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CO-OPERATIVE‘ ASSOCIATI O N S
REPORT PROGRESS”

The number of co-operative mar-

keting associations in Michigan are
rapidly on the increase and most of
them have proﬁted by the mistakes
of the early venturers and are mak-
ing a success of their business. Dur-
ing recent months scores of co-oper—
ative associations have been formed
for the buying of elevators, the ship—
ping of live stock, the manufacture
of butter, etc. Among the more re—
cent attempts to organize assOcia-
lions is listed the co-operative ele-
vator movement in Nashville and at
Harbor Beach.
1 “In view of the success of the
Nashville Creamery and the Nash—
ville Live Stock Shipping A’n, both
of which are co—operative compan—
Ies,” says the Battle Creek Journal,
“the farmers in the vicinity of that
village are now organizing a co-op—
erative elevator company. The com-
pany will be organized with a capital
stock of $40,000, of which over $12,-
000 has been subscribed. The board
has options on both of the Nashville
elevators which will be taken over as
soon as organization is completed,
and it is thought that the company
will be ready for business about
July 1st. It is believed the capacity
of both elevators will be necessary
for the business it is proposed to
conduct."

The farmers of Harbor Beach
have made an offer to the Michigan
Bean Company for its Harbor Beach
elevator, at $10,000. In case the
Company accepts the offer a stock
company will be organized and the
business purchased. In case the
company does not accept the offer
it is proposed to purchase a site in
the village and construct a campet-
ing elevator. .

SHIAVVASS’EE PRODUCERS JOIN
STATE ASS‘N

A hundred or more milk produc-
ers in the vicinity of Owosso have
'taken membership in the Michigan
Milk Producers’ Ass'n, according to
the Lansing State Journal, and will
sell their milk through that organ-
ization to Detroit distributors. It
was announced that the Detroit
Creamery Company which takes
most 01’. the milk produced in Shia-
wassee county would soon advance
the price to $3.40 per hundred. The
Belle Isle Creamery Co., which oper-
. ates a‘receiving station and dairy
plant at Owosso has been paying
that price for some time past. It
is stated that the low price being
paid for milk has threatened the
milk industry in Shiawassee county
as well as in the state at large as
farmers could not produce milk for
$2.50 a hundred
and pay the Pres-
ent high prices
for grain as they
have been oblig-
.ed to do for some
time past. Many
farmers have al—
ready sold their
dairy cows. BY
joining the state
association the
farmers appmnt
that body as
their selling
agent agreeing
to abide by the

"rulings of the as-
sociation which
are much the
same as the state
requirements in

v regard to sanita—

tion in the hand-
ling of milk.

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’ j‘ to abide by 'the
*5 decision, of ’the

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in any dispute.

1 ,OILDER CLOVER

members in \the
“vicinity of Ypsi-
lanti have order—

  
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ed about $5,000 worth of seeds this
spring. They were able to do this
at a considerable saving in price. It
was through the efforts of the state

farm bureau~ that it was possible to .

do this. Several farmers have a]-
ready saved their ﬁrst year’s dues in

 
“sum-“Mmd'nmm

the state farm bureau. Pam bureau
members in the vicinity of Chelsea
have also availed themselves of the
servic of the state farm bureau of-
ﬁceand have ordered about $2,000
worth of seeds at a considerable
saving.

Reduced Potato and Bean Aer-cages Indicated

Reductions of 5 per cent in the
acreage planted to potatoes last year
and of 29 per cent in areas devoted
to beans are indicated for this season
in reports just received by the Bu-
reau of Crop Estimates; United States
Department of Agriculture. The re-
ports came through the ﬁeld agents
of the bureau who on May 1 inquir-
ed 0! growers in important produc-
ing states concerning their‘intended
High prices for potato
seed and the farm labor shortage are
the principal reasons given for the
reduction in potato plantings. The
unsatisfactory market for beans is
given as the reason for the smaller
acreage planned for that crop. The
reports show that for the States cov-
ered the potato acreage will be 95
per cent as large as last year, while
the bean acreage will be 71 per cent
of last year.

New York reports the intention to
plant 97 per cent of last year’s acre-
age in potatoes, Michigan 90, Wis-
consin 95, Minnesota 89, Colorado
84, Idaho 95, and Calofirnia 110.
Aroostook County, Maine, which
produces 60 per cent of the potato
crop of New England, intended to
plant as much or more, but deep
snows, strikes and embargoes have
delayed receipt of fertilizer, and
plantings will depend upon the
amount received in time.

New York reports an

acréage in beans 90 per cent as

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intended ‘

and low Chic'ogocash potatojric

large as last year, Michigan 75, Wis-
consin 70- Colorado 05- New Mexi-
co, 80, Idaho 100. California will
plant 60 per cent of all varieties,
limas being 90 per cent and other
varieties 45 per cent of last year, al-
though a poor barley crop in Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin Valleys may
increase plantings of the latter.

Final plantings of beans and po-

tatoes will be estimated by the Bu- .

rean of Crop Estimates on July 1.
The potato crop last year was 358,-
000,000 hashels——-—54,000,000 hush-
els‘less than in 1918, and 83,000,000
less than in 1917, but 70,00,000
more than in 1916. It was about 3
per cent smaller than the average
crop of the preceding ten years, and
0 per cent smaller than the average
crop of the preceding ﬁve years. .The
plantings last year were large enough
to have produced with an average
yield a. crop of 390,000,000 bushels.
The bean crop of the United States

, last year was’sbout 13,090,000 bush-

els. While only about three-ﬁfths
as large as the crops grown on the
exceptionally large acreages of 1918
and 1917, the 1919 crop was almost
equal to the crops of 1914 to 1916,
which averaged between 12 and 13
million bushels. The planting as now
indicatede—about 800,000 acres—
with a yield equal to the average of
the last ﬁve years would produce a
crop of 8,250,000 bushels.

CHART SHOWING CHICAGO POTATO PRICES DECEMBER AN D MAY SINCE 1900.

 
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13 U.' P. COUNTIES HAVE FARM
’ I AGENTS ;

Thirteen county agricultural agents
in the upper peninsula, out of ﬁt-
teen counties, is a record indicative
of the increasing interest being dis-
played in the matter of the utilisa-
tion and development of the region’s
idle acreage. Mackinac is the latest
to fall in line, a decision of the board
of supervisors at a recent meeting
providing for a county agent.
Ontonagon and Keweenaw counties
are now the only two not maintain-
ing county agents, and this, 1-4
sbly,, for the reason that the 1
trial interests of both counties cent- .
er, largely, about the mines.

The recent exodus of skilled labor
to the factories, however, has
brought out the~tact that where
there are fans there is increased
stability of labor conditions, and it”
is believed that the mining interests
are inclined to look upon the farm
as a direct adjunct to their activi-
ties, and that they will, in the near
future, encourage the matter of
county agents as an auxiliary to
their own operations.

Following are the county agents
now working in Cloverland: Alger,
C. J. Johnson; Baraga, L. V.‘ Ben»-
Jamin; Chippewa, E. B. Kunze; Del.
ta, B. P. Pattison; Dickinson, Karl
H. Miller; Gogebic, C. E. Gunderson;
Houghton, Leo M. Geismar; Iron,
Dwight 0. Long; Luce, R. H. Cam-
eron; Marquette, L. R. Walker; Men-
ominee, Irving Kirshman; School-
craft, C. P. Pressley.

NEW COUNTY AGENT FOR CASS

C. W. Kldman, who comes here to
take up the duties of county farm
agent, will also take over the work
of manager of the county farm bu-
reau. W'ith these two important du-
ties to perform he will be a busy
man, and will earn the salary which
will be paid him.

A CORRECTION

We are advised that the "—Van
Camp” referred to in a. recent article
about the government's suit to pre-
vent the misbranding of beans is not
the well known Van Camp Packing
(10., of Indianapolis, but George Van
Camp & Sons Company of Westﬁeld,
Ind., who are in no way connected
with the ﬁrst mentioned concern.
This information is given us by Ghat-
terton a Son, of Lansing, who state
further:

“It is conceded by every posted
elevator man in the State of Michi-
gan that the Van Camp Packing Co.,
of Indianapolis has done more to ad-
vance the Michigan bean to its pres-
ent high standard than any other
‘ packing ﬁrm or

any other bean
ﬁrm in the United
States. For a
great many Years
their full page
ads in the peri-
odicals have call-
ed the attention
of theipublic to
the fact that they
were p a c k i n g
Michigan beans,
the best article
~obtainable, and
in consequence
of the reputation
they have estab-
lished for pack-
ing a high grade
article, they are
one of the few
arms engaged in
the ,packing of
b e an s w h o
are still in the
W. ,Having .
establish ed a rep- 3
utatlon for pack-
ing Mich i g a n
beans only, they
would certainly
not ' MEWIO:

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O THE'business interests of the

country sponsor the proposal
~ suggested in the accompanying
letter which came by chance into the
hands of the Michigan State Farm
Bureau? Is business so‘ harrassed
by taxes that it would create a monst-
er lobby for the purpose of escap-
ing a billion dollars in taxation which
has justly been levied against it. We
do not believe it. We do not believe
that business in general is so mer—
cenary or so shortsighted or so press-
‘ed that it would shift this burden
upon the backs of those even less

able to bear it. I ‘

If business will not pay these tax-
es, who will? Surely not the wage
earner who is already overburden-
'ed by the innumerable “war taxes"
that are collected somewhere down
the line on nearly everything he pur-
\chases. Surely not the small town
property owners who I are already
struggling under mountainous taxes
of'state and county levy. Surely not
the farmers whose gregtet burden
always has been and still is, taxation,
and who are themselves complaining,
and justly so, we believe, of the an-
equal distribution of taxes.

The government has borrowed
huge sums of money against the
credit of the people of the United
States. The interest on this debt
must be paid, and preparations must
be made for paying upon the prin-
cipal. Money must be raised, and
there is no other way provided, ex-
cept through some form of taxation.
The cause for the tremendous liabil—
ities of the country was the great
war. But we must not assume that
the monies which the government
spent in this conflict were thrown
into the sea or otherwise destroyed.
Far from it. All the billions found
their way into somebody’s pockets in

 
l‘

 
ll Farm Bureau.)

“We Propose to Reduce Federal Taxes on Business 25%"

Dear Sir:

» Business OUGH'TI and MLST have a reduction of at least 25 per.
cent “1,000,000,006” of its federal taxes.

_, The Balaton-Nolan bill (H. R. 12397) is the only bill so far in-
troduced into Congress that will make this reduction possible.

We wank—YOU wank—this bill to go through.

This Committee has now begun a systematic and carefully plan-
ned effort to GET this bill through. _

Large quantities of printing and postage, the maintenance of an
oﬂlce with adequate clerical help, a Speaker’s Bureau, Publicity De-
partment and other nocesSary adjuncts, however, cost money—a godd
deal more money than a few persons can or ought to bear.

For practical and effective results a fund of $500,000 is needed.
With a little support from each, however,—-say $25 for each $100,000
of capital—this fund, we believe, can be raised—that is, it can be
raised if each is willing to do his share. ‘ .

May we count on your support to the eitent above suggested?
If so, kindly ﬁll in the blank attached and mail to our treasurer, Mr.
Fenton Lawson.

/ ' Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE OF MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS
ON FEDERAL TAXATION (Inc.)
(Signed) Otto Gunman, Secretary.

(The above is a mm ’of letter received by the Michigan State

 
‘
exchange for munitions and supplies
of, war. The government paid a good-

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solved a goodly proﬁt"
that had struggled for years to make
a showing cleaned up fortunes dur-
ing the war.
came into existence overnight and in
many cases earned

We have in this country two class-
es of people. One of them is always
seeking to evade its share of public
responsibility. If there are taxes to
be paid they always want the other
fellow to do the paying. If there
are concessions to be made in the
name of the public welfare, they al-
ways wait for others to do the con-

and the beneﬁiciaries re-
Industries

D1100;

New manufacturies

enough proﬁt

from government orders to make ceding. They are selﬁsh, arrogant,
their stockholders independently unpatriotic citizens. It is this class
rich} It, is no longer any secret that of citizens who made the most out of

big business thrived amazingly dur-
ing the war and that of all classes
of industry received the most beneﬁt
ﬁnancially. ‘

the war and are doing the most com-
plaining because they have to help
foot the nation’s bills. It is this class
of citizen without a doubt who is

 
Would Business " Evade Its Share cf Taxes ?

> Campaign Stdrted fer Huge Slush F mild to Shift One Billion in Taxes From Business to Consumer

paying $25 per $100,000 of his cap-
italization into a slush fund for the
purpose of shouldering his just tax
es upon his felldw-man. -
The other class of citizen is willing
to pay his way. If he receives a ben-
eﬁt ﬂom the advantages that govern-

ment affords he pays his share with: .

out complaint. He does notepend
a hundred dollars’ worth of time in
seeking to avoid a ﬁfty dollar income
tax payment. He does not whine

when the cost of government is nec-
essarily high, but cheerfully contri-
butes his portion, good citizen that
he is. There are thousands of such
as these who will have no use for the
under-handed methods of “The Man-
ufacturers’ and Merchants’ Commit-
tee on Taxation,” and will refuse to
contribute any sum of money to still
further burden the consumers of the
country and aggravate the unrest
among the masses.

Would Put Burden on Farmers

As we understand it, the Ralston-
Nolan bill would transfer one bil-
lion dollars in taxes from business
to land, or in other mrds to the
backs of the farmers. Of course, the
farmers will not stand for that a
single moment. They are now at
their wit’s end to secure the money
necessary to pay their taxes already
assessed against them, and any
scheme to saddle a greater burden
upon them will be resented and vig—
orously opposed. It may seem sur—
prising, however, that the Ralston-
Nolan bill is receiving some serious
consideration in committee, and it
might be well for the farmers of
Michigan to get in touch with their
representatives and suggest that
they align themselves against the
bill before it gets out of committee.

Prices Decline as Speculators Flood Markets With Grain Holdings

Huge Supplies Are Thrown on Market Causing Greatest Fluctuations of the Season

l S WE go to press the grain mar—
kets of the country are in a
semi-demoralized co n di t i o :1

Corn tumbled 13 cents a bushel, cats

6 cents and other grains in propor-

tion on the Chicago market last Fri-

day and the liquidation has been go-
ing on more or less steadily ever
since.

There are several reasons for this
sudden liquidation. Perhaps the
foremost is the curtailment of, living

expenses all over the country and the
tacit agreement among consumers to‘
go without rather than pay the high
prices asked. This boycott is direct-
ed speciﬁcally
clothes and other necessaries of life.
There is no indication that it will be
directed against the- luxuries of life.
Added to the feeling among the con-
sumers that the cost of living is too
high and the generally unsettled bus-
iness conditions of the country re-

sulting from the defection of the rail-
roads, the numerous strikes and the
scarcity of raw material. These
factors alone discourage business
from forging fearlessly'ahead even
were money plentiful and readily
available. But it is not. The worst
feature of the present situation, and
one that gives everyone a panicky
feeling in the pit of his stomach is
the insistency of the banks that loans
be liquidated. For months past the

against' food and

money market has been gradually
tightening up. During the past weeks
thousands of loans have 'been called
in forcing business men to suspend
their plansvfor expansion and curtail
expenses. as

“Fear of a glut of supplies at dis- ,

tributing centers had much to do
with the extreme weakness of the
grain markets and of the sympa-
thetic action of provisions," says 3.
(Continued on page 10)

 
Business F armer Presents Farmers’ Case to City Newspapers

 
"for sugar beets this your means 60 cent

' ten 'of’ beetswhich they purchase for sixteen. gross.

'Hidﬂgalr Micro, no assua- what

The following telegram was dispatched to the editors of the Detroit
News and Journal as a result of a story which appeared in the state Press
regarding the alleged can-aces committed by engu- beot growers in “‘0
Saginaw Valley and the, the! statement of W. H. Wallace that paying
famers price asked for this season would mean 600 sugar to consumer:

“If Mr. w. H. Wallace,of the Michigan Sugar Company has been.

correctly quoted in Saturday’s. Journal tint paying farmers Price naked
to-comnmer he does not tell
the truth and we can prove it. I It. is: dastardly attempt to turn the public
against the farmer in his Just struggle for a fair share of the proﬁts of
the beet sugar indum- The  want a cone-act. um your that will
pay them about 8 cents a pound. for "the sugar in their beets. The man-
ufacturers made nearly as much net We as they paid the farmers per
ton of boots last year. Under contact  want the rm; to accept
thief’year they stand 'to make a net proﬁt of‘sewenteen dollarson every
111 is this fair? Beet sugar represents less than sixteen per cent of mtg
sugar consumed in United States.  only'a fraction is produced in
 made farmers. in

some he d - i

We now have 30c sugar. Of that the farmer got 5c, the manufacturer
7 to 10 cents and the speculators the. balance. Under the old contract
[or every extra dollar over $10 which manufacturers paid for beets they
got $1.40 or more. Farmers are merely asking an even division of the
proﬁts and by the eternal they are entitled to it. They grow the beets.
They do all the manual labor. They take all the chances. They have
been raising beets at a loss while the manufacturers have been profiteer-
ing. Is it better for the people of Michigan that the millions paid by
the consumer for Michigan sugar go to proﬁteering stockholders of
sugar companies living in Detroit and New York City or at loagt a fair,
portion to the hard-working farmers of Michigan to be spent in Michigan
for farm supplies and machinery. In the nagne of truth and justice I beg
of you to get the facts in (his sugar beet controversy. Please do not con-

vict the farmer until you have heardghis case. Please get in touclf with ',

C. E. Aches-man, manager Michigan Sugar Beet Growers’ Ass’n, of Durand
We condemn in the, strongest possible manner the use of force or law-
lessness against the boot growers who have turned traitor to their organ.
iaation and think that invbstigation will show that these methods do not
have the sanction of the leaders in the sugar beet fight. The great major:
ity at Michigan farmers believe in law and order and will gain their just
ends without the use of unlawful methods.” ,
' FORREST LORD, Editor Michigan Business Farmer. _
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‘  organize; *bargain collectively
‘l strike, and likewise that no

‘ to conduct

‘ “ HE pros-
pects for
fruit this

year are the

best I i have
ever seen dur-
ing all the
years I have

ern M i c h i-
gan,” said Jas.
Nicol of South
Haven to a
representative
of the Bus-
'INEss FARM-
ER during a
tour of inspec-
tion of the
many ﬁne or-
chards of Al—
legan and Van
Buren co u n-
ties. “L 0.0 k
at that," he
said, pointing
to a row of
vigorous buds
on a peach
twig, “there
are ten peach-
es where one
W o u l d b e
enough. Every
tree in this or-
chard and on
all the or-
chards around
here are likewise loaded ,and unless
we get a killing frost within the next
week or two we are going to have a
wonderful fruit year.”

