'1 1mm Anindependent» Farmers Weekly Ownedand Edited in Mlchigan I JUNE .12, 1920 $1 PER Y AR 3 llllllllllllllllfllllllflllllllllllllflllll|||||||||||||lIIII|lllflflllIIIIfllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllfl||IHIII||||||l||||l||l|||||||||||||lllllfllllllIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIIIIHI|llll|llIlllll||llllllllllllllllllllllllIIll|ll|llIllIllllIllIllHfllll||NIHIllIllllllllIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIEv lllllllllfllllllllflllllllllllllfllfllfllllllflfll IlMllflflflHfllllllfllllllllflm 'lllll|IIllIIIllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllllllllll.l Illlllflllllfllllllfllfllllfllllllfllflfllllllllllflllllll r \ llfllllllllfllIIllllllflfllfllflflfllflllllllllllllfllflfllllllHIJJJHIllllllllllllllllllflllflllflflfllllflflllflll Is it any Wonder that Michigan is a Great Dairy State? = E = = = = = = = = fl = = = = = = = = '— = ' = ~— —- = = _ == = ........ E ._... = _. —- -— = = .— E = = =-.. = = E E g __ = = = = = = = = = = .— -— = == __ = = = = = = =‘ = E _._.. -- = = = = = = E = _.—.= _ ‘ = a: ._.... ==: 5 E _ = E Repomom new wupwe'vmm.» ', hve' Cum» v Survey ' ‘ and—Fire. " - . CCORDING to. John Fitzpatrick , of Beaverton. Clare county, th farmers ot thb Clare legislative district. comprising the counties of Glare, Ghdwin and Roscommon. will ~ .go into politics this fall tenths ex— tent of endorsing candidates tor both branches of the legislature and assisting the candidacy of lilo D. Campbell. ‘Ilr. Fitzpatrick visited the editor- ial offices of Tax Bum Fauna and explained just how the farmers of his district proposed to become a factor in the coming primary and general election. “We farmers haven't been exactly satisfied with the way- this state gov- - eru-ment has been run, and with the record of our representative, so we made up our minds to take a hand this fall and see if we couldn't elect some good farmer to the legislature and help Mr. Campbell in our dktrict. The Clare districtlis mostly agricul— tural and there isn't any reason why the farmers shouldn’t name their next representative and mebbe their next senator. Heretofore the com— mercial interests in our district have encouraged one or more men from the rural districts to run against the farmer candidate, who usnally got beaten because the farmers would not hang together. But things are diil‘erent now. We held a mass meet- ing: in Clare the other day, and ap- pointed a committee to take this mat- ter up. The committee has named two delegates to meet with two del- egates of Gladwin county and one of Roscommon county for the pur- pose of endorsing a candidate. FamBureauGivcsllcb “The Gladwin county farm bureau hasbeenabighelptousin that county. County Agent Atwater sent out. letters to all the locals asking them'io‘ "express their choice for del- egates to a county meeting to elect the two'jrepresentatives to act with the refirmentativm of the other two counties in endorsing candidates. Now these delegates have been elect- ed and we will have our meeting on Wednesday night, June 2nd, when we will endorse our man and make our plans for putting his candidacy across. We also intend to organize the entire district for Milo Campbell and believe that he will get a big vote in our district. . ~ Democrats Will Help ‘ “We have about 800 democratic farmers in our district," said Mr. Fitzpatrick, “but most of them say they will support Milo Campbell. I am trying to show them that in order to give Mr. Campbell much practical help they will have to vote for him in the primary and in order to do that they will have. to enroll as Re- publicans. I am a Democrat myself, but I’m going to be a Republican long enough this fall to vote for the man I want to be the next Governor of Michigan, and that is Milo Camp- bell." Mr. Fitzpatrick believes the plan that has been adopted in” the.Clare district will work in other legislative districts of the state and he would like to see it tried out. His sugges- tions are as follows: “Call a. meeting of the farmers by giving notice in each county that is a part of the legislative district (or where the district is confined to one county, in each township thereof.) each county or township to select one or two men to represent their sec- tion and meet at some convenient point and endorse candidates for the two branches of the legislature. We learned from our own experience that you cannot get a mass meeting i “meetings to votefor them... so We found there was a division and we didn't get anywhere. I finally made up my mind that if We were to accomplish anything Isl-its we a w Farmersof Clare Will ' ram in Politics om mamas. {rumor of Clare county,‘ I J mmaonm.m - [smith and elec- primary tion.-dso farmers his , offlflsmomntlnfliefllmdistrictwlfl'hecarefilfly watch- W __ ed by- the Business Farmer and reported to its readers—Editor. found that whereas the majority of farmers could not agree among themselves in a mass meeting they were perfectly willing to abide by the decisions of the men whom they-had chosen to endorse the candidates. “Our main object in my district has been to use all honorable organ— ised means to promote the candidacy of the farmers’ candidate for Gov- ernor. but at the same time not to overlook the allth fact that a real farmer Governor can only di- rect the course of legislation in pro- portion to the extent which the peo- ple of the state back him up with members in the legislature who are open to conviction and will'be res- ponsive to the wishes of the people. Itisaspecialmistahetomtthat the Governor can cause the enact- m'ent of legislation benelcial to the majority of the people if they elect a majority in the legislature who for selfish rwsons or lack of interest in the people's weltare , ties of a fair. just and right nature. It is of paramount importance that the farmers in legislative districts who are in the majority when unit- ed to appoint a committee of farm- ers to take an active part in the candidacy of men who prefer to be candidates when the elites goes out after the man instead of themselves forever seeking the ofice. “Here in our district we propose to give due consideration to all the claims presented by the various cand— idates, but to base our choice upon two main qualifications: first, hon- esty; second, statesmanship. In oth- er words each will be considered on his own merits, rather than his po— litical strength, as a candidate cap- able of performing a public trust as it ought to be performed. The rec- ord established by these candidates in the past with reference to honesty, ability and square dealing will be carefully looked into. Neither we nor any other farmer can afford to endorse men concerning whose hon- esty there is any question. We can— not afford to chance the criticism and opposition that would surely re- sult from the naming of such a man. “The farmer is the most skeptical person we have to deal with today, for the reason that he has been lied to so many times in the past that he ‘ has just about lost faith in mm— made schemes or arguments. If anyone doubts the above just coun- sel with the heads of the diluent farmer movements or even with inv dividuals. .Whlle the farmer will ad- mit the necessity and feasibility of this and similar plans, the question willariseinhismind.‘Willitaccom— plish more than the schemes that have been tried out in the past.’ Yet in the majority of cases he is willing to take another chance. “After the candidate ' has been chosen let someone secure the signs- tnresofahundredormorefarmers who are puss-ally acquainted with the mdidate and can vouch for his ability, etc" approving the choice of, the committee. Circulate this thru- ont the district and it will. be all the recommendation the candidate needs for the average voter unacquainted with the candidate for nice, feels that he can rely upon the judgment of a large number of his brother farmers. . “There is a good deal of complaint about the management of our state government, but just finding fault will not alter the circumtanees one bit. We must elect men who are open to conviction and will be will- ing to give and take in solving the problems before us. Two men may admitastothelogical thingtodoin regard to a given evil but at the same timeareatvarianceastothemeans to pursue in arriving at a remedy. The question of taxes is, I believe. at the head of the class. Just now a lot of diflerent theories are being advanced on this question. It may be that if it was looked into by some competent body that possibly there is a much better way than the present system, but since we must depend upon this system for some time to come, the more sensible thing to do seems to find out whether the people who pay the taxes are getting 160 per cent in the way of public benefits. In other words are the people getting value received for their taxes. If not why not renovate the whole system? It looks like it needed it particularly right now when taxes are so high and we must make every cent count in order to carry on the legitimate business of the state, without still further bur- dening the taxpayers. A Word to the Democrats “Now, Mr. Democrat and Mr. 80- cialist, if you do not like the way the public pie counter is being run why you can help to run it different- Farm Bureau Favors Co-Op. Sugar Plants MICHIGAN State Farm Bu- reau has issued an announcement that it favors the establishment of eo—operativo beet sugar refineries in Hichigan, and declares that inas- much as the growers have failed to secure a jut price by rntnsing to plantain Hiehigan‘totakecsreot tbelulcropofbects._ representatives-“vot- the- State Farm Bureau at a meeting at the directors . of the Sugar Beet Association when their records tor the year'were clos- polnted e wmmfith-to assist. in the “Reports presented at the meet- ing and a survey made previously by ‘ the Farm Bureau showed approxi- mately only half of the normal beet acreage in lichigan has been plant- ed this year. a condition that is sure to curtail “twelver the operation of the donu‘ factories refining Hichigan bests. Later conditim all through the best district are so serious as to indicate that even much of the crop lathe ground is not apt to be placed on the market. This labor shortage was one of the main reasons for the demand of growers. fora new con-‘ tract. which. would have providedfifor’ a slidingncsia m on the New Cwéwil Q ‘ :. .el. 13".“ Just enroll “in the primary End vote for Milo D. Campbell- for Gov-,- ernor, and send some honest-to-God farmers from your district to the leg- islature. Here are some locating fixture-Iron mv-own district which . ' wmvm'mhow necessaryltisto ‘ have the support of the Democrats in the primary'election. These lg- ,ures represent the vote cast forfthe Secretary of State in the last elec— tion: Republican votes! .vGiadwia county, 926; Roscommon, 289; Clare. 373'; total, 2.194. Democratic votes: Gladwin, 248:, Rosconimon, 148: Clare. 417; totai, 80:8. The ratio between the votes cast by the two leading parties is somewhat similar in all the counties of" the state. ’ “Now what I“would like to point outlsthatlfthenemocrats doaot enroll to olset the parties of that 2,194 who have no interest in a. real farmer candidate even though he has the endorsement of the farmers'. com- mittee, with two or more candidates in the field. the farmers' candidate stands a chance of losing. “The interests of the state and of the farming business of the state ought to be paramount to any partl- san considerations. Farmer’s, I think. should give their united sup- port to farmer candidates, irrespect- ive of party or creed. The formu- ars not asking for any special favors, but since they predominate in great numbers in the majority of the dis- tricts of the state they ought to have greater representation in the legis- lature and protect what are their just and natural rights. It will not do to send some follow to‘ the legis- latureJust becam he happens to comb his hair to suit you. That will not help you one whit to get a square deal. There are two many one-hob- bled legislatures on the job now. Gen- eral legislation doesn't worry them as they just trade votes with other single-hobbled members. Then there is the slow, take-it—easy- happy—go- lncky hooligan who does not even claim the distinction, of having any interest in any hobby let alone gen- eral legislation. He just marks time until pay day." my eons“ Famns nNnonss onsnmsms HE BAY county court room was not large enough to accommo- date the hundreds of farmers. members of the Bay County (lo-op- erative Union, who gathered there last Saturday to discuss the political situation and endorse candidates tor the state legislature. The meeting was presided over by John Pnrlell, president of the Union. who explained the reasons why farm- ers should take a greater interest in the affairs of government and the kind of men chosen to direct the gov- , ernment. Other farmers voiced their opinions, it being the unanimous de- cision that the farmers of Bay Coun- ty should put a candidate into the field who would be big enough to represent both farmers and the peo- ple of the state as a. whole, and to actively participate in the campaign, of such candidate and in the cam- paign of .Milo Campbell for Govern- or. In response to an urgent invita- tion to. attend the meeting Mr. Camp- bell canceled other engagements and drove seventy miles in the early morning in order to make train con- nections for Bay City. ~In his usual aggressive style he addressed the ,meeting- upon current issues and congratulated the farmers for tak- ing so keen and active an interest in the government matters. ’ Forrest lard, editor of The Bosh“ wane Faun was also prment upon invitation, and gave a brief talk- He also-declared that the farmers of Bay county were showing their good cit- izenship by thus eeting, discussing tire issues of the ay and end-orflng good men for the state legislature» Afaliaracsaua" tflthm , \ vb: eiglu the : TifianFrfi. h —.‘_.uw—utumulnnrlrhrlTYHTO figg.::tgil‘."6'u‘35§‘h7§i773 ; * ~19204. \ a June, .12 HE GRATIOT county Herald ‘ gives us the emissive information ~ that Congressman J. ~W. Ferdney .hsssecm‘ed a report on thebean tar- }! hill, upon his “fourth ausmpt.” The Herald prints the following let- ter received from Mr. Forduer, dat— ed May 27th, 1920‘: “Mr. J. N. McCall, “Ithaca, Michigan. “Dear Mr. McCall: - “I am glad to advise you that upo the fourth effort to get a report on the bean bill, I was successful. The Ways and Means Committee this morning reported out a bill putting a duty on. beans of 2 cents per pound and on lentils, not specially provided for, 25 cents per bushel. “At the present time the differ? enoe between the imported value of Oriental beans and the price 'of beans raised in this country is about $1.36 per bushel." v “Sincerely yours, “J. W. FORDNEY. The Herald, which has been defend- ing Mr. 'Fordney‘in his failure to get action on this bill, concludes that the above letter “demonstrates the truth of every statement made by the Herald in reference to Mr. Fordney’s attitude on bean tariff legislation,” and in an accompanying editorial further discusses the matter as fol- lows: ' ‘ "The Herald has contended from the first time the question was rais- ed that not only is Hon. J. W. Ford- ney in sympathy with increased tar- iff on beans and a special bill for this purpose, but that he was doing all in his power to bring a bill to this eflect out of the committee and secure fave-able action. "‘Some readers of the Herald have been misled by the hostile and unfair position taken by certain speakers and writers who have left no stone unturned to prejudice bean raisers, even going so far as to insinuate that Mr. Fordney did not want the bill re- ported out of his committee. “The letter received from Mr. Fordney which appears on the first page of this issue of the Herald shows that not only is he in sympathy with seeing that bean raisers get fair play but that he has persistently tried to get this bill reported out and not until the fourth effort was he suc- ccssful. "Not only will Mr. Fordney’s suc- cess in this matter entitle him to the thanks and confidence of every bean raiser, but it will tend largely to in- crease the bean acreage and show that Mr. Fordney as leader of the tariff committee of congress will de— niand, in any general tariif bill. a tariff on beans at least five or six times as great as, the present tariff of '25c per bushel passed by the Wil- son administration.” -Proves Business Farmer Right While these statements may all serve very well to satisfy the conceit of the Herald, the Clinton County Re‘ publican, the Howard City Record, and other weekly newspapers 0f the eighth district, which has impugned the motives of THE BUSINESS FARMER for insisting that Mr. Fordney had the power and should use it to get ‘ this. bill reported out of the commit- tee; tothe unbiased individual who has 'followed' Mr. Fordney’s contra- dictoryexplanations of‘his failure to get action-ton this-“bill, the final re- .pOrting" out of the bill one week'be; fore the adjournment of » Congress ' A has allthe earmarks of. antelev'enth lit-s: back chorus- I , , lied Congressman .Fordney hour surrender to the pressure of the lam enacted _ " Fordney Reports Michigan Congressman: Gets Action on “Fourth Effort”; Too Late to Secure Adoption of Legislation at Present Session ..-his committee, the bean growers [of his district might eventually have been convinced that this were true, despite all the evidence to the con- trary. But in securing a last minute report on this, bill Mr. Ferdney brings into question the truth of all his previous state-eats in regard to the matter. Of course, we are told that this was Mr. Fordney’s “fourth effort," and we naturally inquire “what cou- stitutes a "fourth etort?” Is a “fourth'effort” to get a bill out of a legislative committee something like a "fourth degree” in a fraternal or- probably passed through Congress; but fearing a veto by the President, he considered such an act useless. "In a conference at Washington during April, Mr. Fordney stated that the Democrats on the Committee. in addition to three or four Republi— cans- were opposing the bill. “Mr. -———'—— thereupon spoke. to several of the Republicans named and found that one of the mem- bers of the steering committee, was opposing any action on the parts of the Ways and Means Committee, although he claimed to favor the bill on its merits. grower-can posdbly receive undes- is contained in the folio thehsdngelesfinmlner: Goodralnsandthefacttlmt i. fl Venture coming next. ifornia grower. per ton. $24 per Ton “for California Beet Growers . HE MICHIGAN sugar beet grower who has forsaken his Associa- tion and signed the contracts dran up by the factories will get small comfort out of the information that the California beet grow- ersstaudtnreceivefltoSlOmorepertonofbeetsthnflieMlehigan dispatch from the dpril 26th issue of "Two hundred million pounds of sugar, worth at least 336,- 000,006, will probably be produced in Southern California this season. Last season’s production was about 128,000,000 pounds. ‘ beektongarheetshawnadethkiucmsepossible. “Beets are «expected to average from nine to ten tons to the acre. The greatest acreage is in Orange county, Los Angeles and 'The price the farmers get is r the Southern California factories “Theywillgetwdpertonfor lfipercentbeetsiftheava-age price is 18 cents per pound for sugar and $1.00 per ton additional forach l pereentofsugarinbeetsabove Ifipercent.” Here in Michigan it doesn’t matter what the sugar- content of the beetle. Thefmgetsflnesamepfleeforal4peroentbeetashe yet that extra 4 per cent, with sugar egulated by the average net price wouldforanlsperccnt beet. And “ISwntsapoundmeansatleast goes to the manufacturer under the Michigan contract. The report says that 18 cent sugar means $24 beets for the Cal- 'I'hat means that 15 centsugar upon which the Mich- igan manufacturers have been basing their claims of $16 beets would return $20 to the California grower. or 17 per cent, as many of the California beets do, the California grow- er would receive from $2 to $4 additional, or a possible 322 and $24 Yet the most the Michigan grower can receive for his 1920 beets, with sugar at 15 cents is $16, and if the government sets the price on sugar, he is likely to receive far less than that. the old contract. 