[Wm/e] 112 £52” I‘Zebzllérfivfi/ HIETROIT Saturday, May 24th, I 9/3 fags general statistics, for the entire coun- try, but the actual price that the pro- Z~‘.»:"-ducér may expect to get for his pOtatoei or hay at the nearest practical mark 35' 4, ,__ center. :7 " l5 S ‘ in J. Carey of Wis— vv‘ referred to the ‘old‘ storage for more than the 0d Hereinafter designated. eggs, poultry, game, fish and Beef, veal, pork or the products thereof, ‘four or any article of food which, of time, has been removed there- , .. and returned again to cold storage ha be deemed to be adulterated. _ did in cold storage, or the package con- ‘ining’it or from which it IS sold, which s to bear a label plainly and cor— 'tly stating the date of production, .rlIing, packing or manufacturing, and . .per1od of time during which the has been held in cold storage, cording to the bill, will be deemed . tn shranded f 11 product having been once cold storage and removed ' sold by items, then the seller, at"? request of the purchaser, must state the information above required to be p ced uponthe original package upon a 'ag to be attached to such item before delivering the same to the purchaser. A person who places any food prod— :uct in a package bearing a false or raudulent statement as to the quantity, italify or character of the contents, as ” the date of the products, or in regard to the time of placing the same in cold ,L..t0rage, or its removal therefrom, or I‘make’s any other false statements in connection with the article, will be deemed guilty of misbranding. According to the bill the term “cold ' storage” is construed to mean the de~ p9sit of food products in warehouses, « tiilding, or other receptacles where for jfl‘longer period than 10 days the tem- . erature is artificially kept at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, or below, except when the products are actually in transit and have not,_previous to transit been 111 cold stor— e. aEA fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 and to imprisOnment for a period of not less than six months nor _ more than 10 years is provided by the $13111 for a person or corporation found .guilty of misbranding or adulterating ‘ 'ny food product. THE NEWLY CREATED BUREAU OF MARKETS of. T. N. Carver of Harvard Uni- sity has definitely accepted the offer the Department of Agriculture to 1: charge of the new division about to rted Which Was intended originally 1%,, merely a division of markets, but larger Scope,- to be known as ' ganization service;” This' \ . start gctive operations June , ad several cone This will involve the location .of the, .best and nearest market for any given 'Community, and ultimately the organiz- ation of co-Operative marketing, so that V the farmers may get the best and quick- , cst marketing service at the lowest price. The ramifications of the scheme are large, fOr it will involve highway and railroad transportation problems. Coun— , try communities will be urged‘to co- operate in selling as largely as practi« cable. But the service is designed ulti— mately to go further than marketin , for the-economic development of the farm- ing community is»so bound up with the sOcial development of the community that it willL be hard to touch one with- out the other. . The department, so the officials say, does not Want to go too deeply into the problems of the individual farm family, but wants to encourage the communities, so far as possible, to develop themselves and not to do anything for them offi- cially that they can do for themselves. . At the same time One aim of the divi- sion will be to discover and work out effective methods of community develop- ments. One problem will be to discover the. . natural boundaries which mark an indi— vidual community and urge the members in that circle to trade‘and exchange products among themselves when that is feasible, and to co—operate effectively when buying and selling outside. It has been found already by observation that great economies can be effected in many communities by co—operative buying as well as selling. One thing that has been found in sev- eral of the most effective surveys that .have been made is that the country church frequently serves as a good cen— ter about which to map out a commun- ity and that much effective organization work can be done by taking the country church as a basis. Last Moment Market Flashes very latest quotations are: ”i Wheat: No. 2 Red (large mills paying). . . . . . . 1.07 Rye. Beans: utter POultry Broilers on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages. THE LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure quotations Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying). .....$106 Oats,Standard............................. Hay (best market today, New York), at ...... 22.00 Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at. The .40 .64 .65 .28 .18 .32 .18 sunset... the Pink Sheet advised fighting under 40c since that time. mation on request. SPECIAL—On December let, when potatoes were draggy at 30c, for 50. Would not about 55 tod 11y with markct wild. May 19th showed all dealers speculating to hold back Our standard has not been Special infor— THANKF UL LETTERS FROM FLOOD SUF F ERERS The editor of Michigan Business Farming has received a number of let— ters from Ohio farrihsufferers from the flood asking him to thank the Michigan farm folks for the contributions toward their relief. We are sorry we have not the space to print all of these, for they all breathe the spirit of hopefulness and thankfulness, while at the same time displaying what a pitiful situation the flood left these farm folks. in . A few extracts from letters follow: C. F. Turnblier, R. D. l, Coshocton, Ohio, writes: “I shall use the money to buy clothing for my wife and three . sons, ages ranging from three to twelve years. 'We all thank you and the farm- ers of the'state of Michigan for the kindness and sympathy shown us.” VPlhilip A Cummins, R. D., Dayton,' Ohio, writes: ‘Thanks for the aid from Michigan farmers. .I lost two of my buildings pose that remain are in bad need. I had twelve, feet of Water on my farm and it ruined ' JithE land.~ for the money. It is a God—send to me, being the first help I have received after this terrible flood. I am saving it to- ward getting my house back 011 its foundations. The flood washed away all my farming tools, my hay barn, etc. I am so grateful for your help.” John McCrcery, R. D. l, Hamiltou, Ohio, writes: “Thanks to you and farmers for your generous check. I managed to save my horses and tools, but lost all my cattle, hogs and poultry, together with my home and all it con- tained. Am now at a neighbors. Will use the money tovvard getting furni- ture and start afresh.” F. L. Rodehover, VValhonding, Ohio, Writes: “I thank you and the farmers of Michigan from the depths of my heart. The flood has left me in poor circumstances at the age of 65 years, for I loSt almost everything. Will use the money to buy a corn cultivator, etc.” These letters are typical of those re- 'lll stopping widespread frauds and takes, which they agreed exists,‘ advocated by speakers before the; ' annual conference on weights and ures of the United States, whi . :1 three days’ session at the Burch Standards at \Vashington. Weights measures men from many states that under the present systems't 6,. suming public is only partially pr’o from frauds and mistakes, and the 1'01 111 sy stems and standards for W ing and measuring are needed through out the country. In connection with the conferert is, many strange and ingenious methods’ used to cheat the public were laid ba One man told how poult1y dealers in 1“!“é city had been caught buying chick ‘. stzuving them for two davs, then f ing them salt to make them thirsty, by allowing them to drink a large 11 tity of water, with the result that. end of five days they increased one—half pounds in weight. The aim of the conference is t, honest weights‘and measures, t that commodities shall be ’ such a way as to show 6'): "t much the purchaser is getting"- moncy, and to insure that - ' pays for. Another pin-pose of the c seven] states in the matter of weigh I to biing about unifonnity between; commodities per bushel, etc., as,.for' in . stance, in Massachusetts, a bushel (if crzmbcrrics is required to weigh '3' pounds, while a bushel of the same fruit in Michigan must weight 40 pounds. In Wisconsin :1 bushel of turnips mus uciph only 42 pounds, while in Nort and South Dakota a bushel of «faint’ must weigh 60 pounds Pennsylvani bushel of potatoes must weigh only pounds but in New York, New :[ér Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia po toes lune to weigh 60 pounds to the: bushel. 