5 5l, Crop l-‘lep‘orts Very Useful in
cpressln'g Price's—A Big Help
" to Market Manipulators.

HE FARMERS of the nation
Won't shed any tears over the
fact that Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson will be asked to go back to
t ' farm on the fourth of March next.
was annOunced a few weeks ago

11:11. Mr Wilson would retire at the»

close of his present term; undoubted-
131 he had read “the handwriting on
he wall. ”
, Of late years, the Crop Reports is-
net! by the Department of Agricul-
gwre have' been valueless to the far-
".31‘, but have been a mighty aid to the
Vmarket manipulators. ” If the reports
(are secured from authentic sources

pey would be all right; but as it is,.

hey are picked up here and there, on
1e hit-and-miss plan, two—thirds of the
sports actually being made out and
1gned by those who make a living
through handling the products of the
farm, and the natural result always
fellows—ea “bumper crop.” The report
Just issued is featured by the an-
nouncement that “it shows the most
remarkable agriculture year in the his-
tory of the United States ” This
sounds good just at this time, when
the farmer has his products to dis-
pose of.

It will be remembered that Secre-
.ry Wilson a few years ago claimed

‘ hat the farmers of the United States
nuld not produce enough at reason-
‘1‘le prices to supply the demand; in

other words, that production had'been
overtaken by consumptiOn. Later it
will be remembered he favored the

Reciprocity Treaty with Canada, so

that the cost of living could be re-
duced. The report says:

“A corn crop of 3,169,137,000 bush—
els, or 281,921,000 bushels more than
he greatest crop of corn ever grown
111 any country of the world, is the fea-
ture of the country’s most remarkable
agricultural year in history, according
o the November crop report of the
' nited States Department of Agricul-
ure.

.j “The report completed the govern-
.11ent’s preliminary estimates of the
nation’s principal farm, crops. This
'reat crop of corn was worth Novem-

11- 3,1 to farmers, $1, 850, 776, 000.

"The enormous sum of $4,171,134,-
00 represented the farm value No-
ember 1 of the United States crops
1f corn, hay, wheat, oats, potatoes,

..rley, flaxseed, rye and wheat. With

the value of the growing cotton crop
d the crops of tobacco, rice and ap-
es the aggregate value of these prin-
, 1a] farm products will amount well
" yond $5, 000, 000, 000.

% Upon the preliminary estimates on

reduction and prices announced to‘
er. the value of the crops figure out

' ‘ . Corn, $1, 850. 776, 000; hay,

15, 000; wheat, 66,03 639, 000; oats,
9. 0.00:: potatoes. $188. 501 000;
120. 845, 000; flaxs‘eed $39 693,-
$24 370, 000 buckwheat, $12,-

1', continued on Page seven V

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What doth 1t profit a farmer. though it increaseth his yield five fold.so long as the middle-
men have charge of the toll gates, which block the highway leading to the market?

 

Why Bale the Hay

able as a feed than loose hay.
even when the loose hay is well
housed.

Loose hay carries a great quantity
of dust and often gives the farm ani-
mals a severe cough, while baled hay
dOes not.

Baled hay takes up about one- -fifth
as much room as loose hay, and. for
this reason the entire crop of baled
hay can usually be stored under cov-
er, while loose hay must be exposed
to the weather in stocks and ricks.

Baling breaks up coarse hay so that
the stock will eat it more readily, and
there is no waste in feeding baled

BALED HAY is much more valu-

‘ hay. “~

Baled hay is always ready for the
market. It is convenient and satis-
factory to handle in every way. It
can be hauled by team or shipped by
railroad.

Much of the tops and sides of\

stacks are spoiled by thé weather.

‘Loose hay becomes dusty and
musty. Baling keeps out the dust and
preserves the hay.

Baled hay retains much of. the sweet
hay odor that stock relish. There’s
a freshness and appetizing quality
and feed value in baled hay that is
never found in loose hay.

ing “last minute” quotations:

Oats a little lower.

Beans.....

'Eggs....‘ ......

 

Sheet

' $100 009 000

Last Minute Quotations

At the time of going to press, the wires bring us the follow-

Wheat, No. 1, White (large mills paying) ................. m
Wheat, No. 2, Red (large mills paying) .................. l: 0.4
Wheat advanced last week on eastern war news~Declines this week as final battle is predicted.

Oats, Standard ...............

Don't get excited if you have good quality.

..........................

Prices lower—farmers filling elevators; virtually bleeding life's blood out of a healthy demand.

Hay'(bcst_rrnarket today. New York), at ................ 2'2 00
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh) at ............ '

Things look brighter for potatoes. See special report on market pages.

Butter...” ...........
' Demand for good buttor‘and fresh eggs everywhere.

spoon-oIo-n-o-soI---

Poultry

Poultry on the wing; everybody selling.- Letyour chickens roost higher and prices will climb
to get them

Hay should be baled whether fed
on our own farms or sold. Of course
the market demand is for baled hay——
and for baled hay only—and for this
reason baling is the only way to be
sure of having a market for it.

The growing of hay, and especially
leguminous hays, such as cow pea,
soy bean, peanut and lespedeza, will
rapidly increase the fertility of our
soils, make the growing of good live
stock profitable, and add very much
to the income on the farms.

BUYING FOREIGN SUNSHINE.
'HE United States is paying $100,-
T000.000 or more every year for
, foreign sunshine, this amount be-
ing paid out for foreign-grown sugar,
which is only carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen, and comes from the wind,
rain and sunshine which sweeps over
the fields. There is no reason why
this sugar should not be grown Within
the United States. In that case the
that now goes abroad
every year to pay for sugar would
be distributed at home among Ameri-
can farmers and workmen and trans-
portation companies More important
still, it would lead to a great improve-
ment in agricultural conditions and
an immense increase in farm yields.

."

Get your price.

IIIIIIQOIIo—Oc

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—How can we improve it?

UNE. CENT PER COPY (gtvfiég’figfi

A MIGHTY GOOD .
SUGGESTION '

FARMERS GETTING A LITTLE
TIRED OF THE SUGAR TRUST
YOKE.

“Why Not a Co-oprative Sugar Fae-V
tory?”—lt Will Come In Time, but
Not Utll the Farmers Get
Tired of Being “Horn-
swaggled."

Mr. Editor:——You may think that I
am out of place in writing to you. but
what I have read of the Cleaners and
what they are doing makes me think
that this will not be thrown Into the
waste basket until after you have my
ideas about the raising of boats and
the manufacture of sugar. As your
association is a cooperative one. I
would suggest that the members exert
themselves in starting several sugar
factories in the state of Michigan. I
will give reasons. Five years ago ev-
ery sugar beet factory did a thriving
business and accumulated a large
amount of money; so much so that
other companies started and they also
were pleased with the results. They
paid five dollars per ton for their beets
and could afford to. Now I am coming

.to what I want to impress upon the

Gleaners to do for the benefit of the
farmers. Five years ago the sugar
beet companies would return the pulp
by the farmers’ paying the freight,
but now how do they manage the pulp?
They pass it over a heater after they
extract the sugar and evaporate it.
That pulp, I am informed. they have
a ready sale at the factory at from
$20 to $23 per ton. I am also in-
formed it takes from six to eight tons
of pulp to make One of evaporated.
The average crop is ten tons to the
acre. We will figure that ten tons of
beets make one of evaporated pulp.
Now the farmers give the sugar beet
company $20 per acre. Sugar Is one
cent a pound higher than five years
ago. One ton of beets makes three
hundred pounds of sugar. Ten tons
per acre makes $30 more per acre.
making a total of over $50 per acre
for the sugar beet companies to take
your beets, over and above a fair profit
oi.“ five years ago, when every sugar
beet company became wealthy. In
three years’ time the sugar beev com-
panies could own every acre of land
that is now used in growing beets.
What I would like to see the Gleaners
operate several sugar beet factories
and they become independent Instead
of dependent. Put up factories and let
every farmer take stock and their
share of the profit and there would be
no more $5 beets. I grew one hundred
acres last year. but none this year.
Please look into this matter and help
the farmers. Hoping this will interest
you, I remain yours
ALBERT LANE, Milan, Mich.

'It has been quietly rumored for
some little time past that the sugar
companies have something up their
sleeve, and that after election they will
show their hand. We have read the
1913 contract of one Michigan com-
pany and find that the tive~dollar guar-
antee is no more—hereafter It will be
a guarantee of 34.50. Ask why the re-
Continued on Page Seven

Has it helped YOU in any way?,,“

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=1 We’ expect that you are waiting
.- anxiously each week for the
' “Pink Sheet" to arrive so that
you may turn to this commodity and
see its present condition on the com-
mercial market. As we .bave advised
you from the very inception of this
, paper. the situation has been some-
what peculiar. Ithas been almost im-
possible to get a good clean line-up,
on the actual situation as it exists.
We keep getting advice from-over the
State that there is a world of com-
'vmdn qualities of hay back. We hear
from some. of our large dealers over
the State that it will be impossible
to move a certain amount of the hay
,we have for actual disposition. As
stated last week. one of our large
dealers claims that fifteen hundred
cars of hay will not go out of the
"Thumb" of Michigan this season this
bv virtue of its condition. While i feel
very strong on the better ouaiities of
hay its subsequent outcome along
most lines. etc., still, at the same
time, I realize that we must handle
this. commodity conservatively, be-
cause there are angles to the situa-
tion which are a little haazrdous—
no ouestion ahout it. The one feature
that make: one feel conservative from
dav to dav is the apparent disposition
of all outside markets to become easy
on any particular kind of hav if there
is anvthing like heavv receipts. You
will notice. if vou follow carefully
the market situation at outside bninifi.
the real prices possible to obtain,
that the situation is not. ahlo to im-
prove. but very little. Possihlv. one
week will see an improvement on

   

   
  
  

 

 
 

that particular character of bay has
declined somewhat and some other
character has taken its place.‘ When
a situation of this kind exiSts on this
commoditv or anv other. we as Dro-
dnoors and distributors. simnlv must
feel conservative. We have the above
as a liability to contend with. As an
asset to the situation. we hays the
most hleasani weather conditions ex-
istinsr which are not conducive of an
advance. in market quotations. We
alo are aware from our cron reports.
that we havo but a verv small advance
in good ouol'ties of hav for actual
..disnosition this year. that the bone
of contention is the weather up to the
present time existing and the heavy
sunnlv of verv common unalities of
hav hack in the producers’ hands We
have. not vet lost faith in the situa-
tion on good oualities of hav- Wp be.
lieve it will graduallv show a better
tone and as an ultimate result. a bet-
ter Twine possible, to obtain. the.
most outside markets there is a call
at the moment for high quality mixed
hav and all clover hav. We. do not
feel tho situation instiflee any chance
in the. mmtationu as shown last Week
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Zone No. 'i Michioan. . 312.80
Zone No. ‘2 Miohloan. .. 1350
Zone No. 3 Mlehioan... 14.50
Zone No. 4 Minhinan. . . 14.30
Zone, No. 5 Mlehinan. .. 1490
Tone. No. R Mlchioan. .. 1‘ 30
Zone No. 7 Michigan. . . 15.20

Dli‘Tl'ian—We. are blessed to re-
port that, our Detroit market still con-
tinues in the race. is holding up well
under ihe receipts that haw: been
coming in verv freely during the past

' week. The tone to the situation on
this market is all that. we could ex-
V pect it is. in reality. about normal
as based. on larger market centers.
Tho Detroit market is a comparatively
small market and surrounded on all
. sides hv hay producing sections very
. low freight rates and everything in
favor of coming to this market were
it" in any wavs inviting. It is a sur-
' (prise to .us that more shippers do not
turn their attentions to this market.

  

  
   
 
  
 
   

 
 

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market at wfltable
Drodictod.
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one. character of hav. the next week .

‘ glut, from a produooro’ standpoint. and .'

lower but wo would take a chance. .
Y _'

from the fact, that the producer nowa-

days is gradually waking up to the],

direct shipping and of his business.
we are just as well satisfied that the
actual shippers do not use this mar-
ket only in a limited manner.

No.1 Timothy new ........ 17. 00017. 50
No. 2 Timothy. new ........ 15 0001.5. 00
Light mixed .............. 15 00016. 00
No. 1 mixed . . . ............ 13.00fl14. 00
Ryo Straw ................ 10.00010. 50
Whoat and Oat Straw. ..... 8.000 9. 00

’ PITTSBU-RG—The-only real change
in the Pittsburg situationdurlng the
last week is in the character ofhay

this market is in need of at the present

time. At the moment, this market

is almost bare of good clover mixed.

and all clover hay, therefore the situ-
ation is strong on this respective
character of hay. While, naturally,
we would not expect the situation
to improve on this character of hay
ahead of hay oil-good timothy qual-
ities. The situation with reference to

No. 1 timothy hay is just fair. There _

are plenty of receipts to take care
of the actual demands to be made.
The poorergrades ot'hay have suf-
fered a severe slump during the last
week. The receipts have been alto-
gether too heavy and as is natural
there is a gradual accumulation of
poorer grades of stock. There is a
keen demand at. the moment for good
threshed timothy hay. Of course, at

its relative value with other hay.

No. 1 Timothy hay (new). .1.? 500018. 00
No. 8 Timothy hay (new). 15 000516 00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ..... 16.00017 00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay....16.0001650
No.1 Oat straw. Pa. line. .10 00010.50
N01 Clover hay ........... ”1600001850
F‘ine prairie packing hay. «211.00
No.1 Oat straw Pa. line. 05.10.50

No.1 Rve straw. Pa. line. .11-05
No.1 Wheat straw. Pa. line. 10. 00@10. 50

CINCINNATI—The situation on
this market was very satisfactory dur-
ing the past week: practicallv all
grades of hay were taken, hold of
quite freely. Especially. was there a
keen interest in good qualities of tim-
othy hay and good bright colored
clover mixed and also on clover hay.
The demand for the last two seem
to be swinging around over almost
the whole outside situation. To sum
up the situation on the Cincinnati
market was all that could be expected
under general situations elsewhere

existing
Timothy No. 1 ............. 1500091650
Timothy} grandard ......... 1500001575
Timothy No. 2 .............. 1425601475
Timothy No. 3 .............. 1200051250
Clover Mixed. No. 1 ........ 1550401000
Clover Mixed. No. 2 ........ 13500711400
Plover Pure, No. 1 ......... 10 00.17 on
Clover Pure. No. 2 ......... 145001550
Straw, wheat .............. 7.500 3.00
git-aw. oats ............... 7500?! son
Straw, rye ................ 8.50@ 9.50
CHICAGO—We have but little

changeio report'from our last week’s
conditions on the Chicago market.
This market has. held up very. well
rightfrom the opening of the sea-
son this year.‘ Very satisfactory has
been conditions at most time exist
in: on, this market Seemingly. ro-
oelpts have run along inst about
equivalent to the actual demand,
therefore, the tone of the situation
has been normal. Thextrade has not

expected anything serious to happen."
With o. our
dition of this kind-- oxisting. trades.
aro always mummy and ”loos do! ‘

one way or the other.

ho well maintain/o4

   

substantial demand and 255s»: am
prices.- Na addictkotxclemo;
o. sauarsot y'e'ry outlet: has :ov'ory-
No. 4~No profit at ruling pr‘i coo. It. you cans 510.051: is an “o
No. spanner keep in; port. 3

  
 

   

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“Hand thOrv
marshes of;

 

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Choice Timothy 3

 

 

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1 Timothy. . . .. .

