31 PER YEAR iganl db 5 5 . In M 1920 "i'ted MARCH 6, nd "Ed 1 Y A ,D 7R U T A S i because 'the Wood-chuck saw his ' shadow. Weekly dwnedfi a Just . ...-,. m... ...,,.,,_;‘,_. , N) A m H m .,s M _ S. N E M E L C O pendent Farmer MT ' s ' Afif Ina: The Giant Farm Hand j.‘ ——with his strength of a I. ‘ . ‘ , .1 L thousand men is ready to ' ' ' , " clear your land of; stumps and boulders, to-dig your drainageditch, and to plant your trees. His name is Red Cross Dynamite Safe, sure, inexpensive In this golden year for the farmer every iilc foot of ground you own and do not cultivc- to 13 costing you money, and every stump . in your fields is not only ' making it harder for you to plow and cultivate, but is occupying '.'aluable land that might be growing 3 crops. Get themoufl Pro- \ gressivc f armors are using millions of pounds of Red Cross Dynamite every year to do this and similar k work. Put the Giant Farm Hand to work for you. If your project warrants, we will send a demonstrator to show you the easiest and cheapest way to do your work. See Your Deqler In any case, find out What the Giant Farm Hand can do for you — and how. Write for "Handbook of Explosives” today. E. I. du Pont de Nemours 86 Company, Inc. Sales Dept. : Explosives Division WILMINGTON ‘ DELAWARE s B ' G’ l ' This School Outfit YOURS oys. ll' 8. for a LITTLE Extra Work During the past 30 days more than 50 “LIVE WIRE" boys and girls have secured this dandy ‘outfit ”which con- sists of 3 pencils, 1 pen holder, 1 com- bination pen and pencil, 12 pen points and holder, 1 pencil sharpener, 1 ink and pencil eraser and 1 alum- inum collapsible drinking cup, all packed in a beauti- ful box, without it costing a penny. HOW THEY DID IT They simply called on two of their friends who were not taking Michigan Business Farming. had them look ver one or two recent copies and explained just what this wee has done and is doing for the fa1mers of Michigan and convin d them that they ought to be taking M. B. F. it they expected to k ep abreast ‘of the times and derive the same benefit over 70,000 far ers are now enjoying. Then they explained that they were working I a school outfiit. That settled it, their friends subscribed and now the chool Outfit is theirs. ‘ HERE’S YOUR CHANCE All you have to do to win this outfit is to call on two of your friends who are not now taking M B. F. and ask them to help you win the outfit by giving you their subscription to M. B. F. tor one year at $1.00 each. Send us the $2. 00 with their names and ad- dress p‘lainly written and the outfit will be yours. , Get your Father, Mother, Big Brother or Sister to help you. . fiddress MICHIGAN BUSINESS name ~ , ‘ County, no». .- The Farmer’s Side The “hired man” has certainly started semething with me In 1917 I had one hired man whom I paid $30 per month. We farm 170 acres. That was the year that it was too cold for beans or corn to mature. We had been advised by the farm bureaus to plant a large acre- age of each. The Corn was killed in the milk and was almost a total loss? The beans, only a few of them even got dry enough to keep. The whole crop was almost a total loss. That year I lost the interest on my in- vestment my own work; my wife's work and more money than I paid the hired man. My “hired man” saved $240 and T100 SiddS‘lo the Form Lash, ’. .- for these are “the sentiments of not Jw‘ith her and take notice, Hired Man . every farmer ma one, but many wives. Let the men thrash out the fin- ancial side of the problem. We are concerned with weightier matters, How many will agree that eatin‘g, , working and sleeping are 'the sum total of life? / I Will not. Yet that . is all we do. 'For two years we have ' been on this job, and no such (ex- citement as a concert, lecture, ”show or even neighborly visit has ever broken"‘thle even tenor of our way. " Why not? We are as completely tied to the . ,. land as the serfs of Russia eve1 were. Th e command— " made a payment , mentxmight read: ‘ on 40 acres of ' “seven days shalt. 2: land whichl sold He “Star-ted” Something thou labor and . him for, $1,200. Genesee county “hired do all thy work,” .. The Mutant year, man" M something then we would be 1918,. I farmed Justashe thought he would obeying it. More 370 acres and H and the accompanying letters than that, when ‘ had two hired show whit he started. They it rarely’happensW 311811. The one I are the first of many we have that the work is ,; had the year be- received upon this subject, all ' done, there is , ~ .fove received $40 of whichwfll be published in no way to go. ‘ per month a n d . due mm We hope that. am. Never once have , ' the new man $35 readers will not entirely 0011- we had the use per month for fine themselves to a. recitation of a horse for the summer. The of their experiences, but. will any s'bcial pun- war was on and suggest whatever thoughts pose. We have g we put in 50 they may have to remedy the gene to town to— .f acres 9" beans situation—Editor. , gether when bus- : which were prom- ' iness was r/‘h § ising the finest crop until the hot Winds struck them the last week of July then they withered up and we harvested about . three' bushels per acre and the gov- ernment so manipulated things that we have never been able to sell them. That year I filled out an in— come tax blank and found I had lost my own work, the interest on my investment, my wife's work and $358. One hired man saved a little over $300 and the other $200, and I sold the new man 180 acres of land in order to pay hini. In the year 1919 I had the same two men, paying one $50 per month and the other $40. This year we farmed over 500 acres and we had good crops and good prices. The man. who was get- ting $40 per month quit, sold me back his land, put all the savings of two years into an automobile and rode away. (He is now living from hand to month On $5 per day in De- troit.) The other_ man married. bought 80 acres more land of me and rents next year 200 acres of- my land besides working his own 120 acres. This man has in less than four years acquired a home of 120 acres for which he paid $3,600, turn- ing in his savings and $500 of other money which he had and now oWes me only $1,900. He began working at $30 per month and never receiv- ed over $50 per month. As fast as he bought his land he rented It to me onshares and turned his share right in towards paying for the land. . Of course I sold him the poorest land I owned, some though, I wanted to get rid of, but I always stand ready to buy it back at the price he paid me for it. In all these years I have worked for my board and clothes and my wife has worked for 'her board and clothes and we have had no interest on our investment. The good year of 1919 wiped out the losses of 1917 and 1918 and paid for a tractor which is about worn out. For 1920 .I am undertaking to farm 120 acres with the help of one man whom I have promised $50 per ,month with house, garden, cow, pign chickensand some time 01! to help his father harvest an apple crop if there is any. . I also promised" him 1-3 of the profits after deducting from the value of the products the- interest on the investment, the pays for what I can do and other expenses. It I can only get a little for my work "and interest on my Investment, I will be pleased. I do 1161: expect any profits. 401m 0'. Stafiord, Vaanrcn' W "in” Hh-o’d Min" Has Her Bar . Mrs. HiredM' is In of t L , until seven or sight at night is just 1 , time‘ enough to eat his meals, he has f city and Work as many hours as he i ' ’2 races on storm each day, at tittyor ,; " ,“slxty'. cents per hour and see what It ' amounts to, In canary” L that we both had to 80 We occasionally have the f pleasure of going to chmch if the I car is running and there is room. In 5 . ‘9 the neighborhood we are simply X’s : , ’ hired man, and it is an actual fact ’ that I have met only‘one woman out;- side of the farmer’s family Talk about social standing! I play the piano well; am interested in all cur- rent affairs, thanks to the papers and magazines; am well educated; in the not have been conside1ed quite a. desirable acquaintance. Yet I might just as well be on an island in the South Seas as on this 240 acre farm. Even my husband is so dragged out by the long hours that his first thought is for rest. It is not just the man who is sold . out, body and soul, to the fa1mer; J his wife is also, and the retulns do I not make such slaveiy WOIth while. I will cry as with one of old, “give me liberty or give me death. ” _ Not as part of my argument but i incidentally I would say that the following is true: 1. We are allowed 1 quart of milk per day. , . ‘ 2. We buy our own potatoes. l 3. We buy our butter. 3 4. We buy all our own chicken 3 feed. 3 5. We buy our meat. 6. We get $50 per month and rent and fuel and fruit that grows on the place. -7. The owner values his farm at - $35, 000.——Mrs. Himd Man, Clinton . County. ' 7—w—w— s The Hired Man’s Side 1‘ I have read your valuable maga— 1 zine for some time and in regard to ? » the farmer and his hired man. . would say I have worked. on the » farm for several years and am just as far ahead today as I was when I began. I have read the items, “the farmer 1 and his hired man," but have not I seen the question asked, how many ' hours must a hired man work each I day— on a. farm? Ans. About six‘ 3 teen or seventeen hours, the only 1 time he has to himself trom tour— l _ .‘ thirty or five o’clock in the morning i ‘ t - ’ chores .to attend to. three times: -' day. Let-this hired man go to; the ! .l. 1- -: - HIGAN - * ’ BUSINESS FARMING M arch 6th .,1920 ~ I I flew Much Do You Think You Would Have? A Little Figuring Shows That the Combined Pocketbook is Not so Fat as You Think I ALL THE wealth in this country which is» known as "capital" were to be divided among , all the people, how much would each person receive? Would you be richer or poorer by such . O division? If the money which is paid annually for the to its owners, and given, instead, to the wage era, by how much Would their Income be in- Med? ~ There is a widespread belief that the workers, distinguished from the employers, have not :1 getting a fair division of what is produced h industry. The radicals are telling the workers to take or the industries and run them “for their own 11. They declare that their share would ,M be far greater than it is under the present mom. There is nothing more important than to get mtg-51th about this matter. For no one 'will at the best state of society would be that which. aflorded the greatest good to the greatest ber. " We must realize at the outset that thereare upltalists of-all degrees. The man who owns a Ihgle bond, or who has a hundred dollars in the aviugs bank, or has bought a single share of stock in a company, or oWns his own little store, ”End this capital in industry were to be taken ,1 or his «stock of goods, no matter how small, is a I dusty or a business have been paid. , than twenty-five per cent more than his l. vested it, he would lose the income from 1' that; and this loss might wipe out the gain I in his salary or wages. I . flying any return for it, ' could be added to wages, the result must : , nevertheless seem disappointing to the peo- ; ple who have been thinking that such an \ , a great deal more. [i . I .1! he “0“? gets. If you have 820 a week now, , l ,1! mid - Professor. David man. of the University business is active capital. “capitalist. " Any money which is employed in industry or which remains after the other expenses of an in- They are share which goes to the people who have put 1' money to work in the enterprise. It is paid them in the shape of interests on notes and do, and as dividends on capital stock. If we are going to do away with private capi- .bl altogether, you will have no more right to own one bond, or one share of stock, than an- other man will have to own a thousand. - If you (any that anything shall be paid for the use of money. you will have to give up any return on your own savings. But perhaps you have not saved anything i All you have is the salary, or the wages, you receive. . And you think this income of yours will be very much greater if the people. who have saved mon— ey and invested it should get nothing in return” and the profits Which now go to them should be divided among the workers.’ On this point I am going to quote a man Profits are the amount. By GEORGE E. ROBERTS Vice;chsid‘ent of National City Bank, N. Y. City. _ FROM THE AMERIGAN MAGAZINE '0 ' The accompanying article was DUb-. lished in the March issue of the American 'Magazine, one of the most interesting and helpful Journals in the country. It is by special permission of Mr. John M. Siddall, the editor, that we are able to present it to the readers of Michigan Business Farm- 1113. I by'about $380 per year. This agrees with Pro- fessor King’s estimate, which was based on pre- war figures. Professor Friday adds significantly that the average wage would increase by $330 a year—— provided no decrease in the products of industry Was brought about by this confiscation and dis- tribution of profits. But sucha decrease would inevitably come. If all private savings were seized and put into in— dustry without giving the owners any return for the use of their money, people would naturally, ,hide whatever they were able to lay by. If, by your energy, ability and thrift you were able to save part of your wages or salary, would you let somebody have it to use for nothing? No; you would keep it yourself, as you would have a perfect right to do. Your common sense will tell you what would be the effect of this idleness of money. Your sav- ings- are your surplus. Capital is simply the ac— cumulated savings of all the people. But capital which does not work, money which lies idle, is of no» benefit to anybody. A bag of gold pieces, or a package of bills, hid- den away in a box, might as well has bag of peb- bles, or a bundle of waste paper, so far as its present value to the people is concerned. What would become of the industries which paygus our wages and our salaries, if people re- fused to put their savings into those industries? Business must have capital. The merchant must have money to buy. his goods. The manufactur- er must. have money in order to build his plant and install his machinery. Where are they going to get this money if nothing is to be paid for its use? You won't let him have yours. Your neighbor won’t give up his savings. You can see for yourself what the result would be. You will have to admit that something must be paid for the use of money. But you may think that the amount paid has been too great; that the human three fourths of the total product of industry. That is a subject which is being studied by the best minds in the country. Many attempts are . being made to establish a standa1d1zed “fair prof- it” arrangement which will meet the complex conditions of business The1e are many difficul- ties to be overcome. And again your common sense will make you appreciate how far from easy the problem is. 'For example, suppose you have saved $5,000 and have put it to work for you in a certain fact- ory. You have studied the matter carefully. You believe that the plant turns out a product which will be in demand and that the men at its head are honest and capable. You find that your judgment has been good. The factory is managed well, the business grows and is prosperous Because its managers are hard workers and have unusual ability—just as you 'thought—the profits are such that you re- ceive 10 per cent 011 the money you invested. The chances are that you might object if. you were told that a “fair profit” was only 6 per cent, and that therefore you could not‘have more than that. I am not saying that this would be a just ar- rangement. I am merely suggesting that you yourself might claim that it wasn’t. And I make this point only to show ,that the question of the adjustment of profits is a~complicated one. It is only the people who have nothing to lose, and who think they have everything to gain, who profess to find these problems simple. the thrifty man, who has saved even a few hund- red dollars, there are many things to be consid- ered. There is another theory advanced by some peo— ple which is even more difiicult to accept. This is the theory that everybody should receive the same pay no matter what he does. Under the system these people would inaugurate, the man- ager, the skilled worker and the unskilled worker would be paid alike. The editor of a great news- paper would get the same as the office boy. The engineer at the throttle of the Twentieth Cent— ury Limited, with scores of lives in his keeping, would be paid the same as the section hand who shovels dirt along the right of way. This may seem a glorious arrangement to who has made a careful investigation. Pro- hssor Wilford I. King, of the University of - Wisconsin, a few years ago published a book called "Wealth and Income of the Peo- ple of the United States.” He used govern- ment figures in arriving at his conclusions. Professor King found that if all the prof- it! which now go to pay interest and divi- dends were to be divided among all the wage earners, in preportion to the pay they are receiving, each man would get not more Of course if he has saved money and in- Just what you could do with your savings b not clear, if nobody paid anything for the lies of money. But if you can conceive it possible that money could be used without . that all profits unneenmnt would give therw'age earners The plain truth is that each one would ll receive not to exceed a fourth more than there ”5 than; and ab on. Pro- on: says, this is an extreme rather oderate “till-3N , 1 *9 it, he made a similar study of in- d as: gamma wage in paying article. Were an to be undertaken, how mu land-oWning farmer have after the melon was cut and divided. According to the figures the average farm- car would have much less after the division than be His hired man would get only a very small share of the plunder. The balance would go to other hired men and wage earners of the city. would he a case of dividing the earned wealth of the few among the many, so that the few would sacrifice much and. the many would sin but little per capita. ~ oberis’ article as an argu- ment that all industry is pure and deriving only fair returns upon its. investment. For such is not the case. “this article to show just exactly what it show that an even distribution of ‘calandunjustandcouldsot .. had before. We do not prwent fir. The Profits of Industry HE SUBJECT of a more equal distribution of wealth has been discussed to some extent by M. B. F. readers, and one or two have advocated the abol- ishment of the “profit system,” as a means to that end. While we firmly believe that something should be done to prevent the centralization of wealth in :1 Present income from his labor. “ ' few hands because of the power that such control of wealth gives to the pcsscssors, it has always been our opinion that the decentralization of this wealth would not add so much to the per capita income as general- ly supposed. This opinion is home out in the accom- ual distribution of wealth * more or less would the It the office boy and the section hand; al— though, if they have any brains at all, even they would laugh at it. Iii! A great many people complain because they think the heads of business are paid too . much. They hear of the high salaries re— ceived by executives, such as presidents of railroads, or of large industrial corpora- tions, and they think that these men can- not be worth all that money, no matter how competent they are. They say that there cannot be so much difference between the value of any two men as to justify paying one of them $50,000 a year and the other one only $1,500 a year. s o t 0 Imagine what it means to a business which 000,000 a. year. A competent executive at its head may easily gain. millions to the or- ganization; and- an incompetent one may cause it to lose millions. An able and bril- liant many, if he can be found, is well worth $100,000 a year to that business. Suppose you were ill and had- to have an operation; would you pay more to have it performed by the finest surgeon in the country than you would pay an inexperi- enced and stupid doctor? If you had a law- suit on your hands, would a keen and train- ed lawyer be worth more to you than a dull- witted one with almost no legal experience? more for a diamond than you would for :a, piece of glass? If you were going to b y an automobile, would you give more i worke1s should receive more than To” has aggregate transactions of perhaps $-100,- ‘ If you wan-ted to buy a ring, would you pay ” We Made an Even Division of All the Money?! l I .1- I 1 E 1‘ —with his strength of a '. thousand men is ready to clear your land 9f, stumps and boulders, to dig your drainageditch, and to plant His name is your trees. Red Cross Dynamite Safe, sure, inexpensive In this golden year for the farmer, every i-.lle foot of ground you own and do not cultivate is costing you money, and every stump . in your fields is not only ’ making it harder for you to plow and cultivate, but is occupying valuable land that might be growing I crops. Get themouf! Pro- ' gressive farmers are using millions of pounds of Red Cross Dynamite every year to do this and similar k work. ! Put the Giant Farm Hand to work for you. If your project wm‘rants, we will send a demonstrator to show you the easiest and cheapest way to do your 1’ work. See Your Deqler In any case, find out what the Giant Farm Hand can do for you — and how. Write for , “Handbook of Explosives” ' today. i ! l l .‘I‘ E. I. du Pont de Nemours 86 Company, Inc. Sales Dept. : Explosives Division WILMINGTON DELAWARE s This School Outfit YOURS for a LITTLE Extra Work During the past 30 days more than 50 “LIVE WIRE" boys and girls have secured this dandy ‘outfit ‘which con- sists of 3 pencils, 1 pen holder, 1 com- bination pen and pencil, 12 pen points and holder, 1 pencil sharpener, 1 ink and pencil eraser and 1 alum- inum collapsible drinking cup, all packed in a beauti— ful box, without it costings. penny. Boys! Girls! HOW THEY DID IT , They simply called on two of their friends who were not taking Michigan Business Farming. had them look over one or two recent copies and explained just what this weekly has done and isi doing for the farmers of Michigan and convinced them that they ought to be taking M. B. F‘. if they expected to keep abreast or the times and derive the same benefit over 70, 000 farmers are now enjoying. Then they explained that they were working for a school outfiit. That settled it, their friends subscribed and now the School Outfit is theirs. HERE’S YOUR CHAN OE All you have to do to win this outfit is to call on two of your friends who are not now taking M. B. F. and ask them to help you win the outfit by giving you their subscription to M. B. F. for one year at $1. 00 each. Send us the $2. 00 with their names and ad- dress p‘lainly written and the outfit will be yours. , . Get your Father, Mother, Big Brother or Sister to help you. Address MICHIGAN BUsinnss FARMING ' . The Farmer’s Side The "'hired man” has certainly started something with me. In 1917 I had one hired man whom I paid $30 per month We farm 1‘70 acres. That was the year that it was too cold for beans or corn to mature. We had been advised by the farm bureaus to plant a large acre- age of each. The corn was killed in the milk and was almost a total loss? The beans, only a few of them even got dry enough to kéep. The whole crop was almost a total loss. That year I lost the interest on my in— vestment, my own work, my wife's work and more money than Ppaid the hired man. My “hired man” saved $240 and every farmer muggiwell take untied. 101‘ these are‘the sentiments of not one, but many wives Let the men thresh out the fin- ancial side of the problem. We are concerned with weightier matters, fHow many will‘agree that eating, fl working and sleeping are ‘the sum ' total of life? ” .1" will not. Yet that been on this job, and no such,ex- citement as a Concert, lecture, ‘sh‘ow or even neighborly visit ‘has ever broken “the even tenor of our way. " Why not? ’ is all we do. ‘For two years We have ‘ We are as completely tied to the , land as the serfs of Russia eve1 were. Th e command- made a payment mentxmight read: on 40 acres of land whichJ sold him for.$1,200. The Inert year, 1918, I farmed 370 acres and had two hireti men. The one I had the. year be- .fore received $40 per month a n d the new man $35 per month for the summer. The war was on and we put in 50 acres of beans which were prom— then we would be than that, when that the work in no way to go. Never once have we had the use of a horse for any s‘Ocial pur- pose. We have gene to town to- gether when bus- iness was rmh ising the finest crop until the hot winds struck them the last week of July then they withered up and we harvested about . three- bushels per acre and the gov!- ernment so manipulated things that we have never been able to sell them. That year I filled out an in— come tax blank and found I had lost my own work, the interest on my investment, my wife's work and $358. One hired man saved a little over $300 and the other 8200, and I sold the new, man 180 acres of land in order to pay,hini. In the year 1919 I had the same two men, paying one $50 per month and the other $40. This year we farmed over 500 acres and we had good crops and good prices. The man who was get- ting $40 per month quit, sold me back his land, put all the savings of two years into an automobile and rode away. (He is now living from hand to mouth on $5 per day in De- troit.) The other_ man married. 'bought 80 acres more land of me and rents next year 200 acres of my land besides working his own 120 acres. This man has in less than four years acquired a home of 120 acres for which he paid $3,600, turn- ing in his savings and $500 of other money which he had and new ones me only $1,900. He began working at $30 per month and never receiv— ed over $50 per month. As fast as he bought his land he rented it to me on-shares and turned his share or course I sold him the poorest land I owned, some though, I wanted to get rid of, but I always stand ready to buy it back at the price he paid me for it. In all these years I have worked for my board and clothes and my wife has worked forf'her board and clothes and we have had no interest on our investment. The good year of 1919 wiped out the losses of 1917. and 1918 and paid for a tractor which is about worn out. For 1920 _I am undertaking to farm 120 acres with the help of one man whom I have promised $50 per chickensand some time off to help his lather harvest an apple crop if there is any. I also promised him 1-3 of the profits after deducting from the value of the products the interest on the investment, the pay for what I can do and other expenses. It I can only get a little for my work and interest on my investment, I will be pleased. I do not expect any Gem, Etch. V'“Mrs.Hh-edlfan”nasfier8ay Mgsflirefd Man is 11;! of 5119er right in towards payin’g for the land. - ,month with house, garden, cow, pig, profits h—Jolm 0'. Staford, Vaan-cn . does on 9. term m1: day, at fifty or slur cents per hour and see wha it ..amoynts to. in my that we both had to go We occasionally have the pleasure of going to church it the car is running and there is room In the neighborhood we are simply X’s hired man, and it is an actual fact that I have met only‘one woman out- side of the farmer’s family. Talk about social standing! I play the piano well; am interested in all cur- rent affairs, thanks to thepapers and magazines, am well educated; in the past have been considered quite a desirable acquaintance. Yet I might just as well be on an island in the South Seas as on this 240 acre farm. Even my husband is so dragged out by the long hours that his first thought is for rest. It is not just the man who is sold out, body and soul, to the falmer; his wife is also, and the retuins do not make such slavery worth while. I will cry as with one of old, “give me liberty or give me death. ’: Not as part of my argument but incidentally I would say that the following is true: 1. We are allowed 1 quart of milk per day. ‘ 2. We buy our own potatoes. 3. We buy our butter. 4. We buy all our own chicken feed. 5. We buy our meat. 6. We get $50 per month and rent and fuel and fruit that grows on the place. 7. The owner values his farm at $35, 000 .—Mrs. Hi1 ed Man, Clinton County. ~ The Hired Man’s Side I have read your valuable maga- zine for some time and in regard to the farmer and his hiréd man, would say I have worked on the farm for several years and am just as far ahead today as I was when I began. I have read the items, “the farmer and his hired man,” but have not seen the question asked, how many ' hours must a hired man work each day on a farm? Ans. About sixn teen or seventeen hours, the only time he has to himself from four- thirty or five o 'clock in the morning .. until seven or eight at night is just time: enough to eat his meals, he has chores to attend to» three times I day. Let this hired man go to the city and work as many hours as he ‘ ’ "seven days shalt. % He “Started” Something thou labor and Genesee county “hired man" started something Just. as he thought he would and the . accompanying letters show what he started. They are the, first of many we have . received upon this subject, all done, there 1“ of which. will he published in due season. We hope that our readers will not entirely con- fine themselves to a. recitation of their experiences, but. will suggest whatever thoughts they may have to remedy the situation.—Edibor. do all thy work," . obeying it. More " it rarely happens ’ ' n... -e-..~.—-..~__.W. ._.v.. _.. ‘— _._._. .....___Q.,_..1 _ O division? . olumeeVlII . ' Number 26 ‘ BUSINESS FARMING ii : M arch 6th 1920 ~ I . flow Mueli Do You Think You Would Have? A Little Figuring Shows That the Combined Pocketnbook is Not so Fat as You Think 1' ALL THE wealth in this country which is '- known as "capital" were to be divided among all the. people, how much would each person meive? Would you be rich-er or poorer by such If the money which is paid annually for the of this capital in industry were to be taken 11: its owners, and given, instead, to the wage “more, by how much would their Income be in- dressed? There is a widespread belief that the workers, 'Eodlstinguished from the employers, have not 11 getting a fair division of what is produced hindustry. The radicals are telling the workers to take or the industries and run them ”for their own fit. " They declare that their share would files: be far greater than it is under the present alters. There is nothing more important than to get truth about this matter. For no one will that the best state of society would be that which. afforded the greatest good to the greatest her. We must realize at the outset that .there are .pitalists of-all degrees. The man 'who owns a single bond, or who has a hundred dollars in the savings bank, or has bought a single share of stock in a company, or owns his own little store, or his «stock of goods, no matter [how small, is a "oapitalist. ” Any money which is employed in industry or business is active capital. which remains after the other expenses of an in- dustry or a. business have been paid. They are share which goes to the people who have put r money to work in the enterprise. It is paid them in the shape ‘of interests on notes and ds, and as dividends on capital stock. . If we are going to do away with private capl- hl altogether, you will have no more right to m one bond, or one share of stock, than an- other man will have to own a thousand. ~ If you deny that anything shall be paid for the use of honey, you will have to give up any return on your own savings. But perhaps you have not saved anything l All you have is the salary, or the wages, you- receive. . And you think this income of yours will be very much greater if the people who have saved mon- ey and invested it should get nothing in return... and the profits Which now go to them should be , than twenty-five per cent more than his .~.— ___.._._....__-. -\-_ “receive not to exceed a fourth more than . he now gets. *Wu wouldrhave no then: and so on. divided among the workers.’ On this point I am going to quote a man Profits are the amount. By GEORGE E. ROBERTS Vicanestdent of National City Bank, N. Y. City. * FROM THE AMERIOAN MAGAZINE ’3 The accompanying article was pub-. lished in the March issue of the American -Magazine, one of the most interesting and helpful Journals in the country. It is by special permission of Mr. John M. Siddall, the editor, that we are able to present it ‘ to the readers of Michigan Business Farm- 1113. \ by about $380 per year. This agrees with Pro- fessor King’s estimate, which was based on pre- - war figures. Professor Friday adds significantly that the average wage would increase by $330 a year— provided no decrease in the products of industry Was brought about by this confiscation and dis— tribution of profits. But sucha decrease would inevitably come. If all ’private savings were seized and put into in- dustry without giving the owners any return for the 1136 of their money, people would naturally ,hide whatever they were able to lay by. If, by your energy, ability and thrift you were able to save part of your wages or salary, would you let somebody have it to use for nothing? No; you would keep it yourself, as you would have a perfect right to do. Your common sense will tell you what would be the effect of this idleness of money. Your sav- ings- are your surplus. Capital is simply the ac- cumulated savings of all the people. But capital which does not work, money which lies idle, is of no, benefit to anybody. A has of gold pieces, or a package of bills, hid- den away in a box, might as well bea bag of peb- bles, or a bundle of waste paper, so far as its present value to the people is concerned. What would become of the industries which pay ‘us our wages and our salaries, if people re- fused to put. their savings into those industries? Business must have capital. The merchant must have money to buy his goods. The manufactur- er must. have money in order to build his plant and install his machinery. Where are they going to get this money if nothing is to be paid for its use? You won’t let him have yours. Your neighbor won’t give up his savings. see for yourself what the result would. be. You will have to admit that something must be paid for the use of money. But you may think that the amount paid has beentoo great; the human workers should receive three fourths of the total product of industry. That is a subject which is being studied by the best minds in the country. Many attempts are . being made to establish a standardized “fair prof- it” arrangement which will conditions ‘of business. ties to be overcome. sense will make you easy the problem is. -For example, suppose you have saved $5,000 meet the complex There are many difficul- And again your common appreciate how far from and have put: it to work for you in a certain fact- ' ory. You have studied the matter carefully. You believe that the plant turns out a product which will be in demand and that the men at its head are honest and capable. You find that your judgment has been good. The factory is managed well, the business grows and is prosperous. Be’Cause its managers are hard workers and have unusual abihty—just as you 'thought—the profits are such that you re- ceive 10 per cent 011 the money you invested. The chances are that you might object if you were You can" that more than We Made an Even Division of All the Money?- l 1 l I, l l l 1 I l , . I I 1 I 1 i told that a “fair profit” was only 6 per cent, and 7 that therefore you could not‘have more than that. I am not saying that this would be a just ar— rangement. I am merely suggesting that you yourself might claim that it wasn’t. And I make this point only to show that the question of the adjustment of profits is a~compl1cated one. It is only the people who have nothing to lose, and who think they have everything to gain, who profess to find these problems simple. the thrifty man, who has saved even a few hund- red dollars, there are many things to be consid- ered. There is another theory advanced by some peo- ple which is even more difficult to accept. This is the theory that everybody should receive the same pay no matter what he does. Under the system these people would inaugurate, the man- ager, the skilled worker and the unskilled worker would be paid alike. The editor of a great news- paper would get the same as the office boy. The engineer at the throttle of the Twentieth Cent- ury Limited, with scores of lives in his keeping, would be paid the same as the section hand who shovels dirt along the right of way. This may seem a glorious arrangement to who has made a careful investigation. Pro- fessor Wilford I. King, of the University of - Wisconsin, a few years ago published a book called “Wealth and Income of the Peo- ple of the United States.” He used govern- ment figures in arriving at his conclusions. Professor King found that if all the prof- its which now go to pay interest and divi- dends were to be divided among all the wage earners, in prdportlon to the pay they are receiving, each man would get not more present income from his labor.‘ Of course if he has saved money and in- vested it, he would lose the. income from that; and this loss might wipe out the gain In his salary or wages. Just what you could do with your savings 3 not clear, if nobody paid anything for the Ilse of money. But if you can conceive it possible that money could be used without Ilving any return for it, that all profits could be added to wages, the result must neverthdless seem disappointing to the peo- Dle who have been thinking that such an arrangement” would give the'wv'age earners a great deal more. . The plain truth is that each one would II If you have 820 a week now, , 9" $515433” this is an extreme rather PT 1 0502326? “that“. v. 5) fly a essor David Friday, of the U vors Of mm has made 11 slmilar study of in- that the average was in 1‘1"!" W ‘m‘ .1;— psnying article. Were an to be undertaken, how mu land-owning farmer have after the melon was cut and divided. According to the figures the average farm- a- would have much less after the division than he His hired man would get only a very small share of the plunder. The balance would go to other hired men and wage earners of the city. Would be a case of dividing the earned wealth of the few mm the many, so that the few would sacrifice much, and the many would Rgum but little per capita. ' - oberts’ article as an argu- ment that all industry isr pure and deriving only fair returns upon its investment. For such is not the case. , article to show just exactly what it ‘ ishow that an even distribution of had before. We. .:gm1flfi$ We do not 1117th The Profits of Industry HE SUBJECT of a more equal distribution of wealth has been discussed to some extent by M. B. F. readers, and one or two have advocated the abol- ' ishment of the “profit system,” as a means to that and. While we firmly believe that something should be done to prevent the centralization of wealth in a few hands because of the power that such control of wealth gives to the possessors, it has always been our Opinion that the decentralization of this wealth would not add so much to the per capita income as general- ly supposed. This opinion is borne out in the accom- ual distribution of wealth * more or less would the It the office boy and the section hand; al- though, if they have any brains at all, even they would laugh at it. I! It It A great many people complain because they think the heads of business are paid too much. They hear of the high salaries re- ceived by executives, such as presidents of railroads, or of large industrial corpora- tions, and they think that these men can- not be worth all that money, no matter how competent they are. They say that there cannot be so much difference between the value of any two men as to justify paying one of them $50,000 a year and the other one only $1,600 a year. s o s 0 Imagine what it means to a business which has aggregate transactions of perhaps $-,100 - 000, 000 a year. A competent executive at its head may easily gain millions to the or— ganization; and- an incompetent one may cause it to lose millions. An able and bril- liant man, if he can be found, is well worth $100,000 a year to that business. Suppose you were ill and had'to have an operation; would you pay more to have it performed by the finest surgeon in the country than you would pay an inexperi- enced and stupid doctor? If you had a law- suit on your hands, would a keen and- train- ed lawyer be worth more to you than a dull- witted one with almost no legal experience? E you wanted to buy a ring, would you pay more for a diamond than you would for a. Mace of glass? If you were going to buy an automobile, would you give more for a To' _,-. have _. been the victim ,gstances brought about . propaganda. . issued by the ‘ upon as propaganda to further their i over-supply ‘ supply on hand. ‘ fact that Germany, is unable to pay 'tully» develop. HAT IS the trouble with the ,live stock situation at the ‘ present time? This is a ques- cvj'tion that would receive a multitude ~ . . of answers, , depending upon ' , source from which they come. How- the ever, when looked upon in a consev— ative manner. it appears the markets of circum~ largely by Pressure 'and then more pressure ; has been put behind the fact that ' the meat export business of this country is waning to a pre-war has-- is. This is undoubtedly true due to the cause of foreign money values dropping to such low levels. This naturally brought the traffic to a standstill less the foreign buyers pay plrem‘ium prices for their commodi- t es. For some time past exchange rates on European nations have been in a dangerous position and when the English standard dropped so sharply attention was drawn to the fact more so than ever. At the time, it was stated that the foreign nations had run their trade balances down to such a level that their credit was on the verge of dropping off. To rem- edy this, it was suggested that they import less, increase production at home and send more products from their country to offset what they are requested to buy on the outside. Only recently, the American Insti- tute of Meat Packers, which includ— es practically all the firms in the in- dustry. both large and small, issued a statement that there was no ex- port demand for American meat. ‘ They gave the adverse exchange con- . ditions and rebuilding in Europe as the reasons for this state of affairs. It was a very bearish statement and i while it has been known that the ex— change conditions would undoubted— ly slacken the call, the statement as packers was looked campaign to force prices to a pre- war level. - In the statement it was 'fnade known that foreign countries have resumed meat production to an ex- tent that the affect will be noted in ' a slackened demand for the Ameri- can product and it would result in an in this country. The statement went on to say that sales of American pork have stopped in France, almost ceased in Holland and that England has a several month’s It also hears the for the products which they need from this country. The report of the institute was far-reaching and according to some- men in the trade, was to bearish as they believe conditions are not as bad as painted by the packers. How- - ever, the papers of the country car- ried the report of cessation of ex- ' port shipments and it had the affect of lowering prices. 