“again it has an appropriation of C

11131 '03 dollars.

'1 "~er atiye socmty under the
tute is .an llltCl‘ESthg one.

arlie R.
has made a
and

‘leratron of the existing
anal and state.
'United States supreme
’ Sherman act, .are very

)7th the society; or,, if not,
th "’acl’vlantage to the society of

The de- ‘

 

’ the market quotations pub:
hy'the daily press and

Closeurgdifrom the: fellow Who wants tlo "‘

‘ iiEme example let me give you the 311$,

tations on Beans as they appeare

the Free Press Tuesday morning:

Cash Bearish—Monday close $2. 05,
Saturday $205

The fatts are, gentlemen, that at country 1‘
points, where the farmers were in touch with
the “Pink Sheet” by special wire, the dealers
were paying $2.18 for beans both Saturday and
Monday.

Here’s a little message from one of our friends
which you should read:

“My car of hay brought me a clear profit of
$53.00 over the amount I was offered here the
day it was loaded. I want this to appear on the

Pink Sheet, Blackboard, for I was only offered
' $416.00 for hay here on track, and by shipping as

you snggested ieceiV‘ed $99. 31, and I have the

j‘ Cash. ”

This fellow lives at Avo<a, Mich. and you fellows can have
his name for the askind. \Vhy on earth don’t every one of you
join the “Bundle Brigade?” Here 5 the coupon:

 

 

Michigan Business Farming
2' Detroit, Michigan.
Send along the “Bundle” and .1 will see that the paper the
‘deaiers sWear at and the farmers swear by” has an introduction

Ito my neighbors.

Name.....
Post Office . . ..

 

 

505 PER YEARUW

Expose Venders

Venders of adulterated and misrepre‘e

sented farm grass seeds are exposed

in

of agriculture.

th

a bulletin issued by the department”

The publication gives
e names and addreSses of the firms

and the analysis of samples of their
seeds found to be impure or min--
ed The firms named in Illinoismnd
adjoining states are:

C.

a-»

MICHIGAN. , ‘
Jackson—McLaughlin, Ward 8:1 Co

ILLINOIS
Champaign—Champaign

./ ] pany.

Peoria—B. 1*. Adams company. James
Murray, Stoecker Seed company.
Bloomington—I'unk BrOs. Seed com-

pany, Henry A hiese.

Keokuk——Gate City Seed company.

La Rose—La Rose Grain company.

Chicago—A Dickinson company.
IOWA.

Seed-~

Council Bluffs—Younkerman

company.

se
at
In

INDIANA.
South Bend—Warner Bros.

1

New Albany—H L. Graff, New Ail-g
baiiy Supply company.

Goshen—llarper Seed company.
rank Hoermann.
Indianapolis—~I'Iuntington Seed store.
The bulletin states that samples of
eds will be examined for purchasers
the seed testing laboratory in Wash‘
gtoii or at any of the branches, those

for the middle west being situated
Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind.,ar1d

th

Columbia, Mo.

e agiicultural experiment

Boys and Girls to

The

Have Competition

Corn club which was“
organized last year under the sugar "

Boys’

vision of the Ingham. County Banners”
club, is working again this year with

CV

.SOII.
that of last in some particulars

cry indication of a successful seaea,
The plan this year differs frdm,

The ’. :.

boys can now plant their corn in the;

station, _

price over that obtained .

' ‘ iield with their fathers, instead of hav-_ 4

ing a separate plat. Last year. some, ,~
boys VV eic barred from the club as they ‘
were unable to comply with that rule,“.
is that they are selling . . , . . and the piesent plan seems much bet- "
all their members, and ~ . ' tc1 on that account This year each

“St-"ament Market Flashes boy furnishes his own seed, instead of

to the Michigan Horticultural society.
They will be giicn by the societies as
prizes in horticultural and agricultural
work.

, The state board of agriculture will
offer two scholarships at the Michigan
Agricultural college, one to the Mich—
igan Agricultural society, and the other

the fruit g‘mwers’ exchange, perhaps
' successful of the eta—operative

 

having it furnished by the club, and
the rules for judging are also changed
slig‘.htly .1

The boys are not the only,E ones to. _~
compete for prizes this year, as a,‘
giils’ cliib has been organized, with
Mrs. Alfred Allen as the chairman In
charge There are 26 girls in this
branch, and their work consists of vari~
ous liiies of cooking and needle work.
The members are chosen from the
rural schools and the. fifth grade girls
make candy and piece blocks. The ,
sixth graders will make cake and stOve
holders, the seventh grade girls will
devote their energies to making good
pie and take up the almost forgotten
art of darning, while those of the.
eighth grade will compete for honors ,
in breadmaking and doing embroidery"““
The girls in each class can cempe‘
for both prizes if they so desire. flte , .
premiums _will be given in the fall and,
this will give the girls a chance to
feet themselves in this work bef.

final test.

their products through such

, agencies of this kind ,
, red products have been
if;~ . , illegal; indeed, the cle-
reuse the Shaman act have
' “field" that Selling exchanges
" inations, where the commerce
, y interstate, which fix prices,
eri‘itbries, .or limit output, are
~ dgyet Some of these things

1: if co-operative societies

messes

 

 

on the, several commodities from the principal market centers. A

CTHE LAST MINUTE before going to press. we secure quotations
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special

advice, will found with each commodity on the following pages. The

very latest quotations are:

Wheat, No. IWhite (large mills paying).....$1. 06
Wheat, No. ZR‘ed (large mills paying)....... 1.07
Oats,Standard................._.............
th‘ I Beans 2.18
e aai‘tmt awe fie Hay (best market today, New York), at. . . . . .21.00

the neCesSary eoeopera-
arnirei-s has peer: rec- Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at. .47

is res o a num-
5": ‘1 Butter . I?

consequence co— - 5
.25

.18

eats Market for the next
tor.“ and it you have good, '_ ,.
T tho-trthe in God. de-L

 

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".ing‘ the real situation.

 

, 1'... e or the future pos-
'thilities
‘vempm‘ent

it along the following lines. The

at we contend hay should maintain
Ian has previously been established.
is means that the position of the

stablished basis. Those who have
‘been in touch with the selling of
hay on outside markets this year
know that the disposition »of the
“buyer 'has been to take advantage
constantly of the undercurrent affect-
The buyer
ghee been aware constantly of. the
areal gross situatiOn confronting us,
knowing that we hada larger amount
0i hay of the different qualities than
,. webs possible to put on the market.
W'W-ith this understanding the buyer
: was constantly watching receipts
and taking advantage of the situa-
tion; everything from a vantage
stand-paint stood out as an asset
along these lines. The seller up to

' f" the present time has had but mighty

:i.

“few assets to show up.

. The last

Week has pulled the two sides of
.the ledger closer together than any
week during which we have oper-
ated. The buyer seems to appreci-
'ate today the real situation existing
over hay shipping sections regard-
ing the real amount back to come
forWard.

Remember, that everyone under-
stands that the only shortage we have
is along the lines of the very best
qualities of hay, that we still appre-
ciate that there is a surplus of com-

"mon qualities of hay, in fact, a sure
plus such as to warrant the impossi-
bility of placing the entire amount
this year. The buyer gradually be-
coming aware of the small amount
“of good stuff back, is beginning to
show a feeling of uneasiness as to

,the possibility of filling orders forI

this quality of hay later, therefore,
instead of taking advantage of the
seller when there happens to be a
few excess cars on track, the buyer

takes hold freely and does not show

the old-time handicap to the general
' situation.

The feeling on all outside markets
during the last week has been one
of real keen tone as affecting the
better qualities. Right here we might
as well state that the lower qualities
of hay have not shown, nor neither
do we think they will show any par-
ticular advance in tone over that
which they have generally established

, during the year, because there is a
. surplus of the same and receipts of
.the same are constantly of a surplus
"Iznature. It is only the better quali-

4- .ties that we can hope will show an

improvement as the season advances.
We begin to feel aware that the sea-
son is fast growing to a close mead-

and pasturage in every direction

: in a thoroughly green state so
that they can be used by feeders so
situated as to be able to take ad—
vantage of them. This will certainly
create a. certain amount of curtail-
ment to regular consumption.

It may be unwarrantable for us to
state that this real high class hay is
going to make something of a spir-
ited finish, but we believe that the

~.'- situation, as is gradually being dem-
onstrated to us, shows that the per-
eentage of real high class stuti is
way below what we were led to be-
.lieve from advice of the situation
Very rare indeed are the re-

ceipts of strictly No. 1 timothy hay.
W have some pretty fair counter-
a; _ atrlght timothy and in tim-

4' all percentage jot clov-

f hay has shown de-g'
during the past

goods they want.

, f. price“ dealers
, “Mfr-1'11!

rte ‘
reliance at- the .
the weather man. .311 t-j
it will pay. Get on your "

[1T

2-...

