford~ to neglect _it.

' Thus according to the above, seeds
differ markedly in their temperature
requirements for
Melons require high temperatures,
corn medium; and small grains lower
temperatures.
too often overlOoked by the farmer.
If the moisture content is too great,
or the soil too compact, the seed may
not germinate on account of lack of
air or oxygen. These requirements
account in part for the desirability
of a well prepared seed bed for most
crops. ‘

Upon germination roots are sent
downward into. the soil before the
stem appears above the surface. In
some cases the roots penetrate two or
more inches before the stem emerges
from the soil. This may serve as ‘a
protective measure against drouth,
as well as a support for the plant,
later on in its development. It has
been abundantly demonstrated that
it is desirable for the seeding to grow
vigorously from the start, the future
development of the plant being ap-
preciably influenced thereby. Thus.
it is essential for maximum crop pro-
duction to place the seed in favor-
able environment with respect to the
temperature and moisture of the soil.

The Seed
It is now fully recognized that the
seed itself is a factor of tremendous
importance. The seed of some va-
rieties of crops not only germinate

poorly but produce weak seedlings, ‘

and hence are called low yielders.
Some varieties do much better on
some soils and under some climatic
conditions than others. Almost ev-
ery progressive community has cer-
tain kinds of‘varieties of the various
crops that are known to be more suc-
cessful than others, due either to dis-
ease resistance or to better adapta-
tion to the soil and climatic condi-
tions. Several of the Agricultural
Experiment Stations in this country,
as well as many farmers, have done
much to increase crop production by
improving varieties by means of care-
ful breeding and selection, and sub-
sequently distributing these. The ros-
en rye, Duncon and other varieties of
corn are notable examples. It is un-
questionably true that we are rapid-
ly coming to the point where we will
have varieties of wheat and other
crops to be grown on light and oth-
ers on heavy soils.

Requirements for Growth

We usually speak of the develop-
ment of the plant after it appears
above the ground, until seed forma-
tion, as the vegetative growth. To
be sure, it is influenced during this
period by many soil and climatic con-
ditions. It is through this period
that the plant is obliged to utilize
raw materials that are obtained from
the soil and the atmosphere, and man-
ufacture food therefrom for its
growth and for storage to perpetuate
itself. .

The soil must furnish to the crop
in proper amounts for maximum pro-
duction the elements, nitrogen, phos-
phorus, potassium, sulphur. calcium,
magnesium and iron. 'With the ex-
ception of nitrogen these are derived
from minerals in the soil. They must
first go into solution before the
plant can remove and make use of
them“ We shall see later on'vthat
bringing about conditions in the soil,
such that sufficient mineral matter
goes into solution during the grow-
ing period, is really one of the big
problems in soils management. We
shall also see that there are many
things that affect or govern the
amount of minerals in the soil moist-
ure. It will also be shown that .the
amounts of the above elements re-
moved from the soil varies with dif-
ferent crops, with different stages in
their development, with different
parts of the crop and the supply of
the minerals at their disposal. More-
over, each of the above elements will
be shown to affect the development
of the crop differently. - , , ,

The plant must also be supplied
with water by the soil. It is made
uso of by the plant in various ways
aiding. of course, in the transporta-
tion of the minerals, spoken of above,
to various portions of the plant and
some of it serves as plant food, form-
ing part of the plant tissues.

germination. '

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Why a State Farm Bureau

S PEAKING recently upon a matter of fed-

eral legislation in which the farmers had
shown some interest, a man of national prom‘
inence remarked: “Judging from the influ-
ence that is brought to bear by representatives
of farm organizations on most important leg-
islation, I take it that the farmers want to have
a say in shaping national affairs. But I hard-
ly knowwho voices the real sentiment of the
farmers nowadays. There are so many dif-
ferent farm organizations, the leaders at least
of which seem to have such vastly different
opinions on important matters, that it is ex-
tremely difl‘icult to tell what the mass of
farmers really desire. In a situation of this
kind congress should not always be blamed for
acting contrary to the wishes of the rural
folk, for they are naturally guided by the
farm representatives who are most active in
presenting their claims before committees.

We have observed many times that this is
true. National representatives of farm organ-
izations differ and argue and almost come to
verbal blows over great national issues, upon
which they should unite with the utmost sol-
idarity. Not only does this difl’erei cc of opin-
ion keep the mind of congress in a continual.
state of uncertainty as to how the man back
on the farm feels about it» but it shows how
loose and inharmonious are the various organ-
izations of farmers and greatly lowers the in-
fluence of the farmers in the estimate of the
law—makers.

As long as this condition. exists the farmers
will continue to walk around in a circle. Pro-
gress in national agricultural reform will be
slow and difficult. The farmers do not lack
numbers. They lack the machinery to bring
those numbers together and weld the sentiment
of the majority of those numbers into a pow—
erful instrument that will prod the congres-
sional conscience and move it to action along
the line the farmers would have it go. The
opportunity has been great in recent years
for the score or more of leading farm organ-
izations to smother their silly jealousies and

' unite for the common good of all farmers, but

this they have failed to do.

They have demonstrated their . inabil-
ity to cope with the situation, and have opened
wide the gates for a new and perhaps greater
farm organization to enter the field of service
and lead the farmers in a triumphal march to
the heart of national affairs.

We are not yet prepared to say that the
State Farm Bureau is the organization that
is destined to perform this mighty. work. Its
form of organization and its principles seem
fundamental and worthy of «support. If it
gives to the farmers a truly representative
voice in its affairs, adheres strictly to the pur-
fine? it has proclaimed, and puts men at the,
"ca ’of its scans ~Who 'ho‘ld unswei'vizigly to
their ideals and hate the energy and ability

 

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we are glad, to give the Michigan State‘Fm

bureau the support of this publication; We- .

believe it comes—the nearest “to the :ideal form
of organization for exerting influence in na-
tional affairs of any existing organization. It
should not and cannot take the place of any

other farm organization. On the contrary it
should encourage their existence and develop-
ment. There, are vital functions which the
farmhureweannotperformthatmustbelcft
to the organizations Whose members are held
together by close social, fraternal or economic

bonds. But in matters of state and national

policy the various state farm bureaus should-

-be the ideal media thru which farmers may
voice their united demands.
0 O C C
To Strike at Not to Strike .
T HE ATTITUDE of the public upon the
steel workers’ strike is decidedly one of
caution. Even those individuals who in
quieter times openly espouse the cause of
employers in labor disputes are now taking a
safe middle ground and admitting the gener-
ally accepted truths that the aituation in
“grave,” and that “there are probably griev-
ances on both sides.” This disposition on the
part of those usuallyopposed to all labor move“
ments may be taken as indicating a belief in
the justice of the steel strikers’ demands.

The strike is a most effective weapon in en-
forcing the right of collective bargaining.
Employers of labor claim that labor should not
have this right of collective bargaining, let
alone the right to strike. They argue that it
tends‘to make labor inefficient and arbitrary.
In the nature of things, this seems to be true.
The right of collective bargaining for the pur-
pose of controlling prices is denied to capital
by law, yet we have much evidence to prove
that capital does resort to collective bargaining
despite the law. But capital work quietly and,
easily evades the law. So capital likewise tends
to become inefficient and arbitrary.

Farmers who are asking the right to bargain
collectively could not consistently refuse that
same right to labor. If the strike is the only
effective instrument with which the principal
of collective bargaining can be applied, then
we must concede to the justice and reasonable-
ness of the strike, Whether it be employed by
union laborers or organized farmers. But if
collective bargaining and the strike are to be
legalized certain definite rules should be laid
down to prevent their abuse. If a number of
workmen are employed under conditions and
at wages that are not satisfactory, it should be
proper for them to collectively agree to quit
work until this grievance is adjusted. If a
number of farmers have been selling a certain
product for less than cost of production, if
should be proper for them to collectively agree
to raise no more or sell no more of that product
until the public shall be willing to pay them'
a fair price. But no body of men should be
permitted to strike to enforce demands which
do not directly concern the welfare of each
striking individual. What possible justice is
there in a strike over the hiring of a non—union
man to fill a vacancy or the discharging of a
union man for inefficiency? What moral
excuse can there be for. labor organizations to
picket the property of others, to threaten, at-
tack or otherwise intimidate'men who of their
own volition seek to take the place of striking
workmen at the lathe or furnace?

If the steel workers are striking to better
their working condition, they will, we are sure
have the sympathy of their fellow citizens thru-
out the land. -But if the steel workers are
striking for no better purpose than to force the
steel heads to “recognize” their union, their
claims will receive scant consideration from
thosepwho believe in democracy in business as

' well as government. Public opinion has never

shown itself particularly friendly to the steel
“trust” or other great combinations of capital,
and even in the present crisis there isa natural
tendency 0n_-the part of the public to lean to -
the striking workmen. But atthe same time
the public recognizes that the steel corpora-
tions have certain rights that must be respec—~
ted and that justice for tie steel workers can-

'ii‘dt be secured 'by visiting injustice upon the

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employers.

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time, ritmmt‘méeeed’ Wei‘fle'wm , , yam,

- '. atom befed a'n’ handled Ian’ thought. about

  

mm , j attentional mméii can do
some: patch: up the differences without the
voluntary cooperation of the parties to the
dispute, but it should afford the opportunity
for the leading men, of the labor organizations
and of the employing capitalists to scrutinize
the entire relation between employer and em-
ploye and wok to bring about a better under-
standing and a better working arrangement.
Capital can the better, , aflord at this time to
make concessions. ’ Hit-win not do this, how
can we expect labor to. The issue is a critical
one, and a great: deal of the prosperity of tin
country depends upon an early and satisfact‘
ory settlement.
0 C i O
The Farmer’s Wages

IN EFFORTS to determine the cost of pro-

ducing farm products: there is , one item
that is quite frequently overlooked That is
the wage that is due the farmer for the labor
of either his hands or mind or both. The farm-
er who wields a pitch-fork or follows the plow
is no less entitled to a wage for his actual
hours of work because he happens to be the
owner of the tools he uses or the land he tills
than is ‘the man who has no money invested in
the work he performs. It is the occasional
farmer, rather than the average, who pays

. himself a wage as a laborer or overseer, or de-

ducts at the end of the year an amount for
that purpose when determining his net profits.
That the'farmer is entitled to such wage is not
a new-fangled theory,"nor was it first advanc-
ed by those early agricultural students who

have insisted that the same rules of business .

that apply to manufacturing or commercial en-
terprise should also apply to agricultural en-
terprises. In fact, it is one of the oldest prin-
ciples of economics, and was discussed and en-
dorsed by'many of the leading writers upon the
subject. Nearly one hundred and fifty years
ago, Adam Smith, in his book, “Wealth of Na-
tions,” considered as “the best all-around
statement and defense of some of the funda-
mental principles of the science of economics,”
said:

“Common farmers seldom employ any
overseer to direct the general operations of the
land.’ They generally too work a good deal
with their own hands, as ploughmen, harrow-
ers, etc. What remains of the crop after pay-
ing the rent, (or interest on the land) there-
fore, should not only replace to them their
stock employed in cultivation, together with
its ordinary profits, but pay them the wages
which is due to them, both as laborers and
overseers. Whatever remains, however, after
paying the rent and keeping up the stock, is
called profit. But wages evidently make a part
of it. The farmer, by saving these wages, must
necessarily gain them. Wages» therefore, are
in this case defined with profit.”

