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I " many respects.
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The Farmer and His Markets--Review of 1919

Resume of World and National Canditions That Regulated the Prices of Farmers ’Products

HE YEAR just coming to a close will
be a memorable one to the farmer in
It was born in the vale of

the transactions of trade and business up to
The feeling that “no man
knoweth what cometh next” was pronounced

not only in industrial deals but in the bar--

gaining of farm crops. Buying of farm pro-
ducts for domestic consumption was mostly
from hand to mouth, purchasing and con-

. tracting on a large scale being for the most
‘part confined to foreign buyers.

As a result
of this condition an apparent over-supply of
any product sent prices tumbling, but when a

. "shortage loomed nervous buyers, fearful that
they could not meet their contracts soon bid

prices back to their former level and usually
a few notches “higher. Prices of farm pro-

ducts have‘been kept to an unnecessarily low
level because of the lack of confidence pervad-
{ ing the ranks of nearly all who produced and
- handled them.

Notwithstanding some of the panicky man-
ifestations of the year it has come through
safely and given a fairly good account of it-
self. The readjustment of business to a peace-
time basis has proceeded far more rapidly
and satisfactorily than many thought possié

. ble. The developments of the year have been

a strain upon the financial structure, but we
approach the close of the year with the al-

most certain knowledge that the structure
can withstand almost any crisis and that pan-
ics and other financial disturbances are things
of- the past.

Strikes and other industrial disputes were
common throughout the year. They might
have been anticipated. Employers of labor
might have foreseen the unrest that was sure
to follow the war and provided against it by
calling their men into conference and arbi-
trating wages and. working conditions with
them. ' But that iSn’t the way with human
nature and because, of the short-sightedness of
our captains of industry there have been
enormous losses from suspended manufactur-
ing and commercial operations. But the coal

strike and the steel strike and other strikes

have all been adjusted to the extent that the
majority of men have gone back to work, fair-
ly well satisfied with the concessions they
have gained. Business conditions in general
are healthful. Good business for the business
man and the manufacturer usually means
good business for the farmer. '

The World Food Situation

Not long after the armistice was signed the
Food Administration published a map called
“The Hunger Map of Europe.” Great black
spots in nearly every European country told
a graphic story of the want and starvation

ahead of the inhabitants were they obliged to .

depend upon their own meagre food resources
for their sustenance. It was announced that

millions of people of Europe and Asia must '

rely upon the American food producers for

the ensuingyear or two. Immediately the un-.

certainty that followed the signing. of the
Armistice gave way to confidence and prices
on nearly all farm products were sustained
for a considerable period of time. There was
great expectancy that an enormous 'flow .of
food products was about to start for foreign
countries. But for various reasons this de-
mand did not develop, at least in the proper-
tions expected. November passed into Decem-
ber and the new year came without any ap-
preciable increase in export buying. Lackof
ships, high rate of exchange and rumors that'
the European food situation was not so bad
as pictured, all had their effect to depress the
markets. On top of that the newspapers all
over the country began to speculate upon the
“enormous losses” the government must meet
because of its guaranteed price on wheat. It
was freely predicted that the surplus of wheat
which the government must buy would run
more than a half billion bushels. The gener-
ally accepted fact that there would be a huge
surplus of this grain naturally affected all
other grains and neanthe close of the month
prices on corn, oats, rye and barley began a
rapid decline which continued well into Feb-

‘ruary.’ About this time speculators began to

play up the Argentine situation and declared
that the foreign nations and even many- do-
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WHEAT—4nd of supplies sent this oreln to its highest point for the Hdlfii‘l‘m 3.11.1“ mantis
n m on

of May. but the harvesting of

the new crop brought It doWn to lte lowest level

prices have been steadily on the gain, and will probably continue upward until another crop is harvested.

the Argentine for a much less price
than in the United States. The 'un-

/ seasonably warm weather contributed

to the decline, and the government’s
delay in announcing its future plans
for the control of hog prices had a
tendency to weaken corn. All these
conditions were used with good ef-
fect by speculators to bear down the
markets, and for a time they succeed-
ed admirably The first chart gives
a true picture of what happened to
the grains during the latter part of
January and February and shows
how they gradually recovered their
former strength and climbed to new
high levels for the year.

Markets Gain Strength

In our issue of February 22nd, we
said: “We have been advising farm-
ers for a. couple of months to be pa-
tient and wait the turn of the tide
that will surely come in most mar-
kets. But we realize that there comes
a time when patience ceases to be a
virtue and farmers will become anx-
ious over the prospects. We are un-
able to account for the slowness with
which trade picks up following the
removal of export restrictions. Unless
there is a radical change for the bet-
ter in the markets within the next
thirty days, we too, will begin to lose
faith in the situation and come to the
conclusion that somebody has been
"ham-stringing” us all. But we expect
that change to come; we expect it to
come soon; and when it does come
we expect prices on such products as
are in demand for export to steadily
increase.’

The chart on page 1 shows that the.

“radical change” came in almost ex-
actly thirty days and at the begin-
ning of April nearly all the grain
markets (had recovered from the set-
backs or February and March.
11. O. L. Probe Forces Prices Down
The reasons for the recovery of the
grain markets during the early
spring are many. Food commissions
of foreign countries began buying;
Ships became more plentiful; the Ar-
gentine argument wore itself. thread-
bare; winter wheat began to show
signs of damage and the estimate fell
by several hundred million bushels.
Under the stimulus of these influen-

'ces prices on nearly all farm products

began to soar and reached so high a
point in early September that the pub-
lic began to protest and' clamor tor
relief. The department 0: justice
forthwith began investigations to fer-
ret out the “proflteers” and newspa-
pers all over the country set up a cry

against the “high cost of living.” The
packers said food prices were too
high; they discontinued their pur-
chases for a few days and hogs took
a drop of $4 to $6 per cwt. within less
than a week’s time. Corn followed
suit. Oats and rye. were in sympa-
thy. For thirty days there was a
veritable stampede in the grain mar-
kets. Corn dropped from $2.05 a
bushel to $1.55; cats from 81 to 72
cents; rye from $1.54 to $1.41. As ex-
plained elsewhere in this issue the in-
creasingly high rate of exchange be-
gan to cause a falling off in exports
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tries are large consumers of rye flour and Immmntltlu of this oral
price of wheat advancing, rye may be expected to follow suit.

be surprised to see this grain selling
at close to its previous high record
long before.the new crop is harvest-
ed. Judging from the recent advan-
ces in this market it is hard to believe
that the removal of the wheat guaran-
tee in June will have anything but a
stimulating effect upon the market.
There may be a' temporary decline,
but We must remember that a very
large part of the crop has already
been moved and that what remains is~
hardly sufficient to take Jcare of the
demands that will be made upon it.
As wheat advances the other grains,
it is safe to assume, will follow suit
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OATS—This market was the lean attested b _ th‘d placing of the new crop on the market. The

1919 crop was way short and except for occasion.

ually upward.

Senate to come to an agreement on
the peace treaty delaying the extension
of credits to those countries which
wanted our products, only aggravated
this situation. Another important rea-
son der the great drop in food prices
from the first or September to the first
of October was the marketing of the
new crops. This nearly always causes
an easier feeling in the markets the
the decline is not usually so great as
it was this year.
Markets Again Regain Their Strength
The middle of October found the
grain and live stock markets, and
most of the vegetables and fruits re-
covering from the slump and the opin-
ion is quite general that- the coming
year will see new high levels in mom
of the grains. All markets are holding
up surprisingly well for the pro-holi-
day season and this tact is\taken as
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decline: the trend.of this market has been grad-

and farmers may expect a steady ad-
vance in all grain prices.

What of the Future

According to Herbert Hoover,
former food administrator, "starva-
ution faces from fifteen to twenty mil-
lion persons in central Europe out-
side Germany unless some quick
means can be discovered fer their
assistance."

Unless relief is quickly furnished
government in the countries affected
he predicted abreakdown of stable
government and “creation of anoth-
er cesspool like Russia."

Would Sell Grain Surplus

To meet the situation Mr. Hoover
proposed that the great surplus of
wheat and flour held by the grain
corporation be sold on credit to Fin-
land, Poland, Austria and other na-
tions of Central Europe.

The grain corporation, he said,

, could extend the credits out of the

capital it already possesses without
a call for special appropriations by
congress. ‘

' ' the largest on record.

'tho year to the expeu'demend. Fol-ole coun-
n have gone oversees. With the
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New Law Profldes Credit Expansion
‘A bill to allow exporters to dis-
count their bills of Sale to foreign
countriés With the Federal Reserve
Bank has just passed both houses of
congress. It opens the way for an
immense expansion of "credit. just
what Europe needs in Urder to buy
freely in this country. “The day the
bill passed,” says the Rosenbaum
Review, ‘.‘France bought close to 2,—
000,000 bushels of cats and wheat
taking the latter at the Gulf andthe
oats mainly at New York * * *The
end of the bull markets in grain in
not yet in sight, and provisions will
start upward shortly. If Europe can
buy as much hog meat as it needs
there will be a great shortage in this
country. Further, the Review says:
“Think this over: Wheat crop of
the United States this year one of
Guaranteed
'pric'e»$2.28 for No. 1 red and hard
winter and No. 1 northern at Chi-
cago. The average price this sea-
son will be the highest, on record.

Grain Corporation has resold around .

40,000,000 bushels or more wheat
to mills from its accumulated stocks
within 5 months of harvest in the
face of the largest movement from
farms on record. The requirements
of Europe seem to be limited by their
ability to pay for the grain. History

~shows that the highest prices im-

mediately follow a. war.

“To increase the price of the 1919

wheat crop, there is the prospect of
a short yield in 1920 in the United
States. The government December
returns showed 38,770,000 acres
seeded to winter wheat, or 11.719,-
000 acres less than the record area
in the fall of 1918 and is the small:
est since 1914. Of the total area
seeded this fall, around 9,000,0bo
acres or 25 per cent are reported
heavily infested with Hessian fly.
Winter killing is likely to be severe.
Rye, the other bread grain showed
a total of 5,530,000 acres or 1,702,-
000 less than last year. Condition
of winter wheat is 85.2 against 98.5
last year and the lowest on record
With three exceptions. Only three
times has the~ July condition been
above the December. In 1917 the
condition of winter wheat for the
harvest of'1918 was 79.3 while in
July 25.22 bu. per acre With an av-
erage yield of 15.2 bu. per acre. A
yield in 1920 at that quantity would
suggest a crop of 588,000,000 bush-
els, but for every 1,000,000 acres
abandoned it will be necessary to
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Waging up it new contract on the 1990

,;crop,.’ it seem definitely decided not to ,
Two rea-

ask foi- am $15" rate;
The int
one was that. the growers had no pos-

itive information that the manu-

dacturers could aiford to pay that 1
rate in case sagar prices declined ‘

and it was the unanimous sentiment
of the committee that nothing should

be done to cripple the manufactur- .

em or prevent them from making a
fair return on their investment. The
second reason was that the flat $15
- rate would not give the farmer a
fair share of. the prifits derived from
sugar at its present wholesale price
and that no matter‘ how much the
consumer might have to' .pay for
sugar the ‘f mer :wouid receive no
benefit from the increase. '
.\ Various plans « were‘ presented by
members, of the“ commi-ttee all look-
ing to a fair division of the profits.
. The proposal to adopt a sliding scale
“based on» both the percentage of su-
gar contained in the beets and the
wholesale price was rejected because
of the well known. difi‘lculties en-
countered in making a test of the
beets satisfactory to both producer
and manufacturer. This is the plan
that is followed in California, and is
considered the Only thoroughly equit-
able one, but the time "does not seem
ripe for its re-introducti'on here in
Michigan. Some day when the beet
growers are thoroughly organized
we may hope that they will be in a
position to have their. inspectors at
every loading station and secure a
correct test their beets and share
in the proceeds of the higher test
beets. Under the previous and pres-
ent arrangements between farmer
and manufacturer there has been no
incentive to grow high test.beets, but
we predict that the time will come
when the beet and sugar industry of
this state /will depend for its very ex-
istence upon the production of beets
high in sugar content.
normally high prices will serve as a
stimulus to a greater production of
both cane and beet sugar and some
day we shall have to reckon against
over-production and low prices. When
this time comes the Michigan sugar
best. with its low content of 12 to 15
per cent sugar cannot compete with
the California beet nor the Cuba
cane. New methods of fertilization
and cultivation will have to be em-
ployed to~increase the sugar content
of Michigan beets else they will be
put out of the running. When this
time comes the manufacturers will
have to make it an incentive for the
farmers to grower higher test beets.
But to return to our story. The
members of the committee reported
that they had held mass meetings in
their respective territory a few days
previously and that the unanimous

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ntrdct as Farmers Entitled to more at Present Sugar Price

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Super Supply of 1920 not Equal to Demand

The latestintormation to be had
on the probable supply and demand
_fpr sugar in 1920 is contained in the
follOwing letter from the U. S. De—
partment of Agriculture:

“The total world sugar production
for the season of 1919 which just
beg-an a, few months ago. and

, will end late in 1920, is estimated at
about 16,600,000 long tons, which-

is 279,000 tons more than we pro-
duced last year. These are totals
given by Willett & Gray, quoted
from the most authentic sources. For

the season of 1914-15, the world pro-

duction was estimated at 18, 532, 000
long tons, or nearly 2, 000, 000 more
than was produced last year or ex-
pected to be produced during the
current season. The principal short-
age is in the beet crop of Europe.
About the time of the outbreak of
the war, Europe was finishing the
best sugar season, which resulted in
a production of 8,243,000 tons. The
average production .of European beet
sugar for the five years ending in the
summer of 1914, was about 7,400,-
000, while the prospective output for
1919-20 is given as 3,469,000. A
long ton is 2,240 pounds. So much
for the world situation.

“Sugar production in the regions
from which the United States gets its
supply has increased greatly since
the outbreak of the war. The prin-
cipal source is Cuba. During the
fiscal year ending June’so, 1919, the
United States received 5,489,000,000

pounds of Sugar from Cuba; 1, 216, -
000, 000 from Hawaii; 703, 000, 000
from Porto Rico; and 211 000, 000
fro mthe Phillipine Islands, also,
136, 000, 000 from other sources out-
side of the United States, making a
total import of 7, 755, 000, 000 pounds.
The not supply for that year amount-
ed to 8, 727, 000, 000 pounds. In the
year before the net supply was only
8,090, 000, 000 pOunds. Cuba’s pro-
duction for the current year is now
estimated at over 9,000,000 pounds,
some of which- would naturally be
bought by other countries besides
the United States. The Sugar Equal-
ization Board estimates a great in-
crease in the consumption of sugar
in the United States. This Depart-
ment. however, has no definite fig—
ures on ’sugar consumption. The sup-
ply, however, seems without doubt
larger than it was early in the war.

“In considering the shrot supply in
the world compared with before the
war, we should take into account
possible changes in purchasing pow-
er. It is hardly to be expected that
the European countries, which have
suffered heavily from the war, would
be ready to purchase as much sugar
as they were accustomed to use be-
fore the war. International ex-
change, also, affects the purchasing
power of the European countries in
buying sugar abroad—Frank An-
drews, Chief Division of Crop Rec-
ords, U. S. Department Of Agricul-
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U. S. to Continue Sugar Control
Congress has voted to continue federal control of sugar prices for
another year. M..B F. has advised the Sugar Equalization Board of
the new contract terms Michigan growers are asking, and has urged
that the wholesale price be fixed high enough to allow the farmers a

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sentiment of the growers was that
they did not care to grow beets an-
other year under the oldgcontract.
Farmers in all sections of the sugar
beet counties reported to the com-
mit-tee that they intended to withhold
their signatures from any contract
unless approved by the committee.

It is probable that the committee
represents eighty to niety per cent of
the beet growers and that any or-
rangement made between it and the
approval of the growers.

The plan which the committee
finally adopted as the basis of the

contract they will suggest to the}? ;
manufacturers was presented by Mr. I
C. E. Ackerman, of Durand. It pro-
vides, first. for a fixed minimumff
price of $12, based on sugar at nine f
cents or less per pound. The man-
ufacturers claim that beets this year
will test 14 per cent or higher. A
ton of 14 per cent beets would be ..
worth $25. 20 with sugar at 9 cents.

Twelve dollars of this would go
to the farmer; $15.20 would be“"the
manufacturer's portion. As sugar
advances in price from the 9 cent.
basis, the plan contemplates that the
increase shall be shared equally be—
tween manufacturer and farmer. The
accompanying table shOWs how each'
increase of one cent per pound of su-
gar would increase the farmer’s re—
turn per ton of beets. At the pres-
ent price of sugar the farmer would
receive for next year's beets $16.20,
under the plan adopted by the com-
mittee, or $1.20 per ton more than
the flat $15 rate would bring him.

