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W. , YORK FOLLOWS MICHI-
g ' “' GAN'S EXAMPLE
I‘Roused by the definite and con-
‘1'etructive commercial programs of the
state farm bureau organizations in
Michigan and Illinois, New York
[state farmers have adopted the “or-
‘ ganized for- business” slogan of the

two states and have gone to work.
A new statewide Farmers’ Co—op-
erotive Association is being launch—
ed this week in New York state. Un-
doubtedly it will be a commercial in~

pose.

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stitution that the Michigan
Farm Bureau can co operate with
easily, effectually, and to a good pur-
‘ It is called the Co—operative
Grange League Federation Exchange.
It was made possible thron h
a federation of commercial activit es
of the New York State Grange,
Dairymen’s League, and the various
farm bureau units.
, ated for $1,000,000, w
into 200,000 five dollar shares.
Holdings are limited to, $5,000 and

State

the

t is incorpor-
ich is divid—

dividends.
racuse,

units.

voting is to be on a basis of Fmem?
bership and not stockholdings.
idends are restricted to 6 per cent on -
stock, with surplusearnings to
disbursed in the form of patronage
It will be located in Sy-
where the New York State
Grange Exchange has had its head-
quarters.

The stock is being floated through
the medium and efforts of the county

farm bureau
hundred solicitors are at work. The

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more than anything else in the world?
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It needs just ten thousand more subscribers on the farms of Mich-

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Do you know what The Michigan Business Farmer, your friend needs

igan and must have them if it is to do for you uand for the farming business
in our home state what it has set out to accomplish this year, 1920.

We could hire salaried agents, but their" salaries rig hire,

eating and sleeping expense, would co__s__t m__o_re than they could collect from old
and new subscribers combined.

So, we must come to 103, the friends of. the Business Farmer, who
know what we are doing, what the paper has accomplished and what it is striv-
ing to accomplish and we must ask you to help us get these ten thousand new

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subscribers that will make this paper stand head and shoulders above
any single farming institution in the state.
So, here are our co-operative summer subscription prices, made
at a loss, for only one reason: to get/the ten thousand new subscribers

that your weekly must have.

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_ "Right down in the corner of this announcement is a' coupon-a—it has
room- for ten names---it ought to be mailed in from every family who believes

in our paper, with every line filled-n

Michigan Business Farmer, every week to any address anywhere in the United
States for the following Special prices, subject to withdrawal at any time:.

you a dime or quarter to try out and prove to themselves the merits of this}
Thin________l_c_ of _i___,_t you _c___an a__dd t___e__n name___s_ for a dollar! '

weekly.
' GET 'EM ON THE TELEPHONE,

—--if each would do his or her share—--th‘ink what it would mean!

You can offer during this drive _t__o _1_1__ew subscribers only, The

N__E__W TRIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS:

(TEN WEEKS FOR 10c)
(BALANCE OF 1920 FOR TWENTY FIVE CENTS)

Surely, there is not a man or woman engaged in farming cr inter-
ested in the farming business in Michigan who will not dig down and hand

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call them up, tell them you are making
up a list of new subscribers at ridiculously low prices and that you'll send

in their names and get the dime or quarter when you see them the first time
——-you can make up a list of ten names in ten minutes!

HERE'S TEN NEW TRIAL SUBSCRIBERS!

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The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Dear folks: Here's my boost! ‘

shown by amount set opposite each name.

Enclosed find 3

to cover trial subscriptions below, as

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‘ effecting large purchases of
Prof. John Baron‘

’heevy rains during April.

 

sale commenced this week. and pre-
liminary pied es seem to guarantee
expectatibns t at the entire block of
300, 000 shares will go‘. The actua1~
purchase by this organizatioii of the
G'_r-ange Exchange, which will Be the
nucleus of the new organization, is
merely a formality, all arrangements
having been made. Business at the
start will be principally in seeds,_
feeds and fertilizer. Business with
individuals will be discouraged and
an attempt made to transact all bus-
iness through the mediums of local

granges and dairy league locals and,

local Ice-operative associations. .,
' Seeds will be the first commodity
handled extensively. This New York
organization will soon be‘ ready and

eager to- work; with .. the . Michigam -

Farm Bureau Seed Department in
clover
seed and alfalfa.
of Cornell University, will be in
charge of the Seed Department, and
either himself or someone else will
be starting westward in quest of
clover and alfalfa very soon.

No serious attempt will be made
to handle muchfertilize'r for fall de-
livery, efforts in- this connection be-
ing directed toward next spring, when
a large volume of business, especial—
ly in acid phosphate, is expected to be
done.

Eiforts will be made immediately” '

to get in position to handle feeds for
this winter. ,

FARM POOLS IS AIMED ONLY AT
TITE‘MEDLEMAN

To allay the fears of some busi-
ness men that their interests may be
jeopardized by the increasing activi-
ties of the Michigan State Farm Bu—
reau,.headquarters of the bureau
here issued a statement asserting
that “the only. interests affected are
the middlemen, superflous handlers
doing business largely in a speculat-
ive way."

The statement follows in part:

“The State Farm Bureau is strict-
’1y a co—operative institution, doing
a selling and purchasing business for
its more than 60,000 members on a
cost basis.

“Business men engaging in activ-
ities which do not make for unnec-
essary handling of farm products or
farm supplies, and not inflating the
values of such products or supplies,
have no reason to be apprehensive
otco'mpetiticn with thefarm bureau.
The organization is. not attempting

‘ any activities of acommercial nature»

which --would conflict ,with'any bus-
inesses 'no-w satisfactorily serving the
thousands of-farmers in the state or
any groups of these thousands.

“The purpose of the bureau is to

see that products of—the farms of its .

members are sold and distributed as
economically as possible and that the
purchases ofsupplies for these farms

are made as economically and as 91- '

flciently as possible. Obviously, it is
more econOmical to do business in
larg’e.volume than in small; hence,

,pooling of‘commodities for sale and

orders for purchase by farm bureau
members must be the program of the
organization."

RECORD HARVEST FOR WEST-
ERN CANADA SEEN

Western Canada’s prospects for a

record crop are extremely bright this

, season, although spring operations .

have been much delayed owing to
Ideal
seeding weather” 1m prevailed this
month and work has progressed rap-
idly with warm weather. The soil is
thoroughly saturated with moisture.
Germinotlon is reported extraordin-
only rapid. Oonsiderahie- wheat is

911-9911: 911019 tho (round and is

WWW!“ 1161' sown

[rain it fires!” 95.53th igh
In manyneldo

beginning the area sown

season, but total crop area is report,-
ed greater! ,.

”an;
olwheat 18 A
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if Better Service From Department~ of'Agriculture

Conference Between F arm'Paper Editors and Sec’p'Meredith Promises to Bear Fruit for Agriculture

.HAT ONE enthusiastic farm paper ed-
Witor declared was “one of the most im-
portant events in agricultural History,”
took place at Washington June 17, 18 and
‘19th when the editors of thirty-five of the big-
gest farm papers in the country met- at Wash-
ington, D. C., in conference with Secretary
. Meredith and formulated plans for better co-
operation between the Department of Agricul-
ture and the American farmer. -
It is a well known fact that there have never
been the most cordial and helpful relations be-
tween the farmer and the Department. The
various activities of the Department have
flourished as much in spite of the farmer as
[because of him.‘ The early tendencies of the
Department to confine itself to the scientific
and productive end of farming in almost total ~-
disregard of the economic end has been the
cause of much misunderstanding of the func-
tions, of the Department and the feeling among
the farmers that it was not of the greatest pos-
sible service to them. Moreover, the appoint-
ment of secretaries entirely unfamiliar with
the needs of the farmer; and the charges that
the department under the regime of Secretary
Meredith ’s predecessor was under the control
of unfriendly interests, have all but destroyed “
”1.9.; farmers faith in the institution. ,

The first big jobflthat confronted E. T. Mer-
edith when he became Secretary of Agricul-
ture was to acquaint the farmers and the city ’
people with the great value of the work being
done by the farmer. His second big job was
t3 make the Department of greater service to
the farmer. The first one Mr. Meredith is suc-

. cessfully carrying out, although he is some-
what disappointed that his ef'forts along that
'line were not sufi‘icient to prevent the cut in
appropriations which will handicap the‘work
of the Department to some extent this year.
The second job takes more time and requires
the counsel and co-operation of the farmers
and the farm press.

It was to help make the Department of Ag-
riculture a more useful instrument for the
farmers that the farm paper editors went to
Washington. Secretary Meredith openly so—
licited their advice and help. The advice was
freely given. The practical help is to come
later.

It might be stated that nearly all the editors
went to Washington in a more or less skeptical
frame of mind as to the value of the work now
being done by the Department. They felt as
do most of the farmers that the Department
was frittering away its, time and funds with
inconsequential matters to the exclusion of
more important affairs. They felt that the
Department was long on theory but short on.
practice. So they were prepared to‘tear the
Department all to pieces and rebuild it along
more modern and practical lines. But they
’had a surprise in store for them. Almost
without exception they discovered that they
really did not know what the Department of
Agriculture had been doing. They discovered
that they had not appreciated the great value
of the scientific investigations, the innumer-
able experiments, artd the score or other activ-
ities conducted by the Department. But when
they talked with the heads of 'the Bureaus,

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listened to the reports cf the various projects
and of the plans under consideration, they
gave their unqualified approval of the work
that was~being done and urged that it be great-
ly extended.

The editors were divided into groups of
eight, each group constituting a committee to
visit each one of the several bureaus of the De-
partment. The Business Farmer was repre-
sented on the Bureau of Markets Cgmmittee
With Wallace’s Farmer of Iowa, the American
Agriculturist of Chicago, the Oklahoma Stock-
man and Farmer and the Progressive Farmer.
The work of the Bureau of Markets was of as-
pecial interest to all weekly farm paper edit-
OI'I, and the editor of the Business Farmer
feels that it was a privilege to inspect the work
of that Bureau and take part in the sugges-
tions for improving the service it is rendering.

Work of Bureau of Markets
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Getting Acquainted With Department
of Agriculture

THE BUSINESS Farmer will shortly
begin the publication of a series of

articles describing what the Depart-
ment of Agriculture is doing. These art-
icles have been prepared by special writ-
ers and will be accompanied with illus-
trations. The Department is doing great
and valuable service for the farmer, and
it is proper that he should know in detail
of its accomplishments. The Department
can be of much greater service to the
farmers and it is hoped that from publi-
cation of these articles will arise an un-
derstanding of what is left to be done
and how it can\ be accomplished.

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Bureau of Markets all having to do with the
economic end of farming. The activities of
these divisions include the compilation of mar-
ket informaton, both domestic and foreign, its
publication, standardization and inspection of
grains, fruits, vegetables, meats, cotton and
wool, standardization of containers, investi-
gation of co—operative marketing practices and
costs, transportation of farm products, en-
forcement of warehouse act, and conclusion of
the work of the Wool Industries Board. Each
of these divisions is doing a valuable work for
the farmer. Each is handicapped this year be-
cause of lack of funds, and each has plans for
extending its work as soon as more money be-
comes available. The committee endorsed the
work of the Bureau of Markets as handled un-
der the competent supervision of Chief George
Livingston. '
Inasumch as a
is to be publish-
ing the work of
the Department
we will con
ance of this
recommenda
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. series of articles
, ed later regard-

each Bureau of

of Agriculture,
fine ' the bal-
article to the
tions made by
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eau of Markets for making the Bureau Of"

greater usefulness to the farmer.

  

   

Each member of the committee had some
grievance to cite from his state over the man— *

ner in which the grades applying to several. '

farm products are enforced. In the potato
states there‘is still more or less dissatisfaction
over the fact that potatoes are not universally
graded. In the west there is bitter complaint
over the enforcement of the grain standards
act because it applies only to inter—state ship-
ments and cannot be enforced in transactions

between the farmer and the local shipper. It '

was the recommendation of the committee that
if any grading was to be enforced lt'SllOUld be-
gin when the crops left the farmers’ hands and
continue until they reached the consumer. In

other words, it Was the sense of the committee -'

that standardization to be the greatest pd‘ssi-
ble benefit to farmers should be universal and
compulsory.

Market Information

Perhaps the most important

tion made by the Committee on Bureau of
Markets was that the Bureau should greatly
extend its machinery for compiling and pub-
lishing information on world acreages, crop
conditions, yields, prices, demand, trend of
markets, etc.
ommended that the Bureau provide all farm
papers which desired it with a special market
report service, giving the. farmers intelligent
and up-to—theminute price quotations, condi—
tion of the markets, factors affecting the mar-
ket, etc. The committee was pleased to learn
that the Bureau had already in contemplation
some such plan as that, and although the di-
vision under whose charge that work would
come is short of funds, a definite promise was
obtained that such a service would be inaugu-
rated“ as soon as possible.

The reader can readily calculate 'the im-
mense value of such a service. The Business
Farmer an other farm papers have been try--
ing to compile such information and to make
such interpretation of the market conditions as
will instruct the farmer to more intelligently
market his crops at the greatest possible fin—
ancial return. But it is plain to be seen that
no matter how intelligently the farmers of
Michigan, for instance, might market their
potatoes, if the farmers of other potato states
not having dependable information on the
markets, rushed their crop to market without
any regard for thefactors that make the price,
the farmers of Michigan would receive no ben-
efit from their more judicious methods. It is,
therefore, of the highest importance that all
the farmers of the United States and eventual-
ly of the world be in constant touch with the
markets through their farm papers.

The Spread Between Producer and Consumer

Another suggestion that came from this
committee was that the Bureau investgiate the
reasons for the great spread between the price
received by the farmer and the price paid'by
the consumer, and to publish its findings, the

belief being that there would be less profiteer ’.

ing in foodstuffs if the full facts as to the
farmer’s share of the consumer’s dollar were
made known." The Bureau has Already been,
doing some work along this line and promised"
to hasten its completion as rapidly as possible.

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HE QUESTIONNAIRE that was

  

BUSINESS FARMEB continue to
bring proof that the rank and file of
the milk producers of the Detroit
ea favor some plan whereby they
'- ",f.:can control the marketing and price
of their product. Several hundred
farmers, milking anywhere from six
”to; fifty cows have reported their

  
  
  
  
 

ment looking to this end. Only one
.who returned a coupon was not in
{favor of the plan.

Dairymen in the vicinity of other
titles have tried the distributing plan
_.-with success. Some have failed. But
the reasons of their failure are clear-
, ly. .seen and can therefore be avoid-
- ' Experience has demonstrated
» that benefits accrue both to the pro-
" ,ducer and consumer through farmer
owner distributing plants. It is per-
fectly natural that this should be so.

Such returns as have been receiv-
ed by the BUSINESS FARMER have
shown so conclusively the desire of
the Michigan Milk Producers that we
‘do not intend to let the matter drop
with a little agitation.

ested ‘in the distribution of milk is

farmers in such a project, and' in
good, season a definite plan for the
financing of this project and carry-
ing it to a successful conclusion will
be launched.

What the Readers Say

Below are the voluntary expres-

liens of opinions upon this subject

. by prominent dairymen- Let us
have more of them:

St. Clair County Farmers Favor
Farmer Plant

- Enclosed find coupon, dealing with
"the milk question. I cannot see how
, the "farmers‘ are going to keep cows

. “and sell milk for less money than it
"""‘takes to feed and not say anything
about the care and equipment and
other things that go to produce
clean milk.
getting our own plant in the city of
Detroit, for as long as the commis—
sion is made up of men who don't
even know how to milk a cow, we will
have to sell for less than cost. Of
course the men are not all to blame,
The way that the creameries distri-

page 2, June 12th issue, head-
ed “Farm Bureau Favors Con
operative Sugar Plants," is along the
. lines of a solution to the sugar beet
. controversy. Then have been a great
1 . many articles in our papers—agri-
i cultural and others, regarding the
" sugar beet business. I have watched
lthem very closely,-although I have
taken no part. There is not much
chance for the growers to force the
manufacturer to come to their terms.
'It is not the nature of the class of
men who run and own the factories
:to divide profits with producers. It
is too good a melon to cut that way
and knowing as the manufacturers
do, there are a great many farmers
depending on their beet crop to pay
their interest, taxes and payments on
their farms. I know that is the case
here in southern Gratiot.
There are eight loading stations
» here in' Elba township. There are
.- beets enough grown in this township
' to run one good sized sugar factory,
and people have gotten so used to
raising beets and to depend on them
for their cash crop which they must
have in order :to exist. The other
, o crepe such as beans and others are
' ‘ too uncertain. The land has increas-
ed in value on account of the sugar
.heet industry, so if a poor man wants
a good piece of land he has to pay
$200 and upwards per acre. A great
' number of farmers around here have

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Wheel} sold to the beet workers on con-n
glories were paying for beets in Ger-
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tracts n‘d thby seem to be the
ma athgeul u‘gh they are not 3
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“belongs to them unless some

 

submitted to the readers of the '

Willingness to stand behind a move- .

Rumor has .
it that certain Detroit parties inter-‘

Willing to become affiliated with the‘

I for one am strong for ‘

       

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binding. £7 hei .

Dairymen in Detroit Area Declare They Will Back Farmer :wne,

 

 

Salem Producers Speak

The undersigned, members of the “Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass'n"

‘milking fifty-flue cows, are losing more. than $1 on each one hundred pounds
of milk sold at present prices, and are not satisfied with the Commission '
fixing milk prices for the reason, that said Commission is always willing to

allow a very fair percentage of profit to distributors and a very serious loss

to producers.

The undersigned favor the distributing of milk why the :‘Milk

Producers’ Ass’n” and say that time is more than ripe to do it now.

(Signed)—-John- J. Smith. A. M.- Lopez, Chas. Beardslee. R. H- Cdys- '
V ler, Mr. Springer, all of Salem, MiCh.

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bute this milk is where the most or
our money goes. I have seen two
to three different milk bottles go up

.one stairway. I think this is to blame

for high cost of distributing, where
if we had our own plant we could
do away with this or in other words,
one man could do the work of these
three. The farmers around here
have talked this over and all‘seem
to be greatly in favor.of a plant.—
A. R., St. Clair County.

Farmers Will Back Association

While reading my paper of your
last issue I noticed a coupon on page
four which was there for the use of

farmers whom are interested in the.

milk business. As we are somewhat
interested in- the producers’ side of
the mill; question I have filled out
the coupon just as I think best for
us. My opposition to common plan
of fixing prices is this: there are not
enough farmers who are milk pro-
ducers sitting on the commission and
therefore we do not get a fair share.
The distributors are the only ones
that are making any money out of
the present situation. I am heartily
in favor of the Milk Producers' As-
sOciation acting as distributors of
our own product.
the producers will _give
energy and earnest support we will

.soon be able to market our own milk.
,I hope

'it is a go.—G’. G.,_ Genesee
County. ’

.Milk Producers Poor Business Men

As a reader of your paper will say
I enjoy it very much and greatly ap—
preciateyyour effort to help us farm-
ers get what is justly ours. As re-
gards the selling of our milk will
try to express, my views. The fact
that milk producers have sold for
this longtime and continue to sell

their product at a loss shows they're our Milk.

' business.

‘And I think if all.
their ‘

worse than poor business men. Poor'

business men are quite apt to have
poor representatives and such men
are sure to lose out in competition
with such men as are already in the
I've watched them all my
life of forty. years and as a class the
city dealers both big and little are
both sharp and tricky.-

can sell our milk at a profit. I be-

lieve the time is ripe to start somew’

thing and when we have made ‘ a
start “all there be to it” is to hang
together or we must hang singly.—
S. D. 147., Wayne County. ‘-

Would Lower, Cost

I think if we distributed our own
milk we will get nearer 'to the con-
sumer than if we had a central sta-
tion and we could more readily give
the benefit of the economies to the
consumer. By distributing it our-
selves we can do so at' the lowest

-possible cost all the way through.

Hope something will be done right
away as I think the time is ripe. YOur
paper is a dandy and it keeps. get-
ting better all the time—H. 0., Oak
Grove, Mich.

Lost $50 Per (law

'In regards to the milk situation,
we are in favor of having a. distri-

buting station in Detroit, as we are

only receiving 3.1 per cent and 3. 3
per cent butterfat test and samples
out of the same cans of milk when
sent to Lansing show a test of 3.6
per cent butterfat which makes us
$16 to $25 short on every months'
milk check. We have lost about $60
on each cow that we have kept this
last winter owing to the high cost of
feed and the low prices received for
Hoping that you make a

By CHAS. KERR
Gratiot County Farmer

 

 

their problem.—Associate Editor

 

 

European Plan Investigated

T HAPPENS that one of the things that our editor plans to do while
I in Washington, is to secure such information as he can upon the
very subject mentioned by Mr. Kerr. The Business Farmer has
been advised from several sources that the principal European method
is to have several slicing stations and a central refinery in the respect-
ive sugar beet sections, and it is hoped that more definite information
can be obtained to be of value to the Michigan beet growers in settling

 

 

 

 

plan as referred to is adopted and if
that plan is worked out on a strictly
honest principle. The industry will
be saved.

First it should be planned to save
as much overhead and other useless
expense. In my travel in Schleswig

in Europe some years ago, I noticed _,

they had slicing stations where the
beets were manufactured into raw
sugar and that was shipped to Cop-
enhagen to therefinery which was
running the entire year. One com-
pany of four had organized some
years ago. The first thing they did
when they found that sugar beets
woud grow in that locality, they went
to the farmers and contracted with
them to put sugar beets in a certain
number of acres on their farms for

. 1.0 years and. to .pay them for their

beets the same as the German fact-

many and Austriafliun arm.
war

yard.

farmer- was disatlsfied he

weigh him out a sample and the ~
' waits a

viding a sufficient acreage could be
secured. These parties inside of a
week from the time they started had
3,000 acres and a slicing station un-
der‘ construction. Up to the time I
was there, they, had-never had any
trouble with any of the land owners.
In fact it increased the value of the
land so that a farm that didn’ t have
a beet contract 'on it Was not consid-

ered worth as much as these under '

contract. There were a great many

. other savings such as testing and tar

ing, which was simplified.

For instance, there was a test tak-
en every day of the beets and that
was ”equalized 'over the entire sea-
son’s. run, so that every-body .was
paid alike for their beets. The tars
ing was done by an expert in the
He. would load and if
. would

HoWever .
~I’m ready foruany plan whereby we

  

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success of this ~venture.——-F iii. K. 0
Son, Shlawaaaeq County. ‘ .

Money Wasted Gettiilg the Farmers '
Milk to the Consumer '

I am firm in the opiniOn that the
proper thing for the dairy farmers
around Detroit is to cum their own -
distributing plant and have it built

. so there will never be a Surplus of.

milk, this can be done by turning
all surplus to the consumer into but-
ter, cheese or condensed milk. One
big plant for all of Detroit.
ralized station. One big mind to
control the wholea‘business' and cut
out all waste from the milking of

the cow to placing the milk on the'

doorstep of the consumer ; by increas- -
ing the revenue to the milk "associ-
ation .for that purpose. The‘thing
would have a start. I have been in
the dairy business for more than 25
years and from what I can see and
hear I am satisfied there is thous-
ands of dollars being .wasted right ‘

_ now in getting the farmers' milk‘out

to the consumer. The M. B. F. is
doing more for the farmers of Mich-
igan in sounding out the farmers,
not only on the milk questiontbut
other big questions to get their ideas
and attitude toward doing business
along economic lines than any other
paper in Michigan—A. B. G.

Not Satisfied With the Way the_Com-
' mission Fixes the Price

. Inanswer to your query as tb the
milk situation in the Detroit area
I will frankly say that I am not sat—
isfied. with the way the commission
fixes the price. For instance,. for.
April we were to get $3 40 for 80
per cent and $3. 70 for 20 per cent.

Instead of getting that for. us we only
got $3. 37 per hundred which made

a difference of $18 fer the month of

April for me. Do you wonder why I
am not satisfied.

I surely think the farmers should
own and operate their milk plants
and also distribute the milk in the
city of Detroit. I see by the scale of
prices of the different cities wh h
appeared in the M. B. ‘F. the Detr
distributors get the most of any.
That must convince any one that it
would pay the farmers to own their
own plants and distribute their own
milk. Wishing you all the success
possible. —F. M., Macomb County. '

Gratiot Farmer Sees Farmer-Owned Plants as Beet Sugar solution

Cites European Plan of Local Slicing Plants and Central Refinery as an Example for Michigan Beet Growers

way a great deal of expense was elim-
inated.

It is possible that we, here in this
country could not work on just those
plans but it wouldn’t be a very diffi—
cult matter to plan out a workable
scheme both as to organizing and to
manner of operation and the saving
of a good deal of unnecessary ex—
pense. I am just throwing this out
as a feeler and for something to fig-
ure on.

There are plenty of good localities
in Michigan where small slicing sta-
tions could be operated. The refin- .
ery could be located most anywhere.
Work out some plan—somebody, who
is able and interested. The Holland
sugar factory was started by 100
farmers that took'$1.000 ( one thous-
and dollars) stock each. If it is com-‘
menced I can see nothing to hinder.
Bigger. things than this, with much
less prospects of success have been
accomplished.

