50c PER YEAR (Taggers-“I 'port mid- - : going to T1511 "‘3: 1s matakc e 1{tiext 111p, ~whmh mill take us just... nicely 11,141,?“me Sheet”, Was launched ' market sea was encountered , but by holding the “Pink the prevailing winds, she; kept were lost in the fog of uncertainty, , g away by; cempass which indicated and demand, the good ship/came hbut a single loss recorded on her log. certain market conditions have not prevarled :durin the past decade. Before the triers:- had fin1$hed their planting, the govern- crop reports were heralding the coming of lliburnper crop.’ dd ’ 11" from the start The buyers of farm products these reports as a basis for their figures in ' “bumper , so 1111:er fed and cared for that the year’s fluctua- , to its original size, four pages. Sdfirdall. June 7411), I9I3 OUR SAILS 3" What the result would have been had not the ;_ > “Pink Sheet” been right on the job no one can meet dong enough tell. ‘bear1ngs.and cOrr‘ect Our satisfaction comes from knowing that the little “Pink Sheet” was right on the job and, thaf the markets in Michigan were never held sorclose to actual supply. and demand prices as duriil3 the past year No one will deny the fact that we had a crop of potatoes, yet the market was tions held within a ten- cent circle. The bean anarket was hammered hard, but those who fol- lowed the advice contained in the “Pink Sheet” sold above the $2 mark And so we might go on down through the 1151,1111: what’s the use? Our good friends both realize and appreciate the service that has been rendered, and ’tis better that we merely say -“thanks” for the co— Operation we have received, and announce that we are going to keep our course right on until the market sea has been explored and charted. ‘ With this issue, the “Pink Sheet” goes back In this form it will be issued until the harvest has been gathered, and the reports and advice on the fall markets demand additional pages. '_Thus- far the “Pink Sheet” has carried no ad- vertising, consequently the whole expense of the publication has been borne by the publishers and the readers. This makes it necessary to econo- mize between market seasons-«yet the efficiency of the little market paper will in no wise be impaired. At this time, when you are busy in the field from morn till night, you more fully appreciate the amount of expense, work and worry there is bound up in the sheaf, bushel or ton of the pro- ducts of the farm. You are not farming for pleasure, you are farming for profit; an’d'mthe only time you can realize a profit is when you sell the products of your farm at a price above the cost of production. _ Right now, while you are working and hoping for the final reward in the shape of profits, is a mighty good time for you to suggest in what way the “Pink Sheet” can be of greater service in aiding to secure the final results. Up To- The- Minute Review of Crop Conditions in Michigan 1111}. “Pink Street’s” Crop Reporter wants to kgep his fingers on the grow- ing’ crops in every caunty in Michigan and to this and be is now requesting- answers {to the following questions: lst-—-What has been the nature and. condition of the soil for spring seed- wing? '1' ..‘d-—-What weather conditions have you experimeed? ,, gird—What efleét has the same had («on wring seeding? Mix—What efieCt has it had on the gr owing grass? h--—-How does the oat acreage com- pare with’last season? ' Orb—What are the prospects for a crop? 1' 7‘ .:. 7th-,——‘Wh‘at can you say of the grass ..1 réage? Stir—How does it appear based on ant season. fNib—What is the nature of growing Peat crop? lO’th—'-.How does it compare with st season? . ; llth—What is the nature of the soil » 4‘ f“; bean planting? thh-‘—W~hat progress is being made along this line?’ 13th—How will the acreage com- ”it: With last Season? l4th——Were conditions favorable for rly potatoes? lSth—What is outlook for crop? T 117th—-What canyon say of the ‘ Prospects ‘for late potato planting? Ethic—How will the acreage com- 1th last yearPL ewe are requested from any * ' If ydur coun» t our readers. ,lready been reported this .11: your- section at the ndlti'ans are different than: 197in not hesitate to, write ,- PaPo your full name and address, including county. - Reports below are in answer to About 95% better. Nearly all planted. l4—No. ll—Good. 13——Fully as large. l7—Well along. lS—Favor- 12— MASON: 5—Larger. same. l—Good. Z—Backward. 6—Good. 7—About the 9——Not very good. lO—Not as good. ll—Good. 13~——About the year. questions as above: . ST. CLAIR: 1‘-——Wet, cold. 2—— Cold, backward. 3—Hurt by late frosts. 4—Hurt slightly by frost. 5 ——Much poorer than last year at this time. 6-——60% crop. 7—Same as last year. 8-Light crop. 9—Fairly good. lO—Not up to last year. llL—Soil good for beans. lZ—Sowing large acreage. 13—Not as many as last l4—Favorable. 15—Good . 16 r—Better than last year. 17—Good. . 18-—About -same.—-—WM. RUSSELL. 7 2——-April OSCEOLA: 1 l—Good. and fore part of May was wet. Spring Seeding started nicely. Clover good, timothy light. 5—— Greater. 6—G00d. 7—Normal. 8-- One-third less. 9—Good. 10th—One- third as much. ll—Too dry. 12— Well along. l3—About the same. l4——No.15-—-Poor.16—About the same. 17—Good.18—Larger.—O.R RATHBUN. .. LAPEER:1—Good.2—Very cold. 3—Slow. 4—Fair1y well. 5—- Fully as large. 6—Just fair. 7—Fully as_1arge.8e-Exceedingly good. 10— 3.. 4_. ably—A. G. SMITH. HILLSDALE: l—Fore part dry, latter wet. 2—;Cold and backward. 3 —Made it late. 4—Good. S—About normal. 