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OW many farmers have been unfortunate .
enough to hear “Sorry -- but I'm all sold
out." in these days, the dealer, in spite of his best efforts,

\ cannot alWays foresee the demand nor lieep ahead of rapidly
changing conditions. If you wait until spring to get our
fertilizer, it may be too late—and crops planted wit out
fertilizer are likel to prove unprofitable. Of course, you

. want “A A Quality," as you always have. Don't be dis-

appointed. Be on, the safe side—see the local agent now
about your supply of .

A. A. C. Fertilizers «l
The coal shortage, transportation and labor dificulties and reduced pro;

duction of many essential materials—all point to a fertilizer shortage in
the spring'—for the big rush is still to come. '

The demand for fertilizer is unusually heavy. And the supply is limited.
Even with our exceptional facilities-late orders. will have to take their
turn. ‘ There was a net shortage of 38,267 box cars for the week ending
Jan. 7, reported by the U. 5. Railroad Adarinistration. We urge you

as strongly as we know how to take no chances, but order at once.

if your dealer has A. A. C. Fertilizer in stock, go get it and put it in
your ownbam now. If he issoldouhgwehimyomordaatoncefor ~
the quickest possible shipment. ' .

ii/mmmuecma a copy of our 63. page back “How ton-ca]
the Most out of Fertilizers” write for it today. Should there be no
A. A. C. agent in your vicinity write for the name of our nearest '

agent or ask for the agency yourself.

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Shall the :StateiFix' Price of Farmers Milk? "

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February 7th
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A .Legislhtion ProficsedinNew'York Would Put Dairyplndustry at Mercy of State Commission

._ HE REPORT of the Governor’s 'so-calied

“Fair Price‘Milk Committee” makes cer-
tain recommendations which may: be summer
ized as advocating the-control by: the .‘State of

the prices of'milk to be paid to farmers and by
consumers,:and recommends the: creationcfvan ‘
expensive organization to execute and aliens

" sume that the Committee will admit that med-

such'price-fixing powers. ' ._ ,

It reoommends‘that “the power to fix rates
be delegated to a new, separate State Board,
composedof three officials; removable at the
pleasure of the Governor, with authOrity to
subpoena producers and dealers in" milk and
milk products, and their records, and to fix the
prices paid to the farmer and

By JOHN D. MILLER,
Vice-President and General Counsel of Dairy-
men’s League, Inc., New York.

than this. The refinements of our modern

complex civilization are such that other things.

may-be fairly classed ' as-necessaries. We as-
ical attendance are necessities. If the price of
milk is to be fixed by the State, why not the
fees of. the physician who prescribes the amount
of milk in the diet, be also fixed by the State.
The law of supply and demand fixes a rough
equilibrium, so that the price» of one essential.

that would at once be reflected in an appalling ,

decrease in production.

If a commission is to exercise “power and
control over the dairy and milk industry of the
State”, it must of necessity have control over

the men engaged in such industry, but unfor- > i

tunately for this program, the days of involun-
tary servitude are past.

Such milk commission is also to have power
to make orders and rules, violations of which
shall be a misdemeanor. This means that the
legislature will be asked to delegate to three
political appointees of the Governor, the power
to enact criminal laws. This proposal will
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eharged by the distributor to the ~
consumer.” ‘ ' ' ~ , ‘

Among the powers to be grant-
ed such Commission are:», ,

'a—“Power and control over the
dairy and milk industry of the State
Of New York.”

’b—“If the Commission finds prices
charged by farmer '01- distributor
are not fair and reasonable, the
Commission shall fix prices to be
charged by both.“ . x . '

c——“To superviseth‘e milk indus.
try from the cow to the conSumer.”
~d—“To require every producer of
milk to register. with the Commis-
sion and to report to the Commis-
sion atstated periods."

‘ e—"To require the operators of
every milk shipping and manufac-
turing plant to register with and re-
port to the Commission." _

,1—“To prohibit the sale of milk
in whole or in part for manufactur-
ing purposes and to divert it tothe
shipping stations to be sold as fluid
milk.”

 

 

, Do You Believe in State Control of F ood'Prices?

HE ACCOMPANYING article describing the proposed regula-

' lation cf the milk prices in the state of New York, should be of
special interest to farmers of this state just now. At the last ses-
sion of the Michigan legislature a bill was introduced to create a
'milk'price commission and legalize its .decision.
officers of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass’n sponsored this meas-
ure, but it died a natural death. Attorney General Groesbeck has
resurrected the essence of the idea and now proposes a paternalistic
scheme of‘a state commission with wide powers of price-fixing.
‘ Mention is made of his special desire to bring the milk industry un-
der the regulating thumb of the state. .
This is an important question, and one on which the farmers '

‘ should freely express their opinions.
ers to have the state fix the selling price of their products and leave
unregulated the prices of the things they buy? We should like to
hear from our readers upon this subject, and esp€cially invite the
milk producers to present their views—Editor. ‘

Several of the

Is it the desire of the farm-

No government, except an au-
tocratic one, can execute such
powers, and the more such pow-
ers are conferred upon govern-
ment, the more autocratic it will
become.

The whole plan is designed to
substitute a government by bu-
reaus, for a government by leg-
islation; a government by bu-
reaucratic rules, for a govern-
ment by law.

Class Regulation

There is no reason Why milk
should be singled out for State
regulation. At present prices,
it is cheaper than beef, mutton,
poultry, eggs or any other form
of animal fat food. It has ad-
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gg—“To anchored its orders, direc-
tions and regulations, a violation of
which shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of $500 or a year in prison for each offense
or both.”

. We will here discuss only the expediency and
not the constitutionality of laws vesting such
powers in a Commission.

It is here proposed that the farmers “power
and control over the dairy” owned by him,
shall be taken from him and vested in three
men, who shall also fix the price the farmer
shall receive for his milk, and if the farmer re-
fuses to submit to such “power and control”,
or to accept such price, he will be punishable
“by a fine of $500.00, or a year in prison for
each offense, or both”. ~

Programis Bolshevistic

This ambitious program differs from the
Bolshevic program in Russia only that there
all property is to be nationalized, while here
only farms and herds are. to be nationalized.
In principle they differ not at all, but only in
degree. He who has the “power and control
over the dairy and milk industry of the State”
becomes thereby the beneficial owner. of the
farms and herds engaged in such- industry. To
deprive the farmer of the “ power and control"
of his property, strips him of every attribute

bf ownership save only the privilege of paying

taxes. - ,4 ~, . . ..
The question naturally suggests itiself, why

7 if the State is to fix prices of food, "should it

not also fix prices of. all other necessities.
A'man standing naked on Broadway this

hero morning would perish, although 5‘1"“de

"“hy/ feed’ - ' " ' , , ' s
I ’ «stated that in: this ‘ climate the
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. machinery,

commodity usually bears a fair relation to the
price of all other essential commodities.

The arbitrary fixing by the State of the
price of one commodity if it has any effect,
disturbs the equilibrium and {can be only des-
tructive. If the price so fixed be less than
that dictated by the influence of supply and
demand, then producers are wronged; if high—
er, then consumers are wronged; if exactly the
same, then the result of the price fixing power
is nil.

Milk Industry Political Foot Ball
The committee proposes to give a milk com-

» mission of three political appointees, “power

and control” over the billion dollars worth of
property owned by other men, with power ti
fix prices on .the products of such properties,
which in effect is fixing the prices upon the
properties also, for the value of a farm is meas-
ured by the value of its products. The owners
of these farms, however, are to have no voice
in fixing such prices, on in naming the men

' who are to fix them.

As political propaganda the report may sat-
isfy its, authors, but as a solution of an indus-
trial and economic problem, it is hopeless. _ .

If the power to fix prices of milk, or any

other farm products be given to a“ commission,
.‘then of. necessity, such commission should at.

the, same time fix prices 11" the labor, farf‘n
implements, vehicles and other
farm supplies, as well as upon the clothing,
sugar, tea, coffee, and other family necessities
that, the farmer must buy. . ' ~
,. To compel the farmer to sell his product in

.a‘regulated-.market and buy all of his supplies
vand-ineceasities in an. unregulatéi market not

up

dealers and political agitators shall be remind
ed. Theycan then appoint representatives to

foods and less than clothing or
shoes. The price of milk paid
to farmers is less as compared with costs of pro-
duction, than the price of any other essential
commodity.

The Fair Price Committee had presented to
it an opportunity to perform a real public ser-
yice by treating the milk problem as an indus-
trial and economic one, that should as far as
possible be divorced from politics, and it is to
be regretted that they threw this opportuni-
ty away in order to make a report that betrays
both producers and consumers and will en-
courage only those who have initiated the milk
agitation, hoping to capitalize the resulting

discontent into terms of votes

Farmers of the nation are aroused upon this
question. The organized dairymen of the
country met at Chicago on December 16, 1919,
and there adopted the following resolution :—

“Resolved that farmers should not be required

to sell their products in markets regulated by law '

and compelled to buy their supplies and necessi-
ties in tun-regulated markets, but that it Federal or
State Governments undertake to fix prices 0n‘any

'one essential commodity they should at the same ..

time in common justice fix prices on all other es—

sential commodities.”

The milk industry Should no longer be con-

sidered a political question. It is in nature in
dustrial and economic. I, _
. most vitally interested are producers and con?
sumers, and we again urge that consumers
perfect their organization, from which milk

The two great classes

  

   
  
 
   
   
   
   
   
     
     
   
   
   
 

    
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
    
    
  
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
     
 
     
      
        
        
      
    
 

        


   
  

   

. We to the packer problem have
. followed one another with such
rapidity since Attorney General Palm-
'01' made his spectacular “compromise,”
announcement in December, that even
the interested live stock producer—to
. say nothing of the Casual reader finds
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tor and what the probable outcome
will be.

The announcement from the depart-
” mentor justice that the government
would drop the prosecution of the
packers, followed by a statement from
file Federal Trade Commission to the
dfec'tthat the commission would con-
tinue its legal processes, was confus-
ing to say the least. Then when del-
egations from western cattlemeu’s as-
sociations came to Washington and
protested to President Wilson against
the .‘fsettlementfl insisting that the
whole thing be overthrown, and this
was followed a few days later by Sen-
ator ,Kenyon’s announcement that he
would proceed with the Kenyon-Ken-
drick Bill designed to regulate the
packens, more cause for conjecture
arose Now, early in January, ‘we
have. a new Kenyon-Kendrick Bill be
fore Congress~0r a bill so radically
changed as to amount to a new one——
andthe situation is yet more compli-
oated.

Whatever may have been the under-
lying motives or set of conditions
which brought about this rather ex-
traordinary action by Mr. Palmer—
'whether, as asserted by some, it was
largely a political stunt designed for
campaign purposes —— whether the
packers feared the ultimate enact-
ment 0f pending federal legislation
and sought thus to forestall it——-
whether the packers were so com-
pletely tired of being so constantly
lharassed? and troubled that they were
willing to surrender some of their le-
gal and business rights for the sake of
harmony—whether the packers bank
on a change of administrations to re-
voke, or render the ruling ineffective
before elapse of the two years allow-
ed for readjustment—or whether it is
believed that the “divorcing of inter-
ests” need be in name only and that
the control and revenue Of such in-
terests may be retained within the Big
Five familywwhatever may have been
the underlying reason or reasons, I
lay,,the net result has been to crys-
tallize action and I look to see enact-
ed during the present sessiOn of Con.
gress some form of permanent legis-
lation covering the entire problem.

Where the Federal Trade Commis-
‘ sion Comes In

The Federal Trade Commission
points out that it is acting under in-
structions of the president given in
1917, and later incorporated in an act
of Congress. The action taken by Mr.
Palmer is a direct result of the evi-
dence developed and reports made by
the commission. This is the regular
course of prloceedure prescribed by
law. But beyond this the commission
has its own direct powers to be exer-
cised in cases relating to abuses of
the Clayton and Sherman Anti-Trust

Acts. ‘
The commission [has as recently as
January 14th made complaints

against Armour & Company in con-
nection With deals consum‘ated in 1915
and1916 which tended, it is alleged,
to create monopolistic conditions in.
the hide, leather, cottonseed oil, and
lard substitute trade in Tennessee
and North Carolina. -

In-case these complaints are ,
tamed the final effect would no doubt
he to, cause these acquired interests to,
be given up by Armour & Company.
If insthe meantime this entire line of
business had been given up under the
.2 Palmer, agreement, there
" courlegb. no occasion for further ac-,
tion .by the. trade commission. If on
the other hand, Armour & Company
lied "iii“, at _ that . time yet divested
themselves of these intersts and had
not made the. proper effort to do so,
$119.11., commission-would be in pa-
$1993 forcesuoh action at once.
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Farmers Mistrust Palmer’si‘Setthcnt’."Qand I . , y . ,
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By 0. M. KILE
(Special Washington Correspondent),

gross being made by: the packers in
carrying out some of the provisions ,of
.the Palmer ruling, but the commis-
sion’s interest lies wholly in. seeing
,to it that violations 0: the Clayton
law, prohibiting monopolies andflun-r
fair practices, are brought to book.

Defects of the Palmer Plan

There seems to be a very general
feeling that Mr. Palmer’s .“settle-
ment” is inadequate and entirely no:

glects one of the most important 15-,»
Much dissatisfaction is also ex- ,,

sues.
pressed on the part of both liVe stock
producers and the consumers league,

that‘lby one device or anodier virtual

control: '01 the ,p“di,vorced"- I. interests
may be retained. The barrenness of
actual results attending f‘some of Ex-
President Taft’s 7“tru8t~b'ustin:g" ope
erations are recalled. ~ ' Some further
safeguard seems to be needed.

The Federal Trade Commission
could keep an eye open for all 'cases
of unfair practices, or monopolistic
tendencies, and the department of jus-
tice could- prosecute, but there "does

not seem tobe a need for~some oneor‘

some' group to see to it that the in-
tent and purpose or this ruling ,, is

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E. 1'. MEREDITH ,‘
Secretary of the -U. s. Department of Agrloulture.

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‘ The New Secretary of Agriculture

 

‘ brief bio a h of his life is given as follows: .

’ Edwin Thomgars IIiigredith was born in Avoca, Iowa, December 23,
1876. He was a student at Highland Park College in 1893 and 1894.
Two years later he married Miss Edna C. Elliott of Des Moines. _
1896 to 1902 he published the Farmers’ Tribune in this City and in
1902 he started Successful Farming. He was a. candidate for United
States senator in 1914 and ran for governor of Iowa four years ago.

Mr. Meredith is president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World, a former director of the National Chamber of Commerce
and director of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. He was a member
of the recent labor conference in Washington and of the United States

a member of the Za~Ga-Zig temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and
other fraternal and social organizations.

HE President has
T appointed Mr. E.
T. Meredith, pub-
lisher of “Successful
Farming,” ‘of Des,
Moines, Iowa, to sue-
ceed David S. Hous-
ton who becomes sec-
' rotary of the treas-
ury. Mr. Meredith’s
long service in the
farm newspaper field
has undoubtedly giv-
en him that sympap
_ thy and understand-
ing of the problems
of} farmers and farm-
ing which are pre- ~
requisites of a suc-
cessful administral-
tion of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture,
and prowct him from
a repetition of the
blunders of his pred-
ecessor.

In La statement Mr.
Meredith said one/of
,his first undertak-
ings aszhead. of the
agricultural depart-
ment . would be to
work out some meth-
od Of getting crops

to market ‘ “without
too much lo'st mo-
tion."

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packers to give up the retail meat bus- -
iness.

The chief grievance presented to
President Wilson by the visiting rep-
resentatives frOm the western cattle
growers’ associations was that ’1 no
provision is made for preventing the
daily or periodic fluctuations of prices .
at the stock yards, alleged to be caus-
ed artificially by the packers through
manipulation of their purchases from
day to day. This fluctuation works a
severe hardship on such shippers as
.may happen to strike the low spot of
the market the day their stock ar-
rives. : -

It is also felt that the department
of justice is not the proper vehicle to
carry out the supervision of the read-
justmenm contemplated. The func-
tions of the department of justice are
judicial rather than executive, and
there is the further objection oftoo
direct exposure to political influences. .

Then again it cannot be ~denied't‘hat.
considerable. doubt is felt asz‘to the:
sincerity of purpose. .on the part- Of the”
packers. Whether rightfully or
wrongfully the misgiving is harbored
tor—and that the interpretations «be
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samidwa as “the Federar

some person or persons charged with

that specific duty for along period of ,

.years.
Senator Kenyon's New Plan

Senators Kenyon and Kendrick now
come forward with a radical-by revis-
ed form of the so-called K-Bills. It
has been rather generally conceded
that/ the Kendrick Bill could not be
passed so long as it centered control
of the packing industry in any one
man—the secretary of - agriculture
was suggested; Ot‘her stringent regu-
latory measures also mad ’its ac-
ceptance doubtful. - * ~ ~

The opportunity now seems to pre-
sent itself to enact into permanth
legislation the chief features ' of the
Palmer ruling and thus take the-ad'-
ministration of the ruling out of the
hands of the department“ of justice.
The revised Kenyon-Kendrick Bill
proposes to create ‘a. Federal Live
Stock Commission consisting of three

men to be appointed by the president

and to senator aterm of five years;

.ln.,all important. respects this commiss

'siOn Would-function in, practically the

‘sense will also be givenfup. h

be ”a haprwand logical ablation '“

' the/problem. Numerous features,

,cluding the ownership of item;
but out,

could be at aside or nullified ”only
through, the Circuit" Court of Appeals.
In fact therspecific duties of, the‘Fedf

oral Trade ’Co‘mmlission insofar " as

-.they.aslate to the packing orluie are
., stock "industries would be“ "taken; over

. hy‘the' new commissions In ”addition,
thisx‘cOmmisSIOn would have jurisdic-

._ tion over the Bureau "of Markets new
attached to the detartm‘ent of agricu’l-j

ture, Through this bureau live stock
and meat markets and price 'fluchia-
tions would be“olosely~~supervised. ', 1’
Section 7 of the bill reads: : The
commission shall have all the powers
and duties heretofore exercised or per-
formed by. the'Burealu of Markets in
the “department of agriculture relat-
ing: tothe acquisition and dissemina—
tion of information regarding the pro-
duction, distribution, and consump-

tion of liVe stock or - dive stool: pro- _

duets. It shall investigate and ascer-
tain the demand for, the supply, Con-
sumption, costs, and prices of, and all
other facts relating to' the. ownership,
production, transportation," manufac~
turing, storage, handling "or distribu-
tion * of stock or live stock pro-
ducts, including operations on and-the
ownership of stockya-rds. It shall com-
pile and furnish to consumers; pro-
ducers or distributors, by means of
regular and special reports, oruby
such other methods as it deems most
effective, information respecting the
live stock market and the demand,
supply, prices, and other ' conditions
affecting the market." —

Objectionable Features in the New
K-Bill . .

But the new K-Bill still'retains the
highly detailed section relative to just
how a packer shall or shall not con-
duct 'his business, which to many who
have studied the problem, seems en-
tirely unnecessary and objectionable.
It would seem, for instance, that the
questions of financial standing, rail-
road connections, shipping facilities,
' division of a plant’s facilities between
local and foreign patrons, etc.,.etc.,
are all matters which the individual
owner must be allowed to work out
as circumstances demand or opportun-
ity offers. These arematters to be
regulated by natural economic forces
and not by‘ edicts ‘of a commission)

The revised bill also retains the sec-
tion requiring the packers to give up
all privately owned refrigerator cars.
This plan would undoubtedly increase
the cost of meats—and never forget
that each increaSe in- the retail price
of beef means less consumption and
consequently less demand for. live
stock. Certainly, enough has already
been done along this un—economic line
in the way of increasing the cost of
living, by compelling the packers to
give up their efficient methods of
handling groceries and canned goods.
That action was a sacrifice for the
sake lof a principle. our govern-
ment desires to establish the princi-
pleth'at when any concern or group
of concerns becomes so big as to be
in position to threaten monopoly of
any food product, that concern or
group must be curbed.

On the whole it might seem that
we are right back again where we
started on the whole packer prob-
lem, but careful summation shows
that considerable progress has been
made. Mr. Palmer’s ruling Will, of
course, hold until superceded by an

act of Congress. Theidea of one
man control of the industry has def-
initely been given up audit is highly
probable that before any bill suc:
ceeds in passing Con-grass the entire}
idea of, “control“ . in-its narrower '

The plan for ,a permane _ com:
mission to see tail. that the spirit of,
the law is carried “out, to uncover
and correct any abuses that may oc-f

cur, and to act in; a general “super-4

visory". capacity, both ,of' the. lives,

stock and, packing indust 4*. seems ' to}

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‘ signing of the armistice. Therevvere .

*Winjiten would -have; a. sack: of beans‘

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_ , utlous during the last
fewéyears. {Many 'ofj-the‘m', did not,
f believe beans would rise so high as"
7’1:th didduring the War, and others
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unferseen and terrificf-actors in the
bean world, such as the importation.
'of great quantities of cheaporiental
, beeps by the United States . govern-
.7 ment, “which have “spilled the beans”.
”for more than one good bean market
prophet. The geod ‘qfiality and rec-'-
ordacreage yield in ichigan fields
the" past year came as another sur-
prise to many. . ‘,
Scone—is on rather treacherous
ground, when trying; to- prophesy
about the bean market? nowadays.
Nevertheless, :all good business men
do for themselves considerable, pro-
phesying. If they don’t, look ahead
at What’s ‘coming, based on present
‘and past facts, they aren’t good bus-
iness ,heads,’as a rule. Therefore,
there are three phases of the bean
market. “dope,” which pay every
farmer connected with the bean bus-
, these to know. The first phase is a
review of existing facts; throughout
the bean world, including thestocks
of beans on hand,,the prob-able plan-t-
ing next year, the activity of demand
' and so on. The second phase is a
review of the sta-tements of establish-
ed authorities on the bean market.
And third there is miscellaneous in-
formation, -includ-inug the reader-s’ and
writer’s own deductions from the
facts gathered.

The World's Bean Bin

Supposing all the world. had a
great bin to contain'the supply of
beans which it Should normally have
on hand. From most of the facts as
to stocks on hand throughout the
world at this time, itlo-oks as though
the world bean bin would be pretty
low, with the members of the~un~iver-
sal family pretty hungry for the
crop.

Take first the most famous state
in the history 'of the bean market,
Michigan. This state, it is estimated
by scores ofreliable sources, has fin-
ished off a good season, so far as pro-
ducti-on to the acre is concerned. Be-
tween 12 and 13 bushels to the acre
is the splendid record for the Wol-
verine state this year, whereas it 7
was much lower last year and in
many preceding years. But this fact
was offset ;by the greatly ~reduc’ed
acreage. ’ Farmers had become dis-
gusted of the manipulations-of the
bean bears and had sought out some-
thing more likely to pay a fair prof-
it. Therefore the total output of _
Michigan beans this year was rather
small.

Together with the fact that Mich-
igan grew a very small acreage of
beans in 1919, more than half oh the.
bean crop is estimated to have passed
out of the state. . Some dealers esti-
mate that 60 and even 75 per cent
of. the bean. crop has left the hands
of Michigan men. The remainder of
the beans, it appears, is being held
in strong hands among the growers,
who are waiting confidently for great
increases in prices. possibly to ten
cent beans or better. Jobbers seem
to be pretty generally aware that the
farmers should be getting better
prices; otherwise the production will ‘
stop: ‘, ' ‘

- If the beans‘in the hands‘of the
growers are few,. the amount with
. the dealers seems to heaven small-y

' er“; Orle'very preminent jpbber, 'in
fact, has made the statement that a
six-weeks' railway strike “would tie up
-the_'c~ountry so that not one dealer

' "on“ . hand. »

’ " in .‘ anousStatesand mm

a, situation have grown; -

rgreatly reduced along

  

 

‘ from
growers have ,‘come'jalmost ‘- to a
standstill at many points in Michi-

gun: :The buying, by the grocers

is .thbught toahave been the strong

‘ factor during the holiday season, he-

cause'of the fear that prices would

ascend considerably later this winter.

The condition prevailing in Mich-

.igan is somewhat parallel to that in
_‘ other great bean districts.

Take
California, for example, which for
the last year or so has, made Michi-

gan take second rank in the bean

growing business. The acreage was
the Pacific
coast in 1919. Coupled with that, a
small output per acre, is reported for
many-sections. Growers in the San
Joaquin Valley who had been expect-
ing 12 to 20 sacks per acre got only
half that amount), This practically

~doubled the cost of production for "
.many farmers, and nine out of ten of

the bean growers in that'section are
reported to have sworn off raising
any morebeans. One big dealer at
Modesto, California, estimates that
production was only ‘40 ‘per cent of
that M1918 in his state.

A rather peculiar situation exists
in California this year, due to the
excess amounts raised by the grow-
ers and not bought by the govern-
ment as had been expected. Accord-.

. ingly the holdoverstobks are larger

than usual, but this factor is offset
by the shortage of the new orient-a1
crop. ~ '

New York has sent reports from
many parts of the state that its bean
supply has just about been exhaust—
ed. ’I‘he demands from Europe, we
are informed, has helped to clean out
both the home-grown and the koten-
ashis. Red kidneys have been' es-

Shows Bullish Factors Likely to
By mm B. BURNETT

wholesale “my trade'are said to
‘ be v picking, up and deliveries

'pecially short, while the navy beans
have not been so hard to get. Koten-
ashis rose a dollar a cwt. in New
York City around the holidays.

To show the export and import
figures as given by the government;
we quote the following:

“For the twelve months ,ending
June 30, 1919, 1,667,996 bushels of
beans and Lentils were exported from
the United States. These were val-
ued at over $8,000,000. For the
twelve months ending June 30, 1918,
901,878 bushels of dried peas were
exported from the United . States.

‘ These were valued at almost $4,000,-
000. For the twelve months ending
June 30, 1919, we imported 4,015,-
860 bushels of beans and Lentils,
valued at very nearly $6,000.00. Im-
ports.of beans and dried peas after
the same term were 4,982,625 bush-

, els, valued at almost twenty—eight
million dollars.”

From Colorado, one of the big
bean growing states, we gather the
following bullish report:

“The dealers feel that the crop is
about cleaned up and there will not
.be much movement until higher pric-
es prevail1 We will be very much
surprised if you do not see 10-cent
beans before the new crop comes in.
If you wish we can show you the fig-
ures for this prediction.”

~ Oriental Crop Short

For a long time reports have come
from the Orient telling of shortage
of the crop of beans in Asia during
the past year. In Manchuria great
drouths swept down over the bean
crop and in other Oriental sections
floods and too much rainfall ruined
the stand. Of course, the complete
figures are not yet available, and the
friskiest of the bulls may be likely

 

 

 

“It’s time to get my License."

lpol a man to payday taxes or not.

your dog.

ers.
Antrlm county.

or, Lansing, Mich.
license and tag.

and name of last previous owner.

5. Metal tag is to be affixed to
except when hunting with owner.

sunrise of next day.

 

Under the heading Penalty, the
following points: - -

. unaccompanied, .by"'owner.

.kill all unliqenfi'ed dogs. .

 

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\dollars is too much—Sam Riley, Grand Traverse County.

Yes, you will have to pay the high or dog tax or take a. chance of losing
The new law is generally looked upon as a. needed and construct-
ive measure, and has the endorsement of all farmers who own sheep or have
had their flocks wiped out by maraudlng dogs.
The following summary of the new law may be of interest to all dog own-
It was compiled by Mr. Thos. D. Megginson,
Farmers desiring to secure a complete copy of the law may do
so by writing to Mr. H. H. Balladay, State Sanitary Live Stock Comrnission-

. 'WHAT THE NEW LA w' REQUIRES:
1. Apply in writing to your Township or County Treasurer. for dog

.2. , Application must state breed, sex, age, color and markings of dog,

3. Application must be accompanied by a fee of $3 for male, and $6 _
for a female, and $2 for (m unsca-cd dog. .
:1- Treasurer will deliver you a license tag and metal tag.

6,.“ This must be done before January 10, 1920.
7. [Keeptyour dog confined on premises

The circular calls attention to the facts that it is unlawful:

1. To keep a day without license.

2. To keep on dog without COllaT and tag attached.
,1 . 3. To allow your dog to stray behind your premises at any time un-
less under the control-of some person.

4. Toviolate any of the provisions of the Dog Law. ' ,

, .: That police Officers are authorized to
That-‘the‘Sheri‘ff and State Constabulary are requested to locate and
isto prosecute [all who fail to com-
_. ~ ,, ; That'the" 331° 13 mt to exceed $100, or not to exceed three months
W Inaclosingl’penagraph, Prosecuting Attorney Meggison says the
law isflg’workable‘ and. Will be enforced; that the sheriff will not call up-

the owner 1*th tax. you ‘53 up to you to pay it and get the tag," he
, . ,,"mg-. “11' the mambo: ‘to call, it will be for the .

A Summary of the New
Dog Law

“WHEN the tax was put on
dogs a number of years ago,
it was one dollar, and now it is
three. I understand that the tax on
dogs was for the purpose of paying
for sheep that were killed in this
section of the country. They don’t
raise sheep any more. What I want
to know is whether they can com-
I don’t kick: on one dollar but three

 

 

prosecuting attorney of

collar of dog and worn at all times

0

from sunset of each day to

circular calls attention to the four

kill all dogs running at large

 

 

Aid Growers With Holdings

to run away themselves en the Ore

ientai situation. But taking it all

in all, the Far East seems to have,
fallen down miserably in its outputfi:

this past year.

The following report sent from

 
 

Kobe, in Asia, is reprinted from The f '

Bean Bag:
“We have had stormy weather
three times in the Hokkaido followed

by flood, which gave much damage’

to the new crop of beans and peas.
Arrivals of crops are exceedingly late
this year.

Except a small quantity,

of green peas, we see no important-’7 ’

arrivals of new ‘crops of beans for"
export yet. Recent flood in Hok-‘-
kaido destroyed roads and bridges in
the interior and the transportation

was greatly hindered or in some
quarters was totally stopped for
some considerable time, and this

materially accounts for the delayed
arrivals of new crops in the market-

“People over there have been fully
occupied in the reparation of the
damage sustained, and there appears
to have been little time to make very
close investigation into the matter
so that no accurate figures are still
obtainable, people varying in their
estimates. The following, however,
are what we have so far been able‘
to gather, and hepe they may be of
interest to yourselves.

“Regarding the white beans in
general, no official report is still
available as to how much quantities
will come up to the standard of ex-
port-able quality, and even at this
moment when this kind
come out to the market in the ordi—
nary year, there are no market quo—
tations.

“Owing to the rains, large quanti—
ties of white beans were perished or
colored, while colored beans were
likewise perished or the color faded,
and the damage appears to be very
serious. Decrease of 20 per cent off
the first estimate is expected on the
total yield, of which there will be
only 60 per cent coming up to the
standard which can be hand-picked
for export, and in this operation of
hand-picking, there will be further
20 to 30 per cent waste.

“In view of the limited quantities
available, there is very little business
going on.”

What Prophets Say
We now have taken up some rep—

resentative facts concerning the
world bean situation, based on
news reports. Along with this the

ideas of numerous so-called prophets
or experts on the world bean situa—
tion have already been expressed.

Ln summarizing several dozens of
reports made public by big bean deal—
ers, by heads of growers’ associa-
tions and by market writers the vast
majority proclaim the coming of
better prices for beans this winter,
although a cautious note is linked
with nearly all predictions of this
sort these days. There are too many
possible though perhaps remote fact.—
ors which enter in the considerations
such as big strikes or financial (lei '
pression. But the tone on
whole is one which should warm the
heart 0f the weakest of the bulls.

As for the deductions which each
business farmer will make for him—
self—~well, that is up to him. It is
sure that some of the reports are ex-4
aggerated and statements from men
prominent in the trade are often’
likely to be influenced by the desire
rather than the logic of the situation.
Nevertheless, the hard-headed farml
ers who are keeping strong hands
upon their bean holdings very evi-
dently are willing to take their
chance in the

In conclusion, it is a prettysafe
safe bet. for anyone in the bean'in—
dustry to figure out at long distance

of beans’

the ‘ I

market gamble [and ‘
_ hold out for the higher prices.

, «1.1

that there is a basic principle up‘orn

which the market is bound to
That principle is the

profit to the producer.

, Time‘aipne
will tell if the rally will “away-n
5. this ear-yand‘it too ‘

     

 
  

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turn; ”
. well known .
need of cost 'of production plus a fair "“1:
When man: j ‘fl ‘
ipul‘ated markets refuse year after '
year to give to the grower ‘thatright', ’
the result tench—production anion; ’
ally a big rally in price.

  
 
   

    
    
 
   
 
     
      
          
      
         
  
 
   
 
   
   
    
  
 
     
    
  

 

 

 

 

  
  
   
 

 

 

 

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, NE OF THE greatest handi-
0 caps encountered by the beet
growers in' their periodical con-

‘ v troversy with the sugar manufactur-
ers over the terms of the beet contract
is their lack of knowledge of the
costs of manufacturing sugar from
the beets. A few figures, more or
less authentic, are available from
'this source and that, and the grow-
er is obliged to piece them together
as best he may to arrive at an ap-
proximate conclusion of the manu-
facturers’ profits. _ Farmers’ costs
are fairly easy to ascertain. Agri—
cultural colleges and cost finding ex-
perts have conducted experiments
and made these costs public from
time to time, and if anyone is then
in doubt about the matter all they
have to do is to plant ten acres of
beets and at the end of the year they
know what it costs to grow them.
But farmers can hardly be expected
to build a sugar factory in order to
find out what it costs to manufact-
ure sugar. And the manufacturers
themselves are usually as silent as
the grave upon the subject of costs.
Ofiicial statements are not over-il-
luminating, and so the farmer is left
to ascertain for himself upon such
meagre information as he can un-
cover with these costs and profits are.

Alma Sugar Plant
Explains Costs

The only sugar plant manager who
has had the courage to make public
any of.. the costs entering into the
manufacture of sugar is “Farmer”
Allen, manager of the Alma. plant of
the Michigan Sugar Company. In a
recent article in the Alma Record,
Mr. Allen writes:

“We will pay the farmers this last
year for 87,933.29 tons of beets and
dirt, and we have made from this
beets and dirt 18,688,415 pounds of
sugar, which gives us 212.5 pounds
of sugar per ton of beets and dirt.
Now I know this to be the truth my-
self, as I have taken these figures
very carefully from our books. The
average sale price of our sugar I do
not know exactly at this time, but
think it will be a trifle over $11 per
100 pounds in car lots as we sell it.

“Now let us figure again: We
made this last compaign 4,380 1-2
tons of dried beet pulp from the 87,—
933.29 tons of beets and dirt for
which we paid the farmers, which
gives us just 20.07 tons of beets and
dirt for one ton of dried pulp. Then
again, we made 3,036.42 tons of mo-
lasses from the above amount of
beets and dirt, which gives us 22 tons
of beets for one ton of molasses.

“Now let us tabulate our figures:

Sugar, 18, 688,415 lbs.

Manager

at 11c ........... $2,055,725.65
D. P., 4,380 1-2 tons

at $50 ton ....... 219,025.00
Molasses, 3,086.42 tons

at $20 ton ....... 61,728.40

United States Tariff 'Corninissio

229
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n We: as... CostofSugar

Productiohfifer 19153..

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of the organization campaign.

beets.

took part in the discussions.