'nie information many bean farmers are turning #0 receive for sugar for the season. arrests-a$7 perton,ALLofwhich If the beets tested 16 per cent ganization. Does each “effort” _to get a bill out of a committee require months of planning, wire—pulling and other preparation? Or is an "eitort" such as Mr. Fordney mentions a more formal vote taken with perhaps a little preliminary and informal dis- cussion with other members of the committee. Tm: Business Fumes has contend- ed from the start that Mr. Fordney occupied a position of sufficient in— fluence to get action on this bill. Mr. Fordney denied this, but when Mr. Fordney got a report on that bill on the 27th of May, one week before Congress adjourned he proved that THE BUSINESS FARMER was right. He proved to the satisfaction of the bean growers if not to the country weeklies that he could at any time he desired have had a report on the bill. In this connection we desire to quote from a letter received by the editor of THE BUSINESS FARMEB from a man whbse identity we are not at liberty to disclose at this tim'e, but [who is one of the best informed men in‘ the United States up-on'this mat- ter. 'The letter is dated May 1,8th.: , “Mr. Fordney’s statements on the bean tariff have been peculiarly in- consistents._. \_ _ . . . . fi‘In a printed statement taken from -,a,. Michigan paper he is 'qu'oted’asvsay— that he opuldhavehthe -bil}.rc-_ ‘ outaof committee " and “This member’s reason was purely political and he maintained this stand, even though he was assured by the other that a Democratic mem- ber of the Ways and Means Commit— tee, had openly stated he would sup- port the bill. Such action, folloWed by the votes of other Democrats would remove the partisan fact- or and' thus give the bill a show on its merits, without political color. “Nevertheless, nothing has been ' done by the Ways and Means Com— mittee. a f‘Among other things, Mr. Ford- ney was somewhat reminiscent about the time when he could sell beans at 65 cents a bushel and make a profit on the sale. This must be somewhat related to the time when you could buy a fine pair of shoes for $3.50 and a loaf of bread for 3 cents; and could hire farm labor for $1 per day with board; and could purchase all other necessaries of life, including la— bor, at approkimately one-fifth to ’one—sixth of the present rates. “It is my judgment that the tar- iff bill is doomed for this session, un- less the Michigan growers take the .matter up directly with Mr. Fordney and in! ' that he has the power and . therefore the responsibility of pub ting this bill through his Committee. “‘It is my personal judgment that Mr. Fordney can do it» if he really ' wants to. g V Out Bean Bill “Fordney is a man of unusual abil- ity as well as political sagacity. I donotbeflevethatamanofhistype would fallifhehadhiswillseeto such an end. i (The names of Congressmen men- tioned in the above letter have been omitted at the request of the writer.) But if these facts are so, why then, inquire our country newspa— per friends, would he not do so? For, they remind us, Mr. Fordney is an ardent protectionist. He believes in a high tariif. He would naturally favor a measure of this kind. All true, we grant, were there no other considerations. But there WERE other consider- ations, far more important to Mr. Fordney and his political backers, than a tariff on beans. There was one other consideration alone for the sake of which Mr. Fordney was oblig— ed to hood-wink the bean growers of his district. Let us not forget that last fall before there was any prom- ise of trouble between the sugar beet growers and the manufacturers, Mr. Fordney was strongly in favor of the tariff measure. He gave Michigan people to understand that there was no question but that the bill would go through. Six weeks later there were rumblings in the sugar beet territory. The growers organized. Contracts were returned. For months it looked as if the manufact- urers would not get enough acreage. to run their plants. At this time the bean market was in a deplorable con- dition. The competition of Japanese beans was keenly fel-t. To have pass- ed a tariff on beans during this con- troversy would have been the worst blow which the manufacturers could have suffered. For it would have put the price of beans up where it would have made this crop far more profit- able than sugar beets, and the sugar beet growers would have turned to beans in large numbers. The posi- tion which Congressman Fordney holds with respect to the sugar man- ufacturers is too well known for us to discuss it here, but because of this position and his position on the bean tariff bill we have a right to assume that there was some direct connection between the two. It seems hardly necessary to emphasize the fact that the reporting out of the bean tariff bill came almost identical with the admission from the beet growers that they had lost their fight for this year. Just Plain Facts In the heat of contest or controv- ersy the participants do not always play the game square. In controver— sies over the duty of public servants the critic will invariably be accused by friends of the office—holder under criticism of having hidden or ulterior designs. This is the charge that has been made by certain warm political friends of Mr. Fordney against the BUSINESS FARMER. The editor of the Gratiot County Herald was one to make these charges, but Mr. McCall showed himself to be a big enough man to publish the BUSINESS FARM- ER’s denial of these charges, and to admit that in certain particulars he 'was wrong. But Coleman 0. Vaughan, Secretary of the State of Michigan, who is also publisher of the Clinton County Republican, flatly refuses the BUSINESS FARMER the» common cour- teSy of his columns to make amen-er to the false statements that have bee.) published therein ConcerninngiI: 13m. INESS FARMER and its attitude toward Mr. 'Fordney,.sa.ying that be “quite understands the animus of the ob- jection to Mr. Ford‘ney.” These papers hav made the charge that THE BUSINESS“ FmMsR"'has pe’r- somad animosity against Mr: Huntley,” - ‘ .(C'ominued on‘ page'lli) “7" ’ ‘ ‘ “ DECLARE," sputtered Uncle Ezry, as he opened the cornc‘rib door one morning and looked upon feed ivhich the rats had enjoyed the night before, “it does seem hard enough to grow this corn without havin’ the rats and mice eat it up after it's in the bin. I’d give a hundred dollars if some feller would tell me how to rid this farm of rats. You can’t put anything away with»- out having it chewed up by the dang varmints.” And as if to add em- phasis to his feelings, Uncle Ezry shut the door with a bang and strode back to the house, forgetting for the moment to feed the pigs. There isn’t a farmer living who cannot sympathize with the Uncle Ezrys who have lost hundreds of dollars through the depredations of rats and other rodents. Not all sec- tions of the country are bothered alike by the little scavengers. Some sections are comparatively free of them; others cursed with them. None escape entirely from their mischief. In days when corn was thirty cents a bushel, wheat fifty cents, and so on, a few bushels of grain eaten up by the rats or destroyed by mould caus— ed the farmer no worry. But now— adays when the prices of grain are four and five times as high and the yield per acre is not so good, the loss of a single bushel is a matter of con- cern. The Department of Agriculture es— timates that the annual loss to the farmer by rats is $200,000,000. This year and for some years to come the loss will undoubtedly exceed that amount as the rat population has been on the increase right along and the prices of food products will prob- ably continue to be high. It there- fore behooves every farmer to not only wage a merciless campaign v against the rats on the farm, but to use every precaution to protect his grain from those which he cannot destroy. It is a discouraging propo- sition trying to poison or trap the rats. They are wise little creatures and refuse to be caught. They prob- ably breed very nearly as rapidly as they are destroyed. It would, there- fore, seem wisdom to protect the grain so that they cannot get to it rather than to depend wholly upon wiping out the entire rat family from the farm. ‘ In the corn belt corn has been our- ed for years in crude cribs made from fence rails. It is exposed to both weather and rodents and heavy losses occur as a result. The more up-to—date farmer has replaced the old-fashioned crib - with modern structures, nearly all of which, how- rotectmg t e x. § a I a u i . With Proper Precautions or Use ‘of Modern-Bins and CribsifsMillio in the Conservationof Grains the remnants of a bountiful ever, are fashioned on the same prin- ciples and therefore have the same defects. None of the wiooden struct— ures, will, it must be confessed, afford rat-proof protection to the grain stored in them. ‘ Several ways are suggested for making cribs and granaries more rat proof. Concrete floors should by all means be built for any kind of Wood- en granary and small wire netting Several can be placed in the walls. el it would be money in the farmer's pocket to cure his green corn if pos- sible. It is claimed that millions'of - bushels of the green corn crop ‘of 1917 was saved by storing and cur; ing invsteel bins whereas tens of mil— lions of bushels stored in wooden cribs were lost entirely or fed in a moist condition. \It-is also claimed that the corn cured in steel bins re— tained 90 to 95 per cent of its germ- corn. fire-proof. devices have been tried to raise the granary or crib from off the ground and the legs protected by pails, etc., but somehow or other the rats over~ come this seemingly impregnable shield. The most modern and unquestion- ably the most eflective manner of storing grain and protecting it not only from rats and mould, but from fire as well is the steel bin or crib, of which there are several makes on the market. These cribs are scientifical- ly constructed as to ventilation etc., and provide ideal storage for almost any kind of grain. Perhaps the great- est value of the ventilated steel bin is the facility which is offers for cur- ing corn. This means a lot to the farmer of Michigan whose corn is frequently caught by the frost just a few days too early and in the ab- sence of any effective method of cur- ing it must needs put it in the silo. W'ith corn at $1.50 or more per busil- Sceno on a corn bolt farm showlng comparison between the old and new methods of curlna ‘ The first I: exposed to rodents and weather. ‘ The second I: rat-proof. mould-proof end ination, or a higher germinationthan corn which was cured in a heated room. 1 Speaking upon“ the'subject of cur- ing corn, one authority says: “Nature has made an inevitable law that after anything comes to full maturity it begins to deteriorate. De— cay follows grthh. This is just as true of corn as it is anything else. Corn is a perfect feed as soon as it reaches its full maturity. Then it begins a process of drying out. If this drying out is conducted under right conditions, the corn is said to be cured, and it may be kept a year or two without loss of feeding value. If, however, anything interferes with this drying out so as to start a mould or to soften the grain, corn begins to lose its feeding value, and it has not the elements to build up the flesh on animals. The care that is taken of the corn determines the length of time of its full feeding value. If it / ‘1; ‘_V 4 > E‘ .‘A . I, I]: I V. ‘ .1 ‘ “ ;/ ud’S‘Mfiy‘jbei‘Savéd* ~ ~ is protected in adry.‘ airy summit“ a it will harden without loss ‘of ‘a‘fiyg « thing except the water contained in the grains. tact does not dry out so readily. Sometimesis rots. It is“ essential. therefore, that any storage of corn either for the market or for feeding shall have ample circulation of air." In spite of the shortage of labor it looks as if Michigan wOuld‘produce more than, her share of corn this year and nearly equal her average production of the other grains. The long season of 191,9‘matured corn in nearly every section of the state. Corn " ripened for the first time in many of the northern counties. Naturally this encourages the farmers to plant a goodly acreage this year. As has already been pointed out the value of Michigan’s corn, wheat, oats and othergrain crops will be great, per- haps greater than we have yet seen, so it will be good business for the farmers to use every care in securing a full crop, and when that is done in protecting the crop while they hold it in storage for marketing or home use. Here is the experience of one In- diana farmer with a metal corn crib. Peter Nickle, in cribbing his corn, hauled one load to his metal crib, the one to a rail pen until he had filled both In the spring he had over 900 bushels of good corn in the steel crib. The corn in the rail pen was a rotten mess by spring so that when the rails were torn down ’it stood alone in a solid pile. An interesting incident was noticed by Mr. Nickle. 0n frosty mornings the'”moisture from‘the corn in .Mr. Nickle's steel crib could be seen ris- ing from the ventilators as vapor. As it struck the cold surface of the ventilator it was condensed and the drops of water could be seen running down the roof of the crib. - Mr. Clarence Snyder, Shelbyville. Indiana, planated some Missouri seed corn last year. It was a little slow in maturing and was frost-kill- ed when just past the roasting ear stage. Mr. Snyder filled one of his metal cribs with his corn and put the balance in a wood crib crib it moulded and rotted but in the steel crib it cured out perfectly with only an occasional m-ouldy cob. When it was run through the shredder, Mr. Snyder said milk could be pressed from the grains. When cured many of the grains were still smooth and round showing that the corn was not through growing when killed by the frost. Why Our Times are Better Than Old Times and the New Times Should ' _By PHILLIP FRANCIS, in “What's e t the Matter With Our America?" OME folk 5 are always talking of the good old times. Accord- ing to them, the world was bet- ter to live in years ago. The men were more hone s t - a n d ‘ manly. The women were more beau— tiful and virtuous, the children were better behaved, eggs were ten cents a dozen, butter twenty cents a pound and you could hire help for ten dol— lars a month and board, and life was just one long sweet song. Such persons talk nonsense. The world is a better place to live in now than it was twenty years ago; and‘ it was a better place to live in twenty years ago than it was twenty years before that, and so on, and so , on, clear down the line of the cen- turies that have passed. About the only big thing that has continued to be as "mean and brutal and disgusting as it ever was is war. And even wars are not nearly so frequent as they once were. our great-grandfathers were hap-. py efibugh with what they had, but that was because‘they didn’tknow , _ , . tthey were" missing, , The richest m as" in house t' he no. v century, were dis'gusting.’ Vljhe streets conveniences, no sanitary arrange- ments, and none of those common ap- pliances of today which give us light and heat and quantities of fresh cold and hot water and keep our build- ings and our persons reasonably free from the attacks of malignant and infectious disease——to say nothing of little bugs. w , The majority of them .lived in dwellings which a day laborer in our times would scorn. They had no tel- ephones, no electric lights, no fur~ naces, no ranges, no stoves, no match- es. They had nothing, in fact, ex-. cept the bare fundamental necessi- tiesof life. And the luxuries that the very few did procure are now either the common possessions or the jokes of their descendants. I The ordinary mechanic lives today much better than did kings or queens or‘nobles three hundred‘years ago. The proud and rich Queen Elizabeth was the Only person in England, in _ her time who had a table knife and fork and spoon. The manners and habits, even of the‘richest and best educated classes in ., the seventeenth o‘fthe (greatest capitals of on.“ “9911,; her as Vdiary that he and the ladiesland gen- roadside to delouse themselves. body lived in the midst of dirt and discomforts that would be intoler- able to us today. i years agohor even sixty years ago, in our own country, while infinitely bet- ter than those 013/th0 hundred years 1 '. ago, were very miserable and un.-‘ comfortable compared “to the con-’3 'ditions in which we new live People“ dried. hard t ‘ “ ' ’ ' to, ‘ rs ., . Sb ‘ , udices, their thinking and their con- duct. _ came‘ to voting age. there wasn't 9. Why, when my grandfather railroad in the United States;‘ nor- which inhabitants threw from their windows the slope and the vilest filth that accumulated in their homes. To journey one hundred miles‘ from some interior point to one of the larger cities was a task requir- ing days ingood weather and simply impossible in thevinclement seasons of the year. Samuel Pepys, who was head of the Admiralty, a very rich man as riches then went, and who prided himself upon his refinement. frequently records the fact in his tlomen who accompanied him on his tours to different parts of‘ the coun: try, had stopped that day by the Everybody was dirty and every- So, too, the conditions a hundred F313 3. corn, endpos’nbly some potatoes and pumnkint “The! sutured" At» ' r1 butt ‘ ,_ ‘ body had ever seen a locomotive nor, a steamship. a wild guess that men might some ' day travel faster than horses could carry them were looked upon as a little weak in the, upper story. Persons who hazarded Folks . w h o ventured as far from the ,‘A_t- lantic seaboard as the wilder- nesses of Ohio and Indiana, or even weste r n Pennsylv a n i a b a d e t h e i r friends at home good bye for life and made their way . over the two V or roads that ran so far into the dis- ta'nt, Westpt’hey settled down to live three wretched n a rude log cabin, and existed upon the wild game of the woods until the 9 clearings they painfully made with their axes could produce a crop ‘of twasah Corn piled in close cen-L In the wood ’ recc ' _ sho: the beai peat ed , wou not tain thus of ti this by 1. Yorl a pl then Thee carlt 1916 1913 1915 191( 1917 1912 1919 In crop Vir'g Cut. prod‘ es a1 a n01 good on t from placl: has d ,natui Toda perio a we: West the 0 find ' any '( with they 1 son, 1 newal York, porta: and ,1 tion l'i seasm aster 1917 ers s2 produ out 0' Ant sidere possil: from the where condit tions, shippe than i factor highly commi bulk 1 used it for v a l therefi the: i Mach 'Newi into a veldpn orchar gia', to wife '0 uses '01 for ca 1y Sht New peache quantil New The a period "51912,‘ - Carmel "81F? : ’ W We: nya ‘ in 0119‘." lly. lal. )rn lng r. I! ' it we his lll, [I r [‘11 'V'UQGGI‘T u—o‘ aHml-acnmw'i‘m WHF‘H-v _ ‘ New York must take, ‘ ' plantings of. peaChes were made record's taken in Niagara county showed that in 1913 one-third. of ' the peach orchards were not yet in ‘ Since the bearing age of. peaches. in this territory is considers bearing. ed from five to fifteen years, we would expect the orchards that were not yet. in bearing in 1913 to main- tain production for several seasons, thus keeping the yearly production w of this territory fairly stable.‘ That this has. not been the case is shown by the shipping records of the New York Central Railroad, which show a phenomenal growth to 1917, and then the beginning, of a decline. These records show the following carload shipments: 1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1,341 1913 . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..4,340 1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4,419 1916 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4,453 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..6,468 1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 898 1919....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1,056 In our studies made on the 1915 crop of peaches, we found that West Virginia,‘ Ohio, Michigan, Connecti- cut, Colorado and New York were producing a large quantity of peach- es at the same time. 1915 was a normal'season, when all states had good crops and the fruit was placed on the market mostly as it came from the trees. But since then the placing of peaches in cold storage has developed so as to disarrange the ,natural flow of.peaches to market. Today, although the natural ripening period of New York peaches may be a week or ten days later than Ohio, West Virginia or Michigan, owing to the cold storage of peaches, we may find- the bulk of the peach crop of any one of these states competing with New York grown peaches when they reach the market. For this rea- son, before we could advise the re- newal of the peach plantings in New York, Ohio or Michigan, it was im- portant to anW' what the present and..future status of peach produc- tion is in competing territories. The season of 1915 demonstrated the dis- aster of competition; the season of 1917 for Western New York grow- ers showed the advantage of large production in any one territory with- out outside competition. ‘ Another factor that must be con- sidered in a study of this kind 'is the possible supply of peaches coming from a territory entirely outside of the normal competing territory where, because of favorable weather conditions or possibly labor condi- tionefi the peach Can be produced and shipped into the territory cheaper than it can be produced locally. This factor is especially important in a highly perish a b l e commodity, where the bulk of the crop is used in the household for v ‘ cannin g. W e, therefore, find that the: future - of the peach industry. in into account the de- velopment .of, peach r orcharding in Geor- gia, for, if the-house- , wife 'of the North uses Georgia peaches for canning, certain- ly she will not buy New York grown .. peaches in as large quantities. ' New York State The heavy: planting period of '1906 ‘to ‘, C1912, which included . ,, - manysivarieties. as Elberta, Niagara, . £3. 2 ermenuCrawford'and Belle of Geor-“ "flay-WW“ followed by. a large crop 1912,;whenmany of the white fi (varieties “came into bearing. This demonstrated that, while a few of aches would be marketed to. ' U , e locallygathey ‘were not, of ‘ :duefit' ‘ ‘ therefore inr.,W;ester,n New. York. ' Our Farm, P, of: Short Prices 3 H 1996;; til-54912 extensive By ANDERSON ' Issued by Agricultural Department, New York Central Lines South Haven, Mlch- lgan, 1919. Apples filled wlth peaches, with rye as cover crop. South Haven. Mich- igan, 1919. The or- chard of one of the best peach growers of thls - region. Voung trees In foreground and old orchard filled with, apples in background.‘ 1,. vesting and the better shipping vari— eties bringing but‘poor prices. The season of 1916 was one which broke well for New York State peach growers. While New York, Ohio and Michigan had fair crops, other com- peting sections, owing to adverse weather conditions, did not have crops. During the growing season Ohio did not get enough rain to prop- erly mature her crop, with the re- sults—that New York state peaches commanded a fair price, $1 per bush— el at loading stat-ion being about the standard. Then came the season of 1917, which will be remembered by the New York state peach growers of today as the, “Great Peach Year.” Here New York state peaches reach- ed the pinnacle of production. Dur- ing this season the heavy plantings of Elbertas bore a good crop, with the result that the output of. this territory was increased .over that of the year previous by nearly forty-five per cent. In spite of this heavy pro- duction, New York peaches were alone in the markets, Ohio and Mich- igan being almost a total failure with not enough peaches coming from outs‘ide‘to make much impres- WInter Injury of 1917-18 In orchard at Benton Harbor, Mlch- loan, 1919. Two-fifths of tree already cut away and one-fifth sound. sion. This season Elberta peaches brought the grower about an aver- age of $1 per bushel. A shortage of refrigerator cars’caused a large por- tion of the crop to be placed in cold storage for from a few hours to, a few Weeks. This ,seasonwill go down in r theannals of the, New York Central Railroad» as the unightmam ptm’acm e‘se‘p'3p‘r'. . ~ . uteri at 1317487 was ' the and resulted in the killing outright of about twenty—five per cent of the peach orchards of Western New York and materially damaged the remain— ing trees, with the result that the old- er trees that bore the heavy crops of 1917 did not set fruit in 1918. So poorly did many of the orchards show up in the spring that many plantings of Elbertas were removed. The production this season did. not amount to over fifteen per cent of the year previous, being confined to the plantings made about 1911 or 1912. Although the prices were very good ($2.50 per bushel) the crop was so small that only a few scat- tered growers made any profit. The season of 1919 started off with promise of fair returns for the peach producers of New York. The buds came through the heavy freezes of April 25th in apparently good con— dition only to be met at blossom time with a period of wet weather which caused a heavy attack of Brown Rot on the blossoms. Little fruit set and Brown Rot continued to be a serious trouble until harvest time, with the result that the fruit in many orchards was entirely destroyed and the har- vest was about sixteen per cent of ' South Hoven, Mlchlgan, 1919. Wlth apples this age, the re- - movlng of peach fillers ls only a matter of a year or two. Over fifty per cent of orcherds‘ In this ‘reglon are no filled. 1917. With these conditionsexist~ ing, the year 1919 has gone down in history as one of the most disas- trous to the peach industry of this section. Because of the‘poor carry- ing duality of the fruit, many ship- ments arrived on the markets in poor condition. _ .On the strength, of this study it is safe to conclude thatthe production of peaches in‘western. Nemyork will, 9°" its! “sensed the. swimmers. fizth .aewi-crcfiame are blank“ how That it Will Pay to Replant Peaches ed and come into bearing and if this production is not met inside the next two seasons, the crop under favor- able conditions cannot exceed 2,500 carloads for several years to come. Owing to several factors, we can- not expect to see a heavy planting of peach trees in this territory in the next few season: ‘ lst. A scarcity of trees for planting ing and consequent high price; the present bearing orchards cost eight to ten cents per tree and these can- not be replaced today under forty to sixty cents per tree. v 2nd. High price of labor and un- certainty of harvest help; the pres-- ent orchards were set under condi- tions when farm labor could be se- cured at $25 to $28 per month—now it is from $50 to $75 per month and hard to find. 3rd. Many of the best orchard sites have been planted once over to peaches or are now occupied with. apple orchards. 4th. The uncertainty of the bus— iness as shown by the past few sea— sons makes the risk so great as to appeal only to the most venturesome. ‘ Michigan For years, peach growing has been an important industry in the western part of Michigan, the industry center- ing in the St. Joseph—Benton Harbor- South Haven section. In this state the peach industry reached its cli- max of recent years in 1916. The season of 1917 was almost a crop failure. The winter of 1917-18 kill- ed many of the orchards as it did in New York state. About fifty per cent of, the trees were killed outright and the remaining fifty per cent were greatly damaged. This means that' the producing power of this territory is not more than twenty—five per cent to thirty per cent of what it was be- fore the freeze When we consider the future of the Michigan peach industry, we must remember that many of the best orchard sites have already borne two or three peach orchards and, like Ohio and the older peach-growing sections of Niagara County, New York, the soil has been depleted of much of its natural fertility. Peach growing on these soils from now on must take into account a careful system of soil renewal. . In 1906 the peach orchards of Michigan were almost entirely frozen out. This resulted in many new or- chards being set with apples, using peaches as fillers. The planting per- iod extended up to 1912, with the re- sult that in many of these orchards the peach trees have already been removed. In the remainder it is but - a matter of a short time before this will be done. It is rare in this sec- tion to find mature orchards of peach- es that have not been interplanted, and today one can. find only scattering plantings of young peach orchards. The follo'wing fact- ors will tend to hold down the large plant- ing of peach trees in the Michigan terri- tory: 1st. All the fact- ors mentioned under New York; namely, scarcity of trees, high price of labor, best orchard sites occu- pied with apples and uncertainty of busi-. ness. 2nd. Depleted soil] fertility.- 3rd. Grapes are at present being produc— ed in, these same ter- ritories and the fruit growers’ atten-i tion is attracted to the grape because of its compartive certainty of produc- tion and the recent remunerative prices. 'Gr’a'pe production _will prob- ably increase in this area by at least one-third in the next‘four seasons._ In this review is has been interest- ing to note that a great planting wave swept over New York and Michigan during the period 1908-1912. ing, this’p‘e, - («lawman race 15). . y a a 'Dgr“.-\. - riod largequuantities i‘lot, ‘ ‘ simmer. 3m 12,1926 me new b the m mm mm Inc. Q. m I“ ~ ‘ be m Won ' M 1 103. um. m‘ d m Ill 129$“ negated “up? by mu. mu . . . . . . .....PUBLIS_HER . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ED 0 ' mm ~ . Mk fichelck . . . . . . . . . . . . . "w Business Manager Kiln Grlanell ...................-..-...Edltorhl Department I. D.ll:cfi ...-...........................b.....A r in m! "1...... . . . . . . . . . . . . .;Plsnt uperln eat m,m In“ . . . . . . . . . . . .‘lrmal and 0 ‘lch'en‘s Dot. . Uh Ell. Inu- .......-..-............Leul W' -1 mu. '2 none. in DOLLAR FM- “. . In- -........-....-...... five men. III in... .-...-..... ,....... “Monk ‘mtelln.14nnto lien-h: “Ian-hm ' a ‘W oft-pooh] low gummdhmmiomih'mu us “33 W ADVERTISERS We W ask our mm to favor our ul- when m M catalogs and prices are cheerfully w bee. 1‘ we mnntee 1°“ Isl-tut loss promo you say when writing. or or- dain: Inn “I .1- your ad. In my Micth Mu libs-er." M«ummyw.nmuemu The Feudal School Amend-eat HE; MAN who values his reputation and ‘ peaeeofmndwillstm-eiearofuym- troversy of a religious nature. So it. '- with the ddmingcinnimfl, that"st ru‘inwhene angels fear to tread," vellum forth upon a of the mulled paladin! aehoolmendmenhwhieh ishobeuI-Iifledb the people of mchigan at me coming fall elm? tiosu and provides that every-child in the state within certain age limits shall attend flee pub- lic school. it is clearly understood that the real lam-pose of the amendment is to do away with the private schools of the various religo ions denominations which now maintain them. This proposed amendment deeply afoot: the religious and civic liberties of the people of Midhig'an as guaranteed to under the Constitution. Moreover, adoption would add like threeto five millions to our stem Hence, we feel to speak and believe“th every good oi‘tizeh» dlould feel equally free to speak his mind upon the sub- ject. We are against this amendment. First, be- cause there is no need for it. Second, because it smacks of religious intolerance. Third, be- cause ‘it would add greatly to our already grievous tax burdens. For many years certain religious denomin— ations, in particular, the Catholic and leather- an churches, have maintained private or “par- ochial” schools at their own expense. In these ' schools religious doctrines of the faith of the children ’s parents are taught in conjunction with the common elementary courses of the public school. Indeed, the only great (litter- euce between the parochial and public school, except for the manner in which they are main- tained, is that religious subjects are taught in the first and not in the It is asserted by the opponents of the parochial school that the purpoSe of the school is to inculcate in the minds of the children the particular religion of their fathers and mothers and in so doing is robbing them of the chance to become in. formed in other faiths' Granted that this is true, whatof it? Weassertflntinthemajor- ity of cases the offspring of Catholic parents will be Catholic Whether they attend the pa.— rochiaul school or not, just as the ofl‘upring of Methodin parents will be M and an on. IthasbeenasmeutnMpmmw theemamies of the Mama-um rines are taught which are detrimental to Am- en'ean ideals and prevent the ehildm from ...-..u so: .5 !. {Igg‘ mMWMM'WWcMMu findasingleonewhoissowmdbyrefigious prejudices: totem r. , _ . Asstda'dlefmefiepenelil-ehulutfh good Italy linin- “In! In ilvued'n'lho parochial fl d the le «new p vide instructi- ‘t-dthn-b’dehifl- ren wit-bout“.th (“In schools, hhwm.bhafl . you muampheefienwithotha-MI-d maintainfllm atop-Hie Since, therefore,x‘noth«ingis to be by the of the parochial school; smce » the pm! is din-aria“: our precept; and would add semifillionsayurhfiem tax roll, why.“ we favor it! If the religious de- nun-muons aremteaelling doctrinesm-v The learn of the Hull: HE home is coming back into his. own. Neither the tractor, automobile nor truck has emime displaced the four—me beset whoforegeshes carried thelmrdmsof ‘ cultivated the soil, and made the We go. They have tried to displace him. And they made a mistake. Mechanical traction and mechanical conveyance can in mauycasespullorcarrytheloadsofagricul- tnmamleommerce fareheaperendmefl- cintbly dun can the horse. But experience has demonstrated that for certain manifold jobs the horse is the speedier and more burden bearer, and will probably never be sup- planted in these particular fields. Horse breeders will rejoice over the happy outcome of the contest between horse and me. chanical contrivance. It means nothing to the man who keeps and breeds scrub homes, for they are not wanted. Home: that used to sell at better than $100 to $150 have declined in value to $50 and $75 even during a period when the use of horses was on the increase. That simply means that the day of the scrub horse is past. He eats as much as the thorough- bred, but he cannot perform so well, and his get are a drug on the market. ' Farmers who have heard that the demand was picking up for horses have found to their disappoint that they could not their horses at attractive prices, simply because their ani- ‘mls did-not have the blood and consequent ability to earn their oats. men have to breed better homes. Then they can make their own markets. ' PayingtheCCunty-Schod'l‘euher ENTAXESarehigh'filaholdm whodarestalkofhigbernhrielfnm‘ 3 3 i ;“Pefnusnhhoaneclmsiaedai as Butevenlth‘bdanger of m 'iiis-~ ' - you i 3 a. 33‘.- iii an a z :- l :l i iii§,v*. at; h E? ER 3. .25 Eggs hi 5.: 3. it i r E it reams-automate win or lose, it’s how you play the game." . There is a min of comfort in this saying to the man who has (fought a good fight. and led: it. There is solace in it for the sugar bet grower who months ago took a pledge for the sake of a plinoiple, and on m «then are taunting all around him, and defeat m - certain, refuses to break that pledge. Defeat is we times sweeter , For victory was: by treachery andtrmpling upon the rifits of other: man neari- some. But Winthenirhtofahtfloflat was honestly fought for file defm 0f and justice leaves the vanquished strong and determined to renew the battle. Play the glue square. there be no wic- Imee,mtrelpasingnpnnthedghtso£otbms inliaissugarboet [tiswithinthe law attic land andgoodmoralsforloyflheet grams to collectively refuse to assist their disloyal neighbors their walk, except in; cases of sickness. But to destroy their beet , stand or otherwise injure their property '3 not goodspertsmamhipamdisdetrimentdtothe cause of organised agriculture. Let these short-sighted neighbor: grow their beets. Leave themtothemerrcyo‘fthebugsandflreele- mental. Keep Do not envy then if they get a good stand and a good Everything that m produce upon your farm will be need- ed and will pray you fair returns. Just hide your time. and get ready for the tall. By so doing you will maintain the re- 4 spect of your neighborhood and you will not be bothered with that “small” feeling which viii - haunt your neighbor for many a month to come. " The Money Situation DNEY is tight. Old-timers say that’s the forerunner of a panic, and if everybody believes it, we’ll have the panic all right. But iffolksjustkeeptheirheads andgorighton sewing wood only a little harder and not spend so much my for denphoolichness,_there will hummer-anything like one. There is likely he be a slight depression. In fact, we’re already in it, but we~ought to be honking has: In carry them through the sea- nendugedflntnrevotvingfun be cre- ated fiat that pill-pus. Indicationsrdo not show that the farmers of Michimn civil! "suier _ uy'm‘etfisyonrfim lsekofeapitd than 'TE’S AN old quotation flat. I... "somethich thig‘Tt isn’t whether ’9‘: ..a~§sa§§as€§scii attslsifiiltlifiiélifil it Aililgl I. 8 558 EEEE§,EEIEE GI 49 .E§§§3E§3§§c§§§i§§§5 EEEEE.I ? ‘8' :4- Q serg- assault ’5 ED 585‘ terns K. I EQBHV'O “656 VVGE FHFHU -31?F3*itiifi "‘ll-F—Uwvwnl‘ assesss? asses! : 'T‘ ‘ lddfl'ess 11mm reqyest.—~Editor. . i, w, ., . s. m m M! :mle ii is man! exalt-gull 1 new been contentedly sitting and rm'l. l. 7., and I, moo. “In, especially the olefinisal nits, and elevation in such as his- tinlo _ making a shit in «my wine “awamhmmnmwm ? 5 E. E E E I I an working 1m More . .MMMcfly Mailman-n eat and: and ‘ p-sound. I always get. is) tired in the city at 72 o’clock, while lure in the country I get up. at 5 o’clock feeling good. We in." four children. and they ate all keys. The am is nearly- eight years old, but they do not care to go back- to the city because they would not have any place to my except in the mu back yard: or the street, but lose they are owl-ohms all. day having a good! time and: learning about nature. ‘ I; averaged $45 a week in the city but euldn’t seem to save null. We were not spudthrlflu, lived good but we like Better on the farm. Some m say, “Vim snob wages- you should at stayed in the city." All I can tell then: is “so and try it your- self,” to; I; have had my experience ion «or fifteen: years; I too! m— session or the firm; law “It, 1519 and everything is: going lovely.— P. Kanaby, Huron flmty. E 33 . r you. . . 