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Edvard Theodore, Premier of Queensland, Australia, told a representative of the National Board of Farm organizations a ’few days ago. Mr. Theodare said these moderate prices were made possible by the elimination of the speculative middleman which has been accom- plished in the State of Queensland. Proflteering in 'foodstuits is not en- tirely unknown in Queensland, Mr. Theodore said, but the government has found and applied a remedy. The remedy is simple, effective and com- plete, the youthful premier‘declared. If the food profiteer refuses to desist .from his practice the government doesn't put him in jail; it simply en- ters into competition withhim, thus forcing him to trade on reasonable terms. “I notice,” said Mr. Theodore, “that beat sugar growers in the United States are complaining that while they are getting four cents a pound for the sugar in their beets. _' UGAR is soldin. Australia, and :in H ‘ v ‘ abundance, at eight cents - per pound;‘ first class cuts of beef re— v s, ‘Nli'riosiii Bellini) on FARM onomrssrioss the Speculators are. selling-the pro- ' duct at prices. reaching as high as thirty cents a pound. A Situation of tnis kind in Australia would be im— possible. It 'is made impossible be- cause the government itself has as- named the duties of the distributor or the middleman as you call him here. " ' “Of course there is difference in the cost of production in the, United States and Australia, but _allowing for everything, sugar in this country should retail at less. than one-half 4 the, present rates. All the labor in the sugar area, of Queensland is per— ' formed by white men who receive from four dollars and a halt to about semen of sugar are able to get this six dollars a day for their toll. very necessary food at prices which "But at eight cents a pound to can be properly regarded as moderv the— retailer the planters are making ate."- very» comfortable fortunes. They are “Is not this state Socialism?” the making fortunes because they are prime minister was asked. getting all that their product brings "Not at all; it is simply geod bus- minus the actual cost of placing it in iness sense,” was the reply. “I am the hands of the consumer. not a Socialist. There is not a 30- “There is one sugar refinery in cialist in my cabinet and very few, Australia and it is a monopoly. We it any, in the Queensland parlia- could have suppressed it by the meat. We simply sought and found \ eminent plant. But instead of tak~ lug such drastic means of piercing ' compliance with the public demand (for sugar at moderate prices the government invited this concern to co-operate. ‘The refinery met as that for reasOnable compensation it acts as a distributing agent. The shareholders in the refinery receive substantial annual dividends. I “The water, however, has been squeezed out the stock and artificial boosting of securities has ended. Per- sonally I don’t care what profits the refinery makes as long so the con- ~ simple processot a: gov~ V more than, half way and theresult is ,we had not used the methods to which I have referred in resisting. such improper efforts to get ’ rich quick. , “If such 'immoderate prices had been demanded for sugar the farm- ers would still, as they are deing in this country, collect but a small per- centage of the gross sum realized. As. it is the cane growers are getting well paid for their labor, the refiners are getting a fair compensation for their service and the workmen are getting good wages. The whole problem is summed up in the one word coeo'pera- tion. This ‘can be done through pri- vate efl'ort or under governmental di— rection. The way which proves the most eflective is the wise way." ' The premier said the meat pront- eers were unhorsed when the govern- ment went into the cattle business. He declared that the speculators de- termined to filch from the‘farmer as well as the consumer but when the government went into the meat bus- iness they 'were obliged‘to meet the government’s terms. "We went into the cattle buying “x Note How Essex ’Trebles The swing of interest to light cars, led by champions of the Essex, calls for particular caution. Some maythinkofEssexoolyasonc or. finer type. marking . standards throughout the light car field. But the facts quickly expose that mistake. The Essex Motor is'patcntcd. standard motorsthat yield but 18 H. P. at W,theEssex delivers 55H.P. And neverequolledinml’uccty. Essex performnce, so enthusiastically “ r , 1.113.“ I i, “dammit” Itcrcgtcsa‘nw.mdm.mc thatcmclusiveinmtion; . 7 away“ Wampum“? helmets“. ‘ {A V 7" ;‘ record «3037 milesinSOhours. Ithasnevc’r Essen~ Motors, Detroit, ' - ‘ {a . ..,-‘. .L a}. . 5° // // so / .. ' ' / 43 BRAKE HORSE q . PM? i 31’ 3° 09/ ' / -_ / // ‘ Power of cozvcuiionel motor . / 1’ of same size as ESSEX ——:—l'° // ‘ / / no» A R395 I coco 30:. hour road record of 1061 miles. a general advance in VA” Rem!“ 0’ t, K It: Patented Moan Forcmofitsp’uton displacemcntit ha‘ Motor Power been equalled byiany car, regardless of size orprice. AndEsscx'madcthc‘world’s 24- Nolargerthan seteveryoficialxcccrdfi'omltosom .Andin'iufi'utyc‘oritsetacclling record without it as it helps very much in and meat distributing business, not for profit but merely as the agent of both the producer and the consum— or,” said Mr. Theodore. “The conse- quence was that in getting his sup- plies the speculator was, obliged to .pay the stockman as much for his beef as the government was willing to give him. We gave him what, at- ier a thorough survey of the whole situation, taking in the cost of pro- duction and all other elements, what would leave him a fair margin of profit to compensate him for his in— vestment both of labor and money. “Then we charged the consumer just enough above the original cost of the beef to take care of all over- head expense. This policy naturally forced the speculator to meet our terms, something he could not do and, (outinue to be a speculator. There is nothing more reprehensible in the conduct of a merchant than to en- gage in artificial speculation in food products. But you can cure this evil by putting the profiteers in jail, although they ought to be there. “You must devise a. means for beating them at their own game and on their own ground. We have done this in Australia. The results are shown in the tact that speculation in farm products is reduced to a mini— mum and profiteering, if practiced at all, is done on a very small scale.” Mr. Theodore saidthe farmers of Australia were well organized. He expressed surprise that there should be any considerable opposition in or out of congress, to such a measure as the Clapper—Hersman bill which (gives the farmers an unquestioned right to collectively market their ‘ products. “There is no opposition anywhere in Australia to a system which “makes direct dealing between the producer and the consumer-possible,” said Mr. Theodore. $14,500 IN SPECIAL PRIZES FOR HOLBTEINS, 19 For the current year, the Holstein- Friesian Association of America, through its committee on special prizes, offers fourteen thousand five hundred dollars to be distributed as awards at fairs for the excellence of " exhibitions of Purebred Holstein- Friesian cattle. It has been the custom of this As- sociation to stimulate Holstein breed- ing interests throughout the country by appropriations of prize monies and in some instances by the award of suitable prise cups and'plates to ‘ winners in various classifications. . ' , Up to the present time it has been deemed practical and expedient to limit this award of prize money main- ly to distribution at state ‘iairs and expositions cautions} scope. You will and $1 for an.“ other year of the K. B. Fan's it is the life. we much enjoy. I would not be; getting an old hayseed'stralghteneid. ' mout‘and getting.h.im.“in shape for ‘ " menus, . tar-min; lam , . .J-AAA_._-- W0 THINGS are now apparent in L the sugar beet controversy. One ‘of them is that the factories will " not grant the growers a conference ' this year, and the other is that they will be short of tonnage; All kinds of excuses have been given by the manufacturers to ex- plain their contempt for the growers’ Organization. One of them is that a certain leader of the organization, with whom'they would presumably have to treat, -is not a sugar beet grower. Another that the price ask- ed by thegrowers‘ would be ruinous to them. Still another that they had all the acreage they needed so why bother to have a conference. , The actual reason why the Sugar Beet Growers’ Association has been unable to win its fight this year is not'hard to find. The blame rests upon the shoulders cf certain farm- ‘ers who number no more than the fingers on the two hands. “Eighty per cent of our members are loyal and will grow no beets,” said Man- ager Ackerman as late as May 29th. But the other twenty per cent which raised the White flag of surrender have made it possible for the factor- ies to run. Go into any sugar beet section of Michigan where farmers have planted beets, interview them, and you will find in the majority of cases that they simply followed the lead of some prominent farmer who either did not join the Association or was tempted into a betrayal of the Association by a bonus from the fact- ories or the glittering promise of $16 beets. -'The stock argument is, “I had no intention of planting beets, but So-an-So planted some, so I thought if he was going to I might just as well.” And so it goes, like a bunch of dominoes stood on end. Knock one of them down and the en- tire line topples over. We say again that. the responsibility for the defeat of the sugar beet growers can be traced to less than a dozen farmers who by their own disloyalty to the Association encouraged others to be‘ disloyal. Had the dozen stood loyal they would today be growing beets under a new contract, a contract that recognizes them as business men and gives them a fair portion of the profits. Why Some Farmers Grow Beets THE BUSINESS FARMEn has received several clippings of articles written by farmers and published in various papers in the sugar beet districts. Requests have been made that we answer them in these columns. To do so would require much more space than we have to spare so we will have to confine ourselves to a brief discussion of the principal points rais- ed by these farmers who have not “only decided to grow beets but have been encouraging their neighbors to do likewise. It is plain to be seen that fully one-half of such articles are inspired by the sugar manufact- urers. There/is a touching refer- ence to the money the manufacturers have loaned to farmers “at seven per cent.” There is a caSual mention of « the mortgages that have been paid from the sugar beet crop. One would gather from a reading of some of the articles that the sugar. factories were doing the farmers a favor in accepting their, beets. _ _ Other articles have been» written by farmers in defense of their own intention togrow beets .Iibly represent the sincere convic- tions of the writers. ,One such let- ter came from a Clare county farm- * ’ or who was going to. grow beets for 1 the -_first time because the striking sugar beets ._ ‘owers had said they ' ‘ which had always rep His argu- rowers « have been padded. and pos—' ugar Plants will Run with Lower Tonnag ‘ Rehzsaf of Over Eight Thousand Farmers to Grow Beets Under Old Contract ' Will Mean Shorter Run. for Factories him in the bean business that he would have to get even by growing beets. But he didn’t figure far enough. He didn’t see that the only case in which the beet growers would grow beans was in the event of the factories not conceding them a con- ference and that the only thing that would prevent a conference would be the disloyalty of just such men as himself. A well-to-do farmer of Gratiot county, according to his letter in the Alma Record, will grow beets because the world is short of sugar, labor is striking, speculators are profiteering, and the farmers ought to set an ex- ample for the others by working hard and being satisfied with less prices, the assumption of the reader being that the farmers never having done an honest day’s labor in their lives and having made large profits in previous years can now well afford“ to play the part of the big brother and do a little sacrificing for the rest of the world. Such a spirit of brotherly love and renunciation would gain the admira- tion of all mankind were it not for the very facts which our farmer friend has stated. With labor strik- ing, capital profiteering, every kind of business in the world straining in mighty competition for more than its share of the consumer’s dollar, the farmer must as a matter of necessity see to it that the other fellow does not get any more of his share of the dollar. For heaven knows the farm— er gets a small enough share as it is. Its an imposition to expect that the lowest paidindustry in the world shall make any more concessions at this time to the profiteers in other industries. Charity begins at home. Let the farmer organize and secure such prices for his products as will enable him to give his. family the comforts and conveniences enjoyed by the average business man of the city, and he can then afford to talk about philanthropy unto others. The correspondent in the Alma Recu am also contends that the figures showing the cost of growing beets He can speak only for himself. But there is ample evidence to show that the farmers who produce eighty to ninety per cent of the beets sliced in Michigan factories cannot grow them year in and year out under present condi— tions for the price guaranteed in this year’s contract. It is admitted that some years this can be done, but how is our friend going to make up the losses of the poor years? All other business enterprises create sinking funds and surplusages to tide them oVer in lean years. Why not the farmer? This same correspondent claims that the statements about the profits of the manufacturers are exaggerat— ed. Presumably our friend has some figures of his own which have not been made public, and if he will send them to us we will be glad to publish them in the columns of THE BUSINESS FARMER. Such figures as have been published in THE BUSINESS FARMER showing the profits of the manufact- urers have been copied verbatim from official publications of the United States government. Yet, our friend asserts that “any person with com- mon sense can see they are not the truth.” If they are not the correct figures, please Mr. Farmer, give us the right ones. We have asked the manufacturers to do this in a con- ference, but they have refused. They, too, say “the person of ordinary in- telligence can take these claims for what they are worth.” Possibly, Mr. Farmer, you own some sugar stock and because it hasn’t paid you the dividend which the government fig- ures show the manufacturers have earned, you think the figures are in- corr-ect. But how do you explain the $350,000 in Liberty bonds and the $5,000,000 surplus fund shown in the last annual statement of one of Michigan’s leading companies? Threats of Violence Propaganda The state press has carried many lurid ,storiesiof the alleged ,acts of violence and terrorism perpetrated by beet growers against the disloyai members of their association. In— vestigation has shown that the great majority of these reports are groundless; and are spread by sugar factory representatives for the pur- pose of injuring the good name of the farmers. One of the alibis giv- en by Mr. Joel C. Merriman, a repre~ sen‘tative in the last session of the legislature, for planting beets this ,5. ~' '11 _. ‘ I' see Wilson has if bean acres; e this down on begets. I by the pa}? the very best er Mar ha... ow em used on dovblan he didn’t Know BEHNS about. farming b t h '1" me to 1 U e BEE thing he ever (11:19. d9 his em- -on CU giwa’s thought t. that tlme- QOLY HD‘ZHNCL‘VEO' 1' , I nan Jobbers' Au’n. year after he had agreed not to do so, was that he could not sanction the threats of violence he heard. Who does sanction them? for the entire army to desert. Re- forms would never be won, and pro- gress would mark time if the major- ity lost courage and quit the fight because of the irresponsible acts of the minority. It might be mention- ed in passing that Mr. Merriman was one of the sixteen farmers in the last session of the legislature who could not trust the people to vote on the warehouse amendment. It is also worthy of mention in passing that the same week the Deck- erville local consisting of twenty members, of which Mr. Merriman is one, voted to plant beets, the Peck local, twenty miles away, with 286 members voted almost unanimously not to plant beets, the vote being 275 against planting and 11 for. This local also passed a resolution con- demning “any violence to the person or property of any farmer in this vi- cinity who desires to grow beets in 1920.” Another resolution that was adopted is as follows: “Resolved, that we jointly agree not to exchange work in any way or aid any farmer, except in case of sickness, in any work on his farm, who attempts to grow any beets dur- ing the summer of 1920 under con- tracts not approved by the Beet Growers’ Ass’n.” Sugar Beet Tonnage May Be Short From what evidence as can be ob- tained it seems certain that many of the factories will have a short run. In the first place their acreage is not what it ought to be considering the normal abandonment and losses of crops. In the second place a large percentage of the acreage has been contracted with farmers in out of the way places, men who have had no ex- perience in growing beets and the suitability of whose soil is open to question. ’ As to what the price of sugar may be no one can say. In the absence of government regulation it is likely to be high. But the government ought and. we think will take some hand in regulating sugar prices. There are approximately 200,000 farmers in Michigan who do not produce su- gar beets and therefore must buy sugar. Since a few thousand of their brother farmers have signed con— tracts which guarantee them $10 per ton for beets, or a possible 4 cents per pound for the sugar in the beets, they will logically assume that this price is satisfactory to the growers and should object to paying 20 to 30 cents a pound for sugar. Might it not be well to petition the federal government'to set a price to the con- sumer at around, say 10 or 12 cents a pound which will pay the farmer what he wants, give the manufacturer a fair profit and a reasonable price to the consumer. Getting Ready for Another Year Manager Ackerman tells us that the failure of the Association to~~win its fight this year will not deter them from continuing it and plans are be- ing made now to thoroughly canvass the entire sugar beet territory by fall and secure every beet grower and prospective beet grower as members.- ' The Association has placed an order ‘ for buttons showing a sugar beet, which will be distributed to the mom; . hers. The preposition, 'of farmer- owned sugar factories will likewise be taken up, and investigations will . be conducted showing what success - I farmers have attained in " and x 1 other countries 7in3thcf ‘ owing of these plenty; ' Because there are a few hot-blooded fellows who step over the deadline is no reason \ .z .4,“ .. -.' :x 11.... J Method 1 HE prime object of the farmer . who plows with a tractor is to ‘ do a good job of plowing. He also desires to do away with the use of horses altogether in opening up a land,- or in finishing it; and by lay- ing out his fields properly, the plow— ;man can easily accomplish this. The farmer also wants to reduce to a minimum the time spent turning corners or ends with the plows rais- ed. Time wasted in useless turning, or traveling unnecessary distances across the field, reduces considerably the amount of land turned in a day, and lessens the efficiency of the tractor. The great efficiency is ob- tained when the plows are left in the ground all the time; but this does not always result in the best plowing, The short turning radius necessary when the plows are left in the ground makes awkward work for most tractors. All Clix “IL The two methods in common use are: (1) the plows ,are raised at each end, (2) the plows are left in the ground. The advantages of the first named. methods are: (1) the short, awkward turns are reduced, (2)y'_it is easier on the operator as he does not have to bother with the corners, (3) there is less space left in the corners, (4) it is generally agreed that a better quality of plow- ing results. The advantages of the second method are that (1) no time is lost by raising the plows, hence more work is accomplished in a day, (2) the tractor operates more effi- ciently as fuel is not being burned while the plows are idle, (3) the number of dead and back furrows is greatly reduced. It can be said, however, that the method where the plows are idle at the ends is the most popular method. Plows Lifted at the Ends The first thing is to determine the width of the lands and how wide to leave the head- .- _. . .. -~‘ numerous dead A furrows to take I. care of the water. The topography of the land or the shape of the field must also be tak- ' on into considera- tion. The wider ,1 n.‘ e Guide furrow 'to starting; these can be “stepped accurately. Mark- ers or stakes may be placed about every 150 ft across the field to insure the Ian (1 s t h e g r e a t e r th e amount of time wasted in running idle across the ends of the fields, also the fewer the dead furrows. A two~ plow tractor will plow a strip of 40 rods wide laid out in six lands in about 1 1—2 hours less time than if it were laid out in three lands. A satisfactory width of land for a short turning tractor such as the L‘Z__,,_ is from 80 to 150 feet. In demonstr a- ‘4‘, Method 5 a straight fur- row. Method 1 The first step necessary is to mark . off the headlands of uniform width around the entire field. The next step is to measure off a land of the width desired, then set stakes along the middle line of the land. line. Lay a back furrow along this Continue plowing around this back furrow, as shown in the dia- gram, till the entire land is plowed. , , Mar k “ o if tions it ' i“ another should be " land ' a n (1 less, to save ‘ pl 0 w in time, usual— same man- ly 50 to 75 ner; con- ft. It is tinue t his best to till the en- 1 e a v e an tire field is unplo w e d plowed. The st r i p o 11 greatest ob- each side of jection t o t h e fl e 1d, this method the s a m e is the num- widt h a 8 WWW“ 1° erous back the h ead— and d 9 ad land 3, s o furro w s ; tha t t h e but it can tractor can be highly plow continuously around the field in finishing up. Forty foot head- lands will be found satisfactory. It is better to have wide headlands rather than narrow ones. If the field is to be finished with no irregular unplowed strips be— tween the lands or at the edges, it is necessary that the headlands be of a uniform width and to have the first furrows as nearly straight as possible. If there is a road or lane at the end of one side of the field lands in' which to turn.. It is an individual '{f/ \ question as to [\H'umwws the width of the F lands. but some Al ‘~ I ‘| ‘\ v. | ( tgoiew ‘ i ( NIH! recommended tractor. Method II. ~ By this method each land is plow- ed to a dead furrow instead of around a back furrow, as in Method 1. Measure off the width of land de- sired and set stakes along this line. Start the land by plowing through this line, turning to the left and come down along the line of the headline running parallel to this line. Continue to plow around the land till there is a dead furrow in the mid— off” as a rule quite Method 8 Dead furrows occur where the back furrows occur in Method 1, hence if these Methods are alternated each year, there will be a tendency to level ’ the field by smoothing out the back ' and dead furrows. This is probably the most popular method in use for the caterpillar tread type of tractor. Method III. This is a combination of Method I and 2. Starting at one corner of the headland run a single furrow (throw- ing the furrow in) entirely around the headland. This will serve as a guide for raising and lowering the plows. Note the method of turning the outfit at the corners. The sec- ond land is plowed first and is plow- ed around a back furrow in the same manner as in Method 1. After the second land is finished the first land is plowed in the same manner as in Method 2. » Method IV. This ’method tends to eliminate the short turns which occur when finish- ing up a land. Start the land the same as in Method 2. Plow around this land turning to the left until the strip in the center is too narrow for convenient turning at the ends. NOW’ measure oif a new land of the same size as the first land. Start plowing along this line and turn to the left at the headland and continue plows ing out the narrow strip in the first land. After a dead furrow has been made on the first land, plowing the second land until a nar- row strip remains and then repeat, the process till the field is plowed. It is an indivdual‘ question whether the extra travel is preferred to the short turns. It is evident that the wider the strips left in the middle, thegreater amount of idle time spent on the ends. . Method V. , In this method the entire field is laid out at one time by plowing all the back furrows before startingto - plow the . main ’. x. : “ body of the fl 9 l d. T hgi, s method elimin- *ates the short turns which oc- cur at the open- of the deter— ing of a land. mining factors it If one trip may- be men- '" ‘ across the field tion-ed. In sec-g l each Willy does tions where no p ow a. there isaheavy strip wide ' rainfall or the ' flgmowa‘ igneous enough to turn Ja‘nd naturally ..-_ ' cqnvenientlygat needs “draining 4‘ 4/ _ —.—= \ .,\ the ends, the the land should I '-_ %-:;;,.Ij procedure can. be narrow, and 1 xv." be repeated sev- thereby making I Method a" where the out- fit ‘can turn, it'may be pref- erable to' plow out both sides of the field and the end near the lane, ‘ with the body "of-“the field. leaving " only the headland at the end of the, field. { ' Care should ..pe* ~“tuition” in... mews t Method ‘11 .33 die 0 f, t h 9 land. Met 110 d '1, there! will be the same time wasted'in idle » running across . the ends : and the same num- ber of Short turns s'at the dead, furrows 2th ':_ t Method 7 (C’on't‘ page 17) . {It ache, lands are the» ‘ same size asin ere were; I he”? [back continue » for I Inlmmggi—W v—ww-I—'C g x ' on . g . ,of successfully growingcorn on v ,1" '7. ~' "rot. "fouls," etc. V " ems . rIo'N‘ of the possibility a muck land‘is an old one, probab- ly as old as muck farming. The re- sults arrived at seem, as Ewe read o’verthe old reports,‘to vary 'direct- , ly with the season in which the ex--~ periments were conducted. season described happened hot and dry with an absence of the. frosts which are the bane of the muck farmers existence, then the ex- perimenter said that com was entirely feasible proposition, where- asvif the season were cold, wet and treaty, corn was declared to be an unprofitable crop for muck. soils. In other words in reading the reports carefully, we almost invariably find the weather to be the limiting factor. In discussing the question. you will please pardon the writer for using the personal pronoun rather often. as we are to tell .our own ex- periences, those being the only ones concerning which we are qualified to speak with authority.‘ About ten years ago, we began to raise, or rather try to raise, corn in connec- tion with out mint- farming. Per— haps you, as farmers, have noticed that nearly, every farmer has the best and earliest strain‘ of corn in his,_neighborhood—much as your team can outpull any other round about. So when we first‘tried to raise corn we went to the best high ground farmers and secured seed of the, earliest maturing varieties that we could locate in the neighborhood —e-varieties that we were] assured, were the earliest in our 1 part , of Michigan. We tried them' out faith- fully and were rewarded with enor- mous stover and ears that filled out finely but that apparently did not know enough to realize that they must stop playing and get to work and ripen up if they were to be of any use to us. You muck men know to‘ your sorrow that you are “living on borrowed time” if you have crops that are not mature by Sept. 10, that is providing our old friend, June Frost (not Jack Frost) has not hap- pened along early in the season. It has been our experience that no local corn that will grow on the high ground of Lower Michigan, will ripen on .the muck, more than two years out of five—in other words just of- ten enough to keep you “hoping.” = After two‘ or three years of this it occured to us, which was not a If the to be, 311.. successful on Muck as It Can be ‘ - By E. L. woonmuus all, that We had ’ Supt. Mentha Ranch, A.