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An” Independent Farmer’s Weekly owncci and Edited in Michigan

MT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUA Y 28,-1920

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ment to farmers.

I , ANOTHER MONTH and the sunshmaand warm rfin 11 up ' ‘ , _
, 1 green of the meadows and woodlandil Then to. Q- " ' ' L ' "-
"C‘Help is scarcer than ever, but there are millions of mouthsjo feed, and 141111.11: of Michge‘n will do melt, pelt as usual in the feeding:
There will be little time for reading. M. B. F. realizes this, and is making its plans accordingly. For the next tlurty days (1111‘ useeflq will
The most important subjects of the day by some of the most competent writers of the day will" ,

be discussed 1n detail in the next four issues, and during the spring” smog, and early fall mod '

' fields, the M. B. F. will come -to them with it articles belied down to the essence of the information, so thet they" may get an intelligent

grasp of the ideas with the least possible amount of reading; Here are some of the things we will take 1111 iii the next few issues in which '

, every farmer and farm-wife will be interested: (I) We will try to throw some new light on that hired man problem.
" Situation will be discussed from A to Z by special writers.

question Will be attacked from all angles

be large, chock full of good reading matter.

 

(3). In response to secres of requests from readers, the ,
(4) A series of articles discussing both pro and con,- the exPendituros of theidst legislature, the _
increasing cost of government, and suggestions for the next legislature to follow in reducing the high cm of government and equalizing :
the tax burden. (5) The story of Henry Ford’s plan to harness every stream in Michigan for water power purposes to give winter employ- ”
(6) What the High Cost of Living Campaign. has Cost the Farmer.
. re—and scores of other feature articles that will appeal to you and your family.

(7) “The Farmer’s Outlook’ ’--as seen by a farm-

‘y""uér.,r¢ar

when 11,111: readers will be busy in the '

(23b The Live Stock
c solidated school

 

 

 

-N PRESENTING this, which to
my mind is of vast greater import-
ance than anything now confront-

ing the American people, I shall take
occasion to use a quotation which I
change slightly, ie: “The time for all
men to come to the aid of their coun-
try, is NOW.”

It is entirely unnecessary to give
much attention or waste many words
on the subject of Our Duty as Ameri-
can People; in view of the fact that
the topic is universal. When we
reached the greatest crisis in the his-
tory of this country and the very life
of the nation stood in a balance, it
was our young men—our boys, to
whom we all looked for rescue. ‘

it was American boys, who left
their homes, stood the hardships of
war, and bared their breasts to death
that lead us as a people out of the
valley of shadows.

Does it not seem strange that those
who were not called in service at the
front should now hesitate to give even
a small bit of assistance Without risk
“~10 save a bad situation?

We are approaching. from a social
:zmlfinancial viewpoint, a crisis, al-
most as great as the declaration of
war and the general spirit of those
who escaped service indicates that we
have almost forgotten we had a war.

Illichigan is today in the hands of
an organized gang of pol‘ticlans who
are just as dangerous to the welfare,
comfort, and even existence of the
people as any enemy this country has
even" confronted.

The taxes are five times greater
than they were six years ago and
while we all realize that there was a
necessary raise in the price Of all ser~
vice yct, we should hesitate to admit
that We are at the merCy of men who
would take occasion of such an op
portunity to plunder the people -be-
cause. of the existing conditions.

Millions and millions of the' peo-
ple’ money has been wasted in this
state without the slightest regard for

By EDWARD FRENSDORF

an accounting, and the program laid
out by this “Clan of Belshazzer” ex,-
emplifies the literal translation of
the faithful “Mene Mene Tekel Up-
harsin."

There,is scarcely an item in the
entire list of record of expenditures
of the War Relief Fund that does not
indicate a most wilt-u] waste and in-
sane extravagance. The administra‘
tion of this fund which seems to have
been expended principally for the pur-
pose 0f giving greater scope to a se-
lcted list of “patriots" whose duty it
was to make as many personal ac-
quaintances as possible, ofiers :1 rev-
elation even to the highly colored po-
litical system under which we are
now living.

Millions of money which should

have been carefully guarded to meet _,

the emergencies arising today and to
pay the Michigan soldiers who served
in the trenches "a fair compensation
for their great sacrifice, was squand-
ered by the Decorating Committee on
a Political Edffice in Michigan that
has no equal in the world.

It should take but an extremely
short time for the Workman and the
Farmer to com-pare their tax receipts
and arrive at a fixed conclusion as to
how they should cast their ballot in
the approaching elections.

The reason W‘hycondlticns which
exist now are permitted to continue
from year to year is purely, and in
the last analysis, the fault of the peo-
ple themselves. Principally because

they not only fail to appreciate facts
that are' laid before them, but in a
greater number of instances are rath-
er inclined to believe that they are
colored, for political purposes.

Of course it is not much wonder
that the voters are ignorant of the
tremendous waste of money from year
to year, if we are to take into consid-
eration the fact that the Press of the
state is usually too closely engaged in
the diacussion of more important top-

ics that the political waste of milfi

lions for the purpose 0: mai-ntainlnga
powerful political machine.

The farmer and the laborer pay ev-
ery dollar of expense for the opera-
tion of the government. The process
of passing the burden of taxes down
the line until it reaches the consumer
has become so finished that it is

quite impossible to establish the idenv

tity of anyone as a tax dodger or a
profiteer.

Nine-tenths of the lame intended to
equalize the ,load‘nre—wcrse than use—
less and more than seveh-eighths of
our public srvants are scarcely more
than political flunkeys. While one
crowd of profiteers patriotically
urges the poor to save wages, anoth-
er proceeds to relieve them of surplus
cash by the most expedient route
available.

There are‘ {literally volumes of fig-
ures to prove that Michigan will col-
lect more taxes to maintain a politi-
cal ,-machine this year than in any
previous six.

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HIS IS the first of a series of articles.by Mr. Edward Frensdorf,
Hudson banker, political student and economist, and formerly a
member of the Jackson prison board. Mr. ,Frensdorf’s wide experi-
ence and his ability to put his ideas “across” will make this series

worth reading by every farmer.

 

 

 

 

Time For All Good Men to Come to Aid of State

Extravagance m Administration of Government Will Lead to Serious Results Unless Curbed

the cost of twine and just a passing;

note on the subject ermlts me to

call attention to the act that instead ,
of receiving a just assistance from,~
men who are detained in prison, they_,

are required-to pay more for main-

, tendnce of prisonrs at Jackson Pris-
on today than the total‘amount of the , '

past fifteen years.

..It would be economy if a commis-
sion were appointed to select one of
the leading Detroit hotels and ar—
range to board every prisoner now
in Jackson prison at the best hotel,
allowing him $1 a. day for spending
money and $7 a day for expenses.

It will cost the people of the state
$328,100 plus to run the Department

of State ending Jan. 1, 1920, and they,

are elecged to pay $354, 000 plus for
the expenses of that department in
January ending, 1921. If the people
can imagine that a telephone bill of
better than $12, 000 has been appro-
priated to this one department, they
would have a fair view of just a small
fraction of the extravagance to which
they are called upon to pay.

A sum slightly less than half-mil-
lion dollars, has been appropriated
for the establishment of a military
department and 'one small item of
$75,000 is contained in the appropria-
tion which is set aside for long dis-
tance telephone in the State Board of
Health Department.

01' course these figures are easily
proved by reference to auditor—gen-
eral‘s department of Michigan and al-
thoughthey are astounding, are real-
ly a small fraction.” the millions and
millions that are being wasted. If
you should ask the question “How are
we to help it?" the suggestion is 'by
no means out of place which directs
You to write to the state department
and ask for a report on Appropriation
Acts as passed by the official gang
now strongly entrenched in the state,
and cast your ballot awarding to the
dictates of your conscience after you
read the figures

State Farm Bureau Perfects Wool and Grain Marketing Plans

By FRED W. HENSHAW
Associate Editor, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Mich. Agricultural College

East Lansing Feb. 21 .—-Ag\gresslve
measure to secure fox the Michi-
gan owners of sheep a fair share of
the return from their own product
began to take definite ,form at the
meeting of officers and directors of
the Michigan Wool Growers’ Associ—
ation, hold in Lansing last week
Wednesday. It was decided to pro—
ceed with the marketing details as
soon as the plans can be worked out.
Officials of the association are anxi-
ous to put the project on a firm foot-
ing so that results will be obtained

from the coming spring wool clip.
I In order to insure success it is re—
elized the movement must have the
'1 united support of all the wool grow-

ers in the state and therefore lead-
“ ersehave determined to wage a mem-
.71, ? bership campaign immediately.‘ Field
;., men will be sent out and the entire
,ustate will be covered.
, with existing ‘laws for corpOrations a,

To comply
fee of $1 will be exacted-
' an educational aspect also. Hith-

all: wool grows , it. is
the mercy cl what-

'The membership drive will take.

 

ever dealer has purchased the out-
put of his own country or commun-
ity. A flat scale of prices according
to weight usually has" been offered
and the farmer has been obliged to
accept. no matter how excellentthe
quality of his, wool. The product
then has gone through the hands of
several middlemen, each of whom
has taken his‘portion' of profit, until
theprice finally paid by clothing
manufacturers at the,‘big- eastern
markets has, borne little resemblance
to that received by the farmer.

‘ By the proposed cooperative sys- , ~ ‘
“tam, however, it is believed much of 4'
- the cost a: handling and ore—handling '
can be eliminated. These facts ”will ,

be placed before the smaller grow-

ers and they will be advised not to

sell their wool this spring bolero con-

sulting With their c6511n’try ag‘rfcul- ‘
‘ tural agent. L,» .

Meanwhile the hétual, machinery,
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tor hen ,.
will be worked out , 19313

pointleft undecided is the location
of a cen-tral__,warehouse, to which the
wool may be sent and where grading
of each grower’s product will be
handled individually by experts. If
within the state this warehouse
probably will be at. Lansing, but
there is a chance it may be located
at some stragetlc point nearer the

markets in New York. Philadelphia.

and Boston.
After the Wool
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legraded sales— ~

H. Boulder, ,
‘ Barthes. Manchester; Amos..-
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as possible. The wool growers will
keep in touch with the marketing
committee of the farm bureau and
through it will link its
with the rest of the great chain 'of
co-operative selling to, be establish-
ed by various classes of producers.

The Michigan Wool Growers’ as-
sociatiqn was born in connection
with the annual meeting of the Mich-

igan Sheep Breeders at M A. C. in,
While theforhier is en-.
,tirel'y separate, E. C. Read of Rich-

January.

land is at. the head of both and there-
fore thel‘r activities will be closely
allied,_ Other ofllcers are; secretary,
Donald Williamsifflof 'East Lansing,
member of the animal husbandry de~
partment at M. A. C.’ , treasurer, H.
Lansing; directors

‘ nl53; Jacob DeGaus

   

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S AN opening statement, and as I

'_ a sort of text for this little dis-
' mm that 'we' may have to—

 

night, I- want to read you the first,
page at the rcport ;of the secretary”
' of Agriculture, which is just off the;

press:

“America during the war, helped
~ to save Europe and to preserve civ—
. ilization by making available to the

Allies, through increased production’

and conservation. large supplies at
food stuffs. But for this contribu-
tion it is difficult to see how the Al.
lies could have waged the war to a
victorious conclusion.

“Lacking such support, and with
their own producing capacity seri-
eusly crippled the German peopl‘e ex-
perienced partial famine conditions,
— their health and vitality were great-
ly impaired, and the collapse of their
military power was due, in no small
measure, to the shortage of food.

“The cessation of hostilities
brought no immediate improvement
in Europe. On the contrary, in some
respects, more adverse conditions de-
veloped. Revolution became the
order of the day. The directing hand
‘of government was removed, disci-

pline was released, the morale, par- ,

ticularlypf the Central~Powers, was
broken. Idlenesod and unemployment

prevailed, and in some sections an-.

archy reigned. It was obvious that
Europecould not produce sufllcient
food for herself. Her crops had been
short several years, and it was scarce-
ly probable that those for 1919
would be greater than the crops of
the last year of the war.

pite as unsatisfactory was the
live stock situation. In nine of the
western nations the number of cat-
tle had declined more than seven.
millions, sheep seven and a half mil-
lions, swine twenty—four millions, five
hundred thousand, and dairy cows
several millions, with a greater pro-
portionate deduction in the volume
of products. ”

Now, that shows in a very clean—
. cut way some of the things that we
have heard expressed from time to
time.

When those armies of Europe dis-
banded it was thought that the sol-
diers were going back to their coun-
tries, largely of the peasant class, to
take up the cultivation of the soil
and the production of food and that
they would regain their standing

and would cut down the necessary.

imports from this country.’ But, as
the Secretary has said, they found
that there were no directing hands,
there was not-hing to keep them in
line, there was no great incentive for
them to go back and go to work, and
the natural thing for them to do was
to just sit around and wait and see
what Was going to happen. They did
in a little more extreme measure
what our farmers are doing now.
Last fall, when a lot of our farmers
should have been planting they just
sat back and said: “Now that there
is going to be some trouble about the
price of things next year, and things
are not going just the way we think
they ought to go. and we are afraid
the markets of Europe will be differ-
ent from what they hays been. and
we will not put in any wheat this
fall, and next spring maybe we can
see a little better.” The result is
that the wheat acreage of Indiana
decreased thirty-three per cent, and
the wheat acreage of Illinois went
down the same way, and the wheat
acreage of Texas has gone below

fifty per cent or what it was a year‘ ‘y

ago. And so it was in the other
states. New, should we run into a
bad spring, such as we have had for

the last two years, throughout the -

west, it is easy to see how this coun-
my is going to have a pretty short
wheat crop. This year we are run-
ning away down below 80 per cent,’

Whereas last year we had ui‘nety- _ '

eight per cent.
So, you bring home to yourselves"
or mind that it is.

Starving.”

at d" class of people into, and f 5
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lotion of over.
two” millions.
Following the
starlet-ice the city'
of Vienna in-‘
creased in popu- '
la‘tionk more than"
a million people.
and ' we were
told, laSt Febru-
vary, by 0 u r
agents who went
to that country,
that where they
had been getting something like
eight hundred thousand liters of milk

State Fair, 1 91 8.

_a day, that‘had been reduced to two

hundred and thirty-five thousand lit-
ers. It was predicted by our men,
at that time, that only one thing
could come to those people, and that
was starvation, and if you pick up
The News tonight you will see the
headline.
There is only one thing
that will follow if people continue 'to

crowd into the cities, going from re-~

productive fields of the country, and

 

Beaver Meadow Cherry. first prizenpig Mlchlgan
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lnwood Bros. .,

“The City of Vienna is ’

 

, 7 mestic and Foreign Demand m 1920 Will F or Exceed Supply

B)" G I CHRISTIE result of those conditions, are gains

. Formerly Assistant Secr'etary of Agriculture.

that is starva-
tion. And it has
come.

I could go on
and tell you the
story of how
those countries
have gone back
in the matter of
production of
foodstuffs, be-
cause of the un—
stable conditions.
That production
has been reduced nearly seventy per
cent of what they were in pre-war
times. You know that a country that
is idle, a country that is warrying
about high wages. and then begins
to worry about its daily bread. can
realize just one result, and that is
turmoil and conflict, revolution and
dissatisfaction and anarchy, in, the
last stages.

Now those are things that have
come about in Europe. The big

 

point that we want to get out of that
situation is that those people, as a

 

 

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It is one of the
M. B. F. folks w

Editor.

 

 

PREDOMINANT question in the minds of many live stock farm-
ers is the future of the live stock markets. Michigan Business
Farming has arranged with a number of well-known authorities
for a series of articles upon this important question.
series is upon the hog market and is published herewith. This partic-
ular article was prepared by‘ Mr. G.I
Agricultural Department of Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., and
formerly assistant secretary of agriculture, and was delivered at the
annual meeting of the Indiana Swine Breeders’ meeting last January.

articles we have~seen upon the subject and we urge
o are interested in hogs to read it carefully, as it gives
some interesting sidelights upon the world food supply and demand.—

The first of these

.Christle, superintendent of the

 

 

 

 

Farm Bureau Plans to Sell Grain

grain purchasing and selling de—

partment of the Michigan State
Farm Bureau to serve the thousands
of farmers of Michigan has been de-
cided upon by the executive commit-
tee meeting in Birmingham. The
Michigan Cr0p Improvement associa-
tion has been taken over as the nu-
cleus 0f the new department and J.
W. Nicolson, of the Michigan Agri-
cultural College, employed as manag-
er.

Michigan is growing several grains
in great demand over the, country,
notably Rosen rye and Red Rock
wheat. Supplying of other states
with these seed grains in carload

. ESTABLISHMENT of a seed and

qua ities will be one Of the activi—
ties f the new farm bureau depart-
ment. Purchasing of improved seeds

and grains grown elsewhere, such as
North Dakota alfalfa and Idaho clov-
er, for Michigan farmers in whole—
sale quantities on a cost basis also
will be done. The department is in—
tended to be self-sustaining. It is ex-
pected that this department will do a

 

$500,000 business in the coming year,
according to the executive committee.

Preliminary financing of the Michi-
gan Wool Growers’ Association, as a.
subsidiary of the state farm bureau,
also was decided upon at the request
of officers of the wool growers. A
large warehouse will be obtained and
the wool of the farmers of the state
will :be handled for them on a cost
basis. It is expected that this depart-
mentment Will be in operation in
time to handle the bulk of the spring
c1p
,Execu-tive officers of the State
Farm Bureau chosen by the execu-
tive committee'were Fred VanNors—
dall, Three Rivers, treasurer; C.
A. Bingham, Birmingham, secretary,
and J. P. Powers, Detroit, assistant
secretary. ,

Delegates of the Michigan State
Farm Bureau to the American Farm
Bureau Federation, which will con—
vene in Chicago, March 3, are Rolland
Morrill, Benton Harbor; James Nicol,

.SouthHaven, and R. G. Potts, Wash-

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things that I

_ yards at Indianapolis,

   

to depend upon this country for a‘

lot of foedstuifs, and it

and credits, and the plan of ship-
ment and getting responsible poop!
to handle it over there, for distribuo‘
tion, in order that this stuff may be
placed in the hands of those who are-
in dire need of it. '

That foodstuff has got to come,

and it is going to come from Ameri-.

can farms.

It is unnecessary, at this time, to
say anything about how prices have
gone up. The prices of foodstuffs
over there have jumped by leaps and.

bounds, just because the supply has“

not equalled the demand. in any
way. They have not ‘had the con-
trol of the foodstuffs. and, as a re-
sult, prices are really on a. famine
basis.-

' Our exports to, Germany were very
great, and it would be well if you.
could carry these figures in your
minds, of the materials that have
been exported from this country to
Germany.

We have heard a great deal about
the amount of meat that has been
exported to those countries. I am
going to give you just one or two
figures.

In 1914 we exported pork, 411,-
000,000 pounds, and in the year
1918 we exported 1,294,000,000
pounds; and in 1919, ending June
30th, the exports were 1.961,000.000
pounds. So you see the tremendous
increase in the exports of meat, from
1914, which was an average year, of
411,000,000 pounds, to 1,961,000,-
000 pounds in NIB—500,000,000
pounds more of pork in 1919 than
we sent abroad in 1914. That is an.
interesting figure because it tells a.
wonderful story. And that is this:
that the European people have learn—
ed to eat American pork.

Mr Leonard president of the Un-
ion Stock Yards Company, of Chi-
cago. went to Europe and spent sev-
eral months studying the conditions.
I had a chance to visit with him sev—
eral times, and one of the things he
told me was that the appetite for
American meat, on the part of the
European people, had been cultivat-
ed and developed to a point where
he thought that it would never be
given up. He said that even a Jap-
anese had learned to eat American
meat, and that the Chinese had done
the same; and so have the French
people, and we can hope that the ex— *
ports of meat from this country to,
those countries will increase rather
than decrease, in a material way,
over the pro—war conditions. So that;
I feelthat there is going to be a big
demand for American meat products.

In our own country we have a big
demand for pork.

Some of the figures are a little
surprising. Some of the figures that
have been sent out in the papers,

is duets
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and even by the Bureau of Markets .
at Washington, have been most mis— '

leading.

I telegraphed the Bureau‘

of Markets and asked them to give;

me something on the hog situation, ’

for the last two or three years, and.
then for the same period during
pre-war times. They sent back to
me a great big bundle of documents,
for me to dig out what I wanted,-
rather than to dig it out for me.
Those documents told me of the
number of hogs that were received.
in Chicago, and the number of hogs
received in Indianapolis, and the

number of hogs received at St. Joe,

and at Kansas City, and they totalled
them up by months, showing the
great number of hogs that have been.
received every month throughout all
these years that they have been

“keeping these tremendous numbers

running into the millions of hogs re-
ceived, I was very much impressed.
However. happening to look at some
other things, and a statement that
was made in‘a letter by Mr. Leon-

 

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ard, and remembering some other

had known about,
from a‘stu-dy of the. yards- I know
that those receipts don’t mean any-
thing to you, or me, because the re-
ceipts of ten thousand hogs in the

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Q .. - Tops and Pulp are leuableEFeed. for f

By JAMES W. JONES

HE BEET sugar industry pro-

duces five by- products that en-

_ ter into stock feeding in an im—
portant way.

(leaves and crowns) pulp, molasses,

seed beats, and beet tails.

Beet Tops

Beets are bought by the sugar

company from the grower. primarily

for their sugar content.' In the

«crown of the beet certain salts ac-
. cumullte that interfere with the re-,
January of sugar from thé"*juices, and

therefore the grower discards that
portion of the beet to which the
leaves are attached. These tops are

left lying on the ground in the field

when the beets are harvested.

Beet Pulp
After the beet is sliced in the fact-

' ory the resulting product, common-

ly called cassettes, is processed thru
batteries and the saccharine matter
is extracted. The remaining fizrous
mass is called pulp.

Beet Molasses

In the proCess of recovering cry-
stallized sugar from the saccharine
juices the negative elements that are
found' in the beet juices prevent a
complete recovery of crystallized
sugar, and the residue from this pro-
cess in the factory is called molasses.

Ration of Tops to Roots

The grower who maintains soil fer—
tility that is reasonably rich in avail-
able nitrogen wiu often have as much
as 8 tons of tops per acre lying on
the field after the beets have been
marketed. Other growers will have
not more than half that quantity.
Many field tests show that when the
beet is ready to be harvested and be—
fore killing frosts occur, if the topped
beets are weighed separately from
the tops the weights are about equal.
'As soon as the tops are cut off, they
begin to evaporate moisture, which
changes the weight ratio. The beets
when left exposed to the sun and
wind also evaporate moisture, but
the shrinkage in weight is not so
rapid as with the tops. When the
tops are put into small piles and al—
lowed to remain on the field four or
five days, they will weigh about half
as much as the marketed beets.
There is always some waste in gath—
ering the tops. Sometimes the tops
that are gathered from the field will
weigh not more than 40 per cent and
in other instances they will be in ex-
cess of 60 per cent of the weight of
the marketed beets. On good soil,
where the tops are gathered without
undue loss, it is reasonably safe to
conclude that about two-thirds of the
crop is marketed to the factory.

The studies reported upon in these
pages have been made mainly in the
state of Idaho and Utah. A conser-
vative estimate indicates that more
than 400,000 tons of tops will be pro-
duced in these two states from the
1919 crop of beets. At the prevail—
ing price of hay and other feeds, beet
top silage will be worth $8 or more
a ton.

Observations of a Beet Grower

One extensive beet grower and
feeder makes the following deduc-
tions:

One acre of beets produces 3 1-2 tons
of cured beet-top silage, which, when fed
at the rate of 35 pounds of silage per
day per steer, will carry two 1, 000- pound
steers for a 100- day feeding period.

These are beet tops.

Department of Agriculture.

The acre of beets will also produce 4 1

to one of green beet pulp, Which when fed
to 1,000-pou-n‘d steers at the rate of 40
pounds per steer per day, will carry two
steers for a 100-d1ayy «period.

The acre of beets will also produce
about half a ton of molasses,. which,
when fed to 1 GOO-pound steers at the
rate of 5 pounds per steer per day. to-
gether with the cured silage and pulp
mentioned above, will carry two steers
for a. 100- day feeding period This ra-
tions, together with a moderate amount
of alfalfa hay. will fatten and finish beef
profitably. ThiliS contemplates a feeding
capacity at the rate of two steers for a
100-day period for each acre of beets.
The planted beet area for the States of
Utah and Idaho approximated 150,000
acres for the 1919 season.

These figures are of. especial eco-
nomic interest when it is knoWn that

 

With a serious ”hay shortag

nomical way. . 1
. Grazing the Tops - ‘ ‘
A practice that has been most
widely fellowed has been. to .turn

cattle or sheep upon the fields in the -

fall, as soon as the beets have been
remOved. The steel; are usually fed
upon the fields for only ' a limited
time each day, thus regulating the
quantity that they are allowed to
consume. Because the tops are of
an appetizing character, stock will
overfeed unless restricted. The salts

 

Excavating for a beet-top silo Most of the excavating can be done with a team and scrap-

er. The sides may be shoveled by hand.
tops to be sliced.

a serious hay shortage occurred in
the 1919 crop in both state.

Saving the Hay

After compiling the data gathered
from large numbers of feeders thru-
out the intermoutain country it is
found that beet tops when properly
made into silage and ,then feed with
alfalfa hay will reduce the hay re-
quirements by approximately one-
half. Therefore, beet— —top silage will
greatly aid in meeting the hay short-
Beef and mutton gains may be

age.
had‘ on a. normal basis when the
change is substituted. The beef

feeder has found that feeding 30
pounds of beet~top silage to a 1, 000
pound steer will reduce the hay re-
quirements from 30 pounds a day to
15 pounds a day. Comparable re-
sults are had when this ration is ap-
plied to the dairy herd. The feeder
of sheep has found that a daily ra-

tion of 3 pounds of beet-top silage,

per head will reduce the hay require-
ments by one- -.half

Stock cattle are commonly carried
through the winter by feeding 20 to
25 pounds a day of beet— -top silage
with oat straw. These stock are
found to be in better condition when
spring arrives than when fed alfalfa
hay only,_which is also a common
practice in carrying stock cattle thru
the winter.

The dimensions can vary according to the quantity of

in the beet crowns are cathartic and,
tend to scour the animal; hence bad
results may follow if the quantity-of
beet tops'consumed daily is not re-
stricted. Sometimes bloating will
also cause loss. However, for finish—1
ing lambs for market and for carry-
ing stock cattle through the grazing
of beetytops off the field when fed in
a regulated way yields excellent re-
sults. It is estimated that 1 acre of
beet tops will graze one steer far 100
days. Very profitable mutton gains
are also often attained by feeding in
this manner. This practice involves.
the minimum amount of labor. When

stock are pastured upon the fields,’

distri‘ited
Occasionally,

the animal fertilizer is
without further labor.

lambs and cattle will accrue strang-
led by getting the bee crowns lodg-
ed in the throat. If rains occur, the
stock may injure the soil by tramp-
ling. If early snows come. much of
the feeding value of the tops is lost.
Where the tops are piled soon after
the beets are harvested, there is less
wastage, and the stock will feed from
the piles even though there should
be an early fall of snow. To feed
the tops in the field either with or
without piling has a serious disad-
vantage, however, in that plowing
can not start until the grazing is fin-
ished. In practically all the inter-
mountain beet areas, fall piowmg is

 

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fronting the intermOuntain districts heaters-are: 3
__it is of importance that all availabiex
feeds be utilized in the mOst odor

encore when grazpd 18 just: describ-
'efi ' Where the beat group's

,ihav‘e stock to 111111211! the pasta age it.
5- is a common practice to sell the ton
, in the fields to stockmen at from 3

to $6 per acre. When feed is scarce

and high priced this pastura'ge is ‘
sometimes sold at higher prices. Out-

side stoCkmen have the expense of-
bringing their stock to the fields, car»
ing for them, and taking them away.
Therefore, they do not a'y as much
for the tops as it is possible for the
beet grower to realize by feeding
them to his own stock... -. .

. Curing and Stacking ,
, Some growers find it profitable to
cure the tops and stack them after
the manner that hay is cured and
stacked and then feed them through-
out the winter. When it is difficult
to evaporate and thus properly “cure
out” the tops, straw is intermixed
while they are being stacked. This

‘ plan contemplates gathering the tops

rather promptly after topping and
putting them into small piles. A lit—
tle later they are hauled to the feed
yards, where they are stacked. Many
growers feel that it is‘more profitable
to-cure and stack the tops so that
they can be fed throughout the
winter than to pasture them in the
field, as previously described.