1 tea! that y will. Good luck to you and yours. ‘ By‘the way I unjust. new reminded of a ,m mom who mm my 0% the other day and is minus to get back on the: min. .28 years old, married. and: has two ehi' . , He- has spent the met o1! his life on the farm hut- aii Fem“ is working in Detroit. He wants: to get back on the farm. So does his wise and children He feels that ’he was out out for a- farmer; in To . ,the lm,~ and I am sure that heewozieg makegood on almost any kind of a farm lob. If any of our readers need a tenant. a. manager for a large farm, or someone, to handle their farm on a co- operative basis they would do well to ".s‘et in‘tou'ch with this young man. I shall be glad: to? supply his name and firms MAKES US FEEL BETTER :In..rea.ding “What the Neighbors Say" I happened to run across the , speech August use. on made. I h‘eis’likely ’ *9 k i n . ~ 1-..v,_ [legume .mor gfihdudnmmmdemmgu» be some like an who don’t know a good thing when they see it. To prove our need of the best farm paper going. find our re- newed subscription for 3 years, as woweniityin our mailboaoue a Your lu- men—Mn. I}. A. - .,; We m ’ I”; are r that you have find the Bush," r to be of ambient m in to m not another three years. '1’ subscription dollars all help , to ‘_‘Last season... Culver, of Se- hewa townhip, lotia county. raised been for the owosso'smr Company, _; , He fulfilled his part“ of the'centract, mu to lifting the beets in the fall, but the company failed to provide help for topping and he lost the en- tire crop. Later the company de— manded. payment. for the entire. cost o1 seed and lube: finally onesed to cancel; the dealt. it Culver would take out a contract for the coming M which be he done. m.» to meet—IL 1., lame" m For“ moo.“ SERVICE All” WAGES ,IT'H all the howlim’ that’s goin’ . ’ on: stout new pay an” less ‘ “"honn, with strikes an.” tie‘ups, walk-ants. an} loch-outs, with a zen- . oral assist e! meet W’ my- where, when. the majority a: work— ers. are: W to do. in as male for their money as Wile lain weakeil'tewdawnuthelws when more hours is the (In: need an” to a in! as little work at possi- ble when more mi M be the air 0] w afi—w‘m them slim eon- s-tanxtly man. More a, ain’t it kink IM' to know then“ one class we Mr right along, rain or shine, day in an” day out, good weather or led—they do their work with no W of: strikes, no thought of win! an." no re— cent increase of wages. An’ by gosh», they're a mkin" for you and; for me, without "en we’d be evesiasias’ genus, ll those men should so an strike an’ tie up the business they're engaged in, the whole darn We be in a ragin’ panic in jest nae time. » him you guessed who I’m a-talk— inf about? Well, I’m yrdpin’ about our mail carriers—the men who: in all kinds of weather an’ over all kinds 0: roads, brings your lettels an” papers an" purceh the men you watch for so feverishly when you’re expectin’ an’ important letter or a -delayed parcel or the daily papers, when. something unusual happens on“ you wt to ml the moi—the: men who» flesh. your M. D. ll". to- you every week an” which you couldn’t get along without. Do you know that these. men. are It slain? his wages that a IT year oil in we in almost any factory in the eon-try? -. That their wages hamlets-eased Mt mm... it “min the last three. as the: years? That they’re not mill” enough money to live decently as mail carriers should live? It": a darn shame that men of their character an" ability should so on mlfim’ tor this government as' for your benefit an' mine, for less wages than a girl- can‘ earn workin’ in an office with the most pleasant surroundings—it"s a to the country an) to the people when these men serve to have such'conditions exist as” they out not to emote-not another month. - I How do you think Mr. Burleson. our wonderful’post master general’d feel, if he found his 'wages lowered to a. level with our mail carriers? He’d kinda go up in the air wouldn’t he? And yet in order to make a. showin" for himself, in his manage- ment of postal amairs,‘ he 'is Willin’ - do we all-kinds at burdens onto the nong tellers and‘felleresses that are em (Loom to melt Rufio should he addressed m «The mean Business Farmer.) inflate ’3; is. have to..W01’,k . my recollection: when mail: service was so hampered as at the present time, when. it takes three days to git a letter flrom only 12' miles away, somethi’n’ is wrong somewhere an’ as in. any other great business, we’ve got to rock to the head oi.“ the insti— tution for the cause an” to: the rem- edy. m Flatmates: W himself, drawin" & {M in! salary, keeps his‘ helpers mists." at starvation wages so”: he can aid. kit loss, the Presi- dent that. he”: a- mid” things come out even on a little mite. bettern’ even- By keepin’ was: down» to» the lowest new! he wisdom: the edi- cieacy at the ”eause ’taint everybody that in Willis” to starve jest for the sake of worms” at a gove’bent. jolt an” such a boss as Mr. Wiesel: has proved him- self to be. Consequently there’s a shortage of help an’ that means more ml: lax: the ones who are wiml’ to. stick it mt hopin’ the time will come when there’IT be a change of managers an’ they’ll git sometllm’ no” what’s a semi-143 to ’en. In the meantime ther’s party nigh a whole year yet in which 01’ Burle— son’ll rule an’ the employee, unless strong pressure is brought to bear, will have to plot along an’ live on faith: an.” Mr an’ so I think it’s about time you an’ me did sometime" to wake» the ol’ Russ up an" let. hm know that the people of these United We: don’t approve oi! the way he’s caduciin’ this“ that we want the m who are servin’ in so withtu an" so well, to be paid a decent me “when: near what a funny worker or a truck driver, who» has to take no examination; at has no heavy elm connected? with his m. h a geuil’. I! an mafia" no plea. tor peasant: ers—their’s is a political job—the plums handed! down to the faithful, an’ they're: well paid so we needn’t ' worry about, them—hut to the car- riers who are the hardest worked of the whole cabood'l'e, should come a good handsome increase in. pay an’ by gosh it should come without any . further monkey business or delay. 4 Now let’s take a. little time from our rez’l-ar work an’ jest write a nice letter—strong but polite ya know, to friend Burleson an’ tell him it would please us quite considerable an’ be to his advantage it he’d kindly see to it that our mail carriers, both city an’ rural, got a nice little increase in pay an’ got it darned quick, too. Had’nt we ortto do this right away now before we fergit it? Jest let him know that we don’t care a tinker’s darn whether he makes a showin"to the President or not—we want the men who serve us paid _ h to‘li‘ve ona’n’ weigwantm it y, Ammm‘ ' about the war. mmfi‘ MAKE FARM HUBBANDRY PROF- Hm an ATTRACTIVE H Halefarm husbandry so inviting {that it will be as easy to drift back "to the farm- as away tron it. society the world over, with its innocent and thoughtless approval of selfish legislation, and customs, is luck to Name for rephein-g farm ownership with. soil roll-Ding tenants, for abandoned: fame and the empty some that must follow. The greatest industry in the world upon which life and" comfort depend, and the least organized, is sacrificed to selfishness and stigmatized by expansive-cared male and Jenny ass? 09 in lounge Phard niment. I am aware that in. this money : any age, I an: whistling dawn- the wind, advocating ussel‘fkk legisla- tion, while gouging is the order of the m. Everybody doing it. No- protective legislation will yield so great a: dividend to society, as a Federal! and State privilege available to the hmblest farmer, that or boy— ing the use of the dollar on long time, for financing the purchase of farms, equipment, live stock and operation of farms, when necessary. at a rate of interest no greater than is paid by legitimate money lenders. As an insurance against empty bellies every encouragement, financial and otherwise should be accorded the handthat guides the plow. The only permanent solution of the farm. problem as I see it.—John G. 117mm, Presque Isle County. You’ve hit the nail on the head. Against all]? the arguments of our p10- iamm. owl scientists, our economists, om- eity consuls and our lamp controll- ed mmment that farming is a highly profile-blot business, stands the incontro- vmmor has M 14: are “they to wmflellh. whylsn’t the‘ the other way. The by reason. why me people do not back to the 1m or my more is t e difl'lculty of securing capitaland- credit to finance their season- to-season operations: This is the crying need’ of agriculture ere—Editor. BROTHERHOOD OF' MAN? In reply to the article in your pa- per signed Theo. Bengal, Fowler, would. state that the majority of loyal Americans are not pro’Enzllsh or is English the predominating clienwnt in our nationality. He also seems to wish: to make out that Germany’s warelare was a very mild aflair car- ried: on in a very humane way. The history of their treatment of the Bel- gians, their ruthless wartare upon women and children and non—com- batants generally shows how, hu— mauve! they were then their alliance with. the unspeakable Turk is a dis- grace that will last thrown: the ages. This fellow with the ear marks of a pee-German throws out a slur against this. tree country oil ours. I suppose iii we were allowed to carry on a propaganda favoring lawlessness and crime» the destruction. of this gov- esnment. he would consider this a tree mushy. In talking with one at those who lavosed. liquor, I made the statement that the majority ought to role. He answered me by saying there would be a revolution in this" country. This fellow was a Norman-an. I believe in internation— al unity and good will and the uni- versal; Brotherhood of! man. May we as citizens of this great country stand up tor right and justice and more] and. social betterment—0. ll}. 0., Tustin, Mich. We have received so many letters in answer to our war record critics that it has been impossible to publish them an. The above short and to the point, and well illus tes the sentiments of those who feel that America’s entrance into the war was unavoidable and justifiable. These sentiments show that there is nothing lukewarm about the patriotism of the American farmers. We do not like the charge of pro-German which has been used so freely against good/ Americans who- held honest differences of opinion We all see according to our light, and now that the war is over, let’s‘lay the topic to one side and Cu“- tent ourselves with the immediate proh- Ilems before us.-—Editor. __-. ~ Am glad. to renew M. B. 13., as it. is.‘ 3 ' ‘ we " = ,8 Breatheper tor the farmer:— J (Roma, « ‘ ii“ i. l, y. ll - all" 1‘ \ ' ‘ I _ Li “THERE IS HIE? HERE is the man who was afraid that if women got the 5 ballot they would vote for pro—‘ hibition and if the country Went dry a revolution among American work- man would quickly follow? And who said that prohibition would bankrupt half the hotel pro— prietors of America? That the California vineyards would be deserted and the owners impoverished? In spite of the return of the boys from overseas, work was never more plentiful in spite of prohibition you have to speak weeks in advance for a room in order to have a place to lay your head when night finds you in a strange city—and the owners of vineyards have found quite as ready a sale for their fruit for grape juice and raisins as they formerly did. The men who made these boasts are the same ones who said that when the men returned from over- seas and again took up their. places on farms and in the shops, women would be working for a mere pittance and the question of help for the busy housewife would again be solved— and yet it is an undisputed fact that never was help for the busy woman so scarce or so highly paid. He’s the same type of man who is now predicting dire ruin within a short time—someone who is always looking for trouble and it will sur- prise him to learn, if reverses in our prosperity do overtake us, how ready will be found the women of the land to meet them—4t won't be the wo-, men whowill be going from door to door to beg—«the Women always have and always will find a legitimate way to earn their living, and the house- Evige to keep her family clothed and e . SUMMER READING F YOU have just a few minutes to drop down on the porch during Department fer the Women .- :"" LIV, .- . Edited by CLARE Nonms take a short trip. And if you have not had time to do much reading and don’t want to put your money into a book which you haven't heard about, you will find this list of short stories contains at least one or two happinessand good deeds, yet there is no preaching in his writ- ting. The characters, the scenes, the sparkling conversations will appeal to a host of readers be- cause of the naturalness ~with which the story is developed. Nancy and Ann are real American Truly the farm life Is the most independent of them all—you can’t starve e person out wnon he has broad fields on which to grow the necessities of life. and when his barnyard in full of hogs and sheep like these on the farm of Mrs. Chas. Badger, of Reese. The best indication of the true home life however I: shown by the smiling face of the young son in the foreground. short stories which will prove inter- . esting. They have all been review by people qualified to know just what folks like to read. ‘ Should you desire any of these stories, just address the editor of this page and she will be glad to buy them for you. Remit the amount of the purchase price and So for post- age. THE PORTYGEE, by Joseph C. Lincoln. An unusually fine novel, combining a strong plot with all those rare human qualities which have made Mr. Lincoln's books so widely pop- ular, The book abounds in rich humor and quaint philosophy and the fine old Cape Cod types are very much in evidence in every in- cident of the story. .............$2.00 RASPBERRY JAM, by Carolyn Wells. A wealthy man refuses to give his wife an allowance of any money she could cal lher own, although he pays her bills without protest. This is a domestic problem which girl, the kind we love to know ..$1.60 THE HOUSE OF BALTAZAR. by William J. Locke. This novel has in it the same inr gratiating qualities that made the .f'Beloved Vagabond” and the “Morals of Marcus Ordeyne” lit- erary gems of extraordinary bril- 1iancy... . . . . . . . . . . .. HALF PORTIONS, by Edna Ferber. These are the stories that people around us carry concealed, and would never get written if ~ the probing eye of Miss Ferber did not find them out THE KILLER, by Stewart Edward ' White. ' . The types in this story are just as true to the life of the west as The Blazed Trail is of Michigan. It is the story of a man who did no murder with his own hands, but with a nod to ms Mexican followus, and of the man and the girl who brought him to justice. KATHLEEN By Christopher Morley. Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. It fell into the hands of one of the Scorpions and so the great Kathleen expedition .was or- 51.75 , SPORM’ COUNTRY POLLY,‘. By Grace Miller White. -~ The -op._.ning. scenes of this novel are laid in a stiuatter settlement on the shore of ake Cayuga, The situations are intensely emotional and adroitly- handled. and Polly herself is an adorable heroine “.3115 KINDRED OF THE DUST, by Peter B. Kyne. - . This book ranks as one of the year's leadin books from a. liter- ary pmnt 0 view. ............$1.7l HE MAN OF THE FOREST.- by Zane Grey ...$1.90 Oeoeoo - - - e - u b u n .- SEEN IN CITY SHOPS . HE STOCK markets- the other morning announced a ‘_ decided drop in) the price of raw silk and immediately. the large department stores began to advertise silk sales ‘ '——they are mighty anxious right now to unload some of their stock. How— ever, unless it is the summer silks—— sport silks or something of the kind. the Personal Service Shopper advises you to turn a deaf ear to their cry. ’ for tafetta cracks so in the summer time, and the sale price now is still ' a good stifi price—and we have a no— tion that the peak has been reach- ed and'next fall perhaps we will be able to buy for what it is worth. Dark blue accordian pleated skirts are very fashionable, but require such a lot of care that unless you are near a tailor and are willing to spend plenty of money to keep them look- ing well, they are a poor investment for their entire .style is attained through being kept pl-aited. Do not be tempted to buy the fibre silk slip-on waists—they area snare and a delusion—one of the girls in our office spent all she had for one and the first time she wore it caught her finger nail in the weave and it began to unravel and “run” just like a silk stocking. ' It’s time to stock up with white wash waists and white skirts and. the shops are showing some very pretty models in both and after all, what is prettier fo‘r'the warm days the summer and read, you would '58!ng régearglafigericfizmtilr‘lzge(1%“)ng 1ganized. dA little book in Mor- .25 than a tresh'white waist and skirt? ' . __ l e 8 come vein. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . - like a short story one that would detective story, one of the best THé’ VOICE YOF THE PACK, by r They don’t necessarily have to be interest 1yogi and yet wouldl not take tCaroline Wells has ever writ-$160 Edison Marshall. expensive to be pretty—much de- 00 muc 1 ime to read—t e, sort of 'en- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . Adventure. nature and romance. pends upon their cut for its style and story one drops into her bag to read ngfigdfilf’gigmgytggggd D'thfigbgtt' Svlés‘z'e’: ggggigege at? “Ega‘ggst ‘2? they are appropriate for wear any- ‘ . I. n - - 0n the ham when they are goxng to “sunshine story.” It bubbles with cently written. ....~. . . . . . . . . . . ..si.75 where. ‘ 1 . l] * J -1'1“Hi-"g=‘-;¢‘.'.‘.-'.i;-‘-‘;-i-42W . gear-qt; i . <-I~.-.'--.-.'=~;-.-i:-r.- 'W:e~tt~:-~i::-‘n:12:6;-.».:-..-.-.nr;:;:-.2.:;.f;=y-.'i;'.-=-s-.'~:4-1.5rt'.m:srt=r.a'.$:-§. -,-}.;'.-.:n.--'v-:'-:.‘-:murmur-xvn v v EAR CHILDREN: We have just I) celebrated Memorial Day—and as I went‘through the country and saw the beautiful flags display- ed on‘homes. on the streets and the automobiles decorated with them, I felt a sort of choking feeling—I am so proud of our country and what it stands for. And then I began to think just how 'many days we dis- played ,our flag. .Of course we all ‘know that every school house must display the" flag ,every day when school is-in ‘s‘ession,'b'ut there are a number of days when we are expect- ed to show our patriotismlby display- ~ing the» flag from our homes. For instance, this month occurs Flag Day—June Nth—and from every- public building ; Qld‘f;Glory, will float out into the bteeieé—and every home ,which owns a flag will proudly dis- play it on Flag Day. In order that we may become bet- ter acquainted with our public hol- iday I wish you would write me just howma-ny days our government has asked us to display Old Glory, ' ‘ For the'best little letter telling the days and the reason for celebrating them by displaying the flag, there will be a nice flag. It is so difficult to send a flag through the' mails gwhen it is. mounted that this little flagwhich. I willasend as a prize will ' M an, 1mm the little stick but you ‘ f " h III-Stilik or . years old and ~will escape the waste basket. .11 years old and finishing it 1.. n“_..r-a~.IV[A‘ HT :..;~.",'\., .. .'.. _~'_-‘» - a.I‘l.;~ . .\-. .. .-...-..._- .{...,... you can use it to fly in the window of your home without it being mounted. Make your letters short as possible because there will be so many who will want to see their let- ters and stories in print and every week we are obliged to leave out hundreds of letters———-all of which are, interesting—but we, simply haven’t the space. Aflectionately yours- AUNT CLARE. Answer to Last Week’s Puzzle LexingtoN, knOXville, HouGhton HARvEy, GraNd jUnction. ‘ oun BOYS AND‘GIRLs' Dear, Aunt Clare—lam 11 years old and have one sister; she is seven and her name is Clara.- Our school lets out the 13th of May. We have had our final test in school. I am sendin a. picture of a master and hoped wil get the prize. 'Ruby French, ‘Elsie, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare—We take the M. B. and certainly enjoy it. I am fourteen in the eight ads. I have two brothers and three 5 asters. am the oldest. I am sending some drawings to you: Must close‘ Your respectfully, Margaret ,Brade, Kinds.» Mich. ' F. Dear Aunt Clam—~ I hope this 'Iietter am “the sewn-V th grade at school. ‘Our echo] willpe out the 25th oftMay.-0ur teacher‘s mm is Mrs; Freineee lantheira I" Mn ‘ ‘ e C ht”le ten. ,‘zl {on} before but as ,, no I I want some As my let- car and a Rumely tractor. of the girls to write to me. ter is getting long I will close, hoping to see m letter in print.