V01. VII No. 13‘

The only Independent Farmer’ 9 Weekly owned and Edited in Michigan

 

MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6,1919

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' lable harm to the farmer.

‘ what the campaign against the high

, been conducted with an absolute dis—

:have been no outcry against the high

. down to less than the cost of produc-

_ pers from day to day to gain an idea

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How Shall Farmer Educate the Consumer‘ll

IgnOrance of City People on Cost and Difficulties of Producing Food a Handicap to Agriculture

T IS truly astounding hoW little the people who
live in the large cities and -consume the major

g'quantities of the foodstuifs raised on farms know about the cost
and difficulties that are encountered in producing them. ‘
- folkshave a sort of hazy idea that all the farther needs to do is to‘ '

Some

tickle the. soil with the hoe, drop the seed and go auto- riding 01 pic-

" nicking‘ until' the crop has come to maturity. Then he takes a few
. ’_ days off from his pleasures, harvests and markets the crops, burics
, his gold in a strong box, and resumes his indolent habits until it is
,-’once more time to tickle the soil and repeat the cycle of g11w1ng
f harvesting and gathering 1n the sheckels.

This ignorance of the real facts of faiming works an inealcu-
In many cities,- for instance, people who
have been schooled to believe that the farmer 1s a profiteer and will

” charge an the traffic can bear, have declared boycdtts against milk

in the hopes of forcing the farmer to accept a lower price. Times

Without number farmers have been

By FORREST LORD

is nothing recorded in the report of the meeting
that the committee knew or cared that the farmer
was receiving only 5 1-2 cents a pound for these same beans.

“Farmer Mixes Dirt With Sugar Beets”

After declaring that it was the fault of the Calif01 11ia grow—
ers that the price of raisins is so high, Mr. Marsden took up the sub-
jeet of sugar and once more placed the blame for high piices upon
the farmer.

“'lhe Sugar beet men want 10 1- 2 cent suga1 just as much as
the people do, ” he S‘dld. “They want it now for 110w is the time
for them to quote next year’s prices to the falineis. And here'
again the farmer comes in. The government peimits him to sell
by weight and when I was talking to a beet man the other day he
said that figures showed the farmers were furnishing 500 pounds
of dirt to every ton of sugar beets, and Of course in the end that

boosts the prices.”
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;unable to secure a fair price for their
products because the buying public has
been so overwhelmingly opposed to
higher prices. No one can estimate

cost of living has'cost the farmer. In-
Vestigations , and propaganda have

regard of the factors ‘ of costs. The
whole purpose has been- ‘,to lower
prices to the consumer regardless of
the investments and profits .of the .
farmers and‘tho'se who deal in farm
products. I- venture to say that had .
the people of this country been in-
telligently infornmd as to the cost of
raising food products, there ,would

cost of food and no ‘ prOpaganda to
drive the prices_ of farm products

tion.

Daily Press Spreads Misstatements

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This. lssue Contains:

Agricultural vs. Manufacturing Costs. . .Page 2.
“Save the Treaty,” Peace League’s Plan Page 2.
State Grange in Annual Session ........ Page 3.
Better Seed for Mich. Potato Growers. .
GrandJury Indicts T. H. Newberry. .
Co-operativ'e'Cow Testing on Increase.
Campbell Leads in M. B. F’s Straw Vote Page 4. all
Ship-by-Truck Spreads over Country..
Agricultural News of State and Nation. .Page 6.
Three solid pages editorial comment by

our editors and readers. .Pages 10,12 and 13.

FUTURE ISSUES WILL CONTAIN:

International Live Stock Champions, Canadi-
an Co-operative Successes, Rebates for the Sug-
ar Beet Growers, Bean Tariff Legislation, the
.Farmer-for-Governor Movement, Winter Care
of Orchards, Sheep- -Wool Society, and scores of
other articles of interest to farmers and farm

course, but what are you going to do
about it? How is the city consumer
to know that every load of sugar beets
is tested for tare and that the samples
are carefully cleaned, scraped and
freed of diit and leaves? But isn’t it
going to be necessaiy some day to tell
him the truth?
Talk with any man who has lived
his life in the city and the burden
of his complaint will be that the farm-
er is responsible for the high cost of

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pic’s/pocket books. Get into the smok-
ing compartment of a parlor car and
as you whiz by the farm houses along
the way note the words of wisdom
that issue from the mouths of well-fed.
and prosperous looking gentlemen.
They will tell you the most amazing
things about farmers and farm life.
You wonder how you could have lived
all your life among farmers without
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of how complete is the ignorance of

people who ought to know better upon the subjects of farm costs
and profits, or to realize the injury that is done by the publication
of false statements. One of the most conspicuous and flagrant
cases that has come to my attentiOn in recent months was an arti-
cle published in the Detroit Journal setting forth the opinions of

. " Detroit Wholesale and retail grocers upon the alleged profits and
i ; practices of farmers.

The occasion was a meeting of a commit
tee appointed by the Detroit city council to investigate the high

' cost of living. A member of this committee is Thomas Marsden,

vice president of Lee & Cady, the large wholesale grocery firm. An-

; > other member is Mr. Parker, head of a chain of retail stwores Ac-'
" f cording to the Journal the conversation ran something like this:

“It is the wholesaler who is getting the exorbitant prices, not

I i the retailer, ” said Mr. Parker.

”You can bet that’ 8 just it,” said another. retailer.

3" -. But Mr Mprsden, the wholesale man, passed the buck to the‘

. . saIdg‘Nono of these. prices we are charging these
" ever, it is the farmer who gets the long price.

Ewe have to pay‘What he asks and we are glad to get the stuff. ”

$111119anch Held Fair Bean Price
One retailer thought that

games: 11 cents:

bought and are running a big’ daily newspaper.
‘ city, then, offer mm to 'our question. 1

men talk about so glibly. One of them
will say, “I called on a farmer relative of mine a few weeks ago.
He met me at the station in a new motor car and drove me out to
the farm house. It was a great big roomy house, heated by steam,
lighted with electricity and everything modern and convenient.
They even had a bath room and a phonograph.” And when you
meekly suggest from your corner of the compartment that not all
farmers are so favorably situated and anyway farmers ought to
have all those things, the Whole bunch glares at you and snaps
out, “What (1’ you know about it?” It is of no use to argue fur—
ther with them, so with a few more feeble attempts to set them
right, you sink back into your corner and go to sleep to dream of
farmers wearing silk plug hats and diamond-studded watches, rid—
ing in plush- lined limousines, and giving orders to well- fed ser—
vants who hear a striking- resemblance to your acquaintances on

the train.

Getting down to brass tacks, just how, Mr. Famer, are you
going to get the truth before your city cousins? There are two
great Ways to right the age old wrongs which have Worked against

,_ _ agriculture. One 1s to organize to tOp notch efficiency and reap the
benefits which splendid organization can bring, politically, econom;

Second, there 1s publicity. Ontario farmers
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HAT DOES it cost to make\the
manufactured articles which

you use every day? ,

You have no idea. Well,
is an example.

here
It is said that a cer-

tain popular saiety razor which sells.

for $5 is made at a shop cost of less
than one-tenth of that amount.
' Shop cost includes labor, materials

interest on the actual investment in -
machinery and the amount involved"
in the deterioration of the machines

i". It does not include the salaries
o incentives, and other purely ad-
ministrative expenses. It is the act-
ual cost oi making the article.

Made to Sell for 31

It is said that the man who de-
signed and first made this razor. for
, less than half a dollar, intended" to
sell if for a dollar., He couldhavz
made a nice profit at that figure an
could have done a certain amount of
advertising which is, of course ab:

solutely necessary.

His ’usiness associate expressed
the opinion that the razor could be
sold for much more than a dollar.
The inventor disagreed. They end-
ed by forming two corporations—a
manudacturing company and a sales
company. The sales company bought
the output of the manufacturing
company at $2 for each razor and.
sold the razors for $5 each. More-
over, it sold millions of them all over
the world. African chiefs and South
Americans and Russians have cor
roborated the judgment of the sales
manager that the public would pay
$5 for a 60-cent razor just as quickly
as it would pay $1.

Of course to the shop cost of less
than 50 cents must be added the
profit, and all costs of selling and dis-
tribution. But these things form an
economic viewpoint should not
amount to ten times the cost of pre-
duclng the articles. And that this
razor can be retailed for much less

, than $5 is conclusively demonstrated
by the quartermaster of the army,

‘ who sells it in his stores (in a khaki

case with six extra: blades) to soldiers
for $1.75.
In a word, the price for which this

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every-liner-

trol of prices.
latter does. Farmers
choose. mnnf

moreusettflthatthepubliciswillingtopayapricefarinexceso!
costs

what the improvement actually
Proflteers o: all. kindsare in

life “hangiwnr: pron

turn on the investment.

uring game show that the roar of

‘ Who Are the Profiteersl! ,. .' '

3 WI pom.mt lira recent editorht there are ‘msw in.
of busineu and“ VOW...

chances but many weprofiteerrbr deliberate
kind ‘ profiteers discussed in this article-are of the

cannot nonhuman-oases: whenever: .- thy» ,
of connnoditia in which there is stl'ongcom-
emet profiteee except-Much illegal agreements lemme

. bad weputethese days. anathema are
tearing manufacturers are beginning

ting on the walls" and to reduce their-profits to a fair-‘ré- ‘
We caution our readers against put
mamuacturers in the profiteeringclass.
prontsrare not exhorbitant. and that
it is only a comparatively few who are “milking” the public.—-Editor.

Some: are premium by

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razor is sold represents an enormous
percentage of economic waste. It
brings home to us two things. In the
first’place we have no idea what most
of the things we buy are really worth
and for that reason the price often
bears’little or no relation .to- the -.val-

- us of the article. And. in the second

place we have a wasteful system of
distribution.

Of course. no one blames the pro-
motor of this razor for selling his
product for $5. There ,are no re-
flections to be made upon his per-
sonal integrity or that of his firm.
It is merely the economic principle
that is questioned.

Case Is Not Exceptional

And the case of the razor is not
eXCeptional. A brief examination of
the matter of shop costshows that
the American people pay for the
manufactured goods from six to 50
times as much as it costs to make
them. The significance of this fact
scarcely needs emphasis. Here. sure-
ly is one paramount factor in the
high cost of living. Why prosecute

a Greek corner grocer for making an
extra penny on a pound of sugar
when the prices we pay for many art-

,icle‘s of daily use have no relation
whatever to their value?

Some Other Drains

The fact is that this enormous leak
is drainging'the pockets of all of us.

This difterence between making cost":
and. selling cost reaches its peak in.

the case of certain luxuries. A cer-

tain eyewash is reliably said to cost,

the manufacturer $1 a gallon and to
sell, in very small bottles at $125 a
gallon. A certain cream,. which is
supposed to beautify the complexion
costs the manufacturer 14 cents a
pound, and sells at your drug store
at 60 cents for a three-ounce jar. You
can figure the difference for your-
self. .

Carbon tetra chloride is a chemi-
cla used in fire extinguishers of the
cheaper sort, which, incidentally, are
of little value in figh fires. Un-
der a patent name. mix with anoth-
er chemical of no more value than it
has. this substance is sold for several

hardware class.

   
 

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An. thinlnrconsistsd; ‘ a

certain irritant chemical mixes-With

a stand out “Mon ms for 50.

{ contain small bottles.;.vIt costs about
.aseven and ,-.a half cents-a bottle to

These exampleacould be multiplied
almost indefinitely. They show that
for toilet articles and patent medi-
cine you pay seldom. less. thanseven
times as much as it costs to make the

rarticle', and often 50 or 100 times
that" amount ‘

, But these things are not as, import-
anLalthe. , articlen Take
typewriters for example. The shop
cost of making a high grade type-
writer to sell for $100 is: estimated
by experts. as from 312 to 31s each.
' Certain. makesrot typewriters the
regular price of which is $100, are
frequently offered on some special
selling. plan at. little more than half
that amount. This strongly suggests
that a good typewriter can be mark-
eted profitably for less than $100;
What is true of typewriters is also

true of sewing machines, bicycles, '

guns and of most other. articles lathe
The selling price is
from 600 to 1,000 percent- higher,
than. the shop. cost. -

In nearly every American home
there is a little electric meter for
which you pay when you have ‘the
wiring installed. Usually you: pay in
the neighborhood. of 36. Such a
meter can-be made for about _$1.

What is the remedy for this situ-
ation?

Where Makers Err
One expert inshop costs to whom

this question was put, said: "I think

the manufacturers are taking the
wrong track. They are following'the
well known business method of mak-
ing 'the price all the. traffic will beef
and I, believe they are losing money
by it. There is One maker of auto-
mobiles in the United States who
sells» his cars for a little more than
half what otherfcars of the same
weight and quality cost. He has

(Continued on page 17)

“Save the Peace Treaty” is Plea cl American League to Enforce Peace

Failure of Senate to Ratify League Covenant Held Injurigus to Interests of the American People

ECAUSE of the stupidity, stub-
bornness, partisanship, or what-
ever you may call it, of four-
teen senators the treaty of peace

with Germany and the League of.
' Nations covenant was rejected, and

America stands today the laughing
stock of the rest of the world, tax--
ridden, profiteer—infested, plagued

‘ with social unrest and torn by par-

tisan politics.

The League to Enforce Peace, of
Which Wm. Howard Taft is presi-
dent. has sent out an appeal to news-

, papers and thinking people all over

the country urging that they take

. imnediate action to force the next

sassion of Congress to adopt the
peace treaty immediately upon con-
using. We quote as follow; from

: the appeal of a League that knows

slitics, but is comprised of men

_ Women of all political faiths
’e. battle-cry is, “our ,country
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“Save the Peace Treaty!
"The defeat of ratification has

‘ high received by the country with

. he and indignation. The pee-
mt Peace. They want Peace.
and they want a League of Nations
fe‘ turd the Peace. Whose name
_ t hears, which party brand it wears, '
care not at all. They-longed
all mted ratification before
want of the Senate. ‘
using of peace is no the
"Mn than was. the - .
war. The American peo-
t resend to party, steed
war until the say at vic-

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Eighty Senators have shown by their

votes that they favor the great prin- '

ciple of the League of Nations. The
fate of the Treaty rests in their
hands. They have the votes. They
have the power. Theirs is the res-
ponsibility. They must get together.

“The failure to ratify the Peace
Treaty has encouraged social unrest
both at home and abroad. Europe
must have supplies or it will face

tinned prosperity and are vital
the: maintenance of order and life in
Europe.

“Men and women of America, this
is your problem. Your interests,
your welfare. the honor and the fu-
ture of your country are involved.
Your will is the supreme command
for the men in Washington entrust-
ed by your votes with guiding the
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starvation victory. Senate reconvenes on December let.
and an‘ar- “The A 1- In the name of thousands of Ameri-
chy this lied Na- cans who have died to bring Dime
winter. Our tion s e s- and end war and of millions of Am-
13 rm e rs, tablie bed ' cricaas who hays toiled and sacri-
0 0 t t 0 n during th. flood to that and, we call upon the
pla n to r s, war a prac- Senate, to forget prejudice and part-
live stock “0‘1 union isanship and agree upon a resolution
mlsers and whic h 1. of ratification couched in terms that
manufact- being 3110.. will permit the other signatories of
urers have ceeded .b y the Treaty to acquiesce in the condi-
lu-g. gur- ‘ the Learns tions of our ratification. Save the
plug pro; . of. “w” peace treaty! Let us have peace."
duction of :To refuse "Act with all the rigor of a nut
which they . to join thins purpose rising .to meet a great res-
can market , ’ League .1! .pons‘ibility. Visit your Senators i
only in ~1ytc lose Write stro letters‘to‘ yournews-
Eurcp e. ‘unumhsrlm spars.» W tetand‘wire‘yeurSena»
The rates : beneath". ore demand! actiononthe treaty
of the ex- , and. to in- . immediately tel-“December first: .
01131139 31-! . vite the de- “Drive‘ he tic every one you
ready dam-s, V velopm e lilt‘ meet the pinata spectacle we now
onstralte of a leag e presentlto' the.s world‘asvemesult‘ of.
the 001- that will partisanship: . in ._an_. international -
lapse of hurt us, is I~mattar wheracomzmm. sense, pat— ‘
any nation- feeling and. rictlsm and a 1', respect fertile
all credits. in policy. opiaten‘ef ' ' demands that
These cred- ‘MW' a’Demandssor
its, resting :ev , onefto‘ also- »
upDn cem- _ Jenetors
m. and
i n t e r n a»-

se-‘
curl ties, '- ‘ ‘ ’
are the ‘ ‘ ._

team

to itself by concerted action

dedicated their sons and
stance to the cause of obtaining
peace. through theldefeat of the Ger-
man menace refuse to believe that
they have made an empty sacrifice.

against

war and the threat of war. The ideal
is American.

“The men and women who gladly

their sub-

“The Treaty should be ratified at

the earliest possible moment after the

  
  

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”its“ good hard west-hadn't"-
spersed with pie; in dhemm of
-moio and cools intercourse.

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l Reduced railroad fares will be
granted all persons in attendance
I“ :lpoem State Grange according to the
plan: The following di-
locations" are- submitted
Lguidance:
» - 1;? Tickets ”at the normal one-way
store for the going tourney may be
the following
dates (but on no other date):
Be sure that,- when pur-
, whining your going ticket, you re-
: quest a certificate. Do not make the
3 ‘Mistake of asking for a “receipt."
. 2. Present yourself at the rail-
: road station for ticket and certifi-
cate at least 30 minutes before de-
Barture of train on which you will
egin your journey-
Certificates are not kept at
, all3 stations. Ask-your local agent
; what is the nearest place on your
~ route where you can obtain a certi-
ficate; buy a ticket to that point and
; then buy another and ask for a cer-
. ’tiflcate to the place of meeting.
. 4. Present your certificates at
State Grange to the Secretary. Miss
Jennie Buell, for endorsement on
Dec. 11 and 12. When returned to
you; the certificates entitle you to
*buy return tickets for one-third reg-
ular fares. This applies to tickets
that cost 75c or more. Your certi-
fiestas entitle you to this reduced
~rate up to and including Dec. 16.
Notice—You may buy tickets and
get certificates Dec. 5 to 11: and
may obtain reduced fares on your
certificates Dec."11 to 16.
_ Hotbls and Rooms \
Arrangements are being complet-
ed to make everybody as comfortable
as possible while in Saginaw.
Hotel Bancroft will be Headquart-
are at a rate of $1. 50 per person,
two in a room. All should report at

* for ' your

this hotel for Wis to hotels
Maw Patrons will

a .finding your rooms
when they have been assigned
you.

,, For rooms in hotels or private
:homes,,sddress Mr. Howell,
Sec y Board of Commerce, Saginaw.
2Mioh.,: See him or his representative
at the Bancroft, Monday even!ng, to
ascertain what your assignment is or
to make pne if you have not written
in advance. -

Full Program Arranged
The program of the Week, while
\not complete in all details will be a
full one. Opening at 10 a. m., Tues-
day, will be followed :by greetings

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~ pennant-your conntyhas done

tiff.
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icy-informal reports on the rig
Game prepared to re-

in

the drive. .
Tuesday afternoon the Master
reads his annual address, and an-
nonnces committee appointments.

I'Th‘et evening occurs the public meet-

ing when Saginaw welcomes her
Granger guests and we accept her
hospitality. Wednesday will see re-
ports of embers and presentation of
resolutions from the delegates: in
the afternoon the Lecturer’s report
and open program, when noted farm
specialists will be heard.‘ That oven-
ing occurs the social. love feast at a
real banquent; after which short
talks will answer the homing ques—
tion, “What Do Michigan Farmers

@Better Seed for 'Michigun Potato Growers

.By C. W. WAJD
Extension Specialist, M. A. 0.

ANY POTATO growers in the
State of Michigan are pro-
ducing potatoes 'at an actual

loss and mayn others with very lit—
tle profit. 0n the other hand there
are a good many growers who are
making a fair return from their in-
vestment and labor.

One of the factors which has much
to do with the profit and loss in
connection With potato growing is
the kind of seed used] If it were
possible to secure records which
would give a comparison between the
kind of seed used and the profit or
.lack of profit, observation has led
the writer to believe that it would
be possible-to determine in a gen-
eral way whether a man is going to
.make any money growing potatoes
when it is known as to the kind of
seed he is using.

Realizing the importance of good
seed and at the same time that many
growersare still indifferent as to
the kind of seed used, a committee
was recently appointed by the coun-
ty agents who were in session at
Cadillac to confer with the Board of
Directors 'of the Michigan Potato

Growers' Exchange and together
work out a plan which would on-
able a’r much larger percentage of
the members of the Exchange to se-
cure first—class seed. The Board of

«Directors of the Exchange gave the

plan their hearty indorsement and
have agreed to let Mr. C. W. Cribbs,
who is now working as field man
along organization lines to devote a
portion of his time to the putting of
this plan into operation. The com-
mittee which is headed by William
F. Johnston, of Roscommon, will
continue to work with Mr. Cribbs
continue to work with Mr. Cribbs.

In brief the plan is to have each
local potato growers’ association
grow at least five acres of potatoes

and to have the same distributed pro

rate. among the members of the as-
sociation. In all probabilities d
bushel of this high class seed stock
will be exchanged for each bushel of
table stock. The first year it will
not be possible to get a sufiicient
amount of seed which has been care-
fully tested out in comparison with
other seed to enable the growers to
get all of the A No. 1 seed.
(Continued on page 17)

10.:and 11th

Wantl’.’ .. Thursday and Friday at
‘3 a. m. are Lecturers’ conferenou:
also at 8 a. ..m on Thursday will oc—
our the election of officers. Thurs-
day and Friday will be filled With
reports of committees .and regular.
order of business.
ing will be conferring of the fifth
and sixth degrees, and Friday even-
ing installation of officers.

The above outline of the annual

State Grange meeting gives one bdt :

Thursday even- '

  

abare glimpse ifito the vast amount '

of detailed work and pleasure which

will confront those who attend this -

session.

There will be addresses by men
and women. whoare prominent both
«in .and out of the Order upon far-
.reaching topics. There will be res-
ohrtions brought by delegates‘from
their-homo Granges or originated by
themselves which will reveal the
.pulse of thought among the rank
and file of farmers over Michigan.
There will result discussions and new
resolutions will grow out of this
coming together of many minds.
Some of the big, throbbing questions
are sure to come up for careful an-
alysis and earnest action. Among
these questions will doubtless be
consideration of bills now before
Congress, like the Capper-Hersman
to legalize collective bargaining. and
the Kenyon-Anderson to regulate
the packers; the Grange’s part in
bringingproducers and consumers in
closer touch; relation of the Grange
to other farm organizations; how to
publish more widely the actual cost

of production of food products; the .

farmers’ right to cost of production
plus a reasonable profit; what sort
of rural schools are needed today;
study of home sanitation and eco-
nomics; and many others which the
critical times suggest. In addition,
there will be much time and dis-
«cussion given to best means of build-
ing the Grange stronger and wider.

Sugar beet growers among our
Grange people, will be interested to
know that the annual mass meeting
for growers of sugar beets is called
to convene at Masonic Temple, Sag-
inaw, Monday, at 1 p. m.. December
8th.

Federal Grand Jury of Farmers Indicts Truman H. Newberry and Aids

United States Senator From Michigan Charged With Fraud, Corruption and Conspiracy

HE "FEDERAL grand jury
- which has been in session at
Grand Rapids since Oct. let
hearing evidence in support of the
alleged violation .of election laws by
Truman H. Newberry, last Saturday
returned an idictment charging Mr.
Newberry and 134 aids with serious
‘ criminal offenses against the laws
of Michigan and the United States.
Corruption, fraud and conspiracy’ are
ficharged in the indictments. War-
, rants have been issued for the ar-
rest of the men indicted and their
arraignment has been set for Mon-

' day, Dec. 8th

The evidence submitted to the
.grand Jury showed that between
$500, 000 and- $1 000, 000 has been
illegally spent by Mr. Newberry and
"friends in advertising, motion pict-
ures, and other propaganda, and in
salaries and wages to hundreds of
‘men who performed some service or
other in the furtherance of Mr. New-
berry’s campaign for United States
Senator.

An Associated Press dispatch to
the Detroit News Tribune says:
“Government ofilcials assert that the
testimony presented to the Newber-
- 1'! grand jury revealed a political
«caudal that in many respects

reservations where aborigines

’ were veted according to the behest

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flea.» It is alleged that voters were
lacuna boards engaged.

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Sept. 14th issue we said:
a violation of the law.

ciple which gave birth to the

flag-

with the rights of the people.”