 

John Ketcham Chosen President of United States '
Beet Growers’ Federation

OHN 0. KETCHAM, master of the Michigan State Grange, was sig-
J nally honored last week when he was elected president of the Unit-
ed States Beet Growers‘ FederatiOn at a national convention of
beet growers in Salt Lake City, Utah. Oven-.200 delegates from every
beet growing state in the union were present at the gathering and form-
ulated plans for the intensive organization of all be'et'growers into
local and state associations for federation into the national body. A
board of control, consisting of five members were elected. Other mom-ll
bers of the board besides Mr. Ketcham are Geo. Harms, Nebraska;
Fred Cummings, Colorado, who is also vice president;_ Fred H. Rund-
quist,’ Utah; Jas. Clemmens, \Visconsin. Mr. O. G. Patterson of Salt Lake
City was hired as general secretary and will be the active force back] '

Mr. Ketcham was chosen chairman of the meeting and described.
the contract and plan of dues promulgated here in Michigan. The
Michigan contract won immediate favor with the convention and was
adopted as the standard contract for 1920 with but a single change.
That change would give to the grower $1.50per ton of beets for every
cent increase in the price of sugar over 9c instead of the $1.40 figure
which the Michigan growers are asking.
upon the same basis as used here in Michigan, viz., 1 cent per ton of .

The importance of the meeting may be. attested by the fact that
government officials representing the Federal Trade Commission, De-
partment of Agriculture, and the Attorney General, were present and
Mr. Ketcham states that the representa-
tive from the Attorney General’s department was much impressed with
the figures that were presented showing the relative profits secured by
growers and manufacturers from the sugar industry, and promised
that if the figures could be verified the beet growers would have the as-
sistance of the Attorney General in their fight for fair prices.

The amount of dues was fixed

 

 

coal represents $8.62 of

filter cloth, $1.82;

$4.59; general expenses, $1.60. An-

plying these averages to the Alma”
. plant we have: - .

Costs of beets, freight wages _. (an [iv-
en by Mr. Allen): ' ’

 

(or) 45 per cent investment
of $1,000,000 ‘ ‘

Tariff Commission Differs {With Mr.
Allen’s Figures

We find a wide “discrepancy boo
tween Mr. Allen's figures and those
submitted by the Tariff Commission.
Of course the figures of the latter are
averages, but that hardly accounts
for the great difference. .Perhaps
Mr. Allen has made a slight mistake_

 

 

 

lars, and still further, are the hund-
reds of thousands of dollars to be
added to this last amount for the ma-
terial and repairs of the mill, the re-
placing of worn—out machinery, the
renewing of parts of partially worn-
out machinery, piping, shafting,
valves, couplings, unions, nuts, bolts,
brass and copper screens, copper tub-
ing, running into thousands 0f more
dollars every year. No one knows
anything about the terrible expense
in the repairing and fitting up of a
sugar mill who has not had the act-
ual experience."—Farmer Allen.~

iii!

The only items of expense in Mr.
Allen’s article that are of any value
are those representing beet, freight,
and lab-or costs. Note that the total
of these three is $1,524,431.95. Com-
pare these with his estimates of the
receipts, $2,336,479.05. There is a
difference of $812,047.10. -He can-
not, he says, “tell us the cost of ma-
terial used,” so he merely gives us
figures showing the variety and the
quantity of material used, trusting
that their vastness may lull the
reader into an acceptance of his in-
ference that these materials repre-
sent -an outlay of money which prac-
tically eats up that difference of
$812,047.10. The entire weakness
of his argument is found in his clos-
ing paragraph when he says: “No

one knows anything about the “ter-
rible expense,’ etc., who has not had
the actual experience.” The time
was when that word “terrible” con-
veyed an idea of magnitude, but to—
day its the actual figures that count.

\Vhat the Tarifi’ Commission Says .

Since Mr. Allen cannot or will not
give us the cost of the miscellaneous
items of expense we must turn to
ofiiéial reports upon the subject. The
United States Tariff Commission
gives us the latest and most depend-
able data upon this subject. Its find—
ings are based on voluntary reports
from 69 sugar beet factories, gather-
ed for the purpose bf justifying ex-
isting tariffs on sugar imports. Let
us examine this report and see what
we can find. ,

The average estimated cost per
ton of sugar for 1918-19 by factories
was $157.11, and by tonnage,
$132.86. Sixty-eight per cent of this
cost represented the cost of beets.
Applying this percentage to the Alma
plant’s cost of beets, $1,055,199.48,
the total costs of that plant would
be roughly $1,540,000 leaving a bal-
ance of $796,479 for profits. But we
will be charitable enough to accept
suCh figures as are given by Mr.
Allen, and use the Tariff Commis—
sion's report for the figures which
he does not give. Moreover, we will
take the highest average, the cost by

 

$2,336,479.05

87,933.29 tons beets

at $12 per ton 1,055,199.48
Freight paid during

the year 1919 123,941.12
Wages paid during

the year 1919 ..... 345,291.35

 

$1,524,431.95

To manufacture the 87,933.29 tons
of beets and dirt into sugar, dried
beet pulp and molasses, it took the
following list of material:

18,126.19 tons coal, 5,934.25 tons
limestone, 691.20 tons coke, 27,200
pounds sulphur, 4,796 pounds muratic
acid, 4,000 gallons lubricating oils,
700 gallons cottonseed oil, 8,080 cut-
ter. knives, 566 Frasier files, 20,470
yards filter cloth, 18,000 sugar barrels
18,000 sugar barrellsnings, 1,360 pa-
. per linings, 2,100 pounds barrel nails,
' 199,000 sugar bags, 1,400 pounds bag
twine, 85,200' pulp bags, 21,000 pulp
bags 21,000 pounds dunnage paper,
60,000 _ feet dunnage lumber, 10,800
pounds boiler compound.

The above list is only 'some of the

«. larger items of material used around - '

5a.»:mgar mill. I cannot tell you. the
; "teapot this material and much more

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in adding' up his figures. But with-
out assuming to explain the differ-
ence we will give the Tariff Com-
mission’s figures and. let our read-
ers draw their own conclusions.

The Commission places the cost
or producing sugar for 1918—19 at
$157.11. The Alma plant produced
18,588,415 pounds or 9,344 tons of
sugar this season. At the Tariff
Commission’s estimate the total'cost
of producing this sugar in 1918-19
would have been $1,468,035.84. As-
sume an increase of ten per cent in‘
manufacturing costs (beets cost no
more) and we have a total estimated

cost for 1919—20 of $1,614,839.42, ~

which deducted from the receipts
would leave $721,639.63 for interest
and profits, a return of better the
72 per cent on a ‘million dollar in-
vestment.

Hypothesis

Suppose the manufacturers accede
to the growers’ demands, then on the
basis of the 1919-20 operations what
would be the costs and profits of the
Alma plant? The increased cost of
beets on 11 cent sugar would be
$2.80 per ton, and the total addi- "
tionval cost of 87,933.29 tons, $246,-
213.21. Deduct this from net re-
turns based on Mr. Allen’s and Tar-
iff Commissions figures and we have
left $205,416.61, or a .net income of
20 1-2 per cent on investment of
million dollars. Deduct the addi-
tional cost of beets from the net re-
turns as estimated~by the Tariff Com-
mission only an-d we haVe left $475,-
426.42, representing net income of
47 1-2 per cent.

Additional Facts . .

But the story is not all told yet by'
any means. Mr. Allen" reports that
the average 'wholesale selling price
of sugar at his plant is slightly above
11 cents a pound, but he used exact?
ly 11 cents as the basis of his com--
putations, and the reader must see"
for himself that a price even one— "
quarter of a cent higher would yield ‘
additional returns of $46,720'( while-'~
11 1-2 cent sugar would mean the
tidy‘sum of over $93,000 which. if
alone a fair net return on a capital
investment of a million dollars.

i There, appears to be some ques-
tion about the average price the com-
panies will receive for their sugar.
‘In a recent. advertisement in the
Owosso Press, the Owosso sugar 00.,
states that it will be allowed to'
charge only $12.43 per cwtp’for sul- 3'
gar. This figure does not hitch very"
well with Mr. Allen's.
average wholesale price amount. to
:12 cents. per pound, it maybe ,r’eafidilyi

' m that the returns of them; ..
' plant, for, instance» we id
r 4. 1..

‘ factories. The Commission says that ,,

~ the total j-
cost, coke, $1,20; limeston’M2.27:“

. sugar bags, $5.35: barrels, $2.42; . _

other supplies,

$1,524,431.95 .

Coal ...................... .545.”
Coke ...................... . 11,212.80
Limestone ..... L ..... . . . . . 21.210.88
‘ Sugar Bags ....... . . . .V, . ., 49,990.40
mels ........... , ....... 22,612.48
Filter Cloth ............... 17,006.08
Other supplies ........... - 42,888. 6
Gen'l Expenses- ............ 14,950.40
Depreciation (10 per cent on
1.000.000) ............. 100,000.00
TOTAL $1,884,849.23
Receipts, (as given by Mr. , ,
Allen) .................. $2,336,479.05
Total Co‘st ................ 1.884.849.23
Balance for interest ‘ and
profits $451,629.82

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so closed, 2 , anywhere
' from $250,000‘toz_$40‘0,000.

~We' should be pleased to examine
Hr.- Allen’s sworn statement of the
pronts'of the Alma plant, or his in-
cometaxreturmandthenweshall
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Investment of Labor and Money in
' Sugar Beet' Production -
Mr. Allen has given us some ap-
proximate figures of the total sup-
plies required in the manufacture of
18 million pounds of sugar from 87,-

   

   

. . .e. ,
erman, manager thdMichfgan Su-
gar Beet Growers’ .Ass’n, and a prac-
tical beet grower, to give us an esti-
mate of the value of the‘land, ma-
chinery, laborgetc},-irequired for the
production ofthat'ma'ny beet’s. Re—
ferri’ngto the official report of the
average yield of 5.62 tons per store
for the year 1917, Mr. Ackerman
points out that it would have requir-
ed 15,,000 acres to have produced
87,000 tons. He estimates the value
of the land and, the machinery em-
ployed as follows: Land, 15,000

  

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Mr. .0. ill. Ack-’

  

views. 8 , . . wagons ,
rollers, $30,000; beet mks, $30,-
000; harrows, $16,000; dischar-
rows, $120,000; floats, $7,500; mis-
rcellaneous, $10,000; Total, $4,600,-
900.

Actual Expense

Rent of land, $300,000; plowing,
$75,000; fitting, $75,000; drilling,
$15,000; seed, $75,000; cultivating,
eight times, $210,000; rolling, $30,-
000; company’s beet labor, for thin—
ning, etc, $390,000; house rent for
laborers, $7,500; fuel, $30,000
transportation of laborers, $7,500;
garden patch for laborers, $3,750;

  

911:, best .
, - 375,600; ‘

m, M ‘ , «; a ‘ . s _.
t‘fertilizer or value of. 'fertiiity taken
from soil, $337,500; ,manageriai
ability, $210,000; interest on mon-
ey, 6 per cent for six ‘months, $60,-
000; ' depreciation of machinery, "
$75,000; miscellaneous, $75,000;
Total, $2,370,000, cost of producing
15,000 acres of beets, or $158 per
acre.

Some farmers will discount the
items of managerial ability, depreci-
ation, etc., but when they do so they
are only fooling themselves. Every
other industry in the world, of ne-
cessity, figures in these items of cos-t
and the farmer MUST follow suit or
lose out in the end.

‘.‘He that is not for Me is Against Me”--A Distorted Vision of Justice

 

 

HE ACCOMPANYING a-r- /’

ticle was not published

'in a sugar manufactur-
er’s trade journal, but it
sounds as if a sugar maul}-
factu-rer,_might have written
it.” Nothwithstanding the'
author's studied efforts to
maintain his comfort, dig-
nity and equilibrium a—
strqddle a picket fence of
neutrality, it is plain to be
seen that he is rapidly los-
ing: his balance and will
sooner or later 'desert the

A

next.
the

over into the camp of the
sugar manufacturers.

By way of explanation,
the accompanying article
was published on the editor-
ial page of the Jan. 31st is-
sue of the Michigan Farmer,
the owners of which live in
Cleveland, Ohio, and the
Michigan manager of which ‘
is a close personal friend of
W. H. Wallace, Michigan’s
sugar king, and associated
with him on the Michigan
Board of Agriculture.

The editorial is a typical
example of the peculiar phil-
osophy of the above named
farm journal with respect to
rice controversies between

more and the middlemen
who handle their products.

tion

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faith
part

 

 

is a very proper matter
investigation by the farmers of beet grow-
ing sections, who have not yet contracted
to grow them at that price.
pudiation of contracts entered into in good

Sugar Beet Contracts as Seen by a Michigan Farm Paper

MOST commendable, but belated ef-
fort is being made by the farmers
in several, countries of Michigan to

secure a more favorable contract for their

season’s crop. This effort is com-

mendable because, under present condi-
tions the producers of foodstuffs are la-
boring under a handicap which Justifies

use of every reasonable and proper

means to secure an equitable price for
their products.
cause its leaders apparently did not awak-
en to the opportunity to serve the beet
growers in this emergency until the con-
tracts had been signed for the major por-

It is a belated effort, be-

of the 1920 acreage. Whether the

present price of ten dollars a ton based
on nine-cent sugar, 'with an additional dol-
lar per ten for each cent per pound of the
average wholesale price of sugar above

cents per pound, is an equitable price
for inquiry and

But the re-

is no more commendable on the
of the .farmers than on the part of

labor organizations, or on the part of beet
growers than it would be on the part of
the sugar manufacturers.

We hold no brief for the sugar manu-

facturers in this controversy.

tion.

oral signing

of the sugar.

already made.

lar means.

Rather we
believe that the presumption of right is
with. the producers of the raw material,
but the facts are capable of being fairly
arrived at by proper study and investiga-
This is a proper and desirable func-
tion of organized as well as individual beet
growers, which should be vigorously pur-
sued. Even if a large percentage of the
farmers in boot growing sections have de-
termined that the present price is compen-
satory to them, as is evidenced by the gen-
of contracts for the 1920
crops which is reported in many localities,
every eifort should be made to fairly de-
termine equitable distribution of the re-
wards of labor and capital invested in the
growing of the boots and the manufacture
Then it will be possible to
fairly and inteligently negotiate a new
contract with the manufacturers without
. needlessly jeopardizing production in What
has come to be an essential industry, as
would a general repudiation of contracts
The leaders in a move-
ment looking toward such action are as-
suming a grave responsibility in the cur-
tailment of production of this essential
foodstuff in a time of present and pros-
pective shortage, which is comparable to
the responsibility for the curtailment in
the production of steel and coal by simi-

“When is a contract not
a contract.” The manufact—
urers claim that they have
a large share of the acreage
signed up. That is to say,
their field men have present-
ed contracts to farmers who
have signed them, and they
are now reclining in the
pockets of the field men.
Without the manufacturer’s
signature and embodying a.

clause virtually releasing
the manufacturer from the
terms of the agreement,

there is a question whether
it can be called a contract.”
Why haven’t these contracts
been signed by',the manu-
facturers and a copy return—
ed to the farmers? This is
our guess: The manufactur-
ers must have an early ap-
proximate idea of the
amount of acreage they can
depend upon next year.
Hence, they circulate “con—
tracts” at the psychological
time when the farmer is
flush with his returns from
the previous year’s crop. But
the next season’s run is a
._ long way off. Many things
may transpire between the
circulating of the contracts
and the harvesting of the
beets which may make it de-
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It seldom, if ever, fully com-
prehends the complete jus-
tice of the farmer’s position, but
argu-
ments of the farmers’ disputants.
The editorial should have the closest
examination of every farmer, for the
influence of such doctrines may have
a far-reaching effect not only upon
the beet growers’ present efforts to
Secure a fair contract but upon all
the efforts of farmers to better their
economic position.
‘ What the Editorial Really Says

The first part of the editorial
means nothing. Its purpose is to
serve as an appetizer for what fol-
lows. To be sure the questio‘n of
whether last year’s contract is equit-
able is “a very proper matter for in-
quiry and investigation,” the deter-
mination of which is a “proper and
desirable function” of best growers,
to be arrived at by “proper study and
investigation.” ”Honesty is the best
policy," too, but why preach honesty
to honest folks when thieves are
abroad in the land?

The author of the editorial is ig-

' norant of his facts when he calls the

efforts of the boot growers~to secure

fair prices for his 1920 crop, "belat-
ed'.’ efforts.

Does he not know that
the: mass meeting at Saginaw this

year wait! held fully a month earlier
than the first meeting two years ago
which culminated in a victory for
the,grewers?
the case, and if there has seemed to
be any lack. of aggressiveness on the,
. pant of the leaders this year to bring
the issue to a head it had been thru
a desire to give the manufacturers
every reasonable opportunity to pre-
sent: their, side of the case, rather
, . than to force their hand. The man-
,'ufasturelffi‘:.are,ssagacicus, however.‘

Nevertheless, such is

‘ ' Realizing that the , farmers were en-_
ltitl’pd toabetter contract and divin-
. inglnatjeffortsyzould be nadc to so-
«:3

t. title! out

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\

ing the manufacturers to pay them
a fair price than he is over the prob—
ability of thousands of farmers los—
ing thousands of dollars under a con—
tract, in the making of which they
had no voice and will return to the
farmer six dollars less per acre than
he received under the 1919 contract.
When is a Contract Not a Contract?
. No suggestion has been made in
the campaign for better beet prices
that the farmers “repudiate" their
‘i‘contractsl' '
M. F. editorial makes no such dis-
tinction. In his extreme anxiety to
thwart the success of the campaign
he proceeds on the hypothesis that

But the author of the .

farmers WILL be urged to renounce
their contracts. Hence, he moraliz—
es, and exhorts the farmers to be
good little boys and mebbe next year
or the year following, or sometime
in the distant future when sufficient
time shall have elapsed for conduct-
ing “proper inquiry and investiga-
tion,” the opportunity will ripen for
determining “equitable distribution
of the rewards :in the growing of
beets and the manufacture of sugar."
And in the meantime, the produc-
tion of sugar may have increased,
may have dropped, the sugar manu-
facturer will have had this inning
and there won’t’be any profits to di—
vide.

CrOp Improvement Ass’n Buys Alfalfa,Seed

By J. M. NICHOLSON, Sec’y.

HAVE just returned from a trip
I through the middle West where

I visited sections in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota.
I visited A. B. Lyman, of Excelsior,
Minnwota, and also looked over the
seed as certified by the North Dako-
ta Alfalfa Growers' Association, 5,-
000 pounds of which has been order-
ed for Michignn. ’

I obtained a lot of first hand in-
formation on the way alfalfa seed is
handled in “the various regions it is
producedhin the Dakotas, Montana,
Idaho, etc, and I think this seed we

are getting from the North Dakota

Association is the best buy on the

-market at the present time for those

who want absolutely genuine Grimm
Alfalfa Seed; ' f. ~

All through the West alfalfa cross-
es morei'or' teleslrea'dily and in most
of the sections both Common and
Grimmer-”e grownmirly close . each
other. The; mfil’t is there is“ some
crossing and then there is some me-

, chanicaLmix'ture jihrou‘glrrthej‘use of

  
  

the same three!) 3 machine; In the

  

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grown in this section and this seed
has the additional advantage of be-
ing growu in a climate that elimin-
ates all weaker strains. If any com—
mon alfalfa has been mixed with the
original seed used or i’f‘any common
alfalfa has been mixed with the or-
iginal seed used or if any common
alfalfa is sown in this locality, the
winters are so severe that the Grimm
is all that is left after a short time.
Winter wheat and apple' trees will
not survive where this "seed was pro—
duced. On the other hand the other
people who offered Grimm, Alfalfa
for sale in most cases had it produc-
ed in. ’Montana, Idaho, and such
states, where common alfalfa will
survive, where winter wheat is
grown, where there is some chance
for mixture / by crossing and where
the weaker plan-ts are not necessarily
eliminated. ' - -
As far as I can find the North Da-
kota association is the only one at
'e present time that can, absolutely
guarantee purity, origin and quality
of the seed of the type we are get“-

fting- from them. .
Min? commercial -3.th . and. hid:-

   

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ers to draft a new contract
so as to protect themselves
from a possible drop in the price of
sugar. And does the M. F. think for
a moment that the manufacturers
would scruple to tear up their con—
tract ivf developments showed they
could not afford to pay the price
agreed upon? Why be so almighty
particular about cautioning the farm—
er against breaking HIS “contract"
with an individual who retains that
contract for an indefinite period of
time for the evident purpose of avoid-
ing its terms if it serves his purpose
to do so? The contract is the prep-
aration of the manufacturer. When
presented to the farmer it should
have the manufacturer's name sign-
ed to it as evidence of his good faith.
THEN the farmer who signs is
bound, but otherwise not.

The concluding paragraph of the
editorial is a slander upon the sugar
beet growers and should be resented
as such. Farmers are pretty much
sick of this “producing for patriot-
ism” stuff. They produced for “pat-
riotism” all through the war when
everyone else except the soldier boy
was producing for “profits." It’s
high time that the good sense of the
people should reassert itself, sweep
away all this camouflaging and
“weazel” talk and get down to brass
tacks once more. If there’s a cur-
tailment in the production of sugar
next year it will be because the man-
ufacturers, in their greed for great ,
profits, will not have paid the farm-
ers enough to encourage them to
grow the crop. Why in the name of .
justice, does the M. F. slap the farm-
ers in the face and put them in the :
class with the striking coal and steel ,
workers, for asking a FAIR price for ,-
their beets without a single reference “
to the Iresponsibilty that rests upon
the. manufacturers for trying to force .
upon the farmers a contract that giv'a ‘
es to the manufacturers the lion’s?

share of theproflts? Every tame” ‘

  
   

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"., ’f ROP PRODUCTION over large
‘ areas is limited as much by
the water supply as it is by
other conditions. GrOWers realize
the-great importance of an‘abund-
once of rainfall, just previous to,
during, and shortly after the bios-
{aoming period, with respect to the
yield of corn. Investigations in
three counties in Ohio over 16, 20,
30,410 and 50 day periods, showed
that- high average rainfall during
the thirty days from July 11th to
August 10, and thirty days from July
. '21st to August 20th, gave greatest
yields. The most important 40 day
period was from July 11th to Aug-
ust 20th and the mos-t important 40
. day period was from July 1st to Au—
gust 20th. The most important 20
days period was found to be from
‘July let to August 10th. More-
,over, rainfall during the first 10
days in August gave as high yields
as any other 10 day period and the
most critical period during the corn’s
development is the 10 days after

, blossoming.

. 'A study of the yield of corn and
the climatic conditions of Ohio dur-
Ing the period from 1854-1915 re-
;veals that when the July rainfall is
one 'inch or more greater than the
normal or close to four inches, the
probability of a good crop is 9-3 per
cent. 0n the other hand when it is
one inch less than the normal there
Is a probability of a good corn yield
of only 19 per cent !

: ~ In addition, the effect of precipita—
tion in the four great corn produc-
ing states, namely, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri has been studied.
These studies show that the average
yield has been 23 bushels per acre
with a July rainfall from two to 2.5
inches, whereas it has been 33 bush-
els with a July rainfall one—half inch
greater, or a ten bushel per acre
higher yield for an average increase
of one half inch of rainfall, during
the most critical stage in the de-
velopment of the crop.

. : A high precipitation in spring or
the early part of the growing period
usually results in large yield-s of hay.
Who has not observed large yields
of clover following high spring pre-
cipitation on lands that produce very
small yields if any, during years “of
low spring precipitation.

Few, if any, of the larger agricul—
tural regions are not visited by
drouths of longer or shorter dura-
tion, thereby limiting to a greater or
less extent crop production. It is
fully recognized that the storage and
conservation of soil water are es-
sential for the utilization to the full-
est extent of millions of acres of
land extending westward fro-m about
the 100th meridian to the Cascade
Mountains.

’ Moisture control then becomes one

)Df the chief agricultural problems.

[I Storing Water in Soils

One of the first considerations in
ibonnection with moisture control is
Its storage, or getting rain, or irriga—
tion water into the soil and holding
,lt there until it is made use of by
‘some crop. This is governed pri—
marily by the texture, surface condi—
tion, the nature of the subsoil, and
the distribution of the rainfall.
(these I propose to discuss in this
article.

, The depth of penetration of a giv—

bu, amount of water. into the soil
should be considered. If it is retain-
bd, mainly in the upper layers, more

 

, , Proper Use MiRototi-ii'onfbéep”

   

4(A continuation of his series of
of it. is likelyyto be lost to crop pro-
duction than’if it penetrates more
deeply. Observations taken. 36 hours‘
after a one inch rainfall in July- re-
vealed that‘moisture had penetrated
a heavy clay loam to a depth of four

inches, and a sandy«loam approxi-
mately- seven inches, and a coarse

sand soil about 15 inches. If a two

or three inch soil mulch is formed it

is at once evident that much of the

moisture in the clay loam would be

lost as far as crop production is con-

cerned.

The amount and depth of penetra-
tion of a given volume of water in

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'By M. M. McCOOL "

  

  

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caress

articles on the subject of soils.) . ,

off the sur‘face is ~indeed‘ smalL in
comparison With: other humid re-
gions. This accounts fer the utiliza-
tion of ’much very hilly land for the
production of cultivated crops, ,in
that region. , . . _
This run-oh? water is lost so far as
crop production is involved. More-
over in “seeking its level” this ‘water
does much damage by the removal
of surface soil, commonly spoken of
as erosion or, soil washing. This is
a matter of tremendous national and-
local importance. Those who ha
traveled with open eyes through the
older settled rolling or “hilly agri-

 

Troeo protecting a hlllslde from washlng, near Kalamazoo. Hllly muok‘ lanai-should be pro?
tooted by trees. '

the soil depends much upon the sur—
face condition, i. e., whether it is por—
ous or compact, moist or dry. If
the surface is smooth and firm more
water is lost by run off from sloping
land than if it is loose and porous.
I have examined soils as to their
moisture content after rather heavy
rains and have observed that where
the surface sloping land was com-2
pact and rather smooth that the ma-
jority of the rainfall ran down the
slope and was either lost in drain—
age channels or accumulated in the
lower and more nearly level lands.
On the other hand where the land
was loose or porous and somewhat
roughened the run-off was decidedly
less. It is doubtless true that the un-
productivi-ty of some rolling lands
some seasons can be attributed to an
insufficient supply of moisture due in
a large measure to the run—off as
well as the lack of plant food caus-
ed by erosion. Thus proper tillage
seems to be of inestimable value un-
der such conditions.

Where a soil was sampled just
prior to and 24 hours after a rainfall
of a little more than one and one-
half inches the water was found to
have penetrated more deeplyr and the
run-011’ less with tilled land than with
sod. No gain in the water content
was found in the second foot of soil
under the sod whereas the same lay-
er beneath the t'illed crop gave more
than five per cent.

If the rain falls gently far more
of it penetrates into the soil than if
it falls very rapidly. It was observ—
ed near Lansing, Michigan, that 95
per cent of a one inch rain penetra-
ed a sloping clay loam soil when it
came down gently but when the same
amount fell in about one hour 80 per
cent was lost by surface run-oh. This
is further exemplified by conditions .
that exist in much of the Pacific
Coast region._ Although the total
precipitation-is great, 45 inches or
more, the amount of water that runs

cultural regions as well as some of

more recent occupation appreciate ‘
the statement that this affords the '
greatest single source of loss in

many of these sections.

Navigation is hindered or impeded
by the clogging of our large streams
and harbors with eroded soil. This
of course is one of the national
phases of this problem and the
abandonment of millions of acresof
land because of their unproductivity
due to loss'of the surface soil is an-
other one. .

There are two kinds of soil wash-
ing—gullyfing and sheet. Where the
land is rather steep and rolling or
spring tooth harrow the water rolls
oh the ridges and passes into the
soil at the lower levels leaving a
dry mass of soil below the ridge.
This phenomena has been observed
after as much as two inches of rain-
fall. Of course it is desirable to
have the water penerate deeply into
the soil and thus the roughened sur-
face is a decided advantage.

The nature of the subsoil governs
to some extent the storage of water
in the soil. If the subsoil is very
compact and fine in texture the soil
above may become saturated with
water and the rain that falls there-
on lost by run-01f, and by evapora-
tion into the atmosphere. Again, a
very porous or gravelly layer below
the surface, may permit water to
pass deeply into the subsoil and a
small amount be retained within
striking distance of the roots of the
crops. ‘

It has been recently observed that
the surface, whether smooth or
rough or sand soils greatly affects
the penetration of a given amount
of rainfall.;. Where the soil .is rough
as left by a corrugated roller or
where there are well defined drain—
age channels a large portion of the
water from heavy rains. flows into
them and in its rapid movement

picks up and carries away loose soil

  
 

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“a

mi

amusement»: washing

' away at the-:Boilfirom‘ ,bfifé bottoms! .
sides, of» the channel's '. mil}: quickly

cause the “formation assumes; jditch» ‘

.- ear-Or'ravinei. ‘ Although it-is the ‘

.ious than the-sheet r'erosion.‘ . ,
, Sheet erosion [means the washing
‘ away of the immediate‘surfazce. soil.
without the formation of appreciable
gu-llies or with a. heavy downpour
the land is subjected to the action of
alarge volume of water which as it
seeks its level may pick up and car-
ry with it much surface soil. This
form of erosion may and ofitenfi‘does
,during a single season remove as
much ”or more organic matter as
would be replaced by . the turning
under of Wm or more clover, crops
in addition to the other soil consti-
tuents. _

The causes of erosion are numer-
ous. Of course a very important and
probably the chief cause is the slope
of the’land. Then too the rainfall,
its total amount, distribution, and

‘manner, that is whether gentle or‘
torrential are of utmost importance.
Soil texture‘ and structure or tilth

more striking; itgis perhaps , less, ser-

i'because of‘their influence upon the
’ rate of penetration of Water arel-ike-

wise to be considered. The things

that‘alterjthe structure of ’the soil

-we.r‘e discussed 2 in an, earlier article .
and need not.» be" mentioned at , this
time. ‘Moreover too 'many.tilled_or
row crops, methods of‘culture- and
small amount of organic matter
should be included. _ ‘ 2-

The’ situation has been outlined.
Now what is the constructive side of
this proposition. It would be use-
less to cal-l attention to these condi-
tions if much of thedamage were ,
not, preventable. At no time in the
history of our agriculture has the
great need for soil conservation been
so strongly agitated. In Michigan
this problem is one for the individ-
ual farmer. In fact there are few
farms that do not have a small acre‘
age, at least, of land that washes.
Preventable measures are important.
yet where the washing has occurred
remedial measures only are left. i

Rotations that leave the land bare
as short a time as possible comprise
the most fundamental preventative
measures. In addition the import-
ance of having the surface soil filled
with fibrous roots and other forms
of organic matter should be mention-
ed. The organic matter binds the
soil together and permits of a ready
penetration of rainfall [into the
soil. Many rolling lands should not
be devoted to a tilled crop more fre-
quently than about one year“ in four
or five. -

Deep tillage is usually advisable
,because of its {effect upon the soil
structure. Moreover, the surface of
the soil should be roughened so as
to check the water that falls upon
the land. However, tillage opera-
tions such as dragging or harrowing
wherever possible should run across ‘
the slope rather than with it. It is
not uncommon to see hillsides that
erode“ badly becauSe the grain drill
ran with th'e’slope rather than across
it. Of course, some of these meth-
ods are rather awkward and lose
time yet in the long run they are
profitable. '

The methods to be used for stop-
ping of washes, or gulldes in fields
depends upon the size of .them and
the material at hand. Small ones
may be filled with, straw or other

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::laws in their own interest

'ment of 11 membe

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. "tires and know just shunt
he. hey function. "{they all some in

ed with the mud of emce, and pass

V " out, having added to the sum of hu-

man progress nothing but a few
oil‘hey
profetss to know nothing about party

politics—salthough their sophisticat--

ed methods give them the lie-— but

. they are willing to take on the job.

When the farmers denyth'at they
are politicians they get themselves
in wrong with old-fashioned people
who believe that just as dentistry is
left to the dentists and blacksmith-

ging' to the blacksmiths, so should

politics he left to politicians who are
honest enough to be proud of their
profession and keen enough about
the greatest game to which a man

can bend his mind not to disclaim it.

All of which is to say that the
United Farmers of Ontario are on

_V top in the banner province of Can-

mic and unless they come a croppei
in the next few months, are likely to

rule as for the next four years. This
is a greater experiment in dungfork

democracy than anything you have
. undertaken in
' where this after-the—war cow-pox on

the United States,
the body politic is. confined to the

;. middle west, and where the farmers

have thus far steadfastly refused to
enter into a combination with the
labor organizations. The Ontario
case shows the epidemic spreading
eastward in the Dominion, and is

verymuch as if one of these bush-lot

Witanagemots took possession of‘the

capitol at Albany, N. Y.

However, the two grand old par-

V ties, who are now jointly and sev-

erally in the wilderness-mend who
may yet have to make common cause
to turn the bucolic intruders out——
are not downhearted. They say the

_ U. F. O .—sh0rt style for Us for Our-

selves—is not a government, but a
disease, the last phase of a world-

! - wide neurosis which only time can

heal. They‘look forward confident-
ly. to the day when reason shall re-

sume its throne, the'people will die-
count the farmers' counsels of per-
. . fectlon by 50 per cent, and liberals
- and conservatives will line up again

as they did in the piping days before
the Hun broke loose.

‘ Meanwhile what can’t be cured
must be manured. In other words,
the U. F. 0. government is to be
given ample room and verge enough

"to accomplish its own destruction. It
, is to be egged on rather than egged

out, because the chances are that if
the, farmers were forced .to hold‘ an-

) . other general electmn at this mo-

ment they would come back stronger
than ever, shedding by the way their
troublesome side-partner, the inde-
pendent labor party whose cbmple-

ifs—awe of them
cabinet ministers—alone makes the
U’. F. 0. government possible. The
U. F. 0. government has a majority

" of two in the house—one of its own

and one the speaker, who has a cast-
in'g vote only when it is needed—-
stolen from the liberals. An acci-

""dent might happen to a majority as "

small as that.

 

QVV loans have had in your
in die west year farmer legis-L

crying “We are pure,. " get plaster-r

Irals, by uniting with whom

With the Labontes
By H: F. GADSBY

on politics where it can play hob with
the tarifl.’ and other questions of na-
tiOnal importance. The provincial leg-
...-islature is nothing more than a glori-
fled county council. The matters
within its purview are domestic and

intimate, but not of the first magni- ‘

tilde. The Dominion parliament, on
the other hand, is an arena of great
issues such as free trade, protection
and national ownership, and the
farmers make no bones of saying
"that they have their eyes on it and
that it is their next world to con-
quer.

The U. F, 0. government is having
its own troubles. To begin with, it is
not as pure as it cracks itself up to
be. It got/into office by double-

crossing the liberals, who withdrew
candidates in many constituencies to
’give the farmers a chance.

Puffed
up by their success—they expected

, 30 seats and they got 45—they went

back on their old friends, the liberr
they
would have had a good working ma-

,jority,‘ and tack up instead with the

independent labor party, which al-
liance gives them a shaky majority
of two.

The obvious inference .is that the
farmers were afraid that theliber—
ale, under the brilliant leadership of
Harley Dewart, K. 0., would be
clever enough to swallow them.
They knew nothing about parlia
mentary procedure and were not
particularly vocal in any case, so
they refused to take their natural
allies, the liberals, preferring the
independent» labor party, a‘ small but
restless bedfellow who is already
yelling for more than his share of
the quilt. ,

The minister of labor for example,
the Hon. Walter Rollo—nicknamed
Rollicking Rollo for the free way he
has with the people’s money—already
has a program of old age pensions,
unemployment insurance and wid-
ows’ annuities which would set us
back $2, 000, 000 a year. Of on tree
the farmers will never stand for that
any more than they will for that
eight- hour day on the farm to which
the independent labor party aspires,
in the city. Even a blind man can
foresee trouble here, when the U. F.
O. kicks the I. L. P. out of the bed,
as it eventually will. On that day
of wrath many will arise 'to say to
Premier Drury, “I told you so."

Though pure as the driven snow,
the U. F. 0. government is continu-
ally getting its feet in the mud. An-
other. act of perfidy is its efl’ort to
form a distinct party, the “people’s

. party,” though pledged by its consti-

tuents to avoid such appearance of
evil and’to conduct government on
absolute principles of ' right and
wrong, regardl s of expediency or
the personal eq ation. Another fact-
or in this farmers’ millennium was
to be the abolition of patronage, but
the saints from the side lines have
not ruled three months and they are
in a patronage row up to their chins.