Siloing Beet Tops

The most profitable practice that
has been found for the average beet
grower is ‘to silo the tops. This
practice is not new or untried. Silage
is a succulent feed which, when fed
with alfalfa or other hay, has a sup-
plemental value greater than is com-
monly shown in a study of tables
that are compiled from laboratory
analyses indicating the comparative

:food values of different feeds.

The succulent silage stimulates
the appetite of the animals and
causes them to eat a larger volume
of food than they would consume
otherwise. It also furnishes a more
nearly balanced ration When fed with
hay or alfalfa or some other legume
and supplemented with grain.

The accumulated salts found in
the crown of the beet constitute the

chief reason for cutting it off and
leaving it on

the field instead of
shipping it to the factory. They ser-
iously interfere with crystallization

in the recovery of sugar. Ase hereto-'

fore stated, these salts also have a
cathartic property and may‘scour the
animal; but the cathartic‘properties
of beet tops are largely corrected in
the fermenting process in the silo.
A study of sheep or cattle in the feed
lot where beet-top silage is properly
fed shows no unusual number of
scouring. This indicates that with
silage a more profitable use of the

food constituents is being made by

the animal. After a careful study of
this feature the conclusion is reach-
ed that profitablev beef or, mutton
gains may be ma’de,‘even at the fin—

' ishing stage, where good beet-top si-
lage is a generous part .of the ration, ‘

and this conclusion isborne out in

‘ practice. -

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farm product ‘

in other words the physical proper-

ties of soils,’.u3ually spoken of as

soil physics.- Those who have fol-
lowed the discussions no doubt rea-
lize that vast strides have been made
during the last five years in this
field. I desire to call attention to
the great need for further informa—
tion with respect to the physical
properties bf soils, and especially of
a .thorough‘ going .and systematic
study. of Michigan’s soils. This will
be considered in greater detail in
another article.
eI now propose to prepare for the
ers a number of articles dealing
with the fertility relationships or the
chemical and biological aspects of
soiIs._
a broad view of the field before we
take up each of the subjects in great
detail.
It is well recognized that the max—
imum crop yields, as a general rule,

’ are not obtained the first year or two

after fields have been brought into
cultivation, but subsequently, due to
the difficulty of fitting the Soil prop-
erly for the crop, and to other caus-
es. A number of years after tillage
operations have begun the yield
gradually declines and continues to
do so until a point is reached where
slight decrease takes place, sufficient
plant food being liberated to produce
certain low yields There are num-
erous conditions that may and do af-
fect the productivity as well as the
rate of decline of the same. . These
may be grouped under the law of the
minimum.

 

one-Mus It the Ihnltlnn fact

HAVE DISCUSSED rather fully 5,
from an educational stand- '
point the physical side of soils or _

It is desirable that we have

or In [this field,” Hit-dance: or me 91‘th of

ductivity as well? as the ate of decline
of the same. These may be grouped
under'the law of the minimum. ~
The productivity of any soil is reg-
ulated by‘ the condition least favor-
;able for the growth of crops. Let
us suppose, for example, we are able
to bring into sdlution suflicient plant
food, with the exception of phosphor-
us, to produce a 40 bushel crop of
wheat. Now if we are able to liber-
ate only sufficient phosphorus to
produce 12 bushels of wheat, it neces-
sarily follows that unless phosphorus
is applied as a fertilizer, 12 bushels
will be the resulting yield. The
plant food must also be present in
properly balanced proportions or ro-
tios. If the nitrogen content, for ex-
ample, is very high and the phos-
phorus and potash content is com—
parativelylow, it is indeed very
doubtful if the yields of grain will
be large. It is also doubtful if the
small grains will stand up as they
should. If, how-ever, phosphorus
and potash are applied as fertilizers
and thus bring about a more nearly
balanced condition with respect to
ni ogen, the yields will be greatly
inc "eased. On the other hand, if
phosphorus and potash and others
are high and nitrogen is deficient the
yields will be prodigious until this
condition is rectified. Climatic fact—
ors may be the limiting ones in pro-
ductivity also. The fertility of many
soils is very high, yet crop failures
are frequent due to lack of total
rainfall or its proper distribution or
an over. supply during the growing
season. .
‘ It is generally considered that the
mineral matter utilized by the plant

1

is in solution, in fact, we may grow
a plant to maturity in well water or
soil extract provided the water is
frequently renewed and provfided
proper temperature and light condi-
tions are maintained. Yet common
plants die in water logged soils due
to unsanitary conditions that arise
therein. The release or the making
soluble or available various mineral
substances in the soil is a gradual
proceSs which takes place through
much of the growing season. Avail—
able plant food. unquestionably, is
the key to the productivity of most
soils and any condition, or set of
conditions ,that increase the amount
usually results in greater productiv-
ity, in fact much of our energy ex-

pended in preparing the land and’

caring for a crop during the growing
season is with this end in view al-
though we may not realize it..

We should recall that by far the
greater part of upland soils are com—
posed of mineral matter, rock debris,
90 per cent or more of which may
be of no direct value as plant food,
but acts simply as a reservoir for
holding plant food and for correct—
ing undesirable conditions, as well as
to serve as a medium for plant
growth. Now the question arises are
soils high innitrogen, phosphorus,
Potassium, lime and magnesium and
others fertile and will the total
aniounts of these influence the time
in the history of a field when the
yields begin to decline? Unques-
tionably, there are unproductive soils
that are high in the elements of
plant toad, but so far as our present
knowledge leads us, we may
that there is a. very close relation be:
tween the total plant food and con-

say .

    

tinued soil productivity. and the rim 3
gin soils high in these are almost in-
variably productive, and unless lim0
ited by other conditions, continue tO‘
be so for many years.

Perhaps the most far reaching .
factor in soil productivity is the press. ‘
ence of a sufficient amount of~rapidlyh
decaying vegetable matter in the
soil. In ancient times the advant- -
ages to be gained from the presence "
or addition of proper amounts of
vegetable matter were‘so obvious
that it led up to the humus theory
of plant feeding. It was thought
that the vegetable matter was util-
ized directly as plant food for the
plants grown. Usually when a field
is first brought into cultivation the
vegetable matter present is in a so-
called “active” condition and decays
somewhat rapidly. Later on the rate
of decomposition becomes somewhat
slower or the vegetable matter con-
tent is less active. Thus, unless
rather strenuous efforts are taken to
hasten the rate of decay or add fresh
material there is likely to be a de-
ficiency of available mineral plant,
food.

As stated later on, all soils unless
treated with lime tend to proceed
towards an acid condition. Soil
acidity, unquestionably, is an import-
ant factor in hastening the decrease
in the productivity of a large num-
ber of fields. The problem of soil
acidity, therefore, become of great
importance in soil management.

Soil structure, or the condition of
tilth, limits crop production 011 many
of the fine textured soils. It is well
known that clay soils that are not
tile drained decrease greatly in

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On the left. wheat growlngs' on vlrgln land In St. Joseph County and on the rlght on soil
that' has been tilled for 70 years

Successful Business Farming Means Modern Machine Farming

T THE close of the Civil War
began the great introduction
of machinery into manufactur-

ing plants that has sinCe that day
completely revolutionized manufact—
uring methods. At that time the coun-
try was short of manufactured pro—
ducts and it was necessary to intro-
duce machinery in order to speed up
production to the extent necessary to
meet the demand.

We now find ourselves at the close
of another war but this time it is the
farmer instead of the manufacturer
who stands in greatest need of ma-
chinery. The manufacturing capa-
city of the world has been greatly
increased during this war. All coun- ,
tries have standardized methods and
as far as” capacity for. turning out 1111-
ished products is concerned We need
not worry. .,

.'Where the shortage rests today is
in raw material and can 1

 

1 from which to select.

By J. E. BULLARD<

once. It was necessary to adopt

them gradually and find out which

processes could be done best by ma—
chinery and which machines were
best adapted for these processes.

If, on a given farm, machinery has
not proven all that it was expected
to prove it has been due. either to
adopting machinery too rapidly or
to buying the wrong class of ma-
chinery. Quite often it has been due
to buying the wroug machinery.

Today there is enough machinery
on the market so that practically
every farmer can find exactly what
he needs. A few years ago there was

~ not anywhere near as great a variety
Farm machin-

  

,market and tractor

ery is also constantly being improv-
ed. There is a vast difference be—
tween the mowing machine of today
and the mowing machine of forty
years ago. It, however, has been
only through fise that this machine
has been perfected. Themore a ma—
chine is used the more it can be per—
fected, until some day it becomes as
nearly perfect as it is. possible for
man to make it. ‘
Probably there is no machine to—
day that is attracting more atten-
tion both favorable and unfavorable
than the tractor. New tractors are
constantly being placed upon the
companies are

constantly going out of business.

 

  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

'facturers of machines.

dbld shorter hours. higher
greater production.

' 41118 work than he must.
‘io; arduous werk and simply because

This is what always happens during
the process of evolution. The only
way that the tractor can be perfect—
ed, however, is through use. This
does not mean that the farmer should
buy any old machine and use it.
There is no such thing as a universal
tractor. Each machine is best suit—
ed for some particulai kind of work,
for some particular kind of soil, for
some particular size of farm. Now
more than ever before and more than
will ever be the case in the future
it is necessary to buy a tractor with
care. The better the judgment dis-
played the more profitable the tract-
or will prove.

The most important thing, how-

ever, is to pay more and more atten-

tion to machines and to offer more
and more suggestions‘ to the manu-
From now
on farming will have to be done by
machinery in so far as it is possible
to do so. Labor is becoming both
more expensive and scarcer. This
is due in large part to, the almost
complete adoption of'wfifachinery in"
manufacturing which makes possi-"
pay and
Man is natural-
He will do no mere ardu-
Farm work

1y lazy.

other industries are doing similar,”
Work by machinery the farmer must ~
also adopt machinery.

       
   

  
   
    
     
     

 
    
    
 
  


 
     

  
   

 

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today is very much different

than before the war and during
the war. Before the war Europe pro-
duced one-half of the sugar used in
the world or ten millions of tons and
all this was produced by very cheap
labor of Europe from sugar beets and
the amount exported was at a price
so low that it was impossible to pro-
duce beet sugar in the Uni-ted States
without the protection of a tariff. The.
Uniedl States consumes one-fourth of.
the world’s supply and produces a.
very small amount of that sugar from
beets—only 4' per cent. of the world's
sugar. Therefore, it will be readily
seen by all fair-minded men that
nothing that the United States beet
growers could do would affect the
price of sugar materially one way or
the other.

We, having produced last year less
than 700,000 acres Of sugar beets al-
though we have 275,000,000 million
acres of sugar beet land in the Unit-
ed States, are not in a position to sup-
ply the people of the United States
with sugar. Take Michigan alone
where 110,000 aoree,of beets were
planted this last season the amount
of sugar produced therefrom will not
supply the people of Michigan alone
this year.

On account of ‘ the war having
changed conditions so that Central
Europe will not export sugar for per-
haps years to come on account of
their financial condition, making it
necessary to plant their land to grain
to produce bread' to keep soul and
body together for perhaps 10 years
hence and on account of labor of Eur-
Ope being able to command higher
wages since the war, conditions will
be such that an overproduction of a
cheap article will not be for some
time to come. The domestic sugar
industry of the United States has a
very promising outlook from the
standpoint of being able to produce

THE WORLD’ S sugar situation

sugar at a profit and supply the
world’s shortage.
The consuming public will now

turn to domestic sugar because the
price is and will be cheaper than for-
eign sugar. ’Now the point! How can
we promote the production of domes-
tic sugar? Not by a protective tar-
iff alone, because that is of no ac-

'count as foreign sugar is higher than

domestic sugar. (It however, will be
a wise thing to have a tariff for reve-
nue and to protect the industry in
case of an oversupply of cheap foreign
sugar.) Not by the present 1917- 18
contract offered by the beet manufac-
turers, as that contract does not war—
rant the farmers to chance a beet
cr0p as the average cro-p will not give
returns that other average crops Will
at the present prices. Not by expect-
ing to get contract labor at the old

- prices offered by the manufacturers

two years ago as when labor can make
twice the wages daily in the cities at
less hard work and shorter hours
than they would receive from the old
contract they will limit production
and abandon the fields entirely, there-
causing great loss to the farmer and
shortage 0f sugar and cause the loss
of the acreage entirely, much of
which was done last year Which,
when taken together with the bad
weather conditions- caused a loss to
the beet farmers of the United States
of over $14,000,000 according to the
Ladies’ Home Journal in its explana-
tion to the housewives of “Why sug-
ar is scarce and high "

The Michigan Sugar Beet Growers’
Association contends that the right
way to promote production and sup-
ply the shortage of sugar, to furnish

" sugar to the consumer in sufficient
_ quantities
: price is to first—Give the farmer a

at the lowest possible
price for the beets or the raw mater-
ial so that he can produce at a. profit,

basing his figures on an average crop

" high enough so that it will be possi- ‘

ble to receive and pay the wages nec-

é essary to care for this expensive crop.

We contend that taking the present
fprioes of sugar, the excessive profits
the boot sugar manufacturers are
making, the cost of foreign raw sug-

,, or. the hish prices of city and warm

Month hick prices of farm um
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Manufacturers Will beat Fault if P ' . ,, , 4 ., . . ‘
' ' mannerisms”! ‘
Manager, Michigan Sugar Beet Grow ere! Assn.

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onnowmo the action of the was“ sate We human in up}
Fpropriating $2000 for the aid of the sugar. beet growers, the moi-.-

 

 

igan farm paper which published an editorial in opposition to the
growers’campalgn, hadachangcofheart, Mapplieder. 0.3.

Ackennan for an article setting forth the producer‘s’ claims.
companying article is a copy of that given the abovevmcntioned'farm

The ac-

jOurnalwhichwillalsoappearinthecurrentweeE’sissueofthntpnb-,.

licaizion.

content of the boots which is 16.28
per cent last year, into consideration
we are entitled to a price of $12 per
ton for beets based on 9 cent, sugar
and a 50-50 division of the advance
0:: the sugar price ones and above 9
cents per pound.

We have 50 per cent more capital
invested in the land and farm equip-
ment for producing the beets than
the manufacturers have invested in
their plants and equipment for manu-
facturing the sugar which would
really entitle us to more than a 50-

Bcet Growers PrcSent Their Claims.

WASHINGTON dispatch gives
A the following account of the

conference between represen—
tatives of heat growers’ organizations

and Attorney General Palmer at
Washington last week: ‘
Representatives of sugar beet

growers, including John C. Ketcham.

- master of the MichiganState Grange

and president of the National Beet
Sugar Growers. association have
been commissioned by Attorney Gen-
eral A. Mitchell Palmer to say to
beet growers that an investigation
would be undertaken immediately
by the department of justice into the
distribution of profits between them
and the sugar factories and in the
meantime that the growers would be
urged to hold steady in the matter
of signing further contracts.

The delegation which’met the at-
torney—general included, in addition
to President Ketcham, Fred Cum-
mings, of Colorado, vice president;
C. G. Patterson, of Utah, secretary;
J. R. Howard. of Iowa, president of
the American Farm Bureau federa-
ticn; T. C. Atkeson, representative of
the-National Grange, and several
members of the Growers’ association.

 
   

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50 division of the excess. '3“ we
want to be fair; We are standing
out fora 60-50 division which willbo
$1. 40 entra per ton added to the base
price of $12 for each cent sugar ad-
vances over 9 cents. Some 0: the best

farmers in Michigan have submitted,

itemized cost sheets which prove con-
clusively that it will cost on the av-

 

imam $160.. The gov

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would'be $80 for. What gill

be justified in reducing sugar 2 to 9

cents as the Lever Act enforced will

' not allow the manufacturers to make

erage $160 to produce an acre of sug- ~

ar beets this next- year, 1920. 5 It will
be seen that if only an average crop
is secured or 8 tons per acre the re-
turns at the old $10, if the price of

Their conference wasvforced, they
declared, because the sugar. factor-
ies have refused to deal with them
directly in the matter of profit dis‘
tribution and they had no recourse
except to appeal for justice to the
federal authorities. They deny any
intention to raise the price of sugar
to consumers. declaring that their
only des ire in coming to Washington
is to secure a just share of the pro-
ceeds of their product.

In support of their contention that
this just share has not been received
they laid before the attorney-general
a long array of estimate and figures
which they stated were compiled
from ofllcial and accurate sources. In
Michigan, these figures show, the
farmer receives $113.29 an acre of
beets and his production cost is
$106, leaving him $7.29 net profit
an acre. The factory gets out of the
acre of beets 1,989 pounds of sugar,
for which it receives $228.73, and
also gets 910 pounds of pulp, worth
$8.19, or a total of $259.67 from the
acre of beets. Allowing for the
factory cost of turning the beets into
sugar $174.90, the net to the factory
is $84.7 7 to the acre of beets. where—
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the excessive profits they mate, ”this

“last year on 12 cent sugar. It, must

4:; therefore be seen by all fair-minded,
' .men that in order to promote the pro-
duction of domestic sugar it. will be ‘

necessary to more eVenly- divide the
profits between the producer of the
raw material and the manufacture of
sugar and let the price of sugar go to

such a price that will encourage ,the . ‘

production of beet sugar in Sufficient
quantities to supply the consumer.
The manufacturers cannot expect
to get the people, the government and
the consuming public to back them' up
in trying to get the raw material or

‘ the sugar. beets at the old who When

confer and adjust these

you; amt we fair and what will
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cane sugar refineries are paying
many times the old price for their
raw sugar to foreigners.

We are taken to task because we
are late in our fight. Our answer is
that it is never too late to present
the truth and also we are a full
month earlier in the fight than we
were two years ago when we asked
for and won our price of $10 for beets
and also there is not one legal con-

tract for the beets signed and deliv-

ered by the manufacturers and accept-
ed by the grower that we know of.
Also we answer that our general
meeting was called early in December

even (before many farmers were thru-

drawing their beets this season, be-
fore which they had no time to think
Wet and. attend meetings and- consid-
er the proposition' of the 1920 con-
tract. The manufacturers, however,
were alert to the occasion and got
busy much earlier than is their usual
custbm and secured many of their so-
called contracts and are now carry-
ing them in their pockets which have
not been signed and delivered by the
manufacturer at the time these con-
tracts were secured having made the
farmers believe that if they expected
to grow beets at any price this next
year they would have to apply early
and at that time for a. contract as
they would not be solicited again,
threby not giving the farmer proper
opportunity to take into considera-
tion that all farm expense would be
at least 25 per cent higher than 2
years ago and many Were told that
the contract was to be the same as
the last year's contract regardless of
the fact that they intended to and
must charge from $6 to $12 extra for
their contract labor.

We are taken to task" on account of
the moral obligations which we owe
the manufacturers. We claim to owe
none,.but supposing that we did at
one time, this obligation on our part
was entirely wiped off the slate when
they, the manufacturers, refused our
growers’ committee a conferenCe for
which we asked early in January. We

as farmers, do not believe in strikes

or any radical measures unless abso-
lutely necessary, but we do believe in
organization to universally present
our cause and endeavor to get a. con-
dition ironed out so that production
will be promoted and the people be
supplied with sugar. When we are ac-
cused of being agitatorswe hurl the
statements back in the teeth of those
making such statements saying that
they, themselves, are the agitators as
they absolutely refuse to meet and
differences
that cause the shortage of production
and therefore the shortage of sugar.
They are the agitators that continue
this agitation of both producers and
consumers.

, The Michigan State Farm Bureau
has recently come forward and will
work with and for us and voted $2, -
000 for our cause. We believe that

' m all organizations that have the

interests of agriculture at heart and
fully understand that all we Want is

(Which

promote on, they

         
       
       
     
   
 

 

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guberia was rapidly'extsnding itsdairy
11..., industry, and: «when conditions be-
y-ebme'settled. .in that country it.may
___"be expected, to. come bacigas a fact-

 
     
     

    

" '52“ -f ipm t8 ,
; ’bntter- are already affecting prices on
‘ the NeweYork City market. Argen-
tine is‘ producing nearly three‘tlmes
theanio'unt"of‘butter'and che f‘se con-
signed, andj’eome of the eurpuspmay
, transected tecome‘to this country.

or compete, with our products in for-
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her in the world's market. ‘Recently
th’ére have been signs of interest in
dairying in, SouthAfrica and the in-

” dustry as developed in New Zealand

and Australia must be reckoned with.
, ',,' If .the dairy products manufactured
' :in, the United, States are of a better

quality ,‘than. those from other coun-
‘ tries‘they‘need not fear competition. .

Canada’s, cheese. industry illustrates
this.’ A strict system or gQYernment

supervision in the training of cheese.

makers, in- the» operatingof the fac-
tories, and in the grading, marketing
and expo ting of the product, exists
there. ”is has tended toward an im-
provement in the quality of Canadian
cheese until it ranks with the: finest
won 'the English. markets. ‘ .
. . The ' dairy industry. in Argentina

, hasr’grown rapidly since. 'tihe'..‘beginf-r

mug of the War. Before the War but-
t’er- exports from that country totaled
8,262 tons a year; in 1918 they were
five times that. Cheese exports were

' . ~far exceedd by‘th imparts ‘in 1913.

Now th conditions are reversed—over

. 6,000 tons of cheese being exported in

1918, * .
Today most Of these exports are go-

ing to Europeanimarkets, but should ‘

conditions 'become favorable it may
be expected that some of them ,wiil
come to this country. The Bureau of
,Marke'ts warns dairymen to be pre‘
pared to meet this competition.

 

,Prices Paid to Farmers

The level ofiprices paid producers
of the United States fOrthe principal
crops increased about 4.5 per cent
during December; in the last 10 years
price level increased in like period
about 2.2 per cent.- On Jan. 1, ‘1920,‘
the index figure of prices was about
18.9 percent higher than a year ago,
"12.3 -per' cent higher than two years
ago, and 84.7 per cent higher than the
average of the test 10 years on Jan. 1.4

The prices of meat animals——hogs, ,

' cattle, sheep and chickens—to produc-'

ers of the United States decreased. 2.9

‘ pr cent; from-Nov. 15 to De. 15;..in the '

glastmine years prices decreased in.
like :period 0.7 per cent. -. 9n Dec. 15

Michigan

spouse to a call of H. N. rNor—
. . ' ton, J r., Pres.“¢o_f Mich. Holstein
"Friesian Breeders' Ass’n, leading rep-

C ON Saturday,- Feb. 14th,:‘in‘re-

“lresentatiyes ‘of Holstein" publicity
- _ . _-work met at-the Board of Commerce

meme. Lansing, to lay plans fora

"five;- ”Weeks" membership,- campaigh ,

" for theiAs'sociat-ion.

Representatives were, present, item 3

H {to -. farmers, , compared. iqu'arterly

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._ prick: for these

    

39W” 1;“:atyrearego. 9.4 per cent
. rthen we? 3 ago,
sent? higher :t n ; the average . of
, .Ie’at‘mne rearsgbha'Dm .15:
,, . ellowing are‘details of prices paid
on
.dates’ indicated, as‘ reported by the
‘ Bureau -of’ Crap Estimates:

  

1918 1919

Dec. r Sop Dec.

Hogs ......... 315.82 816. 8 815.81 812.66
Beef. cattle 9.28 10.84 9.02 8.63
.Veal calves 12.31 12.65 13.89 12.67
Shes: ......... 9.4 10.45 8.69 8.53
Iam s ........ 12:44 14.03 12.25 11.85
*Wool. unw. 156.2 51.3. 51.3 51.6
cows 85.78 88.15 93.42 95.54

Home .. 121.00 124.00 119.00 113.00
Beans, dry. bu 4.86 4.40 4.36 . 4.41
Onions ........ 1.32 2.00 1.95 2.46
Hay ton, timothy 22.94 22.68 23.65 23.71
dimer . 21.26 21.25 21.74 22.60
Alfalfa _. . . . . 20.74 21.40 20.89 22.95
See; hm, clover ‘ 20.67 22.61 25.38 27.63
Timothy . . . 4.21 , 4.54 4.55 4.98
Alfalfa 9.65 10:64 12.34 16.68
Ctnseed. fen 65.05 64.00 62.13 69.07
Brm. en... ton .172.00 174.00 154.00 168.00
Cowpeaa. bu. . . 2.38 2.49 2.69 2;81
Kaflr. bu. .1 1.55 1.51 1.54 1.44'
Bran, ton ..... 38.95 47.93 4.9.58 48.79
Ctnsd. meal . 60.64 62.88 74.08 78.57

Paid by farmers—

Clover seed .. 20.67 22.61 25.88 27.67

. see » . . . 4.21 4.54 ' 4.55 4.98
Alfalfa seed . . 9.65 10.64 12.34 16.68

 

The Farmer-Labor Congress '

Two year extension of government
control of railroads and retention of
all necessary shipping was urged by
the Farmer-Labor Comparative Con-
gress here. PropOsed enactment of
peace time sedition‘ laws was assail-
ed and government insurance for the
farmer against crop losses was asked.

“Concentration of one-third of the
coun-tryfs’weaith’in the hands of one-
forty-sixth. ofone per cent of the
people,f.’; was. condemned. and a tax
on the'capital value of property to
;pay off. the war debt within a few
years was urgedw This tax should
not include any estate of $25000 or
less said amount to be 10 per cent
on $1,000,000 estates and should
gradually 'ris‘e to.75'per cent for es-
tates of $500,000,000.

An organization between farmer,
labor and comparative societies to
lower the cost of living by institut-
ing a just and more economic sys-
tem of distribution and by eliminat-
ing the middleman, was advised.

Speakers recommended the organ-
ization of co-operative daily news-
papers and denounced the press of the
country as “prostituted and debased
to the interests of capitalists.”

Robert M. Buck, editor of the New
Majority, a Chicago publication, de-
nounced press associations as sub-
servient to capitalistic influence.

Inadequate, Regrigerator Service
. , Alarms the. Fruit Growers
The fruit growers of the state are
alarmed at the prospect of insufli-
cient refrigeration'service this year.
If the operating railroads attempt to
serve their respective shippers with-
out the assistance of. the private re-
frigerator car lines; wihich'is'the sit-
uation-now confronting the fruit
growers, due to'the expiration of

- ures‘recei-ved, and intelligent man-

ner in which. the sale had been hand-
led in every respect. From the suc-

rpcess of this-*lastisalehe ,augured in-

creasing interest in the Michigan sale,
which will hereafter be an . annual
event that Will, attract buyers from -

an. partisgbtsgige,pnit9d8tates.

 

  
 
 
 
  

  

  
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
 
 

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and, 744.2.

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vita- ,» ”"tidh‘s
- to rail

centracts between the private lines
and'the railroads- there will be a ser-
ious shortage of refrigeration cars.
'A. R. Urion, chairman of the Refrig-
eration Committee of the Michigan
State Horticultural Society will give
his report at the mid-winter meeting,
which will be held at Benton Harbor,
March 4th and 5th. The society feels
very fortunate in securing Walter J.
Sears, President of the National
Canneré’ Assn., of Chillicothe, Ohio,
who will discuss the subject of “Dis-
tribution of Canned Goods and its
Necessity to Grower.” A very inter-
esting full two-day program has
been arranged by the secretary, Geo.
M. Low, Bangor. A large attend-
ance is assured, and all who plan.to
attend should make their hotel re-
servation at once. Programs may
be secured by applying to the secre-
tary. '

 

Cheboygan Farmers Want
Powdered Milk Plant
A plant for the manufacture of
powdered milk in this county is the
desire of many representative stock
and dairy farmers in Cheboygan Co.
Agricultural Agent, I. B. McMurtry-
while in attendance at the state
farmers convention in East Lansing
last week, investigated the indus-
try so far as possible through dele-
gates there who have an interest in
such plants. He was very favorably

impressed and returned home Sun-V

day morning very enthusiastic over
the matter.

Mr. McMurtry states that there
are great possibilities in this line but
that in order that a powdered milk
plant should prove proflitable here
it would be necessary that county
farmers increase the number of
their milk cows materially. He ex-
pects to discuss the proposition at
the gathering of farmers which are
being held about the county in con-
nection with the Co-operative Mar-
keting Association.