 

'4 COUNTIES BAND FOR WAR-ON
' GRABSHOPPER. - ,

Four northern Michigan counties.
Grand Tnverse, Leelanau, Antrim
and Wex’ford—éare banded together
in a war to the death on the grass-
hopper pes‘t which threatened to ruin
all crops in :this section The Mich-
igan State Farm Bureau has fl od- ,

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T HAS come to our attention that
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion at Washington has been urg-
ed by the coal men to place all open
tOp cars in coal service exclusively,
V_informing the Commission that it is
not necessary that any more open
_.top cars be built. Now possibly the
connection between this move and
the articles appearing in the press
daily bearing on different phases of
the car shortage and the difficult
problems that has confronted .the
tamer and the business interests of
the United States in past years, and
more in particular the present time in
the moving of grain crops, yet all
of these things have a vital bearing
on the car shortage and the lack of
facilities for moving grain, which we
all realize has reached a serious
crisis and that we will soon be fac-
ing a condition portending a situa-
tion of grave concern to the farmer,
manufacturer, banker and business
man alike. In fact, it is.said the
financial difficulty that we are facing
today is due to the prospect that the
; farmer cannot move his grain on ac-
‘count of car shortage,

When the “trade trippers” recent-
ly traveled throughout a largeflsec-
tion of the wheat country under the
auspices of the Kansas City Chamber
of Commerce, they were surprised to
see thousands and thousands of bush-
‘ els of wheat stored out in the open
, on account of lack of cars to move

same. This was termed by many an
. unusual sight, but to those who are
. in touch with the situatibn in respect

to the transportation of grain they
know that this is not an unusual

313ht but a common occurrence year

Latter year resulting in the loss of
gnillions of bushels of wheat annual-
ley to the farmers of this country.
This loss being estimated by some at
ten per cent of the crop and by oth-

ers even higher through lack of ad: ..

Farmer Wants City to Send Back Boys; and Girls Who Know “HOW”
of- Farm Life

HE AMERICAN farmer is, ~just
now, coming in for more atten-
tion at the hands of his
brethern than ever before in the his-
tory of this country; there is a well-
defined suspicion, however that it is
not interest in the farmer’s welfare
that has caused so many city dwellers
- to become so vitally concerned about
the agricultural prosperity of the
country at large. Much. is being
spoken and written about the scarcity
of farm labor and the hardships
which the farmer and his hard- work-
ed family must endure in order to
make a living from their humble oc-
cupation. .
What is the occasion for this
sudden change of front, on the part
of our cousins in the city? Why
this show of tender solicitude for
the farmer’s welfare? The answer
is not far to seek. The inhabitants
of our big cities are beginning to rea-
lize what they should have seen long
- ago, namely, that the farmer’ s prob-
‘lem is their problem and the inter-
» ests of city and country are so close-
;rly interwoven in our modern Ameri—
.can life that neither can suffer with-
out the other feeling the pang.
-.If it :should. eventually happen
that the inhabitants of our big
cities shall hunger for the food pro-

duced upon the farm, in the opinion ~

of the writer of this article, they
will have themselves partly to blame
fer the plight that they are in. Dur-
ing. the past ten years staple farm
,. products have been gradually

- creasing in price and during all that
»',time. city consumers , have been
whining and complaining because of
the imposition that the farmer was
putting upon them when he was
really selling for less than produc-
. 1 tion cost. .. ,.

 

city

‘freeing their employes for

in-r‘
‘him'the boys and girls who
' born and brought up in the country

[able to do sob because they were to

 

Believes Car Shortage mike Grain- DlStrlCtS Can 1:. Relieved by SluppmgyGram in Huge Stee

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ny A. AKRAMER, Cozumm'an steel Tank 0'0.
11'111' = . s = ”H J!
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‘ . ‘The type of steel tanks suggested by Mr. Kramer

equate transportation facilities or
suitable grain storage.

Manufacturers who use steel in
any of its various forms in their bus—
iness know today that without gon-
dola cars available for the mills to

_ ship their steel that it would be im-. .
' possible for many, in fact the greater

majority, to remain in business on
’account of the shortage of other
types of cars for the transportation

of steel.

The farmers as a Whole all agree
that the most suitable way, the safest
way and the only economical way to
store this grain while awaiting cars
in which to move same, is in one of
the various types of rat proof, moist-
ure proof and fire proof steel grain
bins now marketed by various manu—
facturers. Thus you will readily see
the Connection between the car'short-
age for the transportation of steel
with the problem of moving the grain
crop. If the steel'cannot be moved
from the mills to the manufacturer,
the manufacturer cannot furnish the
farmer with facilities for St'oring
and, handling the wheat. In that

,case the farmer is “double crossed"

or struck twice in the same plaEe.'In
other words, if he is compelled to pile
his grain (Tut in the open his loss is
multiplied through lack of pr‘oper
storage facilities while awaiting the
transportation of his crop.

I believe that my readers will

has been made the subject of ridi-
cule by people in our cities whose
culture and refinement should -have
taught them better. The farmer,
his sons and daughters, have been
called jays, reubens, hayseeds, moss-
backs and the like until hundreds
of . our country boys and girls be-
came ashamed to have it known
that they were the children of farm-
ers and at the earliest opportunity
bid goodbye to the country to en-
gage in city pursuits. The disease
that the farming business of this
country is suffering with, is organic,
rather than functional and it will
not respond to ordinary methods of
local treatment.

‘We hear much, of late. about city
people coming out during the vaca-
tion season and helping the farmer
with his work. It has been frequent-
ly suggested of late that city em-
ployers of labor shut down their
factories andlother enterprises, thus
service
on the farm. All such talk is the
rankest 'piffle in the world. The farm—
er needs help and not hinderance
at this season of the year and the
only labor that the city can send
him to his advantage is experienced
farm labor. What the farmer wants
most is that the city send back to

and knowrthe “how’? of farm life.
“To the Manner Born”

Many men and women, who have
made a success of life. have been

 

 

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,were‘

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agree with me that in view of these
facts proper pressure should be
brought to bear upon the Interstate
Commerce Commission to release
cars for the shipment of steel and in
turn the Interstate Commerce'Com-
mission should then bring pressure
to bear on the steel mills of the coun-
try to supply steel to the manufactur-
er for the construction 'of grain con—
tainers at this season of the year. If
cars suitable for the transportation
of‘ steel are released to the mills, in
turn it will release box cars for the
transportation of other materials so
that all classes of business will profit
thereby.

Now, with this situation, what
about cars for moving crops? There
has been a great deal of talk back

_ and forth from the financial interests
to the farmer that grows the grain, ‘

and much has been written, .yet no

. one has offered a solution that would
'overcome this difficulty or even offer-
' ed any relief for the situation. Now

the purpose of this article is not to
sell anybody anything, but is actu-
ated solely from a sincere desire to
offer a Suggestion for the immediate
and practical relief of this great prob-
lem of moving the grain when the
farmer harvests his crops.

Herewith is an illustration of what
I offerfor the ultimate solution of
this problem, which becomes of such
vital interest to all of us about this

By H. H. MACK, in
The Detroit Times

 

roundings.which made it easy and
natural for them to follow certain
chosen. occupations. The children
who are born in the country should
in the main, stay in the country.
Children born in the city should, as
far as possible seek employment
along lines with which they are fa-
miliar. The habit so prevalent in
our country of late, of coaxing and
bribing laboring men to shift their
allegiance from one employer to an-
other, is one of the leading crimes
in our modern" times; and the cap-
tains of industry in this great coun-
try of ours, who coax country boys
and girls to leave the farm and adopt
urban pursuits for their life work,
are helping to undermine one of the
bulwarks of this great republic.
Much is being‘said, just now,
about the “farm labor .prdblem,” but
some there be among us who will
not agree that there is any such
thing as a farm labor problem. If
not a'farm labor problem, what
then? Simply one of the phases of'
the great national labor problem in
its relation to farm products. The
American farmer will never be able
to hold his own in this labor market

’until he is oassured prices for his
”products which will enable him to

enter the list in Competition with in-
dustrial demand for labor. When the
above showing is taken into consid-

"eration, the futility of attempting to
reduce the cost of living by lowering ,

the price of farm products, muist be
apparent to the most casual observ-
There is absolutely no hope that
rm products will ever be any cheap-

‘e'r than they are now; on the can-Y __

   

trery, it may be" regarded as “a; fore—

j ‘ moved from the cars and used. a 5%

practical relief and possible event-

,earnest consideration .1 of ..
vgestion the results to be obtained. tug .11

“of Horatio S. Earle, state director

- is- said

  

  

time. The tanks in this illustration

  
 
  

capacity 'of any"car. I ”resuming
that they be made in two’ or m
.units so that they can be easily“

    
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
  
    
    
   
  
  
  
  
   
   
   
    
  
  
   
    
   
   
  
   
   
   
   
     
  
   
      
     
  
   
  
 
   
  
  
   
    
   
      
   
    
  
   
   
    
   
   
  
   
    
  
    
   
  
  
  
   
   
 
    
   

mill or elevator or even on, the
for storage when not in use, for tr '

porting grain. The tanks illustrated.
are especially constructed for
purpose. They are of the bolted t
and made tight by means of special,
packing. They can be arranged_ with
large openings for conveniently load
ing sacked commodities, such as
flour, seeds or other merchandise.
For the return to the point of origin
they are' easily transported in knock- .,A
ed down form and can thus be boxed ,
and crated for export, if desired. One ,
of the special features of these'tanks 1
is that it does not require a mechanic 0
to erect them, ordinary help is 'em-

ployed. The particular value of the -
tank being constructed so it can be
removed from the flat car takenfiown
and shipped back in knocked down
form is that it would thus release that
flat car for hauling back other freight

if not released for grain, etc., and

savethe back haul of an empty car.

It is also well to note here that these ‘
tanks can also be used' for water
and oil storage. A car can be thus-
1y equipped for less than $1,000.00
which is certainly reasonable when
you stop to think of the many uses
to which a car of this construction
can be put when not in use in trans-
portation service. It is easily set
upon the car and easily removed and
is held in place and secured against
slipping or shifting by wooden blocks
and screws.

As mentioned in the foregoing part
of this article it ismy great desire
to obtain the widest possible pub-
licity for this, my suggestion, as a

ual solution ofa grave problem..." If

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the good of the country as: a Whole
and the farming industryin parrtioué'
lar cannot be overlooked.

gone conclusion that nearly every
thing raised on the farm must bri
more in the future than it has in t
past or the supply will fall far sh
of the demand.

The sum total of the two whole
matters is included in two basic con- 1‘
ditions which have heretofore ruled
in our social life as a nation. First: 1
The censuming public in this coun-
try have never been willing to permit
the farmer to derive a living profit
from his labor and his investment.
Second: In spite of the notable that
that the farm has produced some off“
the greatest men that have ever
graced American public life, tho'
vocation of farming has never been
accredited with the dignity and im-
portance which it deserves. In’ith-e‘.
opinion of the writer, the conditions .
mentioned above must be changed,
before we can hope to keep the
country bred “boys and girls on the
farm.

BOYS FROM CITY TO FARM

“A back to the farm" movement
to persuade the schoolboys of the
state to spend their vacations on the
farms and thus relieve the acute 16-,
her shortage has been under way for
the last month under the direction»

of this work.

Mr. Earl has circulated throu
the state lists of responsible fa‘
ers who need help this year a
that the plan has
ceeded in bringing to a close arran '
ments between many of these :a , .
ers and city boys who are willingn' .
spend the summer on the farm

  
 

  
 
  
   

   

forded, there will be an smite .. .
eggs at foodstu'ifs «tirgughout ’ ‘
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TTEMPTING to argue e. propo-

' sition, or if we are in court in _the
trial of a case, the first and of-
limos the most di ult is to state
your momma, that? is, state your
;4o‘,4ue, and with us now it is to state
the present condition. We are we.
Lona what is the present status that
we aim to improve upon? Let me
‘Bee if I can state the Situation. To-
day those of us who are here are an-
based in the dairy industry either as
dairymen pure and simple, dairy
farmers. or as breeders of pure
\bred dairy stock, while over in Min-
neapolis and St. Paul those people
are engaged in hundreds of occupa-
tions and industries, thecgreat bulk
ofe whom we in some manner patron-
In other plains and other val-
‘leys in the country ‘people are doing
diversified farming, they raise grain
of which the dairyman is the best
customer; in the coal fields 01! Pen-
sylvania, Ohio, Virginia and else-
where, thousands of people are em-
ployed in digging coal, hundreds of
operators are interested in the pro-
duct. They buy our product in the
form of condensed milk, butter and
cheese; we use the product of their
labor to keep warm and to generate
gas and electricity. Between these
coal fields and ourselves are employ—
ed millions of men and women in all
the various industries who use our
products and who manufacture all
sorts of necessities and luxuries of
life that we purchase and wear. Con-
necting up our dairy farms, wheat
and potato fields with the coal mines
is a railway system, inefficient, not
equipped to perform the service re-
quired of it, and this railroad com-
pany has hundreds of thousands of
employees who eat our products and
who keep warm from the labor of the
miners. Thus we have not only all
kinds of persons but under all the
varied conditions known under the
sun. Miners in the coal and iron
mines, in the lead, zinc and copper
mines, railway employees, builders
and middlemen, mechanics of all
kinds, professional men, merchants,
and laborers, all striving to work out
the problem of life and happiness,
and we are but a part of that mighty
multitude.
The men on the railroads have or-
ganized for their benefit, the coal
miners have organized for their ben—
efit, the carpenters and builders have
organized for their benefit, the elect—
ricians have organized for their ben-
efit, the plumbers have organized for
their benefit, the _dockmen, long-
. shoremen and engineers on the lakes
have organized for their benefit, and
you have internal organizations of
ever character under the sun each
trying to work out the problem in a
way most beneficial to themselves.
These workmen are interested large-
71y, and to their minds solely in get—
ting a high wage They feel that the
only article they have for sale is their
labor and they want the highest price
possible for it.

0 t t t

The difference between us and
these workmen is that while they
only have to sell their labor we have
to market the product of our labor;
we have to provide for. return on
. capital and for depreciation of tools
used in our industry. ‘In this respect
we are in a class with the manufact—
urers, while in receiving pay for our
labor we are simply acting in con-
‘ junction with the workman.

# It III II

All these citizens at whatever eh—
gaged, are practically the same as
we are. We have not got it in for
anbody, nor have these citizens who
are engaged in other industries got
it in for any one, now we can settle
these problems of ours from any po-
litical or legislative vieWpoint. We
«must work out our problems in a
sensible, orderly way. As dairymen
we must consider two propositions,

' one the production of our product
nd the other the marketing of our
mam; That same conditions prac-
c’ally applies to every other indus-

-, py in the land. You raise your pc-
‘ta‘toes, you must market them; you

1y up to the minute as producers of
the dairy products. Great changes
have taken place in the manufact-

ure of all kinds of products and the

question is whether or not we have
kept up with the pace set, or if we
manufacturing our product now as
economically as it can be manufact-
ured ‘or produced under the high
scale of wages, because there is .
excuse on earth, and dairymen and
farmers belittle themselves when they
attempt to raise'the products of the
farm and figure at a «less wage than
they attempt to raise the products
of the farm and figure at a less wage
than they can employ others to do
it. _Let us then start out with this
problem that the farmer is entitled
to as good a wage ‘per hour as any
man who lives who is not a trained
expert or professional man. Now
are we producing our product in the
most economical and efiicient way?
Are we using the machines that re-
duce the cost by increasing the pro-
duction to the very limit? In my
boyhood days we used to use the
scythe and the cradle for cutting our
hay and grain, now we use the mow—
er and the self-binder. We thought
we had made a great stride when we
had the sulky rake and pitched on
hay from the windrows while now we
load the wagons with a self loader,
having brought the hay together with
a side delivery rake. Those were
tremendous strides, those were great
improvements that were made neces-
sary.

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-Now what about the machine that
has been utilized to work over this
hay, straw and grain into the finish-
ed product of the ~dairyman—the
milking machine? How about using
the most improved milking machine?
There are dairies in the state of Min—
nesota where the milking machines
averaged to produce more than 12, -

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geod average.
herds in the state of Minnesota that

do not average to produce ”,6 000 lbs”. '
'of milk- in a- -ye_ar-—-that4 is a -p'oo_r4

herd, and still that is beyondthe“ av—

' era-gs productionb'f'tlre cows of Min-

nesota, and the same farmer -who
uses the improved machinery for
handling his hay and his grain uses
the scrub; inefilcient, extravagant

machine for the next operation of,

transferring the raw material into

' the finishedproductzof theldsiry. It

would be exactly like a creamery hav-
ing the finest kind of machinery to
start out in its product of manufact-
ure and then wind up by something
that was so wasteful and inemcient

that it Would make reasonable cost,

impossible, and then complain .be-
cause the factory did not pay.

The public has a right to- expect
that we are going to produce our pro-
duct in a reasonably orderly, efficient
manner, and at a reasonable cost,
and we ought to have pride enough
to want to do it. If we are going to
produce milk we. ought to take pride
enough in our business to want to
do it in the most efficient and profit—
able way

Then the question of marketing it
comes up. In my judgment there is
no sense in these strikes" like they
have had about Chicago and New
York. To me that simply indicates
a want of mental strength on the part
of those charged with the responsi-
bility of working out the problems.
They start out with thewtheory that
the people in the city are against
them: they seem to become imbued
with the idea that “the people of the
city are spenmug a lot of time trying
to do up the farmer, that they have

it in for the farmer, while the truth 1

of the matter is, my friends, the city
people never think anything about
the farmer any more than you think

 

Butter er 01cc. Which Helps Michigan Most?

This chart shows the comparative cost of manufacturing of butter and

oleomargarino.

This chart is of interest to dairymen and consumer alike,“

it shows what becomes of the consumers’ dollars. .‘

  
 
 

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fl ‘
SIDE from their vastly difierent
nutritive values, butter and ole-
omargarine havewto Iowans an
economic significance not generally
appreciated says the Iowa Yearbook.
During the last ‘10 years Iowa has
"produced an average of 95,735,702
pounds of creamery butter, of which
about 15 per cent was consumed in
the state and 85 per cent shipped to
eastern markets. These figures are
exclusive of the farm dairy butter,
almost all of which is consumed lo—
cally.

4Butter is in IoWa, roduct. The
raw material, butterfa is a contin-
uous cash “crop" from nearly every
Iowa farm. Butter is made by Iowa
labor, in Iowa factories, which are
made of Iowa building materials and
equipped with Iowa owned and Iowa
made machinery operated by Iowa

v coal. Most ' of the manufacturer’s
profit remains in Iowa, where it is
‘ 'mtt beats.

with swans“
. wgmmloio

Cos! 0/ If”: aéc/w'e

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312$ V Aid/wfirc/wer; 190/7! _ , ‘

60.37. (03/ «of/fine lie/”ABM

   
  

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stock 11pm
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$38,806,989. What became of this
money may be seen from the accom-
panying out. Eighty-eight and one-
half per cent or $34,344,186 was paid
to Iowa farmers for the cream and
milk containing the butterfat; 9.43
or $3, 609, 049 was spent by the
creameries for Iowa laborand power
and most of the remaining $853,—
7 55 was distributed among Iowa
farmers in the form of dividends
from their creameries.
Oieomargarine is not an Iowa pro-

duct nor does Iowa business .derive
. any benefit, from its- menuiacture.
Some hog and beef fat is used as raw‘

material, but,_.by far the. larger part
of \the raw material neither-cotton-
seed oil, from the southern ' states
or corocanut oil from the islands of
the Pacific. Most of the also reach-
ing Iowa is made in factories locagd

e

3.0%

000 lbs. of mm in a year—ems a"
There are other dairy -

,duoo the dairy products?
.1 have been attempting to satisfy the

bout the city people—that is among

the grown-ups. ‘ _ .
0 I II 0

How are we gomg to create Such

1o demand fer our product as will

make it a profitable business‘- to pro-
For years

dairyman that the only way to do it

its by education. It is want of edu- .
cation that makes the citizens ‘ or

Mexico but little elevated- from beasts

‘of burden, and Rio a‘ want of éilu-

.cation in these matters um hits made
.unremunerated toil necemary on-‘the
farm. The whole problem is one of
education.

The people who manufacture dairy

products are not entitled to receive

any more than their product is worth
in comparison with other foods that

:are used for the same purpoSes for'
'which ours are used, but we are ‘en-

titled to receive what your pruduut
is worth. in comparison with other

4food products of. like oharacteriza-

tion and value. The problem is one

. ~of education and it is up to the dairy—
".man to realize that he cannot work
‘out these problems by legislative ac-

tion, nor can he work out these prob-

lems by calling names or making.

faces. He has got to go at the prob-
lem in a reasonably sensible way.
He has got to solve in his own mind
the problem of how to reach the
minds of the people in the congested

cities, how hewcan first attract their

attention, then how .he can satisfy
their pudgment about the things that
Prof. McCollumha? said about milk
and its necessity or children. He
has got to satisfy the laborers that
butter and cheese containing vita—
mines are not only necessary and es—

sential to maintain health but are

more economical as food than is also-
margarine and substitutes so called.
He has got to be able to bring to the
attention of persons in far off lands

that condensed milk has all the a-1
,sentil vitamines, that boat has not

destroyed its value as a food, and
that powdered milk is the most eco-
nomical food in existence at.

only one of. the most luxurious and
palatable of foods but it is healthful

and one of the most nourishing. 'I‘he'
. above is necessary because our pro-

duct goes into the manufacture of
all these diderent dairy products.
People have taken up and made pop-
ular thousands of articles in which

there was no particular merit, simply

by publicity and education, while the
dairymen have all virtues that are
possible in their product, and it is
simply a question of telling the truth
and advising people of thenecessity
of the use.

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Suppose the railroads of Minne-
sota were charging an excessive rate

'on wheat' and potatoes, and you had

an organization of farmers who were
looking after the marketing, looking
after the interests of the potato grow-
ers and the wheat growers, how long
do you think it would take that as-
sociation to explode the railroads and
every one in connection with that exi-
cess charge by putting it up to the
public of the country. The public
would realize at once that added
freight had to be paid by the consum-
er and an outraged public opinion

- would crush the railroads or any oth-

er institution that assumes an in-
justice, if you will only make it
known.

A man dawn in New York asked

, me if the great bulk of the Holstein-
.Friesian cattle was not going west-

ward because he had been reading

the papers and he thought most of ,

them were in Minnesota. Why? Be-
cause the Minnesota breeders had
been using publicity and education
about Holstein-’Friesian cattle, they
had created a viewpoint and a condi—
tion of mind in Minnesbta that valu—
ed them higher than any place else.

4Th'ey are able to get twice as much
‘4 for Hobtein-Friesian cattle as they
can get in Maconsin, Ohio, or Mich-
;igan, simply because they have been

creating a condition of mind that
values them higher.
-That is what we have got to do

was our product, and that is that

you as: of .yu'erthwest
outpost ’

the
present time; that ice cream is not"

    

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“Even slight jars bruise peaches—pneumatics protect them. My trucks
on Goodyear Cord Tires help all my farming, which is largely motor-
ized. These trucks go through the sandy loam of the fields to feed the

1

ETWEEN‘ the: lines of statements like

p i this, one'readsg the narrative Of a" signifi—

cant advance in" farming methods effec'te'd'With

power machinery and trucks on - Goodyear
COrd Tires. ‘ ' '

The labor shortage/is being met on many
farms by these pneumatic-tired trucks working
with motorized pumping,‘shelli'ng, grinding,
cuttingpand threshing machines.

Since it usually isnot practical to follow"'th"e
field activities by moving such outfits along,

their operation", to be fully eflicient,’mustl

depend on quick eartage» over soft ground.

- _ machines and haul from themes-solid-tired trucks cannot do this.”
——W. W. Lowe, Farmer, FruitG’rower and Stock Raiser, Byron, Georgia

The solid tire is not fitted for this hauling,
because it stalls 'in loose soil, whereas the big
Goodyear Cord Tires supply the traction
necessary in off-the-road hauling.

Their‘immense. strength proceeds from that
manufacturing care-which, in protecting
our good name, has developed the sinewy
toughness of their Goodyear Cord con-
struction. ‘

Farmers’ reports, showing how pneumatics on
trucks help increase farm incomes, can be
obtained by writing to The Goodyear Tire 86
Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.

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_ Kansas will produce

. i Mpmcze Pen 90.. Jun: 29. 1920

 

 

 

 

0:040 matron I Ohio.” N. Y.
N0. *- 2 . . . 2.82 2.95
No. 2 WM!» . . . 2.00 2.18 2.95
lo. 2 Mixed . . . 2.00 2.85

 

 

 

 

PRICES ONE‘ YEAR AGO

 

 

Grade IDotrolt Ionics”! N. V.