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THE NEWBERRY CAMPAIGN
As Viewed by Michigan Business Farming

, N OUR September 7th, (1918) issue we made the following explan-
l ation of our opposition to Mr. Newberry' s candidacy:

who voted for Mr. Ford and the people who voted for Mr. Osborn;
yes, and the people who voted for Mr. Newberry will want an account-
ing of the $150,000 that was spent to nomnlate Mr. Newberry. Not
even their high regard for Mr. Nowherry’ s unquestioned patriotism or
his sterling Americanism will blind them to the bare fact that Mr.
Newberry’ s friends if not Mu Newberry himself have violated the laws
and traversed the very principles of Americanism, of right and equal-
ity, upon which Mr. Newberry’ 5 campaign was made. "
“This expenditure of $176,000 was in itself
It was in eilect the price which Mr. N ewberry s
friends paid for Mr. Newberry’ s nomination.

ion’ s, as money has a habit of doing, and it insulted the very intelli-
gence of the great body politic of the state of Michigan. "

r As Viewed by Judge Sessions

“In: returning these indictments you have decreed that a large i'
number of men shall be placed upon trial for an offense which. if com-
Men-thee deeply at the inundation of our form of government are
surely and certainly as the doctrines of the men who follow the red

“If the result shall be one of acquittal. it will be a most. fortun-
ate and happy one for the accused. If, on the other hand, a conviction
shall follow the result will be unfortunate and unhappy for the men
"who are indicted and yet it “would be a vindication of the majesty and
:snpnemm of the law of our land and whatever the result, it will be
for good because alréady the truth and the conviction has been driven
home to the minds of all thoughtful persons that is unsafe to tamper

“The people

ain in our

It violated every prin-

law. It corrupted men’s opin-

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It has been. omoially stated that
the investigation of the Newberry
senatorial campaign was instigated
pen, the iniormation contained in

 

scathing denunciation of the

lie .charges of “graft and corrup-
tio. " It will be remembered that
immediately following the primar-
ies the lieutenant governor issued a
New;

urged the election of Mr. Newberry
as the Republican nominee.

Despite the enormous sums spent
in his behalf and the magnificient
political organization which foster-
ed- his candidacy, Mr. Newberry won
the election as United States senator
by less than 10,000 votes. A few
weeks after the election when it was
broadly hinted that more money was
spent by Mr. Newberry than the law
alowed. certain irregularities such as
the burning of ballot boxes in sev-
eral upper peninsula precincts were
discovered, Henry Ford petitioned
the United 'States senate for a re-
count. but up to the present time the
Senate committee on privileges and
election has refused to sanction a.
recount. The indictment of Mr.
Newberry, or his possible unseating
from the United States senate, will,
it is understood, have no effect upon
Henry Ford’s standing. As the votes
stand today he was defeated and un-
less a recount should
that there was an error in the can~
vas of the votes, Mr. Ford cannot
have the job. The unseating of Mr.
Newberry would leave a. vacancy
which would have'to be filled by the

appointment of Gov. Sleeper or the .

legislature.

Over half of the men constituting
the grand jury which returned the
indictment against Newberry are
farmers. Sixteen of them are claim-

.~ed to. be Republicans and seven Dem-

ocrats. Judge Session, of the feder~
al district court of Grand Rapids. has
a high reputation for non—partisan-
ship, and it is held that the methods
pursued in uncovering the evidence.
the examination of witnesses and ti!
findings of the jury were on

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Ten New Associations

, . ICVHVIGANV was the first state
p ‘ ‘ ' in the union to organize a
. ’ tic-operative bull association.

The Success of this first association

inspired farmers all over the state
to get together in groups and pur-

     
    
 
  
  
  

 
   
  

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‘ strated tn. him that he was, using
sires that increased rather than do!-
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chase pure bred bulls for the im— It showed him that he was success“-
provement of their herds. Of equal in! in 211% bigwigs .Ollel‘iltiifing?~ .
' linpOrtance, if of more recent origin, . 6- 8 cm are to co m9" y
L is the cow- -testing association. economically The fOVHOWiVng 19:111- .
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gives the results of balancing the ra-
tion and feeding according to pro-
duction in a herd of 10 cows in one
of the Iowa associations: Dec., to-
tal milk yield, 5,133.6 lbs.; total fat
- yield, 225.5 1bs;; total. feed cost;

Fifteen months ago
only five co- operative cow testing
associations in Michigan Today
there are thirteen associations with
349 members owning 4,205 cows. At
. the present time ten more associ-

there were

   
    
    
  

   
  
   

  
    
  

        

 

 
 
  

ciations organized up to the first of
November are located in Oceana,
Eaten, Van Buren. Branch. Lapeer,
Wayne (2) Tuscola. Nashville, Kent,
Oakland, Berrien and St. Joseph.

J. A. VValdron, dairy extension
specialist ofthe M. A. C. is in charge
of the cow testing association work
in the state, and farmers interested
in the plan should communicate
with him at East Lansing.

. By J. \V. WALDRON
Dairy Extension Specialist, M, A. 0.
! COW testing association is a

etions are in process of organiza- 3204-69,: ‘total' perVttVVVloverilViraVVegVViVleciVV
tion in the following counties: Liv— 5:69;} limintVVttDl at t mi 111 VV32V50V38V VV ~
1ngston, Washtenaw, Macomb, Gene- V115,, - Vt t 1sz 31a a {8266- t tal V
-eee, Cheboygan, Emmett, Osceola. " SVV 0 a ee COBtV ‘$ 3 V 0 V
Gladwin, Wayne and Barry. Asso- [profit 0V9? feedtcost, $401 9-
0w.

00— operative organization the

purpose of which is to provide
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slflcE the cow testing association: came In, the poor producer ll being wooded out to make
room for the profit-maker. .

weighs the milk from each cow both
night and morning and takes a sam-
ple for testing. The milk is tested
for butterfat. The cow is then cred-
ited for the butterfat produced at
the price received The feed of each
cow is weighed and she is charged
for it at the local market prices in
the barn. Thedifference between the

cutting out - three unprofitable. Vones a

that heawas able to increase the av-
erage profit per cow by 95 per cent.

.2. Gives a basis for building up
'aV dairy herd. Points out pitfalls in
the business. one man in one of the

ascoci'ations in Michigan found one,
purebred cow’was kept at avl‘oss of .
$32.03 while her daughter a-'mature, .

7.. Promotes community life 1194

cause itbringsmenof likelnterests '

and desires together for
purpose. ;. -,

8. Co-Operative buying of\ feed
also often creates a saving tomem-
here. One association in Michigan
saved over $15 per ton by, buying
feed early in car lots. '

9. Interests boys in the farm. .. '

_ . What It “7111 'Cost

‘..The costof theaassociation is the
salary. of the tester.
=and lodged at the homes of the
members and is transported to his
next place of- work by‘the man for
whom. he worked last. 1

a definite '

He is boarded .

   

- - _ - The required books are.- furnished
the 1 value 0‘ the PrOdUCtS and the 0031’- cow was ke t at a loss of $25.11 af-
and ragtizedmetigésn oifnthgil:3 23211.3(; of the feed shows the profit or loss ter paying fier yearly feed bill He by thei United Stages Deaartemen‘t
economical production of milk and on the cow for the month. .At the was showu the folly 0f building 0n gt Afr culftu‘re 1111113 g ettles Eng: ouit V
‘butterfat. The first organize- end 013 the year a summary 15 made that kind of -a foundation.” , ' as can urnis e ' y ~ 9 11 one on 1.-

tion of the kind was formed in Den-

mark in 1895, since that time there
have been 500 associations organ-
fled in this small country, about the
size of the lower peninsula of Mich—
igan. There were over 2,000~in
Europe before the war. The first
associationwas formed in this coun-
try in Michigan at Fremont in 1905
and is still in operation. There are
500 associations in the ,United States.

The association is usually com-
;posed of about 26 members so that
each member may have the services
of the man in charge of the associ—
ation one working day each month.
A man is employed by the year at a
stated salary to take charge of the
association. As stated above he
spends one working day on the farm

of each member each. month and

while there he makes a complete
teed and production record 011 each
individual cow in the herd. He

of the twelve months’- records of
each cow and of the herd as a whole.
so that the owner knows just what
his herd did and what part each cow
played in the year’s work.

The supervisor in charge is also
supplied with skim milk testing bot-
ties, so that he is able to detect de-
fective separators. Often -ma-ny\dol-
lars are saved by simply making
small adjustments in the separator.
He also "can often aid the farmer to
feed more economically by helping
him to balance his rations more per-
fectly and to feed according to" pro-
duction. .

\Vhat It “7111 Do

1. Show the value of individual
cow in the herd by furnishing a
yearly record on every cow in the
herd.

be cutting down the income of the

‘whole herd until it is unprofitable.

One man milking ten cows found by

V; best method to

Often one or two onws may u

. 43... Increases the value or cov‘vs
and young stock at least 20 per cent.
There are. instances where it has in-
creased it much-- more. One man

[sold a grade cow valued at $125 be-

fore he be’came' a member of an as-
sociation for $200 'at-a public sale
after her yearly record» had been
made. '* , -

4. Promotes interest in dairying
by putting it On a more business- like
basis. .
.Tests out herd sire. It is the
measure progress
along breeding lines. We never prof-
it by our mistakes or successes un—
less we have a means of determin-
ingvt-h'em'. 'One man found after be-
lo~nging~to an association for
year that he had one cow that pro—

duced 471 pounds of butterfat at 11‘”

profit of $78. 79 over feed cost her
daughter produCed 514. 5 pounds at
a profit of $108. 44 over feed cost,

.0116 .

Division of. the College for one ‘year
workain each associations

A sum suflicient to pay the tester
and meet incidental expenses is us-
ually raised, by charging each mem-
ber about $3 per- .month. ~j'lg‘hie
amount may be varied depending

on the number‘of cows in the asso~g

ciation and the size of the herds of
the members. It is usually planned
to have at least 350 cows represent-
ed in the association.

Supervisors and Organization
All business is in the hands Vof the

members of the local associations. _

Communities are aided in organiz-
ing these associations by -' COunty
Agents and representatives .of the
Extension Division of the College

and of the United States Department

01 Agriculture and the tester' 8 work

is under the supervision of these de- .

partments. ———J. A. Waldron, Dairy Ea:-
tension Specialist, East Lansing Mich.

Campbell Leads In Business Farming s Straw Vote for Governor
Simpson, Baker and Helme Are Rtmning Neck and Neck m the Race for Second Choice .-

ARLY returns in Michigan Bus-
iness Farmings straw vote for
Governor give Milo D. Camp-

bell of Goldwater a substantial lead
over all other candidates. Nathan
".F Simpson appeais to be Quite a
favorite and is leading Sen. Herbert

.next campaign.
of St. Charles writes, “Find enclosed
straw vote for Mile 1). Campbell. I

Vlt proves conclusively that the fa'rmV
folks of the state are waking up to
their responsibilities as citizens and
are determined to take a hand in the V
Subscriber H. E. S.,

Baker of Weadock and Jas. Helme of ‘believe he would be a very good GOV-

S. 0., of Stanton declares. “We
want not only a farmer for Govern-

: or, but as many farmers for senators
" and representatives as the Lord will
‘ permit ” -

G. M. G., of Allen says, “We have
Vfo'Vnr enthusiastic votes for Mr. cams-
1.11111 will also take an active part

boy,” to this brief declaration. ‘V‘WlVllV-
say there are three votes
house for H. F. Baker. V”

- As previously noted a cons1derable
-number of votes have been received

for Grant Slocum and scattering
votes for others whose namesxare- not

,published among the list of.candidat—V

' Adrian for second place. Sentiment ernor anda man the farmers Vof Mich- ' to support Mr. Campbellf He is the es. No votes have yet been received
eeems to be fairly evenly divided on igan Should support I appreciate right kind of timber.” ' for Denby, Groesbeck 6r Osborn. .811
the other farmer candidates. the good work you are doing for us. ‘ V‘fFour votes in our family for votes are for Ferris, two for Earle;

It should be stated that the returns
this far received are so meagre as to
offer no' basis for forecasting the final

_I believe the day is near at hand

when the farmers will be represent—
ed as they should be.

Nate Simpson and one for, L. Whit-

ney Watkins,” writes C. 8., of Fenton.

A Riggsville family signs three

 

 

one for Green, one for Waters, -twoi* ~
showing beyond 9% '

for Dickinson,
.doubt that the farmers want a. f‘farm—

Yours for. suc—
result. A few scattering votes are cess .. _' . names; one 6: them “our soldier or” governor.
of little value in determining 'the , Mr. A. B. Cook of Owosso writes
etrength of the several candidates, ; us that while he a reclaim the h
and it is entirely possible that the pp igh

present standing of the candidates
may be materially altered when the
vote is completed. It is our purpose
to advise our readers from week to
week of the relative position of the
_ candidates in the race but the num-

ber of votes received by each candi-
date will not be published for some
time. If the votes come in for the
balance of December at the samerate
as during November 'we should be

able to announce the result of ‘.the .

first'canvass in our January 3rd issue.
The sooner our readers vote the
quicker we will be able to publish
{the returns.

Then clip the can on and mail
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We are highly pleased over the ing. V
both ,

, Clip This Coupon "
'PLACE a cross after the name of your candidate, or if you prefer
someone not mentioned write in the name on the dotted line. '

Herbert F. Baker E] W. N. Ferris .. . . .D
Milo D. Campbell. .D Fred Green ......D Chase 8.,Osborn ”D
Edwin Denby . .. .D Alex J: Groesbeck 11D Nathan F. Simpson [:1
Helms ......- DudleyE. Waters

Horatio S. Earle . .B John; C. _Ketcham . V

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genized voice announce their 1.1101112
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honor of. being mentioned as a can-
didate, he is “not a candidate and
will not be a candidate for governor
in 1920 under any circumstances.”
Others who disclaim any present

‘intention of becoming candidates are
N. P. Hull of Lansing. Chas S. 08.-
-born, of S'ault Ste. Marie, and W. N.
- Ferris, of Big Rapids.

The straw ballot will be published
each Week throughout the winter or
until the farmers through some or

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ARRAYED like I convoy on the road to the from In the war, this chain of autos started out In
a showdown 0! motor efl‘iclency from Saginaw for a tour thru the “Thumb" _dlstrlct

 

AT Vassar, the first stop on the shIp-by-truok tour, the crew llnlng up
Hundreds of farmers turned out in the rainy weather to witness the parade.

shown above.

for the photograph

hip-By-Truck Method Spreads Over Country

Estimated That This Mode of Transportation Will Effect Saving (11‘ 333 per cent. in Next Five Years

RANSPORTATION experts at
Washington are responsible for

the statement that, with the
present progress of road building, it
would be possible within five years to
"cut but 33 1-3 per cent from the cost
of freight transportation in the Unit-
_ed States throughg‘the use of auto-
. mobile. trucks.
Jody" bilfld‘erh’now come fGrWard mm
«the statementthatithis will be done.
'. . ‘t‘The'farm community.” says 'a
...recent department report, “should be
,lin’ked with. the city market. ~Rail—

. . mam-waterway and motor. truck ser-

-vice should be. effectively .co-ordinat-
ed“: Farm. products such as milk,

eggs, poultry, fruit and vegetables ..

can, on seventy-five -per cent of the
farms, be carried in small containers
and‘s'e‘nt direct into the cities by
truck ,thus relieving the burden on
the railroads.”

Upon reading the report the ques-
tion which naturally arises is, are
the farming communities awakening
to the need of doing their share in
creating the channels by\which their
products may i10wt smoothly from
"farm to table. ”

An array of facts and figures are

brought forth by E. Farr, director of '
the Eirestone Ship by Truck Bureau, ,,

at Akron, Ohio, to support his affir-
mative' answer. The bureau, which
has 63 branches in the United States
k-"éeps-‘in touch through these branch-
‘es and its special investigators, with

‘. all matters affecting the motor truck
~ and- its uses. ‘
"-JE “Hater truck's an improved high- .

ways, -' says «Mr. Farr, "‘offer- the

farmers of the nation their best cp- .

portunit-y of starting productson a
smooth floWing movement from,‘land
to‘ men.’ ” , And today the United
States is carrying on the biggest high

way improvement campaign in its 7
his-téry andgin‘ the history of , the 1

world; At the same time the factor-

Engine, 1 .tire. and ,

,prOgram calling forthe expenditure
of $11,127_986. As. an illustration

"of what the farmer in this. great state:

thinks of the motor truck might be
cited a statement recently issued by
the Northwestern National Bank in
Minneapolis in which it is said that
‘trucks in large numbers. intended
for immediate use in marketing the
grain are being sold to this large
vbuying class’ (the farmers,) and el-
’evator scales in many places are be-
ing revamped to accouimodate the
growing fleet of farmers" trucks.’ .

“Iowa, potential buyer of many

1 motor trucks. will spend $20, 498, 534 >

on better highways.

““.Thus it goes. In the farming
communities the coming of the mo-
tor trucks has made the era of good
roads talk: give way ~to the era of
. good roads construction. The farm;

» or is doing his full share, to the best,

of his ability, in linking his commun-
- ity to the city market. ”

TRUCK TOUR IN ‘fTHUMB”
RIVING home to farmers the
. importance of shipping by
truck and thereby getting" their
products to market quicker and in

ice are turning but-I ‘an inc'reasingl-y

I:la'rge number of meter truCks. most
of Which will go to farmers or into
“the service of farmers: It would ap-

3pour, then, that the farmer is awak- '

ening fully to his opportunities in
:ftliis respect He is simplifying his
end or the distributive system by
.im‘aking it possible to speed'his‘pro-
(lii'cts' to‘ market? thereby lessening
agencies through
JWhose hands 'these products will

pass, with the—consequent— narrowing
of the circle of those who might be

tempted to add to the price which *

will be paid by the consumer. «
< '4 “Figures recently announced by
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fgfli (Ee'xthat during ithe current l'v'e

months $375, 060 Wblwill be- e and,-
ed on road impibve‘menw and main—
issuance of roads in the United States.
From! reliable sources it is estimat—
' ’ed that in the same period the coun-
try Will manufacture 180, 000 motor
two‘ck'sf' .
.3 “it is sig nificant that the states
which will spend most freely for hot.

'5 If tar. highways and which manufact-‘

’ure' 3 depend upon- to buy the most.
“ ks are states: ~ in which
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'bettergshape and _at, the same time
conserving their ownlabor by being
able to? stay home through ' the
trucks driving up to their very farm
doors, preaching to the small town
me’rch’a’nts’th‘e great lessons of bring-
ing'him within a few hours shipment
of the wholesale markets from which
he gathers his products and over all
expounding the importance of con-
tinuing the good roads movement, so
that. the ' foregoing points may be
brought out, Saginaw Automobile

‘ Dealers Association co- -‘operating with

the Board of Commerce has just con-
cluded a two days Ship by Truck

‘ tour, an innovation in‘a way and put

on- at a time when, weather condi-
tions were the most adverse that
could be encountered during the year
and with but a few days publicity and
greeted by hundreds of farmers who
stood in the rain and listened to the
messages of the speakers in all the
cities along the route. Twelve trucks
ranging from three quarter ton to
three and one-half ton capacity jobs
and two automobiles, the official cars
left Saginaw promptly on schedule at

eight o’clock in the morning and

 

LD Dobbin made the trip of 200 miles, lust to show the difference between the horse and the
truck. the old age of transportation and the new. .

Mere Money 111 Dual Purpose Breeds, Claim

, ‘ - .- By GEORGE B. SMITH

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TH prime ”baby beef. selling at
20 cents per pound, :the‘possi-
bilities to farmers in Southern
Michigan in combining milk and beef
production, demand attention at
least '1
.: The .‘dairy cow, besides producing
a salt to take her place in the stall
3when she has passed her usefulness
msupply the world with prime beef, '
as well. 3
Farmers, as a rule, have learned
from experience how to produce a
calf of beef type and tendency, from
a cow of the opposite type and tend-
ency, to convert her food into milk
rather than flesh. -.
The use ‘of pure bred sires oi the
extreme deity breedshfor the first
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f. 11st in putting

treme' beef "breeds as ”well as“ dairy
breeds, afiords a solution of the first
problem the dairy former has to face
who desires to make double profits
with his herd.

The second problem is- not so easy
to solve,- how to raiSe the calf to
marketable age as baby beef. without
sacrificing the milk check.

M“ Farmers who grow hogs for mark-

at know that the cheaper gains are
made on the younger animals; and
the tendency is to breed for the pig
that will be fat and ready for market
at six months old. Likewise there is
greater profit with the calf that will

_make prime beef as a yearling, rath-

erri’than as a 'tworyear-old provided
the cheaper class of. feeds can be
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visited Vassar, Caro, Cass City and
Bad Axe, being the first day’s run.
Care was the noon stop. The roads,
in spite of the drizzling rain wero
found to be in good condition. Every
truck that started got through with-
out any mechanical or tire trouble
and the schedule was followed all:
was laid out. Caro, the noon stop,
was reached on time and Bad Axe, the
night control, found Mayor George
T. English, Who is also State Oil In-
spector. and a large numb-er of citi-
zens of the enterprising Huron Coun-
tymetropolis out;t_o greet the tour-
ists. Amsdens Band of twenty-six
pieces made the trip and in all the
personnel of. the party numbered six-
ty people. Chester M. Howell of tho
Saginaw Board of Commerce was
tour manager and with Richard J.
Zoat of the Firestone Ship by Truck
Bureau delivered the speeches in the
difierent towns. The tourists stark
ed from Bad Axe the second morn-
ing three minutes ahead of schedul.
visited Elkton, Pigeon, Kilmana‘gh
and Sebewaing reaching the latter
city forty minutes ahead of schedule.
In all of these bristling centers of
the rich thumbdistrict there were
large audiences out to greet the tour-
ists. As was true of the first day,
speeches were given and the band
playedfrom one to three selections
at each stop. Excellent hotel at-
rangements had been made and not
one unpleasant feature marked the
day’s r1111. Saginaw was reached on
schedule at night. the afternoon ruin
consisting of Unionville, Akron, Fain—
grove, Gilford. Reese and Saginaw.

The thumb district is one of Mich-
igan’s garden spots. It abounds in
many centers of population, short dis—
tances from each other and whipped
together by good roads and offers a
most fertile field for Ship by Truck
service and out of this tour and its
lessons have 'come several routes
that are to be. started. There is nb
doubt but that the Ship by Truck
movement is going by leaps and
bounds and in the next few years will
see Michigan, wherever good roade
abound, traversed by‘ such compan-
ies. It is logical; it means that the
farmer will save his own- labor and
labor is the greatest problem that the
farmer has to contend with today. .It

'is going to get in just the same way

that the telephone and automobile
and flying machine have done and
it is the economic solution of (1111'
shortha‘u-l transportation problem.
Shipping by truck was fostered by
the National Council of .Defense as a
war measure but with peace it loom-
up as an extreme neceSsity and far
greater peace timemeasure than it
was needed during the war. Ship by
Truck routes covering routes of up
to three or four hundred miles are
already in operation in many cent-

'».ers of the United States where’ the
good roads movement has been ex-

amplified to a high degree and these
Ship by Truck tours are going to

make farmers and merchants of the
smaller cities just that much more
anxious to develop their highways to
a point of excellence ' where libel?" 1
truck-s can Visit them and’place them“?
within a few hours transportation »
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- the. slight slump of a few days ago

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and early this week advanced. , .
.131;

ll cents per bushel. The only
ed slump had been in the higher
grades of wheat. One of the lo

. inductors of prices has been the ..
flow of consldenablo Canadian wheat .

much feared at first by many wheat
men in this country. But the wheat

crossing, the border :to the Unimd' ‘

States has not had much weakening
eitect. Wheat rose four cents on
Monday alonevin. the Detroit market
due to a. general bullish sentiment
urged on by active buying by deal-
ers and millers. In connection with
the wheat market, it is of interest
to note that flour is quiet and firm
with good demand for mill feeds,
and with nearly all mills working
steadily filling chiefly old. orders.
The wheat crop is almost entirely
out, of the farmers' hands now, and
where the profits are being made
they are being made mostly by deal-
ers. A few farmers. of course, are
reaping the reward for having wait-

t ed. especially in case of the better
‘ grades of wheat. ,

 

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00R" PRICES PER BU., DEC. 8,

Grade IDetroli Ohloeool N. 7L
E0. 2 Yellow ...| 1.55 1.60 1.71
o; 0 Yellow ... 1.54
lo. 4 Yellow ... 1.30

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO

Grade IDetrolt Obloeool i. 7.
We. a Yellow 1.41 1.33 1.8
No. 8 Yellow ... 1.45 1.80 1.8
lo. 4 Yellow . . . 1.40 1.85 1.58

 

 

Goal shortage which is causing in-
creasing anxiety in industry, has
worked for higher prices in the corn
markets in Chicago. Detroit and
elsewhere. Gains of as high as
three cents or more occurred in Chi-
cago the opening of this week. Ex-
port demand is another sustaining
feature of the corn deal. Unusually
small stocks of corn feature the
corn news from Detroit, where the
corn market has been rather quiet.

In regard to the coal shortage it
is of interest to note the seriousness
of the situation which has caused
scores of great industries to shut
their doors in the West, and many
will stay closed for several weeks un-
til the situation is improved. There
have been numerous bearish factors
tearing down the prices, but When
the market rises in spite of these it
shows the inherent strength of the
corn outlook. The bearish features
were, in part, the breaking of for-
eign exchange to new low levels;
heavy stock market; excellent
weather conditions: larger receipts
at the biggest terminal markets and
so on. There seems. however, to

, he no rush at present on the part of
. most producers to- sell their corn. ‘

;. much to keep the cat market firm,

From the West some reports of
rapid increase of farmer organiza-
tions with a great deal of sentiment-
al effect on their attitude toward
selling. It is their firm belief that
$1.25 should be the
price paid for corn at the country
loading stations, and that a much
better price should be» secured.

OAT PRICES CLIMB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OAT PRICES PER BU., DEO. 0, 1010
Grade [Detroit TOhIooso , II.
Standard ....... .82 .81 .90
No. 8 Whlte . . . .81 .80
No. 4 Whlte . .80
7 PRIGES ONE YEAR ‘00 B
Grade Instrolt Chinese I. 7.
Standard ....... .76 .75 .85
No. 3 Whlte . . . , .75 .74 .88
No. 4 Wth .14 .so.