It seems that when they said they

  

.name, Where the Farmers Have Combined

would abolish patronage they meant
that they would take it away from
the local organizations and center it
in Toronto. Whereat, as Mr.
Shakespeare might remark, they all
said, “Like h-——l you will. ” It seems
hard for any government, however
pure, to kill the impulse which
prompts us to reward our friends—
that is to say, to do unto others as
we would be done by, which after
all is what patronage amounts to.

For a government which sniffs at
the two old parties as corrupt-and
selfish, the U. F. 0. shows consid—
erable skill in trying to strengthen
itself and weaken the other fellow
by kidnapping liberals to bolster a
majority which is practically only
one and a half, because the speaker,
a kidnapped liberal, has no vote ex-
cep-t when the result is a tie. The
U. F. 0. would like to get about 10
more liberals to come across, and to
this end is prepared to promise any-
thing that is not nailed down, in—
cluding U. F. 0. nominations for the
next federal election, which they ad-
vertise as a sure thing for the farm-
ers’ cause.

HE U. F. 0. government tries

I to steal liberals for another

reason—because it is half in
and half-out of office. At present
three cabinet ministers—Premier
Drury, H.011 Manning. Doherty, the
minister of agriculture, and Hon. W.
E. Raney, the attorney—generalmthe
brains of therustic gathering—lack
seats. The government will not be
all set until these three—none of
them candidates at the last election
except Mr. Doherty, who was sound—
ly walloped in his own county—find,
a firm base to rest on. They are
talking and counselling, but not so
to speak, ex cathedra. The chairs
are yet to be provided.

The strange thing about it all is
that the U. F. 0. members of the
legislature, the elected representa-
tives of the party of unselfishness,
unanimously refuse to give up their
seats to their three homeless lead-
ers, who will have less than Noah’s
dove to perch on unless certain weak-
kneed liberals make room. The farm-
er M. P.’s have a natural desire to
try what life in the city is like—one
hopes that they will get a new light
on the cost of living—and they do
not propose to forego the pleasure
for their own comrades. It will re-
quire all the innocence‘ and purity of
Premier Drury, who comes of an old
political family; of Mr. Doherty, who
has a past as a government contract—
or, and of Mr. Raney, who is an up-
lifter with one brown eye and one
blue one—it will require the con-
joint innocence of all three, I repeat,
to battle with this reluctance on the
part of their followers to give up the
bird in hand.

It is conceded that Mr. Raney, the
attorney—general, will have a hard
job to make the grade, although,
having one“ blue eye and one brown
eye, he can always have two eyes
single to any purpose he undertakes.
He is not only an uplifter, but a
Methodiviki, if you know what I
mean, and mutters awful threats un-
der his breath like betless race-tracks

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lons of hard
s-tuif—and not a
drop more ——in
the cellar. Mr.
Raney—what a
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our littlewicked-
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stand for him in
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butter, some men’s religion and

shocking to the silk hats and
swallow tails, and in their dis-
pleasure they have resorted to

nunciation of the “bucolic in-
traders.”

A sample of their childish
scolding was published in a re-‘
cent issue of the Detroit Satur-
‘day Night. The author, H. F.
Gadsby, has a streak of humer-
in him which may some day
prove his undoing. His tirade of
insults against the farmers is oc-
casionally illuminated by a bit
of philosophy. Take this, for in-
stance: “When the farmers deny
that they are politicians, they
get themselves in wrong with old
fashioned people who believe
that just as dentistry is left to
the dentists and blacksmithing
is left to the blacksmiths ‘so
should politics be left to politici-
ans who are honest enough to be
proud of their profession and
keen enough about the greatest

his mind not to disclaim it.” ' 1,

The Ontario author believes
that the farmers are a bunch of

formers who preach loudly
against political rottenness and
special provilege to provide a
cloak for their own evil designs
upon the state’s exchequer. But
here Mr. Gadsby makes a blund-
er and discloses his ignorance of
the rural mind. He has been
contaminated by too much city
life. He cannot understand that
out in the clean spaces of the
country are people who believe
in giving an honest day’s work
for an honest dollar, and look
upon the robbing of public funds
as great a crime as the looting
of a bank. He cannot under-
stand how a man could conse-
crate himself to the service of
his state and nation without be-
ing paid for the job, or being as-
sured of privileges which he
might pass out to his relatives
and friends. So he does not
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of the farmers’ desire and efforts
to take a hand in the administra-
tion of government. Truly, Mr.
Gadsby has much to learn.

After reading Mr. Gadsby’s
satire, one wonders why the
farmers and laboring men of
Canada have been so slow to or-
ganize against the politicians for
whom Mr. Gadsby evidently
speaks. Here in the United
States the majority of farmers
seem to steer shy of political al- .
liance with organized labor, feel-
ing that they can best work out
their ideas and ideals of good
government alone. But, if the
politicians of Michigan or any
other state for that matter, re-
sist with so poor a grace as the
Ontario irreconciliables the
farmer’s natural desire to take
his proper place in the politics
of the state and nation during
this period of high taxes and gov- .
ornmental abuses, no one can
predict what leaven may be set
to work in the ranks of organizpj'

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,. , HRONGING Kalamazoo thruout
. - the greater. 15m. of last week,

more than"1,000 delegates at the
Gleaners from several different states
hem their bi-ennial convention» with
splendid success. The sessions‘ were
run off in businesslike stifle-and the
all-round accomplishments were many.

More than 1,000 Gleaner delegates
assembled at. the . for- the op-
ening session of the convention. State
Senator Herbert Baker presided.
Among the speakers was Milo D.
Campbell, farmers' candidate for gov-
ernor of Michigan. In a splendid ad-

dress, he-emphasized: the need of co-'

operation among the various organi=
zations.

. f‘It was a splendid comven—tion,” de-
clared Mr Campbell in an interview
following. the final meetings, “and. I
believe the wide attention it attract-
ed throughout the Middle West thru
hepress, helped show the public the
true importance of the, great, grow-
ing Gleaner organization"

.' Tuesday evening a. session was held
at . which Senator. Baker gave an ad.-
dress on “The Farmer and Legisla-
tion’” He showed the great need for
farmers in Michigan and other states
to take a more active interest in pol-
itics and to stand united on certain
big issues vitally aifecting all farm-
ers alike, irrespective of party

Nathan F. Simpson, general manag-
er of the Gleaner Clearing House As-
sociation, which has begun its big ex-
pansion program for cooperative
marketing throughout the Middle
West, was also on theh program. His
speech on ”Things coming our way”
showed- how the Cleaners by sticking
together and by plugging were over-
coming all sorts of obstacles for suc-
cess.

Warden Hulbert, of Jackson Prison,
at which the famous Gleaner Binder
Twine industry has been operating so
successfully. gave an addrem on "The
Gleaners." These addresses were
followed by a memorial service, and
the first day's program closed with
fancy drills given by women of var-
ious arbors, and exemted in beauti-
ful style.

The program of the second day
started off with the presentation of
the “Story of the Cleaners," a. moving
picture of .some several thousand
feet of film, showing the thousand
and one activities of the Cleaners.
The work in the field, the picnics and
drills, the routing of work through
the Great Gleaner Temple at Detroit
and many other interesting phases of

the Gdeaner work were shown, not
omitting the important co-operative
side.‘ This film’ has been taking a.
swing around the various arbor; in
the nationand has made a great hit
wherever it went. The show given in
a Kazoo movie house was free to Glea-
ners.

In the afternoon of the .second day,
the“ business started, and. “the variants.
officers gave bi-‘ennia'l reports to the
delegates! In spite of the losses- by
war and by the: flu epidemic, the fi-
nancial condition of the organiza-

tion was demonstrated.“ be. innatlie "

most - excellent- shape. «The extent of
th'e’victor‘y'ot this‘coutinueduonward
progress against greatodds is shown
by this statement of an otflcial of the.
Cleaners: . .“During the war the Glea-

ners were facedfiwith hard problems.3
The conscription act practically-put ‘af ;

q'uietus on the field wwk. "Goi'ern-
.men-t insurance hampered: the: inter.
nal week of the ‘Gleaners, manly thou-
sands of whom enlisted or‘ gave pru-
tically ,. all _
their country. Meetings had-gto‘be
given up: to a large extent and arbors
balls were turned over to the ‘Red
Cross and other war work. Then for
five months the flu epidemic stopped
all meetingsand camsed thousands of
deaths, adding $264,000 to the normal,
payment of death claims for that

period. Otherwise the Gleaner re-
port wouid have shown that much
more to the already excellent stand-
ing.”

Wednesday evening was taken up

 

their time‘ for serving,

    

ge Refacing Sessions of Kalamaztm Last Week

with, the. school of instruction.
Splendid teams 7 gave all, of the ’ do—
the' instruction
re-
ceived. the degrees; and. with Miss
Lucia. Bellamy in charge ofgthe de-

grees, followed by

school. A very large number-

gree teams, the work was of especial
interest, -.

Deploidng'ihe. present tendency'

. toward autocracy in. government . .
manifested in unwarranted limita-

tion of free speech, freedom of the '

,DI‘OBB': and freedom of assembly, the
Gleemers in the business sessions
which. closed the convention, adopted
resolutions: demanding a return to
.our timséhOnored policy in ' these
matters, unswerved by the influence
of organized revolutionists 011,, one
. side and . by '
. the other.

A

“adopted along. lines suggested by the

following: , ' . ' . '
',, 1. Extension for .two years of
government operation of the rail-
”.rOads. ‘. , . . . .

2. Enactment of more efficient
corrupt practices act. ' ~ . -

3. Referendum ' on constitution-
al‘ amendment to permit'the expend-s
iture of $5,000,000 for purchase of
terminal warehouses.

4. Ratificatmn of the
treaty without reservations.

peace

‘ Declaring countless officials, eas-.

ily sheltered, are shaking down the
luscious fruit of public office, the
convention adopted ‘a resolution de-

  

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associated profiteers bar

The legislative program of .tho ,
Gleaners for this next two years was ,

present expensive and

sound basis. This, we feel, can only
be accomplished by a thorough house

cleaning at Lansing, to the end that

a multitude of commission‘sland
boards may be done away with; Land
countless oo—called public. uncle].
placed where .they' may become‘ pro-
ducers meteor!
ers.‘"- ‘
’ the Natir'mai Farm Bureau move?
ment' was defeated. at the Gleaner
sessions. .. Prominent Gleaner: gave
‘ as a reason the belief“ that there is
no need‘for both organizations, inas-
much as the presen’tp-rdgram of the
‘ Gleaners embodies about-all that .the
Farm Bureau promises, , "together.
'with much more, which has been .in
,tried'and-true operation for many
years. .

The convention voted to raise the
annual fees from $1 to $2. The in-1

crease. was forced because ‘of the
increase in membership and a wid-
ening of the activities of the organ-
ization.

The concluding order of business
was the election and installation of

national officers. Grant Slocum was ’
Ross L. Hence

elected . president.
way was made secretary, and John
R. Hudson, of Middleton, treasurer.
The supreme council includes: Her-
bert F. Baker, Cheboygan; J. J. Eng-
land, Caro; Frank C. Goodyear, St.
Louis; H. J. Zimmer, South Bend.
Indiana; George L. Strachan, Muir,
Mich, and Mrs. Effa Munn, Grand
Ledge.

J. Floyd McKinstry. of Grant Park,
Illinois, was elected chief Gleaner,
and Mr. H. H. Hough, of Wauseon,
Ohio, vice chief Gleaner; Mrs.‘ Mary
B. Holderman, of Kankakee, Illinois,
chaplain, and Wm. Harris, Mt. Pleas-
ant, conductor.

Delegates have returned to their
respective communities with enthus-
iasm for the great branching out of
activities for the Cleaners and are
confident that the present year and

wthose following are going to be the

greatest in the expansion of the na-
tional Gleaner organization.

Northeastern Development Bureau Celebrates Seventh Birthday ,,

Enthusiastic Members Assemble for Get-Together Dinner and for Successful Annual Banquet

- HE ANNUAL meeting of the
Northeastern Michigan Develop
ment bureau was held in Bay

City Jan. 23. followed by banquet at

the Wenonoh, in the evening attended

by about 160 guests who came from all
over the district, with a number of
others from outside or Northeastern

Michigan. including men from Grand

Rapids, Lansing, Flint and Pontiac.

-A-t the annual meeting in .the after-
noon, James L. Snody was re-elected
president of the organisation; John
Yuill, of Vanderbilt, first vice-presi-
dent; Robert Rayburn, of Alpena,
second vice-president, and Marine
Hanson, of Grayling, treasurer.

The report of Secretary Marston
reviewed the work which has been
done during the past year and Treas—
nrer Hanson’s report showed that
the bureau has been using its money
to advantage. .

President Snody, in a short ad-
dress, reviewed the great growth ‘of
' the districtand some 'of the especial
features of the bureau work which
had been contributed to that growth.
He, also outlined some of the things
, which he would like to accomplish in
the future and among- other . things‘
advocated the offering of substantial
price for the best samples of grains
and other term produce to be sent to
the bureau and exhibited at its annu-
* a matinee Mr. Snody promised. a
WW dmation of '$25 toward a
.‘ mm for the best sample of

  

 

 

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corn and suggested that others
might do likewise, and the bureau
could supplement these donations
with other prizes. The one condition
be attached to the prizes is to be
that the samples .submitted should
become the property of the bureau, to
be used' for exhibit purposes.

Regret Saginaw’s Defection

Directors of the association ex-
pressed their regzret at the failure of
Saginaw county to retain its mem-
bership in the bureau. “Saginaw is
are em 30 memes airman our; 10 euro
tire northeastern Michigan district
and it ought to be deeply interested
in the effort of these northern coun-
ties to develop their territory and to
assist in that Work for what helps-
(me part of the district cannot fail to
be a benefit to all or the others," said
one of the directors.

The board of directors, as selected
by the various celmties of the dis-
trict, is as follows, the first named
being the member of the executive
committee:

Alpena—Robert Rayburn, A. B.
Crow, Alpena; Moses Sharp, Cathro.

Arenac—H. A. Chamberlain. Stan-
dish; A. H.- Townsend, Twining; Jno.
Donnelly, Sterling. ,

Bay County—W? G. MacEdward,
Frank A. Hewitt, Bay City; John An-
derson, Crump. ‘ . » "
, Chebovyzélllr-ll'.~ E. Skeels, .W‘olver-
inc; Al. H. Weber, E.,L. LeBlanc.

 
   

  

. was organized.

Crawford—Marius Hanson, Gray‘-
ling; J. E. Kellogg, Lovells; Charles
Craven, Frederic.

Gladwin—J. Foster, A. J. Stevens,
F. L. Prindle, Gledwin.

Iosco—C. F. Prescott, Tawas City;
0. A. Pinkerton, East Towns; Ernest

_ Crego, Whittemore.

Midland—Leslie Madill, H. H. Dow,
Midland; James Carty, Coleman,

Oscoda—A. W.’ Biseland, Ben' J.
Wetters, Milo. -

Ogemaw—O. L. Rakestraw, Rose
City; Wm. Hedgins, Selkirk: C. 8.
Ella, West: Branch. .

Otsego—John Yuill, Frank Ran-
dolph, Vanderbilt; Sim Lewis, Jo-
hannesburg. .

Presque Islee—James-R. Snody, 0n;-
away; Paul H. Hmftt, E. D. Vincent,
Rogers. »- _

Roscommon—A. J. Price, Mort Mc-
Clure. Chas. H. DeWnle, Roscommon.

W. G. MacEdward was appointed a
a director to represent the transporta-
tion companies. ~ - . ~ /

Following the,meetlng of the di-
rectors the executive committee re-
elected T. F. Mouton. as son-story.

’lhe Banquet '

Thewannnarbauqnetvm served: in
the large dining room of the Wenon-
ah hotel and was one 0:11:36]:th en- .
joy-able of the seven affairs
held since the development bureau

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.1 pi .: ..

Lusk, secretary of the Michigan Pubs
lic Domain Commission, as teastmas-
ter and Mr. Lusk welcomed all pres-
ent, as a Bay Cityan, to his home
town.

Gov. Sleeper was on the program
to speak on “The Michigan Park Com-
mission" but the governor was ‘out of
the state and he was represented by
his secretary, Major Ralph Duff, who
gave a short talk on the plans of the
new park commission and said that
he believed the future would " show
that this state park plan, ' ered by
GovernorSieeperywolrld W , 19*
on as his greatest work. ' »

N. P. Hull, president of the Grange
Life Insurance‘;asaociation, who was
on the mm to speak‘w'I- “The
Farmer," was unable to be present.
Julius Baal, member of the Board“ of
Regents of the U. of‘M. and of the .
public domain ~ commission, spoke on
“A New Bird Discovered in, Northern
Michigan." He told of the efforts of
the pub domain commiuionrto

through opening them forest-v
purposes, and through reforestation
plans. He told-vof’thie- work 91er
protection, carried on jointlo .5? the
state and the federal jgov‘o'rnmsnt'and
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fired ”in.

" mending a house vcleaning’ at Lans- ~7 ,
ing as follows: .“We invite the good
citizenship 'oft’Miehigan‘ to makelan
investigation of the facts ,h'ere set
forth, feeling assured- that, through
their findings, they will" join with the
organized formers in checking the

extravagant

management of state affairs, by plac-

as - ing the business of the state On; a

of tax-eating consumi

resolution , inside I to". endorse

  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
    
  
   
  
 
   
 
   
 
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
    
   
  
 
  
 
 

   
 
 
        
 
  
  
  

  

 
 
 
 

   
 
 

 
 
   
 
    

  

   
 
 
 
 
  

 


  

  
  

, ., ’ hear that aStatsAidlondCiear-
_ "Jr “ mm appeals .to your good judg-'

 
  
 
 
 

‘ ‘aactional‘y- Interests in the legislature
- .7 " .so many years neglected the verybest
1' ” ' . _. inseam. of the. statejin not, paving a

‘ ' ' fwayto enabk'the laud hungry to son-
». 7 meet with the stump land. I feel con:-
‘fident that’if the M. ‘B. F. uses a
.. State Aid Land Clearing Act testimo-
"late the k. to the land movement,
the nesolut on necesary from. the leg-
islature to permit an amendment sub-

..‘inlltt'ed: to the- people, will meet with

little opposition. That -it 'xwill carry
when itsinterest is fully understood

is absolutely sure. ' »
a .' ,There is a land hunger in our midst
" . - “ "arrays—regardless of statements: 'to
‘ ' the contrary. If we don't know it.
- ' ‘ feanadian iland missionaries in our
. "midst always are fully alive to the

I." . 'fact- ‘ _ . , '

'“ As to-thedraft of a clearing act, ,I
‘ an unequal to the occasion. The best

“I can do is to give you a crude out-
"'lilne' only, bu so. simple that you

'willhave no trouble finding someone
wcapable of whipping it into work-able

shape; ' I took up the matter with

' Senator Baker early last year. He

expremd a desire to father thebill in

. the Senate, but was interested at the
" ‘ - time in a corrupt practice act, also a
warehouse act and could not properly
Icare Ifor it, but he will, I know, be
glad to. put' it over.

Now get the idea, clear in your mind

~ —'—thia is not a State Clearing Act, .but
a State Aid Land Clearing Act. The

state is in no way to be‘involved in

performing the clearing. ’ Here is the

idea: A State Aid Clearing Board,
composed of the Public Domain Com-

mission and Soil Department of the

-‘M A. 0., empowered to contract with
settlers, direct or with outside bidders

to clear at least one-quarter of set-
tler‘s land, upon application by the

seittler only. This can be broadened.
The state to set aside a certain sum of

money, say $250,000 or morass a “Re-

. ..volving Fund," to finance settlers, at
._ low interest, as low as possible and
cover expenses. The state to be so-

cured uppn land improved, not merely

that part improved, but the whole

   
 
   
  
    
   
 

DULD IT not be a step in the
right direction to urge through
If. B. F., that we write our congress-
man to vote for the Truth in Fabric
Bill! I would also suggest that we
have petitions passed through each 10-
cal farm organization for same—W.
W. Terry, Osceola County.

in .s s e
. 0N..BURTON L. FRENCH of Id-
.,, aho, introduced the “Truth in
. ’ Fabric" law in Ccugrees, Jan. 7.
This act would make it compulsory

and clothes, and would free the wool
.growere from unfair competition with
.. shoddy and wpuld motect the public
against those who would sell shoddy
. as virgin wool and charge virgin wool

The following table and bulletiin
- entitled "Why Clothes Are So High"
graphically shows the root of the
cause of the present erorbitantiy high
price- of clothes. This table alsoshows

._ ' .the wool growers to the shoddy and

' . Irag industries the peeple’s demand for
, ~, virgin wool.

' ‘ ' ; _.;_.‘The Truth in Fabric Law introduc-
ed by Mr. French would right this

..'....::iW'l'0n8-

Why Clothes Are So High -
,_,Showing how the fabric manufact-
.-,. urer, by failing- to tell the wholesale

merchant to whom he sells the fabric
. . t the fabric contains shoddy, 1::
“1:19.00 secure from whalesale cloth

gyms“; the unjust price or $15 tor

   
  
  
    
 
 

  
 

 
 

_ ch, 1because it contains 80% of
bad!“ lactose ,0, holes 1111- virgin

  

 

 

   
  
  

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‘ : “BITORM'B. F‘s—fl am pleased to-

" m1 cash-m understand how the re-‘

. to identify shoddy and cotton in cloth '

prices for it. .

'whsy fabric manufacturers divert from. ,

..;;.anw-,All-Wool.;.NVoolen suit length of '
1,5.- yards containing 80% .ofvoshoddy, ..

.9 manufacturer could .
.' 61:310. and for

tact. You might say, the state is
practically. loaning sufficient money
to the settler, to clear- a part of his
land, but.,-.to be, ‘sure the money goes
winto clearing as. intended, a contract
is made with that, purpose in view 0n-
- I. ' . . ,
The idea is to assist the settler in
clearing at least one-fourth of his

  

0’ thAdsqute Safely to: Aid in'V'NofthemitMiChigarinDevelopme'nit 3

. . By JOHN c. more

about 20 or 25 annual payments, in
the form of a drainage ,tan

Another fact to bear in mind no land
known to be apprOved by the Clearing
Board will revert-to state for non-pay-
ment of taxes. Speculators will see
to that, if the owners do not. So the
state is really taking no risk, nor are
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land up 0 n ‘ charity act
application, as the set-
in the fol- tier is pay-
“ng man‘ 15 Not This a Worthy Enterprise? “18 for the
~ner:_ . . , , use of a ser-
Upon a‘p- ORTBERN Michigan is a rich em- Vic e th at
911033011 130 N pire- of undeveloped wealth. It has is bone fl t-
the Clearing magnificient agricultural resources ting the on-
Board f 0 1' I that await ' the settler’s- ax, and plow. tire sta t 0.
u “83-9 3m- the who development of wild lands has ever In makin 8
'0“— 911’31' t been the work of the pioneer and it applicatio n
0‘ the Clear- « will always be .50. Men who have not 101' clearing
1118 3031' d» the stuff of pioneers in them will never under thi 8-
furnished by. tackle the stumps and underbrush of 86L the set-
the M~ A- C., - the/cubover lands. The pioneer is es- tier and 311
will p a 5 3 sentially a man whose principal assets “1191' parties
“P 0 n the are ambition, hope and determination. havmg an in-
land, and if Lacking capital he works at great odds terest in the
land is Won‘- ' and frequently becomes discouraged. land, Will be
,erly classifl; ‘ . M..B. F. has persistently argued that 1‘ egulred t0
ed 9'3 farm the development of Michigan cut-over jom . 1n. the
13 n d! t h 9 lands was a job for the state to assist. applicati 0 11,
01° 8. ring, It has recommended the issuance of to make the
Board ‘ will State Development bonds to create a state s 590“"
contract With fund from which money could be Ioan- ity. 0- k.
the 10W” t ed to Settlers. Mr. John G. Krauth, of Furth 6 1‘.
bidd e r t 0 Millersburg goes us one better and sug- under t his
. clear said gests a State Aid Land Clearing Act. act, owners
““386: at We asked Mr. Krauth to give us his of Partly im‘
1985“ one- ideas of how such a law would work proved farms
fourth of the out and the accompanying article is his W111 enj 0 y
land, and by reply.—Editor. t h e 3 a m 9
all ’ mea ns ' ‘ . privileges, in
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settlerto bid _ - ' ~ -'
on the work as'this money is very
neceSsary to stay him over the year
he will be' employed cleaning. It
would, even, be policy to give him the
work, though his price were a little
the highest‘of the bidders, for the
reason stated. above, as he, will have
to pay for it in the end. It does not
look‘ reasonable, that he would rob
himself. The' amount or money so
advanced by 'the state, to be a lien
upon thewwhole‘ farm, and payable in

Also showing how, without any pro:
flteering on the part of the wholesale
cloth merchant or the retail merch-
ant, the unjust price of $5 charged by
the fabric manufacturer more than
doubles by flhe time the public is
reached.

Please note that the same percent-

age 01 markup, 60%, is used in the
case of both basic prices on which
computations are made, namely:
. 1. The fabric manufacturer's price
of $10, which is the legitimate price
he should have charged the wholesal-
er. .

2. Fifteen dollars, the unjust price,
which he was able to secure only be-
cause he permitted the wholesaler to
believe the fabric was made exclusive-
ly 'of virqu wool. '
Price at which suit length could

have been profitably sold by fab-

ric manufacturer to wholesale

cloth merchant ................ 310
As an example—air normal and le-

gitimate markup of wholesale

cloth merchant were ..........
Wholesale cloth merchant’s price to
retail custom tailor ............. 1.6.00

As an example—if retail custom tailor’s
nornial and legitimate percentage

of niarkup were 60% .......... 9.60
Retail custom tailor-'5 legitimate
rice to the public ~. . . .......... 25.00

D
$15.00 Unjust price which fabric manu-
facturer was able to secure
from the wholesale cloth mer-
chant, onl because he permit-
ted the w olesale cloth mer-
> chant to, believe he was pur-
chasing» a. fabric made exclus-
ively of virgin wool. “

80 % As an example-Alf normal and le-
~ .— , gitimate, markup of wholesale
. cloth merchant Were 60%.

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24.00,”:Tholesale cloth merchant’s price
or.

- 0 retailer: . '63”
60 96 {AI anzeum‘ "1 metal! “unstom
'1, p ta or’s normal and legitimate
‘ "” ;,- ”‘va ‘ ‘ j}? .m

        

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:4 ~~ shoddy myths inn-«wolf, ,. ’

the. security
will be all the better. And more acres
cleared, the better for county and
state. The state will in no way be
hampered with a land clearing crew,
a cumbersome and costly method,
nor called upon to supply dynamite
and stump pullers, settlers doing this
work will in a measure co—operate.
They can afford to invest in stump
pullers, etc. In many counties in
the state the county farm expert
could co-eperate with the Clearing
Board. The idea is to make the work

price to the bile made neces-
sary by the 5 excess and un-
just price of fabric manufact—
urer.

Retail custom tailor’s legitimate
price, possible only because the
nitial charge—the fabric man-
ufacturer‘s charge—was just.

25.60

 

12.80 Excess and unjust price to con-
‘ sumer that has resulted from
initial overcharge by the fabric
manufacturer of $5, an over-
charge that has forced both
wholesale cloth merchant and
retail custom tailor to become
a party to an unjust price, but
without the slightest advantage
either to wholesale cloth mer-
chant or to the retail
tailor.

Fabric manufacturer's excess and
unjust charge.

custom

5.00

__.—__—4

3 7.80 Excess and unjust price that nat-

urally accrues during process
of distribution.

The following resolution, passed
unanimously at the recent annual
meeting of the Fleece Wool State
,Growers’ Association and subsequent-
ly endorsed by the Pure Breed Asso-
ciations throughout the United States
clearly defines the issue and precisely
indicates the good which would result
to the People, the Natio, and the Wool
Growers, from the passage of the
"Truth in Fabric" Law now before
Congress.

“Whereas, a large part of the raw
material used in manufacturing wool—
.en fabrics and apparel. sold as 'all
wool" is shoddy, and not virgin wool
as the ‘public’ believes;

“Whereas, the -‘public’ does not even
suspect that the term ‘all wool' may
mean wool that has previouely been
used in cloth; -

“Whereas, the term ‘all wool' is a

' more general term that .maydnelnde
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and render the 'We” the

  

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as simple. as possible, cutting out as ‘

much expense as possible andat the
same time protecting the state’s in-
terest and serving the settlers.

Land dealers to pay for the ex-
pense of classifying their land.

Can you not see the protection to
fool land buyers, if said buyer re—
fuses to buy farm land, not approv-
ed by the Clearing Board?

The reputable land leaders can ad-
vertise farm land, subject to clear-
ing 'aid, as approved by the State
Clearing Board, a protection to the
banker, investor, and the state's good
name, so badly smirched by crooked
land dealers. The time is coming,
in a very few years when pine stumps
will be eagerly sought as fuel. They
will first serve many years as fenc-
ing, and replaced by wire, when set-
tlers will be better able'to invest in
fencing, but the fuel value of the
stumps‘; the fencing value of the
stumps aside from clearing field, will
amply compensate the settler or his
DTOSGDY.
puller, when the stumps on white
pine, and white pine up here is
found on good agricultural lands as
well as the poorest.

If a temporary aid is available to
a new settler for a start in his clear-
ing operations, enabling the settler,
with this first aid, to manager the
rest unaided. .

Is not the state benefitted by this
imperishable improvement that costs
the taxpayers not a sou?

Such an act benefits every land
owner and every man desiring to own
land and every merchant in thd
state, not forgetting the transporta-
tion system, and the hungry bellies
that must be fed.

It is not a local class issue, it is
state wide in its effect. I have been
paying taxes on the same land for
twenty years and they are fierce. It
is costing 10 per cent annually, in-
terests and taxes to carry wild land.
It is eating itself up every ten years.
Increase in values does not keep pace
With carrying charges. Northern
Michigan’s interest, except in mining
and lumbering, have been neglected
because they are our poor relations.

Congress Gets Bill? to Prevent Shoddy Being Sold as Virgin Wool

, Measure Aimed at Deceptibn of Fabric Manufacturers in Interest of Producers and-Purchasers

for investing in a stump'

the public and the wool growers at ‘
the mercy of fabric manufacturers; i
deprives the people of their right to 1
choOSe between shoddy and ‘virgin" 1,

wool;' deprives the people of the
knowledge of whether they are pur-
chasing shoddy or
knowledge that is the

people’s sole

virgin wool—~the .

protection against those who would i

charge virgin wool prices for shod-
dy; and thus robs the public and

"Whereas, the uvnrevealed presence
0f substitutes, especially shoddy, in

fabrics and clothes abrogates the law :
of supply and demand, places a pre- ;
mi'um on deceit and profl-teering and .
violates economic law and outrages ‘

moral law;

"'llherefore, be it resolved that this i

Association of

earnestly urge, in the

Fleece Wool States : ,
interest of '

Truth and Justice, and for the protec- ,

tion of both the Public and Sheep

Husbandry, that the U. S. at the earlir '

est possible moment enact legislation
making it compulsory to make known
the presence of substitutes for virgin
wool, especially shoddy, in fabrics
purporting to contain wool and ap-
parel made from such fabrics; and in
order that this worthy object may be
speedily accomplished in the interests
of all the people, we request the ear-
nest co-operation of all who desire to
see ‘right' prevail and honest-practice
established in all branches of busi-
ness.“ ' ‘

By a vigorous suppert of the Truth
in Fabric law, these who desire that
Truth and Square Dealing shall pre-

vail; that the peeple shall be protect:

ed in their right ‘to choose between
shoddy and virgin wool, and thatone
of our most essential industries-#—

sheep husbandry—shall secure M f; "

tics, can -secure all of these oi

   

   
   
  
   
    
 


 
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 

  
 
 

  
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
  

   

 
 
  

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
   
  
 
 
  
 
 
  

 

 

 

 

  

mum‘s ARE PLANNED -
‘ FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
"The plan 0f the Oakland cOu-nty
'Favrm Bureau will be to establish oo-'
operatiVe marketing associations in

Vthe’ various small communities I.ofV

the county, " says B. F. Beach,

'cently appointed business manager,

(61' the bureau. “After the commun-
-"it'y- organizations are functioning
properly we will get them to buy and
eell- together and later it may be pos-
eib'ie to have counties banded to-
gather for buying and selling.

'V~V “Many people have the idea that
' woo-operative marketing association‘s

- are designed to boost the prices of -

produce. This isan absolutely mis-

taken idea. Of course one of their

‘objects is to secure more money for
the producer in'cases where he is
underpaid, but this is not done at
'the expense of the consumer, but at
that‘of speculators who buy from the
farmers for as little as possible and
sell to the consumer for as much as
they can get. By concerted buying
' of farm necessities and thus reducing
the cost of producing, it is possible
to lower prices.

“Marketing associations also e11-
courage a higher grade of produce,
because when farmers ship and sell
their produce together, high prices
are paid for quality rather than for
appearance and size as has been the
practice heretofore."

Mr. Beach has been working in
Oakland county since Jan. 1. Before
coming here he was manager of the
Hart Co—operative Marketing associ-
ation, an organization that does a
845,000' business in produce every
month. He has also served as coun-
ty farm agent for Oceana county.

“Last year our marketing associ—
ation paid farmers a dollar a bush-'
e'l more than dealers did for plums,”
said Mr. Beach, “and we put them on
the market at the same price as the
dealers. My purpose here will be to
encourage better produce, see that
the farmer gets more for it and that
'the price is not boosted for the con-
sumer by speculators.”

It is hoped to have marketing or-
ganizations under way in the prin—
cipal communities of Oakland coun—
ty before the close of 1920, although
It will probably be three years be—
fore the project is fully developed.
Several villages in the county have
already begun work on a small scale.

 

Farmers Endorse Farm Agent Work

Just how much value former
county agent J. Vernon Sheap, of
Jackson coumty, has been to the in-
dividual farmer has never been ex—
actly determined, but a visitor at the
ofllce of the county agent said that
he estimated that he had made sev-
eral hundred dollars last year by foll-
low‘ing Mr. Sheap’s advice. He end-
ed his conversation with the expres-
sion that should he ever be called
upon to contribute for the support
of a county agricultural agent he
would willingly dig down in his
pocket for any amount.

”I had some poor land which had
been producing five bushels of beans
to the acre," he said. “Through the
effbrts and advice of Mr. Sheap and
a little work on my part I was able
to raise the productivity so that last
year I produced twenty bushels to
theaters. The same is true of my
oat ground. Last summer I was
able to obtain ten more bushels. to

the acre than in previous years be- ,

'cause I followed the advice of Mr.
. Sheep. "

Other farmers said that they could
cite instances where the productivity
of the soil had been raised by inform-
etion given by Mr. Sheep and said.
11!“ the ofiice of' the county agent

-~..worth a’ great deal more than

' they could estimate.

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, Grange Leads Fight Against Wayne
~ County 1

 

The State Grange is asking the
Join

or counties have asked the Grange
to lead in this fight, and the com-.

bership in“ the organization costs ”810

' but if anyone cares to sell withditt

munication yesterday f‘non John C._

Ketcham', master 'of the State Grange
was referred to a special committed
composed of Supervisors Benjamin,
Moore and Kline. ’

It is pointed out. in the commhnls
cation from Mr. Ketcham that Do-
troit escaped the paying of $20, 000,' -
000 in state taxes by having a low
valuation in 1916,1_917 and 1918,
because of its rapid growth. The
state board equalized only every
three years at that time. Last year
the valuation was boosted and the
taxes reduced in many counties.

Under the present law the state

equilization board would have pew- .

er to act yearly. Mr. Ketcham says
it is understood DetrOit has raised
$54, 000 to fight its case and he be—

lieves that should be a signal for the , '

rest of the state to get busy. , V
Branch County Farmers
Elevator Company
The farmers of the county held a
mass meeting at the town 111111 Mon-
day in the interests of forming an
elevator company.