'Io secmc un1formity between tl’l 5.611 01.11 states in mattms of this kin _ ucll as to obtain the enactment,’ enforcement of net weight laws‘ similar legislation the standardiza bznrels and other containers the _si which now depends largely upon cap1ice of the individual manufactu‘ or the custom of the vicinity, e among the matters to be taken up discussed. . Many of these problems have a “ bcaiing 011 interstate commerce. Att plcscnt time the only Federal law re garding barrels is one passed by Co giess last August, which established " standaid barrel and standard grades. apples packed in barrels That this should be greatly broadened and‘ s1 ope made general is the contentio’ y the 1* ederal and state weights and m .. " ures officials. ‘ UNION . . OBJECTS TO TARI,‘ And now the F rmers’ Union! 5T benevolent organization of the sauth states has injected itself into the situation. The result of its a‘éti awaited with interest, and no 0, e, more interest than President Wil " - The Farmers’ Union has,‘ (.3? against a binding caucus of De so It has advised Denibcras frdm th [TARA/[HRS’ bear witness to the real _ interests of Michigan farmers. who are rons of, marketing as well as raising their othe" best advantage. 111s; ”pink-sheet” has no creed, nor party, ys no favorites and bows its head to neither 11,1101 enemy, if they would swerve it the single path wh1ch it has laid for__ nfs to; SOIVe the greatest problem that con- farmer today, THAT OF DIS- 051%? OF HIS CROP FOR A GREATER «The market reports are written directly to we the farmers of Michigan, and to assist e111 in receiving at their own local market '1‘: prices which should be theirs. ; Subscription price, 50 cents a year. WATCH FOR THE SCOFFER. A modern phrasing of an old proverb would read: “TIIE MAN WHO HAS NO ENEMIES IS NOT WORTH THE GROUND HE'STANDS ON!” The move— , ments that have brought down, through the ages these changes in the onditions bof men which make the World as we find it to day, have been met not only with oppo— sitiOn, F O R T H E Y A R E GREATER THAN OPPOSI— TION, not only with enemies, for enemies have not learned the les— son that God stands 011 the side of :Right, but by SCOFEERS, those . yellow—backed folks, who stand like ostriches, with heads buried in the seinds, to avoid the noise of the bat- ',tle until it is over and then lift “their silly heads to squeak, “I told you so!” They do not realize that the bat- tle is only a stepping—stone to the goal reached; that disorder or treachery in the ranks only wipes out ,,the cameleon skinned soldier and leaves those who may be de— ' pended on in the thick of battle. So they scoff! For the enemy who does not toop to fight with diIty weapons, who does not rob the bodies of the Weaker who have fallen 111 his fire, WE HAVE R E s P E C T —— HE 'TTIFIGHTS FOR A WRONG “CAUSE BECAUSE HE HAS ‘._NOT ~AVVAKENED TO THE INEVITABI E TRUTH THAT RIGHT WILL ALWAYS WIN IN THE END! I But for the Scoffer and his ilk— whether he talks to his neighbor, ~3peaks from a pulpit, or in the pages of his weak kneed sheet 0111 the press—W E H A V E , . when they Can _ branch. ! for the moment, to end 111' a? 011 Of BUT 'white srnoke that gradually but " , effectually disperses. , N OW WATCH FOR. THE SCOFFER WHEN YoU 7i MEET HIM, “WHEREVER You MEET HIM JOT DOWN? HIS NAME, MARK THE . WORDS HE UTTERS, LAY ASIDE THE COPY OF HIS PRINTED S H E E T—-—you will have use for them later! At a stroke of the feather, the scofter falls! ‘ fires savage, he from‘ ambush, while the back. is turned and gloats over his dishonest spoils in the} safety of a hidden retreat.‘ AS FOR THE ENEMY— Th‘eir shoes have fallen like, put- ty on armour plate, by their own methods they have shown their yellow streak—- ' . \, BUT WATCH, FRIENDS, FOR THE “SCOFFER,” HIS BATTLE MUST BE YOURS! - BIG PROFIT FOR POTATO ' GROWERS. The . present ‘ potato situation shows again the value of an honest market review to the producers. Potato growers who have followed the market reports of the “Pink Sheet” for the past few- months, and acted on the advice they con— tained, will now be letting go of their holdings‘at a price which means money in their pockets. As far back as December 21, 1912, when potatoes were sluggish at thirty cents, with an indifferent market, we saw the way the wind was blowing. Our flag went up, and we told potato growers to hold for fifty Centsi—that this price was sure to come. " A week or so ago, iwe again cau- tioned those who. were shrewd enough to have followed our ad- vice up to that period, notto let go their holdings. By that time the dealers all over the state had awakened to the real situation, and were buying 11p all possible tubers at a price around thirty cents. A11 atmosphere of speculation sur— rounded the market, and many producers let go in the flurry of the moment. Still our flag was up and our slogan was, “Hold for fifty.” What is the situation now? Just what we predicted. Potatoes are at 50- 55 cents, and the situation is », But his sneaking“ kind we must watch, for like the 3 back of the big farm house. LARGE CHERRY ORCHARD EOR NORTH MICHIGAN' ‘ What is to be the largest cherry or."- chard in the world is now being start-4 ' It 13 to; ed to the north of Nerth‘pmt. be a Montmoreney orchard and when completed will c0ver 200 acres. tainable being used In order to secure a suitablewsite for this orchard it was necessary to buy. several tracts of farm land and com~ bine them into one big ranch Which, covels 558 acres. bought last fall The land was also a goodly pOrtion of the ground was plowed Ihis spring the remainder of the place, was put into condition and the trees set. The trees are 24 feet apart each way. The rows the longest way of the field, have a length of nearly a mile and are as straight as the p th of a rifle bullet. chard will be utilized for the growing of alfalfa and for general farming. As soon as preparation can be made 104 acres will be given over to alfalfa. Although the cherry trees will not come into bearing for four years, the problem of picking and marketing the fruit is now being worked out.‘ Twenty dormitories and a dining hall capable of seating 600 people, willbe erected ._ There will be a water works system'f‘o'rthe group of‘buildings, a sewerage sys- ' tem and an electric lighting plant. A registered- brand is to be adopted and the products of the orchard mar— This, spring berter than 150 acres have been set, the very best fruit tree stOck 91)?- and cross fences, '. stone piles and brush heaps removed, , That part of the land; ~ which is not to be used for cherry or- ahle withgan- your. oyerc'oa . ,A male to greet A kind word as a To xopen the door . — Whate’ er it brings to t,- “A patient trust in Provider! :1. All these combined with thong! Will make a happy day, That man is worthy "£111 .great who sees the divine of this order and disciplin his tasks in their ti 11 the least matt’ . hardest, enduring ‘11 ing that the suprem the diligence and patience time. " " ' Not what we say, tells, not. we do always speak truly; we‘aie is as inevitable 3.5.11 “He dwells":in all, ' From life’s minute beginnings last ' To mam—the consummation scheme or being. ,. And in 11111th ‘91 August anticipations, symbo , Of a dim splendor evEr- On 1)" re . In that eternal» circle lite‘piirsuesf’ Brigade? friends. What Is the Bundle T’S a band of boosters, of wide~awake farmers, who are content to take any old price for the crops they haYe rafl They recdgnize the actual money-value service Micki" Business Farming is giving them through its honest M REPORTS FOR PRODUCERS, and are helping the HONEST PRICES FOR HONEST LABOR, by dlstrrbutmg ,. of this ypaper among their neighbors. . ~ ' M; RKETIN G fill 1n the conpon and we’ll send you, «Wiflm 1111'. undle of copies of Michigan Business Farming t“ .. _ Detroit, Mich. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING Send along the “bundle” 1.1 I was? that 11 a... '1 - 6" S in theorem; , 111 the state; $1. 75 in ‘ éohnti erage wages by. the ‘Vut 0 rd ' as $1. 59. ago the average . ate by the month was Verage Wages by“ the day "Lawton grape belt 1n the- spar, of Van Buren county will FaPfi acreage increased by sev- red acres this y.ear The big fish) use double the acreage. this year as compared with At Malta—V tion to its fatter)? 113 9cinity of Hartford ‘ o have been put-u ngthis spring ‘ SAYS FARMERS ' - ARE BIASED?‘ fr ,V. 1; recently decided the cause Of a ‘” “13 against an autOmobiliSt in favor 01;: Wednesday. Gideon Whit- , the‘latter’s automobile. --a- loud noise that it 11¢: a‘ brief summary of they ' ' ’ to fruit in various sections ‘ 152—50 per cent on peaches, 75 . pit smaller fruit. ‘ , ’ Strawberries, l" Badly damaged. . _ M Lodge 100 per cent on straw} (21‘. cent on all fruit._. bent on all fruit. , _ r 999‘». on vegetables” 4“ 1n ' s at Marshall, were live stock will” gas ‘~ be unloaded, fed and. watered in transit to Deficit; and Buffalo The law re- quires this to be done every '36 hours- .‘ when live stock is being transported VALUABLE HORSES . STOLEN AT NORTHVILLE L _ M. J. Moore, of Northville, has re—0 ported. to Sheriff Oakm‘an the theft of two horses valued at $500 each from his ‘ fin-111.. The theft, following a number of similar character during the past week, ' has led the sheriff to believe that an organized gang of horse thieves, which has been quiet for the past year has renewed its activities.