 

 

Strong foreign demand for oats
and decrease in the amounts report-
at for the visible supply have done

Wheat completely recovered from

very lowest _

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President’s Message Confines Trade Guile

RESIDENT WESON stepped into the limelight again in. the world
of business and trade this week with his message to Congress. nge
of the measures advocated by the president were: a budget system, sim-
plifying oftaxes, atradewhichnolonger adowsAmer—icesttobeiselated
from the rest of the world; aid for returned soldiers, laws to encourage
the dye industries in America, increased production of food and- the neo-

essities of life, speedy return to normal conditions, politically,. spoially,
industrially, eta, strong food control additions to present laws, sanction

for collective bargaining, regulation of length of time produce can be
kept' in storage, fighting of the extreme Beds, etc.
The result of the message, the chief factor' In Wall street this week,

was dull and confusing trade conditions.

Disappointment was felt in

financial headquarters because of neglect in the message of remedies for

the rail situation.

» There are many other factors in the world of business and trade _
which need to be watched closely. The foreign exchange has collapsed .
have very harmful eifects in parts of

government of stringent regulations
have their

to a record low level, and this maye

the export trade. Adoption
to prevent coal famine dopalso

bearinginthegrainmark

whose rises have often been due recently to the coal situation. The

manufacturing concerns Show little we
restrictions but it is admitted that

portation is coming.

about the outcome of the
or shortage of fuel and trans-

 

,and the price of cats rose from one

to two cents in some of the big
markets the opening days this week.
The upward trend was also encour-
aged by a bullish action in the corn
sector, where anxiety over the coal
shortage caused rising prices.

There seems to be a belief among
certain market experts that the
price of cats is too low. when com-
pared with corn, barley and rye. Do-
mestic shipping sales have been li'b-
eral. A lowering in the rates for
ocean freight has opened up new
buying of cats in the United King—
dom and other countries in Europe.
Another bullish factor on the hori-
zon is the fact that Argentine grains,
notably oats,«_are pulling down high-
er prices in European markets than
are the American grains.

RYE AND BARLEY HIGHER
Rye prices rose about one cent in

the Detroit markets the opening
days this week. Barley also pre-
sents a firm condition. The persis-
tent and increasing foreign demand
is undoubtedly the strong bull in the
rye and barley trade. The upward
tendency of corn, has had a further
strengthening to most grains. De-
troit has exactly seven times as much
rye on hand as it has corn: there are
21,000 bushels of corn and 147,000
bushels of rye.

In the face of low rates of ex-
change, the German mark and the
Austrian crown have declined almost
to nothing. Nevertheless, the pur-
chases of other countries keep up.
including those of the British Isles
and countries which had been neut-
ral in the war.

Detroit quotes rye, cash No. 2,
$1.49. Barley, cash No. 3, $280@
2.90 per cwt.

 

 

0., Dec. 8,1919
—-Warm waves will reach Vancouver
about Dec.6,11 and 18 and tempera-
tures will rise on all the Pacific slope
‘They will cross crest of Rockies

WASHINGTON,

close of Dec. 7, 12,19

18,13, 20; meridl 90 dhfreat lakes,
middle Gulf states. ho- Tennessee
valleys 9 14 21, eastern sections 10,

1,5 22, reaching vicinity62 of Newfound-
lland about Dec.11
waves will follow about one
hind warm waves and cool waves
about one day behind storm waves.
These disturbances wil dominate
the weather of North Amlerica from
near Dec. 6 to 25 and will include two
can waves that will be en moi-idiot:

   
  

 

 

 

     

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The

_ of these changes occurs first ten days

THE WEATHER FOR THE-WEEK
As Forecastcd by W. 1'. Footer cor» mamas: BUSINESS FARMING

eastwardn
reader should alive-Is 'hove
Foster's lari‘eh weather map or ready
reference ere maps are gent free
on receipt efl -cent. Always address:
W. T. Foster, 1825 1- 2 N. Capitol St,
Washington, D. C.

December will bring in another im-

rtant weather feature. It is now
going demonstrated that the principal
cause of the locations of
drouths and floods, 0 all reci ita-
tion, is a regular change in t e p aces
where the sea w ters are evaporated.
from which evaporation the moisture
comes to water the continents. One

changin

of this month. The period of these
changes is about 165 days and these .
e erations occur near the same
legs at irregular intervals separat-

by years. The calculations are
dimcult and the knowledge should be
in ,possession of the government
order that it mmight be worked
more thoroughl

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The been market remains inactive
steady, aocordingto reports
Detroit. Wham bee

 

declaring the crop to have been 1
.per cent mowed. thus. moans.
cropioseidto beholdebystron'
hands among. the farmers who eni-
pecttowait untiltheyoanget or
rice above the. cost of production.

is sentiment. seems- -to be feifly
general: in many parts of thembeop
belt of Michigan“

Colorado reports an increase
50 cents per cwt. in the price
beans. California dormers an!
era are poolingrtheir bean crop to
some. extent. Farmers everywhea
seem to be awakening to the need:
organizing in order to prevent.ng
ted markets followed by price soar-
ing after the crop is mostly into. the
dealbrs’ hands.

 

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Pitt-burs .......... . . . . 1.98 1.0
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Potatoes are reported as easy in
many markets at present with less
activity in the trade. \Detroit re-
ports an easier condition, although
receipts are no larger. Prices hover
around $3 and above for 100 11).
sacks. Crop reporters of Businea
Farming tell of better prices for pc-
tatoes generally to farmer. The inr
creased use of the motor truck has
saved the day1for many potato grow-
ers who wanted to sell during the car
shortage.
played a certain amount of havoc
with potatoes in transit in Michigan
and other states.

Chicago sends a message of an
easier potato market at present.
Thanksgiving week had its usual ef-
fect of reducing the amount of buyh
ing, following by an easier market.
A recovery, however, is confidently
hoped, for by the spud bulls. The
greatest. decline was only, 15 cents
per cwt. and an upward jump is pre-
dicted in Chicagoandrother markets.
Farmers should: not besurprised . to
seeanether-slump around Ohr-istmas
week, .when‘ lighter. trading. usually
makes for an- easier. market. .

 

POULTRY MARKET' LIF‘ELESB

Michigan's poultry markets gen-
erally lack life this week, inasmuch
as the Thanksgiving business took
the wind. out of the. sales of? the
trade. In Detroit: and elsewhere much
of the poultry offered was left over
stock and there was little urgency

on the part of the buyers. Detroit
quotes: LIVE. POULTRY: spring
chickens, large, 25@26c; ieghorns.

20@22c; hens, 26@27c; small hens
18@20c;‘ roosters, 16@18c; young
geese, 25@26c; ducks, 30@'32o‘;
turkeys, 36,@3!Zc per lb. » DRESSED

,POUDTRY: turkeys, 38©48; chick-
aso4os; '

23.92%; ducks, .'

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FTER doing much of the market hauling of thirty-two farmers around Eden
2 Prairie, Minnesota, with a motor truck on Goodyear Cord Pneumatic Truck

 

Tires, Mr. C. P. Page states: "‘I would not use solid tires again under any considera-
tion. Hills, mud and storms don’t stop the big, tractive Goodyear Cords. , Their
cushioning is saving truck repairs and depreciation. They also are saving gasoline
and oil. » I now haul .more milk and other loads in less time, find the work
. far easier, and note that the pneumatics save our roads. Severai people
have adopted them as a result of my experience with Goodyear Cords.”

 

 

  

HE experience described ab0ve affords an
excellent example of What pneumatic
truck tires are accomplishing for farmers.
Every limitation hitherto placed on the farm
use of motor trucks by solid tires has been
removed With the. perfected pneumatic tire.
For this reason,-Goodyear’s pioneer work in
developing cord pneumatic truck tires has been

extremely oppOrtune; it has led to the more.

extensive use of farm trucks during a serious
scarcity of farm labor. N ow, farmers are finding
it extremely advantageous to employ Goodyear ~
Cord—equipped trucks With other time-saving
motor units and, thus, to motorize their Work
quite completely. Special information con—
cerning the use of pneumatic-tired trucks on
farms may be obtained from The Goodyear
Tire Sc Rubber Company, at Akron, Ohio.

 
 
 
   
   
  
  
   
  
   
   
  

 

 


 

 

 

 

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MAY ‘ mm MICHIGAN LAND
Cheap er cleaves. for clearing. land
In Michigan may hesecured in the
near tutors. There is said to be e
probab it: of the war department
distributing a large Quantity of T. N.
T. for tMs purpose, in much the
. same manner that quantities of this
explosive have been sent to various
si ties for use in road building.
Sec'y ' Narston. Bay City, wrote
develops ent bureau oileiais in the
state,‘tr the agricultural agents of
the railroads to the state agricultural
college and the public domain com-
missirn. suggesting that each one
get ir torch with congressman and
senatnrs from the state and get them
Liter'ahtw‘i in securing an allotment
of tb s e elusive for use in the north
Mich gan stump lands.

The response was quite general.
W. P. Hartman, agricultural agent
of the Grand Rapids & Indiana rail-
road got Congressman Maxpes inter-
ested in the proposition; Congress-
man Currie got busy on- it at once af-
ter receiving a letter from Secretary
Marston at Bay City, and others have
also been working on the proposi-
tion.

Congressman Currie writes that he
has some encouragement that he will
succeed in getting an allotment of
200,000 pounds for experiments in

* Michigan and also that a government
bulletin is to be is to be issued in a
short time giving information con-
cerning the use of T. N. T.‘

 

Soil Improvement Body Eularges

.. . The work of the Soil Improvement
.7 Committee of the National Fertilizer
Association in middle western terri-
tory has constantly grown, and in or—
der to keep pace with the growth two
agronomists have recently been em-

ployed to help carry on the work.

One of these men in Ove F. Jensen,
who, for the past three years, except-
ing for the time spent in military ser-
vice has been connected with, the
Farm Crops Department of the Iowa
Experiment Station at Amos, Iowa.
Mr. Jensen is a graduate of the Mich—
igan Agricultural College in the class
of 1914. During his college course
and after graduation he worked in
the Fertilizer Division of the Experi-
ment Station. and is especially train-
ed for fertility work.

The other man recently engaged
is H. R. Smalley of Fort Wayne. In-
diana. Mr. Smalley was raised on an
Indiana farm, is a graduate of the
College of Agriculture ' of Purdue
University in the class of 1911 and
has specialized in Agricultural Chem-
istry and Soil Fertility subjects. For
a time he was connected with the of-
fice of Farm Management U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture and in this
work had an opportunity to come in
contact with some of the best types
of farming in the Middle West. For
the past four years he has been a

,county agent in Indiana. Both of
these men will take up their work
)with the Chicago omce of the Soil
{Improvement Committee at any early
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New Features Announced ‘ior LF'arm Census

I MONO, the new features includ-

ed in the approach . me
census of agriculture wi be a
series of questions relating to the

amount of corn and other crops rais-
ed for silage pu ones. These studs-
tics on silage, w . are to be collect-
ed by the Bureau the Census in sc-
cordsncs with the recommendations
made to that Bureau and to Congress
by the United States Department of
Agriculture, are expected to furnish
mounts and comprehensive flsuxes
on this importantphese of farming
which have heretofore been lacking.
The facts and figures gathered in the
census on this subject will be tabulat-
ed, so as to show what each county
as well as what each state produced
in the way of silage during the year
1919.

The Census Bureau also announces
the inclusion in the farm schedule of
questions to show how many farmers
own tractors and automobiles and
how many have heating and lighting
plants and telephones in their homes.
These questions, are designed primar-
ily to make known the better living
conditions and modern improvements
on farms in all sections of the coun-
try. The Census Bureau. in.includ-
ing these questions for the 192.0 cen-
sus, was guided by suggestions from
leading farm economists as well as by
communications from farmers’ or-
ganizations. The Department of Ag-
riculture is also interested in these

v questions and gave its endorsement
to the plan.

Copies of Schedules for Farmers

To secure co-operstionon the part
of the farmers and interest them in
the census, the Bureau at the Census
has distributed more than a million
copies of the agriculture schedule
through the medium of several farm
publications which have a ‘wide cir-
culation. The farmers who received
these copies will thus have an oppor-
tunity to study the questions in ad-
vance and be ready to give mrompt

and accurate information to the cen-
sus en-umeratcr when he calls dur-
ing the month of January. Any farm-
er who desires a copy of the agricul—
ture‘ scheduis‘ in advance

. . D. 0. An extra,
supply of the schedules has been
printed for this purpose.

That the. individual farmer will

realise the advantage of keeping a,

moneccurststehon whathi-s farm
is yielding is one result of the cousin
be for by the Department of Agri-
cu cure. The schedule of qpesticns
which will be used in the approach-
ing census will help the farmer in
getting started in this work inasmuch
as it sets forth the subjects in which
the government is interested and
thus provides a model which any
farmer can easily adapt to his own
needs.
When Reports Will be Body

The published results of the 1920
census will be issued by the Census
Bureau as rapidly as possible. No
precise time can be set in advance as
to when the first reports will appear,
but it is thought that the preliminary
bulletins will be issued within three
months after the completion of the
enumeration. Later a series of bound
volumes appropriate for use as ref-
erence books in libraries and schools
will be published. '

These publications will ,show for

each county, for each state, and for
the country as a whole, the number
of farms, the total acreage at farm
lands, the value of farm property, the
numbers of the different kinds of
live stock. the acreage and produc-
tion of all the important crops and
many other itetns of interest con-
nected with the farming industry.
The bulletins of the Census Bu-
reau will be widely distributed and
every effort will be made to make
them of the greatest possible value
to the farmers who furnished the in-
formation which they contain.

 

Farm and Labor Confers

“Cut out the middleman !” This
was the slogan for war on high cost
of living declared by the joint con-,
ference of farm organizations and
labor representatives at Chicago.

The conference was called by Her-
bert F. Baker, president of the Farm-
ers’ National Council, and Dalton
T. Clarke, president of the National
(lo-operative Association, to line up
labor and the farmer behind the .big
reconstruction program of legisla-
tion to be placed before congress.

Herb Baker sounded the keynote.
of the conference in his address.

“By holding this co-operative con-
ference in‘ advance of the labor con-
ference called for December in Wash-
ington," he said “the co-operative
plans worked on here can be sub-
mitted to the conference with reason-
able expectation of its receiving in-
dorsement and adoption as the co—
operative policy of all labor.

’U. s. to Lift Wheat Emb
Embargoes on wheat and wheat
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announced by the United States
Grain Corporation recently.

Lifting of. embargoes on both ex-
ports and 1m; "is followed the ac-
tion of President Wilson in signing
a proclamation completely terminat-
ing the embargo control which has
been in effect more than two years.

Control over embargoes first was
exercised by the War Trade Board
to protect the supplies of wheat and
‘wheat flour for the Allies. Later
control was taken over by Julius H.
Barnes, wheat director. under the
Wheat Guarantee Bill.

Discussing the lifting of the em-
bargo, Mr. Barnes said: -

“This is one step in the necessary
reconstruction of trade facilities
broken by the War, which must func-
tion when the Grain Corporation
terminates its three years’ work.
While ocean transport conditions and
also disorganized internationl fin-
ance probably will prevent free trad—
ing between merchants of the various
countries for some time. it is expect-
ed that, step by step, international
trade. my be reknit..

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of me closes the. ul-zfi

learned October term at the
asst, the Newcygo Consul Item
Bureau we: saved from, death byza-
vote of .86 to 4. '
That the farm bureau. has «been one
of the productive fectomin
fer-m - in on country, but thus!
has been. opposition. to its continua
ems. mm Barton ct Prairie.
edited aeronautics. -» , » fora
.themdintemncsoi. the , _ ,;
The resolution at the beard-provided
for the levying ode to: of. one-Mb -
of one. milieu the assesssd‘vcluntinn
which will provide an summation
of $2,100 annually for the supported.
agricultural research and demonstra-
tion work in the county. Wm. Hilt-
on of this city, Louis Ruprecht, of
Bridgeton and R. H. Brownyard. of
Ensley were appointed a committee
to have charge of this fund and look
after its expenditure. The county is
now without a farm ’agent, Simon
Berke-ma, who has had charge of the
work for the past two years, ham,
resigned October 1st. .

Cleaners Rally in Van Bonn f

One of the best attendance records.
in the history of the organisation
marked the meeting of the Van Bur-
en County Federation of Cleaners
held at the I. O. O. F. hall in Hart-
ford. All of the arbors in the county
affiliated with the federation were
represented and the hall was filled ts
its capacity at both the afternoon and
evening sessions. The afternoon ses-
sion was attended by the“‘genenl
public. '

The new oflicers of the county fed-
eration elected at the morning ses-'
sion are, James M. Stafford, of Law-
rence, Chief Gleaner; Adolph Dank-
ard, of Bangor, Vice Chief Gleaner;
Mrs. J ennis Disbrow. of Toquin, Sec-
retary-Treasurer; Carl Winslow, of
Mattawan. Lecturer; Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Clark, of Almena, Conductor
and Conductress; Truman Stratton,
of Hartford, Inner Guard : Harry
Winslow of Mattawan. Outer Guard.

 

FREE FARMERS’ .BULLETINS

A copy of any .of the publicatiOns
listed below may be obtained free
upon application to the Chief of the
Division of Publications, United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C., as long as the de-
partment’s supply lasts.

Cattle Fever Ticks and Methods of
Eradication. By W. P. Eilenberger
and Robert M. Chapin. Pp 82, figs.
6. .Contribution from the Bureau of
Animal Industry. (Farmers' Bulle-

Unfermented Grape Juice. How to
Make it at Home. By Charles Dear-
ing. Horticulturist, Office of Horticul-
tural and Pomological Investigations
P-p. 32, figs. 20. Contribution from
the Bureau of Plant Industry. Farm-
ers' Buletin 1075. This bulletin is ’
intended solely as a manual for the
home preparation of unfermentsd
juice. Supersedes Bulletins 175 and
644.

    
 
  
  

 

   
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
    
    
  

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etless stores. and is, thereto-re. a,

. savingand at the some time insures

strong colonies in spring, if there
werepleirtyof young beesin theieli.
to amount of

g It the snow should
pecking eases. leave it
is excellent protection

. the «sold. Alan)- member
t the bees must keep stempera-
ture in the cluster very little below
that which is comfortable tor you in
the living room during the winter. In
order to do this, they must‘ be given

, the best of protection, both from the
. cold and, wind. The large entrance

commonly used, is one of the chief

‘ avenues through which the bees lose

the heat of the cluster. Could you
heat your home in winter with the
door standing open?

In traveling over the state. I have
met with a demand for the specifica-
tion for a packing case for two col-
onies. instead'oi the standard one
and tour colony cases. .It seems
that many feel that the two colony
case is better adapted to the needs
of most bee keepers. In nearly every

yard, the colonies face in one direc—
tion, and it is very easy to bring two

colanies together for packing. The
chief objection to the one colony case
is that more time and material is
used per colony. The'di'mensions are
given as a result of e study-eta
number of two colony cases found
in various parts of the state. It is
of such size as to accommodate al-

- most any a! the single or‘do‘uIble-wall-

ed hives toned in the course at our
work. It is designed primarily for
e standard ten frame single wall
ive, using Hellman trainee. 'In cases
e deeper frame is used, the packing
case should be correspondingly high-

‘The bottom board. Dimensions 2
it. 10 in. by 4 it. This should be
made of one inch rough lumber, be-
cause it has to support the weight

. of the hives and packing, and should
» be rigid enough, so that it will not
‘ easily get out of shape. The'boards
used should be 2 ft. 10 in. long. They
, should be bound together with at
least three 4 ft. strips 2 in. wide. The
* 3 in. strips should be nailed to the
lower side of the bottom board. On
the upper side of the bottom board,

' on the eldes.

7 twe 2:! pieces 3 ft. .10 ;.in long are‘
hailed- ten inches iron; the sides,

These help make the bottom" board
rigid, and support the hives, and al-

~ low for ‘iour inches of packing under ‘

‘the hires. #

Ellie aides. For one story hives.
the .sides should be 4ft. long and 2
ft. 3 in. high; or story and one half

hives, they sho id be 2 it. 9 in hdghz’
.and tor two story hives, they should

has st. 1411. high ThesMes maybe
made of. any light lumber that is con-
venient for use. "Half-inCh lusnber is
'suficlent, as there is verytlitt‘le strain
1: light lumber is used,
at least three strips should ho need
to bind the boards 11me to ether.
Btore box or crating lumber.c

ing, or “cheap waste lum’ber can .be

r uedtor the sides. ‘

Thsxends. I! one inch lumber is
used tor the sides, thesendsxehonld be
I it. 8 in. long. {their-inch lumber
is need tor the sides. then the ends
should be 2 it. Ii in. long. The height
corresponds. of scene, to the sides.
Hooks can be used 'ior’tastening the
sides and ends together,- when setup.
Some prefer to nail them together.

The cover. The cover should be

made with a rim around the edge, .

not less than an inch wide. This pre-
vents the wind from lifting it. The
cover should measure 2 it. 10 1-2 in.
by 4 it. 1-2 in. inside of the rim. It
can be made of half inch or inch
lumber, but if made of light lumber,
it should be well reinforced. to pre-
vent sagging in the . middle. The
lumber need not be of a very good
quality as it should be covered With
a very good quality of felt roofing.
The tunnel. This is the part that
connects th eentrance of the hive with
the entrance of‘the packing case.
This should be made the regular
width of the full entrance of the hive.
No entrance blacks should be used in
the hive when packed. The tunnel
should not be made as a part at the
packing case, but should be made to

‘flt against the inside of the entrance

of the packing case. A small strip of
wood can be nailed on the inside of
the packing case. A small strip of
wood can be nailed on the inside of
the packing case, iustbelow the en-
trance for the tunnel to rest upon.
The entrance through the packing
case should be nothing more than a
1-2 in. or 3-4 ingauger hole. This is
plenty large enough for all of the
needs of the {colony during the time
that the packing cases are used.

Care should be used, to, see that
the hives are well‘packed beneath. It
is easier to put in the bottom pecking
before the sides are put in place..Dur—.
ing the summer, the cases that are
not needed for holding packing,
should be piled up in such a way that
none of the boards may become bent.
With reasonable care, such packing
cases should last many years.

Grangers Figure Cost of Producing Wheat

RS. DORA Stockman. lecturer
of the Michigan State Grange,
has supervised the. getting out

of a -lecturer’s handbook in which
costs of production are figured for

Wheat 10 Acres Specific Cost Sheet

W35

the various *products of the farm.
The following table computes what
the .Grange sets forth as being the
production cost of certain growers
who got 25 bushels per acre!

. $ 24.00

Plowing4 days. 3- horse team '@ $6. 00 .................
lHarrowing, 3 spike, 1 spring tooth .......................... 15.00
Rolling 2 times ........................... . .......... .' 6.00
Fertiliser. 2, 500 pounds, 14 percent @- $26.00 . . . ................ 32.60
,Applying same .. ............. ..
{Manure ........ .. ........ . ............ .
pplying manure ..... . ........... . .. 60.00
leaning seed ................... .... .. . ........ .. 1.00
Seed 1 1-2 bushels per acre @ 2.12 ............. ...... 31.80
Drilling ...... . ..... . . 5.00
Cutting . ............... 12.60
Mlle uJeesIoeeeoeeeeeeo-eeeeeeeeeeoeeeseseesee so es s 4.50
Shocking ...... l .. 6.00
Threshing, 350 bushelat 5c . 12.60
Threshing help . ...... . " 23.75
Boarding threshing help 8.00
ml noses-n on-see.on”eeeeeneeeeseeseeoeseesrunes-els-ee-‘eqs,__2350
Deliverytomarket............-............................. 10:00
~ Total eeoebcooflloto’l.lsuoseeollolclose-sense.-locus-08254.05
Peracrecost.... $2640
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car you want.

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The Grant Six has the smart
beauty of a sport model; its lines
are long, low and rangy, yet it is
e true five-passenger touring car.
It has plenty of room, its seats
are the right depth and height
for comfort and it is substantial
and well built.

Its overhead valve motor is
powerful, flexible and economi-
cal. It takes the car as £est as
most men dare to drive.

Anditisefactthatyoucan
ride over country roads at better
than ordinary speed with a‘

Coupe . . $2450

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Five Passenger Sedan . . . .

Five Passenger Touring Car . .

There is a world of confidence back of
our conviction that the Grant Six is the
This confidence is based ‘
on the fact that it is built for your needs
-—built to serve you well.

Keen buyers who look below the paint, var-
nish and trim and want to know how the car per-
forms, how it rides and how it stands up, are the
quickest to appreciate this fact. They recognize
the ‘Grant Six as a wonderfully fine car.

Grant Six because its long
springs, correct weight distribu-
tion and perfect balance keep it
comfortable at speeds and on
roads simply impossible for an
ordinary car.

The GrantSix is easily
handled, it is “light on its feet,”
and yet it has extraordinary
strength and endurance.

But you will have to see the
new Grant to really appreciate
its character and ability. Go
and see it now. See it before
you buy any car.

$2450
$1495
$1495

Roadster .

Write for name of nearest dealer and literature giving complete

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That’s what we had in mind
when we this business. The
reasanJou. have given us , your con-
fidence is because this business is
founded‘npon‘the‘principsls of
We wish to acknowledge our ap-
preciation of your patronage and
express our thanks to all our'ship-
pers. We will always, some as
heretofore, continue to pay the top
price for all furs shipped to us. Be-
member there are no charges what—
soever. The prices are net to you. “

Always having in mind our cus-
imners interest ,

Robert A. Pfeilfer

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‘ upon this short—sighted capitalist.