—Ada Poindex- ter, Brec enridge, Mich. Dear AuntVClare—This is the first I written to you. I am twelve years old and in the 6th grade. My teacher's name is Miss Whitney. I like her very much. I am sending you the presidentfs. They ., are Madison and Lincoln. I have one brother Charlie. Agnes jawoski, Pinconning‘, Mlch.. R 4,. Dear Aunt Clare—I did not write my letter in black ink as I did my picture. I have ,never sent you a. picture of- my drawings before and I thought I would try and win a prize but I don't expect I will. I would like to have some of the girls and boys write to me. Esther Al- brecht, Cedar Springs, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare-I have never writ- ten to you before but I will now as. my sister is writing. I am a girl. 9 years old and am in the 6th grade next year. For ets I have a cat My father takes the , B. F. and likes it very much. I have four sisters and one brother.— Siybil Detvsiler Mt. Plesant, Mich. Dear .Aunt Clare-4My father takes the M. B. F. and I-like it very well. We live 5 On an 80-acrefarm. I havel'eistere and one brother... , We have '40 .nhickene and 11 little hicks. -We have 80 more acres. I hop some .0 e V will answer my letter,» ope to see my letter iglcgint.eRuth Alice Woodard, Bailey. 'DearAu t' Gig-"7. m." ‘ n are-— 1' " , .,. random, “in 1 7W3?“ - h ‘ a r Well I will close.-—. ' have two brother-:3 lean and z .t' .~,_-,er . ~ It is raining today. Papa is going to Millbrook to get, a. team tonight. 'Our school was out April 23rd. Well I will close hoping this willescape the waste basket—Mae Belle Detwiler, Mt. Please ant. Mich. , ‘ Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl 10 years of_age and in the 4th and 5th grades at school. My teacher’s name is Miss Lutz. We live on a 60 acres farm. We have '32 little chickens. Well it is nearly time for the mail man, so I will close. -hoping to. see my letter in print. Miss Nellie Burtch, Benley, Mich. _ Dear Aunt Clare—«My father takesthe M. B.‘ F. and likes it very well. I like to read .~ the letters from the boys and girls.— I have one brother, his name is Harry. I live on a 160 acre farm. We have five horses and. four colts. i We have 9 cows and we have 18 little lambs. I am a. girl 9 years old and .in the third grade. Well my letter is getting long. June Sanderson, Chesaning,‘ Mich. Dear Aunt Clare—«My father taken. the M. .B. F.and.likes it very well. I'have‘ a'shepherd dogand his name is Sh , ‘ Harold. ’~.We ‘ have, 4 horses In ems. I live on an 80 we ‘ I have. ' .. ‘ teacher’s, n e in Miss go ‘ have allttto bantam', hen and h "Bernice. A‘Ka‘therine- Cooper. e0 -'.‘ a I r, ‘ a other decided ilk and lrtment k sales *ht now How- silks— e kind, advises sir cry, ummer is still 6 a no- reach- will be rth. . skirts .‘equire on are y spend 1 look- stment :tained e fibre snare rls in 31‘ one :aught nd it st like white ;s and very er all, i days skirt? to be _ Lost Souls. from a ‘ bush. Author-.91 the “Valley. of the Moonflf and other stories. 4": , 'fAcKLONDON gation- in your have been born in the dark of the their sweet gaz- elles die, or else something or other worse." “It's just the e , "Here ! Sto ' that . V. ‘ Leoncia ! e’ve got enough troubles without having a charming but. very poisoned young woman on our hands.” “They’re all right,” she said, calme- “You can see where the- ly eating. birds have been pecking and eating them.“ “In which case I apologize and join you," Francis cried, filling his mouth with the lucious fruit. “And if I could catch the birds 'that did the pecking. I’d eat them too." By the time they had eased the sharpest of their hunger-pangs, the sun was so low that Torres removed the helmet of Da Vasco. “We might as well stop here for the night," he said. “I left my shoes in the cave with the mummies,'and lost Da Vasco's old boots during the swimming. My feet. are cut to rib- bons. and there’s plenty of seasoned . grass here out of which I~can ~p1ait : a pair of sandals." While occupied with this task,: Francis built a fire and gathered a supply of wood for, despite the low latitude, the high altitude made fire a necessity for a night’s lodging. Ere he “had completed thesupply, Leoncia curled up on her side, her head in the hollow of her arm, was sound asleep. Against the side of her away from the fire, Francis thought- fully packed a mound of dry leaves and dry forest mould. CHAPTER XVII ' AYBREAK in the Valley of the Lost Souls, and the Long House in the village of the Tribe of the Fully eighty feet in length was the Long House, with half as much in width, built of adobe bricks. and rising thirty feet to, a gable roof thatched with straw. Out of the house feebly walked the Priest of the Sun—an old man, tot- tery on his legs, sandal-footed, clad in a long robe of rude homespun cloth, in- whose withered Indian face were haunting reminiscencss of the racial lineaments of the ancient con- quistadores, On his head was a cur- ious cap of gold, arched over by a semi-circle of polished golden spikes. The effect was obvious, namely, the rising sun and the rays or the rising sun. ' He tattered across the open space to where a great hollow log swung suspended eetween two posts carved withtotemic and heraldic devices. He glanced at the eastern horizon, already red with the dawning, to re- assure himself that he was on time, lifted a stick, the end of which was fiber-woven into a ball and struck the hollow log. Feeble as he was, and light as was the blow, the hollow log boOme‘d and reverbrated like distant thunder. Almost immediately, while he con- ' tinned slowly to beat, from the grass~ thatched dwellings that formed the square about the Long House, emerg- _ed the Lost Souls. Men and women, old and young, had children 'and babes in arms, they'all came out ‘and converged upon the Sun Priest.’ "No more archaic spectacle could ‘ be witnessed in ' the twentieth-century world. Indians, indubitably they were, yet 'in' many of their faces were the racial reminiscences of the Span- iard. Some faces, to all appearance were all Spanish. Others, by the same token, were. all Indian. But betwixt and between, the majority of them betrayed the inbred blend of both races. ', But more bizzare was their costume—unremarkable in the women, who Were garbed in longf‘ discreet .robes of homespun cloth, but. most remarkable in the men. "whose home spun was grotesquely fashioned after the style of Spanish ' "dreSs that obtained in” Spain at the voyage. » time of Columbus? first Homely and sad looking were. the men and women—as of a breed too. closely'interhred to retain joy» of life. _ This was truedfthe youths and maid- .vly passes. to say he least. the. _ 7” said Francis, sodden' faces of the sodden and stupid Lest Souls, her face stood out like a flaming flower. Only like here was the face of the old Sun Priest, cunning, crafty, intelligent. While the priest continued to beat the resounding log, the entire tribe formed about him in a semi-circle, facing the east. As the sun showed the edge of its upper rim, the priest _ greeted it and hailed it"with a quaint and mediaeval Spanish, himself mak- ing low obesiance thrice repeated. while the tribe prostrated itself. And, when the full sun shone clear of the horizon, all the tribe, under the direction'of the priest, arose and uttered a joyful chant. Just as he had dismissed his people, a thin pil- lar of smoke, rising in the quiet air across the valley, caught the priest’s eye. He pointed it out and com- manded several 'of the young men. “It 'rises‘ in the Forbidden Place of Fear where no member of the tribe may wander. It is some devil of a pursuer sent out by our enemies who have vainly sought our‘hiding- place through the centuries. He must not escape to make report, for our enemies are powerful, and we shall be destroyed. Go. Kill him that we may not be killed." About the fire, which had been re- plenished at intervals throughout the night, Leoncia, .Francis. andTorres lay asleep, the latter with his new- made sandals on his feet and with the helmet of Da Vasco pulled tight- ly down on his head to keep off the dew. Leoncia was the first to awak- en, and so curious was the scene that confronted her, that she watch- ed quietly through her down drop~ ped lashes. Three of the strange Lost Tribe men, bOWS still stretched and arrows drawn in what was evi- dent to her as the interrupted act of slaying her and her companions, were staring with amazement at the face of the unconscious Torres. They looked at each other in doubt, let their bows straighten and shook their heads in patent advertisement that they were not going to kill. Closer they crept upon Torres, squatting on their hams the better to scrutinize his face and the helmet, which lat- ter seemed to arouse their keenest interest. 7 From where she lay, Leoncia was able privily to nudge Francis’ should- er with her foot. He awoke quietly and quietly sat up, attracting the at‘ tention of the strangers. Immedi- ately they made the universal peace sign, laying down their bows and ex- tending their palms outward in tok- en of being weaponless. “Good morning, merry strangers," Francis addressed them in English which made them shake their heads while it aroused Torres. “They must be Lost Souls." Leon- cia whispered to Francis. “Or real est-ate agents,” he smiled back. “At least the valley is inhab- ited—Torres, who’re your friends? From the way they regard you, one I would think they were relatives of ydurs." .. Quite ignoring them, the three Lost Souls drew apart a slight dis- tance and debated in low sibilant tones.‘ “Sounds like a‘ queer sort of Span- ish," Francis observed. “It's medi-aeval’to say the least," Leoncia confirmed. ‘ “It’s the Spanish of the conquista- dores pretty badly gone to seed," Torres contributed. “You see I was right. The Lost Souls never get away.“ ' (“At any rate they must give and be given in marriage," Francis quip—. ped, “else how explain these three young huskies?” , . . But'byths time the three huskies having reached agreement, were 'beckoningzrthem With encouraging gestures to.» follow across the valley. "They’re good natured and friend- ' despite . 00"4uktr ii em ' kind of faces one would expect of lost souls," Leoncia answered. “And if we never get out of here, I suppose we’ll get to looking a whole lot sadder than they do,” he came back. “Anyway, I hope they're lead- ing us to breakfast. Those berries were better than nothing, but that is not saying much." An hour or more afterward, still obediently following their guides. they emerged upon the clearings, the dwelling places, and the Long House of the tribe. ‘ “These are descendants of Da Vas- co's party and the Caribs, Torres af- firmed, as he glanced over the as- sembled faces. “That is incontro- vertible on the face of it." “And they’ve relapsed from the . - -. - V t m Tablets of ‘ Chnsuan religlon 0t Da asco o o I proved safe by millions and prescribed by ‘ physicians for over twenty years. Aer ‘ Francis. It's a heathen worship.” added “Look at that altar—there. , stone altar, and, from the smell of it, that is no breakfast, but a sacri- fice that is cooking. in spite of the fact that it smells like mutton." “Thank heaven it's only a lamb," Leoncia breathed. “The old Sun Worship included human sacrifice. And this is Sun Worship. See the old man there in the long gshroud with the golden-rayed cap of gold. He’s a sun priest. Uncle Alfaro has told me all about the sun-worship- ers." Behind and above the altar, was a great metal image of the sun. “Gold, all gold," Francis whisper- ed, “and without alloy. Look at those spikes, the size of them, yet so pure in the metal that I wager a child could bend them any way it wished and even tie knots in them." “Merciful God l—look at that !" Leoncia gasped, indicating with her eyes a crude stone bust that stood to one side of the altar and slightly lower. “It is the face of Torres. It is the face of the mummy in the Maya cave." “And there is an inscription—" Francis stepped closer to see and was peremptorily waved back by the priest. “It says, ‘Da Vasco.’ Notice that it has the same sort of helmet that Torres is wearing—and._ say! Glance at the priest ! If he doesn‘t look like Torres' full brother, I've never fancied a resemblance in my life i" The priest, with angry face and imperative gesture. motioned Fran- cis to silence, and made obesiance to the cooking sacrifice. As if in re- sponse, a flaw of wind put out the flame of the cooking. “The Sun God is angry," the priest announced with great solemnity, his queer‘Spanish nevertheless being in— telligible to the newcomers. “Strang— ers have come among us and remain unslain. That is why the Sun God is angry. Speak, you young men who have brought the strangers alive to our altar. Was not my bidding, which is ever and always the bidding of the Sun God, that you should slay them?“ One of the three young men step- ped tremblingly forth, and with trembling forefinger pointed at the face of Torres and at the face of the stone bust. “We recognized him," he, quay: ered, “and we could not slay him for we remembered prophecy and that our great ancestor would some day return. Is this stranger be? We do not know. We dare not know nor judge. Yours, 0 priest, is the knowledge. and yours be the judg-*‘ ment. Is this he?” The priest looked closely at Tor- res, and exclaimed 'incoherently. 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It will be wort your while to read the livesto .advertisements in eVery issu I to keep posted on what they, . have to sell. ” ‘ ‘ ,' HEW Gartoilment of non-essential loans stills'ought .by the Federal Reserve : In their recent declaration per cent discount on all loans ey' made I. move that, it is thought, ll create a reserve fund in the _ ks to assist in the movement of ains,next autumn owing to the son that in some states, as for :au. New York, the legal rate-of crest is 6 per cent. And when, a .. 1. discounts at note for its ens-tem- at 6 per cent and then rediscoun-ts : note with its reserve bank at 7 w‘loses 1 per cent so they must stop one or continue losing, which . s are not in the habit of doing. 11 .a more as this might 01 proved ' ous six months. ago but cou- , are nearly ideal at present. w ions diler as to whether prices v making a permanent doc-lino. that borrowers will- secure loans tram other directions at higher J ates and add the increased cost to .thcir products, thus causing higher 7 rises. Others believe that the man- tncturers and producers, who need money, know prices are headed for ower levels and are preparing tor sch condition. But all agree it rises haven’t already started that be time is not for distant when do- lation will set in in earnest. , Officials of the United States De- “partment of Agriculture see little respected prices declining in food- :zstulr for at least a year. Meat prices oodstnfis are expected to remain at heir present level, and, instead of at decreasing there is a probability of he most essential foods going still highs, for s time at least. . ’ Grain markets were inclined to be other erratic the last few days. Car sshortsge beeps supplies smaller than demand. The West is receiving care horn Eastern lines but only a fair mount 0! these are expected to be used: for grain. Corn andoat prices have been acting like they had the t. Vitus dance the past week on one markets, while others report a firm market all the week. The end— ng oi the Federal control of wheat and wheat products on May 3lst, which meant the passing of the gov- rnrnent guaranty of $2.20 leaves the colors all at sea as what to pay the producer but it is thought prices will at decline much. Reports from the ountry show grains are doing nicely and the weather fine for the growing crops. WHAT DEOIJNES thought, for some time. show the wheat crop to be doing Inc, butwtththebestotwestbcrwewm have a; shortage, which the govern- ment estimates» from $56,000,.“ bushels to $00,000,000 bushels. ._’ DETROIT—Little trading in grain market. Wheat lower. Oats, corn and rye easy. Hay scarce and firm. Beans inactive; ' CHICAGO—Corn and oats show weakness owing" to. increas- ed oferings. Cattle higher. Hogs strong to steady. Potatoes ad. Vin“. um:mmmumumomm~mumm “cactus”... mwmummnauw,m~s—d II lino—m. Reports con)! man com "no new I... a": I. rose Gods m M I. V. I... a son-w ...| F1.“ 2.10% No. 3 Yellow ...12.02 In. 4 “In ...l1.81 I Fences“ous‘v.cuu‘hoo Grads lumen rml I. I. lo. 2 Vollow ‘ [1’1V2 m. a wow us 1.13m no. 4 Yellow ...rv.so H.” I Shipments of corn are disappoint- ‘ ing and tends to give the strength that check any declines of importance. There is demand enough to. take all the available supply but the moment prices start to advance buying is stopped. Farmers anxious to sell at present prices and; if cars could be. secured it is believed that supplies would be; plentiiul. However it the market starts a rath- er steady declines farmers will stop selling- I believe, for they have ' ceived the high prices tor atlne and. will not be satisfied with lower ones at least until things they must pur- chase with the money they receive from their crops has also declined'in proportion. ent states complain of the late plant- ing. is said there is 25 per cent of the crop to be planted yet. market 800!!! 1'& Reports from the diler- ln some sectims of Illinois. it oars ' ammo OAT rulers m "n N“ .. 1820 Grade Detroit Ionics” N. V. '0. 2 m .. .f1.” 1.17- 1.” I0. 8 m ...l 1.28 1.13 In. 4 White . . J 1.21 PIIGEI ORE run A“ Grade Daron labial: I. V. “Miami .......I .11 ' .89 f JOY, No. 8 White ...l .nfi .“K It. 4 m “.1 .1153 m7 Ignch [El It?“ was I, ill. ' God's MEMBII. We. 2 led one film 8.. a.“ In. 2 W 2.‘ ’ nmmvsanm Crude Mamma- 1'. 2 led . 3.30 I” It.“ 2 no it.“ E the wheat market are lower and the market is called easy owing to a lack of demand. Export -d has been at a standstill for oral days and shippers are - ng. The expiration oi govern- control of wheat was expected olcsuee a deflation of wheat prices ft to date there has only been a all decline and it is expected that s will not go much lower be~ eexport buying is expected to be wed at any moment due to the ft that Europe must purchase its e t' of North America or practical- ,-'..‘Wit_hout as the supplies in the horn hemisphere are near ex-- stion; Australi-a having 'little‘ or not it within the next 60 days ’i' the last, few weeks, also. so ‘localfdealer's Will have good price-sitwthey‘ ‘ wish ‘ to $ ‘ ir2~vGrain--is“minsi The East has received more liber- F nl shipments oi oats Guru week but not enough u. m. demand and buyers are snapping hausted her surplus. are in hopes of lower prices soon but it late reports are true they will hope in vain. These reports-say there is no surplus of oats; it has been sold. BEA NS LOWER mu PM“ "I NT» NU! I. 1R0 of statistics. of, acreage planted and common-rumors». ‘ I wfi nau- ’ Detroit ... ........._... I ‘ :0.“ m.,.............. 1.04 . Isw Verb . . . . ... . . . . .. 0.05 mucva . notion . . . . . . . . . films . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.08 it.” flew York! . . . . . . . . . . .. I years: is ferocasted by its compilation to be planted this year. Four factors are assigned for this serious curtail- ment of production: (1) scarcity oi . farm labor, (2) the increased cost of, such labor, ,(3) scarcity of seed (4) costs! good seed potatoes. The pending shortage is further compli- cated by the tact that practically the entire 1913 crop has been marketed. m HAY CROP tn..rm.vcan.m.mo.srn. Detroit ..xs1.so. assesses-I .ecosc est-p ..ns.oo:ul4e.seoai:.osoa low rm mosses a sum .mseosomsoossrrmeoss m1 , no.1 I no.9 mun“. M.l.5 cu— .ioesoosr MR . m...- m senses-lasso.“ l 41.00 0 49145.09 on an cosmonaut assume um.