0n the day the report was issued, hogs declined 50¢ per hundred in most markets, the 'cat-tle trade was very dull at weak to lower prices while only moderate supplies seemed to prevent declines in the sheep trade. Cattle prices have been working lower for some time past. During lthe past sixty days, practically all the cattle that have been fed grain have been sold at a loss to the owns ' are. Just why the man handling this ‘ grade of stock should be punished at this time has been a mystery to most men in the trade. Packers stated that the demand has been lacking in local consumptive circles arid the small export orders and then pros- ' pects of discontinuance undoubtedly would mean‘a surplus on their hands. ' 'The best part of it is, the packers dis- count the prices before’ the reasons Considerable dissatisfaction has. * been-noted among ,th’e'ca-ttle feeders- ‘ -during recent weeks. ,. table to explain why packers should 5 be pounding values at this time when They are un- the industry needs plenty of encour- t season. ,. ‘ incur they h-sd-‘to canteen iith' ’ ’stiu . ~ ‘ . Shortage of Hogs rain sjem‘e'nt after the experience of the: i: fall when these- .‘f'elederl Livers ' d 23...; 1c - (:Special Chicago We stock to be finished in native terri- tory. Feeders wanted them keenly. but at the same 'time packers were in the market for light weight beef and their competition forced feeding cattle prices to a relatively high level. The feeders w,ere lead to be- lieve that the. demand would hold good for some time to come and on that account paid the prices for the thin stock. Now when the cattle are coming back to market, it is hard to get the buyers to look at them and when they are sold, prices are on such a level that losses have re— sulted in majority of cases. In many instances the selling price, after 80 to 100 days feeding, has been lower than the.cost as feeders. c There are many feed iots still sheltering cattle that were put in at high prices. Owners are carrying them longer than expected, living in hope that conditions would assume a brighter aspect and allow them to get out on their ventures with an even break. The unsettled condi- tions in the fat cattle market. loss- es to feeders, indifferent opinions as regards the future of the business has been responsible for the small stocker and feeder demand since the first of the year. The damage has been done as far as most feeders are concerned and they have decided to stay out for the present and watch developments. Steer prices have ruled at a rela- tively narrow range during recent weeks. The better quality cattle, which have been fed the longest, have shown most decline from the high time. At the same time, pack- ers have purchased the cheap grades ’ with fair action. Killers claim there is no demand for the better classes of cattle, the consumptive demand calling for low priced cuts, eaters, wanting quantity instead of quality. The kind that Michigan Produces A. i is m are rhirougheet the coumrgsoiesfto Better By Joesph. M. CARROLL Representative”; . " 9,. I1. _ markets have been.rather small'forthis sea- Arrivals of came at all son of the year. The receipts around the outset of the year were rather large but for the past several weeks supplies have been diminishing, yet the market has failed to respond to the lighter receipts. The cattle in- dustry was the first hit by the clamp on export business as killers used this factor as a club semevmonths ago. Argentina and Australia are now furnishing large quantities of meat for the English trade. and tak- ing care of the demand-that we filled during the war. During hostilities it was a case of getting meat sup- plies from the nearest point in order to save shipping. However, the sign- ‘ing of the armistice released shipping for the Argentina and Australia buSv iness nd cut off-the demand from this country. « , In the hog market the situation ‘has been somewhat different. Dur- ing the opening month of the year an unusual advance put prices on a relatively high basis. Packers had an idea that they were going to put up some cheap product at this time, banking on large arrivals folldwing the small liquidation last November and December. However, the large ‘ receipts did not materialize and in- stead of getting hogs around $10 as some expected, sales were made up to $16 at the high time. ‘It was out of the ordinary to see prices make such an advance during the open-_ ing month of the year which is gen- erally a weak period in the trade: However conditions have been uneven since then and the bloom has been removed from the market. The buyers have had several factors to put to work to bear prices. Falling exchange conditions, talk of cessa- tion of. export business made the fin— est material with which rto work. Page JANUARY FEBRUARY CVVT;5 1O 17 24 31 7 14- 21.’ 28 225m /\ l‘ 2 21.50. i' / \ ' " 21.0.0 20.00 20.50 . ; . 4: 19.50‘ 19.00 18.50 18.99 17.50 .1200 1699‘ ' " " " 15??!" . prices. ... A. 3i!" ' 3 "i 513’ .1 3i 5 ' Markets Duini the"; semi—pining days. on' the stock-.exachangegand the, board" : of. .. trade, buyers-at thesmck yasds Were . _. ‘: carrying out their‘end ogjthe _.game.-~. . by declining hog prices "$1.50. with- .. in a two days period. ,This break eliminated practically all ithe- ~‘*ad"-._-r-; » vance scored earlier in the '-,year. Later they succeeded in another cam-- paigfiend at the. lowest time prices were at thebottom level for the year so far.‘ ' ‘ . f f- Just how far this decline will be carried is questionable. ,Hog feed— ers state that with "grain [prices at their present level.‘ theylw‘ill be un- able to stand much of a decline, as they have been’ working on a very slim margin for some time paist and since the‘present crop of hogs has started to move to market, talks of losses have been heard. ' There is still‘talk of lowering the \ meat prices to reduce the cost of living. Every once-in a while some agitator will make such a statement, 'leading the‘f public to believe that the meat prices are holding other com- modities at a, high level. But rec- erds show that-live stock prices are sharply below a year ago. not be said about other food products while on the other hand the consume er is. paying more than ever. before for bulk of products that enter into everyday use in “the household. That does not bear out the Statement that meat prices are holding other com- modities at a high level. If other foods Would follow 'the course - pf , meats, there ’is no question but that prices and cost of living would take a drop. The public is hot clamoring for lower meat prices, because in the average shop a person fc-an readily , notice the difference when compar- ed, with the high time. lBift some butchers have failed to adjust their retail prices to keep in line. with wholesale costs. In some neighbor- hoods it seems values have changed little despite the lower live stock In such instances the people have a"reason to complain but gen- eral price cutting should not be car— - ried out because of. this at the ex- pense of the producer and feeder who has no recourse when his stock is ready to market. The recent break in hog prices is rumored as a means for packers to cheapen up on the product they have. in their cellars. Since early in the year, it is stated in market circles. an eastern syndicate has been buying pork products in anticipation of a broad export demand. Packers‘sold considerable product to this outfit and the smaller packers of the ‘east were finding an outlet through this source. Much of the meat was sold for May delivery and on a basis of $15 and $15.50 hogs. Now the pack- ers are figured to'be lowering mar— ket prices, to cut costs so the pro- duct can be turned over at a good margin. This undoubtedly is one of the reasons for the decline, as pack— ers are reported to have a supply of . stock on hand that was put in at prices higher than present levels. Most men in the trade are of the opinion that the recent decline is only temporary. Theylook for an adjustment of conditions» that would work for higher levels. Some have predicted that within the next 30 days,_ conditions would take a turn for the better. . Itisknown that this countryrhas a monopoly-on the fats‘of the world. While, foreign nations are reported returning to’a p‘re-war basis in live- stock production, it is\the belief that "it.will be some time before they will _ be able to get; along without the help of this country“, -- . _ Germany .5331! --great‘ needs of meat ,prodncts;f especially , pork 'and lard. , Bo greens, the needs there, that hit hashes; stated’if they were able to * hay j,*in;;:a‘-,i nee“, manner they would .. 'nicer.i'outjlhetssellamof lever "packing ‘ a « _ house. ingthi‘s; country. Ger, ‘ ill-«1.1%?- ‘ . giffidmrom its ~‘;:~.riac 9 WW3 *3! This can— 4 an " t-TL. - .. ‘. .411 . ' .~ ::!‘f.‘~?~:. 3s . x ‘ ;1 1 9' alue 54 crops 0130 w . 11:, “3 Strata, ot M10mgan uring ‘ ’ 00.1- is prob— - st on ‘record, net he- recedented acreages of crops mentioned in this bulletin. is 8342 602, 000. The 51:15.11 frixits. truck 030113, 0112002357, mint and var-r ious minor crops are not included," because quantitative estimates are not available. Neither is the value of live stock included, as that. Will be reported at a later date. ' ; The total acreage of the c‘rop3 in- cluded, exclusive of the fruits, 8,856,000. This is a remarkable. showing on the part of Michigan farmers when the difficulties under which they labored are taken into consideration. .F‘a'rm labor was ex-' tremely scarce and high in price. Many farmers and iarmérs’ sons have left the farms and moved .to the industrial centers, in many cases the farm being entirely abandoned The cost of farm machinery and all farm supplies is so much higher in recent years that farming operations on many farms are necessarily hand- icapped by lack .of working capital. It is apparent that these difficulties _ were overcome by increased hours of farm labor, the shifting of crop ro--, tat-ions, and by the use of improved methods of machinery. wfiiter Meat The crop of 1919 was one of the best ever grown in the state. The acreage was the largest since 1915, and the average yield per acre, 20. 3 bushels, was the largest except that of 1915 in the last 15 years. ‘1 The total production was also the larg- est except that of 1915 in the same period of time, being 19,295,000 bushels. This record production was the result of unusually favorable con- ditions throughout the growing sea- son. The winter was. mild and the abandoned acreage from winter- .killing was exceptionally small; The amount of wheat purchased by mills and elevators during the month of December is estimated at 1,190,000 bushels; the amount pur- chased since August 1, 7,810,000 bushelsg Spring Wheat During the past four years the acreage of spring wheat has increas- ed from a few thousand acres to 85, - yields-:11 190001139 of the higher price levels reached The value 01' the? ’ is‘.‘ ,the acreage had been Sermce Issue Annual Statement of Crop Production and Acreage . . __ ‘nyj COLEMAN ’o. VAUGHAN, Secretary of State VERNE H. CHURCH, Field Agent, U. 8. Bureau of Crop Estimates. excellent. It is estimated that 10, 460 cars will be shipped from the, commercial area as compared with}, c an available supply for shipping 12, .. IUMMIRV 0F CROPS CROWN IN MICHIGAN. SEASON OF 1919 . Acres Yield Production Price total value Value but 0301’ 000 om't) per core (000 om't) l Dec. 1 1000 on t) l acre Winter wheat . . . . .I 950 , 20. a 19,285- :2 10 340,490 342.03 ring 17 heat . . . . 85 , 12 952 2.10 1,999 23.52 ' ‘. . . . . . . . . . . .I 11, 650 I 89 0 64.850 1.88 88.803 53.82 Lilia .........’.... 25.0 86,875 0.11 26,181 17.75 '11-,» . . . . . .... 1".380 19.0 .320 1. 8 6,278 22.42 glean: . . . . . . . . 810 18. 0 4,030 4.20 16,926 54.60 ‘ . 900 15.0 15,500 1.28 17.280 19.20 48 13.8 ‘ 662 1.37 907 18.91 826 88.0 28,688 1.85 88,729 118.80 2.650 1.2 3.180 23.40 74,412 28. 110 9.1 ' 1,001 11.28 11,291 102.65 eed 72 - 1.4 101 27.50 2.778 38.50 Apples (agricultural) 6,484 2.20 14,265 Apples (commercial) 1,109 Peaches ........... 480 3.10 1,488 Fears » ....... .. 426 1.80 767 T591 . . . . . . .I 8,856 I I $342,602 013 in 1918, it was only 11.2 bushels Beans in 1919.“, The estimated production for the‘pa'st season is 952,000 bush- els, having a value of nearly $2,- 000,000. Corn Oue‘million six hundred fifty thou- sand acres were grown in the state this year. The average yield per acre‘Was 39.0 bushels, and if all of devoted to grain this yield would have produc- ed a crop of 64,350,000 bushels. As a matter offact, approximately 35 per cent of the acreage went into silos. Treating this as being of equivalent value. per acre as the grain crop, the crop is worth $88, - 803,000, or more than that of any other year in the history of the state. Oats The crop was relatively the poor- est of those grown in the state this year, and was the smallest produc- tion since 1907, being only 36,875,- 000 bushels as compared with 66,- 320,000 last year. The season was unfavorable for the spring grains, and many thousands of acres of oats were not harvested at all and many thousands were cut for bay. The yield per .acre for .the total acreage of 1,475,000 was only 25 bushels. The value of the crop, based on De! cember 1 prices, is $2,181,000. , Barley Barley suffered similarly to oats the yield being only 19 bushels per acre. The acreage was also 20,000 less than last year, so that the pro- duction of 6,,320 000 bushels was nearly four million less than that of last year. If sold on December 1, it would have brought a total of $6, - The bean crop is estimated at 4,- 030, 000 bushels or approximately 850,000 bushels less than last year. While the acreage was only 60 per cent of last year’s the yield was 13 bushels as compared with nine pro- duced last year. At an average val- ue of $4. 20 per bushel ,the crop was woxth $16,926,000. Rye The most marked change in acre- age of any crop is that of rye which has increased from 325,000 in 1916 to 900,000 in 1919. At 15 bushels per acre, a production of 13,500,000 bushels is obtained, the largest of any state except that of North Da- kota. The valuation of the crop is $17,280,000, which is in marked contrast to the valuation in 1905 when the crop was only 2,146,000 bushels and was worth $1,266,000. Buckwheat . This crop is grown in many sec- tions only as a catch crop——-that is, a substitute for crops that for some reason could not be planted in sea- son. As planting conditions in 1919 were more favorable than in other recent years, there was less need for substitution and the acreage of buck- wheat was consequently smaller than usual, and less than in any year since 1905. The yield was 13.8 bushels and produced a crop of 662,- 000 bushels worth $907,000. Potatoes The potato crop, based on Decem- ber 1 prices, was worth $38,729,000. The production amounted to 28,— 688,000 bushels or about the same as last year. Fourteen thousand less acres were grown but the yield was \ 000 cars last year. The commercial crop graded as follows: No. 1, 78 per cent; No. 2,15 per cent; culls. ’ 7 per cent. - - Tame Hay The estimated production of 3,- 180,000 tons, or about 500,000 tons greater than last year. The yield was lighter than usual, being 1.2 ‘ tons per acre. Two million six hundred fifty thousand acres were de— . voted to the crop, which is a slight.- ly larger area than last year. 0w- ing to the high average price of $23.40 per ton, the value of the crbp is the highest on record, being $74,- 412,000. Sugar Beets The final revision of the estimat- ed acreage, yield and production is not available, but the preliminary estimates are 110,448 acres harvest- ed, a yield of 9.1 tons per acre, and a total production of 1,001,000 tons. As the average price paid to farmers was $11.28 per ton, the average per acre value of the crop amounts to $102.65, and the total crop value, $11,291,000. Clover Seed The clover seed acreage is much less than usual, being estimated at 72,000 acres. One hundred one thousand bushels is the estimated production as compared with 90,- 000 bushels last year. The average price per bushel was $27. 50, and the total value, $2,778,000. Apples The apple production is placed at 6,484,000 bushels as compared with 9,792,000 bushels last year. The crop was generally good from Oceans county northward along Lake Mich- igan to Traverse City, but was gen- erally light in the southwestern counties. Over the remainder of [the state, the agricultural crop was prob- . ably the lightest in many years. The ‘ commercial portion of the crop is ' placed at 1,109,000 barrels, that of last year being 1,495,000 barrels. Peaches While the state produced over two million bushels in 1915 and again in 1916, the crop this year was only 480,000 bu., although this was much larger than that of last year when only 85,000 bushels were produced. The average, price was $3.10 per bushel and the total value was $1,- 000. While the yield was 18.0 bush- 278,000. slightly larger, and the quality was 488,000. Survey of Acreage, Yield, Production and Value of Important Michigan Crops . . con" , . nvs , Avert. o l ‘ g Average Total Average Toltal Average YEAR I hAcres [ yie 8- pggl'laétl‘m ASS-gage 321's; A3330" YEAR I Acres yield production I price1 J0 va alue value arvested per acre , (000 om’t Dec. 1 000 om’t) per acre “"95“?“ per acre (000 mn't 1306.000 om ’t) per acre 1905 ............ 1,229,000 34.0 .r. 134,100 10.0 2,740 0.59 I 1,200 494 1906 ------------- 1.475.000 87.0 1411735" 8'44: 220% i033 400.000 , 14.5 5,500 l 0.59 I 3,422 8.55 1907 ............ 1,900,000 .001 57’190 0'55 - 31'454 10.50 370.000 14.5 5,452 I 0.72 I 3,925 10 44 1903 ............. 1,900,000 81.8 00‘420 004 08'069 20.35 368000 15.5 5.704 I 0.71 I 4,050 11.00 1909 ............. 1. 90.000 33.9 52'907 0'01 |' 92'273 2031 419.020 13.9 5,014 I 0.09 I 4,012 9.59 1910 ............ 1,670,000 32.4' 54'103 0'53 28'677 1717 418.000 15.3 0,395 I 0.03 I 4,349 10.40 1911 ............ 1,090,000 93.0 55'770 0'05 00'250 2145 400.000 14.0 5,840 I 0.05 I 4,004 12.41 1912 ._ ........... 1.025 000 34.0 55’250 0'57 01'492 .1908 070,000 13.0 4,921 I 0.05 I 3,199 8.64 1913 .’. .......... , 75.000 33.5 50'112 007 87'595 2244 075,000 14.3 5,302 I 0.62 I 3,324 8.87 1014 .............. 1,750,000 86.0 08,000 0'67 42'210 24'10 971,000 16.0 5.936 I 0.91 | 5,402 | 14.56 1915 ............ , 0,000 32.0 50'000 '08 I 03’080 2176' 350,000 15.5 5,425 I 0.05 I 4,011 13.18 1910 ............. 1, 50.000 27.5 4537:; 8'95 43'100 2010 325.000 14.3 4,040 1.30 I 0.042 10.59 1917 ............ 1,7 0,000 21.5 97'625 1'32 08'470 6912' 341,000 14.0 4.744 I 1.05 I 7,077 23.10 1918 ....... 1. 10. 000 410.0 48'800 1'30 02'790 890?) 515 000 14.3 7.304 1.50 I 11.040 21.4: 1919 ............ 1.050' 000 39.0 642350 1:88 I :80 53202 900. 000 15.0 13,500 I 1.23 I 17,250 I 19.20 Average ..... ...| 1.000, 933‘ 92:9 50 517 " 404,141 14.7 5,939 I 0.91 I 5,651 I 13.29 . 0.79 I 41,540 24.90 X ' ' - “ POTATOES A OATETE] Acres Average Tgtal I Average I Toltal Avelrage ' 781386 o, Ayers, , ‘ yi 1d pro uction price Ht 110 vs ue YEAR hé‘ilees'lzed Yield . DIOdlmtiOn price“ I 3:1?1161 11:13:58 YFAR l harvested I per eacre . (000 onl’t Dec. 1 000 “7077711) I per _acre_ 0 p" “1" (0° 0 m“ D99 1 00° 0“”) P“ “m 1905 241,836 .07 10,203 I .050 I 9,074 37.52 1905 . ........... 1,010,000 95.0 95, 949 0.10 10,785 , 10.68 285.000 .95 27,075 . 0.34 I 9,200 32.30 1900 - 30.7 43. I4 8 0.13 ' 14.437 10.13 299,000 .90 20,910 0.49 12,109 40.50 1907 0 20.8 ’80' 584 0.48 14,056 9.98 325,000 .72 . 23,400 0.58 I 13,572 41.70 , 1908 4 .2917 41.147 0.49 20,505 14.55 365,483 1.05 38.244 0.35 I 13.305 30.75 -' 1909 ............ 1.429.070 30.7 48.170 ' 0.41 17,980 12.59 350,000 1.05 36,750 0.31 I 11,392 32.55 1910 ........ . 1,515,000 841.9 51,010 0.95 -- 18.028 11.90 330.000 .94 31,020 0.71 I 22.024 00.74 19.11 . . 1.500.0007 29.6 42.900 0.46 19,734 13.16 350.000 1.05 36.750 0.41 I 15,008 43.05 1912 ............. 1.485.000 81.9 51.026 0.93 17.103 11.52 350,000 .96 83,600 0.03 | 17,808 50.89 1913 ...... 1.500.000, 90.0 45,000 0.99 17.550 11.70 364.000 1.21 44,044 0.30 I 13.213 30.30 1914 ........... . 1,515,033 91.5 .390: 52 0.15 22.838 15.03 355.000 .59 20.945 0.56 I ”11,729 33.04 1915 ........... . 1,130.0 _ > . 1.0 3.10 0.15 22,491 14,70 320,000 .48 415.360 0.60 I 24.570 70.00 1910 . .. . . 1,423,000 1,0. . .0 0 .. o. a , 22,620 15.90 878,000 .95 35,910 ‘ 1.05 37,700 99.75 1917 ..... . . . 1.1.50.3 0 0,0 5.1.00 0. 4 L 435,712 2304 340,000 .84 28,560 0.89 I 25,418 74 70 . 1918. ........... . 1. 1H,. 0 - 40.0 :' 8,129 ' . ; 0191 15,731 27.60 326,000 .88 28.688 . 1.35 88,729 118.80 ,, j 1919: 4 ' 1475:0949 2.5-0 . . .175 . .0. 1,, 26.181 17.75 334.955 .00 29.504 0.07 1. 18,334 54.77 E» Average 1g. | 1.450.472 82.1 .-"46.225- » 0.46 , 21,700 14.09 , I I - ' ' “ 4 ’ V " APPLES (Total el- Agricultural cup) .7" " ~ '~ 7 '- ,. ”em" Total Menu . “Total. Average --5 ' . ' ’ ., ' YEAR hA°’:: d yield; production mica ~' I " value «Value? a r i 'Tf'..‘1‘0tal I Averazc “"9 e per core (000 0111.6 -1300, 1. 000 oust) per acre . I :. nun . .. . ...... .1 , 17,200 ,. . , " .00 om’t) per 0ch i3}: ............ ’ =" i 10.691. 1,4. n . , Is This Treason ? . . A. B.OOOK hetero the , mass meeting of famrs at Owosso: “I have raised manin'Shiawasseeeounty. But I did not sign a contract for 1920 acreage, and I will form sign another bu con.- rrset until the farmers have a part in its making. If that is treason, makethemost ofrit." ufacturers that they had Shia- wamee county “sewed up” was a little premature, or else it was a bad job of “sewing." Hundreds of farmers of that county who signed the blanks presented by the field men of the Owosso Sugar Company, with- out being advised of the higher cost ‘of labor, have written the companies and cancelled their acreage. This fact come out» at the big mass meet- ing of five hundred growers held at Owossc on Tuesday of last week, every last man of whom got to his feet and by his standing signified that he would join the beet growers' association and accept the terms it may negotiate for them with the manufacturers. The attendance and the enthusi- asm at the Owosso meeting was a surprise even to the most sanguine leaders. Manager, 0. E. Ackerman . explained what had already been ac- complished by the growers in other counties, and expressed the hope and belief that Shiawassee county would join solidly in the movement and hasten the day when the manufact- urers will no longer dictate the terms of the sugar beet centract. John Ketcham, who 'had been to Wash- ington to present the claims of the sugar beet» growers to the Attorney General told the farmers that the Department of Justice was already at work investigating the relative costs and profits of sugar beet grow- ing and beet sugar manufacturing, and that the Attorney General had faithfully promised that he would assist the growers to 'get a square deal. This encouraging information, Mr. Ketcham said, should induce the growers to stand pat and not sign any more contracts. Colorado Represented Albert Dakau, of Longmont, Col- orado, chairman of the research and Th BOAST of the sugar a... publicity committee of the United States Beet Growers’ Ass’n, was present and made some startling charges against the sugar beet trust. These charges we 0 all the more in- teresting to Mich gan beet growers because they involved a prominent Michigan man, Chas. B. Warren, present Republican national commit- teeman and large stockholder in Michigan sugar companies. Mr. Dakan has spent the better part of the last several years in digging up official records showing the methods employed by the sugar trust in se- curing control of the boot sugar in- dustry of Colorado, Utah, Michigan and other states, and he throws an illuminating light upon the manner in which the sugar companies at the command of the trust bought up prominent farmers, subsidised news- papers, and hoodwinked the farm- ers. Mr. Daken said-in part: “ll. 0. Havemeyer was a genius in business organization. By 1900 he was absolute master of the U. S. sugar business. About that date he saw the beet sugar industry looming high on the western horizon and re‘- allzed its meaning as a competitor and set out to seek control. Many truly independentmompanies were springing up in Michigan, Colorado and Utah-Idaho territory. To these regions the secret agents of Have- meyer proceeded. In' every beet sugar factory community competing . sites‘ were secured by these agents. , They bluntly told the independent factory owners to give wan Street central or Wall Street would build ”Wting' plants beside those al-' ’ readyabu'ilt and pay any vprice,,‘-‘eveu 1.. ' price to farmers was $4.50 pea-ton. $10, per ton 2 Eur beets." . «The going “No independent factory ‘ could stand out against the sugar trust‘s millions. By 1m. movement reign- ed absolute in both best and cane sugar in the nation. . ~ _ “The people of the United States then began to tire of. exploitation at the hands of the great captains of industry. Melon, were elected to serve humanity instead of mammon. Among other things a‘snit wu start- ed to dissolve the sugar trust. Its oflices in W‘all Street, Denver and other cities were raided by federal officials who secured thousands of private, c cull- dsntial letters a n d r ecords. These were ad- mitted ’undcr oath by the su- gar men as cor- rect and print- ed in the rec- ord of that case which is pend- ing in the U. 8. District Court in the South~ ern District of New York. “The sugar beet grower s' commit-tee se- cured the above re c o r d a n (1 many other documents in its search for information. The confidential letters of the su- gar men tell such an astounding story of brazen exploitation that it is deemed wise to present a few of them. The methods of C. S. Morey in the states of Colorado. Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana, are dupli- cated or practiced by Charles B. War- ren of Michigan, and Bishop Cutler, of Utah. The private letters show intimately how these minions of the sugar trust . secured “prominent farmers" in every factory communi- ty to spy on their brother farmers, throw cold water on farmers’ organ- ized efforts and keep the trust ofli- cials posted and also keep country newspapers in line. These letters also tell how sugar factory manag- ers are really community managers, ho dominate commercial clubs, unty fairs, school boards and lo- cal politics, designedly in the inter- est of the trust. ' “Every farmer should have copies of these letters. The story they so graphically tell teaches him the ab- Organ. ‘ im- a. men -who were trained by Home:- yer to exploit the farmer still sit in the seats of power in the sugar busv laces of thh country. There is no evidence that they have reformed. Beet growers have as yet only an im- perfect organization, still it has won many millions of dollars for them.‘ as the following records prove. _, It looked like a hopeless task to “tackle mach a. power, but its the story of David over again. Why Bea; Growers Found it Neces- Organize- answer o’ld b y the f lowin 3 letters: (p. re- fers to page of Sugar Tr not Suit Record.) “117 wall St. New York. “Mans. S. 1&3? e nver o y’Dm Sir: It occurs, it to use today t h a t Ken might p r o - ndontisl mum between 'm o my associates in reference 1: o a p o s s i b l e pur- o h a s e o f h o stocks oi." the dif- ferent Beet Sug- a :- Corporations in your :1 t a t e. Your early a. n d favorable consid- appreciated.—-—H. O. Amer. Sugar Re- eration will be HAVEMEYER Pres. fining 00. (p. 332, Vol. 1.) Morey Accepts and Boards Wall Street's EuBoatxs “Denver, Colorado. "Mr.NH.YO, Havemeyer, 117 Wall Street. “Dear 'sir: I stated frankly to Mr. Thatcher and Mrs Gganggr that I 231% mg myself in your 0a an was at? with you in every way—O. 5. MOR- E . ‘ Gets Some “Good Farmer friends" to Help Run the Boa-t. ngrif H. 0. Havemeyer, 117 Wall Street. . “Denver, Colorado. “Dear Sir: We have thought best to let the tumors 0001 03 a little and are n any hand in the matter of their moo aside from having some of our good gamer friends present to keep us and also to counsel the farmers be sensible and moderate in their-demands. lfwcgctlntoct a place We shall consult with you store we make a e whatever in our contracts. S. M REY. (p.142) “Prominent'Men” to Help “Fix Tax As- sessments. _ “Denver Colorado. "MnNnLYo. Havemeyer, 111' Wall Street. skeptical. Does It Pay to organize 7 k ‘ 1 0 ARGUMENT should be needed other than that contained in the accompanying report of Mr? Albert Dakan that farmers must organise for their protection against the selfishness .cf the sugar trust and other trusts. Some farmers are slow to organize. Othersm lousandsospidousoftbcir; Igtbinkbelongisgtosn organics 1': means justpay- Othlmare in in dues and attending meetings. But, my Mandala this day ufimnmmmethingmmthsnthshflyouhsncmfiduco ofthoc cfthc ' iutho askodtc ‘port it the western states Here in tial organization reaching into a! controversy worth minflonwhichyouuc- with your help that org tion can become a tro- mcndouswfilower for good, and thssmall duos on pay to help 33. be returned to you a thoussndf d. Dakan says about the value of organism to the boot farmers of Read what . we have never had a substan- thc boot counties. But even, the THREAT of organization and the holdings of a few meetings have had the effect in the past of inducing the manufacturers to pay a higher price after they had solemnly declared that they could not afford to pay a higher price. Have the manufacturers in the state of Michigan ever raised the price of beets voluntarily? Have not all the increases been as a resent of some suggestion or urging ' or forcing on the part of the growers themselves. If emthesemb- lance of an organization has been able to gain these concessmns 1n the past what cannot a solid and well financed organization do in the future? Every beet grower in Michigan knows what the answer is. The Michigan Bethrcwets? Ass’n is. youngibut ithas My. enrolled over seven thousand members. Join now if you have not already done so,-and puttbis sufochiicn in aposiflcn where it, can negotiate the terms atoll futuresmMaud spare youths m. h , white necessity of cogent-snort on‘ his part for self protection. The same, I i .E cirpect'totmcct' if ‘ five thousand beet ‘ meeting to be held in. suginaw next Monday, March 8th, at the Sagi- mfluenco of the - The influence of a few strong men would save us a mod money in w rights, litigation the asse- can of our more 0. S. MOREY. (Vol. c. p: 18 7.) “Voluntary Bales" Exposed “Mr. C. S. More New York City. “Dear Sir: 9 must take the 1mm live in this matter and before the on make their danands we met p 1y announce that we voluntarily our price. After having seen Mr. Ha _ mayor in New York wire me at on date what course you advise us to sue so that I may take advantage til situation, and disarm our farmers ll! making the first announcement—#0. A. ’ GRANGER. (General Manager.) Cities Instructed to Aid Wall Sized "In December, 191;, the growers sent a' committee of three men from Colorado to Washington before the Hardwick Committee. These men gave the farmers’ side of the business. Immediately after their testimony was in a general let- ter sent to Commercial Clubs to so- leot “good farmers to go to Wash- ington and attempt to discredit what the farmers committee had done quite thoroughly. The Commercial Clubs of Northern Colorado respond- ed with alacrity, carefully hand- picked a strong delegation of “prom- ' inent good farmer friends," as M!!!5 .ey describes them, and sent them to Washington and they did their best for the sugar trust.———(Seuate Lobby Probe Report, Vol. 2, p. 1883.) Business Men and Public Mislead "The oflicisls of the Greeley sugar factory in order to checkmate on farmers' committee, took some prom- inent Greeley business men. among whom was the editor of the local leading opaper, down to the factory, opened the books and ‘showd' them that that factory was only making about 3 per cent on its in- vestment. This was a willful mis- representation, for the farmers’hcom- mittee has possession of document- ary evidence of a very great profit made at that factory over the period disclosed and the methods used by the company in doctoring its books for such deceptive purposes— Then for years the sugar company officials , have systematically conveyed half- truths to business men in confidence and have vaguely threatened to ‘close down or more a factory unless '- im business men joined in helping squelch the tormers’ movement for, a better price.’ Go into almost any sugar factory town and some credo- lous 'business men will be found who turn pole with fear for the loss of a factory, at the mention of the farm- .u's' efforts} The company officiah have always stoutly» afllrmed that they vdluutarilyw raised the price of boots without any reference to» the, farmers’ demands, indeed would have paid more if the farmers had stayed home and kept still." ' (Note: Hr. Duke» has given I. B. F. a very convincing report of 10m organization has Washed for tho tamer: of, the western states. TM: will be published in a later «has, to- asthar with correspondence showing ‘ m the ‘moufacturers not only mos- W sugar but mama cerium - for Mimtmm m ' i no you on; “WW M" rs growers at the big mam] beet - a. - fl_.m3~liimm._l as lflsnflnsusmms ‘ undone-o mm m” - .' S!" I ‘ .mmm- “13$”,th m e third ' ' ‘ent'vissned theFermers'Ne- . resume. four bun torn'etienalUniens end i ism-”eta“ trading ef‘eeéep- cf eo-eperetive methods. The day before the Congress open- ., Mr. C. H. Gustatso'n, president of ' etetement with: had been given wide’pubiicity. that the Congress 9011*- ‘mdfh‘t any such rumor 7:: ‘ Wm: ‘ mm ’°"'“- em Tm?" " Mr. . amp 11. mean director of the Farmers‘ Ne- Ceuncil was chairman never the continuance of the Commis- creeted by the November Cen- ce, with power to add to it her and recommended that the as reported be a proved by the as defining e work of the ion during the eemingozeer. plan and scope included nee» work on ee-eperetien. unify- . strengthen and stendardising oe-epere ve organisations and planning for the extension of mutton on a sound basis. It *0 tncluded e Mat legislative pro- ‘eftermendleberfcrcester. two veer extension of government n of the railroads, for reten- ‘of the government built ehipe .d of nature) resources still in pub- h cwncrshfp. the enactment of the havenqandercon bill to control the and financing of the costs of : wer through thehighest rates of fixation levied during the war. The ‘ every veer on ‘Ldncein's . end that the preparation of a budget resenting. leading No. ' term endiebcr'err Brotherhoeds. spend " ’ the practical ‘ j W Committee. also recemé mendedthate‘ National Farmer Lag her , Cooperative Congress be held Birthday, covering the cost-cf maintaining the work of the Commission end the com- mittees ‘ ed for. be assigned to e Wines appointed by the chairman of the Commission. An amendment from '“ the floor was adopted that the Committee should ' ell report to the Commission. and the cemmittee‘b report was unanimously adopted by the Congress. ‘ Banking and Credits .The Committee on Banking and Oi’edih‘ef the Commission recom- mended s general endorsement of the'credit union movement and that such etc as are possible be taken aid tn further development of credit unions in states where laws make them possible of successful op- eration. end that action be taken to secure the enactment of credit union laws in states of the union where ad- equate laws do not exist and that United States congressmen be peti- tioned to enact at as early a date as ible a general law authorizing e creation of credit unions and of people’s banks. it recommended too, the appointment of a permanent com— mittee of five members to serve with- out pay to carry out the committee’s recommendations, to be composed of the following members: Warren S. 