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Farm Organizations Officially Petition Coldwater Man to Make Race in 1920 Primaries

.MILO D CAMPBELL; 0f Coldwater, farmer ._ By FORREST LORD extravagance that seems to have been gradually
’ and’ nat1onally known farm organization creeping into all departments of the state from the
leader was tendered the E“1PPC’I't 0f the farm organizations 0f MICh- chief executive office down. Numerous commissions and other state
'igan Monday mght prowdmg he W0111d become a candidate f0!“ positions have been created during the past several years, resulting
Governor 1n the coming campaign This action was taken at an all- in adivision of responsibility and effort which has encouraged waste
night session of the federated legislative committee of the Michigan and inefficiency and added materially to the cost of government.
State Grange, the Gleaners, and State Ass’ 11 of Farmers’ There has been a well-founded suspicion among the farm-
Clubs held at the Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, January 5th. ers that a number of these jobs were created for no bet-
The Michigan State Farm Bureau was riot officially ter purpose than to repay friends of the administra-
TePresented, but it is believed that the action of tion for political services, and this feeling has, of
the other farm organizations will meet with the course, tended to arouse the farmers to greater
approval of the members of the Bureau. In interest in the state’s political affairs. This
conjunction with their endorsement of Mr. is a condition that has likewise attracted
Campbell the farm leaders drafted a pro- the interest of other people beside farm-
gram along sane, constructive lines, the ers and there is a general revulsion of
essentials of which are strict adherence feeling against the indubitable growth
to economy in state expenditures no of the patronage system. The farm-
pre- -election promises, a square deal ers feel that they can no longer de-
for all interests but special atten— pend upon the promises of self-
tention to agriculture, the basic, seeking politicians to correct these
and Michigan’s greatest industry, conditions and that as good citi—
and pronounced opposition to- the Zens they must project themselves
use of money in political cam- into the campaign and take an
'paigns 1n excess of the legal lim- active part in electing men who
itations- - ‘ \ can be absolutely trusted to
Mr. Campbell was appraised bring about the desired reforrhs.
Possibly this general sentiment

of the action of the farm or-
ganizations the folloWing day, might not have crystallized into
an active force had it not been

.and it is understood that he‘has

consented to enter the race, and for the rebuff which the last

will make an announcement to legislature handed to both pro—

to that effect the coming week ducers and consumers of farm
products when it turned down

the resolution giving the people
the privilege of voting on the
proposed warehouse amendment.
But this was the “straw that
broke the camel’s back,” so to
speak, and put the people upon a
defensive which is rapidly chang-
ing to a‘ formidable offensive, and is
sure to be felt in the next campaign.

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 

ton to which city he was called
on Wednesday.

The final decision of the farm
organizations was arrived at af-
ter a series of meetings at which
the qualifications of the several
proposed candidates for Governor

mentioned for the ofl‘ice were Mr.

Campbell, Sen. Herbert F. Baker, and
L. Whitney Watkins. For a long time
eiforts to center upon a candidate accept-
able to all seemed hopeless. In the absence _
of any sentiment from the rank and file of the
farmers, we suggested to the committee that it
await the outcome of Michigan Business Farming ’s
straw vote as a thoroughly representative expression

Nothing to Fear From Farmers

There are certain people in the state
Who do not look kindly upon the new in-..
terest which the rank and file of taxpayers
are taking in the selection of their public ser-
vants. For long years they have fed from the
public eating table and carried meal tickets charg-
ed, up to the state. They are a little afraid, and they

from the farmers, before deciding upon a candidate. I - I " have a right to be, that should the farmers take hold
This the committee agreed to do, and the results of the: MILO 11- CAMPBELL of the state government they might be denied a place
straw vote were placed before the firmittee at its ' .> at the patronage counter. .So they are trying to dis:

'meeting in Lansing last week The canvass at that time showed Mr. credit the farmers by telling the business interests of the state that
,Milo D. Campbell having a substantial lead over all other candi- the farmers’ platform is socialistic, bolshevistic, confiscatory, and
; dates, and it was mutually understood before the meeting adjourned ~ altogether inimicable to legitimate business. This is maliciously

that Mr. Campbell would be the choice. However, the Gleaners . false, and the farm organizations realize that they have a consider—
Were not represented. at the meeting,,and official action was deferred Mable task ahead of them to counteract this sort of propaganda and
until the week later when all members of the committee were in at- establish the true facts in the minds of the people At the annual
Endemic and after spending many hours 1n dlscussmn unanimously meeting of the Michigan State Grange, the writer in responding to
5".1710 for Mlle. Campbell , ‘ . _ _ , the toast, “What do the Farmers of Michigan want politically,”

, 1 Tax“ Increase; Efficiency Decreases , said: “The farmers wan nothing politically that will injure legiti—
-, i he can tion that agriculture ought to take a greater intemst ' mate business. Farmers, being themselves business men, believe that
. . , {aid 05“” has been growing for some tlme In recent business which is conducted honestly and with due regard for the
' public welfare, should be conserved and protected The legitimate

  

 

 

 

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~ me sit, elimina ion
.. and the condo of stats chairs along
the same rigid and efficient lines as
private business affairs.” This is the
sentiment that the ..farm organiza-
,a‘tions endorse and which should
make a poweful appeal to all taxpay-
era.

Farmers Interested in Legislature

It should not be thought that be—
cause the farm organizations have
endorsed a man for governor that
they are oblivious to the importance
of electing farmers to the legisla-
ture. On the contrary they fully
intend that local campaigns will be
conducted in legislative and sena-
torial’districts for the nomination
and election of representative farm-
ers. Manifestly, it would} be im-
possible for them to endorse candi-
dates in the local contests, because
of the fact that the farmers them-
selves might be divided as between
two favorites and lose sight of the
larger objective. In districts where
there is little chance that farmers
might become candidates, the farm
organizatiohs will make an effort
to induce the farmers to put a candi-
date in the field. The sentiment
for farmer governor and farmer leg-
islature is so strong’ in the rural dis-
tricts that it is believed that the
farmers will have little difficulty in
sticking together and electing their
candidates.

Following are the members of the
committee th at officially endorsed
Mr. Campbell: J. C. Ketciham, N. P.
Hull, J. C. Hutchins, representing the
Grange; Grant Slocum, Ross Hollo-
way,.Geor'ge Strachan, of the Glean-
ers; A. B. Cook, Colon C. Lillie, Al—
fred Allen, of the Farmers’ Clubs.
In the absence of Mr. Lillie, Mr. Jas.
N. McBride, former market director
acted as the third member of the
Farmers’ Club committee. Mr. A.
the committee. and Mr. George
B. Cook, of Owosso, is Chairman of
Strachan, secretary-teasurer.

Who is Milo Campbell?

Milo D. Campbell was born, Oct.
25, 1851, in Quincy township, Branch
county, Michigan, and has always
been a resident of Branch county.
His father was the owner of a small
farm of 32 acres. The father was
not a strong man and the mother
besides caring for the family of four
children at home, earned enough
with her needle to clothe the child-
ren. At fourteen years of age, Milo
began working out by the day and
month on farms in the neighborhood.
After that age he never received any
support or help except from his own
earnings. He attended school wint-
ers and studied at home until he
could pass examination for teach-
ing. By his own efforts and work-
ing for'his board he afterward grad-
uated at .the high school in Cold-
water, and later upon examination
and a short time at Ypsilanti, grad—
uated from that institution.

He afterward studied law and
practiced the same for some years,
and until the public demanded his
services in positions of public trust.

He has served one term in the leg-
islature, was private secretary to
Gov. Luce for four years at Lansing.
Under Gov. Winaus the prisons and
ref-ormatory institutions of the state
were placed under a bipartisan
board. There were three Democrat—
ic appointees and Milo D. Campbell
was chosen as the Republican. The
board afterward made him the pres-
ident of the same. He was after-
ward made Secretary of the Rail-
road and Street Crossing board by
Gov. Rich. ,

Gov. Pingree made him Insurance
Commissioner, and after having serv-
ed for two years. upon the creation
of a State Tax Commission by the
legislature, Gov. Pingree insisted
upon Mr. Campbell becoming the
president of the same. He was in-
tent upon Mr. Campbell managing
both the insurance office and becom-
ing the president of the tax commis-
sion, claiming that he had obtained
counsel upon the same and that it
could be done. Mr. Campbell do»
clined this double honor and respon-
> slbility, resigned the insurance Ofiice,

,anduceptingthcprosidencyofthe

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the man the office.

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Gleaners, and the State Association of Farmers? (hubs, acting under ‘
instructions from their Wye bodies have had under considaa- .
tion a. request to some representative citizen to become a candidate.

After thorough discussion we unanimously petition you to become
a candidate for the governorShip in I920, and hereby pledge you our

We believe in the destiny of Michigan as one of the greatest agri-
cultural and manufacturing commonwealths. ,
one and progressive agriculture absolutely. essential to a great program .
of industrial expansion such as is possible for Michigan. h

We invite your earnest consideration to the unequalled opportun-
ity to unite Michigan farmers, laborers and business men in a great
movement that shall place our state where her resources, geographical
location and the character and accomplishments of her people entitle.

We believe that the expenditure of money for the promotion of a
pohtical campaign in excess of the legal limitations is against public
policy and holds a grave menace to our Republican institutions. We
subscribe to the principle that the omce should seek the man and not

We believe that your candidacy wfll attract not farmers alone, but.
all classes which support the constitution of the United States. We do
not ask nor desire a governor who is solely the representative of farm
interests, but one who knowing their needs is still broad enough to
represent equally all classes of citizens.
lation and what we oppose in others we cannot and do not ask for our-

We believe that in the present period of under-production and in-
dustrial unmt there is no room for a single track 'administrafion, but
that business, agriculture, labor and all classes of good citizenship
should sit in the councils of state and that those councils should be
guided by the stalwart Americanism expressed in Lincoln’s Gettysburg

We believe there must be increased production. honest work with;
adequate pay for all without exception, which shall not be taken away
by the tolls of uneconomic distribution.

There must be strict-economy but not parsimony in state expend-

We know that you are entirely in accord with the above principles
and that if successful, as we are confident you can be, your adminis-
tration will be one of which the whole state Will be proud.

Signed—Federated Legislative Committee.

Michigan State Grange, Gleaners, State Association of Farmers’

    

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making a record of economy and ef-
ficiency, giving to.the city sewers
and other needed improvements that
have been greatly appreciated.

He has been two terms United
State Marshal of the eastern district
of Michigan.

He is now director of the Michigan
Milk Producers’ Association, presi-
dent of the National Milk Produc-
ers’ Federation, chairman of
general board of the National Board
of Farm Organizations, chairman of

the ;,

a committee of five growing out of
“Our Country First Conference” at
Chicago, also a member of the Ex-
ecutive Board of "United Ameri—
cans” in the country organized for
the same purpose.

Mr. Campbell has always claimed
to be in heart and sympathy a farm-
er. His chief income is- from his
farms. He has for nearly forty
years been a member of the Grange.
but has always affiliated with other
farm organizations.

M. B. F. Readers Nominate Campbell “

.0
HE READERS of MICHIGAN
I BUSINESS FARMING may well
feel proud that they have been
largely instrumental in naming the
“farmer candidate" for Governor, by
their ballots in the M. B. F. straw
vote. As explained elsewhere, these
ballots constituted the only actual
expression from bona fide farmers
and the committee was fortified in
its decision by the knowledge that
this representative test bore out
their own convictions. The ballots
received at this office were from ev-
ery county in the state of Michigan.
The large majority of them were in"-
dividual votes. A number at them
were the result of canvasses that
had been made at farmers’ meetings.
It is worthy of mention that the
votes received from Milo D. Camp-
-bell’s home county were practically
all for Mr. Campbell and were ac-
companied by fine expressions of con-
fidence in Mr. Campbell’s integrity
and ability. The same can be said
of the votes received for Herbert
F. Baker, Nathan F. Simpson and
others, showing beyond a doubt that
the farm leaders of the state stand
well with their immediate neigh-
bors, a fact that does not always up
ply to people in other walks of life.
. We. presume our readers have
been awaiting with a deal of curi-
osity the result of our straw vote.
Up to the Monday night meeting a
total of 1,278 votes had been re-

ceived during the six Weeks the vet-1

'ing was conducted—496 votes were
for Milo D. Campbell. 322 were for

‘ Herbert F. Baker, 195 for Nathan F.
Simpson, 30 for L. Whitney Watw~
,kins. Tuesday morning additional :1

Mr. Campbell’s total to 545 votes,
Herbert Baker’s to 370 Nathan F.
Simpson’s to 230. Fortyd'our of
the forty-nine additional votes re-
ceived Tuesday morning for Mr.
Campbell were from the Quincy
Grange No. 152 and were accompan-
ied by the following resolution:

“WHEREAS, it is with prfde that
Quincy Grange No. 152 of Quincy
has heard the call from kindred or-
ganizations. throughout the state
that Hon. Milo D. Campbell, one of
our members, be nominated and
elected to the office of Governor of
the state of Michigan, and

“WHEREAS, his birthplace and
early life was Within one half mile
of this our grange home. and we
well knowing of the boyhood “years
spent working on the farms of this
vicinity, his many struggles and pri-

vations to earn the money with
which to aid in securing his educa-
tion, and

”WHEREAS, we have watched
his growth and development, ‘., his
unswerving fidelity to principles, his,
fearless stand. at—all times upon pub-
lic questions, his position demand-
ing a square deal for every one, a
better state and a one hundred per
cent American government. how he
has filled every position of public
trust with which he has been con-
neéted with honor. ~ .

“Therefore, be it" resolved, that
without regard to politics or social
divisions, it is with unanimous voice
that we as a grunge unite in asking

our honored fellow members to par- _

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Useful Public Service ‘

The Hon. Milo D. Campbell’s car-
rest in public .life ' has been 'distin- '
guished by uncommon 'unsefulneu.
His standard of duty has ever been
high and measurably unselfish and
his performance of it, within the
limitations prescribed by law has
been high—minded and incorruptiblo.
Throughout his varied and responsi-
ble public service he has been, mind-
ful of his good reputation and, pro-
served it from successful attack
either by political opponents or
factionists within his own party;

In July 1897, he was invited to
accept the office of insurance com-
missioner with a view to reforming
existing and growmg abuses. '30
accepted the‘ invitation and signal-

' ized his assumption of the duties of

the place by inaugurating a cam-
paign to exclude from the state all
insurance companies that could not
show actual Organization, adequate
capitalization and active adjust-
ment of. losses. Fake and fly-by-
night concerns were driven from the '
state. The business systems of more
than a hundred companies were re~fl
organized and improved in obedi-
ence to his official orders. Exorbi-
tant rates were scaled down to a
fair" basis and approximately two
millions of dollars were saved to the
people in this "reform.

Early in 1899 he was appointed a
member of the newly created tax
with reluctance because he wisher
commission an honor he accepted
to complete the work, he had begun
in the insurance department. He
was promised, however, that after
systematizing and organizing the
tax board he would be returned to
the insurance department, a promise
that cannot now be redeemed inas-
much as the appointing power has
changed. As a member of the tax
commission he has employed all his
time in carrying out the require-
ments of the law creating the board.

 

fin'rRoI-r‘ EVENING MY
1899

A Good State Tax Commission

In view of the enormous and un-
usual powers bestowed upon the
state tax commission by the Oren law .-
it is of the utmost importance that
the members of that body be men of
experience. intelligence and integri-
ty. In the hands of unfit men the
arbitrary authority created 'by this
legislative act might easily become
the instrument of geater evils even
than those now existing in our tax’
system. It is therefore a matter for
public congratulation that the Hon.
Milo D. Campbell is to be a member
of the first board. In his capacity
as insurance commissioner under
the Pingree administration he has
displayed in an unusual degree those
qualities which make for public con-
fidence in a public officer.

Courage, zeal, honesty, intelli-
gence and devotion to the public wel-
fare have characterized his conduct
first to last.‘ With fidelity pitifully
rare in the chosen servant of the
people,'he has workeddiligently for
the enforcement of the spirit of the
laws enacted for the protection of
the people against careless or delib-
erately fraudulent methods in the
insurance business. He has never
been deterred by the power. wealth,
influence 0r standing of the person:
whom he declined to be in conflict
with. the law or arrayed against the
rights of the insured. While bend-l

ring every energy to the enforcement

of the law he has found time to clear-
ly and vigorously point out its do-
tccts and urge the correction, In
short, he has_prov _
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- “ORG theecoyesiof letters;,re'-
' A solved by Mrcnronn Busmass

. Famine as a result of the pub-

K ‘ Mention of. the facts regarding the

loan transaction between the Coal!-
tion Committee and the Michigan
State Bureau, was one from R. 0.
Blank, a prominent farmer of Gro-
tiot county, and a member of 'tvi‘i’e

e
are reproducing Mr. Black’s letter

below for the reason that he seems ,

to have fully grasped the purposes of

the pronouncement and the wisdom

of the majority of our recommenda-
tions. Moreover, Mr. Blank, in com-
mom with every other farmer cor-
respondent upon this subject clearly
understands that the sole desire of
MICHIGAN Business FABMI'NG, in. set-
ting'forth the actual facts, is to have
the Farm Bureau start “clean, open
and above-board” as he expesses it,
and avoid the mistakes». that have
overtaken and destroyed so many
farm organizations.

It is playing" upon the imaginatiop
considerably to charge that some
master mind is directing the various
State Farm Bureaus through pick-
ed officers to create division and dis-
sention among the farmers, and use
them to promote other selfish inter-
ests. Yet, this charge has been made
by responsible individuals. A long
chain of coincidental circumstances
is pointed to as bearing out the con-
tention. We might as well be frank
about this, and look the facts square-
ly in the face. Here they are:

lst. The hasty adoption of a res-
olution at the Chicago convention,

‘ which a Michigan delegate frankly

says was "rushed iihrough," urging
the immediate restoration of the
railroads.

2nd. The charge by Dr. Spillman
that David F. Houston of the De
partment of Agriculture, is influenc-
ed by the Rockefeller interests, and
opposed to farmers making investi—
gations into production costs or at-
tempting to secure through organiz-
ed effort a price based on the cost of
production.

3rd. The charge by the Inter-
mountain Farmers’ Ass’n. of Utah

' and Idaho that the/Farm Bueaus of

those states are financed by the west-
ern sugar manufacturers for the pur:
pose of dictating the terms of the.
sugar beet contract. As a result two
contracts have been presented to the
western farmers, one by the Farm
Bureau, at $12 to $13 per ton, and
another by the above . association,
asking $18 a ton with sugar at 12
cents.

4th. The well known fact that
the Coalition Committee for Michi-
gan, one member of least of which
is a sugar manufacturer, has volun-
tarily offered to finance the Michigan
FarmBureau tothe extent of $15.-
000.

5th. The presence on this commit-
tee of men who prior to September
of 1919 looked with unfriendly eyes
upon the farmer, viewed with sus-
pici-on his efforts to organize, and
better his position, and took abso-
lutely no interest in the problems of
agriculture. «

6th. The appointment of a pub-
licity manager who until very recent-
ly has been a staff correspondent of
a daily newspaper that has ridiculed
the farmer, garbled reports of farm
gatherings, and otherwise injured the
farmer .in the eyes of the city con-
sumer. a newspaper that is nearly
always against the things the farm-

,ers are for, and for the things the

farmers are against. .

7t . he recent publication by
this same newspaper of an editorial
setting forth the false and mislead-
ing statement that a membership of
100,000 at $30 for three years would

'7 give to the Farm' Bureau total re-

sources of $3,000,000. It is a fact
known to all officers of the Farm
Bureau, its field agents and others

‘ that the-campaign expenses of the

Farm. Bureau run from $600 to $1,-
000 per day, so that the net re-

  

 

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HE ANNUAL meeting of the Michigan State Farm Bureau will

, ” be held at EastpLansing during Farmers’ Week, Feb. 27th. At
this time the oflicers for'the ensuing year will be elected, and undoubt-
edly’imp‘ortant plans will be considered for future work. The dele-
gates from every county should be bona fide farmers, in whom abso-
lutctrustcenheplaoed. Theyshculdbeinstructed toaskthatallthe
cards beplacod on the table, audit they have not been dealt right to
ask for a new deal. If there is anything about the relations between
the. executive committee of the Farm Bureau and the Coalition Com-
mittee that will not bear scrutiny and cannot be satisfactorily ex-
plained, the delegates should insist that these relations be terminated

immediately. The coming annual

meeting will afford the rank and

file of the new membership the first opportunity to take a hand in the
afairs of are state organization, and, they will be false to agriculture
if they do not insist thabthis great movement be freed of all question-
able alliances and go forward, “clean, open and above-board.”

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the facts now than to have a lot of
excuses to make later on?"

».8th.- The recent pronouncement of
an officer of the Farm Bureau that
the Bureau would take no part in
supporting a ”farmer candidate" for
governor. '

9th. A constitution that provides
that no county shall be entitled to
more than two voting delegates to
the state convention. These dele—
gates have all the power of passing
on resolutions, voting for officers,
amending the constitution, etc., a
tremendous responsibility in a big
organization like the Farm Bureau
is destined to become. The critics
of the- Farm Bureau make a great
point of this disproportionate, un-
democratic and inadequate repre-
sentation as being a part of the dia-
bolihai scheme of the master mind to
control the Farm Bureaus.

Coupled up with these major prop- '
ositions are minor circumstances to
which the critics point as savoring
of a deliberate attempt to deceive

.the farmers, destoy their trust in

their fellow-men, retard farm organ-

ization, and use the name. and influ-
ence of the Farm Bureau to support
questionable measures.

Whether or no there is any found-
ation in fact to these various con-
clusions, it is well that the members
of the Bureau and the thousands of
farmers who are yet to become mem-
bers of the Bureau should be advised
of them, and judge and act accord-
ingly. If iihe charges are true, it will
be a comparatively ea y matter for
the schemers to carry 0 t their plans
unmolested providing the farmers
are kept in ignorance of certain facts
which as members of the Bureau they
are entitled to know, and sit back in
meeting as farmers have the habit of
doing and let someone else run the
show. There is no0 chance in the
world, however, that these plans can
be carried out if the farmers are put
in possession of the facts and will
give unusual consideration to the
type of men they put on their reso-
lutions committee in their county
bureau meetings, and more import-
ant still whom they send to represent
them'at'the state convention.

Michigan Breeders Form Shorthorn Ass,ns

Palmer Brothers, 0f Bel‘ding, Mich.,
have organized twenty co-operative
Shorthorn Breeding Associations in
Montcalm, Mecosta, Kent, Calhoun,
Livingston; Muskegon and Ottawa
counties. They have advanced the
Slhorthorn becauSe they. think the far-
mer finds profit in growing the Short-
horn, as this breed is particularly
adapted to his varied requirements
and purposes. The Shorthorn cow .
yields a, liberal flow of milk of excel-
lent quality. When she is not in milk
she takes on flesh readily. So it is

apparent she is Working toward the
profit mark through one channel or
the other all the time. and the steers
always look good to the butcher.

As to the advantages to be gained
by a co-operative bull association,

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a few extracts from Farmers’ Bul-
letin No. 993 issued by the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture upon the
’subject, follows: “Co-operative bull
associations have existed in Europe
for a. long period. In the United
States the first co-operative venture
of which there is any record was
started in 1908 by the M. A. C.

“The history of co-operative bull
associations shows that it is es-
pecially adopted to small herds,
where a valuable bull for each herd
would constitute too large a part of
the total investment. Thus the 01‘-
ganization enables the owner of
small herds to unite in the purchase
'of one good bull, so that each may
own a share in a. registered sire of
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ton, Mich.

forms we have stated many times be-
9,
has no interest in this matter except
as an independent farm newspaper
which looks to the welfare of all
farmers rather than a chosen few.
M. B. F. is aligned with no organiza-

tion or_ special group of farmers, and .

it feels free to criticize or commend
as the case may deserve, any and all
organized,movements among the farm-
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MR. BLANK WRITES

Dear Editorz—In view 01:” the
recent facts placed before us it
is difficult for the average farmer to
know where he is at. Myself and
my neighbors up here in Gratiot want
to see the Farm Bureau movement
go through. We were ready to pin
our faith to its banner, but we would

‘ like to see it start clean, open and

above board.
I made up my mind more than a.

» year ago that any nationwide move-

ment to unite the farmers must come
from the ”top down.” That it must
start as an autocratic movement but
when it is once down, then the pow-
er must be placed in the hands of
the numbers absolutely. The best
ideas of the best farmers as a whole
are bound to be better than the best
ideas of one or a dozen taken alone.
Now I heard Mr. Bingham explain
the Farm Bureau proposition to ,a
farmers’ club up here. Now I was
more interested in M. B. as a man
than in what he had to offer, and as

    

 

Mrcmosn BUSINESS FARMING. ‘

I size him up, he is “square,” abso-

lutely honest and above all has the
required intelligence combined with
the other qualities to pull this thing

off. The only thing at that time that i

was hazy to us was. who was financ-
ing the movement. Mr. B did not
make that quite clear;
understand WhY. but the BUSINESS
FARMING has brought us the light.
And also it has placed the officers of
the State Farm Bureau Where they
can play the game in the open. Ex-
perience is a great teacher and any
man or set of men who is to come
up against the Big Corporations of
the nation are bound to get experi—
ence at least. It is altogether essen—
tial that such men shall be big with
a bigB, far sighted and above every-
thing not afraid.

