l l _ V01. ' tween the two countries. ‘ ible from an \ Bay m «3 3’3 We e k. l ' n'lndcpeudem \ 4‘ ‘ Edited in Pg. lehig’a n 0 wneli‘ midi VII, No. 47 .AS CARTOONIST Thomas views it, the maid of the Great LaLkes is flirting with the old man of the sea, and if the thirty- five states which sent two thousand delegates to the Detroit Tidewater convention can in- duce Congress to give his consent there’s go- ing to be a wedding; 7 ' v’ , For many years men of genius have dream- ed of opening up the waterways between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic ocean to ocean- going vessels. They did not make their dreams public, however, lest they be called fools and visionaries. The break-down of the railway systems, with their disastrous eco- nomic eifects, broke the silence of these dream- ers and they actually talked. And the na- tion listened. The nation listened to such good eifect that congress was induced to pro- vide that the question of improving the St. 'Lawrence river should be referred to the In- ternational Joint Commission, a body com- posed of equal representatives of Canada and the United States to have a jurisdiction over the waterway rights of the international stream. This Commission was instructed to investigate (1), the need of the improvement; (2), by what method may the river best be improved so as to be freely navi ble by ocean-going ships and so as to inc dentally ‘ develop the power; (3), the probable cost, and (4), how this cost should be divided be- The Commission employed engineers to make surveys, collect data, etc. Their report will be ready for pub- lication early in November. Sufiice to say that they are satisfied that the project is en- tirely feas- MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, JULY 81’, 1920 -au...... “.mwu rw—un‘u-u... . .. ...~..—-—-—v...,~..y “u— ewater Project Gets ’ the N ation’s Approval Two Thousand Delegates From Thirty-'Five‘States Spread Campaign of Education to Open Great Lakes to the Atlantic Where the Farmer Comes In The Tidewater project will receive the support of the farmers of Michigan be- cause, it will mean: . f 5 Cheaper ahd ‘more rapid u-anspor- tatlon. , . 5 . 2. Reduction in dealers" risks, and therefore the handling margin, resulting in higher prices to farmers. 8. Development of world market for Michigan farm products. 4. Stimulation a! oo-operative enter-~ prises such as grain elevators, packing plants, canning plants, sugar factories, etc. Speakers Prove Need of Project It would be impossible for us to publish in detail the views of the score or more speakers who ur ed that the Tidewater project be im- mediate undertaken. The list of speakers included business men, bankers, engineers, legislators and transportation heads,—men who have made a serious study of the na- tion’s transportation needs, and the technical and economic aspects of the waterway pro- ject. ' Gov. Harding of Iowa scorned the United States for her backwardness in developing her God—given waterways. He said: “The train of opportunity is passing our door. The Allies, as well as Germany, are out after the bacon, while we hold an animated tea party. —— urn—m I ~w--..—.m-..—.- -~ ”! violin and no how. A nation without ade- quate transportation facilities on land and wa- ter to handle its commerce seasonably, is not living up to its opportunity, or doing its duty to its citizens. " “Iowa knows that it is impossible to move its far 18 to the Ocean, but believes that through the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes, the ,_ Ocean can be brought to them, and so Iowa is heartily in sympathy with the plan of develop- ing this great water course to the extent that it will carry ocean—going vessels.” ' Nation’s Woes Due to “No Cars” Wats0n S. Moore, 2nd Vice President of the Grain Corporation, gave one of the most practical talks of the entire convention. His subject was “No Cars,” and he cited in- stance after instance to show the enormous economic loss that was occasioned through lack of cars and congested railway terminals. The following are a few’ of the more inter- esting points gleaned from his discourse: “The burden of our Grain Corporations correspondence for eight months has been ‘NO CARS—Can’t you help us?’ “Flour Jobbers, out of stock—NC CARS. “Flour Exporters, delayed shipments, 1 falling down on their foreign contracts—*NO CARS. ; “Bread Bakers, shutting down, account non-arrival of shipments—NO CARS. “The first half of May, 1920, bakery after bakery in New York City, advised they would have to shut down unless given flour. . The Grain Corporation supplied the tempor- i ary needs of bakeries out of its export stocks '" in storage in New York City awaiting trans- portation. 0n pressure from Trafl‘ic Divi- sion of the Grain Cor— " pora t i o n troit Board of Commerce, with. characteris- tic Dctroit zeal and push to bring together the greatest minds of the Middle West and co-ordinate and weld‘ intora powerful weapon the joint desires and interests of the states most involved in. the project. Such was, the purpose and the outcome of the. De- troit" dewater Congress. w...‘ .. .. . Has the American spirit of push and‘xet—there been lost? 0 0 0 O . ‘ “The man on the farm without a wagon with which tomarket his produce, is as much: handi- capped as a wedding and a bride "without a groom. A surplus producti‘n-g nation without vessels, owned and manned rby its own citizens, ' is on an equality with the violinist who has a, ._..~§- qr-..’ :4 ..-.. econ o m i e '4 , 3;, standpoint. . “A VEL rallr 0 ad s I t w a s g '53 a3 '35:” .5 gave spe c~ r e cognized, 33; g; E “5"”; , ial attention . ' . : I - ho w e v e r, 5 :3 9L 5; .3; t to men n 3 that a pub— DULUTH . " ig a: ;. mam flour fer re- lic opinio n “much . 3:3 I : ": he! of these m u s t b e "i.; 3i ________ ,___, bakers. I. ‘2 ~ muauauoum. scones" ‘ created to : “Ocean force Cong- if. ship agents, 0 s - ress to fav- THE WAY OPENED :: ‘ THIRIITOFTHEJOB seaboard, At the $00- ‘ "A Short of 'l' bli Mable an <1 mm...” .... . w- s a. has? repeated 1! early action. haul-I or LocksJMO 1m 1 n q u 1nd... That is the Comm“ WW3 “29511 fiifli'“"' 1312i tWh 1 Chem-ism) to 21 (out. - . a b. hm”: :1: I: ‘6 m: 61' O. I purpose 0 f HAND . “WW ‘Bsonl w: -------- - -21i h. the 1’ . THE WORK IN timted Cost— the G r e at ,5. Nissan.— International aim- 860,000,000 A n 5 war—f»- ' Lakes - St. m Now mum: Mil-WA" Oman“ n“, _, _ 50900900 , cm a a g o, Lawr e n c e 33m Effie. ‘4 immmdigw Minnea p o- C _ . .n . ' ‘16 amnion: ivu-zooooon . . T 1 Lil 3% F I 009500 . Tau” O CMMND & . .. ' 0 p . Tidewa t e r °“ " " , - ' C'Mi'“ R” "°°°'°°° '“" 11s, or Bui- , i s’ ~Ass n: It ’ V ‘ falo, etc.“ rem a 1 n e d rm: 'rlnlwn'rln rnwsor AT A GLANOI Agents task. . , for the De— . pad ,w.‘ i what’s the trouble!’ Answer—‘NC C '. i" > ,“At, lake port, no trouble about tr“ tation to Eastern and of Lakes. ' : only at leading and unloading ports, count N0 CARS. . : “Demurrage paid as high as $6,000 a on Ocean vessels—one ship collecting $27, “If it had not been for the . thou-mu. smasher) Frederick‘c. MARTINDALE‘ FOR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE or MICHIGAN 1. He was born on a farm and has lived on'one most of his life. 2. He owns and operates under his personal supervision a large well-equipped farm in Oakland COun'ty. 3. He advocates the providing of certain facilities by the State for the better handling and marketing. of farm products. . 4.. He would encourage lake to ocean’ route as outlet to Michigan products and gateway for Michigan neces- sities. 5. He believes in generous treatment of service—men and their families. 6. He has had broad experienc in State affairs as Repre- sentative, Senator and Secretary of State and as such took great interest in advancement of child welfare, pure food laws, health laws, laws relating to good roads and the betterment of farm conditions. 7. He has at heart the highest good of the State, the cor— relation of all its varied activities and the fullest de- velopment of its busxness, social and religious life. 6 'Mrl " 5 allowingsubst tut I . and .cdmmo'dities, f Will YOU Introduce What The Business Farmer wants is new friends i 7 You, old friends of ours can help us get them, and you know that ev to help you i We cannot depend on slick-tongued traveling agents, but we have to new readers But we’ve made it as easy as we know how HERE’S AN INTRODUCTORY COUPON Tear it out and hand it to a friend or neighbor who is not a subscriber. months, for this coupon and a quarter (250) in coin or stamps. 25 This coupon is worth 25c to any NEW c subscriber introduced by an old subscriber. The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Friends: . I want to introduce a NEW subscriber and for the quart— er (25c) enclosed in coin or stamps you are to send our weekly every‘ week until January, 1921 To u n n . s . o n o . .. senses-sees.successes-eonssac. o o n n u -. Address . . . . . . Introduced by your reader: M r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no.0..o-oooeeosee-onsoo- Address 'jmmullllnmllllfllllllllll Ollosetoec on... ’ g1llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“"4HHHHHIHIIHlllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllIllllIllIIUllllllIlllllllllllllllllg lllflllfllllmlilflflllllllllll a ricnd or Neighbor? ery new name we add to our strength, makes us Just that much stronger de- pend on you, our old friends, to introduce The Business Farmer to It is worth just 250 to him, because we will send The Business Farmer on trial to any new name from now until January, 1921, nearly 6 ~— l illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllfllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllll “ 1 am deformed on good authority thata large number of grain exporters Would have been ruined by the unusual, extraordinary and long delays of grain shipments- from the West during the last eight months—due to NO CARS. _ “Now that the grain shipping and {export business is going back into the hands of private traders, there . will have to be an improvement in the rail service. OtherwiSe the grain merchants will not be able/ to meet their ocean freight engagements, and they will pay very dearly if they default on any of these engagements. Consequently caution will have to be exercised and this will be reflect- ed back in lower prices to consumer. “On January 9th, Grain Corpora- tion ordered something over one mil- lion bushels of wheat shipped by rail from Minneapolis to Philadel- phia and New York. Up to April 9th, only 299 thousand bushels had been moved. The balance we had to divert to Duluth for lake shipment, and it took FOUR MONTHS to move. this wheat by rail from Minneapolis to Duluth, only 150 miles, which should be moved within four days, and when it did get to Duluth, it was carried promptly one thousand miles by water in four days. “On January 9th, 1920, Grain Corporation ordered 365 thousand bushels shipped by rail from Mani- towoc, Wis, to New York. Not a carioad of. this was moved by rail and we had to move it by lake to Eric. “On January 9th, 1920, Grain Corporation ordered about 100 thousand bushels from Chicago to Philadelphia by rail. Up to April 9th, only about 65 thousand bushels of this had been moved--NO CARS ——and we had to forward the balance by lake. N0 DELAY. “On June 18th, arrangements were made to move about 600 thousand bushelsof wheat from Buffalo to Montreal by lake boat down the St. Lawrence River. Up to June 30th, about 484 thousand bushels had been moved this way. "With the close of navigation last Fall, Grain Corporation had at Buf— falo, approximately 14 million bush- els of wheat. In spite of all the ef- forts we could exert with the Rail- road Administration while it was in existence and with the individual railroads since March lst, 1920, and with the canal people, it has taken to present date, July 21st, to get this 15 million bushels moved from Buf— falo to the seaboard. “All of this grain was intended for export and was so situated that it might have been forwarded by ves- sel direct from the Western lake ports by ocean steamer overseas, had the deep waterway to the sea been in existence at that time. This would have been a very decided relief to the inlands transportation facilities at a time when they were sorely pressed to meet the urgent needs of our domestic commerce, and other foreign commerce. “Forty-eight million .bushels of Wheat still in elevators and on farms in Kansas alone on the 15th of May, within a month of the new. crop, (which amount was half the estimat- ed new crop for this state) on account of NO CARS. “Part of car shortage, of course, due to strikes. “Pressure also was constantly brought to bear on the. railroads and the Inster'state Commerce Commis- sion by the producers and represent— atives of the grain and flour trade. “Then the priority order for grain was issued by the Interstate Com— merce Commission, and grain again moved, but at the expense of other commodities, and manufacturing plants had to shut down and other important industries were campelled to sharply curtail their business. “Grain priority had to be divided with coal. Coal must be moved to the northwest during the seascin Vof navigation, or that section of the. country will freeze. There are' a large number of people in that coun- try who are unable to get to Palm Beach in the winter. ' . “The coal operations new claim that the present coal shortage is. due in considerable measure to the failure of some roads to obey the priority order. _ " of-lvoth'er' grains -. .on basis present points ’9 i l ‘ \ ,1‘Thenj the automobile industry‘fiis‘ V h'jked. Answer—NO :CARS,~ and Detroit says ‘Ouch !’ ~ ' “The woolen mills must down—NO CARS. - - “Now the steel industry is threat- shed with a shut-down—NO CARS; with twenty blast furnaces. idle. in theflmain steel-producing district—- No‘ CARS; with "a million and a half tons of steel product piled up and the country crying for it, and which shut ‘would take 28,300 cars to move— NO CARS. ’ "Three hundred~ miles of pipe bought from a Pittsburg concern, in- tended for Mexico, delivery of which would aid Shipping Board in Obtain- ing m'uch needed oil for their ships. BUTNO CARS. . - “While everybody is kicking the railroads and they are ‘passing- the2 buck’ to Uncle Sam, they have sins" enough of their own to answer for in the past; nevertheless, it is only fair to note that in 1915, 2,356,000 freight cars in the U. S. moved 277 million tons of freight, while in 1918 2,366,000 freight cars, only slightly more than in 1915, the railroads may: ed 403 million tons. Qf course a. large measure of this greatly increasy ed business was due to unified direc—‘ tion of cars and also taking off the car~load limits. I “The car shortage resulting in the delayed‘movement of the 1919 wheat crop from the farms and also from the country and terminal elevators to ' the mills the past eight months was largely responsible for a $2 to 38 increase per barrel in the price of flour since January lst. NO CARS. “During' six months of this period when the car shortage was most acute the consumption of flour in this country was’about 61 million bar-' reis, which, at $2.50 per barrel, amounts to One hundred fifty two million five hundred thousand dollars ' ($152,500,000) which is over the first estimate of the cost of the im- provement of your proposed water-‘ way. ' "It is estimated that 160 million bushels of wheat will be carried over from the 1919 crop to the 1920 crop. ' This is about 100 million bushels above the normal carry-over. There ‘ were plenty of hungry people who needed this wheat the past year, but had to go without becauseit did not get to market. N0 CARS. “In addition to the loss in quantity and quality through normal deterior- ation, and from improper warehous— ing and vermin, it takes at least 80 per bushel per month at the present price to carry wheat. Twelve months at 36c on the carry over of 100 mil- lion bushels is Thirty-six million dol- lars ($36,000,000,) which could take care of the interest on the cost of your waterway improvement for four or five years. This on wheat alone. “The surplus of grain fixes the price. The price of our wheat es— pecially relies upon the European datum point of all World Crops of wheat, less transportation, as the measure of value for our crops, not only for the surplus but also for the domestic portion, which markets on the price level made by the surplus. "The fifteen states tributary to the Great Lakes raise annually approxi- mately three billion bushels of food grains. . . “Mr. Hoover estimates that the proposed St. Lawrence Waterway would mean a saving in transporta— tion cost to producer and consumer of six (6) cents per bushel at least railroad ‘freight rates. This means One hundred and eighty millions (of dollars ($180,000,- 000.) or exceeding for one year the total cost of proposed waterway—first estimate—by Thirty eight millions of dollars ($38,000,000) “This does not count slaughter house products or.other, commodi- ties. This country of the U. S. pro- duces Two Billion Dollars worth of butter. - ‘ ‘ “When there are NO CAR'S, the" country buyer must reduce his'price ' to the farmer, to take care of "the . carrying charges and the risk of 'a ' declining market. . "Excessive premiums for wheat, in the terminal markets and at the'sea- board (not Warranted by the supply and demand situation-of the world have been due-to the restrict-edth ~ from the farm and country «buying USIN "ss FARMER LANS FOR the, formation of one For more central organizations or exchanges through which farm- ers’ c'o-op‘erative associations can market their grain are to be work— ed out by a committee of seventeen to be appointed by J. R. Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tions The appointment of such a committee is provided for in Reso- lutions adopted by a conference of farm organizations and farm mar- keting associations which concluded a two day session in Chicago last week. The resolutions follow: Report of Grain Committee RESOLVED, That we recommend that the Chairman of this Conven- _ tion appoint a permanent Committee not to exceed seventeen members, representing the various organizer- tlons interested, and with the con— sent and approval of such organiza- tions, to consider, formulate, and submit hereafter for consideration, a definite plan of organization whereby all organizations of grain producers can conduct co-operative grain marketing through one or more central organizations or grain ex— changes, or such other solutién of the co—operative marketing problem as may be approved by such commit— tee, and that each organization or interest represented shall bear the expense of its own delegate or com- mittee members. That when this Committee is ready to report, cop- ies of this report shall be sent to each organization, and the Chairman of the American Farm Bureau Fed— shall call a conference of ’ eration accredited delegates of such organ- izations with power to act, to whom such plan shall be submitted for adoption or rejection. II—RESOLVED: That this Con- ference request every organization to report t) the American Farm Bureau Summer Farmers’ Day at East Lansing and Round-up at Chatham HE DATE for the big Summer Farmers’ Day at the Michigan ‘ ‘Agricultural College this year has been set as Saturday, Aug 7. This day was definitely. settled upon at a committee meeting last week. The meeting which is the first gen- eral summer gathering to be held at the college, is expected to draw sev— eral hundred farmers to East Lans- ing. Last year the soils department put on a Soils Day, as you probably remember. Two years ago the Farm Crops men held a Wheat Day which drew a good crowd. This year, how- ever, both these departments, as well as other divisions of the college, are Joining forces to stage a big day which will be distinctly worth while. The general plan will be‘somewhat similar to that in vogue at Ohio State, Cornell and other institutions which have found the summer meet- ing a practical affair. Soils and crops subjects will re- ceive'major consideration. More than 100 acres of crops plats will-be on inspection, while the soils people will bring in summaries of findings taken from their 80 odd test fields scattered out over the state. Timely phases of these subjects will be dealt with. This will include fall planting suggestions, fertilizer requirements, etc. Prominent speakers from outside the state, as well as local leaders, will address the big afternoon ath- ering on the campus. Brother 0, Notre Dame University, will be in— cluded on the program. L. Whitney Watkins, Manchester, will. preside for the afternoon. Invitations have ‘gone out to several of the biggest men in the country and a fine pro- gram seems assured. All speakers Way Paved for National Grain and LiVe Stoc- Chicago Conference Brings Farm Representatives from all over Country to Discuss Marketing Problem Federation the respective freight problems and car requirements of their respective districts; and; that the Federation co-ordinate these re-« quirements fairly and equitably and try to secure the greatest possible re— lief for all organizations and their requirements. III—RESOLVED: That this Con— vention extend its heartfelt congrat— ulations to the Federal Trade Cem— mission for its substantial accom- plishments in the past, and pledge the Commission its support in the future. IV—RESOLVED: Further that we believe that true co-operation will furnish the solution of the grain marketing problems of this country, and further that we earnestly sug- gest that the Commission investigate the application of co—operative prin- ciples to the problems of grain mar- keting and cover the same in its forthcoming report upon grain con— ditions in the United States; that in our opinion no report upon this sub— ject will be complete without consid— eration of co—operative principles as applied to marketing. V—RESOLVED: That we are heartily in accord with a Deep-Wa— terway project and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Deep— Waterway Association now in session in Detroit. 