'Gtene. C. E. Gustafsen, Gee. P. Hampton. Sydney Hillman end Frank A. Bust. It was recommended that this com- mittee be empowered to select addi- tional members resident throughout the United States to ce-eperate in its work. to encourage the establishment of National or State banks to meet community needs. and to be affiliated with the Federal Reserve Board whenever possible. This report. too. was unanimously adopted by the congress. - nines Trading The Committee on Direct Trading dorsal! the establishment of direct ng and marketing and that a special committee be appointed to a Apply coepéraaz'efpsnc: draft a plan of organization to safe- guard the interests of all organiza- tions having this purpose. new in ex- istence. It also suggested that the Congress ask that the thbusands of army motor trucks not used, should be turned over to be used to cheapen the cost of distribution of farm pro- ducts. Standardization ed (lo-operative eds The Committee on Standardization of (lo-operative Methods advocated that ce-operative stores be uniform in appearance. and that there be uni- form arrangement of goods and stated that while in the short time the ce-eperative work hes been car- ried out in this country it has not been possible to work cut a system of bookkeeping which would be uni- versally applicable; that a tentative system of uniform accounting has been developed to the point’whidh makes it possible to keep records so that accounts of stocks and sales may be taken weekly. monthly and quarterly and be audited. (Do-operative Legislation The Committee on Co-eperative legislation recommended that a na- tional law for incorporation ed co- operative societies be prepared and presented to congress by e commit- tee of live after investigation and that a uniform model ce-operative law for states he prepared: advocat- ed endorsement ef the principles of the Plum Plan and endorsed the two year extension of government oper- ation of the railroads. The committee on cooperative ed- ucation urged a nation wide cam- paign on the fundamental principles of co-eperation and the essentials of the Rochdale system and the estab- lishment of training schools for co- operation. The Committee on a Cooperative Press advocated the establishment of co-operative newspapers as rapidly as possible. Women and (Ir-operation The Committee on Women end the (Jo-operative Movement of which Miss Jennie Buell, secretary ed the Michigan State Grange was chair- pié to Allnyon'imerCial Activities man, advocated that women-become identified with the ce-eperative move-a . ment to the same extent as the men anden the same basis and with equal ' representation and that existingi community groups in the beginning 5' be made the'nucleus for direct trad- ing between the producers and con- sumers. The reports of all the com- mittees with a few amendments were adopted by the Congress. ' " Resolutions were» adopted endors- ing especially the principles of direct trading provided in the marketing , section of the Kenyon-Andersen bill ~ to control the packers, and the gen- eral principles of that bill reaffirm- ing the delegates belief in the en- forcement of the constitution of the United States as it- is written, and; endorsing the world war veterans‘ organization’s efforts in this direc- tion, and opposing the sale of the German ships and all the ships we have constructed. Results of the Congress The results of the Congress are chiefly four: (1) The fact was put before the American people though the splendid publicity given the Congress that while competition may be the life of trade, co—operatien is the life of the traders—aand we are all of us traders. This general ap- preciation of the importance of co- operation is essential to the exten- sion and success of the ce-eperative movement. (2) Steps were taken to secure the establishment of credit unions on a sound basis and state and national banks to be affiliated with the Federal Reserve Bank whenever possible. (8) Plans were perfected for the standardization and effective operation of co-operative er- ganizatiens to avoid mistakes of in- efficiency. and the too great haste which makes waste. (4) Knowledge of the successful direct trading such as is carried on by the farmers' un- ion of Nebraska was sent throughout the country and the delegates, both labor and farmers determined to or- ganize ce-eperativelf, so that, es ex- pressed by Mr. Gustafsen. consumers co—eperatives could meet at city gate. the co-eperntive organisations of farmers bringing their products to these city gates. Hiram Johnson Leads; Hoover. Wood and Ford Fellow in Order Named Bryan Stands Fifth in List, Followed by Lowden and LaFolIette: the President Makes Poor Showing HEMTUMefiestwoek’e showed up strong since we listed among the candidates. and is neatly indicated as second or choice where the vBet:r but: were other preference. n “populerodellisfiiramJo‘hn- he. who has received nearly twice n’ many votes as the next nearest date. John-on is to visit Mich- this month. and make ateur of state in company with Louis C. , his campaign manager. Thousands have not yet voted and men are probably good men and represent e barrel of money. but ”the love of money is the root of all evil”. This is what our guide book says and don’t we see it do- monstrated. Men trying to carry out their selfish ends regardless of right or wrong. May the Lord help In to get the right man, this is my prayerr—E. 0. Doctor, Benzie County. 9" w 1mm FOR PRESIDENT Afterieekingeveu-thenamesefthe candidateelfeiltofixndmyideai ofa statesmen. ,In this ,crisis of our na- timad Ute m.- vrlncipleg ed personal right and punched liberty have been I n‘ wuumunemh. Ohemptlerk eeee ‘Oen.0.WI. \ ,1 CLIP THIS COUPON My Choice for President midmumdmtheohumormemwho isbebe thencet tuition“: of the United States. and have indicated my dloice be- '3 Herbert F'. Hoover D Wm. Jennings Bryant] Miles Peindexter . . wm. H. Taft ..... " ' licensed Wood WC] Bohemia-hum {1 Wm “- WU Hiram Johnson ...D I g-QQ~O~O~'Q~MO “Gran—need e-e e an acne —:l?—“e—C‘~{O~—w almost taken away from us. If we are to regain and maintain mess rights we must have leadership that is tried. true and honest. A leader that has been hired and has preven his quali- ities, one that has not wavered from his cause, when assailed by the press ofthg country with intense abuse, one who, by the force of his own far- reaching and clean understanding un- impeached integrity and power. has faced alone the stormof falsehood and deceit. Such a man is R. M. LaF‘el- 1ette.-—Wm Sische. Fremont, Mich. FORDNEY am A VOTE We would favor our good Mr. Fordney. who is honest and reliable. Frank Inwdon ...D Wm. G.‘Me£doo ..D A.Mitohel] Peimer D .D’John J. Pershing .D d “I. “r0110”. amendment? {g}.— :e e-eje... e on e new- e—.s‘~—.sje-el- e t It would seem such a healthy chan There are some names in your , that tt seems a pit: to print in same columns with others of real honest Americans. I would take from the list the names of Woodrow Wilson, Wm. G. McAdoe, Herbert 1“. Hoover; and because of Wm. H. Taft's Irish- English explanations he would be sure not to get the nomination. We want no generals for an execuLve. No more war stuff to cripple the masses at the. gain of the classes. There are other names like Senator Lodge and LaF‘ollette that would look like success for party and coun- try.—,-N. D. Crosby. w HOOVER GEN TWO I enclose straw vote slip. Please record two votes in our family hr; Herbert Hoover. We believe that this» nation should have a real bustness ex- ecutive of preven ability at its head during the coming years of recen- structien, and unquestionably Mr. Hoover has demonstrated that ability. I look at this like all farmers must [what the matter of dectien of pub- lic efldals from new on Choose the best man for the place and eliminate about ninety per cent ef this foolish eade‘l‘. ~ —~ HOOVER M WENT. Why not a can les- e terms ers‘ eel-em for 1 Do you knew of any who under- stands better the world‘s feed sugply ’ and it distribution, than Her :5: Hoover? The bet that he is ' _ the m recommends V ” 'm.e'"e Be WQ W 0m 7 .. .' , ” 75' if; 1‘‘lEScpe'rir‘points {( continued from last week) I “ to the. beet Vgnowers from the ‘ range 'in' November, 1918., Mar- keting began on February 10 ahd was concluded about April 1, 1919, The 2,250 steers showed; an average. gain of 170 pounds per head. The average“ spread in the price, of the feeders and the finished cattle was 212 cents pen. )pound. The beet growersin some in-;. stances pastured the cattle'upon their, different fields for a time after receiv: ing'them, but were fed and finished mainly with alfalfa hay, beet-top sil- age. and beet pulp. The most satis- factory practice was .to start with pulp and hay and later add the silage, finishing with about 30 to 35 pounds of silage and 15 to 20 pounds of hay perfday. Not many feeders used grain. Several used a light spread of beet molasses upon the pulp or :hay. "After making deductions for the mar— ket price of hay and all other feeds and also for wages far the time spent in feeding, the 32 beet growers made net profit of more than $40,000 in «feeding this lot of steers. This did not credit the operation with the sev- _eral thousand tons of manure which was later spread upon the best fields. thus greatly aiding to maintain soil fertility. John Stosich was one of the most successful of the 32 feeders. His 26 steers were delivered to him on No- vember 22, 1918, at an average weight of 1,018 pounds. On March 11 they weighed out at 1,265 pounds gross, showing a gain of 247 pounds per steer. During the first three weeks the steers were grazed on the fields, gleaning feed from along the fences, irrigation ditch banks, and the au- t'um-n growth on the grain and other fields that otherwise would have been waste. On December 15 they were started upon a light feed of hay and about 75 pounds of wet beet pulp per head each day. The pulp was gradu- ally increased to 140 pounds. On Feb- . ruary 1 beet-top silage was mixed with the hay and pulp. The pulp was gradually decreased, and finally the beet—top silage was entirely substitut- ed for .it', finishing the steers on 30 pounds of silage and less than 20 pounds of alfalfa hay daily. The steers produced 225 loads of manure, which Mr. Stosich spread upon 15 acres that were seeded to beets in April, 1919. These results are mentioned in de— t‘ail because they illustrate an entire- ly profitable method 0f marketing surplus hay with the beet tops and other farm-grown feeds. At the same time they produce a fertility that ren- ders it possible to increase the beet _ tonnage Siloing and feeding the beet tops mixed with pulp, hay. and molasses were the incentives which started the beet growers in this particular dis- trict to feeding cattle. They would! not have undertaken to do the feed- ing had it not been for the increased supply 0f feed they :had secured as a result of siloing their beet tops. Their winter profits in the feeding opera- tionshandsomely supplemented their earnings from the growing of crops during the summer. They :had no worry about marketing and deliver- HESE CATTLE were delivered " '4- ', , rfi how’fhai to fertilize ' properly an "increased “ acreage and to meet the perplexing?- ...problem_ of maintainingsoil fertfitty.: _ This procedure has stabilized the beet; crop with these growers, and it. has also greatly aided them in establish? ing ia‘crop rotation, which is serious: ' 1y needed in most beet-growing areas. Making better use of. the best. tops . will reduce the hay requirements/and.- ailow part Of the alfalfa landhto .be plowed. . More feeding. means. more: manure available on the farm, whille. better fertilized soil allows other in»? tensive crops to be grown profitably~ inirotation with beets, grain, and a1: falfa. The. procuring of the steers and. the supervision of their feeding were done by an experienced feeder em- ployd by a sugar company. The en- tire enterprise also had the assistance of the farm bureau and the extension “Vision of the University of Idaho.‘ Profitable Gains A sugar company in Celorado owns and operates several thousand. acres of land tributary to its sugar factor- ies, feeding regularly several thou-‘ sand head of cattle. One lot of 135 steers made an average gain of 2.3 pounds per head daily in a period of 115 days, counting the shrinkage in buying on the Denver market and on the outshipment to the Kansas City market. This company found the fol- , lowing ration per steer per day to be This, " yperofs" ins surplus hay. ”They “Were'éaamed' ° .i northern Colorado district after_ an experience of several years says—- 'We believe 1 ton of tops properly sil- oed is worth almost, if not altogether. as much as a ton of alfalfa hay for feed- ing to cattle. Any farmer, regardless of the size of his beet field. can,, cheaply make a. pit, save all of his tops, and feed them at any time, as there is no limit to the time that they will keep. ‘ We have been very successful in getting good gains on our cattle since we started , feeding them in this.way. . Collateral Value V ‘The average beet grower concludes that 2 tons of good beettop silage is worth 1 ton of good alfalfa hay. Very few men'who have fed the silage think that it has a value less than 50 per cent of the value of hay. Those who consider the value as great as the estimate above ‘quoted probably reach conclusions that 'are not entire-, Type of earth sllo used In the west. quire so much care In packing. etc. good: 25 pounds of beet-top silage, 60 pounds of beet pulp, 10 pounds of al- falfa hay, 4 pounds of beet molasses, and 3 pounds of cottonseed cake. Ac-' curate rec rds of the operations show- ed a labor t of 70 cents per ton for hauling the tops and filling the silo. This company calculates that cured silage was~produced at the rate of 35 per cent of the weight of the market- ed beets and that a heavy crop of beets will yield from 5 to 6 tons of silage per acre of beets. A 10-to.n crop o: beets has yielded 3 1-2 tons of cur- ed silage per acre. In estimating si- loing capacity (the earth-silo type) about 38 cubic feet for each ton of beet t0ps is calculated, allowing a set- tling of 12 inches for a well-packed si- lo 5 feet in depth. The following an— alysis of corn silage was made at the company’s laboratory: .. Comparative Analysis of Beet-Top and Corn Ensilage ' Constituents Beet—top Corn silage. 1 silage2 Moisture _____ _ 64.36 68.50 Ash3 ________ 9.25 1.51 Crude protein 2.87 3.12 Crude fat _____ .44 80 Crude fiber 5.46 6.53 Nitrogen-free . extract __ 17.62 20.54 1 It is possible that silage produced from beet tops grown in other ' localities might show a higher or a lower feeding value. . 2 The analysis here given , for corn silage is consider; ably higher than the gener- ally accepted standard anal- .ysisfor the product. 3 2 Dirt gathered with the tops makes a high ash con- tent. ‘ » A” Value" Nearly Equal to. ,. mane; . » ' 1r ? .ot 'ments forsheep more than half. ' Commercial types of silos are best and do‘ not re- ly based upon the intrinsic value of the silage. There are two collateral values in the silage that are not shown in the laboratory analyses, '.name1y, (1) the succulent character of the feed, which stimulates an appe- tite in the animals and causes them to consume greater quantities than where dry, cured feeds only are used; and (2) the beet-top silage when fed with alfalfa hay helps to balance the ration and causes the animl- to utilize better all the feed consumed. Extensive Feeding Tests A firm of extensive beet growers in Idaho feeds several» thousand sheep and grows from 75 to 150 acres of beets each year. For tWo successive seasons they have made and fed about 500 tons of beet-top silage. They re- cently made the follow-ing statement: We did not keep check on all of our feeding all winter, but we weighed the feed to some of the herds of sheep long enough to satisfy ourselves that a ton of beet-top silage is worth as much as aton of hay. We have also proved to our sat- isfaction that beet-top‘silage for fatten- ing sheep and cattle is cheaper and will fatten quicker than grain or corn. think that the tops, if gathered immedi- ately after being cut off, will weigh half as much as the beets. It should be noted that the above statement is based ’ upon observation rather than upon actual test by weight, but it‘ shows what value the growers place upon beet-top silage used as a stock feed. The growers re- ferred to above find that by, feeding 3 pounds of beet-top silage per head “per day they.ca_n reduce the hay. require-i]. After an experience .of' two .Zseasons with beet-top silage" successful _Ida'-, * ho- feeder offers" the following'suggesf4 - tions: ‘ The beets shduld-be topped from pulli— meding,’ {ream 31138 , GB 03". m. . 1.,1’, 1117M!!! . 13% ““- . ‘ ”5“ '_~ drown or piles andthe tops gathered; front air-15...". on ' ‘v “WM. n..— shoo'p grazing on boot. tops left, In the. gold ‘ .. . portant to eliminate the dirty ; Three sounds of beet-top Silage per head per ay were fed for. a period "of,.40,days to .800 headwo sheep, ‘ agd4 oneahal lambs 0 of like quality that were fed-entirely on beet pulp and -hay.,‘ The silage comes out warm, even in midewiimter, and is greatly . relished by the. sheep. , - ' abbut fine-half ewes , 'whioh' “made; a gain This redefined? 125' tons of silage ' from 25, acres of beets. .It cost him about $1 periton to gather and silo the" tops. 2 /» . .. 7. .9 . ~ Unanimous Approval; , As against the very few adverse experiences which has'e been reported. the following statement taken from the. Farm Bureau News,‘ the official organ of‘the Sevier County (Utah) Farm Bureau is offered! Without an exception. every man who ‘ siloed beet tops last year reports excel‘ lent results and savings from the feed that it furnished. Most of- the farmers reporting rate the value of the silage at about 2 tons of silage equal to 1 ton of the best alfalfa hay. One or two men say that it is nearly equal in feeding value to alfalfa hay. . , Feeding Aged Ewes One man had bad results in feeding .beet-top Silage to aged ewes. Sam- ’pleswere taken from the silo. ' The panalyses indicated that the silage was normal. It is likely» that the chief cause, of trouble was the feeding to. ”weak ewes of too much of thesuccu- ' lent silage at the outset. In most in- stances, those w‘ho use aged ewes find that silage will cause them to produce more milk for their lambs than they otherwise would, which allows them better to sustain their usual large per- centage or twin lambs. Two instances were reported where the milk flow was exceSsive when beet-top silage was fed to aged ewes, and theeudders became swollen and feverish and gave trouble in'this respect. Beet-tap silage should always be fed lightly at the start. Feeding Steers In another instanCe an extensive feeder lost several head of steers while feeding beet~topsilaget The tops were gathered carefully from‘a sandy soil. The silo was located on a sandy spot. It is difficult to gather tops from a sandy field and then sil0' in- s-andy earth with sandy side walls in a pit silo without having an excessive proportion of sand in the silage. In some instances as much as 5 per cent of the net weight of the silage was found to be sand and dirt. Compact— ing in the stomach of the animal is almost sure to follow when there is sand or dirt in the silage. " Beware of Moldy Silage Steers have ‘died as a. result of im‘ properly feeding hayand grain. It is important that the moldy silage that is found on and near the surface or ”sides of the silo be carefully removed and destroyed. Moldy silage is even more dangerous than moldy straw or moldy hay. These often cause loss with animals. . In a few instances horses ,were‘alt lowed to get to the beet-top silo and gorge themselves. Even good silage is not recommended for horses, , pigs, or calvesé‘ Mendy silage is almost sure to cause- trbuble 1f fed to ., any kind, of. 7:“9‘33"? The total number of badegrer . ~ Suit; _.reported.,ifrom.;the . feeding-got ., beet~tbpsilage i135 veryrslilalls“ _ (Earths?- details on gathering, sil- ogtng and flooding the bmproducts of, bestow”- .. .4] d i, 31' r " Bis} pounds perhead more, . than sheep ' if 5 Nice». Q if“ ECA USE I use a truck on Goodyear Cord Tires I load potatoes, W yr 1.“: l onio.ns,'etc., in thefields and haul to Louisville, 12 miles, in 50 minutes. Horses take 2 hours. The pneumatic-tired truck saves much labor and expense on_ my two farms totaling 180 HERE are farmers everywhere through— out this country today who have prac- ‘ t1cally. duplicated the'expe‘rience related above by this \Kentu’ckianp ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ThCYhave proved that GoOdyear ~Cord Tires free them; from slow‘hauling,‘ either by: horses or solid-tired trucks, and .thilslfre‘e‘thern frOm one of the Worst handicaps eVerALpla'ced on farming effOrt. ' " The use of the spry iGoodyear Cords has" the effect. of :m‘ovm’g a farm .close‘ri‘to 'town, of speeding up the other poweradriven machinery on it, and so of getting‘each day’s work done mOSt easily and qu ' ' -, ickly: ,' _,acres.”-‘—-Jacob Rupp, Farmer, R. F. D. No. 1, Louisville, Kentucky Thus the perfected pneumatic truck tire is a powerful factor in that progress which not only is increasing decisively the income of the farmer but also is making his activities far more pleasant. Its traction, cushioning and nimbleness have ' been made thoroughly practical for farm truck: ing by Goodyear Cord construction, which adds a tremendous toughness well known to rural users of Goodyear Cord Tires. ~ Accurate information detailing the results at- tained by farmers, ranchers and country motor express lines with pneumatic-tired trucks can be secured by writing to The Goodyear Tire 8: Rubber Company, at Akron, Ohio: " ‘9'» One Man Sow 25-0910! an '1\ work than others. built-beats t There’s a lot of satisfaction and refit in having customers not only eatisEed, but beatings:- you. Tint is your I you a ,_ W River Special The thresher that more work and Mia- It is the greatest grain saver he grain out of the straw—the result of 72 years' building machinery exclusively. You are sure of doing or customers a clean job of threshing. yo That mesmalong.profitableaeasoaforyou. The ideal threshing outfit is the Red River ggedal Thresher and the famous Nichols- epar¢§team Engine. . Write for Circulars ‘ NICHOLS & SliEPARD CO. (in mama-e. 1848) ' Wind ladder-shim of Red River The-Ines. adOH- Tradenfiasines Kresc Dip No.1 (srmsamzso) Parasiticide. Disinfectant USE IT ON ALL LIVESTOCK To Kill Lice, Mites, Fleas, and Sheep Ticks. To Help Heal Cuts, Scratches and Common Skin Troubles. USE IT IN ALL BUILDINGS To Kill Disease Germs and Thus Prevent Contagieus Animal Discuss. EASY TO USE. EFFICIENT. HIOIOMICAL FREE BOOKLETS. We will send you a booklet on the treatment of mange. eczema or pitch mange, arthritis, sore mouth. etc. Wewillsandyouabookletonhow to build ahog wallow,whichwill keep hogselesnandheelflu. We will send you a booklet on how. tokeep ourhogsfreatrmninsectm sitqamldieease. Writeforthemto PARKE, DAVIS a co; DETROIT. MICK. 1'3"" __. .. Dar, ' lug. ‘ very enthusiastic meeting was held. Association liaison , first annual winter , . , _ meeting on Wednesday, February 18 , at Owosso. Owing to impassable roads and an epidemic of “flu" only also” twenty people were out for the met- In spite of. small attendance a A business session was held at H. E. Dennison, at which-time ciao; tion of emcers was held for the en- suing year. The following oihcers were re-eiected, President. F. IL Crows, vice-president, F. A. Thomp- son, Secretary, L. C. Reynolds, and treasurer, for the coming year are F. G. Fred- erick, Geo. ,Winegar, Sr., C. 8. Rich- ardson, H. 0. Home and Chas. Van- dermark. A luncheon was held at Christian's tea room at 12:00 after which the following program was given: “Jersey Cattle in their Native vHomeJ' Professor A. C. Anderson; “The Value of Live Organisations in Promoting Jersey Interests," Mr. AL‘ van Balden. president of the Michi- gan Jersey Cattle Club. At 3:00 the breeders attended, the Lincoln theatre in a body to see the film, “Hearts and the Jerseys," which was loaned by the American Jersey Cattle Club for the occasion. Plans for the ensuing year if car- ried out will put the Jersey Breed- ers of Shiawasseecounty on the map. Action looking toward Register of Merit testing and the standardiza- tion of breeding through the selec- tion of similar blood lines in sires were some import-ant things done at this time. ' Shiawassee county has nearly two hundred head of pure bred Jerseys and with a good live organization working in connection with the stats and national organizations the breeders feel that this county can become a real. Jersey center. Live Stock Shippers Being Penalized According to the new rules adopted by the Chicago Live Stock Exchange 9. cc-operative s‘hipper of live stock is not an absolute criminal at least an offender against the rulers of the stockyands and as such must and will be fined for each and every offense. Where the specially privileged stock buyer may sell a canload of cattle at the yards for a commission ranging from $14 to $18, the co-operative ship- ping association’s farmer must pay from $14 to $25. The same rate ap- plies to calves and in the case of hogs the stock buyer can get away with a Farmer for his crime of butting in is an attempt to out down higexpensa of doing business must; pay from $12 to $16. Great game, isn't it? Yes, for it is estimated that the co-operative shipping association shipping to the Chicago markets will during 1920 pay from one and one-quarter to one and one-half million dollars more into the pockets of the Chicago Live Stock Ex- change than they did in 1919.—Organ~ {zed Farmer. Dep’t of Agriculture Seeks (Jo-Oper- ation of Farm Organizations In seeking solutions for present- day problems in which agricultural interests of this country are so vital- ly interested, it is the desire of the United States Department of Agri- culture to secure oo-operation and frank suggestions from any and all organisations , directly concerned with farm progress, declared Edwin T. Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture today, in welcoming a delegation of 100 farmers representing the Nation- “The industries which this do- partment is designed to serve are of tremendous magnitude and there is no one, I behave, who appreciates this more keenly than the Secretary of Agriculture," said Mr. Meredith. "If we are to serve the ‘farmers of , this country, and through them the Nation as a whole. they must have contact with the department and the department with them. .Therefore,.1 .am speaking no idle phrase when I. 10:30 in the ethos of County Agent" Mark Grout. Directors , charge of from $10 to $12, but Mr. ‘ a1 Board of Farm Organizations in, , session in Washington. ' 5??? 535 is; git 3.5% i: 2% g3 23 E 5 iii meetings scheduled to: the week a communities desirous ed wta'blish- ing branches of the farm bureau. Reduced Flood Production Greatly Is . Serious risk of reduced food pro- duction this year because of high wages demanded by tarm labor“, I high cost of tuna equipment and supplies, and because of pronouns- ed movements of people from the terms to the cities is indicated by, re- ports and letters that are reaching the United States Department of Ag- riculture tron: many sections of the country. , The most definite~ of these reports come from New York state, where records of the population on 8-775 representative farm on February 1 this year and February 1 a year ago were made by Federal and state workers. It was disclosed that dur- ing the past year the number of peo- ple on these farms decreased nearly 8 per cent and the number of hired men decreased more than 17 per cent. It the same ratio holds for all farmslin the state about 85,000 men and boys left farming to go into other industries, while only about 11,000 have changed from other in- dustries to taming. ”This is a more rapid movement from the farms to other industries than took place in the early part of the war. The same condition in varying degrees exist in all sections, accord- ing to the Federal Bureau Of Crop Estimates, although they are not so acute farther from industrial cent- -‘ ers. - Another New York report, applic- able in some degree in every part of the country, b that farm wages this year will average 14 per cent higher than they were in 1919, although in" 1919 they were 80 per cent higher than they were at the beginning of the war. Estimates from 350 form- ers in all parts of New York state in- dicate that experienced term hel , hired by the month, will be paid th year about $52 a month and board, as compared with $45.50 last year. Experienced married. men, not board- ed but provided with a house and farm products, are expected to 1b- ceive on the average about $08.50 a month in' cash ‘as‘compared‘with $00 last year. Numerous letters *to the Depart .‘ment of Agriculture from its hold workers or from farmers indicate a widespread dbl-settle- te cut down plantings so that the work ef‘eul- tivating can be att-ded to hy the .1qu himself or hy member- of- ‘his is‘inily. harm that firm- minded in companies with sam‘ industriesand make a profit on their products is : uently made." _ y minors: also, glare an entail-r to themtobeasierfis “, W 0 Maui-1m. compared with 23,475,- 000 in 1919, 20,787,00011: 1914- and 20,- 825,000 in 1910. Total value '- $3.“ “W000 compared with 01.883.900.- 000 a year ago $1,118.000000 in 1914 and in 1910. " Other cattle decreased been 45,085,.- 000 in 1019 to 44,385,000 is 19m, as against 35,855,000 in 1914 and 41,178,- 000 in 1910. Veins was $1,015,000.00. compared to $1,993,000.13” in -1 $1,111,900,” in 1314 Ind $788.00“ in 1910. Enema 31,109,000 in numbered ' 21,482,000 in 1019, 20,903,000 in 1014 and 19,33,000 in 1910, and were valued at $$1993,000,000 )this year, compared to $2,115,000,000 last year, $2,393, 000 in 1914 and $2,143,000,000 111191 There were 72,909,000 swine in d farm-in the United States is compared to 74,584,000 in 1919, 58 000 in 1914 and 58,186,000 in 1 They wen; valued at $1,888,000.00. this year, compared to $1,048,0Wfl last year, $013,000,000 in 1914 $533,000,000 in 1910. Sheep have declined in number steadily since 1910. On Jun. 1, 1920. there were 48,615,000, compared to 48/- 866,000. a year ago, 49,719,000 in 1914 and 52,448,000 in 1910. Total who I! 1920 wa‘ $512,000,000: in 1919, 8538,- 000,000; in 1914, $200,000,000, and in 1920, $210,000,000. ,, ‘ Fittee‘n Million Immedtom, During January During the month of Janna 1920- an aggregate of $15,055.91?“ was loaned to 4,402 farmers of . United States by the Federal Banks on long-time first mortgage. according to the monthly statements made to the Farm Loan Board. 'llho Federal Land Bank of St. Paul leads in the amount of loans closed,the same being $2,607,300, the Federal Land Bank oi! Houston ”low" with $2,487,985. The other banks closed loans in January as follows: Spokane, $1,909,200: Louhville- $1,- 322,700; Omaha, 31.132300; Colum- bia, $1,041,500; New Orleans $988,- 200; Wichita, $924,000; Baltimore, $780,200; St. Louis, $702,350: Springfield, $578-BOO; Berkeley, , $571,490. / During January 6,877 applications were received by the twelye banks asking for $25,073,158, and during the same month 6,852 loans were a proved by them amounting to $2 552,875 . \ - ’ On January 31, 1920, there w operating in the United States 8,94 Farm Loan, Associations, and the 06- tal mortgage loans made by the M are] Land Banks through these asso- ciations to 118,189 farmer-borrow- ers as of that date. amounted to $818,445,281. Deducting from this amount the loans paid oi! in full by borrowers to-wit: $7,041,805, the grand total of loans now in force is distributed within the Federal Land ‘ Bank Districts as follows: St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . .. 442,378,400 Spokane .,. . . . . . . . . . ., 41.104.170 Omaha eeaOeeeeesoees 88,925,8" H’ouston e o, e e‘sv‘ow's e s e. .39038'7‘1 Wichita . . . . . . . u . . .‘ . 80.10148” St. Louis . . . . . . . .7. . . . 28,874,100 110111871110 ~ 0 e e re s era 0 e e "".u“ N‘w my“ ONO'eses n". alumm 0"- e .,." e“ as o e 16,“?“. km e.enepv.DlOIo 1“” a Baltimore l...‘........ufll_ , mind“ .IQIOOOOCOOV “in“ Up to January”, 10“, W and amortization payments are,» borrowers towitzj 9.41.28 the a -1 .. m“ I r w *5 % .mghway ' Department, , .Hishw hill. one“ the nestlinpcrto m deal 0‘! oomtfuctiye legislation- 1“ 2hr: and mils" cooperative State Aid mowers. li‘higbfll substituteiorthepresent System. A fillly operative National Sfitem by which there would he built and maintained entirfly at National expense a. National comected blah:- way system. It has the support. of firmer interests in a large way; oi dutdmohile armors a. repr in all their large organizations; oi high» way organizations quit. 8611819:qu ‘ and at the automobile building indus! try almost to a- man. Readers of Mromoan Business 'chwillbelntfl‘eoteddnthllbln i principal provisions, and some of timothathanhappened with» lore it reached the present term in which it was written and introduced. just prior totheholldayrecessoithe Senate. The following paragraphs h‘om a re- cently issued ointment by Senator Townsend Elves the WW PW"? . ions or :he bill: , thoeoustmctinnand maintenaneootanatimlmtflm“ high“?! enclaiively at the about amermmU' '2.’ (hostess Federal 11mm: commimoatobommedbythepree- identwiththeadviceendceneentot . eSenstetomkeowrallthehlsh- say mnctions now amused b! “10 t of Agriculture, and to construct and maintain a national hwa em. M‘E'fl.Tl1:n':.ttional highways shall eon-j list of two main highways in every state. comprising one per cent of the total highway mileageoi oieach state as ascertained by the commission, where one per cent is not suificientto cause these highways to connect with (8) adjacent states, (b) bordering countries, (0) waterways, the commie- Iion is authorized to attend the mile- ll'e in that amount. " “4. All highways shall be adequate torpreeentandltumrenseds. with a right or way 66 feet, and a minimum surface at 80 feet. 1 “5. The commiss on consult the state highway depart mate as to locations of these high- "ys and is further urthor’iaed behave all the work undertaken by the State supervisory power remaining with the commis- lien. 10. For the purpose 0! carrying out the Act there is’appropriated $0,000; 000 which shall become immediately available; $75, 000.000 for the fiscal beginning July 1,1920,and $100; W00 000 tor eachof the three succeed- ing years, in all $425, 000, 000. ” An earlier draft of this bill intro? dosed in the 65th Congress and print- ed. was distributed widely by'Benator Townsend. Among others, it was sent to over we Why the National oméo office in the replies received were ~ ntoiiniarorotfie'l‘ownaend Following this referendums. mboroichanuenaussafitfldhy the Wm incorporatedinthebm. Itmsenttohmdredeototheror- Womb limimrmmd fieneultoftho comtructin criti- matron: all these sources how in themesentbm. A; in session in Grand m in November, 19-19 the Nation! Grange m the carom!!! NM "90‘!" flan dealing with the hixhway pmhv Hlemendnierringtothe Townsend oo-operuewithothereinpcfectinga ‘WMhmdeecnrmxitsm amendenactmentifpouihla A“ ottheiundamentaleeom .93 mwpmbleoeexplam ifiorm'o'nrjerthewnbytho s2. .dtot‘theroad redireetedto 7. 000 different subordinate ‘ According to reports made . Automobile de- , tahout h‘ard subarea- «We wan.‘ an new wn and county old has mute m and news: etc. gamete he euthan- pen er-doreiop by accident. Then is o mm economic reason, buts madaeondiflonwhdchhases- ‘capedgeneralattention. When doc this road benefit? At first it me, of course. essential to M Individual. He needed it toget to his dwelling place But as agricul- developed to a productive indus- y. as cities grew and the surplus pro- ducts of the terms became the food at tillage: and cities. then the bone- ititted. That shift to benefit has reached. its height at this -Aaoidresdcheapensthehauling cost $er round or freight that ‘ Haulage cost ll the consumer benefits. The bulk of the freight hauled over American 1:22:15 is term products going to mar- A good road by a firm does not make that term a pound more of grain 'or meat or anything else; nor does it enable a farmer to produce any term.- product at less cost to him. What the good road does to the farmer is to in-! crease the livability or country life, give better access to church, school; some opportunities and recreation, but these are items difficult if not impos- sible to translate into cash value. When propositions to spend millions on hard-surfaced roads are presented to the farmers, these facts are the ones they think about. Every step in the development of highway policy has come because of this situation, wheth- er it was appreciated ognot. Goodroadsareot benefit to the whole public. The Townsend bill is the first appreciatiOn of this in a broad national way. The Townsend bill un-. dertakes to set apart suficient mile- age of highways, estimated at one per cent of the total in each state. to make es: of Naienal nghway Senator 3 Bill Described and Commended by National Grange . HH up a national system. These roads which would be the most expensive to g: build because the most necessary? and hardest used by the great increasink track We, the government m 5 build and maintain at its o'wti ex; pence. This is the broadest recogni- 2 tion yet in evidence of the apprecia; tion 0: all the public. that good money are of benefit to all the public, by re'a- ‘ son of their efficiency in reducing transportation costs on all commodi- ties hauled over these roads. It is hoped and expected that the- enactment of the Townsend bill and- the building or this national system will lead to and be followed by simil- ar activi on thedpart oi the states. A g state relieved by the national - con- struction 02 the part of the national system in that state—the 'roads of ‘ ~ .most importance and greatest 61pm. " in the main—will have its resources 2 ' available to build the next important roads on greater mileage became 19.3- expensive. In like manner, counties and towns can work out thir» prob~ leans, each from resource; untouched 5 (Continued on page 21) ; H 1'!!! H ll ’0st Essex Shares ' Hudson’ 3 Qualities They Show Why Elm Went 30.37 Mles in so Hours .. A critical public has judged tthssex. In the year past it set a worlds sales record. More than $35,000,000 was paid for 22,000 Essex care now in service. That shows how men wanted what Essex offered. Now Essex proves the accuracy of / motordom’s judgment. Let the official tests speak: For instance, the radiator shutters by . which efficient Operating heat 18 main- - H tained 1n coldest weather. They mean everything to satisfactory winter driv- ing. Closed, they keep the heat m. N o unsightly hood covers are needed. They give summer efficiency to gaso- line. They cnd hard starting. And in warm weather, opened, they give the On the Cincinnati Speedway 3 stock chmdsEssex made a new world mark of 3037 miles to 50 hours, under observa- tion of the Amer-Emu Automobile As- m. atotalof5870milesh94houre, 22 mmm avuagingover amileamimrte. Both Have This. llo'torHeat Control ‘wfl’aflh‘ourroadmarkofloolnfiles. ., TthmcxandHudeon are oi'course * MmtheadmtageeEmsharm rammed. maximum cooling. The Performance Leaders in Every Community The Essex, of course, does not cost as much as the Hudson, ”and though it is admittedly the runner-up in perform- ance, it can never be all the Super- 31in. holds the In speed——in acceleration—m hill- climbing—in endurance—no stock car ever matched Hudson’s famous records. In every community you will find the two are most noted for performance are the Hudson Super-Six and Essex. Bernard for bot-his eolargcthat only by placingyour order ahead canyon in. . sure delivery when you want it. Essex Motors-Detroit, Mkhigen . , -ByJACKLoueoN, , Author of the “Valley of the Moon,"‘ andother stoi'ies. _, 3 _ .. . 1 .g . - - ,slliiici‘ _ a ‘, . ,fstari’besd' 3"? . .. , ‘ . ,7 .1 " ._ ,LTorres,’ overwhelmed’for the‘ mo- 'm’ent by his "mistake, took 'the ,ex- tendedjhanded and uttered apologies’ ' his hands.- both to Francis and Leoncia. ' ' aloud: _ ' _. . g . ' “And now.” she beamed through ""130 think r-Qf'it!.,Ohce.1.0n1y~‘the , ' laughter, clapping her hands to call Tether day—aOr was it a million yearsv; . «-., a house~servant, “I must locate Mr. ago?~—I_ though-t auction jgbridge, at»~ \‘i visitor, to lure Francis to the Carribean Islands where a'pirate ancestor of Morgan: and 80, andget some Clout 8 dollar a point was some ex'clte—y . Morgan has buried a great treasure. The lure works and ‘young' _Morgan‘starts seen. And after thateSbnor TOI‘I'QS, mam"; NOW, sirs, you‘on yen! horses :c'i‘ out on the trip alone. Becalmed in a small, vessel at sea, he lands on an'island - ' . v, 4 . ' . - , ' - whither he had been beckoned by a girl on the shore. The girl inistakes Fran— if you Will 1181:11th us, \we ‘-Wl11_liell With your Weapons threatening, the - cislor a lover she has quarreled wlith. He itsh chaisle: dfrorrlnI the island by her you‘aooutHem-y, . 1 , Violent introduction Of foreign Sub- father and brothers. Franc exp ores ano er s n w ere a young man '» — hfl 78h d6 " , ,’ -' threatens his life and then s'aves it from savages who attaokyoung Morgan, 0 8 parted! and .Whilo 3.0.,grodoigown the? ach “ ,, _. sailor. Tprm'eh M _ There's j lug." four were‘ “hand-Edog 'h' vintage: the =twb‘rie'aciera'vn , r - nixed, Torres; :Every' . ' ._ , ‘ restxon: “F sects, ”and" he could" 3 but obey} ,e'erde'r snarled «at ' bygthe’unknewnwader to throw » - " And “Francis-opined , N x 1&- stair s._You'.,, .k , ' ,, ' ' "sweethe'circum- '2 3 . ._ a, ,._.. .4 .. ' .