While nearly everyone else has
been complaining of the lateness of
the season the fruit men have been
blessing it. They have had their ex-
periences with early springs when
hot weather in April started the buds
to swelling only to cut down by kill—
ing frosts in early May. Last year
“Bloom Sunday” occurred on April
25th, but few of the blooms
ever reached fruition. Frost
after frost thinned their num-
ber and as a result the Mich-
igan peach crop was practical-
ly a failure. About the 7th
or 8th of May this year it
looked certain that the peach
orchards would be in full
bloom by the 16th in Allegan
and Van Buren counties but
a visit to a number of the
best orchards in the region on
that date revealed only one
or two trees that had started
to bloom. Farther south in
Berrien county most of the
early fruit was approaching
full bloom on the 16th.

The present year has been
ideal for the natural budding
and blossoming of the fruit
orchards. At no time has
there been a warm enough
spell to give the buds a sud—
den start. They have develop-
ed very slowly, accumulating

 
ILO D. Campbell, of Goldwater,
Mich., candidate for governor,
told the annual meeting ofrthe

National Manufacturers' Association,
at New York City, that “not 10 per
cent of labor is radical," but- that
“even the so-called Reds are not more
dangerous or disturbing to industry

than the manufacturers who raise.

prices at pleasure and spread discon-

- . tent among workmen in other indus-

tries where competition is sharp and
proﬁts small.”

Speaking on “The Farmer and the
Closed Shop," Mr. Campbell said no
one could challenge labor’s right to
and
one
could. challenge the employer’s right
either an open or a
“It is not organization
that

closed shop. 7
and the closed or open shop

teen-cams the industrial world most
“fatthis time,” he said, but “the rad-‘

“lism‘ that‘ is found‘ in " the ranks-

lived in west-'

\ carry the burden.”

v country for

   
 in the ranksvof capitalj."  f:
d» ‘ d limitation of proﬁts

vitality from the parent tree and
showing every sign of vigor and
promise of fruiting.
rejoicing in western Michigan and
'the heart of. every orchardist teems
with hope over the prospect.

“It is our turn,” said Mr. Nicol,
“to have a good year._ We have had
so many poor ones, and have lost so
much money in ruined ' trees and
crops that we are certainly entitled
to have a bumper crop this year.”
“And,” he added, “I think we are go-
ing to get it.” v

Great Fruit State

In view of the many times repeat‘
aed statement that Michigan is a great
fruit state it is not easy to under—
stand the many abondoned orchards
and straggly, pest laden trees which
one encounters on a trip through
the fruit regions. Here and there is
a wonderful orchard. every tree as
sturdy and clean limbed as a pine.
It shows the results of careful nurs-
ing. It tells of an owner who knows
and loves fruit trees and cares «for
them as religiously as he cares for
the animals on the farm. One needs
only to catch a glimpse of such an
orchard to know that it is properly
pruned and sprayed and that
the ground is rich with fer—
tilizer. There’s a difference between
the orchards that receive attention
and those that are left to make’their
own ﬁght against the pests and an
impoverished soil. And the orchard
that is cared for pays for its keep
many times over. But the orchard
that is neglected can never be a com-
mercial asset to any farm.

Farmers neglect their orchards for
the same reasons that they neglect
their farm. Lack of help, insuﬂici-
e‘nt returns, poor seasons, etc. And
yet, experience has demonstrated that
properly cared for fruit trees will in
the majority of years return as good.
a proﬁt as any other branch of hus-

Hence there is ‘

 
Pioneer.Orchardists Declare Present“ Prospects. Best .in    ‘ 

'- bandry. The pas/tarseveral years have

been especially discouraging to fruit
growers despitef_ the ,higif1prices "paid.
So little of the fruit reached matur-
ity, and ,so many ,of their trees Were
killed outright during'_ the severe

weather of» 1919 that a gobd many .
fruit growers gave up in despair. Not‘

so with all. Along the shores of Lake
Michigan from the southernmost part
of- Berriencounty to the northern-
most part of Emmet county are men
who believe in fruit; in the future of
Michigan as a great fruit state. They
refuse to be overcome by the occa-
sional setbacks. They are investing
money right along in additional or—
chards and trees. I Thousands ‘of
pears, peaches and apples have been
planted this year in southwestern
Michigan and farther to the north
there are many new acres set this
year to cherry trees.

One of the ﬁnest and most promis-
ing peach orchards in western Mich-
igan is owned by a former Chicago
attorney. Mr. Urion. This gentleman
owns several hundred acres of good
fruit land six or seven miles nerth~
east of 'South Haven. In 1917 he
gave up his law practice entirely,
moved his family to the farm, and-
ba-nked' his all on peaches. In a
single block he has between six and
seven thousand peach trees, toasay
nothing of the apples and the pears.

Jas. Nicol is another successful
fruit grower in this section and is
president of the Michigan Horticul-
tural Society, as well as a member of
the executive committee of the State
Farm Bureau. He owns and rents
a total of 170 acr€s of land nearly
all of which is set to fruit trees which
will bear heavily this year. Mr.
Nicol is a‘pioneer in the fruit game
and has'been a leading factor in the
development of the

both scientiﬁc and marketing lines.
He desires to see Michigan forge to
the front as a fruit state and is doing

 
A cherry orchard ln Northwestern Michigan -

Campbell Speaks “Right Out in Meetin’ ” Before National Mfrs. Ass’n

and approved proﬁt~sharing as a sol-u—
tion for present ills.
Farmers Study Tax

The farmers are studying the in—
come tax returns of big corporations,
the speaker continued, and both the
farmer and worker are “observing
the colossal stock and other divi-
dends being declared almost daily

‘ and showing earnings from 25 to -800

per cent proﬁt. with very much‘ of
the capital on which these earnings
are declared consisting of blue sky."

“New capital'izations are also go—
ing on at the rate ofm'ore than $1,-
500,000;000 a -month-” he said;
“This means that, dividends must. be
earned on all this enormnusly increas—
ed Icapitalization andthat Wage work-_.
ers, farmers and consumers mustv

aThe farmers have .pé‘titioned‘Ithru.
ever itarm organizations ‘ pf! ithe
, relief train ethie‘

 
~ma'nds on employers.

The only opposition they have found ‘

openly against them has been from
a few chambers of commerce in some
of the larger cities, and their only or-
ganized support has come from the
American Federation of Labor.
Praises Strike Attitude“

“A year ago. I believed that there
was a tendency on the part of rad—
ical elements of organized labor to
override law and the Constitution and
to-try to secure by force, intimida-
tion and unlawful means. their de-.
The steel ,and
coal-strikes seemed a direct challenge

'a d thexnoston police trike was a.

'rect blo‘wv at .soverefgnity of" the

' government- Because of this danger,

I refused' tojoin in acal’lfor a con-

ference-cf farmers with the Ameria .
can Federationr- efi Labor “to 7 hgghei

RE. .. --.

  
industry along ,

his share to
help it along.
lists a persiss
tent advocate.
'pi‘proper'
methods  of .
product i on.
grading, paCk—
ing. etc., and
his own suc-
cess and the
success of his
neighbors ‘are '
due in a large
measu r e t o
the-close ap-
plicartio n o f

 
these meth-.
ods. >
Mr Nicol is

one of a nym-
ber of South
Haven farm-
ers, who, rath-
er than, see
two Splendid
orchard s o f
the vicinity go
'into the hands
of strangers
and be neglect-
ed, formed a
local syn d i-
cate and pur-
chased them.
The manag e-
ment of the
orchards was
turned over to ,.
Mr. Frank Warner. himself a large
and Successful fruit grower, rated as
one of the best orchardists in west-
ern Michigan. Mr. Warner has spent
the better part of his life among
fruit trees and the orchards under
his care which we visited showed the
result of his intelligent direction.
There is a growing disposition on
the part of the fruit growers of west-
ern Michigan to quit root, grain and
dairy farming and devote their en—
-tire attention to their or-
chards. The only setback
to this plan is the difﬁculty
of securing manure, and
it is most probable that
perhaps some dairy farming
will be found necessary on
this account. But when men
are willing to bank their all
upon fruit, it must be that
they have unlimited faith in
that crop as a proﬁt-producer.
It means that orcharding will
be done on a much larger
and more efﬁcient scale than
heretofore; that the very best
of scientﬁc care will be given
to orchards; and that greater
progress will be made in the
standardizing of varieties and
the discovery of strains best
suited to Michigan’s particular
climate and soil. ‘ If 1920
is as good a fruit year as it
promises to be Michigan will
again come into her own as a
fruit state; _ ~

   
a

of the American Federation of La-
bor has been one' deserving of com-
mendation. --

“It has been asked whether there
was likelihood of a working or polit-
ical alliance of farmers and labor.
The problem, is one not .easy to an—
swer. The sympathies are alike; but
their position is on opposite sides of
the counter. One is buying, the other
selling. Their common interest would
be in shortening the distance between
them. [The tanner would proﬁt with

high priced food‘h‘nd low priced labor.

While. the laboring man would. profit

‘pwith,»l~ow priced food and high priced V: "
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From Producer to Non-Producer

LOT of men who are selling their farms
and going .to town are making the mis-
take of their lives and will regret it before an-
_ other year is up. We are facing a food short-
age. Of that there is no doubt. A food short~
age means nothing to the man who owns a
farm and produces enough to feed himself and
family. But it is the greatest calamity that
could befall the man who must buy every
ounce of bread, potatoes and milk for himself
and family.

The farmer who quits tilling the soil and
goes to town does not merely change his place
of residence. He changes his occupation. He
ceases to be‘ a producer of food, and he not
only cut off the supply for himself and family
but for many others who depended upon the
crops from his farm. Lets sufﬁcient number
of producers become non-producers, and what
happens? The food supply drOps off; men
begin to feel the pangs of hunger, and not even
the highest wages that can be paid will ﬁll
their stomachs or keep them contented. Con-
sequently there is a back-to-the—farm move-
ment. It starts with the poorest paid of the
cities, and eventually spreads to all classes;
Factories are forced to shut down; wages de-
cline; and the movement to the farms becomes
a migration. .‘

That is a condition we do not want, and can
forestall if we only use our foresight and com-
mon sense. The majority of men operating
farms today are farmers in the strictest sense
of the word.‘ They know their job better than
anyone else, knows it, and far better than they
know any other job. They should stick to that
job. Granted that they do not receive the re—
turns they ought to have. Granted that of all
jobs in the world theirs is the most speculative
and arduous. But consider that great strides
are being made today in putting farming
where it ought to be as the nation’s greatest
industry. Consider also that leaving the farm
will not solve the problem. On the contrary
it will aggravate it. The thing to do is to per-
severe through the present discouragements,
raise all the food that it is possible to produce,
and by all means prevent the factory workers
of the city from becoming land hungry and
entering into competition with you. If the
men on the farms will stay on the farms and
produce just a trifle more food each year to
meet the growing demands of the cities, we
need have no fear of a back-to-the-farm move-
ment and a resulting over-prqduction of food.

From the Lakes to the Sea

N AGITATION affecting the entire
 northern half of the United States west
of the Great Lakes is being carried on by com-

mercial interests for the purpose of creating

sentiment in favor of the proposal t9 open the
water channels between the Lakes and the At-
lantic ocean to accommodate ’ 'i ves-
  The, project.me be. ﬁnanced by, the fed.

    
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i I would be the "g'eatest beneﬁcis es  4
‘ plan”, ‘it could not  attract-ﬁrms to“? .'
 the farmers as well. At present, alarge Quan-

tity of MiChigan food products are: transported
by rail to eastern ports, consumed there cr-put
aboard. ship for export to Europe. Freight
rates are high; car service. is most unsatisfact-
ory and seVeral needless middlemen’s charges
take tolls which in the aggregate represent a
goodly portion of the amount paid per bushel
or pound of product. Let ocean-going vessels
dock at Detroit, Saginaw, Alpens and other
lake ports, and the farmers would always have
ready transportation facilities at a rate for be-
low the rail tax-if. .Moreover, the opening of
the doors of the world 's markets to our crops
would open the way for farmerch sugar-
factories, packing houses, and other ﬁnishing
plants, whiChwould. enable the farmer to part-
icipate in proﬁts which now goes to others. We
believe this project should have the support of
the farmers of Michigan.

 
Bringing the Department of Agriculture to
the Former

HE EDITOR of the Business Farmer is
going to Washington next month, having
been appointed a member ofa committee of
eight agricultural editors to visit the Bureau of
Markets and Division of Publications, study
theier activities and make a report to the
American Agricultural Editors’ Association.
This will simply be in line with the program
of this association to bring the Department of
Agriculture and all its useful activities straight
to the farm door and make it a truly represen-.
tative instrument for the farmers of America.
I do not want to go to Washington single-
handed. I want to take with me the opinions

of the readers of the Business Farmer to guide

me in my investigations. I want to know in
what respect, if any, the Bureau of Markets is
not meeting all the needs of the farmers of
Michigan. I want to know in what manner, if
any, this Bureau can be made of more practi-
cal beneﬁt to individual farmers and farthers'
associations. The Bureau of Markets is one of
the most important, if not the most important,
bureaus of the entire department. Farmers
generally take more interest in its work than
in that of any other bureau. There is no doubt
but what this Bureau has assisted wonderfully
in the economic development of agriculture.
Neither is there any doubt but that the surface
of its possibilities has just been scratched and
that it can be made many times more useful
and valuable. If it occurs to any reader what
this Bureau can do to further assist the farm-
ers of Michigan in grading, inspecting, packing
and marketing their products, _I wish they
would feel free to write me their suggestions.

“Them Was the Good Old Days”

UR enterprising crop correspondent of
Shiawassee county, sends us the following
interesting report dated March 18, 1901:

“In these days the word ‘proﬁteer’ had not
been coined. Common labor called for $1.50 per
day of ten hours or more; skilled labor $2.50 and
$3 per day. Flour was 60c for 25 pounds; cane
sugar, 20 pounds for‘sl; brown sugar 9. little less;
coal, $4 a ton; stove wood, $1.50 a cord. Kero—
sene was 8 and 10 cents a gallon; tea not over
40 cents a. pound and coffee 15 to 20 cents, and
farm hands were paid $18 to $20 and board per
month. A farm wagon could be bought for $40
to $50; a heavy harness complete, $28 to,$30;_
plow about $14. The prices paid for farm produce
about averaged up with the prices paid by the
farmer for the things he had to purchase or the
merchant and dealer. For instance“ wheat was
70 cents; corn 23 cents, oats £8 cents; rye 50
cents; timothy hay. $10; beans, $1.50; potatoes
6.9 cents; poultry 8 cents: butter is. to 14 cents;
eggs 11 cents; hogs. “.50; best, 85.50. etc. The
pricespald tor the farm produce about averaged
up with the prices paid by the tumor ~ for the
articles that he. had to. purchase of the merchant
and dealer. Therefore, the prices of today. will
about most on that basis. and yet the cry or hard

times is heard on every side while the reason of
this is that tho  o: the present- thne are liv-

ing too fast andtoo DMJMW, thus-union“.
Many strive to. outdo their .  {pretended

      
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yen needed without putting

'on the ~far-Hi. ‘ You could drive oldDick "to

you could sit near the cracker barrel in Jim
Petcrs’ store and munch _to your heart’s con-
umv . .
Then with. your buggy loaded down with 50

cents .w "of. provisions" you could jog con-
.tentedly omewsrd, without waiting for the”

children to come from the moving picture
show. ’ '
Yes, sir, those were the good old days, but
wowuldn‘thtthemhwkjmtutheym
Iiwe could but go back/twenty years and take
up the pleasures and advantages we used!)
enjoy and mingle them with theplessnrss and

 
advantaged! we engoy' tad”, discarding .u

th'stis inconvenient, expensive and unloysbl

how happy we would be. A ‘
Sugar -

 MOUNT Cloniens newspaper, ’the owner V

of which is a stockholder in the Mount
Clemens Sugar factory, says the reason for the
high cost of sugar‘is because A buys it from
the factory sells it to B; B sells it to C; G to
D, etc. It is reported that a certain wholesal-
er in a certain southern Michigan city cleaned
up $5,000 on a carioad of sugar which hencvcr
saw. He simply sold the bill of lading. A De-
troit sugar house recently stated that nearly
every lot of sugar which they bought nowadays
carried a diﬁerent price, which made it neces~
sary for the retailers to charge diﬂt'erent prices
to the consumer. ' '

We are, all interested in these reasons. for the

high price of sugar, but the mere stating of ‘

them will not bring the price down. The De-
partment of Justice hits been trying vainly for
monthsto catch the nigger in the woodpile, but
that gentleman has successfully eluded Mr.
Palmer, and the mystery of high sugar prices
is no nearer a solution than ever. We know
this much. That the farmer who grew the
beets from which much of the sugar was made
that is now selling at retail at 30 cents a pound
received less than 50 per pound. What we do
not know are the proﬁteers that got the other
25 cents. ‘ .
The high price of sugar is going to raise hob
with all canning operations this year and will
be quite an item in the family grocery bill.
The farmer, however, is in a position to add to
the family sweets without much labor or ex-

pense by growing a little sorghum or a few -

sugar beets from which syrup can be extracted
and boiled down.