‘ About a year ago horses were stolen with great frequency in Wayne and neighboring counties, and hustled across the border into Canada. Two of the tion and higher temperatures. In above .chart tte treble line represents normal precipitation and temperatures. temperatures and precipitation lines rise probabilities will increase for more precipita- Dates are for Meridian 90. earlier far west of that line and as much later for east of it, from, that meridian which runs north through St. Louis. May temperature will average about normal. -' . average of many years for the month and place, and normal tempera- tures and rain constitutes the best crop weather drout—h to large sections of this continent states, east Gulf coast and southern plains states, immediately east of Rockies. Not as good crop weather as in April. May 21 to June. 3. Most rain in great central valleys week centering on May 9 and in eastern sections 18 to 31. As Count one to three days in proportion .to distance: Normal means the May will bring a Most rain in northeastern Dangerous storms M’ashington, D. C., May 24-‘-—-La~st bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to: cross continent May 25 to 29, warm wave 2.4 to 28, cool wave 27 to 31. Preceding this disturbance a frost wave was predicted to cross conti- nent, carrying frosts farther south than usual, after which the tempera- ture trend will be upward. For May 9 to 13 we predicted severe weather in vicinity of Great Lakes May 11 several people were killed in Okla— homa and. the U S. Weather Bureau put out its storm warnings for the . Great Lakes. Next disturbance will reach Pacific coast about May 28, cross Pacific slope by close of 29, great central valleys. 30 to June 1, eastern sections June 2. Warm wave will cross Paci— fic slope about May 28, great central valleys 30, eastern sections June 1. Cool wave will cross Pacific slope about May 31, great central valleys June 2, eastern sections June 4. Temperatt s of the five days cen- tering on the clay this disturbance ireaches your ‘vicinity, Will average lower than usual and will bring crop peaches and Weather {wt of the best Quality. Some local ShOWers are expected May 24 to 31 and a few localities will get good rains but, as a general average, the" moisture will be less than usual, c'ro'p weather rather unfavorable and on theéSid of higher prices for cot— st01 ms and the 11 i911 inc1ease the cold and danger of frosts in northern parts of great central valleys. We would hang out stonn wamings on both coasts and the lower lakes for May 23 to 25. From May 27 to 31 severe storms are expected in the great central val- leys, particularly in the middle Mis— sissippi valleys. They are not ex- pected to be so destructive as the storms of the past few months, but no risks should be taken. East of the Rockies June will be cooler than usual in the southwest, about normal in northwest and warnlei than usual cast of meridian 90. Probably waimcr than usual on Pacific coast. June rainfall will be greater last part of month than first part; less than usual in Ohio valleys and in Southern States; elsewhere about nor- mal rain. Up to June 15 drouth in large sections will injure crops; fol- lowing June 15 fair rains may be ex- pected in most places. Severe storms are expected near June. 5 and 9. In later bulletins we will endeavor to locate these severe storms. Recent deveIOpments indicate that we will have access to all the U. S. Weather Bureau records and we do not now anticipate anything but fair treatment from that institution. Indi- cations are that thenew Secretary of Agriculture, the Hon. David F. Hou- ston, would not permit any such in— ,‘Just1ce/as was permitted by his pre- The making of weather~ decessorw «reelords by the U S Weather Bureau a . .. SAY RECENT FROSTS WERE A ”31.2 Calhoun county apple growers new that the frosts last week instVeVadj‘b ' ing damage were a blessing in GB While there will not be 50 man. bl 'soms and consequently less trees will not be so heavily-3 year. M A C MAKES USE Laundry, pies, cakes and other arti; coming under the parcel post 4,916 pounds to the incoming an,V V going mail at M. A. C. during the _ two months as compared with the. months before the parcel post was i gurated. The new scheme has proven- parti' u}.- larl y welcome to the students, who now have mother do the mending and lame. dry work back on the farm. Pastry and goodies concealed in the returning parcels do much to bring the old home closer and make college life worth living. IVILL BUILD ITS OIVN ROADS THIS YEAR. With only one bid in, that being f0 :1 mile of road on the Grand Haven, highway, the board of county- road: commissioners has found that it muS't do its own road building this year. No contractors in this vicinity appeared be willing to take up the scores of: jo offered and the one bid, on a mile? of roadway, ran $300 above the at which the commissioners , to build a similar length a short t" ago IVILL REBUILD BURNED . L CREAMERY AT HOWELL; ' A new plant will be built by the Mich-é _ . igan Condensed Milk company "to take ,1 the place of the one burned at Howell": a little Over a week ago. This plant; was the largest institution of its kinda in Michigan, employing 100 men and. paying $300,000 annually to dairymen. . It had a capacity of 70000 pounds daily. The Pere Marquette is now run- ‘ ning a special train of three carloads of milk every day from Howell t9;- Lansing in order to take care of the daiiymen’s output. The new factory will cost $75,000. .1 GOOD ROADS “BEE” ' IN SIIORE COUNTIES. The greatest “bee” Michigan has, C\Cl known will occur June 9 when. hundreds of residents of the shore counties from Bay City to Mackinaw City will turn out and do road work for a day, their object being to com- ~ plcte a continuous good road from one-5,; . end of the district to the other. ‘ Over 4,000 days work of man and: team have already been pledged by the-.7 immers living along the route of the" road. The township of Posen, in, Presque Isle county, has taken the lead 111 this work, over 1,500 days having been pledged by its residents. " Keep the land in the orchard well bro/a; en up This is not diflicult if the job , begun early, before the ground hard - Tum under yomover am; if yo ' one. If not plant to saw one 11 . or August. . , fins, IY'P :..§.§ é‘. AREA IS DIMINISHING eat seeding 1n nearly a1 portions of ’ . three prairie provinces has been 'ted and reports show that the In wheat will not be as large as Dear Last fall, owing to wet con- ' farmers were not able to do lowing, and this spring conditions 11st as bad. The big plow trac- ‘ 'a'st seaSon’s wheat crop totaled 180,- 000 bushels. It will not equal these 5 this year. Oats, barley and flax e- seeded up to May 24, and a splen— , arvest reaped with average good ‘ ther during the summer. _Tridications are the oats crop will run " to a quarter million bushels, barley 000,000 bushels and flax 30,000,000 'ushels.11armers will devote greater at— ion to these classes of grain as being Ift‘t favorable for successful harvest— i' .‘this year. Outside of excessive ' ure, due to autumn rains and the ~ ,, snowfalls of the winter, the ther has been the finest for seeding grains in many years. RECEIVE CHICKENS FILLED WITH SAND ._ Hundreds of chickens part of a c011— .si'gnment of 20 carloads, each car c011- taming 4,000 chickens, died 111 New York city because commission merchants re- fused to accept them. The commission _ chants said that the sl1ippe1s fed each fowl more than a pound of sand , fo‘re crating, and that they cannot af— ‘Lford to: pay for the gravel in the crops ,iThe attention of the Society for the Prevention of C1uelty to Animals has been called to the mattei. «‘1The situation is blamed by the whole- 53 ers on the jobbers and by the jobbers on the western shippers of live poultry. ,. "‘The shippers are the guilty parties,” said one of the leading receivers. ‘They -- send caretakers along with their stock with instructions to keep the birds hun- '1' gry all the way to Jersey City Most of the poultry comes from as far west asMissouri. The day the chickens are to be sent across the river to our mar— ket the caretakers feed them great quan- . ties of bread and meal mixed with sand and gravel. Each chicken gets about a quarter of a pound of additional weight ' stuck in its crop, and when you figure “_ there are 4,000 birds to a car, you can easily see what a big proposition this feeding up process is.” EVER RAISE “RAINLESS - W'HEAT” ON lOUR FARM? A-griculturists are greatly interested in e statement of Dr McDonald of the outh African department of ainculture, to the effect that it is. possible to grow a ‘rainless wheat”——t11at is to say,a crop upon which no single drop of rain has fallen between seed time and ha1vest It does not maintain its existence with— out moisture, but all that is necessary 1. obtained from the deposit of a pre— “yidus Season in “moisture saving fal— lows.” , :»This would mean a great boon for 05 areas where the rainfall is uncer— tain'and irrigation for various reasons SKINNER ISSUES DAIRY SHOW PREMIUM LIST ' illiam E. Skinner, general manager he National Dairy Show, has issued premium list of the eight national which will be held in the Inter: Live Stock Amphitheater, Chi-. 