‘ ' :I '. .. ' . . Synopsrs of Preceding Chapters , FRANCIS MORGAN, son of a'New'York millionaire. who has Just .died,‘ has become bored by the city's luxury'and tameness and has decided to go on an extensive fishing trip.' Regan, a former colleague of Francis’. fatherh is plot- ting to get the young man out of the way so that Regan may be freeto man- ipulate the great Tampico .oil stocks in which young Morga‘n is heavily in~ vested and in which he has great faith, Regan gets Torres..a dusky-skinned stances into my'poor‘ body,‘ tell- me ~ what'is' doing now. . Don’t I ever get Francis and the young man discover they are related. name is Henry Morgan is also hunting for the hidden treasure. Francis discovers that Henry is thealover of the girl-on the a partnership. The young man, who's They form island and that her name is Leoncia. Francis returnsto the first island to get Leoncia to forgive Henry. I explained there, Henry and I are some sort of dis- tant relatives—forty-fifth cousins or something like that." ' To his bewilderment, a great doubt suddenly dawned in her eyes, and the old familiar anger flashed. “Henry," she accused him. “This is a ruse, a devil’s trick you're trying to play on me. Of course you are Henry." Francis pointed to his mustache. “You’ve grown that since,” challenged. ‘ He pulled up his sleeve and show- ed her his left arm from wrist to el- bow. But she only looked her in- comprehension of the meaning of the action. “Do you remember the scar?” he asked. She nodded. "Then find it." She bent her head in swift, vain search, then shook it slowly as she “M ORGAN, Francis Morgan, as ’ faltered: ‘ ’rnp‘,to52th'e"whiie hacienda. ' ”I . . I ask your forgiveness. I was terribly mistaken. and when I think of the wdy I . . 2 I’ve treated you. . . . ” “That kiss was delightful,” naughtily disclaimed. She recollected more immediate passages, glanced down at her knee and stifled what he adjudged was a most adorable giggle. "You say you have a. message from Henry." she changed the sub— ject abruptly. “And that he is in— nocent . . . ? This is true? Oh, I do want to believe you i" “I am morally certain that Henry no more killed your uncle that did I___'l "Then say no more, at least not now," she interrupted joyfully. “First of all I must make amends to you, though you must confess that some of the things you have done and said were abominable. You had no right to kiss me." “If you will remember," he con- tended, “I did it at the pistol point. How was I to know but what I would get shot if I didn’t." “Oh, hush, hush," she begged. "You must go with me now to the house. And you can tell me about Henry on the way. Her eyes chanced upon the hand- kerchief she had flung so contempt- uously aside. She ran to it and pick- ed it up. “Poor ill-treated kerchief," she crobned to it. “To you also must I make amends. I shall myself laund- er you, and " Her eyes lifted to Francis as she addressed him. “And return it to you, sir, fresh and sweet and all wrapped around my heart of gratittfde . . . ” he ”And the mark of the beast?” he \ queried. “I am so sorry,” penitently. "‘And may I be permitted to rest myshadow upon you?" “Do! Do!” she cried ”There !' I am in your shadow now. And we must start."~~v~ she confessed » ,‘Francis" tossed a peso to the grin- ' .ning Indian boy, and. in higheelation nturned and followed her into the “tropic growth on the path ~ ‘ ’3 gated.” the, broad piazza of the y. » ' . . ' i «a .Alvarezsrortearw.” she , gaily. ‘ ' v . , way. ‘And he saw what made him grit his teeth and draw very erron- eous conclusions. He muttered impre- cations to himself and forgot his cigarette. ' ‘ What he saw was . Leoncia and Francis in such deep and excited talk as to be oblivious of everything else. He saw Francis grow so urgent ‘of speech and gesture as to cause Le- oncia to stop abruptly and listen further to his pleading. Next—Tor-~ res could scarcely believe the evin- dence of his eyes, he saw Francis pro- duce a. ring, and Leoncia- with avert- ed face, extend her'left hand and re- ceive the ring upon her third finger. Engagement finger it was and Tor- res could have sworn to it. What had really occurred was the placing of Henry’s engagement ring back on Leoncia’s hand. And Leon- cia. she knew not why, had been vaguely averse to receiving it. Torres tossed the dead cigarette away, twisted h'is mustache fiercely, as if to relieve his own excitement, and advanced to meet them across the piazza. He did not return the girl’s greetingat the first. Instead with the wrathful face of the Latin, he burst out at Francis: “One does not expect shame in a murdered, but at least one does ex- pect simple decency.” Francis smiled whimsically. “There is "goes again," he said. ”Another lunatic in this lunatic land. The last time, Leoncia, that I-saw ’ this gentleman was in New York. He db business New I meet him here and was really anxious to with me. the first thing he tells me is that I am an indecent, shameless murder— er." ' .“Senor Torres, you must apdlo— gize-” she declared angrily. “The house of Solano is not accustomed to having its guests insulted.” “The house of Solano, I then un- derstand, is accustomed to having its men murdered by transient adven- turers," he retorted. “No sacrifice is too great when it is in the name of hospitality." < thatwled ; Francis-followed away to Zuniroom on the --heels . o'f - a'..y;oung and: pretty mestiza'woman; ”Torres." his ,,brain resuming its functi’o‘nsffo‘un'd he was more amazed. and angry than“ ever. . This, then, wash; ne‘wcbmer ands. stranger ‘to Leoncia whom he‘ had seen putting a ring on her engage- ment finger. , He thought quickly and passionately for. a moment. Leoncia, whom to himself he always named the queen of his dreams, had, on an instant’s- notice, engaged her-- self ton strange Gringo from New York. It was unbelievable, m'on- 'strous. \ He clapped his hands, summoned his hired carriage from San Antonio and was speeding down the drive when Francis stolled forth to have a‘ talk with him about further de- tails of the hiding place of old Mor- gan's treasure. After lunch- when a land—breeze sprang up, ,which meantiair wind and a~quick runacross Chiriqui La- goon and along the length 'of it to the Bull and the Calf, Francis, eager ’ to bring to Henry the good word that his ring adorned Leoncia’s finger, resolutely declined her proffered hos— pitality to remain for the night and meet Enrico solano and his tail sons. Francis had —a further‘reason for hasty departure. He could not-en- dure “the presence of Leoncia—and this in no sense uncomplimentary to her. She‘charmed him, drew him, to such extent that he dared not on- dure ‘her charm and knew if he were to remain man-faithful to' the man in the canvas pants even then dig- ging holes in the sands of the Bull. So Francis departed, a letter to Henry from Leoncla in his pocket. the last moment ere he departed, was abrupt. - With asigh so quick- ly repressed that Leoncia womdu'ed whether or not she had imagined it, he tore himself away. She gazed after his retreating form down the driveway until it was out of sight, then startedat the ring on her finger with a. va g u e 1 y troubled ex- pression. ' From t h 9 beach Francis 01! this beach without, gunpowder complications?“ It is my ears, or merely my mustache, you want?” “We want you," answered stranger leader, 'whos‘e mustache bristled as magnetically as his crook- ed black eyes. . “He" is the honorable Senor Mari— ano Vercarave Hijos, Jefe Politico of San Antonio,” Torres replied. “Good night," Francis laughed-,1 re- “membering the man's description as given to him by Henry. you think I’ve broken some harbor rule Or sanitary regulatibn by an- , chorlng here. But you must“ settle such things with my captain, Cap- tain Trefethen, a very estimable gen- tleman. I am' only the charterer of the schooner—just a passenger; You will find Captain Trefethen right up in maritime law and custom. “You are wanted for the murder of Alfaro Solano,” was Torres' ans- wer. “Ybu didn't fool me, Henry Morgan, with you talk up at the he- ciends that you were some one else. I know that some one else. His name is Francis Morgan, and I ' do not hesitate’to add that he is not a mur- derer, but a gentleman." - "Ye gods and little fishes !" Fran,- 'cis exclaimed. “And yet you shook hands with ‘me, Senor Torres." "I was fooled," Torres admitted sadly. “But only for a moment. Will you come peaceably?" _ . . “As if ” Francis shrugged his shoulders eloquently at the six rifles. 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Twenty minutes would have covered it had Leoncia not burst in and prolonged it by the ten minutes conrteously accorded her as the great lady of the Selene family. "The Jeie was right," Francis ac- knowledged to himself in a matter of colloquy. “Panama justice does move swiftly." The very possession of the letter given him by Leoncia and addressed to Henry Morgan had damned him. The rest had been easy. Half a doz— en witnesses had testified to the mur— der and identified him as the mur— derer. The Jefe Politico himself had so testified. The one cheerful note had been the eruption on the scene of Lconcia, chaperoned by a palsied old aunt. of the Scheme family.. That had been sweet—-the fight the bean- tiful girl had put up for his life, des- pite the fact that it was foredoomed to futility. When she had made Francis roll up the sleeve and expose his left fore- arm, he had seen the Jefe Politico shrug his shoulders contemptuously. And he had seen Leoncia fling a from ‘ stand. speech, shaken his head But what its bad notsesn was the whispered “colloquy ”between Torres and the Jade, as the tonne:- ‘was in the thicket forcing his Way through the prom to the witness box. Ha I. more saw this particular side-play than did he know “that Torres was in the pay at Regan to ”keep him may from New York as long as pos- sible, and as long as ever it posslb nor than did in; knew that himself was in love with Launch. \ was consumed with a jealously that know no limit to ”its ire. All of which had blinded Francis to the play under the interrogation of Torres by Ire-cinch, which had compelled Torres to acknowledge _ that behind never seen a m a . Francis Morgan‘s left forearm. Wk Leone-is had looked at the little all judge in triumph, the Jet’s Politico had advanced and demanded of Tor.- res in statesman tones: “Can you swear that you ever saw a scar on Henry Morgan’s arm?" Torres had been baffled and em- barrass-ed, had looked bewilderment to the judge and pleadingness to Leoncia, and in the end, without that he could not so swear. The roar of triumph had gone up from the crowd oil? ragam‘uffins. The judge had pronmmoed sentence, the roar had doubled on itself, and ‘Fra'n-‘ cis had been hustled out and to his cell, not entirely unresistingly, by the gendarmes and the Comisario, all apparently solicitous of saving him from the mob that was unwilling to wait till ten next morning for his death. ~ “That poor dub, Torres, who fell down on the scar on Henry I" Fran- cis was meditating sympathetically, when the bolts of his cell door shot back and he arose to greet Leoncia. But she' declined to greet him for the moment, as she flared at the ', m- . they mt be building railroads and Wax their country. first W was straight passionate Mme-up. They fl ‘ just knew .I was guilty and were so eager to punish me that they would not even bother im- mune evidence or establishment or! identity. Why do- lay? They knew Henry Norm had kntled Admire. They knew I was Henry Morgan. When one knows, why bother to and out?" . Deal? to his Words, sobbing and struggling to cling closer while'he spoke, the moment he had finished she was deep again in his arms, against him, to him, her lips raised to his; and, ere he was aware, his own lips to hers. “I love you, I love you," she whis- pered brokenly. “No, no,” he denied what he most desired. “Henry and I are too alike. It is Henry you love and I am not Henry.” ' She tore hersel: away from her own clinging, drew Henry’s ring power. . No matter what L «there's aneof our the Is that good old '-' “ - A battery of yours getting balky? 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The Jets Politics. smiled contemptuously and ordered the execution to proceed. j -On t-op'the scafiol-d, standing on the trap, Francis declined the min- istrations of the priest, telling him in Spanish that no innocent man be- ing hanged needed intercessions with the next world, but that the men who were doing the hanging were in need of just such interceSsions. They .had tied Francis' legs, and were in the act of tying his arms, with the men who held the noose and the black cap hovering near to put them. on, when the voice of a singer wasfheard approaching from without and the song he sang was: “Backto back again the mainmast, Held at bay the entire crew . . ” Leoncia, almost fainting, recov4 ered ‘at the sound of the voice, and cried out with sharp delight as she descried Henry Morgan thrusting saide the guards gate who tried to bar his way. At sight ctihim the only one pres. ent who suffered chagrin was Tor- res, which passed unnoticed in the excitement. The ‘popula-ce was in accord with the Jefe, who shrugged his shoulders and announced that" one man was as good as another so long as the hanging went on. All! here arose hot contention from the, Solano men that Henry was likewm innocent of the murder of Altai-o. But it was Francis, from the scaffold while his arms and legs were being untied, who shouted through the tu— mult: ' “You tried me! You have not You cannot hang a man He must have his trial 1”_ " And when Francis had descended from the .scnflold and was shaking , Henry’s hand in both his own, the ‘ Comisario with the Jets at his back, . duty arrested Henry Morgan for the rounder a: slum .Solano. . CHAPTER IV. “WE MUST work quickly-- that is the one thing sure,” Francis said to the little c'oncla've of Solanos on the piazza a! the Sol/aha hacienda. ” “One thing sure 1" Leoncia cried out scornfully ceasing from her an- guished pacing up and down. “Th one thing sure is that we must saw him.” , As she spoke sheshook a passion- ate finger under Francis’ nose to on- ' phasize‘ her point. Not sum it. , shook . her layer with! equal busiest under. the noses at all and sank! d her father and brothers. , ' “Quick ‘2” she am an. “or. ' or . . .l" Hen-voice trail-d Quinta begin tonal-y otthey were not ~ ‘ alike “the } late.” mael- ., W ' did her , entering, at the ' course we must beam Iththat.” , "‘ thefunvoicublo horror 0! Mm“ ‘ ' 2. 433;: Basses: easasstszaaaz too 1 V I . GD- '1 so 0 I‘ T \ lW—e‘ UI—UHIIB. up" 'v v"— u, “ti ‘aaastfiifliiR8§flilflfi. illili . command. my in) - .. , t‘mthflg‘fi. . 7.,” , '. and»: while @110 discussion went on; '1 mole, for the time being silent, f, " fleddeep’.:in the throes of sad- }: ’Leoncia's fervor was magni- W, but'lt;was for another man - W it ”slow: precisely 'e’uhulram him: Strong upon his was the mem- error the jail" patio after he‘had been released‘and‘ Henry had been arrest- ed: 7" He couldstin- see, with the same stab" at the'heert. Leoncis in Henry'r arms, Henry seeking her hand to as- certain if his ring was on it, and the long kiss “embrace that tollowed. _ _?-Ah, well, he 'sigbed to himself, he had done. his. best. After Henry had been led away, had he not told Deon- cia, "its deliberately and coldly, that enry was her man and lover, and the wisest of choices for the daughter of the Solanos? But the'n'iemory of it did not make him a bit happy. Nondid‘ the right- ness of it. Right it was. , That he never questioned, and it strengthen- ed him into hardening his heart against her. Yet the right, he found in his case, to be the sorriest of con- solation. ‘ And yet what else could he ex- pect? It was misfortune to’ have ar- rived too late in Central America, that was all, and to find thisfiower of woman already annexed by a pre- vious comer—-—a man as good as him- oelf, and, xhis heart of fairness prompted, even better. And his heart of fairness compelled loyalty to Henry from him—to Henry Morgan, of the breed and blood; to Henry Morgan, the wild-fire descendant of s. wild—Ire ancestor, in canvas pants and floppy sombrero, with a‘ pen- chant for the ears of strung young men, living on sea biscuit and turtle eggs and digging up the Bull and the Calf for old Sir Henry's treasure. And while Enrico Solano and his sons talked plans and projects on their broad piazza to which Francis lent on half an ear, a house servant came, whispered in Leoncia's ear, and led her away around the all of the piano, where occurred a scene that would have excited Francis’ ris- ibilitios and wrath. , 'Around the ell, Alvarez Torres, in all the medieval Spanish splendor of dress of a great haciendsdo-ovmer, such as still obtains in Latin Ameri- ca, greeted her, bowed low with doll- ed sombrero in hand, and seated her in a rattan settee. Her own greet- ing was sad, but shot through with curiomess, as if . she hoped he brought some word of hope. "The trial is over, Leoncia," he said softly, tenderly, as one speaksxsioned grasp of Torres, brought her of the dead. “He is sentenced. 'I‘o- morrow at ten o'clock is the time. It is all very sad, most very sad. .But . . _. - " He shrugged his shoulders. "No I shall not speak harshly of him. He was an honorable man. His one fault was his temper. It was too quick, too fiery. It ledlhim into a mischance of honor. Never, in a cool moment of reasonableness would he have stabbed Alfaro—" (“He never killed my uncle l” LO-v onc'ia 'cried, raising her averted face. “And it is regrettable." ’I‘orres pro- ceeded bently and sadly, avoiding any disagreement. "The judge, the people, the Jets Politico. unfortuna- a-tely, are all unitedyin believing that he did. Which is the most regret he did. Which is most‘regrettable. But which is not what I came to see you about. I came to offer my ser vice in any and. all ways you may My life, my honor, are at your disposal. Speak. I am your ' slave.” . Dropping suddenly and gracefully ,on one‘“knee. before her, he caught her hand from her lap, and would have instantly flooded on with his speech, had. not his eyes lighted ori the diamond ring on .her engagement finger. , p therrown' with bent face until he He frowned, but concealed jeo'uld drive it from his features and begin. tospesk. ' . _ (‘I‘knew you when you were small, 'cia,‘ so very, very charmingly " i .1 loved. you always—~No. Ia “ "-“My heart must ,_i j I ,loved you, " i stormed;- ‘ unresponsive. guessed. I have beenon i! ever since.» I have been consumed by the flame of your beauty, by the flame or you that; is deeper than your beauty." ‘ _ He was not to be stopped, as she well knew, and she listened patient- 1y, gazing down on his bent {head and wondering idly why his hair was so unbecomingly cut,. and whether it ,. had‘ been last out in New York or San' Antonio. "Do you» know «what you have. “have been to me’erer since your re- turn?” . ' ~She did not reply, nor did she en- deavor to. withdraw her hand, al- though his was crushing and bruis- ing her flesh against Henry Morgan’s tint. She forgot to listen, led away his chain of thought that linked far. Not in such rhodomontade of speech had Henry Morgan loved and won her, was the beginning of the chain. Why did those of Spanish blood always voice their emotions so exaggeratedly? Henry had been so diiferent. Scarcely had be spoken a word. He had'acted. Under her glamor, himself glamoring her, with- out warning, so certain was he not to surprise and frighten her, he had put his arms around her and pressed his lips to here. And here had been neither too startled nor altogether Not until after that first kiss, arms still around her, bad Henry began to speak at all. And what plan was being broach- ed around the corner of the e11 by her men and Francis Morgan? Her mind strayed on, deaf to the suitor at her feet. Francis! Ah—she al- most sighed, and marveled. what of her self-known love for Henry, why this stranger Gringo so enamored her heart. Or any man? No ! No ! She was not fickle nor unfaithful. And yet? Perhaps it was because Francis and Henry were so much alike, and her poor stupid loving‘ wo- man's heart—while it had seemed she would have followed Henry any— where over the world, in any luck or fortune, it seemed to her now that she would follow Francis even farther er. She did love Henry, her heart solemnly proclaimed. But also did she love Francis, and almost did she divine that Francis loved her—the fervor of his lips on hers in his pris- on cell was inerasable; and there was a difference in her love for the two men that confuted her powers of reason and almost drove her to the shameful conclusion that she, the latest and only woman of the house of Solano, was a wanton. \ A severe pinch of her flesh against Henry’s ring, caused by the impas- baek to him, so that she could hear the spate of his speech pouring on: “You have been the delicious thorn in my side, the spicked rowel of the spur forever prodding the sweetest and moist poignant pangs of love in my breast. I have dreamed of you. and for you. And I have my own name for you. Ever the one name I have had for you: the Queen of my Dreams. And you will marry me, ily Leoncia. We will forget this mad Gringo who is already dead. I shall be gentle, kind. I shall love you always. And never shall any vision ’0! him arise between us. For myself, I shall not permit it. For you .' . . I shall lore you so that it will be impossible for the memory of him to arise between us and give you one moment’s heart-hurt." Leon‘cia debated in a long pause that added fuel to Torres’ hopes. She felt the need to temporise. If Henry were to be saved . .’ and had not Torres offered his services? Not lightly could she turn him away Ivivihen- a man’s life might depend upon m. “Sneak 3—1 am consuming !” Tor- res urged in achoking voice. , “Hush! Hush !” she said softly. ‘l‘How can I listen to love from a live man, when the man' Iloved \is‘yet alive?'.' .- ‘ ' . ’ ' Loved ! The past tense of it start- led her. Likewise it startled Torres, fanning his hopes to fairer; llamas. Almost,was she his.’ She had said loved- She no longer bore love for Henry; .9 She had loved him, it?! no ldzlgarriAhlld she», maiden ~ omen 017‘ REE and postpaid. 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ONE DOLLAR Three years, 156 Issues ............................ $2. 00 Five Years 260 Issues ............................. $3 00 Advertising Rates: i‘-orty five cents per agate line.14 lines to the column inch (64 lines to page. Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising. We offer special low ‘1 "'ilutahle breeders of live stock and poultry: write In OUR GUARANTEED ADVERrISERS~ We respectfully ask our readers to favor our advertisers when possible. Their catalogs and prices are cheerfully sent free, and we guar- nutoe you against loss providing you say when writing or ordering fro them. "I‘ saw your / ad. in my Michigan B es. Farming." Entered as second-class matter, at Mount Clemens, Michigan The MilitaristsxTake a Licking FTER every war there is a certain amount of unscrambling to be done. Use- less fighting equipment is scrapped and the vast army of private soldiers and petty oficers is dcmobolized. But there is always a large number of army officers who do not want to be unscramblcd. They enjoy the easy, respecta- ble job of officering, and they and their friends try to induce Congress to provide them with an army or something to officer. In these efforts they are encouraged and aided by another substantial group of citizens who have money invested in Mexico or other foreign countries, or perhaps- Would invest their mon- ey in other countnics if they could be assured of the protection of the United States govern- ment in case the people of the other countries would not stand for the exploitation of their natural resources. Naturally they want a large standing army and compulsory military train- ing. Between this class of citizens and army officers in the American Legion Congress has been pestercd to death to enact such legisla- tion. But they are not the only ones who have been busy. The men and women of the United States who have something more at stake than army jobs and investments in for- eign countries have been doing a little lobby- ing themselves and because they represent a very considerable part of the population Con- gress has been obliged to listen to them. As a result, the army reorganization bill has been passed by the House minus the clause for com- pulsory military training. Military training is a dead issue in this country now, but there is something that goes with military training which is a very live is- sue, and that is physical training. In every grade in every school in the United States physical training should be taught as a part of the curriculum. In the lower grades this training need not be more than the simplest calislthcnics, deep breathing, chest expansion, body bending, etc., but in the higher grades, the dumb bells, the Indian club, the basket ball, and the more intricate gymnastics should be brought into use. Moreover, the taking of these courses should be as compulsory as the reading or arithmetic lesson. We are not a na- tion =f weaklings as some of the military train- ing exponents claim, but we have not yet de- veloped. as strong a race of men and women as it; is possible to develop. Too many of our ‘ children are sickly and too many of our adults are chronic sufferers. The time to build the body aright and enure it to the hardships and diseases of life is when it is young and yield- ing. We do not want,——,we will not have,— compulsory military training, but we should by all means have compulsory physical train-1 *ing. Effect of Industrial Activity on Agriculture HE MICHIGAN Manufacturer and Fi- nancial Record is greatly perturbed over 5 [the suggestion recently made ' by Orlando * «Barnes, of the State Tax Commissmn.‘ hostile those who. wmild comps the ice to pay thr . golden eggs. Listen to this mess (11 error: “The farmer who has soon Michigan pass from an agricultural state to the filth industrial area of the nation; who has seen great industries grow up until they furnished” employinent to thousands of men; who has experienced the doubling. tre‘bling and quadrupling of his farm values by reason of the great markets that the industrial cities have built up at his very doors; who has been so blind that he could: not see his own opportunity as a producer, and so dense that he could. not present the attractive side of farm life to his sons, letting them grow up to become recruits for the city’s in- dustrial life, has engendered a jealousy in his own mind. " We will not accuse the editor of this organ of the industrial interests of hypocrisy. No doubt he believes all that he has written. But his ignorance of the rural mind and the influ- nce of industri prosperity upon the mar- ets for farm products, the value‘ of farm property, and upon the farm’ labor supply is truly pitiful. Yes, it is altogether true that the farmers have seen the industrial centers of Michigan grow into greatand prosperous cit- ies. And at the same time they have seen their farm help migrate in a steady stream to the factories of these great cities which have bid for their services and secured them because the farmer could not meet the competition. They have seen their farm values and assessment in. crease by leaps and bounds, but it has not oc curred to their critics that this increase has added nothing to the productive capacity of the farms nor to the farmers’ net income. Farm values are high 1n the loWer part of the state, not because the demand exceeds the sup- ply or because the net income from the pro- ducts of these farms is much greater than in former years, but because we are in a period of price inflation and the land speculator has put an artificial value upon the farms which is partly upheld by the speculation in the im- mediate vicinity of the big cities where fancy prices are paid for farm property to subdivide into city lots. It ill becomes those who have taken the farmers’ sons and hired men to crit- icize the farmers for their failure to keep them. A careful investigation Will prove that the proximity of great manufacturing centers to agricultural communities is a curse rather than a blessing to the communities, and that the largest ninnber of abandoned farms are found in the eastern states where industrial activity is the greatest. Lost, Strayed or Stolen INTER is hanging on with a ,powerful grip. Snow-bound fields and roads, and ice-bound lakes and brooks give no sign that spring is anywhere about. Even the old-tim- ers who remember so vividly the fierce winters of the early eighties and ninetes whistle and say, “Gosh all hemlocks!” when they look at the thermometer these late Winter mornings. Where is spring? Is she lost, strayed or stol- eni Paradoxical as it may seem, the shortest month of the year is at the same time the long- est month of the year.’ Or so it seems to those who are anxious for the springtime. Decem- ber, January and February are, according to the almanacs, the months of winter. March is supposed to usher in the. spring. But March fell down on the job this year all rightvas we haven’t seen anything of spring in these parts. How about yourself? Ah, well, all things have an ending. Each day the old earth swings her northern lati- tudes a little nearer the sun. and in the pieces having a southern exposure the snow melts a little nearly every day Very soon now,-—- -—‘-per'- haps tomorrow or perhaps a couple weeks from tomorrow,~—the feathered harbinger: of spring will put in an appearance; the little fringes of ‘_ __, icethat chngto theedgieo1. amenities ’ Willi) MM v . .V th rjust portion of the state taxes. to the man w 0 filled the goose that laid 1:th his wiles for not laying more eggs. An the signs of spring. Let’ em come. ’\ Milo Campbell After Wool Gougers we shall all 5' eel again the great joy of living * throbbing in our veins, and We shall- want to f} be but of doors, and smell the freshness of the ' ~ ozone left by the first .warm rains. These are MILO CAMPBELL, candidate for g0v ern- " or, bearded the lion in 11113 den, so to speak when he appeared before a Boston city Club last Week and attacked the Boston wool dealers as gougers and profiteers some of whom were present at the meeting. For a long time Mr. Carnpbcll has been on the trail of the men who were responsible fer the gigantic wool sWindle during the weir", which took mil- lions of dollars out of. the pockets of farmers and placed them in the pockets of the Boston Wool dealers. Mr. Campbell 5 published charges and his personal appeals to the depart- , ment of justice failed to secure action against the. oifenders, whose guilt was substantiated in the public eye 'when they failed to make an- swer to the charges. As a result of Mr.- Camp- bell’ s investigations and disclosures of the wool trust, there must come all elimination of the excess profit takers resulting in greater 1‘6- turns to the producer and cheaper clothing to the consumer. We‘admire Mr. Campbell for his courageous. exposure of the Boston wool trust, and feel proud that we are to have the opportunity of supporting him for governor of the state of Michigan. .Wheat Guaranty Will Continue HE GUARANTEE on wheat will cen- tinue despite the desperate efiorts of . Sen. Gronna of North Dakota to have it re- moved. The farmers did not feel like chanc- ing their entire wheat holdings upon Mr. Gronna’ s judgment, and so petitioned Con- gress not to consider the Gronna proposal. Some farmers are worrying about the Wheat market. on a higher price. that the government guaranty expires June 1. Between now and then a farmer can secure at least the minimum government price. Af- ter that date he must take his chances. Should the exchange situation clear up, there is great probability that wheat prices would advance, but if there is no improvement in the trade conditions, there. is little prospect of any ma— terial price changes. We caution farmers to study this situation very carefully lest they be caught with their grain on a falling market when the government guaranty is removed. The editor of a newspaper who owns a block of stock in a sugar company suggests that the attofiley general investigate the lessee of the sugar companies and make the farmers help share them. Sure, that will be all right. Share the profits of the beet sugar business the last ten years with the farmers, and the farmers will have plenty of cash to pay their share of the losses. The Michigan Manufacturer 81 Financial Record admits that for eight years the “bal- ance of power _in the state legislature has been held by the industrial counties.” Well, why brag about it! We only have to look at our our tax receipts to know the statement is cor- rect. ~ _ - ~ L—.—-—————-———. Order your lime and fertilizer yearly. With the fertilizer shortage, the car shortage, the farm help shortage and the food shorten. 1.. good many 1mm are going to be short at crops and cash next fall. They are not certain Whether they l ought to sell their crop now or take a chance ; It must be borne in mind '1 I 1 I'D-"C'UCOW "I‘—I 1 Hrs? asaasesarrsaeaei (+0 or ca- 8911'?“ rarer. ' sudh drastic price-fixing 1 ‘fill see how. quickly the sugar 90m~ I ‘ movements; bu; th "proposed diam should get farmers or anyone else. are ways than one. In tact, Ilenine is. much yfairer to his people than a lot of prODDSed legislation is, to the . peeple of this state. How shall we get a fair price? Well, here is one way it could be done: Let the Glean- t3, Grange/‘5, Farmers’ Clubs, etc., each year at their annual round-up elect one 01' their number as a part of a committee to meet at a certain date with the pure food commissioner and determine what the actual cost of pro- ducing milk is for that year as near as may be and then d ten per cent to the actual cost an that shall be the price 0! milk nor that year or it might be for a three months’ period or a six months' period. Then let the municipality where milk is sold or- ganize a milk committee of such nature that it could absolutely con- trol the situation and the city become cospomsible to the State Dairy and FoOd Commissioner who shall see that on complaint the city is‘ treating ev- eryone fairly. Milk prices to be pub- lished in papers of city as often as they are made and the price the milk Dreamers get also to be published And at same time there should be a clause compelling manufacturers and all others handling goods in this state of whatsoever kind to label their gobds'in such a wayras to show prices «they sold ”gods at and the date of such sale and that every jobber or dealer through w‘hose hands the goods shall 0. shall 8.130 brand the price and date 9 sold the goods for, or in ' other words: the cost plus 10 per cent shall be the selling price of the goods. If it shall ‘be determined that a 10 per cent increase! is not a sufficient amount for handling the goods, then a commission of experts from that trade, business r profession shall de- termine what 3 all be a just profit. The findings of the commission shall be subject to appeal and revision by the Supreme Court of the state. There to be no haggling in justice and dr- cult courts.‘ I believe that it the prin- ciples mentioned were carried out we could, :get appropriate justice instead of the wild helter-skeltering night- mare of profiteering we have now.— Wm Kilpatrick, Oheboygan. That's a'rather novel' suggestion, to say the least. But would it work? No two individuals or firms produce goods at exactly the same cost A firm may lose money one year only to make it up the next. Under legalized price-fixing he would have to bear his loxses, but his gains the following year could not exceed ‘ten per cent of his cost for that year. Again, production fluctuates. At one period there is a. great surplus of food and other commodities, and rather than gear a total loss the producers thereof id against each other which lowers the price and has a. natural tendency to in- crease consumption. In order to make legislation et- fective therewould have to be maintain- ed a very elaborate and expensive admin- istration machinery to care for the in- evitable complaints and punish the prof- itcers. What do our other leaders think of Mr_ Kilpatrick's suggestion7—Editor. STANDS WITH BEET GROWERS , I enclose my subscription to- your paper. I am with‘the beet growers first, last and all the time. I did not know there was a move on foot to ' get better prices for our beets until I received yOur circular. I had three and a half acres of beets last year, worked them good and had them nice and clean. and got only $35 from them after all the expense was paid, The sugar company takes ab< solutely no risk. They take a note for the seed with '7 per cent interest. We give them a. note for the work with interest. It We raise any beets, all right. If we don’t we lose our work and pay them for their side 0! it just the same. I am ready to ’ . ', 6131!. a contract. with every beet grow- ”1131 the state not to sow a beat seed see they will sign on the $12 OOH-y . .£ Med 011 9 cent sugar. I: 7 £3 11 beet growers will do that they as wil come across. They are , W tats 3116111111 fix price or . 9% yes unfair to the producer in_ . mseed.—.3-J.’.W.,I-Noble Genesee county. You feel exactly the same as most or the growers do, whether they grow one e. me or flf-t acres of beets. It the farmer is- to ta the major risk he ought to have the major profits out of $9fi “drawn "2 asinm° "m n e e is 11 even 50-50 split. -—Editor. 0 an BOOST BY TELEPHONE While I hve not written to you be- fore complimenting you upon your unswerving stand on all problems pertaining to the farmers’ interest, I wish to thank you nevertheless. I am behind any movement that will have a tendency to improve farming conditions. I believe Mr. Campbell is the right man to make the run for next Governor and I pledge my vote and support in his campaign. As I believe in boosting the good cause I am enclosing $1 bill to renew my subscription for one year. sending two oth- Am also . tirely, and increase the unearned in- crement tax in- order to absorb the unearned increment. “But," someone may say, “what difference does it'make whether we raise taxes from land values or from wealth values?" It makes all the diflerence be-' tween being a prosperous farmer or a tax ridden farmer. Do the farm- ers of Michigan realize that the “un- earned increment” in land value in the city of Detroit alone, thankall the unearned increment at- taching to Michigan farm land? That is to say, on 50,000 Detroit acres there is a billion dollars of un— earned increment. And less than a thousand persons and corporations and estates own over half of the value of the city of Detroit. That is to say, shifting taxation from wealth to unearned increment would relieve the er . subscriptions, farmers and one year each for which they agree to pay lat- ver. The reason I am not sending their money is that I called them on the tele- phone this morn- ing and got their subscription that way. (Tell oth- what is wrong. WILL JOIN THE FARM BUREAU ’6”, AND BUN rr ues Am enclosing amount for years' subscription. fldence in your paper. and know that the farmers of Michigan feel that in your paper and work they have a watchman of their interests always on the Job. we need, and»! lots of it. of farmers depend upon you to know We shall join the Farm Bureau and we shall run it.— C. 0. Bichwood. 