N'g. 2 7‘1th ........... .-13.00 15. 00
L oght Clover hMixed. . ... . . . .1500 6. 00

2Mixed hay. ..... ‘-._ ....11. 00 13.00
No. 8 Tino‘llhy .;......,...1100 13.90
Clover .................... 9. 006013.00
Threshed Timothy. ..... 9 00@12.00 '
Choilce Kan. dz Okla. Prairie. 16'. 00316.50

1Kan.& Okla. Prairie. 14 50 15.50
No.2 Kan. db Okla. Prairie. ..10 50@14.00
No.3 Kan. 823 Okla. Prairie. .10. o.50g11.50
Marsh feeding hay. . . .. ..... 10.00 . 1100
Packing ................... 1. 00. 8.00
No.1 Iowa. & Minn.’rairio.13.0t314.“
No 2 Iowa dc Minn. Drain-inn 00 it." .
Pack ing' .» .................. 7.00@ 8200'
Choice Alfalfa ..... .; . . '. . . .18. 00318.50»
Nm 1 Altalfa ............ _. . .17. 00 17.50
No.2 Alfalfa. ............ 14. 006015.00 .
Ry ......... .T.........fi...8.5069950
Oats .......... * ...... . ....... 7. 00017 7. 50
Wheat .- ................ 6.00@ 6.50

BOSTON—You will note from the
market below, that it is practically
impossible to make any change in
conditions on this market but at the
same -,time we are able to report that

_ the situation is running along steady;

there is nothing excited about the sit-V
.uation one way or the other. This
market has not. been congested,
neither has it been anywhere near
bare at any given time. Really, this
market has been all that we c0uld
expect from the inception of the sea-
son. As previously advised, we do.—
not expect very much from the New "
England trade because the Canadian
situation has been taking care of
them for the last three or four years.

. Receipts on this market the past week

were 271 cars of hay; 16 cars of straw

, ~40 cars of this hay was billed out

export.

Large Perpetual

bales. bales.
HaY. choice ....... 22 00023. 00 22. 00
Hay No.1 ......... 21. 006022. 00 21.00
Hay. No. ......... 00.005 19.00
Hay, No. 8 ......... 16.00@ 15.00
Hay, clover ....... 8.0000 17.00
Hay. clover mixed.18 00@ 17.00
Hay, stoc ........ .000 15. 00
Long rye straw. .17. out»
Tangled rye straw. 12. 0055 12.00
Oat straw ..11 00@ 11.00 '

:NEW YORK—The. trade‘ .on the
New Yerk market this last week has
been very light; We are forced to
report a slightly easier feeling ex-
isting, especially is this true onmed-
ium baled hay. In this connection,
let us advise that the New York mar-
ket is a large baled market or what
is termed loosa bales—bales weigh-
ing from 200 to 250 lbs. Most re-
ceivers on this market have tried to
maintain their former quotations, but
in order to effect sales, it was notice-
able that the price had to be reduced.
There are but very few good nice

‘ straight cars of any given characters

of hay arriving on this market. A

\great percentage of shipments» show

stained conditions, This is’very un-
fortunateiforrthe shipper using this
market. because it is a very exacting
market'and on characters. of hay that
are any ways out of condition, the
price is attested materially.

Large bales. Small bales
per ton. per ton.

  
  

    
  
    
  

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........ 22.00022. 50 21. 00022. 00
.‘ ‘ ........ 20.00021. 00 20.0
No. ..8 .-......18,00¢919 00
Shipping ...... 015 00 15. «more .00
Light 1 o v o r
o“ ....... 20.099 . 19. 00@20. 00

Mix
No. 19 Clay
1 d 18.00016 00 12. 00015. 00 ..
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. the situation. The situation its

' deve’lbped at the moment so'hfa

' servative and we wish you to 0110815

17; 00 18 00 'Bulk'. farmers’

fery h’earyy receipts as

  
  

 

 

 
   
   
  
  
 
 
          
   
  

 
  

 
   

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ditions I believe
that it has been almdst in:
get a good lineup on the po
ation'. The. crop Situati ,
feature and all of these i:
had to be considered and it.

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not develop and practically‘fha

can bank on it but we think .‘th
ation does show that we have;
reasOn to believe and 190k for
hanc'ed price possible to obt'i
this commodity. It Would not
all surprising to us if" the“

  
   
  
   
  
 
  
    
    
  
    
    
    
 
  
 
  
   
  
   
    
   
    
  
  
  
    
     
 
   
  
   
 
   
    
 
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

Staieof Michié‘an, of good seeinu 5
qualities would go to a 50"-cen_t level,
In this connection, We wish to be coll-3

. stand that a great many large p'eiam
buyers claim that this is altogether
too high and we will concede that it
may be but we also think We have ,
right, from the situation as it develops
at the present time to look: forward:
at least to such a basis We" ' ‘
it is our duty and your duty
tinually look for imbmyfem'
figure out some re'ason- Wl‘r'v
naturally expect it. We certainly will
not get thesis things if we do not fig; .1
are for them and do something to his

fluence their being made possible We 7 - DYE?

feel absolutely sure that if these po-

tatoes were, held back by you as pri'f- thifi
ltil‘.

ducers. and put on the market in first
the right manner that the above basis 7'
of fifty cents ocul‘d easily be ma
tained You will note we are advanc-
ins the price in the respective zones

five cents per bushel. .
Zone No. 2 Michigan ..... .43...
Zone No. 4 erhiqan.... .45‘
Zone No. 5 Michlaan.... .431.
Zone No. 6 Michioan. .', .45-
Zone No.7 Michioan.... .48

DE'l‘ROTT—-—We advised you last
week that the Detroit market seeméd/ j,
disposed not to advance along with ,
conditions as were shown on the gen:
and outside. market. That is a condisl
tion Which you will alwavs experiende ~
on a small market like Detroit or Gilli-“9-
cinnati. in fact. any markets ahou L"
this size. Thev are never susceb:
tible to quick changes. especially for:
an advance The trade at most tho 8:
can hang: back a little if they see 1! '
and human nature helps them out; It
is true. however that the Detroi - ’ war
market is gradually awakening to .i e ' "
advanced condition throughout mar-
ket centers in general. They are
aware that if they continue to receiv‘é“L
these potatoes on this market th,
they must advance along in line Wit
other markets or they will disc
tinue using Detroit but «even vet. 'th
Detroit market. is not up where Tit
should be as based on the. gener'alfsit
nation that else'iyhere exists? ‘ '
Sacked from store.‘.’.-; . .
Bulk from use ...... '
scone ~
CHICAGO—4A3 is ‘
cage market respond
general change in. ti:
is a large marketlaé

 
     
 
        
   
      
    
 
  
         
  

    
     

 
     

    
  
  

  
    
   

   
   

        
     
         
      
  
  
    
      
   
     
   
 
  

   
     
  

   
   
 
  
  
 


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‘ id NCINNATI—There was a little-
betterd’eellng to the situation, but the
i' sanle Was morempmnOunced on heavy
_ grades or milling Wheat.-

think that the situation, from a gen- ,
era! standpoint, Was 31th better, but, ‘

ids Will hQ the calls throughOut the

, " 2.65- 255

Ways-15135112111 hulk, '

a -_2 cars at in. 3 cars- at

w—There Wag a defiided ‘
arket quotations on the ..

._ the producing sections is
i tits influence ”on receipts on
tside markets The Cincinnati

market has shown

he with what the

1 Would. warrant.

‘ ' " hoav11?o lo ed right
we and. cancel 1y so for
We. opt eeWesks.- In order
share

Q. thQ. (5319 fat the moment

u3,,th'at must first make a clean-
D or accumulations. This, they have

.ii‘seemed to‘ be unable to do up to the.

"— T-p’re‘sent time. ., While it is very true
that the Situatioii is much better on
‘ thIs market than it was a. week ago,

.1 ”still. We do not think‘ the advance is in
.—i.line With the situation generally. From .

net We can actually learn of the situ-

”10.951151111391143 tone to the situation

imp more than normal; in other
W as, the trade is just a little slew
an «continues so to b..e The trade,
lmgeneral, refuses to get excited over
the reputed outside condition.

G aloe; bulk ............ .58
- h ' .90

MOLE—The situation on not

only the. Norfolk market but all Virv

ginia. markets is very much improved
this last week It would naturally

: -_; seem that the condition, as reported,

‘that this territory was gradually look-
ing to Michigan for its receipts. We
are aWare that many inquiries have
'u :- to this State during the last
Ire—ordinary sales have been made
materially advanced quotations. We

re also aWarle that large dealers over
111 State have made sales into this
to {tor-y at prices which they thought
were" prohibited as based on the past
'l‘a’tions‘ with them This market up

151‘- “to the {*9th time has been taken

,.- . by New. York and Ohio. While
- predate that many potatoes are
” ack to go forward from these

. , ties, still, it shows that the situ-

10 i3 gradually being relieved.

 

'No. 3red....‘.,..,._._..._ ....... -. .95
No.4red ........ 85-@ .96.

This '

Or any spirited ad— :

i. levels, :_but couldn
-.__at merit any time;

seasoll, there was a demand for Wheat
running 60 153., and better, for milling
purposes. -
No. 2 red. 1107

.;.........105
1.03

nob-Io.-

 

’ We are raising} Flag No. 5 on
beans, because it seems the dis-
position oi’wthe buyers of this

commodity over the State, - to force
down the price paid to the producer.

 

"'iWe do not believe that the general

situation warrant-s it. It does not ap-

- pear to us, from the situation as it ap-

pears from a large way, that there is

— -any just cause or reason Why these

beans could not be held up to their
former level. We some times hear
about these large and influential As-
sociationsw‘e have in the State and

'what they are able to do with the

”market- situation. - We hear them ad-
vance the .idea dirthe value they really
are to the bean industry ofthis-State;
that by virtue of their organization
and subsequent strength, that they
are able to hold up the market to cer-
tain levels, enhance the situation over
its natural position. If it is actually
true that they have any strength, why
don’t they show it at the present
,time?. .Why do they‘let these beans
gradually decline in price, with, no
particular reason therefor? Those of
‘you Who have raised beans for some
years will appreciate that there are

, times when the market may advance

and the situation look no healthier,

from a natural standpoint, than it does»

right‘now. That is the time when
' these Associations show their
Ustrengthyshow, their ability to manipu-
late conditions. We believe that it
would be possible for large handlers

‘ of beans like the ones mentioned, to

enhance the situation. In other words,
protect it, but the tmuble is, why do
they wish to protect it and when they
extend their helping hand to you, as
a producer of beans, we feel safe in
saying that they will extend their
helping hand to the situation. and ad—
vance the situation, when said ad-
vance will help them, as elevator hold-
ers? As far as you, as a producer, are
concerned, they are not going to lie
awake nights to raise the price of
beans on the outside markets, so that
that in turn can raise the price to
you. They never have shown their
sympathy to that extent, as yet. With
the elevator holdings'of Michigan in
such limited. hands, practically con-
trolled by very few heads, it is reason-
able to believe that by holding up

' their Quotations. to the outside-x: trade, .
in fact, advancing them as they: saw -

adually not- only
sandard. of market
uen‘ce an advance

fit, that they could
maintain a cents

l. 3011‘?

I not:

’ ."itlioui yet existing.
"that the general situation along came.
-food stuffs is a little easier. The hay,

no uestlbn a
W6 do not Q bout it.

if these mediums

 

w om

We» are still’leaving up Flag No.
., 3 on this commodity, because
‘ there is no real life to the situa-
We must cancede

 

corn and oa-t market, practically all
of them are just a little easy in tone—
Added to that,
as a general situation, we have a crop
of cats this year that are in terrible
shape. Quite a percentage of them
are hardly of a commercial nature. As
reported to you in previous issues,
there is a constant movement of these

- lower qualities cheats to the market.

They are gradually being taken out of
the producers’ hands—~that is a mighty
good thing. We are more than pleased
that the situation has been handled
in that manner. It is always best, re-

gardle‘ss of the commodity we have to
. consider, to get rid of it if it is ques-

tionable in quality. If we do any hold-
mg, hold good stuff. We are gradu-
ally moving these poor oats and the

‘ situation is gradually going to develop

on a better basis—on a stronger foun-
dati’on—a foundation on which we can
build andhave it secure. We never
could build anything on the present
foundation, that is sure; therefore,
we are simply getting ready to build
up the oat market.

Standard
No. 3 white ........................ .34

.No. 4 white ........................ .33

CINCINNATI—There was no .ma-
terial change in the values, but the
movement on this market lacked any
particular snap—oflerings were not
very large, but large enough to accom-
modate trade requirements. The situ-
ation fro all angles was just a little
slow on t is market.

No. 2 white ............... .341é@

. 2 mixed .............. .32
No. 3 mixed .............. .
No. 4 mixed .............. .

PITTSBURGH—Receipts are more
than ample to take care of the trade
requirements. There is certainly no
improvement to report at this writing.

