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HERBERT HOOVER ’
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR ’

 

 

 

HE FOOD control (bill, over which

Congress has been wrangling for-
nearly three months, has become a law.
The measure ives to President Wil-
son almost a ocratic powers of seiz-
ure, control and disposal of foods,
feeds, fuel, fertilizer and fertilizer in‘
gradients, tools, utensils, implements,
machinery, and equipment necessary
for the. actual production of foods,
feeds and fuel. It is declared to be
one of‘the most sweeping laws ever
enacted by our Congress.

Immediately following the passage
of the act, President Wilson officially
named Herbert Hoover as food ad-
ministratbr. .

The‘ob‘jects of the food—control law
are to stimulate production and en-
courage conservation of foodstuffs, to
prevent hoarding and speculation, and
to facilitate distribution. The need of ,
some kind of governmental control of
the necessities of. life was first recog-
nized last winter when speculators
took advantage of the scarcity of ma-
ny crops to buy up large quantities
and hoard them until the scarcity be-
came acute when they placed them on
the market at their own figures. Ac—
tual investigation showed that only a
negligible portion of the producers
profited by the unprecedented high
prices. ,

The food-control bill was designed
in the interests of both producer and
consumer. , It has no use, however, for
the hordes of speculators that stand
between. The provisions. of the bill
are such as toggive the greatest possi-
ble encouragement to increased pro-
dlmfiOD, ,proCtically insuring profitable
suffices ‘20,, ifarmer on staple pro«
ducts, and. stthe'sams time making it

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Section four of the food control bill
provides _ that it shall be, ~unlawful for
any person wilfully to destroy, waste,
or permit preventable deterioration of any
necessaries in connection ’with their pro-
duoti'on, manufacture ‘or distribution; to
board or monopolize, either. locally or
generally, any necessaries; to exact ex—
cessive' prices for any necessaries.

 

 

This section does not apply to any
farmer or gardener, co-operative asso-
ciation of farmers or gardeners, in
cluding livestock farmers, or any oth-
er person, owning, leasing or culti-
vating any farm or garden. The gov-
ernment recognizes the right of farm-
ers to hold their crops for any period

. of time in order to secure a profitable
price therefor. ,

Section five discriminates between
the farmers’ co-operative marketing
organizations and independent deal-
ers. This section authorizes the Pres-
ident, at his discretion, to license the
importation, manufacture, storage and
distribution of any necessaries, and
compel evlry person engaged in any
such busineSS to procure'a license
and follow certain prescribed regula-
tions. Failure to do this means for-
feiture of license and the right to
continue in such business. The pur-
pose of this sec'i.n is to give the
President legal control when advisa—
ble, over all elevators, storage houses,
etc., w‘erein necessaries are stored,
or prepared for storage, shipment or
sale. This section does notapply to
farmers or farmers’ co-operative or-
ganizations whose gross sales do not
exceed $100,000 per annum.

GOVERNMENT MAY PURCHASE AND
STORE FARM PRODUCTS

 

 

Section two provides that the President
may from' time to time purchase, pro-
vide storage facilities for, and sell for
cash at reasonable prices, wheat, flour,
meal, beans, and potatoes.

 

 

A proviso calls for the payment of
a “just compensation" for any neces—
saries which the government may pur-
chase, the amount to be determined

by the President. If this compensa-
tion be not satisfactory, the person en~

titled to receiVe such, will be. paid,

seventy-five per cent of the amount,
and shall be entitled to sue the United
States to recover whatever additional
amOunt is-Vin his judgment satisfactory
compensation. It is not to be tho,
however, that the government would
attempt to requisition necessaries for
any purpose whatever without offer-
ing a compensation which will pay
the producer or manufacturer a fair
profit for the requisitioned articles.

_For such would be in “direct opposi-

tion to the purposes of the law.
MINIMUM PRICE ON WHEAT ONLY

 

 

Section fourteen provides, that when-
ever the President shall find that an
emergency exists requiring stimulation
of the production of wheat, to determine
and fix a reasonable guaranteed price for
wheat, in order to assure producers a
reasonable proflt. Such price will be
graduated according to ‘the various
grades of wheat as defined under the
grains standards act.

 

 

This section fixes the minimum price
on wheat until May 1, 1919,\at,not leSS
than $2, at the principal interior pri-
mary markets. This guaranty is in no
wise dependent upon the action of the
President, it having been made a part
of the law already in effect. The ques-
tion has been raised by many farmers
as to whether this amount is also
meant to be the maximum. price. It
is not. The sole purpose of the section
is to stimulate wheat production by
guaranteeing a profitable price, and
the cost to the consumer is not here
considered. Over-production cannot
lower the price;
might and probably would raise it
considerably.

No provision has been made for the
fixing of a minimum price on any
other necessary than wheat. Possibly
Congress felt that since bread is
the staff of life, the nation can live
on bread and milk, and the farmer
accordingly be encouraged to grow
wheat instead of beans and potatoes.
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not adapted to. the growing of wheat .
is a minor detail that may never have
occurred to our legislators. .-
It will be remembered by many of, .~
our readers that an effort was made
last spring, notably by Mr. Grant Slo-A

cum, founder of the Gleaner organi.

zation, and editor-in-chief of MICHI-
GAN BUSINESS FARMING, to convince,
the government of the advisibility of
fixing minimum prices on all leading
staples, thus giving equal encourage-
ment to the production of each and
insuring sufficient acreage to provide
for the nation's needs of an ample,
well - balanced ration. Thousands of
farmers at that time expressed their
willingness to increase their acreage
from ten to twenty-five percent in the
event of such minimum prices being
established. It is probable that the
encouragement that has been given to
wheat production will cut down to
some extent the acreage of other sta-
pies so that the government may find
it advisable to fix minimum. prices on
all staples another year.

ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION 0F ms.
.. ,,_ T_T_I.EPFPWEIQPPRS

Section fifteen 'provides,
thirty days from the date of the approval
of the act, no foods, fruits, food materials
or feeds shall be used in the production
of distilled spirits for beverage purposes. :

 

 

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This clause is the death warrant
of the booze business. It absolutely}
prohibits the manufacture, sale, as.
well as importation, of rye, whiskey,
and kindred spirits as beverages dur-
ing the duration of the war. The
bill as originally drawn provided al-
so for the absolute prohibition of all '
brewed beverages, but the booze inter-
ests came down on the bill so hard
as to threaten its passage by endless
debate, and the withdrawing of the
beer and light wines from the res-
trictions was a comp omise made to
facilitate the passage of the act.
Provisos in the above clause, however,
give the President the power to regu-
late Or prohibit the use of food ma.-
terials in the manufacture of malt or
vinous liquors when it appears in his
Judgment that such use seriously af-
fects the supply of such materials for
food purposes.

MAY PURCHASE NITRATE AND
SELL AT cos'r

 

 

The President is authorized to procure,
or aid in procuring, such stock of nitrate
of soda as he may determine to he ne-
cessary, and find available for increas-
ing agricultural production during the
calendar years 1917 and‘1918, and to
dispose of the same for cash at cost, in~
eluding all expenses connected therewith.

 

 

 

 

The sum of $10,000,000 is appropri-
ated by the act to carry out the pro«
visions of this section.

Other provisions of the law give
the President power to fix the prices
of coal and coke, to establish rules for
the regulation of their production,
sale, shipment, distribution, appor—
tionment, etc.,-and to exerciSe this
power thru the federal trade com—
mission; to requisition and take over
the plant or business of any or all
producers and dealers in the country;
to compel the sale of all coal or coke
to a government agent for- distribu-
tion, if necessary at reasonable prices
to be fixed by the President; and fig ‘
nally, to requisition and take over the
plant or business of any or'all pro-
ducers and dealers in the United
States.

Provision is made for ‘the auto-
matic repeal of the act with the cessa-
tion of war between the United States

  

 
    

   

  
   
  
 
 

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‘ , VI-Iow Times Change .
’. HE ACCOMPANYING cartoon was publishe
I some years ago in an eastern magazine. It

, purported to present the conception that ur-

ban people of the day had of the, farmer. The

" printing of this hideous warping of seine cartoon-
bold insult to the farmers of that ’
generation and every generation, past and present.

ist’s mind was a

Granting that ‘ there .Was a.
time when the farmer, ‘per:
petually weary from drudg—
ing work from sun-up till
sun—down,— was - quite par-
donably careless of his per-
sonal appearance, let it be-
said that not even in his most
prideless and poverty-strick-
en days did he become the
slovenly, unkempt and un-
couth object here portrayed.

We. reproduce this car-
toon at the present time mere-
ly to emphasize the great
change in the attitude of the
people of a few years ago and
now toward the farmer. Ex-
aggerated ‘as the picture is,
it nevertheless conveys some
idea of the feeling of contempt
and superiority that certain
. people of the time had toward
the farmer. It was evidence enough that he was
considered the lowest in the social plane, an am-
bitionless nobody, upon whom everybody trod and
wiped their feet. _

But times have changed. Today the farmer is
known as he really is, a progressive, successful
Business Man, clean of appearance, clean of habits
and clean of collar, interested as keenly in the
affairs of the world and taking as large a part in
their administration as any other class of in-
dividuals. Today the name of the farmer is up-
on the lip of the entire nation; the governments
of the world pay him homage.

The transition has been slow. For a score of
years the farmers of the country have been wak-
ing up from a long, long, sleep. During their
somnolent days somebody stepped in between
them and the consumer, and with one hand took
from the farmer the things he produced and with
the other handed them over to the consumer.
Nothing to worry
about when this obliging stranger stood ready to
take the products, always of course at his own
figure? Came the time when the farmer of
necessity turn-ed to the stranger for he found that
he had unwittingly encouraged the building up
of a system of distribution upon which he was
obliged to depend for the marketing of his crops.
Having absolutely no control over the selling
of his products, is it any wonder that the farmer
had to slave and skimp, barely making both ends
meet, an object of others’ scorn and pity.

Today, thank heaven, the farmer is in pos-
session of his common sense and a large part of
his marketing rights. The duties that he once
abrogated to a horde of speculators he is taking
upon himself. His sole ambition is no longer to
wrest a mere living from the soil; he has had a
new vision and today he toils and plans and ad-
ministrates that he may take enough from the soil
to secure the common comforts of life that
others in the city enjoy and to insure a com-
petence for the children and old age. '

Today, the farmer is in every‘ sense of the
word a business man,-a Business Farmer, if you

lease. ‘ He watches’the trend of the markets as
closely as the growing crops; he studies the
market ‘Juq'iiiot’ations as carefully as the latest
treatise "on-7 farm ~ crops and animals. His
primary concern today is to sell what he raises
at a. profit; to increase production is his second-

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they are profitably engaged a
Save the Dairyindustry . _

M ICHIGAN’S' greatl-dairiy‘indu'stry is threat- )-

ened. Unless radical steps are taken at
once to~ put the industry upon a more s‘e-
cure and permanently profitable basis, its very ex-

istence wilipay the penalty for the supreme self- ‘
- ishness and arbitrary dictates 'of the milk combine.

For over a yeannow the organized. dairymen
of the State thru their central association, the
Michigan Milk Producers’. Ass’ns, have taught
stubbornly and partially successfully for higher

prices, prices that would first, pay the'actual costs

of producing the milk, and'secondly, if possible,
a meager profit on the labor and investment involv-'
ed.“ At every point they have met with stolid in.
difference, excuses, compromises, even defiance,
on the part of the condensaries and big distribut-
ing companies. Most .. of the concessions secured

from the dealers have beenat the expense of costly» .
milk strikes, protracted conferences, and innumer- .(
able delays which have cost the dairymen a pretty

penny and well nigh exhausted their patience with
the dealers and their confidence in an ultimate sat-
isfactory settlement of existing diflerences.

It would seem that the big creamery com-
panies’anl condensaries would be anxious to get
together with the producers and determine upon
some basis for the equitablerregulation of milk
prices for a period of years. It would seem “that
good business prudence would prompt them,—
more, would warn them,——-to get on the good side
of the producers and establish such amity of
feelingand such satisfactory adjustment of milk
prices as to lend the utmost encouragement to the
rapid development of the state’s dairy industry.

 

 

As a Detroit Newspaper Sees It.

All of the milk distributors in Detroit gave prices .

a boost this week to the unprotected consumer. The
nearest for an excuse is the unconfirmed report from
the Back Bay district, the fashionable suburb of Best—
on,that the price of milk there was approaching the
Detroit figure, threatening our reputation as being the
highest cost spot on the globe for cow products.
However, we beat ’em to it and so are safe. Some
people think that owing to dry weather milk prices
were raised to the farmer, but that is not the case.
Producers set a‘price for the year last winter and
that still_ prevails. It was purely a case of getting

more div1dends.

The small buyer, pint purchasers and these com-
prise about 60 per cent of the population of Detroit,

are now paying at the rate of $6.36 per 100 pounds for

milk; The cow owners receive 750 per cwt. leaving

-:for the Detroit distributors the neat little sum of

$4.61 for distribution cost, about 200 per cent more
than is allowed by the market of the state of New
York in the metropolis.

The milk producers in the neighborhood of
Philadelphia are now receiving 60 per cent more for
their wares than the farmers in Michigan, yet in the
city of Brotherly Love the consumer is paying 30
per cent less than we who reside here among the sharks

When the time comes that the government, co-op-
crating with cities and states, will make a special
study of marketing problems, then both producer and
consumer will be benefltted. The matter of costs
and legitimate prflts will receive honest consideration.
—-The Little Stick.

 

 

The creamery companies have never shown the
least deference to the wishes or welfare of the
dairymen. They might be surprised to learn
what a fair-minded and anxious-to—please class
of people they were dealing with if once they
should descend from their position of lofty dig-
nity and arbitrary disposal and meet the farmers
in a frank, open-handed discussion of the entire
problem.

It has been the persistent dodging and ignor-
ing of the issue involved in the milk price dis-
putes, by the milk companies that has dis-
couraged many farmers from continuing the
dairy branch of their business. The past few
months have seen many fine dairy cows led to
the slaughter because they were worth more to
their owners, dead than alive. This is truly a
deplorable situation, but it is one over which the
farmer has no control. He cannot afford to
feed a big dairy herd thru another winter with no
promise of sufficient returns from the milk to pay
the cost of the feed and care.

The demoralization of Michigan’s dairy in-
dustry has only just begun. With the price of
meat continually on’ the/increase, and the price
of milk practically stationary, the dairymen the

,state over will sooner or later do the economi-

cally wise thing—well. or slaughter their cows and
go out of the dairy business.” , ' '

The farmers themselves cannot save
uation; They have exhausted every honorable
means at their command to secure recognitienlof

their rights from the creamery' and condensary

the Sit: *

, son had emphatically. " -'

Would be needed so badly‘inthe‘ fieldsr‘. ’ .

He replied, "Just wait and see;

'ers' sons right along‘with everybody else.”,.
Was he right? _ . j w _
During the past couple weeks there halve, been

many evidences in various parts of the country that, .
at =‘fdraft” was made of all the yOung men between 5
the ages of arena 30". Thus far, however, no evi- ;
deuce has been, submitted that the draft was a “se- _-
lective’f one. In fact, in spite of the President’s
ardent declarations several months ago that the

draft would'be a carefully selective one, utterances

from those immediately in charge of the machinery

of the draft are of quite the Opposite tenor. ,_
“There" will be no exemptions on industrial
grounds" are the very words that certain high an—

thorities have been reputed as giving out to the '

pres’s within the last month. = "

.What are we to judge by this? That/the gov,
ernment intentionally created a. wrong impression
earlier in the year for diplomatic purposes when it
led the public to believe that only those who could
be readily spared from cit'ilian ranks would be

taken, or that conditions have since arisen which:

makes it advisable to show no discrimination.
The farmers of the country were enjoined to

use every means at their command to increase .

their crop production, with the promise that they
and their sons and their hired men would be ex-
empted from the draft. This promise has not been
carried out either in spirit or letter. The un-
certainty in many young farmers’ minds as to the
government’s intentions, and the unfair insinua-
tions that have been made in the cartoons and
the editorial columns of the press against all single
men, who were slow to enlist, (regardless of the
sufliciency and sincerity of their motives), have
driven many farm helpers into the service and
given rise to a situation which no amount of ex-
plaining and exempting can now' wholly remedy.

If the government has it in mind to exempt the
farmers of the country from immediate military
service, let the proper authorities speak up at once.
How can the farmers plan to harvest and market
their crops or lay out their schedule for another
year's harvest when in a state of continual un-
certainty” fearsome that the scant help they al-
ready have may be taken from them? President
WilsOn has well said that the farmers cannot
be spared from the fields; they have a sacred
duty to perform in feeding the universe. If these
are not mere words, then the government should
follow them up at once with some kind of action.
It does not increase the faith of a people in their
government when one thing is said and its 0p-
posite is done.

If the dread of a world scarcity of food is
well founded, then does the government indeed
need to give willingly and gladly exemption to
every man of farm experience. It is fair to all the
world that he should be exempted and that he
should be treated with respect and understanding
by both the civilian and the drafted population.

If the world hungers for food the government
should place the-responsibility for producing it
upon the shoulders of those who know how. It
would be the very essence of inefficiency and folly
for the government to take experienced farm hands
out of the fields and send them to the trenches,
filling their places on the farms With effete and in-
experienced help. Don’t do it. Uncle Sam. Leave
your "‘soldiers of the soil” where they belong,
else you’ll pay the penalty with short rations and
a hungry nation.

Whoop ‘Er Up, Boys, its an Interesting Game.
. OMEHOW its hard to understand the food
S proposition; but let us presume that its all
because we~ don’t. understand the war game.
For six months city dwellers everywhere haveheen
shouting for more. food-products; the- President
has asked the farmers to double their acreage;
Congress has talked itself to death .on' the ques-
tion, Agricultural Colleges have been calling for

mbre farm preducts, and sending'their professors

into. cities‘and villages to encourage back-yard,
gardens and tcr tell. the, citybred how to raise

what vegetable: the family ‘ need: ' Women are, 1

2- -.,L

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~-patriots and double their output.
" buy for our homes, ourselves and tamilies costs
' all the way from fifty to one hundred per cent
, more than two years ago.
,to think about it. Is it because they are too busy

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And yet, us One seems

kicking about the price of farm products? Ordi-
nary business senile would suggest that increased
production might mean unprofitable prices. At
least that is the way ' the manufacturers would
figure it out. Time will tell, how this scheme
will workout with the farmers. In the mean-
time, whoop—er up fellows; a new concoction for
any ailment is usually first tried on the fellow
least able to refuse “dope.”

A Tip to Mr.~Hoover.

HE REAL gamblers in food stuffs have at
last been discovered and run to earth. The
sleuth who trailed the culprits is none other

than Mr. E. .C. Eichenberry of Camden, Ohio,
president of the National Hay and Grain Dealer’s
Ass’n, who announced his remarkable findings
at the annual meeting of the Michigan branch,
at Saginaw.

“Farmers, and not elevators, are big gamblers
and speculators," said . Mr. 'Eichenberry. Call

Mr. Hoover!

This is not the first time, however, that the
farmer has. been accused of being a gambler. He
gambles with the ‘soil, with the weather, with
winds, droughts, floods, bugs and blight. Every
time he plants a seed he gambles; his whole bus-
iness is a gamble from sun up till sun down, year
in and year out.

And now, after he has won or lost the stakes,
as the case may be, againstuwhm and weather,
the speculators charge him with gambling with
the market, holding his products till he can sell

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products you raise;
any longer to sell at a loss?

He looks upon his work, and it is good.
Out on the wheat his lengthened shadow
slants,
A simile of labor’s shielding worth,
And to his cars there come the crooning
chants
That with the coming night are given
birth.

The sunset flings its last red banners high,
And still he stands, as statues stand and
brood, ,
A silhouette against the blazing sky—-
A man in well-done toil’s uplifting mood.
And then the night lets fall its dusky
shroud
With wondrous jewelings of star on
star—-
A royal robe for him, the swarthy browed,
' Who spends his strength for peoples near
and far.

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' Marine Corps hastily mounting a
five-inch sun to repel an pnexpected attack by the Kaiser ('2).

. The body and motor of the latest model air—

plane Thousands of these are being built in
the Henry Ford factory at Detroit, at cost to the
government. The government plans the con-
struction of 20,000 air machines as soon as
possible.