Organize

After the meeting was called to ’

order by "Frank Knapp, of Coldwa-
ter, Milo D. Campbell, of Goldwater,
gave a short address followed by a
few minutes talk by County Agent
Nash.

During the business meeting
which followed a permanent organ-
iza'ti-on was formed with the follow-
ing officers in charge

President, L. G. Taylor, vice-pres-
ident, Ward Lindsey, secretary, War-
ren Dobson. Board of Directors:
A. D. Robinson, R-oy Strang, Harry
Corless, Frank Demorest, Arthur
Luse, Herman Strahly and Linus G.
Taylor.

The elevator company will adopt
the revolving plan of financing. This
system is different from a stock com-
pany in that no stock is sold. The
men who care to loan the organiza-
tion from 850- up, secured by notes
of 6 per cent interest given by the
board of directors, these notes be-
ing paid off as fast as funds permit.

The elevator is conducted on a
non—profit basis and will render a

; Slack,

taking out. a membership, 2. plan has”
been arranged to ,fi‘ake _care of} thatl
Eventually all patrons 0f the elevfité

or become members

 

Hilledale Co-Ops. field mun
"At the annual meeting of the Hills-
dale Cd‘unty Vac-operative Assoc-law
tion, the reports showed that during
the past year a $375,000,11V9. stock-
business had been done 111111.11 86.03
000 general business." 3

'All of the director's were re-elect-
e'd: B. S. Lamb, Wheatland; B. E.
Kies, Bankers; Charles Boone, Hilla-
dale; Frank Carter, Hillsd-ale; Bert
Canibria; Marley Brov'vn,
HiVl-lsdale. 7 '

Cattle Grace in Show
- For the past few Weeks Edward

E. Thurston, residingat Camp Ver- .-
.die, Arizona,

but who after next
summer will give his home as Man-
istique, Mimchigan has been in Schodl-
craft county looking over the ranch

. which was started this fall by H R. '

Griscom,.L. W. Martin and- himself
at Blaney.

Coming from a state which has yet
had no snow and very little cold
weather, Mr. Thurston expressed
great surprise at finding the 500 cat-
‘tle that are being wintered at the
ranch in such fine condition compar-
ed with the cattle, that are being
wintered in the southwest, those on
the Blaney ranch were in much bet-
ter condition he said.

Although the Blaney Cattle Com-
pany has received several carloads
of hay for winter feed, the cattle
have been able to find enough feed
under the snow to satisfy them and
the owners have not “yet found it

necessary to resort to the stock which .

they purchased. Under the foot or
more of snow there are ,quantities
of tender grass which the cattle de-
vour with apparent relish. This
grass contains splendid food values

and the cattle are remaining as

sleek and fat as they were during
the growing months last summer and
fall, according to U. P. breeds-.rs

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Terms Providing Packer Control Made Public

HE FARMERS’ National Com-

mittee on Packing Plants and

Allied Industries of the Farm—
ers’ National Council, with head-
quarters in the Bliss Building, Wash-
ington, D. 0., has just issued a state-
ment giving the terms of the 1—Su-
preme Court perpetual injunction
against the packers, and the report
of the Federal Trade Commission on
the practices of the “Big Five”
which the Council says shows that the
Kenyon-Anderson bill to control the
packers should be promptly enacted.
The statement says:

011 May 26th, 1903, a prelimin-
ary injunction against Swift 8; Co.,
the Cudahy Packing 'Co., the Ham-
mond' Packing Co.,' Armour & 00.,
the Armour Packing 00., Edward
Morris, Nelson Morris and Ira N.
Morris, (re-partners under the name
of Nelson Morris & 00., and ether
packers, was made perpetual and
with slight modifications was amrm-
ed by the United States Supreme
Court on April 11,1905. - f

This perpetual injunction re-
strained the defendants, the packers,
and their agents and attorneys “fr0m
entering into, taking part in, or per-
forming contract,
conspiracy,” the effect of which will
be as to. tradé and commerce a re-
straint of trade, in violation of law
either “by directing“ 0r requiring
their respective agents to refrain from

bidding against each other at the.

safes of live stock” or “by combina-
tion, conspirac

 

combination or'

or contract, raising Vha‘ve con
or lowering pr cos or fixing 11111161111 '
hich ' wi ‘

conspiring together, or with each
other and others to monopolize or
attempt to monopolize any part of
the trade and commerce in fresh
meats among the several states and
territories and the District of Colum-
bia, by demau ling, obtainlwng or
with or without conuivance of the
«moors of agents thereof. (1' anyof
them, receiving frOm railroad com-
panies or other common carriers,
transporting such fresh meats, in
such trade. and commerce, either di-

,rectly or. by means of rebates, or by

any Other device, transportation _of
or for such meats.

The Federal Trade Commission in
its report on the meat packing in-
dustry states: 1

”The power of the Big Five in the

‘United States has been and is being

unfairly and illegally used to:
Manipulate livestock markets.

Restrict interstate and internation- ‘

al supplies of foods.

Control the prices of dressed”

'meats and other foods.

Dcfraud both the producers of
food and consumers.

Secure special :pr‘ov‘ileges ‘ ..'from
railroads,- stock yard cempanies and'
municipalities, and profiteers. .

It is clear that the Big Five Pack-
es have been violating the essential

terms of the perpetual injuncti‘dn is— -

sued by' the Supreme Court. It is
" the proposed amendment
apartment of Justice

  
   
   
 

   

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course at the M. 11.13., 111m sedan:

timate'd by. A 11.1: amaze, .,
of short- courses, that the aft _' as
during' the first course will; reach

'150 and that for the second course, ,1

which begins. March 1-, :'the number
to attend wilf- be; even greater.

 

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years and Willi apply~not.onl as 'Tt'h

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five groups: stationary engines, tract- 1

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and PrOduce Shipping Association,gg—is

held at the I 0.10; Fuhail on Jan. {41

:',20 vith two hundred' or more men 1;,
The manager’s report of :1

present.
stock’handled since last meeting. un-

til Dec. 8,1 was 285 cattle, 342 calv- 5
es, 1, 264 hogs and 442 sheep er a_{
total of 2., 333 head Amount receiv- -
The meet-,1

ed for same 889, 965 32.
ing was c10s‘ed ra‘t’her hurriedly to“
take up the
pnoposition.

Mr. Cribbs, .1 the U. 3, marketing

division gave very interesting “an;
The audience listened to Mr. Nata-u

an F. Simpson of the Gleaner Clear-1'

ing _House Association, who talked
along the line ofco—operative mar-
keting and explained the working of.

the terminal elevator at Grand Rap-

ids, after which the following com-
mittee was appointed to go with Mr.

Simpson to Grand Rapids, Lansing
and Detroit to investigate and report
at an adjourned'meeting at the same
place on Saturday, Jan. 24. Com-

mi-zttee E. C. Allen, Bert Bush and
W. H. Short. ”

Com ittee reported as per sched-
ule on e 24th, saying that they vis-

ited Grand Rapids and Lansing, but
;did not think it necessary to visiinrt
Detroit as they were convinced
their own minds that it was the Way
to organize. After the report the
following motion was made, second-
ed and carried, that they organize un-
der the terminal elevator plan. It
was decided that no one be allowed
to vote except those who had taken
stock or avowed their intentions of
doing so, and also that each man
place his name on the back of bal-
lot. Whole number votes cast 85, of
which 75 were for and 10 against.
The folloWing advisory committee
was appointed: E. C'. Allen, Bert
Bush, W. H. Short A. G. Edsop, W.
R. Harris, B. W. Cole and S. R.
'Burleson. The committee met im-
mediately after the closing. of the
meeting and elected the following of-
floors: President, W H. Short, vice-
president, Bert Bush, secretary, E.
C. Allen.
'meetiwng

sun-gig Co-Op. Has Big Year '
G. W. Taylor was elected presi-1
dent of the Sturgis Co-operative A's-

co-operative elevator .V

A. M. Lewis, secretary of ~

sociation, at a meeting of stockhold- '

ers. Other officers are: vice presi-
dent, J. A 'Wybourn, and secretary,

  

M. B. Rice. Joseph" D. Sturgis'waa
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Eed rapidly with

. Francis Morgan
that spring morning.
If ever a. man leaped
across time into the
raw. red drama and
tragedy of (the primi-
tive and the medieval
melodrama o f senti-
ment and passion of
the New World Let-
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Likewise his story
good a‘Story for any

    

Minnesota farmer
comes town and is
trying to my .a mock
or two because it
looks as solid salt.
reallyis. . . .What
if it is-up two points?
'Don’t sell. .
Petroleum.is not a. lots

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tiny was very imme-
diate upon him. ,

Yet he was lazily aware that ought
in the world was stirring, and was
scarcely as-tir himself. A late night
at bridge had necessitated a late ris-
ing. A late breakfast of fruit and
cereal had occurred along the route
to the library—the austerely elegant
room from which his father, toward
the last, had directed vast and man-
ifold affairs. -

“Parker," he said to the valet who
had been his father’s before him,
“did you ever notice any signs of fat
on R. H. M. in his last days?” ,

“Oh, no, sir,”y was the answer, ut-
tered with all the due humility of the
trained servant, but accompanied by
an involuntarily measuring glance
that scanned the young man’s splen-
did proportions. “Your father, sir,
never lost his leanness. His figure
was always the same, broad-should-
ered, deep in the chest, big-boned,
but lean, always lean, sir, in the mid-
dle. When he was laid out, sir, and
bathed, his body would have sham-ed
most of the young men about town.
He always took good care of himself;
it was those exercises in bed, sir.
Half an hour every morning. Noth-
ing prevented. HQ called it religion.”

“Yes, he was a fine figure of a
man,” the young man responded
idly, glancing to the stock—ticker and
the several telephones "is father had
installed. 1’

“He was that," Parker agreed
eagerly. “He was lean and aristo-
cratic in spite of his shoulders and
bone and chest. And you’ve inher—
ited it, sir, only on more generous
lines.”

Young Francis Morgan, inheritor
of many millions as well as brawn,
lolled back luxuriously in a huge
leather chair, stretched his legs after
the manner of a full—vigored menag-
erie lion" that is over-spilling with
vigor, and glanced at a. headline of
the morning'paper which informed
him of a fresh slide in the Culebra
Out at Panama.

“If I didn’t know we Morgans
didn’t run that way," he yawned,
“I’d be fat already from this exist—
ence. . Eh, Parker?”
~ The elderly valet, who had ne-
glected prompt reply, startled at the
abrupt interrogativc’ interruption of
the pause. ’ .

“Oh, yes, sir,” he
said hastily. “I mean,
no sir. You are. in the
pink of condition ”

“Not on your life,”
the young man assur—

ed him. “I may not ‘
be getting fat, but I certainly am
ing soft . . . Eh, Parker?”

“Yes, sir. No, sir; no, I mean, no

sir. You’re just the same as when
you came home from college, three
years ago."
“And took up loafing as a voca-
tion,’f Francis laughed. “Parker !”
Parker was alert attention.
His master debated with him-
self ponderingorusly, as if .1
the problem were of ’
profound importance,
rubbing the while the
bristly thatch of the
small toothbrush mus-
tache he had recently
begun to sport on his
Upper lip.

“Parker,
fishing."

“Yes, sir!"

“I ordered some
rods sent up. Please

I’m going

“joint them and let me

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was, he’s the only disgrace in

-, ' 2111.er aircrew

, be laying on flesh and disgrace the

whole family free. You remember
Sir Henry?—~the old original Sir Hen-
ry, "the buocaneer old swashbuckler?”
“Yes, sir; I've read of him, sir."
Parker had paused in the doorway
until such time as the ebbing, of his

,than five millions.

young master’s volubility would per.»

mit him to depart on the errand.

“Nothing to be proud of, the old
pirate.” '

“Oh, no,» sin". Parker protested.
“He was Governor of JamaiCa. He
died respected."

“It was a mercy he didn't die
hanged," Francis laughed. “As it
the
family that he founded. But what
I was going to say is that I've look-
ed him up very carefully. He kept
his figure and he died loan in the
middle, thank God. It’s a. good in-
heritance he passed down. We Mor-
gans never found his treasure; but
beyond rubies in the lean-in-the-mid-
d'le legacy he bequeathed us. It's
what is called a taxed character in
the breed—that’s what the prof.
taught me in the biology course."

Parkerfaded out of the room in
the ensuing silence, during which
Francis Morgan buried himself in
the Panama column and learned that
the canal was not expected to be
open for traffic for three weeks to
come. .

A telephone buzzed, and, through
the electric nerves of a consummate
civilization, Destiny made the first
out—reach of its tentacles and con-
tacted with Francis Morgan in the
library of the mansion his father had
builded on Riverside Drive.

“But my dear Mrs. Clarruthers,”
was his protest into the transmitter.
“Whatever it is, it is a. mere local
flurry. Tampico Petroleum is all
right. It is not a gambling proposi-

 
  
 
   
  
   
 
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
 
   
 
  
  
   
  

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-vided the spoils last night.

lofty ceiling as

Ms industry. I wish
it hadn’t been so ai-
mighty._ big or I’d

have financed ital!
myself; . . Listen, it’s not a flyer.
Our- present contract for tanks
over a -million. Our railroad and
our three pipe-lines are costing more
Why, we've a
hundred millions in producing. wells
right now, and our problem is to get
it down country to the oil-steamers.
This is the sober investment times
A year from now, or two years, and
your shares will make government
bonds look like something the cat
brought in . _. ,

“Yes, yes, please. Never mind how
the market goes. Also, please, I
didn't advise you to go in the first
place. I never advised a‘friend to
that. _ But now that they are in,
stick. It’s as solid as the Bank of
England. . Yes, Dicky and I di-
Lovely
party, though Dicky’s’ got too much
temperament for bridge. Yes,
bull luck. . Ha ! ha ! My tem-
perament? Ha! ha! .Yes? .
Tell Harry I’m off and away for a
couple of weeks. Fishing,
troutlets, you know,’the springtime
and the streams, the rise of sap,.the
budding and the blossoming and all
the rest. .Yes, good-bye, and
hold on to Tampico Petroleum. If
it goes down after that Minnesota
farmer’s bulled it, buy a. little more.
I’m going to. It’s finding money.
. . . Yes. .Yes, surely .
It’s too good to dare sell on a flyer
now, because it mayn’t ever again go
down. . . 0f course-I know what
I’m talking about. I’ve just had
eight hours’ sleep, and haven’t had
a drink. . Yes, yes. . . Good-
bye.” '

He pulled the ticker tape into the
comfort of his chair and languidly
ran over it, noting with mildly grow-
ing interest the message it conveyed.

Parker returned with‘ several
slender rods, each a glittering gem
of artisanship and art. Francis was
out of his chair, ticker flung aside
and forgotten as with the exultant
joy of a boy he examined the toys,
and, one after another, began trying
them, switching them through the
air, till they made shrill whip—like
noises, moving them gently with
prudence and precision under the
he made;believe to
cast across the floor
into some unseen
pool of trout-lurking
mystery.

A telephone buzzed. '
Irritation was swift
on his face. ,

“For heaven’s sake

amswer it, Parker." he said. “If it is
some silly
. tell her I’m dead, or drunk, or down,

stock-gambling female,

with typhoid, or getting married, or

anything calamitous.”

After .a. moment’s dialogue, con-

ducted on Parker’spart, in the dis-
creet 'and modulated tones that be-

flt-ted absolutely

the. cool, chaste,

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‘ “One moment, sir," into the trans-

~~ mitter, he muffled the transmit-

\. ter with his handand said:

\ "It's Mr. Bascom, sir. He

‘ wants you.” A

, "Tell Mr. Bascom.
to go to hell,” said .
Francis simulating so

long a' cast, that'had

it been in verity a

cast, and had it pur-

sued the course his

fascinated gaze indi-

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. tiered sins-t a'table- and
t' to, .thej'viphoiie. ~, ‘ '
Hails?" he said into the telephone

    

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Heiistened for a. minute, then in-

:terrupted .~ ‘ irritably: . “Sell—-—*hell.

' Nethingof the sort. . . . Of course,
.- ,Ifm glad to know. Even if it goes

up ten points, which it wen’tr hold

r-fio’n to everything. It may be a legi-

timate rise, and it mayn’t ever come
down. It’s solid. It’s worth far“
more than. it’s listed. I know, if the
public doesn’t. A year from now it’ll
list at two hundred . . that is, if

j Mexico can cut the revolution‘stuff.

. . ‘ . Whenever it drops you’ll have
buying torders from me. . .' Non-
sense.- .Who wants control? It’s
purely sporadic . . . eh? I beg
your pardon. .I mean it’s merely
temporary. Now I’m going off fish-
ing-for a fortnight. If it goes down
five points, buy. Buy all that’s of-‘
fared. Say, when .a fellows got a
real bona fide property, being bulled
is almost as bad as having the bears
after one . . yes. . '. . Sure. .

yes. Good-bye."

' . And while Francis
lightedly to his fishing rods, Destiny,
in Thomas Regan’s down town pri-

‘vate ofllce, was Working overtime.

Having arranged with his various

brokers to buy, and. through his d-iv-'
" ers "channels of secret publicity hav-

ing let slip the cryptic tip that some—
thing was wrong with Tampico Pe—
troleum’s concessions from the Mex—
ican government. Thomas Regan
studied a report of his own oil ex-
pert emissary who had spent two
months on- the spot spying out what
Tampico Petroleum really had in
sight and prospect.

A clerk brought in a card with
the information_that the visitor was
importunate and foreign. Regan
listened, glanced at the card, and
said: , -

"Tell this Mister Senor Alvarez
Torres of Ciodad de Oolon that I
can’t see him."

Five minutes later the clerk was
back, this time with a message pen-
ciled on the card. Regan grinned as
he read it:

“Dear Mr. Regan,

“Honoured Sir: '

“I have the honour to inform
you that I have a tip on the location
of the treasure Sir Henry Morgan
buried in old pirate days.

. - “Alvarez Torres.”

Regan shook his head, and the
clerk 'was nearly out of the room
when his employer suddenly recalled
him. ' ' —

“Show him in—at once." .

In the interval of being alone, Re-.
gan chuckled to himself as he rolled
the new idea over in his mind. “The
unlicked sub !”'he muttered through
the smoke of the cigar he was light-
ing. “Thinks he can play the lion
part old R. H. M. played. A trim-
ming is what he nee s and old Gray-

head Thomas R. will so that he gets ,

it." ,
Senor Alvarez Torres’ English was

’—as*corre‘ct as his modish spring suit,

and though the bleached yellow of his
skin adver sed the Latin—American
origin, an though his black eyes
wore eloquent \of the mixed lustres
of" Spanish and Indian long com-
pounded, nevertheless he was as
thoroughly New Yorkish as Thomas
Regan could have wished. _
""B'y great effort, and years of re.-
search, I" have fin-ally won to the
'clu‘e'to the buccaneer gold of Sir
Henry Morgan,” he preambled. “Of
course it’s on the Mosquito Coast.
I’ll tell you now that it's not a thous—

. and miles from the Chiriqui Lagoon

and that Boo-as del Toro, within rea-
son,‘;may be described as the nearest

', town. ,I, was, born there—educated

in,,Paris, however-wand I know‘ the
rialiighbethOd like a book. A small
cheapE—but the. returns, the re—
Mdrftlie, treasure l’! . .
enor' Torres paused in eloquent
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he bowed» pained aculjescenc’e. __

’ Muc-h more helgdmitted ’under‘the
rapid-fire interrogation. . It was true,

,he had but. recently: left *Bo'cas del

Toro, but "he hoped, never again to
go back. And yet he Would go back
if possiblyxso'me amusement . .

But Regan shut him off with the
abrupt way of the master-man deal-
ing with lesser fellow creatures. He
wrote a check, .in the name or Al-
varez Torres, and when that gentle-
man glanced at it he read the figures
of a thousand dollars.

“Now herefs~""the idea,” said Re-
gan. "I put no belief whatsoever in
your story. But I have ‘a young
friend—my heart is bound up in the
boy but he is too much about town,
the white lights and the white-light-
ed ladies, and‘the rest—you under-
stand?” And Senor Alvarez Torres
bowed as one man of the world to
another. “Now, for the good of his

.. mre.'"i
. T .n J em , stock,"
Operator assured lghinr. brutally, and , .

  

- Again Alvarez Torres-‘dee‘d.

"You need the meney,” Regan
continued. “Strive to interest him.
That thousand is for your effort.
Succeed in interesting him so that
he departs after old Morgan's gold,
and two thousand more is yOurs. So
thoroughly succeed in interesting
him that he remains away three
months, two thousand more—six
months, five thousand. Oh, believe
me, I knew his father. We were com-
rades, partners, I—I might say, al-
most brothers. I Would-sacrifice any
sum to win his son to manhood’s
wholesome path. ’ What do you say?
The thousand is yours to begin with.
Well?”

"I . . . I accept," he stammered
and faltered in his eagerness. “I
I . . . How shall I say? .

I am yours to command.”

Five minutes later, as he arose to
go, fully instructed in the part he
was to play and with his story of
Morgan’s treasure revised to con—

Mr. Regan, is that it e. . curs: .
advised changes in, my narrative
make it sound ‘more true, but true '
it is under all. I need the money;
You are most munificent, and I shall
domy best. . . . I . . I pride my-
self that I am an artist. But the real
and solemn truth is that the clue to 1
Morgan’s buried loot is genuine. I

have had access to records inaccessi-

ble to the public, which is neither

here nor there, for the men of my

own family—they are family rec-

ords—have had similar access, and.
have wasted their lives before me in

the futile search. Yet were they on

the right clue—except that their Wits '
made them miss the spot by twenty

miles. It was there in the records.

They missed it, because it was, 'I

think, a deliberate trick, a conun-

drum, a puzzle, a disguisement, a

maze, which I, and I alone, have pen-

etrated and solved. The early nav-

igators all played such tricks on the

charts they drew. My Spanish race

so hid the Hawaiian Islands by five

degrees of longitude.”

 

    
   

Health, as well as his wealth and the
saving of his soul, the best thing that

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" ESsex Sets World’s Long
Distance Endurance Mark

3037 Miles in 50 Hours
Proved Its Reliability

In its official test of 50 .hours to .prove
endurance, Essex has established its claim as
the dominant new type light car. Who ever
before regarded a car of its type in the light

_ of such proved performance and endurance?

only specially built racers and a few of the

. larger, costlier cars have been considered

capable of such a test. Surely light weight
cars have not been associated with such
reliability as Essex has shown.

Proves Essex Economy

This test gives to Essex proof of the great-
est factor in motor car economy. Light
cars are notable principally for their economy
.in saving of gasoline, oil and tires. These
qualities Essex has revealed from the first.

‘ But real economy must also include freedom

from repairs and mechanical attention—all

costly items.

So what greater proof of Essex economy
could be asked than its new world endurance
mark.

5869 Miles in 94 Hours
22 Minutes Driving Time

\
These tests 'were not made to establish
speed records. Two trials were made be-
fore the 50-hour run was completed. So, in

' all, the Essex went 5,869 miles in 94 hours,

22_ minutes driving time, averaging more

' than a mile a‘ minute. Slect stopped one,

afterq27 heurs, 58 minutes, and 1790 miles.
Show halted a second, three days later, after

. 16 ,hoursfzs minutes and 1042 miles. The

third; bcgun‘ the next day, went the full

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50 hours. These tests were made under
American Automobile Association observa-
tion on the Cincinnati Speedway.

- Think what they mean. The average car
is driven little more than 5,000 miles in a
season. "The average driving speed is
probably 25 miles an hour. The Essex
went more than a mile a minute for 5,869
miles.

You might expect that a car of its weight
would. require frequent mechanical attention.
But there was no need for that in the Essex.

Doesn’t It Settle the
Light Car Question?

Essex now adds to its light car qualities the.
advantage of endurance and reliability. It
brings costly car distinction, beauty and
fineness to the light weight, moderate price
class. Essex cars appeal to pride, and that is
why owners speak of them as they do.

Individual owners would never ask as '
much of a car as did this 50-hour test. ’ I

g It showed how much more could be ex-
pected of an Essex than any one would
demand of it.

Every Essex delivered has resulted in an
increased demand. Sales passed $35,000,000
in 11 months—a new record.

This latest proof will decide thousands
who have only waited for just such evidence
that Essex would stand up. All buyers .can- -
not possibly be served, Now is the time to

make your reservation.


 
   

  
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
   
 
   
 
  
  
  
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
 
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
  
  
  
   
  
   
 
 
  
   
   
  
 
  
 
 
   

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' Independent Farm Weekly Owned and Edited in‘ Michigan!

' Mr. Campbell has not been

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SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 7.1929

Published every Saturday by the
RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1110.
Mt. Clemens, Michigan
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M110 Campbell’s Platform . .

NCE IN awhile a candidate fer oflice pre-

sents a platform that does not meetwith
the approval of all. Take Milo Campbell’s
platform, for instance.

people who do not intend to vote for him are
finding flaws in his platform.

The Detroit News which is probably the most
progressive daily newspaper in the Middle
West and the opinions of which are usually
worth listening to, calls Mr. Campbell’s plat-

'form a “platform of platitudes,” which from

No. 1 to No. 13 plank “is eternally safe and
sane.” The News observes that any .voter
wishing to take issue with the 13 planks in the
platform will be literally declaring himself as
follows:

1—1 am opposed to Americanism.

2—1 am a Republican but shall not adhere to the
principles of the Republican party.

8—1 am opposed to the right of collective bar-
gaining in industry.

4—1 am opposed to improved conditions and an
adequate wage for labor.

5—1 am opposed to limiting a working day to.

eight hours. >

6—1 approve the demands of the Red. element in
labor unions.

7—1 am opposed to proper relief
soldieis and sailors.

8—I am opposed to the reduction in the number
of. state boards by combining groups of relative ac-
tivities along the lines successfully worked out in
Illinois.

9—1 oppose the proper recognition of women in
the matters of government. .

10—1 oppose reforms in insurance laws which
would benefit both insurance companies and insur-

for disabled

11—1 oppose better highways and such internal
improvements as will make Michigan 8. better
state.

12—1 oppose official independence. I shall make
all sorts of promises in advance of the election.

13—1 oppose vigorous enforcement of the crimin-
al laws, and particularly the liquor laws.

In a later editorial the News complains that
specific enough
about his views on state affairs. It says:

“The people want to know if the candidate for
governor is likely to effeCt any economies in the
management of state institutions; it his attitude
toward the state's educational institutions is. con:
structive and enlightened; whether in questions
concerning public utilities, the governor will be on
the side of the people or the public utilities corpor-
ations; whether the governor has a broad, pro-
gressive conception of the changing relations be-
tween the rural districts and the rapidly increasing
urban populations; whether he knows how to safe-
guard the interests of our great agricultural in-
dth: Whether he realizes that big cities are
struggling with new and important problems and
cannot be treated by the state gOvernmemt as it

they were villages or country towns ”

We concede the point the News makes. Mr.
Campbell could have been more explicit con-

@cerning‘ nis attitude toward problems that will
”‘mfrcnt Michigan’ 8 next executive.
‘ th Il fr

ing from them. "I saw your ad.- in my .

Surprising as it may ‘
seem the newspapers and the politicians who.
do not intend to support Mr. Campbell and the I

' was tainted hung their heads
But he... of ’ "

. the News if it would bepbssible for Mr. Camp-

bell to so declare himself on public questionsar I

to win the News’ approval andsu support. of his
candidacy. Would the inclusion o the above

propositions in Mr. Campbell’ 8 initial state- '

ment to the public have made Mr. Campbell’s

platform more acceptable t6 the News, or—,-
Would not the News have oifered the same crit- _

icism that it does of his original statemehti

The News! propositions themselves are all
“safe and same. ” All candidates can subscribe
to them. It would be political death for a can.
didate to say:

“I am opposed to ecOnomy in the management of I

state institutions. I am i of the needs of
the state’ s educational institutions. In controversies
between the people and the public utilities I will
be on the side of the public utilities corporations. I
know nothing about the changing relations between
the rural districts and the rapidly increasing urban
populations. 1. cannot be trusted to safeguard the
interests of our great agricultural industry. I am
quite unfamiliar with the new problems with which
the cities are struggling and it is not quite clear to
me where state rights and and municipal: rights be-

.. gin. "
Entered as second-class matter at IMt. Clemens. 'Ml’ohf ‘

We‘ venture to say that Milo Campbell has as}
good a grasp of the problems of state as any

other avowed or prospective candidate for gov-I
armor, and that at the proper time he will make: I
his position known beyond any question of
I-IIdou'bt.- But. Milo Campbell will have something '

vastly more important than that in his favor.
If he 11; elected, he will step into the governor-
ship with no political obligations to pay and no
“friends” to compensate, entirely free to run
his job without fear or favor. Can the News
say as much of any Wayne county candidate
now in the field?

.I‘t.

Those That Have Not

ID YOU ever know ’of a farmer, a merch-

ant or a laboring man who had money in-
vested from which he was drawing dividends
to condemn the ”profit system.” All are
friends of the profit system who profit from the
system. Its enemies are they who pay the prof-
its. .

Let us apply this theory of “no- profits” and
see how it would work out in practical demon-
stration. For one. thing, it would destroy the
entire banking system. Banks could not run
without taking a profit on their deposits and
they would have no deposits if they could not
pay their depositors something for “the use of
their money. People Who needed money would
have to depend upon the generosity of their
friends or go Without.

Farmers could not take a profit from their
products. Indeed, they would not grow more
than they could consume or exchange for other
commodities. If they suffered losses, that 1s, if
it cost them more to produce a crop than thby
could get out of it by exchanging for commod-
ities of relative value, there would be no way
in which to make up these losses.

“No profits” would put the slothful man on
exactly the same footing with the industries,
the thriftless with the thrifty, the fool with
the wise man. Then some day the wise man,
being thrifty and industrious, would d1800ver
that by working a little harder and saving a It
tle more diligently he could lay by a surplus,
and the hateful old profit wheel would again
start rolling.

, s o s o i \

Whose Money Was It?

T HE ENTIRE WORLD was lifted up out
of its sordid selfishness for a brief spell
when just before Christmas it was announced
that John D. Rockefeller had made various
benefactions to humanity totaling a hundred
million dollars to promote science, the arts,

medicine, religion, etc. Ministers of the gospel

‘prayed for him, newspapers praised him,_ and .

those few conscientious brothern who had form .'
erly denounced the acceptance of the Reckefel-
ler money by the church on the ground that it
in chasm.

   

   

 

'to their problems. ,

The I

a" ‘I
straits. When he told his wife abdut it, she
said, “John, deer, that wasn’t your money t6

lend. It was noble of you to think of your I"

friend’ 5 need, and you think it. Was unselfish

of you to help him, but that’ s not true. We
nganhge together to put our , I “

have snuggled along
boy through college,an I have helped as much
as you to save this bit for a rainy day. It was
as much my money as yours. You loaned that
Imoney because you wanted to feel the thrill of

pride and satisfaction that comes with per- ‘

forming a good deed. Your pleasure wouldn’t
have been so great had we both made the loan,
and since part of the money was mine, you
were selfish to loan it without consulting me.’

Doesn’t that bit of philosophy apply to John
D. Rookefcller’ 8 case? ‘How‘much of the hun-

, dr'cd million really belonged to‘ John D., and.

"how much to the public? No one regrets the
passing of this money from John Dys nor the
public’ 8 pockets either for that matter, to help-
so worthy; a cause, but 1sn’t it a bit selfish of
John D. to take all the credit for the huge gift
upon- hlmself‘l . ' .-

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The New Secretary of Agriculture
T." ”MEREDITH, publisher of Successful

’31

‘. Farming, has hem. manned secretary

  

  

‘ m Mr. Meredith b“ not strictly speaking

a farmer 1115 ”has spent a long and useful life
in the farm paper publishing business which
has kept him in more or less sympathetic con-
tact with farmers and given him an insight in-
He is a' self+made man.
Once he was poor. The story is told that he
used to wheel his farm paper to the postofiice
in a Wheel-barrow. Today he is financially able
to relinquish his private business to become
agriculture ’s representative in the _ president ’8
cabinet.

Mr. Meredith has a golden opportunity be-
fore him. The failure- of his predecessor to set
any high standards or make any important in-
novations in the department leaves him free to
build from the ground up and demonstrate
what vision he may have of the future needs

of agriculture.
0 t I I

The Truth in Fabric Bill

A BILL is before Congress to campel man:

ufacturers of cloth to sell their goods on
the basis of the amount of virgin wool they con-
tain. Perhaps the average reader does not un-
derstand the necesSity for such a measure, but
he will when he learns that the majority of
“woolen” garments being sold and- worn to-
day are 80 per cent shoddy or “re worked”
wool. '

Both the producer of wool and the purchas-
er of clothing are injured by this deception.
The use of shoddy instead of virgin wool de-
creases the demand and market for the farm-

' er ’13 wool and naturally acts as a check upon

the growth of the sheep industry. So far as the
consumer is concerned he pays a higher price
than ever before for a mixture of virgin; wool
and shoddy which soon pulls apart and wears
out. Even though the manufacturer sold his
goods on their intrinsic "valid,“ the deception

would still prevail and the purchaser would

continue to buy material which had already

served its purpose and usefulness.

The only possible objectors to this bill will be

the fabric manufacturers who are making large
,profits from the sale (Emily All others will

be benefited ,—farme‘r; Wholesaler retailer, pur-

chaser. The manufacturers are fighting the

bill and it behooves the other parties concerned

to make their voices heard in washington, and

secure the- early adoptlofi’fvf the measure -
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‘ Woducerf __I: realize, how»
,7 ,r _ “ under the presentsystem
: zerodeelem,i on the. average, can have
only enoughjot the value of their. pro-1
“(its to enable them to "existamd re-
produce. ‘ _. ‘_ r‘
:7. * The Jr‘repressible conflict between-
the capitalist class and the Producing
class is not’due to any evil desire on
.thcpar of either." The conflict is ‘in—
herent n the profit system: of- today
as it was in the profit systems of the
past, known as chattel slavery, and
feudalism. ‘ ‘ _

- Producers are continually strug-
gling for a larger portion :of the value
of‘theirprodiuct, whilethose who live

" by profit” are eyer and alWays striving

for, greater dividends. . .

‘ 'Any system founded on profit has
within itself the seeds 01 its own do
struction. The difference ‘between the
smallest. pessmle profit and the 'grea-tr’

. est possible profit is only a matter-of
{time One class crest of individuals
'contifnuall'y getting more value "than
they give must eventual-1y own .all

v. the sources of production, The nearer
.’ Weioome-to' the concentration of’tlie‘
’ wealth of the world in the h'ands-of4a
row, the greater will become the” un-
rest of- the producers, --and'.the more
relentless the'refforts of the ruling.
”class, ‘to keep the «producers in. sub-
"moon :byendeavoring _;to, .-. suppress

I ’ what those wholrivel by profit call red.

or‘r'adic’al.’ -

By red or radical I: do not mean the
anarchists. Anarchists are soifew in
number that all of them could be de-
prived of their liberty awithinv a few
'days’, time. What is generally classed
as . red or radical are_those who be-
lieve the profit system is to "blame for
existing economic wrongs, and believ-
ing that, organize to replace the ,pres—
on system by establishing industrial
democracy. Of ‘course, there are dif-
ferent shades of red, but all. who seek
to replace the profit system by the es-
tablishment of a system of co-opera-

”‘tion can properly be called red. ,_

A reformer is never a red, because
a reformer believes in patching the
profit systm, while a red demands the
abolishment of [production for profit.
The. only sure“ way to know a reform-
er from a revolutionist is by discover-
ing which method he believed in, us-
ing to bring about an equitable distri-
bution of the wealth produced.‘ Dif-
ferent shades, 0f red can be determin-
ed in the same manner.