6—Fair. 7—About normal. 8—About the same. 9—Good. 10— Better. ll—Don’t raise many. 14—— Good. 15—»Late. 16—Normal. 17—- Good. 18—About normal.—S. C. SPITTLER. ISABELLA: l—Prime condition. 2 —-Bad, too dry and cold. 3—Very backward. 4—Not as well. 5—Larger. 6—Very light. 7—«About the same. —-Lighter. 9—Better. lO—Much bet— ter. ll—Good. 12—Much larger. 14 ——-Not favorable. ’ 15—Not as large. 17-——Good. 18—Larger.——JAS. H. RANSOM. - SHIAWASSEE: l—Fine. 2—Too cold. 3 ——Little growth. S—About the same. 6—Some very thin, other good. 7—Smaller. 8—Not more than one- third. 9—Better. ll—Fine. 12— Half done. Iii—Great. 14—Very good. 15—Very good. l6—About the same. 17—Fine. lS—Usual amount. —P. VAN WOERT. Last Moment Market Flashes very latest quotafldns are: fBe‘a—ns. . council-.... 5 .1 - LAST MlNU'TE betore going to press. we secure quotations I on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special advice, will be found with each commodity son the following pages. Wheat, No.1 White (large mills paying) . Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying)... .. Oats, Standard ..... . ..... . .. Rye . .....‘....‘....-.1.................... .. , Hay (best market today, New York), at ....... 21.00 Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at. «2:,__Butter . . . . . . . . . ,. . ................... ~20 .I'COOO. The . 351.03% 1.04%; Ali— .64 . . . . . 2.15 .55 .27 same. 14—Favorable. lS—Good. 16 ' —About the same. l7—Good. 18—— , Same—J. H. WOOSTER. INGHAM: l—Fairly good. 2—- Cold. 3—None. 4—Not very good. S—About the same. 6—-—Not as good. 7———About the same. 8—Not as good. 9—Poor. lO——Not as good. 11—- About the same. 12—About the same. 13—About the same. 14—Large acre- age. 15—not so good. l6—About the ' same. 17——Not planted yet. ,_,l8;— About the same—WM. DERBY. 1 » ‘ MONTCALM: l—Fairly good. 2 ———Little dry. 3—Not very bad. 4— Short. 5—About the same. 6—Good. 7———About the same. 8—Poor. 9—— Fairly good. lO—Much better. 11— excellent. 12——Good many to plant yet. . 14—Nearly the same. 14-—Very favorable. lS—Favorable. 16,—,—Too early to say. ‘avorable. 18—Lit— tle less—H. F. NELSON. EATON: l—Too cold and dry. 2 -—Cold and dry. 3—Small and back- ward. 4—Vc1‘y poor. 5—~Litt1e more. 6—Not good. 7—Some meadows broken up, planted to beans. 8—One- fourth or less. 9—Very poor. 10w About the same. —11Fine and good. 12—Morc than half planted. 13—- More l4———Poor. 15—Fair. 16— About the same. l7——Soi1 fine, pros- pects pood. lS—About the same—— L. E. SHELLENBARGER. ARENAC: l—T 00 dry. Z—Too dry and cold. 3——Drying up and dieing. 4—Drying up. S—No crop to speak of. 6~Very poor. lZ—Planting lots of beans. l4—Favorable. 15—-—Can’t tell yet. 18—Can’t tell yet.—E. '- STALKER. SAGINAW: l—Good. 2—Cold and " dry. 3-Not any. 4—Kept it back. 5 ——Almost double. 6—Good. 7—Ab011t 7“ the same. 8——Not so good. 9—Goq lO—Better. 11———Pretty good. 1 About half in. Iii—About the sa 14—Not very, too cold. lS—Not very good lG—About the same. 1 a“: Good. 18—Little better. -—-JOE RICH-P TER. (Crop Conditions Report continued next week) V: intern“ ., 1.1. , ‘n‘lar‘ket notes 1 organ; we demonii‘trat'ed that 4a ’ am: pettehtage of results - we “cing was madeipossible ’ by . e‘of weather cOnditions experi- T” d: -We. view" . these ' conditions . all angles possible, just the same 158.; does the man engaged in the hand- ngvyof this commodity. The under— flj" ents. which go to effect a given .35”SQQi‘1 ition all have their bearing on § k 7* 'f;‘ '~~_: . No. l—Good. substantial.»;dema 'prcflsnt «candltlohs av. ruined market. at writable. prices. “NO-.2 3wm0t ' narrate :snii bot?“ spa-res; thoroughly» predicted. o. s—Marketyery quiet; jhslov r1111 116-. - cows; bin: ;oyer-. do noufee’lt rod. 110. 4-No profit at rul‘ing'prloes; ,1: you can 13.1111. {span 4. oymth ,‘ r . d . .. hour" proposition. No.= s—Better keep-1n port. Storm on. ‘Priocs uni to. , ‘ 93'0“ “P09 1? _ . . lower but we would take a chance. . I . " . _ . . ’ tion ‘to speakhofv , ' ‘ ‘ 3L . ‘ that something my . .ts,.and easy and every one must . ‘ ,. ‘ 1‘ . .V g not take this stuff at a decent pricé, . .. 'measured as aCCurately as is pos- ile. There are times when we feel 13181379. certain condition'is responsible or;result's,‘when, in "fact, the outcome ' yes that this alone could not have "du'ced the conditions we have been ed to experience. We have tried hink offevery angle possible in the. raining up of a reason for our pres- nt situation. We are frank, to admit at it has kept us guessing and udying in order that a logical rea— ning would be; the result. We have ven'the'surplus condition'of com— on qualities of hay as one reason for .