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market them and take the profits.

If your action has been a blow to the spoon?

Iators, we’d call the food—control bill a .42 centi—

meter ,wallop in the ”solar plexus;

for the food": ‘

control bill permits the farmers to hold their pr‘o- '

ducts, while it administers the knockout drops to
the real gambler.

Take the People Into Your Confidence.

EACE, Peace, is the cry of the peoples of the

world. But governments do not listen. The

business of war goes on; the life-blood of
men pours out upon the battlefields in ever
swelling torrents; the trumpet’s call for men,
and yet more men, never ceases; the flower of the
world’s manhood marches endlessly on to misery
and to death. 1

The world is naus ated with the stench of war;
the cry for “peace” grows ever louder. Govern-
ments dodge the issue; “the people do not un-
derstand” is their excuse. Perhaps they are
right;
the abstract reasons advanced for war is not suf-
ficiently clear to make them zealous war sup«
porters. In any case; they are asking for peace.
Shall they be denied? No! For are they not a
part of the na’tiOn which boasts of a “government
of for and by the people”, and therefor entitled
now as always to the rights guaranteed under the
Constitution?

To these especially, to all the people of the na-
tion who are called upon to lay sacrifices before
the God of War, the United States government
owes an immediate declaration of its war aims, in
language so plain that it cannot be misunderstood.

If there are good and sufficient reasons for ig-
noring all peace advances by Germany, they are
not known to the people of the United States and
the Allied nations. The safe and opportune time
for these governments to take their people into
their confidence and tell them why there is no
present hope of ending the hell let loose on earth,
is now at hand while the peOple are yet in tolerant
mood.

This smiling Miss is a type of the women that
are being instructed in farm work at the New
York State Agricultural school. European wo-
men now do a large part of the farm work and the
idea has taken root in this country.

 

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"Has the magic soil builder that will
transform the sandy barrens of
Michigan into fertile, _
acres, been at last discovered? The
Department of Agriculture claims to
have secured the» seed of European
" legumes which have reclaimed mill-
‘ions of acres of worthless lands a-
cross the seas that today are fertile
and valuable farms. ' .
* The department has said little con-
cerning this new discovery. But‘ a.
few weeks ago a little parcel of five
acres of land two miles north of
Cadillac was taken over by them as
an experiment station, and there the
merits of the legumes will be tested.

No one can tell the precise number
of acres that lie in the great tract of
' light sandy soils which stretch from
Alpena sonth nearly to Bay City,and
straight across the state, with the
northern boundary line taking a south
easterly direction, dividing quite clear-
‘ ly ,even- to the naked eye, the hard-
wood and fertile lands from the pine
and barren lands. It has been es-
timated that fully three million acres
of this vast area, embracing over twen-
ty counties, are at the present time
practically worthless for agricultural
purposes.

It must not be understood,however,
that all of this great section is sand.
Far from i. In nearly every county
there are great fertile hardwood plats
like oases in a desert, which are a—
mong the finest farming lands in the
world and produce a great diversity
of crops. Michigan’s finest and big-
gest yields of potatoes come from
these counties and foffn the bulk of
the state’s crop. There are scores of
different kinds of soil in the section.
They vary from the heaviest of clay
to the lightest of sand. There are
hundreds of thousands of acres that
will grow everything that can be rais-
ed in temperate climate; there are as
many more so light that they do not
respond 0 root crops, but raise clover
and other legumes in great abundance.
These vast acres form splendid graz-
ing lands, as yet little appreciated by
sheep and cattle owners of the state.
Then‘ there are soils so light and life-
less that hey give practically no en-
couragement to any vegetation except
the native shrubs, and scrub oaks and
jack pines.

It is for the redemption of these
millions of agriculturally worthless
lands that the government has im-
ported the leguminous plants from
Europe which are claimed to be better
soil builders than any native plant,
such as vetch, clover and peas. They
are declared to build up sandy soil
to such an extent that it will in the
course of a few years produce good
crops of any standard product.

Shuld the time ever come when this
dream will be realized and these waste
empires be brought into profitable cul—
tivation, thus opening up the way for
settlementkit would add many mill-
ions of dollars to Michigan’s agricul-
tural wealth, and place her immediate-
ly at the very front rank of all the
states of he union.

The Auditor General’s report on the
, collection of state taxes for last year
shows that the agricultural counties
.paid the highest percentage of their
tax. Eight counties paid 99 percent
,er "more, of their tax.‘ They, are:

7 g'tBranCh, Clinton, Hillsdale, Ionia, Hu-

'10nyKeweenaw, LenaW'ee and Liv-
. In'gson. 'Kewenaiw paid 99.44 percent
' her tax, while Roscommon stood
owest among all counties with only
f-per cent of its tax paid. _,

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Paw Grape Growers’, union, the Wol-
verin Co-operatiive .‘ Co. and

one organizationfi -

A number of; men-spoke, the-prinipal
speaker, being Mr. Ruel of the North
American Fruit Exchange The

North American Fruit Exchange has -
representatives in 60 different cities

in the United States and Canada. Mr.

‘Ruel expressed the belief that if his
» organization was given the sale of the

grapes in that district that through
their organization they could make a
better distribution of the crop and also
procure better prices.

organization and therefore the local
organization d0es not lose its ident-
ity, nor reputation for a certain brand
of fruit. The North American Fruit
Exchange would hire the manager and
pay telegraph bills and also have a
cenral office for he district at Benton
Harbor. " Loading and other expenses
are to be paid by the local organizat-
ion. Forvits services the Fruit Ex-
change would charge $15.00 per car.

The Wolverine Co. has already de-
cided to take up with the proposition
and the Grape Growers’ Union will
do so if the Southern -Michigan de-
cides to join in the movement. South
ern Michigan members present seem-
ed to favor the plan and no doubt
such arrangements will be made.

By the proposed method the expense
of handling the crop would be some
larger, but if the price ‘of grapes were
advanced one half cent per basket,it
would,more than pay the additional
expense. . - '

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MECOSTA—Hail did thousands of
dollars’ worth of damage to crops here
last week. '

OWOSSO—Jas, N. McBride, state
market director, urges farmers to or—
ganize farm loan associations for the
purpose of tiling their land.‘ He
recommends that this be done before
fall wheat planting.

HILLSDALE—Lester Salsbury of
Camden township received 800 bushels
of excellent wheat from 17 acres of
ground, a yield of more than 47 bush-
els an acre. Other record crops are
reported.

BAY CITY—Milk producers of Bay
County have put into effect an ad-
vance in the price of milk. The new
price is 24 cents a gallon or $2.83
a hundred pounds. The dealers raised
the price to 9 and 10 cents a quart
the previous week.

MARSHALL—The farmers in this
vicinity will soon contract for the erec-
tion of a concrete grain elevator on
the Michigan C tral tracks in that
city, which iti s xpected will be ready
to receive grain within sixty days.
A stock company of farmers is behind
the plan.

LAINGSBURG—The articles of as-
sociation for the Farmer's Co-opera-
tive Elevator Company of Laingsburg
have been filled in the office of the
county clerk. The capital stock is
$40,000 and the time for which the
pany is incorporated is 30 years; The
purpose of the organization is to buy
and sell at wholesale and retail farm
products and raw material.

LANSINGwGovernor Sleeper has
named a committee to make a survey
of the dairy situation in Michigan
with special rbference to the cost of

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production on the dairy farms as a.

basisfor more equitable valuation of
dairy products by producers. The

the governer are Fred M. Warner,
of Farmington; Fred Wood'worth, of
Caseville; J. N. McBride of Burton;
Professor A. C. Anderson pf East
Lansing and I. R. Waterbury, of High-
land. .

I A meeting of "Law-ton grapegrowers
. Was recently held to 'considérfa plan ‘ ..
for having 'all' the grapes of the Paw .'

"the- .
Southern Michigan Association'sold by-- ‘ - _ . ‘ _ , .. ,

. " ”the farmerswill increaseth
1 milk," :said "a?" Detroit: dair ,
' “Every farmer! in the state- Willb‘e’re-

The Exchange .
would retain the managers of the local '

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presented at this meeting andi‘an .. -
crease will be statewide.» Whatever, in?

crease the farmers mane; to thedairi'es

will,of course, be "reflected by Vanad¢
vance in the detail price of milk.

“It is true that farmers- around De-
» troit getmore now: than theyiever. did.

They get about $2.255: hundredpounds
of milk.
ing money by producing milk.
is because thejcost of cattle feed is so
high.
turn cattle into beef than to. produce
milk. Farmers, for this reason,~-éare

driven from necessity to some measure ,

to make up their kisses "and an in-.
crease in the priCe of. milk is the. only
practicable method. . ‘, ‘ ‘ '-

“Milk conditions in Detroit haVe
been good this Summer. Wehave~had
practically no trouble. Farmers who
supply milk to Detroit are well edu-
cated in our health requirements now

and. the milk has been uniformly

healthy and of a good grade. »

STATETfiIAVE

Plans Under’Way to» Provide for
Plants at Fenton, Bad Axe,

Aug... and Reed' City to
Dry Perishable, Foods

 

 

The Michigan Agricultural Devel-
opment“ association, composed of rep-
resentatives of the war preparedness
board, public domain commission, ag—
ricultural college, railroads and sec-
tional development associations, has
entered into a tentative agreement
with the Mark Process Dryer 00., of
Chicagd, looking to the immediate
building of dryer plants at Fenton,
Bad Axe, Allegan and Reed City.

The company controls a process in-
vented by Mark. The patent is on a
hearth over which fruits and vegeta-
bles are dried without in any degree
destroying the food value or palata-
bility. Th theory is extracting hy-
drogen an inserting oxygen. When
so dried the products do not absorb
moisture, and will keep for an un-
limited period of time, so it is rep-
resented. ] the drying, products
are reduced from 100 pounds to 10.

The tentative plans accepted by the
Association contemplates plants at
each of the four cities named, each
with a capacity for reducing 25 tons
of fruit and vegetables annually to
2% tons. Important advantages claim—
ed for the process are that it will
enable farmers to quickly transform
vegetables and fruits into an imper-
ishable state and eliminate large
waste.

The Chicago company offers to fur-
nish hearths for the four plants at
cost. Local companies would be or-
ganized in the f ur cities to build the
plants at an estimated cost of $15,000
each. The" Chicago company waives
all royalties and explains its profits
would come thru these four plants
being an incentive to others to or-
ganize companies without public aid
to build driers thruout the state.

Charles Grismer, .of Brooklyn, pres

ident of the United Master Butchers .

of America, said he believedxthe Am-
erican public soon would be .'using
horse meat extensively as ,food. {‘Peo-

said.

is wholesome and as palatable as t 'e‘
best beef}?

the War.

serpents.”

But- even-(So, they are'loS‘W'v ment made-public ofj-rtheMMichiganS
This: 1

it is more'profitable by” far to r

   

ple eat pork ,with’out fantastic-11,?" he
“Just “think ' how french; f cleaner
a horse lives than a hog-Horsefle h, -33350 Ion spring and .
. 'Stillf‘others- asked 3 a h n

He predicted .that meat ' ‘winter’flmflkfi 3:1,“, “Area
prices would remain high until after." ' ,

 
 

      
     
    
    
           
     
    
    
   

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It is hard. to explain- the-milligns

of' profits- 'sh mm in the recent stat "

gar Company’s. business‘ the .f. past yes;

‘in thelightsof this cdmpany’sirepeatea
declarations lastsp‘ring that théycoul’d i

not “afford" to pay thegfioweriafair

price for their beetsi The facts of the " ’5
matter. are that the :plethoric' dividends ,
,earned-bytli’ls company last‘year were~ '
made from the 1916 crop. at- the ex- '
pense of many a poor grower Who lost .,
hard-earned dollars because or peer
.yield and low prices. ’ 1 .

Assets aggregating $15,197,059.”
with a. surplusof $2,043,172.99. are

shown in the balance "sheet of the. '
Michigan Sugar company on June 30, '

the close of the company’s flscal'year.
Net profits of the company for) the
year are'given as $1,360,331.69, equal
to 15.24 per "cent On the’ company’s
”outstanding- common stock after al-
lowing for dividend requirements of
the preferred stock. . " '

Fixed assets of the company com-
prising its investment in property,
land, buildings, machinery and equip—

ment aggregate $7,164,127.11. .
will, trade‘names, etc., are valued at
$3,742,924.32, investment in other .

companies at cost.$1,018,040.42. De-
ferred charges amount to $101,777.25.

Current assets aggregate $3,169,
290.89, of which $2,177,031.15 is in
cash and $787,837.25 in inventories of
products and supplies on hand. Cur—
rent liabilities comprising accounts
payable and accrued taxes are $31,.

624.43, net working capital amounting.

ta $3,137,666.41. -

On the $5,000,000. authorizrl 6 per
cent cumulative preferred .stock and
$7,500,000 of common stock, $3,703,500
of -.the former and $7,471,100 of the
latter are outstanding.

Reserve'amount to $947,662.57, in-'

cluding $884,011.49 for depreciation of
which $100,000 was added for the year
just ended, and $63,651.08 for int r
campaign repairs to plants ‘4 after e-
quipment. -

The balance of accumulated surplus
on June 30, 1916, was $2,502,739.30 to
which was added net profits of $1,-
360,331.69 for the fiscal year, while
deductions were $22,210 for dividends
at 6 per cent on the preferred stock
and $597,688 at the rate of 8 per cent
In the common stock, leaving accum-
mulated surplus of $3,043,172 99 on
June 30, 1917. '

FARMERS DIFFER ON COST
OF MILK" PRODUCTION

 

In an effort to get in as close touch
as possible with the milk producers
of Michigan and learn first handed
from them what price they considered
reasonable for milk, Field Secretary

R. C. Reed of the Michigan Milk Pro-

' ducers’ Association, recently sent out.

several Lundred letters to Michigan
dairymen. Data received ,from the
first one hundred replies has proved
very interesting and probably will be
of great aid to the commission investié
gating the dairy industry. . Thirty-’
four producers favored a flat rate of

$2.50 a hundred. Twenty-five," others f

were indiffe-ent and expressedg;a._will.-7 ~,
_'ingness to accept whateverprice the
association might agree 1113901}. «The: "

otherstvaried in then- estimates. Some
that-they should receive-$3.50 a has
area ,during , the wintermonth‘s' an
mmer-nii .

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I‘ the floor,

sauna. . , _ _ . , ,
ions of “young, men to be-‘sent across '-
the sea that the war may. go: on‘ and

at, the as mill.

.. ..iijon,;1and,the~ fellows who, cry “traitor”
' the”‘ loudest when peace is suggested,

_ ’thi ‘kor’n'mosqult'os
.. vamp... When any of the
ai'drink nowadays“ even in

grief their oWnrooms, they

.. . . the keyhole for fear some
’ Bitumen” be loitering in’ the cor-
and hear the gurgle. It’s some-

if‘turribl'e",fas. .:a New York con- '

. - an confided to me the other. day,
‘7 yo dessent even go into a drug store

-—are the men who are makingmoney
out of the war. _ ' _

- Don’t you have a feeling like the
itch in the middle of your ’back when

‘ymoreito buy. a bottle of camphor. ,, 1

infer: your wife’s headache, but what

'- you feel like', sneaking out. the back

doorand up the alley to your hotel.”
In

W VBill Stone and Reed of Missouri to
‘ savegbeer and wine to posterity, the
Job" leoks hopeless. A national pro-
: hibition amendment will be, submitted
- before long, and after that the boys
can buy all. the camphor they want
without being suspected. .
The food question having been chew.
,ed over, thoroly masticated, digested
and disposed of, President Wilson is
now investigating the coal situation.
It’s a sooty job, all right, but the
President is handling it without
~gloves. He summoned all the coal
barons .to Washington the other day
and told them it wasn’t patriotic for
them' to make so muCh money from a
necessity, and ordered them. to reduce
.the price of coal instanter.
one sassed back, and hinted they were
capable of running» their own business,
which may all be, but it looks as tho

they won’t, have any business to run '

pretty soon providing the President
carries out his throat to take over all
the‘mines, operate them and sell the

Someone Suggested that the 'President
~ Send the Wind Squadron to France

products at cost. Tell the Michigan
folk-s not to worry about their winter’s
coal supply. Have them bundle up
well, take a soap stone to bed with
them, and be patient. A bin full of
patience and Saginaw matches is
cheaper’n coal, anyway, and there aint
no monopoly in them.

Well, as I’ve said before, aside from
the tussle between the President and

the coalrmen, the daily raids of the-

suffragettes, Miss Rankins’ maiden
speech—the war talk and the peace
wrangles, the wind battles between the
Anti- and, the Pro-German representa-
tives, everything about the Capitol is
as quiet as the tomb. But ’twill'not
be for long. “Bob” LaFollette has an‘
nounced that he will talk on “Peace”
this week, and then h—, well you
know what, will be to pay. When any-
one talks peace, war breaks out in the
four corners of the Senate chamber,
and, all- kinds of epithets and every-
thing else movable and throwable be-
fouls the atmosphere. As a precau-
tionary measure, it, is understood, Sen-
ator'LaFollette has bribed the janitor
to remove all superfluous volumes, ink
' bottles, paper Weights, etc., from the
Other Senators’ desks and to see that
the furnitureis securely fastened to
. You can .justtake it from
lime, there aint many fellows‘in Con-

. "gross trying to sprinkle salt on the

1399109 “W’s tail.. Their're "standing
"bythe President" regardless of what
_' thetfolks' back home Want. Just the
. ‘ ‘ thereis a lot or p," ‘ . > '
the country. and r0
max? ‘1. - *

The bar- ‘

\

deem

Everybody paid-close Attention to Miss ,

Rankin’s Maiden Speech in the House

you read that”s_uch»fellows as Charlie
Schwab of the Bethlehelm Steel Cor-
poration and J. Ogden Armour of Ar-
mour & Co.,bave decided to stand loyal
to the government? “Oggy’: says the
United? States government can have
Armour & Company if they want it,
“yes”, he whispers further, so nobody
but the newspaprs can hear it, “Un~
cle sam can have J. Ogden Armour
himself}? ! l ! I’ve been expect-
ing everyday to read that Charlie and
Oggy have enlisted in‘ the army, but

about the only mention I can find of'

them or their companies is in refer-
ence to the war profits they’ve been
piling up the last three years. The
three years before the war, the Beth-
lehelm Steel Corporation paid annual

' dividends averaging $3,075,108. In

1916 this conipany‘ made a profit of
$43,593,968, an increase of $40,518,-
860—more than 1,300 per cent.
mour & Co., the meat packers, made
an average of $4,746,632 for each of
the three years preceding the war. In
1916 it made a profit of $21,000.000.
How?
the company tohold .up the American
Consumer, and judging from the size
of the profits, it was some “hold-up”.

Big Business the country over has
profited similarly by the War and
similarly boasts of its undying loyalty
to the country, as tho, indeed, theirs
were a special brand of loyalty and
infinitely more to be desired than the
poor, modest loyalty of the boy who
goes only to fight, with no thot or
hope of lining his pockets with gold
or having his name flaunted in the
newspapers as the Original Patriot.

But the loyalty of Big Business is
to be put to the test. Senators La-
Follette, Thomas, and Gore, members
of the senate committee on finance,
have reported out the revenue bill,

u

.on "tea, coffee,

Ar- .

The huge war demand enabled -

and, shrii‘ieii, up“; {

to the goverhment.’ Would : it starve?
Hirdly.‘ It would still have over $8,-

600,000 profits left, 0r nearly three

"times. its annual pre-war' profits.

Under the revenue bill as originally
drawn, a large part of the money
would be derived by taxes upon the
most common neces‘sities of life and
would be borne largely by the con-
sumer. It includes taxes on'transpor-
tation, both freight and passenger, and
also on telephone and telegraph mess-
ages, on automobiles, motorcycles and
boats, on‘ admissions to places of a-
musements. The burdensome and
vexatious stamp taxes, an excise tax
cocoa, etc., taxes on
postal rates, greatly increasing the
cost of transmission of first class mat-
ter, and includes as well an additional
tax on publishers. Bear in mind that
these are all taxes in addition to du-
ties and taxes""levied'under existing
law and are so levied as to be directly
placed on the consumer. '

It is wholly un-American,— it is
monstrously unfair,—for this govern-
ment to put a tax upon the necessities
of life to help carry the burden of
war, while the big corporations con-
tinue to reap their fat profits. But
this economic crime will surely be
perpetrated unless the people rise at
once to the danger and protest a-
gainst it. Let every farmer of the
state write to his senator and con-
gressman and ask,—no, demand,—that
he vote against any increased tax up-
on necessities of life. Let those who

, are making money from the war pay

the cost of war. That would be fair
and a true test of patriotism.