-M. Todd 00. i-rbrilliant idea at better try to find - some, seed which was rais- ' ed in a locality with a shorter season. Now that .is What we had over- looked largely, the fact that in bringing corn on- to the muck we’ were real- ly moving it to a place further north by several hundred miles as far as the length of growing season was concerned, as well as attempting to grow it in a new environ- ment as regards an abundant supply of mois- ture right through the season. These high ground corns were used to a drouth in August Which would help to rip- en them, and I do not ub'elieve that (there (is a plant that is so quickly and easily modified as in the corn plant. It is gen- erally agreed that it was of Mexican origin and a tropical plant. It has be— come acclimated as it was moved north until today there are varieties of corn that mature in less than 70 days and thers that require 200 . ays. In reading done in this connection we came to the conclusion that the most wonderful. c orn growers in America were not the farmers of Iowa and Illinois who have a climate made to order for the production of ' mam- moth crops of corn, but rather the tribes of Am- erican Indians who roam- ed the plains. long before Columbus discovered Ama .erica and who had adapted, the corn plant to almost whatever climate they found as ered. The Indians of each sec- tion from the cold climate of the Da- kotas to the heat of New Mexico had their varieties of Maize and the ear- ly French explorers exclaimed in wonder at the agriculture they found among the Indians. The Indians grew two general varieties—the hard Mentha Muck Corn they wand- ~ or Flint and the soft or corns from which squaws made corn flour. the varieties that were grown~and the peculiar part of it is that the strains were kept pure until the white man drove the Indian away and dis- turbed his civilization. There were soft yellow, soft white, red corn, spot- ted corn, blue corn, yel- low flint, white flint, clay-red corn, pink corn, black corn, sweet corn, mixed yellow and red an\d others. A day could be well spent in studying the agriculture of these first American “champion corn growers” but time does not permit it here. We have grown many of these corns and I will try to explain by the samples the nature of the varie- ties. Some of these corns are so small that they can- not be cut by machine, although we must remem- ber that they all grow larger on the muck than in their natural home in the northwest. It is largely due to the efforts of Messrs. Oscar Will & Co., and of Messrs. North- rup King & 00., that these early American va- rieties have not entirely died out. They are nearly all of a very leafy habit of growth and so make ex:- cellent silage, the leaf AREA being far more im- portant than the HEIGHT OF STALK which the large Iowa corn shows. The Mountain Experi- ment Station has done valu- able work in measuring the leaf areas of these Indian corns as com~ pared with the tall and less leafy varieties. Of all these Indian come we have found that a white flour corn that we have bred up shows the most promise. This corn at first was mixed—containing 8, 10, 12, 14, The following are some of Sown Late and Harries-ted» Early I kinds which they used . to make hominy flour the and 16 rows and we are still working-1L" to see which is the most promising; Personally we feel that no corn should be grown on muck unless it can be planted as late as June 10 and be ready to cut before Sept. 10., The June frosts are too apt to cut it down if planted in May. As a grain crop we‘do not advise corn un— less one is willing to put it'into si- lage if a frost comes too early but as a silage proposition we feel that this white flour corn is going to be. a winning combination as it can be A grown intermingled with soy beans for the silo. There is no doubt but what the small farmer will find it a safe grain crop nine years out of ten as well, but we would not ad- vise any farmer putting his money into several hundred acres of corn to harvest as grain. The frost danger is always present and there are other crops such as roots and hey that are safer and pay as well. But if the small farmer has a silo, then we feel justified in recommend- ing this White Flour corn or else Smoky Dent as silage corns. Of the two the White Flour will mature earliest although there are strains of the Smoky Dent grown in Dakota which are equally early. (The above article was prepared and read at the Muck Farmers’ 00n- vention by Mr. E. L. Woodhmms.) KILL CORN DESTROYING BIRDS Shall we kill the crow, hawk and owl? I would say, yes; they are all very destructive to our poultry, game and corn crop. They can be easily ex- terminted by the use of strychnine and this is the best time to do this, when they just return from the south and are hungry. I use a hen that has died during the winter months. Pick the feathers from the breast, cutting slices through the breast and‘thighs, placing a few grains of strychnine in them. Place the hen in“ thefcenb'er of a back field and visit it ever‘y‘day,.add- ing a few more grains‘ of“ strychnine they eat the flesh off. I have practised . this for several years and haVe not killed a dog or cat as they never trav- el the center of fields. They always follow the fences. Cats do this for protection. There is not a single hawk to be seen in our neighborhood and but few crows—«F. Moore, Newaygo, Mich. “My Favorite Breed of Sheep for Northern Michigan Farms” 0U ASK me what class of sheep I consider the best and most profitable to run in northern Michigan. I consider the‘ best ewe to keep in any country is a half-blood ewe. What I mean by that is a ewe that is part Merino and part Lincoln, Cots- wold, Shropshire or‘Hampshire. I prefer either a Lincoln or Cots- wold cross, or so-called white-faced ewes. This cross is the most pop- ular in the west because they shear better and are better rustlers for feed when feed is short'although the lat— ter, or black faced are more popular in the south and central states. Prob- ably because they are more on the 'mutton type ,0f sheep. ‘. The Merino sheep are the hardiest, best shearing and longest lived sheep that can be had. But to run them in large bands in this state. The lamb isusually small and weak and “the ewe is not a very good milker at ’«its. best, and so the percentage, of limbs raised would be small." Also they are very slow maturing and sub- ject to hoof: troubles. , Such as foot The enamortbreed of sheep" '1 men; ‘ tinned are more subjectto intestinal roubles, 'sheari light and. shear a grade of wool that, is very undesir-' able; at present 14 blood. They are ' and last but not ” ’ at when we , .ey“ t o ’t ' 3211 in, tjhlleegorth sent 37, I 1.. E ARE contemple purchasing 1,000 head of sheep in the near fu- Wture to be placed on a. section of wild land in Midland County. May we ask your opinion as to the kind of sheep you would consider as the most profitable and which are the easiest keepers and healthiest sheep? We have been advised to purchase Western Sheep from either Min- nesota, or Iowa, for the reason, that they do better in large numbers. ' Can you quote us from the experiences of other large Michigan sheep radsers whom are purchasing from the West? a ‘ BESSE BROTHERS, \ . ,fln-wfl \ Their advantage is that they are early maturing sheep, free milkers and wonderful mothers. In a half blood sheep you get a combination of the two that makes a good mother, shears a good fleece of desirable wool and crossed with a Hampshire or Shropshire ram gives an early maturing desirable lamb for market. . . I have on hand on my ranch here between five and six thousand ewes. Most of them half-blood ewes that I expect to sell somepart of them'this year. ‘As, sheep are selling so, high in the West I don’t think it "would befiadvisabrle for any one'to try to get any ewes‘there this spring. _ Ewes are selling as high as $25 ~and"in some parts, of the >West they are selling as high as $30 dollars. ,Th'is is due largely to— the big Shortage caused by the very dry sea- West‘ last year and 'year gjbefore. “ V n and have," "zit - e d ‘mylhepinion, and A I ‘ BLACK FACED SHEEP EGARDING the most profitable breed of sheep for Mr. Hesse, I . would- say, by all means, the black faced lambs for the butcher and the black faced fleece (the middle wools) for the highest price, also all black faces are classed middle wools and mutton type, you want this dual breed, in the order named. Shrop- ,shire for form, Oxfords for size, Hampshire for milk, but poor in term, Sout-hdown ranks with Shrop- Shire for form but run small in size. ,.If Mr. Hesse can obtain a foun- dation flock of good black face ewes -2.years to 4 years old, use for first three years, a pure blood Shropshire ram ,to give conformation, then switch ontoa pure blood Oxford mm. for 4th and 5th years to in— crease size, for Shropshire lambs will naturally ’run smaller if you do not “make this change. Use Oxford ram for at least two years, and then come »back to the Shropshire mm. 'The wise shepherd will catch on. V - 1 grade black face ewes‘lcan not .. . western Merino ewes, not . .‘1 older than four years, under any \ consideration, and by all means use a black face ram, never Merino rams. Save the ewe lambs for breeding stock, using black face rams. The third generation of ewe lambs will produce as fine middle wool breed- ing ewes as one could desire. All ‘ northern Michigan wants them. The Merino lamb is not popular with the butcher. The size and qual- ity is not there—~nor is the fleece (fine wool) so valuable. For profit, the middle wools, black faces always. The proper time tovbuy breeding ewes is in the middle of the sum- mer, When taken from its lamb,pro- viding the udder is sound, likewise the teeth. 1 ' Breed ewes no earlier than Nov. * 15th to bring lambs by April 10th,‘ when weather is warm and losses, light. - *4 In selecting a foundation flock,‘ it is very impertant to remember, that when the breeding days‘of a»? black faced ewe is over, the carcass. will-possess a mutton value in ma ( cases equal to the original invest ment. » r . a You will find no mutton value in the carcass of an aged Merino. . ' Ol‘ It is. practically a dead l But the price‘of the different breeds of ewes“ will determine your 36! tion—«Iona gG. Krauth, ,quue 15 iftion _ 1’. t '5 Summarpof Federal Trade cummiss‘ion’s‘ Findings Show “Biglt-F'ive’? yin-Virtually. 8- C I . VVHER‘E‘ have. been nine- hearings twithln the last few years on leg- L islation to control the meat pack- ing industry. The hearings within recent years have been based upon |the most thorough, fair and complete investigation ever made of' any big industry, the investigation of the meat packing industry made under order of the President by the Fed- eral Trade Commission. ‘ Trade Commission's Findings In their report to the Presidentin July, 1918, the Federal Trade Com- mission stated: “Answering directly your question as to whether or not there exist mon- opolies, controls, trusts, combina- tions, conspiracies, or restraints of trade out of harmony with the law and the public interest, we have found conclusive evidence that war- rants an unqualified affirmative. * * “It, appears that the great pack- ing concerns of the country—Swift, Armour, Morris, Cudahy and Wilson —have attained such dominant posi- tion that they control at will the mar- ket in which they buy their supplies, the market in which they sell their products, and hold the fortunes of their competitors in their hands.” Control of Transportation Maintains ‘ Packers‘ Position “ ' * ' If these five great concerns owned no packing plants and killed no cattle and still retained control of the instrument of transportation of marketing and of storage, their position would not be less strong than it is." “The producer of live stock is at the mercy of these five companies because they control the market and the marketing facilities and, to some extent the rolling stock which trans— ports the product to the market. “The competitors of these five con- cerns areat their mercy because of the control of the market places, storage facilities, and the refriger- ator cars for distribution. “The consumer of meat products is at themercy of these five because both producer and competitor are helpless to bring relief.” * " * The Commission's summary of its ' Control of Many Commodities Regulating the Packer 7 . PACKERS are as hard to catch as the Fourth of July I pig. Now you have them and now you don’t. that the Big Five is the‘grcatest octopus that ever fastened its ten- acles upon the country, and then after reading some of thdr literature you are Just as sure that they are as harmless as lambs. The efiorts of some of the farm organizations and the Federal Trade Commission to bring the packers within the regulating reach of the United States ~ government have not met with consp hearings have been held, but the legislation providing for the control seems no nearer adoption than when first introduced. To keep the in- terest alive, the various Washington offices of the various farm organ- izations have been sending out articles to the farm press giving the gist of the testimony submitted at the hearings, etc. The accompanyiu article is submitted by the Farmers’ National Council which has been particularly insistent that Congress adopt some legislation for control- ling the packers. The facts set forth are worthy of attention and should arouse every producer of live stock to immediate action through his representative in Congress.—-Editor. greased Now you are sure icuous success. Hearings after findings states, “Five corporatidns-— Armour & Co., Swift & 00., Morris & 00., Wilson & Co., Inc., and the Cudahy Packing Co.-——hereafter re- ferred to as the ‘Big Five,’ not only have a monopolistic control over the American meat industry, but have secured control, similar in purpose if not yet in extent, over the princi- pal substitutes for meat, such as eggs, cheese and vegetable-oil pro- ducts, and are rapidly extending their power to cover fish and nearly every kind of foodstuff.” * " "' ‘ “The monopolistic position of the Big Five is based not only upon the large proportion of the meat busi- ness which they handle, ranging from 61 to 86 per cent in the principal , lines, but primarily upon their own- ership, separately or jointly, of stock- yards, car lines, cold storage plants. branch house's, and the other essen- tial facilities for the distribution of perishable foods. “The menace of this concentrated control of the Nation's food is in- creased by the fact that these. five corporations and their five hundred and odd subsidiary, controlled, and affiliated companies are bound togeth- er by joint ownership, agreements, understandings, communities of in- terest and family relationships." How the Packers' Power is Used “The power of the. Big Five in the United States has been and is being unfairly and illegally used to— Manipulate live stock markets; restrict interstate and international supplies of foods; control the prices of dressed meats and other foods; defraud both the producers of fobd and consumers; crush effective com'w petition: secure special privileges from railroads, stockyard companies and maunicipaiities; and profiteer." ' Packers' Profits “The packers’ profits in 1917 were more than four times as great as in the average year before the Euro- pean war, although their sales in dollars and cents at even the inflat- ed prices of last year had barely doubled. In the war years, 1915, 16, 17, four of the five packers made net profits of. $178,000,000. - TheMeatIndustry “The most satisfactory single in- dex of the proportion of the meat industry controlled by the Big Fve, is the fact that they kill in round _ was as follows: figures 70 per cent of the live stock slaughtered by all packers and butch- ers engaged in interstate commerce. In 1910 the Big Five’s percentage of the interstate slaughter including subsidiary and afiiliated companlbs Cattle Calves ...........78.0 Hogs Sheep and lambs . . . .88.4 “Swift & Coxis the greatest but- ter distributor .in..the United States. .. . handling in 1916, in round figures, 60,000,000 pounds, or nearly as much as the combined sales of the two largest nondpacker organiza— tions. "Judged conservatively by trade estimates, the Big Five packers handle at least half of the interstate commerce in poultry and eggs and in cheese. The packers are also im- portant factors in the preparation and distribution of condensed and evaporated milk and are rapidly in— creasing their proportion. Staple Groceries and Vegetables “Recently the big packers began dealing in various "staple groceries and vegetables, such as rice, sugar, potatoes, beans and coffee, and in- creased their sales at such a rate that in certain of these lines they had become dominant factors. Here again the immense-selling organiza- ‘ tions of the packers, built up in con- nection with their meat business, as- sures them almost certain supremacy in any line of food handling which they may wish to enter. Fertilizers "The fertilizer industry lies at the base of the Americanjood produc- tion. The. packers, controlling the disposal of more than two-thirds of the offal produced in the packing in- dustry, have become the most im- portant factors in the manufacture of animal fertilizer ingredients and have strongly entered the field of production of mineral ingredients. In v mixed fertilizers they produce 19 per cent of the total. , Instruments of Control and Monopoly “These stragetic positions, which serve not only to protect the controls (Continued on page 17) Gleaner Clearing House Example of What Organized Farmers Can Do RANT SLOCUM, head of the G Gleaners, tells us that an audit has just been made of the books of the Gleaner Clearing House Ass'n, and shows total assets of near- ly one half million dollars, with sun- plus and undivided profits of nearly $60,000. Upon the strength of this showing and upon what the recent ex- perience of this marketing associa- tion has shown the possibilities of co—operative marketing to be, the stockholders have voted to increase the capital stock to one million dol- lars, and the Michigan State Securi- ties Commission have already issued its license for the sale of the stock. Discussing the showing made by the Gleaners, Mr. Slocum said: “I do not believe that any other farmers’ organization in the United States has made a showing equal to ours. Thousands of dollars have been spent in organization work which has been wholly cared'for from the profits of the Association. And aside from this the present manage- ment inherited certain losses which could not be avoided by unexperienc- ed operators during the first year, when several local plants were tak- en on at a time when it was impos— sible to get an efficient buying and selling organization. “At the present time every plant -ls either on a paying basis or actual- ly making profits. The Aesociation knows where every local branch , stands and knows monthly the act- ual condition of the entire organiza- tion. “It is not the intention of General Manager Lewellyn to take on new plants here and there, regardless of , location, opportunities for business and general conditions. The Associa- vnme elevators‘m, . .01 the", tact halt» stunner has beamin- fies already; refused.» take on ‘ FINANCIAL STATEMENT r Assets Cash on Hand and in Banks 76,242.68 Land Contracts, Detroit Property 57,287.50 Lands, Buildings, Machinery and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 114,115.03 Accounts Receiveable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,150.90 Notes Receiveable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298.81 Inventories, Merchandise on hand . . .. 124385.05 $428,835.05 Liabilities Current Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 70,403.58 Bills Payable . . . . . . , . . . , _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 121,140.10 Capital Stock . . . . . . . . . . . .r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194,140.10 Surplus and Undivided Profits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,251.79 $428,935.79 State of Michigan, County. of Kent, s.s. Alvin F. Bredshall, being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the General Auditor of the Gleaner Clearing House Association, above statement, to the best of his knowledge is true in substance and in fact. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of May, A. D. 1920. My commission expires March 21st and that the ALVIN BBED SHALL. Rosanna Boyland, Notary Public. 1922. vested for the volume of business that could be expected from the adja-- cent territory. A general survey'is made of all localities where Gleaner elevators are to be established before the investment is accepted. Business is being conducted on a business basis and therefore success is assur- ed. ' “General Auditor Bredshall has all plans laid for the \coooperative'oper- ation of all local plants and com- mencing with themext fiscal year, patronage dividends will be paid - at each point. This was under the old. order of things, but with fourteen" plants now in Operation, every local; stockholder will participate in the “profits at his-local lit-nub that:th And just as soon as the Gleaner Cor- poration is organized as, a sales, buy- ing, operating and financing branch, all stockholders will participate in the profits made through this corpor- ation. This simply means that the farmer will participate in the profits on his products from the time they leave his fields until, they reach the hands of the retailer. r "‘The work of the Association is now but in its‘ infancy, after twelve years of successful operation," con- tinued Mr. Slocum. "No farmers' or- ganization in the United States has a- better standing in the leading mar- ket‘ centers. my“ will find .by‘coln- 0M hens .a or suitinsl the; commercial www.mt . none ' men of vision, forward looking busi- ness men, are now interested in the work of our organization. It’s plans stand the test. The Gleaners do not claim to be wonder-workers. They realize that there is nothing about the word co-operation that is going to lift them over the rough spots in the business highway—strict busi- ness principles must be applied in or- der to make a business organization successful—and then the profits are distributed co-operatively. “Bio- Biz,” if you please, with the word “Co-operative" inserted between the words “Big” and “Biz.” That’s the Gleaners.” As a publication which is interest- ed in the progress of all farm organ- ization the Buersss FARMEB congrat- ulates the Gleaners upon the splendid showing they have made. That they will make still higher records in the co-operative business field under the leadership of the big business men who are managing their co-operative marketing association, there can be no doubt. A million dollars sounds like a pretty big capitalization for a farmers' co—operative organization, but \as has been pointed out in these columns before there is no reason why the farmers should not handle big business enterpries as cape.ny as other men. The very size‘of the amount gives one a feeling. of. big ness and security, and the Gleaners will, undoubtedly find within another ‘ two er three years that even this cap- italisation will not be, large enough to finance their rapidly expanding business. « When we consider the work. that is bolus done by the Gleaners,. the .. thslprm. B’ WW ‘0. copyright 1920. by The Goodyear me a; 'Bubor co. “‘ We haul local growers’ fruits- and delicate vegetables, such as lettuce, on pneumatics— Goodyear Cord Tires—e because they are marketed in better condition this way and buyers give first choice to produce so protected." Our Goodyear Cord Tires run everywhere in cultivated fields and in a sandy orchard and deliver mileages to 15,000.”— 0. C". McIntosh, of McIntosh & Andru, Truckmen, Palmetto, Florida N statements like this make apparent, more - and more farmers are preventing the bruising of fruit, mutilation of delicate vege- tables and much- shrinkage in livestock by hauling on Goodyear Cord Tires. In this way they reverse the "situation that ex- isted when solid-tired trucks or wagons were usedwith a resulting loss in crops, stock weight and general income due to-slow, jarring trans— v port. On the resilient Goodyear Cord Tires a farm truck delivers smoothly and quickly, safeguard— ing the original condition of the load so as to secure the best prices for it. 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PER III. was 1. 1020 Grade loetrolt Chicane I. Y. lo. a lad 3.1a 8.12 lo. a White 8.10 8.11 lo. 8 Iliad ...l8.10 8.1. ~ muons on: YEAR AGO Grade some. lObha'ee I. 1. lo. a nu 23s I 8.00 la. 2 White 2. lo. 2 mm 2.58 Considu-able stnength was shown in the wheat market last Saturday and prices advanced when cables were re- ceived that Argentina had placed an embargo dgainst further exportation ref wheat, but later news showed the first report to be false and that they intended to export more than ever. This last report seems unreasonable. It is estimated that exporters own 87,000,000 bushels of wheat in Ar- gentina, which, ».to all indications. is the entire supply of the grain avail- able there at the present. And Ar- gentina has been trying to force ex- porters to buy 1 1—: tons of corn with every ten of wheat and has wanted a little oats and flax taken in addition to the corn, so it does not look as if they would export for a time at least. Export demand has fallen off some during the past week, but is beginning to revive. France and England are out of the market at present. From present prospects wheat will stay up until the turn of the year, but after that all is dark. Weather conditions from now on will determine the market's trend from that point. A prominent grain trade journal says that perhaps $5 will be seen by cash wheat but it is a safe bet that there will be some mighty hard sledding before it gets there. Weather conditions have been rather favorable in this country of__ late and reports show promise of a larger yield than was predicted a month ago. CORN ADVANCES CORN PRICES PER BU.. JUNE 1. 1020 Grade lDeM-oit [Chicagol N. Y. No. 2 Yellow I 1.91 l 2.16% No. 3 Yellow . . . 2.05 2.14% No. 4 Yellow . . .l 2.00 | “emerges: ‘VEAE‘Aeo Grade [Detroit Chicagol N. Y. No. 8 Yellow 1.88 1.00% No. 2 Yellow 1.98 No. 4 Yellow 1.80 1.66% There has been a scarcity of corn all week and the price has been firm with a small advance. It is believed that larger receipts will soon com- mence to appear on the market. Consumers have stood aside to al- low prices to go as low as they would. They have quit buying trusting that prices will be more to their liking later. The public has been doing Without corn so long that dealers wonder how the market will be af- fected when supplies become plenti- ful and consumption is resumed. A large demand is expected. Argen- tina claims to still have about 800,- 000 tons of old corn to sell before touching the new crop, of which, they estimate they have a surplus of 4.— 000.000 tons. - OATS FIRM 0'11" PRICES PER su.. JUNE 1. 1e§_ cm» [Detroit iChioapol N. v. No. 2WWhlte ...| 1.23 1.01% 1.40 '11. 3 White ...| 1.22 1.01 "o. a White ...| 1.21 "raises om: vesn aeo Grade ID~etroit IChicagol N. Y. Standard . . . . . . .191/2 Ni. 3 Whlto ‘i No. 4 White ...| .78 .70 I .72 Va .88 V4 .71 V: l There are light offerings and scat- tered buying in the oat market. The weather conditions have been'very favorable for this grain. Conditions in the market at present point to higher prices. The East needs large quantities of cats before the new crop, and the Canadian supply will be exhausted within another month. “Argentina has several hundred thousand tons of oats yet,” says a prominent grain paper. Rye has advanced 10c and is genot— l DETROIT—Wheat stronger. Beam steady. Eye is lifeless. Advance in corn, caused by Argmtine ban. Potatoes scarce and higher. ~ CHICAGO—Corn _and oats higher. Exporters calling for wheat. Hogs lower. Provisions drop. -v my mmmmmMHWefum-u" :u(hmmmmuammuumwmam_ Weekly Trade and Market Review ,/ FEDERAL Reserve banks continue to call in their loans. But it is like trying to keep an apple under water—"you push it down one place and it comes up in another. Loans arecalleduin one direction only to have inflation appear in another.