The state farm bureau organizer

~tion was perfected at Lansing last

week under a new plan which does
away with the temporary organiza-
tion heretofore in existence. A mem-
bership drive throughout the state
is to be conducted vigorously; spec-
ial agents to visit Cheboygan county
in May.

Farmer Will Pay Big Taxes in 1920

American farmers this year will
pay income taxes totalling nearly $1,-
000-000,000, it has been estimated

.on the basis of earnings calculated

by the Department of Agriculture.

The estimate represents four per
cent of $24,982,000,000, the value of
all crops, animals and animal pro-
ducts of 1919 as estimated by the ag-
riculture department. In growing
crops and stock of this value. Am-
erican farmers experienced the best
business year in their history, re-
ports show. It is $2,500,000,000
greater than .the value of the 1918
crop.

Saturday,
Howell. -
Monday, March 1.—Afternoon, Ad—
rian; evening, Jackson.

1 Tuesday, March 2.—Forenoon, Has-
tings; afternoon, Charlotte; evening,
Battle Creek. _
Wednesday, March 3.—Forenoon,
Dowagi‘ac; evening, Holland.
"Thursday, March 4.—-Forenoon, Al-

Feb. 28.-—Aftermoon, at

’legan; afternoon, Grand Rapids.

Friday, March Err—Forenoon, Scott-

vi'ue; .» 931%, Cadillac»:-

- Saturday: "March? - 6.+Eorenoon, Mt.

 

famea an. .
~ ;; Mr. -'Po,lloc-k r and - - Mr. Norton: will
1 speak at? all jm'eetinsa '

The

     

  

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to attehfd -

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p, ‘ ,. use Wisent’fout
Hermit: owners; ‘

 
  

addresses: can

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THE WESTERN SUGAR ' - H
BEET CROPS OF 1920
The Great Western Sugar Com-~

pany, so the daily papers state, As
contemplating a bonus of one dellar
per ton to be given to all who grew
and delivered beets for the 1919
campaign. This is important if true
and doubtless is offered as an in—
ducement for the farmers of the beet
sections to put in a crop for 1920
We are told also by the daily press
that thesugar company is to offer
$12 per ton for the 1920 crop.

The Scientific Farmer has never
been able to agree with the manage-
ment of the Great Western Company
regarding the price paid to the grow-
ers of beets for their products. We
have regarded it as unfair and in-
adequate and we still think so. Any
suggestions therefore from us in re-
gard to their policy would not be re-
ceived with acclaim or acted upon.

We, however. are constrained to
make a suggestion regarding this
contemplated bonus that if acted

upon might help to secure a larger
acreage of beets for 1920.

It is a well known fact that many
farmers who planted beets last year

   
 
 

 
  

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lost their entire crop——the beets did :

not come up, and when they did it r

.was too late to secure a profitable
stand to warrant theexpense of cul-
tivation. On the advice of the agents

of the sugar company these fields ?
were abandoned and the farmers lost ;

not only their labor but the use

of
the land.

Now, why should it not 1

be just and equitable for the sugar 5
company to give to these farmers a .
bonus of one dollar per ton on what i
would have been an average crop, .3

say eight tons to the acre planted,

provided they will plant an equal !

acreage this coming year?

These ';

are the men that need the bonus—- 1
those who lost all from no fault of i

their own. Is it not so?

How about the price fixed at $12
per ton? It has been determined
that with sugar at 7 cents wholesale
the sugar companies should pay $10
per ton for beets, and an additional
$1.50 per ton for every cent advance
in the price of sugar.

The sugar output of 1919 is now
selling at retail for 20 cents
pound and for not less than 12 cents
wholesale—and advance of 5 cents
per pound and that goes into the
pocket of the sugar company. Now

per I

let us apply the schedule: An ad- §

vance of 5 cents per pound should
bring with it an advance of $7.50
per ton for beets of $17.50 per ton
for the 1920 crop. Gentlemen
the Great Western Sugar Company,
are you ready to deal fairly with the
farmers in this matter or are you
going to try to hog it again? You
tried it two years ago and lost out.
If you try the same game this year
you will lose out again. A word to
the wise ought to be sufficient.

Holstein Breeders Begin Aggressive Campaign for Members

_“Comprehensive .Plgns ~Made to —Make*Michigan One of Largest Holstein‘ States in the Union

reach only owners of purebreds, but
owners of grade Holsteins. It is rec-
ognized that it is from the ranks of
grade owners that recruits come to
the ranks of breeders of pure-bred,
registrd cattl.

After the two weeks’ campaign will
have been concluded it is quite prob-

able: that a follow-up series of meet- .

ings pinplaces not included in' the
schedule above. The schedule given

- has been worked out very carefully

by President Norton and ~will be ob.-
weather' and train service per-
mitting. . .

The Lansing meeting was attended
by/S‘ecretar‘y L. S. Foote of'the'Sagi-
new Valley Helsfein Association, who

. is.- Bending‘f‘outflnetic‘esht- the-meeting

. L v I w'. .Grar.
not. "Midland and Bar counties 139'“
£111th

    

     

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WHEAT DOWN TO GUARANTEED

 

' men-r emcee PER 5u.. FEB.’28. 1920

 

and. mum Ollcolo o. v.
m. 2 Rod ..... +2.4 . 2.40
No. 2 mm . 2.45 2.53
no. 2 mm .. ' i

 

 

 

PRIOESVONI YEAR AGO

 

 

 

 

 

-__ erode lDotroi}_|.¢lhjcagol N. Y._
No. 2 Rod ....|2.eo 12.30412.”

No. 2 White ...| 2.25 [2 23 {2.34%
No. 2 Mixed ...1 2.26 I 2.21 2.

The past week has seen wheat

prices godown at some points as
low as the guaranteed minimum. for
the first time in several months. A
.good many mills are loaded up on
wheat which they are manufacturing
as rapidly as possible into flour. The
present demand for flour, both for
home consumption and export, is
very good, but the wheat crop that
, is ready for the milling is unequally
distributed, and the entire market
suffers as a consequence. The
Grain Corporation is expected to

- take a hand shortly to remedy this

condition and assist in the reselling
of wheat at as near uniform prices
as possible to bring a return of sta-
bility to the market.

CORN MARKET WEAKENS

CORN PRICES PER BIL, FEB. 23. 1920
Grade iDotroit lchioagol N. Y.

 

 

 

No. 2 Yellow . 'v I I 1.68
No. 8 Yellow . . . 1.54 i 1.44 '/2 1.61
No. 4 Yellow 1.51 I 1.43 1.58
—"phiEEs one ’ ‘vun‘ noo'—_“
Grade [Detroit IChloagoi N. _Y.

 

No 3 Yellow
No. 4 Yellow

 

No. 2 Yellow . . . #138
1.88 1.83 1 1
1.33 1.31 1.48

 

 

From the middle to the close of
last week the corn market was in a
very weak position and prices de-
clined all over the country. The
bears were active, and presented
many very good reasons why lower
corn prices were in prospects. The
car situation was relieved somewhat
during the latter part of the week.
export business was nil, receipts in—
creased, and a report was anticipated

‘ which would show large grain sup-

plies in country reserve. For the
first time in months, we believe that
the bears have the facts to back up
their predictions of a lower price
period- but at the same time we feel
that this period will be brief. and
that the grain markets in general
will continue their progressively up-
ward trend, with occasionally losses,
of course. The bulls in the corn
market are depending upon the farm—
ers to keep their heads and use can-
tion in selling their supplies. They
feel that if the market is fed grad--
ually there is no cause to worry
about lower prices.

OATS DROP WITH CORN

 

 

 

 

OAT PRICES PER BU.. FEB. 23. 1920
_ Glade ligotroltfiLChicago I1": WY”;
standard .. .82'/z I1.02
No. 3 White .. .91 ‘/2 .85 '/al
No. 4 White .. . , .90 V2 :.84 I
PRICES ONE YEAR AGO _
Grado lDotron IO’nlcaoo'I N Y. .
Standard ....... ecu/2! .69. .
o. 3 White .60'/2I .59 I .68
No. 4 White . . .l .60 92! .58 | .88

 

 

 

Oats which have been consistent-
ly sympathetic with corn during the
entire season, in spite of the fact
that there is no comparison whatever
between the relative size of the 1918
and 1919 crops. The corn crop is
above normal; the oat crop far be-
low. Otherwise, we would not. find
New York buyers paying better than
$1 per bushel five months before the
new crop. As we have many times
predicted from the very opening of
the marketing season the oat prices
must steadily advance”, for the sup—
ply is low and the demand is very

good. Declines in cats are only tem-
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RYE AND BARLEYV
‘The demand for rye has fallen off

'themxport demand having slackened

Considerably. The market tor rye
at the: opening of the week is quot-
ed one: at $1. 58. Barley is at a

‘ standstill, little life, and prices at
M the same lose] as the past two
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DETROIT, Feb. '

mand.

 

 

I Higher prices probable.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25th.-—Grain markets recover
Live stock lower.

  

25th .—-—Grain markets . show returning ‘
strength after week of declines. Beans and potatOes firm. Live Stock
weak z”and unsettled. Dressed calves and hogs firm and in good de-

 
 

 

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‘. Weekly Trade and Market Review

HERE HAS BEEN little change in industrial and trade circles

since our last issue.

If anything, conditions in the money and steak
markets are a little more unsettled and denote an unhealthy situation. '

Demand for loans is the largest on record. This would be taken as an
encouraging sign if deposits at banks kept pace, but eastern banks report
a large falling off 1n deposits. Notwithstanding that every condition now
prevails which should cause every investor to use the utmost caution,
reckless spending and speculation goes on unabated, people throwing
their good money to the Winds and at the same time complaining about
the high cost of living. Rigid economy, Wise spending and wise investing
are looked upon as remedies for the economic diseases from which as a

nation we are now suffering.

Export business in foodstuffs, at least, has virtually come to a

standstill

A few oats are bought daily for export, but there has been

nothing doing lately in corn, rye, barley, beans or meats, and prices
on all these commodities are now on the decline, as domestic con-‘
sumption Will not take care of the normal receipts of these products at

this season of the year at the former high prices.
opinion that the farmer holds the key to this situation.

Traders are of the one
If he becomes

alarmed at the weakness of the markets, and rushes his grain and live

stock to a near- demoralized market, lower prices are inevitable.

are of the one opinion, also, that if the farmer does not sell freely during
the next several weeks, that the markets will strengthen and prices will

again advance.

 

ACTIVITY IN BEAN MARKET

 

 

 

BEAN PRICES PER CWT., FEB. 23. 1920
Grade 7 [Detroit [Chicagoli N. Y_.
0. H. P. ...... _I 6.75 I 7.50 7.90
"ed Kidneys _ I14. 00 I14. _75__
‘ _ PRICES one YEAR moo
Grade [Detroit IChlcagoi N. Y.
‘ P. ..... I 8.00 I 7.75 | 8.75
Prim .. ..| 72 7.00 . I 7.75
fled eKidneys . .l11.25 “1.50 I12. 26

 

 

For two years the bean market has
acted as though it had the palsy or
St. Vitus dance. At least‘it has gone

by “fits and jerks,” and it hasn’t yet .

been “cured” either. Just at the
time a few weeks back when every-
one expected a sharp advance in
bean prices, there came a sharp de—
cline and a weakened condition that
lasted up to the close of last week
when demand suddenly picked up.
and available supplies were quickly
moved. What has caused this end-
den activity it is hard to say, but it
looks very much as if some of the big
bean jobbers were at their old tricks
of manipulating the Detroit market
for the purpose of getting out a few

' country districts.
is a sign that there aren’t many east-

,in-g down the

carloads of cheap beans from the

If this be true. it

ern beans left in the hands of the
jobbers and that the reserve stocks

in the hands of farmers must soon

be called 011. With the lanes of trade
still open between the Orient and
this country, however, the price of
domestic beans cannot advance ma-
terially. The introduction of a bean
tariff at this time would do much to
add life to the bean market.

“The Kotenashl bean,” says the
Price Oment Gmin' Reporter, “which
hasrbeen a disturbing (factor in hold-
price or. California.
Whites and the Michigan pea beans,
has advanced recently to around $6
per cwt, delivered to the Pacific
Coast ports. However, it is said that
some considerable quantities in store
at San Francisco and Seattle are still
to be purchased at around $5.25 to
$5.35, so that sales of new crop Ko-
tenashis' are reported as small and
practically no impoctations have as
yet been’made.”

 

 

Chart for

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WASHINGTON, D. 0., Feb. 28, '10.
“Warm waves v'nll roach Vancouver
about Feb. 27,114”. 3, 8, 1.3, and
temperatures will rise on all the Pa—
(11110 slope. They Will cross
Rockies by closey 01 Feb. 28, Mar.
9, 14; plains sections 29, Mar. 5, 10,
15; meridian 90, great lakes, middle

1.

.5

Gulf states and1 OhTio- «5111155826 val-
leys Mar. 1, 6,1, 16: eastern sec-
tions 2, 7, 1

Newfoundland near 8, 12,18:
day behind warm. aneg and
* waves about one day behind storm
waves.

 

 

 

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK' -
As Forecasted by W. T. Foster hi- MICHIGAN spSINEss FARMING

gig on March 6 and low temperatures
ur
Egvere storms and most precipitation

neat during Week centering on 9.

 

or ase west
’ Texas, Oklah Nebraska Kan-
sas. Missouri. ather sections about
same as since first of Janudry. .

‘ Enacted
during week centering On March 9
and plans should be made for 811100
Work "about that am The no
expected during wreck cents

March 23 will 3130 be ”Wm but not ‘
so 13"th ”tho-e outlier in, the‘:

crest of'

2. 17,1'eaehlnggvicinltyof "

Storm waves will th about. one i,
' cool. .

' These disturbances will control the
weather of the provinces and 'states
rom near Feb. 28 to near March 17.
1:11 temperatures are expected to
cross continent during week center-

ing week centering on March 13.
h is expected to cross conti-
During this short weather period,
icularly from Feb. 20 0 March

0 precipitation is expect to in-
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Developments of Ithe past work

show that the weakening of the po- -

tato market was only temporary, at
though only one market reports
prices back to ”their former 19v 111.
Pittsburg bought potatoes last week
at $7. 2'5 per 150-111. sack, which is a
new high level for that market. The
Detroit market has male little gains
Chicago reports slump in both de—
mand and supply. Rochester, N Y.
says that the market is firm and act-
ive, with advancing price tendencies.
The west reports a not over-strong
condition, With a tendency to lower
prices. We have received additional
returns upon ‘our ‘ questionnaire
which was sent to a. number of p04-
tato authorities asking'for their
opinion as to the future of the mark-

et. These gentlemen all predlét‘ a=
healthy market with good prices‘for'

the balance of the season. The re-
ports are published on page 19 of
this issue.

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Chicago .125. 00 a 23124. 00 @25 22. oo @28
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Chicago . 22.00@23|21.50@22 21.00@22
New York 25. ooz 1122. oo@24 21.00am ,
Pittsburg . 25.50 @ 25I25. 50 @ 25 25.50 925
Lack of supplies has added

strength to an already strong hay
market, and prices are up all over the
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LIVESTOCK MOVEMENT

Reports of receipts and disposi—
tion of livestock at 67 pubic stock
yards show a decrease in the number
of cattle and calves received of 243, -
097 or 11. 4 per cent, the receipts for
the month of January being 1 881, -
227. Localjsla aughter, 1 H105 315 bd-
ing a reduc on compared with a year
ago of 215,187, or 16. 3 per cent. The
feeder shipments, 347, 778, is 15, 710
or 4. 3 per cent less than a year ago.
The hog movement from the same
markets was 5, 311, 483, being 594.-
821 less than a year' ago, or 10.1
per cent. Local slaughter- 3,,598-
323, a decrease of 700, 833 or 16.3
per cent. Feeders shipped out 89,—
621, being an Iincrease of 39, 332, or
78. 2 per cent over a year ago. Sheep
receipts 1, 598,102 an increase of.
19 547, or 1. 2 per cent. Local
slaughtgr was 920,076, a decrease
of 49,3 8 or 5.1.- Stock feeder
shipments. 308 an increase of 80-,
763, or 35-. 5 per cent.

 

DAILY LIVE
SU MMA RY

(Monday being a holiday, we are
obliged to gave the previous Soto.-
day’s lwc stock M1 1481* and any im
portant price changes will be fouml in
the Last Minute Wires on; the previ—
our page which are corrected 6‘98le
day M. B. F. is on the mess. We are
now arranging ’for a special live nkmk
serum to 1139;:an on early one.)

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‘- yearlings have formed a small quota

‘1-

a good demand for .11 desirable kill-

ing kinds on which prices advanced-

251: in most instances on those sell-

is; from $48 to 314. However, this

strength was speedily lost, and tile
week closed with steers selling above
$13. 50 unevenly 85 to 750 lower
than a week ago, while steers from
$13 down closed about steady with
the close oi! last week. The percent-
age of choice and prime cattle was
small with $16. 26 the week's top
paid for two leads oz 1, 521 lb. prime
bollocks. Several other lots of
choice steers went at 515 to $15 50,
but demand centered strongly on the
$12 to $13 59 kinds which included

a well-conditioned plain Ml?! 311°” DRESSED W39“, 296221;;

i'ejd grade. The week’s cell supply
was largely of common to good
kinds and the spread in pflees widen-
ed, ocmsionaiiy by the city butchers
bidding stronger for the strictly
choice vealers, of which there were
few. Market closed 25c lower for
the week on good killing kinds.
There has been a fair country de-
mand for, stockers and feeders this

week and with a fair supply irom‘

-which to make selections. prices have

advanced 25 to 401: on all kinds.
There will be a fairly liberal carry-
over at the week's end.

HOGS

Strength crept into the closing hog
market of the week, general deal be-
ing mostly 10 to 150 higher than
yest'erday’s average, with some of
the lighter weights as much as 15
to 20c up. Hogs 170 to 190. lb. av-
erages went to shippers from $14. 76
to 14. 90, latter price being top and
While 200 to 220 lb. butchers found
an outlet largely from $14. 50 to
$14.70 and bulk of the medium and
heavier hogs of good to choice qual—
ity from $14 to $14.40. Packers
were bidding under $14 for some
strong weight butcher hogs carry-
ing a few good packing sows, but
practically no straight loads of the
butchers went “under the hill. ” Pigs
ruled flrm.- Receipts at ten markets
for the week at 590, 000 show a gain
of 100,000 compared with last week.
The week’s trade is closing mostly
40 to 50c under last Saturday.

SHEEP

Practically the entire estimated
supply of 4, 000 sheep and lambs to-

day was direct to packers. The mar-
ket was nominally steady. ‘Receipts
this week total about 69,000 of

which approximately 28. 800 were di-
rect to packers from other markets,
largely from Denver, to which point
Colorado fed lambs have been run-
ning quite freely. Receipts here last
week were 67, 864. Ten markets
have had a combined supply of 204, —
700 this week compared with 218, -
200 the week previous. While qual-
ity has run fairly good, in the main,
high dressers have been scarce and
they have scored well warranted
premiums over lambs or low or un-
certain dressing . qualifications the
former, where of desired weights,
closing 25 to 50¢ higher than a
week ago,,with the top within 10c ol
the season’ 3 high point. Heavy me-
dium and common lambs have sold
irregularly throughout the week, av—
eraging’ at the close around steady
levels with a week ago. Sheep and

of the week's receipts and fat class-
es are unevenly 25 to 75c higher than
a week ago, best ewes showing rath-
er the most gain, while cull and com—
mon kinds show little change in
value.

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MARKETING PLAN
(Continued from page 2)
comes a forward step by the Michi-
gan Farm Bureau in employing J.
W. Nicolson, until
specialist in farm crops at M. A. 0.,

new extension

aims
known throughout

climate and soilswith this state.
Rosen rye and Red Rock wheat.
two grains produced at M. A. C. by

Professor 1". A. Spragg, are in great

demand over the country, and one
of the activities of the new depart-
ment will be to supply other states
with these seed grains in carload
,quantities. Purchasing of improved
seeds and grains grown elsewhere,
such as North Dakota alt-alts and
Idaho clover, will also be carried on
for Michigan farmers on a cost basis.
The department is intended to be
self—sustaining and it is expected that
a half-million dollar business will be
handled this year.

Although Mr. Nicolson’ s resigna-
tion and the resulting blow to the
farm crops department at M. A. G. is
felt keenly there- agricultural lead.-
ers believe he will be able to render
the farmers of the state an even
greater service in his new capacity.
The oflices of the crop and grain sec-
tion of the Michigan Farm Bureau
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Central America,

one chest full of perfectly no good‘

old clothes, and a lot 01 holes in the
ground, ” Henry joined in. the oth-
er’s humor.
thieving Indians,
fever "

“And pretty girls with a habit of
kissing total strangers one moment,

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and of sticking up said total strang~

ers with shiny silver revolvers the
next moment,” Francis cut ‘in. “Let
me tell you about it. Day before
yesterday, I rowed ashore over on
the mainland. The moment I land-
ed, the prettiest girl in the world
pounced out upon me and dragged
me away into the jungle. Thought
she was going to eat me or marry
me.
fore I could find out, what’s the pret—
ty damsel do but pass'uncompliment—
ary remarks on my mustache and
chase me back to the boat with. a
revolver. Told me to beat it and
never come back, or words to that
effect."

“Whereabouts on the _.mai»nland
was this?” Henry demanded, ‘w‘ith a
tenseness which Francis, chuckling
his reminiscence of the misadventure
did not notice.

“Down toward the other end of
Chiriqui Lagoon,” he replied. “It
was the stamping ground of the So-
lano family. I learned; and they are
a red peppery family, as I found out.
But I haven’t told you all.‘ Listen.
First she dragged me into .the veg-
etation and insulted my mustache;
next she chased me to the boat‘with
a. drawn revolver; and then she
wanted to know why I didn’t kiss
her. Can you beat that?

“And did you?” Henry demanded,
his hand unconsciously clinching by
his side.

“What could a. poor stranger in a.
strange land do? It was some arm-
ful of pretty girl .

The next fraction of a. second
Francis had sprung to his feet and
blocked before his jaw a crushing
blow of Henry’s fist.

“I . . I beg your pardon,” Henry
mumbled, and slumped down on the
ancient sea chest. “I’m a fool I
know, but I’ll be hanged if I can
stand for

“There you go again,” Francis in-
terrupted resentfully. “As crazy as
everybody else in this crazy country.
One moment you bandage up my
cracked head, and the next moment
you want to knock the same head
clean off of me. As bad as the girl
taking turns at kissing me and shov-
ing a gun into my midrif.”

“That’s right, fire away, I deserve
it,” Henry admitted ruefully, but
involuntarily began to fire up as he
continued with: “Confound you, that
was Leoncia.”

“What if it was Leoncia? Or Mer-
cedes? Or Dolores? Can’t a fellow
kiss a pretty girl at a ‘revolver’s
point without having his head knock-
ed off by the next rufiian he meets in
dirty canvas pants on a. notorious
sand heap of an island?”

“When the pretty girl is engaged
to marry the ruffian in the dirty can-
vas pants ”

“You don’t mean to tell me——"
the 'other broke in excitedly.

“It isn’t particularly amusing to

said ruflian to be told that his sweet-
heart has been kissing a ruflian she
never saw before from off a disrep-
utable Jamaica nigger’sl-scheonerfi'
Henry completed ‘his sentence.
’ “And she took, me for you,”
Francis mused, glimpsing the situa-
tion. “I don‘ t blame you for losing
your temper, though you must admit
it’s a nasty one. Wanted to. cut off
my ears yesterday, didn’t you?"

“Yours is just as nasty. Francis,
my boy. The way you insisted that
I cut them off when I had you down—-
ha. ' ha. i"

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laughted in

hearty amity.

‘-‘It’s the old Morgan temper,"
Henry said. “He was by all the ac-
counts a peppery old cuss. "

“No more peppery than those So-

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I didn’ t know which. And be-’

1 prento.

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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

BANOIS MORGAN, Ion

York millionaire, who}:
has gram bored by the city's luxury :1
tameness and has decided to to on on
extensive fishing trip. - Rem, a former
co ems of Francis‘ father, is plotting
to get the young men out of the why so
that Begun may be free to manly
the great Tampioo oil stocks in which

young Morgan is heavily invested and in.

which he has great faith. Began gets
Torres, a. dusky-skinned visitor, to 1113’s
Francis to the Corribean islands where
a pirate ancestor of Morgan has buried
a great treasure. The lure works and
young Morgan stir-ts out on the trip
alone. Beoaimed in a small vessel at
son, he lands on on island whither he
had been beckoned by a girl on the shore.
The girl mistakes Francis for a lover
she has quarreled with. He Is chased
from the island by her Lather and broth-
ers. Francis explores another island
where a young man threatens his life
and then saves it frorli savages who nt-
tack young Morgan. Francis and the
young man discover they are related.

 

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your Lebncla pulled her little popgun

on a long- bearded old fellow who
might have been her father and gave
him to understand she'd shoot him
full of holes if he didn' t stop plug-
ging away at me. ”

“It was her father, I’ll wager. old
Enrico himself ” Henry exclaimed.

‘ “And the other chaps were her broth-

ers. ”

“Lovely lizards !” ejaculated
Francis. “Say, don't you think life
is liable to become a trifle monoton-
ous When your're married into such
a peaceful, dove—like family as that.”
He broke off, struck by a new idea.
“By the way, Henry, since they all
thought it was you, and not I, why
in thunderation did they want to kill
you? Some more of your crusty
Morgan temper that peeved your
prospective wife’s relatives?”

Henry looked at him a moment,
as if debating with himself and then
answered.

“I don’t mind telling you. It is a
nasty mess, and 'I suppose my temp-
er was to blame. I quarreled with
her uncle. He was her father’s
youngest brother "

 

“Was?” interrupted Francis" with

significant stress on the past tense.
“Was, I said,” Henry nodded. "‘He
isn’t now. His name was Alfaro So-

lano, and he had some temper him-'

self. They claim to be descended

‘from the Spanish conquistadores, and

they are prouder than hornets. He’d
made money in logwood; and he had
just got a big henequen plantation
started farther down the coast. And
then we quarreled It was in the lit-
tle town over there"—San Antonio.
It may have been a misunderstand-
ing, though 1 still maintain he was
wrong. He always was looking for
trouble with me—didn’t want me to
marry Leoncia, ybu see.

“Well. it was a hot time. It start-
ed in a pulqueri-a where Alfaro had
been drinking more mescal than was
good for him. He insulted me all
right. They had to hold us apart
and take our guns away, and we 'sep-
arated swearing death and destruc-
tion. That was the trouble—our
quarrel and our threates were heard
by a score of witnesses.”

“Within two hours the Comisario
himself and two. gendarmes found
me bending over Alfaro's body in a
back street in the town. He’d been
knifed in the back, and I’d stumbled
over him on the way to the beach.
Explain? No such thing. There
were the quarrel 'and the threats of
vengeance- and there I was not two
hours afterwards. caught dead to.
right with . his .warm corpse. 'I’
haven’t been baCk inSan Antonio
since, and I didn’t waste any time
in getting away. Alfaro was very
popular—you know, the dashing
type that catches .the rabble’s fancy.
Why, they couldn’t have been per;

sanded. to give me even the sem-‘~

blance of a trial.~ Wanted my blood
there and then, and I departed very

“Next, up at Bocas del Taro, ,,
messenger from Leoncia. » 1. gen
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riaiwémyseir with Loosen "
rest '01 the Stilettos and there' isn’t

a doubt in the world that there’ ll be

a wedding. And now that it’s all
over I don't mind admitting that Al—

faro Was a goOd scout“ even if his .1

temper did go of! at half-cock. ”
yf‘Clear as print, " Francis mur-
mured.

why the more I look at you, the more
I see we no as like as two peas, ex-
cept for my mustache ”

“And for this . ” Henry rolled
up his sleeve and on the left forearm
showed a' long, thin, white scar.
“Got that when I was a boy. Fell off
a windmill and through the glass
roof of a hothouse. ”

“Now listen to me,” Francis said,
his face beginning to light with the
preject forming in his mind: ”Some—
body’s got to straighten you Out of
this mess, and the chap’s name is
Francis, partner in the firm of Mor-
gan and Morgan. You stick around

here, or go over and begin prospect-
ing on the Bull, while I go bad: and
explain things to Leoncia and her
people

“If only they don't shoot you first
before you can explain you are not
I,” Henry muttered bitterly. “That's

 

 

the trouble with those Solanos. They 1

shoot first and talk afterward. They
won’t listen to reason unless it’s
post mortem.”