The manufacturers are to be in-
vited to a. conference to be called in
the very near future and they will
be asked to recognize the reasonable-
ness of the farmers’ request for a
greater share of the profits derived
from the sale of their-product, and
draw up a new contract along the
plan outlined above. There will be
no suggestion of force or coercion
on the part of the committee. It Will
merely be presenting the practically
unanimous opinion of the sugar beet
growers whose very numbers are an
obstacle in the way of their meeting
the manufacturers en masse or indi-
vidually. The manufacturers will be
advised that the growers are willing
to accept a contract this year that
will give them cost of production
plus a fair share of the profits. If
the manufacturers do not wish to be
fair and present the farmers with
such a contract, there is no law un-
der the heavens that can compel the
farmers to accept a. lesser contract.

The entire state press will be in-
vited to attend this conference. The
farmers will as usual place all their
cards on the table and they want the
public to see them and be the judge
of whether their request for a better
contract is just and reasonable. The
farmers wish to keep entirely with—
in both the civil and moral law in
their negotiat‘ions‘wuh the manu-
facturers and they are willing that
the public shall also be the judge of
this. They intend to show that the
new scale of prices which they seek
will encourage greater production,
thereby relieving the shortage and
benefitting all concerned.

There is plenty of time in which to
sign up contracts for next year’s
acreage and farmers are urged to
withhold their plans on next year’s
acreage until after the committee
meets with the manufacturers. Many
farmers declare they will turn to
some other crop, but we are sure that
they will find sugar beets a profitable
crop under the proposed contract.

Campbell Noses. into First Place again with Baker Hot on his Heels

(HE -RACE is getting hot. Two
weeks ago Campbell led all
contenders. with Simpson run-
ning second and Baker third. Last
week Simpson dropped to third place,
Baker took first and Campbell second.
Then the “Campbellites” got busy
and showered us with enough votes

to restore Campbell to the lead and.

drop Baker to second place. - As we
go to press the majority of votes
coming in seem to favor Baker.
Nathan P. Simpson is getting all
sorts of votes and ,boquets from all
parts of the state and we predict
that he is going to be a close .con-
tender for first place. Of course,
hit. *Slmpson says he is not a candi-

‘ date, and Herb Bani-Jays he wants

’~togobacktothe8enate.batweim—

was that any of the gentlemen on.
the ballot would accept the nominee

tips for igov‘ernor if tendered to them
:1) latter with“ trimmings

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and name men to lead the farmers
to victory in the next campaign. It
is very important that they have a
strong expression of the views of the
farmers, and we expect to lay be-
fore them the result of our straw

ballot. We do not expect that the
Committee will be entirely guided by
the result of our straw vote, but it
will serve to point out to them the
several candidates who are strong
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son's greetings .-—Jos.

Thousands of our readers have
not yet voted. It costs nothing but
a two cent postage stamp to cast
your vote and it may mean the se-
lection of the man whom you most
desire to see elected. We are well
pleased with the interest shown thus
far but we urge those who have not
acted to clip out the coupon AT
ONCE. If you renew your subscrip-
tion or write us upon any matter be
sure to include your vote with your
letter. Below are some of the ex~
pressions of opinions from readers
upon the governorship matter:

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My first choice, Herbert F. Baker;
second, Chase Osborn; third, L. Whit-
ney Watkins; fourth, Jas. .
I will stand back of any candidate inf; .
your list. -—W. R. ”8’ Sterling

“Enclosed you will find ballot- ’
marked for Milo D. Camp sell for.
governor. Two votes for him at our ‘
house. We think your paper“ just a
great. Wishing you. all the best saoi-
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. IIROUGH the courtesy of Mr.
‘Alla'n P. Cox, chief assistant
~ ' prosecuting attorney of Wayne
. , county, the editor of Michigan Bus-
Jams Farming was permitted to ap-
“pear before the Detroit Fair~Price
. com-mittee last Wednesday and pre-
mt evidence to disprove certain
" statements which were given
out to the public several weeks ago
by a member of the committee. These
statements we‘re published in a De-
trait newspaper and formed the ba-
ils of an article that was printed in
the Dec. 6th issue of M. B. F.

, This Fair— Price committee came
. 'into being at the behest of the De-
:ftroit council. It is composed of
seven or eight wholesale and retail
merchants, a member of the dairy
and food department, and a member
of the women’s clubs of the city. The
work of the committee is under the
direct control of the prosecuting at—
torney of Wayne county. The com-
mittee attempts to recommend ‘a
maximum plane of prices on food
commodities under which the aver-
age wholesaler and retailer can do
business. Any merchant caught
Selling at prices above those publish-
ed by the committee is technically
guilty of profiteering. One objec-
tion that has been raised against the
_committee by the people of Detroit
is that the prices it announces are
higher than many retailers are
charging and that this fact encourag-
es those who sell below that price
to immediately raise their prices to
the level recommended by the com-
mittee, which, if true naturally rais-
es the cost of living. The commit-
tee argues, however that the publi-
cation of its prices induces mer—
chants who can sell under that level
to use these prices to draw business
to their, stores and that the result-
ing competition forces high-price

merchants to reduce their prices ac-.

cordingly:

Be that as it may the majority per-
sonnel of the committee make it pe-
culiarly sensitive to attacks upon the
wholesale and retail business in
general and there has been altogeth-
er too great a readiness to shift the
blame for the high cost of living
upon the shoulders of the farmer.
We found certain members of the
committee quick to resent any sug-
gestions that the blame for the high

, cost of foodstuffs lay upon the cum-
bersome and expensive methods of
distributing this food. One member,
the president of a chain-store com-
pany asked this question: “Do

High Rate of Exchange ~ Means Lower Prices to American Producers

HE ACCOMPANYING article was

submitted to as by the American
Ass’n of Meat Packers. It is evidently
ofered ,in partial explanation of the
drop in hog prices. Whether or not
it constitutes the principal or even an
important reason for the decline, it
does contain much information of in-
terest to farmers.

 

T MAY SEEM. a far cry from a de-
Icline in sterling exchange values
to an American farmer’ s hogfbut
the connection is very real and the
drop in the exchange value has cost
the farmers of this country milliIOns
of dollars.
This is how it came about:
Before the armistice, and for sev—
eral months thereafter, the food pur-
chases of the Allied governments
were controlled by the United States
Food Administration. While this
arrangement was in "effect, liberal
credits were extended by this gov-
ernment to the Allies. The exchange
value ofAllied money was thus sup-
. ported.
,_ But last March the control was
,withdrawn, and tree trading was re-
sumed. . _
' "Epgland‘

,. . 'heavilyévery
heavily, especially pork

products.

~bought

. I 1 Other countries did likewise, but the

.‘ clue of England is notable.
. ,This heayy buying was reflected
during the spring and early summer

' (arm ,1}. in a sense, was] the direct

  

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you believe that thgse who have
their money invested in. the
marketing of this food should be
done away with. That would be de-
priving them of their bread and but-
ter, and that would be a class meas-
ure.” Our reply to tlfis way: “Your
chairman has already emphasized the
necessity of eliminating all extra ex-
pense andreducing profits to a min-
imum in getting this food from the
producer to the consumer. If we
found that these men of whom you
speak are not essential in the effi-
cient and economicaLdistribution of
food, would you argue that the con-
sumer should carry them along and
pay toll to them.” To whichques-
tion he made no reply.

Below are extracts from the argu-

ments we presented tp this commit-
tee in defense of the farmer:
' “I am here to say to you that the
statements emanating from this com-
mittee about the farmer are ninety
per cent false and 100.per cent mis-
leading and by the rules of the square
deal should be corrected. I think I
see how it happens that unfair
things are said about the farmer.
You retailers and wholesalers gather
here to fix the responsibility for prof—
iteering if there be profiteering. Mr.
Retailer says, ‘It is the wholesaler
who is profiteering. Mr. Wholesal—
er denies the allegation. but since
someone must be charged with the
crime, it is laid up against the farm-
er who is not present and cannot
speak for himself.

“You have heard it said that the
tamer feeds the world. Food is life
and life is everything. But how

beneficiary of British buying.

At the time these English orders
were taken, a pound sterling was
worth perhaps a little more than
four dollars and seventy cents. The
packers, who generally received for
their products sixty-day bills or
drafts on London. counted that these
bills, payable in sterling, would bring
just four dollars and seventy cents
per British pound sterling.

    

    

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Wat?"

'lightly does the average consumer

look upon this most essential com-
modity. How indignant he is when
the price of butte and eggs advanc-
es. Motor cars may

tre tickets may advance fifty per cent
but the public does not complain.
Even clothes, fashionable clothes,
twenty per cent of which is material
and the balance style, can scale the
ladder ofrhigh prices to dizzy heights
and the consumer pays the bill and
goes blithely on his or her way. But,
~my friends, a propontionate advance
in the prices of foods is a matter to
call down the condemnation of the
press and public and arouse the min-
ions of the law to a frenzy of investi-
gation. Yet, you folks know that
food constitutes the minor part of
the family budget. Frequently a
month’ s rent is much more than the
total cost of the month’s supply of
food. I cite these things to you mere-
ly to show that you ought to have a.
better understanding of the cost of
produhing and be less critical of the
farmer who grows the things that
keep your body and soul together.
And I ask that you give the figures
and facts I present to you careful
thought and consideration so that
the next time you are tempted to,
criticize the farmer you will be a
little more charitable in your con-
clusions.

“Now, I want to makea very
broad statement. It is this. The
farmer, as a rule receives less than
sixty cents of the dollar which you
consumers spend for his products.
Where the rest goes, I am not pre-

It is common practice to sell these
bills to bankers at a discount, so
that the proceeds may be used im-
mediately in the packing business.

The first of the bills on London

were bought by t' e bankers 'at some-

thing like the price expected by the
packers. But when additional bills
on London were oflered for sale, it
was found that the exchange value
of the pound sterling had decreased,

      

     

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double and-
» triple in price, but all is well. Thea-

why it :did so.

pared to say..
'sinuate that the gentlemen who are
present here this afternoon engaged
in the wholesale or retail grocery
business are prOflteering. I do not
intend to say they are because I do
not know and that is precisely the
reason why I am asking you. to re-
frain from making any further publ-
lic statements concerning the farm-
e‘rs’ profits, because it is a subject
of which you know very little. ”

The Spread Between Producer and

Consumer
A large chart similar to that re-

produced here was exhibited to the
committee showing the spread be-
tween what the farmer receives and
what the consumer pays for his food.

For some reason or other the simple
,truths revealed by this chart arous-
ed the ire of one J. C. Cusick, head
of the Superior Wholesale Company,
who charged that we were attempt-n
ing to arouse the consumer against
the wholesaler and retailer. He
challenged the correctness of the fig-
ures and declared that there was no
place in Michigan where potatoes
could have been bought from the
farmers the middle of November for
'$1 per bushel. He accused us of
distorting the truth and made‘such
bitter attacks upon the farmers as to

call forth the opinion of the writer

that if his remarks reflected the-
opinion of the entire committee we

were forced to the opinion that the

committee was trying to protect the

interests of the wholesalers and -re-

tailers instead of the consumers of

Detroit. Be it said, however, that

all other members of the committee

were courteous in their attitude and

seemed to take a genuine interest in

the facts present. Mr. Cox said:

“Granting that all you say is true,

what is your plan for reducing the

cost of distributing this food.”

“That,” we replied, “is a problem al-

together too great for this commit-

tee to solve. It is a problem which

will try the skill 'of the nation’s best

experts, butit is a prbblem that will

eventually be solved. No plan that

we might suggest here today would

find favor in the eyes of this com-

mittee because the majority of them

are opposed to a change in present

methods and when the problem is

solved it will mean that some of -the

men who are here today must go

into some other line of business.

Roughly speaking, however, the so-

lution of the problem lies in groups

of organized consumers dealing di-

rect with groups of organizer pro-

ducers.”

and the bills worth less than had
been calculated. In other words, the
packers had set a price on their pro-
ducts and taken bills on London in
payment. Then, when they sold
these bills, the money realized was
less than the price at which they had
thought they were selling the goods.)

Pork Per Lb. Vs. Pork Per £

Here is a very simple illustration
of how it worked. -
Suppose the packers were selling
some product at thirty cents a pound
and were taking sixty-day London
bills in payment. Then suppose that
by the time they sold these bills this
form of exchange had declined six
per cent (from $4. 70 to $4. 42.) This
means that the packers wOuld re-
ceive for their products nearly two
cents a pound less than the price at
which they had intended to sell

them. '
And the exchange value of sterling
continued to decline. .
.So the packers did a very natural "
thing. To compensate for the fall-
ing exchange value, they raised the
price of their products in England.

A Race Between Prices and Exchange
This worked all right for a time.

Prices mounted steadily as sterling .

declined. .
Then the compensating system .
broke down.

Nor do I intend to in-

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CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS
UBGE TEEATY RATIFICATION
Nearly forty prominent California
Republicans Joined in sending the

‘ following telegram to Will H. Hays,

Chairman of the Republican- National
GOmmittee, at the meeting of the

-~00mmittee in Washington on Decem-

ber 9,1919:

“The undersigned Republicans of
California concerned for their party
and their country, respectfully urge
upon you and other members of the
Republican National Committee 'the
necessity for the immediate ratifi-
cation of the Peace Treaty and the
duty which rests upon you as the
present ofiicial representatives of our
party.;1to urge the Republican sen-
ators to recede from their refusal to
pass the treaty without amendments
or reservationsof such character as
substantially to alter its character
and to require its resubmission to
our allies and toGermany.

..‘.‘.The defeat of the treaty and a 1

separate'peaCe with Germany will be

a betrayal of our allies and a victory,

for Germany. It will mean a con-
tinuance ofthe present chaotic con-
ditions in Europe, with indescribable
suffering there and certain reaction
here.

“The responsibility for this if the

“treaty fails cannot be shifted or con-
sealed;
-j-ority of the Republican

It will rest upon the ma—
senators,
and, through them, upon the party
and the issue, which should not be
.a party one, will be made so.

, “We are confident that the vast
majority of the Republicans in this
state at least are in favor of the

.treaty and that the position of the
.Republicans senators will seriously
‘ damage the party.”

TEN MILLIONS LOANED
T0 FARMERS IN NOVEMBER
During the month of November.
1919, an aggregate of $10,689,965
was loaned to 3,352 farmers of the
United States by the Federal Land
Banks on long-time first mortgages
according to the monthly statements
made to the Farm Loan Board. The
Federal Land Bank of St. Paul leads
in the amount of loans closed, the
same being $2,107,100, the Federal
Land Bank of Houston following
with $1,409,245. The other banks
closed loans in November as follows:

Spokane, $1,315,600; Louisville, $1,—.

036,600; New Orleans, $880,450;
Omaha, $723,700; Wichita, $635,-
500; St. Louis, $620,970; Columbia,
$570,100; - Baltimore, $505,500;
Springfield, $463, 300; Berkeley,
$421, 900.

On November 30, 1919. there were

 

operating in the United States 3,-
-890 Farm Loan Associations. The
tetal mortgage loans made by the
Federal Land Banks through these
associations to 106,929 farmer bor-
rowers as of that date, amounted to
$282, 007, 781. During November,
8, 215 applications were received ask-
ing for $29, 324, 460. During the
same period 6,410 loans were ap-
provedf amounting to $20,763,905.

.The grand tetal of loans closed is
distributed by Federal Land Bank
Districts as follows:

Spokane ............. $37,610,220
St. Paul. 37,490,100
Omaha ...... 36,855,390
Houston .............. 31,408,401
Wichita .............. 24, 597, 400
St. Louis ............. 22,217,250
Louisville ......... 1. .. 19, 936, 700
New Orleans .......... 19, 548, 380
Columbia ............. 15,012,595
Berkeley ............. 15,000,800
Baltimore .............. 11.433,800
Springfield ........... 10,896,745

Up. to November 30, 1919, inter-
est and amortization payments due
by borrowers to the banks amOunt—
ed to $15,213,719.64. Of this
amount all but $230,671.90, or 1
and 5-10 per cent had been paid, and
o fthis sum $124,935.38 represents
inst-ailments which had only be-
come due during. the month.

LIVINGSTON FARM ’LOAN
,ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED

The organizationof the Livingston
County Federal Loan association has
been perfected and the following of-
ficers elected:

President—4Joseph D. Stackable,
Pickney; vice president, Rex Gorton,
,Howelil; secretary and treasurer, Ir-
win N. Ba’ll, Hamburg. Boad ,of
Directors—Joseph N. Stacka/ble, W.
F. Sheh-an. T. P. McClear, of Pinck-
ney, Rex Gorton and W. E. Allen of
South Lyon. Loan Committee—W.
F. 'Shehan, Rex Gorton and W. E.
Allen. 1

INGIIAM THRESHING GROUP_
CELEBRATES FINE YEAR-

A banquet was serve-d in connec-
tion with the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Farmers’ Thresh—
ing corporation and their families
here in the Community hall, Dec. 8.
There were 102 in attendance to en-
‘joy the oyster supper and the pro-
gram which followed.

Reports were. given showing that
the Bath and DeVVitt Mutual Thresh—
ing company had commenced opera—
tions July 18, 1919, and had thresh—
'ed 2, 000 acres of grain and beans to
the amount of 36,658 bushels, of

   

grain and 6,425 bushels of beans.

_ tary, J. J. Slaight, J.;

  

The'corporat'ion has a membership
of 35 stockholders
shares of $100 each and at the close
0 fthe threshing season the stock-
hoders declared a dividend of 30 per
cent on their stock.