0. H. Gustafson, Chairman, Lin— coln, Nebraska; Benjamin Drake, Secretary, Minneapolis, “Minn; A. L. Middleton; Eagle Grove. 1a., J. C. Sailor, Cissna Park, 111., B. Needham, Lane, Kan. The Conference was called to con— sider means of stabilizing grain and live stock market and was partici- pated in by most of the leading farm organizations and farm marketing as- sociations operating in the mid—west. The committee of seventeen is be— ing composed of representatives of will hammer on problems of immedi— ate interest to Michigan farmers. Special efforts are being made to provide entertainment for the farm visitors. A headquarters and rest room for women will be open in the college women’s building, where things of special interest to farm women will be provided. Children will be taken care of in the gymnasium, where games are to be handled by the college department of physical training. The pool will be open for the day—certain hours for boys and others for girls. Pic- nic facilities will be provided on the campus, in order to take care of the “basket lunch” crowd. Information and exhibit booths under the campus trees will be another feature plan- ned to add to the comfort and pleas- ure of the crowd. All in all, the college latchstring will be out for the day, and it looks like a big gathering for the farmers. An effort will be made to have all the college specialists on the job, for instance, so that any farmers with a over 77 per cent of the Californhr‘ ‘ sin crop. The result was undreamed; of prosperity. Fresno, California, " says was converted thereby from y city of poverty to the most prosper? one city of its size in the Unitedi States. The raisin growers' assocl-r ation has no capital and opqatee without profit. It exercises alien-‘- Elute control over the products’of its members. The same idea. has been successfully applied to practically all. other California products both per- ishable and non—perishable. '. “As a solution of the grain mar- keting problem in the mid west, Mr. Sapiro advocated organizing in each state a grain growers association and the federation of these associations in a national organization, which would act as a selling agency for all grain grown by members of the state associations. This association would' : sell direct to millers and distributors, . Z the entire proceeds, less the actual cost of handling, being returned to the producers. He advocated the formation of a separate corporation» with capital to take over and co-or— dinate and standardize the local el- evators, these elevators to do the warehousing of the crop, receiving in return fair interest upon the cap- ital invested. “The farmer is essentially a pro- ducer and not a marketer,” declared- Mr. Sapiro. “Marketing is expert work and should be done by experts.- ‘ The trouble with the farmer. is that he has not been willing to'pay a fair price for expert service, You have no right to expect a fair price for!- wheat if you are not willing to pay a fair price for brains.” Mr. Sapiro does not advocate un- dertaking the marketing of live stock in a similar way until after all the packing plants are made public util- ities. the leading farm organizations and co-operative grain and marketing agencies in the United States. A convention of these organizations is to be later called to consider the recommendations of the committee. The personnel of the committee will probably not be announced for several weeks and it is likely that some six or eight months will be re- quired for it to formulate its report. The committee appointed to make suggestions on live stock marketing problems recommended that 21 sep- arate conference be held in Chicago in the near future to especially con- sider this subject. Co-operation in California “The farmers of the middle west have had co—operative grain elevators for thirty years without even mak- ing a dent on the market, and the trouble is you are speculators and not marketers,” declared Aaron Sa- piro of San Francisco, addressing a conference of Farmers’ Organiza— tions and Farmers’ Covoperative Mar- keting Associations in session here to consider means for the stabilizing of markets for grain and live stock. Mr. Sapiro is attorney for fourteen of the largest California producers co— operative marketing associations, which he declares are organized on the American plan of co-operation as applied to marketing. He also made and eloquent presentation of the bean growers’ claims for increased tariff before the House Ways and Means Committee last fall. “You are organized on a Rochdale plan which is an English consumers’ co-operative buying plan and not a producers’ marketing plan,” contin‘u- ed the speaker. Mr. Sapiro then re— lated the experience of the California raisin growers who, after repeated failures to realize cost of produc— tion, in 1911 united in a co-opera— tive selling agency having control ning a special program for the two days for the women and girls. The County Agents under the direction of Mr. J. W. Weston, have planned a complete program for their work. Alger County is making extensive preparations to entertain the large crowd that is anticipated to a big barbecue dinner for the noon hour of the 12th. They have ordered an 800 pound ox for the occasion and Mr. Deacon, the prison chef, will have charge of the feed. Their menu is meat, baked beans, mashed pota-“ toes, buns, sweet corn, ice cream and ' coffee. " During the forenoon, stump blast- ing demonstrations will be in oper- ation also dairy demonstrations charge of Mr. J. A. Waldron, dairy specialist from the college, sheep and hog demonstrations in charge h of Professor George Brown, crops den); onstrations in charge of G. W. Put; nam, Crops Experimenter of the per Peninsula Experiment Station, and Home Economics Work in charge of Home Demonstration Leaders. problem to solve can get ‘help on that day. FARMERS’ ROUND-UP HELD IN UPPER PENINSULA Plans have been completed for our second annual farmers’ round— up at this Experiment Station Aug- ust 11 and 12. This round-up gives promise of being the greatest agri- cultural meeting that has ever been pulled off in the Upper Peninsula. The State Club Leaders have plan- ned to put on a two days’ summer camp for their members. This camp is to be situated on the Station Farm here at Chatham. The first day with the boys will be a day of special instruction in live stock and crops work to finish~up the preliminary work that has been done with the different clubs in their respective counties preparatory to taking their final live stock judging work on the following day. The Home Demonstration Agents and the Girls’ Club Leaders are plan- 5' the ocean. As Herbert Hoover Sees Tidewater Project “ NE OF the first things which an engineer in 0 problem (transportation) would advise, would be the creation of a waterway all the way from the Great Lakes to the sea, by way of the St. Lawrence River. the Middle “’est would have direct expeditious and economic access to An engineer knows that this could be done at a. lesser ex- pense than would be involved in increasing our railroad facilities to care adequately for our marketing. tion are made at the other end in world competition, the cheapening of~its transmission. to the world’s markets would go into the pockets of the farmer, and the farmer, whose prosperity is so closely linked up with the prosperityof the country, must have our care.” Directly afterthe big barbecue ‘3‘ dinner a speaking program will. be given. On this program are Pres dent F. S. Kedzie, Dean R. 8. Shaw Director R. J. Baldwin, Honors; " J asen Woodman, Dr. Eben Mumfiéiia Mr. R. A. Turned of the intents“. Agricultural College and a omit demonstration given by'th ' ‘ ' Millan Handicraft Club. On , ' night of the 11th the Alumni As ' . ation are planning a feed and ‘ social open air meeting in the periment Station Grove—D. L Kilian, Supt, M. A. 0. Eagle w ‘ Station, Upper Peninsula, (f7; Mich. -' . surveying this By this arrangement, the crops of Since the prices of this produc- o’ l ' “Phil: Ferrite \ . . r, ,... , SE . CHAS. I. BCULLV of Almont who Is a Candidate Lieutenant Governor. It remains with the ere. of Mlchlaan whether he gets the Job. I HE INTEREST of Michigan farm— .‘ ersin affairs political will not be ‘. confined to the Governorship by any” means. tirei‘iéstate will have the opportunity of lyeting for a practical farmer for lieutenant governor, Sen. Chas. B. Scully of Lapeer county, and the farmers of the Fourth congressional district for John C. Ket‘cham, master of the State Grange, and for years a familiar and forceful figure in agri- cultural affairs, who is a candidate for congress. Sen. Scully claims he is a farmer and proves it by living upon his farm and deriving his major income from FEATURE of the Farm Bureau wool pool plan which has not ‘ - yet been made clear to a. good . many farmers who have consigned ' wool to the Bureau or have contem- plated so doing, gives to the farmer J. the privilege of assigning his wool to his local banker and receiving a ' loan upon the wool. How, It Works For instance, John Jones has a hundred fleeces of wool which be- cause of the stagnancy of the woo1 market he does not care to sell out- right. He arranges to pool his wool with the Michigan Statei Farm Bu- reau. Under the initiadv-plan the Bureau would advance to him 76 per cent of the present market value of his wooland would hold his wool at his direction until the market was more favorable to sell it. Under a ’ later devised plan, the Farm Bureau i issues a receipt to the wool growers, I showing the number of pounds receiv- ed, the grading, and other essential facts. Upon the back of this receipt is an assignment blank that reads ll follows: ‘ "The undersigned hereby assigns ‘ to the below named bank or banker, ; the right to receive and collect from the Michigan State Farm Bureau the I net‘hroceeds from the wooldescrib- ed in the within receipt upon settle- ments therefor; consideration here- ! for being'the loan by such bank or banker to the undersigned of the sum of s. . . . Any sum remaining from the uni settlement after pay- -. ment of such loan and interest there- } on at the rate of . . . . . . per cent per mum to be paid to the undersigned by such bank or banker, who is here- 'hy-constituted the agent of the as- gnon for the above purposes." Do you get the'point? The owner the wool perhaps finds that after few months eiapses he needs the money which the wool represents. 80 takes his receipt to his local bank- s: and negotiates for a loan and the “git-ment blank- being first. rate immunity“ against the loan, the farm- tli'e‘oreticaily has- no difllculty, in ' (the desired loan. Actually ave refused to'iosn on'this The farmers of- the en-_ W have come to light where - from ,a financial point of view. ‘1' " Lapeer county armer-Senator"0ut' for Lieutenant” I I ' Seeks Seat in Congress ' the farm. He comes from a family of farmers, and while as it is natural with men of ability and ambitio‘nhe is financially interested i’n-‘other-‘lin‘es of business, his real heart interest is wrapped up in the farm, and his best public service has been rendered-in matters and positions relating toag- riculture. . Biography Charles B. Scully of Almont, sen- ator from the twenty-first district, comprising the counties of Lapeer and Tusco-la, has always lived in La- peer county, and was born on a farm in Alm'ont township, June 17, 1878, of American parents. He was edu— cated in the district school and the Almont high school, later studying privately with special training from the Michigan Agricultural College. Mr. Scully is married and has two sons and one daughter. He has al- ways been active in social and frat- ernal affairs; is a member of several Masonic bodies, the Cleaners and the Grange; and has just retired from his second term as president of the Mich- igan State Association of Farmers’ Clubs; two years president Michigan Crop Improvement Association. He was secretary for three years of the Michigan Berkshire Breeders' Reg—‘ ister Association. He is also well . known as a lecturer on agricultural subjects, and is recognized as a pie— neer in the good roads movement in Lapeer county. He is secretary and treasurer of the Lapeer County Farm- ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Associ- ation and is affiliated with several other insurance companies. Mr. Scul- ly is a Republican and after holding various township offices was elected to the senate in 1916, re-elected Nov- ember 6, 1918. ' - -. Sen. Scu-lly’s two terms in the state Senate were unusually active and useful. He was a member of the most important committees, viz.,_ in- surance (chairman, two t‘erm‘s,) elections,-taxation, executive busi- ness and industrial schools. During his two terms he introduced1 and p9.sz ed more than a sunset 'bi’l'ls and‘re's- olutions of a progressive nature. Other "meritorious hills which ‘1 he drafted or actively sponsored were defeated. Principal among the lat- ter was his constitutional amendment resolution to authorize the“ enact- ment of an income tax law. ' Sen Scully has always been a flrfn be- liever in the income tax, as the most equitable form of taxation, but his efforts to bring about the‘necessary legislation have thus far been de— feated. - Among the more important bills which he intrOduced are the follow- ing: “The Insurance Code” bill, the second largest bill ever Introduced into the Michigan legislature, a bill giving husband and wife the right to own property jointly (without invali- dating their‘credi‘t and financial standing; a bill. to amend the agri- cultural commissionact for the pur— pose of giving“ greater financial as- sistance to the weaker fairs of the state; to authorize the investment of trust funds in farm .loan bonds (Thismeasure was not reported out of the Committee) :y a bill to revise and consolidate the laws relative to the production, manufacture and sale of milk and milk products. (This- was a timely measure and had the support of the Federated Agri- cultural Legislative Committee, but could not be pried out of the Com- mittee of Public Health); a bill re- quiring abstractors of land titles to “against” the county agent. behind-mowers. ‘As his usefulness." over the country.. Illlnoi Here Jobx) willing to buy at a fair price. The County Agent’s Work as Viewed by a County Agent HE’BUSINESS Farmer has indulged in some criticism in times past of the county agent's failure to live up to his full responsibilities and opportunities, particularly in the field of marketing. Because of this criticism the Business Farmer As a final word upon the subject we wish to reproduce a portion of an editorial that was published in the Au- gust slst, 1918, issue, together with a recent utteranbo of the highest paid county agent in the United States. “ As Viewed by the M. B. ‘F. Two Years Ago “The county agent has become a permanent fixture in American ‘ agriculture and the time is not for distant when the farmer or farm paper opposing the movement will be listed among the moss-backs and y agriculture develops along business lines, the functions of the ecunty agent will gradually c come less of an instructor in scientifical production an visor and leader in solving the seed, labor and marketing problems. But the county agent who believes that his which is to teach farmers how to grow two blades of grass where one grew before has outlived As Viewed by County Agent Eckhardt of Illinois (W. G. Eokmrdt wns the highost paid county agent in the United Stat°s m- wes-k in DeKalb county attracted the attention of fans organisations But he was too. blg a man tovstny In Debit-bounty. The Agricultural Ass’n has taken him to 11““ their grain department. what he has to say about the farm bureau find county agent and his “A good many people have a mistaken idea of what a farm bureau is. They think it is some sort of a fatherly organization to send boys , ~ around, to tell farmers how to treat their cats for, smut. They look upon it" as an educational institution solely, whose only object is to teach farmers to grow larger crepe. ' ' » “If that were the only purpose of the farm bureau, and if it were successful in. that purpose, it would do vastly more harm than good. There are many things which we can do to increase, crop yields. If ‘ only a small part of theseirhprov‘od methods were followed“ by fann- - are next year, we would produce much more food than thoworid is The markets would be glntted, and pric- es would fall to a level that would be disastrous. t l O I O ' " The county advisor must. be-a business I'advisor. 7 Hemust touch his farmers the folly _.‘of_ raisinggmore than the world Asthedarmerzs take over the‘JOb ofmarketing meirown products, get-.1 ting them toiheconsumer in the best of condition find at 'r'easonable ‘ price, the world-"will: take more of these products;” J .. - has been accused of being He will be- more of an ad- L v 2'1. .h . 