I0. 2 Rod ..H’ 2.40 ‘ 2.50 {2.34%
No. 2 White 2.88
' No. 2 listed 2.88

 

 

 

Owing to increased receipts wheat
has sought lower prices. Reports
from the country showing the crop
in good condition also helped to
bring the price down. Harvesting
of winter wheat is progressing rap-
idly. and is on nearly to the Nebras-
ka line, Kansas has gotten along in
good shape athough labor shortage

,has caused more wheat to be stack-

ed in that state this year than ever
kngwn before. , Reports suggest that
around 100, -
000,000 bushels. Oklahoma has
practically finished harvesting. Hes-

. sian fly damage continues to be re-

': them over.
~=aiming industries have bought com
p enough to keep themselves supplied
j for a time should prices advance be-
_‘yond their likings or the strike sit—
[nation become serious.

   
    

ported from the soft wheat states.
It is too early to get a very close es-
timate of the new crops of Australia
or Argentine as their harvest is six
months away.

The Rosenbaum Review gives the
present supply and future outlook for
wheat throughout the world as fol—
lows: -

“Australia has sold all its surplus
wheat; now seeding next crop under
only fair average conditions. That
country probably out of world mar—
ket until 1922; Russia shipping out
some wheat now and recent trade
agreements indicate more will‘ be
shipped this fall. Sufficient wheat
will be exported to exercise a bearish
influence upon the word market. Ar-
gentine, seeding now and need rain.
Surplus until next crop (Dec., Jan.)
sold or shipped out. The world needs
and hopes for big yield there; South
Africa, buying.now‘in the U. S. and
do not harvest again until Dec., Jan.
Europe, prospects for growing crops
good, but Europe will need 600,000,—
000 bushels from August 1, 1920 to
August 1, 1921, and where is Europe
going to get it? Only the weather-
man knows; India has theoretical
surplus of 48,000,000 bushels, but
it doesn’t move out and there seems

some doubt about getting much of-

it. The Indians seem to have switch-
ed from rice to wheat eating, a not-
able change in .the Orient; Canada
and the Unite-d States are in the lap
of the gods. QWeather conditions
within the next three or four weeks
will‘tell the story. The U, S’. will
have an exportable surplus of 250,-
000,000 bushels. We will carry over
150,000,000, so all we need to ex-
port that much from the new crop
is 100,000,000, or what Kansas
raises, and we will have in spite of
most any kind of a calamity.”
Government field agents report
winter wheat in Michigan, for the
week ending June 24th, condition
fair except in southern and south—
western districts, where it is mostly
poor. The greater part is headed.

CORN HIGHER '

JUNE 29,1920

’ [Detroit Ichl'caool N. v.

 

CORN PRICES PER BU"

Grade

 

lid? 2 Yellow ...l ‘ ‘ 1 sea/Z
No. 3 Vo'low ..I 1.92
Nro__ 4 Yellow ...l1.s1 I l

 

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_,_, Grads Ibotrolt IGhlcaJtoI N. ‘Y
116. "2 Yellow ...I'_ ”T ‘ 1. so
No. 3 Yellow .. . 1.85 1.11
No. 4 Yellow . . . 1.83 I 1.13

 

 

 

Receipts of corn have increased
during the past week but unlike that
of other grains the market has not
weakened. Dealers kn-ow that if the
railroad employee in the east strike

, it will hinder transportation all over

the country and they are willing to

pay a good price for corn now so they

can get a surplus on hand to tide
It is said that corn con-

Many recent
‘lpments coming to markets have

iEileen in a hot and heated condition
tending on side he
y 'attsr being 10 ’03;

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DETROIT—Wheat steady. Corn makes small advance. .Ollts

remain firm. Beans arednli and steady.
CHICAGO—Oats advance sharply.
Potatoes weak.

large. Hogs higher.

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Weekly Trade and Market Review

ARAILBOADstnkeagamthmatenstohsmpertrsnsportatlonand
seriously interfere with the lowering of the cost of living The re-
cent outlaw strike of the switchmen has not been entirely settled In some

sections of the country yet an

ow employees in the big terminals in

New York, Pennsylvania, Mary and and New England are again going
on a strike. If they carry out their intentions there is no doubt but that
trasportation will be nearly at a standstill because only about 60 per
cent of the men who walked out in the previous tie-up have gone back
to work and the railroads have had to work their employee day and night
seven days a week' 1n order to get transportation back to normal.
Supplies of grains have been quite liberal the last few days and

prices were going lower.

present time would be a serious problem to the farmer.

A tie-up of transportation facilities at the

He is anxious

to get his last year’s crop oil of. his hands so that he may be able to fin-
ance the harvesting of the 1920 crop and if he cannot sell the old crop
or secure credit at the banks what is he going to do? Harvest what he

can and let the rest go to waste, is my guess. However,
they will have suflicient funds to assist the farmers to harvest and _

market their grain.

bankers say

A report was sent over the country last week saying that the Fed-
eral Reserve Board had called a meeting of the wool growers with the
View of financing the marketing of their wool. Investigations show this,

report to be false.

There was such a meeting called but it was called by

several senators. The Federal Reserve Board is anxious to assist the
growers but they cannot take the initiative with the regard to aiding

this or any other industry.

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ed by millers while mixed is sold
mostly to the industries. The weath-
er last week was cold for corn but
late crop reports say the crop in

general is .in very good condition and .

growing fine.

OATS DROP

 

OAT PRICES PER BU., JUNE 29, 1920

 

 

 

 

Grade [Detrolt I Chicago I N. Y.
No. 2 Whlte . . . 1.25 1J15'/2 1.80
No. 8 Whlte . . . 1.24 .
No. 4 White 1 .23

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO

 

 

 

 

‘ Grady IDetr-oit IOhlcago l N. Y. ‘
standard . . . .. . .
No. 3 White . .I .72 V2 .SOI/QI
No. 4 Whlte . .7139 |
The new crop of cats from the

Southwest has commenced to make
its appearance on the markets. There
is no surplus of the 1919 crop left
and the ocuntry needs all of the new
crop at present so exporters are

getting their supplies from Argon--
tine. Crop damage in the various
states, up to date, has not been of a
serious enough nature to effect the

arket to any great extent. Oats
eading short has been the main
complaint which usually means a

small yield, but there is no reason
to believe that the United States will
need as large a crop of cats as last
year. The export demand
millions of bushels from this coun-
try is one of the reasons Why our
large 1919 crop disappeared so
quickly, and, according to press dis-
patches, the foreign demand this year
is not likely to be so heavy.

 

RYE SLUMPS
Last week rye was traveling at a
great rate as eastern dealers were
buying heavily and it was believed
that export demand was increasing
but the eastern demand dropped off

 

 

Foster's Weather Clint for July 1920

col.

WASHINGTON, D. 0., July 3,
1920 .—Warm waves will reach Van-
couver, B. 0., near July 2, 7 13, 19
'and temperatures will rise on all the
Pacific slope. They will cross crest

of Micah yclose ct Julys 8 14,
20; plains sections! 3.16, 21; mer-
idian 90. upper great lakes, Ohio-Ten-
nessee and lower Mississippi valleys
5, 10, 16, 22; lower great lakes and

eastern section 6, 11 17. 23, reach-
I lug vicinity of Newtoundland about

, 12, 24. Storm waves will fol-
low about one day behind warm wav-
es, cool waves about one day behind
storm waves

Low temperature
be general east of
13 snl ”some normal west
lee. ram. genera
in July
wave will cross co

cost:

are expected to'

     
   
   

  
 

 

 

3 THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
As Forecasted by W. ’1‘. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer

     

ockies, July 1 to.
at Rock- '
meet

\. .

ll .probleml
ran in June. {.1. great will-m ._ ‘ '
t 4111‘ the ,_ .

ering on July 25. . That hot wave is
expected to damage corn and north-
cm (2.8?“

July will not be a good cropweather
mupth. corn will be damaged by dry
weather. .‘_ Damaging hail storms are
expected later. This July drouth was I
developing bad eitects last part of
June and is expected to grow worse.

The shortage of rain inJuly will
probably not hurt norther Winter
grain. These are disagrees 1e fore-
b rdings ard will cause regrets. Some .
will say met 1 should have warned
them earlier It is not my fault The
people should have all these weather
pond tions 9. year or two in advance
and could have them the govern-
ment would put its his force to work
on these pnoblems. Ken 0: god
brains will not say tint new.
events are accidental. .They 'oome
from natural causes that can be
known, but the
all the 060010
them useru one tin-less the
government oflicials are put to work
on the job in somewhat the same
manner that the Department of As-
riculture '{is Working out agricultural

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taking ‘

,prices are lower and still

ncannotberivento _‘
timetomako-

andryetooksdncp. Exportersare

expected to be in the market again,

soon however and prices may go even

; higher than they haie up to the pres-

ent tune. There are repent: around

V that recently 5, coo bushels or No. a . ' ‘
,Detr'oit _

rye sold ter 53?. 3,6 a bushel.
quotes No. 2 rye a 32.22. i

 

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The been market is inclined to be
111111 and easy. Local demand is not
very strong. Europe is trying to
purchase some with bonds but hasn't
met with much success so far. Cal-
ifornia and imported beans are plent-
iful and help to depress the market
for Michigan beans As to future
prices, a prominent grain authority
says, "Look for considerable advance
between now and October, when the
next crop is available."

 

POTATOES EASY

 

 

 

 

 

 

' SPUDS PER cwr., JUNE 29. 1930

l Sacked Bulk
fietrolt ............... 7.70 ‘
Chicago ............... 7.00
Pittsburs .............. 5.59
New .York ............ 3.12

PRICES ONE YEAR A00

Detroit 4 .............. .. . 1.00 1.10
Chicago ................ 1.10 1.40
Pillsbury . . . .........
New York .............

 

 

 

 

 

New potatoes on the Detroit mar-
ket are steady and consumers are
active buyers. Supplies are not in-
creasing. The Chicago market is
higher than last week but in a weak
condition 0 ing to large receipts.
Governme field agents throughout
the country report planting nearly
all done and crop coming up in line
shape.

HAY. sermon

 

I No. 1‘ Tlm.I~.stan. Tlm.l No. 2 Tlm.

 

 

 

 

Detroit . ..l31 50 @ sales. 50 @ 31 35. 50 @ 38

Ohlcago . .40. 00@42l87. 00@39 34.0 0@38

New York 53.00 @5 3| 5.0 00@52

Plttsburg .44. 00@45|42. 00@43 39. 00@40 ’
I No. No. I No. 1
"Jam Mlx. ICIover Mlx. I clover

Detroit . .I36. 50@31I35. 50@36l35.50@36

Othago . . 0@3 6!

New York 49.00 @ 51 44. OD@47|

Pittsburg ..40 00 @ 41 I I

 

 

HAY PRICES A YEAR AGO
INo. 1Tlm. IStafi. Tlm. I No. 2Tlm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detrolt . .I.36 00 @ 37l35. 50 Q 38 33.50 @ 84
Chlcaao . 33.00@34I31.00@32 29.00@31
New York 44.00@45|41.00@44 87.00@41
Plttsburn . 40.50 @ 40I37.50 @38 33.00 @ 85
I No.1 ’I _No.1 I... No.1
, [Light Mlx. I0lover Mlx. I Clover

Detrolt ..I35 50 @36I33. 00@34I80. 00@31
Ghlcago ..31 00@32 29. 00@31 16. 00®26
New York 31.00 @ 41 31.00 @36

Plttshurq ..30 00 @ 31 20. 00 @ 25 '

 

 

A shortage of hay is the complaint
from nearly all markets. The great-
er part of Detroit’s supply is coming
from Canada. Demand is good and
the market rules firm.

BOSTON WOOL MARKET
The Commercial Bulletin sayd:
“More resistance has developed to
the decline in wool prices, with a
little more actual business, but
erratic.
Little buying is reported in the west.
English government wools held

here for private sale have been re-

duced in price 7 1-2 to 10 per cent.-
The goods market is dull and un-

changed, with further curtailment of ;

‘mill schedules imminent.
Quotations more or less nominal.

:Ohio and Pennsylvania fleecea— '
Delaln‘e unwashed. 7007242; line 1111- _

washed. 60 @830; halt blood comb-
lag-56867011; 8-8 blood combing, 53
c

Michigan and New York fleeces.-

——Fine unwashed, 68 @ 60c; ~delatlne,

unwashed, £680; 1- 2 blood, unwashed,

      

8 bleed, unwashed, §3Q

      

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$1. 45..

' California. ~Nerthern, $1. 65; mid-
1 . gscounty, $1. 55: southern, $1. 30'?
Oregon .-——Eastern No.1, staple,

$1. 65@1. 70; eastern clothing, $1.50;
valley, No.1, $1.55@1.60. ,
Territory. —F_ine staple, $1. 70;

1-2 blood combing, $1. 50; 3 8 blood .

combing, $1@1. 05; fine clothing,

$1.50; fine medium clothing, $1.40_

N. @1.45.
Pulled. -_—Delaine, $1. 70, ’

$1. 55; A supers, $1. 456M. 50.
Mohairs.—-—Best combing, 60@65c;
best Carding, 55@50c. ‘

AA,

LIVESTOGK' MARKETS

DETROIT—Cattle: Dry fed are
strong and active to trifle higher,

all grades of grassers dull;

‘ best heavy grades, $15017; best
handy weight butcher steers, $140

14-. '15; mixed steers and heifers, :11

’ 612. 75; handy light butchers, $10

@1050; light butchers. $9639.50;
best cows, $8 50@9. 25; butcher
cows, $6. 50@8; cutters, $5.50@

5.75; canners, $4. 50@5; best heavy
bulls, $8.75@9.25;
875068.25; stock bulls, $7@7.25;
feeders, $9@10.50; stockers,
8.75; milkers and springers, $85@
110. Veal calves: Market strong, $1
higher, than last week’s close; best
$16@17; others, $10@15; bulk,
$16. Sheep and lambs: Market is
steadyhbest lambs $19, fair lambs,
$13@14; light to common lambs,
$10@12; yearlings, $7@13; fair to
good sheep, $4@7; culls and com-
mon, $2@3. Hogs: Market fairly
active; pigs, $15; mixed hogs, $16@
16.10; a few choice yorkers, $16.25.

Note—These yards will be open
and market held as usual Monday
next, July 5.

,. ,, BUFFALO—Dunning & Stevens'
report. Cattle: Best dry fed grades,
steady; others, low, $17.50; prime
shipping steers, $16.50; best ship—
ping steers, $15@16.50; medium
shipping steers, $15 @1550: best
native yearlings, 950 to 1,000 pounds

. $15.50@16.50; light native yearl—

‘ ings, good quality, $14.50@15; best
hand steers, $13.50@14; fair to good

kind, $11.50@12,.50; handy steers

and heifers, mixed, $12.50@13;

. western heifers, $13@13.25; state
heifers, $10.50‘@11.50; fat cows, $10
@11; butchering cows, $10@10.50;
cutters, $7.50@8/; canners, $4@5;
fancy bulls, $10.50@11; butchering
bulls, $9@10; fancy bulls, $10.50@
11. 25; common bulls, $7 50@8. 50;
best feeders, 900 to 1, 000 lbs. $9. 50
@10; medium feeders, $8@8 50
stockers, $7. 50@8. 25; light to com-
mon, $7@7.50; best milkers and
springers, $135@140; mediums, $50

- @75. Hogs: steady, heavy, $16.50
@1675; yorkers, $17@17.25; pigs,
$15.50@16. Sheep: Steady, top
lambs, $16@17; yearlings, $12@13;

'wethers, $8@9; lives, $7.50@7.55.
Calves steady; tops, $17; fair to
good, $15.50@16.50; grassers, $66)
8

CHICAGO—Cattle: Beef steers are
steady to 25c lower; late sales 15 to
25c lower, closing dull, quality good;
top, $17; bulk, $14. 25@16. 75; corn
fed cows and heifers steady to strong
other steady; handyweight fat bulls
steady to strong. Hogs: steady to

250. higher; best grades advancing
? top, $16. 30; bulk light and light
’ butchers, $15. 30@16. 25; bulk 250
“ pounds and over, $14.35@15. 90;
pigs, 25c higher; hulk, $13@14. 25.
Sheep. Best lambs steady; others are
'lower; yearlings and sheep steady to
50c higher: best native lambs, $17;
bulk, $16. 50@17; fairly good Idaho
lambs, 516; California lambs, $14
choice handyweight ewes, $9; feed-
ing lambs mostly $10. 50@13.

 

‘ DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET

7 The condition of scarcity that has
been affecting nearly all departments
is still in evidence and firmness in

brisk trade is passing in butter, which
is in good supply and active demand.
Consumers are well satisfied with the
quality of present offerings and are
-buying liberally, while steiago men

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months, $1. 60@1. 65; fine 8 months,-

bologgna bulls,»
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Consumers are in the market all the
time for broilers and hens. Other
poultry is not active. Dressed hegs
and calves are easy. Vegetables are
scarce in nearly all lines Fruits are
scarce and firm. The market is not
getting enough strawberries and oth;
er fruits are all scarce.
Pomorn——Shelled, 100 per lb.

Strawberries—e-Home ‘ grown, $10
@ 11 per bu. ’

Apples—New, $5.25 @ 5.50 per
1111.; westerm boxes, $5.50 @ 5.

Celery—«Michigan, 40 @ 5 0c doz.

Dressed hogs—Light, 1 9 @ 2 0c;

heavy, 17 @ 18¢ per lb. '
Dressed calves—Best, 21 @22c; or‘

Live pou~ltry-—-Broilers, 65670c;
per 1b.; hens, 36@36c; small hens,
35@36; roosters, 22c; geese, 20@
22c; ducks, 32@35c; turkeys, 38@
40¢: per lb.

Maple Sugar—Maple sugar, 45@
48c per lb. ' maple syrup, $3. 50@
3.75 per gallon. g

Hides—No. 1 cured calf, 28c; No.
1 green calf, 25c; No. 1 cured kip,

~dinary, 17@20c per lb.

2%; No. 1 green kip, 18c; No.'1 cur-

ed hides, 16c; No. 1 green hides, 13c,
No. 1 green bulls, 10c;’No. 1 cured
bulls, 13c; No. 1 horsehides, $7; No.
2 horsehides, $6. Tallow: No. 1, 8c;
No. 2, 6c.‘ Sheep pelts, 25c@2.50;
No. 2 hides 1c and N032 kip and calf
1 1—20 off.

TIIE BEAN INDUSTRY

Michigan fer years was the leading
bean state of the country. The last
several years, however, California,
stimulated by the big demand dur-
ing the’ war, took the lead away from
Michigan in total production, all va—
rieties, though Michigan continued
to hold the lead in the small white
bean, commonly known as the navy
or pea bean. Last year she raised
59 per cent of this variety.

There is much speculation as to'
who will be the leader this year.
Michigan will plant a nearly normal
acreage. California will see a de-
cline in acreage, to What extent is
not definitely known.

California leads the country in
lima beans, producing almost all of
those grown commercially. She also
grows many blackeyes, pinks, red
kidneys, garvanzas, etc.

Colorado and New Mexico special—
ize mostly in pinto beans, a variety
which is growing rapidly in public
favor. Acreage will decline some-
what in these states this year, though
strenuous efforts are being made to
insure as large acreage as possible.

Idaho and Montana are beginning
to raise beans in large numbers, and
the quality is high.

New York state is the oldest bean
producing state, having grown them
for years. There is a fine little
growers' association there, and the
industry is in flourishing condition.

Down in the Carolinas and other
southern states there are immense
acreages of velvet and soy be"ns,
used largely as cattle feed and silage.
Bean oil is also produced from these
beans

During the last time years the
United States has been imparting
many beans from the orient. The
principal variety imported is the K0—
tenashi, similar to the navy bean, but
sold in most markets at a consider-
able reduction. There is an organ-
ized effort being made to impoSe a
duty‘ on oriental beans, the adher—
ents claiming there is such a differ-
ence in labor conditions and land
values a duty is imperative if the do—
mestic industry is to be saved from
destruction. -‘

Madagascar also is becoming a
competitor sending increasingly large
shipments of lima beans here.

The war brought on large exports
of the domestic beans, but this de-
mand is now a thing of. the past.
Cuba absorbs large numbeis, how—
ever, and the export angle has intei—
esting possibilities. —Thc Bean Bag.

LIVE STOCK SITUATION
A crisis confronts the live stock
industry ,of the United States. Cat-
tle loan companies are notifying
borrowers to meet obligations at
maturity, eastern banks which take
the bulk of their paper requiring
funds to care tor local needs. West-
lie l: in traits; One

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Politics and Religion .
E MIGHT as well take this opportunity
to set aright the policy and position of
The Busmess Farmer on these subjects, l’ol-
itics and Religion. As the old colored minis-

ter said of something similar “they ain’t noth-‘

in’ under heaven, less its a female wildcat
with kittens, that’s got more teeth and claws!’

I want to reiterate What we have so often
said in these columns; that The Business
Farmer, as a public institution for the benefit
v of all, has only selfish interest. to serve
and that is the interest of the men and women
who till the fertile soil of our home state.

,. It is neither‘Republican, nor Democrat, So-
cialist,:BOlshevist .or any other ist 'or ism.

. It is not Catholic, Protestant, Mohammedan

or Buddis’t‘ and ‘yet it'represents the good in

all religious faiths which have for their foun-

dation the satisfying of the natural thirst of

man for better things.

I hope The Business Farmer can always
maintain in the hearts of its readers the con-
viction that here, at least, is a publication
which is not the tool of an individual, clique,
party or creed! — .

That here the farmers of Michigan and_ the
nearby states can come to find the problems
which confront them, not only of an agricul-
'tural, but a social and moral nature, impar-
tiallv discussed, always remembering in the
architecture of the world it was ordained that
there be two sides to every question and that
only he is ignorant who will not listen to the
argument of those with whom he differs.

We would not have The Business Farmer a
spineless, nanby-panby, straddlernwhich dar-
ed not take a position in the vital issues winch
confront the farming business. We would not
have it afraid to disclose graft or corruptwn,
nor face the most powerful opposition even
though it laid within their power to fairly
crush out its life-blood, we have enough faith
in the eternal triumph of right to know that
it would rise from its ashes, strengthened and
revitalized ! -'

Right now in our own state, Michigan, we
are approaching a political campaign, which
concerns every sovereign voter in the state and
this year our mothers and daughters, too, will
register their position as they see it. Personal
‘ opinions of candidates and platforms must be
formed by every man and woman who takes his
.‘ or her privilege seriously. Naturally because all
‘ men cannot think alike there will be arguments
, _ and arguments sometimes lead to unfriendly-
ness.,. . _

B Let it then be clearly understood -by every
. reader and every friend of The

'. absolutely above a position of other than strict
neutrality fromvany connection, with any
party, candidate for'ofiice or platform.

satiric-“are in realitya “common carrier,” We~
' ‘ lidiitidn‘in' paid: space, th

. know it.

’ kind which they canndthccpni‘p‘liésh.
Business -
5 Farmer that this publicatiOn will hold itself '

, .Becau’se,;th'e ‘ columns of a publication such «

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Does the Farm Bureau Mean.'v'.8fisiness?.~ ~.

ADAILY PAPER, published- in the home

of Michigan’s ' largest sugar ‘ manufac-
turers, in discussing the threat 4 of the Farm
Bureau‘to build sugar factories, points, out the
expense and: risk of such a venture and ques-
tions the sincerity of the Bureau’s declaration.
It unsympathetically says: . .
“Before the farm bureau undertakes the build-
ing of a sugar factory, and before its members
put their hands into their jeans for funds with
which to start its erection, it will pay them to‘
make an investigag-tion to determine the feasi-
bility of erecting a factory at this time. It is an
easy matter to sit in a swivel chair in Lansing and
build sugar factories on paper but quite a. dif-.
ference to get into the real business. If the farm
bureau had undertaken thetask‘of building a_

factory this season it would have found'thalt a."

thousand ton mill would have cost not one mil-
lion dollars as formerly, but more than a million,
and a half, and if it were undertaken now, that
it could not be built for less than two million dol-
lars. Now if the farmers of Michigan have two
million dollars to invest in a ‘co-operative fact-
ory, they would show wisdom by getting right to
work on its erection and not waiting for next sea-
son to roll around. .

"If the farm bureau means business and is
talking business, and not for the purpose of
throwing sand into the eyes of the sugar makers
of Michigan, it will lose no time getting a site and

' making contracts for machinery and the build-

ing.”

Of course, the manufacturers do not want
the farmers to engage in the business of mak-
ing sugar, and will throw all kinds of discour-
agements and obstacles in their way. The
farmers do not need to ,be reminded 'by those
who are making great profits Out of Michigan '8
sugar industry that the making of sugar is a.
risky and expensive business. They. already
I} But great as these risks ‘may be "
they are far less formidable thanthe risks to
which the farmer has become accustomed in
growing and marketing his crops. The busi-
ness of farming is the greatest gamble on earth,
for no amount of intelligent figuring and care-
ful management can make it pay if the ele-
ments decree otherwise. So the possibility of
risk in the operation of sugar plants or other
enterprise for finishing the farmers’ products

. will hold no terrors to the farmer.