F. T. Smith and Monty Ellsworth.

are the managers. The ofiicers are:
president, Will Stadel, who acted as
toastmaster at the banquet; secre-
treasurer Fred
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0. W. BRUNGER, of Bellaire, Mlchlgan, has
sent the above picture of a scene showing the
work of the co-operative threshing association of
farmers in the vicinity of Beilaire. Enthusiastic
reports have been sent in of the success of this
organization.

CORN SHOW DATE JANUARY 28

County Agent J. V. Sheap has sent
out score cards for the Jackson coun-
ty Corn Show to be held at the store
of Reid & Carlton, Jan. 23 and 24.
Exhibitors may obtain cards from
the county agent in advance of the
show, in order that they may know
how to select their corn with a bet-
.ter understanding in regard to the
points on which it will be judged.

There will be a class for each va—
riety of corn and ten ears of corn
will constitute an entry. Exhibitors
may enter all classes if they desire
to do so. It is urged by the county
agent that they get their samples in
without delay, as they will probably
be in bette1 condition than if kept in
a corn cri'.b

At the last Jackson county corn

"'show some excellent corn was ex—

hibited and it was later taken to the
state at Lansing, and the result was
that most of the plizes went to this
county

Ogemaw Livestock Association

About thirty of the farmers of Og-
emaw county met at t.he.Farn1 Bu-
reau office at West Branch, Satur-
day, December 6, and formed a Live-
stock Improvement Association. Og-
emaw county is well spotted with
pure bred stock and it is the inten—
tion of the Improvement Association
to boost the breeding of pure bloods.

There are 50'

    

HURON COUNTY AND IOWA
LAND VALUES COMPARED

As a comparison in the price of
Huron county land with that ‘of
some of our other states, we,,qu‘oto
the following extract from a,letter
received by G. E. Everingham, 'of

Sebewaing, from John B. Smith.__wl,1'o ,

recently went to Waverly, Iowa, to

take charge of the agricultural de- > .

partment of the sugar plant at that
place. It is worth reading:

“Was a little disappointed with
the Iowa country when I first landed
here. The country arOund waverly
is something like the Bad Axe coun-
try, slightly hilly.
or sandy loam and the low spots are
black sand or sandy loam usually
with cold sandy bottom. However,
there are some very good clay loam
spots. All the river bottoms here
seem to be sandy bottoms and they
sure have plenty of creeks and rivers.
Last week I worked up
about 70 miles north and 100 miles
west of here. I made the swing
around that section and there I found
the Iowa landsyou hear about. Land
around Waverly is selling at $250
to $450 per acre, but north and west
of here it sells for $250 to $600 per
acre. I was over an eighty at a
place called Bode. Party could sell
for $600 per acre and I could dupli-
cate1,the same farm in Michigan at
$175 per acre or less. I am certain
that it wouldlbe less. The land
around Sebewaing is just as good as
any I have seen out here, and I be-
lieve that I have seen some of their
best. Their corn here this year av-
eraged about 40 bushels per acre
and beets around 8 tons. Sebewaing
territory had them beaten 50 per
cent this year on corn and almost 400
per cent on beets—Sebewaing Blade.

“Am Not a Candidate”—Helme

I note you have my name on your "

ballot for Governor and .I acknowledge
your request for a biography. Please
take my name off the ballot as I would
be an impractical candidate. Barring
political revolutions the next Governor
of Michigan will be nominated at the
Republican primaries, next August. I
could not be nominiated on that ticket
and I could not be elected on the
Democratic ticket. So it would. be
useless to vote for me. I would not
accept a nomination for Governor on
any ticket. Thanking you for the
complinemt of-suggesting my name.
———J. W. ‘Helme, Adrian Mich.

Excess Wool, Profits Apportionment by U. S. Involves Five Distinct Steps

HE Department of Agriculture
is rec iving inquiries, from
wool g owers of the country
concerning the progress made in

- winding up the affairs of the Doinest-

ic Wool Section of the War Indus-
tries Board. The work involves four
distinct steps or activities and it

seems probable that fifth will. be

necessary.

The first step is to secure, on forms
furnished by the department, sworn
reports from the 3, 686 country deal-
ers and the 1-79 distributing centers
dealers to whom the War Industrie
Board issued permits to deal in woo

'- of the 1918 clip. 1»
The second involves the auditing
_ of these "repmts, in detail,

to deter-
mine whether the methods pursued

and the profits made are in accord- ,

ance with the regulations

We third is .the collection of ex-'
cess profits from those persons or
firms whose reports, ,after auditing,
' «snow that such exeess profits were
As rapidly as they are re- '
re-

ade.
cived by the department, all
mittances for excess profits are being
deposited as a' special ‘fund in ‘ the
ry of Eh United States.
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su'ch profits. After this is done. the
department proposes to disburse the
excess profits by check of its own dis—
bursing officer drawn on the Treas-
urer of the United States.

The fifth step will be an audit, in
the field, of the books and records
of dealers whose reports for‘an'y rea—
seem to make this course advisable.

The first division of the work has
been very nearly completed. A rel—
atively small number of approved

dealers have failed to make reports,

and, it is believed that. the-transac-
tions of. many. of these 'were. so small
as to be practically negligible.

The department has not yet taken
drastic measures to obtain the out-

standing reports, but is ready to take;

whateyer action may be necessary to
enforce cempliance with the regula—
tions. '

It has been discovered that several
hundred Wo'ol dealers carried on

, their 6113111956 as usual during 1918

without securing permits. As 5 the
names ‘of these dealers have been as-

certained, they have been required

‘to furnish reports similar in all res-
pects to those required from permit
’holders and to pay over their excess
profits whenever it appears that they
as a more tnetu the legislation;

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from having operated in ignorance
or violation of the regulations. rllhe
discovery of many of these unauthor-
ized dealers was impossible until the
reports of the 1.79 dealers in dis—
tributing centers were audited, since
the entire wool clip of the country

eventually passed through their
hands and was itemized on their
books either as purchases or con-

signments.

The second division of the work,
that of auditing the reports received,
is progressing as rapidly as the
force available will permit, and the
collection of excess profits proceeds

1 as the audit of each separate case is

completed. Many of these individ~
ualreports contain a record 'of thouN
sands of "transactions and the audit-
ing process is 'corresppndingly-slow.
Until theaudits ofthe reports of ap-
proved dealers are completed, the
department will int be able to conn-

pI'ete its list of unauthorized dealers.

This" fact will "delay the completion
of the collection of excess profits. 1
As rapidly as excess profits are re-
mind from any dealer they are an
portioned to the indivdual growers
to the extent to 'which their identity
is disclosed, but thevaetual payments

has being, withheld, until the, collec-

tion of excess ths is more nearly-
1 . 'thht pracfiicaily

all the growers may
checks at
time. ,

The reports of many country deal-
ers show no excess profits. Rela-
tively small’ amounts cf excess were
made by most of the others and the
refunds to individual growers will,
in many cases, be very small. In

receive their
approximately the same

‘other cases, the refunds will amount

in the aggregate, to several cents
per pound upon all the wool which
the dealer handled.

The greater part of all excess prof-
its appears to have accumulated in
the hands of certain distributing
center dealers who purchased large-
ly through direct agencies in pro-
ducing sections. Many of the dis-
tributing cent dealers, Who handled
wools on consignment only and
whose prefits. were necessarily lim—
ited to the commissions paid by the
g0vernment, appear to have his
case.
ject in the press, the fact that‘ nearly
tWO- thirds of the wool clip of
country is so-called territory wool
from the western and Pacific Céa’et
States, which was handled almohtl
clusiv‘ely on consignment; =and’ ther
foredumishes no Opportunity-31¢ "
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I the day the end was predicted to come, we
haven’t been advised of the fact. In these
parts the old globe seems to be enjoying her
usual good health and jogging along in the
same old rut as usual. If any heavenly bod-
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A Happy‘New Year to You.

courting this way, old Mother Earth gave no.

perceptible sign that she was aware of their
presence, for she kept blithely on her way and
never once truned her head. The sun still
comes up in the morning, plays hide and seek
with the grey Winter clouds, and after an in-
credibly short time hides himself for the night
behind the storm clouds in the west. The snow
continues to drift lazily earthward; the chil-
dren traipse by on their way to school with
noses red and dripping just as in days of yore
when you and I were kids; the doctor still
bustlcs by with his medicine case under his
arm to treat a case of mumps or help some
tiny piece of humanity into the World; and the
u‘ndertaker’s black wagon rumbles past carry-
ing the remains of one who has shed all his
earthly cares. In fact, we can’t perceive any
change at all in the usual order of things ex'-
cept that eggs have advanced another two cents
and the coal office called us up this morning
and said that the coal strike being settled we
could now have another quarter of a ton of
doal on our contract which we placed last
spring.

‘ So, dear readers, it appears that we must
hang around the sphere for a little while long-
er and continue to perform our allotted tasks.
The plan of life and death and the mortality of
the untvcrse is still the secret of the All-Fath-
or. If the hour ever comes when man is called
to give an account of his earthly pilgrimage, it
will come as in the twinkling of an eye, and
we imagine that science will be standing
around with its mouth wide open and a puz-
zled look in its eye.

But what we started out to say was that
since we have survived the prognosticated ca-
tastrophe and in all probabilities will be giV«
en at least one more year’s lease on life wheth-
er we would or no, we M. B. F. folks wish all
of you M. B. F.- folks not only a happy, but a
helpful, a contented, and proSperous New
Year, overflowing with the blessings that come
with serving our fellow~men and our God. ‘

 

That Farmer Governor Caution

"HE STATE PRESS is showings lively

interest in the farmer-for-governor move-
Generally speaking the attitude is fav-

orable. New and then, however, some daily

' paper will sound a word of warning against

' the farmer who “farms for politics” only.

‘ froWe have heard about this kind of specimen

 

. .President and Contributing 111111101

' public .jobs.
.men join lodges, contribute to campaign funds

Forty-five cents per agate line. 14} .

F ANYTHING happened to the world on

our well-meamng city contemporaries,-

  

men'j

lac-
ed under the suspicion of being 3.111.111
politicians. It is merely a part of the sacrifice
that all men are compelled to make Who dedi:
cote their time and money to the furtherance
of the public welfare.

‘ Men are continually coming up for office

. who have never turned their hand to help an-

other, and with the aid of those who caution us
against the ”farmer politician? slide into
Lawyers, bankers and business

and use their friends to build up political

fences—but the Gods forbid that the farmer 7

should do any of those things.

This cautioning of the farmer to “beware

the man who farms forpolitics” is hot air and
camoflauge. The city press knows it hasn’t

- got a leg to stand on if it attempts to oppose

the farmers’ organized efforts to elect a farm-
er governor, and so under the guise of friend-
ship it insidiously attacks the leaders of agri-
culture hoping thereby to create division and
turn the farmers against each other. '

A Correction

ERBERT F. BAKER says that we were

mistaken about his being chairman of a
joint. labor and farmer conference at Chicago
recently. We hasten to make the correction
and ask Mr. Bakcr’ s pardon for our blunder.

Mr. Baker is president of the Farmers’ Na-
tional Council, a federation of a number of
farm organizations, which has taken a more or
less active and fruitful part in shaping legis-
lative affairs at Washington. This council
held a conference at Chicago the middle of No-
vember with the National Co-operative Asso-
ciation, composed of organized groups of con
sumers. Mr. Baker was chairman of this con—
ference and its object was of a most commend-
able nature. The conference sought to estab-
lish some plan whereby organized farmers and
consumers could co-oper‘ate in the exchange of
commodities eliminating as many middlemen
as possible. The conference with the Chicago
Federation of Labor was held after Mr. Bak-
er ’s departure from Chicago.

It might be said in this connection that any
project with which Herb Baker aligns himself
is a project worth supporting, and if Mr. Bak-
eI has set his splendid abilities at work to dis-
cover a way around the middlemen that stand
between producer and consumer, it goes with-
out saying that the way will be discovered We
want to assure Mr. Baker that we are with
him, heart and soul, in this 'enterpriSe.

, Men Vs. Measures
OR A LONG time the people of this coun-
try have embraced a false theory of politi-
cal economy. They have held that the meas-

ure was more important than the man. A meas-

ure is an abstract thing. It means nothing un-
less carried out. And it cannot be made to
function unless it is placed in the hands of a
person. Measures have been tried and found
wanting. The men who have been chosen to
13111 measures into efiect have not always car-
ried out the letter of the measure with which
they were entrusted. Ever since the Consti-
tution was adopted men have been elected‘to
office pledged to carry out a certain program,
but in a great many cases they have been false
to their trusts. The strict adherence to meas-
ures to the almost total exclusion of the qual-
ificaions of the men appointed to put them
into action has divided the country in partisan
groups. It is well known that innumerable

‘voters will vote for any kind of a man who

pledges himself to carry but certain measures,

without 'ever‘ giving any thought Whatever to -

the character 0111111 individual.

Isn’t it about time to discard this false ' 'fight against radicalism The 119'
theory. Haven’t the events of the past few merely do no 111111 e’
years proven to us that it. is no longer good wth 1m "
business nor 4 good politics ’ to “trust 11’

 

_ have spent'a good share of their lives to ad:
vance the/interests of farming should be

   

 

IN THE early centuries whenpcople labored

for the sole purpose of keeping their bodies

clothed and fed, with no thought or mm ‘ '

latingasurplus of wealth, flierewunosucha
thing as a medium of barter and exchange. If
the fisherman wished to change his diet and
‘hankered after goat meat, he simply took a.
mess of fish to the geotherd and exchanged it
for a portion of goat’s “meat This simple man-

ner of exchanging one necessity for another '

was naturally not conducive to hoarding. Man-
ifestly a fisherman couldn’t lay up' a lifetime’ s
supply of fish, nor could the goatherd pile up
his wealth of goats in his safety deposit vaults
and go to the Bermuda Islands for the winter.

Adam Smith, in his “Wealth of NatiOns,”
tells us how man finally reached the civilized
point of realizing that this manner of barter.
ing was crude and cumbersome. The more
thrifty began to accumulate more of the goods
which their work made possible than they

could consume or conveniently exchange, so _

the desire was created to use some convenient

. article, which everyone within- certain limits of

territory would employ as a. medium for purch:
asing goods. Because metal could be conven-
ltlltly handled and it was none too plentiful,
the ancients began to use crude metals pound—
ed into a remote resemblance to our present-
day coins. At first iron and other coarser met-
als was used but very gradually nations began
to drift to gold, silver and other more precious
metals.

Even though gold and silver has long been
used as media of barter and exchange, there
have been brief periods when their purchasing
power was low because of the scarcity of the
goods their possessors desired to buy. You re-
member the seven lean years in Egypt when

Pharoah commandered all the grain of the _

kingdom and placed it in the stewardship of
Joseph. All the precious stones and metal in
the earth could not'compare in value with the
wheat that'was stored away. For gold cannot
be eaten nor by any manner of means can it
extend life a single hour if there is no food
which it may purchase.

Are we coming to another period when grain
will be better than gold? There is famine in
the world. Millions of people are on the verge
of starvation. The farmers’ supplies of grain
are in demand, and there-‘ 1s no better security
to be had than wheat.or corn. All other com-
modities may decline in value, but grain, the
staff of life, will remain stable and unchanged.
For it is the one security that can be stored
indefinitely and eaten, if necessary, to sustain
life.

\.—

Reactionaries and the Legion

ETURNED SOLDIERS have cause for a

lot of thinking these days. Especially

the million or so members of the American Le—

gion find this to be the case. Persons not ful-

ly acquainted with the facts are continually

saying to Legion members something like this:
“I see Wall Street is backing the Legion.”

Now the average member of the American

Legion resents statements like that. The Le-

gionaries are mostly young men With liberal

; tendencies at the polls. They made a great

sacrifice for democracy and freedom. Espec-
ially this may be said for the several hundred
thousand farmers returned "from the. war.
When they helped form the Legion in Paris
last winter, the ideals were splendid—the prin-
ciples above reproach; No sign of Wall Street
there.

 

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can :bomb throwers and massing that Wall .
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and ‘ffearlesta guide {in these times
strictest andis'eneralfupheaval. .. ,

' There fennepoint Which,‘I would
' like to se‘e‘fi'elucid'ated’ a little'more

- j "ciearlyh viz..,1ust What'is the differ-
] once in principle and aims of the,
f Farm -Bureau

_ and the Michigan
Farmers Clubs? If the diiference is
not essential to the well beingof the
farming people, why two organiza-
tions? If it is essential why not make
it so clear right now that the, voters
will-be so well informed on the sub-
ject by election time that all the
camouflage of glib oratory, and men-
ey canndt blind them, as priviliged
interests always have done and still
{evidently count upon doing?.

We need a true- farmer governor,
hard as, many other absolute “hew—
ers of wood and drawers of water”
in the coming legislature as we can
possibly 'get to holdsup the hands of
such a governor. But who, "is the

_ question. We were sorry Grant Slo-
cum absolutely declines the honor.
It seems early to cast even a straw
vote for men who will stand for
principle and justice in such a cam-
paign as the_coming one will be,
must be like those of our Revolution-
ary fathers. impervious to all kinds
of abuse. bribery, calumny and in-

capable of bending to sophistries or -

pretense—R. L. M., St. Charles, Mich.