- It has been proposed that the banks charge a higher rate of interest on non-essential loans, but this would be diflicult to carry out for the reason that it is hard to distin- guish between emential and non-mential business. Take for instance, the cut-rate sales of the department stores, the 20 to 50 per cent reduc- tions in prices, forced by bankers, applied to. essentials as well as non- essentials. As a result of called loanswe will see a gradual sagging of prices, including some foodstuifs. It was learned last week that there is food in storage on which loans have been running for over a year. Such loans are going to be called. Grains in general strengthened up during the past week andhigher prices are noted on some markets 0 ' g to the light receipts. Stocks remain small. especially corn. Reports come from both Eastern and Western markets of little or no corn on hand. ' ' “The trade anticipates a liberal movement from the country as soon as the cars arrive from the East, but, it will take several weeks before the full eflect of these can be felt,” says a press dispatch. “With large amounts of wheat on hand in the Southwest and banks loudly clamor- ing for a reduction of loans, at great many cars will probably be sent to that section rather than into the cornbelt.” ed at $2.10 for No. 2 on the Detroit market. ’ Regarding the future trend of the market the Rosenbaum Review says as follows: "Prices have dropped along with other grains. Barley is likely to stay down. Rye is not. For- eigners want the latter. {Germany being the best buyer, but here is little or no hope of export demand for barley and with only a moderate demand and some Canadian grain arriving from time to time is looks as though some further recission in price was probable. After a drop of over 25c on rye it looks like good business to look for a substantial ral- ly, especially if Europe comes into the market in volume. The outlook for the new barley crop is fairly good, ,even though the Pacific coast has lost its outlook for a bumper crop. The June lst returns on rye will be better than those of a month ago. If wheat is worth $2;70@2.75 for Au- gust shipment and $2.65@2.70 for September, then certainly September rye is worth close to $2. Barley prices seem high as compared with, cats and for the 1920-21 season may possibly have to be figured on as a feeding grain almost exclusively, as the industrial call will scarcely be much larger than last year and the outlook for the crop is fairly good—— at the moment. The Northwest is putting in more feed grains this sea- son and that means a lot of barley. THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK As Forecasted by W. '1‘. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer 7 almost universally true that long-per- iods of high temperatures east of Rockies bring corresponding low tem- peratures west of the great ridge. Storm forces are expected to be weaker during balance of June than they were for the three weeks pre- vious to June 10 and temperatures are expected to rise from June 10 to July 1 more than the season suggests. Moisture for balance of this season 3'2": ‘i’l’fi‘yi‘l‘imii “W3: 93.: 2‘3"”? WASHINGTON. D. C. June 5. 1920- ’ ° 9 3" ° 3“ e t° ° —Warm waves will reach Vatgcouveri, 13:8? “in gggficgggfimnthew‘fimgfi- * B' C" 3130‘“ Jun“ 10' 16' 21' “6 an for much warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to move Fee“?- WeathasChas‘lor'J-e 1m T , Moderate ., S temperatures will rise on all the P3; 3 . cRiofigklselgpgi, (33:an oyfiuggosfi'cfi't 23’ northward east of Rockies and cold- 27; plains sections 12, 18 23, 28; merb 8" a” 10 move southward west of the “mm 90' upper Great ukes_ Ohio Rockies. Readers are expected to Tennessee and lower Mississippi val- mm“? the” Statements "in Ofder leys 13, 19, 24, :9; mt lower lakes u fthey may better understand fu- eastern sections 14, 20 25. no. r. 1" Wm“. . resent? vicinity of Newfoundland Most severe storms of the next at: about use 15, 1, 20, July 1. Storm mouths will be during the wee eenp waves will follow about one day be. t on Jul,- 13; u 11 “f hind warm waves, waves about, Sept. 11; Oct. 8 and 25; Nov. 8" Dee. one day behind storm waves. 12. Such stoma aw much in do disturbances will control crop- With weather and if you are in- weather of this continent from near tenets!“ m June 10 to near July, 1, and the new ampWeather conditions that will oe- tonne our and determine ‘erorweather and Dtedlct crops of 1920 will ‘be ful y inaugurated but is expected‘ to make onl gradual published and particular interest is changes. one feature. is 3.! cat sure . tered on the predicted northern, to be manifest the period June ostg of that week. i 10 to Jul! Izadeeidad danish . higher temperaturem and before we * are thru the summerwe will be longing . h . . for cooler weather. This will be m , , r .v - for week centerin on little 6 will be due when this B‘ulletin is east of Booklet crest. but} .7 mum M . ......’ u .Q...’.:::: parisontolastyear‘sas foliewaz‘ New York so per cent, Wisconsin, 70: Colorado, 05; New Hence, 80; Idaho, 100 and lichigan 75. Michigan elevator op’erators do not agree with the . er in estimates for this state. ‘ ey say Hichigsn will plant a normal acreage this year. bet us hope so, because it looks as if they would be a profitable crop to raise this year; POTATOES HIGH snobs PER cum. was 1. 1920 Santa! lull r it . . . . .. a.“ chime . . . . . . . . .. 3.00 Plttsburs . . . . . . . .. see New rm . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0.915 sauces one run soo Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.10 2.00 one... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.00 2.00 m . . - . . . . . . . . . .. low Yon-I . . . . . . . . . . . . . Movement of old potatoes is hard- ly enough to make a market and the price is higher. New ones are not moving much better and prices are . following the trend of old potatoes. Fewer acres of spuds will be raised this year according to the Bureau of Crop Estimates report. They say New York will plant 97 per cent of last year's acreage; Michigan 90. Wisconsin~96, Minnesota 89, Colora- do 94, Idaho 95, California 110 and Maine is expected to plant 100. HAY CONTINUES IN DEMAND i No. 1 Tim! Stan. Tlm.i No. 2 Tim. Detroit . .l3750668-3650031M0u- Chicago . . l48.00 @ 50 47.00 @48 48.00 41 New York l83.00 @ 84 84.00 83 Pittsburp . “0.50 0 4080.50 QSOIflfiO Q as l No.1 I No.1 l No.1 lLlsht Alix. Clover Mix. l clever Detroit . . lease 0 87l35.80 @ IO .50 0 fl. Chicago . 4 .0004! 45.0004: "Mum 40.80 C 40188.50 0 1.30 0 8 HAY PRICES A YEAR AGO Pllubum The estimated acreage of hay in Michigan is 2,517,000 or about 5 per cent under the acreage of last year. There was loss of new seedings in some northern counties by drought and grasshoppers and in some south- ern counties by drought which more than offsets the tendency to increase the amount of land in grass and past- ures this year. The May 1 condition of 84 indicated a production of 3; 256,000 tons or 2 per cent under the . estimate for last year at the same about 318,000 tons‘and the lack of railroad transportation has retarded the shipping of this surplus which un- der ordinary circumstances would have been killed out. In some of the western and northwestern » _ counties which had a light crop last year they are practically’without any hay now. Pastures are backward. Bay is, in demand .andlrmfand with light 139-. . ceipts. v - LIVESTOCK manners , DETROIT—~Canners ,and bills steady; all other, grades 26» to- I .oo. miller: best heavy $11150QI» .1 " ’ ' ' 1‘- ‘Stétll 8 handy the. \ The Maybarley delivery at Chicago did not declihe as fast-as the cash for the latter was ata big premium. ReadJustment has been compléted.” AHHAA‘ "billion-An 5.- “AA H4 HF? 02.0.9930 5191:22muob are: 'HP‘ 1—w—I ll—l-‘qW‘U‘I‘IWCDInp- ,7- TUfi WORL c Mr. C. H. Gustafson, president of ' the All-American Farmer-Labor Co- operative Commission and chairman of the executive committee has just ' made public the action of the meet- ing of the executive committee re- cently" held in Washington. The entire executive committee was present including, in addition to President Gustafson, who is president of the Nebraska Farmers' Union, Warren 8. Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- ' eers; Hon. Herbert 1". Baker, Presi; dent of the Farmers’ National Coun- cil, and member of the Supreme Council National Gleaner Federa- tion; 0. H. McGill of the‘ Washington (lo-operative Timber Mills; George P. Hampton, Managing Director or the Farmers’ National Council. Mr. Gustafson stated that the meet- ing of the executive committee which lasted for. two days was most en- couraging. The members, who have been in touch with the development or co—operative organization through- out thecountry, report that the de- mand for active and effective co-‘op- eration is increasing so rapidly that it is difficult to keep up with it. One important evidence of this is the fact that the University of Wisconsin and the University of Nebraska have re- cently established departments to train co—operative managers. The executive committee authorized the creation of a committee on direct trading to consist of representatives of three producers, and three con- sumers co-operative organizations to secure information and disseminate it as to existing producers and con- sumers , co-operative organizations and to work out plans for better dis- tribution through direct trading be- tween farmers co—operative organiza- tions and organisations of consumers. A committee on legislation was also authorized to ‘work for adequate na- tional legislation regarding co~oper~ ative organizations, and to work out a uniform state law for co-operative organizations. The Committee on Banking and Credits had already been created with Mr. Warren S. Stone as chairman, and Mr: Fred C. Howe as secretary, reported its plans to stimulate the .Sstablishment of coeoperative banks which are essential to the widest de- ' velopment and growth of co-opera- tive organizations and of direct trad- mg. The committee decided that the next meeting of 'the $11 American Farm Labor (lo-operative Commis- sion should be held in Lincoln, Ne- braska on Lincoln’s birthday. Mr. George P. Hampton. Manag— ing Director ‘or the Farmers' Nation— al Council was selected GenerairMan— ager of the Commission; Fred C. Howe. as Secretary; Oscar H. McGill Director of Field and Extension Work; and Benjamin C. Marsh, Di- rector of Legislation and» Publicity. It was decided to hold state can- ferences on co-operation as the co- operative movement develop. STATE FARM BUREAU HELPS GANNING PLANTS To prevent loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars to Michigan fruit growers, the Michigan tate Farm Bureau is actively at work an- deavoring to get {preferential ship- ping rating for canning plants in Michigan. The majority of the 100 canning plants in the state may be unable to opeiate on their scale this summer, because of inability to se- , cure cans, coal and sugar. Paralysis of the railroads by the recent switchmen's strike and the re- ‘ suiting jam of treight and empties at many important junction points is responsible for the predicament of the corners. ., .-.wm-a good fruit year in prospect e busiest-unease in sometime it. the! set ,, plants have their cans ordered in the east. butcan’t get shipment. They are not only having dimenlty in get- ting coal shipped them, but also in the purchase. And sugar, While it is scarce- is almost prohibitive because of the soaring price. ‘ While these canneries can oper- ate without sugar, they can't without cans and fuel. At this time of the year, usually they are stocked with both. The Interstate Commerce Com- mission will be appealed to by the farm bureau in efforts to get the can- neries that will permit ,cans and coal to be shipped to them on the grounds that the food stuffs involved repre— sent a public need. The sugar problem places the can- neries'in a quandary. If they can without sugar, they are unable to put out their usual brands, and their usual~ trade is disappointed. If they use sugar at its present price, a con— siderably higher price for canned goods next winter is certain. For example, ,two canneries in Berrien county last year paid approximate- lyp$50,000 for the sugar needed. This year the same quantity of sugar will cost approximately $125,000. FEDERAL FARM LOAN BANKS SEE DULL SEASON Federal farm loan officials in a re- cent conference found no way to avoid a summer of inactivity in loan- ing operations. Despite the fact that the 12 land banks have borrowed about $16,000,— 000 from private banks to loan to farmers, more than $50,000,000 in applications for loans have accumu- lated. In going into the open market for funds the banks are losing one— half of one per cent interest, the gov- ernment rate being 6 1-2 per cent and the private rate 6 per cent. To offset this loss the net income of the 12 banks has averaged $240,— 000 monthly since the first of the year. The banks also have assets of $30,000,000 on which no liens have been placed and Commissioner Lobdell said there was no reason for uneasiness as to the system's finan- cial situation. ST. JOHNS PLANS COOPERATIVE ELEVATOR Plans for the co-operative owned elevator has been put under way, 35 representatives from the territory feeding into St. Johns met, discussed and adopted the plan they will pur- suein the organization of this enter- prise. The plan proposed is as follows: No capital stock will be issued; mon- ey will be raised for the purchasing or building of the elevator by loans to the association of $100 per mem- ber, that is, when a membership is issued the man signing agrees to , loan to the association for ten years a sum of $100, for which the associ— ation issues an investment note to the member, which note, when prop- erly filled in, provides that 6 per cent shall be received on the $100 loan each and every year until paid. an ucellentmarket in sight, one ‘ ’p farm leads? these marks the crossing-place of a country road—a read without rails, lead- ing to railroad and town. Each one marks a farmer’s righbof-way. 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No pro- !J.$ A. ‘1 - shiny“ , Taking» the helmet from. . «the headiof' his ancient kin, he plac- u _ed;ait:_.eni-hisv OWn- head. _.‘Likewise,' did ,~;hc idrape the rotten mantle about his the formnandzgequip himself with .greatmswond and: the. great afioppy boots that almost fell to pieces as ,he pulled them on. Next, half ten- derly,,,he deposited the nude mum- my .onits back in the dark shadows behind the other mummies.‘ And, finally, in the same spot at‘ the end , of the line, his hand resting on the sword hilt, he assumed the same posture he had observed of the mum— my. Only his e es moved as he ob-‘ served the pe n venturing slowly and fearfully along the avenue of upright corpses. At sight of Torres he came to an abrupt stop and with wide eyes of dread muttered a succession of Maya prayers. Torres, so confront- ed, could only listen with closed eyes and conjecture. When he heard the peon move on he stole a look and .saw him pause with'apprehension at the narrow elbow turn of the pass- age which he must venture next. Tor- res saw his chance and swung the sword aloft for the blow that would split the peon’s head in twain. Though this was the day and the very hour for the peon, the last sec- ond had not yet ticked. Not there.- in the thoroughfare of the dead, was he destined to die under the hand of Torres. For Torres held his and and slowly lowered the point of he sword to the floor, while the peon passed on into the elbow. The latter met up with his father, Leoncia and Francis, just as Francis was demanding the priest to run the knots again for fuller information of the how and what that would open the ear of Hzatzl. “Put your hand intorthe mouth of Chia and draw forth tl‘e key," the old man commanded his reluctant son, who went about obeying. him- most gingerly. “She won't bite you—«she's stone," Francis laughted at him in Spanish. “The Maya gods are never stone," the old man reproved him. “They seem to be stone, but they are alive, and ever alive, and under the stone, and through the stone, and by the stone, as always, work their everlast— ing will." Leoncia shuddered away from him and clung against Francis for pro- I tection, her hand on his arm. ' "I know that something terrible is going to happen,” she gasped. “I don't like this place in the heart of a mountain among all these dead old things. I like the blue of the sky and the balm of the sunshine, and the widespreading sea. Something terrible is going to happen. I know that something terrible is going to happen." While Francis reassured her, the last second of the last minute for the peon were ticking off. And when, summoning all his courage, he thrust his hand into the mouth of the god- dess, the last second ticked and the clock struck. With a scream of hor- hor he pulled back his hand and " gazed at the wrist where a tiny drop ' of blood exuded directly above an ar— ltery. The mottled head of a snake :thrust forth like a mocking, deris- f ive tongue and' drew back and dis- ~appeared in the darkness of the -' mouth of the goddess. , “A viperine !" screamed Leoncia, recognizing the reptile. ' And the peon, likewise recognizing ’ the‘viperine and knowing his certain , death by it, recoiled backward in “ horror, stepped into the hole, and 9 vanished down the nothingness which , Chia had guarded with her feet for 1 'ing Leoncia. so many centuries. For a full minute nobody spoke, then. the old priest said: “I have angered Chia, and she has slain my son." ‘ "Nonsense," Francis was comfort- “The whole thing is natural and explainable. What more natural than that a viperine should choose a hole in a rock for a lair It isthe way of snakes. What more natural than that a man» bitten by a viperine, should step backward? « And. 7what more natural, with a hole behind him, than that he should fall intuit. "",. , _ ‘ifi'hatisthen just natural !" she ‘ ,mmte._a-.strsam of crystal . 5,". fw'fupfoverrthe ’ By :JXCK Author of the “Valley of the Moon," other-stories. ~ Lama ~ -- ~ of the hole and fountained up in,the air like a geyser. “He is‘ right. Through stone itself the gods werk their everlasting will. He warned us. He knew from reading the. knots of the sacred tassel.” “Piffle !” Francis snorted. “Not the will of the gods, but of the an- cient Maya priests who invented their gods as well as this particular device. Somewhere down that hole the peon’s body struck the lever that opened stone flood-gates. And thus was released some substerranean body of water in the mountain. “This is that water. No goddess with a monstrous mouth like that could ever have existed save in the men— strous imaginations of men. Beauty and divinity are one. A real and true goddess is always beautiful. Only man creates devils in all their ugliness.” So large was the stream that al- ready the water was about their ankles. “It's all right,” Francis said. "I noticed all the way‘from the en- trance, the steady inclined plane of the floors of the rooms and passages. Those old Mayas were engineers, and they built with an eye on drainage. See how the water rushes away out through the passage—Well, old man, read your knots, where is the treas— ure?” , “Where is my son?" the old man counter-demanded, in dull and hope- less tones. "Chia has slain my only born. For his mother I broke the Maya law and stained the pure Maya blood with the mongrel blood of a woman of the tierra caliente. Be- cause I sinned fo'r him that "he might be, is he thrice precious to me.‘What care I for treasure? My son is gone. The wrath of the Maya gods is upon 1116.0! , With gurglings and burblings and explosive air-bubblings that advertis- ed thc pressure behind the water- fountained high as ever into the air. Leoncia was the first to notice the rising depth of the water on the chamber floor. “It is half way to my knees," she drew Francis' attention. "And time to get out," he agreed. grasping the situation. “The drain- age was 'excellently planned, per- haps. But that slide of'rocks at the cliff entrance has evidently blocked the. planned way of the water. In the other passages, being lower, the water is deeper, of course, than here.. Yet is it already rising here on the general level. And that way lies the way out. Come !” fir HA Thrusting Leoncia to placeof safety, he Caught the apam thetic priest by the hand and drag- ged him after. At the entrance of the elbow turn the water was boil- ing above their knees. It was to their waists as they emerged into the - chamber of mummies. , w And out of the water, confronting Leoncia's‘ astounded gaze, arose the helmeted head and ancient-manned body of amummy. Not this alone would have astounded her, fer other mummies were overtopp‘ilng, falling and,being washed about in the swirl- ing waters. But this mummy mov- ed and made gasping noises for breath, and with eyes of life stared into her eyes. ‘ It was too much for ordinary hu- man nature to bear—a four-centur- ies old corpse dying the second death by drowning. Leoncia screamed, sprang forward, and fled the way she had come, while Francis in his own way equally startled her. let her go past as he drew his automatic pistol. But the mummy, finding footing in the swift rush of the current, cried out: ' “Don’t shoot! It is I—Torres! I have just come back from the en- trance. The water is over one's head and higher than the entrance,. and rocks are falling." “And your way is blocked in this direction," Francis said, aiming the revolver at him. - “This is no time for quarreling," Torres replied. “We must save all our lives, and, afterwards, if quar- rel we must, then quarrel we will." Francis hesitated. “What is happening to Leoncia?" Torres demanded slyly. “I saw her run back. May she not be in danger by herself?” LettingTorres live and dragging the old man by the arm, Francis waded back to the chamber of the” idols, followed by Torres. Here, at sight of“ him, Leoncia screamed in her horror again. “It's only Torres," FranCis reas- sured her. “He gave me a devil of a fright myself when I first saw him. But he’s real flesh. He’ll bleed if a knife is stuck into him—come old man !' We don’t want to drown here like rates in a trap. This is not all of the Maya mysteries. Read the tale. of the knots and get usout of this i" “The way is not out. but in," the priest quavered. “And we’re not particular so long as we get away. But how can we get in?" “From the mouth of Chia to the wilfitmkfyo , . . ._ Levellers gasped with horror'as she. lead in the - a woman» was ~-r',':th&. . , - hand in and-age: item. ' divin‘ed } Francis’ ' vengeancB. , 0f thiié‘ Torres-took no notice, and gaily wad: ,- ed toward the goddess, saying: “Only too glad to, be of'service.”' , And then Francis’ play betrayed him; __ _ “Stopi'flhe commanded harshly, himself wading to the idol’s side.- And Torres, at first looking on in puzzlement, saw what he had escape ed- Several times Francis fired his sense of “fair pistol into‘ the stone mouth, whilc‘ the. old priest moaned “sacrilegc i" ’ Next,,,wrapping his coat around his arm and hand, he groped into the ' mouth and pulled out thewounded " 'viper by the tail.‘ With quick swings in the air he beat it head .to a jellyi against the goddess’ side. Wrapping his hand and arm against the possibil-ty of a second snake, Francis thrust his hand into the mouth and drew forth a piece of worked gold of the shape and size of the hole-in Hzatzl's ear. The old man pointed to the ear and Francis inserted the key. “Like a nickle—insthe-slot—ma- chine," he remarked, as the key dis- appeared from sight. “‘Now what’s going to happen? Let’s watch for the water. to drain suddenly away." But the great stream continued to spout unabated out of the hole. With an exclamation, Torres pointed to the wall. an apparently, solid portion of which was slowly rising. . “The way out," said Torres. “In, as the old man said,” Francis corrected. “W611, anyway, let's start.” All were through and well along the narrow passage beyond, when the old Maya crying, “My son !" turned and ran back. , The section of wall was already do- scending into its original position, and the priest had to crouch low in order to pass it. A moment later, it stopped in its old position. 80 ac- curately was it contrived and fitted that it immediately shut‘ oi! the stream of water which had been flow- ing out of the idol room. Outside, save for a small river of water that flowed out of the base of the clifl, there were no signs of what was vexing the interior of the moun- tain. Henry and Ricardo, arriving, ngted the stream, and Henry observ- e : ‘ “That's something new. wasn’t any stream of water when I left.” A minute later he was saying, as he looked at a fresh slide of rock: “This was the entrance to the cave. Now there is'no entrance. I wond- er where the other are." As if in answer. out of the moun- tain, borne by the spouting stream, shot the body of a man. . Henry and Ricardo pounced upon it and drag- gde it clear. Recognizing it for the priest, Henry laid him face down- ward, squatted astride of him, and proceeded to give him the first aid for the drowned. Not for ten minutes did the old man betray signs of life. and not un- til af-ter another ten minutes did he open his eyes and look wildly about. “Where are they?" Henry asked. The old, priest muttered in Maya, There hero untilHenry shook more thorough consciousness into him. r . “Gone—all gone," he gasped in Spanish. , “Who‘f”. Henry demanded. shook memory into the resuscitated one, and demanded again. ' “My son; Chi-a. slew him. Chis slew my son, as she slew them all.-'_' “Who are the rest?" Followed more shaking and repe- titions of the question. \ “The rich young Gringo who be-' friended my. son, the enemy oftho rich «young Gringo Wham men call Torres, and the young woman of the Science Who was the. cause of anthat ‘ ' happened. I warned-you...She would not have come. Women arealweyl. a curse in theatre-tram! men. 'IvBy her. “presence, ,. 011111,: whole... like an no cf (31! sansgnmgaeme 1". S353 cape 'hile ‘ e 10. his the , -‘ .ded lngs ellyi arm ond into a of size nci's ma- dis- at’s ‘l' ‘3‘)! Flu-50 :0 T, I "betweenthem and God. t to y, of mam'l"'fir.v ; s , _ CHAPTER XVI. . _. IDWAY between the out-burst .ing stream of water and the ' rock slide, Henry and 'Ricardo stood in hurried debate. Beside . .them, crouched on the ground, moan- . ed and prayed the last priest of the : Mayas. From him by numerous ; ‘shakings that served to clear his ad- : dred old head, Henry had managed to extract a rather vague account of what had occurred inside the menu- tain. ,, “Only his son was bitten and fell j into that. hole," Henry reasoned ‘ hopefully. - “That's right,” Ricardo concurred. : “He never saw any damage, beyond a wetting, happen to the rest of them.” . “And they may be, right now, high up above the floor in some chamber,” ; Henry went on. “Now if we could attack the slide, we might open up ' the cave and drain the water 'off. If they’re alive they can last for many days, for lack of water is what kills quickly, and they’ve certainly more water than they know what to do with. They can get along without ‘ food for a long time. But what gets " me is how Torresxgot inside with ‘. them.” “Wonder if he wasn’t responsible us," Ricardo suggested. . But Henry scouted. the idea. “Anyway,” he said, “that isn’t the ' present proposition—which proposi- ‘ tion is: how to get inside that moun- tain on the chance that th-eyare still alive. You and I couldn’t go thru ‘ that slide in a month. If we could get fifty men'tohelp, night and day shifts, we might open her in in forty- ;\ eight hours. So, the primary thing is to get the men. Here’s what ‘we must «do. I’ll take a mule and beat it back to that Caroo community and promise them the contents of one of Francis‘ checkbooks if they will come and help. Failing that, I can get up a crowd in San Antonia. So here’s where I pull out on the run. In the meantime, you can work out trails and bring up all the mules, ' peons, grub and camp equipment, Also, keep your ears to the cliff— they might start signalling through it with tappings.” Into the village of the Caroos Henry forced his mule—much to the reluctance of the mule, and squall ly as much to the astonishment of the“Caroos, who thus saw _their strong-hold invaded single—handed by one of the party they had attempted to annihilate. They squatted about their doors and leafed in the sun- shine, under a show of lethargy hid- ing the astonishment that rt-ingled through them and almost put them on their toes. As has been ever the way, the very daring of the white man, over savage and mongrel breed in this instance stunned the Caroos to inaction. Only a man, they could not help but reason in their slow way, a superior man, a noble or over- riding man, equipped with potencies beyond their dreaming, could not dare to ride into their strength of numbers on 9. tagged and mutinous mule. . They spoke a mongrel Spanish which he could not understand, and, in turn, they understood his Span- ish; but what he told them concern- ing the disaster in the sacred moun- tain had no effect of arousing them. With impassive faces, shrugging shoulders of utmost indifference, they listened to his proposition of a res- cue and promise of- high pay for their time. 7 ' ' “If a mountain has swallowed up the Gringos, then is it the will of God, and who are we to interfere 4 _between God and His will?” they re- plied. “We are poor men, but we ,_-care not to work for any man, nor “do. we care. to make war upon God. Also, it Was the Gringos' fault. This ,isvfnot' their country. They have no ' night here" playing pranks on our (mountain's. ‘Their troubles are be- “ heels," aV‘doz’en -7 g for that attack of the Caroos upon A a" tn aa‘ 6, rules... and a couple of wretbh‘e’d 'prisonerse—run- away peons from the henequen plan- tations at,‘Santos. ‘While the judge and the Jefe’listen'ed to Henry’s tale and appeal forhelp, the Jets gave one slow wink to the’ judge, who was his judge, his creature, body and soul of him. ~ “Yes, certainly we will help you," the Jefe said at the end, stretching his arms and yawning. , “How soon can we' get the men together and start?" Henry demand- ed eagerly. - “As for that, we are very busy— are we not, honorable judge?” the Jefereplied with lazy insolence‘. “We are very busy,” the judge yawned into Henry’s face. “Too busy for a time," the Jets 'went on. "We regret that not to- morrow nor next day shall we be able to try to rescue your Gringos. Now, a little later ” “Say next Christ-mas,” the judge suggested. ' “Yes,” concurred the Jets with a grateful bow. “About next Christ— mas come around and see us, and, if the pressure of our affairs has somewhat eased, then, 'maybe pos- sibly, we shall find it convenient to go about beginning to attempt to raise the expedition you have sug~ gested. In the meantime, good day to you, Senor Morgan.” “You mean that?” Henry demand- ed with wrathful face. “The very face he must have worn when he slew Senor Alfaro‘ Solano treacherously from the back,” the Jets 'soiiloquized ominously. But'rI-Ienry ignored the later in- sult. “I’ll tell you what you are,” he flamed in righteous wrath. “Beware !” the judge him.