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Overheard in the smoking compartment of
a Pullman. Well-dressed gentlemen with dia-
mond stud in shirt-front and smoking expen-
sive cigar breaks into the conversation on high
cost of living with this: “There’s one class of
people who haven’t any cause for complaint,
and that’s the farmer. A small town banker
told me the other day that all the farmers in
his county were getting rich and paying off all
their loans.” Seedy-looking individual sits
up and takes notice. “Makes me sick,” he
Snorted, “to hear some gent who has just cut
a forty per cent melon talkin’ about the farm~
er gettin’ rich.” ‘Well-dresscd gentlmen with
diamond stud in shirt front keeps on smoking
expensive cigar. -

‘ O Q C

The cross roads oracle: Now that a whole
raft of farmers can‘aiford to own automobiles.
they can certainly afford to send their young-
sters to college if they want an education,
Money put into a machine can’t ever pay like
that that’s invested in trained brains.

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The cross roads oracle says: You can’t 0X»
pect to get good crops from land that you. al-
ways treat rough. .

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trades but the farmer
keeps going en in face of .
the lowering prices while the mer-
chandise he is obliged to buy keeps
going higher. Increased salariesand

‘ wager—but the farmer is being made

the goat on every side and it's about
time the tanner should take up arms
for self protection. During the war
the iarmer stuck by and never
whimpered, although many furnish-
ed sons for the fighting force of our
great armies, furnished the eats and
now, when he ought to be well paid
back. is getting it in the neck. Even
when the government omciais do go
otter the big ones it usually slits out
nothing and the result is higher
prices to offset the litigation they
were put to the expense of. The
farmers have increased production,
especially in hogs, cattle and sheep,
and today look at the prices we are
offered and then look at the price he
is forced to pay for bran, wheat mid—
dlings and ’corn products—it is a
dollar a hundred weight alone and
still they tell you stuff is higher.
There is only one way out and that
is for the farmers to also get together
and stick until we have won.———M. B.
Russell, Arenac 00.

Farmers everywhere are thinking along
the same lines. The old gospel of stick
together is getting every day application.
The coming legislative session at Lansing
will be a battleground for the farmers’
rights—The Editor,

PAYS TO ADVERTISE

I have been reading the Business
Farming for 2 years and find good ar—
ticles on what the farmer should do
and I am sure they are willing to do
their part in organizing ‘but they
need something to lead them. I have
decided that the best and quickest
way is to advertise, the same as We
did in getting the saloon out. And
that was by putting out signs. Now
the thing for the farmer is to get
busy and .put out some .good signs.
They can be painted with a small
expense and put upon their farms
and highways, such as:

“Farmers must organize,” “The
Middleman must go,” “Sell your own
produce." There are hundreds of
other good signs. This could be eas~
11y done and in a short time the whole
state would be awakened and easy to
be organized—F. E. Reynolds, Lake-

Yours is indeed a good idea, Brother _

Reynolds. An educational plan might be
carried much farther. Farm organizations
are beginning to realize the necessity of
presenting their side of the situation to
the public. just like any other business
would do. Hoping your good suggestion
takes root—The Editor.

FARM CONTROLLED CONGRESS

The following is a clipping from
“Farm Machinery and Farm Power,”
regarding the repealing of the Day-
light-Saving Act.

“There is little remaining to be
said about daylight saving. Literally
as well as figuratively we have turn—
ed the clock backward. For the first
time in our history an honest reform,
a measure of indisputable value, an
obvious gain, has been deliberately
wiped out. We have traded an hour
of sunlight for an hour of artificial
lighting, on, to be strictly accurate,
an hour in the evening for an hour in
the morning. ' The city dweller never
gets up for the morning sun anyway
and doesn’t miss the first sixty min—
utes alter sunrise. The farmer claims
he does miss it. In fact, he must
have it. And now he is satisfied.

“The city loses a great deal more
by the repeal than the country can
possibly gain. It costs fortunes to
light the cities one hour extra, but
what, does the country man care for
we of the city?

“The demands of the farmers have
39 overcome the vote-seeking trucu—
lent‘ Congress that‘ Our misrepresent-
atives in Washington, in feverish
haste to do anything the farmers ask
of them, have overlooked the labor
votes on the other side, and voted to
abolish what other countries have for
'years‘enioyed; But what could be
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both the “pros and cons" but the
writer evidently believes that the
“little remaining to be said” should.
be said against the farmers, and as
usual, we needs must make a few
remarks in defense of these selfish,
Congress-controlling farmers.

It seems it will cost the city dwell-
ers a fortune to light the cities one
extra hour, and for the season, that
the city dweller “never gets up," or
refuses to arise, one hour earlier in
the morning. The farmer is unable
to use the hour in the morning to as
good advantage as the hour at night
on account of natural conditions, but
the city dwellers' conditions are all
man-made.

We are well aware of the fact that
the Daylight Saving Plan does not
eifect us in this locality greatly, but
we are willing to accept the change.

However. we will agree with the
author of the clipping in his conclu-
sion, and join with him in wondering
“what could be expected of this
Congress anyway?"—-J. Howard dc
Spelder, Montcalm 00.

We are indeed glad to learn from such
on authentic source that Oengress is
listening to the farmers on a measure so
vital to farming, the basic industry. It
would pay Congress to keep right on list-
ening good and hard and mybe the boys
at Lansing would follow the example.—
The Editor.

FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION

We are beginning to use the word,
organization, . in a new sense. The
idea may perhaps best be expressed by
the ideals of the Farm Bureau.

It is organization, in the newer
meaning of the word, that holds the
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the float line trenches, never satis-
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next for us to do would be best.

The plans for such wganization are
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mers, and for the common good of
all, that justice and right may prevail
and democracy made sale for the
world—0. A. Diagnose, Secretary of
Michigan State Farm Bureau.

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WOMEN IN POLITICS

The question cf how women should
vote in local and state matters as
well as national affairs has been cov‘
ered very thoroughly indeed in a
little booklet entitled: “What Michi-
gan Women Should Know About Vot-
ing,” which little booklet also gives
the underlying principles of such im-
portant questions as government
prices, taxation, land labor and earn-
ing a living, competition and co- op-
oration, credit, banking, etc. It is
non-partisan and should be in» the
hands of every Michigan woman vot-
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quote from this little brochure, thus
complying with our promise to bring
before our readers a complete guide
to the main principles on voting. If
you want a complete copy of the
work, we will be glad to advise how
to obtain it:

“How Michigan women will use
the ballot has close relation to prop—

er conditions for right living. Many
as yet do not realize this. A con-
siderable number have no conception
of the importance of the ballot as a
weapon both of offense and defense.
A vote for or against a candidate or
a measure may bringto a community
an extravagant or an economical ad-
ministration. It may elevate to "a

position of authority one in no way.

qualified to give the kind of service
the community needs or really de-
sires; it may defeat a program of

wise expenditure or needed retrench-.

ment; or it may lay the foundation
for social and economic reforms sure

to be beneficial to the cOmmunity' s"

morals and prosperity.

Local Voting
“Voting is really a ‘home’ prob-
lem. Women’s votes can favorably
or disastrously affect the cost of liv-
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you may choose to call it.

. . -ods whereby progress is __made is to
, profit by the experience or others.

i and thus escape _ engulfing 1.1'1'1211‘11‘13,~

_‘ voting women, and: especially Michi—

government it "may seem a far call to
insist that the charges for groceries,
or the price of clothing. or the rate
for rent, is influenced by some one
who may be elected to some cities.
,Yet this is not diflicult to prove to
any fair-minded elector.

, “Take the question of good pave-
ments as an example of how condi-
*tions may influence prices. Goods
can be delivered more economically
on a. well. paved than on a neglected
highway. Deliveries, to the ware-
house, to the merchant, and, later to
the customer, reflect this mat in the
prices charged for
bought. Putting it concretely, it may
,'-be truthfully said that good roads
make potatoes cheaper to the con—
sum‘e1.'

“Again, pure water. at cost and
adequate sewers, mean better health
and fewer .’doctors bills. And this is
true of many things in the control of
the voters on which they make de-
cisions.

State Politics

“What is true of local voting is
also true of state politics.
one must have a wider vision in or-
der to vote intelligently. For an
enlarged horizon changes the per-
spective. Matters of new concern are
very likely to be thrust into the
foreground, and policies of great 10—
cal interest become of minor import-
ance. How about state institutions,
for instance? Shall they be run on
an eleemosynary or a self—supporting
basis? Shall trades be taught in our
state prisons? Shall the common-
wealth’s charitable institutions be
conducted as independent units, or
shall they be controlled by some cent-
ral authority?

“One cannot offhand intelligently
decidesuch weighty matters.
though the question as to who shall
be clothed with state authority to di—
rect state affairs is momentous, af-

. ter all, methods assume pressing im-

portance.
V National Problems

“As to national affairs, it is abso-
lutely necessary to have some ink—
lingof. economic principles, often
outside of party platforms, before an
intelligent vote can be caSt. Shall
the nation incline to free trade? Is
it best to have a tariff program based
On the collection of the least possible
sum that will finance the government '
economically? Or shall ‘protection.’
meaning the exclusion of foreign
products and the purchasing and con- -
suming of American-made goods only '
be followed? Do you favor an auto—
cracy or a democracy? What does
democracy mean? How about com-
munism, socialism anarchy? Some
part ofall of these things are al-'
ready 'incorporated- into our laws
and customs? Where is the divid-
ing line' between the good and the
bad in them?

“How can one vote, intelligently on
such intricate problems without hav—
ing some understanding of political
economy, once called ‘the dismal
science,’ yet which is nothing but
‘the science of the production and?
distribution of wealth?’ <

Learning from Others

‘ “After all, voting is a comparative-
ly new proposition, even for men. '
Not for long have men exercised the
‘privilege,’ or .
And it
needs only a cursory glance at his-'-
tory to see how fearfully men have
blundered. But as one of the meth-.

gan women should vote thinkin‘g’iy.
Thinking night "

_ “Is the reader beginning to
prehend how important it is that
men should think right Gamma

 

‘ methads and policies before entering

whatever it”

But here '

And ‘

_ "for her entrance '
5 '.w‘orld democracy.

whatever I .«

the voting booth in order that they
may cost their ballots _in an 11119111. *

gent manner? She must know more
than merely how to mark her 'ballot.
She must have knowledge of general
principles in order to know—.
“How to vote on local. matters
“How to vote on state affairs.