10111:]. County. ”make the own- of the val- they have not. earned pay the taxes. Farmers think the single tax law will tax land. Not so. It aims to tax land value —a very differ— ent thing. Land value makes a three Have great con- that is That is just what _ A majority ers to boost over the teleph o n e when time is limited—Reader, 00n- way, M ich. All right, Mr. Booster, we accept your suggestion and thank you for your in- terest and help—«Editor. SITE-VALUE TAXATION “The proof of the pudding is in the eating ". So please allow me _space to answer a question put by Mr. Stanley Warner in your issue of Feb. 21. Mr. Warner says: “I don’t see how Mr. Grenell can be in sympathy with the farmer and at the same time ad- vocate single tax or the ‘untaxing of wealth.' " And another correspond- ent says: “The single tax is a. bean- tiful theory, but it has never worked out successfully." It is because I look upon the farm- er as the most excessively taxed of all wealth producers that I advocate “untaxing wealth.” For nearly all that the farmer possesses i-s wealth. What I mean by “wealth” is those values created by human exertion. Thus to untax wealth is to untax farmers. Two values attach to every farm: one is wealth value, which is usual- ly large; the other is unearned in- crement value, also known as social value, which is invariably small. I would untax the wealth value en- city lot on Wood- ward avenue, in the center of Detroit—a lot 60x100 independent of improvements, worth on the market $300.000. This is a social value. and is produced by the million people living in and around it; by one person, black or white, rich or poor, as much as by any oth- er person. This social value ought to be made to pay the taxes, because it is independent of the individual ex- ertions of the units. The taxation of site values means the untaxing of values created by labor. It will encourage industry and enterprise and discourage land speculation. And in this untaxing the farmer, of all classes, will re- ‘ceive the greatest benefit. Now one word as to the single tax being fine in theory. but which never has, been tried. If a thing is right in theory it will work; when it does not work it proves that that theory somewhere holds a fallacy. The single tax (site-value taxa- tion) is working. It has been work- ing for a number of years. Those who are living under single tax con- ditions are prospering. They have resisted every effort to go back to the “tax everything” blundering and inequitable way of collecting reve- nue. The single tax is working in the Canadian northwest, in Australia, in The Week’s Editorial A WRONG CONCLUSION Some tow-n people (you have heard them, so have we), have in times past apparently forgetful of what their own attitudes have been concerning matters of public welfare, have accus- ed the farmer of being the author, abettor, and instigabor Of all kinds of anti-enterprise propaganda and have therefore deplored his retirement from his agricultural pursuits to take up his abode among the urban dwell- ers, wihere churches, schools, etc., will be more convenient for himself and family. Such accusations may be true of some farmers somewhere, but North Branch’s experiences in this particu- lar have been decidedly negative to the imputation. We, of town, it we will but frankly admit it, must take off our hats tgmth e farm folk-s of this community. ey have us standing still when it comes to public as well as individual improMents. ., What would have become of the good roads program now so gener- ':being carried into effect here. it the farmers had been afraid of taxation, and the “tight wads” some people are pleased to call them? Our farmers have eagerly assumed_ heavy burdens of taxation that their market places might be made more easily and agreeably accessible and the comforts of the pleasure drivers inestimably enhanced. Furthermore, they have and are continually build- ing better, more modern and sanitary equipped homes, as well as otherwise making their premises more sightly and productive. Those who have sold, leased or turned over their farms to the control Of their sons and have come to this village to reside, with very few or captions, if any, can be counted among those who are ready and will- ing to support every reasonable mow ment for municipal improvement, and are the least of the centers against the taxes which such undertakings would involve. . ’ In view of the object lessons so conspicuously in evidence we will be obliged to be up and moving it we keep pace with our terms; i1 iends.~ North Branch Gazette. » \ 1 q. is more . . think the farmers would do Well worked, pays?" taxes than unused land’bein for speculative purposed. : “ value (unearned increment). ant} .termines the tax. Farméin couraged; land speculation - couraged.—Judson Grenell, W aw Gounw.. Well, we're getting down ,to V' I cases now. Give us some more --Editor. POLICY 0R DUTY _~ In sending my vote on profit! I think Johnson is the best an to the Americanism and vital , ciple oi Roosevelt. I believe fit ultimate operation of the to by the government but it this . be best to try to continue under W present circumstances. It nil: f, wise to turn the roads over to veto operators again for trial. choose the M. B. F. as the best .. and representative of their infarct So many farm papers now offer to the agents and advertising media for speculators and manufacturerb and their claim to be a farmers’ pen per is a pretense. . I don’t see why a. farm paper can- not be published for the interests farmers and at the same time b. the best advertising medium. . In regard to the Farm Bureau. I thing the great task of the farmers is to convince the nation that food productions and soil conservation must be made a national issue. That, the financial. manufacturing and bus- iness interests of the country must co-operate with the farmers by equal- izing prices that farmers may be en- abled to keep up the soil, the farm equipmentand labor supply. Farmers cannot keep up the ter- tility of the soil and the food supply while all the organized industries are using the press fixing and price-fin ing power against them. Exploita- tion must be stopped, the soil ital ready on strike, and it will require national co- operation with the farm- ers to recompense her and induce her to call off the strike. We cannot maintain the present; standard of living, increase the pop. ulation and continue to exhaust the soil. We are undermining. the four: ., dations of our structure to build it up and it is pretty top heavy. We are flouting God and nature and defying the law of compensa- tion. What we need is a higher standard of righteousness and comb. mon honesty and a regard for'nae- ture. If we build up our character and our soul we will have nothing to- fear. . A plunge into debauchery of char» acter and natural resources is th' greatest danger that threatens us.-.-- —John E. Belt, Lapeer County. There is no reason why the interests of: farmers and the manufacturers of the commodities which they use should clash. Anything that makes the farmer more contented and more prosperous should be encouraged by those who want to trade with farmers. Most 0t them realize this, and it is only an 00- casional advertiser who withdraws hil- patronage from a farm paper because he is displeased with its policy. A- good many farm papers, however. live" in fear of their advertisers, and 0010 their editorial policies and news stories to make them pleasing to their adver-v tisers. This is a. policy which M. B. H‘s. will never adopt. It will lose its slivers tising, it need be, before it will W rice the interests and respect of readers. But we are convinced ».1 we shall not often be confronted m such an alternative as that, for W lieve that the majority of men ' advertise in these columns like majority of farmers who read these columns are big enough to concede us a right to hold and express our opinionsv and will not seek to lead us from cm" chosen course. —Editor BRITISH PBOPAGAN DA I wish to tell you that you publish the only farm paper in lilichigan; that is worth the price of subs tion. The old style of “puss .7 farm papers make a fellow tire also wish to say that D. E. Ores the nail squarely on the has every sentence he wrote in your Zist issue. 'Thousands, yes, in of people have felt the same ' (1' unlinaed on page 27}. _ Bavmwg. . ’j There istno imprOvement in the ' go orzmoney situation._ EI- ghave tallenvf- to a- negligible . ”in illegeife'ct of Which has al- M been seen upon prices of food ducts. The demand-for- leans all classes of industry was never ”inter, and because of the hugede— a: «use in the nation’s--gold supply the “Federal Reserve banks have been obliged to call in some of their loans becoming more stringent in their loans to patrons. In a measure, this Ila good thing. Millions of dollars a.» changed hands since the war through speculation, encouraged and aided by the ease with which the big speculators have been able to secure .aieney. This class of loans will be the first that the banks will shut ' down on, and with good effect upon the oraly speculative tendencies of :. the time. However, if the gold sup- / ply" continues to decreasegfarmers may experience some difficulty in se- elrlng loans for their farming oper- ations this spring and summer, and in any event will be obliged ”to pay top-notch interest charges. The coun- try realises, however, that the farm- ers credit needs must be supplied, and he will probably be the last to aufler in case of a money stringency. The dtuation is not particularly en- couraging, neither is there cause for alarm. ' The Federal Reserve System was provided to meet just such emer- genoia with which we are confront- ed and confidence is expressed that It will not fail to keep the financial structure intact and the wheels of commerce going. The most serious thing that the firmer faces today is the falling prices on his products. This started several weeks back, but has contin- ued, with intermittent recoveries which have not lasted long. It looks he the first step in the gradual downward revision in the high cast of living, but why the most numer- ” *1 TRADE ‘ 4ND ‘ Manny » fi member banks, which in turn are and hogs firm after weak start. reserve reports. Inuit L DETROIT, March 3rd.———Corn up 20, oats 10-, and-rye 30. Mar- ' ket'strongestrin month. Beans firmer. CHICAGO, Mar. 3rd.+Corn market firm upon receipt of crap 1‘ Oats advance 2 cents. Hegs steady; firm; sheep . and lambs weak. Potatoesastrong and higher. ' None: 1' above summarized wlrea are page is set l’n C2310. They contain last minute information up to withln ops-hair how of 0 Editor. Potatoes higher. Cattle received AFTER the balance eflthe market .90- ous and essential class in the Unit- ed States he the first to feel the brunt. Could the markets of the world be unlocked to American food products . through the stabilizing of the money exchange and larger purchasers‘ of European goods the tenor of the markets would be exactly the oppo- site. WHEAT DEMAND snow WHEAT Pmcss Pen 00.. Islam Grade Detroit ‘chioasof I. Y. No. 2 Red ..... 2.41 2.00 No. 2 hlte 2.45 I2.ss i No. 2 lxed I PRICES on: .1511 see Grade loos-on [Chlgaaol II. v. No. 2 Red 2.80 2.30% 2.30 No. 2 White 2.20 2.20 2.84% No. a Mixed 2.20 2.21 2.33 There is no denying the fact that the upward trend seen in the wheat market several weeks ago has been halted, and many think permanently for the balance of the year. Experts for the week ending Feb. 14th were- 3,708,000 bushels, and for the follow- ing week 3,882,000, as compared with 5,468,000 bushels exported for the week ending Feb. 22nd, 1919. The Price Current Grad” Reporter says in this connection: “Prospects are for a large carryover oz wheat at the'end oi the crop year. as the export move- ment has dropped to almost ‘nothing, I: -; “I’ve Bought APEX Seeds for 35 Years? It is no uncommon thing today to find farm owners in Michigan who have used APEX seeds for 35 years consecutively. Their sincere respect for the APEX brand, after a 35 year period, is well worth remem- bering when you purchase seeds. To carry the brand APEX—weeds must be absolutely high grade, vigorous and pure of quality—they must pass analym' tests for germination and Whigan Seed Law require- ments—theymustbegmwn lathe Northof America to hairethdr wooess inbthc hardy, rugged soils and clknots of Mchignn. For35h§earsprodnoegeedundathenmeoi" Ask your dealer or write us CAUGHEYJOSSMAN COMPANY , mm SEED mums , nmorr MICHIGAN -.. Dept. . EL D. SEEDS .. .,_ . ..«‘.."_‘A; R. Rea-cleaned and Tested / _ loading stations. actual clearances of domestic grain during the first two weeks of Febru- ary. as near, as can be ascertained, having been around 2,000,000, only a remarkably small showing.” We must watch the wheat market very carefully fior the next three months. The government’s guarantee expires the coming June, and no man knows what will happen thereafter. If Europe is not going to be in any, condition to take a large part of our supplies we are going to be obliged to take a loss on our wheat after June lst or hold it over another year. In- dications point to at below normal crop in 1920. “Winter wheat condi- tions are by no means bright," says the above journal, “and there is suf- ficient evidence at hand to indICate that the abandoned acreage this year will be somewhat above normal, and unless weather conditions are ideal a small crop will be secured. Scattered reports from ..the northwest do not in- dicate any increase in the spring wheat acreage, but this will ultimate- ly be offset by the large amount of, grain carried over into the new crop.” We have been asked by a number of readers to advise them personally what to do with the balance of their wheat holdings. If we only knew! Were trade conditions normal wheat would be selling now for 25 per cent more than it is. If trade conditions improve during the next few monthhs which is very doubtful, the foreign business would soon shoot the price upward, but if you want our honest opinion, we will say that the farmer ' who can get $2.20 net for his Wheat will be money ahead in the long run to get it while the getting is good. CORN GETTING KEARISH AGAIN CORN PRICES PER BIL. MIR. 1. 1320 egg. [emu wile-in- n. VT lbs. 2 Vellew .. .I f 1... No. a Yellow ...I1.50 1.50 (1.01 No. 4 1.1qu £171.52 I1.__4§ 1.04 emcee can run and“ Grade- 'Ihemilnniéfi I- I!» No. 2 Yellow ...! i f 1.54 No. 8 "Yellow . . .l 1.88 I 1.98 1.52 his. 4 Yellow .. .l 1.33 l 1.31 l 1.48 After the bulls upset all the dope of the bears at the beginning of last week and actually turned a declining into an advancing market, the bears again got control, and are using the expectations or a freer car movement as an argument that the great bear movement has begun. A3 a matter of fact. the only bulls w‘ho’ve got the courage at their convictions and the power to back them up are the farm- ers who want $1.50 for com. 1’. o. b. If these boys per: sist long enough in their demand for dollar ands half corn, they‘ll get it,- deSpite the roars of‘the bear speculat- ors. The market dopesters figure out that henceforth and' forever, now that; the railroads have gone back to the private owners, all trams will run on the nick of time, empty cars will be available at every siding for load~ ing, and crops will be moved from producer to consumer like clock-work. Of course, they‘re going to be reeled, but they don‘t know it, and their ig- norance is keeping. the grain markets in a wobbly. condition with prices most uncertain. However, we cannot see how a freer movement“ of the crop at thfg time ’when farmers are hang- ing back from selling is ng to re- sult in lower prices. We ould think that it would have «exactly the oppo- site street. Fm cor movsmfimt» on- .r “bill-'8 “me“ M‘s—outlawed or: *1. . r _ good‘ieeling and optimism. \ _ but know it, thesfarmefs hold the slab ' cwt, ~m0re conducive ”to a bull.market’:t«hen' nation in the palm of their hands; and can feed the market at virtually their own price providing'their grain is handledpromptly all down the line: BYE AND BARLEY .. . Eye is little higher, but there is": no particular strength to the market; being influenced by substantially the -'= same conditions that are affecting other markets at this time." Barley prices have not changed ior‘some time, and the market is easy. Bye $1.61 per bushel; Barley 32.90618 per cwt. ' oars nonnmdrnnm oWN . ostr PRlCES PER, 310.. mm. 1, 1920 Grade 1056-311 thMoEN.-Y. No. 2 won. ...r .04 l . [1.00“ No. a was. .se . .00 I No. 4 White ...I .92 I .30 I Palofe‘ouz YEAR aeo .. 01005 "ipng1_ioMom9£f. II. Standard ...... I .61 m .60 I icsv. No. a White ...I .61 I .09 I .01 m. 4 wan. ...I .00 I .58 I .05 Oats are not so strongly afleCted by the conditions that“ are bearing other grain markets. France is tak- ing considerable of the crop under financial arrangements entered into last fall. Some difficulty is being ex- perienced, it is true, in export con- tractors meeting their obligations, but even this has litte effect upon the general situation. There will contin- ue to be occasional fluctuatiOns inthe oat market, but unless trade condi- tions become demoralized, the trend will continue to be upward at least until we know something about what the 1920 acreage lg to be and the growing conditions. »; BEANS AT STAND STILL sun Princesses om. Inn. 1. 1020 Grade iDstrolt lchloami I. Y. c. 11-. P. ...... I 0.15 ‘11” 0.00 Ema Kid-um ...I14.25 4.50 14.155 names on: "aggro . em. ram-on Oblong!!! IT‘T'. . c 11. p. ...... I 1.15 0.15 I 1.00 me ......... 1.00 .00 t 1." Red Kidneys no.2; 11.00 11.50 The bean situation looks bad, but according to those who deal in beans and watch the market closely, the looks “be deceiving.” We want to caution our readers right here that the recent drop in beans means noth— ing at all. In fact, the ob news comes that beans will probabb go a little lower, BUT this will be In preparation for the risevthat is an- pected to come. We are ad that little if any trading is b done at present prices. The w " must have beans and 1900.11 only deter its purchases about so long and than it must gointo the market and M for the supplies. The present dull— ness may continue for another month or perhaps two at the outside, but basing our judgment upon informer tion that we believe” to be absolute- ly reliable, buyers will be activeb in the field by that time, and in view of the short supply prices are bound to seat. The market today is in no condition to warrant a farmer Idli- ing. 4 renames sunny ”use as: «In. jam 1, 1020 l Cloud Bali. Detroit ................ 4.06' 4.00 came ............. 4.00 4.10 Husburg ............... 4.01 4.00 New York .............. 4.30 4.40 smote out use i’o‘o . “De elt .. 1.10 1.00 on go .......... 1.10 1.10 . mus . .. .. 2.00 1.00 New York ............... 2.08 1.80 The unseasonable cold weather his . held the potato market firm and ' price changes or the past week have been upward'on mostmsrkets. TH Chicago. marketpwas easy at the op”- ing of the week. but on‘ Thurs” and Friday last, there were: adv-a0. .. es tangle iron ,10 to. 20 cents, '_ 15:09:! one alum ' ‘ at ' ' ,mewit '4 If. they ‘ eefl n to“ the high level of late rm- Mendwouraonrroadorstoset holdings on the market before Imam weather arrlvee. nearly m and: prove disastrous to the market, but “the condition- point h cool weather well into Aprlluul should attord farmers every oppu'tnn- itytomove meircropetnlr prices. According to authentic reports the ; Nth prices here have attracted for-'- 3 an growers and several thousand bushels of come in through the‘ port of New York the motive weeks. And more 3 are on the way if wean believe the We; from the Chicago Packer; “The information comes tron: Denmark .to the eflect that there would be several heavy consign- ments of potatoes in here within the next few weeks. The New York branch of the Department of Agri- oflture received a cable Tuesday looting that the steamship “Freder— bk the Eighth’ which left Copen- hagen February 19 had 7,433 sacks of potatOee aboard. The sacks weigh 150 pounds each. It requires about 12 days for the trip so the boat lhould dock in New York harbor the lore part of next week. There are also about 200 tons of Danish cah- bote aboard. ~ "Some of the potato men who are Importing Danish potatoes evidently meet to do some business, as up to fie middle \of this week, custom house permits for the admission of‘ ”reign potatoes into this port cov— ered about 365,000 sacks. Potato Ion do not expect anything like this amount here because importers in all Commodities always ask for permits tly in excess of what they expect receive.” RECORD HAY PRICES [No.1 TlmHISten Tlm.I Ne. 211m. boo-on .oIea.5 0@a4I 32.50 @33I31.50@32 OhIoooo .Iee o.o @ 35I33. oo @ 34I31 .50 o 31 new V I4 0@ £31 Plttsburq {37.50 @31I36.5o@ seIsaoo @ 35 No.1 I I um III_I=3- Janine I m:— I§?.50@84|81.50@39I33 ems: .88.I @.3mszoo@33l31.oo@32 anew” York I41.DO@ OI Clover I39. OD@4 .-I38.50@31I3_8 ._SO_@_SSI3_9 .52_@__ 39- MAY "6534115" no - __.Ino1_rIm.Ieem.'nm.Ioo2TIm. DetroIT _ .l26. 50®27IP5. 50028|?l.50@25 chlongo 8.0D@28|25 .00627I24 OOQ25 New Y .00”301"7.M'®29I’B. ”057927 ”More 180.60@30329 003 ”In “@252 No.1I no.1 I no.1 | Ught M111. [Clover MIX. l Clover Detroit .I.25 50 @ 28I24. 50025I2t50 61 25 Mouse . I213!) O ZURIMQ “I so New York. .903 2122. Nfingl. 02 28 teburu .00 a 28123. 50 O 29I28.50 @ 28 Record prices ..were made on hay this week in Eastern markets due to retracted storms and consequent ine conditions. Consumers’ stocks have been working down for several weeks and they have been forced Into the market regardleu of prices. Country roads are almost impassable on account of deep snow and heavy drifts and the amount of hay loaded is very small. Shippers, however, are making every effort to get bay to market and with a break in the weather increased supplies and a re- turn to normal values is' certain. Railroads are furnishing cars more freely but the rail movement is slow because of the storms; Future prices will depend entirely on the movement to market and conserva- tism on the part c! shippers is neces- sary to avoid losses on goods that can not move immediately, for when the movement does incmoe consum- ers will buy in limited Quantities and the decline will probably be even sharper than the advancOr—Hoy Trade Iowmal. ‘OATI‘LE , MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWABD COURSE Detroit—44933311113. 746; were “putters, '75:! lower; butcher cows (do lower; all other grades closing fill and 25c m, sons going over mom; beet heavy steers, 319. 75@ 11.85; best we: weight butcher m 5109. 75; mixed steers and auras 83-7589; may. light butch- 80.8.59: light- butchers. $6.50=@ 'cows. $968. 50; butcher 7 cutters. 9.565. 59 can- " 3 33' Mr lambs. 517-018 .50; light to .' “mes will not 80 Danish potatoes hare. - Sheep: .519 590 common lambs. 912@15. 50; fair to good deep, ‘812@1'3; calls and common, ”as Hogs: Receipts, '2, 863; market fairly active; pigs,_ 3 836813.50; heavy, $14. 50; mix- hogs, 9.14 76@16. East Buffalo—Cattle. Repeipts. ' 1.90 core; prime shipping steers. $14 014. 50; best shipping steers, 911.50 - 020.50; medium shipping steers. 9105001150; Canadian heavy steers. $11®11£0:Canadlan steer; and heif— I 'e'm, $9.5m19.60;best native year- lingo, 950 to 1,090 lbs $12@13; light native yearlings. good quality, $10.11; Just handy steers, $10 .;50@11 mum good kind, slooioso; handy steers and heifers mixed. ”@10; western heifers, $9@10; state heifers, $9@10; best fat cows, $9. 50@10; butchering cows, $7@8; cutters, $6@7; canners, $4.50»@525; fancy bulls, $9.50@10; butchering bulls, $7.50@8.50; common bulls, $7@8; best feeders. 900 to 1.- 000 lbs, 99.50610; medium feeders. $899; stockers, $6.59@7; light com- mon, $6@6.50. Hogs, receipts, 80 cars; steady; medium and heavy, $15.50@15.75;muixed, :16; yorkers and pigs, $16@16.25. Sheep. Re~ eeipts, 40 cars; steady: top lambs, $20.75@29.85; yearlings, $16@ 18.50;.wethers, $15®15; ewes; $14 @1450. Calves, $7@23. Chicago—Hogs: Receipts, 44,;000 estimated tomorrow, 40,000; steady to 15c lower; bulk, $14. 25@15; top, 915. 25; heavy, $14. 40@14. 69; medium, $14.50@15; light, 914 85@15 .;25 light light, 914. 50®15; heavy packing sows smooth, $13@15-50; do rough, $12.25 @1275; pigs, 13.25=@14.50. Cattle: Receipts, 13,000; estimated tomorrow, 13,000; firm; beef steers, medium and heavy weight, choice and prime $14.25 @16; medium and good, $11.50@14.25 common, $9@11.50; light, good and choice, $12@15.25; common and medi— um, $8.50@12; butcher cattle, heifeIS, $6.;50@13 cows, $6.25@11. 75; canners and cutters, $4. 50@6.5;2 veal calves, $15.25@16.50; feeder steers, $7.50@ 11.50; stacker steers, 96375691025. Receipts, 13,000; estimated tomorrow, 10,000; firm; lambs, $17.50 @2030; culls and common $14@17.25 ewes, medium,'gIood- and choice, $11.25 @1450; culls and common $6@$10.75. DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET Eggs in good supply and brisk de mand. Butter steady and quiet and re— ceipts not large. Farmers are not lib- eral sellers of potatoes and there is an increasing demand. An advanCe is quoted and the market is firm in oth- er vegetable lines owing to moderate offerings. All fruits are in moderate demand and quiet. Receipts of poul- try are small and the market holds its firmness owing to active buying by consumers. Apples—Western boxes, $3@4; Spy, 93.25@3.50; Baldwin $3@3.25; Green- ing, $3.50@3.75; Steel’s red, $3.‘7’5@4 per bu. Honey—White comb, 32@35c 3 lb. Cwliflower—92.50@2.75 per case. Potatoes—~97 per 150-119; sack. Guide—Indiana, $5.'75@I6 per 100— 2b. sack. Calves (dressed)—Fancy, 37@28c per lb. Ih'esoed HogsA—Best, 1992M; heavy 17@18c per lb. Live Poultry-—Sprlng chickens, largo, 36®3Ec; Longhorns 35@36c; hens, ”@490; small hens, senate; manta-s, 3392a; gem, mate; ducks, 49am; turkeys, “@453; lb. Dressed moldy—Chickens, 37®380 ducks, mm; geese, 28@30c per lb. SKY IS CLEARING Couldn't do without BUSINESS Fame no-how. Here’s my $1. I am going to write Mr. Fordney today and give him my resikcts. I am farming 180 acres, every foot of it available tiled to perfection and one of the best kept up farms in the Thumb and through such shysters as Mr. Fordney we are kept grub- hing. I am one of the fellows prom- ised by Mr. Wilson a golden harvest through the .war. not reap it it would be our own Inuit. Consequently I started in with 55 acres of beans and kept from to seven men all summer hoe- . of the‘diveree nations of the earth, Americans ap- preciate. now more than ever before, the necessity for na- tional unity; one flag, one purpose, one form of patriotic understanding. A confusion of tongues makes for a confusion of ideas and principles. Every- thing which goes toward the up-building and maintenance of a one language people makes for national strength and national progress. It is in such service that the Bell Telephone has played so vital a part. Its wires reach every corner of the Ono Policy /tial true co-operation on the: " AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMMON AND Assocmrso‘ COMPAmes Ono system country, making intimate, personal Speech between an kinds of people a matter of ‘ constant occurrence. But the telephone is no in- :' tcrpreter. If its far reaching wires are to be cflective, those who use them must speak the earn: languageThe telephone best serves those who have become one with us in speech. Yet uniformity of language is not enough from those who would gain the greatest good from the telephone, neither in financial support enough; for complete service makes essen—,. .. part of every subscriber. Universal Service He said if we’dld‘ .“acnlmung If my memory :i Deal. I have been 41 years farming and have done enough overtime work to have made 5 men rich as farmers would reckon, and thank the Lord I believe the sky is clearing for a fair- er. dawn. Hoping and trusting—4. D. 8., Tusco-ia County. WHAT'S A FARMER? A farmer is:— A capitalist who labors. A patriot who is asked to produce at o loos A man who works eight hours I in! twice a day. A man who has every element of not!!! to combat every day in the A man who is a biologist, and a lot more ists. Who gives more and asks loss than our other human bolus. Who takes unto himself for his own sustenance and that of his fondly, than. of his products that other people will not ntillz 3. Who is caricatured on the otm and h the daily papers, but who can Gone neor- . or taking hold of any business “I nib. in: it go than any other American din '. and in captivity. That’s what a farmer is. -Sharpleou you. . on eeonomiit News. THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK , . A. Emma by W. '1'. Fosta' for MICHIGAN Busmass some --" Manchu-161m WASHINGTON. D. -C., March 6, IMO—Warm waves will reach Van- , oonver about March 8, 13, 18, 24, and t temperatures will rise on all the I‘ Pacific Slope. They will cross crest Rockies by close of March 9, 13, 19, 25: plains sections 10, 14, 20, 26; meridan 90, great lakes, middle Gulf States and Ohio Tennessee valleys 11,15,21,27: eastern sections 12, 7 19, 22, 28, reaching vicinity of New- foundland near March 13, 17, 23, 29. Storm waves will follow shoot one day behind warm waves and. and n waves about one day behind - will control Provinces on: These disturbances the weather of the an» from near 8 to .2 Mod sevens storms and most pre- cipitation are expected durinu week centering on oral £2319!an is «fiat 3 wound and t. haejeeeured' since metro: l T: has occured in the sauna. High temperatures are expected“ cross continent durin «week! mm in; on larch 6 and temperatures an: enema!” the ten days centering on m Fair cropweather is March. east of Rocldea, In river valleys that extol all west with high 1' m " . them. Cropweather HIM h . southern part of the cotton bit on Pacific 31 not id‘ results. There are two m the crops of 1920 must cont. against Too much rain in hm tions and the outwards that 33$ weather favors and a she rain- in other seam together wfi‘ the bugs that dry weather tavern. These extremal 01 wet will not continue thru 3 agitween hawk and bus worse mistake could be made than flee from the evils you know on the farm into the evils you do not under-' meet anyone can makes lstobuyagoodllttletarmlmdt it as a nest egg. N ‘ hill king time that qny one Wants a delicious drink with a real, satisfying, sustaining food value. We amntee its uri and hig quality. EVethave been making chocolate and cocoa for nearly 140 years. *1 WAIIER BAKERIS‘COII‘? 2.5.6,...“ nounrsrrmniss 780. Ba PRUDENT m The economical and effective “ way to sustain strength is to keep your body well nourished. Be prudent. A little of Scott’s Emulsion after each meal has been an insurance policy of robustness to tens of thousands. Be prudent. Let Scott’s ‘ Emulsion help keep you strong right through the winter. Scott 8.: Bowue, Bloomfield, N. J. II 1 .‘ .l '4. v‘épe‘n’n . .‘o' '0 .l ’I O o Q':“:a§‘ a .- ' “.‘ ‘ ‘u . .‘o'dun ‘0 O 4,.) 'C 4 t ‘95:“ “nave-fa" 1 a" r u e ‘.A‘“ o 4 v v... a. u» go 'e‘c-fl‘u-uq'o . 0'. O . ’o .' ‘0 . c a 4,15 0 Ira‘ Try Ki-moids for Indigestion 0 "‘.‘"" ' ’O ' "l’5.’ I ’ ‘ n V :o‘ 'o‘cgn‘aI'o‘sltf:\5:fio’o'~‘e‘~‘n‘n'n‘u «fish-‘3?! 3; Important as umbrellas 212 March Because Piso’s wardsofl ' ill eliccts of cold, rainy weather. For 55 years it has ended distreSSing coughs and cased inflamed, - irritated throats . hoarseness .a n d t h r o a t tickling. Keep it in _the medicine cabinet ready for imme- diate use at the very first symp- toms. 30C of our 'drug- . girl’s. gontams no ; opiate. Good for young and 01d. PI 0,8 for €011§1isX Colds. an SHOULD Know How ~- - 1'0 VOTE mmuctunv ' “rest political issues. Send 259 {or t Michigan Women should Know 'About M." by Judson Gronell. to Waterford Itching Cornpany. 808 Thompson, ea, 7, Arbor. Mich. 0 . ._ {could soon 1m . s to , » GAINthe. Lenten season is with A ns and we hear of the toreg'o-x Every person certainly has a right to his oWn belief in this matter, but I was impressed the other day by a little Sunday School lesson ,I heard ”a progressive woman teaching her class in connection with this subject: “I gained myjnspiration from the resolution adopted by the Boy Scouts during Scout week.” she said—eto‘ “do one kind act each day during that week,” and I just thought that if we tried to do one kind act or say one kind word to some one less fortun- ate than ourselves, we would be fol- lowing very closely in the footsteps of'our Savior, and so I am going to adopt their slo- gan during the ' .; r Lenten seas o n, 1 ' and I hope that when the season is past the habit will be so firmly grounded, that I shall continue it throughout the year. And‘I 'am simply making the suggestion to you . today. I shall not ask for a definite prom- ise, but think it over. girls and see if, in perhaps taking some of your own time in the doing Of a kind act for an- other, you will not find that you are not keeping the true letter of the law.” And When the next day I called on a sick friend, only to find that this same Sunday school teacher. who is a busy woman with a family of five to do for, had been there before me, with a cup of custard for the sick woman, I knew that she was living her religion every day. We haven’t heard from our poet. Mrs. Dillenbeck, for a long time, so I am glad this week to be able to give you a poem particularly adapt- ed to the season, from her ‘pen, on- titled: “A Simple Prayer.” Yale, R 6, picture contest. \VOMEN ENTER THE GAME T WAS just about this time last Iyear that Mrs. Julia Martin sat in her sitting room on the farm whereoshe had come as a bride, and faced the problem of the future for herself and two sturdy, growing boys. The ravages of the flu had claimed her husband, whose early efforts had directed to paying for stocking his farm, and now, just when he was in a position to turn his work into mon- ey which might be laid aside for the future,‘he was taken and as his wid- ow sat in her home. she realized that the task before her was no easy one. Should she sell the farm for what she could get for it and move into the city t‘wenty miles distant and there secure some work for herself and endeavor to make enough to keep her boys in school, or what should she do. To hire help and run from experience was out of the ques— tion,'forlhadn’t Will vainly tried to get a man just during the harvest time. Were she to move to the city, what would she do? She had married young—never had any business training, and, although she was an excellent housekeeper, wife and mother, what could she realize on that now it she were to go to the city. No one would want even a. housekeeper who had two growing = boys; to feed. , _ ‘_ One thing was sure. She had made .up her mind that her boys should receive a good education. They must continue in school.‘ .. -' All her his she had‘lnont on a farm. . . poultry raislngand.knew that“: she know 1“.” m: ., new tug" of pleasures "and“luxuries. - i . end tWenty. the farm of eighty acres she knew ‘ She “ under-toad lardehlng ‘. u what was. necessary ‘- ‘ - 1 "id is Edited by MABEL CLARE—LAD]; . Gradually, the light dawned on her; She would advgertise’sixty-acres for sale, reserving for herself the On this twenty~ ,she’ would build a very modest little cot-1 . tags, where, with .all the rooms '.on one floor, it would take the minimum 'of effort to do the housekeeping. Then she would invest in an incubat- or, a broader, build some, small chicken houses in the most approved style and start in to raise some chick- ens f-or early market. and keep hens for winter eggs. And she would have hér straw- berry bed transpianted before she sold the big house and the sixty shrubs and flowers add to the attractiveness of the home grounds. ls here shown tying ,up her plants. This Is ono_of the pictures a acres. She would invest in some raspberry bushes and currant shrubs. ‘ With the help'of her two boys nights and mornings she figured that she could raise enough on the twenty acres to feed her chickens without buying and also the one cow which she planned to keep. " ‘ Her. plans are now complete—al- ready the first eggs are in the incu- bator and when a friend who knew her offered to take me out I was more than delighted. “Perhaps some of our readers will get an idea," thought I. And so I pass it on to you for what it is worth. But before closing I must tell you of her plans to “sell her goods." “Everyone tells me that people in the cities/are more than anxious to get fresh vegetables, chickens, eggs, etc.. and so I have figured out that I shall not need a machine to" take my products to markets, but instead I am asking each of my friends who knows a family. in the near-by city who own a car, to give me their names and addresses, and I am go- ing to write them a little note, and see if .I can’t market my products without stepping out of my yard. “Just a minute, let me read you a letterel have framed up and see it you think it will work.” Full of ad- miration for this energetic little wo— man, I awaited with curiosity, the reading of the letter which she was to send out. “I am planning to write each one personally, for while it. may take some time at first, I figure that when once I get a customer. I shall never need to write again and that each customer I get will tell their neigh- bors if they are pleased, and after I am once started, my project will ad- vertise itself.” Here is the letter: "Dear Mrs. Brownz. "Our mutual friend, Mrs. Graham, advises me that yen own a machine and—often motor into thecountry on Saturday alterations ' and in, the t‘ evening. I have a small garden truck L farm and also raise poultry. 4; {'4‘ ply or flash eggs.'a chicken or fresh vegetubles'“trom~the Garden. ' a». a. . "you can reach me} by "tolsph‘ene ,3: ' and it you can arrange to can the ‘ evening before, can lire-Bed tor you“? have ”a, chicken ,1 secure an incubator. _ ventilated room where . , . . , for sale . and thought you‘hilght be, lntefested inmotorinu out andsecurlng a cup- 7}... tore it you wishvto‘eecure your siege-e ' ' tablesund eggs” tram me, pimzm- -; ~ ityme asfsoon as convient as I donor ‘Wish to. notify more people than I , can supply." ‘ p, _ , - » “Yours very truly,” ~ (Mm) Julia Martin. This little ‘woman had thought { herself unprepared to face the world alone and yet her reeourcetulnen amazed me and I am sure that she will make a success of her venture. Herboys will be kept in school and away from the city until they have their morals firmly grounded and will live‘ wholesome lives. POULTRY non. Pnom HERE is no I gainsayi as th e t a ct that there is money in raising poultry and in ' the, sale of eggs ———for some peo— ple—an d the people who make the money out of this business are those who give thoughtful con- sideration I. nd study to the sub— ject —~ in other‘ words who make a business prop— s osition of i 1:. Mrs. Wm. Yulll, of MOSt farms have worded a prlzo In our a few chickens—- there are enough ~ scraps from the table to feed a. few; the flock is in- creased and it is necessary to have regular feed fer the chickens. But often no attention is paid to the breed or strain, it’s just. a. hit and miss assortment of chickens, when the truth of the matter is that in enr— der to be a truly paying proposition, as much attention should be given to the breeding e: chickens for laying or forlearly marketing as to the oth- or farm stock. It is generally the women of the farms to whom falls the care and the feeding of the flock, than why should not she make of it a businessb—sac- cure the chickens which are known to be layers it she is going into it to raise hens for the eggs, or select a. strain which will be ready for unr— ket most quickly if she is mining broilers. If one goes into the business for real profit, then of coursre it. pays to In some. agri- cultural schools, the running oil an incubator is taught as part of the regular course in agriculture. Cromwell. in‘ his book “Agricul— ture and Life” states: The larger incubators heated by water, which in turn is heated by coal, give better satisfaction- There are a number of rules for running the incubator which are easily learn— ed. Here are the principal ules: ’ 1.—-—~Select. part. of the hens that show constitution, vigor and vitality. 2.—-'I‘rapnest.these the first, year. Sell the eggs. Do not allow male T bird to mate with these the first year. 3.——-After a roasoxiable rest with . good feeding, mate the ,best layers , trom these with males whose. unease ‘; ors were known to be. egg stratum .. From these matings set eggs for set- ting. (.——Set the incubator in a well. _ 7 the temper» tore doornou‘Xary rapidly or for. , .5.—.-0rerha,ul" cubator careful- ly to see that litmisiin good _ order. and .be‘eure thahgpufunderstund an parts. Wbemr ”mom, . ‘1 4 . , . before rou are to put tnthe m , its... . be anre'tm. Wu. understand hereto , run (it. Be Sure. that the firmware: mtg, , . hat theemlatow .. .u l “Yr—‘39 V I § ‘ ' directions. go 100' high because oi! a * V H3! Wic I: .~ ”Ii—Fill the lamp in noon. This" insures a supply of oil and ta freshly trimmed wick tor ,_ night 14 -'—Do not handle or even touch . the. eggs with oily hands. 15 .-—Test eggs on the sixth or sev- _ . enth day, throwing out infertile eggs. 16. -—Keep the machine dark dur- ing hatching time. Do not open it unless absolutely necessary. 17. —-Follow the manufacturer’s He probably knows best how his machine should be run. , 18.—-Leave the chicks in the“ nu‘r- 'sery for twenty-tour to forty-eight hours after hatching. They do not need feed. ' _. 19. -—-—D'on’t spend your valuable time helpipg weak chicks. If they can’t get outgot their shells, they probably are not worth helping. ‘20.-7-Ha've the brooder ready and transfer the “chicks to it without chilling them. Start with the same temperature for the brooder that you had in the incubator and lower grad- ually, say five degrees per week, be-' ginning after the second Or third day. 2 A SIMPLE PRAYER By C. Shirley Dillenback Help me to earn by honest toil and . not by strife, My daily bread. so fitly called the staff of life; Nor stint the measure of my daily toil— - Though those who merit may not reap the spoil; To help each comrade that I find in dire distress, Although, perehance, there never is redress—— To seek each day such comforts as will give, Contentment with the humble life I live; To see some good in everyone I meet. Though it be a beggar of the village street, 0r fallen maid whom others fain would shun— . Let me remember each as someone’s cherished one; To keep ‘ my faith strive for gold And earn-at last a- fold— Where each receives the merits he h!