No. 2 White .............. . @ .361é
Standard Oats . .36

" Standard No. 3 Oats ...... . .35

Standard No. 4 Oats ...... . .33

CORN i

The corn situation hangs along

about the same as reported in

our previous issues. There is
certainly no incentive for a foun-
dation on which we can give
you a brighter picture than
has already been painted. There
seems to be a world of corn constantly
being offered. In face of this, the de-
mand from a. feeding standpoint is
not any more than up to normal. The
demand is slow on most outside mar-
kets at the present time. We find
that there is a little new ear corn mov-
ing’from some directions, but as might
be expected, the trade is a little timid
about taking hold so early.
No. 3 mixed ............. . .

N0. 3 yellow ............. .
No. 4 yellow ............. .60

CINCINNATI—4n order to make any
particular movement, it was evident
that prices had to be shaded. The re

 

 

.. ceipts were not so very heavy, but the

demand seemed to be somewhat light-

er than ”previous. This market cer-
tainly does not have anything inviting

in. stere for us.

_.‘-N.o. g White. ....... ._.

2
- ,No. 3
i A

.n-o-no-‘po-o-u

PiT’PSBURGI-IP-
No. 2 yeliow shell.. .....
No.~ 3 y‘el ow ............
No. high mixed. .. .
, high mixed.
5} R CORN--
N 2 yellow....’ ...... .
. 3 allow ............. .
2 igh mixed ........ .67
3 high mixed ........ .

CLOVER SEED

There continues to be a good,

sharp demand for cloverseed of

different varieties. Especially
has the demand been firm and the
tone to the. situation more promising
on Alsike. The quality of samples of
seed so far shown this-year has been
very good. We are pleased with the
quality of samples that have already
been inspected. It is certainly evi-
dent that the quality of our seed, from
a purity standpoint, is far above the
standard set by our last season’s crop.
It appears, at the moment, that the
situation is going to continue to be
strong right through the season. To
those anticipating making disposiaion,
we would suggest not being at all
alarmed over the situation.
June ..... . ................ 1
Mammoth 328818 12

Alsike ..................... 10. 25 13.00
Timothy Seed .................. @2. 10

APPLES

We are raising Flag No. 5 on

the apple situation, because we

would like to do something to
stir up a little excitement on this com-
modity. If some one concern, individ-
ual, or otherwise, had the whole apple
situation of Michigan in their hands
and other apple producing states as
well, it would be possible to manipu-
late conditions so that we would have
a most favorable result as the out-
come. If we have any right, by virtue
of the general situation, to make the
above statement, it Would then de--
velop that we are not over-burdened
with a supply of apples still on hand
for disposition. The above is the sup—
position of the “Pink Sheet.” We
think from the manner in which the
apple situation has been handled this
year, that we have not a burdensome
amount of apples still to put on the
market—added to this, the quality
that we must have, should be way
above normal. In other words, we
have not over 10 per cent of No. 2
stock to make disposition of; prac-
tically everything is high quality No.
1 stock. With apples ranging along
at their past and present values, there
is going to be a consumption way
above what is naturally expected. That
certainly must be the outcome when
market standards are where they are
at the present time. We believe this
consumption will be heavy enough at
present market levels so that an ad-
vance will be warranted. We believe
that it will not be but a short time be-
fore parties having stock in storage
will be called upon to make quotations
from those who are in the market on
the outside. We actually feel that the
tone to the situation—-that the founda-
tion in general is most secure at the
present time. We do not think that
anything exciting is going to exist.
We feel too conservative over the
situation to look forward to anything
of that kind. We do not want a spirit-
ed feeling to exist at any particular
time. We will be satisfied with a good
conservative and clean- cut tone to the
situation. We shall expect, however,

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the same will show a gradual ad-

vance, and we believe it will. We ad-
vised 1ast week that we expected a 25
per cent advance—that is quite an ad-
vance, we admit, but we feel it is wan
ranted and think it will come.

DETROIT—Fancy . . . . ..... 2.000250
Ordinary -1. 0002. 00

CINCINNATI-—We are forced to ads.)

‘ vise that the feeling on the Cincinnati ._-

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EDITORIAL

ELECTION is over, the country has been saved again, and we

  

  

can now get right down to business. Woodrow Wilson is a

big, broad, progressive, conservative leader, and it 'is our
opinion that the interests will have a mighty hard time getttng hold
of the reins so long as he occupies the driver’s seat.

Taft was simply swept Off the earth by such a political cyclone

AFTER THE Tait was a big man; an able man; a diplomat——
C Y C LO N E but he meant well “feebly.”

When he suggested the Canadian Reciprocity
Treaty, the people began to study the proposition. Congress was
Ms . about to adjourn; the people had not had time to think the matter
, over. But he said: “Pass the treaty or 1 will call a special session.”
h - And he did. And the “Reciprocity Treaty” passed. After he
* had shoved the treaty through he handed it over to Canada. The
Canadian people wouldn’t have it, and kicked out the party that
proposed the scheme.
. And the farmers on this side caught up the refrain and at the
very first opportunity “kicked out” Mr. Taft and the whole party.
So there you have it; Taft tried to give the people what they didn’t
want; tried to give the Canadians what they didn’t want; and he
got “what he didn't want.” ' - .

Roosevelt carried Michigan, and the Democrats have elected
Mr. Ferris as Governor. The Republicans will have the State house
and senate, but there will be enough Democrats and Progressives
on hand to keep them guessing.

Early in the campaign the “sugar interests” of the state began
-to show their hands in political affairs.
“infant industry” began to try its horns, and the people were some-
what amazed.

President Warren, of the so—called Michigan Sugar Trust, was
chosen as a member of the Republican National Committee. He
collected about twenty thousand dollars to help secure the Michigan
delegates for Taft, contributing eight thousand himself.

Sugar factory employees helped to line up delegates; and things
were nicely sweetened up all along the line. i"

A And the farmer began to wonder what it was all for. True,
every time a family consumes one hundred pounds of sugar, they
pay a toll of $1.07 to the sugar manufactories; but what has that to
do with this campaign?

‘ They studied over the situation a little longer and then “winked
the other eye.” . ‘

It was President Warren, of the Michigan Sugar Company, who,
when told that the farmers thought that they should have more for
their beets replied: -

,. “If the farmers are not satisfied with the price we are paying
' _ them for beets, why in h 1 don’t they raise potatoes?”

The farmers made their reply on election day. If Mr. Warren
can find any consolation in the returns from the sugar producing
counties. he is welcome to it.

The day of treating farmers as if they were “yellow dogs” has ‘

  

 

 

 

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And by building and installing the machinery necessary to ex-s
"the sugar from beets, a host of men have beCome’weal'tl-iy, :

 
  
  

 

 
 

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, , , Sugarcornpany.

HUNEST ADVEKTlSlNG SULlClTED AT THE FOLLCWINGI’ RATES:-

. tural College. Addresses willbe, made

as has never before passed over the country/\digcussion;

it was the first time th‘is‘k

“’assed. Sugar beet growers furnish the raw material from which I.

   

   

asmashing'thanks"-'~Ame‘riéa£irliigpefii>19f1' .
r thefwill' rebel,_ endures :sorniéthings is
.pe‘n. » . ' p - ; a5,

_ ‘Mr. .Taft land the Republican-party cangt'race.‘;p‘resentvcon "
idMichigan to just two sources: -The;Reciprdcit-y Treatyrhti’a

entrance into- the political arena of Mr'fVVarrenjandp‘theLM ch

 

suer

‘ Both '~ President Tait and: the illepublicanApartyij‘deservei . .
.fate.' ' ‘ . , ‘ ‘. 7 f i 7 " T

J a?
+ '

brought face .to face with" a tact»
- ; up to» them to determine innit viiia ,

tact/ls, and how to selve‘the prob!
that confronts them. .1; " Long-Winch“
speeches, competitive debates, and .i- 2
spection of Spraying machinery ,
fill lathe time all right enough,"
it isn’t going to find a place to Sell th
“30,000 bushels of apples that are is ,,
to waste on the trees in Kent, County;
alone.”
men, and “cuss” a little.

HORTICUL’TURI’STS MEET“ THLS
» .. “WEEK. ~ ' “
HE. Michigan State Horticultural
I Society holds its'fortleth annual
, conventional: Grand Rapids this
week. Secretary Bassett is looking
,tor an attendance of more than twelve
hundred. One of the principal
featureswill be competitive speeches
on practical subjects between fifteen
seniors from the Michigan Agricul.

by prominent Michigan and Canadian
horticulturists. Unquestionably these
gentlemen will spend a very'pleasant
time at this meeting, and discuss the
same old questions in about the same
old way. A little item from a recent
issue of a Grand Rapids paper would
make a mighty interesting subject for
we will take just three
lines of the article:

“With 30,000 bushels of apples left
to waste on the trees, in Kent County
alone, we are again brought to face
the fact ”

Now that the agriculturists are

 

You say that your corn crop isgpo‘on‘,
this- fall? Going to save what‘yon‘“
hays or Will'you leave it out in the?
mud and‘sno . ' " ' _ '

 

Dear Slocum :——Received your sample cop-y ;.
of the new paper, and 1‘! is all 0. K. and
Just what we have been looking fog", and
who: every hustling farmer should haven.
It M: worth five times the price you ask
for it. I called up three of my neighbors ’
and every one of them said they wouldJ
take the paper, and I am forwarding the"
money for the some. I’ll be lobking for
another paper this week. Sincerely yours,
H. W. BALLINGER, St. Johns, Mich, -

 

 

 

 

PROBLEM No.- 5.
“G 001) MORNING,” said Pro-

fessor Square ’Root, as he ’en—
tered the school—room, wearing
a broad smile. “Election is over, and
Mr. Taft has learned that the farmers
can forgive but they will not forget. No

more politics, boys; now we must get
down to business.

“Instead of giving you a problem to solve this
morning, I want to have a little talk with you on
the marketing of farm products. As I came by the local
elevator this morning, the buyer told me that the elevatm
was filled to the room with beans and that the farmers
were still bringing them in. He stated that he reduced
the price ten cents per bushel, but that only caused you
fellows to bring in more beans; therefore he has been
obliged to quit buying for the next ten days, as he has
no place to store them.

“When you take your beans to the local elevator men,
they are not ready for the market. Every bushel must be
hand-picked. The average elevator will hold a certain
number 40f bushels, and the girls who do the picking can
get a certain number of bushels ready for the market
every day. , ,

“Now, don’t you see that if you bring more beans every
day than the elevator man can get ready for the market,
you are soon going to fill all of his bins, and as a consequence he is
going to take every possible .means to keep you from over-crowding "i
his storage capacity? Why don’t you apply the rule of three, and » 1 -
market your beans as the. demand calls for them? The supply of ,4
beans now On the market and ready for the market must supply the demand’
until another crop is raised, and the next crop will not be ready forjhc“
_ market until a year from to-day. ' ' .-

“DOn’t you see that under the present plan you are. killing the market that \
- should be paying you profitable prices? You are taking no Chance on this '
commodity. and you are making the mistake of your life in forcing it uponfi ['3
the market.”_ " ' , ‘

REWARD'OE MERIT—1 __ , , ‘ . p , A. _ p
I want you boys to hand me problems ,for this black-boar"; For .e "
(one: that I ‘uSe I will ‘pay'aquarter. ‘Ad%res3’ yum-problem?" ‘

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2. time.

 

 

y l, -
are wn9._.to '
fall. ankles. '
upmarket

iced, ~per.bbl .15

. 5351213 ’ _
‘rd,‘hebbbl..1.00 : . ‘.

Lab
2:5 2’35
0'

a

1.5. 22,,
r .~

, ferenc’e'ftq” red. onions and in
“good shape with . regard to yel-

.' _ This market‘Lhas a very large
outlet- for ' this commodity—will handle

_ “more than: any one given market that
“ w;e know of, but it is" not a, red onion’

0 ' "market, but by. virtue of the, Condi-

. ma .
pi pins» per bbl. ,l .. .= . '.‘. .
‘ 'pinsrjper. bbl‘..s....:, , ’

y, --0nz;e__,‘_ per, bbl. '. .‘ .93. .. .2575,
eS-Gelden, fancy, bbl. .

99*. Golden.- choice; "bblin. I i'
I I'Li'
4.

an'Bea‘utY. per bbl .
apple’s. per, bu.';;.‘, . . .
..:_'.per bbl. .1; . . .

. H31? Thereis absolutely no question

 

 

 

whatever» ‘about the situation be-
.” mg hazardous and critical with
J reterence to onions. ,It is going to be
impossible on basis of the present out-

v i look, to move’ only a limited amount of

these onions before frost or storing
In certain localities, sit will
'\ simply be-impbssible to save over 50

it. * -per cent of the crop. We have actual

‘ . touch with territOries in Indiana where

. ‘they'do not hope to save_ only a. cer-
" f ' tam-portion. On ‘a great many of the

.. Indiana local markets, the buyers have
laid down and are not buying at any

f price'whateVer. The producer has no

place to look only to the outside mar-
kets. With‘a condition like this exist-
ing, organization of a good, thorough

,t and clean-cutlclass should come into.\
operation at the earliest possible mo-

, 3 ment. '"lf we cannot get local buyers
"f “on our markets that will takecare of

., the situationand move the crop at
f. . v'soine’price’in’line with conditions that

exist, then it. is more than time that

you, as producers, take the reins in.

your own hands and handle the situa-
tion yourself. We want to. say right
here, that it is absolutely ridiculous to
let any portion of the onion crop actu-
ally rot before it is even harvested
this season. We know that the situa-
tion is critical. We know, also, thata
great many of the outside markets are
‘congested, but at the same time, there
is a place that these onions can go
. and bring a price. This price, What-
ever it‘may be, is much better than
seeing them rot in the ground. The
same would help pay the labor expen-
ses, if nothing more. The situation 'in
yellow onions is much better than on
reds. There is a wider range of mar-
ket for yellow onions than reds. Un-
less you are able to store these onions,
it would be our advice, on basis of
. conditions that exist at the moment
. and weather conditions that certainly
must face us in the near future, to ac-
cept 250 to 300 per bushel for reds
and 350 for yellows.
DETROIT—There has been a, ten-
”"dency to crowd the market here this
- last 'Week. The aetual amount of
onions consumed at this season of the
year is light. The trade has to depend
on those who will buy for storage pur-
posesin order to move any particular
, amount. These parties are gradually

H filling their requirements and there is

also a tendency on the part of a great
many not to put in as many this year
as common. They feel that they will

be able to get hold of onions later and

as they want them, at present prices
and possibly less. All of these .things
, . ' do, not promote any better feeling on
' " * the situation in general.