“How to vote on national prob-.

lems.

“With the basis of good govern-
ment firmly fixed in her mind, the
thoughtful woman cannot go far
astray in her exercise of the elective
franchise. Often ~ characters ‘ and
- abilities are misread or a preposed
program may be half right or half

. wrong In suclrl oeusgthe voter may
. feel like ‘taking to the woods,’ and
, lmetting others make the decision.
. This is cowardly. No one is ail-Wise
.-——certainly not the man voter; not
even the woman voter. The only
~ thing to do when confronted wit.1
. such a situation is to stick as closely
:as possible to one’s conception of
, fundamental economic principles,
- hoping that the good will outweigh
the- bad. Whist players have an
axiom: ‘When in doubt, play trumps.’
Intelligent voters can well apply the
formula: ‘When in doubt, stick to
‘economic principles that have stood
‘ the test of time.’ And as a general
rule, this will work out a satisfact-
ory conclusion. At least. the voter’s
_conscience will be clear, even if a
mistake is made.

Voting Wisely

The right to vote
duty to vote intelligently.
intelligently requires an intelligent
understanding of what- is at stake.
Women have more intuitive minds,
than men, and can more quickly per-
ceive the right direction to take. But
just as one cannot be a mathemati-
cian without at least understanding
the multiplication table, so no one
can vote intelligently without at least
being faced in the right direction.

involves the
To vote

“The endeavor of this brochure is
to face the Michigan voting woman
in the right direction. Its ‘rulesmf
conduct’ have been prepared in con—
formity with those economic facts
and ideas generally accepted by
thoughtful-students of the science of
government. It embodies no new
thebries, though accentuating some
and relegating'otheratto positions of
minor importance. It is as applic—
able to voting men as to voting wo-
men. Indeed, it is._because men have
departed from principles herein set
forth that they have so often made
a mess of a democratic form of gov-
ernment. '

“Women ought to vote more Wise—
ly than men, because they have not
acquired the bad habit of voting for
‘labels’ _ This habit induces disre-
gard for principles. And, beSides,
women do not have to unlearn in the
world of economics so much that is
economically pernicious.

Woman’s Opportunity .

“This is the Michigan woman’ s op- »
portunity to improve the standard of
intelligent voting The scone is set
o‘1i the stage of
If she be neither
mentally lazy. nor unthinkingly in—
1111113111111. there is nothing in the
gift; of the electorate that cannot be
‘he'rs for the asking.” .

 

WhemNature seeks an end she al—
ways furnishes the~ means. .Thru—
out the fabric of- our lives a thread of
purpose runs '. .To follow it thru

.. devious shades of.gray and 801d.8.8

Time reveals the pattern, needs: cour-
age and persistency. . . -If noises
fill thy ears with strife, until the pur-
pose is lost, perchance thy eyes may
trace the great design. . . . If
shades of darkness inflervene and all
seem void of meaning, still let thy
heart be filled with hope. .

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. 7AR CHILDREN:

ad I can see that a lot or you little
lolksiwent and that you are very ob-
servin-g.'wh'ich is a very good habit

-, to. sotinto. .

Early as iitqmay seem there is a
great... deal otintsrest shown in the
Children's Hour Christmas 'Club and

flag-lot ofchildrae'n’ are working very

hard tor. the prizes.“ One boy has set
his heart on winning the watch offer-

, ed, while 'a'little-girl wants a sew—

ing basket with the scissors, thimble
etc.,,and still another states that she
never had a doll that opened and
shut its eyes and had real hair and
that she is going to work very hard,
andwe are sure that if she does, she
will earn it in plenty of time for
Christmas. And. what the others are
doing you can do also. Send in and
secure a list of the prizes and the
Club rules. This is no guessing game
—-you know just what you are work—
ing for and just when you will win
it.» Affectionately———LADDIE.

Dear Laddie—This is the first time I
have written to you. I am 13 years old
and I am in the ninth grade. We have
9 pigs and 6 cows and 3 horses, also some
hens and turkeys, We have our rye and
wheat all hauled in. I had to help lead
the wheat. I have two sisters and four
brothers, besides myself. I am sending
a story with this letter.—Lester Erbes.
McBain, Mich.

 

Our Cherry Picking Trip
This year my mother and I decided to

go cherry picking and. so we started. Papa
took us to the train,.and then went back
home again.
near Frankfort we went off from the
train and a truck was there to meet us.
It had a load on already, but we packed
in like sardines.
out to the cherry orchards where we lived
in a packing shed for three days, then we
were moved into a boarding house where
we lived the rest ofthe time.
up on Sunday and‘in the afternoon we
went to the Lake, that is, Lake Michigan.
We saw a big passenger boat come into
the harbor.
Monday We did not work hard but Tues-
day we earned $10.
that night and the next
started for home.

miles in a Ford car.

When we got to Eiberta

Then we were hauled

Papa came

That was a grand sight.
We were very tired
afternoon we
It was a trip of 85

 

Dear Laddie——This ismy first letter I
We live on a hund-

The land for our school-
I have

DES ; RT CUT-QU’I‘

5V WA LT ER W ELLMA

It is too
early to publish the prize story
of the Fair. 'as I want to be

sure that all are in before. awarding

the prize, butirom the letters'receiv-

, teen lambs and

'fun keepink track of those bound to run

ers and hoping my letter will escape the

'paSSed the eighth grade last year but am

and my oldest brother and my other sis—
ter older than I are going to school at
the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids. I go
to school every day.
Carpenter, Woodville, Mich.

about two blocks to school, cross lots and
about three block around on the side walk.~
I am eleven years old and am in the fifth

I and dark

trade. ve brown ‘eyes,
brown curly hair.

I have three sisters
and one brother.

My oldest sister Martha
is fifteen years old and in the ninth
grade. Ervin is twelve years old and in
the fifth grade. Esther. is six years old
and in the beginners class. .Christina is
four years old. I have two pet rabbits,
one of them is black and white and the
other rabbit is an angora. It is brown and
white. My brothers has nine rabbits, We
have a pet dog and he is as old as I am.
We also have a t lamb. . We have. fif-

. ~ . orty sheep and twenty-
e pigs, about a hundred chickens, four
horses, eight milking cows. seven year-
lings, one small calf. We also have two
pet cats. I take music lessons. My teach-
er’s name is Mrs. Wolansky. My father
takes the M, B. E. I like the D00 Dads

WEATHER PROPHETS

Here are a few hints that will help
you to Judge the state of the weath-

er, so that any changeable mo
will not be able to steal a march
you. ‘

A red sky at sunset will
“flne weather tomorrow."

A red sky in the
,mean “wind or rain."

nth
on

mean

morning will

A yellow sky in the evening will

also mean “rain tomorrow."

If the sun appears through a misty

haze in the morning it means “the
day will be warm.”

If it is cloudy in the morning but
the clouds begin to break it means
f‘the day will be-fair.” '

When the stars are very bright
and twinkle more than usual it means
“rain in the morning.” - -

If your cat rubs himself behind
his ears more than is his custom or
is restless and lies with his back 'to
the fire you can usually tell that bad
weather is coming.

 

very much. Hoping to see my letter in
print—Hilda Schafer. Hojkins, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—My father being a sub—
scriber to M. B. F., a very welcome mag-
azine, I thought I would write to the M.
B. F. as I seldom see a letter from Low—
ell, Michigan, so I thought I would make
it known to other readers that there was
such a place. Our farm is one of one
hundred and'twenty acres, on it we have
four cows and three calves, five horses
and fifty eight ducks. I think it is great

away. I have three brothers; their names
are, Sylvester, Cecil and Otis. I am
very much interested in the section of
your paper entitled “The Children’s Hour”
I am always glad to find it when the mail
comes. 1am just thirteen years of age.
I am in the eighth grade. I like to at—
tend school very much. I have composed
a short poem for the amusement of the
other boys and girls who are interested
in this section:

“After a Good Time”
Let us gather up our books again
Vacation time is over,
Back to study now and

 

No more dancing in the clover.
Many happy days have passed
During this short season,

The days seem to have passed by fast
I guess all pupils know the reason,
With all best wishes to M. B. F. read-

waste basket, I am, Miss Marie Bibbler,
R. R. No. 5, Lowell, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie——-I have been reading the
boys and girls letters in the M. B. F. and
enjoy them very much. I have never.
written before, so thought I would write
now. I am a girl fourteen years old. 1

taking it again this year to get it thor-
oughly and next year I expect‘to go to
high school. I have three sisters and two
brothers. My oldest sister is married

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BUSINESS AND TRADE

Developments of the past fortnight
which have indicated a. growing in-
dustrial stability in Europe are sum-
med spin the current issue of “Am-
erican Goods and Foreign Markets,"
the tor-nightly review of foreign
trade conditions issued by the Guar-
anty Trust Company of New York.
The review, which gives in detail
some of the mmmercial and indus-

trial happenings in the most import»
*ant countries of the world, says in

cart:

"The industrial situation in Eng-
land, France and Italy, if increasing
production can be called a criterion.
is decidedly better than it was sever-
al months ago. The exports of Great
Braitain, not to the United States
alone. but to all markets which were
accustomed to look to England for
supplies, show a definite .upward
tendency. None but the most pessi-
mistic can fail to see in such a turn
of affairs, a gradual shaking off of
the post—war lethargy which for a
while had the workers of many
countries in its grip. It can only mean
that workers have begun to see the
force of the arguments which have
pointed out that production is the
primary need of the world.

“Moreover. so far as Great Britain
is concerned, the removal of the em-
bargo on an important list of manu-
factued products as of Sept. 1, what-
ever its political significance, cannot
fail to be of benefit to the American
manufacturers in many primary
lines. It is indicative, also of British
belief in the ability of all of its in-
dustry, save that in the ‘unstable
key’ group, to compete with Ameri—
can manufacturers in the home mar-
ket, and of British finance to stand
the strain of a wider range of im-
ports.

“Shipments of gold, from New
York to various countries in which
exchange had moved against the
United States, have served to restore
the par relation and so have made it
easier for the United States to buy
and sell in those countries. Trade
with the Far East is in a decidedly
healthy state, Japanese buyings, and
those of China as well, being in great
volume.

“-Re-es‘tablishment of trade rela—
tions with Hungary provides an im-
mediate market for such manufact—
ured products as can be financed. It
also indicates the approach toward
stability which has been increasingly
apparent in Central Europe for the
last few months.”