Let the Wife Do It

DETROIT editor tells us that there is no
cause for alarm because of the shortage
of farm labor. The problem can easily be
solved by letting the farmer’s wife don a «pair
of overalls and go forth and labor in the ﬁelds.
The writer paints a pretty picture of the farm-
er’s wife at the wheel of the tractor, her ﬁgure
clad in denim, her hands neatly gloved, and a
becoming straw protecting ‘ her complexion
from the sun. To the uninitiated of the city
driving a tractor or riding a cultivator looks
like child’s play, and gives the farm woman an
opportunity to relax between the hours when
she must get the meals.
No, no, brother editor, this is no solution, of
the farm labor problem. When your women of

' the cities give up their teas, their matinees' and

other social functions; when instead of dawd-
ling their time away before their mirrors and
spending their afternoon galloping through
the shopping districts, they take their places at
the machines in the factories, thenw-ill our
hrmwomenbeoorhofsrmhandsandhelpdo'

"the hard manual labor if there is no other-way

crowd mace“ 

;:,town without passing a single "joy-rider and '

while you  the politics of the day. -.

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'ple so free from lawless

- Some time ago. I read in your pa-
.per a reward for the arrest of per-
sons guilty "of destroying property
belonging to those growing boots for
the sugar companies. ‘ It certainly
was timely as the work of destroying
property is heard of in every direc-
tion. This part of the country is no
exception to the rule. It is certain-
ly to be regretted that a class of poo-
methods
should now turn and adopt such
methods. I am sure we have had
enough of strikes and lawlessness on
the part of the unions without the
farmers turning out as bad. 01 the
farmer it is said that “together we
stand: divided we fall." Lawless-
nose is already dividing the factors
of Merrill and vicinity and already
much bitterness has been brought
about because some of the farmers
are in favor of destroying beets be-

; longing to those who are growing

 
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beets. Nocause that Was ever won '

will stand through force. I have
heard threats of all kinds the last
few “weeks. Some‘ have been told
that if they grew beets they would
have no neighbors; others that their
property would be destroyed. I
would not belong to such a gang.
The best growers’ association has
been made a failure because one
class of the farmers are in favor of
law and order and another in favor
of brute lawlessness to gain their

How sadly we are in need of com-

pulsory arbitration that would com- _

pel both parties to a dispute to ar-
bitrate. It would settle many labor
disputes and-put/an end to so many
strikes and lockouts which are a
curse to our country. Whether the
best growers’ association wins out
or not, let's have law and order and
decency if we don’t have anything
else—W. 0., Marvin, rich.

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No good Amercan can sanction the
malicious destruction of another’s prop-
erty. It is not only an offense against
justice, but a violation of the law of the
land, punishable by ﬁne and imprison-
ment. It is closely akin to mob rule, and
heaven forbid that the farmers of Mich-
igan should ever be accused of taking
the law into their own hands. On the
other hand, we, must admit that the dis-
loyalty of members of an organization
which seeks only what is fair and Just
is cause for great provocation among
the loyal ones. It is not to be wonder-
ed at that the farmers who for the sake
of the principle that is at stake and for
the sake of the future of the sugar beet
industry have refused to
this year should feel hurt and
when their neighbors desert .the cause
and plan-t beets in violatidn of their
pledge not to do so. Does not such 'dis-
loyalty, in fact, work an injury to the
loyal 'ones, as great an injury perhaps
as might in turn be visited upon the
property of those who plant beets. Of
course, there is no actual destruction of
property, but there is something almost
equivalth to it. I suppose that when
the loyal beet growers talk of destroy—
ing the property of others who are
growing beets they only intend to retal-
iate for the injury _done to them. It is
said that the tobacco growers of the
south would never have been organized
and paid a decent price for their crop
had it not been for the terrorizing hand
of the night-raiders who went from
plantation to plantation destroying the
crops that had been planted. Thousands
of tobacco growers who could not at
ﬁrst see the advantages of organization
owe a debt to those men who through
force prevented them from growing to-
bacco under the old conditions. 1 am

Knee citing this instance, mind you. to in

7 an way

excuse lawless methods, but

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' I think it is Only fair to those men who

‘ out the assistance of

have sacriﬁced for this canoe and the

. future welmre of their neighbors, to say

a word in their behalf, Justice will be
secured for the beet growers of Michi-
gan without the use of force and with-
-who have

1 the penny so close to their eye that thgy

cannot see a. dollar a foot away—Editor.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN
‘ MICHIGAN

Do minnow: That Michigan is

;,behind the times in the matter of
 county governmmt?

That a. great majority of the states

u ’ For the union have adopted modern
' forms of government similar to such-

as we have represented by the Com-
mission—Manager government in our

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plant beets V,
angry

‘ple of the United  mitt of

 
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representh by :a" Board “of Super-
visors of'frem 24m 48 or more in
number, meeting from 2 to 4 times
'a year?"

The county oﬂ‘icersare elected by
vote of the people and are not re-
sponsible to the Supervisors?

There is no centralised authority?

There is no requirement in the
county for centralized purchases or
competitive bids?

Thesis noone whose dutyi't is to
really audit the bills of the county
olcials? ' ‘ '

County omcials being created by
the constitution and governed by the
Legislature are really in a separate
jurisdiction from the Supervisors?

County government, so-called, is
not county eel-government at all, but
simply state government of counties?

No citizen can be expected easily
to become intimate with a govern-
ment. the source of which is far
away even though it prescribes a
system local in its application?

There is absolutely no possibility
of a short ballot?

The present system is a weak
chain of isolated ofﬁces facilitating
evasion of responsibility and _making
an elusive and diﬁcult organism for
the people to control?

—-0. Ray Hat'ten, Sec’y, Grand Rap-
ids Qitizens' League.

The. above stateanents were contained
in a. printed cormnunioasion meived' by
the M. B. F., and other publications of
the state. Its purpose is plain: To rev-
olutionbe the present form of county
govern-lent and put all county business
in the heads of a commission of quali-
fied farmers and business men. What do
you think of the idea? We should like
to hear from our readers on this ulst-
ten—Editor.

 
AGAIN, ma MILK TEST

A farmer’s elevator is in opera-
tion here known as the Highland
Produce Ass'n. I understand that
the real idea in organizing it was
that it was to be a real beneﬁt to
the farmers. Yet quite recently
during the switehmen‘s strike they

deliberately raised prices on all their

stock,—-not new stock, remember,
but stock that they had on hand
since early winter. What is this but
proﬁteering?

Also a man located there is buy-
ing farmers’ milk and shipping it to
the Detroit Creamery. Time after
time checks are given the farmers
marked test 3.5 when no test had
been taken for months. This is not
idle 'guess work. I have a. letter
from the Detroit Creamery to prove
the statement. It was sent when
I made complaint to them about the
injustice of our tests. In this letter
they stated that th had written
their buyer of our e{:omplaint and
that no doubt he would be glad to
pay whatever was due us. Did be?
Well, I should say not. He never
mentioned it. He looked like a
sneak the ﬁrst time he met us; af-
terwards he felt that he was safe
enough. The’ farmers are not get-
ting peid for the goods they sell.—
Mrs. A. 8., Milford Jack.

The question as to whether a. dealer

 
unpacks Editorial,

should raise his price on goods nwhen
the market price goes up is a much-

{mooted om. His excuSe is that some

day these goods must come down and
that he must enough profit w

price are advancing to cover his loss-
es w n they decline, I do“ not know
what difference this would ma 6 to
a. (to-operative association. however, un-
leis]! possibly the manager gets‘llres to
m e a good showing. a e asso-
ciation earns is the farmer's in: what
it loses is the farmer's loss. it really

doesn’t matter whether the asociation

charges a. little more today and a little
less tomorrow. It_ all comes out in the
wash anyway.

The man who can ﬁnd a solution to
est problem will be entitled

gold

you cite, it scans to me clearly a mat-
ter for your state Hill: Producers’ Ass’n.
If the local buyer is not paying you for
all the butter fat in your cream, the
state association should come forward
and force him to do so. Have you re-

rtted the matter to Secreary Reed?—

i or.

 
ANTI-FOBDNEY

Enclosed ﬁnd check for $1 to pay
up my subscription as far as it will.

You are doing ﬁne; keep it up. I
would like very much to have the
Bvsrnnss FARMER take a straw vote
in the 8th congressional district to
see if the farmers could not get to-
gether and pick a candidate for con-
gressman. I think Fordney has cut-
lived his usefulness for the people
and is only useful to himself and his
interests—W. 11., Omens, Mich.

 
I hope none of contenders have form-
ed the opinion that the discussions l
the Business Farmer regarding Mr.
Fordney and the bean tar-K! have been
of a political purport. For such is not
the case, We have no enmity against
Mr. hrdney. We have no desire to
deprive him of his job as long as he
performs and faithful service for
ALL his constituents. It has been our
belief that Mr. Fordney laid down on
his job when the farmers' bean tariff
bill needed his assistance. Mr. Fordney
has said nothing or done nothing to as-
spell that conviction. We could not,
however, engage in a. political controv-
ersy involving the ofﬁce congres-
man. It would lead us into endless fray
and misunderstanding. If the farmers
of the 8th district are not satisﬁed. with
their congressman they have the votes
to elect another one. The only condi-
tion by which we would take part in
congressional elections would be in the
event of a farmers’ slate covering every
(géxgressional district in the state.—

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FARMER SUGAR FACTORY

I wish to write and tell you that
the farmers here in Cambrai town-
ship, Hillsdale county, have some
money and time to help build a beet
sugar factory in Michigan. Why
don’t somebody start the machine
going? I have just been helping to
organize the Farm Bureau here and
would be glad to help in the beet
sugar line. Why, I believe the
farmers around here would raise a
few beets and ship them to such a
factory. Can’t something be done?
——W. J. F., Hillsdale, Mich.

You talk like business. Wish a few
more of our farmers would get the same
viewpoint. No reason in the world why
the farmers of Michigan cannot owu and
have in operation one or more sugar
plants by 1922- at the very latest, and
possibly a year earlier. But have pa-
tfence. The manufacturers have open-
ed the way for this very thing and it is
bound to dome—Editor. , .

 
PROFITS

A business that pays 10 per cent
net to its stockholders year in and
year out is considered a pretty fair
investment. »

A business that yields
cent proﬁts is one that
would like to buy into.

But what is to be said of a busi-
ness that pays its stockholders sev-
eral times 1.060 per cent all the time,
and whose stockholders number over
100,000,000?

That is what the stockholders—
the people of the United States—are
getting in proﬁts out of the United
States department of agriculture, ac-
cording to Secretary Meredith.

“The  of agriculture
makes for its stockholders—the peo-

100 per
anybody

  
several times 1.00, ».
’ ell

will give but a few typical items out
of a large number that could be cit—
ed. We spent $250,000 establishing
Durum wheat in this country. The
Durum wheat now produced here is
Worth $50,000,000, a year. We spent
less than $200,000 introducing rice
and establishing the industry in Cal-
ifornia. ‘The rice crop in that state
is now worth $31,000,000 a year.
We spent $40,000 introducing Egyp-
tian cotton, breeding it up and es-
tablishing the industry in arid re-
gions of the southwest. The Am-
erican Egyptian cotton crop is now
worth $20,000,000 a year. We dis-
covered a serum that prevents hog
cholera, and its use, as demonstrqt-
ed by the d'epartruent, has reduced
losses from that disease by $40,-
000,006 a year.” .

It ir-somcﬂmes said that govern-

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REGULATION or'mDUs'rRs

Good wages are not necessarily—
high wages. If halfof it will buy
algood living, one dollar a day is
good wages. Five dollars a day is
not, if it costs $4.97 to live. If the
prices are based on production casts
—the chief item of which is labor——
it matters little just where wages
are ﬁxed. The important thing is to
ﬁx and maintain prices in some def—
inite and reasonable relation to
wages.

Suppose we classify all labor,
mental and physical. according to the
efﬁciency of the worker and the de-
sirability of the job. Fix wages at
one to ﬁve dollars a day standard for
all industries. It will then be prac-
tical, beginning with the simplest
raw materials. to ﬁgure with rea-
sonable accuracy the average direct
labor cost of each commodity,‘ add
reasonable percentage for interest,
insurance, etc., and ﬁx standard pric-
es high enough for safety and yet
low enough to enable every worker
to live comfortably and, if efﬁcient
and thrifty, to become more or less
of a capitalist.

This can’t be done, however, by

leaving each industrial trust free to ~

ﬁx and maintain its own prices and
wages. To leave the matter to
congress or a commission appointed
by the president would be as foolish,
since most of the members in either
case would either be prejudiced or
ignorant of the problems involved.
Regulation of industry can be safely
intrusted only to a national industrial
congress, fully and fairly represent-
ing all industries and all classes of
khan—8. B., I onéa County.

 
Sounds sensible, all right, But it has
always seemed to us that to fix prices
on any commodities in which there is

and unrestrained competition pen-
alizes industry and discourages initia-
tive. How about it‘ll—Editor.

 
PICKLES

Enclosed you will ﬁnd my check
for $2“ for 3 years subscription! I
like your paper. think it just what
the farmers need to help them get
together and get in closer touch with
the consumer. Your stand for beans
and beets is 0. K., but they are not
the only' things that need attention.
A short time ago I was in a. store at
Merrill and asked the store keeper ,1
how much his dill pickles were. He
said 15 cents per pound. I looked
them over carefully and found they
were the pickles that they sorted out
at our station last eason for nubs
and crooks. for wh ch we received
50 cents per 100 lbs., of 1—2 cent per
1b., grown, picked and delivered at
the company station at Wheeler.
Produced and delivered for 1-2 cent
per 1b.; sold to the consumer for 15
cents per lb. Can you beat it?—
0. 8., Merrill, Mich.

Nope, that can‘t be beat. 1 have heard
of a good many cases of proﬁteering, but
this is the most proﬁtable case of proﬁt-
eerlng that has ever come to my atten-
tion, Just for the fun of 1,, why not ask
the grocer where he bought those pickles
and we’ll trace the pickle proﬁteer to his
lain—Editor.

 
31 PER HOUR

Your little editorial “One Dollar
Per Hour” in all right. A good, bad
or indifferent farmer isentitled to
as much per hour as any good, bad
or indiﬂerent mechanic, and there
are a lot of mediocre mechanics that
get it but do not earn the dollar per
hour. Besides there is no more es-
sential citizen than the farmer. He
works more hours per year than the
vast majority of the people that
make the business world go. The
farmer should get one dollar per
hour, plus 7 per cent on his invest-
ment and 15 per cent depreciation,
and when that day comes I 'believe
the world will be better off. I do
not agree with the M. B. F. in all
that it prints but I do think it a
ghty good DUMD.—W. 0.‘
also. 1.9 N. Bourbon; 3L, Guam . ,

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DECORATION DAY
. 0 THE mothers who gave their
I stalwart sons and the wives who
sent their young husbands forth
to ﬁght in the recent world war——
every day is Memorial Day. It is

ﬁtting however that a day should be.

set apart when the world should
pause in its mad rush for wealth and
position to think of those whose life
work is ﬁnished—for they who are
gone from this earthly home— all
had some object which they sought
to attain. and it is for us who remain
to “carry on” as one of our ex—sol-
diers wrote just before he answered
jthe roll call:

“To you who go forward from Where
I left off,

Though dark be the
mm,

The torch I have tit will get flame to
the sky,

Carry on I—maice my
while.

I like the idea of planting a tree
for the one who has gone—let there
be something living to symbolize
them and their life work—not just
a flower that wilts or a shaft of
cold marble—but something which
will beneﬁt mankind.

And what loviier tribute to those
whom you would remember could
there be than the adoption of a help-
less little child. If you are young
and strong and able to care for a
baby—you- will ﬁnd the blessings
will return ten fold to you. Child-
ren are something to love—to live
for, and incidentally to keep us
from growing selﬁsh or self-centered.
There are ways innumerable in which
we can celebrate the day which are
truly unselﬁsh, for what is more sel—
ﬁsh than grief? We cannot all do
the same kind of work——-but for each
of us there is a task and if we bend
our every energy to that task we will
truly “Carry On."

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One of our prize

When he Jumps on you with muddy
paws,
When an ancient bone he’gnaws,
You'll hear some cynic say
In a cold disgusted way.
“That the dog of it."

“The dog of it"—perhaps ’tis true, .
But when-you‘re down and out and
through.
When you haven’t a single friend,
His love lives to the end.
That's the dog of it.

When the heart most
cold.

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“The Dog of It”—By David Wharton

' And you're ugly, poor and old,
Though he hasn’t encugh to out,
He follows with love at your feet.

' That’s the dog of it. ’ "

And when you're'under the ground,
V Forgotten your lonely mound,‘ ‘
He will remember, and steal away
To lie beside it night and day.

That’s the dog of it.

He would leave the ﬁelds Elysian,
And deem it but a Joyful mission
To enter_ e’en the gates of hell
. If there your soul should dwell.
That's the dog of it..