1 ing that strike.
: steel shacks on the bleak hillsides—not a
, blade of grass or a tree in sight.
’ were paidvin company script,..good only at the

- hard they toiled.

"L ,rnlear brain. He knows what it costs to mine

CAN’T understandg” writes" one of our
readers, “why the President’s "Indus-
trial Conference failed to at least consider the
grave questions presented for consideration.”
Simply because of thefact that the conference
encountered an unsurmountable barrier at the
outset. The President appointed as members
.of that congress President Gary of the Steel
Trust and Samuel Gompers, president of the“
Ainerican Federation of Labor. These two
gentlemen were leaders in a bitter" fight be-
tween capital andlabor when they entered the
‘ conference. In- clearing the way foraction,

(‘

thequestion of organized labor was brought up

and President Gary immediately declared that
there “was no such anima .” He represented
organized capital, but refused absolutely to
recognize organized labor. This decision at
once removed the real. serious question the
conference had to consider, and the next step
was to close the conference and go home—-
there was no alternative. And so the people
are still being ground between the mill stones
of Gomperism and Garyism.

The public, though most interested in the
problems before the conference, did not even
have an opportunity to rise to a point of order;
capital said “You shall not;” labor answered

“You shall.” Labor said “We will;” capital
retorted, “You won’t,” and theconference
was over. The people should be able to regu-

late ‘capital and curb organized labor, but at
the moment no constituted authority dares
take these two extremes and crack their heads
together until they are willing to acknowledge
that the interests of the whole are paramoimt
to the selfish interests of3the few.

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URING the first Roosevelt administra-

tion miners thruout the anthracite coal
regions of Pennsylvania went on a strike and
the mine owners refused to consider their de-
mands and immediately called on a lock- out.
The supply of coal for the approaching Winter
was in jeopardy. President Baler of the coal
combination, simply said that the companies
he represented were mining this precious fuel
from God’s store-house and that they had the

divine right to operate theirbusiness as they '

pleased and without either direction from :the
Government or dictation by labor unions.
“Divine-right Baier” was the title bestowed
It will be
remembered that Roosevelt told Baier that if

V his companies did not get to digging coal
. within a given number of days Uncle Sam

would shoulder pick and shovel and get busy.

1 The strike ended within the alloted time.

I Visited the mining village of Latimer, dur-
The miners lived in rude

The miners

company storeand saloon. . Miners were never
out of debt to the companies no matter how
It was sad to contemplate
how the half-clothed little children and sad-
faced mothers must swelter in those steel
shacks in the summer and half freeze during
the bleak days of winter, helpless and hope-

, loss, while discouraged husbands and fathers

toiled on—shackled to the company store and
saloon.

I was through the coal regions of the Vir-
ginias during the past summer. True, there
has been anximprovement in ' the conditions
surrounding the mine worker, but conditions
still exist which should not be for one moment
tolerated. Notla single reader'vtould'go down
into the bowels of the earth, braiIe the dangers
of blasts and cave ins and work as the miners
are obliged to work for double the wages these
underground workers receive. “Booze” has
been banished, the miner is thinking with a

He knows the arse

~, woman entrusted with the ballot.

‘ Agriculture, Secretary Houston said:
should be just enough farmers to produce what ' -
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for the products of the mine. And knong
to action; actiOn demands, progress; progress
suggests the use of the best means to secure
results—the miner has recourse to but one
element of strength—strike. We are all in-
convenienced by the miners’ strike , perchance
seme of us may be obliged to shiver—~but keep
in mind the fact that there are always “two
sides to every question.” A principle. is in-
volved—no question is ever settled until it is
settled right.

Grant Slocum: The farmers of Michigan are

practically unanimbus in their demand for 11*

governor who understands the needs of the farm:-

er, and is big enough to represent all of the poo- ,-

ple. Now friend :Slocum, I have, felt for along
time that you are the right man for us; and now

. as others mention your. name in this connection.

I am going-to write you.
I am no orator, neithe1 would I cut much of
a figure as a campaigner but if you will agree
to become a candidate for governor. I will pull
off my coat and do my best.
Since1ely yours,
JOHN McCALLUM.

Gagetown, Mich. R. No. 3.

HANK GOD for friends. Those fellows
we meet and greet as we pass on life’ s
highway, who somehow journeyed along with
us, who, overlooking our- limitations and our

ceived many letters from friends regarding
my entering the primaries next fall as a can-
didate for governor, but did not feel it neces-

sary to state my position until this morning-
a letter advises me that at a public meeting

held 1n Huron couny, the matter was discussed
and a request for my decision made. I greatly
appreciate the confidence imposed in me by

these friends, and feel that here and new I'

should make my position clear. I would not,
under any circumstances become a candidate
for any political office 1n the coming campaign.

_ I feel that whatever influence I may. have will“

be much more effective as a soldier in the
ranks, w,here untrammelled by promises or
pledges, With no enemiesto punish orfriends

, to reward, I can fight the good fight for the

common good. Let it be understocd that this
declaration carries with it no hint Or sugges-
tion that I am not interested 1n the affairs of
state or that I do not realize that good citizen-
ship demands the active, earnest participation
in all governmental alfairs, by every man and
On the con-
trary, it is because of my interest in a govern-
ment of, for and by the people that I feel that!
every man should be stationed where he can
render the most efficient service for the com-
mon goods—my place, then, in the coming bat-

rtle, is with you, my friends-with the rank-
and file, who must win all victories, and who ._
Let others have the.

suffer most in defeat.
glory—none can prevent the fruits of victory
from being shared by all. '

e' a '0:
IME PASSES rapidly enough gracious.
knows, but the farmers- of the nation

' would be willing to have Father Time throw

tary of Agriculture Houston’ s time might-
sooner expire. ,
get the farmer’s viewpoint. At the Chicago

meeting of the NatiOnal Commissioners of;
“There

Here indeed we have the problem solved. '
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. ,discussing- the question in Washington

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the nation’ s heaviest freight payer

Somehow Dalid simply can’t : turkey have been consumed We will put away: _

.all thoughts of our. thanksgiving obligations-
' for another year For that is the way of the

Just how David would limit;
the numberofgfamershas , ,,

advocate farmer race suicide to prevent an;
this he' is discontented, and discontent leads gexcess above the “just enough” level. Surely ._
the Secretary of Agriculture has painted a :.
very rosy picture for the future of agriculture; y'
in this country. No suggestion cf simplifying , .v.

the old, out-grown, expensive machinery of "

distribution, no thought of government ware-
houses, or terminals, no hint that gambling in
food products should be curtailed, or a redue
tion in the number of middlemen—no, nothing

constructive, just a suggestion that this nation. '
_ can not have an unlimited number of farmers

-—but “just enough farmers to produce- just
what the world would take at a profit. '” Oh,

piflle l

' WHY SHOULD we be 1n a hurry to turn

the railroads back to the owners? You
'can gives half dozen reasons why, but listen.
'Did you know the official reports ofthe Rail-
road Administration for July. and August,
1919, show that the roads were paying all
operating eXpenses, including maintenance. as

.. well as the rental charge of $900, 000 ,000 a
year? They did this and more, for in July .
-'they earned a Surplus of $2 ,316,501, and in

August, $16, 296,025 in excess of all charges.
And mind you, the people will get no reduc-
tion- in freight and passenger rates if the roads
are returned to the former owners Indeed, in

former owners have stated that rates must be

wincreased at least 25 per cent above present.

. 11 b1 t t h
faults are forever after FRIENDS I have re-‘ ' rates °~r they W1 be “a 8 ° opera e t 6—

It is also well for you to remembei Mr.
Farmer, that the railroads under private own-
ership, have received more than $700, 000, 000
in the shape of actual cash grants by cities,
counties and states and aside from this they

have been endowed with 129,000,000 acres of

land”. Now, if we go a step further we find
.that the actual cash put into these roads was
at least fifty per cent less than the present
bond issues—in other words, half cash and
half water. And it is upon this sort of a valu-

. atiOn that the people are obliged to pay div—

ridends.

Now, let’ s got a little nearer your Own

~farm. Trucks have all but ruined the short-
‘ haul freight business.

The auto and the elec-
tric interurban lines have grabbed off the

short distance passenger business. This means .

that the long haul freight and passenger t1ai’fic
must carry the burden—and the farmer s
the real long—haul freight payer, for the simple
reason that he, must reach 'the» terminal... mar-
kets. Under: private ownership railroads are
operated for profit This being true tlnse
arteries of commerce must subsist upon the
country. they pass through.

Suppose the rural delivery and mail sys-

tem and- parcel post were dependent upon the '
'lb'usiness from each route rather than from all.

~the replies of the nation—«do yOu think that in-
. that case the route which serves you would be
yet we have said nothing?”
. about labor trOubles and strikes. Has the gov-
~ernment had- any real trouble in keeping thorn- =
United States mail service in operational Th 11k ‘
these matters ever, Mr Farmer, for you are 7 ‘
Would
. it not be better toeonsider this question care— '

centin'u'edl And

fully before returning the roads to the main

:ipulatorsi What’ s‘ "the hurryl

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~ play. animportant role in" crop pro—
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ll Subsofls v‘a'ry

The nature of subsoils, that is
with respect to texture and structure
or physical nature and composition,

; is as variable as the surface soils, in
1 fast insomdregions far -more so. In

“the glaciated region broadly speak-

ing, there are. two groups of soils,
,. > those made up or unassorted material

laiddown by the glacier and the as- ;

sorted~er soils composed of material

that was reworked" by water after de--

position. The subsoils of. the form-

  
   

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earlier rep'ort...that

,most., crops extend several .

or are very variable ,in some instanc-'

.. es [theyf‘arex~'very "compact and almost
i-impérvidus; to water and roots 4 01:
‘ crops while vein others they are‘very
,desirable being sufiiciently fine ,-in
texture to retain‘water and elements
of plant food yet drain freely and are
easily. penetrated
“plants. In still others they are quite
sandy“ -and,.; therefom, somewhat
droughty and leachy. ' Usually the
subsoiis orithe "assorted deposits are
composednf strata or layers or differ—
ent texture and t‘hTCanSSE'but usually
they are coarsenjn texture than~the

. 'by 'the roots of.

‘othergroup._ Where the soils were.

formed or deposited in lakes,’espe'c-
ially the larger ones, the subsoils are
. generally very fine in. texture and

  

Hardpans are troublesome in some
'fsubsoi-la, There- are two kinds of
‘ha’rdpan in nature, namely, .those
that are very fine in texture and com-
pact; and others that. contain con-
siderable gravel but sufficient fine
vmateriai~t01be almost impervious to
“water and roots of plants as the
former, and in, addition layers. of
different thickness that are held to—
gether by (time. compounds of iron or
other cementing materials. Those ce-
mented by lime may be recognized by
their color and the action of muratic
acid on them while those held‘ to-
gether-by compounds of iron are red—
dish or brown in color.
The 'first group in some instances
are the result of fine material being
carried downward from the upper
layeris 'of soil and also in others of
the processes of soil formation and in
addition the breaking down of a
somewhat granular structure by the
weight and sliding action of the plow
and trampingj of the horses ‘in- the
bottom of the furrow when the soil is
~ too wet. Thiscondition is generally
knov'vn as a~“‘plow sole.” The second
'grou'p'w’e're usually formed by the
washing or 'cementing material from
the upper layers ofsoil and being de-
posited below thesurface where their
descent was arrested in some man-
ner. " . -
Many“ attempts have been madeto
improve‘the structure of subsoils. A
discussion of these, raises thegques-

. tion of the use Of‘deep till-age imple-

mentsland explosives. I shall discuss
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Jap’s Milla Garfield; Hall of Fame Nominee

to make a cow famous, then five

, rgreat year’s records should en-'

title Jap’s Milla Garfield to'a prom-
inent nichein the hall of fame.

One‘oi the notablefeatures of her

In ONE GREAT year’sre-dom helps

’ career has been the steady increase ' ~

:in butter tat production and the mak-
‘ing- of herabest.:_record.at nine years
and nine months of age. The latest
record puts~ her close to the top or
the list ‘both as.a milk and butter iat _
producer. " - - ' ’ .
‘jI-Ier redords and the order in which
'theygwere made follows:

Milk-Lbs Fat-Lbs._ Yrs. .Mvo's
~6245.2 349.6 : 2 33,;
10345.9“ nus-6. .- .4 1.. ..

. 10404.5... 560.0 5 ( 8 j;

asses-.5 3 ; 890.6 s '2' -

17234.5 ‘- 941.0 9- ~ -9

A glance 'at the pedigree of J'a‘p’s
Milla Garfield is suflicient to 'showthe
source 01 her producing ability. In
the top line of her pedigree are found
such bulls as The Imported Jap, Em~
inen‘t’s Raleigh and Eminent; in the
, » dwer line,‘”Fontaine’s King and Fin-

anCialKing, . . 4.2; -
}~-'Bhe-:Im‘perted‘.lap is the sire ,ef .
Jap's.Milla Garfield. He is one of
the _eight._.gold medal bulls of the
Jersey breedi'i -Thirty-one of his
daughters'and ‘threeofr-his sons are

  

in-thmRegisterof Merit.‘ vo/ne;of ‘

these. daughters,'The Jap’s Santa. is
the dam of Interested -‘Jap’s Santa,
the Jersey champion of California,
which produced 15,569 pounds of
milk and 940 pounds of lbutterfat in
one year. \ 1 .

The Imported Jap’s sire and grand-
sire are Eminent’s Ralenigh and Em-
inent, respectively. ~Eminent’s Ra-
leighahas twenty‘six'daughters and
seven sons in the Register of Merit.

.‘ “Raleigvh‘s‘Fairy Boy, Grand Campion

,at ‘the‘iNational Dairy Show in 1910,

is »a..s.on of Eminent’s Raleigh. Emi—

nenchas thedistinction of having
-,thirty~;one daughters and twenty sons

, in the Register cot-Merit.

, i 'j Thedam—be-ap’s Milla Garfield is.
”King’s (Mi-lief Garfield.
gta'ine’s KingVWith eleven daughters‘

He sire, Fon-

in‘the Register of Merit, is a son of
Finan'Cial' King. Financial ing is
the’sire of Financial Countess, which
was at one time the champion milk
and butter cow oi-the Jersey breed.

~ That was,when her record of 13,248
-.poundsj_inilk and 795’ pounds butter-

: ,fa-tginfpne year was unequalled by

  

hen stable ~ mates at Meredith.

~anyrothejr cow of the breed.

'Jap’sMilia~'Garfield is owned by
Meridaie Farms, Meredith, New. York
Many other Jerseys,.iamous as great
préd‘uéers, Such as Spermfield Owl’s
Eva, ‘Iap Say‘da’s Baroness, etc., are '

 

 

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’- The '1 American Agricultural Chemic'arCo.;

‘ Measure the Land

; £9” ,Weigh‘ the Crop

' An accurate knoWledge of yields is the best

'dc to improved farm practice. High prices

finish the incentive to produce morc;——high '
wages make it necessary to keep down the cost per

bushel. Increased, production and lower cost per

bushel can be accomplished by selecting fertilizer

on the basis of accurately measured results.

A diflercnce in yield too Small to be noticed
in the field, often is found large enough when
measured to pay the Whole fertilizer bill. And
frequently gains big enough to pay the bill several

' times over, result from the use of more and better
fertilizer. You can grow bigger crops, and you
can cut the cost of production by using the kind
of fertilizer that your crops need and that suits
your‘own soil conditions. If you measure the land
and "Weigh the crOp,—if you make your Selection
on the baSis of accurate tests,———you will choose an ’

k A A 9 C - Fertilizer

Our Agricultural Service Bureau has been carrying on
such tests for many years, on farms in many states. These
tests were made on all kinds of soils and under a great variety
"of conditions of‘rainiall'and climate. This Bureau is therefore
well equipped to point out a practical solution of your fertilizer
problem. It has helped many’ farmers to determine the best
fertilizer for their purposes—11nd it can help you. Dr. H. J.

Wheeler, for many years Director of the Rhodc Island Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. is in personal charge of the
Bureau.

This service is free to you.

'- “How to Make Money with Fertilizers”

is a jvaluable. book of 56 pages—full of practiCal infor-
mation on fertilizers, crops and soils.‘ There are 46
illustrations. It tells you how to select fertilizer for,
' mcst profitable results—what errors to avoid in buying
and using‘fcrtilizer. It is .a complete fertilizer manual‘.’
’ Ev"éry farmer needs it. Our nearest oflice will be glad
_ tosénd "it ,.free, if you. will mention this papcri‘when‘

 

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If there IS no agent in your town, write us for the
name of our nearest agent, or ask for an agency yourself. '

crop books.

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The Newberry Indictment

I T IS perfectly natural that those ‘who were
indicted with Truman H. Newberry for
violation of the election laws should cry “pol-
itics.” This is not the first time that defense
has been made by those who have burned their
election
frauds. We expect the same public-be-fooled

. methods that were used with such success dur-
: ing the Newberry campaign will again be

brought into play to convince the voters of
Michigan that the indictment against Mr. New-
berry and his aids was a gigantic plot of the
Democratic administration.

It matters little what the motives have been

for pushing the charges against those who

spent the N ewberry money. It was politics
that called forth the expenditure of vast sums
far in excess of What the laws allowed to elect
Mr. Newberry, and it is difficult to understand
why it should be considered a more despicable
brand of politics to insist that Mr. Newberry
and his aids be brought to trial and the ma-

‘ jesty of the law upheld.

If Mr. Newberry committeed an offense, it

i was an offense against the people and the law

of a Republican state. It was likewise an of-
fense against Osborn, his Republican oppon-
ent in the primaries. The principal charges

3 upon which the federal investigations was bas-
3 ed were made by a Republican lieutenant—gov-
! ernor who in 1916 received the largest major-
ity ever given a candidate for a state office in

Michigan. The majority of the grand jury

‘ which heard the evidence and made the charge

that Mr. Newberry committed acts of fraud,
corruption and conspiracy were Republicans.
And lastly the judge who presided over the

“ hearing is a Republican and was elected on
the Republican ticket.

The Newberry managers themselves adsriiiit;
statement of itself shows a clear violation. of
the law. But the evidence submitted to the
grand jury indicates that between $500,000
and $1,000,000 was actually spent to secure the
nomination and election. Nor was all this vast
sum spent to advertise Mr. Newberry to the

.' voters. According to the grand jury a part of
; it was used to influence voters, bribe election '
. , boards and for other corrupt purposes.

The indictment of Mr. Newberry is not pol-
itics. It is justice. To have suppressed the.
charges would have been neither wise, just nor.
charitable. It was necessary in order to pre-
serve the inviolability of the law and prevent
a repetition of the Newberry offenses, to inves-

‘ tigate and upon the evidence presented to in-

dict. And if the indicted men are found guilty
when they come to trial there will be no other

course open but to punish them: How else

' smiths purity of elections be maintained 3.»

  
  
 

  
 
 

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tematio yearé-to-‘year selection of potato seed
which if carried out» will mean better potatoes,
bigger, yields and more» money for-Michigan
growers. ' . ’

. ..Considering the excellence of our, potato soil
and the quality of potatoesvproduced Michigan,
ought to be ashamed 'of her comparatively
smal annual. average. yield. Thousands of
farms produce lessLthan sixty bushels to the
acre; a few hundred farms overtwo hundred.

   

bushels. But consider the vast majority tor *

farms that 'mduoeibetween eighty and ninety
bushels to 0 acts to make-up theaverago for
the state of less than ninety-three bushels. 0n
the face of the average yield it looksasuif more
farmers are losing than making, money on pow
tatoes. '

Prof. Waid has made painstaking investi-
gations into Michigan’s .- potato soils, the va»
riety best adapted to the soil and climate, the
diseases that attack the crop and the best meth-
ods of seed selecion; The major knowledge the
farmers of the state now. have‘upon- these: im—
portant details of; potato culture has been
gathered from Prof. Wald’s contributions"
upon the subject, and his latest work in induc-
ing the Potato Exchange to adopt a thorough
method of seed selection must bring excellent
results. The plan is discussed elsewhere in
this issue.

Through the efforts of the Potato Exchange
to standardize the variety and grade of pota-
toes grown by its members and to advertise the
brand to the consuming public, a special de-
mand for Michigan potatoes is being created.
With increased production through the use of
disease-free seed and improved methods of
cultivation, a ready market 'for both first-class
and cull stock, the potato industry bids fair
to become the state ’s most important» cash crop.

Freedom of Speech

REEDOM of speech is in danger. En-

couraged by the ease with which the war-
time sedition law was used to silence critics of
the government, politicians, notoriety seekers
and others who wish to force unjust laws \upon
the people and protect pecial interests under
the arm of tlie gover nt are clamoring for
a peace time sedition bill that will limit the
rights of free speech and a free press. Bills

' for this purpose have been introduced in both

houses of congress.

The Constitution guarantees to the people
of the United States no more sacred privileges
than freedom of speech and the press. The
people of the old hemisphere sufi’ered religious

and economic oppression because they dared ‘—that

not preaCh or write against it. Many are the
martyrs who braved the fatal displeasure of
monarchs by violating the royal edicts forbid-
ding the people to discuss the law and religion
of the land. It was this very denial of the
right of thinking men and women to make
known their views upon matters of pub-
lic welfare that drove our forefathers to this
new world-where the utmost freedom of pub-
lic discussion was not only tolerated but en-
couraged. And nothing has contributed more
to the perfection of. our democracy and the ed-
ucation of our people. than this free and unin-
terrupted interchange of views.

Naturally this latitude of speech has at-
tracted to our shores _, thousands of cranks,
theorists, radical socialists, anarchists and oth-
er dreamers who have convinced themselves
that the only vicious forms of government and
social life are those now in existence and that
Utopia lies 'just the other side of revolution in
which all property-owning classes must bo'w
the knee-to the proletariat. ,_ Professing to fear
the eifect of these doctrines of violence upon
the mind of our body politic, the protectors of
the people seek laws to suppress them. Let us-
think tWiCe before we permit our legislators to
pass such laws. Let'us remember that for two
hundred and fifty years our government has
successfully withstood the attacks of the dam:
agogues. Eoreign agitators have flocked to our 4
doors; soap-box orators'hav'e harg'gued and: .

   
 

     

       

 

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upon the bosom of a quiet sea.

speech and the premmust not be restricted. B
is ‘3" heritage from our forefathers and in s
nstrm of ‘ intelligent and law-abiding people it

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speaking for the . baffle
times past have memo!

ernor and farmer members tothelegisl'a'
with fair chances ofsuccess, there is-a deeid

change of front on the part of manyctty mm '1 .

papers.

Commenting recently upon the‘attitude~ a!

an upon new politic like sprinhle strain

Raff?“ :
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THERE hassl'weys been a tendency enthe
part of the city-present the state to seed
atthe farmer’s political ambitions. ‘As- if.
cities who‘s:
. represents
in our logislative bodies, the city‘pr'esshnsdiss
com-aged the. agricultural communities from
now that there is averydefinite movementzcl
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the Grange toward political aflairs, the Detroit .

News had this to say:

“One drift of straws may be taken as an an
curate indication of coming events in Michi-
gan—the Grangers are said to be pretty well
convinced that a farmer governor for Michi-
What til-4 farmers

son would be desirable.
want in that respect they are likely to get,”
_—L_.__‘_

The New Labor Party

ERBERT F. Baker, of Weadock, Michi-

gan presided at the opening session of the ~

joint labor and farnier conference- which was
recently held in Chicago and out of which has’
‘ grown a new labor political party with farm-
ers playing the second fiddle. The new party
is made up of the more radical branches of
organized labor and farmers with the Chicago
Federation of Labor and the Non Partisan
League playing the leading roles. It has been
denied the official support of the American
FederatiOn of Labor, and the more powerful
farm organizations and unless it can bring a
considerable majority of the members of these
associations under its wing, the new party is

not likely to succeed.

The clashes between the Labor delegates and .
the farmer delegates to the convention were
many, We are told. Labor hinted strongly that

it would like to pass a resolution against prohi-
bition. But the farmers wouldn’t stand for
The farmers were willing to adopt a
program favoring the nationalization of almost
every industry, but when labor suggested that
agriculture be put on the nationalization pro-
gram there was an uproar. Finally a compres-
mise was eifected by declaring for the nation-
alization of all “unused” land.

According to the theory of some well-means
ing folks the interests of. wage-earners and
farmers are “identical,” but it is only when
the two are gathered around a conference table
that they realize how wide the gulf between
them actually is. There are no doubt many
things in common between the two but it a
happens that the issues upon which their leadi-
ers are trying to unite them for political and
legislative action are the very imues upon
which there is the greatest divergence
vieWs and interests.