 

Your good words are much appreciat-
ed. The general aim of all farm organ-
izations is- the same. viz., the uplifting
of agriculture. The Farm Bureau lead-
ers claim that their organization pro-
vides a medium for mace-ordination of
all farm organizations. Being of a na—
tional character, the Bureau, it is cleam-
ed, is in a better position to bring all
farmers into a great national body. We
are sorry that the Farm Bureau has not
seen fit to take the other organizations
into its confidence and make them feel
. that they are to be integral parts of the
Bureau. There is work for all, and that
work can. best be done by all working
harmoniously and unitedly together.—
Editor.

BRICES WILL NEVER AGAIN BE
WHAT THEY USED TO BE

In your last issueyou asked, “How
Shall Farmer Educate Consumer?" I
answer, let there be a fund raised by
every farmer in Michigan donating a
small amount of money to be used in
advertising in the big city dailies.
That is the only way the consumer
can be educated as to what the farm-
er is up against in production.

One thing is certain: Food prices
will never be again what they were
10 and 20 years ago; ’twould be phy‘
sically impossible. In times gone by
the farmer, in order to sell at the
prices we received, mined his land of.
nearly _ its virgin fertility, work-
ed his wife and children for which
they drew no pay, but the farmer of
today is too well educated to put up
with these conditions any longer.
There is hardly a farmer in the Unit-
ed States today, that doesn’t know all
about-conditions in the cities, its big
wages and short days to city laborers.
The amount of money the average

— tamer can make farming doesn’t look
good at all compared with what he can
earn in the city and farmers are quit-
ting by the hundreds and going to
town. Around here 30 to 60 years, ago
the land was still nearly all in for-
ests and -now a large part of it has
been termed out and is ready” to be
abandoned. Lots of it wouldn’t "o-
.duce enough to pay a man and team
wages for plowing it, to say nothing
about the rest of the laws required to
make and harvest the crop. If this
. land is used any longer it has got ,to
be rebuilt and that means lots of
money and 'labor
there can be any paying returns re-
ceived." This is the biggest reason I

. know of as to‘ why, food prices have

~ got to remain'high. It will have to he .

high prices or no food. .
> » When a man starts in to bring up

I ' 'f'runsdown land byth’e use of commerc-

ia1, fertilizer and barnyard manure. he
gins to realize he has some'job .on
hands , d if he can't" getreaaon-
‘ y for: his fiber and.

 
  

  

    

; ' recluse“ and interested’frea‘dr

. '~.V.01‘S",ot“rdur Q.‘mihlication,‘.. . Business

» " ramps, and are thankful that the
' 7 farmers. of. Michigan” have so true

invested before;

  
  

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thoroughly he

his: own hands tor a number" of years.
{I would‘su‘ggest- that M- B. I". give the
past his‘tbry of all candidates. How
did theymake their. money? How
many Mrs 'did they, put in at actual
farm work? Knowing this, every vot-
er in the state would know at once
h-Ow he wants to vote. Get me? Am
sending you .a clipping taken from the
Grand Rapids Press which expresses
the same idea (by the editor). At
our house we will vote for the man,

if there be e ch, who has worn cal- _

lenses on his ends for many years

doing actual farm work, not the mid:

glove—'fellows—A. A. L., Cedar Springs

I

 

Yes, you are right. If the farmer could
only get the facts before the consumers
they would soon understand why farm-
ers are not profiteering at present prices
and why prices of foodstuffs can never
be as low as they used to be. Certain
big magazines, notably Collier’s Weekly
and the Saturday Evening Post are do-
ing a great deal to enlighten the con-
suming public on the farmers’ case but
there is much left yet to do along this
line. Please don't lay too much stress on
‘the “callouses” of the farmer candidate
for governor. To make a good governor
a man must have some training and ex-
perience off the farm. Let’s not lay down
any fast rules about this matter. Let’s
look into the record of the. candidate, and
if it’s all right support him even if he
does wear “kid gloves.” Kid gloves don’t
disqualify a man for the job if his heart
is in the right place. If there is a man
listed among the "farmers" on our M. B.
VF. straw ballot whom you cannot trust
to represent'the famers. give us his
name, and the reason why you suspect
him, and we’ll look into his record a lit-
tle more closely—Editor.

THE MINERS’ TROUBLES

Your paper is generally right. You
may be misinformed regarding the
miners’ troubles. They gave long
notice of the strike and made many
requests for adjustment. In many
mines they did not average three
days a week last summer. Cities
.should have municipal storage for
summer out-put. No one~peeps about
that. Why? It would do away with
rush speculation and cause operat-
ors to have money invested. The
state and municipal storage ware-
house idea would end 'many prob-
lems of economical distribution.

I do not know what you can do
with the grand central. farm bureau
idea. It is plain to one who knows
the men at thetop. It has been
boomed by Big Business. There is
danger in it. I am very glad you are
on, but be careful, men who will en-
join a miner against his fraternity
funds will hurt you if they find it
necessary.

It is not that I do not think you
square with thle,common people that
I do notw nt you to make any er-
rors that w 11 cripple you.

$25,000 is too much for Federal
Farm Loan when so many small
farmers have trouble getting small—
er amounts. Better the small rural
home than large corporation farms
and speculation. Accept my apology
for the intrusion—R. H. W;, Lewis—
too.

On my desk lies a. letter from Mr. J.
C. Wetmore. author of the “Uncle Rube”
articles. Mr. Wetmore says: “In conver-
sation with a man from the Ohio coal
fields. I learned t s: In the first place
there are too m ny men engaged in the
mining business. henCe the laying off of
men or shutting down of mines during
part of the time in the slack Season. And
the miners prefer the shutting down so
the. foreign element can get together and
have a. beer-fest. and they earn more
money working part time in the mines
than they could earn at any other. class
of work, this class of men might en-
gage in working full time." So much for
this side of the case. On the other side,
I had a conversation recently with a.
steel agent traveling out of Pittsburg,
who, much to my surprise, defended the
miners. He said, “I am like Vice-Presi—
dent Marshall. rwouldn’t go down into
us of those shafts nor live in 'a coal
miner’s shack for $10,000 a ear." Op‘n-
ion seems to be greatly div ded on the
pro sition and we will try to get more
an antic data for our readers.-——Editcr.

'7

A Costly Adair ,
“We put over a? million dollar
barrage in the Argonne.” ,
“That’s nothing. They put error a
million dollar barrage at my wed—

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H“Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring happy bells across-the Snow;
The year is going. let him go; 3'.
Ring out the false, ring in the true.’f

 

, ES, let’s say goodbye to the old
year with no sigh of. regret. In
some ways it was gobd to us, but

following closely upon the heels of

thergreat war with its sorrow, l-c‘ame,
inflated prices and we hadn’t yet had
time' to adjust ourselves to the 'new
conditions and we sort of chafed un-
der them. Now we’ll leavethat all
behind—and with the experience
gained will greet the New Year as

a fresh opportunity to show, the

“stuff” we’re made of. In this day

of opportunities, we {are the ones to

work out our Own problems; they are
of our making, so they must be of

our solving. 5

With the scarcity of help has come
the labor saving machinery to take
that burden. With high taxes have

Come high prices

 

By MABEI: CLARE LADD
perhaps you' have a . helpful hint
which you Will be glad to, pass along:

Editor, Woman’s Dep't., M. B. F.

I want so much to earn some mon-
ey and thought perhaps, through
your help, I might be able to. do so.

I read some years ago of a woman
making her living from the sale of
baskets, which she made of corn
husks. We have such, quantities of

._ nice, white ones, but I have no way

of knowing how to construct the
baskets and thought perhaps you
could tell me‘where to get a book of
instructions. People in the cities
have so many ways of earning mon-
ey with which to buy the things they
care for, and so many entertain and
use favors, etc., and I thought pos-
sibly there might be a ready market
for these corn baSke‘ts.4Mrs. C. A.

will not be so \many’ends of v‘airying
lengths to dispose of. cut away the

bulky, wood-like ends of the husks ,

with shears”. , .

The baskets are made by braiding,
much the same as the rag rugs are
braided. Select husks‘ of. uniform
width, cutting the very wide ones to
conform to the width desired. In
braiding, the edges are lapped half
an inch and braided in, weaving into
the form desired as you braid, and
sewing securely with . linen thread
which has been waxed. .Care should
,be taken to tuck in the obtruding
ends as you weave, in order to‘keep
the plait ,as even as possible, al-
though a- certain attractive uneven-
ness will exist in‘spite of precaution.

' In making the baskets or mats, be-
gin at‘the center’and work outward.
Make your stitches Small and close
rand'r._be- sure that you used waited
linen thread so' that it“ Will hold.
~ . . 5 . When .this care

 

for commodities

is used the corn

 

and while the
price of clothing
has been soaring
we women have
learned to make
one good looking
suit and one good
looking dress
serve all pur-
poses. No longer
do we have a
“Sunday” dress,
and a week day
dress. but we buy

Con s u l t i n g
with the pattern
department of a

large store, I
was informs d
that they sold
fifty per cent
more patter n s
than ever before.
going to show

women will make
their own cloth-
es, if they have
to, rather than

 

 

HOPE
Dedicated to H. H.
By 0. Shirley Dillenback

You‘re jut a baby to me yet—short years ago I saw a: downy (head—'-
Safely cradled on mother’s arm within a‘ snow-whitefbed; _

Saw too, the children gather ’round to worship at' your shrine:—
You were'indeed the wonderful gift of the God divine. _

Your very name bes'p’eaks the love you woke in mbther’sheart—
That you might grow to womanhood and noblyzziflity your part,

She gave to you the name of- one she loved long years before—
VVhen she was but a baby, too, with many tasks in store— ‘
care—to live forthose she loved

Have grown broader, finer lined than mine, with greater power to
ciasp— ' .
The form which once I held in close embrace now bears the lines of
perfect iypmanhood— ' ,
In loving trust 1 pray the heart of you has grown, as much in faith and
all that’s fair and good.

 

husk objects are
firm and durable
andmay be giv-
en hard, daily
usage, and after
a_ little, practice
much speed’ may
be developed in
the work.
Inspiration for
the shapes "-‘may
be gained "from a
study of‘the'pict-
ures of the Indi-

I'

one dress and And years so crowded with grief and ,
one suit, and a her 801% request an baskets and
with these two I wonder that she did not sink in dumb despair—but no—she fondly i the. raffle. baskets
articles up-to- 01381)“! you to her breast, ~ ‘ which are made
_ date and neat, And said, “We’ll Share with her as we have shared before—each one of» much the same,
we face the world you must help to do your part ‘ - ' ' . so far as shaping
knowing the t It was not meant that we should understand—the anguish that was ,is - concerned, In
with their ex-ces- locked in mother’s heart, shapin g, t r y
give cost Still Because we had so little we could give—Allow lovingly we gave the lit- _ holdi rrg t h a
they haven’t cost tie that we had— ' braid firmly or
us more than the How faithfully we tried to hide our want. and shun the friends who loosely, firm to
several dresses ‘31“ would make “8 sad. ’ . make the object
we used to think The years have passed and now I find—the tmy hands which once I small e r. a n d
necessary. scarce 00““ 87331)"— loose when you

are weaving a.
large flat mat.
Variety of. col-
or as well as of
shape may be
accomplished by
the use of dyes,
but do not use a
boiled dye, as in
‘ boiling you will
harden and rend-

 

 

er useless your
husks. Rather
use a commdn

 

pay the outland-
ish prices asked.
Which shows our wonderful re-
sourcefulness. Of course. due credit

must be given to the designers of

patterns who now make them so
simple that one with Very little ex-
perience can make a blouse or a
skirt. Heaven forbid that we should
ever return to the mutton-leg sleeves
the gored skirts, with linings,,fac-
ings, etc. It took an expert indeed
to make them. Today the simpler
the gown, the better we are dressed.

And so all along the line, life has its ,

compensations.

And joining ,hands with the wo-
‘men of the land who today are keep-
ing hold of only those things of the
past which. are tried and found true,
and turning the pages of time on
thesethings which are past and gone

and the memory of which will only :
'cause regret, the readers" of M. B. ‘
,F.—the thinking,
ness women, will join in Tennyson’s 5
plea; ..: ' . .7 ,
‘ ' “Ring out the want. ”the care, the ' '

reasoning,

Sin, ._' ‘ 5&1: : ‘ -

_ Thelfaithless coldness of the times,
' Ring ‘out,‘ring out my mournful
.yrhymes,» -- - -‘- .
But ring.,the fuller mi

1.

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QUESTIONS Answnnnp
We shall endeavor to’devote' just

busi- ‘1

My dear Mrs. A:

I am “glad you asked me for this
information, as it opens up an en-
tirely'new field for a great many of
our readers I am sure. Personally I
had never heard of corn husk weav-
ing until you wrote, but I immedi-
ately started an investigation, and
find that it has been done andvvery
successfully. .

I cannot tell you where to buy a
book, because the articles so far
published have been published in a
magazine which is no longer in
print, but I found bound copies in
our public library and believe that
from these articles I can give you
sufficient information so that you can
with a. little practice, make very
prettyand useful baskets.-

 

THE USE OF CORN . .
v' ’ ,HUSKS IN BASKETRY
Corn husks used in different ways
furnish ;a_n inexhaustible supply of
'niateriaiito the skillful worker, es-
pecially as there is no farm ‘which
does not at least have asmall patch

‘ of street corn, even though-they do

i *notgo in for raisinglarge tie-ids: of j
1i ‘this.commedity., ' The inner, "leaves

1 which looser; the. ear éane'j the finest

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as much spacewas ’it necessary each ‘1

 

,weekon-ourm‘age to thedgscussion of:
th‘ far ‘ men's problems. j which
" .us to ,helpgolv‘e.‘ And

   
 

Lit: marten the.”
.dlééifeis .417"-
been 19W

satisfactory to use as theyiare‘”"fl'ne,v

stroll}!‘lmLIidlfi‘d.~ ""1 , 7‘2"?
7' . Severalwayfi 'arg‘s'usssstedsmt‘ih
most‘wxpracticai seems .1, “be to 1'
the more-tender. ,j . to ,

soft and durable, and therefOreirnore

    
   

 
  

   
 

busts: ,and.~,drx._thgm’

paint of the de—
_ sired color; thin-
ning it with a little turpentine. An
attractive sewing basket can be made
of dark brown, having a separate
cover, ornamented by using a' few
of the perfectly white corn husks to
{make a little knob or handle on the
op. ‘

Mats for the table are maderby us-
ing bleached husks. These can be
made either oval or round. Then
there are attractive porch baskets,
died green. As soon as you become
interested, numerous useful articles
besides baskets will suggest them-
selves to you, such as‘brush-broom
holders. waste paper baskets, sum-
mer hats for work in- the garden and
boxes of different sizes for various
uses.

 

HOUSEHQL'D HELPS
The toughest piece of steak may
be made tender and palatable by

pounding salt, pepper andflour into ‘

it, brOWang thoroughly‘in hot fat,

.adding, water. covering closely, and

allowing it to steam for about: an
hour or until tender.‘ This is known
as ”Swiss steak.

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v 'j,;_,§ave ’your'l‘ nigh and orange peel.
$611 . together Land-ruse
sauces and cake railings.

in pudding

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the Christmas prizes for the

’ ‘ . EAR CI-IILBREN: I know every .
” Done of» you -_who. contested for .. .

best stories are .anxiouslywaiting'

,for the, winners names, and the stor-
ies to be printed, and so this week,
although it is New Year’s week and

s I might write a whole lot about mak-
ing good resblutions for the New
Year, instead, I’m simply going to
tell. youywho won the prizes, which
were packages of Christmas cards,
with tags, labels, etc., and “then we
will have all the space possible for
these stories. -

One story won the prize but it was
So long that I can’t print it or we
wouldn’t have space for any others.
Be careful children when you write,
and make your letters short or we
can’t print them. Then there was
such a, pretty little story that "should
have wen a prize. but ‘the person
who‘ wrote it for-
got to sign his
Or her 'name, so
it had to be
thrown away.
Evelyn Bugg, of
Poncla won a

~getting long I will closer—Mary F. Rog-

\

He thought ’twas his mbther, so the
dear lady said,
With a glitter of tears in her eye;
f‘Yes, Tommy come home, I've come back
from the dead;
Yes, back from my home on high."

 

Dear Laddie—We take the M. B. F.,
and like it real well, although we do not
live on a farm. We live just about one-
half mile from Muir and about a quarter
of a. mile from the school house. I am 14
years old and will be 15 in March. I am‘
in the 9th grade. There are only about
65 pupils in the whole school. On Dec.

11 our class gave a debate at the hall

on the- question that Lincoln was a great-
er man than Washington. Tuesday be-
fore Thanksgiving our room had a ban-
quet. I do not know whether we will
have anything for Christmas or not. We
have a white mule. I wonder if any of
the other M. B. F; readers have one. My
father said that he would like to get a
mate to drive with him. As my letter is

are, Muir, Mich.