But the manufacturers have raised a very
pertinent question as to the intention and
ability of the farm bureau to make good on the
treat the farmers right we’ll just build our own
Farm Bureau mean business or is it just bluf-
fing‘l” And the manufacturers are not the
only ones who have given thought to that
question. ‘

It is some times easy to dispose of a matter
by promises and generalities. The Farm
Bureau has glibly ansWered the manufacturers’
defi by saying, “Oh, well, if you don’t wantuto
treat the farmers right we’ll just build our own
sugar plants.” Tim Business Farmer ap-
plauds that declaration if it represents a care-
fully thought-out decision. Does the Farm
Bureau mean what it says? Hasn’t it formu-
lated plans for organizing cooperative com-
panies? Has it carefully investigated the ex-
pense of such factories? Has it considered

‘ and solved the problem of management? , Until

these things are done. it would be .well notto

discuss the matter too, publicly becauSe certain _ ,

things might transpire - .' which] would prevent -
the carrying out of such a projth,‘ and the,-

As stated before in these ' columns; The}:

Business - Farmer believes . the proposal of: . p _
' ’ - ocean.‘itvdo,es',not rise just so far and go back. It

farmers owning and operating sugar factories
to. be thoroughly feasible, and if properly car-
ried out should prove a highly profitable in;
vestment for farmers. It is our belief that the
farmers are willing to back the FarmBnreau
or any other organization in such an enter-
prise as soon as they are convinced that ' the

organization ‘means business. ‘ ‘
. PoliticalPussyfcoting
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and is? likely "to attract some attention in the
election the leaderawill ibust their suspender

buttons ggig toline up the party-on the side,
, to be the most popular. It mat-g

that app
.ters not that the issue may be" of no conse-
quenceto the great ”majority or to the welfare
of the country. ‘ If it will Serve as a,campaig‘n
. plank there are pretty goOd chances that it will
go into the platform, The prohibition issue
is of this type. . ' - - ’ ' -

On the other hand take the question of taxes,
special privilege, profits, and a score of.other
economic questions that closely touch the wel-
fare of every individual. ‘Upon these there is
no well-defined public opinion, and the politi-
cal leaders must pursue their way oblindly. In-
stead of coming out boldly, defining these is-
sues and declaring for a concerted course of
action with respect to them, the leaders pussy-
foot and either leave them alone entirely or
else so camofiauge their views with fine lang-
uage that the people are left in bewilderment
as, to what they actually mean. A platform
must at 'all times appear to represent the in-
terests of the few. .- , .

It would be refreshing to behold a political
convention and platform in which the views
of the party were expressed in plain American
language that 'would leave no room for
doubtr‘as to their meaning and the intentions
backof them. A political platform cannot be
written that will. suit everybody and mean any-
thing. : p _ , __ " 7 . 9

To equalize the tax burden for instance,
would {mean taking away from Some for the
benefit of others, and it is,not to be supposed
that those upon Which the extra burden may
be shifted will take kindly to any such actiOn.
Hence, political parties ’ pussyfoot and the
problems of the nation remain unsolved.

O O t O O .

Sydney Smith, the English wit, made Mrsf '

Partington immortal. He was warning the Brit-
ish House of Lords, always Opposed to reform
and political improvement of any sort, that they
would find the demand for reform as much of a
problem for their little brains‘as the Atlantic
Ocean was for the mop of Mrs. Partington.

This is the original story:

“I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the -
attempt of the lords to stop the progress of
reform reminds me very forcibly of the great
storm of Sidmouth and of the conduct of the
excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion.

“In the winter of 1824 there set in a great
flood upon that town—the tide rose to an in-
credible height—the waves rushed in upon the
houses—and everything was threatened with
destruction. ' ‘ .

“In the midst of this sublime storm, Dame
Partington who lived upon the beach, was seen
at the door of her house with mop and pat-'
tens, trundling her ,mop and squeezing out the
sea water, and vigorously-pushing away the
Atlantic. " -

“The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington’s
spirit was up, but I need not .tell "you that the
contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat
Mrs. Partington. She «was excellent at a slop
or a puddle, but she should not have meddled
with a tempest. . "

. “BE PATIENT, GENTLEMEN ! _ REST- IN
CONFIDENCE; YOU WILL BEAT MRS. PART-
INGTDN-" - ~ , “ . ,

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:Alllei‘lcanrcitizens- thatqare; excited-about the .

\_ . . . . ‘ " Republican nomination; for :. thelPresidency and
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farmers ought not to attempt anyth ng of that ..wqrri'ed..»;aliout “another; resetfone‘ry, momma”

:‘that 1.59? think J-ist-“é'cmingLin”California may find
some? comforti :the,-Mrs.~-Partington story. ‘ ,R'e-
.form' really .18" ”ei'ising gtide. .But,: unlike the

is always rising higher. J , . ’
....‘ The f‘vain Partington" lady lives in Wall Street
"and the neighborhOod; andherfi'ericangname is
Mrs. “Big Corporation.” This, old financial lady

thinks that she can easily mop :up and squeeze: ‘

out the rising tide “of public, ’discont‘entgi' But
sh is mistaken. And if theindependentand dis-
safisfled voters, will stick taxather. it insets to
say- to themfiiis Sidney; thsaid‘

in his».ilflr.r“86»ratu¥;;smm til i

  

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at canventions. ’ . If there .. is. any - issue,- over
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1 house PAROOIIIAL sermons 5

‘Kindly'permit .me a little space
in the best farm paper published to

“reply tO'Mr- Horton on the parochial '

school amendment. Now having been
for 8 years past director of our pub-
lic school I wish to give "my view on
this important question.
in our vicinity a' school maintained
by the Christian 'Dutch Reformed

“church-“ Now when our school opens

in September we have quite a few
absent scholarsu which our teacher
would report, then air. that is neces-

sary is to send the children to the

Reformed schoolv‘a few days and the
job is done. I have asked some of

'the parents as to why they preferred-

to send their children to the Reform—
ed school. ,Some say to learn man-

ners and others to learn religion.

Now I think manners can and
should be taught in the home and’as
for religion, if that 'needs teaching,
why good night. «

We have a good public school sys-
tem as good as can be found any-
where and if sectarian schools are any
public

schools. We pay our thousands of

dollars to send away Bolshevists to,

Russia and how do you know what
is being taught in parochial schools
behind closed doors. They say give
me the child between 12 and up to
14 and I care not who instructs them
afterWards. Now what does this
mean? I say if there is anything
in our public school system objec-
tionable remove it but close «these
parochial schools. We have our
compulsory education law- How are
you going to enforce it while you
have these parochial schools to con-

"tend with it. We get after a child to

compel him or her to go to school
and they take their books and away
they ‘go to parochial school. Howédo

we know if they are in regular at-.

tendance ornot.

As for schools maintained by oth—
er denominations their purpose and
aims are too well known to need any
Now I believe it
behooves every voter at the coming
election to vote upon this question
as he sees it but here is one to vote
one-the school question. -

.Wejhahr‘ecur Sabbath school and

If our churches for religious instruc-

tion and our public schools to edu-

"cate our children and it is every par-

ents duty. to see that his children at-
tend c‘hurch and Sunday school and
we have competent instructors to
take care of the education end and
I forone —can’t see where these pa-
rochial schools are any improvement
and therefore’should be clos‘ed.—-—-
J. 3., Kent County, Mich.

The objections yourraise to the paro-
chial schools are predicated on a great
big “if,” and yet as a school director you
should be in a position to talk with au-
thority on this matter. If the parochial

 

-schools are teaching under the cover of

their pnvacy doctrines that are harmful
to American ideals, would it not be wiser
both from the standpoint of economy and
religious broad~mindedness to havelths
state supenvise these schools rather than
destroy them altogether. We must not
permit ourselves to be guided in this
matter by our religious prejudices, .for
we all have them. We should consxder
the practical aspects of the proposal and
whether or not thethings L be gained
by such drastic action will make up for
the financial loss that will be incurred.
We want our readers to express them-
selves on this matter, but we insist that
religious blag shall not be brought into

, the discussion—Editor.

 

A FAIR DEAL"
Ilsee some folks are much afraid
I hope that

they will be afraid enough to put a '

checkion “predatory wealth.” Give
common folks fair show with the
Wealthy and the Red ‘question will
not be hard to settle. However, I
do not- believe in letting anyone ad-

vocate,the- commission of crime . and
the-overthrowing of government by
.gtorce ,is Crime. ' . ., , ~ ‘ _
. j j, Bjt' every citizen. has the right to -

. advocate-any, change by vote that he

sees fi-t'.’ Non. citizens have no right
to’ .interfer'ejwith our business and
wabadgmahners if they try and
1d .madexto realize it, even
' ' his: agitators. just as
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we have'

  

is the governorship. My wife is
r Campbell, too. I like the way

» that the M. B. F. fights for what it

A coward does not
this world.—

thinks is right.
amountto much in_

, F. G. 8., Isabella County.

 

The wave of agitation against the
red element has passed and the folks
who talked themselves hoarse about the
“menace” feel a little silly over their
fears. A speaker at a farmers’ meeting
a few weeks ago said that he had come
to the conclusion that a Bolshevist was
any man who objected being imposed
upon. There’s a lot of good sound
sense and love for fair dealing left yet
in this country and if the farmers and
the rest of the common people just per-
form their duties 3.3 American citizens
we'll have less of special privilege and
more of "each for all and all for each
spirit.”-—-Editor. ,

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
You seem to have such gbodwsuc-
cess getting some things righted,
can’t 'you get

 

tion of my subscription—S. H., Kal-
amazoo. '

 

Every word you say is true, but it is
clearly within the rights of municipali-
ties to fix their own kind of time with—‘
out consulting the farmers if they wish
to be that arrogant. If it could be
shown the merchants of the smaller cit-
ies and towns that they Were losing trade
to the mail order houses by making it
hard for the farmer to deal with his
home merchant, they would change their
minds about the new time in short or-
der. If the farmers will get busy and
elect farmers to the legislature this fall
it is possible that a state law could be
enacted covering this matter, and yet
we are not sure that that would prevent
municipalities from running on ‘daylight
saving” time if they wished. The mat-
ter will be kept in mind and brought be-
fore the next session of the legislature.—
Editor.

ARE PEOPLE GROWING OLDER
OR YOUNGER?

I was 74 years old, Jan. 25th,

1920. I served two years and-two

months in Co.

 

this crazy time . _

J, 1 0th. Michi-

 

before the vot- '
ers and let the
people in gen-

APPROVES STAND TAKEN 0N
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gan cavalry in
the Civil War.
On May 29th,

elfillth d e c l d e f The Business Farmer is the best 1920, I drove 3
W 8 er we are ram paper I know of. It is like —
to allow th “'ebster’s dictionary which holds miles and plant
1 e the English language together. ed 98 rows 0f
cty people to The M. B. holds no farmers ‘corn, 144 rows
put 11; over us together. You know in union long and back
without ev there is strength. The stand it ’

. e 11" took on the beet question was ex- home and Still
allowm g th e actly my choice. Will show my > ,had time to

farmers to vote.
This spring the

 

 

paper to my neighbors.
wisher—D. L., Caseville, Mich.

With best read the M. B.

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city of Ka’l-

this because it

 

amazoo took a

vote without recognizing the farmers
and carried, deciding on 40 minutes
faster than sun time, which ninety
per cent of the farmers do not like.
The city folks say it makes no differ-
ence with the farmer but it certain-
ly does. If a farmer does a reason-
able days work then goes for an er-

rand to the city and finds the doors

shut in his face, it has a tendency to
make him patronize the mail order
houses more than ever. _ Farmers
who use this fast time lose from 1—2
to one hour per day because ‘the
most'of them will not arise any ear-
lier than they did before, but quit
earlier at night If this‘ time ques-
tion could be voted on this fall by
the state and settled it would be a
grand thing, as it is now we have
standard time, sun time also crazy
time. It lets the city people out one
hour earlier to burn extra gasoline
and spend that much more money,
and then talk about the high cost
of living. I have read a good many
farm papers and want to say to you,
you are publishing a farm paper that
is second to none, A real farm pa-
per. Find $2 enclosed to pay for 3
years from the time of the expira-

. is not in this
year’s game to hire help. I was the
marshal of the day for Memorial

Day, May 31st. Yours for success.—
I. 0., Reed City, Mich.

Well, I swan, you make us young fel-
lerg feel ashamed of ourselves. Instead
of you Civil War vets sitting inrnice easy
chairs and taking your later years in
equort, some of you insist on tramping
out into the field and doing a day’s work
that would be a credit to veterans of
the .World War. What’s this world
coming to, anyway. It used to’be that
when a. man got around sixty or seventy
years of age he was ready for taps but
nowadays he just begins to live and en-
30y life. Some day I want to tell you
about another old friend of mine who
lives up in Saginaw County and though
close to the fourscore mark is also get-
ting younger every day. ‘And a little
bit later I want my readers torhelp me
in an interesting investigation I have in
mind to determine Whether people live to
a greater age of usefulness now than
they used to.—Editor.

GOING SOME, WE’D SAX

My son is in the irrigated district,
Calgary, Canada. He says that he
and another man ploughed 220 acres
in fifteen days running steady in
eight hour shifts, with an old Gallo-
w‘ay, 3-plow tractor, lost time includ-
ed. That's going some—M. F., Dry-
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SOLVING THE FARM PROBLEM

One enterprising Arlington town-
ship farmer,,whose fertile acres have
usually contributed their full quota
to the filling of the country’s store—
houses but who is now wrestling
without success with the problem of
adequate farm labor, has evolved a
plan which he believes will keep his
farm in the productive and profit-
able class—with,the profit continu-
ing to accrue. to himself-

Talking' to the Day Spring the
other day he outlined his plan, which
for originalityand ingenuity sur—
passes all of the‘advice that is being
showered in abundance "upon a per-
plexed farming fraternity. So far
as we know the scheme is not copy-
righted, and no confidence is 'violat--
ed in'passing: it on for the benefit of
the other farmers who may be able
to seea ray of hope on the agricul-
tural horizon?" . ,

He said: .m . ' ‘
.“I’ have decided to. rent my farm,
share'rent, to a likely tenant. Then
I proposé to bite out to _my tenant

as. his .farm‘hand at the wages and'_

under" the conditions generally ex-
pected. In the fall’I will have my

share or. the cropsas the owner of- -
.the farms As the :hiredwrr’ianbn the
place I will haver'the equivalent of“;

  

my tenant’s share of the crops in the
wages he will pay me during the sea-
son. That will give me all of ‘the
crops. As the hired man I .will put
in regular hours and take the easy
end of the season’s work, while my
tenant being the boss will put in the
extra hours morning and night and
do the worrying. In this way the
labor problem is solved and the pro-
ductivity of the farm maintained.
Farming under present conditions is
not so difficult, if you lay your plans
aright.” '
The agricultural wizard who has
evolved this solution of a difficult
problem is none other than Super—
visor Frank Cleveland of Arlington.
It is really simple when you under-
stand it; and comes as a timely deliv-
erance for the American farmer af-
ter many master minds had groped
in the dark for a more complex eco-
nomicsolution- The only obstacle
to its general adoption may lie in the
availability of “likely tenants.” Nev-
ertheless we deff our hat to Mr.
Cleveland as the preservator of the
tuber patch and the wheat field just
as the world is begin/ping to assume

,3 hungry aspect—The Hartford Day

Spring.

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LESS BOOK LEARIN‘GAND. Mona
ACTUAL EXPERIENCE
I have read the» article of ~ Mr.

Cressey’s in the March 13th issue, I

“How to Keep the Boys and Girls on
the Farm." I was raised on the
farm and would like to tell a few of
the things that I have observed:

I notice that most of the farm-
ers who make farming their only
occupation have only about an eighth
grade education in books. Why?

We will suppose that a child starts
to school at the age of 7, they would
at least be 14 years old before get-
ting through the eighth grade. This
education is gotten in the country
school and if the child wishes to
stay at home a'nd‘i'be’s'a farmer then
is the time he leaves the school of
books and takes the rest of his
schooling in actual farming.

Let us take the child again of 14
and an eighth grade education and
send him to school until he gradu-
ates from the twelfth grade at the
age of 18. What influence does this
have on the child’s life? First this
education can only be got in a town
or city where he or she gets a taste
of the city life; second, the educa-
tion that he or she has received does
not fit them for farming. If a farm-
er were to choose between a boy who
had a twelfth grade education and
one who had had four years exper-
ience on the farm for his help he
would take the latter. Those who
have a twelfth grade education feel
that they cannot use their education
in doing house work or following a
team of horses. They must either
go into some office or store, where
they can use their education rather
than their hands and head. If for
any reason we find these twelfth
grade scholars on the farm they are
no better farmers if as good as the
farmers with an eighth grade educa-
tion. If a man goes to college we
find such more often taking upsuch
work as a county agent instead of
actual farming. Ifthe farmer wish-
es his children to'become farmers
he must be the one to ‘edhcate them
in it. Can a boy learn to drive a
team or tell whether a plow is work—
ing right or not by reading such
things in a book? He must have ex-
perience.

It would not be safe to let a boy
take a team alone to learn how to
drive them. He must be shown how.
Also he must be shown how to ad-
just the tools to do good work. The
farmer himself did not learn these
things from books but that it not
all there is to farming.

How about feeding the different
animals and fertilizing the soil. Is
the farmer capable of explaining
these things or shall we let the boy
these things for himself?
Where did the farmer get his know-
ledge? Let us glance into his library
and we find from one'to six weekly
and monthly farm papers, a few gov-
ernment bulletins and perhaps a
doctor book treating on diseases of
farm animals. The rest of his books
consist of other things than treat-
ing on farming. Now the boy does
not wish to sit down and read these
farm papers. He would rather read
some story book, unless he had a
calf in the barn that was not doing
well or a piece of corn that was not
growing right. Why not get some

good reference books on feeding of.-

live stock also books on soils. The
farmer himself will find such books
as useful as the doctor book. No
doubt our public schools develop the
child’s mind but we cannot expect
miracles of having a teacher Who un-
derstands but little about—farming.
Mvake'a farmer out- of the boy
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,_ zation and Welfare workers in
.factory where he worked.

2 ,all thinking people.
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as we have been trained and they in
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A stainless record, which all men
may read:

This is the better way.”

 

OO LATE, Emma Goldman has

come to recognize that in order

to live in “the land of the free”
she must abide by its rules. Today
an exile from America, she is chafing
under the unfair rule of her own
home land and realizing that she
has forfeited the right to return. It
is said that she has placed on dis-
play in her home the American flag
which at last she has come to realize
stands for the country where she and
her countrymen would have been
able to live and prosper.

We can learn our lesson from her
bitter experience—that of charity for
the foreign born. They need us‘ and
we need them. The country which
declared its independence so long
ago is the only country to which
these people can look, but we can—
not force them—~they must be led.
It will take an infinite amount of pa-
tience with the older immigrants, but
the solution of the Whole problem
lies with their children who will be
educated in our public schools and
there taught the ideals for which our
nation stands.

A striking example of the foregn-
er who had come to love this coun-
try without realizing it—who had
come here ,to make his “pile” and
then return to his homeland to live
inrpeace and plenty with his family,
was brought to light recently when
a man came to the public library to
secure books on our government. He
wanted a copy of our constitution
and also asked the assistant at the
library to assist him in selecting a
list of books which he might use in
his reading course to fit him for cit-
izenship. She became interested,
questioned him and then, little by
little, the story was told, in broken
English with a strong Polish accent.

He had left his family in Poland
and came to America to earn money
with which to buy land. He had ex—
pected to return and live in compar-
ative comfort. But while here he
had been induced to enter night
school conducted by the Americani-
the
In order
that he might more quickly learn our
language, and become more efficient
in his work, the faster to earn money,
he entered these classes. He had no
thought of becoming an American
citizen. His family were thousands
of miles away—there was nothing to
distract his thoughts and'so he ap-
plied himself and learned quickly.
The war broke out and return was
impossible, but wages increased. Ov-
ertime was put in and his pile grew
amazingly.

Then came peace and as soon as
possible he secured transportation
and returned to his family—the land
of his dreams. But somehow the
picture in his mind had been rosier
than the reality.. Conditions there
were worse than he had imagined-—
he did not realize it but his idea of
living had undergone such a change
that he found that he could not pos-
sibly be hampy there, and: so back
again he came—:this time bringing
with him his Whole family. As soon
as he was set-tied and again at work,
he entered school, this time with the

resolve to learn, how to become a'

good American citizen.

Of course this is an exceptional

I case—but is fact that we can reach

the foreign born and make good Am-
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, Edited by CLARE NORRIS , ' ,

greater or less degree will revolu-
tionize living conditions. .

‘A-nd the foreigner who now has no
respect‘Tor org flag and for what it
stands is not entirely to blame—for
we are the people who represent the
flag, and it is by our treatment of
him and his family that he judges
the country. Obviously then, our
first duty to our country as American
citizens, and especially now that we
women s t a n d
sho l u d e r t o
shoulder with the
men in making
our laws, is to
“walk a straight
path,” to be very
sure that our
treatment of our
fellow man is
such as to be
fair to our coun-
try which we are
a part of.

IF YOU WANT
TO BE LOVED
ON’T contra-
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intimate friend.
Don’t under-
rate anything be-
cause you don’t
possess it. "
Don’t believe
everybody else is
happier than you.

 

 

Ma's away and the world's awry!
I’ve lost my interest in everything,
What do I care if the sun be hlgh?
What do I care If the robins sing?
I don't give a cuss if it is spring,
I won't feel right till Ma is nigh.

Ma's away, and at first, by Gee,
I that I’d hike off with the boys.
I that I’d go on a 'sort 0! spree,

And bring back some of them by-
So I won't and I made a lot of

But 1 was so blue I could scarce-

Ma’s_ away, and the world's awry!

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And waiflutill the old wife climbs

Ma puts the sun back in the sky!
-—-Anne Campbell Stark

“_

year of jubilee, the fiftieth an‘nivei'b
sary of the Republic.

July 24, 1826, it tolled for the
death of Thomas Jefferson.

July 4, 1831, is the last recorded
ringing of this famous bell to com-
memorate the Day of Independence.

February 22, 1832, is its last re-
corded ringing to commemorate the
birth of Washington.

In the same year'it tolled the

* , death of the last

survivor of the

Declar a t i o 11,

Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton.

July 2, 1834, it

tolled once more.

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Lafayette w a a
dead.
July 8, 1835,

while being tolled
for the death of
Chief .Jus tice

crack was devel-
oped, starti n g
from the rim and
inclining in‘ a
right hand direc-
tion toward the
crown.

Another at-
tempt was made
to ring "it on
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ary 22, 1843, but
the fracture was'
so much increas-
ed that no at-
tempt has since
been made and
, it is .now silent
and yet it will
ring in the hearts
of all patriotic
people so long as
the name of Lib-
erty shall exist.

E A C H O N E
BROUGHT GIFT
MERICA is a
A land of but
one people,
gathered fr 0 In

many countries.
Some came for

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that you have no,”__
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crowd.

Don’t jeer at
anybody’s relig-

ious belief. _

Learn to hide your aches and
pains under a pleasant smile. Few
care whether you have the earache,
headache, or rheumatism.

Learn to attend to your own bus-
iness—a very important point.

Do not try to be anything else but
a gentleman or gentlewoman, and
that means one who has considera—
tion for the whole world, and whose
life is governed by the Golden Rule,
“Do unto others as you would be
done by. ”

THE LIBERTYBELL
ERE ARE some things about the
bell it would be well to cut out
and paste in your scrapbook
July 4, 1776, the bell was rung
for the Proclaniatidn of the Declar-
ation of Independence.
October 24, 1781, the bell rang
out for the surrender of Cornwallis.
April 16, 1793, it rang out for the
proclamation of peace.
September 29, 1823, it rang to
welcome Lafayette to the Hall of In»

I ‘dependence.

July 4, 1826, it ushered in the

love of money

and some for love
of freedom. No matter what brought
us, each has his gift. Irish, Scot, Eng-
lishman and Du-,tch Italian, Greek
and French, Spaniard, Slav, Teuton,
Norse, Negro—all have come hear-
ing gifts and have laid them on .the
Altar of America. .

All brought their music—dirge
and dance and wassail song, proud'
march and religious chant. All
brought music and their instruments
for the making of music, those many
children of the harp and lute.

All brought their poetry, winged
tales of man’s many passions, folk
song and psalm, ballads of heroes
and tunes of the sea, lilting scraps
caught from sky and field, or mighty
dramas that tell of primal struggles

of the profoundest meaning. All
brOught poetry. '
All brought art, fancies of the

mind woven in wood or wool, silk,
stone or metal—rugs and baskets,
gates of fine design and modeled gar-
dens, houses and walls, pillars, roofs,
windows, statues and painting—all
brought their art and hand craft.
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-,A ’Patrioiic‘Clreed ‘ ‘ . .

To serve my country day, by day -
At any humble post I may;

To honor and respect her flag,

To live the traits of which I brag;
To be American in deed .
As well as in my printed creed.

To stand for truth and honest toil,
To- till my little patch of soil,
And ke‘ep in mind the debt I owe
To them who died that I might know
My country, prosperous and free,
And passed this heritage to, ma.