“Guess I’ll take a chance, old
man.” Francis assured the other,
himself all fire with the plan of
clearing up the distressing situation
between Henry and the girl.

But the thought of her perplexed
He experienced more than a
twinge of regret that the lovely
creature belonged of right to the
man who looked so much like him,
and he saw again the vision of her
on the beach, when. with conflicting
emotions, she had alternately loved
him and yearned toward him and
blazed her scorn and contempt on
him. He sighed involuntarily.

“What’s that for?” Henry de-
manded quizzically.

“Leoncia is on exceedingly pretty
girl,” Francis answered with trans-
parentfrankness. “Just the same,
she’s yours, and I'm going to make
it my business to see that you get
her. Where's—that ring she return-
ed? If I don’t put it on her finger
for you and be back here in.a week
with the good news, you can cut off
my mustache along with my ears."

An hour later, Captain Trefethen
having sent a boat to the beach from
the Angelique in response to signal,
the two young men were saying
good—bye.

“Just two things more, Francis.
First, and I forgot to tell you, Leon-
cia is not a Solano at all, though she
thinks she is. Alfaro told me him-
self. She is an adopted child and
old Enrico fairly worships her. al-
though nelther his blood nor his race
runs in her veins. Alfaro never told
me the ins and outs of it, though he
did say she wasn’t Spanish at all. I
don’t even know whether she's Eng-
lish or American. She talks good
enough English. though she got that
at convent. You see, she was adopt-
ed when she was a wee thing, and
she’s never known anything else
than that Enrico is her father.”

“And no wonder she scorned and
hatedJne for you," Francis laughed,
“believing, as she did, as she still

,does, that you knifed her full blood-

,uncle in the back. "

Henry nodded, and went on
. “The other thing is fairly import—
ant. And that's the law. Or the ab-
sence of it, rather. They make it
whatever they Want it, dOWn in this
{outaof-the—way' hole. It’s a long Way

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”ted littl6’ «Indian boy who at sight
'of a coin readily consented to carry
a nOfe’v-u up to the youi‘lg senorita of
the big hacienda. As Francis scrawl~

'- ed on a sheet of paper from his note-

   

‘ book, “I am‘ the man whom you mils"- .

took fer Henry Morgan, and I have
a message for you from him,”
little dreamed that un‘t0ward hap-

penings were about to occur with as

edua'l rapidity and frequence as on

his first Visit.

. For that matter. could he have
‘péeped over the outjut ' of rock
against which he leaned his back

, while comprising the note to Leoncia,

he would have been startled by a
vision of the young lady herself,

» emerging like a sea-goddess fresh

from bf. swim in the sea. But he
wrote calmly on the Indian lad even

mere absorbed than himself in the .

opératibn, so that it was Leoncia,
coming around the rock from behind,

‘ who first caught sight of him Stifl-

ing an exclamation, she turned and
fled blindly into the green screen of
jungle.

His first warning of her proximity

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' deadly viperine

;,but the. hearsay was terrible enough.

.mi‘nutes afterbeing struck by tiny

-- and tied it loosely around her leg
,. :above
“piece of driftwood stick, and twisted
the handkerchief to savage tight-

...1; - blade of his pocket-knife, burned it.
éwith' several matches to make sure
a t

startled scream of fear aroused him.
Note and pencil fell to the sand as
he sprang toward the direction of
the cry and collided with a wet and
scantily dressed young woman who
was recalling backward from what-
:ever had caused her scream. The
unexpectedness of the collision was
provocative of a second startled

. scream from her ere she could turn

and recognize that it was not a new

attack but a rescuer.
She darted past him, her face col-M

orless from the fright, stumbled over. -

the Indian boy, nor paused until she
was out on the open sand.

“What is it?" Francis demanded.
“Are you hurt? What’s happened?”

She pointed at her bare knee,
where two tiny drops of blood oozed
forth side by side from two scarcely
perciptible lacerations. .

“It Was a viperi‘ne,” she said “A
I shall be a dead
woman in five minutes, and I am glad
glad for then my heart will be tor-
mented no more by you."

She leveled an accusing finger at
him, gasped the beginning of. denun-
ciatlon she could not utter, and sank
down in a faint.

Francis knew about the snakes of
Central America merely by hearsay.

Men t-alked'of even mules and dogs
dying in horrible agony five to ten

reptiles fifteen to twenty inches long.
Small Wonder she had fainted, was
his thought, with so terribly rapid a
poison doubtlessly beginning to
work. His knowledge of the treat-
ment of snake-bite was likewise
hearsay- but flashed through his
mind the recollection of the need of
a t6urnqui‘net to shut off the circula- ,
tion above the wound and ‘prevent
the poison from reaching the heart.
He pulled out his handkerchief

the knee, thrust in a small

ness. 3 Next, and all by hearsay,
.working swiftly, he opened the small

germs, and cut carefully but
13* into the trim lacerati0ns
, lo y‘fihe snake’ s fangs.

Elle a a fright himself work-
with feverish deft‘ness and ap-

 

on ' would begin to

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- — .“Lie down,"

, she sat up, and just when he was
econnoitergda

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he, commanded, as

bending his lips to the task.

In response, he received a re-

sounding slap alongside of his face
‘ 1. from her little hand.
instant the Indian lad danced out~

At the same

or the jungle, swinging a small dead,
snake by the tail and crying exult—

ingly:

“Labarri. ' Labarri. "’

At which Francis assumed the
Worst.

“Lie down, and be quiet !” he re-
“You haven’t a
second to, lose.”

«But she had eyes only for the
dead snake. .Her relief was patent;
but Francis was no witness to it, for
he was bending again to perform
the classic treatment of snake-bite.

“You dare l” she threatened him.
“It’s only a baby labarri. and its bite
is harmless. I thought it was a
viperine. They look alike when the
labarri is small.”

The constriction of the circulation
by the tourniquet pained her, and
she glanced down and discovered his

handkerchief knotted around her
leg.

”Oh, what have you done?”

A warm blush began

to suffuse
her face. «

sworn, unless it Were hysteria, that
she was laughing; and he knew for
the first time how really hard was
the task he had undertaken to put
the ring of another man on her
finger. So he deliberately hardened
his heart against the beauty and tie-
cination of her and said bitterly:

“And now, I suppose some of
your gentry will shoot me full of
holes because I don’t know a labarri
from a viperine. You might call
some of the farm hands down to do
it. Or maybe you’d like to take a
shot at me yourself.”

But she seemed not to have heard,
for she had arisen with the quick
litheness to be expected of so glor—
iously fashioned a creature, and was
stamping her foot on the sand.

“It’s asleep—my foot,”'she ex-
plained with laughter unhidden this
time by her hands.

“You’re acting perfectly disgrace-
fully,” he assured her wickedly,
“when you consider that I am the
murdered of your uncle.”

Thus reminded, the laughter
ceased and the color receded from
her face. She made no reply. but
bending, with fingers that trembled
with anger she strove to unknot the
handkerchief as if it were some
loathsome thing.-

“Better let me help,” he suggest-
ed pleasantly.

that stirred Compellln;
-to Clasp her in his 111-1118., .
revive by last recollection of you
here on the beach, one second
proaching me for not kissing you,-
the next second kissing me—yes,

you did, too—and the third second
threatening to destroy my digestion);
forever with that little tin toy pistol.
No; you haven’t changed" _

of yours.
an iota from last time.
same Spitfire of a Leoncia.
better let me untie that for
Don’t you see the knot is jammed?
You little fingers can never manage
it.”

She stamped her foot in sheer in-
articulateness of rage.

“Lucky for me you don’t make a
practice of taking your tin toy pistol
in swimming with you,” he teased
on, “or else there’d be a funeral right:
here on the beach pretty pronto of
a perfectly nice young man whose
intentions are never less than the
best.”

The Indian boy returned at this
moment running with her bathing
wrap, which she snatched from him
and put on hastily. Next, with the
boy’s help. she attacked the knot
again. When the handkerchief came
off she flung it from her as if in
truth it were a viperine.

“It was contamination,”
flashed, for his benefit.

But Francis. still engaged in hard-

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I T IS such faith and hope as are expressed
_ in this letter that form the imperishable
r foundations of the Republic. The young man
cries, “Oh, to have age, wisdom and experience
that I might make a conquest of the world.”
But the middle-aged and the old lament that
youth is gone and with it the enthusiasm and
ambition of youth. Opportunity is not wedded
to youth as many think. Very often opportun-
ity passes youth by and beckons to those who
have long since passed the middle milestone of
life. Mon flounder helplessly about during
their younger years vainly trying to capture.
opportunity or find the niche in which they
will fit. Some never find it. Others, after per-
iods of doubt, discouragement and repeated
failure, suddenly fall into their place in_life,
and graying hairs and wrinkled faces are no
obstacles to their success. Faith and hope are
' tin magnets that attract opportunity. And so
long as the fires are kept burning, opportunity
will hover near. Do not be disheartened be-
cause the years have gone leaving you with
your ambitions unrealized and your most
cimriShcd dreams unfulfilled. You will find
that they have only been deferred and that
swim-where along life’s course, opportunity,
happiness, and such of'thc material things of
life as are essential to human contentment,
:uvnit you. Fifty-three years, disgustingly
healthy, fivv children to bless and comfort you,
n fa 1-111, and faith,—-why, dear folks, you have
alruady lived a life and another one is before
you. May it bring to you the blessings that
such spirits as yours richly deserve. And
thanks for ymurkind words. They help to
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What’s in Ia Word?
ONSPIRACY or not, the Newberry meth-
J 0d of running elections does not meet
with the approval of the people of Michigan,

over at Grand Rapids, it will have but little of...

the veters.

 
  

did not constitute a criminal conspiracy. Butf

   

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"he W rid: um our-em rm... mus ..

' and Whatever may be the verdict of the jury.»
""t'ect upon the already settled convictions Of I ‘

The jmy may decide that these methods

. ing press agents and moving picture machine, . :
"setting an eXample as it were for the youth of I
the land to give up their soft poisons and par- _

take of the hardy life of the navy. Even the

'most skilled political master must bow to the

superior handiwork of the IINewberry commit-
tee, and confess that he is a piker when it

comes to really delicate ”work. And now that

the gilt and tinsel have worn 01f, even the most
stubborn citizen must feel ashamed and-offend-
ed as he remembers the high motives which in-
spired him to assist in the presentation of
“Michigan’s gift to the Nation.”

There is no room in Michigan for the kind of
political juggernaut which Mr. Newberry’s
committee manipulated in this state in 1918.
Our good common sense tells us that danger-
lurks in its trail. The mere suggestion of us-

ing the» influence of our Supreme Court and -

the governor to secure immunity for a common
criminal in exchange for his political support
fills us with apprehension, and not even the
irony of the “frame- up” of which 333. Holmes
claims he 1s a victim blinds us to the gravity of
the deed.

So far as the people of Michigan are con-
cerned the issues in the Newberry trial are set-
tled. The technical outcome is of little conse-
qu’encc. Conspiracy or not, Michigan has'had
enough of the Newberry brand of politics.

The Country Church

HE RESIGNATION of the pastor of a
fashionable Grosse Pointe church to en-
ter the real estate business because he could not

live on his salary of $4,000 a year reminds us -

that religion like everything else has advanced
in price. The millionaires of Grosse Pointe
will struggle along somehow without a shep-
herd to lead their flocks until they can fill the
vacancy, but we are not so sure of the spiritual
safety of the thousands of rural communities
throughout the United States which have lost
their pastors permanently to better-paying po-
sitions.

If it is true as charged that the rural church
is on the decline we need to make a diagnosis
of the situation and provide a remedy. The
natural tendency of the age is toward worldli-
ness. This applies not only to the people of’ the
cities but to those of the country as well, only
in a lesser degree. In times long since past the
people of many rural communities were deep-
ly religious. They held in high reverence the
things of God and followed closely the paths of
rcctitude. They were constant church goers.
Religion was a part of their life. It ranked
second only to the grim-necessity of making a
living. The itinerant pastor was a man of high
standing, a real shepherd, strong, kind, living
close to God, and wielding a firm hand over the
spiritual welfare of his flock. Whatever he
may have lacked in education and refinement,
he made up in zeal and earnestness as he ap-
plied himself to the strengthening of the relig—
ious bonds of the communities which he visit-‘
ed. The high moral character,——the honesty,
simplicity, sincerity and God-fearing qualities
of the people of the farming communities, are a
tribute to the labors of the rural pastor.

The children of the present generation and
their children will be in far greater need of
spiritual guidance than their forefathers were.
The temptations of the day are greater, the op-
portunities for spending idle hours in frivoli-
ties abound on every side, and while we have
no wish to return to the Puritanical religion of
long ago, we cannot afford to let our children
grow to manhood and womanhood without Ipro-

. viding for them places of worship and minis—
‘ ters of the gospel to guide their footsteps
.aIrIight. ’

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the Democratic president,
thcr time nor thoughts to . . ,
Winter passes; Japanese beans flood .
list; prices decline; the. marketing months
come and go. Five months after the bean grow-

 
     

     
  
   
  
    
   
   
    
  
   
  
   
   
   
    
  
   
 
   
    
  
   
    
  
 
 
 
   
    
    
   
 
   
       
    
  
  
  
   
 
  
   
    
 
   
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
   
   
   
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
  

  

- ers’ committee left their important commission . .

in his hands, Mr. Fordney has taken no action. .
What shall he say to the discouraged farmers ~
back homei Happy thought: “The president

will veto my bill so what’ 8 the use of introduc-

ing 11: 7”

He passes the buck—shifts the responsrbility
from his own shoulders to the shoulders of an-
other who has had nothing Whatever as yet to
do with the proposed legislation. That may
let Mr. Fordney out and save him from an em-
barrassing, position, but it' doesn’t help the
bean growers one whit. But that’s the way it
goes—from town constable 'to president- Few
there are to accept the consequences of their
own acts. Spines filled with jelly instead of
lime, knees that are wobbly like a day-old calf;
will power that has bent so often to the winds
of expediency that it has lost the power to re-
spond to the call of duty,———these;are “quali-
ties” which we too often find in our public ser-
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The Live Stool: Situation . I '

HE LIVE STOUK‘markct is between the

devil and the deep blue Sea. On the one
‘hand' is European poverty and shaky credit; on
the other the public’ 3 foolish drive on the high
cost of living,—or rather it is a drive on the
cost of farm products. Our meat exports to
Europe have practically ceased and peeple by
the thousands who once upon a time snubbed
their noses at fish are now eating great quanti-
ties of mackerel and herring and cod from the
New England fishing coast, to the almost total
exclusion of their usual diet of pork and beef.

The nervous antics of the live stock market
for some weeks past reflect these conditions.
The packers are over-cautious. They refuse to
lay in their usual supply. They buy from hand
to mouth. Their elaborate and expensive re-
search departments, maintained at the expense.
of both the consumer and producer, show no
interest in the solution of the difficulty. ’ The ..
live stock market is drifting, and with it the 0". —
farmers. '

A writer in the Chicago Herald and Erwin ~
er describes the condition as follows: ‘

“Consumers are victims of an uneconomic sys-
tem of distribution, which packers persistently ig-
nore. This reacts on the producer. The public is
paying for superfluous service an enormous amount
that might be saved if packers adopted the same
economical methods of conveying their products
to the public as established by the oil companies,
but the packers are resolutely opposed to extending
their sphere of operaion in this directiOn, al-
though it Would be distinctly to their advantage
and also that of the great army or discouraged live
stock producers whose only recourse is curtail-
merit.

“Prediction is herewith made that unless a con-
dition more satisfactory to producers is establish-
ed at the live stuck markets of the country, such .‘ I
curtailment will be emphatic. Live stock production , - ‘1‘. ‘
is already several laps behind rapidly increasing ,. ,A -«
consumption.” . .

Not all live stock writers agree with this
view, feeling that there is bound to comes rc«
vival in the European demand which will im-
prove the situation materially. ‘Ail,~h(IvIwever, '
adVise caution in marketing and urge that
shipments of live stock be withheld or at least
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military training bill. What must the people
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”mpg: in America.

councils or the Wilson administra-
tion. Unfortunately bourbons and
reactionaries are running thing's in
As Frank

ment‘ has embarked on .a"m’anz-hunt

. in the interests ‘of reaction. The daily _
nemapapers have been altogether .too
lavish in recounting the numerous

luppressions, deportations and other
fiprecedented and ‘un-Amerioan acts

" against those that believe in a new

and better ‘social order. Daily you
have been -» told about
hunts (and strong-arm methods. No
one denies the right of the govern‘
ment to protect itself against those
who advocate its yiolent overthrow.
If there are any among those who

,have been arrested who advocates

force and violence why aren’t they
indicted and tried according to law?
'Why. must they be taken in raids,
tried in secret and if they are aliens.
hastily deported? Why this spectac-
ular show? Why this rivalry be-
tween federal and state politicians

' for the honor of “swatting the reds. ”
"Why this loose mixing of socialists,

radicals, reds and anarchists? ‘What
overt act has been committeed 9r at-
tempted against the government of
the United States that requires all

this hysterical and panicky conduct'

on the part of the federal officials,
and vicious howling on the part of
the daily press?

Every thinking man and “woman
knows the answer. They know that

a

all this hullabaloo about “reds” 15

just so much balderdash. Everybody

knows that there are at least three
things back of this mad crusade. (1)
Wage workers who are trying to get
relief from the high cost of living
and profiteering must be intimidated
against demanding increases in
wages, by' raising the hue and cry
ot"‘red, I. W. W.," etc. (2) These
spectacular raids and hifalutin pro-
nouncements by the administration

,, serve to keep the people’s minds off

the overwhelming fact that the gov-
ernment has failed to reduce the
high cost of living and has not done
a blessed thing to a single profiteer.
(8) Certain prominent gentlemen
hope to go to the White House next
election on this thread-bare issue of
the “reds” and in the meantime get
a lot of free front page advertising
for saving the country from this “ter-
rible" menace.

' Fortunately these waves and cru-
sades sooner or later defeat them-

selves beca’use there is always some ‘

zealous workers in this great cause

of swatting the redswho overreachP

as himself and commits what is com-
monly called a ”bone-head.” A
sample of this specie of bonehead is
the speaker of the New York Assem-
bly who recently with a wave of his
hand outlawed the Socialist party and
refused to seat the five duly elected

socialist representatives to the leg-

islature. Chas. E..Hughes, the Re-
publican candidate for president in
1916, shows how fanaticism defeats
itself. Hughes is long-headed enough
to see the folly of it all. He sharply
criticizes the. speaker of .

York Assembly for his arbitrary

methods and points out a few morals '

that we socialists: have been point-
ing out for some time. Mr: Cobb
sees the danger of repression in his
There has been too
much anarchism (used in subduing
labor, when they want a little more
wages, and some of the money power

'is the identical ones that have used

it. —1S'. H. magic, Wacford County.

The countr enerall believes that a
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_, incriminate ralldsb and deportations 're-.

fiflfige. egg-will as ythe un-seating of the. .7
' citizen of another country, as against

Julian. or Portuguese.

,er Significance it carries the mean-p

ing that the person so designated is '~

  
  

of our ancient and constitu-

York '680 ialists. This springing to
I ' ‘ cab is particularly

of opposition '

~‘sedition" meas-
is a matter of
ess. is now

 

been, bills if!
M .,

.. , --Oobb
V-felonge. to the Old school of J effer-
~ Indian Democrats and lately was a
“powerful influence fer good in the,

P' ’ import-tents steps

these man,

the New .

t f’ :
the Desert-me“ ° ‘ guish acit'izen ’of this ocuntry from a

 

 

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wise than a punishm

 

. (.msmszn CONGRESS

Collective bargaining is a big idea.
With "very! cutie legislation it can be
developed until eVery middle-man is
either selling agent for a group of or-
gamma producers, or purchasing ag-

. out for a goup of organized consum-

are. This will eliminate unnecessary
middle-men and stOp speculation, two
toward industrial
justice. '

But if we stop there, each industry
will be an- organized monopoly in its
particular line, able to restrict pro~
duction and maintain high prices on
its own products. Some will try to be
reasonable; others will hog all they
Can get, and none will know exactly
whether his neighbor’ s prdces are fair
or not. Soon all will be forced into
the old game of boosting prices and
squealing for higher Wages. Eventual-
ly some scientic method of regulating
wages and prices by national author-
ity must be found.

Now suppose we carry the collective
bargaining idea a step further. Let
each organized industry elect dele-
gates to a national industrial con-
gress. Let these delegates be so ap-
portioned as to fully represent all
classes of workers employed. Let
each delegation go prepared with all
available facts and figures concern-
ing the industry it represents. Let the

,congress decide all matters concern-

ing prices, wages, hours of labor, etc,
after full discussion, by majority
vote, subject to future discussion and
revision as conditions change or more
complete statistics become available.
-—Stacy Brown, Iomla County.

 

There is some force to your sugges-
tion, because it is founded upon the prin-
ciple of arbitration. In the majority of
cases when men get together around a
table, determined to find a so} ton for
their problems, that solution is found
and proves satisfactory to the majority
concerned —-Edit t.or

 

ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD \VORK
TOGETHER

Enclosed is my check for $2 for
three years subscription to Michigan
Business Farming. I believe this is
the greatest paper for the farmer of
any paper I know of.

I wish to express my appreciation
of your articles in your latest issues
referring to the State Farm Bureau.
It is my belief that a. great deal more
good may be done through the Glean-
ers, the Farm Bureaus and other
farm organizations getting together.
In my opinion the Gleaners made
a remarkable showing considering
the amount of’ money they have had.

 
  

Although I am a Democrat 'and

have been always. I am a Gleaner '

and would. vote for anyone the Glenn-
one would endorse as a farmers’ can-
didate. . Therefore,- I am more than
pleased to do what I can for a man
of the character and ability of Milo
D. Campbell. It is now time that we
farmers lay aside our political party
feelings and get behind farmers’
candidates-

From talking with a large number
of Cleaners at Kalamazoo, it seems
to me that at the meeting there an
erroneous impression of Mr. Camp-
,bell’s ideas, were received by a ma—
jority of the Glean'ers there. .I heard
a great many say that they liked
Campbell but for his idea of every
one working only eight hours. Even
the delegate from my own Arbor in-
tended to report that at our last
meeting. Of course that is not what
Mr. Campbell said. It would help
to correct this erroneous impression
if you would set forth in M. B. F.
that Mr. Campbell believes in a basic
eight hour day although this would
not do on a farm for obvious reasons,
and that'he believes also that the
farmer should get, for his crops
enough so that he would receive per
hour for his own labor and be able
to pay his help per hour, the same
as that received per hour by other
labor.——Fred M. Wing, VanBuren 00.

This letter from a member of one
farm organization with another is an en—
couraging Sign of the times. His will—
ingness to support a. Republican candi—
date for governor although he, himself.
is a. Democrat, sets .an exam e of good
citizenship that is worth fol owing. Mr.
Campbell recognizes the impossibility of
farmers having a basic eight-hour day,
but he feels that this is a fair working
day for the man who works indoors, and
just as Mr. Wing points out believes
that the farmer and his hired man
should be compensated enough to pay
for the extra hours they are obliged to
put in because of the nature of the
farming business. I have asked Mr.
Campbell to state his position clearly up-
on th‘is point in order that there may be
no misunderstanding among the readers
of M. B. F.—Editor.

FLU AND PROIHBITION

As I was traveling through the
country I found out that there were
many cases of influenze again, why?
I was informed by the medical
men that the best medicine
for influenza was whiskey, brandy
and wine, and we, the people of
Michigan. voted it out. This makes
me think and ponder over the letter
that Mrs. Baerwolf wrote about a

 

 

The Week ’5 Editorial

 

AMERICAN

Words have their ups and downs.
in life very much as everything else
has. At times a given word may be
highly respectable; and at other
times and under other conditions it
may become the object of suspicion.
Some such change in caste was ev-
perienced, fer instance, by the word
“pacifist." Before the. war it was
possible for anyone to declare him-
self a pacifist without incurring the

wrath of his neighbors; even the de- '

partment of justice paid no ,atten—
tion to him. During the time we
were actively engaged in the war,
however, the word, “pacifist” be—
came synonymous with traitor. As
our war fervor recedes we shall find
perhaps five years from now that a
pacifist again will be considered a

.. person of somewhat peculiar though
.. none-the-i‘ess amiable intentions.
In a similar way the word “Amer— ,
,ica‘n" is being put to. a new use.

Fundamentally it is used to_ distin-

 

 

In a deep-

a citizen imbued with the highest
«1,: which .

It is this latter meaning which

~leads individuals to use the word

“American" for dishonest purposes.
The labor agitator in an attempt to
gain the good will of the public
toward an act which he fears will
meet with general disapproval, an-
nounces himself and his clique as
“Americans." The candidate for po-
litical office, with no other motive
than a merely selfish one to gain the
office, and with no qualification oth—
er than an ability to villify his op-
ponent, attempts to conceal his
shortcomings behind the cloak of a
professed Americanism.

In this matter Judge Sessions per-
formed a real public service when
he ruled out the statement of a wit—
ness who said that he was for New-

berry because he (the witness) was

an American. On motion of one of'
the prosecutors, that the answer be
stricken out. Judge Sessions ruled:
“It may go out, it need not be r

peated, nor any statement like it.” .

All citizens to whom this word has
still some of its high meaning de-
rived from the institutions and tree
ditions, which as a nation we chef.
ish, will approve of the position tak-
on by Judge Sessions. Let us keep

. sacred area in our singular: and file? does
‘ .. toned politics this wordwmm .
Bum Mica:

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at the same conclusion. that whiskeyis

. still want it I have no objection to their

   
  
 

I asked clergyman a '
Mrs. Bs letter and was told 1:
Mrs. B’ 8 letter was misunderstood

  

  

     

but the most of the people don’tw
to state it right. I found it just“
way Mrs. B said ‘~ her letter-:Thei
people of today p too much atten
tion to political affairs and n".
enough attention to the gospel 13‘
Jesus Christ. This is a very true
statement. The most of the clerg ‘
men preach on political matters
where they ought to preach the Go
pel (the Divine Law) Rom. 1, ps. 104;,
notice verse 15, St. .’Iohns 2 1- 12.
A minister told me if the people
would enforce a law on criminal mat-
ters, such as many married women
are committing nowadays would be
more pleasing in the sight of God.
The most of married people don't
want any children, or only one or
two, and why? Not because they can-
not have any more. But the rest
are unnatural born (criminal abor-
tion) any infraction_of the Divine
Law. “Thou shalt not kill,” is in-
evitably followed by punishment.
The obligations to nature cannot be
evaded without inevitable effects.
Furthermore, all such trangressors
carry with them the consciousness of
guilt and the feeling of secret woe.

“O God ! that horrid, horrid dream

Besets me now awake!

Again. again, with dizzy brain,

The human life I take,

And my red right hand grows rag-

, ing hot,

Like Crammer's at the stake."—
Hood.

Now let us all help that the Gos-
pel of Jesus might be preached to
those people so they may repent be-
fore it is too late, and again, why do
the people of American want to vote
out the German language and schools
language is also a gift of God. 1. 001'.
14, rather vote out the theatre and
gambling places where manypeopflle
buy their damnation and pay a great
sum for it. The Bible is against thO“,
atres, dance halls, etc., why not
preach against that then and not
against the gifts of God?——P. 8., Tu:-
cola County.