“ 'Yell ' Globe, cars. .......... .35@ .45
wYellgg ’Globe. store .......... ..60@ .60

“ f'QINgINNATI—We have had actual" '

touch with_.,the situation on the Cincin-

. seamen vefi‘much congested.

" panic L mpossible‘ to move
this. , s. on this market
” ‘ ‘ "anrkl'nd '

f @911

tibns which have existed southin Ten-

I 1 ’_ nessee’ andL-New Orleans, etc., this
' market has, been used, but thereis no »'
”question but what some receipts will

Show almostga slaughter, which will
be forced by the conditions that exist.
Yellow onions of good quality have

.mov’ed along Quite freely and at fairly

satisfactory prices: '

Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt .90 .
Red Globe, sacked. per cwt. .. .60 65
Yellow Globe,.bulk, per cwt.. .75

‘Red Globe, bulk, per cwt ..... .50

 

CABBAGE 4.

If you keep in line with the cab-
} bags situation this year, you

Will net spikes in your boots.
mlI‘St one day the situation on a given
market is spirited, the trade taklng
hold of oilerings at an advanced quo-
tation and Within forty-elgnt hours
the'situatlon will be almOSt reversed.
We have never experienced a cendi-
tion quite so unsettled and being vis-

 

ited With such avariance‘ot‘ condi-

tions as has the cabbage situation
rthls year. You who have kept in
touch with the “Pink Sheet” Will, of
course, appreciate the conditions that
have existed, first one week up and
next down—:back and lorth. A see-
saw game has been in eVldence from
the start. At the moment, the situa—

. tion is just a little‘easy on most out-

side markets. One reason is by vir—
tue of heaVy movement of potatoes,
onions, etc. The peddling trade have
been taking on these other commodi-
ties very heavy., The kraut trade
haVe showed a tendency to relax on
account of warm weather. Our weather
conditions certainly have not, been
favorable to a market on this com-
modity. 'We do not believe that the
situation, from a general standpoint,
is going to be as low as at the mo-

_ menu We think that market condi-,

tions are going to gradually improve,
but it may continue to be a little
catchy for some little time. Weather
conditions will have more to influence

' it than any one thing.

CINCINNATI—There was just a
little better feeling manifest on this
market. The tone to the situation was
quite firm on Danish stock, with offer-
ings comparatively light. Domestic
selling fairly well at quotations.
Danish, per ton, track. . . .11.00@13.00

Domestic, ton, on track.... 8.00(w10.00
Red, per bbl ................ 1.50@ 1.75

PITTSBURG~Up to the last week,
the Pittsburg market was quite easy.
We happened to hear from a represen-
tative on this market Friday, who
stated that the situation was easy
alright enough, but at the same time
they expected a much better condition
to exist in a very few days. It was
evident, however, that this party fig—
ured very much on weather condi-
tions. It was noticeable that the con-
dition of the weather was figured on
for future expectancy of market con-
ditions more than any other one fea-
ture. It is generally conceded that the
demand is there, but that we will have
to bring it out with proper weather

, conditions. . w

Domestic ..... ‘. .' ....... 3.00 10.00

9.00 12.00

instead. of “cattle on a thousand
hills” We now find the thousand hills
without cattle}; Hills we will ever
have with us, but indications are that
they are going to be as cattleless as

~“bald heads are lous‘eless, *The fellow
o as ’

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' butter.

whatever about the good firm
tone to the butter situation—‘-

fD'There is absolutely no question

everything in evidence in the future
_ points -to a gradually tightening up.

and shows a still further advance. We
can appreciate right here in the Cit)r
of Detroit that the trade is gradually
being. forced to take on substitutes
instead of genuine cream‘ery and dairy
Of course, this could natur-
ally be expected when butter aesumes
its present market level. We 'cer-
tainly have not an over production of
butter this year.

 

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There continues to be a good
Dhealthy scramble for strictly
fresh receipts. The storage
people are holding their prices up to

a high level. They appreciate, of

course, there is a certaln difference,

between storage stock and lresh stock
and are willing to keep within their
range. They are also aware that the
healthier the situation on strictly
fresh stuff. The healthier, also the
situation on storage. There are not
enough eggs tins year, so butter by
thosé conditions must be very strong
from now on.
DETROIT—Eggs

POULTRY

in the faCe of the Spirited com-
mercial conditions of all meat

products, we continue to find
Uul‘ poultry situation on the decline.
t’osslbly, We ought not to say that it
is making a turtner decllne over last
weeks quotations. W e, do n0t know
that it lS but from a revrew of sltua-
tions on the DetrOlt market and on
markets outside recelvmg centers we
nnd that the tone to the sltuatlon is
very easy. We see a report here and
there that the dressers are overloaded
and that the Other trade simply can-
not take care 01 the recelpts that are
coming in. Of course, it it is true
that we are havrng such heavy re—
ceipts in every dlrectlon, that the
market simply cannot stand up under
it, we cannot look for any other than
the situation which we are coniront—
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'absolutely know that human nature

will force this stuff to a Very low level
after conditions are known. We know
that the dressers in the city will not
pay one traction of a cent more than
they are obliged to. You can feel
well aware that they Will take ad-
vantage ot‘ the situation if they have
the opportunlty. According to reports,
they are having this given opportun-
ity at the present time, and from the
result, they are certainly taking ad—
vantage of them. We have demon
strated to you just exactly what this
situation means. It will work against
you from two angles. In the first
place, the price you are able to obtain
at the present time will be much
lower than it should be. In the next
place, these dressers will pull out this
poultry they are buying new at very
cheap prices whenever the situation
warrants; which naturally, is around
the holiday season, or possibly some
time later during the winter months.
Any time when the situation warrants
this stuff will be pulled out of storage
and come in competition with the llve
stock that you‘ are at that time ship-
ping, so that this simply proves that
you are not only forcing a low market
on poultry at the present time, but
you are also tacing’acompetition or
the. same low price stud a little later.
It thilts‘is true and -we‘_gce~rtalnly.v be-

4‘

have it. is, it is ‘up to you, ‘as' ‘p
ducers, toregulate the flow of-po
try to these given outside market
In other words, you must‘hold this
stud back if you want to get a butler
factory market condition to exist now
or later. .

It does not seem possible that'we

have enough poultry in the country.

so that the present market conditions
will warrant it. We do not believe
that is the true situation that exists.
On a basis of the cheap manner in
which your poultry can be held, if you
so desire, we certainly think it is
business suicide to coutinue to flood
the outside markets with your ship'-
ments. It is up to us, as producers, '
to begin to study situations and begin
to do something different, than we
used to do. We can not hope to go
along in the old rut and get results on
basis of advanced ideas along all
other lines. -It is simply impossible.
You simply cannot do business as you
used to do and get results which will
be at all satisfactory. Those have:
changed and you must change with
them. You must handle some of these
propositions very much the same as
the other fellows are handling them——
study the situation and handle it. in
an. intelligent manner .

Good hells

Springs

Young Ducks

Old ducks
Geese

ClNClNNATI—'
Old hens, heavy, 41,5 lbs. and
‘ over .....................
()ld hens, llg’llt .............
Roosters ..................
Springcrs, 11/2 lbs. and over
Swingers, 1% lbs. and under
Wllitc ducks, 1 lbs. and over
XVhlto ducks, under =1 lbs...
Colored ducks, under 4 lbs
()ld tom turkeys ...........
Young; turkeys, 8 lbs. and

over .....................
Young turkeys, under 8 lbs.
Cull turkeys
GccSo, pcl' lb

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.07@ I
....................... 4.00@4.25

IJVE STOCK

October was a month of surprises
in the live stock world. Not in years
has tllerebeen a month of so great
fluctuations in prices and the same
unstable conditions have reached thus
far into November. It was during
October that good prime steers es-
tablished a record on the Chicago
market of $11.05 per cwt. Yet with-
in a month that price has declined to
about a. $9.50 level for prime; the
price ranging from $5.30 for common
beeves to $10.65 for choice during the
past Week. Best feeders were as low
as $6.00, and $6.50 took the very best.
COWS and heifers passed the block
readily at from 352.75 to til/10 per cwt.
while veal calves noted a range of
from $6.50 to $10.75 at the close of
the week's business.
erratic as has that of cattle; prices
going as high at one time during the
past month as $9.421/2—the highest
on record [or a month of October, yet
on the 30th of same month the price
had fallen to $7.90 per cwt. .

CHICAGO.

The sheep market was stable dur-
ing the entire week, showing a range
of from $3.50 to $7.50, depending upon
the grade. At the close of yester-
day’s market, the records showed re-
ceipts of 3,000 head of cattle. Market
slow, generally steady. Beeves $5.20@
10.65; Texas steers, $4.40@5.65; west-

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'ern steers, $5.50@9.25; stockers and

feeders, $4.15@7.15; cows and heifers,
$2.75@7.40; calves, $6.75@10.75. Hogs
—Receipts, 15,000, market weak, early
advance lost; light, $7.50@8.15; mixed,
$7.65@8.25; heavy, $7.50@8.25; rough,
$7.50@7.70; pigs, $5@7; bulk of sales,
$7.85@8.15. Sheep—Receipts, 10,000;
market for sheep easy, lambs strong;
native, $3.40@4.60; western,

$4.50; yearlings, $4.75@5.85;

native, $5.50@7.50; western,

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" sushi
iii oral ly hEPPY-
_ d Verit‘able clearing house in the
.dfshosition of live stock is told in the
't'ollowmg During the past ten months
of the year the market’s aggregated
receiiits of. stock of all kinds was
3,075. 565 head as against 3187, 255

     

' head l'aSt year This market shows

- a. 8iight advance on nearly all grades,
ospemally on hogs, showing at least
"_a 25-‘ceht advance over Detroit, and
50 Cent's under Chicago. At Buffalo,
8,8 at all other markets, the milch
"cows as well as prospective milkers,
were in great demand, and prices'
'Irh‘nging from $40. 00 to $80. 00, depend-
ing on size, age and utility. This in
'a sense tells why milk is high, as when
. soar cows are necessarily
scarce. The condition of the Buffalo
market is clearly told in the following
report
Choice to prime heavy

steers .................. .39.00@9.50

Fair to good wgty strs.... 8.5‘0Q8.75
Good ship g & hvy btr strs. . 8.50@8.75
Plain weighty steers ...... 7.50@7.75
Coarse thin weighty strs. ..7.00@7.25
Chaice to fancy yearlings” 8.25(g)9.00
Good yearlings ............ 7.7555800
Best handy wgt btr strs. . . . 8.25(g)8.50
Fair to g’d hdy wgt btr sbrs 7.25@7.75
Common to fair btr strs. . .. 6.50@7.00
Inferior & rough lgt btr strs 5.75@6.25
Heavy fanCy lat cows 6.00@6.50
Choice to prime fat cows.. 5.50@6.00
Good to choice bthr c'ows.. 5.00@5.50
Fair to good bthr cows. . . 4.50@5.00
Medium butcher COWS .. . 4.00@4.50
Common. to good Cutters.. 3.75@4.00
Common to good canners.. 3.25@3.75
Old rims ................ 2.75@3.10
Fancy yearling heifers. . . .. 7.50@8.00
Choice heavy heifers .. 7.00@7.50
Prime fat heifers ......... 6.75@7.25
Medium to good heifers.. . 5.00@6.00
Common to fair heifers. . .. 4.00@4.75
Selected feeders ..; ....... 6.40@6.75
Best feeders ............. 6.00@6.25
Fair to good feeders ...... 5.40@5.65
Good to best stockers.... 5.00@5.40
Fair to good .............. 4.60@4.85
Common stockers ........ 4.00@4.50
Light thin heilers ........ 4.00@4.25
Best export bulls ........ 6.00@6.25
Best butcher bulls ........ 5.50@6.00
Medium butcher bulls ...... 4.50@5.25
Bologna bulls ............. 4.50@5.25
Best stock bulls .......... 4. 25@4. 50
Thin light bulls .......... 3 75@4. 00
Stags .................... 6. 00@7. 00
Oxen ..................... 5. 75@6. 75
Extra milchers and

springers ............ $65.00@75.00
Best ................... 50.00@60.00
Medium ................ 40.00@45.00

HOGS.

The run for last week at Buffalo
showed a grand total of 250 loads, or
40,000 head against 280 loads or 44,800
head for the same week a year ago.
Buyers had the best of the deal, and
landed the bulk of the shipments at
prices 10 to 15 cents lower on the
closing day. One buyer paid $8.40 for
a deck of good, heavy hogs, but the
majority of the best stock went at
$8.30 and $8.35, and mixed grades at
$8.25. A week ago packing grades
went at $8.10 and $8.15, and a year
ago mixed offerings were landed at
from $6.50 to $6.75.

Extreme heavies 280 up ..38.30@8.40'
Heavies 240 to 280 ...... 8.30@8.40
Mediums 220 to 240 ........ 8.30@8.40
Mediums 190 to 220 ........ 8.25@8.35
Mixed 180 to 220 .......... 8.15@8.35
Yorkers 1150 to 170..' ...... 8.10@8.25

:2" Do light 130 to 150 ........ 7.75@8.00
j I, Pigs 120 down ............ 7.40@7.50
‘ ‘ Skip pigs ................ 5.00@6 50
State hogs ................ 7. 75@8. 15

' Roughs ' ................... 7. 00@7. 25

- Stigs . .’ ................... 5. 00@6. 50

‘ SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Marketing for the entire Week ag-
"gated 209 cars or 49,100 head, as
first 55 000 head in the same periOd
. ,ddr ago.