I am not sure but what you are
afraid and you have cause to be. I
refer to clause 2 afid 3 in your sug-
gestions in M. B. F.. So long as we
have used that money, let us accept
it in the spirit in which it was sup-
posed to have been given; pay it
back at the earliest possible moment.
Keep your men on the coalition com-
mittee to co—operate with them when
possible and to watch it at all times.
Their methods may be valuable to
us. We trust that they will contin-
ue to combat this agricultural un-
rest. It is the one thing that we
need. Let the farmer find that he
has something tangible to fight and
he will go over the top.

From this time on the American
farmer has ceased to give the work
of his children, the lives of his wo-
men and the fertility of his soil, that
the city world may have cheap food.
He is willing to do as much as the
man in the office or the man in the
shop or the man in the mine, but
not to work twelve to fourteen hours
to feed the man who only works six
out of twenty four.

I consider that the firm stand of
M. B. F. has saved the Farm Bureau
in the state of Michigan.

If by placing men on the coalition
committee we are giving up any
rights or privileges remove them,
otherwise return them, but it seems
to me that we can better protect our-
selves as members than as outsiders.

I still think I shall stand by the

Farm Bureau and shall be delighted ,

to see your paper lined up with the
movement; but if you don’t see your
way clear to so do, we shall still ex-
pect to see you use your paper to
keep us informed and protect us fel-
lows out here in the brush. Thank-

ing you in my behalf and in behalf of
all the farmers of Michigan, . I am,

sincerely yours———R. 0. Blank, Perrtn-

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IC‘HIGAN sugar beet growers
have gone a long way toward
securing the ‘ recognition of

' the manufacturers to their rights as

» 5 the first and most essential party to

the sugar beet contract, but when we
, read what the growers of the" western
territory are attempting to do, we
realize how far we Michigan folk
are yet from solving the fundament-
al differences between grower and
manufacturer. '

The Intermountain Farmers’ Asso-
ciation is a federation of beet grow-
ing associations of the States of

’ Utah, and Idaho. It has had its
troubles, like all farmer organiza-
tions in getting a square deal from
the sugar manufacturers. It has
pleaded, it has compromised, and it
has often yielded before the iron re-
sistance of the manufacturers, but it
has grown tired of those humiliating
and profltless taCtics and is now tak-
ing a determined stand for a fair and
profitable price. It recognizes that
the farmer should be the one to pre-
sent the manufacturer a contract and
ask him to sign it rather than let
the manufacturer take the initiative
and accept what he has to offer. The
contract for 1920 that has been
drawn up by the Association recog-
nizes this principle. In presenting
this contract for the consideration of
its members, Secretary Patterson of
the Association, makes the following
plea!

Fellow sugar beet growers: We
submit a beet contract for your con-
sideration. This contract gives the
farmer $10 for beets whensugar is
8 cents a pound, $12 when it is 9
cents, $14 at 10 cents, $16 at 11
cents, $18 at 12 cents, $20 at 13
cents, $22 at 14 cents, $24 at 15
cents.

Prior to the war the cost of mak-
ing sugar in Utah and Idaho after
the cost of beets was taken out, was
about one and a fourth cents a
pound. ‘

Let us allow an increase in factory
cost to 3 cents a pound (240 per
cent) on account of war conditions
and here is how this contract figures
for the company.

Two hundred and fifty pounds of
sugar per ton of beets. Sugar 8
cents pound. Value of sugar per
ton of beets $20. Cost of beets; $10.
Cost of making 250 pounds of sugar,
$7.60. Factory profit on ten, $2.50.
Sugar company profit on one acre
producing 8 tons beets. $20; 10 tons

» Intermoun‘tdiri Farmers ’Assin‘ Asks$ 13

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MichiganSugar Men Stand Pat '
-_ 3E Michigan sugar manufacturers havegso '--f:=,u"rrefused,'tgijineetZ
'_ with the beat growers’ committee and discuss the farmer the in
1920 contract. The committee will meet Saturday at Owesso to dis-
.cuss what steps should now be taken. The pSychology of the manu- _
[‘facturers’ attitude is about as understandableas that of the mule
who balks and, must needs haye‘ajfire kindled under him before he
will go ahead. The manufacturers'are. by their,» stubbornness and
greed, pursuing the one sure course to kill Michigan’s sugar beet ‘in-
Their refusal to even meet with the committee is \prima
facie evidence that they dare not lay their cards on the table. And
by this refusal they force the farmers to adopt an offensive [which
may become exceedingly 'warm 'when another contract season rolls
around. Watch for the report of the Boot Growers’ Committee in

 

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beets, $25; 12 tons beets, $30; 14'
tons beets; $35; 16 tons beets, $40;
18 tons beets, $45; 20 tons beets,
$50. Pulp and molasses not counted.

Sugar 9 cents pound. 250 pounds
sugar per ton. Value of sugar from
ton of beets, $22.50. Cost of beets,
$12; cost of making sugar, $7.50;
factory profit on ton of beets, $3.00.
Sugar company profit on 8 tons, $24;
10_tons, $30; 12 tons, $36; 14 tons
$42; 16 tons, $48; 18 tons, $54; 20
tons, $60. Pulp and molasses not
counted.

Ten cent sugar. Value of sugar
from ton of beets. $25. Cost of
beets, $14; cost of making sugar,
$7.50. Fact-ory profit on ton 'of
beets, $3.50. Sugar Co. profit on
8 tons, $28; 10 tons, $35; 12 tons,
$42; 14 tons, $49; 16 tons, $56; 18
tons, $63; 20 tons, $70. Pulp and
molases not counted.

This contract is fair to the com-
pany. Under it dividends can be
paid that ought to satisfy the bus—
iness. Under this contract the com-
panies can increase the wages of
their employees, take care of~depre~
ciation and accumulate a surplus to
meet any emergency. When a fact-
ory can get beets it can make sugar
and for years to come there will be
a sugar shortage. Sugar made can
always be sold at prices to insure a
profit on production. We repeatz’
there is no factory risk any more.
The sugar business is established,
safe, sure, certain as a flour mill.

But the farmer still has the same
old risks. Plant diseases, frosts.

 

 

drouth. storms and insects still as—
sail him. Only about one year in
four or five does he haveva full crop.
We believe in paying for risks. But
where there is no gamble

the farmer be paidfor his labor and
the risks he must assume. Eliminate
the farmers risks and there should
be no risk éharge. But as long as

the risk remains so should the risk

charge remain. ,_

The time has come for businessto
content itself ‘with reasonable earn-
ings. It is dangerous for the wealth
of the nation to become centralized.
It is contrary to- the principles of
democracy for the many to be at the
mercy of the few. Let the wealth of
the nation be equalized by a fair di-
vision of the profits of industry. Let
the organized commercial interests
of this nation remember that when
the farmer prospers factories are
busy, railroads are working over-
time, bankers are ‘delighted, mer—
chants happy, and doctors and law-
yers satisfied.

We believe In giving the farmer
boys and girls a chance. Because we
believe this way and work to this
end does not make us anarchists,
bolshevists, socialistsgradicals or the
enemies of any man or set of men.
We have farms and families—«every
one of us. We have property to pro-
tect.
We know that law and order ‘are
rooted in the principles of justice
and fair dealing. We therefore stand
for justice. .We are loyal American

there-
should be no gamblers profit. ' Let!

We stand for law and order._

    
 

c‘o-opera‘tion ' from" wrever'y 7; .~s_o‘hrce
where Justice and. 'the‘ suuare deal
are a slogan. . - - ‘ g
'We are'striving for. the develop-
ment of the boot sugar industry. It
is one of Our greatest agricultural
And we would not-secure
this development atthe expense of
the sugar companies. ‘We- expect
them tomake money—sufficient of
.it to. pay reasonable salaries to man-
agement and labor, return reasonable
dividends on capital invested and
accumulate a surplus sufficient to
care for depreciation and meet emer-
gencies. This done and capital. should
be satisfied. Not until a policy is
adopted that will pay the beet grow-
er forghis labor and risks in the
business will the sugar industryde-
velop to capacity. Until this condi-
’ tion can be brought to pass our
country will remain in the clutches
of the foreign producer am the
American farmer will be denied a
source‘ of
dreamed of.
We stand for united action. We
commend the beet sugar manufact-
urers of this country for formingthe
United States Sugar Manufacturers
Association. it is good business on
their part.. It shows that the busi-
ness ofmaking beet sugar in ‘ this
country is, in competent hands.

Through their association they can , _

do many thingsfor, the good of mi
industry that could not be done
without organization.

We stand for united action on the”

part of the farmers. Until they dis;
.play as much wisdom as the sugar
companies they may expect to lose
money in their beet growing vent-
ures. The organized‘sugar compan-

‘ ies ought to‘encourage the farmers

to organize. They cannot be consis-
tent unless they do. ,
Brother farmer, where do you
stand in regard to this program? Do
you believe in it?
bring it to pass?
Our country is what we make it.
If things are not right we are to
blame. If things need changi g we
must change them. Let us ch nge
them by all working together.
(Note: Copy of this Association’s
contract may be. found on page ten.)

How Club Work Was the - Making ’ of Three Nebraska Farm Boys

of this club work? "Will he

be more or less contented
to stay on the old farm?” These two
questions have been asked thousands
of times by thousands of farmers
when they have been approached by
a. club leader for their consent to
their boy becoming a member of
one of the clubs supervised by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and
the state agricultural college.

The story of three club boys who
live in Seward County, Neb., is full
of strong evidence of the value of
club work to a farm boy. These
three boys, Peter Pratt, Norval Clark
and Walter Briggs, won the first
prize in the livestock judging contest
at the Interstate Fair at Sioux City

‘ last fall. To win the blue ribbon in
a contest where twelve state cham-
pion teams competed against each
other and at which four classes of
live stock were to be judged, requir-
ed more than a superficial know-
edge of the good points of an animal.
The boys, to win, required more
knowledge than that possessed by
the average adult farmer. All three
members of the Interstate Champion
Judging team were brought up on

' ' ability to judge

came largely through handling their

, own club stock and through the

“WHAT WILL my boy get out

L ,, training in stock judging given them

" by theiriclub leader. The success of
i , the boys at Sioux City was gratify-
'~- ing. but the permanent results at

yer Brio I. Seward. Helm. and .Petor I. PEI“,

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0Y8, GET Interested In club work.
farming that you have never dreamed of.

It will reveal to you delights and opportunities in
Does not‘ the story of these three

Nebraska

farm boys interest and thrill you? Similar stories can be duplicated a score of times here

in Michigan. Mr. Ray Turner, of the M. A.

0.. Is the leader of boys’ and girls' club work

in this state, a fine, enthusiastic and capable young man who will tell you all about the

work if you will write him.—Edltor.

 

 

' Will Stay on the Farm
Perhaps the biggest result of all
is that all three are content to stay

   

 
 

 

 

 

  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 

 

   

would have chosen a city job. These
three boys, as well as the other tens
of thousands of boys in club work,
have learned that the boy on the
far mtoday has a big opportunity and
that the city can offer the average
boy no better? fl}; this not a big re—
sult? ‘Ask any arm father who has
a' restless, boy on his hands.

The farmer whose son has‘heard
the call of the busy streets is apt to
think of the city as a‘ modern Lorelei
whose song has enticed his boy away
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Inter-State championship .llvec .stock Jud no
team: Norval Clark, Beaver Crossing. Nam; alt-

Beaver roulno. Nob.

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on the farm and make farming and
animal husbandry their life Work.
Considering the proportion of :farm
boys who have‘igone to the city in
the past, it is probable. ,thgfi‘putaidpl
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,desirable to the boy has been his own
father’s and mother’s constant com-
plaints as to the hardships of the
life in the country and the invidious
comparisons they have drawn be-
tween their lives and, those of the
city people whom they know. Un-

a-

wittingly they fed and watered the

' discontent common'to all youth.

Club Work Effects Shown

The boys’ and girls’ clubs bring
social. life-to the children in the
rural districts, who hitherto have had
little of it; it teaches them the ad-
vantages to be found in- country life
and ways of making money'of their
own. Incidentally it shows their par-
ents the wisdom of making the boys
and girls partners in the homes if
they wish them tovbe interested and
satisfied with life in the country.
.How this works out‘is well illustrat-
ed in the Seward County boys’ story.

Walter Briggs is the son of a man
who has alwaysgrown purebred pigs.
But Walter, up to the ‘time he went
into club workjthree years ago, had
no property ownership 'in the busi-
ness. When he joined the pig club
he started with one ., Duroc w Jersey
sow. ,Now,,after~ three yea s he has
,a talnable herd. .One litte » of five,
whi he-‘raise‘d, during'the past year

was. sold; for $6,000. 4Tb boy-'own-V‘
‘ er reserved ithe right to exhibit the _
pigs during the fair. season ‘ and iron

    

manypprtzés withlthém; *Betdre the
' f a seen their

Will you help _

" “difficult, as ting; for-Line welf‘a’repf
”our" "country'in‘ 'appfroivedviAnierican 2 . \
.— fashionémsm‘ggc, no" .‘fvunderha'ndedfi " .
'7 methods—Queuing outgin the open .011? ‘- '
every point—esolicitingi support from .
“honest man everyu‘rhere and inviting _ .

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H111 *‘Movnm‘sim: or“ soil mois-

,‘ Defiance- It has long been

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. soil was found to be as

' so.

theory. that the rate at which

'“water draIns from the soil largely ‘0
governs its productivity and that the ‘

crop depends to a great extent upon

the film or capillary movement of;
Moreover, the .

avatar in the soil.
efficiency of soil mulches is due to

the breaking of the capillary con-'

nectiOn near the surface and thus
stopping the upward iranlecation.
Several of these assumptions are not
considered to be true by many today.

'It is known, hoWever, that water.

moves in the soil as gravitational, as
film and“ in the form of vapor. In
this article I propose to present the
more recent Contributions to our

.knbwledge of this subjéct.

Movement of Gravitational Water
Through Soils

,, The translocatiom of surplus wa-
ter under the force of gravity is
termed percolatidn and is Sometimes
spOken of as “seepage.” The free
water that passes downward thru
the soil together with that which
runs off the surface makes up much-
of the water in lakes, streams,
springs, rivers \and the sea water.
The direction of percolation may be
downward lateral, and in some cases
upward or toward the surface. The

. rate is measurably affected by at-

mospheric ,pressure, weight of the
water” column, temperature, the text-
ure, and structure of both the‘sur-
face and the subsoil.

It is a notable fact that the rate
of water flowing from tile drains,
'certain springs and the height of

’water in some wells fluctuate with

changes in the barometric pressure.
There are on record instances of
15 per cent increase in «the flow of
water from‘ tile drains during a.
period of high pressure. When the
pressure is high the air in the soil
above the free or “ground” water
tends to force water into drains or
springs and when the pressure is
less the resistance is less and hence
the rate of flow is decreased. More-
over, as the thickness of the column
of free water present in a soil in-
creases the weight of the mass in—
creases and consequently there is an
increasing tendency for ‘the rate of
percolation to become greater.

Soils drain more slowly in the
spring than in summer. .Field ob-
servations, as well as laboratory ex—

periments, show that cold water per—

colates through the Soil more slow-
ly' than warm water. Consequently
soils lose surplus water in this man-

ner less rapidly in spring than in-

summer.. An increase in the tem-

‘ perature of 10 degrees of saturated

soils hastens the rate of drainage
about per cent. This is due in
part to the fact that warm water is
less viscous or the fluidity is great-
er than cold Water.

Texture and ructure of the sur-
face and subsoils f ave a tremendous
influence upon the rate of drainage
or the movement of gravitational
water through them. Water passes
thru sandy soils much faster th‘h it
does through line textured ones.

’Where large containers were filled

with different kinds of soils and
water poured on them, the rate of
percolation of water through the
given in.
Table 1. These results show very
strikingly that coarse soils are likely

-'to be “leachy” and that the ‘condi-

tion with respect to structure or
Ailth governs to a large extent the
peruetiation of water in- the soil.

_- Table 1. Passage of water thru
soils. Duration of experiment 30
minutes.

' Sand, loose, 220 gal,
compact,
.5 gal.;

J;oam, loose, 4 gal.:
2 gal; fClay. Loam, Loose,
Compact .0 gal.

d to advantage. But
It tut

Here .111 the soil is of utmost im- ’

compact. 80 .:>

4Where the mass of subsoil is fine

time yet not cemented togeth—

e drainage situation may be‘

f seems, still if outlets for:

lie of pen ditches Can be providEd-
1

~' :ment than the minimum legal rate of

   

"the-important Subject "Add ’ IConsrd-erable to our Former Knowledge
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Several millions of acres of land in Michigan are

textured material naturally drain
very slowly. Moreover, compact
layers commonly spoken of as plow
soles may form at the bottom of the
furrow slice in fine textured soils and
obstruct drainage to a remarkable
extent in some instances. Again
there are present in some subsoils
hardpans or layers of varying thick-
ness from a few to several inches
that are cemented together by means
of iron or lime. If these layers lie
near the surface the soils are usually
poorly drained and suitable only for
the production of grasses orgshallow
rooted crops. As a general rule it is
impracticable to break up these for-
mations by explosives on account of
the great cost of the operation; of
course, if a few shots can be straget-
ically placed the water may pass
downward, especially if the lower
layers are rather porous.

Collective Bargaining

Y FAR the most important sub-
ject confronting the farmers to-
day is their right to sell their

products collectively. Existing laws
have been held by the courts to deny-
the farmers this right, and our read-
ers are quite familiar with many
cases in which farmers have been
prosecuted and held up to public
scorn because of their efforts to se-
cure a profitable price for their pro—
ducts. For several years there has
been a steadily growing demand for
legislation that would remove the
farmers from ’the monopolist class
to control which the law was evi-
dently brought into existence. About
the only opposition that has develop—
ed to this demand has come from the
distributors of farm products who
see a possible menace to their busi-
ness when farmers co-operate in
marketing their products at profit—
able prices. The consumer is ap—
parently not worried over the pros—
pect that the farmer might use this
right to arbitrarily increase the price
of his products to any level simply
because he might have the power to
do so.

'A bill known as the Capper—Hers-
man bill, jointly framed by Senator
Capper of Kansas, and Sen-
ator Hersman has been in—
troduced and there seems good rea—
son to believe that it will become a
law. The purpose of the measure is
to amend the Act of October 15,1914
entitled, “An Act to supplement _ex-
isting laws against unlawful re-
straints and monopolies.” The
amended portion would then appear
as fOIIOWS and would specificially
give the farmers the right which
they seek, to deal 00- -operatively in
the marketing of their products at

' prices they deem fair, without being

harrass'ed by the law:

“See. 6. That the labor of a hu—
man being is not a commodity or
article of commerce. Nothing con-
tained inane antitrust 1g. s shall be

construed to forbid the '. tence and
operation of labor agricultural
vineyardists, dairy, or «horticultural
organizations instituted for the pur-
poses of mutual help, and that pay
annually no greater dividends on
stocks or membership. capital invest—

 

   

'and distance of transfer

' ranch, dairy,

"‘such associations of

of the faulty
moisture oondltlons—-ohlefly the presence of too much water which Is not drained ofi.

unproductive because

Movement of Film Water Through

_ Soils f/

There is a slight tendency for
film water‘to. mov" in the soil from
regions of high' to those of some:

‘what lower water content, the trans-

location taking place either upward,
downw-ard,~or horizontally. The rate
; depends
upon a. number of conditions. but

chiefly upon the water content, text-

ure, the distance from the water
table and the temperature of the
soil.

' The rate of film movement in the
soil depends largely upon the water
content of different layers. It was
formerly held that film water may
move about rather readily in the
soil from one section to another, and
if removed by a plant at one place,
the loss is rather rapidly made up.

Aim of Hersman Bill

from lawfully carrying out the legi-
timate objects thereof; nor shall such
organizations, or the members there-
of, be held or construed to be illegal
combinations or conspiracies in res—
traint'of trade or commerce under
the antitrust laws.

“Associations, corporate or other-
wise, with Or without capital stock,
of farmers. horticulturists, vineyard-
ists, planters, ranchmen, or dairy:
men engaged in making collective
sales for their members or sharehold-
ers of farm, orchard, plantation,
or vineyard products
produced by their members or share,-
holders are not contracts, combina-
tions, or conspiracies in restraint of
trade or commerce.

“Contracts, agreements, arrange-
ments, or combinations made by
the members.
shareholders, officers. or directors
thereof in making such collective
sales and prescribing the terms and
conditions thereof are not contracts,
combinations, or conspiracies in res-
traint of trade or commerce, nor are
they combinations or conspiracies to
monopolize or to attempt to monop—
olize any part of trade or commerce.

“Nothing contained in this Act or
in the antitrust or other laws shall
forbid or be construed to forbid the
existence and operation of associa-
tions, corporate or otherwise, with or
without capital stock, of farmers,
vineyardists, horticulturists, plant-
els, ranchmen or dairymen engaged
in making for the producers therof
collective sales of farm,
orchard, plantation, ranch 'or dairy
products. and, incidental thereto,
packing,drying, churning, storing,
grading or otherwise processing or
preparing such products for market,
or to forbid or restrain individual
members, shareholders, directors or
officers of such'organizations from
making such collective sales _ and
prescribing the terms and conditions
thereof: nor shall such organizations

or the members, shareholders, di-

rectors, or oflicers thereof so engaged
in making such collective sales and

prescribing the terms and conditions
thereof be held or be construed to

be illegal combinations or‘ conspir-
acies in restraint of trade or com-
merce under the antitrust laws; nor

1 shall any of the Acts. specified in this
section be construed or be held to be;
violations of: any law of the United

vineyard, ,

There is, however,

of water in scils, water content of

which is slightly below the mend-,3.

mum film water capacity takes place

over relatively short distances. Such-,2
being the case a crop groWing on .
a soil makes use of the water confin— ,
ed mainly in the zone of root pone;-

tration, or that which falls during
the growing season. This has been
definitely proven by the Nebraska
Experiment Station, as well as by
others. I shall discuss this question
rather fully because of the radical
changes in views concerning the
moisture relations of soils that ap-
parently are held by many today.
The water content of a loam soil de-
voted to different crops was deter-
mined at various depths.

Table 2. Depths to which crops
use ‘moisture. Average percent of
moisture in soil at harvest time, Six
years.

Crop Depth Av. per cent
Oats.............1 8.8
4 9.2
5 12.7
Spring wheat . . . . . . 1 9.0
4 8.8
5 12.3
Barley........... 1 9.9
3 8.9
4 10.0
5 14.5
Corn 1 12.2
3 10.4
4 12.5
5 15.8

It is notable that there is a rath-
er sudden increase in the amount of
water present in the soil about one
foot below the depth of root pene-
tration of the different crops. That
is to say the roots of plants draw
mainly on the water in their feeding
zone or the area which they pene-
trate, and the translocation from
cooler from below this region dur-
ing the growing is too slow to be of
much importance, unless as show-n
later the water table is near.

Wheeting determined the water in
samples of sandy soil, at East Lans-
ing, taken at different depths ver-
tically and horizontally from an iso-
lated hill of corn when it was wilt-
ing, due to lack of water. His re-
sults show that film movement had
not taken place much more than one
foot from the roots of corn, either
vertically or horizontally. This goes
to show that the translocation of
water in sandy soils to supply the
crop is almost negligible in amount
—that is where the water table is
too far below the surface to be act-
1ve.

It was formerly held that water
may rise long distances from the
water table to supply the crop. but
recent experiments show that the
distance and rate of transfer were
over-estimated’at least for immedi—
ate crop production. Large galvan—
ized iron tanks were sunken in the
ground at East Lansing, and filled
with sand and muck soil. They were
so arranged that the water table was
two, four and six feet from the
the surface of the sand, and four, six
and twelve from the surface of the
muck. They were seeded to oats and
covered with glass to prevent rain
from entering them. The results ob-
tained show that water will rise less
than 4 feet above the water table in
sand to supply the crop with water
and less than six feet in case of the
fine black muck. We have observed

low lying sandy soil in which the.

water level was lowered to a depth
of six feet by means of drainage
canals, that are now droughty When
there is a scarcity of rainfall. Field
observations have shown that peat
and ,muck soils dry out at the sur-
face if the water table is lowered too
much. Peat soils pull water from
the table through. shorter distances
than do the fine black muck soils.
Naturally the nature of the rooting

systems of the crops grown is of ut- *

most importance in this respect.
Such crops as onions, celery, rad-
ishes, etc., Isuffer far more quickly

from drouth where the water table
is rather low than do such ampules"
corn, cats, barley etc. .

(To be continued)

 
     
   
   

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OFFICER 0F SHIPPEH8

Mr. Elmer 0. Oompson, a progress-
ive farmer of Remus, Mecos'ta coun-
ty, was elected vice-president of the

..National Federation of Co-operative
. Livestock Shippers at the convention
recently held in Chicago. Many of
our readers will remember Mr.
Compson as taking an active part
in the fight against the discrimin-
atory potato grading rules, he being
a large grower of potatoes. Mr.
Compson also took considerable in-
terest in the formation of the Michi-
gan Co-operative Live Stack Ship-
. pers Ass’n and was made one of _t_he
officers. This federation is‘ compos—
ed of several hundred local co-op-
erative associations scattered all over
the state.

It is estimated this association sav-
ed Michigan livestock men thousands
of dollars in 1919 through the sale
of their stock. The purpose of the
association is to eliminate the mid-
dleman from the long chain between
the farmer and consumer and also
to secure better prices for the farm-
er for his livestock.