   

. To .do my best and play anypart,

  

I always must in trouble’s hour
Br guided by the men in power;
For God and country I must live,
My best for God and country give;
No act of mine that men may scan
Must shame the name, American.

American in mind and m,

To serve the flag and bravely um

To gnarl the glory of. my land;
To be American in deed: . V.
God diverse-trench to keep ”this fire

John Marshall, 9.,

birthday, Febr u- '

A on top.

  

A Department for the Women I ,

hemely thing, some touch of the to-
miller heme field or forest, kitchen
or dress—ea favorite tree or fruit, an
accustomed flower, a-style .in cool:-
ery or in costume—each brought
some homelike, familiar thin-.g

And all brought hands with which
to work.

And all brought minds that could

conceive.

And all brought hearts filled with
hope—stout hearts to drive live
minds; live minds to direct willing
hands.

These were the gifts they brought.
, Hatred of old time neighbors, na-
tional prejudices and ambitions, tra-
ditional, fears, set standards of liv-
ing, graceless intolerances, class
rights and the demand of class—-
these were’barred at the gates.

At the Altar of America we have
sworn ourselves to a single loyalty.
We have bound ourselves to sacrifice
and struggle, to plan and to work
for this one land. We have given
that we may gain, we have surrend-
e’red that we may have victory. We
have taken an oath that the world
shall have a chance to know how
much of good may be gathered from
all countries and how solid in its
strength, how wise, how fertile in
its yield, how lasting and sure is‘tho
life of p. people who are one, but

have come bearing gifts from many .

countries.

OUR READERS' OWN COLUMN

EAR Editor: I am so glad that

housewives and mothers are al-

lowed to talk over their house-
hold affairs through these columns;
I like the loyal honesty shown the
farmer and his wife and I trust that
M. B. F. will continue to enjoy the
success it so richly deserves and has
enjoyed in the past.

I want to tell farmers’ wives how
to make their own corn starch for
table use, so that it will be just as
nice as that bought in the stores and
very much cheaper. And in turn, I
would like to have some One of our
readers tell me how to make hard
soap such as we buy at the' stores
and for which We are compelled to
pay such high prices. Recipes are
often given on'the cans of concen—
trated lye but I have never found
one that was satisfactory. ‘

Home Made (10m Starch
- The corn must be the field corn—a.
not sweet.

Take one bushel of field corn
when it is in the milk—that is, has
not begun to ripen. Grate it off the
cob with any common grater, "the
larger the size of the grater, the bet-
ter. Fill a clean tub about one third
full of water. Grate the corn into
this water. Also wash in all the
juice that is on the cobs. Let this
stand until all the starch has ‘set-
tled to the bottom. Drain thorough-
ly. You will fihd a yellow skum' left
This is from the hulls and
pulp and should be skimmed off. Put
on fresh water and stir thoroughly
from the bottom. Let'settle, drain
and skim as before-and then put it
on plates to dry. Do not allow it
to stand in the water too long or~iit
will sour. One ought to begin” the
making early in the morning in‘ or-
der to finish and allow it to dry over
night. ——Mrs. E. H.

 

CLEANING PAINT OFF WINDOWS
LEANING the windows ofta' new
house or a newly paintednhouee
isno enjoyable job. The paint
comes off easily, however, if given a
little of the right kind of.help.e ;
One would hardly go to an auto-

' mobile accessory store or a garage

to find something with which to clean
windows, yet it will be found that
an ordinary tar remover, 'used by
motorists to clean up their machines
after a trip over newly tarred roads.
is one of the best things obtainable

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. "B-r-r-r. '" shivered Torres. “I
would not marry her for ten million
gold. She is too wise. She is ter-
rihie. She—how shall I say—she
as you Americans say, gets my goat.
But before her
,I am not brave. The flesh of me
melts in a sweat of fear. Not for
less than ten million would I dare
to. overcome my fear. Now Henry
and Francis are braver than I. Let
one of them marry her. "

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cia," Henry spoke up promptly.
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cis, but, before he could reply, Leon-
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of you wants to marry her. As she
spoke, she pulled three straws from
the mat on which she sat and broke
one off very short. ”The man who
draws the short straw shall be the

victim. You, Senor Torres, draw
‘ first."
'~ “Wedding bells for the short

straw,” Henry grinned.
Torres crossed. himself, shivered,

- and drew. So patently long» was the

straw, that he executed aseries of
dancing steps as he sang:

. “No weddingbells for me,

I'm as happy as can be . . . "

Francis drew next, and an equal-
ly long straw was his portion. To
Henry there was no choice. The re-
maining straw in Leoncia’ 3 hand was
All tragedy was in
his face as he looked instantly at
Leoncia. And she, observing, melt-
ed in pity, while Francis saw her
pity and did some rapid thinking. It
was the way out. All the perplexity
of the situation could be thus easily
solved. Great as was his love for
Leoncia, greater was this man’s loy-
alty to Henry. Francis did not hes-
itate. With a merry slap of his hand
on Henry’s shoulder, he cried:

“Well, here’s the one unattached
bachelor who isn’t afraid of matri-
mony. I’ll marry her."

Henry’s rjelief was if he had been
reprieved from impending death. His
handgshOt out to Francis' hand, and,
while they clasped their eyes gazed
squarely into each other’s as only
decent, honest men’s may gaze. Nor
did either see the dismay registered
in Leoncia's face at this unexpected
denouement The Lady Who Dreams
had been right Leoncia as a Wo-
man, was unfair, loving two men and
denying the Lady her fair share. of
men.

But any discussion that might have
taken place, was prevented by the lit-
tle maid of the village, who entered
with women to serve them the mid-

day meal. It was Torres’ sharp
eyes that first lighted upon the
string of gems about the maid's

neck. Rubies they were, and mag-
niflcient.’

“The Lady Who Dreams just gave
them to me, " the maid said, pleased
with their pleasure in her new pos-
session.

"Has she any more?" Torres ask-

. “Of course," was the reply. “Only
just now did‘she show me a great
chest of them. And they were all
kinds, and much larger; but they
They were like so
much shelled corn. ”

While the other ate and talked,
Torres nervously smoked a cigarette.
After that, he arose and claimed a
passing indisposition that prevented
him from eating.

W‘Listen," he quoth impressively.
“I speak better Spanish than either
of you two Morgans. Also, I know,
I am confident, the Spanish woman
To show you my

her now and see if I can talk her out
of this matrimonial proposition. "

one Of the spearmen barred Tor-

 
  
 

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By JACK LONDON

Author of the “Valley of the Moon,'_' and other stories.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

“You do not eat?" she queried so-
licitbuslyz-and added, after he had
reaffirmed his loss of appetite. “Then
will you drink?” _

Torres' eyes sparkled. Between
the excitement he had gone through
for the past several days, and the
new adventure he was resolved upon,
he knew not how, to achieve, he felt
the important need of a drink. The
Queen clapped her hands, and issued
commands to the waiting woman who
responded.

“It is very ancient, centuries old,
as you will recognize, Da Vasco, who
brought it here yourself, four centur-
ies ago,” she said as a man carried
in and broached a small wobden keg.

About the age of the keg there

could be no doubt, and Torres, know-
ing that it had crossed the Western
Ocean twelve generations before, felt
his throat tickle with desire to taste
its contents. The drink poured by
the waiting woman was a big one,
yet was Torres startled by the mild-
ness of it. But quickly the magic of
four-centuries-old spirits began to
course through his veins and set the
maggots crawling in his brain. .

The Queen bade him sit on the
edge of the divan at her feet, where
she could observe him and asked:

“You came unsummoned. What
is it you have to tell me or ask of
me?”

“I am the one selected," he re-

plied, twisting his moustache and
striving to look the enticingness of a
male man on love adVBnture bent.
“Strange,” she said. “I saw not
your face in the Mirror of the World.
There is . . some mistake, eh?"

“A mistake,” he ' acknowledged
readily, reading certain knowledge in
her eyes. “It was the drink. There
is magic in it that made me speak
the message of my heart to you, I
want you so. "

Again, with laughing eyes, she
summoned the waiting woman and
had his pottery mug replenished.

“A second mistake, perhaps will
now result,.eh,” she teased, when he
had downed the, drink.

“No, 0 Queen," he replied.
all is clarity. My true heart I can
master. Fihncis, Morgan, the one
'who kissed your hand, is the man
selected to be' your husband."

"It is true,” she said solemnly.
‘ins-was the face I saw, and knew
from the first.”

Thus encouraged Torres continued.

“I am his friend, his very good
best friend. You, who know all
things, know the custom of the mar-
riage dowry. He has sent me, his
best friend, to inquire into and ex-
amine the doery of his bride. You
must know that he is among the
richest of men in his own country,
where men are very rich."

“Now

Sosuddenly did she arise on the

shoulders.

doorway to an inner apartment.

“Come!” she summoned inine"
iously. ‘ , \_

Once inside, at the first glen:
around, Torres knew the roomx‘j
what it was, her sleeping chamb'
But his eyes had little space for sue
details.

motioned him to look in.
ed, and saw the amazement
world.
true.

kinds.

“Thrust in your arms to
shoulders,” she said, “and make sure
that these baubles be real and of the
adamant of flint, rather than illu-
sions and reflections of unreality
dreamed real in a dream. Thus may

you make certainzrreport to your very'

rich friend who is to marry me." -

And Torres, the madness of the
ancient drink like fire in his brain,
did as he was told. ,

“These trifles of glass are such an
astonishment?" she plagued. “Your
eyes are as if they were Witnessing
great wonders.”

”I never dreamed in all the world
there was such a treasure," he mut-
tered in his drunkenness.

“They are beyond price?”

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shrank down, in his panic expect—
ance of a knife-blade between his
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Lifting the lid of a heavy
chest of ironwood, brass—bound, she,
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of thei
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Like so much shelled corn, the;
chest was filled with an incalculable
treasure of gems—diamonds, rubies,
emeralds, sapphires, the most prec- _
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DAR CHILDREN: Before our pa-
per comes to your house again
* you will have celebrated the
Nurthhof July, so it is very appro-

priate that our page this week be

given up to our prize letters relative
to the days when we display the
United States- flag. or course you
all know that from sunrise to sun-
down, ”the flag is displayed on all
government: buildings, including
schools when school is in session.

The «days when all citizens are ask-
to display the flag are many more
than are usually observed, but I
think that if we show it on our
lenses'or grounds on the days enum-
I'elled by Pearl Donahue, Florence
Me and Lethe Riser, we will be
showing our patriotism very well in-
deed. However I am going to give
you a list of all the days which are
recommended for stated flag days:

January l—American flag first
need by Washington.

January 8——Battle' of New Orleans.

January 18—Daniel Webster born.

February 12—Abraham Lincoln
born.

February 22—Georg'e Washington
born.

April 2—Thomas Jefferson born.

April ill—Battle of Lexington.

April 27-41}. S. Grant born.

May 14—Founding of Jamestown.

May 29—Patrick Henry born.

May 30—-—Decoration Day.

June 14—American flag adopted.

June 17—Batt1e of Bunker Hill.

July 4:—-Declaration of Independ-
ence signed.

September Ill—Jerry’s victory.

September 12-The Emancipation
Proclamation.

October 12—Columbus discovered
America. .

October 19—Surrender of Corn-
wallis.

November Iii—Garfield born.

December Iii—Boston Tea Party.

December 22—F0refathers’ Day.

December 25—Christmas.

It is wonderful to be able to cei-
ebrate the Fourth of July as we do;—
no other country in the world has a
day that signifies half so much. So
long as we observe the rights of oth-
ers we can have just the best kind
of a time on this national holiday for
this is a FREE COUNTRY. Affec-
tionately yours—AUNT CLARE.

 

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Aunt Clare—The days I think
ou would display our flag would be
lag Day, Washington’s Birthday, the
ourth of July and Peace Day, Dincoln’s
Birthday and Memorial Day. The flag
is displayed on Flag Day, because it is
a special day set aside by our govern-
ment on which our flag on Washington's
Birthday should be displayed, The flag
is displayed because he was a brave
man, first President of our country and
done lots for it. The flag is displayed
the Fourth of July because the Declar-
ation of Independence was signed on
that date in the year 1776 Peace Day
was the end of the World War. Lin-
coln’s birthday is remembered because he
was a good \upright President and freed
the slaves in the South. Memorial Day
is celebrated in honor of our dead heroes
of the wars. Our flag should be dis-
layed on the 12 of October because it
E the date of the founding of America
Columbus in 1492. Pearl Donohoe,
ersey, Mich.

 

~Dear Aunt Clare—I received the post-
al cards and I thank you very much. I
will try to win the flag you offer. The
days are Jan. 1 which is New Years,
Feb. 22nd which is Washington’s birth-
day and Feb. 12 which is Lincoln's birth-
day and who were two of our presidents,
May 30, Memorial day when we give our
tribute to the old soldier, June 14, which
is flag day. A long time ago Betsy Ross
made the first flag Fourth of July, when
ndependence was signed. Sept. 6, La-
or Day, November 25, Thanksgiving
when the Pilgrims gave thanks to God.
——Florence Howe, Ithaca, Mich.

 

'Dear Aunt Clare—I am sending the
stories you wanted us to write about
ch day when the flag ought to float.
he flag ought to float on all the great
president's birthdays in honor of the
, t and brave deeds they done for our
as .to keep it from defeat. It should

,v float on- the Fourth of July in honor of
the Declaration of Independence being
_. aimed.

It should float on Memorial

Day in honor of. the heroes who fell

and country.—

Lethe Rizer, Battle Creek, Mich.

‘ 1M Aunt Clare—ll have neVer writ-
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" . Bgande'Rok-Wheeler ’ ‘ ,

O KNOW everything in the woods to be able to build a comfortable

is not possible. To "know the es-

s‘sentials ‘of Wood-lore, and to pos-
sess the essentials of woodcraft, is
quite possible. * ‘ ‘

The, first essentiab is to know how
to get food, animal, fish or plant.
This means a fair knowledge oi!
shooting and fishing, the ability to
read trails, the habits ‘of animals
which may be used for food, and the
setting of traps and mares. So for
as plants are concerned, it means the
knowledge of the ballet-dozen food
roots that are widely distributed,
berries, fungi and nuts. To this must
be added a knowi- -
edge of those plants _
which are poisonous. '

The second omen-
tial is to-know how
to make fire, how to __
keep fire when ‘1"

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made, and how to
handle fire so that .
it will not spread. ‘
Also a woodsman . 17-
needs to know the '
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door cookery, both ,5,

with and without :5“ \

utensils. The Indi— , '

ans cooked for 3,2- . -

many centuries be- c-“‘

fore they saw an // /

iron pot. V /
The third essen— es/

tiai is shelter. A
woodsman with his
axe. alone, ought

letters and puzzles for the boys and
lrls I thought I would write to you.
ve on a. farm about one-half mile ,
Burt Lake which ha a. trout stream on
it. I have two later ers and one sister.
I will be in- the eighth grade next year
and am in the third grade in music. I
like to tako‘muslo lessons and like to
play the piano I am thirtem years old.
like horseback riding very much and
have a pony to ride, we live offthe road
when the mailman passes so my brother
or myself go alter the mall on the pony
every day. I belong to the Burt Lake
Junior Canning Club and think it is fine
1tl‘or boys and girls to belong to some
ind of a club. The boys of our com-
munity are going to have either a poultry
or potato club. I would like to have
some of the girls my own age write to
me.—-Ora Mae Dairs, B 1. Hanson, Mich.

 

Dear Aunt Clare—I have never writ-
ten to you before, so I guess I will try.
My tether takes the M. B. 17'. and thinks
it is the best paper ublished. He reads
the market page an what Uncle Rube
Spinach 8a.): the most and I read the
boys and girls letters. They certainly
are interesting. I guess I will have to
write to some of the girls that are kind

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house and all the furniture for abso.
lute need. A draughty cabin is worse
than the open air. A properly built
chimney is a necessity. .

The fourth essential is the ability
to find one’s way. It is of no use
having a camp, if you can never find
your way to it again after having
left it. Even the best of woodsmen
may get lost sometimes, but only on
rare occasions.

The Coniplete Woodsman, of
course, is much more than this. He
is a rough and ready botanist and
knows the principal trees and plants;
he is a rough and
ready naturalis t,
and knows the birds
and beasts, fishes
and insects; he is a
rough and _ready
. surveyor and pros-
pector; he under-
stands skinning a
tar-bearing animal
and preparing the
skin; in short, with
> - an axe, a knife,

. .- some fishhooks and
\;,,‘L?-‘ a gun, he can not

J ' only live iii the
woods, but make a
good living out 01'

|

-‘ _§ them. Such men

A- ‘ - " made Canada and‘
‘ . W the United States-
‘ the countries they

‘ are today, and we
are proud of them.

enough to write to you, and :1 woum en'- .

103' it it some of them womd write to
me. I am a 3k] 12 years of age and I,

“am in the “)1 grade. I go to a country

calm] and I like it very well We have
a new Ford car and I enjoy ridln in it
very much. My father, two 0 my
brothers and one sister are coming home
in our new' car, Father will be glad
when he sees we have his favorite paper
for nim.—-Miss Marjorie Eberly Cole-
man, Mlch., Box 99

 

Dear Aunt Clare—This is the first I
have written to you. I am a girl 9 years
old and in the fifth grade at school. I
like to go to school. My school is out.
My teacher’s name was Hazel Time. I
have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. My fath-
er takes the M. B. F. We have three
horses, six cows, two calves, 10 pigs, 50
hens, 50 chickens. Waneta Smith, May-
ville, Mich ‘

 

Dear Aunt Clare—I am ten years old
and in the 4th grade at school. My
school is out the 2nd of July. My birth-
day is the 25th of this month. I will be
11 years old. I guess I will close for
finishtlme. I am, Helen Hasse, Ossineke,

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Asmt (flare-— 'I am a boy 12.
last March and I have
eumin

on R 125 acre farm and have 3
horses, S cows, 8 pigs 55 chickens and
fox-pets I have 2 cats and 2 rabbits. I
I have traveled in the states oi! Michigan:

Wisconsin, North Do.-

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Hoots, Marshall, '3 LP

Dar Aunt (Barr—I have m'e'r writ-
ten to you before. My rather takes the
13.11% Iamverylntembedin the
Children's Hour. I am eleven your: oil

and in the seventh grade school. I
am planning to be a be. r. I have
the sisters and three brothers. My fath-

er has e. 130 acre fem.

runs through our mm We live about

80 rods from Crystal Lake. It is 3

”Emmy“ 1'3”“: infill 23% “$2.?“ “’
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Thompson, Crystal. Mich.

Dear Aunt Clare—This is the second
time I have written, but did not see my
letter in print before. I am a girl 16
years o'd. I am in the at hth grade a‘
school. I have one sister, lla. age 12
and one , her. Adolphus. age 17. I
live on m. 30.1mm tar-nu We have )2
head of cattle and three horses, 80
chickens. “shave a new Oakland car.
and a new Edison Amberola. My fath-
er takes the M B. F. and likes it very
much. I wish. some of the girls would
writ; t3 me.—Hlldn Adolph, Yale, Mich,
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Dear Aunt Care——I am a boy 12 years
old and I am tn the 5th grade. y
teacher's name is Mrs. Clara Woods.
I live on a term. We have 300 acres of
land. We have one Mollne Tractor, one
Union truck, one Buick car, 4 horses, 1
cows, 2) pigs, 150 chickens and four
geese, I have three brothers and one
sister. I have three pet rabbits and one
cat. My father takes the M. B. F. and
likes it very well. I will close, hoping in
see my letter h print." William Huskies.
Essexville Mich.

Dearnnnt Clare—I am e. girl of 11
, ears old. lily father “keg: the M. B.
. This is the first time I ave written
to you. We have a. farm of 60‘ acres.
Our farm runs back to Long Lake. We
have five boats that we rent. We live
one mile from Rose Corner. I have a
dog.- We have 25 little chickens and

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‘ three cows, one horse. I have one broth—

er. His name is John. I willciose, hop-
ing to see my letter in print. Stella Mae
Brown, Holly, Mich, R 4.

Dear Aunt ClarchThis is tho/«first
time I have writte to you. I am a girl
14 years of age. If have light hair, blue
eyes and quite a. few freckles. I live on
a farm of 185 acres. My father has 10
cows, 9 calves, 6 head of..horses and 8

lgs, We have a Ford car. We got it
last fall. I have four sisters and four
brothers. For pets we have 6 banta'rn
chickens. We have 41 little goslings and
giro]: big geese. Elsie Forbes, Clifford,

c

Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl 10 years
old and will be in the fifth grade at
school next year. My father takes the
M. B. F. and likes it very much. I go
to the Ferguson school, My teacher’s
name is Mrs. Bowling. I have 12 little
chickens of my own. I have two sisters
and two brothers. My oldest sister is
married and lives in Racine, Wisconsin.
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my letter in print. Velma Woodard,
Bailey, Mich, R 1..
Dear Aunt Clare—d like the Child-

ren's page the best. I am a girl 13 years
old and wekh 106 pounds and in the
seventh grade. I have four sisters and
two brothers. I live on an 80 acre farm.
We inc 6 cows 3 horses, 4 calves, 21
chickens and 85 little
M. B. 1". today and l
the answers to the puzzles
of cities I wish some of the iris or
I B F wr-ult' write to me and wouul
answer all letters- I will close—Miss
Luella Fwald, leton, Mich.

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Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl 12 years
1d and am in the 7th grade at schooL
school is out the 21st of May. My
fisher takes the M. B. F.‘e.nd likes it
e. I also like to read the boys and
rte letters in the Children’s Hour and
h some or would write to me. ,'
l'erpetthavoado.catandapigeorL
sister. My fath-
er has a Ford car [and a silo, We live
on a 120 acre farm.-—Bernice Miller, R
1. Carsonville. Mich.

 

Dear Aunt Clare—I am a boy’or ten

rs and will be in the fifth grade next

‘. My father takes, the M. B. -F.

and likes it ,very much. We have a, 160

acre farm. w’We have 6 horses, 3 cows.
8 sheen]: gingeml wishwsonrlie of the ‘
ys won . me. see B e- '

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3.3.3th _ ‘ d a rates 4 rain the
' 16th, and another the 2 th that were
' needed very much. Had been awful he:
- 'dry..Thestox-mtho10thhsdlotgo¢
wind with it and 8 barns were wrecked.
Cultivating and planting late potatoes
and cucumbers are the principle items
heinrothe rain. Cool now since the rains
and we ‘hope better crop conditions. Hay
and wheat. were both shortened by dry

 

weather.

MONROE (N. E.)—Plenty of rain af-
ter a 1m dry ill-1611' crops were enacting
tor want of r . Now we have too
In Crops are ,poor on an average

around this territory, especially oats and

hay. Can not say as to corn yet, It
does not look very promising.' Farmers
are trying to cut alfalfa during showers
and hoping for it to dry up to cultivate
- corn which is getting wwdy. There was
a. meeting of farmers at Monroe the oth-
er day trying to
rvisors to repeal their ruling of last
to enforce the law regarding thresh-
ing engines and tractor: on improved
roads It was repealed at once as
as they saw the number and heard th
sentiments—G. L. S. ‘,

. CALHOUN—Farmers are cultivating
corn and’hnying, Corn is very small and
m is not half a «rep. Most of the
potatoes ,are plowed and the acreage is
small. Soil is in fine, shape, the rain and
hail of late, while it did lots of damage
to grain and gardens it did lots of good.
The following prices were offered at Bat-
tle Creek: Wheat. $2.90; ‘oats, $1.10;
rye, $2; No. I timothy, $38: rye straw,
$12; potatoes, $5; hens, 40c; butter, 450;
eggs, 38c; lambs 10@1'lc: hogs 14c:
gee: steers, 10c; veal calves, 13c.—C._ E.

 

  

MONT ALM—Some farmers are still
planting cans and potatoes.
the planting done. The weather is quite
warm, but cool nights. The soil is in
fine condition for cultivating and crops
that are up are looking well. Grain is
looking much better. ‘here is not much
marketing being done just now outside
of poultry and live stock. A few straw-
berries“ are being sold. No building be-
ing done just now. Farmers are too
busy with the crops. The following pric-
as were offered at Lakeview: Wheat,
$3.25; corn. $4 cwt.; oats, $1.35; rye,
$2.25: No. I timothy, ; No. 1 light
mixed $30: beans. C. H. P. Pea, $4.25;
\onions, 8 cts pound; hens. 25c: butter,
55c; butterfat, 56c; eggs, 34c; hogs. 14c;
veal calves, 9@15c; wool 35c.—A, B. W.

GENESEE—Farmers are planting
beans and potatoes. cultivating corn and
'cutting hay. We had quite a heavy rain
the first part of the week and the soil is
in fine shape for working. Seed pota-
toes are very scarce and there will not be
as many potatoes planted this year as
usual. Some farmers are cultivating
beans already while others have not got
them planted yet. There will not be
quite as many beans planted this year as
ordinarily. Wheat and rye will both be
a little below the average this year.
Most of the alfalfa hay has been cut. but
just a few farmers havecut any clover
or timothy. If the weather is favorable
a, bit will be out next week. Com is
iafok'éng fair to good but not extra.—C.