“ won 80 let me live until the race is’run In harmony with all my friends and "' God As those in ancient times who tilled -- the sod. though! others shelter in the , We are very sure that Our Page will be much more attractive than it has been from the fact that we are receiving so many pictures of homes and farm scenes of our members. All that we can use will be paid for with a special prize, and those that are not available for use will be re- turned. More and more the are coming to learn that our Per- sonal Service Shopping Department is a real benefit Special patterns have been secured for subscribers during the past week, and we bought a. rubberized apron with pockets for one subscriber who was going down south and wanted such an apron to. hold her w'ash cloth, hair pins, and the numerous other articles a wo- nian needs in the dressing room. ~ These aprons are very handy as they can be tied around the waist while you are dressing and all your toilet . items. :Thi ' sand bilk lamp go out or the tem-" the after- I ‘I ‘ the ideal of the To’Wn- This is whatis cempre‘he'nded in the resolution of the National Grange Which raids as ibiliows: “The present and potential develop? ment of high power motor trucks and high speed passenger cars practically revblutianiZed the highway conditions and necessities of this country, and with due regard for the demands 0: the present and the future necessities for permanent, hard surfacd highways we believe that the time has come when all the National Government highway activities should be unified in a single administrative department, under such limitations of powers as will secure the greatest possible de~ , gree of efficiency and economy in the expenditure of national funds. We favor the working out of a national highway law that will best Serve the welfare of the whole country and dis- tribute the expense 01 highway con- struction equitably between the bene- flciaies." ,, There should be no misapprehension about this unduly relieving country, people of highway expenses. After all these 'hard roads are built for the ex- pense of which the farmers will pay their full share of all taxes direct and indirect, there will still remain sever- al million miles of dirt roads which the country people will build and take care of just asthey always have done. State highway departments will have a man-sized job in every state after the meagre one per cent called for in the Townsend bill are built and main- tained by the Federal Government. Senator Townsend has a broad and statesmanlike ngp of this whole .pr’oblem.’ Farmer people everywhere will make no mistake in urging the passage of this bill by the present Con- gross. ‘_WE THANK YOU Can't get along. without M. B. 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O Important as umbrellas m March Because Piso’swardspfi .4 ill effects of cold. rainy weather. For years it has ended distressing conghs and eased inflamed, - irritated throats hoarseness a n d t h r o a t tickling. Keep it 1n _the med1cine cabinet ready for imme- diate use at the very first symp- toms. 30c at our .drug- gisf' : ontams no opiate. Good for young and old. £511 mm 11110111 new .. T0 vars 11111511115111” float political issues. Send 250 for » Ulohlun Women Should Know "About it“s Mg” by Judson Greneil, to Waterford .1qcempany, 808 Thompson, in; We ma . Q 1 ‘0 . boys: to feed. a ‘GAINthe Lenten season is with Every person certainly has ‘11 id t to his ovtn belief in this matter, fit I was impressed the other day by a little Sunday School lesson I_ heard ’a progressive woman teaching her class in connection with this 's‘ubject: “I gained my inspiration from the resolution adopted by the Boy Scouts during Scout week ” she said—to“‘do one kind act each day during that week, ” and I just thought that if we tried to do one kind act or say one kind word to some one less fortun- ate than ourselves, we would be fol- lowing very closely in the footsteps of our Savior, and so I am going to adopt their slo- gan during the - Lenten seas o n, and I hope that " when the season is past the habit will be so firmly grounded, that I shall continue it throughout the year. And‘I 'am simply making the suggestion to you , today. I shall not ask for a definite prom- ise, but think it over, girls and see if, in perhaps taking some of your own time in the doing of a us and we hear of the forage-1 ing of pleasures our mimics ' 5: nailed by Hanan am noon Gradually, the light downed on her. She would surmise sixty acres for sale. meaning for herself the . end twenty.- On this twenty she «would build a very modest little cot- tags, where, with .all the rooms on one floor, it would take the minimum or effort to do the. housekeeping. Then she would invest in an incubat- or, a broader, build some small chicken houses in the meet approved style and start in to raise some chick- ens for early market. and keep hens for winter eggs. And she would have her straw- berry bed' transplanted before she sold the big house and the sixty tables and sets from the. can supply; . a 1 “Yours very truly, ” . ~ . (Mrs. ) Julia Martin. This little woman had thought " herself unprepared to taco the world alone and yet her resourcefulneu amazed me and I am sure that the will make a success, of her venture. Herboys will be kept in school and away from the city until they have their morals firmly grounded and will live‘ wholesome lives. POULTRY , FOR. PROM HERE is no I ' gainsayi 1&3 th e f a at that there is money in raming’, poultry and in ——for some peo- ple—an d the people who make the money out of this businem are those who give thoughtful con— sideration a. nd , study to the sub— ject —— in other words who make a business prop- el ositio-n of it. kind act for an- other, you will n-ot find that you are not keeping the true letter of the law.” And when the next day I called on a sick friend, only to find that this same Sunday school teacher. who is a busy woman with a family of five to do for, had been there before me, with a cup of custard for the sick woman, I knew that she was living her religion every day. We haven’ t heard from our post Mrs. Dillenbeck, for a long time, so I am glad this week to be able to give you a poem particularly adapt— ed to the season, from her pen, en- plcture contest. titled: “A Simple Prayer.” YVOMEN ENTER THE GAME year that Mrs. Julia Martin sat in her sitting room on the farm where-she had come as a bride, and faced the problem of the future for herself and two sturdy, growing boys. The ravages of the flu had claimed her husband, Whose early efforts had directed to paying for stocking his farm, and now, just when he was in a position to turn his work into mon- ey which might be laid aside for the future, he was taken and as his Wid- ow sat in her home she realized that the task before her was no easy one. Should she sell the farm for what she could get for it and move into the city twenty miles distant and there secure some work for herself and endeavor to make enough to keep her boys in school, or.what should she do. the farm of eighty acres she knew from experience was out of the ques- tion, 'for hadn’t Will vainly tried to get a man just during the harvest time. Were she to move to the city, what would she do? She had married young—never had any business training, and, although she Was an excellent housekeeper, wife and mother, what could she realize on that now if she were to go to the city. No one would want even a housekeeper who had two growing IT WAS just about this time last One thing was sure. She had, made up her mind "that her 110?: should receive a good education. They must continue in school. ~ r All her life she had spent on a form. 8110 understood gardening poultry raising and knew that she. To hire help and run ‘ . could soon learn what was m1: ' 1 to know also? moi j' o. m. Shrubs and flowers add to the attractiveness of the home grounds. Vale, R 8, la here shown tylng up her plants. Thls Is one of the plcturoe awarded a prlzo in our acres. She would invest in "some raspberry bushes and currant shrubs. With the help of her two boys nights and mornings she figured that she could raise enough on the twenty acres to feed her chickens without buying and also the one cow which she planned to keep. Her plans are now complete—al— ready the first eggs are in the incu- bator and when a friend who knew ' her offered to take me out I was more than delighted. "Perhaps some of our readers will get an idea," thought I. And so I pass it on to you for what it is worth. But before closing I must tell you of her plans to “sell her goods." \“Everyone tells me that people in the cities/are more than anxious to get fresh vegetables, chickens, eggs, etc.. and so I have figured out that I shall not need a machine my products to markets, but instead I am asking each of my friends who knows a family. in the near—by city who own a car, to give me their names and addresses, and I am go- ing to write them a little note, and see if .I can't market my products without stepping out of my yard. “Just a minute, let me read you a letter I have framed up and see if you think it will work.” Full of ad- miration for this energetic little wo- man, I awaited with curiosity, the reading of the letter which she was to send out. “I am planning to write each one personally, for while it. may take some time at first, I figure that when - once I get a customer. I shall never need to write again and that each customer I get will tell their neigh- bors if they are pleased, and after I am once started, my project will ad- vertise itself. ” Here is the letter: “Dear Mrs. Brown:. ”Our mutual friend, Mrs. Graham, advises me that you own a machine and" often motor into the country on Saturday afternoons and in the evening. I have a small garden truck farm, and also raise poultry. for sale . and thought yen blight be intereuedfi. Tin motoring out and securing a sup- ply of fresh sees. :1 Chicken or trash- insomniac from the screen. "Ion can reach me by telephone .. ’ and it you can arrange to can the in ,evening‘ before, can have” a ”chicken dressed for you.“ . :' 0 take - 111m. Wm Yulll ,, Most farms have there are enough scraps from the table to feed a. few; the flock is in— creased and it is necessary to have regular feed fer the chickens. But often no attention is paid to the breed or strain, it's just a hit and miss assortment of chickens, when the truth of the matter is that in or- der to be a truly paying proposition, as much attention should be given to the breeding of chickens for laying or for early marketing as to the oth- er farm stock. , It is generalli the women of the farms to whom falls the care and the feeding of the flock, then why should not she make of it a business—net— cure the chickens which are rum to be layers if she is going into it to raise hens for the eggs, or select a strain which will be ready for nor- ket most quickly if she is main; broilers. If one goes into the business for real profit, then of scores it pays to secure an incubator. In some agri— cultural schools, the running of an incubator is taught as part of the regular course in agriculture. Cromwell in his book “Agricul- ture and Life" states: The larger incubators heated by water, which 1n turn is heated by coal, give better satisfaction Then are a number of rules for running the incubator which are easily learn— ed. Here are the principal uIes: ' 1.—-Select part of the items that show constitution, vigor and vitality. 2 ——'I‘rapnest these the first year. Sell the eggs. Do not allow male bird to mate with these the first year. 3.-—-After a reasonable mil with .5 good feeding, mate the best layers . from these with males those ancest‘ , on; were known to be. egg strains.‘ From these matings get eggs for est- ' T” ting i.———Set the incubator in a ventilated room Where the tempera-s ture does not very rapidly or for. , 5 .-—Overhanl cubator mm 1y to see that it. is in coed order and be sure that you understand all ports. 6' 5—8tart the tacuhater some days bolero yen are a put in the out to bc sure that you understand how to .,,,,ruu1t. Beaurethettho 1mm , and that them a cam“. fore it you wish to secure yonr vege- please not? , , “fly the as soon as dentist“. as I do not; . wishtonotifymorepeoplethanli ' the. sale of eggs. a few chickens—s , ck.:‘: ill the lamp in 1. l ' directions. ’ They wou’lT be , n . p‘This insures a supply of all end a freshly trimmed wick for night. ' , 14 .-'-—-Do not handle or even touch the eggs with oily hands. 15 .-—Test eggs on the sixth or sev- , enth day, throwing out infertile eggs. Iii—Keep the machine dark dur- ing hatching time. Do not opbn it ' unless absolutely necessary. 17 .-—Foliow the manufacturer’s He probably knows best how his machine should be run. 18.——Leave the chicks in the nu'r-l ‘sery for twenty—four to fortyéeight hours after hatching. They do not need feed. ' 19. —-—Dbn’ t spend your time helping weak chicks. can’t get outLof their shells, they probably are not worth helping. ’ * 20.1—Ha've the brooder ready and transfer the chicks to it without chilling them. Start with the same temperature for the brooder that you ‘ had in the incubator and lower grad- ually, say five degrees per week, be- ginning after the second 0r third day. / A SIMPLE PRAYER By C. Shirley Dillenback Help me to earn by honest toil. and not by strife, . My daily bread, so fitly called the staff of life; _Nor stint the measure of my daily toil-— 'Though those who merit may not ' reap the spoil; To help each comrade that I find in dire distress, Although, perohance. there never is redress—— 'l‘o se'ek each day such comforts as will glve, Contentment with the humble life I live; To see some good in everyone I meet, Though it be a beggar of the village Street, 0r“ fallen maid whom others Iain would shun— Let me remember each as someone’s cherished one; To keep my faith strive for gold And earn at last a fold-— Where each receives the merits he has won 80 let me live until the race is run In harmony with all my friends and though others shelter in the ’ God . As those in ancient times who tilled -' the sod. _ We are very sure that Our Page will be much more attractive than it has been from the fact that we are receiving so many pictures of homes and farm scenes of 'our members. All that we can use will be paid for with a special prize, and those that are not available for use will be re- turned. ,More’and more. the subscribers are coming to learn that our Per- sonal Service Shopping Department is a. real benefit Special patterns have been secured for subscribers during the past Week, .and we bought a. rubberized apron with pockets for . one subscriber who was going down south and Wante'd such an apron to hold her w'ashfcloth, hair pins, and the numerous other articles a wo- man needs in the dressing room. ‘ These aprons are very handy as they - can be tied around the waist while you are dressing- and all your toilet aorticles are close at ha (1, and at night they roll up and e different" «uses are kept in their separate. ‘ ' cempartMents. gnu-ch like the com-'_ , tort hits the Soldier boys used to use. ‘ snafu; take oh a lohgl' motor trip ‘ _ resolution of the National the after- i .. revolutionized the highway conditions . gree of efficiency and economy in the valuable"- If they . pr’oblem. in . ideal or the Torm- and bi ' This is what is comprehended in the Grange which reads as. folliows: - . “The present and potential develo ment of high power meter trucks and high speed passenger cars practically and necessities of this country, and with due regard for the demands of the prosent and the future necessities for permanent, Ihard surfacd highways we believe that the time has- come when all the National Government highway activities should be unified in asingle "administrative department, under such limitations of powers as will secure the greatest possible de- expenditure of national funds. We favor the working out of a national highway law that will best serve the welfare of the whole country and dis- tribute the expense 01: highway con- struction equitably between the bene- ficiaies. " ' There should be no misapprehension about this unduly relieving country people of highway expenses. After all theSe 'hard roads are built for the ex- pense of which the farmers will pay their full share of all taxes direct and indirect, there will still remain sever- al million miles of dirt roads which the country people will build and take care of just as they always have done. State highWay departments will have a man-sized job in every state after the meagre one per cent called for in the Townsend bill are built and main- tained by the Federal Government, Senator Townsend has a. broad and statesmanlike graSp or this whole Farmer people everywhere will make no mistake in urging the passage of this bill by the present Con- gress. ‘_WE THANK YOU Can’t get along without M. B. F. Best paper in the state for the farm- ers. Hope we land our governor.- a .,-. .’> Reader. I Calumet Baking Powder forms the very foundation of kitchen economy. It 15 the best way to reduce the high cost of living. There's nothing you cah do,nothingyoucanusethat will helpso much’ 1n keep- ing down food expense. CALUMET is so per in keeping quality— --,that bake- dayfailure1s impossible. Noth- ingis wasted or thrown away. Every- thing used with it—flour, sugar, eggs, flavoring—is converted into whole- some bakings. Makes Most Palatable and Sweetest of Foods You save when you buy it—mod- crate in cost. You save when you use it—has more than the ordinary leavening strength -—- therefore you use less. You save material it's used with. Made in the world’s largest, most modern baking powder factory. Contains only such ingredients as have been officially ap- \ proved by U.S. Food \ « Authorities. Order today I ‘ 41' Economize. ' Conserve! .13: 1: B)? WE makes the kind of bread you can serve three times a day and always have it eaten. _ And good? bread is an excellent body-builder. 1 food for children. In fact, there’ 5 nothing better ‘for the kiddies than good bread and butter or bread and milk. It makes them grow Sturdy and healthy. 1 Better baking satisfaCtion or yourvmoney back is guaranteed. , 1' I o 7 4 Lily White , ‘ “The Flour the Best Cooks Use” But you MUST have GOOD bread for old or young. It should ‘ be light, tender, flavory and wholesome—just the kind LILY WHITE, “The flaur the best cooks use,” bakes.- Valley City Milling Company It is a splendid Grand Rapids, Michigan. ‘ EAR CHILDREN: One of our little friends asked me , week how many subscribers it , Iild take to earn a pencil box, and .01} know that some of you are still rout favorite paper and earning priz- The pencil boxes are awarded , tor :only one new subscriber. If you arejworking for a prize ,be sure and send the names of your subscribers. ~wlth the $1.00 for each subScriber. 'flrect to me and tell me what prize .[ you wish. - I 'etill have a couple of flash lights which I ordered at Christmas time so hit I would have them on hand as ,mg as they were won, and I know ‘flere are just lots of boys who could 01 these lovely flash lights. There 3 aleo left from the Christmas priz- - a, Boy Scout jack knife on a chain, we): is just lying here waiting to won. and it only takes one sub- ' eeriber. to get that also. . one little girl inquires this week i! I on Scotch. I know that my name ends Scotch; and it may be possi- _ that way back in my history some my ancestors came from Scot- d, but it is so far back that I am Inable to trace it, so I guess I am neatly just "Yankee. " Ailectionate- . 4y yours—LADDIE. THE JUNIOR COOK Rudabago Many times tasty and inexpensive vegetables are not used as much as they should be because the cook doesn’t know the best way of pre- paring them. Rudabago is the very cheapest of all winter vegetables and when cooked this way is one of the most delicious. Peel and cut into inch size pieces shoot 2 pounds of rudabago. Wash, cover with water and put on to cook, in a tightly covered ves- After it has boiled hard for ten 'flnutes, put over a low fire and cook for 1 and one- -half hours. Take off cover, mash the vegetable witha wire masher and add 1 tea.- eponfull of salt—more if desired. Stir well. Increase heat slightly and cook for one- -half hour more. By this time the vegetable should be thick and a rich yellow and should be cooked dry enough to serve on a te with meat without seeming tery.” At the end of the half hour add 1 hblespoonful meat drippings (bacon h best) and cook five minutes more. Va Serve hot. If any is left over, pour in a bak- ing dish, cover the top with cracker crumbs, dot with meat fat and bake I0 minutes 0 until browned and hot. Answer to Last Week's Puzzle Girls Names—1. Harriet. ‘ 2. Ber- line. 3. Druisilla. 4. Katie. lN-AR-CO AUTO GAME FREE! ' On page 13 of this issue at the bot- ten of the National Refining Com- puny advertisement is a coupon, which if mailed with two 2-cent damps to this address. 202,0 . Rose Building, Cleveland, Ohio. will bring any reader of M. B. F., an exciting we called the “Auto Tour. ” If your father, brother or uncle me a tractor or an automobile, lllt ask him how much oil or gas- "he he buys per year, and write in '&e name of his machine on the lumen. The company want to send drenlars and quote prices, but there 'khsolutely no obligation to buy. = game comes free for the inform- :flhn and the' two 2- cent stamps. ween Boys AND ems ”emote—This is the first time1 ten to you. I am a girl,1 I am in the 5th ade I have three-quarters c a to school. Mly teacher's name . Stevens. I ik five on a 40 t Interested in getting subscriptiOns for: , get Just one subscriber and earn one. Oranges . onthegronndamlthe wind.“ whistler! round the eaves, but Oursinn the snow lay me: up- inside the tire crackled merrily and under the reading lamps mm of oranges, mind and yellow, smiled like so many little shining suns and invited Jamie; to partake of their sweetness . “My, these oranges are good. grand- ma)’ said the little boy, pulling oi! the fragrant peeling. Where did they come from?" “Probably from Florida or. Califor- nia where it'e- nice and warm meat of the time," said his grandma, looking up from her knitting. “Lettuce—ere they navel oranges?" Jamies held one up for her to see. “Yes, they are carols. Then the! cane from California, most likely tor most at the Florida oranges have seeds in them." "What is a navel orange, grand- ma?" Jamie asked. His grandma picked up an orange. -"Do you see that little cluster of skin at the end? Sometimes inside oi that is another tiny little orange. And .then navel oranges never have any seeds." "How’d that happen? Did some smart man make them grow that way?" “No, they grow that way naturally." “How do new orange trees grow if there's: any seeds to plant?" the lit- tle bOy wanted to know. “They are budded or grafted, " add his grandm "What does that mean?” Jamie asked. “A small piece with buds on it is outfromatreethstisbearingor- anges, andsetinthewoodeiatree whichhasbecometooold'tobearany more fruit. It is tied~securely into the slit barker the old tree, and after a while itbegins ot grow and makes a fine young tree". T‘Don’t any oranges. grow irom seeds?" asked Jamie. “Oh, yes, but the best trees are made by budding. If you plant sev- eral orange seeds in aflower pot and keep'them (mice and warm and give them plenty-of water, you can raisea little orange tree yourself—a seedling, but it won't grow v large.” “How big are regular orange trees?" “About as high as this ceiling. The leaves are always green, and there are blossoms, green fruit and ripe fruit on the trees all at the same time " “How funny! How long does it take for oranges to get ripe?" Jamie ask- :‘About a year, but there are usual- ' ' 1y three crops a year, and the trees keen right on blossoming all the time." “Do the trees grow in orchards?" the little boy asked. “Yes, they are set out in rows, with [ditches containing water between them.” ”Water? Wh t for?" “The co - es where the oranges. .grow havewhat they call dry seasons when there isn't any rain, so the trees have to be watered and this is done by the 'ditderrlgation ditches, they are called, " finished his grand- “How many oranges grow on one tree?" asked Jeanie. "Anyway from 250 to 600 a year in California, although in more tropical countries there are men, than that on one tree." - “One time I" Ind an orange that was red inside. What kind or an orange was that?" Jamie wanted to know. “That was a blood orange," said his grandma. "Are there many kinds oi oranges, grandma?" “Over a hundred different varieties. - . Did you ever eat a tangerine?" “I always call tangerines kid glove oranges. Why do people call them . that?" asked Jamie. "I suppose it is because they are so easy to peel and eat that you could do it without soiling your gloves." "I wonder (if I could!” laughed Jam- ie. “But what makes some oranges kind of brown. grandma? Is that an- other hind?" ‘fl‘hey are called ruseet oranges,“ replied his grandma, “but they are not any special variety. You could here, because the orange growers did“ not know how to pack them so they wouldn’t-rot. They have to be hand- led very carefully. Each orange is picked by hand and put into a bag or basket. The pickers and packers must halve their finger nails out very short, for the slightest prick in the skin causes the orange to decay. And they must not be bruised, either. After-‘ they are picked they are set aside for ’ a few days to rest—curing, that is called, then they are sorted.” “How are they sorted?" Ja’mie wanted to know. ‘ “Sometimes by hand, but usually by machine." - *- 7hefl0d€nt 10 HERE TO D! A mm mm , THAT cmor m AND REAV _: Tm TO mm Au THE TIME § 4 , 1w RE RUM“ AWAY— , ,l “TILE HJ‘H GAY HE LIVEI BY RULE. Dcnmuflnrmhoou RE NEVER DARU AND Ail THE TIME Durham-Inna tanner-boy. theorems-madam; . fi’tfi'fisfisfi amla years »F'br pets I havee a little blacllr:I ‘gbogm It; s t father takesth M. He "kelon lettBer very much. As Fla mien 113111;; close. —Den‘?ld Miles, Vermontviue . u—d—uu— Dear Ledd‘io—ol have never written to you hetero. l ammo years old“ and in the 4th grade, My fathertak " slid likes it very much. 1 like to 5.53 the boys’ ”311di letters and stories. My hairis htandlhave s”got blue 0 y.es I wine Hoping seemy let- ter in Mar r.int -—4Agnes Dora Peterson, Red- 116%}! Dear ‘e—«Laddi thought I would like to Join the Children’s Story Club. I am. 10 years old and in the 3rd grade. I have 1 mile and a quarter to walk to . school. Ihave 5 brothers andone tot. mlliketorendtheDooDs-ds. www.- will diode and if my letter escapes i233 waste basket. I willwrit e a story. Go bye, Hornet Cooper oper, Pewame,M Dear [audio—mills the first thine have written to you. I am 10 years and in the 6th grade in all of my stu lee hutcneend at.isspelling 1am in the 6th grade spelling Our teacher‘s Easels isAliceLHues. Parapet! one rabbit and Oehickens. I he ~ to use my letter £11333}. Well I :11- close -—Gerald E. yn. McDonal Michigan. - —————4—. Dear Judie—This is the first. time have ever written to you. I am 3 ch 11 years old and live “on a 40 acre We have 4 eowe; 4 pigs and 2 harm For pets I have a dog, 12 years old a cat2 years old. I go to school every day. My teacher’s name is Miss? Kimy‘on. As my letter is getting? will close, hoping to, see In letter print—Mildred Rowden. Au urn, Dear Laddie—This is the Iflrst time have ever written to you. a. 14 years old and in the 8thI graflnde teacher’s is Miss Gould I like huge real well. I like to read thebo boys' an girls’ letters. I also like to read Doo Dads. I have tom sisters or broth- ers. I would liketo have some one the members get the Children’ 3 Hour writ. to me. I hop to see my letter in print. Velma P; Gilmore, Remus, Michigan. P———o——' Dear Laddie—-—Tbis is the first time I have written-to you. I am 10'» years old andlntheelxth Imtothe Nltt, school; My teacher‘s name in. Cook. I like her ve well. I did not to school today. 0 have 5 carves. ‘cows,6pdgs, 15 sheenalmreeeandfor- finalizaveamtandadog.lwouu know how to get. a pencil box. you will write and tell me how I can get cool would bewallpleased.1 ,close, ping my letter will escape the git: asket. Yours trml. y. Sylvia Noe- have written to you. I am a girl 1 years old. My father is a bookkeeper a the Federal Sand and Gravel Co. We live about a town, army 3 Jean and I stay wit my aunt Fan in thwn and go to 1501100]. Ilike to 1 read the Childrens Hour. Are you Scot catch? I thought by your name you was; I am. My uncle James Bell sells farms and he takes the Michigan B inees Fanning, and my other uncle Senator McRae and he takes the Bui- iness Farming too. I like the D00 D84! .‘ but they were not in the pa or this week, ‘ This is all for this tune, oping to see _ letter in Business Feminist-d.- Elizabeth McRae. Greenbush. Mich. Dear Leddle—This ie the am time g , Dear Laddie—Jlihh the the second time . I have written. Before I did not see ' letter intarint so am writing again.“ git-Luise yean; old in the 61th grade. My birthday is the ; ,9th of January. I live on a. 80 acre farm Ye heve 50 oblate :13 about 15 turkeys, j our 1 and tour little ones. Hebe ear wlrlohwegutinthefaill.e ItisanOveb' land. I have two brothers ‘and one sie- tu'. Thelma will be :1, 11m 23 of Feb— run-y. d is 13 and in the ith Philip is 6 and in the let gr grand; teacher's name is is: Jessie Magellan which is nice. My letter is getting 10.! myletterieinprlnt. “a s9 .. wore: on was one is e Martin A. Bell, Pr , , 4 n33" “in“; m” “w?” :53”? in“? m 8‘ 0 you. O . n. r am 111:. is . ° ring "who: u". e We bye ‘2 brass. 2‘ heel e and 1: pigs and tthem are Theyare ve i ,, .. . i. f we ’length of limb. ems to her. love tor ' man still. lived; mi ills. ”I Bubble. himself that he had inter- and he . " harmed thought, arisht. . . . well, he resolved, he would ”I to it that the man who 'was to die at ten next morning, should have neither reprieve nor rescue. The thing clear, it he were. to win ‘ ,, quickly, was that ‘ Henry organ should die quickly. "We will speak at it no more . . how," he said with chivalric‘gentle- , as he gently pressed her hand, :0“ to his feet, and gazed down on Oil'- ‘ ‘_ She returned a soft pressure of thanks with her own hand ere she released it and stood up. “come," she said. "We will join the others. They are planning new, or trying to find some 'plan to save Henry Morgan." ' ' The conversation of the group ebb- ed away as they joined it, as if out of half-suspicion of Torres. anythlnx "Have you hit upon yet?” Leoncia asked. Old Enrico, straight and slender and graceful as any of his sons des- pite his age, shook his head. "I have a pla'npif you will pardon me," Torres began, but ceased at a warning glance from‘Alesandro, the eldest son. . On the walk, below the piazza, had appeared two scare-crows of beggar" boys. Not more than ten years of e, by their size, they seemed much er when judged by the shrewd- lless of their eyes and faces.‘ Each wore a single mansions garment, so that between them it could be said they shared a shirt and pants. But Inch a shirt !- And such pants ! The latter, man-size, of ancient duck, were buttoned around the lad's neck, the waistband reeled with knotted twine so “not to slip down over his shoulders. His arms were thrust through the holes where the side- pockets had been. The legs of the pants had been hacked off with a .knife to suit' his own diminutive The tails of the We shirt on the other boy drag- ged on the ground. "Vamos i" Alesandro fiercely at them to be gone. But the boy in the pants gravely removed a stone which he had been carrying on top of his bare head, ex- posing a letter which had been thus carried. Alesandro leanedover, took the letter, and with a glance at the Inscription passed it to Leoncia, while the boys began whining for money. Francis, smiling, despite himself at the spectacle of them, toss- ed them a few pieces of small silver, whereupon the shirt and the pants toddled away down the path. ‘ The letter was imm Henry and Leoncia scanned it hurriedly. It was not precisely in farewell, for .he wrote'in the tenor of a man who never expected to die save by some inconceivable accident. Noyerthe— lees, on‘the chance of such incon- ceivable thing becoming 1' possible, Henry did manage to say good-bye and to include a facetious recom— mendation to Leoncia not toiorget Francis, who was well worth remenr- boring because he was so much like himself, Henry. Leoncia's first impulse was to show the letter to the others, but the ]portion about Francis withstrained er. - "It’s from Henry,” she said, tuck— ing the note into her bosom. "There is nothing of importance. He seems to have not the slightest doubt that he will escape‘somehow. \ “We shall see that he Francis declared positively. , With a. grateful smile to him, and with ’one of interrogation to Ter- shouted does," , resrfiLeoncia said: ,' . "You were speaking at -a plan, 4 Send: Torres?" -- '_ Torres smiled, twisted his mus-- techs, and struck and attitude .0: ,f‘Th eh isflone way, .the Gringo, i on and it is simple, “u“ then m. "be ”on: 10‘ ::.:gm' sh . old ludeo'e eye's Mad as his nostrils distended as if adready gunpowdér.. tekingfir. non hi. woe example. Andallloohedto‘l‘raneistor-lue opinionoragreement. fleshed: hisheadslowiy,andlmnoiautteud Way as to be Henry, it looks as if it were all up with him " "You mean you doubt me?" To:‘ res bristled. , "Heavens. man," Francis, pro— tested. But Torres dashed on: “You mean that I am forbidden by you, a man eat and most honored friends." Old Enrico who had not missed the rising wrath against Francis in Leoncia's face, succeeded in con- veying a warning to her, are, with e. courteous gesture, he hushed Tor- res and began to speak. "l‘here'are no councils of the So- lanos from which you are barred. Senor Torres. You are indeed an old friend of the family. Your late father and I are comrades, almost brothers. But that—and you will pardon an old man's judgment—does not prevent Senor Morgan from be- ing right when he says your plan is hopeless. To storm the jail is truly madness. Look at the thickness of the walls. They could stand a siege of weeks. .. And yet, I confines it, al- most tempted when you ilrst broach- ed the idea. Now when I was a young man, fighting the Indians in the high Cordilleras, there was a very case in poina. Come, let us all be seated and comfortable, and I'will tell you the tale . . . ” But Torres, busy with many things declined to wait, and with soothed amicable feelings shook hands all around, briefly apologized to Fran- cis, and departed astride his silver- saddled and silver-bridled horse for San Antonio. One of the things that busied him .was the cable cor- respondence maintained between him and Thomas Regan’s Wailetreet oflice. Having secret access to the Panamanian government wireless station at San Antonio, he was thus ‘ able to relay messages to the cable station at Vera Cruz. Not alone was his relationship with Regan proving lucrative, but it was jibing in with his own personal plans concerning Leoncia and the Morgans. “What have you against Senor Torres, that you should reject his plan and anger him?” Leoncia de- manded of Francis. “Nothing," was the answer, “ex— cept that we do not need him, and that I'm not exactly infatuated with him. He is a fool and would spoil any plan. Look at the way he fell down on testifying at my trial. May- be he can't be trusted. I don’t know. Anyway, what's the good oi trusting him when we don’t need him? Now his plan is all right. We'll go ' straight to the jail and take Henry out, if all you are game for it. And we don't need to trust to a mob of unhung rascals and beach-eweepings. If the six men of us‘cau't do it, we might as well quit.” ‘ ' “There must beat 1 t a dozen guards always hanging . jail,” Ricardo, Leoncia's youngest brother, a lad of eighteen, objected. Leoncia, her eagerness alive again, frowned at him; but Francis took his part. ‘ . "Well taken,” he agreed; "But we will eliminate the guards.” ‘ “The "rive-toot waits: said Marv » tines Selena, twin brother to diver-a m0; “ t at the, ago-tnro'ughthem,” hunch am- » ' M ‘ 7 i: "' m f mfir~f mush- . . e553”. ' 0pm Formula youmchflreend aww'tienotneea-rybpd themadcaover— ' ROW A “IOIEV‘” GARDEN ”Hwkindthtmfudbrmdonan means big crop and WW flowers. 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Olds Seed Ge., Drawer C35, Medina. Wis. CAN BE G OWN a‘l”¢l?l2eAssBelow All Of or: I will give a lot of new sorts free with every order Ifill. Bu and test. Return if not 0. -money refunded. Blg Catalog FREE Over 700 illustrations of vege- les and flowers. Send yours 211:1 fir nelghbors' addresses. R. II. SHUMWAY. W. Ill Sinai nu: orniwsenny ' The me at me maker of all tl e. Will produce Inge 1113:? to 321901301 “a" soar; ‘n I "'“l ’1. todo f a ii *1 ” mm..." .1» E’EFW vhiathecv cull i ,‘Fegome of him i" ‘ ‘ I‘4°“ ans 0 ed for-v food afling and mutants-is hose. 1nd so, how much, fltend how to. _Krl-ggare mlefirbfeed corn and oats ground are 68.11“ 1, together good for mllch covet-AA. E" Burt. Mich. When used in proper quantities beans may be fed to dairy cattle with good results. There are three ways in which cull beans may be fed: - ‘ 1.. They may be ground and mix- ed with other grains. 2. They may be fed whole by\ soaking from ten to hours before feeding. , 3. They may be fed after cook- .ing. The cooking of cull beans en- tails considerable labor and where a considerable number of cows are twenty-four to be fed this method of preparing ‘ is seldom feasible. When the beans are soaked it is best to put the wet beans on the silage and then drop the ground feed on both of them. This causes the provender to stick to the silage and the cow ingests all of the material together. It has been our experience after a good many trials in feeding beans that a cow will not consume over three pounds of the dried beans per day and still clean up her feeding regularly. So in making a grain mixture it is not advisable to allow more than three pounds of dry beans for each mature cow fed—A. 0'. 'An- dcrson, Prof. of Dairy Husbandry; M. . A. 0. TAX EXEMPTION LIllflT I have a forty acre farm near the village of F and Would like to know how many cows and horses I may keep without taxes. I have three jersey cows and a. span of horses. I like the M. B F. very mhch and will soon have to renew. —Mrs. M. ,Oakland County The law does not specificially ex- empt any number of animals from taxation. A person who is a house- holder is entitled to an exemption. of $500 on household provisions. fur- niture and fuel and an exemption of $200 on personal property actually used in his business. Your subscrib- er, therefore, would be entitled to an exemption of $200 worth of live- stock used on his farm if he is act-- 1 1 o nmmwm m? rm. . Q“ ooin‘pli‘i’liig '2: m'in‘m for Inna-mulch “dressed to on; dopamine We are bore ‘ ,. F ually a householder in the township. Horses and cattle not over one year ’old and sheep and swine not over -- six months old on the second Mon- many of April are also eXempt from taxation .-‘-L—'B. 1?. Bonuses, Secretary Board cf‘lS'tate Tao Commutation.“ * DETROIT MILK PRICE , Please give me some information about the Detroit Conunlssion’s milk . I have not seen anything” of it in- your Michigan Business Farming for long time. I wish you would publish it in your Business Farming every time the Commission sets the price. ,--J. .l‘. H. .,,Vassar Mich. , We referred your letter to Mr. R. C. Reed, secretary of Michigan Milk Poducers’ Association. His answer follows: ‘ Will say that we will try ‘ in then-near- future to give the report of the Detroit Commission findings. Frequently, I do not know of the meeting of the Commission until a very short time prior to its sitting and have about all that I can do to keep ’my locals advised in proper time. The Commission is not called by myself; it is a law unto itself and does its own sweet will, which has been very fortunate for the produc- ers “of- Michigan up to the present time. There will be no meeting of the Commission until‘ the latter part of next» month as the milk price for March is on the same basis as the milk price for February, or $4.05, I. o. b, Detroit—R. 0’. Reed, Secre- tary, Michigan Milk Produccrs' Ass’n. ——¥———__._.._. LUPIN E SEED With great interest I followed up ar- ticles about lup-ine and seradella. I know these plants and their value and though as much as I would like to sow them and as hard as I tried for the last two years I could get no seed. Some-seed stores didn’ t know it at all. Some didn' t handle it. Now if I could get information where to obtain some if only several pounds of each I’d very much appreciate the favor —P. .. Big Rapids, R 1. MrK Schmidt advises that be pro- curéd his seed from Nungessen, Dick- inson & (30., or Hoboken, New Jersey. ' ; he with tWO suretles in the sum oI 3.2:,- 500. This will entitle, him to act 'for four years. There are certain dut- ies he must porterm as pqute‘l out in the. statute. The law applte;rto each partner of a firm.