2311mm: prices. ' No.

market. dat
8—-Market very Quiet;

predictd
fed.
hour” propOsition.
lower but we would take a chance;

 

No. 1-’—G’ood.“- substantial demand and present eondfli

o. iq—No profit at :‘rulinz prices. .
No. B—Bett or keep in port.

Merk‘e‘t cl‘earin'c-g: up 3%: 1131?:
has every appearance...
It you canshold. .thi on.- event}:

1ng boi
reign mi

 

 

old fashioned No 1 timothy hay are
very, very scarce and on this kind
of hay, if anyone has it, there is cer-
tain to be a very keen demand, and
as a result, a. situation created where-
by a much longer price. than “the pres-
ent situation Will permit. We demon-

" strated in one or our earlier articles '

that the class of feeders from now
on were of a little diflferent type than
the general run of feeders through-
.out the winter months. The situa-
tion from a buyer’s standpoint is
boiled down to those feeders who are
looking for good stuff because they
haVe good high class horses.to feed.
This is going to gradually confine
our markets for our good stuff to this
class entirely. They will pay a pre-
mium constantly in order to get the
We look for them
to be constantly clamoring for this
high class stuff. As the season ad-
vances from week to week they are
going to become more and more
aware of its scarcity and begin to
look around and ahead so that their
requirements may be assured. In or-
der to do this, they are going to have
to pay the price. Boiled down, the
Situation at the moment shows that
we are gradually gaining strength\
from a selling standpoint of high
class stuff, that the situation seems
to favor a promotion from our pres-
ent and past level to one of a higher
standard; that if we have high class
stuff back, we have every reason to
make a fightior an advanced price
for it, because the selling strength of
this class of stuff is gradually assert-
ing itself. The trade is gradually step-
ping out where we can see them and
making a call for this class of goods
Instead of ignoring us and driving
by as they have in the past, we no-‘
tice they are coming in and investi-
gating. We think you will find this
situation existing on your local mar-
kets. You should be experiencing a
research by your local buyers for
this class of hay and when they find
it, you should find them willing to
pay a little higher price than they
have been. They should show a much
different expression towards the hay-
situation as confined to these specfied
qualities.

if you have No. 1 hay, we should
figure on making gradual disposition
and gradually a higher price for it.
Of course, there is one thing from a
liability standpoint that We must not
forget, and that is after seeding time
or what we naturally term our June
market, there might be a lot of hay
dumped. You should be careful about
this. If you notice everyone is sell.
ing around you or everyone is loading
hay you had better hang back a lit-
tle. Regulate the disposition of this
good hay back and you can regulate
the price to your personal advantage.

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRIOIO.

No. Michigan .......... $10.60

N 0. Michigan .......... 12. 20

N 0. Michigan .......... 13. 00
Zone No. Michigan ........ 12.80
Zone No. Michigan .......... 12. 40

. Zone No. ' Michigan ......... . '12. 80
Zone No. Michigan .......... 13.70..

NOTE—The prices quoted are for
No. 1 Timothy in the diflerent
freight zones. This gives you the, =

she‘ll! be able, to may
he e15,

Zone
Zone
Zone

 

 

- issues.
.pathy with natural conditions exist-7
'ing elsewhere The only trduble with
.our market is that it is too small to

DETROIT—~The Detroit market '

ypeggln'g along at about the same fash- -'

~iOn- as previously ,g'iVen out in our ..

The situation here. is 111 -sym-TT . '

‘ibetter qualitie

be expected to take care of a very

large supply. By being Small it be» ,
comes easily congested With any Over-"”4 . .

' ' withgho improvement to. 10"
g'i‘common qualities Of hay

supply of any given quality. The Con-
dition here today is but very little
better on common qualities of hay
than it was sometime ago.Extren1e

care should, be exercised in shipping,
' to this market of anythingr‘excepting,

good stuff. No. 1 timothy hay and
cloSe oounterfeits are selling freely
at Quotations, but common Qualities
of hay are ofa druggish nature.

HAY—DETROITJWARKET.
No. 1 Timothy ................ $15.00
No, 2 Timothy. . . . . 12.50
No. 8 Timothy. . .
Light mixed
No.1mixed ..... .. .......
No.2 mixed.. ......
‘Rye Strnw . . .
Wheat and Out Straw ..........

 

 

 

8.00

 

PITTSBURGH—Receipts have been.

extremely light during the past week,
with arrivals running very heavy to
poor stock. Everything is in the buy-
er’s favor on common qualities, with

a real scramble existing for strictly ‘

high-class stuff, this grade being
scarce and wanted and bringing a
premium constantly. The market closes
strong on high-classed hay.

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MAnKsT.

No. 1 Timothy hay. . . . ....... $15.50 .
N0, 2 Timothy hay ............ 13.50
No.3 Timothy ................ 11.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ...... '. 13. 00
No. 1 Clover mixed .huy ....... 13. 00
No 1 Clover hay. 12.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . . 10.00
No.110atstrnw.............. 9.00
No. 1 Rye Straw ........... I . 11.00
No. 1 Wheat straw. . . . . . . . 0.00

 

 

 

CHICAGO—Receipts of the better
qualities of hay continue light, with
demand steady on the same. The
Chicago market experiences early
southern hay which will naturally
have a tendency to cause a break in
old hay shipments when the same
arrives. This southern hay ought to
be running in about .three week’s
time. The market is quotable as
strong on the good qualities.

 

,HAv—cmcmo MARKET.

Choice Timothy ............. $17.00
No. 1 Timothy ‘ 15.00
N o. 2 Timothy ................ 13.00
Light Clover Mixed ........... 13.00
No. 2 Mixed hay ........... . . . 10.00
No. 3 Timothy .............. ‘ . . 10.00
Clover

Threshed Timothy
Marsh feeding hay. . . . . . . . . . ..

acnki .....&.
Choice ‘Altaitn. ............... 18.00
No. 1

Air-11a. 10.90
Rye . ....... scene-ed'eee-eeaue 8;
Date .

7.00
“9“ DOOCOIODOIIQIlI-IOQOOI. .0“

7.00
' 0.00

tone...-

 

 

 

BO-STONé—There is no material
change .to report in” the situation ex-
isting on the Boston market. Receipts
continue to be very light of what is
termed desirable hay, with a, large
percentage of receipts running to
grades under good No.2 _.

E

masheiow is -b mg Isof

 

' '14-.0‘0
Light 010ver Mixed. ._ . .17.”
No. 1 Glover ~-‘li[ixed . . .10.”
No.1 Clover. 00
No. 2 Clover Mixed... . ’ 8.
ltruw— ' ,

NO.1I"Q...-.poo.an.."
NO. 2R7.....§.-.u.u 1
No. 1 o‘t'...’..‘.ll...l

“.01 WI...t- lee-oesoo1

' NOTE—Lotto holes I;
m pond-s modifi-
.. 1:011:80 to 150 pounds. ,

POTATOES

In our last week’s 495119
tried to demonstrate three‘p ,
cipal possibilities fer the we
come of our potato crop. These _
angles to the situation Were supp

to be a basis on which you coul‘ 7 .
ure as accurately as anyone as t' the
future possibilities because on
three angles the handler of .potat. {
figures his future workings '

 

 

 

 

mation to work on that

handlers have -to wOrk on. -
have done this and when' we 11'
done. it, we have given 'to you 6.}?

conditions at the moment will no
mit, there still remains that featuré
of chance which is based on a ohan
of conditions in the future};
changes we can know nothing she.
in advance, therefore, on this is; r
of changes rests the feature of ,e'h nee
for our future possibilities ~
definiteness

We have received advice this ,.
week that in some sections of I.

This is simply one of the Intu‘, _
ditions that we could not” "
or measure in our last Week

The tone .. .1 .
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normal from a food-

? e’about the cheapest artist-”e
eicommon cansuiner could

 

t5 you to study most care-

J

situation. measure every
ith‘j precision.zi Don't put this

 

 

 

as; judgment.

 

- .TOIC—MICHIOAN IONI
' PRICES. s

 

'. ‘ No.2monigan ..s .32
-'No.4Miehig'nn.. :84

q‘ o. fiMichis‘an. .......... .82
{Regiments-i .34

 

 

s: to be in a. crowded condition,

 

t to it. A large percentage
Q 15, another percentage coming
'ri electric lines Much of this
”t business between the grower
' ' The

311t‘is that the feature of price is
' ‘ having the protection that it other-

” hot is no better than steady at
13110113 shown. .’ " ~ .

 

' " drops ear. pes- bu
Ohekedhom our. per bu. . . .
. "a.“ nest is even welt“. 1|.
We: 10"“ out.

NGINNA-TI—The situatiOn On this

 

 

 

o'seeming to show a. decided dis--
sltion for new stock. Very light

 

tion
,. , , 91111113 new...
”flags 6' portal early""there is Just a little/improvement to

. "3193331133 confront-- .