“The objects of this federation in
a general way," said Mr. Compson,
“are as follows: To encourage better
and more economical methods in the
production and distribution of live—
stock products; to promote co-oper—
ative education and to encourage the
organization of co- -operative livestock
marketing organizations; to develop
uniformity in the plan of organiza-
tion and method of operation of lo-
cal livestock shipping associations;
to aid such organizations in prob-
lems of general interest in transpor-
tation, handling and marketing; to
lease, buy, build, own, improve. mort-
gage. sell and control such buildings
and other real and personal prop-
erty as may be necessary in the con-
duct of its operations; and to per-
form any other work which may be
of benefit to its members or helpful
to the industry.”

Mr. Compson points out that short
courses for managers and others in-
terested have been held at St. Louis,
Mo., and Kansas City, and that it is
proposed to give a similar course at
the market terminal in Detroit short-
ly after the holidays. Arrangements
have been completed with the United
States department of agriculture to
have a representative of the Chicago
bureau of markets supervise the
school.

Hartman Leaves G. R. & I. R. R.

Mr. W. P. Hartman, who for the
past seven years has been agricul-
tural and industrial agent of the
Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R., has
resigned his position to become pro-
duction manager for the Falk potato
industry. Mr. Hartmann has been
a conspicuous
Michigan agricultural development.
He secured his training in this line

of work in the east and the innova—.

tions he made as agent of the G. R.
& I. were many and valuable. He
has been directly responsible for
bringing thousands of settlers into
western and northwestern Michigan
through newspaper advertising, ex-
hibits of agricultural products, tours,
etc. By the resignation of Mr. Hart-
mann. Michigan will lose one of its
most enthusiastic agricultural boost-
ers.

\Vnshington Farm Labor Unionized

In the state of Washington . the
farm laborers are members of the
labor unions. Dairymen pay their
help $100 a month and board and
cannot get enough workers to take
”proper care of their work. When
there is a dispute over wages it is
necesSary for the farmers to act in

' concert upon it. Therefore the Wash-
ington state grange has an executive
committee to which is delegated the
duty of meeting the executive com-
mittee of the Washington state fed-
03110.1 lfllmr.

'pianheebeehmeehbetterm the»

figure in Northern,

Each side acts col.“
Tim .1111' it is said. the -

old way of farmers trying to deal in-'
dividually with their unionised 1a—
borers. ’

Another element of «to-operation
between the Washington .grange
and the labor unions is in market-
ing. The two organizations formed
a company for the purpose of direct
service between producers and con-
sumers. 'fhe grangers put in $50,-
000 capital and the labor unions the
same amount. The bureau handles

- the «are. m e! the fsmul
uncredited—ia- the organisation, which ‘
.is said at cost to the union members,
I cost including the expenses of op-

erating the bureau.

Further than this relations be-
tween th'e grange and the "federation
of labor, do not extend, according to
information at hand. There is a

< tacit agreement between the two or-
ganizations to co-operate ,in matters _

upon which co-operation is possible
and to “agree to disagree” upon all
other matters. .

City Man Says Farmer Earns All He Gets

H. CHARLES, president of

H the Charles Advertising Ser-
' vice of New York City. has
made an extensive study of farm
production costs and income. and has
come to the inevitable conclusion
that the “farmer is not a profiteer."

. Moreover, Mr. Charles does not hes-

itate to tell the people of the cities
so, and in a recent statement to the.
press, he said:

"Everyone wishes to blame some-
body else for the high cost of living."
He continued, “so it has become
fashionable in some quarters to make
the farmer the ‘goat.’ But official
data shows that the farmer is cer-
tainly not getting more than his
just share of the national prosperity.

“Some writers have made the mis-
take of assuming that the farmer re-
ceives cash for all his crops and then
have proceeded to add the receipts
from livestock to form a huge total.
In this way, the farmer’s income has
been made to seem prodigious when
the fact is that crops to the value of
four or five billion dollars'annually
are fed to the livestock on the farm
and never appear on the farmer’s in-
come sheet except in the guise of
milk, cheese, beef, pork, etc.

“Such writers also often forget
that before getting a single dollar
for himself or family, the farmer
must first pay for hired labor, taxes,
insurance, interest, or rent. repairs,
farm machinery, fertilizers and mill
feeds. Further, he must assume the
risk of crop failures and of loss thru
such livestock contagious as tubercu-
losis and foot and mouth disease, etc.

“The average net labor income of
all farmers for 1918 (the latest fig-
ures available) is given as $1,200.
And it must be remembered that this
represented the net labor income of
an entire family, not merely that of
the farmer himself. And farm fam-
ilies average much larger than city
families. The Wife worked as long
hours as her husband. Besides doing
the housework, she raised the chick-
ens, washed the separator and large-
ly cared for the garden. The boys
mornings and evenings all worked
and girls helped with the chores

The Story of a

during vacations. There was no talk
or agitation for an eight hour day,
no thought of forty-four hour, week.

In most cases, the farmer fllled a~

twelve or fourteen hour day to over-
flowing six days in the week and for
good measure spent several hours on
Sunday in caring for the livestock.
Who will grudge him and his family
a labor income of $1,200 in these
days of inflated living costs?

"Again referring to the govern-
ment figures, we find that the farm-
er received for his crops a price 98
per cent higher than in 1914, and
for his livestock a. price 97 per cent
higher than in 1914. But note this:
He also paid 90 per cent mere for
the articles that he had to buy. In
other words. the increased prices
on what the farmer purchased prac-
tically offset the increase in what he
sold and left him approximately in
the same relative position as before
the war.

“It is interesting to note that the
farmer, himself, is doing some vig-
orous thinking along economic lines.
At a recent meeting of the New York
State Grange, for instance, a state-
ment was issued challenging the city
worker to a cost accounting ‘that all
the world might see who earns his
wage.’

“The plain truth is that, in the
past, food has been kept cheap by
much unpaid labor on the part of
farm women, girls and boys, also by
‘mining’ rich virgin soils. But the
farmer and his wife are studying
cost accounting and they are begin—
ning to demand a fair return for
every day’s labor‘ just as do their
city cousins. They are also learning
that an investment must be made
every year in building fertility if
crop yields are to be maintained and
increased.

“If we are to safeguard the future
food supply of the country and stab-
ilize national prosperity, we must be
prepared to pay prices which will as—
sure farm folks a fair return for
their labor and permit the fertility
of the soil to be maintained and in—
creased. ”

Suit of ‘Clothes

By Edward F rensdorf

his share of blame for the in-

creased cost of clothing. “Yes,
you must understand,” say the as-
tute manufacturers, “we are \paying
the highest price in our history for
wool, and of course that makes the
suit of clothes higher.” . And the av-
erage consumer, being as a rule a
more or less gullible chap, accepts
the explanation, pays over his hund-
red dollars for the all-wool suit and
goes on his way rejoicing that sOme
day he maybe a farmer and garner
in profits from the sale of wool.

A little light has recently been let
in on the cost of the wool that enters
into the making of a suit of clothes
by Mr, Edward Frensdorf, Hudson
bankerg farmer and former member
of the Board of Control of Jackson
prison. Mr. Frensdorf is considered
an excellent authority upon a wide
range of topics and his opinion is
frequently sought. ReCently he was

THE FARMER'has been getting

asked by the Awochted WmV:
Syndicate to. contributeaa slim .arti-

     
   

‘71

- cents in the yarn.

icle upon the wool and clothing sit—
uation, and here iswhat he said:
“The largest percentage of Mich-
igan grown wool will grade .three
eighths combing, worth, today seven-
ty-two cents in the grease; this is

the extreme Boston market costing

dollar thirty-six secured and ap—
proximately three dollars and twenty
Theusu‘al'suit of
clothes takes three and one quarter
yards but we will allow three and
a half yards of twelve ounce cloth
which would make the cost of the
material in the suit of clothes not to
exceed eight dollars and forty cents.

40f the hundred dollars you paid for
that all-wool suit, eight dollars and
forty cents represents the real mar
terial used, ninety-one dollars and _

sixty cents covers the cost of manu-
facturing cloth paying for the trim-

'mings and the. profits in between Of
this hundred dollar snitsthe farmer- v

 

   

The farmers of Qberidsn Whip, ‘

Meson county, are no clenched when
it comes to drafting a political pro-
gram. They have a pretty clear; law
of what they want and they have no

difficulty in making those wants

known and understood. Below is a . ‘
summary of the ‘fplanlr's” in their

“platform. ”

".We are in favor of organized 100
per cent American labor. .

“We favor state-owned, terminal.
farm produce, storage heuSes in all
large cities and wholesale same in
small lots tothe people. ‘

“We favor state ownership of ,all,

telephone lines, similar to post oflice

management.

“We favor the abolishment of 1,- '

376 political jobs, created by the
state legislature and costing the
taxpayers $10, 000 each day and over
$4, 000 000 each year.

“We favor the Plumb plan of rail-
road settlement.

“We favor all water transporta-
tion, whenever practicable.

"We favor adoption“ of the league
of nations.

“We condemn the method taken

by the national senate in regards to

the league of nations.

“We favor abolishment of the na— I»

tional and state senates.

“We recommend Herbert F. Bak-
er to our brother farmers and or-
ganized American labor in Michigan,
for governor, on any old ticket.

“We recommend Jake Landis to
our brother farmers and organized
American labor in Mason county, fo‘r
state representative on any old tick-
et. . "

“Brother farmers and wage earn-
ers, remember that in union there is
strength. ' Let us get together and
do something for ourselves, not on
the European plan, which is by the
budget and butcher knife, but on
the safe, sane, peacea'ble, 100 per
cent American plan—the ballot. Our
majority at the polls is 9 to 1.”

Cow Testing in St. Josph
The Cow. Testing Association in
St. Joseph 00. has 26 members in
the association at the present time,
24 of these have pure bred sires on
their farm. All together they have
about 300 cows in the association;

._ about 50 per cent of these are pure
bred cows.

They have bulls in this
Association such as Pogis 99th, the
11th of the Hood Farm, owned by
O. B. Graham, of Mendon, Mich. He
has 'one of the best Jersey herds in
the county. The Wah—be-me-me
Farms, of White Pigeon have for
their sire, Segis Pontiac De Nijland-
er; he is the grandson of Michigan’s
great 35-lb. champion cow, Pontiac
De Nijlander.

The association is in the third
year run. It has in the county :1
Jersey club, a Holstein Association,
a Shorthorn club and man other
clubs. All members mus use a
pure bred sire on. farm. '

The leading cows in the Decem-
ber. month were: let, a Jersey, owned
by Ray Carwrigh-t, 813 lbs. milg, 50.4
lbs. ‘butterf-at; 2nd, Jersey, owned by
Ray Cartwirght, 914 lbs. of milk;
46.5 lbs. butterfat; 3rd, the highest
average herd was owned by Wm.
Robertson, with an average of 35. 8
l.bs butterfat. ~

Members of the Association of St.
Joseph C-o. follow: H. Gleason,
Three Rivers; Ray Mohney, Three

1

Rivers; J. W. Bulluck, Three Rivers; .

C. L. Harder, Three Rivers; C. A.
Brody, Constantine; J. ”AC Trasy,
Conswtantine H. E. Crow. Constan—
this; A. G. Wade, White Pigeon; m.
L. Brown, Schooicraft; E. Sheep,
Sturgis; R. E. Rice, Sturgis; Chas.

Hoopinganner, Sturgis; Chas. Mac»

K-erlie, Sturgis; ‘A. C. Dene, ,Bur-r

Oak; R: A. Wilcox,.B.urr Oak; 1th. ‘
renter, Colon; J. M. Stowell Color"; '

Dan stoweli, Colon; Job-n Chivers,
Mendocnz; 0.13. Graham, Mention;
J. A. MacKindley, Menace"

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‘oDy g t 1920, by “he G dyear Tire &. Rubber 00..

“MY Goodyear Cords have aid for themselves in ten months with all-
round savings of time, la or, repairs, etc. I figure the reduction in gaso-
line alone will pay the cost of these tires over solids. They have traveled nearly
10,000 miles to date and are good for another year at least.”—Herman
Marks, Farmer and Rural Expressman, R. F. D. 6, Waukesha, Wisconsin

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HE advantages of hauling 0n pneumatics

as demonstrated by this dairy farmer an
motor expressman, are proving of extreme im-
portance to'many farmers otherwise hampered
by the scarcity of labor.

‘With motor trucks relieved of the handicaps of
solid tires,lthey now haul across “soft fields and
through .deep mud and snow on the tractive
pneumatics. - 4 - r

The cushioning of these tires is a source of valu-
able protect-lon to perishable produce and prime
livestock which must be marketed quickly and
smoothly to secure top prices.

Both of these qUalitics 'of the pneumatics have

a firm foundation in Goodyear Cord construc-
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the basis of the country—wide success of cord
pneumatic truck tires.

It is this Goodyear Cord construction which has

-made pneumatics practical for farm truck serv-

ice, and thus has enabled farmers to motorize
most effectively by usin pneumatic-tired trucks
to keep their power-(friven farm machinery
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Authentic information, describing how farmers
employ pneumatic-tired trucks and what they
save as a result, can be obtained by writing to
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Wheat prices have gone up to the
peak of the season. And the peak
seems to be going higher yet. Well
posted wheat men in Minneapolis
predict that cash wheat is going to
sell for $4 per bushel. Part ofcthe
sudden upward jumps of wheat
prices were due to the new reports
of a decline of several million bush-
els of wheat in the visible grain sup-
ply. Exporters have been heavy
buyers or wheat of late and the home
demand has been good. The bulls,
of course, are now putting in their
best licks, since the wheat ,is prac-
tically all out of the hands of the
producers.

  
  

Weekly Trade and Market Revrew

, HE NEW YEAR has opened with a- set of conditions unprecedent-

‘ ed in the nation’s history. In the first week of 1920 we find a de-
moralized financial condition, especiallyin the foreign exchange market,

\

for example, the Austrian crown formerly valued at 20 and 1-3 cents, is .

now valued at one-half cent. While the foreign exchange is about as
low"as it is thought it can get, operators “are playing the game in Wall
Street to benefit by fluctuations up and down. In the past few days, the
money rates have virtually dominated the various factors in the Wall
Street market. In our financial system, reserve rates of the reserve sys-
tem as a whole have fallen to the lowest point in history. , ,

Another big factor beginning to loom up into the world of business
and trade is that of the coming election, for this is the campaign year, so
often injurious to stable~and firm prices for the producer. Although it
is generally thought that the steel' and coal strike are events of the past,
an announcement has just been made that one-third of the entire body
of steel strikers is still on walk-out basis. As for the coal ~situation, the,
strike has put the nation back so far that industry is to be crimped for a
long time to come. The delay of the peacemakers of the world has still
further complicated matters. It is believed that the Germans will not
make possible the final peace terms until toward the end of January.

As for the grain markets, a general rise has occurred this week and

1311 Wheat Board announced an ad-
vance in-‘the price to mills in that
country 01-50 cents per bushel, to
a ‘basis at $2.80 for No. 1 Northern
[at the head of, the lakes. The em-
‘bargo on» flour imports from the
United States was also lifted. T'The
Qanadian wheat crop was short and
its quality as poor as that this side
of the international boundary. ‘

Starvation in Austria and parts oh

the Balkan, Russian and Turkish
districts, ,due to the shortage of
bread grains and other foods, is
likely to be a further impetus . to
high prices. Freezing and thawing
and drifting snowstorm have all
had a bad-effect on the wheat in the
fields of the American farmers and
the Hessian fly has made bighead-
way. Spring wheat farmers are be—
ing looked to for making up the
shortage assured b the inroads of
the fly in the ‘wint r variety.

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can last, or even perform consistently and successfully,
unless it is carefully lubricated. It merits the best 011 you
can ct, and that is Texaco Tractor Oil. Scrupulously re-
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It is an oil with “staying” qualifies.
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Texaco red Star and green T products. Texaco Tractor Oil
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Corn. around therholiday season,

took occasion to slump at times, but '

it has made quite a decided rally
this week. The general upward
trend of wheat. rye and oats has
been the latest factor. The predic-
tion of many experts that wheat is
'going to a level' of $4 per bushel in-
dicates that that high level would
make corn look very cheap at its
present low. level. So the corn bulls
have high expectations of a strength-
ening of their line.

Trading has ,not been especially
active and receipts have been slight,
although last week saw considerable
shipments on'certain days. The
railways hold out little ‘hope for an
increasaof cars or motive power, so
the receipts of corn are not expect-
ed to swell much right away. For-
eigners have bought a large amount
of corn from __dealers along the
coast. The strength of the hog
m’arket assisted in the bullishness
of corn. '

Protessional operators are known
to be at work full blast in the corn
markets. so predictions have little
weight, excepting the prophecy of a
general upward soaring with wheat
at the peak at $4.

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; Oats are being sold in large quan-
tities to exporters and to foreign
buyers in large quantities, despite
the lowrate of exchange. The re-
sult is a firm condition :11: the oat

-markets, with almost daily rises in

the price. Very small shipm‘ents of
oats have been arriving at termin-
als. For example, Detroit reports as
low as two cars received per day.
Not much improvement in the car
situation is looked‘for during the
month of January, so the bulls have
strong hopes.

 

RYE AND BABIEI
Rye has {uncured pretty closelyin,
the heels of cats, and millimj at
bushels have been sold recently'for
the “reign trade, although the ex-
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The potato market in Detroit is

quoted. firm with small supplies
ayaileble in the city. ’There is not
an especially active trading, but the
price keeps up well. Various points
about the state report improved
prices for spuds. Greenville quotes
potatoes at 88.15pm owt.
Chinese reports an advancing
market or white potatoes. In that
city the holidays did not have their
usual effect upon the trede and price
kept up well. The East also reports
a firm condition, largely because
most farmers are holding back their
stocks.

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BEAN PRICE! PER 0WT., JAN. 7. 1920

Grade jDetroIt lemme] N. Y.
0. H. P. ........1.25 ‘ 1.15 ‘ 1.75
fled Kidneys . . . 13.75 314.75

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO

credo ~ [Detroit Ohleegel II. V.
0. H. P. ...... I 9.00 9.25 10.80
Prime ........ . 8.00 8.50 9.76
Red Kldneys . . . .I12.00 12.00 12.15

 

 

 

Navy beans have suffered slumps
and rallies since the holidays and

’ have ended up in a steady, but not

active condition, at $7.26 per cwt.
in the Detroit market. A rather
strong tone is thought to indicate re-
serve strength for the bulls.

As for the condition in other
states, New York reports a very firm
market with previo’us prices main-
tained. Stocks in the Empire state
are very low. With few beans in
that great consuming area- dealers
predict a rapid rise soon. The GM-
cago Packer carries a dispatch pre-
dicting an unusual demand for seed
in York state for heavy plantings.

RED KIDNEY" BEANS REACH
HIGH LEVEL

Early last spring Mr. Grant Slocum
advised M. B. F. readers thru these
columns to plant red kidney beans.
He told them that there was a great
shortage of this crop, and that prices
would inevitably be higher At that
time red kidneys Were being quoted
at $12 per cwt. On Dec. 27th a New
York firm wired a Michigan jobber
that they would pay $14.25 per cwt.,
for choice Red Kidneys.

It is not too‘ early to censider the'

financial possibilities of this crop
next year. Despite the efforts made
in 1919 to increase the acreage the in-
crase was very slight if any at all,
and prices are the highest ever
known. It is impossible -to believe
that the 1920 acreage and yield will
be adequate for the demands, and con-
sequently as high if not higher prices
are expected to again prevail next
year. , In fact, many bean men of the
state are of the opinion that farmers
will make no mistake implanting Red
Kidneys next year.

Good seed is obtainable at the pres-
ent time, but how long it may/ be we

do not know. The beans are leaving

the state very rapidly, and by plant-
ing time 'there will be so few left that/
it is doubtful if all farmers can sup-
ply their wants at any price.

SUPPLY INCREASES

After the holidays a great sup-ply
of fresh eggs began to come in the
markets and the prices including the
retail, dropped off several cents at
many points. This has been especial-
ly true of the poultry folks farther
south. Buyers have shown less of an
eagerness to grab up the fresh stuff
lately and an easier tone results. The
shortage of boots has resulted in the
sale of greafstocks of cheap eggs and
”its activity in cheap storage egg trade
' as active. There. is not much
,. , ,lina‘but prices

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,0 Hey firm and buying active.

’ ~ CHICAGO-400m prices go up. Oats gain. Provisions bear-
ish. Hog market falls due to great receipts. ' ‘

H“’DE’i‘ROI’I‘—Slmall ofierings strengthen grain markets; pota-
1 toes firm; beans quiet and steady. Seeds are active and steady.

  
  
  
  

 

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81 to 311-2; fresh creatuery, in 1-11).
bricks, 62 to 321-20. Eggs: Fresh
eggs, one per don; storageeggs, ac-
cording to quality, 47 to 510 per dos.
(illness: Michigan flats, June make.
”140 JIichigan flats, new plan,
880: York flats, June make, 840:
Michigan single duties, 8: 1-! to 830:
brick. 8114c; long horns, 881-20;
Wisconsin double daisies, 841-2 to
850; domestic block Swiss, 36 .to 400;
domestic wheel Bwlea I: to 65c per
lb. '

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NEW YORK—Butter steady; cream-
ery, higher than exh'as, 70 to 70 1-2c:
creamery, ext (92 score), 89 to
69 1-20; packing stock, cun'ent make,
No. 2 470. Eggs firm; fresh gathered
extras, 780; firsts, 76 to 770; firsts,
74 to 750; state, Pennsylvania and
nearby western hennery whites, first

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is. and nearby hennery browns, 80 to

 

.810; ‘do gathered browns and mixed

colors, 77 to 78c. Cheese easy; state,
whole milk, flats, current make spec-
ials, 311-2. to 820; do average run,
80 1-2 to 31c; state, whole milk, twins,
current make, specials, 31 1- to 320:
do average run, 31c. .

HAY FIRMS UP
Hey is in good demand in Detroit
and the market is firm. During the
past two weeks, however, there have

 

.. been freer receipts in many western

markets and the hay market has
been a little off. Lighter country
loadings and better demand, begin-
ning with the new year. have given
much hope for the bulls. Eastern
markets have been lightly supplied

“and prices have been firm in most

cases, including some gain. The

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I In. ‘I Tim! lien. Tlm.[ In. 2 Tim.
Detroit . . 80.50 081 29.50 0 80 28.50 .8.
Chloe? . . T00 29 30%”
New ork 125.00 82.00 83
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Detroit . . O’SOIIIJOBIO 28.80.20
Chicago . .

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Plttebun . 81.50082 8.500 34 80.00 C 85

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’ HEALTHY WOOL MARKET
The wool market in Boston has
been in a healthy condition inspite of
the holidays which invariably have a
depressing effect.
Quotations for Michigan and New

York fleeces in the Boston market fol- .

low:

Fine unwashed, 67 to 68; Delaine
unwashed, 87 to 90; 1-2 blood unwash-
ed, 80 to 82; 3-8 blood unwashed, 68
to 69; 1-4 blood unwashed, 65 to 67;
1-2, 3-8, 1-4 clothing, 55 to 57 ; common

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to extra, 78 to 82¢; state, Pennsylvan- prospect for satisfactory markets (Extra Markets, page 19)
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Worked out on the lines laid down by the founders ——making for Simplicity

and Strength. The popularity of these famous plows shows that the policyof
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all standard sizes and models of bottoms.

Whether you own or oper-
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over timber land, orchards, etc.
is, a NO plow for any section, and for
any condition of soil.

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aches and pains—arc quickly relieved
by an easily-made application of $1021nd
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Three sizes—the larger the bottle the greater
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products with a

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on Fence and Gates. Prices
waybelowcompetition.Vulues
bigger than ever. Get it today.

I Pay ALL Freight '

3 Brown Fence lasts longest be~

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All Wires same size, heavily

galvanized. 150 styles. Also

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are 50 forgone]: w‘brd, initial or group of
figures. 83nd it in for one, two or three
times. There's no cheaper ‘or- better way
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regions today is more wide-n,

spread knowledge
judge livestock properly. While the;
judging of the finest animal is likely
to remain an art in, which relatively
few persons can attain the highest.
standing, nevertheless, farmers as a
whole should be thoroughly'familiar.‘
with the general principles of jurdfil
ing stock. Knowledge of this Sort
is a real asset.

The art of judging beef cattle is
the foundation of all beef cattle
shows, and also is largely the means
of determining the value of~~cattle of-
fered in public sales. It serves as'a
basis forcvery man who buys and
raises cattle to seek improvement
along well recognized lines.

If a breeder is not a. good judge
he can not mate individuals so as to
get the best possible offspring.
Knowledge may be obtained through
long experience, but a. systematic
course in judging may accomplish
the same end at a cost of fewer mis-
takes and a much shorter time. If
a farmer is a competent judge of
feeders, for example, he can go ,to
the market and save the buying
charges or commissions on a deal
which otherwise would have to be
handled through commission men.

For the man who feeds cattle for
commercial purposes, it is more im-
portant to study how to judge feed—
ers than fat cattle. Judging the for-
mer requires more skill than judg-
ing the latter.

Without standards, stock judging
can not be made a success. The
smallest cattle owner as well as the
man who owns a large herd needs to
be familiar with the ideal beef type.
This animal, when fat, must have a
low set body which is broad, deep
and smooth, with level lines, having
a thick, even covering of firm flesh.
Hair. hide, and bone of good quality,
together with general character and
style, also serve as an indication of
the inner parts which can not be
seen.