    

 
 
 
 

 

 

         
          
   
   
    
     
 
 
 
   
 
  
   
   
  
  
    
     
   
 
 
 
  
  
    
 
   
   
  
  
   
 
   
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
    
   
   
  
   
  
  
 
  
  
  
   
    
   
 
 
   
   
   
    
  
  
   
  
     
   
  
     
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Yes, we’ve heard a. good deal about
whiskey being an “indispensible” remedy
for influenza, but the best authorities
seem to agree that this is wet propagan-
da for which botih physicians and Lay-
men have fallen. A writer in the Detroit
News recently reminds us that recently
District Attorney Clyne of Chicago sul—
geeted to the health commission, Dr.
John Dill Robertson that the government
turn over its surplus liquor stock for use
in influenza cases.~ Dr. Robertson, who
was in Washington wired from that city.
Tell Clyne to go ahead and prosecute
the food profiteers and not feed the peo-
ple whiskey for pneumonia. or influenza.
Whiskey is not a remedy for pneumon-
ia. It can neither prevent nor cure."
This writer also says, “get down tho
works of the late Dr. Osler and see what
he says. I take the same position that "
he does So does Dr. Rupert Blue, with
whom I talked today. so does the med-
ical director of Great Bnitain. Everyone
who has studied the subject has arrive;

not a remedy for pneumonia, and should ,2
not be used. To turn loose' a quantity of“ .;
whiskey at this time as an alleged cure

for pneumonia and influenza is both"
harmful and untruthful. The whole thing

is merely a quest-ion of telling the truth- ,.
about whiskey, and the truth is that the , ‘7
American Medical Association three ’
years ago went on record as opposed to
its use in pneumonia or influenza cases.
Dr. Wm. Osler perhaps the world’s lead-
ing medical authority, condemned it. Any
hospital or physician Who wants whiskey.

can get it easily enough without Ciyne8
aid and if the rapidly diminishing few

 
 
       
   
  

getting it and giving it to their patients.
butI do object to its use being regarded
as a medical necessity by officials who
should know better "

Education has been tried for centuries
to keep people from indulging in nines
holio drinks, but to little avail The a

petite once formed, the associations oi
made. and a man or woman becomes-u
inveterate drinker, and drink in spite 1!.
their positive knowledge that it is 110111
them harm. As you point out,ho1ror
the drink habit is not the only vice
sihou d be corrected. You ccmplai
the theatre and the dance ball. A
these as .-ht e “gifts of}? God.“
c'ohoi'.’ Did .' not provide .uggt
that {$2113 19°15. (indium '
us a n rem
bids people to attend 1mm
theatres and dance
menace to health, .111 : . "I6"
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all work and the woman who
could be hired to help us out
Vdurimg houseeleaning time, etc., but
we have come to the age of SPEC—
IALIZING. And while this first in—
vaded the business life of the cities
[and small towns, it is surely creeping
,into the country. Today we see the
farm Where they specialize in
thoroughbred stock—another runs a
dairy farm; some one else has a sheep
ranch, etc. And we are waking up to
a realization of the fact that if we are
7to’ compete with the present day ac-
tivities—If we are to grab off our
share of the profits, we must be con-
tent to let others do some of the
work for us—let modern machinery
do the back- breaking work for us
and devote our energies to special-
izing in some particular thing.

From time to time I get inquiries

from women of the famns Who would
like to turn their spare time into
money These women seem to think
it would be so easy, were they only
in the city, to earn a lot of money.
But let me tell you that in order to
earn money in the city or country
.you must be able to do some one
thing very well. and in order to do
this, you will have to make a study
of it. There is no reason why you
cannot have some particular line of
work which you can specialize in
right at home, which will bring to
you the desired revenue

The first question to be settled is
the project-in which you will engage
and then you will have to do some
studying and hard work, and make
a SPECIALTY of that project.

‘Here is one suggestion which came
to me the other day. I wanted some
pop corn for Sunday night, and Sat-
urday I had to go’to the third store
before I found any, and then the
store keeper sort Of apologized for
not having any done up in packages
but stated that he could sell me some

on the ear. I was glad to get it on
the ear. But it set me to think-
ing—very few dealers carry pop

corn on the ear. They have found
from experience that the trade de-
mand that the corn be shelled and
put up in boxes. and so that is the
Way they buy it for the market.

Are you fond of gardening? Then
why not next season have a small
plot planted to pop corn and try out
the scheme. It will be necessary for

you to see that it is properly dried. a

and then when you are almost ready
to market it, secure some pound box-
es. Have your local printer make
some labels for your boxes. For in—
stance, you can use the name of your
farm as your trade mark, and have
your labels read:

POP CORN THAT POPS

Grown and Boxed by
By M13. Sarah Smith,

Prospect Point Farms
Berryvllle, Mich.

True it w i 11 take
work to shell the
. corn; box it and paste
on the labels, but af-

 

WE USED to hear of the man or ‘

'the young daughter who was

the season
w.h e n it is

sire sheps
where we

 

 

wise to plant late; t3 1‘. 1; p-
or grow that 1 . p e o n-
article‘ 1 o r. The Things That Haven t Been mm. 6 t h e
surely there Done Yet - prices and to.
will be a get ideas.

shortage the The things that haven’t been done before, _ A suit for
next season. Those are the things to try; the yo u n 5

Next week
I will e n-
d e a v o r to
give you an?
other hint 'as
. to h o w t 0
make money
right at the
home on the
farm in con-
nection with
your regular

strong

 

work. On the road he has traveled 0' er, Ssi f {16.}. exit;
, And all that they ever strive to know i 51:10. 111:6: 1:- /

Day’s Shop- Are the things that were known before. ion s!" she
9mg Tour A few strike out with map or chart, exclaimed as
My friend. \Vhere never a man has been! the saleslady
MI‘S- 3-, from From the beaten paths they draw apart held 11 p for
u D S t a t e, To see what no man has seen. h e r inspec-

came in last-
week to pass
Saturday in
shopping, as
she knew I
w o u l d b e
free in t h e
afternoon t 0
help her, and
Sunday visit-
i n g. T h e
morning she
would spend
alone select-

Are you one of the

 

 

Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore
‘ At the rim of the far- ung sky;
And his heart was bold and his faith was

As he ventured in dangers new,
And he paid no heed to the jeering throng
O the fears of the doubting crew.

The many will follow the beaten track
With guideposts on the way;

They live and have lived for ages back
With a chart for every day.

Some one has told them it’s safe to go

There are deeds they hunger alone to do;
Though battered and bruised and sore:
They blaze the path for many who
Do nothing not done before.

The things that haven’t been done before
Are the tasks worth while today;

Are you one that shall lead the way?
Are you one of the timid souls that quail
At the jeers of a doubting crew,
Or dare you, whether you win or fail,
Strike out for a goal that's new?

, miss was I'se-
lected in the
v e r y popu-
lar Eton
style which
is the vogue
for spring.
When we
came to look
f o r s o m e-‘

friend it was

tion a dress
so construct-
ed that t h a
back and the
f r o n t a-p-
peared abso-
lutely with-
out fullness,
w h 1 le' the
material rip-
p l e d o v e r
the hips in-
t o‘ paniers.
“The v e r y

ock that follow or

-—Edgar A. Guest.

 

 

 

ing s o m e-
t h i n g for
out-
growing everything she had and was
just at that age when she wanted
something “real stylish.”

I directed her to two of our large
stores where, in their economy base-
ments they have exceptional values
for young girls who wear sizes 16 to
18. For the slim girl who wears
these sizes, pretty clothes can be pur—
chased much more reasonably than
for the woman who, even though she
might wear, these same dresses so
far as size is concerned, has reached
the age when they look too girlish,
so she must needspay a higher price
for her ready—made clothes.

Over the tea cups at lunch my
friend advised me that she had se-‘
lected a very desirable little dress
for this daughter, of navy blue tric-
otine and plaid silk. The sales lady
had advised her that this plain and
plaid combination is the most desir-

able for spring, and we latervsaW» itr

shown in the most exclusive, expen-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

———_

latest style”
said clerk.
Finaly she decided that for her-
self it was cheaper to secure one of
those easy patterns and buy the ma-
terial and make such a dress as she
desired. Her selection was navy
silk and georgette, and she will make
it with an overskirt, the fullness
over the hips to form the new style
skirt, but it will be so constructed

that when the style changes she can ’

alter it easily.

We inquired as to length and were
told that the length of the skirt is
' determined by the desire of the wear-
er to be conservative or extreme. In
New York she informed us that they
are actually wearing them thirteen
inches from the ground, or just be-
low the knees. So we decided that
in order to follow the trend of the
styles, our skirts should be short but
that we would strike a happy medi-
um as there is a limit to; the degree
of shortness well— dressed, sonserva-
tive woman will allow her dresses to
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find that a simple lin-
er in your ‘county pa-
per will enable you
to sell at a profit
your first year’s out-
put and you will have
the whole profit—no
middlemen, and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

,- corn will sell at a
- higher price on th e

» ear. In faét I used
-. to buy this boxed
' corn for 10c per box

 

year I had to pay 150
fitralght

And in spite of,
that there was asur-

”a surplus of
idle, that is just

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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reign

For the young girl who is learning to
crochet, this simple and dainty yoke will
be found to be‘ddst the one. . .. . _
ing is commenced at A and crocheted in}, , . , , .,p _. ,.

’ the same manner as an edging to B Then . r ‘
continue without breaking the thread
make the second section 101’ the back join-
ing the two and breaking the thread. Iain

 

 

 

 

 

the Women

EditedbyMABELOLABELADD

thing for my ‘

 

 

 

 

They Were showing wash dresses
.. of gingahm, which were plenty good
enough for afternoon wear in the
heme at $5, and when we inquired)
- the price of ginghams and found it

. had Scared to $1 and in some cases

a dollar and one half per yard, my
friend decided that she cauld- not at-
ford to make them as cheaply
she selected two. getting them a size
too large to allow fer shrinkage. ;
And Sunday, as we looked over .
her purchases, the main topic of ‘
course was the H C. of L.

 

OUR REAREDS’ OWN COLUMN
My dear Miss Ladd: Can you buy
for. me, through your shopping se‘ri -
vice Bureau, a crochet hook which
will be large enough and strong'
enough to crochet rags into rugs. .
Also will you please give me the
name of a firm or company: 'who
weave combings into switches and
the cost of a single stem, light weight

switch?-——Mrs. M. E. A.

Dear Mrs. A: I am glad to say that
I was able to get the hook Such as

. you wished and am sending it to you

under separate cover. Rag rugs are
so stylish now that~ I should think
more people would be weaving them.
although I suppose a number are
braiding rat-her ' than crocheting
them.

As .to the switches—yes, I, will
send you the name of the firm which
does very satisfactory work, and will
make a, single stem switch, light
Weight for $1.50. When you con-,
sider the cost of—a‘ switch when you
have to buy the hair and all, it is
indeed a saving to save your comb-
ings and have them made up.

Miss Ladd: Will you please give
me directions for making a crochet-
ed tammie cap for ladies in a single
crochet stitch.

Also will some reader of M. B. F.
please tell me their method of keep-
ing smoked ham during the hot
weather.—Avlvina.

My deal Alvina: I must confess
that I am not quite sure just what
kind of a copy you wish to make.
Perhaps this is because I am not
familiar with the different stitches.

However, I can secure a very good!

book of crochet stitches for you of
caps, yokes and miscellaneous edges,
etc., for- only 10c and postage or 15c
all told and will be glad to supply
you with this through our Service ,
Shopping Bureau unless perhaps"
some of our readers can give you the
information you desire. If some
one can send the di-
rections, I shall be
glad to print them.
And I am sure that
among our readers
there is some one.
who will be glad to
supply you with their
method of keeping
ham during the hot
weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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sue on waterproof
aprons interested me.
a . Wish you would tell
me how much this
material is per yard.
-——Mrs. C. G. H.

, Dear Mrs. H.: Ire-
gret to say that, al-,
though I have made
inquiry at the local
.. stores, and they keep'.
~ the black and also “
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8038-8040. A Stylish Costume. Waist 3038
out in 6 sizes: 34. 36. 38, 40, 4_2 and 44
co bust measure. Skirt 3040 cut_1n 6 sizes:
$2124. 26. 28, 30 and 32 inches waist measure.

entire dress will require 8 yards of 42 inch
mterial for a medium . The rt measures
about 1 2-3 yard at the foot. TWO separate
patterns.

3049. Ladies 'Oover All Apron. Cut in 4
lines: small,’ 2-34: medium, 36—38; large, 40-
42; and extra large. 44-46 inches bust measure.

\ Size Medium requires 4 5-8 yards of 36 inch
material. ~ .
8043. Girl’s School Dress. ,Cnt in 4 sizes:

‘- 8, '10. 12 and 14 years. Sim 10 requires 3 3-8
mdsofdi inch material. . ,_ . 4
8033. "Tunic” Dress. Cut in 3 sizes: 18,
\18-end 20 years. Size 18 requires 5 8-8 yards
of 44 inch material. Width of skirt at lower
is 1_ 8-4 yards. ' "
3085. Girl’s School Dress. Cut in 3 sizes:
12. 14 and 16 years. ,size 14 will require 5
1-8 yards- of 27 inch material.

8032. Ladies' House. Dress. Cut in 7 sizes:
84. 36. 38.140. 42. 4.4 and 46 inches bust
measure. Size 88 reqmres 5 3-8 yards of 86
inch material. Width of dress at lower edge is
about 2 yards. .

 

Herew‘ith find cents for which

send me the following patterns at 10c
_ each: ’ -

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Worry gugrantee.dj.to.' give a
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helm-iris]: gyadeless color , ~ _
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|Solano,” he said in changed tones.

‘ "in writing.

‘This‘ time-:she complied, while he

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’EditbrfWonianfs Department, M.
' .,B.'F. Dear-Wise Ladd: I notice in -
the January Nth issue an article

complaining‘about falling hair and
II Wauld like to tell the women of M.
B. F. what I have don-e for the same
trouble: "After having tried num-
erous remedies—both home
pharmacal, I found-this one given in
a paper. Place four tablespoonsful
of dry Sulphur in a quart can. Fill
'the‘can with Warm, soft water. Let
stand for three'days, then skim off
what remains on top and use the
clear, water. ‘Rub this well into the
scalp, repeating several times a. day
for a few days. , Then wash the hair.
Repeat the process until the hair has
stopped falling. ‘ There is nothing
about this to harm either the hair or
the scalp so you. need not be afraid
of giving it a good fair trial. _
found. that it left my hair" soft and
biossy and destroyed the dandruff.
--.'MI“3. U.

   
   
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
 

7 - HELPFUL HINTS

Sandwiches can be kept as fresh as
when made by wrapping them in a
napkin wrung cut of hot water and
then placed in a cool place.

Tough meat may be made tender by
laying it a. few minutes in vinegar
water, or wrap the meat in a. cloth
wrung out of cider vinegar with a lit-
tle salt added.

A simple cake icing is made by us-
ing orange juice or any other fruit
'juice and stirring in sufficier‘ con-
fectioners’ sugar to make it ti *ght
consistency.

A teaspoornful of flour added to the
grease in which eggs are to be fried

will prevent them from breaking or
sticking.
Scorch stains may be removed if

they are immediately rubbed with dry
starch and then sponged off. Repeat
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How to Keep the Cook
”Wanted, young ex-Soldier for
house-parlormaid’s work; cook kept."

HEARTS OF THREE
(Continued from page 11)
.ening his heart against her, shook
his head slowly and said:

“It doesn’t save you Leoncia.
I’ve left my mark on you that never
will come off.”

He' pointed to the excoriations he
had made on her knee and laughed.
“The mark of the beast,” she came
back, turning to go. “I warn you to
take yourself off, Mr. Henry Mor-
gan.”

But he stepped in her way.

”And now we’ll talk business, Miss

“And you will listen. Let your eyes
flash all they please, but don't in-
terrupt me." He stooped and pick-
ed tip the note he had been engaged
“I was just sending that
to you by the boy when you scream-
ed. ;Take it. Read it. It won’t bite
you. It isn’t a viperine.”

Though she refused to receive it,
her eyes involuntarily scanned the
opening line: ~

I am the man whom you mistook
for Henry Morgan .' . .

She looked" at him with startled
eyes that could not comprehend much
but which were guessing many vague
things. , .

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.“Youg; . . are . . not .
Henry?!’ shegasped. *
“No.1 aux-not- Won’t you pleas
take it "and ”read.”
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‘ m 'Children:—-This or been
--"" the most exciting weekat the"~

office, reading letters from all
my lttle friends. I have found out
what a lot of our little readers are
observing and know the birds by
their plumage, their size and even
their call, and it was so hard to

Glimpse the best letter about the birds

flint I have been obliged to award
tour pulses. They consist of a Trip

Around the World on Postal Cards»

Ind-I have sent a set each to Reva
Shock, of Burt, Rid. 2; to R. S. Jap-
ink, of Hamilton, Rid. 2; to Erd’ene
Smith, at Mt. Pleasant, Rid. 6, and to
Hazel Courser, 01 Mt. Pleasant;

The story oi the winter birds as
told by these members of the Chil-
dren's Hour will be found among the
letters this week.

There were several correct answers
to the Fox and Goose prize, and.-I
awarded the pnize far the first cor-
rect answer received. It went to Neil
McKinley, of Capac, Rid. 4. As the
me:- has already been published, I
will not take the space to publish it
again.

I am also receiving a number oi
drawings and our artist has promised
to judge them before next week .so
mat some oi them may be published

' and the prize awarded to the winners.

We have the closing chapter of our
continued story, “The Wonderful Ad-
ventures of a Raindrop" this week
and our usual puzzle. I wish some of
you would tell me, when you write,
whether you enjoy the continued
story more or one 'which is complete
nob week. ‘ Affectionately yours.—
Laddie.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Laddie:—-—This is the. first time 'I
have written to you. I am a boy 9 years
old and in the 3rd grade at school. My
teacher is Miss Wiener. My father takes

0 M. B. F. and likes it very much. I
- ve four sisters, Erma, Lulu. Florence
and Reva. I have three brothers, Ger-
ald, Raymond and Carl. We live on an
loo-acre farm. vgie hlave 46 sheep, five
to , five 'pigs, 2 orses, wo cows.
”5;; young cattle and about 50 chick-
ens. For pets I have a dog named Jip.

flour cats: Tommie, Tiger, Spot;the
'3?” has no name. I will close for this

0, hoping to see myy letter in print.

e—Vernon Shook. Burt, -Mich.

Something About Birds
When I was a little girl, not so very
big I took a long walk through the woods
with my big uncle. I saw many kinds
of birds. On my way through the deep
mow banks I was frightened by some
oer noise. It seemed to say while at

work:

"Pick, pack, pick on this little stick.

By the sunset I shall be sick.
.But tomorrow this little stick . "
Shall stand some more pick, pack pick.
It must be a wood-pecker and sure
mouth it was. I had no more said it
when above me I heard a queer noise. It
was a bird, black and had a. long bill
and long wfings. It seemed to say as it
new, "Caw, caw. caw, by the winds to-
now I shall see the shadow of Red
n." Then as we were walking along I

something sing a pretty tu'ne:

“Bob-White. Bob-Write this very night

All the birdies in this wood:
The sparrow. the chickadee, the dove,
Should be as happy as they could."

'——Reva Shook, Burt, Mich.

 

Dear Laddiez—This is the first time I
v. written to you. My father takes
fi 11. B. F. and likes it very much. I
to school; am 11 years old and in the
made. My teacher is Miss Al ha
I like the Doc D ds. .Wel, I
my letter will escape he waste pa-
per basket and I wish that some of the
flrls would write to me. Below is a little
’oem.———Alice Many Vrrette. Custer, Mich
All the people in the city
Like to go to the country to rest.
the people in the country
Like the city best.
—Q————-

Dear Laddie:—I wrote you a letter be-
tel-e but “did not see it in print. I wrote
a cum story also but I think I for-

to sign my name. We live on an 80-
farm. I am 9 years of age. I [0
school and am in the 5th grade. Our
‘ er’s name is Helen Barrett. I like
I enjoy readin the Chil-
age.‘ I wish Home o the mem-
o! the Children's Hour would write
I would enjoy that. We would
. I do not want t 'write a
'_long letter because I w, to to
story. 1 id like. to see my letter
_. _ is [let‘tilah ]I could Mirna prize. M
on . so w say find;
-—-Erdeno It? Snifih, Mt. Pleasan
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.. birds that , I have noticed flying

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Part. VI.

DELIGHTFUL coolness
woke me and I found 'my-
. self at. rest In a great ship
that floated lazily about on an ocean
of air. A real Air Ship it was, Ger-
den Lady. The sun shone on it and
turned it to gold or page or purple.
The moon shone on it and "turned it
to pearl and silver. There were mil-
lions or my companion spirits in it,
and millions of sun spirits that play-
ed with them. ‘So we sailed on over
the air ocean, happier than we had
ever been before. But-suddenly—a
change came. A sharp coldness blew
upon us. 'We shiver-ed. We clung to-
gether for warmth. We could no long-
er fliznd our sunbeam friends. All the
lovely colors went out of our ship.
We were blown about with great
force. Something ran in sharp streaks
right through and through us. Then
—I felt myself falling—ialling—iall-
lug—clinging to two or three of my
sisters.

“‘I thought everything was over;
but ,now I find myself in a beautiful

(‘4'

place again, though far away from'

the ocean and the ocean-sky.

“ ‘Here I ‘am on the edge of this
surbeamcolored flower in the Garden
of the Golden Girl]. Bu-t voices still
call me. My work is not done, I
shall go down still further into the—-
inrto the—dark, dark earth, but 'som‘e-
thing‘tells me I shall return again in
a new form.

“‘Little thirsty rootlets, I hear you
calling me down Uhere.

“ ‘I shall be draWn into this beauti-
iuil plant, and then come once more
to the light in a golden blossom, and
here again I shall meet the Sunbeam

'-the nearest supply of water.

Spirit that loves me’still, and togeth-
rr we will work to create a new term
full of blessing for the children of the
earth! I seem to see in a new sort oi
dream, millions or lovely creatures-
yes, boys and girls, Garden Lady,
that's let—boys and girls of the United
States School Garden Army working
to free me for—”’ , ~ - '

'- “But just then,” said the Garden

Lady, "a. gleaming. raindrop slipped
from the squash blossom, said tell,
with a little splash, to the ground,
which seemed to drink it in greedilyu

“I came to my senses, with a'little
start," added the Garden Lady, _“and
a little gust of wind ran through the
garden, shaking a- shower of rain-
drops irom the plants. The garden
was full of freshness from the rain.
and all sorts of earthy, green, flow-
ery odors were rising like a silent
prayer of Thanksgiving. I remember-
ed what I read in a book called 'Gar-
den Steps’ which said that if we could
watch a root as it works its way thru
the soil, we should see it turn toward
Itn dig-
ging ourt old wells, roots of trees have
been found that have come more than
a hundred feet to feed in the moist
eartlh near the well. The tiny roots
of the garden plants do_ the same
thing on a smaller scale. They go to-
ward the nearest water, wherever that
may be. And so I though that al-
ready the rainde which had fallen
into the ground near the lovely
squash blossom was on its way to
new adventures, and was perhaps al-
ready close to some thirsty little
root.”

 

they are seldom seen during the cold
weather. The small birds called chick-
adee are often seen at the door steps,
picking up crumbs taken off the table.
The wood peckers are heard drumming

on the trunks ot trees in search of cer- .

tain kinds of grub-s and worms that
dwell there.
anyone to kill the little‘birds that stay
here all winter. The winter does not

seem to be as long when they are around

I think it is very cruel for

singing their merry songs. Everyvboy or
girl in the city or country ought to help
keep the little birds around their home,
by feeding them bread and crumbs. They
will become very tame and will always
be like little companions to us. ,

 

Dear Laddiez—As I was reading inthe
M. B. F. the other day I saw where you
were going to give a prize to the one
who wrote the best letter about the birds

 

 

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zoom? in “arm is! on are“
them ham aim gog- roamq‘the ‘ ‘
Woods quite a little so know the birds '

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fill-letty well. (I‘will‘tryfind do” the best I
'3: ”ti": n' h in " "i l ‘
. e ueay _ves e‘,‘ gwnter
‘ He isblue is ‘color andrleiisi'csg’all-i'iayfl '
The owl is here all winter too ;-’ he has
brown~ feathers and his call is "who.”
The sparrowis’ with'us allfwinter; has

vbrown feathers; too but is smaller thIaI:

the owl. His call is just. a chirp.
stays mostly in barns. The snow birds
stay because they like the snow. ‘ They
have brown backs and white breasts.
They chirp but you will find them out in
the snow. That is all I can think of so
I :vill close—«Hazel Courser, Mt. Pleas-
an .
7 .
Dear Laddiez—The birds that stay
north are mostl bluejays, snow birds.
sparrows, scarle tanger, _ so. suckers
and owls. The bluej-ay lives y eatlrm
seeds and different grains it can find in
the corn crib and other places. Youcan
tell the bird because it is blue. The scan
let tapas-er gets its food from the weed
seeds and is red. - The snow bird eats
weed seeds and is white under its breast.
The sap sucker eats bugs and diflerent
worms underthe bark of trees. The s 15
rows eat weed seeds and corn out of?!”
corn crib and are a brovviish color. The
owl eats mice and different litte ani
of the woods and is a brown colonR.‘
Japink, Hamilton, Mich.

Dear Laddiez—This is the second time

I am writing to you. I live on an 100-
acre farm. We have six cows, four
horses, four hogs, flve sheep, 10 calves
and about 80 chickens. We all like th
M. B. F. very much and I love to roll:
the letters of the boys and girls. Ah my
letter lsgettirng long I will close, hopin
heigefnynytleuer bin grand Befiyw youwi

s cry a on r s.— a '

Eagle, Mich. ry ’Grosa.

Birds

The sparrow stays in
parts during the winter. A sparrow has
a coat of gray feathers and feeds on
small shrubs and crumbs that it finds on
window sills. During the night it finds
shelter in straw stacks: Another well-
known bird in the northern parts is the
crow. Its coat is as black as coal. The
crow feeds on corn that is left in the
field‘s if the snow does not cover it up:
ignitudoels got féeefi1 on corn it feeds on
so. srussic ngoutofth o
and buds of the trees. e sn-w

 

the northern

‘ ——.

IeDear Laddilez—I read the M. B. F.
ev ry wee . am going to write a. t r
about birds that stay here in winteif, y ‘

0 Our Winter Birds .

ne Winter bird is the sparrow. It
about as big as a canary. It is din-i;
gray with little blacks specks on it. An—
other bird is the ring-neck pheasant. It
is about as big as a brown leghorn
is dark brown with a. white
ring around its neck and a green strip
over its head about as wide as your fln-
ger. One came to our house every morn-
ing last Winter and ate 'with the chick-
ens. It was a. pretty bird and it slept in
the woods. Itleft when spring came. I
guess I will close as I have naerly one
hundred words—Earl ‘ Teal]. Mesick.

 

Dear Laddiez—I will tell
some of the birds around {31%. alight:
quail stays here all winter. ,1 He eats
weed seeds and insects. He callsp "Bob-
Bvfiitygrsgnb He 1:18 a brown back a
. rown reast
throat. .The barn owl eats and a white

He is brown

with white legs and breast. Will close

. hoping to see my letter in print.——Ethei

Merritt, Harrison. Mich.

 

In Olden Times

Other times; other manners. The
following passage from the dairy of
Master John Hall, mercer in Golden
Cheapside, during the reign of King
Charles I., is illuminating. It is dat-
ed December 11, 1631, and runs:

“Yesterday came to ancor against
Lambeth Mar-she a shippe from Wales
bringing Sea Co-ales, of which there is
great dearthe throughout the City.
The Captain get-ting Wind of our ne-
cessitie put over to the Bank Syde
and demanded a mighty Price for his

‘Gear, which was moare than the peo-

ple Would give. He was summoned
before the Baillll'fes and admonished
but being a Stubborne Fell-owe stead-
fastly rfused-to hear Reason. .There-
upon Mastr Robert Cavendish cure
Burgess, ordered Assize to convene,
which was done, and the Fellows was
judgd a ‘Malyfactor. and was hanged
publicly on Tower Hill this morning,

 

_-it being raimly’and a great, crowd
present to see him". ‘
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_ .- of the county—4W

JACKSON—JIM follotvirig rides were
J30139n —Wheat , 8 .,25 ' cats,

‘3 rye, 81.40 hay, 829, rye-straw, 811,
8 , oat-straw 8113 pota-

toes, 33.13.... 32; butter, 6’: bu'tterfat.
853W 5; beef steers, 121 1-2' beef
3 veal calves 18; sheep, 13:

a, 1:8 hogs, 14.—— ismr

Bfi-S E. )-—Pr-ices offered at
a. Prescoltt25 El'evai'ior 00., Feb. 17 were:
.582. 50 cwt.3 beans,

ring, “52122. 'fall, 82. 25; cats,
l£531.1411941811113',22Q824 6.
bout? per cent 0 our cats, W25 per
t of ghe beans and 10 per cent of the
cm /are in the farmers' hands.
to the farmers in this section are
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:.KEENAC, (E )-.——'Dhe weather is se-
v’erely cold and blustery and supports
the Foster weather bureau to a. T. Last
week prices on all grain tumbled and

dropped 500 per cwt. Not much
ng here, just chores and wood-cut-

‘3. About 80 per cent of the beans

3 rest holding. This is a winter that
will long be remembered. Farmers plan-
ning for springH—M B . The follow-
ing prices were paid at Twining: -—Corn,
8.1. 30: cats, 85; hay: No. 1 timothg'ZO

.25; No’. 1 light mixed, 320@ 325;
beans, 863 potatoes, 81. 50.; hens, 20@25
springers, 20@25; ducks, 82; butter, 50'
butterfat. 56 3; eggs, 45. 1..