"ell tijih ~
ah ha. vex-y low price in .
or price which

TRON The Detroit market can- ’

. ”es? quoted includes eost of such. .

L

, can demand in every 511‘- I: '6
pics Which was bans-ing po~r

”,1?th study it along with us... -
‘ on your own resources and
eoordhnce ”with the dictates of *

  
  

 

_ ‘ ion—Th Pittsburgh mar;
ishg‘hztinz along from day to day
‘ - the demand in just about :1. nor-

Qt Seems t6 gain inst a. little.- 0!

6;- coarser hea‘Vy receipts .0; light re-
d; ceipts have a elementary. effect on
tithe situation and price possible to ob- -

pain. on the whole, we believe that

report.

 

. POTATOIS—PITTSBU RG

11qu tron our, per 1111.
' Sacked from car, per bu

.- WHEAT.
An ek'pressiOn of real shifti-

ness has been in evidence on
the Wheat market during the

past week. This is based on

our. statistical and crop news. Ac-

.31}; .48 '
5 to .53

 

 

 

 

 

cording to the Trade Bulletin’ s state—
, ment, the world’s

available supply of

breadstuffs has decreased during

fl April nearly twice as much as during

, “1 ting itsi'supply from territories '
’Wfir‘i‘sfipts are being hauled here in -

the same month last year. This in-
formation is an asset to the bullish
sentiment. The figures show that
stocks decreased: 40,350,000 bu. last
month as” compared with a decrease
of 19,436,000 bu. a year ago. This'
would seem to confirm Broomhall’s
recent prediction that European needs

‘ WHEAT~DETROIT MARKET.
No. 1 White. . . ._ . . .. $1.06

 

No. 2 Red ..................... 1.07
Speculative Prices.

July delivery ................. .94

*May delivery . ............... 1.08

.J'I‘lle price. given (6! Decent"
and Hey delivery represent the tu-
ture delivery prices. This infor-
mation uerely gives you the future
hosts at this constant:- as lured
by those who speculate on future
prospects.

 

 

 

, for the remainder of the crop would

het is not very satisfactory, the ‘

be large. Guesses are being placed \

'that the government crop candition

will show above 90.!1‘his will be
in comparison with the ten-year ~av-

 

WHEAT—CHICAGO MARKET.

No. Red ................. ' ..... $ 1.02
Speculatlvs Prices.

*July delivery .............. V. 89%
*Muywlelivery.............;. 89%
‘The price given to;- July

and May delivery represent it. in-
ture delivery prices. This interma-
tlou merely give. you the future
basis of this commodity as figured

 

 

 

A .» .4 time:

"show slight variations; based on trad—.

. i‘lii'g rules more than on natural condi~
' 3 it one.

'mal conditiong 5The tone to the mar-

- has demonstrated to you the actual

  

Ag3
d liabilities to 35:6 wheat:

bout an eyen break at the present
Trading from day to day will

 

BEANS

Our various issues from week
to week since the drop in bean
values down to a $1. 80 basis

A

situation and all of the angles going
to make it up. We have shown you
as clearly and definitely as is possi-
ble the different manner through
which certain results may be at-
tained. We have demonstrated- to
you one very valuable point, from a

. marketing standpoint, which is that .,

a given commodity may be greatly re«
duced in selling value when the gen-
eral situation does not warrant it.
We will .not say that the immediate
situation or that existing at the mo-
ment does not warrant a change, but
we do w'sh to force on you the un-
derstand ng necessary, to have of the
general situation, its possibilities and
its different angles going to make it
up. When you understand the
“Whys” and “Wherefores” of 3. mar-
ket situation, you will know how to
regulate the disposition of your com«
modity as well as anyone else. You
will not have cause to become
alarmed, excited or nervous over its
future possibilities any more than
our real “Doctors” do today.

The local dealers, one and all, were
perfectly at ease when beans went
dowu to $1.80. You could not detect
one solitary flinch on their part. Ev-
erything showed that they were feel-
ing well at ease as to the future pos-
sibilities of the situation. They knew

V’as well as is possible for anyone to

know, that everything favored a good
strong close for these beans; that
the break down to $1.80 was abso-
lutely unwarrantable fiom a general
standpoint. Wedemonstrated to you
why beans were forced down. We
need not go into that again, but for
the benefit of some of our new read-
ers, we will simply state that it was
by virtue of the large percentage of
off-grade stuff that happened to be
on the Southern markets at a time
when weather conditions change to
a temperature, making impossible the
maintaining of a proper condition of
beans in store. With a large per-
centage of off-grade stuff on hand to

sell, you can readily appreciate that .

all of this trade would hold up until
they had them off their hands. This
situation became of such a magni-
tude that the whole bean situation
was influenced and held up in sym-

 
 

g‘i:

' ation would allow that we were on.

   

[7" normalized real] spirit and en.
on the. part of. the handlers of 2.13””
aII over the State. A great infirm
trading has been going on,
With the organization that existsss‘

. today, they are so. closely am}
that Working one with anothh

only a result of the machine,

     
       
  
  
  
    
 
 
  
  
  
  
     
    
   
  
  
     
  
   
  
  
    
    
    
     
  
     
    
  
 
 
   
  
  
 
   
  
  
   
    
  
   
 
   
  
    
   
    
  
  
 
   
  
  

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over the State, handpicked basi ,
o. b. track has been from $2.15 to
during the past week. If you wt] 11
tice any one of your regular (la .
Detroit papers, we do not think
will find a quotation above $2. 05
subscribers to these daily papa
which are supposed to be keeping'y
in actual touch with the situat
from day to day, would suggest the
you write the editor of whatiev
paper you take of a daily natures
advise the true situation that exist
and the misleading quotations glv .
out.

these other peOpIe are obliged to $2
to the dealers over the state forth,

show, it would almost appear that mi»
proper advice had been given to these"
market papers. This should demon
strate more definitely the value of the.
“Pink Sheet” to you.

While beans have not made an ads,
vance the last few days, they are}
holding very steady and very strong:
We have predicted from the inception
of the season that these beans would "
touch $2 40 before its close. We may
have this limit set a little high, but
certainly have more faith today in its
possibilities than any time in the past.‘
We know that if he had the regula~
tion of the balance of these beans, we.
could put the market at $2.40 without
any trouble; therefore, our opiniOnis
that it is up to you, as marketers,
whether you get this value out ofyoln"
beans or not

 

BEAN8—DETROIT MARKET.
White. hand-picked basis. ..... $2.18
Red Kidney .................... 2.25

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.
Zone No. 2 Michigan ...........
Zone No. 3 Michigan ..........
Zone No. 3 Michigan ........... 2:19-

The aboVe values represent what .
dealers are obtaining for beans, 1. ~
0. b. your station in zone. shown.
This is on basis of hand-picked ~

OATS ‘  :

There has been practically 110:
V“ ’ change whatever. in the real:

tenor of the oat situation dur-.
ing the past week. Trading has been;
of a normal standard, with everyone-
feeling at ease as to the situation
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“est so the receipts of old potatoes :foéi ""° ”m“ n “t". ‘pathy with the same, but 311515 as soon the future We do not believe that:
'rder to make disposition of them, ’ as these beans were finally made (113- Mfl_,m s13 . .
.1
ICHIGAN FREIGHT ZONES ~~ .. -J...
"N order to=- keep in touch with the Pittsburgh. for instance, show that Nt. Zone s—Bay City. 1 \
: that conditions you should know 1 Timothy hey is worth :16. 00 per ton. New York City ................. J7“
the freight rats from your shipping The freight being 84. to would show that Pittsburgh ................... J7 , V
«itst'lon to the leading market com the dealers in Tuscola county should pay Cincinnati .................... 1,
" ‘ If you have the ”sight rate you 311. to per ton. less handling charge. The Chicago ................ .18 MICHIGAN WITH.
“the key which places you in s. 150- “minimum weight of a car of hay is Detroit ___________________ .10 APPROXIMATE,
on to know whether your local dealer 20, 000 pounds; the minimum weight of a. """" FREI’EHT 3... RATIS TO
31"“! you the market price for your car of potatoes is 80, 000 pounds; the Zone 4—Greenville. w ,
flu or not. In connection with minimum Weight of a. car of beans is New York City.‘ ............... .29 . LEADING
’g5rtiols we give you the Michigan . 40. 000 pounds; and you will have tavpay pmgburgh ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 171,5 ZflNES ~ 3.3., 1. MARKETS
us Former Zone MED. Y0 0‘1 will ~ for that number of pounds in each car. Cincinnati .................... .16 .
-- - that. this 1119. is divided ”into so be sure and ship 9. full earlosd. The Chicago ...................... .18 h E '3 (“SEE
‘ _ on” {night tones. our “hull,“ 1023’ fiate- shim «3mg:- any} potistoets kand Detroit ....................... .11 ~
one of these zones. an y re -._ sans any: a. n s 0 gm no a g s. TAELE .‘
“(0 the table given below "you will» (ignorant rate. We will be glad to for. Zone 5—Sandusky. 2 WA“- ... j snow)
is 1“ ”proximately whet it costs 101‘ oar- .n sh you with full information with ror- New York City ................ . 7% V
7 fitment! 19.1110 (“flaunt market, 'e’rence to the maximum and minimum Pittsburgh .................... s... .
31.; . ' m " {0 . wen 1. per 100 oar-lots, 6:- you can 80¢ this information Cincinnati ............... . ..... .
Lg! " 21:13.: E be remembersd from your local agent. Chicago . ........ . ............. .
? j ' ‘3, 3,9 foximgt. rgteg , . Detroit ... ......................
34;: a; or ; um. from Zone l-e-Sault Ste. Marie. ' . - Zonei o—Vlcksburg.
M2170»: seven: zones. . I ' -- - - ~33" New York City. ........... . .
. '5‘“ ~ .. - . '-‘ ... .3536 lttsburgh . .
' i :3 3" . lncihnati ...... ........
i?" I“? v... ”nu-‘6 -~ .._..u. y“ 1 Chicago .... ............. .
uni???” 3 . Detroit. .......... ...... .......