‘ ' "I snap my fingers at you,” Hen- ry retorted. “You have no power over me. I am a full-pardoned man by the President of Panama himself. cautioned , , at their V 'e . Yohiare mongrel pigs." "Pray, proceed senor,” said the Jets, with the suave politeness of deathly rage. ' _V “You’ve neither the virtues of the Spaniard nor of the Carib, but the vices of both thrice compounded. Mongrel pigs, that’s what you are and all you are, the pair of you." “Are you through Senor?—-quite through?” the Jets queried softly. At the same moment he gave a signal to the gendarmes, who sprang upon Henry from behind and dis- armed him. “Even the President of the Re- public of Panama cannot pardon in anticipation of a crime not yet com- mitted—am I right, judge?” said the Jets. ‘ “This is a fresh ofiense,” the judge took the cue promptly. “This Gringo dog has blasphemed against the law." “Then shall he be tried. and tried now, right here, immediately. We will not bother to go back and re- open court. We shall try him, and when we have disposed of him, we shall proceed. I have a very good bottle of wine—-” “I care not for wine,” the judge disclaimed hastily. “Mine shall be mescal. And in the meantime, and now, having been both witness and victim of the offense and there being no need of evidence further than what I already possess. I find the prisoner guilty. Is there anything you would suggest, Senor Mariano Vercara e Hijos?” “Twenty-four hours in the stocks to cool his heated Gringo head,” the Jefe answered. “Such is thesentence,” the judge affirmed," to~begin at once. Take the prisoner away, gendarmes, and 'put him in the stocks.” Daybreak found Henry in the stocks with a dozen hours of such imprisonment already behind him. lying on his back asleep. But the sleep was restless, being veved sub- jectively by nightmare dreams of his mountain-imprisoned compan- ions, and, objectively, by the stings of countless mosquitoes. . So" it was. twisting and squirming and». striking at the winged pests, he awoke to full consciousness of his predicament. And this awoke the’full expression of his profanity. Irritated beyond endurance by the poison from a thou- sand mosquito bites, he'filled the dawn so largely with his curses as to attract the attention of a man car- rying a bag of tools. This was a trim-figured, eagle faced young man, clad in the military garb of an av- iator of the United States army. He deflected his course so as to come by the stocks, and paused, and list- ened, and stared with quizzical- ad- miration. “Friend,” he said, when Henry ceased to catch breath. “Last night- when I found myself marooned here with half my outfit left on board, I did a bit of swearing myself. But it was only a trifle compared with yours. I salute you, sir. You’ve an army teamster skinned a mile. Now if you don’t mind running over the string again, I shall be better equipped the next time I want to do any cussing.” “And who in hell are you,” Hen- ry demanded. “And what in hell are you doing here?” “I don’t blame you,” the aviator grinned. “With a face swollen like that you’ve got a right to be rude. And who beat you up? In hell, I haven’t ascertained my status yet. But here on earth I am know as Par- sons, Lieutenant Parsons. I am not doing anything in hell as yet; but here in Panama I am scheduled to fly across this day from the At- lantic to the Pacific. Is there any way I may serve you before I start?" “Sure,” Henry nodded. “Take a tool out of that bag of yours and. smash this padlock. I’ll get rheuma- tism if I have to stick here much longer. My name’s Morgan, and no man has beaten me up. Those are mosquito bites." With several blows of a wrench, Lieutenant Parsons smashed the ancient padlock and helped Henry to (Continued on page 15) .,: my?" .9". 5 ,l want " OU'RE right. 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Stock and Auction Sale Adsz We clot special low 3:9: to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry: wrlto no OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS We respectfully all our readers to favor our ad- vcrtlsers when possible. Their cation and mice- “"" are cheerfully sent free. and we guarantee you against loss providing you say when writing or or- dering from them. "I saw your ad. in my Hickman Business Farmer}? - Entered as second-class matter, at post-03cc, Mt. Clemens. Mich. _The Farmer and the Country Newspaper HE ATTITUDE of the average country newspaper toward the farmer is beyond understanding. Instead of being a help to the farmer it is frequently a hinderance. Instead of showing any interest in the farmers’ efforts to make their business more profitable, it con- fines its editorial discussions to town issues. Or, in cases of controversy between the farm- ers and the people of the towns, instead of championing what seems to be the fair and just phase of the issue, the country newspaper invariably sides with the people of the towns, , be they right or wrong. When Congressman Fordney, for mysteri- ous reasons which he has not seen fit to divulge, withdrew his support from the bean tariff bill, . nearly every newspaper in his district print- ed an alibi for him. Instead of? getting the wires busy and using their columns to con~ vince Mr. Fordney that he ought to get this bill out. of his committee and help to preserve Michigan’s bean industry, nearly every last partisan newspaper publisher of the eighth dis- trict resorted to dirty slurs and lying state- ments about the Business Farmer and the ag- ricultural leaders who had worked tooth and nail to secure this much needed legislation, be- cause they had dared to criticize the political wig-wagging of Congressman Fordney. When the sugar beet growers asked the man- ufacturers for a conference and a fair division of the beet profits, what did the country pub- lishers do? Some of them, honest and justice- loving fellows that they are, gladly gave the use of their columns to the growers to present their side of the case, and occasionally wrote an editorial in their behalf. Others were de- liciously “neutral,” breaking their neutrality only on occasions to publish an extensive “in- terview” with the manager of a sugar factory, setting forth of course, the factory ’3 side of the controversy. For some reason the coun- try publishers were not so anxious to “inter- view” the beet growers and give the public a few worth-while facts instead of deceitful pro- paganda. In some instances the publishers even went so far as to charge the beet growers for printing notices of their meetings and art- icles presenting their side of the issue. Why is this so? - Agriculture is the foundation which sup ports nearly every town, merchant and news- paper in the bean and sugar beet districts. Take away the farmers and let the farms lie idle for a single year and what Would happen? Merchants would look their doors. Spiders would weave their web across the ink fountains of the newspaper presses. Weeds would grow in the streets. The towns. and the counties would become insolth because there would be no oneLto pay the taxes. ‘ . _ g The towns and of Michigan are as dependent upon the trade of the farmers as the engine upon the boiler which provides it with. . Homerchant’s and thccountl‘y ' o - r) '. c» , 1 sugar beet crops. But only five out of the shut f r .. . inventory mow-that the-th-_ . publisher have as ' Millions are being made ’out of 9 8 twenty to thirty cents that‘the consumer pays for sugar goes to the farmer. Part of this five cents eventually finds its way into. the cof-_ [ers of the merchant and the newspaper. But - no benefit is had out of the other fifteen " to twenty-five cents if we except the paltry frac- tion of a cent per pound which is expended locally in labor and supplies in, whom ' sugar factories are located. The major part" of the wealth that is created by theme-n who grow the heels goes hundreds of miles away, from the place where the. boots are produced and the several communities are that much the poorer. r ’ It ought to be a matter for rejoicing on the part of the country merchant and the country publisher when the farmers organize to secure a better price for their products. For it means that much more money kept at home; that much more money spent in the merchant’s store who in turn spends it for advertising and printed matter; that much more money spent in public improvements. It‘means better farm homes, more farm conveniences, more automo- biles, more tractors, better dressed farm-folks. It means a more prosperous and contented cit- izenship. It is all for the good of the people of the towns fully as much 3; of the people of the farms. Then why, in the name of the seven wonders, do not the merchants and the pub- lishers help the farmers to secure what is rightfully theirs instead of- obstacles in their way? You can search us. It’s a mys- tery too deep for us to fathom. ‘ In Memoriam {"S RATHER unusual to write a memorial day editorial after memorial day has peas- cd, but it is our conviction. that every day should be memorial day, hence these brief . thoughts may not come amiss. Anyway, mem- orial day doesn’t mean so much to us old.fash- ioned folks as it used to. Time was when the entire town and countryside turned out in their Sunday best and marched to the come- tery, there to do reverence to the soldier dead. They went because they wanted to go. They got a vague sort of comfort from standing with bowed and uncovered heads before the graves of the unknown dead while the band played a few solemn notes or the preacher read briefly from the Bible and the village choir or soloist sang, “Nearer My God to Three," in soft, sweet tones that brought tears to the, eyes of every listener. But that was before every other inhabitant owned an automobile and baseball games and fishing excursions became pOpular Decoration day pastimes. It rather seems to us, shameful as the thought is,. that people now observe this hal~ lowed day rather from compunction than a sincere desire to pay homage to the dead. The faithful ones who defy the blistering sun or chance the sudden rainstorm to march in the parade are pitifully few compared with other years. All this is regrettable. It is a. reflection upon our national spirit. It ought not to be. Perhaps it is natural that as the older veterans who added a more or less tragic meaning and picturesque touch to Decoration day ceremon- ies, pass away, their friends and their relatives should lose "a part of their interest in the ob- servancc of this day. But they ought not to entirely erase them from their memories. They ought, in decent respect for those who have died in defense of home and country visit their graves on this Occasion and make those few veterans who are left tofcel that weirdo- partcd comrades have not been entirely for- gotten. ’ ' ~ - But it was not the puma-e, pf hub-tutu to criticise. If we only ,j (.81 ' ., i‘as apart of our duty. " ' ' l’ e {H '* ._'who' have. died in battle and liein all—"’5; marked gravesfand the other countless thenc- » ands whogaurvivcd-thc wars arid died of old“ age, wears hd into ponderingmr the some for which they fought. rather than their, indlq .vidual greatncm’. Evens-the pom who stands before the graves of. such as those V .muat feel an awakening of patriotism and a de- 'uiretubeablotter-citizencubismindtakain1 the full significance of the cause for which these men fought and died. " So than Hemorial day holds a meaning for eachoncof-us, and itis ameaning not hard to understand. We are not worthy the name of Americans if we do not take part in the an- nual, observance of that day and if we do not also during our leisure moments of other days, turn our thoughts into. the channels’of patriot- ism which led our, forefathers into wars that have preserved this democracy. to us and our posterity. ‘ Playing the Game Square HE WORLD is full of small men. When ' backed into a corner and defeated in an argument they snarl like a pack of coyotes. They cannot take an honest licking. They are A always full of excuses. Their vocabulary con- sists largely of “ifs” and “bats” When they do not approve of the contentions of others of coming out into the open and argu- ing the case on its merits, they get behind a tree and shoot marathon darts of innuendos, insults and lies hoping to hurt their“ opponent in the eyes of the public. They are always ao- cusing others/of having ulterior motives. When a politician is criticized for not doing his plain duty his critics are invariably charged with having partisan designs. .It is becoming al- most impossiblc nowadays for the lover of good government to express his honest opinions on the shortcomings of those who are trying to administer the government and making a sor- ry mess of the job, without getting it in the neck from the friends of the lawmaker. We will have better government and better man to run the government when we all acquire the courage to face the real issues even at the ex- pense of inviting the tar-gets of our small-cal- ibred enemies, and take a beating if necessary. The Farm Bureau and Politics \ ET THERE berejoicing. The Farm Bu- reau is after all going into politics. At least such is the declared purpose of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; according to a state- ment which appeared in a recent issue of its official publication. This statement says: “From all sides comes the query: ‘Wlll the farm bureau ignore polltlcs?’ Not exactly. To ignore politics, and by that act refuse to accept a share of responsibility. would be dlstlnctly un-/ American. For politics is a. part of the machinery or American government. ' “The federation will concern itself with men and measures rather than with parties. It will have absolutely nothing to do with the political stew from a partisan standpoint. But when ques- tions develop that have a bearing upon the agri- cultural interests of the country, or questions that deal with the lite and stability of American institutions, depend on it the Farm Bureau Fed- eration will be found very much in evidence.” Three cheers for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Its declarations upon this import- ant subject of politics sounds a little different than the initial semi-official declaration of the ' Michigan State Farm Bureau, which declared - that it would steer clear, of politics, concerning itself NOT with MEN buf'with MEASURES. Butthe Iowa people have learned from expen. 'ienco that measures are meaningless, useless * unlemgood'men are elected to them out," hence, in their estimation, men come th" “1“” SW Fm Bureau mm \ .. hitch I jfb‘y 31?th and Roman catho- Ollfil’ mommy . cannon LEGISLATORS I noticed in your issue of the M.‘ B. F. under date of May 22nd, the letter. “Farmers for Legislature.” I! I remember the writer was from Bennie. county. I was glad to hear from him. ’I have been asked sev- eral times by good busyfarmers ef Tuscola. county who the seven men were that voted against. the. ware- house bill and I had forgotten who they all were. I know of one from our own county who lay in with W. ‘ I. Ivory against the farmers on the warehousebill; I wish you would give us the names of the seven who said by their votes that the farmers did not know what they wanted. We as agriculturists want to keep an eye open for those follows as some of them are now looking for another job and more pay to do us again. .Some of them were very anxious to have an investigation of Nathan Simpsonand the binder twine at Jackson. prison, one of the good things that-came our. way. That was all right if these had been a shadow of' a doubt of anything wrong but when the committee gave him and the Gleaners a clean slate not one of them said, “that is good," but hung their head when asked about t. . ‘ If there ever was a. time wnen farmers should disregard parties and vote for men that will give agricul: ture some consideration and by so doing will help every other honest business in our state, it is this coming- election. We should stand for men in our districts that we know are in- ' Iterested and will dare to do the fair thing under all conditions. I wish you would tell through the BUSINESS Flume:- why we have to pay from four to five dollars per pound for yarn when we are only oii‘ered about fifty cents for our wool. I am ready with the rest of the flock own- ers of Michigan to look into this ques- I-tion and see who is responsible. If this wool is not needed now we’d better take care of it until it is.— J. J. E., Tuscola County. Instead of seven there were sixteen “farmer” legislators who could not trust the people to vote on the warehouse amendment. They are as follows: Or- ville E. Atwood, Newaygo county; Harri- dbn H. Averill, Ottawa county; Chas. 0, Bllnn. Tuscola county; Burney E. Brow. er, Jackson caunty; Henry Cross, Gladwin county; Miles S. Curtiss, Cai- houn county; Herbert M. wdy, Ber< rien county; Albert G. Griggs, Oakland county; Will C. HartWay, Macomb Coun- ty. Arlie L Hopkins. Manistee county; Wm. E. Ivory, Lapeer county; John L. Martin, Shlawassee county; Joel C, Merriman, Sanilac county: Edward G. Reed. Kalamazoo county; Hang T. Ross, Livingston county; Fred B. ells. Cass county. One of these, as you will note, is from your home county—Editor. ———_———‘—. PROPOSED PAROCIIIAL SCHOOL AMENDMENT ,Editor The Business Farmer:— You are doubtless aware of the cam- paign being instituted in behalf of the adoption of an amendment to the State. Constitution. The proposed Amendment is- as follows: ' “Section 16. All residents of the State of Michigan, between the ages of five years and sixteen years, shall attend the public school in their re- spective districts until they have graduated from the eighth grade; Provided, that in Districts where the grades do not reach the eighth; then all persons herein described in such District shall complete the course taught therein. {‘Section 17. enact all necessary legislation render Section sixteen effective." This roposed amendment is to be plac d upon the ballot to be voted in November. next, and the edect of this amendment, if adopted, will be to prohibit all sectarian or religious schools for children between live and, sixteen years in. the State of nu . » "t. 9 present time sectarian or ‘ schools are being conduct- The legislature shall K we. ' in 1013,! min- ‘* ” "the , new as. "Will you kindly ‘ Jr., . to. ’goverument which insists that sarin an enemy of the state; of the American conception of civil the State cannbt interfere with the prov- ince of the church in its religious activities, provided. those religious activities do not abridge the equal rights of the people'at large, or men- ace the welfare of the state in its government. In raising this question and in op- posing the amendment, I am not pro- posing any unfriendly pronounce- ment/ against the public school sys— tem. Noflfo‘r a moment would I say aught against this American bulwark of liberty. It is the best devised system possible for the purposes for which it wasbrought into being. Our public school is a. conservator against possible inroads of un~American pol- icies, and has produced some of our greatest statesmen, financiers" and leaders of thought. It is an import- ant factor in the development of American citizenry and must needs be continued and sustained by gen- eral taxation. ~ I submit. however,-Mr. Editor, that a church school system is not neces- it is not necessarily a breeder of unpatri- otic impulses, anarchism and the like. Just as loyal American came from the church schools in propor- tion as come from the public schools. But, if at any time it should be found that any schools, designed for in- structing children of whatsoever age are teaching by precept or example anything that is antagonistic to the nation’s welfare, and thereby become ' the breeding place for anarchism or 'bolshevism or unpatriotic impulses, the police power of the state is avail- able and should be exercised to put ,out of business such school system. Moreover, any system of educa- tion, secular or sectarian. which finds it necessary to do business behind closed doors and adopts a curricu- lum of studies which teaches policies inimical to the best interests of Am— ericanism and will not bear the light of day; or, instills into the minds of the young a spirit of unfriendliness for the American government. and favor the government of some for- eign potentate, the civil authorities should promptly lay hands on it and close it out. And if the Wayne Coun- ty Civic Association knows of any such enterprises being conducted in Michigan or elsewhere, it should re- port the facts at once to the public as well as to the proper authorities. If the police power is not sufficient, then the legislature should provide the proper statutory laws. But the proposed amendment runs counter to the inalienable rights vouchsafed by the American Charter of Liberty, based upon the Declara- tion of Independence which asserts that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" cannot rightly be abridged by statutory or constitutional law. Without going into the comparative merits of the public or secular and the sectarian or church school sys- tems, “is it not the inherent right of parents to begin the religious 'train- ingot their children for the kingdom of God While they are young and im- pressionable? 'Is there not a here- after for which to prepare? Is this the only world possible? And does death end it all? There are many who contend that the public school should be “Christé tanned” by introducing religious in- struction and by compulsory reading of the Bible “without comment." But those good friends are either unmind- fui of, or antagonistic to the founda- tion upon which our forefathers built this great nation,——and these fore- fathers were Christians themselves. ~ Let the state continue to give op- portunity for free public education, along the only possible lines, secular. and let the church look after the spiritual interests of their school children, bearing in mind, of course, the need of common school instruc- tion. The state cannot rightfully in- terfere. But, if the American peeple . elect to close up church or parochial schools and debar sectarian educa- tion to children whose parents desire it and pay for it, and compel all children to attend the public schools, they must be prepared for a move— ment to be inaugurated whereby the public schools will be sectarianized, which would ultimately mean that the denomination with the strongest voting capacity would be in control. And, is there any doubt as to what such a contingency would precipi- tvate? In our judgment, therefore, the proposed amendment to the Consti- tution of Michigan is tin-American and unnecessary. I thank you for space to insert these thoughts and suggestions—S. B. Horton, Secretary Religious Liberty Association, Kala- mazoo, Michigan. A NON-PABTISAN Enclosed find check for $3 for a five year renewal. Although nom- inally a Democrat I voted for Low- den and expect to vote for Campbell. Less party and more politics, it seems to me, is what we farmers need to help ourselves out of the hole we are in. I don’t need to say I like your paper for if I had not I would not have renewed.——-D. E. T., Genes- see county. Mr. Campbell needs the votes of the democratic farmers in the primary more than he does in the election. but because of the fool act of the last legislature in making it impossible for a man to be a candidate on more than one party ticket, democrats who vote for Campbell in the primaries will have to enroll as republi- cans. A good many loyal democrats have signified their intention to do this very thing, and we think the winning of the governorship by the farmers is of such moment that every democratic farmer in Michigan can afford to re- nounce his party ties at the coming pri~ mary election and throw their support in Campbell. What do you think about it,—Edltor. " MIN” 1,. i i. ~“@i’vfe ok's Kelli-toxin] WHY FOSTER FARMING? Employers who are in need of more help have been somewhat critical of The Press for defend- ing the interests of agriculture and ‘ deploring the drift of man power from country to city. That is natu- ral, of course, for a man's own prob- lems are the problems that seem most vital to him, but it is the duty of a general newspaper to look to the good of the general public which it seeks to serve. A hope for the pros.- perity of agriculture is a hope for the prosperity of the whole people. When farmers desert the industry to which they were born like passen- gers (inserting. a sinking ship then manifestly something is wrong with agriculture. To learn what is wrong a searchllght must be turned on agricult re. and the Press has been help in turning on the searchlight. v; ' ' .. Even-should” mm are toxins ' ' a stake: or 2181111611.: of other countries absorbed all their production. Therefore the problem of successful farming in America and for America must be settled sooner of later, and the sooner the better. The present trend is likely to lead to disaster within ten years. Every time a farmer sells a herd of cows for beef and takes a factory job he not only reduces the milk supply to the extent at his production but he eliminates the reproductive possibil- ities of dairy cattle by many times the number of cows he actually sells, for a good dairy cow, in ten years of useful life, will give to her owner at least, four good heifers. The loss of a herd therefore is a loss to‘ the, general public which never can be made good. ' Herein lies one of the game of 14-cent milk in Grand Rap- 80 it is in all other branches of farming. It is not simplifor, the . tint asrlctltm should be touched. Prosperous" ag- ,_ firms- » 5’99"“? "Will mate wn- more mos; -; -' .150 MILK PLANT, OONSOLID; SCHOOLS AND SUGAR BEE; I have decided to send in my all on the milk question which I corresponds with the most of _ neighbors. We seem to feel W the farmers should own the milk I: ceiving stations in the Detroit m also a central sales agency in. mi tbit and allow the grocery trad. fl distributors to handle it upon e 00‘- mission basis, but maintain contr of it until it reaches the consume 1 quite realize that this would mean. _' some fight but we have got to star! . it before we can gain our rights and I can't quite understand where we will gain anything by putting it 0!. In regards to consolidated school- would say that our township votes on consolidation June 5th and the farmers in my vicinity are going to oppose it. One of my acquaintances that lives on Grosse Isle in the De« iroit river told me that they have bonded so much down there that his neighbor can’t rent his 160» sure It: farm for enough to pay the taxes- and if we continue the way we are going the state won’t be much better off in the near future. In closing would like to say that there is quite a~ number of farmers raising beets in this locality this year ' but not those that receive the M. B. F.“'1L B. D.. Genesec County. . No, nothing can be gained b the fam ’ V. : are putting off the control 0 their own business. Eventually the farmers will put their own prices on their dairy pr and follow them through to the consum- er, So why not do it now. Wish you I would give us the name of that Greene 3;. Isle farmer. We’d like to know how -.~ much of his taxes are due to the consoli- dated school and how much to other pub- lic expenses. If what you say is true about the readers of M. B. F. not grow- ing any beets it ought to be to the in- terest of every . B, F. reader to see that his neighbor gets the paper. 1. numbers there is strength and when majorit of farmers of Michigan read tho M. B. we'll win our just fights with- out a single defeat.—Editor. GRIT AND LOYALTY We had a dandy big meeting here last Saturday evening and during the meeting we found out some people will tell stories claiming one good and loyal member left our associa- '.: tion and planted beets. It is not so. 9 He' has no contract and the one he had he returned telling them more money for beets. We are planning on having another meeting next Sat- urday evening, also trying to get a good speaker for that evening. We were late in getting our Sugar Beet Growers' Association started but so far we are one hundred per cent true, and willing to say we stay that way until we get our just and law- ful dues, then we will grow beets, and lots of them. Yours truly.