1. he lamb division of the trade
" price list was about the same as
fisterday. Most sellers, dhring the
fag session held the lambs ”at

That s o I' ,
“gala; 12153 at. the latter

the torn-'3‘» 5
1.7.09 and $7.10 _
the spread was rem
beet throwouts bringi. ; ..
$6 '25. .. . I. ~~ -
Lambs good- to choice. ...37 05QZ,
U0 tair wgoas. 351112385
Do cull and common . ..' 5.003915%
Yearling lambs, choice; . . . 5. UOQo‘oO
lJo curl to fair 3.50Q475
Wethers, chemo. . .. 4. wQ4. 75
Mixed sheep. 4.0059425
lowes, cnmce handy wght: .
1J0 encice heavy . . . .3 55Q3. 85
Cull sheep 1.50Q300
Bucks 2.50Q300

At Detroit the week’s business was.
rather llSLleSS and no marked change
in prices. Calves were possibly a little
in advance of the week previous, duo._
to fewer arrivals, and sheep and lambs

can’ounoioillo

'shOWed a slight increase, as did hogs

Which cowhianaed an advance of
about 15 cents. roor railroad service
was the canned reason tor the limited
arrival or stoCK during much of the.

week. This market, as Will be noticed,
shows the usual Slight.” dinerenceas
compared With Chicago, part of which
is due to the latter city receivmg
mucn range Stock instead of iarm ted-
aniniais, then again the Chicago mar~
ket handles at least three times as
much stock as does Detrmt. ' This
marketat summary was substantially

as lollOWQ:

We quote;
Extia diy- -ted steers ...... $ 8.00@
Steels and nus. 1,-000 -1, 200 6. ooQ 7. 25
btuclS and 1111's, 80o to 1, 000 5-. 25(1) 6. 00
Glass steels and honors

tutti. are 12“.. But) LO. 1.,UUU 5.25@ 6.0 0
Grass steers and heifers _

that are 1at, sub to (UU.. 4.25Q 5 00
Choice tat cows .......... 5.000;) 5. 50
Good fat cows .......... $008 2.33
Common cuws ............ .oo
Cauliei's ....... l .......... 25.333 3. 25
Lllulue heavy hill 3 ........ . . .
l“all to good bolog’ s, bulls 4.5061) 4.7
Stock bulls ........... 800 4.003Q 4.25
Choce feeding steels,

to 1,000 ............ 8mt. 5.50Q 6.25
F 1r feedin steers, 00 o

31, 000 ..g ............... 5.00@ 5.60
Choice stockers. 500 to 700 4.50@15.25
ban stockeis, 500 to 700. d 4.50@ 4.75
Milkers, large young, me

ium age ................. 45. 00®70.00
CommonD milkers .......... 25. 00Q40. 00

The veal calf trade was steady with
Wednesday or strong, 50 cents higher
than last week. A few extra fancy
grades brought $10 per hundred but
bulk of sales for good was from $9
to $9. 50, and others at $4 to $3 50. The
close was steady with nearly" every—
thing sold.

The run of sheep and lambs was not
quite so large as for the past few
weeks but there was a good active
trade at an advance of 25 cents' from
last week on good stuff. Other grades
were about steady.

Best lambs ................ 6. 5.@
Fa r to good lambs ..... 6.00@6.
Light to common lambs. . 5.00@._5. 50
Fair to g-m 6 sheep ........ 3. 00@3. 75
Guile and common .......... 2. 00@2.7

Packers would not pay over 37. 75 fer
the best here. The quality was mixed,
there being a great many light grades,
wuighing from 130 to 160 pounds, on
sa e

Range of prices
Light to good butchers . . 7.65@775
Pl gs ........................ 6 75@7. 00
Light yorkers
Stags

.............

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COAL AND FLOUR.

We shall publish from week to
week the prices on coal f. o. b.
mines and the prices on flour at the
mills. On'the day this paper is pub-
lished the prices here quoted hold
good. Those interested can write our
Bureau for information as to freight
rate to their respective shipping Sta-
tions, as the prices quoted do not in~
elude the cost of freight on either
commodity.

Soft Coal. .
. ' ’ F. 0 B.
Kind of Coal. . Min hes.
Hocking Lump ................. 32. 00
Cambridge Lum . . .-. ....... ‘.-. . 1. 90
Cambridge in Lump ......... '. . . . 1.80
’West Va. Splint Lump __. . . . ..... 2. 20
White Ash Block ............ ‘ . . . 2.15
Kentucky 4" Lump . . . . . .... ..... 2. 50
Kentu 1:33.412", Egg}. .. . . . . . . . . 2,,40
Harri AWEfi" Lump. . . . . ... . .2 .' .~ 240

 

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trtiif 1119 111 9: country .115 w. .
what- startled to find the. Woe be-
tween the price paid the farmer
the price they had to pay, the lac
dealer for th
chairinan of
to the city after a drive through Oak-
land county, Itlius reported” 56 %‘101
the dailies:
"I found that I could get the finest;
eating and cooking apples grown for
$1 a barrel and potatoes for 35 ‘céfits
a. bushel, ”‘ said Mrs.“‘Dnnk."'
ite‘d as many places as. vie“ could and
everywhere the apples and the pota-
toes were of the first quality. The far-
more told me they were paid 35 cents-
a bushel for potatoes 857 the- Suyerd‘for
the wholesale and r‘é‘tail merchants of
Detroit, the latter to furnish the bags
or. barrels for shipping amino nest 'of
transportation. 11' mo arrangements
to secure both potatoes 555315111335 for
members of the: Detroit Hedfiewifes’
League who wish to lay' in a‘. supply- of

'5 3 thees' necessities for the wintoit’f ’ ‘

**$

Well What do yOu thinkpf 3111514
dispatch from Chicago yesterda 'says
that war broke out on the ‘d and
split the membership into two ”factions
—-the bulls and’ the boat‘s. When the
regular committee repofted a price of
32 Cents, the minority (fame in With a
quotation of 31 cents; but tlii's was out-
voted unanimously; dealers ‘beli ving

that prices were at a reasonable 8813
' consistent with the law at 811 1y and
demand. The price was quot '9. half-

. cent higher the following diiy, and ten
members of the board minnows The -

repert says: “The heard is? now 51-:
vided into two factions; the insur-
gents, or the committee which fields
that board prices should be kept with-
in a. fraction of. a con‘tvofr'fjobbing
prices, and the standpatt'ers, who'are
opposed to such advances, in the be—
lief that as long as the market can

tinues on a healthy basis,‘ prices I

should not be permanently boosted."

C. E. Baker & Company, of Newark,

N. J, one of the largest eastern ‘con- '

cerns handling live and 11555951; poul-
try, advice as that their general re-
ports indicate a lighter" crop or turkeys
this year; They say that good stock
will be scarce and late- Chitin 6% Coin-
pany, of the Elaine City, dd‘ not ‘b‘éliefve
the crop will be over-plentiful They
quote turkeys this week at‘ 2'4 and _‘25

cents.
a: a It

It wmgld look very much from this I

report as it the making of the price
of butter were not 111' “tho“ hands off its
friends. Forty Warelfouses "Fe fitting
November 18t,show"liiit’t§i' 1'11 to‘gg'g‘e
this 'y'éar‘ ”a8 521553.056 pounds as

-. against 113. 9903000 5011113835188 35353:" 4r
3?" _ Ml dlin

This shows a surplus nev5rthdl8
butter prices are going to hold 11m.

9;. some- '

' 8199mm

fifl fimodity. The
on her return/. eggs’ at 1:75 Chambe

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When butterf'ge

  
   
    

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York City. is :9. more
7198301 36.806350 audit
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been lighter during the past few vet
and the price has been 25 ca ,1 p 5 ‘-_‘
barrel higher on good apple's; some '

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' Charles Collins 8; Co pony. New 700
York report by_ wire: “Market.- for 31,1:
fowl's. has. been in good Candltionf bu-t -345
that for chickens Ms been dragging 1‘
We look for a good trade commencing 3 3.; the
next week, at steady prices."- 3 if? '» I ’ ,3 ‘1 '“anf:
. hi
Refrigerator eggs are so tug 83.121 2%:
to 23.081158 in New York Three 7 Us
firms reporting state that the rec ’p‘ts 138‘
of strictly fresh eggs is growing lighter . 1m.
every day and that prices are sfire to 5:) 8111
advance. , 3 .‘ ’ '
It i * ‘ Q. . the
Be mighty careful about shipping 5 001
dressed poultry for Thanksgiving. It ".31.
is pretty hard to tell what the weather of
may be, and you are- liable to lose your: ~. 1,0
whole shipment. ; 3 4. . col
.8 ‘3" .Te
Qur Philadelphia. correspondent . 7
says: “Fresh eggs are coming in Very ' _' dul
slowly. Fancy fresh stock is bringing . Me
a premium over current quotations." 3 N9
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Cider apples are selling throu‘ghdut {m
the state at 20 cents a hundred pounds. . .3 'Mi
and mighty little call for them at that 1
price. - ‘ ‘ 8111
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LEGAL WElGHTS‘ANP MEA$UBES.
Pounds per bushel.

 
  

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8. .n 15' 2-05 -
Apples, dried ...... 24 24 22 25 22-
Apples, green ..... 50. . 60 ..

    
 
  
    
  

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'to‘mar'ketegg's

. ; 9111-”
' 31's to the value ‘61 1668 .
his is the estimated.

11:11 is placed at $22,999 609,
7 fat I valuation /er the
,1 .14 ~.

‘3 , ~
it is remembered that the --

'00 citizens cf the state were
plied with was products be-
dollar's worth \vas shipped. it

will .be seen that the fetimato of $62,‘ ~

.6onservatlve

_~F‘f’em the actual shipment figures ..
find that there were 82_, 060 ,702.

{whims of 1lvo oultry, valued at $8,
(lib; dr'eése poultry 39 573, 973'
ou'nds, valued at $4, 946, 664 191, 417,-
,I6,6 655, and
worth

g' the actual shipment only,

Missouri hens laid noug'h eggs

in 1911- to give every m‘a woman and
,~¢hi£§; in the United Stated nearly 14

ado, equally, viiould be entitled to
, o; and one-Third pounds or the 1911
shipment of poultry.- _
“With the poultry production fer
, .the year in question placed at $50, 009, -
can, 4t is of interest to note that this
exceeded the value of the wheat crop
of Kansas for the same year. It was
' 'ih nearly as much as the Combined
. " crap at Florida, L6ul§laria and
,‘on‘r‘iéssé‘e'. .
,. “The total value of the tobacco prc'i?
duoed in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,

Massachusetts” Missouri, New York, :

North Qarolina, Kentucky and Ten-
nes‘see was $50, 441, 861, or practically
the Same as the poultry production or
Missouri.
. ‘- ‘Utnother Startling comparison
8116178 the value of the poultry pro-
ducts of Missouri for .1911 to be great-
or than the combined valne'of all the
id and silver prd‘dtitred in Coloi‘fife,
'gglltornla,
same year."

with GETS THE $315 057‘ .000
Minted from Page Ofie
1 f‘Thero was an increase in the total
value 01,ea'cl'1 of these crops, excepting"
, ugkwheat potatOes, barley and rye.

fiatnci‘oase netted $515, $57, 000 over ,

9"va‘lue of last year’s crops.
, crops of corn, powoebz'
- ' "'eodf' oats, barley, rye and hay
if "e hefisted this year. The govern-

oars cial estimate :to, V, ,
6 tlcn Will be annéMi EME?

63%? allevo report 6V6?" v91?” Jyfi the

new
‘ commas it was tak n from theV
. ., then com-j

,1 fl . artmont rope
' the tollowihg :roport, sent-
_2tin1o,szrom the Depart;

3'6"? W? “—56%

and Arlzonh during the,

. interests of thl8‘ opuntry.

third With clo'v‘en.

. Léofiard‘ltfc'flane Avoca'.
Catfiefih he'H {gale Blanchard.
‘E Qibl’fings. Rochéétér.
. W J. R‘e’éd Iié‘x’rérmg‘
E’ E LaWrence, g'Sltandlsh.
- para nan, cthllla‘c

 

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"They Wero‘ 1.6.8 per cent lower than
last. year, 3. 2 per cent lower. than in
1910, 8 5 per cent lower than 1909, and
1.1 per cent lower than 1908. They do-
(3111166 8' per cent from October 1 to
November 1, compared with a decline
of 1.7 per cont in the same period last
year and an average decline of 3. 6 per
cent during OCtober in the past four
3881's. ”

It will be noticed that the Depart-
ment figures out a- not increase in the
value of the farm products mentioned

, over last year of $515, 057 000. 00, and,

of course, this immense amount gave
the individual farmer‘s just that many
dollars more profit. Hewever, the re-
port given in connection, showing that
the. prices of all farm products are
lower than they have been before dur-
the past five years, simply proves
th t this is another instance Where a
“b m'por , crop” moans “battered
p es.’ .‘The effect or these reports on
the market works against the farmer
every time. The dealer, anxious to
buy the products of the farm at just
as. low a price as possible, simply calls
the mtmer’s attention to the National
Crop Reports, and the farmer, having
nothing to base his predictions upon,
is sure. to make an early sale and
peaks? the loss In many instances
during the past five years, these Gov-
ernment reports have proved to be
wfidlly unreliable” and prices have
“55:6in incre’ased on all commodities
after the market rush was over. There
is a place in the President’s Cabinet
for a big, broad, business man, who
cabana will labor for the agricultural
The De-
partment of Agriculture should consist
of more th'afl a few hundred clerks
who are adept at juggling figures, and
a superintendent Who has lived in
Washi gton so long that he has an
idea" (”max- at still using a. sickle
in gathering his harvest.

dfiefi short in
;wln di'jaylng near,
ho'i‘so mark -remalns firm,

good 11911598 343111113 even, higher than
in early spring. In ghl cage good

With; ‘”
y lf

' and teams readily tiring tool) per

span.

"W-‘Q‘kbwg’i—dvA—N . may-..“

I'nss {11’3ng
I

is 18mm” 1: all rightm I Mink-
" f" i", nu I stepped
(I up f‘a'ar neiggbors'
it}; to»

 

ecauso o the fact that he knew he had
j'thé't ‘11; was a square fight should more than
loi'Ws get after him at the same time.
"Btnb tail, be welcomed the arrival of loyal brothers

Jeanie 8ec6‘n'd With twelve, and Friend Bosdor, of Clare.

:6! :1 (3611111137. IWo are going to include in the list
the» Who sent in more than two subscribers; a whole

We n99tl' your help. Como right along, bringing two, three, four
flyo 0';- fifty With you—all will be welcome.
, thousand—let’s see who can head the list next week.

' ' "t . few days. He
amt dealer - 'or commission men

With 3.

These fellows Will all be promoted '

D. J Heath Palo.

Clarence Simon, Remus.

Gilbert KoOntz, Gladwin.

O. C. Johnson Elberta.

E. J. Sinclair, Sheridan.

Louis. Silesky, Grand Blanc.

T. D. Stewart. Oxford.

W.. Riley Kinney, Reading.

Johanchards, Helmor.