If Governor Sleeper has been correctly ’

quoted as saying'fthat he. is not in favor of the
suggestion made by the state association of

prosecuting attorneys that he call a special

session of the legislature for the purpose of

PaSSing food legislation, because “we have al- "
ready had the much. legislation, ad legislation ‘
cam...

will not solve the’p‘roblem,” we want to

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' fact. is, it is generally recognized by
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muster, from the Ontario .Afllc‘lflf
gamete. and whenhe secures lent
. the house, will make afifth; It is
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.on ofnthm defeated ‘ farmer candi-

55 ea, will be given a Cabinet nosi-
, and will accrue aseat._ Mr.
Daugherty is a graduate of the col-
lege at Guelph,‘~and, was once on a
teaching staff. That will make six.
Then in the federal lay-election, J.
Wilfred Kennedy was returned tothe
Dominion -House from Stormonnt-
Glengarry. Mr. Kennedy is a grad-*
uate of the O. .A. C. ,

The significance of all this is that
these: are the boys'who, after gradu-
ating from the college, returned to
the farm. I” attended ‘ that institu-'
film, and know from personal expor-
len‘ce’.‘ therefore, that the general im-
pression amongstud‘ents' has: been
that the, man who? went back to the
farm consigned himself to oblivion.
This has in the past been only too
true. .For the first time, horrever,
the college men on the farms have

.‘ had an opportunity for getting into

public life, and that opportunityhas
been provided by the farmers' move-
ment. Previously with political ma-
chine control, the lawyers.» doctors
and business men were able to almost
completely monopolize the seats in
the legislature.

You will note that most of the
members-elect are substantial farm-
ers, and that a large number of them
have had local experience in ,_,pu‘blic
life. The famer~members belong to
that class of men who have‘ been con-
gaucting the municipal affairs of On-
‘ tie, and those of us who have lived.
in that rovince know that municipal
aflairs ave been conducted a whole
lot better than provincial matters.—

’ R. D. oozquette" Associate Editor
Grain Grmoers’ Guide, Winnipeg, Mon-
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This letter efxpressss nicely the gener-
al character 0 the average farmer who
can be prevailed upon to accept public
office. There is a; feeling among “city
folks" that farmers are lgnoramuse and
not at 0 take a- hand in matters 0 gov-
ernment. While it is true that compar-
ativelfv few farmers are college gradu-

tes, t does not follow that tlfey are not

telligerrt and able men. Some of the
[brightest men in the United States receiv-
ed their “c llege" education from the
school ofl e. We already have too
many educated fools holding down pub-
is jobs. Let's have a few men who
ve not neglected their heart while
ining their head—Editor.

 

. . LABOR’S OPPORTUNITY ‘. .
Labor with intelligent and aggres-
sive leadership could make tremend-
uous strides just now were its oppor-
tunity brighter. It has the fine ex-
cuse for appealing to public favor
because in the War it was promised
by oflicial spokesmen of- the govern-
ment no less than by unofficial lead-
ers’of conservative thought that its
status would be radically improved
following the war. It is fine that
these premises are valueless so far
as the sincerity of those who. made
em goesout. Nevertheless they
constitute}; great justification in the
thinking citizens. The

melting-labor that the workers are ‘
entitled 'to an. entirely new deal. The
people are prepared for great chang-
es in society and industry. The on
ganized workers themselves are more
radical than ever before and are pre-
pared «to» go to the utmost lengths in
enforcing industrial Justice. Their
power is supreme and unquestioned,
all they need lathe proper leader-
ship. Theycan not only greatly ad-
vanceiheir conditions, but they can
really revolutionize, things if they
Will. but they are held back by their
leaders, who have the sloth of official
position, who are more inclined to
conservatism. who in many instanc-
es are not educated in economics
and‘ in these stirring times at end-
less possibilities show no disposition
to go further than the, question of
hours and. wages; that have always
d ‘ftheir: thoughts, refuse to
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peopls alike, but we are honestly con-
'~as’to hewgnwe‘ areéoixiightto know
“”1 a, 1.”. r ‘5 bene—
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movement on rooms

Enclosed you will find our choice,
.of candidates for Governor. As you
say there is sure some good timber
presented and it’s kind of hard to de-
cide, but any farmer ought to be
able to pick his favorite from the
many farm men presented. What
we must 'do is to back the final choice
to the limit. Now, Mr. Editor, if
you have time Just a few thoughts on
the present industrial situation. As
it stands now labor and capital seem
to be trying to shifttthe high cost of
living onto each other’s shoulders
and there is _no doubt that the ulti-
mate result will be that labor will
get an increase in wages and capital
will continue to declare large divi-
dends and the "vicious circle" will .
still go ’round. \-
, Now capital represents possibly
five million of our people and it
looks to me that it would work the

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least hardship on the least number
it capital in all lines would forege
their profits and continue production

‘and sale etcost. The capitalist
’wouldinthatwayset agooden-

is before his em loyee and it
capital was
interested and honestly wished to re-
duce old H. O. L. Prices wOuld soon.
begin to drop and in a short time
wages could be lowered without a
hardship on the laborer.
would produce the least hardship
and that only on the: class. that can
best stand. it. Of. course, there are
many people who depend on their
interest earnings fora living but as
there is plenty 0;: work they could
find. employment, Now you know
there is a great. deal. said too- about
increasing food production but I
believe that. if our government would
honestly try to rebuild our system
of distribution and eliminate about
half of. the middlemen and their
profits and also the great amount of
waste that food prices to the consum-
er could be lowered without hard-
ship to the producer and that there
would be plenty of food for all.

Now, if the capitalist would fore-
go his profits farm machinery ,etc.,
would be cheaper and the farmer
could soon be satisfied with lower
prices for his produce and soon ev-
erything would be back to a pro-war
basis.

Capitalists would no doubt call
this plan Bolshevistic and our gov-
ernment would never, adopt such a
plan which goes to show how much
this is a government of, by and for
the people. Like M.B.F. very much;
stick to your good work and will
stick by you—N. T. V., Kewadiu,
Mich.

 

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VERY THOUGHTFUL
Fly—My, how thoughtful of that
housewife to put up these nice pre-
serves for me. .

The Proud Congressman

Representative Mudd of Maryland
told at a Baltimore banquet a story
about a new congressman.

“When this gentlemen was elected
to the house of representatives," said
Mr. Mudd, “his pride knew no
bounds. He—even 11H“ a cong-

ressman l Waking and sleeping, he
reioiced.
“One at t in the small hours his

wits gave. in a sharp nudge and
whisper-eat

“ ‘Joseph, Joseph, there are burg-
lars in the house 1' "

"Jeseph cleared his throat and
answered: '

“ 'You are mistaken my love. quite
mistaken. In the senate, yes—that
I admit. But in the house—no, no i
The suggestion is preposterous i' ”

Very Little Doing

Sales Director Hare of the War
Department was talking about cer-
tain time that had offered to buy
back their surplus products from‘the
government at. 26 or 30 per cent of
what the government had paid them.

“I don't feel very lenient towards
those firms,” he said. "In fact, I
feel a good deal like the deaf banker.

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'er, one day and asked for a large

loan. .
“ ‘I’d like to borrow fifty thou—

sand,’ " he said. '

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A Warning

“We are at peace with Germany,”
said Representative Homer Hoch, of
Kansas, “butpwe must keep a sharp
eye on her none the less."

“A Marion boy came home the oth-
er day with a big lump on the back of
his head.

“ ‘Johnny," ’ said his
“ ‘you’ve been fighting} "

" ‘No I ain’t nuther.’ ”

“‘But somebody hit you

mother,

John-
ny's o

“‘No, nobody hit me, it was an
accident.’ "

‘ “An accident? What kind of an
accident?’ " '

‘ ”Well, you see, I was sittin' on
top 0’ George Peabody and I forgot
to hold his fe-et.’ ”.

 

A Little Too Far

In New England there lived a
good housewife who was so painfully
neat that she made life wretched for
her family. One of her rules was that
all the members of" the household
must remove their shoes before en-
tering the house.

“Bill," she whined one day to her
husband, “I found a grease spot on
one of the dining room chairs. and I
think it came of! those pants: you
wear in the shop."

“Well. Mirandy,” shouted Bill, his
patience exhausted, “for the last 15
years I’ve taken my shoes off every
time I came into this house, but I’ll
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w ich you mention—Editor.

  

 

FRIEND 0F ORGANIZED- LABOR

I was somewhat surprised and
disgusted a couple of weeks ago
when I read in M. B. F. that the
milk producers of a certain organi- .
zation in Michigan went on record
as denouncing organized labor. This
was a slap in the face of organized
labor and a fool piece of business,
because it serves to irritate .the labor-
ing class and cause them to antagx
onizo the efforts of the farmers for
needed legislation and furthermore
was absolutely uncalled for and un-
necessary. '

The union laborer is no more a
grafter than is the farmer. It is
big interests and middlemen who are
robbing the farmer, and the red
farmer is as much a laborer as the
union man of the city, yet this res-4
olution serves to drive a wedge be-
tween two branches of the laboring
class and any milk producer who
has a teaspoonful of gray matter in '
his cranium knows that union 1.-
bar buys more of his milk than all
the capitalist class and middlemen
put together and upon the prosper-
ity of the laboring class depends the
prosperity of the farmer in gener-
al. This kind of work is gettl
common in farmers' conventions it
its object is to divide the masses of
the people against each other so
they are defenseless before this cap—
italistic enemies.

Now how about the men who
bunco steered this resolution thruf
Were they doing it for the milk pro-
ducers good? I fail to see any good
in it, and I am a farmer who works
his own farm and has studied farm-

- ers' problems for years, and if any

of those gentlemen can explain how
it is any benefit let them get right
up and talk. Now it looks to me
like the work of politicians who get
into our organizations for the pur-
pose of betraying us, that they may
curry favor with the big interests
that control political favors. They
are lawyers, bankers, etc., and
farmers last of all. Wolves in
sheep’s clothing of whom we should
take notice and beware.

Now a word more. I would like to
vote for a farmer for governor but
it will depend who that farmer is.
Some of; the worst disappointments
we have had in the legislature have
been some of the before-mentioned
class who have been elected as farm-
ers, and I would rather-trust a fair-
minded capitalist any time to one
of those simps. Now it is time for
the farmers to make up. They have
been made d fools and jackass- -
as to draw such fellows’ burden long
enough, but it seems to be the hard-
est thing you can ask of the aver-
age man, to just do a little thinking.
—-E. P., Wifliamston.

 

Mr. Subscriber, your argument is fair-
ly good. We have noticed ourselves that
all that ig needed to get most any kind of
a resolution through a farmers' meeting
is to have a “stand in" with the resolu-
tions committee. By the time the com-r ,
mittee is ready to make its report, the .
crowd is impatient to leave and usually
passes the resolutions presented with a
‘hooray, boys, let her go, it's time to 82
home." But don't make the mistake o
thinking that all who are opposed to one ‘
treme radicalism in the labor ranks. are,
enemies of organized labor. All the res-
olutions that may be
organizitions against

  

  

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ALLED to Detroit recently on
business, an influential man
from the northern part of

Michigan whom many of you would
know should I mention his name,
picked up the evening paper and
was attracted by the picture of four
little children who had just lost their
mother and were left to the tender
mercies of a big city.

about those orphans?” he asked of
the man in whose office he sat.

Upon being informed that the of-
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tained had been closed. some time
earlier, he left word to have the of—
fice called and arrangements made
the next morning to send all four of
them to his home in the north.

“But," asked the man to whomhe
was talking, “surely you don’t mean
that you will adopt all four of these
little children?” “Well, certainly
they have little enough in life to look
forward to now without being separ-
ated,” said he. “Wife and 'Ihave
been discussing adopting two for
some time, and I guess we have
enough to care for four just as well,
and I figure that we will get enough
joy out of it to repay us in the end.
For instande, Christmas is coming,

would do this year. At heart I’m
still boy enough to like to have 11

balls. but I wouldn’ t have any more

circus without borrowing a boy to
take. ”
How many homes are there this

be bereft of its true meaning because
of this same lack. True, the little
folks may mar the furniture and play
havoc with the prim pseCiseness cf
the living room, but think of the joy
of making fried cake dolls. pop_ corn
balls and then the night 'before
Christmas, all plans well laid and
with the little folks safely tucked
away, to fill the tiny stocking and
trim the tree!

Just a few Weeks ago in New York
the owner of an apartment house
so_ught to evict a family because
there were‘some small children in the
house and the baby had left the mark

The judge before whom the case was
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very fine thing:

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the various state
the little homeless children, and we
know that they are Warmly clothed
and w; But no .matron of an
5-fican‘give the individual
hdreds of babies which ' is
every child? s right to have. These
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’ work which they have to do. but in

so doing the individuality of the lit-
tle folks is submerged. They can’t
go out with father while he milks and
learn all about.the cows and chick-
ens first hand, nor is .there any‘dne
of the superintendents of the home
who has the time to sit down and
take ,a little one on her lap and read
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the chlldrIn'I Home. 8:. Joseph. We in;

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one for hls very own. An then not I «no mIn
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has returned with a little Italian boy L

of fourteen—a war orphan. . When
asked how she ever thought she could
attempt so much she answered “oh,
that‘s nothing, everybody adopts war
orphans these days. We have a sel-
fish motive in it. Mother and I knew

We were not eating enough for our'

good and it is proving a great stim-
to see a healthy,

In one of our big daily newspapers
they are running a series of articles
purpoited to be from the pen of a.

, “Lonesome Woman, ” and of all the

effort she makes to find something in

life to interest her, When if she" would '_
just open her home to one of Mich- '
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URING THE year there has

been conducted at the Univer-

sity ‘of Michigan 11 series 0!
experiments which may prove to be
of considerablelmportance and value
to the future of the United States in
general and the state Of Michigan in
particular. Under the direction of
Dr. Henry Kraemer of the University
of Michigan College ,of Pharmacy,
there were grown about 20,000 medi-
cinal plants _of~ great variety and
wide scope of usefulness. In spite
of the' scarcity of labor, the inade-
quacy of the facilities for harvesting
and curing, and the very newness of
the project,‘the results obtained were
,gratifying as they were .‘Surprising.

‘ . Out of the 20,000 plants grown, but

"a very small percentage Were lost,“
and the harvested and cured plants
were of. an exceptionally high grade
and strength.

The subject of growing medicinal
plants in Michiganrwas first called to
“active attention by the enormous rise
in prices of crude drugs during the
war. It was then found-that Ameri-
ca had been almostentirely depend-

ent on-vvforeign sourcesfor her supply

of many drugs.- When -these were
suddenly cut off, high prices and an

’ absolute scarcity of many necessary

principles brought home to us our '

. criminal neglect in notproviding a

sufficient national resource to de—
pend on in such- times. And this is
not the only reason-for desiring to
establish drug farming in this coun-
try. Heretofore, most of_our raw
drug materials were gathered from
wild plants. but these are now becom-
ing very. scarce, seriously. threaten-
,lng this source .of supply. It is also ‘
of great importance that the farming
of drugs will make possible a. great-
er uniformity ln‘the raw materials.
for the diversity of materials as now
gathered at different seasons and
places, and by unskilled collectors, lI
drawbacks in
pharmaceutical manufacturing.

It is often suggested that the dif-
ference of climate, and soil will make
it impracticable to raise a. very great
variety of medicinal plants in Mich-
igan, but there are many instances
at hand in which plants have grown
andiflourished in widely different
parts of the world, far from their Or- ,
iginal habitat. Last summer’s ex;
periments at the Botanical Gardens
show that Southern Michigan muck
lands and temperate climate are
eminently fitted for the cultivation
of a ' great va- ‘
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vill be examined with reference to

their hearing on the quantity and
finality of the active principles pro-

tion will be used to determine the
relative advantages of reproducing
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(HMELY POULTRY MARKETING
By Herbert Hortigig, M. A. (J.

HE farmers and poultrymen of

Michigan are losing money in,
. the marketing “of poultry. Mon-
ey that should go into their pockets
is swelling the bank accounts of the
, wholesale poultry dealers “in 'the cit-
. 163. This is true because most farm-

the market is almost literally flood-
ed. They sell their fowls at that time
.without stopping to consider whether
the birds are in prime market condi-
tion—whether they will pay the max—
imum profit it sold at that time or if
sold at some futuretime. .

1 When a farmer has sheep, hogs, or
'cattle to sell, he tries to have his
I-tock in the best possible market con—
dition at the time that he can com-
mand the top price, but this is not
true in the case of poultry. Only a
few otthe better business men among
farmers have learned to study the
3 poultry market.

1’ : Men'who watch the market know
g; that along" about the time that taxes
.1 ore due, each year .there is an abund-
ance of poultry on the market, and

 

When at any other time during the
year. Farmers have expenses to
meet; so they are penning-up the
iowls they wish to dispose of, feed-
!ng tor a week or two, and then sell-

oirable degree of fatness or not.
:.Too.often birds are fattened in
this manner before they have their
growth of frame. Unless the market
is due to drop, it is advisable to allow
{the «birds to develop as large a 'frame
as possible before fatening. How-
ever, in doing this, it is well to re-
: member that the nearer the bird is
, Io ~maturity, the more each- ounce of
Q gain will cost.
. A study, of the Detroit poultry
imarket during the last three years
,would reveal the fact that farmers
evidently desired to dispose of their
, poultry as early as possible each fall.
., The fact that this has been true has
‘made it advisable and profitable to
do the other thing—keep your birds
gior the high prices that are bound to
{follow when the supply is reduced.
g'l‘he wholesale Deultry dealer is tak—
, Eng advantage of this fact and is buy—
ing all he can at the low prices. It
.is at this -'time that
‘: plants are being filled. .«to capacity
ngth birds that only await the jump

 

1 the farmers have sold their poultry.
:-Very few farmers hold any pOultry

Jesuit of~this, a. very noticeableJea'tJ
gll'e or the poultry market has been
Ashe jump of about 5c per pound in
dressed poultry almost immediately
after New Years.

Many people are surprised upon
visiting the establishments of whole-
sale poultry dealers to find entire

that come tomarket in a very lean
condition are flattened at- a neat prot-
jit to the wholesaler. These same
pens are used to keep live birds for
the rise in prices that invariably fol—
lows the holiday season.

 

It the farmer can continue the de-'

‘ velopment of the frames of his Iowls
profitably—and a few of the best
Business farmers have——-and Start the
flattening process at a. time that 'will'
enable him to get the advanced price
he is going to get the extra margin
mat the shrewd wholesaler now

" Andwhy shouldn’t 1tlhe tanner

m ,

‘ : their action on different plants, and

timed. Various methods of propaga- '

‘ ers sell their poultry at the time that ~

that at that'time, poultry is. lower.»

_ ing them, Whether they have the de-)

coid-stor‘ager
|:in price that comes when most oi.

Runtil after the holidays and, as ‘- 11.

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vileg’e, " says

Pi' wéniey, of the Univer-

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of state or nation are run. for. the
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the principles yOu stand for.”
,‘Rylght now is the. time to. decide
who you wantto head the'afiairs of
your state—and the question of a
Governor who Will be the friend and
champiOn Of the farmers rights—one
who actually knows what those rights
should really consist ot—as well as

» set- ,_, :. .
so ' M B: F. has decided to take a
straw votee—but the editor tells me

that the votes of the women readers

is strangely silent. Let s show the
men that we have a mind of our own
—and knowing what we want, that
we are not afraid to step right out
and say so. , On another page will be
found a straw vote ballot. Do not
delay—just take your scissors right
now, clip it out, check the man of
your choice or if your choice is not
there,_indicate it in writing, and send
the coupon in direct to the M. B. F.
editor, at Mt. Clemens.

USE YOUR EMPTY HOTBEDS
FOR STORING VEGETABLES

HE EMPTY hotbed and cold-
.frame may be used to good ad—
vantage during the fall and
winter for storing vegetables, says
J. T. Ross, Jr., of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture. The

empty pit is then available for stor-
ing in bulk potatoes and root crops

of'all kinds. Celery and cabbage
also can be stored here by pulling
the plants with the roots on and set-
ting them closely together in the up-
right position with the roots embed-

soil in the bottom of the pit;

The cold- frame is used in ,th so .
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supplemented with board shutters,
straw mats. or loose straw to protect
the contents from sunlight and from
freezing and thaw'ing.

The walls on the outside should be
well banked with soil or manure.

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There is lots of joy in living if you
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If you always come up smiling in the
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LET us TAN .
voun HIDE. ‘

Horse or Oow 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. Yem-
lur needs all" cast yen less than to buy
them and be worth more. ‘

Our Illustrated catalog gives a. lot of
information. It tells how to take oil
and care for hides; how and when we
pay the freight both ways; about our
sole dyelnu Home on cow and horse
hide, calf and other skins; about the
fur goods and game trophies we sell,
taxidermy. 0176.,

Then we have recently got out an-
other we call our Feel-Ion book. wholly
devoted to fashion plates of muffs,
neckwear and other he fur garments,
with prices ; also for garments remed-
eled and repels-ed.

You can have either book by sendln- '

{our correct address naming which, or '
oth books if you need both. Address
The Creel]?!
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results—how to prepare skins toget high“: prices.

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you this week about the;trip I

ago. I had 'goneintc one of our big
stores'to and some suggestions of
gifts which I might offer my {little
friends for getting subscriptions. and
found that they had cleared a whole
floor of all its regular list of cloth-
ing and had placed thereon just mul-
titudes of toys and then how I wish:
ed that all my little friends of the
Children’s Hour could have been with
me, tor-it makes one get the Christ-
mas spirit before the day, Just
to wander gh toyiand and see
all the wonderful new to tags
they never thought of he ‘ngwhen I
was a little girl. _

I asked the clerk about it: "you
don’t seem to have such useless toys
any “more,” said I. "You formerly
had glass igs forbanks; and a whole
lot of ii e painted tin animals,
while now I see animals stuifcd to
look like the real, henest-to~goodness
animals one sees in the barnyard—
and the wagons are practical whidh
you display for sale. They will run-—
the engines the built just like an act-
ual steam engine, while guessing
games which had no practical value
a’re not to be found now but in their

place have come the educational
games." “The explanation is
simple,” said the clerk. “Formerly

we bought our Christmas toys almost
entirely from Germany—now people
refuse to accept German made toys
and of course there were none to be
had during the war so our own men
took up this trade, and. Americans
are naturalinventors, you know, so
our men who made these toys made
exact reproductions of the larger
articles, like the engine you see. Now
s. boy who gets that engine will have
a very good idea of how an engine
workers before he is old enough to
go to school even, while the children
who receive the walking dblls, the
bible games and the cut-outll maps
will learn something from them of

actual value. 01' course we sell
thousands of sleds and skates
aplenty."

I wonder if you realize the wond-
erful opportunities you are enjoying,
my little friends, in this Twentieth
Century. Surely when you grow to
be men sud women you will be a
great deal wiser than are your fath-
ers and mothers now, if you just take
advantage of every opportunity to
learn. Affectionately yours.—LAD-
DIE.

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THE JUNIOR COOK
Quince Conserve

Peel, quarter and core four quinces
and four apples. .

Chop lightly or run through the
course cutter of a meat grinder. The
grinder is much better than chop-
ping, as the work can be done so
quickly the fruit will not discolor.

mesons».mass:amnion:....:.'!:.z-m.zzwimaneuvers»rams
' nits alumnus: I-want‘ to «u
made to toy land a tew days .

.hagffiruit.
on lot a good. grade of «mama
to

Save every bit of juice \and mix
with ground fruit. ' .
Measure sndpu‘t in saucepan over
a slow fire.
After 'tt‘ has shhmered for fifteen
minutes add as‘much sugar as you
'( If sugar is scarce, one

maybe used instead of one cup 1 ' '
sugar. 'The rest must be sugar.)

Stir the sugar in and boil slowly
or 25 minutes. Stir occasionally se .
t does not stick to bottom of pan. ‘

Add one cupful of seeded raisins.

Add one-half cupful nut meats
chipped tins and cook 15 minutes—4
very slowly. ‘ .

Takeup in. jelly glasses and when
cool, seal with melted parafln.

Fine .‘for school sandwiches or te
spread on crackers for afternoon tea

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WEATISIT?

OULD you tell

anything about

this animal?
It is a Holstein or a
Hereford? Is it s.
grade, scrub or a
purebred? Why is
it? Prove it. These
are all things that
the young folks on
the farm are ex-
pected to know. So
Children’s Hour
soon will begin a
series of diagrams
how to judge stock.

 

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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
Dear 'Laddie-—This is the first time I
have written to you. y father takes
the M. B. F. and he likes it fine. I ii
on a one hundred acre farm, we have ii
cows and twelve young cattle, thirteen
and two hundred hens and
noise. For pets I have a black dog
black and white kitten. I have
rather and no sister. My brother
married and e lives in Port Huron.
and one-half to school every day. I
close hoping to see this let er in prin
———,—-‘.
ear Laddie—I've never written to m
b ore, so I thought I would try
luck. I live in the country and ilk
very much. I have two sisters and
is Ellen. One brother is Lester. he
seven, the other brother istwo, his name
is Fay. Mamma and papa are both liv-
ing. We live on a 181 acre farm. Pap:
works another farm where he has 8. mar-

am ten ears old the of December,
am in a fifth grade and I walk a .
brothers. One sister is ten, her name.
seven, the other brother is two, his n

' ried man living and we also have a hired

man who boards with us. Papa has
cows, two horses which stay with us
the time then two on the other place
two which stay at either place. P
hasa load of sheep and also a load
cattle on some land which he is rent
Mamma. has several hundred chick
We have just had an electric line 10
near here, so we have electric lights, we
enjoy thfm very much. We children

to schoo but Fay and Ellen. I am
and in the seventh grade. Papa to.
the M. B. F. and likes it very much.
am especially fond of the Children};
page. I will close for this time. Yo
truly, Beatrice Munger, Clinton. Mich.

 

 

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Seein" Things

AINZT AFEARD of snakes. or toads, or bugs, 011 worms, or mice,
An’ things ’at girls are sheared of I think are awful nice!