 
SEEN IN CITY SHOPS

’8 TIME summer was "here wheth-

er the weather man decides to

send it or not and so the stores
are stocked up with summer wear-
ing apparel.

Even the white hats have come in
—~both dress and sport models. No
matter what Dame Fashion decrees
we shall wear in the spring, beas~
sured that when the warm days real-

ly get here we will all be decked out'

in the white hats—whether they be
sailor for the suit, sport for the out-
ing costume or dress for the pretty
summery dresses- But 'here's a
tip. If you would wear your hat
the second season don’t buy a com-
bination white hat. By that I mean
a silk and straw or a Georgette and
straw because I made that mistake
last year and this spring when I

 
I

pulled it down from the closet shelf
and decided that it1 must be cleaned
this spring, I, found that I had struck
a snag. .The hat cleaners told me
they cleaned only straw while the
cleaners whmeiean my suits- and
dresses informed nie that if it were
all'silk they could clean it but no
combinationhat. So I have taken
it home and the ﬁrst day I have any
time in daylight »-I am going to see
what I can do with it myself—in the
meantime I want you to proﬁt by my
experience. ' -

For the real young girl, the best
dress is lovely of organide and much
more appropriate than silk. Noth-
ing lends itself to the fashioning of
the graduation gown better than this
material.

And the ever present voiles are as
lovely as ever and are certainly most‘
satisfactory for the business woman'
or the woman who wants an all-

,around “dainty pretty summer frock.
' And now the shops are replete with
,their. showing of summer suits—
mostly of wool Jersey, and they are
both comfortable and pretty—and
withal much less expensive than the
spring suits of other material, and
_if. you donot get a decidedly sport
model you can put a lining in it
‘later and wear it until it is time to
wear, the heavy coat. Of course
'they come unlined. '

 
- (THERE‘IS N0 DEATH

~ There is no death 1 The forest loaves
Convert to life the viewless air;

The rocks disorganized to feed

The hungry moss they meat. ,

There is no death 1 The dust we tread

Shall change, beneath the summer show-
ers -

To golden grain, or mellow fruit.

0r , rainbow-tinted flowers.

There is no death! the leaves may fall.
The ﬂowers may fade and pass away—-
They only wait, through wintry hours,
The warm, sweet, breath of May.

—J. L. McCreery.

 
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EAR CHILDREN: From the let-

ters received it is interesting

to see how many of you little
folks are raising chickens, and also
how many are learning to assist fath-
er and mother with the work in the
house and around the barn. That
means if you start as early as this
you will surely know how to do
many things well when you are old
enough to earn your own living. An-
other inquiry comes about a com-
era. I have answered this before
but am glad to advise you again that
for ten new paid subscribers at $1
each a camera will be sent you. Be
sure when sending in the subscrib-
ers to send them with the money all
together and tell us what the prize
is you desire.

I must tell you of the “hike” I
took last Saturday afternoon. I
boarded an interurban car and went
just outside of the city limits where
I found some woods. And there I
found lovely blue and yellow violets
and wild cherries so that when I
came home we had the house full of
flowers. And I also took with me a
basket which I brought home ﬁlled
with dandelion green. We took just
a little lunch with us of cookies and
apples and my how good they did
taste after we had tramped for miles
over the rough ground. , And while I
was tram-ping around I though of
my little friends of the M. B. F. and
how they enjoyed the birds concert
every day-saw the wild flowers and
had time to build air castles—for
you know I like. 'to .build aifl' castles.

   
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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Laddie—I am a girl 12 years old.
I go to the Warren school and am i the
6th grade. My father takes the  B.
F. and likes it very well. . I live on a 60
acre farm. We have 3 horses, 7 cow
1 dog, 2 cats, 10 rabbits and a pigeon.
have 3 Sisters and 1 brother. My broth-
I would be pleas-
ed if some of the boys and girl would
write to me. My address is Irene Schind-
ler, Kawkawlin, Mich, R 1.

Dear Laddie—Papa. takes the M. B. F.
and likes it very much. I like to read
the children page. There are lots of nice
stories in it. This is the third time I
have written to the M. B. F. but I never
saw my letter in print, so I thought I
would write again, I am a girl" eight
years old and in the third grade at
school. I am writing this all myself.-—
Beulah Tracezinga, Yaie Mich, R 2.

Dear Laddie—I am a girl 12 years
old and am .in the sixth grade. I go to
the Warren school and my teacher's
name is Miss Evelyn Kinyon. e have
46 scholars in our school: F0 pets I
have two cats. I have two sisters and
one brother. We live on a. 6‘0_ acre farm.
We have one dog. Its name is Sport. I
am going to draw a/pict'ure. I will close
for this time—Josephine Guen-ther, Bay.

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Dear Laddie—My' father takes the M. f
B. F. I am- in~the sixth, ’ade. vMy~ ‘
teacher is Sister Zita. I th k she? is a '
very good t‘  _ . Wehave 4 1-21milefr
to go to school. I have 3'
s ters. Well. ,
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ENGINE—Four cylinders cast en bloc withiHot TIRES——3 5 inches by 5 inches pneumatic cord.

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engine; bore, 3% inches; stroke, 4% inches.

GASOLINE SUPPLY—i Capacity 101/2 gallons; FRONT AXLE‘HWY drop-forged Steel I—bCam-
positive feed. SPRINGS——-Front, 38 inches long, 21/4 inches wide;

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I   WHEAT LOWER

  
was" PRICES PER 30.. MAY 25, 1920

 
Grade IDetrolt Chicagol N. Y. .
‘, 1'5. 2 Red  3.01 2.00
W No. 2 White . . .' 3.05 l 2.00
..No. 2 Mixed  8.05 2.95

 
PRICES ONE YEAR A00

 
' Grade lDetrolt IChlcagoI N. Y.
i3. 2 ma  2.05 2.36% 2.38%
, No. 2 White  2.00
No. 2 Mixed ... 2.03

 
-Wheat during the past week went
, as high as $3.17 for No. 2 red on the
Detroit market and then dropped
back to $3.07. At present the mar-
ket is very weak and dealers all look
for lower prices owing to increase in
the number of cars available for
shipping grain. The Interstate Com-
'merce Commission has ordered .20,-
000 box cars ﬁt for carrying grain
shipped to the grain districts at the
-rate of 660 cars daily. Reports
. from various sections of the country
shew the crop in fair condition but
the acreage small. Export demand
continues good. Recent press dis-
patches from England say it believ-
edxthat war bread loaf may once
more be British fare. From France
comes word that their wheat crop
promises a yield nearly up to the
nation’s requirements. Mr. Samuel
M. Vauclain, president of the Bald-
win Locomative Works, has just re-
turned from a business trip to Eur-
ope and he says we need not worry
about Europe so far‘as food and
other direct necessities are concern-
ed because what they need is trans-
portation facilities and machinery.

‘ .

CORN PRICES TUMBLE ’

1 920

 
PRICES PER BU" MAY 25.

 
Grade [Detroit IChlcagoI N. Y.
No. 2 Yellow . . . 1.02 2.08 '/z
No. 3 Yellow . .  2.00 2.04%
No. 4 Yellow .. .I 1.05

 
Fifi 6E skO'N’ EMV‘E‘A' I‘m-0

 
Grade IDotrolt I Chico” I I. Y.

I No. 2 Yellow . . . l 1.93%
No. 8 Yellow . . . 1.83 1.82% 1.90%

No. 4 Yellow 1.83 1.62%I 1.819/4

 
‘ Millions of bushels of corn has
‘ been thrown on the market during
the past few days with the result
that corn turned toward lower lev-
els, some dealers look for a heavy de-
mand now that consumers can se-
cure the grain in quantities. Con-
sumption has been almost at a
standstill for some time and plants
using corn have been idle and their
, management is eager to resume work
but big dealers think they will not
buy freely for the present at least
for fear they might stop the down-
ward trend of prices. Corn is ex-
pected from Argentina in greater
volume owing to the government’s
order to shippers to export a certain
amount of corn with wheat. Prices
are expected to advance from time
.' to time but it is believed that the
,, crest of high prices is past.

OATS DROP

 
! OAT PRICES PER BU" MAY 25. 1920
Grade IDetrolt IChlcagoI II. V.
No. 2 White . . . 1.28 1.03 1.40
No. 3 White 1.22 1.01%
No. 4 White 1.21
PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
Grade lDetrolt IChlcagol N. Y.
Standard . . . . . . . . .13 .74 I .18
No. 3 White  .12V2I 39%! .77'/.
No. 4 White . . .I .72 '/2I .71

 
Oats are lower along with other
grains, but the weakness in wheat
and corn is not felt so much in cats
as receipts of this grain is not as
large as in the others. There is a
good demand from consumers and
: the market is inclined to be ﬁrm and
steady. Oats are being shipped 'in
from Canada. Most of. these are be-
ingibrought into Eastern states at
present. Some parts of the country
slime small acreage while Others,
‘ especially the Northwest, showacon-
‘}.gid'erable increase over last year, but
a" _' y‘f all say the crop is in poor
,n’d‘iti'on, andl do not believe the oat
ja list will lose much of
Wength‘for some time at least.

 
O!

'1 to the market at any moment to
“"f e the future ouitlook. All we
.  give you, the present out-

Grains are suﬂering a bad slump. ~

it's .

gig-rec; we cannot tell what may hap-

‘the- tumor whowhas pro- _

 
DETROIT—A11 grains are dull and steady:
ing freely. Live stock easy. Hay active.

I CHICAGO—Corn strengthened by delayed I planting. Oats
, unchanged. Wheat and rye active. Hogs lower. Potatoes steady.

Beans not mov-

 
I: set- In type.
to prom—Editor.

 
(Note: The above summarized wires are received AFTER the balance of
They contain last minute information up

the market page
to within one-half hour of going

,

 
II

 
dues for sale should form his own
opinion as to the market’s future
trend.

 
BEANS HIGHER

 
scan rmcse ran owr.,'veav 25. 1020
and. IDetroIt 10mm II. "v.
. p. . . . .  1.90 1115 0.25
Nod Kidneys  121150 15.25
PRICES on: YEAR A00
Grade IDetroit IChlcago N. Y.
c. H. r. 
Prime . . . . . . . . ..
Red Kidneys 

 
There has been another advance
in beans and the market is steady
and trading is inclined to be slow. It
appears that the ban on potato con-
sumption continues to bolster up
beans.

 
FARM BUREAU URGES ﬁEAN
TARIFF

Below is a copy of a letter written
by Mr. J. P. Powers, assistant secre-
tary of the Michigan State Farm Bu-
reau, to Congressman Fordney, un-
der date of May 21st:

“It is the desire of the Michigan
State Farm Bureau, representing
more than 50,000 farmers in Mich-
igan, that the proposed bean tariif
now in the hands of the Ways and
Means committee be reported out,
and that every effort possible be
made to secure favorable action on
this in the house. '

"This is a matter of vital import-
ance to hundreds of Michigan farm-
ers, and as has undoubtedly been
called to your attention, a survey of
the United States Bureau of Crop
Estimates has disclosed that the
1920 bean acreage will undoubtedly
be less than in the past, and our in-
formation is that unless the bean in-
dustry of the United States is bol-
stered by the enactment of a tariff,
such as is proposed, it will deterior-
ate even more seriously in the fu-
ture.

“Possibly the opposition to this
tariff, which we understand is main-
ly from city representatives, can be
overcome by, pointingout to them
that while a tariif on beans now
would place the price of the American
grown commodity higher than at

which the imported variety is new
sold, it would be a temporary con-
dition, for if the American bean in-
dustry collapses we will be mainly
depending n the future on imports
which we d probably sell at an even
higher rate than would prevail now
with the tariff in effect."

POTATOES FIRM

 
BPUDS PER CWT» MIX 25. 1020
a I Saokodi Bulk
Detroit . . . . ...... . . . . ..I8.87
Chicago .......-........ 1.80
 2.00
Newka  . . . . .. 8.08
PRICE. ONE YEAR AGO
Dem" . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . 2.13 2.00
0h go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 2.00
Plttsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 2.80
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 .35

 
Old potatoes are scarce on the De-
troit market and are quoted ﬁrm,
but the market is very slow; scarce-
ly enough buying to make a market.
New potatoes are coming to market

~ in fairly large quantities now. Other
cities are as follows: Chicago, good
demand for good stock; New York,
demand light, movement slow; Pitts-
burg, demand and movement moder-
ate. -'
HAY IN DEMAND

I No. 1 Tim.I Stan. Tlm.i No. 2 Tim.

 
Detroit . . I81.50 9 38.30.50 @ 37.35.50 @ 36
Chicago . . I48.00@ 50 41.00 @ 49 45.00 @ 41
New York I83.00 Q 04 84.00 @ 83
Pittsburs . I40.50 Q 40 30.50 0 39 31.00 @ 3.
I No. 1 I No. 1 I No. 1
Inght Mix. IClover Mix. I Clover
Detroit . . I36.50 @ 81I35.50 @ 36135.50 @ 38
Chicago 4 49I45.00 @ 47

. . 1.00@
Pittsburg 40.50 @ 40I88.50 @ 38I37.50 @ 38

HAY PRICES A YEAR_A§o ,
I No. 1 Tlm.l Stan. TIm.I N0. 2 Tim.

 
Detroit . . I31.50 @ 38 36.50 @ 31 86.50 @ 31
Chicago . 38.00 @ 31 35.00 @ 38 34.00 @ 35
New York 48.00 a 41 45.50 @ 44 41 .00 @ 43
Pittsburg . 40.50 @ 4040.50 @ 40 30.00 @ 34
No.1 I No.1 I No.1
Light Mix. ICIover Illx. I Clover

D troit . . I36.50 @ 31I35.50 Q 88I35.50 @ 38
Ciglcago . . 35.00 @ 38I34.00 @ 35I20.00 @ 30
New York 44.00 @ 45I38.00 @ 41|

Plttsburc . 37.50 @ 38I38.50 @ 37133.50 @ 35

 
RYE DULL
Rye has been dull all of the past
week and the price is down 250 ow-
ing to a lack of demand. It is
quoted at $2 for No. 2 on the De-
troit market.

 
Footer?-

Chanfor-Ju-a I”.

2.}

WASHINGTON, DC, May 29, 1920
—-Warm waves will reach Vancouver,
B. 0., about June 2, 10, 16, 21, and
temperatures will rise on all the Pa-
ciﬁc slope. They Will cross crest of
Rockies by close of June 3, 11, 17, 22:
Plains sections 4, 12, 18, 23; merid-
ian 90. upper Great Lakes. Ohio-Tene-
nessee and lower Mississippi valleys,
5, 13, 19, 24; lower great lakes and
eastern sections, 6, 14, 20, 25. reach-
ing vicinity of Newfoundland about
June 7, 15, 21, 26. Storm waves will
follow about one day behind warm
waves. \ .
Temperature trends of June are ex-
pected to begin a. reversal that will
continue all summer and general ,ave
erage tem ratures are expected to
be as muc above normal as they
have, for several months past, been

below normal. This cha 9 ill be
H mm and June will  not

 
THE WEATHER FOR THE'WEEK '
As Forecasted by W. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer

    
average much above normal temper-
aturea.

Rains of the week centering on
June 6 are expected to be heavy in
many sections, following which much
less rainfall is expected and much bet-
ter cropweather where there has been
too much rain. There are no indica-
tions of the excessive evaporation
that makes the drouths so destruc-
tive of crops, but as an average of
the whole I expect much less rain on 
this continent than has fallen during
the past several months. The lessen-
ing of. rain where, moisture has been
too great and an expected increase of
moisture where deﬁciencies have pre-
vailed, are counted on to ve
crops generally following June 6.

I am not expecting much hail. I
cannot locate hail storms and there is L

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AA

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n ay to dodge them. I'am fairly
sgcgssful in giving the dates 01,112.11
storms and do not expect hall in June
after 6th; I still expect northern
frosts during therweek centering on
June 5. Temperatures on meridian 90
are expected to be low near June 9th
and then gradually go up more rap-
idly than the season We Meet
and remanup till dose of men .

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WOOL PRICES SLUMP AT BOSTON

Auctioneers said they were virtual;-
ly giving wool away when, prices at
the ﬁnal sale by the British govern-
ment at Boston May 21 went slightly
below the low level established in
the break of 'the day before. These

quotations, from 10 to 20'per cent-

under recent prices, did not pass the
dollar-mark per pound for greasy
Fool or $2 tor clean wool in any
at. '

 
PRICES, DECLINE AS SPECULA'D-
OBS FLOOD MARKETS
(Continued from page 3)

news dispatch. ‘.‘In this connection"

the belief was widely accepted that

a drastic or'der would be issued .for

the railroads to move grain on. a

priority basis. Another special bear-

ish influence was the continued at-
tention given to the cutting of mer-
chandise prices in department stores
at different cities, whereas little or
no notice in the confusion was taken
of the recovery of'Liberty bonds."
All kinds of business are now feel-
ing the effects of the stringency in
the money markets, and the turning
of grain into liquid assets is but one
' of many to, have been expected re-
sults. Many farmers themselves are
no less to blame than the dealers for
the crash in the grain markets. They
have been holding their "supplies
waiting for the highest possible
speculative proﬁt. They, too, have
now been obliged to place their hold-
ings on the market, thereby aggra-
vating the unsettled conditions.

now It wm‘ ‘Anect the Farmer

It is all too apparent that the
long looked ‘for business depression
has set in. How extensive it will
be, what classes of people it will af-
fect the most, how long it will last,
etc., are all matters for conjecture.
As for ourselves, we have no fear
that the situation will develop into
anything like a panic or cause bus-
iness in general any material losses.