-a given condition; the small percent- '_ ge of high class hay as another; bad frond conditions, etc., as still another; \ e‘ flooded situation as about the al. These have constituted what 'ould naturally be termed the real assets to the general situation and re- }sponsible to a great degree for the areal experience we have undergone; ‘butvafter having watched all of these different angles to the situation work ”out, we become aware that there must be {some other real reason why condi: ions are just as "they are today, be- cause in face of. any of the above an- .gles to the situation, We should not be experiencing the depressed, lifeless tone to the situation that we must ad- ..imit now exists. Look on to what mar— ' etswyou may and you will not be (acid by 'a glutted condition, instead you, will find that receipts are of a Ormally light condition; receipts hich each and any one of those given markets should absorb and quickly, ut in face of this you cannot find a market today on which there does 'not 5exist a comparatively easy feeling. The trade in' general seems to be of a hanging back diSposition, not coming into the game with any real spirit so that the situation in general can es— tablish tone. In order to effect ,i‘trades customers right and left have be worked hard. They do not omeinto the market; they do _not again to have any demands and just “li‘ythis is constitutes a real conun— “drum. '- It“would appear that the situation existing on this commodity was some- sizhat in sympathy with the spec1al re- rt that we have given above. eeling of depression, indefiniteness, etc., seems to have permeated the gen— eral line of escape for this commodity along with all others. The tone to the situation is not there; markets in every direction reporting light re- ,eeipt/s but an easy feeling. When .a .. dition of this kind ex15ts, there is a, double reason why you should ap- ply the regulator to the dispOSition of the commodity before you. You can— not hope or expect to get any results in harmony with a‘natural condition "inless you apply the regulator at the reSe-nt time. You have got to make ' create a demand, and a. tone to the situation before you can ‘ aye placed your commodity in a sat- isfactory manner. You are facmg a ' cturers’ position at the mo— He creates a commodity and creates a market for it. This entire 4 esskeepssa hand on the regulator I . He cannot put hiscom- : ‘y. 011 the market in a haphazard- anner‘. If. angles to, the Situa- 6w up and affects the condi— ‘ ‘ you-today. ’ ’ ‘ the regu- you will'se‘e _ ‘ .. .' . . . - The road to thrift is largely the (words Farm waste often- is» hang on to ituntil they will. It is true that We have, quite a per- centage of common quality hay'backr. _ that quite apercentage of common quality hay will 'be held over, but if crop conditions are not of a faVOrable' nature, we willnaturally experience’a much more favorable season next year and'accordingly be able to place this old hay to a much higher degree of satisfaction than we can at present. Do not give it away—do not sell it below its value—be a creator, notonly manufacture a commodity'but create a, market on which to place it. After you have done this, regulate that given market so that you can get a profit out of the produce, you are placing on it.‘ HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. ‘ Michigan ............ $10.60 Michigan. . . ....... . . 10.20 Michigan ............ 13.00 Michigan ......... . . . 12.80 ‘Michigan. . . . . . . . . . 12.40 Zone . Michigan ............ 12.80 Zone . No. Michigan ............ 14.45 NOTE—The prices quoted are for No. 1 Timothy in the different freight zones. This gives you the price dealers should be able‘ to pay for this commodity. f. o. b., their station, under existing market con- ditions. Handling charge not included. Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone DETROIT—We have but very lit- tle change to report to you in this week’s issue concerning the \condition of the Detroit market. We have no particular life or tone to the situation whatever, only as it affects the very top qualities of hay and even on this grade the market is just a little easier. We are not changing quotations but the feeling is not quite as good. HAY—DETROIT MARKET. No. 1 Timothy .................... $15.00 No. 2 Timothy .................... 12.50 No.‘ 3 Timothy ................. 9.00 Light mixed ...................... 12.50 No. 1 mixed ...................... 11.50 No. 2 mixed ...................... Rye Straw What and Cat Straw .............. PITTSBURG—Hay receipts hav’e been of a very normal nature, but they' seem to fully meet the demand. Even 'No. 1 timothy shows an'easier feeling; grades below that are very dull and slow sale. HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET. No. 1 Timothy hay ............... $15.00 No. 2 Timothy hay 13.00 No. 3 Timothy No. 1 Light mixed hay ...... . No. 1 Clover mixed hay ........... 13.00 No. l Clover hay . 12.00 Fine Prairie Packing Hay .......... 10.00 No. 1 Oat straw ...... . ...... 9.00 No. 1 Rye straw No. 1 Wheat straw CHICAGO—There has been a very heavy run of hay on the Chi- cago market for the past week. 'There is no question but what the feeling is, just a little easier. It seems that Ju‘ne shipments have commenced to arrive in sympathy with what the trade expected. If a dumping situa- tion continues, smash will, go the mar- ket. ~ once. of waste. Choicé Timothy 16.002 No.'.1;;»Timothy ........ .......;....$15.00 ‘ No. 2 Timothy, Light Clover Mixed......,........... 13:00 'No. 2‘ Mixed-hayr- 10.00 No.3,Timothy,.;«.‘....»....’... ' Clover 'Threshed Timothy Marsh feeding hay .............. Packing ...-- 10:00 ‘ son‘s-ooolooodnnoo-o . .HAr+cfiIcaso MARKET. 7'1 ' ...........'.~..13.00'_ BOSTON—The Boston situation seems to be rolling along in about the same old-fashioned, care-free way. The trade is holding back on any- thing excepting strictly high class stuff; export trade is very light. You Will appreciate that export business creates an angle through which we can dispose of a great percentage of common qualities. ' ‘ HAY—BOSTON MARKET. Small bales. $20.50 20.00 , 17.00 14.00 15.00 15.00 13.00 Large bales. choice No. 1 No. 2 Hay. Hay. Hay. Hay. Hay. Hay, clover Hay, stock . Long rye straw. . . . . . ....... 