23 1 " tine “Breed trophy,i a: as an award for the hes ,in.‘ milk of any of the dairy breeds; the‘La tinger trophy for the best Guernes‘ey cow with advanced reco',rd and the How - ard Gould trophy for the best herd of Dexter cattle. DISCOVERS BUG THAT EA TS ALFALFA WEEVIL' Parasites Which will destroy the weevil ii which preys 011 the alfalfa crops of the ' west have been discovered in Italy by y W. R. Thompson, representative ofthe United States bureau 'of entomology in that country. He has notified Dr. L. 0. Howard, chief of the bureau, that a shipment of these parasites is on its way from Europe. The alfalfa weevil has not spread to any such extent as the cotton boll wee- vil, but as many farmers throughout the west 1nclude alfalfa as one of their prin- cipal crops, the timely introduction into their fields of an enemyto the pest will save many fa‘rmers from loss. SUGGESTIONS NEEDED FOR NEW LAW The committee appointed by the sec— retaries of the department of commerce, the department of the treasury and the depa1tment of agriculture to draw up regulations for the enforcement of the new net weight law announces that it is now ready to receive recommendations and suggestions in writing. The first hearings for manufacturers, dealers and. others interested will be held in New York during the week of June 9, and. other hearings will be held whenever and wherever there is sufficient demand. Communications for this committee should be addressed to the net weight law committee, department of agricul—- ture bureau of chemistry, Washington, D. C SILAGE AND ALFALFA A ROAD TO CATTLE PROFIT Feeders who have used silage and alf— alfa in the production of beef bullocks have done well in money making. This is the consensus of, opinion among trad- ers on the Chicago live stock market. High priced land must pay its just re- turn in profit and the advance of feed— ing methods toward a more economical production of beef commends the use of these cheap weight makers. M. I . Horine, statistician of the Union Stock Y ard and Transit company of that city, “ho has made a close study of the economic condtiions governing beef pro- duction said today: “Experience is rapidly demonstrating th It the live stock industry is especially piofitable with corn silage and alfalfa to cheapen the cost of production, and these together are solving the problem of how to make the most 111 1ey raising live stock 011 high price corn—belt lands.” FIItST SHIPMENT OF IMPORTED MEAT The first shipment of Australian‘ ‘un— stamped” dressed meat arrived at Los Angeles a few days ago on the big steamer Tahiti and consisted of 100,000 pounds It was consigned to a big local firm which at once distributed the meat among the downtown stores Compared with the" ‘trust” or Ame1i- can packers, the selling price to people averaged from 3 to 15 cents a pound cheaper and the meat was declared as good or better than that packed in Chi— cage and shipped hére. - Australian steaks br auger piece,‘ " waterc trophy for champion Guernsey, t e 'Et- The ,pet1tion' of 1th merc‘e‘ of- Bay City a p testing against the propose congress for immediately 1' tariff on sugar and putting .t at-artr on the free list three years hence, is re- ceiving hundreds of signatures, Cepies but w e, '"like directfy dependen of the petition have been placed t”in banks . . ' and other business places. abbu the city.‘ The petitions, inStead of being" di-_;- rected to Congress are directed to PreSi-' dent Wilson, as it is generally recog- nized that he is the “real thing’ in re-. gard to the present tariff measure and that if any change is made in thegbill" as it passed the house of representatives. it will be only with his approval and' co‘.nsent ‘ The petition reads as fololws: “Bay City, Mich., May 3, 1913 The President of the United. States: “The Board of Commerce, Bay City, Michigan, composed of eight hundred business men, and other signers of this petition, respectfully ask your sincere and careful attention to the following: “First: Can the ways and means com— mittee of the house of representatives, or anyone connected therewith tell what the effect will be on the growers of sugar beets and the manufacturers of sugar in the United States, if the duty is reduced or removed entirely from raw sugar? If so we would like to know what the effect will be from their stand- point.‘ “Second: “they cannot tell us the effect of this legislation, why not listen to the men and heed their appeal, who have their entire fortunes invested in “To - this industry and also listen to the farm- ers, general merchants and other lines of manufacture who are vitally inter- ested 1n the maintaining of the sugar in- dustry. Bay City is in the very heart of the sugar industry in Michigan and our, factories which furnish machinery and supplies for the sugar factories of our state are already feeling the effect of this threatened legislation. “Sugar beets have become a staple crop with the farmers of this section of Mich— igan and quite generally throughout the state, and, in fact, have becOme the most important agricultural product of this state. “The farmers of this state rely» upon this crop for proper rotation, receiving incalculable benefit therefrom in the 111- creased production of their crops grown in rotation therewith, owing to the i11— tensive farming necessary to produce a 1 age and of the number of articles destroy the bee . Would result 111 ‘ lmost, . age ”to \thé agricultur state and to the busin- 38; believe that the destruction of sugar industry wOuld cause . nearly 50 per cent in the value of lands of the state and would, way, be disastrous to 011 We, therefore, respectfull your influence, as president, prevent the destruction of this 1nd ‘ .4 LABELS FOR NEW _ , NET WEIGHT-j LA . The new labels for package g der the new net weight law, will be by September, 1914, and thereafter houSekeeper who buys a package will b ‘ able to tell the net weight of the .‘p lathe package. , New labels will have to be de covering all sorts of package goods canned vegetables to‘hottled meat manufacturers and canner‘s .u a year’s supply of labels on they will be given a chance to Wt’n.‘ , . off, which is the reasOn for the Tong d _lay in enforcing the law. CHANGE METHODS , 0R CHANGE [Q -~’ With all due consideration of necessary economies in dairying the '1 is no excuse for the dirty conditions. which prevail around some of the dai 1- barns we have seen. Men who know» no better than to keep them are. not the , kind of people to make a life- work dairying. They will never make in ex from the business,- and will a1 my prove a drag on those who otherwis .. might. If they cannot change their methods, let them change their ocCu pation. Better produce corn or beets“ or potatoes or anything else fathe SCREWDRIVER MONKEY WRENCH dile wrenches. per ed and guaranteed ,agamst We are got to t visor: sec lng‘ t‘w right" ‘ 18 ce'nts,- ‘ 1“ + DI/ES \\\\\\ _ \\\\\\§\\\ \~\\ \\\\\\ RE-TH READING BEFORE nanny farm 10011 We want to send each one of our readers one of these practical one It is really six tools in one—«a. pipe wrench, nut sc1ew driver and three dies for cleaning and re treadmgcbattered or cutting new threads on blank bdlts. d1 bolt standard farm machinery. The dies alone on t: The wrench ls drap- -forg‘ed frcgm .tlhex-fln 1 than unclean milk. innmiue BLANK 80L 1' , \\\\\\\ i “ PIPE waeucn AFTER . ., wreéu'ch, These esultr-Was going to urse, that proper -- a market which will take it for a No. ‘1 or 1:: -sp Sition Were made. ' »..n along through the sea- , es‘en‘t 'ti1'ne-‘arid/every“~ As the season has ‘ We» have constantly kept uch with .the lithe. variances 5, rents at work and show- the result they were having We have 6 cause a proper regu- , been placed on this sea- . utput, so that the conditions he that we. have been able to co. Were made possible. 5 help conditions of that . an simply Work.