2.5-» _ ._ ‘3' 4 ~ 1 ea} «1.: assignment! a have A promised the Fermi-Bureau that they. , .will"‘honor the receipts whenproperkté 1y endorsed and presented. J 7 Certainly such a plan is of distinct advantage to the Bureau and simpli- fies, the nonunion estate-wide spells , -o advance money fromia‘central point .where the local "handsets?!g ~“bankers to finalise to all the growers who‘rM‘ve rwool pooled at Lansing would’vequire a- very large surplus 20L - ds, but . . .on‘ths burden it is widely .over,' it is thabusiae .91 the“ 'least' 4,000,000 pounds is .05 local ‘ " ' JOHN 0. KETOHAM , ,- Farm Organization Leader, of Hestlnss. would like to no to Congress and every Farmer In Mich- loenwould Ilke to see him there. . secure-certificate of authority and to file a bond, and to make abstracts of title prim-a facie evidence, of title, (“'llhis," explains Sen. Scully, “was a reform measure requested by the Federal Farm Loan Bank, but as it won-1d have lessened the need of so,- curing the services of lawyers 'to perfect the land titles and therefor injured that profession the bill is still peaceably slumbering in the Judiciary committee") , 'j Sen. Scully opposed such bills as (Continued on page 11) ‘How Farmers May F inanfice Their Wool Pool UnderFarm Bureau Plan tomers, andthey are amply protect-7- ed by the form of receipt rendered by the Bureau. ' The Michigan'State Farm Bureau has to date pooled more wool than any other single state bureau in the country. The pool at the present time contains approximately 18,000,- 000 pounds, half of which is in the hands of local assemblers, the ware- houses in Lansing being full. That the pool will contain eventually at now a practical certainty. " With the FarmBureau having con- trol of at least one half of the en- tire wool clip off-Michigan it is in -a position to virtually dictate" the movement of the Michigan crop. At , the same time it is clear that this fact would hold forth no advantage were the other and larger-producing wool states to place their clips on‘th‘e market without regard for existing conditions, and without some kind of co-operation with the wool hold- ing parties of other states._ Wears informed however that the Michigan State Farm Bureau has received as- surances from several important wool producting states that they have no thought ‘_ of puttin’g'th‘eir clip on the V market at the" present ridiculously low prices. And from states where there isuno wool pool; independent helders of wool _are just as determined to await a re-" turn of decent prices before they sell apound of wool. The wool market is in such a condition todaythat it wOuld not require the unloading of, but very little wool to insure”. its continued stagnancy. The returner ' market. prices to somewhere near their former level of ffoungmcnths ago. depends upon- the closest. co-iop- eratfon:' between ~ growers and dealers in every state. j—h'ifhe situation is net- out its funcertsintiejsghowever. field“- ‘fii'n' Pedestals" at Lille “tsts'l: seams sum: as mamas M419; #deent assent-th mm anthem :nu. * . ,. ,.,. ,4. {'9 1., a" 4*. "xi/4M ' ‘ 3159;535:3‘ : :vrs.’l,..‘-,. '; g r ._ 3-1— :?! f: «_ I" ‘ .,, k ‘ I (a Olesrl a' r‘ e this department. , rich men or heads of business. I have a neighbor who declares the Farm Bureau to be Just a set of fellows who are in the me for what the can get out of it. {‘ro y Fruit Farm, alkerville, Mich. . _There was undoubtedly ,a time ‘ when the Farm Bureau 'was in the control of men who had no real in- terest in the welfare of farmers and sought to direct their organised ef- forts along lines of no actual benefit to farmers. I am sure, however, that these men‘are no longer in control.— I am firmly convinced that the Mich- igan State Farm Bureau is an organ- isation of, by' and for the farmers,_ and I cannot conceive of any manner in which its officers could enrich themselves at the expense of the or- anization, except through the salar— es that are authorized by the farm- er members themselves. A lot of the men in the farm bureau organise» tion as-well as in other farm organ- isations are giving far more of their effort and time than they willQever be’paid for to the advancement of the farmers'. interests. If there are or may ,in the future be any who would employ the organization for selfish pecuniary or political .‘pur- poses, and they-are discoveredrest assured that they willvbe ostracized l‘ forever from the good graces of their fellow farmers—Editor. ASK MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE We would like information regard threshers license and the reasons for e same. We operate a threshing machine a 3nd fobtain the necestsa tliiaen1 , In or- or or res ermen 00 an so must‘make a report of all mim at the .end of each week. What is the bject of this law and the Secretary of to collecting this data? It to us. that the gra s eculators ave ac- cess to this data 9 detriment of the farmer.—E. T. H. Pigeon, Mich. Judge Collins, circuit judge of Shiawassec county has held this law to be unconstitutional, but the de- artment o?! the secretary of state olds .the law to be in force until the supreme court decides otherwise. I am not informed as to the reason-for the passage of the law. Perhaps the member of “the legislature from your county can explain it fully;— W. E. Brown, legal editor. RIGHT TO VOTE Can a person not an owner of real or tats vote on the mono question or hid the highest office on e school board I). 'D. L. Antrim County. . On the question of voting school taxes one must own property assess- ed for school purposes; Any quali- fied voter whose name appears on the assessment roll and who is the own- er in his own right of property so assessed is eligible to election or ep- pointment toofilce in said school dis- trict. They must file a statement un- ‘ der oath to such effect in their ac- ceptance of the ofiice.—W. E. Brown, legal editof. Enema mama -'I- am writing on to ‘find out how to raisealfalfa. ti th bes way to inoculate for mammoth over Also is thsbest time to cut milkweed and is there an we. in which to kill themf—W. T, II, An im County. 'Alfalfta is a very profitable crop and. may be grown successfully in this state when .properly . handled. However; the ordinary cultural meth- eds'that .’ insure success with many crops do .not always prove success- ful with alfalfa. . We consider the following points offlutmost import- ance; , ~. 1. To'prevent winter'killing only hardy northern grown seed should be used. The Grimm is one ‘of the best of the hardy strains. » ’2. Alfalfia should be seeded one well‘prcpared seed bed that is firm and free from weeds and in stilesst a.»:fair; state of fertility. Alfalfa b not a poorland cropr , ‘ r 1;. . 8. .. Alfalfa should :not be seeded on acid soils, since it is oneofthe “ost sensitive‘c’rop to. this condition. When the soil is so acid that'Juno clover fails; it usually‘vrequirertwo . tons of' ground 'iirm'estdne to correct the acidity sufiiciently we , “9.3.4,, .m, , stand-of film“,- W... 6.. Spring seedings are usually successful, but when either cats or barley are used'for a nurse crop from one-half to two-thirds, the ‘usual' sod ' amount of seed be u . y, One of thqkeft1W3y5‘Itp inoculate Mammoth clover is by“ the pure-cu},~ i 'for inocula‘a’.3." .There‘is-noidoubt in my mind but ture methods thith tion maybe secured rom the Depart- ment of Bacteriology, M. A. 0., East Lansing, Mich. The price is 25c per bottle and one bottle contains suffi- cient material to inoculate a bushel of seed. Full directions for applica- tion accompany the material. Milkwee‘ds should be'cut early to prevent the seed from forming, then practice clean cultivation. Milk- weeds form a root stalk that it some- what difiicult to starve out. Clean cultivation and the full seeding of crops are the best methods of eradi- cationa—O. R. Hence, assistant pro- fessor of Form Crops, H. A. O. ' OIL IN OARDOAD IDTS I have been reading the M. B. F. for acme time an think if the people would 0 as ou vise about marketing and farming would be more of a organis am trying to get the names “0608!. have a man :come. thro gh e count ‘ kingrders for kerosene b bar: . an t ey would ship a , oseno to nearest railroad station and the pic that had orde would go on in days d get t amount they ordered. hay" been b o to 10- ca any such firm ut than, t rhaps you might'help me. I know $3: soon ntraot a tank of kerosene. . B. K. new County. , The National Refining Company, located at 2082 Rose Building, Cleve- land. Ohio, operate five modern re- fineries and‘ maintain 02 branch of- fices throughout the central states. Their general ofiice at Cleveland, will sell farm organizations direct in carload lots, where they do not have regular dealers.—1Eduor. | g someo these oil,comxgmie that used ta TRACTOR BREAKS HARDPAN Am a sub iber to your and I think your lgar a farmer-'5 grfend, I was wonder if I could ask you 3 question or two concerning tractors. suppose I hav what on call a “tractor fever,” but I v. be so much about them causing s. hardpan in the soil so a e western farmers are going bac to e horses again. Is there any truth in that report? Would a .100 or 140 acre farm Kort cge where the farm is laid out in acre elds r more? New I have two tractors in mnd, one 'the «—.—_-——and the other is the—_— la a good tractor only they say it tips over so easy and also it is my opinion it might pack the seed bed. being that the heavy of it seems come on such a smai surface t one o. and as to the cattorpillar I never have seen them at work. ow .I would like our opinion on tacm if you would be w lin‘gl and could ya it, and if not will be 1 right with me for I'll ill be a subscriber as always. W. G. K.. dington. Mich. I have not heard that the tractor, as used in western farming, produc- ed a hardpanin thesoil as you men- tion. ‘ It is quite probable that, due to the immense weight of the tract- ors in that part of the country, that such a condition exists. For Mich- pei-unont for farmers' every day troubles. Prompt, careful attention Wen to sit complaints or requests for Information sesrossee to are here to serve you. subscribers desiring a personal answer by me! to e question of a legal nature should enclose $1 for reply.) ~igan conditions, the tractor is found to be beneficial in breaking up the hardpan. I doubt very much wheth- , er trewestern farmers will go back to t sense of horses to any great ex- } tent.H The. case. mentioned may be a special one. that a tractor should prove profit- able on a farm of 100 to 140 acres where fields are laid out in plots of fifty acres or more. However, I be- lieve that the original investment should be under 81,500. The De- partment cannot recommend makes of tractor to buy. I would suggest, however, that certain things should be considered before purchasing and they are as follows: the tractor com- pany should be well established; the tractor should be out of the experi- mental stage and should have ade- ‘ q'uate service to customers. A tract- or rated anywhere from 8-16 to 12-25 should fit your needs very well.— E. 0. Sauce, Ass’t Nofessor, Depart- ment of Farm Mechanics, M. A. 0. CHICKENS LOSE FEATHERS Will you please publish in your pager what- to defer sprin‘g chicks wh n_.t ey ose {h ir. feathers. 2' e have Rec s that velh re necks and bodies except a few eathers on wings. Please tell what to o with chicks with diarrhoea. A Sub— soriber, Mariette, Mich, I would judge that the chicks mentioned have not lost their feath- ers but rather have not grown any due to slow maturity. We find in many flocks that cer- tain chicks for some reason do not grow as rapidly as others in the 'flock and it is those slow maturing chicks that exhibit a more or less nude appearance. There is no known remedy to correct this condition. In regard to your chicks with diar- rohea I would say that if this is what is known as White Diarrohea there is no known cure for it. In this case it might be a diarrohea and a pre- ventative in the form of sour milk could be given. For the first two weeks of the chick's life give no wa- ter and only sour milk for drinking for this will prevent the spread of White Diarrchea.—W. E. Newton, Ae- ustant in Poultry Husbandry, M. A. O. COST OF FEEDING HORSES What would it cost feed eight hors- on new hay a week wh ch are getting six uarts of ground oats nd corn apiece Sires times a day. The one; are heavy fifteen hundred pound 1500 lb. horses and aredgradin one tero bym ace an are arding at my barn an am furnishing the ham—A Subscriber, ayville, Mich. Figuring equal parts by measure of ground oats and corn and each horse eating 20. ound's of hay per day with cats at 1.14, corn at 81.08 and hay at $25 per ton.-_ it would cost $44.99 per week. for the eight horses or 80c per head per day to maintain one horse. These figures may be taken as a minimum;— R. 5. Hudson, Dean and Director, Dept. of Farm and Horses, ll. 4.17. KEIEIPING- mm ooxsmnumnr Buss ' ‘ \ "mu." “1‘ . first": 2‘ "i ll,“"-_5.'I."v. -: ‘ mm “my “2:? - * K‘ . 33‘. 3:. J. 7. ,. V a»... l ' " fattest-u my; s. m} .. . 0. R. .Megee, Ass’t ‘like manner. saw the’adf‘ ‘nd Homer—Mm. ' F. r" Jo' r‘n’ County. .. . ‘ Any‘ company that this time sugar at 4152 pound and makes the other us, is a fake. The kind of «- which carry this advertising be kicked out of every farm _‘ box. Usually the balanceg” so called "mail-order? pap A, filled up with medicalads,‘cons ‘ tion cures, fat red-ucersyand suggestive ads which have no mil“? on a business farmer’s reading tab) Of course, any sane -man org,”- man ought to know that-when ace ‘ pany offers sugar at 4 1-2 cents. as a time when it is quoted in caer on ,_ the New York 'market at 23c, there is a “nigger in the wood- pile.” ~ < Most oifers of this kind are _ not quite so apparent and for this reason this may be a good place for _us tow explain the principle back of these. “trial-order-lots" of miscellaneous. groceries, which are not only offered by mail order houses but by canoe-'- ’. ers and wagon salesmen. We to show here' how simple it is to de- ceive with a few leaders at low prio- es which have genuine value. .and put ina lot of non-essentials whichas'o _ sold at about ten times their actual A cost of manufacture. Here is a trial offer put out by the Big 4 Company in Chicago in the ad referred to:. ' They offer: » 2 pounds granulated sugar . .90, 1 bar Fels Naptha Soap . . . .20 1 bar Ivory Sea-p . . . . . . . . .40.. The balance of their offer is where they make up for the losses abovg,» They offer as follows: 1 package Big 4 brand best 5 tea . . . . . . . . ‘. . . . . . . . . . . _ 1-4 lb. pure cocoa . . . . . . . .12o ,_.' ' 1 lb. pure baking. powder . .flc ' 1 ion. bottle vanilla extract 490 1 box powdered bluing .. . .290 1 bottle machine oil . . . . . .170 It is in these items which are un- doubtedly of cheap manufactu . that the loss is made up. A “bottle? of this so-called vanilla extract can probably be produced for three or four cents an a “bottle” of machine ‘ oil could be produced for a couple , of cents. We do not doubt but what, , if you sent this company 81.99 would get a trial order exactly stated, but the whole proposition : so misleading that it can be labeled nothing short of a fake, intended‘te deceive people into believing one this company can supply staple oom- modities at a fraction of what they are being sold on the wholesale mar.- ket. We would be glad to other offers of this kind brought to our attention by our readers»- Editor. f UNDER It ' Have a piece of which” " to tum under. The land has, quite a little. When is it a under? What would be the ‘ on, sweet clover or timothy V a --'-N. R, D., Reed City, Mich.“ ’~ . Rye should be turned green manuring crop Just after or while the seeds are in. milkstage. Atethis stageuthga. are quite full of moisture- w -' in the decay of the organic On land that has been run an extent, and has been lime recommend sweet clover. clover, however, it quite sensitiv soil acidity and usually only a “ growth is secured on acid soi Crops, If. A. 0. I m m: AFOBS ” W011 V alfalfa shouldebetoclwoer‘g‘e‘d? A or seconds—~14, D., Spruce, 3' ~' I: this state the second ai its is usually the most cry one for seed productip rule, however, alfalfa dnce seed; very ‘shuhdantly .heaviestfield erased is ‘ ' cured when the h fall up, to llme has}. ‘0}..F3Tflt, 0 M 41-, ' Represented in New . sailed «3,; r V ( a: ‘ “falsified I An independent Farmer‘s Weekllly Owned Ind 1 Edited In Ichigen - ' e3 \ SATURDAY. JULY 31. 1920 Published every Saturday by the ’RURAI. PUBLISHING COMPANY, lno. Mt. Clemens, Michigan embers Agricultural Publishers Association A York, Chicago. St. Louis and Minneapolis I” the Associated Farm Papers. Incorporated She AR GEORGE M. SLOCUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PUBLISHER FORREST LORD . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EDITOR ASSOCIATES 7 Funk R. . Scheick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assistent Business Manager Milan Grinneli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Editorinl Department . D. mb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Auditor flak M. Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phnt Superintendent label Clare [Add . . . . . . . . . . . .Women’s and Children‘s Dept. ~..,.: William E. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Loni Dev-rtmont ' ‘W. Austin Emit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterlnery Editor . ous van. :2 issues. on: noun Th"- mn. we luuee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . ..ez.oe live "are. 1.00 leeuee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88.“ The Midte- hbel on each per in th subscriber‘s receipt end lhows to what am his subec ption a rim an renewal- m lent it “anally requires 8 Weeks um. be ore the label is changed. Advertiei mun Forty-live cent: no: unto 1111-. 14 “W ‘0 the columnnrnch. 768 lines to page. ' Live flock and Auction Onle Advertising: We ofler model 10' Ersatz-reputable breeders of live stock end poultry: It!“ “1 OUB GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS We respectfully ask our readers to favor our ad- vertisers when possible: Their catalogs and price! are cheerfully sent free. and we guarantee you against loss providing you say when writing or or- dering from them, “I saw your ed. in my Michigan Business Farmer.’ Entered as second-class matter, at post-office, Mt. Clemens, Mich. They Would Be Governor IGHT CANDIDATES have entered the race for the governorship on the Republi- can ticket. They are: Milo D. Campbell, Cold- water; Luren Dickinson, Charlotte; A. J. Groesbeck, Detroit; Frank B. Leland, Detroit; Cassius L. Glasgow, Nashville; F. C. Martin- dale, Detroit; Horatio S. Earle, Detroit; C. S. Mott, Flint. . i \ - Milo D. Campbell was the first to announce his candidacy. He was invited to become a candidate by the federated committee of the Grange, Gleaners’ and Farmers’ Clubs, and was promised the support of those organza- tions. It was a conspicuous case of the office seeking the man. C. S. Mott claims to have ' nlikewise been urged into the race by his friends. Both he and Campbell are now among the act ive contenders for the job. Nearly all the other gentlemen mentioned have .nourished gubernatorial ambitions for years, and if they ared efeated they will not be in a position to lay the blame upon their friends as their can- didacies are believed to have been largely self- inspired. It is not the'purpose of The Business Farm- er to even discuss the claims put forth by seven of the eight candidates in behalf of their respective candidacies. We do not con- cede that the defeat of any one of these men will be a “blow” to the Commonwealth, nor will victory insure everlasting glory. Each of the candidates has some peculiar quality which commends him for the job, and possibly each possesses some shortcoming which might be used against his aspirations. So far as The Business Farmer and its readers as concerned there will be no microscopic examinations made ~ of the various candidates in an effort to pick out their flaws and hold them up to public 'view. So far as the farmers are concerned the issues involved in the coming primaries and the points of difference between the respective condidates are clean cut and easily compre- hended. Milo, Campbell has been called the “farm- er candidate.” Some of his enemies have tak-' en exception to this on the ground that Mr. Campbell is not a practical farmer. Neverthe- less'that name is correct in the sense that he is the “candidate of the farmers,” and receiv- ‘ ed an endorsement from the farmers such as was never before given to a prospective polit— ical candidate in Michigan. He did not seek i- be a candidate. Although he knew that the derated committee of the farm organizations 4’ reintended 'to endorse a man for Governor; .knew, moreover, that he was considered among Several others, he employed no influence what- »members on the committee. 