- See 0. . L. 1915, See. 702Land following Ap- ply to Secretary of Stator—W W. Brown; legal editor. ' X OAT SPROUTER I have just bought a house with a. fur- , nace and wish to know how to make oat. , sprouters. — " 'a“" . . -—-——— . i i want ’t-or'niss any issues the '1 may. ,we thave . _ o . it’zglwa You are doing a good work for the _farmers. Best paper I receive—W. A. E., Saginaw County. Please send me your paper for which I will enclose one dollar for one year. I think it is a fine paper, one that we all ought to take—W. 11., Wayne 00. Dear Sir -—-Enclosed find our straw 'vote. There are four voters at our house and all boosters for Johnson. The .man that did a lot to get the boys out of Russia and we think that every soldier should ’boost for, Johnson. ‘Now a word about M. B. F. the only farm paper in ,Michigan worth reading because ys takes the .side or, the farm- trhh”_.:toh Johnson 59: Brest-i F THE farmer is ever to enjoy a reasonable leisure such as nearly all city people now have—he must do more work in less time. THE 12 H. P. on Draws Threc Draw-Bar 0 BE . Bottom. 25 H. P. on . Tum a Acre Belt Pulley I ht our on qur ‘ “THE TRACTOR DEPENDABLE" goes a long way toward making the 8-hour day possible on the farm; But it can work any amount of overtime. So it’s easy to get whole days off to go fishing or make a trip to town. The work costs no more—usually less—than it would if you did it by the old slow methods. That is possible because the Huber Light Four is the “Tractor Dependable”. It works all day every day. And it gets the most out of every hour and every gallon of fuel. The Huber Light Four is powerful enough to pull three plows and a steady stream of power flows from its mighty motor through all spur gear direct to the draw-bar. Light tractor weight combined with great traction power; high wheels that roll easier and increase the amount of surface “grip;” center draft on all loads, preventing loss of power from side pull. The combi- nation of all these—with a dozen other Huber features—makes the Light Four the last word in tractor dependability—and fuel economy. too. And everywhere the Huber is known as the .“Tractor that Always Keeps Going”. Wriiefor booklet " The Foundation of Tractor Dependablli ". THE HUBER MFG. CO., 666 Center St., Marion, 0. Canadian Branch—Brandon, Manitoba Makers also of the Huber Junior Thresher Interested dealers should write for our attractive proposition Weight 5,000'lbs: Waukesha, four- cylindcr motor, oversize; Perfcx Radiator; Hyatt , Roller Bearings; burns gasoline, kerosene or dis tillatc; center draft ; two speed: 2% and 4 miles per hour. Your Cream Sepa r810? WV Thle Easy, Self-Earnlng Plan! \You won’t feel the cost at all. The ma- chine itself will save its own cost and more \ before you pay. 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If not pleased Just s _ the machine back at our: ex use and we will refund what you pu . You take no risk. Write or FREE Catalog Folder new. ILBMlEll-IWEI 60.. 2260 Marshall Boulevard. CHICAGO 4/ I // \ //////”; "I’ll/ll” //%/ Ill/l: r l \ ////// /, /% // /. New BUTTERFLY “CREAM ’ WA I We want more Direct Shippers of Cream. We guarantee correct weights and Tests. We insure the return of your empty can or a new one. , , We guarantee the legitimate top market price at all times. Writzifor shipping‘instructions and full informer . 0n. 1." We are allohtoly responsible. .. Ask yourrbsnker. gROIT CREAME RY Co.“ s-and momma... 05 : ' A .. S ' h gh-grads bargain. EXGBDIIOMI my W location nest humming RR town: 175 “forum can wire-fem: be tilled for bumper crops; . for large is'erd. home- 10—sc‘res grapésb bringing around $320 per acre; . on 'd 11 new buement barn. ce- ' ' fine condition; water is. hope. complete list farming im- - 74 Sir £03013 8 ti au'Csts‘ltyzls toBurlesinnse 33 ' . on ’s p ng mgr; copy fre. ST ROUT FARM AGENCY. 113.10 Ford Bldg... Detroit. so ACRES. SOIL CLAY LOAM. S ROOM house, barn, sheds silo, granary. good well, young orchard. 45 acres 2cigarcg, 0 ll t”2‘21- plow. 10 I we, 3 mares, roo sows, s. forfcgnrtimlars. ms. 0. A. ROGERS. R5, Marion, Mich. FARMS FOR SALE—BIO LIST OF FARMS for sale by the owners, giving his name. location of farm, description, price and terms. Strictly m l' and co- -operstive between the buyer and seller and conducted for our members. 0L EAR- INQ HOUSE ABS’.N Land Dept, Palmer and Woodward Ave. 9 280 ACRES GOOD CLAY AND GRAVEL loam soil. 120 acres under cultivation. Good fences. good roads. good buildings, water sores, 2 miles from Marion, Mich.,126 3 1-2 miles from Marion, Mich. Price 860. 00 per acre. write owner. W. J. TURNER. Marion. ‘ Mich; . 120 ACRE FARM FOR SALE, 1-2 MILE ’ irom town, good buildings. 50f ttrees, wind- mill, os. Will sell stock and me cry with farm. Easy terms. Address Box 24, Bentley. Mich., Bay 00. 1. FOR SALE—440 CR 720 ACRE FARM. J. Mich. E. SHARP. Grant, FOR SALE—FARM 122 ACRES. 8 MILES from Lansing, on good road. All improved. Good buildings. Best of soil. S.W HBEMPY R7. Lans- ing. Mich. FOR SALE—150 ACRES BLACK AND CLAY liosm. 15 acres timber, 60 acres tile drained. Large 11 room brick house, 8 large barns, hog. and hen house. 8 wells and a nice young pear or- ‘ chard. This is s grand farm and must be seen tobe appreciated. 1- 2 mile m3. L. W. ASQUITH, Armada. Mich. FOR BALE—FARM CF 84 ACRES. 8 MILES 160' wood, --‘lsrge orchards. " . fiISCELLANEOUgfl sees men's oousLs «SOLE WORK slhloes. brown or black. sewed tongues. s Bto wideto ermA Sac at post I“ . Actual. 5 values. ODAVIS BROS“ 210 8. sh. A." . higsn. Lansing, Mic REGISTERED FARM SEEDS. Michigan's highest yielding varieties Michi- an 2—row Barley, Reg. No. 9 1 at $2. 35 961‘ and Wisconsin Preeedig at $2. Such . 1‘. BANDEEN, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. , extra. Trisloi! oiler. T1130“) TOBACCO ASB' N.. Dept. 5.‘ e. y. FORto SALE—-CANADIAII FIELD PEAS. resdyto sow, $6 cwt.. he s included. with 150 Kaunas or more. WALTE BROWN, Shepherd, CUMBERLAND RASPBERRY PLANTS FOR Isle. Plants by the twenty—five, fifty, hundred and thousand. The most extensively grown of sny blackcs. Send for price list“ ELMER II. EVIN.S urseryman, Ovid Mich. BUILDERB' PRODUCTS 00.. 14 PASADENA vs.. Detroit. Wholesale to consumers—Paints, .Irnish. Spraying Materials, Sprayers. led free. M. B. TEEI’LE Mgr. WSS- SENATOR DUNLOP STRAWBERRY PLANTS —-Money pickers. 1019 demand exceeded supply Prospctc some this season. Order surly. $5. 00 germ 1.;000 $2. 50 per 500. Per 100, 75 cents. HAMPTON & SON, Bangor, Mi‘ch. $2.35 CHILD’S RUBBER BOOTS. SHINY. fresh, ect goods, sizes .71 to 10 1- 2. Sizes ll to 2. 2.65. Post free. DAVIS BROS. 210 8. Wash. Ave.. Lansing. Michigan. BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR- est. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address “M. M.” care Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clem- sns. Mich. WE PAY 8200 MONTHLY SALARY AND furnish rig and expenses to introduce guaranteed nltry and stock powders. Bigler Company. 682, Springfield' Illinois. ‘ WRITE THE CLARE JEWELRY 00. ruri bnrgnin sheet of watches and silverware. “’12 do watch repairing. Lock Box 535. Clsre, Mich. VIOLIN WITH COMPLETE OUTFIT FOR us. so trial. Busy payments. Handmade snd sweet toned Write Miss Bertha Murdlss. Shawnee. Kansas. . FARM FOR SALE AT , AUCTION men 11‘, seas of M W 0 ‘r. . i 1 cast at Hopkins. Well improved Price fisht- ssnsroa cum." STRAWBERRY PLANTS E A bargain Write GEO A- TUTTLE Hovkim- 5 per 1,000 delivered. .0. H. STANLEY. 1:2; .‘ Mich. aw Paw. Mic ‘ .3 ORE FO7R BALE—TEAM OF LARGE MULE8. 8 l goofionbuisldAilr-igs .2339 :30" “1:10 oAmhudS and? years old sound kind and good workers. maple no" ' one“. 10m ”1] good W. ABQUITH. Armada, Mich. a 96 acres cultivated. so woods. and pasture. 50w mmssdow. 8 sores wheat 11 acres . MICHIGAN CHOICE WHITE CLOVER HON- lowsd. Price $8. 000. Terms. GEOildE JOHN- or in 6 lb. (Eh, psi or 84 pails in l TON. 38. Port Hope ps. Mich. bfiml. AR E RBEAKIE, Grindstone City. 800 ADRIO. GOOD CLAY AID GRAVIL 1.000.000 FORMULAS, RECIPES, FERTIL- soil. Can be IoId' ‘0 farms. Isers. stock remedies .tonics. I ole les. How ubibfliflnn'nlfiwcmufm“ bmkesnddoev Ollipsaes.9 sndbsrrisshnslllsksen .sndisnn mm --g..1m,..,m39,99 com on I III. II"- N‘" M “4 edicts.” Vslnsbls book for every farm pos id, hr WWII“ writs 5001‘ only 3.10. Psy postman on arrive oney BOX 96. m. Inc you want it. Send no money! .Just a mfi—mwl 0. GOOD DNOW, Dept. "I16.” $14 AORI FARM. RIACONAILI1 8 1-2 1' futon. ”Bins. v soil. sores .Bgcod etched. 7 room house t.. WANTED—MARRIED MAN. GENERAL midi!” pod Ming his. snddsiry work. usthksmllchsrze at cg without stock and tools. limes. Near Pontiac. Address. EDWARD 3‘ mumfi , mm. c. sumo. sm— rrmm’s. Ypsihnfl. men In. m. lento FOR CALI—100 TONS OF LOOSE MIXED by CHESTER WEDGE. Elwcll. Mich. sass sovs' cornea roe LACE snore 9 to 13 1-2, solid soles will wear. Sent ma DAVIS 131103.. 2ios Wash. Ave.. MARRIED MAN ‘ WANTED married man to work on this farm “I.“ no children. Must be competent bsd bsb xfood opportun’ .bls. msn who is willing sn ble to give {:33 dd ress HERBERT W. MUMFORD m Farm. Ann Arbor. Mich. ’Is Your F arm for Sale? Write out n plain description Ind Ig- nlclessrsseh worthifldsrgnnp of 'Ignrss. Send It In for one. two or three hos. There's no cheaper or better- wsy “and-mumshigsnnndycn loci direct with the buycr.'Nc agents or your Ins-n, send In your Id today. Don't commissions. I! you wont to sell or trade Jess an: chant it. 0nr.anIness Forming W Exchange gets results. Address W Inst-us Forming, Adv. Dept. ls. Olen-ans. . mm more moons and help your friends by selling them We own term weekly. Liber- sl commission and all Inppiies free. Bum, Venom. Mm Manual s‘r motto 135%”3“ thee“ wellto care of the si Hey is bringi ood price for there is not muchngom be d. 1£0133st m hith Thersis tic/building in the can of auctions five or six a. week. The follbwfrig prices were Creek: —-'Whea.t, 2. 30@$2. 3; cats. 85; $1. 47; y: 0.1 timothy. $30: No. Wine mixed, y530; potatoes, :3; sprin- etc. 27. butter. 60; eggs, 53; lambs, 10 17; hogs,14; beef steers, 8@10: best cows, 7; veal calves. 10. and scarce. MISSAUKEE (S)—Practicadly all that; the farmers are doing is their chores. are hauling gravel on a' three and a. half mile road. There are .still some potatoes left in this neighborhood which the farmers are holding for higher prices. Hay is very scarce Other feed is also scarce. Many dormers are buying feed. No coal can be gotten here. The supplies are about all run out. Farmers buying ,wood. others getting pine stumps an burning them Are having plenty or cold weather this winter. The coldest we have had was 20 below zero. We also have a large supply of snow this winter. Anybody not having enough. come and get some. The following pric- es were offered at Falmouth on Feb. 23: Wheat, $2. 20; com. $1. 60; oats, $1; rye. $1. 45; No. 1 light mixed. $35; rye straw, $16; beans (C. .Pea) $6 cwt.; po- tjatges, $3. 50; butter 550; eggs, title.— MANISTEE—The farmers are cutting and hauling wood; some are hauling hay and doing barn work. Weather has taken another slight change to cool- er with some snow. Quite a. number of people are sick with the grip or pneu- monia and influenza. again. Farmers are not selling very much now for it is too cold. No potatoes hauled and no cars. They say beans are cheaper. Not much building here; some are buying seed and feed—ill. A. The following prices were quoted at Bear Lake:-—-No price is quoted on potatoes and few, if any, are being bought, on account of the shortage of vars. Navy beans are $5.25 per cwt. Rod Kidney beans $10 per cur-t.. rye $1.30 per bushel, wheat $2 per bushel; butter, 50; eggs, 45, butterfat, 45; beef, 5@7c on foot, 106013 dressed: pork ll®l3 on foot, ]5@17 dressed: veal, 1061713 alive, 18@22 dressed: chickens, 206025 per 1b,, alive, 25@29 dressed. Hides are 16fi720c per 1b. MONROFr—(NEJ—«Very fine weather now; had a slight thaw; snow about gone and the roads are good. Wheat appears to be in poor condition, ‘but cannot tell till spring how it will come through. Lots of Sickness and some deaths. Hay and fodder of all kinds high and very scarce, not much grain-left to ship out. Lots of auction sales with poor atten - ance. Many farms for sale, no hep what is left going to the city to work leaving farm idle as they can earn more than farming and be at home for board and nights, as the Interurban goes through this territory, The follow- ing prices were altered at Newport, Mich on Feb. 34, 1920:r—that, $2.20: corn. $1.80 on ear; oats .85; hay no 1 timo- $32.00; no i‘light mixed, $30 .00: $8.00; potatoes $7. 00 '8" onions .06; cabbage 30; mringers ..30 ' butter ' live stock (live wt. sheep changing eVery day; hogs. 10 110; beef steers, 8c: beef cows. 6c; veal calves, 17c..—W E. M. _,__.. WEXFORD—We have had a few days of nice weather. Trains were hung up for a few days last week on account of the severe b1 zard. worst that has been known for many a. moon but at present things have resumed the normal stage. Quite a number of flu cases throughout the county. There have been three or four cases in this vicinity. The entire family of Ton§ Kemich was down with it, and Miss lag‘le had to ofl‘iciate as nurse and do the chores at the. barn for nine haed of cattle, and two horses. Mr. Volf’s family were 0 sick with the flu and John Dehu's but all are getting better now. Quite a number were oblig- ed to leave camp on account of sickness in their families—«S. H. B. The following rices were paid at Cadillac: ——Whea Eg‘urggz. 2:13:01"; 1.35, gshglzlca’; oatltl: u ea. cwt. beans:C._H15.$0 red kidney. "so! hay. $31: epotnlt 3 owl. ”:6 as; may” m; duc “etc 25 8’ Chin It, 62; use. les. $3 50 per cwt. veal cal ll"? hogs 16cm ' V” 1' M SANILAC (NE) -- Lots of snow. making the roads in bud conditi The Flu also leaking its toll in this locality, nearly every home having more or less to‘ do with it. many homes in” been saddened. by Its effects. But in spite of the fact Idiom-mas ve‘or- nized around Cromil. end reafter he expect to ,do their own shipp buying of farm slsom co and many other things if the Wicca] denier do not come out and play square. Through this association will let you , m ' know in future reports 'how min rum The Croswell Milling trying to sail out to the leeners. sthe report and we all em'igls s hay and stock Is mov 111: more are waiting for mam horses in bk Osmond sir price. The following prices w at Cs-zewell Mich jolt. onI Feb I? is is n1: .ELots- id at Battle. “infimgdf' 58.858 90... thiswcek for the purpose of buy Gleaner elevator. The £0110!“ % l'a‘ébz‘l? ”‘5.“ 135 .0... 90° ' 'rn hay-n01 timothy P:30 no lightm 26 . beans. §O. KP 87:43:85. I , s. z- . pic) 88: red kidney. , “a MUSKEGON—Fcrmere are busy get- — ’ting wood and putting up ice. Not very much being sold at present. About two feet of snow. A great many farmers are holding beans for higher prices. Not much encouragement for next year The flu has claimed several In neigh- borhood. The following prices Were otter- ed at Revenue. on Feb. 20: Corn. £11.60; lrt 1 li$~1b§m°¥t ”OP. P “a. 1: ans ea) $53.50; potgd'ioes, £2. 25 -—E. E. P. MONTCALM—The farmers are cutting logs and buzzing wood. Some are fight- ting up ice whichis 2,1 inches thick. s school is closed on account of the teach- er's illness The snow is about 24 inches deep in the woods. The peopr of links: view are suffering for the want of coal and wood—G. . The followin rices were aid0 at Lalkeview: -—Whes. 2.;50 corn colts, 90; rye. $168 y: N.o| i tirnothy,\$ $3.0; No.11igih mixed, $30; straw— e, 15 ; wheat-oat, 1 beans: Pest, $8; kidney, $13. 76 £10- tatoes, $3. 50; onions. $2 .60; hens. 2; springers, 20; ducks 24 geese, 20; tur- keys, 4o; butter, 65; butt crfat, 05; eggs 48; sh'cézp, 60' lambs. 8; hogs, 15: bee gtaeers,8. .beed cows. 5; veal calves. 150 —-g-——q INGHAM—Cold weather and snow. Very good sleighing with very little thaw since fore pant of December. Farm- ' ers in this place are getting in logs to saw Two new barns to be built in 0 spring. Lots of sickness here still. on auction sales billed for next week all within a. few miles of here. Some are tired of fanniNng, others {ls etting older. and no help. Not much as 1{ing of stock at present. Outlook good for 00-01%:- tions buying two elevato one at and one at Mason. Expo"?e close d , at has bsoo of Foster‘s Weather Guide? We mice it—C. I. The following prices were paid at Mass ——_Whee.t, $2. 200”. 25: co 80; rye. $1. 40; homely.” ”raj: Timot by. $25 No light mix wheat-oat, :12 $2 .;25 butter. 45 52; lambs, 10 11; beef cows. 5 8: 3mm ea. 3 14: beef vsslcslvm w GENESEE—Farmem are workhgl. wood. doing chores and attending sue- tion sales. The weather-has vs coldsnd wehnvslrsdquitss. t 3 snow. The min are open automobiles but they are for from bsin in good shape for any kind of tn. There is dgood sieighing on most coun roads an considerablstsssn is“? The fields are covered. mikes" .sre and live stock meeting of t e milk core of this cinlty was held at snton on Samar-do. Feb. 28. Auction» sales are very plant!) ful and prices received are lcwes- than formerly. A number of the funnel-sags selling out and my to the cities Farm help will be v0 source this y W. The to owing prices we yer of snow M7 tectlon for crops. potatoes, ha. paid at Flint: —W'hes. $2 .86; co 1 cats. 93; rye 31.45- obnokwheat, T? :w't. been; : c. If P. kidney. :11 ha. $26@380; nominee, 3. 40@$2. on one, $6 6 Whale $ bl. ; cucuo here. $2.50 doz : bone, 32: ducks, 3 geeseé 82:10 4 utter, cream eggs, 50@52 rinses: steevegls. $111 I 1 1 lamb §:0;b€3:i I31? I A. 319 :Not mu the winter. far-I psper published. .---'W. A... Huron 00. {ii Enclosed find $1 for which please keep M. B. 3'. coming to my address nor ”other your Don't forget to send mien. weenie copy. I admire the 1". goes after «things. Just Wright on fearlessly and also (more ch ' thermallntii “to say anything in this freetcountry of‘ours. “ {Que of the main causes of the so- csned unbestdn‘this country is that our~ , is are realizing more and more j -t we have been used as a tool to take the chestnuts out of the . are for dear old England, the great _ empire which is built up by land grabbing, and piraCy. We had to fight against "militar- ism and autocrscy” and at the'pres- out, time, our 100 per cent Emeri- cans are- trying hard to saddle these slme things on this country. Mr. Crosby says, ‘fawfnl tales of Hun atrocities, made up in English news- paper officers," that is just where most of these stories did originate and a very large number of Ameri- cans didrealize this fact during the war but our pro—English element \which had brought us into the war, continued to spread these lies broad- cast over the country for two ea- sons viz: to help out dear old Eng- land and to prolong the war so that they: might make millions and bil- lions of war profits. Not every one believes the old chestnut that Germany would have come over here to conuer us after fighting England and France. If Germany had been so land hungry . why is it that she did not go to war with her small neighbors like Hol- land. Switzerland, ‘Luxemburg and others and why is it that these small nations did not join the allies when they realized for certain that Ger- many would lose the war? The following is taken from the Winnipeg Evening Bulletin, 8. Can- adian paper: ‘ ' “Captain A. A. Cameron, assistant professor of the Manitoba University in a lecture held in this‘ city asst night made the statement that the British army never encountered any difficulty in regard to poisoned wells —4Mr. Cameron who was an officer of the first water'tank Co. R. A. M. C. during the war asserted that he did not know or hear of a single case where a well had been intentionally poisoned by German soldiers.” The above statement is made by a ‘C‘anadian officer who certainly had no” object to defend the Germans. How different were the “awful tales” we read in our pro—English papers during the war. 'No wonder the president suffered a nervous breakdo’wn,.he probably re- alized at last that he fell in with a bunch of hypocrites and land grab— bers at Pals which has the Huns beaten ten to one. -Where are the fourteen points which were accepted as a basis for peace? How about self determina- tion which was so loudly proclaimed before the shameful conference at Paris. I am not a pro-German in any sense. I was born here in Michigan over 60 years ago and am generally able to consider things from both sides but I would like to ask the question. What did we gain by our entering the warl—Theo. Bengal, Fowler, Hick. wm some of our readers tell Mr. Bengal what we gained by entering the warl—Editor. u. s. n. PAVES WAY FOR onesel- MATION Will you please outline in your valuable paper the steps necessary to be taken in a county not yet a mem- ber of the Michigan State Farm Bu- reau in order that it may become a member. Sanilac is one of the best agricul- tural counties of the state and there is none that needs the services of the bureau more than do we. Yet so far as I know there has been‘no move made to organize us and there is no application in. The farmers here are all talking organization. All we lack is lead- ership. - [believe that a few dollars spent "in advertising the :Farm Bu- reau, inthe local papers of this coun- . tyimuld crushed the farmers so that at least 9-5 per” cent would sign up ’ There are 6‘1 V I themethod thathas been successful- always a- few. 1" leflo‘ved by the other two big or- ganisations, labor and capital. I have been a reader 'of your paper for years. I believe that it is doing, or at least is attempting to do a greater service to society than is any other paper in Michigan. I am not saying this to tickle your- ears, but because I sincerely mean what .I say. I figure it like this: an ideal democ- racy such as we wish ours to be is the g: eatest producer of human hap- piness that has ever been devised by man. This republic can not become ideal nor can it remain as good as it now is without it be the, home of a con-tented intelligent and happy peo- ple. The people of this country can- not remain contented and happy un- less there is a reliable and continu- ous supply of food of honest quality and honest quantity and a reasonable supply ahead for a rainy day. This supply of food cannot come from a race of economic slaves but must be furnished by a self-respecting, in- telligent and contented class of farm-’ ers. Intelligent men will ‘not stay on the farm unless farming can be made to pay well enough that his wife need not be a slave, that he need not work his children to an extent which would not be allowed anywhere else but in a country community. and where he himself may have some time for recreation and mind devel- opment. . Such a profitable mode of farming can never be reached without an ”organization that can meet at the conference table on equal terms with organized capital and organized 1a- bor. Your paper is doing more than is any other paper in Michigan to build up such an organization. Therefore, I say, your paper is doing more than is any other paper in Michigan, to keep this old ship of'state off the rocks of discontent which leads to all sorts of social dis- aster. Anything that I can do to help with the good work will be cheerful- ly done. I am in favor of Wood for president and Campbell for govern-' or. Am in favor of the treaty with the reservations. But NEVER with- out them.-—A. Y., Tuscola County. \ If you will write to Mr. C, S. Binghcun. secretary Michigan State f Faun Bur- eau, Birmingham, he will advise you of the Bureau's plans for organizing Tuscola. county. To better the econ- omic condition of the farmer, and bring about that era of happiness, content- ment and universal justice which you so will describe is the ambition of every man who has a ' in the making of this publication. No greener encour- agement could come to us than the showing that the? understand and appreciate these orts —Editor. e THE NEWBERRY TRIAL While attending the Newberry trial (voluntarily) I had “one sweet- ly solemn thought," i. e., the proto- plasmic Newberry cannot destroy what Ford can build up. Let us get some satisfaction out of that. . The vital Question is not the guilt or innocence of the man. The import- .ant thing is—why these vast ex- penditures were made. When we find, out what business interests in New York really nuanced the'deal we will gain a more comprehensive view of the machinery of our “self government." ‘ ,Why do we call it self government when we sell the majority of our votes for a cigar or a circular letter. People who do so are as guilty as Newberry. If each man would make a business of writing—letters of praise or condemnation to public of- ficials he would be well repaid for his trouble. The influence of the public would then be very great. Why “not use this influence instead of be- ing influenced by the self-advertise— ment of the official before election and than allowing him to do‘as he pleases afterward. ’ . , The Newberry case shoWs up the need of aninitia‘tivmreferendum and recall in this state—d. w., Barry Op. ’ Michigan alread a... initiative and referendumiaws. ut not jig” recall. Your ,0 M INN EAPOEJS Soon the litters’pf pigs will be coining, and the colts wlllbe dropped. Feed your brood sows Dr. Hess Stock Tonic before and after _far- rowing. It makes the bowels active, relieves constipation, promotes good health and good digestion which means healthy pigs and a mother with a milk supply to nourish. Condition your cows for calving by feeding Dr. Hess Stock Tonic before freshin . Then i ed it regularly to increase the flow of milk. It lengt ens the m1 king period. Give your brood mares a course of Dr. Hess Stock-Tonic. And your work horses. It puts your team in fine fettle. You cannot afford to low, barrow, sow, mow, reap or team with a team out of sorts, ow in sgirits, rough in hair, blo out of order, or full of worms. Dr ess Stock Tonic is good or sheep—especially good for ewes at lambing time. Why Pay the Peddlcr Twice My Price? You buy Dr. Hess Stock Tonic at an-honest price from a responsible dealer in your town. Get 2 lbs. for each average hog, 5 lbs. for each horse, cow or steer, 1 lb. for every sheep. Feed as directed and see the good results. Guaranteed. 25-lh. Pall. $2.25: 100 Ila-Drum. $1.50 Exceptin the far West, South and Canada Smaller packages in proportion DR. HESS & CLARK. Ashland. 0. Spring Is Here. the calves, the lambs, m Iess run-y PAN-A-CE-A willie» unto you has lsy new. L_h Ki'IIsL'icé DICKINSON’S - PINE TREE BRAND SEEDS Timothy, Clover, Alfalfa and ' Other Field Seeds FOR BETTER CROPS If Your Dealer Cannot Furnish This Brand WRlTI THE ALBERT DICKINSON co. CHICAGO vans-suture srdswssn ' gusto-mammal °° “limits , J. u. nous“ amnion flea-isms. pics. 33,? low as h u. 3‘ r. m M FRANCO POCKET ELECTRIC .....FLASH LIGHT FREE . For Two NEW Subscribers to M. B. F. Every man, woman or child in the country ought W. . to carry an electric flash—light at night and here is , the handlest size of all. Flat, iust-a-hand-full yet throws a powerful lightJ brighter than a clumsy lantern. We have secured a limited num- ber of th e lamps from one of the best makers in America.‘ They are never so at retail for less than $1.50. some dealers charge $2» but till" til our supply runs out we will send one complete flash—light, includinr nitrogen bulb and Franco battery for only two NEW subscribers to ~ MichiganBusiness Farming at $1 each. Send. $2. two new 113111“.an ‘ ‘ the lamp will come by.,prepaid parcel st. Address. Premium Mane W: “Em; A, $11813» ”Farming, Mt 8e-meps.‘VMich.. ‘ , f. . .h-.__,__ “A/ Stop Losmg Calves Abortion 1:; unnatural, and denotes a run- down condition of the nital organs. these organsan andgtehey will resist the ravages of the Abortion germ. KOW-KURE is a medicine that acts ghectly on tlhe genitalf andf digfistive organs. thg themtevi o perect lth. Co treated with KO§XLKURE beefzre cal W8 do not abort. You save both the calf hug the cow' 3 health by using the KOW—KURE preventive treatment. and treatment of Retained Afterb "me”, Bunches. Scams and lgglk Fever. Sold by feed era an is, d 1.2 for free book, Egge Honcieméovf DrE’ctor'vae Dairy Association Co.. Lyndonville, Vt. To PraVent or Treat ABORTION Don’t Wear a Truss B R O 0 KS ' APPLIANCE. the modern scientific invention, the wonderful new discovery that re- lieves rupture will be No ob- nox1ous springs or pads. Has automatic Air Bi n d s and draws the broken parts together as you would a broken limb. No salves. No lies. Durable. cheap. sent on trial. Cushions. Sent on trial to prsove it. Protected by U. ents. Catalogue andS meas- all. BROOKS. 463]) State Street. Marshall. Mich,- R b o u ‘ W 1:51.312“; trees and flowers. Everything to plant. Will pay you to answer this little ad. Valuable list FREE. Write THE ALLEGAN NURSERY, Box 39 Allegan, Michigan STRAWBEHBIES AND SMALL FRUITS Quality plants that satisfy. Send for catalog. . GEO. H. SOHENCK. Elsie. lch. 'YELLow GLOBE mvrn onion and DANISH BALI.- HEAD CABBAGE SEED Special surplus offer for first quality seed. Slend this adv. in to us. Ask for 1920 cat- aogue. Eheling’s Seed Store, Esrab. 63 Years Syracuse, u. v, Highest quality Northern own seed. Carefully cleaned and taste. We have a big stock and ordering now will save you money. Get our sam les 0! Medium and Mom- moth Red, Sweet. lover, Alsyke and Mixed lsylra and Timoth. Catalo of guaranteed field and naeeda -FR . Write orit TN! ADAMS SEED co. Box 16 Decor-ah. Iowa mum"lllll‘lilllillllllhlh Baskets , Write for-our Free Catalog! Shows you how you. can save money by buying direct from the largest Berry Boa: and Basket Factory in the Country. flew Albany Box & Basket (10.. Box 137 New Albanand. *— Get Low Prices on “Berry Boxes A GUARANTEED REMEDY FOR' Contaglous Ahortwn Easily administered by hypodermic syringe. Kills abortion germs quickly without injuring cow. Write for free . ooklet with letters from users and ‘ ‘ lull details of moneybsck guarantee. Aluminum ‘seetlon 1‘.W,m 1- ‘ lilo; best results on your Poul-V " tryi Veal, Hogs, etc., ship to ~' -- CULOTTA & JULL DETROIT KOW-KURE is also invaluable' 1n the prevention '~ pat- ure blanks mailed free. Send name and address today. eerily, Packers, however, say are unable to handle this paper and need the assistance Of the banks if it is to be carried out. . Hog supplies at all markets have been gradually deminishing since the first of the year. the first two menths will show a. sharp decrease when compared with export business should fade away, the the previous year. Allowing that the_ increased demand in this country must be taken ”into consideration. Labor is well employed at the pres- ent time and wages are the highest ever known and some ’traders are promised further increases this spring. The laboring class is the meat buying power of this c0untry. When workers have the money they have liberal portions of meat at ev‘ ery meal. This is noted in the butch- er shops where they do their buying. Then with supplies falling off and the domestic-demand the largest ever known, it seems that the export ques tion should not be taken intd con- sideration too seriously and it should be used less as propaganda by the packers when they wish to carry. out a bear campaign in the market. The sheep and lamb market (if course needs no bolstering because a more profitable season was never before noted in the history of the trade. No matter What a feeder handled he was able to make money because for more than three months prices enjoyed an unbroken ad- vance. This really put lamb and mutton in a class by itself. Even at' A New Electric SMALL electric milking ma- A chine mounted on wheels so it . can be moved from cow to cow has just made a considerable stir in the dairy world. The new Moto- Milker requires no pipe line or in- stallation, is ready to use when un- boxed, and is so simple and handy that is is suitable for the vast num— ber of dairies having from 8 to 20 cows. Cups with rubber linings fit over the cows’ teats. and a gentle suction sucks the milk out.- Then. intermit- tently, compressed air squeezes and massages the teats to keep them in perfect condition. The milking is done almost exactly as the calf does it, and the method is really far more natural and calf-like than squeezing the teats by hands. The gentle massage by compressed air is comfortable to the cow and 'makes her let her milk down faster. Fast milking is generally believed to increase a cow’s milk production as time goeson, and government and other tests have proved it to be the case with this milker. The same milking priciple in ex- actly similar teat cups with the com—I pressed air squeeze is now in use on over one million cows, many of them pure breds that have been milked in this way for six and seven years run:- ning. cows is well established and is rec— ognized leges. Hence the good effect on the by most agricultural col- they . Arrivals for » pulsation of suction which milks the cow so comfortably. ‘\ Rubber tubes connect the pump to the milk pail and teat cups. engine is necessary and most of the parts needed on pipe-line milkers are eliminated. sators, no gauges, no tanks, no belts, no pipe lines, springs, and gas engine are eliminated. 3-4 K. W. farm lighting plant will run the milker, the power cost be— ing‘about 20 per day. é, ‘ . when compared with coho, .: prices a year ago last fall and winter :caused many men to clear out. the big range owners of the West trimr ,. ming their herds closely which re-. sulted in the small arrivals and hat- urally prices advanced. Most sec- tions of the west are still short of foundation stock and it is the belief that relief from small receipts Will not be possible 'for- some time to come. ' _ The general situation in live stock matters has been very uneven and moreso uncertain for seme time past. It is such bonditions that have caus-” ed the feeders to become skeptical and doubt the sincerity of the pack— ers.. But men im the country state that the affect will be noted in.the future. They claim that the hog sup— plies at the present time are small- er than generally expected and the low prices last fall and winter will be a gauge for the next crop of pigs. .On that accOunt, it is the belief that arrivals of stock during summer months will be relatively small and regardless of present con— ditions, prices are looked upon as subject to advance. An arrange- ment of some kind that would allow export business to be carried out, is looked for. If this materiali‘zes, it is plainly seen that ,thes‘mall surplus of stocks in this country will not last long and the meat business will be carried out on a cash basis moreso than ever before. Milking Machine. The new electric milker is simple in the extreme. An electric motor drives a slow moving piston which makes suction on the back stroke and compressed » air on the forward stroke. This piston gives the slow and pressure No gas There are no. pul- no stall Cocks, no and the high speed pump Any Two cows (eight: tents) are milk- ed at a time, and one man can milk .- about 18 to 20 cows per hour. one man does the work of three, not only releasing the other men for other work,.but making the owner entirely independent of hired help so far as the dairy is concerned. The labor saving usually amounts to Thus. about between $300 and $400 yearly. In a rush time or if the help should leave, the farmer can order one of these machines during the day and be using it the same evening; Additional. information regardlng this wonderful little machine will be supplied by M. B. F. to any 71.13073 request. . 1 the 1 reader ' w, For aatifiactory servi t i , excellent design and ces’t: W’ ' ’ ship, the Bard; Flow is unexcel-led. . i ‘ You will Want to knowall about the , ‘. .3“ Burch Ground Gripper~the latest do? » velopmen‘t in good plows. .l Write for Catalo ' ' movement itis. 208 and see what- an in. The Burch Plow Wo1ksco. i i £restli1ie, Ohio ~ . \ _, 95.11.... _ . ‘1 SEPARATOR ‘ ' ASolldProponltlon tosend new.well :. " ‘ made. easyrunnimz. perfect skimming ‘ :farator for-$19. 95. Skims warm or ~ (1 milk heayy or light. cream. Dif- ferent from picture, which shows lar- ger capacity machines See our plan of . MONTHLY PAYMENTS Bowlasam'ta marveleasilycleaned. Whether dairy is large or small. writé for free catalog and monthl payment plan. Westernor fill western points AMERICAN SEPARATDII co. ,' 'Box 4061 Balnbrldsa. N. V. f The 1920 Sensation at 312335 Machine has double walls; copper tank. direct: from factory. Guaranteed to give lads- faction or money back. DETROIT INCUBATORS 140 Egg, $12.45. Detroit Breeders, 140 ' 'ce, $17. 50. complete. height prepaid to your station. Order from this adver- DITROIT INCUBA TOR COMPANY Dept. 10. Merritt 8L. Detroit. Mich. "Lrix. “E. “aficlfigémnt: clover. a???“ :0 'eettogovornment teat. As kfoor I? it you Win at. burn all Flo Id and Gm write to free “5?: a." 116- page ncata 0‘. X ofhay and pastor/e com- est.- Chick $7.10.Bot.l1 for Special Combination flsement or write for full description. cleaned and t Have Pure Clover. Swa guloverflfe Timothy 311‘ t' bu uhl A. A. BERRY SEE 60.. 521 Olarlnda Ion routes blnatlons.Ext1-achioooseed t edfor urit and semi wr to 18. V mumps. mugs; 9111 31151111 natal of field 11nd gal-do 5“”) ayke. Mi eel, FieldPea , THE ADAMS SEED (10.. Earls DECORAH II. 500 $1.45 These labels are of a, desirable size and are printed in two colors: border in red'and any wording you wish in black. They will help you get more for your syrup or' produce. Cash must accompany order, which will be sent to you prepaid. Order. labels now. V’tvillePtg. 00., Vemnontville, Mich. on erful value. I: Olav Ill-w. BAGS FREE Maple Syrup L A B E L S Special Representatives We want 1, 000 or more of our subscrib- ers to act as special representatives in taking new and renewal subscriptions to 1 Michigan Business. Farming. Write- u- ' ' ’ r- today for our special offer. ~. » Paint Wlthout Oil Remarkable Discoveiy That Cull Down the Cost of Point Seven- lily-Five Per 0.9!!" " A Free Trial Paekaasulls ignited to Everyone W1- At - Rice. prom nt manufacturer" i i in. .11... ~11. 1” _ 5«discovered a process- with) ft.- > - Breeders u. ._ '1 .... and tell you what It will cost for 13. mAu‘ctlon Oales advertised here at special low rates: ask for 'them. 26 orszt times.. A :ECTAIB ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breeders of live stock and poultry will be sent on request. You can chlarlltoe gigs of) ad, or copy as often as you wish. 1- e ayl BREEDEBS' DIRECTORY. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING. Mt. Clemens, Michigan. d Better still, write out what you has to offer, let us put It In. copy or changes must be received one week before date 'e v - , To avoid conflicting dates we will without beet, lint the date of any live stock' sale n Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad- vise :us at once and we will claim the date for you. Ad dress, Ll've Stock Editor, M. B- F... Mt. Clemens. March 8. Jerseys. Henry J. and CArleton R. Lewis Ypsilanti. Mich. -Mareh13fiPoiand Chinas. W. J. Hazel- W. rA sta Mich. a. Angus. MMichigan Aberdeen-Angus 'Breeders “111.111.1111 Apm ‘1 Holstein; Angus and Poland Chinas. vernon Clcuzh. Perms- .l. P. Oloott, Perry, An1ilr2 Holsteins. , CLAIM YOUR. 5‘63 ‘ Michigan. i' * , 'HOL'STEIN-FRIESIAN - REGISTERED HOLSTEIII FOR SALE Four year old granddaughter of KING OF THE HENGERV ELDS. Due May to 27 lb. bulL J. L. ROCHE & SON Pinoirney - . Livingston County MR MIlK PROOUGER Your problem is more MILK. more BUTTER, more PROFIT. per cow son of Maplecrest Application Pontiac— 132652-from our heavy-yearly-milking-good—but- Michigan . tor-record dam will solve it. - lFor Sale: 4‘ J. ‘5 KORNllYKE SADIE * get better breeding? - .KING on THE Poxrmc‘s‘; “~ bulls offered for. sale are 3 cowe. Address all correspondence to‘ Maplecreli:b “Application Pontiac’s dam made 8103 lbs 1'11! 7 days: 1344.8 lbs. butter and 28421.1,2 lbs. I‘milk in 365 days. He is one of the greatest long distance sires. ills daughters and sons will prove it. Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons. Prices right and not too high for the average dairy farmer. Pedierees and prices on application. 8. Bnuc‘e McPherson. Howell, Mich. “FOR SALE Thonousnsnsn 11013111111 cows combining blood of Traverse pie Crest stock. granddaughters Friend Hergerveld De K0] B1uitter Boy. I 58001! mi , WILLIAMS & WHITAGRE R. F. D.