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ppius Claudius place the order' for. :a"

, (31111111, which was some distance in those daysandmgfi
these dzys, too, if we were to fol-low; (the pairing speo
down. ' '

That road is 5111111111 best in all Europe .
——and nowhere in the world are there reads" ,-
to compare with the highways Cf that conti»
nent

Why some enterprising road—building
1 ' corporation has not grabbed onto the plan

Claudius patented in his “Appia-n Way” we are at a loss to”

' ' WAY WAS
man ROAD”

First :———-His myriad of slaves dug. a. trench “four to six feet deep."
arid" two score feetwide, ” say the historians. ‘ 1 .
" Second 'wThey laid many small stones and gravel level with the

$2, 000,900 bond iSsueI,I_ not .
FULL OF SHARP HOLES WHIC

' 1 ’1."
Third :——Then into this trench they placed like bricks, closely IMPOSSIBLE ~ ,_-

mortised to fit one to the other, GIANT “PAVING BRICKS” CUT'
FROM SOLID LAVAL ROCK FOUR TO STX FEET THICK!

Of course, we have no lava rock' in Michigan!-

What of it? We must have “good roads” at any Costflas every
steaming stump— politician will agreemlet’ 5 bond the township hand
and foot, let’s make the farmers, whose fields adjoin the highway,
PAT” THE BILLS, and if the lava roads are the most expensive
we can build LET’S BUILD Oli SOLID LAVA ROCK!

* * * * *

year.

Let us pause in our Wild race for‘ good roads 1a.
' cost.

petent road- builders 1
This 13 a plea for MORE ROADS AND LESS 1:;
REPAIRS AND LESS RUTS.! '
When the next road-builders’ speaker starts

. In Michigan today we have only two classifications: , EX-
TRAVAGANT “GOOD ROADS” OR FORGOTTEN BAD
ROADS!

There is no middle ground. Either we must have neglected, run—
down abused dirt roads, where an occasional scraping of the roadside

' sod into a camel’s hump at the center, answers for, its only care; OR,
; We must strangle the taxpaying farmers ofga township to build a

NOT EITHER THE ONLY ROAD THAT EVE
WAS THE “APPIAN WAY” AND MOST COUNT,
AFFORD FOUR FOOT LAVA PAVING BRICK? '

“~7—

' SOLID STONE OR CONCRETE ROAD, which eats up every cent,

Containing the Only Dependable Market
Re“port for Crop Producer:

Edited Under the inflection of
Grant Slocum

'And Published Weekly by the
noun. mo 00.,

95 West I‘ortr. $11., Detmit.ll21ch.
In the interests of Michigan farmers who are

desirous of marketing as well as raising their .

. crops to the best advantage.

 

V Entered as Second-Class Matter at Detroit
Post Oflice.

This‘ ‘pink- sheet” has no creed, nor party,
plays no favorites and bows its head to neither
friend nor enemy, if they would swerve it
from the single path which it has laid for
itself to solve the greatest problem that con-
fronts the farmer today, THAT OF DIS-
POSING OF HIS CROP FOR A GREATER
PROFIT!

The market reports are written directly to

. serve the farmers of Michigan, and to assist

 

them in receiving at their own local market

' the prices which should be theirs.

 

amsuzblcrlption price, 50 cents a. year.

 

'DETROIT, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913.

 

IN OUR OWN STATE
.3

UNEXPECTED FREEZES
DAMAGE SMALL FRUITS.

The great bulk of the pro'spective
‘t crop of Berrien and neighboring .

, ern part of the state.

their orchards escaped the frost’s
blast, but back from the shore in a
strip including Bainbridge, Pipestone
and Sodus townships, heavier damage
Was reported. North and south of St
Joseph, growers say, fruit has not been
hurt.

Farmers are guarding their orchards
with smudge pots.
ceded that the frosts have destroyed
a large percentage of early strawber—
ries. This fruit was just in blossom

It is generally con-1

are keeping. smudges going in their
orchards in anticipation of more frosts,
following those of last week, The
damage is mainly to early ‘straWberries,
peaches, cherries and plums, and not as
large as anticipated. Apples, later
peaches and pears escaped. The best
advices are that theer will be a crop,
as the trees were laden with an enorm-
ous amotint of buds and blossohjrs. Ice

found or quarter of. an inch iii—- some
' localities,

 

Because the insurance companies have
proved that country life is more health-
ful than city life is no reason why we
should stop studying sanitation.

 

BARRY COUNTY WILL
‘ TAKE UP ALFALFA

Convinced by experience that thou-

sands of acres of alfalfa would be

grown in Barry county if the farmers
were properly educated in methods of
growing, members of the Hastings
Grange have started a movement to se-
cure the services of Prof P. G. Holden

. and his assistants who have been mak-'

ing the “alfalfa campaign” in the west-
For a number of
years many acres of alfalfa have been
grown in small patches in Barry
county. At first many scofl‘ed at
the experiments, but the fact that the
alfalfa growers gathered in the dollars
for several crops annually has induced
many to start experimental fields. Much
of the soil in this country is adapted
for alfalfa growing, and all that is
necessary to develop it is knowledge
of methods and enterprise. ‘

 

Better is the laughter of the children

in the house than the. squeals from a “ "

 

. well-stocked [Jen

"The day is coming when no one will

be called a Christian unless he lives for
humanity.

 

15 MICHIGAN LOSING

HER ROOT-RAISING FAME?
'. A. Twining'of Chicago, thenhead of
a Michigan root-raising association,
says that our state no longer gives
promise in this branch of agriculture.

Mr. Twining says our woodlands are
“ being depleted and with the turning of
the land into raising standard crops the;
supply of the different kinds of roots

used for medicinal purposes have gone,
so that to meet the demand for these
roots the production of them on 11111111
or lots has opened the Way for an im~
mense business.

He says,
seal root formerly brought 68 cents a
pound and the only part used was the
root Now the same foot brings $4 a
poun\d,

being utilized. It is the same with

for instance, that gold-err

and the stem and leaves are now,

An.

At a meeting Of the petal: ,-
eommissien at Lansing it was 1356
to set as orer 181“) aéres "
lands 'in lkaaka and: Grand
counties in tum new forest]
Thesealands are withdrawn if
and it was deemed adureaH'
them in reserve to better
Preparations for estah
foreSt reserve in Luce to“
will include 40,600.361fes, is
way and will probably be ,
at the next meeting

 

Some men’s laonorority‘

 

Sonic like a line of 111112117
white stretch of sander
And songs there are who like
at a , ~

- is most grand ' '
The Prairie, fionlaed bye,”

snakeroot and 13111111901, all of 'thliCh M

_ are bringing much more m'oIn'I'

formerly and there are 0th

the hunting of which once,
" or: .

email arm

 


 

 

roux com

1 ; condition of

Bist‘séod bed for grain
and ram ~

«, nereased'crop of. duced last year was 692,556 tons.
' Iaverwe workmgi period for the {ac-w.

4' .‘
I‘orn ground that:

behaves mead 111ch
ha Behave: 3'In good

 

_ fr E 6001) TIMES

arly cut our Work
_, Since 'Ehen we have
‘ it; better than

“titties while V they
Ill wififénsj The. farm was too

 

ail: thoroughly, and
,7” year Calf. The cdlf.

e his; ism“, until you give it

 

‘ I M'DO'L‘LARS?
,xcolt has just

:._ it‘ll:

hat...
rte

' 35888‘3' ‘ ‘ _
esitleu~ limiters may! ship deer out of

" ”Selling of rabbits.

1' - _ . the doe anting season extend
from more :10th; to: Nonember 30111.
That the closed season £01- squirrels

That. the elem souson for quail,

ht grease. and wild turkey be

yph'easa
extended to 1917..