Take my advice; bury the desks of
your Washington representatives with
protests. These men are only human;
they have their weaknesses; some
times they are lead astray. Let them
know that you folks back home are
k eping your eyes on them and will

I’ll keep my eyes

, too, and I expect

ust how every Michi-

an and senator voted

on this bill. Then you’ll know where
they stand, and at the next election
yOu can show them where you stand.

WHAT ABUSINESS FARIVIERS SAY OF
THE NEW M'ARKET \VEEKLY

Hope you get the weekly started soon.
Earl French, VanBuren county.

Send paper soon as you can. Ed.
Camp, Kent county.

I know it will be a great thing for the
farmer. Geo. L. Conine, Wexford county.

Will send dollar soon. Send market
weekly. Grant Hopkins, Montcalm coun-
ty.

My dollar bill will ‘be there on time.
John Tucker, Casnovia.

Will send dollar as soon as I can for
new market weekly. Robert Burtlow,
Roscommon county.

Something we farmers need, a new
market paper. Chas. A. Webb, Memphis.

I am sure such a market paper will
be a fine thing. Will send money later.
Jesse H. Shales, Macomb county.

Your market paper has saved me mon-
ey. -H0ward Hopkins, Mendon. ’

A LITTLE MORE
PeeseuRE ON THAT
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-—From the Grain Growers’ Guide," Can.

so. any Warn“ r.

' Mister aid.
x ,y . _ . suppose the, ~
Bethlehelm Steel; Corporation did have" .- .
.t‘o.~~say 80*:percent of its profits over
.i . .
tagged a deaf ear to the proposal-and use

'tle Creek for final examinations.

money later. ‘ .7093?“ OrthL‘Clal-te,

»....The first definite peace prop"
the‘world‘ war began in 1914. 1111?,
white,,wings to the, nations-offline
last week when Pope Benedict ‘o‘l’f ,
number of concrete .8 gge’stiona, 16,.
the .‘gruesome slaughter of lives and '
truction of property. The warring,
the Entente Allies in partied!

 

ided to fight on until "militarism" has
been completely wiped from the face of
the earthand until the world is‘made
safe for democracy. Entente diplomat!-
claimed they could see Teutonic influence .
behind the pontiif’s proposals. His propos-
als contained the following suggestions: b.
Reduction of all armaments; settlement,
of international disputes by arbitration; "
freedom of the seas; return to Germany,
of all her colonies; restoration ofterr—
itory captured by Central powers: peace-
ful settlement of Alsace-Lorraine and';
Poland controversies; immediate ex-
change of diplomatic communications.
looking toward peace ;a.dvoidance of re- ,
taliatory economic struggle after the war.
President Wilson is momentarily expect:
ed to reply to the Pope’s propossal, and .,
state the' terms upon-which this govern; ,1
ment will discuss peace. "
0

All along the western front--the slaugbe: ,,
ter of men, the destruction LOf propert,‘
the devastation of the fertile fields-ms
going on according to the daily press (365- «
patches. During the last week the allied-
armies made a tremendous drive up‘onlv
the enemy, gained much territory before
the enemy made counter attacks and suf-
fered a great loss of life. On the whole,
however, the German army continues to
take the defensive while the entente allf
ice are forced to take the offensive. Be-
cent fighting has seen a more extensive
use of aeroplanes by the allied armies
upon the Austro-German armies With.
telling force.

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The newest and yet the most ancient
nation to fling herself into the war upon ,
the side of the Entente Allies by a govern.
ment is China. Her decision to fight Ger-
many, however, failed to create much of.
a furore either on Wall Street or among
the warring nations, yet her entrance was
presumably welcomed by the Allies. ‘

0

The biggest review of American regu'
ulars in point of numbers held anywhere
for many years took place on a meadow
“somewhere in France” last week where
they won both the admiration and res—,
poet of the French people and army 1
officers of the Allies. - American troops '
were also given a stirring ovation in Lon-
don last week where millions of British-
ers greeted them. A noteable event took
place at this demonstration when King Ge
orge and Queen Mary of England sal—
uted the flag.

 

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Presumably sometime between Sept-

ember 5th and 15th., all Michigan young):
men who have been summoned before the
draft boards and passed both physial and
mental examinations, will be further not-
ified to report at the cantonment at Bat-
The
percentage of young men asking exemp-
tion from military service is high and the
draft boards and passed both physical and
to t1ghten up on exemption clams. Many
appeals are expected to be made to the
dlStl‘lCt‘boaI‘dS on industrial and depend-
ent cla1ms.

0

Germany and the Central powers are re-
ported to be preparing to make concess-
lonsto the Poles in an effort to retain the
confidence of the people of Poland. It
IS expected the Central powers will offer
a regency composed of three eminent Pol~
lSh politicians, and a. ministerial cabinet
and counml of state, which will not have
as members any persons who belong to
the provxsxonal council of state .

. The war has been the means of swell-
ing the profits of the American Ship Build '
mg Company” According to its recent
annual report it shows net profits for the
year ending June 30 to be $3,148,040 after
deductmg.$400.000 from the net earnings
for an estimated excess profit tax. This.
18 equal “3.534 a share on common stock
after allowmg seven per cent on preferred .
stock. ' r
0

Secretary Daniels divorced the United
States Navy department from the Navy
League last week when this body directed
personal attacks upon him and his de-
partment for alleged delays in the in-
vestigation of the magazine explosion at
Mare Island navy yards. Our readers
may recall that it was this league that
instituted a million dollar libel suit a-'
gainst Henry Ford because he accused it
of fomentmg a. war spirit in the United
States.

0

Six hundred young men. of Mi '
Were awarded commissions by thealill'rgiziltrf
ed States Department of War. All of
the young.men had been in training at
Fort Sheridan, 11., for the last two
months. Many of them will have charge
of the work of training the drrfted sol-
diers to be, called within a few days.

0

9

Twenty-three persons were killed and
fifty-two others seriously injured when
twenty German airships crossed the Eng-
hsh channel and let a shower of bombs
fall upon southeastern England. Nine
women and six children were among the
dead. 5

0

A JapaneSe mission to the
State's arrived last week on a ”
of friendship and good will.”
by a Pacific port and proceeded directly
to Washington on official“ business as rep- .
resentativespof Japan. .

United

I am willing to do what I can to help
your paper. Wm. McDonald, Benaire.

Glad to see a chance to duplicate the
Pink Sheet. Wm. B. Vaw, Capac. »

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WfiT’holds-the fate 01 Mich'.
‘corn, bean and potato. , crops
palmrof his hand; Shoiild he-
to pay this state a visit at any
before Sept. 10th, he will cause
Wmction of many millions of
3 worth of ripening "crops; if
ould postpone his visit until a-
Sept. 20th, he will find many ac-
ot beans harvested, some corn»
)7 stowed away in the crib, and
. 3" potatoes out of the ground, but
’11 «’Will still be early enough to black-
_ :"thousands of acres still bearing a
load of crops. If Jack should lose his
_,ay', however, and not arrive until
‘43..“ 1st, he will find only barren fields
_ greet'him, while bulging bins- and
tellers will mock him for his delay.
The unusually cold and wet spring
‘ , elayed the planting in Michigan this
-, year until late, and a continuance of
i the bad weather until nearly the first
~_ of July retarded the growth of every-
.jthing, and in some instances caused
the seed to rot in the ground. Much
corn was replanted, and in the. lower
j sections of “the state some farmers
; were obliged to make a third planting
of their beans. July was an ideal
. growing month, but none of the crops
were able to regain the ground lost
by the early poor weather. As a re-
sult, potatoes are from a week to ten
days late, beans ten days to a fortnight
and corn from two to three weeks, de-
pending upon the locality.

A three weeks’ drought from about
.the 20th of July until near the mid-
dle of August retarded the growth of
potatoes and injured some bean fields,
but general rains between Aug. 13th
and 17th remedied this condition ap-

. preciably.

' Many conflicting reports have been
issued by the various crop statistical
agencies in the state. The U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, for‘instance,
reports an estimated yield of 51,400,-
000 ‘r hels of corn, as compared with
last year’s production of 45,375,000
bushels. Reports from the county ag-
ents working under the jurisdiction of
the Michigan War Preparedness Ed.
and the Agricultural College are not
so optimistic and indicate a much less
yield of corn.

In spite of all facts to the contrary,
Mr. W. J. Orr, president of the Michi-
gan Bean Jobbers’ Ass’n, has repeat-
‘edly and persistently stated that the
bean crop would be normal or above.
Careful investigation discloses that
Mr. Orr is altogether too optimistic,
and that the yield will probably not
greatly exceed 5,000,000 bushels in
spite of an increase in acreage esti-
mated at from 25 to 40 percent.

We proposed to find out the truth,
if possible, concerning the crop condi-
tions in the state, and so we asked
eight farmers in every county in the
state to estimate the number of acres,
condition, yield, etc., of beans, pota-
toes and corn, and make a compari-
son with last year’s acreage, condi-
tion and yield. The several hundred
replies received were strikingly simi-
lar in their estimates, there being only
two or three counties in the state
where the figures were at variance.

  
    

  

   

  

 
 

  

 

  
       
    

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  
  
   
  
  
 
    
    
 
   
     
   
   
   
 
   
    
 
   
  
 
    
    
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
   
 
   
  
  
    
  
   
  
   
  
 
   
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
  
 
   
  
     
     
 

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Mason—Crop‘ ten days latei‘in a, par.

mal, season ten . (cent .‘of the beans in
this section are i" raged by frost in the
fall; being late this year’ may mean a
large increase, in L-Osted beans. ' .
Oakland—Crop 60 percent better than
last year; field will be fa‘ . providing no.
disease 'ts the cr .~ before harvest. ‘
Include—Condition "poorer than last
ear. . The cold, wet weather up till
uly 25th caus d poor stand and a great
many had to be planted. over. .
Montcalm—Condition medium; consid-
erable image oy .eevil "itmg to
50 percent in places. Some fields of.
heavier soil dressed up; late fall and
proper moisture will do lots for the crop.
Saginaw—Condition better than last
year; the wet 'weather drowned out a.
large part of .the crop. but what is left
is good. . - . - '
Alcona—Bean crop looks fairly good,
only late; yield probably about 12 bus.
I!” Condition poor; flood after flood
all thur the planting season; lots of the
farmers planted twice and now have only
a few here and there. _ .
Bernie—Condition not quite so good as
Hot winds the middle of the
month damaged many fields. ‘
Gratioo—Owing to heavy rains proba-

‘bly one—fourth to one-third of acreage

planted was drowned out; what is left
is in much better condition than last
year.

Midland—The crops were hurt by the
heavy rains in - early season and held
back about two weeks by the cold weath-
er. Now there seems' to be a blight in
the early ones. ‘

Oceana—On account of the cold weath-
er beans are not so far advanced as usual
but they are looking fine now and pros-
pects are for a. fair crop.

Clinton—Conditi n poor: wet weather,
late planting, loss from maggot; on the
whole, however, beans look better than
last year, but the weather must be very
favorable to mature.

POTATOES

Inglmm—Early potatoes are good, but
late ones have just set and need rain
to grow them; vines look good but there
are evidences of blight.

Osceola—Condition better than, a year
ago; about 15 percent of the acreage has
been washed out or drowned but the
condition now is fair; there is a ten per.
cent increase in the acreage this year.

Mecosta—Potatoes are good, but the
weather has been very favorable for the
development of blight. Early potatoes
are going about 100 bushels to the acre.

Grand Traverse—A good many of the
potatoes are late planted but are looking
fair; the bugs are very bad.

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From these reports, the following im-
portant facts have been gleaned:

1. The bean acreage represents an
increase of 25 to 40 percent over last
year. In one or two of the eastern
counties the acreage was less, in sev-
eral the same, while in others the
acreage was double that of a year ago.
The estimated yield of beans for. the
entire state is 10.3 bushels per acre.
The worst enemj to beans this year
was the early cold weather, and the
maggot, altho some fields along the
western lake shore were badly dam-
aged by drought and hot winds.

2. The potato acreage represents
an increase of about 12 percent over
last year. The condition is reported
from medium to excellent in prac-
tically every county in the state, the
poorest promise being in the lowlands

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. "Extractsfromsom o ‘

, another’s on this year's yield:

" to lack of corn weather:

crop, . ‘ . ‘

‘itions in: by blight; ,

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VanBuren—aalindition good; some see-

- breasts—This is 'juSt,the timein the
growing season for blight to be; lurking ,
around; blight , or, an .. early frost Would-
cut the crop semi-cent. ‘
, Chippewas-Frost here on the 7th froze
many fields; estimated yield 95 bushels.
.Montcalnr—One man’s guess as. good as
lenty of .
e; have

time for late crop to .
heard some reports of last few

days.

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blight
CORN

Montcalm—Condition very poor: two-
three weeks late; it. ks .now as the we
would have no sound corn this year due

Mascots—Condition medium; cause due
largely twor seed; crop depends: wholly
upon the growing ‘season from 'now on. ,.
would hold off until September .
20th I think corn would be a go ten
year average. , . ., . ,

Ogemaw—If we do not have warm wea-
ther, late fall corn will not mature
here this year, owing to the lateness 1n
planting and cold. weather. -

Isabella—Condition ' very poor; crop '
was planted too late, and weather ex:-

' tremes hurt it. ~

St. Clair—There will not be much corn
for it was neglected thru harvest which
could not be helped as money could not
hire good help; cold and wet weather re-
tarded growth.

Monroe—Condition very poor; a wet

' spring and August drought.

Genesee—T‘oo old and wet at planting
time; do not think there will be any
corn in this, county except for silage.

Saginaw—Cold and wet up to July 15th
and there are a great many acres that
cannot possibly have any ripe corn.

Mason—Not one-half of the farmers
will have any hard corn this year.

Vaanren—Drought hurting corn and
all other crops.

Huron—There will be very little corn
get ripe this year; seed corn Will be hard .
to get another year. .

Monroe—Corn on tilled land is doing
well but lots of poor sprouts; lots of late
and very small corn which will not car at

all.

Clinton—We must have a long time of
corn weather (Which we’re not getting)
if it matures; it is very backward and
there are many fields no good at all. p

Lapses—There will be very little corn
in county this year.
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of the Thumb district. Northeastern
Michigan reports the highest estimat-
ed yield of potatoes, from 125 to 150
bushels to the acre. Northwestern
Michigan, 100 to 150; southwestern
Michigan 100 to 125; southeastern
Michigan 60 to 100.. The average for
the entire state is 110 bushels to the
acre. Potatoes have suffered some
from bugs and grasshoppers, blight
not yet having manifested itself to
any appreciable extent.

3. The, corn acreage represents an
increase of. 10 percent. The condition
is reported as very'poor in every sec-
tion of the state. Some farmers are
confident that no amount of good
weather can bring the corn to ma-
turity. This is particularly true in
the northern counties and in the .low-
lands of the southern counties. Ev-

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losand manor course, before . _ 111'

'4. Every
crops.

c‘ee’d any. previous year. Sugar beets

were irreparably damaged on the low '
_ grounds, - but elsewhere are making :
' apple crop" Will; ’-

800d progress.

' be athird-less‘ thanblast' Year. " '

A general summary cfrtthe __crop‘con--

ditions and yield’s-"thruout the entire "
state if icates that Michigan business {.
will produce the greateztcrop'

farmer
in the history of the state, and that

a study of the market shows that the.’ W .
total value will exceed. by 25. to '50--

million dollars that of any previuus
year with the possible exception . of

1916.

In order to sell their crops to the ' '

bestadvantage the farmers of Michi-
gan should rmd the market section
of MICHIGAN Busmnss FARMING-regu-

larly each week. Here you will find .

the latest market quotations and in-
formation gathered from far and near

by our market editors, together with ‘ ‘

authentic advise as to the beet time
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Editor’s Note: The data and the graphic
maps shown here represent the "condition
of beans, potatoe" and corn in the State
on August 15th. " Weather changes since
then may affect the deductions some the
not materially In the case of beans, poor
condition means an estimated yield of less
than eight bushels, medium condition be-
tween eight and fifteen,
better than fifteen. There are no poor
potato conditions so far as any particular
section is concerned. Medium condition
of potatoes indicates a yield of 80 to 100
bushels, and good condition an estimated
yield of over 100. Strictly speaking,
there are no good Acorn conditions. ‘
ever, we_have construed good conditions
as meaning an estimated yield of over
50 bushels; medium conditions, 25 to 50
bushels, and poor conditions less than 25.

 

Dairymen Will Continue
Strike For Higher Prices

The Southwestern Michigan Milk
Producers’ Ass’n members have voted
to continue their milk strike which
has been in progress for a number of
days, unless the retailers grant their
demands for seven cents'a, quart after
Sept. 1st. The farmers agreed, how.
ever, to a suggestion by one of the
manufacturers that they accept a plan
of asking the federal and state au-
thorities to fix the price for the pro-
duct after making an investigation
of the production cost, allowing a fair
profit. They also requested that a re-
tail price be fixed. Prod'ucers are

hopeful that this action may open up -

an avenue of investigation by the
tederal government which will lead

to the fixing of adequate prices thru- ,

out the state, thus ending for all time
the wearisome struggle that the pro«
ducers have been obliged to make for
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Oats particularly am,“ he“, ‘ » _.
crop, while wheat and my, greatly it!" . ,-

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and feed: a fewmore cattle.
.the feed, so why not, when the oppor-

‘ corn.
.-..-very small percentage of the feeding
‘Zj'val‘ue of the corn crop was saved, as a
»”_=};;”great amount of acid'developed, form.
ing approduct Which lacked feeding
a ~value, being sour and net relished by
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1. since it , is . necessary, to curiae. corn
-—*w .it" contain the greatest 4 '

   

. {hand finally erected f'a'12. by 4311;.

silo. ‘ The miter seemed a little large
~ butwe desiredaireser'vs capacity so
_ underuuileliflfconditibns there would

be-no‘shortage’l {of feed.

This reserve

: m1¢jfias°proven to be a good in-

jvestmen - ,

‘I t _ . - ,
.— ~5fiad. the .12 by so a. size been built
. wfe'should have had to turn our stock
lift-into. the pastures in the spring before
'7the pastures had made a good growth.
' The“ pastures got a goodstart while

the stock Was doing well on the silage

. , J until the middle. of May. - During the
‘ present warm ,Weather we are feeding
’, silage nearthe bottom of the silo that

was put up two years ago, and it is
just-as good quality and eaten as free-
ly by the. stock as that put up .last fall.

Having a reserve capacity ‘of ‘silage
was an encouragement to buy, raise
’ We had

tunity afforded, obtain, more stock and
utilize this feed? The additional

. cost of building just a little larger silo

than is actually needed is not great:
it has been proven that a large silo
will keep properly ensiled corn for
years. However, I believe the aver-
age farmer will find a silo 12 feet in
diameter better adapted to his feeding
requirements than one of larger di-
ameter; the reserve capacity would be
better in additional height than larger
diameter. , If as many as ten head of
cattle are kept they will eat enough
each day in warm weather to prevent
spoilage, and. when the cattle can fin-
ally be turned onto pasture the remain-

ing silage may be sealed up and kept

for future requirements.

' The past hard winter demanded
more feed for stock than usual, and
quite a number of farmers with com-
paratively small silos fed out their si-
lage before there was any pasture.
Eight, ten or fifteen feet of additional
silage would have carried them thru
nicely. In some styles of silos it is
not practicable to increase the height
after they are once completed.

In determining the size of silo to
build with a little additional capacity,
it is well to consider the possibilities
of long, hard winters, late springs, win-
ter setting in early and cutting off the

fall pastures, failure of spring and

summer pasture crops and increasing
the size of the herd by buying stock.

' ——J. L. Justice.