Wesley Averill, Crystal Valley.
" C. J. Cjall. Beulah.

John Thildy O'mer.

Ernest Lcithfeet. Midland.

Ellck Baldwin, Oxford.

Frank Backus, Dearborn.

Orville Walker, Lake.

Joe S Harris, Hubbardston

We are on the way to ten

 

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KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN LINE.

ALAMAZOO County has invested
K in a Farming Expert and that
gentleman is going to establish
thirty- two ideal farms. One of these
ideal farms will be located in each
township, and it is expected that this
expert, who is paid a good, round sal-
ary for telling the farmers how to
raise more produce on a given acre
will revolutionize things in Kalamazoo
County. Wonder if the expert will be
able to help the farmers of Kalamazoo
County raise enough potatoes and
beans so that the price they receive
can be materially reduced. You know
all that is needed now is for the far-
mer to raise more produce on a given
acre Of ground. When this is accom-
plished, the problem has been solved.
If we could only have had an expert
farmer in every county in this state,
perhaps beans enough could have been
raised to reduce the mice to $1 50 per
bushel—another instance where the
farmers are being helped to try the
plan of lifting themselves over the
fence by pulling on their own boot-
straps.

GINSENG A QUEER PLANT.

INSENG is a queer plant. The
G seed from this plant does not

germinate the first year as othcx
seed do but have to be kept over one
year and planted. The seed that
Were gathered in the full of 1911 will
not germinate until spring of 1913.
and this is Why the plant is so hard
to manage: it is easy to manage after
you learn its habits.

I planted my 1910 seed this spring.
and I think all of them came up. but
seed must be kept normal while bold‘
1112' them over a year as thev must
not get too hot. too wet or too dry. I
have enough vouna plants to put out
two acres this fall and have 50 (W)
seed that were gathered in fall of 1911
to plant this fall, and I will have about
150,000 seed to gather this fall that
Will not germinate until 1914.

Lhave sold up to the present time
$300.00 in roots and will dig $250.00
worth of roots this fall. and this has
not interfered with my regular field

' crops as I have put in from 20 to

21 acres each year, besides my bay
c'rop. J J. ODLE.

Express rates on a barrel of apples
from southern Michigan points to
points 150 miles west is $1. 85 How
is this for legalized crime? With the

promised parcel post offering nothing
g better the outlook is far from pleas~

‘ ~....nosrs‘ov rHs n+5. '-

NE cf th e cheapest and most of»
O: festive potsono for rats and -

mice is barium carbonato, or
barytés. This mineral has the advan-
tage of being without taste or smell;
and, in the small quantities used in
poisoning rats and mice, is harmless
to larger animals. Its action on ro-
dent's is slow, but reasonably sure. '
and has the further advantage that
the animals before dying, if exit be
possible, usually leave the premises in
search of water. Its employment in
houses, therefore, is rarely followed
by the annoying odor which attends
the use of the more virulent poisons

The poison may be fed in the form

of a dough made of onefii’th barytes
and fourfifths meal but a more con-
venient bait is ordinary oatmeal, with
about one- eighth of its bulk of bary-
tes, mixed with water into a stiff
dough; or the barytes may be spread
upon bread and butter or moistened
toast. The prepared bait should be
placed in rat runs. a small quantity
at a place If a single application of
the poison fails to drive all rats from
the premises, it should be repeated
with a change of bait.

NEW BEAN A PERFECT FOOD.

NEWS comes from China of the

dlscovcry of a. now been called‘
50311, which is said to (ontain more
of the ingredients of a perfect food
than any other known product. It is
entirely different from our soy bean
and has attlacted the attention of
both Europe and America. It is even
(laimed that many other foods, such
as milk cheeSe, oll jellies bread and
cakes can be made from this wonder-
ful new bean.

A number of varieties have already
been listed by the United States gov-
ernment investigators and a close
study is to be made of them They
have been grown in this country in
some of the southern states. A Vir-
('lnia man repmts that be used them
successfully as a substitute fox corn
to feed stock. Planted with corn
they act as a fcitillzor and the ani-

mals that get the soya beans let the
corn alone. G. B. C.

A MIGHTY GOOD SUGGESTION
Continucd from Page One

ductlon. one manager said that the
company wanted to discouiage the
raising of boots which ran to a heavy
tonuuuc per mm, instead of an in-
cicuscd sugar content. Wonder how
many smear beet growers in the State
are out after the tonnage record at $5
p91? During the campaivn the sugar
bcct districts have been flooded with
circulals and appeals to the farmers
asking them not to destroy the best
sugar industry by voting for this fel—
low or that, or this or the other party.
The appcals made would bring tears
to the eves of an alligator

EV'cxy timc your family consumes
one bundled pounds of sugar, you cou-

Vtributc one dollar and sixty- seven cents

to the sugzn hust. What for? To
px'otccf this infant industry. Protect
it for what? So that these companies
will be able to guarantee the boot
growers four dollars and fifty cents
per ten for their beets. So that they
may be able to pay the employees in
these factmies the smallest wages
paid in any of the manufacturies 01'
this state. No one objects to a pro-
tective tariff providing that tariff pro-
tects the farmer and the working
man. \thn it comes to levying a tax
in order that these Companies may
pay thirty per cent dividends, it’s time
to register a kick.

There is but one way out of the
trap, and that way is suggested by
our correspondent. The farmers are
deadly in earnest about the matter,
and a co-operative sugar factory will
be a living reality within five years.
Drive on Mr. Sugar Trust; don’t spare
the lash. As President Warren, 01'
the Sugar Company said to the editor: .
“If the farmers don’t want to raise
beets, at the price, why in 11— don’t
they raise potatoes?”

 


    

.1 31018.10 the ,p .
35t4 thoroug hiy ole sued
ii 1% generally him)! That 13113415
, heritable clearing house in the
, .. disposition of live stock is told in the
fiflilléWihg During the past ten months
1,01 the year the market’s aggregated
‘rr'ecel’bts 0f steak or all kinds was
[3“,075565 head as against 3,187 255
head last year This market shows

 
  
 
    

   
 

especially on hogs, showing at least
"a 25-ce1’1t advance over Detroit, and
50 cents under Chicago. At Buffalo,
as at all other markets, the mllch
c‘ows, as well as prospective milkers,
were in great demand, and prices“
ranging from $40.00 to $80.00,» depend-
ing on size, age and utility. This in
a sense tells why milk is high, as when
prices soar cows are necessanly
scarce. The condition of the Buifalo
.., market is clearly told in the following

report.
:" Choice to prime heavy
steers ................. .$9.00@9.50
Fair to good wgty s‘trs.... 8.50@8.75
Good ship g & hvy btr strs. . 8.5069835
Plain weighty steers ...... 7.50@7.75
Coarse thin weighty strs. . .7.00@7.25
Ch01ce to fancy yearlings.. 8.25@9.00
Good yearlings ............ 7.75@8.00
Best handy Wgt btr strs. . .. 8.25@8.50
Fair to g’d hdy wgt btr strs 7.25@7.75
Common to fair btr strs. . .. 6.50@7.00
Inferior & rough lgt btr strs 5.75@6.25
Heavy fanCy tat cows .. . 6.00@6.50
Choice to prime fat cows.. 5.50@6.00
Good to choice bthr cows.. 5.UU(Q}5.50
Fair to good bthr cows.. .. 4.50@5.00
Medium "butcher cows . 4.00@4.50
? Common to good cutters.. 3.75@4.00
Common to good canners.. 3.25@3.75
4, ‘Old rims ................ 2.75@3.10
: Fancy yearling heifers ..... 7.5045800
‘ ChoiCe heavy heifers . 7.00@7.50
Prime fat heifers ......... 6.75@7.25
Medium to good heifers. . . 5.00@6.00
Common to fair heifers. . .. 4.00@4.75
Selected feeders .......... 6.40@6.75
Best feeders ............. 6.00@6.25
Fair to good feeders ...... 5.40@5.65
Good to best stockers.... 5.00@5.40
Fair to good .............. 4.60@4.85
Common stockers ........ 4.00@4.50
Light thin heiiers ........ 4.00@4.25
Best export bulls ........ 6.00@6.25
Best butcher bulls ........ 5.50@6.00
Medium butcher bulls ...... 4.50@5.25
Bologna bulls ............. 4.50@5.25
Best stock bulls .......... 4.25@4.50
Thin light bulls .......... 3. 75@4 00
Stage .................... 6. 00@7. 00
"' Oxen ..................... 5 75@6. 75
Extra milchers and
springers ............ $65.00@75.00
Best ................... 50.00@60.00
Medium ................ 40.00@45.00
HOGS.

The run for last week at Buffalo
showed a grand total of 250 loads, or
40,000 head against 280 loads or 44,800
head for the same week a year ago.
Buyers had the best of the deal, and
landed the bulk of the shipments at
prices 10 to 15 cents lower on the
closing day. One buyer paid $8.40 for
a deck of good, heavy hogs, but the
majority of the best stock went at
$8.30 and $8.35, and mixed grades at
$8.25. A week ago packing grades
went at $8.10 and $8.15, and a year
ago mixed offerings were landed at
from $6.50 to $6.75.

., Extreme heavies 280 up ..$8.30@8.40‘
Heavies 240 to 280 ...... 8.30@8.40
,1 Mediums 220 to 240 ........ 8.30@8.40
= Mediums 190 to 220 ........ 8.25@8.35
Mixed 180 to 220 .......... 8.15@8.35«
Yorkers 150 to 170 ........ 8.10@8.25
Do light 130 to 150 ........ 7.75@8.00
Pigs 120 down ............ 7.40@7.50
Skip pigs ................ 5.00@6.50
State hogs ................ 7.75@8.15
Roughs ................... 7.00@7.25
sags ..................... 5.00@6.50

SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Marketing for the entire week ag~
negated 209 cars or 49,100 head, as
against 55 000 head in the same period
a year ago.
in the lamb division of the trade
the price list was about the same as
yesterday. Most sellers, during; the
{opening session held tap lambs-"at

  

   

the:
up and:

6‘ the teppy finds WGrefiiMo W

,a‘ flight advance on nearly all grades, '

5p? pg .
criteria 55,9 , ' '
two at the iatsér 1111;131:116 Bates
57. 00 and $7.10 spa in t
the spread W55" from

$6. 25.

Lambs soon to choice. ...:7'. 00511.25 _ .
635012585 -
05191515 ‘ -

be fair to" good
Do cull and common. ..
Year11ng lamps chores. 5.00@5.0

U0 and to fair 3.504124 751"”
Wethers, chorce».’..._..._... 4.510614. 75 .

..‘W-eo 4.00‘w4s25

Mixed sheep.
3. 750124. 00,

Ewes, chmce handy wght;.

lJo choice heavy
Cull sheep
Bucks 2.50@300

At Detroit the week’s business was
rather nausea and no marked change
in prices Calves were possmiy a little
in advance of the week prevmus, due
to lewer a1r1vals, and Sheep and mains

on... sssss soon

'showed a sngnt increase, as did hogs

Which commanded an adVance or
about 15 cents. roor railroad service
was the Claimed. reason tor the 111mted
a11'1val or steak during much of the
week. This market, as Will be noticed,
shows tne usual slight dinerenCe as
compared w1th Chicago, part of which
is due t0 the latter city receivmg
mucn range SLOCK instead of farm fed
an1n1a.s,tnen again the Ch1cago mar~
ket handles at least three tunes as
much stock as does Detr01t.Thrs
market. at summary was substantially
as fellows:

We quote:
Extra dr—y ted stee1s ...... 3 8.0071) ..
Steers and 1111's 1,-000-1, 200 6. 500.4) 7.25
bLCCLS and 1111:, 80c L0 1, 000 5.2541) 6.00
Grass steels and nelters

that are rat, but) to 1,000 5.25@ 6.00
Grass steers and heifers ‘

that are rat, out) to 100.. 4 25a) 5 00
Gimme rat cows .......... 5.0004) 5.50
Good fat cows .......... 4503 54.33
Common cows ............ .00 .
4.2211111591st ............. {33.1.33 3.25
Choice heavy on s ........ ». . ..
1' all to good bologs, bull-s 4.5031) 4.75
Stock bulls ........... 800 4'00‘.@ 4.23
One c feeding steers, ;

to 13000 ................ t” 5.50@ 6.25

feedln steers 800 o

Faintiuo ...f‘. ...... '. ....... 5.90@ 5.50
Choice stockers, 500 to 700 4.50@ 5.25
hair stockers, 500 to 700. d 450_@ 4.75
Milkeis, large young, me

ium age ................. 45. 006970. 00
Common milkers .......... 25. 00114140. 00

The veal calf trade was steady with
Wednesday or strong, 50 cents higher
than last week A few extra. fancy
grades brought $10 per hundred but
bulk of sales for good was from $9
to $9. 50. and others at $4 to $8. 50. The
cluse was steady with nearly every-
thing sold. ,

The run of sheep and lambs was not
quite so large as for the past few
weeks, but there was a good active
trade at an advance of 25 cents from
last week on good stuff. Other grades
were about steady.

Best lambs ................ $6. 75@

Fa r to good lambs ........ 6.00@6. 50
Light to common lambs.... 5.00@.5.50
Fair to goryd sheep ........ 3.00@3.75
Culls and common .......... 2 00@2. 75

Packers would not pay over $7. 75 for
the best here. The quality was mixed,
there being a great many light grades,
weighing from 130 to 160 pounds, on
sale.

Range of prices
1Eight to good butchers

Light yorkers
Stags

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COAL AND FLOUR.

We shall publish from week to
week the prices 'on coal f. o. b.
mines, and the prices on flour at the
mills. On the day this paper is pub-
lished the prices here quoted hold
good. Those interested can write our
Bureau for information, as, to freight
rate to their respective shipping sta-
tions, as the prices quoted do not in-
clude the cost of freight on either
commodity.

Soft Coal.

F. O. B.

Kind of Coal._ Mines.

Hocking Lump ................. $2. 00

Cambridge Lump .. .-. .......... 1.90

Cambridge 4% Lump ............. 1.80

’West. Va. Splint Lump. . . .. ..... 2. 20
White Ash Block ................ 2.15

Kentiicky 4" Lump. . . ..... . . . . . . . 2.50,?

Kentucky 4x2’,’ Egg ..... f .. 3‘. . . . 2,40

Harrisburg 6" Lump............. 2.40

........ 3_.5001)3.85,~
memos ,.