0n the contrary, ’ “when asked an opinion as to, the fitness of an- other prospective candidate for the endorse- the farm» organizations, Milo Campbell 6 won 6 upport him in every way should :1» lg... :soever to sWay the impartial judgments of the , i‘hat‘ihe consideredzhim a _ good man 1. v I. . 'u v‘ .-~;.'1‘»vy.. _. —, l . ‘\.... a." l. . , ,, ’ ,‘ w; a 7 "air-.4 w, ‘QIvfén'fl-l y ; . avg-“.1? u ’ w. '1 r, »* ( , . a Th" question has *been asked why the organizations have - endorsed a man for» -Gov- ernor who is not a practical farmer, but the answer to that is to merely refer the question to the record that Mr. Campbell has made 'dur- ing the past few years in farm organization work. Not all of the men who have done the biggest things for the farming business have been practical farmers. It was as a result of their being brought into centact wth other bus- inesses and other people that they were able to be of service to agriculture. The trouble with many men who leave the ranks of the farmers for greater service in othergflelds is that they lose the farm touch. Milo Campbell was born on a farm, worked on a farm and earned his way all through life. But'although his work has taken him far afield from farming at times, he has never forgotten the needs of the farmer, nor been so occupied with other matters that he did not have the time to de- vote to agricultural problems when opportunity presented. It was in recognition of what Milo Campbell has actually accomplished for the farming business that the farm organizations have given him their unqualified endorsement. It is no exaggeration to say that Milo Camp- bell is the choice of 90 per cent of the farmers of Michigan. Fifty per cent of the farmers of Michigan can nominate him providing every man and Woman of them go to the polls and vote. But they cannot nominate him by stay- ing home. Let the farmer who wants to see a man‘elected Governor of Michigan who has shown by his deeds that his heart is with the farming business,—let every such farmer make up his mud to go to the polls no matter what may tempt him to stay at home,—and Milo Campbell is as good as clacted. It Is to Laugh T IS TO laugh to mention the State Con- stabulary. Here are a couple hundred able- bodied men who could do good servce at manu- - a1 labor on farms or in the factories frittering away their time and the people’s money chas- ing mangy and unlicensed dogs down the high- ways and searching for imaginary desperadoes in the orchards. ' The fellow who originated that scribble about the censtabulary “protecting” the or- chards must be strangely lacking in a sense of humer. We feel that it would be a reflection upon the intelligence of our readers .to dwell upon the humanly impossible task of a half dozen troopers protecting the thousands of or- chards in the several fruit growing counties of the state, when a man’s innate common sense tells him that to effectively patrol the fruit re- gions would require a force ten thousand strong. Employing the state constabulary for such nonsensical purposes as checking up unlicensed dogs and petrollig pncaceful rural districts is nothing but a up to the farmers]. The fellows who are respeusible for the existence of this military force are trying desperately hard to keep it busy in the apparent interest of the two strongest classes of people in the state, the farmers and the industrial concerns. The ma- jor opposition to the Constabulary when the bill creating it was up and since have been the farmers, and the politicians who were smooth enough to feist such a military machine onto the state think they are smooth enough to blind the people to its utter uselessness. No, sir, the state Constabulary was never created to chase cats and dogs and apple bur-‘ glars. The immediate object of the bill was to give someene a job and reward political friends. The second was to create a political machine. - The Constabulary has admirably fulfilled its mission in these respects so why not give it an honorable discharge and have an end to- the expensive farce. Land Values THE. NEWSPAPERS of the city are still trying to make the farmer out a lucky dog because of the increase in land values. Cit; ing statistics whichnever existed only in his imagination a certain newspaper editor at- tempts to show that landfivalues have increased 'te, a“‘get-ric_h ” fashion the I ~~ :» ~ u~ as as?“ 17.3... 3 u . we 11.. «on. t. r, ,1 st 3,“ ._, file? .4, if." 4 _.‘this in ,question' by saying private citizen ' " ,q‘: ,,-,.roz . , c 2. 'f‘e.-eys“=‘" ‘eése‘jingvalue,i" and answe' ,, “the farmer’s.”_= One might be led to believe that when. a farm is sold at ten per. cent more than a, neighboring farm was sold a year previous that all the farms in the vicinity promptly yield 11 a crop of gold representing their increased ‘ value.” Whatever opinion city newspaper editors may have upon this score our observation con- vinces us that nothing of, that kind happens. In fact, we have yet to learn of a single in- stance where the increase in land values even added one whit to the productive fertility of the soil of neighboring farms. , Speculation ‘of real estate firm have had more to do with increasing farm land values , s ' _ than anything else. ‘The fact that the trend of population has been steadily for years from the farm to the city should appealt'to an intel- ligent man as evidence enough that it' is not always the value of the products which a piece of land can grow that determines its market value. An increase of adjoining land values if of no benefit to another farmer unless he sells his farm. And if every farmer whpm these increases in land values are supposed to bone- fit should place his farm upon the market val- ues would take a sudden drop and no one would benefit. Increase in land values cannot be taken as an infallble gauge of farm prosperity. Spec- ulation, coupled with an abnormal demand for farm products, may jump farm realty values ten per cent this year, only to be succeeded by a year of low prices, with more farms for sale than there are buyers. It is, therefore, foolish to talk about the farmers “getting” increases in land values. For they do not. The Harvest Is On THERE IS music in the air. The clickoty- clack of the binder and the swish-swash of falling grain are heard from the fields hard a. ,. - , his'OWn by. 'A month ago green bonneted grain rip- . pled there in the breeze; yesterday it glowed in the sun like unburnished copper; today nothing remains but an ugly stubble. The harvest is on. From north to south and east to west the farmers are gathering in the grain. Here the harvest is good; there is is poor. Here it will yield a fair profit; there it' may scarcely be worth the cutting. But that is always the way. It will always be the way. The soil will always vary in its fertility; the seed in its vitality; the elements in their moods; and man in his habits and methods of farming. And these are the quartet of factors that enter into the making of a crop. Well, says Hiram, I worried _my head oil? over an early frost last spring; calculated for sure that we were going to have a drought this month; knew for a certainty that the cat crop was going" to be a failure; and bet my last Canadian quarter that hogs would take a drop with" corn. None of them things happened, but I’ll be hanged if I can help worrying about what the future is going to bring forth. Life issure just one worry 8. chasin’ another. . “Be good for something,” was thedtextnof a, sermon which a lawyer preached. at as ban- ' quet I attended last evening. Rich or poor, homely or handsome, strong or weak, ignor- ant or educated—the man who is “good fer something” creates a survival value which lives long after he is dead. Some day I am going to preach a sermon on that same-text. In refusing to become the presidential nom inee of the prohibition party Mr. B ' ‘ ryanasam. reveals that depth of character which has gain- , ed for him the love and admiration of millions ' of his fellow-men. The sincere and spontane- , ous homage that is paid'to Mr. Bryan would lead a lesser man into seeking prsidential 1 honors under almost any political standard. i Mr. Bryan is an old man now in year, but act _; ive, alert, and courageous as ever.“ He will live ' 'out his, remaining years as he has lived those I which have gone before—wondering his nation ‘ and his fellow-men; a far greater service as a than“ weld-PM ‘ . " . l i ,. ‘1, . ‘ rent. . v43“, 1,12,” 21.; 1 ,. teach religion iswhen we are young. it!) ' i AS VIEWED BY A RENTER I am a reader of your valuable pa- per and have noticed the articles about keeping the boys and girls on the farm. I think that it is impossi- ble to do this as most of them can go to the city and get their eight dol- lars a day and they are sure of it every day. I don’t see anything to keep me and my family from going to the city. I am an experienced farmer, but I cannot make any mon- ey here on this farm. We lived in the city nine years and made and saved more money than I ever did on the farm. There lots of others in the same boat that I am in., When you go to rent a farm everyone wants more rent than the value of the products you sell off the farm. I tried to get a good farm this spring but they asked too much I am glad that I did not rent the high-priced ones as I could not have made my rent from them this year. The farm I am living on is not much of a farm and I knew it when I moved on, but we do not like city life, but we are going to the ‘clty this winter if we do not find a good farm to work where there is a chance to make some money. I have my own help to work a farm of eighty acres. We are going out to work in haying and harvest as it doesn’t take us long to take care of our own. We have about thirty—five acres of crops in. Please print this in THE BUSINESS FARMEB for this is one of Uhe reasons why men are leaving their farms. We can go to the city and work a little over half the time we put in on the farm and save as much as we can here. We know what we are talking about from experience. If a man hasn't enough money to buy a farm he has no business on it.— Wm. Daniella, Winegar, Mich. I am going to make a. prediction. You will not go to the city. In the first place there isn't the demand today for city laborers that there was six months ago, and unless financial and transportation conditions become very much improved during the next six months, which is very doubtful you are going to see some industries closed down and men thrown out of employment. 'In the second place you are going to see a back to the farm movement. It has already started. It is going slowly. You men who are on farms today are going to thank your lucky stais a. ear from today that you know how to arm and despite the long hours and risks and meagre returns you will not be Willing to exchange places with the workman in the stifling shops g the city. It's a long, hard pull, I ow for a renter on an average farm to get things coming his way, It takes perseverance and courage to hang on when the old machine is slipping and sliding backWard and there are rocks be- low, but other men have escaped a wreck and eventually climbed the hill, and so can you l-—-Editor. THE PATRIOTISM 0F CATHOLICS In the last two issues of your pa- per there' has appeared in the “What the Neighbors Say” column what was meant to be an argument in favor of abOIiSh'ing the parochial schools. While I am willing to listen to any- one who will argue sanely and in- telligently still I call their contribu- tions, the one a veiled and the latest an open insult to anyone of the Cath- olic faith. ~ Why does not Mr. R. F‘. Lamb prac- tice a little of that Americanism he so ants about? Does he not know the the Constitution of this great United States grants religious liber- ty of conscience to anyone and that no religious test shall be asked as a qualification for anLomce? Does he not know that the winning essay on "What are the Benefits to be Derived from an Enlistment in the Navy," was from a scholar, the product of the parochial schools? He and his kind will say that a Catholic cannot be patriotic but how does he account for the fact that with Catholics num- bering only about eighteen "per cent of the population, the number in the army and navy numbered between thirty and forty per cent Catholic in the late war. In our town of Rich- mond tw-o out of the five killed or maimed in battle were Caltholics. They were good enough to fight and die for Mr. Lamb and his kindbwt now his family and friends must be insulted just because they are Oath¢ olicsflnd believe that the time to are Why will he not go and inspect the parochial schools before making accusations, for I claim and contend . that they will rank and grade as high in all branches of the public school. The late war was to end all fighting and discord among nations, shall we now star-t a religious war of hate and biggotry? God forbid. I would advise these mis-guided persons to read what the leading men of this state and other states among them Ex-Governor Ferris have to say about this proposed amendment. I am sure that we have enough fair-mind- ed people to defeat such a measure that would bring hatred strife and discord when now of all times all must pull together to save our coun- try from the horrid aftermath of wan—Joseph Wok, Richmond, Mich. DON’T BLAME Tim BOYS FOR GOING TO CITY I have been a reader of your pa- per for some time. Will say it is the best business paper printed. I have read in your columns sev- eral ideas in regard to the farm and the farmer let me tell you right here now if things don’t pay out this year there will be one less farmer in the U. S. to raise feed and then go to the bank and borrow money to pay taxes with. I have a farm that is worth $10,000 producing about three thousand dollars worth of foodstuff a year and by the time I pay the ex- penses I have no interest on the mon- ey whatever. You may think this strange but its true talk about the young men going to the city. Can you blame them? They are getting better pay, shorter hours and easier work. I would go there myself if I were in their position. Anybody would be a fool that wouldn’t. Some day somebody is going to wake up hungry. The farmers have endur— ed this no-proflt business for the past five years with the promise of bet- ter next year. Sugar 34 cents a pound and wheat $2.50 a bushel go good together doesn’t it? If I don’t make any money this year my farm is not going to operate next year. I am going to put a lock on my gates and go to the city myself. I am go— ing to let my farm stay right where it is. I guess it won’t run away and if I get starved out after while in the city I can come back at any time. I have been a farmer all my life ex- cept three years which I spent in the city. I have worked at everything from bell boy up and I never made my property farming. What can a man do that is in debt for his farm? Ask any one that is in ' that position and see What they say now in regard to the farm situation. I will tell you how I think it should be. Guarantee the farmers a profit for his work and interest on his mon- ey he has invested and he will do the rest._ I have enough to keep me if I don’t farm but I like farming, like to work in the fields better than any place on earth. The country is a nice place to live, a good place to bring up your children, the best place in the world for health and happi~ - uses but when a man has to run his hand down in his pocket after work- f WWek§ ing fifteen hours a day it's time to quit. I lived in Detroit in the wint- er of 1907—cou1dn't get a job at any price but I think that was noth— ing to what is coming. The price of farm produce is high enough if other stuff was down where it ought to be a farmer would get rich but every time farm stuff goes up a cent other goods goes up a dollar. Now I am not writing you this because the pres- ent situation is hurting me any but to give you my idea. Believe me if this dog eat dog keeps up somebody is going to be hungry—A. Reader, Clinton County. No. we cannot blame the country boys for going to the city. But like the prodi- glal son many of them will come back. igh wages, short hours and easy work sounds good but when they get there, esp pecially young men who are married, and find houses 875 to 150 a month, po- tatoes $7 and $8 per ushel and other eatables in like proportion, little if any garden, no pure air, streets noisy night and day, and every way you turn some expense. it doesn't look as well as it sounded. If you take a. day off to go to the county fair or fishing you don't lose your Job or a day's pay, do you? Not on your life, You are your own boss. I know something about this subject. brother, as I farmed in central Michigan 22 years. and have worked several years in Detroit. I think you must have wrote your letter on a rainy day from the stand you take. Of course the farmer has been misrepresented and walked over for centuries, but any far-sighted per- son will tell on the da «is not far dis- tant when “ euben" w ll come into his own. Cheer up brother and point the corners of your mouth the other way—it leg: going to rain foreman—Associate 0!. l CATHOLIC SCHOOL DON’T TEACH BEHIND CLOSED DOORS I have never written to the Neigh— bors’ Page yet, but after reading the article written by J. B., Kent 00., in a recent M. B. F. on parochial school amendment, I can't keep still. I went to a Catholic school five year's and if he says that they teach behind closed doors, “Lord knows what,’ he tells a lie outright. Any— body is welcome to visit our school and see what is going on and ex— cepting fifteen minutes study on re- ligion in the morning, he would see the same routine of study as in any public school. Why don’t J. B. go and see what is going on behind said closed doors before he comes to the brainless conclusion that they are teaching Bolshevism? I think the Bolshevists of this country are those Godless, weak-minded creatures who are trying to put religion out of the way. With God and religion knocked in the head it will be an easy matter to put law and order out of business, so as to be free to do as they like—no law to interfere with their doings. He further says we pay thousands of dollars to send Bolshevists to Russia. Well, I think if we spent a few more thousands to send these Godless, weak—minded creatures to Hades. this grand free America of ours would be a much grander place to live in than it is today. Let these fellows have their way and this country won’t be _much better than Russia, because it will cease to be a free country. We have been readers of M. B. F. since it existed and it is the best there is.— Mrs. J. 11., Clinton County. Editoflol . THE FOOD YOU EAT Prices for farm products, on the farms are today practically station- ary, compared with prices one year ago. ' But—— Wholesale prices for food, in the cities, have increased 34 per cent and retail prices for 12 leading food groups have increased 50 per cent in the same period. “’ You are paying more for the food you' eat, but the farmer who grows that food isn’t getting one cent of that incresTse. Who is getting it? 'The speculat-' or, the storage plant, the holder of foods. the Jobber, the commission- man the retailer, all the long line “of middlemen. They are pocketing the proceeds. That is why—'— 1.—There is a shortage of farm labor which in turn makes for less food in the near future, and—— 2.—Your cost of living has risen so abnormally high. Co—operation, a direct transporta- tion from a producing group to a, consuming group, appears the best, quickest and most easily arrived-at s'olution.