Three Classes of Cattle

From the butcher’s standpoint,
cattle may be divided into three
classes—fat cattle, feeders, and
breeding cattle. The first comprises
animals ready for the butcher’s
block; the second is the “unfinished
product” and the third constitui’es
the class from which the others are
produced. In fat cattle,‘ one must
judge according to what the cattle
are at the time. In feeders, the an—
imals-which give promise of putting.

a split. NEED in ‘ agricultural;

of how to?

1? “fig.”
on" thevlhissestf'a d» ensures
and" developing 1.111211”; fife ‘7 has
forms'when fattehed, are - the. ‘
desired. In breeding cattle,'the. true
beef form is of prime importance,
but there must also be assurance. that-
thedbaefbharalcteristics will be trans-
mitted to, the offspring. W

Judging Fat Cattle and Feeders

.F‘at-cattle, so called, include steers,
heifers, calves, cows and bulls. Fat
steers and heifers constitute by {far
the largest percentage. Each must
be considered from the butcher’s
standpoint, the finish and quality of
flesh being of prime. importance.
‘Cattle bred especially for beef pur-
poses have a tendency to produce
marbled meat or to deposit layers of
fat throughout the lean meat, while
in cattle bred exclusively for dairy
purpOses, the tendency is to deposit
a surplus fat, principally around the
internal organs, where it becomes a
relatively cheap suet and does» not
tend to improve the quality of the
lean meat. In judging feeders, it
must be borne in mind that they are
“unfinished” cattle and therefore do
not have the width and flesh cover.-
ing of fat cattle. In general, the
same qualifications apply to feeders
as to fat cattle, except that certain
points of the score card must be
emphasized and other minimized.
The desirable feeder is one that will
dress out a high percentage of high-
priccd meats when finished and
slaughtered.

'Juding‘ Breeding Cattle“ 3

Breeding cattle, first of all,‘""‘must
have the true beef form.
respect they are intermediate
tween feeders and fat cattle so far
as flesh is concerned. Early matur-
ity and easy fattening qualities
should be present to a marked de-
gree. Good handling qualities are
essential, as excessive fat, showing
that the animal has been pampered,
is undesirable. ‘ Heavy flesh is nec-
essarily‘of importance, but breeding
cattle should be judged more by
their value as breeding stock than by
the flesh they carry Superabund-
ance of flesh may hide defects. Too
much emphasis can not be given to
the fact that animals being. judged
should have ability to transmit their
usefulness and desirable characteris-
ticg to their offspring. In fact, pre—
potency should be so strong and the
line of breeding so well defined for
the specificpurpose, that .the animal
will have a tendency to produce bet,-
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Suggestions." Abflnt Judging

e n _ _ , _
fo’re‘r is'Tfo“.b‘e expected ' most frequent-A '
is true ”'_to.f1their 4 .-

   

'. In judging a classnofflcattle‘or ill-j ‘y

spoofing a single individual. . one

should first make a 'general survey -
of the animals of animal, examining

the general. features from’ia distance

slid noting thefgeneral outiiné and

typical beef 'form. ,

When first approaching an animal,
note the front view and the features
of the head and the width and'depth
of the chest. On moving toward the
side, note the depth o-f,,the body and
the lowness of the flank. Therear
view will give the width of the ‘back,
spring of the ribs and thickness and
developmentj of the hind quarters,
particularly the thighs and. twist.
After a. survey of the animal from a ‘
shbrt distance a close inspection of -
the various parts of‘ the bodyshould
be made, [beginning at the head. (

In the caSe of beginners, judging
work usually should commence with
the use of the score card, after they
various parts of the animal have
been identified and the use -of the
card has been explained. One should
make a complete examination of the
individual before the various cuts
are noted on the card. The’ score
card is intended primarily for be‘
ginners, and is -to be used in learn-
ing the details of compar'ative'judg—
ing. Comparative. 11.11.43.198 .18... em-
ployed exclusively in placing "the
awards at public beef cattle shOws.

The judge-to-be should gradually
acquire facility in Summarizing -' the
total of the qualifications of "each
animal. 'Use of the score card. is a
step toward efficiency in the difllcult
Only
in close competition in comparative
judging does the experienced judge
need to place side by side the small-
‘est details.

Sample score cards for. fat and
feeder beef cattle and for breeding
beef cattle, together with a model
card for comparative judging by
.class or team, constitute part of the
material contained in a recent Farm-
ers"Bulletin issued by the Depart-
.ment of Agriculture. entitled “Judg-
ing Beef Cattle.” The 21 pages of
text discuss in popular language the
various features of judging beef cat—
‘tle, and it contains suggestions re-
garding their scoring. The bulletin
'may be had free upon request.

Beet Contract ~PropQSed by Western Farmers, A'ss’n/

* E GROWER agrees to grow in the
£23m 1920. .acres of sugar beets and
to deliver and sell the same to thhe

company, and the company agrees to
purchase and pay for such beets as may
be delivered to it upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

1. The grower will prepare and cul-
tivate the land and harvest. the beets
grown thereon in a husbandlike manner
and deliver all beets With the tops cut
off with reasonable care conSistent With
the nature of the work, at the base of
the bottom leaf and without unnecessary

mutilation or damag: kfrori‘h topping
' d with 00 s, e use
knives equippe and will

u knives‘ .being permitted,
folclhlw the instructions of the company
in the matter of irrigating his beets af-
ter he is ordered to harvest same.

The company will furnish seed when
requested at the market price and Will
plant the same when requested at the
rate of one dollar per acre, the grower
to exercise his option as to how much
seed shall be planted and the planting to
be done in a manner satisfactory to the
rower. -

g 11. Delivery of beets shall be made
as directed by the company until Octo-
ber 15, after which date the grower shall
deliver at his pleasure the company re-
serving the right. to reject beets which
do not analyze more than 11.99 percent
sugar. an‘d‘at its option to reject beets
not delivered before December 16.

‘ 111. The grower will deliver his
beets at the nearest receiving station of.
the’ company and the company agreesto
furnish adequate facilities for handling
of'beets at said station and in case the».
grower is ' required to shovel his beets
after he is equipped to have them dump-l
ed the company shall pay -25 cents per»
ton for such shoveling and the company
shall~pay at the prevailing. rate of wages
or hour per team for all delay in un-.
oadingwat the receiving station. except
that delays .of 30 minutes or less shall

be“ aIIOWed under this agreement. No

time for delay shall accrue after a way
has been provided for him to. begin op-
era-tions and the growerhasbsma :noti- ;
if d to unload. ; The cumpsn‘y shall «qu

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..ysis by.-

IV. The company shall not be bound
to accept diseased, damaged, frozen or
improperly topped beets or beets which.
do not show by analysis to contain more
than 11.99 percent sugar and the weight
01 dirt delivered with the beets shall be
deducted in the customary manner; pro-
vided however, that the company shall
pay the grower one-half the rate pain
for sound beets in case of a. refusal to
accept because of being diseased, damag-
ed, or frozen by causes which the grow—
er could not prevent.

V. The growers shall have the privi-
lege of selecting at their« own expense
representatives which shall be privileged
to check fares. and weights of beets
grown and delivered under this contractw
and such selection by the growers shall
be conclusive.

VI. The price of beets per ton of 2,-
000 pounfis, after all proper tare- reduc-
tions shal be determined as follows: On
the 15th of each month the company will
pay to the grower the sum of $10 per ton
for all beets delivered during the pre-
ceding calendar month and on October 1,
1921, the company shall pay to the grow-
er a. further sum on all beets delivered
under this contract, said sum to'be de-_
termined as follows to-wit: The aver--_
age price of fine granulated >sugar,“ f. o.
b. New York. for the months “of Novem-
ber and December, 1919, and Januar ,,
February, March. April, May, June, Ju y
and August, L920, shall be determined ‘by'
adding the daily quotations issued thru.
the regular. channels of trade duringthe
time designated and dividing ‘the sum
thereof by the total number of daye 2111:
which - said quotations are issued; ,‘and.
the company shall pay the groweitcf‘thef
rate of $2 per ton for each cent or rac-.j
tlon thereof Which the [aid average price
exceeds 8 cents per pound.* 3:. ~‘~. ‘

VII. The company» shall hate”
prlvuege of sampling beets take a.
the growers' fields at ’

           
   
  
 
   
 
 

 

 

  

  

 

 

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ed the privilege “0 sub
to a qualified chemist.‘ ‘
agreement between the
growers’ chemist
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7. 9.8.

L cut h i beet harvest,

from 1920 sugar beets shall be the mar-
ket price. The grower shall be entilted

~ to receive pulp until Feb. 1, 1921, on the

following conditions: The grower shall
state in writing to the company the
amount of pulp he agrees to take during
the season. For each ton of pulp asked
for, which amount Shall not exceed 25
per cent of his total beet tonnage, there
Shall be charged to him 20 cents, which
amount shall be deducted from any of,
his payments for beets and in case of
failure to take pulp as agreed. he shall
forfeit this advance. Provided that the
grower shall have therigh’t to “dispose of
his pulp holdings by transfer to other
parties .and the company will honor the
written order. of the grower, transferring
any portion of his pulp holdings. 3
The company will allot the grower his
proportionate share of molasses, accum-
ulated during the season’s run, andsell
the same to him at the market price. As
soon as practicable the, company will as- ,
certain the quantity of molasses that will
accumulation and be held for market dur-
‘ing the season’s run and (will post notice
giving the quantity that will be allotted
per ton ’of beets at every scale then being "
used by thecompany in weighing beets or
pulp. If the rower falls to notify'the
company of h s intention to' accept the
whole or any part of his molasses al-
lotment within 15 days after the posting
of said notices such grower shall forfeit
his right thereto ~ and the grower» who
fails to remove his molasses within. .45
days after the posting of said noticeshnll
forfeit his right thereto but the grower
shall have the right to dispose of his mo-
lasses ’allotment‘in the same manner as .
pugi transfers are made. "
. . In case any part of the grower's"
beets is frozen in. the ‘ und, the grow-
er havin used due 6 lige'ncs in prose-
,_l 7 the . , company
shallpay the grower one-half of 8113:0311»;
imate expense incurred in the production.

 
  
  
   

 
   

 
  

   

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HERE was recently held in

Chicago a breeders and veteri-
\ darions conference for turthn
er censideration of accredited herd
regulations» This meetings was at-
tended by ofl‘lcials of the Bureau of
-.Animal Industry, State Live Stock
Sanitary officials, the Sanitary Com-
mittees of the Chicago Live Stock
Exchange, and representatives of the
twelve leading cattle breeding as-
sociations as follows:

American Shorthorn Breeders As-
Sociation, American Polled Shorthorn
Association, American Aberdeen An-
gus Association, American Red Polled
Cattle Club, Brown Swiss Cattle
Breeders Association, Holstein-Frie-
sian Breeders Association of Ameri-
ca, American Jersey Cattle Club;
American Guernsey Cattle Club;
American Galloway Breeders Asso-
ciation; Aryshire Breeders Associa-
tion.

devoted to a discussion of the

veterinarians were of the opinion
that the regulations should be modi-
fied to permit the keeping of a re-
acting herd bull in segregation on
the same farm with a tuberculosis-
free accredited herd. This position
was taken because it is possible to
use a valuable reacting bull on
healthy cows without transmitting
the contagion to the cows bred or to
the offspring, if the bull is kept un-
der proper supervision in a stall
some distance away from the healthy

who have valuable herd bulls to
place their herds under Federal and
State supervision, whereas without
this provision they would be disin-

the accredited plan. Other breed-
ers and veterinarians were opposed
to any such modification on the
ground that if a reacting herd bull
is kept on the same farm with the
healthy herd, even under segrega—
tion, it could not be rightfully call-
ed a tuberculosis free accredited
herd. The outcome of the discus—
sion on this and other matters re-
sulted in the passing of a motion to
appoint a committee of five breeders
to meet with a committee of five vet—
erinarians. appointed by the presi-
dent of the United States Live Stock

changes in the accredited herd regu-
lations that they deemed advisable.

This committee in joint session
recommended that breeders be per-
mitted to keep a reacting herd bull,
in which case such a her.) can be de-
signated as under Federal and State
supervision, but not entitled to be
called tuberculosis free accredited
herd. unless the herd bull as well as
all other animals are entirely free
from this disease. It was also rec‘
ommended by the committee that
after a herd is certified as free from
tuberculosis, if one or more reactors
on later test should be discovered,
the owner should be permitted to
have other tests made so that the
herd can be put back on the‘list at
the expiration of six months instead
of one year as previously provided“.
These regulations were accepted by
the United States Live Stock Sani—

’~Associatioiis Urgieiyco
‘ Appropriation for this, Work

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tary Association and the U. 8. Bit-

reau of Animal Industry. ‘ ‘ ,
. Previous to‘this discussion‘a numo‘

ber of brief reports were, made by I '

state veterinarians and Dr. Kiernan

of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Ins

dustry on the progress of accredited
herd testing. There are now approx- A
imately 15,000 herds oi breeding cats
tie under Federal and State supervi-
sion for annual testing. Although
the accredited herd plan was launch-
ed as a nationwide movement at a
similar meeting held‘two years ago,
there are now 1,500 herds in the
United States which have passed two
successful tests and are accredited.
A much larger number have passed
one successful test and it may be ‘
- expected that the accredited herd
list will grow very rapidly from now
on. The Federal Government is co-
operating with forty-three states in
this work at the present time. In a‘
large number of these states there
are from one hundred to two hund-

ac— .
credited herd regulation now in red herds on. the waiting list. When
force. Some of the breeders and the applications are properly sign-

ed and all breeding cattle in the
herd are tested regularly, the work
is done free of charge and partial in-
demnity is paid to the owners of reo'
actors slaughtered by the Federal
government and state co-operating.
The following memorial to cong— ‘
ress was unanimously passed:

As representatives of the twelve
American Cattle Breeding Associa-
tions, in convention assembled, Chi-
cago, Illinois, December 1st, 1919,
we endorse the action of the last

herd. These men were of the opin- Congress in providing an appropri-
ion that this modification would ation of $1,500,000 for the eradica-
cause a large number of breeders tion of tuberculosis—a disease that

. is causing a loss of millions offdol—

lars annually for meat condemned
and for cattle that die of tuberCu-
losis on our farms.

We heartily approve and commend
the plan adopted by the oificials . of
the United States Bureau of Animal
Industry co—operating with the State
Live Stock Sanitary officials in com-
batting this disease with the, result
that this menace which has hereto-
fore becn increasing in its destruct-
iveness is now actually declining.

We urge that the present congress
provide liberally for the continu-
ance of this important work, that a
larger force of field inspectors may
be appointed to take care of the in-
creasing number of requests from
breeders for the annual tuberculin

Sanitary Association, with instruc— testing of their entire herds in the
tions for this committee to make performance of which work the pres:
such recommendations concerning ent force is inadequate.

We recommend and urge congress
to make an appropriation of $2,-
500.000 annually, the entire fundto
be available for the payment of eith- ,
er operating expenses or indemni-
ties, as necessities may require, un-
der the terms of the law now in
force.

The eradication of tuberculosis
will not only conserve for human
consumption, great quantities of! beef
and pork annually condemned as in-
edible but will also encourage the
production of both meat and dairy
products.

 

 

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The Lost Ideal

HE RECENT utterances of some of our

prominent men and the editorials of cer-
tain ‘of our great metropolitan .newspapers re-
mind us that ideals as well as ideas may change
with the years. 'How short the time has been
since the popular clamor went up for war. The
militarists had sought from the very inception
of the European conflict to draw us into the

 

maelstrom, but the president and.the people re- ’

sisted their arguments. We hated war and we
found it well nigh impossible to convince our-
selves that we should go in. But we loved jus-
tice and mercy. The cries of smitten Belgium
tortured us. The position of France and Eng-
land became precarious, and finally as if with a
single mind, the United States rose up over
night and plunged herself into the conflict.

We had no selfish aims to satisfy.
that very clear to those nations with which we
joined our forces. There was nothing sordid or
materialistic about our new-formed decision.
Ah, no. We entered the war primarily to
help the Allied nations and with them to make
the world safe for democracy. This wonder-
ful ideal drew us on and on, like a star in the
' heavens. It was inspiring to think that we were
destined to be the savior of the world in its
hour of peril. We walked on air,——treaded the
castles of our own conceit, as it were, and even
boasted of our big—hearted brotherliness to the
rest of the world. And the rest of the world
took us at our word. With but few ungrateful
exceptions the neutral and Allied naions hail-
ed 11s as their dolivcrers!

Skim over the succeeding pages of history
and stop at most any record up to a couple or
three months ago. If the historian has illus-
trated the record we may find our picture

there. To be sure, here it is. Ugh, what an ugly
thing! The cartoonist has paid us no compli-
ment. A fat man, with pockets bulging full of

money, vulgar diamonds, a rotund stomach, a
face gross with high living, pouches under the
eyes. We can scarcely realize this is the same
being who, three years before, entered the fray
a clean, lean, eager, active young man, with a

halo about his head. What says the record of ,

this transformation? “Careful, cautious capi-
talists who knew how to turn the misfortunes
(i‘ the war to financial advantage, are draining
Europe dry of its every liquid asset until today
the United States is the richest nation on earth.
Burdened by its excess'weal'th it is rapidly be-
coming a gross, materialistic nation,
. the'sleep of self— contentment and becoming less
and less sensible to the needs of the rest of the

f f 'world. ’ ’ '

What am indictment! But is it not in a
”measure based upon good evidence? Where
~ three years ago we had compassion, today we
have. distrust. Then we Jere seeking nothing
We only . M Wm

We made

sleeping '

g means a better Government and a better politics .
.,to who. mt Go Boos ,

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cry out in sore travail. -'~
Canwenotasanationsocflmtiftherewas
need in the world three years ago for em

unless we go again to her aid. Europe is in
want. She has drunk her cup of resources to

. the drags, and nearly every dollar -for which

she can give credit has been spent in America...
Yet her needs are not satisfied. She hungers
for more ,—food, machinery, clothing,-—'almost
everything that are necessary to life and in-
dustry. But the billions of wealth she has spent
in this country have undermined her credit,
and like Shylock, we demand our interest and
security, before we will make her further loans
or sell her more goods.

It may not be good business to trust Europe.

‘ It may cost us something, but our greatest loss

in a business transaction would pale into noth-
ing compared with the loss which our devotion
to an ideal cost us in .the war. If that ideal is
lost, God help Europe! Yes, God help us! Na~
Lions that__are strong in material resources have
more to fear from within than from without.

Rome conquered all, but was itself consumed .

by the fires of its own selfishness.

 

The Farm Bureau. and Politics

SECRETARY BINGHAM, of- the Michigan
State Farm Bureau, has been quoted as
saying: ”It'is more important for the farmers
of the state to decide what they want a govern-
or to do than whom they want for governor.
The farm bureau cannot see any way to. join
hands with the men who are booming a farmer
or any other man for governor.” This doesn’t
sound good to the farmer, but it makes the pol-
fticians and the partisan- bound press of the
state rub their hands 1n glee.

It is the idea of Mr. Bingham that “if the
farmers are organised so that their voice can-
not be misunderstood nor lost in the uproar of
st 1te politics, results will be forthcoming irre-
spective of the personality of the governor.” ‘

Mr. Bingham makes the same mistake as the
American Legion 1n supposing that the fear of
organized forces will compel men elected to of-
fice to walk the straight and narrow, irrespect-
ive of their individual training or beliefs. The
Saturday Evening Post, in commenting upon
the attitude of the Legion toward politics, says
in a recent Meditorial under the caption, “Muf-
fing ItheirM Issmn.

“The American Legion at its recent convention
in Minneapolis adopted a resolution of which this
is the gist: ‘This organization shall be absolutely
nonpolitical and shall not be used for the dissem-
ination of partisan principles or for the promo-
tion of the candidacy of any person seeking pub-
lic office or preferment.’ In other words, the
American Legion voted to keep out of politics.

“The theory that brought this, resolution to
adoption is understandable. but the wisdom of
it is doubtful. The men who compose and shall
compose the American Legion are the men who
fought the war for freedom of the world and won
it in its first stages. They fought for and made
possible new conditions, new alignments and new
liberties.

“These new conditions, these new alignments
and these new liberties thus born will not live un-
less the men who fought for their birth fight for
their growth and continuance. Our Government
is a party Government, and on the'quality and
character of that Government all these outcomes
of the war must depend, in this country as well
as in the world, largely, for success.

“As our Government is a party Government it
is therefore a polticai Government, and as we
rely on the Government for our progress, of which
it is the dictator and measurer, so must the Gov-
ernment depend on ourpolitics for its strength
or weakness.

“What higher or mbre important mission can

'these returned and victorious soldiers have than

to take part, as a body as well as individuals in '
the Work of making our politics what our politics
should be? How can the lessons they learned in
the war be brought to the aid ot‘the whole people
in a more effective manner? What were they
fighting for it not for a better America: which

 

 

vicent ideal otservicc humankind. thatthere is:
infinitely more need for such an ideal today! It

.wesavedEuropefromthehandsofthePrus-
stun destroyer, we saved her for a worse fate, ‘

.best traditions of inv’esti

argumcuisap q
,. file Michigan State Farm/Bureau.
of fighting shy of political issues and caindi

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movement} meandsceifshey

fing true to the far-nor. The organised strength ‘
,ofthofarmbureauwillbeofnovalnetothe

cause of good government if it is not to be!
used until after the battle isover. The time for
farmers and all good citizens. to Examine the

candidates’for oflice is before and not after the,

election. By failing to show the proper inter:
est in the character of the next governor. and
legislators of Michigan, Secretary Bingham
plays directly into the hands of the political
ring that has saddled so many txaes upon the
poor old state the past four years that she
groaps under the burden, and will ,continue to
pile up the taxes unless the farmers take a
hand in the next campaign and elect men who
will practice a little economy. The partisan
press is already using Mr. Bingham’ s state-

ments in an efiort to show that the farmers are,
7' divided upon the proposition of taking an act« '

ive part in the 1920 campaign.

But,our disappointment over. Mr. Bing-
ham’s ‘opposition to the farmers’ political
movement is tempered somewhat by the knowl-
edge that the opposition is almost exclusively
Mr. Bingham’ s. Thousands of Farm Bureau
members tell us that they are going to help
elect men to the governor’s chair and the legis-
lature who are known to be in sympathy with
agriculture, and we can’t imagine that Mr.
Bingham’ 8 personal views will change their
decision.

Farm Tcnantry

N A SPECIOUS attempt to quiet without
remedying agricultural unrest, a certain
farm paper attempts to prove that farm ten-
antry is on the decrease. Ergo, all is well with
the farmer. This 18 the soothing syrup method.

' It is a trifle less harsh than that employed by

Nero, who, instead of arguing with the people
and trying to convince them that they had no
grievances, promptly cut oif the- heads of the
dissenters. But the effect desired is the same.
“You really don’t need a doctor,” says the
pacifier, “a dose of this soothing syrup will
cure your bellyache. ”

The propaganda that has been so assiduous-
ly scattered over the four corners of the uni-
verse against industrial and agricultural un—
rpst is all out of the same bottle of soothing
syrup. It soothes the aches of the body politic
temporarily, but after a time they return with
reinforcements and sooner or later there must
be an operation.

The assertion that farm tenantry is on the
decrease will not hold water, and it is injuri-
ous to the farmers’ real grievances to use the
deception as an argument that farmers have no
cause for complaint. John C. Ketcham, mas-'
ter of the State Grange, quite properly takes
the editor of the farm paper in question to
task and criticizes him severely not only for
his juggling of the facts but for the unworthy
accusation that all who preach these facts are
circulating “socialistic propaganda.” Mr.
Ketcham shows to what extent tenant farming
is on the increase, and says: “We must do
everything possible to change tenant farmers
into farm owners. It will not help much to
deny the plain facts of increasing farm tenant-
ry nor will it encourage the efforts of earnest
workers 1n this cause to have What they believe
to be the facts charactei-ized as “socialistic
propaganda. ’ ’ , ’

Detroit’s “Fair- Price” Committee has quit.
It performed its job well and lived up to the

Succeedfi beyond all expectatiOns in shielding

the actual gougers. It raised the cost of living a:

trifle higher. Several of its members roundly
denoWd/the’farmemas passions, and”

    

 

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contact with the members '0 and about *

'7 al the. farmers of Isabella township,

“Mentality, and the main cuss-.-_~

tion is the .help on the . form. We

cannot pay $4 to $6 per daygon the -

farm and farm implements, - are so
high' in price that we cannot aflord
to buy them. I don’t blame the boys
for going to the city where they can
get $6 to $10 per day‘when we on
the farm are only making $1.50 and
not figuring the interest on $10,000
or $12.000 invested in farm stocks
and tools. Are you‘ not, brother
farmer, in the same boat? Wake
up, brother farmer and either organ-
ize or strike. This is a serious mat-
ter 'and this country will be in worse
shape than the European countries
for want of foodstuffs and if the
government does not take immediate
steps to change the situation in the
farmers' favor there will certainly
be a serious time in getting food. The
city people blame the farmer for the
high cost of living but it will be well
for them to study this matter before
they go hungry.

Mr. Editor, why would it not be
a good plan to publish the names of
those senators that opposed the rat-
ification of the peace treaty so we
,can have them for future reference.
They took our boys, abOut all of
them off. the farm and we old men
got into the harness and worked the
land to grow food to feed them while
they were winning the war. What
is the government doing for our boys
that sacrificed all for our flag and
country. Look what Canada is do—
ing for her returned soldier boys.—
Robert Dunn, Isabelhz County.