SAGINAW,( (S. W.)—-4We are having
some high winds that are piling up the
snow. Not much doing among the farm~
ers except chores and getting up wood
There is some stock being fed. The farm-
ers ship a, car every two weeks from St.
Charles through the Co-operative Ship-
ping Ass’n. Not much grain going to
market as the prices have gone down a.

talk—G L. The following prices were
aid at St. Charles: -——-Wheat, 82. 25; com

53 cats, 823 ;:hay No. timothy, 8243
No. 1 slighth mixed, 822; can, 86; pota-
toeS, hens 24 ;butter, 55; butter-

t, 630: eggs, 550; beef steers, 8@12;

f cows. 6@103 veal calves, 10@21

ALLEGAN—We have . had very nice
weather the. past week The snow melt-
«,ed sufficiently to permit some mail car-
riers and milkmen to use their cars and
trucks but it is colder again and snow-
about eight inches of snow having
on the last 24 hours. Farmers are do-
ing chores. A few logs are being hauled.
Not many auction sales Not much pro-
duce moving. There is much sickness
round about in the country here, mostly
1111, with a few cases of pneumonia.—
‘ W. F. The following prices Were paid4 at
*Anegan -—Whea 82. 50; com, 81.4
cats, 90; rye, 31. .40; beans, 86; hay, 8283
Wheat an oat-straw, 8163 potatoes.
6.0- onions, 32 50; hen’s, 20@24 ; but-
er, éeggs, 40; beef steers, 7@9; beef
cows,0 0@ ; veal calves, 12916.]; sheep,
*' 9; lambs, 10@10. 503 hogs,1

 

 

ST. CLAIR—Farmers not doing much
just now. About one-half are sick. We
are having Some vex? rough weather
lots of snow. Some armors are selling
hay While others are holding for higher
prices. Farm help will be scarcer than
ever next summer on account of the de~
1113110 for all the available help in con-
struction work in the new city of Marys-
ville. No sugar beets to be raised here
for the old price 50- 50 is what we want.

-—l.'I J. The following prices Were paid
at 9811146115 Creek: —Corn, 81. 45; oats, 85'

rye, 81.60; hay: No. 1 timot’hy 822

336, No. 1 Light Mixed, 329; Wheat-
oat, 814; beans, 86 50; potatoes, 83;
hens, 25@30; springers, 30@35; butter,
“@653 eggs, ‘55@65; hogs, 14; beef
steers, 7@10:' beef cows, 6@9; veal
calves. 20; apples,

 

LIVINGSTON, N W. )—-Farmers not
doing much besides their chores at prea-
ent. Fine winter weather since the bliz-
zard passed bye Roads are badly drift-
ed with snow. Nothing boin sold but
milk. The First National Ban of HOW-
ell opened for business on Feb. 14th. It
is capitalized at ‘8100, 000. Stock is own-
ed mostly by farmers from nearly every
township in Livingston county. They are
going to use everyone alike. Let money
at six per cent to everyone whether he
is a farmer hiring 850 or the business
man hiring 8500 0..—G A. W , The follow-

rices were paid at Howell: ———Wheat t,
82.n:3€3cm11,8140: oats, 80:1‘3’6. $1. 50;

. No, 1 timothy, 822. No.1 light
mixed, 820' straw-rye. 8' wheat-oat.
873 beans. 86: potatoes, 2. 50: hens, 20;
springers, 18, ' turkeys, 0; butter, 60, '
.butterfat, 60 to 65; eggs, 503 hogab live,
.143. dressed, 18, beef steers, beef
cows, . 9T3 veal oaIVes, 18; wool, 50 to 60.

GENESEm—Farmem are Working up
M3 doing teaming and also working
onthe roads. to get Sthem in better con-,

0113913101" tighten The main roads are ,
0113131131110“!g

tup for automobile travel
with ordinary
, fzwit takes taste a”. bit of
fin! g the ordinary roads in
on for use“; sle1hs.'rhe
d an we have

99k. C.

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as mam. 532.2?
10'@117',la.g1°1§ 314108134350; gags, 314. 596
396310 0' beef
cowls, so?3 a; veal calves, 817®818
apples. s82fiI8
STEE—Fermsrs 11w break-

MANI
ing roads again as we have had the
worst storm of the season. More snow

  

'fell last Sunday and ~Monday than has

fallen the past two montm.'1‘rafl1c f
all kind is at a standa-still. The me. e
are not all openye yet. There is nothing
being sold at present and not much to
cell in these parts but oes and there
is no price quoted week. F'lu is
raging in some of the county at
present but few deaths reported so for.—
C. H. S. The following ‘rices were paid
at Bear Lake: -Whea. Gehrig. $03 cats, 81. 10

rye, 81. 30' beans 5.753 red
kidney, 3:10 hay. C335; he',ns 20@25-
butter, 52; butterfat, 58'; e 50:1) beef

cows, alive, 53 veal calves, al vs, 10@13;
hogs, alive, 13

SANILAC, (N. )-——February brought us
some of the coldest weather of the win-
ter. About 16 inches of snow on level.
Everything quiet. All meetings and
schools closed on account of the flu which
seems to be on the wane and the schools
Will probably re- -open soon. Farmers are
talking Campbell for governor. Some hay
and grain being delivered at loading
points. Stock of all kind seems to be
wintering goodH—G '1‘. A.

 

 

GRAND TRAVERSE——Fine weather
at present. Farmers are cutting wood
and doing chores. Lots of sickness yet.
Two days this week the rural carrier did
not come on account of bad roads—C.

B. The following prices were paid at
Williamsburg—Wheat, 82. 25' corn, 81. 40
oats 81; rye. 81.50 ; hay, 856; potatoes,
83. 50 per 100 lbs.‘ , butter, 530 butterfat,
70; eggs, 45.

 

VANBUREN—Sales'are occupying the
attention of the farmers at present and
good prices are reported. The 18th. hay
sold for 837 and oats fiar 81.02. Lots of
sickness, mostly flu in rural. districts.
The weather has moderated again and
sleighing is very good. Hei is scarce.
Plenty of grape vines yet to e trimmed.
The Welch Grape Juice Co. is planning
on doubling its floor capacity this season
and besides handling grapes it will take
strawberries, red- raspberries, black cur-
rents, blackberries and cherries. Live
{irons3 sold for 82 cents in Kalamazoo——

 

PRESQU’E ISLE—Farmers are pack:
ing ice. Those who have been working
in the woods are trying to at their work
squared away as they dont expect this
kind of Weather to last long. Our pre-
vious soft spell caught a bad cold last
Saturday. and for three days centering
around the fifteenth of February the
blizzards sure did howl. We were lucky
to get the chores done, but just now the
weather is fine. Quite a number of the
farmers are buying all kinds of feed, hay
and cats in particular. .A few cases of
the flu are reported but it is not what
one would call bad. We notice by M B.
F., that our friend, J. G. Kramth, is still
plugging away in the interest of the
farmer as usual. That State aid land
clearing act would be a God-send for the
farmer just beginning on a. new piece of
land. Come again, Br John. I feel
rather embarrassed to quote Millersburg
prices on potatoes at 81.40 a bushel with
the market price ranging around 84. 50@
84. 70 a hundred, but it is the truth all
right. We would like to hazard a guess
that if the Millersburg co- -operative mar-
keting association had its cellar com-
pleted price quotations would be consid-
erably different. We could not help but
notice that local buyers were running on
a. smaller margin of profit than they ever
dreamed was possible last fall —-J S. The
following prices were paid at Mail‘ersburg
—-—Whea1t, 83. 50@ @384 corn 825 0; cats,
82. 70; rye. 82.40; h-ay, 820@826; beans,
84; potatoes, 81.430 butter, 50; eggs, 60.

 

MASON—Everybody busy with chores
and the odd jobs to be found on every
farm. Still bright days and cold nights.

During the mild weather a week or so 3

ago potatoes moved freely to market.
Quite a number of tractors are being
purchased throughout the county. The
epidemic of colds and influenza, which
has been quite bad, is now subsiding
somewhat. —B. M. The following rices
were gold at Soqttville z—Rye, 1.403

85 wheat-oat, 810d breans Pea,
86 cwt.3 red kined ey, 2; potatoes.
83.331-3 ,hzensk dressed, 283 live, 25:

butter, ӎ butterfat, 68 ,, eggs, 50, hogs, ,

dressed, 1 :3 beef cows, dressed,12@14
veal calveS, 13@20 . ,
———‘

CLINTON. (W. )—-Elevator at Fowler
is standing- idle as there is no.coal.
wages ve. high, 60 to 880 per month
with boa. use on farm produce
should go much OWer farmers will pro-
duce lessas they not notafford to pay

 
 

  

on livest stock as nearly everything. is be-

ing shipped in a co-operat 6 say and

as e
getting all mat is coming to them-—

“lowing prices Were India at Fowler

3-0 m. 81“ , ; cats. 82:

. fzht mix-‘

   

  
 

 

  
     
   

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Is the Grant Six a good buy viewed
[from the standpoint of an investment?
.One looks at an investment from the
standpoint of safety of principal and the
yield of interest or earnings. -

Safety is dependent upon the market-
ability of the product and the strength
of the organization back of It.

Looking at the purchase Back of each Grant Six
of a Grant Six in this is a company with unsur-
light, does it stand the passed manufacturing fa-
test? cilities, strong organiza-

Let us see. It delivers tion, amplcfinancial
high returns in the way of strength and a powerful
comfort, serviceability, dealer organization.
dependability,—safe, trou-
bleless transportation.

For as long as Grant
Sixes have been built the.
demand -has always ex-
ceeded the supply. There
have been two to five
people ready to buy every
Grant manufactured.

It yields higher returns
for every dollar invested
than any car of similar
price. It is more comfort-
able to ride in, easier to
look after, less expensive to These conditions make
maintain and has a higher the Grant Six an excep-
resale value. tionally good investment.

3 Write for new illustrated catalogue and name
" of Grant Six deaIer in your comm unity.

.- . GRANT MOTOR CAR CORPORATION

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best taste

GLOVE R A;

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read this! new M100- ge illustrated catalbg fick-

ed with money-making fa bargains in 3 Its

' You'll want to read on I[plfslge 11 details of 160-
acres, 10- -room house, barns, silo, with pair of
horses, 7 cows,‘ ho . poultry, implements, to

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close estate for 82,500, only 31,000 down. Sal -

page 75. splendid Midwest 160 acres corn. min.
stock arm, 8 room brick house, barns, silo,
cornhouses; widow throws in 2 horses, cows ma-
chinery, wagons etc, all for $12. 000, only $3, -
000 down. Beautiful "Overlook Farm.” page 8.
borders river. 65 acres, 6- -room house, new
barns, pair horses, other stock, machinery, i'ur-
~ niture. everything included by woman owner for
81. 6,50 part cash. Details page 22 great stock
and dairy, 360 acres, new 12- -roon1 house, 3 im-
mense barns, 2 silos, 2 horses, 26 cows, bull,
other stock, complete high grade implements,
ready for business at $7 200, easy mrms. This
book goes to every corner of Asmerica: write to-
da for your free copy. TROUT FARM
AGENCY. 814 BE, Ford Bldg., Detroit.

 

80 ACRES. SOIL CLAY LOAM. 8 ROOM
house. barn, sheds. silo, granary, good well young
orchard. 45 acres cleared, 10 ready for plow,
10 cows, 3 mares 2 brood sows, all tools. Write
for particulars. Easy terms. C. A. ROGIL ‘,RS
R5, \larion, -h.Mic

 

FARMS FOR SALE—BIG LIST OF FARMS
for sale by the owners, giving his name, location
of firm description, price and terms. Strictly
I mutual and co- -operative between the buyer and

seller and conducted. for our members. CLEAR-
ING llOl SE ASS’N, Land Dept” Palmer and
Vi’oodunr-l Ave

 

280 ACRES GOOD CLAY AND , GRAVEL
loam soil. 120 acres under cultivation. Good
fences, good roads, good buildings, water, 160
acres, 2 miles from Marion, Mich” 120 lays
3 1 2 miles from Minion, Mich. Price $60.00
perhacre, “rite owner W. J. TURNER, Marion,

1c .

 

120 ACRE FARM FOR SALE.1-2 MILE
from town. good buildings, 50 fruit trees, wind-
mill. silos. Will sell stock and machinery with
farm. Easy terms. Address Box 24, Bentley,
”Mich” Ray Go.

 

FOR SALE—840 OR 720 ACRE FARM. J.
E. SHARP Grant, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—123 ACRE FARM. 61 IM-
roved, 70 thousand green timber. Silo, hen—
ouse, granary, corncrib. well, good barn and
house. 35 acre pasture. spring brook. Tele-
phone. Price 335 an acre. For particulars
write R. F. IRISH, Wolverine, R 1.

FOR SALE—FARM 122 ACRES. 8 MILES
from Lansing, on good road. All improved. Good
buildings. Best of soil S. W. HEMPY, R7, Lans-
ing, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—MICHIGAN CLOVER SEED
BELT LANDS. Old grass covered, cut over clay
soils, from heavy, light to medium. Easily clear-
ed. Where clover seed reproduces thirty to fifty
fold. Settlers (English speaking) are rapidly
becoming prosperous growing clover seed, beef,
mutton and marketing dairy products. NO ET-
TER RECOMMENDATION.’ 10, 000 acres in
any size. tracts from 80 acres up, $10 to $15 an
acre. 10 per cent down, interest 6 per cent.
Settler has option to meet a small stipulated year-
ly cash payment, or merely apply the product of
one peek of clover seed yearly for every forty pur-
chased—UNTIL THE LAND IS PAID FOR. En-
tire forty or eighty often paid for out of the
product of one bushel of clover seed. Will ad-
vance to settlers for 5 years, interest 6 per cent
on live stock, the first payment made upon land
purchased. KWill show land after April 1st.—
JOH G. RA,U'I‘H Millersburg, Presque Isle
County, Michigan.

 

LANDOLOGY—A MAGAZINE GIVING THE
facts in regards to the land situation. Three
months’ subscription FREE. If for a home or
as an investment you are thinking of buying good
farm lands, simply write me a letter and say,
“Mail me LANDOLOGY and all particulars

Address Editor, Landology. Skidmore
land 00.. 898 Skidmore Bldg., Marinette, Wis.

.ANNADALE FARM
Grand Rapids, Mich.

FOR SALE
31 Auction

March 11. 1920
180 acres complete with buildings and equipment.
Additional particulars given in larger advertise-
ment next week. Henry T. Heald, 531 Michigan
Trust Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. -

 

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Michigans high est yielding vsefleari Michi-

NDEEN, Mt. Plsuaht,

SEED GRAIN. NEW filmulcso 3PRIN¢
wheat. Sootfis fish Chief oats 31131011
Bea rdless Barley, Silve er Ki‘ng 0M9.
Bearded. FRANK BARTLETT. Dryden. Rich.

EOVERBEARING STRAWBERRV PLANTC-
32.0 per hundred. G. W. HEIMBACH, Big
Rapids, Mich .

 

 

 

TOBACCO—“OLD HOMESPUN” CHEWING
or smoking. Grovm and sold by Kentucky Farm-
ers. Not doped. just plain OLD NATURAL
LEAF. Trial ofler. 2lbs. postpaid $1. 00. KEN-
THOR; TOBACCO ASS'Nu Dept. 6, Hawee-

8. Y- ‘

 

FOR 8ALE—-CANADIAN FIELD PEAS
ready to sow, $6 cwt., bags included, with 150
pinnacle or more. WALTER BROWN, Shepherd,

1c . . .

 

WANTED: TO CORRESPOND WITH MAR-
ried man who wants to work on farm. State age
and years of experience at farm work. Address
E. C. WALLING. St. Johns, Mich, F. 1.1

CUMBERLAND RASPEERRY PLANTS FOR
sale. Plants by the twenty- flve, fifty, hundred
and thousand. The most extensively grown of
any blackcap. Send for price list. ELMER H.
NEVINS, Nurseryman, Ovid, Mich.

 

 

BUILDERS' PRODUCTS 00.. 14 PASADENA
Ave. , Detroit. Wholesale to consumers—Paints,
Varnish, Spraying Materials, Sprayers. Manual
mailed free. M. B. TEEPLE, Mgr.

 

A NEW YELLOW FIELD AND ENSILAGE
seed corn. Wonderful producer. neeSeed supply
limited. You need some of this
know your wants. D. WOODWARD & SON,
Clinton, Mich.

 

WANTED—MAN 0R WOMAN, EACH LO-
cality, country or town, part or all time to sell
X-CELL- ALL Products, such as Paints, Phono-
graphs, I‘ires, Engines, etc. No advertising.
equivalent amount given direct to consumers on
advertising orders. Later you co-operate with
dealer or manage store. Permanent and profit-

Wilma BLeélins expefilrliceh rliot neicessag 93:11:
a e1p,) as ompany ep an wo

You. X— CE ALL COMP MPANY (o 1 Illinois.)
318-318 S. St. Louis Ave.. Chicago.

SENATOR DUNLOP STRAWBERRY PLANTS
-——Money makers. 1919 demand exceeded supply.
Prospect same this season. Order early. 35. 00
per 1, 000: S2. 50 per 500. Per 100, 75 cents.
J. E. HAMPTON d: SON, Bangor, Mich.

 

SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, CENTER OF A
great farming country. Write for information.
BOARD OF COMMERCE, Shawnee, Oklahoma.

 

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-
est. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address "M.
M.” care Michigan Business Farmmg, Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich.

 

WE PAY $200 MONTHLY SALARY AND
furnish rig and expenses to introduce guaranteed
poultry and stock powders. Bigler Company,
X682, Springfield, Illinois.

 

WRITE THE CLARE JEWELRY 00. run
bargain sheet of watches and silverware. We do
watch repairing. Lock Box 535, Glare, Mich.

 

VIOLIN WITH COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR
sale. Free trial. Easy payments. Handmade
and sweet toned Write Miss Bertha Mardiss,
Shawnee, Kansas.

 

SENATOR DUNLAP STRAWBERRY PLANTS
$5 per 1, 000 delivered. 0. H. STANLEY, R2,
Paw Paw, Mich

MARRIED MAN
WANTED

Wish to hire married man to work on this farm
with small or no children. Must be competent
and reliable, without bad habits; good apportuné
ity for a man who is willing and able to give
honest efficient service. Address _

HERBERT W. MUMFORD-
Breakwater Farm. Ann Arbor, Mlch.

 

 

STRAWBERRY' PLANTS 24 VARIETIES, $4

Merrill, Mlchlgan

per 1000. History and illustrated BOOK

gives all details about most vigorous true to nat-
unproductive stock now grown. BOOK free.

MAYER’B PLANT NURSERY

Him _ Alsvxrfllucruy

.' bagséestofhsysndpast'ureoom- $909

for urity. and rrnination.
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and DANISH BALL- HEAD CABBAGE SEED

Special surplus ofler for first qualit 0.seed
Send this adv. in to us. Ask for 19 cat-
alosue.

Ebeling’ 3 Seed Store,

Estab. 53 Years Syracuse, N. Y.

 

 

 

 

is Your Farm for Sale?

Write out a plain description and fig-
ure 50 for each word, initial or group of
figures. Send it in for one, two; or three

Michigan and you
deal direct with the buyer. No agents or,
your farm, send in your ad today. Don't.
commissions. If you want to sell or trade
Just talk “about it. Our Business Farming
Farmer-11' Exchange gets msults‘.Add1-e::
Michigan Business Firming, Adv. Dep ‘
Mir-:0 lemons .. .

AGENTS WA - .,

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We want several Live Wire Represe -
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MISCELLANEOUm ~,

nu 2-row Bari , R No. 911‘! at :32. 85 W «
*I%1:,rsnc]1qusbo” “1:82.6th

, cue iiifluenc'e upon the time as which
the yields fall off on a given field. . j
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commenéfes
high cost of livin.’

shortage of 6311, look of sugar, “flu, ”
the divorce evil, tight skirts, bow-
legs, bald heads an’ a thousan’ an’
«one other things—snot mentionin' the
thought of the comin’ presidential

hull dum universe if certain candi-
dates ain’t electedmw-hy folks has
got to thinkin' there wouldn’t be
any spring this year—that We’d got
‘to go righ along livin’ cold. clammy
lives, as it were, an’ mebbe, wouldn't
never. live to see any birds nor flow-

darned blue folks can get when they
set out to get that celor; acmehow
we get into the notion that things
must always be dull when we have

—

now jest let’s cheer right up now an’
little spring time when she does

fast train an’ will be ‘with us before
we hardly know it.

Of course, in the city spring don’t
mean quite so much to us as it does
out in the country—here the women
look at it as the time to buy new
hats, new suits, as a. time of house
cleanin’ an’ paper hangin' —well
mebbe farm women do too, but here
it’s diffurunt—women in town send
for the cleaner man 311‘ he comes,
cleans up here an’ there an' sends
a bill to the or man that keeps him
warm all the rest of the year, purty
darn near. ’

Then in the City we have the street
cleaners, the chimney sweeps, the
hand organ grinders. the sewer flush-
ers and the political scavengers—the
fellers you know that hunts through
the pool rooms an’ poker joints, the
highways and by-ways, mostly by-
ways—an’ rounds up the gang to put
across the election of some duffer
who mebbe ain’t fit to carry swill to
respectable hogs—ya see the city
couldn’ t hardly exist ’ithout the po-
litical scavenger, an’ it don’t haf to
b’ gosh. They’ s always plenty of’ em
to be found, well as I said. spring
means more to folks out on the farm
there is means work of course, hur—

productivitymuch more labor is re-
quired to maintain them in a suitable
state of tilth. On the other hand,
compaction is indeed an important
factor in regulating the sandy and
muck lands. ,

Soil erosion by both wind and wa-
ter accounts for an early decrease in
the productivity of many fields. In
regionsof undulating or broken top-
ography the so-called “washing of
soils” is a serious menace; in fact,
more plant food is frequently - re-
moved by a torrential rain than is
taken from the soil by several crops.
Moreover, much of the material re-
moved is from the surface. the most ‘
valuable portion, inasmuch as it con-
tains the vegetable matter content
“of the soil. .

Improper drainage accounts for
low yields of many soils and such
‘conditi-ons'obt-ain in all classes of
soils and in all humid regions. Until
this limiting factor is eliminated all

become of secondary importance.
The texture or the soil, that is,

with respect to the per. cent of sand, _

silt and clay present, has a tremend-

 

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' goi- misfit falsified vigorously
s first sons in a common:
' new:

 

 

 

pi! .
com a ittle earlieLthanb
t to kinda cheer folks up i
,a bit—you know that 611 jacGOunt of?
. congress, the
League of Nations“ income taxes,"

 

electidn an’ the destruction of the.

ers nor grass—oh, you know how~

a little cold weather put onto us. but
git a smile on our face to meet gentle .

come—an she’ s a comin’ right on a.

other methods of soil improvement 1

 
  

to be-V ,.

  
     

love-y an’ grand—4
or who was everégsflly' e11
vent cities w4th the smoke,

   

,_ hurry and worry—with the sham an“? j '
deceit. the crime 1111’ the misery—

course to them that’s always been
livin' in town; these things mebbe
don’t show, but to a teller thats s'spent
nearly all his life out where God in-
tended we shouid spend cur llIyes, the

city. no matter how large 311' fine it

may be, looks like a narrow an’ a
abstracted place. A place where
everybodys wants to do the other
teller; where you don't know your
next door neighbor an’ hardly know
your own self—when I was livin’ on
the farm, my boy,_then about nine
or ten years old, spent a Week with
his cousins in the city, the cousins
diLeverything possible to make his

stay pleasant—teak him around and

showed him 'all the sights, shoWs an’
everything. Well he came home at
the end of the week prefectly dis-
gusted.
wanted to live in the city for; there
was ’nt 9. thing to see,” he said. And
do you know, that little speech did
me a world of good. My boy was
seein’ things out on the farm, in the
woods cn' fields. that no city could
ever show him—he was livin’ the
life, an’ I was proud as any 01’ dad
could be.

Oh the country, in spite of the
'work an' the hurry, is. a wonderful
pla-ce'in the spring—a beautiful an'
a healthful place. And I want to
say to the young folks on the farm
what I have Said many times before,
stay where you are, don’t let any
amount of persuasion. lead you. into
the city—there is a hundred times
more pleasure, you can have more
n'_ truer friends, can'be happier,
will live longer an’ better, will make
a better man or woman, than you
possibly could in any cltyr—take the
advice of you 01’ uncle an’ stay hight
where you are ’cause ’you’ re in the
very best, place in the World—e—ths
place that the Creator made to live
in.

Oh, yes, I wuz going to write "bout
spring an’ now myspace is all taken
up an' I ain’t had time to say a word
about its—but let’s cheer up anyway
for she’s sure a comin' right along
an’ will soon be here! Cordially—q
UNCLE RUBE. ’

IWhy Soils Need Artificial Fertilizer

(Confirmed from page 5)

management of different kinds of soil
is fully discussed later on.

 

Would you kindly g-lve me some infor-
mation on fall plowing in Southern Mich-
igun as to the waste of the fertility 0‘
the soil and as to the soil washin
Please answer in M.- B. F'.—From 9. Su
scrllber, Decatur. '

. Soil erosion or washing is serious
on sloping lands. There are two
kinds, sheet erosion. ,» that is where
the water runs over the surface and
does not form gullies or. wash cuts
but tends to remove the entire sur-'
face soil and the formation of gul-
lies or ditches in the field. This is
caused by the water accumulation in
depressions and running dQWn the
slope en masse. /The former is less
noticeable but is usually responsible
for the removal of more fertility than
the latter.

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certain principles to be follOwed. Of,
chief importance is to decrease the

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__ ‘ (it; the
98 ' raise, notatoes. cab-
orllong and apples all but ap-
‘re’ached lower prices. New
athern vegetables also declined un-
or increasing receipts. Shipments

of fruit and veghtables have been re—
,i stricted by weather conditions
ear shortage yet the earlot move-g

merit was 29,172 cars to February
14, or eons1derably heavrier than. for
.the preceding four weeks and about
1, 0.00 cars more than for .the cor-
responding time last year. Incress:
ing movement of new stock has offset

1 . tally the decreases in northern fruits

and vegetables from storage.
. Potatoes Unsealed
The upward movement of prices

beginning in early October contin-

‘t'er part of January,

ued through December and January.
The market reached its peak the lat-
when No.1
sacked white potatoes ranged $4.50
to $4.75 per 100 pounds at shipping
points and $4.50 to $5.50 in con-

and »

  

, suming markets. ‘A downward trend .
”started in early February, but to-

~Ward the middle of February the
market showed a. slightly stronger
tone, and No.1 northern round

white stock ranged $4 to $4.30 f. o.
b-., sacked at Michigan, Wisconsin

and Minnesota shipping points, com-
. pared with $4 to $4.25 a month ago

and $3 two months ago. Consuming
markets February 16 quote this
stock about 15c lower than the

month before at $4.35 to $4.85 and
compared with $3.35 to $3.50 the
middle of December. No. 1 round
white in Western New York produc-
ing sections the Injddle of February
show little change from the price a
month" earlier. ranging $3.95 to
$4.25 per 100 pounds sacked f. o. b.
Prices the middle of December rang-
ed $2.75 to $3.12. Maine Green
Mountains the middle of February
ranged $3.50 to $3.75 bulk per 100
pounds Le. b. shipping points. Idaho
Rurals reached their top point of
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pared with 10351 a year ago and
8377 the month before. In 21
northern late shipping states, 36. 4
per cent of the estimated crop was
reported still on hand January 1,
compared with 43. 5 per cent a year
earlier, with 49.9 percent the sea-
son preceding and 33.1 in the short
crop season of 1910-17.

Cabbage Declines

After the steady upward price
movement of the past four months
the crest was reached the latter part
of January when old cabbage was
selling for $110 to $140 per ton in
bulk in large consuming markets.
With .the increasing movement 01
new stock and fairly heavy importa-
tion from Europe, a sharp decline
followed and old cabbage was quot-
ed the middle of February at $75 to
$100 in most cities.