— F. E. 8., Bay County. - Men, we know it takes grit , courage and 100 per cent loyalty to take a stand like this when farmers elsewhere are re- - ' nouncing their vows to their association. and are planting beets. Manager Acker- . man says that 80 per cent are loyal. but the other 20 per cent have raised Cain. How blind they are. With everything in their favor they have fallen by the way- 1 side, hopelessly beaten. Some day they will rise and thank their lucky stars for . such neighbors as had the courage to stick to the fight to the bitter end and eventually Win the recognition for which ,: they have been striving, All is not lost ’ if some remain loyal.—Editor. I , COMPLIMENTS TO BAERWOLF‘ I am a reader of your paper and must say I’d never be without it. I; read the letter of Mr. Baerwolf and am much disappointed over him. My opinion or him is that of an old Wonk, an. She was given a spelling bookie; read and when she returned it was asked how she liked the book and: said, “Oh, all right, only ‘I couldn't get the run of the story." I ‘ that’s what’s the matter with 7380:»- wolf. I must say it it the most ' able term. paper I ever saw. 1th my subscription must be out for ' time so I am enclosing check for' ’ for three years. Why, this is i cheapest buy I ever made in --H. E, Prescott, illicit. . . ‘ ,_ .0 ’y’ilwi ‘Q ., ) ITI-I prices on everything so high and help absolu_tely im- -' possible to get, a vacation is t of the question for us," remark- Mrs. Pinney, to her neighbor in town who was planning on her sunt- ‘mer vacation trip. “Then why don't you interest some 'of your neighbors andfriends in the country and town who are situated as’you are. and secure a Chautauqua there for a week this summer," sug- gested the friend, who realized that after all a vacationwas simply a change—~seeing and talking with dif- ferent people—getting their ideas— Seeing how the other half of the world lived, etc. And that the next best thing to travel and books was a summer Chautauqua which is growing more and more popular ' every year. These two friends talked the mat— ter over at quite some length and finally decided that it was an ex— cellent suggestion, but how to pro- ceed they didn’t know, until the idea came to write the Woman's Depart— _, ment of M. B. F., for said Mrs. Pin- ney, I have found that the editor “seems to be able to get us just the help we need whenever we write her. And so last week in my mail came an inquiry as to what a Chautaqua would cost and how to get one. Never before had I realized the immense good these summer Chautauquas do the people in general until I started to look up the information for our friends. I found that in 1919 sixty- two hundred Chautauquas, covering one hundred thousand sessions with an attendance of fifteen million peo- ple, was the record made. This to- tal number of sessions cost the peo- ple who participated in their benefits ten million dollar‘s, but the concen- sus of opinion was that America as represented by her citizens who took advantage of this wonderful oppor- tunity for intensive learning and pleasure, never spent ten millions of dollars in a better way. Instance after instance was brought to light where a boy or girl, after hearing one of the instructive and intensely interesting lectures ~was fired with enthusiasm to make more of his life than before—~was given a new line of thought. Or other instances were cited where young people who were gifted with musical talent but who hated to prac- tise were enthused to take up their tasks anew. Mothers in homes who were un- able to attend many such interest- ing meetings previously—and men who perhaps thought they wouldn't find anything of value there, left with a new grasp of a situation— these people who came to them from afar—-who had travelled around our entire country did not bring a nar- row self-centered opinion—they are the broadest people you can meet anywhere. Then too there is the opportunity for social intercourse such as only comes a few times during the year ———-such as at the County Fair or at , a Chautauqua. Friends from afar greet and clasp hands—opinions are exchanged before and after the meet- ing which are worth a great deal. But over and above all other ad- vantages stands the educational ad- vantage of a Chautauqua, and the ' armer’s wife is just the one who has been hungering for something of this kind. Yes, and her husband has also. While a woman is about her ‘shiousehold duties and a man is at ark on the farm, their brains are 'sy—a—every‘ minute in the day—and izthe are beth glad of thi opportun- 0 start a new train of thought. ; ties-andqsmall towns are coming ,realize missus more each year at the farmer is the backbone of .;country-—-that he is a business a and not a hayseed": that he will rt something, ..worth3 ,gwhile— while,_he caesium want "high ‘ ” , eherdoesrimnt anything «inter is» I v A Department * for the .‘Women the toll exacted was a shortened .note and also I iteacher. -In 1g,” ‘ Edited by (menu NORRIS, struct him and his family of' grow- ing children. Many a family cannot afford to leave the farm or home and take a vacation—end father will not go because mother cannot leave and the same thing is true of mother— but through the Chautauqua a touch of the out- side world is brought right to the home town. But the time, some one is thinking, a farm- er cannot afford to spend his af- ternoons sitting inside a big tent in town listen- ing to speeches or music, no mat- ter how good and instructive they are. And right here is' where the Chautauqua man- agers have fore- thought, for they have provided the current was the same enter— swift. Coolie s ' tainment b o t h carrying heav y“ afternoo n a n d burdens co u l d evening of their not ford it. stay. and it is at 21.321330??? '33.:32‘23 $320233 Queer, hump- rea] rest after where the reaper will not go. Picture back br 1 d g e s the supper things are cleared away to drive 'into town and sit in these big cool tents, it is indeed a fitting finish to the day and a wonderful change. If you are interested enough to talk to your neighbors and friends about this and find that there are enough progressive citizens in your Michigan. son. Coral, small , community who, for their children's sake as well as for their own, are willing to pledge the amount they need to bring the Chautauqua to their town, you will almost always find that the amount will quickly be covered by the advance sale of sea- son tickets—for everyone from far and near who is progressive, will want to attend, but it is for a few in this, as in everything else, to start it——-to talk it up—and to do the ad- vance work of getting it there. If you are seriously interested and wish to know more of their plans, special courses, dates, cost, etc., write direct to the Chautauqua Insti— tute, Chautauqua, N. Y. Ordinarily we do not feel like giving names and addresses through our paper as we feel that it is free advertising, but the editor is so strongly in favor of anything that will be for the good of the_community that we gladly give this information, and do so without the knowledge of the Institute. “POLLYANNA” IS DEAD 0 WELL known is the author of the “Glad Books,” as they are popularly termed, that this was all the heading needed as the mes- sage was flashed across the wires by the Associated Press. ' She worked long and faithfully be- fore recognition' came' her way to any extent, and did so in the face of bod~ ily pain. Her first Pollyanna story did not appear until 1918, although . she was author of about 200 short stories. ‘Her writings were true to her owng views of life—for she always found something to be glad for—in spite of her physical suffering. It was given her to dream dreams which were to come submitted by Mrs,“ Chris Rasmussen, of of her husband and she married John‘ Lyman Porter and when the reaper called, she was in her fifty-first year. Her best known books course “Pollyanna,” - Grows Up,” “Just David,” and “The Road to Happiness." Other books 7 ' are “Cross Cur- re 11 t s,” “T h e Turn ’ the Ti d e,” "T h e Story of Marco," "Miss B i 1 1y," “Miss Billy’s De- cision,” “M i s 3 Billy Married,” and "The Road to Understan d- ing." are of of \VORTH CON- SIDERING UNDR E D S of years ago a r i v e r flowed from the mounta i n s o f Northern China to the sea. Al- though not deep, were built across it—such as you see on “willow” plates—and over these th coolies crossed in safety. ' Years passed, the stream dried up ——-but they continued to cross over by way of the bridge. Telling with their heavy loads over the cumber- some stone—while they could save limitless time and labor by going over the now dry river bed. Are you still going over the bridge of years ago, or using your brains over the shortest route?—-Reh‘cmce Bulletin. WHERE IS THE BAREFOOT BOY? NLY.A few short years ago and the boys were looking forward ‘ to vacation time when they might discard shoes and stockings and all during the summer months, with the exception of special days and Sundays, roam over fields at work or play, with the feet free and unhampered. Of course occasion- ally you stepped on a thorn, or a sharp stone, but very early in the season the feet became hardened, and oh what joy to be able to wade through any little stream you came across and climb anywhere without being afraid of spoiling your shoes or having to clean them when you re- turned at night. Oh, yes, of course Mother always insisted that before bed time those dirty feet must be scrubbed and we didn’t always have warm water—and sometimes we wished we might sneak into our beds without going through the for- mula of cleaning up—but _anyhow shoes didn’t bother us. Now it’s different. The other day I read in the city paper of one ‘boy who had left school and gone to work and when found and question- ed by the delinquency emcer he stat- ed that he wouldn't go to school without shoes’ as good as the other boys wore and one of his playmates had just paid $13.30 for a pair of shoes—just think obit—£313.80 for a pair of shoes. I wonder if we are . true, althou g h for her overwork r Weekly Cheer - Let us learn to anoint. some w h a. t to blame fer the high “ cost . of clothingL‘Are we too men (1‘ to on “‘8' - 3 friends 'whiie th are. et amo‘ wear Clothes that Besides .,beins _ an. livlus. . 20steznortex: than: are not "quite so an author she does notcheer the burdened m; ' send as the other ' was a‘ choir and flower. on the come out no es- , fellow v has and - concert-singer of ' "300 xbflk'flml "0'1"!!! wsyMeerge Child!» ‘ \ ‘ 'mannfa “Pollyanna - , my tax was‘added. . thereto r e t h e . tell-Tue ct!!! .ers .. the price of the ‘ finer product. knowing full well that we will find a way to pay the price and that we will insist on having the best. Holland recently imported some wooden shoes to America—but they went begging of course—they fact of their coming didn’t worry the American manufacturers at, ell—— 'they knew full well we wouldn’t wear them. . There is absolutely no question but thatlwe could lower the price of things if we would only buy what was absolutely necessary and if we were willing to worry less and work -more. How well do I remember when only a little girl of getting up at five o’clock in the morning» feed- ing the chickens and walking two miles to school and two miles home again at night—-feeding the chickens at night again—filling the .wood box, clearing the table and assisting with the dishes. And now we must have an automobile every where we go with gasoline at 29c per gallon. And no wonder that fresh vegetables are so high when there are so few—i where are the gardens every house- wife used to have? Formerly we raised all we ate on our table right at our back doors with the excep- tion of sugar and meats,.spices and coffees. . Now we buy everything in pound lots—think of it—potatoee by the pound! Spring was in the air—and with that air of listlessness that comes to one I was wondering what to have to eat when I should go home‘ from the office. I wandered into the corn- er grocery store where a Greek and his whole family had bought but the former American grocer Who kept his store open only eight hours a day and hired help—delivering all his goods. I realized that that so-cail- ed foreigner had a right to make good. There are his wife and two sons all working, and they are there every evening to serve thoge whose duties keep them from doing their trading in the middle of the day. And they keep no delivery wagons”, you carry home what you purchase in a sack or basket. And there I saw a huge bushel basket of dandelion greens. Oh, joy ! Just what I| had been longing for. Timidly I asked the price. Twenty—five cents per pound said/he. I simply gasped, for you know how they wilt and how few there are in a pound. I went home, dug out my old shoes and an old suit, got on an interurban car, and only a few miles from the very 'heart of the city I had the most wonderful afternoon filling my mar- ket basket with greens enough for several meals and all it cost me was 10c car fare, a little recreation in the fresh air during my afternoon of! duty. . And I planned great'plans, built great air castles while in God’s great out-of-doors. And in my mind’s eye I saw the time not far distant when the peak in high prices would be reached and the real estate dealers would be glad to sacrifice a lot to me at a reasonable price just 'out- side of the city limits where I could build me a little cottage with a'good sized yard for flowers and a garden. Just a few weeks ago some typists in the city set a scale of prices which they were willing to pay and which they pledged they would maintain. And the limit as just where the lug- " For instance, they set 810 as the limit to be paid ' for a pair '0! shoes and" $36 for a -' dress, while they stated they would“ pay $50 for La "suit; Presto, Hnext ,Jndrning’ appeared ads 7 from a four dif— ‘ ferent» leading, stares in that 'city ad-' 1 vertising sales on just those articles and everyone either): at just 1 the limit these gins had 1) ged $319135 ‘ selves to pay. Aug, snth e194”. " -. - , , ' "tf'lov’e' that: Francis,” he, conclud- ed. “He is thedead spit of ‘myself. we’re;more like twins, and we must- ~ be distantly related. As for the sen- orita, not only do I love her but I . am engaged to marry her. * Now will you, help? "It takes a long time to get to the Maya mountains on foot or mule- 'back;‘ but if you give me a lift, in your machine I’d be-there' in no time, along with a hundred sticks of - dynamite, which youcould procure for me and with which I could blow the side out of that mountain and drain off the water." Lieutenant Parsons hesitated. - “Say yes, say yes,” Henry pleaded. Back in the heart of the sacred mountain, the three imprisoned ones found themselves in total darkness the instant the stone that blocked the exit from the idol chamber had settled into place. Francis and Leoncia groped for each other and touched hands, In another moment his arm was around her, and the de- liciousness of the contact robbed the situation or half its terror. Near them they could hear Torres breath- ing heavily. At last lie-"muttered: “Mother of God, but'that was a close shave! What next, I wond- er?" “There'll be many nexts before we get out of this neck of the woods,". Francis assured him. “And we might as well start getting out.” The method of procedure was quickly arranged. Placing Leoncia behind him, her hand clutching the hem of his jacket so as to be guided by him, he moved ahead with. his left hand’in contact with the wall. Abreast of him, Torres felt his way along the right hand wall. By their voices they could thus keep track of each other, measure the width of the passage and guard against being sep- arated into forked passages, For- tunately. the tunnel, for tunnel it truly .was, had a smooth floor, so that, while they groped their way, they did not stumble. Francis re- fused to use his matches unless ex- tremity arose, and took precaution against falling into a possible pit by cautiously advancing one foot at a time and ascertaining solid stone un— der it are putting on his weight. As a result their progress was slow. At no greater speed than half a mile a hour did they proceed. ~ Once only did they encounter branching passages. Here he light- ed a precious match .from his water- proof ‘case, and found that between the two passages there was nothing to choose. They were as like as two peas. " “The only way is to try one," he concluded, “and if it gets us nowhere to retrace and try the other. There is one thing certain; these passages lead somewhere, or the Mayas would not have gone to all the trouble of making them." - Ten minutes later he halted sud- denly and cried warning. The fact he had advanced was suspended in ‘— emptiness where the floor should have been. Another match was struck, and they found themselves on the edge of a natural cavern of such proportions that neither to rightnor left nor up nor down, nor across, could the tiny flame. expose any lim- its to it. But they did manage to make out a rough sort of stairway, half natural, half improved by man. which fell away beneath them into the pit of black. l ‘ In another hour, having followed the path down the length of the - floor of the cavern, they were, re- warded .by a feeble glimmer-of day- light, which grew stronger as they advanced. , Before they knew it, they had come to the source of it-é-being much nearer than they hadgiudged: . -and.Francis, tearing away vines and sh'rubbery, .crawled out into the blaze of the afternoon sun. In a moment: Leoncia and Torres were _ beside him, gazing down into a val- ley, from eyriepn a cliff. Nearly 01 tar-inas/the'valley, a*'full league ' t neared to - be Where's the ' machine? , ' the sun I possess," was his reply, as, and his report in the archives, -. caught him and made a mummy of ' Da Vasco and his party were left walled, for; kn wi‘ythey. were never seen again as it?” demanded-Fran- :i‘ood' persons. We should “But Francis," listen," Leoncia said.“ ' “The tales I have heard of it, ever since'I‘was a little girl, all agreed that no person who ever got into it ever got out again.” “Granting that is so," ,Francis could not help smiling, “then how did the tales._come out? If nobody ever came out again to tell about it, how does it happen that everybody outside knows about it?" “I don't know," Leoncia admitted. “I only tell-you what I have heard. Besides, I never believed. But this answers all descriptions of the tales." “Nobody ever got out," Torres af- firmed with the same solemn utter- ance. “Then how do you know that any- body got in?" Francis persisted. “All'the lost souls live here," was the reply. “That is why we'venever seen them, because they never get out. I tell you, Mr. Francis Morgan, that I am no creature without reason. I have been‘educated: I have stud- ied in Europe. and I have done bus- iness in your own New.York. I know science and philosophy; and yet do I know that his the valley, once in, from which no one emerges." “Well, we’re not in it yet, are we?" retorted Francis with a slight man- ifestation of impatience. "And we don’t have to go in, do we?" He crawled forward to the verge of the shelf of loose soil and crumbling stone in order to get a better view of the distant object his \eye has just picked out. “If that isn't a grass- thatched roof ” At that moment the away under his hands. Q soil broke In a flesh, the whole soft slope on which they rested broke away, and all three were sliding and rolling down the steep slope in the midst of a mina- ture avalanche of soil, gravel and grass tufts. - The two men picked themselves up first, in the thicket of bushes which had arrested them; but, be- fore they could get to Leoncia, she, too, was up and laughing. “Just as you were saying we did not have to come into the valley !” she gurgled at Francis. “Now will you believe?{' But Francis was busy. Reaching out his hand, he caught and stopped a familiar object. bounding down the steep slope after them. It was Torres' helmet purloined from the chamber of mummies, and to Torres he tossed it. * “Throw it away," Leoncia said. “It's the only protection against turning it over in his hands, his eyes lighted upon an inscription on the inside. He showed it to his compan- ions, reading it aloud: “DA VASCO." “I have heard," Leoncia breathed. “And you heard right," Torres nodded. “Da Vasco was my direct ancestor. My mother was a Da Vas- co. He came over the Spanish Main with Cortez." ' "He mutined," Leoncia took up the tale. “I remember it well from my father and from my Uncle Alfaro. With, a dozen comrades he sought the Maya treasure. They led a sea- tribe .of Caribs, a hundredstrong, including their women, as auxiliaries; so Uncle Alfaro told me. says that they were driven into the Valley of the Lost Souls, where they were left to perish miserably." . “And he evidently tried to get out by, the way We've just , come in," Torres continued, "and the Mayas him.” 1 V He jammed the ancient helmet down on,h‘is head, saying, “Low as the sun is in'the afternoOn sky, it bites my crown, like acid." - “Andfjamlne bites at me like acid," Francis confessed. “Is the valley inhabited?" .f‘I should'vknow, Senor," Torres re- plied. “There is the narrative of Mendoza, in which he reported that "there, flit).~ perishxmiserably.’ This I lg :6’re not lost souls but good ' M .-.a~.‘v"“v _‘ _ "El-45833845 33" D THOMPS ON 0 I -—when “delicious and re- freshing" mean the most. \ O 02, W ANI‘ THE. COCA-COLA COMPANY ATLANTA. GA. 22 2F . 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DAMS aces}; ~ oil-mammoth ,5,” ‘ ~., ;-..<‘ ' i W d, S \ . ’1' “. ;i i.” “Hi-n: Mall”. '3' v i‘h T°°ls '- . ' was“ useless”. as“... sure'and‘ read this carefulb as ByGrant M. Hyde ' . . ’ ted in them. I on: e. l 10 gm totes F .. oldandlwiliubeli‘nthiftgigrst. ' . ‘ ' . 8c 00 3 on 110 o . £0: Vggggmggiggf,::::*;,, h", " nus, sis. how's that?" Gor- the rough oi it. But I thought you'd I live on s {fun of {00 ems We he. "what they-call a stage name; that is “On minted With pride to a 1"“ 1°“: 1°” " mu” 3“” fim'h' '9 fills; masts h For plain igllavgndtw. ~-—hanging‘ flOWOI‘bOX he had made I made it that way. Only trouble I cats. I haVe a. little pet pig._ I have 48‘ name that they take and use Just . “for business ipurposes but which resl- :0 mm“ {in him?” had was in trying to think out a new yggmgmgdhmggm- 1036111»? ‘l’y isn't their own. And so. I am go- gram; ' “- p. . _ ' pattern. I‘d. have asked you, at gas. hoping to it 2ills print.——-Vivah .1118 to copy them 10 the extent 0‘ "You and that “we, ought. to be course. only being for your birth- 13am " M0“ me . v' ‘ 1' I5 I . - taking another name as my "Pen . . _ day. I couldn't." = Dear Aunt cum—Myrasher takes tho " halite,” but you will all be in the ham“; 8°03. 1” “I complete’ an "wen look here. Gordon I mm M. B. F. and likes it fine. I read the _ _. t and. know that I am mm the lined and all. ' , ’ , "Children's Hour" as week and like ""0 v“ ,, h b "Why, its s beauty, Gordon, . it can desisn. Father a'blrthdays only it fine. 1 live on as -acre farm. w some Laddie Whom 5’0“ 8'3 9°“ am not look home.made a bit." a month away. Do you suppose. it have two horses. one his. one cow an writin to before. Hereafter please u ’sddresgs your letters to Aunt Clare, “1 0h» “793:”? 4:23, core Tm: MICHIGAN BUSINESS Faun, refugted an“; my Mt. Clemens, Mich. 01' d - i n Dildn'i For a long time I have been search— °Wn 1:9 gusta- w _ ing for some short stories which we 2%)? Nb 8; . 'could print each week which would thegw-just 11- now: teach you something for you know hes 1 310 1d the kind of stories I always like best ark 01:11; 9 dWOII't’ are the ones which teach me some- 6 , tr Igfithd 5 thing I did not know before. And yougns- " 433. at last I have found such a series, YOHO (I’Wd ,t the first of which will appear this h thft 1 in m[Illness week and I hope you will enjoy read- tha 00! S e 1: ,ing them as much as I have. Affec- it 01’ 0119,11 mgaln s tionately yours, AUNT CLARE. S as we ma 8 a V _ w-._~.—‘.I damned ‘ mat a calf and 27 chickens. I am 12 years » old and in the 7th grade. I have tour ' 9018013, With 1131‘? sisters and two brothers. I have not seen 1“ M“ ‘°’ W“ swim“??? “"3 E“ “lad? Y?" i?“ drooping creepers of De“ ° "3 ° “9 m e r n pr“ -" J a Hollin h d, 5, his, you could e M! . ‘gs ea. East Jordan. it? I believe you Dear Aunt Cla I 10 of « , re— am years could' now Ive seen age and in the fourth grade at schooli how beautifully you 32 children goes to the school I do. have done this_"_ Livgiotn a feign of ioouacres. IVII havo got , ser an no ro ers, sister's ‘Sure 1 could. It’ll name is Arvilla. I like to rea the let- be a, tough job to get 1'ters int thevéii. EthI halve got fiv; cats or pe s. e ave reg orsc, an four it d°n° “1 a month- . cows and 1 calf. We have 103 chickens bUt if You Will draw and two pigs. I hope to see my letter me everything to in print—Lucile Fouch, Traverse City, scale I Won't have Mm“ any shop one. I ‘0 “Esta! g‘mhan: hDear Agnt (glare—This is the first : ' hadm’t a notion you can 0 1'3" 9r 93 - “9 W“ en 0 y°“~ 1 2.1m 3 gm 1 D GIRLS , . years t d I th OUR BOYS AN , could handle tools wem set it up the grade gt $512001“ Myaghtlligr tgkefsoul‘ltll; Aunt Clarez—I have just been , a.de the letters in the “Childrens 60“ Well. ' Eour and as I have a letter-writing Wen, you see, 818, Four! thought I’d just have to write a most of the stun t day before, and you JIWTB. F. 811? we alli like it very much. , we on a arman we have 80 acres find some way to and 6 cows, 8 pigs, 2. horses, 65 chick- keep father from go- finfleaéid in ducks. For pets I have a 0 . . 02. 3 name is Sport. My teachers “18 I?“ the ma“) name is Miss Eleanor Smith' and we all on t at evening. Its like her very much. Will close for this ou,too. This is the third one halyamwlhtten tonight. I am 15 years I've been making It! taking my first year at high school. has been just for my am x ecting to pass. I am ‘ lfifihhfinleet. Zelyépinchesi tall], and have own fun- I Wanted . a go.» umbEleanor ak‘ suptem Vina”. k hair and common b u s -gray eyes. . Dear Aunt CEg'naszI am 10 would like to have the boys and girls and am In the 4mm grade. Lg?{: 2.1:: Write to me- Say. don't belle“ many Dear Aunt Clare:-—-I am sending some Dear Aunt Clare-— v Dickem’on 9011001- M tea-Cher i of the boys read the page asui 8623:: pictures that I have drawn, hoping to first time. 1 m 10 ygarzfimwzfiénfn $2, Lulu Walton. I haveya brother final}? ace their letters. and If“ t5 the it let_ see them in the paper. My father takes 6th grade. I live on a 113 acre farm. I Arthur Md 3 “we 535‘“, Luella» M7 lar hasnt the heart to pl;I 91 fear the M. B. F.. and he thinks it is the best have a. pair of roller skates and have 13th" 0W“! an Eighty acre farm. There are 'the waste basket. W 61“?r ur m_ paper of all. I am 13 years old and go lots of fun with them. For pets I hay. is a. saw mill at our place now sawin is ones destination will be- I; 56 to the country school. I love drawing, 2 cats. I have no brothers or sisters 0‘" 1033 into mulber- Which Will be use: friend. Florence HumDhTeY- 0" but I have never taken any lessons. I Papa takes the M. B. F. and likes it. I t° make 3°h°°1 fumiturfi- For Pets W0 ale, Michigan. gave neger wgittgn beforde iiult Il thave like lto read the Children's Page, As have a «Sigmund two kittens. 1 hope to —-——‘ een rea n e oys’ an grs' e ers. my etter is ettin I see my 1- n. rinL—Hel n - Dear Aunt Clare—I am 9 yeaé's :1; I took the th grade examination. I live hoping to see git in SpriSEE—Igtugimll‘ifil‘irlg' berg“- GI'B-Dt. M103. e Landon age and am in the fourth gm 8 a t_ on a large farm. I will close.——Burteen Howell“ Mich. ' school. I have a mile a.th threéaggepl Ettinger. R. 4. Mt. Pleasant, Mich. ' ._.__.. Dear Aunt Clare—I am 10 years or ' ers to walk to scholclil. M YCuster My Dear Aunt Clara—4 am 12 years old age and am in the fourth grade at ame 18 Miss DOI‘Ot {1 “yd an “ks D A t Cl ad. h and am in the 7th grade and I am work- . 501100“ M tucrlefs name ‘3 M188 Mar- t‘335ytai‘fii‘iifh°¥ili?s {'15 :Eadwfhe Boys cummi’tagsafifiiik‘ému 3?... "“f hév‘é inf, my “a,” to pass the exam‘nmn- flute” ink’el. l m" “‘0 ""16 9““ . ' ve o a. a ‘ 8‘0 0 SC 00 . "a his arm" .. asserts: ilv¥es¥¥§f§£3sy3iub§£°il has at; inumbgr or Elegt’efl'fifiieiog" st...“ My £53336“??? 35%”? oug W011 ' , ' have a new Dodge car 'and we have it ' ' an “kes it very mUCh For De“ ‘ “d I hope it ,escapes the waste paper teachers name was Mrs. Martin Manzo, running near] all th ’ti 6 F I have one dog and one littl Sh 18. d I asket. I have four brothers and two Our school is out. I will be in the sev- v have a do ¥ 8 m ' or pets I pony. Well this is a1 8 at n “stem, We live on a 40 acre farm. We enth grade next year. The names or the would appféciafg an?! 301;: gifttfflg‘ gm: this time—Marion E} ngztgg‘: have 2 horses 3 colts, 2 cows, 3 calves. birds of last week's puzzles are £13322]? would write to me__Ruth Yankle' Breck_ Michigan. t 40 chickens, 7 turkeys, 3 large link, Rice bird, Finch, Heron, $311,113; and a cat. Well as my letter is Barbet, Oriole and Linnet. Well I will enrmge' Michigan Dear Aunt Clare—J am 11 id getting long I will close. hoping to see close. hoping to see my letter in print.