-and advise " as. to the best dispOsition of en COmfnodities, in face of 5 , which exist; changing e" onditions is an impossibility the same as with you. Our "1 e to you is in being able to (the same advice that the regular lb, s. Over the State have and lacing you in the very same 131a- they are, in the market— ' u ». commodities: If you cordingly in just the same posi- "s'they are, commercially speak— White that the market is gradually . _,.b'et'ter tone on the better The outside trade , apparently, the true situation 4J0 ting us with reference to this elaSs- stuff, and, in sympathy (ith, are coming into the mar- epared to pay a longer price—in premium if they can‘ only get ods of a premium nature. As ea 11 advances, the very small _5 ge of good h that we have ore and more 5, / We have figured all ' " . ‘ weshould have around pgwt f: hay that would grade .. bill as the season advances, and -. gjpes onto the market, we 5 and more aware. that this ‘ high endugh. We .e State of- Michi- rally termed hay 1.31»: '_; the real article. ,.the markets in every direction, slip— ' giantable prices. No. . slti9n. 112911111 take I chance _ 4 . Most market reports give you glad to. pay you. ' IPE} od, substantial demand and present conditions favor steady 2'——Market clearing up and better prices 3—Market- very quiet1has every appearance of being over- No profit at ruling prices, No. tin-Better keep in port. Storm on. We give you the prices If you can hold. this is an “eleventh Prices may go. 31'" trade; understands it as “line hay” —a . close counterfeit for No. l. The trade :is trying to sell this counterfeit for They’ are going into ping oE into the mines, where they 3 think it is dark; off into the South, where they think anything d every- thing is hay, doing every ing pos~ Sible to get this character of hay on 1 and pay a No 1 price. But the trouble is that we have such an enor- mous cr0p5 this year, and accordingly the disposition with us constantly, to be shoving these lower grades of hay forward, keeps these markets in every nook and corner of the States con- /stantly filled with these other Charac— ters of hay. The natural result is that a depressed condition has existed in every direction at most times up to the recent past. The first break in the game came When we were visited with the com— bination of bad- road conditions in the country and the flooded situation on the outside. This combination did much toWard holding back shipments and allowing the outside markets to temporarily clean up. When cleaned up, the feeders of hay began to appre— ciate the very small receipts of high class stuff and apparently began to stu y the situation from all angles. Th result has been that since this time high— class hay has been grow- ing in favor constantly. As pre- viously demonstrated, we will have a better class of trade to cater to from now on. We will not have only a Small percentage of trade to cater to who naturally take the low grades ~ and common grades of mixed hay, therefore there are no natural assets to the situation, only as it directly effects our high— class stuE. Thls grade of hay is going to continue to grow in favor and advance in price. Remember, this is a natural supposi— tion. You, as diSposers of hay, can dump this hay on the market in such a manner as to break up the results as before demonstrated. It is entiiely up to you, as disposers, whether you experience this advance or not. HAY—MICHIGAN ZQNE ' PRICES. V E Michigan .............. $11.10 Michigan. . ............. 12.70 Michigan .............. 13.50 Michigan .............. » 13.30 Michigan .............. 12.90 Zone Michigan .............. 13.30 Zone Michigan ........ , ..... 14.95 , NOTE—‘The prices quoted are for No. ' 1 Timothy in the different freight zones. 'This gives you the price dealers should be able to pay for this commodity f. o. b., ‘their station, under existing market con- ditions. Handling charge not included. Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone DETROIT—In sympathy with the 5 general outside situation, the Detroit market is showing quite a little bet- ter tone when faced with high—class shipments. mium nature on these top or pre- mium Class of goods. We do not feel like quotigg iil:1 particularly i:lfm‘tter on ,- gh- cla‘s There The market is of a'pre-5 -v0at straw .7. HAY—DETROIT MARKET. No.1 Timothy” ................. $15. 00 No.2 Timothy .................. .. 12.50 No. 3 Timothy .................... 9.00 Light mixed ...................... 12.50 0. 1 mixed ...................... 11.50 No. 2 mixed ...................... Rye Straw . ............... .. What and Oat Straw .............. PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh market shows an advance of almost $1.00 per ton on strictly No.1 tim- othy hay. There is a sympathetic ad— vance on good No.2 or nice light mixed hay, but when you get into the lower qualities, such as common No 2, No. 3 or common qualities of mixed, disposition can be made only at the very lowest figures. HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET. ............... $16.25 N . 2 Timothy hay 14.00 . 3 Timothy 11.00 . 1 Light mixed hay ........ 13.00 . 1 Clover mixed hay ........... 13. 00 l Clover hay 12. 00 Fine Prairie Packing Hay .......... 10. 00 No 1 Oat straw .................. 9.00 No.1 Rye straw No.1 Wheat.straw No. 1 Timothy hay CHICAGO-Receipts of hay on the Chicago market continue right with the demand and tone to the situation of the very best. Everything, even to common qualities of hay, moved off readily. Of course, the real tone and . snap to the situation was on the bet- ter qualities. We are able to change quotations about 50c. HAY—CHICAGO MARKET. Choice Timothy ................... $17.00 No. 1 Timothy 16.00 No. 2 Timothy 14.00 Light Clover Mixed ................ 13.00 No. 2 Mixed hay 10.00 No. 3 Timothy Clover Threshed Timothy Marsh feeding hay ................ BOSTON—Receipts for the past week were 283 cars of hay, six cars of straw, with 15 cars of hay billed for export The corresponding week last year shows 276, four cars of straw, with 39 cars of hay billed for export This will show you that we only have seven cans of hay in excess this year over the arrivals on this market last year. In face of this, there is a difference in conditions of about 70 per cent. Boston is experi- encing a good market with a fair demand for the best giades of hay, but the poor grades are selling ve1y low and at indefinite prices. The \ trade who naturally buy cheap hay are well filled up, with price on this kind of hay very weak. 'HAY—BOSTON MARKET. Large Small 1 bales. bales. Hay, choice ............... $21.50 $20.50 Hay. N , .. . 20.00 Hay, . . . 17.00 Hay,. . .. . 14.00 Hay, 15.00 5 Hay, clover mixed ..... .. .. . 15.00 Hay,~st0ck ...... 13.00 13.00 Long rye straw............. 22.00 .Tangled rye straw . . ..... 12.00 ‘ 12.00 ' there is no question uted the present situation to the movement from the farm We be this is very near the true cause. H15 class timothy has been very scarce the week. Some big baled No.1 tim othy hay reached $23.,00 but most trading in average to good quahties has bEen within the range of $19.00 to $22.,00 with the latter figure rare . exceeded. Lower grades of timoth have something of an infinite value. HAY—NEW YORK MARKET." New Hay: Large Small Timothy— bales, - bales... Choice. per ton. per ton‘ " $22 00' 19.00‘ 155.50 17.00! , 16.001; 15.0 13.55,: No.3 Light Clover mixed ........ 18. 00 No. l Clover mixed ........ 17. 00 No. l Clover ‘ No. 2 Clover mixed 11.00 NOTE—Large bales weigh from 200 to_ 250 pounds; medium bales from 80 to 150: POTATOES Two weeks ago we tried to get right down to brass tacks With- you and determine as accurately ’ . as possible what assets and liabilities the potato situation showed. In this . article we demonstrated to you the three possibilities for the. future of this crop from a marketing angle. In our last week 5 issue we showed you very plainly the reason why we should work for a little advance at the pres— ent time. We demonstrated this th10ugh the angle of a reported. short- age of early potatoes in certain sec- tions. Along with this asset of a shortage in caily potatoes, we linked the low piice of old potatoes at the present time, a price which was way below normal from a general food— stuffs angle point. We consider that, in itself, is a real asset to the general possibilities of this commodity; then , being able later to link this with a shortage of new potatoes, gives us a , double asset to the situation confront— ing us at the moment and also dem- . onstratcs a possibility for an advance being in effect for the balance of our old potatoes. The result of this dou? blc—hcaded asset has been to create a demand in every direction for these old potatoes. Markets which Were almost lifeless, d01mant and in a very much sluggish and depressed condi- tion are coming to life and making a call on us as disposers of old pota- toes trading in every city of any size is beginning to be of an acute nature. Spirited, to a certain extent, has the situation become. We would not 0011— ~ sidcr it CSpecially spirited only at a time like this, when old potatoes have been at such a low level almost from the inception of the season Now, any life at all to the situation appears ‘ . almost of a spirited nature. It almost looks to us now as if we were going to get that 40c stake price which we set a long, long time ago. As editors of this Pink Sheet, we felt sure that, with proper disposition and with anything whatever happen— ing of an asset nature, that these potatoes surely would go to a 401: level some time before the leSe of the season. It looks to us now to be