—Detroit Times. (Note: When the editor of THn‘BusmEss Fanmna was asked at a meeting of) the Wayne County Fair Price Committee last fall, how he would lessen the spread between pro- ducer and ’consumer, he suggested the exact remedy in almost the exact words as presented above.) ATTORNEY GENERAL- SRO. OONSIDERABLE AUTHORITXQ' . Ks there is some" agitation .th' the papers in regard to the prone" amendment on parochial schools would like to say a word or two, ing in a position to speak from, g _V sonal observation, or in other we . “been through the mill.” For m’ . years the Catholic denomination ’ conducted parochial schoolsand ‘ later on Lutherans and Seven. Adventists, until it has great factor in educational . Why is it, and for what purpose these religious people carry on s a system contrary to the public school? Simply to catchism their respective children in the faith of their fathers. keeping them in ignorance of outside worldly education, which has a tend- ency to develop the pupil in a much, broader development and not as a jug handle, all on one side. I heard a minister of the gospel say: “My children will have to meet the. world as they find it, and will have to make a choice of religion for themselves. I will endeavor to give them the best I have at home and in church calpa- city, leaving the result with them.” I It is an old adage—“Education forms ' the mind, and as the twig is bent the tree inclines.” It is also true in a political way, boys follow in the political faiths of their dads. But not so much so now as in the past. If I am correctly in- formed, the Catholics are working to get their public school tax money, which they now pay, appropriated for their parochial schools, saving to them a double burden, as well as the. other denominations which are in- volved. It shows to a person looking on,“- that something is out of joint some- where, either with them or with our public schools. Which is it? I be- lieve it is with them. There is no real foundation for carrying on two separate systems. A child should come in contact with others, and not be like a potato plant grown in the shade. The plant must have sun: light which develops and brings. forth results. : If the home and church can't hold their children in the faith, there is something lacking, instead of lay- I ing it to the public school. When, i did our great instructors get their education? Not in a parochial school by any means. _, Behind the scenes there is an ele- ment brought to bear upon parochial pupils which virtually says: “I am , right and you are wrong” in religious .‘3 faith, causing s. friction when the r-‘zi two elements meet. If there is not' ‘ ' enough essential element in a church denomination to hold the young, and send them to the public school, then there is something which is lacking and which should be remedied if possible. I am for religious liberty, as far as compelling a person to do this or that if it interferes with his religion or conscience. But the church school is a side issue to the church; If the public school teachers erron‘ these good people should by voice{ and vote help to make conditions bets ter instead of letting things go year after year. I think that the Attorney General ' has usurped considerable responsié‘ bility in denying citizens the right to petition according to the Constitu- tion. It smacks of one man power, 2 which we have had enough of for ' some little time past. If the voters don’t want the amendment, vote it down, but a little airing upon' this ‘question pro and con will be of, “ ._ portance to the welfare of all a " cerned. ‘ * Any system, whether religious‘ up political that will not stand Wm ' vestigated is made of shoddy: I have often wondered why so called Christian nation do, 1308* portions of Scripture in the. schools. . There are thousands 'of' pupil " do not attend any church -‘ and could not tell-i wheth in the old or the'inewit F. H. Carpenter.‘ " " a, in. mass; r .‘ I u J .. 2Q \ W i"? an? . ‘ CLOTHING FOR A GIRL THIRTEEN " T0 SIXTEEN ‘ ‘ LOTHING -for a girl from thir— '-teen to sixteen is'a'to‘pic to be _- -- treated quite diflere'ntly from the~ same theme a generation ago. Then mothers were married against allowing their daughters to wear their clothing tight or heavy: cor- sets which drew in the waist line, or long,"qu skirts hanging from the waist; Now, we rail instead, against the scanty attire which the girl de- pends upon -to protect her from the winter’s cold. Skirts so short and scant, no pettlcoats can be crowded under them, stocking and waists so thin that real underwear would show through and cannot be worn, neck lines low in winter, shoes also low except for the heels. What, then, would the dress reformer sug- gest, who used to demand weight hung from the shoulders, and‘room for the lungs to expand? Light- weight, warm undergarments, not necessarily woolen, for winter; the knitted gauze for summer as requir- ing no ironing and plenty for all sea- sons, toallow for frequent launder— ing, low comfortable, light weight, properly—fitted corset or corset waist, fresh, simple, muslin corset covers or combinations not over-trimmed with useless ribbon bows, and dress- es, the one-piece, loose, becoming sort, to be found in profusion for both winter and summer wear. Sen- sible, flatheeled, “growing—girl" shoes, by all means, and a good qual- ity, for it is no economy to buy poor shoes. Stockings should be sensi- .ble too, good quality lisle or cotton, rather than the thin, second-rate silk hose, which develop ladder-runs on the first wearing. It may be hard to induce a girl of this age to adopt the former when most of her mates are allowed to wear the latter every day, but even if the family pocket— EAR CHILDREN: Here's a new mule story I heard the other day, and it is so good, I pass it on to you. Dr. Crane, who is a very famous story teller, says that in lots of ways lots of times, we might bet- ter be like the mule. Now we have never given the mule much credit for being of a disposition we might wish to imitate, but here is the way ' Dr. Crane puts it: He says that the reason we are always running down the mule is because he is stubborn— and that sometimes it isgbetter to be able to just be stubborn, than to _do-_ too much. For instance, _it's very, easy to say “yes” when some of‘our playmates invite us to join them and play “just a little longer”. when we know that mother has sent us on an « u errand and that she is in: a hurry. Now if wb would imitate the mul'e, we would be stubborn—would ‘would tell them “no” w {h}: harder to do than’ftanyt __ know of. To be like this": ‘ I must simply “"do nothing§gsijnktibe "fmti'l-ish"———refuse to g .fiihm, ‘if you please. And sometima's' _when \ there’s a little temptation comes our ' way, it shows much more strength do nothing than to go with the yawd. So let's remegémf the mule .»‘o‘nca in a while. Aft he has his good" points. ‘ V '~ ' This week we publishgé , “‘more prize original drawings: ‘Siifnmer is Just the time to take advantage of ,jthése prize offers and we are very glad indeed to award just as many prises as' are earned. Affectiona-tely ;l.:—-.-AUNT CLARE. -~ ~ A EDITED BY CLARE NORRIS book allows a better quality of silk, she should be reminded that she is setting a standard to which less for- tunate girls Cannot attain. Hats and outer garments should be plain“ and young. What need of apeing older peoples' styles when such becoming things are fashioned for girls? Keep them young, with simple, tty, suitable, unexpensive wardrobes and we cannot go far astray. PI‘N MONEY HIS TIME it is the humble dan-‘ deiion, which we dig from our lawns with infinite pains that promises to be a money-makér for those who would earn just a lit- tle or even quite a little pin mon- ey. Now don't smile—~it's not dandelion wine I ' don" "vino: mmmlmmmmummnmmmlmummmmmummmummmnumnnnunnmmmmmmn Weekly Cheer l “There’s a better time a-comlng—- Life has much of bitt°r water in ed the assistance of all the children in the county this summer, who as— sisted him in gathering a very lange crop this year, and it is now pre- dicted that other counties will take the work up another year and gather real gold from the sun-colored flow- ers which are. the post of farmers everywhere. SEEN .IN CITY SHOPS KIRTS ARE getting. fuller—athere is no doubt about it. The plain- ed skirt of plaid will be very popular forrsport wear for late sum- mer and early fall. And with it in place of a coat is worn a sweater of the darkest shade and, for instance, with a black and white plaid skirt, is worn a black sweater with a white bio u s e, am about to sug— m m” ‘ a while those who gest ! But just Play its most unnoticed. part g like the extreme good old fashion- With ‘ WM“ “mum” h°"‘u wear white ox- ed shrine. greens which . - have come into f a v o r m o r '9 ed dand e} i o n and more, until in some places in the south they are nowraising whole fields'of dandeiions for the greens in early spring.” These are raised from the seed. Therefore the whole trick must be turned Just when the dandelions go to seed. The heads are picked on and the seeds, after being dried, shaken out of the heads and these have a very good market value. It takes a lot of seed to make a pound, but a pound of seed sows a large field of dandelions. Out in Washtenaw county, oneof the University students get the idea and from an ad in the paper,»secur- , t'x..'.‘:"' - \1.‘. Q Iv OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Aunt Clare—I Just finished read-: ing the storie of the boys and girls and thought 1 wou d tr and write too. I am 11 years old and E1 the sixth grade. I have two sisters. y teacher's name‘ is Miss Crawford. And of Duty make its most exalt- uHumluluquImmnimmqusuinnmnmmmmmnuusmuuuuumnunmImmumlm .en oxford. the edge. On the corner ‘of this set _ h _ ‘ Child ren‘s ‘ i. ' 1‘ , ._ ,. ‘2‘ 1. . c I have one mile to go top hose or a combin- ation- black leath- er and white lin- fords and black Moire.~silk bags are more favored for summer wear than the seal or heavier weight purses. ' ‘ About the daintiest little summer furnishings I have seen this year were in the shape of dresser sets in tissue gingham. They were fashion- ed of the finest check in the desired color. For instance one woman who favors lavender had the dresser scarf and pin cushion ofrthe finest check in the tissue gingham. They are made with tiny little ruffles around the edge with in turn are hemstitched and then cut -to leave Hour 'o'n I .:. r, , . school. We enjoy the M. B. 3‘. very much. I live on a 120 acre farm. I In going to have a vacation in a few weeks. Rhea. Watson, Hemlock, Mich, R r. letter i . F. so thong t I woul Dear Aunt Clare—1 seen in print in the M. B ESTHER BANKS. LANSING, ‘ Rita ' ’ , . or ‘V 7 l x ‘ t/u-:‘\-\\ , N' ‘ PE “5’6, ; WILKINSON, Rev ~ a .. 4 n” ' ‘\V "4: ‘5' y M '3‘ [I "RAY WARREN, , 0|?OWAV- “ ’2’ was placed a tiny bunch of roses made? of a dainty-shade of pink; Very Frenchy and cool it looked indeed. Her white muslin curtains were held back with a bow of lavender. wash ribbon of the same shade as this set;- ‘ The pin cushion was made round and with the double ruifle around it. fastened with a double satin ribbon of rose pink and lavender. Never before was organide so pop- ular. At a local theatre the other evening I glimpsed a handsome gown- of dark brown Organdie—trim’med .only with flat little‘ruffies of‘the material. And with it the pretty little girl wore a long piece of silk tulle of the same shade which was Wrapped loosely around the throat Just once and .both ends allowed to extend down On her dress in front, where they fell nearly to the hem of her short skirt. ' In one shop they were teaching little children to make doll clothes, and even the dolls dresses were be- ing fashioned of the daintest of col- ors in organdie. THE RECIPE F0! 61300158! By Berton Braley It’s doing your Job the best you can And being just to your fellow-man; . It's making money, but holding friends And staying true to your aims and ends; It‘s figuring how and aite‘zrning why An lookin forward thinking h An dream ng a little and doing mu It’ keeflng always in closest touch W's t is finest in worth and deed; It's eing thorou h,‘ eta-making speed, t's darin biithe y e field of chance! While Inciting labor a brave romance; _ It’s go ng onward despite defeat I ' htin staunch! but keepin sweet g bongl ea and t'stlaying air; t's iaug ing li‘ghtly at ame Despair; t‘e loo in up at the stars ‘above, And drink g.deeply of ife and love; I strdggling on with will to win. ut taking loss with a o eerful grin; It's sharing sorrow and work with mirth And making better this good old earth; ' It's fServing, striving through strain and 8 ran: ‘ It's doing your noblestathat's success! H I 1 9 3 54- write again. My school was out the 8nd of July, the last da of school We lay- ed game and ate co cream, the three that won the most games got a pri It soon will be time to ick raspbe‘ ' and t means work or me. war I will be in the fifth ads at sch ell my letter is etting ong so I ' I will close for s time. Helen Ossineke. Mich. - _— Dear Aunt Clare—I wrote to you week or so ago, but as I did not see in p int I thought I would try again. gm ourteen years ot'age-and have i rewn hair, grey eyes and- I am. with a few freckles the a u e Lift-m and my nose. I weigh poun and irnvabout four t1t‘eet. oh- _ g a e. so on one 3km. I fik ' o‘ rea the Children. very much. oping see my 'i‘et'fi rim. I remain‘ our ittle friend. ' flamt..4hna, ioh, R 4. a .3 Dear-Aunt ,Ciane—Jrhi... e time I have writh ,to you. so I_ I would write again. r a I' have brothers . .Forgpets-we have a do! a eat. We take the. B". - In I it fine. I will close’w “(fiddler ~ '11: a strange contradiction. I'm new ’ wrmoldi "'"T ' 1'13 always in black and I'm mum"~ 'in white :. ’ ' am grave and I'm genitalia heavy arm, too 'di'fferr—d’xn thick ' 'hb I'n’inthin' “1m - ru n6 flesh and to , ‘ .-~ co red with skin. no_ no r“ m . "venom points than the eompau. n the fl, .3 ,. = i sing wi ut voice ,without speaking .. . .0 I'm German. :rm French' 'i'evounss’too‘tg‘ohdiru nigh i I die (soon, somethner old secret. fin ' - , p esent grief, at her‘ - great to permit startle- this explicit statement of an "Yes," he nodded; “Though it is not known outside. my family I adopted her when she was a baby It is strange that you should know this..- But I am not interested in hav- . ingyo‘u tell me what I have long since. known. What I want to know naval? whege is she now?” . Y; con gravely and s m a‘ - allyvashook his head. y p them "That is different secret,” he ex- ruined. “Maybe I find that secret. Then I sell it toyou. But I'have 01d secret. You do not know the name of the Senorita Leoncia’s papa, and maths. I know." And old Enrico Solano could not hide his interest at the temptation of such information. "Speak," he commanded. “Name thevnames, and prove them, and 1 shall reward." . “~No,” Yi Poon shook his "Very poor~business. mess that way. You pay me 1 ten you. .My secrets good secrets, 1 prove my secrets. You give me five hundred pesos and big expenses from Colon to San Antonio and back to Colon .and I tell you name of papa and mama." - Enrico~Solano bowed acquiescence and was Just in the act of ordering Alesandro to go and fetch the mon— ey, when the quiet, spirit-subdued Indian maid created a diversion. Run— ning into the room and up to Enrico as they had never seen her run be- fore, she wrung her hands and wept I0 incoherently that they knew her paroxysm was of joy, not of sadness. “The Senorita !" she was finally able to whisper hoarsely. as she in- dicated the side piazzo with a nod of head and glance of eyes. “The Senorita l,” And Yi Poon and his secret were forgotten. Enrico and his sons streamed out to the side piazzo to behold Leoncia and the Queen and the two Morgans, dropping dust—cov— ered on the backs of riding mules recognizable as from the pastures of the mouth of the Gualaca River. At the same time two Indian man—ser— vents, summoned by the maid, clear- ed the house and grounds of the fat Ohinaman and his old crone of a companion. “Come some other time." they told him. “Just now the Senor Solano is very importantly busy." ' “Sure I come some other time," Yi Poon assured them pleasantly, without resentment and without be- trayal of the disappointment that was his at his deal interrupted just ere the money was paid into his-hand. But he departed reluctantly. The place was good for his business. It was sprouting secrets. - Never was there a riper harvest in Canaan out of which, sickle in hand, a husband- man‘was driven. Had it not been for the zealous Indian attendants, Yi Poon would have darted around the corner of the hacienda to note the newcomers. As it was, half way down the- hill, finding the weight of thefcmne too fatiguing, he put into her 't‘heri (e and ability to carry her own :weig t .a little farther by feed— ing 3her a double teaspoonful of brandy, from his screw-top flask. Enrico swept Leoncia off her mule, ere she could dismount, so passion- ately eager was he to fold her in his head. I no do busi- arms; 'x-For- several minutes ensued . _ naughte' but noisy Latin affection as her brothers. all strove, to greet and embrace herat once.”l When they; recollected themselves, Francis had already helped the Lady Who Dreams from'fher‘mount, and beside her. her hand in his, was waiting for recog- nition. “This is my wife," Francis told En- rico. ~ “I went into the Cordilleras after treasure and behold what ;I found. Was there ever better for- . tuneti'w ~' - v. _ "And. she sacrificed 3 great tress-'7 ure' "herself," Leoncia vmurnmreull'; bravely. ' I. . I": ,. “She was queen of [little .v'ki om,“ Francis added, with e‘grateflg: ful and admiring flash of eyes ‘ to I . Leoncia,-who quickly addedx“ ' I , “MILJIR sayed. all our .llres " by; sacrificing her little kingdom in gQiil‘J; :.' - .-v -- . carts-o _ A By JACK LONDON Author. of the “Valley of the Moon." and other stories. And Leoncia, in an exaltation of generousness, put her arm around the Queen’s waist, took her away from Francis, and led the way into the hacienda. CHAPTER XXIII. IN ALL the magnificence of medie- val Spanish and New World coe— “‘ tume such as was still affected by certain of the great haciendados of Panama, Torres rode along the beach. road to the home of the Solanos. Running with him, at so easy a lope that it promised an extension that would outspeed the best of Torres’ steed, was the great white hound that had followed him down the subter- ranean river. As Torres turned to take the winding road up the hill to the hacienda, he passed Yi Poon, who had paused to let the old crone gather strength. He merely noticed the strange couple as dirt of the com- mon people. The hauteur that he put on with his magnificence of ap- parel forbade that he should betray any interest further than an unsee- ing glance. ' But him Yi Poon noted with slant Oriental eyes that missed no~details. And Yi Poon thought: He looks very rich. He is a friend of the Solanos. He rides to the house. He may even be a lover of the Senorita Leoncia— or a worsted rival for her love. In almost any case, he might be expect- ‘pool before the onslaught of ed to buy thesecret of the Senorita Leoncia’s birth, and he certainly looks rich, most rich. Inside the hacienda, assembled in the living room, were the returned adventurers and all the Solanos. The Queen taking her turn in piecing out the narrative of_ all that had occurr- ed, with flashing eyes was denounc— ing Torres for his theft of the jewels and described his fall into the whirl- the bound. when Leoncia, at the window with Henry, uttered a sharp exclama- tion. “Speak of the devil!” said Henry. “Here comes Torres himself." "Me first!" Francis cried, doub- ling his fist and flexing his biceps significantly. “No.” decreed Leoncia. “He is a wonderful liar. He is a very wonder- ful liar, as we've all found out. Let us have some fun. He is dismount- ing now. Let the four of us disap— pear—Father!" With a wave of hand she indicated Enrico and all his sons. “You will sit around de- solate over the loss of me. This -scoundrel Torres will enter.‘ You will be thirsty for information. He will tell you no one can guess what astounding lies about us.- As for us, we’ll hide behind the screen there—come! All of you i" And, catching the Queen by the hand and leading the way, with her ‘ Of sorrow" which _ brokenly. . ~ ‘. :QVr hadfbeen’so rec 1:; 1y real that,ErriHco and“ his, son , no difficulty in acting it..