 

, I once, heard a well-known manufac-
turer discuss this problem of boys leaving
e farms for the city. He t lked for’ an
our and a half upon the sub ect without
even suggesting a. remedy for the situ-
ation. I vaguely gathered from his re-
marks that he was of the opinion that the
armors ought to do “something about it ’.
ut was it the farmer who started this

. cle of high wages and high prices?
ardly. It was the employers ,of men in

or labor doubled the wages, tacked an

crease onto the consumer, includin the
armor. and when the latter booste his
price the employer of labor again doubled
wages to enable his employees to meet
the advancing cost of living, and again
tacked the increase upon the consumer.

e problem of 111% wages is not for the
armor to solve. e cannot solve it. It
a something over which he has no con-
tfrol. That lies entirely within the hands
of the large employers of labor, and if
they cannot bring about a fair level of
wages at which farmers can compete with
the prices of farm products at the present
omparatively low level the consumer
s in a fair way to suffer from food
shortage.

It would not be entirely fair to accuse
ll senators who voted against the rati-
fication of the Peace Treaty with being
moved by selfish motives, but it would be
the part of good citizenship for every
good American to look into the argu-
ments presented by these men and if they
do not apear sound to prevent such men
from again holding political office. Both
of Michigan’s senators, Chas. E. Town—
send and Truman H. Nexvherry. were
listed among the “reactionary fourteen"
who ere responsible for the defeat of
the eaty in its original form. Editor.

 

 

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FROM MASON COUNTY

We note that you are conducting a
straw vote for governor. I enclose
mine for Mr. Herbert F. Baker and
am pleased to state that he would
poll 3. large vote in Mason county. ‘

While it is very essential to have
a governor of Michigan in sympathy
with the farmer we wish to state

I that the governor is merely the ex-

ecutive branch of our state govern—
ment. It is true he has a veto pow-
er, but even this can be set aside by
the legislative branch. It appears
to us therefore that if we farmers
expect to get relief‘ we must get it
through the legislation part,’for we
have seen the legislature blast the
good intentions of more than one
“ governor. In order to do this-it. ap-
pears to us that we farmers have got
"to: quit'~0ur old method of politics,
for-if Bill votes Republican, John”
Vepemocrat, Mike Socialist, Jim So-
;pialisteLabor,‘ Sam Anarchist and we
follow a “and-vow Bolshoviki, we.

   

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error but we cannot help but have a
suspicion sometimes that. this is the

divided. .
[We believe in our America. We

believe in our democratic form of-

government, nature has “not for-

saken” us farmers; for the sun rises ~

every morning, it rains, snows. We
have the seed time and harvest prom-
ised us the same now as in 1776, in
fact we believe the United States is
the best ocuntry on earth and there
is nothing wrong with it, not a
blamed thing, except that it has got
a. great big overdose of “rotten pol-
itics” from national, clear-down to
township.

Mr. Farmer,~it is not necessary for
you to have the present conditions
in your country, unless you want it
and if you don’t want it, it is very
easy to get rid of it. All you have
to do is read over the old fable of
the Lark and her Young Ones, in the
field of corn./ The farmer said, “we
will not wait for help any longer,
“tomorrow we will cut the corn our-
selves.” Th’at night the lark moved
and none too soon, next day the
corn was cut—Mason County Mike.

P. S.——Piease print the affirmative
vote in the senate for the terminal
warehouse bill and the‘negative vote
in the legislature.

 

Farmers are not so far apart on fund-
amentals as they used to be. We would
hardly accuse any farm organization of
trying to keep the farmers divided, but it
is certain that the farm organizations
have not done as much as they should
have done and- could easily have done to
bring the farmers closer together. But
inasmuch ‘as they are now trying to
break their old habits of isolation and
distrust, one for the other, let’s not crit-
icize. They are all committed to the
election of a farmer-governor and a farm—
er-legislature, on a platform that should
command the support of every good cit-
izen. To win, they will need the support
of every farmer and farm woman. If
they win there will be better government
in store for Michigan.

Senators voting for farmers’ warehouse
amendment: Baker, Biord, Brennan,
Bryant, Clark, Cond'on, Davis. DeFoe. De-
Land, Harvey, Hayes, Lemire, McNaugh-
ton, Mellen, Miller, Penney, Rowe, Scully,
Smith, Stoddard, Tufts. Vandenboom.
Watkins, Wilcox, Wood.

’ Representatives voting against ware-
house amendment: Allard. Atwood, Av~
erill, Barnard, Dafoe, Da rato, Dunn,
Fitzgerald, Glaspie, Gowdy, linn, Brow-
er. Brown, Chase, Copley, Croll, Curtis,
Griggs. Harris, Hartway, Hopkins, Ivory.
Jackson, James, Jerome, Koovers, Leigh-
ton. McGillivray, Martin. Merriman,
Franklin, Moore. O'Brien. Olmstead, Ed-
ward G. Read. Reutter, Robinson. Ross,
John M. Smith. Toepel. Ward. Warner,
Wells. Welsh. White, Woodruff.———Editor.

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.hi-ddenamtive “senator. the many -
"farmer organizations.” to keep. us ,

PREDIOTS HIGHER SEED PRICES

are- dead wrong.‘

In the first place, Statistican Snow,
01 the Orange Judd Farmer, a man
I have never known to make a mic.
take on the potato or any other crap
for that matter, has been telling us
ever smile the middle of the summer
that the spud crop was a very short
one. The number of bushels per capi-
ta for the whole population would be
nowhere near normal. I see also ac-
cording to the Rural New Yorker, the
car lot movement out of this short
crop has been the heaviest up to date
ever known and movement by truck
has been still heavier.

The territory for 75 miles around
Grand Rapids, and that takes in the
heft of the Greenville territory, is al-
most entirely cleaned out. I don't be-
lieve there is over 10 percent of the
, 1919 crop left. The crop was planted
in May, ripened early and was trucked
into Grand Rapids long ago. The
movement by truck was something
fierce.~ The oldest living man here has
never seen its equal. If scarcity has
anything to do with the price you will
see prices next spring up to $3 and
even $4 per bushel, the same as they
were in the spring of '17.———A. A. Lam-
bertson.

 

Well. friend Lambertson, here's hoping
you're right. We must remind you, how-
ever, painful as the duty is, that you bet
us the price of three new subscriptions
that the 1918-19 price to the farmer would
reach $2 per bushel before the end of the
season. You lost. Figures compiled by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates thirty
days ago show that only slightly more
than half the potato cro had been moved
to market. This same department esti-
mated a yield higher than the five-year
average. On the one hand we have the
constantly advancing price of potatoes/as
seeming evidence that the top of the mar-
ket has not been reached, but on the oth-
er hand we have a better than normal
yield, a large part of the crop yet to
vmove to market and the fact that Canada
has thus far, imported into the United
States nearly a thousand cars more than
she imported during the entire season of
1918-19. How many potatoes our Canad-
ian neighbors have yet to send into this
country we do not know, but it doesn't
take many thousand cars of potatoes
shipped down through Maine to the east—
ern markets to break the price. Of
course, the colder weather will cause a
let-up in these shipments but when spring
comes we may expect their renewal in
larger quantities. Since our Dec. 20th is-
sue was published prices have advanced
all over the country. quite in opposition
to the usual trend at this season of the
year, so it seems as if you have the
“edge" on us a little bit. But we’ll buy
you a new hat if your local dealer offers
you $3 a bushel or better on or before
June 15th.—Editor.

I

\ The rWeek’s Editorial--“The American Farmer”

 

According to the annual report of
the
American farmer leads the world.

After/all, the farmer is the funda—
mental producer. His class, if any
class, is the indispensible one.

For we can live without preach-
ers, lawyers, editors and artists; we
can live without senatOrs or cong—
ressmen" or school teachers or gov-
ernors; we can live without Sam
Gompers or Judge Gary or Wood-
row Wilson or Henry Cabot Lodge
'—-—poorly, perhaps, but we could
manage ‘to rub along somehow—«but
we could not live without the men
who raise corn and cattle.

When it comes to production,
wealth creating, and all that, the
farmer wrote it.

Taking both acreage and yield per
acre into account, the American
farmer produces 2.5 times as much
as the Belgian‘or German, 2.3 times
as much as the British. 3.2 times as
much as the French, and over 6
times as- much as the Italian.

He produced three times as much
in 1919 as in the five year period
preceding the war. .

The aggregate value of all crOps
this year isput at $15,873,000,000.
During the five year period above
mentioned it averaged only $5,829,-
000,000. .4 - _
For the last 23 years the - average

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By Dr. FRANK CRANE

. , ling i139,

 

We are moving forward all the
time. »

Live stock this year, $8,830,000.-
000; last year, $8,284,000,000.

The farmers of the nation planted -
33,000,000 more acres in wheat than
the pro-war average.

These are interesting production
figures for 1919: Wheat, 918,471,-
000 bushels; corn, 2,910,250,000
bushels; cotton, 10,000,000 bales,
and tobacco, 1,316,553,000 pounds.

Also. says the secretary, “they in-
creased the number of milch cows
over 1914 by 2,700,000, of other
cattle by 8,500,000, of swine by
16,700,000 and of horses and mules
by 1,000,000, or a total of over 28,-
000,000.

We shall raise one million bush-
els more wheat this year than in
1918, and have the second record
wheat crop.

We shall have a corn crop of 2,-
910,000,000 bushels, which will be
over 300,000,000 greater than that
of 1918. ’

And at that we have still 60 per
cent of tillable land unused.

‘ The 'only‘limitsto our expansion
are capital and labor. ’

And yet there are those._ who
preach that we ought to swap our
American institutions for those of
a country where’ the people are dy-
flies of, starvation, where

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in your last issue and I believe you‘

   

down ? This question
comes from many lips.
What is the cause of

this inflation? Is it caused by under- _
production? Then give the farmers
more help so they can produce. The ,
farmers are doing all they can with
the help they have at their command.
The farmer feels the pinch just as bad
as anyone because underproduotion
spells 'to him a small surplus to Dell ‘
even if the price 01 his products are
high. It is true that the farmer is a
seller-but he is also a buyo‘r and every-
thing he buys is extremely high. Bo-
sides wages and taxes have doubled
in the last few years. A few years ago
when common labor was $1.50 per day ‘ .
it took a man 3 1-3 days to earn a bar-
rel of flour at $5 per bbl., and now
wages at $5 and flour at $15, it takes
him three days to can it, so the pur-
chasing power of the dollar has in-
creased, not alone in this instance but
. in many more. Shoes that formerly.
cost'$4.50 or three days’ labor, the
price of the same shce today is about
$9 or less than two days’ labor. But
the public never stop to look at what
the earn; they simply look at the
high cost of what they eat.

There is no question but what every-
thing is too high but if labor contin-
ues to strike and demands shorter
hours and more pay, every commodity
must go higher. So, if we expect
cheaper wares they must be produced-
cheaper and that means cheaper labor.
If it isunderproduction then why not
work 10 hours instead of eight at the
same wage, namely $5 per day? The
country is short of men in all trades.
Nothing is being run to capacity.

We have just passed through the
most critical period of our lives, name-

' ly the World War, and while it term—
inated to the satisfaction of the Amer~
icans it was a detriment to this coun-
try. We will feel the evil effects of it
for years to come. It has thrown the
cogs of our government out of gear
and has caused dissentions among our
people. It took our young men across
the sea; it paralyzed our industries;
it took the young men from the farm,
many of whom will never return to
the soil Manufacturers paid excessive
wages and the farmer could not com-
pete. He is left to dig or die and eke
out his existence and work himself
and family to death in order to make
both ends meet. And the whole blame
is placed upon him. The farmers
Were patriotic and did all that a hum~
an being could do during the war and
should receive credit for what they
did and likewise a compensation. Some
farmers made some money during this
crisis and it rightly belongs to them.
They earned it by the sweat of their
brows, trying to keep the multitudes
from starvingand all this agitation
and talk about the farmer profiteering
is the only reward he gets for making
a slave out of himself and family in
order to be patriotic and a good Amer-
ican citizen. For years to come there
will be a great demand from foreign
countries for food. clothing, etc., and
just so long as this demand keeps up
the prices will go higher.

The Whole machine is out of gear;
the belts are slipping and the cogs do
not mesh. It needs overhauling from
A to Z. Wagesmust come down; then
the cost will follow. When the adjust-
ment takes place it must affect all
alike—the wage earner the producer
and the consumer.—J F. Boes, Bail
City, Mich: "

 

The value of a dollar is determined by
the amount of goods it will purchase. It
matters not whether commodities increase
twenty-five fifty or a hundred per 'cent in
price providing the purchaser’s income in-
creases proportionately. The evil of rap-
idly changing values, whether from a
high to a low lewel, or a low to a high
level, lies in the fact that all values do
not change simultaneously. It takes sev—
eral years for fluctuating values on such
important commodities as labor, food,
clothing, etc., to be distributed equally to
all industries, trades and professions

which are inevitably affected. When this
complete transition once takes place, how-
ever, and those who. receive higher in-
pay out the same pro-
ending is

comes are forced to
portion as formerly, reckless s
automatically stopped- Many oubt that
prices, as measured by the buying power
of a dollar will ever go back to their for-
mer level, and it is a great problem to
know where the start should be made.
There is much greater danger to the coun-
try in declining values than in adv ..
values .so it is greatly to be . '
any downward revision of prices
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WHAT WE CANNOT Have
“I would rather appreciate what I

appreciate.”

Health, that greatest of all assets, is
more often abused, and. unappreciated
thah any other or our possessions. In
our mad rush for wealth and position,
we often fail to take time to be hap-
py; to read and even to calmly think.
And too often it does not farce itself
upon our consciousness until it is too
late. .

Only recently we have seen several
cases of strong men, stricken in their
prime—men who were ambitions to do
a. little better for themselves or their
families, and who never took time to
enjoy life as they went along. ‘That
w0nderful mechanism we call our bed-
ies, finally took these men to task—
thedr hearts—stop watches of their
factory—gave warning, and now they
are forced to eat more slowly, walk
more and ride less, live on a purely
vegetable diet, and take time to ”take
. stock” of their lives.

If we only know of these cases—and
they abound in every locality, could
only profit by them; could take life a
little less seriously; play a little more
(even if we played at work,) and en-
joy health—what a blessing it would
be. /

. Did you ever, as you walked to town

were lord of all] you beheld, and in let-
ting your imagination run riot, find a
song upon your lips? How much bet-
ter to be able to appreciate what you
cannot have, than to really have the
limousine‘and not be able to walk. Af-
ter all, if you have a good imagination
you own the whole world. '

SEEN IN CITY SHOPS

January is the time when, if you
have saved your money, you are in-
deed fortunate—for it is the month of
sales. All through; the streets of the
cities you will find the shop windows
full of white goods—linens and cot-
tons—for this is the month when mi-
lady takes stock or her linen chests
and replenishes her supply. Linens
are so scarce and expensive, that all
manner Of substitutes have been devis-
ed, chief among them being the new
lunch runners instead (if lunch cloths.
It doesn’t take so much cloth, and if
you have a good looking table, the
linen runners hemstitched and cross-
ed in the middle make an attractive
dI‘BSS for the table for breakfast and
lunch especially if your family is no
larger than four. .

In the art shops I noticed that the
embroidered initials and monograms
were conspicuous because of their
size—they are so small that on a
sheet or tablecloth they look like mere
flowers But Dame Fashion has de-
creed that the huge letter of the past
shall give way to this little neat let-
ter.

And the heavy bed spreads have
stepped aside to let the light weight
cotton crepe take their places. They
are so much easier to launder that it
will be hard for our sisters across the
waters to sell their heavier wares
again. methinks even when the ban is
lifted and linen is once more plentiful
in this country. _-

And then there are the furs—sales
are going on in every store carrying
this kind of luxuries. A woman whom
I recently met and who travels a great
deal told me that she had found that
the rat coat wore better than anything
else she had ever had and asher bus-
inss takes her on the read most of the
sauce snoretunu .Ino swam eqs emu
WINTER EVENINGS WITH THE

CHILDREN ‘

How to amuse the children when
their Christmas toys have pal-led on
them a. bit and the books they receiv-
ed have all been read, and at the same
time teach. them; to play games that
will call into action their ingenuity, is
a question which "occurs to every
mother during the long winter evens
ings. ~

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mentorenings.’ veryfisfie, Willa ~

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, have small children.
cannot have than have what I" cannot’

imagine that you were a millionaire;»

  

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will be welcomed by our readers who
It is written by
Mrs. Louise H. Peck, of the Kinder-
garten Department, Washington, D. 0.

Kindergarten lessons may be taught
with simple material gound in every
home «if only the mother possesses
with the play spirit; the idea of work-

ing toward perfection in every small-.
est thing. Never discourage any effort, 1

no matter how crude, but remark:
“You have worked well, and next time
your work will look even bett r.” If
possible, do the work yourse first,
alone, so that you may explain it
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“HARVEST HAND” lN ROUMANIA
Pretty Roumanlan girls work around threshing
outfits pitching straw. Thls girl wen working
' alongside a husky peasant boy of about 20 years
of age and was pitching the bundles over to the
cutters as fast as the boy ool'lId pitch them to her.
Harvest of the Roumanian wheat crop has given

the country some surplus grain. Owing to the
German requisitions end the general looting of
last'autumn the country was left withopt bread-
stulfs which were supplied by America during the
winter and spring.

Never take a child’s work to show him
how to do it. Show him with another

piece. His work is strictly his own.
The following suggestions are for

”children of all ages, from four-year-

olds to grownups, and it is much more
fun when different ages work togeth-
er. For our fun, we need only flog;
or prepared paste, and the newspapers
which have been folded carefully
away. waiting for us all this long time.

CHAINS—Cut the white margins
from several newspapers very straight
and all the same Width. Then out
these in strips five inches long, all ex-
actly the same length and with ends
cut straight. Take one strip, and
paste ends evenly together to form a
ring, holding for a moment until the
paste catches. Slip another ring thru
this ring, paste the ends as before, and
now we have two rings, one linked
within the other. Go on in this way
until a long chain has been made.
Sometimes brown wrapping paper
strips may be alternated with the
white newspaper strips. Later, make
chains that will teach-numbers: one
brown. one white, two brown, one
white; three brown, two hits, using
all kinds of combinations.

Don’t cut the strips for the children.
The preparation of their on material
is a wonderful part of the lesson.

When several long chains have been
made, they may be swung to. music or
singing, or used as a jumping rope
swung ‘back and forth slowly but not
over the head. ,

‘ Pussy Chains

. These are also made from evenly
cut margins, and in as long strips
as possible. Lay the ends of two

strips across each other at right ang-

les, and paste together. Fold the un-
der strip over across the pasted ,e’pd
of the upper strip, but do not palate.
Keep on folding one strip over the
end at exactly right angles until they
are used’ up. Pagte on other stripSEto -
make the chain 1 nger, and paste er'ida
together to finish. . ‘ ff

These aha". b p ”of .

       
   
   
  
 

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' Now “let us make some. paper-sticks ‘

for laying patterns orpictu-rea 0n the
table as we would with toothpicks.
Cut a- strip from the white marginal-
from the printed paper,» half an. inch
wide and twelve inches long. Dip one
corner of one end in water and begin
‘to roll tightly at a slant Keep on
rolling. tightly, holding the tip" with
the right hand 'whlle the left hind
.folds and rolls the strip. When com-
pletely rolled into a paper stick of
five or six inches, thold'firmly and fold
over the end. No paste is needed.
This makes the old-fashioned lamp-i
lighter or spill. Illustrated ’newspa»
par kelheets make pretty variegated
s c s. , ‘

~ When fifty or more of these sticks

hfve been made, use them for leyi
pctures of houses, trees, fences in
other objects. Sometimes we bendthe-
sticks for 'roofs, curves and earners.
If the child wishes to keep a'pictn-re,
have him make a penciled drawing of
it in a scrapbook prepared of smooth
wrapping paper. All kinds of geomet-
ric figures maybe made with paper
sticks: oblongs, squares, circles, trio
angles and so on. ..

The bent sticks are kept in , one

box, the straight ones in another. In '

still another box we have all kinds of _

queerly bent paper stricks.“ These

are our jackstraws, and we make our

wand for lifting the sticks, from a

longer strip of rolled paper, bent at

the small end.to make the hook.
-Paper Pipes

These are made of whole sheets
of newspaper, rolled into long loose
cylinders, measuring three to four
inches across the end, the ends be-
ing folded or bent tightly in toward
the center to keep the pipe from un-
rolling. To make water pipes, slip
the end of one into the end of an-
other, and lay as many as are desirh
ed, following the mopboards or any:
where else about the room.

These rolled sheets may be stood
on end for a stockade fence, {or plao~
ed across each other to build a. 150:
house. .

Stepping Stones ,

Half sheets of paper placed on the
floor, a long step apart." make good
stepping stones over a running
brook, the floor being the “water:"
Care must be taken to step straight
and squarely on the paper to avoid
slipping. The game is a fine one for ,
developing quick balance. Some-
times we play “Eliza crossing the
ice," with the dolls held tightly in
our arms. \

Castles

Roll doubled sheets of newspaper
into cyclinders, big short ones, and
big high ones. Look at some good-
castle picture and see how to pin the
cylinder towers together, with long
balconies. Good drawbridges and
portcullis may be made by skillful
fingers, also a moat from brown pap
per. The growing castle in the corn;-
er of the room has been known . 'to
make a whole family study pictured
castles as never before, and when ev-
eryone helps in the building, there
is more than a castle being built. '

 

l Women in Politics
Conducted by JUDSON-.GRENELL

 

 

 

If to be ignorant were as safe as
to be wise, no one would be wise.
Table talk proves that nine out of
ten people'read what amuses them
rather than what instructs them.
The last thing people read is some;
thing which tells them disagreeable
To the~mass of the people,
nothing“ is so‘costly. as thoug‘ht.—.—-~
Herbert Spencer. . . ‘

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”mealtimes president, and "vices:
president, of the“ United States

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new «wrestle with , world problems.
Thermust decide what is best for
humanity. No congressman can do
his duty by his immediate constitu-
ency unless he has this outlook. For,
after all, isn’t the greatest happiness
to be attained by considering hu-
manity, by and large, as of, one

ties of their'high office. “Thus _ ie—xamily? And cannot the woman,

happens that a president may hold
"one-"set :of political opinions, while
the, ’representativés in‘ congre

which are undoubtedly closer to the
people, may entertain entirely differ-
ent views as to what the government

should do. However, in times of‘

stress, these differences disappear.
,But when conditions are once more
normal, or tending to normal,'meth-
ads and measures are approved or
disapproved according to party prin-
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Congress

Congress is composed of senators
and representatives, the senators rep-
,resenting-the states and the repre-
sentatIVes representing .state dis-
tricts. , Each state is represented by
two senators, without regard to area
or population. The representatives
» are proportioned to each state ac-
cording to population. Michigan has
13‘ representatives .in congress, each
onewrepresenting, according to the
last census, from 200,00 Oto 250,000
people.

Just‘as the political principles
heldby the president may be differ-
entvtfrom the political principles of
the majority in congress, so too. the
political principles of state senators
may? differ from the political princi-

» palsf‘of a majority of 'the state rep-
resentatives. ~

In’ consequence of all this, neith-

_er‘ the president nor congress is
responsiveto the will of the people.
But democracy is still young; vot-
ing is a new exercise of authority,
and while the man voter has blund-
ered in shaping a democratic form of
government, he has been omproving

the machinery. And no greater step .

in this direction‘ was ever made in
Michigan than when women were
given the ballot. '

Home Interests

in vot ng for a president or for
‘8 representative in congress, the
voting. woman will naturally think
of home. “And though “charity be-
gins at home,” it doesn’t stop there;
the home is not absolutely‘every~
thingg There are 20,000,000‘homes
in the“ United States. What is the
better, to vote for something that
will favorably affect but one’s own
home, or to vote” for what‘will fav—
orably affect a majority of :the 20,-
000,000 homes. This .is one (of the
problems up to the Michigan W’oman
voter to help decide. In making a
decision perspective is needed. Will
the woman voter be equal to this
emergency! How often has the vet-
ing man failed to see farther than
the end ‘of his nose?

Both men and women are natural-
' J! short sighted in this matter of se-
lectingnational officers 'and laying
down national principles._ Their vis—
ions are bounded first by the home,
second by the state and lastly by the
country at large; and the nearest ob-
"1eet though smallest, always seems
the largest.

Rely on General Principles

In this as "in all other instances
where there is the least doubt as to
oneis duty.,the only safe "plan is to
rely on general principles. And
While general principles may seemto
run’counter to what is best to do
(and there are occasional instances
where it does not fit into the unus-
uallocal conditions prevailing, }, they
are notwithstanding,‘th_e only safe
guides. to follow.

A course of political action which
.nnfavorably .ai'fectssany considerable
- number or fellOw citizens must more

Jaguar Industrial prosperity inlane
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more than the man,'be depended on
to have this great and inspiring vis-
ion? '

Sentiment

After all, sentiment is a greater
moving force in the world than logic.
The woman is pre-eminently a sen-
timentalist. Man is the more selfish
of the two. He too often votes only
for himself or for his own personal
interests. Women can well say, and”
she more often will say, “I shall vote
for the happiness of the Whole hu-
man race.”