22.00 Tangled rye straw ......... 12.00 12.00 Oat straw 11.00 NOTbLarge bales weigh from 200 to 250 pounds; medium bales from 80‘ to 150 pounds. NEW YORK—There has been a further easing off of values. for prac— tically all grades of hay the past week; strictly No. 1 in both large and me- dium bales has held up fairly well.. Arrivals have been somewhat heavier but stocks en route show a decrease. This market continuesdn an over- stocked condition with low grade. HAY—NEW YORK MARKET. New Hay: Large Small Timothy— bales, bales, . Choice. per tonxper ton. ................ . . . .$21.00 $20.00 18.00 18.00 3 ............... ... . . 16.00 15.50 Light Clover mixed. . . . . . . . 18.00 17.00 No. 1 Clover mixed ........ 17.00 16.00 No. 1 Clover . 15.00 No. 2 Clover mixed 13.5.0 11.00 NOTE-—Large bales weigh from 200 to 250 pounds; medium bales from 80 to 150 w POTATOES ' There is no particular use to n elaborate on the potato situa- tion or try to put up any par- ticular fight in its future behalf. You are just as well aware as We that the old potato situation is practicallyover .with from a marketing standpoint. We are aware nowthat the game has been played and the different stunts pulled‘off; thatflou‘r flight upWards and aeroplane rideofa shert durationgwas" caused by the-reported condition , ex- ‘1st1ng_.ont.th'e early} petat _ «crop; , but at - , quickly, cause a-“speculiti ,v ‘ , rushing current {of doing (1" ' commodity and at mostja, (j - _. also know‘that-fthe pillars. iii-gs” *be‘anck‘ed On with one ~wallop. .5 possibility for. these . ‘oldf' They are going. to 'fig'h ' gradually fade away. T g tatdsituation instead offs improvement? in selling valu- - weakening} instead. The/shay“ early. potatoes today is‘of,;a_, Ve servative nature, buying fonl hand—to-mouth ym‘ainner. That’s-i disposition manifest at evef‘yha This being the true “situation , : fronting us today and paralleie w' the sympathetic disposition. ' in all lines, makes the future bilities for this commodity of [11 ing more than a normal expec~ c It oughtto be quite possible‘to; a: tain a standard of levels aroun for the remainder of thiswrop. I proper regulation and displaying-:01. nerve this accomplishment could made to become in real effect, b. ->. a weakening is shown on your. ,. and a dumping on to the market“ '11 result, then the jig is up - ' whether these old potatoes will in tain a certain standard of levels 0 the outside or not is entirely 'up‘ 0 your local dealer instead of you. do not maintain that the future p‘oh .bilities from a~regulating standpm is within the hands of the prod cec. We believe that the local handler/j? potatoes is the one Who can, re ‘. late the future flow and he only. It may be possible that there are a few m " potatoes back in your reSpec ive hands than we expect,_ but when p ta— - toes jumped from 30c to around QC, we would naturally expect and' c’ " tainly hope that you had scurriedfl market with every potato you had 1 . for disposition at that time. The market is hanging right aro 11¢ a level established for the last Week. There is not much "change noticeabil V; in the situation. 'There' is nothing conducive of an advance at the pres- ent time; quite stable does the sitnaj, ;‘1 tion appear. Some markets have been "- thoroughly glutted and are now shciw‘ ing relief. These markets are its-'5 sponding with a little advance, riot‘ altogether in price, but in tone. ' ' ' y. . POTATOES—MICHIGAN zo " PRICES. - , Michigan..............$. "' Michigan'.............. .42. Michigan ...... . . . . . . . . 40 1 Zone .4 i Zone .4; Michigan ..... » ..... . . Michigan ............ .. The .prices shown are what potatoes will? not shipper in the different zones. ’This, will enable you to compare with ‘locax Zone Zone Zone dealer’s price and determine what‘actiofi 1‘ you will take as to disposition. * . 4 ., DETROIT—The Detroit ".11.? t exhibits a thoroughly easy feeli.» t', j the present time; trade is of a so a} what dormant condition; no real .or spirit manifest. New potatoe' being offered at prices which In "Old potatoes step back, not only; but the ,future in the early qu'w seems to look downward instéa 5’ gPQIATOESésDE‘iI‘R suits. a: r: ?" 'GeeThe Pittsburg-ivs’itur7 " m of a fairly livbelfal'naa , dispositiongof the trade ' dok. for lower prices ins-1- , , 1gher. . They-have assumed , a him tosmouth :disposition *‘during' the gas .w kz;,an’feasiergfeeling is in evide‘hf . . .. _ _ i: éTATQES—PITTSBURGH . 2.3," ,‘t—MARKET. gull! .omwcar, per bu... ..... $ .5388 .55 Sgc‘e‘d»*£rloni car, per bu ...... .55 .60 l. V, . {iliHEAT“ {Along the lines of our former argument we are able toreport " that’the wheat market contin- fies to be a‘t‘wO—sided proposition; trick breaks on the one side'_—-quick rallies; on the other, not going very ’ far, in-either directifOn. The bears cannOt- get; over the ideathat a record crop is in sight, while, on the other hand; thebulls can see drouth and a sport crop in every direction. Really, "W'HEAT+D'ETROIT MARKET. '..;No_'. -1 Wheat .....\... ....... “31.09% 6739-2 Red ...... 9"". ........ 1.10% ,‘j'fi it? Speculative : Prices. . . ' guly delivery 33% . eptember delivery .............. 