 

 

MIDLAND—The following prices were
offered at Midland: Wheat $2.80; corn,
$1.80; oats, $1.07!; rye, $1.80: buck-

mwheat, $3: beans (C. H, P.) $6.50: peas,
$3.25; barley, $3.15.—O. B. &. G. C.

LIVE. STOCK SITUATION
(Continued from page 9)
of the big Kansas City banks carry-
ing millions in cattle loans has al-
ready reduced credits 25 per cent,
promising to call another 25 per cent
of its loans before snow flies unless
conditions improve. This means that
the range calf crop will go to the
shambles in the veal stage, prepara-
tory to sacrificing cow herds in the
-mll, thereby putting a serious crimp

in beef production and insuring
scarcity one, two and three years
hence.

The seriousness of the situation
was considered at the annual conven-
tion of the National Live Stock Ex-
change held in Chicago recently, at
which M. L. McClure, director of the
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank,
made a statement for Governor
Harding or the Federal Reserve
Board. Mr. McClure saw no pros-
pector easier money conditions until
digestion of the mass of government
securities banks are now carrying has
been accomplished. He described

present financial stringency as . the,

_ logical result of post-bellum orgy.
The Jive stock exchangp sent a
memorial to the Federal Reserve
Board, setting forth that unless cat-
..tle and. sheep mixers can be financed
.51" _ ~ re rates. meat production
out» seriously restricted.- A. re-

quest for prampt. government aid in.

I '. the‘shepe ot-tunds placed withli‘ed-

oral Rosana Banks at preferential .

made, the Secretary “the
being requested 3 to make,
. “tor. thepurpose-ot 31.37-

    

  

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have the Boérd of'

seen/
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'7 been“ practically suspended. Montana
pasturenien‘with large areas of un-.

tensnted grass, were in Chicago this
week making unsuccessful efforts to
secure loans wherewith to buy south-
ern cattle. Texas, prrthe other hand,
is tied up because its normal market
for yearling and. 2 year old- steers in

the Northwest has disappeared. Un»

less relieved the present ’si-tuation
means crippling . both cattle and
sheep interests by premature liquida-
tion. ,The claim is made that loans
to other and less essential industries
have actually expanded in volume,
while live stock credits have been
contracted thirty to thirty five per
cemLéRwenbcum Review.

 

LESS MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP
PMDUOED IN 1926

Production of maple sugar and
syrup has declined this year, accord-
ing to the Bureau of Crop Estimates,
United States Department of Agri-
culture. The sugar production was
7,529,000 pounds, which compares
with 10,169,000 pounds in 1919, 13,—
271,000 pounds in 1918 and 10,389,-
000 pounds in 1917.

Syrup production has not fallen
oil in the same. degree and yet the
estimate of 3,606,000 gallons for
1920 is much below the 3,854,000
gallons of 1919, the 4,905,000 gallons
of 1918, and the 4,286,000 gallons
of 1917.

With syrup converted to terms of
sugar, the maple sugar production
of 1920 amounted to 36,373,000
pounds, and this compares with the
estimate of 41,005,000 pounds in
1919, 52,513,000 ‘pounds in 1918,
and 45,217,000 pounds in 1917.

The productive season of 1920 was
a short one and the average number
of pounds. of sugar per’ tree,
eryup expressed as sugar, was only
1.91, while in the preceding three
years the averages ranged from 2.16
to 2.72 pounds per tree.

FIRST CAR OF 1920 \VHEAT
BRINGS $2.80 A BUSHEL '

The 1920 harvest has begun to
move.

First shipments of grain arrived
in Fort Worth, Texas, June 25 and
the first car of wheat sold at $2.80
a bushel. It came from Haskell
county, and tested 60.7.

With the moving of the new grain
the embargo on wheat was lifted at
Galveston, where non-union long—
shoremen, working under protection
of state troops, have virtually re-
lieved all {freight congestion.

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DEP’T OF AGRICULTURE WILL
NOT FINANCE CATTLE MEN

_ Secretary Houston has effectively
squelched the project to create a
revolving fund of $40,000,000 for
the purpose of easing the financial
condition of western cattle and sheep
raisers on the ground that it would
create a bad precedent and interfere
with the fiscal policy of the United
State government. Preferential
rates-for any special industry is ob-
viously doubtful‘p‘olicy, but at this
moment the live stock industry is in
a bad way. .1. H. Skinner, dean of
the Indiana Agricultural College and
an admitted expert ‘on 11119 Stockvmat-
tors, predicts a collapse similar to
that recently overtaking the trans-
portation interests as production of
meats" under such unfavorable cir-
cumstances as have existed recently
will drive cattle and hogs from corn
belt farms where the hull: of. the na-
tional supp}! is made.‘ Eliminate,
even partfilly, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa,

Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and 'Mis— -

mri, utmost supply sou-m and the
nation's larder'would soon be hare.

Orders for approximately 150,000 ‘

cows. and 350,000 steers to go to
northern pastures from) the southern
breeding ground are held in obey-
ance at this moment'because the bus-
iness cannot be financed. Twenty-
ilve per 'cent\ of._the grazing area in
the Southwest‘and 50 per cent in

the Northwest, is idle ,tor. the some.
1 reason. Neither“? cattle; Lum- fisheep
.vt‘rai‘s‘ers- can word“ to m ir-teainer
cent for 111%,.”1; amen trig-t ”ex-

  
  
 
 
 

   

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Scientific advancement has brought
the telephone from a crude experi—
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HIGHWAY.COMM’R LIABLE .
" In' grading. a.l e hill In the highway.
along my farm_, 6 found a. fine gravel;
pit running down to the depth of. 30'
feetor more. The HighWay Commissionw
or says he can take it» out 83 feet from‘
centerrof road each way as deep'ag the
gravel goes down. If he does and gOes
down 30 Or 40 feet rightrup to the line.
it won’t be but a short time until part
of my farm all along the cut will slide
in the road and spoil the field and land
for farming. What I want to know is
if part of my farm slides in the high-:
way because they Wen-t right up to the
line to get gravel, how am I to get pay
for what land they spoil for me?—H_ M.
W.,, B'errien County.

The statute provides that‘any sur-
plus earth or gravel taken from one
portion of the road may, with the
consentpf the highway commission-
er be used to fill such depressions in
any other road in the same district
“provided that no earth shall be
dug, plowed or scraped nearer than
within eight feet of the margin of
the highway without the consent of
the owner of the premises adjacent."
Should this be violated I am of the
opinion that all who participate are
liable for the damages and I also be-
lieve you .would be entitled to an in-

injury of the kind—W. E. Brown, le-
gal editor.

 

BUTTER MAKER’S DIPLOMA
I would like to know just how would

diploma. as butter maker. Can I get it
by working under a. good butter maker
for one year or would I have to go to
the M. A. C, for a. course of butter mak-
ing. or could I take an examination at
any other place?——Arenac Co. Reader.

I doubt very much if there is any
method by which a diploma could be
obtained by working with a good
butter maker for' a year. While in
a good many cases a man would
learn butter making satisfactorily by
working in this way, it would be very
hard to regulate and probably in
some cases a diploma would not be of
very much value.

We offer an _ eight weeks short
course for butter makers at the com-
pletion of which, if they do satisfact-
ory work, a certificate showing that
they have done satisfactory work, is
given. Of course, however, it is im—
portant that a man have practical
experience in a creamery either be-
fore taking this course or afterwards
as there is a good bit of practical
creamery work which we cannot give
them in the eight weeks’ time.—
0. T.,Goodwin, Associate Professor of
Dairy Manufactures, M. A. 0. -

CHILDREN WOULD INHERIT THE
MOTHER’S SHARE ,

Can the grandchildren come_inlfor the,
mother’s share, she being deceased for,
a‘ number of years and the father mar-'
ried again if the grandmother died
without a will and there is several of
the grandmother's own children living,. or
if the grandfather is living can he hold
any of the grandmother's property there
being no incumberances whatever, and
will the property have to be probated or
can the children divide it among them-
selves, this property consisting mostly of
bank notes and mortgages. How long
a time has to expire before there can
be any steps made for division7—1L. A.
H_, Tyre, Mich.

The grandchildren would inherit
the share their mother would have
received had she been alive. Upon
the death of the grandmother her
husband takes no interest in the real
estate. He will receive one third of
the personal after the payment of
the funeral expenses, expenses of
administration and debts. Hols en-
titled to administration of the grand-
mother’s estate and entitled to the
fees for administration. If there are
no debts the heirs may divide the es-
tate. without probate if all are sat-
isfied but it must be unanimous and

tlementthat they‘do not, agree to.—.
W. E. Brown, legal cditof'. j
ACID PHOSPHATE " _ .
I have some acid-phosphate and Glean-
er General Grower.- How much should
I use on corn and beans andkgarden to
be of the greatest value‘b—El‘roy
Farm; Oceans County.

. It‘ is outsmart-y: to entree”?
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we. use:

i Dom "ii in for‘fsrmsr‘s' flop" ubibs‘,
“We are litre to sens you. Subysoribsrs desiring

junction to restrain any ‘threatened‘

be the best and cheapest way to get 8..“

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the fact that only about one-half or
two-thirds is. utilized by the .first
‘crop. .~~ Thus when it is distributed
throughout the soil. mass "the’ crbp
that follows in the rotation can 'make
better use of it. hWhenthephos-
photo is applied to gardens, standard
applications approach 400 pounds
per acre. f ' ., . ‘

Theapplication of mixed fertiliz-
ers, to which you refer,'.depe'nds upon
the compositirOn. -- If it is similar; to
a 2-12-2 about 200 pounds per acre
should be applied to the corn crop
andif broadcasted about 125 pounds

in. the hill —M; M. McGool, Professor"

Mirna.

LINE FENCE

I have a. 17 acre wood lot and my
neighbor wants me to build a hog and
sheep fence.
up now. . I pastured three or four acres
next to this neighbor where a creek ran
through but as there isn't enough past-
ure only to last two or three weeks, I
thought I would take up the fence and
let it be out to commons. Two or three
years ago this same man told me a barb
wire fence would be alright. I told him
this fence wouldn’t be lawful but he said
there would be no use to build a woven
wire fence. Now if I tear the fence out
on the road and take up my share of the
line fence can he force me to build a.
lawful fence—O. E. M., Greenville, Mich.

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You may throw your. property
open to the commons and not be re-
quired to. build line fence. You do
not have to build a “hOg and sheep
fence” but only such a fence as the
law requires of ,four and’ One half
feet high and such material as the
fence viewers deem a Sufficient fence.
Your neighbor does not have the au-
thority to say you shall‘ build a
fence in five days. The time and
kind of fence is for the fence view-
ers to determine if you not Willing,
to build on your own account.—
W. E. Brown, legal ed/ltor. ‘~

 

CHATTEL MORTGAGE

What is the law in regard to a chattel
morJtlgage after it is a. year past due?—
E. . P. .

A chattel mortgage is good and
colloctlable for six years after matur-
ity and for six years after payment
made thereon. However to be valid
against subsequent purchasers of the
property or against subsequent in-
cumbrancers, it must be renewed by
afiidavi-t within the 30 days preced-
ing the year after its filing—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.

 

THE COLLECTION BOX
FARMERBEOEIVES MONEY FROM
. ,cchGo FIRM =

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of Chicago. has

' owed me'about $20 since last Jan-

uary, and being unable to get the
money ourselves would like to" have
you see what you" can do aboutit.
You will see by the enclosed list of
questions which they have been send-
ing, and which I have filled out,
what it is about. We have filled in
at least four or dye of these papers,
and in return get the same thing
again. You will also note on their
enclosed order blank, that they prom-
ise to return money on unsatisfactory
goods returned. Then why don't
they do it? I think the enclosed
questions answered will make things.
clear to you. They owe. us $19.12.
I sent them my personal check in
January, which they have at present,
as you will see they call for it. I
think I should not have done this.—
D. N. 0., Flat Rock, Mich’.

We wrote the company in behalf
of D. N. C. and received "a reply from
them stating that they had discover-.
ed their mistake and were mailing
a check to our subscriber: covering
theamount due. 1 On June '14th, we

" _'received the following letter from D.

N.‘ 0.: , . .

Our account with P ‘ which ,.
they ,‘would’ not settle; and which, I .
turned , over to you for collection

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a; must some .by .mikw s question

" secure'white arsenic early in the

, not found this possible for som'eirw

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There is a barb wire fence '

‘ from other parts of the highway and

~‘ now sell for

.vising and encouraging and direct-

.it is a necessity ornot. .Any one dis-
satisfied may appeal. within-"ten idea!

  
 

      

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as an: s cial re’ riltion~ '-»~‘ has?
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‘ Yes, we have doneeverything‘pOO-T
sible to encourage the-farmers“- to
fight, grasshoppers. .,We”have been
trying to get'the Boards. of uric:-
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winter When the price was denim, and _.
some counties have been able ‘ to‘
raise the money to do so, others have-

son or other. .Howevcr, our. field
man is at present. up inwrthe various
counties north and west of you ad-

ing a campaign. ,

The main difiiculty at present is to
get white arsenic. up into place.
wher'e'it is needed in time. How-
ever, the counties that have~prepared
in advance for this campaign are get-
ting good results I believe and the
State Farm. Bureau is using its pow-
er to aid in securing the poison noos-
sary to make the poison bait, which
is the most effective weapon at our
command—R. H. Pettit, ProfessOr of i
Entomology, M. A. 0 .

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RIGHTS OF HIGHWAY COMB

Has the Highway Commissioner the
right to pile stone and pine stumps along
the front of a. man's farm and leave them
there? vOur Commissioner claims that
the state reserves eight feet outside of
the grade hubs and that he can leave
anything on that eight feet fhat he
wishes to.——C. -F.

I am of the opinion that the en-r
tire highway space may be' needed
for highway use and that the com-
missioner has the right to use the
side space for stones and stumps’tliat
come from the traveled part of the
highway in order to make-the right
of travel safe. I am of the opinion i
that the commissioner would_ not I

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have authority to draw materiel

dump them in front of a man’s prém- .
ises.——W. E. Brawn, legal editor. ' '

 

NEW HIGHWAY '

Certain interests are trying to get I
new road laid out, between two po '
about 6 milesapart. Now is the decis on
of a township, county or state highway
commission final, or have the taxpayers
a. right of appeal to some court .to re-
view the matter.-——X. Y. Z.

The law provides that arcommllé-
sioner 'of highways may lay Out a
highway upon petition 'o'f‘seven free
holders of such township. Upon res
ceipt of the application the. commis-
sioner shall serve notice on the own-
ers within five days after receipt of
the application. Upon the day fixed
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to the town board and the'etatuts
provides for an appeal to the circuit
court—W. E. Brown, legal editor.-

,,_INOOME TAX
One‘ question please, in regard to
-income tax. If A bought a farm (80
two years ago for say, $7,000 and he
$10,000,'can the gove
take any of it. That is if he is hes.
in debt on it. Having made quite a few
repairs and. improvementsL-Subscribsn
Durand Mich. « .

The government will not bother
you if you haven’t sold theland and '
made a clear profit. Even «though it ,
grows to many times what you-pay .
you can not say you‘ have inado u ».’_
profit until sold. .. The expense of . I;
the improvements taken from other, ’ , f
incomes are allowable'if you sell but '1
if used for permanent improvements} A ‘
wOuld not lie-allowed as expense. In . , i,
figuring. the profits the government , , \3 i
wants the clear gain forthe basis of ~ . . ‘ '- ’
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the ‘ computation.—-W.
gal editor.

   
   
    

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mm ., 0,-2,‘ . . ..
Weather E?” in the out lens.
I nought mag». :10: what supposed
:to be red. clover seed and one. brat! or
better ‘proved .to be sweet .c eve . At
that time sweet clover was worth $18
and the red clover 825 and t id for all
red clover, The.red clover sn’t ma-

ture at the same time of the sweet’clov-

« or and for that reason I consider it , a
County.

“mam—J. 11., Clinton

N ACT to regulate commerce in
certain agricultural seeds and
for other purposes. Act 202, P.
A., 1913-
of Michigan enact: Section 1. For
the purposes of “thiswact, agricultur-
al seeds are defined as the seeds of
alfalfa, Canadian blue grass, Ken-
tucky bluegrass, brome (awnless)
grass, buckwheat, alslke clover, crim-
son clover ,red clover, white clover,
field corn, Kafiir ‘corn, .meadow fes-
cue, flax, millet, oats, orchard grass,
rape, red top, r'ye, sorghum, timothy
and wheat which are to be used for
sowing or seeding purposes.

Sec. 2. Every lot of agricultural
seed as defined in section one of this
act, which is offered or exposed for
sale within this State for seeding pur-
poses in thisstate in lots- of eight
ounces or more, shall be accompan-

‘ ied by a plainly written or printed
' statement in the English language

stating, except where agricultural

"seed, ,as defined in section one of

this act, is sold at retail from the or-
iginal package, and said original
package being marked in accord-
ance with the provisions of this act.

1. Name of agricultural seed.

2. Name and address of person
selling or offering for sale such seed.

3. The approximate percentage
by weight of purity or freedom of
such seed from foreign matter or
from other seeds distinguishable by

_ their appearance.

4. The approximate percentage
by weight of contamination, specify-

- ing by name each kind present in

greater proportion than one per cent
by weight of the whole.

, Sec. 3. The seeds of quack grass
V(Agropyr_on repens), ' Canadian
thistle (Cirsium arvense), clover and
alfalfa dodded (Cuscuta epithymum)
and field dodded (Cuscuta arvensis)
are hereby defined as noxious weed
seeds. No person or persons, firm or
corporation, shall by himself, his
agent or representative of any other
person, firm or corporation, offer or
expose for sale or distribution, for
seeding purposes in this state, or sow
or cause to be sewn in this state any
agricultural seeds defined in section
one of this act, containing a greater
amount or proportion than one' seed
of any or all of said noxious weeds
to two thousand seeds of the variety
of agricultural seed. sown, offered or
exposed for sale. «

Sec. 4. The percentage of purity
of agricultural seeds required under
section two of this act shall be has-
ed upon a test or analysis conducted
either by the State Board of Agri-

The People of the State

 

culture'or its: .
vendorgof the agricultural seeds or
his agents: Provided, That such test
or analysis made by the vendor or
his agents, shall conform to the rea-
s’onable regulations which said board
is hereby authorized and directed to
prescribe or shall conform to the
reasonable regulations or methods
of testing adopted or used by the
Association of Official. Seed Analy-
ists or the United States Department
91,. Agriculture.

Sec. 5. Whoever buys or soils or
sows agricultural seeds, defined in

 

section one of this act for use in-

this State, for seeding purposes, may
submit his samples of such seeds to
the State Board of Agriculture for
examination and test of purity, and
said board of agriculture shall cause
such examination to be made as
promptly as possible and reported to
the sender. .For tests of purity, said
[board shall charge a fee of twenty-
xflVB cents for the examination of
each sample, which fee shall be pay-
able in advance“ All moneys receiv-
ed as such fees shall be paid to the
State Board of Agriculture.

Sec. 6. The enforcement of this
act shall be entrusted to the State

- Board of Agriculture, which is here-

by authorized to appoint such in-
spectors, assistants and deputies as
may be necessary to enforce this act,
dnd is authorized in person or by its
inspectors or assistants to take for~
analysis, paying the reasonable pur-
chase price, a sample not exceeding
four ounces in weight from any lot
of agricultural seeds- offered or ex-
posed for sale: Provided, That said
sample shall be drawn or taken in
the presence of the vendor or parties
in interest, or his or their agents or
representatives, and shall be taken
from a parcel, lot or number of par-
cels, which shall not be less than ten
per cent of the whole lot inspected,
and shall be thoroughly mixed and
then divided into two samples and
placed in containers, carefully seal-
ed, and label placed on each contain-
er stating the name of the agricul-
tural seed sampled, the same of the
vendor and the date and place of tak—
ing such samples, and said labels
shall be‘ signed by said State Board
of Agriculture or its agents; or said
samples‘may be taken in the pres-
ence of two disinterested witnesses
if the vendor or party in interest fails
or refuses to be present when noti-
fied. One of said duplicate samples
shall be left with or on the premises
of the vendor or party in interest,
and the other retained by the State
Board of Agriculture for analysis
and comparison with the label re—
quired by section two of this act.

Sec. 7. The provisions of this act
shall not apply to:

First, Any person selling agricul-
tural seeds direct to seed merchants
or shipping to a general market to
be cleaned or graded before being

would. we as

   

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ing purposes; ‘

Second," Agricultural seed which ‘ is.
held in storage for the purpose of

being cleaned; .

Third, Agricultural sced marked
“‘not cleaned" and held or sold for
shipment outside the state only.

Sec. 8. Whoever sells, offers or
exposes for sale within this state any
agricultural seeds defined in section
one of this act, without complying
with the requirements of sections two
and three of this act, or whoever
falsely marks or labels any agricul-
tural seeds under section two of this
act, or whoever shall prevent the
state Board of Agriculture or its
duly authorized agents from inspect-
ing said seeds and collecting samples
as provided in section six of this act,
or whoever shall otherwise violate
this act shall be guilty of a misdee—
meanor and upon conviction shall be
fined not more than one hundred dol—
lars: Provided, however, That no
prosecution for violation of this aci
shall be instituted except in the fol
lowing manner: When the Stair
Board of Agriculture believes or has
reason to believe that any person has
violated any of the provisions of sec-
tions two, three and eight of this act.
it shall cause notice of such fact, to—
gether with full specifications of the
act 0r omission constituting the vio-
lation, to be given to said person who

either'in person or by agent or at- 4
torney shall have the right, under '

such reasonable rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by said State
Boardof Agriculture, to appear be-
fore said board and introduce evi-
dence and said hearing shall be pri-
vate. If after said hearing or with-
out such hearing, in case said per-
son fails or refuses to appear, said
State Board of Agriculture shall de—
cide and decree that any or all of
said specifications have been proven
to its satisfaction, it may at its des-
cretion so certify to the proper pros-
ecuting attorney and request him to
prosecute said person according to
law for violation of this act, trans-
mitting with said certificate 3. copy
of the specifications and such other
evidence as shall be deeméd neces-
sary and proper, whereupon, said
prosecuting attorney shall prosecute
said person according to law.

Sec. 9. The results of the anly-
see and tests of seed made by the
‘State Board of Agriculture may, at
its.discretion, be published in its
reports. I _,

Sec. 10. The necessary expense
incurred in carrying out provisions
of this act shall be certified by the
secretary of the State Board of Ag—
riculture to the Auditor General,
who shall thereupon issue his war-
rant upon the State Treasurer for
the payment thereof, but the total
amount so paid in any one fiscal year
shall not exceed two thousand del-
'lars.

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ITY, DAIRY NEEDS
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roads, or on the part of the bankers,
or whatever it may be. publicity will
cure it. When you point publicity’s
hand at any man and you say the
truth and he is wrong that is the

end of him.

Public opinion in a republic is the
source of all power and it is the
source of all success in the market-
ing of goods. People will buy the
product of the dairyman and pay him
just what his mind values it at. When
I see you people up here in Minne-
sota getting all elicited over the
abuse you have been subjected to,
you dairymen about Minneapolis and
St. Paul, for years you worked for
nothing producing milk for the peo-
ple of St, Paul and Minneapolis,
they did not ask you to but you just
simply would not trusteach other,
each one of you thought he was’ get-
ting a little more for his milk, 'than
his neighbor got, and the distribute
ors were working the whole bunch
of you, for their own advantage,"but
you finally got to realize that, " it

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where near what it is worth as a
food, they are getting in a good deal
better condition and it is all through
publicity.

You might take, if you please, the
question of potatoes in Minnesota.
Suppose you had an organization of
potato growers in Minnesota, they
agreed they would contribute one
cent per bushel for publicity. and ed-
ucation about Minnesota potatoes.
and the used that money to teach
the people to put in their potatoes in

' the fall before \the freezing comes so

that the farmers would not be, to the
extra expense of taking care of them
through the winter. and delivering
during freezing weather,
them the advantage of putting in po-
tatoes in the fall—What do you think
the result would be? Why, friends,
by the time it is froze up in the fail
you would not be able to find a po-
tato in Minnesota that was not stor-
ed away for winter use in the family
that was to use it-
. . e e e e

If we are going to produce vege-
tables or grain we have got to feed
the plant economically, we have got
to be able to handle the produce eco-
nomically, and we have got to in an
ancient way market the product. If

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there has demand that We: pro»

showing .

we must do that. If we are going
to produce the dairy products and
hope to succeed and retain our owu
respect and the respect of the world.
we have got to use the most efficient
machinery in the world to produce
it, and we have got to create a con-
dition of mind that will appreciate
it at its true worth through edu-
cation‘and publicity. We have got
to forget all these little animositles
and suspicions of each other.