“ use Brad‘s {Detroit lesions I. v. "5' '“‘°“ ‘ 'u' ‘12“ c. H. P. . . . . .. rues use on 4 'l"‘T"'"""'"“" '2'“ a“ “m” "m" ""5 cub-so "lumg’allfi‘llgfiluu'fl "'5" 0" V“. ‘” low vol-Ii 'n1.uossiuleo041m.eo:cs and. m boulch r I. v. Muslim .Ie1.sooulss.eoocelu.soou c. ILP. . . . . .. | No.1 I No.1 | No.1, m . . . . . . . . . . ‘ I ILlaht lllx. [Glover MILL ‘ clever nu Imu- There is very little to report on the bean market except at 20c drop alter which the market is easy. I believe this decline has been caused by spec- ulators merely to try to get the farm- er to market his crop. RYE ADVANwS Rye is inactive and unchanged at- ter an advance of 10c during the past week. It is quoted at $2.30 for No. 2 on the Detroit market. The lor- eign. demand, continues fairly good, but as in other grains, it is more a matter 01‘ getting it to the seaboard than or anything else. Various sec- tions report the crop in good condi- tion but rather thin. MAM HIGHER Dealers cannot supply the demand in potatoes. Old ones are about ex- hausted and new ones are not com- ing from the south in quantities large enough to atect the market. Both old and new potatoes are selling at higher prices. . The Potato logos-inc says the most acute shortage of potatoes in many and Argentine’s supply may A is? are made as fast as they . 4 ' 4 cropweather of “a ‘most an rice to". et‘ 1 ’ p y ‘ “y p ‘ x 5 '. ward to near the uppergreat lakes - - . leaving ’ . same parts or the middle provint‘es " THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK upmww.r.murmmmmm June 1!, arm waves will reach Van— couver, B. C“ June 16, 21, 26 and on July? and temperatures will the on WA INGTON D. can 1 9 20:.— ckios by 27 and July 3: plains sections, 18 23, 28 and July 4: meridian 90, up- per great lakes. Ohio-Tenmssee and .. owenMississinpi valleys 19, 24, 29 and‘July‘ 5'; lower‘ great lakes and eastern sections 20, ‘25,. so and July .6,” reaching. vicinity of _ Newfound- " land about June 21, zes-and July 1, 7. ~‘Storm waves will inflow about one -day behind warm waves, cool. waves about .one day behind .storm waves. These disturbances will control the this continent, from near June 16 to near July 7 \andlless rainfall, as a' general average, isaex- .pected during that, period. =12 months most-t precxpitation --has .been in the -_ lower Mississippi valleys 'and' in the cotton states east of the "- Mississippi "river, extending .nozth- .soa" than mathwestWarak .Ganada and 41'» American -mi:dd‘ie ~ g tiniest-with. a. “counter-t For past . cipitntion. These cropwoather condi- tions prove. the correctness of my cropweather form made more than six months ago. 1 made those V forecasts becomes I knew that the moisture to water the continent must come from the Caribbean Sen and the Gulf of‘lexieo. But a change has occurred as pre- dicted several months ago and re- peated several times since: Thins will cause a great change in precipita- tion and while the average, up to July 4 will be less rainfall, the moist- ure will be more evenly distributed and places that have been dry will. get some rain while places that have been too wet will get less rain. I am * counting on a moral improvement I‘ in cropweathcr for balance of June, a general lowering of market values and advise farmers and local dealers that if they want to sell before the new crop is made now is the time to “ sell. There is a hope for the dry strip in the middle provinces of Canada and the southwest American drouth. fl‘he , people of these two sections; occasron- ally sufler from drouth and are talk- ing of leaving thOSe sections, Don’t i do it. Cropweather for every part of , canada and America will average about the same for the next thirty years- as it did for the past thirty years and I am all the: time gaining " in knowledge as to future cropweath- er that will assist you in anticipating the bad crop years. _ , _. . ‘L; :x «Kc,»- \ 7 apple fandconsumers are not looking in, 7.07%; 3-8 blood combing, CU - steadyfa Detroit ..Ier.scossrss.eoosc cages in 'idilflfl‘ seasons. so has... .3338“ .oeou .00. The boy crop or 1920, if it natures fully from the lilsy 1 condition, will exceed 111 million tone, the greatest yield on record. The value of hay is second only to that of them crop, . and at the price as of December 1, last on the forms the 1919 crop al- eeeded in value either the wheat or the cotton crop. At the value as of Dec. 1, 1913, the crop of this year may be worth more than the average corn crops of 1913—17, estimated at the price as of December 1. l M... _‘ “TON WOOL MARKET The Commercial Bulletin says: "The depression in the market a week ago has continued during the current one, sales being almost noth- ing in this market and reports from the west indicate that the market there is very dull indeed. The pri- mary markets are dull and hardly changed. “The goods markets are dull and unsettled, with the mills going. on short schedule generally of three to four days a week.” Quotations more or less nominal: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces.— Delaine unwashed, 728?“; fine In- wssbed, kczocsc; 1—2 blood comb- 1 one. lickigan and New York tleoces‘ .— F‘ino unwashed, 30c; delnine, un- washed. 70673c; 1-2 blood, unwash- ed, 6807“; 3-8 blood, unwashed. ESGfiOc. ~ Wisconsin. Missouri and average New England—L2 blood, 60@65c; 3—! blood, 536554;; 1-2 blood, 500 52c. . 4 DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET The market for farm stuff. is not well supplies and there is a general was of firmness. Demand is‘a'ctive, i but in many cases consumers are not able to secure what they want. This is ielt keenly in the potato deal. Ap- ples are inactive and receipts of strawberries are not enough to flll’_ I the needs of the trade. The price re-fl‘, - ‘* mains high; Poultry is dull and easy.".' ' » Receipts ’of hens and chickens are for thegoods. Dressed ,hogs are steady and, there is ‘a scarcity of dressed .calves,'.which are quoted as higher'.,{13utte'¥is in lair demand and. ‘ 11d“): meigthefiasq vitally A " - 9,93,, .l' _ é. . , .'.now. i . must to inform myself- of trim-people away. ceasing the core- monial half completed, and directed ‘ that the three captives hetnken into the Lens House. ‘ v “I can’t follow the play,” Francis whispered in Leoncia's ear, but just :the same I hope here's where we eat.” “Look at that prettyslittle child.” «said Leoncla. indicating with her . eyes the child with the face of fire and spirit. “Terran has already spotted her," Francis whispered back. "I caught him winking at her. He doesn’t know the play, nor which way thocat will jump, but he isn’t minim a chance. to makefriends. We’ll have 'to keep an. eye on him, for he's a treacherous hound and capable of throwing us over any time if it would serve to save his skin.” Inside the Long House. seated on rough plaited mats of grass, they found themselves quickly served with food. Clear drinking water and a thick stew of meat and vegetables were served in generous quantity in queer, unglazed pottery jars. Also, they were given hot cakes of ground Indian corn that were not altogether unlike tortillas. After the women who served had departed. the little girl, who had led them and commanded them, remain- ed. Torres resumed. his overtures. but she, graciously ignoring him, do- voted herself to Leoncia who seem- ed to fascinate her. “She’s a sort of hostess, I take it." Francis explained. “You know—like the maids of the village in Samoa, who entertain all travelers and all visitors of no matter how high rank, and who come pretty close to pre- siding at all functions and ceremon- lals. They are selected by theohigh chiefs for their beauty, their Virtue, and their intelligence. reminds me very much of them, ex- cept that she’s awfully young. Closer she came to Leoncia, and, fascinated though she patently was by the beautiful strange woman, in her hearing of approach there was no hint of servility nor sense of infer- iority. “Tell me." she said» in the quaint archaic Spanish of the valley. “is that man really Capitan Da Vasco return- ed from his home in the sun and the sky?” Torres smirked and bowed, and proclaimed proudly: “I am a D3. Vasco." “Not a Da Vasco, himself,” Leoncia coached him English. “It’s a good bet—play it !" Fran— cis commanded, likewise in English. “It may pull us all out of a hole. I'm not particularly stuck on that priest, and he seems the high—cocka- lorum over these Lost Souls." “I have at last come back from'the sun,” Torres told the little maid, tak- ing his cue. She favored him with a long and unwavering look, in which they they could see her think, and judge, and appraise. Then, with expression- less face,.she bowed to him respect- fully, and. with scarcely a glance at Francis, turned to Leoncia and fav- ored her with a friendly smile that was an illumination. ' “I did not know that God made women so-beautiful as you," the lit- tle maid said softly. ere she turned to go out. At the door she paused to add, “The Lady Who Dreams is beau- tiful, but she is strangely different from you." But hardly had she gone, when the Sun Priest, followed. by a numb- er of young men, entered, apparent- ly for the purpose of removing the dishes and the uneaten food. Even as some of them were in the act of bending over to pick up the dishes, at a signal from the priest they sprang upon the three guests, bound their hands and. arms securely be-. \Vhind them, and‘led them out tothe: Bun God’s altar before the assembled tribe. Here, where they observed a crucible on n tripod over afiercedre. were tied to fresh-sunken posts but Da Vasco in And this one ‘ , 5w mouth-9f jag beg}? sen mm handfuln'of sols. getawint‘o the heated crucible: of. tripod. So near were they,- that ' could see much! melt inter! i ‘ and rise up in the: crucible like?" drink it wanintended-tobo; The little maid, dating on her" traordinnry position in the _ Couls Tribe, came up to the ' an a? " r" “1'3? .1' WI at in ’ English: "Be haughty. dill you. be haughty.” The priest ‘wnvered for the mo- ment, and then addressed Torres. “I am the faithful priest of the sun. Not lightly can I relinquish my trust. If you are the divine Da Vance, then answer me one ques- E ‘ : w here ": in valley with the _ of these mongreis.” “You mew-the sun ,Prdest was new “dressing them, while the last 'Benls . nodded f unanimously: “For four hundred years. as we count our sojourn in this valley, have, we shall: all strangers. You were not slraénéh'aigd thougtznt “on,” v Priest and spoke that all might: anger o e no ; our _ re _ I “That is Do. Vases, the cams went ont." The Lost Souls moaned pummazfided "m manna“; Vasco, the divine Capitan .Dn' V_ who led our ancestors here the 1 long time ago.” ' The priest tried to silence her wit a frown. But the maid-repeated" v statement- pointing eloquently f the bust to Torres and back, again and the priest felt his grip on situation- slipping. while inwardly; cursed the sinful love of the In ~~ of the little girl which bod made it his. daughter. and howled and pounded their chests. “Therefore, to. appease the Sun God you shall: how did”. “Beware l”. Torres proclaimed, ' prompted in whispers, sometimes by Francis, sometimes by Deoncin. “I on De Vance. I have just come from the sun." He nodded with his head. because of his tied hands. at the stone bust. “I am that Do. Vance. I led your ancestors here four hund- red years ago. and I left you here, commending you to remain until my return." The Sun Priest hesitated. “Well, priest. speak up and answer the divine Da Vasco,” Francis spoke harshly. “How do I know that he is di- vine?" the priest countered quickly. “Do you love gold?” “Love gold?" Torres ieered. “I am a great captain in the sun, and the sun is made of gold. Gold? It is like to me this dirt beneath my feet and the rock of which your mighty mountains are composed." “Brave,” Leoncia whispered ap« proval. . “Then, Olivine Da Vance,” the Sun Priest said humbly although he could «not quite mimic the ring 'of triumph in his voice, “are you fit to pass the ancient and usual test. When you have drunk the drink of gold, and can still say that you are Da Vasco, then will I, and all of us bow down and worship you. We have had occasional intruders in this valley. Always did they come athlrst If he he the Capltan Vasco, being divlne, he will drin the gold and be unharmed." Into a rude pottery pitcher, whlo had been heated in the pot of fire a the base of the altar, he poured th molten gold. At a signal, several o the young men laid aside their spears ) “Do I not look much like him ,my- for gold. But when we had satis- and, with the evident intention 0 self Am I not therefore divine? Am fled their thirst, inevitably they prying her teeth apart, advanced on I Da Vasco? Is he Da Vasco? 0r thirsted no more, for they were Leoncla. ’ may not Da Vasco bet yet in the dead." “Hold, priest i” Francis shouted sun?-—for truly I know that I am As he spoke, while the Lost Souls stentoriously. “She is not divine as born of woman three score and looked on eagerly, and while the Da Vasco is divine. Try the golden eighteen years ago and that I am three strangers looked on with no drink on Da Vasco.” ' not a Da. Vance." less keenn-ess of apprehension, the (Continued next week) €§ M0 CR There is nothing that takes the fun out of motoring so quickly as an engine that over- heats and then knocks and sputtcrs. And these are the symptoms of improper lubri— cation that indicatc that bearing surfaces are touching and wearing, increasing upkeep cost and depreciation. But, with Texaco OIL in your tank you can expect great things of your motor. You know it won’t balk on the way to town, because TEXACO MOTOR OIL is the enemy of friction It won’t form hard, dcstruétivc carbon, and absolutely holds compression. It is a clear, bright oil, with splendid body, as carefully refined as we know how, in a grade to fit the rcquircmcnts‘ofcvcry car. The red Star and green T marks T EXACO. THE TEXAS COMPANY Petroleum and Its Products Gum! cum, Houston. Texas. 0mm In Principal Gilles OIL "Howell, Mic-h..- May 27, __19'20.-‘-—-Cars stolen in De- ...troit, motor numbers changed, and the machin- es taken into Shiawassee . . and Gratiot counties. ._Clarence and Allen 'Som- : ' ers, brothers living at ,_ ...Kerby, and three Italians are under arrest. Three used car dealers at Owos— so stand to lose heavily as the result of the un- earthing by Sheriff Sproule and deputies and two detectives from the Detroit police depart- ment. A federal law was pass- ed known as the Dyer Act which provides a heavy fine and penalty for trans- porting stolen cars from / one state to another. The Detroit police officials have been suspicions that a large number of stolen cars were being passed out to the country dis- tricts for sale. The good work of the Sheriff and deputies of Shiawassee county willbring them a large reward from the in- surance companies and “will encourage the officers of other counties to be alert to recover stolen cars. The Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. of Howell, Mich, which has over 45,000 automo— biles insured are investi- gating the cars and the numbers as they recover a large number of cars every year through the co-operation with the sheriffs of the state. the Detroit police officers, .and various police de- partments outside of Michigan. - pArmz'I " APPLIED FOR Saws 25 Cards a Day 6 Ottawa Log Saw falls trees or cuts off stumps - , vol with groun . Saws up logs cute u branches, ico mun-one ump fuck and other eitmsch nery. Mounte on wheels. may to move an here. 10 Year Guarantee. SODIyIfl‘ritl. Write for Free 00k and Cub or EssyTerms. ,,O‘I"I'AWA HF“. 00.. 148] Wood 82., Ottawa, Kane. For best results on your Poul- try, Veal, Hogs, etc., ship to CULOTTA & JULL DETROIT Not connected with any other house on this market. HERCULES BLOW STUMPS . Buy Dynamite Direct Shipped from mlll you state. BRUNS POWDER 00. Terre Haute, Ind. , POWDER _' . Farm Ditcher. Terrace , i -. challenge-fidu- ' -— unable-e 'uni. ee— m . - -.e.:.~....t°'e-. arise-i- Wham ' ~ (roam. a... 3' «a. 315m: dorm-fem. stutter-nine should one u Sitter reply.) ‘18 F601) sfiOfiirKéE CRY/A urn-x. I would like to ask if it is not possible . that all we see in the papers about the shortage of food is intended to hurry up - the farmers and that low prices will pre- vail this fall?—-—-Reader, Rem/us, Mich. Yes, it is possible, but not Drgb- able. We have only to refer togovf ernmental statistics to show us’ that the acreageplanted or to be planted to the main crops this year, such as wheat, oats, beans, potatoes, etc., will be far less than normal and that even discounting poor yield, the crops will be barely sufficient to meet the growing needs of the nation and the world. mand will have some efiect.‘ If the Europeans produce their \normal crops this year, whichflhardly seems possible, we will be able to consume more of our products here at home, and prices may be considerably low- er. I think, in any event, .we must expect temporarily lower prices dur- ing the marketing season this com- ing fall unless the crops fall far short of the needs. But if the farm- ers will use good judgment and mar— ket their crops periodically through- out the season, I believe they will secure very nearly as good prices for the majority of them as are now be- ing paid, barring possibly potatoes, which are extraordinarily high just now—Editor. IMPROVEMENT 0F HIGHWAY We, the residents of the southeast quarter of Gilmore county of Isabella who pays 75 per cent of the township tax wish to know if this money can be taken into other quarters and used for making roads and leave this quarter without, against the wishes of thiis quarter and if not how can this be pre- vented—A Subscriber, Isabella County. Your letter does not fully explain just how you have divided the road districts in your township. Unless there is some limitation in the ar- rangements of your township the highway commissioner under the di: rection of’the board may spend the money anywhere in the township. Section 4318 of the C. L. 1915, pro- vide that the highways shall be laid out and maintained by two highway taxes. One shall be known as the “road repair tax,” and the other as the “improvement tax.” Section 4326 provides that the repair tax shall be expended or worked in the district where assessed. 4326 later provides that» upon com- plaint in writing to the township board by any ten or more resident taxpayers that the road repair fund is being unequally and unjustly ap- plied, or work improperly perform- ed then the township board may take charge of the expenditures. The highway improvement fund is also expended by the highway commis- sioner under the direction of the town board. I would be of the opin- ion that your town board would be able to properly adjust—W. E. Brown, legal editor. ' LAND EXELIPT FROM TAX ,, I have bought a. piece of wild land and some has told me that I could get ex~ empt on taxes for five years. How would I go about it to get it done?