33% ‘The prices given for December and ,May‘ delivery represent the future delivery prices. This information merely gives , you the future basis of this commodity as figured by those who speculate on future prospects. ' {iwhe’n you look into the situation con— servatively, you will appreciate that iiydu, right on the farm, know just itabout as much about what is going pl'happen'as does some of these , i) pay writers. ‘ he situation from a general angle vis.t;.healthy. ‘ We may have a heavy crop in some directions, but there is yffnot'hing Suggestive of a congested 1 condition, existing. A popular price .f‘or wheat is $1.00br above. We be- , “lieve' that you will see wheat hang “Laround is present standard 'of levels ; for some time. WHEAT—CHICAGO MARKET. No. 2 Red ....................... $1.05V3 ‘ . ‘ Speculative Prices. i"July delivery ............... ... . September, delivery I"The price given for July and May de- "-livery, re resent the future delivery prices. ,This. inigrmation merely gives you the future basis of this commodity as figured by» those who speculate on future pros- " BEANS " .907/ . ..90 4 . From the fact that beans are ‘ , floating along 9n the level es- tablished around three weeks 'ago' goes to demonstrate that they had-struck something of a pOpular rice level at the present time.’ It is gt~ possible for us to know just what ' V beans are going to do, because ‘ {impossible for/dis to knOw how. fellows are gomg to handlethem“ "'ppre ia'te what is posmble-tq ‘ ilclfll e! to {ourselves at Icast are po’ssizble‘to ‘Obtain, . .. ‘ . ‘ Ii 1“" 't “*Tth-e'gram sections; be msasursd . . , us, which rsgno‘ less than an ,. _, ‘ of a degraded_:conditi0n. You- , are: not going to” see this, because" the «fellow’sfytrho' are: handiing the output - of ”the, beans of theState of Michigan to the: outside markets arexa‘ live bunch. ~ Theyare business mentrom start to, finish: and .they are playing; *the game to Win. Theyare creating a ‘ demand‘for these beanson the outside market and they are placing a regu- lator On'that demand so that a cer- tain.‘ price”._po_ssibility can be expe- , rienced. . ,Hrer‘e isone point which ,the large handlers of beans are constan‘tlyes- tablishing. They are. taking care .of the demand on the outside for your commodity. It is up tol'you, as a. pro- ducer, to follow along in .the lines they are establishing, or- in other Words, in the wake of the big ship so that you can reap a sympathetic re-- ward in~ the way of price direct to yourself. If they can "get $2.15 for a bushel of beans, it} makes possible their paying you a price very much enhanced over what‘they could possi- bly pay you if beans were on a $1.80 basis. The thing for you to deter- mine is how much profit do these. fel- lows need. ‘How much they ought to ‘ have—how much you, as a producer, ought to be satisfied to let them have. Then. by knowing just what these beans are bringing on the outside, you are in a ‘positiOn to absolutely put the regulator on these beans to your local . dealers so that you can get aresult in actual sympathy with the results they are getting. When you have accom— plished this, you have gone as far as you ever will, unless you hike the reins in your own hands in an organ— ized manner and go to the same mar— ket as they do direct- Organization, fie ~ . by yourselves pro ‘ 7 . : d, can pull off the em they are-pulling off . an. .getithe'same results out of the ’ Js-tuif’that they‘are getting. The bean situation at the present r’time‘does not exhibit the tone that we had hoped for. They are holding up the price, but they are not moving the stuff. That shows that they have got thearegulator on the market and if theydopnot pay the price they want they simply do not get the stuff. If the big fellows can operate along these lines and establish a result in sympathy with possibilities, why do not’iyou fellows who are producing the stufi act likewise. ‘ BEANS—DETROIT MARKET. White, hand-picked basis ........... 82,25 Red Kidney ....................... 2.35 MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES. Zone No. 2 Michigan .............. 2.11 Zone No. 3 Michigan .............. 2.12 Zone No. 4 Michigan .......... .... 2.14 The above values represent what deal- ers are obtaining for beans, f. o. b. your station, in zones shown. This is on basis of hand-picked beans. OATS Oats have not shown any mate— p lrial strength during the last week, simply maintaining the healthy position established a week ago. There is no cause for worry over the future condition of this pa— tient, because a condition of a most healthy nature exists. OATS—DETROIT MARKET. Standard ....................... $ .42%; No. 3 White , No.‘ 3 Mixed CINCINNATI—There was a little better demand noted on all grades; while there was no particular advance in quotations, the undertone pointed FOSTER’S WEATHER BULLETIN Copyrighted 1913 Exclusive rights granted'to Michigan Business Farming. Washington, D. C., June 14.