I’m pretty brave, I guess; an’ yet I hate to go to bed,
For, when Pm tucked up warm an’ my an’ when my
Mother tells “Happy Dreams 1" an’ takes away the light,
An’ lmes me lyln’ all alone and scetn’ things at night.
Sometimes they’re in the corner, sametlmes they're by the door,
Sometime they’re all a—ssa/ndlnf in the middle
Sometimes they’re a sltfle’ down, sometimes they’re walkinrmund
.So softly an' .80 many-libs they never make a sound,»
Sometimes they are as black as ink, an’ other times they’re white,
But the color ain’t no difference when you see things at wig-ht!
Once when I licked a feller ’at had just moved on our street,
An’ father sent me up to bed without a bite to eat,
I woke up in the dark aw saw things standln' in a row,
A-lockln’ at me cross-eyed and pintln' at me—‘so!

It’s almost allus when I’m bad that I see things at night!
Lucky thing I ain’t a girl or I’ll be cheered to death I

An'I am. oh, so sorry I’m a naughty boy,’ am' then

Grau’ma tells'me that’s the only way to make it right

\When a feller has been wicked aw sees things at Wight.

An’ so when other naughty boys would coca me into sin,

I try to skwush the tempter'g voice ’ot urges me within;

An' when they’s pie for sup ,er cracker ’at's big aw nice, .
' I went filo—but I do not p 8 my plate fr them things twice!

No. ‘mlther let starvation wipe me slbwly '
antaccln’m .et

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‘of the ceuntrythisv'weekr are firm
.with prices edging upward.
rise applies to nearly all grades of

This

hay... In the Mississippi Valley mar-
ket: the'receipts. were large; at. some
points, and. pricesconld not stay firm
at those'markets, even. though the
demand was almost strong. enough
to handle the glutted situation. Chi-

cago has had but few receipts and.

has made sharp gains in values. In
the East farmers are holding bay
for higher prices. and are just bare-
ly supplying the; present “demand.
The fact that the consumers lack
activity prevents a big boost in. hay
values. Detroit reports small sup—
ply for nearly all lines of hay and
the market is quoted firm.

NEW YORK BUTTER. MARKET
For many years those who are fam-

rili-ar with the arguments advauCed by

the general run of farmers when, an
attempt, has been made to' convince
them that they should make a great-
er effort to produce cream of better
quality, have heard that it is not pro-
fitable to attempt to keep cream sweet
and clean as therelis not enough dif-
ference» between the price paid for
sweet and sour cream to make it
worth the effort. Even the most skep-
tical would be convinced 'at the pres-
ent time that it would pay to use ev-
ery possible means to produce good
cream if he would but spend a few
delys in this market. The quotations
shown below should be convincing.
One sees from them that an extra,
which. scores 92 points, is quoted at

73 to 7336c, but he also‘sees that top'

firsts, which score 90 to 91 points, are
selling at 66% to 721:. It seems un-
reasonable bhat butter scoring 90
points, which is a good piece at but-
ter, should sell at a price 7c below
that paid for a butter scoring 92
points. It is not only true that such
a condition exists, but it is also true
that while a 92 score butter will sell
as soon as it arrives the 90-point but-
ter sells only to a chance buyer. Low
fruits, which score 88 to 89 points, are
at a still greater disadvantage.
Receipts of fresh butter are at the
lowest figure so far this season. It
has been expected that there would
be a slight increase in production be—
cause of the usual fall freshenin-g of
00st but the influence of that factor
is not as yet being felt A few cars
of fresh Canadian butter are being re-
ceived weekly. Held buter is mov-
ing freely, better than 1% million

pounds of such butter being taken -

from storage each week Stocks that
were purchased by exporters some
time ago are being shipped in consid-
erable quantities regularly Centrah
ized butter is dragging 66 1-2c being
about‘the highest price paid for good
00 score quality. Held butter selling

rice about 8540 under that of
fresh tter Prefailing prices today
are as follows: Extras, 73 to 73%c'
higher scoring than extras, 74 to 74
firsts, (90-91 score), 66% to 720; firsts
(88-89 score), 62% to 65c; and, sec-
ends, 57 to 61c

The creamery which receives the
highest price for its butter "is the one.

1011 has seen the tendency of the

es and has educated its patrons to“

the value of high" quality production.

 

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Manufactulers used about 69. 000, -
000 pounds of wool. grease equiva-
lent in October, 1919,12he greatest

  

 

,.1 lap on the wool tex-

ty was taxed by
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men in any one am.

Stothe

     
  

urated- The heavy consumption of

one wool reflects the great demand

for the filler qualities or wool which

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has been so pronounced during the -
j last six months, say the Bureau of
. Markets? medalistsl

Massachusetts still holds- the lead

3 we: music 130 pounds of all kinds.

classes. and conditions... followed by
Pennsylvania, 8,979,814 pounds;
the'lsland'. 6,980,621 pounds; New
Jersey. {#738,814 pounds and New
York, New Hampshire, Connecticut:
Ohio and Maine in the order men-s
tioned.

The total amounts used; by eondi-e

1,949,601 pounds.

Detailed, monthly wool consum‘pe
tion reports will be‘sent to anyone
addressing a request to the Bureau
of Markets, United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Washington,D .

date of issue.

, per ‘ , carpet and 1 per cent. grade
:._ not stated. More fine wool Was used
. 1111 October than in any month since

the monthly wool reports were inaug-

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MAIL LIST REVISION

E ARE anxious that every subscriber to M. B. F. should
W receive his or her paper on or before the Saturday of
. To accomplish

reader of receiving every copy mailed we are revising our en-
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$10 0 4butchering 'bulls.
mon, $6 to 37; best feed7
$11; medium feeders. $8. 50 to $9. 50;
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of November, 1920.

you have to make—-

tely.

The date shown‘follo'wing your name in the first line is
the month to which your subscription is paid in full, in the
above example, the subscription would expire with the month
Following the address in the second line,
‘is the date when your subscription was received. this is our
key by which we can look up your original order and remit-
tance at any time, should a question regarding it arise.

IS YOUR NAME ON OUR LIST CORRECTLY NOW?

Look at the label on the front cover of this copy,’ is your
name, address and date of expiration correct? Are you re-
ceiving more than one, copy or is there any other complaint

—please write us, clipping the labels referred to in your
letter, so we can look them up and make corrections immedi-

IF THE LETTER (G) OR ANY DATE BEFORE (JAN.
20) APPEARS ON THE LABEL FOLLOWING YOUR NAlVIE,
PLEASE RENEW AT ONCE. WE WILL THEN PUT YOUR
NKDIE IN TYPE AS SHOWN ABOVE AND GUARANTEE
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BOSTON WOOL QUOTATIONS

Michigan and New York fleeces
are quoted in Boston as follows:
Fine unwashed, 64@65; De'laine un-
washed, 80@83; 1-2 blood un-
washed, 78@80; 8- 8 blood unwash-
ed, 66and 67, 1- 4 blood unwashed, 65
@66;1-,2 3-8,1-4 clothing, 55@
57; common and braid. 41@42.

PRODUCE MARKET HEELESS
‘ Slight changes have occurred in
the produce markets in the current
week, little action being noted on
the part of sellers'or buyers. In Do-
troit fresh butter and eggs are
scarce and in good demand, and the
trade is obliged to out deeply into
the stored product. There is not
muchrdoing in the apple line nor in
any other line of fruit. Good cran-
berries in Detroit, are bought at
$10.50 per bbl.

“APPLES. spies, top at $3. 50 per.

bun Baldwins, $2. 75; Gfreeningls,

was 15: Cork imperials,’ $2.75: No. 2
fruit brings“ $1.26 @150 per bu.

CELERY, Kalamazoo. brings 50
,@60c per bunch. ) ~'
, 120 per lb.‘

POPOORN,
whats» comb, 82@85e

I,MIIfiNEY.
ONIONS. $530038 per 100 1b.

sack.

 
    
 

$1.5 ' bushel.
._ I'H beit,17@190
5 181:

1.25;
' light weight, good and choice, $12.41:

CABBAGE, home grown. $1. 250-.

‘ mind the question whether he can do
’ this best 11

$14.75; pigs. $14.25 to $14. 50. Sheep and
lambq: market h 1er: tor;1 lambs, $16;
yearlings, $11 to ' wect lera, $9. 50 to
$10: ewes, $8 to 125.0 Claves: market
strong; tops, $22 , grass calves, $5 to
AGO Dec. 3.—«Hogs: Estimatsesd
tomorrow, 70, 000; 50 to 650 higher; clos-

ed weak, bulk $14.10 to 14. 50; top,
$14. 60, has. , $.1410 to 14. medium.
$14.15 'to $1.60' light. 3 $1.410 Ste :14. so;
light lights, $11.50

packing sows, smooth.to .
packing sows, rou $12.75 to $13.50;
pigq, $13 2to $13. 75. attic: estimated to-
morrow, 5,000; unsettled; beef steers
medium and heav 1weight, choice and
‘glri'meS,t $18. 75 to $1.1nedlum and

to $18. 65; common, $9

2.25; common and medium.
1 15 butcheléom (attics heifers
15: cows. canner
cutters $5. 50 to $6.5013ve211 calves
to$16751feedersteer's,$7to tol$3zst
steers, $16 to $11: western range s
.t500$15.25; cowsmandtheifers,$ .
$12. 75. Sheep:
000; strong; am}: 513. 751 ’100315 5.53 I
on s and common :h-ikmei'to
medium, good and $9:
culls and common, 5”. 75 to "$7. 20:5 breed-
ing, $6. 75 to $11.5.2

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGG PRICES
DET R,OIT Dec. 3.-—Butter: Fresh
creamery. 64 to 641- 2c; fresh, cream-
in 1- lb. bricks. 64 to 68 1- 20 per lb.
ggs—Fresh eggs, 72 to 90 0c per doz.,
according to qualIa' ?7; storage eggs, ac~.
equality, 8-4 to 510 per dog.

AGRICULTURAL PROFITS VB.

 

MANUFACTURING PROFITS '

(annulled from page 2)
made more money than-any of the
rest of them. He has done it, not by
putting the price as high as possible.

but by putting it as low as possible.’

I t 11!: that any manufacturer who
wan to make more money would
do well to consider with an open

raistng prices or by

 

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no value in solving the price

‘ing transportation rates, the method

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er and how much steel, for e
is necessary to make 5‘. plow
and man power can then be trans
ed into money at its current val
Cost of distribution. overhead and
other factors can be added, and ‘
estimate of the price at which til
farmer should get his plow, allow-
ing a reasonable profit to all 00115
earned in the work of producing and
distributing it.

“In its efforts to reduce the cost
of foodstuffs the government is try-
ing to learn costs of production, and .
to allow reasonable profits. In fix-

      
   
   
  
   
     
 
  
 
 
 
    
 
 
 

   
 
  
   
 
 
    
 
  
   

 
  
     

is the same—to learn the actual cost
based on physical valuation, and then. ‘
add a fair profit.

“The principle is rapidly being es-
tablished that the consumer has I
right to every commodity at a price
which bears a fixed and fair relation
to the cost of producing it. In my -
opinion, that principle must be ap-
plied to manufacturing for the hen-1 I
efit of both manufacturer and con-J.
sumer. The consumer should know
what the fair price for a bar of soap ,
or a typewriter is just as he- now“! '
knows that 11 cents a pound is 3
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PURPOSE BREEDS, CLAIMI

(Continued from page 5) .
years, and our conclusion is that good ,
calves can be raised with compare. I
tively little milk and put in good
flesh for market inside of one year, I
by keeping the calf confined in I
pen by itself and giving it a. mini '
ration of grain and bay.

The calf at an early age doesn
have the digestive fluids recess
to convert starch into sugar, than“); _
starchy feeds must be avoided in the
beginning, though not entirely ex-
cluded, as the secretion of starch
transforming fluids is hastened b7 ’ .
the accessability of these starchy
feeds, such as corn and oats, from
the beginning, without forcing the
calf to eat them as a steady, regular .
cans.
indigestion and possible stunting of
the young thing for its entire life.

Parched meal. like toasted bread,
is easily digested by the calf because
the parching converts the starch part.-
icles into sugar (grape sugar.) 02
meal contains very little starch an ,
also supplies the protein necessary
A New York dairyman to whom I
once suggested using parch meal.
told me that he was getting very go
results with the use of Blackstrap
Molasses. Feeding molasses is com-
paratively cheap this season on 8/0-
count of prohibition which threw the
distillery molasses on the market. -

‘I am using molasses this winter
because of its cheapness and becauso >
I have a short hay crop and by
sprinkling a solution of molasses and
water on my wheat and rye straw. I
can make it more palatable, moro
nutritive and the molasses also at
in digestion and prevents impacti
which I must guard against in the
use of coarse, fiberous feed.

The molasses I get comes ding ,5
from the Southern cane mills fr '
fresh.
wholesome food for man or boast.
may be used for making molasses
cakes after the old fashioned recipes.
but it is not as nice for table use 8!
some of the later glucose mixtures.

BETTER SEED FOR

MICE. POTATO Gm

(Continued from page 8) 7’
prove one of the most helpful m
of work along production line: '11“-
has been undertaken. Gram 1
coming to realize as they m
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cessful marketing. They also
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acre‘ as a rule mean: high om
production and that high yield
acre, 10wer cost of prod, ..

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$15,810.

rich creek bottom A-l corn
big RR. town, only 17 miles
000. 110 acres for the plow
tility; abundantly watered,

fruit.

Highest quality and lowest

Bargains 23 States-
STROUT FARM AGENCY,
Ford, Bldg, Detroit.

186 A. HIGH-GRADE CORN
Unusually good stock farm, all
natural blue grass land, about 70 acres

blue grass pasture for 50 head;
9-room house. painted barns.

cribes this bargain at $15,810,
tails page 73 Strout's Fall Catalog Farm
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W'ANTED—Smoll quantity of buck-
soil Near wheat honey. Please state price. Ad-
citv'of 90_ dress_Box A, cure Michigan Business
full of fer- Farming, Mt. Clemens, Mich.-
well-fenced

Hugh BARGAINS IN SILVERWARE. CBOM-
ic do: well pattern 1847 Rogers Bros. Tea-
Jugs De- spoons post paid at $2.32 per set of six.

We do watch repairing. Clare Jewelry
00., Lock box 535, Clare, Mich.

814 B.

 

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from Bad Axe.
up-to-date farms
sale. Must be sold by Dec.
close 11 estate.

One of the few' large
in good location,

James Morrison, guar-
dian, ly, Mich., R. F. D.‘ No.- 1.

Splendid pay and expenses; travel if de-

FARM BARGAIN—240 ACRES GOOD aired; unlimited advancement. No age
clay land. 150 acres cleared. New 11- limit. Three months' home study_ Situ-
room house, large barn With basementi ation arranged. Prepare for rmanent

. sheep barn, water piped to house an osition. Write for booklet 88 M. 62.
. barn. 0n stae reward road, 5 1-2 miles tandard Business Training Institute,

Buffalo, N. Y.
for _

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FARMS FOR SALE—BIG

Jame, location of farm, descr

  

  
  

,_Donducted for our members.
ROUBE ASS’N, Land Dept...
Woodward Ave. .

fer-ms for .sale by the owners, giving his

and tonne. Strictly mutual and co-oper-
um between the buyer and seller and

ml or IsYour Farm for Sale?

Write out a plain description and fig-
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
of selling a farm in Michigan and ‘you

iptlon, price

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your form, send in your ad today. Don't
commissions. “you wont to cell or trade
Just‘tulk about it. Our Business Farming
Formere'. Exchange gets results. Address
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all complain or requests for information.»

, .A—Doé‘e the townah

_,highwayn com-
missioner have authori fi-to appo

t .ov-

be elected at town meeting? '(b)——-C_an
the - highway commissioner or overseer
dig'a ditch in front of your house “to
change- the ater course down along the
highway 3 d. remove a. culvert across
highway that has been in there

of mg house to my damage? , (tn—can
the , igfiway ' commissioner furnl oe-
mcnt pipe or other material to on g p191-

—Can the hi hwa.
grocer -move irt , ,
my place down the .- ghway and ‘put it

conunlssionei- 0: cv-

place of removal?-—C..

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be eiected. In case of vacancy for, any
cause the Highway Commissioner '31)-
points to fill the vacancy. (b) I think
the Highway Commissioner has;a. thor-
ity to dig the ditch to remove the igh-
wayand to remove the culvert if it, does
not stop the natural flow of the water.
or, if it is not'taken care of with.the new
ditch. He would not have authority'to
dig a ditch and throw‘ the water upon
another's premises. He must “provide
for its care, He can not dig the ditch
except for the improvement of the right
of way. It the digging of the ditch was
lawful and proper for the commissioner
to do then the fact that the ditch is an
inconvenience to you and a. damage in
the sense it is such a.\ damage that you
can not recover for. If, however, the
damage is from the water in an unusual
quantity or manner then he is liable for
the damage. (0) I think it would .be
in the discretion of the Commissioner to
furnish the title if it was for the protec-
tion of the highway. Otherwise from
that reason the adjacent owner provides
his own egress and ingress. (d) The
Commissioner may take material within
the boundary of the highway for im-
provements except that he shall not take
within eight feet of the sides unless
necessary to maintain grades. He could
use it only for the improvement of the
highway and not for private purposes.
—W. E. Brown, legal editor. ‘

 

FORCING A ROAD OPEN
I am thinking of purchasing a. farm
lying on Pa section and town line. About
1-2 mile of road is unopened this beln‘r
my nearest way to market, about one
mile as it is. I have to make a detour
of 2 1-2 miles to -reach town.’ There is
a. river, swamp and railway on this half
mile, which they object to crossing, I
understand. All three are quite easily
crossed. ‘Can I force them to .open the
road? If so, what would be the neces-
sary steps? Do both townships stand
half the expense? I would like to know
before purchasing this land if I can get

road open—F. H., Clare County.

The methods of procedure are given in
C. T. .1915. sections 4288 and following.
The first step is a petition of seven or
more freehoidors addressed to the com-
mlssioner of either township. The com-
missioner to whom addressed mint not-
ify the commissioner of the arlinining
township and they jointly fix plnce of
meeting as described in section 4207. if
the commissioners refuse to lay out an
appeal may he made to the» joint boards

and if they refuse and a. sufl‘icient
amount is at smite a further appeal to
the circuit court may be made. Appeal

is the only compulsion that can be ex-
ercised.~—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

LA“? GOVERNING RENTAL

What is the law governing the rental
of {arms and allowance for use of land?
If a. dispute between owner and tnnant,
how best settled—M. E. C., Sanilac
County.

The law governing the rentals of
farms and allowance for the use of land
is the general law of contracts and ap-
plicable to real estate. “’hatever con-

tract the landlord and tenant make is
binding upon both parties if lawfully
made. The law does not undertake to

say what. shall be paid for the use of
land where parties agree upon the price.
It is only where the parties do not agree
upon the price that the “law" steps in
and says the tenant shall pay to the
landlord what it is reasonably worth.
This is a. uestlon of fact and the jury
would deci e what it was reasonably
worth. If a dispute arise between land-
lord and tenant it is my opinion that it
can be best settled by arbitration. Three
ood neighbors can do better in their in-
ormal way than can be accomplished by
litigation—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

TITLE EXTENDS T0 LOW WATER
What are my rights in regard to the
beach? I have 160 acres along the lake
shore, and every year I,am annoyed by
hunters who pay no attention to signs
and say I can not keep them off the
beach, as I can only claim to high water
mark—J. W., Huron County.

It has been held by the courts “that
the owner of land bordering on the
Great Lakes. took title to ow water
mark only and that be had no owner-
ship ‘in land covered by shallow waters
of the lake.”——~W. E. Brown, legal editor.

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MIGHT GET DAMAGES

The city of M built an electric
dam en Cedar Creek which overflows

 

 

me anywhere near what same is worth.
Is there any way that I can make them
take the water off from my form or on g

I make them remove grime-Idem?

 

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’ der~~. ,

Olmlno...‘noputm-nt m; farms” awry .
aware or noon commssxorm'ns" "

erseers of road districts or" should 1 they . . -

yam. putting water down ditch in front’ ,

vote crossing to any farmer's’place? (6)), '~
ditchvin front ,of -

on private propertyrvtwege rods from the .

Overseers of the highway are“ to '

part of my term and the city won’t pay ',

 
 

      
 

  

moon? to
g mowing» . , . ,
.ihaiconstmcuéeapr. .2-

of. moneymeibe" aw £1 wt‘rgcti '
that would be‘wm‘thi . _ din,
order “of‘rabatemw‘t. 1 ‘wev'er,’ , ' ae-
eeesed’ t _ damages-for the overflow of
the lande compelled .:g,1jex.bufld‘er.. 0!
the dam to paylt and-awe fixed the high-r

est point at which the owner of-th'e dam
could maintain” the water. I-rtliink»it wal
fooddaw. There are, however, so many
hint? that may vary the rule-that it. ll
not est to rely upon so «short, a state-
ment of facts as you

cases. in which the cour
ed parties from ever-flowing the

ve.‘ There are

after a full and careful ’ statement .of
facts—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

WHAT Is A LAWFU‘L FENCE? ,

There are 80 rods of fence, my half
40 rods being the east undue. neighbors
to'rods being the ‘west. Hie-fence la in
bad shape. ' The posts are heaved from
one to two feet out of the ground. and
my sheep get'under the fence andeon
his wheat. I have taken my sheep out.
but he Will not repair his,fence and says
it; I‘d’pes not have to fence for sheep.—

 

A lawful fence is one that is “four and.
one-half feet and in good repair." From
tnc dunnption given I would be of she
opunon that the fence “was not in good
repair." “He is obliged to fence against
sheep and should your sheep enter” his
premises through his part of the "fence.
by reason of its defective condition, then
he can recover no damages by reason of
what damage your sheep do.——W.~ E.
Brown. legal editor.

 

GOVERNMENT LAND SURVEYS

Is there another description of land
in the United States the same as the fol-
lowmg: The . W. 1-4 of Section 19.
Town 35, North of Range 2, East?
know the_Supreme Court has rendered a
declsl_on_‘ 1n the .matter. It states the
discrrption is .incomplete because tho
county and state is not mentioned. Now
what I really want to know is , is there
another town and range of the same
number in the U. S.?—J. R. " .

. So far as I know every state is sur-
veyed onuthe same plan as Michigan With
a base line and a. meridian line. 1 do
not: have any authority at hand from
which to determine. I think that if you
wrote your congressman, Hon. Frank D.
Scott, Washington, D. 0.. he would as-
certain from _the government surveys
whether any other state had such a.
description—W E. Brown, legal editor.

 

. LAND RENTER’B RIGHTS

If A rents a. farm from B, money rent.
and pays rent in advance, andlB sells his
farm, can. he compell A to sel his crops
to B or can A work the farm until his
term is up?-—F. . _

If the owner of the farm dld'not re-
serve the right to cancel the lease upon
sale of the farm then the renter can hold
the farm until the expiration r.'. his
time. “The owner of the farm can not
compel the renter to sell his crops nor
can he take possession until the expira-
tion of the lease unless he reserves surh
power when be rented the farm.—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.

 

PETITIONING FOR A DRAIN

When a drain is petitioned for, to be
deepened and widem‘d and survey and
profile made accordingly. can -tbe con.-
trnct be let for a partly new ditch. and
what can be done about it?——~Subscriblr.

Generally. a. drain commissioner would
nnt‘have authority to construct a new
drum on a petition to deepen and widen
an old one. but there are circumstances
under which he might be justified and
have authority to arrange to make part
of the drain “new." The statement of
facts are not complete enough to war-
rant a more definite opinion—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.‘ ,

 

WHEN THE LAKE DRIED UP

A piece of property on lake shore (a
small inland lake) read: “beginning at
a point on see. line at high water mark
on east side of R Lake, thence east
about 400 ft., thence north 100 ft, thence
west tohlgh water mark of R Lake.
thence south to place of beginning. Now~
the question is if the lake recedes (as i
has) can the owner of abbve describ
lot go to the water?—-—W. S.

It is my opinion that our bounda
goes to the lake whethery the water 1i;
the lake raises or falls—W. E. Brown.
legal editor. .

 

GETTING PUREBREDPS PEDIDGBE]!
I bought a. young, Holstein bull and
have got only the certificate of registra-
tion and would like to have a tabulated
pedigree but don't understand just what‘
for do to obttgln tlfiem. Will you 1pleaee
n orm me roug ur :- w at to
do?—--A. D._(_}. yo pape .
We suggest that you write, first to the
party who soldl‘you. the bull. .
. isfaction is obtained write to D. D. Alt-
ken, president Holstein-Fries!“ Aeso-
cElgittlon of America,‘ Flint, Mich—The
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, him “Confirm adamam

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trial meet. don't seem to afloat the
terms: in any although they
have mm reason.
city laborers. .

aseoon
H. 0. Ir. Wouldn't bother him: at 'alL—L
The tollowing prices were of-v

dared at Elk .Ra‘pids: —Wheat 32, ca;

corn, $1. 40; cats, 80.; rye, $1.15: hay,.

hens. 15 to 18; spa-tuners, .118 butter if.
55 ; butterfat, 71; eggs, 55;. sheep,
8Ilambs, 12 to 14; hosts. 12 to 13;

beef steers, 6; beef cows, 5; veal-
calves, 13to t018‘; hides, 25'
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GENESSEE. (8)—We are having
colder weather now and the ground is-
slightly frozen and covered with a
thin layer of snow. Farmers have
been husk'ing corn, -plowing, thresh-
ing beans and clover-seed, and doing
some team work. Most farmers
have their work nearly finished and
are getting ready for winter weather.
Quite a lot of fal plowing has already
been done and considerable more will
be done if the weathher permits.