Dear Laddie: —-—
‘ As I have not writ:
ten to you in a
long timeIthought
I would do so to-
day. I have just
returned from Sun-
day school. I am
now 13 years old
and am in the 8th

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prize but .her grade, I have a
story was too bfinhes 5 _ tyearls

' ong to print. ,0 a“ a 3158’ -
Then Li 1 1‘1 a n ’ §°£atpi£§a Vitohiivt‘f
Richardson," of tie kittens..Tliere
-Blanch‘ard, wrote 31‘: szczhogllpcll'lsd $2

, p on , '

0t ' th e Firm” all dearly love our
Christmas. and teacher, MlSS Hel- ,
as,we should al- > e n Barrettt. ‘11:?
..ways keep in A Jew ' Ere cfillgtgmag treg
mind :why we The boys'around-Blanohard, Mloh.. have Iearn- . this year. On

ed the value of good

celebrate Christ-
ing herstory and B'ancmm'
,_.sending her a prize; ‘
_. Pauline Frueh, of Mt. Pleasant
won a prize because her story was
not, only well written but because it
showed that at Christmas time she
was unselfish and that she was
thinking of what others might re-
ceive as well as what she might get.
And Pearl Buffenbarger, of Branch
received a prize package for her lit-
tle poem, printed below. We didn’t
have a single original drawing sub-
mitted in time for these prizes.
And now'I want to wish you all
the happiest year in your life, and
-you can help make it so by always
being thoughtful of others. If you
are kind to others, they will be kind
to you and you will find that you
will be happy the whole year ‘thru.
—Affectionately yours, LADDIE.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Laddie—As I have not written
to you for some time I thought I would
write you a. story.

i The =First¥ Christmas

When Joseph and his wife Mary, Went
to Bethlehem hiswife rode on a mule
and he'walked. When they arrived there
the houses were all full so they had to
sleep in the stables with the horses.
They slept in a manger. There was
born a baby. They named it Jesus.
There came to see the baby many saints.
The angels all sang' and everything
seemed brighter. So on this day the first
Christmas was celebrated—Lillian Rich-
ardson, Blanchard, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—It "has been some time
since I wrote to‘your corner, but as I
. have been sick and had to stay at home
from school I thought I would spend my
Ltlme writing‘ to your corner again. I
rhad ,one'story published in the. Business
_.Earming. and my; sister won a prize
some time ago. I love to Write rhymes
'but never tried for a‘ prize before, al-
though.I have written some- for' my
‘school . friends. Now for the poem.—
Pearl Buffenbarger, Branch, Mich, .

A Little Child's Plea

“Bring me a. mama; dear. Santa Cluaus
. please." _ , .
Thus spoke a dear little 'chap; '
_“I never haveknown; any comfort or ease
0r sat on a dear mother's lap." .

" “I" would rather have one, than ail of
your (toys -

0r candy or peanuts or corn. ., .,
‘ I would be the happiest of all little boys,

' Ifyou leave her'- on glad Xmas morn."

“Arid thus saying the boy.i’ell asleep,

 

wool bearers.
Delalne ram. which sheared 25 lbs. when 8 years
,mas‘, Iam. print- old, is one which belongs to John Brown. of

at

And dreamed that his mother had come »

He‘was so full of joy he began to weep,
But;awoke at the sound of‘a drum.

‘Just' then a nice lady, who was passing
that way, " - .
The golden-haired child chanced to see.
. lay _ _ . ‘. .
.' “Sadduf'wlon’t-‘youficome home __wi‘th me ?"
em mmr- e; . ‘ '

 

. , 41-“? reins theiher‘i smiled. 0.9 slush n9 '

 

sisters. I will close hoping to see my
\ letter in print—Clyde Fowler; Way-
land, Mich.

' boys—Helen

_ _ . . 4. drawin

llama l Have you come if self.
fl “ -‘have..-wri.tten. sooner. Theories .It

.. t in do 't ha

7'" ‘b°"° Thanksgiving we

made turkeys out
of pastboard and
set them in the
room. I will close because I want YOU to
find room for my original story.—-—Paul-
ine Frueh, Mt. Pleasant. Mich.

A Christmas Longing _

Once upon a time a beggar girl was
wandering around a large city when she
heard the bells pealing out their glad Lid-
ings; but in her little heart she did not
know what the soft notes told. As she
stood gazing through a store window ‘at
a beautiful doll that looked like it would
like to speak, and at some pretty dresses
for a girl about her size, a man came
out of a. lovely carriage drawn by two
shiny black horses. No sooner had he de-
scended than his two-year-old baby
climbed out and started across the street
among the hurrying crowds. As qmck as
the father was, the beggar girl was
quicker and like a-flash she darted thru
the crowd, grabbed the child in her arms
just as a carriage rolled by, and car-
ried the baby to safety. When she
caught her breath she was in the rich
man's carriage. driving to a more bear.-
tiful palace than she ever dreamed of
and there in a corner stood a beautiful
tree and its glittering branches half hid
the doll she longed for. It was hers along
with some pretty dresses. This was her
first real Christmas

 

Dear Laddie—This is the second time
I have Written to you, but my other let-
ter was not printed. I am a little boy
aged .4. For pets I have a 'dog and two
cats. Last summer I had a garden and
a patch of potatoes which I tended my-
Self. I sold my potatoes and bought a
new suit of clothes. a pair of shoes and
rubbers and I have $1.70 left. My fath~
or takes the M. B. F. and likes it fine.
I like it fine. I have one little brother,
Emory, aged 5, and a little sister, Hazel.
10 year old and in the 3rd grade at
school. My teacher. is Miss Timpke.
Hoping to see my letter' in print I will
close with love to all the boys and girls.
—«Dick Hewlett, Alanson, Mich.

Dear Laddie—This is the firstitime I
have written to you. I am a boy 11
years old and live on an 120-acre farm
We have seven milk cows one of which
I milk. We also have two young cattle
tle. We have three horses and 12 sheep.
For pets I have a kitten and about 20
rabbits. I have two brothers and two

 

Dear Laddie—This is my second letter
to you. The other did not get into
print so I hope this one will. I love to
read the letters from the boys and girls.
I am only 7 years old but I am in the
4th grade and love my school. My fath-
er is a farmer and we like the M. B. F.
very much. I am 'the only child at home.
I have a brother in South Dakota. My
pets are four cats and a parrot. I
would like to hear from seme‘girls and
‘ Marguerite Brady, Wex-
ford County,

 

Dear Laddie—“I am 8 years old. I go
to school every day and am in the 2nd
grade. My teacher is Miss M. Chessen.
I A have two brothers and three sisters.
My father milks 14 cows 'with the 'milk-
ing machine. We are having lots of
rain here. I would like to see my,letter
in print. I will .close pom—Loraine
Huber, Beaverton, Mich. ,.

 

nDear Laddie-é—I am, slow writing to
you to “let; you {know I \received my
book.‘ It is .worth a dellar it—
have‘ been-very- busy .or I would
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Mr. RAW FUR SHIPPER— ‘ .
. We want your raw furs. Put your own assortment on them and
a mail us a copy. If we cannot net you more than you expect. we will
return them to you, express paid. Our price list is yours for the asking.

Miltor'} Schreiber & Co.-—Raw Furs

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would find M. B. F. a “‘puller” for your
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_ _ \‘ Dec. 15, 1919.
Michigan Business Farming,
Mt. Clemens.

Dear Sirs:
Your paper is sure a puller. You will
get our live-stock ad again next spring.
Sincerely,
AUSTIN BROS.

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SATURDAY, BECAUSE—-

BOX.EVERY

-—-it brings you all the new . -
hiding the plain facts. s of Michigan farming; never

—'it tells you when and wh
what you raise! '
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Dear Friends:—

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Millers are offering premium prices

‘ lfor‘ good hard winter wheat but they
I cannot get enough supplies to fill the
1 flour demand. The percentage of hard
' wheat in last year’s crop was low,
but a good many millers will not buy

the soft wheat at any price. Conse— '

quen'tly hard winter wheat prices are
mounting rapidly, and grain men pre-
' dict that this grain will reach the $4
, mark on the Minneapolis market he-
: fore many weeks. The government’s
final estimate places the total crop at
around 941,000,000 bushels or 20,000,-
' 000 more than the early estimate. But
: twenty million bushels are but a drop
' in the bucket compared to the total
crop and will out no figure in determ-
, ining the price. In view of the facts
that an ’enormous amount of this grain
has already gone to market, that the
export demand is growing stronger all
the time, and that grain is the most
substantial credit on the face of the
earth,-vwheat prices are expected to
keep on going up.

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CORN PRICES PER BU., DEC. 27. 1919
Grade IDetrolt IOhicagoI N. Y.
No. 2 Yellow ...I 1.55 I 1.53 I 1.12
I No. 3 Yellow . . .I 1.54 I 1.52 I
No. 4 Yellow .. .I 1.49 I
PRIOES_ ONE YEAR A00
3 Grade ’ IDetrolt IChicagoI N. v
I No. 2 Yellow . . .I 1. 51 I 1.50 I
No. 8 Yellow . . .| 1.55 I 1.48 I 1.10
I No. 4 Yellow . . .| 1.50 I 1.40 I 1.85
The feeling prevailed in trading

circles last week that following the
easing up of the coal situation when
cars of grain will again be given right
‘ of way and supplies increase on term-
inIial markets that price of corn would
ease off a bit, and consequently prices
have not been advanced as much as
I usual when supplies become short.
I Speaking of the corn situation, the
Rosenbaum Review sai/ss “There is no
doubt but what conditions are getting
ripe for a decline in the cost of prac-
tically all commodities, but this will
take time to bring about and in the
meantime corn seems to be tending
higher in order to conform with the
prices for other things. May corn
seems headed for $1.50." While we do
not expect to see this general decline
which the Review speaks about for
several ymrs, we are of the
opinion relative to the future of corn
prices. The government estimates a
greater yield of corn by nearly a half
billion bushels than in 1918, but we
‘ predict that every bushel of it Will
find a market at prices considerably
higher than now prevail.

OATS DUE TO ADVANCE

 

OAT PRICES PER BU. DEC.21,1919_

 

 

0f0d0____ _I Detroit | Chicago I_ N. V. _
Standard ....... .89 I .88 I .95
No. 3 White .g; II .88 I

 

No. 4 White
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malt-00 “_I'I§§_I:r§pjjchi&ab I'NT’V‘:
Standard ....... I .14 I .11 I .19
No. a wnne ...I .13 I .10 I .18
I No. 4 wane .. .12 I .39 I .11

 

 

 

We have maintained for months
past that the oat price was not as

. high as it ought to be in comparison
' 1' I1 other grains and because of the
small crop. The Rosenbaum Remew,

' which is one of the most dependable
grain papers published, also clings to
this theory. In its last issue it had
this to say about the oat situation.
“Cats are slowly coming into their
i“ own, and hiave been steadily advanc-
i , ' ing. Prices are the highest of the sea-
sdn. The cash has advanced faster
'2 than the futures, which tel 21. very
thealthy condition. There is an im-
rpreesion in the trade that this will re-
It in the country selling more free-

same~

“’Q Others who have been right on the
‘ for some time say that it will «

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easier feeling in potatoes.

packers.

 

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DETROIT—Grain markets easier ;- not enough 'wheat t0‘\flll

milling demands. Poultry in demand.

- CHICAGO—Potatoes higher; beans advancing.
and lower, due to holiday season and falling ofi of purchases by
Cattle weak and declining. .

Beans firm and higher.

Hogs duh

 

 

 

(Note The above summarized “1165 are received AFTER the balance of
the market page in set in type. They contain last minute information up to
within one-half hour of going to press. —Editor.

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Weekly Trade and Market Review

HESETTLEMENT of the coal

I strike and the passage .of the

bill to extend further credit
facilities to foreign countries have
stimulated the grain markets and
prices at the close of the past week
are on a generally higher level than
for some time past.

Rates of exchange have fluctuated
widely and interfered materially with
export business of all kinds. Even
Canadian exchange is way out of
balance, the discount on Canadian
money being around 12 per cent. The
postoffice department has ordered
postmasters not to accept any more
Canadian money, and some» of the
railroads and electric lines have fol-
lowed suit. In towns and cities in
the eastern part of the state where
a‘ great deal of Canadian money is
usually in circulation, the majority
of merchants have put a ban on it.
We caution our readers to examine
the coin in which they are paid for
their produce, and not to accept
Canadian money until the exchange
rate is restored to normal. If you
sold a cow for a hundred dollars in
Canadian money, you would actually
receive only enough to buy home
goods to the value of $88. In other
words, the high rate of exchange on
Canadian money will represent the
amount of profit on many a trans—
action.

The House and the Senate both
passed bills providing for the early
return of the’railroads. While we
believe that it is a betrayal of the
people’s interests to turn the roads
back at the present time, we expect
that the action will have a stimulat-
ing effect on business. Business
men have been pretty cautious the
the last few months professing to
fear the nationalization of the rail-
roads and a stricter intereference
with natural business conditions by
the government. It is not a matter

'to be proud of that business in this

country‘is so powerful that it can con-
trol the policies of the nation, yet it
begins to look as if that were about
the case. Ifthe railroads go back to
the private owners and are conduct-
ed efficiently and honestly and at the
least possible cost to the public, well
and good. But every good citizen
will keep his eye on them and woe to
the private owners if they relapse in-
to some 01 some of their old practices.

There is a. great demand from for-
eign countries for American,machin-
ery. Lithuania recently sent a com-
mission to the United States to secure
a credit 0f $100,000,000 for the pur-

pose of purchasing American goods. ,

In return for these goods Lithuania
promises to export filax, timber and
wool, two of which products come in-

to direct competition with the Amer-_

ican farmer. There is going to be an
enormous increase in manufacturing
activities the nextfew years. Eur-
ope’s factories, such as escaped the
destroying hand of war, are obsolete
and decadent and this country must
supply agricultural implements, mot-
ors, lathes, forges, locomotives and
innumerable other kinds of machinery
for a long period of time. The prin-
cipal thing that will determine the

.extent of these purchases will be the

ability of the foreign countries to pay
for them in gold or goods of equal
cash value. In the case of Lithuania
bankers are promised blanket mort-
gages‘on extensive state-owned lands
and forests. Just how valuable these
mortgags would be, \in a country with-
out stable governmefit, is largely a
matter of personal opinion. Not-
withstanding the obstacles that stand
in the way, we may expect that our

farms and our. factories will be kept -

running to capacity for several years
to come to replenish our own and Eur-
ope’s depleted supplies of commodi-
tis.

 

take much higher prices to start farm-
ers to selling as they hold only a com-
paratively small amount from the 1919
crop in many sections. The cr0p is
the smallest in five years, and need
on harms is large owing to the light
weight. In fact, there are a great
many who believe that the actual crop
is much smaller than the govern-
ment’s estimate.”

This same publication speaking of

the general trend in grams notes "that
at the time this was written all grain
with the exception of corn were at the
highest figures of the season. Decem-
ber corn in all probability will sell
at over $1.50 per bushel. American
corn in Liverpool has advanced over
10 cents per bushel in the past few
days. The bears are up against a com-
bination of influences that will mar-
tyr them.” '

 

9‘55: JAN. FEB MAR. APR.

MAY JUNE JULY

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or is aptto happenintheryeand bar--
Both grains are in good
demand, the former. for export and the
- latter for cattle feeding. The supply
of both grains is short and the de-
.mand unusually brisk. As wheat »
prices advance rye will follow suit and

by markets.

and barley will not be far behind.
Farmers who' took our advice and
planted a goodly acreage of barley last
spring, have found that it paid them
Rye is. in demand at the job-
bing price of $1.76 for No. 2 and bar-
ley is finding many buyers at $3 to
$3.20 per cwt. .

 

NEW LIFE IN BEAN MARKET
BEAN finlcze PER cwr.. 05c. 21, 1010

 

 

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. . n. P. ...... I 1.25 1.15 I 3.00
Red Kidneys ...I 18.00 113.00 ,

 

 

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Grade IDetroit IcliicagoI NZY:
c.'H. P. ....... I 3.03 {13.83 #1350
Red KIdneys 'm‘....I13'.50 I12'.oo I11.25

 

Beans are losing no time in recover-
ing from the slump of the past sergeral
months. Demand has improved won-
derfully; supplies are only moderate
and there have been two or three ad-
vances of t cents or 'more per bushel
within past ten days. For the first
time in many months bids are being
offered for future deliveries at an ad-
vance over the cash price. The most
encouraging thing about the bean sit-
uation is that '- the most persistent
bears have become enthusiastic bulls
and everybody is talking higher prices.
Considering the food value of beans
they are ridiculously low in price in
comparison with other foods. A Mich-
‘ig'an elevator, reporting to the Price
Curran Grain Reporter, says: “The
majority of Michigan growers cannot
raise .beans at a profit at present
prices which are out of line with oth-
er foods.” Latest advices from the

Orient are to the effect that the 1919-

cr0p is short. Taking all things into
consideration beans are bound to take
an altogether diflerent course the next
few months, and many are again talk-
ing bf “nine dollar .beans.”