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Filling the Silo on Time ‘

EVER ‘BEFORE were there so

many silos to be filled as this sea-

son. I believe that 25 per cent
more silos are to be filled this season
than there were two years ago, and
still more in process of construction,
and many silos that have stood empty
for one or two years are going to be
filled this year, therefore a great many
people are getting ready to fill silos
who have never done so before. The
secret of success of the silo and silage
is the proper methods employed in the
making of the silage and filling the
silo in time. About the only dissat-
isfaction with the silo has been caused
by the mistakes in filling. It has
been said (and a very truthful saying
lt is) that in many cases the first fill-
[mg of the silo is wasted in learning
how to do thework.
, 0118 great mistake which has often
been. made is that when the silo was
first built. it was considered that in
order to properly cure and preserve si-
lage it was 313685er to use very green
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the 5ch " containingze practically '* all its
feeding value and yet there is enough
moisture left to preserve the silage.
Sometimes. however, an accident will
occur that will. prevent the filling when
the corn is in the right degree of ripe-
ness and 'the top my. becoxne too ripe.

   

' Inthis case a stream of water should
. be run into the silo at the same time

the silage is going in so that sufficient
moisture will be present to preserve
the product.

Most allsilo owners'at filling are in

" “a great hurry and rip and tear to get

the filling over as soon as possible.
This is not necessary unless there is
likelihood of frost. A good silage

. cutter and sufficient power should be

secured to cut the corn and elevate it
intmthe silo. Plenty of power is an

absolute necessity, for without plenty‘
- of power to drive the machinery the

cutter is continually choking, causing
frequent stops and large losses from
idle hands. Of course some cutters
require more power than others, but
for most all cutters of a practical size
where there is a blower attached a
twelve-horsepower engine at least is
requied to do the work properly. One
man and sometimes two should be in
the silo to distribute the grain in such
a way» as to thoroly mix it with the
leaves and finer portions, and at the
same time to do lots of tramping as

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respective places in the tool sheds.
prevent damage to the cereals

if permitted to go to seed.

plenty of water to drink.
M
fields this week.

vester for you in time.

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.THE BUSINESS FARMER’S CALENDAR

Reminders of the Things That Should be Done
On the Farm This Week

1. With the haying and harvest season past, every farmer should see
that the implements have been drawn from the fields and placed in their

 

2. Inspect the recently filled grain bins; the kernels may have been
a little damp when they were dumped into the bin at threshing time. An
impaction at this time and a little stirring of the grains if necessary will

~ 3. Mow that second crop of thistles shooting up in pasture fields and
inspect the meadows, fence corners and road-sides for wild carrot and other
plant life that will cause the farmers much inconvenience a. year from now

4. Flies are always very troublesome to sheep at this time of the year.
A little tar daubed upon the nose of each sheep is very offensive to flies and is
a means of keeping down sheep losses from this source.

, 5.‘ If it is impossible for the farm animals to get water whenever they
are thirsty, they should be brought to the watering tank at noon and watered.
The pasture is usually dry and the weather hot at this season of the year
and the farm animals will not thrive and do their best unless they can have

any progressive and business farmers sow cover crops in their corn
Rye is most extensrvely used and usually makes a hardy
growth before the ground freezes up.

7. If you are experiencing a labor shortage on your farm and you have
heretofore depended upon hand labor to cut your corn, you would be showing
conmderahle wisdom and good business foresight if you saw your implement
dealer at once and ordered a corn harvester.
weeks from now might make it impossible for your dealer to obtain a har-

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new...”

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Remove poor grains and "smut passed

by there fanning. Sprinkle the pile

of seed wheat thoroly with a solution

of formalin made by adding one pint
of formalin to 45 gallons of water.
Allow one gallon for a bushel, and
shovel over until every grain is wet.
Cover. the pile for two hours with
damp cloths to retain the formalin
fumes;. then spread the wheat out to
dry thoroly. Treated seed may be
kept any length of time, but should
be placed in clean receptacles and kept
free from possible re-contamination
until planted. 'Threshers, bins and
drills may harbor the spores and be
the means of spreading smut. To be
effective the formalin must be full
strength (’40 per cent formaldehyde),
and full measure. "
Heads of wheat attacked by loose
smut are already converted into a dark
powdery, spore mass when they soot
out from the sheaves. These spores
are quickly scattered by the wind,
and only a bare stem is left by harvest
time. By means of spores that sift
in between the chaff at flowering time
this smut fungus gains entrauce to the
tender developing grain, and remains
dormant inside the ripening grain,
finally producing smutted heads on
the plants coming from such grain.
It is not such a simple matter to
destroy the fungus inside the tissues
of the seed without ruining the seed;
but it may be done in this way: Soak

‘ the cleansed seed in cold waterD for

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the secret of making a good silage pro-
duct lies in keeping it well packed,
and especially around the edges.
After the corn is all in and the silo
filled it is advisable to run one or two
loads of straw thru the cutter, covering
over the top of the silage and then on
top of this sow one—half bushels of bar-

ley, then soak down the mass with .

twelve or fifteen barrels of water in a
very large silo. The heat and mois—
ture will germinate the barley and the
result will be a good sod covering the
.top thus excluding the air.——R. B.
Rushing.

Treatment of Seed Wheat

W0 distinct ‘smuts affect wheat.

One is known as the loose smut;

the other as stinking, or covered smut.

They differ very much in appearance,

and in the way they attack wheat;

and different methods must be em—
ployed in their control.

The stinking smut of wheat is rec-
ognized by the erect heads at harvest
time with slightly swollen, brownish
grains, that have their interior con-
verted into black, dusty mass of ill-
smelling spores. These spores are not
shed in the field, but are enclosed in
the hull until the grain is threshed,
When they are scattered. Spores that
are lodged on the outside of seed grain"
give rise to infection of the new crop.
It, is a very simple matter to destroy
these spores'without injuring the seed,

- and so insure the crop free from'stink-

 

ing smut? ‘ It can be done in this way:

four or five hours. Put it in half
peck lots into coarse sacks or wire
baskets. Next soak each lot of seed
in warm water at about 120 degrees
F. and out of this immediately soak
the lots in hotter water at 129 degrees
F. The first warm bath is to prevent
he temperature from being lowered
from the 129 degrees F., but it may be
necessary to add hot water occasional-
ly anyway to maintain that exact heat
for ten minutes.

The object of the treatment is to
expose every grain of wheat to 129
degrees for an even ten minutes. A
greater heat or a longer period of ex-

- posure will not be effective in destoy—

ing the smut. And at best the germi-
nating power of some of the wheat will
be reduced, and there fore sufficient

allowance for this must be made up .

in seeding the wheat.

The treatment requires much care
and is laborious. Neither is it prac-
tical to treat enough grain for a large
planting, there fore, I have found it
a good plan to treat a small amount
and sow it in an isolated plat for seed
the next season. Seed from such a.
smut-free spot, at quite a distance
from infected fields of wheat, will be
clean and will in turn giVe a crop free
from loose smut without further treat-
ment. The hot water treatment -for
1005e smut of wheat is also effective

fer the same smut of barley; and the

formalin treatment for stinking smut

‘ of wheat is also effective for cats smut

and for covered smut of barley as
well.—-—R. B. Rushing.

  

‘ having the discs and spouts four inches
' apart is especially strong in the case'j'

.pounds of digestible nutrients in 100

. beef in view of the high cost of pro-

 
   
     

The 4-Inch Gram Drill . ~ ,
Do YOU think the {inch grain drill has
any advantage; over the seven infill,
drills now in use. I have been receiving"
literature from the --—-——Co.. of ring? .
field, Ohio, urging me to buy one their.
four-inch Fertilizer mayor and Grain ,
Drills. It has eigh n discs, four inches
apart. They offer" to refund my money.
if I am not perfectly satisfied. PPlease.
give me your opinion of this matter thru .
the Strong Arm Dep’t of the Gleaner.-'-,—
H. L. Decker, Mich. ~ , , - .

The grain drill with 18 discs four
inches has much to commend it. Some
claim to have grown more grain to the
acre with that type. ; The feature of

 
  
 

 
 

  

 
 

of the grass seed usually soWn with“
grain as it is unwise to leave the usual.

seven inches between rows of' grass: ‘
seed, which is the case with 'most;
drills. The usual seven-inch space-
is too much. If ground is strong th'e‘
four inch discs are liable to clog worse '
with stones becoming lodged between
diSCS than will be the seven-inch drill.
In the four-inch drill each spout should» .
run only about half as much seed as in
case of seven inch drill. The four»
inch type is in line with firmer tillage, '
than we usually practice and is much
used in Europe where the utmost must
be grown per acre—R. D. Bailey. ;

 

 

Food Comparisons.
T HE following chart is the analysis ?
and total pounds of. digestible nu-
trients in 100 pounds of food stuff;

Protein Carbo- Fat Total :
Hydrates 3 5 '

Corn Meal 6.7 64.3 74.5
Wheat Flour 10. 65.1 1 76.7 ,-
Oat Meal 11.9 65.1 6.7 83.7 .
Beans ...... 22.2 45.3 1.3 68.8 5 '
Rice ....... 6.4 79.2 .4 86. .,
Whole Milk.. 3r4 4.8 3.7 11.9
Skim Milk . . 2.9 5.3 .3 8.5
Potatoes . . . . 1.1 ’5.6 . 16.9
Carrots ..... .8 7.7 _ .3 8.8
The following chart is the total

pounds of food divided into the mar-
ket price which equals the food cost
per pound nutrient:

Total lbs. Price Cost

Nutrients per 100 per lb '
Corn Meal .... 74.5 5.00 .067 .
Wheat Flour .. 76.7 8.00 .103
Oat Meal ..... 83.7 6.00 .07
Beans ........ 68.8 17.00 .25
Rice ......... 86.7 10.00 116
Whole Milk . .. 11.9 2.25 1
Skim Milk . . . . 8.5 .50 058
Potatoes ...... 16.9 6.00 .2 ,
Carrots ....... 8.8 2.00 226

From the chart it can be seen that
$1.00 worth of corn meal supplies more
nutrients than $4.00 worth of pota-
toes at present prices. $1.00 worth of
rice supplies as many nutrients as
$2.50 of potatoes and $1.00 worth of
corn meal supplies as many nutrients
as $1.50 of flour.—Lloyd S. Lake. 3

 

Farm Topics

Save those ewe lambs for breeding is
the urgent message the Department of
Agriculture is sending to sheep owners
Market for slaughter only those being 1 ,
absolutely worthless for breeding 3 .
stock. There is a strong demand ‘
among farmers for breeding stock and .7
ownesr of ewe lambs should have no 3
trouble finding a breeding market for
them thru county agents or the state
agricultural colleges. Sheep special
ists of the Department believe that al;
tho prices for breeding stock now are ‘
high, those who start production of! ‘
wool and mutton on a moderate scale
will have no cause to regret purchas-
ing stock at present figures. ,

Horse breeders should choose the
best stallion available in the communi-
ty for service. The value of the off i
spring will more than offset the diff—i
erence in service fees. Good horse .
flesh finds ready sale on any market.
Mongrels are often a drug on the mar.
ket. . ?‘

Baby beeves threaten to revolutionize . ..
the beef industry. There is a growing ,
demand for small, high quality cuts '
of meat. The rapid growth of baby

 

  

ducing meat is winning new friends
ameng the farmers. , _
Refrain from washing eggs you in-_
tend to sell. Approximately 5,016,000
dozens of eggs spoiled in cold storage
last year because some one let clean
eggs get wet while others had washed
dirty eggs before sending them ‘ '
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Rouge Rex Shoes '-
——made for the farmer

‘IT is just as important for the

farmer to have good work
shoes as it is to have a good plow or
a good harvester. Rouge Rex shoes
are made for the farmer. They are
particularly adapted for farm work at
this season. They are strongly made
throughout, Light in weight, fit well,
are easy on the feet and give the kind
of wear you have a right to expect
from high class working shoes.

Get Rouge Rex Shoes
From Your Dealer

The Rouge Rex farmer’s work shoe, as illustrated.
comes in black or tan. Wolverine chrome kip, 8-
inch outing, 4—inch chrome split cuff. has bellows
tongue all the way up to keep the dirt out and has
two full chrome soles, brass nailed. that are al-
most impossible to wear out.

Let Rouge Rex shoes make your feet comfortable
for fall farm work. Get a pair from your dealer.
Ask for No. 450 if you want black shoes. or No.
452 if you prefer tan shoes.

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Hide-to-Shoe Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers

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kind of so1l. Cuts
stalks—doesn’t pull like
other cutters. Absolutelyr no danger
Outs Four to Seven Acres 3 Day
with one man and one horse. Here is what one
farmer says: Da1sytown,Pa Oct. 16,1916.
The Love Mfg. 00., Dear Sii s: I cut hillside that was
a little steep. Rough and stony ground made no differ
once. I can cut three times as much and do it easier
than by hand. (Signed) A.L L.Williams. (
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Send for booklet and circulars telling all about this
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Win these pr' Ew
‘ V HE Bradley Sheep Club" offers
sixty flocks of bred ewes as prizes
to stimulate interest in sheep raising
and to increase wool production.
Any. boy between the ages oft; and 17 inclusive,
ii eligible for one of these prize flocks. In five
years the flock you win will earn enough to send
2 .9“ through colleg c. This is your chance to
m a profitable 1ndustry and sip clothe and
feed our soldiers. Prizes awarded on merit only.
Write us for Free Booklet On Sheep Raising
by Mr. Anthony Could of the American Sheep
‘Breeder. Full details of contest will be sent
. With booklet.
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Dairy Facts to Remember
Approximate number 61:11:11,111.

cars of various length 5. . ,
Approximate weight V’s-ft. 38-ft |40-fl_;.
of animals 3 ,car car

400 pounds 45 48
600 pounds
800 pounds
950 pounds
1, 0 0 pounds
1,1 0 pounds
1, 200 pounds

To Produce Spring Calves

Mo. What to do
July Breed.

[and bull

Au . . . .......... [Pasture with cglves
Sept ............
Oct.

 

Wean calves iPa.s-o re
Do.

...... . . . . . . . . Stalk fields, straw,
meadow aftermath
Jan. | ..... .. ..... ‘. .lCorn silage 40 lbs.
cottonseed meal 11/2
lbs.; or corn silage
32 lbs, with stov—
er.u1]1)llmited.

. Corn silage, 40 lbs.;
cottonseed meal 11/;
lbs.; or corn silage
35 lbs. with stover

unlimited
Calves born. . Cottonseed meal, 2 lb
.. PastBre with calves
0.

To Bring Baby Beeves to 15 Months

Mar. Born ...... With cows. On grass or
milk

.......... 7‘0.

l .......... Do.

.......... With cows. On grass or

milk; b e g i n feeding

.......... shelled corn 01' co rn

meal 17$ to 1 pound.

.......... With cows On skim milk

or grass , corn meal 2
pounds

.On grass with cows or on

skim milk; chopped

corn, 2%,; pounds

[Vaccinate Pasture chopped corn, 4

Icastrate lpounds; silage and hay
and idehornl if necessary
. .do.. .;[Pasture chopped corn,5
pounds; silage, 10
pounds.

Corn, 6 pounds; cotton-
seed meal, 1/2 pound;
silage, 8 pounds; oat
straw, unlimited; clo-
ver, 3 pounds.

. .[Corn, 7 pounds; cotton-

seed meal, 11/2 pounds;

 

é Wean.

Dry lot. .

ver, 3 pounds; oat
straw, unlimited
. Corn, 8 pounds; cotton-
seed meal 11A; pounds;
silage, 10 pounds, clo-
ver, pounds; oat
straw, unlimited.
. Corn, 9 pounds; cotton-
seed meal, 2 pounds;
silage, 10 pounds; clo-
ver, 3 pounds; oat
straw unlimited.
. Corn, 10 pounds; cotton-
seed meal, 2 pounds;
silage; 9 Hounds jclo-
ve 1‘, pounds , o a t
straw unlimited. ,1
. Corn,11 pounds, cotton-
seed meal, 2 pounds;
silage, 8 pounds; clo-
ve r, 3 pounds oat
Straw unlimited.
. . Corn 12 pounds; cotton-
seed meal, 21/2 pounds;
’ silage, 8 pounds; clo-

 

ver hay, 3 pounds; oat
straw unlimited.

 

Profit in Raising Fall Pigs.

O HAVE pigs weigh 200 pounds
when they are six months old they
must be farrowed the last of September
or the first of October so they will get
agood start before cold weather sets in.
After farrowing, I always feed my
sows heavily, as the gilts are a great
drain on her, and the first two months
of a pig’s life is the time to start
them. I give her corn, wheat, bran
and nibblings. And I prefer to have
some oats ground and mixed with
the corn for a mash feed in the morn-
ing. After I feed in the morning I
mix another batch and let it stand
until night, as I think the feed gives
better results if it is soaked for a few
hours. At noon I give fresh water in
troughs.
I keep a. box of charcoal and ashes
where the pigs can help themselves at
will and it is surprising the amount

 

they will consume. I have several
portable hog houses on the farm,
made of good lumber, with goodr‘oofs
and in several styles. But the favor-
ite one is eight feet by eight feet. It
is four feet high at the rear and six
feet in front, with the front always
set toward the south, and the roof
sloped one way.

As soon as the pigs want to eat with
their mothers, I cut off one corner of

the yard with boards, leaving space '
‘ ienough at the bottom for the pigs to

i get through. In this corner I keep a
j troughfor skim milk and another for

6. his appetite good,-

Fe ed.
.Pasturel with calves

silage, 12 pounds; clo- '

calves that can be shipped in railroad.

‘ ' '1 ,
and fieed‘ it fad

that will supply the necessary ele- 1:7

ments for growth, and you will see it '

get up and hump and make the scales .: "

' drop when it is put on, even. though ‘
'4 it may be young. And you know that
'is where the most ,Vmotney lies—in

growing the pig quick, placing him on
the market and getting other pigs in
the lots to take the place of these that

, went to market.

G. H. CONN, .D. V. Editor

“I HAT causes heaves in horses and
how can they be prevented? What
can you do for a. horse that has them?

——E. A., Jackson, Mich.

The old, old queStion—heaves are
caused by the overloading of the stomach
for such a. length of 'time that the disten-
sion causes a diseased condition of the
large Pneumogastric nerve that supplies
the lungs and stomach with its nerve sup-
ply. This makes. it impossible for the
horse to expel all the air from the lungs
as they lose their elasticity. If you
have ever noticed! the horse that has the
heaves has no trouble in taking the air
into the lungs but the trouble is in gett-
ing it out of them. Do not feed a heaver
with large amounts of hay or other rough-
age, but rather give them more grain.
Give them no' hay at noon and not much
in the morning but give them the bulk
of it in the evening.
spoonful of Fowler’s solution of arsenic
on the feed three times each dayas this
will giVe some relief._ This should not
be given for more than one-half of the
time.

CAN YOU send me the best remedy for
hens affected with cholera? I have
a nicefiock of Plymouth Rocks and have
lost several. Their heads get dark and
after a time they droop and die. Mrs.
E. West Branch, Mich

Chicken cholera as you know is a germ
disease and is contagious. It is caused
by Bacillus Avisepticus and is a blood
poisoning. So the first. thing to in
this condition is to destroy all dead birds
by burning or burying deeply and cover—
ing with lime. Clean up all houses and
roosts and thoroly disinfect with any
good standard disinfectant and then white-
wash the inside of the houses and coops.
If the chickens have been confined to a
yard that is not too large this should be
well sprinkled with lime and then with a
good disinfectant solution and then spad-
ed or plowed under. The sick birds should
be removed and kept from the well ones at
all times. Take equal parts of Sodium

‘Sulphocarbolate and Zinc Sulphocarbolate

and have your druggist put this in 5 grain
capsules and then dissolve the contents of
one capsule in one-half pint of drinking
water. This will be enough for ten chick-
ens. If you had fifty chickens you would
use 5 capsules. Keep this water before
them at all times and do not allow them
any‘othe‘r. Keep the drinking fountains
well cleaned and disinfected.

IHAVE A heifer that has had one calf.
She 1s suposed to come fresh in Au-
gust. Can you tell me why I have to
churn so long, over an hour, then I can
not gather the butter. What causes a
cow to hold up their milk—Mrs. M. J. G
South Bend, 1nd.