Apple Markets Firm «

Values have been well maintained
during the past month with a tend-
en'cy to advance. New York Bald-
wins A 2 1- 2 strengthened at ship-
ping points to a general range of
$7.50 to $7. 75 some fancy stock of
good color, selling at $8. In con-
suming markets this price advanc-
ed the middle of February reaching
$8. 25 to $9. 50. Northwestern box-
ed apples are still weak and slow at
shipping points and much stock is re-
ported rolled unsold. Extra fancy
Jonathans and Spitzenburgs are
slightly higher in distributing mark—
ets at $2. 75 to $3. 50. Extra fancy
Winesaps are selling at $3 to $3. 60.
Much boxed fruit of lower grades
has been shipped and quotations at
shipping points are mostly for this
stock. Shipments barreled apples
1 367 cars for the four weeks, and
of boxed 2, 308. compared with 2,-

.0

890 barreled and 1,158 boxed for -

like period a year ago.

Experts Give Views on Future Potato Market

Expects‘Good Prices for Balance of
Season »

. “As it is quite probable that the top

in potato price was reached during

the recent period or shortage of cars

and extreme cold weather. Such

would be the natural result. Howev-

er. with the shortage of the Crop in

my opinion it is quite unlikely that
the price will; be low again this sea-
son, that is, to say. I think the potato
market 'will be good covering the
marketing of the 1919 crop.—-——Nathcm
Simpson, Manager Gteaner' Clearing
House Ass’n.

Potatoes and, \Veather Conditions
“When it comes to expressing an
opinion as to the future on potatoes,
or any other commodity, that opinion
can be nothing better than a guess at
best and, because of the many out-
side and unlocked for conditions
which may have a bearing on the
market as it develops, sometimes the
best posted guess wrong.” writes the
editor of Chicago Packer to M. B. 1".
“Indications, however, seem to
point to the fact that the potato mar-
ket has at least reached is high aver-
age level. A severe car shortage, an
embargo or other uncontrollable influ-
ence might shoot the market higher
for a. space, but the advance would
probably be short lived and be follow-
ed by quite a. pronounced drop as soon
as the bullish factor was removed.
“Weather conditions will play an
important part in the April and May

.market. An early spring means a
‘. weaker market—m late spring adds
.. strength. — 11:. A. Taylor, OMcago
- Packer. » ‘ ‘

 

1. Believes Low Price Level Reached 7
. “The tuture of the potato market _
(Lillie season perhaps is as undecided,
we: «as at any arm with m

gelled Woof . “15:56.31.

«In. , sales.) manager at the
RM » ,

the writer

we find a considerable quantity of po-
tatoes are going to be needed in Tex-
as territory from other points than
that which they have heretofore
drawn their supplies, this demand be-
ing apparent at the present time and
will probably continue :01- sixty days.
We also find a certain demand devel-
oping as far as the Pacific Coast
where an immediate shortage of po-
tatoes is developing but will undoubt-
edly be of short duration.

“What information we are able to
gain from Minnesota and Wisconsin
bears out the facts that both of. these
states have drawn on their supplies
considerably heavier at the
yeyar than in previous years. We are
also advised by both the operators
and county agents in that territory
that the plantings this coming season
will be quite liberal and the amount
(if seed retained in these two states

will be somewhat in addition to the ‘

normal amount.

“Conditions in- Michigan are prac-

tically the same as those in Wiscon-

sin and Minnesota. If we are correct- '

ly advised from our investigation of
the Michigan canditdon there is only
about 60. per cent of the potatoes left
in the state of Michigan for move-
ment at the precent time as compared
with last year, and with the absolute
fact that Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.acon-
siderabie portion of Iowa, practically
all of Missouri, as well as several oth-
er seeticms which have heretofore
produced a considerable quantity of
home supplies, will be wholly and en-
tirely dependent on the states of Min-
nesota, ‘Wisconsin and Michigan.
"We believe that the growers in the
state of Michigan for no reason

/ should be alarmed whatever as to the

future prospects of marketing their

The writer is absolutely confi- '

dent that potatoes are; inst as low to-
day as they will be any time during

this marketing;- season and it is my .

"prediction that while we will not see

any may high- prices we will see .

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the farm. again, fogbe fed ~ for a
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sent back into the yards: and ecunted‘

again.

The receipts of began: the

yards at" Chicago, Indianapolis and,
all these other ci-ties,,represent. hogs

that have been counted over and over

again, and they had added them‘

over and ever again until they have
a great. big total. The hog men of
this country must clear the air,.and
get it into the minds of our people
what these statistics mean; get that
information down to .rock bottom,
so that the people will uderstand it.
You can get it On that basis if you
get on the. inside. __ ,

The figures I have here are on the
basis of hogs slaughtered, rather
than the ones received.

In 1916 there were 8,083,000 hogs
slaughtered at Chicago. In 1918
there- were 8,031,000 hogs slaughter-
ed. In 1919,’ up until the 31st day
of December, there were seven mil-
lion, nine hundred and thirty-nine
thousand hogs slaughtered.

We have been talking about the
unusual run of hogs in Chicago. We
have heard about the great influx of
hogs into those yards. yet the figures
given and printed, over the signature
of the president of the Union Stock
Yards in Chicago, show that there
were fewer hogs slaughtered in C-h-i-

cage, in 1919. than there were in
1918. ,
In Indianapolis, in 1916, there

were 1,511,000 hogs slaughtered; in
1918, 1,393,000; and in 1919, ‘there
were 1,434,000 hogs slaughtered.

Take the hogs slaughtered in the
United States. for the year ending
June 30th of these years—and that
is the basis which these were figured
——and in 1914 there were 95,000,000
in 1916. 73,000,000; in 1918, 70,-
000,000; and I haven’t got it for the
year 1919, as it could not be obtain—
ed at this time. Those figures I got
through some records of the Food
Administration.

The point I want to make is this:
The demand for these pork products
as far as I can see it, in 1920, from
a hundred million people in Europe
and a hundred million people in the
United States, will be just as great
as it was in 1919. And the same will
be true in 1921. It will be, asagreat
as it was back in 1914 and 1916.

Now, if that is true, then I think
that would answer one big question
that has been present in the mind of
the hog breeder» and the hog feeder
—and that is, what shall I do in
1920?

The Secret of Low Hog Prices

When we were going into the war
the people got together and said,
“here, we must have a. fair price for
hogs.” Did you have any meetings
in your communities, calling for a
fair price on hogs? Did you find
many farmers meeting in Indianap-
olis, and insisting that they should
have a fair price for their hogs? No,

but you found a. lot of people on the

outside. consumers, getting together
and saying, “Let us have a fair price
on hogs.”
right, we will take it,” and finally
they agreed on- a price of $15.50.

As soon as the armistice was sign~‘

ed, those, people who had been wOrk-
ing for- a. fair price on hogs, said:
“Now. let us get together and get rid
of that fair. price.” And they: came
down to Washington while I ,.
there, and they argued with Mr.
Hoover, and everybody else, and they
said, “The reason you didn’t want to
takeoff thatlair price is because the
Department of Agriculture and the
Food Administration areafraid of
the farmers. ,
pork will go ‘down toffour. dollars

and sixdollars a hundred." - And
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«er: It ‘ca-r'fishta tor .what hardest» ,.
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until. they rowan“

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thing started out by people talking

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to come‘down, and Mr. Hoover, when
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that food was going to come down,

and they tell us that they have cargo '

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ple, and they don’t need our products.
Now, I haven't
on that, and I don’t know whether
Mr. Hoover said that or not. But
you know‘that that very thing was
reported and quoted, and the result
was that it went therounds, and just

as soon as Mr. Hoover “said that Mr.

Armour made a speech and said that
the price of hogs would be ten dol-
’lars by the 1st of January.

Now, when everybody says that
‘sort of thing it is bound to have an
effect. There are some other fellows
going just the other way. They say
that shoes are going up,
create a market, and everybody
rushes down and buys shoes. Today
we had a shoe man stand up in the
Rotary Club meeting at Lafayette-
the price of
shoes and said that next spring we

. will have to pay twenty-five per cent

more for shees than 'we are paying
now. And you saw the other day
where the clothing men said that
you will have to pay twenty per cent
more for your clothes next spring.
Then they said we Would pay twen—
ty cents a pound for sugar, and we
have come to that. So, when you
get these figures together, you find
that it is all the resultbf a campaign
the outcome of psychology—motions
that were put into the minds of our
people everywhere—that did more
toward bringing down the price of
hogs from $23.50 to $11.50, than
anything else. ,

Now, those people who have inter—
fered with that. have simply inter-
fered with the great law of supply
and demand, and they have driven
these hogs off of the farms, and this
demand for foodstuffs, in 1920, is
coming, and We are going to find our
hog crop short. What is that going
to mean? It is going to mean that
somebody is going hungry for bread,
next spring, because of our short
wheat crop, and somebody is going
hungry for pork, because of our
shortage llIhOgS.» -

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Enclosed you will find $1 for the
renewal of my subscription for M. B.
F.; also the name of a friend whom I

ythink will appreciate your paper and

the cause you are striving for, for the
benefit of' the farmers .of Michigan.
I, for one, am‘th-ankful that we have
a farm paper that is independent and
that does not sellout and1 try to pull
the wool over the common people’s
eyes.- Thanking youf'for the stand

Goufithwh , ,

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, 7 y? one or info or them We are
"11- life Jersey breed and think they
are the” best there is, but we cannot
36L ne pound oL butter-tat from 2
1—2 pounds at milk as your record

    

whost (1 100 pounds fat from 2.500 .

pounds of milk.) Good-bye. Jersey.
——*Subscribor. - .

some day when newspaper editors can
dictate their stories into the may 0'19.
mechanical contrilvance and have them
delivered complete in the form of news-

 

papers at the other end, there will be no ‘

more typographical blunders to amuse
the. public. providing the editor is aJWay s
sober, machine well greased and no
cogs are slipping. Until that tune, how-
ever. there Will be errors in the printed
page. They creep in everywhere, ——even
mob t newspapers and magazines
have em,-——the Bible, the dictionary,
the text-b0 It’s a wonder that some
Holstein breeder hasn't “called" us for
our error in leaving off the third cipher
from 26..000 making it appear
cow of his breed produced less than 7
pounds of milk a day. At the same
time we are surprised that you and the
other Jersey breeders should have over-
,look ked the opportunity to cruelly remind
us, the Holstein folk, that we had one
too many ciphers in 1,100 .,——1Editor.

 

,EXCHANGING .BRAN

Will you please tell me'through
your'paper when the government
gave orders to the miller not to give
any bran for Wheat. I took 150
pounds of wheat to the mill and told
the miller I wanted some bran, and
he said that the government would
not let him give me any bran —J. K.
0., Barry County.

 

When 'the' Food Administration came
into existence one of its first rules was
to prohibit the millers from returning
the bran to farmers in exchange for
wheat. The millers Were required to
conduct all their transactions on a cash
or money business in order to better
able the government to ascertain t ir
legal profits. —.Edttor. -

 

TREATING CORN AGAINST GROWS

-I have been much interested in
the articles by.Judson Grenell on
how Carl'Schmidt makes money on
poorest sandy land in Michigan. In
the first article, Jan. 17, he gives Mr.
Schmidt’s remedy for treating corn
so crows will not pull it. I wish I
could get the directionsas to how
much 3.1098 and dye to use to treat
the seed. I should not want to treat
the seed and use any preparation
strong enough to injure the life or
vitality of the seed.

edy for me? And do you think it
would have any effect on preventing.
mice from eating melon Seed after
they were planted? You are cer—
tainly publishing the most practical
farm paper of them all. -—E. O. P., Te-
konsha, Mich.

 

Your letter was referred to Mr.
Schmidt, who advifes as follows: “To
70 bushels of rye I used two quarts of
tincture of aloe and some waste dye
from my factory in Detroit. I am under
the impression, however, that aloe alone
will do it. The same would apply to
corn." We are endeavoring to secure
additional information on Mr. Schmidt’s
"remedy,” and will present it to our
readers as soon as available.—-Editor.

TELEPHONE CONNECTION

I have been taking your‘paper for
the past year and find it a splendid
paper and very useful.
tions and answers do us all good.
Here is one I have to ask. ' Where
a persons moves into a house where
there is a telephone and it is all con-
nected. no expense whatever, does
the state law compel you to pay the
company $1. 50 connedtion charges?
This. is the experienced am having
and I,’ of course, objected and the of-
‘flce says that the government says

«we must, so I would like to know

through your columns. Of course,a
corporation will teil you most any-
-- dollar.,. Thank you for

’ in the order
HM

    

Utilities mCanopiesion.

that a “"—

‘ many stocks on themarket, it

, Houston,

Could you ob-.
tain the proper strength of this rem- _

The ques— ~

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tillties Com- in some t
«Eh , t. "?

Fl attention. elven to
‘ here to serve you.

'eotion that the tele no company
could no tlega'll make to charge even
thou the U1 lities Commission
thawed such a e urge where actual
work
mum of'rthe Michigano Public
Lansing,
viola]?e the complete factsc name
"Edens-sue company. etc.
the commission does not act to secure 'a
refund of the charge providing it is
found illegal, please refer the matter to
our attention again. —-Editor.

FEDERAL DISCOUNT COMPANY

Do you know anything about the
Federal Discount Company, of De-
troit. The Shifllet Cumber 00., also
of Detroit have an agent in this lo-
cality selling stock for them. Some
have signed for stock and others
would if they knew it was all 0. K.
Please let me know what you think
of this stock as an investment. I
take the Business Farming and like
it very much. —L. H. 0., Chesaning,
Mich.

 

We have looked up the Federal Dis-
count Company, and the only worth-
while information we can give you is
that the officers are all responsible busi-
ness men of the state of Michigan. The
president. is Frank F. Tillotson, Detroit,
formerly assistant cashier of the Dime
Savings Bank, Detroit; Vice-President
George Osius, Detroit; Secretary John D.

. MacKay, Detroit; Vice-President
Paige, Detroit Motor Car Company; Di~
rectors Eugene Siegel, treasurer Ameri-
can Corset Company; Fred E. Holmes.
Detroit manufacturer; Clay H. Hollister.
president Old National Bank. Grand
Rapids; Grant J. Brown, Flint. cashier
Industrial Savings Bank. So far as the
responsibility and integrity of the per-
sonnel of the company is concerned they
are all that could be desired. and the ob-
ject of the company (the discounting of
commercial paper, etc.) seems to fill a
very urgent need at the present time.
We cannot, of course, advise any of our
readers to buy this stock, but of all the
should
stand among the leaders—Editor.

 

FEEDING CORN STOVER .

I would like to "ask through the
columns of your paper if any of your
subscribers have had any experience
in feeding corn stover ensilage. If
they have please have them tell their
experience in your paper as there are
several farmers in this vicinity who
would like to hear about it.——-O. L.,
Mesiclc, Mich. ..

 

Well, folks. will you help us give this
subscriber the information he wants?

' OLD DOMINION OIL CO., TEXAS

'Would like your advice about the
Old Dominion Oil Company, Inc... of
Texas, 6th floor, Mason
Bldg. Are they reliable? They of-
fer shares of stock at $1 per share.
Please answer in the Michigan Bus-

iness Farming—E. J., Merrill, Mich.

We never heard of the Old Dominion
Oil Company before. It may become a
second. Standard Oil. or then again it
may spend the thousands of dollars
gleaned from its stockholders in fruitless
drilling in its oil fields and then abandon
its pipes and its drills to the elements as
hundreds of other oil concerns have done.
When you buy oil stocks, you simply bet
that in the radius of territory which
your company owns. there is oil. Some-
times there is oil. A strike is made; a
‘g'usher" blows a. few thousand barrels of
oil into the air but by the time it is
”harnessed." the flow mysteriously dis-
appears. 0n 00mparatively rare occa-
sions considering the great number of
wells that are drilled. the company
strikes oil in paying quantities, and its
principal stockholders enjoy ease and
comfort from then on. But the amount
of money that has lbeen wasted in ex—
ploring' the barren depths of oil fields
w 1 run into the tens of millions of dol-
lars An oil company may be backed by
the most responsible men in the world
and yet fail dp‘roduce dividends for its
holders on to refund the money they

fihave'paid in to d v _
’Edltor. , e 610p the Dronerty.

PROTEINS IN FEED
Would you please tell me the
amount of protein in the following
feeds in 1,000 pound lets, ground
oats, ground corn, winter wheat bran

and Wheat middlings—J J. H.

The egoteln in 1000 pounds each of
the lie of would be as fol-
BirimridSp

lows:
corn. 1 pound winter

pounds; wheat“-rxiiddlin 111313
I have a relit '

  
  

     
 

 
 
 
 
  
  

 

    
 
  
       

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NEW SPRING CATALOG

‘ The Day Old Chick business is on. The most
complete catalog we have yet published; it will
help you.

Thirteen Heavy Breeds.

Three Especlal Egg Breeds.

You will be particularly interested in the ex-
tra heavy laying breeds. White Leghorn: Inspected
and certified as heavy producers by the Poultry
Extension Specialist of the Agricultural College.

Cookerels-st fewii flan R. O. and S. C. Reds;
Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes; R. C. Brown
Leghorns.

PULLETS—S. 0. Brown Leghorn yearlinzs.

‘ We solicit your interest in the Homestead
harms plan of Pure Bred Poultry raising

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Desk B. Kalamazoo. Michigan

COOKERELS —— PULLETS

PURE BRED UTILITY STOCK

COCKERELS
WHITE WYANDOTTES, 8. L. WYANDOTTES
BARRED RC‘JACKEEBSF‘IEINGTON RsT
. PLYMOU H ROCKS
ROSE AND SINGLE CO OBM R. I. RED 8
BLACK MINORCAS
8. C. WT! LEGH HRO NS
ROSE COMB BROWN LEOHORNS. ANCONA8

ULLETS
WHITE WYANDOTTES. BARRED ROCKS AND
8. C. WHITE LEGHORNS .
We ship on approval. write us your wants.
VA EY RIDGE POULTRY FARM
Mloh.

ORPlNGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two great breeds for profit. Write today for
free catalogue of hatching eggs. baby chicks and
breeding stock.

CYCLE HATCHER COMPANyY. 149 Phllo Bldg.

L
Frazer Mlller, Bloomlngdale.

 

Elmira. N.
OCKERELS, DRAKES, ANCONAS, BUFF
barred, Columbian. Silver I’enciled and White

Plymouth Rocks; Rouen drakes, price, $3 each.
SHERIDAN POULTRY YDS., R5, Sheridan, Mich

 

F0“ SALE MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS.

. Toulouse geese. White l’ekin
ducks, either sex, $4 each at once. Old ducks
weigh 10 pounds.

CHASE STOCK FARM, Marlette, Mich.

 

 

LEGHOR’K ‘

 
    

s 0. WHITE LEGHORN HATER!" R 0..

Have 10 more Cockerels for sale. Tom ‘ ,
274 egg strain. E. Altenbern,.Rl, Alenmw,

 

   

s C.'BUFF LEGHORNS, BABY CHICKS-
for hatching. Hens. Cookerels. Farm ,'
Good laying strain. 1

J- Bath, Mich.

W. WEBSTER.
CHICKS- EGGS Big Whlto Lenhorns, m.
285 TRAPNESTED Strait;
of winter layers. Real profltmakers. Satisfaction ,
guaranteed. Sauder's Leghorn Parks, Grabill,1nd.

WYAN D OTTE

30 Years I Breeder of Silver Laced and
W Vyandottes. Fine lot of young stock at 33mg:

and $5 ea. Clarence Browning, R2, Portland.

w Wyandottes. Flne Stock, 30 Eggs. Postpaid.
$3.50 by express. 30, $2.75. 100, $7.50.

Cookerels, $3. Nick Fleck, RS, Plymouth, Ind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE LOT OF FISHELL STRAIN WHIT.
Wyamlotte Cookerels. $3 to $5 each.
CECIL HURLEY. Croswell, Mlch.

 

BABY CHICKS

O. K. CHICKEN HATCHERY

THOROUGHBRED DAV OLD CHICKS
Single comb, White Bud and Brown LOCI“)
White B11111 and Barred Rocks.

S. 0.11. I. eds. Anconas, White Wyandott‘
25 oghlcks, $8. 25, 50 chicks, $11; 100 chloh.

520.0
C. MORNINGSTAR.
Box 263. Phone 115.

 

Prop.
Fenton, Mich.

CHICKS—CHICKS

SHIPPED SAFELY EVERYWHERE MBY MAIL
C. White Leghorns and S. C. Mot ttled An-
the great egg machines.
guaranteed to satisfy.
Eleventh season. Cai-

Holland. Mlch.

 

cones;
chicks,
March and April delivery.
slog free.

HOLLAND HATCHERY. R7.

 

Leghorns. Mlnorcas, Spanish, Houdans,
Reds. Rocks, Orpiugtons, Brahmas,
Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fenton. Mich.

hicks,
Campinas,
W yu mlottcs.

 

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

Barred Rock Cockarels, 240 Egg Strain, $3 to
Exhibition strain $4 to $5. Prize winners
SAM STADEL, Chelsea. Mich.

 

 

cHOICE BARRED ROCK COCKERELS AND
Pullets bred from Detroit and Boston winners.
Good laying strain. Prices reasonable, satisfac—
tion guaranteed.

.TOLLES BROS.. R 10. St. Johns, Mich.

 

BRED FROM
Mlch., R 3

BARRED ROCK COCKERELS.
great layers.

W. C. COFFMAN. Benton. Harbor.

 

JOHN'S BIG BEAUTIFUL

are hen batched, good layers
on approVal. Milka $4 to $8
Circulars. —-Jobn Nortlion 0.111113

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arred Rock Cookerels from Trapnested State

Contest winning strain, direct. Sired by podi-

grced male. 260 egg record. Also a few choice

I'zll‘tritllle Rock Cockerels, prices $3, $4 and $5.
N AYERS & SON. Silverwood. Mich.

BARRED ROCKS
grow quirk, sold
each. Photos.
Mich.

 

 

URE BRED BARRED ROCKS. GOOD LAY-

ers. That narrow. straight snappy barring.
Score cards .on liens and pullcts to 94 points.
Am an old timer in the business. Eggs for batch-

ing, $2.50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A. D. STECKLE, Freeport, Mlch., Box 110

 

A Few Barred Rock Cookerels, $3 each tlll March
15. Eggs for setting, $2 00 per dozen.
PHILLIPS.

Bellevue, Mich.

 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. BRED T0 LAY
birds of great vigor and good marking. Price

 

 

 

$4 each. Barred Rocks only.

CHAS. H. WRIGHT, Box 103, Ypsilanti. Mich.
RHODE ISLAND RED
OCKERELS—SINGLE COMB RHODE I8-
lnnd Reds from Tompkins’ Sire and 200 egg

trapnested blood, $5.0
ISS AVEROY. Oxford, Mich.

 

S 0 H l RED 2;".‘0 '22.?.“.?'§”§'. $2735.

ALFRED DEICHMANN. R3, Pigeon. Mich.

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Rese Iand Slngle Comb
Reds. Barred
Prolific layers.
delivery guar-

Mich.

CHICKS AND EGG

Plymouth RU( ks. Supei lor Icolor.
l’repzi id by parcel post and safe
illitet’ll. lllustru ted catalog free.

INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4, Lawrence,

 

Martin‘s Straln White Wyandottes. Heavy layln

exhibition and utility stock. Baby chicks, $2

and $20 per hundred. Hatching eggs $8 and up.

per hundred. Booking orders fast. Order early.
C. W. HEIMBACH. Big Rapids, Mich.

 

ABY C H 10 KS:
Brown Leghorns,
live urrivul guaranteed.

breeds. Free catalog.
50,000 for 1920, Barrel

BABY GHIGK Rocks. Exhibition quality.

Rocking orders now at 201‘ each.
Beechmont Poultry Farm. Crandall, Ind., Box 1.

HA TCHIVG EGGS

HITEIWYANDOTTES;

Pure bred White Lezhoml.
$17 per 100, Anconas,
Order now. Eggs of all
TRIANGLE. Clinton. MO.

 

 

EGGS FOR HATCH-

iug 1mm Sileciul layers, 32 per 15, prepaid.
l'ins $16 to $23-
FRANK DeLONG, R3, Three Rivers, Mlch.

 

C. BR. Leghorn eggs, $1.60 per setting. Pellll
d11ck,x$l.50 for 8. (‘hinese (room: 40.- such.
MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS. Hlllsdalo, Mich.

 

F0“ SAL HATCHING EGGS FROM A
heavy laying strain of S. C. R. L
Reds. Pen No.1 headed by 11 Owen Farms yearl—
ing cock and mated to a superb bum 11 of bullets.
Pens Nos 2 and 3 headed by two wonderful cock-
erels and mated to CQlll’llly good bullets, also a
utility flock that is high class. Get our price.
on your wants for the coming season. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed.
F. HEIMS & SON. Davlson, Mich.

 

BANNED ROCKS Eggs from vigorous early
maturing stock from hen.
laying strain. $2 per 15. $5 per 45 by prep
parcel post. R. G. Kirby, R1, East Lansing. Mich.
EGGS FROM BIG BARRED ROCKS, BRED
to lay. 50 setting
Mlch..

MRS. THOS. FOSTER. Cassopolls,

 

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

WHERE YOU KNOW IT WILL PAY‘

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

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

. you for 13,26 or ‘52 times. ' .

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BES‘II PAYING VARIE'HES
Hardy" Northern raised

 

 

  

; special Representatives
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Du cits. Geese. Turkeys Pure-bffed :lheagg'
laying g'struiiis‘:I Eggs ,
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To svo old conflicting dates we will without

cost, list the slats cl any on stock sale In
It you are oonslderinos All.

the us at once and we will claim. the date

for you. Address. Live Stock Editor, M. I.

F., M1. Clemons. . ~

 

March 8,D1sroc—Jerseys. Tbos Undorhlll
& Son and Albert Ebersoie, Salem

Marc 8, Jerseys. Henry J. and M1”Carleton
R. Lewis. Ypsilanti Mich.

Mar. 26, Angus. Michigan Aberdeen- Angus

Breeders, Saginaw,
April 12, Holsteins. J. _.P Olcott, Perry,
Michigan.

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CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

numumflmhr :uu'amflvh

OREIDIRC' DIRECTORY. momma unmet Elm Ht. Wanna, ”Ilia.

03ers 2

babe 2..sou. so! A. R. 0.
9017' m sPONJIEAKDS.
He d underpin; :ud1oode‘oer311zgsme'flon.
er I B: . .
All bulls offered for ale are from AR. 0.
cows. Address all moor-responds once to

JOHN BAILEY

819 Atkinson Alla. Detroit. mob.

BEMTERED HOLWEIIB FOR SALE. FOUR
bull calves sired by a sun 11! King Begis Cham-
pion Mabel. He is a dome grandson of King
Segis Do, In] Kornd'yhe. Dams are heavy producing
young cows. Prices reasonable. breeding consid-

ered.
Mich" R 4

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BLTCK “é; VHITE

Holstein Cows First as
Money Makers

The day is passing when milk can
be produced at a profit by a herd of
mongrel cows. Look the fact in the
face and study the methods of pro-
gressive dairymen.

Wherever the interest in darying
is most active and most intelligent,
there the pure—bred Holstein stands
first. And every month adds to her
prestige as a money maker. '

If you mean business, why not get
your start before the demand in-
creases still more? 4

Send for Free Illustrated Bookets.

THE HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

295 Hudson Street
Brsmeborc, Vermont

AIR IllK PROOUOER

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

son ‘of Hspiecrest Application Pontiac—
132652—from our heavy- ”yearly -milking-gcod—but-
tor-record solve it.

Maplecrestm Application Pontiac‘s dam made
35,103 lbs. butter in 7 days: 1344.3 lbs. butter
and 243 21.2 lbs. milk in 36 lids

He is one of the greatest bred long distance

His dsulhtsrs 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.
gross and prices on application.

’ 3. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich.

 

sires.

 

 

FOR SALE

THOROUGHBRED
H OLSTEII GOYIS

combining blood of Traverse City and
Maple Crest stock, granddaughters of
Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy.
rice: 8800 and
WILLIAMS & WHITAORE
5R. F. D. No. 4 Allen-n, Mich.
For 8cm Registered Holstein bull calf from 24
and 31 lb. sire, price 3100. Born
Oct. 18,1919. Wm. Gridin R5, Howell, Mich.