POTATOES STILL ACTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPUDS PER CWT.. DEC. 21. 1919
Booked Bulk
Detroit ............... 3.50 3.25
Chicago ............... 8.15 3.00
Plttsburg .............. 3.25 3.00
New York ............. 2.15 2.50
- PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
Detroit ............... I 1.90 1.
Chicago ........ a ...... I 1 10 1.33
P lttsburo .............. 17.93 1 .20
New York ............. I 2.50 2.40

 

 

 

Each week the potato market climbs
another notch or two. We are a little
bit suspicious of this market this year.
While it is true that the total yield in
less than last year's it is nevertheless
somewhat above the average crop and
we can find no good reason for such
high prices only two months. after the
crop movement began. It is true that
some potatoes have been destroyed by
rat, but the general run is of good
quality and fair size. There are very
few No.2 potatoes in Michigan this
year. The starch factory at Cadillac
will not operate this season at all be-
cause "there are less than 25 carloads
of No.2 potatoes in the entire state. "
This means that a larger percentage
of the crop than usual will enter into
the commercial channels. The move-
ment of -the Michigan crop has been
unusually active, it being estimated
that over fifty percent of the crop has
Either the
goyernment estimate is way off, or
else other spud states are holding
their crops. It must be remembered

; that practically our entire crop must

be consumed at home, and while many
people will undoubtedly eat more no-
tatoes because of the high prices of
other foods, it is not wise to place too

much dependence upon a continuation . -

of the present demand and prices. We
may be greatly mistaken but We feel
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Supplies of hay are light at De—
troit and numerous other markets,
altli‘ough the demand is fairly good.
A 'firm tone is quoted. Crop report-
ers of Business Farming have been
telling of only slight activity in the
hay market. .

HOGS SLIGHTLY HIGHER ‘

'Week before last hogs reached their
lowest level since February 1917, when

the market touched the $12.50 mark. A,

few days later it had risen again to
$14, and past week closed with best
offerings selling at $14.20. .
Again quoting the Rosenbaum Re-
view we find: “The technical position

of the market favors the grower more

than 30 days back. Indianapolis is
no longer running the bargain sale,
eastern markets have worked On a
level that gives Chicago a shipping
margin. Buffalo speculators are buy-
ing hogs at Chicago to resell at east-
ern markets, an infallible signpthat the
big run from Ohio, Indiana and Mich-
igan is over, and every small packer
lathe country is clamorous for ‘hogs
demonstrating that the cutting oper-
ation is proftiable. Provision stocks
are not heavy. consumption of fresh
pork is reviving and although consum-
ers are still paying exorbitant; prices
for smoked meets, their purchasing ca.
pacity is large. Nobody in the trade
is venturing predictions, but these
facts are indisputable:

“The winter crop is numerically less
than that of last year " _

“Eastern killers will be compelled

to buy more hogs at Chicago as the
winter wears along.”
"Fourteen dollars per cwt. at the

market is low enough for hogs based
on current cost of production. Con-
sumers are more interested in "main-
tenance of an adequate supply than
low prices temporarily and it is a.
cinch that if the grower is not ad-
equately remunerated he will either
quit growing hogs or reduce his herd. ”

Dressed hogs are lower, Detroit buy-

one paying from 16@19c according to

weight. ,

 

CATTLE MARKET TOBOGGANS
Hogs have 'had their turn on the

"market tobog‘gan and now‘ cattle are ‘
trying a hand at the sport.

Every-
body is selling cattle. Frightened
by the stampede in the hog market

.~and fearful lest cattle would follow

the same course, purchasers of high—
priced feeding stocks have been un-
loading their herdsall over the coun-
try. with the inevitable result that
supplies have been far in'excess of
the demand.»

During the first 'two weeks of De-

cattle and other points report re-

Tceiptsof corresponding. volume. The' ,.

majority of stock has been selling

1 below the $15 market for the ,bet-

swan of a week and some bellow

 

Sell a

ly higher prices.

cutting down the demand.
creamery butter quoted at 63@660.

 

  
   
  
   
   
  
 

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mavenotbeenma-

' terielly elected by the slump in live

cattle, iobhing prices on the Detroit

market still ranging around 24 @ 26c

per pound Hides hare taken a con-

siderable drop one to the change in .
the cattle situation. Horsehides are

quoted at $8@9. .

 

sunni- AND m many
Sheep and lambs failed to follow
the cattle market last week and all

live stock markets with the excep-

tion of East St. Louis report slight-
On the Bulalo
market lambs sold as high as $19
per cwt., and yearlings between $9
and $15 per cwt.

 

DAIRY PRODUCTS EASY
High prices oi dairy products are
Fresh

are
Storage
9335, bought from the farmers at
around 45 and title are retailing at
“@750. ,

HIGH RATE OF EXCHANGE "

MEANS LOWER PRICES
(continued from page 4)

had bought perhaps a trifle more

than_she needed. Furthermore, the

prices for the product had been rais-

ed to the maximum. When sterling

continued. downward and the Briton

(was asked to pay still higher prices

for his meat, he simply balked and
refused to go deeper into his wallet.

In this. resolution he was protect-
ed by the huge purchases which had
been made. '

But the value of the British pound
in American money continued to
move downward, so that the packers’
bills on London constantly lost val-
ue. If a packer sold meat for 100

. in »
mu ' per dozen. lThirtyyda y
old eggs, also called i‘fresh’“

retailing around 85@90c. .

c . p

realized. perhaps, only use
The Farmer is mooted

The consequenCe -

     

was inevitable: '

The album in British buying and ‘the ‘. 1'

decline in the exchange value of star-
ling backed up on the American live-
stock market—particularly the Am-
erican hog market. Prices for hogs
went down. . (Of course. there were
other factors in this slump, such as
the agitation at Washington and

elsewhere, but the foreign exchange 3

situation also had a marked elect.)

Today, sixty-day bills on London ‘

are worth about $4.08 per pound

sterling, as compared with a normal '

value of something like $4.86.
The situation hurts industry, farm-

ing and stock raising. If the foreign '

nations cannot buy our goods, we
can not export. If we cannot ex-
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heavy surplus and surplus produc-

tion is essential to national prosper- -

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E ARE going to have trouble.
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trouble it will be. Like quar-
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which cause irritation, are constant-
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"abetted by a flock of troublesome

chickens on this side Of the. fence,
which are constantly flying over into
Mexican natural resource gardens,
where they find good pickings in oil,
coal and minerals-r—trouble is bound
to occur. Some of these days a few
dead chickens will be thrown back
over the fence, and when the neigh-
bors meet again the fight will be on.

The hue and cry over the recent
Jenkins incident shows just how
anxious some people are for‘ another
fight. Jenkins was a Vanderbilt foot-
ball player years ago, and has been
in business in Mexico for more than
twenty years. Some time ago he
was appointed consular agent for
this country in his own home town
——-Puebla. One night recently, he
was kidnapped by bandits, who took
$25,000 from his office safe and car-
ried him away to the foothills. He
was released upon the payment of
a. $150,000 ransom. Later he was
arrested by the local authorities for
alleged connivance with the bandits,
then released and rearrested on a
perjury charge.

Congressman and Senato,rs who
never have and never will know the
smell of burned powder on a battle

field. howled themselves hoarse
clamoring. for war—“war to the
hilt.” The war propagandists im-

mediately got busy, and it looked for
a. time as if the fight would be on
very soon. Later Jenkins was re-
leased, Congress again lapsed into
a sweet slumber, and all is well for
the moment. We are maintaining ap—.
proximately 60,000 soldiers along
the Mexican line fence—a very nec-
cessary precaution—yet a constant
source of suspicion and irritation. It
was claimed by Congress that Mex—
ican intervention could be easily ac-
complished now, with our modern
equipment—an opportunity I sup-
pose to burn up the rest of the powd-
er and use the material prepared for
the Germans—a case of making
something out of war salvage oper-
ations. Fireworks left over after the
Fourth, as it were.

This country has indeed much war
material right now which could be
brought into use—everything neces-
sary, perhaps, except the blood of
American young manhood, of which
we have already sacrificed too much.
I quite agree with the sentiments ex—
pressed by the Wichita Eagle: “Com-
plete intervention in Mexico would
mean a,wonderfu1 opportunity for
oil and sisal interests, munition man—
ufacturers and the packers, but to
the people of the United States it
would mean another staggering load
of debt; higher taxes, another rise
in prices, and to the men in the
field it would mean at least three
years more of fighting, marching,
obeying orders, suffering and dy-
ing.” The war department figures
that complete intervention in Mex-

_ ico would mean ‘three years of fight-

ing and an army of four hundred
and fifty thousand men.

And here is a point that I have
never been able to understand. Dur-
ing the war with Germany. after the
U. S.‘ had
tak e n a
hand in the
fight, there,
we s n 0
trouble in
Mexigc 01.
Villa ‘ was
quiet; and

the border
line were
quite satis—
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weight perhaps.

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quarters, and—“sooner or later there
WILL be trouble with Mexico."

The Federal Government
caused many investigations to '-be
made in order tolocate old “H. C.
of Living ” who has been getting
away with the peoples' money. Many
states have made similar investiga-
tions, Michigan among the rest. Did
they find old “Hi?" Well, hardly.
When these investigations closed,
the people were in much the same
predicament as the creditors of that
suave young gentleman, Owen
More: -

“Ow’ en .Mor-e left town one day,”

Ow’ en More than he could pay.

Ow’ on More returned one day,

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Will someone please adjust the
mechanism of the “hog elevator." It
seems that whenever live hogs enter
the elevator on the way to market,
down she goes—because of sheer
But here’s the pe-
culiar thing about this piece of
mechanism: When hogs go down the
price of hog products go up. Is it
possible that this price elevator is
attached to the same cable, and so
that when the live hog end goes down
the pork and sausage end must of,
necessity go up? “S’uthin’ is out of
kilter somewhere. ”

Some time ago I called attention
to the fact that a Farmer Governor
without a legislature in sympathy
with the program he proposes to
carry out, would be merely a figure
head. The Detroit Evening News in
a splendid editorial, calls the Farm-
er ’s attention to the fact that the leg—
islature is even more important than
the Governor. The Legislature is
the'laW—making body; in fact the
Governor gets his real authority from
that body. He can “rant” and
“snort,” but like the bull tied to a
windlass, he is powerless to free
There are thirty-two mem—
bers of the Senate in this state, and
in the past this body has been badly
affected With “lawyeritis.” These
Bla-ckstonites, seventeen in number,
can tie up the Governor, bind the
people, and act the part of the vi]—
lain without fear of molestation. And

we have a real farmer as a Govern-
or—what we do want, however, is
a. man in the' governor’s chair—-
whether he be farmer, lawyer, mer-
chant or chief—who has the courage

is not where'his backbone ought .to
be.

The miners are at work, but the
0 a1 strike has not been settled. The
railroads will be given over to the

lem, in this country is farther from
solution than ever before. The ques-
tion of the right to collective bar—
gaining will‘be finally determined.
but strikes and luck-outs will con-
tinue. Like the foundation of a
buildingbuiilt on shifting sands, we
no sooner get one corner of the cap-
ital and labor battle leveled up, than
another corner settles, and another
crack appears on the public side of
the edifice. Perhaps that is the best
that can be
done right
now—'— but
it is merely
plaster‘i n g
u p t h e
», cracks as a
tempera r y
expedient.
Both cap—
ital and la- '
bor needs a
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ing. These
elements of
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CENESEE (S. W.)-.—-Farmers are not

.doin'g‘ much of anything beside'S' the nec-

essary. chOres on account of. the cold
wea ,' r‘which’acts if ‘it ‘ has come
to ate. 1 ”The grOund 8g frozen and cov-
ered with a few inches of snow. Farm- ..
erssold quite a few potatoes in Flint
during the more moderate weather re-
cently. , Otherwise there is not much of
anything moving. The beet growers of
Genesee County met at Swartz Creek on
Saturday, December 6, and organized the
Genesee County .Beet Growers’ Associa-

‘tion. The ofl‘loers of the association,

with a committee of 25. wentto. the state
association meeting on December 8.——-
.C. . . The following prices were paid
at Flint: Wheat, spring $2.41; white
$2.29, red $2.31,; corn. $1.50; oats,.860;
rye, $1.43; hay, No. 1 timothy $23@25,
No. 1 light mixed $20@23; beans, C. H.
P. pea, $6.25; red kidney $11; potatoes,
$1.75@2:, onion8,_$5_.@§;..cabbage, $3. per.
bbl; cucumbers,‘ $2 per. bu...; hens, 18@
19c;&lgeese§02@2912; tgrkeys, 35c;
crea ery, . c;.' airy, 65@70c; eg 5.
,72@750 sheep,. $7@8; lambs. $12@1‘g3;
gwé $1$%@1755;Obeeféés1teersl, $9@10; beef

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apples, :2 2.50. ~ , 'S l @18'

I-NGHAM (OJ—Quite cold winter
weather, but little showrground frozen
hard. Farmers have sold most-of- the
stock they had .for..sale: be some more
later; not holding back much grain; hay
is high and with a cold winter feed will
be. short.‘ Wood is scarce and coal is
not to be got at all. Some farms have
no timber and depend on coal for' fuel.
Doing choresis aboutall the work being
done. . Quite a large number of farms
have changed‘hands this fall in this sec-
tion, the young men have gone to fac—
tories; .old men left to do farming.—
. ' I. The following prices were
offered at Mason: .Wheat, $2.2‘2@2.25;
Corn. $1.40; on cob, 600; oats, 72c; rye,
$1.45: hay, No. 1 timothy. $20; straw,
wheat-oat. $8: beans (0. H. P. pea),
$6.25 potatoes, $1.75; poultry, hens, 200;
springers, 20c; ducks, 200; butter, 650;
butterfat. 71c; eggs, 680; livestock,
lambs, $12@13; hogs, $13; beef steers,
$10: beef cows. $7; veal calves, $7;
wool, 600.

MECOSTA (C)——Farmers are cutting
and hauling wood to town. William
Wethers has purchased a large truck to
deliver oil and gas for the Standard Oil
company. Heavy winds and zero weather
and eight inches of Snow.-——G. . W.
The following prices were offered at
Lakeview: Wheat. $2.50; corn, $1.40;
oats, 80c; rye. $1.60; hay. No. 1 timothy,
$25; No. 1 light mixed, $22; straw, rye,
$17: straw, wheat-oat. $$20: beans (C.
'H. P. pea), $6 th; red kidney, $11 cwt.;
potatoes. $2.50 cwt.; onions, $2.25
bu.; cabbage. 120 1b.: poultry, hens, 20c
1b.; springers 22c 1b.; ducks. 180 1b.;
geese. 220 1b.: turkeys. 250 1b.; butter,
700 1b.; butterfat, 75c .lb.; eggs. 750 In:
live stock. live weight. sheep, $6 cwt.;
lambs, $12 cwt: hogs. $13 cwt.; beef
steers. $9 cwt.: beef cows, $6 cwt.; veal
calves $10 to $15 cwt,

SANILAC (C.)——We have had another
cold wave and at this «time another
warmer wave thawing at present. The
farmers are having their hay baled at
present. There seems to be a raise in
price and it is tax time now, so we farm-
ers have to get busy and gather some
tax money. Taxes and death sure have
to come. Taxes are awful high this
year. I think it will keep us going some
to raise our tax money. There was a.
good corn crop around here this year.
Quite a few farmers have silos. They
have filled them and now they are hav-
ing the corn shredded—A .‘B. The fol—
lowing prices were paid at Sandusky:
Wheat. red $2.18. white $2.15; oats. 76;
rye ,$1.45: peas. $2.25; barley. $3; buck-
wheat. $2.20; hay, No. light mixed. $20
to the farmer; beans, C. H. P. pea, $6.25
cwt: butterfat, 74; eggs. 70. , '

TUSCOLA (C.)———Farmers are» all set
for winter. Nothing doing .but chores
and cutting wood. It is; very cold, with
a little snow on ground. but not much.
There was the worst Windstorm recently
that has been in these parts for years,
doing a lot of mischief to small buildings,
barn doors, trees and fences. Farmers
are not selling much now, but 'a few
cattle. Wood is~in,good demand. Caro
markets, December ‘10—Eggs, 750; but-

"te'r, 62c; beef. live, 5@90; veal, '10'@16c;

hogs, 10@13c; lambs, 10@12c; sheep,
4@7c; wheat, $2.10@2.12; barley, ‘cwt.,
; oats, 74c; buckwheat, cwt., $2.50;
corn, $1.35; potatoes, $$1.25; cloverseed,
$25 8;..beans...o,wt., ' $6; hens. 21c;
springers, ,21@220; ducks, 22@25c;
geese, 200; turkeys, 280.

‘MIDLAND (SJ—The farmers are
busy getting their winter’s supply of
wood.' Somewhat colder at present. It
was 40 degrees below zero recently. The
ground is frozen with about 6 inches of
snow on top. Not much produce going
to market. The sales are still continuing
with rices very good—J. H. M- The
follow 3' prices were oflered at Midland:

Fall wheat, 2.05; corn, 35 lbs. per bu.,
60c;- oats, 8c; hay N ,. .1. imothy,
322.50.; , mums... $1.125; --onions, $1.50;

poultry. ens. 1:70; swingers, 170: but-
ter, $65c; buttenfa-t, flse; eggs; 650..- , .