It sometimes happens after a cow has
given milk for several months and as she
approaches the lactation period that her
cream churns very hard, which is due no
doubt to the partial exhaustion of the
secretive part of the udder and for this
reason the fat globules are very small
and cannot be very easily gathered to—
gether; but it is more than likely that
you let your cream get too warm and
keep it that way when you begin and al-
so for several hours before ,you churn.
I would advise you to get a floating dairy-
thermometer which cost a. quarter
or in that neighbonhood and then keep
your'cream at about 62 degrees if possi-
ble. After the cream‘is ripe and ready
for churning make an effort to keep it
for twelve hours longer at this same
temperature and then you may rest as-
sured that it is thoroly cooled; if it does
not churn well at this temperature try 60
degrees; however 62 is the average, but
I know some who churn as low as 62
and 54.

There is no real reason why a. cow
should hold up her milk other. than the
fact that she has the ability to’do'so and
therefore exercises that right. If there
is anything that can be done for it I
have never found out what it is. It is
no doubt aggravated by being rough and
cross around such cows and I know of
nothing that will do more good than

.handling her with care and try to keep,

her from getting nervous and excited.

Give one table- ,

. stuffs.

pronmately

This is represenotfvo f» .

as the fitting reward fo . lilo " ' ‘*
erable atrocities.

Good-formothing canines are
cause of the low percentage of sheep
maintained on the “average American
farm. In England there 19 one sheep
of latch for ecah 2. 5 acres qu farming
land while 111 the United States in the
thirty-seven farming states of thé Mid-
dle West, East and South each sheep
Or lamb has 31.8 acres of land over
which to roam. The moral effect of g
the sheep killing dog in impeding the
developement and extension of the .-
eheep industry is beyond estimate.
There are thousands of farmers who
would like to keep a flock of sheep but
when they hear about the stray dogs
killing five of neighbor Jones‘ and half
of the Smith flock, they are deterred
from engaging in the sheep business.
, Expert sheepmen claim that our
present holdings of sheep can be in-
creased five hundred per cent without
in any respect jeopardizing the indus-
try. Leaving out the western states
where the sheep population is large it
the sheep numbers in the other sec-
tions of the country were increased
150 per cent, we would have 33, 681, 000
head more Which would be worth
$144, 267.1100.

One of he most beneficial measures
ever enacted in Michigan for the pro-
tection of the sheep industry of the
state became effective on August lst.
This is the law enacted by the last leg-
islature which requires that hence-
fOrth owners of dogsin the rural dis-
tricts must pay an annual license fee
of $2 00 for each male animal and $5. 00
for each female in their possession.
The act also enlarges the powers of
deputies and police and makes it pos-
sible for officers to kill off without
warning any unlicensed dogs roaming

at large in districts to which the law

applies. These districts it may be ad-
ded, include all the state with the ex-
ception of cities in which charters or
ordinances provide Otherwise for the
disposition of fees derived from the
tax upon dogs.

Save The Feed Supply.

Conserve the farm feeds. Saving
them is next in importance to saving
human food.

More corn, rye and barley will be
used for human consumption this win-
ter than ever before, in order that
more Wheat and wheat flour may be
exported. This will cut down mater-
ially the available supply of feeding- -
A late growing season and, in
some quarters, dried-up pastures have
inspired further to lessen the feed
supply. Consequently farmers are
certain to have difficulty in obtaining
sufficient grain and roughage to win-
ter a normal amount of livestock. To
do so it will be necessary for them to
husband the feed supply quite as care-
fully as the housewives of the country
are conserving food supplies.

As it is too late for the farmer to

,adopt plans making for any material

increase in the amount of feed avail~

_ able for the coming winter, his preh—

lem is to make the best possible use
of the supplies now in sight.
means avoiding wastes of feed.

Let. there be clean mangers as well

as clean plates.‘

Let the rats and mice do the starv-
lug
Keep the livestock healthy and feed-

,the animals in clean places, So that
what is fed will not be wasted

Careful atte ti"

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control bill and the werld demand for
wheat, there is little anticipati 1 of
the price of this cereal dropping be-
. , low $2 a bushel at any time this year.
i This assumption is based upon the
further fact that the United States
should have grown a billion bushels
. of Wheat this year instead of 700, 000, -
'1 , -- 000, in order to meet the demands
i‘ I . ‘ that will be made upon this necessity
‘ ’ before another harvest season comes
around. The allied nations of Eu-
ropewill again be heavy purchasers
of American wheat and should. the
price drop below $2 a bushel, the «pro-

 

ducers would undoubtedly hold their ,

supplies until the p- i e had recov-
ered its ‘rfo mer level.

The passage of the food-control bill
did not fix the price of the 1917 wheat
crop:
that the guaranteed minimum p
of $2 a bushel for wheat, set out in
the bill, applies only to the 1918 har-
vest, Yet, if the price of wheat is
forced down and the farmers are
compelled to hold their wheatfor
satisfactory prices, the government
is prepared under the act to purchase
the entire crop in order to protect the
producers and stabilize the price of
bread. For this reasOn it is expected
that wheat will not drOp below $2 a
bushel and if anything, it will proba-
bly" advance in price as the visible
supply is found inadequate in face of

* a world shortage of the cereal.

Never was there a greater demand
for American wheat than at the pres-
ent time. According to an address
delivered by W. J. Hanna, the Canad-
ian food controller, before the Cana-
dian club at Montreal, the total re-
quirements of the allies in wheat are
1,,150 000, 000 bushels. The produc-
ion of Eur'Ope was 645, 000, 000 bush-
els which leaves 450, 000, 000 bushels
to be imported from North America.
According to the most reliable esti-
mates it is figured that the United
States and Canada will have approxi-
mately 300, 000, 000 bushels to export
above home consumption which still
leaves a shortage of 150, 000, 000 bush-
els to be Secured from some other
source It may be_ seen from these
figures that bread hungry Europe will
have a tends cy to stabilize the Wheat

.‘ market in the United States.

' The American wheat crop was no
more than a normal crop if we are
to believe the reports of the federal
government. The drought in the
northwest cut down the national
yield considerably and it is expected
that the supply will 1e further re-
duced by the farmers sowing a greatly
increased acreage this fall and next
spring as a resultmf the congressional
action in guaranteeing them a mini-
mum price of $2 a bushel for the 1918
crop

Because of the pressing need of
food among the warring nations of
Europe, the governments are seizing
many 0f the grain crops- Hungar-
ian CPOPs will be requisitioned by the

: government as soon as harvesting and
threshing are compieted.
there will be permitted to. retain only

“ suflicient of the crops for their private

use and for seed Baron Rhondda,

’ " :the British food administrator, by an
order has taken over the 1917 crops of
wheat,- barley, oats; We and potatoes.

{the present time a billion dollar

{corporation is in the making by

 
  
   
  

 

 

 

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OII'IC'AGO. WIRE—Hog nun-ket strong with advancing tendencies“ Corn mar-
ket unsettled and lower;
DETROIT SPECIAL—Poultry of good quality in strong demand.
ket higher. Exceptional demand for all grades of new hay.
' NEW YORK—Quotations on creamery butter of geod quality show tendency.
to advance.' Grain market active with heavy receipts.
BUFFALO—Livestock market in all branches strengthening with daily re-
ceipts about equal to demand. Strong competition between packers and eastern

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Howt'his NeuJ'Market Weekly will Help F arrhers
of Michigan 'to sell their Crops at Greater" Profit

' Show us a farmer in Michigan,—a
real' business farmer, a man in the bus-
iness of farming for thepurpose of
making money,—-who is not interested
in the crops, crop conditions and mar-
kets of the state and nation. We want
to see him. We are certain, in the
language of the slangist, that “there
aint no sich animal.”

Every true business farmer of the
present davaatches the trend of the
markets as anxiously as his growing
crops. For what does it benefit a man
to bring a bountiful crop to harvest
if he cannot sell it at a profit?

To sell at a profit is the new hope,
—th:e new purpose,—back of the mod—
ern day farming. To bring this hope
to realization requires a constant and
intelligent study of the crop yield
throughout the country, the condi-
tions at the leading primary markets,
and the manner in which prices on
farm commodities are lowered or ad-
vanced by supply and demand, spec-
ulation, world influences, etc.

To learn the secrets of the mar-
keting game is not easy; the market-
ing book contains something more than
the letters of the alphabet; knotty
problems, puzzling situations, unex-
plainable phenomena, deep, dark mys-
ery attend the supposedly simple pro-
cess of transporting farm products
thru the devious channels that con-
nect the producer and the consumer.
For aftervthey leave the farmer’s
hands he knoweth not where they go.
Frequently, they get waylaid, hauled

. into storage and six months later

Mr. Consumer pays double and thribble
the price the farmer got for them.

In MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, we
believe, the farmers of Michigan will
find a simple key with which to un-
lock the secrets ‘of market manipula-
tions and show them quickly and cor-
rectly when, where and how to market
their products at greater profit. It
will keep 5. steady finger upon the mar-
ket pulse, and with every fluctuation
which sends prices of farm products
up or down, the news will be flashed
to every section of this great state.
Every Saturday morning it will an-
nounce to the two hundred thousand
farmers of Michigan the prices that
are being paid on all the principal
markets of the country for the prod-
ucts they have to sell. It will keep
in constant touch with all conditions
affecting the market—crop acreage,
weather, crop yields, weekly exports,
government ‘regulation, .etc.

If you feel with us that MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING comes at an op-
portune time to fill an actual and long-
felt need in the state, your utmost
co-operation as a friend and subscrib—
er will prove it. If you find something
of value in this paper for you, your
neighbor may find something of equal
value to him. You can do us an in-
estimable favor, by telling your neigh-
bor of Michigan’s new farm, home

and market weekly, and show him how

it\will help him to market his farm
products at a greater profit—Tm:
EDITORS.

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The oat market has been a trifle un-
settled during‘the past week as a re-
sult of its passing thru a period of
readjustment just prior to the move-
ment of the new crop. In many sec-
tions of the country where the hold—
ings were large concessions were made
by the holders in an effort to clear the
The small
declines brot results but it is said
that there are still plenty of old oats
in storage.

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raised in 1915. The new crop- has
already begun to move in volume in
many parts of the country and mar«
ket quotations are only a few cents
under those quoted on old stock. The
prices are expected to remain relative-
ly high for some time.

Michigan cats are a fairly good
crop. In-many sections of the state
the grain was" so heavy that it became
lodged during a storm just before
the harvest began. This curtailed
the yield somewhat yet it is believed
that the crop as a whole is better than
yields per acre are being received
that of a year ago. Reports of good
from sections of the state where the
crop has already been threshed.

The bulk of the cats offered on the
Chicago market last week were quick-
ly snatched up presumably to fill sales
for shipment made for the first half
of August when the new cr0p was

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AF FECTS PRICES

Intelligent Study of Market .Con-
ditions, 'and Careful Selling
Will Help Keep Prices
Steady

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In spite of all the bearish talk of '~
bumper crop yields, peace proposals,
etc, we would advise the farmers of.
the state not to be_ in any hurry tor'
sell their products as soon as the mar;
kets opens up, unless, of course, the
prices offered are high enough to
insure good profits on the crops.

Every farmer of the state should "’
have his mind made up as to just about. .-
what price he should have for his var- ' _
ious ClOpS to pay him a good profit.
No farmer, for instance, should be
satisfied with less than $1. 00 to $1. 25
per bushel for his potatoes. That is
high; it seems too much in compari-
son with Opening prices previous years'
but these of us who bought seed po-
tatoes at $3 per bushel and paid well
to have them planted and cared for on-
ly to have part of the crop damaged
by rains and bugs, know that we can-
not afford to sell for less than that.

So it is with an the other crops
we raise in Michigan. It is neces—
sary that prices be much higher this
year than formerly, as the cost of pro-
ducing them has been higher. The far- .
mer who rushes to market with his K
newly harvested crop and sells it at be-
low cost is not only hurting himself
but doing an injustice to his neigh-
bors. There is a certain price at which
to sell the crops to insure profitable re-
turns. N0 farmer should be satisfied =
with less than that, and should hold?-
on to the crops until the price rises
to suit. The farmer who holds his crop
for a figure above What they are worth
is a speculator and he has no one to
blame but himself if he loses.

It is quite true that the nation will
harvest the greatest crop in its history
this year. But that signifies nothing.
The crops were planted in response to
a huge demand, which has only
strengthened with the opening of the
harvest, and held the prices firm. If
there were anything economically
wrong, and the demand a merely
manufactured one, the results of such
weakness would have already been
felt. But with the new crops pour-
ing into the market, the price re-
mains steady, and the most pessi-
mistic of us must believe that there
IS a huge shortage of food which not
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No. 2 Yellow 1.89 L93
No. 3 Yellow 1.89 1.87
Common 1.87 1.80
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With moderate offerings of corn the
country over, the market on this
crop has taken. a sharp advance on ,
the rumor of an oversold market.
There is a big demand for cash corn
with the prices steady. Prices are
abnormally high on corn and as tile
new crop begins to move, sensational
developments in this market may be
expected.

The corn crop shows a material im-
provement in the corn belt. The hot
weather, while causing considerable

states, was checked in time by soaks
ing rains. Michigan corn received a'
late start, and it will require weeks
of warm weather to bring it to ma-
turity. , . »

The recent gavernment crop report
forecasted a bumper crop of corn in
the United States. There are yet ma-
ny things such as early frosts and ev-‘
en a drought that may blast the nag

       
   
 
  
      
  
   
   

  
 
   
 

  

             
      
   

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,et while the dealers are clean-
up their old stocks preparatory
ceivin’g the new one which will
'n to move next month. There is
tilli'considerable old hay in stock
t the prices continue firm. The
mands for army hay are active“ and
{are having their influence on prices.
“-80 long as the war continues, there
will-be a heavy drain upon American
Y’hOrses, and consequently upon Am-
;erican hay for feeding purposes.

“ The hay crop is reported to be nor-
mal in most sections of the country.
.Plenty of rainfall during the spring
and summer months produced lux-
uriant growths of grass and the farm-
ers were favored with ideal haying
~ weather when it came time to stow
away the crop. Most of the hay, ac-
cording to the reports. from many
states, is of mixed varieties but of
good quality. The Michigan crop was
heavy and good.

The Detroit hay market is steady
and much old hay is now being moved.

With old wheat stocks low and on-
ly a normal crop in sight and Euro-
pean war demands draining heavily
upon American wheat, it seems al-
most certain that the price of flour
will steadily advance until another
crop can be harvested. If such is the
case business farmers of Michigan who
must buy their supply of flour will

' probably find it to their advantage to
buy now while the market is lower
than it was a month ago. The same
is true of farmers who must purchase
commercial feeds. Quotations on both

,. flour and feeds are fluctuating now .

from day to day, presumably as the
' market weakens and strengthens un-
der the pressure of heavy movements
of grains from which they are manu-
factured. Among the feeds, cotton
seed meal is expected to advance in
price soon, as the August crop report
showed the cotton crop to be about 2
per cent below normal.

POTATOES

 

Choice round .
white-sacked wluteaacked

Detroit 1.65 1-55
Chicago 1.60 1.50
Cincinnati .65 1-60
New York 1.80 1.75
Pittsb urgh 1.65 l .50
Norfolk, Va. 1.65 1.50
During the last week movement
of the new Michigan crop of earlies
began to be felt on the Detroit mar-
ket but in such small quantities as
to have little influence on quotations.
v Farmers seem to be reluctant about
selling the new crop or it may be be-
cause they are too busy in the harvest
fields to take time to dig the new

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tubers for which there is a strong de- ,

mand in all city markets. _

As the movement of the new Michi-
gan crop is slow the Detroit market
vi‘s‘continuing firm and prices are rel-
atively high. Some of the first new
.nbers ,have been ”selling as high as

1.80 a bushel but the bulk of the sup-

ly has been selling at $1.65 and $1.70-

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’8 bushel. The farmers are being urg-

ad by produce men to market the new
‘p while there is a good demand
11 the supply is low. They are also

‘~ ng informed that Michigan has a

burnper crop of early varieties and are
‘rned against holding until fall in

,1 ,w of the promising government
, “ p report. Whether to sell or not to

- is now the problem before many.

37 Michigan business farmers.
glance- at. the government crop
,-rt*forecasting a national yield of

- the Markets.

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shortage of wheat must '
in some other way and the bumper

potato c‘rop seems to be the logical,
The gOvernment is 7
already urging the people to eat more

crop to do this

potatoes and [it is reported that exper-

“ iments are now being conducted in

an effort to manufacture a new kind

,of flour made from dried potatoes

and wheat.

“There is every, reason to believe
that the market on potatoes will not
go below $1 a bushel. It is more like-

ly to be considerably above that quo- ~

tation. ,The’ fixing of this price rests
more in the hands” of the growers this
year than ever before. They have
fully been informed on the world
feed shortage and -if prices are not
satisfactory, it will be their privilege
to hold their crop until prices ad-
just themselveslto a point where they
belong. But it seems almost certain
that the food needs of the allies and
the activities of the German subma-
rines will have a tendency to stabilize
the potato market without the growers
taking any drastic action.

Potato dealers are now laying plans
for a heavy trade in tubers this fall.
Many car lot shipments will be plac-
ed in industrial centers for winter
storage. It is expected the market
will start out brisk as soon as the fall
crop begins to move, as the city peo-
ple are planning on purchasing their
winter supply early.

With the bean market only a few

' weeks away, every Michigan business

farmer who has a single acre planted
to this crOp is vitally concerned over
the future market. It is common
knowledge both to farmers and grain
dealers that the bean stoCks are
practically exhausted and what few
there are in the country ‘are in con-
trol of the dealers. Empty gins await
the new crop and the market should
open with the highest price on.‘ record
owing to the huge war demand.

According to western despatches,
both California and Colorado have
large bean acreages that Will yield
well. Minnesota has a normal acre-
age with good prospects of a normal
yield. New York state is reported to
have a greatly increased acreage but
like Michigan, she has suffered great-
ly from early heavy rainfall. The
Michigan crop is probably the most
discouraging one grown in many
years. Thousands of acres were com-
pletely drowned out and about the
same acreage was planted so late that
it s doubtful if they reach maturity
before the first frosts come. In view
of the fact that Michigan produces
three quarters of the nation’s bean

supply, it can be readily seen that if

the law of supply and demand regu-
lates the priCe of beans this fall, pre-
sent quotations will probably not un-
dergo much slashing upon the opening
of the market.

State authorities predict that the
bean market will open at not less
than $6.50 to $6.75 a bushel. To ma-
ny farmers even this price will not
be sufficient to compensate them for
the losses sustained by the drowning
out of several acres planted with high
priced seed and the damage done to
the remainder of the crop that sur-
vived the storms and the backward-
ness of the growing season. At pre-
sent beans are quoted, at $8 and $9 a
bushel with' the market dull.

A Fine Thins.

In regard to the new Market paper that-

you contemplate publishing, I think it
would be a fine thing I have been won-
dering why we didn’t have better Mar-
ket reports, that is, honest reports about
So enclosed find my order
for the paper. I hope you will succeed
With the paper.——M. Janski, Elkton, Mich.

-, made up ‘ present time the film-lit?

. great length of time this year.

' levels.

countered

th
varieties being received re not

to standard and consequently Were-

not bringing tlie best of prices. Re"
ports are being received of contracts

being made by packers for the fall a ‘
and winter varieties at attractive ‘

figures WhiCh might be taken to indi-
cate that apple prices are going to be
high next Winter.
is reporteg small but of good quality.
There is a strong demand in Detroit
for Duchess apples which are now

selling for $2 and $2. 25 a bushel ac-

cording to grade.
Michigan peaches, widely known on

the large fruit markets, will not hold ‘

the attention of the buyers for any
The
crop is small and attractive contracts
are being offered western growers for
their entire'crop, tree run.
has made a standing offer to-a Van
Buren county farmer to buy his en-

.tire crop tree run at $1.25 a bushel.

The company agrees to furnish the
baskets and pay all transportation
charges from the orchard to the mar-
ket. This offer was refused as it is
believed that Michigan peaches will
be worth more than that price when
the picking season opens.

Fine fresh eggs are firmer and high-
er this week and the chances seem
good for them‘ to go to still higher
The supply has fallen off con-
siderable during the last two months,-
due principally to’ the high cost of
feeds which the farmers say makes
egg production unprofitable. For that
reason many' of them have sold off
their flock and this has reduced the
number of laying fowls to the lowest
figure in the history of poultry hus-
bandry.