TWO GREAT BREII BULLS

One a fine. beautifully marked son of KING
PONTIAC HENGERVELI) FAINE the hand dud
thousand dollar son of KING OF THE PON-
I‘IACS from s. 23 lb. Jr. 8 year old daughter of
a near 32 lb. Jr. 4 year old cow whose sire
was from 110.50 lb. cow mdth ishclfer 1. just
one 0! .th: choicest heifers of the breed. Good
for 30 lbs. at next freshening. If interested write
tor extended pedigree and price. ranteed
right. The other a son of the above sire out of
s 20 lb. Ir. 2 year old granddaughter of KING
KORNDYKE SADIE VALE. Where can you

get better bre engdi i
GARGE'I’T. Elm Hall, Mich.

 

 

 

JAMES B.

 

AM OFFERING

TWO FIHE YOUNG BULLS

Sired by a son of King Segis Champion
Mable and dams gr. daughters of King Segis.

No.1 born Oct. 16. 19. nicely marked,
nearly 1- 2 white record of dam butter 7 days
21 lbs.. Milk. 530 lbs. Price $75.

No. 2 born Jan. 23, beautifully marked
trifleb more wh to5 than black from nearly a
22111..dam wi b. milk Price 860.

Ask for pedigree: 6and full particulars.

M. BOYD

 

m?! A HULL coon moat-1 TO “ID
A “I“ I

A grandson of the 350. 000 bull. His dam s
lb. 1!. 4 $1,311): :1 A. 11.0.

 

‘Elmwood Stock Farm Offers

bull alves from mod ~
‘10. records and sired‘

 

MUSOLI-T BROS.’ EINSTEIN

We are now booking orders for
£0 ung bulls from King Plates; Sag-is
w{one 170506. All from A. 3.0 dams“
h credible records.
lily for tuberculosis. #131.“ mum prio-
es and further information

Music! Bros” South Lyons. Mulligan.

LONG lliSTAIIilEm

(Jan spare s nicely msrhsd heifer when by seven
dams that average above 1200 lb; butter and
24, 000 lbanln 1111111111 one year. C also Durec Saws.
A. FLEMING. Lake. Mich.

 

 

HOLST E I N

1y marked, strai ht back line. a fine individual,
large growth dy“e w with the making of a large
Won] do someone a lot of good. Dam has
a 27 lb record, a large cow and a great milk
producer. Sire s son of
Butter Boy, one of the great bulls.
JAM E8 HOPBON, JR..
Owcsso -. R2 -

TITO BULL OALVES

Buttered Holstein- Friesisn. sired by 89. 87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are very nice and will bsprleed cheap it

sold soon
runes. Elwell, Mich.
RECI 8 T E R E D ,

HARRY T.
BROOKSTOH FARMS "013nm suu.

Calves for sale sired by MARYLAND BEL LLE
CLOTHI LDE No. 154 358, born Dee.14,1914.
A grandson of Colantha Johanna Lad. one of the
greatest living sires and of a 31. 44 lb. daughter
of Sir Komdyke Manor De Kol. Histwo near-
est dams average 25. 89 lbs. butter in seven days

BROOKSTOI FARMS

H. WIDDIOOMB. Prop. BIC Rapids,

Till) BULL GALVES 0“ Bonn seer.

8. One born Nov
whose dam at age of 7 years and 30 days after
calving has a record 0! 20. 53 butter, 469. 9mil
in 7 days. at 3m1'ngs1ki ay.da

VERNON mCLOUCH. Perms. Mich.

Four Choice Bull Calves

Dams have records from 20 lbs. to 26 lb.
Sireg by our 82 lb. son of the $50, 000 bull.

LAKE SIDE DAIRY.LI|10 Odessa. Mich.

REG HOLSTEHIS
HIGH GLASS BULLS

Ready for service. Prices to it
breeder from 8100 up. an every

1M lch loan

~MioII.

Herd under Federal supervision. Headed
by one of the best 36 lb. ' “
the Pen sons of King of

Will accept a few good cows for serl
HILLCREBT FARM, Ol'tonvllio, digit
HN MEI-IL

J0 .
Detroit. Mich. 181 Griswold 0t

3 dams 3mg“ 1!.
banish) and Pontiac Pric- very reasonable.
AUGUST NUTTMAN. Fowlorvliie. Mich.

 

 

“Breeding- - Individuality- -
Production” '

That’s our motto. We mako‘ it sslbl '
[through our two herd bulls—ones 38 ll?) so:
of the 330, King Korndyke Pontiac
11:. the other a 38 lb. son of K
dirk c SadieV Vale. “the greatest sire oi’
oration.” Our matrons are utong
the Pontiacs. King Segis. Hengerveld DsKol
and Ormsby blood. We’ ve been at it since
“‘06. Usually something to sell. Write

eosnomm rsnrss

Kingoi'

 

MIC .
KING OF THE PONTI-
granddaughte

‘ . LAST ADVEH I L",
BULL GALFhut have one mor: {sofnsaiefglice- ‘

Friend Hengerveld DeKol ,

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JOE MURRAY A CON, "3: Brown City, Mich.

' Iron SALE AT 11m '
. 31191111101115 ...... mien mm...
s

- POLLEO SHORTHOIHI

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Price secs.
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.LAKEIOOOJEEFWS
.- . a. a 'vsovfltoafiflowmr .
Individua good breeding unsurpassed.
No females or sale at present, but am sharing
0 morifiona‘lly good bull calves
1.1.1 matron

RAB 42153. only on 5111111111.
"DAML ” illu
‘ss'Bnline mm:

' wetland herd.
0011111 and see them.

Hardy Northern Bred Haelords

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ms NICEL'V MARKED, GOOD BONED

. bunuhesmtdLRO.mdun-

tested "dams, at r ensemble prices.
TRACY F. CRANDALL. Howell. Mich.

A Beautiful. night Colored. Very
Straight. Bull Call. Born October 24.
Flo 11 lb. Jr. .2 ., old laughinr at s
son of ITONTIA A0 DE NI’JIIANDEB 311.43 lbs.
. butter and 7501111. 11111111117 «sass.
Sired by FLINT HENGER VELD LAD whose
two nearest dams average 82. 66 lbs. butter and
735. 45 ibs: milkln d
Piles 31-00 0.
L. C. KITILER. Flint. Mich.

HATCH HERD

(State-sndll‘sd‘u Tested.)
. YPBILAHTI, 0316A)!
omen young sires out of choice advanc-
ed registry dams and Rh: Kora
l1. Vale.‘ ‘ nearestdssns 3711 s
an. ' 3 average . ~- .
manual. 38.98. 298 nearest 27. 83.

SHOMHORN

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41

SHORTHORN Waders. Can put you In
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some temaies. . W. Crum.
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

HORTHORNS AND POLAND CHINAS FOR
sale. Registered cows. heifers. bull calves, bred
sows and fall pigs, either sex. The farmers‘ kind
at farmers’ prices

.M. PIGCOTT A SON
PhoneF Fowler,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mich.

 

Union

8 SHORTHORN BULLS, 11 MONTHS TO 2

cm. at 310 sec
JAY w. THUMM. Elmira. Mich.

 

THE VAN BUBEN CO.’ Shorthorn
Breeders’ Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding Write
your wants to the secretary, Frank Bai-
ley, Hartford, Mich ‘

 

HE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED-
ers Association announce their fall catalog ready
for distribution. Scotch, Scotch Pop and Milking
Shorthorns lists Address

w. L. Thorpe,.8eo.. Milo. Mich.

IEzlblA D FAIRFAX cams ”E” OF m
year’s calves hr mile. 10 bulls-Bl

moon. MATEO”, HWIIIA. lids.

racism ssssroxo Cams
KIN. REPEAT“ HEADS OWN mo

Westinhavs sightooodbulbsndmsw-
on faith.

 

 

 

 

Come arises them.
cronv oneméx STOCK rm
Paloma. Mich
ANGUS
11.. 1.... 151.5511. Kind 1
11ml:a mm, swan clanunrr‘s Ego-stir, m.-

mllk peo-

ducers to includes spurs bred ANGUS hull of the

most extreme bee! type for combination beef and

dairy farming.

Car lot shipments smmb‘led at GIJJNWOOD
FARM forp prompt shipment.

Methods explained in SMITH’S PBOFII‘ABLE

FEEDIN 400 illustrahd.

STOCK m.
CEO. 3. OMITN. Addison. Mich.

. ’ . YOUR WANTS 0A.
D“ T rum]. be supplied st the old rc-
liable An ngusn‘us Home flock Farm For 0 years we
have bre cattle. We know the goods!)
1'1ert breed the best. They are bred right, ofed

litht. Tell us whaty on want.
A NhaugldHOMEad STOCK FAR", 32. Davison. MIDI]

BARTLETT’SPURE BRED ABERDEEN-
ANflUs CATTLE AND 0.1.0.

Swine are ri ht and an armed

spondonce so

inches 11
CARL ARTLET‘I', Lawton, Mich.

GUERNSEYS
MEflISEYs WE an: orremno FOR

sale some splendid bull calves
out of A. It. dams with records up to 600 lbs.
fat. Our herd sire, a grandson of Dolly
his)! King of Langwater, and whose dam has an
A. it. record of 548 lbs. fat at 2 1- 2 years is
also for sale or exchange. Write for particulars
and prices to
MORGAN BROS" R No .1. Aliensn, Mich.

 

 

 

 

FOR'SALE10UERNSEY BULL,
of Gov. of the Ghana from A. R 0. data, 10
mos. old. Also other bulls from 2 to 7 mos. old.
Write cfor particulars.

A. HENNESEY.Wete1-vllot, Mich.

GRANDBON

 

 

SPECIAL OFFER SHORTHORNS—
Cows, $250.00 to $300.00. Bulls, $200.00
to $250.00. Wm. J. Bell, Rose City, Mich

HUROIIA STOGK FARM

Over fifty head of Scotch and Scotch Topped
Shorthorns. Am offering several good bulls. cows.
and heimfers, Roaus Tleds and Whites. Write or

es
3 e8. H. PANGBORN. Bad Axe. Mich.

 

 

OR SALE-SHORTHORN BULL CALVES
ready for service. Also young Oxford Down
e.s Prices to sell.

 

Bull Master Model 57:14? flm many 1“states at
head of herd of 60m dtypesh orthorns.
E. M. PARKl-IURIT, Reed cm. Michigan.

ron 31115 .52: 35.5.. 1m. .25: 5""
W 8. HUBER, Glsdwlll. Mich.

 

 

YOUNG STOCK
either sex, also
young cows.

”White mutted
BANK BARTLETT, Dryden, Mich.

 

"liking. Char-thorns. Registered females n#200
and up. Bull mlves at 8100 . (lows all hand
milked. _ RO’I FI,NCH Fife Mk9, :Mich.

HEREFORDS ,
VIAEAUO' BROOK ‘IIREFORDS

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 G. McCarty, Bad Ass, Huron Co., Mich.

 

 

 

120 HEIEFOBD ssnns.
know of 10 or 15 loads hney $11wa
Shorthorn and Angus steers lSte I: o 1:9:

 

 

 

 

 

F eoooseeeoono-sense-Ofirunoou

 
 

sale-01mm: .mem
Field Men. at Michigan 311 m

 

 

Jackson, Mich. Owners anxious to gull. .
. ’ commission. C.F . Bail. Fai
. LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN
ll N. n.“ "IIODIIOOI'CQD-OIIIIO‘O'OI.

One or the other of the chord well-shown experts will vkit an live-stock 5
rtance in do“ “the We

   

 
 

senesces;eoeo‘.o

. .. .Cattlo and Sheep
us and Swine

 

IQIsOw-onvsll ,psnea

  
 

and

 
  

' JERSEYS

For Ssle——Jsrssy bull calves. Oxford and Ma-
jesty breeding. Dams are heavy producers.
. L. CARTER, R4. Lake Odessa, Mich.

I WILL SELL MY WHOLE HERD OF

REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE

Also 25 pure bred white Orpington hens and
75 pure white Leghorns all laying Price $2 each.
CLARENCE BRISTOL, R 3. Fenton, Mich.

BROWN SW'ISS

 

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE ' '

4 HEAD OF REGISTERED

Brown Swiss Cattle
All in good condition. write for particulars.»

HENRY IOOHER
R 4 Em, Mich.

 

 

 

 

VAL VERDE FARM BROWN 810188
Real stored calves for sale—both sex.
EDWIN ORISWOLD, R1. Belisira, Mich.

PURE "ED BRO“ BK» 8 ecu.
Calved April 28th. 1919. His lam Gertrudc‘
No. 61 19], her sire, King Edgard Lo. 2219. His
dam College vura 2nd Worlds Champion
Brown Swiss Cow. Will give purchaser registra-
tion and transfer.

ANN POE! Clue. Mic I O
F“Breeder oi B'rown Swiss [Chitin

AYRSHIRES
111 ovrswoxrn
momsm

is odered right here for some Mich-
igau Ayrslhiro breeder to get his or;

' faring before 7 0 .000 Michigan busi-

ness farmers. -,

Some one is going to grab 111.19.
portunity and send along 11 little 11d
masons}:

 

 
 

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POLAND cunts

 

 

G Tmyl. 0,,- euro. 1.31:” TO’ N".
m

at???“ as
W- a. 1111 m. mu. soon.

WALNT ALLEY..1.1‘3 .1111?

' mwommr Mun
bgeléihtvg: oft‘he thsbesthoors‘inlichigsn. Write

A. D. GREGORY, Innis, Mich.

.BIG "PE POLAND GHFNA GI‘LTS. SIDED
by BIG BONE 4th. Bred to BIG
LONG BOB 1or May i'arrow.
MOO E BROS-y
St. Charles

 

Mich.

BIG m P. CPCLosmG our nun
hours at a bargain. Choice sows

for March and April furrow.
BARNES A SON
wDyron. Mich.

 

L T P _NOII. PIGS AT A IARCAIN PRICE.
- Come and see or write
ELDRED A- CLARK, R 8, St. Louis, Mich.

IG TYPE P. 0. BRED OILTS AND FALL
yearling: inclu ' g prize winners. Out -of
1,100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from Iowa's
greeteEst herd

 

 

J. MATHEWSON, Burr Oil, Mich.
BIG TY?” POLAND CHINAS-
DIIVITI'I QUALITY
80W! FOR SALE
"BOARS ALL GONE
J. E. MYGRANTS. — at.

Johns. Mich.

 

I Am adoring Large Type Poland Chins Saws,
bred to F’s Orange at reasonable pirces. Alec;
fall pigs. Write or
CLYDE FISHER,ca 1R8, 81.. Louis, Mich.
AM ops-manta srnmo

L T P e boars. summer and. fall pigs.
~ F. '1‘. HART, St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

B. 'T. P. .0. BRED GILTS SIRED IV egouw's
Big Jones 3rd, out of- Grand DamllIters fDilh'
er's Giant and bred to Wfleys King Bob,0 0. good

. son of Harrison’s Big Bob $10100 boar.

 

priced reasonable
JOHN D. WILEY, Schooloraft, Mich.
CARS ALSO sows AND PIGS. ANYTHING

Poland Chins: of the bigaest type

me want.
- have bred them big for more than

over 100 head on hando Also registered ere -
evens, 1101 Its aim Everything sold st
s reasonable price, and a cocaine deal.

OH NC .IUTTL ER. Portion 6. Ilch.

 

. BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA

  
 

.. sin! April furrow.
' y' Lanes :rvn’ rouse om

Elm-nib

‘herd; at a reasonable price.

tried sows and gilts bred to MICHIGAN DUSTER
BIG DesM 5TH BOB ~LO~ or WON-1
DER DUSTER. Fall pigs

0. L. WRIGHT. Jonesvme, Mich.

- HERE 3 SOMETHIDG 6000
THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN MICH.
Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my
Come and see
Expenses paid if not us repmentod- Those Inns
in service: L’s g Orange. Lord Chums...
Orange Price and L’s Long Prospect.
W. ’E..LIV|NGSTON, Parma, Mich.

 

 

THE OLD FASHION
SPOTTED POLAND CHINA E’HOOS
CHOICE ClLTS—D
March, April—'35:) to RS100
J. saw LLIA

-.. No. Adams, Mich:

WONDERLAND HERD

GE TYPE P. O.
A few choice bred gilts for solo. Also fall tilts
and boars, some very good prospects of excellent
breeding. Gilts to
he by BIG
ORP N by BIG
3§AUgS CHOICE by ORANGE BUD by DBIG

Free livery t‘Nvisitors.
m. J. CLARKE.
Eaton Rsplds, Mich.

(.1. ......;.Big Bob Mastodon

1111 P c mergers... .. mmwgm

..Gilk breda to BIG BOB MASTODON,
“ ‘ more Grand
win: then any other bbari

Ghoul-pig Hood in his

' I have 15 schoice Gilts bred to in for M rob
Fall pigs of either sex. s.

’E. GARN Eaton Robles. Mlch.

 

pring. W. BI is C b Rho? grin:
n8
(Richards om

E35! 0'. “03.: 5.” RM».

, DUROC‘ BOARS

,Barred Rock and White Leghorn cockerels

 

Writsfronudisreessn dprloeafl

 

 

  

“LEARN Duroo sons and cm. ell-ed

EACH B I

by Proud mgmt Romeo Chm Ki"!

warts Golds W713: and Rajah out of dune
if"? We“ see“. 2:. B. were ..
“Ch 1'}!le wooo IROS.. _ m.

 

8 ea
TYIOeS- ~UNDERHILL A SON,
Salem. Mich.

NEW JERSEY .
one» sows seems sums

Booking orders 10! wesullm spring pigs

$25 EITHER SEX
ms 311131311211 m the ho“ befolso 13111111.. Mich.

DUBOC BOARS 0F SIZE, QUALITY
and breeding, including several State
.Fair winners. Newton Barnhart. St.
Johns, Mich.

 

Dumas BOTH SEX FOR SALE, LAST 0F
Mn. and first of April furrow, 1919.
175 to 200

around me. priced from
11503011086030 with
II. EESLER. Moons. Mich” R 5

 

FROM Pnrzn
WINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi-

son. Mich.

1-

ounce BOARS, GILTS AND BROOD SOWS

of all ages. Saws bred or open. New-
ion a. Blank. Hill Crest restll‘srms. Perrlngton, Mich.
Farm 4 miles straight south of Middleto

 

"EADMIEW FARI. REC: Dunno JERSEY.
hogs. Fall pigs for
J- Mich.

ale.
E. MOB BIS, Pennington.

 

FOR SALE—REGIITERED DUROC JERSEY
swine. Both sex. All ages. Rhoda lslandfllted
s.

and 80 acre farms.

u. emf?"

DUROG BHED GIL 1.131151555111111 1112.}.
for April furrow. Would like to have you see them.
CHERRY LAWN FARM, Shepherd. Mich.

’ IL'rs
DUHOG JEBSE ”11:1? 11.132?” 11......

Sired or bred to .my 1, 000 lb. herd boar.
J06. SC-HUE LLER, Weldmon. Mich.

terms.
Wheeler. Mich.

 

 

 

. ”um sRED sows nun éILTs SIRED sv

Orion Che King 001. 2nd, first used hour at
Detroit in 19 9, and bred to All Col. of Sanso—
mo. He is an intensely Col bred bear and the

Col.’ s were never more popular than new. Priced
Mich.

‘ from $65 to 8100 so

ch.
W. C. TAYLOR, Mllan.

A FEW [BED DUROG GILTS. BRED TO A

89!! of Principal- 6th. These gilts are long-
th good home and shoulders and will
W818}: 250 lbs. Bred to {arrow in April. Pedi-

gree onflrequedz. Piice crated, 8100 each.

E. BROWN, Brosdsullle, Mich.

1$2 50 FOR A DUROO SPRING FIG, 6
weeks old ,either sex, M. 11.0.-
Broohwater breeding. Beg. papers free. Express
charges paid. Booking orders now
n. w. SUTHER’LAND, Grand Ledge, Mlch.

 

APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY
Swine. Order your spring pigs now. . Pairs

and tries not akin
VE Eaton Rapids, Mich.

RN N. TOWNS. R6,
Fun SA BRED sows. DUE TO FAR-
row in March and April. Bred to
MASTERPIECES ORION KING.
C. E. DAVID. A CON, Ashley,

 

Mich.

 

E OFFER A FEW WELL-DRE" SELEOT-
Gd um“! Duroo Boosts. also bred sows snd
Gilts iun season. Gan rtewri
MONA UQHTON ‘ FO‘YYD‘VOE. 81. Louis. Mich.

 

G ' ERSEYS
ran SALE .. 3,," 1.23:“ 5:, ..

farrgwgd in Mar and April 1.919 weighins 300

lbs. each. darn type with big bone.
Write for pedigrees and prices. Satisfaction

guaranteed. . . ,. 1
.- , F- REID: o colt. Dubs, Mich.

 

. PHILLIP’O seize wmmo ounces son

sale—A few good boarst of breeding mu. also
of" flood ti .let me can .eo you.
Henry D. Pulmt Milan, Mich.

 

 

 

 

‘ REGISTERED BERKSHIRES FOR eSALE-1. AUG.

£1121 Eight? 40 s Thieoe, will?“ tfh limit. 81“-
saco sag ers oei-ysprngpgs.
6W3 FA“ “W FOE

 

   
  

 

 

 

   

 

mm. ‘

‘ 3 e1... ‘ mum at
. “mi stn. mnsbl 1%.. esisterod frees.
. Alston er, Mich. .

roRKsnmu
s “12:30 11011113111311 131173.110: APR. 1.

be u
11. s. 31.ch] moon. ”1515.13.15, Mich.

mm.

 

 

 

This add will save you from 810 to 20 on
tbspmhssoprieeoimrybudsoworgflt‘orths
most prominent blood lino. bred to good beers
for Her. snd‘A litters. \A few full pigs left
of either sex. These are all good and well grown.
Call or write

GU8- THOMAS. New Lothrop. Mich.

BRED “LTD ALL COLD
ONE SPRING BOAR LEFT
FALL PIGS FOR SALE
A. my 00. Chessnlng. Mich.

 

IRE
,IIAIPSHIBESf, 5:30:11: 1‘3," ”“8

301913151: of breeding.
RAYMOND BKMERA A8ON, Hendbrson, M.

HAMPSHIRE sneo GILTS now READY

TO SHIP. FALL PIGS
from new blood 1111 Des
JOHN W. SNYDER, St. Johns, Mloh R4
0. I. C.

SAGIIAW VALLEY HER

hibition prize at Saginaw Fair.

 

 

 

OF 0. I. C.
swine won ex-
Our herd boar,

‘C. C. Michigan Boy, was the largest hog of all

breeds shown. Pigs of this big type. prize win-
ning stock, registered free and shipped C. O. D.
JOHN GIBSON, Fosters. Mich. ., R. No. 2.

 

I. C. GILTS WEIGHING 200 to 275 L38.

in breeding flesh bred for March, April and
May furrow. Guaranteed sufe in clam. I will re‘
place any proving otherwise to your satisfaction
or refund purchase price in full. Have a few Oc-
tober boar pigs ready for spring service that are
right priced to sell. Herd cholera immuned by
double treatment. F. C. Burgess R3. Mason. Mich.

 

oi . C. s Cholce Bred Guts, 2 extra fine Service
boars. Choice Sept. pigs, either sex or pairs.

CLOVERLEAF FARM R1, Monroe, Mich.

 

O. I. C.'s
A few boars of serviceable age. Now booking
orders for spring pigs to be shipped at weaning
time. to your wants to
Mich.

CLARE V. DORMAN, Snovel‘,

Mud-way- aush-ka farm

o_flers O I. C.

pigs Also bred to lay Barred Rock hens and

pullets, Embd'en Geese and White Runner Ducks.
DIKE C. MILLER, Dryden, Mich.

bred gilts and two serviceable boar

 

O. I‘.C.‘s
blood lines or the
you stock at "live end let live
A. J. GWEN, Dom ”ch"

prices.
R 3.

Dissemin-

nish pairs and tries not skin.
A. DARKER A SON, lament,

Mich. ., R1

 

 

“Sheep Assocktion send you a dandy booklet
list of b are. Writs COM GET A.
TYLER, Boo'y, 10 Woodland Ave., Detroit, M'oh.

REG. SHROPSHIRE BNED EWE8 1 TO 8
years old. hrge healthy, well fleeced. Represent.
stives otthis flock gsve satisfaction in 15 states
last season. Rams all sold. 0. Imen. Dexter Mich

0F MICH.

Km You ARE THE FUTURE
farmers of the state

I am one of the
best sheep breeders in the state.
lether,ths1t you my start your own flock of
registered Shropshires now. A lot of kids have sl-
reada done so, but I want more I will buy ’0“?
ram lambs and co- -operate with you in every way.
Write me for my proposition and prime. Box B.

Kine-Koo Farms. 8. L. Wing. Prop., Coldw .ter, Mich gs-

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

Everything sold out, both ewes and -rams.
I am breeding 50 ewes to “Stroman 209" an
excellent big boned type ram lamb that
weighed 176 lbs. October 1. Bookmg orders
forV1920 rams.

CLARK U. HAIRE, West Branch, Mloh.

 

 

PET STOCK .4

d P , b .- , 1919.
FOIL SALE silighgred aggre'ogn ymeg‘sagld.
MARK B. CURDY R 6, Mich.

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Howell,

ELGIAN HARES, CHOICE STOCK, 8 AND 0
months old also 8. C. Ancona Cockerels. Write
for prices. Sheridan Rabbitry. R 5. Sheridan. Mich.

 

FOR SALE Flemish Giant Rabblts that are
giants, old and young, in blacks,
steel greys and natural greys. Quality Waranteed.
E. HIMEBAUGH
Goldwater, Mloh.

 

OUNG FOX HOUNDS. WALKER STRAIN.
Every one registered and guaruntmd.
E. W. GILL, Clarion. Mich.

 

Flv PEDIGREEQ RUFUS RED BELGIAN
bucks 9 months old from registered

estock, winning at Lansing show 2nd 3rd, 4th,

and 5th prizes. l’edigices furnished.

E. W. BANKS, Lanslng, Mlch., R3, Box 178

 

 

by High Model.

102819 by Pal’s Cherry Orion.
water Taxpayer.
’I‘ippy Orion.

ALBERT EBERSOLEv
Plymouth, Mich.

r

Duroc Jersey
Swine Sale

33 HEAD OF BRED SOVVS,
Sir-ed by
Brookwater Tippy Orion 55421 by Tippy Col. Long Wonder 211527,
Cherry Premier 2nd 102819 by Pal’ 5 Cherry Orion.
Bred to

Panama Special llth 136637 by Panama Special.
Gibson Taxpayer 156677 by Brook-
Home Farm Tippy Orion 3rd 152141. by Brookwater

MARCH 3RD, AT HOME FARM, SALEM, MICH.

Col. L. W. Lovewell, Col. J. E. Ruppert, Auctioneers.

OPEN GILTS AND BOARS

Cherry Premier 2nd,

THOS. UNDERHILL & SON,
Salem, Mich.

 

 

 

“Swamped with Inquiries”

 

M

than

 

Morenci, Mich.
February 16, 1920. ‘
M. B. F., '
Mt. Clemens. Mich.
Gentlemen:

We can say that we have more

have been swamped with inquiries.

got results from our ad, as we

F. L. HOUCK, Prop,
Cornelia. Duroc Farm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

silantifi on March 8,1920,6 head ofRe
”HerdB Average of 3 nearest dams,
rim “111.1.“ E.»

due iresb beiere sole, slso cows from

  

Will most visitors !

 

menus SALE 51 REGISTERED JERSEYS

We having decided to quite farming. will sell st Public Auntie on, 6 miles N.
016111.316 says, 3including a 2 year old Flying Fox

The cm include a 2 3' 30121 gramddaughter of R0 2.] Ms t .
Wmumfiahnest mbortbreedying. 18”»

E. of YD-
b. butter, all of first two genera-

I,... MumMMmmamm/mmwm -‘ : _
m a distance at Yp- silentl upon request. ,. -’ . , ‘ .

 

sang «in 5'
most noted and.“ Cristal-n11“

Lets get ‘to- _

o I 6'8 Choice bred ems for spring furrow, good ~ ,
tell boars. Am booking- ordsrs for spring

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