- rgo‘ started up from "his ; chair in ._ eager-j back. Torres caught the hand in both his own and manifes ed deep sympathy and could. _ no speak from emotion. . I. ’; "Alas !” he finally managed heartéf “They are dead. Shel; dead, your beautiful daughter, Leon-f: cia. And the two Gringo Morgan ‘ are dead with her. As Ricardo there must know, they died in the heart, of the Maya Mountain. .~ .z. “It is the home of mystery," he , continued, after giving due time for the subsidence of the first violent out-. burst of Enrico’s grief. “I was with them when they died. Had they fol-5 lowed my cousel, they would all have . lived. But not even Leoncia would listen to the old friend of the So- lanos. No, she must listen to the. two Gringos. After incredible dang- era 1 won my way cut through the heart of the mountain, gazed down into the Valley of LostpSouls, and re. turned into the mountain to find them dying——” . Here, pursued by an Indian man- . servant, the white hound bounded into the room, trembling and whin- , ' ing in excitement as with its nose it quested the multitudinous scents of the room that advertised his mistress- but before he could follow up to where the Queen was behind the screen, Torres caught him by the neck and turned him over to a coup- le of the Indian house-men to hold. ' "Let the brute remain," said Tor- ,_ res. "I will tell you about him af— (Continued on page 13) can get. Look for the ROWENA “ trade-mark on the sack THI SIGN OF QUALITY Successful Home Baking Requires High-grade Flour The women who have had the greatest success in r . , baking for the home always use the best flour they ' a They discover by experimenting which 2 Hour makes the best breed, biscuits, pastry, etc. For nearly sixty years women have achieved reputa- tions for their baking by using L! w ‘ ? - ‘ 1y '. hlte .“The Flour the Best Cooks Use” , .. There is a big difference in flour. '_Th6 selection of wheat and the milling processes determine thequalityfi LILY WHITE is made from: the choicest. wheat grown in Arnerica. It has just . the right balance-neither too hard nor too soft. Its color, text- ure and flavor are unexc‘elled. Only the choicest goodies from every .zkernel aroused. ,Most mills clean and scour the grain twice and don ’t wash it at all. LILY WHITE grain is cleaned four times, scoured three times and then carefully washed be- fore being run on the rolls for the first break. No flour is more scientifically milled to bring out all the nourishment, perfection of texture and color.. LILY WHITE is of supreme quality. It bakes bread, biscuits and; pastrybf surpassing excellence. has earned its reputation as “The flour the best cooks use," and is guaranteed to give complete satisfaction. ' Ask fl"? LILY WHITE; at youridealer’sff ” . VALLEY CITY” MILLING co, “ cme harms, MICHIGAN “Millers for ‘Bixty Year.” It ' TRADE AND MARKET REVIEW . .The money situation continues to be in a stringent condition and credit is hard to secure. Prices on _ commodities are pointed downward and the indications of summer in- creases 0. seems to have disappeaired. his is shown by the continuation of sales —- especially on clothing -— throughout the country; some stores staging these sales at a 50 per cent“ DETROIT — Wheat shows some strength but corn and oats continue downward. Beans dull. Cattle steady. Hogs active. CHICAGO—A11 grains show weakness owing to heavy sell. discount. The decline in prices has not only hit the United States but is being felt in England and France. which she keeps in force. This law keeps the importation of goods from another country down to a minimum but it is rumored that this law is soon to be lifted enough to allow flioshippinginofgoodsofallldnds from Belgium and other certain countries. Another factor that keeps prices up in France is that the whole- lllers and retail shopkeepers alike are better organized in that country thanhereintheStatesorinEng- land. But with the raising of their protection law, or “protection de- cree," as it is called there, lower prices will be sure to follow. Some market authorities are get- ting rather frightened over the ap- pearance of the conditions in this country. A few even go as far as to believe there wil be a panic. But why should we have a panic? The results of a national survey, which was made public at the meeting of the National Association of Super- visors of State Banks at Seattle re- cently, shows state banks in a very healthy condition with good deposits and resources. Another ofilcial re- port shows that bankruptcies during the last year in the state of Michigan has decreased nearly 45 per cent over the year before. This may be a higher per cent of decrease in fail- ures than all of the states would average, but figuring very conserv- atively you can safely say that the general average would show a large decrease rather than otherwise. Of course the public has got to stop spending as lavishly as they have been doing but they are realizing this and have been slowing down for the past few months as is shown by the large number of sales put on throughout the country. With the present indi- cations we cannot see a panic. The Labor Board has granted in- creased wages to railroad employees amounting to $600,000,000, and the public is to pay the bill. If freight rates are increased to handle this it will mean an increase of about 44 per cent according to unoificial esti- mates. However, shippers may not have to bear all of this expense as the railroads may increase passenger rates to handle part of it. The in- crease in wages, without question, will make better shipping facilities because the experienced men will again resume work, and more cars will be available for marketing the farmers‘ crops. Crop prospects, especially in the big grain growing sections, are very good. Grain has been moving in fairly good volume. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States declares that this country will har- vest 525,000,000 bushels 'of winter wheat and 290,000,000 bushels of spring wheat this year; that the com crop looks fine; and that the apple crop will amount to 00,000 cars, worth not less than $72,000,000. WHEAT A0138 SHAKY ' WHEAT PRIOEO 'PIR IU., JULY 21. 1020 I Grade lDotnlt 0hlcaco N. _,_ N0. 2 Rod . . . . 2.02 8.00 2. No. 2 White . . . 2.80 I.“ I. No. 2 Allied 2.80 I. PRICES ONE YEAR A00 . Grads IDou-olt lohlosso . I No. 2 Rod 2.28%] as» us“ No. 2 Whllo . . . No. 2 ‘Mlxod . . . 232$ The damage being done by the black rust in Northwestern no» holds the past few weeks has H checked by the cool weather we 0 had the last few days, but it is ‘1. France has a strong protection lawi" ing. Hogs lower. I: set In two. to crease—Ele. Cattle are steady to higher. (Note: The above summarlzod wires are received ANTI They oontaln last minute lnlormstlon up to l I the balance of tho market use I wlthln one-half hour of solns l thought that the crop is too far ahead now for the black rust to do much damage to the grain even should hot weather again appear within the next day or two. So much further damage from the rust is not expected. The checking of this arch enemy of wheat has had a tendency to weaken the market. curtailing of the export demand the past week has also helped to work the market into a weaker condition. The United States has around 150,- 000,000 bushels of last year’s wheat {at available for exportation and the arvestlng of the 1920 crop is on. There is a good export market but according to reports, most of these nations must buy on credit, and Uncle Sam wants the cash as most of these countries already owe him large sums so he is, you might say, "all dressed up and no place to go." But some of these countries must be set- ting some money some way because there is an export demand in this country which at times plays a very strong part in making the prices. Europe is going to need considerable wheat between this fall and the first of the year. They are not paying much attention to the crop here but are very anxiously watching the pro- gress of the wheat in Argentina and Australia as these two countries owe Europe considerable money and Eur- ope can take grain in payment on the loans. These countries will not be able to supply all of Europe's needs. of course, and North Ameri- ca will have to furnish part, but it all depends on how large a yield these two countries have—if they have a small crop America will stand alone as an exporter. CORN SHOWS WEAKNESS OORN PRIOEB PER BU.. JULY 2'1, 1020 Grade IDotrolt [Chlcsgo . . No. 2 Yellow ...l1.00 1.52 1.0051. No. 8 Yellow N0. 4 Yellow Pniéis‘éifE—Y'Eifio‘o Grads IDotrolt lchlosso N. . No. 2 Yellow 2.00 2.08 2.10“ No. a Yellow 2.01 2.01 No. 4 Yellow ...l The strength shown in the com A. market two weeks ago has caused ‘ slight advances in prices during the current week but at present the strength has been lost to all appear- ance, owing to favorable reports from growing districts and a ten- dency of dealers and speculators to sell heavily. The cool weather we have been having the past few days may hold the price of corn from go- ing lower ilor a short time because corn needs hot weather night now. Many sections have been having con- siderable rain of late and if we can- ,not have some dry weather there will be a lot of soft com this fall. One prominent crop authority says that un- less the 010;) is badly damaged in the near future, that we will have the largest crop of corn this fall that was ever on record. Corn prices are ex- pected to recede from now on for several months and the farmer that can sell in advance at least half of his 1920 crop is advised to do so. RYE LOWER . Rye on the Detroit market is easy and the price is $1.95 for No. 2. Dock ers in the “Auto City” so there is no demand for rye. Export as has been th main business in this grain the past several months. According. to reports from Europe there willmot be such a demand from now on as thero has been considerable more of this grain planted in Europe than last year. Great,_Britain has sown rye very ox- tensively and harvest is expected to ‘ begin this month. France and Don- mark also expect bis wields. ’ " BEANS our AT DETROIT sun amen on own. JULY 21, 10:0 0 cm. lemon clue-sol I. V- ..u.,r. 0.00' 1.00 0.00 led Kldnoys 10.00 11.80 rmoss our van: a o Grads [Dacron 10hlcss0 c. n. r. ......l1.00 ‘ Rod Kldnoys ...l Beams have slumped again on Detroit market. This time it wasth: drop of 100. Chicago reports a 01 and easy market. New York mark 7‘ is quiet. The Bureau of Crop Ecu- “' mates places the combined yield at the six Largest bean states in the Un- ion at 9,451,000 bushels. Market 0» ports looking into the future of the bean market say that farmers that have some or their last year’s b should hold on and sit tight as ' tetr prices are in sight. Let’s hope V . because so far the farmer has had - L '1 bad end of the breaks. It, loo->3: “ . POTATOES TAKE DROP soups PER own JULY 27,1920 OATS SLUMP mm' W" Detroit . . . . . . . . .. 0.00 Chloago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.28 on PRICES PER 30., Jun 21. 1020 New York . . . . . . . . . . .. " 4.01 ar‘d. Inotml‘ [chimoo N. Y. 'lttsburg . . . . . . . . . ~ . .. . 5.513. / No. 2 MIth .00 .01 1.10 rmcss on: YEAR A00 "°' 0 WM“ '97 "5 Detrolt . . . . . ... . . . . . . ..l l No‘ 4 WM“ "' '98 Ohlcaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l pnlofie ONE YEAR Ago Pltubgqu . . . . . . . . . . . . and. matron [Chicago N. v_ New or . . . . . . . . . . . . . it"“i"ws.ic"::: .04'/. J... 4"" The ‘30th ‘5 “mm 0‘“ °1 ‘1“ No .4 wmu .03 V. .01 . potato market it appears. The price There is little to say about the oat market this week. This grain has been more sensitive to the changes during the past week, it appears than other grains and prices are slightly lower than those given on this page a. week ago. Harvest is on in many states and they report that a good yield is expect- ed but how'bd-g a yield will not be known until the threshing is done. Nearly all states report the crop in fine condition but straws short. Short straws will not hinder the production of a large crop. New oats are not ex- pected to appear on the market until about the middle of August. Oats fol- low very closely the movement of corn and the prices will travel downward, it is believed. until about the first of the year. Foster's Weather Chart for Aug 1920 stoma ' l " WASHINGTON. D. 0., July 81. 1920—Warm waves will reach Van- couver B. 0., about Aug. 3, 7 14. 11. and temperatures will rise on all the Pacific slope. They will cross crest of Rockies by close of August 8. 4, 22: lains sections Aug. 4, D a; liner ion 90, uppersroat on! Ohio-Tennessee and lower Mlsslssipp valleys Aug, 5. 10, 16, 24; lower at lakes and eastern sections Aug. P11. 17 25. reaching I. 5. vicinity of Newfoundland about Aug, 7. 1 , 18 - 8 about . Storm waves will follow one day behind warm yes, cool Waves about one day be ind storm waves. . ing the period covered by these urlzgnoos a treat hot wave will 0 continent reaching meridian not for an August 17.‘ This will uoh l o the hot wave correctly icted for near the middle of July. 0t winds may occur in some small THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK Forecasted by W. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer mate their dates and thus give warn- sections in the middle west not far from Aug. 17. I do not pretend to definitely locate hot vwinds. r0 storms, tornadoes hurricanes. i can usually approxi- lngs. All those. except severe storms, are confined to rtain large sections and the reader, y exercising intelli- gent judgment, may be benefitted. 80— vere are expected during the week ccnterln on Aug. 11, During the week can s on Aug. 1s a. tropical stem, :- hurri is ex- cted o organ on, the rgasso ea w on lies cast of northeast of Cuba and about half way between northeast South America and of the Azores Islands. - dangerous storm period will occur du the week centering on Aug. 25 and uring that period se- vere storms are expected on the con- tinent while the hurricane, moving slowly westward, will get into. the Gulf of Mexico. I, can not tell you any more about that expected hurri- cane. But very cool weather some- times lls'ht frosts occur in the middle northwest asst o Rockies, while Au- gust hurricanes are moving through‘ the Gulf of Mexico. 0%} carried over this year than usual and dropped on an average of $1 per bbl. practically every day during the week on the Chicago market. New . York markets are suffering from oven supply and prices are rapidly g0! downward. Detroit also has a w loaded market and lower prices; in fact, all markets claim heavy ro- . ceipts and reduced prices. Whether prices will go down to where they war. a year ago is hard to tell, but too present indications book like prices are to recede. The, west reports their crop is in fine condition and they are expecting a bumper yield. Govern- ment reports show the crop, with the exception of a few states, to be in or} collect condition. Some states are os- timating their yield to be around 15. per cent of that of 1919. HAY EASY ‘ l No. 1 rm: Stan. 1101.! No. 2 run. . Dotson . . l88.00 G I1l88.00 00mm 0 II ‘. chlosco . . 8.00 G 88,0100 as 3.00 s New York 1 .00 080 81 .00 Pnuhurs . . 00 9 86.32.00 0 80 0.00 O 0. 1 N0. 1 I No.1 I N Llcht Ill. Clovis! MIL! clover HAY PRIOR“ A VIII AGO lNoJ flat! “on. m: Nazflm. Detroit . . 101 .00 a com .00 as: 20.00 cii 0hlcsv . .00.00 0 “Pace so .00 c as m on ‘05 00 040 82.00 as 2.00 e 01 Duisburg a 00.04.00 on 20.00 s 20 No.1 ‘0 No.1 1 No.1 _ Llsm fllx. lover In. I emu emu . . 24.00 c 25 » 0m . . 00.00 e 04 0.00 e 20 New on 21.00 :02 21 .000 so Plttsburc . .80 00 There is more hay arriving at term- inal markets than can be readily ab- sorbed as rail conditions are somewhat improved and a clean-up movement is under way. There will be more old hay, reports indicate that most opthe hay that is still back is owned by-dealers. The new crop is base than last year ,' cast of the Mississippi river but a large yield in the west will swell the hay crop to record figures. The tune hay harvest is nearly completed.._exm , for some late sections and .‘ " ‘rsrsezzsifiswr B. Journal. BOSTON WOOL MARKET The CentimercrialL Bulletin says: “President Wo'od, of the American Woolen Co., epitomizes the wool sit- uation when he says that the market is awaiting. the buyers. The market generally is dull still and values are more or less problematical. In the west the growers are either consigning their wools against moderate advances or else are holding them, actual out- right sales being few. “Some openings of-goods are being made for the lightweight season by the mills, but no marked results are reported from these opening. The American Woolen Co's resumption of operation is still uncertain.” Ohio and Pa. fleeces: Deiaine, un- washed, 70@72; fine unwashed, 60@ 02; V.) blood combing. 68@70;- as blood combing, 50@53. Michigan and New York fleeces: Fine unwashed, 58@60_; delaine un- washed, 68; 1,5 blood unwashedp67® 08; as blood unwashed, 50@52. Wisconsin, Missouri and average New England: 1/2 blood, 60@63; % blood, 48@50; 1,4 blood, 42@44. Virginia and similar: 14, blood, un- ga5%hed, 70; $4 blood, unwashed, 48 LIVESTOCK MARKETS (By H. H. Mack) For more than two months, the De- troit cattle market has been swinging between grain and grass but. at last, the jig is up and from now on, until Michigan cattle get much bet— ter, cattle from the southwest will produce the larger part of the beef consumed in Detroit and environs. Only those who are familiar with the daily trade in the Detroit live stock market realize how desperately poor has been the quality of the Michigan cattle that have been received at, the local yards during the past month and the time has come when Detroit killers must have a certain number of better cattle to mix with local ar- rivals in order to meet the varied needs of their trade. Several loads of cattle from Kansas City were re- ceived in Detroit last week and kill- ers report that the dressing percent- ages of these cattle are much better than from Michigan cattle costing the same price on the hoof. The steers and heifers that are coming to Detroit from the west are very plain in general appearance but when their hides are off they show a much better covering of flesh than do the carcasses afforded by the grass. cattle from our own state. Sev- eral carloads of bulls have been re- ceived in Detroit during the past week that cost $1 per cwt. less than Michigan bulls of the same grade. Bulls and common butcher cows must be bought very low in the coun- try or thethlll lose money in the Detroit market. The local market has not been over—supplied with prime fat cows of late and this kind are holding their onw fairly well. Milch cows are dull and quiet, only the best grades of milkers finding a prompt sale at prices that are satis- factory to country shippers. De- troit has a splendid trade in veal calves all last week with a 19-dollar top; current supplies of prime calv- as are not nearly equal to the local demand. fDetroit’s trade in sheep and lambs has been of very little importance for some weeks past; prices have held fairly steady for the most part with best lambs selling for $16. A study of western markets reveals a declin- ingtendency in connection with all grades of sheep and lambs. Western range lambs are fully $1 per cwt. lower than on the middle of the current month and the edge seems to be off the demand for feeding stock. Wool continues in the rut of dullness and inactivity which has characterized ‘the trade all thru the month of'July. The fight between the farmers' wool pools of the coun- try and” the wool buyers, is on in seed earnest, and it is hard to pre— dict‘ just where and when it will end. The decision at the Spa conference which provides that the German coal miners‘to be provisioned by England and France, has had a marked effect of} both the liVe_hog and the general nominodity market. The immediate i ' meat» of large cargoes of meat can ports, which My . mermaids-oz? regime‘s ‘ (woody 'id,‘reportod‘thls season.