If we do not like the method sug-
gested by the ultra red it remains
with us, who are more numerous, to
set things right. Whichever method
succeeds in bringing about the estab-
lishment of industrial democracy will
be finally accepted as the. practical
plan. . p

The reformer is having his oppor-
tunity today. With his failure will
come the opportunity of the light
shade of' red,,and with the failure of
that will come the Opportunity of the
real “dyed in the wool" red. In the
meantime a. goodly number of both
shades of red will be jailed or deport-
ed, which will have about the same ef-
fect on removing radicalism 'as jailing
'or departing smallpox scabs w'ould
"hays on the Smallpox disease.

\ When farmers in general discover
thatany increase they may secure. in
the .price of what they produce will be
"more then taken ”up by the increase in

i" the price of commodities they have to

produce, and when, wage workers in,
.,.general discover that any increase in
”wages'thoy may" obtain will ‘b‘e‘mors
than offset by the depreciation in the

~ purchasing power of the money rc-
" ceired for their labor, hhen, and. then

only, will the. farmers in "general‘and

the wage ‘workers in generalj‘ .be
“brought to see that their economic

" interests are identical, and that only

. by their—united. efforts can those who

liveby profit be forced to Join some

, » branch of the army of production,

9- ”thereby establishing a system’ in
' “re-which ah shall be useful workers.

J"’The feet that woman percentage of

"' those Who are called farmers may also

.,:~ .«wmia‘fclassed es capitalists,‘ must not

' b ' s‘" to imagine
' ‘ tsrests of farmers

  
 
  

M We ‘ ._.' ,,. new , ‘ .

the profit; eye“ em. but~ the semis profit

system 9131'”, Jfrdm the farmer what

the, »mmer ' extracts tram his wage

wagev'm’rker. and along with it the
Amajor' portion ofwhat the farmer and

his "family'produce, hence the farmer
extracts profit .from his hired help as
an agent for the benefit of someone
higher up ,in the economic scale,
therefore, it is not to the interest of
farmers in general to prolong the life
of the profit system. ~

As one who appreciates the efforts
of the “MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING”
to correctly inform its readers, I am
anxious to bring my opinions on eco-
nomic questions before my brother
farmers for endorsement or correc-
tion—Andrew Johnston, Presque Isle
County, Mich.

" Thanks for setting us right on' the
reds." From" the time Christ preached
the parable‘of the talents, the profit—sys-
tem has been» in vogue. . We'have had
wars and crusades against» certain forms
of government... religion and social in-

 

, equality, but.there has never yet-been a.

success ul revolt against . the"’profl‘t‘-sy's-

tem. The reason is not» hard-to find.- The

desire to, profit and, raise one’- self above

his fellows-man i's‘a law Of'nature.’ and in

themmst Utopian. existence possible .,-to

have here ,on earth there would alwaysbe
a great many who Would strive rforaprof-
its. “Experiments-me“ been ‘ fried of "
“communities: wherein thee profit-system:
was taboo. but-(without, exception theyv

came to grief after" a‘Abrief existence.—

' Editors. ' , -);_ r g

 

. _EYES THAT SEE NOT
Our good friend, Jolm E. Taylor, of

« Balding, Mich,- sends us the following
clipping from~the GrandRaptdsPress: .

"'FABM EDITOR .INDOBSES BUREAU

Forrest A. Lord Announces Change of
Views in Conklin Speech

Grand Haven Jan. 24—Forrest A. Lord,
editor of Michigan Business Farming, in
a speech Friday at a. co-operative cream-
er'y meeting held at Conklin indorsed the
farm bureau movement. Mr. Lord form-
erly had not stood for the movement. The
Ottawa County Farm Bureau drive is pro-
gressing with about 80 per cent of the
farmers joining."

In his letter accompanying the clip-
ping, Mr. Taylor comments as follows:

"Not that it makes any material dif-
ference, but a man is often compro-
mised before the public by a trivial
misrepresentation of“ material fact.
Following your course in BUSINESS
FARMING I can understand you have
consistently endorsed and stood for

 

 

 

the Farm Human Movement, though
you have not stood for every eiponen-t
of its development as a farm bureau.
The statement, that “you had not form-
erly stood for the movement" is evi-
dently false. I have not noticed that

-the Michigan Farm Bureau has adopt-

ed any of your suggestions of severing
connections with the Detroit Coalition
Committee. Therefore, I assume you
favor the Farm Bureau Movement, but
not its
changed in your attitude.”

 

Exactly. Moreover, the few remarks
that were made at the Conklin meeting
were qualified by the statement that
“there are some things about the Farm
Bureau Movement in this state which we
do not like,” but it did not serve the
purpose of the Press correspondent to
tell the whole truth. We have NOT
changed in our attitude toward the Bur-
can one whit. We want the farmersto
join this organization and we want them
to RUN it, NOT in the interests of Wall
Street and its Michigan representatives,
but in the interests of FARMERS.

PARTYISM

I am sorrowfully surprised .upon
the reading of the platform of our
candidate for governor. He has spill-
ed:th’e beans in the first round. Do
thé'farmers-Of this state want a can-
didate who makes one of the main
planks'dn. his platform partyism. One
of the main ills of government of our
state"at".the present time is an over-
dose of partyism. It has crept into
the educational institutions of our
state- It has attacked the integrity
and honesty of some of one best citi-
zens of our state. It has a character-
istic attachment for the pockets of the
taxpayer. If we are to correct these
chaotic conditions let us demand a
candidate who is independent of par-
tyisms with superfluous judgment and
determination to sever the heads of all
these parasites that venture under the
dome of the capitol. Yours for indev
pendence.——Mason Goss, Van Buren
County.

 

 

What do you advocate, the formation
of a new party? That was tried back 1n
1912, and nearly all of its candidates
went down to defeat. It is one thing to
declare one’s self independent of party
affiliations and quite another to elect a.
slate on a. purely non—partisan ticket. So
far as we are concerned a candidate. for
any office within the state of Michigan
could run on any old ticket. ,But the
point is, under our election law, he must

 

 

.' The Week’s Editorial

“Potatoes and the Problem of Distribution”

 

The once lowly “spud” is now the
piece de resistance of the dinner table
when it comes to claiming distinc-
tion through cost. One does not
have to qualify as an antiquarian to
recall the time when the best grade
of potatoes sold in the fall, laid down
at, the door, for fifty cents a bushel.
Now they have jumped to $3.50,
which places them in the same proud
class as the once despised carrot,
that, because of its cost, is used chief-
ly as one ‘of the minor ingredients
of salad, and the turnip, long re-
garded as suitable only for cattle
food, but now commanding as much
a pound as it once brought per bush-
el. ~-

Coincident with this advance came
the familiar explanations—shortage
ont-he Michigan crop, the long cold

'spell that has made the shipment of
"potatoes an expensive proposition,
:etc. ~Alluof- which is plausible but
:ineffective when it comes to keep-

ln-g prices within reason. _
One of the causes for the ,present
shortage of potatoes is the fact that

» a very large share of last year's crop

is at the” present many miles from
a profitable market, instead of being
within easy reach of the consumer.
An attempt at this time to ship may
easily involve serious loss because of
weather conditions over which pro-«
ducer and censumer haveno control.
A carload of potatoes started from
northern Michigan now might be

' worthless by, the one it, reached De-
troit unless J expensive precautions
weretak " faith we

 

   
 

find

'of city speculators.
.that,_th‘e. potatoes remain in distant

‘t-hem forth, with the

season. The statement was recently
made by a Detroi-ter who is in a po-
sition to speak with authority that
a large share of every shipment of
vegetables to the city at this time
must be considered waste, either
through being frozen in transit or
because of careless hand-ling on the
part of the railroads and others af-
ter its arrival. In the aggregate this
means a tremendous shrinkage that
must obviously be made up for by
increasing-the price of what is sal-
vageable, and for which the consum-
er pays.

Some potato growers in the up-
state districts have expressed a will-
ingness to make shipments in the fall
if there were adequate storage facil-
ities contiguous to the cities where
the crops could be kept and distri-
buted at an advantageous price to
all concerned. They cannot be ex-
pected to throw their harvest on the
market at a sacrifice for the benefit
The result is

warehouses until the demand- draws
househdlder
paying for the shrinkage that takes
place by the time they reach his
table. I

Some day the country may
awaken to a realization of the fact
that the question of distribution is
just as important as that of- increas-
ed prdduction and take some pract-
ical steps to bridge the gap which
now exists between the source of

supply and the ultimate consumer.‘

When that time arrives there may»

, be" some reason terhope for relief
‘ {rent the at, er: ‘

  

affiliations, and have not-

, on: the Republican .
et.‘ Mr. Campbell is no
strict partiha‘n."We have
assurance in. his ,
qualifications will
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pointments,
first consideration,
lngs last.—-Ed itor.

MEN VS. PARTIES ,»

Your editorial, “The Real Danger."
(Jan. 24), is the best anti-Bolshey’i
talk I have seen. In fact, you general
ly talk sense, except on the “Good
Man" theory. Political parties do
oped because that theory failed .
work. It failed for two reasons:-
cause it is impossible for the'av'erage.
citizen to know the average candida} ,
personally, and because even if he”
could, good men are as apt to think.
wrong politically as rascals. Ta-ft was.
a good man, and Roosevelt thought he
knew him. If Roosevelt with all the "
advantage of personal intimacy, could
get so badly fooled, what chance has
the average citizen who doesn’t even
know his man by sight? Robert E.
Lee was a good man who had as little
use as Lincoln had for slavery and se-
cession. The only difference was that
Lincoln believed in fighting both slav-
ery and disunion, and Lee didn't. _

The Republican party of 1860 con-
tained rascals and put some of them
in office, but it gave us efficient gov-
ernment because all its members
agreed in supporting a definite politi-
cal policy and even its rascals feared
to oppose, that policy. The trouble
with that party today is that no def-
inite political policy can'c‘ommand the
support of all Republicans. (For that
reason even Roosevelt actually accom-
plished very little as president. And
because the Democratic party is in the
same condition Woodrow Wilson has
[had to depend much on Republicans
and Independents in Congress. The
fact is, we have but two real political ..
parties, Prohibition and Socialist.
Most of us distrust the latter because
of its attitude toward the war, and the
Prohibiiton platform needs radical rev
vision to bring it up to date.

That campaign booklet idea is good.
but our great need is a new political
union of all citizens who can agree in
supporting a definite, progressive, in-
dustrial reform policy. Any citizen of 3*
fair ability and reputation who is
willing to risk his or her political fu- '
ture by becoming the candidate of
such a party is pretty safe to vote for.
—Stacey Brown, Iom‘a County. ‘

  

  

   
 

 

  

    
 

 
   

    

  

       

   
   

     
     
 
 
 

 
 
 
  
 
 

   
 

   

     
      
       
    
  
   
 
  
 
   
   
  
 
   
   
  
 
 
   
  
 
  
 
   
    
  
 
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
  
   
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
    
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
    
   
   

 

There is sound sense in much you say.
But let me ask you, “Why is it that the
Republican party cannot today command
the support of all Republicans," and
“why is it that there is need for a new
political party?" Is the Democratic party
to.blame for the present condition that
ex1sts nationally of special privilege, mo-
nopoly. industrial unrest. official extrav-
agance, high taxes, etc? If so, is the
Republican party to blame for the same
conditions that exist in this state? Neith-
er of the old political parties subscribe to
planks that will lead us into such con-
ditions as these. In fact, every four
years they declare themselves for effic-
lent government, economy, business ad-
ministration, etc. The people vote for men
the machine puts up and the elections
are scarcely over before the game of pol-
itics is on and the bill for the fun charg-
ed up to the taxpayer. Roosevelt was
bigger than the Republican party. Wil—
son is bigger than the Democratic party
but neither of them had the right kind 0
men in Congress to back them up. The
Republican party did not make Roose-
velt. nor the Democrats Wilson. and
neither party is to be credited with their
successes nor charged up with their mis-
takes. The success of any political par-_
ty depends upon its ability to change its
policies to meet changing conditions.
That ability rests with its leaders. A1 new
party formed today might easily outgrow
its usefulness twenty—five years hence,-
and probably would do so" if its su port-1.
ers Were as careless of the kind 0 men»
they elected to direct their affairs, as
have been the Republicans and Demo-t
crats.-—Editor. " ‘

BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF W'I'l.‘

I dike the paper all right. I like
Uncle Rube, alSo the‘ county reports
and market reports. I don’t think,”
much of Foster’s weather 'fbrecasts. I‘
have always been a' Republican but I
voted for Ford. I am in favor of the,
League of Nations without compmv,
miss. I agree with the preacher that“
said he would not compromise with;
the devil. I am non-partisan, audios:-
Hoover for president. Keep right. a"
with the good work you are doing.”
R. B. Moore, St. Clair County. \ ~ ’

      
     
   
   
    
 
 

  
  

     
  
  
  
  
  

  

 

 
  
  

 

Shake! Your letter-reminds us of.)
negan who, after a sham-reprirnan
a superior for main“; ,
lonx.,rs;901:ted the dera-
ae‘ follower 99,11.

  

     


   

L ' {'1‘ MARKET ‘WEAKnins
PRICES PER BU" FEB. 2. _1____920
IDou-olt TChloaooI HETY.

. wmu' .12100 12.10!
,' lllxed .I, I l

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO

  

 

 

 

  
   
 

 

 

 

 

Gregg Joni-bli‘i‘chmagq I __lg_.._v_

Red ..... 2.30 2.30 I 2.30

. 2 White ...I 2.23 2.23 I 2.04

‘50 2 Mlxed ..1 2.20 I 2.21 1 2.03
having spent the last few

in a. merry upclimb, the
wheat market struck a bunch of
snags .- few days ago and ‘is clinging
'deeperaitely to keep up its price level.
,mundilng news has come from
Great. Britain Which is enough to
Imike anyone in the Wheat business
thunk. The belief of a number of
,British grain authorities is distinct-
ly bearish. They state that there is
», much. more wheat on hand than the
9 world can use, figuring the total
would surplus at 720 millions of bush-
els of wheat at present, with a total
dethand in 1920 for not more than 560
millions of bushels. The United States
has-about half of this surplus of
wheat, and foreigners, the English
say, consider America the most ex—
pensive market. They say that if
enough ships could be obtained, there
would be little demand for the pro-
duct in a short time. As tonnage in-
creases there is bound to be a great
deal of competition for American
wheat.

Men who were predicting a peak of
around $4 per bushel wheat at some
time this Winter are growing less in-
sistent in their claims saying that
about the only thing to make for $4
wheat will be reports showing great
reduction in acreages.

A subscriber has sent the following
interesting letter to the market edit-
or, concemnling the wheat q1i’otations._

“I have noted in your markot reports
that wheat is quoted at around $2.50

or bus’hel in various big city markets.
glow in North Dakota 1 am informed
there is wheat being sold for more than
83 by farmers. Please straighten this

out for me. ”
This may all be true enough and

BUSINESS FARMING is looking up this
matter. But here is undoubtedly just
what you would find if you traced
the matter out. Certain especially
high grades and kinds of dark red
northern wheat have been bringing
flaunc'y prices. C'hzicago buyers paid
$3.53 per bu. for such wheat a short
while ago,
similar transactions. The farmers
being in control of practically every-
thing in North Dakota may no doubt
have its influence on price, but it is
' not probable that prices for various
grades of wheat would be generally
much higher than for the rest of the
country. 7 ,

Another interesting wheat news
item is from the Modern Miller:

“With the possible exception of
Michigan, where conditions are good,
the Winter wheat promise is much be-
low normai. This includes the condi-
tion as well as the acreage.”

,UNREST BOLSTERS CORN

 

09R" PRICES PER BU.. FEB. 2, 1920
Wt—Wosfioii‘j 'chlca'co'lwuf VT
11.. 2 Yoda .7. 1.04 I 1.12
N0. 8 Yellow . . 1. N) 1.5 -

lo. 4 Yol_l_ow_ . _.I_ _.81 I

PRIC—ES ONE YEAFl Aoo 7

_ 0nd._#_|0011911 IOhlcagoI II. Y.
lo. 3 Yellow . . . 1.52
lo; 8 Yellow . 1.85 1.32 1.48
Id. 4 Yellow . . . 1.85 1.80 1.45

 

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DETROIT—Corn and oats firm; rye and barley stronger. Pro-
duce firm. Hay firm. Beans quiet. '

CHICAGO—Corn firm and higher due to reduced acreagcs
forecast. Wheat inactive Spuds steady

 

 

 

 

Weekly Trade and Market Review

PESSIMISM has been the tone voiced by numerous financial experts
during the last several days. The fear of a recession of prices, per-
haps abrupt and disastrous to business, seems to be the topic of the hour.

The immediate outlook, however, seems fine.

Business is good. Orders

are greater than the factories can fill, and there is not enough being pro-

duced on the farms to fill the demands of the trade.

The foreign ex-

change has continued to cut Wild capers, and in the past week has fluctu-
ated harder and farther dewn than it has done for a long time. The Brit-
ish and French money reached a new record low level, in comparison to

the American dollar, but the German mark is rising gradually.

The

United States 1s enc- sixteenth of the World in size, but it possesses sever-

al sixteenths of the wealth. Yet the

orld’ s wealth tends to distribute

itself evenly, we are told. Europe is pretty badly ruined for the time be-
ing financially and industrially, and the recovery is slow. Italy, for ex-
ample, is now paying on her debts an interest which 18 as large as her en-

tire income before the war.

France does not dare to raise taxes to meet

debts because, Millerand the Premier says, the French have been taxed
to the l mit already. Eastern Europe 1s a political chaos, swept with ty-
phus plagues and anarchy. The world, outside of America, is suffering

acutely

Can it be that we will go on indefinitely Without some of thé

world suffering being spread about until America bears more of an equal

share. "

Prices of hogs have risen $3 in Chicego since December, although

sharp drops still occur.

Cattle, topping at $20. 75 several weeks ago are

down to $16 for the best. Corn and other grains have been bulled by
nous of generally reducer acreages by generally dissatisfied farmers.

 

sentative of agricultural homes in
general. and 40,000 have already been
returned, showing-great interest in
the questions. Only a small percent-
age of satisfied farn1e1s was to be
found, and the vast majority make se-
vere complains along the following
lrines:

1.‘ Shortage cf labor.

2. High profits taken by middle-
men.

3. Lack of proper, agencies of con-
tact between farmer and consumer.

Fifty percent of those answering
the questions either threaten to leave
the farm or curtail production. Like-
wise there is talk of a. general farm-
ers’ strike.

All this is having a big effect for
the time being at least upon the corn
and some of the other markets. The
long predicted big run 0f corn hold-
ings has not yet occurred and car
shortage has been acute. Mamy farm—
ers have shown a determination to
hold their corn until at least $1. 50
per bushel can be obtained at country
stations. Mom Chicago come predic-
tions that com is likely to go up con-
siderably for a while at least. In Do-
troit there is practically no corn on

‘ hand, and it is badly needed for the

trade.

 

OATS CONTINE CLIllIB

 

 

 

OAT PPPOES PER 311.. FE9,;3-__1,9?°_
Grade I Detroit IGhlcagoI I. Y.
Standard ....... .95 .92 l 1.01
o. 3 Whlu . . . .04 I .01 ! .00
No. a Whlte .93 .90 .91__

 

 

 

A: rather unusual factor stepped in-
to the grain market arena last week-
‘end in the shape of definite reports of
agricultural unrest throughout the
Jar“ part of the nation. The reports
snowed clearly how farmers, not mak-
1113,1110 profit they deserve, have be
.r ‘ dissatisfied with farming and
".‘joing out of business or reducing
’ "a‘creages, especially in crops like
and others in which the market
.. 9 forever ruin the farmers’
: for a. square dead.
postoflice department of the
States has been a. large factor
mining the unrest as reported
‘ few days. About 200' 000
‘ sent out to as

  

 
 

  

  
 

PRIGES ONE YEAR AGO

a rad. IDetrolt [Ohlsoaoo'vl H; Y.
Standard . .. I
.l\lo. 8 White ...I .59 ‘ 58 I .00
No. 4 White .58 .55 I .68

 

 

Oats have kept right on going up
during the past week and are nearly
a dollar a bushel in Detroit and Ohi-
cago. Even on the days when corn
remain-ed . unchanged, oats moved up-
ward slightly. , There, has been. a very
great shortage in the oats sector ac-
companied by good demand. Export
of oats'has picked up slightly, but ev-
en mow the figure is only a tenth of
what it was a year ago. For the past
sin months the export of oats from

this country has been only a. thug-(1.0:,

  

what mm (or m;
lb?

  

Buyers are very eager to get oats,
not only for foreign trade but for
home businem as Well. But dealers
refuse to sell in most cases, having
already contracted for most of their
holdings. AilthO'ugh there is no very
great activity, due to the small
amount to be moved, prices have been

ascending smartly and are now at,
about the peak of the season.
, —_.’I__.__.___
. RYE AND BARLEY FIRM
After suffering considerable de-

pression for some time, rye and bar-
ley have picked up in price. The ex
port demand has once more become
active and the market is firm. Rye
had been feeling for some time the
lack 0!, export demand and ranged
lower, bringing barley down with it to
some extent. There seems to be quite
a. surplus of rye in this country and
the market depends almost entirely
on the demands from the European
nations. Winter rye acreage is heav-
ily short this year and that affords
some additional strength for the
present rye markets. "

Detroit quotes rye, cash No. 2 at
$1.72 and barley, cash No. 3 at $3@
$3.20 per cwt.

 

GOOD BEAN PROSPECTS

 

 

 

 

 

BEAN PRICES PER CWT" FEB. 2. 1920
and. "Detroit IOhloauoI I. Y.
H. P. ...... I 7.25 I7.75 0.05
Rod Kidneys .. . [15.00 14.75
”"058 ONLYEAFL AGO
0nd. IDotI-olt IOhlooooI I. Y.
f).I mH. P. . ..... 7.50 7.75 0.50
........ 7.75 9.00
Redn aKidneys ..... 7”1250 I12.0013.00

 

 

Beans are steady in Detroit and in
quiet demand, with the price around
$7.25 per owiz. Michigangrowers are
keeping back some holdings and with
strong hands, confident of. a great' in-

crease in price, which is quite gener-~

allypred-icted in the bean trade. The
following interesting news item re-
garding beans is repeated from The
Chicago Packer: “

“It is the belief of a. number of
prominent been handlers of Los An-
geles that the bean grower is dug to

receive more money for his product-2.
. dorm the coming months.

that the Dims. Been Association which _
has '
new extended the price guarantee un-’
in April 1, and may further extend it.

guaranteed prices until Feb.1,.

“The weather has not been rayon.-

‘ble to been growing, with only about

four inches of rain. The early rains
'were followed by a North wind which

‘ dried the soil rapidlyamnd proved val- .

ueless. Unless heavy rains come be-
fore ,the middle of February, followed
by cooler weather, the 1920 crop may

not be more than 20 per cent normal.”
. The last two years have been dry and

it will take a good deal of moisture

this year to get the ground Jnto prop-

er condition. The light rain had last
week was beneficial, but there was not
enough 0: it. ' '-‘

“Prices on Blackeyes have advanc- ’

ed 11- 2c during the last six weeks,
due to a. heavy demand from” the
Southern states. Practically the

available supply is exhausted and I.‘

further advance of 1 1-2c per- poundil
rather expected before the new crop

comes in. Pinks and large and small -
white beans have also gone up 1c per-
pound during the last few weeks and

are now very firm.

“Beams are practically the only sta-
ple food product which has not ad-
vanced from 75 to 300 pew- cent since
the beginning ofsthe war in 1914. A
large portion of the 1918 crop of beans
has been shipped to Europe. Specu-
lators have been holding from 25,000
to 30.000 sacks. of Tepary beans in

San Francisco. Large shipments have,

been and are still .being made to Ger-
many by way of Hamburg and Swedi-
en. As «a. Whole, conditions in
bean market look brighter to the
grower now than at any time in the
past‘two years.”

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SPUDS PER OWT.. FEB. 2. 1920
I Backed lulL

Detroit ............... I 4.90 4.80
“hlcago ............... | 4.75 4.85
Pittsburg .............. I 4.85 4.70
New York ............. .' 4.80 4.60
’“ _P_RIcES_ ONE. v_EA_R A09

Detroit ............... | 1.85 I 1.75
Chicago ............... I 1.70 I 1.75
Httsburg ............. l 1.75 I 2.00
New York ............ I 2.40 I 2.85

 

 

There has been a great deal 0f trout
ble in the potato business because of
bad country roads and because of car
shortage. Growers and dealers could
not get as, much of the stock as they
wished to the cities at the close of
last week, although earlier in the
week an easier tone had been caused
because of big runs from many ship-
pers.

In Chicago the carlot potato mar-
ket weakened early last week because
of heavy shipments. But these were
reduced later in the week and price.
became stronger. Shippers had ap-
parently thought the marketat 9. ve
favorable point and still think so, an
the falling off of shipments seems to
be more the fault of the weather and
car shortage.

From the West comes the news that
potatoes are scarce and sharply high-
er. This is especially true at Kansas
City. From Arkansas comes the re-
port that most of the potatoes are
moved out of the state. Pit-tsburg re-
ports unusually heavy shipments of
potatoes and a generally good market
although many cars have to wait for

some time before being sold. In Boo--

ton and other eastern centers, there].
not much doing in regard to
just now, because of the” hard cold
spell. Much frozen stock has been re-
ceived. » ,

DETROIT PRODUCE STRONG
An easy mark-ct is quoted for eggs
and fresh receipts are large, but but-

ter is firm and in good demand. Con-1

sumers are refusing to take" storage.
gorge-They all want the fresh goods.

Poultry is scarce and has been 11112

Week, with no sign of improfiement.
Demand has been special] active to!

hens and chickens, and offerings Sat-n

urday were not enough to fill the;
needs of: consumers. Demand for
dressed calves and hogs was active.
and the supply -
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_ t ‘ '. ~: nsin double daisies
821-212; limburger,‘ 341-233612c; do-
‘msetictwmeel Swiss, ”@650 per lb.‘

Brewed -hogs—-Choice° country.

. dressed,junder,150 lbs, 19@21c; over
1501bs., .17@18c per lb. ~*'
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calves—— Fanchy country
j gassed, 29@31c; choice, 27@280 per

’ Dressed poultry—_Turkeys, 42@
500; chickens, 34@360;
@280 'per lb. . .

Dressed poultry—Turkey's. 42@50c;
chickens, 34@360; geese, 28@300;
ducks, 40@42c per lb.

Eggs—:Fresh ‘ eggs:
storage. 50120.

Fresh vegetables—Parsmips, $3
bu; cucumbers,
California \rspinach, $4@$4.50 per
crate; shallots, 75c@$1 per doz. green
Peppers, $4@$4.50 per case; radishes,
35@4.0c per doz.; parsley, 50@600pe.r
doze. -_ ‘

Onions—Indiana. $6@§6.50. per-100-
lb‘sack. . ' ,

Popcorn—Shelled, 10@12c per lb.

Live poultry—Spring chickens large
84@35c; small. 31@320; hens, 36@38
small hens, ‘33@35c; roosters, 23@24;
geese, 28@33c; drucks, 40@450; tur-
keys, 44@45c per lb.

58c per d.oz.;

Deff

HAY FIRM AND DIIIGHER

4-29,.-Wisconsin. ready“

choice, 2 7 -

$5@$5-50 per d102,?

'y: held. . . ..
We! anything that is real-

      

ly desirable in the market and at good
prices. '_ ~

In medium wools, the action has
turned more to quartxtblood than
three-eighths wools~ during the past
week or two, although the higher
grade has been by no means neglected.
Fine woois still have the center of the
stage, however, and that in spite of
the attractiveness in price for the
coarser grades of wool. '

Fine unwashed, 67@68; Delaine un-
washed, 87@90; ‘ 1-2 blood unwashed,
80@82; 3-8 blood unwashed, 68@69;
1-2, 3-8, 1-3 clothing, 55@5'Z; common

.CROP IMPROVEMENT ASS’N
' BUYS ALFALFA SEED
(Continued from page 7)
vidual growers are. pal-ling their
Grimm and Cossack seed at 65c to
75c per pound, and while it may be
good there is a chance that it may
notbe pure. And in many cases
there is a big chance that it is very
badly mixed.

If we are going to ,have success
with these pure seeds of highly rec-
ommended varieties, we have learn-
ed from experience with Rosen Rye,
that it is very essential to get gen-
uine pure seed.

Again, there are many hard seed
in alfalfa and most of the seed on

y fear and
.-mm.ufacturers

   

- r.";I1yman, o ., , nnesota, 'and the
North Dakota seas Growers’ Asso-
ciation are the only ones that I know

. of Who are sacrificing their seed, and

:Mr. Lyman is not rembving the hulls
after sacrification, while the North
Dakota people clean the seed thor-
oughly, then scarify and then re-
clean. This seed is also of excellent
quality, a statement which can not
be said of a great deal of the seed
produced in the Northwest this year,
for the rains in some sections discol-
ored the seed and the drouth in oth-
ers caused the production of a lot of
small shrunken seed, which many of
the growers are not removing.
Taking all these things into .c-on-
sidera-tion, I think this seed‘even at
the price of 86 cents per pounds,
which it is likely to cost us not, when
we consider the percentage of viable
seed, is the cheapest Grimm alfalfa
seed on the market. For, With a‘
good yield of other seed you may
pay less per pound but the pound
will not in most cases have as much
good, -cl-ean, strong germinating
seed. '
The freight on this seed from Far-
go bo East Lansing is 99c per 100 lb.
and the express is $2.77 per 100 lbs.
They can make shipment of 2,000
pounds at once and the rest inside
of about two weeks. First I thought
it'mxight be safe to ship this by
freight but I am really afraid to do

 

 

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Detrolt . 31 .50 @ 32130.50 @ 31.29.50 @ 80
Ohloeoo . . 32.00 @ 831 ' 31 .00 @38
New York I 36.00 @ 81
Plt‘uburo . 88.50 0 84182.50 @ 33 81 .00 Q 32
1 No.1 1 No.1 1 No.1
1 Light MIX. lclover Mlx.1 Glover
Detrolt . 29.50 @ 80198.50 @ 29129.50 @30
Chicago . 33.00@34181.00@88130.00@85
New York 35.00 @-. 182.00 (0 34|83.00 @ 35
. 38.00 @ 33185.50 @ 85136.50 @ 37

MAY Pfilcss'"A“'infi:'Aeo::::
| No. 1 Tlm.1 Stan. Tlm.1 No. 211m.
_ . 12935627112530 a 23124.50 @ 25

D‘etrolt

. . 25.00 @ 21124.00 @ 25123.00 @ 24
$213393“ I82.00 @ 83181 .00 @ 32121.00 @ 29
Plttsburg . 28.00 @ 29126.00 @ 21125.00 @ 26

1 No.1 I No.1 .1 No.1
1 Light MBfiioyeanxJ C1016}:—
’Detrolt . . 1253565 26121.50 @ 22|2o.so @ 21
Chloago . . 128.00 @ 25123.00 @ 2411 9.00 @ 20

N . Vork 127.00 @ 29126.00 @ 28123.00 @ 24
Prglburn .125.50 @ 26126.00 @ 28124.00 @ 25

 

 

From Detroit comes the interesting
news to farmers that bay has gone
up $2 per ton. The market has been
very-firm in that city, and the supply
has kept on flailing short. Although
this same condition prevails in other
Middle West cities, New York reports
an easier tome, partly dueto a much
larger quantity of receipts. In some
parts of Michigan there is not enough
may for local demands.

 

LIVE STOCK HIGIflL‘R

Live stock has shown streaks of
strength at various times this winter
1 and the breaks which are just . as
abrupt. In general, of course, prices
are more nearly fair to the farmer
than some timeago, but many farm-
. ers have been. suffering heavy losses.
Lambs reached the record for the sea-
. 'sOn at Chicago last Thursday, with
ltlhe top at $21.60. Receipts of cattle
fell off during January at most mar-
kets, but the market prices have not
responded by becoming higher. Last
week hogs reached their 'record for
the season, topping at around $16,
but some .d‘ec-l-ine-s have been suffered
since. Quotations follow: ‘
CHICAGO—Hogs: Market irregular
bulk, $15.10@$15.40; top, $15.50; hea-
vy, .314.75@$15.30 medium, $15.10@
' $15.45; light, $15.15@$-15.50; light
lights,- $15@$15.35 heavy packing
sows, smooth, $14@$14.50; packing
cows, rough, $13.75@14. Cattle——
Steersnand ,butchers mostly steady to
25c lower; in-between heifers 50c.
lower; canners steady, calves mostly-
!50 higher; feeders steady to 25c
lower. Sheep: Compared with a week
ago, market 75@1,15 higher. ‘
EAST BUFFALO—Gothic: Slow.
calves: Slow; 500 lower, $6@‘$23.50.‘

 

Hogs: Slow; heavy, 25c lowerahea-

w. $16.75@sis.25; mixed, $16.25@
.$16.50; Yorkers, $16.50@$16.65; light
Yorkers and pigs, $16.50; roughs, $14
.Qnms; staes. $10@$11.60_. Sheep and
imbl; “slower; lambs, $12@2'0,60,

'-' yearlings, $11@$19.50; wethers, $14@
' um _:_ malls. $56513; mixed. sheep,

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Center-Pivot Axle
3. Oscillating front axle, auto-type, permitting short

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4. Power is transmitted from both ends of the rear
« axle~—beatere end wide-spread driven from one
wheel and the manure feed from the other.

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that ’it‘ will get indefinitely M
compared to shipping it direct “1*: 3.0:
purchaser by express, I thinkfthe‘
vote would be in favor of direotsh-ipb'
ment. For those ordering over‘fli)
pounds, as all have so far, I beli'
will get it only about lc per poun
cheaper, if they have it come 1b”
freight to East Lansing and res 1p“
it by express. .

The Michigan Crop Improvement
Association is charging nothing to
handling this seed and by going cat
to North Dakota I got them to give
us a price of 85c per pound laid...
down here by freight, instead of 85o
f. o. b. Flargo. I am now going to.
try and see if I can not get it sent by
express for 85c net, and I believe I ,
at least, can get it for 86¢ delivered"
by express to your depot. ' ~

I am writing thus in detail be- 4
cause you will undoubtedly have
some questions to answer regarding
this seed, and while it is impossible
to tell you all the points in a letter
of this kind, these are the main ones"
of interest.

Four thousand pounds of this seed ~
has already been order-ed. We still
have an option on 2,000 pounds
more. I do not believe there will be -
any Grimm seed on the market after
about 8 weeks. If we can be of any
further service to you on this ques-
tion feel free to call upon us.-

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and duties of the individual.

democratic government

{industrial autocrats,
’ autocrats.
, peror—l—each represents an autocrat-

 

_ 1Women in Politics
conducted by JUDSON GRENELL

A 'iD’ebefifilcnt fertile ‘ “ '

 

 

 

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

_ 1. Government

ODAY civilized society express-
es its ideal under some form of
government. Without general-

ly accepted regulations as to conduct,

chaotic conditions would be the rule,

' imperi-ling life and property, reduc-
ing the rewards to labor, and in ev-‘

cry way interfering with the pursuit
of happiness. It is a long story, this
gradual evolution of society from the
simple to the complex, and it would
serve no good purpose to narrate it
at this time. Each step has had its

'lessons, many of them written in

blood; for often the change from

one condition to another has brought

in its wake war, famine and suffer-
ing. It may be disputed in some
quarters, yet it is capable of demon-
stration, that drastic social upheav-

ads have not, in the long run, been

as productive of real good to the
people as methods depending on the
gradual adoption of just lines of con-
duct—social, political, industrial.

Autocracy vs. Democracy

Broadly stated, the world is ruled
today by two kinds of government.
One is autocratic, the other is demo-
cratic. Autocratic government has

been the almost universal rule from

time immem-orial. Democratic gov-
ernment is so comparatively recent
that even many who practice it do so
with doubt as to its efficacy; and in
times of stress they abandon their
democracy and turn for protectiOn to
the system they have every reason
to look upon with suspicion as un-
der normal conditions being oppres-
sive and evil.