———Last bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance to cross ”continent June 10 to .14, warm wave 9 to 13, cool wave 12 to 16. Next disturbance will reach Pacific coast about June 15, cross Pacific slope by close of 16, great central val- elsy 17 to 19, eastern sections 20. Warm wave will cross Pacific slope about June 15, great central valleys l7, eastern sections 19. Cool wave will cross Pacific slope about 18, great cen— tral valleys 20, eastern sections 22. As this disturbance approaches from the west the hot spell will continue, but a great drop in temperatures is expected to follow, bringing cooler weather and showers and then gen- erally quiet and cool weather forsev- eral days. Local drouths will be broken in some places as'the cool wave comes in, but many sections will continue to be dry and crops yvill suffer. ' Another disturbance will reach Pa- cific coast about June 21, cross Pacific slope by close of 22, great central val- leys 23 to 25, eastern Sections 26. Warm wave will cross Pacific slope about June 21, great central valleys 23, eastern sections 25. Cool wave will closs Pacific slope about June 24, great central valleys 26, eastern sec— tions 28. Temperatures of this disturbance will average about or a little below ,. normal... Showers Will occu'rgin many places, but the rainfallrwill ge gener-' "ally less than usual. No/da‘ngeroifs storms are expected. vFairT crop weather is expected in at least. half . , but notgsufr'icient‘ south. halt: or am in more than its share. A severe storm Wave crossed the continent far north- ward, but storms were not severe in middle latitudes. This was our least successful forecast of severe storms for this year. But look out for July. Two dan— gerous storm periods will occur in that month, centering on 6 and 27. The forces are so complicated that specific forecasts are difficult and de— structive storms may be expected any day during July. If, by giving these warnings, we could save one life we would be well repaid for taking the great responsibility of predicting dan- gerous storms. We regard July as one of the most dangerous storm months of the year and we do not hesitate to give the most urgent warnings to all, particu— -larly in the great central valleys of the middle west, that very’dangerous storms will occur during next month. Five storms are expected to cross the continent and everyone should watch their movements carefully. Destruc— tive storms—particularly tornadoes— usually occur southeast of the low or storm center and in the warm wave. The dangerous storms are expected to cross the continent July 4 to 8, 10 to 14, 19 to 23, 24 to 28 and 29 to August 2. They will probably pass eastward between latitudes 35 and 45. One or more tropical storms—hurri- canes—are expected during the month in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of' Mexico. Sometimes the first warn- ; ing of a hurricane comes from the far northwest in shape of a severe cold Vw’ave. These northwestern cool waves in summer‘and cold waves in, Winter are’usually. connected with tropical her .vglues. ,. . _'ate,.i_,which «fa’Ctl'a OATSd-CIN’CINNA' . Standard ........ .I- e . . .241 No. 3 White ,,_,,;,',,,,,,,_ .No. 4 White .........-..'... No. 21Mixed' .......... i No. 3 Mixed i. ....... .‘ PITTSBURG—Receip the Pittsburg market we cessive nature the past we , mand slothful; the market qiu easier. . 5; .,. OATS—PITTSBURG; M" Standard ‘ ’ ......... e . . . .3,ng ole-eonatttlttl‘ We cannot expect to exper very much of a change ‘ butter situation untilr'waif month of June. The large’ = of milk and its by-productsg'ar going to let the Opportunity-“gs from them during. this time opportunity is nothing else that, of getting this milk, bufler, 616. just as cheap a price duringth period as possible. We demo . this in our last week’s issue ; concrete example. They hav,’ duced the price of creamery butt per lb. That means that .ev-er'y'po of butter they are putting int" storage is going in QC under, th, . established the banner month'gp; year from a cold storage stand“ This 9c they have saved in the ,, price of your commodity, is a pt-‘fl them just as much as if they were ing a commpdity at 9c more tha' purchase price. They cleane their old stock of butter very" - so that but very few pounds of butter was sold at a loss. -The , make a profit on a 27c standard,’ as well as on a 36c. Their track from day to (lay shows a profit j the same as ever, but in addition this, they are copping 9c per pou on this butter that they are putti;v into store. ' 9.3: The price you can get for butter next winter is not affected by‘fit price you pay for it when you pd in storage, anyone can see that, th fore, the cheaper they can buy*( milk and its byproducts for 'cold sti‘ age purposes, the more money will make, and, believe me, they make some money on this 27c bu' Just see what organization mean were it carried out tone 2:, tion so that the local product of M! igan was being worked intothi‘. butter and put into storage .to pulled out next winter when the! b. ter is 40 to 45c and the profit di , uated back to the man who produ‘ it. The farmer is being manipu from the time he gets up in the In ing until he retires at night, but. t‘ i you organized together where you in a position to manipulate condit? for your own benefit seems aim impossibility. ' ~ a BUTTER—GENERAL MARK a“? Creamery No. 1, per lb ..... ...L’...$ Fancy Dairy, per lb ......... . . . . .' EGGS , The egg situation‘cont , , bear good tone, w't 1%, con‘ antly lookin ceipts as fast as theya‘co are pleased to report th _ along the egg output line re. ' promising nature. . h’. , 1163:. through the season“. t seem possible that any- ld step- the this outcome. The n ition continues to be of a th, demands, the trade putting the I. ~13 'just as high as they dare to, to *m6'v'c the same. It is to be expected, = of course, that the broiler situation “will Show a gradual receding in sell- ing value as the season advances. We expect this will be the actual out- come. We could not expect or hardly hope that it would maintain its pres- ent standard of levels for any particu- lar time. A graduating scale 15 under- stood as the basis for operations along this line and undoubtedly will be used this season as in the past PO ULTRY—DETROIT MARKET. ~' No. l Turkeys ..... .19 .20 ' No. 2 Turkeys ..... .14 .16 No. 1 Spring Chickens... .17 .18 No. 2 Spring Chickens... 