— and in the sixth grade at schyelars g1 . y letter in print.~—Mi1ton J Dalrymple. Minnie Falls, Carsonville, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare—~This is- the first I father takes the M_ B F “Sol-mes ‘ r , Mich. -———- have written to you. I am 13 years old - esmbu g __.._._. . Dear Aunt Clarez—My grandfather and in the 6th grade. We have a. stand- g§£g01$:§gz alt ggiatlgng‘ég‘i’fil 111 *i« new Dear Aunt Clare—This is the first I takes the M. B. F. and we all like it ard school, I live on a do acre farm two miles to walk to schO-l I have written to you. I am a. girl eleven real well; we could not do without it. and we have 6 cows, 2 heifers, 1 steer 4 sisters and one brother 03V. had years old. My birthday was the 27th I am a girl 13 years old and am in the and 4 calves. We have 4 horses and sale last month and sold .eve ethin gm. 2 April. I have six sisters and three 7th grade at school. I hope to pass the about 75 chickens. I have four broth- one horse_ We have bou ht “'1 g “t . rothers. I like to go to school and examination this Year. I have one broth- ers and three sisters. My brother takes are 0mg to move to tow: v96 Xl’laice and rdly ever miss a day. I am in the er and no sisters. Hoping to see my let- the M. B. F. and likes it very much. I I w 1 closepfimdson L_ in“ 3t We" sixth de. My teacher's name is MYS- tel‘ in print—Evelyn Steeblfl Caledonia hope to see my letter in print.-—Hllda imon, Mich. Cell . Farm- Fraoe uletlt, I take miegic lessons and Michigan. Johnson, Ludlngton’ Mich ‘ ‘ the music very well. e ive on a ‘ V ‘ lgundred acre farm one quarter of a mile YeagYOfiurndcl; in: ‘53s: girgdee‘gfi ml? wllafie-"Cgllgrznpetnzgfifll’vg 0 School for pets I have a little puppy t. I kc t a s ' ‘ do! and a cat named Fuzzy. We have will have to close now hoping to see my m otter in Digits—Margaret Demberger, V Ioonard, M gan. can ed Bu T—m - " Chickens and a piryewrglvex illitsiogs' magfiggrt‘ glaryom h%e‘3¢£e° 3‘2”; hogir‘lgm to sésgieeymy letter in grown. B. F. vl’l'. and like it very much. I am a» Red Oak, . y 10 years old and in the 5th grade school. My teacher's name is Miss . ssie Smith and I like her very much. For pets I have a pig and a colt, I live ' on an 80 acre farm and we have *5 horses ‘. 1 cows. 5 pigs and about 275 chickens. . have solved the. (puzzle of last week the M. B. F. on I am also sending riddle. Well as my letter is getting 3 I will close, hoping to see my letter - print—«Floyd Weaver, Brown City, h.- Which was on earth first, the or the egg. Ans—The mother of ' \ . ve 6 times gathering flowers now. a town of horses. their names are Paddy and John. We live on an 80 acre tar-m. 3°° ‘ We have a cow named May and a little .;;x.._; ._.; :_.’; 1.. -1 ' " * _‘ . .—w Dear Aunt Clue—I never wro you before so I thought I would not; a; am a boy 18 years old and am in the 5th grade, My teacher’s name is Miss Zita Eddy. There are 5 pupils in our class. We have 8 horses and 5 head of cat and I have a dog, his name is Ring. haw; 7 brothers and 3 sisters. I must close and leave some room for the other children. Hoping to see my letter in print—Leo Samuhki. Kaw‘kawlin, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare:-—I am a littl years old and am in the third‘grafiegh‘l ' teacher‘s name is Mary B. Kippis. and : like her very well. I live on a “7-:ch farm. We take the M. B. F. and like it Dear‘ Aunt Clare—This is the first I have written to you. My father take? the M. B. F. and likes it very much. .’ a. girl 12‘ years of age and in the h grade. My teacher's name is Miss fine. I read the boys' and ir ' every week. We have 7 horsgesfslalehm of cattle, and a'Fordson tractor. I have three sisters and three brothers. Hoping to see my letter in print. I will close.— Martha Dr Hohnelster, Sebewaing, Mich, a i. Swanson. I like her very much. We ve 26 pupils in our school. I have Six rather-s and two sisters and two are I will close for this time and e a little space for the other little is and boys. I hope some or the is and boys will write to me. Hop- BYW Stills,- Children ‘1'?"th 0n suing out after A t . i looked up at the which ' . :1!) see my letter in pflnt.—-Emma a “on at lski was full . ' erry ~ tars. in on at u; . New!) . Mich. R 1. m. I ’n I ark ' elpgnples . ' East J ordsn. Mich. Aunt Clare—I have never written on heto re so I will try and write» My father takes the M. B. I". and 1!; égnggggh'Diecheas $3 Il‘klllle l3 7 7‘ H I V 7 fl l 7 7 ' First “$20033th I am 13 years You see here the names of five animals.» The puzzle is to fill in th. about' {firmsignth Du {ion r.“ . , grade at school I an“ so a t h . _ H n w o are owed his . hroth and two sisters. their , - _ ° W the, “Em” 0‘ Em dd” in the idiom» State“ teaspoon? ‘ ; ~ ' - _. » g; ' ‘ ’ Aimee and lit‘osie. tWe .‘ Tennessee. Michigan. Illuminated Colorado. can you r" , Jren ‘ -' - ‘ i v " sand we wo . . , .' . I __ l . . a; I about - answer to last week's‘pnssle: 1. scale. shields-v ‘ " Can't‘Do u'Goodl'Iu-n I." ‘ ' ""' 'h i1 , “_‘ After-the back furrows , have been plow-ed such land is finish- ed as in Method 1., The whole field must be'stsked out before starting and care must be taken to keep the lands of a uniform width. Method VI. Plows Ids in the Ground A better quality of plowing re- sults by following the previous meth- ods than is the case when the plows are left in the ground all the time the tractor is moving, but many farm- ers consider the time saved to be of greater importance. V Plowing is started at the outside of the field, throwing a furrow tow- ard' the fence and turning to the left at the corners without lifting the plows. Care must be to make a satisfactory curve on the first round as it will be dilleult to change the shape of the curve after the 'lrst round without “cutting and cov- And it is not necessary to measure any distances or place any stakes, this method is a time saver over any of the other methods. The plows are left in the ground from the time the field is started till only a small piece remains in the middle. An irregular or crooked field can just as readily be plowed in this manner as a rectangular one. This method is most popular where disc plows are used. Method VII. ,. The diagram illustrates a method whereby the poorly plowed diagon- als of the field and the center can be plowed. The strip of land in the center of the field should be the same‘width as the diagonals. The only time the plows are lifted is dur- ing the few short turns at the ends of the diagonals. Method VIII. In this method the corners are left unplowed. The outfit starts down ‘ one side and when within 10 feet of the corner the plows are lifted and put in again when about 10 feet beyond the corner. continuing on to the next corner where the same op- eration is repeated. ' Continue plow- ing ardund the field, leaving a strip 20 feet wide extending from the cor- ners to the center of the field. When the we) in the comer of the field has reached a width of 20 feet, plow out the diagonals as shown in the diagram 7. A great deal of rough riding is eliminated by driving over the unplowed ground as compared ‘ to the plowed ground in the previous method. Method IX. Often in starting a field where it is plowed around continuously, it is diihcult to make an easy curve at the corners. Where the corners have a small sharp curve it is diffi- cult to keep from missing small strips of land and at the best do a. poor job of plowing at the corners. Dia- gram of Met-had 9 shows a. method for stating easily around corners. Each corner is plowed out separately, and leaving a well rounded furrow to turn the corners. The greatest ob- iection to this method is the size of the land left in the .middle of the field because of the longicurves at the corners. It necessitates the rais- ing of the plows for the last few fur- rows in the center of the field. ' " Method x. Diagram of Method 10 shows the method of laying out an irregular field. The essential requirements in plowing an irrgeular field when the plows are lifted at the ends is to keep the head- land of a uniform width throughout. The body 'of the field can be ploWed by any of the methods ' described where the' plows are lifted at the ends. - a . , .7 V W XI. Diagram of Hethud 11- shows anoth- “ er method for plowing irregular fields. mneldis divided into two sections melting one field a rectangular shape and the; other embracingthe irregu- is: ion « amid one could be ~ Mensa 1. and 4 one; more .' (Article. and . an”?an . diagram used 0! courtesy Cleveland Tractor 00., cleve- ‘ land. 'O‘M‘O’.) ' WHY SHOULD 3E ADOPTED ‘ (Continued from page 5.) which the big packers have already acquired, but to insure their easy conquest of new fields, are: “Stockyards, with their collateral institutiOns, such as terminal roads, cattle loan banks, and market papers; private refrigerator car lines for the transportation of all kinds of perish- able foods: cold storage plants for the preservation of perishable foods; branch house system of. wholesale dis. tribution: banks and real estate. Private Car Lines and W (ion Privileges “The Big Five own 93 per cent def the total of all. kinds of cars owned by interstate slaughterers, including refrigerator, stock tank. box, 7 flat and gondola cars. The most import— ant of these from the standpoint of mouopolization are the refrigerator ears. Branch Houses and Car Routes “The packers’ distribution of their products is effected through a sys- tem of branch houses located in the large towns and cities and a system of refrigerator ‘peddler car.’ routes which reach the smaller communi- ties. Swrift & Co. reach a larger num- ber of cities and towns by peddler car than all other packers Armour & Co. have deveIOped a sys- tem of delivering from their branch houses by trucks. reaching by this means over 20,000 towns, and mak- ing their total number of towns ' greater than Swift & Co. The Commission showed that the packers control from 51 to 100 per cent of the stock of 27 branch yards of the bigstock yards, and over 25 per cent of taro other branch yards. Packers Financial Affiliations "In the financial field the packers’ strength is based not so much on act- ual ownership as upon the influence which they can exert by reason of their volume of business and com- manding industrial position. “They are further entrenched in financial institutions throughout the United States. as is evidenced by a list of 61 banks in fifteen cities which re- lates only to the principal cities and packing centers In each of these banks the packers are represented on the board of directors through mem- bers of the individual families, or through officers, directors, or confl- dential employee of the packingcom- panics. In addition. there are a number of banks not covered by this list. in which close business associ- ates of the packers are directors. Recommendations of the Federal . _ Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission made three important” recommenda- tions to end the evils existing in the meat packing industry: ' That all the’rolling stock used for the transportation of meat animals, the principal and necessary stock. yards of the'country, and all private—' ly owned refrigerator cars, and all necessary equipment for their prop- er operation, be acquired by the rail- roads, and operated by the govern- ment. It recommended that they should be taken over through the Railroad. Administration that being the only way in which at that time they could be made a part of the transportation system of the coun- ry. .Packers’ Investments and Profits Armour-ls net profits for fifty years, as reported by themselves were $179,000,000, on an original invest- ment of $160,000. Swift & Co.'s net worth capital stock and surplus in 1896 was 514,500,000, and they to port net profits for twenty‘three years ' of,.$21£,240,000. Wilson a Go. re- ' port their net worth in 1894 was 84,- 694,000, ‘ their net profits for 25 years as7844,390,000. Morris a 00.. net worth in 1909 is reported as :23,- 229,000 and théi-r net profits for ten years ' were, $23,034,000. The Cud- 800 848, lifted at the £7 ' PACKER msnanou while - M057 BOW smmuo Why it is to your interest to ship your Cream Direct [to Freeman YOU erosive—- -—-more money MW ' "I! 1 WE ——prompt service PAY —honest treatment -—a guaranteed price for the week TRANSPORTATION —-—gua.rantee against loss of can or ‘ cream in transit REMEMBER— - ’ A race is never won by a single step—neither can you judge a market by a single trial. An averdge will show why your successful neighbor ships his cream FREEMAN bAIRY c0. _ FLINT, MICHIGAN Write for price or further information IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE? Try an.‘\ ad in M. B. F.'s Classified Business Farmer’s Exchange. It finds the buyers Time flies—make every minute profit- able by using labor saving methods. Put a silo on your farm and get double _ the results from every acre. ' Put at Saginaw on your farm. Anyone of the four different Saginaws will pay its way the first year. Write today for Saginaw silo facts. Address Dept. No. 12 . mama. THE McCLURE COMPANY cu... m... I See the New Mirlwind $10 Filler with Automatic Feed. Ask us ahoufz...il_,.j.z .2. Salinas. Saginaw Hell-u Wall Salinas Leader Sqtm RBI-M We“ flew Wood &a‘w Vitrified Yul flew wfll Cumin: Silo A ’_\ - :ggulllllimllitim wmw't'mnm Iilliiiiiliiiiilf .. .Sliiiiiilnili ,Tfifiiiilifgillllllfl pan .32: Human _,,:liszi::.:mm;n [iiiiillligillliiug‘i _ Lilllllllillllilim .. - puma: aelnggg - 4 »- '. a ' ‘ i“ . will”;Eillliiiliu 1;! :lilllliillllllliiz, .H‘uuzuu.“ _,.,. Tmnumi'mlum “Si‘iiliiiiiliiiiiiv iliilliiiiilllllwu in am, ' a. ‘ - tents a wonb'sea uses; mm- ‘fmum size accepted, 20 words. To main- tliil low rate, we are compelled-to eliminate bookkeeping. 'J'h’erefere. use» on - ‘1 -_eaeh In A 4 . ~ The rate Is 5 «nag-wow ; re ardless of number of ._ as.“ ,. aoount. o spyinnst Ital“ .. . . A: of? preceding week...‘ You wlli help II! 00"- lnuo our low rate by making your "mm‘m’ («mix right—Adams. Michigan Buslnm Farm- hlix; dv. ’Dep’t, Mt. Clemens. Michigan. & LANQSQ ' 00 CASH SECURES BIG EQQIPPED mglf’aFaruL. One of Oakland County8 K00d farms fully equipped ready for business, splend- idly situated near his BR town; 80 acres produc- '-tive tillage, 40 acres stream-watered pasture and ' wood, variety fruit; good residence, 6-room ten: -- int house, big basement barn, poultry house, etc., owner called away throws in 8 horses. 7 cattle. 'bogs, poultry, new binder, manure-spreader, plows, harrows. cultivators, other machinery. tools" hay, corn. 'i‘odder, potatoes, etc.; everything s .800. $2,600 cash (batlaarce I{easy tgméhmsDesmflsa “sagas trout's ‘a 0 arm a . 72 s STROU'E‘ FARM AGENCY. 814 BE. I‘ copy free. Ford Bldg” Detroit. 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. KRAUTII, Mlllersburg, Mich. 180 ACRE FARM FOR SALE—90 ACRES under cultivation. 90 acres asture and small ' ber. Equipped with all arming tools and good stock. For full information write ALBERT DIETZ. llzzwks. Mich. R. F. D. No. 1. SALE—1,000 ACRES OF LAND IN Good pasture or mixed farming. Will subdivide to suit pur- Marion, Mich. FOR Missaukee Cu. 100 acres cleared. chaser. THOMAS WHITE. FARM. CUTOVER AND TIMBERED LANDS, large or small tracts at $15 to $60 per acre. Splendid investment. ’ELLS do CRUCE, ‘ Mdnticello, Arkansas. FOR SALE—122 ACRES 8 MILES FROM Innsing on good road, all improved. Good build— ifigs. heart of soil. 8. W. HEMPY. R 7, lane- g. 1c. FOR SALE—220 ACRES VERY BEST OR- chard buildings, wood lot. 4 miles from Bellalro. $15,000. For particulars address BOX 215, Bellaire. Mlch. FOR SALE—80 ACRE FARM. EXCELLENT loll, all under cultivation, good house,_ fair barn. plenty water. Will sell entire equlpment in- cluding 8 high grade Holstein females. 4 miles from town. Inquire LYLE SHARP, Clifford, ch. FOR SALE—EAST HALF OF SEC. 5. Center Twp.. 00. of Emmet. Correspond with owner. JESSE E. WEBSTER, Pollston. Mich. figscnumnopgfi \WRITE THE CLARE JEWELRY CU. run bargain sheet of watches and silverware. We do watch repairing. Lock Box 635. Clare, Mich. IEST “OLD Direct from po id, 81. Dept. . Harves- TOBACCO—KENTUCKY'S Homespun" chewing and smoking. farmers. Trial offer, 2 pounds. KENTUCKY TOBACCO ASS'N. ville. Ky. BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-r eat. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address “M. M." gar:l Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clem- ens, c . BUILDERS' PRODUCTS CO" 14 PASADENA Ave.. Detroit. Wholesale to consumers—Paints Varnish, Spraying Materials. Sprayers. Manual mailed free. M. B. TEEPLE. Mgr. FOR 8ALE——SEED POTATOES. ADDRESS JOHN SKINNER. R 3, Greenville. Mich. FOR SALE‘APPARATUS PERTAINING 70 making cheese. Write for particulars. FRANK L. CUSTER. Evart, Mich. woman Several men with auto" or horse and rig . to act as subscription agents for 11. B. 1'. Good proposition to serious men who can give their entire time to the work. Write details and tell us briefly addressing for about yourself. Clrculatlon Manager MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER Mt. Clemens. Michigan _\ :18 Your Farm for Sale? . Writo'out a plain description and 11... up. So for each word, initial pr Sroup of "figures. Send It in for one. two organ. be. There's no cheaper or better in; “selling a form In Michigan ‘ and you .3 ll direct with the buyer. No agent- .1- Weaiona. If you want to sell or trad. III :fann. send In your ad today. Don't I fall: about It. Our Business rum- one“ x ~by»~wednos- . f Vthle‘ department. _ (A Clearl DRAIN mom OFJWAY ’7'} A. B. C. oWn land where the water is drained from A's and B’ through a tile across C’s into the - river. Before the tile was laid the .water stood on A. and C’s land and during floods ran into the river. The tile was laid across, C’s land over twenty five years a. 0. IA and B made the agreement and .ou t the right of C to put the tile across ’5 land... The writln s to this have been lost. Now Cs land as changed- hands several -- times. This owner has several gullles where the water has washed down the banks from rains. One has been start- ing near the tile until it has reached the top of the bank. C claims the tile is causing this damage. The gully was filled last fall but -has washed away again. During this time the water which is drained throu h ditches on bad land has not ove lowed but ran through the tile. Now C stops up the tile and orders A and'B to build dams on their farms and hold the water back. If there should be a. hard rain it is li- able to do damage to the three farms. Who would have to stand for that dam-, age? Has C the right to stop the tile without notifying the owners? If a. larger tile is wanted who would have to furnish the tile? That drain is in the natural water course and no other way for A or B to drain their land. This drain the drain commissioner has no authority over. Now A and B do not think that any of their ‘water has caus- ed this damage, Do A and B have to stand the damage of the gully because the rains have washed the dirt away? B has always kept~ his ditches cleaned so as to keep from clogging the tiles. ,Any advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated—T. B., Allegan County. ~ - It is a difficult question to deter- mine the legal rights of the parties from the brief statement and unus- ual conditions existing. Without an agreement from some one having au- thority to make it A and B would have no right to gather the water from their land by ditches and drains and cast it upon the property of C to his damage in any different way than would go in a state of nature. A and B might buy a right of way for a drain across the land of C and in that agreement would probably lay‘ the key as to who would be liable for' the damage. If A and B bought a right of way for a drain and agreed. to maintain it one keep it in re- pair they would of course be liable for the damage and also be bound to maintain it and upon failure 0 would have the right to prevent‘ so far as possible further injury and hold them liable for what damage had been done—W. E. Brown, legal editor. SEN. JOHNSON A PROTESTANT As further evidence of the Protest- ant leanings of Senator Johnson, we quote the following from a letter from Congressman Cramton who was Johnson's campaign manager in Michigan: “I am not able to say in what church either the Senator or Mrs. Johnson have their membership. I know they are both Protestants, and that Senator Johnson was a Knight Templar at the age of twenty—two. Further, Mrs. Johnson mentioned to me one day that she'and the Senator were married by a Baptist minister.“ NEGLECTED TO PAY MORTGAGE My mortgage fell due March 19, 1920 and as the local ring of shysters will not renew it, and intend to foreclose. what can I do to help myself. What can they do to me, and how?——A. Sub- scriber, Van Buren County. From your statement I fear you have been‘ improvident enough to give a mortgage agreeing to pay . a debt on a day certain and then have neglected to make sure you could either meet it or secure a reneWal or place the loan elsewhere. Mortgages are commendable and legitimate means of conducting business. It is the failure to meet them that makes the trouble. If foreclosure is start-- ed as would seem likely from the statements in your letter you will have one year from'the date of sale 5 to redeem, if the foreclosure is by printing a notice in a newspaper, and, if the foreclosure is in Chancery you will have about the same length of time from the commencement. «In the, meantime you can sellrtrade, lease or work yOurself, ,subieet to , the mortgage. up to tanninatlonfot t1 ties. we .. ms - l’ 0 ' Department forffa‘rmers’ every day‘ troubles.leme ‘ , , ._ . , . e are here to serve you. Subscribers desiring a personal answer it! real to a .oL'alsosirmatm'orma the “WSW” quot , awn mansion? “as” "mm “1° $3197 Div-paying a.” amount with interest. .‘:11 you are unable to pay, unable to borrow f~ from any one enough to pay up, and unable to renew it. would look to me as though the best thing for you to do would be to sell for all you .can get and quit the farming business.— W. E..Broum, legal editor. v COULD SOME‘ READER ANSWER THIS INQUIRY? Would some of the readers of M. B. F. please tell me what success they have had in having collar boils or swollen lumps, caused by working a horse in an ill-fitting collar, removed by surgical operation? Is it a mere benefit in appearance or does it per- manently remove the soreness from the shoulder. This horse of ' mine has a swelling about midway up on the shoulder and I have been think- ing of having it operated on but would like to hear first from some- one who has had such an operation performed.———W. H. 8., Newaygo C'o. BUILDING LINE FENCE A owns the N. E. 1-4 of a section, B owns the N. W. 1-4 of the same sec~ tion. A has built a 3 barbed wire fence on.the‘ north eighty rods between them B built the south eighty rods four years ago of good woven wire. Two years ago 0 purchases the south 1-2 of section belonging to Thus getting the 80 rods of woven wire line fence. New B wants A to build his half of woven wire, but A refuses to do so claiming that he and B should have 40 rods each to build. Can B take 40 rods off of C's property and put between A and B? Can they compel C to buy 40 rods of fence for them. Who must build the fence7—R. 8., Sanilao County. Section 2210 of the Compiled Laws provides that if the division of the line fence is recorded in the town clerk's office "it shall be bind- ing upon the parties and upon all the succeeding occupants of the lands; and they shall be obliged al- ways thereafter to maintain their re- spective portions of said fence." I would be of the opinion that if that. has not been done then section 2212 would apply, which provides that when any controversy shall arise and 'it appearslthat one of the parties has built the whole of the fence then the fence viewers. may require the other to pay for one half of such fence and the value and collection of it to be in accordance with the provisions of the law. Under this arrangement I think 0 would be required to pay B one half of the fence and B would be required to pay or construct one half of the fence between them.— W. E. Brown, legal editor. A CURE FOR BLUE LIOE If D. S. will try this to kill blue lice It may help. Take a bar strong laundry soap and warm water mak- ing a etlifl lather all over the calf rubbing well into the hide. Leave on to dry. The stiffness after drying is what kills the lice. I have seen this done with success—if”. 0. G. ENTITLED TO DAMAGES As I sold m farm on a. contract and since I sold the neighbor joining it d amlte'd stumps on his farm and b wed them through In line fence. I would like to know to w om to look for damages. the one I sold the place to or man that blowed the stumps. I verbally bargained or a farm, paid $100 down to hold the mm for thirty days. During this time he got a chance to sell for more money and wanted to give me my money back six days after the ver- bal bargain was made. Can I hold the farm or will I have to take my money back. as I am ready to pay him the whole balance as seen as he will accept it. , Bay County. ' ‘ The purchaser of the farm is en- titled to damages tom the neighbor ' who did the injury or caused it to be .done. You are entitled to only you:- agreed price for the farm. The law pnovi'dea as follows: “Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year. or for the share of my "lands. Or any interest in lands, shall -- be. void, unless the contract, 0“;- some note or' memorandum thereof, be in William signed loathe. party)! momma-yr orgy-smepmaon» A ' .to, all oompi ‘and they charged us 250 on .18. to be ' m.» or Mum-lea. “law's: ! "'Assn'sss‘mms’roo'nrquu A, B and C own r ‘ in small town.' The former” dollars and thes'ltax (i=0.~ Since A. B, and C. own'thls' prbperty‘tbe, valuation hasdeclined until fi‘we are told We can not get $800 for the slot and the tax valuation has beéh raised to 81.000. What little rent we agetvdoes not to pay our tax and- insurance; 80‘: we have nothad a chance to sell at any , done to logger. " ' , price. Can an hing be the tax on th a property? If so shall we proceed. We hired an utters. ney .for a stated feeto look after this property, rent and collect rent pay, - surance, etc. Later we gave him pow- er of attorney. He was to? collect rent a month in advance. Now if he ’falll . to collect rent and lets the renter move hold this attorney for our Kalamazoo. out can we rent?—-—A. " 'You should state the full facts to the Board of Review when theta! assessments are under consideration and tell them just how it stands and they should make you a reduction if they find you are justified. Your agent would‘ be personally liable for rent he could not collect if he'exer- cised reasonable diligence in the matter unless your contract with him was that be guaranteed the payment , of the rent. If he neglected his duty he ‘would be personally liable.— W. E. Brown, legal editor. SECURING R. R.‘ CROSSING What steps must be taken to scour! a R. R. crossing? We have tried to so- cure a. crossing for eight years but hav been unsuccessful a? the company “km: for $200 and our ownship could no raise it but last spring we petitioned for it, the tax voted and the $200 ra which under the agents directions Raced in the bank and be notified the company. but now they have rai the price to $400, at can we do?— L. B. L. Midland County. You do not state whether the proceedings desired to establish a. crossing is on a new highway or whether it Is on a highway that was in existence when the railroad Was built. If the highway was there when the R. R. went through then it is the duty of the . R. to build the cross- ing and maintain it; but if you‘ha-vo laid out a new highway since the R. R. was built you will have to at- tend to it. Section 8243 (6) re- quires R. R.‘ to build the crossings for the highways in existence and section 4314 of the C. L.'1915 pro- vides the method of procedure when you lay out a new highway. The sections. are too long to repeat hero. —W. E. Brown, legal editor. W. EXOIIANGING LIBERTY“ 130an We have two $50 bonds of the second and fourth liberty loan issue in the bank for security on a small amount of money due May lst. Today We went to get them renewed and raised to the 4 1-4thper cent e Why should we pay when it is all the government's own work or is the b » {or sending,.ithem . put those bonds in I ad registered bond I wanted them to. take but they won! not saying they preferred the one’s no ' registered and promising they would go them renewed when the time came—I; A. I... Isabella County. I do not know why the bank charged 26c unless it ‘was'for inter- est due on your loan'or for services in connection with the bond. The bank would not be obliged to render services for nothing and if you bor- rowed money and pledged the bonds \ there might be interest due on the 1 loan more than the interest on the bond would pay.———W. E. Brown, Io- aal editor. 