Government can be stated as a
wise and economical method of safe-
guarding the home, protecting life
and property, and making labor more
effective. Autocratic government is
the rule of the many by the few;
democratic form of government is
the rule of the people by themselves.
The rule of the czar, before the bol-
sheviki revolt hurled him from the
throne, was an extreme example of
autocratic government. Yet one
must go to Russia to find an extreme
example of democracy running side
by side with the autocracy of the
czar. The soviet—the Russian town
meeting—is purely democratic. Both
men and women take part, and its

decisions are final.

Democracy

,In Michigan the best example to
be found of a democratic form of
government is in the township or
school district meeting. Citizens of
both sexes assemble, and by vote de-
cide the nature and kind of the com—
munity's political and educational
activities. The delegation of author-
ity to officials might be called demo-
cracy once removed. This has been
found necessary because of the im-
possibility of all the people assem-
bling at one time. Not all political
problems can be decided offhand;
they often demand analysis and in-
vestigation; so legislative and exe—
cutive officials are elected or appoint-
edgfto perform duties that a demo-
cratic meeting cannot handle.

Democracy is the rule of the ma-
j-ority. Society is not a unit as to
the dividing line between the rights
and duties of society and the right

the Woman voter can well hesitate
to~ express an . opinion as to just
where the dividing line is. Nor do
the. .autecrats agree as to how strung

re’ are political autocrats, and
and religious
Czar, kaiser, king, em-

i run of government; and in in-
“the {steel mill- autocratn the

 

Edited by MABEL CLARE LADD

HOME IN THE HEARTS OF MEN
" By JAMES C CONNELL '

I builded a home in my fancy, Then a whisper I heard in my dream-
Azloof from all toil and all care, . 1118. ggggg
With nothing of want to enhance me, Which 3W°k° my 10118 slumbering

Surrounded by wealthy and _.fair ,, ”“1,

I would dwell with the rich and the It mglingufld you a home, 0.! home
merry, Let our ' b

With never a. thought of the poor, gyoal poor rothers heart be 1“

And all should be gladsome and Seek out all the wretched and weary,

cheery, To comfort their trouble and woe, .
Who welcome should find at my door. Casting sunshine where all now is
‘ dreary,
But time passed along, and my vision 'Til men bless you wherever yen go.
Began less alluring to seem,

’Til my soul seemed to sneer with de- “For the home which will bring you '1‘

rision, most pleasure,
At the self-loving strain of my dream, That will oft be repeated again,
Then a new home I sought and I Is not one of rich, idle leisure,
found it, But a home in the hearts of men,
Down deep mid the hovels of woe, Better than riches or beauty, '

With hunger and want all around it, Is a. home in your brother's Wheart
And the stripes of a cruel World’s W‘ith charity first in the duty
blow. That falls to your humble part."

 

 

 

 

BEAUTIFYING THE HOME,
Stint yourself as you, think:

good, in other things; but don’t
scruple freedom» in brightening‘

The pieces required for making the
swing seat are as follows:

 

home. Gay furniture a/nd a bril— No. Lgth. Diam
Ziant garden are a sight day by Front posts ..‘. 2 14 in. 2% in.
day, and make life brighter.—-— Back posits 2 24 in. 2% in.
BUXTON. Seat rails . . .. 2 90 in. 2% in.

' , Seat rails . 2 26 in. 2% in.

UITE OFTEN it is possible Back rails 2 82 in. 21/4 in.
Q that within our reach we have Back uprights 21 15 in. 2 in.
that within our reach we have Arms -------- 2 27 in. 2% in. ‘

End uprights L10 15 in. 2 in.

home and by our home we mean not
Seat slabs . . . 19

only the house but the grounds; yet
we do not know how to go about 'it.

The purpose of this article is to
call to your attention the possibili-
ties that lie in that little strip of
woods on the back of your farm. If
your son or husband is ‘at all handy
with the saw and hammer and you
have some young trees on your farm,
there can be constructed from these
during the cold winter days when
regular work upon the farm is im-
possible, a quantity of very useful
and at the same time artistic pieces
of furniture for the porch and yard.

   

made that they will last a life-time.

‘ istered early,

And .

should be. ._

  

autocrat, the meat. -j ,
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‘ g “in ft ‘l‘ ‘ . i! 5%» Rustic Arm Chair
Ti xyflmJ/w'j- ‘ #4,“, ; j . -, The rustic arm chair is even more
~ fit“ easily made as there as not so many
pieces.
No. Lgth. Diam.
Legs .......... 4 30 in. 2% in.
Rumc Porch smug Arms ......... 3 28 in. 21,5 in.
This is a. cross between a couch Seat rails ...... 4 28 in. 2% in.
and a hammock, and can be swung Stretchers ..... 4 28 in. 2 in.
from the ceiling of the porch, from Back uprights . .7 15 in. 1% in.
a stoutbranch in the garden, or in Seat slabs . .7 24 in. 211 in.'

the summer house, also made of this
same wood.

Cedar is the best wood for rustic
furniture, though other soft woods
may be used if cedarvis not avail—
able.- If you.have‘ white “birch‘and
can leave the bark on you will find
your furniture very picturesque, es‘

pecially if this is combined with dull.
green cushions which are tied in and

can thus be easily removed and tak-
en into the house nights. ’

In making this furniture it is ad—
visable to smooth off the seats Where
the flat surface would add to the

.‘comfort and yet this will not detract

from the looks of your furniture as

.cushioas will always be used.
The furniture is put together with

stout tenons, and as it must stand

from and shine, glue cannot of cum

  

be used in its construction. ;. Thay
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A Gaod Porch Table

The table shown has a he’wn board
to finish the top so that there will
be a smooth surface for lamp, bask-
et, books, or the refreshment ser-
vice. The mill bill of stock for this
table is:

 
  
  
   
 
   
  
  
 

  
     

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' has become his iswife found"
8k 15

Stretcheis_......4“ not.
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2% in!
2% at.»

In order to encourage beautifying".

the house and grounds,

we will alter

a. special prize which we believe is a 'I-
different prize than has been offered“
by any other paper or magazine and-1
which we belieVe you will apprecis

ate. Here is the offer:

If you have received an idea which _-
has helped youto make. your home;

or. grounds .more beautiful-
some suggestion; or _ write ,up’ on this
page, or if yen have adopted thh

from .

idea and made rustic furniture; when ,
the leaves are on the trees and the %
lawns are green, secure a good, clear ‘
cut kodak. picture or have a photo-‘
grapher take a picture of your home ’

and sent it in to the EditOr of the

Woman’ s Page, and we will print it.

on this page Others Will profit by
your ideas and will be encouraged
to try year plan perhaps. And the
prize offered will be the cut from
which the picture is printed in the
paper“ This will be sent to you and
you can then use it to have on your
Christmas greeting cards. It is quite
the fad you know to have a person-
al greeting card at Christmas time,
and what could be nicer than 3. mes-
sage on a card which contained the
picture of your home.

HELPFUL HEALTH HINTS

Severe pains in the stomach can .

often be relieved by drinking a glass

of hot water in which has been stir—

red a teaspoonful of salt.

To stop hiccoughs, give the patient -

a teaspoonful of
and vinegar.
the dose.

If a vein is cut, the blood is dark
red, flows freely and will not spurt.
Lay the patient down, loosen all
tight clothing, elevate wounded part,
press the severed skin together, us-
ing clean gauze or cotton applied
cold by means of cold water or bet-
ter still, ice water. If bleeding does
not stop, applyr tight bandagesnear
wounds,-bu‘t on side farthest from

granulated sugar
If necessary, repeat

the heart. If an artery is cut, the .

blood is bright red and spurts and
the wound should be bound on side
nearest the heart.

Salt as a gargle will cure soreness

ot the throat if the remedy is admin- '

will cure a stubborn case.

WHEN A MAN MARRIES

“A man who gives his fiancee an
engagement ring and does not give
his wife an insurance policy on his
life needs a guardiane—not a wife.”

and if persisted in

We don’t know the author if this

bit of wisdom, but he spoke the
truth which should be driven home ‘
name appears .55

to every man whose
in your local paper under the head-

ing “Engagements” or “To be Mar- 7":

ried” as well as to the underinsured "”

or uninsured married men.

One insurance man sends a letterf

r». '-’.-.,.:'~

containing some such wording as the :1:

following to “the mantinthe case”
11 approach- j..§
ing wedding in his terri ory acc-ord-

every time he learns of

ing to Service.
When a man asks a

question:

“Do you carry‘suflicient in; urance
to protect me from want in case of
your death?" 1

Most men think they would do
anything for the girl they expect to‘
marry. But after the sound of the
wedding march has ceased and the
honeymoon is over, too many. men

neglected the matter of insurance.

They take long chances and .
would make the girl take stilt
chances with added; handicaps

my forget that if the

woman _to
marry him she should ask him the ,‘

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so’s protects

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rpm the effects of
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relieves coughs and
soothes inflamed
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., We Lanai; with - a
has been in vogue .101-

‘ me time. Now that‘the velvet
bags. and beaded purses have had an
extended run. we_see.displayedv as the
latest novelt‘ the . Kokak" purse. ..{1‘hey
are neat in . ape and a handy size to
carry, having a stationery mirror in-
side the flat top. Then there are com-
partments for cards, and handker--_
chief as well as money. And the/price
is about whatever you want to payas
they can be bought _as low at 1.50,
while I saw a. very fine grained leath-
er one at $6. ' ._

Something which will add to‘ the
convenience of. the home is always
welcomed by the housewife, and we
saw the best oontrivance the. other
day in the shape of a. wire basket with
,a handle into which you dropped your
fried cakes. ”The wire basket fits
right down into the hot iat., and when
the cakes are done they can all be
lifted out at once, so that some are not
browner than others. The basket is
equally good. for French-fried potatoes
croquettes, etc, so that at its cost
price of 500 it is really not expensive.

This coming spring with the suit
blouse will be worn, instead of the
heads, a. grosgrain ribbon, on the end
of which is attached a jade ornament.
These black ribbons are a nice finish-
ing touch to any waist and what is
best of all,they can be worn with all
colors while we had to be careful
when we donned our colored strings
of bead-s, that we had the right col-
or to harmonize with the blouse or
dress we were wearing. Although
jade ornaments come' rather high,
from $6. to $8 each, still almost ev—
ery woman has some sort of ‘a good-
looking ornament she can substitute
for this fad.

We wish more of our readers
would make use of the Personal Ser—
vice Shoppin-g Bureau. We are here
to serve you. During the past week
we have bought crochet-hooks, cut-
out maps and linen crash for our
readers, but we know that we can be
of, irnestimable value to you if you
will but tell us your needs. Address
the editor of this page.

    
  

 

 

I Dan McGann Declares

Himself

Said Dan McGann to a foreign man
who‘ worked at the self-same
bench.

“Let me tell you this,” and for em-
phasis, he flourished a Stilson
wrench,

Don’t talk to me of the bdl’l‘jois-
sec, don’t open your mouth to
speak: ,

Of your socialists or your anarch-
ists, don’t mention the bolshe-
neck,

For I’ve had enough of this foreign
stufi‘, I’m sick as a man can be

Of this speech of hate, and I’m tell-
in’ you straight that this is
the land for me!

“If you want to brag, just take that
flag, am boast of its field 0’
blue, _

An’ praise the dead an’ the blood
they shed for the peace 0’ the
likes 0’ you.

I’ll hear no more," and he waved
once more, his Wrench in a
forceful way,

“0’ thecunning creed 0’ some Rus-
sian breed. I stand for the U.
S. A.‘! .

I’m done with your fads, and your
wild-eyed lads, don’t flourish
your mg 0’ red 7

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be, tall candles. around your
bed. ;

“Sorting/ounhat to a flag like that!
Thank God for its stripes an’
stars! -‘ ' -

Thank God you’re here, where the
roads. are clear, away from
your. kings. and czars. '

I can’t just say what I'feel today,

. for I’m not a talkin’rm‘an,

But first am’ last, I rim standin’ fast

. ‘ , for... all thgt’s American. '

So don’t, youispcdlc of the bolshe- .

‘ new, it}; sick, of the stug‘ I am,’ --

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EAR CHILDREN: In order that
we may learn something every
day from the common things

about us and that we may train our

powers of observation, we are going
to have another contest, and this
time it is to be a Bird contest. Many

a: the birds go south before winter

ebmes, as you know, but there are

weenie that stay in the cold north and

it is of this last that we will study.

_7 PM the best letter of not more.
flan one hundred words, telling me
.1311“ birds stay north, how they live

'- lid how you are able to tell them, I
«an award a little book of birds.
This is a prize well worth working
for. The second and third letters
on the same subject which are next
best will also receive a prize of a
trip around the world in postal cards.
You know a good way to study
the winter birds is to crumb the
table for mother after each meal,
then throw the crumbs out on the
snow and watch the birds come and
pick them up. This gives you the
best chance to become acquainted
with them. Some, one has written
such a pretty little verse about the
snow birds, I am going to pass it on
and hope you will memgriZe it.
Aflectionately yours—LADDIE.

“Without the snow no snowbirds;
And without their threats to sing,
How could we waste the winter
Or hope to have a spring.” ‘

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THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES
OF A RAINDROP '

By Ethel Allen Murphy

 

 

Part III '

or things growing along our

way were swayed to and fro
as we brushed against them, and they
seemed to be reaching out to s
Some flowers were so pretty an had
such sweet looks that I wanted toetay
with them, but there was a song that
all my companions keptteinging over

“ ‘THE green things and flow-

and over that made me feel I mustgo .

on. This is the song they sang—
Oh, come with me ~

.To the deep, deep sea,

Where the wanderinp waters go! ,-

Where the wandering streams
Fulfill their dreams
115 the great tide’s ebb and flow!

“ ‘So diown the slopes we ran, some-
times stopped for an instant or turned
aside by stones, around which We
parted and joined again with a great
men and splutter, sometimes leaping
over big spaces, down steep rocks, and
making the green (and white flying
veils that you call the waterfalls.

“"Iihen We ran on through deep
woods and came out into meadows
soft and , smoothly sloping, where the
red clover was growing. The red
clover, you know, Garden Lady, such
as the children plant in their gardens
in the fall, because the plants hold

. lands.

the moisture—raindrops like me, you
know, and keep the soil in place dur-
ing the winter and f spring months.
Then in the spring when it is plowed
under, the clever adds humus to the
earth. You see. Garden Lady, I‘ve

sometimes been sorry that, Ididf not.

spend the winter, tucked away safe in
the kind brown ‘earth. Some of my
friends did, and they had the most
amazing adventures, and they metthe
old man of the garden, the mole, and
they heard all about the little field
mouse and her little underground
home.

“ ‘We almost went to sleep while
we were passing through the meadow-
But still we heard the song

- which had led us on calling to us

again—
Oh, come to the seal The deep green
89¢.
Where the waving seaweeds grow.
Where! the wild sea creatures wander
free
And the proud ships proudly go !-
*“So we went on, through
flat lands. past farms and towns and
cities. And here in tihe open country,
we knew that great blue space that
you call the sky. We felt something

' speaking to us frOm it, as if we were ,

broad, '

 

Lily White

“The Flour the Best Cooks Use” * » -.

is probably the best family flour.

Bread, biscuits, dumplings, rolls, cakes, cookies, pies—in fact ev-
erything baked in the home from LILY -WHITE FLOUR will
taste so good, look so good and actually be so good that they will ,.
be a delight to every member of the family, and a real treat to

visitors.

It is almost a universal expression among women who use LILY
‘ , WHITE FLOUR that “everything tastes so good and looks so

good H

The reason is LILY WHITE FLOUR is so good.

Grand Rapids, Michigan. /

 

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flour you ever used for every requirement of home baking.

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kin to it.

“ ‘The stars dropped their images
down to us, and we laughed, and
rocked them to and fro, and tossed
them from one to another. The lights
from boats shone and gleamed upon.
us and flung long red or green or

:white streamers or. light down on us.

We caught them like the boys catch
baseballs, and carried them on, rip-
pling and waving, and dropped them

'as we went inhaling on. We were to

have the biggest adventure of all l ' ”——

‘By Ernst Arman Monrnr.

(To be continued), I '- ‘

OUR PUZZLE CORNER
Answer to last week’ s puzzle: No,
he did not. They travel on parallel
lines, Land do. not change their rela-
tive position.

THE FOX, GOOSE AND CORN

A, farmer who is about to. move
has a fox, a goose and a. bag of‘corrn.
He comes to a rive , and the boat
will orily carry thefarmer- and one
of his charges. Now, if he leaves

 

 

 

the fox and the goose alone, the fox
will eat the goose, and if he leaves
the goose and the corn alone, the
goose will eat the corn. How can he
safely take them all over the river?

ADAPTABLE “AN"
Each word ends in an an
1. The feather AN. 2. The .temé
inine AN. 3. The Mohammedan’
An. 4. The noonday AN. '5. The
useful AN. 6. The scrutinizingAN.
7. TheA‘lrst AN. 8. The best AN
of all. ‘ -
DIAMOND
a consonant
* to lengthen
‘ * fun in winter
* meaning “and so forth”
found in EARTH

Answers Diamond
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if...

EKE
SK‘ATE
ETC

E .

Adaptable Am—I. Toucan. 2. Mara
tan. 3. Koran. 4. Meridian. 5.“ ‘
Utilitarian. 6. Scan. 7. Man. 8.
American .

A FINE TOY TO MAKE ,

OTS of fun may be had with two

I round clothes pins, which- -
mother will give you from her.

wash day suppliesyor which you can

buy at. any store. Pierce each of.
the clothes pins with holes, making;
four holes in each pin; the first about,

three quarters of an inch ”below the v

top, the second through the ”center-
of the pin directly above the legs
and the third and fourth through

each leg near the bottom. An awl. .

or screwdriver can.be used to ‘make-
these small holes. Then cut soil the-
legs close to the place where they-
join the pin and have left a piece.

The next thing to do is to get two.
thin pieces of wood, three inches in.-
length and drill three holes into,
each;

the middle. Then take some very

‘fine wire and join the slips of Wood.

ejust pierced to the top:
pin, putting one piece=
on each‘ side for arms. Bend the.

that you 119.6
of the cloth

100p so the arms Will not slip, but.
giy‘e the arms. anon ' eede *
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. page otthe free end at the

' .W and hold it so the dolls just
teach the floor.- Pull the thread and
M little men will wrestle with each
othu. ‘

- If you; work thig novel toy in a
semi—darkened room and hold the
and of the thread behind you as you
jerk it. .a'ny' on-looker will be much
mystified and wonder what is mak-
ing- the queer «little clothes pin wrest-
l’ers perform so strangely.

 

JUNIOR 009K - ‘

Many times tasty and inexpensive
vegetables are not used as much as:
they should be because the. cook:
doesn't know the best were! prepar-
ing. them. _ Rudabag'o is the very
cheapest of all winter vegetables and
when cooked this way is one of the
most delicious. Peel and out into
inch else pieces about 2 pounds of
"demo. Wash,- cover with water

and.,put- on to cook, in a tightly cov- .

cred vessel. After it has boiled hard

tor ten minutes, put over a low fire ‘

and cook for one and one-half hours.
Take-oi! cover,‘ mash the 'vegeta'blev
with a» wire masher and add 1 tea-
spoonful of salt—more lf~desired.
. Stir well. Increase heat slightly and
cook for one-half hour more. By this
time the vegetable should be thick
and a rich yellow and should be cook—
ed dry enough to serve on a plate

with meat twithont seeming “wa-'

tcryz” 'A't'the end of the half hour
addone: tablespoontul meat drip-
pings (bacon is best) and cook five
minutes more. Serve hot. If any
is left over, save for “warm-over."

WOMEN IN POLITICS
(Continued from page 20)
packing autocrat, has each his little
kingdom. In America this is auto-

craey in a democracy.

Radical democracy takes various
forms: socialism and bolshev-ism are
the two just now most'in the public
me .

’ Socialism

A socialist would prohibit by force

1 kinds of autocracy—in production

transportation, in every line of
human activity. He advocates the
odilective Ownership of all the means
of production. Hie motto is: “To
' every one according to his deeds.”

Bolshevism

Russia is the home of bolshevism.
The bolshevik is simply a radical so—
cial-let, just as the menshevik is a J
conservative socialist. Both are
followers of Karl Marx, and both
find in his "Kapital" the socialist'e
full authority for his beliefs.

Between the low degree socialist
and the high degree socialist are
many varieties .to he found. in all
countries under all degrees of civil-
isation. Michigan has its Socialist
party, its Socialist Labor party. and
its “I. W. W. ” the initials standing
for International Workers 'oi the
World. Probably these latter come
the nearest to advocating the meth—
ods oi the Russian ‘bolsheviki.

The different forms of socialism is
the expression of those who believe
they are exploited under present eco-
nomic conditions. They are partic-
ularly incensed against the employ-
ing class, Whom they regard as their
personal enemy, and they insist that
became employers own “the machin-
ery of production,” those who work
tor wages . are} “slaves." .

How to'Deal‘With Seclallsm

So long as industrial conditions

are—prosperous, with employment, to
he obtained by. those who desirette
werk, agitation for radical socialism
will be negligible. But when there
is business depression, with little
work and a diminishing wage, out.-
‘ breaks are not impossible. Society’s
surety can best be defended by ed-
ucation rather than by suppression. . .
30 much of society's activities are
. already socialletic, that general con-
» damnatiOn of socialism is ineirective
in alarming the people against it.
The fact: 1e,- social life is gradually
.mmg all of socialism that is
avallableas a rule of conduct; the
mt ill ‘0 into the discard by the
one or intelligent elimin-

  

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some A REAL am:

-In the last few years form meth-
ods have been revolutionised. Bet-
ter roads. more railroads, the auto-
mobile, the tractor, the cream separ-
ator, the telephone, thesfarm light-
ing plant and otherlabo‘r saving and
time saving improvements, have done
away with the old, ted-ions. methods.
The 'iiarmer‘ia; ‘no' ledger isolated
from the outside world. He can
have on his farm almost all the con-

 

veniences and advantages that his '

city brother can have and a lot more
that his city brother cannot have.
Farmers are applying scion-tide
farming in the iiold. They under-
stand crop rotation, stock breeding,
deeper plowing. sell estimation... They
are“ getting greater and greater re-
turns- teem ». their. «acreage ~ by inten-
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11 market conditions. They are
keenly interested ii the cost of trans-.
Donation.

Yet many of them don-0t put that.
same efficiency into their office work.
For every modern farmer is compell-

‘ed to do a certain amount of ofllce
work. He has to do a lot of things
ithat his father did not have to do.
‘ The government insists that he keep
sumcient records so as to make a
correct return on his income tax. He
is transacting more and‘more of his
business by mail. No merchant, no
lawyer, no 'manufacturer—no-man,
needs a typewriter more than a farm-
or.

The core of a business office is a

typewriter. The typewriter is be-
coming the business partner of the
farmer of today. Every letter a
tanner writes should be a silent
compliment to the business eiliciency
-whlch he is employing as a business
~1nan. It should be clearly written
and easily read. It should be writ-
ton on a letterhead.

structjon shoe ts---all .
,must be read by another without '
mistake at a time when correct, easy . .
reading is important. These new

recognized requirements in a busi-

ness office which the typewriter furi-

niches.

You may think it difllcult to op- . {i'

crate a typewriter-—4:hat it requiru-

long months of practice before pre- '.
sentable work can be produced. Such 1

an impression is erroneous. Hundreds

of farmers are handling their own.

correspondence and ofllce work with

a typewriter. Most of them learned

as beginners with the instructions
furnished with all typewriters. It is
really a simple matter.

Get it typewriter and learn to o
crate it. Let your children learn
operate it.
your letters, instead of being written

alowdy and painfully, by hand; will '

be writen in a few moments, and will
create respect and command attend
tion wherever they may go.

 

 

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Light is a complete oral—cation and (mentor—with

16 cell stored. battery. 11 supplies ample electricity be

lights. water pump, washing machine, sweeper,

separator.

cream
iron, ore.

Ten Years’ Owner-Experience

Has Proved Lalley Light

Naturally, there are fundamental reasons why progressive farmers
everywhere are installing Lalley Light Plants now.

They recognize that Lalley Light is the most highly perfected

electric light and power plant.

They know this because Lalley Light has stood the test of owner

experience for ten years.

They know that only through such an experience

canon

electrical unit like Lalley Light be developed, refined and perfected

as Lalley Light has been.

Install Lalley Light New

Right now is the best time to begin enjoying Lalley electricity.
You have the time now to make this installation.

You can begin enjoying Lalley benefits and comforts immediately
and be ready for the savings in time and labor that Lalley Light
will give you when the rush of farm work comes.

Furthermore, delay may mean that you will have to pay an in-

creased price for this essential money- -making farm equipment.
Do not delay. See your Lalley Light dealer today, or ask him

to call upon you.

797 Ballerina Avenue,

 
 
 

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LALL-EY LIGHT .. CORPORATION;

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. A. L. Rice. a prominent manufacturer, of
‘ N. Y., has discovered a process of
a new kind of paint without the use of oil. He
calls it lPowdrpa int. It comes in the form of a
.\dry powder and all that is required is cold water
{onto make a paint weather proof, fire proof, sani-
. tsry. and durable for outside or inside intinf.
It is the cement principle applied to pal t. t
adheres to any surface, wood. stone or brick,
spreads and looks like oil paint and costs about
one-fourth as much.
~Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manufacturer, 13
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formation showing you how you can save a good
many dollars.

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our identical 8100 model. brand new. never used.
Our finest and latest model. The same as
used by many of the biggest concerns. Over
800,000 sold. We send an Oliver for
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want to keep it, pay us at the rate of $3
per month until the $57 is paid. This is the
greatest typewriter bar—
gain in the world.

Write today for our new
book. “The Typewriter on
the Farm."

The Oliver Typewriter Co.
3102 Oliver Typewriter Bldg.
ChiueoJll. (11.07)

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usanda in use. ly ,80 days
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hold any;
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., a. will stand
law or"r can it be brokent—L. 0.. Mont-

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4 husband but no father, mother, brotb‘
- or, sister, nor children or Other lineal

descendants of a deceased brother or

sister be living, the entire estate will '

be assigned to the husband.
--In --a strict sense a Will can not be

broken. The wording of the verdict or , .

finding in what is known as a will

contest is that the document purport‘-'

dng to be the last will and testament
of the deceased is not his last will
and testament. Meaning-that while it
has the form it was not his will be-
cause it lacked some requirement,

either in its execution or that the

maker was incompetent or that un-
due influence was exercised so that
the document was not really the ex-
pression of his owu mind. A will ex-
ecuted in the manner required by
law by a, competent person and With-
out undue influence being exercised
by anyone is a. will and can not be
broken. If possible, wills should be
executed when one is in good health
and in possession of all his mental
faculties and at a time when he is
sure to know what is right. If he
wants to change it afterward by rea-
son 0f changed conditions he has a
right to do so. As a will is not oper-
ative until after death of the maker
he may dispose of, encumber, or han-
dle the property just the same as if a.
will had not been made—W. E. Brown
legal editor.

 

EXPRESS CO. REFUND

Some time ago I ordered a set of
Ford Shock-Absorbers from Indianapolis
to be sent to Jasper. Mich, by American
Express. They were correctly addressed
by the consigner, but by all outward ap-
pearances the expressmen could not read
a type-written address and they were
carried to Jackson in place of Jasper and
held there until I received their letter
asking for further instructions, the same
which I answered promptly, requesting
the Express Company to forward the
shock-absorbers to their destination
which was done after a‘three weeks’ de-
lay. When they finally did arrive at
Jasper, I had two separate charges to
pay on account of the shipment being
mis-sent. Is it possible for me to obtain
a. refund from the Express Company
when it was no fault of the shipper but
nothing more than carelessness on their
part? I have the express receipts show-
ing each separate amount. No. 2. When
A rents a farm of B and they have a.
written contract, can A raise sugar beets
or any other farm crop even against B’s
will if they had no understanding stat-
ing the kind of crops. either oral or writ-
ten, covering same? What I have refer-
erilcie to is each rent—F. W., Metamore.
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The express company- is liable to
you for any damage caused, you by
reason of the mic-shipment othe

' is 31' no.
.u “glycine on rouuostl mm ,

goods- I They are also liable to you from»

for any overcharge by reason of
mic-shipment.

pay. The tenant for cash rent with:

out llm1tations upon the use of the
land can raise sugar beets if he wants
to. He can raise any crop not prohib- ‘
ited by the lbaee. —W. E. Brown, legal "

editor.

 

I
To COLOR nuns .
Will you please give in your paper a.
way to color rabbit skins to brown col-
or? I have a formula to tan them. now,
how to color is the question. -—'I‘. 0., Web-
berville, Mich.

Dyeing fur; is a skilled trade. We
have not, therefore, prepared any
bulletin covering the subject.
ever, if you can procure a copy (or re-
fer to it in your local library) of
“Home Manufacture of Funs and
Skins ” published by A. R. Harding,
106 Walnut Street," St."'Lonis, Mo.,
and sold for $1.50, postpaid, you will
find directions for coloring skins
brown given on page 180. Briefly, the
instructions are as follows: “One lb.
catechu in one gallon of water and to
fix, 1-2 pound sulphate ‘of copper in
one gallon water. If the color is not
deep enough repeat the entire pro-
cess.”——H. B. Bell. acting Assist. Chief
of Bureau of Biological Survey, U. 8.
Department of Agriculture, Washing-
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A LEGAL-FENCE ,
1 Please give me some information
about a. line fence. A neighbor and my-
self had some dispute about the fence
which separates my 40
A wants to keep sheep and he wants B
to put a. woven wire fence for a. line
fence. Is a. barbed wire fence of four
strands a legal line fence? Please let
me knowx-T. 8, Midland Count y.

I would be of the opinion that a.
barbed wire fence of 4 strands.was
not a. legal fence. Sec. 2206, of C. L.
1915, describes what would be requir-
ed to make a legal fence. The opinion
01 the fence viewers as to the suffic-
iency would largely control ..—W E.
Brown, legal editor. ,

 

 

CAN I TRADE BONDS? '

Would like to ask in the legal depart-
ment if I can change a. part of 9. Liberty
bond to war savings stamps. They put
us down for a. certain assessment and as
circumstances changed with me, after I
had paid a. certain sun, I found it impos-
sible to pay the remainder. Would like
tDo (ghange it to war savings stampsH—G

Consult your banker or the post-
master about changing your bond for
stamps. As I recollect the government
makes no provision for allowing such
a change.:—W. E. Blown, legal editor.

Send them}; bill tor
the damage and- sue them if they don't

I out in advance.

How— — '

from an 80 of his-

   
   
  
 
   
 

gay Wits mfor’ 320003: ‘99
'e m“ r n-
and 5 per cent discourgg takmg it
This loan been re-
newed and other loans made until the to-

    
   
   
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 

  
  
 

  
  

tal is now $850. The renewals have been . I

for 80, 60 and 80 days and the 12 per
~cent has been exacted each time. I have
paid in interest and discount about $400
and still owe allI borrowed. .I cannot
take up the loan at present and do not
know when I can. I am quite sure this
bank charges farmers the 12 per cent
and the village pe Ogle only? per cent.
Could! sue the ban under this supreme
court decision and get judgment for all
interest paid 0;: only for interest on the
last notch-’43. ,Washington, D. C.

Why, bless you, your expat-lanes is
no different than that of thousands of
others owning cutanver lands in-‘Mich-
iga-n. The banks gét by with their
usury because mighty few farmers
are in a position to take their case in-
to court and/thereby take the chance.
of forever destroying their credit.
Answering your questions, there .is no
doubt whatever but. that you are the
victim of usury and as such entitled
to receive back or to have applied up- .
On your iriginal loan every penny you
have paid the bank both as legal and
illegal interest .——Editor.

 
   
   
  
      
     
  
  
  
   
   
    
   
    
    
    
    
  
   
    
   
  
    
  
    
   
  
    
    
   
     
     
 
  
  
  
  
  
    
   
  
   
    
   
    
  
    
   
  
   
  
  
  
   
    
   
  
  
   
 

 

WILD LAND HOMESTEAD EKEMP-
TION ACT . . .

Some weeks ago I noticed in your
legal column “Farmers' Service .Bur-
eau, " an (inquiry signed “P. O’M ” (or
"O. L."), giving Otsego County, I’
think 'or Iosco County, and stating
that the imlquirer purchased a. forty of
wild cut-over land; built a cabin and
did some farming, and finds that the

. supervisor put him down for taxes.

I would like to suggest to this in-
quirer that next spring, 333! about
June let, he should go after his super-
visor, or better, the board of review,
and apply for the Wild Land Home-
stead Exceptidn. According to our
statutes,~ the bound of review. may
grant exemption from taxes for five
years to a settler. buying up to eighty
acres, and making a bone. tide show-
ing on his place.

If the request is proper, I would
like the address of inquirer in Jan.
10th M. B. F., in the Farmers’ Service
Bureau, who signs “W. J. M.," Otsego
County. In this case there is involved
a change in school district boundaries
without owner’s knowledge or con-
sent. There was a controversy some
years ago—over such a matter here. I
would like to have W. J. M. give me
the details of his case, and to this end
would need to ask a number cf ques-
tions—J. E. G., Rapid Oitzl, Mich.

 

SENSE AND NONSENSE

 

 

 

SLIGHTLY
MIXED

Spmorty Bird
(After a night
at the club):
S'all right me
dear, been to I
club meeting.

 

 

Honest Butcher ,

A butcher one day put up a sign

reading: “Purve‘yor to His Majesty."

Wishing to improve upon this, he add-
ed, “God Save the King ” '

A Martyr
Wife—“Do you expect to set to
homes by mingling onto my skirts?"
Hub—"No; but I might by showing
St. Peter the bills for them.”

High Unto Dem
The doctor narrowly escaped dealt.
Refill to'JlIo new ”memo. -

And Then He Awoke

“Did you try the simple plan of
counting sheep for your insomnia?"

“Yes, doctor, but I 'made a mess of
it. I counted 10,000. sheep, put ’0!)
on the cars and shipped ’em to mar-
ket. And when I’d- got flhru counting
the sum of money I got for them at
present prices it was time to get up."

 

        
    

HARD ON THE
For

You look wor-
ried. ‘-
'I am, don’t
you know this
Is the Lenten
period?

        
    
 

  

  
   

   

  
   
  
 
 

Good for Crops - .

“Do you think early rising is good
for your health?” asked the languid
city visitor. -

“I don’t know about my health,"
replied Father Cobbles, “but next to-
sun, rain and fertilizer, it’s the best
thing there is for crops."-—Birming-.
ham Age-Herald.

A Final Argument
Slhe (to dentist lover)—“Mother'
will not believe that I . come here!
about my teeth so often. "
' He—“I will send her a bill tomor-

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. g" is tab
it jest 'bout
g’i our goat. What the dum
thing'n o to a teller when he least
ekpécts it too! Now, I’ve always cac’-

 

' “fact that I jest k'inda envied folks that
could find somethin' wrong with their
inside workdn’s, so to speak.

. , But some little time ago, havin’ a
sort 0' tired feelin'——jest a bit dull

, you know—I commenced lookin' in
the papers for a remedy, readin’ the

' patent. medicine advertisements you

know, an' say! I wuz surprised. Why,

' mommy to them there ads ,an’ .the
‘ symptoms specified, I ain’t been well
for years—some of the time at least,
I've been right—next door to death it-
self, b’gosh! Why, at one time or
'nother I've had purty darn night ev-
ery symptom mentioned, not forgittin'
LydiaE P’inkham s nor any 01 the
Forum. ones either—I've had ’em all
an' some 'not even mentioned by any
of ’,em b'ginger! I ain’t had quitb
so many of the latter for the last year
or two though—not since things got
sodry y’ see I'm different now an' I
guess it's ‘a good thing tee, ’cause
with all the other things that's been
ailin' me, acgc'ordin’ to the medicine
ads. I couldn't stand much more—not
am' live any way. ' Why I hardly knew
I had a liver, ‘or stomach, or kidneys,
or lungs—~course I thought I had a
heart all right-e—used to have any way
but I guess mebbe I lost it when I
wuz young an' so I never worried
none about that, but the rest of the
works didn't disurb me an' so I jest
let ’em run along ’til I found by read-
in' them pesky ads that they wuz all
wrong, diseased almost beyond repair
’less I commenced right away a takin'
gouge’em’s liver pills or mebbe it wuz
killem’s stomach tablets or some-
body’s kidney remedy Oh, it's been a
tryin’ time let me tell you, with so
many horrid symptoms I couldn’t
hardly tell which I better doctor first
—'-I wuz jest about to give up in dis-
pair am wuz tellin’ the boys where I
work, how awful bad I wuz, when

' Tom Tingay (he’s that marshall guy
I mentioned once or twice before) he
sang “Well. Why’n 'ell don’tcha go’n
see a doctor?"