We are told that the past week or
two has seen an unusually large.
number of business failures; that

one of the largest department houses
is now upon the verge of bankruptcy
and others are to follow. We look
upon many of these reports as clever
propaganda intended to frighten
people into cutting down their need-
less expenditures and getting back
into the old habits of thrift.

We cannot possibly see how the
farmer is to be seriously affected by
these changes. We would expect, of
course, that a business depression
would temporarily at least, cause a
decline in the prices of food products,
but we do not believe that it is pos-
sible to have a long period of low
food prices, for the simple reason
that the best efforts of the consum-
er to economizeon his food cannot
materially decrease the consumption.
Folks may cut their clothing bill in
half by the simple expedient of buy-
ing goods of lower quality and less
style, but food is food, containing so
many calories of heat, etc., and every
consumer must have a deﬁnite por-
tion each day to live. Were there a
surplus 'of foods at the present time
we might have cause to fear a long
era of low prices. While the present
prices on grains may be in part spec-

. ulative, they are mostly determined

by the supply and demand and can-
not be much lower.

After the crops are harvested this
tall we may be forced to change our
attitude on some of these matters.
01! course, there will be a determined
eﬂort on the part of the consumer
and the government to take advant-
age of the new crops by trying to
force prices own. Weds not-believe ‘
d. The farmer has
become accustomed to the higher
prices; he has learned something
about the world’s supply and demand
and his common sense tens him that ’
if , he only uses a little Judgment
,wh’enit crimes to marketing the crops
this fall that he will get his price.
It goes ‘withouir‘saying- that the farm:
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more. much more.

 
a; JACK Loupoiy

" Author of the “Valley of the Moon,"‘and other stories. It
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"‘ CAN be Anglo-Saxon, English,

American or whatever you may
.-— choose to‘name the ability to
look thing-s squarely in the face and
talk squarely into the face of things.

She paused~and debated cooly with.

herself, and cooly resumed. “You
complain that while you, have told
me that you love me, I have not told
you whether of nets! love you. I
shall settle that forever and now. I
do love you. ”

She thrust his eager arms away
from her.

“Wait 1" she commanded.‘ “th
is the woman now? Or the Spani-
ard? I had not ﬁnished. I love you.
I am proud that I love you. Yet
there is more- You have asked me
for my heart and intention. I have
told you part of the one. I now tell
you all of the other; I intend to mar-
ry Henry.”

Such Anglo-Saxon directness left
Francis breathless.

"In heaven’s name, why?” was all
he could utter.

"Because I love Henry,” she ans-
wered, her eyes still unshrinkingly
on his.

“And you . . you say you love
me?” he quavered.

“And I love you too.
of you. I am a good woman, at least
I always used to think so. I still
think so, though my reason tells me
that I cannot love two men at the
same time and be a good woman. I
If I am-bad,

 
I love both

being what I was born to be.”

She paused .and waited, but her
lover was still speechless.

“And who’s the Anglo—Saxon now?
she queried, with a slight smile, half
of'bravery, half of amusement at
the dumbness of consternation her
words had, produced in him. "I have
told you, without baffling, without
fluttering, my full heart and my full
intention.”

“But you can’t !" he
wildly.

protested
“You can’t love me and mar-

' ry Henry.”

“Perhaps you have not
stood," she chided gravely. “I in-
tend to marry Henry. I love you. I
love Henry. But I cannot marry
both of you. The law will not per-
mit. Therefore I shall marry only
one of you. It is my intention that
that one be Henry.”

“Then, why, why,” he demanded,
"did you persuade me into remain-
ing?”

“Because I loved you.

under-

I have al-

' ready so'told you.”

“If you keep this up I shall go
mad 1” he cried. '

“I have felt like going mad over
it myself many times,” she assured
him. “If you think it is easy for me
thus to play the Anglo-Saxon, you
are mistaken. But no Anglo-Saxon»
not even you whom I love so dearly,
can hold me in contempt because I
hide the shameful secrets of the im-
pulses of my being. Less shameful I
ﬁnd it. for me to tell them, right out
in meeting, to you. If this be An-
glo-Saxon, make the most of it. If
it be Spanish, and woman, and So-
lano, still make the most of it, for
I am Spanish, and womanaa Span-
ish Woman of the Solanos ”

“But I don’t talk with my Hands,”
she added with a wansmile in the
silence- that fell.

Just as he was about to speak, she
hushed him, and both listened to a
crackling and rustling from the un-
derbrush that advertised the pass-
age of humans. . «

“Listen,” she whispered hurriedly,

 
. laying her hand-suddenly on his arm

as if pleading. “I shall be ﬁnally
Anglo-Saxon, and for the last time,
when I tell you what I‘am going to
tell you- Afterward, and for always
I shall “be” the bafﬂing. ﬂuttering, fe-
male Spaniard you have chosen for
my description. ‘ Listen: I love Hen-
ry, it is true, very true.

t~ because I love him and
to. his; '—Yet always shall

' be hollow.

Maya prieSt and his peon son—emer-
ged from the underbrush close upon
them. Searcer noticing their pres-
ence, the priest went down on his
knees, exclaiming in Spanish:

“For the’ﬁrst time have my eyes
beheld the eyes of Chia.”

He ran the knots of 'the sacred tas-
sel and began a prayer in Maya,
which. could they have understood,
ran as follows:

“0 immortal Chia, great spouse of
the divine Hxatzl who created all
things out of nothingness! 0 im-
mortal spouse of Hzatzl, thyself the
mother of the corn, the divinity of
the heart of the hushed grain, god-
dess of the rain and the fructifying
sun rays, nourisher of all the grains
and roots and fruits for the susten-
ance of man i O glorious Chia, whose

'month ever commands the ear of

Hzatzl- to thee humbly, thy priest, I
make my prayer. Be kind to me, and
forgiving. From thy mouth let is-
sue forth the golden key that opens
the ear of Hzatzl. “Let thy faithful
priest gain to Hzatzl’s treasure
Not for himself, 0 Divinity, but for
the sake of his son whom the Gringo
saved. Thy children, the Mayas pass.
There is no need for them of the
treasure. I am they last priest. With
me passes all understanding of thee
and of thy great spouse. whose name
I breathe only with my forehead on
the stones. Hear me, O Chia, hear
me! My head is on the stones be-
fore thee i"

For all of ﬁve minutes the old
Maya lay prone, quivering and jerk-
ing as if in a satalepsy, while Leon-
cia and—Francis looked curiously on.
themseva half—swept by the unmis-
takable soIemnity of the old man’s
prayer, nun-understandable though
it was.

VWithout waiting for Henry, Fran-
cis entered the cave a second time.
With Leoncia beside him, he felt
quite like a guide as he showed the
old priest over the place. The lat-
ter, ever reading the knots and mum-
bling, followed behind, while the
peon was left on guard outside. In
the avenue of mummies the priest
halted reverently not so much for
the mummies as for the sacred tassel.

“It is so written,” he announced,
holding out a particular string of
knots. “These men were evil, and
robbers. Their doom here is to wait
forever outside the inner room of
Maya mystery.”

lat-amis hurried him past the heap
of- bones of his father before him,
and led him into the inner chamber,
where ﬁrst of all, he prostrated him-
self before the two idols and prayed
long and earnestly. After that, he
studied certain of the strings very
carefully. Then he made announce-
ment, first in Maya, which Francis

 
gave him to know was unintelligible.

and next in broken Spanish:

“From the mouth of Chia to the
ear of Hzatrl—so it is written.”

Francis listened to the cryptic ut-
terance, glanced into the dark cavity
of the goddess’ mouth, stuck the
blade of his hunting knife into the
key hole of the god’s monstrous ear,
then tapped the stone with the hilt of
his knife and declared the statue to
Back to Chia, he was
tapping her to demonstrate her hol—
lowness, when the old Maya mut-
tered:

"The feet of Chia rest upon noth-
ingueSs."

Francis pushed against the female
deity with his hand and found that
she moved easily. Gripping her with

" both hands, he began to wrestle, mov-

I love you '_,
I shall marry .

  
ing her with quick Jerks and twists.
“For the strong men and unafraid
yvill Chia. walk,” the priest read. "But

the next three knots declare: Be-
ware ! Beware !' Beware !"
‘ “Well, I guess that nothingness,

whotevevr it is, won't bite me,”
Francis chuckled, as he released the
statue after shifting it ‘a. yard from
its original position. . 'v ‘

“There, old. lady, stand there for
a_ while, or sit down if thatwill 1:
our 1993! 1119 Mt to be tired a -

‘1

 
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a

drew his gaze

  
‘ A'rcry from 

‘to the portion of the floor just va-s
outed by thelar‘ge feet of Chia. Step—e

ping backward from the displaced
goddess, he had been just about to
fall into the rock-hewn hole her feet
had concealed. It was circular, and
a full yard in diameter. In vain he
tested the depth by dropping lighted
matches. They fell burning, and,
without reaching bottom, still falling,
were extinguished by the draught of
their flight.

“It looks very much like nothing-
ness without a bottom,” he adjudged,
as he dropped a stone fragment.

Many seconds they listened
they heard it strike.

“Even that may not be the bot-
tom,” Leoncia suggested. “It may
have been struck against some pro-

ere

jection from the side and even
lodged there.”
“Well this will determine it."

Francis cried, seizing an ancient
musket from among the bones on the
floor and preparing to drop it.

But the old man stopped him.

“The message of the sacred knots
is: whose violates the nothingness
beneath the feet of Chia shall quick-
ly and terribly die."

"Far be it from me to make a stir
in the void,” Francis grinned, toss-
ing the musket aside. “But what
are we to do now, old Maya man?—
From the mouth of Chia to the ear
of Hzatzl sounds easy—~but how?—
and what? Run the sacred knots
with thy ﬁngers, old top. and ﬁnd out
for us how and what."

For the son of the priest, the peon
with the frayed knees, the clock had
struck. A11 unaware, he had seen
his last sun-rise. No matter what
happened this day, no matter what
blind efforts he might make to es-
cape, the day was to be his last day.
Had he remained on guard at the
cave entrance he would surely have
been killed by Torres and Mancheno,
who had arrived close on his heels.

But, instead of so remaining, it
entered his cautious timid soul to
make a scout out and beyond for pos-
sible foes. Thus, he missed death in
the daylight under the sky. Yet the
pace of the hands of the clock was
unalterable. and neither nearer nor
farther was his destined end from
him.

While he scouted, Alvarez Torres
and Jose Mancheno arrived at the
cave opening. The collosal, mother
of pearl eyes of Chia on the wall of
the cliff were too much for the sup-
erstition—reared Caroo.

“Do you go in,” he told Torres.

“I will wait here and watch and
guard.”
And Torres, with strong in him

the blood of the ancient forebear who
stood faithfully through the centur-
ies in the avenue of the mummy dead,
entered the Maya cave as courageous-
1y as that forebear had entered.

At the instant he was out of sight,

Jose Mancheno, unafraid to murder _

treacherously any living, breathing
man, but greatly afraid of the un-
seen world behind unexplainable
phenomena,‘forgot the trust of watch
and ward and stole away through the
jungle. Thus, the peon, returning
reassured from his scout and curl-
ous to learn the Maya secrets of his
father and of the sacred tassel, found
nobody at the cave mouth and him-
self entered into it, close upon the
heels of Torres.

The latter trod softly and cautious-
ly, for fear of disclosing his pres-
ence to those he trailed. Also his
progress was still further delayed by
the spectacle of the ancient dead in
the hall of mummies. Curiously he
examined these men whom history
had told about. and for whom history
had stopped there in the antechamb-
er of the Maya gods. Especially

curious was he at the sight of the

mummy at the end of the line. A The
resemblance to him was too strik-
ing for him not to see, and he could
notubut believe that he was looking
upon some direct great-ancestor of

. his,

(Continued next week)

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represents labor, my son.

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sea-acne MID-WEST FARM $3.100. PAIR
horses, and 10 cows. 2 heifers,_ hull, sows, poul-
. $17. “lions. buggies, harness, disc barrows, seedli-
- 1. or, hinder, cultivator, gas engine, separator. {11.

line tools all included for quick salefa easy terms.
1 01‘ imllroved road. near RR town, rst-class till-
. age, wire-fenced pasture; owner refused $2,000
‘5 for standing timber; orchard, berries: dwelhns
large rbarns'silo, granary, hog and corn houses.
‘ Details page 81 Strout's Catalog Farm Bar-
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STRIPPED HARDWOOD LAND. RICH

clay loam——easy terms, $12.50 to $15.00 an

- acre. Neighbors, roads, schools. Four to ﬁve
, miles from Millersburg. Never failing clover
'- seed will make your payments. JOHN G.
KRAUTH. Millersburg, Mich. 4

FOR SALE—APPARATUS PERTAINING TO
making cheese. Write for particulars. hliANK
, L. CUSTER, Evart, Mich.

 
FOR SALE—100 ACRES gOthe LANDd.
Fair buildings.— 42 acres rye. 00 am an‘
tools. Possession at once. $4,500. C. HOUSE.

511 8. Main, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

180 ACRE FARM FOR SALE—90 ACRES
under cultivation, 00 acres pasture and small
timber. Equipped with all farming tools and
good stock. For full information write ALBERT
DIETZ, Hawks, Mich, R. F. D. No. 1.

FOR SALE—4.000 ACRES OF LAND IN
Missaukee 00. Good pasture or mixed farming.
100 acres cleared. Will subdivide to suit pur-
chaser. THOMAS WHITE. Marion, Mich.

FARM. OUTOVER AND TIMBERED LANDS,
large or small tracts at $15 to $60 per acre.
Splendid Investment. WELLS & CRUCE,
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Lansing on good road, all improved. Good build-
ings. best of soil. W. HEMPY, R 7, Lans—
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$2.00 postpsid. Dunlap $5.00 per 1,000, not
prepaid. HAMPTON Jr. SON. Bangor, Mich.

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

BALESMEN—TO SOLICIT ORDERS FOR

 
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commission. Represent the House of Quality

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Direct from

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farmers. Trial offer, 2 pounds, postpaid, $1.
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EVERKRISP ONIONS, THE WORLD'S DEBT
wonderftu proliﬁc. Best for garden, fortune for
market growers. Seed 25c; plants 50c.  C.
JACKSON, Onion Specialist, Ludington, Mich,

WANTED—EXPERIENCED POULTRY MAN
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Mich. Address or phone JAS. JOHNSON, Supt.
Redford, Mich.

BUV_FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-
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M." care Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clem-
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season. Prove its sure crop, money saving feat-
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(l. JACKSON, Seed Specialist, Ludingfon, Mich.

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Mt. Clemens, Mich.

 
V d Is Your Farm for Sale?

Write out a plain description and ﬁg-
ure so for each word,.lnitial or group of
ﬁgures. Send it In for one, two or three
stages. There's n'o cheaper or better way
,seillug a form In Michigan and you
direct with the buyer. No agents or
chasm-alone. If you'Want to sell or trade
inn! farm, son in your ad today. Don’t
Just talk about it. Our Business Farm-
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CUTTING WEEDS ALONG R R

th section foreman refused to cut the
mlkweed and other Weedsqlast summer
when I asked him. I ‘reported'him ‘to
headquarters and they never even ans-
wered my letter. .I went to,our High-
way Commissioner and he said: it was
their place t do Lt-rbut he didn’t know
:howfhey-coud belfound to do it? .If-I
done the work could I force them to pay

.,

And are
crossings open in the winter? Cap I
oompell my adjacent farmer to build and
keep up one-half of the fence if he Is not
usingthe land adjoining? We all think
your paper the best—L. L. E, Grand
Traverse County.

Section 4609, 0. L. 1915, provides
that if any .R. R. company fails to
cut the noxious weeds “it shall be
lawful for the overseer of highways
to cut and destroy * * *at the ex-
pense of the corporation on whose
lands said Canada thistles ‘ “ or
other noxious weeds shall be so cut
at the rate of $3 per day for the time
necessarily employed in cutting and
destroying to be recovered in any
court of competent jurisdiction". I
would be of the opinion that the ov-
erseer might hire you to do the cut-
ting and you could. through him, re-
cover the pay. I do not know of any
requirement for keeping crossings
open in winter. The construction of
the court as to partition fences is
that one is not required to maintain
partition fences unless his own land
is enclosed—W. E. Brown, legal ed-
ltor.

 
\

FERTILIZER COMPANIES

As per the articles that have been ap-
pearing in your paper regarding soils,
would ask where the unmixed fertilizers
can be purchased to best advantage to
farmer located in St. Joseph County,
Mich., and who having a large acreage
(over three hundred acres) must use the
unmIXed fertilizers in most instances.
We much enjoy your paper and ﬁnd it
valuable. Have we a. county agent in
St. Joseph county and what services
could be asked of them for an organiza-
tion of women?—F. T. W., Pigeon, Mich.

 
We have purchased our cbmmer-
clal fertilizers from the Solvay Pro—
cess 00., of Detroit. That is, the
nitrogen carriers and the potash and.
the acid phosphate from a number
of dealers in different parts of the
state. Some of it has come from the
Agricultural Chemical 00., of .De—
troit; some from Swift & 00:, of Chi-
cago, and some from several retail-
ers—M. M. M00001, Prof. of Soils, M.
A. 0.

Editor’s Note: As a further sug-
gestion, write the Solvay Process 00.,
and the Agricultural Chemical 00.,
stating your fertilizer needs and
they will be glad, we are sure, to as-
sist you in getting the proper fertil-
izers. Mr. J. M. Wendt is the coun-
ty agent of St. Joseph County. His
address is Centerville. If the organ-
ization to which you refer is of an
agricultural nature, I feel sure that
Mr. Wendt will be glad to give you
his assistance.