I think one of the first lessons we
must learn is to realize that we must»
solve our own problems, that our sal-
vation cannot be worked out by po-
litical bunco steerers that are trying
to arrange for their own perpetuity
inofllce, that we have to pull our own
weight in the everyday ‘and ordinary
walks of life, and that the greatest
evaporator of prejudice and correct-
or of wrong and error, is publicity
and education, and if the people of
this great northwest who are tilling
the soil will agree among themselv-
es to use publicity and education
thru their own organization. I believe

because the great body of’ humanity
believes in justice and fair plan-and

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proved safe by millions and prescribed by
physicians for over twenty years. Ao-
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which contains proper directions to relieve
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Are Working Harder

and using their feet more than ever be-
fore. For all these workers the frequ
use of Allen’s. Foot-Ease. the antisept z
into the
shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, in-
creases their eflioiency and insures need-
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_ M. B. F.’s
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Is Your Farm for Sale?

Write out a plain description and fig-
are as for each word. Initial or group of
figures. Send it in for one, two or three
times. There's no cheaper or better way

' of selling a firm in Michigan and you
your troubles would largely «cease 3

deal W with the buyer. Nov anus. g.
semi-pious. If you want to sell .0: tr“.
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.III boohke Inc. Theaters. our III-Ins on closes
IIIId IdverI Maine no cash In In" with order.
Count I: one word each InIIIII Ind each droun
0' "lures. both In the body of the Id Inc In the
The "II II 5 cents I. word for each Is-
one. rosII-dleu of number“ of IImII Id Ilfl- TWO
:8. no 'dltoouna. Copy'm 11' III In“b $053;-

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‘ tel-ed pasture,

' balance easy terms.
‘ Big Illustrated Catalog

’ Ford Bldg”

5 miles from2 Millersburg.

Dep’ I. MI. “Clemens, MlohIgIn _

@fARMS &LAN peg

FARM WITH ALL CROPS, 4 HORSES. 41
cattle. tools, 385 acres splendid land, flne build-
ings. good American neighborhood, near village.
fields have cut 140 tons hay, 75-cow, brook- -wa-
valuable wood, variety fruit; tw0
12-room houses, four barns; owner throws in
horses, cows. all machinery, tools. all growing
“ODS; everything $15. 000, only 86, 000 cash,
Details of“? agasgfiufls
Farm rga ns
814 BE,

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Copy free. STROUT FARM AGENCY.

Detroit, Mich.
LAND. RICH
$15. 00 an
five

STRIPPED HARDWOOD
clay loam-easy terms, $12 .50 to
acts. Neig hbors. roads, uhools. Four to
Never felling clover
seed will make your payments J 0 G.
KRAU’I‘H. Millersburg, Mich.

FARM FOR SALE—16 ACRES. CLAY LOAM
well drained. Best of soil. No county ditch.
Good buildings. newly painted. Acetylene lights,

‘. will sell with or without stock. tools and crops.

1 main road- A. R.

‘ voice price

. roads and good markets.

2 miles to good market on
ZIMMERMAN. Newsygo. Mich.‘

STORE AND 4 ACRES. 18 MILES FROM
Alpena on Mich. Pike. $1.8 0. Stock at in-
Owner, JAMES J. LINCE, Ossineke.

80 rods to school.

Mich” R R

WANTED—4'0 SELL. TRADE 0R RENT SO
Icre farm. Write D. R. HAMILTON. R 8.
Blanchard. Mich.

FOR SALE—CHOICE UNIMPROVED FARM
lands in Thumb District of Michigan Near rail-
Buy direct from ogner
for less money. ALB
Michigan.

ACRES,

Ind get better land
HEATH, Harbor Springs.
EIGHTY

FOR SALE—EIGHTY

‘ rods from scl1ool,tw0 miles from trunk line high-
- way, four miles from store; land good and near—

Ial.e
I for list E. R.

. buildings,
2 Utica.

5 for the farmer.‘

: livig easy to make.

, Icres.

' one— row,

ly level. Some wire fencing. Cheap for quick
MASON WHALY, Harrison Mich.

CALIFORNIA FARMS FOR SALE. WRITE
WAI,’1‘E' Shawnee, AklahOma.

40 ACRE DAIRY FARM. GOOD SOIL, FINE
tile silo, new wire fencing, 20 rods
1-2 miles north and 2 miles east of

Ichool, 1
Mich.

FRED BUSCH. R1, Utica',

IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE—OSCEOLA
and adjoining counties offer great opportunities
Productive 'soil, fine climate,
good roads and best of schools, farmers well .or-
ganized, three branches of Gleaner Clearing
House, everything to make life worth living and
Let us send our descriptive
booklet of the wonderful country, and tell you
of the great bargains we have to offer. CAL-
LAgHAN & CARROW LAND 00.. Reed City,
Mic . ,

FINE FARM FOR SALE CHEAP. EIGHTY
Forty two in crops. Buildings and fences
good. FRED E. SCHERZER, Rhodes, Mich.

QEMISCELLANEOUgg

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-
est All kinds. Delivered prices. Address "M.
M." care Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clem-

ens. Mich.

 

 

 

 

BUILDERS' PRODUCTS CO.. 14 PASADENA
Ave, Detroit. Wholesale to consumers—Paints,
Varnish, Spraying Materials, Sprayers. Manual
mailed free. M. B. TEEPLE. Mgr.

 

WANTED—FOREMAN FOR LARGE FARM.
Rent and living free. Salary $1,200 per year.
MICHIGAN STATE PRISON. Jackson, Mich.

’ CORN HARVESTER--ONE- MAN. ONE- HORSE.
self— gathering. Equal to a corn bind-
er. Soid direct to farmers for twenty- thgee years;
Only $"S with fodder binder. Fre

showing pictures of harvester. I’ROCEeSeS GOIIIN
llAllYlCS’l‘lClt (‘10.. Saline, Kan.

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Michigan Business Farmer,

Mt. Clemens, Mich, ‘
Gentlemen: —- Enclosed please
find check for $14.60, the sum due
for 13 weeks‘ chicken ad and one
week strawberry ad If we need
any more ads we will let you
know later.
Your ads surely bring business.
We’ re all sold out for April and
‘ May Yours is the bes paper for
Michigan farmers that there is in
'the state. Continue in the same.
good way and you will have the
support of every bona fide farmer-

Cord1ally yours,
C. W HEIMBACH,

Route- 5, Big Rapids, Mich...

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to advertise livestock
or poultry in . .
M. B.- E’s
Breeder-I Dimctory.

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or. and love. and honoi?”

are a madness "

“Can a woman‘s or a man’s true

love be purchased by them?”

“They can purchase all the world. "V

_ “You
Ydu‘ ’have held women
Will they purchase

“Come," the Queen said.-
are a\— man
in your arms.

.women?”

“Since the beginning of time wo-'
men have been bought and sold for
them, and for them women- have sold
themselves.”

“Will they buy me the heart of

your good friend Francis?”

For the first time Torres looked
at her, and nodded and muttered, his
eyes swimming with drink and wild-
eyed with sight of such array of
gems.

“Will good
them?” ‘

Again he nodded emphatically.

She began to laugh in silvery de-
rision. Bending at haphazard she
clutched a priceless handful of the
pretties. _

"Come,” she commanded.
show you how I value them.”

She led him across the room and
out on. a platform that ‘extended
around three sides of a space of wa~
ter, the fourth side being the perpen-

Francis so value

“I will

dicular cliff. At the base of the cliff '

the water formed a whirlpool that
advertised the drainage exit for the
lake which Torres had' heard the
Morgans speculate about.

With another silvery tease of
laughter, the Queen tossed the hand-
ful of priceless gems into the heart
of the whirlpool. ‘

“Thus I value them," she said.

Torres was aghast and, for the
nonce. well night sobered by such
wantonnes‘s.

“And they never come back,” she
laughed on. “Nothing ever comes
back. Look !"

She flung in a. handfull of flowers
that raced around and around the
whirl and quickly sucked down from
sight 'in the center of it.

“If nothing comes back,’
does everything go?” Torres
quickly.

The Queen shrugged her shoulders
although he knew that she knew the
secret of the waters.

“More than one man has gone that
way,” she said dreamily. “No one
of them has ever returned. My moth-
er went that way, after she was dead.
I was a girl then." She roused. “But
you, helmeted one, go now. Make
report to your master—your friend,
I mean. Tell him what I possess for
And, if he be half as mad
as you about the bits of glass, swift-
ly will his arms surround me. I shall
remain here and in dreams await his
coming. The play of the water fas-
cinates me.’

Dismissed, Torres entered the
sleeping chamber, crept back to steal

where
asked

a glimpse of the Queen, and saw her.

sunk down on the platform, head on
hand, and gazing into the whirlpool.
Swiftly he made his way to the chest,
lifted the lid, and stowed a scooping
handful into his trousers’ pocket. Ere
he could scoop a second handful, the
mocking laughter of the Queen was
at his back.

F ar an‘d rage mastered him to
such extent, that he sprang toward
her, and pursuing her out upon the
platform, was only prevented from
seizing her by the dagger she threat-
ened him with.

“Thief,”. she said quietly. “With-
out honor are you. _And,the way of
all thieves in this valley is death.‘ I
shall ”summon my spearm’en" and have
you thrown into the whirling w ter. ”
- And his. extremity gave Torre cun-
hing.- Glancing apprehensively at the
water that threatened him, he ejac—

" . ulated- a cry ofhorror as if at what

strange thing he had seen, sank
down on his hands. The Queen look-
ed sidewise to see what he had seen.
Which was his moment.
the air upon her like a leaping tiger,
clutching her wrists and wresting the
dagger from her. -»

He wiped the sweat from his face
and trembled while he slowly recov-
Meanwhile she gazed
upon him curiously, without- fear. , '

“You are a woman of~ evil, " he

snarled at her, 'still shaking with»
rage, “a witch that traflics with the
. powers of darkness and all devilish

“They are beyond all things. They"

dry lips, and burst forth.

'sacredness to her.

He rose in -

of water and p rl ‘ ‘
"Or?'.’ she prompted
“Or. . " He paused, licked his

the Mother of God, I am not afraid.

.Or marry me this day, which is the

other choice. ”

“You would marry me for me? Or
for the treasure?”

"For the treasure,” he admitted
brazenly.

“But it is written in the Book 01'“

Life that I shall marry Francis,” she

objected.

“Then we will rewrite that page
in the Book of Life.”

“As if it could be done.”
laughed. _,

“Then will I prove your mortality
there in the whirl, whither I shall
fling you as you flung the flowers.”

Truly intrepid Torres. was for the
time—intrepid because of the ancient
drink that burned in his ‘blood and
brain, and because he was master of
the situation. Also, like a true
Latin-American. he loved a scene
wherein he could strut and elocute.

Yet she startled him by emitting
a hiss similar to the Latin way of
calling a servltor. He regarded her
suspiciously, glanced at the doorway

she

to the sleeping chamber, then return- '

ed his gaze to her.

Like a ghost, seeing it only vagueé
ly out of the corner of his eye, the
great white hound erupted through
the doorway. Startled again, Torres
involuntarily stepped to the side. But
his foot failed to come to rest on
the emptiness of air it encountered,
and the weight of his body toppled
him down off the platform into the
water. Even as he fell and scream-
ed his despair, he saw the bound in

' mid air leaping after him.

Swimmer that he was, Torres was
like a straw in thegrip of the cur-
rent; and the Ladvaho Dreams,
gazing down upon him fascinated
from the edge of the platform, sew
him disappear, and the hound after
him. into the heart of the whirlpool
from Which there was no return.

CHAPTER X-X

QNG THE Lady Who Dréa‘ms gaz-

ed down at the playing waters.

* .At last, with a sighed “My poor
dog,” she arose. The passing of Tor-
res had meant nothing to her. Ac-
customed from girlhood to exercise
the higher powers of life and death
over her semi-savage and degenerate
people, human life, per so, had no
If life were good
and lovely, then, naturally, it was
the right thing to letvit live.
life were evil, ugly, and dangerous

to other lives, then the thing. was to .

let die or] make ,it die. Thus, to her,
Torres had been an episode—un-
pleasant, but quickly over. But it
was too bad about the dog.

' Clapping her hands loudly as she
entered her chamber, to summon one
of her women, she made' sure that
the lid of the jewel chest was raised.
To the woman she gave a command,
and herself returned to the platform,
from where she could lock into the
room unobserved.

A few minutes later, guided by the
woman, Francis enteredthe chamb-
er and was left alone. He was not
in a happy moo’d. Fine as had been
his giving up of Leoncia, he got no
pleasure from the deed. Nor was
there any pleasure in looking, for—
ward to marrying .-the strange lady
who ruled over the Lost Souls and

resided in this wierd lake dwelling.

Unlike' Torres, however, she did not
arouse in him fear or animosity.
Quite to the contrary, Francis’- feel-
ing toward her'was largely that. .of
pity. ‘Hercould not help, but be im-
pressed by' the tragic pathos of the

ripe and lovely woman desperately '
seeking 103765 and a mate, despite her.

imperious and cavalier methods.
At a glance he recognized the room

for what it was, and idly wondered *1

if he were already considered the

bridegroom, san discussion, sans ac-

quiescence, sans ceremony. In his
brown study, the chest‘ scarcely
caught his attention. The Queen,
watching, saw him evidently waiting
for her, and,
Walk over to the chest.
up a handful of If;

"No. I My,

But if '

after a few minutes;
He gathered .. ,
d

. of. such delight to t e Qu,
could .no longer Withstrain herself .
to more spying Entering the room .

and greeting him, she laughted:
“Was Senor Torres a liar?” -
“Wee?" Francis queried for .the
need of saying something, as he
arose before her.
“He no longer is," she assured him.
“Which is neither here nor there,”

Webs hastened on as Francis began to

betray interest in the matter of Tor-
res’ end. “He is gone, and it is well
that he is gone. forhe can never
come back. But he did lie; didn’t
he?”

“Undoubtedly,” Francis replied.
"He is a confounded liar.”

He could not help noticing the way
her face fell when he so heartily
agreed with her concerning Torres’
veracity.

‘ ”What did he say?” Francis quee-
tioned.

“That he was the one selected to ,
marry me. ” ‘

“A liar," Francis commented dry-
ly. .
“Next he ‘said that you were the
selected one—which was also a lie,"

_ her voice trailed ofl.

.Francis shook his head. ,,

The involuntary cry of 10y the
Queen uttered touched his heart to
such' tenderness of pity that “almost
did he put his arms around her to
soothe her. She waited for him. 'to
speak

“I am the one to marry you,” he
went on steadily. “You are very
beautiful. "When shall we be mar-
ried?” ,

The wild joy in her face was such _
that he swore to himself that never
would:he willingly mar'that face
with marks of sorrow. She might be
ruler over the Lost Souls. with the
wealth of Ind and with supernatural
powers—of mirror—gazing; 'but most
poignantly she appealed to him as a
lonely and naive woman, overspilly
ing of love and totally unversed in
love.

“And I shall tell you of another

- lie this Torres animal told me," she

burst forth exultantly. “He told me
that you were rich, and that, before
you married me, you desired to know
what wealth was mine. He told me
you had sent him to inquire into
what riches I possessed. This I
know was a lie. You are not marry-
ing me for- that”—with a scornful
gesture at the jewel chest.

Francis shook his head.

“You are marrying me for my-
self, " she rushed on in triumph.

“For yourself, ” Francis could not
help but lie.

And then he beheld an amazing
thing. The Queen; this Queen who
was the sheerest autocrat, who said
come here and go there, who dismiss-

. ed the death of Torres with its more

announcement, and who selected her
royal spouse without so much as con-
sulting his prenuptial wishes, this
Queen began to blush. Up her neck,
flooding her face to her ears and
forehead, welled the pink tide of
maidenly modesty and embarrass=
ment. And such sight of faltering
made Francis falter. He knew not
what to do,'and' felt a warmth of,
blood ,rising under the sun-tan ,of
his own face. Never, be thought, had
there been a man and woman situa-
tion like it in all the history ,of men
and women. The mutual embarrass-
ment of the pair of them was appall-
ing, and to save his life he could not

'have summoned a jot of initiative.

Thus, the Queen was compelled to
speak first.

“And now," she said, blushing still
more furiously, “you must make love
to me. " -

Francis strove to speak, but his
lips were so dry that he licked them
and succeeded only in shimmering
incoherently

“I never have been loved” ‘the '
Queen continued .bravely. “,Th’e If- ‘ “
fairsgof my people are not Icye- My.
people are animals without reason,
But we, you and I, are. men and um
man. There must. be wOoihg, 311d
tenderness—that much I have learn~ '
ed from my Mirror of the World.
But I am unskilled. . I know so:

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"And so," she was saying, half an

\ ‘ lips.

" were ectasy

after- another pause.
lijot vent arms so mud to be about me

' ’ as I am tried to have them about me?

11“”? have a man's lips touched my
What is a kiss like—on the
lips. I mean? Your lips on my hand
You kissed then, not

alone my hand, but my soul. My

~heart was there, throbbing against
Did you not‘

the press of your lips.

hour later, as they sat on the couch
:hand in hand. “I have told you the
little I know of myself. I do not
know the past, except what I have
been told of it. The present I see
clearly in my Mirror of the World.
The future I can likewise see, but
vaguely; nor can I always understand
what I see. _I was born here. So
was my mother, and her mother. HOW

, it chanced is that always into the life

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_ ed Henry.

; torted.

(

Some-
times. as you they came here. My
mother's mother, se it was told me,
left the valley to find her lover and
was gone a long time-flier years. So
did my mother go'forth. The secret
was is known to me, where the' long
dead conquistadores guard the Maya
mysteries, and where Da Vasco him-
self stands whose helmet this Torres
animal had the impudence to steal
and claim for his own. Had you not
come, I should have been compelled
to go forth and find you, for you were
my appointed one and had to be."

A Woman entered, followed by a
spearmen, and Francis could scarce
make his way through the quaint an-

tiquated Spanish of the conversation\ .

that _ensued. It cummingled anger
and joy, the Queen epitomized it to
him.

“We are to depart now to the Long
House for our wedding. The Priest

ofthe Sun is. stubborn,=I know not .

why. save that he hasbeen balked
of the blood of all of you on his al-
tar. He is very bloodthirsty. He is
the Sun Priest, but he is possessed of
little reason. I have report that he
is striving to turn the people against
our wedding—the dog !" She clinch-
ed her hands, her face set and her
eyes blazed with royal fury. “He
shall marry us, byt the ancient cus-
tom, before the Long House, at the
Altar of the Sun."

“It’s not too late
‘change your mind,” Henry urged.
“Besides, it is not fair. The short
straw was mine. Am I hot right
Leoncia?"

Leoncia could not reply. They
stood in a group, at the forefront of
the assembled Lost Souls, before the

Francis, to

altar. Inside the Long House the
Queen and the Sun Priest were
closeted

“You wouldn’t want to see Henry
.marry her, would you, Leoncia?"
’Francis argued.

“Nor you either,” vLeoncia count-
ered. “Torres is the only one I’d
like to have seen marry her. I don’t
like her. I would not care to see any
friend of mine her husband. ”

“You' re almost jealous,” comment-
“Just the same, Francis
doesn't seem so very cast down over
his fate."

“She's not at all bad,” Francis re-
“And I can accept my fate
with dignity, if not with equanimity.
And I’ll tell you something else,
Henry, now that you are harping on
this strain; she wouldn’t marry you

' if you asked her.’

“011,1 don't know," Henry began.
“Then ask her," was the challenge.

“Here sne comes now. Look at here

There’s trouble brewing. And

eyes.
the priests's black as thunder. You
Just propose to her and see what

chance you ’ve get while I’m around.
Henry nodded his head stubbornly.
-"I will—'-but not to show you what
kind of a woman conqueror I am,
but fer the sake of fair play I was
not playing the game when I accept-

ed year sacrifice of yourself. but I_“

em going to play the game now.’
Before they could prevent him, he
and thrust his way to the Queen.
shouldered in; between her and the
t,’ and began to speak earnestly.
, 1 languid as she listen-

to. beautiful?" the Queen- x
“Are-

'. addressed Leoncia directly.
'Henry has just asked me to marry

a rituals, is; price.
heels, and Henry
slowly, trying to conceal othe gladness

that was his at being: re sated.

“What do you think, the Queen
“Geod
this

him, which makes the fourth
Have

day. Am I not well loved?

'you ever had four lovers, all desiring \

to marry you on‘ your wedding day?”

"Four. "’ Francis exclaimed.

The Queen looked at him tenderly.

“Yourself and Henry whom I haVe
just declined. And, before either of
you this day, the insolent Torres;
and, just now, in the Long House the
priest here. Wrath began to fire
her eyes and cheeks at the recollec-
tion. “This Priest of the Sun, this
priest long since renegade to his
vows, this man who is only half a
man, wanted me to marry him ! The
dog! The beast! And he had the
insolence to say, at the end, that I
should not marry Francis. Come. I
will show him.’

She nodded her own private spear-
men up about the group, and with
her eyes directed two of them behind
the priest to include him. At sight3,
of this, murmurs began to arise in
the crowd.

“Proceed priest," the Queen com-
manded harshly.
kill you now.”

He turned sharply about, as if to
appeal to the people, but the speech
that trembled to his lips died unut-
tered at sight of the spear points at
his breast He bowed to the inevit—
able, and led the way close to the al-
tar, placing the Queen and Francis
facing him, while he stood above on
the platform of the altar, looking at
them and over them at the Lost
Souls.

“1 am the Priest of the Sun. he
began. “My vows are holy. As the
vowed priest I am to marry this wo-
man, the Lady Who Dreams, to this
stranger and intruder,‘whose blood
is already forfeit to‘our altar. My
vows are holy. I cannot be false to
them. I refuse to marry this woman
to this man. In the name of the Sun
God I refuse to perform this cere-
mony——"

“Then shall you die, priest, here
and now,” the Queen hissed at him,
nodding the near spearmen to lift
their spears against him, and nod-
ding the other spearmen to face the
murmuring and semi-mutinous Lost
Souls.

Followed a pregnant pause. For
less than a minute, but for nearly a
minute, no word was uttered, no
thought was betrayed by a restless
movement. All stood, like so many
statues; and all gazed upon the priest
against whose heart the poised spears
rested.

He, whose blood of heart and life
was nearest at stake in the issue, was
the first to act. He gave in. Calmly
he turned his back to the threaten-
ing spears, knelt, and, in archaic
Spanish, prayer an invocation of
fruitfulness to the Sun. Returning
to the Queen and Francis, with a
gesture he made them fully bow
and almost half kneel before him.
As he touched their hands with his
finger tips he oculd not forbear the
involuntary scowl that convulsed his
features.

As the couple arose. at his indi-
cation. he broke a small corn- -cake
in two, handing a half to each.

“The Eucharist, " Henry whispered
to Leoncia. as the pair crumbled and
ate their portions of cake.

”The Roman Catholic worship Da
Vasco must have brought in with
him, twisted about, until 'it is now
the marriage ceremony,” she whis-
pered back ‘comprehension, although
at sight of Francis thus being lost to
her, she was holding herself tightly
for control, her lips bloodless and
stretched to thinness, her nails hurt-
ing into her palms.

From the altar the priest took and

ger and a tiny golden cup. She.
spoke to Francis, who rolled up his
sleeve and presented to her his bar-
ed left, forearm. About to scarify
his flesh, she paused, considered till
all could seehe’r visibly think, and,
instead of breakin'g'his skin. she

' touched the dagger point carefully

folio win; more I

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BUTTER BOY ROSllIA PRIIIOE

herd sire, son of King 0m. His sire
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his Grand Dam has since made over 30
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in one day. What is be worth today? The
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5 HEIFER CALI“
see from 2 to, 8 months
3 ROLL CALYES
one ready for heavy service

COWS

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two with 18 and 20 lb. seven day records.
with good profitable cow testing records.
for pedigrees and prices.
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sales from their herd. We up Well pleased with
111- calves from our Junior lien! Sim "King Pol:-
'1111- Land» Korndyllo Seam" who Is . son 0!
King 11! the Pontiac-s” from a daughter of Pon-
91:1 ( '111tl1llde [be hul find. A few bull calves for
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Lyons 170606 All from A R 0 dams
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romncs Heads our Herd

Several 30 pound covvs all under Fe dersl Sup-
good bull calves and a few bred heifers
for sale. .
HILL CREST FARM. Ortonvlllo,
or write
John P. Hehl.

Mich.

181 Griswold St... Dotro‘t. IllIclI.

OUR HERD §|RE

MODEL KING SEEIS BLISTA

His sire a. 30 lb son of IAkesido King Segls
Albsn De Ko.

His dam Glists Feuellza~ 32: 37 lb.

Her dam. Glista Ernestine. 35. 96 lb.

His three nearest dams average over 33 lbs.
and his forty six nearest tested relatives average
over 80 lbs butter in seven days. We ofler one
of his sons ready for service

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1110 BULL 111m

111-111mm Holstein Frieshn. sired by 311. 117 Ib.‘

bull and from heavy producing yon cows. Those
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mid 1mou./

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Iiull calf lrst r ‘11~12t’.so‘ sold but have 2 more
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101191 sred by a son (11: King 011.1 One is from
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the great bul's

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REGISTERED I‘IOLSlEiIlSo s... fo?‘)S::

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$125'00 r-nlf bun Nov. 23 1019.

l‘lvenh marked. The nearest dams average 22. 5
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H. L. VOEPEL. Sobowalng, Mich.