For the shooting Iot- bear.

For an increase in deer hunters’ li-
cenw for" iahens, making it

aha prodding 1.11111: 11611-1

 

Three gallant of lonessulphar w a hun- .

tired gallons of wafer makes a good in-
sest‘icute and fungicide for apples

MICHIGAN’S STAND
, IN BEEIT YIELDS.
Seventy-three factories are engaged
«in the manufacture of beet sugar in
the United States.

 

The

tories was eighty- s-ix days. This re-
Quired 5,224,377 tons of bets. They

4’ were groom on 555,300 acres of land,

and the average boot production per
see was 941 tons. The state of Mich-
igau, which. has seventeen factories,
and the greatest number in any one

twins: the smallest yield of beets
per acre—6 75 tons. Colorado excels
all other states with a yield of 11.32
tons per acre. California beets lead in
percentage of sucroso, 01' pure sugar
contents

NEIGHBORLY HELP

In; the room where food is cooked
for the pigs and poultry we had quite
ajob to keep the ceiling dry. I put
a lid over the cooker with a pipe lead-
ing up into the chimney and we have
1 never had any trouble since. ———N. A.
H. Good suggestions. Thanks. Let’s
have more of them from Michigan
Business Farmers.

In the early spring when the sow

I and the pigs are enclosed in a small
5 place much trouble is reperted from
the fattest pig of the litter Idying. This
can be avoided if the sow is separated
'IIfrorrL her pigs, and cause them to
wow,.onoae. or twice each day until
' can ‘be turned in a- yard WJliere
slfe wilt provide the exercise—R. N.
Thwshofild help many of our friends
We been complrumng What

" Is your misuse

The quantity pro-,- ,

V . perience.
of ,‘monthly rainfall

r...
If you are just starting out growing

I ealfalfa I Would suggest that you do

not use a nurse crop the first year.
Get accustomed to alfalfa by getting

y0ur land into first class shape with,

condition favorable for its
growth. It is much harder to start
than to continue. Get the land in
prime condition and don’t sIow seed
too early. --W. R. G. Here is a sug-
gestio'n'i for enthusiastic Michigan al-
falfait'cs: Give us the benefit of your
alfalfa knowledge.

every

Anyone who wishes to let horses
and cattle run from one field to an-
other and at the same time keep hogs
in‘ will find this device of value.
Make an opening in fence and across

Kit‘ nail.- two 18 inch planks to posts or

Stakes 15 inches apart. A hog could
pass between them if it were not for
the two end posts, but it cannot turn
.so as to jump over either plank, and
the distance is great enough so that it
cannot jump over the two planks at
once. Horses and cattle can go over
without any trouble.———H. L. A real,
practical help and the kind the editor
likes to receive.

The great question confronting us
at this time is not how to raise stuff,
but how to sell it. It’s poor satisfac—
tion to raise a big crop and then find
that we cannot get enough for it to
pay the expense of gathering. ——H. L.
E. That hits the nail on the head
Now let us have real farmer’s reme—
dies for Solving the problem from
Michigan Business Farmers.

Angle worms can be obtained any—
where by wetting the ground with a
solution of blue vitrol or with soap—

CAUSES OF HOUSEW’IVE'
GRUMBLING AT liUR

We frequently hear complied?!“

the butter won’t “come, ” thofigh not;

often now as in winter month

cause of long churning is thiii -.

The cream some cows give

seem like churmng water and about

easy. Ripening helps materially iti-

creasing the length of time requireQ

churn cream, and also gives V ,

a mild, acid flavor. Cold cream "

foams and will not churn. About 62

degrees seems favorable. . -
Difficult churning is 5011’:

caused by the cream becoming (1 E3111.

nated with dirt. Be sure therefor. ' '

5115 after using them.

 

If whitewash were as expensive (1:
cake, we’d use more of it. Because ff?
rhea/2, how little our dairymen 11'

MY CHOICE OF THE
SIX BEST GRAPES“

(1) Concord: The buds of the!
grape are woolly in the spring and
frost does not injure them easily. They
will grow on either sand or clay and.
are good shippers.

(2) Warden: This grape has good
bearing qualities and is a splendid
table grape.

(3) Niagara: This
green grape ,

(4) Moore’s Early: An early grape.

 

is a desirable

I would not advise planting on hard

ground. . -I
(5) Vergennes: A good red grape,"’,"-,.
grown on either sand or clay.
(6) Agawam: A good grape .er
light soil. On heavy soil it goes too
much to wood.

 

 

FOSTER’S WEATHER BULLET”;

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AR

Copyrighted 1913 by W T. Fosterfl
Excluswe rights granted to .Michigan
Business Farming.

Washington, D C., May l7—Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
'to cross continent May 20 to 24, warm
wave 19 to 23, cool wave 22 to 26.
The week centering on the day this
disturbance reaches your longitude will
average cooler than usual and the cool
wave following it will carry frosts
farther south than usual. It will also
inaugurate a ten days’ period in which
some dangerous storms are expdcted.
We have not yet worked out a method
of locating these dangerous storms,
but we are making experiments based
on .the daily weather records covering
80 years and we are encouraged with
the progress and will begin to suggest
the locations of severe storms and
heavy rains in a general way. But our

_teadcrs most not hold us strictly re-

.sponsible till we get a little more ex—
We have been locating the
results fairly well,

V 'V perhaps making 75 to 80 per cent good,

storm and
Wave that
altogether

but'to locate a dangerous

V‘I'WVe bVIelicIv'tf; ~

.r‘

by close of 25, great Central valleys 26
to 28, eastern sections 29. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about Mayf24
great central valleys 26, eastern seer
tions 28. Cool wave will cross Pacific:

‘ slope about May 27, great central vale» .

leys 29, eastern sections

The week of this disturbance Cen—
tcring on the day it passes your vicinity
will average cooler than usual and the
cool wave preceding will probably
cause frosts in northern sections fare.
ther south than usual. Less than 11511 ‘ '
rain is expected in a general my but
near meridian 80, a line running worth ~;
and south a little west of Toronto and V
Buffalo, the rainfall will probably how
about or a little above normal

This disturbance, crossing continent
25 to 29 will cause severe storms b
not so severe as in previous months,
Indications seem to say that this stor
ane will be most severe on me, 1:113:12
80——explained above—mot far
May 28 and that the path of the star
will lie over or near the grea L
But there are. also indications
greatest force of this great ‘ .
period—whiny 21 to 3l——will afiept,
sections of the Phillipines and '
25; that part of tho-I— August?

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during

. fore part of the week was of a

, "aerate character, with offerings
5‘!” fly liberal and an easy tone pre-
y fling all around. Buyers were only
int ested in better grades of white.

' latter part of the week shows ,

gthe Situation somewhat better, with
.eipts reduced and the demand
meWhat improved. The market

clohod; firm and a shade higher.

I OATS—CINCINNATI MARKET.

 

.36

 

 

3 Mixed . . .............

PITTSBURGH—There is a decid-
edly easier feeling at the moment.
' eceipts have more than supplied the

off grades not wanted;
everything in buyers’ favor, excepting
on strictly high-grade whites.

’ '1 oA'ro—Pl'rrssunon MARKET.
.40
‘ . No.- 38%:
(No. .37
,NOI lull“............uu.
'N...nlxed......n...

CLOVER SEED

The clover seed situation is
’ [3 coming to a point now where

_g basis of operations will be de-
termined on the outlook for next
season’s crop. Seeding time is in
such a state as to make unwarrant-
able trading on present basis, unless
for immediate wants; therefore, from
now on whatever seed is in the farm-
ers’ hands or in dealers’ hands for
exchange, will be subject to the dic-
tates of next year’s outlook. At the
moment the seed situation is strong
and thoroughly satisfactory from prac~
tically every angle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT
MARKET.

June. prune .
'g 'Mnmmoth. prime
. Alsike, prime
"Timothy Seed, prime .....

APPLES

W Retailers are getting practically
m any price they are a mind to
. - establish on good quality apples
"air the present time, still there is a
limit to What wholesalers can get out

 

 

 

 

 

'of. their supply. The market is un- "'

questionably strong 011 good class
wstock. With the season fast growing
"to a close, the feature of quality and
appearance will be the real assets
that’ the future possibilities of apples
, ‘will‘have to be established on. From
.,a flproducers standpoint, we can ap‘
'preciate that information conceining
the outside situation is not of very

» . much benefit to you, because there is
' ‘ but very few bushels of apples now

in the producers’ hands for disposi-
.tion
APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.