 

Wheat closed a little higher on the
Detroit market last week. No. 1 white
being 2.24 and No. 1 red, 2.26. As
for the Chicago market, we get the

following report: Winter wheats
showed litle change in price the past
week. Millers and elevator interests
took the heavy weight grain at a
small premium over the basic, while
the government secured the rest. Of-
ferings of springs were mainly of the
lower grades, while choice was in
keen demand with shippers and mill-
ers active buyers and prices averaged
higher with $2.73 secured for fancy
dark No. 1 northern. Grain fit for

seed is expected to bring a big prem-
ium over the basic. \Rains have fall-
en over a good part of the belt and
wheat

plowing for the new Winter
crop is progressing rapidly.

 

 

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I Det’oit Ch'go I N. Y.
Standard ........ I .72 . ' ' . 0
1‘2 3 “Write ..... I .72 .70 .

 

Oats had a range of 4 8-8@4 7-:
the past week, breaking a 1y onh
sally sharply and closewi net
of 1 -2@2 1-8c, December 1

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The farmers of the United States
increased their am M 10 per
cent during the war period and re-
oeived an increase of approximately
mpammmoumt. These
figures. the result of a empihflon by
the National City Bank, New York.
are based on the official records of
the Department of Agricuim, show-
ing the acreage and farm value Doc.
1 of the 10 principal crops 01 the
United States, wheat, corn, oats, bar.
iey, rye, rice, potatoes, tobacco, hay
and cotton, grown in the calendar
years 1914 and 1918.

The area devoted to these 10 prin-

Farm Values Rise 120 Per Cent During War

cipal crops in 1914 was, according ‘to
the‘ ma compilation. 301.com»
and in nu “MM”, an increase
of approxmsteiy in percent, and the
farm mined-them organ-ail,
1.814. “mansion and Des. 1, 19198,
no,mom,m, an ium of about
lips-cant. mulmmms
the W at Agriculture Ms
MMQWon-primattha
tam" at 19.325.000.000 in 19,14. and
521.286.000.000 in 19.18. am unease of
approximately 115 per cent. The in-
crease in fish! of “animals and ani-
malmWisabontBOpu-eent
and as all a? 132 per cent increase,
comminz '1 ~8 wit}: 1914.

 

 

hedges against domestic shipping
sales the rally was easily attained.
There was no pressure of cash grain
as farmers refuse to sell in volume,
which more than offset the limited ex-
port call. Detroit quotes No. 2 white
at 7 4 1—2c. .

 

 

Grade I Det'oit I Cli’go I N. Y.
N0. ‘3 Yellow . . . .I 1.55 I 1.47 I 1.60
No. 3 Yellow . . . .I 1.55 I I
No. 4 Yellow , , . .I 1.53 I I

 

Week end adjustments of trades
led to a material advance in the val-
ue of new crop deliveries of corn,
but September showed weakness. The
market closed unsettled, 3—4 cents
net lower to 3 1-8 gain with Decem-
ber $1.25 7—8 to $1.16 and May 123
1—2 to 123 5-8. Oats finished 1 1-2
to 2 1—8 up. and provisions varying
from 40 cents decline to a rise of
$1.50.

General covering on the part of
shorts in December and May corn
kept those months on the upgrade
throughout the session. It was ap-
parent, however, that holders of
September contracts were liquidating
and that although September deliv-
eries had been smaller than expected
and prospect of a squeeze was not
looked upon by many dealers as ser-
ious. .

On the other hand, the smallness
of the September deliveries and the
lightness of offerings tended to make
shorts uneasy as to whether new
crop supplies would come forward
freely. Besides hog quotations were
higher and bullish sentiment was in—
directly encouraged by an advance
in foreign exchange rates likely' to
I

stimulate the export of oats and pro-
visions.

Corn in Detroit market was quiet
and unchanged. Wheat advanced 1c
and oats 1c. The corn market was
inactive and steady.

Recent wires have not added much
to the information about corn and

the market shows a tendency to rule ‘

steady. Bulls are not looking for a
rally before the beginning of next
week. There is no anxiety to buy
and deliveries on September con-
tracts have weakened that deal, while
the others show little change.

  
   

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Here is the bean report of the
Price Current Grain Reporter: Prob-
ably there—fourths of the bean crop
has been harvested under ideal con-
ditions and the balance will prob—
ably be taken care of in the next two
weeks. The quality this year is ex—
cellent and while the acreage is
light, the yield per acre is very good.
We think possibly it will average
thirteen or fourteen bushel per acre,
which is one of the largest yields we
have ever had. On this basis, the
total crop will be around four million
bushels. which is somewhat larger
than last season. -

M. B. F. is completing its survey
on beans, to be announced soon.
Many interesting and important facts
are being held for the survey story.
Detroit quotes beans at $7.15.

    

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Weather Chart for 1919

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The heavy horizontal line represents
.the normal of. temperature, The Zig—
zag line is the predicted movement of
3. temperatures up and down. Dates at

the top are for. their time at meridians

90. If you are east of that line these

weather features should mach you one

or two days later; if West of it one
to thnee days earlier. The I marks
date of warm wave’s arrival at mer-

idian '90. .

Disturbances will arose continent

Oct.5t09,10t014a:nd14t018.

Warm waves will reach Vancouver

about October 4, 9 and 13 and temper—
‘~ atures will rise on all the Pacific slope.

They will cross crest of Rockies at

close of Oct. 5, 10 and 14, plains sec—

tions, 6, 11 and 15, meridian 90, great
lakes. middle Gulf States and Ohio~

Tennessee valleys 7, l2 and 16 reach-

8‘ vicinity of Newfoundland about

otober 8 13 and 17. Storm waves

will follow about one day behind warm
VII and cool waves about one day
storm waves.

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THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
As Forecasted by W. T. Foster for

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

clines but a great fall will have re—
sulted from Oct. 1 to 9 and then a
great rise from 9 to 21. Storm forces
will be more intense and rams Wlll
generally increase during the five days
centering on 13, and followmg .that
disturbance frosts will occur in middle _
provinces of Canada and in northern t
tier of states east of Rockies. '

Weather of these two weeks Will be
favorable to Winter grain and last half
of October will be still more favorable
although the dangerous storms during
the week centering on October 25 Will
do. damage in seine sections. A severe
cold wave and killing frosts are ex-
pected north of the cotton stat-1n
the middle west during that week.

The program of storm forces is ar-
ranged this way: Moderately severe
storms during the week centering on
Oct, 21. Much greater storms for
weeks centering on Oct. 25, Nov 24.
Dec. 23. Precipitation is expected to
increase with the increase in the .in— ,
ten"it_v of the storms. Heavy snows
in November and December are ex—
pected in snow sections. But the sec.-
tions lying north of high ridges or k
mountain ranges running east and
west will get the short end of them
precipitations. The moisture to water
the continent must continue to come
from the Gulf of Mexico at least till
end of October and those ridges and
mountain ranges will cause the pre-
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Some cars are coming from Canada
but Michigan receipts are restricted

if) 'mmflkfient transportation
facilities. Demand is active and
the market steady. Quote: No. 1
timothy. , 829-506“); standard and
light‘imixed, $28.50@29; NO. 3 tim-
othy, $3150.63)”; No. 3 timothy, $23
635: no. 1 mixed, $24@ZS‘; No. l
m, $24035 per ton.

    

Ru and My are moving abroad
freely. The recent ion: to Germany
has been rdiected in a iiberai sm-
debeingtaitm.asitisths
lowest bread grain in the world. The
buikefthisbusime-isbeiudons
vie. Scandanivian countries. Detroit
quotes Rye No. 2 at $1.41! and bar-
ley, Cash No. 3. at $2.50@2.50.

   
  

With increasing receipts, the po-
tato market is naturally easier, and
there will probably be lower prices
by the time the full fall movement is
under way. The late crop will soon
be coming to market. It has ripen-
ed well in most sections and the
frost of Sept. 25th put an end to the
gowing. Harvesting will be well un-
der way by the time this issues reach-
es our subscribers, and we will then
be in a better position to know what
the yield will be. Potato men of the
state predict a much lighter yield
than the bureau of crop estimates
has forecasted. The Detroit market
on potatoes rules high. but in Chi-
cago the prices are ,down to $2.25
per cwt. Detroit prices‘ on Michigan
stock is around $4.25 per 150—111.
bag. "

One of the significant develop-
ments in potato industry in this
state is the action of the State
Grange in entering into an arrange-
ment with the Michigan Potato Ex-
change for handling of the potatoes
and other products of members of
the Grange. If this arrangement is
carried out, it will greatly extend the
operations of the Exchange and
make it a still more powerful fact-
or in the Michigan potato deal.

DETROIT POULTRY DULL

Poultry closed a poor week, with
another dull market and decline.
Buying was slow and dealers had
plenty of trouble moving receipts.
They expect a better market this
week, Potatoes are in ample supply
and easy. Buying has been rather
slow and an unsatisfactory market is
the result. In other lines of vegets.
bles there has been a good demand
and steady tone. Offerings in nearly
all lines are sufficient. Dressed hogs
are dull and lower. Demand has been
slow for several weeks, but‘threre is
a. firm market for dressed calves and
a. firm tone. Demand is active. The
fruit market is not well supplied and
the general tone is firm, but demand
has recently decreased in the apple
deal, and quiet trade is reported.
Dairy products are all in good de-
mand and firm. Receipts are suffici-
ent. Under 150 lbs., 24 to 250; over
150 lbs., 22 to 23c per lb.

NEW YORK BUTTER HIGHER

After being in the “slough of de-
spond’” for many weeks, the butter
market took a sudden spurt this week
and prices jumped every day up to to-
day. The advance Monday was 1/20,
the same on Tuesday and Wednesday
while yesterday the advance was 1c.
Receipts were light and the shot-tare
of fine, creamery more pronouncei
than ever, which'in the main was re-
sponsible for the advance. Seconds
and lower grades also advanced. but.
not so much as the higher grades.
Firsts advanced only a little less
than extras and higher scoring. Jew-
ish .buying for the holidays .had some
influence. on the marketalso, and out-

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BOSTON WOOL MARKET
The Commercial

“The American wool markets have
’ shewn little change during the week
. being rather dull.
, .been more or less erratic, seem to
have been somewhat stabilized as a
result of the strength in London,
where line and medium wools both
are 15 per cent above the last sales
closing rates. ManuIaetnreI-es report
little or no change in the goods mar-
kets everyone being sold to capacity
for months to come.

Quotations are: Michigan and New
York fleeces: Fine unwashed. 639
64c; delaine, unwashed, 78982; 1- 2
blood, unwashed, 75@78c; 5- 8 blood
unwashed, “@6911.

EAST BUFFALO LETTER

With 25 cars of cattle on sale to-
day. the market was generally 25c
lower and trading dull.

Receipts of hogs today totaled 2,-
”080, and our market opened steady.”
Heavy hogs sold from $17. 75 to $18,
according to weight; and light mixed
and yorkers sold from $18 to $18.15.
bulk selling from $18.10 to $18.15;
roughs, $14. 50 to $15; pigs, $17. 25
to $17. 50.