Now, I hadn’t thought of a doctor——
with all them advertised remedies,
why should I? but Tom is a purty lev-
ell-headed cuss am so I took his ad-
vice an’ went. Well the ol' doc, he
sized me up an’ down, thumped me
all over, looked at uny‘ tongue an'
down my throat an’ in my ears an’
asked me how much money I was
earnin’ an' a lot more questions an’
then asked if I wuz sure I wasn't
earnin' more’n I told ’im an’ when I
said I wasn’t he give me a ugly kind
of look an' said they wasn’t a darn
thing the matter with me, that it wuz
all 'magination an’ that I better look
for a job payin' more money 'fore I
come to him again, ’cause he sed, “If
a mam as healthy as you be, wants to
play sick, he’d art to be able to pay
his doctor anyway ”

Well when I told Tom an' the rest
of the boys what the ol’ doc said, Tom
Jest fairly snorted, he slapped my
back, kicked my shins, twisted my
head purty nigh oflf’n my neck ’an
hollers “Coursa they ain’t nothin' the
matter with ya'; it’s jest ’magination,
nothin' else,” an’ sez Ihe, “that’s jest
the trouble with most of the world,
too dam much 'magination." “Why,"
he sez, “ninety-five per cent of all our
troubles in life are imaginary; we im-
agine we’re sick an’ we'll git sick in.
time, ’less we quit lettin' our minds
dwell on it. We think our neighbor
is tryin' to do us an' we look on him
with suspicion. We 'mag'ine we’re go
'in' to lose our crops or git beat out of
our money, that our wives are gittin'

old, that our girls are extravagant;
oh imagination is wonderful an’
lipast all. understandin’” Tom sez,

otter cut out ’bout eighty-five per
;cent of such foolishness an’ quit wor-

q win? ’til we've got somethin’ to wor-

ry about, " he sez.
“Bay, tellers; sez he, “do you know

*f‘hat worry kills more folks than dis-

ease? Worry is one of the surest kill-
there is an' so I say, ‘Cut It Out ' "
.I: this that’s pnrty

t

 

_ lated that I wuz jest about as heaLhy *
. , a teller as could be found any place—
;I, all things considered—so healthy, in

 

one of them medicine ads an’ I almost

know, by the symptdms described in “ '

that ad, that I've either got softenin’
o: the brain or flat feet. ‘By gesh! I've
got plenty symptoms of both com-
plaints only I can’t tell yet jest which
is strongest.
but" you never c’n tell ’til you’ve tried
the. remedies, so I'm either go-i’m to

' uy some of that medicine or else go

an' see the ol’ doc agin an’ I hate to
see him ’til I git a little money ahead,

’oause he’d probably try to discourage"

_me an' tell me they wa-ant nothin' the
matter—just simple ’magination—an'
he might be right about it too—Cor-
dially, Uncle Rube. -—

Thanks, Same to You

Your paper is fine and we want ev-
ery Copy—Rush, Eastman, Kalamazoo
County.

 

I will help support any of these
candidates which are chosen, if they
will work equally for the interest of
all men. You give the farmer a square
deal —Wm. H. Wilson, Ionic County.

 

We are very much interested' in
your paper for its 'co-operation with
the farmers' business. And am only
sorry that it doesn't get into every
farm home in Midhigan Yours for
Greater. Success—J. D., Burt, Mich.

I very heartily endorse~ your p011-
cies and your very firm stand on all
questions of vital interest to the farm-
ers. I am aware that all who dare
stand for right and a square deal for
all classes today are termed “cranks, "
etc, but I am glad we are blessed with
a few, far too few, such cranks today.
Wishing success and prosperity to you
the only real farmers' paper in Michi-
gan, I am—F. 12,, Leonard, Mich,

 

Enclosed nd ballot for choice of can-
didate for governor. There are two
votes at our house for him or any
other good man named by the farmers
of Michigan. We were sorely disap-
pointed upon reading Mr. Slocum' e de-
cision not to become a candidate and
realizing that men often change their
minds, we reserve the right to change
our votes if Mr. Slocum changes his
mind on this matter.
friends of M. B. F. and enjoy the ef-
fect of the hot shot you are contiinu-
ally pouring into the ranks of the
shysters. Let your motto ever be,
“Soc et in um."—-W. 0. Stttt, Gratio’t
County.

 

In reading your article, “Fair
Price,” of Dec. 27 I note one J. C.
Cusick’s ire was riled when you pre-
sented chart' that told the whole
truth to committee. I can best express
my views of this man by using the
words of one of America’s great
men: “Man has always sought the

~mastery of his fellow-man to en-

slave his fellow ln some form and to
live from his labor has been the main
spring of human action; to escape
submission, not in freedom, but in
mastery over others, has been the
controlling desire, and this has filled

the world with slavery and crime”,

M. B. F. ought to be in every farm
home in Michigan. It tells the facts
as they are at present. Hoping it
will be able to-do same in the future,
I remain yours for a square deal——
E. E. Baughman, Vicksburg, Mich.

WAITING

“This setting down and folding
our arms and waiting for sumthing
tew turn up, iz just about az rich a
spekulashun on going out into four
hundred acre lot, setting down on a
sharp stone with a pail between our
knees, and waiting for a cow tew
back up and be milked. ”—-Jo.9h Bu-
tings.

It Makes :a Difference

The man who tries to reform Oth-
ers is in Inspired Missionary. The
man who tries to reform You is a
Hypocritical [Hum-bug. -

“It doesn’t seem right," said the
man with worn-out shoes.
“What doesn't seem right?”

.Tom sez it's the feet,;

We are staunch '

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WENTY years of unccasing application has at last producedin
the Huber a farm tractor that takes its place with the automo-
bile, telephonc, gasoline engine and self—binder, as a perfected
utility that is dependable and does its work reliably—on which it is

safe to depend.
12 H. P. on T" E Draws Three
Draw-Bar u B E Bottom:
25 H. P. on . Turns an Act.
Belt Pulley [M an Hour

“THE TRACTOR DEPENDABLE"

In every detail of its construction, The Tractor Dependable shows
that power-saving simplicity which is the mark of long studied and reli-
able mechanical design. It has fewer moving parts and less complica-
tions, lighter weight in proportion to power, and not a single untried or
experimental feature.

The Huber Light Four' 18 known everywhere 1n power farming neigh-
borhoods as the tractor “That always keeps running".

All spur gear from motor to draw-bar reduces loss of power from fric-
tion. High test steel decreases tractor weight. Thus, the Huber is designed
to produce the greatest traction pull possible in a tractor light enough
to work on plowed ground without packing. High
wheels roll easily and afford a better traction grip.
More power is transmitted to the draw—bar because
less power is required to move the tractor.

The 1920 Model is now regularly equipped with
oversize motor, at no increase in price. ‘

Write/or booklet “ Tlu Foundation of Tractor Dcpcndablli ".

THE HUBER MFG. C0., “36 Center St, Marion, 0.
Canadian Branch-4Brandon, Manitoba
_ Makers also of the Huber Junior Thresher
Interested dealers should write for our attractive propositio-

 

Wcight 5.000 lbs:
Waukeeha, four-
cylinder motor,
oversize; Perfex
Radiator: Hyatt
Roller Bearings;
burns gasoline,
kerosene or dis-
tillatc; center
draft:twocpccdn.
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per hour.

 

 

 

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Raspberry. grape, cup-

W rant, blackberry plants,

trees and flowers. Everything to plant. Will pay
you to answer this little ad. Valuable llsl FREE. Writ.

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Record Ynelds wuth
ELL’S SE "~I5

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and make more money if you
plant Isbell seeds. It means sure
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' keys. Choice pure-bred, northern raised.
' Fowls, eggs, Incubators at low prices. Am-
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1113th the Wemon or tget card. Tell us which samples you

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. OHIO FARMS

I! m unlocking for 1 term, write for Celi-
arses Ohio forms fully described. H. E.

.. . Aunt. Cambridge, Ohio.

FARMS FOR BALE—BIG LIST OF FARM.

in Is by the owners, name.
of srm. description, price and terms. Strictly
mutual -pers'tive between the buCLm and
er s conducted for our members.
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1113., THOMAS WHITE. Marion, Mich.

FOR ALE—180 ACRE DRAM AND 8700K
term. _,5 000. 110 acres plowlsnd, rest post-
8 room, good house, large born

 

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lib, 2x18. Clay loam, well fenced highsts. teof
cultivation. Fer partlcuhss write.

Owner sick.
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FOR SALE—FARM 0F 70 ACRES FOUR
miles from Flushing Frame house and ham, new
suns ry. Good Well. For price end terms hwrite
Owner, MR8. .E. MOORE. St. Johns, Mich '

 

 

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hats in to the land situation. Three
months' subscription FREE. If for a home or
es en investment you are thinking

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BUILDERS' PRODUCTS co.,14 PASADENA
Ave” Detroit Wholesale t0 consumers—Paints,
Vsrnish, Spraying Materials, Sprayers. Manual
mailed free. M. B. TEEPLE, Mgr.

 

 

SENATOR DUNLAP STRAWBERRY PLANTS

—1, 000 S5. 00. Not prepaid. Per 100. 75
cents; postdpsi HAMPTON & SON, Bangor,

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All kinds. Delivu'sd prises. Address "M.

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bargs'inshset shsetof mtches end silvemre. We do

”Loot Box 585.0110.

 

VIOLIN WITH mm OUTFIT FOR
‘16. Plus 1.

trio
and sweet toned
Shawnee. lenses.

 

WANTED—IAN OR “A...

such so Paints, Phono—
graphs l‘ires. Engines, do. No sdvertising,
:guivsient amount given direct to consumers on
ertising orders. co-operato with
desler or tonnage store. ‘
ebie, thud! have organization of over fifty in
Miohiuu. not necesssry (but
pus msdmoo ( ‘61“!
{SELL-ALLq b MPAN! (of Illinois- 0111,).

 

SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. A LIVE “CITY
center of a great farming country Wri for-
inforrgitli‘on.“ BOARD OF COMMERCE, Shaw—
nee,

 

WANTED—TD BUV' CANADIAN FIELD
pass. I. W. EDGINGTON, Bryant, Indiana.

OUIBERLAND RASPBERRY PLANTS fOR
sale. Punk by the twenty-dye, My, hundred
end thousand. The most extensively grown of
any blackcap. Send for price list. ELMER H.
NEVINS, Nurseryman, Ovid, Mich.

 

 

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soil, fully improved, splendid locations 880 to
8100 per acre, easy terms. For information
fits, THUMB REALTY 00 MPANI. Ubly.

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to learn printing business in our plant. Nice
congenial place to work, home board and
room, in this town. one hour from Detroit.
Chance to lesrn this profitable trade. Good
wage for beginners. Must be over 16, bright,
willing and some schooling. Give full particu- -
lnrs about yourself in first letter. Address:
MR. SLOCUM. Publishing 00., Mt.
Clemens. Mich h.

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$3.5- and oq

  
  

corn.
count sheet showing you how to buy Adsmshl
srden seeds

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Greatest has and pesture combination known.
mixed in the proper proportions for
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my)“ to be utisfsctory or your money
Get our free samples and his 1920 ost-
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FOR BEST NET RESULTS
SHIP To

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fl Enough Said Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

  
  
 

 

ERRY PLANTS THAT 8303””
111.31: diamond“ years, this booklet
11 among an ever

' friends and customers. It fully
the 'best Fell-Demos and June vs-
Wes, including “THE

11, new variety we are now introduc-
think it is superior to any Straw-
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Is Your Farm for Sale?

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InmSOIdItlnforo-e, “youths-no
tines. Mono cheaper or better '01
of selling-furni-
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your form sand [‘11 our ad tod . ,-
' y .y no“ ;but chores and repairing.

commie-ions. If you want to soil or M
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PET-ROW NMATORS'

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lChick, 57.10.30121 for Speclnlc omhinndon '
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Writs m Bertha Merdiss. :
no" Lo-§

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x ALI-Product.

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, coal. not mum Wood here.
: building is being
1 lowing rices were paid at Bay City: —

586$: rye. $1.56: luv.

, hogs, beef
fcows, 12@14; veal calves, 22

idone by farmers, mostly
10016. and roads are
p.laces

lithe cost of milk production and the val-
.119 of skim milkou th emrm.

noon sessionw mn

let some of the‘qlmcultles encountered by

the mint, . . the test, “weight ,

‘ here at present;
the

   
  
  

 

(N. E. ——Plenty :of I
fiddlingm whom
pretty well donned up in this locality.

not manyhe. been raised this season.
-—B:i M. E. vThe following rices were

MOOSTA.

 

CALHO
wood and doing . great many
are ousting logs for the new 111111,de-
wood and hey. Some potatoes are
go 115' to town—C. E. B. The following
s were paid at Bettie Creek~Wheet
2.50@82.48; cgrni $1.20; cuts, 85: rye,
16 timothy. :30; No. 1

lilg’ht mixed, $28;whea1t-oa,t,$1'2 pota-
. toes, $3; ;hensé525'spring1ers, 26; but-
ter, 50; eggs, ism, ' hogs.

314-. 50 ; beef steers 1010:3502: cows, 5@
7; veal calves, 10b“

 

MASON, W. and snappy and
snow somew at deeper. Quite a. number
of bright days now. No especial work on
hand at present. The Bureau and
farmers’ organizations are the chief top-
ics of conversation in this county. At
present there are two successful farm
organizations here and we are enthusias-
tic concerning the future. ——B.
following ices were paid at
Custer: —-

. red kidney,
$2.01 0.52 25; butter, 55;
6 :; eggs, 55-

INGHAM, (C.)—-_A big storm here re-
cently again caused the roads to be drift-
ed. A large lot of stock was sold at Ma-
son recently and some shipped through
the co- -operative association. Most of
the winter— fed hugs are now sold. It
continues cold. Only two days since the
fore part of December that it has thaw-
ed any. Wheat and clover are covered
with snow and so far are not hurt—C.
J. M. The following prices were paid——
Wheat, 52. 25@$2 30; oats, 280; rye, $1. 70
beans. $6 5:0 potatoes. $2. 5, hens, 23@
26; ducks, 20; butterfst, 61; eggs, 66;
sheep, 8@7 ; lambs, 17; hogs, 15-; beef
steers, 8@12 , veal calves, 15@19 .

WEXFORD, (W. )—We had a few nice
days this week but dare not predict for
the future, the weather being so uncer~
tnin. It has been a bad winter. I have
put in every winter in this county since

869 and this is a stunner. I think it is
the worst I have seen, notso much snow
but cold and disagreeable. —S H. S. The
following prices were paid at Cadillac. —
Wheat, $2. 24@$2. 30; com, shelled $14
oats, 85; rye, $150; buy, 830; beans.
gen, $6. 50; red kidney, 89; potatoes $3 60

ens, 2161023; springers, 210223 ducks,
23624: geese, 20; turkeys, 30@32; but-
terfa. t, 63; eggs. 54' hogs, 16@18, veal
calves, dressed, 16@22.

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JACKSON, (N. E)—T.he past week
has been more stormy than pleasant and
at this writing we are having a very se-
vere northeast stoma, wind and snow
drifting badly and closing the roads for
all traffic. Farmers doing chores. some
drawing hay for feed and shipping How
about the bean tariff? What has been
done? Beans are still too low and farm-
era are holding for better prices. Very
little being sold except wheat and rye.
Winter grains under several inches of‘
snow and if winter continues as at pres-
ent will, no doubt, be a. good proposition.
Stock looking good. No sales at pres-
$t but some are expected later. -—A. F.

 

LIVINGSTON, (N. W.)—-Fa.rmers are
wading in the snow up to their knees
'trying to keep their stock comfortable
and it is snowing again today from the
northeast. No one selling anything just
at present but milk that brings 88. 70 a
crib, at Borden Condensery in Howell.—
G. A. W The following gmices were paid
at Howellt—W‘heat, corn, $140;
oats. 80: rye, $1. 62, My: No. 1 timothy,
22; No. 1 light mixed, $20; straw-rye,
6; wheat-oat, $5; beans, 56.50; pots.-
toes, $1. 55' hens, 20; springers, 24; tur-
keyu. 30; utter, 60' butterfat, 72 to
75; eggs, 62:11033: live, 14; dressed. 18;
beef steers. 12; cows 10; veal
calves, 17020; wool, 50@60.

BAY, (S. lib—Gold weamer but not
much now well covered;

 

Wheat hay
'mostly baled and sold at about $27. The
.stock are doing well.
=very good;

Roads are not
too many drifts for good
wheeling and too many bare' places for
lam Fumem cannot do much now
A good many
supply; mostly

Not much"
planned—J. C The fol--

aue getting. in their fue

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Wheat. $250@82. 52: com, 8145; outs,
baled. 826; beans,
$6.50; potatoes, 83; hens, 20; springers.
22; butter, 465; butterfat, 66; eggs, 55;
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ALLEGAN, (S. E.)——Very little being
res. Very
drifted in. some
A few logs are being hauled.

The writer attended a. meeting in Alle-,

vgan heldm under the auspices of the Farm
i Bureau mum
{and milk gvod
~1- EMr. James 9.1

interest of the members
ucere of Allow county.
dron, of the M. A. C., was
-there and in the forenoon gave a. very
interesting and lustruoti we lecture on

   

 

 
 
 
 

 

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townships nearest the int of del 17
This cominittée represegoting i

111101 the patrons of this condenser-y is

to meet withMr

MrOverton of the condens-
ery to bring

cry of milk. This committee will
at e. general meet cell
later date. Mr.

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WHENBEUBEN

COMES TO TOWN

(Continued horn page 9)
and e. Plimsoll mark of two gallons
of hard stud—and not a. drop more
—in the cellar. Mr. Runny—what I.
name for the drouth-oompelier— 1".

egainst all our little wickednesses. I

don't think they will stand for him
in North Victoria.

it.

abouts. better understand-
ing and a. better and‘ more efficient meth-
06.11 possible, in the handling and dolly-
report
wto ed int n

oldmnbo also gave I.
very instructive lecture on feeds and re.-

A-rtless though it is, the U. F. 0. ~

government has attempted two grand
stand plays within the last .six
weeks. One was Premier Drury's
voluntary curtailment of his salary
by $3, 000. Premier Hearst gave him-
self 513, 000 a. year for about $2, 000
worth of ability—which was one res,-
son why the people kicked him out.
Premier Drury may be worth more
than Premier Hearst, but he is tak-
ing no chances with his farmer col-
leagues, who will naturally say, their
mouths watering the while, that $10, -
000 a. year is quite enough to keep
the wolf away from the door. At any
rate, wolves have been kept away
on considerably less and when Pre—
mier Drury,- taking time by the fore-
lock, did what his colleagues would
have done for him a few weeks later,
he was a Wise man.

The other grand stand ploy Pre-
mier Drury could not put over. He
and his U F. 0. friends have been
making a great hit by promising to
abolish Government House, a $1,-
000,000 chateau set down in a. hole
called Chorley Park, which has a
beautiful outlook on railway yards
and brick works. It is a strange
place for a place which represents
the pride of our eye and our social
ambitions, and what’s more, it costs
$10,000 a year to keep it in coal.
One of the first and firmest planks
in the U. F. 0. platform was abolish-
ing Government House as a social in-
stitution and turning it into a soi—
diers’ home. The idea caught on
with the farmers, who hate these
fal-lals, but when the time came for
abolishingxi-t, the U. F. 0. ran up
against the deed of sale which head-
ed oif the bolshevik movement
against Government House by pro-
viding that the site shall be used for
its present purpose and that purpose
only for 100 years to cache. So Gov-
ernment House is safe for a while
yet. It will probably be opening its
hospitable doors when the ,farmers'-
movement is one with Ninevah and

Tyre.

EANWHILE the U. F. O. gov-
M ernment is not losing sight of
the main chance. Already it

has announced that it will divert the
millions we intended to spend on
trunk roads to the improvements of
side roads which will do the farmers
more good. Another bright idea
broached is the co-operative store,
which is to freeze all the other stores
out and leave the cost of living in the
U. F. 0. hands entirely—a happy
thought which leads straight to such
high ideals as dollar butter, dollar-'

and-a—hslf eggs and live dollar pota- '

toes. The U. F. O.'—so it says-e—does
not go in for selfish class legislation.
(Business here of hoarse laughter.)

-Yes, Birnam Wood has come to
Dunsmaue. In other words, _ the
country hes'come to the town—and

how does the town like it? The ans-3, ,

wer is—not a bit. The government
praise of its purity The govern-
ment’s wife looks askance at the
town wives’ next-to—nothing‘ costumes
and speaks frostil-y of a more Puri-
tan outfit. ‘The government’s child
being intorviewed—yes, the newspa-
pers went that far—41s revealed sayé:

  
 

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Anyway there
attraction

. strong smell.
is some magnetic

MAYBE IT is ""'because: of ‘ its

which apparently draws disease of

various kinds and conditions to the
onion crop. Take, for instance, on-
ion smut. It works overtime-in try-
ing to snuff out the young seedlings
by forming brownish black, elongat-
ed blisters which finally split the
expose the powdery
black mass of spores within the in-
terior of the blister. A specific fung-
us causes this onion ailment the
spores wintering in the ground and
again attacking the young seedlings
in the spring.

The onion is susceptible to the

fungus only while in the young seed-
ling stage. ~After the plants reach
a height of 3 to 4 inches they become
immune to further infection. Smut
spreads slowly.in the soil, but an
infested area in a field will grad-
ually become larger 'and more se-
verely diseased each year onions are
grown on such an area. The spores
are spread on farm implements, the
feet of men and animals, by surface
water, and in dust carried by the
air. Purchasers of onion sets should
use ’caution that they do not con-
taminate the soil by planting smut-
ted sets.

Control is accomplished in home
gardens by changing the location of
the onion bed to clean soil, or by
planting sets instead of seed. In
large commercial onion districts of
northern states formaldehyde solu-
tion is applied in the furrow with
the seed. as this disinfectant holds
the fungus in check. One fluid
ounce of 37 or 40 per cent formal—_
dehyde solution is used with each
gallon of water, this diluted solu-
tion being applied at the rate of
200 gallons per acre or 1 gallon to
about 185 feet of row. Farmers’
Bulletin 1060, recently issued by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, describes in detail the ap—
paratus used in applying this fungus
destructive seed protects. As a rule
it costs about $5 an acre to insure
the onion crop against smut losses
in this manner. It is advised that
the tops of diseased onions be burn-
ed after harvest in order to prevent
the return of infected onion refuse
to the soil. The spreading of waste
from onion warehouses is a. bad
practice

. serious in the cooler. and
The disease common- -

onion mildew or blight is sometimes
ore humid
onion districts.
ly starts in the field in spots and
spreads to the surrounding areas, its
development b‘eing greatly aided by
moist weather. It centralizes its at-
tack on the leaves which turn yellow,
become covered with furry growth,
and eventually collapse. The disease
occurs wherever onions are grown ex-
tensively, although the" control varies
in different sections. 'A fungus caus-
es the disease, the furry masses on the
affected leaves being branches of the
fungus, which bear abundant spores.
Warm weatiher promotes spore ger-
mination and hence is favorable to
the spread of the disease.

As the spores winter in the onion
field, an efficient crop rotation is one
commendable method 0: con ol, the
supplementary growing of
potatoes, and sugar beets with onions
being valuable. Good soil drainage al-
so.helps to reduce the blight, since it

decreases the moisture in the air near ,

the surface of the soil. Good air
drainage of the field is also essential
so that excessive dew and fog may
be avoided. Rosin fish-oil soap as a
sticker, makesv the use of Bordeaux
mixture effective in controlling onion
mildew. The Bordeaux mixture con-
sists of 4 pounds of copper sulphate,
4 pounds of qMcklime,..3 pounds of
rosin fish-oil soap, mixed with water
to make a 50-gallon solution. Com-
plete directions for making this spray
material are furnished in the Depart-
ment of Agriculture bulletin. .

Onion leaf is a disease of minor im-
portance except in Louisiana and Ca1-
ifornia, where it occasionally causes
large losses. it occurs in mid-season
and causes tlhe tips of the leaves to die
back. No satisfactory control has
been perfected.

Strict' attention to sanitary meas-
ures and careful sorting of diseased
bulbs at harvest time are the chief
mans of controlling Fusarium rot,
which reduces the roots to a mass of
white mold'y growtlh

Pink root is the most serious dis-
ease confronting the grower in the
Bermuda onion growing region of
southern Texas. It causes the roots
to shrivel 11p, turn pink, and die,
while the new roots sent forth are
disabled in a short time. This dis‘
case is being investigated by the Tex-
as agricultural experiment station

Resolutions Adopted by Live Stock Exchange

ore of the Mich. Live Stock Ex-

change held in Lansing recent-
ly, the following resolution were
adopted:

Resolved, We, the undersigned di-
rectors of the Michigan Live Stock
Exchange. do hereby condemn the
practice at the stock yards of tear-
ing out decks in stock cars now in
vogue by the different systems.

We do hereby recommend the in—
stigating a plan of returning stock
cars to the loading points regularly,
under a continuous order. for those
kinds of cars required each week by
that particular station. This to ap-
ply on cars for state and interstate
shipments, where cars are regularly
equipped with gates or partitions,
and lining at the expense of this sta-
tion. » ~
The manager of the Michigan
Live Stock Exchange takes the op-

po1tun1ty to call attention to the 10-
cal units of the exchange, to take up
«all their claims through. the follow-
ing channels:

1. Those originating through
_phipments to Detroit, covering loss-
es in trans1t, delays, etc., through
J. R. Richards, Traffic Manager at
that point.

2. Those originating through In-
terstate shipments to Buffalo through
J. W. Buckpintt 'l‘rafic Manager at
Buffalo, N. Y.

8. Those originating through the

a. T A board meeting of the direct-

. 4 Interstate shipment to Chicago, thru
11. R. Parts mm Manager, Union '

Mk Yards, chime. Ill.

_ ‘ m econ local:
W 37. ..= gym ”my

these channels,\ report your claims
with all correspondence pertaining
thereto to E. E. Compson, Remus,
.Mich. The exchange is working out
a plan of further collection service.

We recommend that the Manager
of the Exchange take up the matter
of pro-rating of "Co—operative returns
with those exchanges which do not
now do this work for Co-operative
shippers.

Resolved, that, as directors of the
Michigan Live Stock Exchange, we
favor the affiliation of the Michigan

Exchange with the National Federa- ’

tion, and will recommend the sub-
mission of the same to our members
at the annual ’meeting to be held
Feb. 12, 1920, and instruct the sec—
retary to write a letter to the Man-
ager advising him of the same.

Fred Smith, E. A. Beamer, C. L.
Harrison, E. E. Compson, L. E. Wil-
lett.

The first annual meeting of the

. Michigan Live Stock Exchange will

be held at East Lansing on Thursday
and Friday, Feb. 12-13, 1920, for
the purpose of electing a board of di-
rectors and transacting any other
business that my come before the
meeting. All (Jo-operative Shipping
Association are urged to elect del-
egates to attend this meeting and all
members of the exchange are re-
quested to pay their 50 cents per car
up to Jan. 1:1,1920.

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or formulated “some to. some
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HAVE found from i’
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. business that 1111111113. and pays.
big, to provide good, safe quarters‘_
for the ewes when they are drapping“

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parishes in the”:

their lambs and cannot take care of
themselves.

aw» I want to call the readers’ atten- - '
. tion to an incident that came under

my observation when I was with a
farmer a few miles from ' me and
was looking at his flock of sheep. I
saw that he had some sheep of good
blood, and they looked to be in very
good condition, and I was talking
with him and asked him if he made
good money out of them if- he could

keep them from dying while lambing .

as they did. He said that half or
more of his lamb crop died every
year.

I- thought there surely must be
some cause of his sheep dying that
could be remedied, so I asked the

cause and he said that he could not "
tell why, but his lambs were very ,
hard to raise, that he did not have

very many old sheep to die, but his
lambs were always
trouble. So I thought I WOuld see
if I could find the
lambs dying.

I asked the brother farmer where

he kept his ewes when. the lambs
were small, and he tobk me to an
old house that had one time been a
dwelling, and he is now using it for
a house to keep his sheep in when
they are bringing their lambs.

On entering the house I- surely was
surprised to find things as they were.
I found loose planks of all kinds ly-
ing all over the floor, and boxes or
all kinds and sizes and pieces of box-
es, and loose wire, barrels, jugs, and
I am not just sure what else, as I
could hardly tell what was not there,
for it was not real easy to get inside.

However, I got in enough to see
that it was a shame to try to keep
them in such a place.

This man (I am sorry to say): just
put his ewes and young lambs in
that old house and thought they
ought to just live anyway. This house

was a large four square house, and ‘

had it been cleaned out and divided
into small stalls so the lambs could
have been with their mother long
enough to learn her they might have
done well, as the root was very good.

Shame on such a farmer; he could
not tell which lambs belonged to
certain ewes, and you know that
some ewes don’t like for other than
their own lambs to bother them, es-
pecially when they are crowded. He
just put them in there anyway, and
or course young lambs are very
tender, and they would become en-
perhaps
something turn over on them and
hurt them and of course, enough of
such abuse would put them out of
business.

Some of. them (surprisingly as it
may seem) would make it through
and not get hurt, and as he had good
blood they would make very good
sheep, but he was not-making any-
thing as he could have and should
have beef I thought that right
there was a good time to drop. a few
hints; thought they might stimulate
him a bit to better things, so I ad—
vised him to clean out that old shack
and build some rather small stalls
for the ewes with lambs till they be-
came well acquainted with their own
motherwhen turned out with the
whole flock ,and he would not lose
so many lambs, and that next time
When I was there he would haves
new song to sing about the sheep
raising business. He said that he
had always been accustomed to us-
ing this house and had never thought
much about what I had said, but he
would clean it out and see “The
Could do any better, as he was cer-
tainly making slow progress in the
sheep business as it was.

01 course all men do not do this
way, nor do I mean to say that they
do, but there. may be others that
could profit by this, and what I want
to impress is the impertance of hav-
ing things in good shape, so that they
can come and do well.
ed that the lambs cannot be too well

cared tor it you are in the: business
101 profit, and it I was no
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giving him " ,

reason for his

I have learn-1

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lamb crop as one of my best scurcss
of income; and I know that where

they are rightly handled they will?)
prove thus to you. No, I don’t think;
you can get rich out a smell bunch'i
in a short time, or at least I have not};
but I have reference to making a few,
good, honest dollars to get grub as
You know .119???
it is when the new styles are all some

the kids and wife.

111g around.

No, we don’t try to keep up with

all or them for goodness sake, no,
it would take a running

keep up with all the styles, but my; .
.- how the lambs do help out on secur-j' .

ing the real necessities.

meme“ BULL SIRE on

BRITISH GRAND onAMP'IoN‘ 7’

HE NOTED Smithfleld Fat.
StOck; shew Wot London, Eng— .

land {Ouprl its grand champion
single anima I in a 3-! cross 1 red Ab
erdeen-Angus heifer that. was sired

’ by James E. Scripps’ “Edgar of Dal-
meny. " This is the greatest old coun-

try show and the fact that the ani-.
mal was only a yearling was espec:
ially significant as this was the first

yearling champion ever named at-

Smithfleld. This victory would seem.
to entitle Mr. Scripps’ bull to the
claim of the greatest sire now living,
as the two greatest old country hon-
ors of 1919 fell upon the Michigan-
owned bull.

Erodemas,
the annual spring show and sale at
Perth, was sired by “Edgar of Dal-
many” and sold at 2,100 guineas, or
$11, 000 as exchange was then fig-
ured, which was a new record for the
breed rat the time. Another of his,
bull calves-stood 2nd to Erodemas
at Perth; still a third one was 1st
at Aberdeen the following week.

A championship at Perth is gen-
erally conceded by Aberdeen-Angus
breeders the world over to be the
hardest championship in the world
to win, over 500 bull calves from all.
over the leading herds of Scotland
competing

Thus it will be seen that tour
calves of his 1st crop achieved high
distinction last year, and two , or
them won the two highest honors of
the old world. “Blue Bell,” the
Smithfield champion will be carried
on for another year, so that there is
still a chance for Great Britain to
continue’heaping honors on Michi-
gan. Major Cumming, who let “Ed-
gar of Dalmeny” get away before he
had seen his lst calf crop now re-
fuses to price any of his daughters
at all.

Statement Showing Cattle Slaughtered
Account Tuberculosis and Amount
Paid by the State, Calendar

 

 
 
 

 

 

      
  

 

 
 
   

  

 
        
  

 

 
     
 

      
    
  
 

   
 
 
     
     
  
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

 

   
   
 
 
  
   

  

 

 

 
 
  
  

 

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Is 0 'U 3
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o zM on... De 93.1 (5 0-1.1: "
Allegan . . 90 I 81 I 9 I .62 2.8 7,0411 I
Barons. . .ll 1 I 1 I 0 " l 1 4'0. 1
Barry . .' 8 8 5 l 3 ' 65010!
Buy . . . 2 2 2 200,04
Berrien 8 6 2 3 5 512.64
Branch . ’14 12 2 ' 4 10 " «785104
Calhoun 62 58 6 86 .28 4,622,111
Clinton 43 38 5 21 22 2.905101
Eaton ' 9 7 '-< 2 7 2 899;
Genesee 2 1 1‘ 1 1 .. 1 _.IN
Gogebic 9 8 1 9 8 ”.04
Gratlot 1 1 1r , 591m
Hillsdale . 1 1 11 ,1. 1 ‘11,!!!
Ho'ughton . 2 2 2 (7.01
Huron 7 7 7 7 '1
Inghsm 01, 51 10 . 1,7 44.

Ionia“ , 24 19 5 24
Iosco- 6‘ 6 ' ‘ 4‘ 2
lsabella . 3 3 3
148,, 120 28 32 110
9 . ‘8 1 ‘ 5 4‘
77 70 7 >38 '44.
54 47 7 48 l j 6
82. 76 6-15d‘ 26*
81 60 21 22. 59
16 15 1 8 8
61 58 8 ‘ 61
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12311? 191.122 1113
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_mm is eigoodw ' ‘
‘ the "well" comes howling around"
our way, it is notro‘uble tor the who

  
     
  

1 have learned to lock to i the

stream to i

the champion bull at;

   
  

 
      

  
    
      
      
     
     
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
  

 

 

 
 
 
      
  
    
  


   
   
 

 

 

  
 

  

 

entire flock,

 
 

I leg 'V ‘This doesn’t sound so prolific

and baber yet, 150 eggs 6. year
send better, yet 150 eggs a year
daily twice the production in the

”erase- farm flock and ninety eggs.

  
 
 

mare than the average for the United ‘“

‘ states according to the last census. “

If. it, were not for the fact that a cer-

thin proportion of the flock is kept :

for experimental work and that same
‘ of the uncommon varieties are kept

‘ for student judging work the flock:

“-jeijerag‘e would probably run close to
.150 eggs .

The. strain of. Single Comb White
Leghorns- on the University term is“
one of. the best in the United States.
The production . . _

4

A departIn
last - .

ti.-
es that his birds have reached a point
in high egg production where a num-_
ber otfiiflerent family lines can be
established and that production next
year will be higher than ever: before.