4 MAKING JOINT, DEED In ease of wife owning property and wishing to make it jointly with bus- band, is it required by ‘the state Is. that she first deed it to a disintere- party before making 9. out deed w een husband and wife -—\‘N‘. I, “‘3” Genesee County. .. - In order to createan est-ate by the r entirety, commonly called. a joint on- tate of husband and »wife..lt is neces- sary that the conveyancejbe made to them by the same instrument.‘ is the, reason why a conyeyance_'is first made to another».perm.,..¢nqi from that personba'ck so... in; mtgmv‘QOQQD, . a band and wife. hum their wilful-9",, ». . . 1,, v y ' flame. I * H,'i.‘"]_3ut ain't strikers an’ sich, the consistent guys? After try: - 1111' their dafirdest to- tie up ev- erything in the country, the outlaw switchmen, now that their nice little scheme has been nipped in the bud an’ things are gettin' to normal-‘— new men in many places havin’ step- ped in an' helped to keep things mov- iu’——are settin’ up a loud an’ wailin' cry about‘ the farmers quittin’ their ‘ Jobs to take positions in the factor- ies where wages are high an’ hours are short an’ where they take no chances—the pay bein’ sure an’ com- -in’ every week. In a little confab I had with one of the he bosses of the switchmen ’tother day in a restaurant, you know there is more real knowledge scattered around in restaurants an' barber shops than any number of colleges in the land can show—well this he ~feller after talkin' awhile about his own strike an’ how it come ’to fizzle out, commenced yelpin’ about the farmers. “Why,” he sez, . “the darn farmers are quittin’ their jobs—leavin' their farms an’ comin’ into town an’ gittin’ jobs here an' in every city its the same,” he sez. Now when a guy like that wants to talk about his own affairs your Uncle Rube scurs'ly ever busts in—jest let ’em rave, 'til, they git through, so to speak. But when they beller out somethin’ mean about the farmer, it kinda raises my dander an’ I most ' genr’ly fade into ’em an’ try an’ find out how much theyknow an’ every- thing. * So I sez to this guy, well ain't the farmers got jest as much right to quit their jobs as any other class of men, switchmen included, I sez. “No they ain't, 'cause we've got to have stuff to eat,” hesez, “an if the farmers quit where we goin' to git it?" Well I sez, it does kinda- look’s if we needed the farmers on the farms but mebbe I sez the farm- ers are a gittin’ a little tired of workin’ 12 to 16 hours at a small rate of pay, to feed a lot of scala- wags that won’t work but eight hours an’ want eight or ten dollars for doin’ of it, I sez. He got warmed up quite a bit at that an’ sez “What'n'hell has the hours or the wages we want got to do with the farmers. They’re our main dependence an’ if they quit we might as well hang up our fiddle for we can’t work if we ain’t got noth- in’ to eat.” ’Zat so, I sez, well s’posin' the [farmers stick to their jobs an' raise all the stud! that’s needed to eat an’ to wear, what good’ll that do the people in the cities if the railroads are all tied up by a lot of disgruntled sons of guns breakin' their contracts and violatin’ the laws an' quitting ‘ their jobs just when they're needed the most, I sez. 5 I; A Kindly-Light The clergyman of a poor parish was showing a rich lady round, hop- ing to touch her heart and so receive a big check for his people. “We are now passing through the poorest slums,” he said, as the car .turned into a side street. “These people have little to brighten their lives.” “I must do something for them," sighed the lady, adding to the chauf- feur: “James, drive the car slowly, and turn on the big lamps." You Never Can Tell , - A Boston man who spent the hol- idays in his home village related a rather amusing incident. On New Year’s day he and his brother hitched up the old wagon, piled a lot of hay into the bottom for warmth and started oi! visiting. "A spark from one of their cigars fell on the hay in the rear of; the wagon, smouldered a - while and» then burst into a roaring A: (armor j who had been driving them put the, ,' __,. . ., :13“, . “Well.” he" sez, “it we git the wages we want, things won't be tied up—everything will be workin’ fine an" there won't ‘be no trouble,” he , sez. — Jess, so, sez I, sounds real nice as , you tell it, a nice smooth little tale, but I don't believe it, I sez, if you tellers got all you asked for, if it wuz granted to you today, tomorrow your hired trouble makers would hatch up somethin' else an' in a little “while things would be tied up agin' —-—you tellers. I sex, has got the strike lever an? there ain’t no way of cur ‘in’ it ’cept by the hunger route— ’when you git good an' hungry, I sez, you’ll be willin' to work more'n six or eight.hours an' you'll be willin’ to do it fer less'n a dollar an’ hour, too, I sez. Fact is, I sez, the farm- ers has got to buck agin’ this dollar an’ hour game an’ they can’t pay that price so they don’t git the help—— the city gits all the men an’ the farm- er has to work alone—he's gittin’ tired an' along in years—he’s doln' all he can under the circumstances an' if there ain't enough to go 'round at the end of the season, the farmer won't be the one to blame an’ by gosh, he won't be the one to suffer either, I sez. It’s time, I sez that farmers, many of them have moved into town, the high wages have brought them in, farmers are out fer the coin jest the same as the rest of us an’ if they can’t git it‘otf’n the farm they’ll git it.in the factory —the cares of the whole world don't rest 'specially on the farmers should- ers—they’re no more responsible for the welfare of humanity than any other class of workers an' they think they’re played a losin’ game jest about long enough an' some of ’em are jumpin’ the job an' they have a perfect right to "do it too—jest as much right as switchmen, coal min- ers or any other organization, but there are thousands of good farm- ers still on the job, doin’ all they can an’ will continue to do it as long as they can. “Yes,” he broke in, "an’ the con- founded robbers are organizin' to boost the price of food an’ every- thing clear out of sight. They're robbers, nothin’ less," he sez. Say! Fellerii I yelled, I'd like to talk with you awhile but you make me laugh so I can't do it—organiz- ing? to boost the price of food? Well mebbe they are trying to get together an' git a livin’ price out of their la- bor an’ money invested an' they have a right to organize—mi gosh i I sez, you who've belonged to an or— ganization for years, buckin’ at the thought of farmers organizin? Sure, you do make me laugh, I sez, an' with that our conversation closed as he didn't seem to have anything more to say. Cordially yours.— UNCLE RUBE. Sense and Nonsense give us warning?” inquired the city man. “Well,”. responded the old fellow, “there’s so many new-tangled no— tions nowadays, I thought you were going by steam‘.” _ AIVHope That Failed The great ocean liner rolled and pitched. “Henry,” faltered the young bride, “do you still love me?” “More than, ever, darling," was Henry’s "fervent answer. I Then there was an eloquent silence. "Henry," she gasped, turning her pale, ghastly face away. ‘51 thought that would make me feel better, but it doesn't.” ‘ J In the 0 Zone Doctor: Did you open both win- dows in your sleeping room last night as I ordered? Patient: No, doctor, not exactly. There's only one, window in my room but I openedit twice. CREAM SEPAATOR ‘ m1. Maya-"Net Wisely g V. 4. Ordering Your 1920 b * ' , There are a dozen reasons why this is so. For three years it has not been possible to make enough De Laval machines to meet the demand. More than ever are being made this year. but the demand is still greater. Cream Separators have advanced less in price than anything else used or produced by the farmer during the war years. If labor and material costs continue to advance so must separ- ator prices. Such an advance must come very soon from increased freight rates, if from no other cause. ' Freights are still slow and uncer- tain. There may be unavoidable de— lay in getting a machine when you badly need it from this reason. The flush of milk and hot weath- er are near at hand when a De Laval saves most and an inferior or half- worn-out separator wastes most. There are still other reasons, which a De Laval best demon- strates for itself. You will have no difficulty in observing them. Every local De Laval agent will be glad to afford you the oppor- tunity to do so. If you don’t know the nearest agent simply address the nearest main cities, as below. The De Laval Separator Co. 105 Broadway NEW" YORK 29 East Madison Street CHICAGO 61 Beale Street SAN FRANCISCO 50,000 Branches and Local Agencies the World Over I We want more Direct Shippers 01' Cream. “76 guarantee correct weights and Tests. We insure the return of your empty can or a new We guarantee the legitimate top market price at all times. Write for shipping instructions and full informa- We are absolutely responsible. Ask your banker. A New Book on Practical Sheep Husbandry, The following are a few of the subjects this book handles and which you may want to know more about: History of sheep and why important to know. Different breeds and kinds to buy. How to breed for market requirements and when. Care of pregnant ewe and how to feed. Docking, castrating and caring for young lamb. Advantages of early marketing and how to feed. Progressive system for the summer flock. How to buy and feed western sheep and lambs. How to produce more economical. sheep feeds. How to grade and tell when sheep are list. How to feed ln-ii‘eld and dry lot or barn. The book has over 40 illustrations, is printed on fine enamel‘paper and has a handsome durable binding. _ Sent Postage on $1.00 3 ~ moment FWD Mt. (llamas, Mich; Name “Bayer” means genuine ‘ ' Say “Bayer”——lnsistl E? A [SAVER [g R Say “Bayer” when buying As lrin. 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Its builders have devoted their entire lifetime. to the building of threshch and the power to drive them. Mechanics and experts have grown old in their serv— ice, and in passing, sons have taken their places. Result—the greatest line of threshing machinery ever produced. Don't risk your threshing this year to an unknown uncertain machine. Get a Red River Specral and be sure of clean‘threshing. it beats out the grain. Its big cylinder, the “Man Behind the Gun" and the Beating Shakers are real grain-savers. if interested in threshing for only your. own use. ask about our "Junior" Red River Specral. . Write for Circulars _ NICHOLS & SHEPARD CO. (In Continuous Business Since 1848) Builders Excluelvely of Red Rlver Speclel . Thrashers. Wind suckers. Feeders. Shun and Oil-Baa Engine. Michigan E Battle Creek “.3 _. For best results on your Poul- try. :Veal,4Hogs, etc” ship to *2 CULOTTA & JULL . . v' -‘ DETROIT n Not connected with any. other "pal/£72 _ , Amp JW/Q’E CENTRAL MIOH. POLAND CHINA BREEDERS FORM ABS’N I The breeders of Big Type Poland China Hogs of central Michigan have longtelt the need of a closer fratern— al spirit among themselves, as breed- ers, to promote public sales and for ' the best interest of the breed in this state, and particularly for their sec- tion of't'he state. - At a. meetingtheld on May 15, 1920, E. R. Leonard, St. Louis, was elected president and C. A. Boone, Blanchard, secretary and treasurer of the Central Michigan Big Type- Polahd China Breeders"Association. A sale circuit was formed for Oc- tober 26to 30th, with the Boone-Hill Co., Blanchard; E. R. Leonard; St. Louis; Chas Wetzel & Sons, Ithaca; Brewbaker & Sons, Elsie and Wesley Hile, Ionla. This will be a five day circuit, the first sale circuit ever held in Michigan of the Big Types. Leading blood is well represented in the several herds, and this will at- ford an opportunity for the public to obtain advanced Poland Chinas at their own- bids. It is hoped that the breeders of the state, as well as other states, will help make this a success. ' In a short time every breeder in that territory will be a member of this association, and a large sale circuit is looked for next year, with possibly a bred sow circuit this winter. SHORTHORN BREEDER PURCHAS- ES HIGH GRADE SIRE .Mr. M. B. Hallstead, Shorthorn breeder who conducts a pure bred stock farm at Orion, Michigan, has purchased the Red Roan. Shorthorn herd sire, Orange Goods No. 795761, bred by J. Leitch and Son of LaFay- ette, Illinois. This bull is a Cruick- shank Orange Blossom and carries a large per cent of the same blood as Imp Villager No. 295884. 1 Michigan Shorthorn breeders may be mighty proud that this high grade bull has been brought to this state to help Michigan become one of the greatest livestock states in the United States. SPRING TIPS 1. Do not fail to provide clean, warm quarters in which your cows, ewes and mares can bring forth their young. Navel ill comes from dirt. " I 2. It is dangerous to expose young stock, especially foals and colts to spring rain-storms. A day’s ex- posure, if not fatal, may stop a month's growth. . 3. It is bad policy to turn the stock to pasture before the grass has well started—bad for the pasture and bad for the stock. 4. When the pasture season be- gins, turn the stock out at night, in- stead of in the morning. Then they will feed through the night, and not lie down until the sun has warmed the air and the ground. 5. Get‘your horses into condi— tion for spring work—the young horses especially. Many a colt has been ruined by being put to hard work with- out preparation. It is the same with green hors- es. ’ ,b. h warm w e a t h e r , thorough groom- ing'is almost as important as. feeding. Without it, dried sWeat, dead 'skin and dirt clog the pores, make the horse uncomfort- able snd. affect his health. 7._; Look out for" sore should-3 ers and backs, . especially" lnfi‘ plowing:- ~Be sure * that your callers, X 31255? big is as, bad as one too small. It the collar rides upfuse a'martlngale, or a girth running from- trace to trace, back of the forelegs.--- 8. When the horses are at work on a warm day, lift‘up the ' collars now and then to cool their shoulders and wipe off the sweat and dirt with a bunch of grass. ' 9. Wipe oi! the harness marks on your horses when you stop work at noon and at night, and clean the inside of the harness, ’the collars es- pecially. The salt sweat drying on the skin and on the harness is what makes the trouble. - 10. If the skin is wrinkled under the collar or saddle, bathe it with di- luted vinegar or witchhazel. If the skin is broken, bathe it with clean warm water containing a little salt. Fix the collar, with padding or oth- erwise, so that it will not touch the G; sore spot the next day. A little care— ~. lessness at the beginning may cause - a lot of trouble to you and suffering to the horse. 11. Clean your horses at night, Water them, give them a good bed, and water them again after they have eaten their hay so that they will not be thirsty all night. Let them rest an hour or more before they are grained. ' BIG HOLSTEIN SALE AT HOWELL, JUNE 8 One of thelargest live stock sales held in Michigan this spring will be staged at Howell, under date of June 8, when the McPhersOn Farms Com- pany and the Cluny Stock Farm will offer at public auction 50 head of high grade A. R. O. Holsteins. Mr. R. Bruce McPherson, propri- etor of both farms, informs us that the list of stock offered will include a cow with a record ‘at- four and one- half years of 106.9 pounds of butter in 30 days—a daughter of this cow with a 365 day record at three and’ one-half years of 20,241- pounds of milk; a proven 30 pound bull—a grandson of the great King Segis Pontiac—also 10 daughters ‘of this bull; a 29 pound bull; 2 daughters of a 33 pound sire; 5 granddaught- ers of the great Colantha_Johanna Lad; 1 daughter of a 27 pound Sr. 3 year old; 1 daughter of a. 26 pound Sr. 3.year old; 2 daughters of a 25 pound cow; 3. daughter of a 24 pound cow; and 8 daughters of Mr.- McPherson’s senior herd sire, Maple- crest Application Pontiac. Maplecrest Application Pontiac has wonderful transmitting power and up to present date has 16 A. R. 0. daughters of which 2 have completed semi-official tests of 305 days and 6 are taking this test at the present time. “I am disposing of practically ev- erything I have except some daugh- ters of this sire and their off-spring," says Mr. McPherson, "retaining only a few other animals which form my foundation herd.” All of Mr. McPherson’s herds are under Federal supervision and every animal offered at this sale will be tuberculin tested and sold on 60 day guarantee. . ' anemonamm f __ p, BREEDING masts/v.9: - !. V .34 g on, RESULTS FROM GRADE COW AND _ PUBEBRED SIRE ' , ' 'What a result a banker got by breeding a grade cow to a pure bred sire can be seen in the following ar- ticle: ~ ‘ _ ' I About five‘years ago a hotel keep- er bought a cow from a butcher that ‘was going to be‘shipped out for a cannon After he, bought her he bred her to Pogis 99th, the 11th of! Hood Farm No. 122016, “owned by the Riverside Stock Farm of Men- don, the result was a female calf, when this calf was a two year old . she was put on test in a county as- sociation, as a five year old she pro- duced 7,015,pounds of milk with an average test of 6.7 per cent and a butterfat of 400.1 pounds. This ' year she will finish as a four year old Jr. .She has two months to go yet before the year is up. To date she has 8,206pounds of milk with a test of 5.6 per cent and a B. F. of\462.3 pounds in the ten' months that she has been tested. The total value of her butterfat: was $302.68, her feed cost $81.31 that gave her a profit of $221.27 over her cost of feed. This record was made under ordinary conditions on the farm, she is owned by Mr. Estes the banker of Mendon, Mich. If there is any grade cow that can beat this let's have her, record. This last record 'Wae' made while I was testing her.— Richard Btmbbmg, Testfi'r, St. Jasepb County. ’ EASTERN WINTER more 131m HORSE MARKET Horses and mules are selling eas- ily and at top-notch prices on the East St. Louis market. The demand A is greater thanever before in history. Mr. Searcy of the Campbell and Reid Horse Company, says that this is not a. temporary inflation, but has been coming steadily and surely for the past ninety days. The buyers from the eastern cities, particularly those from the North Atlantic sea- board, want heavy draft horses for city work and are paying from $276 to $350_for all they can get. Mr. Searcy says it is very evident that the storm experiences of the past winter have swung general sentiment very strongly in favor of good horses and mules for city hauling, and that for 100 per cent reliability, in all kinds of wind and weather, the horse and mule team are right there. He pre- dicts that the demand will be per- manent from now on, and that the supplyis inadequate to meet it. A market condition which has pre— vailed steady andhlg-h as long’ as this, means that, all things consid- ered, the horse and mule are the staple units of transportation. HOT WEATHER HOG .SHIPPING POINTERS 1. Haul or drive your hogs into shipping station in ample time to allow” them to become rested and cool before loading. ‘ 2. Insist upon a clean 'car bed- ded with sand. ' 3. Wet down the bedding and interior of the car before loading. \ 4. Give only a light ' g'rain feeding before‘ shipping. Heavy feed means more body heat gener- ated. - ' 5. Load not more than one hour before/tho train is to de- part. - . .6. L o a (I! slowly and, care. ' fully. Avoid fez- ;Ici‘tement’ and,"do hunt 701' IT xii-(f! .. . Breedere’ Auction Sales advertlsed here at s _ . My ..liiiinmmmuummi ‘ “r . (SPECIAL sovznvlsmc haves under this ,heading to honest o Chow“ you a proof and tell,you what It v‘vlll cost for 1,8. 20 or 52 times. poolsiicw rates: ask. for them. Write today I) lliliiiiiiiiiliiiiilililiiiIililliiliiililiiiiillililliliilllllllilliil You can change size of ed. or copy as often as you wish. readers of live stock and poultry will be sent on request. Better still. write out what you have toycffer, let us out It In type. Copy or changes must be received one week before date of‘lssuo- m w H liligm .flfg CLAIM YOUR. gig:th E» . To avoid conflicting dates we will without- «stylist the date of any live stock sale in Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad- vse us at once and we will claim the date for you. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. O- F.. Mt. Olemens.‘ June 8. Hostelns. McPherson Farms 00.. and uGlunoy Stoek Farm;‘ Howell. Mich. -' g. I Duroc-Jerseys . 0. F. Foster. Pavillion. Mich. Oct. 27. Poland Chinae. Wesley ‘Hile. Tonia. Mich. ' CATTLE Paid in'Milk' for Purebred » A Holsteins The Reveille, Bellingham, Wash., reports that the Pacific Condensary Co., sells high—grade Holsteins to - the ranchers at cost, taking payment in milk. The company needs more milk and by introducing Holsteins expects to make dairying a profitable industry, thus increasing the acreage in dairy farms as well as the milk output per average .cow.. Just another instance of the’standing of Holsteins among business men. Sand for free Illustrated Booklets. They contain valuable information for any Dairyman. THE HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION 205 Hudson Street Irattleboro. Vermont : Mn mix rnonucrn Your problem is more MILK, more BUTTER. more PROFIT. per cow. son of Maplscrest Application Pontiac— 182652—from our hsa —yes‘rly-milking-good-but- Oar-record damwill solve t. Maplecrest Application Pontiac's dam made “5.108 lbs. butter in 7 days: 1844.3 lbs. butter ‘end 23421.2 lbs milk in 365 days. He is one 'of the greatest long distance sires. ‘19s daughters and sons will prove it:- rite us for pedigree and does on his sons. Prices right and not too hgh for the average dairy farmer. Pedigrees and prices on application. R. .Bruce McPherson. Howell. Mich. FOR SALE THOROUGHBRED HOLSTEHLOOWS combining -blood of Traverse City an Maple Crest stock, granddaughters 0 Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy. Prices $800 and up WILLIAMS A WHITACRE R. F. D No. Allegan. Mich. BUTTER BOY ROSIHA PRHIOE 257572, herd sire. son of Kin Ona. His sire is from a 80 lb. cow that me c 1.345 lbs. in ne year and dam, Butter Boy Rosina 2nd 200. 40. made 29 lbs. and almost 800 lb. in ten months. she has a 33 and 84 lb. sister. Have some fine young bulls and heifers and some heif- ere‘ bred to him. all from ' cows with records from 22 to 30 lbs. Write for prices. ipshire hogs. fall boars, rudy for service and gilts. 'Booking orders for spring gs. Belgian and Percheron Stallions and mares. Im- ported and American bred. ‘ I SAOINAW VALLEY STOCK FARM Iii Sprunger A Son. Props... Saginaw W. S.. Mich ' ran SALE. ‘5 HEIFER OALVES m age fro 2 to 8 ontbs a BULL C-ALVES ‘\ one ready for heavy service two with 18 and 20 lb. seven day records. Il‘ive th good profitable cow testing records. Write or pediarees and prices.-- » ~ - Herd free from disease. ' H. E. DROWN. Sreedsvllle'.-VMlch. Breeder of R . stock only ~ ‘ 7 A WELL BREO HOLSTEIII v , * _.;;sun,cnrrosssl.s- Dora Deo.’12. '1919. 'A bull or good 4 my. has vs goo: straight-‘rum and a conic n’t ’ lbs: I IREEDERS’ DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. HATOH HERD (State and Federal Tested) YPSILANTI. MICH. orrrns rouse SIRES Yearlings and younger, out 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. MIOHIGAN BISINGHURST JOHANNA ‘ORMSBY DIMPLE 195063 born Nov. 25. 1915, is offered for sale. His sire is by Johanna Concordia Champion 60575 (29 A. R. 0. daughters. two 30 lbs.. 9 above 20 lbs.) is by Golanth Johanna Champion 45674 60 A. R. 0. daughters) a son of Colsntha 4th’s Johanna, 85.22, the only cow to ever hold at one time 11 world's records in every division from one day to a year. H‘His dam, LindenWood Dimple 2nd 139424. 27.33 lbs. butter. 465.30 lbs. filllk, average per cent fat 4.70, is by Duke Ormsby Pietertje De K01 4476!: 10 A. R. 0. daughters, 2 above 30 lbs.) and on of Llndenwood Dimple 104601. She has 75 per cent the same breed- ing as Lindemvood Hope, 30.61. Write for price fl EDWARD I. BENSON A SONS. Munson. Mich. BABY BULLS Grow your own next herd sire. We have three beautiful youngsterr—etraight as a line. big-boned rugged - fellows. our 38 lb. senior sire. ORISKANY PONTIAC from splendid vidual dams of A. backing and the best of blood lines. Write for our sale list. sosnnmn Finns” JACKSON. MIOH. Holstedn Breeders Since 1906 and other informatio . I new Is your chance. . nszisv smcx FARM YPSILANTI. men. Increase Your Production at the Price of $50 Bull born May 3rd. Sire a grandson of John Hengerveld Lad 61 R. 0. Daugh- Dam a 2 year old granddaughter of tors. a 21 lb. cow that will be tested at next freshening. We have just finished testing 2 cows.-.. One made over 30 lbs.,' the other made 27.65 from 779 lbs. of milk a" JOHII BAZLEY 319 Atkinson Ave. DETROIT. MICHIGAN $100 Each 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 supervision. Write . D. JONES' R Mich.. R 1 Joe Meta. Mar. Romeo, OUR HERD SIRE MODEL KIHG SEGIS GLISTA His sire a 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segls Alban De Kol. His dam, Glisia Fenella. 32.37 lb. Her dam. Glista Ernestine. 35.96 lb. His three nearest dams average over BS lbs. and his forty six nearest tested relatives avenge over 30 lbs. butter in seven days. We offer one of his sons ready for service. GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS O. O. Twlse. Mar. Eaton Rapids. Mich. LAST ADVERTISED SOLD TO Mr. P. w. Alexander. Vassar. Mich. New offer a bull two years old about 1-2 white and straight as a line (sired by MAPLE CREST KORNDYKE HENGERVELD end from FLINT ULTRA NUDINE a 28.22 pound daughter of FLINT PRINCE. Buii carries 15 per cent same blood as KING FLINT. If you want a dl. rect descendant of BUTTER BOY ROSINA Prlce 8200. ROY F. FIOKIES. Chesaninl. Mich. MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEIN We are now booking orders for {oung build from King Pieter spa» yons 170506. All from A. R. 0. dams with credible records. We test annu- ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric~ es and further information. Muelol! 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 Pon- c Lunde Korndyke Saris” who a ‘son of "Kin of the Pontiscs" from a daughter of Pan. tiac lothilde De Kol 2nd. A few bull calves for sale. '1‘. W. Sprague. R. 2. Battle Creek. Mich. A NIOE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL~ calf born February lst. Six-edby Flint Hen- gerveld Lad. 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 Nijlander 35.43 lbs. butter and 750 lbs. milk 1 7 days. Write for prices and extended petligre: L. O. KETILER Flint. Mich. . TWO BULL OALVES Registered llolstein-Friesian. 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. HARRY T. TUBSS. Elwell. Mich. ‘36 pound son of KING or THE PONTIAC’S Heads our Herd Several 30 pound cows all under Federal Sup- ervision. good bull calves and a few bred heifers for sale. HILL OREST FARM. or write . John P. Hehl. 181 Griswold SL. Detroit. Mich. .ADVERTItSED SOLD. ‘ u ve one more or sale. Nic - 1, marked. straight back line. a fine individual. large growthy 'ellow with the making of a large bun. Would do someone a lot of good. Dam has a 27 lb. record. a large cow and a great milk producer. Site a son of Friend Hengerveld DeKol Butter Boy. .one of the great bulls. j Ortonvliie. Mich. #1 - HOLSTEIH 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 . LaPORTE. IND. SHORTHORN SHORTHORHS 5 bulls. 4 to 8 mos. old. all rosns, pail fed. Dams good milkers. the farmers' kind, at farm- ers' prices. F. M. PIGGOTT A SON. Fowler. Mich. THE BARRY COUNTY SHORTHORN BREED- ere Association announce their fall catalog ready 4 for distribution. Scotch. Scotch Pop and Mil Shorthoms listed. ddress W. L. Thorpe. Sec.. Milo. Mich. YOUNG BULLS MILKiigG SHORTHORH FOR SALE . M. YORK. Mlillngton. Mich. THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED- ers' Association have stock for sale, both milk and beef breeding. Write the secretary, FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich. 33 lb. Grandsons of King of the Pontiacs from FOR SALE AT BEA- sonable prices. Tho rise-winning 800 Bull. Master Model 576mlJ in many states a head ofr'herd .of 50 good type Shorthorns. E. M. PARKHURST. Reed City. Michigan. WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41 SIIORTHORN breeders. Can put you in touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls all ages. Siome females. C. W. Crum. President Central Michigan Shorthorl Association, McBrides. Michigan. apie Ridge Herd of Bates Shorthorns Of- fers for sale a roan bull calf 7 mos. old. Also 2 younger ones. J. E. TANSWELL, Mason. Mich. HEREFORDS Hardy Northern Bred Hereiords BERNARD FAIRFAX 824819 HEAD OF HER. 20 this year's calvos for sale. 10 bulls and 1. heifers. JOHN MacGREGOR. Harrisvllle. Mich. REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD We still have eight good bulb and some heif- ers for sale. Come and see them. MARION ‘STOCK FARM Tony B. Fox. Prop. Marion. Mich. 120 HEREFORD STEEBS. ALI. know of 10 or 15 loads fancy unlit, Shorthorn and Angus steers 6 to 10%0 lbs. Owners anxious to sell. Will he] bu 5.. commission. C. If Ball. Fairlie d. wt. MEADOW BROOK HEREFORDS Bob Fairfax 495027 at head of herd. Bod!