Bulls From an Accredited Herd

HILL CREST FARMS. ML‘NSON. MICHIGAN
RISINGHURS'I‘ JOIIANNA ORMSBY DIMPLE
“”1063
born Nov. 25, 1015, is offered for sale.
is by Johanna Concordia Champion 60575 (29
A. R. 0. daughters. two 30 lbs” 9 above 20 lbs.)
who is by Colonth Johanna Champion 45674
60 A. R. 0. daughters) 11. son of (.lolantlm 4ths
Johanna, 35. 22. the only cow to ever hold at one
time 11 world’s 1 ords in every division from
one day to: filo dam, Llndenwood Dimple
2nd 139424. 2?. 33 lbs. butter. 465. 30 lbs. milk,
average per cent fat. 4. 70. is by Duke Ormshy
Piemrtje De Kol 44764 (10 A. B. 0.
2 above 30 0.]bs) and out of Lindemvood Dimple
104601.81“: has 75 per cent the same breeds
ing as Lindenwood Hope. 33.6 Write for price
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“ RICE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL
cell born February lst. Sired b Flint Hen~
gerreld lied whose two means clams average
32 66 lbs. butter and 735. 45 lbs. milk in 7 days.

. lighter of a non of 1’0!!th Do
Nijmlsnder 35. 43 lbs. butter and 750 lbs. milk in
7 days Write for prices and extended pedigree
to

L. C. KETZLER
Flint, Mlch.

BIO ROOK I'IOLSTEIIIS

Herd Headed by Johan Pauline De
K01 Lad 236554

a son of Flint Hengerveld Lad
and Johan Pauline DeKol twice
30 1b. coW and dam of Pauline
DeNijlander (Mich.- Champion
two years old.)

Bull calves from dams up to
28 pounds.
Roy E. Fickies, Chesaning, Mich.

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[20 HEREFORD STEERS. ' ALDO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy 111131111,
Shortbom and Angus ste rs 5 to 1000 lbs.
Owners anxious to sell. Ill be! buy 50.
commission. 0. 1" Ball. Fall-tied. Iowa.

’ . ANGUS

The M031 P10111111. K1111 ‘

«‘1?! grain chit! heifers
Y's heaviest milk mo-

lWre bred ANGUS bull oftbo

{type for combination beef 3nd

' lot. shiplnents gunned at GLENWOOD

FAReM {or prommhinm§nLT OFH' BLB
dl exphj 11 MI HIS PR A

STOCK 0FEEDING 400 pages illustrated.

CEO. 3. SMITH. Mdlson. Mich.

BARTLETIS'PW‘ sun scenes“.
ANGU§ CATTLE AND O.l.0.
Swine are right sud are priced right.
Abundance solicited and l pee on in
CARL BARTLETT, Lawton. lllcll.

 

 

 

 

 

 

of farming. 11 car load
LBNAWER COUNT
to Include;

 

 

 

GUERN SEYS

GUERMEYS FOR SALE. 1 BULL, 81'. AUG-
tell Sultan, sire Longwater Prince Charmant
(18714) 4 A. R. daughters, 416 lb. fat at 2 1-2
years old. Dam Drums of Hillhurst (35969) A.
R. 548 lb. fatm at 2 1- 2 y.rs old. 1 bull calf. 6
mos. old of similar breeding. Also a few flno
heifers of the above bull. It will pay you to
investigate. Prices and pedigree on a licstion.
. MORGAN 8808.. R 1, Alimony lch.

REGISTERED GUERNSEYs

-» ORDER YOUR BULL' OALF "GUI.
for later shipment. [it me send you a real Nth
igree of better breeding.

J. m. WILLIAMS“: North Adams. Mich.

 

 

 

 

JERSEYS .

Highland F arm-Jerseys

fillers llu’ls «f serviceable are, of R. 0. M.
Sire and Dsm's; wth high production records.
\is1 bull rails. “rite ful' printed list of prices
.1112! (lilscl'illtltn

HI GHLAND FARM. Shelby, Mich“ R 2.

 

 

F”. Solo—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and Illa?
Jest) breeding Dams are heavy producers.
L. CARTER. R4. Lake Odessa. Mlch.

 

IMPROVE YOl'R JERSEY HERD WITH ONE
(11": (RWN \Izijesty hulls.
Mich.

NK P. NORMINGTON, lonla,

 

 

HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers' Association have stock for sale. both milk
and beef breeding.
Write the secretnry
FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich.

FOR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND

i la. Down Rams.
011 on . DeGARMO. Muir. Mich.

Shorthorns at Farmers’ Prices

FOUR SCOTCH TOPPED BULL CALVES
under one year old. These are 1111 roams and
‘ individuals.
theme FAIRVIEW FARM‘ _
Alma,
ONLY A FEW
AT OLD PRICE.
Mich.

Mlchlgan
LEFT

F. E. Boyd
SHORTHORIIS
Wm. J. BELL, Rose City,

FOR SALE ifi’i.’ 31.11.? "33333... 323..

W 8. HUBER. Gladwin. Mich.

 

calf

aplo Ridge Hard of Bates Sim-thorns Of-
fers for sale a roan bull calf 9 11103. old. Also 2
)Kiullfler ones. J. E. TANSWELL, Mason, Mich.

 

WANT? . I represent 41
“IORTHORN breeders. Can not you in
with best milk or beef strains. Bulls Ill
Some females. 0. W. Crum, President
Michigan Shorthorn Association. Mc-
Michigan.

wEIAT DO YOU

t .ich
ages.
Central
Brides.

 

HEREFORDS

Hardy Northern Bred Herefords

BERNARD FAIRFAX 824819 HEAD OF HERO
20 this year's calves for sale. 10 bulls and 10

JOHN MacGREGOR. Huntsville. 1111611.

REGISTERED HEREFORD 1211111311

KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD

 

 

We still have eight/good bulls and some half»
. era for sale.

(Tome and see them.
MARION STOCK FARM
Tony B. Fox, Prop.
Marlon. Illch.

 

E. N. BALL.
FELIX WITT

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Business Farmer.

Writ» than in euro 0; thlsps paper.
sings: your sole. «to. l‘hoy work excl

 

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They are both honest and competent men of standing in their lines in
end they will represent my reader of this w ekly
Their 10.0.. is I

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LIVE STOCK FIELD MEN

Cattle and Show
Horses and Swlno

One or the other of the above we‘l known experts. will visit all live stock sales of
Importance in Michigan, northern Ohio and Indians. as the exclusive Field Men of The Michigan

Michigan
ing and pm'chases.
no to 1011.42ch wilLalso hob you

launch of Mickie-n o,OYIN ”F31“,

 

BIG TYPE P.’

 

AYRSHIRES

SPEOIAL SALE
REGISTERED AYRSHIRES

Beginninw June 12th., f1: r 30 days we will sell
bulls fit for sor1ice 0for 51001111 calves and
heifer calves for S

FIIIDOLAY BROS

Vassar. R 5, Mich.

 

 

POLAND CHINA

BIG BOB \ MASTODON

Site was champion of the world. his Dam's
sire was grand champion at Iowa State Fair Get
a grand champion while the getting is good. Book-
ing orders now. Bred redkilts are all sold, but have
10 choice fall pigs sired by a Grandson of Dish.
ers Giant. 3 boars and '1 sows. W sell open
or bred for Sept. furrow, to BIG BOB.

C. E. GARHANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich.

WONDERLAND HERD

LARGE TYPE P. C.
A few choice bred gilt: for solo. Also tsll gilt:
and 11, some very good prospects of excellent
breed! Gila bred ORPHAN'S SUPERIOR
he RbElAN lG ORPIIAN’ S 11300th “EN BIG BONE

Dun
BEAUTY'SA CHOICE by ORANGE BUD. BIG
ORANGE w
Free livery to visitors.
Wm. J. CLARKE.
Eaton Rapids. Mich. '

WALRDT ALLE

it031111-0113 will be sired b
No.131rod by Giant 0
Progress 7N0. 37 77041.

A. D. GREGORY, lonia, Mich.
HERES SOMETHIIIO' GOOD ~

'IHE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. 0. EN MICH.
Get it bigger and better bre‘d boar pig from my
herd. at a reasonable price. Come and see them.
Expipses paid if not as represented. ”These hours
In service: L's Big Orange. Lord Clansmun, '
Orange Price [dd L‘s Long Pros aspect.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. Puma. Mlch.

BIG TYPE ' POLAND cumns

WITH QUALITY
Nine fol] slits out of litters of eleven and
thirtéenhfor sale.-
.IYGRAHTO. ll. Johns. Ilch.

1». mm «mm
111-.8611 ”"'

 

 

BIG TYPE PO-
land Chinss.
Gilt: all sold.
Giant Glsnsman
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aspect seals.
that are? sure- Hfindingers.
, ART. 8L3Louis. Klein,
Diana.“

I?" on“while theyr last.
, HOWLEY BROS" Merrill. Mich.

BOAuRB ALDO COWS AND PIGS. ANYTHING

ou want. Poland 0 'nas of type.
W’v have bred them bird. or 111°13‘81“ mu:
over I» hallo -
erons. lHolsteins o2111! Oxfords. Everything sold at

s reasonable price. and a square dos
JOHNC .BUTLER. Portland. HIDD-

FAIIE'ELL LAKE FAIII

P. C. Have a fine lot of spring pip
b Clsnsman's, Image 2nd The Outpost and
X’in I will sell King's Chat No. 327.-
iss real sire. s t you.»
In. boar at JacksonCo Co. falr,191il.

W. B. RAMSDE ELL. Hanover, Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAIIIS

In introducing our herd we ate:- choice pin
by W‘s Sailor Bob and out of dams by Buster
Boy. Long Superba. Sniooth Wonder 8111. all!
Granger DesMoines. Priced to sell.

W. CALDWELL C OOH. MM ”loll.

'- s P c FOUR CHOICE SPRING AID FALL
boars lef aLm wA few extra also cuts
[lift bred for A till
.8 snTrz. Mloh.

TH ANNUAL P. C. BRED 80W SALE.
March 13.1920. For particulars write
'" J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

319 Type Poland Chin-s. Am offering three hour
pigs at weaning time at reasonable price. Reg-
lstered in buyers name Sired by Big Long Bob.
Write for pedigrees and prices.
MOSE BROS., St. Charles, Mich.
I Am Offering Large Type Poland China Saws.
bred to F’s Orange at reasonable pr Also

fall Pill Write
. CLYDE FISHER.

. T. P. C.

 

 

 

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R3. 8:. Louis, Mich.

FOR SALE. spmno PIGS or
both sex. Sired by vWiley‘s King Bob the Big
Smooth kind.

JOHN D. WILEY. Schooloran. Mich

B T. P. C. SOWS ALL SOLD. ORDERS
Mlbooked for boar pigs at weaning time from
ch. champion herd. Visitors always welcome.

E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Mich.

 

 

 

DUROCS

 

     

Spring pigs by Welt’s
Orion, First 8r. Yearling

Detroit. Jackson, 311.11.111.13 and sulnsw. 191’
Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich

IDUROO BOAR PIGS BIRED BY SECOND
EWonder, $20 at 10 weeks. T‘nper furnished.
GE 0. W. BEHNKE, Glsdwin. Mich., Secord Rt.

DUROC JERSEYS, FALL BOARS, WEIGHT
200 lbs. each.

Sired by a 800 1b. boar.
Priced reasonable.
0. E. DAVIS .* SON. Ashley, Mlch.‘

PEACH HILL FARM Duroc sows and glits sired
by Proud Principal. Romeo Cherry oKing Brook—
water Gold Stamp 7th. and Rajah of dams
by Limited Rajah and the Principal quV. Bred to
Peach Hill Orion King and Rajah Cherry Col.
INWOOD 311013.. Romeo. Mlch.

‘ MI SELLING IIIIIIOGS
August 4th.

Get on mailing list for catalog;
W. C. Taylor, Milan Mich.

uroc Jersey Bows and Gilt; bred for Aug. and
Sept. fmrow. 1.00 00 1.b herd boar.
JOS S. GCHUELLER. Weidman, Mich.

DUIIDGS

Duroo sows and glits bred to Walt's King 829'49
who has sired more prize winning pigs st the
state fairs in the last 2 years than any other D11-
roc board. Newton Barnhart St. Johns, Mich.

”"8008 EXTRA GOOD MARCH‘BOAR PIGS
by Defendcr‘s Chelry King from
Brookwater- bred sows, $25 to $3.5. Registered.
E. E. CALKINS. Ann Arbor

Dunno BOARS. GILTS AND BROOD sows

of all ages. sows bred or open. New-
ton A Blank. H111 Crest Farms, Perrington, Mich.
Farm 4 miles straight south of Middleton.

0R SALE: ONE DUROC BOAR FROM

Brookwater breeding stock. Choice spring pigs.
JOHN 0111011an11", Carleton. Mich.

FROM 1’ R I Z E
DUROC BOARS WINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo. B Smith, Addi-
son, Mich.

MEADOWVIIW FARM REG. DUROC "JERSEY
Spring pigs! fro
J. E. MORRIS. Permission, Mich.

oAKLAIIIS PIIEIIEII “HIEF
H.111 Boa—neurone. only-No. 120219
1919 011cm International
M Pr'me 11'. 7:111:11 , “

A 1w “’31”... m .1 3215

   

 

 

OF BREEDING SIZE AND
QUALITY.
L.POWER.

Jerome. Mich.

 

 

 

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TYPEb fiPOLAND CHINA ERED GILTS.’
Karim piss both sex. and tried.

 

 

MIMI) JERSEY

can furnish stool note.

infection
RafiEIIIfl8d a. SON. Dsylun. lion.

1111111111 PIGS

“EITHER DIX
Also yearl~

in: sows. Will biased for early (all litters Sat-

hurtbdu
”WWII“ I090“ y
type. send proof [116.un

Warm-m.

2111fl

   

3.5.1..
it in. we will pus.
Business Farmer.

cents per llne. per issue.
to offer and send
ddress the Michigan

he so
obeys

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”macs spring bred um all sold. "
mid.

Liberty Defender 3rd
btord nOrion boat for Sept. (arrow.
be“. a. KEESLER. Casebolls. Mich.

from

.1"-
cd i: both sex. si by
30 Sep pigs bred dams. Gilts

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White and Brown Mos-nun White Rock

Pnllets.8weehaad1§8-uuhold.resdytorin-
. mediate delivery. .
We willsell one.tuundhuryrssh old
drinks babe beehipped not 130cc 1‘00 miles.
’0“ A D
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;~ of when“ and

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Bonus"
Ls‘necm meals" neonate ”-
Bred ssh.

pics for
PRIMEVAL I III. Mullah

’ "ssnxssmrs

lean streak and not so much blu bber.
choice sow pigs to offer. splendid individuals.
ARIA A. WEAVER, Chesaninq, Mich.

 

A few

as: ousury nonrgi
equipped with that delicious "

 

 

 

 

GREGORY 11.111111 31:11st 1 11128 non
profit. Choice stock for sale. \\ use your
wants. W. S. Cores, White Han. Ill.

 

 

CI'IESTER WHITES,
“HESTEH WHHES WM! PM! In Pairs or

twice from A- 1 mature
stock at reasonable prices. Also a few bred Gilts
for May farrow F. W. Alexander. Vassar. Mich.

 

 

HESTER.WHITE AND 0. I. C. SWINE. SOME
good March pigs for sale. Good bloodlines.
Will. ship C. O. D. and register free.

J. A. MILLER. Swat-u. Creek. Mich.
EGISTERED CHESTER WHITE PIG: FOR
sale at prices that will interest you. Either
sex. Write today. .

RALPH COSENS. Levering. Mich.

HAMPSHIRES

301113 "READY run 5111ch

Also ‘i Bred Sow
EASTWOOD Chesaning.

 

 

 

w. A. Mich.

HAMPSHIHES

A FEW BRED GILT8 LEFT

 

LA ROE HEAVY Lm
July chicks $160 each. mid.
Guaranteed delivery alive and lively. .
Choice hens and pullets very reasonable.

V. A. MORSE. lonla, Mich.

SINGLE COMB DUFF LEGHORNS.
hatched Cookerels. Farm range from

lent. laying stock.

J. W. WEBSTER. Bath. Mich.

FOR SALE~HEN8. S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
from heavy laying strain. (‘ulled by experts
for utility, $2, $3 and $4 eaCh.
HARRY TER HAAR. Zeeiand. Mlch.. R 3.

excel<

GRABOWSKE'S 8.0. WHITE LEGHORNI
Stock and eggs for sale. Circular free.

LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill. MIOh., R 4

 

\VYAND OTTE

Silver, Golden and White Wyandottes. Bargains
111 surplus yearling stock to make room for
growing birds: ( larence Browning. R2 Portland.

White Wyandottcs. Dustin's Strain, culled by ex-

 

Am all sold out on sows and gilts bred for
spring farrowing. Have a few sows and gilts bred
for June and July farrosving that are good and
priced right. Spring boar pigs at $15 ea. at 8
weeks old. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call or write
GUS THOMAS. New Lothrop. Mlch.

 

 

 

O. I. O.
I. C. GILTS WEIGHING 200 to 27!} LBS.
"in breeding flesh bred for March, Apr-11 and
May farrow. Guaranteed safe in dam. I will re-

place any proving otherwise to your satisfaction
or refund purchase price in full. Have a few 0c-
txber boar pigs ready for spring service that are
right priced to sell. Herd cholera immuned by
double treatment .0. Burgess R3. Mason. Mich.

oi . C. AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE
Choice sow pigs of March farrow. Bloodlines
of the Grand Champions Prince Big Bone and
( C. Schonlmnster. Write your wants to .

CLARE V. DORMAN. Snover. Mich.

 

1110 lot or, registered 0. 1. c. Bred Sows of good

blood lines. Schogl‘master breeding. weighing
t 400 lbs. at 10. .
250 c:IOI‘viN. ODOERFER. Mariette. Mich.

 

. I. C. ’3—8 \Cholcs young boars. March and
“April pigs at urchin" time.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

' MUD-\VAY-AUSH-IiA FARM
offers 0. I. C. spring pigs, also special summer
prices on breeding stock in White Wyaudnttes,
Barred'liocks. White Chinese Geese 111111 \l'lnte
Runner Ducks. No mono eggs this season.
DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden. Mich.

 

 

1

0- SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE
blood lllnes of the most no'cd herd.

Can (urnlsh
you shock Jet 6'11": and let live" prices.
Oth DEN. Dorr. Mlch.. R 8.

 

SHEEP

AM OFFERING FOR FALL DELIVERY HIGH
class registered Shropshire yearling ewes and
rams. Fleck established 1890.

C. LEMEN. Dexter. Mich.

ran sunorsulnr...i‘.:?.‘il‘.? “$15.2

write or all on

ARMSTRONG ERGO" R 8. Powloryllio. Mich.
Ev rythi uni.
I smebreedllrtig'lll: 021%“ to “airman“ 209”“.

3.1311235
. 1‘ .'
E a"!

 

 

excellent b1 boned type ram lamb
Wei 1? 8‘ lbs. October 1. Booking orders
(or 1920 rams.

.OLARK D. "AIRS. Wont Breech. Mich.

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Wills.

91- mile! 11:

o 1. c. Sows FOR SALE

1111.11 1111;131:111.” April

as. 111 11111111111111 ..
41m 1313‘" 11m 1 111111 o.

my.
, M1111: sew. mused " F"

   

 

and fall boar pigs from new ports for utility. size and color. Eggs 15 for
blood lines. $2. 00, 50 or more 10c each by mail prepaid.
JOHN W. SNYDER. St. Johns. ”Heb” R 4 VANO FARM. Hartford. Mich.
HAMPSHIBES LANGSHAN

11.1.1 11 Q;-

 

 

BLACK LANGSIIANS OF QUALITY

Bred for type and calm since 1912. Started
from pen headed by Black Bob. First prize cock
at. International show nt Buffalo, Jan. 11112. Eggs

$3. 50 per setting of 1:1.

Winter laying strain.
DR. CHAS. W.

S.MIPSON Webbervllle, Mich.

*1

BABY onions

Chicks

White Leg .130
Eng. Leg .140
brown Leg 14c

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lrrconas . . lac

 

.y Parcels Post

Special price «111 11113. Get your order in
for some of these high grade chirks, hatched
frome selected br'hedtolay breeders, kept on free

rang
eVVE GUARANTEE SAFE DELIVERY

WYNGARDEN’S HATCHERY

1.001)

EARLY :

  
 

10, 00‘ chicks every Tuesday 111.11111c and July.

WT? 'CHICKS—ACHICKS . 1

Grand laying strain S. (,3. “1 hits Leghorns at ,
$14. 25 per 100; $7 .10 for 50 postpril. Full
cou8.ut strong, lively cl1lrks.AiSO Anomas at»
818.25 per 100; $8. 50 pm 710. Satisfaction

Bagnbeedi Eleventh 5181151111.0rdcr direct. Free
HOLLAND Hm. R '7. Holland. Mich.

 

hicks
e Combines Reds. mum.-€1minetnm. 32.111111: s.
Wnndottes. Tymup .Pnu'ltny 55111111. 13291112111. 111.1111.

 

MY CHIN...“ """‘ "'"m I""“":é...1.......'”""'"“‘1‘

Leghorne, “we: on use. mum m"
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m 3111s - w...» .2 '
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mm 1111111111111 m"

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11km of S. C. R. I. Reds at $2 .00 per set-
fincuf 15 uses 310. 00 per 100.
.Stmik of excellent type and

quality at 1111

Satisfaction guaranteed.
F. MEI“

J: SON. Davison. Mich.

 

‘. D. Leghorn Eggs. from “1qu and Gale Strains
81. 50 for 15. $8 per 100.111.14.111" duck
8m, 31.150 {111' 8. Mrs Claudia Butts. rlliilsdale.

 

menu BROWN ”SHE“ 513.08 It“? ‘
sale. One fifty per fifteen eggs. .
Elemish Giant. rabbits that are giants finance
and '

mm: .
E. .mmsm. Goldwater. Mich.

 

ROM COOK’S 3381?:5. C. RUFF. «.WHII'IIE
and black Orpington eggs, $4 per 15; $7 for 311
GRA BDWSKE BR08.. R 4. Merrill Mzoh.

 

HITE WiY-‘KIDOTTES; EGGS FOR HATCH-

ing 'from selected layers. 32 per 15. prepaid.
Pens, $16 to -5. _
FRANK DeLONG. R3. Three Rivers. Mhh.

 

BARBEB nocKS Eggs from vigorous early

maturing stock from heavy
laying strain. $2 15. $5 per 45 by prepaid
parcel poet R. G. Kirby. RI. East Lansing, M11111.

 

ATCHINO EGGS—FLY OUTH ROCKS (ALL.
varieties) White \Vyan

otte, Ancoua and Ron-
en Bucks. Catalog 20
SHERIDAN POULTRY YARDS. Sheridan. Mich-

 

C. AND R. C. BROWN LEOHORN em,
for hatching winter layers, $1.00 for 13.
EVA TRYON, Jerome, Mich.

 

8. C. Black Mlnorcas exhibition
strain Eggs for Hatching $3 for'lll.
Cass Poultry Yard. C. .i. Deedrick. Vassar.

—every
breeder _

Can use M. B. F.’s
Breedcrs' Directory
to good advantage

What have YOU

stock Northms
$12 per 100.“
MIMI.

 

 

 

Box B. 1251111110. MICH.

 

 

l ‘to offer?

 

 

ANT A SHEEP? Let American Hampshire
Sheep Association send you s dandv booklet
with list of breeders. \Vrlte COM FO ORT A.
TV LER, Sec’ y. 10 Woodland Ave.. Detroit. Mich.

 

KIDS I CANNOT SELL YOU ANY MORE ~
ewes 1111th next fall. To some grown Ill). .
I can offer 10 very good young Shropshire ewes :
that will lamb in April for $4 00. Their lambs
contracted to me should net more than purchase

price next {111.1
ewe lambs for 8350.

Also 10 mt hty nice
Come and see
Goldwater. Mich.

KOPE- MONe FA RMS.

 

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Little Live Stock as. 1..

~ _ M. B. F. ‘ _ ,

' Do the Trick! .
m

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‘of mm
1p everywher and pays

tofu lboil’ nd riex plist.
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ELGIAN WNB AND OLD STOCK.

all high bred. odou-
INERIDAN RAIRITRY. Widen. IIOII.

 

  
     
   
 
 
 
 
 

  
 
 

 
 

 

 

 

‘ ’Collie’ Puppy Sale

Scotch Co 1.‘ puppies, three months 'old for
twenty dollars. either miss or W ‘
natural heel drivers bred from farm tmin .
stock. Send check in first letter,

'7 ql‘a‘l‘emtséd' Order today or you

Dr EWAL'r's 001.1111 111.511.1113, *~;

For two weeks only I Will sell thoroughbred

all puppies
11111 be too

  
 
 
  

Mt. Clemens. Michigan

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