14 .16 No. 1 Fowls .. .. ........ .17 .18 No. 2 Fowls ' .13 15 No. 1 Geese .. .16 .18 No. 1 Duck; ............ .16 .17 Broilers ................ 32 POULTRY—CHICAGO MARKET. No. 1 Turkeys .............. ...... .17 No. 2 Turkeys ................... .14 No. 1 Spring Chickens ........... .14 No. 2 Spring Chickens ........... .13 No. 1 Fowls ................ 7.... .17 No 2 Fowls ............. . ....... .12 No 1 Geese ..................... .13 No. 1 Ducks ..................... .15 Note——A wire from any of our readers will bring last minute quotations. Use care in making shipments and be sure the consignee is financially responsible. Cattle—Detroit. Receipts of cattle for the week show 964 against 934 last week, or a varia— tion of only 30 head. The market for the week has run along on just about the same basis as established in last week’s Operations, in fact, the market for the last three weeks has not made any noticeable change whatever. About the tOp set for nicely turned handy weight steers has been $8.00 to $8.25, with but very few going at this price because of its being not only an extreme price, but naturally as only a small percentage of trade on which to' work. We feel safe in' reporting the market as firm at quotations, with the tone and undercurrent to the situ— ation 61 a most satisfactory nature. The receipts of veal calves for the ' week shows 1,353 against L314. This shows a very uniform run for the two Weeks. The market continued steady throughout the week; everything cleaned up in nice shape and very readily. About $10.00 was the top es- tablished, with a great percentage of the stuff going at around $9. 50' how- ‘ ever, this was top quality stuff and drawing what was conceded a top- notch price. CATTLE—DETROIT STOCK YARDS. good to prime Beef steers, .heavy .................... $7. 50@$8. 25 Beef steers, medium to good. 7 40@ 7. 75 Beef steers, common to fair. 6.00@ 7. 00 Beef cows common to selected 5. 50@ 6. 00 = sé’i, H .mg by tonegto the porn-7 ., very few sales, 111 to prevent the , Heifers, selected ............ 6. 50@ 7. 50 Stock steers .......... ' ...... 5. 50@ 6.25 . Feeders ..................... 7.00@ 7.25 . . Canners and Cutters .......... 4. 00@ 4.25 -» G'ood to prime veals .......... 5. 00@ 9.50 Bulls ........................ 4. 50@ 6. 50 Dressed veal ................ 8. 00@13. 00 Cattle—Chicago. , Extreme prices and bulk of native beef 'attle sold here last Week, quotations for clrlpad lots, with comparisons: . Bulk eSOf umber EXZreme .21, 505 $7. 003@8. e75 $7. 6Sa@8. 30 3. Received. 2,040 0' 7.25m. 75@; 3.25, so 000 , ,7. 75@8.35 If ' 775@8:2.5 :« @308. 75 (Q 75 , on this basis. 1,615 16:61:10 Plain and- medium shorfeds {and Warmed~ «up calves Were g6ihg . Packers were in the market. early, clearing the pro in. good season. Shippers were 2150 contenders for» } anyt mg desirable They feign 1111 but very few cattle, however, tot ing. Most of the common little steers sold around $7.50 to $760; a few plain weights around 1,300 lbs. were goin around $775. However, but very ew of the heavier weights sold below $8.00 and only a few light kind such as feeders, buyers did not . want landed through killer channels below $7.50. The markets all around seemed to be getting plenty of beef. CATTLE—CHICAGO s'roCK A.RDS Beef steers, goodY to prime 5 25 $8.50 heavy .................... 38 Beef steers, medium to good. 8. 00 8.25 Beef steers, common to fair... 7. 25 7.50 .Beef cows, common to selected 5. 00 7.50 Fat heifers, good to choice.. 6.65 8.00 Canners and cutters ......... 3. 60 4.851 Good to prime veals .......... 6. 00 '10. 50 Bulls . ..................... 5. 25@ 7. 25 Cattle—Buflalo. Good weight steers on the choice to prime order came back this week in the price list. Last week yearlings sold above the shipping steers. This week the position was reversed, best shipping at Buffalo bringing $8.75, as against $8.25 for the yearlings. A week ago yearlings reached $8.75 and the best weight steers sold 'at around $8. 30. Monday quality and finish of shipping steers was considerably bet- ter than the yearlings, in comparison. But for the two Jewish holidays this week——-Wednesday and Thursday— the market Would have been on the rattling good order. As it was and with a diminished outlet of good steers to the east, trade on steers generally was steady, some early sales being made at strong prices. Best heavy steers sold from $8.50 to $8.,75 with best handy steers reaching $8.10 to $8. 30, yearlings showing the gen- eral range of from $8.10 to $8.30 CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK " - Good to choice heavy steers $8.35@$8.75 Medium to fair heavy steers. 8.10@ 8.25 Handy weight butchering steers .................. 7.50@ 8.50 Yearlings . ................. 7.50@ 8.75 Fat heifers, inferio rto choice 6.00@ 8.00 Fat cows medium to choice 4. 50@ 7. 50 Canners and cutters ......... 3. 75@ 4. 50 Bulls . ..................... 6. 00@ 7. 75 Stockers and feeders ......... 6. 00@ 7. 75 Milchers and springers ...... 35.00@100.00 CalveséBuffalo. Calf run for Monday at Buffalo 1,700 head. Demand from the east for top veals was liberal and with a strong local request for culls, trade on all kinds was active and steady. Best veals brought $11.00 to $11.25; bulk, $11.25; fair grades, $10.25 to $10.75; culls, $10.00 down, and feds, $5.00 to $6.00. Calf Quotations. Calves, choice to extra ..... $11.00@$11.25 Fair to good ............... 