It is a» great honor to help elect a

comparatively small body of legis-‘

lators sufficiently broad-minded and
intelligent to wisely legislate for the
interests of 100,000,000 people. How
important it is that these officials be
equal to their responsibilities! They
must have imagination. It is a poor
legislator indeed who can see no
further than his own back yard.

Taxation

Before the world war started _ it
required about a billion dollars a
year to meet the expenses of the na-
tional government- The amount
seemed large then; since the na-
tion’sxexpenditures have run into the
tens of billions} 0n~account of the
war, a billion dollars of expenses
seems trivial. The billion dollars
was almost entirely raised by tariff
internal revenue and income taxes;
the tariff taxes through customs

houses, and the internal revenue tax-
es being indirect. The war has ne-

cessitated the increase in indirect

taxes and taxes on incomes, and as

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EAR CHILDREN: I know a lot
01 my little folks received books
for Christmas, and as we all are
anxious to learn of the new books
which are most interesting, I wish
you would tell me what books you re-
ceived and which one interested you
most and why, in the next letter you
write me. Perhaps you have read a
book which others would enjoy read-
113.

That’s the way we all profit in life
-—by passing the good things around.

. Not only in books, but sharing with

others all we have. It wouldn’t be a
bit or! run to have toys or pets on a
desert island where there was no one
to enjoy them. with us, but when we
can share them with others how much
nicer they seem.

Our artist tells me that there are a
couple of prizes to be awarded but he
was so busy this week that he didn’t
get timé to tell me which ones, so
that will have to keep until next
week. Affectionately yours—Laddie.

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FROM OUR BOYS A ND GIRLS

Dear Laddie:—This is the second time
I have written to you. The first time I
wrote my letter was not in print. My
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The wind? chill. the sky is stay
And snow is in the air:

The summer birds have flown away
‘And all the macabre here.

But high the logs blaze in the grate
And Zip! the com grains pop;
We plead that we may stay up late

80 that the fun won’t stop

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Heigh-Hioi we cry for winter’s here
And ,winter Joys you know

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For they mean ice and snow.

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very well. I read the D00 Dads and like
them. I live on a 40-acre farm. For
gets I have three cats. We have two
orses, two cows and about 35 chickens.
My ,name is Avis Smith and I am nine
years old and in the 4th grade. The
name of my school is Wolcott. I will
.close. be ing to see my letter in print.—
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Varen’t they? am 1 is old and in
thd 8th grade. My. teac er Miss Mar-
‘Beemer. She is a good teacher. I
ve on an 80-acre farm. We have two
horses, six cows and seven calves. We
also have a cat" and two rabbits. I cote
the Edwards school. I will close new.
hoping to see my letter in print—Gladys
Burt, West Branch. Mich. v

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Dear Laddiez—I am a girl 12 years
Oldi. I am in the 6th grade at sch
My teacher is Miss Msxson and I 1
her very much. I go to school all I one.

letter will escape the waste paper

ket. I wish some or the girls w
tome. Iwill answer-anthem-

ters I cam—Mary Milliman. Augusta.

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ten minutes over a slow fire. The success

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NE of the first things a work-
man will need in starting con-
struction work is a saw. There

are many other cutting tools, it is
true, but a saw has a definite use
that no other tool can be put to and
accomplish the work as well.
Saws are used for cutting many
kinds of material, but the ones we
shall consider here are those for cut-
ting wood only. They are of two
general classes. crosscut and rip.
The crosscut is used only for cutting
across the grain of wood, and the rip
saw for cutting with the grain.
If we have a heard several feet
long and wish to divide it into sev-
eral short lengths, we would have to
do our cutting across the board, that
it, at right angles to the length. The
grain in this case would be in the
direction of the length of the board,
in cutting across the board we would
also be cutting across the grain,
hence would use the crosscut saw.
If instead of wishing to cut' the
board into short lengths we wish to
divide it into several strips of the
same length as the board, our saw-
ing would have to be- done‘from end
to end, that is, in‘the same direc-
tion as the grain runs, so we would
use the rip saw. ‘

In order to accomplish this dif-

ferent cutting, it is necessary to have

teeth of special shapes. In figures

1 and 2 we see the teeth of a cross-

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not straight down, but at an angle.
In figure 2 we are looking at them
from the side—at right angles to the
side of theblade of the saw.

“ It will be seen from these figures
that the edges of the teeth are sim-
ilar to a knife and when forced
across the grain the fibres are cut
off. It will also be noticed; that the
points of the teeth are bent alter:
nately from right to left. Let us
see why this is. '

If we attempt to cut a piece of
wood in two with a knife by moving
it back and forth and pressing
straight down, soon we will be un-
able to continue «owing to the thick-
er part of the knife coming in con-
tactliwith the sides of the cut. It is
necessary that some part of the stock
be removed to allow passage of the
blade. In this case it would be so-
cured by removing stock from the
sides, and as this must cause a wide
V cut to be made, and cannot be
done evenly at best, the method is
not satisfactory. In the case of the
saw, we have said that the teeth are
bent outward from the side of the
sawsaw. As the points of the teeth
start the cutting. it is evident that
the path through the wood will be
wider than the saw blade, hence no
binding occurs. The bending of the

. teeth is called setting, figure 5. Note

figure 3. The sharp points start cut-2 -
ting first, making“ ,37 long beep,
mark across the‘vgirainges figure
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works farther and farther intotho
wood, the parts broken or cut off are
carried out of the cut by the move-
ment of the saw, and a clean, straight
out results.

The rip saw teeth have a different

action to perform, so are of a dif-,

ferent shape. The rip saw cuts with.
the grain instead of across it. The
cutting action is quite different. The
wood is forced out in longer parts.
This is noticeable in the case of
ripping a board that is not real dry.
The waste material comes out in
strings, the action of the saw being’
more on the order of separating the
grain—that portion that is in front
of the teeth being pushed out. Rip
saw teeth are filed straight across——
at right angles to the side of the
saw. Compare the shapes of the
teeth before going any farther—fig-
ures two and eight. ‘Examine figure
7 carefully. This shows the cutting
action very nicely. A further com-
parison might be made with the cut-
ting action of a chisel. Study all
the figures and you cannot help but
get a good understanding of the dif-
ference between the operations of

the two kinds of saws.

Figure 9_“ shows a handsaw as gen-
erally referred to—it may be cross-
cut or rip. The saw shown in figure
10 is also handssw but is always re-

      

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.GENESEE—The farmers are not. do-
ing much besides chores; some are work-
in ‘ up Wood and a few are teamin . The
xvgather is cold. Roads are in go con-
ition. Several farmers are figuring. on
ing their ice-houses. Famers are
selling some wood, potatoes. hay and

live stock. The Fenton mills Were sold ..

week to Mr. John Black, of Linden.‘
0 takes possession the first of the
year. Farmers will support the farmer
candidate chosen by the legislative com-
mittee of Gleaners Grangers and Farm-
ers Club.—C. W. . The following prices
were aid at Flint—Spring wheat, $2.48
rgd, $ .35, white. $2.34; corn, $1.50'
3 J ryre.’ $1.60; hay, No. 1 timothy, $23 to
if ; o. 1 light mixed, $20 to $24; beans
ea, $6.50, red kidney, $11; potatoes,
:135 to $1.95: onions, $6.50; cabbage,
3: cucumbers, $2; hens, 22: geese, 24;
turkeys 34; butter: creamery, 72 75,
iry, 0 to 75; eggs. 70 to 72: s eep,
'1, to $8' lambs, $10 to $11; hogs. $13.50
to 314- beef steers, $7.50 to $8.50: beef
cows, 6 to $7; veal calves, $17 to $18;
apples, $2.25 to $3.

 

BAY, (S. E.)—The weather is cold
and very little snow. The' wheat went in-
to winter looking good and had a good
start. Grass fields very short. Farmers
all busy. Some are drawing mine rock
on the roads. The young men are work-
ing in the coal mines and doing other
work; the older men can do the farm
chores. Not much being sold off now.
Some hay to bale yet. Corn mostly. all
husked and turned out cod. The health
of the people is good.-- . E. A. The‘fol-
lowing prices were paid at Bayz—Wheat,
$2.81' corn, $1.40; oats, 84: rye, $1.56:
hay, o. latimothy, 22; No. 1 ight mix-
ed,’ 21; beans, $6.50; potatoes, $2.50; cab-
bage 4; hens, 21; springer 21; geese.
22' butter, 70; eggs, 70 to 7 ' lambs, 17
to '18; hogs, 17 to 18 dressed; beef steers,
it”) to 1220; beef cows, 9 to 11: veal calves,

o .

LAPEER, (East)——Weather is very
cold this week with some snowand wind.
Farmers pressing some hay with price a
little better. One of my neighbors sold
this Week'for $24 clear of the press. It
was good hay. Some farmers are pre-

ring to rebuild their barns and other

uildings which were destro ed in the
storm of Nov. 29. Some of e farmers
have contracted for an increased acreage
o beets for this car; it seems as it
6% paid out rpret y well this yearn—C.

. The following prices were paid at
¥nlay Cityz—Wheat, $2.10: cats. 75; rye

120' hay, $18 to $24; rye-straw, $6:

 

meat straw, $6; oat straw, 5.50: pota-
s $1.10; butter, 62; 'butterfat, 65:
bus beef

e s, 68' wool, 60: apples, $4
s ers. 'i to $10; beef cows, $4.50 to $37
veal caves, $10; sheep, $3 to $5; lambs,
$12; hogs, $13.

MONROE, N. E.)——We are having
ve fine win er weather, but no snow,
an wheat is beginning to suffer. Farm-
ers are busy doing chores, cutting wood
and hauling. Less cattle and practically
no hogs nor p s of any kind carried over.

lso some lan will lie idle next year.

arkets are bracing up‘ all the time, ex-
cept beef and pork w ich are hard to
move. Farmers as what is’ the use of
stopping at a farmers' candidate for gov-
ernor. Wh not have a clean-up all
along the lne? They seem to think it
would be good for all concerned.—-—G. L. S

CALHOUN—Farmers are cutting wood
and doing chores. The is some hay go-
ng into todn. Wood s in good dé‘mand
at $5 per cord. The weather is cold and
clear and not much snow. Hogs are“
bringing ‘a little better price. The fol-
lowing prices were paid in Battle Creek:
--Wheat,.$2.40 to $2.38; oats. 85: rye,
$1.50' hay. No. 1 tim , 80; No. zl’ light
mixe , 28; potatoes, $2; hens 25: spring~
ers, 25' butter, 60; eggs, 75; lambs 10
to 15; hogs, 14; beef steers 8 to 10: beef
gows, 5 to 7; veal calves, 10 to 16.—-C. E.

 

JACKSON, (S.)~Weather moderate.
goads good. Not much grain being mar-
eted at present. Poor market for beans.
Coal scarce: considerable amount of
sold. Hay very scarce marsh
hay bring ng $15 per ton: ha n barn
selling at $32. Eggs sold at 8 o ut not
- any to be had even at that price. But.-
erfat, 70c. Good muskrat hides brin
8, but the farmer boys find it difllcul

secure many on account of the ice.
es very high—G. E.
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HILLSDALE—eThe City Delivery Ice
Co. 0% Cleveland, 0.. is harvesting sev-
eral t eusand tons every day, the big-
st d? so far being 26.000. The ice is
1-2 »nches thick and the best quality
ever harvested. The company employs
from 200 to 800 men.» We are having
nioe winter weather. Stock is in goo

 

condition. Considerable timber is being
so! .-—H. J. B. . 4

. fiURON—The' following prices .Were

' at gaseville'—-Wheat, $2 26: cats,

, .' ryei .1.59' hay No. 1 timoth , 24;

2' ~1 13m mixed is- beans, «.5 : po-

s. $ .80' onion, 10" hens, 4: ducks,

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cal . 17: apples. 8 .60.—

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CHARLEVOIX, (S. W.)—Farmers are
doing chores and cutting wood; a few
are cutting hogs and selling them. The
price is fair but the scale is not. The
company uses. Doyle’s rule up to 24 m.,
as that favors the buyer and above 24 in.
they use Scribner‘s as that favors them
some more, We used to pay $5 per M
for sawing at the company‘s mill; later
it was raised to $8 and on Dec. 23 it
was raised to $15; over 100 per cent.
Wages did not go up.—C. M. ..

MIDLAND (SJ—A cold wave struck
here recently. It keepsthe farmers busy
doing their chores and sitting by their
stoves, also hauling wood and buzzing.
No produce at all going to market. A
quantity of corn is in the shock—J. H. M.

SAGINAW, (S. W.)-—We are having
fine winter weather. Plenty of ice is be-
ing put up at present. A number of
farmers are paling hay and finishing
husking their corn. Not very much
farm roduce going to market at pres-
ent. X number of farms are being sold,
farmers moving to town to live—G. L.

MISSAUKEE—The farmers are getting
wood and trying to keep warm as winter
is here in a1 its glmy; eight below zero
this morning and 10 inches of snow. Mit-
chell Bros. Co., which has been lumber-
ingd here for 20 or 25 years. has finished
an is moving out, leaving the land pret—
ty well cleared up.—H. E. N.

ST. CLAIR—Farmers not doing much
just now. Paying taxes is the main bus—
iness at present. Weather is fine for all
kinds of work. Ground is frozen hard.
There is no sleighing, but the wheeling is
line. Some hay and grain being sold. The
health ft Jthis community is good at this
time.—— . . '

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milder; plenty snow for good sleighing..

Bustling and sawing wood is the order of
the day. Some farmers have gone to
lumber camps. Some hay now being
hauled at fair prices—J. L. R. ‘

SHIAWASSEE, (S. E.)—Weather *is
very cold with little snow. Roads are icy.
Many ice houses being filled with solid,
clear ice, eight and ten inches. Owing to
the scarcity of timber in this section not
very much wood as logs are being cut.
Farmers are depending on coal for fuel.
Quite an acreage of fall lowing has been
done here this season. wing to the un-
settled market conditions of the prices
for the coming season, very few contracts
for sugar beet acreage have been signed
as yet—D. H. M.

ALLEGANe—We are havirf a spell of
ve moredate weather. bout three
inc es of snow ,and the roads in perfect
condition for wheeling. Nothing much
doing among the farmers except chores.
Not much roduce moving, except a lit-
tle rye. A ut 2,000 new members were
secured for the Ailegan County Farm
Bureau in the recent drive—W. .

INGHAM—Steady cold w ter weath-
251 with very little.snow. ores abo t
that is being done. Some little at ck
being sold. A few are getting out logs
for a portable mill to saw for farmers.
Some are plannin to burn some. The
new condensed m k factory for Mason
has commence and expects to be ready
by the hrs! 0 April. Over 4,000 cows
are pforln‘ised by farmers to furnish milk.

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MANISTEE, (W.)—Jrhe farmers are

hauling hay, cutting wood and doing
work around farms. Weather cool, snowy
and blustery. Soil frozen. Not much of
a crop at present. Auction sales in pro-
gress. 1:. am confident that farmers are
oiding their beans and potatoes for
higher prices. Potatoes are now $1.50 a
bushel and beans have adwancedr lately.
Farmers are not build uch or buy-
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leared, rest good pasture. Located 1n Isabella
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i 8 acres of whieéat on1 groundéricgfiuasctrfg
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burg, Mich. Good railroad facilities. Price for
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der .why such thoughts shouldspome
on .a day when everyone. ls shoutin',

Where. Well, . listen to "me now: i
We can not ‘ think of life "without
thinkin' of death. The two thoughts
are inseparable. -‘ ‘ 7‘
But in life how seldom do we think
0f givin’ flowers. It Is only when
Death steps in an' some poor soul has
passed to that bourne from~ whence
there is no returning, that flowers on-
ter into our consideration. Then we
vie with each other to see who can
bring the sweetest blossoms, the most
elegant wreathes, broken wheels, an'
beautiful pillows, suggestin’ rest.

An‘ what is all this to the one, who,

perhaps, has never had a flower giv-
en durl‘n’ the‘ troublous life he or; she
may have lived? An‘ there are so
many kinds of flowers, an' so many
ways of givin' em! ,
. Death is not such a terrible thing?
Life, with all. its cares, reSponslblli-
ties, disappointments, ,doubts, an’
fears, is a more terrible thing; an’ yet
life has to be lived only one day at a.
time. What we need to make life
beautiful to all about us, an’ with us,
is flowers.

The dead do not require flowers—
provided they have had them during
life. But the livin'——the beatin' hum.
an hearts that laugh an’ weep—re-
quire flowers an’ they need ’em now.

An' what is all thlg to the one. who,
give? No expensive ones are needed,
that is sure; inst kind words, arricnd—
ly handshake, a. hearty "hello," with a.
little slap on the shoulder. is worth
more to the mam a, teelin’ blue, than

when fowls need as much in-

tolligent care as at this time—,—
mjdwinter. They are wholly de-
pendent upon their owner or attend-
ant for food. The ground is covered
with snow much of the time, and it
is impossible {or them to get the food
that is supplied by nature at other
seasons of the year.

In order to get the best results
the condition should be made as near
theconditions as the summer season
as possbile. Now only should the
towls be comfortably housed, but
great care should be taken to pro-
vide the different foods or their equi-
valents that nature provides during
the warm season. When at liberty
in the summer time a. hen’s daily
ration is made up of grains,’ seeds.
green stuff, insects and worms. It is
a noteworthy fact that a hen \when
at liberty will leave any other feed,
no matter how tempting it may be.
to chase after an insect or gobble \up
a big juicy worm. Throw down a
handful of any kind of grain and a
few pieces or meat, and the meat ls
always the first to be eaten. A flock
'ot hens will ravenously devour ’a
mouse if the little rodent is so un-
fortunate /as to get in their clutches.

There is a reasonior all this. Man
wlll load up‘ on pie andpudding and
other things simply because they are
pleasing to thetaste, but I have als-
ways had my doubts as to whether
the hen really has the‘ same sense
of taste at all. If ”she had, .she
would hot be in such a. hurry to
swallow her food. The truth or the‘
matter is, the hen is a creature con-
trolled perhaps entirely by animal
instinct, and instead of seeking food
to satisfy her sense of taste, she
seeks to _Satlsty the necessities and
cravings of nature.

Yes, it is natural for hens to lay
some eggs, but in “order to produce
.an egg. she must have [food that will

THERE is no time in the year

egg is composed. These are found,
in a‘greatert ”or "less degree In the

, "grains and vegetable loodsgbut pro? ”It

 

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‘ . .. 'e. is resume;
'Ithese mess that“ new. so thin ,
= . _ ls-«mittémian. 1.. 1929,1119- begin , ._
. 1n' «the new somymmoashe

should , be bhlnkln". W death. as? fun .
erals, an' flowers. You-Mops woos.

“Happy New Year,” an' 'joysls everyr

supply the constituents of Which the . first paid byufhe importer, W'h‘b adds

  

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the‘lprlncipalj actor-4th,, One, in the
casket. reallzeemuthm,’ sees am, ' jflow-
ere, senses none of, hhisl’r sweetness.“
an’ "receives no benefit. But :to this
same person, flowers given durin' life,
,mlght have meant everything;

“so, dear triends,‘if we have .fllowers
to give, let us give the ' now; now,
when our friends an’ t- ose who need

, _ ‘ . ,_ lunerals dens: gloomys,
Thatmyiibe.trn “: is- Mono! scour-9'- ,
But slim“. islrue , ot'neeth; show . much .
moret'rue Is It or, me. At a funegal.

them. can enjoy them; give them freer

ly am with a. lavish hand; for, in giv-
ln’ them to others they will come back
to us a. thousand-fold. -; . ‘

Let no speak no unkind word to a.
fellow being.
heart that is beating. even beneath
the tattered coat or simple, homely
dress—the human heart is unfathom-
able, an'ortent'imes a kind word once.
spoken, brings sunshine out of gloom,
joy out or'sadness, an' changes the
whole world to some lonely, homesick
sufferin’ souil. This is why. the
thoughts of death, funeralsan’ flow-

ers come at this time. ‘ s-

‘ It jcst happened to occur-.10 me’flhat
we are gettin’ the notion that funer-
als are about-the only time when flow-
ers are appropriate. They are alwiys
in style an’ the time to give them Is
NOW. Au- please remember , that
smiles, kind deeds, cheering words, an'
friendly acts, are-,flowers. . 'V

So, let us include in our New Your
resolutions this! resolution: , We will
be a little more considerate of others,
a little more kind an' a little more
forglvln' than ever before—-an’ will
try an’ make as many ' people happy
as lies In our power to do.

We can not know the ‘

A Happy New Year to all. Cordial- I

1y yours—Uncle Rube.

The Use of Green Bone as Poultry Food .

By R. B. BUSHING

does, more nearly all the elements
that enter into the composition of
the egg.‘ =

Being strong in protein, green
bone serves the double purpose so!
furnishing egg material and also
supplying material for the building
up of the tissues and organs of the
body which are constantly wasting
away from use. This can‘ only be
done by the protein in the food. and
no other food can take the place of
green bone for this. s

There is no one food, however,
thgt can be fed exclusively with prot-
lt. A variety is necessary, At this
season the poultryman is feeding for
eggs (or at least should be.) ' and It
is money. in his pocket to select foods
that will best serve his purpose. The
real value of the foodstuffs depends
largely upon the amount of protein
and fat they contain, when feeding

for eggs, as protein enters so largely ’

into the composition of the egg.

 

WOMEN IN POLITICS
(Gpntinued from page 16)
well as gtamp and other taxes“ and
until ,the world returns to its normal
industrial condition all these taxes
will continue.

Hastlly laid taxes are usually in-
egultably'placed, and the present ta“:
laws of the national government fur-
nish numerous examples. Many
things are inadequately taxed. many
other things are taxed too high to
furnish revenue, some taxes ruin
business, while others increase the
profits. ~:- "*4!"

In Michigan’s country districts
state, county and local taxes ' are

paid at onetime, and acknowledged

on one receipt. .Toda'y no woman,
can tell just how much taxes she is‘
paying, because some of these taxes
are direct and some indirect. For
example, taxes on incomes and land;
values are'direct; they cannot be
shifted; the ‘ indirect term guess-are

the ...,“ to, a .price charged the 1
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, being given. but. big receipts? have
caused 'a slump- temporarily. Quota.
tions renew: -. ' -
‘ ‘ f -DETROlT-,Cattle: market steadfl

beet heavy. steers, $12@12.50;» best
handy weight butcher steers, $10.50 to
$11; mixed steers and heifers, $9.50 to
$10; handy light butchers, $8.50 to $9;
light butchers, $7.50 to $8.50; best
cows, $9 to $10; butcher cows, $7.50
to $8.50' cutters, $6; canners, $5.50 to
> y - $35.75; host
— bulls. $8 to $9; stock bulls.” to $7.50
, ,- milkers and springers, $60 to $135.
‘ Veal calves: market strong to good;
common. dull; 1best steady; best, $22
to $23; others, $10 to $20. Sheep and
lam-bl; market steady; best lambs,
$18 to $18 0; fairllam‘fis, $16 to $16.75
light to o-mmorr lambs, $12 to $15;
fair to good sheep, $9.50 to 10; culls
and common, $4 to $8. Hogs: mar-
ket strong, all grades, $15.25.
grades $15.25. - ' '
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CHICAGO—Hogs: active, 25 to 35c
higher; bulk, $14.95 > to $15.15! top,
$15.25; heavy, $14.95 to $15.15; medi-
um, $15 to $15.25; light, $14.90 to $15.-

   
    
    
  

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heavy bulls, $10; bologna '

  

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“Wm M $13.76 to
$14.40}. pig's.- $13.75 to
~lustrous; beef steers, medium 875
to $20; medium end-good, $11 to $18.-
;75; common,- $G;75 to:$1;1; fight weight
‘ Mantis mum ~ tor $19.85);
cannon-andmedium; $8 tonsil);
butcher cattler'i‘heflers, $6.75 to $14.75
Icon, $6.00 to $19.50: mum
cutters. $5.50 to $0.60; veal «1100.015
to $17.25; feeder steers, $7.50 to $12.50
stocker steers, $0.50~ to 10.50. Sheep:
lambs, $16.20to $18.90; cullsand com-
mon, $12.50 to $15.75; ewes, medium
and good, $8.50 to $11; culls and com-
mon, $5 to $8.25.

 

EAST BUFFALO—Cattle: stand! to
25c higher; prime steers, 16.50 to $17
shipping steers, $15.50 to $16; butch-
ers, $10 to $15.50; yearlings, $14 to
$15.50; heifers, $6 to $11.50; cows, $4;-
50 to $10.75° bulls, $6.50 to $10.50;
stockers and feeders, $6 to $10.25;
trash cows and springer-s. $55 to $175.
Calves: 500 higher, $6 to $23. Hogs
25 to 506 higher; heavy, mixed and
yorkers, $15.50 to $15.75; light,do and
mixed pigs, $15.75 to $16; roughs, $18
to to $13.50; stage, $10 to $12. Sheep
and lambs: strong; 25 to 50c higher;
lambs, $11 to $19.50__; yearlings, $10
to $16; wethers, $11.50 to $12.50; ewes
$4 to $10.50; mixed sheep, $11 to
$11.50.

Detroit Produce Market is‘ Reported Firm

Nearly all kinds Of produce are firm
in Detroit markets and some are quot-
ed higher. Onions are higher. Poul-
try is in active demand and receipts
are not large. There is little activity
in the fruit market and apples are
dull. Cranberries have declined with
the close of the holiday season. Quo-
tations follow:

Cranberries—Cape Cod, $10.00 and
$10.50 per bbl; boxes of one~half-bbl,

$5 and $5.50.
Apples—Western, boxes, $3.25 and
.:‘, $3.50; Spy, $3.25 and $3.50; Baldwin,
$3.00 and $3.25; Greening, $3.00 and
‘ $3.25 .per bu.