‘ No. 4 Aliegan. Mich. City and of Registered Holsteins, 7 young cows, A. 0. bred to 31 1b. bull. Herd on State Fed- eral accredited list. Wm. Griffin Howell. Mich. TWO GREAT BREO BULLS. One a linen beautifully marked son of KING PONTIAC HENGERVELD FAYNE the hundred thousand dollar sun of KING OF THE PON- I‘IACS from a 23 lb. Jr. 8 year old daughter of a near 82 lb. Jr.14 ye r old cow whose sire es and price. Guaranteed lehe other a son of above sire onto! 2 year old granddaughter of KING VALE. Where can you AMES B. GARGETT. Elm Hall, Mich. AM OFFERING TWO FIIIE YOUIIG BULLS Sired by a son of King Segis Champion Moble and dams gr. daughters of King Segis. ~ No. 1 born Oct. 16. 19, nicely marked, nearly 1-2 white. record of dam butt tter 7 days 21 lbs. Milk. 530 lbs. Price 875. No. 2 born Jan. 23. beautifully marked trifle more white than black from nearly a 22 lb. dam with 536 lb. milk Price 860. Ask for pedigrees and full particulars. F D M. BOY for extended pedigr right. Musoer 111103: HOLSTEIN We are now booking orders for O“!!! bulls from King Pieter Seals )7 ns 170506. All from A. R. O. dams W1 credible records. We test annu- ally for tuberculosis. Write for price as and further information ' Muslofl Bram, South' Lyons, Michigan BULL 0A”: LAST ADVERTISED some. but have one morerfor sale. Nice- ly marked, straight back line, a fine individual. 131‘138 growthy fellow with the making of a. large bull. Would do someone a lot of good. Dam has a 27 lb record, a large cow and a great milk Producer. Sire a son of Friend Henge1veld DeKol Butter BOY. one of the great bulls. JA MEO gzoPSON, JR. Owoeso - Michigan Eimwood Stock F arm Offers bull calves from good producing dams with A. R. 1). records and sired by a grandson of Pontiac AOI'IIdyker and Pontiac l'et. Prices :sry reasonable. UGUST RUTTMAN. Fowlerviiie. Mich. HOLSTEIII FRIESIAII BULL nicely marked. more white than black, Prize winning son of a 201b.four—year old grand- daughter of PONTlA(‘ KORNDYKE. ' READY FOR VIC .Sire. MODEL KING SEGIS G IISTA 204. - 234 from a daughter of GLISTA ERNES- TINE. Cornell’s great 30 lb. cow. His three nearest dams average 31 lbs. and his 46 nearest tested relatives average over thirty pounds. Write for particulars GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS C. G. TWISS. Mgr. Eaton Rapids, Mich. I WILL HOLD A COMBINATION OALE of registered and grade Holsteins, registered and grade Angus. horses and Poland China Hogs, on April 7th. at my farm.11 miles N W. of Jack- son, on Jackson Springport state road. VERNON CLOUGH. R2, Farina, Mich. TWO BULL OALYES Registered Holstein-Friesian, sired by 89. 87 lb. bull and from heavy producing yOung cows. These calves are very nice and will be priced chea'p if said soon. _ TUBBS. Eiwell. Mich. BITU-UKSTOII FARM REG! s 1- 1-: n e n HOLSTEIN BULL Calves'for‘ sale, sired by MARYLAND BELLE CLOTHILDE No. 154358. born Dec. 14, 1914. A grandson of Colantha Johanna Lad. one of the greatest living sires, and of a 31.44 lb. daughter of Sir Korndyke Manor De Koi. His two near- est dams average 25. 89 lbs. butter in seven days. BROOKSTOII FARMS I-I. w1oolooma. Prop. 919 Rapids. Mich. Four Choice Bull Calves Dams have records from 20 lbs. to 26 lbs. Sired by our 32 lb. son of the $50,000 bulL Write LAKE SIDE DAIRY. Lake Odessa. Mich. REG HOLSTEIIIS IILGII OLASS BULLS Ready for service. Prices to suit every breeder. from $100 up. Herd under Federal supervision. Headed by one of the best 36 lb. sons of““Kiug of the Pontiacs. W111 acc’cpt a few good cows for service. HILLCREST FARM Ortonville. Mich. JOHN P. EHL Detroit. Mich. 181 Griswold 8t HATCH HERD (State and Federal Tested) YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN Oflers young sires out of choice I... Want:- ed registry dams and King Korndyke Art- ie Vale. Own dam 34.16 lbs. butter in 7 days:; average 2 nearest dams 37. 61 6 nearest, 33.93.20 nearest 27. 83. ‘ (Breeding - - Indifiduality ' " Production” Theta our motto. We make lat possible through our two herd bulls-onea l . . 0f the 830, 000 site, King Korndylge Pontiac as. the other a 36 lb. son of Korn- dyke 0Sadie Vale.‘ 'the greatest sire of mine gen- era Our matrons are stong in King of thet1 Pontiacs. King Segls, Hengerveld DeKol and Ormsby blood. We’ ve been at it since 19 906. Usually something to sell. Write BOA ROMAN FA RMO Jackson. Mich. BULLS NIJOELYIMARIEEII’. GOOD BONED u caves on 0 00A. R. O. and un- tested dame. t TRAC a reasonable Waldron. Mich. Y F. CRAIII'JALII?’loo Howell. Mich. HERE'S A ABULEGggggEEN‘I’luEOH 7° "E“ A Beautiful- Light Colored. Very A grandson of the $50 000 bull. Hie dam a 20 lb. jr. 4 year old. Next dam a A. R. 0. cow. Come and see his dam and his sisters and his fine heifer calves. This bull is coming 2 yrs. old. 90 per cent white. You will not he disappoln.‘ ed if you come :to see him. Pedigree on request. 1 rice 2350. Hand free from abortion. H. E. BROWN Breeder of Reg. Stock Only. Breedsvlile. Mich. 1 BAZLEY ' STOOK FARM YPOILANTI. MIC Oflers 2 grandsons of KIN GOF THE PONTI- 0 granddaughters of ACS. also 2 sons of Price 81001.0 $175 . Herd under state and federal inspection. from . x JOHN .BAZLEY- . ~~ ’319 Atkinson A-ve., Detroit. Mich. REGISTERED HOLOTEINS FOR BALE. FOUR bull calves sired .by a son of King Segis ('lmm- plon Mabel. He is a double grandson of King Begin De Kol Korndyke Dams are heavy producing hm“ cows. Prices reasonable. breeding considr. ‘0: I. P. DeHOOP, Iceland, 1Mlch.. R 3‘ ‘miha erect? nan. earners soon lift Ass-mans 5'1"“ as re 11 11s."? 9 win-"ism .311 of administer of P1311- 73:31! 33.1%“ Stgaight” Bull Calf. Born October 24. rem 9. lb. 2 . ld son of PONTIAC DE NI’JrLAo (11513113812313 olbsa butter and 750 lbs. milk in 7 twoShifgt “:18: FLINT HENGE2RVELD8. LAD whose av 735 45 lbs. milk m sea-egg; 3- 66 lbs. butter and Price 8100 F. O. LAST AMNVERTISED SOLD TO- B. Eiln L. C. KETZLER, Flint. Mich. "Pic F. W. Alexander, Vassar. New offer bu II two boutc1-2 white and s night as a line (:Eilredn EIn! MAPLE ORE EO‘I’ KORNDVKE HEN LD :and from FLI NT- ULTRA NUDINE .1 £28.22 pound da‘uehtsr of FLINT RINCE. Bull carries 1% per cent V wrist”. '32:: gig-""- BUTTER ”Buoy.“ . m. ‘ 0 new is your chance. ROOINA _ warm 8200. * ,nnv it. flames; shaming, Mich. » SHORTHORN HAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41 SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls all ages. Some females. President Central Michigan Shorthorn Association, McBrides, Michigan. 110127110“th AND POLAND cnmas FOR sale. Registered cows, heifers. hull calves, bred sows and fall pigs, either sex. The farmers’ kind at farmers' prices. F. PIGGOTT a. SON M. Union Phone Fowler, Mich. 3 SHORTHORN BILLS. 11 MONTHS TO 2 y.rs 50 Young Tom I‘urkeys 20 lbs. up. out of Antrim’s King a 45 lb Tom. at $10 0e.ach JA 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, THE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED- ere Association announce their fall catalog ready 80231:th Scotch Pop and Milki‘ 'ng res for distribution. Shorthorra’. listed. W. Crum, - REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE . KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD We still have eight good bulls and some heif- ers for sale. Come sand see then TONY CREEK 81'ch FARM Pewamo. Mich. ANGUS TIIPEE BULL OALYES Registered Guernseys, sired by PENCOYD PAT- RIOT “hose 3 nearest dams average 67 lbs. fat. Bred to improve your herd, and offer d rea- sonable. Guaranteed free from disease. P. S. MYERS a SON. Grand Blane. Mich; l The Most Profitable Kind I 01' forming. a car load of gra ade dairy heifers . from L ENA‘VEE COUNTY’S heaviest milk pro- ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the most extreme beef type for combination beef and dairy farming. Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD FARM for prompt shipment. Methods explained in SMITH’S PROFTI‘ABLE STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated. GEO. B. SMITH. Addison. Mich. DON’T FORGET liable Angus Home Stock have bred Angus cattle. YOUR WANTS CAN be supplied at the old re— Farm. r 30 years we We know the goods ones and breed the best.1‘hey are bred right, fed right and priced right. Tell us what you want. ANGUS HOME STOCK FARM. R2. Davlson, Mich BARTLETT, PURE enep escapee;- ANGUS CATTLE AND 0.l.0. Swine are right and are priced right. Corre- spondence solicited and inspection invite CARL BARTLETT. Lawton, Mich. GUERNSEYS WE ARE OFFERING FOR EUEBHSEY sale some splendid bull calves out of A. R. dams with records up to 500 lbs. fat. Our herd sire. a grandson of Dolly Dimples May King of Langwater and whose dam has an A. R. record of 548 lbs. fat at 2 1- 2 years in also for sale or exchange. Write for particulars and price 3 to L' Th°"’°’ 8““ " M”°' M'°"- MORGAN 31103.. R No 1, Aileoan, Mich. ' ‘ LL enauosou SPECIAL OFFER snonruomvs— [:03 SALE- GUERNSEY 3” R 0. d“ 10 . of Gov. of the Chene from A. 111, cows. $250 00 to $300 00 Bulls, $200' 00 mos. old. Also other bulls £10111 2 to 7 mos. old. to $250. 00. Wm J Bell, Rose City. Mich Writec for pmmulars V A. HENNESEY Watervllet. Michp‘ HURORA STOOK FARM JERSEYS O fifty head of Scotch and Scotch To d ”M Shorlzhxorne Am oii’ermg several (1 bulls. 2111):" or Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and Mn- and heifers. RUM“ Reds and W- 8. Write or jesty breeding Dams are heavy producers 9“ ”’9’“ .1. L. CARTER, R4. Lake Odessa, Mich. s. H. PANGBORN. Bad Axe. Mich BROWN SW’ISS BULL CALVES FOR SALE—JHORTHORN ready for service. Also young Oxford Down Ewes. Prices to sell JOE MURRAY Q SON. R2. Brown City, Mich. SHORTHoBN ‘Pflze- -winning Scotch Bull. Master Model 57614 in many states at head of herd of 50 good type Shorthorns. E. M. PARKHURST, Reed City. Michigan. FOR SALE FOR SALE AT REA- sonable prices. The Clay Bred Shorthorn bull calf from a heavy producing dam. HUBER. Gladwin, Mich. YOUNG STOCK either sex. also Mich. POLLEO SIIORTHORII young cows. White \Vyandottes. FRANK BARTLETT, Dryden. Registered females $200 Cows all hand Mich. “liking Shorthorns. and up. Bull calves at $100. milked. ROY s. FINCH, Fife Lake, _ HEREFORDS MEADOW BROOK HEREFORDS Having used Bob Fairfax 49402111011 of Richard Fairfax) for 3 years. I now offer him for sale. Also stock of either sex, any age. Come and look them over. Earl C. McCarty. Bad Axe. Huron Co.. Mich. 120 HEREFORD 81EERS.AL80 know of 10 or 16 loads fancy quality Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 1000 lbs Owners anxious to sell. Will hei buy We commisaion. C. F Ball. Fairlie d. Iowa. LAKEWOOD HEREFOROS E. J. TAYLOR. Owner Fremont. Mich. Individudllv good and breeding unsurpassed. No females for sale at present. but am ofl'erlng two exceptionally good bufll calves by COLLEGE BEAU 42153 . only son of that grand old matron “DELILA” illustrated in January 24th issue of ”Business Farming” and founder of M. A. C. Hereford herd. Come and see them. ' VAL VERDE FARM BROWN SWISS Registered calves for sale—both sex. EDWIN GRISWOLD, R1, Beiialre, Mich. FOR SALE PURE BRED BROWN SWISS BULL Calved April 28th.1919. H15 dam, Gertrude No. 6191. her sire. King Edgard No. 2219. His dam College Bravura 2nd. Worlds Champion Brown Swiss Cow. Will g1ve purchaser registra- 1n and transfer to FRANK POET, Clare, Mich.. R G Breeder of Brown Swiss Cattle RED POLLED REG. RED POLLB Bulls serviceable age. dNo. 30685. Elmwood bull heads herd ‘Ili'ivxl BtAITTENF-‘IELD & SONS, Fife Lake. Mich. AYRSHIRES ' ,_7 MI OYERLOOKEO OPPORTUNITY is offered right here for some Mich- igan Ayrshire breeder to get his or, fering before 70 000 Michigan busi- ness farmers. . Some one is going to grab this op- portunity and send along a little ad that will pay 1111.1 handsomely. ARE YOU THE OIIE? HOFSES Hardy Northern Bred Hereford: A D FAIRFAX 824819 HEAD OF HERD 3”:sz years calves for sale. 10 bulls 'and lo cJOI-IN MecGREGOR. Marrinvlile. Mich. LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN " ' “ " " cweoatwnlfoenpeeanaon ......Cattlo and Sheep . , 9 hi“ ”One or the other of the above "well—known experts will viiit all live-stock 11111111 new bgfihigan fififiefi Ohio and Indiana. as the exemsiv‘e ~..............Horsee and Stine 7 1.x,__,.,_Z-M.§; gyms. yes imported mares. 1 s lilo a 4”! F0“ SAL ONE IRON GRAY 5 YEAR OLD Percheron stallion. Prince 148423.81red by Brilliant TV No. 47531, a black horse and sold once for 83. 000.» The dam Prince a large gray mare No. 148 423. Price 8300. D. E. DEAN. Milford. Mich. .i. " Percheron: for Sale—21 Head Soviet 13,0757 at head of herd. A horse can- rying the blood of 2Imposant, his sire and ley’s Samson. two 2,400 lb. horses. He is 42 months old. weighs 2,150 )1» carries 14 inch I 1.013.“ A? 3313363111 a sous. Woodhull”!!- BELGIAIIS we are Jorcs'd m sell our on’tiare ,/ ., m m .6... spam I .m. . _ by. BIG BONE 4th. Bred to BIG 1 LONG .303 for my terrow.‘ ‘ HOSE BROS" . st. chum - ,Mlch. “I": who ohms slurs. «sin... r. Mart-J1 and April furrow. ' ' ‘ .‘W. BARNES A 80 Byron, Mich. , 6TH ANNUAL P. C. March 13. 1920. For. particulars write W. J. HAOELSHAW; Augusta, Mich. . WALNUT. ALLEY..'?.§..‘I‘§$§ Have u fen good gilts that I will sell open or bred to one Hi the best hours in Michigan. Write Ior prices A. D. GREGORY, Ionia, _Micii. AD H "cam L. r. P. c. Glits, bred for Mar. and furrmv. Bargain if taken at once. . M. JEFFRIED, St. Louis, Mich. ' m TYPE P. m—omsmo . our dun _ ' boars st 1;. barman. Choice sows. BRED 80W SALE. LT P 0 NOV. mos AT A BARGAIN PRIDE. ' ‘ Lianne and see or write - Louis, Mich. ELDRED A. CLARK. R 8. BI. . BIG TYPE P. C. BRED OILTS AND FALL yearlings including prize winners. Out of 1,100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from Iowa’s createst herds. E. J. MATHEWSON, Burr Oak, Mich. BIG TYPE Penance u'rlED 80W8 FOR SALE BOARS ALL GONE J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich. I Am Offering Large Type Poland Chino Sows, bred to F’s Orange at reasonable plrces. Also toll pigs. Write or call CLYDE FISHER. n3, St. Louis. Mich. L 'l' P 0 AM OFFERING SPRING boars. summer and tall pigs. F. T. HART. St. Louis, Mich. B. T. P. .C. BRED GILTS SIRED BY MOUW’S BI: Jones 3rd. out of Gruml Daughters of Disli- er's (ilnnt and bred to \Viley's King llob, it good sun of Harrison's Big Bob $10,100 boar. (iiits priced rezsmmble. JOIN ‘D, WILEY. Schooicraft, Mich. OAT-S MSG SOWS .M‘lv') PIGS. ANYTHING you want. Poland L‘lu‘nas of the biggest type. “9 inH‘rI hml them big for more than 25 ears: over Hm head on hand. Also registered [gamb- erons, llu‘steéns, and Oxfords. Everything sold at a rmsowow- price, and a square deal. JOHN C. BUTLER. Portland, Mich. Bio TYPE POLAND CHINA tried so'vs on'l qilts bredto MICHIGAN BUSTER BIG DESMUINES 5TH. BOB—O-LINK or \VON- DER lii'S’i‘i‘Ili. Fall pigs. » 0 L. WRIGHT, Joneavlllo, Mich. HERE’S SOMETHING GOOD THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN MICH. Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them. Expenses paid if not as represented. These boars In service: L’s Big Orange. Lord Clansman, Orange Price and Us Long Prospect. E. LIVINGSTON, Perms, Mloh. THE OLD FASHION SPOTTED POLAND CHINA H068 CHOICE GILTs—BRED March, April—$50 to $100 ’ J. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich. WONDERLAND HERD LARGE TYPE P. C. A few choice bred gilts for sale. Also fall gllts nd boers, some very good prospects of excellent reading. Gilts bred to ORPHAN‘S SUPERIOR he by BIG ORPHAN’S EQUAL by BIG BONE ORPHAN by the BIG ORPHAN. Dam, BEAUTY’S CHOICE by ORANGE BUD, by BIG ORANGE A. Free livery to visitors. Wm. J. CLARKE, Eaton Rapids, Mich. (ms nanw>Big Bob Mastodon "n P c BREEDER IFanIU WANT TO GET e King row buy 1 Gilt bred to BIG BOB MASTODON. He has more Grand Champion Blood In his veins than any other boar in Michi an. ' I have 15 choice Gilts bred to iiilm for March snd April 'i‘nrrow.‘ Fall pigs of either sex. C. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids, Mich. Q ARGE I'YPE POLAND CHINA HOOO. BOAR UL... spring farrow. Single Comb Rhode Island Red (,iockerels. Write for pedigrees and prices. Inspection Invited. FRED O. V088. Avooa. Mich. " L T P c A FEW SPRING IOARS LEFT AT FARMERB' PRICES. H. 0. 8WARTZ, SohooIcI-sfl, Mich. P. 0. COWS FOR MARCH AND April Thirty (arrow. 1 bouo- beEtter. call or write - Fol p13" R. LEONARD. 89.. Louis, Mich. FOR SALE fiLarge Type P. C. Hogs H‘ave a few spring hours and sprin Ilts rllnz sows. Bred to such boars Joining-3 "e 2nd, King's Glsnt. and Smooth Wonder. th . Free livery to visitors. . . RAMSDELL. Hanover, Mich. sole. Are booking orders ,for s19 ' . . "nffsiiiapifioii‘énm. In. Plymouth.” 9°“: sum JERSEY , , BIIED SONS SEIWIOE BOAIIS .- Booking orders for wesnllnz sci-ins fl“ $25 EITHER SEX We deliver the hon before y including Newton‘ and breeding, Fa'ir winners. Johns, Mich. ~ e. " Iv . on my IRA‘ BLANK « Potter-ville, Mich. . ' on SIZE QUALITY DUROC BOARS se'veral. State Barnhart. 81:. um,“ 73,19: m: um . yearling. sprinz and {all boars “anal-“8%: row, sired by 2:3..0 not 'get, price $65, While they last. non oer. » H. o. KEESLER, campons. Mlchu RP . Liberty Defender. Dams Col. breeding, good qualit)’. weighinz €393 Dunoos BRED aIL'rs FOR APRIL FAR- FROM DUROC BOARS ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi‘ son, Mich. ‘ . PRIZE WINNING ,s'rocn of all ages. Bows bred or open. Now- ton a. Blank, Hill Crest Fbrms. Perrington. Mich. Farm, 4 miles straight south of Middleton. EADOWVIEW FARM. REG. DUROC JERCEY hogs. Fall pigs for sale. J. E. MORRIS, Farmlngton. Mich. FOR BALE—REGISTERED DUROO JERSEY swine. Both sex. All ages. Rhoda Isknd Red Barred Rock and White Leghorn cockerels. 40 I. and 80 acre farms. Easy terms. W U. BARNES. “healer. Mich. . Choice broodlng, splen- DUROO BBED GILT did individuals. for April fan-ow. Would like. to have you see them. CHERRY LAWN FARM, Shepherd, Mich. Dunno JERSE BRED SOWS AND GILTS April and May furrow. Sll‘L‘iI or imwl in mg; 1.000 lb. herd boar. JOS. SCHUELLER. Weidman. Mich. DUROC BRED sows AND GILTS SIRED BY Orion Cherry Kim,r Col. 2nd, first aged hour at mo. He is an intensely Col. bred hour and ‘the Cal’s were never more popular than now. Li‘med from $65 to $100 each. “ W. O. TAYLOR, Milan, Mich. A ,FEW BRED DUROG GILTS. FRED TO A son of Principal 6th. These slits are long- bodied with good barns and shoulders {md Will weigh 250 lbs. Bred to furrow in April. Pedi- gree on request. Price crated, $100 each. H BROWN, Breedsville, Mich. 06 SPRING PIG 6 FOR A DUR ! $12050 weeks old .eitber sex, ,M. A. 0.- Breakwateri d bragging: d now 11 es pa . 00 mg or ers . C 86? W. SUTHERLAND, Grand Lodge, Mich. Swine. Order your spring. pigs now. Pairs (1 ti 3 n t skin. on Rr0 N.0 TOWNS, R6, Eaton Rapids, Mich. F0“ SAL anzo sows. bus. 10 na- row in March and April. Bred to MASTERPIECES ORION KING. 0. E. DAVIS & SON. Ashley, Mich. . w E OFFER A. FEW WELL-BRED SELECT- Giltesdifipring Bur-8c” r write ‘ MoNAOlOsHEgIPOYN fiaFORDYOE, St. Louis. Mich. REGISTERED DUROO JERSEYS FOR SAL of quality. Three good been. farrowed in Mar and April, 1919, weighing 300 to 350 lbs. each. Modern type with big bone. Write for pedigrees and prices. Satisfaction “mug.“iislms a son. Davlson, Mlch. l A few good hours of breeding no, clso s I?w°;od zilts. prices right, let me convince you. Henry D. Phillips, Milan. Mich. BERKSHIRES EGIST o nsnxsmnss ron SALE, sue. Ii 10 plgs'cr 840 a piece, while they last. Qat- islsctlon guaranteed. Taking orders for sprinz Dias. JOHN YOUNG. Breckenridge, Mich. BEGOIY FARM BERKSHIBES FOB prglt. Choice stock for sale. Write your wants. W. S. Cores, White Hall. III. CHESTER WHITES TER WHITEC—A FEW MAY ROAM. 01.5118 plan In pairs 01:] tries from ii?“ prominent mono 9 cos. ms. bloodnnuy-sfk'f Alexander. vuup, Mich. 8T RED CHESTER WHITE PIG FOR Enable st". prices that will interest you. Either today. "x‘ VIVIYAEPH coszus. Lem-Ina, Mich. - romaine , Vanni-{Ins oIL'rs. nu: APR. 1. fimnfiai 0 stock. $50 each. , . b AIR. ILADK O DON, R1. Lamina, Moll. bred Ior Much, ”Vii-iii “15mm 0. I. C. SOWS . ous‘or res scurrilous II MIOHIOAN sum. name. It yonwslt s, BIO ‘ FOR SALE= "a sow. 3...... MM!» In .: 4 r , Dunne nouns, GILT8 sun snoob souls. Bred ‘ Detroit in 1919. and bred to All Col. of SHED" Reg. papers free. Express APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROO JERSEY. B are, also bred '9'” snd‘ NILLIP’B PRIZE ‘WINNING DUROOS FOR' a... ..m:': .. crimson" PHI. , m A in. ' A Isis * I; homes. New Latin-op, Mich. “at!“ 0.11 or" . OUD T 'snso mi... "‘s I. s, D ”"3..." no: 's'éii‘" “a" w. s. nan-moon. mg, no... —.. ' ‘ snso sow no a flifisflififsfl or “33.5" .0...“ RAYMOND eunuch"; 33h. HAMPSHIRES 3:0!!! al‘L'rs now READY I GRIP. FALL PIGO rom new blood lines. ‘ ' JOH W. SNYDER, St. Johns, Mich R4 ‘o-Ioos " Amqu v71 o. o. .. .. hibltlon Drizie “Asaléi! gag-Rnogrlfi: won ox. rd boar 0. 0. Michigan Boy, was the In t b ‘ breeds shown. Pig‘s of big reg“... o "of“:li ulna stock. registered free and ship 0. 0. D. JOHN GIBSON, Pastors, Michfeg. No. 2 o l. C. GILTS WEIOHING 200 to 276 L38. in breeding flesh bred for March, April and 'May furrow. Guaranteed safe in dam. I will re- place any proving otherwise to your satisfaction or refund purchase price in full. Have a few'00~ tobcr boar Digs ready for spring service that no right priced to sell. Herd cholera immuned by 'double treatment. F. O. Burgess RB, Mason, Mich. Dbl. Olsoghiolcssarted mocha extra fine Sérvlco cars. 0 09 on pin. that s x ' . ”GLOVERLEAF FARM R1,: Mozmgt $8?ch 0. I.,»°.'l A few boars of serviceable age. Now booking orders for spring hrs to be shi time. Write yougwsnts to pfid at weaning CLARE V. DORMAN, Snovcr, v-Mlch. Mud-way- ausii-ka farm errors 0. I. C. bred gilts and twa servi e l puii't Allsobbredcto lay Barred c aberoer pu e s, cm ren eese and White Runner D . DIKE C. MILLER, Dryden, Mich. ucks FOR SALE?" I. c. ‘FBFRED GILT§ FOR APR”, ' . _ arrow, . .10. Bred to Bartlett's 0110108 l\o. 3:)649. Will register in buyers name. WILL IHRISCINSKE, Imlay City, Mich. ' bfi‘flrity. “a, with " or write nodal-son, Mich. " m: on? “increased“ ' 'm nose, Lumen ears two 'stI spring" bodr. dun bred, NAME“. ‘ ., , rm“? ' our A chum - Lot mm" 'ém‘iusmifi ' Assn d u a y _ witiithgiesg 02 mm {Tonto OOMFORT A. TYLER. Boo'y’. 10 Woodland Avs.. Dotroit. Mich. '. , SHIRE BRED EWEO 1 T0 '8‘ means] ,CWRRO'P healthy, well fleeced. Represent. stives 0‘ this flock gave sstisfactlon' In 15 states last season. Rams oil 0. Lemon, Dexter. Mich . . . . . .1 ,_ i In OF MIDI-I. YOU ARE- THE .FUTURE K farmers of thestste. I am one of the beat; Sheteg) t;breeders in all; gag. owli'ieti‘logcgt ts; . n me I o . , figmetlered ghrggshiresynow. 1A lot of lads have sl- recdy done so. but I want more. I will buylypur ram lambs and tic-operate with you in every W819 Write me for my proposition end prices. Box. 8. Kane-Kan Home, 8. L. Wing, Prop., Goldwater, Mick's: HAMPSHIRE SHEEP : E70 hint. t. both ewes snd rams moodhmnglg $1.. to ”Stream 200! an excellent blur boned type mm lamb that Weizhed 176 lbs. October 1. Booking orders for 1920 runs. on“ u. HAIRE. w“: Branch. Mich. i’ET STOCK $33 SALE Shetland Pony, bornMay 26, 1919. Fan Also bred more. 2 years old. MARK B. OURDYI. R 8. Hawaii, Mich. ELGIAN "ARES, CHOICE STOCK. 9 AND 0 Bmonths old, also 8. C. Anconu Corkerels. Write for prices, Sheridan Rsbbltry, II 5. Sheridan. Mich. Flemish Giant Rabbits that. are FOR SALE giants, old and young. in blacks, ’ steel greys andEnatural greys. Quality guaranteed. . E. HIMEBAUG H Goldwater. Mich. OUNG FOX HOUNDS. WALKER STRAIN. Every one registered and gnnmnteed. E. W. GILL, Clarion, MICh. “Swamped‘ with inquiries” HT M.‘B. F., Mt. Clemens. Gentlemen: We can say that we have more .than got results from our ed, as we have been swamped with inquiries. Morenci, Mich. February 16, 1920. Mich. F. L. HOUCK, Prop., Cornalfa Duroc Farm. , ! It tells you when and what you raise! Ono Subscrip- tion price i Dear Friends :— currency. , Name ‘ , ~—lt brings you all the news of Mich! .- hiding the plain facts. where to get the__ best prices for -——It is a practical paper written by Michigan men close to the sod, who work with their sleeves rolled'up! it has always and will continue to fight every battle for the interest . of. the business farmers of our home state. no matter whom else it helps or hurts! ‘ONE YEAR.......OI {THREE YEARS. . .32 tool]! ‘F'IVE YEARS.....$3 MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING. Mt. Clemons, Mich. Keep M. B. F. coming to the address below for. . . . . . .. POO. OC...O...I...COOI,.OO...OOCI‘OVOI’OCOVIV..OLOC‘IIO county stools-ssocooocsmasanecossj'sv‘oii A Zééufifw’ . YOU WANT THIS WEEKLY IN Y SATURDAY, BECAUSE— onn mu. BOX EVERY gan farming; never Np Premiums, > No free-list, but worth more than we ask. years for for which I enclose~ herewith 8. '. . . . . . in monomer-dot, check Q?\ 9- M :D' $00 I". 0‘: 3 o q I ' ‘L x , . , ‘ l , ‘v . t_ ,’ - r" . eoOOOOOOIOOOOIOIOCOIICOO...COO...I'OOOIO’CIIOO'IICOCO'11 , .__. -m. . 1., itarmer can’t .a 0rd to . what. born this spring if possible. . plan to have the silo full and a little “ensilage and hay; no grain. these last couple of years that '1 the farther hardly knows what to do. And the livestock market has led the list In breaks and slumps just ‘ at the critical time. The average take-many chanoes until conditions settle some- The man who can invent a way to take all chance out of farm- ing hasnot yet appeared. So we must do our best under the condi-~ tians at hand; ‘ On a good many Michigan farms it will pay to plan to produce a lit- tle extra doughtage in this seasons crops. Put in an extra fiveacres of And to spare this 'fall if you can. Then in November or December, accord- ing to the market conditions ”and "your best judgment, get a couple of your neighbors to go in with you and buy a 'carload of Steers. ’Ilhat-will give you six or seven each and save freight by buying-“in carload lots. G'et light: thin stock. What are termed “cannersf’ is about the grade you want. - They will it igh about six hundred pounds eac and sell near the bottom of the market; probably under ten cents per pound. It doeSn’t matter that they are quite thin so long as they are healthy. The thinner they are the cheaper you can buy and the greater gain per pound youn will make in fattening, them. And the gain in the price per pound , is where your profits lay, not in the number of pounds they gain. The gain in weight will cost all it brings in most cases. _ When you get them home don’t attempt to see how fast you can fat- tenthem. Start: them in easy on feed of ensilage twice a day with a feed of. hay once or twice depending upon the supply you happen 'to have. If you feed them hay at noon, feed straw mornings and nights with the ensilage. Give them as comfortable quarters as you can. But don't try to make it frost proof. Frost won’t hurt them if it is ry is shut out. A‘ goofi tight shed with an open south or east door will do nicely if you use lots of bedding. Do not look for sudden gains with this method of handling or you will be disappointed. For the first month or six weeks you will not see much if any gains, but keep at it. It has these merits: it is easy and inexpens- ive. The extra work the half doz- en feeders will make you won't amount to more than two hours each day. *' And as the feed ‘consists en- tirely. or nearly so, of such rough- ages as the best farming practice teaches that you can’t afford to sell oil the place anyway it is surely in- expensive. lf your ensilage and hay are of good quality by March first your steers will begin to Sh0_W some round- ness of form. You will begin to see that they are actually getting fat on that ration 'and are growing nicely. But if for any reason one or two of them seem to be falling behind the others a bit and their hair seems tight on them, feed a couple of ears of corn broken, or its equivalent, once or twice a day to the backward ones, beginning about March flrst.‘ ‘ ,Don’t expect to fatten them to a marketable condition on this ration. That isn’t the intention. Though we have more than once turned off good ‘ beef during February and March us- ing just the ensilage and hay ration. without one pound of grain, and they were cattle ' that went onto winter teed pretty thin in flesh at that. But the whole idea in the present case is to' get them into good, thrifty condi- tion by the time pasture comes on in the spring. When the pasture season opens turn your feeders into the best past- ure you can procure. And be sure it isn’t- over-stocked. in isuCh an unsettled condition ' A good' and the wind - , . If- you or; hiring ' the pasture pay an extra dollar..por Wm tom . * era creased .3494, 000.000. This I“;1,”>o! $834,000,000,- untilJulyiiretsou steers all the pasture they can use. . _ It won’t inconvenience your neigh- bors so much as it might seem to at first glance- ,. -' Their pasture that carries their dairy herd during the dry season of midsummer and fall will carry the young stock too for a month or two in the spring in pretty fair shape. Then after your steers go to market you can take care of their young stock when the dry spell comes on. That plan works good for, both part- ies. . ‘ When you put your steers in past- ure is when’ you really expect them to put on meat. If the pasture is good, with lots of water at all times and a little shade, they won’t disapr point you. By July first it not soon- er they will be ready for market. And if they have done reasonably well they will have gained from one hun- dred and fifty to two hundred pounds each .Watch your cattle and the mar- kets and use your own best judg- ment about when to market them. I would. add this- much: as a gen- eral practice I do not think it will pay you to ship them to the packing house markets. Light, grass fed cat- tle do not find favor there as a‘ule. And they shrink a lot on the way. ‘ But they are just prime for your own local. butchers summer trade. So sell them to him if you can. You don’t have to sell them all the one day. Turn them in as fast as he c 11 use them It doesn’t cost you much to keep them an extra week on grass and you avoid all the shrinkage. But again, use your own best judgment. If the packing house markets are high on light cattle ship them. If the three of you ship together again it will save freight by making a car lot. Either way the cattle should turn you a profit and the expense and chance is small. HOG RHEUMATISM I have a bunch of shoats that weigh about 90 or a 100 lbs, and they are all getting lame: appear to be stiff and very sore for when I move them they just squeal awful. I have been feeding corn in the ear and all the milk they would drink twice a day. I wish you could send me word alt once how to treat those shouts for Ifear I will lose the whole bunch—L. F, 8., ”Remus, Mich Your hogs are affected with rheuma- tism, either muscular or articular. Th clatter is far more common and the attacks more severe. About the only way you can distinguish the dif- ference between the two; in the artic- ular form the onset of the trouble is more sudden. The affected articula- tions become swollen and are very sensitive; the animal refuses to place weight on them or, if compelled to do so, expresses pain. If articulations of more than one leg are simultaneously ‘aflected, the animal remains lying down, arising only after considerable urging. There is usually some rise of. temperature and a diminished desire for. food. The disease runs a variable course, the attacks being intermit- tent. A1n attack usually continues for about two weeks, then the animal ape parently recovers, but sooner or later the attacks recur. The treatment for both is practically the same; provide good, dry quarters and give twenty grains Sodium Sulphur three times a day. The outcome of the disease is uncertain, and if the animals are in butcher condition they can and should be- slaughtered as soon as the symp- toms disappear. Senator Cummins, on the floor of the Senate, recently said that the $900,000,000 a your rental paid the private interests of the railroads by the government was so exorbitant as to "shock the moral sense of man- kind." He said $700,000 would have been. a fair rental. This is where $400,000, 000 (two years’ ex- cess) of the $100, 000,000 alleged “loss" under government operation went. Director General Hines says thatifratclhsdbeenraisedwhen' the governinent took over the roads instead of six months later, the op- tetanus would have been in- acéo‘ unto ‘ ducks, under this Watson headln at 80 cents ”per line cottm teach can 11mm mum lgmn- mall." Adam Mlchlcen slalom" F7" 7—. —__7 DAY 01.1) CH lCKS NEW SPRING cantanooh The Day Old methionine“ is on. complete catalog we have fit anlhfi’l; help you. Thlrtecn Hen Three Elpgoh my? “are You will cuhrly interested in the ex- tra heavy laying breeds:Wbiut:.uLccho1-m Inspected and certified or heavy the Poultry Extension Specialist oi the Aorlou oral Colic Cookersls—-Wc have Barrel Bock s. Wyandottes, R. 0. Brown Legh om 7““me White Holland l‘cm. We solicit your interest in the Homestead Farms plan of Pure Brod Poultry 11181113 STATI FARMS AOSOOIATION Desk I. Kalamazoo. Mlohloun GOGKEIIELS —- PULLEI S PURE IREO UTILITY STOOK OOOKERELO WRITE WVARDOTT OTTES. 8. L. WVANDOTTIO WM "'8 ORPINOTON IARRED ROOKS. RUFF PLYMOUTH ROOKO R0 08E ASND SINGLE OOMI R. RE O. LOA K MINORGAB 8: 0. WHITE LEOHORN ROCE COMB BRDPW: LEGIIORNO.’ ANCONAD LLE'I'S WRITE WYANDO‘NTTIES. RARRED ROCKS AND 8. INIH TE LEGHORNS We ship on oappro va.l write or wan nts. VALLEY RIDGE POULTRY FARM Frazer Mlller, Prop. Bloomingdale, Mlch. ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS Two great breeds for profit. Write today for free catalogue of hatching eggs. baby chicks and breeding stock. CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY. 149 Phllo Bldg. Elmln. N. Y. OCKEBELB. DRAKES. AROORAB, DUFF barred. Columbian. Silver Peuciled and White PlymouthRoczks Rouen dra,kss p.rloe88 es.c.h SHERIDAN POULTRY nYI)8., RI. Shorldon, Mich FOB SAL MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. Toulouse geese, White Pekin either sex, 84 each at once. Old ducks Weigh 10 poui¥is CHASE OCK FARM. Mariette. Mich. PLYMOUTH ROCKS. HOICE BARRED ROCK COOKERELB AND Pullets bred from Detroit and Boston winners. Good laying strain. Prices reasonable, satisfie- tion guaranteed. TOLLEs BROS" R 10. 8%. Johns. Mich. BARRED nocu coohnus. snso mom great layers. w. G. COFFMAII, Benton. Harbor. Mloh.. R 8 OHN'S BIG BEAUTIFUL IARRED ROCK. are hen hatched. good layers grow quick on approval Males 4 to SS P052)!- Circulara—John Northon, Clare. Mich. Barred Rock Cookers“ from Trspnnud Stu“ Contest winning strain, direct. Sir-ed by reed male, 260 egg record. Also a few c 0100 artridge Rock Oockerels, prices 83. 34' cand 35. N. AYERS A 80". sllverwocng URE BRED BARRED ROCKS. GOOD LAY- ers. That narrow, straight sns ppg barring. Score cards on bone and ullets to 4 point. Am an old timer in the b ness. Eggs for batch- ing, 32. 50 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. D. STECKLE. Frceport. Mich" Box 110 emost. 11it will 317 ‘live arrival guaranteed. 1‘8:er now. mum 30 Year-c er of 8llver Laced on W ys‘ndottss. QB lot of you and 85 ea. Clarence]! rownlng stock at 83 a A FIRE LOT or risusu. cream WHITE : Wyam‘lottel LCockei-els. 88 to 85 each. MORLEY. Cromll. Mloh. ORPINGTON BUFF WRIST“ COOKERELSUSM birds weighing 8 lbs. or more. 84 ea, . CLYDE GODFREY. Joncsvlils. Mich. BABY CHICKS 7 o. it CHICKEN HATCHERY THOROUGHBRED DAV OLD OHIOKI s is comb. be. BuflsndBrownLogho to, 3‘13! and Barred Rocks. 8. 0. R. .Rods. Anconus, White \Vysndottal. uonghlokl. $8.25: 50 ohloks. '11'100 omen, A. C. MORRIROBTAR. Box 208. Phom115. Pl‘op. Fonton. Mloh. hicks. Lochorm. Minors“. Spanish, Houdans. Campines, Reds. Roch. Orpingtons. Brahms; Wyandottes. Tyrone Poultry hm, Fenton, Mich. CHICKS—CHICKS SHIPPED OAFELY EVERYWHERE DY MA". 8. C. White Leghorn: and 8. Mottled An- conas: the great egg machines. Strong. chicks. guaranteed satiety. Order now .. -_.~_.... ....._......._. .. . \ March l”send April delivery. Eleventh season. Oct- 7" slog HOLLAND HATCHERV.'R1. Holland. Mich. ,cmcxs m recs 2.»- :MRggggl-m Plymouth Rocks. Superior color. Prolific layers repaid by parcel post and sci. delivery guar- anteed. Illustrated catalog free. Mich. lNTERLAKEs FARM. Box 4. Lawrence. "anln’s Strain Whlte Wycndouu. Heavy exhibition and utility stock. Baby chicks and $20 per hundred. Ha per hundred. Booting orders rder early. .W. HEIMBAOH, III Ruplds. Mloh. ABV CHICKS: Pure bred Whita Leghorn. Brown Leghorns r 100, Anconss, 0-33 breeds. Free mtslog GLE. Clinton? fMo. 50,000 for 1920. Bar: BABY c H I c K Rocks. Exhibition Quality. Booking orders now at 200 eac.h Beechmont Poultry Farm, 031m". lnd., lo! 10 HATCHING EGGS FUII SAL HATCHINC E008 FROM 1 heavyla gltrsinofs. O B. Reds. Pen No.1 beads by s Owen Farms your ing cock and mated to a superb bunch of pullets. Pens Nos: 2 and 8 headed by two wonderful cook. erels and mated to equally pulletl. also . utility flock that is high clan. Get our prion on your wanted. for the coming season. satin-,9. tion guarants A 80". Mich. F. HEIMS WHITE WVANDOTTEG, EGGS FOR HATCH- ing from selected layers, 82 per 15, prepaid. Pens, 818 to 325. FR RANK DOLONG. lulu! stlson. R8. Time Rivers, Mich. II 0. BR. Leghorn eggs. $1.50 per setting. Pull! duck, $1. 50 for 8 goon 400 each. Hillrdelo. Mich. . China. MRS. CLAUDIA BETTU. BARBED HOGKSmE'tfihn. mi'm “fl' mm la 11 strain. $2 per r 45 . LEGHORN _ ”$51.0... n .Kirby, Us! tum..." Mich. C. White Leghorn Hatohlno Eggs, .2 for set- FROM BIG BARRED ROCKC. IRED ting, $5 for 50; $9 for 100. Day old chicks. $10 per 50. 818 per 100, E. Altcnbsrn. Allegsn. EGGS to lay. $1. 50 so tflng. MR8. TROS. FOSTER. Ole-opolls, MloIL, R1 s C. BUFF LEGRORNS, .BABY CHIOKD. EGGS for batching. Hens, Oockerels. Farm raised. Good layidng strain. w. WEBSTER, Roth. Mich. Bic Whlts Lschorns, 280- CHICKS EGGS 285 TRAPNESTED Strain of winter layers. Real profltmskers. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sauder’s Leghorn Parks, anill, Ind. era are selected for good5 markings, or and very heavy laying, $2 per 5, 810114.90 CHAS. H. WRIGHT. Ypsllluntl. Box 10. Barred Rock Ego: for Early Hatching. rlgélrood- Mich, ‘wHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, FISHEL STRAIN direct. Farm treated, good winter In on. eggs :2 per 15, $10 per 100. Order- book now to! spring deliveries. MAHALA H. SALAH. Potoskey, Mich" R 8 ---poultry breeders! l I Start your advertising NOW, whether you have anything to sell right now or not, get your advertising in these P8808 WHERE YOU KNOW IT WILL PAY Write MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Breeders’ Demon, - ' Mt. Clemens, for specilfl, rates or better still send copy. we will put it in type and quote you for 18. 26 or 52 times. W'Fonw'th CORSIGR YOUR LIVE STOCK TO CLAY, ROBINSON & CO. ’UVE m COMMISSION cine-WE,“g mam sci-com ‘ Denver “namely \. \ . . -.- .E....... . .. “Em-mt .;::~. -. an. .o“ _ a-m-T' {Figure This for YOursel-f . How much more would it have meant to you in the past if you had been able to deliver your crops, your garden truck, your , dairy produce or your live stock—hogs, cattle, sheep—to mar- ket 1n time to take advantage of the highest quotations? Figure back—you’d have been a very rich man by now. Add to that what you would have realized from a greater acre- age seeded each year, and crops harvested in prime condition so as to command the highest prices. I This extra efficiency—this extra profit—is now possible to ‘the country Business Man. ‘ A Reo “Speed-Wagon”—-—on pneumatic tires—will enable you to rush.your produce to market within a few hours after. you have gotten the tap quotations—and to deliver the most perish- able fruits or live stock in prime condition and With the mini- mum 0f depreciation in weight and value. Free yourself from a non-competitive, small-town market! The “Speed-Wagon” brings several markets within reach and stimulates competitive bidding N o matter what your specialty or the nature of yOur produce you can have a body that exactly suits your needs, by mount- . ing on the basic body below any of the attachments shown at left The adaptability of this “Speed- .wagd‘n" is almost limitless. ’ Two standard types are shown at bottom—the standard basic (express) body and the canopy express—and you can buy from your Reo dealer any or all of the attachments for a few dollars extra—either at time of buying the ‘Speed-Wagon”‘ . or any time thereafter. Electric starter and lights are standard equipment. s _ p S, ‘ ,l There is a Rea Dealer in your ViciniM . If You Don’t Happen to Know Him 9 Write the Factory for Illustrated Catalog Re}, Motor‘jrCar .VCom'pan'y,’ Lansing. Mich. 3 ,- 7"‘* 1‘