 
REPAIRING HIGHWAYS

We are living on a township line road
running east and west which is almost
impassable at this time of the year or
any other time after a. rain. The, road
does not belong to the township where
we vote but to the township to the
south side of the road. (We are on the
north side.) There has never been any
work done on this road and the center
of the road is lower than the sides. We
are on a rural route and there are sev—
eral ‘houses on this mile. Is there lat-law
to compel them to ﬁx this road and how
would one go at ,it?—-—P. J. S., Gratiot
County. .

Practically the entire control of
the highway and ,what repairs shall
be placed thereon is vested in the
highway commissioner unless you

ceed under section 4674 of the 00m-
piled Laws—W. E. Brown, legal ed-
itor. . .

A WARNING FROM A FARMING-
TON SUBSCRIBER . ’

Enclosed ﬁnd $2 for a 3-year subscrip-
tion to your valuable paper. Have any
of your subscribers ever said anything
to you about joining a grocery buying
company? Last February a. man by the,
name of Ogden called ,here, and repre-
sented himself as agent for such a ﬁrm.
tI‘hpalil hlmt$2 ffr member‘sihlp €ee,ha1nd

en was 0 go my groceges a. w ear
I have never seen himsln’ce

 
.sale prices
,or heard from the

 
H  70111375 mt {a

less

ﬁrm i wouldnft have
no ‘
came here. with;

   
‘- (A Clearing'lnepertmsnt for farmer-‘8' story, 'i! 1 cs ,
.thll department: We are here tour-vs you.,;§ubscslbers desiring a ,iogmnsl hnsmrrbs, ,_ _~

The railroad runs across my place and -

me? What-ls the best way to gotat it?
“they compelled . to ‘keep public ?

desire, with your neighbors, to pro- f

 
'ay troubles. P foreman

" ' . “ \ .
was 0. K. 'I am notzwrltlng to ask that
..you dqanything as far as I am cancer-n-
od, bu-tethought <
any other: part of‘ the state you could
Earn people through your , paper.—.—W,

,, T., Farmington, Mich.

 
'We ought to have .the name and

address'of this ﬁrmwhowas'to sup- r

ply youwith the groceries.’-.-‘It looks
like a. bunco'game, and if.itis‘ it
ought to be'checked before any more
are hoodwlhked out of their two
bucks. Thanks for the warning, but
give us the name of the ﬁrm and let

us look into its propositions—Editor”

 
MARRIAGE OF COUSINS
Will you please tell me through your
paper the states that allow cousins to.
marry—A Subscriber, Grand Traverse
County. ' '

 
I am not in possession of the mar-
riage laws of all of the states. ' I am
unable to give the information re-
quired—W. E. Brown, legal editor. '

 
COMMUNITY THRESHING OUTFIT

Would like to know if it would be com-
pulsory to be incorporated in the State
CO-operation in order to, purchase a. com-
munity threshing outﬁt—A. M. W,, Sag-
inaw County.

—-———-———a Q

The purchase of y a. community
threshing outﬁt Would be subject to
such conditions in the ﬁrst place as
the manufacturer would be willing to
sell upon. The purchasers may for
an association in the nature of a. part-
nership to conduct their own busi-
ness and ﬁle their organization pa-
pers with the county clerk if they do
business under an assumed name so
you could collect for the services
rendered. You could become incor-
porated and ﬁle your articles in the
way the statute provides, each one
taking so much stock. There is no
law that ‘compels either way. Good
business might require one Or the
other way.—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 
THE COLLECTION BOX

DETROIT FIRM RETURNS $41.50

“After some correspondence with ‘
the R Mfg.700., Detroit, I sent
them a check for $10 supposing from
their correspondence they would
then send a bath tub on 30 days
trial. Soon after they wrote they
could not send the tub in that way
but I could deposit balance with my
banker. They said you however take
no chance when you order on our
regular terms because the tub is
sold to you under a 30 day guaran-
tee. It must make g'ood or we buy
it back at the end of that time. I
sent balance, $31.50, Dec. 18, 1919.
January 16, 1920, the tub was ship-
ped from Detroit. In due time I re-
ceived the tub. I notiﬁed them that
it was notncomplete and up to their»
guarantee and I would ship it back. ,
I got no answer to my letter so ship-
ped it back February 21, 1920.

“Have written them once or twice
since but cannot get them to answer.
Is this company reliable and c-ollect— -
ible? Can I employ you people to
look after this matter for me? Find
enclosed subscription blank and
check for two dollars. Thanking you
in advance for an answer to my
question.—-—-L. R. P., Grand Bla/nc,
Mich. "

 
Knowing this ﬁrm to have a repu-
tation for honesty and good service,
we wrote them about this matter ex-
pressing ourlbelief that a. misunder-
standing existed. No reply. Again
we wrote. Still no reply. A third
time, and—a reply, advising that set-
tlement had not been made because
the returned goods had not been re-
ceived, but stating that despite this
fact a check for $41.50 wasbeing
mailed to our subscriber. on May»
‘3rd wereceived the followingﬁrom'
Mr. P.:-" ' ' ' ‘ '

“Well, I will say you brought some
pressure to bear on these people,
neither of us could get them to ans-
wer our letters. Received the check
in full rfor .wthh I thank you. If
you will l‘e‘t'inie know your charges
will-sendsame-by return m‘aiL, Again '-
tha‘nkinz Wasatch—‘4‘. B » 
.msémm ~ »  

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if you heard. of him in K. I am enclosing

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A " manna  

_ . a  V. .
reply and 1, hope you will [help
Here is my case:
Sheridan :townshlp.

I: live in Paris township; Huron

nation."$62.36 of which 411.75 >. '
drain . tax. r This Lyear -. I paid — taxes/on
the [same 40 valuation $2.800. 883.29, .of
» which $11.7t was drain x tax. Now I
think that almost equals our friend For-

ris of Gratiot County." told ‘of in .th-is. ,

Week's Business Farmer. .But here’s
the point, Two years ago my town tax
was $22.88, this year it "is $27.66." Now
the other items . I understand.
cost money, and. roads and schools,-' but
they care worth it. State tax is high.
Alright, but I can't see hOW' town tax
can, Jump from $3.40 to $37.66 ‘in two
years. Should the State tax be the
- same on the same " valuation in any
townshipel—P. C. B,, Huron‘County.

I . think the supervisor or (town.
clerk "of the: township should be able
to explain the raise in township tax-
es. The State Tax should be the
same percentage 'in all townships m
the same county, but might be dif-
ferent in townships of different
counties owing to the different per-
centages of the State Equalization.
Each county being equalized by it-
self.—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 
LIVE STOCK YARDS

Please publish in your paper the n o
and address of a stockyard in Detro t,
Saginaw and Bay City. I would like
ship a. few veal calves to be sold in ei -
or: one of theSe cities, and would appre-
ciate It very much if you would connect
me with the best companies—A faithful
reader, John 8., Rhodes, Mich.

 
There are no live stock yards in
Saginaw or Bay City, was neither
point is favorably situated as a dis!
tributing center. These sections
produce a good deal .of their own.
meat and the balance is shipped in
from the packing companies.
trait has a live stock yard, but the
amount of live stock sold there - is
small compared to scores of other
cities. Live stock yards and com--
panies merely provide the cleanance
facilities for live stock. They do not
deal in them.» There are several re-
liable commission ﬂrms in Detroit
who will handle your stock for you.
Names and addresses of these will be
sent to anyone interested—(Editor.

 
GALE RIDING PLOWS

A good --many of us farmers around a.

hero four years ago bought Gale ridin

plows whlc are in A No. 1 condition I.

present and we think one of the beat
plows made, but now We cannot get an

plow points. If we had the pattern t
3 possible We could get some one to
make them for us. Can you help us out
in any way? We cannot afford to throw -
them away and buy new ones which the
decileﬁslwanrtiuhs to do. Thankin you for
an ep W c you may be ab
Ins—Earl W., Mattawan, Mich. “no '1'"

'We wrote the Gale Manufacturing
00., asking them where our sub—
scribers could secure the plow points.
Their reply follows: “Plow points
for Gale Riding Plows can be ob-
tained from the Moore ,Plow & Im-
plement Company, Greenville, Mich.,
to whom the patterns for_,these plows
were sold; Kindly advise your sub—
scribers accordingly, and oblige."

 
COMMISSIONER MUST APPOINT
At last spring election‘_0_nster townshi
changed from postmaster to oversee? a.
divided the township into four distru-
and the .road commissioner :was to ap-
point fourg‘overseers. He appointed three
and letlone district go and said he done
the work. Can the road cemmissioner'do
the overseer’s work and‘ collect commis-
sioner's pay. Can the road‘ commission-,-
er spend the money that 'the overseer
should have spent and not apmint an
overseer?—-J. 0., Mason County. a
You do, not state by what authOr-'
ity they established the four road dis-.
tricts. .__,nder the facts. started, .I’
believe the commissioner should ap-
point fdur: overseersv-asxth'e law pro~
vides. I am of that Opinion that he
_shou-ld not 'performcthe duties of an '
overseer- and drawv commissll’mer’s
pay. Section 4482.:providesf‘i  “No
person shall be eligible to the -oﬂlce
of overseer of highways who is. not
a resident taxnayqr :151 the district- '

 
for whichhdfi‘ 
and‘no per- “

    
ed en‘olope, for

. » own 4-0 .acres viii,
.uron Count ,.,.but

- Now 'two years ago I said taxes'On, ' o,
- 40,-. valuation , $2,690, £20.02. One 
ago I paid on the same‘40 and 3am - ‘

Drains .

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acts. that appoinssgf

   
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my you a" proof and tell
m’- A SM.

n on Sales

 
‘Io avoid conflicting dates we will without
cost. list the date of any live stock sale In
Michigan. If you are considerln a sale od-
vlse us at once and we will clam the date
for you.. Address. Live Stock Editor. M- 3-
F.. Mt. Clemens.

June 8. Hostelns. McPherson Farms 00-.

and Ginny Stock Farm. Howell. Mich. I

ug. . Duroc-Jerseys . 0. F. Foster.
Pavillion.

Mich.
. c. 27. Poland Chinas. Hile.
Ionia. Mich.

CATTLE
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

MR MILK PRODUOER

Your prnhlnm is more MILK, more BUTTER.
more PROFIT. per cow.
sun of Manicure-st Application Pontiac——
132652—from our heavy-yeariy-milking~good-but-
tor-record dam will solve it.
Maplerrest Application Pontinc's dam made
85,103 lbs. butter in 7 days: 1344.3 lbs. butter
and 23421.2 lbs. milk in 305 days.
He is one of the greatest long distance sires.
His daughters and sons will prove it.
Write us {or pedigree and prices on his sons.
Prices right and not too high for the average
dairy farmer. '
Pedigrees and prices on application.

R. Bruce McPherson, Howell. Mich.

   
Wesley

 
FOR SALE

THOROUGHBRED
HOLSTEIN OOWS

combining blood of Traverse City and
Maple Crest stock, granddaughters 0
Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy.
Prices $800 and up
WILLIAMS A WHITACRE
R. F. D. No. 4 Allegan. Mich.

 
BUTTER BOY ROSINA PRINOE

257572. herd sire, son of King Ona.
is from a 80 1b. cow that made 1.345 lbs. in
one year and dam. Butter Boy Rosina 2nd 200,
540. made 29 lbs. and almost 800 lb. in tort
months, she has a 33 and 34 lb. sister. Have
some fine young bulls- and heifers and some heif—
ers bred to him. all from A. R. 0. cows with
records from 22 to 30 lbs. Write for prices.
pshire hogs. fall boars. ready for service
and gilts. Booking orders for spring pigs; ‘
Belgian and Percheron Stallions and mares. Im-
ported and American bred.
SAGINAW VALLEY STOCK FARM
Ell Sprunger a. Son. Props., Saginaw W. 8.. Mich

WELL BRED YOUNG BULL

Readlsé for service. Backed by four generations of

 
. cows. Dam a. 23 1b. Jr. yr. 01 ,
2nd. dam a 25 lb. Jr. 4 year old. 3rd dam
I 20 lb. cow. and 4th dam an 18 1b.

cow. He is nicely and evenly marked and per
fectly straight. Price 8250. Write for pedigree.
SINDLINGER BROS., Lake Odessa, Mich.

’ FOR SALE

B'HEIFER CALVES
age from 2'to 8 months -v
3 BULL CALVES
one ready for heavyservice
COWS

7
two with 18 and 20 lb. seven day records. Five
with good profitable cow testing records. Write
for pedigrees and prices.
,I-lerd free from disease.
. BROWN. Brecdsvllle, Mich.
Breeder of Reg. stock only

 
LAST ADVERTISED SOLD To
Mr. F. W. Alexander, Vassar.
Mich. Now after a bull two
{oars old about 1-2 white and straight as a
me (sired by MAPLE CREST KORNDYKE
NGERVELD and from FLINT ULTRA
UDINE a 28.22 pound daughter of FLINT
PRINCE. Bull carries 15 per cent some
blood as KINGFLINT. If you want a di-
rect descendant of BUTTER BOY ROSINA
now Is your chance.

Price 8200.
nov r. rIcKIcs.’ Chesanlng. Mich.

HOLSTEIN BULLS '

one coming 5 years weighs over ton, wonderful
conformation. a- sure producer; one coming two
years. best blood lines, -low price for quick dis-
persal, easy payments to reliable parties. Would
trade for heifers.

BROAD VIEW FARM

LnPO RTE. IND.

FOR SALE

Grandson of the 350.000 bull. King‘ Segls Pon-
tiac Alcartra. born in December, 191 . 01d
enough for immediate use as a herd leader. Fine .
individual. ‘

c. L. wooouaus. Months. Michigan
~A coon return sun.
_ ——OF—- ,
SERVIGEABLE AGE -.

Born. Feb. 21. '1910. A hull of good quality. has
a good straight rump and/e. conformation that
will satisfy you. - His Site’s dam is a 33 lb.
cow with-a 10 months record of 1.007.?!) lbs.
butter. This re. lng Flint also combines the
bloodlines .ot a {amines of 8 generation of 30
{cows and, 2 generations of 1,200 lb. yearly
 :- Has 2L year old

. record of z
..

A» 8 1‘10“
ll more

 
His sire '

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on what it will cost for, ‘IS’rSO or 52 tlmes.
yertlsod here at special-
" ' ,IREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

low rates: ask Yer them. Write today 1)

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:oultry will be sent on request.

or copy as often as you wish. Copy or changes

 
*HATOH HERD

(State and Federal Tested)
YPSILANTI, MICH.

OFFERS YOUNG SIRES

Yearlings and younger. Gilt
of choice advanced registry
dams and King Korndyke Ar-
tis Vale. Own dam 34.16 lbs.
butter in 7 days; average 2
nearest dams, 37.61, 6 near-
est 33.93, 20 nearest, 27.83.

 
Bulls From an Accredited Herd

HILL CREST FARMS. MUNSON. MICHIGAN
RISINGHURST' JOHANN6A ORMSBY DIMPLE
0 3

195

born Nov. 25, 1915. is oﬂered for sale. His sire
Is by Johanna Concordia Champion 60575 (29
A. R. 0. daughters. two 30 lbs., 9 above 20 lbs.)
Who IS by Colanth Johanna Champion 45674
60 A. R. 0. daughters) a son of Colantha 4th’s
Johanna, 35.22. the only cow to ever hold at one
time 11 world's records in every division from
0'16 day to a year. His dam, Lindenwood Dim-pie
2nd 139424. 27.33 lbs. butter, 465.30 lbs. milk,
average per cent fat 4.70. is by Duke Ormsby
Pictertje De [(01 44764 (10 A. R. 0. daughters,
2 above 80 lbs.) and out of Lindenvvood Dimple
10-1601. She has 75 per cent the same breed-
Ing as Lindeiiwood Ilope, 80.01. Write for price
and other information.

EDWARD B. BENSON a SONS, Munson. Mich.

BABY BULLS

Grow your own next herd sire. We have
three beautiful youngsters—straight as a line.
big-boned rugged fellows. They are all by
our 38 lb. senior sire. KING KORNDYKE
ORISKANY PONTIAC from splendid indi-
vidual dams of A. R. backing and the best
of blood lines. .

Write for our sale list.

BOARDMAN FARMS

JACKSON. MIOH.

 
mm sroex rum

YPSILANTI. MICH.

Who would like a nicely marked Bull calf.
whose Sire is a Son of King of the Pontlacs
263. A. R. 0. Daughters and whose dam has
just made over 20 lbs. of butter in 7 days
and who is a grand-daughter of Homestead
Girl e Kol Sarcastic Lad 107. A. R. O.
Daughters. This young bull’s Dam is also
n daughter of Woodcrest De Kol Lad 26. A.
R. O. Daughters. Price $125.00. .

Herd under State and Federal Supernsion.
Never had a reactor.

JOHN BAZLEY

319 Atkinson Ave.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

"$100 Each

33 lb. Grandsons of King of the Pontiacs from

four to ﬁve months old. Guaranteed straight and

right. Registered. crated and delivered any part

of Michigan for above price if taken. at once.

Herd under State and Federal supervisron. Write
J. B. JONES’ FARM

Mgr. Romeo, Mlch., R 1

 
Joe Metz.

 
OUR HERD SIRE

MODEL KING SEGIS GLISTA

His sire a 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segia
Alban De Kol.

His dam, Glista Fenella. 32.87 lb.

Her dam, Glista Ernestine. 35.96 lb.

His three nearest dams average over 33 lbs.
and his forty six nearest tested relatives average
over 30 lbs. butter in seven days. We oﬂer one
of his sons ready for service.

GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS

C. G. Twiss. Mgr. Eaton Rapids, Mich.

  lan bull calf from a 16.35 lb.

dam. Also a few registered cows and heifers.
L. F. STAUTZ. Manchester, Mlch., R 2

 
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN-FRIES-

 
SHORTHORN

SHORTHORNS

5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos. 01d, all roans. pail fed.
Dams good milkers. the farmers' kind, at farm-

 
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use

You have to offer. let us put It In “P.-

must be 'recelved one week before date of Issue. '

HEREFORDS
Hardy Northern Bred Hereford:

BERNARD FAIRFAX 024819 HEAD OF HERD
h 1% this year's calves for sale. 10 bulls and 10
e are.

JOHN MacGREGOR. Herrlsvillo. Mich.

REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE

KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD
We still have eight good bulls and some heif~
era for sale. Come and see them.
MARION STOCK FARM
Tony B. Fox. Prop.
Marion. Mich.

 
120 HEREFORD STEEBS. ALSO
know of 10 or 16 loads fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 to 1000 lbs. '
Owners anxious to sell. Will hel buy 50.
commission. C. F, Ball. Fairﬂe (1, Iowa.

MEADOW BROOK HEREFORDS

Bob Fairfax 495027 at head of herd. Regis-
tered stock, either sex, polled or horned, mostly
any age. Come and look them over.
..EARL C. I'llcCARTY. Bad Axe.

 
Michigan . .

 
ANGUS

I The Most Profitable Kind -

of farming, a car load of grade dairy heifers
from LENAWEE COUNTY’S heaviest milk pros
ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the
most extreme beef type for combination bee! and
dairy farming.
(.‘ar lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD
FARM for prompt shipment.
Methods explained in SMITH'S PROFII‘ABLE -
STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated.
GEO. B. SMITH. Addison. MIGH-
 IPURE BRED ABERDEEN-
ANGUS CATTLE AND Q-l-c-
Swine are right and are priced right. Lorre-
spondence solicited and inspection invited.
CARL BARTLETT. Lawton, Mich.

 
REG ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS

12 to 14 months old of extra quality and richly
bred. inspection invited.

 
MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

We are now booking orders for
young bulls from King Pieter Segis
Lyons 170506. All from A. R. O, dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information.

Musloﬂ Bros., South Lyons, Michigan

 
~WOLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD
sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King P
the Lands Kofrndtyge Sofie" who h n
“ o e on cs" rom a den ter 0 Pn-
tiae lothilde De Kol 2nd. A few gull miles To:
sale. T. W. Sprague. R. 2. Battle Creek. Mich.
A NICE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL
calf born February lst. Sired by Flint Hen-
gerveld Ind. whose two nearest dams average
32.66 lbs. butter and 735.45 lbs. milk in 7 days.
Dam. a 24 lb. daughter of a son of Pontiac De
Nulander 35.43 lbs. butter and 750 lbs. milk in
7 ya. rite for prices and extended pedigree

L. C. KETZLER
Flint. Mich.

TWO BULL OALYES

Registered Holstein-Frieslan, sired by 39.87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are very nice and will be priced cheap it

sold soon.
TUBES. Elwell. Mich.

36 pound son of KING OF THE
PONTIAC’S Heads our Herd

Several 80 pound cows all under Federal Sup-
ervision. good bull calves and a few bred heifers
Ior sale.

HILL CREST FARM, Ortonvllle, Mich.
or write

John P. Hehl. 1S1 Griswold St.. Detroit, Mich.

  LAST ADVERTISE!) SOLD,
but have one more for sale. Nice-

ly marked. straight back line, a fine individual,
large growthy fellow With the making of a large
bull. Would do someone a lot of good. Dam has
a 27 1b. regard. a large cow and a great milk
producer. Sire a son of Friend Hengerveld DeKol
Butter Boy. one of the great bulls.
I, JAMES HOPSON. JR.
m,” . - R2 - - Michigan

 
ers Association announce their fall catalog ready
for distribution. Scotch, Scotch 1‘01) and Milking
Shorthorns listed. Address
W. L. Thorpe, 8ec., Milo. Mich.
YOUNG BULLS

MILKING SHORTHORN FOR SALE

0. M. YORK, Mllllngton, Mich.

 
HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-

ers' Association have stock for sale. both milk
and beef breeding.
Write the secretary,
FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich.

 
OR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND
Oxford Down Rams. M '
uu‘,

J. A. DeGARMO. Mich.

 
Shorthorns at Farmers’ Prices

FOUR SCOTCH TOPPED BULL CALVES
under one year old. These are all mans and
choice individuals.

FAIRVIEW FARM
E. Boyd

Alma, Michigan

 
F.
FOR SALE AT REASON-

 able prices. 1 16

months old also a few cows and heifer calves of

 
. ers' prices. RUSSELL BROTHERS
Holstedn Breeders Since 1906 F. M. PIGGOTT & SON, Fowler, Mich. Merrill. Mich-y R 3
‘ HE nanny counrv suonruonn BREED- GUERNSEYS

 
TWO GOOD PUREBRED
productive Guernsey cows
I'refer cows high in calf
llox G, Michigan
Mich. '

WANTED TO BUY

three or four years od. _
and must be reasonably priced.
Business Farmer. Mt. Clemens,

 
REGISTERED GUERNSEYS
Away with the Scrub Bull.
Breeding better Guernseys.
Bull calves that will limprma'elsyour herd.

North Adams. Mich.

 
UERNSEYS FOR SALE. 1 BULL, ST. AUS-
teil Sultan, sire Longwater Prince Charmant
(18714) 4 A. It. daughters, 416 lb. fat at 2 1-2
years old. Dam, Ilagna of llillhurst (35969) A.
ii. 548 1b. fat at 2 1‘2 yrs. old._ 1 bull Cali. 8
mos. old of similar breeding. Also a few ﬁne
heifers of the above bull. It Will pay_you to
investigate. Prices and pedigree on application.
MORGAN BROS., R 1. Allegan. Mich.

 
JERSEYS ‘

Highland F arm-J e rseys

()l’i’ers: Bulls of serviceable age. or ll. 0. M.

 
  from a heavy producing dam.

W. 8. HUBER. Gladwin. Mich.

FOR SALE AT BEA-
 scnable. prices. The
prize-winning Slicteh
Bull. Master Model 57614 in many' states at

head of herd of 50 good type Shorthorns.
E. M. PARKHURST. Reed City, Michigan.

 
WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41
. SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. C. W. Crum.
President Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association, McBrides. Michigan.

Maple Ridge Herd of Bates Shorthorns Of-
fers for sale a roan bull calf 7 mos. old. Also 2

 
REGISTERED --HOLSTEINS 3‘25 70:08::
'WM. _GRIFFIN. R. 8.. Howell, Michigan

younger ones. J. E. TANSWELL. Mason, Mich.

 
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LIVE STOCK

 
'- N. 
Fl,le WIT‘I'
in m 0d.“
D0 1109 .
Business Egﬁmer. _‘ both ho ~ d

I x oy are neat an competent
, and. will represent- any reader of
gwme am in ﬁe answerer.

sues-sue....uncu....,.--oc

 
on:
mass Iberer

   
 Cattld and Sheep

or the other of the above well—known experts will visit all live—stock sales of
hlgan. northern Ohio and Indians. as the exclusive Field Men (if The Michigan

this weekly at any sale. making bids and purchases: '
Their service is free to you.
exclusively in

 
FIELD MEN

 Horses and Swine

men of standing in their lines in Michigan

They will also help you
the interests of Michigan's OWN live-stock

2 .

 
g0°d Drumming COWS' Sire and Dani’s, with high production records.
OSCAR STIMSON' Brow" cm“ MIGI“ Also bull calls. Write for printed list of prices
and description.
 ONLY A FEW LEFT HIGHLAND FARM. Shelby. Mich.. R 2.
LD PRICE.
Wm J BEE: 2039 City Mich. or Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and Ma-
. . ' ’ jesty breeding. liams are heavy producers.
LE J. L. CARTER. R4, Lake Odessa, Mich.
FOR SA
TWO REG. SHORTHORN BULLS TH ONE
ready for service. Also one Reg. Shorthorn MPfROVEuYggR bilElqRSEY HERD w'
heifer. Herd tuberculin tested. W'rite 0 0‘" l a! y 1- ON I l Ml h
M. a. HALLSTED, Orion. Mich. ANK P- NORMINGT . on a. c .
Clay Bred Shorthorn bull calf RED POLLS

 
Red Polled Bulls

Two registered, one coming 5 years, weight

over ton. _
One 14 months old from prize winning ani-
mals, priced low, easy terms to rehable parties
or would trade for heifers. ‘

BROAD VIEW FARM

LaPORTE, IND.

i—every
breeder

Can use M. B. Fla ‘  _’ A‘
Breeder-8' Directory
to good advantage

What have YOU
to offer?

 
K‘.) {F

 
V”

 
ll!

DUROO JERSEYS. FALL BOARS, WEIGHT

 
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W

"memes

 
I HAVE ANOTHER PURE BRED

East was born Feb. 4. 1920. Will give purchas-
e: registration and transf

er.

FRANK POET. Clare, Mlcn.. R 6

. , W of m m Catch
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\

POLAND CHINA
. Sire wss chompion of the world. his Don's
one was grsnd champion st lows Stste Fair. Get
3 grand champion while the getting is good. Book-
ing orders now. Bred tilts no oil sold. bot have
10 choice fell pigs sired by s Grandson of Dbl»

 
.er's Giant. 3 boars and 7 sows. Will sell open

or bred for Sept. furrow. to BIG BOB
C. E. GARNANT. Eaton m Mich.

HEBE'SVSOIIETHIIG coon

TN! LAROECT BIG TYPE P. O. IN MIOH.
Get s bigger and better bred boar pig from my
her-l. at s rmon is price. Como snd see them.
I. as represented. These boars
in service: L’s Big Orange. Lord Giannini,
Orange Price and L's Long Prospect.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mich.

WONDERLAND HERD

LARGE TYPE P. C.
A few choice bred gilts for sale.
and boars, some very good prospects of excellent
breeding. (lilts bred to ORPHAN'S SUPERIOR
he by BIG ORPHAN'S EQUAL by BIG BONE
(IRPHAN by the BIG ORPHAN. Dam,
BEAUTY'S CHOICE by ORANGE BUD, by BIG
ORANGE A.

Free livery to visitors. A
'Wm. J. CLARKE.
Eaton Rapids. Mlch.

 
Also fell gilts

 
L s P FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL
hours left. A few extra nice gilts
left bred for April Iarrow.
H. O. BWARTI. Schoolcrsft. Mich.

 
T. P. C. COWI ALL SOLD. ORDERS
booked for boar pigs at weaning time from

Mich. champion herd. Visitors always welcome.
E. R. LEONARD, R 8. 8!. Louis. Mich.

 
BIG TYPE P. C. GILT! ALI. BOLD. HAVE
one year boar and also some fall boars
that we will cone out at a bargain.
L. W. BARNES & SON.
Byron. Mich.
m6  POLAND cum“
WITH QUALITY
Nine full gilte out of litters of eleven and

thirteen, for mile.
E. HYGRANTS. St. Johns, Mich.

BIG TYPE P0-

‘ land Cblnas.

Gilt: all sold.

My 1020 crops will be sired by Giant Clansmsn

No. 324731, sired by Giant Clansman and Art's
Progress No. 377041.

A. D. GREGORY, lonia, Mich.

TH ANNUAL P. C. BRED 80W SALE.
March 13. 1020. For particulars write
VJ. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

 
lg Type Poland Chlnas. Am offering three boar
pigs at weaning time at reasonable price. Reg-
istered in buyers name. Sirod by Big Long Bob.
Write for pedigrees and prices.
MOSE 8808.. St. Charles. Mich.

B T. P. c. ALL SOLD OUT, EXCEPT some
boars. summer and tall pigs.
F. T. HART. St. Louis, Mich.

| Am Otteran Large Type Poland China Sows.
mm] to F‘s Orange at reasonable prices. Also
fall pigs. \Vrite or call.

CLYDE FISHER. R3. St. Louis. Mlch.

 
T. P. 0. ALL SOLD OUT. EXCEPT SOME
fall gilts. .Tlmnking my customers.
JOHN D. WILEY. Schoolcraft. Mich.

 
OARS ALSO SOWS AND PIGS.
you wont.

ANYTHING
Poland Chinss of the big type.

gent
\Ve have bred them big for more than 5 ears: .

over mo head on hand. Also registered orch-
erons. linlsteins‘. rind Oxfords. Everything sold at
u reasom‘h‘e price. and a square deal.

JOHN c. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

FAREWELL LIKE mm

large, type P. C. Have s ﬁne lot of spring pigs
by (‘lzml-unan’s Image 2nd. The Outpost and
King’s Giant. I will, sell King's Giant No. 327;
749. He is a real one. He was ﬁrst prize year-
ling boar {It Jackson Co. inlr. 1910.
RAMSDELL. Hanover. Mlch.

 
L. .rounn cumns.’ Orders Booked tor
spring pigs from Linc ansns Stnin.
ELDRED A. CLARK. 81.. Louis. Mlch.. R s

DUROCS

EACH HILL FARM Duroc sows and gilt: sired
by Proud Principal. Romeo Cherry King Brook-
wphr Gold Stamp 7th and Rajah out of dams
bv Limited Rajah snd the Principal IV. Bred to
Penn!) llill Orion King and Rajah Cherry Col.
INWOOD BROS" Romeo. Mich.

 
E ERSOLE'S BIG TYPE DUROCS. BOARS
:-ll sold. A few bred gilts for April and May
lnrrow. Also op‘en gilts. Booking orders for
spring pigs. We solicit inspection.

r ALBERT EBERSOLE

Plymouth. Mich” R. F. D. No. 8

200 lbs. \ each. 800 lb.
Priced reasonable. ,
‘ C. E. DAVIS: A CON. Ashley, Mich.

Sired by a boat.

,1
I

.o. I. c. sows FOR SALE

ONE OF THE BEST HEIDB IN MICHIGAN

exnross sud.

 
8 rl Its nd fell. .rlin bred for Msrch.
D 118 (I l- hm I; mm
In.

  
MAUI
s. Hyouwsnt s3!!!

worth while.

LaPorte,

 
f LIBERTY - 106535
.Herd' Boar Bmadview Farm

He is an intensely bred Orion Cherry King boar from Fancy Orion

'King 6837 and Miss Cherry Bob 219,782.
ter. A sure producer, in a class by himself. Has a. beautiful reddish
golden coat, the kind so eagerly sought by breeders.

We otter sons of Liberty ready to serve, also gilts In pig to Liberty,
the typey kind that were bred right.

Booking :rders for Spring pigs to be shipped when weaned. Write
for our special introductory offer fornext 30 days.

BROAD VIEW FARM

(Incorporated)

Our Three Great Herd Bears ’ ‘
Liberty, Proud Cherry King Second, Merridels King Willetta "

 
Don’t make them any hot-

An opportunity


SDI-inc pics by Walt's
n. First 80-. Yearling
Detroit. Jackson. Gd. Rapids and Saslnsw. 1919

PhillipsBros, Riga, Mich.

MIGHIGMIA FARM

breeds and sells good l'lurocs
O. F. FOSTER. Mgr. Pavilion. Mich.

0300 JERSEY 555:." 50353.

Cherry King Col. 2nd., ﬁrst aged boar at Detroit

in 1019. These are growthy and the right type
' d t sell.

pnce 0 W. C. TAYLOR. Mlisn. Mich.

 
UROC JERSEY. SPRING PIGSt CHOICE
breeding. $15 each, also two bred gilts, $60 ea.
F. W. SLEDER. R 4. Traverse City. Mich.

uroc Jersey Sow; and Gills bred for Aug. and

t. f rrow. 1.000 lb. herd bosr.
Bep.IOSm. SCHUELLER. Weldman. Mich.

II E A N I)
003008 35.335. E ° ' " ° 8
C. L. POWER. Jerome. Mich.

uroo sows snd gm: bred to Walt’s King 82949
th0 has sired {norezprize winning pig”: Iii):
tot fairs in the est years sny o -
:ocebosrd. Newton Bsrnhsrt. St. Johns, Mich.

BOAR PIGS FROM BROOKWATER
 bred sires snd dams. $20.00 at 8
weeks.

E. E. CALKINS. Ann Arbor. Mich.

 IOARS. on." AND snoop sows

0‘ nu “a m “is I: Own lich-
ton a Blank. Bill Crest or “I v -
Farm 4 miles Itrsight south oi Middleton.

DURoc BOARS congress

ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi-

son. Mich.
.EADOWVIEW FARM REG. DDROO JERSEY

hogs. .Spring igs for sale.
J. I. MOB Is. Pennington, Mich.

mxuuns PREMIER GHIEF
Herd Boar—Reference only—No. 129219

1919 Chicago International
401 Prize .Ir. Yearling

A few spring pigs left at $25
‘- BLANK C POTTER
Pottsrviilo. Mich.
"APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROO JERSEY
8rd Order your spring piss now. Pure

no.
end trios not skin. ,
VERN II. TOWNS. Re. Estcn Rapids. Mich.

  
Ittsu. r c. an...”
m. at“... m :-

      
Csn furnish akin. Also yearl-
ing sows. Will breed for early fall litters. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed

s. HEIMS 'a son. chosen. m.

 Spring bud "‘1‘" “Ii mu

good Sept. pics, both sex, sired by

 00300 JERSE “£332.. 132;
not

~Liberty Defender 3rd. from Col. bred dams. Gllts

will be bred to sn Orion hour for Sept. furrow.
H. G. KEESLER. Omens. Ilch.

E OFFER A FEW WELL-BRED OELEOT-

ed sprin Du B
Gm! in “Egon roc oars. sho bred sows and

Call or .
McNAUGHTON A FORDYOE. It. Louis. MIOI’I.’