Popcorn—Shelled, 15c’per lb.
Cauliflower—$2.50 to $2.75 per case.
Honey—White .comb, '32 and35c per
pound. ,
Potatoes—$5.7 5 and
150-lb. sack.
Celery—Kalamazoo,

$6.00 ‘ per
50 to 750 pa

bunch.
Onions—Indiana, $5.75 to $6.25 per
loo-lb sack. -
Cabbage—Home gornw, $80 to

>~ { $100 per ton.
. Tomatoes—Six basket carrier, re-
packed, $6.50xt0 $7.50.

Dressed Hogs-Best, 18 to 19c; ‘hea-
vy, 17 and 18c per lb.

Calves (dressed)—Fancy,
26c; choice, 23 and 24c per lb.

Nut Meats—Almonds 65c; walnuts
85c; pecans, $1.25 per lb.

Sweet Potatoes—Jersey, crates,$3.00
and $3.25.

Lettuce-Iceberg, $4 and $4.25 per
crate; hothouse, 26 and 27c per 1b.;
Florida, hampers, $2 and $2.25.

Dressed Poultry—Turkeys, 55 and
58c; chickens, 30 and 35c; ducks, 42
and 43c; geese, 32 and 34c per lb.

Nuts—Peanuts, fancy roasted, 16c;

25mm

'Jum-bo, 40c; TarraCona almonds, 35c;

paper shell almonds, 38 and 40c; hard
shell almonds, 30c; Brazil, 28 and 30c;
filberts, 30c; pecans, 23 and 28c; Chile
walnuts, mixed, 33 and 38c per lb.

Live Poultry —- Sprung chickens,
large, 32 and 84c; Leghorns, . 28 and
29c}, hens, 32 and 34c; small hens, 26
and 27c; roosters, 20 and 22c; young
geese, 31 and 33c; ducks, 38 and 400;
turkeys, 52 and 540. ,

Cucumbers, hothouse, $4 per doz;
garlic, 50 and 600 per 11); radishes,400
per doz; green peppers, bulk, $5 and
$5.50 per large crate; parsley, 50 and
60¢ per doz; carrots, $2 and $2.25 per
bushel; turnips, $2.75 and $3 per bu;
beets, $2 and $2.25 per bu. ’

Club Work Made Three Nebraska Farm Boys

(Continued from page 4)
always been good pals. His father
has now taken him in as partner in
the raising of purebred pigs. Walter
has shown, the possession of the
knowledge and ability valued in bus-

. iness.
Another Father’s Partner
Norval Clark bought a purebred
Poland China sow‘ when he became
a pig club member. His father had
always raised pigs, but they were
Just pigs and not purebreds. Nor-
val's herd increased until in Sep-
tember, 1919. he had a herd large
enough and good enough to produce
prize winners to send to the Sioux
City fair. His‘junior boar won first
‘ place in the junior classes at the In-
terstate -Fair at Sioux City, and
fourth place in the open clasSes. He
competed with the best animals from
12 states. Ndrval’s experience has
convinced his father of the value to
‘ the-farmer of purebred stock. He
and his son, also, entered into a
7- ' - "partnership last fall. They plan to
raise purebreds and purebreds only
in the future. .. . -
Peter-Pratt, the third» in the judg-
ing trio, has raised good stock since.
he went. into club work, and his
' father, like :many others whose sons
_ have taken up club work, has learn-
. 8.0 _ ‘n;h.,.him the value of better
7, ' Ia and the “value, to

 
    
    
  
   
  
 
 
  

   

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The leaders in the boys’ and girls’
club work do not want to keep boys
in the country who are better fitted
to do some other work than they
are to carry on farming operations,
but they aim to put the advantages

.of farm life in the limelight so they

won’t be overlooked. The main ob-
jects the organization strives for is
to teach the boys 'and girls better
farming and homemaking meth-
ods, to enable them to make money
of their own, to make an interesting
game by‘competitions of farm and
home work, and to give its members
social good times.

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“Uncle Rippey over there seem ,
to be an exceptionally bright old
man,” said the spectacled- guest. "

“Eh-y'ah!" replied/ the landloard
of the Petunia tavern. “He is eighty
nine years Old but his mind is» as-
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- I insure deli of So Pulverizcd Limes:
Ritc‘filzrnfiulphste oi vEll-yinIrionia,lwyax'l¢l “U-S” PM?
Order New. ‘

To make it convenient for you to do this—
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February.

Thou shipments will bqbilkd April 1st. 1920.1m'th the

usual terms mmhbyjuly 1st. 1920. or 3% dis-
count if paid April 10th. 1920.

We e early ordering because we know that when sp ' comes
order‘fsvill be sent us such tremendouegiIhantitics it will diffi-
cult to make shipments. Your shipment “be on your farm when
you need it if you order NOW—if you delay you take the chance
of being delayed.

Another Special Offer

Thru a special arrangement with the John Deere Plow Company,
we are able to offer the Van Brunt Lime and Fertilizer Sewer for
shipment from stock which we maintain at Sibley, Michigan.

We shall be glad to give full details about the John Deere Van
ant Lime an Fertilizer Sewer and about this special service of
ours to you, upon request.

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Ashley, Mich., Dec. 30, 1919.
Michigan Business Farming,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Gentlemen:
You may continue our ad in your paper.
Michigan Business Farming- is sure a great paper
‘to get results from livestock advertising.

Yours truly,

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xarter Milo‘
my choice for

«J: M. Gampbellallows his naTme to
go before the primaries ' there is
many a reason why thevoters of this
state should see to, it that he is nom—

;. Campbell’s. name a

farmer, but because he is therlght
type of man, speaking from every
angle, to hold the office of governor
of Michigan. ./ -.

Michigan wants a level-headed,
intelligent, broad-minded business
man, one with plenty of practical
knowledge of governmental needs.
how to practice them, etc., and thru
the number of years that, I have
known‘Mr.,Campbell, I have become
thoroughly convinced that he is the
man to vote for and to work for at
this time.

No candidate with a cleaner record
could be mentioned, and'certalnly
when we take into consideration ev-
erything Mr. Campbell has done, both
at home and in Washington, he has
already proven himself a good and
true friend to his fellow farmers.

Mr. Campbell has raised objections
to farm organizations aifiliating with
the National Labor Federation, not
because he objects to organized la-
bor but because he believes—as ev;
ery farmer should believe and feel—
that farmers are business men, man-
ufacturers and producers.

There are so many geod points in
favor of Milo D. Campbell for the Re-
publican nominee for governor that
it would take quite a considerable
space in your paper to print, but
there is plenty of time to quote more
after he decides to become a candi-
date, which I trust he may.

My advice to all voters is this:
make a careful study of Milo D.
Campbell of Goldwater, before you
cast, your votes—and I doubt not
but that we will have the right man
counted—Charles Evans, No‘rthville,
Mich. .

SOME FACTS ON THE SUGAR
BEET SITUATION

Your article relating to sugar
beets is a good presentation of What
the farmer asks for his 1920 beets.
This should, I believe, be followed by
a very strong article setting forth
the facts as to just why and the rea-
sonableness of this price. First, it
should be shown that the one dollar
per ton advance was not a fair deal
and since beets on the average test
from 12 to 22 lbs. sugar a contract
based on 12 per cent.beets is unfair.
We should be presented something
like this even if beets did not pro—
duce over 12 per- cent sugar and

_ sugar should go to 20 cents per 1b.,

on what beets were raised in Michi—
gan this year, 1,250,000 tons, the
manufacturers would run ahead of
the farmers’ share $6,750,000; this
discrepancy only amounts to 20 cents
advance in sugar per ton on 12 per
cent beets but is a very important
thing in case sugar stays above 9
cents per lb. Then if beets should
average 15 per cent sugar (on good
authority the manufacturers aver—
aged to get 16 per cent out last year)
this would make the companies a
neat sum of $9,750,000 more with
sugar at the present priceof 13 cents
or $4,250,000 more still if sugar
should go to 20 cents or a. grand to-
talIOf $20,750,000 of which. the
farmer is entitled to one—half or
$103375,000 ‘“ ’ _ A

It should alsobe shown that the
farmers should be‘urged' to stand
squarely behind their organization
and committee which has been or-
ganized and which will be incorpor-
ated under the state laws and the
directm's of which are capable men,
big farmers of means, some of whom
Were educated and graduated as law-
yers. The secretary and treasurer be—
ing a very carefulyand conservative
than and the position of the presi-
dent, being held by head of the state ,
Grange and a live‘wire. ' The mom- .
gan' Beet ‘Growers' Association 'pre
sent alineup of«:men that will merit.

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governor of Micmgan.

inated, not alone because he is a"

selected after the primary vote is ‘

for the people's

     
   

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pauses and 34 to th

. ,_ _ p e' stategorganla
zatlonV'tqcperate on. , '

gar business in general in.whlch the
farmer, manufacturer and. the con-
suming public are all concerned ,Jn
more waysthan one. It should be
shown that the farmer spends his

money in Michigan and locally and ' '

should be entitled to what is com-
ing to him as a general good for bus-
iness and to promote the production
of sugar of which we face a shortage
for several years to come. .
having lost 145 of her 206" factories
during the war, Germany, -Austria,
and Russia,- having
on their hands will, have to plant
their land to grain to raise bread, all
of which will show that sugar pro-

duction must be premotell in the U.‘

S. to meet the demand which is on
the increase' instead of the decrease,
consumption having increased to
around 100 pounds per capita. in the
states. . . ,

Farmers th’atKhave already signed
contracts for 1920 should be urged
to request that they be held up pend-
ing approval of the Association, the
care of which has been hampered
with on account of the holiday sea-
son and some of the manufacturers
being out of the states—0. E. Ackcrh
man, Durand, Mich.

We are glad to add this information to
our present knowledge of the world‘s
sugar situation. If you will refer to the
Dec. 20th issue of M. B. F., you will note
that the merits of the farmers’ claims for
a. fairer share of the consumer‘s dollar
were thoroughly discussed—Editor.

A PRACTICAL FARMER FOR GOV-
ERNOR—WHY NOT? ,

The time is drawing near when the
people will be called upon to select
and elect, from their numbers the man
who will be made responsible for the
execution of the laws of the sta e—a
very responsible position and the in-
cumbent should be selected with much
care. '

The great importance of agriculture
in the state’s prosperity, it being the
foundation upon which'rests the ma-
terial welfare of the people—all wealth
to be derived, primarily" from the soil
—it would seem that the farming class
of Michigan’s citizens have not had
their“ just “innings,” heretofore, and
the various farmers' organizations
within thepstate are'united in asking
that the next governor Of Michigan be

chosen from the large class of practi-

cal farmers,» which contains in its
ranks men, ably “Qualified to fill ac-
ceptably the highest office within the
gift of the people. '

- At the recent annual meeting of the
State Association of Farmers’ Clubs,
held in the Senate chamber, a resolu-
tion was adopted in accord with the
sentiment abova expressed. The hon-
orable records of Michigan’s govern-
ors who were chosen from the farm-
ing class of her citizens, give abund-
ant grounds for the assurance that
there is “grand timber” for the duties
of governor to be found in Michigan
farmers. '

The writer would desire to present
consideration, the
name of an err-president of the State
Association of Farmers’ Clubs, being
also an ex~mvember of the State Leg-
islature and, at present, serving the
state as a member of the State Board
of Agriculture. The man referred to
is Hon. L. Whitney Watkins, of Man-
chester, Washtenaw .County. Having
been interviewed on the subject, Mr.
Watkins expressed himself as emphat-
icadly o-pposad, to being a seeker after
political office, but stated that if it be

shown to be the general desire, of the

people that he serve them in the ca-
pacity of governor, he will give to the

duties thereof “tlhe’best there is in "

mmfi, . _ . . _
The spirit of extravagance. and un-
rest, as prominent in these daysficalls
for a steadyghandpat. the helm. , ' '.
Statesmanship is; the demand. of. thi
timessns no “hybrid!” is, called for and
no reflectionls'intended '
Sama’whd. V6 last; '

   
  

  
  

 
 
 

 

It should. be shown thatgiio. radi-
cal measures will-be resorted to?» first, ?
every action‘wlll‘be based upon res- ;

, son and .‘ common. sense and for the *
best interests of the entire beet 311- g

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”or‘br'notuaj ‘hb'o‘r‘ has the right to
itch" ‘hlsland m

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sea.

. A Reader,

.ers in a corporation:

   

  

at JSi‘riHeSd mete find’out' ’wheth4
SD ,that‘my land will be
coded. He has been, working bit, this

 

7 ._,,d..lmn. for two weeks or more. I'd "like to
” and 'olit"what"1&could do, 'or has, he the

"right to id 50 Without notifying me?—
ontmorency CO.’-'.‘

An upper proprietor has no right

if to’ ditch his land downto his neigh-
‘ )borsgnd cast ther'water upon him in

any greater quantity and inany dif-
ferent imanner - than would, come in
a state of nature. One who gathers
the water from his own premises by
ditches or furrows and casts them

«upon his neighbor’s land is liable for,
' all of the damage caused
’ The, lower owner may have an in—

thereby.

function to restrain a threatened in-

; jury—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

HOW TO DRAW UP NOTES

Dear Sirs:——Will you please tell me
either thruM. B. F. or-by‘ letter how to
draw up a note for ten years, principal
and interest to be paid back in ten equal
gearly payments? For example: A loans

$100 for ten years ,to be paid back
with interest at 5 per cent in ten equal
payments or $12.75 each year. After the

, members of a co-operatlve association

have agreed by a unanimous vote at a
regularly called meeting to do a certain
thing, can the board of directors do‘oth-
erwise? Suppose that the motion and vote
were purposely left out of the minutes of

. said meeting could, the members ask that

it be replaced on the records and their
motion complied with? Thanking you for
these favors—N. V., Antrim County.

.Either make ten notes payable.

'each year after date, with interest

payable annually at 5 per cent or use
the following form:

3100. Homeville, Oct. 13, 1919.
For value received I promise to
pay John Jones, on order, ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS, payable ten
dollars annually after date, until the
full sum of ONE HUNDRED DqL-
LARS is paid, together with interest
at 5 per cent per annum, payable an-
nually, upon all sums remaining un-
paid, all payable at the First Na-
tional Bank of,Homeville, Michigan.
JOHN BROWN.

‘ Your letter does not state what the
directors “unanimously”- agreed to
do. There are some things they
might bind the corporation by un-
animous agreement. However, the
management of a corporation is,in
the hands of a board of directors who
have practically the entire control.
One of our books on corporations has
the following to say about stockhold-
“The func-
tions of stockholders are exceedingly
limited. The theory of a corpora-
tion is that 'the- stockholders shall
have all of their profits, but shall
turn over the complete management
of the enterprise to their representa-
tives and agents called directors. Ac—
cordingly there is little for. the stock-
holder to dobeyond electing direct-
ors, making by-laws, increasing or
decreasing the capital stock, author-
.izing amendments to the charter and
dissolving the corporation.”——W. E.

Brown, legal editor.

_.Hot Water Treatment of Wheat Seed

Treated grain can be sown as soon
as dry enough to run freely through
the drill. pwing to the swollen con—
dition of theokernel‘s the drill should
be open inside enough to sow the pro-
per amount of seed to the acre. Se-
veral demonstrators found it con-
venient to use the oat. sidedof the
drill. The seed may be treated any
length of time before seeding. Test—
ingrt-he seed for germination affords
a chance to increase .therate of seed-
ing if germination is low.

If a central treating station, with’
more elaborate apparatus is-desired,
the following equipment, such as

_Was used in Indiana «last year is sug— '

gested. __ \

1. ' A supply of live steam. ,
' 2. Two large vats, about 5 feet
long, 40 inches wide, and 4 feet deep,’
one for hot water at 120 degrees F.,(
and the other at 129 degrees F.

. 3. Stea‘m‘pipe coils or merely sec-
tions of perforated pipes to be plac-
- led an the bottom of the vats for
‘ heatin and maintaining the water

dealt to literature.)

' least temporary drying of the treated

‘ any'smutted
cheat; cock-1e. or e

FACTS ABOUT ‘JOINT DEED
All real estate we have is jointly deed-
ed to husband and wife also all meney 1n
the bank is put in gointly. We also have
about 52.500 or $3, ,00 worth of personal
propertyu What I would like to know is
in. case of‘husband's death could his rel-
atives get any. 61? “the property or not?
re are no children,- rour banker tells
,usflth’at the wife canxhold personal prop-
erty to, the amount of $3,000. Answer
through the columns of your paper.
,Yours truly——A Subscriber.

All real estate held in the name of;

husband and wife will go to the sur-
vivor upon the death of either with—

out probate or other” proceedings.‘

The money in the bank in account
payable to either and to the surviv—
or will go to the survivor without
further proceedings than to estab-
lish the fact of the death of one. If
the personal property is owned joint—
ly one half will belong to the sur-
vivor and the balance belongs to the
estate of the deceased. The personal
property, if it does not exceed $3,000

will be assigned ’to the widow. This

law may be changed at any session
of the legislature to increase or de-
crease the amount. It is better that
a man should make a will bequeath-
ing the personal to his wife so that
whatever the law she would get it.
The personal may be transferred to
a third person by bill of sale and
that person transfer back by bill of
sale to them as “husband and wife
and to the survivor” and in that case
no probate would be needed—W. E.
Brown, legal‘editor. ‘

 

PAY TAXES, THOUGH “BROKE"

I paid my taxes Saturday before I
found I had been assessed. in another
school district from which I've always
been assessed. This change gives me
at least $15 additional school tax as they
raised more mopey than usual this year.
The supervisor ‘died this fall and the
new man who fills this vacancy says he
just copied the assessment roll. Now I
was wondering what could be done about
it as I can ill afford to pay more than
is justly mine to pay. Sincerely yours,
—W. J. M., Otsego County.

If you were lawfully transferred
from one school district to another
and the assessment was lawfully
made by the proper officers you will
have to pay the additional tax as
the law does not recognize one’s abil-
ity to pay in levying taxes. It is
not an unusual thing for every one
to find that their taxes are much
higher this year.—W. E. Brown, legal
editor.

 

PRICE SET FOR SUGAR

Sirs-_-Would you please tell me it the
government has a price set for sugar
at llllao’céntas pierhtpotund, Izltnd if our groc-
eluls cents?—R. SIG. N? se for more than

I am under the impression that
the government has indicated what
would be considered a fair price to
the refiner. I do not call to mind
whether the wholesaler and retailer
have had a price fixed to them or
not. I belieVe the grocer has a right
to ask more than 11c.——W. E. Brown,
legal editor. '

the frame with heavy wire screen,
with perforation large enough to. per-
mit free flow of water through the
grain, but small enough to hold the
grain within the drum. A drum of
this size will treat about 5 bushels
at a time. It should never be more
than twO—thirds full, or three—fourths
at the most.- The drum can be con-
structed so as to be turned by hand
or by motor power. A door ispro-
vided on the side for placing in and
taking out the grain.

5. A pulley for raising and 1m.-
ering the drum. -

6. Tested thermometers for re-
gistering temperature of the water.

7. - Sufficient floor space for at

grain. Thedrying can be com le
if desirable, by each grower at home:
The treated seed/should be sown
on a, plot'of ground as far away from
untreated ‘wheat fields as can be
conveniently done to prevent any
infection that may come from such
fields. lI‘he seed plot should be gone
over after the plants headiout and

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Drawn “penalty for . 0‘
F'. c. uglier F‘ur Co. by, ‘ f ,. :
CHAELES IVINGSTON 3‘ LL 1" .4 j .- i -, -" ,
Amcrwa's foremost animal punter ' ' ‘ '2 « "x ’

~ 2 j Bring Inor Ship In—
A Square Deal Either Way!

-We like trappers to bring in their furs to us, to
see the great Taylor establishment, and to watch'
how we handle their fans at every step. But most
furs coming to Taylor are in the form of shipments.
The trapper who ships knows he will get the same
square deal as the trapper who brings his furs in.
Raccoon, skunk, opossum, mink and all furs bring
you the highest prices on the market when you
ship to Taylor! Mark your bundle to Taylor today!

       

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The Taylor shipper gets fair treatment and satis-
factory returns every time! More than a million
trappers have found that out in the last 49 years.
This is why Taylor does more business direct

with trappers than any other fur house in America. “You
can’t go wrong when you ship to Taylor.”

Highest Grading Prompt Returns

Taylorgradersareexperts Every day is pay day at ,
who have had a life-long cx- Taylor’s. You don’t want
perience at the business;they to wait for your money. By
know every fur from every efficient handling of furs, we
locality. They know how to are able to mail you back
get the most value out of a your check the same day
pelt; and their instructions your bundle is opened. Six
are to grade every pelt as St. Louis banks vouch for

‘ high as possible. This grad- our reliability. Ask any old
ing is absolutely dependable; timer about Taylor. To turn
Taylor insures yourgetting furs into most cash quickly,
largest returns for your furs! ship to Taylor.

Ship to TAvngzgn Today!

F. C. Taylor Fur Co. “mill?“ St. louis, Mo-

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wuhontmsnlistthedeteefw
live stock eels in Michigan. It you
are considering a solo advise us at
omsndwewfllehimthsdate for
you. Address, Live Stock Editor.
M. Br IE, Mt. Clemens.

Jan. 13 Holsteins. Michigan Robbin
Breeders. East Lansing.“

Jan. 15. Holstein. Maplectut Hol—
stein Farms, lake Odsma. Mich.

an. 16. Bhorthorns. Mich. Short-
horn Breeders’ Ass‘n. East lensing.”

 

 

 

 

 

"CATTLE

MAPLE PLANE HOLSTEINS

Five Bull Calves, one from 30 lb. 5 yr. old cow.
one from 28 lb. cow; one from 27111. cow; one
from a 20 lb. two yr. old heifer and one from
an 18 lb. three yr. old whose three nearest dams
average 20 l‘bs.lb The Sire of these calves is a
better than 801bull.

GUY WAKEFIELD, Fowlervllle. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE

THOROUGHBRED
HOLSTEIII OOWS

combining blood of Traverse City and

Map‘1 Crest stock. granddaughters of

Erie Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy.
PrIoes 8300 end up

WILLIAMS e. WHITAcRE
R. F. D. No. AIIeoon, Mich.

MR MILK PROOUOER

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

A son of Maplecrest Application Pontiac—-
l32052—from our heavy-yearIy-milklng-good-but-
ter-rccord dam will solve it.

anlecrest Application Pontiac’s dam made
35,103 lbs. butter in 7 days;1344.3 lbs. butter
and 23421.... 0 lbs. milk in 365 day 8.

He is one of the greatest bred long distance
sires.

llis 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
YOUHg bulls from King Pieter Segis
LYOns 170506. All from A R. O dams
with credible records. We test annu—
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information

Musloi! Bro‘s., South Lyons, Michigan

 

 

HATCH HERD

(State and Federal Tested)
YPSILANTI, 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.

 

 

HEIF ER

HOLSTEIN, BORN APRIL 18, 1919, WELL

marked. Sired by a 27 lb. bull, its dam an
untested daughter of Madison Jetske Sir
Ormsby 2 A. R. 0. daughters. Price $125

delivered.
HOWARD EVANS, Eau CIaIre, MIch.

s1red by a son of
Bull GalveSF1 1end Hengerveld

Dc Kol Butter
Boy and by a son of King Segis De, Kol
Korndyke, from A. R. O. dams with rec-
ords of 18.26 as Jr. two year old to 28.25
at full age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered.

“'ALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM”

W. W. Wyckoff, Napoleon Mich.

 

 

 

 

OUR REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
coming two years old. Will be fresh in about
two months. Nicely marked. dedingbfi
MARTIN MOON, Brunswick. Ich.

 

OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD

sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire. "King Pon-
tiac Lundc Korndyke Segis” who is a son of
"King of the Ponchos" from a daughter of P011<
tiac Clothilde De [(0] 2nd. A few bull calves for
sale. '1‘. W. Sprague, R. 2. Battle Creek, Mich.

TWO BULL OALYES

Registered Holstein Frioslan, sired by 39. 87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are very nice and will be priced cheap it
301d soon.

HARRY T. TUBES. EIweII, Mlch.

1 ,Elmwood‘ Stock F arm Offers

,bull calves frog: good producing slams with A. n.

 

 

  

 

 

Bull Last Advertised is Sold
now offer a yearling bull, sired by Y?-
BILAND KING KORNDY YKJII CAN.
ARY, a 38.20 lb. grandson of KING
OF THE PONTIA and from
' RHODA CLIFDENS CROWNING
SHIELD 3RD. a 24.97 lb. daughter of-
BUT’I‘ER BOY TRYNTJE DE KOL.
and one of the most beautiful cows
you ever saw.

Price $200

 

 

BOY F. FIGKIES, Ghee-ling, Mich.

 

 

A Beautiful. Light Colorado Very
Straight Bull Calf, Born October 24.

Ems: 171b. Jr. 2 yr. old daughter of a
son of PONTIAC DE NIJLANDER 35. 43 lbs.
butter and 750 lbs. milk in 7 days

Sired by FLINT HENGE R ELD LAD whose
use average 32. 66 lbs. butter and
7305. 45 lbs. milk in 7 days.

on 8100 F. Flint.
L. 0. KETZLER. Flint, Mich.