Detroit is a good egg market and
the demand for freshly la‘id stock is
firm. The New York market is eas-
ier due principally to a falling off in
egg consumption. The hot weather
has also had its influence on the mar-
ket. In Philadelphia the market has
advanced under a short supply and an
active demand. Freshly laid eggs are
quoted 40 cents a dozen in Detroit

' this week.

BUTTER

A study of quotations on extras since
the beginning of the butter season in
May shows that the price has varied
but little, and considering the entire
year, outside of a few violent fluctu-

ations, prices have not varied much
over five cents a pound. During the
entire butter deal extras have averag-
ed close to 40cents.

The firm advancing market is due
primarily to the extremely hot weath-
er, causing short pastures and in many
instances deteriorating the grade of
butter. Some delays have been en—
in long distant shipping.
Good creamery butter is firm on all
markets and higher prices are ex-
pected when the new milk price sched-
ules go into effect in Michigan and
other states where dairying is carried
on extensively. Government contracts
for the use of. the navy have reduced
the supply and aided in keeping the
price of.‘ butter close to the 40-cent
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No. 2 Grade 2 to 3. Cents Less
Never in the history of the Detroit

 

market has the demand for poultry

The Michigan Crop-

One firm "

1 hens are
Shippers should very careful and
not over crowd the coops, as the fowls

are very apt to get smothered inf
Remember a loss of a fowlyg‘w‘ '

transit.
at the present selling prices represents '
quite an item. Be sure and get in
your suppiy of chicken coops before

the fall rush begins.

 

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Bulls,Ann3¢
Veal.FnirtoGood 1400.15001225-141513504500

The cattle market is slowly recover-
ing from the jolt given it a few weeks
ago when the western feeders were .
threatened with a most disastrous
drought which caused them to rush
their cattle of all grades upon the mar-
kets. The long needed rains brought
much relief and quotations on practi-
cally all grades of live stock are on the
up grade this week. _

Steers weighing over 1,500 pounds
are scarce on the market and are bring-
ing good prices. The best of these
offerings on the Chicago market were
sold at $14.50. Buyers are looking for
prime big-weights and the scarcity of
this heavy stock is evidence enough
to most traders that feeders will not
The few feeders who
have prime corn-fed heavy animals .
are in no hurry to market as they
have confidence in the future market.
So far this month the market has been
too heavily supplied with common
grassy and feeder stock which has
made .the market unprofitable for feed-
ers with choice, prime animals-

The present time seems opportune
for farmers wishing to secure feeder
stock for the ‘Winter. The enormous-
amount of thin cattle on the market
can be bought at prices now that may
not be- seen again for weeks, especial-
ly after the.cooltr Weather comes and
the meat consumption picks up.

Each week brings the corn crop
nearer maturity and present condi-
tions indicate a big crop, which will
mean an abundance of feed in most
sections. With the assistance of a silo,
even should some of the corn crop ma-
ture, Michigan business farmersbwill
have plenty of feed that will be wast-
ed if they do not get some cattle to
consume it. The strong market for
good to choice cattle in recent weeks
in the face of the big declines on
grassy lots should stimulate the far- ;
mers to buy more cattle, as it is an
indication that buyers will continue
to want them. to supply both home and
foreign trade.

Cattle values are steady to strong
under good demand and moderating
offerings on both the Chicago and Buff-
alo livestock markets. Even the De-
roit market is showing much im-
provement. Prime steers are topping
the market at $14. 50. Distillery cat-
tle are selling just a few cents lower.
Calves are in good demand and are
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how working their way. to 82 Mint

* "Where . it. may be: 'conSIdered advisable

.. to unload. ' ’ .

.. Market.-,-despatches indicate that

there is‘a’ strong demand on the Chi— .

page and Buffalo markets for well fin-
ished hogs. Both shippers and pack-

‘ -’ ers figure in the buying and such "cem- '
'_ petitive markets always bring results

and establish» record prices-,3 The bulk
'of' the" hogs last week sold around

. ~ $16.50 . but a tow car. lots of prime
animals topped the marketed at $18.25

to $19.00. The highest ever known.

   
 

 

 

 

' ' The ~ market; on both sheep and ‘

lambs has been somewhat stronger
the past week. The Figh prices paid
a few weeks ago spelt disaster to this
market as, the consumer boycotted

' the meat, reducing the consumption to

a point where the market weakened.
It has now recovered a part of its

' strength and prices are again on the

upgrade. .

»Altho prices may enjoy [a sharp
bulge within the next few weeks,
market authorities say there is certain
to be a wide spread in values as buyers
are discriminating against the plain
kinds and probably will continue to
do .30. Much depends upon the con-
sumptive demand but retail prices
have worked down enough to stimulate
the call from the consumer, and once
packers find a better outlet for dressed
stock they will support the market for

live stuff with greater zeal.

. ‘-—-—-0—-— .

The high price of wool and mutton
is encouraging many Michigan busi-
ness farmers to re—engage in'the sheep
industry. This has‘ stimulated trade
in breeding ewes in many sections
of the state where they a.'e selling
.at premium prices. Ewes are selling
”on the . Chicago and Buffalo market
around $8.50 to $9.50 and lambs are
topping the market between 315 and
$16.50. Guile and feeders are bringing

'from $11 to $13.50. 'The demand is

reported active for all kinds.

Much interest is cent-cred in the
wool trade at Boston "as a result of a‘
proposal by eastern wool buyers to
sell 50 per cent of the Dnesent supply
to the government at current prices
and then storing the wool for the gov-
ernment for four months free of any
demurrage. '

If the taking of 50 per cent of sup-
plies now available in the market
creates a shortage of raw material,
it would be easy for the prevailing
prices on the balance of the stock to
advance and for the speculative ele-
ment, which has been praCtically ab-
sent during the past few weeks, to
make itself felt one more. Then it
would be possible for those who have
advocated $2 wool see the situation
come to pass.

South American wools on the Bos-
ton market are still high, quotations
b91118 as follows: Lincoln wool, 68
to 69 cents; average. quarter-bloods,
73 to 75 cents; high quarter-bloods, 77
to 80 cents; half -and three-sights
MOMS, 85 cents and above. Quota-

'tions on Michigan wools range from 63

to 67 cents a pound. In some places
little buying is going on on account
of the unsettled market.

COAL summon

“a; Prospects of VIOWer‘ 0031 prices for
the consumer seem more certain» as we

are, going to press. and word comes
~ilrom‘Washington that President ‘Wii-

n‘ Els‘preparing to takeactlonunder
. gag-100d bill looking to, government—
* «V J regulation of coal prices for the'entire~
_ .‘ nation;
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.» State, authorities arses!»
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higher than 19:167-'p0tat0'- andcgm
esbout. equal .to lastfyear'sgi. Corn

62m zaconditions medlurn; potatoes

‘.L0ng, spell of dry ' weather ept‘
, backgbut- mid-month rains brlgh en-
e ;t . in upagain. Corn is growing very
._ ’ idly now, and it We can cecape- early
frosts.iWill. mature—C. '1‘. _W., Alden. '
. outwith—Most of the cm s in this
vicinity look' fine. Rye and plate oats

yielded well. Sons. good fields of beans

\ and others thatcpromlse no yield. Potatoes
_ looking fine. . We have two acres of ear-
lies about ready to dig. Corn picking
ggntaxng wfill be baverage cron if weather
es avora e. ur buckwheat nev—

er lookedjbetter. E. W., Coral, .

Cass County—Small acreage of beans
tho probably double last year’s acreage.
Condition about 80 p’er cent last year.
Potato acreage 10 percent larger; with
good weather yield should be 100 bushels
to acre as compared with 75 bushels last
year, but it dry weather continues crop
-will be permanently injured. Acreage,
Itizgindoition 199111}; yige‘ldb ofh corn about the

as . , us e s to acre prob—
able yield. .-—=P H. 8.,‘Marcellus.

Geneser—Haying and harvesting have
been about completed in the county, with
exception of oats. Farmers are not doing
any selling, nor buyin much with the ex-
ception of silos.‘ Ear potatoes are ve-
ry good this year.’ Wheat 3. lot better
than was expected 'lastgspring. Rye is
about anaverage yield. Hay was short
in acreage, but 'the heavier yield makes
up_ for the shortage. Cornis extra poor
this year. Good yield of cats promised.
—C W. S., Fenton.

Monroe—Not a bean county, probably
not more than 150 acres planted; condi-
tions medium, owing to early wet weath-
er; 'estimated yield about 12 bushels.
, Potato acreage larger than 1916 by 25
per cent; condition is medium owing to
extensive drought. Corn acreage 30 per
cent higher than 1916; condition poorer
and impossible to estimate yield. Wheat
crop was good; oats above average.-
-—E. W. H., Erie.

Grand Traverse—Much of the bean
crop destroyed by insects; yield probably
around 12 bushels; potato acreage larger
and condition of late tubers good; early
potatoes hit by drought; corn crop in very
poor condition owing to early cold and
wet weather; unless remarkably good
weather prevails farmers will not get
enough corn for Seed—B. E. 0., Buckley.

Clare—Haying and grain cutting near-
ly- finished. Farmers have had some
trouble getting help. It looks bad for
the future when our soldier boys shall
have gone. There will be a large acreage
of wheat sown here this fall if ground
can be fitted. Principle crops here are
rye, oats, corn and hay. Quite a few
farmers. have high-priced beans in their
bins yet; held too long. Some nice large
round-roof barns are going up‘ despite
the cost 0 material. W. C. Fuller, Far-
well.

Huron—Bean acreage about the same
as last .year; condition poor; many far—
mers had to sow crop at second time and
very few fields have pods as yet; potato
acreage less than 191s; condition of crop
medium tho b( tter than last year; ground
is pretty low to grow potatoes success—
fully. Corn acreage larger this year, but
condition r, in fact, very little of it will
ripen an seed corn will be hard to get
another yearn—G. W., Elkton, Mich.

Bennie—Bean acreage in this county
probably double that of last year, but
the condition is not so good; estimated
yield only 7 bushels; hot winds last of
July injured crop in eastern part of coun-
ty; potato acreage ten percent less than
1916; estimated yield about 100 bushels,
same as last year; crop shows effect of
poor seed, dry weather, grasshop s and
some blight. Corn acreage about ormal,
but condition poor; if frost holds off till
Oct. lst, there may be a light crop—F.
M., Elberta, Mich.

St. Claus—The bean acreage is believed
to be smaller in this section than last year
and is in a very poor‘condition on ac-
count of so much ran last spring. The
crop is not very far advanced and it is
impossible to make an estimae of the
yield at this time. _Ear1y beans drowned
out and the late crop is very thin on the
ground. The potato acreage is also be-
low normal and only in a. fair condition.
This is not much of a potato county
as we are satisfied if we raise enough for
home consumption. Rainy weather rais-
ed havoc with the corn crop this year
and is not as good as the poor crop har-
vested by the farmers last fall. Wheat
oats and hay were better than an aver—
age crop—A. M., Beeville, Mich.

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.WASHINGTON, D. C.—-Last bulle-
tin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross continent August 18 to 22, warm
wave 17 to 21, cool wave 20 to 24.
This will bring dangerous storms on
land and water; probably tornadoes
in the central valleys and hurricanes
on our southern seas. Heavy rains in
northern sections and drouths in more
southern parts of the continnt are ex—
pected.

_ Next warm wave will reach Vancou-
ver about August 23 and temperature
will rise; on all the Pacific slope. It
will cross crest Rockies by close of
August 24, plains sections 25, merid-
ian '90, great lakes and Ohio valleys
26,. eastern sections 27, reaching vi-
cinity of Newfoundland near Aug. 28
Storm wave will follow about one day
behind warm wave and cool wave,
about one day behind storm wave.

This will not be so great a storm
as the precedin but should be watch;
‘ed as it'may

. . , Temperatures of the preced-
38‘ storm will, avera e below normal.
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THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

As Forecasted by E. C. Foster for Michigan Business Farming

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Tuscany—Corn lfi‘ .v'ery poor. Beans are
looking good. Wheat and rye not very
good; lots of smut. R. 'B. 0., Caro.

'ogemaw—i-Hay a geod crop but little
baled as yet. Oats about ready to‘ out.
, Not much build-
ing going on. as material is too high.

arm labor high and hard to get at any
price. Farmers helping each other with
haying—5W. N., West Branch... .

Oceans-A-Haying and harvesti about
done in this locality, with excelgtlon of
oats which were planted late. Many , of
the farmers sowed buckweat in the place
of corn as it was too wet for corn. Many
of the beans were ruined this year by a.
little worm which worked this year by a
just as they were comin up, but for all
of that there will be a air crop.

Saginaw—The hay was all put away
without any rain and there was a very
large crop. Some wheat is being sold.
A number of all are being built this
summer. The farmers’ club held a lo-

' nic last week. The club was started ast

winter and the meetings have 'been well
attended. Corn, beans and potatoes look-
ing line since the I eavy mid—month rains.
J. A. M., Hemlock.

KENT— Bean acreage in this section
about one-third larger than last year, with
condition medium; yield may be anywhere
from 20 to 50 bushels aependng upon the
weather the next three weeks. Potato
acreage about the same as 1916, but con-
dition better and estimated yield somewhat
higher. Corn acreage about the same
and condition better than in most sec-
tions of the state; estimated yield, 50
to 125 bushels.~—'-J. 0., Sparta, Mich.

Manistee-Bean, potato and corn acre-
age larger than 1916. Condition of beans
about the same as las year, with estimat-
ed yield of 7 to 10 bushels; injured some
by grasshoppers. Condition of potatoes
medium; estimated yield, 60 bushels;
doubtful if corn will mature. Grain crops
nearly all harvested. Buckwheat look—
ing fine, and if early frosts stay-away,
there will be a bumper crop. Farmers
not selling much unless early potatoes.
-—-H,. A., Bear Lake, Mich.

Mason—Bean acreage is 20 per cent
larger than last year; condition medium;
crop ten days late; estimated yield, 12
bushels. In a normal season ten per cent
of beans are damaged by frost; being late
this year may mean a large increase in
frosted beans; Acreage and_codition_ of
potatoes above last year; estimated yield
125 bushels as compared with 80 to 90
in 1916; never saw potatoes look better,
but large percentage of them two weeks
late. Acreage of corn way below 1916;
condition poor and farmers will have very
little to harvest—J. 8,, Fountain, Mich.

Gratiot—Bean' acreage probably double
that of last year, and condition of.the
crop is much better; estimated yield,
10 to 12 bushels as compared With 5 to
8 last year; much of the crop was drowned
out by early rains; Potato acreage also
probably double, and condition very good.
Estimated yield, 150 bushels; yield 1916,
nothng to 40 bushels. Corn acreage a
third larger, but conditions ideal ollowmg
middle month rains; could use more mors-
ture. Wheat yield has been light; hay
and oats heavier than normal. Some
farmers have commended plowing for fall
wheat—A. E. J., Bannister, Mich.

Meoosta—The bean acreage in this sec-
tion is about the same, but the condition
of the crop is better than 1916; estimated
yield, 8 bushels; beans always look good
at this time and it is little early yet for
blight to show up. Potato acreage less
but nearly every rod of ground in the v1]-
lages of the county have been planted
condition is 20 percent better than last
year; crop looking fine, but_ a chance of
being cut 50 percent by blight or early
frost. Crop acreage Just normal and
condition medium; with good weather
until Sept. 20th, corn will reach ten-year
average—W. H. 8., Remus, Mich.

Isabella—Every paper we pick up now
a—days, we read about preparedness, and
speeding up farming, back—yards and door-
yards cropped, but we fall to_ see any-
thing materialize about the prices to be
paid by the governmentvfon our produce.
Is it to be the same old story? The
farmer take a back seat and let the mul-
dleman (with bristles on his back) reap
all the profit. Farm labor has cost from
$2 to $4 per day, and seed extremely high.
Had not the farmer ought to share the
profits this year. Bean crop very poor
hereabouts owing to rain and weev1l, the
yield will probably not exceed 3 to 5
bushels. Potato acreage normal and crop
looks good. Corn acreage less and con-
dition very poor; should frost come first
of September, very few fields would have
even roasting ears. W. D. T., Blanchard.

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temperatures that will reach very high

August.

Crop weather for winter grain prom-
ises good, following Aug. 20, and it
will have a. vigorous growth, make
good pastures and enter the Winter
in good condition. This has but little
to do with the question as to a. good
Winter grain yield for 1918. Blue
grass Fall pastures of 1917 promise
good. This and Winter grain pastures
are important to the live stock indus-
ry.
Killing frosts are indicated for some
northern states not far from Septem-
ber 20 and the silos should be filled
before those frosts get the green stuff
In middle latiudes the killing frosts
will come near Oct. 4 near latitude-
40. Near latitude 35 welexpect the
killing rests near Nov. . Whoever
hopes to succeed in arming. must pr '-
vide good silos and save green stufi,
for winter feeding, that would other-
be lost. By adopting all the best
methods of intensive farming thejgrl-
cultural pursuits will become the best
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1' last year can be secured. ' The rain has!"

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was done to the crop y rains; -

acreage of potatoes was " .

ghee gag; and the crop is 31135“
1 10; an a year ago; as. unlined] '
of» 100 bushels per, acre; "last: ye

bushels. A normal acreage; of

Clinton—The 1917 bean acreage is about .
the same as in 1916 but in poor condition}.
on account of name, late planting and bean,
maggot; estimated yield this year, 8 bush-.3
els; last year,’ 5 to 8 bushels. On the "
whole, the crop looks a. trifle better than
last year but weather conditions must;
be ‘ favorable to secure a. mature crop. .-
Thls is. not a potato county and the ace-
reage _is normal._ The crop is in good
condition and Will yield approximately
200 bushels to the acre, which is ~100‘per-
cent better than last year. A normal ao- .-
reage .of corn was planted but is in poor.
condition—J. W. H., Grand Ledge, Mich.“

Charlevoix—The 20 percent increased .
acreage of beans in this county is show-
mg up better than last-year; drought hurt ~
crop some, but mid-month rains gave,»
them another good start. Potato acreage "
increased one-fourth to one-half; con-
dition of earlies medium, late good; much
better than last year; estimated acreage
125 to 200 bushels. Corn acreage less
than 1916, and crop about two weeks late;
With good weather until Sept. 20th. some
of the. crop will m: ture. New potatoes
are being marketed slowly influenced no
doubt by hope of higher prices this fall'
prices offered here higher than at r‘iran
Rapids or Chicago. Apple crop very oor.
Oats and wheat fair. Buckwheat ooks
fine. A few farmers plowing for fall
wheat. Cucumber picking started last
week with prospects of a good crop.
C. P. M., Ellsworth.

NATIONAL CROP REPORTS

MARSHALL, WIS—The first "new ‘
potatoes sold here for $1 a bushel, the
early crop beng a. very bountiful one.

HATLEY, WIS—The potato crop. looks
15 e-
lieved to have reduced the yield consider—
able. Corn is about five weeks late, but
is growing nicely now.

ROY-ALTON, MINN‘.—The potato
crop here looks exceptionally good and a
big yield is expected. Some sections are.
reporting blight ard experts are assisting
farmers in combatng it.

SALT LAKE CITY—Grasshoppers have
laid bare alfalfa and grain areas in Juab
county, and have done damage of $60,-
000, according to a report made by J.
B. Walker, state crop inspector.

PARK RAPIDS, MINN ——A large po-
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'ed. There have been some fine rains

and potatoes are setting good. The ac-
reage is about one-third larger than last
year.

PAW PAW, MICH.—-Prospects are first
class for a large grape crop in VanBuren
county and for good prices. Sales con—
tracts have lately been made with juice
factories at $35 per ton delivered at fac-
tory without packing. '

FALL CREEK, WIS—So far the po-
tato crop around here looks very good.
Most of it is late, as very little early
stock is planted here. Yield will be good
providing no blights set in. Grains look
good. Corn is very backward and looks
like a poor crop.

NEW'YORK—In response to Ameri-
ca’s need of an increased food supply
during the war, sugar growers of Haiti
will send to this country 90,000,000 pounds
of their product during the next crop
season, it was announced here by bankers
with Haitien connections.

ABERDEEN, S. D., August 10—A
light frost here last night through the
northeastern portion of South Dakota
was reported here. It is believed no
damage was done to crops. The mer-
cury here dropped to 44 degrees above
zero.