BERKSIHRES

ARGE ENGLISH RECORDED BERKSHIRE-:8.
Bred gilts and spring pigs for sale.
PRIMEVAL FARM. Omo. llllch. '

 ARE QUALITY H008”

equipped with that delicious

lean streak and not so much blubber. A few

choice sow pigs to offer, splendid individuals. -
ARZA A. WEAVER. Chmnlng, Mich.

GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOR
profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your
wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall. Ill.

 
 s‘I-EREGISTERED BERKSHIRES OF

the most fashionable breeding.
Bred or open. * Gilts and young boars. Also a
texofall pigs. No aged stock. Prices, 850 to

HICKORY GROVE FARM. Pontiac, Mich.. R3
CHESTER WHITES
CHESTER WHITES 23.72:“..52'li‘1’ﬁfn‘35

stock at reasonable prices. Also s few bred Gilts
for May fsrrow. F. W. Alexander. Vassar, Mich.

 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE Flak FOR
sale at Dries: that will interest you. Either

sex. rite to y.
RALPH 008E708. Levering. Ilich.
YORKSHIRE!
3 BRED YORKSHIRE GILTS. DUE APR. 1.
From A. . b stock. 850 each.
A. R. BLADE O CON. R1. Lansing. molt.

 
. HAMPSHIRES
mursmsrs will. 22:5”.lﬂ‘l'm‘ﬁ:

blood lines.
JORN W. SNYDER. 8t. Johns. MIoh.. R 4

sons Pies LEF ".
 FkAl-m orders for Spring-ring:
a wee I 0 .

W. A. EAOTWOOD. Mnlng. Mich.

 
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_ . ‘ “ESTER WHITE-SWINE ' 

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me“ m: o rs ‘ -

A choice lot of 813an snd tall, x Two year-
ling herd boars. 'l‘wo ﬁne sows _ 'e June and
bred ' ‘ .“0. I2. register-.11; buyer's

gnsrsntse satisfaction. ..

JOHN O. WILR. Allin. Mich.
I. ‘O. OILTO WEIOIIINO 200 to 27‘ LBS.

 
o I 6 AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE—
Bosr pigs of luck tsrrow ready
for June shipment. Price $20 each. Best of
bloodlines . r ed free in C. .W. R.
CLARE V. DORMAN. Snovsr. llloh.

R DALE: O. I. O. PIGS. BLOOD OF THE
crest Schoolmsster. Shipped on approval, 810.
E. E. SALISBURY. london. Mich.

FOR SALE—REGISTERED O. I. O.
sows and sucking pigs. ,
JOHN OOOERFER. Mariette. Mich.

0- '- 030—4 Choice young boars. March and
, April pigs at weaning time.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

O. l. c. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE
blood lines of the most noted herd. Can furnish
you stock at "live snd let live” prices.

A. J. GORDEN. Dorr. Mlch.. R 8.

MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM
oﬂ'ers a. few more 0. I. C. bred gilts also hstch-
ins eggs {ram "Rech Dorcss." White Wysn-
dottes and "Perks" Borred Roch st 82 Per 15.
White Runner ducks $2 per 11 and White Chin-
ess.VGeese at 40c each. All eggs pre

DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden.

 
 AM OFFERING FOR FALL DELIVERY HIGII
class registered Shropshire yesrling ewes and
rams. Flock emblished 1890.
O. LEIEN. Dexter. Iloh.

 
Wield bothmssndrsns.
Imbasdingoost’wusst‘to" ins-200"“

cleanest big boned type um hub tht‘
weighed 170 lbs. October 1. Booking orders
for 1920 urns.

CLARK II. HAIRI. West lunch. MRI.

 
WANT A CHIEF? Let American Hampshlro
Sheep Assochtion send you a dandy booklet
with list of breeders. Write COMFORT A.
TYLER. Ssc’y. 10 Wooth Avs.. Detroit. Mich.

 
 I OANNOT BELL YOU ANY MORE
ewes until next fell. To some grown up,
I can offer 10 very good young Shropshire ewes
that will lsmb in April for 3400. Their lambs
contracted to me should net more than purchase
price next fall.
Also 10 mighty nice ewe lambs for 8350.
Come and see them.
KOPE-KON FARMS. Goldwater, Mich.

 
rr rsrs ro suv runs slum sum or
PARSONS o 

I sell sad hi ezywh d sy express
ell-Ins. Wings?” elubegﬁ'e‘rnsnh glee list.
re hires and‘Polled- elsines.

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‘ PARSONS.GrandLedge.Micb. n. s

 
OR SALE—60 GOOD FINE WOOL SHEEP

bred to s Shropshire ram. Due in May. These
sheep have been shorn not wrinkly.

FRANK L. BRADLEY. R 1. Charlotte. Mich.

PET STOCK

ELGIAN HAREs—YOUNG AND OLD STOCK.
all high bred. Send. for prices.
SHERIDAN RABBITRY, Sheridan. Mich.

 
GNOICE REGISTERED PERCHERONS For Oslo
1 gray more 12 yrs.
1 black mere 3 yrs.
1 sorrel more 3 yrs.
Spring Colt. -
BARNEY GIEOKEN, R3, 8!. Louls. Mich.

 
I it Pays Big  

to advertise livestock
or poultry .In

M. B. F.'s

Breeders Directory.

 
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BELAgIAN
. .PERCHERON

- DRAFT ' STALLIONS
» mu. SH: and Quality 1

NR. FA ER: Nowhtbetimoto
nine drmklgrsss. I put out stallions

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SHEEPW \

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP,

 
Why it is to your interest to-iship your
Cream Direct to Freeman

 YOU RECEIVE—4

 
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REMEMBER;

‘A race is never won by a single step—neither can you I
judge a market by asingle trial. An average will show why
your successful neighbor ships his cream

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to

FREEMAN DAIRY co.
F LiN'l‘, MICHIGAN

Write for price or further information

 
—-more money i 
—prompt service

—honest treatment

-—e guaranteed price for the week

--guas-untee against loss of can or
cream in transit

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Write
it in type. send proof and quote rates by return mail. Address The Michigan Business
Advertising Department. Mt. clemens, Michigan.

at so cents per liner-rel" Issue. 'smiel
you have to offer and send it‘in. we :Iiinrut
or or.

 
7 POULTRY

A co-operstive work
in Pure Breed Pnctiesl
Poultry. Chicks and eggs
delivered at your door prepaid.

\ standard 'Hosvy end Leyinu
“ Breeds

You will be interested in
the Extra. Qmuty White Leg-
horns Inspected end ce i'ied
,, as- use" Producers by the
' ‘ Poultry Extension Wellst ed
the Agriculture! celleee.

Live and healthy Chick: end mastecton hatch
from eggs gunnteed.

“gold for new Ceiling with  cit
help nine your Chic -
Neils the ﬁshed Fer-s- on: 0!

STATE rsnsse meanness

Beet 2. Keiesneeee. liehieen

 
'osrmcrous AND masons

Two greet breech for proﬁt. Write bode: for
free catalogue of inteldng eggs. baby chicks end
breeding stock.

CYCLE HATOHER OOHPANY. 149 PhIIe BM!-
Elmina. N. Y.

sumo .AFELY EVERYWHERE IY MAIL
‘ 8. C. White [sexism end s G. Iottled

. LANGSHAN

BLACK LANOSHANS OF QUALITY
Bred for type and color since 1912. Started
from pen headed by Black Bob. First prize cock
at International show at Buffalo. Jan. 1912. Eggs
$3.50 per setting of 15. Winter laying strsin.
DR. CHAS. W. SIMPSON. Webbervlile, Mich.

BABY CHICKS

O. K. Chicken Hatchery

THOROUGHBRED DAY OLD OHIGKS
Barrel:1 Plymauth Rox.

 
e. c. emn'and wnm Leqherm.
2!; chicks. $9.25: so chicks, :11; sec

' ' A. c. uonmues‘ren. Prop.
Box 263. Phone 115. Fulton. Mich.

CHICKS—CHICKS

chicks,

 
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com; the greet ea whines. y
manned to Ietiely _ low for
In, end June dives-y. Eleventh lee-on. 0st-

eiog (see.
ROLLAID HATcHEIIY. R7. ﬂocked. lien.
Rose and Binnie Comb

ms   R. 1. node. Barred

Plymouth Roch. Superior color. Proliﬁc layers.
Prepeid by percel pet and safe delivery guer-
enteed. Iiiustnted cats.
IITE‘RLAKES FARM.

 
log tree.
Box 4. Lem-once. Mich.

 
Fan s‘LE IAIHOTH snout runners.

ducks, either sex, :4 ends et once. Old duck-
weigh 10 pounds.
CHASE STOOK FARM. WM“. Mich.

 
PLYMOUTH ROCKS

JOHN'S Bio Beautiful lei-red Rocks ere Hen
hatched. good lsyers, grow quick. 30 eggs.
$3.50; 50, $5 poetpsid; cockereie, 84 to $6. Cir-
culars. photos. John Northon. Clare. Mich.

 
LEGHORN

"ENS—8. O. White Leuhorns. Fefrls 264-00!
strain. $4.00. 85.00 and $7.50 each. Hatch-
in! on: 82.00 per 15 prepaid. A. Stegenga,
Portland. Michigan.

 
c. BUFF LEGHORNS, BABY CHICKS. EGGS
for hatching. Hens, Cockerels. ' Farm raised.
Good laying strain.
J. W. WEBSTER, Bath. Mich.

RABOWSKE’S S. c. WHITE LEGHORNS
Stock and eggs for sale. Circular free.
LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill. Mich». R 4

WYANDOTTE

Sliver Laced Golden and White Wyendottes.
Eggs from best quality, only $8 per 15, $5 per
by parcel post prepaid. Buy from old re-
liable, R2, Portland, Mich.

 
Clarence Browning,

For 8eIe. Day Old Chicks. Single comb White
leghorn (Ferris strain) custom hetching. Wil-

llsmston Poultry Farm, Willismston, Mich.

 
PUREBRED BABY CHICKS. HEAVY LAYING
English White Leghorns. Ancones. Circulars free
IDEAL CHICK HATOHERY. leeiand. Mich.

 
BABY CHICKS. PURE SGRANTON STRAIN
Rhode Island Beds. 320 per 100. Order now.
H. VANDEPELS. Zeeiand, Mich.

HATCHING EGGS

Eon $ALE HATGHIIIG EGGS

. FROM A HEAVY LAY-
nig strain of S. G. 11. I. Reds at $2.00 per set-
ting of 15 eggs $10.00 per 100.

 
Stock of excellent type and quality at all
times.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
F HEIMS a; SON. Davlson. Mich.

 
n. i RED MATCHING EGGS. $9 PER 100.
Special eggs from 300 egg hen, 750 each.
W. H. FHOHM. R 2. Mt. Clemens, Mich.

. c. Leghorn Eggs, irem Kuip and Gale Strains
$1.50 for 15. $8 per 100. M. Pekin duck
eggs. $1.50 for 8. Mrs. Claudia Betta. Hillsdale.

 
OSE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED EGGS FOR
hatching stock. mmmnteed. $2 for 15.
Wm. J. RUSGHE, Alpine, Mich.. R ‘I

 
White Wyenlottes. Dustin's Strain, cuiied by ex-

perts for utility, size and color. Eggs 15 for

$2.00, 50 or more 100 each. by mail prepaid.
VANO FARM. Hartford, Mich.

 
Fine W. Wyendottes at Half Price. Best layers.
Keeler's strain. Eggs 7c each. postpaid.

FLEGK, R 6. Plymouth, Ind.

BOSE COMB BROWN LEOHORN E008 FOR
sale. One fifty per ﬁfteen eggs.
Flemish Giant rabbits that are giants. Quality

guaranteed.
E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. Mich.

 
FROM COOK’S BEST: 8. C. BUFF. WHITE
1nd black Urpington eggs, $4 per 15; S7 for 30
GRABOWSKE BROS.. R 4, Men-iii, Mich.

 
’

and healthy.

106.9 pounds. A daughter
lbs. milk and 735 lbs. butter.

All our herds are under

Syracuse, N.

 
v'l‘wo daughters of a 33 lb.‘sire—-5
31 daughters that produced from 600 to 760 lbs. milk in 7 days.
One daughter of a 27 lb. 8r. 3 year old—1 daughter or a 26 lb. Sr. 3 year old.
Two daughters of a 25 1b,. cow—1 daughter of e 24 lb. cow.
Cows will be bred to 30 lb. bullsrvotthe choicest breeding.

Federal supervision—All animals over 8 months old Will be tuberculin

tested and sold on 60 day guarantee. ,
Sale will behold at Howell Sale Payilliganpommcingrst 10:80 A. M.'

“Auctioneer—B. v. KELLEY,
Y.

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VAftcr the Minnesota National Sale

A BREEDERS’ SALE
; zit-Howell, Mich, June 8, 1920

McPherson Farms Co. and Cluny Stock Farm
_ 50 HEAD HIGH QUALITY A. R. O. HOLSTEINS 50

The animals offered are representative of our standard for type and production and are sound
Among the consignments are the following:
A cow with records at 4 1—2 years of m
of

Eight daughters of Maplecrest Application Pontiac No. 132652, who now has 16 tested daugh-
ters, 6 of which have records from 21 to 26 lbs. butter in 7 days—all under 3 years old.
' A proven 30 lb. bull—a. grandson of the great King Segis Pontiac—his dam being the great
transmitting 30 lb. cow Princess of Oakdale—who heads a combination of 3 generations of 30 lb.
cows—Also ten daughters of this bull will be sold.
A 29 lb. bull, whose site's dam has produced over 100 lbs. milk in 1 day on ofﬁcial test.
granddaughters of the great_Coleni;ha Johanna Lad, who has

9."

‘Jk lday, 100.8 lbs.; butter 7 days, 26.8 lbs.; 30 days,
the above named cow with 365 day record at 3 1-2 yrs. of 20,241

. S. T. WOOD—In the Box,
-  Liverpool, N’. Y.

,1, ‘ Catalogs Ready May 29;  e9 ' ‘ ‘
; McPl-iERSON FARMS co.

 , 4 R. BRUCE McPHE'RSON

  State contest winning strain

direct. Special pens only

headed by pedigreed males. Purebred partridge

rocks. Eggs $2.50 per 15, postpaid, $6 per 45.
N. AYERS a. SON. Slivorwood. Mich.

 
HITE WYANDOTTES: EGGS FOR HATCH-
ing from selected layers. $2 per 15, prepaid.
Pens. 816 to $25.

FRANK DeLONG. R3, Three Rivers. Mich.

  Eggs from vigorous early

maturing stock from heavy
laying strain. 552 per 15. $5 per 45 by prepaid
parcel post. It. G. Kirby. R1. East Lansing, Mich.

 
HATCHING EGGS—PLYMOUTH ROCKS (ALL
varieties) White \Vyandotte, Anemia and Ron-
en Hunks. Catalog 2c. '

SHERIDAN POULTRY YARDS. Sheridan. Mich.

 
C. AND R. 0. BROWN LEGHORN EGGS
for hatching wini'm‘ layers, $1.00 for 13.
A TRYON. Jerome, Mich.

 
Barred Rock eggs for Hatching, 15 for $1.50. 30
was. $12.50, 100 was $8. P. P. prepaid.
MRS. GEO. WEAVER. Fife Lake. Mich.

RESULTS 1

April 6, 1920

 
Michigan Business Farmer,
Mt. Clemens, Mich,

Gentlemen: —— Enclosed please
ﬁnd check for $14.60, the sum due
for 13 weeks’ chicken ed and one
week strawberry ad. I! we need
any more ads we will let you
know later;

Your ads surely bring business.
We’re all sold out for April and.
My. Yours is the best paper for
Michigan farmers that there is in
the state. Continue in the same
good way and you will have the
support of every bona. ﬂde farmer.

Cordiaiiy yours,
0. W. HEIMBACH,
Route 5, Big Rapids, Mich.

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IF the average motorist could

vulcanizing shop —watch«
the tires coming in for, repair

with all their weaknesses show—
ing—talk to the shop manager

" away from the cheers of the
‘ tire salesmen— ‘

He would see what comes of
thinking too much in terms of
“concessions” and “allowances.”

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Concessions and allowances
are what the irresponsible tire
dealer lives on.

He ﬁnds it easier to convince
a man that he will make goOd on

a tire if it goes bad than to con— V

Vince him that it won’t go bad.

What practical motorists are
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to the curb. Rubbing up against curbs
will grind the rubber of the side of a
tire, ﬁnally expoSing the fabric to the
action of sand and water.

A great many tires would last longer
if their owners were only a little more
careful not to scrape against curbs in ‘ '
stoptting and starting.

 
-—not tires that may have to be
made good.

And'Fthey are going more and
more to the dealer whose‘ busi—
ness is based On quality instead
of on chance.

I! t O V

The United ‘ States Rubber

I Company stands back of that

kind of a dealer with all the
tremendous resources at its
command.

It has staked a larger invest—
ment on quality than any other
rubber organization. Its ﬁrst
thought has always been of the

tire user—putting his problem

2";
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The lowest" and largest
Rubber Organization in the World

 
before the problem of markets. '

L Every itnportant .advance- in
tire manufacture has~ come from
the United States Rubber Com-
pany—theﬁrststraight-side auto-
mobile tire, the ﬁrst pneumatic
truck tire, the grainless rubber

' solid'truck tire; for instance.

The U. S. guarantee is for
the life of the tire, and not for
a limited mileage. ‘

*  ¥ *

Nearly every  pays for

U. S. Tire quality, but he

doesn’t always get it.

Ifhe did the country wouldn’t
need forty million tires this year.

 
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