——-A Sub< scriber, Midland County. Act 208 of the Public 'Acts of 1913 provides that cut over or wild land which shall be actually purchased by any person for the purpose of mak- ing a home shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes for five years thereafter. ‘ Cut over and wild lands shall be construed to swamp land or land. from which timber has been removed, and no part of which description claimed to beexempted has everxbeen cultivated. . The purchaser must reside (in the land‘and the exemption shallinot ex- tend.to more than 80:“:acres. The ex- emption shall be_madeio the‘super-z'i visor at the time theassesme‘nt of the toWnship is made and he'shali; make proper entries and refer it to the board of review—W: Brown, legal editor. , . > ' V ' GRANGE. I wish to have your opinion regaining an v I Of course, the European de— ' Section ‘ mean any - _... . - rt. "3 ’::'*{~*'- . " .If thieveompanysis in~ , ~ ‘ pieces let me ,. w and expla can how theyare able to pay one: .more '» money at the maturityotchis policy that ich. ‘ _ While I am not entirely familiar - with-the kind of policy which the ~ Grange Life Insurance, Company - writes, I am of .the' opinion that the company is reliable as itis ‘ba‘cke‘d . by responsible men. Policies which return to the insured 'a greater, sum than't'hat he pays in. arequite. com- mon and popular and are written by all .old. line‘companies. ‘Insurance comp'anies'ac't merely as savings de- . positories and return to. the insured at a stipulated tir’n’e‘all the money - . he has paid in inaddition to a nom- inal interest for the use of the mone ey. This interest is not so great as might be securedby investing in. . stocks or bonds, but it is liberal con— . sidering the fact that the insured is protected against death for the full amount of his policy less whatever sums «he may have withdrawn. You ‘understan'd that the insurance com- panies “Ire-invest your money at a _greater rate of interest than they pay*their ,members, giving them a sufficient margin on which to do business and pay death claims—- Editor; CHANGING LOCATION Our Republican nominee for Supervis- or tells some of the voters if he gets elected he will change the road which is already surveyed, and put the road past his house and of those who. he wants to vote for him. It was understood that the road was to go past our home, and it would connect with the trunk line at Pierson, and work has alreadybeen let for grading and work has been started. The road was mapped out on the map which we got from Stanton our county seat, Has the supervisor a right to change it? The road was not surveyed and staked past our place—W. A Montcalm County.’ ' '9 The supervisor ofatownship alone, does not have authority to rhange the location of a road nor the place.of, the improvements. He probably means that‘he will use his influence to have the change made and you should be on the guard to use your influence to see that he does not, if you think the change is wrong and that your views are right. The right of the matter should prevail although the supervisor should have cofisid: erable influence with those in con- troI.——W. E. Brown, legal editor. THE COLLECTION BOX CHICAGO COMPANY RETURNS $183.06 T0 FARMER We received a letter from one of our subscribers, Mr. W. A. L., of Huron county, in 'which he stated that last December he placed an or- der amounting to $133.06 with the . Company of Chicago. They acknowledged receipt of the order. He wrote them three different times after that but received no reply. We wrote the company, which has a reputation for honesty and fairness, regarding the matter. No reply. We wrote them again and received a reply stating that they had returned» the money to our subscriber. .A few days, later we received the following letter from Mr. L.:‘ . : “Gentlemen: I received-my money from the Company by today’s mail and I am writing you immedi- ately to thank you,for the service you have rendefie’d me in getting this company to refund ' this money.— A. L., Huron County. ‘ ‘ HIS HEARING RESTORED The invisible antiseptic. ear‘ drum in- vented by ,Mr. A. Q. Leonard, which is in reality a. minature megaphone, fitting in- side the ear and ‘entirelyput of night. is restoring the: hearing of, literally mind; 'reds‘ot people in"New York City. Mr. jLeonard inventedthis » remarkable drum‘ to rolieve himself of deafness and, head noises, and it doe. this so, succebstully that no one could tell, that he is, a dent: This ear .drum..,iseflective_ when ‘=.‘7s.tanding : in if 3 you" '- lfia has paid 'in..—-E. H.- Mt. Pleasant, - , nu t , one" _rl¢ht.-—Addun. M ing. dv. Don’t. Mt. 0 182 ACRE MIDWEST FARM, 812.250 FUL- ly equipped,.exceptional location nearlmmmins R R towm 175 acres tillage, bumper crops: big wire fenced pasture, home use wood,’ hrge ochsrdli 1‘? 80m! limpet bringing. around {320 per acre: splendid 11 room house, new baseth burn. 00‘ ment floor, water house andbsrn; s ed owner retiring throws in '3 horses“? cam? on. ' plate list forming implements, $12, 59 gets 1 . any terms. Details page 74 Strouts_.Catslog Farm -Bargeine' 33 states, .write for free. copy. STROUT FARM AGENCY. '814 B E. Ford Bldg” Detroit. . . STRIPPED HARDWOOD, .rulflo. 'chfl clay loam—fleasy terms, $12.50‘Lto $15.00 In acre. Neighbors, roads, schools. Four to five miles from Millersburg. Never failing clover need will make' your payments. JO . KRAUTH, Millersburg, Mich. “ no Acne FARM FOR'BIL'E-—90 scans timber. Equipped with all fai'mlng tools and good stock. For full information write ALBERT DIETZ, Hawks. Mich, R. F. N0. 1. FOR SALE—1.000 ACRES OF LAND IN IMissaukee 00. Good pasture or mixed farming. 100 acres cleared. Will subdivide to suit pur- chaser. THOMAS WHITE, Marion, Mich. FOR SALE—ONE 0F MIGHIGAN’B BEST 15 acre farms. HARRY McHENNE}, Clinton, Mich. FOR 'SALE—220 AGRES VERY BEST OR- . 4 miles from Bonfire. or particulars address BOX 215. Bellaire, Mich. ‘ FOR SALE—SO'AORE FARM. EXCELLENT soil, all under cultivation. good . plenty water. Will sell entire equipment in- cluding 8 high grade Holstein females. 4 miles fronli ‘ town. Inquire LYLE SHARP, Cllfl'ord, Mic 1. FOR SALE—EAST HALF OF SEC. 5’. Center Twp, 0. of Emmet. Correspond with ..owner. JESSE E. WEBSTER, Pellston, Mich. TOBACCO—KENTUOKV’S ."BEST "OLD Homespun” chewing and smoking. Direct from farmers. Trial offer, ‘2 .. pomiis. postpaid 81. KENTECKY TOBACCO ASS’ , Dept. 5. wee- “ 9. Y- . ' BUY FENCE POSTS DIREOT FROM FOR- eet. All kinds. Delivered prices._ M." care Michigan Business Forming. Mt. Clem- ens, Mich. ' - ' BUILDERS’ PRODUCTs 00.. 14.PA8ADENA Ave.. Detroit. \Vholeeale to consumers—Paints Varnish. Spraying Materials, Sprayers. Manuel mailed free. M. B. TEEPLE. Mgr. FOR SALEé—SEED' POTATOES. ADDRESS JOHN SKINNER, It 3. Greenville, Mich. ' ‘ FOR SALE—APPARATUS PERTAINING T0 making cheese. Write for particulars. FRANK L. CUSTE‘R, Evart. Mich. 7 WANTED Several men with auto‘ or horse and rig to act as subscription agents for M. B. 1". Good proposition to serious 'men who can give their entire time to" the. Twork. , Write for details and tell us briefly shout yourself. addressing circulation Manager memos" Business FARMER Mt. Clemens- Michigan A: GUARANTEED REMEDY so? . . ' Contagious Abortion , Enlin administered 'By hypodermic ' syringe. .Kille’sb'ortieu «fine without injurinfi cow. Write for {no . booklet wit letter-Irons users and full of moneybsck guarantee. »\ M. um m" w mus-m Is Your Farm for Sale? Write out 5 plain degqglpuoe no 3... are '50 for enchhworq, initial origins}: “figures. Send it in {or one, fire or the. “lite-- This?“ 930 .0! chattel-a "r of “mu e meme-m fill you- ' deelrdlreet with ’th‘e‘lmrér} sou-am a. commissions. It your-mt. te eon or trad. you , tern. in; your mt; ted-r. snipe. a" . --'h0' - reach-e- under ’ cultivation. 90 acres pasture and small V house, fair barn. , MSCELLANr-zousfi . Address "M. . can ghost”? n. our Bushes: [stirrer-1., “ w mini-«Si .,'_ ’ i Winn”:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii‘iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwii' illi!llllii iii. 7 iiiiiiiiii llllli’ ,'.‘ " . l i I E _l n‘f‘sflnd" fl“. Mid"... w hon.“ hm." ,f "v. mg and poultry will be sent on request. . Better still. write out what you have to offer, let us ut It In UP.- ‘ show (you . Laotfflaon: “has It will cumin-.18, 20 III-.52 times. You can change size of ad. or copy as often as you wish. Copy or changes must be received one week beforepdate oi issue. Breedera' Auction Sales advertised ‘here oi. swiol Iowrom: ask for them. Write today I) v = w . ' ', g - ,IRIIDIRBV DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. IlilLSTEIIl BULLS 5.9.57.5'33'1‘5'53358'5'33Ldi’53 ;, » n ght and ere priaed in" i. ' ’ One coming 5 years weighs over ton, wonderful “pond‘mée‘gahgfigftngTéltTgwgk "hunt. . I 1‘ 3533: » “11.4.11 . or i ' \ - conformation a sure producer: one coming No .To avoid conflictlnc dam we will‘wlthotfl- years, b st bl d ii i i r lick dis~ “baggy: "I'D, at: g; Iagfllézg'nfiozk 3°“ (State and Federal Tested) persal, gasy pgz'menltgs'toovzialialblc: paging; Would GUERNSEYS . - x - . do for heifers. #—" Vise us at once and we will claim the a 'm I . for you. Address, Live Stock Editor, M. YPSILANTI, MICH‘ F" ""- °"""-"" L P ORDER voun BULL OALF now Aug. 6. Duroc-Jerseys, O. F. F09“! a ORTE' "‘0' for later shipment. Let me send you a real ped‘ Paglion, Mich. ‘ W 1 fine I ’ - igree of better breeding. h “d ms Mlch’ remit. Poland Chums. es 8y ‘ - ‘ Yeagings and younger, out SHORTHORN . J. M. WILLIAMS. Nort a r - moo/if] atufihilland Chinas. [Boone-H111 bow of chorce advanced regiStrY I UERNSEVS FOR SALE. 1 BULL. A09; one at , ' cx. . ‘ . _ , ' v ~ Prince arman Oct. 28, Poland Chinae. E. R. Leonard. d..de and King Korndyke A? SHOBTHORNS (1t88%114?u14m21Eriladfifiziitglfilb.fat at 2 1—2 St. Louis, Mich. . US Vale. Own dam 34.16 lbs. 5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos. old, all mans, pail fed. years old. Dam, Dag,“I of (“mun-5t, (35969) A. 091:, 29, Poland Chums. Clyde Fisher. butter 1 7 d . e 2 Dams good milkers. the farmers' kmd,‘ at farm- IL 548 1b. {at at 2 13; yrs. 01¢ 1 mm calf, 6 5‘" Lo‘lis- MICh- , , , n ays' averag e”. pflcea- ‘ mos. old of similar breeding. Also a few “I10 s genial!”- POLlI‘l‘mfi Chlms- (3135- “M731 5‘ nearest dams, 37.61, 6 near- F. M- P'GGOTT ‘ sou- Fow'”: mm“- heifers of the above bull. It will payl. W31 W o s, ace... oi. ,. ~ must, 1" _v . d diT J n appica on. Oct. 31, lfnlglyl Chinas. Brewbaker 5. eat 33.93, 20 nearest, 27.83. THE "a" cow" SHORTHORN BREED, miesfiogmgwgngg” gearing,” Mich, Sons: Elm3- Mmh- on Association announce their fall catalog ready for distribution. Scotch, Scotch 1‘01) and Milking JERSEYS Shorthorns listed. Address _ !__7,__.__ Bulls From an Accredited Herd w' L. Thorpe. sec" mm mm Farm-5! ;__'CAITLE _‘ HILL CREST FARMS. munsou. MicHioAN YOUNG BULLS - A. v.2” .g., .r R. 0. M. HOLbTEIN‘FR‘ESIAN RISINGHURST JOHANNA ORMSBY DIMPLE «FOR SALE Birgm'ilnsii 1311115501 \‘Vslrtfl‘lnlal-‘ile liioiliiittiun records. "—m—mT—w' ——-—~-————--—-——— . 195063 0- M- VORKI M‘mngmnv M'Ch- Also in,“ Calfsl ’write {yrs printed list of uric” ' born Rev. 25, 1915, is offered for sale. His sire — and downing,” MB i! by Johanna Concordia Champion 60575 (21! HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED- HIGHLAND FARMv Shelby. Mich" R 2' . Ail 3-10 daughters, two 30 lbs., 9 above 20 $15.: ere" Association have stock for sole, both milk Your problem is more MILK. more BUTTER. W 0 s by Gallium Jommnfl .Champion 4"”7. and bPef bree 1"" or Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and Ma- non p3 FIT . 60 A. . 0. daughters) 9. son of Coisntha 4ths Write the secretary. . . . r I r I w I ,, duh“). A “moo, “31:03:; Application Pontiac- Johanna, 35.22. the only cow to ever hold at one FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich. Jej‘yLbreégl;%ERDd£ZI 4,1;kge‘ggeslgfi‘,’ Luna“ e1.8126l52r-d—i'jroni our liesvy-yearly-milking-zood-but- gfiedaélt World's 1%)de 1“ $19121" (“"530111).f‘°)’1“ 8 LE POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND . ' I f-feco Mn Wm 5 1' it. . o a year. 15 am, .in enwoo iml e on A _ u ialilgglefgestb tADDIICZtign Poniiaizasdlnbm hmaria Eyeiaégi’gi’él. 27.3? ’Ibi;%i)1tte.r. 36580k1bfb millk. Oxford Dixvn DRigiAshMO M l Ml h MERnguXJggy JESSEV HERD WITH 0 E I s. “tel-in (1‘s; - _ 5_ utter . er cent; at . , is y' ue rniSIw J. . e . ur. c . ‘ " ' ' _ “$334212 m. mflk'im gas gm. Sietgrtle $08442“ (10f Am If}. 0. (Eufihterfl FRANK P. NORMINGTON. Ionia. Mich e is one of the reatest lon distance sires. & 0V6 s. an out o n enwoo inipe . , . Hi. dumhtem and fans Wm mg", it. 104601. She has 75 per cent the same bi'eeiL Shorthorns at Farmers, Prlces AlfisHIRES Write In for pedigree and prices on his song, ing as Lindenwood Hope, 30.61. Write for price ‘ E price. mm. wd not too high for the “em. and other information. FOUR SCOTCH TOPPED BULL CALVEs ' dslry farmer. EDWARD B. BENSON I: SONS. Munson. Mich- under one year old. These are all mans and . ' c Orson' owe ' we ' A NICE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL F E Boyd FA Alma. Michigan cellsj blorr‘ii Feikilruaryt let. Sired by Flint Hen. ' ' Beginning June 12th., gulf 30 ilayilwe Iwill sci; g ve A. w ose wo nearest dams average . b ll.' tit fr s-rvii‘e for , 00. u on Yes an 3 .66 lbs. butter and 735.45 lbs. milk in 7 days. SHOBTHOBN 85,3,“ pfifigfi 1‘” bgfiksorg h‘elifin caiv‘és {or $30. 257572 herd aim son of King on His sire Dam. a 24 lb. daughter of a son of Pontiac De a 1d 180 a few cows “Id heifer cuiy f [3 mm} 30 1b -cow that made 13-45 lbs in Nijlander 35.43 lbs. butter and 750 lbs. milk in “‘0” ‘5 0d 1“ w. 8’ ° F one year and darn, Butter Boy Rosina 2nd éOO, any" write for prices and "tended 9641"“ wad ggéAlI‘ingTIIIISDN. Brown City. Mich. V3535“ R 5' Mich‘ it‘iiréi‘é‘ie 21:31:8' 33ndaniilm§2c 13021.3; “Hg: L' .3; {Eliza-E" ONLV A FEW LEFT some fine young bulls and heifers and some heif- n ' c ' AT OLD PRICE e are hiredf to gin),t agofil'gm cows with Wm J BELL no” cny mich P LAND CHINA recor s mm L o s. r e or prices. - ' ' ' ' ' Hampshire hogs. fall boars, ready for service Y O and gilts. Booking orders for spring pigs. R.'mm-.d floutein-Fl-iesiln “red b FOR SALE . . . 1 39.87 lb. . ORTHORN poggéllzgdngn 55:31:18ng (13911110113 Ind “1"”- Im- bull and from heavy producing young can Those ready Effiefiifi sA’Iso one RegFULSthorthorn calves are very nice and will be priced cheap it 1 " H d t b ii te t d W ‘t SAGINAW VALLEY 8700K FARM wld goon ‘euer' 9“ u "C" " ‘S e ‘ n d g“ . . - - - » ' , _ , | . _ . ire was champion of the world, his Dame Ell sprunoor G 80". Props” Saginaw W. 8.. Mich HARRY 1', Tun-s. Elwgfl. Mich. M B HALLSTED or 0" Mien sire was grand champion {it imva State Fall'- Get 1 may and Shorthom bu" ca" a grand champion while the getting is good. Book- ing orilers imw. Bred gills ure all sold, but have FOR SALE 1 36 pound son of KING or THE w s.‘Wiiréri‘.“iii.iiii’.i’.“"li'iihf’“m' iv a or 5 HEIFER GALVES er's Giant, 3 hours and I sows. \Vill sell open .. f 2 ' y or bred for Sept. farrow, to BIG BOB. “a r313“ ‘3ABL6“£§‘“’ Heads our Herd Q'I‘lliA’i‘ DO YOU WANT? . I represent 41 c. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich. one read for heav service -HORTHORN breeders. Can put you in ~ y, cows y Several 30 pound cows all under Federal Sui» . ii‘ll willi best milk or beef strains. Bulls all two with 18 and 20 1b, seven my records. Five ervision. zood bull calves and a few bred heifers ages. Some females. ('. W. i‘ruin. (President with good profitable cow testing records. Write for sale. (‘enrml iiioiiiqan Shorthoru Assocmtion. Mc- THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. c. IN men. for pedigrees and prices. HILL cRES-r FARM Ononvme Mich Briileri. Michigan. Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my Herd free from disease. .te ' ' ' herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them. . BROWN. Breedsvllle, Mich. or w“ aple Ridge Herd of Bates Shannon“ of_ Expenses paid if not as represented. These boom . . in servic : .’ iii r n 8. Lord luusm :ei‘s for sale a man hull riili 7 mos. old. Also 2 Orange Price 5,13 L: 20%;: Prospect. C an" younger ones. J. E. TANS‘VELL, Mason, BIiCil. w. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma‘ Mlch_ " Breeder of Reg. stock only John P. Hehi. 181 Griswold St.. DetroitJ Mich. OUR HERD SIRE BABY BULLS momma smis nusri ' HEREFORDS WONDERLAND HERD- His sire A 30 lb son of Lakeside King Segis o.Estonia.winnizigsflsoiin. .3": iii? “ii” 2: “ti-.- .. r . Hardy Northern Bred Hereford: .. f r . Ermine °-... .n i... big-boned rugged fellows. They are all by H2“.- (IAnIII, G‘isista ib. BErauAhTD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HER“ andegodrsfusime eve-TE; good) org-gnome 0(i eaxcefiént 6UI§IS§£3A§1§ SFBIQIYHSXSE. ffilgGspfiggngfifi ding. thfreot neiarest dams average over 33 lbs. hei‘fent 3 year” 0’11"“ for 5310. 10 bulls and 10 Freegingl.“GGi(gtlsPllifid\t§ 935:1?ng , A U- an is cry s1 nearest tested r 1 ti .' ' le y ‘ A '3 '. r .V l ‘ ' ndual danis of A. n. backing and the best over 30 lbs. butter in seven days.“iv2“o&‘evrer3§§ “°"" M3°°RE°°R- """"“""°- ""ch- ORPHAN by‘ the inn onrnsx. Dani: 0f b10941 111183- of his sons ready for service. BEAUTY'S CHOICE by ORAAGLI BLD, by BIG rémfiAific-mms .. .. Taiwan?“ M... i REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE to Wm. J. CLARKE. . JACKSON, MIGH, KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD . Eaton Raoids. Mich- , Hoisteen Breeders Since 1906 ‘ LAST ADVERTISE.) so”, To we “i” 11“” eight gm“ “1‘3 and 3”“ hem roux CHOICE SPRING ANO FALL > Mr‘ F. w. Janna”. Vassar, era for sale. tome and see them. L s P boars left. A few extra me, “um Mum. Now of“, . bu" ‘" MARION STOCK FARM left bred for April furrow. woLvEmNE sTocK FARM nEpon-rg coon mm old about 1-2 white and straight I: a Tony B. Fox, Prop. H- 0- SWARTI- “homers”. Mich- ulee from their herd. We are well pleased with u". “'“d by MAPLE CREST KORNDVKE Marion Mich “I, cum “on, om-Jumo, Herd 31,, «mm P“. HENGERVELD and from FLINT ULTRA _ ' ' T" P. 0. sows ALL SOLD. ORDERS . “a Luzdzhxtgndgge .se " '31,: 1%nP of d Ethazuzomd 195“??? of‘ FLINT booked for boar pigs at weaning time from J " II. o O on 0" tom 1 ug :- 0 on. - _ 0 con some .\I' h. cmnipion ierl. \'i:itor. ili-ys w ic‘m . i the 0mm“. 9. K012“. A g" bun “m. to, blood 6 KING ’FLINT. If you want a di- 12" HEREFORD "Enns- “3° 16 E. R. LEONARo, R 3:3. sold-fun. wiicii. e' m. r. w. Sprague. n. 2. mm. amt, men, not descendant of eUTTEn eov nosiNA know 0‘ 1° °" 1‘ 10““ “n” “‘m’ '7 new |. your ongnu. Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 I20 10 0 “DA. '0 TYPE I; c GIL-rs ALL SOLD HAVE Owners anxious to sell. Will hel buy 500 . - ' ' . , v' ‘ pr“. 320°. C F 1 fl one yearling hour and .ils) some tail bour- r, , l commms‘on- - B“ - Fair ed. to“ that we will close out at a bargain. . 3 nor r. ricKIEs. Ohmnlng, man. I L. VILBBARNES a. son. yron. Mich. . We are now booking orders for ' ‘ oung" bulls from King Pieter aegis ' B b F 'f 405027 t h d f h d R ' POLAND 0"."‘8 {yous 170606. All from'A. R O dams l tered’ stagir aexitli r s x a 1i 51a 0 h Gr: {1 “if- 1 “"7" o”‘“"“’ wlth credible records. We that. ‘nn‘... i am an. ,Comeeande {001:3 t«kalemormergr e . mos Y ch.Ntine f?“ gills out of litters of eleven and ' - . l h . 11‘ cell, 01' 3A 9. . :gl};nfgrf‘sgggfiigfilghamrgte for' prlo. ! L ..EARL c. McCARTV. lad Axe. Michigan. . J. E_ MVGRANTSI 3" Jam", Mioh‘ ' ' ' VPSILANTI MIOH. ' i Muelofl‘ Bros. ~Bouth Lyons Mich] an ' . . - - BIO TV Po- . ’ ' ‘ Increase Your Production at tn! 5 ANGUS land 'gmm - Gilts all sold. GALFoui" ' “onnflsgn SOLD' Bull born biracicifrdOI £20m grandson 0‘ - A My lgig'sclropsl VzimbbeGgimtl Giant Chmma'n “ " 1'. m"de "muff: $12§°fi§emflmfl§§ fih‘m’gmg‘ John ,Hengerveld Laa'o1 A. R. 0. Dough M P fi ‘ d $35.51;. No.’ gii'ouy. m" "3m" “‘1 “ha, . lime ‘mw'thy oellow’wlth the'makm‘ of ‘ hnfr ters. Dam is 2 year old granddaughter of e e [I u . ’ bu“ . would d'o someone ‘ lot of good. Dun lg: n 21 1b. cow that will be tested at next A. D. lonla MlCh.’ I 2.7 lb. record. s"‘large cow and a great milk freflhefllnli We have just finished testing of farming, s car load of guide dgiry heifers . ’ ’ A . producer. Sire a son of Friend Hencerveld Delhi 2 com- ne made over 30 lbs.. the other from LENAWEE COUNTY'S heaviest milk pros . » Butter Boy. one of the "at bum. ,r J made 27.65 from 779 lbs. of milk in 7 duoers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the L ' ‘ JAMES 'I'IZOPSON. JR. d‘ys- xii-211111): best type for combination beef and . owcm’ - - ‘ . "MM." F‘gafi lfot shipmegitsmsssemtbled at GLENWOOD i' . - » w . or promp s pmen. insisrriiro IloLSTEIIIS .2: ":21." oomfr‘” Wm“ mama... ' b d _ . e , , . . pages 1 us rs GRIFFIN, R. 5., Howell. gvMichloen V . ~ ' ‘ ‘ all). I. SMITH. Addison. Mich. ' 3m “will > ' ' ’ I - - o.- “on n ' s'uLL cnrron SALE ‘ .« LlVE’STOCK FIELD MEN 3 r .. ...,.o.3oao..-i new; BoruI‘Sent. 25. 1919.1 bull of 13d quality. has E. a. nu... cattle and ebup- - 9 to good nonrigid i ‘ " gm “fifgnwarixfig ‘52.; gm “nmfwsfl‘lgf’ . IELIx wrrT norm and swim V H _, CONVIIIIZII.