 

KEEP -NS INSIDE DURING
COLD WEATHER

Fer maximum egg production dur-
ing the . winter m'onths' the hens
m'ust net be allowed outside range,
but must be confined to quarters,
says T. S. Townsley, of the Univer-
sity of. Missouri .College of Agricul-
ture. The poultry keepers, who get
the best egg production during the
winter months, shut'their hens in
their houses as soon as the weather

gets bad in the fall and keeps them

in until spring comes. It the birds
are allowed to

 

of these birds.
is, excelled at
one experiment
;stati:on o n 13'
This is at Ore-
gen. w h e r e
Prof; J a m e s
Dryden has de-
veloped an ex-
o'éptionally high
p ‘r o d u c i ng
strain. ' During
this past year
over ten per “
cent or the Uni-‘
versit y L e g-
herns have pro-
duced 200 eggs .

or" more. One
individual reg— '
iste’r‘e'd 2'2 6

 

 

run at large
' d uring the
winter months.
'they will spend
most of the
time standing
around behind
buildings and
other wind-
breaks tryin g
to keep warm
when they had
much better be
in the poultry
house
ing for feed.
Turing the
birds out even
on pleasant
days during the
winter months
will cause a

 

 

eggs. Another
has laid 225 to
date and has a
few more days

MrA..F

Leghorm.

 

Stegenga, of Portland, Mlch.. has
sent the above picture of one of his prize

slump in the
egg production.
This is probab—

 

 

t'o ‘ c omplete '
he: pullet year. One pen of eighty
White Leghorns has aVe'raged more
more than 170 eggs apiece.
“Perhaps the most remarkable pro-
duction record ever recorded (in the
University farm is that of this pres-
ent season’s Leghorn pullets From
August 1 until November 15 a £10
6f eighty March and April hatched
pallets has averaged 48 eggs apiece.
One individual, has produced 79
eggs in this period. One pullet be—
gan laying on July 4 at the age of
("months and seven day, which is a
record fox early maturity.

The high producing strain of Leg-
h’orn‘s 0n the University farm is the
result of nine years’ constant selec-

.._L .k .

.EIRST SHEEP ADVERTISER
' TTAs you will refigmber I was the
first and for some time the only
sheep advertiser in your paper.
Will say it has proved one of the
best and perhaps THE best of the
numerous papers I have used. We
have had a good trade this sea-
sOn. In August we shipped to
Texas two cars (154) head, one.
.of registered yearling ewes and
one of rams. and since have ship-
ped out over 60 head of small lots
to .custOmers in ~Michigan and och-.5
or states. Have a car of yearling
« yams sold for delivery next June
and a car of ewes for AuguSt de-
livery. We have also sold three
cars of western ewes (690 head)
(d the farmers locally. So We
take it for granted that the sheep
husiness leeks good. We are now
. ofioring our usual reservation of
’ Th?‘gh class bred ewes that from the
'oelt’look will make some one
~, plenty of money. Thanking you

' for [past favors and wishing to as-
sure you I am in perfect accord
' wish your policy of_ a farmer-gauge
fins-filer and farmer-legislature for
', flippers. I rem ~in, respectfully, C.

' - 811, Dexter. Mich

 

I indeed, we well remember Mr.
‘51 Init advertisement in M.

s that it wps bringing tum
4- many“: inquiries. In this
burned a service .tor
sting him to sell his
rt'prmed 3

their ads

 

“they are available.

“bow joint
.the dam to the height of the upturn-

ly due to the
fact that when the birds get outside
the ground is cold and wet and this
produces enough shock to affect the
production of the birds. If the hens
are to be kept inside for several
months the poultry house must not
be overcrowded. Each hen should
have at“ least two and a half or three
square feet of floor space. Some at-
tention is necessary with birds that
are confined, to insure plenty of ex-
ercise.

One method of_providing exercise
is by feeding all grain in a straw lit-
ter covering the entire floor to a
depth of not less than twelve inches.
Another good means of keeping the
birds busy is to hang cabbage, tur-
nips, beets, or other green stuff just
above the birds’ heads in the house
so that they are kept busy jumping

“to get this material.

CONSERVATION OF

WATER IN SOILS

(Continued from page 8)

material until seeded. Large gull—
ies may be stopped by means of
brush, logs or stump dams provided
These may be
held in position by stones and straw
used with them. These methods are
familiar to most of us.

In some sections of the country.
although seldom used in Michigan,
concrete dams are in vogue. These
when properly installed are very ef-
tective The Dickey system or the

' earth dam have recently come into
» prominence.

This consists ot a dam
at the bottom of which is placed a

large sewer tile with the upper end

turnequpward by means of an el-
The water rises behind

ed tile before it passes out, this per-
mite much of the sediment to settle

' out of the water and is thus held by

the dam.
In the next article I shall discuss

moisture conservation.

 

Blights the Soul

' “Here is a preacher who announces
that the automobile is a menace to re-
11g ion. "

“Maybe the poor fellow bought a
second- hand car. "

 

  
 

It He Presi: Th
. Weill” said

Prat; Ke‘mpstsr believ-

T f Poultry Pan- --a ce- 3. It contains tonics that promote a hen’ 5 di-

scrabch- -

“v "is Risen 8::
lesh.
Chicks

  
    
 
       

 
 
 

Mating Time

One of the most important sea-

sons of the poultry year is at

hand. At mating. time ydur
. hens and rooSters Should be in the pink of condition
’ so, you’ll get chicks that will live. .- Start 1n now to con-
" dition your breeding “stock for the spring‘ hatch.

increases the vitality of the parent stock, gives you fertile eggs,
insures a hatch of good, strong, vigorous chicks.

Speed up egg production during winter with Dr. Hess

  
 
 
   
   
  
 
   
  
    
  
 
  
   
   
     
   
   
    
 
     
  
    
    
  
  
     
    
 
   
  
 
 

 

 

‘ gestion, tonics that tone up the dormant egg organs-so that the
. proper amount of food goes to egg production—and not all to
; flesh and fat and laziness—when it’s action and eggs you want.

. Pan—a-ce-a supplies the additional iron for the blood—which is
essential to the speeding-up process. It contains certain forms
of lime that supply needed material for making egg shells.

1v

, Feed Pan-a-ce-a to all your poultry to make and keep them
healthy. The dealer refunds your money if it does not do as
claimed. Tell the dealer how many fowls you have and he will
tell you what sized package to buy.
Always buy Pan- -a- ce- a according to
the size of your flock. 30c, 75c and
$1.50 packages. 25-lb. pail, $3.00;
lOO-lb. drum, $10.00. Except in the
far West and Canada.

' 11R. mass & CLARK, Ashland, 01:10

 
 
 
 
  
  
  

  

   

IlR. HESS
Stock Tonic
A Worm Expellcr
A Condllloner tor
Spring Work.

 
    

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That’s the mark of perfect satisfaction in plow service l
Burch plows have been used continuously for twenty-five

No better riding or walking implements can be made

BURCH PLOWS

In design, material and workmanship, they are unsurpassed. That is
why for 45 years they have led wherever known. That is why you will get
full value whenever you buy a Burch implement. Look for the trademark,
for genuine Burch Plows are made only in Crestline.

The Burch Pulvo~Packer is most effective in settling the seed bed
Its patented construction insures good work. Call on the dealer or write
for CatalogP3and learn about it. Ask for the special Pulvo-Packer circular.

years.
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HOMESTEAD FARMS, - - - WILLIAMSTON, MICH.

PUBLIC SALE OF
PROLlFlC BIG TYPE POLAND“ CHWA HOGS

 

 

  

 
 
  
 

 
 

    
 
  
    

 
  
 

     
  
 
  
  

 
  
   

 

. _ FEB. 26, 1920
« , .20 HEAD ~20

   

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' 4 SERVICE BOARS

LKWM. COX, Prop’ 17.

 

  

 


 

(BFEOIAL' ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breeders of live stock and poultry will be lepton
You what It wI Ill oost'l'

undiell

1 I
o! Issue. Breedert' Auction Sales advertised

or13. 28 or £2 times.| You an

size of
here at uspeolo'l low rates: ask for thorn. Write today i)

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ad. or copy or often as you wish.

BREEDERO’ DIRECTORY. MIDNIOAN BUSINISS FARMING. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. I

onroouest. Better still." wrlto out whet you h'siIoto
Copy or ohonooo must he received one

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To avoid conflicting dates we will without
cost list the dots of any live stock sale In
Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad-
vise us at once and we will claim the date

you. Address, Live Stock Editor, M. B.
F., Mt. Clemens.

Feb 21. Duroc.

(lionelmn, Plot! and Robt.
Re ids Swantou.
$31.2, . Poland Chinas.

Willam Cox.
Williamston, Mich.
Mar. 28, Angus. Michigan Aberdeen— Angus
Breeders. Saginaw, Mich.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE

A 21 lb. 6 your old daughter” of o 29 lb.
dam fitted for a retest due
. Bred to FLINT HENDERVELDO LAD out
of e 38 lb.

This cow is rlght and a sure 80 poundor
or better. Price 81,000.

ORCHARD CREST FARM

O. D.

lilme. Prop. Rochester,

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

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

Mapiecrest Application Pontlec's dam made
35,103 lbs. butter in 7 ys;134§4.8 lbs. butter
and 23421. 2 lbs. milk in 365da
mHe is one of the greatest bred s'iong distance

es.

His daughters and sons will prove it.

Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons

Prices right and not too high for the average
dairy farmer.

Pedigrees and prices on application.
R. Bruce McPherson. Howell,

‘ HOLSTEIIIS

FOR SALE

Fourteen head of high grade registered
stock to be closed out. For particulars 11nd
pedigrees addres'

E. P. KINNEY
East Lansing, Mich.

Mich.

 

 

Mich.

 

 

 

HATCH HERD

(State and Federal Tested)
YPSILANTI. MICHIGAN
Offers young sires out of choice 1. lvano-
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.

 

TWO BULL OALVES

Registered IloisteimFriesian sired by 39. 87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are very nice and will be priced cheap it

sold soon.
Elweil. Mich.

1111an 'r. runes.
A Beautiful. Light Colored, Very

Straight Bull Calf, Born1d October 24.

From a 1? Jr. 2 Much of a
son of PONTIAIG DE NIJLANDER 35. 43 lbs.
butter and 750 lbs. milk in days

Sired by FLINT HENGER’VELDa LAD whose
two nearest dams average 32. 66 lbs. butter and
735 .45 lbs. milk in 7 days.t

Price $100 1310.

 

 

 

B. Flin
L. c. KETZLER. Flint. Mich.
LAST ADVERTISED SOLD TO

Mr. F. Alexander. Vassar.

BULL wow 08.! A bull RID

your: old about 1-2 white and straight as a
from FLINT ULTRA
INT

FLINT. If you want A di-
rect descendant of BUTTER BOY ROOINA
now is your chance.

Price $200.
ROY F. FIOKIEB. Chosenlno. Mich.

 

 

 

 

OR BALE. REG. HOLSTEIN BULL OALF,

sired by son of the leading cow in one of Mich.
best cow testing associations. Priced right.
L. c.1(EcK A SON, McBridos, Mich.

BULLS NICELY MARKED, GOOD BONED
bull calves out of A. R. O. and 1111-
tested dams 'nt mmnnble prices
TRAD'I F. CRANDALL.
OF A RIGHT GOOD

WHEN m NEED registered Holstein Bull

old enough for serrate come and see or write.
ord free froma abortion.
H. E. OWN Breedsvlllo. Mich.
Breeder 8of Registered Stock Only

TWO GREAT IREO BULLS

lino. beautifully marked son of KING
PONTIAC HENGERVELD FAYN E the hundred
ouoend dollar son of KING OF THE-1M0
08mins 2..Blb.Jr3yeeroiddonghtei-ol
a .near 32 lb. 31'. 4 year old cow, Whose Ilre
"from a 30.50 lb. cow and this .heilerie
1‘ atho choicest boilers of the
310 Ibo. at next fmimninc. If
M pedigree and price.

 

waei‘l. Mich.

 

 

 

" ‘Breeding- - Individuality - -

Production”
That's our, motto. make it possible
t1! Mullah herd buils—a-onss 38 lb. s'on
0f the $30. 000 sire. King Korndyke Pontiac
_ er a 6 1b. ton of K1 K ,

ale. “the gratest sire of .

Our matron: ore stong in .
the Penance. King .Befls. 'Hengervoid Moi
and Ormsby blood. We've been at it since
31206. Usually something to sell. Write
. sunburn" rams
Juno Mich.

no

 

 

 

 

:OLVIRII: 8700K FAB. REPORTS GOOD
I“. from their herd; We are well pleased with
Bord 8 "King Pen-
sstron tighter ‘ infirm:
idoDe K111 2nd. A few bull only. for

.Bonm. it. 2. been. Crook mob.

 

" )
MUSOLFF BROS. ROISTEIN
We are now booking orders tor'
YOImg' bulls from King P'eipr 3921':
Lyons 170506.A11 from A R O dams
with credible records. We test annu-
1y for tuberculosis. Write for pric
es and further information.

Muslolr Bros., South Lyons,
OALVES 0F

LONG DISTAIIOE m...

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 Bows.

A. FLEMING. Lake. Mich.

BULL GAE-F LAST ADVERTISED SOLD,

but have one more for sole. Nice-
ly marked, straight back line, a fine individual.
large growthy fellow with the making of a large
b.uil Would do someone a lot of good. Dam 1111s
a 27 lb. record. a huge cow and a great milk
producer Sire a. son of Friend Hengeivcld DeKol
Butter Boy, one of the great bulls.

AMES HOPSON, JR.

Owosso - - R2 - -
ROOKSTOII FARMS “G's T E R E D
(‘aives hr 5 1 i b Amggll-i-INEDINBIBDHLL

1 ac, sirel v 1 LLE

CLO’i‘IIILDE No.154358 bombec. 14,1914.

A grandson of (lolnntha Johanna Lad one of the

greatest living sires and (f a 31. 44 lb. daughter

of Sir Kormhke Manor De Kai His two neur-
est dams a1emre 25. 89 lbs.l11tiu in se1en days

.BROOKSTON FARMS

H. WIDDICOMB. Prop. Big Rapids.

Michigan ~

 

 

flout-ens

 

Michigan

 

Mich.

Eimwood Stock Farm Offers

bull calves from good producing dams with A. R.

u. records and Iurod by s. grandson of Pontiac

horndyke and Pontiac Pet. Prices Tory warm-able.
AUGUST RUTTMAN. Fowlorville. Mich.

TWO BULL OALVE s o... b... Nov 2

whose dam at- age of 7 years and 30 days after
calving lias' a record of 20. 53 butter, 46131in milk
in 7 d11ys,at 3 milkings 11 day.

VERNON CLOUGH. Perms, Mich.

 

ONE BORN SEPT.

(WHAT DO YOU WANT? ‘1 represent 41
SH ORTHOBN breeders. Can put in“ ID
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. C. W. Crum.
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

RUROIA STUCK FARM

Over fifty head of Scotch and Scotch Topped
Ihorthorns. Am altering several good bulls. cows
and heifers. R‘oens. Reds and Whites? Wilton!
see them.

8. H. PANGBDRN. Bad Axo. Mich.

-F?R MLE—JHORTI’IORN DUI...
ready for service. Also young.

We toe
JOE MURRAY & SON. RI, Brown on. MINI.

SRORTIIORIIS”:»‘§§::» “it‘-

nreny. states at
can Ogood type W
E; M. PARRNURST. Rood My m
FOR SALE on last! Abor'thhorod‘ bull an
'3' P30
w e. nonemummni. 111'.
lining Shortborns. R [stereo lemoies $200

. and Bull calves 1119:1110. Cows all 1mm
milked. 11011 e. rmou, r11. Loire. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

HEREFORDS
LAKEWOOD HEREFORDS

Not how many but how good! A few
well-developed.. beefy,» young bulls tor
sale. b‘ood lines and Individuality No, 1.
\If you want a prepotent sire. that will
beget grazers, rustlers, early mature"
and market toppers, .buy a. registered
Hereford and realize a big profit on your
investment. A lifetime devoted to the
breed. Come and see me.—-E. J. TAY-
LOR, Fremont, Michigan. '

 

 

120 HEREFORD STEERfl. ALSO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy uailty
Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 10 0 lbs
Owners anxious to. sell. Will hei buy We
commission. C. F Boll. Fairlie 11, Iowa.

MEADOW BROOK HEREFORDS

Having used Bob Fairfax 494027 (son _of
Richard Fairfax) for 3 years, I now offer him
for sale. Also stock of either sex, any age. Come
and look them over.

Earl C. McCarty, Bad Axe. Co., Mich.

 

Huron

 

Hardy Northern Bred Hereiords

BERNARD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HERD
this year's calms for sale. 11) bolts and 10
heifers.

JOHN. MmOREOOR. Huntsville.

REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE

KIND REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD .
We still have eight good bulls and some holi-
ers for sole.
Come 8and see hme
ONY CREEK STOCK FARM
Pewsmo, Mich. .

W011.

 

 

ANGUS

 

Four Choice Bull Calves

.Dams have. records from 20 lbs. to 26 lbs.
Sired by our 32 1b. son of the $50,000 bull.

\Vrite
LAKE SIDE DAIRY. Lake Odessa. Mlch.

 

 

SHORTHORN

 

sHORTI-IORNS AND POLAND CHINAS FOR
sale. Registered cows, heifers, bull calves, bred
sows and [all pigs. either sex.
at farmers' prices

F. M. PIGOOTT a. SON
Union Phone Fowler,

The in rmers' kind

Mich.

 

3 SHORTHORN BULL8.11 MONTHS TO 2
yrs. 50 Young T0511: I‘urkeys 20 lbs. up, out 0!
Antrim’ 3 King a 51b. Tom. at 0 each.

JAY W. THUMM. Elmira. Mich.

 

FOR SALE

Choice Registered Shorthorns

One Avoudaie bred roan 111111.11 months old.
in fine condition. Price $200. One Scotch bred
roan yearling hull of good quality and in fine
condition. Price 3 75.

MURDO BANCROFT, R‘I. Fowler. Mich.

 

THE VAh BUREN CO Sher-thorn
Breedgsrs' Association have young stock
for sale. mostl)’ Clay breeding Write
your wants to the secretary. Frank Bai-
ley. Hartford, Mich.

 

THE EIARR:l COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
ers com on announce their fall catalo roe
for distribution. ml,

Scotch. Scotch 1‘ nd
Shorthorns listed. op ‘
W. I... Thor

Address
130. Sec" Milo. Mich.

SPECIAL OFFER SHOBTHOE ENS——
Cows, $259. 00 to $300. 00. Bulls, 8200Em 00
to 3250. 00. Wm J. Bell. Rose City,m

 

 

The Most Profitable Kind |

of farming a of grade dairy heifers
from LENAWEEr CIOUNTY'Sm heaviest milk pro-
ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the
most extreme beef type for combination beef and

ry farming.

F011: lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD

ARM for prompt shipment.

Flieth ode explained in SMITH'S PROE'H‘ABLE
STOCK FEEDI INC 400 pages illustrated.

GEO. B. SMITH. Addison., Mich.

DON’T FORGET

‘—

YOUR WANTS CAN
be supplied at the old re-
liable An us Home Stock Farm. For 80 years we
have bre Angus cattle. We know the goods ones
and brood the best. Phey are bred right, led
right and priced right. Tell us what you want.
ANGUS ROME STOCK FARM. R2. Davloon. Mich

mmrrs" I'm". mam":
Swine t Tag.“ cHeed Ed‘Aglo Q'Lo'
' 1'

spends a moose ‘ onduigopootion Invited.
'- MRI. BARTLETT. Lawton. Midi.

 

 

 

OALVEO.

 

SWINE”!
POLAND CHINA

FOR SALE—8 PURE BRED POLAND OHINA
boars, 4 11106. old. weight 175 lbs. 1850 each.

Including certiii cote.
DURHANB A CLOW
22. o. Chestnut tat. W“ ”11.

05‘“! We] “a C. H. Wald 1' N
I ”u on.

ote.te Priced tone
W. J. HADErLSHAW Augusto. Mich.

 

 

 

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GUERNSEYS

WALNUT “Elma...“

Have-1M1 Moilhthotl‘wlllnllomor
religions of the bestboossl In Michigan. Write
orpces

A. D. GREGORY, Tonia, Mich

”a TYPE POLAND CHINA OIL‘I’S. BIRED
by BIG BONE 4th. Bred to BIO
LONG BOB for May far-10w.
M08! 81108.,
M. Charles

 

 

MIMI. , . 1‘

3111 TYPE .5...°fi_“."w3f$3. 331.. 23’3-

for March end Aprilh
L. W. BARNOES A SON
Byron. Mich.

 

L T P NOV. PICS AT A BARGAIN PRICE.
‘ome and see or write
.ELDRED A. CLARK. R 3. St. Loull. Mich.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

We are oflering March and April
Hilicrest Bob by Big Bob one of the greatest
progenitors of the Big Type Poland 011111113 ever
known to history. Their dams are by the 1915
Grand Champion Hillcrest Wonder and by Grand
Master the first boar to actual 1y weigh ayer 1, 200
lbs. on the “Milli Price $50. 00. A few young
er ones at 345

III LLOREST0 FARM. Kalamazoo. Mich.

 

 

boars by .' '

[0 TYPE P. c. BRED GILTS AND FALL

yearlings including prize winners.
1 100 lb
greatest herds.

E. J. MATHEWSON, Burr Oak, Mich.

BIG TYPE “Milfofi’ll'fli
BRED SOWS FOR SALE
BOARS ALL GONE

J. E. MYGRANTS. St.

 

Johns. ‘

. . P. .C. BREE) GILTS SIRED BY MOUW'O“

Big Jones 3rd. out of Grand Daughters of Dish-
er's Giant and bred to Wiley's King Bob. a 8001!
8'11 of Harrison's Big Bob $10,100 boar. Guts

priced reasonable.
JOHN D. WILEY. Schooicraft. Mich.
nah-mun

 

OARS ALSO SOWS AND PIGS.

Poland Chinas of the them set type. ->

We have bred them big for more 53M .
over 100 head on hand. Also refistered
erons, Holsteins and Oxfords. Everything sold at
a reasonable Igloo. and a sauna deal.

JO HON HBUTLER Portland Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA

tried BOWI‘Rfld gilts bred to MICHIGAN DUSTER
BIG DesMOINES 5TH, BOBHOLINK or WON-
BUSTER.1‘nii pigs
0. L. WRIGHT. Jonosvllie. Mich.

 

HE OLD FASHION
SPOTTED POLAND CHINA H008
COl-l ICE GlLTS—‘g RED

March, April—450 $100
J. M. WILLIAMS.
No. Adams. Mich.

WONDERLAND HERD

ARGE TYPE P.
A few choice bred gilts for sole. cAJso fall gills
and boars some very go ood prospects of excellent
breeding. Gills bred to’ORPHAN S, SUPERIOR
he by BIG ORPHAN’B EQUAL by BI G BONE
PHAN by the

it BIG
gisitnrrslL CHOICE by ORANGE BUD by Bid
Free livery to

visitors.
Wm. d. CLARKE.
Eaton Rapids. Mich.

(his nameBig BOD Mastodon
m P a M? D’- You WAIT 'ro III-1'

in the King row buy, -s

Gilt bred to BIG BOB MAETODON.
He has more G Chain on Blood in his
veins than any other r in an. . .
Ihave 15 choice Gills bred to bin for March

mi 11pm
" .- Eaton Rookie. Mich.

 

lrolar
E. OARIANT.

 

GUERNSEY .1111: one orrem FOR
? sale some splendid bulllm
ontdtfl.damswithrecordsw to

.’ hit. Our herd site, a termn 01w Dolly 511211191:
Maya. King of and whose dam hush
record of 548 lbs. hit at 2 1-2 years is
she for sale or exchange. Writs
and prices to

, MORGAN BROS" R ‘No 1, Alman. Mich.

to or particular

HERE’S 'SOIIETIIIIIG soon

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE 1’. C. IN MIOIIL
ta blast and better bred boar pig from my
Gent a reasonable price. Come and see _
no i! not as repreuntod.
in service: L’s Big Orange,
Orange Price and Us ~ , ,
W. E. LIVINGSTON, Perms, Mich.

 

JERSEYS

‘ For Sale—alert” bull calves. Oxford and 111.;
jesty breeding. Dams. are heavy producers.

 

J. L. CARTER. R4. Lake Odessa. Mich.

 

LIVE srocx‘ 1711-11) MEN;

E. N. Boll

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Horses and Swine

One or the other of the above well-known experts will visit on llve¥etock ~-
sales of importance In Michigan. northern Ohio and Indians. as the exclusive

TFkklMenof

Theym 11mm compee'ensmennt arm Inthetr .llues 1.1.3,.
calamities.

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LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINA Boos. BOAR
Dis! spring (arrow. Single Comb Rhodo 1M
Rod Cockerels. rigs tor pedigrees and mica
Inspection invited.

FRED O. V988. Anon, Mich.

L T p“ GOA FEW SPRING BOARS LEFT AT
FARMERS’ PIIRO ‘8.
.m Schoolcroft. Mich»

P. C. COWS FOR MARCH AIID
nu plain.

310"an tors-ow.

none better. on or write

 

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Mich.

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BARR;OM ROOK OOOKERELO. BRIO PRO.
".10. OOFeFIAI. Benton. Harbor. .ld‘q R 8

cIHOIOE BARRED ROOK OOOKIRILO All)
Pallets bred from Detroit end Bolton winnere.
strain. Prioee reesonsble. utilise-

reamed. *
You.”- BROS" .n 10. er. Johns, lloh.

Ben-ed Root cooker-ole from Trenneeted State
Contest wi strum, direct Wfi

grwd male, 260 on record. Alsos e tow c
Pa artfldge Rock prices 88,84 ~
I; AYERS A ION. Silva-weed.

OHN'EWIEuEOEAU‘I” IFUL IAIREOmrkOOJI:
are good layers. grow 0
on approve]. Holes 84 to 8 ch. Photos.
(fireman—John Northon. Cls‘re. lash.

 

 

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0.1K. CHICKEN HATCHERY
THOROUGHBRED DAV OLD OHIORI
Single comb. White. Bnfl end Brown

White. But! end Berred Rocks.

8.0.3.1. LReds. mnes.Whi Wysndttee.

 

2e ohlolu. «25- non oblolu. $11; 100 le'hs. '
.:°..m~ m. ..
CHICKS—CHICKS

SHIPPID CAFELY EVERYWHERE BY ml;
8. C. White Leghome end S. C. Mottled LB’
cones; the greet egg machines. Btronz. sturdy

 

chicks, nteed Order no. for .' "

Mercia”e e51?!“ April delivery. mffi'leventh season. Get-

alo

H‘OLLAND HATOHERY. R1. Holland. Mich.

BABY CHICK 50.000 for 1920. Barred
Rocks. Exhibition quality.

Booking orders now at 20c eec

Detachment Poultry Form. Grands". lnd.. Box 10’

 

 

 

 

 

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hm 30133 01' 8123. 00m" ARRED rumour» noose, enao TO LAY
And breeding” including I870!“ ”81. A“? A “2"“; L“ :f‘ffizndgflm B birth of greet vigor end good marking. Price
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Mar. end first of AME ferrow. 1’13-
Weiehine eronnd use» zoo lbs. priced 1m

$150. 00to toflio. 00with m

H. O. KEIOLII. Oeeeopolle. moth. R I

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ready for service. GeoB. With. Addi- -
Mich.

son.
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names» nonoo JERSEY.

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arms mi: mm 1919. ”Mable
Write tor pedigree and mm Gem

gnsren ,
F. "I!" A OOH. Devleen. lion.

Fan s‘urowinflerchendAmfl-Ténrzi‘to
mmm's ORION me.
O. I. DAVID C eon. MIC!- '10“.

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memfimr IL Lode. Bid.

’IIIIJJP‘Of PRIZE giggling OOROOO so]:

sale—A good reading en. e

e few good We. Enrico. rightist ”convince
Henry D. Phillis», like.“ lich-

OOROOI. 15 SPRING
mbosrs for Isle. Goodon Prise win-
‘ Priced riifght tsken soon. ll or write
HARRY I.. HYDE. ltheoe lllohu R 1. Bell Phone

BERKSHIRES l

REGISTERED BERKSHIRE. FOR SALE. AUG.
10 maize for 840 e niece. while 8st-
orders (at “mine piss.

 

VOI'O BIO TVPI

 

 

 

MJOHN YMO. “teem. - .

 

6319:6011! FARM unnsnmns non
«profit. Choicestock stocktor‘ sale. Write your
events. W. 8. Cores. White Bell. 111.

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BRISTER "Hm—A new IA?
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mm. A. c. we mire. one APR. 1.
in. a. neon A son er. Lansing. mos.

 

HAMPSHIRE
II“ mullill'SlllliES
“mm... Wider: mm .2: :3: .fi
2.32%? “grabbed tier...“ 1W: 500d
of either sex. menu . crown.
Cell or write

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‘ '9‘ ease owl's Au. sou:

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OXFORD DOWNS:

I fill were e tow registered ewes of extreme.
O. '. YORK. momma. lion.

K of: -l°"'ot Jogger THE FUTURE

mere 9 . .

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or. me or 0

”registered 811mm y Amhtot hide here do

buy mr

wey.

n B.

qu-Kee Ferns. S. L. '5‘ from. Ceidwster. liehigee

HAMPSHIRE 'SHEEP

[magnum theweesndreae.

Mm; ‘ 2“”
I "' mtypewrem lamb thst
weighedl'l iben October 1. Booking colors

for 1-020“;
OLARK U. HAIRI. West Branch. Itch.

 

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2% PET STOCKoé:

FOR 3mm W Pear. born Me! 88. 1010.
bred . 2 veers old.
IAIIK I. ounov. R O. Howell. liar.

LOIAA MARIO. OIIOIOI STOCK. 8 A80 O
months old. elso8.0. nerCocke ele. Writ:
{or prices. Bheriden Bebbitryura 5. Sheridsn. Mich.
ELEIISH GIANT RABBITS—HEAVY WEIGHT
redbreedere end pedigreed youngsters in
steels and my: et $1 0 per pound.
be. R. FOX, 412 N. Huron en. Alblon, Mlch.

Fun SAL Flemish Giant Rabbits that are
giants old end young, in blacks,
steel greys and natural greys. Quality guaranteed.
E. E. HIMEBAUGH
Goldwater. Mlch.

W POULTRY E

HEW SPRING “TAMI

I'he Dey Old Chick business to on. We ed-
Vilao no to write for Cstelog non. end then to
0 er es “’1’ as no cen. 'Ceteioc‘ we here

coup
yet published; its instruction will help you.
Ireede.

terested in the ex-

0.
White Wysndottes; B. 0. Brown
roe.
We solicit your interest in the Homestead
firms plen of Pure Bred Poultryreisi

ITATI FARM ASSOCIATION
Best I. Kelemuoo, llohloen

GIGKERELS -— PULLETS

PURI BRIO UTILITY STOCK

OOOKIRILS
WHITE WVAWROO‘I'I’II. O. I...
"'7' ORPIR ITO”
BARREO ROWOKO Bil PLVIOU'I'H ROOKI
ROSE All IIIILI OOH- R. I. RID
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oxymoron: AND LEGHORNS

 

tram new blood Mung-f0
49”” W- IIYOIR. St. Johns. mos Re mm m“ M} fill”- my medical“ (or
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one“. ”menu. “son

0. O. BMNHV HIRI CONTAIN
blood li'ine’so mostmd herd. Oen gel-'3:

mama-‘11.. ietilre ”noes.
1- 4- “£95, Lyon-r. plan...“ I 3.

BOOK IRILO-
And White

 

berred. W readied
PM Roch (Intel. price nah.
SHERIDAN FOUL YR... .R'. “dig, Iloll

 

on C. Sows FOR SALE

OR! OF 'l'lI'Iil 3181' HERBS III MIIOI'IIOAR

  
   

r 0.0...;
Romeo’s.

use. 53.50 and $5 each Satisfaction guaranteed
mid by'pereel poet end ssfe deli

Write for free illustrated oeteloz.
INTERLAIES FARI.

ROSE AND SINGLE 00MB R. l.
Beds. Barred Plymouth Rocks. Pre-
very guaranteed.
"loll.

Box 4. Lawrence.

 

 

Iemeneoltbe

IEGHORN

 

O. WHITE LEGHORN HATOHIRO 2008.

Have 10 moreE Cookerels for sale. Tom Barron '
274 on strain.

.Altenbern, B8, Allegan,

 

100. 87. 50.

O RUFF LEGHORNS, DAY OLD OHIOKO.
25, 8450. 100. $17. cEm.15. 51.50;
Hens. 81.7

J. W. WEBSTER. Beth, lloh.

 

GHIfiKS— £868

of winter layers. Reel profltmakors. Satisfaction
mnnwed. Snider’s Leghorn Parks. Grabill.

Big White Leghoens, 230-
285 TBAPNESTED Strain

Ind.

 

 

WYANDOTTE

 

e Breeder of Silver Laced end

Whlte
30y Wysndottee. Fine lot of young stock at $3. $4
and 35 ea. Clarence Browning. R2. Portlsnd. Mich

A FINE LOT ‘ FISHELI. STRAIN Will"

Wyondotte Cocherels. $3 to 85 each. ~
0E0". MORLEY. Omwell. I‘llcb.

 

BABY CHICKS

 

elem, Leonor-m. lemma. smnlm.

Heudane.
Campinas. Reds, Rocks. Orplngtons,

Brahmas,

Wysndottes Tyrone Poultry Farm Fenton, Mich.

 

 

HATGHIN G EGGS

n 0. BR. Leghofrn egos. 0:11.60 per astray“ pg".
1 5 or m
duck 8OLAOIHA 35m. Hillsdale. lien.

 

 

, L HATOHINO E608 FROM ‘A
FOR 8‘ heavy ism strain of S. C. R. 1..
Beds. Pen No. 1 headed by a 0mm Farms yeer1-_
in: cock snd meted to a superb bunch of pallets.
Pens Nos. 2 end 3 heeded by two wonderful cock-
erels end meted to equally good pallets. also A
acuity flock that is high class. Get our prion.
on your wants! for the coming season Setieteo-

nteed ‘
tion suaraHE'h-s A: 80" Dawson. Mlch. ,

It Pays Big

M. B. E’s
Breeders Directory.

 

DAY OLDCH ICKS-

 

OPPORTUNITY

KNOCKS AT THE DOOR OF THE
MAN WHO GETS A sow BRED
TO, OR SIRED BY .

PAL’S COL. 2nd, 67999.

 

Swanton, Ohio

blood for the last three years.

and Joe Orion 2nd.-

J *0 Orion.

tending our sale.

is a. better one.

Fieldmsn

 

 

WHEN AND WHERE

Pals 001.11 crossed with Orion Cherry King and Joe Orio II

We will sell 55 head of sown and gilte also one corking good
junior yearling boar by Fancy Orion King. We have thirteen tried
sows, 35 fall yearlings and seven spring gilts. All bred to Pal’s Col.
11, and good sows of Fancy Orion King: Orion Cherry King 11th -

The offering is sired by Pal’e 001. 2nd ; Fancy Orion King; 0r—
ion Cherry King 11th; Cherry Friend; Fancy Col. 2nd and Velvet

There is not a fault in these sows that we know of, but what
:h-ell be disclosed in foot notes or at day of sale.
diep into our. breeding stock, but are determined'to please those at-
Those who attended our last winter sale will re-
member that our oflering was a. creditable one.

SEND FOR CATALOG

Felix Witt 01 “Mick. Business Farming. ”
Sale follows Jule Borton’ s of West Unity, Ohio

LINEHAN PF AF F IAND ROB'I'. L. REYNOLDS

Februaryll, 1920

We are cutting f

.This year’s altering

Auctioneers
Iglehtart, Hengst & Lineham

 

    


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