nearer at hand than 'at any time sin,’ -‘ we started last fall. Of coursewfl know this, that the shipper is g ting '40c, f. o. b. shipping point, no stock that will grade. About ho We Should; a very much to set a stake and‘ ha ,_ based 0n wh , ‘ have of T ’ se of this game might to _ e The? quality of ‘ s' for this season of the year . . pecially good. The cars that the 'haS inspected have been of an- _ gOOd quality, exceptionaly firm-7“ , Vo'od in color. I may possibly have favored with shipments, but I r1ng’:s potatées is well up to the anda'rd of this time of the year. "Tor "Sorne time in the past. With any '11" of disposition from now on, you ' 1e in’a aposition to very much benefit Michigan .............. $ .50 Michigan .............. .52 Michigan .............. .50 Michigan .............. .52 Michigan .............. .52 The prices shown are what potatoes Gill ' .net shipper in the different zones. This will enable you to compare with local dealer’s price and determine what action you will take as to disposition. D » DETROIT—For the first time in ' .many weeks, Detroit has begun to show a little life and has sent out its first call for potatoes. Many of our ‘dealers over the city have expressed themselves along the line of light re- ceipts, with a good demand and the trade generally looking for old stock. The market here is just a little indefi- .nite. They are trying to buy as cheaply as they can, but they know the possibilities are with us. The common market price is about $1.25 per sack, 50c per bushel. This price . _'will have to be advanced in order to draw the stuff. , Zone 2 . Zane 4 - Zene 5 . 6 7 , ne ' 'Zone POTATOES+DETROIT MAR- K . Bulk from car, per bu ......... .50@ .43 {"Sacked from car, per bu ...... .43@ .45 ‘ *Sacks must be even weight 150 lbs. Price quoted includes cost of sack, about 10%c each. CINCINNA'TI~—Receipts of both old and new stock on the Cincinnati market for the past week have been very light. The trade has been of the- very best as to tone, with a con- stantly better feeling manifest all around. POTATOES—CINCINNATI MARKET. Bulk from car, per bu .......... .55@ .58 *Sacked from car, per bu ....... .58@ .65 *Sacks must be even weight, 150 lbs. Price quoted includes cost of sack, about 10%c each. PITTSBURGIi—Pittsburgh has put 011 real bullish airs during the past ..Week, traders looking in every direc- ';tion for receipts to fill requirements for the local and interior Pennsylva-' nia trade. The result has been that ‘potatoes have shown a little advance, ' in most cases around 5c per bushel. POTATOES—PITTSBURGH MARKET. ' Bulk from car, per bu .......... Sacked from car, per bu ........ WHEAT-T For the most part, trading in Wheat for the week was based on'what might naturally be tried bearish news. Practically .SS@ .60 .60@ .65 Was of a discouraging nature. I p reports from Russia were more table than for a long time. South ‘ 'ded' and northwest of a Visit by g T ‘ This would appear to ‘s-ch'eck_g- any eleventh hour hepe that the bulls rains. had been maintaining, beé'a-use harvest time is now too near at hand, with a condition of the growing crop too high to permit any very important“ . , action happening. To you. as readers of this sheet, and ' " ~ to ourselves as editors of 'it, the situa~. , tion shows that, regardless of the beariSh dope possible to put out that the wheat market seems to Show a» tendency to hang at about a certain " level. establish is this, that a commoditywv The point the writer wants to can, by virtue of time and conditions, established what is naturally termed a popular price. To me it looks as if the wheat situation has established; just this: a popular price, which means right around $1.00, with its With the agi— . lsituation from a high~' tendency to be above. tatiori and r cost of— liviii‘gzstandpoint and on other commercial angles as they appear to— day, it should be very possible to even under very bearish conditions maintain our present price on wheat, from a crop standpomt. WHEAT—CHICAGO‘ MARKET. No. Red ......... ‘ ............ ,. . . 31.07% Speculative Prices. *July delivery 39% Sept. delivery ................. .8896 *The price given for July and May de- ,1 livery represent the future delivery prices. This information merely gives you the future basis of this commodity as figured by those who speculate on future pros- BEANS, The question which confronts D us today is not what a com- modity will sell for, but what that commodity should bring. This has been ost definitely brought to our attention by virtue of the situa- tion on beans through which we have just passed. Just think of a commod— ity dropping 35c per bushel right of? the reel and after it had dropped that respective 35c, to be in a sluggish, depressed and lifeless condition That is just exactly the experience which we have just encountered, a condi- tion through which we have just passed, and it ought to demonstrate to you, as an individual reader of this Pink Sheet, as an individual producer, that it is up to you, as an individual, to know conditions better than you know the price you can get for your stuff from day to day if you are to hope that you will ever better the conditions which effect you from a commercial standpoint. If you do not know the conditions, if you do not know The ”whys” and “wherefores” of a given situation, you will likely bump up against an excited, nervous and indefinite proposition where life to you is a real “on the griddle’ prop— osition constantly. We can appreci- ate that it isalmost impossible for the individual to get the “ins" and “outs” of these big market games If we had not appreciated these things, we would not in turn be putting this Pink Sheet before you, because the mission and meat of the Pink Sheet is to give to you those Conditions that the other fellow has, so that you can, cope with him in this great commer- no .cial game. , , We know witho‘ have done it (so seems thab- an: , _ , duped into ing at all nervous over the sttua’uon «when the market drop- ped to the depressed pos1t10n of $180. The game today IS one organization , against another, one machine against another, therefore, it is simply a feat: " ture of perfecting the given organiza- tiOn and the given machines so that -we can hope to compete év'vith cur competitor, because through this angle is’ the only Way in the world in which competition shows itself one whit. From a natural standpoint competi— tion has been crowded out, never to return into the commercial game again. Beans have weakened about 4c from their high point the latter part of the week. This is not at all alarming. We would expect this for the following reason: When a mare. -- ket advances 35c per bushel, it stimu-‘ lates trading from every azigle, trad— June. prime _-. 11111111110111,me 7' 1 Aisike, prime Alsike prime ..:. :.~ Timothy “Seed Prime ‘/ ing results in movement,_ movement 1 results in receipts at ,t.he.;'other end of' i the hue; therefOre,Tit is natural to expect, with a 35c advance, that the . receipts on terminal markets were of such a magnitude as to temporarily fill those markets, therefore they are either out of the market fer the pres ent or the market shows a little back— ing up. This backing up is repre- sented by about 4c per bushel, but let 11s tell you right here, these beans of a merchantable quality are mighty- good property, with very great pos— sibilities, and you play them at $2_. 40. BEANS—DETROIT MARKET.- White, hand- picked basis. . . . .' ....... $2.14 Red Kidney . MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. Zone No. 2 Michigan .............. 2.11 Zone No. 3 Michigan .............. 2.12 Zone No. 4 Michigan .............. 2.14 The above values represent what deal- ers are obtaining for beans, f. o. b. your station. in zones shown. This is on basis of hand—picked beans. ‘ OATSL There is practically no real change to report to you in this week’s issue. Quotations show oats in about the same channel as last week The tone to the situation is of a very conservative and wellubased ' nature, demonstrative of the true posi- tion they are holding on the market We do not play oats to make any spirited advance, but we do play them to maintain themselves and constantly show a tendency for a little improve- . ment OATS-v—DETRQIT MARKET. Standflsd .. ‘ No. .3 White , 4 White. 3 Mixed etc., is yet movmg good, strong shape on ' stuff, but on inferior ship offerings the trade i8“ no at Risa factory. 1 ‘\-. APPLESwGENERAL 7 Fancy, per barrel . Ordinary,- per barrel . use» opments whatever. , , stiuation is just about What W £0 expect at thisseason of th in sympathy with quotation , May and June are looked. ’ h flow of milk on the part. c.1111 qf1 ducer andjor a lower price in at? for the dealer, but in face of th A cannot appreciate that the . this year warrants the old I1:11; out. ing brought into effect It?! in when we will see a great ‘d, ' T 28c creamery extra b. tt 1189 cold storage andsbe'in 5:151 ,_ when butter is worth . May and June run oi bu 7, .. wanted for this purpose ' storage at the cheapestpr ' we have theabes, r market starts ,‘t'o receive 3’9? P. .