. thees necessities for the wint

. The Housewives’ League is, the name 4

of an organization-1's ' ,_
.Detro'lt. scram or“; é ' £631.; .
trip into the countiy a5 .31 1.9

what startled to find the. Woe be-
tween the price paid the farmer and
the price they had to pay the 15551
dealer for the ”modify. Tue

381148
chairman of the ”teams; on her return” eggs; at 176 Chambers 311-551

to the city after a drive thro 311 0511-
land County, thus reported mg Wt
the dailies: ,
“I found that I could get the finest
eating and cooking spores grown for
$1 a barrel and potatoes for 8'5 edits
a bushel " said ”“Mrs. Dunk.
ited as many places as we could and
everywhere the apples and the pots:
toes were of the first duality. The far-
mers told me they were paid 35 cents
a bushel for potatoes b‘y theb‘uyers‘ for
the wholesale and retail merchants of
Detroit, the latter to furnish the bags
or barrels for shipping and the (East Of
transportation. 1 mans arrangements
to secure both potatoes and apples for
members of the- Detroit HodBeWIVes’
League who wish to lay' in a‘ supply of

.l.'”v-
It It 3

Well What do you think of this! A
dispatch from Chicago yesterda says
that war broke out on the boa 'd and
split the membership into two factions
-—the bulls and the bears. on the
regular committee reported a price of
32 cents, the minority came in With a
quotation of 31 cents, but this Was out-
voted unanimously, dealers belieying
that prices were at a reasonable basis
consistent with the law of supply and
demand. The price was quote‘d a half-

, cent higher the fellowm'g day. and ten
members of the board Withdraw? The -

repert says: “The beard is” now (11-:
vided into two factiOns; the insur-
gents, or the committee which fields.
that board prices should be kept with-
in a. fraction of» a cent ‘02 iobbing
prices, and the standpatters, who are
opposed to such advances, in the be-
lief that as long as the market con
tinues on a healthy basis, prices
should not be permanently boosted."
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C. E. Baker & Company, of Newark,
N. J., one of the largest eastern con-
cerns handling live and dredged poul-
try, adviSe us that their genoml re-
perts indicate a lighter' crap of'" turkeys
this year. They say that good stock
will be scarce and late. Quinn &' coin-
pany. of the same city, dd‘ riot ’b‘eli'eve
the crop will be over-plentiful. They
quote turkeys this Week at’ 24 and _25
cents.

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It would look very much from this
report as if the mdki‘ng 51 the price
of butter Were not ”iii the” hands of its
friends. Forty warehouses reporting
November 1st, show bht‘t'ej' iii storage
this year as 52563000 pounds so“
against 43.990300551111111; have
This shows a surplus; nevbrthelbss,
butter prices are going to hold firm.

George 11’ His M1 03110;...
dearer. Minimal. has, mad ,
tition in wins ‘

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When but
oleomar

" Herman W K‘ahn"l,rhandiing;butt

York City. is, a bankrupt, With .1 a,

fi-es of $6,800.00 and: assets of $2, 9
Before shipping your produceeto
tent mai‘kets‘,‘ be sure the: firm is? re:

lie-bin." , a :1 3r. .
, A dispatch from New York City yes- .7353
terday said “Receipts of apples have I .-
been lighter during the past few days 4‘!
and the price has been 25 cents per ""
barrel higher on good apples; some 1 " :3.“
term varieties sold 75 cents per. bar-1, ,3
rel’ igher.” . p.
, at :1- o 313
' Charles Collins & Company, New 1
York, report by wire: ' “market for 3

fowls has. been in good Condition, but
that for chickens has been dragging; '
We look for a- good trade Commencing
nex-t week, at steady prices.” , . ‘

he‘s-g "

Refrigerator eggs are sealing.
to 23- cents in New YOrk ty. Th ' ~
firms reporting State that the receipts..-
of strictly fresh eggs is growing lighter ,
every day and that prices are sure to ;
advance. .

III '* It .
Be mighty careful about shipping-'
dressed poultry for Thanksgiving. It
is pretty hard to tell what the weather .
may be, and you are liable to lose your '
whole shipment. .-
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correspondent , 1‘

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Our Philadelphia
says: “Fresh eggs are coming in Very ,1
slowly. Fancy fresh stoCk is bringing .,
a premium over current quotations.”

all C It

Cider apples are selling throughout ‘ "
the state at 20 cents a hundred pounds,
and mighty little call for them at that
price.

. .. ,. ,,
a... ‘1‘ H’s—ha.

1.5.ch WEIGHTS‘ANP. MEAsiJ RES.
Pounds per bushel.

-‘hA‘m

 

5' r3 5' °'
Articles— , . ,9, ... E
8. .2: E 2.0
fippigs, dried ...... 24 24 3(2) 25 22 4

p s reen ..... .. .. ....

fan ...8 ........... 20 20 .. =39
Barley ............. 48 48 48 48 .
Beans, white ....... 6 60 60 60. 6,0 ..
Beans. hCastgr ..... 46 46 4s 4s 46‘ x .l
Buckwheat ........ 52 52 48 so» 54'; ,:
Broom Corn Seed. " ' ~‘ '1
Coal: stone ........ 8 '

Earn. shelled ......

.........

ea

Cranberries ....... 3

Dried Peaches . . ..
x d ........ 5
Grass
go;-
o , , . . . ,
Q! mJ1.,t‘" ....... ' ~ 7.; 6‘ _‘ ‘ ‘1

flag} .

Mizldlings, , . ...
Middlings. coarse. 3

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111anle to-mar'ketgegg

tor-this is

18%».

00,000 citizens. .Of the state" were

 

,yetyoo'nsorvotivo.

é. pounds of live poultry, val'i'ied~ at $8;-

i $06,010; crosses, poultry, 39,573,973‘

Hpou'nds, valued at 54,946,634; 101,417,-

: 700. dozen eg‘g‘s, worth $15,212,665, and

fi1,131,i}.65 pounds of feathers, worth

- $452,786..

icon-sting the actual shipment only;

‘_‘ theMis‘sdnfi hens laid etiou'g'he'ggs
11171911 to give everym’an, Woman and "
air-adult in ' the, United: States nearly 14
,iegé'sfiqwhile ' every resident. or the

United, States, were the 1 distribution

mace, equally, would be” entitled to
.4 rconeifand method. pounds of the 1911

ship'n'ie'nt or peniti'y. - , p ,
“With the poultry preduotIOn for
the year in question placed at $50,000,-

" . 000.41: is or interest to note that this

' exceeded the value of the wheat crop
of Kansasfor the same year. It, was
"worth nearly as much as the combined
cotton crop'of Florida, LOuisiana and
_- TennesséeL _ fl
, f‘The-total value of; the tobacco pro-
, duced in'COnhecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Massachiisetts;. ' issouri, New York,

North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten-
‘ > nessee. was, $50,441,851, 0r practically

the same as the poultry production of
Missouri. ,

"Another startling comparison
shd'ws the value of the poultry pro-
ducts of Missouri for 1911 to be great—

er than thecombined value‘bf all the!

gold and silver, prdddcfedtin Coloi‘a‘d'd}
Cszliforn'ia,’
same year.‘"

WHo ears ran $515,057,000
Continued from Page one

."There was" an increase in the total
value of each of these crops, excepting
buckwheat, potatoes, barley and rye.
“This increase netted $515,367,000 over
,,thé’"valiie or last year’s crops.“ ‘ , ,
” “Recoil!- crops of corn, potatoes,

N—"iiaxseedfiv oats, barley, rye, and,.,hay

were harvested this. year. The govern-

"1‘_m.éh‘t*§‘oijiicial estimates. to, , r
duction Will be anhé‘dfiébfii

, 0‘
i? W
hen”

‘ ‘carsfuiiyfias- it was taken from the
artment, report, then, com-j

official, a p . ‘
pareit ,. the following report,asent
attfie afimeTtime, from the Depart;
'~;-of3'f" cultures, . A ‘
f term prices tor. 7 corn.
‘. barley," rye. flaxseedgpo-

   

 
  

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as?" fé -‘*
- , __ ..,, ED 2’11; ”
leathers to the value or s ; ,-,
,. ,. titeAfges‘tifiisied.
q uéfdf these cd'tni‘fioditieslconsumed -
scenawhich is placed at'i'j$,221090;000,‘ .~
’ " "Sal valuati'dn’for the'
membei‘é‘d that; the ,
:. rst'isilpplié'd With, tutls‘e proddct‘s be.
re *a. dollar’s wdrth *v‘as shipped, it
j’WHLPB seen that the animate 61.5.5221.
‘~**060,000 worth for lodai censumptio'nis

~ ;4 3317mm; the actual shipment figures. '_ 4
we. iind , that there were- 82,060,792,

and Arizona during the,

. interests“ of. this cduntry.

Reid fhW above report~ cyst" vows-yet the horse marks
good 11.9.3593. selling even higher than

»- recruits;

‘d

. «I .1"; "Ga mi: mime
- It L-...Hall....R'fi§e city. . ‘*
soy statesman. Bronson.
. stéfifigni»stim's,_-nsd Air's.
,Ia as, it . om; City. _.
’iLEdnéftd.§Bik?é’ri.,l,§lfe belie-
8,1).Ellisofig13‘oyné Falls. _

Fred Redman, Mariette.
" John" Dhrb’y,,‘Cros‘swell.
Lébfiafd‘:McLané, Avoca’.

ism closings. Rochester.

W. ‘J. Reed, levering. _ ,

Mfi. E 'VLat'vrence‘, ‘ Standish.
- Willsfrii sen, Cadillac.

 

"They Were 12:8,per cent lower than
last.year, 3.2 per 'cent lower than in
1910, 8.5 per cent lower than 1909, and
1.1 per cent lower than 1908. They de-
clined 8" per cent from October 1 to
November 1, compared with a decline
011.7 per cent, in the same period last

' year and an average. decline of 3.6 per

cent during October in the past four
yew-ff . . ,

It'will be noticed thatgkthe Depart-
ment figures out a net increase in the
value of the farm products mentioned
over, last year of $515,057,00000, and,
of-coursflé, this immense amount gave
the individual farmers’just that many
dollars more pront. ,However, the re-
port given in connection, showing that
theprices of all farm products are
lower than they have been before dur-
ing the past five years, simply proves
that this is another instance where a
"hamperi. c'rop’," means “battered
prises.".The effect of these reports on
the market works against the farmer
every time, _,Th_e dealer, anxious to
buy the products of the farm at just
as low, a price as possible, simply calls
the farmer’s attention to the National
Crdp Reports, and the farmer, having
nothing to base his predictions upon,
is sure to make an early sale and
poorer the“ loss. In’ many instances
during the past five years, these Gov-
ernment reports ,have proved to be
whdlly- unreliableL and prices have
steadily incre’as'éd on‘ all commodities
after the market rush was over. There
is a place in the President’s Cabinet
fora big, broad, business man, who
can'and will labor for the agricultural
The De-
partment of Agriculture should consist
of more” than" a test hundred clerks
who are adept at juggling figures, and
a superintendent Who has lived in
Washington so long that he has an
iderti'ré rather is still using a sickle
in gathering his harvest.

With ’ Esu‘pply r‘époi‘fteftl short in
mfl’my lingiandyinfiér drawing near,
' remains firm,

in early spring. In Chicago, good
draft teams readily bring 3.500 per

:vre -a-h.-,i.r-.-A-. ‘..-~ «at... U, ,.._

, Dc, Grant-J a few lines in r gard
Wivfi gait“? Ragga: semis; Mei. . I
as: gay. they“: gain ital! right. I Hunk
.I‘ti;it“1'w..yha,¢ .t_ . farm; ends. I {tef’l’ed
to the 'thu an called up four neighbor:

. the ' sub: ' s o; it. If A had an-
. _ {1,4 f ‘. w." '1'.“ e. b-
ifitdaiafiéfi .» it. Britta. .
6 ~ est-m 1m ‘ '

    

    

    

 

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ed when sch , .
"Z'bfec‘ause of‘thei‘taCt'jthathe‘ knew he had
. , .w‘se‘é‘thfit‘it was a square fight should more‘than _
tfies'e'flfellows get‘afterw-him, at thesame‘time. _With a . ;'

stub tail,.-he‘ WeICOmed the arrival of loyal brothers

Truman Ifémbérton, lmlay City.

Catherine H. Biggie, Blanchard.

 

 

  
  
 

  

:33? s ..

.. s, ., _
scal':dealers"

é]! ' r Commission on ‘

. ' 'Of «til‘é- 119% this Week We find Brother E. 8.. Sheets, of

r mfiiflan, "With; thirteen new subscriptions; Charles Mabring,

, an {demie‘s’e‘cdnd‘ with twelve, and Friend Bosdor, of Clare.

mu, Minnie witnsi‘e‘v‘ien. These fellows will all be promoted '

. veh‘chhi‘é‘ejof a: company. aWe are going to include in the list
thikWéfihoi‘ytho‘s’é Whoisé'nt in‘more than two subscribers; a whole

‘ 1 lot of our friends are‘entitled to a place in this list.

fj " rations , ellipses.

D. J. Heath.,1?_alo.
Clarence Simon, Remus.
. Gilbert Koontz, Gladwin.
O. C. Johnson, Elberta.
'E, J. Sinclair, Sheridan.
Louis Silesky, Grand Blanc.
T. D. Stewart. Oxford.
W.. Riley Kinney, Reading.
John Richards, Helmer. ‘
Wesley Averill, Crystal Valley.
' C. J. can. Beulah.
John Thildy Omer.
Ernest Leiihfeet. Midland.
Elick Baldwin, Oxford.
Frank Backus. Dearborn.
Orville Walker, Lake.
J0e S. Harris, Hubbardston.

We need your help. Come right along, bringing two, three, four,
dye or'flfty With you—all will be welcome.
thousand—let’s see who can head the list next week.

We are on the way to ten

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KALAMAZOO COUNTY lN LINE.