— » do". * liq, \g_:’~ _- {To a . followed the annsufié’é’n‘é‘ht Eater to above, has'strengthened-the sit: nation and opened up a brighter out: look for the live hogand provision trade for the mid—summer and early fall months. York and medium weights are leading in demand but good heavy hogs are selling better than for a long time back. Pigs are in much better demand than former- ly ‘ On Monday, July 26, the Detroit market opened with cattle and calv- es selling steady with the close of the week before. Sheep and lambs were dull and the latter $1 lower than the average of last week. Hogs were active and about level with last week’s average. No strictly prime steers were on sale but had they been offered, $13 per cwt. would have been the price. Best bulls and cows $7 to $8. Thin little cattle and com- mon butcher cows, $0 to $7. Canners and cutters, $4 to $4.50 and cutters at $5 per cwt. Best hogs, $16.50. Best calves, $19. Best lambs, $15.50. DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET Blackberries, $9@10 per bu.; Ap- ples, $3.25@3.75 per hamper; huck— leberries, $9@1'0 per bu.; black cur- rents, $11@12 per bu.; gooseberries, $1@1.25 per 6-quart basket; rasp- berries, red, $13@14; black, $9.50 @10 bu.; celery, Michigan, 25c@40c per doz.; dressed hogs, light, 18@20 heavy, 16@17c per 1b.; dressed calv- es, best, 25@260; ordinary, 20@23c per 1b.; lettuce, head, $1.35@1.50 per case; hothouse, 10@15c per lb. FARMER CANDIDATES FOR IM- PORTANT PUBLIC OFFICES (Continued from page 4) the “Open Sunday Bill” to make all amusements legal on Sunday as on any other day; the Pari Mutual gambling bill to legalize betting on horse races (Sen. Scully took a. lead- ing part in the defeat of this meas- ure.) Sen. Scully has always been found ready to champion the needs of ag- riculture in legislative halls, and his entire public career will show that he has been a consistent and ardent defender of the farmers' rights. As lieutenant governor of Michigan he will have the power of appointing the committees of the Senate» and will preside over that body. It is a position of honor and influence and in an agricultural state should go to a man of agricultural sympathies and understanding. John C. Ketcham John C. Ketcham who is out after the congressional toga in the Fourth district, needs no introduction to the readers of Tum BUSINESS FARMER. As a mere matter of form, however, we will say that Mr. Ketcham is master of the Michigan State Orange and has been active all his life in agri- cultural affairs. His efforts to se- cure better prices and greater recog- nition for the bean and sugar beet growers are too well known to our readers to require descriptions No agricultural issue of any importance has not come up in recent years that has not found John Ketcham vall- antly championing the farmers’ cause. He is a keen thinker, a most- er of logic, and has no mean repu- tation as a platform orator. More- over, and more important than all, his heart is in his work, and when that can be said of a man, his little mistakes can easily be overlooked. The Fourth district comprises the counties of Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph and VanBuren coun- ties, all larg‘ely agricultural, it is mete and proper that the district should have a representative in Congress who knows the farmers and doesn't have to be punched up by the folks back home when legislation of in- terest to farmers is pending. There are five candidates for the job in the Fourth 'district,‘ and John’s chances look mighty good. There can be no doubt of his success if two-thirds of the farmers of the dis-‘ trict will stick together and give him their votes. We know of lots of farmers in Michigan who would con? sider' it an honor to vote for Mr. Ketcham and they will await the out-g come of the contest in the Fourth district with a great deal of interest. (This is the second of a series of articles on the farmers and farm representatives who are candidates this year for public officers. A third will appear, in an early issue.— - r I"! ‘ its ‘~ “‘ .Why Insure a If Company? ' —-with insufficient surplus when you can insure in the largest exclusive mutual automobile insurance company in the world In the winter of 1914 a law was passed by the State Legislature which provided for the organization of mutual automobile insurance com- panies. The men who prepared this law organized the CITIZEN‘S' MU- TUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 00., of Howell, Mich., taking out their license to do business August 27th, 1916. rapidly. Within a few months a number of mutual companies were or- ganized untilrnow there are nine competing companies in the state. Oneof these smaller companies had assets of $887.80; another had as- sets above liabilities of $88.14 ; a. third had assets in excess of liabil- ities of $1273.55; while a fourth had a surplus of but $65.27 accord- ing to their statements of January Int, 1920. The careful automobile owner is anxious to insure with a company hav- ing sufficient surplus on hand to pay the big claims. During the month of April, the CITIZEN‘S’ MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO - PANY of Howell paid one liability claim of $2,975.00, one flre'cla m of $2,975.00, a personal injury claim of $1,7500.00. The Company has .never had to borrow a dollar and has always had sufficient surplus to pay its claims promptly. THE STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY AS OF JULY 1, 1920, IS AS FOLLOWS:— ' v CLAIMS PAID Number Amount Since organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3605 . . . . . . . . . $474,991.24 First 6 months of 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 841 . . . . . . . . . .119,575.10 During June, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 175 . . . . . . . . . . 18,920.89 Current:———- Cash in Banks, Commercial Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40,708.79 Cash in Banks, Savings Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 38,000.00 U. S. Bonds and Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,240.50 Total Current Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$104,949.29 Capital:— I Office Building and Site . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27,547.67 Office Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,806.96 38,354.08 Total Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$143,308.92 CALL ON THE LOCAL AGENT OR WRITE THE HOME OFFICE CITIZEN’S MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. HOWELL, MICHIGAN sm our . w ‘ ' "7’33 ' “ "‘"‘ ofeaym ' Send today your name for ‘ weekly prlooo Our prices guaranteed for the week Editor.) Bath. Mich, June 14th, 1920. The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens. Enclosed find check to pay for ad. which began Fob. lst. and running for one year. . This ad. has brought good result. I I. w. WEBSTER, ~ Bath, men. The Company grew p ._ i. r I 6.. y "lo"! "elite—Address {nix .v‘ ' . e. _ 1 s GENTS, A won. one Issue. MINI- , mum sire accepted, 20 words. tam this low. rate. we are compelled to eliminate all been Ins. Therefore. costume on class- Mod advert ring are cash In full with order. count as one were each Initial and soon on“! 0' Mum. both In the had at the ed and In '1: address. T Islslosotsawsrdtsrsaoh W.: Wordless of number of times ad no. Th0" Is no discount. Copy must reaoh us y Wednes- day of log week You will help us oon- tlnue our low rate by makihg’ your rsmlttanoe Michigan Quainess Farm- ”. Adv. Don't. Mt. Clemens, Michigan. @EAIIMS a. mung RIVERSIDE FARM WITH 2 HORSES. 1. cattle. tools. crops, settling aflaire splendid 250- ecre farm goes as real bar in ; wood and timber alone should return pure as price; machine- worked fields cut 2 to 8 tone hay acre: 38-00W wire-fenced, spring-watered pasture, a 000 cords wood ,75.000 ft. timber: apple orchard producing 265 barrels season, other fruit, 2.000 Ills" maples. sugar equipment; 10-room house, maple shade overlooks river; 2d-cow basement barn. otherhuildings; if taken now you get pair horses, 18 cattle. Ii pigs, poultry, wagons, machinery. tools. part growing crops: quick action price only $5,200. easy terms. Details of this and equipped lake-view farm for $1,200 page 9 Strouts Bis Illustrated Catalog Farm Bargains 88 States. Copy free. BTRO‘UT FARM AGENCY. 814 BE, Ford_Bldg.. Detroit. Mich. "’3 ‘35..“ $21.3“? .13: “E'E‘a '6'" prove . o s. c we n r- chard. Trout stream. CABHUS RAILEY, Harrison. Mich. 121 ACRES FOR CALI OHEIOVOAR County. clay loam soil nearly all cleared, stream running water through pasture. Good bearing orchard. 5 room house. Barns hold Ii head horses and 22 cattle. Good silo and other buildings, 1-2 mile to railroad. Good schools. Protestant end Catholic churches. One of the hostjerming oom— rmmities in Northern Michigan. Will sell oboe WILL R. KIMBERL Alton. IAIICIL SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. OENTER OF A great farming country. Write for free agricultural booklet. BOARD OF COMMERCE. Shawnee, Oklahoma. STRIPPED HARDWOOD LAND. RIOI'I clay loam—easy terms, 812.60 to $15.00 an acre. Neighbors, roads, schools. libur to five miles from Millersburg. Never failing clover seed will make your payments. JOHN G. KRAUTH, Millershurg, Mich. WANTED—FARM NEAR 80M! GOOD town, must have running water, 00d buildings. V. A. BARGAIN. R 1. Box 28. lsrion, Mich. 53 ACRES. 25 MILES FROM ,DETROIT. One mile to concrete road and R. R. New barn and good house. Bandy land. but raieoe good crops. Write D. N. CHAMBERLIN. th Rock. Mich. FOR SALE—CHOICE UNIMPROVED FARM lands in Thumb District oi’ Michigan. Near nil- roads and good markets. Buy direct from owner and get better land for less money. ERT HEATH, Harbor Springs. Michigan. CALIFORNIA FARMS FOR BALE. WRITE for list. E. R. WAITE. Shawnee, Oklahoma. 122 ACRE FARM MUST BE SOLD IV FALL very productive, all low land, good buildings. 40 rods to school. 3 m lee from Lansing, Mich. S. HEMPY. R 7. Lansing. Mich. GREAT FARM BARGAINS—JP YOU HAVE not already sent for our booklet telling you about our great list of farm bargains. do it, now. our soil, climate. roads, schools. churches and mar- kets cannot be beat. Cleaners and co-operative selling organizations in every town, let us tell you all about it, but best of all come and see for yourself, Osceola and adjoining counties have everything to offer. CALLA N & CABBOW LAND 00.. Reed City, Mich. gggmisanLANEoum‘ IUV FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR- est. All kinds. Delivered prices. Adiilroee "II. M.” fis‘ri‘ Michigan Business Firming, t. ens. c - FOR SALE-JUTcI-IER FOLDINO IUBRII. crates. Practically new. Delivered anywhere in Mich. 250 each. Cash with order. price to County Agents in cariots. A. ll. DD COMPANY. Months. Mich. CORN MARVESTER4RE-MAN. Old-HORSE. onerow, self—gathering. Equal to a corn bind- er. Sold direct to farmers for twent -three years. Only $28. with fodder hinder. “fella showing. pictures of harvester. PROCESS COB HARVESTER 00., Saline. Kan. NOW IS THE TIME TO 'REROOF VOUR'OLI buildings. All work guaranteed and at reason- able price. T1108. LEACH. Halfway. Rich. Toona'mzroonassmv BIG .rvps rouse omens. Inorumo W oiie': at present. ‘ M08: BROS" 8t. Charles. Mich. FOR LALEZ. REGISTERED SHORTHORI IUI-L ‘ com g old, sired by a state 1813 winner. He ins sure breeder and priced “m use. a. coarse. Dostor. Mien. FOR BALE—14 OHOIOE OXFORD DOWN breeding ewes. all. young and 20 Ian oerly. 810 per head takes the flock. Lily rtra . 500020 sired by Alosrtra Pon- tiac Butter Bo 180088. Dam Rosa Bonheur Korndyke 072 5. A fine boiler will, W in October. .3 5 . i " . ' J. I. IOIIGTIR. Abbotstord. lion. I hunks... I r A i CINCINNATI FIRM MAKES RIGHT “About the middleof last Novem- ber I sent to theprnoad Shoe Makers. Cincinnati, "0.," foifiafipeir of ladies shoes. The catalog No. was T600. the price $4.69: In two weeks’ time I received the order" and ‘one shoe was la’rger'than the other. "Immei time ordering spur of men‘s ’sho’es. The men’s shoes came and were satisfactory but the others did not. company and they claimed they had no record of first order and they must have become confused. In each letter they told me to refer to order No. 32018. When they replied they asked me to be patient and soon all would be straightened out. But the matter finally dropped because I could get nosatlsfaction. If you can do anything for me I shall certainly feel indebted to you."—-—W. A. W., IoMa County. > This matter was taken up with the Bond Shoe Makers and we received a letter from them in which they stat- ed they had discovered their mis- take and would make a satisfactory adjustment. June 11th‘we received the following letter from our sub- scriber: * “Enclosed you will find letters sent to me by Bond Shoe Makers. I have received shoes referred'to therein. I sent for dress shoes and they have sent me worse than plow shoes. It is an insult! At_the time I order- ed them the price'for the shoes I wanted was $4.65 and in the same catalog there is a picture of what they have sent me the price of which is $3.96. From then until now the shoes I ordered have advanced in pric. to $6.85.”—W. A. W.‘, Ionic County. " We again wrote Bond Shoe Mak- ers explaining to them their mistake. They answered that they would get in touch with .Mr. W. A. W. and ad- vise him. July 3rd we received the following letter from Mr. W. A. W.: “As a result of your efforts in “bringing the Bond Shoe Makers to time" I have received the order I placed in their hands last Novem- ber. I am indeed grateful to you for your assistance in this matter as I feel I never would have been able to do anything about it without your help. We shall never be without ‘the M. B. F. hereafter. Again thanking you, I remain.”—W. A. W., Ionic 0a. TROUBLE WITH SUBSCRIPTION “Last March I sent for the Plctor-_ ial Review for one year through the Detroit Journal, as they advertised in their paper the Journal alone was 84 with $1.85 for the Pictorial Re- view, extra, our subscription had been extended .to the Journal 0. K. but they, so far, have failed to send the other or reply to any one of five lettorewritten, three to the Journal and two to the Pictorial Review. Last time I ask them to begin my subscription to the Pictorial Review with the July number but if they don't I want it to\begin with Aug- ust. I don't want, Sillfiack num- bers. I have paid for a years sub- scription to item! I want it for a year from”:er date of “first issue I recefvo.f":“?I'sent a check for the full amount and It has been returned a long time, so they received the mon- ey all A" right. We have taken your paper since last January, and think it is s;fine' paper. Everything for the farmers and they are everything." -—d(rs. L. A. 8., sumac, Rich, June 29th. . - “I received the first number'of 1'. . my Pictorial Reviews few days after 'waiting three mouthpiece I ordered it through the" Detroit Journal. Thanks to §oujfiir what you-did.”— sm. L. A; saggy 10th.», - - ADJUSTMENT 0F TIRES “On Sept. 1st, I ordered two tires tron: the Evorwoar Tire & Rubber Co” Chicago. I am enclosing copies of eorreep nden‘ce with‘th‘om. which .ot eur- Arso- the'two tires at a cost. of $14.“, v m> ‘ an, to- diately I sen-t them back. at the same, I wrote a number of times to the . . 4 - m of $13.50 for which I‘receiv’od . service of about 2,000 miles. ' Now_ at this time I could have purchased ‘any one of several standard makes for $18.00 with guarantee of 6,000 ’to 7,000 miles and these people would have backed up their guarantee. My last letter of May 84 was not ans‘-‘ wered.’ Now I would like to. place the matter in your hands and ask you if after reading their ad and'fit- ter of April 28 whether I am entitled to any refund. and if so, will your claim department try to get it for me. Thanking you for whatever you can do forms, I emf-4R. 'E. L., I'm" wick, Mich. . This complaint was referred to the Everwear Tire dc Rubber Co., with the request that they live up to the flatter of their advertising. The fol- ‘laging reply was received on July “Replying to your letter of recent date, with reference to a complaint from Mr. L—, Fenwick, Michigan, wish to advise you that we have writ- ten to Mr. L—— to have his tire re- turned to us and we will adjust same for him. , Trusting that same is eat- iefactory to you, and regretting that . .thie occurred, we 'aro"-——Eoerwecr ITire a Rubber 0e., Inc, Chicago. - CHICAGO CONCERN SETTLES SUBSCRIBER’S COMPLAINT “On April 20th I sent an order to Chicago Mail Order 00. for goods amounting to $7.40 and received part of the goods and still have “.49 due. They keep telling me that my goods will be delivered in a few days and if not to send them an ex- act copy of my order which I have done two ,or three times and still my goods do not come. Can you do any- thing about itt"--Ilrr. A. N., Middle- ton, Mich, J1me 80th. _ This firm wrote to our subscriber on July 14th, ten days after receiv- ing the complaint, as follows: “We are pleased to inform you upon referring to our records that we forwarded you the merchandise that you wanted on July 7th and you should have received it by this time. The amount of the merchandise was $4.40 and we feel certain that this will adjust the matter to your entire satisfaction. Should you fail to re- ceive the merchandise, kindly write us and we will be glad to trace it for you.”——0Mcago Hail Order 00. “Received the goods today from the Chicago Mail Order 00. that I wrote you about last week. I think I would not have gotten anything from them if you had not gotten af— ter them. I ask you for your prompt servicetéad if there are any charges let me ow and I will pay Ihem."-——Ilrs. A. N., .7st 9th. I There are no (merged—Editor. VEGETABLE GBOWERS' ASSOC!- ATION OF AMERICA The Vegetable Grewore' Associa- tion of America will hold its twelfth annual convention at Columbus, Ohio. August 25th to 38th inclusive. This organisation is made up ‘of‘ some of the most progressive gard- eners in the United States and 'Can-‘l eda. A good program has ar» ranged ‘ _ which will include " side tripe ‘ and entertainment. ‘ 'I'here'will also 'be a tradeothbit held in connection ‘ with the meeting. Both will be held in the Horticultural, Building of the ,Ohio State University; headquarters will be at the'Scuth‘ern ,Hotel. Any gardeners who can “possibly get away from home for this meet- Ing will find it well vworth '. their while. It combines fan opportunity :to‘have a brief'vacation with dad of, contact 'with 'oo—‘werk‘ers a chance to get” posted on the-latest" developments along yer-1b!“ n!“ ides, the,induptryf _ .f _ , ., . i fife. "aiming in: a some honummi‘" ‘fosoor L. M. Humour. :Univoreity. Colu'ln‘ , fiendihodeiyishlns.-. . 91" so! the museum. .. ;uei ‘W. ~s_rs"‘Jo . f making-a. Bay' when buying Then you _'.I'ablote of Aspirin’ splrmsr Name “Beyer” means €803“; Say "Bayer"... p' I' I are sure of —8°n proved eats by millions and prescri h, I physicians tor over twmty so only an unbroken “Bayer w ich contains r directions Headache Too e, Earaehe, N Rheumatism. Colds and Pain. giste also sell larger “Bayer epirin is trademark of Bayer Man tors of Salioy mYour Wife Will Know Get. a new pair. . of Boston Garters and ask your wife to examine them. She will recog- nize the superior grade clams-i..- teriale used—r-she will appreci- ate the careful, painstaking workmanship and will under- stand why it is that “Boston” wear oblong." . host ' l! ozone: nos-r co.. uasaaa. lee-role -v 0 0' o v cor. 'e are Where. able/ewe \ ‘saovvseseee~oayauowoweoobcocooaavu e are e era-ere tenets 4' were“composes; Q try. Veal. Hogs, etc.. ship to" CCULOTTA & JULL DETROIT Not connected‘with any other house on this market. For best results on your Poul- TELL TIIE 1—41-yobr name or Initials are not oerrootenourtiet. -. w . berlenotoorvootoneur let. Ing your'neme. H Ami. fl'tmw* reg y every- 1 . 3—410 ’” get theeem'oop‘y a! 3d ".‘.':“.J:’“i...""'..'- "mi-um. . - " “M v, , ‘ a. . All MUD noes Fm :fimxiM-iu- mom meme exudation to your. complaint}. , ' “discernment _ H your rural roots or be: “ 0—0" the es lretl‘en" ' ' "Is n’et ads: 1; ‘.