Receipts of sheep and lambs are
called 1,600. Choice lambs active
and 250 to 50c higher. Best lambs,
$16. 25 to $16 50; culls, $12 to $12. 75
yearlings, $10 to $10.50; wethers,
$8. 50 to $9. 00; ewes, $7 to 7. 50. The
prospects look very favorable for
Monday.

Receipts of calves are estimated at
500. Choice calves $24. 25 to 24.75;
throwouts. 120 to 140 lbs., $17 to
$19; heavy throwouts, 160 to 190
lbs. ., $10 50 to $11. 50; heavy fat veal
calves, $15. 00 to $16. 00, as to weight
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CATTLE SCAR-CE IN DETROIT

The receipts of cattle last week at
the local stock yards was very small
and the quality largely of the com-
mon order. Two full loads brought
$12. 50. which was the practical top
for any great number, although a
few small lots of extra good steers
brought a trifle more. The general
tone all the week was some better
than at the close a week before and
the few offerings were picked up
quickly at prices a little higher and
the outlook is better for this week,
prices averaging as follows: Best
heavy steers, $12 50@13 50; best

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@11. 00; Mixed steers and heifers,

$8. 50@9; Handy light butchers,
$7. 50@8; light butchers, $6.00@
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cows, $6 75@7. 50; cutters, $6. 00@

6. 25; canneims $5@5. 75; best heavy
bulls, $8. 00@8 50; Bologna bulls,
7 00@7. 50; stock bulls, $5 50@6. 50
feeders 8. 50@9. 50; stockers, $7. 00
@850; milkers and springers, $60
@125.00.

The veal calf trade opened up
with a rush and as high as $25 a
hundred was paid for the best grades
and’bulk of sales was at $23 to $24.
The price declined about 50 cents
and then went off another dollar last
Thursday. The trade was more act-
ive and prices were about 50 cents
higher on the better grades and the
close was strong, as follows: Best
grades, $22.50@23.00; common and
heavy, $9.00@19.00.

There was a good fair run of. sheep
and lambs offering and the quality

was said to be some better. Closing
prices averaged as .follows: Best
lambs, $14.75; fair lambs, $12@

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sales manager of the Michigan Pota-
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@650; veal calves, $20.25@21.50;
feeder steers, $7@12.50; stocker
steers, $6,25@10; western range
steers, $8@15; cows and heifers,
$6.50@13. Sheep; unsettled, lambs, THERI‘
$12@15.50; culls and common, $8@
12.25; ewes, medium, good and
choice; $6.25@7.50; culls and com-
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12.00; fair to good sheep, $6.50@
7.00; culls and commons, $3.00@
5.00.

The hog market opened last week
with pigs steady and good mixed
hogs .a uarter higher than the close
a week go. Last Thursday Chicago
broke 25 to 50c and the decline was
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heavy, $16. 25 @ 17. 25; medium,
$16. 25@17. 50; light, $16. 50@17. 65
light lights, $15. 50@17; heavy pack-
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FINE 150 ACRE FARM 1 1-4 MILE
Good buildings,
roded,1st class orchard. Silo. Sanita
stable. Milk house Deep drive well. 2.
acres valuable green timber. Well seeded.
Will grow any crop. No waste land.
Pleasant farm home. Price $87.50 per
acre. 32 00 down. Balance contract.
Leva A. yan, Lum, Mich.

IDEAL SHEEP LAND IN HEART 011‘
Lower Michigan's Clover Seed Belt—-
where settlers are paying for land with
Clover 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 $15 per acre. One dollar an
acre down—long time for balance at 6
per cent. John G. Krauth, Millersburg,
Presque Isle County, Michigan.

 

 

FARIIIS 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 OF OLD AGE.
good 80~acre farm in Cloverland located
In Western Mackinac county, Mich. Good
soil, 35 acres cleared, balance pasture
with some timber. Good six room frame
house, good orchard, fairly good barn,
henhouse, hoghouse and tool shed. In
good farming community, 1-4 mile to
schoolhouse, on star mail route. 7 miles
to R. R. station. Price $2.200. half
down. Write for particulars, Address
owner, John Carlson, Gould City, Mich.

 

lilo-ACRE MIDDLE WEST FARM, IN-
come last year, $7,000, sacrificed equipped
for continued money—making; on improv-
ed road, 2 miles hustling RR town. 100
acres high cultivation tillage, raising 300
bu. potatoes the acre, 65 bu. oats, etc.,
producing more than $7000.1ncome last
year; wire-fenced. 35-cow pasture; va-
riety fruit. s-room main house, tenant
house, 90—cow basement barn, corn houses
granary pig, poultry, tool houses. Owner
made hs money here, wishing to retire.
to sell at once includes corn, grain bind-
ers, long list complete machinery, imple-
ments, wagons; everything for $12 000
easy terms. Details page 83 Fall Cata-
log farm bargains Maine to Florida and
west to Nebraska; copy free. STROUT
gAtRMt AGENCY, 814 B E, Ford Bldg.,

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FOR SALE—230 ACRES IN FERTILE
lonia county. Sell all or will divide.
Three sets of buildings. Clay loam soil
mostly level. Well fenced, Good water.
Known as one of the best producers in
the’ vicinity. Has never been run. Price
$100 per acre For further particulars
address Clarence A. Conner. R 2, Sar-
anao. Mich

FOR SALE-+160- ACRES [N IONIA
County. Soil No 1. Raise any kind of
crops that grow in Michigan. As pro-
ductive as any farm in the county. 20
minute ride from Ionia.

 

buildings. Less than. half down, balance,
:Iti fihper cent. Owner, -Box 148,- Stanton,
c .

 

FOR SALE—640 ACRE FARM RANCH
biggest bargain ever offered in State, 30
miles north of Grand Rapids. Seven

rmiles of fence, apple and peach orchard,

good water, good buildings, lots of wood,
some saw timber. If desired will sell team
and farm tools, and feed to winter 60 head
of cattle. Write James E. Sharp, Grant,
Mich. for price termsand full description.

 

FOR SALE—140 ACRE‘FAB‘M. men,

soil, mostly under. cultivation. ‘rPlenty of
good buildings. $100 per acre. Come, see
or write, G_ P. Andrews, ‘Dansville, Mich.

All kinds of.

 

so ACRES MUST BE SOLD TO SET-
tle an estate. 1 mile south, 1 mile west
of Clarksville, one of the best small towns
in Central Michigan. New 12 gMe high
school. Co-operatlve Creamery. Co- -oper-
ative Shripping Ass'n modern eleVator,
etc. Farm gently rolling. Slopes toward
south. Soil clay and sand loam. Farm
fairly well fenced. Good 7 room house.
gewely roofed and eve trou ugh edge.
andy cellar under house. ood cistern,
steel windmill, good well. Fair stables,
room for hay, good granary. Chicken
coop. Some fruit A good farm for any

 

kind of crops. Price $5, 000. N. W. Todd,
R. 1, Clarksville, Mich
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watches write the Clare Jewelry Co., for
special bargain sheet. We also do watch
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perfect condition; our farm is too rough
for it. Will demonstrate what it will do
on level grOund. Fred K. Dibble, Frank-
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WANTED: PLACE IN COUNTRY
home with bachelor or widower. Wife as
housekeeper, husband as hired hand, or if
good offer will farm on shares. Can fur-
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Jas. Dugan, 632 Franklin St., Saginaw,.

Mich.

 

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Michigan. Cash with order. Special
prices on car lots. A. M. Todd Co., Men-.
tha, Mich,

POTATOES WANTED—WE WANT

good quality, graded ripe potatoes, pref-

erably grown on sand. -Price by the bush?

el on carload lots up . State price first

letter. Prefer to have them bagged. Ship-_

ped at digging time.
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Mich.

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and 1919 crop. Send samples min-test

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For reliable quotations send a postal
addressed to Lemuel Black, Hightstown,
N. J. My prices will convince you.
Lemuel Black

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are are filling silos and sewing fall
grain.

,wet' down.
toes and selling at $2.00 cwt. The

a frost soon. Potatoes are not turn-
log out very well. About 50 to 75
bushels per acre—R. E. .B.

was received Friday and Saturday of
last week: which was of much ad-
vantage to the early sowed g and
is now coming up. The Q and
wheat which had notvbeen so ed on

now being drilled.

high price will be received this year

.were built this fall. The majority of
the beans have been put in the barns
and have begun to thresh now which
are yielding fair and are a nice qual-
ity—W. L.

is busy fitting the ground and sow-
ing whea_,t since abundant rains of
the 20th,218t. Soil is in first class
condition, and good weather prevails.
No one selling anything just at pres-
ent. except a few cows, for big prices.
—G. A. W.

GRAND TRAVERSE (W)——Farm-
ers are very busy filling silos, pick-
ing apples, pulling beans, h‘usking
corn. etc. Some building and repair
work are being done, but help is very
scarce. Farmers of this township
have organized a co-bperative asso-
ciation. They had a meeting recent—
ly and membership now numbers
about 40, but will grow fast. The

operation in buying supplies, such
as hay. feed, fertilizer, spray mater-
ial and supplies in carload lots. We
have been having some good soaking
rains during the last week or so
which will help late potatoes to make
a crop if frost stays away for two or
three weeks. A great many apples
are being sold here on the roadside
at around $1.50 per bushel, the buy-
er furnishing the truck to haul the
fruit to market. Soil is in good con-
dition for fall plowing since the rain.
——-A. C.

BARRY (N)—The farmers in this
part of the country are filling silos,
though most of them are through. No
frost yet, though a little snow fell
the 25th. A state road is under con-
struction from Hastings to‘Middle-
ville, and will make an improvement
in this joint.

cattle pretty high. ——M. D.

BAY (E)—
helped moisten the soil for wheat and
also helped plowing. Some beans

last year. 3
The early beets seem to be good,
while the lates ones will"be rather
light. Market seems to be'onte'h
’down- -go and not much selling .at
present. —-—A. G
MIDLAND (S. .
are sowing their rye and doing some
fall plowing. The beans are all pull-
ed and in the barns.
threshing done.

(me silo was built. in
talk—J. H.

some beans.
this neighbori. )od this
M.

are filling their silos also digging
some potatoes, pulling beans and
picking apples.

rains. Soil is quite wet. Farmers
will soon be selling apples. No grain
now being bought here. -—H. A,
OSCODA (S. W. )—Farmers are
nearly through threshing Had a

the best corn this year that we have
had for years. It get very dry so
fires were raging, until it started to

which put out the fires and inade' it
nice for fall plowing. —M. E. C.