10.25@ 10.75 Culls and common ......... 9.00 10.00 Light thin ................ 8.00 g 9.00 ............... 5.00@ 6.50 Fed Calves eir lik- j ' 1912. . 19].]. . ,‘21 1 '7 . . 1910 . 35 :5 . ", 9 1909 7.779 7.25 .29 ..85@7. 1908.. .40 5.85. 5:15 .5 :5.’30@5. Roast—CHICAGO smote .;,,...YA"1gDs.,.. ,M' d k“ ............ 'M‘elaiuga:ndngbutchers ........ 38:8 _ Poor to good heavy packing. .8. 3 L' htWeights . .. .05 se ected 260—300 117. packers . 8.47' igs and throw-outs . 72.50 9.00 , ' Hogs—Bufialor Buffalo experienced about the best mark'etin the country Monday—— nOtwithstanding heavy receipts at all market points. run was liberal—115 cars or 18,400 head—and Sellers took off only 5@10c from last week’s close. OIne deck of very fancy Illinois, averaging around 235 lbs., reached $9.15, but with this eXception no other sales of these- weights were made above $9.00, the latter figure being secured fOr the big bulk of the packers’ weights, a few scattering sales being made at $9.05 Top fer yorkers was $9.,05 with the bulk selling at $9.00 and light yorkers and pigs, percentage of which was rather small, sold at $9.00@$'9.10,1at- ' ter figure taking mostly the strictly pigs. Roughs, $7. 80@$8.,00 and stags, $6..50@7 25. Looks like the demand for hog products is good when the packers stand up and take the sup- plies at good prices, general opinion being that they are cutting up at a profit. HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS. Extreme heavies, 280 up ...... $8.90@$9.00 Heavies, 240 to 280 .......... 8.90@ 9.00 Mediums. 220 to 240 ......... 8.95@ 9.00 Mediums, 190 to 220... ...... 9.00@ 9.05 Mixed. 180 to 220 ........... 9. 00@49. 05 Yoners, 150 to 170 ....... .4. 9.00@ 9.05 do 120 to 150 .......... 9.05@ 9:10 ' Pigs, 120 downs ............ 9.05 9.10 Heavy ends ................ 8.75 ,8.90 Roughs . .................... 7.80 8.00 Stags .................. .. 6.50@ 7.25 Sheep and Lambs—Detroit. The receipts for the week show 2,- 279 against 1,724 last; over 509 head decrease in receipts. A reduction of $1.00 was shown in spring lambs, a very much easier feeling being mani- fest. The very best, dry-fed lambs were running around $7.00 to $7.25; good grass- -fed stuff around $5.50 to $6.50; light lambs, $4.00 to $5.00. Sheep were hanging along in about- the, same channel, going at “$500 to $5.25; culls, $3.00 to $400. Yearmgo, 9611166;_ ‘,....-I.‘.. Wethers. choice W...” Cdmni'oh to prime ...... .... ‘ ksheep: .....u........... two-.3..yi--.¢' The 31111an Monday . - Selling at $4.50, and cull she 11- wen SHEEP—DETROIT STOCK YARDS. Lambs, good to choice. . . ; . . .$7. 00@ 7. 25 Lambs, fair to good ..... . . 5. 50@ 6. 5.0 Mixed sheep ....... .- . . . . . . . . 4.50@ 5.25 @ 3. 00 Cull sheep ...... ' ...... . ..... 2. 00 Buc Bssis seine Essen.“ g “.- Sheep ma Lame-Bufiilo Lightest run of ghe and is be, Buffalo on Monday. the . ‘ cars or 5,000 head Outlet sheep and. lambs was good market opened” active, wit steady, compared 'with last close. Best "springers brought $900 to $9. 50, several bunches straight at $8.00@$8. 50 and fed yearly lambs rangéd from$ - .. ;' $7.50, skips selling as. low as $5. ' Some sheep, mostly two- 511150161 brought $6.25 and no‘ other sales 1711' made above $600, this figure some choice handy kinds that tained a few ewes. General rain I good straight ew‘es was from $5 . $5. 50, some heavy, fat, gobb one from $41100 0.11m. _ Lambs Were not in very or mand and the undertone of the was weak. There is but v.6; change in the tone and real “ possibilities from our last week’s o I tations. Several lots of strictly plain shorn. western lambs lanfled, $7. 35' one very desirable string, $7 .. Those selling around $6.85 were of 1116‘ ' right weight but lacked finish. Some sold at $6.25 to $7. 75. Shorn natiye's if really sold higher than $7.00 and are lots were purchased below that figu SHEEP—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS. Spring lambs, choice . . . . . '. . . .3 Spring lambs, cull to fair ...... ._ Yearling la‘mbs, choice ...... 7. 25 Yearling lambs, cull to fair... 5.00 Wethers . ................ . 3.85 Mixed sheep . . . . ........... . ..... .... ..... '.‘..'...I.5':0g Culls sheep .............. ‘. . . . 2 0 BUCKS . ....... s' . \. .......... 3. 00 FLOUR AND FEED. Sales on feed have been very satisé, factory, with practically no Chang”: prices, except on grades of feed hill: contain a large per cent of sort Millers have to be very careful' 1n pui' ting feed of this description becau$.~. . during the warm weather they cannt if "r put in any grain or corn that contains moisture as the feed will mould and get musty.‘ , 1 FlOwers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to. p’fit .. soul into. Hogs—Detroit. The receipts of hogs for the week show 6, 844 against 8, 767 last week. In face of almost 2,000 head short of last week’s run, we are not able to show quotations with 5 to 10c of last.’ This would go. - .to show that the tone Ito the situation 137‘ ...l ' ‘ ' week’s possibilities. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, 95 WEST FORT ST., » 'I' . DETROIT, MIICH ~ . - ' " Dear Sirsz—In enclose fifty cents (50c) (01' within I will send you 501:), for which start the “pink-sheet” year, beginning With. the next issue. i . . logo-II. coming i