ALAMAZOO County has invested
K in a Farming Expert, and that
gentleman is going to establish
thirty—two ideal farms. One of these
ideal farms will be located in each
township, and it is expected that this
expert, who is paid a good, round sal-
ary for telling the farmers how to
raise more produce on a given acre.
will revolutionize things in Kalamazoo
County. Wonder if the expert will be
able to help the farmers of Kalamazoo
County raise enough potatoes and
beans so that the price they receive
can be materially reduced. You know
all that is needed now is for the far-
mer to raise more produce on a given
acre of ground. When this is accom<
plished, the problem has been solved.
If we could only have had an expert
farmer in every county in this state,
perhaps beans enough could have. been
raised to reduce the price to $1.50 per
bushelnanother instance where the
farmers are being helped to try the
plan of lifting themselves over the
fence by pulling on their own boot-
straps.

GINSENG A QUEER PLANT.
INSENG is a queer plant. The
G seed from this plant does not
germinate the first year as other
seed do. but have to be kept over one
year and planted. The seed that
were gathered in the fall of 1.011 will
not germinate until spring of 1913.
and this is why the plant is so hard
to manage: it is easy to manage after
you learn its habits.

I planted my 1910 seed this spring.
and I think all of them came up, but
seed must be kept normal while hold—
ing them over a year. as they must
not get too hot. too wet or too dry. I
have enough young plants to put out
two acres this fall and have, 50 000
seed that were gathered in fall of 1911
to plant this fall, and I will have about
150,000 seed to gather this fall that
will not germinate until 1914.

Igbave sold up to the present time
$300.00 in roots and will die $250.00
worth of roots this fall, and this has
not interfered with my regular field
crops. as I have put in from 20 to
21 acres each year, besides my bay
crop. J. J. ODLE.

ExDress rates on a barrel of apples
from southern Michigan points to
points 150 miles west is 31.85. How
is, this ,for legalized crime? With the

promised parcel post offering nothing

better the outlook is far from pleas—

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‘ -'. M, . V‘

, ¢ . peersbv sass-m.

. mice, is- barinm carbonate, 0r
barytes- This mineral has the advan-
, tage of‘being without taste or smell;
and, in the small quantities used in
poisOning rats and mice, is harmless
to larger animals. Its action on ro-
dents is slow, but reasonably sure,
and has the further advantage that
the animalsbefore dying, if exit be
possible, usually leave the premises in
search of water. Its employment In
houses, therefore, is rarely followed
by‘the annoying odor which attends
the use of the, more virulent poisons.
The poison may be fed in the form
of-a dough made of oneflfth barytes
and-fourfifths meal but a more con-
venient bait is ordinary oatmeal, with
about one—eighth of its bulk of bary-
tes, mixed with water into a stiff
dough; or the barytes may be spread
upon bread and butter or moistened
toast. The prepared bait should be
placed in rat runs. a small quantity
at a place. If a Single application of
the poison fails to drive all rats from
the premises, it should be repeated
with a change of bait.

 

NEW BEAN A PERFECT FOOD.

NEWS comes from China of the

discovery of a now been called
soya, which is said to contain more
of the ingredients of a perfect food
than any other known product. It is
entirely different from our soy bean
and has attracted the attention of
both Europe and America. It is even
claimed that many other foods, such
as milk. cheese, oil, jellies, bread and
cakes can be made from this wonder-
ful new bean.

A number of varieties have already
been listed by the United States gov—
ernment investigators and a close
study is to be made of them. They
have been grown in this country in
some of the southern states. A Vir-
ginia man reports that be used them
successfully as a substitute for corn
to feed stock. Planted with corn,
they act as a fertilizer and the ani-
mals that get the soya beans let the
corn alone. G. B. C.

 

A MIGHTY GOOD SUGGESTION
Continucd from Page One
duction, one manager said
company wanted ' to
raising of beets which
tonnage per acre, instead of an in;
creased sugar content. Wonder how
many sugar beet growers in the State
are out after the tonnage record at $5
per? During the campaign the sugar
beet districts have been flooded with
circulars and appeals to the farmers
asking them not to destroy the heel:
sugar industry by voting for this fel—
low or mm. or this or the other party.
The appeals made would bring tears
to the eyes of an alligator.
Every time your family consumes
one hundred pounds of sugar, you con-

that the
discourage the

tribute one dollar and sixty-seven cents

to the sugar trust. What for?
protect this infant industry. Protect
it for what? So that these companies
will be able to guarantee the beet
growers four dollars and fifty cents
per ion for their beets. So that they
may be able to pay the employees in
these factories the smallest wages
paid in any of the manufactories of
this state. No one objects to a pro-
tective tariff providing that tariff pro-
tects the farmer and the working
man. When it comes to levying a tax
in order that these Companies may
pay thirty per cent dividends, it’s time
to register a kick.

There is but one way out of the
trap, and that way is suggested by
our correspondent. The farmers are
deadly in earnest about the matter,
and a co-operative sugar factory will
be a. living reality within five years.
Drive on Mr. Sugar Trust; don’t spare
the lash. As President Warren, of
the Sugar Company said to the editor:
“If the farmers don’t want to raise

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beets, at the price, why in h— don’t

they raise potatoes?”

  

  


" , processes,

1 suing this

. method,

" aides- in a cement cellar or

putting them in direct con-

with a concrete floor, provided, of -~

9,- that the floor has been water-
hi it so that no moisture can come
ugh it. In fact many modern

. ato storehouses are being built of
Gréte with concrete floors There
nothing wrong about storing pota—
E in bran sacks in a cement cellar.

. .fact some extensive growers like
his plan very well for. seed potatoes.

:1 case of sprouting in the spring,

oving the- sacks about a time or two

reatly retards growth When a

Sprout has been bruised it dies. It
a comparatively small job to repile
lot. of potatoes stored in sacks.
More storage room is required for
acked than for loose tubers; hence
it might not be desirable to store the
entire crop in that manner. That,
however is a matter for each indi-
Yidual to decide for himself.
storehouse for potatoes should be
so constructed as to make it possible
first, to maintain the temperature
close to the freezing point; and sec-
f’ond, to keep the air dry and the room
dark. The closer the temperature can
,ghe kept to 32 degrees F., the freezinsr
point, the better. ’In fact, it is still
better to maintain the thermometer
' at 30 degrees. In a large storeroom
;.Where a great quantity is stored a
drop to 28 degrees for an hour or two
l'will do no harm. but if such a tem-
perature is maintained for any great
length of time the tubers will freeze.
“Never overlook the, fact that ventila-

tion in a potato storeroom is a mat-
".ter of great. importance.

This is self-
":evident when we consider that pota-
toes keep on living after they are
dug. From October to May they nor-
, mally lose in the neighborhood of: 10
per cent in weight, unless the temper-
ature is kept as low as above suggest-
' ed. ill which case this loss may be
reduced to 5 per cent. Approximately
hree-fourths of this loss in weight
8 due to the escape of water, while
.the other fourth is due to a part of

;.. the starch being converted into sugar
=1, 'by certain enzymes within the pota-

Whicll they use in their living
.. breaking it up into car-
bonic acid gas and other respiration
products. \Vhen potatoes have been
frozen the respiration (breathing) pro-
cess practically stops. and hence the
reason why an excess of sugar de-
velops in frosted tubers. giving them
. atheir characteristic sweet taste. The
' dbject Of the ventilation is to carry
off the water and the products of
respiration. This is a matter that is
not infrequently overlooked by farm-
ers and the result is the encourage-
ment of rot and decay.

Parties who store potatoes 'on a
large scale put a good deal of stress
upon spreading the tubers uniformly
over the floor as they are being
hauled in rather than to throw them
into heaps and allowing them to roll
'7, into place from that heap. By pur-
., method the excess heat
”"7" brought in with them is more rapidly
carried out of the storage room and
"lgthe temperature more efliciently reg—
ulated.

If the temperature cannot be kept
low in the cellar referred to it might
be better to store the potatoes outside
in pits. This is a very satisfactory
., ' especially if one does not
fiihave access to them during the cold
Winter months. In this case, too. see
that proper ventilation is provided,
This can be done by putting stove
pipes or board ventilators down into
the heap and allowing them to pass
up through the straw and soil cover-
ing.
It is a. very bad plan to put wet and

dirty potatoes into storage. The soil
radually becomes dry rattles off and
mus d0wn between the tubers, fills up
"the spaces between them, and then
1111 exteres with ventilation.

toes

‘ e ensilage cutter works wicked
"gh to warn operators to be care-

' but the deadly shredder seems to
"the victim to his peril. Your
needs your support. Look out.

 

division of statistics. the govern-

ment inclines toward the theory
that the price of beef is controlled by
the supply of that commodity, rather
than by the manipulations of the beef
trust so called, says a Washington
dispatch. Attention is called to the
fact that the imports of cattle into
the United States have been growing
steadily for a number of years and
we're the greater during the fiscal
year ending June 30th, with one ex-
ception, than any year in the history.

I N its official reports, issued by thé

Concurrently, the exports of American .

cattle have been steadily declining
and were smaller in 1912 than in any
other year in acentury. _

This change in trade currents
through which the United States has
come to import more cattle than it
exports. is accompanied by a striking
reduction in the number of cattle on
farms. The number of such cattle last
January 1st according to official fig-
ures, collected by the department of
agriculture was 57,959,000. as com-
pared with 72,533.996 on Jan. 1, 1907,
or a decline of 20 per cent in five
years

Another significant fact is brought
to light by the government figures.
While the total value of cattle export-

ed still exceeds that of cattle import“

ed. by reason of the fact that those
exported are in condition for slaughter
and those imported are brought into

HOW TO MAKE COOPS.

If you do not wish to purchase
coops, 'the following directions to
shippers wishing to make their own
coops will be of benefit:

Coops should be 48 inches long,
30 inches wide. 12 inches high for
Chickens and Ducks. and 15'to 18
inches high for Turkeys and Geese,
Use lumber as follows: Use 2x2 for
corner posts, or 1x2 will answer. If
you cannot get them, get 1x4 and
rip them in two. Cut six pieces 30
inches long. and nine pieces 12 or
.15 inches long for each coop; nail
the short pieces one at each end; one
in the center of the long‘ ones (use
10d wrought nails). Make three of
these frames, one for each end. and
the center. For the bottom use half-
inch boards or lath; make the bot-
tom tight (use 6d nails); use 1-2
to 2 strips or lath for sides, ends

-change.

'in 1912. $8, 870,075.

the country chiefly for feeding pur- '

and exports is undergoing a rapid
For instance, the value of
cattle imported in 19.12 Was more than
one-half oi! the cattle exported while
in 1902, a' decade earlier the 'value of
cattle imported was but one oneéigh-
teenth that of the cattle exported.

The value of cattle experted from
the United tSates in 1904, the record

year, was $42 256, 291, and in 1906, it-
was $42, 081 ,;170 but it has declined

steadily since that date, being in 1908
$29, 339 134; in 1910, $12,200,154, and

export prices have advanced the aver-
age value per head of cattle eXported

‘in 1905 having been $71, and in 1912,

$84, an advance of about 18 per cent.

The cattle imported are drawn al.
most wholly from Mexico except in

the case of those imported for breed-

ing purposes which come chiefly from
England and Canada.
head of cattle other than those for
breeding purposes imported 1912,
315.187 came from Mexico. an of the

2129 imported for breeding purposes,"

1, 780 came from England and 309 from
Canada.

The United Kingdom continues to
be the chief market for American cat-
tle exported. Of the,105,506 head of
cattle exported in 1912 76,925 head
went to that country.

i

and top, put them 1 1-2 inches apart——
the width of lath is about right.
Leave two laths loose on top in cen-
ter or make a door of them to open,
in order to put Poultry in and take
it out; now hall a lath around the
coops, each end and the center Gout
side the three frames made first).
This will keep the lath from coming
off and make the coops stronger
For broilers the coops can be made
10 inches high and 24 inches wide.
This will make you a good, strong,
light coop.

 

Dear Sir. —Am enclosing subscription to
Business Farming. Having seen some of
the inside workings of the big produce
concerns, while myself a small dealer. I
realize the need of co- operation among pro-
ducers, and would be very glad to hell?
along any movement looking to that end
Trusting that your paper will succeed in
filling a long felt want, I am, Your: for
cooperation, W. T McVICAR, Hillxdale,
Mich. Aug. 19,1912.

 

 

 

In the meantime . '

Of the 316, 243. '

poses: the relative vfilne or impbrts '1

. TI ' ,Hay-—Shall,be T
othy mixed ’wjth not mere tflan one:
eighth Glover, Red-Top and other
tame grasses, properly» cured goods.
color, sound and. well bale'd. -l'-'

No.2 Timbthy' Hay—~Shall- include
all Timothy not good ,enough for No.
1 not over one- third mined with other

tame grasses, fair color, sound and}

well baled .-
No.3 Timothy Hay—~Shall, include.-

all Hay not good enough for otherlvfl' '

grades, sound and well baled.

No. '1 Clover Mixed Hay—’Shall beg-r,
Timothy and Clover mixed, with at ' '-

least one-half ,Timothy,
sound and well baled. .
No 2 Clover Mixed Hay—Shall be
Timothy and Clover mixed with at 5.
least one third Timothy,
sound and well baled. ,:
No.1 Clover Hay—Shall be medium

good Color

Clover, not over one- -tw'entieth other ., "

grasses, properly cured, sound and

well baled.

No. 2 Clover Hay—Shall be Clover, g ' ’

sound, well baled. not good enough
for No 1 "

Choice Prairie Hay—Shall'be Up~
land Hay, of bright color, 'well cured“
sweet sound and reasonably free
from weeds. ,

No.1 Prairie Hay—Shall be Up— »
land and may contain One quarter
Midland of good color, well cured,
sweet sound and reasonably
from weeds. . ,,

No. 2 Prairie Hay—Shall be Up-
land of fair color, or'Midland of
good color, well cured, sWeet, sound
and reasonably free from Weeds. . ,

No, 3 Prairie Hay—Shall be Mid-
~1and of fair color, or slough off good
color, Well cured, sound and' reason-
ably free from weeds.

No. 4 Prairie Hay—Shall include
all Hay not good enough for other
grades and not caked.

No 1 Straight Rye Straw—Shall
be in large bales, clean, bright long
Rye Straw, pressed in bundles, sound
and well baled.

No, 2 Straight Rye Straw—Shall
be in large bales, long R3, 0 ‘ltlai ,
pressed in bundles, sound and v." 11
baled, not good enough for No. 1.
Wheat Straw—Shall be reasonably
clean Wheat Straw, sound and. well
baled.

Oat Straw—Shall
clean Stray, sound

be reasonably
and well baled.

 

 

 

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