 

 

 

small crop this

KALKASKA (s. w )—-The will
There has been a heavy rain _-
fall the last week and the ground is , »
Some are digging pota-, -.

weather is quite cold and indicates

MONTCALM (S)—-—A heavy rain.

account of the soil being too dry is‘
The husking of'
the corn has now begun which is
yielding good and it is expected a'

for corn as a large number of silos,

LIVINGSTON (N. W. )—-—Everyone,

main object at present is to use co-‘

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ed. and horses are going low and

The recent rain has ‘

are outtyet‘ and some: corn‘ ltoV'cutq
:The beam crop will yield'mOre.£1hian ’
Beet harvesthas begun.-

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The weather is cool .
and windy. We had some )rain. Well .
old Jack Frost has visited this local- ,
ity. Farmers are‘selling‘oats and‘

MANISTEE (N. W.)———Thefarmers '

weather "now is
rainy nearly every day. Big, heavy,

good yield of all kinds of grain. Had '

rain, which kept up for three days. '

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out from longest logs or deepest dens. Just
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roan." Miohiton"§nflnesss.rarming, Mt.’ Clemens, Michigan.

- FEDERAL. ham)! .‘Losivs
1.“ ”Is. there any expense incident to
the making out of’ an application, in-
spection of farm by the board. etc?
2.. Is archancery title a" , legal
title, and will} the- government recog-

“ nise“ that, ‘witliout an itemized con-

tract? . The re‘cordoi transfer is om-
mitted' in the abstract, for a number
f years back, in the 60’s, 1.. e. Agave
guarantee deed: B drops out of.
eight. 'A‘ illllllbfllf. of years later 0
gives D_a warranty dé‘ed'withoht rec-
ord of- possession, from there on the
abstract"~ is unbroken .up to date;
‘8; What would‘lm, the manner, of
procedure in these: Circumstances?
4.-~-What .is the. legal. charge .for
bringing, down , an _ abstract ?—:Rea.der.

1. "Yes, the Federal Land: Bank of
St. Paul-requires a fee of five dollars
with: each application, to apply on
expense or federal‘ appraisal. The
National Farm‘ Loan Associations
may make an additional charge to
provide compensation for local ap-
praisals. In most associations this
charge is ten dollars.

2. All abstracts of title are passed
upon by the bank’s attorneys at its
ofiice in St. Paul. '11 thetitle of rec-
ord in a given case is defective, and,
reasonable assurance is furnished of
undisputed occupancy of the land for
such a period as will bar adverse
claimants, the bank will accept the
title as sufficient for its purposes. In
other words. it the title in fact is

ood, the Land Bank: will close the
oan, although the records present
flaws and imperfections.

3. The procedure in obtaining a
Federal Loan requires that applica-
tion be first submitted _to the local
National Farm Loan Association,
name and address .of which can be
obtained by injuiry, with legal des-
cription of land, to the Federal Land
Bank of St. Paul. ’An appraisal is
then made by a local loan committee
after which application is submitted
to the land bank whereupon it is im-
mediately assigned to a government
appraiser for his appraisal and rec-
ommendation. With his report and
that of the local loan committee be-
fore them, the loan is then passed
upon by the ofiicers of the Lank Bank
and notice of a110wance is sent to ape
plicant. At this time' the abstract ,of
title,’ continued to date,vis requested.
Upon its receipt it is given immedi-
ate examination by the bank’s ate.
torneys, and if no serious title diffi-
culty is found. mortgage papers are
immediately drawn, and sent for ex-
ecution.

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If-detects in title of such '

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Prompt, careful attention
"Farmer's Service Bu.-

nature as to demand correction are
disclosed. report of such defects of
title are made, and legal advice to
assist in correction is given by bank
without additional charge. Upon re-
turn of the executed note, executed
and recorded mortgage and abstract
continued to show the same disburse-
ment of the funds is immediately
made. The bank, at this time, di-

. rects the retiring, of prior liens, tak-‘

ing up deeds and such other steps,
as may be necessary to constitute its
martg'age a first lien on the prem-
ises. ' ‘

4. Michigan statutes do not fix the.
rate of'charge for abstract continua
‘ atlon.——Federal Land Bank, St. Paul,
Minn.

Butter Will Not Gather

Can some of our readers tell me
,what to do to make mybutter gath-
er? I can churn five minutes and
the butter will break in little spots
and then“ I have to churn for hours
before it gathers. My cows have
good pasture and salt.

SOME POULTRY HINTS

There have been so many articles
.in the various agricultural papers
concerning the raising and feeding of
chickens, the trap-nesting of hens,
and the proper proportion of meat
scrap and charcoal in their daily diet
that we find ourselves in a net of
technical terms.
and stick to it through all seasons,
and at all times. Why? Because one
year there may be a superabundance
of “nubbin” corn. another year the
wheat may yield a quantity of light
grains, and another will find oodles
of small potatoes, turnips, carrots, or
underdeveloped cabbage heads to
.add to the food. But do try and
maintain a balanced diet; study the
specialist's articles enough to know
what element each food you possess
has then go ahead and use what you
have. Never buy meat scraps in the
winter. There are the “cracklings”
and all the “off-failings” of a butch-
ering time to be garnered, and there
is a plentiful supply of sour milk, and
commercial meat scrap is a superflu-
ity.

stoves. the question of charcoal is

.solved; you can crush or grind it

Sand and gravel are haul-
ed in from a nearby creek. You do
have to buy the oyster shells. Hav-
ing a lot of .common navy beans dis—
colored by a quickshower after the
vines were pulled, use these in the
mash, thoroughly cooked.

yourself.

A Great Fur Season Opens

All indications point to this being
one of the greatest fur seasons of a
decade. Notvonly are fur. prices sure
to be high (because of various condi-
tions creating a demand for fur-5,)
but there shouldabe- an unusual num-
ber 01} furl-bearing animals through-
out the countryuthey having trapped
less during the war than heretofore.

However, wegof the Trappers' Trail
must not become too impatient. and
begin trapping “before the furs are
“prime”—~or at least, almost so. A
fur caught at a season when it will
turn, dark: blueuin spots, will bring
only about , one-half ..or_.'.one,-'tliird as
much as the Same fur. would, it the,
animal hadn’t been captured tilln'co’ol- .
er w'eather. ~ If,'_after capturing an
animal ortwo; their skins.do-hotf.apz
pear of a'uniformly' fl'e'”sh‘-white .color

,-.it. will ‘be, wise - to postpone‘irappmg,
" till~-the-«weather»grews still cooler. .- .

' Old-time ,trappers used to say. that
any 'month‘in which the letter “r"
appeared wassuitable for beginning
"the trapping; season, but this rule
will not hold good_anywhere in our
Temperate zone sections. In our

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northern tier of states it is well to
wait till November 1st before active-
ly engaging in trapping; while farth-
er south. this date should be extend-
ed several weeks, according to loca-
tion.

or course,

one can put in some

«good licks for future trapping by

choosing good routes for his opera-
tions, locating dens and various
haunts of animals, arranging pens
or “houses” for setting baited traps,
and even putting out some baits
where traps will be set later on. By
putting baits at various points, and
keepingliau‘p regdianly; .the . animals
{will become accustomed to visiting
these places,;and.thus be easily tak-
§en when oneaétually’be‘gins trapping.
‘ It is also a good plan to have sev-
Ie'r'a'l‘stretchingiboards all shaped up
and’ready‘to use when furs begin to
,come in. Animals should notebe left
'lying‘ardund with the skin on; nor
should the skins be left nil-stretched
very long after being removed from
the animal. In fact, the furs will
stretch better and show up to great-
‘er advantage if they . are stretched
while still Warm—M. Coverdell.‘

   

    
  
  

  

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a long. spell of Sickness.

grow new feathers saps a hen
If you expect your hens to be fall producers and winter layers.

REMEMBER, going through the moult is like going through

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then feed them Poultry Pan-a-ce-a during and after the moult.

 

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will start your pnllets and moulted hens to laying

It_conta1ns Ionics that put your moulted hens in fine con-
dition_,—Ton1cs that tone up the dormant egg organs—Iron
that gives a moulted, run-down hen rich, red blood and a red
comb. It contains internal antiseptics that destroy disease
germs that may be lurking in the system. N 0 disease where
Pan-a-ce-a lS fed. It pays to feed Pan—a-ce-a regularly.

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[Killer KillsLice'

-—it brings back the cackle.
and it’s eggs you want—fall

Feed Pan-a-ce-a to all your oul tom e
them healthy. The dealergeiun ak and kee
does not do as claimed. Tell the
iowls you have and he will tell you what sized
package to bu . Always buy Pan- '
to the size of
your flock. 3 c, 75c and 81.60
25—lb. pail, 83.00-
100-1 .drum 310.00. Exce l
Canadp

in thefar West and . _ 3 m an 3
DR. HESS & CLARK DR- HESS
Ashland, Ohio STOCK TONl€
keeps hogs healthy

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LEADING run‘flousE

GET 7
MORE HONEY
Fill! YOUR runs

Shl tons and make sure of gettin “The mar-
ket s hi best mark". WE DO NOE QUOTE A
“SLIDI G SCALE" 0F PRICES. instead we
note one dependable price so you POSiTlVELY
how what your collection vnll bring. We
charge no commission—pay all transportation
charges and send money same day furl arrive.

grits for valugble boioklet. /
“ ueeeisfnl’ “ n r us .
pr'ce’ list, market report; ,
T'mPDinS has. etc- -'

Tucson SCHMIBI I 80!”.

l 14 Monroe Ave. Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 
 

   
 
   
    
    

  

 

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Furs bring big money

highest prices Bt'argisht. 55131309"

. er s prov rap-
°'°' knogn . pers Guide—Free
—I¢t '0‘ y. —the best ever out,

.Ro‘erspayshighest Complete prices on

prices. grades iulr- traps and trappers aun-

est — no dickerlnd. i’uli' 93nd 106:3}. so:

_ n no 1' mar e re-

pays cash and ship portsund prices. Get the ‘
biggest money for "nu;

\ catch.

ping charges on furs. ‘
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LET US TAN
YOUR HIDE.

Horse or Cow hide. Calf or other skins
with hair or fur on, and make them
into coats ( for men and women), robes,
rugs or gloves when so ordered. Your
lur goods will cost you less than to buy
them and be worth more.

Our illustrated catalog gives a lot of
information. It tells how to take off
and care for hides: how and when we
pay the freight both ways; about our
safe dyeing process on cow and horse
hide. cult and other skins; about the
fur goods and game trophies we sell
taxidermy. etc. '

Then we have recently got out an-
other we call our Fashion book. wholly
devoted to fashion plates of muffs,
adggwedr and dther fine lur garments,

pr ces : a so fur erme med-
eled and repaired. II "u re

You can have either book by sending
ggur correct address naming which, or '

th books it you need both. Address

The Croobf' Frisian Fur Com y.
571 Lyel Ave" Rochester, . Y

    
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  

 

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, {unlit-y leatherghilng their {lo-I‘m

l 0d confetti The rls ours-these
. must delight you no sale.