‘ Fancy, per barrel. . .‘ ..... 2.50 to 4. 50
' nry, per barrel. 1.00 to 2.50

L-AsPRIL BUSY MONTH FOH\AME

 

 

'5 AND FISH WARDEN
During April the state gem and
y , warden’ s department investigated

’tablished this. This

a: ittle oas ,

"aware, of course, _

M.
price as shoWn at quotations s
withpsufmmer prices
,' W ioWering in
values at this seasons "f the year and
it almost appears that this is" the real
reason, at the moment; why these
quotatious are in effect. We know of
nothing else in which the strong ad-
vantage creamery butter handlers had
of the situation who have not taken
more advantage of it than is shown
in this case. We have demonstrated
to you in previous articles, the situ-
ation from an ice-cream standpoint in

all cities, the great demand for cream, ,.

ice- cream “fillers, etc. to fill this de-
mand with; therefore, we have never
felt, neither do we at the moment, that

.. it is absolutely necessary to lower the '
standard of values on butter at this

time.

IUTTEH~GENIRAL MARKET.
Creamery No. ’1, per lb. . . . . . .28
Eancy Dairy, per lb

EGGS

We are working right along into

May with the same firm tone to

our egg market that was es-
tablished in the latter part of April.
and the forerunner to this month.
This goes to demonstrate that eggs
are on a good clean and. Well estab-
lished market basis at the present
time; a basis which is going to‘be'
well understood from now on. Of
course, May is a month, along with
April, considered as one of the best
for storing purposes. This angle to
the situation will do much to hold
eggs up to a certain level. After May
we have months during which the
supply of eggs is naturally curtailed.
This reduction in supply will nat-
urally hold the price up. For the
above reason, we cannot see why
eggs should not just about maintain
the standard of levels already set.

Baa-GENERAL MARKET.

Large fresh ......... . ....... 3 .18
Medium fresh .10

POULTRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

custom has “es; 8.7 5:

 

 

 

. $7.40 to $7.75;

“ranging 800 to 1,000 lbs.

 

 

The extremely high prices of
D poultry which have been in

effect for some weeks has grad-
ually turned the trade to substitutes.
These substitutes are not particularly
of a meat character, but other lines
of food are being used instead. The
supply of poultry is very light, way
below what the natural demand would
be, but by virtue of high prices which
have almost been prohibitive to a cer—
tain class, this trade has gradually
worked to other means of supplying
their requirements. You would be
Surprised to know the change in con-
ditions which may come over one

commodity when the market is flushed

 

POULTRY—person

No. 1 Turkeys. . .. . . . . .
No. 2 Turkey. ........
No. 1 Spring Chickens. . .
N o. 2 Spring" Chickens.
No 1 fowl: ....... . ......
No. 2 Fowl.
No. 1 Geese ............
No. l Ducks. . ...... . . .

POULTRY— CHICAGO

No. 1 'l‘nrkeyu..-..
No. 2 Turkeys...............
' No. 1 Spring Chickens ........
No, 2 Spring Chickens. . .. .
No. 1 Fowls .................
No. 2 Fowl: ..................
‘No. 1 Geese. ..
No. 1 Ducks. ;....,-t ..
A

MARKET.

.19 to .20
.141. 16
. 17 to .18
.14 to .10
.17 to .18
.13 to 15
.16 to .15“
.19 to .20

MARKET.

cosy-nus...»

 

 

The receip:
1 558 against

~' . Week prov
rious .It Was doubtful at":

one nine; "
.wnether the Stockyards would be in , .,
_ shape this .week for operations, this

owing to a heavy fire whiCh destrqyed ‘

quite a portiOn 'of the yards. Hone;

ever, with quick work and co-opera " 1
--'tion on the part of all interested, "the ’ _’
yards Were quickly put in shape, with

the result that- all sto'ck was handled I
‘/ -

with Very little handicap?”

The market for the Week rules »
steady on last week’s established
level, beef steers going at about $8. 00,
with steers and heifers ranging in'
weights from -,1000 to 1,200 lbs,- at
steers and heifers in
weights from 800 to 1,000 lbs; $7. 00
to $7. 50; good fat stuff in both steers
and heifers, 500 to 700 lbs., $6. 00 to

V. Cally. the. saline .basi

and the situation we

$6.75. Quite a little attention was t '

shown to the fat cOW department.
The range values Was established on
choice stuff at $6. 50 to $6.75; good.
stock going at $6. 00 to $6. 50;. common
run, $5. 00 to’ $5 50. The small’ amount -

of canners on hand were going at

$4. 00 to $4.50; choice heavy bulls
readily bringing $7.00, with fair to
good bologna bulls selling around
$6. 50 to $6. 75; good average stock
bulls, $5 00 to $6 00.

There was quite a little activity
shown in the feeders and stocker do
partment, with good feeding steers
in Weight
going readily at $6.50 to $7. 00, with
fair stuff, same weight, $6. 00 to $6. 50;
some nice choice stockers, 500 to 700
lbs., $6. 00 to $6. 50; a _more common
run, same Weight, $5. 75 to $6. 25; nice
little bunch of stock heifers brought
$5. 00 to $6. 00; nice large young milk-
ers, medium age, $60. 00 to $80. 00; a
more common sort, $40. 00 to $55. 00.

Receipts of veal calves show 1,121
this week against 1,350 last. Top
prices run around $8. 75 to $9. 25; com-
mon to fair bringing $4 00 to $8. 00.
Milch cows and springers rule steady.

 

CATTLE—DETROIT STOCK
ARDO.

Beet steers, good to prime
. heavy ............... t$7.75 to $8.00
lee!” steers. nedimn

:.7 40 to 7.75

good
6.00 to 7.00
to

6.75
7.75
6 25
6.75

selected ......
Heifers, selected ......
Stock steers
Feeders
Gunners and Cutters. . . 4.25
Good to prime vealu. . . 9.50
Build 4.50 to 75
Dressed veal .......... 8.00 to 18.00

5.00 to
7.40 to

 

 

 

Cattle—Chicago.

Extreme prices and bulk of native beef
cattle sold here last week quotations for
carioad lots, with comparisons:

Number Extreme Bulk of
received. range. sale on
Monday. May 5....19 190 67.2610 $7. so 8, 75
Tuesday, May 7..
Wednesday, May 7. 20.359 7.15 775
Thursday May 8.. 4.642 75©8 75 7.65 4.0
Friday. May 9..... 1.000 7.25%.“) 76508

This week ............... 87. 1600.10 37. “@8. 75
Previous week .......... 7 00m 9 7.60 60@8. 50
Four weeks ago ........ 7 20 8.10628 85

912 7-10@8 60

7 5.0011025
7.00 10
.30 5. .00
.40 0.1 10
The Week opened up ”with evidence
of plenty, that only a. moderate run
was necessary to meet the demands
of the trade. The game opens up of a.
real mean disposition. Packers were
the chief bidders, with the demand
even from this quarter limited to two
of the local houses Even on hard! 0 ‘

‘ week.

and meat products in genpr
urally held. Corn—fed “cows and

beginning to Work to a mean
along the line of cows and heifers
same as exists on its oppOSite *

ing chopped off around 25c in «vs.
in plain and medium cows and 1191
frbm last week’s closing basis .
bulk of strictly choice heifers

Some sales of yearling . g,
are quotable around $7. 00, under.
rte be $1. 00 lower than high ms
the past. It takes choice

good useful killers have 861d at~
to $6. 75, such as Would have b,

have made $6.75 to $7.00-at highv't'
The bull market shows all the

high point this season, with tie oat
est break being from bolognas, mi:
of which are about 75c on from i
paid early last week and 251th
lower than a week ago A lot of
bulls and bolognas have scld down 6

ing at $6. 00, in which the canner an
cutter department showed only a:
scattered lots of low grade (:6 s
which found mean demand, althOu "

prices hold steady with closing rates

established in mid week. Cutters 0
fair to good sort have shown a d
cline of 10 to 15c. A decent light

. canner sort has sold from $3. 75 t

$4. 00; exceptionally good stuff, $4 65..
to $4. 75. 3,

There was a noticeable falling if?
in demand in veal, resulting in a vs V
small volume of trade. The bulk ' ’
business, quality considered, was! ,‘
at 250 higher than last Tuesday,
sulting in a steady basis setup
with a week ago. The run for;
week shows 13, 400 against 14 ,6
week ago and 16, 973 a year ago ' =
cannot expect any life. or tenets
Stacker or Feeder Department ‘
beef and cattle or all sorts in

The mean reduction was arena,
25:: under-“rates of the (1106's -
week Cattle such as sold -
this year, amend $8.16 9

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.75.; end and Chi- ,;
2'0,Q00‘ and lower], " M

steers‘ averaging 7‘“,

ght steers selling,

‘ antes, afi‘ about stéady‘
d'with a week ago. ‘
gahours of the trade ,.