, Wheat and rye are looking good in

I

most instances. Auction sales are
My plentiful and prices are working
lower, Farmers will be “solid" in
support of the farmer candidate for

governor. Prices offered at Flint
are: Wheat, white,$211; red $2.13:
com.- 31. 50; cats, 780.; rye, $1. 20

hay
o.1 gtimoth'y, $22. 00 and $25. 00' Noi
mixed, 2000 and $22.00; lieans,
O. ..P Pea $6. 25; red kidney, $11;
otatoes, $1.65 and $1.75; onions, $4 to
5;- cabb‘age, $2.00 per bbl.;. cucum-
rs, $2. 00 per bu... hens, 20 and 210.;
springers, 210.; geese, 18 and 220.;
creamery butter, 68 and 700., ° dairy,
60 and 65c; eggs, 680., ' sheep, $7 and
$8; lambs, $10 and $11; hogs, $14.50
and $15.00; beef steers, $9 and $10;
beef cows, $6 and $7; apples, $1.75
and $2.50.——C. S.-
-—-v-—-4
INGHAM (C)—At present we have
this weather. Men are plowing and
finishing up fall work. A good de'al
of poultry of all kinds is going to
market at good prices, but the farmer
is hit hard on the price of hogs, to
corn fed is worth more than the hog
will bring in same cases. Pork and
beans, the farmers' money crop, is
away off. Some are looking for tim-
ber for fire-wood as coal is hard to get
and high in price. The following pri-
ces were offered at Mason: Wheat,
$2.02 to $2.10; oats, 650.; rye, $1.30;
hay, No. 1 timothy, $18; No. 1 light
mixed, $18.00; wheat-oat straw, $8.00;
beans (0. H. P. Pea) $6.00; potatoes,
$1.25; cabbage, $1.50 cwt.; hens, 260.;
springers, 280.; turkeys, 28 to 30c.;
butter, 550.; butterfat, 64c; eggs, 620;
sheep, $3 to ygolambs, 14c.; hogs, 130;
Beef steers, 120.; beef‘cows, 5 to
8a.; veal caIVes, 160.; wool, 550.; ap-
ples, $2.00.—C. I. M. -

MONTCALM (NF—Most of the far-

mers are plowing and stumping: Some y

are hauling in potatoes as fast‘as they
.can to get rid of them. It seems that
the most of the time there are sales,

, from one to three a day, and the farm-

are are changing lands, some selling
and others renting and moving to
town. some are changing horses for
cows, here is a lot of good roads be-
ing built and men and teams are Work-
ing for $4. 00 a day and board to get
their teams wintered. The following
prices are

~ Wheat, $2. 25; com, 650., ' odats, 800., '

  

hay, No.1 timothy, $25. 09; No. 1 light

mixed, $20. 00; rye straw,$11:00; wheat

oat, $16 .00; beans (C. H. P. Pea) $6,

red kidney. :69 90;. potatoes. $2 30 em:
onions, ’2. 00;

cabbage, $10. 00; cu-
hens, 20c.' , .
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be.- sc than...the -
I: the. city... laborer:

wasas industrious as. the. arm.-
farmer. worked. as Ian; hours and'
in ovary way, old;

86: potatoes. ”3

' straw, $10;

offered at Lakeviewz’

Seonritles Commission—aha
~~-.who told you that the state recom-

ing auction asleep The. weather is

. unsettled, rainingas soon as it so

warm enough. to, than turning 001
and snowhig.

raised. in price; a" little. Beans are

shaming. ems. My neighbor had » ‘
Horses-

an anaidom: sale.yest yesterday. .
sold; drum $106. to $125, the best.
prices than head: of this fall Cows
went: from: $6M to $60: corn in crib
sold: (or 69 cents a: bushel; The hol-

“lowing prices were adored: at Bear. .

Laiasz'; Wheat; $1.95;
oats. 90c; r1ye, $1.15:
$85; No.11ig-hi: mixed, $32; rye
Pwisest—oat straw. $12:
bean (C. H. P.Pea*) $5. 40 cwt.; red
kidney, $10 50 cwt.; potatoes, $2
cwt.; hens, 18c; springers, *180;
butter. 60c; butterfat, 710; eggs,
560: hogs, 130; beef steers, 60: best
cows, 50; yea] calves 120.—C. H. S.
‘—-——4

SAGINAW (W)—We have had a
nice fall for doing farm work. There
is some corn yet. It is being husk-
ed. with the huskers. There is a lot
of fall plowing done and the weath-
er has been fine for the work. The
Winter wheat is looking fine. —G. L.

, corn, $1. 60;

MANISTEE (N)——Farmers have . ,
,-thair farm- work about done up.:

Some plowing in that: spells 80m. .
arena-inns corn and some? are hold-‘

Some 0! the miners .,
are selling potatoes, as they have.

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LAPEER, ( S E. )—Most farmers
have their fall work and a goodly
lot of tall plowing done. Corn about
all taken care of. Some fields husked
as much as 100 bu. to the acre and
were nice and hard. Lots of steers
going to be fed this winter, and quite
a number 01 lambs. Some hogs mov-
ing and some stock. Auction sales
nearly every day and going good as a
rule Cows selling good from $75 to
$125 as a rule. Horses are cheap;
other stock selling good—C. A. B.

CALHOUN, (N.
not doing much but chores.

 

W.-)—Farmers are
We had

 

Investments, Wise and Otherwise

 

 

HABBOUN STOCK
Friend Slocum—«I have a chance to se-
cure some Harroun Motor Stock at
V? lcwp cow Would you advise me
it? — 5.. Bellaire, Mich oh.

I would not advise you on the pun
chase of any stock. You buy, you take
a chance—if you win you are happy
aren't you? if you lose, I don't Want
you to cuss me. But on the stock mom
tioned I would say that this stock
would have to be very cheap to at-
tract a buyer. The company did con-
siderable war work, Uncle Sam owes
them on this contract we understand,
but as a going concern manufacturing
automobiles, nothing doing as an in-
vestment.

 

MICHIGAN INVESTMENT COMPANY

Friend Slocum—Will you kindly ad-
vise me if you think an invest-
ment in the Michigan Investment Com-
pany would be safe. They are offering
common stock, with a. present of a very
liberal amount of preferred. —0. J.,
Brighton, Mich.

You did not give me the address of
this compan . There are several hun-
dred companies with headquarters in
Detroit now "beating the bushes"
throughout Michigan for farmers who
have a little money in the bank. Per-
sonally I don’t like the idea of soil-
ing stock worth 100 cents on the d01-
lar and then throwing in some pre-
ferred stock for full measure. Send
along a circular from the Michigan
Investment Company.

-—a—-—d

SECURITIES COMMISSION BECOM-
NDS N0 STOCK

Mr. Slocum—Agents are selling stock
in the Kirby Investment Company ' in
this vicinit. and their a ents state that
this stock 5 recommende by the Michi-
gan Securities Commission. Has the
state nflrogedConk this stock as an invest-
ment nkiln, Mich.

The Securities Commission of this
state knows nothing about the real
value of any stock as an investment.
In fact this commission merely has
the authority to see that stocks of-
fered for/sale conform to certain reg-
ulations—in other words they start
the race fair; but after the stock
salesmen are let loose, and finally af-
ter the stock has been sold, they are

.out of the game, and you take your

chances with the fe110ws who own a
majority of the stock. I know noth-
ing about the Kirby Investment Com-
pany, and can give you no further in-
formation uniess you give me their
address—however, don’t put the least
dependence in the fact that the sale
of any stock has the approval of the
fellow

, a Wider-scope for’doing business.

Mr. Slocum—I have been correspond-

ing wit in. 1:11meth that make moving
p ioture and ey have Jte infom-
In; that nhav' been seleote totake
Edna, thrftth called 'Determina-
om' Willi“?

expens 3n pl acet w ere the ii
are to and return, but that
must ta 0 "etc mg. the 001211)“ka

tyafive per share—bet to
can tiring”t play. I woul like
to get in mmovies and not

0 mone tP ease tell me you thin
this is al right—Lillian B. McL, Cal-
houn County.

I trust, Lillian, that you will have
a sufficient amount of “determina-
tion" to turn down this offer. That
film company is after your $125, and
if you send it to them there isn't one
chance in a hundred, thatsyou will
ever hear from them again. If you
will send me the correspondence you
have received from this firm we will
get after them through the postofflce
department. There are thousands of
young ladies anxious to get into the
movies, but very, very few, however,
succeed If you have talent as a movie
actress. some day you will have op-
portunity to give it a trial; but don’t
send a dollar to the fake concerns
which agree to make screen artists
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UNION MORTGAGE COMPANY
Mr. Slocum—Will youn lease advise

us in regard to the Mort

Company of Detroit. Their agen is
selling stock here at $125 per share
which is guaranteed to pay er

and with each slim you deco
y per cent common stock. 61 5
per share. You are asked to pay

per cent down: and the bfilnng‘m‘zy
I

fionthly payments—-
Ch.

We have received many inquiries,
asking about stock in the Uniou Mort-
gage Company, and this leads me to
think that their salesmen are busy
throughout certain portions of the
state. The Union Mortgage Company
of Detroit, is organized under the
laws of the state of Delaware. Capi-
talization $10,000,000; six million of
which is 7 per cent cumulative, par-
ticipating and four million common.

‘ ifs. f ‘;f ’ “
are holding notifies fer mare no:

 

down.

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BAY. (s. n. )-—-'l‘he fall weather has?
been though quite ceid lately.
.. Farms have not been loaflng‘ 0n. the

beets mostly all dehydr-
as}... to the one and loading up new.

farmer
mines are mill is. Some are loading

The roads have been good latey

mthreshing beans, shred-

corn and. plowing. Not much

Who market. Some farm-

wwg'am from home and

pay. Some selling out.

except horses;—— . C. A.
i—P-F-O

SANILAO, (8.116.)—Magy tangle?
not throudh mm! one as s
have to be 613mm Ray, oats, barley

Sales "to

5

and. Not much
ultrym a 5m them country after

The company buys, sells and other-‘-

wise deals in mortgages, land con-
tracts, etc., secured by Detroit 3111!!
proved real- estate. My report on the
personnel of the officers is as follows:

“Representative business men of De-
troit are on the board of directors; I
know nothing (if the figures and Oper-
ations of the co pany. " So. .far Ihave
been" unable to earn why this c«m-
,pan’y is organized under the laws 'of
another state; no doubt, however, but
what the laws of Delaware-give them

ready for winter.

m. Some cattle and horses
are moving; milch cows selling high.
Weatheris changeable, freedng and

wing, followed by a heavy rain
in the southeast which is expected
to turn into snow.—-—N.. J. .Mc.

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CHIPPEWA, (N)—The ground
here is n'ozen hard and there is al-
most enough snow. for sleighing.
Many farmers who can get away are
going to the woods now. Others are
jabbing in a small way as prices of
timber are high, Sales are not as
frequent and prices are down. Best
hay now selling for $24.5 and some
farmers are holding for 'h gher price.
Lots of hunters here this fall from
lower Michigan, sometimes shooting
at one another, and sometimu taking
a crack at a native. The following
prices were paid at Brimley: —0a
80; hey, No. 1 timothy, $24.50; No
light mixed, $23; wheat-oat. $12; 50-
tatoes, $1. 50 bu.; hens, 20; spri
22; turkeys, 25; butter, 55; b tern
fat. 70; eggs, 60; hogs, $19.

5--—-—4

OHARLEVOIX, S. W. —Farmers
are hauling wood and getting
for winter. Soil is full of water. .
eswing about all done. Not mu.

ng sold now except at auction. 30.
Moore and Chas. Murphy are both
building houses this fall. Quite a

was

number of farmers started with a few ‘

registered cattle this year, mo
short horns, Guernseys and H0
stains. !
hb—q

LIVINGSTON (N. W.) ~Everyone'
busy getting ready for winter. Cold,
cloudy and damp weather. Ground
frozen hard and covered with snow.
Farmers are marketing their hay and
holding their beans Howell towns
ship voted on bonding the county for
good roads two to one against. Prices
as follows at Howell. Wheat, $2.13;
corn, $1. 30; cats, 650.; rye, $1. 30;
hay, No. 1 timothy, $18.00; No 1 light
mixed, $18. 00 , rye straw, $5.00; wheat-
oat straw, $5. 00; beans, (0. H. P. Pea)
$6. 00 per owt.; potatoes, $1. 25; hens,
17s.; springers, 210.; turkeys, 300.;
butter, 620.; butterfat, 65 to 670.;
eggs, 700.; hogs, live, 130.; dressed,

180., ° beef steers, 120.; beef cows, 9c.; -

veal calves, 17c. ., wool, 50 to 600(—
G. H. W.

TUSCOLA (C)——Farmers are all
There is a little
coin out yet, but they are pulling it
to the barn to husk later. Beans are
a bigger crop than we looked for;
some going 80 bushels per acre.
Groun is frozen too hard to plow.
Lots of farmers are working at the
Caro sugar factory. Not much going
to market now but beans. Lot of
sales now. Cows bring a good price
but hogs have taken quite a fall.

p.___

, GRATIOT, (E.)——Cold wave with a
little snow here.

It makes beet pull-

ing a little out of order.- Corn husk-

ing and hauling cloverare the order
Of the day. Most of the farmers art'- '
' Lots oil

auction sales this fall from 12 to 16,5"
every week, and everything selling ,

shipping their own stock.

well except hoi'ses. —-J. W. The- fol-
lowing prices were paid at Ithaca»-
Wneat, spring, $2. 20; winter,

   
 

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tatoes, £125; hens, 18, swingers, fr __ f

ducks, 24, geese, 22; turkeys,
butter 55; ”buttertat, 70; eggs?
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' Dollie’s

. Massachusetts,

The more ' ‘

~ ively.

804'

Just one phase of

that, Eminent’s Bess. 209719, of W.
S. Prickett, Sidnaw, Mich, became

. world’ s chempidn Jersey in 1913.

More "than'twenty years ago- the
world greeted the first world’s cham-
pion Jersey. On February 24, 1899,
Valentine completed her
year’s test with 10. 218 pounds milk
and 578 pounds butterfat, which was
the best ofiiCial record ever made by
a Jersey up to that time.

During the twenty years that have
passed since Dollie’ s Valentine record
was made, eleven other Jersey cows
have been acclaimed “World’s Cham-
pion Jerseys” on the strength of
their production records. Some of
thecows were fOrtunate enough to
be able to hold their titles for a
number of years. Others .were dis-
placed within a few months. The
longest any Jersey ever held the
world’s champion record was five
years and, eleven months. Dollie’s
Valentine completed her record in
February, 1899, and it was 'not until
January 1905 that her record was
paSsed.

Eight states can claim the honor

;of having been the home of World’s

Champion Jerseys- They are Maine,
Illinois, . Colorado,
Oregon New Hampshire
Two of these states.
Oregon, have

Kentucy.
and Michigan.
Massachusetts and

each been represented no less than .

three times. Two Jersey breedres,
Est. of W. S. Ladd. Portland, Ore.,
and C. I.;H,ood;, Lowell, Mass, have
each been the owners of two world’s
champions.

~ do So.

~ more intelligently.

Holstelns that her splendid. ..

.5. Jersey record is not always as‘
.--wi‘doly known.
‘ Michigan’s Jersey histmy is the fact '

lie’s‘ Valentine Vivefs recOrd‘ of
1031 pounds 'of fat is 'almost 100 per
cent increase over the one made by

the first champion. Twenty years ago '
. 578 pounds fat in 365 days was the

best ofllclal record ever produced.
New in 1919, records equal to that
are being reported to the Register of
Merit department daily.

What the record will be twenty
years from-"now time only can tell.
With the. increased knowledge of
scientific feeding'and breeding, there
seems to. be no limit to the. possiblli-'
ties. The more cows that are tested,
the more likelihood there is that
world's champion Jerseys will be de-
veloped with \greater frequency and
higher records made. There: may be

other Jerseys in the country who are

producing or who-can produce‘more
that 1031 pounds fat in one year, but
there. is no proof of their ‘abiil-ty to
- Theyhave not been given the

opportunity to . make a. name 1r

» themselves and their oWners because

they have never been ofllc‘lally'tested.

More testing opens the gateway
for more scientific breeding and-feed-
ing. , . If figures are available ‘ that

-prove that a certain cow iota good

producer;s’he can be bred 'and fed
This will result;
in higher-producing Jerseys,

the country
A list of the twelve world’ s cham-
pion Jerseys with their owners . and

' records, is given below.
‘ Present world’s champion Jersey—_

Vive La France 319616, Pickard

‘ ' prose ..
champion. Vpive La France ever Dbl-7w

more I '
. record- breaking Jerseys, and will in-
" crease the value of every Jersey in

Sephies Agnes, 296759;
Stack Farm, Banger Me. 16, 212.8

lbs. milk, 1909. 00 lbs. fat. clash AA,

New 30,1913 (3301311151 19111 of Hood
Farm 189748, I. Hood, Lowell,

‘MaSs, 17 557 lbs. inilk. 999.1 lbs. tat,

class A, Jan. 20,1914, Emlnent’s
Bess, 209719. W. S. Prickett, Sidnaw,
Mich, 18728. 9 lbs. milk, 962. 8 lbs.

fat, class A, Sept. 11, 191:3 Jacobo l.

Irene, 146, 443, A. 0. Anton, Jersey-—
ville, 111.. 17, 253.2 lbs. milk, 952.9

“lbs. lat,.classA, Jan.24, 1909; Ade-

Past. world’s champion Jerseys—— A
Ayredslo '_'

laide of Beechlands, 168699. Est. of .

W. S. Ladd ,Portland, Ore. 15, 572.1
lbs. milk, 849. 6 lbs. fat,
Nov. 24,1908; Financial Countess,
155100, C. E.- Parfet, Golden, 0010.,

class AA, '

13. 248. 1 lbs. mini, 795. 2 lbs. fat, class :

AA, June 7,1908; Olive Dunn. 188,-
832, A. F. PierCe. Winchester, N. H
9, 930. 3 lbs. milk 671. 9 lbs. fat, class

A, Sept. 30,1907; Peer’s Surprise.

9144248, Est. ofW. S. Ladd, Portland,
01's., 14, 452. 2. lbs. milk, 653. 6 lbs.

,class A. Jan31, 1907; Emma’s Rpw-
ena, 146877, C. .I

Hood, ‘Lowell,
Mails, 10, 383. 6 lbs. milk; 638 3 lbs-
fat, class A, Oct. 31.1905' Magyar-
fliandsTemisia, 134765, R. A Sibley,
Spencer, Mass” 10, 419.3, lbs. milk,
638.1, lbs, fat, class A.‘Jan. 23. 1905;

. Dollie s Valentine, 1050.49, Kentucky .

Experiment . Station,
10. 218. 3 lbs milk,

Agricultural.
Lexington, Ky- ,

"578. 7le. tat, classA, .-Feb. 24, 1899.

the—Nineteen Jersey c-owsy". all
told, have made records _ enceeding
900 pounds fat. The show table rep—
resents only those listed as World’s
Champions in their line.

Deep PloWing Aids Beet Ciro-Wing; ExploSives Used to Aid Ferbhty

(Continued from page 11)

these in the order they are given.

Numerous claims have been made
for deep tillage and subsoiiing. It
has been maintained that such prac-
tices are desirable because the struct-
ure of the subsoil will be improved
thereby providing better ventilation

or. aeration of it, increasing the wa-~
ter retaining capacity and increasing .,

the amount of available mineral ele-

ments of plant food. Several agricul- _' '

turai experiment stations have p‘I'O-
vided us with reliable informatiOn
concerning-- this question. In 1907
the IllinoisStation began a series of
investigations to determine the value

of subsoiling on a silt loam soil-vun- ,
The »

derlaid by a. tight clay subsoil.
implement used loosened the subsoil
in the bottom of the furrow made by
the ordinary mold—board plow but
did not throw it upon the surface.
The eight year average yield reported
for corn grown on the part of the
field plowed 'as usual was fifty 'amd

one—halffbusheis per acrerand‘forty— ..

siX'and'one—fifth bushels onthe sub-
sOiled‘portion:

the subsoiled land was less than one
bushel greater than on the other. Or
in Other words; the effect on the wa-
ter retaining capaCily and other
properties of this soil was negligible.

The Pennsylvania *Agricultural
Experiment Station began an investi-

, gation of the relative value of plow-

ing a s'rlt loam soil seven and one-
half and fifteen inches deep respect-
Those who_ conducted these

trials state that the difference in

- yield of corn, barley, Oats. wheat, al-
fella. clover and timothy were negli— ;
‘ -.gible and when the draft of the plows

was considered deep tillage resulted

'in.an appreciable financial loss..The
draft per square foot of cross section .

of thevfnrrow was found «to average
1,113 pounds for the: .12 inch, plow—
in, and 724 pounds for the 7.5 inch

_Williams,.and Welton of the Ohio
Station reported in 1915 the. results
of five years work in which compari-
sons were made of 7. 5 inch 15 inch
and subsoiling on a rather heavy

 

  

soil. . These results reported .aro .
. _» g1ven in the following table:
1 Treatment (15 Year Test.)

_. Crop 7. 5 111.15 In. Subsoil

' Corn, bu . ..-.' .-60.‘1: 61111,.
' Oats, bu. .45.1 43.1

Wheat; 1111.; . .23.1

tons

Oloyer, . .234
ch sh ‘

. to perform the deep

" The investigations '.
also show that the acre yields in the
very dry seasons of.1913 and 1914 on I.

2 surface,

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Crock No. 1 shows plant: which grow from‘
needs In ordinary soll without preliminary soak-
lng. Crook No. 2 shows plants resulted from
seeds planted at the same time. but their corm-

lnatlon was hastened because the seed; were eoak-_

ad for several hours In warm water.

 

not a. sufficient difference in the
yields to justify the expenditure of
the extra amount of energy required
tillage opera-
tions. . ' ‘

Deep tillage or subs-oiling in
IGreat Plains as a whole does not in-~
crease yields1 of crops.- Chilcott 21nd
Cole who‘conducted tests covering a.
wide range of crops, soilsand-‘condi-

tions in ten different states sumof.

the function of plowing as follows:
.f‘lt is mistaking or failing to rec-
ognize the purpose of plowing that

leads to the belief that its efficiency

increases with its depth éven though
tl1ati.depth be extended below-gall

practical limits of cost and effort...
'Plowin'g does not increase the water,
‘holding capacity of the soil, nor the

area in which-roots may developer
from which theplants may: obtain
food. Plowing removes from the

surface. either green or dry material
that may encumber it, provides a.
= surface 411 which planting implements

may cover the seed, and removes or
delays the competition of weeds or
plan-ts other than those intended .. to

. grow, and in «some cases..by«loosen'-

ing and roughening the immediate
checks the run- off of rain

water.‘ All of these objects are ac-

complished, as well by-plowing. to 011-...
. dinary depths as by subsollin-g. dy-
namltingr, or deep tilllng by anyo‘th- .

er met-.hod There is little basis,
.~thore;£ore, ,tor the expectation of 111.;

1311111388911 yields from these practices.
3:315:12 themesults of the experiments ;_

‘ conclude, however; that light
' that carry their vegetable matter in

the ,

inasmuch as the improVed structure
of the subsoil results in a smoother
lot of roots.

Results of investigations\o‘f tho

"' best depth to plow sandy soils "aro
Observations lead us" to.

lacking.
soils

the first three or four inches " are '
sometimes plovVed too deeply.‘-eso._
pecially if the ‘particles composing

the lower layers fall apart 5wh‘en‘eXo

, posed, Wind erosion becoming a'serl—

OWing to their ”rather
“it-seems

ous matter.
porous or Open condition

that it is not so necessary to plow‘

_sandy soils so deeply as the fine text-v

' ured ones.
. It is desirable to break up “plow

soils.” Where compact impervious
layers, of soil exist within striking
distance of the plow or other imple-
ment they can be broken up to ad.
vantage. As a rule

Within eight inches of the surface and

can be done away with and avoided. .-, _,

by altering the depth of plowing.

Can" the subsoil be improved '
means of explosives? We have ' a.
great deal of ,reliable information

the improvement of soils It has
been asserted that most soils can; be
materially improved ,in time Way.
Some of the claims are the structure
is improved resulting in better vent—
ilatlon and. drainage elements of
plantrfOOd are made available. and
injurious insects and plant disease
may be controlled—rather. elaborate
claims it seems. ‘

The Kansas

the effect of dynemlte upon the p11y‘-"
.sicai condition or

plastic clay. subso ls. They found.