. .‘QBAND TRAVERSE "'(W.)——Farmers
are mostlycutting- wood- We are having

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W.)—The . farmers
keeping, fires going;
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and snowy‘here now and ground frozen,

leaving grain barre ;

much these cold days.

farmers cannot sell
Most farmers, as

far as I know, are keeping their pota-
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yet.. Farmers are
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done now.~—-H. A.
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buying and selling

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"Nothing much goingflto market. Not

many beans in the country this year,
what there‘ is are good, dry, and clean.
Not many beans going to market, the
farmers are holding on a little. Most
of the potatoes sold early in the fail at
. oer bu. Now they are a little higher.
_A. L—The following pricesvwere offered
at Tawas City: Wheat, $2.05; corn
$1.40; oats, 70c; rye, $1.18; hay, No. i
timothy $20 to $22; beans (C. H P

pea), $ .cwt; butter, 660; butterfat, 22c51

beef steers, $12@13 dressed; beef cows,
$12®13 dressed.

VAN BUREN (E.)——Farmers are do-
ing their general routine of work, get-
ting wood, shredding corn, trimming
grapes and fixing up for, winter. The
weather has been fine, the sudden cold
snap, with zero weather for a couple of
days, was felt generally. The finding of
the body of Miss Maud Tabor in the
cellar of their home in Lawton has cre-
ated its share of excitement and the
mystery is not ryet solved. Charlie
Wildey of Paw Paw, the manager of the
Fruit Growers’ Union and an old resi-
dent, has passed away. Corn selling at
$1.25; oats, 80c; hay. $30.——-V. G.

EAST ARENAC—Weather ‘has been
real wintery and also some snow but not
encugh for sleighing. It is hard on the

.fall grains, as the ground is frozen real

deep. Some produce moving; oats, rye
and wheat up some; beans just holding
their own; very dull; holiday time is
here—M. B. R.‘

SAGINAW (S. W.)——We are having
good, study winter weather with about
four inches of snow. The coal strike
has shortened up the fuel supply, so lots
of people have to hustle round and get
wood. Quite a bit of livestock going to
market. Some corn in field, yet other
ways the fall work was well finished up.
The following prices were offered at St.
Charles:: Wheat, $2.10; corn, ear, 600;
oats, 75c; hay. No. 1 timothy, $20; No.

  

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ing their stock. It is cold. an}; ..
at this time—A. J. B.‘ .The follow!
prices were offered at Hillsdale: , _
$2.23 to $2.28; corn, 700;"oats,~'79c.19 ,. —~

SAGINAW (s. W.)—We are, haviing'.‘ a.

spell of ' about zero .weath‘er ‘w‘ithflgabont
an inch of snow; not much doing? on:

the farmers except chores; the res. wire ' 1'

in‘ fine. conditions; stock is ‘iooking {goat}.
with plentymofmough feed 'for'>*>the‘winter.

BANILAC.—-Coid, cold. No» .snow.
Hard weather on wheat and ,meadpws.
Bean threshing mostly done and princi—
pally marketed. Yield has been very
good and quality good. Clover threshing
and hay pressing is the order of the day.
Clover threshing very good and seed of
very good Quality. Hay market stronger
Great deal of hay being pressed anddei
livered to hay sheds. Stock have started
into the winter in good condition—G. A.

CHARLEVOIX (S. W.)—Farmers are
cutting wood and going to the lumber
camps. Nothing much to sell now ex-
cept butter. cream and a very few eggs.
The weather is cold for the time of year.
Not enough snow for real good sieighing,
about six inches in the woods. We are
getting a good price for some things, but
we pay some'price,'too.' Flouris-t’is @16
per bbl, cheese, 45c 1b.; sugar, 15c; cof-
fee, 50@600; brooms, 800@$1.50 each;
nails, 60; "shoes, rubbers, mittens, yarn
and clothes whatever anyone who has
them has the nerve to ask—C. B. The
following prices were offered at ~-East
Jordan: Wheat, No. 1 red, $2.10; corn.
$1.55; loats. 90c; rye, $1.13; hay, No.‘ 1
light mixed. $30; straw, rye, $8@9;
wheat»oat, $8@9; beans (C. H. P. pea),
$6.30; red kidney, $7; uoltry, hens, 220
dressed; springers, 25c dressed; butter.
650; butterfat, 730; eggs, 65c; hogs. $12;
beef steers, $6: beef cows, $4@5;
fruits, apples, $1 @2. The weekly basket
of butte’ and eggs or can of cream buys
less food or clothing than it has in years.
The only place I can trade and make any
money is at the postoffice. Stamps are
the same old price and go as far as ever.

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BBEEDEBS' DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FLEMING, It. M Mldfllln.

 

 

 

 

To avoid conflicting dates we Wm
without cost. list the date of an!

live stock sale in Michigan. If you
are considering a sale advise us at
once and we will claim the date, for
you. Address, Live Stock Editor.
M. B. F.. Mt. Clemens.

 

Jan. 13. Holsteins. \Michigan Holstéin
Breeders, East Lansing. Mich.

Jan. 15, Holsteins. Maplecrsst Hol-
stein Farms. lake Odessa ch.

 

 

 

 

CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FBIESIAN

MB MILK PRODUGER

Your problem is more MILK, more BUTTER.
more PROFIT, per cow. .

A son of Maplecrest Application Pontiac—
132652—from our heavy-yearly-milking-good-but-
ter-record dam will solve it.

Maplecrest Application Pontiac's dam made
85,103 lbs. butter in 7 days; 1344. 3 lbs. butter
and 23421.2 lbs. milk in 865 days
_ He is one of the greatest bred long distance
sires.

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.

 

 

 

 

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

We are now booking orders for
young bull-s from King Pieter Seg1s
Lyons 170506. All from A. R. 0, dams
with credible records. We test annu—
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information.

Musloff Bros., South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

HATCH HERD

(State and Federal Tested)
YPSILAN'I‘I, MICHIGAN
Offers 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. 6
nearest, 33.93. 20 nearest 27.83.

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD
sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire. "King Pon-
tiac Lunde Korndyke Seals" who is a son of
"Kin of the Pontiacs” from a daughter of Pon-
tiac lothilde De K01 2nd. A few bull calves for
W. Sprague, R. 2 Battle Creek, Mich.

s1red by a son of

Bull GalveSFreiendK Hlengerveld
K10 Butter

Boy and by a son of King Segis De K01

Korndyke, from A. R. O. dams with rec-
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25

 

“Breeding-- Individuality-9 -
Production”

That’s our motto. We make“ lat8 possible
through our two 11 erdb Mulls—o son
of the 830, 00011111 . King K100f “hes Pontiac
Lass the other a 86 lb. son 11 Korn-
dyke Sadie Vale. "the greatest sire of gen-
eration. " Our mat‘rons are stung in King of
the Pontiacs, King Segl’s.. Hengsrveld DeKol
and Ormsby hi.ood We ve been at it since
‘1fi906. Usually something to sell. Write

BOARDMAN FARMS
Jackson. Mich.

 

 

J

L—‘flouav ms 111011 .112? .12

Can spare a nicely marked heifer backed by seven
dams that average above 1200 lbs butter and

 

 

24. 000 lbs. milk in one year. Choice Duroc Sows.

A. FLEMING. Lake. Mich.

 

A Beautiful. Light Colored, Very
Straight Bull Calf2 Born October 24.

Fro y.r old daughter of a
son of PONTIAC DE NIJLANDE R 85.43 lbs.
butter and 750 lbs. milk in days.

Sired by FLINT HENGERVELD LAD whose
two nearest dams average 82. 68 lbs. butter and
7.35 45 lbs. milk in 7 days.

Price $1001? .0. B Flint.

L. O. KETZLER. Flint. Mloh.

Calves Last Advertised are Sold

now have a bull calf born September 8th, also
the heifer to freshen ‘in January. 35 1b. backing.
Write for prices and pedigrees. '
VERNON CLOUGH. Perms. Mich.

BULL NIOELY MARKED, GOOD BONED
bull calves out of A. R. O. and un-
tested dams. at reasonable prices.
TRACY F. ORANDALL. Howell. Mlch.
MOSTLY WHITE

FOB SALE BULL GAL .. f... mm..-

9.1. 'Straight as a line. Sired by Flint Maple
Crest Ona Lad No. 237907. He is a grandson
of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke. one of the great-
est bulls of the breed Dam is a daughter of
Maple Crest Pontiac De Kol Hartig No.125396,
his dam having a record of 22 lbs. in 7 days and
81. 27 lbs. in 30 days at 2 yrs. old.
JAME8 HOPSON. Jr.. Owosso. Mloh.. R 2.
OF A RIGHT GOOD

WHEN [N NEE registered Holstein Bull

old enough for service come and see or write.
Herd free from abortion.
H. . BROWN. Breedsvllle. Mich.
Breeder of Registered Stock Only

 

 

 

 

TO THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST

oern’ a fine. beautifully marked son of KING
PONTIAC HEN GERVELD FAYNE the hundred
thousand dollar son of KING OF THE RON-
TIACS from a 23 lb. Jr. 3 year old daughter of
a near 32 lb. Jr. 4 year old cow. whose sire
was from a 30. 59 lb. cow and this heifer is fist
one of the choicest heifers of the breed Good
for 30 lbs. at next freshenlng. If interested write
for termindedJ pedigree and price. Guaranteed
right have a grandson of KING KORNo
DYKE SADIE VALE from a great 23 lb. dam
ready for service
JAMES B. GARGETT. Elm Hall. Mlchlgsn.

 

 

Choice Registered Stock

 

wlu. ran luring sgsn or so on...

If sold by Jen. W—‘l-eaws.
8 osrllng harem: Shelter eslvse.8 bull calves.

o‘81noeoiti. Aligned solidi n.
ALLAN‘ OONLAN. R 8. Garconvllie, Mich.

 

e sues-menu suns. 11 menrne 'ro I
yrs. 50 Young Tom Turkeys 2031
Antrims King a 45 lb. 'l‘om.a Coach.“
JAY w. ruume. 21min, Mich.

42-year old heifers. .

BEE POLLED
REGISTERED RED POI-LED CATTLE—BULLS

old enough for rvioe.
J.A. BATTENFIELD. Fife Luke, M'ch.
L—

SWINE

roman 0mm"

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘ edof eon ht
WHEN 1NL “ Pm .02: 5:3,. £15.13

see or write W. J. Bagelshaw. Augusta."

 

SPECIAL OFFER -SHOBTHO'BNS—
Cows. $250. 00 to 8300.00.311118. $200. 00
to $250. 00. Wm J. Bell Rose GILL]! loll.

 

FOR SALE AT REA--
suonm 11 1111 ..... ...
riso-wi 11 ng_ Scotch:

in ‘msny states
head of Imlierd of 50 good ypeM'nShorth
E. M. PARKHURST. Reed City. Michigan.

 

 

HEREFORD! ‘

120 HEREFORD S'IEEBS. ALSO
know or 10 or 16 load; fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angu'x steers 5 to 1000 lbs.
Owners anxious to sell Will he! buy 50c
commission. C. F, Bail. Fairfled. Iowa.

Hardy Northern Bred Hereford:

BERNARD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HE RD
h 120 this year's calves for sale. l0 bulls and 10
s ers.

JOHN MeoGREGOR. Hui-Irvine, Mich.

Registered Hereford Cattle

10 good bulls now for sale. From six
months to 2 years old. Come and see them. they
can't help but please you. ‘ e took many of the
blue ribbons home with us this fall from the lead-
ing fairs of the sta

 

 

WALIIIIT MElmfiafifi

Have a". few good slits that I will sell open or
Write

brsdto tools of the best boars in Michigan.
lor prices.

A. D. GREGORY, Tonia, Midi.

L T P c All: OFFERING SPRING
bears summer and fall pigs.
F. '1‘. HART, St. L'ouls, Mich. ‘

319. TYPE POLAND CHINAS

 

 

wSow Pigs of Spring furrow. Also Barred

Rock fCocksrsll.
MOBE BROMKBL Charles. Mich.

 

BIG TYPE 5....°t.:‘§‘€:.'.l£ $111.33.?
for March and April!

L. w. BARNES «I SON
Byron. Mich. .

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

We are offering March and April been by
Hillcrest Bob by Big Bob. one of the greatest
progenitors of the Big Type Poland Chlnns ever
known to history Their dams are b the 915
Grand Champion Hillcres't Wonder an by
Master the first boo; actually weigh over 1, 200
lbs. on the scales. Price 850. 00. Atew young
or ones at 84.

HI LLCREBTO FARM, Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

STONY CREEK sroOK FARM. Pswsmo, Mich.
HEREFOHDS JUST PURCHASED 8

NEW HERBS. —- NOW
have 150 head. We offer you anything de-
either sex,yhorned or polled, any age.

Priced reasonable. The ~McCarty's, Bad
Axe, Mich.

LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS

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

 

 

 

HARWOOD HEREFORDS

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 8: Son, Ionia. Mich .

L

 

ANGUS

 

 

1

BIG TYPE P. C. CHOICE SPRING
boars from iowa’s greatest herds. Big
boned husky tellows. Priced right.
ELMER MATHEWSON. Burr Oak. Mich.

BIB TIP“
EDIE: ALL GONE

J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mlch.

POLAND OHIIAS

Something to sell all the time. Bred and fed
right and will be priced right. Boers ready for
service. Bred gilts after Dec. lst. Write me
your wan nts.

FRED E. HEBBLEWHITE, Armada. Mich.

 

POLAND CHINAB

 

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L T P 0 NOV. PIGS AT A BARGAIN PRICE.
Come and see or write
ELDRED A. CLARK. R 8. St. Louis, Mich.

 

CARS ALSO sows AND PIGS. ANYTHING
ou want. Poland Chinas of the hmbig est tips.
\ e have bred them big for more 1156 cars;
over 100 head on hand. Also registereds orch-
erons. Holsteins and. Oxfords. xEverything sold at
a reasonable pres. and a eed a1.
JOHN O. BUTLER. Poi-trend. Mich.

 

 

 

" m—qu

at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered. PERCHERONS Be To Po 'Ce
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
S B 11 id. Ha 0c 21
W. W. Wyekoff. Napoleon Mich. HOLSTEINS The Most Profitable Kim] I m,fi§,‘§‘m2f"§,e?m“;25 1b,, '2, ‘21:“ mfg.“ 3 _
SHROPSHIRES an! we in Mich. Price 8125. Act quick. Gilts

 

 

HEIFEH "

HOLSTEIN. BORN APRIL 18.1919. WELL
marked. Sired by a 27 lb. bull. its dam an

ANGUS
Dorr D. Buell, Elmira, Mich.

 

 

 

of farming. a car load of grade dairy heifers

iron: LENAWEE COUNTY'S heaviest milk Dro-

ducsrs to include a pure bred ANGUSb hull of the

most extreme beef type for combination bee! and
farming.

or lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD

ready Jan. 1st bred to a good son of the “0,000
Harrison s Big Bob, none ebetter in Mich. Priced
reasonable. Comes.

OHN D. WILnEdY.BeSchoolc1-m. Mich.

 

t t d (1 liter 1 M di .1
3211?ng 2 2.11211. 0.0 daughaterfis‘?u Prfgkzlgig R' F' D' NO' 1 FARM for prom shipment. POI-Ann GHIIA MEOBMIEScIi'tAVAnNdG 33:1:
delivered Methods expla ned in mSMITHS PROF'II‘ABLE mm herd boars m obliged to "in“ m, berg

HOWARD EVANS. Eau Claire, Mloh.

 

 

 

TWO BULL GALVES

Registered Holstein- Friesian, sired by 39 87 lb.
bull lland from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are very nice and will be priced cheap it
sold soon.

HARRY T. TUBBS. Elwell. Mich.

 

 

SILAND KING KORNDYKE CAN-
ARY, a 28. 20 lb. grandson of KING
OF THE PONTIACS and from
RHODA CLIFDEN S CROWNING
SHIELD 3RD, a 24 97 lb. daughter of
BUTTER BOY TRYNTJE DE KOL,
and one of the most beautiful cows
you ever saw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHOBTHOBN

 

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

 

Breeders' Association have young stock
for sale- mostly Clay breeding. rite
your wants to the secretary. Frank ai-

ley, Hartford, Mich

HE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
T are Association announce their fall catalog ready
for distribution Scotch. Scot ch Pop and Milking
Shorthoms listed Address

 

 

 

s'rocx rnanxxo. 400 pages illustrated.
GEO. B. SMITH. Addison, Mich.
voun wins on

DOI’T FORGET be supplied at the old re-

liable An us Home Stock Farm. For 80 years we
have bre Angus cattle. We know the goods ones
and breed the . I‘hey are. bred right. fed
right and priced right. Tell us what you want.
ANGUS HOME STOCK FARM. I12, Devlson. Mich,

 

ted and inBDGCI-ion in
spendenéigfi EgnTLETTi Lawton. Mich.