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Boston Mail Order House. Dori.

Send shoes on approval. My money back
i I want ‘it. I risk nothing

Name . . ..................... Size ......

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To avoid continuing dates we will
without cost, not the date of any
live stock sale in ”khan. If m
are considering a sole advise no at
once and we will eul- the date for

you. Address, Live Stock Editor,
M. B. 1"” Mt. Clemens.

 

Oct. 0-8 Holsteins. Quality Hol-

stein. Chicago, 111.
Nov. 11. Poland China, Wm. J.

Clarke, Rapids, Mich.

Oct. 17, Holsteins, Fairview Form
Livingston

Dimondale, Mich.

ct. 23. Holsteins.
Co.- I-Iolstein Breeders’ Ass’n., How-
ell, Mich.

 

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CATTLE

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Feeding
Qualities

The Holstein—Friesan breed requires
an ample supply of food, but it is by
no means choice as to the quality of
the food. They freely consume rough-
age and transmute it into valuable
products—milk, butter, veal, beef.

Holstein-Friesian Association of
America, Box 295, Brattleboro, Vt.

 

 

 

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-
ma, Mic .

OLSTEINS 2——
OF QUALITY

12 LARGE COWS & HEIFERS
Due to Freshen This Fall

 

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Strongly bred in Pontiac and Co-
lantha 4th Johanna families. Also
' four 1 year old heifers and a 3 year
old herd sire from a 25 lb. 3 year
old dam.

E. A. HARDY

Rochester, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sired by a son of
Bull Galveswriend Hengerveld
De K01 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.

“'ALNU'I‘ GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. W'yckoff, 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 24.97 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.

 

 

 

 

TWIN BULL .CALVES
Born October 29. 1918; sired 0. Sir
Cal-Julia .
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 735.46 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam
of calf is a. granddaughter of King Se-
gis and a. perfect individual with 3. rec-
ord of 20.66 lbs. butter in 7 days. For
description write to .

L, C. KETZLER, Flint, Mich.

 

FOR SALE

SEVEN GRADE HOLSTElN COWS

to freshen. in October and Novembeé'.

con‘chnngesineofnd.oroopyaso£tmasyon .
Bales advertised here at special low rates; ask for them. Write 00-day!

BREW’ DIRECTORY: human BUSINES FARMING, Ht. Clemenl. Michigan.

.Breeders’ Association wish to announce

Segis Korndyke 1.04008 . m’s f

wish Oopyorohnn

 

Choice Registered Stock

PERCHERONS ,
HOLSTEINS
SHROPSHIRES
ANGUS

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

 

 

 

 

 

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 Form, Eau
Claire, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

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-
tiac Clothilde De Kol 2nd. A few bull
calves for sale. T. W. Sprague, R 2, Eat-
tle, Creek, Mich.

 

 

MUSOLFF 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 pric-
es and further information.

Muslofl Bros" South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

5 MONTHS OLD, AND
BULL'CALFA BEAUTY. 85 per
cent white, straight as a line. Sired by
(ll-lb. bull and his dam is just one of the
best cows I ever milked, a granddaughter
of Colantha Johanna Lad. Price $150.00
for immediate sale. Harry '1‘, Tubbs,
Elwell, Michigan.

 

TEN-DIONTHS-OLD-BULL

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

BOARDMAN FARMS, Jackson, Mich.

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 30 pound son
of King of the Pontiacs and Lunde Korn-
dyke; over 1000 pounds of butter and
26,000 pounds of milk in year,

SMITHFIELD HERD
for sale, choice of 48 head registered Hol-
stein cattle. Am overstocked, T«"
Pieter Segis Lyons No. 170506 Herd S‘i'e.
H. A. Smith. Wixom, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORTHOBN

WHAT DO YOU “ANT? 1 reptesent 41
SHOE'PHOBN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef straina Bulls
all ages. Some female-s. C W Crum.
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association. McBride-s. Michir 1.

SPECIAL OFFER SHOBTHORNS—
Cows, $250.00 to $300.00. Bulls, $200.00
to $250.00. Wm. J. Bell, Rose City, Mich.

THE BARRY CO.

 

SHOBTHOBN

their new sales list for about October 1.

of the best best or milk strains. Write

{for wants to W. L. Thorpe, Sec’y., Milo.
ich_

‘MICHIGAN—S"PURE-BREEBrawl/31911155101237)“

still. write out what 1’00 have footer, let u! put' it in type, show you a proof and tell you what'it will cost lords, so or 58 times. You
ses must be received one week before date of issue. Breeders’ Auction

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No STOCK P03 SALE AT PRESENT.
morthorn Breeder. W, S. Huber, Glad-
win, m.

THE VAN DU!!! 60. Shannon!

Association have goon; week

for sale. nostl Clay hr -5 Write

your wants to . e secretory. Frank Bai-
ley. Hartford, Mich.

SHORTHORNS
HOLSTEINS
JERSEYS

If your commnni needs a pure
bred bull. write II or our oo-oper-
ative breeding service plan and we
will see what can be done to place
one there.

[Ye Specialize In Milking Bhorthorna

 

 

PALMER 3305., Orleans, Mich.

 

 

 

 

HEREFORDS
BOB FAIRFAX 494027
H‘IEREI‘TOIZI3SAT 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 5 to 1000 lbs.
Owners anxious to sell. Will help buy 50c
commission. C. F, Ball. Fairfleld, Iowa.

 

 

'and good individuals.

 

in. Free livery any time.

 

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.

 

 

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 method
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. B. Smith, Addison,
Mich.

 

BED POLLED

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

. OFFER PURE BLOOD RED POLL-
cattle at reasonable prices. Bulls 7
to 10 months. Bred heifers. Well bred

J. A. Battenfleld, Fife Lake, hIlch

 

 

JERSEY

The Wildwood J ersey‘ 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.

HOGS

 

 

 

FOR SALE —- Big Type Poland
Chins. boar. 18 mo. old. Won every-
thingmhieclmottbeomosutel‘mir
131.1918. Liberty bonds or cash. Lone
Cedar Farm. Pontiac. Mich.

LARGE TYPE Poland Clams,
ROADS AND ems OF APRIL
. term, out of sows weighing 580
inmatl‘lmoldandfromssireotlize
and quality. Come and we them. G. H.
Gasman. B a, Grand Blanc. Mich.

Bl G TY P PORN!) cum“

WITH QUALITY
Pin, from L’smg Orange 201847.

sex, for sale. Prospective buyers met at
St. Johns. J. E. Kym-ants, St. Johns. Mich.

316 "PE P. O. ‘SPBING PIGS-

EITHER SEX
A. A. WOOD & SON. Balls. Michigan

ABGE TYPE POLAND 0 H I N A
SPRING PIGS FOB BALE-—
E. A. EIIELE, Manchester, Mich.

WALNUT A111: 3,10 ”firm. m

watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Sena.-
tor and Orange Price. 1 thank (my cus-
tomers for their patronage.

Ionia, Mich.

A. D. GREGORY. -

Big Type Poland Chinas

Spring boars ready to ship, sired by
Mouw’s Big Jones 3rd, out of granddaugh-
ters of Disher’s Giant. None better in
Mich. Gilts will be ready Jan. lst. Bred
to Wiley's King Bob by Harrison’s Big
Bob and out of Samson Lady by Sampson,

by Long King. Priced reasonable.
JOHN D. “'ILEY, Schoolcralt, Mlch.

 

 

 

L. ’1‘. P. C. 501V
side. Price $100.00. ’Spring boar ready
after Nov. 1st. Better engage your pig
selected now. The longest and tallest lot
ever on the farm_ H. O. S'wartz, School—
craft, Mich.

AND 7 PIGS BY

 

BOB SALE—LARGE TYPE POLAND
China boars. April and May farrow. The
farmer’s kind at farmer’s prices. F. M.
Piggott & 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 Bis Type Poland China

‘ Boars, all ages. The
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, Jonesville is lo.
cated 25 miles north of the Ohio and In-
diana line.

A New Herd Boar

(in. 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,

 

Eaton Rapids, Mich.

FOR 25 YEARS“70 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. We are of-
fering some sows bred for fall farrow. J.
C. Butler, Portland, Mich.

 

 

 

POLAND CHINA

WONDERLAND HERD-~LABGE TYPE
Poland Chinas. Some cracking good
spring boars and a. few Jume 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. Porter Caletook Eaton Rapids,
Come and see the two greatest boars liv-

 

Wm. I. CLARKE

R No. 1 Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

 

due
Also (2 heifers. Herbert Sietert, ,
" ”mm “Mich/(Wanehm)

 

 

 

 

BREEDERS ATTENTION !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

This service is free to the live stock industry in Michigan
> ‘ to avoid conflicting sale dates
LET “BUSINESS FARMING” CLAIM YOUR DATE 2

 
 

 

 

 

 

DUBOO

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, 311.08., R 1 Howell, Mich.

 

 

DUROC JERSEY SWINE.
Smand Gilt: all sold. Nice bunc
tall pigs, both sex. sired by Breakwater
Tippy Orion No. 55421, by Tippy 001., out
of dam by the Principal 4th and Brook-
water Cherry King. Also herd boar 8 yr.
old. Write for pedigree and prices Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Thns. Underhill &
Son, Salem, Mich.

Peach Hill F am

Meet us at the Fairs
Bred Gills all SOLD.

INWOOD nnos./ - _- . Romeo, Mich.
MEADOWVIEW FARM REGISTERED
Duroc Jersey Ho and Jersey Bulls. J.
E. Morris, Farmfizton, Michigan.

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ready nor heavy service. Pedigrees seat

on application. Newton 1: Blank. Hill
Ferris-ton. mes.

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DUBOC
FOR SALE :2; LB. DUROC 1385-.

O. E. Davis A Son, R 1. Ashley, Mich.

 
  

 

 

 

‘ 0
Hampshire Rams
Registered yearling runs weighing
up to 200 lbs. for sole. Also ram lambs.
A well built growth lot. Satisfaction
guaranteed.

0. U. HAIBI.

West Branch. - . Michigan

 

 

 

ounce BOARS mn‘ ”I"

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

 

BOAR

 

 

D0300 JERSEY PIGS.
ns Oluny or
Panama Special. 820 at 8 weeks. -
latex-M. E. E. Celkins, Ann Arbor, M
0. I. O.

 

 

Shadowland Farm
l0. I. Clo]

Bred Gilts in May and June.

Booking orders tor
Spring Pigs. Everything shipped GOD.
and registered in bu er’s name. It
you want the best. wr to

J. CARL JEWETT. Mason. web.

 

 

 

HAMPSHIRES

 

8784 HAMPSHlRES RECORDED IN
the association from Jan, 1 to Apr. 1, '19.
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for sale
now_ thn W. Snyder, St. Johns. Mich“
R. No. .