“when a charge of. dynamite is ex-‘

ploded. in a plastic clay soil the sud—
den expansion or the
soil back from the center 01' . the
char 9, producing 111 the 3011 a. cow
11y.
part1 by the size. of charge and com-
-posit on ”of the pQWder .used, and
partly by the moisture content 11nd
physical né'ture of the Soil. The soil

particles driven out Item the centerr"

of chsrge are screed

 

the so-calletl. ._
, “plowsole” is a thin layer that lies

"by A

. concerning the value of explosives in '-

_ Experiment Sflatlon
has. rather exhaustively. 1nves£igate$fl~ -

tructure of rather :

gases forces the

he size of 1vhi<1h is determined ‘ '6 A

   
    
 
     
   
   

 

       
    
   
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
  
 
  

 
 
   
   
 
   
 
   
   

   
 
    
     
     

   

 

 

           
       
       
     
    
       
     
    
    
   
 

      
    
       
       
   
    
    
   


    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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asithere’s The many, robber;

iE- Bdfies 'i‘n’v so much isteaiin' goin'
’ _. ’ , on, notonly here in Battle Creek
* but allover the state an’ the‘hull , .,
I’ve kinds” so many professional am’teurs'at the

dum" World purty nigh.
been studyin’ the matter for some

‘ little time an’ I got .quite a- little bit

ofinformation‘ not known to the gen-
eral public, so to. speak. _
‘ I’ve got a» friend livin’ over to
_ Marshall who Werks here in the same
place I do an’ 30' see him every night
an' I’m learnin’ a lot of things from
him that may- be useful to me when I
get old enough to have judgment an’

' have reachedthe age of discretion—

lf there is such an age. which, of
«course is doubted by argood many
folks. while a few still believe it
exists. -' ~ -
_ , ;Well this feller's name is 'I'ingay—
Tom Tingay, an“ while he ain’t no
great shakes to look at he knows
quite'a. lot, consider’n that he lives
inMarshall. Marshall you know is
thehome' of one. John Bean an‘ John

a

71 Bean+Uncle John, most everybody

calls him, is the oldest constable in
point of' service in the-state if not
in the world—$0 years at the busi-
ness an’ still goin' well as I said Tom
lives near him an’ so of course knows
,a hull lot about crime an' robbers an’
every thing an’. jest naturaly Tom
imparts a good deal of his knowledge

~ to' me-;-—I beinf about the only one
that's foolish enough to lissen. to.

him. that is. I.mean, well I'll jest
let itgo at that. Talkin' about the
robbin’ that wasgoin‘ on here, I sez
to Tom “the police say its amatoors
that’spullin' oi! these stunts, their
methods are crude an’ ‘done'in such
A‘bu'nglin’ fashion we known profes-

~ sionals are not engaged‘in it athall.”

' That’sjestit-Tom sea, of courseit's.
am’teurs iat's doin’ it, an? that’s what
makes it so hard to catch 'em, pro-
telisional amfteurs, Tom sez, works sly
an' at night, when policemen are
sleepin' on their jobs—They don't
come right out. and hold a fellow up
atthe point of a" gun and demand
“yourmoney or your wife," or any-
thing. like that, they jest walk right
imwhen folks are asleep an‘ take

,what they want an’ then keep their .

mouth shut an’ jolly the officers a
hit an’ git away' with it all right Tom
sez.

"‘But," sez’ Tom,~kinda yawnin’ a
little as if the subject was becomin’
tiresome, “their methods are crude
at that. an'- hard too, they have to
work an’ climb porches an' sneak
aroun? in dark‘places, oh it's a hard
life; he sez,.an that's why nearly all

Feed Hens Balanced

EEDING~is one of the most im-
portant factors in egg production.
On poor rations hens will live and
ovenkeep in fair health; but well—
balanced: palatable feeds are neces-
sary to get good‘egggproduction. The

pared with a -.poor ration: is" repaid.
manytimee by. the extra eggs. obtains
ed: - As a «rule. the-simplest feed. mix-

* tures .cOmposed of homegrown grain

and;;their by-products,supplemented. '

breweet’er sour milk orxome'aninfal '

feed rich in protein. :such,._.a,s meat

Wlilfiprbduqé eggs at the lowesticos’t.
. Thai-eds DO‘DYIeabBSt rat-ion for all
conditions, ‘buty,man4yk~ Maths. grains

' can be 'fed interchangeably, depend-

lug on their. availability and price.

A -‘Th_e‘rations describedgin this article

are recommended as'the result of ex-
tensive feeding experiments con-
ducted at the Government farm at
Beltsville, Md. ‘ " "

" 'Corn,.wheat, oats and barley are

ith‘e principal grains'fed topoultry;

kafir corn and buckwheat are used

bleepbut‘ are not so generally ‘aVailu

able' and‘usually cost more. ' Corn

‘ tell me Tom, I pleaded.
' .what aresthey doin’ now.. Tom look—

 

 

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:the“‘el’ timers. have quite the bizness
‘~ eit. got so it didn't pay very big,
wuz a little unsafe an’ kinda darned
slows—an’ so‘ they Quit that- way of
doin’ business an’ that’s why there’s

present time,;fl‘omsez.

Well I sea to ’im. “what has be-
come of all the ol’ timers be they all
dead?” I sez.

” l no,""’Tom answ’red, “gash
I say they Wasn't dead l Why they
have multiplied and increased an’
prospered and now are livin’ in fine
houses, ridin’ in automobiles, wearin’
the hes-t of clothes, belong to church.
' are leaders in society, an' are the
high mucks much of every commun-
ity—they are the elite, the, the, well
purty night the salt of the earth now
an ’the police can’t bother ’em any
more cause they’re protected by
law,» but an' here Tom winked his
other eye. the only good one he has
—-the other being weak—b’gosh
they're still playin’ the game, still
robbin’ the people an’ they’re a do-
ing a nice job. at it too—a slick job,
right in-broad day light an’ with the
victims’ eyes wide open, oh, they’re
a doin’ a land office business, defy-
ing the gover’ment, laughin’ at the
law, hoodwinkin’ the courts, why
they're just a .comin,’ in money an’»
by ginger theredon’t. seem to be any
way of stoppin' them either. Here
Tom stopped a minnit, took a fresh
,chaw of theweed that is not in good
repute where he works, an' then he
blurtedwout, “Am’teurs! why ' sure
they’re ,am’teurs——every man who
will stick to the old method of rob-
bin’ now” he sez “is not only a
am’teur. he’s a dam fool.”

B‘u‘t Tommy 'I sez to ’im tell me,
I sez what is this new an’ wonderful
way? What are these men d‘oin’ now
that life has become so‘ lively an’ to-
whom the 'world has grown so bright
Tell me

 

edeme in a kinda sorrowful .way for
quite a spell threw out his c-haw of
tobacco jsn’- lit his‘L-pipe, took a few
puffs, looked at me afgin .an’ then.
just as he started for the car to go
to‘his home in‘ Marshall he put his
hand on my shoulder an’ sez “Rube,
ol’ boy. you better wake up—go up
town, hesez and you’ll see the guys
an" see ’em working too. Why you
poor-01’ fish he sez. the old’ timers

- are in vbusiness-now and robbin’ ev-

erybody,:no' partiality bein’ shown‘
everybody stands their share an’ it‘s

bein’ done every day an’ everywhere,

geodbye—Uncle Rube.

liaiion for Egg Yield

to advantage. their value depending
entirely upon their quality and con—
dition, but as a rule only sound
grains in good condition should 'be-
fed to poultry, and ~mouldy grains
should never be used. The locally
grown grains which poultry will eat

- freely may generally be used" to the
, best advantage.

A scratch, mixture,
consisting, of wholeor cracked grains
made of a combination. of any two
or more of,these~mentioned, can be -

‘ fed tq advantages, It is not advisable ‘

tof‘feed thinuouslyany single grain
especially ,corn..o,wing to its fatten-

" lug properties already mentioned.»

A' mash made of ground grains,
mill products; and meat scrap should
bated usually inq‘addition tO-the.
scratch mixture. Corn meal, wheat
bran, wheat middlin'gs,’ and meat
scrap form the basis of a good mash,
while corn chop,'corn-and-cob meal,
ground oats ,aud low grade flour also
may be added or substituted to ad-
vantage. Just as good results can
be obtained from a simple mash con-
taining 3 or 4 grOund grains and
meat scraps as from a highly' com-

plicated mash containing 10 or 12‘ .

and wheat are ‘th'e”two best grains r“ products.

find. are about equal in value a9v
poultrYNLfee'ds. although (wheat can
fed ai no otter than corn, which
' £9.11] ’ttening.‘ Gate and
‘ ‘ ' . hulls and

 

A large number of commercial

~ mixtures both of scratch grains and

of ground grains are prepared for
poultry feeds, "but, the value of any
mixed commercial feed depends upon
its eomposition and t
it . ln'tt it

 

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Are your hens just boarders? Fat and lazy? All their food
going to flesh? Nothing left for egg production? Madam,—Your
hens’ egg organs are dormant, and if you are going to be satisfied
to let nature bide its own time to revive these dormant egg or-
gans, it will be Spring eggs, not Winter eggs, for you.
wait on nature? You can speed up egg production—you can
make your'hens lay now by feeding

But why

 

 

and eggs you want.

Dr. Hess Poultry

Winter as well as Summer:

size of your flock.
is

the roper sized package, whic

West and Canada.

 

Always buy Pan-a—ce-a according to the

Get it from a reliable
' dealer in your own town. ‘Tell him how man

fowls you have, and he will supply you witli

uaran-

tee . 30c, 75c and 81.50 packages. 25- b. pail,

83.00; lOO-lb. drum, 810.00. Except in the far

DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio

 

It contains Nux V0m.’ca and Quassia, the best nerve, appetizi .
and digestive tonics known to the Materia Medica—tonics the
promote a hen’s digestion—tonics that tone up the dormant egg
organs so that the proper amount of food goes to egg produc-
tion, and not all to flesh, and fat, and laziness, when it’s action,

Pan-a—cc-a supplies the additional iron for the blood, which is
essential to the speeding up process. -It contains certain forms
of lime that supply the needed material for making egg shells.

Pan-a-ce-a insures a ,
healthy, singing, laying, paying poultry flock, ,

     
    
 
  
  
 
 
  
    
   
 

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Our No. 1 is the best and
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without cost, list the date of any

live stock sale in Michigan. I! y“

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Ru. Address, Live Stock W.
B. 1., Mt. Clemens.

 

Jan. 13. Holsteins. Michim Bobbin
Breeders. East Lansing Mich.

 

EEOLI rum-arm STAN

IR MILK PWGER

Your :pnoblem is more MILK. more BUTTER.
lore PROFIT, per cow.

A son of Maplecrest- Application Pontiac——
» 182852—from our heavy- “yearly -milking- good- but-

ler-record dam will solve it.

Maplecrest Application Pontiac’s dam ' made
86,103 lbs. butter in 7 days; 1344. 3 lbs. butter
And 23421. 2 lbs. milk in 365 days.

He is one of the greatest bred long distance

es.
His daughters and sons will prove it.
Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons.
Prices right and not too high for the average
dairy farmer.
Pedigrees and prices on application.

R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich.

HATCH HERD

(State and Federal Tested)
YPSILANTI, lVIICHIGAN
Oflers young sires out of choice advanc-
ed registry dams and King Korndyke Art-
is Vale. Own dam 34.16 lbs. butter in 7
days:; average 2 nearest dams 37.61, 8
nearest, 38.93, 20 nearest 27.83.

Calves Last Advertised are Sold

now have a bull calf born September 8th, also
%e heifer to freshen in January 85 lb. backing.
lite for prices and pedigrees.
VERNON GLOUGH. Parma, Mlch.

sired by a son of

a VBSF‘riend Hengerveld

K01 Butter

Boy and by a son of King Segis De Kol

Korndyke from A. R. 0. dams with rec-

ords of 1.26 as Jr. tWO year old to 28. 25

at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered.

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. Wyckoff, Napoleon Mich.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bull Last AdVertised is Sold

now offer a yearling bull, sired by YP-
‘SILAND KING KORNDYKE CAN—
ARY. a 28. 20 lb. grandson of KING
OF THE PONTIACS, and from
RHODA CLIFDENS CROWNING
SHIELD 3RD, a 24. 97 lb. daughter of
BUTTER BOY TRYNTJE DE KOL,
and one of 1the most beautiful cows
you ever saw.
Price $200

BOY F. FICKIES, Chesaning‘, Mich.

 

 

 

 

$150 BULL CALF

Born June 3 Well marked, very large
and first class individual. Sire, Flint
Hengerveld Lad. Whose two nearest dams
have records that average 32. 66 lbs. but:
ter and 735. 45 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam
of calf is a granddaughter of King Se-
gis and a perfect individual with 9. rec-
ord of 20. 66 lbs. butter in 7 days. For
description write to

L C 'KETZLER, Flint, Mich.

 

 

HEIFER

HOLS'I'EIN, BORN APRIL 18, 1919, WELL

marked. Sired by a 27 lb. bull. its dam an
.untested daughter of Madison Jetskc Sir
'Ormsby 2 A. R. 0. daughters. Price 8125

ed.
HOWARD EVANS. Eau Claire, Mlch.

 

 

Choice Registered Stock

PERCHERON S
HOLSTEINS
SHROPSHIRES
ANGUS

'Dorr D. ‘Buell, Elmira, Mich.
' R. F. D. No. 11

 

 

 

 

 

”A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
have for sale a Holstein Calf born
'22 last from an own brother to a

tin blood to the cow that was
; champion cow. His. own sister
sisters ‘ln blood have each pro-
lb otbutter‘ in a, year.

1..
theoelvesilu-enrl‘unicr

,President Central Michigan

slchampionu Jr. 4 yr. old and full _

ADVERTISING RATES under- this insulting to honest breeders «dissect
was a proud“: tell you what it will cost for
make received one week- belose side a! issue.

HOLMNI 3700K FARM REPORTS GOOD
salesinsmtbsirh herdWeerewellplessedwith

rgerd is “King Pen;
magnet flan. “F2112..- ' ‘ '°” °
“103 T- W- Bruce. B. Oust,?-licb.

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOBTHNS

We are now booking orders for
LOUD: bulls from King Pieter Segis
Ons 170506. All from A. R. 0. dams
w mt}: credible records. We test ennu-

:3? for tuberculosis. Wrtte for pric-
esand further information.
Musloir Bros., South Lyons, Molds-n

BULL CALF, 5% mos-me voLo use A

AUTV. 85 per :cent white
52mm“ s line. fitted by 31-lb. bull and his
mil justone d the best cows I cecr milked, s
“Mdmzhter of Colantha Johanna Lad. Price
8150.00 for lmmedia

to seal
RRV T. TUBES, Elwo‘ll, Mlohlaan

 

 

e

TEN-MONTHS-OLD-BULL

Bull last advertised is sold. This
one born June 7, 1918. Sired by best
son of famous $30, 000 bull heading
Arden Farms herd King Korndyke
Pontiac Lass. Two nearest dams to
sire of 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 FARDIS, Jackson, llIich.

 

 

 

 

 

Elmwood Stock Farm Offers

bull calves from good producing dams with A. R.

0. records and sired by a grandson of Pontiac

Korndyke and Pontiac Pet. Prices very reasonable.
AUGUST RUTTMAN Fourier-ville Mlch.

 

«'SHORTHOBN

II'HE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
ers Association announce their fall catalog ready
for distribution. Scotch, Scotch Pop and Milking
Shorthorns listed. Address

W. L. Thorpe, 800., Mllo, Mlch.

 

 

SPECIAL OFFER SHORTHORNS—
Cows, $250. 00 to $300. 00 Bulls, $200. 00
to $250. 00. Wm J. Bell, Rose Eity, Mich.

FOB. SALE—-ONE ROAN DOUBLE
Standard Polled S'horthorn Bull Calf born
Apr. 12. One red Shorthorn Bull Calf, born
March 23rd, a beauty. and Two Short-
horn Heifer Calves born Jan. 6th and
April 3rd, got by York's Polled Duke X
16884—545109. Paul Quack, Sault
Ste Marie. Mich" R 2, Box 70.

 

THE VAN BUREN CO Shorthorn
Breeders' Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding. Write
your wants to the score ary, Frank Bai-
ley, Hartford. Mich

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41
SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females , Crum’,
. Shorthomi
Association, McBrides, Michigan.

 

FOR SALE AT REA-
: sonable prices. The
. prize-winning Scotch

Bull Master Model 576147 in many states at
head of herd dof 50 good type Shorthorns.
E. M. PARKHURST, Reed Olly, Mlchlgan.‘

 

Breeders' Auction.

ram s ds ter of Porn.
ugh bulls-buster

.h.

  

120 HEEEIOH’ ’

Anmlsteers 6 to ’1 T
Owners Must-to :ssl “Mil helfi
commission. .F Ball. Fairlie lows.

LAKEWOOD HEREEORDS

how man
we! eyelcped, -. cefy, young bulls for

 

LI! you want a prepotent sire, that w ll
rand market Itoppers, buy a registered

investment. A lifetime devoted tothe
breed.

1
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Michigln.

 

.ANGUB

era
'blnation Bee! and mDatry Flaming
:pure bred smicontrdct for their male pro-

ty grade yearlings.
, Here is a chance to buy pure breds with a sure
market for your bulls.

Come at once as I wish to close amngements
for winter in 15 days. Take your pick, as many
or as few as you wish.

l‘hese cows are of the so-called fashionable
families and have star list pedigrees. One of
them awarded sweepstaxe prize over all breeds at
.a county fair, by Prof. Edwards 01’ M. A. 0. Will
sell half interest if prefered.

GEO. B. SMITH, Addison, MIGh.

Dflfl’T ”BRET voun wsu'rs as"

be supplied at the old re-
liable Angue Home Stock Farm. For 30 years we
have bred Angus cattle. We know the goods ones
and breed the best.
right and priced right. Tell us what you want.
ANGUS HOME STOCK FARM, R2, Davison. Mich

‘ . Y R ING
LONfGWf-OUDL ANGUS T121511 forEi-ialeL Al-
Femailllles‘iI-lALHLales KELLY R 10, Charlotte, Mich.

TTi PURE‘ERED ABERDEEN-
BARTLE SANGEUS CATTLE AND 0.I.0.
Swine are right and are priced right. Corre-

spondence solicited and inspection invited.
CARL BARTLETT, Lawton, Mich.

 

 

 

 

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FOR SALE: REGISTERED JERSEY BULL, 2
years old Kind and gentle and sure. Write for
pedigree. J.E Morris. Earn: gton. Mic b.

 

 

BED POLLED
ED POLLED CATTLE. eBOTH SEX. YORK.

shire Swine. Oxfordsh
E. 8. CARR. Homer. Mlch.

SWINE

POLAND CHINA

WHEN INL need of Psomething right good in a
P. C. boar just come and
see or write W. JL. Hagelshaw, Augusta, Mich.

WALNUT ALLEYbfifi-fiflfla

Have a few good gilts that I will sell open or
bred to one of the best boars in Michigan. Write
for prices.

A. D. GREGORY, lonia, Mich.

L T P c AM OFFERING SPRING
boars. summer and fall pigs.
F. T. HART, St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few Sow Pigs of Spring farrow.A1sc Barred
Rock Cookerei
DOES. BROS" St. Charles. Mlch.

 

HEBEFORDS

 

.JUsr PURCHASED s

HER’EFDWS ‘NEW HERBS. — NOW

have 150 head. We offer .you anything de-,
either sex, horned or polled, any age.

'Priced reasonable. The McCarty’ s, Bad

Axe Mich.

If you want a start from the Grand
Champion Hereford .Bull of Michigan see
us. Young bulls from 9 to 13 months.
Don't write. Come and see. Jay Har-

 

~wood & ‘Son, Tonia, Mich .

 

Hardy Northern Bred: Herefcrds ‘

BERNARD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HERD
20 this year's calves for sale, 10 bulls and 10

heifers.

JOHN MscGREOOR, Herrlsvllle, Mich.

Registered Hereford Cattle

10 good 11111111 new for sale. From six
months to 2 years old. Come and see them, they
can't help but please you. We took many of the
blue ribbons hometa with us this fall from the lead-

Mine
81' TONY CREEK 8STOCK FARM.-Pewemo. Mlch.

 

‘ing fairs of

BIG TYPE P. C. SPRING PIGS, EITH-
er sex. From choice bredsows and sired
.by at grandson of Grant Buster and other
prize-swimming .boars. Price reasonable.
L. W. Barnes and Son, Byron, .Mich.

 

BIG TYPE P. C. CHOICE SPRING
boars from Iowa’s greatest herds. Big
boned husky tellows. Priced right.
ELMER MATHEWSON. Burr Oak. Mich.

.P'OLA'ND canvas

BIG TYPE INVITE QUALITY

Pigs, 1mm L's Big Orange 291847, both
sex, for sale. Prospective buyers met at

 

Pfllniill cums

Something to sell all the time. Bred and fed
might and will be p.r'lced right. Beans ready for
nBred gilts sitar. Dec. lst. Write me

nE. 'HEBBLBWHITE, Armada, Mlch.

ABS anpflggSCfiND Ptlfls. ANYTHING
ou want. 0 11 11115 0 the bi est 1:
W3; have bred them big for more “1139:8215 m
over 100 head on hsflnd Alsore reh-
erons, Holsteins andn Oxfords. Everythingd sold at

 

canons. ble pri.
' 1‘ OR! e. 111111113. gm ”1.... iiuch.

 

 

Michigan and they will represent any
bids and purchases. Wri
also he!

  
  
  

 

on. They will
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LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN
E. N. Ball ..........i...........’.........................Oows and Sheep.
Felix Witt ....._.........................................Horses and Swine ,
One or the other of the above well-known experts will visit all live—stock 1
sales of importance in Michigan, northern Ohio and Indiana, ace the exclusive ,
Field Men of Michigan Business Farming. .
They are both honest and cornpetent men of standing in their lines in ‘

    

to them in one“ at this'mer .1

   

   

  

or of this weekly at any 1scale; 1g?“-

5 mans. am
511017 of 1.0 or 16 loads fancy ualtty
1 northern and slim.

but how good! A few'
sale, blood lines and individuality No.11. .,
beget grazers, rustlers, early maturersj
.Herefdrd and realise e. big profit on your:

Come and see me. —'—'E. 3. TA!-
’ L .T P h A FEW. SPRING ”BOAR. LEFT AT.

1 4 ' Mich--T

guislnnic :10 11111111.: m was. a...
and Pure bred :Angus bulls (or com-J

{will sell my

eons
13111131; at double the prices tumors are getting for"

They are bred right, fed,

BIG ' TYPE POLAND CHINAS.

St. Johns. J. E. Mygrants, St. Johns. Mich '

oeirnndipeultss: will bee-septum requestnnflsfier
magmas-mum m Measles of other aroma
«hem here as. special lowxsles'ulk: elk"

mm' BMCTOB’Y, MCHIGAN amendments, 1]“. Min; mill.

"Lilli “THEME "hmmmw
in

no.

1

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» June sow pigs at pmate treaty. Free livery
any time.
Wm. J. CLARKE
R No. 1 Eaton Rapids, Mich.

.Fair winners.
J ohns. .Mich. .

l1.mmumml11111111111mmuummmlmummuummnmmunmuuumumlmm1111111111111nmnuuummm11111111111111-1111111'1-111-111

  

lbs: new in bragging wen eleven
ch “on . chm... .3160
o. 1.. wmowr. Jones-Nile. Mlch. ‘

BTPC

sold. , Have one Oct. 21st
quill‘boa.1'."wei’glit 425 lbs. as near perfectas
Mich. files I 6. Actc

reasonsblc.
: » JOHN D. wuv. Behcsierefl, fllch.

”my
H.‘ 0. SWARTZ, Bohoolcrefl, Mlch. "

LARGEh $755 £1.11?" LARGE" 'IN MIDH. VISIT
my 6 o g. orabosrpig'tbstisallit-
tie. blast. and better .bud than you have been
able to find. and satisfy\your wants. Come and
see sthe real his type both in 1herd boars and
brood. sows. Boers in service L's Bk. Orange
Lord Clansman, Orange Price and Us Long Pros-
pect. Expenses paid 0! not as represented. Prices
reasonable.
w. s. lemcsrou. Parma, Mich!

LARGE TYPE P. 0. SPRING BOARS

and gilts now ready to ship. .Also one
Fall Yearling Boar and Fall Pi gs. Clyde
Fisher, St. Louis, Mich. R. R. 3.

 

 

 

WONDERLAND HERD

LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS
Some cracking good spring boars and a few

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

OUTSTAIMI’G’ MARS FOR SALEo

O. A. KI»NG JOE 290831, sired by King
261257. by King of Wonders 205757, by (Old.
A Wonder 107858: Dam, Monarchis 3rd 0225].
by A Monarcwh 218298. by A Wonder 107853.

bred byW . B. Wallace Bounceton, Mo.

didduallty is equal to his pedigree, which a
very critical breeder will have cause to admire.
He stamps his get, in line with ancestors.
which fact makes him a breeding ar, worthy
to go into a very select herd.

DUSTER HALFTON 208225. sired b Great
Big. Half Ton 261243, by Big Half Ton 17217,
by Hillcroit Half Ton 172551; Dam, Mollie
Buster 622612. one of the best and biggest sows
ever sired by Giant Buster 240657 "The Epoch
Maker," by Dishers Giant 240655.1f you like the
top notchers, this great boar has the blood in his
pedigree. Come and look them over or write for
my price. Be quick, for I have placed them to
move in order to make room for'a new bear 1.
have ordered. to cross their get with. Look for
classy stufl’ next spring.

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A New Herd Boar

(his namelBig 80b MaSLOdon

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. GABNANT, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

Pot.“ ofllflAs I WAS AT ASHLEY.
1nd, Nov. 6th and saw
Jessie Giant sell for $1, 610. She is a litter mate
to my we higan Buster. Bears and gilts by him
and also 0by Bob- 0- Lin
0. L. WRI ONT. Jonesvllle. Mlch.

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We are now booking orders for July
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April pigs of either sex. Shipped 0.0.
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March and April far-row. 'They‘are of Protection
and Col. breeding, out of prize winning stock.
Prices reasonable. Write or come and see
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