- tered stock. either sex. polled or horned. mostly In! ale. Come and look them over. ..EARL 0. MCCARTY. Bad Axe. Michigan. ANGUS I The Most Profitable Kind of farming. a car load of grade dairy heifers from LENAWEE COUNTY'S heaviest milk prior ducers to Include a pure bred ANGUS hull of th most extreme beef type for combination but a dairy farming. Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD FARM for prom t shipment. Methods expla ned in SMITH'S PROF'Il'ABLl STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated. GEO. B. SMITH. Addison. Mich. ’PURE BRED ABERDEEN- ANGUS CATTLE AND (LI-O. Swine are right and are priced lithi- 00"" spondence solicited and inspection invi CARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich. REG ABERDEEN ANGUS BULLS 12 to 14 months old of extra quality and richly bred. Inspection invited. RUSSELL BROTHERS Merrill. Mlch.. R 3 GUERNSEYS REGISTERED GUERNSEYS Away with the Scrub Bull. Breeding better Guernseys. Bull calves that will improve your herd. . WILLIAMS North Adams. Mich. UERNSEYS FOR SALE. 1 BULL, ST. AUSc Sultan, sire Longwater Prince Charmant (18714) 4 A. It. daughters, 416 lb. fat at 2 1-2 years old. Dam, Dagna of Hillhurst (35969) A. R. 548 lb. fat at 2 1—2 yrs. old. 1 bull call 6 mos. old of similar breeding. Also a few Rn. heifers of the above bull. It will pay you to investigate. Prices and pedigree on application. MORGAN BROS.. R 1, Allegan. Mich. fi JERSEYS OR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND f rd Down Rams. 010 J. A. DeGARMO. Muir. Mich. Shorthoms at Farmers’ Prices FOUR SCOTCH TOPPED BULL cangn under one year 0 These are all roans and choice individuals. ' FAIRVIEW FARM '3' '"d Aims. Michigan F. FOR SALE AT REASON- able prices. 1 bull, 16 months old also a few cows and heifer calves of good producing cows. OSCAR STIMSON. Drown City. Mich. SHORTHORIS °"” “ FEW Len- AT OLD PRICE. Wm. J. BELL, Rose City. Mich. . FOR SALE TWO REG. SHORTHORN BULLS for service. *Also one Reg. Short.th JAMES HOPSON on. m" . ...... . . .. .2; _.r . see. ditt:¥t.f°“€f:l... in. “MISTEnEn'_ no";erle or corn Olsy endow-mom bull cm W- 93'FF'Nc 3- .5" Howell. Michigan Sex for 'Ss’le . from a heavy producing dam. W' S. HUBER. Gladwin. Mich.» . o. I LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN . ,Oattie and Sheep One or, the other of the above well-known exporto will visit all livestock sales of northern Ohio and Indiana. aslthe exclusive Field Men of The Michigan huportance in menu. , Business armors. w, n and . will rsprssent- , 't der Write; in.csrr-ofv 0‘ \ are both honest andcompetcnt men of standing in their lines in Michigan . this weekly" at any sale, making bids and purchases. Their service is‘ free“ to. you. They rim {70* exclusively in‘ Horses and Swine will also help 7011 the interests of Michigan’s OWN livestock Highland Farm-Jerseys Oiieis: Bulls of serviceable age. of R. 0. M. Sire and Dam's, With high reduction records. Also bull cell's. Write for pr nted list of prices and description. HIGHLAND FARM. Shelby. Mioh.. R 2. or Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and MI- jeety breeding. Dams are heavy producers. J. L. CARTER. R4. Lake Odessa. Mich. MPROVE YOUR JERSEY HERD WITH ONI of our Majesty buiis. FRANK P. NORMINGTON, Ionic. Mich. Registered Owl Interest Bull ready for light service. Perfect in color and breeding. $100. One three weeks old. 860. L. H. OHEESEMAN. Clarketon. Mich. ~—every breeder—e Can use M. B. F.’s Breeders’ Directory to good advantage What have YOU 2 i: to offer? r i. s l .' 'verftim. _ . _ . I . ‘ "114’ months old from prize winnirig ud- . it priced low my terms to reliable parties . or‘hwould use: for heifers. - ,BIIDAD VIEW FAIIII .mom. mo. AYRSHIRES row- bzfis—nsetneneo svssmss Q bulls and calves, heifers. and heifer calm Also some choice eon. ’ FINDLAY IND... II 5, Vassar. lion. BROWN SWISS ’ roll SALE HAVE ANOTHER PURE DRED DWI 'SYIISS BIILI. DALE that was born Feb. 4. 1920. Will give purchas- er registration and transfer. FRANK POET.‘ Clan. Mining‘skO of Brown Swiss SWINE POLAND CHINA BIG BOB MASTODON‘ Sire was champion of the world. his Dam's sire- was grand champion at Iowa. Statc Fair. Get A grand champion while the getting is good. Book- ing orders.now. Bred gilts are all sold. but have 10 choice fall pigs sired by a Grandson of Dish- er“- Gisnt. 3' boars and 7 sows. Will sell open or bred for Sept. farrow, to BIG BOB. C. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich. THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN MICH. Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them. Expenses paid if not as represented. These boars in service: L‘s Big Orange, Lord Clansman. Orange Price and L‘s Long Prospect. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mlch. WONDERLAND HERD LARGE TYPE P. C. A few choice bred gilts for sale. Also fall gilts and bears, some very good prospects of excellent breeding. Gilts bred ORPHAN’S SUPERIOR he by BIG ORPIIAN’ EQUAL by BIG BONE RPHAN by the BIG ORPHAN. m, BEAUTY’S CHOICE by ORANGE BUD, by BIG ORANGE A. Free livery to visitors m. DLARKE. Eaton Rsnlds. Mlch. 'l L s P o FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL boars left. A few extra nice gilts lei‘t bred for April (arrow. H. o. BWARTZ. Schoolorsft. Mien. T. P. C. SOWS booked for Mich. E. ALL SOLD. ORDERS boar pigs at weaning time from champion herd. Visitors always welcome. R. LEONARD, R 8. St. Louis. Mlch. HAVE BIG TYPE P. C. GILTS ALL SOLD. boars one yearling bear and also some fall that we Will close out It a bargain. L. W. BARNES «A SON. POLAND CHINA8 Byron, Mlch. BIG TYPE m... 9...an Nine fall gilts out of litters of eleven and thirteen’. for sale E. MYGRANTS, St. Johns, Mlch. BIG TYPE P0- lsnd Chime. Gllts all sold. y 1920 crops will be sired by Giant Clansman No. 324731. sired by Giant Cinnamon and Art's Progress No. 37 041. A. D. GREGORY, lonia, Mich. TH ANNUAL P. C. DRED SOW SALE, March 13, 1920. For particulars write VJ. J. HAGELSHAW. Aususts. Mlch. Big Type Poland Chlnaa. Am offering three boar pigs at weaning time at reasonable price. Reg< latex-ed in buyers name. Sired by Big Long Bob. Write for pedigrees and ices. Charles. Mlch. Dl' MOSE 3808.. 8!. B T. P. 0. ALL SOLD OUT, EXCEPT SOME boars, summer and fall pigs. F. '1‘. BART. St. Louis, Mich. I Am Oderlnq Large Type Poland China bred to F’s Orange at reasonable prices fall pigt‘ Write or call. CLYDE FISHER. R8. St. Louis. lion. Bows. Also ' T. P. 0. ALL SOLD OUT. EXCEPT DONE fall gilts. Thanking my customers. JOHN D. WILEY. Schoolcrsft. Mlch. BOARC ALDO COWS AND PIGS. ANYTHING wyou want. Poland Chinss of the type. e have bred them big for more than ears; over 100 head on hand. Also registered erch- erons. Holstems sud Oxfords. Everything sold at s reasonable price. and a square 1. JOHN c. BUTLER. Portland. Mlch. FAREWELL LAKE FARM large type P. C. Have a fine lot of spring pigs gy Clansmsn‘s Image 2nd. The Outpost and ing’s Giant. I will sell King's Giant No. 827.- 749. He is a real sire. He was first prize year- ling boar at Jackson Co. fair, 1919. ' W. B. RAMBDELL. Hanover, Mlch. T.POLAND amuse. Orders Booked for spring pigs from Linc anans Strain. ELDRED A. CLARK. St. Louis. Mlch.. n a I ~ DUROCS UROC.JERSEYS. FALL BOA'RS. WEIGHT 200 lbs. each. Sired by s 800 lb. boar. Priced reasonable. O. E. QAVIS A SON. Ashley. Mlch. . styrene and O"?! m. registered. on”. ‘coming, 5 years., weight» Detroit, ‘ 0.1.‘c. sews FOR SALE one or run see-r assoc Is'mcmess ' pring l ‘ foil rhn bred for Mama. April .' “a "u! tumors name. If you want s “ins Ills by Won't Orion. Int 8_I-., Yeefling Jackson. Gd. Rapids and Saginaw. 19” PhillipsBros, Riga, Mich? WIDE“ EARN ed Us ad Dnrocs ' “d " 8° Pulllon. won. 0. F. FO‘ETER. '9'. FALLBDARS DURDD JERSEY ...... ... 0.... Chem King Col. 2nd. first aged hour at Detroit in 1019. 'il'hese are growthy sad the right type D rioed to se I. W. O. TAYLOR. 'Allsn. llloh. W UROC JERSEY. SPRING PIGS, CHOICE breeding, $15 each. also two b'red gilta, $00 ea. F. W. SLEDER, R 4..Trsverse City, Mloh. uroo Jersey Bows and Gina bred tor Auo. and Sept. isrrow. 1.000 lb. herd boar. ' J08. SCHUELLER. Weldman, Mlch. DURODS C. OF BREEDING SIZE AND UALITY. 8. POWER. Jerome. Mlch. nuroc sows and glits bred to Wall's Kind 82949 who has sired more prize winning pigs at the state fairs in the last 2 years than any other Du- roc board. Newton Barnhsrt. St. Johns, Mich. BOAR PIGS FROM BROOKWATER bred sires and dams. $20.00 at 8 Mlch. weeks. E. E. CALKINS. BOARS. GILTS AND BROOD SOWG , of all ages. Sows bred or open. New- ton 6‘: Blank. Hill Crest FormshPerrlngton. Mlch. Farm 4 miles straight south of Middleton. DUROC BOARS anon PRIZE \VINNING STOCK ready for service. GeolB. Smith, Addi- son. Mich. Ann Arbor. MEADOWVIEW FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY hogs. Spring pigs for sale. J. E. MORRIS. Farmlngton, Mlch. OAKLAle PREMIER GHIEF Herd Bosr——Reference only—No. 129219 1919 Chicago International 4th Prize .Ir. Yearling A few spring pigs left at $25 BLANK & PaTT‘ER c . Pottervl Ilo. MAPLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY Swine. Order your spring pigs now. PM" and trios not akin. VERN N. TOWNS, no. Eaton Rama-smelt DUROG JERSEY I SEWER '23.? sprin Hegesmfem for .snd__ 7 fem ,thst are good s ntbosr ,t Since. it 8 weeks 0 Bstls action narsnteed. Call or" write GUI THOMAS. If" Lothmp. Mlch. ‘ 0.12.0.- ‘ on m: 0 HI onssrss Iain: son: A choice lot of spring and fall pigs. Two year- ling herd boars. Two fine sows due in June and bred gilts. I ship 0. 0. 1).. in buyer'- name and guarantee satisfaction. ‘ JOHN C. WILK. Alma. Mlch. o I. in 0. sins wsmmse zoo to 213 no. May furrow. breeding flesh bred for March. April and Guaranteed safe in dam. I will re— place a or refun 'proving otherwise to your satisfaction tuber boar pigs ready for spring servi pure price in Juli. Have a few 0c- ce that are right priced to sell. 'Herd cholera immuned ‘by double treatment. P. C. Burgess 88. Mason. Mich. o I c ‘AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE-— Boar pigs of March fsrrow ready for June shipment. Price 820 each. Best of bloodlines . Recorded free in C. \‘V. R. CLARE V. 'DORIAN. Omar. Mlch. FOR DALE—REGISTERED 0. I. C. sows Md suckimzwpigs. JOHN ODOERFEFR, Mariette. Mlch. o. I. O.’s—-—8 Choice young boars. March and April pigs at weaning time. . CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mlch. O. I. C. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE blood lines of the most noted herd. Can fu h you stocs at "live and let live” prices A. J. GORDEN. Dorr. Mlch., R 8. MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM offers a few more 0. I. C. bred gilts also, hatch- ing eggs from "Regal Dorcas." White Wyan~ dottes and "Parks" Barred Rocks at $2 per 15. White Runner ducks 52 p 11 and White Chin- ese Geese at 40¢: each. A eggs prepaid. DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden. Mlch. l AN] BOOKING ORDERS FOR 0. I. c. SPRING D128 bred from a 1.000 lb. boar and s 20. months old dam weighing 700 lbs. of the most famous breeds. FRANK MASON Merrlll. Mlch. Also others .wANT A ONEEP? Lot Anselm Hampshire 1 can" oiler 10 very that wi both an ‘ssns.’ r u. m. so mmh'to ~stro_ "at... zoo" a typo. rem. z b , that Booking otters {or 11920 CLARK U. .IIAIRI. W.“ M. “ION. s ~__.. She p Association and we s. dandy booklet with t of breeders rite CONFORT A. TYLER. Ioo’y. 10 Woodland Av... Detroit. Mich. KIDS I CANNOT CELL YOU ANY NONI ewes until next fle To some own up), good young 811 its owes il lamb in April for 8400. Their lambs contracted ‘t'on‘lne should not more than c . . Also.10 mi hty nice ewe lambs for .350. e and see us. ROPE-NON FARMS. Goldwater. Iloh. «smile and pay exprpss , “ ‘sslfirszlswdre. ‘ . PARSONS. GrsndLedge.Mich. 3.! PET STOCK ELGIAN Rimes—rouse AND OLD STOCK, all high bred. Send for prices. SHERIDAN RABBITRY. Sheridan. Mlch. ' HORSES GHOICE REGISTERED PERGHERONB For Oslo 1 gray mare 12 yrs. 1 black mare 3 yrs. 1 sorrel more 8 yrs. I Spring Colt. BARNEY GIESKEN, R8. St. Louis, Mlch. - .. '7‘ I AND I PERCHERON DRAFT STALLIONS With Size and Quality mgfldn‘lEBhfirEsrsf N10 "W1: :3: 331810;: on a breeding plan. If your locality needs a good draft stallion, let me hear " from you. / FRED D STEVENS Breckenridge. Illoh. Can furnish stock not akin. Also yearl- ing sows. Will breed for early fall litters. Sat- isfaction guaranteed. F. HEIMS a. SON. Davlson. Mlch. Sprlnq bred sows allh sold. i lilang . . ‘. good Sept. pigs, bot sex, srer _ y L l L S d Liberty Defender 3rd, from Col. bred dams. Gills . e A s m Will be bred to an Orion boar for Sept (arrow. H. G. KEESLER. Castopolls. Mlch. E OFFER A FEW WELL-DRE!) SELECT- Gute'dinpl‘lng DuracuBosrs.m;lso bred sows sud ' s n. s or w MoNASGl-IEI'ON A FORDYCE. St. Louis. Mlch. GI T3 BRED FOR AUGUST FAR- DUROD..." Spring pigs either sex. JESSE BLISS A SON, Mlch. BERKSHIRES ARGE ENGLISH RECORDED BERKSHIRES. Bred gilts and spring pigs for sale. Henderson. PRIMEVAL FARM, Osseo. Mich. “ ARE QUALITY HOGS” equipped with that delicious lean streak and not so much blubber. A lew hi sow pigs to offer, splendid individuals. c oceARIA A. WEAVER. Chosanlng. Mlch. GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOB profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your wants. W. 8. Corsa. White Hall. Ill. fDR SAL REGISTERED BERKSHIRES 0' the mostd fashionable breAeIding. r open. Gilts an young rs. so a 2;?“ {soil pigs. No aged stock. Prices. 850 to Riggonv onovc FARM. Pontiac. MIEI... as CHESTER WmTES CHESTER WHITES “WM PM In Pairs .. ‘2?“ "‘"i‘ ‘1? mill: t sonable prices. so a ew re 1 Richly {figmw W. Alexander. Vassar. Mich. EGISTERED CHESTER WHITE PIGS FOR sale at prices that will interest you. Either ‘t toda . ’ "x. vIY'i‘IIIEI’III CyOSENS. Level-Ind. Mlch. YORKSHIRE D YORKSHIRE GILTS. DUE APR. 1. small: C. bred stock. A. R. eac BLACK A SON. R7. Lsnslng. Mlch. HAMPSHIRES I LEFT. BOOKING FREE-1d 231:: 'f’ofsspring pigs. $15.00 st 8 wee o . W. A. EASTWOOD. oncoming. lloh. and scan. I c. o. n.. .... BIGWIPE sow. egg-steed right in ; > 8.5. Mam. '3 El M. ‘B‘. V . Do the Trick! F... YOU WANT THIS WEEKLY IN you. MAI SATURDAY. BECAUSE— # .WJW.” j , BOX EVERY ‘ -——-it brings you all the news of Michigan farming; novel hiding the plain facts. what you raise! it tells you when and where to get the best prices for —-—-it is a practical paper written by Michigan men close to the sod. who work with their sleeves rolled up! -——-'it has always and will continue to fight every battle for ' the interest. of the business farmers of our home state. . “ f ' no matter whom else it helps or hurts! tion price to all! FIVE YEARS. . Ono Subscrip- ONE YEAR.......CI' 3mm YEARS...$2 No Pronunms. _ No free-list, but worth more than we ask. 'I I I l | l I | l l l I I I I I l I I I I I I I l l I I i I I I I l l MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Olemens, Mich. , . . Dear Friends—Keep M. B. F. coming tin/the address below for ey order, check or currency. Naine ’ I c d—._————— PeOe ..‘1...‘.ss...tp..-... . . . . . . . . .years for which I enclose herewith a. . . . . . . . . .in mon- oI.In.it}COOOOIII.C0.0I.D.OOO‘IOODOIDODDDDDODOOOI0'.I.l oeuasowodo‘p...reorder“. Fun. N0-_... County ... . . . . . -. . . . . . . . _. . ....“ . If'thi'sis u. some label-front a fro t c "v mm“!!- !m (X ' . O. C v , fl; canners. $5@ , 5.76.: tflleavybulls, $8.50@9; bo- lognahulle,‘ “@8435; stock bulls, “93:59; feeders; ‘$9@11;‘ stockers {75008.50; milkers and springers, 5856125. Véal calves: market act- ive; best, $16.50,@17; others, $10'@ 13. Sheepeand‘ lambs: Market dull; best lambs, $16.50; fair lambs: $14 ' 015; light to common lambs, $9@ 12; fairto good sheep; $9@10; cull and common, 8305. active: Piss, $13.50; bulk of market $14.76; few choice, $14.86. v CHICAGO—Beef cattle lbs to 25¢» higher; top yearlings, $14.30; best heavy, $13.75; bulk all weights, 312‘ 013.15; stock steady to strong; spots higher; choice heavy cows, 88: bulls and canners steady; medium bolognas, $7.75@8; calves steady to strong; bulk vealers, {13.60 @1415; feeders steady to strong, but quiet. .Hogs: Top, $14.90; bulk all weights, $14@14.75; pigs, 25c to '50c'lower. Sheep: Bulk lambs steady; others loWer; sheep 50c~ lower; good and choice shorn lambs, $16.50@17; common kinds mostly, $12@13; choice spring lambs, $17.50; others mostly $16.25; good and choice fat ewes, $9@10. BOSTON WOOL MARKET The Commercial Bulletin says: “Business during the past week has been virtually at a standstill both in the Eastand- West and the few small sales which have been effected have almost invariably been at the expense of prices. Quotations are very difl‘l—~ cult to make with any certainty. “The situation in the goods mar— ket is still very unsettled, although and, ticks. PARSONS '1 Writd'for Club Oler : heavy vein light '2- butchers, situation is: Hogs: Market. ' tracer his _ w . . , hoped that renditions will/begin to improve presently.” ' - - Quotationsgmore or less nominal. Michiga’n.‘and New York fleeces.— Fine unv’iashed, 66@68c;- delalne', unwashed, 86@‘87c; 1—2 blood, un- washed.7-3'@7'4c; 3—8 blood, unwash- ed, 61@63c. _, Ohio and -Pennsylvauia fleeces—— Delaine unwashed 88@99c; fine, un- washed, 70c; 1-2 blood combing, 75 @77c; 3—8 blood combing, 62@63c. Wisconsin, Missouri and average New England—ll-Z blood 70c: 3-4 bluOd. 67"@58c; 1-4 blood, 53@55c. Virgina} Kentucky and similar.— 1-2 blood unwashed, 7868M: 1-4 blood unwashed, noose. Scoursed basis: Texas—Fine 12 months, $1.60@1.85; line 8 months 81.45 @150. California—mor‘thern, $1.65; mid- ‘ die country, ‘ 81.550130; south, $1.30 0 1.35. Mohairs——Best combing, 6 0 @ 6c; best varding. 6 5 @ 80c. _ EXHIBIT w ANTISEPTICS 5 ~ . A x I - thel year aroun‘rli keep stock healthy - - h " an res from isease germs, A $7.50 makes $60.00 worth of medicated salt, or at conditioner—saves you big money. ' Send $3.00 for a box off”le TON-MIX” medicate a barrel of salt. For hogs, sheep, cattle, horses, an poultry. CHEMICAL WORKS. Grand Led“. Michigan HOW TO SELL smug WHERE? L. A. LILLY, Pres.-Mgr. It Does More and Goes Farther ' Than Any Product Known Wise Stoclcmen Everywhere m "X-TOH Users worms, by parcel eat. It will Park Farm: Exocrine-n Station Em. road. but it is" ; rr rates or it in type. send pros! and Advertising Department, under this heading at 80 cents per line, per Issue. Write out' what you have to offer and send It in, we will'put note rates by return mail. I. Clemens, Michigan. Special Address The albumen lusigtsu farmer. POULTRY “a CHICKS “HOMESTEAD FARMS A mpenflve in Pure Breed P ,1 Poultry. Chicks and eggs ' delivered at your door prepaid. Oundard Heavy and Laying Breeds Work ractical You will be interested In the Ext: Quality White Log— WWW Live and healthy Olsch and mdsiactory hatch from eggs guaranteed. Send (or new Catalog with illustrations: it Will hell? You your is. Also it ex- i-ho Farms plan of ctr-opera STAT! FARMS ASSOCIATION Dost Kalamazoo. Michigan ORPlNG'l'ONS AND LEGHORNS Two great breeds for profit. Write today for (me catalogue oi hatching eggs. baby chicks and breedan stock. CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY, 148 Philo Bldg. Elmira. I. Y. Fun MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. ducks, either sex, $4 each at once. Old ducks weigh 10 pounds. CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette, Mich. G. BUFF LEGHORNS, BABY CHICKS, EGGS for hatching. liens, Cockerels. Farm raised. Good laying strain. _ J.-W. WEBSTER. Bath. Mich. WHITE LEGHORNS Circular free. Mlch., R 4 RABOWSKE'S 8. C. Stock and eggs for sale. LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill. —T O. K. Chicken Hatchery THOROUGHBRED DAY OLD CHICK. Barrera Plymouth Rox. . eds. 8. C. Brown and White Loghorns. ' :6 chicks, $6.25; ’50 chicks, 811; 100 chicks; MORNIN GSTAR. Prop. 1 15. Foam. Mull. CHICKS—CHICKS A. O. Box 288. Phone SHIPPED CAFELY EVERYWHERE IY IA". 8. C. White herboms and B. C. flowed An- com; the great egg machines. chicks. guaranteed to Iotlsf Order In! lay and June delivery. venth scan 0- ales tree. HOLLAND BANNERY. R1. Holland. Ish- Rose and Cinch-Coil. CHICKS AID EGGS R, I. 3..., 3...... Plymouth Rocks. Superior color. Prolific layers. Prepaid by parcel put and safe delivery IMF. antsed. Illustrated catalog tree. . Kl! It!!! Box 0. Lennon. Mich. BABY CHICKS. PURE OCR-ANTON STRAIN Rhode Island Reds, $20 per 100. Order now. H. VAIDEPELS. Iceland. Mich. HATCHING EGGS FOR ME HATGHIIG sacs FROM A HEAVY LAY- nig strain of S. C. R. I. Reds at 82.00 per set- ting of 15 eggs, $10.00 per 100. _Stock of excellent type and times. Satisfaction guaranteed. F. HEIMS ‘ SON. Davison. quality at all Mich. R. i RED HATCHING EGGS, 59 PER 100. Special eggs from 300 egg hen, 75c each. W. H. FROHM. R 2. Mt. Clemens, MIOh. . C. Leghorn Eggs. from Kuip and Gale Strains $1.50 for 15. $8 per 100. M. Pekin duck eggs, $1.50 for 8. Mrs. Claudia Bette. Hillsdale. WYANDOTTE Bllver Laced Golden and White Wy_andott Eggs from best quality, only $1.75 per 1.); . per 30 by parcel post prepaid. Buy from old‘re- liable. Clarence Browning, R2, Portland, Mich. 03. 2 I) white Wyandottes, Dustin's Strain, culled by ex- perts for utility, size and color. Eggs 15 for $2.00, 50 or more 100 each, by mail prepaid. VANO FARM, Martini-d. Mich. Fine W. Wyandottes at Half Price. Best_ layers. Keelcr's strain. Eggs 70 each, postpaid. N. FLECK. R 6, Ind. LAinSHAN ILACK LANGBNANS OF QUALITY - Bred for type and color since 1912. Started from Denheaded by Black Bob. First prize cook at International show at Bull’alo. Jan. 1912. En- $3.50 per setting of 15. Winter layins strain. SIMPSON. Plymouth, OSE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED EGGS FOR hatching stock. guaranteed, $2 for 12'). Wm. J. RUSCHE. Alpine, Mlch., R 1 08E COMB BROWN LEGHORN EGGS FOR sale. One fifty per fifteen eggs. Flemish Giant rabbits that are giants. Quality guaranteed. E HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater, Mich. ROM COOK'S IEST: 8. O. DUFF, WHITE and black Orpington eggs, $4 per 15; $7 for 30 GRABOWSKE BRO$.. R 4. Merrill. Mich. RITE WYANDOTTES; EGGS FOR HATCH- ing from selected layers, 52 per 15, prepaid. Pens. 816 to 825. FRANK DeLONG, R8, Three Rivers, Mich. Eggs from vigorous early maturing stock from heavy laying strain. $2 per 15. $5 per 45 by prepaid / . yv' After the Minnesota National Sale THEN The MCPhersOn Farms Co. AND Cluny Stock. Farm 5’ SALE ’ at Howell, Mich, June 8, 1920 so . HIGH CLASS A. R. o. HOLSTEINSV ‘ so . * . SaleBegins- at 10.30A. M. at the Sales Pavilion- Auctioneer—B. v. KELLEY; 'S. T. W’ .p is _ VMcP‘herso-ri Farms Co. and Ginny Stock Farm 4 l—In the Box, DE cflAs_ w. wobbonmo, uloh. parcel post. R. G. Kirby. R1. East Lansing, Mich. “3 KS srcmuo sacs—PLYMOUTH Rocks (ALL B Y CHIC varietkies) Cthiilto Wyandotbe, Ancona and Ron- nlsh Houdam en Ruc s. a 0: LC. Emm'gm‘filfi'; 3.1.":§°‘859§.?mm,' Brahmas, snamosn POULTRY vsnos. Sheridan, Mich. Wyandottes: Tyron'e Poultry harm. Fen‘wn. Mich . c. sue a. c. snows LEGHORN seas $1.00 for 13. for hatching winter layers, EVA 1’ Mich. RYON, Jerome. 8. C. Black Minorcas exhibition stock Northrup ,strain Eggs for Hatching $3 for 13, $12 per 100. Can Poultry Yord, O. J. Deedrlck, Vassar, Mich. s. . BROWN LEGHORNS. FARM RANGI eggs. 15, 81.60 postpaid. 100 erpress. $8. HARLEY L. FRY. North Adams, Mich. RESULTS ! April 6, 1920 Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich, Gentlemen: — Enclosed please find check for $14.60, the sum due for 13 weeks’ chicken ad and one week strawberry ad. If we need any more ads we will let you know later. Your ads surely bring business. We’re all sold out for April and May. 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 otvevery bona. fide farmer. Cordlally yours, C. W. HEIMBACH, Route 5, Big Rapids, Mich. M. B. F. brings them —'-READ the Classified Ads —.m— M. B. F .’s Business Farmers’ Exchange ' Big Bar Just th 2 Co ./ Upo Gé‘taramous New Butte rfly The Coupon Makes First Payment 0 _~ and Separator Itself Pays the Rest get one of the famous New Butterfly Cream Separators The Coupon at the bottom If you send Here is an opportunity for you to direct from our factory without sending a cent of money in advance. It You Keep 1 or 2 Cows order the New Butterfly Jr. No. 21/2~capaaty up to 250 lbs. or 116 quarts of m11k an hour. Price . 4.00. Terms, free order —- balance $3.50 a month for twelve months. If You Keep 3 or 4 Cows order the New But- terflyjr. No. 372- capac1ty up to 400 lbs. or 190 quarts of milk an hour; Price $56. Terms, free $2.00 coupon with order—bal. $4.50 i a month for 12 months. If You Keep 5 or 6 Cows order the New Butterfly—size No. 4%— (shown below)—capacity up to 500 lbs. or 250 quarts of milk an hour. Terms, free $2.00 coupon with order—bal- ance $5.25 a month for twelve months. If You Keep order the New . Butterfly— size » No. 5%, capac- ity up to 600 pounds or 300 quarts of milk an hour. Price $74.00. Terms, free $2.00 coupon with order—balance $6 a month for twelve months. IF YOU KEEP MORE than 10 Cows order New Butter- fly big dairy size No. 8 -—capacity up to 850 pounds or 425 quarts of milk an hour. Price $78.80. Terms, free $2.00 coupon with order —balance $6.40 a month for 12 months. $2.00 coupon with Price $65.00. . 7 10 Cows of this advertisement lS worth $2.00 to .1you. it at once we will accept it the same as cash for in on any 1920 model New Butterfly Separator. telling us which size machine you want and try for 30 days in your own home. save and make for you. coupon flakes All of Firsl Pa menl Nothing More to Pay for 30 . ays Think of It! You can see for yourself before. you pay a cent how easily this labor saving, money making machine will save enough extra cream to meet all the monthly payments before they are due. In this way you won’t feel the cost at all. You will have a separator to use on your farm and money in your pocket. Pay Only son to $64.01: Month According to Size Separator You Need You get the benefit of the great saving in time and work while the separator is paying and you own one of the best separators made —a all defects in material and workmanship and you expense of a catalog, postage and time. and we saying if you send the catalogue to read. You _ With other separators in your neighborhood regardless of price. have a chance to see how much. more cream you would save if you owned a separator. That is why We are offering to send ' you a machine from our factory to use 30 days. 30 Days’ Free Trial—‘ Life-Time Guarantee Against Defects In Materlal and Work- manshlp. If at the end of 30 days’ trial you are not pleased Just send the machine back at our expense and and we Will pay the freight char .both ways. You don’t risk a single enny. you ecnde to keep the ator we send you :3 coupon counts the same as a $2. payment. You take that much right off from our faétory price on the size you select. For » exam le, if you select a $44.00*machme you will have only £42.00 to pay in twelve easy payments—only $3.50 a month. If you select a$56.00 machine you Will have only $54.00 to pay in twelve easy payments of only $4.00 amonth, and so on. You can pay by the month or you e a chance to compare the New Butterfly on first payment of $2.00 Just fill out the coupon, we will ship it for you to Then you can find out for your- self just how much the New Butterfly Cream Separator will for itself. After that the profit is all yours steady profit producer the year round—a machine guaranteed a lifetime against won’t feel the cost at all. By ordering direct from this advertisement you save the give you the benefit of this cougar; below. You have the machine to use instead of a More than "5.000 new in use can pay in full at any time and. get adiscount-for cash. e coupon W11] count as $2.00 Just the same. The im- portant thing to do 19 Send the Coupon NOW whether you want to buy for cash or on the easy payment plan. We have shipped thousands of New Butterfly Cream Separators direct from our ors. The New Butterfl It has no discs—there areonly three parts inside the bowl—all easy to wash. It is also ve ings constantly bathed in oil. Free and many other improved features. ~ No Dlses to Clean circu y is the easiest to clean of allcream separat- ry li ht running with bear- ar tells all about these factory to other farmers in your-state on this liberal plan. More than 175.000 of these machines are new in use. You take no risk'whatever. You have 30 days in which to try the New Butterfly we send you before you decide to keep it. This is an opportunity you can’t afford to pass by. Get Start It making money for your cream separator now. _ It is worth $2 to you. IT Is ALWAYS Basr- to select a 1 er machine than you need now. ter on you may want to keep more cows; An- other tlung-remember thelarger the' capacr of your se arator ‘thefaster itw. skiman‘d‘the ess time it will take to do the work. ' is Worth To Y U 5/ 00 Manufacturers I 2314mm..an I ......__._. Free Coupon “sauna-noun 60.. 2314 Marshall Blvd.. chicago, Ill. Plese ship me on 30 days’ free trial one New Butterfly Cream Separator If I find the machine satisfactory and as represented by you. I Will keep it and you are to acce t this coupon as $2.00 first cash payment or same. If am_ not p eased you agree to accept thf return of the machine Without any expense to me and ,will be under no obligation to you. 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