“i 'W shipments and be sure the our readers shat minute quotations. Use 'MC' lly respongible. -. ' jelfers selected 1 cars. from. out- «Ids: . " Cinners and Cutters. . . . . 2 ‘lslrere 'bel'ng- 1158 he (1' W .551; last. are he trade in general ' l'd show a noticeable .;e'.of the easy feeling the cattle .market good At9 'p‘:'m .-- ..... $7. 7.5.@$8. oo yer medium .111 good” 7.40@ 7. 75 Beef steering: common to fair” 6.00@ 7. 00 Beef cows," co'inmon to selected g§50@ (7:1510 0 Static steers Good to prime veals ............ 5.00 Bulls ............... ..‘..‘.....4.50 6.50 Dressed veal ...._-.". . ..' 8 .00@13. 00 'w :1 attle—Clucago. The'trade'opens up this wegk with‘ ‘a very mediocre claSS 6f stuff on :offer. Packers started in of a very indifferent nature for all grades below ‘right gOOd quality. Qne load of very .fancy stuff, weighing 1,370 lbs, sold ~ on Tuesday at $8.70, a few other right good kinds bringing. $8.25 to ..$8 45, but very few, however, got above $8.15, with a. numerous 1i ht plain to good s‘hort- fed steers se cling at $7265 to '$8.,00 with a common light killing kind down to $7. 25. The'failure to. ell'fect matenal .boost in prices over last week’s low spot merely "goes to emphasize the grip Whic killers now have on the trade , situation; Tuesday saw about a dozen loads of Texas "steers coming in direct for Slaughter, some right decent kind having been bought at St. Louis on Monday“ at $6.25, and others doW‘n to _ $6.10. The trade opens up on Wednesday with both packers and shippers taking hold with firm aesurance that the sup- ply at hand would prove all they needed. A slow market for all grades was had from start to finish. After the mean urgent demands had been filled, the tone of the deal eased up. Some of the real little transactions .were even IOWer than the first bids. One lot of plain l,’550.-lab. Illinois ‘ steers went at $9.00 this price against . $890: on Monday.. "The market 911 Thursday. eased off “about 10 to 15c from the high point, lished on Wednesday The mar— , assuming about a steady basis »' t of Monday, barr—ing the right class of heavy steers as well " The bulk of .thetic cut with steers ,bring $6.,50- with '. = Good to prime veals ..... ' ...... 5. ' Bull 57/39, 800 cattle, againSt 47,636 a week ago and '31 ,087 a year ago, and yet this .“cr'op has been more than needed. It' has been estimated that cattle are .'..;-averaging' about 100 l.bs to the head "5'heavier this year than last. Everything in the cow and heifer department was forced to a sympa- Trading in this department, as well as in high- class steer stuff, was of a very mean and indifferent nature all through the week. It is Quite‘true that the de- mand was ever more narrow for sows g-and heifers than in other departments. It took the real fancy fat cow kind to some good fat. weighty sort going at $6.15, with good killers down to $5.50 to $6. 00. Hardly anything in heifers touched over $7.00, a class which would have commanded 75 to 85c more at the high point this season. Some good killing heifers sold at $6 35 to $6. 60, with a medium sort going at $6.00 to $6.25. The bull market seems to show about the strongest of anything There has been a tendency in some “cases for a little strength to be in evi— dence. 1The bulk of sales on Thurs- day of the week was 25c higher than on Monday, with some of the good weighty bologna kind quoted 35 to 40c higher than the low time last week. A few selected beefy bulls for East- ern bologna trade went at $6.60. This "Was the sort that was bringing $7.10 top' for the season; Most bologna kind was going at $6.40. with the com— mon light grade at $6.25, with light thin, sort down to $5.75, the canner about $5.50. The canner and cutter department assumed something of a peddling na— ture. The outside demand was prac- tically cut oq. Packers having the trade well in hand, wanted price con- cessions. The trade showed about 21 10c cut over last week, a good weighty cutter class still going at about $4.75; but this sort had to show some degree of beef quality. Natural cutters going at about $4.50. with plain class hover— ing around $4.25. The bulk of veal sales were down ‘ to a basis largely, 50c lower a week ago. A skimmer class had to go at about $6.00, w'th a light good strong Weighty kind going at $7.00; heavies and roughs at $5.00 to $5.25. The bad Eastern veal trade was out to punish the Western situation. in sympathy with cuts all along the line, stockers and feeders have been reduced around 25 to‘ 40¢. This price ought to begin to look attractive to those using cat— tle of this sort for summer grazing. Some light good stock steers were Selling around $7.45. These were con— sidered as high in cost as any time in recent weeks. There was only a few light choice springcrs and fresh cows on offer. These were going around 75 to 80c, with fair to good cows going at 60 to 70c."with the plain light com— mon kind down to 55c. Most of the demand is coming from nearby terri— tory. A few requisitions were re— ceived for some good heavy kind for Eastern shipment. CATTL'E—CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. Beef steers good to prime heavy ..................... $7. 7 Beef steers, medium to good” 7. 5 Beef steers, common to fair. 7. 2 jBéef cows. common to selected 4.8 Fat heifers, good to choice. 6.5 Canners an'd cutters .......... 0 Z 5. Cattle—Buffalo. had the largest assortment Monday fig) the year. Of 1 cars ’on 0%?1 . ‘ " “- maller'kill is, as well as some of the are looking for females new cheap meat. some retailers are 'c mplarnmg that. under high-priced prime finished cattle show too- much filof the fat tallow or waste, and that the cheaper beef meets a demand for all lean. Little heifer stuff is selling so well that prices on these grades are up around handy weight steer prices, butchering heifers, for instance,» going right along with and selling really handy Weight steers at $7. 45 to $8.00 Fat cows sell up to 17.00 to “ $7 25,115 against $7. 80 to $800 for geod killing weighty steers, and these m'ake cows look high. The Monday market on weightier steers generally was 10 to 15¢ lower, Chicago having a liberal supply and enabling Eastern killers, who are large users of the h1gher— priced steers, to go West, if: they de- . sired. Butchering cattle generally, in- ' ' cluding the lighter steers and fat COWS and heifers, was steady. Stockers and“ f feeders, under a light supply, rule‘d'. strong, light fccdc15 selling up to“ _ $7. 70, with little stocker stuff bring- .. ~* ing $6 25. Bulls sold full strong and . showed a high level, tops bringing $7 50 to $7 75.111esh cows and spring- ers showed an unchanged trade, there being quite a few of the Brooklyn dealers on the day's market, and they bought freely of both fresh cowsfan‘d' spring-ers. At the close a good clear- ance was had. Some authorities are of the opinion that butchering cattle“ ' will continue to outsell heavier steers, 'some weeks to come. Grass cattle as compared to the real values, for .y will come freely now shor fly and some cheaper common cattle may be looked. ' for. grunge now and native the glass will soon come in competi— tion with these. (No change in quo- tations. ) -..—/.~ CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS. Good to choice heavy steers $8.40 to $8.50 Medium to fair heavy steers 8.15 to . 5 Handy weight butchering steers Yearlings Fat heifers, inferior to choice Fat cows, medium to choice Canners and cutters ........ Bulls . Stockers and feeders ....... 5.00 to 7.75 Milchers and springers.... 35.00 to 100.00 Calves—Buffalo. - . Sixteen hundred head of calves on .‘ offer at J) uqalo Monday. Strong de- mand, 1esulting in a good trade at piices about steady with last Satur— day A few lots of light calves sold,- with only a few out, at $9.50, while the closer sortcd offerings brought $9.75 to $10.00, few odd head bringing a lit- _ tle more, general price for 'cohice, kinds being $10.00. Real good culls were quoted 11p to $9.00, but majority of the offerings in this end went from $8.50 down l1eds showed a spread of fiom $5.00 to $6.00.. 6.00 to 4.50 to 3.75 to Calf Quotations. Valves choice to extra ...... $9. 75@$10. 25 ' Fair to good 9.013 Culls and common ........... 8. 00@ 8.50 Light thin ................. 8. 00@ 8. 00 Fed Calves ................. 5. 00@ 6. 00 Hogs—Detroit. _ The run of hogs this week, in both quality and number, was very uniform to that of last week, there being 74,872 this week, against 7,855 last- , The trade opened up in a decided variance with that of last, everyone being an);— ious; trading being at most times Spit-1 ited; tone to the situation showing a decided improvement. The result of, this was that hogs advanced a}; 20 to 250 per hundred. Sa’ . week on good quality and t ent class ranging right clo Fair to chaic'e butchers. . . . . . .38". 