GUERNSEYS
w RE OFFERING FOR
GUERNSEYS saEle .scime splendid bull calves

out of A. R. dams with records up to 500 lbs.
fat. Our herd sire, a grandson of Dolly Dimples

 

 

was the reason for oflerlng fone at such A low
figure. A good spring boar to $50. Bred gilts.
O. L. WRIGHT, Jone" lie. Mich.

 

ARGI TYPE P. O. LARGEST IN NIIOH. VISIT
my herd it looking for e boar pig that is a lit-
tle bigger and better bred than you have been
able to nd. and satisfy your wants. Come and
see the reel big type both in herd boars and
brood sows. Boers in service L’s Big Orange
Lord Clansman. Orange Price and Us Long Pros-

16884~545109. Paul Quack. Sault , PURE .n‘o Aggnp’gg" pect. Expenses paid of not as represented. Prices
' . . Ste MRI‘Ie. MICh.. R 2. BOX 70. ARTLEI I S . reasonable ,
Bull Last Advertised 1s Sold Em, m , b, (3.3%? 3‘2?“ “1.3” 8.313: w. e. LIVINGSTON. Perms. moi.
now offer a yearling bull. sired by YP- THE VAN BUBEN CO Shorthorn Vited-

 

LARGE TYPE 1’. 0. SPRING BOARS

and gilts now ready to ship. Also one
Fall Yearling Boar and Fall RPlgs. Clyde
Fisher, St. Louis, Mloh..

WONDERLAND HERD

 

 

 

Pr!“ 8200 w. L. Thorpe, Sec.. Mlle. Mich. May King of Langwater, and whose dam has an 1;
I A. R. r cord of 548 lbs. fat at 2 1- 2 years is LARGE TYPE P. ,.
* ROY F. FICKIES' Chenmng' Mkh' WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41 also fairesale or exchange. Write for particulars find!" choice bregenltz 0:3! psgspec £11123 loll gilt:
(, ‘ d cos 0

" mil?Qvifl‘éile'lfiffifitegil‘rfil‘ésy‘é‘tfi‘; w “35““ “m" " "° 1.111.... 1...... g: .2 -'G_<=‘rg§mbre,g..go 333ng £ng
EIIHWOOd StOCk Pam Offer. all ages. Same females: W. Crum, OR SALE—GUERNSEY BULL GALE ELIGI- ggfv’fg’fi gémtgfi ngg G- EBUD bynfilna
bull‘ calves from good producing dams with A. R. President Central Mmhlga‘n Shorthorn F ble ‘0 ”mg”- Kdropped June 11th 1919- ANGE A. -. _

; 0. records and sired by a grandson of Pontiac ASSOCiaEIOH. MCBfldeS: Michigan. W K,AHLER Jones, Mich. pm. 11131:, thisitfi-s. CLARKE ..

m. . _ , .-

  

horndyke and Pontiac Pet. Prices very reasonable.
AUGUST RUTTMAN. Fowlervllle, Mloh.

 

 

R SALE—A fine individual
bull whole dam has 25 lbs. and
6 nearest dams average 24 lbs.
Ready for service. Price right if
taken at once.

i). ii.- HOOVER Howell. moo.

 

 

  

 

 

 

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LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN

..........................'...Oows and Sheep.

E. N. Ball .

 

Felix Witt ..... .Horses and Swine,
One or the other of the above well-known experts will visit all live-stock ’

sales of importance in Michigan. northern Ohio and Indiana.
Field Men of Michigan Business Farming.
They are both honest and competent men 01' standing in their linee‘g _. .

as the exclusive

 

Michigan and they will represent any reader or this weekly at any sale,
bids and purchases. Write them in cars or this power22 Their service _
will also incl see. Thea-week

 

Eaton Rapids. ‘Mloh.

 

 

 

A New Herd Boar

. (Msme)Big Bab Matador!

“Bob. champion of "

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$.35” £11.;
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PEACH HILL FARM
I
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VWM m Roscoe. Mich.

some BOABS 01' SIZE, 0 ALI!!!
and breeding, including sever mete
Fair winners. Newton Barnh’srt. 'St.
Johns. Mich.

DUROO JERSEY SWINE EOR SALE. YEAR-
ling boars seedy tos- eervice. spring boars, also
yearling giltso and me
, ate 11th. Won’t)“
mind... “1 vino. {or moon and prices. vs.
#115?“ UNDIRHILL a son. Salem. Mich.

 

Dunne acne. cure sun esooo sows

c! all sees. Bows bred or open. New-
ton A Blank. Hill Oreet Firms, Peerington. Mich.
Farm sis-sight south of Middleton.

MEADOWYIEIAI FARM. REG. DUROO JERSEY

bogs. Fall pigs for sale
J. E. MORRIS, Mich.

READY FOR SERVIGE r
FOUR REGISTERED DUROO DOARS
boars ll weigh 170 lbs. and are ion:
bodied with and shoulders. They
well grown and from a popular strain. Free from
isease. Price mind each
IL, E. SHOW .‘Ireedevilie, Mich.
Breeder of Reg... Holsteina and Durooa

A E. LAST OF
9,3511“ch a“...
$50. 00

around 175 2006811»... priced from
H. O. KEEBLER. aneopolie, MIch.. R 8

tom Owith pe edigr
Foe“ SALE A FEW EXTRA GOOD

Fall diboars with best of
C. E. DAVIS &

bsecs, Ashley, Mich.
DUROC BO‘ARS

FROM PRIZE
WINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo.
son, Mich. -

Smith, Addi-
E OFFER A FEW WELL-BRED SELECT-
ed spring Dar 0 Bears, also bred sows end

Gilts in season. all or rwri
MONAUGHTON A FORDYO , St. Louie. Mich.
ONLY A FEW

SPRI
Dunoc lettuoPgiggingt $45 each and up.

Pedigrees tree Also c2 registered Holstein yearl-
ing bulls: atL £125“
H. ORhEEN, Ashley. Mich.

FOR SALE—REGISTERED DUROO JERSEY
Both sex. All ages. Rhode Island Red

Fermington,

 

 

 

 

Jarred Rock and WhiteLe Leghorn ooclrerels. 40 a.

, Chm-ti PremierNan

corne
'tesd.

and 80 acre farms.

Easy
W. U. BARNES.
Fan SAL tIJIiEO. DUEOC l:iIERSEYS—qflloom
2.111286 ID as nfid
both sexes. Modern-type and good quality. nWH‘Ee
for descriptions. pedigrees and prices. Better still,
and see for yourself. faction guaran-
Heims A: Son, Davison, Mich.

Pmuire szs Mumso ounooe FORI
sale—A few good boars of breeding age. also
a few good gilts, prices right,

Henry D. Phillipe,
FOR SALE BIG TYPE DUROO JERSEYS—-
one yearling boar sired by Brook-
Tippy Orion No. 55421. 3 spring boars,
fine individuals. Fall in of either sexsiredby
0.102819. Albert Eber-
sols P1ymouth.ch.

YDE'S BIO TYPE DUROOS. 15 SPRING
been for sale. Good ones, sired b “Prize win—
ners. Priced right if taken soon.

terms.
yWheeler. Mich.

 

 

me convince you.

let
Milan. VMich.

 

 

 

 

O. I. O.

rwrii’c
HARRY L. HYDE, Ithaca Mich.. R 1. a‘BIeIir Phone
I WILL PAY THE EXPENSES

RECORD IN BUYER'S NAME

0.1. Ce,

AND SHIP C. O. D. EVERY
boar sold in Nov. and Dec. I have a few choice
open giltsi or the ones who are particular. My
entire herd is cholera immuned by double treat-

ment.
F. 0. BURGESS. Mason. Mich., R 8.

 

 

b" O.'e—FALL PIGS NOT AKIN. SERVICE
Rock (lockere Is, 38 each.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

SPRING BOARS READY TO SHIP,
also bred Gilts and a few fall pigs. Some
of the best 0.1. C. pigs, slyed by Jumbo
Master No. 64687. All stock shipped C.
O.’ D. Joseph Van Etten. Cliflord, Mich.

 

Del-ream Bo
“Oh. White

0. I. O. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE
blood the most noted he r.d Can furnish
you at “live and let live” prices.

. A. J. GORDEN, Dorr. Mich., R 8.

Mud-way-Aush-Ka Farm
donO.I.0.pigsofaMayt1‘rom Also oung
stook'and nature ”“531. 3:11 1731:; Wny‘s‘nzmtes.

DIKE O. MILLER. Dryden. Mich.

 

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Mothers“.

 

11m _. smns
mam a few Ht. lien

summed“ ... ..
“use. anathe- “M ....

mos. as.

 

W2 breedingaodgeodn‘pullty. wmans

the home ot-lloeee‘Bo
so
: either sex now ready.
Bred after 13:1,}5.
“ .. DUO THOMA . ew Lothrop, Mich. j
HAMPSHIRES, SPRINGM DOARS AND (III-TC.
5whllotheynlast.” li‘sllpIssSliSatSweeh
old. Bred sows
W. A. EASTWOOD, R 2. Ohesanino. Mich.
HAMPSHIBES BRED COWS AND IOARS
for '.saie also fall pigs of
both sex.- Bet of bro edinc Call write
RAYMOND SKINNER A SON. Henderson. MIch.

 

 

 

moansnmns

FOR SALEnREOISTERED BERKSHIRE GILT8

and boars. March and April (arrow. Also
berdeen-Angus bull calves.

RUSSELL BROS., R 8. Merrill.

 

Mich.

EGISTERED BERKSHIRE BOARS for sale.
ferrowed Aug. 10, for $80 each. Also 1 far-

rowed . 23..
JOHN YOUNG, Breckenridge, Mich.

 

GREGORY FARM BEBKSHIRES FOR
-profit. Choice stock for sale. Write Your
wants. W. S. Corsa. -White Hall, Ill.

 

 

CHESTER WHITES

bcHESTER WHITES—A FEW MAY BOARS.

fall pigs in pairs or tries from most promipreerit

 

bloodlines at reasonable ces. Registered
F. W. Alexander, Vassar. V‘Mich.

SHEEP
Registered Hampshire Sheep

Rams all SOLD——
A few choice bred Ewes
$25—to—$50 each
J. M. WILLIAMS, No. Adams, Mich.

 

 

   

 

 

REG. SHROPSHIRE BRED EWES 1 T0 8
years old, large healthy, well fleeced. Represent-
atives of this {look gave satisfaction in 15 states
last season. Rams all sold. 0. Lemon, Dexter, Mich

OXFORD DOWNS

I can spare a few registered ewes of any age.
0. M. YORK. MIIIII‘IQIOI’I, Mich.

Kl OF MIOH. YOU ARE THE FUTURE

farmers of the state. I am one of the
best sheep breeders in the state. Lets get to-
gether, that you may start your own flock of
registered Shropshires now. A lot of kids have al-
ready done so, but I want more. I will buy your
ram lambs and co— —operate with you in ever-By was.
Write me for my proposition 111351 prices. as
lope-Ken Fer-s, S. L. Wing. Prop., oldwater, MIChIgAn

i

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

rythi sold out, both ewes and rams.
I algebreedllgg I50 ewes to' 'Stroman 209" an
excellent big boned type ram lamb that
weighed 176 lbs. October 1. Booking orders
for 1920 rams.

CLARK U. HAIRE. West Branch, Mich.

 

 

30 Registered Shropshire Burns.
40 Registered Shropshire Ewes.
Harry Potter 81 Son, Davison, Mich

FOR
SALE

PET STOCK

ELGIAN "ARES,S CHOICE STOCK, 3 AND 6
months old also 0. Ancona Cockerels. Write
for prices, Sheridan Rabbltry, R 5, Sheridan. Mich.

 

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FLEMIBH GIANT RABBITS—Heavy weight reg-
istered breeders and pedigreed youngsters for
sale in blacks. steels and:

R. R. FOX, 412 N. Hurony 8L, Albion. Mich.

It Pays Big

'to advertise livestock
or: poultry in
M. B. F.’s '_
Breeders Directory.

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01 C SOWS FOR SALE

OF THE BEST HERBS IN MICHIGAN
may” 1301st1} a BIG 1‘12]: eon. metastases rigfit

Mmylitters. Iehlp0.0 1)., pay

 

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from good laying hens.
W.

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l'hess‘ we want on Chicks this will
need to order early. H going to if: bis
m“ Ugh With one at 75 cos
a son one. mug people
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ORPINGTONS AND. LEGHORNS

Two threads for profit. Write toda
free catalogue of hatching eggs, baby chicksy :gd

OYOI. HATCHER COMPANY, 140 Phllo Bldg.
Elml Ira, N. Y.

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Catalogs.

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Cookerele and yearling hens,
Beds, Wyandottee, Leghorns. I'agar'DhmmnMin' 3023:,
Campinas. Tyrone Poultry Farm, FentonM '

 

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S. C. WHITE LEGHORN OOCKEREL -
llsh strain. Sired by Cook 296 egg recorgz ENG
- Mrs. A. J. Gordon, R S, Dorr, Mich.

n c BHOWNMd-dE'GHOSm.‘ OOCKERELS, SIRED
y a men q winner. Large, vigor-
ous birds. $2 and up. uallt
Flemish Giant Rabbits that core giayntgmmnteei
E. E. HIMEBAUOH. Goldwater, Mich.

RHODE ISLAND BEDS

HITTAKER’S R. I. REDS. BOTH COMBS.
Bred for color and eggs. Choice, farm raised
cockerels at reasonable prices. Day old chicks.
Order now for early spring delivery. Write fox

INTeERLAKES FARM. Box 4, Lawrence. Mich.

C. RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERELS
Price $3. 5.0

S. HUBER. Gladwin, Mich.

 

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BARRED ROCK OOOKERELS.
great layers.

 

 

 

 

are hen hatched. good layers
on approve. a]. 34 8S
Oirculsra—John Northon. Olsrs.Ml

 

Fon SALE—BEARI'I‘ED ROCKS FROM 82 TO
SIC .
P. DON LSON. Swen: Creek. Mich.
WYANDOTTES
FORk SALE—10 FINE WHITE WYANDOTTE

Cock ereh. 5.0
AUGUST 0. IOIICK,2 RS. Reed City. Mich.

 

 

A LIMITED NUMBER OF PURE BRED OO-
lumbia Wyandotte Cooker-ole. 85 each.
HENRY B. WILKINS. BI 82, West Branch. MIOII

 

30 Years a Breeder of Silver Laced and Whi
Wyandottes. Fine lot of yoR stock at $3

 

 

 

and 36 ea. Clarence Browning, ”Portland in:
ANOONAS
ANACONA COCKERE 52" 2°C.?
JOHN YOUNG, Breckenridge. Mich.

 

 

DUCKS AND GEESE

WHITE PEKIN DUCKS AND WHITE
CHINESE GEESE—MRS. CLAQDIA
BETTE, HILLSDALE, LIICH.

 

TURKEYS

0R SALE—LARGE, BIG BONED, WELL
sFmarked Bourbon Red I‘urkeys. Hens all
old. A number of good cockerels weighing 17 to
200 lbsF at H$9l to $10. Satisfaction guaranteed.
EIMS a. SON, Davison, Mich.

URKEYS MAMMOTH BRONZE. d “151"
hatched, big boned, fine color an mar
Write for prices. Mrs. Jay Harwood, Ionia, Mich.

[ANT BRONZE TURKEYS.

oun thoroughbreds. Order now at fall prices.
y MR‘S. PERRY STEBBINS, Saranac. Mich.

FOR SALE

5 1 0. Fall price

Pure bred Mammoth Bronze Turk-
esys, Hugo strain, hens $5, Toms,

 

MRS. WALTER eDILLIIMIN. R 5. Dowagiac. Mich.

 

Many have 30 day records.

better than 30 lb. bulls.

sold with .6 0—day guarantee.
best herds.

raise some more.

 

Michigan Holstein Breeders First Annual Sale
.. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1920

Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich.

SEVENTY-SIX HEAD

Seventy females in all stages of Lactation

All full age records average 7 days, 27. 93 lbs. butter; 586.1 lbs. milk
Four yr. old records average 7 days, 25. 85 lbs. butter; 540. 9 lbs. milk
Three year old records average, 7 days, 24. 28 lbs. butter; 497. 9 lbs. milk
Two year old records average, 7 days, 18. 94 lbs. butter; 396. 4 lbs. milk
A few have semi-official yearly rec— ‘
ords up to 1,100 lbs. butter, 25,000 lbs. milk. Six bulls with dams rec-
ords up to 33.5 lbs. butter. 675 lbs. milk in seven days.
Two ready for heavy service.
herds under state or federal supervision for tuberculosis eradication and
All selected by one man from Michigan’s
Individually fully equal to their records.

Send for catalog and come. Buy some of these profit makers and

CHAS. A: DANIELS, Secretary, Okemos, Mich.
H. W. Norton, Jr., Albert E. Jenkins, Chas. A. Daniels, Committee.

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Start your advertising NOW, whether
you have anything to sell right now
or not, get your advertising in these
pages

WHERE YOU KNOW IT WILL PAY

Write MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Breeders’ Directory,
Mt. Clemens,

for special rates or better still send
copy, we will put it in type and quote
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