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‘Buffalo, Swift, a BOS~

. were the main support
fiction of the trade-.3 Swift

£2 .r tty willing buyer at the de-. ‘

ting, as he went along that
must be in line with Chi-
e prices Were lower. After
’ d bought rather freely other
’ : orders garrived, including
the New York butchers,
esult Was that this end of
t cloSed strong. Decided

_ xtreme heavy steers not
popular for the hot weather

'l'g'hter kinds? those "aVeraging

200 lbs. and on up to 1300

1 k‘er‘s and feeders ruled full
y with} the week ago, light 650-
£eedersfetch1ng 1115 to $7. 25, With
of any kind of stocker stufi

1,,bringing steady prices, tops
11g ‘ from $7. 50@7. 65. Moderate
" "of-£7 milchers and springers

at week. As the grass season»

' 3, however, fresh cow trade is
to Work downward. Butch-
ttl” appear to be bringing bet-
in comparison to their
an the heavier and more ex—
Runs have been light

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'ediu'rn to fair heavy steers 8.15 to 8
éild‘y weight butchering ,

~7. 50 to

re - . . 7.50 to
‘hei era. inferior to choice 6.00 to
we, medium to choice 4.50 to
an. cutters. . . ..... 3. 75 to
5.00to

5.00 to

3'
Best york-

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being sorted to suit the buyer,
and lights and pigs $8.85 generally.
Roughs, mostly $7 60 stags, $6. 50@

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cheat and springers. . . . 35.00 to 100. 00

.. 3 Calves—Buffalo. _ '

e ,enteen hundred and fifty calves
'fier, at. 131.3111.) Monday- Market
and steady with last week’s
h'.-»$P;e% fancyl wag‘konf calves
genera mar et or tops

$0.00. 002159;; 25, bulk $9.25. Fair
$8.25@8. 75; best desirable

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..........’.. 8.25m 8.75
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' 6.50% ..725

Hogs—Chicago:

00160.80 daily range of hog ._v-lint... top
figures for lair-load

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' HOGS AT ELEVEN MARKETS
Friday. May 9t h.-

Today
" 11,000 ' 1
. 5,000
71
7,000
3,600
3......

Indianapolis. 8 000
Cleveland . 2, 500
Buffalo 6,500
Piittsburg . . . 3, 000

w 3112st ..... 59 500 58,100
thus for“ ..409000 424,000 357, 000 4.03, 000

Total 1913 to date ................... 8,,871000
Same period 1912 ...................... 10, 126, 000
same period 1911 ..................... ..8,9o7,000
The hog market opened up for the
Week- with conditions surrounding it
just a. little better than was noticeable
on the cattle market. The tone to the

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"situation being a little better, the

meanness to the trade along other
meat lines not being in evidence.
The market opens up~ on Tuesday

strong, with quotations showing an

advance of around 50. The top set
for the day was 8. 55. The disposition
of the market on Wednesday was to
show a ‘decline‘ of from 5 to 10c. The
trade was very: slow to start, a few

shippers and speculators being the

only buyers. A heavy reported run in
the east has shut off the shipping de-
mand from that source. About $8.35
was the normal top, for the day. The
market opens up Thursday morning
with what sales were effected at about
So under Wednesday. The day closes,
however, with price strong at Wednes-
day’s close‘. The range of price grew
very narrow, bulk? being right about
$8. 00 to $8. 35. The range was the
narrowest experienced in a long time.
The shipping demand continues light.
The week ends on Friday with sales
going along at 100 higher than Thurs-
day. There was fairly good trade and

with most offerings changing hands in

good season. The top for the day was
$8. 55. This shows the market closing
on about $8 55 top basis, with the
range very narrow and the tone to the

«situation only fair. The total number

of hogs received for the week were
409, 000, 15, 000 less than the same
period last week and 52, 000 more than
the same period last year. '

 

HOQL-FGHICAGO STOCK YARDS.

Mixed packing ....... “$8.20 to $8.35

Medium and butchers. .835 to .
P001- to good heavy

packing . . 1 . . . . . . 8.05 to

. 8.30 to

mfitw'elg‘hts , . r
«selected 200- 1
8.28 to

840

8.22
8.45

8.52
8.75

 

 

 

 

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HOGS~BUFFALO STOCK
' , YARDS.
Extreme heavies, 280 up. “$8.65 to $8. 75
..... 8.75
Mediums, 220 to 240 ........ 8. 70 to
'Mediums, 190 to 220 ........ 8. 75 to
Mixed, 180 to 220 .......... 8. 75 to
. Yorkers, 150 to 170
Do light, 130 to 150
Pigs, 120 d
State Hogs ................. 8.50 to
Heavy ends '

7:00

 

 

 

" situation.

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.

There was quite some falling off in
receipts for the last week. Report
shows 3,106 as against 2, 533 last week.
There was a comparatively good tone
to the situation, with everything mov-
ing along fairly satisfactorily. There
is but very little actual selling value
between this Week and last, in fact,
we hardly know that it is warrantable
to make any change whatever. About
the top for the week was $7. 50, with
fair to good lambs going at $7. 00 top,
with light to inferior stock ranging
around $5. 00. In the sheep depart-
ment sales
$4. 50 to $5. 00 with a few culls and
sorts going at $3 0.0 to $4.00.

 

SHEEP —- DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice. .$7. 35 to $7. 50

Do fair to good ...... 0. 00 to 7.00
Yearling lambs, choice. 7.00 to 7.30
Mixed sheep 4.5010 5.00
Cull sheep 3.00 to 4.00

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Chicago.

Top prices and the range for bulk of
sales of sheep and lambs:

——Lambs———

Top. Bulk Top 13qu

Last week ...... $6. 85 $6. 00@6. 40 $8. 65 $7.10@8 50

Previous week. 6.80 6. 1.’ @6. 50 7. 25@8. 80

Four Weeks ago 7. 90' 6. 3‘5@7 15 9. 36 8 00@9. 25

1912 . " 6.00@6.75 9. 75 7.50@8.25

.. . 425604.50 6.65 5.2363565

1910. .. . 6.75@7.10 9.40 8.2560900

1909 ...... .. 5.7500650 9.50 7756.99.25

1908 .............. 6.60 4.50@5.75 7.75 6.40@7.60

The trading session opened up with
quite some unevenness experienced.
It .was agreed among most traders
that yearling lots were steady with the
close of last week. Packers consti-
tuted the only real competition, out-
side orders being very sharply cur-
tailed and the city butchers wanting
only a few plain ofierings. The de-
mand was for light weight choice
killers. As the week advances, trad-
ing goes along comparatively satisfac—
tory, but with an evident tendency for
lower prices. Many transactions were
made on a basis of 250 under Monday.
The market continues on an uneven

basis, practically no outside competi-

tors. The week closes with hardly
any sheep showing in the receipts,
with not really enough on sale to
make the market stay on this basis.
The quotable situation did not change.
Prices are closing at the most points
of the week and bulk of transactions
stand 25 to 400 off from the close of
last week. The result of the week’s
trading shows the buyers to have the
upper hands of the situation. Some
very good shorn natives sold at $6.00:
prime class quotable around $6.25,
with but very slim offerings; an»
other inferior to fairly decent
kind selling at $4.75 to $5.75:
$4.00 to 84,50 was given for
plain to good seconds. A few choice
wethers went at $6.50; bucks ranging
at $4.00 to $5.50. A few odd head of
wool ewes clear to $5.00. Quality and
finish was lacking in this bunch.
The lamb market opened up steady
with an occasional sale made around
10c'lower, but in such instances it was
more a 01186 of finish than of market
The. market was a little
Ugh. the same as on sheep. Buyers

the handy-weight kind he-

were governing around.

,"' ' no m» '
in face .51 this, buyers Willingly,

Tuesday’s, price for good dos;

shorn arrivals. Thursday’s mar at
was a real setback to the local situ
ation, price being around 10 to

lower where shorn offerings We}: song
corned. Trade was very. 1111 hi...
throughout the day. The demand’w "
limited to packers in most casesm

plete clearance was mada outside
orders were very scarce, with that
packer securing nearly all of the ,
rivals. The demand has been in favor
of choice handy-weight kinds, With’
severe discrimination , against}, .
weighty kinds, particularly
weighing 90 lbs. and heavier. .

ered the bulk of the crop 25 86'
lower than a week ago. Some fuel
that coarse heavy lots were dow
more. Feeding grades were httrd to
find and not much business was trans?
acted in that division to call the mare,
ket anything else but nominally weak ‘

 

CH EEP — CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice .$8.00 to $8.40
Do fair to good ...... 7.35 to 8.00
Do cull to 5011.11.01... . . 4.00 to 5.00‘ 3

Twirling: lambs, choice. 0.50 to 7.50
Do cull to fair ......... 4.00 to 5.00

Wethers, choice ........ 5.00 to 6. 50

Conlmon to prime ..... 4. 25 to 8.25 ' ‘

Cull sheep .............. 3.50 to 4.50

Bucks

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.