 

LAWNDALE FARM HAMPSHIRES
Spripg pigs for sale, male and female.
W. A. Eastwood, R. 2. Chesaning. Mich.

HAMPSHIRE BOARS
The kind that please. of superior breed-
ing and good quality. Sir-ed by Moss’s boy
and Col. White. The latter has never
been defeated in the show ring. For
price and description address, Gus Thom-
as, New Lothrop, Mich.

 

 

 

BEBKSHIRES
GREGORY FARM BERKSHIBES 1'03

 

profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your ‘

wants. W. S. Corsa, White Hall, Ill.

 

 

CHESTER WHITES

FARMERS INCREASE YOUR PROF-
its by raising pure bred Chester Whites.
Send orders now for fall D183- Raiph Co-
sens. Levering, Mich.

 

40 LARGE, HEALTHY, REGISTERED
Shropshire ewes. mostly 2 year olda Also
large, vigorous ram lambs. mug tor ser-
vice. Flock established 1890. Lemon,
Dexter, Mich

PL]! LAWN FARM SHROP-SHIRES
all; and ram lambs. High bred. well
wooled and registered. A. E. Bacon A
Son, R 6, Sheridan, Mich .

FOR 80 Registered Shropshire Rams.
40 Registered Shropshire Ewes.
SALE Harry Potter a Son, Davlson, Mich

Five Registered Rambouillet Rams.
Robert J. Noon. R 9, Jackson, Mich

SHROPSHIBE YEARLINGS AND RAM
lambs of the best wool mutton type.

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

 

FOR SALE:
lat-e Merino Rams. Frank Rohrsbacher,
LaingsbuJ-g, Mich.

Registered Merino Yearling Rams:

Three at $25.00 each. Good fleeces,
reasonable size and condition. Certificate
of registry furnished if required. E. N.

‘Bail. Hamburg, Mich.

 

RABBITS

RUFUS» RED BELGIAN HARES, FED-
igreed and registered stock. Prices right
and satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded upon return of stock. Write the
Vernon Hill Rabbitry, Lock Box 546,
Clare, Mich.

 

POULTRY

Yearling Pullets and Cockerels

We offer 200 S. C. White Leghorn Year-
lings—stock guaranteed to please you.
Cockerels—Barred and White Rocks:
White Orpingtons; 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.

 

 

LEGHORN
S. 0. WHITE LEGHORN COOKER-
els. English strain. Sired by Cook 296
egg record. Mrs. A. J. Gordon, R 3, Dorr,
Mich

 

 

CHESTER WHITEShA FEW MAY
boars, fall pigs in pairs or trios from
most prominent bloodlines at reasonable

RHODE ISLAND REDS

MARCH HATCHED R. 1. RED COCK—
ereis. Both Combs. Write for prices and

 

 

 

 

 

prices. Registered tree. F. W. Alexand- order early. Interlakes Farm, Box 4. '
er, Vassar,Mich. - Lawrence Michigan.
WYANDOTTES
SHEEP SILVER. GOLDEN AND WHITE
Wyandottes; eggs from especial mat-
REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE SHEEP m. s2 p... 16: s5 .0. $8 per .0, by

Choice Stock for Sale

Ewes and Rams, $25 to $50 Each

J. M. Williams No. Adams, Mich.
LINCOLN S Choice Registered Sheep

of Both Sexes, from one
giant years old. E. Knight, Cass City.

 

 

SHROPSHIRE RAMS
Sire McKerrows-Holker 275 (014269R)
377379. Limited supply. Dan Booher.
R 4, Evart, Mich. ‘

MR. SHROPSHI’RE BREEDER.

Do you need a real sire? It so, I have
a few rams that are in a. class by them—
selves. Type quality. carcass and fleece
with Cooper and Butter Breeding. No
cold blooded stufl here. First ten $100.00
to $400.00. Balance of the rams includ-
ing some cracking Hampshires $50.00 up.
N o fairs this year but believe me we have
the sheep. All good roads lead to the
arms.

KOPE—KON FARMS, Goldwater. molt.

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

 

 

 

 

parcel post prepaid. Clarence Browning,
Portland, Mich.. R 2

 

DUCKS AND~ GEESE
WHITE PEKIN DUCKS AND WHITE
CHINESE GEESE—MRS. CLAUDIA
BETTS, HILLSDALE. MICK. ,

 

, EGG-O-LATUM Sfi‘iPSfEES

It costs only one cent per dozen eggs
to use Egg—o-latum. There is no other ex-
pense. Eggs are kept in carton or box in
cellar. Eggs may be boiled, poached or
used in any other way, just like fresh
eggs. Simply rubbed on the eggs—a dozen
per minute. A 500 jar is sufficient for 50
dozen eggs. At Drug, Seed and Poultry
Supply Stores or postpaid.

GEO H. LEE 00., Dept. 418, Omaha, Neb.

 

 

Is Your Farm for Sale?

Write out a plain description and lig-
ure do for each word, initial or group of
figures. Send it in for one, two or three
times. There’s no cheaper or better way
oi! selling a farm in Michigan and you
deal direct with the buyer. No agents or
your term, send in your ad today. Don't
commissions. If you want to eel! or trade
Pt talk about it. Our Business Farming

armers' Exchange gets results. Address
Michigan Business Farming, Adv. Dept"
Mt. Clemens.

 

Hudsoni‘Ohlo"

 

Your Maple Trees Will Make Money for You
if equipped with the
Champion Evaporator

It Makes the Best Syrup
{Write for description and terms today

Champion Evaporator €00

  

 

 

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Improved Black Top De- .

TAXATION
(Judson Grenell, secretary Mich-

igan Site-Value Tax League, has'
consented to answer to the best of

his ability any question regarding
taxation that readers of Michigan
Business Farming may ask. He

-may be addressed direct at 308
Thompson street, Ann Arbor, or
through this office.)

 

 

In how many localities in Michigan
do the assessors separate land from
improvement values, on their books,
so a taxpayer may know what his im-
provements are assessed for? How
about the rest of the country ?-—E. L.
Kent County.

Ana—So tar as known Detroit is
the only assessing district in Michi-
gan where the books show land val-
ues separated from improvement val-
ues, Massachusetts annually pub-
lishes a. pamphlet in Which site values
are separated from improvement val-
ues. for each political division in the
state. The tax commission there re-
ports it a splendid check on erron-
eous assessments.

Is there any place in the United
States where site-value taxation only
is used for assessing and collecting
taxes?-—-J. W. Jacobus, Oakland
county:

Ans—For local taxes, yes. Fair-
hope, Ala., is a “single tax” colony
where taxes are collected from land
values only, and improvements are
exempt. This has been the custom
there for a score of years, and the
place has thrived more than has the
surrounding country. ,In California
improvements in irrigation districts
are exempt from taxation, and land
made valuable by irrigation must
bear the tax burdens in proportion to
the values thus created. As a re-
sult, owners are encouraged to make
improvements.

What is the land (social) value of
Michigan?———G. W. Barclay, Wayne
county.

Ans.-~—No figures? have ever been
published. However, the state tax
commission is in possession of the
figures, and it is hoped that some
day they will be compiled and pub-
lished. At a guess it might be said
that Michigan site values are worth
halt the assessed value of the real
estate and personal property of the
state. The state is assessed for $4.—
500.000.000; so that would make
the land value $2,250,000,000. It is
argued, in defense of these figures,
that on the average improvement
values about equal the social (com—
munity) value of the land.

One of my neighbors says that the
income taxes collected from the big
Chicago meat packers are passed on
to those who buy their meat. Is this
so?——-A. 13., Clinton 00.

Ans.——-All taxes on production are
passed to the ultimate consumer. One
of the Chicago meat packers giving
testimony before a congressional
committee last spring, testified that
the $9,000,000 of income tax the
concern paid wascharged to “over—
head expenses,” the same as insur-
ance, and added to the coSt of pro—
duction.

 

Is all the land in Michigan taxed?
—M. O’S., Livingston 00.

Ans—No. Nor is all the other
property in Michigan taxed. There
is church property, for example. The
state owns many acres, which nobody
just now wantsj left on its hands by
lumber-men who cut down the trees
and then refused to pay the taxes.
Many thousands of acres in railroad
rights of way and valuable terminals
pay no taxes as such, though these
corporations do pay a direct tax.

which is returned to the people thru

the schools.

 

I’ve been buying some machinery.
and my assessor has got me on his«
books for it. I say the law exempts
tools, but he don’t see it that way.
Who is righti—T. 8., Monroe, (70.

Ana—The assessor is right, it your
“tools” exceed in value the exemp—
tion allowed by law. A good many
things in Michigan not taxed. are
taxable, according to law, but as it
would cost more to list and assess
than the tax would amount to, the
law.“ ignored. For example, watch-
es are taxable, yet how many are tax»
ed? If you buy a. tractor“? That’s

 

 

   

 

 

 

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and you work the horse same time.
Does not blister or remove the
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Will tell you more if you write.
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the antiseptic liniment for mankind,
reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured
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dozen d vered here.
cases uded. for
. strictly fancy newlaid
eggs, Shipments via

. express direct from
farmers. This price good until week end-
ing October 11th, Watch our price each

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Does boosting the price of a furnace $25 to. $80
after it leaves the factory make it a better heating plant?

I don’t think it does. I think that $25 to $80
is as good to you as anyone else. And that’s what
I can save you when you get “A Kalamazoo Direct
to You.” Because you deal direct with the manu-
facturer. And no one can quote lower prices than
the man who makes the goods. ‘

Write and Get My Price on a
Pipe or Pipeless Furnace,

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Who Buys From Kalamazoo?

Everybody. You’ll find my satisfied customers from
coast ‘-t0’coast. Ifyou started out to visit- them ,all and could call on
‘ 2five of them every day it wOuld take you fourteen years to see them
all. ' It ‘would take you to farms and small towns and big cities. jg'I‘o _
the homes of well-to-do folks and homes Where every dollarcounts. --
And wherever you go you would find a satisfied customer. Let
me give you the names of a few of my customers near you. ~

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My book tells the story. It shows my full line—stoves, ranges,
furnaces. everything needed in home heating-all at “Direct-to-Yon’i factOry

'prices‘. Cash or' Easy Payments. Unconditional'Guarantee. You’ll sav.‘
moneywith this book. But ‘ ' ‘ ’ ' ‘ ‘

Write Your Name in the Coupon Right I'Now
so you will be sure to mail it. Or send a postal or a letter. as you prefer. I am

always glad to mail this book. You are welcome to a copy. Let me send it to-
day and save you what you ought to save in dealing direct with manufacturers.

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Get My Offer On

Stoves and Ranges Gas and Oil Stoves
Kitchen Kabinets and T ables Refrigerators

Heat Your} qu With a Pipeless Furnace
There are’twobizapoints that make 7 e Kalamazoo diner-

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