65 1 "Lightweights . . . ,. eys accordin to we lcxas is sending cattle off the'j"fi" cattle from Off - ” 'ednesday finds the market about 10c higher. Occasional sales‘more and some less. Extremely heavy stuff did :"not show the full strength of the ad— vance, with good butchers and light “weights changing hands at top notch. iThe receipts of Eastern markets being ‘1r'at‘he.r light, caused better shipping ,‘demand from here, shippers paying up ' to $8.62 top for light weights. After the trade was going nicely $8.60 was "Common price for good hogs. Pack— ers held off on the early market and acted as though they would not pay the advance, but later were forced to buy at the price. The closing rounds 'of mid- week found offerings well cleaned up. _ Thursday finds the trade running along in about VVednesday’s route. 'Some sales were about 5c weak, while others moved fully as strong. The trade starts out a little slow, with speculators the chief buyers. The shipping demand picked up wonder— fully. Packers held off until late, try- ing to buy at a decline. When pack— ers finally started, t1ade was very act- ive. The tiading for the day 11111111 right around $8.50 to $8.60. Friday finds the market slowed up just a little. The result was about :1 5c decline. The market rallied, how— 1 ever, later in the day, coming back to . best form of the week. Speculators ' ,w'er'e the main buyers early and pack— «ers were very slow to start but good 1, finishers. The price range was some- what'harrow, Confined between $8.50 1,-a11,d.$8.60. 'lfive. days of the week show 119.100 hogs marketed at Chi- cago. This shows an increase of 5600 over a week ago, a decrease of 12,300 from a year ago and 40,800 from the same period two years ago. HOGS—CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. Mixed packing .............. $8.20@$8.35 Medium and butchers ......... ‘8.35@ 8.40 Poor to good heavy packing...8.05@ 8.22 Lightweights ................ 8.30@ 8.45 Selected 260—300 lb. packers... 8.25@ 8.52 Pigs and throw-outs .......... 2.50@ 8.75 Hogs Buffalo. Good Monday hog supply at Buf— fab—~14, 400 head Good all iound de- mand arid trade closed strong. Prices for the day ruled generally steady with Saturday’s close, it being gener- ally a one—priced deal of $8.90 for packers grades and good weight york- ers. During the early session most sellers held their light yorkers and pigs at $9.00, but before the day’s busi— ness closed, it was generally an $8.90 deal. Roughs sold mostly at $7.75 and stags $6.50 to $7.00. HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS. Extreme heavies, 280 up ...... $8.80@$8.90 Heavies, 240 to 280 .......... 8.80@ 8.90 Mediums, 220 to 240 .......... 8.85@ 8.90 Mediums, 190 to 220 ......... 8.85@ 8.90 Mixed, 180 to 220 ............ 8.85@ 8.90 Yoners, 150 to 170 ........... 8.85@ 8.90 Yorkers light, 130 to 150 ..... 8.90@ 8.95 Pigs, 120 down .............. 8.90@ 9.00 State Hogs ................. 8.60@ 8.90 Heavy ends ................ 8.60@ 8.85 Roughs ..................... 7.60@ 7.75 S'tags ....................... 6.50@ 7.00 Sheep and Lambs—Detroit. There is a little inc1ease in receipts this week over last, figures showing 2858, against 2,586. The market rules very good in tone and general spirit. There is a disposition manifest on the pert of all concerned to step into the- market prepared to come across with the price in harmony with that sug— ,ngted by conditions. There is but I cry little change 111 markethquota-11 going at $600 to $6.50 wit common stuff $3, 50:- . . average heep around , SHEER—DETROIT srociél 1‘ YARDS Lambs, ood to choice...,....$7.35 $7. so Lambs, air to good... . . . . . 6.50 ‘7. 00 Mixed sheep ' ......... . . . ‘. . . . 4.50 5. 25 a”. Sheep and Lambs—Chicago. The sheep and lamb department opened up with comparatively liberal receipts and a liberal feeling on~ the '- part of the trade in general. Packers being cleared up in good season. seem to be good buyers, with bins Mondays supply fell down to 14,843. This wduld naturally have something to do with the better actions of the buyers The general quality was fairly good, with prime offerings in various divisions hard to find. Practically nothing in the feeder department ar— rived. There was nothing in the way of outside competition. Sholll native ewes opened the week’s trading a1ound $6. 25, with a very good class going at $6 00, some medium to lair killers at $550, some real plain smt $5.00, some good mulks went at $5. 50, with a large class of fair sort <.1,o1'nr1 at $50.0 'Ihe lamb department opens up with quite a few shippers in the market, with city butchers showing good, fair' sized orders. Local packers secured the bulk of the crop. They were very free traders. Sellers were well satis- fied with prevailing conditions and lost no time in getting ready holdings. The bulk of native clippers were sell- ing at about $7. 50 top. These were fancy. A strictly good sort going at $700 to $7.25; plain to natural offer— ings, $6.50 to $6.75. The week closes with a demand somewhat indifferent as affecting the sheep department, price showing around a 10 to 15c cut. Buyers insisted 011 a sharper decline and the healthy tone of the trade no— ticed previously was not to be found. Some fairly good Indiana fed shorn ,wethers cleared at $6.00, a string of 96-111. yearlings going at $6.40. Some yearling eyes were held at‘$6.50, a kind which, a few weeks ago, landed at $6.90. Most buyers insisted on buy~ ing prime shorn native eyes at $6.00, which price evidently secured the bulk of the desirable lots. Lamb prices suffered a sharp setback, with sellers unable to check the downward trend of values. Prevailing prices were at least 10 to 15c lower than the close of last week and as much as 25c off at the best time of this week. SHEEP—CHICAGO STOCK YARDS Lambs, good to choice ...... '. .$8.00@$8.40 Lambs, fair to good .......... 7.35@ 8.00 Lambs, cull to common ...... 4.00@ 5.00 Yearling lambs, choice ........ 6.50@ 7.50 Yearling lambs, cull to fair. . . 4.00@' 5.00 Wethers, choice .............. 5.00@ 6.50 Common to prime ............ 4.25@ 6.25 Cull sheep . . . .. . . .' ......... 3.50@ 4.50 Bucks ...................... 4.25@ 5.00 Sheep and LambsL—‘Bufialo. Monday’s sheep and lamb receipts 70 double decks, which included eight held over from last Saturday, supply figuring 14,000 head. Very slow lamb trade, unless offerings were on the fancy order, but prices showed no change from last week’s close. A few fancy lambs Yeached the $800 mark, but general run of sales on choice 'lambs were made at around $7. 75 and kinds that were a little leggy or coarse Was very hard to move above the-- Cull sheep ...... ..... 200 3.001 Some good ’ M' Ewes, :1 Cult She: The mines report busmess very good especially in domes-tic 6051,1131 1ch Orders a‘i‘etco'ming in freely for "June and July delivery. The demand 1-for Pocahontas and smokeless coal is exceedingly strong and many of. the large operators are pretty well sold up on this grade Of Coal. The demand is now getting to be more than the supply, which will develop that late deliveries will have to. be made on basis of high—priced coal. ,_ The car shortage is beginning to affect the markets to some extent, which will be getting worse 5151- the season advances. The-retail dealers ate doing the wise thing by using every available space for storage room and "guarding against the coal shortage coming With a pe- riod of car shortage. , 1 The Business Farmer today must realize that it is just as essential to have coal storage room for the pur- pose of storing coal early in the sea» son as it is for the large dealers to have storage for' large quantities of goal. If it is profitable for them to store coal, 'why would it 1not be just as profitable for you? Your money would have the same earning powers investment involved in the storing ‘of as the dealers 1n the proportion to the coal. ‘ An individual cannot, und'er'or~ dinary._ conditions, 'use a carload'vof coal, but take fouror five farmers and a car can be handled to advantage. The anthracite situation is respond- ing with some degree of activity. There is a lively demand for all sizes and the mines are having no trouble Average. freight 3‘1pomts, 70 cents perm Pocahdntas Steve 1 Freight rate, 45 . ing rate 1 Anthracite C Chestnut hard coal, gr. Equivalent toner; to , ‘E’gg and'a'st‘ove si There is practi'll prices on flour for the -’ "conditions 111 general poiht'i‘a ; , that we will see loWet, p - in the near future. Pricehf‘ practically the me,w tion of corn mil and crack; which is a little higher on having to use kiln dried costs more than the other , _ Kind--' - i ' “Blend” flour, %- -paper' sacks Spring patent ,. Toweling Sacks or wdod ba 20s higher. , COarse corn meal. . . . Cracked corn . . . . . .‘ Chop feed .. . . . . 1 . . ., CoarSe‘middIings .. ' _ Fine middlings I. . . . . . . .. . Bran (standard) .... . . . . .. The above prices are f. o. _ Mich, onycar lbt shipments, IICI‘C is “It. 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