 

Breeders! Association hemee dung stock
for sale. mostly Ciayarrey “Write
yo " wants to the nkBad

Icy, Hartford. Mich.

 

THE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
ete Association announce their 1in catalo ready
for distribution. Beads. Scotch rep-1nd
W listed.

w. L. Thorpe. Sea, IIIIe, Mich.

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41

SHOBTHOBN breeders/Can put you In
touch with best milk or best strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. C. W. Crum,
President Central Michigan” Bhorthom
Association, Molar-ides, Mich mean.

IIURIIIA SIOUX rm

 

Shorthorns. Am closing several mod bulls. cows
sndtilixeifees, Beans. lhds aid Whites. Write or
see em

8. I. PAIOBOQI. Ind Axe. Mich.

 

“Breeding- - Individuality- - ,

Production”

That's our motto. We make it possible
through our two hard bulls—one a 88 lb. son
of the $30, 000 sire, King Korndyke Pontiac
Lass, the other a 86 lb. son of King Korn-
d'yke Sadie Vale, “the greatest sire of his gen-
. Our matrom are stone in King of
the Pontlacs King Segis, Hensoneld DeKol
and Ormsby blood. We' ve been at it since
‘1”:306. Usually something to sell. Write

BOARDMAN FARMS
Jspkron. Mich.

 

 

FOR snLE—suom'nosn BULL OALVES

ready for service}. young Oxford Down
Ewes.P1-ioesto
JOE MURRAYW £180N, R2. Brown Oliy. Mloh.

SPECIAL OFFER BHORTHOBNS—
Cows. $250. 00 to $300. 00. Bulls, $200. 00
to $250. 00. Wm J. 3611,3050 City, Mich.

l‘ORSALE ATREA-

3110311101111
Scotch

Bull. Master Model 57614 in“ manym estates at
head of herd 015 good type Bhor‘th
E. M. PARKHURST, Bead city. YAIchiesn.

 

 

 

 

HOLST E I N

GE OALVES OF

EITHER SEX

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, Mlch.

TWO BULL OALYES ”3.3%3'1'. 135:?

whose dam at age of 7 years and 30 days after
calving has a record of 20. 53 butter, 469. 9 milk

in 7 days. at 8 milkings a day y.
VERNON GLOUGH. Psi-ma, Mich.
BULL NICELY MARKED, GOOD BONED
bull calves out of A. R. O. and un-
tested dams, at reasonable prices
TRACY F. ORANDALL. Howell Mloh.

 

 

 

Choice Registered Stock

' PERCHERONS
HOLSTEINS
SHROPSHIRES
ANGUS

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

7
FOR SALE BULL OAL ""5“" “""TE
9. fine individu-
al. Straight as a line. SiredH by Flint Maple
Crest One 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. 12 5396,
his dam having a record of 22 lbs. in 7 days and
81. 27 lbs. in 30 days at 2 yrs. old.
JAMES HOPSON. Jr., Owesso, Mlch., R. 2.
OF A RIGHT GOOD

WHEN IN NEE registered Holstein Bull

old enough for service come and see or write.
Herd free from abortion.
E. BR OWN, Breedsvllle, Mlch.
Breeder of Registered Stock Only

TO THOSE WHO' WANT THE BEST

I offer a fine, beautifully marked son of KING
PONTIAC HENGERVELD NFAXNE the hundred
thousand dollar son of KIN OF THE PON -
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 heiferis Isiust
one of the choicest heifers of the breed. Good
for 30 lbs at next freshening.1! interested write
for extended pedigree and price. Guaranteed
right. I also have a grandson of KING KORN-
DYKE SADIE VALE from a great 23 lb. dam
ready for service.

JAMES B. GARGETT. Elm Hall,

 

 

Mlchlgan.

 

SHOBTHOEN

 

FOB SALE—ONE BOAN DOUBLE
Standard Polled Shorthorn Bull Calf born
Apr. 12. One red Shorthorn Bull Calf. born
March 23rd, a beauty, and Two Short—
horn Heifer Calves born Jan. 6th and
April 3rd, got by York's Polled Duke X
16884—545109. Paul" Quack, Sault
Ste Marie. Mich.. R 2, Box 70.

8 SHORTHORN BULLS. 11 'MONTHS TO 2 ‘
s. 50 Young Tom Turkeys 20 lbs. up, out of

 

HEREFORDS

Hardy Northern Bred Herefords

BERNARD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HERD
h :0 t is year's calves (or sale, 10 bulls and 10
ei ere.

JOHN MMREGOR, WWII“. Mich.

thsrsxso Hartman CATTLE

KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD
We still have eight good bulls and some heif-
ers for sale.
Come and see
STONY ORFEEK STOCK EARM
Pewemo..MIch.

LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS

Not how many but how good! A few
well-developed, beefy, young bulls for
sale, blood lines and individuality No. 1.
If you want a prepotent sire, that will
beget grazers, rustlers, early maturers
and market toppers, buy a registered
..Here1'ord 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 & Son, Ionia, Mich .

IIEIIEFUIIDS JUST PURCHASED 3
NEW HERBS. -—- NOW

have 150 head We oflfer you anything de-

either sex, horned or polled any age

Priced reasonable. The McCarty’s. Bad

Axe. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

120 HEREFORD ‘S'IEERS. ALSO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 1000 lbs
Owners anxious to sell Will help buy 50c
commiSSion. C. F_ Ball. Fairfleld Iowa.

 

 

 

 

ANGUS
The Most Profitable Kind |
of farming. a or load rade dairy heifers

from LENAWEE COUNTOY’Sg heaviest milk
dncers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the
most extreme beef type for combination beef and
dairy farming:
Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD
FARM for prompt shipment.
Methods explained in SMITH’ S PROFII'ABLE
STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated. .
GEO. B. SMITH. Addison. Mich.

YOUR WANTS CAN

”0",... FORGET be supplied at the old re-

liable Anaus Home Stock Farm. For 30 years we
have bred Angus cattle. We know the‘goods ones
and breed the best.1‘hey are bred right fed
right and priced right. Tell us what you want.
ANGUS HOME STOCK FARM, R2, Davlson, Mlch

PURE I _
BARTLEI 1’5"...» 21?... “2.53%:
Swine are ri ht and are priced High ac°m‘

 

 

Antrim's King a 45 lb. Tom. at $10 each.
JAY W. THUMM. Elmlra. MICh.

‘spondence solicited and inspection invite
OARL BARTLETT, Lawton, Mloh.

 

as] s of portance i

ids and purchases.

 

you. They em also hel you arrange you
the interests or mama I2s OWN-live

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LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN
EN.Ball ..... ..
Felix Witt ................................._........

Co or the ot er of the abbve well-known experts will visit all live-stock
Michigan, northern Ohio and Indiana, as the exclusive
Fle (1 Men of Michigan Business Farming.

They are both honest and competentm gain of standing in their lines ,in ,
Michigan and they will represent any reader making _
b Write them in care of this paper. Their service is free to:

magic clustVflr in

stoekml

..Cows and Sheep.
. . . . .Horses and Swine

  

this weekly at any sale

 

Over fifty head of Scotch and Scotch Topped

to. :. GARNANT.

 

omssnrs
- sarcasm ""1. m Eryn: "3°“
1. as. some
' olA. B. dams m ”cogs

let. Oar bend e113,: grandson of” b.1111)
May Kluge! hamster, and whm dam has an
LRmoo cistsmmuzlflmrs is
etc 101' ea or exchange. Writer for particular;
and prlccste

A. BRO... R, No 1, Menu. Mich“

SWINE

POLAND CHINA

 

 

 

and O. E’s Defender. None
better in state. Priced to sell
W. J. HAMSIAW. Acme, Mich. —

Have a ten «and cuts tint! will sell open or
3:11pr of the best beers in Midlmn. Write

A. D. GREGORY, Tonia, 11111.

L 'r P c AM OFFERING SPRING
boars, summer and fall pics.
.F. T. HART, St. Louis, Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

A few Sow Pigs 0189 Spring farrow. Also Barred
Rock Cockerell.
MOSE BROS..‘St. Ohsrlee. IIIeh.

BIG Y? P. c.——cLoemo our oun
boars at a bargain. Choice sows
for March andA fa

 

 

aror
W. BARNES A SON
Byron. Mlch.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

“76 are offering March and April boars by
Hillcrest Bob by Big Bob one of the greatest
progenitors of the Big Type Poland Chinas ever
known to history. Their dams are by the 1915
Grand Champion Hillcrest Wonder and by Grand
Master the first boar to actually weigh over 1. 200
lbs. on the scales0 Price 850.00. A few young
er ones at $45

I‘lILLORE‘ST0 FA‘RM, Kaismazeo, Mloh.

 

 

'Bro TYPE P. c. (moron srnmo
boars from Iowa’s greatest herds. Big
boned husky fellows. Priced right.
ELMER MATHEWSON, Burr Oak,Mlcl1.

POLAND OHINAB

BEE TY, WITH QUALITY

BRED COWS FOR SALE
BOARS ALL GONE
J. E. MYGRANTS.

 

St. Johns. Mlch‘.

I. Y P 0 NOV. mes AT A ‘sanoam PRICE.
Come and see or write
ELDRED A. CLARK, a 3, $1.. Louls, such.

 

 

B. T. P. .O. BRED GILTS SIRED BY MOUWS
Big Jones 3rd, out of Grand Daughters of Dish-
ere Giant and bred to Wiley’s King Bob, a good
son of Harrison's Big Bob $10,100 boar. Gilts
priced rensonable.

JOHN D. WILEY, Schoolcrai'i, Mlch.

 

BOARS ALSO SOVVS AND PIGS. ANYTHING
you want. Poland Chinas of the thabiggest type.
We have bred them big for more
over 100 head on hand. Also registered etch-
erons, Holsteins and Oxfords. Everything sold at
a reasonable price, and a squa deal.
JOH HN c. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

POI-AND UI'IINA MY sovs HAVING cons

to the city and having

three herd boars, am obliged to reduce my herd

was the reason for offering one at such a low

figure. 0A good spring boar for $50 Bred gllts.
O. L. WRIGHT, Jonesvllle. Mich.

 

 

THE OLD FASHION
SPOTTED POLAND CHINAE DHOOS
CHOICE OILTS—B
March, AMI—$50 to R$E100
J. M. WILLIAM .

No. Adams“ Mich.

 

ARGE TYPE P. C. SPRING BOARS
and gilts now ready to ship. Also one“
Fall Yearling Boar and Fall Pigs. Clyde
Fisher. St. Louis, Mich, R. R. 3.

WONDERLAND HERD

LA ME TYPE P.

A few choice bred gilts for salec Also fall gilt-a
and boars, some very good prospects of exce‘lent
breeding. Gllts bred to ORI’HAN'S SUPERIOR

 

‘he by BIG ORPHAN’S EQUAL by {GIG BONI‘

ORPHAN by the BIG OR RI’HA Dam
BEAUTY’S CHOICE by ORANGE BUND, by BIG
ORANGE A.

Free livery to visitors.
Wm. J. CLARKE,
Eaton Raplds, Mich.

(his name)Big Bab MaStOdQD
“B [I II BBEEIIE 11- vou WANT To an

in the King row buy a".
Gilt bred to BIG BOB MASTODON. '

He has more Grand Champion Blood 1n his
veins than any other boat in Michigan.

I have 15 choice Gilts bred to him for .‘Iarch

and April farrow.
. Eaton ,Raplds, Mich:

ARGE TYPE P. C. LARGEST IN MIGH. VISIT
my herd It looking for a bear pig that is a lit-
tle bigger and better bred than you‘ have been
able fl,nd and satisfy yohr wants. Come md
see the real big type both in lieu! boars and
brood sows. Bears in service L’s Big Orange
Lord Clams, Orange Price and L‘s Long Pros-
pect. Expenses paid of not as represented. Prices
reasonable.

.1". E. LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mlch.

 

 

 

FO SALE—LARGE TYPE 'IV’OLAN‘D
China boars. April and May (arrow. The

farmer’s grind at farmer's prices F. iii. ,.

ngte Son. Fowler: 31%

 

 

 

  

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gggfio‘rvj’gfl, abound. see them.
. . e. , V. " ~
lagoons . -. ‘ Us lemeo. Mich.
mood tones or size, onsm’rr

 

and breeding. including several State
Fair Wing's. Newton Barnhart, St.
or o . - a ' '

. - l
”gm JERSEY SWINE FOR SALE. YEAR-

. ng boars ready for service, spring boars. also

gill: open end bred for spring litters, to
pedal I'lth. a good son of Panama
Special out of Orion Chief Bell 5th. Also (all,
boar pigs. Write for description and prices. Vis-
itors always welcome.

THOB. UNDERHILL a. SON. Salem. lick.

WIDE nouns, ours Also swoon sows

ofallages. Sowsbmdoro n. I -
ton A Blank. Hill Crest Farms, Perringlgfiu, High.
11.

 

.. Farm 4 miles straight south of Middleton

EADOWVIEW FARM. REG. ounce JERSEY
"hog. ‘ Full pigs for sch.
E. MORRls, Pennington. Mich.

ounces 507’ H sex Fora out. LAST or
- a - “"5 first 0 ApriI furrow 191-9,
Weighing around 175 t 2 . - .
$50.00 to $600 wi ° 00 lbs. priced from

. th .
H. G. KEESLER, cmopolls, Mlch.. R 5

FOR ms .~...n...§.. T°
, . row in are an 'i.
MASTERPIECES 0 ON KING. pn Bred to

0. E. DAyIS SON, Ashley, Mich.

express and register in bu
every way, write me.

J. CARL JEWE’IT,

5 name.

 

FROM PRIZE
D UROC BOARS WINNING ETQCK
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith, Addi-
son, Mich. >

E OFFER A FEW WELL-BR” SELECT-
,ed.spring Duroc Bears. also bred sows and
Gilts in season. Call or e
McNAUGHTON a. FORDYOE. 8t. Louls. Mlch.

FOR SALE—(REGISTERED DUROO JERSEY
swine. Both sex. All ages. Rhode Island Red
Barred Rock and \Vllite Leghorn cockerels. 40 s.
and 80 acre for . Easy terms.
0. B RNES. Wheeler, Mich.

Fan SALE REG. ounoc curative—coon.

bis. rugged spring‘ and fall piss,
both sexes. Modern type and good quality- Wfit'
101' descriptions, pedigrees and prices. Better still,
come and see for yourself. Satisfaction imam!!-
teed. F. Helms & Son, Dsrison, Mich. .-

FOR SALE BIG TYPE DUROC JERSEYS—
onc yearling boar sired by Brook-

water “my Orion No. 55421. 3 spring boars,
fine individuals. F311 Nplgs at either sex sired by
Cherry Premier 2nd n. 102819. Albert Eber-
sole, R. F. . No. 3. Plymouth, Mich.
HILLIP’S PRIZE WINNING DUROOS FOR
sale—A few good boars of breeding ege. silo

11 few good gilts. prices right, let me convince you.

Henry D. Phillipe. Milan, Mink.

"EOE?! BIGhTYBEO DUROOS.
are or en . d ones, sired b Prize win-
ners. Priced. right if taken. soon. it or write
HARRY L. HYDE, Ithaca Mich" R 1. Bell Phone

 

- mnnmns

on ssse-nmn‘rénn IERKIHIRE on."

and hours: I
Abe a n.- 8% and April (mow. Also

In] ves.
LIME”. BROS... R 3. Mel-Ill, Mich.

REGISTERED BERKsHIRES FOR SALE. AUG.

10 piss for 40 i _
sifaction gm 3 ‘ pece, While they last. sat

JOB! YOIIIG, mm. m.

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

 

CHESTER WHITE!
cHEUIER WHWEs—A FEW MAY BOARS.
fall' pigs In pairs entries from most prominent
bloodhnes at reasonable prices, Registered free.
F. w. Alexander, Vassar. Mich.

 

HADES HIBES

HAMPSHIBES

0f superior breeding and good quality. Will find
some at the home of Moses’ Boy.
Spring boars all sold. '
' Fell pigs either sex now ready.
Bred slits sitter Dec. 15.
Out THOMAS. New Lothrop. Mich.

HAMPSHIRES, SPRING IOARO AND GlL'l’s,

$35 while they last. Fail plgs $15 It 8 weeks

old. Bred sows in season. -
W. A. EASTWOOD, R 2. Chesanlng. Mich.

"Amms {orangemn'st 31.11a :12: ‘08!

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new .. beersleft.‘
Rag‘fluoo'. Mich .
VOA—Em ‘Plos not sum. clams
" ., Bur! lie 1:, Oodhnels/ each.
snags Leu- e-i-oen yum. Monroeifflloh.

SP3! 0 BOABS READY ’1'0 SHIP.
also I! ' Gilt: and a few fall pigs. Some
of the best 0.1. C. pigs. sired by Jumbo
Master .No. 84687. All stock shipped C.
0. D.;‘ Joseph Van Bitten, Cliiford, Mich.

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stock at "live and let ” cee.
you A. J. GORDEN, Don. Mich” R 8.

Mud-Way-Aush-Ka Farm

3 rs O. I. 0. pigs of my furrow. Also dung
:toeck and mature breeders in White Wyan ottes,
Ben-ed Rocks. te Embden Gem and White
Runner ducks. , ~

DIKE c. MILLER. Dryden. Mich.

are 01 c SPECIALS m m- om-

Choice ring gilts bred for pril {arrow :70.
Tried sowsapbred for March (arrow, 8110. Spring
boats 840. Thrifty pigs, either sex, $20. Set»
is! ctl n rsnteed. - .

hlsosofima SHIVELY. Constantine,. Mich.

SAGIIIAW VALLEY Ii °' 0- l- 0-

swine won ex-
hibition prize at Saginaw Fair. . Our herd boar.
C. 0. Michigan Boy. was the ingest he: of all
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o. 1. c. sows FOR SALE

ONE OF THE BEST} HERBS III MIOHIOAN
Spring elite and fail yearlings bred for March, April and May litters.
If you want a BIG TYPE sow. guaranteed right in

15 'snmo .

'ard breeds. l; as desc

 

both sex. Best of breeding. Call or write
RAYMOND SKINNER a SON. Hendwson,,Mleh.

ning stock, registered free and shipped C. 0. D
JOHN OIBSON. Fosters. Mich" R. No. 2

I ship 0’. 0. 1).. pay

R. 5, Mason, Michigan

 

SHEEP " W

REG. SHROPORI‘RE BRED EWEs 1 TO 3
years old, large. healthy. well fleeced. Represent-
atives of this flock gave satisfaction in 15 states
last season. Rams all sold. 0. Lemon, Dexter, Mich

OXFORD DOWNS

I can more a few registered ewes of any age.
0. H. '0“. ”HUMOUR; Mich.

 

 

”as 0F MIG". YOU ARE THE FUTURE
farmers of thelstate. I am one of the
best sheep breeders in the state. Lets get t0~
set , that you may start your own/flock of
registered Shmpshires now. A lot of kids have si-
ready-done so, but I want more. I will buy your
rain lsmbs and co-operate with. you in every way.
Write me for my' proposition and prices. For B,

Keno-Ken Fer-s. 3. l.. Wing. Prep..":€old\nter, Michigsn

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

Everything sold out, both ares and rams.
1 sm breeding 60 ewes to "Stromss 200" an
excellent big boned type run lamb that
Weighed 176 lbs. October 1. looking orders
(or 1920 rams.

CLARK II. HAIRE. West Branch. Heb.

 

 

 

 

 

ELOIIN mu. CHOICE "06K. 3 AND 8

months oldi also 8. C. Anemia Cockerels. Write
for prices. Shams» Rabbit”. R s, Sheridan. Mich.

FLEMISH ensue! RAMBO—Heavy weight seg-
istered breeders 'md pedigreed youngsters for
sale in blacks. steels and grsys.

R. R. FOX, 412 I. Huron 8%.. Albion, Mich.

 

   

 

DAY OLD OHIOKS
new SPHIIG cmLoa

Those who want Day Old Chicks should order
early. There will he s big demsnd again this
year. With eggs 75 cents in your home town,
people Will buy heavily of the laying breeds. For
six weeks we have booked orders for sp‘nng de—

very.

Let us know now the breed you will want.

b Ngflw Catalog ready January 15. All standard
ree .

You will be especially interested in the extra
heavy laying breeds: White Leohorns inspected
and certified u in producers by the Poultry
Extension Specialist of the Michigan Agricultural

coils”. .
Em for Wins—Sittings and for incubators,
rollers.

all h s. Eggs for B
. A few high quality ntili Cookerels in stand-
Le he and quote these
blah. Brown Leghorn Yearling Pullets. One
small pen White Rocks.
lend your name now for new Catalog.
STATE FARM “SOOIATIO
Desi B, Kslemszoo. I

 

Bred guy ready for shipment.
,newjbiood lines. ‘ , .
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\WHYNOTRAISE ' . ,7
. HAMPSHIRE .

for m. Tlioy make good mothers, raiselsrge litters'and produce
the best park which sells at the highest price. , '

Ale a tow choice tall pigs from V'

  
   

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8. 0. White Leghorns, Cookerels and Pallets,
White Orplngton Cocksreh.
B. C. Wnndotte Cocksrels.
”a...” P 133mg" 15.0%. C???” Bad.
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Cochre‘lsé b Bug om . ode Island
Boss om town Le h .
8. 0. Black Hines-cs goggagockerels.
We are booking orders for 1920 delivery of
Eggs for Hatching and Baby Chicks. W
ofler several hundred Belgian Ham and Flemish

 

 
    
 

 

  
  

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ALLEY RIDGE POULTRY FARM
Frazer Miller. Prop. Bloomingdale, Mich.

Oockmls snd yearling hens. 0 lngton,
Beds. Wysndottes, Leghoms, argon, M15333:
Campinas. Tyrone Poultry Farm, Fenton, Mich.

cOCKERELS, DRAKES, ANOONAS. BUFF

barred, Columblan. Silver Pencfled and White
Plymouth Rocks; Ilouen drakes, price, 33 each.
SHERIDAN POULTRY YDS., R5, Sheridan. Mich

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two great breeds for profit. , Writeutoday {or
free catalogue of hatching eggs, baby chicks and
breeding stock. -

OYOLE RATGHER COMPANY, 149 Philo Bldg.
Elmira, N. Y.

LEGHOBN

n c BROVIN LEGHORN OOOKERELS, SIRED
by a Madison Sq. winner. .Large, vigor-
ous birds. 82 and up. Quality guaranteed
Flemrsh Giant Rabbits that are giants.
E. E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. Mich.

 

RHODE ISLAND BEDS

leTTAKER’s R. I. REDS.

lired for color and eggs. Choice, farm raised
cockerels at reasonable prices Day old chicks.
Order now for early spring delivery. Write for

pnces.
INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4, Lawrence, Mich.

 

 

BOTH COMBS.

8. C. RHODE ISLAND RED COOKERELS
from good laying hens. Price $3.50.
8. HUBER. Gleam». Mich.

 

 

 

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Ol-IN’s Ila BEAUTIFUL IARRED BOOK!
are hen hatched, good layers grow quic sold

on approvsl. Males $4 to 8d each. tos’.

Circulars—John Northon, Clare, Mich. ‘

 

P. soul-:Lsou,'3wam Creek, Mich.

E aim
WHITE HOOK c2?“i§§i'5"tocflgb?oo each.
Also Duroc boar ready for service at 840.00

MERLE H, GREEN.
Ashley. Mich.

 

 

WHITE HOOKS. BEST EXHIBITION LAYING
blgod in the country. Hens snd Cookerels, $8
to s

 

WYAIN DOTTES

Years s Breeder of Silver Laced end Whit;
30 Wyandottes. Fine lot of young stock at $3,
and $5 ea. Clarence Browning, R2, Portland, Mich

 

 

 

 

ANCONAB
FOR SALE

ANCONA COCKERELS .2 teen

JOHN YOUNG, Breckenridge, Mich.

 

 

DUCKS AND GEESJE

IVHITE PEKIN DUCKS AND WHITE
CHINESE GEESE—MRS. CLAUDIA
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TUBKEYS

unsvs MAMMOTH snlouze. d EAIRLY
h tched, big boned. flne co or an mar ing.
Write for prices. Mrs. Jay Harwood, Ionic. Mich.

IANT' BRONZE TURKEYS. VIGORDUS
young thoroughbreds. Order now at fall prices.
R8. PERRY STEERINS. Saranac, Mich.

 

BABY CHICKS

 

ABY CHICKS: Pure bred White Leghorns.
Brown Leghorns, $17 per 100, Anconas, $18
live arrival guaranteed. Order now. has of all
breeds. Free catalog. TRIANGLE, Clinton. Mo.

 

 

     

EWALT's sm HECTOR
(A. K. c. so. 244.685)

e Colli
girthfier males or spayed females; natural
heel drivers. bred from
Send check in first letter; all
guaranteed.
too late.
first check of $25.00 gets one.

Scotch Collie Puppies

ten 3. s on] I well sell thorough-
For giguppies; for fifteen dollars,

stock.
puppies
Order today or you will be
Two thoroughbred trained dogs,

trained

Dr. EWALT’S COLLIE FARMS,
Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

 

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The Michigan
Shorthorn Breeders Ass’n

will hold their

ANNUAL SALE

On January 16, 1920, at l P. M.
at the M. A. C. in East Lansing.

 

48 HEAD

 

' Send for Calalog .

ANDYMADAMS, Auctioneer.

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