ATLANTA, N. Y.——It looks as though
potato shipments from here this season
would amount to at least 200 cars. ThlS
is fully 20 per cent more than last year.
Crop is not in particularly good condition
because of unfavorable weather. Move-
ment should start around Oct. 1.

HARRISBURG, PA.—-Pennsy1va-
nia. farmers will produce approximately
25,674,400 bushels of potatoes from 309.,-
331 acres planted with potatoes this
spring, according to estimates made pub-
lic this week at the State Department
of Agriculture.

SYRACUSE, N. fit—Onondaga. county
will harvest a. light apple crop this year.
Even spraying along thorough and sys-
tematic lines has not saved the prospects
which were good at the start of the sea-
son. Rainy weather has brought out
scab, even in many excellent sprayed
orchards. The best outlook is for the
Spies.

ROCHESTER, N. Y.-—Ea_rly peaches
will move in August but the main crop
will not be ready to ship before Septem-
ber. The first two weeks of that month
will probably be the heaviest on Elbertas.
The crop all through the western New
York belt is heavy and it is expected that
at least 6,000 cars will be shipped. It
is estimated that there are fully 9,000
cars of peaches on the trees at present.
A good deal of the fruit will 'be taken care
of by the local markets, leavmg 6,000 cars
to go outside.

GOLDEN'RIDGE, ME.-—The first po-
tatoes planted on fairly dry ground are
looking well. There is, however, a. large
percentage of the crop planted late, which
is coming along slowly, as the ground was
wet and continued so. It has been a hard
season to- hoe and spray and for that
reason the weeds and bugs wall damage
the crop materially. Quite a percentage
of the crop was drowned out early. It.
is not believed that under the-mostfav-
orable circumstances from now on _ _
Aroostock that as large a harvest as

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AR";: FOLKS I 3111s
thrill of pleasure came over cash of you when

. you “discovered” this page almost the last - .3
but certainly not the least in this first Issue of ‘ ‘ ..

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING. This does not mean-

that you have not been interested in the foregoing

1 pages. .Where is there a successful farm wife

who is not concerned with the problems of the .

farm, and all discussions pertaining thereto? But
. in addition to her interest in her husband’s Work
and worries,

the problems of home-making and in reading
the most up-to-date literature on that subject.

I take a great deal of pride in the fact that I.

was chosen to take charge, of the women's and
children’s department of MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING. So much has been written and said
lately about the farmer and his Wife that every-
body finds them subjects of absorbing interest, and

that is why, I suspect, I feel it so great a priv-'

ilege to become more closely associated with a
work in which they have a part.

I shall not tell you here about the plans we
have in mind for this department. The features
will be a little departure from the ordinary. The
“business” idea as applied to the conduct of the
farm will be similarly associated with the con-
duct of the farm home. Just as the farming in-
dustry is being systematized and raised to a higher
plane of dignity and profit, so do we hope with
your kind co-operation, dear readers, to offer sug-
gestions and plans for greater efficiency in the
home, which means lessx waste, less work and
less worry. There is no woman, as a classfwho
puts in such long hours of drudging work as the
farm woman, and it is with hope of lightening
her work, of giving her greater zest to perform
her everyday duties, and arousing an actual
love for her job as home-maker,“that we lay our
plans today.

As I have said before, we shall need the co-
operation of our readers. You 'can best give
this by offering to us suggestions and stories
of your own experiences. I can think of no more
interesting feature for this department than a.
weekly letter from some farm woman telling us
in her most simple language how she saved steps,
prevented waste of left-over food, systematized
her world, inaugurated real business methods
in buying her supplies and in planning her meals,
how she manages with the children, and how she
has transformed the old farm house drudgery into
a labor of love and delight.

It will not be easy for me to write every
week a page of stories and suggestions which you
will find at all times interesting and helpful. I
must depend upon my readers for help, and I
know the women of the farms will not fail me.
Write your letters addressed to Anne Campbell
Stark, care of MICJI‘IGANEVBUSINESS FARMING, Mount
Clemens, Michigan. :

Economy in Dress.

SIDE from economy in the kitchen, the ques-

tion of economy in dress strikes each woman
right now. Every woman who has any

pride delights in looking well, ‘
and in having her children
neatly and becomingly garb-
ed. I have found children’s
clothes to be very expensive
when purchased ready-made.
Boys' rompers, for instance,
range in priCe anywhere from
89 cents to $3.00 and $4.00
and can be made, buttons and
all, for 50 cents, using good
material, and trimming with
hand work. Little girls’
dresses, too, are much more
economical, if made at home.
-When it comes to your
own clothes, however, we can
,, sometimes pick up bargains
'in ready-modes. Regardless,
however, of- how to solve

the true woman,—the real help-'
mate and partner—finds time and joy in Solving_

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When I am home, a load of Care
Drops from my shoulders, then and there,
When my mother meets me at the door
And takes me in her arms once more;
The sky is brighter I am sure;

The stars shine down, so clear and pure,
And oh! my heart is light as foam
When I am home.

When I .am home, should I feel ill,

Then mother frets—~as‘mothers-will;
But once her soothing fingers find

My burning brow, I do not mind.

Where peace abounds, that I declare a
I am so happy to be there

That there I’ll stay are never roam—-
When I am home.-

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7 know that -a little _ "

things suitable to the occasion..

clofies.
in. The place for a kimono. is in the "bedroom
or bathroom.

It is economy to select a becoming color}.
line broWn or straw hat will suit all tan or brown -. .
dresses. Dark shades of blue are serviceable

and becoming to’most everyone. Be’ sure your

. clothes suit you, and you will get a great deal.
'more wear out of them. We have all made the

remark: “I like my so- and so dness so well,_I
just wear it to death!” If a person feels good in
a dress, and knows she looks well in it, she will

‘ literally wear it to' shreds before she will give it-

up. -

Study your good points and “draw attention
from the defects. If you are large, avoid plaids,
wide stripes of conspicuous colors. Avoid also
cross lines. Try to lengthen the effect of; your
.figure with long straight lines, which draw at-
tention from your outline. If you have large
hips, have any trimming below the largest part to
call attention from them. -If your face is too
round or "too pointed, use opposite lines to cover

the defect, or anything that will draw’attention-

from it. If you have geod eyes, wear colors
that will bring out their shade.

In buying goods, see that you buy it in good
strong daylight. Avoid goods that are: not guar-
anteed to wash. Do not let imitations tempt
you. They will not give you half the service
of the genuine article. Better fewer clothes, and
better quality. ' .

A considerable saving can be effected, especial-
ly in purchasing materials for children’s clothes,
by watching the remnant counter. You will find,
too, that clothes can be bought to best advantage
out of season.

Cotton, because it washes and irons so well,
is the best material for summer or indoor winter
house dresses. ‘

Wool, of course, is the best protection against
cold or damp weather.

I have found it economical in buying any
materials to purchase an extra yard. for later On
mending or remodeling. Sometimes when We go
back later for goods, it is gone.

Plain standard colors are more economical
than odd shades, which one soon grows tired of.
Don’t buy any more garments than you absolute-
ly need.

For a practical outfit, the following is sug-
gested: One long: raincoat; one good tailored
suit; one best or soft wool dress; one hack or
second best suit; one cotton outing suit for sum-
:mer; one white dress for summer; two cotton af-
ternoon dresses; two cotton house or work dress-
es; two kimonas; several bungalow aprons; one
sweater; three or four blouses; bathrobe; one
or two suitable hats, shoes, gloves and suitable

'underwear for the various seasons.

When I am Home

When I am home. »
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When _I am home.

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The greatest economy in dress is to wear
A simple house
’, dress saves your good clothes. Never do cools-' 7
‘ing or any kind or housework in street or good
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much swayed ”closer to him. .

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cheer. I am sure your turn will come, and per-
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experiences with crooks, politicians, murderers and

. “Red Dot” is the name of the

story that folloWs. other stories of Jones’ experiences

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_ ROM'his inner‘sanctu'm, Average Jones stared
obliquely out upon the whirl of Fifth Avenue,
. warming itself under 'a late March sun.

In the outer.ofllces a line of anxiOus applicants
has being disposed of by his trained assistants.
To the advertising expert’s oflices had come that
day but three cases difliculr enough to be referred

. to the Ad—Visor himself. Two were rather intricate

financial. lures which Average Jones was able to
dispose of by a mere “don’t”. The third was a
Spiritualist announcement behind which lurked a
shrewd plot to entrap asenile millionaire into a
marriage with the medium. These having been

settled, the expert was free to muse upon a para-

graph Which had appeared in all the important
New York morning papers of the day before.

 

REWARD—$1,000 reward for information as
to slayer of Brindle Bulldog “Rags”, killed in
office of Malcolm Dorr, Stengel Building,
Union Square, March 29.

 

“That’s too much money for a dog,” decided Av-
erage Jones. "Particularly one that hasn’t any
bench record. I’ll just have a glance into it.”

Slipping on his coat he wailked briskly down the
avenue, and crossing over to Union Square, en-
tered the gloomy old Stengel building. Stepping

from the elevator at the seventh floor, he .paused

underneath this sign:
MALCOLM Donn
ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING ENGINEER

Entering, Average Jones found a rat young man,
with mild blue eyes, sitting at a desk.

“Mr. Dorr?” he asked.

“Yes,” replied the fat young man nervously,
“but if you are a reporter, I must—”

“I am not,” interrupted the other. “I am an ex-
pert on advertising, and—I want that one thou-
sand dollars reward.”

" “You mean you have—have found out some-

“Not yet. But I intend to.”

Dorrstared at him in silence.

“You are very fond of dogs, Mr. Dorr?”

“Eh? Oh, yes. Yes, certainly," said the other
mechanically.

Average Jones shot a sudden glance of surprise
at him, then looked dreamily down at his own
finger-nails.

“I can sympathize with you. I have exhibited
Your dog was perhaps a green-
ribboner?”

“Ah! Several of mine have been. One in par-
ticular took medal after medal; a beautiful glossy
brown bulldog, with long silky ears, and the slen-
der splayed-out legs that are so highly prized but
so seldom seen nowadays. His tail, too, had the
truly Willoughby curve, from his dam, who was
a famous courser.”

Mr. Dorr looked puzzled. “I didn’t know they
used that kind of a dog for coursing,” he said
vaguely. ,

“Mr. Dorr,” drawled Jones, “who—er-owned

, your—er—dog?”

“Why, I—-I did,” said the startled chemist.
“Who gave him to. you?” ,

“A friend.”
“Quite so.
the reward?”

“What makes you think that?"

“This, to be frank. A man who doesn’t know a
bulldog from a bed-spring isn’t likely to be offer-
ing a thousand dollars to avenge the death of one.

Was it that friend who—er—offered

' And the minute you answered my question as to

whether you cared for dogs, I knew you didn’t.
WhenJ'Ou fell for a green-ribbon, and a splayed-
legged, curly tailed medal-winner in the brindle
bull class, I knew you were blufiing. Mr. Dorr,
who-er— has been - tar—threatening your life?”
The chemist swung around in his chair.
“What do you know?” he demanded.
“Nothing: 1’3! guessing. It’s a. fair guess that

'a reasonably valuable brindle bull isn’t presented

to a man who cares nothing for dogs without some
The most likely reason is protection. Is
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“Yes, it is,” replied the‘other. _‘
_ “And now the protection_,is'gone. Don’t you
Who is it
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Average ’Jones became vitally con-U
earned. in removing an infinitesimal
speck from his left cuff. “Ah,” he
commented, “the Canned Meat Trust.
What have you been doing to them?”

“Sold them a preparation of my in-
vention for deodorizing certain by-pro- .
' ducts used fOr manufacturing pur-
poses. Several months ago I found
they were» using it on canned meats
that had gone bad, and then selling the
stuff.”

“Would the meat so treated be poi-~
sonous?”

“Well—dangerous to anyone eating
it habitually. I wrote, warning them
that they must stop.”

“A man came to see me and told me
I was mistaken. He hinted that if I
thot my invention was worth more
than I’d received, his principals would
be glad to take the matter up with me.
Shortly after I heard that the Federal
authorities were going after the trust,
so I called on Mr. Elverson, the dis-
trict attorney.” -

“Mistake Number One. Elverson is
straight, but his office is fuller of
leaks that a sieve.” ‘

“That’s (probably why I found my
private laboratory reeking of cyanide
fumes a fortnight later,” remarked
-Dorr dryly. “I got to the outer air
alive, but not much more. A week
later there was an explosion in the
laboratory. I didn’t happen to be
there at the time. The odd feature 'of
the explosion was that I didn’t have
any explosive drugs in the place.”

Within a month after that, a friendly neighbor
took a pot-shot at a man who was sneaking up be-
hind me as I was going home late one night. The
man shot, too, but missed me. I reported the af-
fair to the police, and they told me to be sure and
not let the newspapers know.”

“Didn’t you make any other precautions?”

“Oh, yes. I reported the attempt to Judge El-
verson. Then I got a commission out in Denver.
When I came back about a month ago, Judge El-
verson gave me the two dogs.”

“Two?”

“Yes. Rags and Tatters.”

“Where’s Tatters?”

“Dead. By the same road as Rags.”

“Killed at your place in Flatbush?”

“N0. Right here in this room.”

Average Jones became suddenly very much wor-
ried about the second button of his coat. Having
satisfied himself of its stability, he drawled, “Er——
both of—er—them?”

“Yes. Ten days apart.’

“Where were you?”

“On the spot. That is, I was here when Tatters
got his death. I had gone to the wash-room at the
father end of the hall when Rags was poisoned.”

“Why do you say poisoned?”

“What else could it have been?
wound on either of the dogs.”

“Was there evidence of poison?”

“Pathological only. In Tatters’ case it was very
marked. He was dozing'in a corner near the radi-
ator when I heard him yelp and saw him snapping
at his belly. He ran across the room, lay down
and began licking himself. Within fifteen minutes
he began to whine. Then he stiffened out in a
sort of spasm. Before I could get a veterinary
here he was dead.”

“Did you make any examination?”

“I analyzed the contents of his stomach, but did
not obtain positive results.”

“What about the other dog?”

“Rags? That was the day before yesterday. We
had just come over from Flatbush and Rags was
nosing around in the corner—”

“Was it the same ‘corner where Tatters was at-
tacked?” . _

“Yes; near the radiator. He seemed to be in-
terested in something there when I Left the room.
I was gone not more than two minutes.”

“Lock the door after you?”‘

“It has a special spring lock which I had put
on myself.”

Average Jones crossed over and looked at the
contrivance. Then his glance fell to a huge, old-
fashioned keyhole below the new fastening.

“You didn’t use that larger lock?”

“No. I haven’t for months. ‘ The key is lost, I
think.” . . .

Retracing his steps the investigator s1ghted the
hole from the radiator, and shook his head.

“It’s not in range,” he said. “Go on.” .

“As I reached the door on my return, I heard
Rags yelp. You may believe I got to him quickly.
He was pawing wildly at his nose. I called up the
nearest veterinary. Within ten minutes the con-
vulsions came on. The veterinary was here when
Rags die’d, which was within fifteen minutes of

There was no

the first spasm. He didn’t believe it was strych-
nine: Said the attacks were different. Whatever
it was, I couldn’t find any trace of it in the stom-
ach. The veterinary took the body away and made
a complete autopsy.”

“Did he discover anything?”

“Yes. The blood was coagulated and on the up-
per lip he found a circle of small pustules. He
agreed that both dogs probably swallowed some-
thing that was left in my ofiice, though I don’t
see how it could have got there.”

“That won’t do,” returned Average Jones posi-
tively. “A dog doesn’t cry out when he swallows
poison, unless it’s some corrosive.”

Average Jones examined the walls with atten-
tion and returned to the keyhole, thru which he
peeped.

“Do you ever chew gum?” he asxed suddenly.

The chemist stared at him. “It isn’t a habit of
mine,” he said.

“But you wouldn’t have any objection to my
sending for some, in satisfaction of a sudden irre-
sistible craving?” ‘

“Any particular brand?
drug store.”

“Any sort will suit, thank you.”

When the gum arrived, Average Jones chewed
up a single stick thoroughly. This he rolled out
to an extremely tenuous consistency and spread it
deftly across the unused keyhole, which it com-
pletely though thinly veiled.

“Now, what’s that for?” inquired the chemist,
eying the improvised closure with some contempt.

“Don’t know, exactly, yet,” replied the deviser
cheerfully. “But when queer and fatal things
happen in a room and there’s only one opening,
it’s just as well to keep your eye on that, no matter.
how small it is.. Keep your eye on that gum. If
it lets go its hold, wire me.”

“All right,” agreed young Mr. Dorr.
your address in case you leave town.”

“As I may do. I am going to hire a press-clip-
ping bureau on special order to dig through the
files of the local and neighboring city newspapers
for recent items concenirng dog-poisoning cases.
If our unknown has devised- a new method of
canicide, it’s quite possible he may have worked it
somewhere else, too. Good-by, and if you can’t be
wise, be careful.”

One morning there arrived, among other data,
an article from the Bridgeport “Morning Delinea-
tor” which caused the Ad-Visor to sit up with a
jerk. It detailedthe poisoning of several dogs
under peculiar circumstances. Three hours later
he was in the bustling Connecticut city. There
he took carriage for the house of Mr. Curtis
Fleming, whose valuable Great Dane dog had been
the last victim. -

Mr. Curtis Fleming revealed himself as an elder-
ly gentleman all grown to a point: pointed white
nose, eyes that were pin-points of irascible gleam,
and a most pointed manner of speech. .

“Who are you?” he demanded rancidly, as his
visitor was ushered in.

Average Jones recognized the type.
of but one way to deal with it.

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‘lertainly. Look at this."

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it. Thought it was a case of insanity."

“Who offered it?"

“Professor Moseley. Tenant of mine.
Frame house on the nextco
fashioned conservatory.”

“Did he give any explanati
advertisement '3" .

“No. Acted half-crazy when he bro ght
it to the office. Wouldn’t sign his
to the thing. Begged the manager
him have the weather reports in ad ance,
every day.”

“Weather reports, eh?” Avera
mused for a moment. “How long was the
ad. to run ?”

“Until the first hard frost.”

“Has there—er—been a — er —- frost
since?” drawled Average Jones.

“No. What’s your interest in all this,
anyway, my mysterious young friend?"

“Two dogs in New York poisoned in
something the same way as yours.”

“Well, I’ve got my man. He confessed.”

“Confessed?” echoed Average Jones.

"Practically. Professor Moseley com-
mitted suicide this morning.”

Average Jones got to his feet slowly,
walked over to the window, returned,
picked up the strange proof with its mes-
sage of suggested peril, studied it,.return-
ed to the Window, and stared out into the
gray day.

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morning.” pursued the other.

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“Told to ,, dLmy tongue in my own
house by an i vited stri ling " cackled

the other. “You’re a singu ar young man.
Have it your own way.” _ _

After a five minutes’ silence the Visitor
turned from the window and spoke. "There
has been a deadly danger loose about
here for which Prof. Moseley felt him-
self responsible. I believe some human being
has been killed by this thing, whatever it
may he. and that the horror of it drove
Moseley to suicide.”

“Prove it.”

“Give me a morning paper." .

His host handed him the current issue
of the “Delineator.”

Average Jones studied the local page.

“Where’s Galvin’s Alley?" he asked
presently. "

“Two short blocks from here.

"Read that.” .

Mr. Curtis Fleming took the paper. His
eyes were directed to a paragraph telling
of the death of an Italian child livmg in
Galvin’s Alley. Cause, convulsions.

“RV ,iove!” said be, somewhat awed.
“You can reason, young man.” . ’

“I‘ve got to reason a. lot further, if Im
to get anywhere in this affair,” said Aver-
age Jones with convictrnn. _“Do you care
to come to Galvin’s Alley With me?

Together they went down the.hill to a
poor little house, marked by white crepe.
The occupants were Italians who spoke
some English. They said that four-year-
old Pietro had been playing around a
woodpilc the afternoon before, when he
was taken sick and came home, stagger-
ing. The. doctor could do nothing.

“Was there a mark like a ring anys
where on the hand or face?” asked Aver-
age Jones. .