__ _;;A.n;;_‘._-_._ _: ;_ir.--_;- _.. e—n u “any”... p " 'ls psetting'snele I: in‘ __-. issue you have I. :‘ ‘Htornt’from the cover of the most ' ’;;.’,"'ii,i€tu saeiureyo'u organ, odia‘; a” i- " nausea ' years. As- relic". . Hand ‘ boxesof 12 tablets cost few cents. h by}... . “(W W 1 -..-.-~,.,.., .. -. <j FELIX wrr'r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Horses and swim - GUERNSEYS GUERNSEVS FOR SALE. 1 IULL, ST. aue- tel Sultan. sire Longwater Prince Charmant A A. R. daughters, 410 lb. fat at 2 14 years old. Darn. Dagna of Kimmi'st (850m A‘ R. 548 lb. fat at 2 1-2 yrs. old. 1 bull . mes. breeding. Also a low it. 'bull. It: 4 do» * to Pr! 4 m. gimme .' coo an i see on W. ‘ V ' onoau Inseam; Among-moo. / write us for our Community Club? V~M— . W’iv“. l if) . ' V Miriam. our now”, It. (“Let Ins-send you a mi pod- . 39 M ' . M, WILLIAMS. North Adonis. Mich. :5. ran SALE—GUERNSEY sou. our—11 ;. months old. Advanced Registered Dame and 3‘) Sire. IWeli marked. For price and pedigree write ROSS BARBER. Fife Lake. Mich. . . .. JERSEYS . mm at ' 0:0le FISHER; R8. 8t. v gas I zou seas mm ‘34 . i '9"! tarmac Smooth kind. . JOHN D. WILEY, Sohoolcrsft, Mich. B T. P. C. sows ALL SOLD.‘ ORDERS booked for boar pigs at weaning time from Mich. champion herd. Visitors always welcome. E. R. LEONARD. R 3, St. Louis. Mich. " l Senior Herd Sire Junior Herd Sire Noble Sensational Lad . 118536 You’ll ‘Do’s Duchess 0x ord 158393 , l f .5 PliilE snsn JERSEYS ‘of capacity, type and beauty. .Let usLilmow your wants. _ HIGHLAND FARM. Shelby. Mich. Samuel» Odell, Owner. Adolph Hoeg, Mgr. or Sale—«my bull‘caivos. Oxford and Me- i Jesty breeding. Dams are heavy producers. ‘ J. .L. CARTER. R4. Lolio Odessa. Mich. I MPROVE YOUR JERSEY HERD WITH ONE of our Majesty bulls. - ' . FRANK P. NORMINOTCN, ,Ionia. Mich. I . I ' ammmss SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHI’RE ' Also some choice cows. FORMAT IROS., R 5. Vassar. Mlch. SWINE" POLAND CHINA BIG BOB MASTODON 'Sire was champion of the world. his Dam’s sire was grand champion at Iowa State Fair. Get a grand champion while the getting is good. Book- ing orders now. Bred gilts are all sold, but have 10 choice full pigs sired by a Grandson of Dish. er's Giant, 3 hours and“? sows. Will sell open or bred for Sept. farrow, to BIG BOB. c. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich. POLAND CHINAS WITH QUALITY Nine full out of litters of eleven and thirteen. gills fnr Rillt‘. E. MYGRANTS, St. Johns, Mich. WONDERLAND HERD ‘ LARGE TYPE P. C. A few choice bred gilts for sale. Also {all gilts and hours, some very good prospects of excellent breeding. Gilts bred to ORI’I’IAN'S SUPERIOR he by BIG ORPIIAN'S EQUAL by BIG BONE ORI’IIAN by the BIG ORI’IIAN. Dam, BEAU'I‘Y’ CHOICE by ORANGE BUD, by Bit} ORANGE A. Free livery to visitors. Wm. J. CLARKE. Eaton Rapids. Mich. land Chlnas. , WALNUT ALLEY My 1920 crops will be sired by Giant Clansmsn No. 324731, sired ' Progress No. 37 A. D. GREGORY, Ionia, Mich. area I have a fine lot of spring pigs sired by Hart’s Black Price. a good son of Black Price. grand champion of the world in 1918. Also have a litter of 7 pigs, 5 sows and 2 boars, sired by Prospect Yank. a son of the $40,000 Yankee, that are sure Humdingers. F T. HART. St. Mich. V HERE’S SIMETHIIIG GOOD THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. [N MICH. Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them. Expenses paid it not as represented. These hours in service: L's Big Orange, Lord Clansnian. Orange Price and L's Long Prospect. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mich. m TYPE P0- 4bly Giant Clansman and Art‘s Louis. IG TYPE P. C. SOWS OF CHOICE BREED- ing, bred to Big Bone Bone Boulder No. 726,- 672 for Sept. farrow. Spring pigs either sex. Healthy and growthy. Prices reasonable. L. W. BARNES 8: SON. Byron, Mich. IG TYPE POLAND CHINA 'BRED GILTS, one fall hour. spring pigs both sex, and tried vows while they last. HOWLEY BROS.. Merrill, Mich. CARS ALSO SOWS AND PIGS. ANYTHING Poland Chinas oi the bigge_st typo. \\'e have bred them big for more than 2:) cars: over 100 head on hand. Also registered erch- erons, liolsteins and Oxfords. Everything sold at a reasonable prlce. and a square desL -JOHN C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. ‘ FAREWELL LAKE FAliM large t e P. 0. Have a fine lot of spring' pigs 3y (llaylllilllflll’s Image 2nd,. The, Outpost and ,King‘s :Giant. I will sell King's Giant No. 327.- 749. lie is a real sire. He was first prize year- ling boar at Jackson Co. fair, 1919. w. B. RAMSDELL. Hanover. Mich. BIG TYPE POLAHDS In introducing our herd we offer chmce Mg! by “(’3 Sailor Bob and out of dams by Buster Boy, Long Superba. Smooth Wonder 8rd, and Orange DesMoines. Priced to sell. W. CALDWELL‘& SON. Springport, Mich. - POUR CHOICE SPRINO AND FALL L s P boars left. A tow extra nico gilts d f A rll (arrow. ' [an hm". (Or. BINARTZ, Schoolcrsft._Mlch. ~ANNU'RL P. C. IRED 80W SALE. Ingia'rch 13. .1920. For particulars write L‘J.,fl. ‘HAGELSH‘AW. Aususts. Mich. yo u want. in Type Poland Chlnas. Am offering three boar Bpigs at weaning time at reasonable price. Reg- .lstered in buyers name. Sired by Big Long Bob. :Inrlls and bull calves. heifers. and heifer calves. l HE BEST BRED POLAND CHINA PIGS SIR- od by Big Bob Mastodon at the lowest price. DoWITT C. PIER, Evert. Mich. DUBOCS Louis. OHTON a odor . St- Louis. mos. .21-. r. 0. FOR one. ,srniiio rise or both sex: Sired-by Wiley's“ King Bob the Big BERKSHIRES . ‘6‘!“ MUD-WAY-A'nsmna offers ’0. I. .0. spring igs, also 'spoolnlus‘umtnor prices on seding stoeg in White Wyandottos. Barred R s, White Chinese Geese and; White Runner Duo . No more cutthis season ‘ DIKE O. MILLER, Dryden. Mich. LARGE ENGLISH RECORDED BERKSHIRES. Bred gills and spring pigs for sale. PRIMEVAL FARM. Ossao, Mich. ONE 80W TWO YEARS OLD due July 7th, one boar Jan- uary {arrow and four sows March (arrow for sale. Best blood lines of the breed. ARZA A. WEAVER, Chesaning. Mich. GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOR profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your ' wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall. Ill. Spring pigs by Walt's Orion. First Sr. Yoarllns Detroit. Jackso’n, (Id. Rapids and Casio-W. 19‘" Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich FALL DCARS. WEIGHT 200 lbs. each. Sirod 'by a 800 lb. boar. Priced reasonable o. :. DAV-IS a sou. Ashley, Mich. ‘ DUROO JERSEYS. .nuroo sows and gllu bred to Walt's King .2040 state fairs In the last 2 years than any other Due roo board. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns, PEAGH HILL FARM Classy spring boars sired by Peach Hill Orion King, a splendid grandson of Orion Cherry King. Write. or better still, come ad select your own. Priced reasonable. Inwood Bros, Romeo, Mich. who has sired more prise winnlns pin at tho ‘ CHESTER WHITES GHESTER WHITES stock at reasonable prices. for May farrow F. Spring Pigs in Pairs or trios from A-l mature Also a few brod Gilts W. Alexander. Vamr, Mich. EGISTERED CHESTER WHITE ‘PIGU FOR sale at prices that will interest you. Either sex. Write tod sy. RALPH COSENS. Levering. Mich. REGISTERED rice. Prices right. CHESTER WHITI SWINE. either sex. Boars ready for so:- 0. I. C. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE blood lines of the most noted 'herd. Can furnish ~you stock at "live and let live” prices. A. J. GORDEN, Dorr. Mich.. R 3. HAMPSHIRE SHEEP Everything sold out, both owes and rains. I am breeding 50 ewes to "Stroman 209," sh. excellent big boned typo ram lamb that‘ weighed 176 lbs. October 1. Booking orders (or 1920 rams. CLARK U. HAIRE. West Branch. Mloh. ran SHBOPSHIRE...‘.".25.”J'.? “3‘41: write or call on ARMSTRONG IROS.. R s. Fowlorylllo, Mich. I AM OFFERING FOR FAL'L DELIVERY HIGH class registered Shropshire yearling ewes and BOARS READY FOR SERVICE Also 1 Irod Sow W. A. EASTWOOD. Chossning. Mich. ‘ A FEW snap IL 1' and fall boar pigs IiigmLEnfw blood lines. JOHN w. SNYDER. st. Johns. Mich.. R 4 APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY swine. Sows bred to Model Cherry King 10th for Aug. and ‘Sept. farrow. Write me your wants. VERN N. TOWNS. R 6, Eaton Rapids. Mich. EXTRA GOOD MARCH BOAR PIGS by Defender's Cherry King from Brookwater—bred sows, $25 to $35. Registered. E. E. CALKINS. Ann Arbor Sows bred or open. New. ton & Blank. Hill Crest Farms. Perrington. Mich. Farm 4 miles straight south of Middleton. Spring bred soIvs all sold. Han good Sept. pigs. both sex, sired by Liberty Defender 3rd, from Col. bred dams. Gilt: will be bred to an Orion boar for Sept. (arrow. G. KEESLER. Cassopolis. Mich. DURGG JERSEY “m” M” £6 EITHER SEX Can furnish stock not akin. Also yearl- ing sows. Will breed for early fall litters. Sat- isfaction guaranteed. F. HEIMS A SON. Davison. Mich. BSfAZIS,a£:LTS AND BROOD SOWO HAMPSHIRES Am all sold out on sows and gilts bred for spring farrowing. Have a few sows and gilts bred for June and July farrowing that are good and priced right. Spring boar pigs at $15 ea. at I weeks old. Satisfaction guaranteed. (‘sll or write GUS THOMAS. New Lothrop, Mich. O. I. C. o I C AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE (‘imice sow pigs of March furrow. Bloodlines of the Grand Champions Prince Big'Bono and C. U. Svlmolmsster. Write your wants to ARE V. DORMAN. Snovor. Mich. 0 I G GILTS BRED FOR SEPTEMBER FARROW Everyone guaranteed safe in dam also a few choice spring pigs, either sex. F G BURGESS Mason, Mlch.. ‘R 3 AM SELLING DUROGS August 4th. Get on mailing list for catalog. w. c. Taylor, Milan Mich. DUROC BOARS FROM r n 1 z n WINNING STOCK ready for service. Goo. B. Smith. Addi- son. Mich. ' MEADOWVIEW FARM REC. DUROC JERSEY hogs. Spring pigs for sale. JmE. MORRIS. Farmlngton, Mich. o. l.. C.'s—-s Choice young boars, March and April pigs at weaning time. CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, Monroe, Mich. ' with list of rams. Flock established 1800. LYLE V. JONES. Flint. Mich" R. F. D. No. I 0. LEMEH. anuf. MICII. - ANT A sues" Lot American Hampsblro WHIRES Sheep Association send you a dandy booklet bros Writs COMFORT ’A. TYLER. Soc'y. so Woodland Ave.. Detroit. MIOII. n‘rsrs ro nor was s ssssr or,“ PARSONS “away”... I I soil and ship everywhere and pay 1 [12% p I I ehnrges. Wnto for club ofl'o and nco Oxfords, Shropshins md’Pollod- chines. PARSONS.GrandLedge.Mich. R.9 I CANNOT SELL YOU ANY MORE ewes until next fall. To some grown up, loan offer 10 very good young Shropshire ewes that will lamb in April for 3400. Their lambs contracted to me should net more than purchase price next fall. lambs for 3350. Also 10 mighty nice ewe Kore-sou FARMS. Goldwater, Mloh. Come and see them all high bred. Send for prices. SHERIDAN RABBITRY, Sheridan, Mich. FOR SALE, FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS. DOES. breeding age, $6. Three months old pair. $5. Registered does 812 each. Stock pedigreed. Qual- ity guaranteed. HIMEBAUGH, Goldwater, Mich. LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS Porter Colestock. Eaton Rapids, Mich. J. E. Ruppert, Perry, Mich. Advertisements rates for 13 times or longer. Advertising Department. Mt. Clemons. POULTRY BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY inserted under this heading at 30 cents per line. per issue. Write out what you have to ofler and send It In, in will put it In two. sond proof and quote rates by return mail. Mloh can. Special Addrm The Michigan Iusinou Farmer, POULTRY OAKLAHDS PREMIER GHIEF Herd Boar—Reference only—No. 129219‘ 1919 Chicago International - 4th Prize .Ir. Yearling A few spring pigs left at $25 BLANK A POTTER Pottorvlllo. Mich. OR SALE: ONE DUROC BOAR FROM Brookwater breeding stock. Choice sprins Dill- JOHN CRONENWETT. Carleton. Mich. N D gsAglng'EDINO SIZE A c. L. POWER. Jerome. Mich. uroo Jersey Sow: and aim bred ior Aug. and Sept. furrow. 1000 lb. herd boar. JOS. SCHUELLER, Woidmsn. Mich. GILTS IRED FOR AUGUST FAR- row. Spring pigs either sex. JESSE BLISS A 301‘, Henderson. Mich. MICHIGANA FARM Sells Quality Durocs Friday-August 6th. Bred sows. boars and open gilts. All immunized.‘ . g I Now is the time to start with pure- breds when the hog market is bad and few are investing. Sell grades and buy good pure hredsyat a low in- itial cost in this our first public sale. Pavilion is in KalamazOo County on the main line of the Grand Trunk R. R. at junction of lisia;.i..-w branch. . All are invited. Write for catalog. 0. F. FOSTER, Manager . f r ed rees and prices. write Imogen-Ros" St. Charles. Mich. Pavilion, Mich. "2 ivory way. write me. o. l. C. sows FOR SALE ONE OF THE BEST HERBS IN MICHIGAN i ll oarhngs bred for March, April and May litters. Mistrial buyer’s name. I! you want 1‘ BIG TYPE sow. gun-untan I ship 0. O. D.. pay 1181“ 'Ill lent laying stock. ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS Two great breeds {or profit. Writs today for free catalogue of hatching eggs, baby chicks and breeding stock. CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY. 149 Phllo Bldg. ' Eimlrs. N- Y. MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYO. Toulouse Geese. White Pekin duo-kl. either sex, $4 each at once. Old ducks weigh 10 pounds CHASE STD-CK FARM. Mariette. Mich. ran SAL LEGHORNS SINGLE comr's’urr"'issu'é'é'u'éf‘iafifi hatched Cookerels.r Farm range from excel- J. W. WEBSTER. Bath, Mich. GRABOWSKE’S S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS. Young and old stock for sale. LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill. Mioh.. R_ 4. \VYANDOTTE sliver. Golden and White Wyandottos. Collision in surplus yearling stock to make room for growing birds. Clarence Browning, R2, Portland. LANGSHAN ILACK LANOSHANS OF QUALITY Bred tortypo snd color since 1912. Started from pen headed by Black Bob. First prize cock at International show at Buffalo, Jan. 1912. Eggs $8.50 per setting of 15. Winter laying strain. DR. CHAS. W- SIMPSON. Wobborvlllo. Mich. BABY GHIGKS FT£ct'°°°'€v.l‘iZ'"° 15.222322? Brown Leghorns, $16 per 100. Anconas, $18 Postpaid. Live arrival guaranteed. Catalog free. SUPERIOR HATCHERY. Clinton. Mo. chicks, Loghorns, Campinas, Reds, Wyandottes. Minorcas, Spanish. Houdsns Rocks, Orpingtons, Brahmas. Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fonton, Mich. CHICKS—CHICKS {5,000 chicks every Tuesday in July. hand laying train 8. C. White Loghorns at $13 per 100; 7 for 50, full count, lively chicks at your door. Also Anconas at $15 per 100; $8 for 50. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eleventh sea- son. Order direct. Catalog free. HOLLAND HATCHERY. R 7. Holland, Mich. HATCHING. EGGS FR SALE i'.l.i°l'l.°...‘il§ nig strain of S. C. It. I. Reds at $2.00 per set- ting of 15 eggs, $10.00 per 100. Stock 01 excellent type and times. Satisfaction guaranteed. F. HEIMS a. SON. stlson. quality at all Mich. B. C. BROWN LEGHORN COCKERELS, $1 each. “’hlto l‘ekln llni-ks, $2 each. 1 MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS, Hillsdaio. Mich. BOSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN EGGS FOR sale. One fifty per fifteen eggs. Flemish Giant rabbits that are giants. Quality guaranteed. E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. Mich. WHITE WYANDOTTES: [OBS FOR HATCH- ing from selected layers, 82 per 15, ms id. Pens, $18 to 825 m BABY CHICKS , ROSE AND SINGLE COM R. . Reds, Barred Plymouth Roth. 31'8 per 100,. $9 per 50, $4.75 per 25. prepaid and safe delivery guaranteed. Catalog res. Last hatch July 27th. INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4. Lawrence. Mich. FRANK ooLouo. as. Three Rivers, Mich. BARRED ROCK miifiiiniml'locl'°?3&' .1133 laying strain. 82 per 15. S5 1' 45 b prepaid parcel post. R. G.-Xirby. R1. got Lon-ills. Mich. HATCH1IN)O figGS—WPLYMOUTH ROOKS‘ (ALI. variotos 'to yandotto. Ancona d . on Bucks. Catalog 2c. , .n Ron SHERIDAN POULTRY YARDS. Sheridan. Mloh. COL. D. L. PERRY, Auct. . Columbus. Ohio. ./ JERSEY CATTLE AT AUCTION Thursday, Aug. 19, 1920, at Swartz Creek, Mich., i (on Grand Trunk Ry.) 95 miles west of Port Huron .The entire herd of Sophie’s Tormentor Jerseys, owned by Bloss Bros., rich in the blood of Champion Butter Cows. Several daughters of the herd Dorcno's Son 7th, whose brother sold for 87,500 and sired 20 R. of M. Hood Farm Pogis 9th. Interested Prince, Fox Hall's Jubilee and Rioters Jersey Lad breeding. Write for catalog. sire Champion cows. Others of Crawfordsvlllo. Indiana . . JEWETI‘. R. 5, Mason, Michigan SHEEP, . J. v. GOTTA. ssio Mgr; » ' Our present plant having a frontage of over 000 m on, :ive Stoc The Packing Business, is a basic industry, and today is a high; ly developed manufacturing business, the essentials for success depending on (a) A logical site. v (b) Economically arranged manu- facturing plant. . (c) Easily accessible supply of» raw material. _ (d) Ample capitalization. (e) Experienced and eflicient man- agement. — - (f) Assured market for maximum production. E take this opportunity of accguing to producers and feeders of live stock of The DetrOit Packing Company. Detroit today is actually as well or'better situated as a logical location for development-as a packing center than Chicago, having access not only to Michigan live stock, We have all of these essentials as analysis will show. cattle, hogs and sheep on feed January lst, 1919) the—bulk chi which has heretofore been shipped out of the state, incurring additional expense to Michigan producers for excess freight, shrinkage, feed and other charges‘ghich Will be saved to our stockhold— ers who ship to Detroit. Having ample ground space and exceptional railroad facilities, our plant will be so laid out and equipped as to efiect a '1er - material saving in plant operations as compared to other Detroit packing plants, resulting in aisaving of pro’ductiOn costs of j ' ably 25 per cent, which alone represents a large sum on such a volume of business as will pass through our plant, which featum puts us in a strong competitive position. ' 2 -«':- On such livestock as received from our shareholders we will pay much stronger prices than now ruling in Detroit , ,_ Market, and on a short haul with all intermediate expense eliminated for the shipper, more remunerative prices and a. co saving in expense will accrue to all Michigan producers than is now possible for them. At such times and seasons that one” ' 5‘ ments for livestock are not fully met by our own shareholders, and are not available in Detroit stockyards, we have full access} side markets South and West of us on a parity with other Detroit plants, with adequate shipping facilities over trunk lines _‘_ such territory and in these outside markets we will be represented bygflmsehaving financial holdings in this Company. 7 ' terial supply is positively assured under these favorable conditiOns. ' 3 ‘ V , ' ‘ ~ . To head the Company as. President and General Manager" ‘ i in the person of Mr. Edward F. Dold, of Buifalo, results anti, v ization. . ,'""s::; » > w . , , .' :.;_.._: Detroit and surrounding territory, owing to cosmopolitan population, greatest consummg citiesfaf erica, offering an enormous outlet, it being our ju that not over 10 per of our: maximum production will be shipped Michigan. This is not snap judgment, but the resultrfét exhaustive and gnalysisof the situation mat exists. ‘ ,3 I. v r , From the producers’ standpoint, the more livestock handled they‘llettér‘for-his land ;‘ the more prom“ land the swap- or he can produce livestock and when associated with us he is positively ffji‘ -, of full prices at all times on ai‘short‘lfgul With a imum of expense, This creates not a ‘fviciouseircle” butabeneficent of which production Will be ’ increased, resulting in more wealth for _ p where. the ,net " ‘ ' ' -, i" a ’ T ‘ * ‘ Wig“ ‘ ' ' trated with our stockholders ' 'ment accorded them as H ' “LII” hiding before you some of the advantages, .V by the present Organization and building plans" which is considerable (statistics shoWing 6,891,189, head of l‘liillli‘I'lH