Sheep and lamb department at Buf-
falo for the Opening (lay of the week
showed one of“ tlie'largest supplies
for many weeks past—~80 cars of fresh
and 20 loads of hold—overs or 20,000
head all told, being 5,000 headUniOfe
than were in Chicago for Monday:
Lamb trade was Slow, although gen-M
crally steady with last week’s close.‘
Buyers showed decided preference to- .
wards handy lambs, most desirable
weights being those averaging around
75 lbs., and anything that weighed,
better than 80 lbs., as a rule, under-3
sold desirable ones by from 15 to 25_
cents, range on toppy lambs today
being from $7. 75@8.,00 some weigh~ .
ing better than 80 lbs. being taken in '.
with some long strings at the top3
price, several loads of good fat lambs, ‘
a little too weighty or a little on the '.
coarse Older selling from $7. 75@7.85'.’-
Heavy lambs were bad sale thrOugh’
out the entire session, kinds averag-
i11<r around 100 lbs and better being
hand to move above $725. Cull lamb 3‘
were unchanged, selling from $7.00
clown, bulk going from $6. 75 down,
skips selling as low as $4.00 All,
kinds of sheep slow and weak. It
took real choice wether sheep Mbn-fi
day to sell at $600, buyers placing
bids on some good fat wethers dow
around $5. 75 and in the ewe line the
general range was from $5.00@5.25,~,
heavy fat ones being hard to move
above $5.00. Cull sheep went from

_.$4. 00 down.

 

SHEEP—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Clipped Stock

Lambs, choice to extra ...... $7. 75 to $8. 00 . »

Do fair to good ........... 7.10 to 6
Do culls and common ...... 4. 00 to
Yearling, choice ............ 6. 75 to
Do cull to fair ............ 4.00 to
Wethers .................... 5.75 to
Mixed sheep . 5.50 to

Ewes, choice ............... 5.00 to '
gullksheep .................. 2.00 to.

 

 

 

coal in the summer is just as sens
ble as gathering ice in the wt '
As the fall and winter mon
proaCh it may bring cenditionsI-J

,will make it impoSsiblo' to

grade “and; 3 ijy

 

5.00,, .,


ii "saving problem in the buying ‘7

' ’G calm to buy lino-w. You save
{money because the prices are now

”i: the lowest point, but look out for p

‘ the fixture
All indications point to a scarcity
{of coal for the latter part of this sea-

’thejdemauds of the Northwest, which
wilt eventually result that deliveries
1.1133111 have to be made by rail about
.thetime when every coal dealer will
'r'b'e Wantm'g Coal. You all remember
how hard it was to get good coal last
"season, then why allow yourself to
. come in contact With the same con-
g‘dittcn's this season when it can be

" avoided. A third more coal can be

bought new with the same money,
, providing delivery is made this
month, than you can buy this fall or
'winter. The object of the “Pink
Shoe ” is to place you in a position
to get every cent your produce is
worth and to advise you the proper
time to buy commodities needed on
the farm.

The anthracite situation is gradu-
ally beginning to tighten up. The
;Eastern trade is stimulating, thus
diminishing the supply of coal for
"Western deliveries accordingly. There
:is any amount of the poorer grades
’Of coal to be bought and the Western
fellows will get it later in the season
if they do not put in their winter’s
supply at this time of the year and
. ‘let the other fellow take what is

left later 011
' .The prices quoted below are for
May shipments and the mines re-
serve the right to change them with-
out notice.

Kind of Coal. F.O.B. Mines.

coking 3-inch rescreened lump.$1.75
Hocking Ila-inch screened lump. 1.60
_Ohio 4-inch special lump ........ 1.75
Ohio 11/4-inch special lump ...... 1.60
Pomeroy 21/2—inch lump .......... 1.65
" Cambridge lye—inch lump ....... 1.60

3311 . . .
Kentucky rate, 0r '2 bent .

.138

Michigan 4 inch lump. . . .

.. $215
' Michigan 3-inch lump........... 2E5
Average freight rate to Michigan

points, 70 cents per ton; ..

Pocahontas lump or egg. 1.95"

Pocahontas stove............... 1.65

Freight rate,‘ 45 cents over Hock- " tease

' ing rate.

_ Anthracite Coal. ,
Chestnut hard coal, gr. tons....$5.95
Equivalent to nettons. ..... 5.35

Egg and stove Size, 25 cents 1938..
The prices are t. o. b. Buffalo.

"FLOUR AND FEED. ’ "

The wheat situation seems to be.
gently responding to advanced bids,

each week and brings the flour mar-
ket to a point of a slight advanCe in
prices, although the large mills have
been accepting orders on basis of
last week’s quotations

The condition of the feed market
in general remains the same as last
week. Price

Kind. per bbl:

“Blend” flour, Eva-paper sacks..$ 5.25 '

1’.....--.---

Spring patent 4.50
Toweling sacks or wood barrels
200. higher Per ton.
Coarse corn meal ...... . ...... .
Cracked corn
Chop feed
Coarse middlings ....... . . .
Fine m ddlings
Bran ’t‘andard) ..
T1111
troit. lien, on car lot shipments.
Tankage. averaging 60 per cent
protein. $41 per ton f, o. b., Chicago.

SLOW BUTTER TRADE.

A New York report says: “Sen-
timent favors a decline in prices
this week, though no ver .
drop isfigexpected. There h 5 been
a general lack of demand during
the week. Creamery extrast
t 28%@29c, firsts at 27%@28

seconds at -27@271,éc. But little

 

 

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hots have won

SHORT TIME AGO we puzchased 500 of these Limoges dinner sets so
that we might reward our friends who are aiding us in extending the

‘ circulation of the “pink sheet.

 

How Well the offer was appreciated is told
by the fact that there are ONLY FORTY— FIVE SETS LEFT ,
want one of those remaining, don’ t fail to write us today, saying:
a 31- -piece set for me, to be shipped,
ove sent you ten yearly' subscriptions-to

., and if you
“Reserve
ALL CHARGES PREPAID, when I
Michigan Business Farming at .

above prices are t. o. b. De-~

 

diiflcmties will soon disappear. and
the market.- assume a healthier state.

EXtr‘as. sold at 27%c extra firsts at.

27c yesterday”
Philadelphia:" .“The market has
been ruling quiet buyers only seem

to be purchasing for actual wants: ,1,
extra firsts 28c? and

Extras,» 296; ‘
firsts at 270; seconds, 25®260"

'.-SL is.
missed Whammy

medical fakir's as is met

.'E-A,:»'

question mustbs
e ot‘ Michigan aredtghc in “

An authorized statement from the '-

largest buyers in New York City
makes ~ the tolloWin'g ' prediction
“There Will be no cheap butter du-rr'
ing June. ‘ The meat packers are
more determined this year than ever.
to get the bulk of, June goods, and

. this is sure to make the pflcefhig‘h".

GOOD NEWS For: POTATO
SHIPPERS.

As a result of the decision re-
cently handed down by the Inter-
stat-e Commerce Commissionypotato
shipments during the winter months
will be made in heated cars, and

. the railroads will be required to fur-

nish a sufficient number of. cars to
handle the crop. Many complaints
were made to the commission by
shippers in Minnesota,
and Michigan, who. had sustained
heavy losses through inadequately
protected shipments. Abundant
proof was furnished that the rail-
road had refused to handle ship-
ments during the winter beCause of
cold weather, and the cemmission
old that the potato traffic was of
sufficient importance as a permanent
feature of transportation to require
the railroads to make adequate pro-
vision for it.

The railroad companies have had
their share of bad luck during the
past two years, and every one will
concede that their profits have not
been overly large. Nevertheless,
there is no reason why they should
not provide for the shipping of per-
ishable products during the winter
months. If the farmer is obliged
to sell just as soon, as his potato
crop is harvented, the entire supply
goes immediately into the hands of
the dealers, who have it within their

the absence _
worse than thieves, {rm ‘

, and liars.

11 the statements in
companies in Jackson, _ .
Detroit were true we , _

‘- to be free from tuberci’asi’l‘

year. .
There Seems to be no way}

the present law to put these“

out of business. The United
Postal Service has made it .
fortable for many of them, but
they are learning to word their
erature” so as to avoid any ’66::
violation of the postomoe mwm
They make a/specialty of WT
upon the incurable and cit-rant

Wisconsin , eases.

‘ INTEREST JN Rm
Upper Peninsula people.

much interested .in a r" ' .,
United States bureau or min
send experts to northern Minn g .,
investigate the peat resources;
work will be in charge 9“!
fuel technologist at the 11 Egg.
will go to Minnesotamith a «p. , ,1
experts not inter. than AW
Michigan people" are inter. '
cause if the peat in northern. .
sota is found to be valuab f5
purposes, it is certain that .
thousands of acres of pea -
quette and adiace'nt count"
be utilized. Great gnaw-Mas
exist near Negaunee and I
Some of the beds are frOm
eight feet in depth. The 1m;
tion in Minnesota will also inc,

ditions and the facilities for transpo
ing the fuel to market.

 

 

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