The dead child’s father looked surprised.
That. he said, was what the strange gen-
tleman who had come that very morning
asked; a queer. bent little gentleman,
very bald and with big eye—glasses, who
was kind, and wept with them and, gave
them money to bury the “bambino. ”

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ond/three 'red dots, and the third, two.
Of these Average Jones .made careful
note, as well as of the laboratory ad-
dress. By this time the hissing of the
fumigating apparatus had ceased._ The
two men went to the conservatory and
gazed in upon a ruin of lim leaves and
flacc1d etals, killed by‘ t e powerful
gases. uddenly, with an exclamation of
astonishment, the investigator stooped and
lifted from the floor a marvel of ermine
body and pale green wings. The moth
spreading nearly a foot, was quite dead.
“Here’s the mate, sir," said- the fumi-
rgnaétrilng expert, handing him another speci—
Average Jones took the pair of moths to
the desk, measured them and laid, them
carefully away in a drawer.
‘ he rest must wait," he said. ”I
have to send a telegram.”
With the interested Mr. Curtis Fleming
in attendance, he went to the telegraph
office, where he wrote out a despatch.

“Malcolm Dorr, Stengel Building,
York City:
“Leave office immediately. Do not re-
turn until it has been fumigated thor-
oughly. Imperative. A. V. R. JONES."

“And now,” said Average Jones to Mr.
Fleming. “I’m going gack to New York.
If any collectors come chasing to you for
luna moths, don’t deal with them. Refer
them to me, please.”

“Your orders shall be obeyed" said the
older man. "But why, in the name of all
that’s unheard of, should collectors come
bothering me about luna moths?”

“Because of an announcement to this
effect which will appear in the next num-
ber of _the “National Science Weekly.’ and
in coming issues of the New York ‘Evem
mg Register.’ ”

He haded out a rough draft of this
advertisement:

“FOR SALE—Two largest known speci-
mens of Tropaea luna, unmounted; re-
spectively 10 and 11% inches spread. Also
various other specimens from collection
of late Gerald Moseley, of Bridgeport,
Conn. Write for particulars. Jones,
YRoom’ 222, Astor Court Temple, New

or .’ '

“What about further danger here?”
inquired Mr. Fleming, as Average Jones
bade him good-by.

“Would we better run that warning
of poor Moseley’s, after all?”

For reply Jones pointed out of the win-
dow. A late—season whirl of snow en-
veloped the streets. .

“I see," said the old man. 'The frost.
Well, Mr. Mysterious Jones I don’t know
What you’re up to but you’ve given me
an interesting day. Let me know what
comes of it.”

On the train back to_New York, Aver—
age Jones wrote two Ietters. One was to
the Denny Research Laboratories in St.
Louis. the other to the Department of
Agriculture at VYashtington. -

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Less than a week after the luna moth
advertisement appeared, Average Jones
walked into Malcolm Dorr’s office with a.
twinkling eye.

“Do you know a man named Marcus
L. Ross?” he asked the chemist.

“Never heard of him.”

“Marcus L. Ross is interested, not only
in luna moths. but in the rest of the
Moseley collection. He has an office in
this building. Likewise he works fre-
quently at night. Finally, he is one of the
confidential lobbyists of the Paragon
Pressed Meat Company.

“It would be very easy forHMr. Ross. ..

whose office is on the floor above, to stop
at this door on his way down—stairs after
quitting work late at night when the ele—
vator had stopped running and—let us
say-peep through the keyhole."

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city down ward ran a line of dots in red.
The dots entered: New York from the
north, passed down. FourthAvenue to the
south side of Union Square, turned west
and terminated. Beneath this map was
the legend, also in red:

’wa'rc‘n THE LINE ADVANCE IN
. LATER EDITIONS

    

    
  

The afternoon edition carried-‘the same «
“fudge” advertisement, but now the red“

dots crossed over to Fifth Avenue and
turned northward as .far as Twenty-third
Street. -The inscription was:

UPWARD AND ON'WABD SEE
' NEXT EXTRA ‘

For the “Night Extra” people paid five,
ten, even fifteen cents.- This time, the
red-dotted line went as far up Fifth Ave-
nue as Fiftieth Street. And the legend
Was ominous:

WHEN I TUBNVI STRIKE

But not until the following morning did
the papers announce that President Col-
well of the Canned Meat Trust, having
been ordered by his physician on a long
sea voyage to refurbish his depleted
nerves, after closing his house _on West
Fifty-first street, had sailed in‘his own
yacht. Mr. Curtis Fleming came to New
York, keen for explanatitons, for he, too,
had seen the “fudge” and marveled.
Hence, Average Jones had him, together
with young 'Mr. Dorr, at a private room
luncheon at the Cosmic “Club, where he
offeredan explanation and elucidation.

“The whole affair," he said, “was a
problem in the connecting up of loose
ends. At the New York terminus we had
two ,deaths in the office of a man With
powerful and subtle enemies, that office
being practically sealed against intruswn'
except .for a very large keyhole. Some
deadly thing is introduced through that
keyhole: so much _is practically. nroven
by the breaking out of the chewing gum
with which I coated it. The killing in-
fluence reaches a corner far out of the
direct line of the keyhole. Beingnear the
radiator, that corner represents the at-
traction of warmth. Therefore, the invad-
ing force was some sentient creature.

“Now let’s look at the Bridgeport end.
Here, again, we have a deadly influence
loosed; this time by accident. A scien—
tific experimentalist is the innocent cause
of the disaster. Here, too, the peril is
somewhat dependent upon warmth, since
we know, from Professor Moseley’s agon-
ized eagerness for a frost, that cold
weather would have put an end to it.
The cold weather fails to come. Dogs
are killed. Finally‘a child falls victim,
and on the child is found a circular mark,
similar to the mark on Mr. Dorr’s dog’s
lip. You see the striking points of anal-
ogy?. Professor Moseley was an unhappy
victim of his own carelessness in loosing
a peril upon his neighborhood. You’re

forgetting a connecting link; the secre-

tive red-dot communications from New
York City addressed by Moseley to him-
self on behalf of some customer who
ordered simply by a code of ink—dots. He
was the man I had to find. The luna
moths helped to do it. Their size showed
Professor Moseley’s line of work; the se—
lective breeding of certain forms of life
to two or three times the normal propor-
tions. Very well; I had to ascertain
some .creature which, if magnified several
times, would be deadly, and which would

...still-: be capable of entering a large key—

hole. Having determined that, I had
still to get in touch with Professor Mose-
ley’s mysterious New York correspond—
ent. I figured that he must be interested
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for size. Your. smnise that specime
two or thre times the normal size woulllz"
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fangs large enough to penetrate th ski .‘ ‘
of the hand, and a' double or triplg Sup! I "
ply - of venom, would be, perhaps, more

deadly than a cobra.

:The symptoms of poisoning by ~tl'iil; .
SpeCleS are spasms, similar to those at

trismus a d agonizing general 'pains.

There are evo‘local sym toms, except. in‘.~ ’

some cases, a circle, 0 ‘gmall ustul. .
about, the bitten Spot, , ,. p e.“

The species is very susceptible to cold.

and would hardly survive a severe frost. V

It frequents woodpiles and outhouses.

Yours truly, , .
' L. 0. HOWARD,
., ' Chief of Bureau.
“Then Ross. was sneaking down hero
at night and putting the spiders ”’which .
he, had got from Professor Moseley thru

my ~keyhole. in the hOpe that sooner or .

later one of them would get me," said
orr. -
“And now,” said Mr. Curtis Fleming.

.“will some one kindly explain to ml

what this. Ross fiend
friend, Mr; Dorr?"

“Nothing," replied Average Jones.

“Nothing? Was he coursing with spid-
ers merely or sport?"

“Oh, no. You see Mr. Dorr was inter-
fering with the machinery of. one of our
ruling institutions, the Canned Meat
Trust. He possessed information which
would have indicted all the officials.
Therefore it was desirable—even essential
—that he should be removed from the
pathway of progress."

“And would have been but for your
skill, young Jones," declared Mr. Curtis
Fleming, with emphasis. ‘ -

“Don’t forget the fortunate coinci— -
dences,” replied Average Jones modestly.
“They’re about,half of it. The coinci-
dence of the escape of the Red Dots from
Professor Moseley’s breeding cages; the
coincidence of the death of the' dogs on
Golden Hill, followed by the death of the
child; the coincidence of poor Moseley’s
having left the red-dot letters on the desk
instead of destroying them: the coinci-
dence of Dorr’s dogs being bitten when it
might easily have been himself had be
gone to turn on the radiator and dis-
turbed the savage little spidér—J'

“And the chief coinnir’ ace of your hav-
ing become interested in the advertise-
ment which Judge Elverson had me in-
sert, really more to scare off .urther at-
tempts-than anything else,” put in Dorr.
“What became of the spiders that were
slipped through my keyhole, anyway?"

“Two of them, as you know, were prob-
ably. killed by the dogs. TThe others may
well have died of cold at night when the
heat was off and the windows open. And,
sooner or later if Ross had continued to
insert Red Dots through the keyhole one
of them would have bitten you, Dorr, and
the Canned Meat Trust would have gone
on its way rejoicing.” .

“Well, you’ve cert inly saved my life,"
declared Dorr, “and it's a case of sheer.
force of reasoning.” _, »

_Average Jones shook his head. “You
might give some of the credit to Provi-
dence,” he said.
would have meant the saving of the
talian child, and of Professor Moseley,
and the death of yourself, instead of the >
other way around”. .

"And that event?" asked Mr. Curtis
Fleming. ,‘,

“Five degrees of frost in Bridgeport,
replied Average Jones. '

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ALREADY a number of my friends have passed around this petition among their neighbors
Wonderful service these men and women are rendering Business Farming in Michigan!
as you show it to your neighbors 09k them to Sign this petition, Y
MARKET GAMBLERS OUT OF MICHIGAN. Then as soon as you have secured as many names as poss
TO ASK FOR THE DOLLAR, they can send that in any time before December first, 1917, and you do nothavo to collect no

A PETITION TO GRANT SLOCUM FOR THE NEW MARKET WEEKLY

HERE’S THE BIGGEST BOOST YOU CAN GIVE THIS NEW PAPER—WILL YOU?

and secured ten names for the new weekly.
I know these are busy days on the form, but it you’ll Just carry.
OU'LL FIND THEM AS ANXIOUS AS YOU ARE TO DRIVE THE
ibis—clip out this coupon and mail it In.

With the understanding that if five thousand farmers in -Michigan pledge their support. you will start a crop and market ‘weekly I
this fall, I, the undersigned, by my signature subscribe for this new‘ publication, if established for one year, and promise to pay

(Inc Dollar on or before December 1st, 1917.

 

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good standing in this community.-

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NO NEED
w or later, neither do you assume
any obligation for them as we
take care of everything from our
office here. I am going to start a
Roll of Honor for the real found-
ers of our paper who have secured
other names besides, their own—
hero is the list so for: . - .
E. A._ Stevens, Mamstique, Mich.
Allen J. Mains, Marshall, Mich.
E. T. Brokaw, Fenwick, Mich. ’
Marvin A. Shade, Evart, Mich; .
Hugh P. Quinn, Walkerton, Ind.
Fred CarteuJir Marion,- Mich.
M. Jarvis Elkton. Mich. .
J. w. Kelley. Lake City, Mich.
. Ernest C. Cummins, Hart, Mich.
Edward. Gibbons, Blaine, Mich.

ivert ‘Baver, Elberta, Mich. . .

Mark Stiller. Mecosta, Mich. .
Elman C. Willi, Twin Lake, M. ,‘
Rob’t Howard. Bo, e Falls. _M.

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.condensary in Decke'rville.
I“ ' that there are now over.
£4,000 cows in the community and the
business men: were given assurances

‘ ms, toward securing a; h ‘ t-i

      

an; or the state.

.n"ce'nsus or the ccws‘in the .com-

- mushy. .With a view of using the data

toffiid‘né’e a milk company-to erect .a
A ' I The cen-

sus shows .

b the-.iarmers that their dairy herds
wyii’u-ld be greatly increased it a better
market for milk was furnished them.
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What is considered to be the largest
price ‘paid for a halt-acre of potatoes

‘ in the grOund. was handed over to R

J. Austin of Holly, when Mr.. J. W.
Phills oi the same place paid him $75.

.'Mr;I'Anstin' planted the potatoes early.

gave them the best of care, and al-
though they were not fully r1pe when
Mr. Phills came along“, they showed
every indication of being a good crop
and the purchaser expressed a willing-
ness to stake $75 on the tubers even

1, tho they were hidden in the ground.

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One of the best crops on the farm
is being brot to market in many parts
of Michigan in larger quantities this
year than ever before and bringing
the highest price paid since the Civil
War. We refer to the many loads of
scrap iron and steel that is being sold
to the'junk dealers every day. It is
a crop that takes nothing from the s01l,
does not suffer from blight or drought,

and one that is better off the place. ;

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Having guaranteed the Grand Ledge
Milk Company to furnish it with 20,-
000 pounds of cream daily, dairymen
about Collins will soon be given a bet-
ter market for their milk as the com-
pany proposes to erect a condensary
in that village in the near future.

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Mr. Frank Pierce, a wel- knowu far-
mer about Clark Lake, is telling a mar-
ket story full of. human interest. Last
winter hetook aload of beans to Jack-
son and the buyers tried to scale him
down on the bluff that his beans were
not up to sample. He was only offered
six dollars a bushel at the time, so he
decided to hold them a while longer.
Several weeks later he was better re-
ceived by the elevator men and he was
paid $10 a bushel for his crop. And
the quality of his beans seemed to have
improved with age, too, as they only
picked one pound when he sold them
and the elevator men sold them for
seed.

2 i t t

The Constantine Buying and Selling
association, composed of 225 citizens,
has purchased the elevator and coal
yards of the Farmer’ Elevator Co., at
Constantine, Mich.

O t' t ,

What was said by many to be the
prettiest bunch of cattle ever shipped

tfilarket. for the ...f.§rmfs "11, I
They recently

  

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erviiie business men are ifimd- out ot_Springport..MiCh., was .a drove

' oi 34ltwo-year-old Angus steersxshippa ,
. . . And the .
steers did not look anynicer than'the ,

ed by Eli Hudltemeyer. _,

"returns; they netting “$4,053.50, about
$120 each." Mr. Hudltemyer admitted
that he had "some money in them all
right,” but he was very well satisfied
~with the results.

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Mrs. John McLarty, of near Cass
City. Mich., sold six hens 0! the Rhode
Island variety to the Cass City Meat
Market recently and received in pay-
ment $9.07.

O t O
- L. W. Lovewell oi! South Lyons,
Mich., purchased two head, of baby
,beeves of Joe Purdy of Brighton town-
ship, for which he paid Mr. Purdy
$206.30. One of them was 14 months
old,,, the other 16, and were raised
up on the cow and are considered good
stock by Mr. Lovewell. Mr. Love-
Well also purchased two head of steers
‘ of A. Borden that weighed 2760 lbs.

and paid $276 for them.
- * i t '

H. E. Powell of Ionia, Mich., sold 16
head of cattle a few days ago for

$2,105.35. One brought $162.97.
* t I
In the broadening of farming

operations due to the great demand
and scarcity of food products, 'the
coming of the condensary to San-
dusky, Mich., is playing no small
part. Farmers in this territory are
already enlarging their herds and the
output of the/dairies is being not on-
ly increased by the number of cows
but also by the purchase of better
quality animals. Properly culled and
replaced by higher grade animals, ev-
en if no more cows were kept, a great-
ly increased production would result,
but increasing of herds and raising of
the average of production will rapidly
increase the value of this department
of Sanilac county’s agriculture.
III III III

Emmet Luce of Napoleon recently
finished marketing his fall pig crop at
a few cents over $800 for 23 pigs. This
very remarkable record shows the war
time possibilities in pork production

air It It

A co-operative elevator company at
Corunna, capitalized at $40,000 is be-
ing formed and it is expected the ele-
vator will be ready for grain this fall.

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F. J. VanAtta of South Lyons, re-
cently purchased a six-weeks—old veal
calf of John McMahon of Northfield
that was a dandy. It cost him $27.54.

I t t
A farmer and his wife drove into
Hastings one day last month in a com-
mon buggy in which there was also
room for $21.60 worth of eggs. A load
of wool there brought $85 and the
farmer who brings a can of cream to
market nowadaysgets $18 for it.
t 3 II
C. J. Smith & Sons of North Ox-
ford, sold what is considered to be
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ter. The animal
weighed 1900 lbs
and brought 121,4
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total of $237.50
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worth, represent-
ing the Warner
cheese factory in-
terests of Farm-
ingion, Mich., was
in Clio last month
and picked up a
fine bunch of
grade milch cows.
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were purchased
from Chas. Mon-
tague, three from
C. B. Barker, two
each from Ray
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‘ when he knows of its low cost and the risk he runs when he is not
insured. We insure only outside of the large cities and thus eliminate

large losses.

You protect yourself with the help of more than 25,000

other Michigan motor car owners when you join hands with us and
the rates are so low that only a fool-hardy property owner will drive
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Farm this fall Of'19177

You or the man who buys them to load formarket?
LET TH-IS NEW WEEKLY ' '

 

Keep you posted on when and where to sell your “crops,
this fall—if you know as much about the markets as your
local buyer you can beat him at his oWn game!

We ask every loyal Michigan business iarmer to lend us [his sup-V
port by pledging just one dollar to help us found this new weekly!

This is the year of years when yOu have the opportunity of getting full prices for every bushel and pound you raise—every farm crop will bring
big 217tcc,the only question is, WHO WILL GET THE PROFIT, you or the speculators?
The market season is scarcely four weeks away—you ’11 need the new weekly then—no where else can you secure dependable market advice written

fromthe fa1mers side of the fence!
Since the promise of the new weekly was made hundreds of farmers have written us letters like these:
I would be very much pleased to receive the
’weeklyhmagrélgeét rl'egort antithhopeff you wlillh re-
Will send ”.00 if necessar t ' _ cerve t e pe ges ‘50 at e co ave
Thomas Hutgliins, Isabella cgungyget It started $1 (:0 for you artiytéme yo}? malty cauhfor it 1
Enclosed please find one dollar bill for my 2.11.3355, $3312, gisggo‘ goggtyrom t e Gleaner.
subscriptlon. I enjoy your paper very much. _
It’s the one paper that really stands for the in- I am With Grant. Slocum every time. Mrs.
terest of the farmer, and“, which every farmer L. E. Starrett, Berr1en County.
ought to read. Albert echeck, Kalkaska Go. You hit the nail on the head every time.
Just drive a few more. William A. Allen, An-

Rush Market Weekly. Will support it in ‘
trim County.

every way I can. Your money will be there
This paper has long been needed. Your

Here’s my support, we need just your
kind of a fighting market weekly in Michigan.
'when it should. Thanking you in turn for
asmsting myself as well as a great many more $100 will be there as agreed. Lynn W. Hen-
dee, Livingstone County.

I want Michigan Business Farming for
one year and I’ll send my dollar after crops £22?“ EP1$ tgio’ggg?lggggnngazgggl’f every _
~ Just what we want. Send me subscription
blanks D H. Crouch, Grand Traverse 'Co

I think a Market paper will be fine. glare
I will drive my stake here for your new,

are sold this fall. . . . . . .[ ] mark Lemen Washtenaw Count ty.
Like your plan very much for Markets. \. John
‘ Market Weekly. Herbert Wright, Ionia. County.
Find enclosed the coupon. ‘ You can have

Very good thing and your money will be
there on time. - Richard Edgerton, Tuscola Co.

Editor Grant Slocum,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Brother Slocum :—

or I enclose $1 herewith ..... .[ ] WhiCh W. Harm. Wexford County

Will help you in any way. Geo. L. Baker,

ova-one...-

Yours truly...........
P.O. R.F.D..

Gratiot County.

A good thing, send it to me.
Kalamazoo Count y. .

Speed the good work along, I am with you.

Fred J enkins.

the $1. 00 any time and may your Market Paper
be the means of burying the market gamblers-
so deep that they will be unable to hear Ga.—

briel’ s Horn in the day of Resurrecthn Chas ‘ 1

M. Pierce Charlevoix County.

Chas. Ellett, Midland County.

YOU MUST ACT NOW-ebusy as you are—tell mother or One of Your young folks right now to ‘
_ address an envelope to Grant Slocum, Mt. Clemens, Mich., and put your name and address on.

‘ this coupon, send the dollar now or later, after harvest, just as you please, BUT SEND 71!ng

‘ NAME IN RIGHT Now To BE' AMONG THE FIVE THousAND FOUNDERS!

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