‘ oi 'O‘uji 'n he recoid of 1.097‘PG Ibi- - , 9% or the other of the .above well-known experts will visit all live-stock sales of ' - ‘ Rigid; 13.0mm?“ it tge , Igipomnoxunuichigau, northern Ohio and Indiana, _ss the exclusive Field Men of The Michigan ' What have ‘ ‘ " w 7. “3mm. ’ 1 gt, .. ' . _ > . ._ .. _. : “one of 1,20% in“? r Jim! .‘ . both-honest and compel:th men of. standing in their lines. in Michigan _ t . . . ' ’ 3. moon 7 dug-ree- 4 “and they...will'teaiesen surrender of this n 1y, st .siiy sale, making bids em! Durcmfi- " ' to Offer? " » - ‘ “ .. Write til. gin cure of. . meet.» Theirgservice is me 0 you. 'They ,yvaielsohelp you , _ ' V. - ;. . i H- y ’ ' 0153‘ la: . 908'er gxclfiBIVely‘in the interests of women's QWN‘.IIve-stock 2 ~ f“ j 1 vi 5 ~ g “.53: I r; a): {1' \ w" l ' price. - . - Md -by"Bi¢ [Arm Iol. M m- It. Charles, Mich. .cfiau. mum. 45mm won: iii: in“. sauna; m boars. summer. who {all pigs. fl" bred M- ‘1": Orange . 'atr reunonamle prices. / Also minimal. " Mich. ' r or call. CLYDE rmw. '88. 8!. Louis. wont. Bah-l the“: m»- ‘ohumm-k‘hr-oufln- 5 : Wigwam“. rant 0 panama-d: M unn- aongc. mm. M. humus. HauntemrdI—fiu-iw human“. lieu-nag and MM lm‘naflM’ImhIflp m Isuzu-lain. Bauulmmm- hint-immunmlt W.mem.u '“fl-mmmm Wat’s Ion, m Gr. Veaflim Demon. Jackson. on. was and mum “"9 Phillipsllros, Riga, Mich. BUROO JERSEYS, FALL BOARS, WEIGIIT 200 lbs. each. Bind by a 8-00 lb. boar. Priced reasonable. . c. E. DAVIS A m. Ashley, Mich. PEACH mu. FAI- m um um um: 3|er .1), ' ‘ mum [in BWOI“ , Proud I, m um. fluid Sign!» 761 Ind Thigh out of dam! by [mined Rajah and tho Prim] 1V. Emil to Peach. Hill Orion King and Rajah Cherry Col. mwooo once. has. Mich. ' mm H“ breeds and tall: mod Dumas D. F. FOSTER», "or. Pavilion, HM. sum MY Fifi? em lung 00 ' Lm..flrstnadmdmt Ideal In sell. W. c. Thu”. Ilka. link. 3“ Joan M. furrow. 1.000 lb. herd Mr. 40.. fiOWELLER. Nolan-n. lieu. c. Buns sows and out: w to Wat's King 82849 .wlmlnasimdmorepzize'lnm'ncpblume date farm in the last 2 yea-n man my other Dn~ OF IBEEDING SIZE A!!!) QUALITY. L. MEI. Jar-om mch. we hoard. Newton Bamhart. St. Johns. m w BOAR Has Fm CROOKWATEH bled sires and 13mm. $20.00 a 8 '5. E. cauuus, Ann Arbor. Mich. 80% 611.75 AID I300!) SOUS a! nil 1m. 8m hm! or open luv- “. ‘ “n1. Hill Cm Faun, Parkman, Itch. Eu. 4 mileu might math 0'! Middlcwn. DUROC BOARS Imam ran.an “'INNING STD“ ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi- son, Mich. “unawwsw FARM RIG. ounce JmEV Mu Wm: pic: for min. a: E. MORRIS. Famlngbn, man. oil-INS [mm Gm“ um Boar—Mew only—~No. 1292.19 1919 fl Prize Jr. Yearling A few wring [in left at $25 o BLA‘K POT?! Mar-u & «a. M. A'gE um FIRM REG. DUROC JERSEY Bungle. On!" your wring pics m. Pairs and trim not mkln. VEBI l. mus. M. Eaton Hands. Mich. 355 mm Jesse "m" “3 EITHER SEX Can furnish stock not akin. ‘Also yearl- ing sows. Will brood for early iall litters. Eat- l’dactwn guaranteed. F. HEIMS a. SON. Davlson, Mich. Spring bred sows'all sold. Have . good fiem. pigs, both sex, sired‘by Liberty Defender 3rd. from Col. bred dams. Gills will be bred to an. ()rinn boar for Sept. furrow. H. G. KEESLER. Cassopolis. Mich. r E, OFFER A FEW WELL-BREE) SELECT. .gd spring Duroo Bonn, also bred sown 1nd (mm in mason. Call or write . _ *UIGNIUGHTON G FORDVOE. St. Louis. Mich. GILTS SHED FOR AUGUST FAR- rnw. Spring pigs either sex. mquESSE BLISS a. .80”. Henderson, Mich. 5-. v t T uxer Amsofloflhi Typo Poland Chin. 8m, ‘ wdtbeflghttm_ mmmmw'MAn-ad~ l ~ .0. l. c. sows FOR SALE one or THE mam-~ nanns m memo“ (all yearlmu bred for March. April and May litters. in h ‘3 name. If you want. ya BIG TYPE 39w, mmtoem right assoc! .at in ‘~ ' Inr sum shivment. Price $20 Wm": "' .. "" Put: 4. rm: g. m; MN!- ‘I , ARE 4' QUALITY equippéd wlth that delidoun an Inch tuber. ' A for "BEBKSHIBES h.- smuk 0‘ not so. .- to o‘er "mm .hdidd-h. gnu at. wuvwh. annular-mom, GRIN!!!" CARI anlmhmfl profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your wants W. 8. Conn. “in. III“. In. . v nmmm BERKSHIRES OF the lust mullth bed-l» FDR Bred or «In. Gills:de kwwflu. Nomad-ck. has.“ Pris-.350“ mm m “was: A-l n1th M gran Ah. a Noam F. .M.Vw. mumm: mu FOR .1 “new. museums. Who, n. !W am alumna. EAGLH“ nun-a.- n. m. an“ a. an. m. Ina-u. In. W ode" for m‘ m“ . $15.00 A FEW III. UL" LEI-'1' Ind M but It. flu: new blood firms. do“. W.“VIER.G¢.MM.M.R4 IAIPSMS Amnflmldou‘tmmundgflubyed ‘0! spring Ewing. Have a few ‘BOWI And an: bred hm and July knowing that are and and prized right. Spring boar pig: it $15 ea. at 8 Inch old finfll‘acfi-n Ca . m or write 908 man. Now lath. “oh. 0. I. C. m n ‘1 c _ A“. m1!!!“ mu Adzmeclea J W m I“ "ELEV 1.. "Y. Ion. was. “let. I. c. mu mm ni- W mm mead. to ~ “raj-ade by - cubic useth 1". C. Bur-en R3. incur. Mich. . A” GWFSTER WIHTE SWINE—— bloodlines . Recorded free i-n C. W. . at“: V. MI“, W, Mich. “Lb—IEOOTERED 0. I. 1:. mo sows and tucking pip. Joan MERGER. m, M. o. l. A ' G.’l-—-. chum pun. boars, March and ml plan at weaning ' e. CLOVER LEAF 8700! FA“. m Mich. o. I. c. Sm—‘Y HERD comm THE hbodllnud inmost-fled“ Mimi-ll t . you stock at “live and let live" prices. A. J. H. Don- I I. . v MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM dran- Emma]. ammm in; can from “‘ Boa-cu." White W111!- douu and "Pork" rmd M It 82 per 15. Whit: Run-u dun-h 32 pa 1) and White Chin- ese Geese at 40¢ each. All .9333 prepai DIKE O. “LEI. caves and Hoes? ’ »mmm'r. "GINO $100. HICKORY GROVE FARM. P“ not... .33 Who ’ II OFFERING FOR FILL JDELIVERV HIGH Everything no“ at. both even nd raml. I am breeding 50 m to "Btroman 209" III ~exoellem u: honed type run tint I'th 1356 Hu. October 1. for 1920 runs. CLARK U. HAIIE, We“ IPAth .bh. fl ‘ ANT A SHEEP? Le: American Hampsmn Sheep Association send you a dandy booklet with list of breeders. Write OOHFORT A. TYLER, Ssc'y. 10 wooqland Av... Detroit. Mich. .1111 .I r » -“}°,MRSO:§‘~R$§E°F ‘ *4 ‘ \ I all and uh! mhoefn nn’d guzzxpmu i . ' I R eve _ . = J ' Odor-do..ngng md‘gollod—miml. “M "4’ ' PARSONSQGrandLedie;mch. Ru’ " '1: i I‘ lhip C. .0. D.. Day in' _ W “Him M... ..... an snnmmmzfixm .313: ‘Amk “933:0”.an I l. moo-mu, Mloh. HAMPSHIRE SHEEP a: mum _ ' bred Muhnpmtydgt much-lat this “‘1 dainty. I fox-trad“. Inna-{e- *fandecolliuh‘tllm- lWflnfl‘ SIB mm 1‘. K'C. 39. 2445.63 _ BREEDERSATI‘ENTION! flyonmphnflng‘an-ubthb-n,mumand ~ - GLAD!!!“ mm: - arm-mum toflrehmflkimwymMIchigan to avoid Wade slates WIDE}! DATE! II Docs More aifioesrfaflher Than Any Product Known Wbc Stocks-m Eva'ywhere are fix-TON Um PARSONS mama“. wants. on" has. *"*" _. we Stool: Ads in» CTRIC - FLASH LIGHTS ‘ F R E‘ E! ' l MA ‘ . Youneedoneofthosehandlighmtoaeeyourway aroundin dark places. The ha ies will last for several months and can ' then be renewal atoms; expense with new ones that can be bought any-where. FREE FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS'! For a limited time we will give away either of flame two popular models for new sub- scriptions to this weekly. MODEL A: Is the . popular tubular style, just fits the hand and throws a Werful hght. MODEL B: is the nickel plated hand or pocket size made flat to be convenient to carry in the pocket. . _ WE OFFER EITHER STYLE, free and, post—paid to any person anywhere in the United States for 5 I Two New One Year Subscribers at $1 Each —or-—- to 1921” Subscribers at‘SOc Each __or_. . Eight New “3 Month Trial” Subscribers at 25c Each Four New “From Now Send the Two Dollars in check, money or- ‘ der or registered letter, write "your own name and the names. and addresses of. your sub- scribers plainly and addreso your letter to ‘ Premium Manéger ‘ ' " n . THE WslNESS .v thetrade.“mnriied-- _ ' “ - uths 150 lb. 19020:; obs-15.331... 1.101186%” 1*- ' . whey—Belt. 28986:: no. 2 1&02231u' it). We; 1 trek. 40 1—2: lid. 41 asked; mlpacked m (I. 42 1-5 ope: doc. ' Live poultry—Broilers. 60079:: our. m. 37638:: No. 2 has, :10 _ 38¢: roosters, 22@2:3¢; nee-o, 303 35c; ducks. 40945c; turkeys. “O .454: per lb. , I V Limeroox Mm WGWIe: Compared with week‘s-go, beet steer: neatly “1‘ to,$1.50' higher: moon and hit—I. ere, beef bulls, stacker: slim 25c to 50c higher; some she took gaining more; » canners- 26c higher: 'bolognasr 25¢ lower; c-alves’steady. Hogs: Steady to strong; top, $14.45; bulk, all weights. $13.60@¢14.30; fpigs. 25c lower; bulk, $1-0@11‘.2'5. Sloop: Bulk direct to packers, tow "sales choice ewes, $7.50: bucks, $6.25; three loads feeding lambs, $11.50; compared with week ago, shorn lambs,.$1 io’Ier; in-bo- tween kinds ox lime; best spring lambs 5e lower. other of more; cheap 52' to $2.50 lower. EAST BUFFAID—Cattie: ino- ceipts light, steady. Calves: $1 lov- er, $.6@1T. Hon: pigs 251: higher; others- 25 @460 lower; heavy. $14.50 01435; mixed. 315615.10: york- ers. $15@15.25; light do. $13.50:@ 14.50;;-pigs-$13@13.25; roughs, $.12 stage, '$'Z@9. Sheep and lambs: Slow, 56(1631' lower: lambs, $80 17.50; yearlings, $10@15.50: reth- ers. $16.599I1; ewes, $8506830; nixed sheep, 39.50.610.- , mm}! W REPORTS OUT BEAN BILL :— (cautioned from pm 3) , 'That is a. lie. They have charged that 'I'I'ns BUSINESS Frame is controlled sby Democratic influences. That, too. ' ‘is a lie., THE BUSINESS FABMER is NOT a partisan newspaper. It..de- ispises partisan politics. In its inde— 9pendent criticismot the acts of polit- ical parties and politicians it has struck right and left and let the chips tall where they may. It stood by the President during the war where :every loyal American should have stood, but today its criticism of the incompetence of the Democratic ad- ministration and its criminal negli- gence to provide some measure oi re- lief for present conditions is as se- vere as its criticism of the bitter Re- publican partisans in Congress who would block every such measure of relief if they had the chance. The criticism of Mr. Fordney was the result of his own political horse- playing. He had no one to blame but himself. Had he performed his duty as a man and a congressman there would have been no criticism. THE BUSINESS FARMER pledged Mr. Fordney its support last fall. Tun BUSINESS FARMER spoke high words of commendation for his promise to assist the bean growers. And THE Busmuss Farm would have needed no urging from Mr. Fordney's news- paper friends 0‘: the eighth district, to have applauded any eitarts as he may have put. forth in this direction. But he did nothing. His presence on the committee was a hindrance rather than a help. Therefore, Tue Romeo Emu was obliged to criticize and bring an the pressure possible to bear against 111;. Fordney I choice . ~has ishing supply of peaches. ‘ no scarcity of peach trees high- prices. is a discouraging teatnre my. But when we consider that one: bushel of peaches at pres.- ptioos will be well maintained until after another heavy gp-lanting of peaches comes into hearing. the above objection loses much of its force. - fl _ Crop Reports _ SHIAWASRBE—Tlnro has been quite a.- marked decrease in farm products dun- inxthopstmweebacept in wheat. but than b not much change in things the W has pom. Consumers are allowed two and no me at sugar and from twenty-tho to thirty-five casts a pound. Farmers. as. a rule. have their oats sown and com planter! and are now preparing for the bean crop. the sugar beet problem remains the same and is no nearer solved than it was two months ago, therefore the acreage is greatly decreased in nearly all parts of this m and if the growers and beet mics should agree on a. settlement it 8 too late. as the growers. are putting landthatvasplovedlasttalltorbeem into beans—D. H. II. . mar ARENAC~Weather the few days has been re.) growing weather and you bet that the farmers made might! use of it too. Could use a. nice shower now to start the corn grow- ing. Beans being planted and the pros— pects are for normal acreage owing to the heel; dispute. Produce is very dull and going down in price and we wond- er where Fordney will find himsel: it he comes up again for office ‘ Oats are look- ing fine. also peas. Meadows are com- ing “on wonderftu but need rain badly. Prospects are £01 a nice rain soon and I guess- everybody will be happy when it arrives—M. B. R. _ OAKLAND (N)—We are having a. dry time here and plowing not all done_ Most of the corn is planted but some to plant yet. I have not heard of any trouble about. seed com. A. good many looking for seed potatoes. This dry weather will interfere with planting. There la a good show for fruit. Wheat is doing well. Some pieces are looking bare. Everything needs rain. Feed. of all kind is cleaned up as. close as I have seen in a. long time. Stock has just got on full pasture.-——E. F. MISSAUKEE—Fanners are winding up com planting with a larger acreage than covrmm. The ground is in tine con- dition and if the weather continues warm it will. soon be up, to potato planting just and w” be about 60 per cent of a. crop painted on account of seed shortage. Very to." beans will be plant- ed this season but. a large acreage millet will be can for a substitute for léayHos there an my meadows—41. CAN YOU BEAT rr 2 compare these price- wtth that you received tor cream: mam-gran. owl-rhea: we“ 1m.o-rm-coc WeedeuyMtL-ouldoofle Wed: 018153. 0'” 58¢ mmmmtwthewock. . mm to insure against error. p .‘ Slum-standout.» duh, , Iii: c per line. per mm. on." unwound It. In. we will out It. the Titanium ‘Iullnm Fma. marl-tour?“ m 1 either sex, 34'. such at once. cud-um IO minds. : not: stuck rm. Marietta. Mich. min-Rom. BABY CHICKS. E0081! I 1% liens. Cocksrels. Farm rain (1. ‘ Good hm: strain. 6 3 II. -. WEE lath. Mloh. , NWT! 8'. c. WHITE LEGHORN‘ Stock and on: for sale. Circular free. LED GRIIOWSKI. Mantle Mich... I 4 “whom silver Lao-d Golden and White Maiden”. Bus flan but “in. only 81.75 per 15; 8125 you 011;! ro- m. Che-cc Mtg. 32. Mm. lfieh. “an. “anion”, Dustin“: Strain. cum h misc-numth 3:315 for 82.00, 50 or more 16¢ each. by mail. prepaid. I“ Fl... W. .33., LANGSHAN It” Elm“ OP WALITY and color I'IR. 1912‘; SW Black Bob. First prize cock . Jun. 912 R— oi Writer laying strain. SIMPSON. Wobborvllio, MM. 1 $3.50 90!! DR. CHAS. W. “ BABY CHICKS hlcks, Leghorns, linen-can, helm. Houm Campines. Reds. Rods. ' ns. Brahms. Wyandottes. Tyrone My Fan, Fenton. Mich. O. K. Chicken Hatchery TMUOHIREI DAV OLD CHICKS w Humouth ha. I. I. lads. V . 0. Brown and Whlto Leghorns. 25 chicks, $8.25; 50 chlcks, $11: 100 chicks, $20 00 0. MORNINGSTAR. Prop. In; 263. Phone 116. Fenton. Mich. GHIGKS MID EGGS 'Rh'. ffiéfiT'BTm'": Plymouth Rocks. Sumner color. Prolific layers. Prepaid by parcel. rust and safe. delivery guar- "r pl [mustered catalog free. Mich. III-teed. rlI‘TERLAKEs PAM. Box 4. llwronoo. CHICKS—Ci-HCKS ‘ “ELY EVERYWHII Legion: and h uni: on machines. to study I. delivery. Eleven mourn. R1. Holland. mam llnm record laying purebred White .Isechorm. Ancom it 20. M... a“. 8.?- 0. Order I IV Mill'- " th mun. Ooh I RED EGGS FOR sin-M $8 for 15. £- '- which” n 1 winter Elli TRY“. 9:. one: lines-cm m an Eagle: Hatch' inflict 13.! Y“ c J. m w 12 mm . In... —READ the Classified Ads —m— M. B. F.’s Business Farmers’ Exchange . Big Bargains always to be found there (I W o l‘ a“ ‘— gt“ YOU WANT THIS \VEEKLY IN X003 MAI EVE!) - L BOX ‘ SATURDAY, BECAUSE— RYY ——it brings you all the new hiding the plain facts. —it tells you when and uh what you raise! are to get the best prices for ——it is a. practical paper mitt the sod, who want with ——-it has always and will contin the interest i (behind,- ONE tlon price- THREE YEARS“ . l - ‘ l MICHIGAN BUSINEiS FARMER, Mt. Clemens, Mich. _ I. MWQM.B.F.cMwmmmforr ,; ' [quichehockcrcurn-cy. I ire-g uncfooco-Iooo-ouaoooo-.o-......ao o u u n ..R. R. nu Io-IOIIOOIIOO>CoCOoooo...g....IO..mvnn‘."."l‘;"tlflyo" of Michigan farming; never at the business farmers of o no matter when fie it helps or hurts! No We, lama but worth more“ we at. .rmI..'.-r....'0;-.II-IDIOOIOOItooODIIOOIIOQOOOO on by Michigan. men clog. to their limes roll-cl up! no to fight evorybattle for or home state. ...........yousforvlldnluelooohuaviflr$.......-....h-su- -' " ol'oovtl -l : ~"~"'"i*-_--t.m-x but nu it costing you a cent. - Our big, new Corn Crib Book explains how on your farm to pay for themselves. We want to send tells all about Martin “Corn-Saver” Cribs — how grain losses and giving them‘ increased profits every year. ‘ This book pictures and describes in detail these modern steel cribs grain. It gives the experiences gof actual about. Find out what Peter J. Lux theabig fl Find Out How Martin Cribs and Bins Will Protect. Every 11113116] 01 Your Bean Crop From Loss. ‘ Martin “Corn-Saver” Crib: are .8th ,in‘Cl'rcuIm' and Oblong Styles —— All Size: to Fit Any Farm. severe conditions —- no need Or- expense of repairs are built in styles and: sizes tofit the needs from 100 to 10,000 bushels capacity. . "You Can Store Wheat. Oats and I Other Grains in Martin Cribs Because of the patented con-‘ higher ' prices, received double struction of the Martin Crib, you; the price obtained by those who n" can‘store wheat’fiats; rye or other, sold at harvest ~ time. This year 1. small grains in at harvest time you have ‘the same ‘ opportunity. Out ‘ and hold-them until. Fall for the The 1920 wheat crop is short. Prices 1,. higher prices, without losing a are almost sure to go “sky-high.” a single bushel. Then you can re-~ The farmer who stores his wheat coupon fill it with corn, and in this way safely in Martin Cribs or bins will the Martin will yield you two} get the extra profits himself instead -_- big extra profits from your of allowing the grain speculators to . crops in one season. ; take it. Corn, too, will bring record - "a" In 1914, farmers who prices this year and you can’t afferd bought steel cribs and bins: to take chances with your crops by Today? “ / ~ and held their wheat for storing them in unsafecribs or bins. "1.1m hmmacqmcxnhomm about........busheln. these indestructible cribs will save_enough corn and grain every farmer afcopy of thisrmterestmg ‘ book which 0 they have driven ; the, ratsand mice off farms — how they are savmg farmers thousands of dollars eVery ownerséfarmers who‘are usin “Indiana Seed Corn Grower’ says—and read yvhy many other farmers say that these “Corn-Saver” cribs have been the best investment they ever made. and postpaid. It tells how Martin owners obtain greater profits, absolute protection thieves -— and freedom from werry over any possible damage to the crops. Send for :This-vBigi-FREQE- 3.,qu -. .. . , . , , l C a " ‘ ,. FREE BOOK coupon] I Our; " . L. STEEL PRODUCTS CO. - .. ' . 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S" put This Corn- . onYour Farm We will show you hOW you can put this modern, steel corn crib on your farm without . thousands of year by stopping their corn and and this up-to-date method of storing corn and Martin Cribs and know what they are talking This valuable book will be sent FREE from rats. mice, fire, mould and ribs are substantially constructed of heavy corrugatedfst'eel, — built to stand up under i— will outlast wood cribs many times ‘— pay for themselves in from one to three seaSons through increased profits and stopping all losses. They are absolutely rat, mcfluse; fire and thief proof. They , 0 any arm—P ask- The “Ibo~ Owns One Here’s What They All Say: 77:3 But Thing I Ever Bought "The 1917 corn_ crop was the worst I ever saw, but my Martin Cnb dried it out fine. and not an ear was wasted. The Martin Crib is the best thing I ever bo t " h . r PETER J. NiEKLE. Rushville. Ind. ’ Martin Paid for Itself . "I wouldnot exchange my,Martin Crib for the finest Cf!b_._0f any at er type. Considerin - the price of corn last year. Without a doubt haVe saved enough to ay (or. my on b. M advice tothose inneedo a cnbxsbyallm ‘ to invest in a Martin Crib.” . . ‘ -ROY B. GROVES. Batavia. Ohio.‘ , Virginia SanflcrEndqi-ue "s , bfIlgart‘m' CribI " pealnn‘g' sur _ veit‘ inni .Martin‘Cflb..-!Truly. rl oouleynot‘get cflangtheb 1331009 wouldpot purchase my M _' '. ‘ r, alike- . a haughtth w p ' ' I V_ _&rm,9%iamfl r _ , ~< , . .. ~ _. ' ‘ “ .. .L‘ . my“ .a .12», ” y r